Confirmed: Dishonest Bloomberg Reporter Selectively Edited Posts When They Went Looking to Scalp a Trump Labor Department Official

If you remember this story, a Trump administration official wrote posts that were sarcastic parodies of things that an antisemite might say. These were obviously making fun of antisemitism, not actual statements of antisemitism.

They were obvious enough parodies that someone responded "Epic sarcasm."

But when Bloomberg "reporter" Benjamin Penn -- a fresh out of journalism school Millennial scalp-hunter -- wanted to get this official fired, he of course edited out that response, so as not to alert the Department of Labor that these posts were in fact completely anti-antisemitic, rather than antisemitic.

Ted Frank, a friend of Olson's, had previously asked Bloomberg to provide the emails they sent to the Department of Labor to determine if they had sent the carefully-edited frame-up version he suspected they had.

So he FOIA'd the emails -- the Department of Labor has to provide them.

And yes, it turns out, Bloomberg deliberately hid the proof that these posts were completely unobjectionable.

🔥 🔥 🔥@blaw refused to answer my questions about their abusive journalism fail on the Leif Olson story, so we FOIA’ed Penn’s emails to DOL to see how it happened. As you can see, this was a total hit job, @benjaminPenn truncated & mischaracterized the Facebook posts. pic.twitter.com/CzTsMKWUBN
— tedfrank (@tedfrank) October 3, 2019

From my September 3 thread, here’s the original Facebook post, plainly meant to be sarcastic. https://t.co/TUItsf2j8d
— tedfrank (@tedfrank) October 3, 2019

Bloomberg has refused to correct, apologize, or discipline their scalp-hunting know-nothing SJW monster, their little Buzzfeed Andrew in the making.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:03 PM

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1 Hi

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:03 PM (pPNCa)

2 Bloomberg would never do such a thing.

Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at October 03, 2019 06:04 PM (xptlg)

3 I'll get the others.

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:04 PM (pPNCa)

4 First!

Posted by: t-dubya-d at October 03, 2019 06:04 PM (RZWC0)

5 I'd be more surprised if Bloomberg actually told the truth.

Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at October 03, 2019 06:04 PM (qC1Sy)

6 Whatever you do, don't let Bloomberg find out that Bloomberg has been doing that. Big trouble.

Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at October 03, 2019 06:04 PM (xptlg)

7 Coulda been first but I read the content.

Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at October 03, 2019 06:05 PM (eASYU)

8 top ten again?

Posted by: DC at October 03, 2019 06:08 PM (/TvO8)

9 The leftist scolds want to ruin all fun and they especially hate parody and satire since those are often used against their hypocrite smug selves.

Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at October 03, 2019 06:08 PM (eASYU)

10 Okay, so they smear a guy as hating Jews when he said the exact opposite and get the guy fired from his federal job. Jeez, lighten up, it's not like they killed anyone with a weapon of war.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:08 PM (2sCft)

11 And just like that, this Bloomberg "news" item popped up on my phone:

"All signs are pointing to a weak U. S. jobs report tomorrow after a run of disappointing data."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:09 PM (ptqGC)

12 almost

Posted by: DanMan at October 03, 2019 06:09 PM (XTiHL)

13 Nothing bad happened to Olson, did it?

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 03, 2019 06:09 PM (y7DUB)

14

Confirmed: Dishonest Bloomberg Reporter Selectively Edited Posts When They Went Looking to Scalp a Trump Labor Department Official

...and in other news, it is early October and rain is expected to fall in the Seattle area soon.

The news would have been "honest Bloomberg reporter..."

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 03, 2019 06:10 PM (sy5kK)

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Fall In To Frantic Frenzies at The Outrage Outlet! at October 03, 2019 06:10 PM (iGFsx)

16
Bloomberg apologize? They can't, it's not just this one story. They distort every bit of economic news to be anti-Trump.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at October 03, 2019 06:10 PM (1L9V9)

17 Coulda been first but I read the content.
Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at October 03, 2019

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Tell me about it. It's very hard to be first when you have to underline the words with your finger and your lips move while reading. It ain't easy being a moron.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:10 PM (2sCft)

18 Honest mistake.

He just did some editing to clarify the message.

Coulda happened to anyone.

He now knows to delete the evidence so this won't happen again.

Posted by: tbodie at October 03, 2019 06:10 PM (wyNrR)

19 The leftist scolds want to ruin all fun and they especially hate parody and satire since those are often used against their hypocrite smug selves.
Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at October 03, 2019 06:08 PM (eASYU)

Which is precisely why they loathe the
Babylon Bee so much. The Bee is devastatingly spot-on with their humorous satire.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 03, 2019 06:11 PM (xPJvm)

20 13 Nothing bad happened to Olson, did it?
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 03, 2019 06:09 PM (y7DUB)

Nothing bad will happen to Jimmie Olson.

I guarantee it.

Posted by: Clark Kent at October 03, 2019 06:11 PM (sy5kK)

21 We need a press credential buyback program and a journalist registry so we know where they are being housed.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 03, 2019 06:11 PM (viUFX)

22 Nothing bad happened to Olson, did it?
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 03, 2019 06:09 PM

+++++
I believe he resigned, but was later cleared and re-hired. But where do you go to get your reputation back??

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:12 PM (2sCft)

23 I was just reading this on twitter. I asked him if he could rotate that second image...my neck doesn't have that range.

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:12 PM (cF8AT)

24 ...and in other news, it is early October and rain is expected to fall in the Seattle area soon.

The news would have been "honest Bloomberg reporter..."
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
---------

"It will be cold in December."

Posted by: Honest Bloomberg Reporter at October 03, 2019 06:12 PM (/dN1M)

25 17 Coulda been first but I read the content.
Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at October 03, 2019

++++
Tell me about it. It's very hard to be first when you have to underline the words with your finger and your lips move while reading. It ain't easy being a moron.
Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:10 PM (2sCft)

Being a deplorable, I find the drooling to be a bigger problem.

Posted by: Clark Kent at October 03, 2019 06:13 PM (sy5kK)

26
What ever happened to that Labor guy, did he return to his position?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:13 PM (JgW3r)

27

How Dare You!

Posted by: Greta Thunberg at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (JgW3r)

28 I saw Millennial Scalp Hunter open for Nickelback at... at... no no nonono NO NO NO! Just no.

Posted by: Hands at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (786Ro)

29 I believe he resigned, but was later cleared and re-hired. But where do you go to get your reputation back??
Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:12 PM (2sCft)

That's the problem with scam charges: someone will always believe them.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (y7DUB)

30 Being a deplorable, I find the drooling to be a bigger problem.

Posted by: Clark Kent at October 03, 2019 06:13
++++
No kidding, Superman! A slippery keyboard is a dangerous thing.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (2sCft)

31 For those of you following the SJW takeover of the knitting community, this video of Tusken Knits is really something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up7JgDsvrhI

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (Lqy/e)

32 It will NOT be cold in December. Get with the program comrade.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at October 03, 2019 06:15 PM (1L9V9)

33 no no nonono NO NO NO! Just no.

Posted by: Hands at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (786Ro)

PLEASE don't summon the troll.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:15 PM (ptqGC)

34 Bloomberg is just an iteration of Pravda, or Tass.

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:15 PM (90T4r)

35
Speaking of fake bloomberg news, Fake News is praying for a really poor Jobs Report tomorrow.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:15 PM (JgW3r)

36 There is no non Socialist newspaper anymore.

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:15 PM (90T4r)

37 Ace left out the happy ending.

After the reporters refused to change the story and openly admitted that they wanted a scalp, the guy was reinstated.

Thus Bloomberg destroyed its brand for zero gain.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:15 PM (cfSRQ)

38 Never apologize to these people. Not one inch. They misrepresent everything. "The post was clearly sarcastic and you know. Everyone who read it knew it. You're lying because that's what you do. I will not apologize. I did nothing wrong. Fuck you, next question."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 06:16 PM (1qrtS)

39 Oh say it aint so! A Bloomberg reporter? No way!

Posted by: Guy without a clue at October 03, 2019 06:16 PM (Tnijr)

40 But when Bloomberg "reporter" Benjamin Penn -- a fresh out of journalism school Millennial scalp-hunter -- wanted to get this official fired, he of course edited out that response, so as not to alert the Department of Labor that these posts were in fact completely anti-antisemitic, rather than antisemitic.

Can't see anything wrong here, that is how we teach journalism these days.

Posted by: American Universities at October 03, 2019 06:16 PM (sy5kK)

41 Mrs. Olson is so proud of her boy.

Posted by: Sock Monkey.............. at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (6eq2O)

42 Of course. They're swine. Apologies to actual swine.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (NWiLs)

43 PLEASE don't summon the troll.

Jane lol. Next time I'll mention KURT Cobain.

Posted by: Hands at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (786Ro)

44 HACKED!

Posted by: Bloomberg News at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (sWM8x)

45 yeah, I'm recommending D Lamp as Trump's next press secretary

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (VzPe8)

46 Speaking of lying scalp hunters, I posted below that Comey is back on Twitter, piously quoting George Washington.

Wonder if he's getting nervous?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (ptqGC)

47 Also note that this wasn't Bloomberg in general, but a subset that normally covers legal news.

Their client base wants actual news, not political fluff, so if Bloomberg has shown they'll twist a story just for fun, that destroys the value of the service.

Even liberals want to know what the hell actually happened. This is why CNN and MSNBC are losing audience.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (cfSRQ)

48 19 The leftist scolds want to ruin all fun and they especially hate parody and satire since those are often used against their hypocrite smug selves.
Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at October 03, 2019 06:08 PM (eASYU)

Which is precisely why they loathe the
Babylon Bee so much. The Bee is devastatingly spot-on with their humorous satire.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Babylon Bee is no longer just a satire site. They are now America's Paper of Record! Their accuracy and integrity is impeccable!

(dear Snopes. The above post is satire. Maybe)

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 03, 2019 06:18 PM (hHC3/)

49 Can't see anything wrong here, that is how we teach journalism these days.
Posted by: American Universities at October 03, 2019 06:16 PM
++++++
Given that contemporay journalism is all about getting clicks with clickbait, that probably is the correct technique.

Sad.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:18 PM (2sCft)

50 He was turned down for a job by the National Enquirer because they have certain standards...

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:18 PM (90T4r)

51 Being a deplorable, I find the drooling to be a bigger problem.

Posted by: Clark Kent at October 03, 2019 06:13 PM (sy5kK)

That's ridiculous.

*takes out hankie*

*cleans drool from keyboard*

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 03, 2019 06:18 PM (RVnO7)

52 For those of you following the SJW takeover of the knitting community

--

If anyone ever says America isn't great, point them to that. We're so wealthy and comfortable that even the knitting community has time to yell at each other over cultural stitch appropriation or whatever.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:18 PM (3Cuau)

53 45 yeah, I'm recommending D Lamp as Trump's next press secretary
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (VzPe

Word.
*pours one out for D-Lamp*

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (NWiLs)

54 46 Speaking of lying scalp hunters, I posted below that Comey is back on Twitter, piously quoting George Washington.

Wonder if he's getting nervous?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (ptqGC)

Ahh. I thought I detected a pine-like smell!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (sy5kK)

55 Dang that was a classic ....Mrs. Penn is so proud of her boy sarcastically. Hopefully Mrs. Olson is truly proud of her son.

Posted by: Sock Monkey.....the squirrel editors have been reassigned at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (6eq2O)

56 46
Speaking of lying scalp hunters, I posted below that Comey is back on Twitter, piously quoting George Washington.

Wonder if he's getting nervous?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (ptqGC)

---
Maybe the decision to decline prosecution is being reviewed.

FISA IG report was completed in Sept. 13, wasn't it? Final review should be wrapping up any time.

And before people say "so what," I think the Dems are going a bit crazier than usual at the moment. The lack of leaks/story prep speaks volumes.

By now we should have "sources close to the investigation say they found nothing." Not hearing that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (cfSRQ)

57 50 He was turned down for a job by the National Enquirer because they have certain standards...
Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:18 PM (90T4r)

I'd give the Enquirer the benefit of the doubt over any other so-called "news" organization.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (NWiLs)

58 The great prophet Comey is back on twitter. What sage words of wisdom did he have for us?

Posted by: IC at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (a0IVu)

59
Sue Bloomberg News and Micheal Bloomberg personally.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (ifgto)

60 I seem to recall that Rush had said many times that "in the olden days" the way a journalist would earn super duper street cred, they would take down a famous person. (Preferably a Republican politician.)

Some things never change, I guess.

Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (xptlg)

61 Sue them

Posted by: Ha at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (B/g/o)

62 yeah, I'm recommending D Lamp as Trump's next press secretary
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (VzPe

Word.
*pours one out for D-Lamp*
Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (NWiLs)

------

*Adds 1 St. Ides*

Posted by: Nemesis at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (p738m)

63
"a fresh out of journalism school Millennial scalp-hunter"

=======

And this fucker is going to wind up at the top of his "profession." Jonathan Fucking Chait himself will give him a job.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (3EPLG)

64
So did anyone see that bullshit Eagle with the camera thing on Fake News today?

My local fake news reported on that "story" as if it was something significant and important.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (JgW3r)

65 46 Speaking of lying scalp hunters, I posted below that Comey is back on Twitter, piously quoting George Washington.

Wonder if he's getting nervous?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (ptqGC)

Ahh. I thought I detected a pine-like smell!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 03, 2019 06:19
++++
Pine-scented Druids are the best Druids.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (2sCft)

66 Wow the #CancelCulture is dishonest and must resort to lies to further its agenda. Who woulda thunk it?

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at October 03, 2019 06:21 PM (iMxDC)

67 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist:

https://tinyurl.com/y6e6evp5

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:21 PM (ptqGC)

68 I met a colleague from Massachusetts this week. A big group of us were out at dinner on a business trip. Someone asked me (this was in Europe and many of them don't know much about America) about the press. I said I disregard everything they say as a lie because they lie constantly about everything.

The person from Massachusetts started giving me third degree about it, insisting that the press were just under constant pressure in the new media environment to be first and that they get things wrong sometimes.

I gave her an analogy, to which she had no response. "The intent actually doesn't matter in terms of initial actions - only in terms of later ones. If you have a financial advisory who loses your money every time you give him some to invest, there are two reasonable possibilities. He is either incompetent or he is stealing from you. If he's stealing from you, you'll want to press charges - but regardless of the cause the first step is to stop giving him your money. It's the same with the press - if they're a bunch of a corrupt liars, which I think they are, or if they're just grossly incompetent, the first step is to stop listening to them."

There is a reason I don't usually go to work-related social functions.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 06:22 PM (1qrtS)

69 67 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist:

https://tinyurl.com/y6e6evp5
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:21 PM (ptqGC)

All your ethnic are belong to us.... America!!!!!

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:23 PM (90T4r)

70 *cleans drool from keyboard*
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

For a cannibal I guess drool is considered the equivalent of balsamic vinegar.

Posted by: Miklos, culinarily curious at October 03, 2019 06:23 PM (QzkSJ)

71 Hey, I don't play golf on Saturday.

Posted by: Jean at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (yIJFm)

72 The person from Massachusetts started giving me third degree about it, insisting that the press were just under constant pressure in the new media environment to be first and that they get things wrong sometimes.

--

Ha. There's a name for a related news phenomenon but I don't remember it. Essentially every time the news reports on your field of expertise you notice how badly misunderstood and poorly reported it is, so assume every other topic of their reporting is exactly the same.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (3Cuau)

73 69
67 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on
his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural
appropriation and racist:

https://tinyurl.com/y6e6evp5

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:21 PM (ptqGC)

All your ethnic are belong to us.... America!!!!!

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:23 PM (90T4r)

Is xhe suggesting segregation of food stuffs or outright starvation of the people who shop in those aisles?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (jYnPD)

74
You'll pry my Hispanic foods aisle from cold, dead-ass fingers.

Posted by: Taco-Eating Muthaphukka at October 03, 2019 06:25 PM (p738m)

75 Here's the latest tweet from St. Comey of the Pines:

@Comey - 1h

"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence..the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government." Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:25 PM (ptqGC)

76 I think the biggest problem in media isn't the reporters, but the editors and publishers.

These people literally see no connection between their staff churning out garbage and subscriptions drying up. The idiot at the DeMoines paper is a case in point.

Firing the reporter didn't fix the situation - the story should never have been greenlit from the start.

There's a serious disconnent in these people, a failure to understand cause and effect.

You provide garbage news and push an agenda to the exclusion of everything else, catering a narrow segment of the population.

As a result, no one buys your product.

So you scold the consumers who don't want your garbage as the pink slips fly.

Oh, and why to papers even have editorial pages anymore? Opinions are free. No one need to pay for ill-informed opinions.

Get a blog.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:25 PM (cfSRQ)

77 67 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist:

https://tinyurl.com/y6e6evp5

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:21 PM (ptqGC)

i can't believe cat food and dog food are separated. That's gotta be illegal.

*dials PETA*

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at October 03, 2019 06:25 PM (RVnO7)

78 >>Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist:

Diversity is our strength --- but you're not allowed to enjoy he benefits of it, raaacist!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (bDqIh)

79 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist:

--

Wait, so he's saying we SHOULDN'T have the hispanic section in the local grocery store? Just take it out and make them feel unwelcome and maybe they'll go home?

Hmm... I'm listening.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (3Cuau)

80 They really believe now they don't even have to hide what they are doing because Trump is such a monster.

They'll just laugh and say to themselves "maybe we fooled a few and they'll not vote for Trump" and will go on to the next bullshit story.

I've said for a while though, the media was always the real enemy and Trump has done more to discredit them than anyone else.

Posted by: Blago at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (sjTfF)

81 Ha. There's a name for a related news phenomenon
but I don't remember it. Essentially every time the news reports on
your field of expertise you notice how badly misunderstood and poorly
reported it is, so assume every other topic of their reporting is
exactly the same.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (3Cuau)

---
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (cfSRQ)

82 I despair. These mutants are going to be the voting majority in 15 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (HDU3E)

83 Ha. There's a name for a related news phenomenon but I don't remember it. Essentially every time the news reports on your field of expertise you notice how badly misunderstood and poorly reported it is, so assume every other topic of their reporting is exactly the same.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (3Cuau)

Gell-Mann Amnesia Affect. It was named and described by Michael Crichton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (Kpl3J)

84 Ha. There's a name for a related news phenomenon but I don't remember it. Essentially every time the news reports on your field of expertise you notice how badly misunderstood and poorly reported it is, so assume every other topic of their reporting is exactly the same.
Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (3Cuau)
+++++++++
Close. It's the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect, but it draws a different conclusion. When you see how bad and misinformed the reporting is in your own sphere of expertise, you reject it - but you forget that piece of knowledge when reading reporting from outside your sphere of expertise and thus read it with credulity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (1qrtS)

85 75
Here's the latest tweet from St. Comey of the Pines:

@Comey - 1h

"Against
the insidious wiles of foreign influence..the jealousy of a free people
ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that
foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican
government." Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:25 PM (ptqGC)

Leakin' liar says what?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (jYnPD)

86 Hey, I don't play golf on Saturday.
Posted by: Jean

Hey-Me and Wang, we'll work you in.

Posted by: Al Czervik at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (QzkSJ)

87
Please PLEASE get in the habit of calling All these people Co-Conspirators, and especially refer to brennan and shiff as Unindicted Co-Conspirators.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (JgW3r)

88 Ha. There's a name for a related news phenomenon
but I don't remember it. Essentially every time the news reports on
your field of expertise you notice how badly misunderstood and poorly
reported it is, so assume every other topic of their reporting is
exactly the same.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:24 PM (3Cuau)

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Oh, and papers have always had deadlines. That's no excuse to get key facts wrong or deliberately distort the truth.

Back when newspapers were more competitive, a big mistake would be a career-ender. Now no one cares.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (cfSRQ)

89 Thanks for the reminder. It's amusing that I never can remember something about amnesia.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (3Cuau)

90 In my old Illinois town, the local fish wrap ( total Leftist) was practically giving away their print copy, so they went on a digital paper kick.... with the same result..... print media is as much garbage as digital.

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (90T4r)

91 "Here's the latest tweet from St. Comey of the Pines"

Fuck that asshole with a chainsaw. He's not fit for a pick for Washington's false teeth.

Posted by: freaked at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (Tnijr)

92 If this isn't actual malice, then nothing is.

And nothing is.

Eat Arby's.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (GbPPJ)

93 76:Get a blog.

This is the equivalent of "Learn to Code" which everyone knows is racist.

Hence, you're a racist. The stoning's will commence this weekend.

Posted by: Puddleglum, everything is racist at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (hHC3/)

94 Also:

Now do "soul" food.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (3Cuau)

95 67 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on
his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural
appropriation and racist:

..............

Well clearly the answer is to put the salsa and soy sauce in the refrigerated section next the velveeta cheese. Duh.

Posted by: Molly k. at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (C1NuF)

96 I posted this below....

An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) bureaucrat has filed a so-called "whistleblower" complaint claiming he received information that at least one Treasury Department political appointee moved to "improperly interfere" with the annual audit of President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence's tax returns, according to the Washington Post.

Breitbart:

https://tinyurl.com/y2dztuqf

I just realized...Trump wasn't lying...he IS being audited.

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (cF8AT)

97 Arrest that man for sedition.
See?
Easy.

Posted by: Galil at October 03, 2019 06:29 PM (Pzzpr)

98 Ahh. I thought I detected a pine-like smell!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (sy5kK)

Did you know that many parts of a pine cone are edible?

Posted by: Zombie Euell Gibbons Jogging Suit and All at October 03, 2019 06:29 PM (Z1ykJ)

99

This is the equivalent of "Learn to Code" which everyone knows is racist.

Hence, you're a racist. The stoning's will commence this weekend.

Posted by: Puddleglum, everything is racist at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (hHC3/)

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Pot is legal in Michigan. People have been getting stoned here for a while.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:29 PM (cfSRQ)

100 If Comey's nervous, it's because the net is getting close to Brennan. Comey and Brennan were in on it together.

and I'll bet that even Comey knows that Brennan can't be trusted to keep his mouth shut.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:29 PM (Kpl3J)

101 Uh. It looks like he was also making fun of Trump voters. Yay, I guess.

Posted by: MAGA at October 03, 2019 06:29 PM (I5LRE)

102 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist

I get my ramen noodles in the soup aisle. So there.

Posted by: Hands at October 03, 2019 06:29 PM (786Ro)

103 Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his
hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural
appropriation and racist:

https://tinyurl.com/y6e6evp5

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:21 PM (ptqGC)

I heard it was a well known chef known as David Chang. The guy is famous for cooking and i have seen him one shows and youtube. The guy curses a lot and it not my cup of tea. But whatever. I guess asking a chef to opine on the world is no worse than asking an actor. From the limited time I gave the subject, the guy is getting serious blowback.

he claims "ethnic aisles" are racist. But many have come back with if there were no ethnic aisles, would that be racist too? And what about the myriad eithnic markets and now supermarkets you see all over? Are they racist too? Hell, if i see an "international" aisle, i make a bee line to see if i can find something good and interesting. Does Chang have a problem with the "English" section at Giant or Wegmanns?

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (n13/j)

104 82 I despair. These mutants are going to be the voting majority in 15 years.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (HDU3E)

Yep. Considering a large portion of Millenials long to be some variation of EuroTrash, I fear the ballot box will not be our salvation long term. That combined with the illegal invaders.....

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (90T4r)

105 There's a name for a related news phenomenon but I don't remember it. Essentially every time the news reports on your field of expertise you notice how badly misunderstood and poorly reported it is, so assume every other topic of their reporting is exactly the same.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
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Yeah, Gell-Mann Amnesia. But, it actually refers to the fact that after having read something that you, by your own expertise or knowledge, know to be incorrect, you then flip to the next page where there is some topic with which you are *not* familiar, and tend to accept the written word as true.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (Ou6XS)

106 Gell-Mann Amnesia Affect. It was named and described by Michael Crichton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (Kpl3J)

I always wondered why he gave it that name.

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (cF8AT)

107 yeah, I'm recommending D Lamp as Trump's next press secretary

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at October 03, 2019 06:17 PM (VzPe

Word.

*pours one out for D-Lamp*

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:19 PM (NWiLs)

This.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (9Om/r)

108
Leakin' liar says what?
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winne

======

He says #TrumpTowerMoscow is why America is about to end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (3EPLG)

109 Blue Angels in the sky right over my house. Right now. So very MAGA.

LOT OF CARBON EMISSIONS. Take that Sacramento!

Posted by: torabora at October 03, 2019 06:31 PM (Y274z)

110 87
Please PLEASE get in the habit of calling All these people Co-Conspirators, and especially refer to brennan and shiff as Unindicted Co-Conspirators.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile

You mean the Traitorous John Brennan should be Unindicted Co-Conspirator, Traitorous John Brennan? That's a bit much. I'll stick to Traitorous John Brennan, who is a traitor.

Posted by: Puddleglum, everything is racist at October 03, 2019 06:31 PM (hHC3/)

111 91
"Here's the latest tweet from St. Comey of the Pines"

Fuck that asshole with a chainsaw. He's not fit for a pick for Washington's false teeth.

Posted by: freaked at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (Tnijr)

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I don't like that formulation. He should be referred to as "Future Jailbird James Comey" or "Disgraced FBI Crook James Comey."

No room for subtlety. Shove it in his face.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:31 PM (cfSRQ)

112 I just realized...Trump wasn't lying...he IS being audited.
Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:28 PM (cF8AT)

At his level, it's a safe bet that Trump has been audited every year for the last 10 years, at least. Probably more. All those teams of auditors going through the books, and none of them have never found anything, what a surprise.

(that's why you hire a small army of accountants and lawyers to handle all of your tax work)

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:31 PM (Kpl3J)

113 I heard it was a well known chef known as David
Chang. The guy is famous for cooking and i have seen him one shows and
youtube. The guy curses a lot and it not my cup of tea. But whatever. I
guess asking a chef to opine on the world is no worse than asking an
actor. From the limited time I gave the subject, the guy is getting
serious blowback.

he claims "ethnic aisles" are racist. But many
have come back with if there were no ethnic aisles, would that be
racist too? And what about the myriad eithnic markets and now
supermarkets you see all over? Are they racist too? Hell, if i see an
"international" aisle, i make a bee line to see if i can find something
good and interesting. Does Chang have a problem with the "English"
section at Giant or Wegmanns?

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (n13/j)

Fucker can stop drinking American water and breathing American air, racist douchebag.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (jYnPD)

114 For those of you following the SJW takeover of the knitting community, this video of Tusken Knits is really something.

Maria Tusken posted some entries on her blog about the unraveling of the knitting community:
https://tinyurl.com/y36yuctk

The section about the Civil War ball is telling.

Another development in the knitting wars is that the dude who kicked Trump supporters off Ravelry (a site he started with his wife) is a dude no longer: he's come out as trans.

https://tinyurl.com/y6tmd9sq

Check xits photo: xit is really a piece of work.

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (pPNCa)

115 I always wondered why he gave it that name.

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (cF8AT)

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He named it after colleagues that noticed it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (cfSRQ)

116 So the lime and chili flavored everything you see all over the place now is racist as sh*t, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (3Cuau)

117 Is anyone even mildly surprised by this?
Over at the Hill they have their readers absolutely convinced Donald Trump will be gone by next week and probably in Prison, rather than Barr and Durham finally acting with Indictments. When their alternate reality is crushed the reeeeee is going to be something to behold.

Posted by: Sherp at October 03, 2019 06:33 PM (Bf3hj)

118 1113

Fucker can stop drinking American water and breathing American air, racist douchebag.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (jYnPD)

Little " David" had no problem appropriating a white ( privileged) first name though, did he???

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:33 PM (90T4r)

119 106 Gell-Mann Amnesia Affect. It was named and described by Michael Crichton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:26 PM (Kpl3J)

I always wondered why he gave it that name.
Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (cF8AT)

I looked that up - Crichton said that when talking to some group, he mentioned meeting Dr. Gel-Mann, who was a famous physicist. He said he realized that everyone in that group suddenly thought he was far more respectable and knowledgeable on the topic, simply because he mentioned a famous name.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:34 PM (Kpl3J)

120 >>Speaking of SJW "journalists," a WaPo reporter with too much time on his hands, sez ethnic food aisles in grocery stores are cultural appropriation and racist

It's so dumb it's painful.
He's scarred by Korean food being put all together in a regular grocery store vs. the the nig Korean market his family shopped at when he was a kid.

A normal person would be thrilled that despite emigrating from a country with a vastly different culture, he could A] find his native food in a nearby market run by fellow Korean- Americans, and B] also find it in a regular grocery store. Kids at school teased you about your foreign food? Welcome to childhood, pal, kids are teased for being different; we all were for something.

This is on par with people whining about "boys" and "girls" to aisles.

Grow up. If that was the biggest childhood trauma you should be grateful.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (bDqIh)

121 At his level, it's a safe bet that Trump has been audited every year for the last 10 years, at least. Probably more. All those teams of auditors going through the books, and none of them have never found anything, what a surprise.

(that's why you hire a small army of accountants and lawyers to handle all of your tax work)

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:31 PM (Kpl3J)

I get that but the left is always saying 'he's lying about being audited.'

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (cF8AT)

122 Cards v Braves tied at 1 in 5th.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (Dhht7)

123 So the Lief Olson tweet reads like he's making great fun of Trump voters who he was also parodying as anti-semites.

Posted by: MAGA at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (I5LRE)

124 he claims "ethnic aisles" are racist. But many

have come back with if there were no ethnic aisles, would that be

racist too? And what about the myriad eithnic markets and now

supermarkets you see all over? Are they racist too? Hell, if i see an

"international" aisle, i make a bee line to see if i can find something

good and interesting. Does Chang have a problem with the "English"

section at Giant or Wegmanns?

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 06:30 PM (n13/j)

I drove past a small strip mall about a month ago, and spotted a halal market. It struck me as odd because the glass in the door and windows were covered in newspapers, so you couldn't see inside.

Since the local mosque is called "Mosque Jihad" it gave me pause. But then, all things Muzz tend to give me pause these days.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (ptqGC)

125 Passed 100.. I'm so excited. My daughter got a new job! She's finally free of Amazon!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (dUJdY)

126 Oops - not sure what happened there - it's "nearby Korean market."

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (bDqIh)

127 In my old Illinois town, the local fish wrap ( total Leftist) was practically giving away their print copy, so they went on a digital paper kick.... with the same result..... print media is as much garbage as digital.
Posted by: kraken
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Since Gannett took over our local paper, subscriptions have plummeted. They, of course, blame digital media. Except, none of the people I know are internet newshounds. They cancelled their subscriptions because the paper has become a pathetic shadow of itself, with very left-leaning content.

It used to be that every morning nearly every driveway in the neighborhood had a newspaper in it. Now? Hell, I never see any.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (Ou6XS)

128 the nig Korean market

Ummm....

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (NWiLs)

129 Presstitutes will mickey your drink and leave you passed out naked in a hotel room without your clothes or wallet.

Posted by: torabora at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (Y274z)

130 125 Passed 100.. I'm so excited. My daughter got a new job! She's finally free of Amazon!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (dUJdY)

Congratulations!

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (NWiLs)

131 125 Passed 100.. I'm so excited. My daughter got a new job! She's finally free of Amazon!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (dUJdY)

Who's gonna deliver my coffee now?????

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (90T4r)

132 125 Passed 100.. I'm so excited. My daughter got a new job! She's finally free of Amazon!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (dUJdY)

Congratulations!!!

Posted by: IC at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (a0IVu)

133 Passed 100.. I'm so excited. My daughter got a new job! She's finally free of Amazon!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (dUJdY)
++++++++++
Congrats to your daughter! All the best in her new gig!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (1qrtS)

134 128 the nig Korean market

Ummm....
Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (NWiLs)

Lolol.....

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (90T4r)

135 @love4thegameAK

]BARR[ Hilarious!!

Giving remarks at the SEC Criminal Coordination Conference, Attorney General Barr said he was asked yesterday what country he was going to next.

"I said, 'Greenland.'"

Video: https://tinyurl.com/y2779e2s

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (cF8AT)

136 Sorry Facebook post not tweet.

Posted by: MAGA at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (I5LRE)

137 86 Hey, I don't play golf on Saturday.
Posted by: Jean

Hey-Me and Wang, we'll work you in.
Posted by: Al Czervik at October 03, 2019 06:27 PM (QzkSJ)\\

Start out with the irons and work her into the woods

Posted by: Ty at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (AQBtr)

138
Over at the Hill they have their readers absolutely convinced Donald Trump will be gone by next week and probably in Prison, rather than Barr and Durham finally acting with Indictments. When their alternate reality is crushed the reeeeee is going to be something to behold.
Posted by: Sherp

======

lol, I keep sayin' this.

At MSNBC they're looking forward to a new president by the end of the year. Literally. It'll be that quick, because they've already got the evidence -- the transcript of the phone call. It took months for investigators to get their paws on the Nixon tapes, but the UkraineCollusion investigators got it at the first ask. Trump is stupid! What was he thinking? It backfired!

And despite #TwoWeeks, which I reserve as a hedge against hellish disappointment, I'm stocking up on popcorn for the time when these two worlds collide. I've never seen a simultaneous nuclear explosion, supernova, comet, and glacier-falling-into-a-volcano, and I'm looking forward to it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (3EPLG)

139 Glad to hear the good news, Jewells.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (3Cuau)

140 Since I told my husband I was perfectly okay to take care of myself, he is stopping by a sports bar on the way home to meet friends and watch the Braves vs. Cards.

GO BRAVES!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (ptqGC)

141 I mean RIGHT OVER my house.

Posted by: torabora at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (Y274z)

142
Giving remarks at the SEC Criminal Coordination Conference, Attorney General Barr said he was asked yesterday what country he was going to next.

"I said, 'Greenland.'"

Video: https://tinyurl.com/y2779e2s
Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:37 PM (cF8AT)

Oh lmao...love this.

Posted by: IC at October 03, 2019 06:38 PM (a0IVu)

143 https://tinyurl.com/y6tmd9sq

Check xits photo: xit is really a piece of work.
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (pPNCa)

Speaking of - did Hikaru/Ally leave us for good?

I'll always wonder if that was just some creative writer wanting to see how far they could get in constructing an online persona. Probably will never know - seems like a lot of work for not much payoff. Once we got to the "big reveal", and no one really cared, it seemed like the game was over.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:38 PM (Kpl3J)

144 Since Gannett took over our local paper,
subscriptions have plummeted. They, of course, blame digital media.
Except, none of the people I know are internet newshounds. They
cancelled their subscriptions because the paper has become a pathetic
shadow of itself, with very left-leaning content.

It used to be that every morning nearly every driveway in the neighborhood had a newspaper in it. Now? Hell, I never see any.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (Ou6XS)

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Same here. They bought out the weekly and gutted it. One issue actually had the same article printed in it twice on different pages - crack editing, there!

Periodically they actually beg for donations. I laugh. The local daily (also Gannett) is dying as well, half its old size.

There are some local online news sites that seem to be doing well - because they actually report news.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:38 PM (cfSRQ)

145 I looked that up - Crichton said that when talking to some group, he mentioned meeting Dr. Gel-Mann, who was a famous physicist. He said he realized that everyone in that group suddenly thought he was far more respectable and knowledgeable on the topic, simply because he mentioned a famous name.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:34 PM (Kpl3J)

Ah ok. Thanks!

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 06:39 PM (cF8AT)

146 Don't car me nigkor, whily

Posted by: Sl'eye and the Famiry Stone at October 03, 2019 06:39 PM (3Cuau)

147 Hikaru was a.... composite construct???

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:39 PM (90T4r)

148 Since Gannett took over our local paper, subscriptions have plummeted. They, of course, blame digital media. Except, none of the people I know are internet newshounds. They cancelled their subscriptions because the paper has become a pathetic shadow of itself, with very left-leaning content.
...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:36 PM (Ou6XS)
+++++++++++++
I hadn't read the Denver Post in years. I picked one up (the free/communal one) in a restaurant recently and leafed through it. There is just no point.

It is hugely leftist, but all papers are. The bigger problem is that isn't really local, either - a vast bulk of the articles are from wire services. Why should I subscribe to a "local" paper that cribs most of its content from the wires? What benefit is there to that vs. just throwing on MSNBC? Even if I weren't a conservative, I wouldn't subscribe because I can read the AP for free online.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 06:39 PM (1qrtS)

149 Congrats for your daughter, Jewell's.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 03, 2019 06:39 PM (Dhht7)

150 I bet they are not the only ones

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2019 06:39 PM (ZCEU2)

151 Congrats to your daughter, Jewells.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:40 PM (jYnPD)

152 Jewells *fist bump*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:40 PM (ptqGC)

153 Similar thing happened to our paper. Subscriptions dropped so they went to a subscription based online model, and then they couldn't figure out why THOSE numbers were even worse.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:40 PM (3Cuau)

154 For those of you following the SJW takeover of the knitting community, this video of Tusken Knits is really something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up7JgDsvrhI
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 03, 2019 06:14 PM (Lqy/e)
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Hey, really good video, even though I don't knit.

It's long so I will have to watch the rest later. Saw about 18 mins. of it.
These SJW's are F'n crazy trying to destroy businesses for no reason just to show their muscle power. Also surprising is that businesses in the Bay Area have to display a pro ANTFA flag/sign
or a Black Lives Matter sign whenever there's a protest, even if they disagree, just so their businesses don't get destroyed.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 03, 2019 06:40 PM (wiXsO)

155 Since the local mosque is called "Mosque Jihad" it gave me pause. But then, all things Muzz tend to give me pause these days.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:35 PM (ptqGC)
years ago I wen to a tiny Halal store to get a whole leg of lamb. No chance you could find that in my local less than diverse market. I used to always bash some of the suburban stores for only carrying boneless skinless chicken breasts, ground beef, and fat free pork. And now I find it is bad to spend my money elsewhere and expand my horizons. Sorry, no sale Dave.

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 06:40 PM (n13/j)

156 >>Ummm....

Yeah, typo! I don't use that word ever.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (bDqIh)

157 In the basement thread, wish I could but that canoe flipped over so fast I barely had a chance to grab a life preserver.

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (ZCEU2)

158 That little turd Penn has been in hiding. Even Podhoretz called him a miserable little prick, or something close to that

Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (M+Lyo)

159 Zombie Euell Gibbons, we used to eat pine seeds when I was a kid. This was before we discovered they were this big hoity-toity salad and pasta ingredient.

Posted by: Eromero at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (UUkQp)

160 Does anyone except anything different?

That's a serious question. Because if anyone in the center on on the right expects any of the media to be honest brokers at this point, they are insane or just plain stupid.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (formerly GWS) at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (JUOKG)

161 158 That little turd Penn has been in hiding. Even Podhoretz called him a miserable little prick, or something close to that
Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (M+Lyo)

Is Teller on the run too??

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:42 PM (90T4r)

162
Speaking of - did Hikaru/Ally leave us for good?

Ran off with Tickled Pink.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 03, 2019 06:42 PM (aKsyK)

163 If I am elected president everybody's Twitter account will be confiscated and replaced with a dueling pistol.

Posted by: wth at October 03, 2019 06:43 PM (v0R5T)

164 upi.com/Knife-attack kills 4 employees at police headquarters in Paris
https://tinyurl.com/yygtand9

No motive but can I make a guess?

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2019 06:43 PM (ZCEU2)

165 >>Speaking of - did Hikaru/Ally leave us for good?
. . . Once we got to the "big reveal", and no one really cared, it seemed like the game was over.

What did I miss???

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:44 PM (bDqIh)

166 Its as almost if the media is the enemy of notademocrat - as it was noted some day ago, these c-suckers aren't in the trees,sniping away, they are out in formation, on the battlefield

Posted by: A dude in MI at October 03, 2019 06:44 PM (WhTSP)

167 I was able to see Penn and Teller perform back in the 90s. They were great. Small venue and everyone was able to see everything pretty well, and they had some great tricks. The one that amazed me the most was Teller eating sewing needles.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (3Cuau)

168 Speaking of - did Hikaru/Ally leave us for good?

I'll always wonder if that was just some creative writer wanting to see how far they could get in constructing an online persona. Probably will never know - seems like a lot of work for not much payoff. Once we got to the "big reveal", and no one really cared, it seemed like the game was over.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:38 PM (Kpl3J)

I have no idea. Why play the long game like that for no gain? It's very odds.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (NWiLs)

169 165 >>Speaking of - did Hikaru/Ally leave us for good?
. . . Once we got to the "big reveal", and no one really cared, it seemed like the game was over.

What did I miss???
Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:44 PM (bDqIh)

Not making any sense of this, either....

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (90T4r)

170 These people make my head hurt.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (a4qVe)

171 It used to be that every morning nearly every driveway in the neighborhood had a newspaper in it. Now? Hell, I never see any.

The local newspaper tried delivering the paper without a subscription and then sent a pretty little girl to collect. Mom was at the sidewalk waiting. Nearly bit my tongue off what I wanted to tell mom in front of that kid.

Posted by: dartist at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (K22Va)

172 It is hugely leftist, but all papers are. The bigger problem is that isn't really local, either -
--------

The editorial in our paper is inevitably by some syndicated national writer, for instance, Leonard Pitts.

Oops. Felt my gorge rising there for a moment.

In other words, the paper offers no commentary on local situations.

The paper is down to just one or two writers, all others let go. It is disgusting. No one even knows who the publisher is anymore. The fine old building has been sold. The printing isn't even done here any more.

I note that Gannett (sp?) bought over 100 local papers. I assume that they have all suffered a similar fate.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (YvUf/)

173 So the lime and chili flavored everything you see all over the place now is racist as sh*t, right?

Then there's the annual pumpkin/pumpkin spice takeover of everything. I used to think Trader Joe's pumpkin ice cream was as extreme as it would get (to be fair, it does taste good). Today I saw a display rack in the local supermarket with five shelves of new pumpkin-flavored stuff: pumpkin-flavored instant oatmeal, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin salsa, and pumpkin pasta sauce. No joke. I don't know whether the pumpkin salsa and pasta sauce count as cultural appropriation or the beginnings of a vegan pumpkin cult.

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (pPNCa)

174 There's a local mexican grocery food store that actually has the best meat market in the entire city. Reminds me of what meant counters used to look like when I was a kid. Last time I went in they had an entire cow's head behind the glass. And of course goat, lamb, whatever you want.

One thing people who haven't traveled there wouldn't know *real* mexican food, as opposed to Tex Mex and it's variations, generally is focused on great big chunks of meat done in various ways. The spices are there because the meat has usually been sitting out awhile.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:46 PM (Kpl3J)

175 Pop goes the weasel

Posted by: Regular joe at October 03, 2019 06:46 PM (6/uwW)

176 I have no idea. Why play the long game like that for no gain? It's very odds.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (NWiLs)

You see? That's the genius of it.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (jYnPD)

177 Does the gorge rise or does the bile rise in your gorge? I've seen it written both ways.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (NWiLs)

178 Mmmm..... cow head.....

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (90T4r)

179 My (series of) Kroger stores were all managed by computer from "Corporate" in Cincinnati. This was a strategy that went way back with them, because one of my dad's WWII company officers had spent his whole career with them at the regional level, and when I met him at a reunion, that was his big complaint.

When the computer suddenly would start telling the local manager not to stock certain things, Italian staples for instance, or German potato pancakes, you knew something was up. Somebody had drawn the market-area line differently, and you were about to get fresh menudo offered as the weekly special. I would take lists of things to the store manager, things I'd always bought there and they had dropped. They gradually made most of the Greek, German, Italian, French stuff disappear, all replaced by you-know-who. They chose a new electorate, so to speak. They even replaced a lot of "my" Eastern Med with "their" Eastern Med.

And I see this morning that Kroger is laying off hundreds of people, all, according to WSJ, at the mid-management level, because their very expensive new stores just are not delivering the goods.

I left them in the wake of the "Please Don't Open Carry Here" plea, which they could have won just by shutting up, but no -- they are convinced they can manage the place right into the ground. I wish them luck with that.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (8ZmvG)

180
Someone was asking in the last thread, what gives with this insane lefty lurch? Here's something in the internet:

>>Democrats think that Trump is going to be so easy to beat that they can go for it, that they can campaign on a far-left platform and then implement it after they win.

Part of all this impeachment insanity we're seeing. They believe their own hype.

TRUMP AND BARR MUST MAKE THEM UN-BELIEVE IT.

When's it gonna be, oh lord? The longer this drags on, the worse it's all going to get.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (3EPLG)

181 175 Pop goes the weasel
Posted by: Regular joe at October 03, 2019 06:46 PM (6/uwW)
----
Did not!

Posted by: Weasel at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (MVjcR)

182 Shocked shocked, etc.

Posted by: Your Winnings, Sir at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (yQpMk)

183
What did I miss???
Posted by: Lizzy
-----

She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she continued to trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (YvUf/)

184 183

What did I miss???

Posted by: Lizzy

-----

She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she continued to
trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (YvUf/)

What if you came out as trans, and no one noticed?

Posted by: Richard Maddow at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (jYnPD)

185 She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she
continued to trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became
tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (YvUf/)

Should have sent a fruit basket.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (ptqGC)

186 What did I miss???
Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:44 PM (bDqIh)

Not making any sense of this, either....
Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (90T4r)

If you weren't here, one night Hikaru, after hinting for a couple of days, said he was worried if he could stay posting here because he was really trans, and he was starting sex reassignment, and "He" from theneforth was to be called "Ally" and was starting sex reassignment treatment.

I don't know what he/she expected, but most everyone said "ok, whatever, doesn't bother us if you don't want us to do it too." Almost seemed disappointed that he/she wasn't rejected. Posted for a few more days as "Ally", then disappeared .

Maybe xe'll be back, who knows.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (Kpl3J)

187
What did I miss???
Posted by: Lizz

=======

Poster Hikaru came out as trans on an ONT and was Hikaru/Allie for a while and then Allie. I don't know if s/he's still here or not.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (3EPLG)

188 She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she continued to trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (YvUf/)

So Hikaru = Ally? Huh..Ally's posts were tiresome.

Posted by: IC at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (a0IVu)

189 Trans? Heck, I'm a famous surgeon that gave up my astronaut career.

This is the internet. That's how it works.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (3Cuau)

190 Does the gorge rise or does the bile rise in your gorge? I've seen it written both ways.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (NWiLs)

Let me see. Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times, and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now?

Posted by: DR.WTF at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (aS1PU)

191 Could have been bad, but ended up being funny 'cause someone thought fast. Funny, nothing more. Link to Twitter.
https://tinyurl.com/y425hlh3

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (1qrtS)

192 Part of all this impeachment insanity we're seeing. They believe their own hype.

TRUMP AND BARR MUST MAKE THEM UN-BELIEVE IT.

When's it gonna be, oh lord? The longer this drags on, the worse it's all going to get.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (3EPLG)

---
The big danger in corrupting information is that it corrupts you as well.

These guys believe their own propaganda, which causes them to lurch from stupid move to stupid move.

At this rate, I'll be popping corn by the ton this time next year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (cfSRQ)

193
So the lime and chili flavored everything you see all over the place now is racist as sh*t, right?

Then there's the annual pumpkin/pumpkin spice takeover of
everything. I used to think Trader Joe's pumpkin ice cream was as
extreme as it would get (to be fair, it does taste good). Today I saw a
display rack in the local supermarket with five shelves of new
pumpkin-flavored stuff: pumpkin-flavored instant oatmeal, pumpkin
cookies, pumpkin salsa, and pumpkin pasta sauce. No joke. I don't know
whether the pumpkin salsa and pasta sauce count as cultural
appropriation or the beginnings of a vegan pumpkin cult.

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:45 PM (pPNCa)

if you like the pumpkin spice stuff then enjoy it,i mean that. But for me, i won't have a lick of it. Even the industry is mocking it. When every single coffee place, bread outlet, whatever, is offering the same thing, you have to wonder. And the Octoberfest beer goes too far. I wonder how many realize Octoberfest ends in September.

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (n13/j)

194 185
She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she

continued to trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became

tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 06:48 PM (YvUf/)

Should have sent a fruit basket.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (ptqGC)

Please let me believe someone at least made a slap a hot iron to it comment.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (jYnPD)

195
Well, Lizzy, I think you got your question answered.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:51 PM (3EPLG)

196 What if you came out as trans, and no one noticed?

Posted by: Richard Maddow at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (jYnPD)
..........

Hopefully a tree will fall on you.

Posted by: wth at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (v0R5T)

197 CNN is refusing to air this new "Biden Corruption" Trump ad:

https://tinyurl.com/y5242qzc

Their refusal has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that the ad refers to Fredo, Don Lemahn, and Jimmy Acosta as "media lapdogs."

https://tinyurl.com/y6sb4znb

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (sWM8x)

198 Presstitutes will mickey your drink and leave you passed out naked in a hotel room without your clothes or wallet.

I thought you woke up in a bathtub minus your kidneys, or is that only with New Orleans presstitutes?

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (pPNCa)

199 >>Democrats think that Trump is going to be so easy to beat that they can go for it, that they can campaign on a far-left platform and then implement it after they win.

Part of all this impeachment insanity we're seeing. They believe their own hype.

1972. Nixon and McGovern.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (Kpl3J)

200 All the lies that's fit to print!

Posted by: Choomberg at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (EgshT)

201 What if you came out as trans, and no one noticed?

--

It's a poor effort, then. Amateur, even.

An am trans.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:53 PM (3Cuau)

202 198 Presstitutes will mickey your drink and leave you passed out naked in a hotel room without your clothes or wallet.

I thought you woke up in a bathtub minus your kidneys, or is that only with New Orleans presstitutes?
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (pPNCa)

Ukrainian, I thought.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:53 PM (NWiLs)

203 128 the nig Korean market

...He said the Korean market is near!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (5WpEK)

204
What did I miss???

Posted by: Lizzy

-----

She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she continued to
trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Hikaru mentioned that he associated with trannies but he wasn't a tranny even though everyone thinks he's a tranny.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (JgW3r)

205 Local grocery store that was Italian since I was a kid turned all Mexican not long ago. Meat dept. sells cow leg, from the knee down to the hoof and after 2 people pretended not to know English, they'll not see a penny of mine again.

Posted by: dartist at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (K22Va)

206 Welp, Imonna get off this laptop and go back to bed. Managed to make it to the funeral of a dear, sainted lady this morning. Then, convinced my husband to take me by the Publix to pick up a few things (I was on a knee scooter).

I tried sending him to the store the other day when we ran out of K-Cups, and he returned with no coffee, but six bags of beef jerky.

Sigh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (ptqGC)

207 Basement Cat @ 173- Mrs. E loves all things pumpkin spice. But she does get wore out with me saying stuff like 'Honey, can you pick ups some pumpkin spice bandaids and rolaids?

Posted by: Eromero at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (UUkQp)

208 Sure comforting to hear that all this shit that has been conjured up by lawyers and journalists since back in the late 60's when I was in college is now caused exclusively by just one age group, the oldest of whom are 38 now.

Is this a bunch of boomers, so out of it and tragically unhip that they did not know what the cutting-edge edge-cutters of their own age group were up to for 50 god damned years? Or are those hemmorhoids just itching like hell? Is that it? That is your big philosophical argument? That the future is filled with the young?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (8ZmvG)

209 Let's see if this is too much for the name field.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani am Trans Halal Leyujah at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (3Cuau)

210
The big danger in corrupting information is that it corrupts you as well.

These guys believe their own propaganda, which causes them to lurch from stupid move to stupid move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

======

See that's it. The longer this goes on, the more dangerous, in a way, our enemies get. They're hardened and fanatical. They have their violent faction. I've seen them almost losing it on t.v. Nicolle Wallace virtually screams in pain at times.

It's going to be fun in a way, but we've seen hos desperate these people are and how far they will go to make their fantasies a reality.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (3EPLG)

211 Hikaru mentioned that he associated with trannies but he wasn't a tranny even though everyone thinks he's a tranny.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (JgW3r)

I always thought he was turning japanese.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (jYnPD)

212 Wow, thanks for the details.
IIRC, Hikaru is also bi-racial? That's a lot to deal with, if legit.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (bDqIh)

213
Hikaru mentioned that a long time ago, like over a year ago.

Of course I pressed him a little (because That's Who I Am) and Hikaru was all, like, you're not gonna push me away from this place. So I left it alone.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:56 PM (JgW3r)

214 I tried sending him to the store the other day when we ran out of K-Cups, and he returned with no coffee, but six bags of beef jerky.

Sigh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (ptqGC)

That's hilarious! My husband would have come home with ice cream, a box of twinkies and Hershey bar

Posted by: Cheriebebe at October 03, 2019 06:57 PM (a4qVe)

215 I thought you woke up in a bathtub minus your kidneys, or is that only with New Orleans presstitutes?
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:52 PM (pPNCa)

Ukrainian, I thought.
Posted by: Insomniac

And

Posted by: Miklos, Central European Yat (which is Nawlins) at October 03, 2019 06:57 PM (QzkSJ)

216 I don't know what he/she expected, but most everyone
said "ok, whatever, doesn't bother us if you don't want us to do it
too." Almost seemed disappointed that he/she wasn't rejected. Posted
for a few more days as "Ally", then disappeared .

Maybe xe'll be back, who knows.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (Kpl3J)

---
The thing is, if I change my nic to "Ms. A.H. Lloyd" no one's going to know or care. Because it's the internet.

Back in the 90s (when e-bulletin boards were a thing) a guy I knew did his big "I'm gay" coming out statement. And everyone was like "Yeah, we figured you were gay, you hadn't dated a woman since we knew you," and wow was he pissed.

He was almost begging for us to be bigoted, and even tried to challenge the Evangelicals, who said "well, we'll pray for you," but refused to condemn him.

He wandered away after that.

A lot of the trans stuff I think is because gay is no longer shocking/dramatic enough.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:58 PM (cfSRQ)

217 I tried sending him to the store the other day when we ran out of K-Cups, and he returned with no coffee, but six bags of beef jerky.

--

I really like this post.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani am Trans Halal Leyujah at October 03, 2019 06:58 PM (3Cuau)

218 Local grocery store that was Italian since I was a kid turned all Mexican not long ago. Meat dept. sells cow leg, from the knee down to the hoof and after 2 people pretended not to know English, they'll not see a penny of mine again.

Posted by: dartist at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (K22Va)
...........

They probably only take pesos anyway.

Posted by: wth at October 03, 2019 06:58 PM (v0R5T)

219
If only Comrade Bloomberg knew about this. He'd do something about it right away.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (SyMEk)

220 213
Hikaru mentioned that a long time ago, like over a year ago.

Of course I pressed him a little (because That's Who I Am) and Hikaru was all, like, you're not gonna push me away from this place. So I left it alone.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:56 PM (JgW3r)

Seriously, he came out about weiner slicing a year ago? And nobody noticed?!?! Ahahhahahhahahah!!!!

Posted by: bane at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (ransv)

221 I make sure to never run out of coffee.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (NWiLs)

222 Hmm. I'm hearing multiple police sirens a couple blocks away, and someone just came tearing down my street at high speed.

Posted by: rickl at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

223 Even the industry is mocking it.

When even Dunkin Donuts is serving pumpkin stuff, the industry should mock it. I like (homemade) pumpkin pie and Trader Joe's pumpkin ice cream, and that's as far as it goes with me. I have no intention of even trying pumpkin beer.

Posted by: Basement Cat at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (pPNCa)

224 AB Stoddard is a smug jerkette.

Posted by: Achromatic refuse at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (Hdg8X)

225
1972. Nixon and McGovern.
Posted by: Tom Servo

======

That was the exact comparison! (Column at Powerline.)

What do you think is the max Trump could take? 44 states?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (3EPLG)

226 I tried sending him to the store the other day when we ran out of K-Cups, and he returned with no coffee, but six bags of beef jerky.

Sigh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (ptqGC)

That's hilarious! My husband would have come home with ice cream, a box of twinkies and Hershey bar
Posted by: Cheriebebe at October 03, 2019 06:57 PM (a4qVe)

Beef jerky, ice cream, twinkies, and hershey bar. Those are real men. Hold on to them tight.

Posted by: DR.WTF at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (aS1PU)

227 Meat dept. sells cow leg, from the knee down to the hoof and after 2 people pretended not to know English, they'll not see a penny of mine again.

Posted by: dartist at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (K22Va)

Ha. Can you say SNAP program?

Posted by: jsg at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (1ZPXG)

228 222
Hmm. I'm hearing multiple police sirens a couple blocks away, and someone just came tearing down my street at high speed.

Posted by: rickl at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

Two shotgun blasts out the door.

Posted by: Biden at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (jYnPD)

229

Vegans always ensure you know.
Trans always ensure you know,

They virtue signal and attention seek and back attack worse than a pack of 14 year old whi bis country club spawn...

Fortunately there are very few trans vegans. Get 10m of those in one place and the universe divides by zero and inverts...

Posted by: Sex Nihilo at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (UFLLM)

230
11 And just like that, this Bloomberg "news" item popped up on my phone:

"All signs are pointing to a weak U. S. jobs report tomorrow after a run of disappointing data."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:09 PM (ptqGC)

---

Finally!

Posted by: Democrats at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (SyMEk)

231 Back in the 90s (when e-bulletin boards were a thing) a guy I knew did his big "I'm gay" coming out statement. And everyone was like "Yeah, we figured you were gay, you hadn't dated a woman since we knew you," and wow was he pissed.

OK.

I would come out as gay, but that's more of a Saturday ONT thing.

So not gay yet.

Posted by: Miklos, SO MANY COLORS OF CROCS at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (QzkSJ)

232 A lot of the trans stuff I think is because gay is no longer shocking/dramatic enough.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 06:58 PM (cfS

You haven't seen many pictures of front holes have you? Or sliced penis? Or meat cylinders?

Posted by: bane at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (ransv)

233 >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up7JgDsvrhI
For those of you following the SJW takeover of the knitting community, this video of Tusken Knits is really something.

thanks, notsothoreau. I put it in the sidebar.

Posted by: ace at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (PbpT7)

234 116
So the lime and chili flavored everything you see all over the place now is racist as sh*t, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani at October 03, 2019 06:32 PM (3Cuau)

You shall all be ruled by the one Pumpkin Spice.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Fall In To Frantic Frenzies at The Outrage Outlet! at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (iGFsx)

235 So Hikaru = Ally? Huh..Ally's posts were tiresome.
Posted by: IC at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (a0IVu)

I got exasperated with the dude/dudette/whatever. It was always "I am not white/not straight/a trans/a furry and I know you will all hate me because of that and because I was raped. Nobody ever attacked Hikaru. Hikuru clearly wanted us to - or else expected applause. I'm not going to applaud someone for being trans and having a goofy perversion. Really, who heard of furries 20 years ago? It's like people who can't enjoy anything remotely close to normal sex sit around thinking up ways to make things more bizarre. Fine if you want to do that, but don't expect me to cheer it.

I got annoyed by what increasingly struck me as a sort of bullying self-pity.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (d6Ksn)

236 I'm in the mood for a Gyreen.

Posted by: Lieawatha at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (EgshT)

237 229

Vegans always ensure you know.
Trans always ensure you know,

They virtue signal and attention seek and back attack worse than a pack of 14 year old whi bis country club spawn...

Fortunately there are very few trans vegans. Get 10m of those in one place and the universe divides by zero and inverts...
Posted by: Sex Nihilo at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (UFLLM)

Then they take up CrossFit and get REALLY obnoxious.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (NWiLs)

238
Today I saw a
display rack in the local supermarket with five shelves of new
pumpkin-flavored stuff: pumpkin-flavored instant oatmeal, pumpkin
cookies, pumpkin salsa, and pumpkin pasta sauce. No joke. I don't know
whether the pumpkin salsa and pasta sauce count as cultural
appropriation or the beginnings of a vegan pumpkin cult.
Posted by: Basement Cat

Anyway, like I was sayin', pumpkin is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, pumpkin-kabobs, pumpkin creole, pumpkin gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple pumpkin, lemon pumpkin, coconut pumpkin, pepper pumpkin, pumpkin soup, pumpkin stew, pumpkin salad, pumpkin and potatoes, pumpkin burger, pumpkin sandwich. That- that's about it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (aKsyK)

239 What is the sound of one Trans clapping??

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (90T4r)

240 @199
I'm not so sure. It seems to me that around late spring the tone changed, and there was an escalation of the rhetoric. I think that was when the polling began to show they were going to lose the House, and they didn't know what to do.

Posted by: artemis at October 03, 2019 07:02 PM (AwPyG)

241 Someone was asking in the last thread, what gives with this insane lefty lurch? Here's something in the internet:

>>Democrats think that Trump is going to be so easy to beat
that they can go for it, that they can campaign on a far-left platform
and then implement it after they win.

Part of all this impeachment insanity we're seeing. They believe their own hype.

TRUMP AND BARR MUST MAKE THEM UN-BELIEVE IT.

When's it gonna be, oh lord? The longer this drags on, the worse it's all going to get.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 03, 2019 06:47 PM (3EPLG)

What was the old Biblical line about once becoming an adult your gave up childish things? I no longer believe that. Adulthood as a state has let me down. They sold kids a bill of goods. Sure it was true in many cases, but not with the so called leaders we have now. If the Dems wanted a fighting chance, they could have gone with a Chuck Robb or Zell Miller type if they even exist. But no, they have to be Icarus. God help us if we have this wrong. They are crazy but so are a lot of people. Likely a normal could never win among the crazies.

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 07:02 PM (n13/j)

242 Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM

That is cracking me up

Posted by: Skip at October 03, 2019 07:02 PM (ZCEU2)

243 Do your eyes turn orange if you eat enough pumpkin spice?

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at October 03, 2019 07:02 PM (eAMlh)

244 Vegans always ensure you know.
Trans always ensure you know,

They virtue signal and attention seek and back attack worse than a pack of 14 year old whi bis country club spawn...

Posted by: Sex Nihilo at October 03, 2019 07:00 PM (UFLLM)

---
How do you know if someone is shooting 10mm?

Don't worry, they'll tell you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (cfSRQ)

245 237

Then they take up CrossFit and get REALLY obnoxious.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (NWiLs)

Yeah... that and them Fasters...

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (90T4r)

246 Until real pain starts starts getting dished out in the real world to the perpetrators, cockholsters looking to dish out virtual pain will continue.

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (RKQ/v)

247 Ha. Can you say SNAP program?

And that.

Posted by: dartist at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (K22Va)

248 "SJW takeover of the knitting community"

This phrase sums up nicely just how fucking stupid this world is right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (xPJvm)

249 I always thought he was turning japanese.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 06:55 PM (jYnPD)

Isn't the entire blog perennially turning japanese? Shit even the ghosts fap here.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (ZBRpx)

250 So they went from salami to cow legs?
This done not seem an improvement at all.

Posted by: wth at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (v0R5T)

251 Do your eyes turn orange if you eat enough pumpkin spice?
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at October 03, 2019 07:02 PM (eAMlh)
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No, it stops at the skin. I hate this new Autumnal fad, because someone might accidentally learn the secret to my power.

Posted by: Trump at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (1qrtS)

252 I got annoyed by what increasingly struck me as a sort of bullying self-pity.

Posted by: DonnaV. at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (d6Ksn)

I was only half-joking when I said I thought he was turning japanese. I thought it was an anime nic or something.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (jYnPD)

253 umpkin and potatoes, pumpkin burger, pumpkin sandwich. That- that's about it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (aKsyK)

shrimp > pumpkin

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (n13/j)

254 226 Beef jerky, ice cream, twinkies, and hershey bar. Those are real men. Hold on to them tight.
Posted by: DR.WTF at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (aS1PU)

Oh, I KNOW I am very blessed with an amazing husband! When he does go to the grocery it's always interesting. When I go, he will live on frozen pizza, stouffers Mac and cheese, cereal and eggs. He says doesn't need complicate food.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (a4qVe)

255 Really, who heard of furries 20 years ago?

They were around.

Palp has several lifelike examples in his Rumpus Room.

Posted by: Miklos, replacing diplomas with something more...evocative at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (QzkSJ)

256
I got annoyed by what increasingly struck me as a sort of bullying self-pity.

Posted by: DonnaV. at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (d6Ksn)

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What's the point of a persecution complex if no one will ever persecute you???

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (cfSRQ)

257 "Vegans always ensure you know."

At my retail job, a vegan was hired 2 weeks ago. She told me she was a vegan about 10 minutes after i met her. I was teaching her how to work the cash register. I was like, "Uh, that's nice. Now this is what you do when someone wants to make a return."

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (d6Ksn)

258 Son saw a Jiffy Lube (or similar joint) sign that said, "Ask us about our pumpkin spice oil changes!"

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 03, 2019 07:05 PM (xPJvm)

259

Noodie Kazoo!

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 07:05 PM (fw8Gs)

260 Do your eyes turn orange if you eat enough pumpkin spice?

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Ha. I'd forgotten about it, but our daughter's nose turned orange from eating lots of sweet potatoes and carrots as an infant.

Thanks for that memory.

Posted by: Moron Robbie Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani am Trans Halal Leyujah at October 03, 2019 07:05 PM (3Cuau)

261 What is the sound of one Trans clapping??

Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (90T4r)
..........

The end of another episode of RuPaul's Drag Race

Posted by: wth at October 03, 2019 07:05 PM (v0R5T)

262 At my retail job, a vegan was hired 2 weeks ago. She told me she was a vegan about 10 minutes after i met her. I was teaching her how to work the cash register. I was like, "Uh, that's nice. Now this is what you do when someone wants to make a return."
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (d6Ksn)
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Hopefully she doesn't refuse to ring up orders containing meat

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a Cop!) at October 03, 2019 07:05 PM (1qrtS)

263 59
Sue Bloomberg News and Micheal Bloomberg personally.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 03, 2019 06:20 PM (ifgto)

And the reporter, his editor, and all their families. But keep the dogs out of it.

Posted by: Flyover at October 03, 2019 07:06 PM (B5K06)

264 What did I miss???

Posted by: Lizzy

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She/he announced 'Trans'. No one cared...but he/she continued to
trumpet the fact, seeking...something, until it became tiresome.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Hikaru mentioned that he associated with trannies but he wasn't a tranny even though everyone thinks he's a tranny.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (JgW3r)

I missed that, too. He always seemed very sad and probably clinically depressed. I remember he complained about his parents (who he thought were disappointed in him), being half Asian (?) and lots of odd girlfriend problems, but would push back when anyone offered constructive advice.

Too bad.

Posted by: LASue at October 03, 2019 07:06 PM (Ed8Zd)

265 Hmm. I'm hearing multiple police sirens a couple blocks away, and someone just came tearing down my street at high speed.

Posted by: rickl at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

****

Donuts on sale at the coffee shop?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2019 07:07 PM (axyOa)

266 Isn't the entire blog perennially turning japanese? Shit even the ghosts fap here.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 03, 2019 07:03 PM (ZBRpx)

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This is literally the home of the binary sex scale.

And a number of Morons have declared AOC (!?) to be a 1.

I'm not even going to get into the fact that Ben Shapiro can't be mentioned without obligatory links being dropped into the comments.

We should start a buyer's club for bulk discounts on kleenex.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 07:07 PM (cfSRQ)

267 Vegans always ensure you know.
Trans always ensure you know,
Cross fitters, Texans, Paleo, Saturn owners. Hell, no one i know personally thinks I am lib or non Texan. I wear my heart on my sleeve. If I take a few arrows, so be it.

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 07:07 PM (n13/j)

268 RememBer wHen the Tusken Knitter knockEd out Luke in Star Wars?

Posted by: Spurwing piano mover at October 03, 2019 07:07 PM (3DZIZ)

269 What's the point of a persecution complex if no one will ever persecute you???

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (cfSRQ)

I am going to start a pay for persecution business for these people. Should it be flat rate, subscription, pay per persecution or some other model.

I need to model it after gym memberships where you can never cancel, but I can't persecute for free.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 03, 2019 07:08 PM (jYnPD)

270 217 I tried sending him to the store the other day when we ran out of K-Cups, and he returned with no coffee, but six bags of beef jerky.

gentlemen, this is how you stop the honey do's.

Posted by: x at October 03, 2019 07:08 PM (nFwvY)

271 Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at October 03, 2019 07:04 PM (d6Ksn)

Some dude used to work the register at the Sprouts I shop at. He would ostentatiously pause to cleanse his hands with Purel after handling any kind of packaged meat. He told us all he was vegan with this little display without saying it out loud. That and he was pale and weak. I never went through his lane, because douche.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 03, 2019 07:08 PM (xPJvm)

272 Hmm. I'm hearing multiple police sirens a couple blocks away, and someone just came tearing down my street at high speed.

Posted by: rickl at October 03, 2019 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

****

Donuts on sale at the coffee shop?
Posted by: Diogenes

Krispy Kreme lit the "HOT" lamp.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 03, 2019 07:09 PM (gJBE5)

273 John Solomon putting some truth to Martha McCallum.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 07:09 PM (ptqGC)

274 All this knitting talk, i didn't even know it was a thing. I guess needlepoint is chopped liver.

Posted by: Quint at October 03, 2019 07:09 PM (n13/j)

275 158 That little turd Penn has been in hiding. Even Podhoretz called him a miserable little prick, or something close to that
Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 03, 2019 06:41 PM (M+Lyo)

Is Teller on the run too??
Posted by: kraken at October 03, 2019 06:42 PM (90T4r)

Either of them should be able to make the other disappear.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 03, 2019 07:10 PM (FTPn0)

276 nood

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at October 03, 2019 07:10 PM (eAMlh)

277 gentlemen, this is how you stop the honey do's.
Posted by: x at October 03, 2019 07:08 PM (nFwvY)

****

Stops a few other things too.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 03, 2019 07:11 PM (axyOa)

278 235 So Hikaru = Ally? Huh..Ally's posts were tiresome.
Posted by: IC at October 03, 2019 06:50 PM (a0IVu)

I got exasperated with the dude/dudette/whatever. It was always "I am not white/not straight/a trans/a furry and I know you will all hate me because of that and because I was raped. Nobody ever attacked Hikaru. Hikuru clearly wanted us to - or else expected applause. I'm not going to applaud someone for being trans and having a goofy perversion. Really, who heard of furries 20 years ago? It's like people who can't enjoy anything remotely close to normal sex sit around thinking up ways to make things more bizarre. Fine if you want to do that, but don't expect me to cheer it.

I got annoyed by what increasingly struck me as a sort of bullying self-pity.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at October 03, 2019 07:01 PM (d6Ksn)

It's the inevitable end state of unattractive, unaccomplished underachievers who are unwilling to work to be recognized. When the kids were still in high school, I called it "Blue Hair Syndrome". You know, dying your hair an outlandishly non-natural hue.

It would garner comments, and since uncomplimentary words were banished (NO BULLYING!!!), they unjustifiably got their egos stroked.

Then they graduate and meet a measure reality. Some adapt. Some do not.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at October 03, 2019 07:11 PM (di1hb)

279 At my old job a millennial started working in our department. He mentioned no less than a half dozen times that first week that he was bi-sexual. I essentially ignored him when he would mention it, but all I could think was nobody cares.

Posted by: Howard Johnson at October 03, 2019 07:11 PM (9P7y4)

280 Part of all this impeachment insanity we're seeing. They believe their own hype.
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Far more significantly, the media either actually believe it, or are so driven by partisan political philosophy (I'm being kind here) that they are willing to engage in outright repeated lies to their political ends.

The precise opposite ends of the intent of a free press.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 03, 2019 07:11 PM (KoKdw)

281 I tried sending him to the store the other day when we ran out of K-Cups, and he returned with no coffee, but six bags of beef jerky.

Sigh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 03, 2019 06:54 PM (ptqGC)

Did you give him a numbered list and beef jerky was item # 6?

Posted by: Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 03, 2019 07:12 PM (cF8AT)

282 (that's why you hire a small army of accountants and lawyers to handle all of your tax work)

One of the advantage of inherited wealth. Trump, though very successful, is not a classic self made man. He didn't have to cut corners to build his business and I will bet that he always had the advice of his father's accountants and lawyers.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 03, 2019 07:23 PM (yQpMk)

283 The pumpkin spice must flow. It is known.

Posted by: Eromero at October 03, 2019 07:24 PM (UUkQp)

284 I just wish the right cared as much about how anti-white the left is in the same way they care about Antisemitism.

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