Rev. Wright, 2008: Don't Get Up On Your High Horses About Islamic Terrorism, Christians. After All: The Crusades

And this was when Wright was still Obama's spiritual and intellectual father.

No need to discuss this in the media, I'm sure.

Posted by: Ace at 06:14 PM

Comments

1 Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain! Except those dirty stinking Kochs.

Posted by: Your Betters, muttering at February 11, 2015 06:15 PM (yRwC8)

Posted by: Your Betters, muttering "Kochs" under their breath and rocking back and forth at February 11, 2015 06:16 PM (yRwC8)

3 when are the chicks coming home to roost?

Posted by: newrouter at February 11, 2015 06:16 PM (3gxaQ)

4 Ummmmmm....who???

Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at February 11, 2015 06:16 PM (S0A/C)

5 God damn America

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:16 PM (u/Asb)

6 This maybe off the wall but what if Obama is totally trying to be impeached so that the Paste Eater becomes the president. Then Hillary is totally shut out of 16.

Obama hates the cracka ass Clintons that much, you know it.

Posted by: Jukin at February 11, 2015 06:19 PM (WGm5T)

7 Obama's father's ancestors were most likely slavers themselves.

Probably sold Mooch's ancestors.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:19 PM (FsuaD)

8

Since Wright the Jeremiad mentioned the Crusades ... and claims to be a Christian preacher ... did he also mention that Christianity reformed itself, i.e., decided that slavery per se is wrong, etc., and did so without external examples ... and many Christians spent much time, treasure and blood (The American Civil War) to end the slave trade world-wide, and to define slavery as an illegitimate human condition?

... whereas Islam has utterly failed to do so, and in fact still enslaves people and sells them in, among other places, Khartoum, Sudan ... and preaches that slavery is right.

Posted by: Arbalest at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FlRtG)

9 The Crusades ended too soon.

And I denounce myself.

Gah. I'm in a mood.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FsuaD)

10 yeah, I spent 20 + years in that Church but I never heard any thing bad...

Sincerely,

Barry Sotero, I mean obama...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (Bn6aD)

11 Obama plagiarized Wright?

Posted by: @votermom DIY or die! at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (cbfNE)

12 Pay no heed to that goose stepping arm saluting jew hating christian hating capitalist hating american hating racist behind the curtain.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (RZzX3)

13 I don't think they should get up on their high horses about the Crusades. After all: The Huns

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (bAg1C)

14 Obama, the AGW lie, the calipahte being reestablished, europe dying, future generations are really going to think we were crazy.

Posted by: Jukin at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (WGm5T)

15 *slams head repeatedly into wall*

Where oh where did I put that heroin?

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (IrByp)

16 Obama plagiarized Wright?
Wright should be flattered.

Posted by: zombie rachel corrie at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (2KB+E)

17 I'm going to go buy some ammo. Always makes me feel better.

Posted by: Jukin at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (WGm5T)

18 9: I always wondered, why didn't they finish those animals off?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (ucDmr)

19 Gah. I'm in a mood. Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FsuaD)

*shoves beverages and snacks of your choice through USB port*

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (yRwC8)

20 Whatever happened to that "Rev. Wright-free zone" that some talking head declared?

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (I8YZX)

21 Of course, everyone here knew pretty much everything there was to know about the jugeared POS.

But we were just wild-eyed wingnuts.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (FsuaD)

22 http://yarchive.net/jokes/liberal_god.html

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (MbqmP)

23 19 Gah. I'm in a mood. Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FsuaD)

Yeah My rage meter is about to blow...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (Bn6aD)

24 Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (ucDmr)

Because those animals beat them like a drum and ran them out?

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (bAg1C)

25 13 I don't think they should get up on their high horses about the Crusades. After all: The Huns
Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (bAg1C)

Infantry

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (u/Asb)

26 Even some here tried to take a wait and see attitude.

More like whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (RZzX3)

27 Yeah, I was in his church twenty years

but I never listened to what he said.

Sort of like you go into Starbucks and you order your half-skim, half-soy double shot latte with foam and a whisper, a whisper of peppermint aloe syrup-

and two of the other workers are talking about their boyfriends or some shit but you don't really listen cuz "Playing for Change" is on the speakers with "One Love" and you're just grooving along with that?

You know?

Yeah, it was like that.

Me and my glorious thoughts from my brain and Rev Wright's chicken clucks in the background.

Posted by: Preezy Cakeboy at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (KBvAm)

28 It's all a distraction.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (ucDmr)

29 You don't have to go back to crusades in 1998-99 christian serbs mudrerd thousands of bosnian muslims because they were MUSLIMS!

Posted by: captain*arizona at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (OIT+I)

30
*shoves beverages and snacks of your choice through USB port*

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (yRwC

Thanks.

And fuck me running. Some idiot Republican wants to ban yoga pants.

On Fox now. *headdesk*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:24 PM (FsuaD)

31 The Crusades ended too soon.And I denounce myself. Gah. I'm in a mood.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FsuaD)

---------------------------------------

It should be obvious that it's never ended for a great many people. And, yeah, I'm in a mood too.

Posted by: Soona at February 11, 2015 06:24 PM (/HX7u)

32 I don't know about the rest of you, but during the crusades, some of my other ancestry were still beating on hollow logs and dancing naked around the fire.

Just shameful.

Posted by: Fritz at February 11, 2015 06:24 PM (UzPAd)

33 I like black coffee
F*ck that Starbucks shit

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:25 PM (u/Asb)

34 Of all the insults the Dear Leader has vomited out of his mouth, this one is the worst. I was pissed for hours.
Christians are somehow collectively responsible for things that happened a thousand years ago, but the Muslims committing atrocities this very week aren't even muslims. Got it.
Very telling.

Posted by: navybrat at February 11, 2015 06:25 PM (JgC5a)

35 Last I heard about Da Rev, he had a 500K house in a gated community paid for by his "church", who also tossed in a red Porsche to make it easier to get around.
God Damn AmeriKKKa!!!

Posted by: tu3031 at February 11, 2015 06:25 PM (S0A/C)

36 The Crusades

Damn skippy.
Don't makes us come back.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2015 06:25 PM (8Qxio)

37
Scott Walker is Trig's father, cause Crusades produced the Crips 'n Bloods by Hun rape.

Also, I like chocolate flavored paste with my BFF's champagne.

Posted by: Some HIV Dementia Blogger at February 11, 2015 06:26 PM (j1tga)

38 Does our Crusade count?

Because we got totes hosed by the musselman

Posted by: The Children at February 11, 2015 06:26 PM (IDj42)

39 And fuck me running. Some idiot Republican wants to ban yoga pants.

I'd like to ban some women from wearing yoga pants, but that's an entirely different thing.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 11, 2015 06:26 PM (mx5oN)

40 So if obama quoted Rev. Wright, He must have been listening...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 11, 2015 06:26 PM (Bn6aD)

41 I don't think they should get up on their high horses about the Crusades. After all: The Huns Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (bAg1C)

The "I'll make a man out of you" song from Mulan started playing in my head from reading that, and then I realized, sexist and heteronormative Disney song! Lol.

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2015 06:26 PM (yRwC8)

42 It should be obvious that it's never ended for a great many people. And, yeah, I'm in a mood too.
Posted by: Soona

In a mood? That means you can come & go, good on you.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:26 PM (u/Asb)

43 OT: Ban on Interstate Transfers of Firearms Ruled Unconstitutional

http://politicalhat.com/?p=8287

Posted by: The Right to Keep and Bear Hats at February 11, 2015 06:27 PM (0Ew3K)

44 Who are we to say that one religion is better than another?

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 11, 2015 06:27 PM (ZPrif)

45 I was thinking today about the concept of the 'New Normal' and how it's a real thing. There was a time, not long ago, when I'd be all angry about TFG and his cohorts in the Democratic Party embarrassing and endangering our nation. Now there's a new revelation of perfidy on a daily basis and I'm no longer shocked. It's what I've come to expect from this wrecking crew. Now I know what things would have been like had Jimmy Carter gotten a second term, and hated his own nation. But mostly, the hating.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 11, 2015 06:27 PM (rwI+c)

46 "I never listened to the sermons and that other fellow was just a guy in the neighborhood."

Yeah, right.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 11, 2015 06:27 PM (l3vZN)

47 Christians are somehow collectively responsible for things that happened a thousand years ago

-----

You say as if there is something to be ashamed of.

Posted by: SH at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (gmeXX)

48 The Crusades always had logistics, manpower and funding problems.

Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (JSovD)

49 That demented drug addled Pelousy was just on my tv. This country is so fucked. Why do I torture myself like this?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (ucDmr)

50 Wright has no idea these savages would love to separate his head from his body, does he?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (oFCZn)

51 44 Who are we to say that one religion is better than another?
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 11, 2015 06:27 PM (ZPrif)

Me. My fellow Morons

Suck it Barry

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (u/Asb)

52 I don't need no high horse. I know the difference between good and evil. Am I good? No. I am a sinner, and I have to ask for forgiveness of my sins. Look at it this way-
Adam took the test for all mankind. He got a zero.
Jesus Christ took the same test and got a hundred. Who you gonna go with? Jesus Christ or Darwin?

Posted by: Eromero at February 11, 2015 06:29 PM (go5uR)

53 Let's just stop pretending that Wright is a Christian minister, shall we?

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 11, 2015 06:29 PM (MMC8r)

54 Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (JSovD)

And the fact that many of the leaders were in some combination of the Corrupt, Stupid, and More Money Than Sense camps.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:29 PM (bAg1C)

55 Good 2nd stage burn. Waiting for confirmation of spacecraft separation.

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 06:29 PM (sdi6R)

56 Back When - I thought about voting for Obama in the Back When. Then I vetted him and found him wanting.

But during the Jeremiah Wright time I thought to myself: If Barack came back with "yeah, I was in Church, mostly because Michelle wanted me there and with the girls it was a good thing for them to do, but I spent most of the at Church thinking about my short game."

I'd have given him a pass.

But he didn't.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (IDj42)

57 Hey remember when Ogabe said he had no idea what Jerrry was saying for those 20 years?

"yeah right"

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (/4AZU)

58
49 That demented drug addled Pelousy was just on my tv. This country is so fucked. Why do I torture myself like this?
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:28 PM (ucDmr)

Hey buddy. IHeart radio WISN 1130 out of mulwaukee. Listen to Mark Belling f*ck that TV crap

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (u/Asb)

59
This maybe off the wall but what if Obama is totally trying to be impeached so that the Paste Eater becomes the president.
......................
They're on to me, Val.
Awfuckit. Fore!

Posted by: Hussein Woods at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (wAQA5)

60 >>>> I always wondered, why didn't they finish those animals off?<<<<

Because they got their asses handed to them for the most part. Even if initially successful the European states lacked the ability to support armies at a distance and eventually the mohamedans would get the upper hand and drive them out. By the time the Christendom developed the wealth and technology to support that kind of war they had discovered the New World. Focusing on the Americas and the new sea routes to the Orient after that allowed Europe to screw the muzzies without actually having to fight them by cutting them off from the revenue the old trade routes provided.

In short they didn't wipe out the muzz because they couldn't and then when they were able they didn't have to.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (MkQKr)

61 47 Christians are somehow collectively responsible for things that happened a thousand years ago
----------------------------

Actually, it was closer to 2000 years ago.

Posted by: Roy at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (fWLrt)

62 W00t! Spacecraft separation confirmed.

Sounds like another flawless launch for SpaceX, the 15th in a row for Falcon 9, and the first beyond Earth orbit.

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 06:31 PM (sdi6R)

63 Yeah, I guess he was paying attention all those years in the pews.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at February 11, 2015 06:31 PM (HBAcW)

64 Obama's father's ancestors were most likely slavers themselves.

Probably sold Mooch's ancestors.

Honestly, though, probably not. Although East Africa was no stranger to slavery, it seems like it'd be too far away to participate in the Atlantic slave trade.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 11, 2015 06:31 PM (L2xDv)

65 19 Gah. I'm in a mood. Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FsuaD)

Yeah My rage meter is about to blow... Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (Bn6aD)

Found out today that my governor, who I normally love, just passed an executive order protecting the stupid Sage Grouse! Hexes, hexes on all of them.

I think it is an attempt to handle it locally so the feds don't feel the need to lay the smack down, thus shutting off our grouse lands from developement (every sage grouse habitat is pretty much sitting on energy resources; declare the sage grouse an endangered species, shut off all the shale in Utah, permanently. Is sneakily evil.) Still, I'm ticked. TICKED. Feels like a betrayal.

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2015 06:31 PM (yRwC8)

66 58: Thanks for the tip. I'll have check it out.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:31 PM (ucDmr)

67 "It all begins to make sense"

-Me in 2007

Posted by: MostlyRight at February 11, 2015 06:32 PM (XZxbr)

68 Good 2nd stage burn.

You'd think so, but then you get the bill for the antibiotics, & you start thinking how great free health care is gonna be.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 11, 2015 06:32 PM (MbqmP)

69 so even a 'learned scholarly bible thumper' seemingly Forgets what perpetuated the crusades in the first place?

Is he excusing the Jihad and conquering of People and lands prior to the crusades?

Shouldn't both historical crusades be a part of actual history If we are to revisit History? why not all of history? why so selective?

Posted by: willow at February 11, 2015 06:32 PM (nqBYe)

70
61 47 Christians are somehow collectively responsible for things that happened a thousand years ago
----------------------------

Actually, it was closer to 2000 years ago.
Posted by: Roy at February 11, 2015 06:30 PM (fWLrt)

Married men and/or fathers can relate.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (u/Asb)

71 Hey Hugo, you know what the lepper said to the whore?

Keep the tip.

Posted by: Jukin at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (WGm5T)

72 I see your Crusades and raise you an Ethnic Cleansing

Posted by: Slobodan Milosovic at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (HBAcW)

73 Argh! They just read an asinine statement by Algore, about "the reality of climate change".

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (sdi6R)

74 Heh Holt reporting on Brian's suspension.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (oFCZn)

75 I'm really sick of selective history making.

by our betters, for political purposes.

Posted by: willow at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (nqBYe)

76 How many millions have been killed in the name of Social Justice?

The French Revolution?

The USSR?

The Cultural Revolution?

And hundreds of other revolutions around the world promising Social Justice or the like.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (L2xDv)

77 Yay, more fake rape.

Steve Sailer @Steve_Sailer
Silicon Valley adventuress plays the rape card at Stanford and UVA www.unz.com/isteve/silicon-valley-adventuress-plays-the-rape-card-at-stanford-and-uva/

Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (ZPrif)

78 You don't have to go back to crusades in 1998-99 christian serbs mudrerd thousands of bosnian muslims because they were MUSLIMS!

Funny how you never hear them complain about this. No mass muslim protests, no random acts of revenge, no anti-Serbian jihad. And this from a hypersensitive interest group that shits their shorts over cartoons

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (I8YZX)

79 Basically Holt announcing to the world what a lying piece of shit Williams is.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (oFCZn)

80 Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who ...

Posted by: Lance Yardarm at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (j1tga)

81
66 58: Thanks for the tip. I'll have check it out.
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February

I think you will enjoy it Chavez

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (u/Asb)

82 By the time the Christendom developed the wealth and technology to support that kind of war they had discovered the New World. Focusing on the Americas and the new sea routes to the Orient after that allowed Europe to screw the muzzies without actually having to fight them by cutting them off from the revenue the old trade routes provided.

Fortunate for the Caliphate that Columbus discovering American and the last Moslems leaving Spain occurred in the same year. On the other hand, vary bad for the Spanish Jews.

http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1492

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (rwI+c)

83 My friends, we have nothing to fear from a man that spent 20 years in a church that preached hate whitey and the west the whole time.

Posted by: John McCain, Card Carring Maverick at February 11, 2015 06:34 PM (WGm5T)

84 76 How many millions have been killed in the name of Social Justice?

The French Revolution?

The USSR?

The Cultural Revolution?

And hundreds of other revolutions around the world promising Social Justice or the like.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 11, 2015 06:33 PM (L2xDv)

How many here have died because of it?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:35 PM (oFCZn)

85 I'm thinking Jerry has the blood of a Cloggenstien somewhere along the way....

Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2015 06:35 PM (08Znv)

86 The SJWs killed over 230 million in the 20th century alone.

Most deadly religion mankind has ever devised is statism.

Posted by: Jukin at February 11, 2015 06:36 PM (WGm5T)

87 I work in mysterious ways.

... but Jeremiah Wright is bug-fuck crazy.

Posted by: --- God at February 11, 2015 06:36 PM (IDj42)

88 >>> There was a time, not long ago, when I'd be all angry about TFG and his
cohorts in the Democratic Party embarrassing and endangering our nation.
Now there's a new revelation of perfidy on a daily basis and I'm no
longer shocked.

Toby, it's part of the body's defense mechanisms. If you got ragestrokey over every little thing the pres did, you would be lying on the floor dead. Is the only way to survive the next two years. But still, getting acclimated to all the suck sucks.

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2015 06:37 PM (yRwC8)

89 Did the Crusades kill more than the hoodniks in Wright's parish last weekend?

Wright is a Leftist and a grifter. If he were a Christian, he'd be preaching right and wrong and personal responsibility, but he's never pointing inward, he's only pointing at any convenient group he can shift blame to.

And then he retires to his gated community.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 11, 2015 06:37 PM (MMC8r)

90 just last week i saw a pile of crusaders walking down the street.

Posted by: comrade at February 11, 2015 06:37 PM (nqBYe)

91 h'uh.

Turns out he did just want to spread the money around.

Go figure.

Posted by: Joe the Plumber at February 11, 2015 06:38 PM (IDj42)

92 If I could have only killed the Second Amendment you crackas wouldn't be so uppity.

Posted by: Eric Holder at February 11, 2015 06:38 PM (WGm5T)

93 Stop calling Islam a religion. It's not. Its a tool of top down political control, no different from the Communist party. Take a chapter of the Koran and substitute Mark for Allah and The General Secretary for Mouhmmad... it makes perfect sense. Internally any way.

Posted by: Lance Yardarm at February 11, 2015 06:38 PM (j1tga)

94 OT: Ban on Interstate Transfers of Firearms Ruled Unconstitutional

This is huge if it's upheld. It will save me a ton of money.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 11, 2015 06:39 PM (rwI+c)

95 @78 once in a while a Commie country and their heavy boots were worth while.

A number of years ago I had a Yugoslavian working for me. Great guy. Came to the USA with $17 in his pocket. Couldn't speak English. Died a millionaire

Hated the Bosnians & Commies with a passion

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:39 PM (u/Asb)

96 Oh, Brian, I found your Purple Heart in your desk.

Posted by: Lester Holt at February 11, 2015 06:39 PM (MMC8r)

97 54
Some, not all. There were some very skilled and able leaders, usually nobles a rank or 2 removed from whatever monarch they served. Their business was war and they were very good at it but it took unusual commitment to be away from their own estates for the amount of time required.

Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 06:41 PM (JSovD)

98
18 9: I always wondered, why didn't they finish those animals off?
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (ucDmr)

Because they lost.

That's the truly pathetic part of this. The crusades were failures. There was some success at the beginning and Jerusalem was retaken but it was lost again. As were most of the successes. So they were overall a failure. And Muslims knew this. They viewed the crusades as victorious for them.

It's only recent history that the progressives have decided that due to white Europeans are bad that Muslims have the right to be mad about the crusades. And of course the Islamic thugs have no problem playing along in using it to get their angry cult followers ready to slaughter.

Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2015 06:41 PM (kKT2P)

99 Stop calling Islam a religion. It's not. Its a tool of top down political control, no different from the Communist party. Take a chapter of the Koran and substitute Mark for Allah and The General Secretary for Mouhmmad... it makes perfect sense. Internally any way.
Posted by: Lance Yardarm at February 11, 2015 06:38 PM (j1tga)

-----------------------------------------

It's facism with a God term squeezed in to make it seem respectable.

Posted by: Soona at February 11, 2015 06:42 PM (/HX7u)

100 Fuch Reverend Wright, I said that first

Posted by: Brain Williams at February 11, 2015 06:42 PM (6/J77)

101 97 54
Some, not all. There were some very skilled and able leaders, usually nobles a rank or 2 removed from whatever monarch they served. Their business was war and they were very good at it but it took unusual commitment to be away from their own estates for the amount of time required.

Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 06:41 PM (JSovD)

The crusaders?

Many were second and third sons who didn't have primary claim to their father's lands and title and needed, literally, some way to distinguish themselves.

The Crusades actually eased a lot of social tension in Europe by providing an outlet for nobles that didn't fit into the structure of medieval society.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:43 PM (oFCZn)

102 98: So just like Fredo's Middle East policy then?

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 06:43 PM (ucDmr)

103
100 Fuch Reverend Wright, I said that first
Posted by: Brain Williams at February 11, 2015 06

Did you use a rubber?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:43 PM (u/Asb)

104 7
Obama's father's ancestors were most likely slavers themselves.

Probably sold Mooch's ancestors.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:19 PM (FsuaD)

Lol! thank you Jane.

Posted by: Badda Bing 'now with Badda Boom' at February 11, 2015 06:44 PM (hSal7)

105 anyhoo, they always have selective concerns for peoples.

it's like they believe nomads and conquering had never happened until palistinians were always there and america, yada yada.

Posted by: comrade at February 11, 2015 06:44 PM (nqBYe)

106 Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 06:41 PM (JSovD)

That's true. But they also had guys like King Louis of France, who dicked around in Egypt until he got captured and had to be ransomed for All The Money; Bohemund of Taranto, who was Robert Guiscard's son in every way and was out for what he could take and hold; and of course Enrico Dandalo-- "New target, boys: Constantinople!"

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:44 PM (bAg1C)

107 >>Wright is a Leftist and a grifter. If he were a Christian, he'd be preaching right and wrong and personal responsibility, but he's never pointing inward, he's only pointing at any convenient group he can shift blame to.

What he really is is a proponent of Black Liberation theology which is rooted in Marxism and black victimhood.

Obama has bathed in this shit all his life. From his crazy assed father and mother to Frank Marshall to his coziness with Marxists like Ayers and Dohrn to his identity with Marxist parties in Chicago. He absolutely identifies and believes in this garbage and it is obvious in everything he does.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2015 06:45 PM (g1DWB)

108 Obama, the AGW lie, the calipahte being reestablished, europe dying, future generations are really going to think we were crazy.

Posted by: Jukin at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (WGm5T)

If they have any brains future generations will ban travel to earth.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2015 06:45 PM (FMbng)

109 Was it Hannity who got an interview with Wright a couple of years ago, where the "Rev" dissed Obama and Mooch.

If memory serves, he said Mooch was not "churched" as a girl and wasn't fond attending services.

So I guess Barky dragged her along once he decided to run for office.

No wonder he gifted her that expensive ring when he won the presidency.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:45 PM (FsuaD)

110 Libs love starting a story in the middle. They start the story of the crusades with the Christian retaliation, not with the islamic atrocities that provoked them. Ferguson and Trayvon Martin's stories also start in the middle when libs tell them.

Posted by: Dang at February 11, 2015 06:46 PM (MNq6o)

111 But Tingles himself said Barky isn't fully aligned with Rev. Wright? I know I am just a simple unhinged, gun toting, wingnut patriarch but is the Media in on this?

Am I the only one around here would smash ValJar after 14 gin and tonics?

Posted by: Red Mexican at February 11, 2015 06:46 PM (vUW64)

112 >>> But they also had guys like King Louis of France, who dicked around in
Egypt until he got captured and had to be ransomed for All The Money.

Piker.

Posted by: Vlad Tsepes, aka the Impaler at February 11, 2015 06:46 PM (yRwC8)

113 "29
You don't have to go back to crusades in 1998-99 christian serbs mudrerd thousands of bosnian muslims because they were MUSLIMS!

Posted by: captain*arizona at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (OIT+I)"

The United States intervened in that conflict on the side of the Muslims.

I've been thinking that maybe we owe the Serbians an apology for that.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (KDbAT)

114 Obama's father's ancestors were most likely slavers themselves.

Probably sold Mooch's ancestors.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:19 PM (FsuaD)

Mooch's ancestors are in a galaxy far, far away.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (FMbng)

115
I've been thinking that maybe we owe the Serbians an apology for that.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM

We do...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (Bn6aD)

116 Any word from Zombie Larry Sinclair?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (FsuaD)

117 104 7
Obama's father's ancestors were most likely slavers themselves.

Probably sold Mooch's ancestors.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015

The Obamas didn't get their money's worth

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:48 PM (u/Asb)

118 I remember reading there was a gay contingent in the Rev's church.

I'm sure President Prissypants was unaware.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:49 PM (FsuaD)

119 Mooch's ancestors are in a galaxy far, far away.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (FMbng)

--------------------------------------

And with that, I'm out.

Posted by: Soona at February 11, 2015 06:49 PM (/HX7u)

120 69 so even a 'learned scholarly bible thumper' seemingly Forgets what perpetuated the crusades in the first place?

He's a Liberation Theology commie, wrapping up Marxism in the trappings of the church. This is about as pure an example of taking the Lord's name for vain purposes as you'll find.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 11, 2015 06:49 PM (mx5oN)

121

Am I the only one around here would smash ValJar after 14 gin and tonics?
Posted by: Red Mexican at February 11, 2015 06:46 PM (vUW64)

I could & would do it sober

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (u/Asb)

122 I've been thinking that maybe we owe the Serbians an apology for that.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (KDbAT)

Yeah. We do. Little did I know back then. 9/11 taught me that sometimes the people in an area have to take the garbage out.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (AC0lD)

123 "New target, boys: Constantinople!"

Posted by: Secundus

The stinking Greeks pretty much deserved a really good ass whooping after double crossing the crusaders by making pacts with the islamic hordes. They begged the western Christians to come help and then screwed them over and left them to starve.

Posted by: Dang at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (MNq6o)

124 Where oh where did I put that heroin?
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (IrByp)
---
Get down off your horse high, Alex!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (KH1sk)

125 Husband is out of town on a job site.

I'm having a delightful "dinner" of sauteed baby spinach and a fish fillet.

Yay. Ugh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (FsuaD)

126 121

Am I the only one around here would smash ValJar after 14 gin and tonics?
Posted by: Red Mexican at February 11, 2015 06:46 PM (vUW64)

I could & would do it sober
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (u/Asb)

Me too. With a Caterpillar D9.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (mx5oN)

127 113
The United States intervened in that conflict on the side of the Muslims.

I've been thinking that maybe we owe the Serbians an apology for that.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (KDbAT)

Yep, we were on the wrong side in that war. The Serbs had been putting up with Muzzie shit for centuries.

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 06:51 PM (sdi6R)

128 I've been thinking that maybe we owe the Serbians an apology for that.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (KDbAT)

Yeah.... No.

The Serbs went after anyone who wasn't an Orthodox Serb. You're thinking Nazi when you need to be thinking bushido Japan. It's not "We hate you because you're you," it's "We hate you because you're not us."

A couple of years ago I worked with a Croat who was born in Yugo in the 70's, and fought for the Croats for three years in the war. They didn't like the Muslims either, but The Enemy of my Enemy and all that.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:51 PM (bAg1C)

129 You can also thank the Serbs for The Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Stopped the Turks cold and managed to kill the Sultan.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:51 PM (oFCZn)

130 AQ is on the run and ISIS is a JV team soon to be on the run.

Let me be clear if a few white people get harmed it is just a small pay back for the centuries of white privilege. America has never been safer nor the borders more secure.

Posted by: your king, errr presidnt at February 11, 2015 06:52 PM (WNERA)

131 The United States intervened in that conflict on the side of the Muslims.

I've been thinking that maybe we owe the Serbians an apology for that.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (KDbAT)

Yes, and just losing the EI vacuum tube plant alone was not worth it. It was as if a million guitar players cried out in terror and were suddenly silent

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2015 06:53 PM (FMbng)

132
101 97 54 Some, not all. There were some very skilled and able leaders, usually nobles a rank or 2 removed from whatever monarch they served. Their business was war and they were very good at it but it took unusual commitment to be away from their own estates for the amount of time required. Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 06:41 PM (JSovD) The crusaders? Many were second and third sons who didn't have primary claim to their father's lands and title and needed, literally, some way to distinguish themselves. The Crusades actually eased a lot of social tension in Europe by providing an outlet for nobles that didn't fit into the structure of medieval society.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:43 PM (oFCZn)

I've read differently. Many Crusaders were first sons. They were the heirs to their family wealth. Risking everything everything because of their faith and duty to God. Many lost their lives and their family's wealth doing this. Very few became wealthy from Crusading.

Posted by: buzzion at February 11, 2015 06:54 PM (z/Ubi)

133 Committing public atrocities is what lost the Serbs the war for Western opinion and thus, the war, or the war aims they were after anyway. If they had stuck to just everyday brutality, they would have won.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 11, 2015 06:55 PM (rwI+c)

134 >>> Libs love starting a story in the middle.

Excellent way of putting it!

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2015 06:55 PM (yRwC8)

135 @121

I could & would do it sober

[clears cobwebs, mothballs, and Dukkais '88 buttons]

[takes a peek at that clam from the Black Lagoon]

Make it 21 gin and tonics.

Posted by: Red Mexican at February 11, 2015 06:55 PM (vUW64)

136
the TV is telling me the killing of the muslim "students" in NC is 'heartbreaking' and possibly a hate crime

those are details of the shooting

the "news," laddies and laddettes

Posted by: Soothsayer And The Mysterious Zionist Plot at February 11, 2015 06:56 PM (41UtW)

137 The crusaders taking Constantinople is a testament to their battlefield prowess. Whatever issues they might have had with financing and supply when it actually got to sword swinging time they were a bunch of badasses.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at February 11, 2015 06:57 PM (MkQKr)

138 I figured a lot of this was coming from Rev. Wright. If I had sat in his church every Sunday for years, I'd think Christianity was all about hate and bigotry, too.

Posted by: Socratease at February 11, 2015 06:57 PM (82qVG)

139 110 Libs love starting a story in the middle

This is one of the best summations of the liberal mindset I've heard in a while.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 11, 2015 06:57 PM (I8YZX)

140 Posted by: Insomniac at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (mx5oN

Cut. Jib. Newsletter

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 11, 2015 06:57 PM (u/Asb)

141
to recap:

here are the details and specifics on the NC shooting "news" story:

-- 3 muslims were shot dead "execution style" by white man
-- it is heatbreaking
--possibly, most likely, a hate crime

Posted by: Soothsayer And The Mysterious Zionist Plot at February 11, 2015 06:58 PM (41UtW)

142 Look, Obama is just an internet troll in meat space. Just ignore him.

Posted by: J.T. Grungtherd at February 11, 2015 06:58 PM (JrNwP)

143 Posted by: Dang at February 11, 2015 06:50 PM (MNq6o)

The Byzantines asked for money and military assistance. They didn't ask for giant disorganized armies led by people who hated them coming into their land and taking all their stuff.

The purpose of the First Crusade, according to what the Byzantines asked for, was to reconquer territory *for the Emperor*. The leaders of the Crusade swore to Emperor Alexius that they'd turn over any captured cities... Then when they did, they reneged.

The Crusades were a defensive action against Muslim aggression; of that there is no doubt. But clear eyed, holy, do-gooders trying to Save Western Civilization? Fucking hardly.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:59 PM (bAg1C)

144 Let's see atheist, Obama supporter kills his neighbors. So what is the story line?

Nothing, move along.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 11, 2015 06:59 PM (0FSuD)

145 141
to recap:

here are the details and specifics on the NC shooting "news" story:

-- 3 muslims were shot dead "execution style" by white man
-- it is heatbreaking
--possibly, most likely, a hate crime

Posted by: Soothsayer And The Mysterious Zionist Plot at February 11, 2015 06:58 PM (41UtW)

By the time they get done with it he'll be a reich-wing Christian theocrat.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 06:59 PM (oFCZn)

146 LOL

The Nevada Surpeme Court accidentally posted its dissenting position as th majority position. Mistake was only uncovered when the defendants noticed that the published dissenting opinion was word for word the same as the majority position.

Posted by: Smarter than a Supreme Court Justice at February 11, 2015 07:00 PM (0Ew3K)

147 Ho-lee-shit.

That Wright guy is evil.

Posted by: Seems Legit at February 11, 2015 07:01 PM (A98Xu)

148 Just think, Obama and Moochie didn't just sit there,

HE MARRIED THEM.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 11, 2015 07:01 PM (0FSuD)

149 The Crusades were a defensive action against Muslim aggression; of that there is no doubt. But clear eyed, holy, do-gooders trying to Save Western Civilization? Fucking hardly.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:59 PM (bAg1C)

They launched a few pogroms along the way too.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 07:01 PM (oFCZn)

150 Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:59 PM (bAg1C)

They all took their holy vows and then proceeded to rape and pillage. Mostly for personal gain. Although most of the time generally the Crusaders got their ass kicked. Supply lines too long, the Muslims had better intel, experience with the desert and inner supply lines.

It's actually surprising how well they did considering.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 11, 2015 07:05 PM (RZzX3)

151 Didn't Rev. Wright have a program at his church for brothas on the down low? Where did Reggie and Barky meat again

?

No wonder Mooch is angry, she ain't got no man.

Posted by: Red Mexican at February 11, 2015 07:06 PM (vUW64)

152 And fuck me running. Some idiot Republican wants to ban yoga pants.
---------------
They came for the Yoga pants and I did nothing...

Posted by: JDub at February 11, 2015 07:06 PM (X3xYu)

153 My guess is Obama skimmed the speech between the 10 and 11 pm SportsCenter and thought it sounded like really smart stuff.

He's not just a faux intellectual, he's lazy.

He's said as much.

Posted by: MJ at February 11, 2015 07:07 PM (oari7)

154 It's actually surprising how well they did considering.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 11, 2015 07:05 PM (RZzX3)

They did very well. Held onto Acre for over 150 years.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 07:08 PM (oFCZn)

155 @ 152

They came for the Mom Jorts and I did nothing because I don't own Mom Jorts.

Posted by: Red Mexican at February 11, 2015 07:09 PM (vUW64)

156 They came for the Yoga pants and I did nothing...
Posted by: JDub at February 11, 2015 07:06 PM (X3xYu)

You said "came".

Posted by: Beavis at February 11, 2015 07:09 PM (MbqmP)

157 OT:

I think Amy Schumer is reasonably funny-

but this new movie with her looks like teh suk-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_KP9x80Z9Q

I didn't laugh once but one tiny smile.

Another Judd Apatow fail that's 30 minutes too long.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 07:10 PM (KBvAm)

158 To answer the challenge Wright threw at Hannity, yes, I have read James Cone. He believes that our standing before God depends on our skin color.

Definitely not a Christian pastor.

Posted by: Mindy at February 11, 2015 07:11 PM (81V/7)

159 @143 - yes, the Crusades were often really screwed up and stupidly run and often as not stepped on their own metaphorical dick. A lot like our Syrian and Libyan actions.

The only really successful Crusade was the first. The fourth resulted in open warfare between Byzantium and the West and left Constantinople open to future ruin by the Muslims. In between all the western intervention the Turkish Muslim tribes were more often at war with the Arab Muslims as with Christians.

Posted by: JEM at February 11, 2015 07:11 PM (o+SC1)

160 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 11, 2015 07:11 PM (4gN5w)

161 Mooch's ancestors are in a galaxy far, far away.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2015 06:47 PM (FMbng)

No, no, no her family is really what started all the Bigfoot sightings!

Posted by: Killerdog at February 11, 2015 07:12 PM (vntmB)

162 They did very well. Held onto Acre for over 150 years.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 07:08 PM (oFCZn)

The Teutonic Knights' Baltic Crusade actually succeeded in converting Lithuania. They depopulated who areas of the country and basically financed themselves with Crusade Tourism to do it, but the Pope said it was okay, so whatever, I guess...

And it's worth nothing that the Poles and newly-converted Lithuanians proceeded to team up and stomp the Knights at Tannenberg.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:12 PM (bAg1C)

163 Monsters:

Boko Haram taunting victims with stories of abducted Chibok girls

http://tinyurl.com/pmul9rg

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 11, 2015 07:12 PM (0Ew3K)

164 And this is suppose to come as a surprised to whom? Fredo sat in that anti-white, anti-semitic, anti-American "church" for 20 + years. I am not a LIV or an idiot. And I no longer speak to anyone to voted for that fuck. Next topic

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 07:15 PM (nzKvP)

165 Rev Wright? Never heard of him.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at February 11, 2015 07:15 PM (85gyP)

166 This internet thing isn't under our control and the poor don't get it free. Too damn much free speech. The government knows what is more fair for the people.

So I urge the FCC to follow my directions and fix it or I'll get all stompy mad and issue an executive order.

Posted by: your king, errr presidnt at February 11, 2015 07:15 PM (WNERA)

167
HE MARRIED THEM.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 11, 2015 07:01 PM (0FSuD)

"Do you, Closeted Gay Man, take this woman, Hateful Ideologue, as your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold until she's had her two kids, in sickness and in political health, 'til death do you part or until he finishes his second term, whichever comes first?"

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:18 PM (bAg1C)

168 It should be hard to believe that our embassy staff and military guard is literally fleeing from Yemen as terrorists take over a few months after Obama used Yemen as an example of his awesome foreign policy and the msm is barely covering it, but it isn't.

How many countries have been lost since Obama took over?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2015 07:20 PM (g1DWB)

169 159
True believers in the 1st Crusade. Fighting for God's greater glory and a sure way into heaven.

Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 07:20 PM (JSovD)

170 Obama is 100% a traitor, and 90% a Muslim insurgent. For me, that's what it boils down to.

Posted by: Dirty Randy at February 11, 2015 07:20 PM (xOu6p)

171 Oh, yeah, and 95% Obama's gay. Forgot about that.

Posted by: Dirty Randy at February 11, 2015 07:21 PM (xOu6p)

172 So i guess Obama WAS listening to a few of the sermons ???

Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2015 07:22 PM (g5Luu)

173 Oh, yeah, and 95% Obama's gay. Forgot about that.
Posted by: Dirty Randy at February 11, 2015 07:21 PM (xOu6p)

That adds up to (checks math again) 500% commie freeloading fruitcake!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 11, 2015 07:25 PM (MbqmP)

174 Bang Bang I shot this thread. Bang Bang I killed it dead.

Posted by: Cher at February 11, 2015 07:25 PM (WNERA)

175 Sorry if somebody already mentioned it, but there is video of Reverend Wright solemnly intoning during a sermon "Today.........is December 7th. THE DAY...........the United States dropped the ATOM bomb on Hiroshima!!!!!"

History is not his strong suite.

And, yes, that really happened. It's on Youtube.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 11, 2015 07:27 PM (DLu2s)

176 It is a measure of Obama's feeble intellect that he chose someone like Wright as a mentor. Smartest man in the room? Sure, until someone else enters.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 11, 2015 07:28 PM (oKE6c)

177 @143 The purpose of the First Crusade, according to what the Byzantines asked for, was to reconquer territory *for the Emperor*. The leaders of the Crusade swore to Emperor Alexius that they'd turn over any captured cities... Then when they did, they reneged.
------------------

From what I understand, it was a bit more complicated than that. There was some miscommunication, and as a result a Byzantine support force got turned around. The Crusaders felt as if they'd been left high and dry by the Byzantines, and the result was predictable.

Posted by: junior at February 11, 2015 07:29 PM (UWFpX)

178 7 Obama's father's ancestors were most likely slavers themselves.

Probably sold Mooch's ancestors.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:19 PM (FsuaD)

Almost certainly so.

And whoever bought Mooch's ancestors is probably looking for his receipt as we speak.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 11, 2015 07:29 PM (oKE6c)

179 174
That's the crusading spirit in you.

Posted by: Tuna at February 11, 2015 07:30 PM (JSovD)

180 Where oh where did I put that heroin?

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (IrByp).

I got Jack..... Jack Daniels.

I just got here, may not be coherent for long. l only mention this in case it is not noticeable

Posted by: tbodie at February 11, 2015 07:30 PM (GWm7j)

181 Sorry if somebody already mentioned it, but there is video of Reverend Wright solemnly intoning during a sermon "Today.........is December 7th. THE DAY...........the United States dropped the ATOM bomb on Hiroshima!!!!!"

History is not his strong suite.

And, yes, that really happened. It's on Youtube.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 11, 2015 07:27 PM (DLu2s)

Well, he may be partially right. Dec 7 was the day the japs begged us to nuke them, sooo..

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2015 07:31 PM (FMbng)

182 NASA reports that the DSCOVR spacecraft is healthy and in a good orbit, heading towards its eventual destination at L1.

Elon Musk tweeted that the Falcon 9 first stage made a soft landing on the ocean surface less than 10 meters from the target point. That means that if the ocean had been calmer, the barge landing would have been successful. This was also a much tougher re-entry than they've tried previously, in terms of aerodynamic stress and heating of the stage.

Even though they didn't recover the stage this time, the data they collected is directly applicable to future landings of the Falcon Heavy core stage.

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 07:32 PM (sdi6R)

183 I made the mistake of watching FNC's Special Report and saw TFG saying something about ISIL. He is incapable of speaking without a teleprompter.

What a sad state we're in when we're governed by a blithering idiot who always has to be told what to say, all the time, 24/7, 365.

#WASTF

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 11, 2015 07:32 PM (0HooB)

184 with a journalism school graduate who does not know why airplane wings make use of Bernoulli's Law

Especially since we're still teaching that wrong.

Posted by: DaveA at February 11, 2015 07:34 PM (DL2i+)

185 Both of these geniuses are such racists that they reject anything presented to them by White Dead Europeans as unpossible. Obama went through the entire ivy league history experience muttering under his breath, "Yeah, right. Fucking cracker."

Posted by: New Phone at February 11, 2015 07:34 PM (7DTmY)

186 As conflicts and civil wars rage across the Middle East and North Africa, a shadowy covert cell operating under the Iranian government is fueling the bloodshed.

Unit 190, a secret arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force made up of about two-dozen employees, has for years smuggled arms to these conflict zones.

Hey I have a great idea, lets allow Iran to get the bomb. I mean what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 07:37 PM (nzKvP)

187 with a journalism school graduate who does not know why airplane wings make use of Bernoulli's Law

Lift is created by the shoulder thing that goes up.

Posted by: wooga at February 11, 2015 07:37 PM (lwpmP)

188 If America is appeasing everyone except Republicans that tells you who the real enemies are. If there's any doubt, ask Rev Wright and he will tell you.

Posted by: MTF at February 11, 2015 07:39 PM (B+HTd)

189 Posted by: junior at February 11, 2015 07:29 PM (UWFpX)

There were religious factors at play there, too-- remember the Great Schism (i.e., the official break between the Catholics and the Orthodox) had happened in 1053, and was still a BFD at that point, with factions on both sides viewing the other as apostates and/or heretics.

One of the primary leaders of the First Crusade was Bohemund of Taranto, whose father Robert had fought a very nasty (and almost successful) war against the Byzantine Emperor Alexius, who was still in charge at that point. Bohemund hated hated h-a-t-e-d Alexius, so I have trouble believing he ever meant to honor what he said in any case.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:40 PM (bAg1C)

190 Hey there DaveA... How was the dunker?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 11, 2015 07:40 PM (60Vyp)

191 9 The Crusades ended too soon.

And I denounce myself.

Gah. I'm in a mood.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 06:20 PM (FsuaD)

The Crusades ended too soon.

I do not denounce myself.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at February 11, 2015 07:40 PM (Eu1NW)

192 with a journalism school graduate who does not know why airplane wings make use of Bernoulli's Law

Especially since we're still teaching that wrong.
Posted by: DaveA at February 11, 2015 07:34 PM (DL2i+)

Airplanes go ZOOM!

Posted by: Joey "Crackers & Paste" Biden at February 11, 2015 07:40 PM (MbqmP)

193 Rat Farts!

Posted by: Mr. Hilter at February 11, 2015 07:42 PM (eTY+n)

194 181 Sorry if somebody already mentioned it, but there is video of Reverend Wright solemnly intoning during a sermon "Today.........is December 7th. THE DAY...........the United States dropped the ATOM bomb on Hiroshima!!!!!"

That's silly. Everyone knows that that's the day the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

Seriously, that average IQ of 85 is looking more and more plausible by the day.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 11, 2015 07:43 PM (oKE6c)

195 "Lift is created by the shoulder thing that goes up."

Which is why assault rifles with the shoulder thing that goes up are so very very dangerous. They can take off and cruise around in the air on their own. Shooting people as they do. Like flying monkeys, except with live ammo.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 11, 2015 07:43 PM (noWW6)

196 Imma go listen to some old Glen Campbell songs and feel more better. Just the thought of TFG makes my blood boil at this point, and I think I will just have to put my head in the sand for a couple of years.

Let me know when it's time to vote for Scotty Walker.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 11, 2015 07:44 PM (+YMhA)

197 Where oh where did I put that heroin?

Posted by: alexthechick - Oh save us mighty SMOD at February 11, 2015 06:21 PM (IrByp).

No heroin, but-

I do have the perfect martini recipe-

The ingredients are the secret:

"The Botanist" gin
Dolin Dry Vermouth

"The Botanist" is a gin made with Islay Isle botanicals.

Dolin Dry Vermouth is a very light, dry, herbal vermouth- the perfect wingman in a martini.

If you like a "wet" martini use a 4 gin : 1 vermouth ratio.

If you like a "dry" martini use a 7-8 gin : 1 vermouth ratio.

Overall volume depends on you. Bigger is better.

Shake with ice. Strain into glass.

Your first sip will prove to you that this is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach....excuse me-

the Perfect Martini.

Each sip of this, The Perfect Martini-

tastes likes you were standing at the edge of a juniper forest and a field of herbs and flowers on crisp, cold, clear spring morning in the Isle of Islay.

Relax and enjoy.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 07:44 PM (KBvAm)

198 >>180 Where oh where did I put that heroin?

It's always in the last place you look.

Posted by: Garrett at February 11, 2015 07:44 PM (KIOiN)

199 Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 07:44 PM (KBvAm)

Gin sux. That is all.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 11, 2015 07:45 PM (0Ntvl)

200 We may need a new Pope to preach the next Crusade, but then, Europe may not be worth saving by then.

I will NOT denounce myself. At least, not yet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 11, 2015 07:46 PM (+YMhA)

201 Noooooooooooooooooo!

Charlie Sheen outs himself as a Republican, advocates flat tax, suggests he might run for the White House.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 11, 2015 07:46 PM (LImiJ)

202 Charlie Sheen outs himself as a Republican, advocates flat tax, suggests he might run for the White House.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 11, 2015 07:46 PM (LImiJ)

*Sigh.* Okay, Charlie-- delurk. We know you're here.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:47 PM (bAg1C)

203 Gin sux. That is all.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 11, 2015 07:45 PM (0Ntvl)

If you like, cocktails-

try a "Bramble".

You may change your mind.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 07:47 PM (KBvAm)

204 Charlie Sheen outs himself as a Republican, advocates flat tax, suggests he might run for the White House.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 11, 2015 07:46 PM (LImiJ)

Well, he couldn't be worse than most of them.

Let's just ignore these fools and wait until it's time to vote for Scotty....

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 11, 2015 07:47 PM (+YMhA)

205 Don't you be tarot-fied
It's just a token
Of my extreme.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at February 11, 2015 07:49 PM (JdEZJ)

206 Your first sip will prove to you that this is indeed the Kwisatz Haderach

Ah, the shortening of the way! Very dangerous, impossible to see the future (except the bit where I'm terribly hung over).

Posted by: Honoured Mother Tipsy Sharts at February 11, 2015 07:49 PM (MbqmP)

207 Charlie Sheen outs himself as a Republican, advocates flat tax, suggests he might run for the White House.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 11, 2015 07:46 PM (LImiJ)

SHEEN 2016
"I May Be A Cokehead Train Wreck But This Is Bullshit"
"Weed? Pfft."
"Hooker and Blow Subsidies"

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:50 PM (bAg1C)

208 "Unit 190, a secret arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force made up of about two-dozen employees, has for years smuggled arms to these conflict zones."

Quds don't just proliferate arms. They also proliferate know-how.

In the middle stages of the Late Unpleasantness in Iraq (as distinct from the Current Unpleasantness in Iraq and the Coming Unpleasantness in Iraq), crews of US vehicles started to get a particular sort of nasty surprise.

Their vehicles began to be hit by explosively formed projectiles, ones that can punch through a pretty impressive depth of armor protection. More so than a mere high explosive mine can.

Those EFP projectiles were in some cases smuggled in, but often, and increasingly, turned out to have been fabricated locally in crude back-alley Iraqi machine shops. The Quds Force locals had come in with the tradecraft for making the things, and communicated it to the indigenous insurgents.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 11, 2015 07:50 PM (noWW6)

209 Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 07:47 PM (KBvAm)

You may be right. Just had a short stick and felt like poking a bear.

Seriously, I can't get passed the " chewing pine needles " flavor.

Troglodyte, that's me.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 11, 2015 07:51 PM (0Ntvl)

210 Wouldn't he be the first hispanic president, given that his real name is Estevez?

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:51 PM (bAg1C)

211 Gin sux. That is all.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at February 11, 2015 07:45 PM (0Ntvl)

I tended bar at a camp in the Bohemian Grove a couple of summers. I learned a gin fizz that would change your mind.

'Course, it was made in mass quantities, but that was part of its charm.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at February 11, 2015 07:54 PM (yxw0r)

212 The Quds Force locals had come in with the tradecraft for making the things, and communicated it to the indigenous insurgents.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 11, 2015 07:50 PM (noWW6)

And now they are Fredo's besets friends. Much better friends than those nasty Jooos in Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 07:55 PM (nzKvP)

213 the Perfect Martini.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 07:44 PM (KBvAm)

1). Pour a glass of gin.

2). Glance at vermouth from across the room.

3). Drink the gin.

Posted by: Winston Churchhill at February 11, 2015 07:55 PM (0Ew3K)

214
Israeli Navy stops Gaza-bound boat with rocket manufacturing material
Forces trap boat with ton's worth of materials for rocket-making intended for Hamas in Gaza; operation captured on camera and cleared for publication Wednesday night.

But according to Fredo, Israel are the ones responsible for not progress in the "Peace" talks?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 07:56 PM (nzKvP)

215 Because those animals beat them like a drum and ran them out?
Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 06:22 PM (bAg1C)

This. The West did not yet have the technological superiority they later developed. That is what made all the difference when Europeans were establishing colonies and expanding their empires in the 18th and 19th century. And that technological edge gave them a demographic one also, since their infant mortality rates dropped and people lived longer. The ironic thing is that once Western medicine and agricultural methods expanded to their colonies, the demographic picture began to flip making the end of Western imperialism inevitable. Now the colonies are outbreeding their former rulers.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at February 11, 2015 07:56 PM (+XMAD)

216 Well that should put an end to the lie that republicans are prudes afraid of sex.

Posted by: Buzzion at February 11, 2015 07:56 PM (z/Ubi)

217 youtube.com/watch?v=IP0YgMXD2Bw

^^^ That is ol' Pastor Wright talking about the evil US atom-bombing Japan on Dec. 7th... 1941. The money shot is about one minute in.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 07:56 PM (bAg1C)

218 196 Imma go listen to some old Glen Campbell songs and feel more better. Just the thought of TFG makes my blood boil at this point, and I think I will just have to put my head in the sand for a couple of years.

Posted by: tcn in AK at February 11, 2015 07:44 PM (+YMhA)

Personally, I'm very happy tonight because of that beautiful SpaceX launch.

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 07:56 PM (sdi6R)

219 Walid Shoebat @WalidShoebat Feb 10
Kayla Mueller was an Anti Israel activist and human shield for Palestinian Terror Groups http://wp.me/p2NVSQ-iII

Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 11, 2015 07:59 PM (ZPrif)

220 Charlie Sheen outs himself as a Republican, advocates flat tax, suggests he might run for the White House.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 11, 2015 07:46 PM (LImiJ)

Sheesh. I had no problems with the hookers and blow, but this is too much. Son, I'm disowning you.

Posted by: Martin Sheen at February 11, 2015 07:59 PM (+XMAD)

221 I find myself regretting my lack of history knowledge. My knowledge of early Christianity ended with Romans persecuting Xtians. This is on my childhood church not the public schools I'm reading a biography set around 500ad Constantinople and its interesting reading about the Orthodox (Roman) early church.

I'm pretty sure a big chunk of Roman sense of duty to 'country' and family came in to Christianity when it was adopted as the official Roman religion. Also some extra superstition and pomp and ceremony.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 11, 2015 08:00 PM (dkExz)

222 It's cocktail hour!

Martini Thyme:

3 oz gin (I like Death's Door)
3/ oz Chartreuse
1 thyme sprig for garnish

Fill a mixer two-thirds full of ice cubes. Add gin and Chartreuse and stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass garnish with thyme sprig. Serve at once.

The aroma of thyme mingles beautifully with the flavors of the liquor. Very refreshing for the spirit.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:00 PM (KH1sk)

223 3 oz gin (I like Death's Door)
3/ oz Chartreuse
1 thyme sprig for garnish

you forgot fresh cut grass

Posted by: Bob from table9 at February 11, 2015 08:01 PM (WNERA)

224 219 Walid Shoebat @WalidShoebat Feb 10
Kayla Mueller was an Anti Israel activist and human shield for Palestinian Terror Groups http://wp.me/p2NVSQ-iII)

Being a human shield works when you're facing off against Israelis. Against ISIS, not so much.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (+XMAD)

225 (I like Death's Door)

Ah, the fennel is a bit much. Gets any sugar near it & it's like drinking licorice tea.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (MbqmP)

226 I'm very lazy. When I make a gin and tonic, I pour a glass half full of gin and top off with tonic.

Posted by: Ronster at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (ymjdW)

227 From Newsbusters (and no, I'm not going to post the link here. Too tired.)

Jerry Springer suggests Keef Olberdouche take Jon Stewart's place on the Daily Show because...he's "very funny."

Funny like a clown?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (FsuaD)

228 Wouldn't he be the first hispanic president, given that his real name is Estevez?

Actually, that's the most infuriating thing about the whole racial thing.

His ancestry is Spanish.

As in Spanish-Spanish.

Pure Europe.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 11, 2015 08:03 PM (b4b5c)

229 You know what i find missing in a lot of relgious discussions in These type of churches?

speaking of how to get closer to G-d, why certain acts contribute to betterment of mankind.
The sermonizing of helping eachother to be the best person you are able to be.

the sermons on Why personal sin causes distance from reaching our potential .

These people seem to only sermonise about Sin of Others while Not reflecting on what They are doing to distance themselves from ghtir potential

and peace it is supposed to give you.

No peace in their teaching. teaching divisive , hate towards anything they do Not like today or tomorrow or to blame others for their personal struggles.

Posted by: comrade willow. at February 11, 2015 08:03 PM (nqBYe)

230 So, Obama was elected because to white Dems he was a "well spoken, non-threatening" black. Turns out he was a Black Panther all along. I'm shocked.

Posted by: gewa76 at February 11, 2015 08:03 PM (S9rS1)

231 No ice. Takes too much time.

Posted by: Ronster at February 11, 2015 08:03 PM (ymjdW)

232 Did Jerry preach evolution in his church or not? That's the important question. You rubes need to pay attention.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (ucDmr)

233 Black German woman recounts shock upon learning grandfather was top Nazi Amon Goeth, depicted in Schindlers List
Jennifer Teeges memoir, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, captures her struggle accepting that the Plaszow concentration camp commander was her blood. The 44-year-old, who was given up for adoption after birth, said she spent her first 38 years in the dark. During that time she studied in Tel Aviv and learned Hebrew.

Daily News

Wow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (nzKvP)

234 Charlie Sheen outs himself as a Republican, advocates flat tax, suggests he might run for the White House.

I predicted this.

Posted by: nostradamus at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (YwQH1)

235 Drinking gin tastes like fellating a balsam fir.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (mx5oN)

236
Funny like a clown?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (FsuaD)

Do I amuse you?

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (bAg1C)

237 Ah, the fennel is a bit much. Gets any sugar near it & it's like drinking licorice tea.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (MbqmP)
---
I like that sweetness. But it does pair well with sharp herbal notes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:05 PM (KH1sk)

238 230 So, Obama was elected because to white Dems he was a "well spoken, non-threatening" black. Turns out he was a Black Panther all along. I'm shocked.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 11, 2015 08:03 PM (S9rS1)

Clean cut and doesn't have a negro accent.
Needs teleprompter to talk without err aaah and let me be clear

Posted by: Bob from table9 at February 11, 2015 08:05 PM (WNERA)

239 You know what i find missing in a lot of relgious discussions in These type of churches?

speaking of how to get closer to G-d, why certain acts contribute to betterment of mankind.

Justify can mean either presenting an argument that a thing that seems wrong is right, or making a thing that is wrong right.

You can always tell who's working with which version.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at February 11, 2015 08:05 PM (m9V0o)

240 nevergiveup that Would be a horrifying revelation.

i feel horrible for her.

Posted by: comrade willow. at February 11, 2015 08:05 PM (nqBYe)

241 Wow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (nzKvP)
------Yeah, how about that for irony.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 11, 2015 08:05 PM (vVSOO)

242
I missed the evolution thred and we're already at 233 here.

Crap.

Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2015 08:06 PM (MDgS8)

243 Someone needs to invent ice cubes made out of alcohol.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 11, 2015 08:06 PM (oFCZn)

244 America, you just elected a cokehead fuck-up twice...

Third times a charm?

Posted by: Charlie Sheen 2016 at February 11, 2015 08:06 PM (fgxO1)

245 Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:00 PM (KH1sk)

If you like that cocktail, try-

The Last Word

1 part gin
1 part green chartreuse
1 part maraschino liqueur
1 part lime juice

Shake, strain, drink, smile.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 08:06 PM (KBvAm)

246 @215 Now the colonies are outbreeding their former rulers.
---------------------

For the moment. Nearly all of those former colonies seem to still be heavily reliant on medical supplies from the former imperialists. When the inevitable happens, and that aid gets cut off for some reason, things will likely reverse.

Also, I've heard elsewhere that a lot of the birth numbers in many of the old colonial possessions are falsified, and the real numbers are actually much closer to the "perilously close to the replacement level" birth rates that we see in the West.

Posted by: junior at February 11, 2015 08:07 PM (UWFpX)

247 i imagine if the germans would have won most of us wouldn't be alive today.

Posted by: comrade willow. at February 11, 2015 08:07 PM (nqBYe)

248 Hmmm. O'Reilly just brought up a good point re NBC.

I'd forgotten about how they edited the Trayvon Martin tape.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 08:07 PM (FsuaD)

249
Sharp herbal notes?

Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2015 08:08 PM (MDgS8)

250 243
Someone needs to invent ice cubes made out of alcohol.
------
Tough, but not impossible. Alcohol has a lower freezing temp than water. Just crank up the freezer to "Ice Age" and you should be good.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 11, 2015 08:08 PM (vVSOO)

251 I swear, I've been watching clips of "Rev." Wright for the better part of a decade, and I don't see ANYthing in that man that would make me believe him about ANYthing. He's like Don King, but without King's moral compass, street smarts, work ethic, and sense of goodwill.

Posted by: goatexchange at February 11, 2015 08:08 PM (gV041)

252 Posted by: junior at February 11, 2015 08:07 PM (UWFpX)

They also seem to murder each other with great enthusiasm.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 08:08 PM (bAg1C)

253 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 11, 2015 08:04 PM (nzKvP)

Wow is right. I can't imagine how she must feel.

I didn't even know the dirtbag spawned.

It's rather nice to imagine Goeth in hell, being frequently reminded that he has a schwartze granddaughter.

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at February 11, 2015 08:09 PM (+XMAD)

254
Drinking gin tastes like fellating a balsam fir.

I.....never would have come to that conclusion.

Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2015 08:10 PM (MDgS8)

255 i don't see what wright offers his sheeple.
he'd even hate G-d if didn't fit His purpose in live which is to keep people scared and discomfited from others.

Posted by: comrade willow. at February 11, 2015 08:10 PM (nqBYe)

256 Posted by: goatexchange at February 11, 2015 08:08 PM (gV041)
---------------------
And hair. Don't forget the hair.
Q: What do you get when you mix Viagra and Rogaine?
A: Hair like Don King
I'll be here all week folks!

Posted by: Old Blue at February 11, 2015 08:10 PM (vVSOO)

257 Drinking gin tastes like fellating a balsam fir.

Must be hell on the tonsils.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (KBvAm)

258 life.

Posted by: comrade willow. at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (nqBYe)

259 Did not see that coming...

Greek bailout talks with Europe break down...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (DMJw2)

260 Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 08:06 PM (KBvAm)

I'm collecting these in a file, thanks.

Alas, I've developed a real aversion to alcohol. Hope it's just a phase!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (KH1sk)

261
Someone needs to invent ice cubes made out of alcohol.

This man is a fcking genius.

Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (MDgS8)

262 I, for one, support replacing Stewart with Olbermann. The sooner the show is cancelled, the better.

Posted by: gewa76 at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (S9rS1)

263 It's rather nice to imagine Goeth in hell, being frequently reminded that he has a schwartze granddaughter.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at February 11, 2015 08:09 PM (+XMAD)

Those guys didn't tend to discriminate when it came to sex partners. Rudolf Hoess at Auschwitz had a Jewish mistress/slave for a while, apparently. Then things got awkward, so he had her gassed.

Posted by: Secundus at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (bAg1C)

264 Drinking gin tastes like fellating a balsam fir.

I've always compared it to drinking straight turpentine.

Posted by: gewa76 at February 11, 2015 08:12 PM (S9rS1)

265 Olberman wouldn't be funny even if he did that show from his bath tub. The clown nose would be an improvement though.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at February 11, 2015 08:12 PM (ucDmr)

266 Sharp herbal notes?

Posted by: eleven at February 11, 2015 08:08 PM (MDgS

----
Not "balsam fir"

but I like putting in sprigs of basil or thyme into gin.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:13 PM (KH1sk)

267 Nood Gabe

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 11, 2015 08:13 PM (C0auL)

268 >>>I, for one, support replacing Stewart with Olbermann. The sooner the show is cancelled, the better.
Posted by: gewa76 at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (S9rS1)<<<

The Daily Show started with an ESPN reject. Fitting that it would end with one.

Jumanji!

Posted by: Craig Kilborn at February 11, 2015 08:14 PM (LZDKQ)

269 Nood Gabe
---
Thanks for the visual Bannion.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:14 PM (KH1sk)

270 nood. And with that, I'm signing off.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 11, 2015 08:14 PM (FsuaD)

271 "That is ol' Pastor Wright talking about the evil US atom-bombing Japan on Dec. 7th... 1941."

After which, Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke to the country in a nationally televised address. Just as he did when the stock market crashed in 1929.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 11, 2015 08:15 PM (noWW6)

272 Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 11, 2015 08:11 PM (KH1sk)

Well, if you ever conquer your affliction

give "Monkey 47" gin a whirl-

It's a crazy German gin with 47 botanicals from the Black Forest.

Ridiculously expensive, ridiculously dense flava.

It lies somewhere at the intersection of Gin, chartreuse, Benedictine, Sloe gin, St Germaine liqueur but dry not sweet.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2015 08:17 PM (KBvAm)

273 Joe Stalin's daughter defected to the US and lived in a small town in Wisconsin for many years. She died just a few years ago. She kept to herself and wanted to be forgotten by the outside world.

Being Goeth's granddaughter is awful enough. Being the daughter of one of history's biggest mass murderers - I can't imagine. Apparently Stalin doted on his daughter when she was small, but became estranged from him as she got older. Trying to reconcile "daddy who sat me on his knee" with "monster responsible for millions of deaths" - well, no wonder she kept to herself. Who else could possibly understand her situation?

Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at February 11, 2015 08:17 PM (+XMAD)

274 Let me suggest that you read Victor Hanson's Carnage and Culture. I assure you that Mr. Obama has never read it.

Posted by: Tmitsss at February 11, 2015 08:20 PM (Pa9vP)

275 226 I'm very lazy. When I make a gin and tonic, I pour a glass half full of gin and top off with tonic.
Posted by: Ronster at February 11, 2015 08:02 PM (ymjdW)

What about the lime juice?

Posted by: rickl at February 11, 2015 08:26 PM (sdi6R)

276 29 You don't have to go back to crusades in 1998-99 christian serbs mudrerd thousands of bosnian muslims because they were ~~MUSLIMS~~ GANGSTERS!
Posted by: captain*arizona at February 11, 2015 06:23 PM (OIT+I)

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 11, 2015 08:29 PM (2o6Wj)

277 #274, not Hanson's strongest work- his chapter on Midway is particularly weak.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at February 11, 2015 08:50 PM (2pVFZ)

278 Let me be the first to note that John Wick (2014), starring the wooden Keanu Reaves is as bad as one would expect. Completely pointless, it is saved only by the smooth taut buttocks of Russian whores on prominent display and the overload of the ole Ultraviolence what..

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 11, 2015 08:56 PM (rwI+c)

279 dammit willowed

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 11, 2015 08:58 PM (rwI+c)

280 Crusade is probably my favorite John Mayall album.
17 year old Mick Taylor is unbelievable.

Posted by: QT 3.14159 at February 11, 2015 09:39 PM (8YAGe)

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