Wednesday Morning News Dump

I'm calling in sick to the blog, sorry.

Posted by: BenK at 09:03 AM

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1 two reporters murdered? wtf?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 26, 2015 09:06 AM (0O7c5)

2 I wish I could call in sick to life.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at August 26, 2015 09:07 AM (RD7QR)

3
Hump Dump gets cancelled?

Dood, humpus interruptus. I HATE when that happens.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2015 09:08 AM (TAzkM)

4 I'm a Duke freshman. Here's why I refused to read 'Fun Home.'

It's not about being uncomfortable. It's about being asked to do something that I think is immoral.

My first challenge came well before I arrived on campus, when I learned that all first years were assigned "Fun Home," a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. The book includes cartoon drawings of a woman masturbating and multiple women engaging in oral sex.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 26, 2015 09:08 AM (H5dz3)

5 Try to remember
The kind of September
When things weren't
Completely ass backwards.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:08 AM (ee9LE)

6 Re:reporters killed. Pretty creepy.

Posted by: rebel flounder at August 26, 2015 09:09 AM (Vf5rR)

7 1 two reporters murdered? wtf?
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 26, 2015 09:06 AM (0O7c5)

yeah I heard about that on twitter. not going to watch the video.

Posted by: the real ch3 at August 26, 2015 09:09 AM (IG5KL)

8 repost

Gunshots Ring Out During Live News Broadcast

http://bit.ly/1hFUobQ

in VA

I thought it would be just a pop or two, nope. This was bad.

-----

holy crap, they were killed

ABC News confirms reporter and camera crew were killed:

WDBJ: Reporter & camera crew killed in Virginia after being shot live on air during morning broadcast. Utterly heartbreaking.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:10 AM (qCMvj)

9 a Vix News dump would come in handy right about now

Posted by: bystander at August 26, 2015 09:10 AM (hKyl0)

10 Re: NYT sidebar link --

Oh, so we're back to the "bad intelligence" thing now?

I'm amazed the Badministration's gotten away with badmouthing the spooks so long...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 26, 2015 09:11 AM (9krrF)

11
Reason: Why Donald Trump Is to Blame for the Stock Market Crash

reason.com/archives/2015/08/24/the-trump-recession

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 26, 2015 09:11 AM (kdS6q)

12 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:10 AM (qCMvj)

i'm obviously not cool with trigger warnings but seriously folks, it's video of people being murdered be aware before you click

Posted by: the real ch3 at August 26, 2015 09:11 AM (IG5KL)

13 That news crew video...WTF?

Posted by: DangerGirl: Hardliner, Reactionary and All-Around Wackobird at August 26, 2015 09:12 AM (hUQVp)

14 hehe; trump to matt lousie

Donald Trump: Well, I don't know. Obviously, I have very big support because I'm leading in every poll by double digits, and you know there is a movement going on. There is a whole silent majority thing happening, and it's very impressive to see. I will tell you, he was totally out of line last night. I was asking and being asked a question from another reporter. I would have gotten to him quickly. And he stood up and started ranting and raving like a madman. And frankly, he was out of line. Most people, in fact, most newspaper reports said I handled it well. He was totally, absolutely out of line.

ranting and ravingt like a madman

lol

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:12 AM (qCMvj)

15 From the sidebar: The military is accused of falsifying reports to make our war on ISIS look better than it is. Good Trump Almighty! This is the optimistic version?!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:13 AM (ee9LE)

16 Norwegian trollservice: I was listening to Trump,at 15.40 and outwards, and there he actually goes against stateborders for a while.

But damn hes good. I want to vote for him even though im foreign and disagree with him on every point.

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

Posted by: Fnord at August 26, 2015 09:13 AM (u3hyC)

17 That news crew video...WTF?
Posted by: DangerGirl: Hardliner, Reactionary and All-Around Wackobird at August 26, 2015 09:12 AM (hUQVp)

yep, eerie

they were just talking about "development" of the area, from what I heard.

I watched it before I knew they were killed. I can't watch it again. It's so sad. Their they are doing their job, an ordinary day, then dead. Jesus.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:14 AM (qCMvj)

18 *there

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:14 AM (qCMvj)

19 Mr Columba Bush is at 6 percent in New Hampshire....

Posted by: Baldy at August 26, 2015 09:14 AM (sEXjW)

20 Sidebar: At this point, Stephen Hawking can just make sh-t up and no one will question it.

It would be weird if he were succumbing to dementia and no one could tell, and all kinds of crazy ideas get accepted as valid scientific hypotheses.

Posted by: V the K at August 26, 2015 09:15 AM (O7MnT)

21 Ahhhh....the news crew in Virginia just got a dose of reality.

If it bleeds it leads. Attacks on news crews, the media and all the talking heads may become the next new "thing". Thanks Obama for our new and happy life!

Posted by: Anchor Baby at August 26, 2015 09:15 AM (D0NZx)

22 Great, now the blog is going to be constipated all day.

Posted by: buzzion at August 26, 2015 09:15 AM (zt+N6)

23 The fix is in, bitches!

Posted by: John Kasich, Stealth Candidate at August 26, 2015 09:15 AM (u5gzz)

24 Better than sick of the blog.

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 26, 2015 09:16 AM (kvhal)

25 Army picks Humvee replacement; will be built in Scott Walker's Wisconsin.

https://tinyurl.com/owccylb

Posted by: V the K at August 26, 2015 09:16 AM (O7MnT)

26
[iI want to vote for him even though im foreign and disagree with him on every point.

Hey what a great Trump bumper sticker that would make!

Posted by: Soothie at August 26, 2015 09:17 AM (1i8ZT)

27 the news crew in Virginia just got a dose of reality.

Terry McAwful will be calling for guntrol before the bodies are cold.

Posted by: V the K at August 26, 2015 09:17 AM (O7MnT)

28 22 Great, now the blog is going to be constipated all day.
Posted by: buzzion at August 26, 2015 09:15 AM (zt+N6)

Ace will give it a castor oil enema.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at August 26, 2015 09:17 AM (RD7QR)

29 Charlie Daniels for POTUS, lol. Open letter to congress/ DOPe "leaders" on the Blaze and his FB hits the nail on the head.

Posted by: cooldawg at August 26, 2015 09:18 AM (Djwm9)

30 I want to get my bet in early. $20 says the news crew shooter was not a Teaparty Patriot.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:18 AM (xWW96)

31 I wish I could call in sick to life.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at August 26, 2015 09:07 AM (RD7QR)

A-fucking-men, brother.

Hope you're not feeling as low as I am right now. If you are, you've got my prayers and a wish that you soon feel like Teh Donald on tiger blood.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (zF6Iw)

32 Could have knocked me over with a feather this am while watching WGN morning coverage of Trump.

They actually said that Ramos' daughter was working for Hillary! Out loud! On the air!

Don't know how that one got through.

Anyway, the morning traffic/newscaster is an astonishingly beautiful redhead. I don't think I've seen someone so classically beautiful in a while.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (MIKMs)

33 ICYMI from prev thread

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=358685#c24103728
Vic is in Georgia ..FOR 3RD WEEK.. helping to look after our 80 year old uncle who fell and broke his leg. At a house on a lake, but can't fish......have to go to road in front of house to get cell service, no internet, land line only!
Posted by: Vic's OLDER brother

Posted by: mindful webworker - news not news at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (oUkrT)

34 Just reported the news crew (reporter and cameraman) killed were engaged.

Posted by: Aviator at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (ROnPv)

35

Watchdog Wins Big FOIA Decision In Federal Appeals Court

Government transparency advocates won a significant victory Tuesday as a federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Trade Commission cannot use unreasonably high fees or excessive demonstrations of readership to deny document requests from journalists and other users of the Freedom of Information Act.

...

Independent of the FOIAs, Cause of Action officials believed they had found evidence that the commission was "unfairly and inequitably enforcing the guides based on requesters' political views, and infringing free speech rights."

...

Cause of Action was joined in its appeal by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Daily Caller News Foundation.

daily caller

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (qCMvj)

36 I want to get my bet in early. $20 says the news crew shooter was not a Teaparty Patriot.

I see your $20 and raise you that the MFM will portray the shooter as an angry Republican who hates media, and will put the mantle of "brave liberal media martyrs" on themselves.

Posted by: V the K at August 26, 2015 09:20 AM (O7MnT)

37 OMG! My comment is linked on the side bar! I will never forget this special day.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 26, 2015 09:21 AM (Pby3z)

38 Since so many are whining about their feelings, I would like to relate that I feel mighty fine. Got a date with a tasty blonde this weekend. I also got a raise last week. So I could do a lot worse, but instead (by the grace of the Lord) I am feeling just fine!

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:21 AM (xWW96)

39
Weird how Vic has an uncle younger than him. Weirder that Vic is taking care of him.

Posted by: Soothie at August 26, 2015 09:21 AM (1i8ZT)

40 Army picks Humvee replacement; will be built in Scott Walker's Wisconsin. Posted by: V the K at August 26, 2015 09:16 AM

Can't wait to see the civilian version! Every Rap Star will want one. And The Ex-Governator will probably get 10 or 12.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 26, 2015 09:22 AM (SNBrO)

41 36:" see your $20 and raise you that the MFM will portray the shooter as an angry Republican who hates media, and will put the mantle of "brave liberal media martyrs" on themselves."

I call. My bet is that the knockout game has escalated.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:22 AM (UPYPp)

42 RE: the reporter and video guy...

a) shes 24? Holy shit does she look a lot older. Must be the make up.

b) Roanoke, VA?! not exactly known as a dangerous area...

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:22 AM (AkOaV)

43 I call. My bet is that the knockout game has escalated.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:22 AM (UPYPp)

My bet is she has an angry ex-boyfriend.

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:22 AM (AkOaV)

44 Vice President Joe Biden's son, Robert 'Hunter' Biden, says he did not open an Ashley Madison account registered in his name to his email address.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (H5dz3)

45

so BBC radio has this economist/banker type who lives in NYC and advises China

he says he doesnt believe our unemployment numbers

says we stop counting people after they have been unemployed for three months

that I believe

then he says - we solve our problem with unemployment numbers by incarcerating huge numbers of blacks and hispanics

see we arrest and incaercerate them so we dont have to count them

this, of course, is completely unchallenged by the radio host

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (zOTsN)

46 Last tv crew shooting update I saw was a Tweet from half an hour ago. Still no suspect in custody?

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (2cS/G)

47 Just reported the news crew (reporter and cameraman) killed were engaged.

Possible motive?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (9krrF)

48

Peruvian TV Host Charged With Bribery Begs Hillary Clinton To Give Her A Visa If Elected President [VIDEO]

A Spanish-language talk show host who had her U.S. visa revoked in 2002 after being convicted of accepting bribes in Peru says she hopes that Hillary Clinton will be elected president so that she can finally re-enter the country.

"I tell Hillary Clinton, who is also a mom and knows what it's like and how it hurts to be away from them, to evaluate my case, and hopefully she can give me a visa," Laura Bozzo told Telemundo's "Suelta la Sopa."

Bozzo has hosted shows similar to "The Jerry Springer Show" on Univision, Telemundo and other Spanish-language networks which have aired throughout Latin America and the U.S.

She was arrested in 2002 for accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the head of intelligence for former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. She served several years of house arrest and fled to Mexico after being released.

ht daily caller

Another criminal, now hiding in Mexico, banging on our door.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (qCMvj)

49 >>>
Sidebar: At this point, Stephen Hawking can just make sh-t up and no one will question it.<<<

There's a portal to a secret universe in Hillary Clinton's shitter where classified communiques are coded in yoga-speak.

Posted by: Fritz at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (UzPAd)

50 43: "My bet is she has an angry ex-boyfriend."

Live TV is certainly one way to make a statement.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (UPYPp)

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (qCMvj)

52 My first challenge came well before I arrived on campus, when I learned that all first years were assigned "Fun Home," a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.

Before I go off to work - for those who don't know, Alison Bechdel is the writer of an ostensible comic strip called Dykes To Watch Out For which is basically a decade-long shriek of rage at white men, straight people, Christians and Republicans. IOW, your typical never-wanna-grow-up-perpetual-adolescent angst.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (zF6Iw)

53
I want to get my bet in early. $20 says the news crew shooter was not a Teaparty Patriot.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:18 AM (xWW96)

My bet would be the reporter either had a stalker or an ongoing domestic dispute. Wouldn't surprise me if there was a TRO in place either, which is worth about as much as the paper it's written on.

No matter what the reason, damned shame, damned creepy.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (TAzkM)

54 i'm obviously not cool with trigger warnings but seriously folks, it's video of people being murdered be aware before you click

Describing the content so people can make an informed choice is not anything like a trigger warning...it's just a courtesy.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (/kI1Q)

55 re Hunter Biden - also paid with a credit card that is linked to his home address

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (zOTsN)

56 Last night Trump shows he hasno tolerance for beaners. He displayed what these 3rd world invaders have coming to them. The real Americans are awake and going to settle scores with our enemies.

The cultural Marxists are nervous and know their doom is coming.

Posted by: Long live Trump at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (5k1Ra)

57 I'm not watching videos of reporters being murdered, or news reports telling me my 401k is on it's last legs. Not the proper way to start hump day.

Uhm, is it gin or vodka that goes into a dirty martini?

Posted by: fairweatherbill...fixated at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (2z4UX)

58 BenK is like a gubmint employee.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2015 09:25 AM (sPO3u)

59 I also think the shooter is an ex - boyfriend .

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 26, 2015 09:25 AM (kvhal)

60 Oh Lord, Hector has perfumed the thread. Now there's areason to drink.

Posted by: fairweatherbill...fixated at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (cygkw)

61 They will probably blame Trump for the dead reporters,creating hostility towards the media or something.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (sPO3u)

62
I don't think I've seen someone so classically beautiful in a while.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (MIKMs)
----------------------------------

Hello, duh...

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (HSmrB)

63 55 re Hunter Biden - also paid with a credit card that is linked to his home address
Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:24 AM (zOTsN)

I dindo nuffin

- hunter biden

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (AkOaV)

64 Army picks Humvee replacement; will be built in Scott Walker's Wisconsin.

I'm told ISIS is breathlessly awaiting delivery.

Posted by: VA GOPe Sucks at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (brtPU)

65 Hector was rejected by Ashley Madison.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (u5gzz)

66 I see your $20 and raise you that the MFM will portray the shooter as an angry Republican who hates media, and will put the mantle of "brave liberal media martyrs" on themselves.

Posted by: V the K at August 26, 2015 09:20 AM (O7MnT)

I see your raise and raise you that the MFM will blame it on Trump and the "chill wind of hostility" he fans among his supporters, using poor, put-upon Megyn Kelly and Univision asshole Jorge Ramos as examples A and B.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (zF6Iw)

67 Oh my goodness. How horrible. What type of area were the reporter and cameraman in?

If they were engaged, I wonder if it's someone who had a personal beef with them.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (Pby3z)

68 Hope you're not feeling as low as I am right now. If
you are, you've got my prayers and a wish that you soon feel like Teh
Donald on tiger blood.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM

Same goes for you, MP4.

Saw an interesting Shrillery commercial on teh teevee last night. Probably regional, aimed at the folks in NH.

In it, she whines about how Evil Executives are getting 300X the pay of Ordinary Workers, and she's gonna put a stop to it. Made me wanna ask, "you gonna get me $300K for a friggin' speech, bitch?"

The people who do her makeup for the spots are freekin' miracle workers, though. If my car got crunched in an accident, I'd go to them first.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (SNBrO)

69 VA thing sounds like an ex boyfriend

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (zOTsN)

70 >>Just reported the news crew (reporter and cameraman) killed were engaged.

Engaged to different people, not to each other.

Posted by: VOX at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (OGm46)

71 For fun with the boss, don't call in "sick", instead, just call in BORED.

Or, you can take it up a notch. Call in "dead", and tell 'em you wanna use your bereavement time.

Oh, and I did quit a job once, 'cause of an problem with my eyes. I told 'em "I can't see working here anymore."

Bosses love a good joke like that, right?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (McRlu)

72 Damn it

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (OGm46)

73 "My bet is she has an angry ex-boyfriend."

Usually is a domestic connection like this.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (qCMvj)

74 I bet they try to blame the shooting on Trump.

Seriously, the radio guys commented on how people have gotten aggressive towards reporters since Ferguson and he understands people have gripes. No you dont. The peope who have been physically attacking reporters are thugs, anons, anarchists.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (iQIUe)

75 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 26, 2015 09:26 AM (zF6Iw)

You may be right, but I'm willing to bet that it's an ex-boyfriend, or like someone said, a stalker.

It appears that the reporterette and her cameraman (who she is apparently dating) were specific targets.

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:28 AM (AkOaV)

76 >>It appears that the reporterette and her cameraman (who she is apparently dating) were specific targets.

No, they were engaged to different people.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2015 09:28 AM (OGm46)

77 Engaged to different people, not to each other.
Posted by: VOX at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (OGm46)

oh, hm...

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:28 AM (AkOaV)

78 No, they were engaged to different people.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2015 09:28 AM (OGm46)

Yeah, don't know then.

Still have my money on ex-boyfriend.

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:29 AM (AkOaV)

79 The beaners, pavement apes, chinamen and dot heads have it coming. The silent majority is awake and Trump is our champion. The 2 patriots in boston who beat that invader are just the tip of the spear of what is coming. It will be open season on non whites under Trump.

Posted by: Long live Trump at August 26, 2015 09:29 AM (5k1Ra)

80 My bet is a random loon, like a theater shooter.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:29 AM (xWW96)

81
No Hump Dump, but we have Hector, so we still have dump.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (TAzkM)

82 61 They will probably blame Trump for the dead reporters,creating hostility towards the media or something.

----

Did anyone at Trump Headqu

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (ikOLM)

83 34 Just reported the news crew (reporter and cameraman) killed were engaged.
Posted by: Aviator at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (ROnPv)

Jilted boyfriend?

Posted by: rickl at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (zoehZ)

84 Hector, you are the sorriest, stupidest, stinkiest, worm ridden turd that was ever extruded through a rabid rat's asshole.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (xWW96)

85 So looks like YouTube has blacked out all of the videos of the shooting?

Posted by: VA GOPe Sucks at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (brtPU)

86 Cruz is also mad at Megs Kelly.

http://tinyurl.com/ojnggxf

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (ee9LE)

87 Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (Pby3z)

They were in Roanoke, VA.

Which is not exactly known as a bad area.

There are less nice parts, but I used to hang out with a girl who went to college there when I was in college and I certainly never felt like it was a bad area.

By the way -- the reporterette went to JMU. i forget who i was talking to in the comments about JMU, but yeah -- every chick who goes there is attractive. Something in the water or something.

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (AkOaV)

88 So looks like YouTube has blacked out all of the videos of the shooting?

Never mind, it's my computer. Sorry.

Posted by: VA GOPe Sucks at August 26, 2015 09:31 AM (brtPU)

89 71: "Bosses love a good joke like that, right?"

Right after I retired from active duty, I got a job as a security guard.

I showed up late for my first night and tossed my uniform, which I didn't even bother to take out of the plastic bag, to my boss saying "I quit".

The reason? Because now I could.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:31 AM (UPYPp)

90 Another criminal, now hiding in Mexico, banging on our door.

At least she's banging, and not walking right in.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 26, 2015 09:31 AM (k+zgr)

91 Oh my goodness. How horrible. What type of area were the reporter and cameraman in?

If they were engaged, I wonder if it's someone who had a personal beef with them.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (Pby3z)

Nice area, it looks like. A port town. On the water. Very pretty.

http://www.bridgewaterplaza.com/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:31 AM (qCMvj)

92 It's a nice area:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl8okt4BuU4

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:32 AM (iQIUe)

93 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (qCMvj)

Peruvian briber believes she'll get sympathy because Hillary is also a criminal, albeit unindicted.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 26, 2015 09:32 AM (Pby3z)

94 shooter as an angry Republican who hates media

who reads and posts at HuffPo and has Che posters on his Facebook page

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:32 AM (ztOda)

95 There shd be plenty of cameras in the area.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:32 AM (iQIUe)

96 @ #79 GO FUCK YOURSELF.

Posted by: RedWhiteandTrue at August 26, 2015 09:32 AM (J9rqz)

97 I someone nuking the asshole in the thread?

here buddy

have a big tall glass of shut the fuck up

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:33 AM (zOTsN)

98
Hector, you are the sorriest, stupidest, stinkiest, worm ridden turd that was ever extruded through a rabid rat's asshole.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (xWW96)

Three words: Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2015 09:33 AM (TAzkM)

99 The silent majority will be silent no more. Cuckservatives will have to choose being with us or defending the mud people who are ruining this great nation.

Trump 2016!

Posted by: Long live Trump at August 26, 2015 09:33 AM (5k1Ra)

100 Ouch. Apparently now Cruz got into it with Megyn Kelly last night over that question to Trump.

http://tinyurl.com/ohevs8n

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 26, 2015 09:33 AM (9krrF)

101 Hector, its only 9:35 AM on the east coast in the US.

Really, its too early for your shit.

Give us a few hours to wake up at least, ok?

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (AkOaV)

102

It's 45 minutes SE of Roanoke

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (qCMvj)

103 I someone nuking the asshole in the thread?

Be more specific. Half the Horde could get banned with that description.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (9krrF)

104 Turns out they were engaged to other people at the TV station. An anchor and a producer. Different than what Fox initially reported.

Posted by: Aviator at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (ROnPv)

105 103 Only half?You are being generous.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (sPO3u)

106 they were killed in Roanoke

they were killed in Moneta VA

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (zOTsN)

107 96
There will be no room for Cuckservatives like you in Trump's America. After he gives the green light to finish off the muds, traitors like you will be dealt with.

Trump 2016!

Posted by: Long live Trump at August 26, 2015 09:35 AM (5k1Ra)

108 their poor families and loved ones......dear God....what is going on.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 26, 2015 09:35 AM (0O7c5)

109 Remember, most everything you hear about a shooting in the first 24 hours is wrong. About the only thing the media gets right in the rush reporting is the fact that a shooting took place.

Posted by: VA GOPe Sucks at August 26, 2015 09:35 AM (brtPU)

110 Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:34 AM (zOTsN)

yeah looks like it was "down the street" (45 minutes) away from Roanoke, which makes it even less likely to be a random act of violence.

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (AkOaV)

111 Is there a link to the shooter's pic

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (ztOda)

112 lake and mountain nearby

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (zOTsN)

113 From the sidebar: The military is accused of falsifying reports to make our war on ISIS look better than it is. Good Trump Almighty! This is the optimistic version?!
Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:13 AM (ee9LE)

I'm a news junkie with a particular focus on military, geopolitical stuff. I read feeds, scan headlines, go deeper on some articles, ignore others...that kind of thing. I have no super-seekrit government and/or military contacts aside from some old Army buddies who do defense contractor gigs.

A nobody from Nowhere, Indiana, I knew the Pentagon's glowingly positive reports on its ISIS campaignwere bullshit months ago. What the Obama Administration has been doing re ISIS is a simulacrum, an illusion of action, and that's been clear to anyone with an attention span for quite some time. If the military has been over-optimistic in its reports and analyses, then lower-level Pentagon (and probably CIA) analysts have been doing it under pressure from higher.

Assad has less than half his army left. He's about ready to fall. When that happens--probably within a few months at most--ISIS will swarm all over what was once Syria.Calling what's about to happen a 'humanitarian disaster' is an understatement. Obama will pretend surprise and point to his 'faulty intelligence', and continue to do nothing.

Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (Bvf82)

114 Curt Schilling due to call in to Boston sports radio in a few minutes. The mandatory contrition tour.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (2cS/G)

115 Wait, are the trolls duking it out now?

/starts making popcorn

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 26, 2015 09:37 AM (9krrF)

116 looks like vacation homes, nice, rural

I think this is a stalker/ex boyfriend thing

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:37 AM (zOTsN)

117 45

That sounds like something I'd expect to hear from a certain commenter here of bovine persuasion.

Posted by: joe at August 26, 2015 09:37 AM (KUaJL)

118 Is there a link to the shooter's pic
Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (ztOda)

my link above has a fuzzy one. You can't see his face. Dressed all in black, you can see the gun tho.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:37 AM (qCMvj)

119 Peruvian briber believes she'll get sympathy because Hillary is also a criminal, albeit unindicted.

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Honor among thieves.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:37 AM (ee9LE)

120 oy

what a way to start the morning

breakfast and sun to soothe the soul

/wave

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (qCMvj)

121 114 Oh boy,here comes the groveling apology to the adherents of the "religion of peace".

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (sPO3u)

122 long live trump with his classy racial epithets and drooling sensibility needs a big tall glass of shut the fuck up

Posted by: ThunderB at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (zOTsN)

123 Assad has less than half his army left. He's about ready to fall. When that happens--probably within a few months at most--ISIS will swarm all over what was once Syria.Calling what's about to happen a 'humanitarian disaster' is an understatement. Obama will pretend surprise and point to his 'faulty intelligence', and continue to do nothing.
Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2015 09:36 AM (Bvf82)

I don't know how much interest ISIS actually has in Damascus. I think it's possible for Assad to hole up for the time being.

ISIS is looking toward Mecca, Medina, and Al Quds (Jerusalem) to fulfill their religious prophecies.

Not sure which one they're go for first.

But why waste the man power going door to door through shia neighborhoods to get to Damascus (or Baghdad for that matter) when they're of little strategic value.

Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (AkOaV)

124 Hector is here because his wife made him leave while she services 20-30 crack heads in the alley. She can't listen to his stupidity while she is eating paste.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (xWW96)

125 91 Oh my goodness. How horrible. What type of area were the reporter and cameraman in?

If they were engaged, I wonder if it's someone who had a personal beef with them.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 26, 2015 09:27 AM (Pby3z)

Nice area, it looks like. A port town. On the water. Very pretty.

http://www.bridgewaterplaza.com/
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:31 AM (qCMvj)

It's on Smith Mountain Lake. Nice place, which makes me think it wasn't crime/gangs.

Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (RD7QR)

126 Curt Schilling due to call in to Boston sports radio in a few minutes. The mandatory contrition tour.

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I'm so.sorry I noticed that Muslims are a bunch of kill-crazy lunatics.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (ee9LE)

127 120: "breakfast and sun to soothe the soul"

I'd prefer Rum and bacon. But work frowns on my preferences.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (UPYPp)

128 "Uhm, is it gin or vodka that goes into a dirty martini?"'
I know how to "Dirty D*ck" a coffee cup.

Other then that...I got nuthin

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (VPLuQ)

129 Curt Schilling due to call in to Boston sports radio in a few minutes. The mandatory contrition tour.

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But it is still ok to tell young men to get fall guys, right?

I have a hard time keeping up with what is suspendable and not suspendable at ESPN. Their employee handbook must be getting constant updates.

Posted by: SH at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (gmeXX)

130 new open thread is up

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (FIrEF)

131
I have to concentrate on the good thing that happened today: Vic is alive...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (iQIUe)

132 We're still in a holding pattern, folks. Victims unfortunately weren't black, so while we still want to twist this into a Gun Control! story, we have to wait to make sure the shooter was not black or muslim. Regardless, as ever, the Lie Now and Lie Later protocol remains in effect in case there are any slip ups.

Posted by: Corrupt Media at August 26, 2015 09:41 AM (nFICN)

133 Vic is alive

, but Buzzion is dead

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:41 AM (xWW96)

134 123: "I don't know how much interest ISIS actually has in Damascus. I think it's possible for Assad to hole up for the time being."

It's a matter of attrition. ISIS is getting new recruits/conscripts. Assad is not.

Unless decisive action is taken, the outcome in that particular area is certain.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:41 AM (UPYPp)

135 Smith Mtn Lake? I've been there for two different vacations. In-laws rented a big house on the lake with a dock, jet skis, etc. Great place.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 26, 2015 09:41 AM (2cS/G)

136 So Reason says Trump caused the depression? Oh, My.

Do they also blame him for the cow going dry and the murrain in the sheep?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 26, 2015 09:42 AM (3pRHP)

137 86 Cruz is also mad at Megs Kelly.

http://tinyurl.com/ojnggxf
Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 26, 2015 09:30 AM (ee9LE)

And I'm disappointed with Cruz. I posted yesterday that he had an obvious answer to the attempted gotcha question but chose to escalate it instead with the refusal to address the question at all and claim bias. I think he purposely wanted to create a conflict.

He could have just responded ' I would do what the law requires until such time as the law can be changed to prevent these scenarios as I have previously suggested. '

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 26, 2015 09:42 AM (kvhal)

138 Odd, under chin style beard on the shooter. Some hipster thing I'm not familiar with.

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:42 AM (ztOda)

139 Tourette syndrome exhibited as trolling is such a sad, terrible thing. Unconscious, uncontrollable outbursts of bizarre, inimical communications posted randomly amid civilized conversation. So advanced a case, apparently, it's not just the occasional aberrant blurt, it's the only communications the subject can make. Best response, of course, is to simply ignore these unsociable statements and let the professionals take care of the poor fellow. Paging Doctor Banhammer.

Posted by: mindful webworker - armchair psycho analyst at August 26, 2015 09:43 AM (oUkrT)

140 What did Schilling say or do that he has to apologize for?

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:44 AM (ztOda)

141 But why waste the man power going door to door through shia neighborhoods to get to Damascus (or Baghdad for that matter) when they're of little strategic value.
Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (AkOaV)

Strategy, in the traditional geopolitical sense, does not apply with these people.

Read this: http://tinyurl.com/ngfwzy8

Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2015 09:44 AM (Bvf82)

142 Since so many are whining about their feelings, I would like to relate that I feel mighty fine. Got a date with a tasty blonde this weekend. I also got a raise last week. So I could do a lot worse, but instead (by the grace of the Lord) I am feeling just fine!

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2015 09:21 AM (xWW96)

Nice!! Spread some of that good luck around to the rest of us, por favor. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Blano at August 26, 2015 09:45 AM (w1ewr)

143 The closer ISIS gets to Israel ...

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:46 AM (ztOda)

144 "Odd, under chin style beard on the shooter"'

Typically a ball cushion.

Sometimes referred to as a face merkin.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2015 09:48 AM (VPLuQ)

145 ht daily caller

Another criminal, now hiding in Mexico, banging on our door.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 26, 2015 09:23 AM (qCMvj)

Why doesn't she just suffer a little water on the back like the rest of the border crossers?

Posted by: Blano at August 26, 2015 09:48 AM (w1ewr)

146 But why waste the man power going door to door
through shia neighborhoods to get to Damascus (or Baghdad for that
matter) when they're of little strategic value.
Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (AkOaV)

Um...

Why root through Ukraine and Hungary for Jews to exterminate when you are busy fighting a war to the end on two fronts?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 26, 2015 09:48 AM (3pRHP)

147 Jean:

curt schilling......
http://tinyurl.com/pu74rh3

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 26, 2015 09:48 AM (0O7c5)

148 The closer ISIS gets to Israel ...
Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 09:46 AM (ztOda)

ISIS is not Hamas. Destroying Israel, while desireable from its point of view,is tangential to its primary goal, which is to bring about the apocalypse.

Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2015 09:52 AM (Bvf82)

149 Make of it what you will:

https://pbs.tw___.com/media/CNVvSKiWEAAZFfg.png

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:55 AM (iQIUe)

150 ISIS has claimed to have shot a couple of rockets at Israel. One exploded within Gaza and the other was a dud. But they are trying. ISIS was fighting so close to Isreal's northern border, people cd see them from the hills.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:59 AM (iQIUe)

151 ISIS will want to fight Israel to claim legitimacy

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 10:01 AM (ztOda)

152
120: "breakfast and sun to soothe the soul"

I'd prefer Rum and bacon. But work frowns on my preferences.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 26, 2015 09:39 AM (UPYPp)

I'd tell any employer that frowned on bacon to sod off. But that's me.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2015 10:01 AM (TAzkM)

153 So Curt has to apologize for the truth?

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2015 10:01 AM (ztOda)

154 @151

I'm sure any possible survivors will feel completely vindicated.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 26, 2015 10:03 AM (jeCnD)

155 92 It's a nice area:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl8okt4BuU4
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 26, 2015 09:32 AM (iQIUe)

A "NICE" AREA?!

Posted by: Tax-Deductible Reverend Al Sharpton at August 26, 2015 10:08 AM (JIJNV)

156 But why waste the man power going door to door through shia neighborhoods to get to Damascus (or Baghdad for that matter) when they're of little strategic value.
Posted by: mynewhandle at August 26, 2015 09:38 AM (AkOaV)

Strategy, in the traditional geopolitical sense, does not apply with these people.

Read this: http://tinyurl.com/ngfwzy8

Posted by: troyriser at August 26, 2015 09:44 AM (Bvf82)

True dat. It's part of the greater Islamic State that they want to put together.

Posted by: Blano at August 26, 2015 10:10 AM (w1ewr)

157 FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Actions to Bring Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Households across the Country

President Obama is committed to taking responsible steps to address climate change, promote clean energy and energy efficiency, drive innovation, and ensure a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. That is why at Senator Reid's National Clean Energy Summit later today, he is announcing a robust set of executive actions and private sector commitments to accelerate America's transition to cleaner sources of energy and ways to cut energy waste.

... Yes, it's a $12 billion payday for friends of Harry Reid

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 26, 2015 10:25 AM (H5dz3)

158 >>>33 ICYMI from prev thread

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=358685#c24103728
Vic is in Georgia ..FOR 3RD WEEK.. helping to look after our 80 year old uncle who fell and broke his leg. At a house on a lake, but can't fish......have to go to road in front of house to get cell service, no internet, land line only!
Posted by: Vic's OLDER brother
Posted by: mindful webworker - news not news at August 26, 2015 09:19 AM (oUkrT)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2015 05:24 PM (ELEPX)

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