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Judge Re-Instates Group Defamation Lawsuit by UVA Fraternity Against Susan Erdeley and Rolling Stone for Fabricated Rape Story
A trial judge dismissed the suit, finding the allegations could not support a "group defamation" finding. Group defamation suits are a bit tricky: You're not alleging that someone said you, personally, committed a heinous act, but that a "small" (that's the legal requirement) group of people committed the heinous act -- which group includes you, so you may be subject to a diminished reputation due to the smearing of the group. If the group is smeared, then you, as a member of the group, are likely to have a damaged reputation.
But it's a balancing act of deciding how "small" the group has to be in order to say that smearing that group smears an individual (unnamed) member of it. The trial court judge dismissed the fraternity student's individual defamation claims, and also their "small group" defamation claims. An appeals court has reversed that ruling and re-instated the small group defamation suit, as well as two (of the three) individual defamation suits: So the suit will now proceed, and, if the past is prologue, the rest of the media will duly ignore. The one thing Erdeley won on was the claim that remarks she made in an NPR podcast were defamatory. But the court reinstated the defamation suit as regards her Rolling Stone article.2nd Circuit revives defamation claims by UVA fraternity students against Rolling Stone https://t.co/9NqN0kIIs0 pic.twitter.com/M0dyDCdAzf
— Jacob Gershman (@jacobgershman) September 19, 2017
Consider first the description of Jackie’s purported rape. Not only did nine men associated with the fraternity participate in the alleged offense, but several made comments -- "Don't you want to be a brother" and "We all had to do it, so you do, too" -- implying the event was part of an initiation ritual. Other allegations supported that implication. For example, the Article stated that two other female students reported to Jackie that they had been gang‐raped at the fraternity, suggesting that gang rapes regularly occurred at Phi Kappa Psi. Moreover, the Article described a decades‐long “trail” of sexual violence leading back to the fraternity, including a gang rape committed there in 1984. Connecting the dots, a reader could plausibly conclude that Phi Kappa Psi had a long tradition of requiring pledges to participate in gang rapes as a condition of membership.Indeed -- that is precisely what I concluded when I first skimmed the story, and was more naive about the media straight-up inventing #FakeNews. The court also reinstated two individual defamation cases. One man claimed individual defamation on the grounds that he occupied the only room in the frat that corresponded to the description that Jackie Coakley provided, and ergo, he was individually defamed, as most people would know (or could easily find out) the alleged "rape room" was his. Another man's claim was reinstated because Jackie Coakeley claimed one of the rapists was a lifeguard at the school's pool; the man suing wasn't a lifeguard, but was known to frequently use the pool, and therefore it is plausible (if not exactly a slam-dunk) that his participation in the non-rape was strongly implied by the article. The New York Times had an interesting (as usual) way to describe Jackie Coakley's attempt to pity-pressure a boy into liking her by fabricating a group rape: They claimed that her rape story was merely "unproven:"
Some interesting word choices in this NYT description (used twice in article) about Rolling Stone-UVA:https://t.co/rYHFUsJKxr pic.twitter.com/qQwDAL2Vzc
— KC Johnson (@kcjohnson9) September 18, 2017
In contrast to the NYT's recent description of Jackie's claims as "unproven," the 2nd Circuit today is more...precise: pic.twitter.com/svVSgz0pB1
— KC Johnson (@kcjohnson9) September 19, 2017
Ramussen: ovewhelming (73-6) support for @MollyDeVosED speech framing--take issue seriously, don't presume guilt.https://t.co/G57zM1yH5b
— KC Johnson (@kcjohnson9) September 18, 2017
Rolling Stone is up for sale. I might buy it just to put actual bands on the cover.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) September 18, 2017
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 19, 2017 03:30 PM (8/+/o)
And f the NYT. "Unproven" Sheesh.
Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2017 03:30 PM (Mjus2)
Don't want the proles to think that both men and women should have equal justice in terms of sexual assault.
Posted by: shibumi at September 19, 2017 03:30 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 03:31 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 19, 2017 03:31 PM (ycWCI)
stupid New York Times.
I'm glad these young men can go forward. They went through a lot.
And for some reason, Rolling Stone magazine has been showing up in our mail recently, yet none of us ordered it. I think my BIL did it with spare mileage points or something, probably for a joke. I keep forgetting to ask him. The magazine goes straight into the recycling bin.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:32 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: USNtakim at September 19, 2017 03:32 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 03:32 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2017 03:33 PM (Mjus2)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 19, 2017 03:33 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 03:33 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 03:33 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:33 PM (EyPfd)
I'd be tempted to buy it just so I can be the one to fire Pete Travers.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 03:33 PM (xJa6I)
Let's hope that Sarah's wins on this when she goes to the same Second Circuit for her appeal.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (cAXIk)
Protip: Neither buy Rolling Stone itself or it's stock. It's heading for the rocks at 100 mph.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (Mjus2)
Posted by: gNewt - Imperialism is the answer at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (t8kZU)
Elbows, boobies, guns, recipes, shoes and fashion for the 'ettes....
I can see this.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (ghofu)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 19, 2017 03:34 PM (KP5rU)
Herbert!!
Posted by: Jann Wenner at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (OD2ni)
And f the NYT. "Unproven" Sheesh.
Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2017 03:30 PM (Mjus2)
I was reading an article yesterday about the St. Louis cop, Stockley, verdict.
I swear to God it said this: Stockley was accused of killing MOTORIST Anthony Lamar Smith.
Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (Enq6K)
To put actual bands on the cover?
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (I3yVB)
I still think Kid Rock and The Nuge should buy Rolling Stone, but Gutfeld might be an acceptable substitute.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/7 at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (Umfx1)
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (mXfy+)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (KP5rU)
http://tinyurl.com/y8fvq3p3
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 03:36 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2017 03:36 PM (mXfy+)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:36 PM (NWiLs)
When you buy a business you acquire both assets AND liabilities. Don't ask me how I know this or why I still wake up in the middle of the night remembering that mistake.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 03:36 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (mXfy+)
Made up? I'm totes real!
Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2017 03:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Roy at September 19, 2017 03:37 PM (7n4KQ)
Posted by: ARCO at September 19, 2017 03:37 PM (mXfy+)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 19, 2017 03:37 PM (4e+hS)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 19, 2017 03:37 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Roland THTG at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (mXfy+)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (WLK0w)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (fA1SL)
GOOD.
I will say that the trial court's ruling wasn't that far out of bounds. As ace noted, group defamation is tricky. That being said, of course I think the appellate court got it right and not merely because I like the outcome.
This was an outrageous case and responsibility needs to be forced on those unwilling to accept it and I use that phrasing intentionally.
I think everyone who says that Survivors Must Be Believed!!!111!!! should be asked a very simple question. Does Haven Monahan exist? Yes or no. I don't mean as a symbol. I mean is there an actual person named Haven Monahan who existed and who attended UVA? Yes or no.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (mf5HN)
When you buy a business you acquire both assets AND liabilities. Don't ask me how I know this or why I still wake up in the middle of the night remembering that mistake.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 03:36 PM (EgwCt)
That depends on whether you're doing an assets-only purchase or you're acquiring the stock.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (NWiLs)
The leaking with Trump and the use of anonymous sources has to be stopped.
I'm still praying that Sarah's case will be reversed on appeal.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (cAXIk)
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Booth was accused of killing audience member Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (mf5HN)
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Bingo.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: garrett"
Haven Monahan. He had some very funny posts on this site.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (NWiLs)
Unfortunately my representation in the matter was not Moron level.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Publius Redux at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (cAXIk)
It's all designed to blow our minds,
But our minds won't really get blown
Like the blow that'll getcha
When you get your picture
On the cover of the Rolling Stone.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (IqV8l)
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To put actual bands on the cover?
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2017 03:35 PM (I3yVB)
PJ O'Rourke, to the white courtesy phone.
Otherwise... Hunter Thompson is dead.
Maybe some of the old Spy Magazine writers are looking for work? Or even current/former National Kazoo and Weakly Stand-in writers who would like, you know, to actually write for a conservative zine.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (NWiLs)
Unfortunately my representation in the matter was not Moron level.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (EgwCt)
Oh dear. Shoulda come to me first!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:41 PM (NWiLs)
It's not the size of the group that should make the difference, it's the severity of the false allegations. Our judiciary always seems to have problems with simple concepts like this. It reminds me of the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause and how the courts have totally perverted that. Punishment is only cruel or unusual with respect to the crime. For certain crimes, there is no punishment that is (relatively) cruel or unusual. Of course, our courts are too intentionally retarded to see that.
False accusations of rape are pretty much among the most egregious in our society. Hah-vahd would never hire someone who was convicted of rape ... but they have no problem hiring someone who is convicted of espionage/treason.
I'm glad to see that a court has put a little bit of reason back into the system, here.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 19, 2017 03:41 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:41 PM (fA1SL)
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You would think, but.... there was a social worker pajama boy who worked here named "Haven."
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 19, 2017 03:41 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (YV+SU)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Lizzy"
A shit ton of legal fees.
One of the more fascinating aspects of the fiasco was the revelation that Sabrina Rubin Erdely got busted for making shit up for her college paper. BY STEPHEN GLASS!!!!
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:32 PM (UoSKV)
IIRC, magazines will buy subscriber lists and then start sending out copies to those on that list so that they can say circulation of whatever.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: tu3031 at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (OD2ni)
Well, he would know.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: fluffy at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (U0v/A)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (HtLSE)
I had a female student named Heaven in class, and since I'm in Title 1 schools in Phoenix a few Angels. Yeah...no.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (rp9xB)
...like an onion.
Posted by: garrett at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (mXfy+)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 19, 2017 03:41 PM (vg8iE)
That was just his nickname. His real name was "Haven't".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (QtQaN)
Posted by: fluffy at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (U0v/A)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (fA1SL)
And rename it:
Rolling Horde?
Stoned Horde?
???
Posted by: Tami at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (Enq6K)
"Death Cluck VII: Red Hen Rises"
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - DIY Insufferables! See the Selections in the Outrage Outlet's Hobby Area! at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:42 PM (fA1SL)
That would be a hoot, although I think it would take just a bit more scratch than the Horde could scrape together.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (oVJmc)
You don't sue people who are judgment proof. As I tell people, we can get you a judgment but what I think you want is money and that is not the same thing.
There is a growing trend by those falsely accused in the Title IX kangaroo courts to name the accuser as well and I am all for that.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (mf5HN)
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Simple, she never brought any charges, just spun a tall tale to RS and they were dumb enough to print it. No law about playing Manhattanites for rubes.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (YV+SU)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (mf5HN)
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Ah, really? That's interesting! Because we also get People and some trashy Entertainment magazine or something like that. No one knows why they come here, and no one wants to read them, so they go right into the trash. I keep blaming my BIL but he lives overseas so I keep forgetting to ask him. Maybe I owe him an apology, lol.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (7kLRC)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (fA1SL)
*facepalm*
It is done in many countries in Europe. That way govt. has control over the Political Correct tone & what is reported. In Sweden, Muslim criminals are called Asians, or given names like Joe Smith.
Not all European media is subsidized by govt., and I didn't do a deep dive into subject, but it was an eye-opener for me. Still think it could happen here under an Obama type Presidency.
I mean look at our press bias now, even w/o direct money.
For instance, the BBC receives govt. funding.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (Ae45Z)
But was it rape rape?
+++
Yeah, but it wasn't gang gang
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:40 PM (8C+9j)
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But is was false false, gang gang, rape rape, rape rape . . wasn't it?
Posted by: Publius Redux at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2017 03:45 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (/tuJf)
There is a growing trend by those falsely accused in the Title IX kangaroo courts to name the accuser as well and I am all for that.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (mf5HN)
You may not get any money out of them right away, but getting liens and garnishments is a great way to make their lives miserable.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (NWiLs)
We'll steal it from jwest's petty cash drawer.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (mf5HN)
"Death Cluck VII: Red Hen Rises"
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - DIY Insufferables! See the Selections in the Outrage Outlet's Hobby Area! at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (hLRSq)
Soon to be ChickenNado.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (dCikz)
Put me in for a ten-spot.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (fA1SL)
Frankly, Erdley, Coakley, and Rolling Stone should be bankrupted over this.
Posted by: Dean Wromer at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (fftfA)
Why would anyone buy The Rolling Stone now with a lawsuit hanging over it's head?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: gNewt - Imperialism is the answer at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (t8kZU)
Every. Single. Cover. is full-on Trump hate. A freaking fashion magazine that plasters anti-Trump crap all over its cover.
I hope it goes out of business.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (NWiLs)
We'll steal it from jwest's petty cash drawer.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (mf5HN)
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Honestly, I think we could do it with the change we find in our sofa cushions.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (UoSKV)
Posted by: Dean Wromer at September 19, 2017 03:48 PM (fftfA)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (dCikz)
I watch that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 19, 2017 03:48 PM (ycWCI)
The other names I recognize.
But who's Frankly?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:48 PM (EyPfd)
Yeah....I wasn't going to go for that one
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:48 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (mf5HN)
A related subject I know something about:
You know those dudes who are deadbeat dads and/or wife beaters?
Worst of the worst, right? The law should show no mercy to these guys.
I know guys who paid thousands and thousands of dollars to support their kids over the years, only to have the state come along decades later and give them a bill for tens of thousands of dollars in back child support. Not just a bill, but will start raiding their bank accounts. Because they can.
I know other guys who have restraining orders, and sometimes felony convictions for domestic violence, and I swear they never laid a hand (or anything else) on their partners. The law doesn't care. Especially if she shows up at family court with her lawyer, and the dude either doesn't show up, or thinks the truth will be enough.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 19, 2017 03:48 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (mf5HN)
And there went a mouthful of tasty Rooibos tea all over the keyboard.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 03:49 PM (PY9jH)
Why would anyone buy The Rolling Stone now with a lawsuit hanging over it's head?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (lKyWE)
You buy the assets, and leave the current and contingent liabilities with the existing company. Of course, there could be an issue with fraudulent transfer given the depth of shit they're in at the moment.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:49 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:32 PM (UoSKV)
That used to happen to me years ago with Men's Health magazine. Never ordered it, didn't pay for it, didn't want it but every month it came and went straight in the circular file.
And the editor of Men's Health was...Greg Gutfeld. For realz.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 03:49 PM (ul9CR)
Would be nice, but I am all for punishing Erdley and RS for creating the illusion that there's a scary, widespread issue of campus gang-rapes, particularly at fraternities. Jackie may have harmed the frat's reputation on campus, but Erdley RS took it national, international.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 03:49 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:49 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: BJ Clinton at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (7kLRC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (ycWCI)
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:49 PM (/tuJf)
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I wanna see your smiling face.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (UoSKV)
Ask why haven't Leftists keeping it afloat?
Posted by: Skip at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (ghofu)
Publisher's Clearing House did something similar-- some magazines would *lose money* on the PCH-offer subscriptions, but when they stopped partnering (to, you know, stop bleeding cash), their numbers went down but profitability went up.
This is all from memory from the mid or late 90's IIRC, so I don't know how accurate it is now, but at the time, I thought it was interesting.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (u0s1P)
Are we sure we want to do that? I mean, it's small change, but it's in the drawer for him to be petty about.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (mf5HN)
*snort*
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:50 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (p+Wdc)
So it must be Belgium
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (493sH)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (/tuJf)
Yes, but without proof proof.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (oVJmc)
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I assume it's because she herself didn't publish the silly story.
And it would be hard to prove what she did and didn't tell the writer.
And she doesn't have deep pockets.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:43 PM (oVJmc)
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Didn't her latest adventures involve pretending to be some kind of campus "rape counselor"? Oof, the irony.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (iFFfd)
I mean, not that I regret my Shape magazine subscription, but if we could switch the article content and keep the images, that would make more sense to me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Haven Monahan at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (oVJmc)
Here's a good article about the monies & BBC/govt. plans & targets.
http://tinyurl.com/jb59l5v
BBC is very pro Islam. No, I don't see any govt. interference at all. smh
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (/tuJf)
tell people, we can get you a judgment but what I think you want is
money and that is not the same thing.
There is a growing trend by those falsely accused in the Title IX
kangaroo courts to name the accuser as well and I am all for that.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM
There's also the fact that judgments can last quite a long time. Plenty of time for a currently judgment-proof defendant to, say, win the lottery or inherit your judgment.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (p+Wdc)
Fuck now he's gonna buy it.
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (ycWCI)
http://tinyurl.com/jb59l5v
BBC is very pro Islam. No, I don't see any govt. interference at all. smh
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (Ae45Z)
Oh I just LOVE BBC!
Posted by: Kim Kardashian at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:39 PM (/tuJf)
Yes, but without proof proof.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (tbOMB)
when did stuttering become contagious?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 19, 2017 03:51 PM (493sH)
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That might be
the dumbest
movie
ever.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (UoSKV)
1) How was "Jackie's" real identity--Jackie Coakley, discovered?
2) Why would Sabrina Erdely use Jackie's real first name in the article? Why not call her "Jane" or "Joan" or "Betsy" or anything really that would have helped shield her identity?
I'm just curious and I've had trouble finding straight answers to these questions. Thanks y'all!
Posted by: JJTownsend1977 at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (PsdJu)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (7kLRC)
She was gang raped by the editorial board at Rolling Stone?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (uqdlV)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:54 PM (/tuJf)
Why? I'll tell you why. What's the point of owning a formerly cutting-edge magazine if the only people who read it are bad-smelling hippy grandmothers? It might matter if I'd been able to get an erection since 1997, but you get my point.
Posted by: Jann Wenner at September 19, 2017 03:54 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:54 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (8C+9j)
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Countess Constance Haversham-Cranberry would have been appropriate.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (iFFfd)
Posted by: BBC radio at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (IqV8l)
I suspect it was because they used her real first name and there are a very limited number of Jackies involved in "anti-rape" advocacy at UVA. One at most? Also, she'd told the story non-anonymously.
2) Why would Sabrina Erdely use Jackie's real first name in the article? Why not call her "Jane" or "Joan" or "Betsy" or anything really that would have helped shield her identity?
Erdely was not only a flaming lazy asshair, but a flaming lazy INCOMPETENT asshair.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (HtLSE)
I don't think it's real stuttering stuttering.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (EyPfd)
Lol. I'm not sure why i laugh at this stuff. Whats wrong with me? Lol!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (dCikz)
Time after time, the leftards find themselves overwhelmingly on the wrong side of issues that matter, and it doesn't slow them down a bit.
As to Rolling Stone, ever since they decided to glorify a terrorist on their front cover I've been wishing for them to financially die.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (0ogQG)
As to the "rape rape" issue there is an enormous, real issue.
It goes by many names, but the hard left is always engaged in a form of "concept creep" whereby terms such as "racist" (that originally, correctly referred to heinous acts of racial slavery, segregation, burning crosses on lawns, etc. to mean any slight, real or imagined, that might conceivably cause someone "offense" about issues of race. And so, they seek to apply the social oppobrium of the most extreme forms of "racism" to all kinds of innocent behavior, or behavior or thoughts that should rightfully fall in the zone of private thoughts, assumptions, etc that should not be matters of anyone else's "concern."
So with "campus rape." The game they play is to first be "scientific" and create a "neutral catagory" of acts that encompasses what everyone thinks of as rape, but is actually much larger and more amorphous, e.g. "sexual assault." Then they push "the definition" of "sexual assault" to include an unwanted compliment, or two kids having sex while one or both has been drinking. And so a huge swath of "gray" human behavior becomes "sexual assault" which is then over reported and conflated with "rape" so you get ridiculous statistics about 25% of college women having been "sexually assaulted" etc.
Then, when reported, it becomes "25% are raped" and anyone who dares to qualify becomes either "pro rape" or is ridiculed for talking about whether something is "rape rape."
Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 19, 2017 03:56 PM (QtQaN)
I don't think it's real stuttering stuttering.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:53 PM (EyPfd)
Lol. I'm not sure why i laugh at this stuff. Whats wrong with me? Lol!
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:55 PM (dCikz)
That's n-n-n-n-n-not f-f-f-f-funny!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:56 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: #neverskankles at September 19, 2017 03:56 PM (zw5zA)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (HtLSE)
When he introduced himself he said. "yes, my parents stuttered, OK?"
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (dCikz)
+++
You're a cannibal. Probably prions eating your brain
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: golfman at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (48QDY)
In fairness, I ridicule just about everything that comes out of Whoopi's pie hole.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (rmVvL)
+++
You're a cannibal. Probably prions eating your brain
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (8C+9j)
Kuru. Gets 'em every time.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (NWiLs)
They have a honor code that provides expulsion for serious cheating, LYING, and stealing.
I guess "honor" is an outdated concept.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (0jtPF)
However, they took a $1.6 mill hit already, so one wonders about the liability limits here.
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (uqdlV)
"I Don't Like Mondays" - The Boomtown Rats
"Tuesday Afternoon" - Moody Blues
?
"Thursday's Child" - David Bowie
"Friday on my Mind" - The Easybeats
"Saturday Night Special" - Skynyrd
'Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (8/+/o)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (EyPfd)
You ain't seen nothin' yet
B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen n-n-nothin' yet
Here's something that you never gonna forget
B-b-b-baby, you just ain't seen n-n-nothin' yet
Posted by: BTO at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Ken at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (HtLSE)
They have a honor code that provides expulsion for serious cheating, LYING, and stealing.
I guess "honor" is an outdated concept.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (0jtPF)
She wasn't lying. She was telling a Greater Truth.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (ODr92)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (2wRtc)
However, they took a $1.6 mill hit already, so one wonders about the liability limits here.
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (uqdlV)
Premiums going up?
Posted by: golfman at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (48QDY)
Can ya give me a hint?
Posted by: Max Power at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (q177U)
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (0ogQG)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (6fmef)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (tbOMB)
You're a cannibal. Probably prions eating your brain
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (8C+9j)
Huh. Prions, i had to look it up. What I learn here. Now i have to try to use it in a sentence. Thanks a whole lot Bigby.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:01 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: JackStraw
Just got off the phone with my sister on Vieques. She is in a brick fortress. The neighbors have come to her house to ride this storm out.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2017 04:01 PM (JP4JT)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (/tuJf)
Take willow with you. She probably rolls a mean joint by now.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:01 PM (EgwCt)
The Gloria Allred press conference over that would have been a doozy.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 04:01 PM (OD2ni)
==
A war of inches.
Not an easy task, clawing back national sanity.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (2wRtc)
PRIONS ARE A MYTH
Posted by: Hillary, what's got the kuru at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (HtLSE)
http://tinyurl.com/y8fvq3p3
...
They've gone insane.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (6fmef)
Posted by: golfman at September 19, 2017 03:57 PM (48QDY)
...
Mexico city is a filled-in lake. It has the effect of sharply limiting which frequencies are transmitted in an earthquake, and amplifying the frequencies that it does transmit.
The 85 eq knocked down mostly 3 and 4 story buildings, because they are the ones that have natural frequencies that coincide with that of the soils in the area.
When I visited in 88 there were still piles of rubble that had not been cleared.
Mercy on those trapped or injured. It's a serious situation.
Posted by: TexasDan at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (IqV8l)
I wish them luck, the caribbean needs a break.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:03 PM (/tuJf)
===
Every progtard shrieks, the ratchet has clicked back in our favor.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:03 PM (2wRtc)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:03 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:38 PM (mf5HN)
I thought he lived in Canada.
Posted by: buzzion at September 19, 2017 04:03 PM (z/Ubi)
They've gone insane.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (8rNrN)
Jim Acosta is slapping his forehead wishing he'd thought of "war crime."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:03 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2017 04:01 PM (JP4JT)
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Rick, I hope her house holds up well and that they all stay safe. It sounds like a scary storm coming.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:03 PM (UoSKV)
They keep calling their Shrimp Po-boys "prawns."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (2wRtc)
"I Don't Like Mondays" - The Boomtown Rats
"Tuesday Afternoon" - Moody Blues
?
"Thursday's Child" - David Bowie
"Friday on my Mind" - The Easybeats
"Saturday Night Special" - Skynyrd
'Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 03:58 PM (ul9CR)
I kinda like Lisa Loeb, 'Waiting for Wednesday'?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (xJa6I)
RS's big problem now is standing behind the article.
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (I3yVB)
The entire AoSHQ experience...distills down to this.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 03:59 PM (EyPfd)
Oh great. Now that I know that it is whats my reason to come here?
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (dCikz)
This.
...
well... not really. You can write a contract for purchase in which you specifically state that certain liabilities do not transfer with the property, but remain "owned" by the seller.
I mean yes, you're generally right, but the buyer can negotiate to not take these liabilities as part of the sale.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (NWiLs)
Can I sue someone for being an asshole? Because there is one person in particular whose life I would like to make miserable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (wYseH)
They have a honor code that provides expulsion for serious cheating, LYING, and stealing.
OTOH, my guess is that her dating life is not going well, which is nice.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (LAe3v)
Wait...what?! That's a dishonor code!
Man, the SJW/Left/Education brigade is changing word meanings. Suddenly fascism, communism, supremacy, et.al. mean different things. But changing "honor" is unconscionable.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (Ae45Z)
Was you watching them eat enough to qualify it as prawnography?
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (wYseH)
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All right, out with it. What did I do now?
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (UoSKV)
Always remember, nothing the left says is sincere. Everything they say is intended to gather and keep power. The campus SJW-industrial complex is just part of the apparatus.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (fA1SL)
AoSHQ (formerly Rolling Stone)
Posted by: m at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (9egmK)
PRIONS ARE A MYTH
Posted by: Hillary, what's got the kuru at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (HtLSE)
...and a myth is an effeminate moth.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (2wRtc)
Thought I read that she's now married.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (8C+9j)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDnd2g1ZSw
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (8rNrN)
$$$$
Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (Mjus2)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (YV+SU)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 19, 2017 03:52 PM (ycWCI)
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Or you could say that SHE took THEM for a ride.
Either way, same train to hell.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (UoSKV)
Was you watching them eat enough to qualify it as prawnography?
They didn't like them much. But they hated Sloppy Joes even more.
They all loved cheese steaks though.
One of the Britchicks said "Americans are all about the meat."
Indeed we are, sister.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (ul9CR)
Maybe we could hook her up with Carlos Danger.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 19, 2017 04:07 PM (B+qrE)
Gun stock are flying. Weeeeeewww!
Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2017 04:07 PM (6fmef)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:07 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at September 19, 2017 04:07 PM (12AHt)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:07 PM (8C+9j)
specifically state that certain liabilities do not transfer with the
property, but remain "owned" by the seller.
But then what's the point of selling it at all instead of just liquidating? The value of the mag is nil, so you'd still be on the hook for the slander, without the means to pay it off. Or am I missing something?
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:07 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (8rNrN)
The former owner stiffed the IRS for taxes withheld from employees. Many times. I purchased stock. I owned the obligation.
Perhaps I had ineffectual representation. But the lawyer had a friendly dog in his law office, so he couldn't have been that bad.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Max Power at September 19, 2017 04:00 PM (q177U)
twitter, videos posted there
Posted by: TexasDan at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (yL25O)
Link?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (8rNrN)
My mamma would rock me in my cradle
In dem ol' cotton fields back home....
Your friendly afternoon ear worm. You're welcome.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (PY9jH)
All right, out with it. What did I do now?
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (UoSKV)
I thought he meant Cochran
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (I3yVB)
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:02 PM (8rNrN)
They have indeed. For so long their narrative was the only one available, but Trump has destroyed both their monopoly on the narrative and their self image as elites who tell us peons what to think.
The cognitive dissonance is driving them to greater and greater heights of rhetorical bullshit, and it is AWESOME!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (wYseH)
Truly that would be an auto-cucking of the highest order. Almost impossible to conceive. A beta-ness to the power of beta... to the power of beta.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (YV+SU)
They got between 2 to 3 feet of water in the house. All the furniture was trashed, fixtures overturned and the disgusting black mold has already started growing.
He just sent me a video of his wife using a garden hose to wash the sand out of the house. Not something you see everyday.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (/tuJf)
Not familiar with it, I'll check it and see if it's worthy!
I always liked Loeb's theme song for Mad TV's "Pretty White Kids With Problems." She has to have a good sense of humor to have done that.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (eh0Va)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (ATVNj)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (rmVvL)
"wednesday next week," and they also say things like "thursday week" to
mean "next thursday."
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (8rNrN)
Erm....we say that down here...
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (PY9jH)
Thought I read that she's now married.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 04:06 PM (W+vEI)
There are some pictures of her online that look like wedding pictures but who knows they could be fake too.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDild
I believe this is more of a class action. I'd like to sue the entire class of a**holes, which is much of the human race.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (LAe3v)
well if the value is nil, right, you have no reason to sell. I assume the value is not actually nil.
If you settled these suits for a couple of million total, you would probably still have money left from the purchase.
Zombie brands have value just because people know the names.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: Donaldus Maximus at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (cAXIk)
All right, out with it. What did I do now?
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (UoSKV)
I thought he meant Cochran
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (I3yVB)
CBD. Yoko in Art Thread. Brings a new definition to asshole.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 04:10 PM (uqdlV)
Brits still use Fortnight.
I like using it, but no one knows what I mean when I say it. So basically, I don't use it. Except in my head. Where all thought crimes and wrong terminology reside.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (PY9jH)
Which is exactly why we should buy it.
It could be reborn.
Just imagine what we do all day.
In hard copy.
It would be as thick as Computer Shopper used to be in the 90's.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (EyPfd)
Not familiar with it, I'll check it and see if it's worthy!
I always liked Loeb's theme song for Mad TV's "Pretty White Kids With Problems." She has to have a good sense of humor to have done that.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (ul9CR)
I'm a fan of hers, 'Stay' is a good 90's song for me. She had a very small role the "House on Haunted Hill" remake too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (6fmef)
They are sliding down the Matterhorn, their pitons having given way, and the only thing they can think to do is to reach farther and farther with each ice-axe stroke, flailing faster and faster.
The ice? Well... it doesn't give a *shit* they don't want to go that way.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (ATVNj)
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (LAe3v)
I personally know a freelance writer for Rolling Stone. Every conception you have of a left-wing individual - you're not off by more than six degrees of separation.
But... he considers himself 'middle of the road' and loves John McCain.
Judge away.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (2wRtc)
http://tinyurl.com/ycnxwrzv
Posted by: Marcus T at September 19, 2017 04:11 PM (6fmef)
Good! Now do it for imports, please.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (xJa6I)
It hasn't been relevant since John Belushi died.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (ATVNj)
It would be perfect if the frat took it over, turned it into a national lampoonesque rag with boobs and dick jokes.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (rmVvL)
It would be as thick as Computer Shopper used to be in the 90's.
I had one in fall '98. It would have been enough to kill a man with.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (HtLSE)
Judge away.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (EgwCt)
McCain's a worthless asshole.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (fA1SL)
Some characterize the New York Times as a newspaper, but that remains unproven.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Some say Jann Wenner is a mincing little liar, but that remains...no wait. Never mind.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (8C+9j)
You've never heard that song??? Every single time we drive past a cotton field, I drive my husband crazy by singing it. Then he can't get it out of his head for the rest of the day.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (PY9jH)
nah, bruv. I usually do two or three runs on twitter a day, scanning for news I can post, and retweeting it. Then I go into my timeline and post about the stories I've rt'd.
If you follow me on twitter, you'll see me absent for hours, then in 45 minutes I'll RT 50 stories, then I go away again.
now that I don't use Hot Air as an aggregator, given that I'm not interested in further stories about AllahPundit and his NeverTrump Twitter Buddies being the only non-hypocritical principled TruCons in the world, I have to get this stuff from somewhere.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (8rNrN)
Posted by: regular joe at September 19, 2017 04:15 PM (SnflP)
+++
Considering I only ever seen it in doctor waiting rooms and barber shops
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:15 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:15 PM (fA1SL)
It hasn't been relevant since John Belushi died.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:09 PM (ATVNj)"
I was a teenager in the 80's and even then we thought RS was an old person's magazine. Their commercials had Paul Schaefer singing for God's sake. Lame.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (OD2ni)
Damn, you have to run all that bullshit writing through the BS decoder to get to the main nuggets.
People were buying guns like crazy during the Obama years, clearly in fear of losing the right to own firearms.
Under Trump, not so much.
This is brought about by actions contemplated by the Obama administration.
But then he got high, and forgot what he was doing.
And on, and on.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (EyPfd)
102 That would be a hoot, although I think it would take just a bit more scratch than the Horde could scrape together.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 03:44 PM (NWiLs)
We'll steal it from jwest's petty cash drawer.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 03:46 PM (mf5HN)
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Honestly, I think we could do it with the change we find in our sofa cushions.
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 03:47 PM (UoSKV)
If we hit Moo Moo's sofa, we can buy Google as well......
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (veoSD)
Tell me about it. Like George Costanza, I'm in the import-export biz so I deal with their funny dates on paperwork all day.
And they expect you to fvcking just know the currrancy is in Euros if they put a fvcking comma before the cents instead of a good-old American period.
Just say the currency is in Euros, you Euroweenies.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (ul9CR)
If u r gonna have one, that's the one to have.
http://tinyurl.com/y6vj3bqf
I especially like the violin addition...who knew?
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:05 PM (fA1SL)
..............
Yes, and we thank you.
Posted by: pygmy cannibals at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (HgMAr)
I reminded him Graham dropped out in 16 after failing to hit 1% in the polling. And actual 0.
He never got over 3% in SC - his home state.
Oh, and whatever else, Graham is pro-life. No Dem would support him.
Posted by: blaster at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (I3yVB)
One of the more underrated movies, Almost Famous, does a great job of showing what joke Rolling Stone was even when they actually covered music.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (/tuJf)
"Afternoon Delight" for Wednesday. Fill the hole in your list.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (m9X4Y)
Your concern for my skanking schedule is appreciated. Just leave the money on the nightstand. Sweetie.
Posted by: That Twitter Hussy at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (HtLSE)
Before you graduated to NME and Trouser Press .
Posted by: JEM at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (QtQaN)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: LASue at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (Mjus2)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (8C+9j)
srs ... there were article back in early 90's about the honor code was discriminatory.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017"
Or someone "evil" can go to the public library and pull all the Bill-me-later postage paid cards and send some asshole a shit-ton of magazine subscriptions.
* Looks innocently at the monitor*
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (bML9A)
the only thing they can think to do is to reach farther and farther
with each ice-axe stroke, flailing faster and faster.
===
Tucker Carlson's guest are of two types of proggie:
1)The seething, barely controlled, nearly homicidal activist.
b) The seething, barely controlled, nearly homicidal activist with a fake, barely maintained plastic smile cracking their face.
He let's them go a little bit before he fires off " That's not true, your are not being honest, what you're saying is a lie, and you still haven't answered my question".
At that point, your popcorn should be ready.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (2wRtc)
$$$$
____________________
In addition to the $1.65 million settlement to the frat, the UVA dean who was slandered in the phony gang-rape article (Eramo, or Erasmo or something) won a $3 million jury verdict in her case.
This is turning out to be a very expensive little fantasy for Rolling Stone.
It's just too bad Jackie Coakley doesn't have to pay part of the bill for all the misery she caused with her imaginary gang rape.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (BXf9o)
I especially like the violin addition...who knew?
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (Ae45Z)
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Love that song! And it's always had violins.
Have you seen the video where he sings it with Pavarotti?
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (UoSKV)
If it's sunday, and I'm asking if you can do a meeting on the upcoming Wednesday...
...if I ask "How about NEXT wednesday?," does that imply to you the coming wednesday, or the wednesday following?
So on to Wednesday Week: Does wednesday week mean the very next upcoming wednesday or does it imply the next wednesday after at least a full week?
so anyway: how do people interpret next wednesday -- it means the 2nd wednesday upcoming, right, or else you'd just say "wednesday"?
And is wednesday week different from that?
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (8rNrN)
now that I don't use Hot Air as an aggregator, given that I'm not interested in further stories about AllahPundit and his NeverTrump Twitter Buddies being the only non-hypocritical principled TruCons in the world, I have to get this stuff from somewhere.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (8rNrN)
*snort*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (veoSD)
That's because they're a lot of prats and wankers.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:12 PM (LAe3v)
And you are a Tosser.
Posted by: Prats & Wankers at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: shibumi at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/7 at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (Umfx1)
Wanna know the difference between the truth and a meme?
"That hussy whore strumpet that Ace spends all his time with. "
This is a meme.
This is the 'Ace" that we have created for you.
It's what we do.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: JackStraw"
Very good movie. Frances McDormand gets justified praise for Fargo, but she was great in AF as well.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 04:20 PM (OD2ni)
..........
So did Tappa Kegga Bru.
Posted by: wth at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (qV5PD)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:04 PM (wYseH)
Um...
*starts sweating profusely*
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (NWiLs)
Next Wednesday means the Wednesday next week
Pretty sure there was a Seinfeld bit about this..
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (IqV8l)
This is a meme.
You mean the one with the Hello Kitty tat on the inside of her left thigh?
The one that I was rubbing massage oil on last night?
Yeah, that's a meme.
Sorry ace. Guess I'm banned now.
Posted by: JEM at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Dwarves at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 19, 2017 04:22 PM (8C+9j)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 04:22 PM (PY9jH)
Yes about Pavie baby. I almost linked it...it is on Youtube.
As for the violins...erm, yes, that's me. lol Didn't realize it until I actually SAW the violins.
Posted by: Gumdrop gorilla at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (IqV8l)
And is wednesday week different from that?
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:19 PM (8rNrN)
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I would say "Wednesday" or "this Wednesday" if I meant this week. I would say "next Wednesday" if I meant the Wednesday 10 days away, but I would probably say "Wednesday of next week" just to be clear.
But I know people who would say "next Wednesday" and mean the next Wednesday that comes up, like in 3 days. That's why I always clarify.
Too many Wednesdays, say I
Posted by: bluebell at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (UoSKV)
Yea, she was great. Pretty much everyone was great in their roles. Just a really good little movie.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (36cFs)
Posted by: irright at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:24 PM (ul9CR)
All three have Irish heritage. Mel lived in Poughkeepsie till he was ten.
Posted by: Donaldus Maximus at September 19, 2017 04:24 PM (cAXIk)
I would interpret it as next Wednesday (not this upcoming Wednesday) I would interpret "Wednesday week" to mean a week from this Wednesday, but I have never heard anybody but British people use the second term..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 19, 2017 04:24 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: davidt at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (12AHt)
Why, I'd pay good cash money for AoSHQ's Rolling Stone just for the GorillaPundit columns alone!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (pNxlR)
This Wednesday is the upcoming Wednesday Next Wednesday means the Wednesday next week Pretty sure there was a Seinfeld bit about this..
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (rmVvL)
But this Wednesday would also be the next Wednseday
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (qV5PD)
Next Wednesday means the Wednesday next week.
Unless tomorrow is Wednesday, then this = next.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (rmVvL)
So, any given Englishman, then.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:26 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:26 PM (ul9CR)
your are not being honest, what you're saying is a lie, and you still
haven't answered my question".
I like it when he reacts like a normal person would react, as in, "Wait - are you threatening me?" which he said to the strident, entitled Dreamer last night. The guy seemed so used to delivering demands as if they were discussion he was surprised that someone would call him out on it.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 04:26 PM (W+vEI)
http://tinyurl.com/y8fvq3p3
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 19, 2017 03:36 PM (PY9jH)
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fapfapfapfapfap
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:26 PM (UUvSq)
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Being? or acting like?
The Born This Way defense is a tough nut to crack.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 19, 2017 04:26 PM (2wRtc)
Next Wednesday means the Wednesday next week.
Unless tomorrow is Wednesday, then this = next.
Let me measure your ears, Bub.
Posted by: Daffy Duck at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (U0v/A)
and the ever-popular Spotted Dick.
And to make it worse, Spotted Dick is tasty as hell.
Yeah, I said it. But it's true.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (qV5PD)
Was it good for you, too?
Posted by: Woe, smoking post-coital cigarette at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (8rNrN)
I take it you avoid the Tracinski articles over at the Federalist too then.
Posted by: buzzion at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (z/Ubi)
Go ahead
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (EyPfd)
srs ... there were article back in early 90's about the honor code was discriminatory.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:18 PM (XhN8Z)
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Yeah, I figured it had turned into a 'living' document, so to speak, by the ongoing Cultural Revolution --- or just plain obliterated.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (qV5PD)
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (cAXIk)
Posted by: Prats Wankers
Well, technically, we're the tossees.
Posted by: Dwarves at September 19, 2017 04:21 PM (LAe3v)
You have only been tossing the prats. Then you tossers & wankers sit around and smoke fags afterwards. We have seen you with our nightgoggles.
Posted by: The Troll Tribe at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (vcOmj)
All right - I've got a question for the folks what owns honest-to-Stalin Tokarev pistols. (I've got two CZ52's, m'self, but wouldn't mind making an addition, depending on the answer.)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:23 PM (fA1SL)
The one where Fedor Tokarev practically photocopied the 1911 design and oopsie, forgot to pay licensing fees to the Browning estate?
Nah. Don't own one. But one day I will.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (veoSD)
Go ahead
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:27 PM (EyPfd)
Mine's Bulgarian but ok
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (xJa6I)
in 45 minutes I'll RT 50 stories
Your concern for my skanking schedule is appreciated. Just leave the money on the nightstand. Sweetie.
Posted by: That Twitter Hussy at September 19, 2017 04:17 PM (HtLSE)
And you may want to go to the doctor. I think this sore is contagious.
Posted by: That Twitter Hussy yelling out the door at Ace at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (jxbfJ)
Bubble-n-squeak
Bangers and mash
Chip Buttys"
I was once in Ireland and asked our B&B owner what time Mass was (Sunday) and he responded "it's at half nine." We could not figure out if that meant a half hour before or after nine. We guessed 9:30 and were right.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (OD2ni)
And is wednesday week different from that?
Posted by: ace
Wednesday, or next Wednesday refer to the same day. Wednesday week refers to the 2nd Wednesday from now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (0ogQG)
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Ask away.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (ATVNj)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer
Yes, but I think her career is dead. I mean, who would hire her??
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (vcOmj)
"Terry Moran of ABC sez Trump's UN speech borders on a "war crime." "
Which is impeachable, no?
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 04:28 PM (cAXIk)
Oh, Terry, please run with that thought. I double dog dare you.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (jxbfJ)
The confusion of innate/original traits with immutable ones is one of my favorite things about modern leftism. Wait, no, not favorite - the other thing.
"Okay smart guy, you were *born with* two working kneecaps. Let's find out if that's impossible for you to get away from."
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (HtLSE)
now that I don't use Hot Air as an aggregator, given that I'm not interested in further stories about AllahPundit and his NeverTrump Twitter Buddies being the only non-hypocritical principled TruCons in the world, I have to get this stuff from somewhere.
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:14 PM (8rNrN)
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I left when I learned they were trolling their own commenters.
Say one thing on a "conservative" website, and then go to twitter, post a link, and say something making fun of their comment section to try to get other TruCons to come over just to laugh at their users.
*spit*
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:30 PM (UUvSq)
Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2017 04:30 PM (qV5PD)
Why, I'd pay good cash money for AoSHQ's Rolling Stone just for the GorillaPundit columns alone!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (pNxlR)
+1
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:30 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: irright at September 19, 2017 04:31 PM (pMGkg)
Tucker Carlson's guest are of two types of proggie:
1)The seething, barely controlled, nearly homicidal activist.
b) The seething, barely controlled, nearly homicidal activist with a fake, barely maintained plastic smile cracking their face.
He
let's them go a little bit before he fires off " That's not true, your
are not being honest, what you're saying is a lie, and you still haven't
answered my question".
At that point, your popcorn should be ready.
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The best part for me?
Tucker always has this frat boy clueless look on his face. Like he has no real idea what is being discussed.
Then he eviscerates them like a very skilled surgeon.
Posted by: shibumi at September 19, 2017 04:31 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Butch at September 19, 2017 04:31 PM (hXu8T)
By the way, how many wife beaters, rapists and pedophiles did Rolling
Stone feature and promote over the decades, which contributed to the
culture of rape in the music industry?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (ATVNj)
Michael Jackson alone as 15+ covers on RS.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 19, 2017 04:31 PM (jxbfJ)
But this Wednesday would also be the next Wednseday
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (lKyWE)
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I think it's fairly regional, but we say "Wednesday week" for the Wednesday one week from the upcoming one.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:32 PM (UUvSq)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer"
Jackie is full of body thetans. I could clear her up with about ten million dollars worth of auditing.
Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard at September 19, 2017 04:33 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: ace at September 19, 2017 04:08 PM (8rNrN)
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HA!
(I should probably do more than page down and scan the comments, though. But I'm a Moron, so I have an excuse.)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:34 PM (UUvSq)
"musty old hippie piece of shit magazine Rolling Stone"
I watch, daily, and the gray-haired ex-hippies now in their 70s age gracelessly in front of my eyes, dragging themselves with ever-creakier bones to Whole Foods and farmers' markets in their worn-out Birkenstocks. There are so many of them around the Bay Area, and so similar in their appearance and personality, that I refer to them collectively as "Central Casting."
Seeing them slide into decrepitude and die off of old age one by one brings joy to my heart, I am not ashamed to say. You fuckers ruined this country, and yet you STILL have smug smiles on your faces about your treachery. Spit.
Anyway, this is the demographic that used to buy the "musty old hippie piece of shit magazine Rolling Stone." No wonder it's going bankrupt.
Posted by: zombie at September 19, 2017 04:34 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:34 PM (fA1SL)
Why, I'd pay good cash money for AoSHQ's Rolling Stone just for the GorillaPundit columns alone!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (pNxlR)
...and the ads...oh God, the ads.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!' at September 19, 2017 04:34 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: shibumi at September 19, 2017 04:35 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: zombie at September 19, 2017 04:35 PM (DQ4Fv)
By the way, how many wife beaters, rapists and pedophiles did Rolling
Stone feature and promote over the decades, which contributed to the
culture of rape in the music industry?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 19, 2017 04:29 PM (ATVNj)
Michael Jackson alone as 15+ covers on RS.
***
no, you see...this is before when Rolling Stone and ... uh...National Review switched places in politics. Just like how the DNC's bad stuff from a few years ago just switched too and that's like really the GOP's bad stuff too.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:35 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:35 PM (fA1SL)
I guess you could give the day and date to avoid confusion as in Wednseday the 27th
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 19, 2017 04:36 PM (lKyWE)
Actually, this raises an interesting point. What if, she really was raped in an alternate timeline or a previous reincarnation? Maybe "Monahan" is actually "Minoan". Maybe "Haven" is really "Heron", some rapey ancient Greek.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:36 PM (HtLSE)
So yeah. Salt the earth. END ROLLING STONE.
I mean you can't ruin Jacki Coakley, she has a career as a touring leftwing feminist speaker and performance artist. But she'll never have enough money to make a lawsuit even worth considering.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:36 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer"
***
jackie made some cray shit up but Eredely made it emblematic and much more dramatic.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:36 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: Butch at September 19, 2017 04:37 PM (hXu8T)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:38 PM (39g3+)
At ZeroHedge and Bloomberg.
Posted by: shibumi at September 19, 2017 04:35 PM (aT+Bx)
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No, no. That was Obama. Remember, Bush's fault rules for credit for everything good, and to shirk responsibility for everything bad.
So, technically, Obama stopped that war.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:38 PM (UUvSq)
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:38 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:34 PM (fA1SL)
I'm pretty happy with my Romanian* TT-C. Very, very accurate. Sort of a poor man's Browning.
*I said 'Bulgarian' above, but looking at the slide it's clearly Romanian.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:38 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:34 PM (fA1SL)
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If by that you mean the Yugo ones.??? M57s??
IMHO.....No.
Their tolerances are better, they have 9 round capacity, the fit and finish are better.
Plus.... I was able to locate 9mm barrels for mine and I honed out a replacement 7.62 barrel bushing to work with the nine so I can shoot 9mm out of mine.
Try that with a 33.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:38 PM (8XRCm)
Stone feature and promote over the decades, which contributed to the
culture of rape in the music industry?
...and 1 terrorist! But he was dreamy, right Jan?
Posted by: Lizzy at September 19, 2017 04:39 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Butch at September 19, 2017 04:40 PM (hXu8T)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:40 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 19, 2017 04:25 PM (pNxlR)
...and the ads...oh God, the ads.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'don't judge me!'
The Sybian ads. Manual, electric, hydraulic....
Posted by: rickb223 at September 19, 2017 04:41 PM (JP4JT)
Sad, some really beautiful country and extremely ancient cities. Some of the oldest continually-inhabited places on earth.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:41 PM (39g3+)
Jugo it is, then.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:41 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: The Troll Tribe at September 19, 2017 04:41 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: steevy at September 19, 2017 04:13 PM (rmVvL)
More to the point, what's with the way WE write dates? It's totally illogical. The Euros for once have the advantage of us: DD MM YYYY.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 04:42 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 19, 2017 04:42 PM (Ae45Z)
Is it full of fraudulent driveway sealing businesses?
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 04:43 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 04:43 PM (gd1cy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:36 PM (39g3+)
But let her experience the delight of multiple aggressive depositions.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 04:43 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 04:43 PM (gd1cy)
Metric makes more sense, too, but there's no real way to get that to change any more.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:44 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 19, 2017 04:44 PM (Lqy/e)
Many of us are going to slide off into decrepitude and we're all going to die-some of us sooner than others and we aren't Birkenstock wearing hippies. Decrepitude doesn't spare many people and death certainly doesn't no matter how worthy or unworthy their politics.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 19, 2017 04:44 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 04:44 PM (uqdlV)
But the Rev Al hasn't paid a dime.
Go figure.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 04:44 PM (cAXIk)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:45 PM (/tuJf)
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The CZ 52 is cool.
Ingenious little roller cam system that has for the slide and barrel lockup.
Ive shot a 52 several times..... but never owned one.
7.62x25 Tok.
Copper washed steel jacket zipping along at 1700 FPS.
Whats not to like??
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:40 PM (39g3+)
You ought to try their Mavarov's. Very nice for the price.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (xJa6I)
Better for science obviously, but the English system has a better common feel to it.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (cAXIk)
When you buy a business you acquire both assets AND liabilities.
Don't ask me how I know this or why I still wake up in the middle of the
night remembering that mistake.
No, you can do an "asset only" purchase of a business. Many do, just to avoid lawsuits. It can be a problem if a lawsuit is ongoing though.
Posted by: Cthillary - dead, but dreaming at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (Tmdcv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:36 PM (39g3+)
But let her experience the delight of multiple aggressive depositions.
***
you guys, after the lessons of Charlottesville and in light of Trump's refusal to speak out against white people in general, it's probably the best for the country to heal to not have to force liberals and their puppets to bear the conseqeunces for the blood libels that flow so freely from their whore mouths. I mean, they'd do the same for us...after sending a SWAT team in to collect trivial pieces of subpoena'd information.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (uqdlV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I enjoy your comments, but what?
Musty old hippies wanted the metric system. Sheesh.
Posted by: Furious George at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (j+dfT)
Yea, theirs really does make more sense once you get used to it. But, I don't want to move to "stones" for weight or the metric system.
People wonder why they don't say pounds. It is b/c that is a unit of currency for them.
I made that last part up. I don't really know. *giggles*
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (Ae45Z)
They export that, to the rest of Europe. Along with other scams such as skimmers on ATMs, slashing luggage when your arms are full and running off with clothing, pickpocketing, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Duke Lacrosse at September 19, 2017 04:47 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:44 PM (39g3+)
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Pshaw. You discount the power of racism. Go to Wikipedia and look at the entry for "foot" as a unit of measurement. I'll quote it here for ease of use:
"Historically the human body has been used to provide the basis for units of length. The foot of a white male is typically about 15.3% of his height..."
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:47 PM (UUvSq)
Not to mention the best caviar in the world.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:47 PM (/tuJf)
Better for science obviously, but the English system has a better common feel to it.
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decimel nerds need to realize that the english system is a handy base-12 system which lets you divide most units by 2,3,4 unlike decimals
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:48 PM (XhN8Z)
There are those countries that use metric, and there is the one country that put a man on the moon.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:48 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Colin at September 19, 2017 04:48 PM (QTD7V)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 19, 2017 04:49 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Cartman at September 19, 2017 04:49 PM (12AHt)
They wanted to get laid too, that doesn't discredit sex. Its a lot more logical system for weights and measures and super easy to remember.
Quick, without looking it up, how many teaspoons in a cup?
How many yards in a mile?
How many feet in an acre?
How much does a quart of water weigh?
The system we use is a hodgepodge of randomly accumulated, arbitrary, mathematically byzantine crap that piled up over the centuries in England and we just kept. There's nothing more American, conservative, or good about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:49 PM (39g3+)
10 finger math? Isn't it arbitrary?
Posted by: Max Power at September 19, 2017 04:49 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Country Boy - CenTexMoMee AmbASSador at September 19, 2017 04:50 PM (2QnUt)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 19, 2017 04:50 PM (Hnqc1)
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That's more than 16 kilometers from here, so I don't need to be concerned with it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:50 PM (UUvSq)
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (Ae45Z)
I read some article in a Brit paper about a woman who lost four stone and I'm wondering how painful that must be to the urinary system.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:51 PM (EgwCt)
system which lets you divide most units by 2,3,4 unlike decimals
Yeah, I know it's trivial to subtract 17/64ths from 5/16ths.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:51 PM (LAe3v)
But the Rev Al hasn't paid a dime.
Go figure."
Al paid the judgment. It just didn't come out of his pocket. And you are right that Steve Pagones keeps finding Tawana to collect. Sharpton will have to answer for a lot, but the pain he caused Harry Crist's parents* will be at the top.
*Harry Crist was a police officer that killed himself a few days after the Brawley "incident" because his girlfriend dumped him. That POS Sharpton repeatedly stated on TV that it was actually due to guilt over raping Tawana.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 19, 2017 04:51 PM (OD2ni)
Certain measures just work for their intended purpose.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 04:51 PM (fA1SL)
And an absolutely beautiful mountain on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:51 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:48 PM (XhN8Z)
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Its a builders system.
Halving is very common and you can halve forever using fractions
1/2 to 1/4 to 1/8 to 1/16 to to 1/32 to 1/64.
try halving that many times in decimal.
.5 to .25 to .1275 to........ ???
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:51 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September
Guess when I swing by the bar tonight I will order a tit of scotch.
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 19, 2017 04:52 PM (0wem/)
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sure, remember, just pour out 466 ml for a nice cup of coffee, most of the temperature scale is useless for living organisms, you want your lumber cut in 129 cm widths and my car's engine is 4903 cc's.
This decimal fixation is just ego
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:52 PM (XhN8Z)
accumulated, arbitrary, mathematically byzantine crap that piled up over
the centuries in England and we just kept. There's nothing more
American, conservative, or good about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
I fought this fight here several years ago. There are some people who just don't like change. Never mind, CBD will sue them.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:52 PM (LAe3v)
I blame birkenstocks. Before you came along, We owned the market.
Posted by: Flip Flops & Sandals at September 19, 2017 04:52 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:52 PM (39g3+)
"Tuesday Afternoon" - Moody Blues
?
"Thursday's Child" - David Bowie
"Friday on my Mind" - The Easybeats
"Saturday Night Special" - Skynyrd
'Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2
Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m.
--Simon & Garfunkel
Posted by: m at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (9egmK)
He was describing a particular, odious demographic in The Bay Area. It isn't just age.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (wYseH)
Smooth, accurate, loud as hell.
Surprisingly light recoil for all the noise and energy.
Sort of like the AR-15 platform of the pistol world.
Much noise...little kick.
Overall, very enjoyable.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Crossbow User at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (12AHt)
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hmmm, sounds like a job for Hawaiin Judgeman! I hereby declare the English system unconstitutional!
XXOO
Hawaiian Judgeman
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:54 PM (UUvSq)
Halving is very common and you can halve forever using fractions
You can with decimal too once you get used to it, but I know what you're saying and its a very good point.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:54 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:55 PM (/tuJf)
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this is probably true, the english currency of tuppences, four squares, wive's wallows, dueces, and king's balls is fucking confusing.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 04:55 PM (XhN8Z)
All of you defenders of decrepitude are missing Zombie's point.
He was describing a particular, odious demographic in The Bay Area. It isn't just age.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (wYseH)
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Zombie is an ette.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:55 PM (8XRCm)
Yeah, I know it's trivial to subtract 17/64ths from 5/16ths.
er. 3/16ths.
Yeah, that one's easy.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 19, 2017 04:55 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 04:55 PM (/tuJf)
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Ah, yes. That makes a lot of sense.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football - Forever at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (UUvSq)
Posted by: buzzion at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (Hnqc1)
Dark side of the moon is more than just a song.
Posted by: Zombe Nazi Space Program at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Maryanne at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (12AHt)
Yeah, that one's easy.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
For you, mayhap. Not for 99% of the population.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:57 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Weasel at September 19, 2017 04:57 PM (Sfs6o)
To a point. However, the smart thing would have been to normalize *some aspects* of the Imperial system, not the French "we will perfect everything!" synthetic system, which has a number of glaring points at which it breaks down. In addition, use of the imperial system for linear measures is greatly favored by a mind trained to the proper use and systematic employment of fractions. The fractionalization favors a natural sorting of required precision, the subdivisibility permits the spacing of elements regularly for framing, farming, fencing...
Most parts that seem *clunky* are due more to a lack of education and experience with the system and things related to it (fractions) than any inherent superiority of Decimal Everything.
Yeah, I know it's trivial to subtract 17/64ths from 5/16ths.
You joke, but it is. Matter of practice. Halving and doubling.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:57 PM (HtLSE)
Yeah, that one's easy.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
For you, mayhap. Not for 99% of the population.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:57 PM (LAe3v)
Wait, I'm math-stupid but even I recall how common denominators work.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:57 PM (xJa6I)
36-24-36. I don't wanna know the metric equivalent.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (EgwCt)
er. 3/16ths.
Yeah, that one's easy.
What materials do you work in?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (gd1cy)
My feeling on the metric system is the less borrowing from the French Revolution the better for society.
Posted by: buzzion
I can see uses for the tumbrel and guillotine.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (LAe3v)
This is a good point. Although they did have some good ideas. Their calendar makes more sense, I think. And they came up with a decimal clock as well but I don't think that works. 12 is best for time, because it splits up evenly so many ways.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Roberto Duran at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (UUvSq)
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 04:57 PM (LAe3v)
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Thats no harder than divide your 31mm steel barstock into even quarters given badnsaw blade is 1.5 mm.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 19, 2017 04:49 PM (Lqy/e)
*spins Wheel Of Blame*
I blaaaaaammmmmmeeeeee
*crossindexes to The Dwarven Book Of Grudges*
garrett! Come on down!
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (mf5HN)
All of you defenders of decrepitude are missing Zombie's point.
He was describing a particular, odious demographic in The Bay Area. It isn't just age.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 04:53 PM (wYseH)
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Zombie is an ette.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 04:55 PM (8XRCm)
Evidence leans that way, but I don't know if it was ever confirmed.
I'm ok with not knowing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Weasel at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: costello at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (QHacd)
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Since we won't put another man on the moon, can we switch to the French System of Metrics now?
Posted by: RioBravo at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (SsblQ)
...and frankly, that's a problem. Little Johnny sucks ass at fractions - and he didn't used to.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (HtLSE)
I prefer measuring boobs in hands, like horses
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (39g3+)
Did you know that 5+5+5=15 is wrong in common core?
https://youtu.be/Y4DunVIqk_s
Posted by: buzzion at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 04:58 PM (EgwCt)
5'3"
I mean DUH.
Posted by: alexthechick - I got your gravitas right here at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (mf5HN)
Every kid that came into contact with my dad knew it. He did a stint as a math teacher before the army.
He used to drill me with math flash cards every day night. I hated those cards.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Without getting too deeply into sucking up, it's my experience that the average adult confronted with common denominators manages to generate only a blank stare. The fact that you are here says you're of above average intelligence.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Weasel at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (Sfs6o)
Never tell me the odds...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: RioBravo at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (SsblQ)
Oh, we'll put another man on the moon. Once we solve all our domestic problems.
Posted by: Liberal Politician at September 19, 2017 05:01 PM (EgwCt)
Man.... No fucking way Im relearning how to set up a framing a square or cut stair risers in metric.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 05:01 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 19, 2017 05:01 PM (Hnqc1)
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 19, 2017 04:46 PM (cAXIk)
Only because 1) you grew up with it, and 2) as an American, you don't use a lot of it. How long is a furlong? How much is a troy ounce? How much is a stone?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 05:01 PM (SRKgf)
I don't know what "defenders of decrepitude" means, and i know zombie is a very intelligent person and a fine writer and warrior in the fight against crazed SJ-ism. I'm just dealing with numerous people fallingnto decrepitude or people in their 60's dealing with caring for their aged , ill parents . I don't really care for " I celebrate their decrepitude and death because they deserve it" no what side it comes from" I think if someone is that angry with everyone around them that they live with they should consider moving
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 19, 2017 05:01 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: Weasel at September 19, 2017 05:02 PM (Sfs6o)
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and I recall that math nerds wish every unit was a 1 so that they could solve those calculus problems mush easier
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 05:02 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (/tuJf)
How's your arithmetic?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 05:02 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Without getting too deeply into sucking up, it's my experience that the average adult confronted with common denominators manages to generate only a blank stare. The fact that you are here says you're of above average intelligence.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 05:00 PM (LAe3v)
Well....low bar. Most adults can't even name the Vice President or the three branches of government.
Anyway, put me in the anti-metric camp, if we're picking sides.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 05:02 PM (xJa6I)
I know what Zombie is saying. I went to high school in Mountain View, graduated in 69. And some of those same folks can be seen in their uniform in OR and WA state. But I still find it weird to be judgmental based on footwear. What's the approved footwear for fashionable conservatives? I doubt I can wear it, whatever it is.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 19, 2017 05:02 PM (Lqy/e)
Well, that's the point really: neither is more innately challenging, its just a matter of use and familiarity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:02 PM (39g3+)
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So what? That is communistic bullshit. We are free market. I want Opportunity Denominators!
Posted by: RioBravo at September 19, 2017 05:03 PM (SsblQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
pfffft. You probably favor Ginger and longbows as well.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 05:03 PM (LAe3v)
Gotta say I agree with this.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 05:03 PM (gd1cy)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
pfffft. You probably favor Ginger and longbows as well.
Posted by: pep at September 19, 2017 05:03 PM (LAe3v)
Um...
*looks guilty*
I like Ginger AND Mary Ann....for different...things.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 05:04 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 19, 2017 05:04 PM (BoMuO)
...and frankly, that's a problem. Little Johnny sucks ass at fractions - and he didn't used to.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 04:59 PM (HtLSE)
Sometimes, in a gnarly mood, I'll wait until a cashier has rung up the sale, and the cash register has told him how much change I should get, and then I produce some loose change to round up the change I'll receive.
Hilarity ensues.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 05:04 PM (SRKgf)
Industry-based perversions and archaic pre-streamlining alternate breakups do not serve to disprove his point, which is that inches/feet are useful estimate units in ways that the synthetic units are not. A "foot" is easy to estimate, an inch is just large enough to estimate by eye to a higher relative precision than a centimeter, etc. etc.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 05:04 PM (HtLSE)
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
We sell a brand of boats that is made in France. Hey, the French are damn good sailors. One of the boat lines is all done in metric measurements. We get a lot of blank stares and head scratching when we tell people a certain boat is 7 meters.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 05:05 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Maryanne at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (12AHt)
Don't be silly Mary Ann, you know we use the coconut measuring system.
Posted by: Professor at September 19, 2017 05:05 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Chris M at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (eAZVt)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Max Power at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (q177U)
452 What is Ginger's bust size in English vs Metric measurement?
Posted by: Maryanne at September 19, 2017 04:56 PM (12AHt)
Don't be silly Mary Ann, you know we use the coconut measuring system.
Posted by: Professor at September 19, 2017 05:05 PM (Ae45Z)
So the answer is... 2?
Posted by: Maryanne at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (12AHt)
That's the issue, it would be brutal to change over, relearn all that. We'd have to have both side by side for a couple generations and slide over to the new way over time. But in the 1970s when they were starting to teach metric, they suddenly just gave up on it. It could have been all but done by now, but it was abandoned and I'm not sure why.
Would have made trade a lot cheaper between countries, that's for sure.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 05:07 PM (SRKgf)
I DO know that a rod is 16.5 feet long.
Farm fencing is figured and sold by the rod. I wish I had a nickle for every rod of barbed wire Ive ever strung.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 05:08 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 19, 2017 05:08 PM (ODr92)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 19, 2017 05:08 PM (BoMuO)
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You just solved that mystery.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 19, 2017 05:08 PM (MIKMs)
To someone who grew up that way, sure. But to someone who grew up metric, a centimeter is part of their life and they can easily estimate it, along with a decimeter or 30 cm. Its just a matter of familiarity, not one being superior to the other.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:09 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 19, 2017 05:09 PM (BoMuO)
If u r gonna have one, that's the one to have.
http://tinyurl.com/y6vj3bqf
I especially like the violin addition...who knew?
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla goobly at September 19, 2017 04:16 PM (Ae45Z)
That is super great.
Posted by: m at September 19, 2017 05:09 PM (9egmK)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 19, 2017 05:07 PM (SRKgf)
Oh...so you understand who Zombie is discussing and aren't being hyper-literal!
Patchouli.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 19, 2017 05:09 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 19, 2017 05:09 PM (Hnqc1)
Both the duodecimal foot and the 16 oz lb are handy because 12 and 16 have more factors.
You notice that no one ever wanted to change the number of degrees in a circle to 1000?
360 is arithmetically far more beautiful!
I see no reason to destroy the old systems. Americans do just fine using both.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 05:10 PM (0jtPF)
Because as much as heads of industry were okay with it in theory, industry in practice said "go fuck yourself". Fastener sizing based on reduced fractional precision, sheet goods based on sizes which *just work better*, and so on - so systemic to American manufacture and lesser fields such as building that to try to crowbar through metricization by force only could go so far.
My dad, in working with a Korean carpenter, converted him to Imperial for construction purposes - because fractions are good and 4x8 sheet sizing is better. Human units.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (NWiLs)
Amen once again. It's tacky to root for people to die.
Plus, I have too many friends for whom the Postal Service has no zip code, nor the phone company an area code.
Also, gloating temps fate.
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (uqdlV)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (gd1cy)
Posted by: Serious Cat at September 19, 2017 05:09 PM (Hnqc1)
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Wait.
Out of ALL the measurments women have.....
...You're worried about honesty in "height"????
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (8XRCm)
Sometimes I think they went to liters to help disguise how insanely expensive gas is in Europe.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (uqdlV)
John Kasich (Remember Him?) Opposes New Obamacare Repeal Bill...
-WZ
Posted by: Under Fire at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 05:12 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (39g3+)
In 1969 we put the first man on the moon. Without the metric system. I'm sure there was a ton of push-back from parents in the early 70's, saying WTF?
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at September 19, 2017 05:12 PM (EgwCt)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (gd1cy)
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Lets leave imaginary numbers out of this for a bit...mmmkay??
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 05:12 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 05:13 PM (gd1cy)
After all, that would make things "easier" for everyone globally? Right?
Posted by: Maritime at September 19, 2017 05:13 PM (lKmt3)
Posted by: davidt at September 19, 2017 05:13 PM (12AHt)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 19, 2017 05:13 PM (8XRCm)
Although some of his lines are a bit too on the nose... "take off your brassiere, my dear"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:14 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 05:14 PM (NWiLs)
Or just gloat a little over the destruction of baby boomer petty tyrants.
I'm good with either....like Mary Ann and Ginger.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 05:14 PM (xJa6I)
-WZ
He opposed the last one too. So does just about every governor who took medicaid expansion.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 19, 2017 05:14 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Max Power at September 19, 2017 05:14 PM (q177U)
When was the last time good news came from any of THOSE three?
Posted by: mnw at September 19, 2017 05:15 PM (uqdlV)
-- GregGutfeld
Joe Scarborough?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 19, 2017 05:15 PM (/qEW2)
Sure, just take the length of my penis and subtract a bit.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (gd1cy)
I think a bit is a unit of measurement of approximately 8 inches.
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 19, 2017 05:15 PM (ODr92)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 05:15 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 19, 2017 05:12 PM (fA1SL)
Sure. I admire apothecaries' scruples.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 19, 2017 05:15 PM (NWiLs)
-WZ
Posted by: Under Fire at September 19, 2017 05:11 PM (mcI77)
Best not to mess with someone as popular as Mailman Jr was in the primaries. Call the whole thing off
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 19, 2017 05:15 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 19, 2017 05:06 PM (39g3+)
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They didn't give up on metric.
They teach both systems.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 19, 2017 05:16 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 19, 2017 05:17 PM (Lqy/e)
I disagree. Mainly because, even nearly two centuries on, a centimeter is so tiny compared to a meter that things I deal with *professionally* from people in metric-dominant societies are routinely called out in irregular ways. Meters are listed to either one or two decimal points on whim - in practice - and rarely hit suitable precision. Decimeters are too large for precision and too small for large distances, so are uniformly rejected, and centimeters are so small that the temptation seems to arise to use them with decimal precision and get lost in the weeds.
Bottom line, even division of ten is not ideal for measurement on the human scale.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 05:17 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 19, 2017 05:08 PM (BoMuO)
Yea, we haven't been getting our Ewespaper. We think the border collie has been hiding it.
Posted by: Sheep at September 19, 2017 05:17 PM (Ae45Z)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 19, 2017 05:18 PM (xJa6I)
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and the glove being on the other foot, some people only like metric because it's euro and they feel fancy like that.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 19, 2017 05:18 PM (XhN8Z)
You think my penis is 20 inches? Bless your heart!
Are you single and female by any chance?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 19, 2017 05:19 PM (gd1cy)
Time after time, the leftards find themselves overwhelmingly on the wrong side of issues that matter, and it doesn't slow them down a bit.
As to Rolling Stone, ever since they decided to glorify a terrorist on their front cover I've been wishing for them to financially die.
Posted by: GnuBreed
They are an aspiring oligarchy. They may not convince the majority, but they are a many headed hydra, and those heads (organizations like Gawker and Rolling Stone) need to be metaphorically decapitated.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 19, 2017 05:21 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: kallisto at September 19, 2017 05:22 PM (qV5PD)
Once upon a time, even the possibility of gay marriage was derided as a straw man of The Right, allegedly being used for the purpose of actually opposing tolerance of gays. Now, those who voted against Prop 8 in California can be doxxed out of their jobs.
So yeah its great that public opinion has not yet been intimidated into conformity on the specific issue of due process for campus sexual assault, but this doesn't mean that Immutable Truths will win out, only that we have some viable fronts left in the culture war.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 19, 2017 05:50 PM (QtQaN)
Yes I am brain dead and proud of it.
Posted by: Jack is Back! at September 19, 2017 05:51 PM (lYSDi)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 19, 2017 05:17 PM (HtLSE)
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Give the man a pint o' ale on me.
Posted by: gNewt - Imperialism is the answer at September 19, 2017 06:00 PM (AHcCm)
Willow weep for me.
Posted by: gNewt - Imperialism is the answer at September 19, 2017 06:04 PM (AHcCm)
Put Sylvia's Mother on hold and
get me Dr. Hook on the phone, STAT!
And get a note to the milkman, "No more cheese!"
Posted by: klaftern at September 19, 2017 09:35 PM (RuIsu)
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