Horror: Islamic State Raids Three Northeastern Syria Villages; Takes More Than 90 Men, Women, and Children Captive

For purposes which seem all too obvious.

Islamic State militants have abducted as many as 90 Assyrian Christians after overrunning several small villages in northeast Syria, an activist group said Tuesday....
Nuri Kino, the head of the activist group A Demand For Action -- which focuses on religious minorities in the Middle East -- said the militants took between 70 and 100 Assyrians captive....
ISIS' online radio station, al-Bayan, said in a report Tuesday that ISIS fighters had detained myriad "crusaders" and seized 10 villages around Tal Tamr after clashes with Kurdish militiamen. ISIS frequently refers to Christians as "crusaders."

Some guess (or hope?) that IS has kidnapped the civilians to force a prisoner swap, and get back some of their captured fighters.

Meanwhile, a Frenchwoman has been kidnapped in Yemen. American officials suspect the motive is "random."

Posted by: Ace at 01:06 PM

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1 Oneth?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 24, 2015 01:08 PM (0HooB)

2 Ya know, this jayvee team is pretty good. Maybe we should let them play on Friday nights instead.

Posted by: Moderate Salami at February 24, 2015 01:08 PM (/Ho8c)

3 Random.

Posted by: NCKate at February 24, 2015 01:08 PM (RNq50)

4 Joblessness

Posted by: Ron Dayne at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (mOEk5)

5 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (M1uf/)

6 ISIS fighters had detained myriad "crusaders"
***
Gee, what president that we all know just made a big deal about "crusaders" being a problem with "extremism"?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (78TbK)

7 Mohammedanism is an evil death cult.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (M1uf/)

8
Meanwhile, a Frenchwoman has been kidnapped in Yemen. American officials suspect the motive is "random."

Validation of Obama's success story.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (JtwS4)

9 Any word from our Christian president?

*falls back into rage funk*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (FsuaD)

10 They kidnapped them so that they could steal their jobs, obviously.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (AkOaV)

11 ...and on Gatewaypundit, a White, Female, Christian missionary has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Apparently for money.

Posted by: Slow Fester, apprentice fry cook at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (zTprl)

12 I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find out the French woman is another low life terrorist sympathizer.

Posted by: maddogg at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (xWW96)

13 They're going to BBQ some "crusaders."

But this still isn't islam.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (0HooB)

14 ISIS fighters had detained myriad "crusaders"

Thanks, you fucking SCOAMT, for handing them that little piece of false equivalence on a silver platter.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (M1uf/)

15 I thought they were secular.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (hlbmD)

16 If Obama wants to claim Christianity as his religion, who are we to say he is wrong?

If ISIS wants to claim Islam as their religion, who are we to say they are wrong?

Wait a minute.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (YrXgo)

17 7 Mohammedanism is an evil death cult.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM (M1uf/)

And Obama is its PR flack.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (2Ojst)

18
Grand Mufti Obama: Let's not get on our high horse here. Remember how evil those Crusaders were?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (1Jaio)

19 "ISIS frequently refers to Christians as "crusaders.""

Just like our president does!

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (K4YiS)

20
I know ISIS is evil, but I'm now dubious of all reports coming out about them, especially dealing with Syria.

obama, the media, and some Republicans want to pressure Congress to give obama full official authorization to [supposedly] fight ISIS.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (Z92n0)

21 This is JV stuff.

How about a thread on all those domestic right-wing terrorist groups? They are the REAL threat.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (7ObY1)

22 I know! Let's send ISIS some Obamaphones, food stamps, and make them eligible for Section 8 housing!

Winning!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (FsuaD)

23 Obama's foreign policy is a Hate Crime.

Posted by: Garrett at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (bHra+)

24 Yeah, I have a feeling that Obama will soon figure out why every president before him refused to (at least openly and admittedly) negotiate with terrorists when it came to hostages.

Hint: it wasn't because they were meanie republicans who hated women and children.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (AkOaV)

25 Any word from our Christian president?

*falls back into rage funk*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:09 PM

Duh...that would just give them validation and shit. They're totes not really Muslim.

Posted by: I Like Salami and the Lakers at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (h4vJk)

26
I also predicted this morning they'll soon be dragging out the chemical weapons bullshit again, this time it'll be ISIS who has them.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:11 PM (Z92n0)

27 If we could put ISIS in touch with some really good jobs programs all of this would stop.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (1Jaio)

28 I think a lot of Christians are not fully comprehending what it means that Mohammedanism is an evil death cult.

Christians are supposed to go willingly to our deaths in the name of Christ, but Christians refusing to oppose Mohammedans are doing no such thing. They're not being killed or enslaved because they're Christian, but because they're simply not Mohammedan.

We're allowed to fight back in those circumstances.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (M1uf/)

29 The suicide/murder cult is protesting Scott Walker's right to work law.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (X+nFp)

30 *climbs back on my high horse, "Crusader"*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (FsuaD)

31 If we are Crusaders shouldn't we have those St. George's Cross shirt thingees?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (hlbmD)

32 But Scott Walker won't say whether he believes Obama is Christian!!!!!

Posted by: MSM at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (lHHyw)

33 I've kidnapped more hostages than these guys have.

Posted by: Howard Dean at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (CzBeD)

34 Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2015 01:10 PM (hlbmD)

No, that was the Muslim Brotherhood. At least according to Clapper.

ISIS is just non islamic, motivated by nebulous reasons that probably are the US's fault, but certainly have nothing to do with religion. And if it does have to do with religion, it of course has nothing to do with the religion of peace and to suggest otherwise is islamophobic.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:13 PM (AkOaV)

35 Oh goody, a female Westerner. Will they behead or do something worse?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2015 01:13 PM (lHHyw)

36
Alternate post title:

The Unemployed Are Getting Restless, Again

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:13 PM (Z92n0)

37 Oh goody, a female Westerner. Will they behead or do something worse?

That's not an either/or.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:13 PM (M1uf/)

38 35
Oh goody, a female Westerner. Will they behead or do something worse?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2015 01:13 PM (lHHyw)

God help her.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (FsuaD)

39 I want a Claymore made by a Samuri master swordmaker. Then I will be ready to meet the E-slammers.

Posted by: maddogg at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (xWW96)

40 We're allowed to fight back in those circumstances.

Self-defense is always justified.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (0HooB)

41
I'm sure ISIS isn't planning to kill 90 Christians.

Some of them will certainly have more value being sold into sexual slavery.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (OiH3z)

42 In their defense, French women smell a lot like goats.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (bHra+)

43 Islam? Feh. That's not Islam.

Posted by: Imam Howard Dean at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (CzBeD)

44 Children will be sold into slavery and the parents and other adults burned. It's the way of islam.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (/HX7u)

45 Is Stronghold Crusader 2 any good?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (hlbmD)

46 >>>I also predicted this morning they'll soon be dragging out the chemical weapons bullshit again, this time it'll be ISIS who has them.
.
.
.My money is not riding on Chemical Weapons, I am betting on them acquiring access to the MANPADS missing from Libya and everyone starting to scream about the threat to civilian airliners around the world.

Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (4oSLk)

47 I can't wait for Barry to lecture us that this isn't really Islam. Funny how kidnapping, raping, torturing and murdering seem to be what they do most but it's never really Islam

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 24, 2015 01:15 PM (1Jaio)

48 A random foreign policy doesn't seem to be the best and brightest approach to current events. In fact, it is beginning to seem like it's more of a "DO stupid stuff!" policy.

The only coherent actions coming out of the Obama administration are the ones that are designed to decrease the freedoms of American citizens. Those he has a plan for! Better yet, he has friends across the saisle that are willing to help him implement them.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:15 PM (ftVQq)

49 I think the core of this comes down to the following:

ISIS members are just looking for good jobs to support their families with, and something got lost in translation when we told them to call a head hunter and send over their resumes.

If we could just open a better line of communications and say "head hunter does not mean literally hunting for heads to chop off," I think we would resolve all of this.

And the crusades.

Oh, and the British in the Malays in 1950.

So f you and the high horse you rode in on, Americans.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:15 PM (AkOaV)

50 And the enlightened non-Islamists, ISIS, burned a library in Mosul filled with ancient texts.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:15 PM (FsuaD)

51 Paging General Curtis LeMay...

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM (4r3sd)

52 Found this at Unz Review. Makes a lot of sense.

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Planned Alan Turing Memorial Dorkwad-Gaywad Alliance craters as Slate's gay avengers turn on "Imitation Game" writer for claiming straight weird kids are victims too
http://tinyurl.com/orq5kyf
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The modern left is a bit like Hinduism.

You are born into your caste. Your caste depends on your karma. Your karma is determined by actions of your forebears. Nothing you do affects your karma..you are stuck with it for life. Now in the leftwing victim caste system there are two sorts of karma..the good sort of karma is from how much oppression your caste supposedly receives. Lets call this "victim karma". The more victim karma you have, the more inherently moral you are. You can also have negative Karma..lets call it "Privilege". The more "Privilege" you have the worse you are. Your caste is determined by the difference between the two.

Nothing you do has any effect on your victim karma. Your caste is set at birth. A black spree shooter has more inherent moral worth than a white philanthropist due to his superior karma. If you want to improve your karma, your only hope is that you can somehow convince the priesthood that you actually belong into a different caste. So you put on a wig and call yourself trans. Or you pretend to have mental disabilities.

Now its not enough to have a caste..you have to show your caste in order to display your victim karma. So, with the precision of a scientist enumerating a new species you display all your adjectives so people can see where your victim caste is. You aren't just a woman…you are a black cis gendered Jewish lesbian. That way you know precisely who you can feel superior too, and who you must grovel before.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM (ZPrif)

53 I suppose we can expect another lecture from Obama or someone in his administration about how ISIS is not Islamic, and the real victims in all of this are the peace-loving Muslims everywhere.

Totes forget about what's happening to the actual, currently live but soon to be executed men, women and child victims - what's important is preventing backlash, you guys.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM (lHHyw)

54 Josh Earnest: Let's not jump to conclusions. We need to develop the facts.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM (VcOqI)

55
We should start a rumor that McCain and Graham have chemical weapons and need to be stopped.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM (Z92n0)

56 Harf, harf, harf, harf!!!!

Posted by: Marie Harf at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM (CzBeD)

57 The West won't do anything significant until ISIS or something like them has nuclear weapons. Then it's sheet of glass time.

Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (fMQoG)

58 ISIS is not the terrorist your looking for.

Posted by: BHO at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (S+el1)

59 #DontBurnOurKids

Posted by: Jen Psaki at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (CzBeD)

60 The West won't do anything significant until ISIS or something like them has nuclear weapons. Then it's sheet of glass time.

Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (fMQoG)

Yeah.

The only question is, "For which Western city?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (M1uf/)

61 And when I get the paper
I read it through and through
And my girl never fails to say
If there is any work for me,
And when I go back to the house
I hear the woman's mouth
Preaching and a crying,
Tell me that I'm lying 'bout a job
That I never could find.
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na

Posted by: Marie Harf and the Harftones at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (MMC8r)

62 "For purposes which seem all too obvious."

Random urban violence? They needed a parking spot?

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (Y92Nd)

63 And that pigfucker Obama keeps apologizing for, emboldening and enabling these pieces of shit.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 01:18 PM (2Ojst)

64 Obviously, this is the fault of Republicans that blocked funding to provide jobs for this part of Syria.

Posted by: Marie Fart at February 24, 2015 01:18 PM (PvZ8F)

65 Harf, harf, harf, harf!!!!

Posted by: Marie Harf at February 24, 2015 01:16 PM

*tosses in fish*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 24, 2015 01:18 PM (h4vJk)

66 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:12 PM (M1uf/)

Yes, just check the working definition of "martyr" in Christianity and mohameddanism.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:18 PM (ftVQq)

67 Maybe this is more just airing of their legitimate grievances.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (1Jaio)

68 7 Mohammedanism is an evil death cult.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon/i]

Y'know, I'm gonna disagree with you here.

We "orientalized" Islam by ascribing to it the Western notion of "religion."

In fact, only we in the West separate out "religion" as something different from daily life.

Islam is not and never was a "religion." That's jyst outsiders failing to understand it.

Islam is instead an all-emcompassing political, personal, military, moral and (yes, also) spiritual rulebook governing all aspects of human and social behavior.

It is much closer to being a "life philosophy" or an "ideology" than a religion. It is way larger than being a mere cult.

Even the tiniest, most absurd details are covered by the rules of Islam: the way you wipe your ass, how often you can rape your slave, highly specific rules about when it is OK to lie, etc. Even this: Islam has rules specifying that it is acceptable to swallow "pre-cum" during blowjobs, but swallowing semen is completely taboo. (Seriously.) That's how detailed it gets.

What makes it especially fascinating is than from our moral framework, most of the stipulations outlined in Islam would under our rubric be deemed "evil."

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (K4YiS)

69 AAAGHHHH!

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (K4YiS)

70 #firedoesn'tmeltchristians

Posted by: NCKate at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (Ze79l)

71 I am betting on them acquiring access to the
MANPADS missing from Libya

Already happened.

and everyone starting to scream about the
threat to civilian airliners around the world.

Posted by: The Great White Soctsman at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (4oSLk)
Can't do that, because it exposes Preezy Boyfriend's and Cankles' utter incompetence.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (8hctH)

72 Whole lotta randomness goin' on.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (W5DcG)

73
We should start a rumor that McCain and Graham have chemical weapons and need to be stopped.

Geritol and Summer's Eve.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (JtwS4)

74 Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:15 PM (FsuaD)

Probably neo colonial and zionest texts brought there by the oppressive crusaders, Jane.

Get off your high horse.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (AkOaV)

75 Just had a paranoid thought -- You know that "Windows" scammer who calls people and convinces them to let him "fix" their computer remotely? He takes over the computer and changes passwords and gains access to personal information. What if he is getting bank info and using it to fund ISIS?

Posted by: Mindy in the stylish tinfoil chapeau at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (81V/7)

76 All that typing, ruined by the absence of one keystroke.

I HATE YOU PIXY!

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (K4YiS)

77 I'm starting to think TFG is a Pusslim.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (1Y+hH)

78 The West won't do anything significant until ISIS or something like them has nuclear weapons. Then it's ~~sheet of glass~~welcome them to the table because they have nuclear weapons time.
Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM

FIFY

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 24, 2015 01:20 PM (h4vJk)

79 Then it's sheet of glass time.
Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (fMQoG)

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For whom??

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:20 PM (/HX7u)

80 The only question is, "For which Western city?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:17 PM (M1uf/)

I have finding it increasingly difficult to find even gallows humor on this blog any more

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:20 PM (ftVQq)

81 Hey! Let's send ISIS some "Obama money" from "Obama's stash!"

...Oh, wait. That probably happened.

Posted by: RKae at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (05yXI)

82 77 I'm starting to think TFG is a Pusslim.
Posted by: Meremortal
___________________

Careful where you say that. Tomorrow, the press will be asking Walker whether he is willing to denounce you for such verboten speculation.

Posted by: Furious George at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (UlJ3l)

83 Hmmm, slaves or PR beheadings? What shall it be today?

Mohammed is heads!

Posted by: Caliph Abu at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (bAGA/)

84 I have finding it increasingly difficult to find even gallows humor on this blog any more

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:20 PM (ftVQq)
You're not drinking enough.

Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (fMQoG)

85 The more this is the news, the harder to it would be to shut down DHS. Even though we know that DHS would not stop their necessary security duties.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (glJL/)

86 If we could just open a better line of communications and say "head hunter does not mean literally hunting for heads to chop off," I think we would resolve all of this.

HAHAHA That's the hardest I've laughed all week!

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (Y92Nd)

87 For purposes which seem all too obvious.

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Yup. They're totally going to have a rational discussion about religion, hand them some pamphlets and their choice of cookies or brownies, then let them go on with their lives.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (VAsIq)

88 It must be to sermonize them on the Koran or something b/c it sure as FUCK can't be simple genocide that is their goal....

I have it on good authority that Islam is a religion of peace sir!

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (/4AZU)

89 Does Lindsey use MANPADS?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (W5DcG)

90 Posted by: Mindy in the stylish tinfoil chapeau at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (81V/7)

I just got one of those calls yesterday. I even played along, but I guess I wasn't too convincing because he hung up on me

.

Oh well. It could have been fun.

"Youre right!! I AM being hacked! My busty lesbian pr0n has been replaced with ghey porn and it wont stop playing on loop! AHHHHHHH!"

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (AkOaV)

91 This is awful, but it serves a reminder as to what human history looks like. You must take steps to defend yourself which are most effective in cooperation with like minded (or blooded or whatever) people in your immediate vicinity because some days, those folks over the hill who are already cooperating may just get the idea to come slaughter a bunch of your people.

Usually there was some sort of demand for tribute to avoid the slaughter part for the cowardly, but sometimes they just want the slaughter part.

In either case it is always the better option to slaughter them for the attempt and retaliate sufficiently that their sons and grandsons don't think it's a good idea to mess with you.

Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (A6vWB)

92 What if he is getting bank info and using it to fund ISIS?
Posted by: Mindy in the stylish tinfoil chapeau at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (81V/7)

Hi Mindy. ISIS has it's own funding source, oil wells in territory it now governs.

Income estimated $2 million per day, or around $700 million annual, with vacation time.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (1Y+hH)

93 You're not drinking enough.

Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (fMQoG)

Need an IV drip

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (S+el1)

94 But the Zionists kill Palestinian children in illegal air raids, the AmeriKKKans use drones, and RethugliKKKans send the cops after Persons of Color.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at February 24, 2015 01:23 PM (C1H3H)

95 77 Meremortal, I think he likes people who hate America.

Posted by: Mindy in the stylish tinfoil chapeau at February 24, 2015 01:23 PM (81V/7)

96 89 Does Lindsey use MANPADS?

Depends.

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 01:23 PM (S+el1)

97 HAHAHA That's the hardest I've laughed all week!
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 24, 2015 01:22 PM (Y92Nd)

Thanks. I've been in a silly mood today. Probably from reading too much Mark Steyn.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:23 PM (AkOaV)

98 44 Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (/HX7u)

Maybe, I'm wondering if they're wanting human shields...

who the hell knows we're led by a guy who looks UP to Corky thatcher on intellect...

and thanks to Bitch McDonald in the Senate we're about to become a perma-minority with no shot at the Presidency....

so there's that.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 01:23 PM (/4AZU)

99 I don't know what to say.

It's horrific.

It's barbaric.

It's not going to stop any time soon.

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. Hiding from the elements at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (IrByp)

100
Rush: I hate seeing people give up their liberty and freedom because we never get it back.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (Z92n0)

101 Obviously the Assyrian Christians were doing the jobs that the ISIS-discontents were unwilling to do.

This will end well.

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (0RQVM)

102 "Religion of Peace."

People dispute this appellation, saying Islam is not a religion of peace, but a religion of war.

But they're disputing the wrong half of the phrase.

Islam is not even a religion.

It's a political/military/moral framework for conquering the world.

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (K4YiS)

103 "...supposed to go willingly to our deaths."

Um, no.
I mean hey, if you want to, fine.
Luke 22:36 tells me to buy a sword if I don't have one. I don't figure it's for slicing up a pig.

Posted by: just a sheep dog at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (8Z2uw)

104 Paging General James Mattis.

We need more of THIS:

"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they don't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually, it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (FsuaD)

105
I want a Claymore made by a Samuri master swordmaker. Then I will be ready to meet the E-slammers.

Posted by: maddogg at February 24, 2015 01:14 PM (xWW96)

I'd rather have a few cases of claymores filled with TNT or RDX, or whatever the current flavor of filling is supposed to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (tSNLH)

106 Well...crusades I guess.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (fWAjv)

107 This is awful, but it serves a reminder as to what human history looks like.

People wanted to think the 21st century would be different.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (W5DcG)

108
Let ISIS have Malia and Sasha!

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 01:25 PM (iQIUe)

109 So not-islamists are having a day of aggressive fundraising.

Posted by: Penfold at February 24, 2015 01:25 PM (Fbt5B)

110
Islam is not even a religion.

It's a political/military/moral framework for conquering the world.
Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (K4YiS)

Precisely.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:25 PM (1Y+hH)

111 Zombie, excellent material. Give us more if pixy allows...

Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 24, 2015 01:26 PM (cR9GI)

112 What makes it especially fascinating is than from our moral
framework, most of the stipulations outlined in Islam would under our
rubric be deemed "evil."

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (K4YiS)

Evil....yes. But not insane. That gives them an out with the squishy left who are frantically scrambling around for an excuse for Islamic violence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:26 PM (Zu3d9)

113 Let ISIS have Malia and Sasha!

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 01:25 PM

Dude...Even we have standards.

Posted by: ISIS at February 24, 2015 01:26 PM (h4vJk)

114 Let ISIS have Malia and Sasha!

*GASP*

Posted by: MSM at February 24, 2015 01:26 PM (VAsIq)

115 108 That was over the line.

Posted by: Mindy in the stylish tinfoil chapeau at February 24, 2015 01:26 PM (81V/7)

116 Wolf Blitzer looks quite concerned about this so it must be serious.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (CzBeD)

117 Meremortal, I think he likes people who hate America.

He'll love us after we are fundamentally transformed, so we've got that going for us.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (1Y+hH)

118 In the West it's the 21st century (since Christ).

With Islam, it's the 1400s (since Mo).

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (MMC8r)

119 People wanted to think the 21st century would be different.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (W5DcG)

Because according to silly "progressive" political ideology, it had to get better.

Every society "progresses" from feudal to capitalist to socialist to communist, dont you know? And when we are all socialists, there will be no more war.

And once we are all communists, we'll all live in communes and sing songs on the guitar sitting around the camp fire (well, non-CO2 producing camp fire replica).

So of course the 21st century will be free from war... we're on the march to utopia, comrade!

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (AkOaV)

120 Wolf Blitzer looks quite concerned about this so it must be serious.
---

Or he's playing Jeopardy on his phone during commercial breaks.

Zing!

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (VAsIq)

121 http://tinyurl.com/oeprppa

American 'crusader' returns to Iraq with Christian militia to fight ISIS: Tattooed former US solider 'wants to keep the church bells ringing' in ancient community

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (fWAjv)

122 Christians are supposed to go willingly to our deaths in the name of Christ,

I don't know about that, AllenG. Certainly we are not to renounce Christ in the face of death (both for the witness it serves and for the sake of our own souls), but I think there's leeway up until the point we're overpowered to go ahead and fight. Peter was wrong to defend Jesus by the sword as it was a continuation of his rejection that Jesus had to be put to death, but he had the sword because Jesus told him to buy it in the first place. Further the early church didn't just sit around waiting to be stoned, they ran, and took the message with them. Which isn't as satisfying as standing and fighting, but it still served God's purposes.

Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (A6vWB)

123 113 Let ISIS have Malia and Sasha!

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 01:25 PM

Dude...Even we have standards.
Posted by: ISIS at February 24, 2015 01:26 PM (h4vJk)

Obama's fine with letting them have other people's daughters.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (2Ojst)

124 116 Wolf Blitzer looks quite concerned about this so it must be serious.

Probable thinks he's on Jeopardy.

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (S+el1)

125 I'm afraid it is going to take a major terror strike in the US before anything serious is done, and even then it will be like pulling teeth to get this regime to go against their natural allies.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (YgotP)

126 Hi Mindy. ISIS has it's own funding source, oil wells in territory it now governs.

Income estimated $2 million per day, or around $700 million annual, with vacation time.
Posted by: Meremortal

I think that was over-stated when we first heard about it. You can't just show up at oil terminals with a bunch of goat-humpers and take over operations, to say nothing of just arranging the accounting.

It may be less over-stated now but the bulk of their funding is coming from outside sources, the same sources the US government has refused to address for the past 15, 20, 25 years.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (etsc+)

127 Wolf Blitzer looks quite concerned about this so it must be serious.

Nah, he's still worried about not finding Flight 370.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (1Y+hH)

128 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (CzBeD)

Wolfe put his concerned face on?!

Uh oh...

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (AkOaV)

129 Jane D'Oh, #104:

I love that. I can't quite believe he ever got another star after that. And I'd like to think that whoever asked him how he felt about killing the enemy was hoping for some agonized soul-searching, and got that instead.

Posted by: JPS at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (gF6T3)

130 Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:19 PM (K4YiS)

Got to disagree with you there.

What I do in public is informed by my Christianity. The votes I cast (or, increasingly: do not cast), the jobs I am willing to do, and so forth are all dependent upon my Christianity.

You are right that it is a very Western thing (and a very recent western thing, really) to separate "religion" from "daily life," and not necessarily a correct thing.

You will often hear Christian apologists say "everyone has a religion, even the atheist." And this is true- if we really believe that God exists, and we then really believe a set of truth statements about him (which is what religion is), then we'll act one way. If we don't, we'll act differently.

Mohammedanism is a religion inasmuch as it *is* a complete world view.

Read the Jewish law sometime. It's not as crazy as Mohammedanism, but it gets pretty detailed.

It was a very, very radical thing for Jesus to say to the pharisees, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's." The separation between "religion" and "culture" is very recent, even in the West.

I think we forget that Christianity is the same in that respect (being all encompassing) because the rules it gives are so broad. Jesus affirmed two Commands, gave one other, and then gave an instruction to the Apostles- all Christianity comes down to those 4 things:

* Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.
* Love your neighbor (defined as enemy) as your self.
* Love each other as Jesus loved us (that is: completely self sacrificially)
* Go into all the world preaching the Good News and converting all nations.

4 rules. Very broad. And we still screw 'em up every day.

But don't pretend they're not supposed to affect what we do in every aspect of our lives.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (M1uf/)

131 Long term forecast for the Middle East: Iron Rain.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (4r3sd)

132 I tried to rescue these Syrians but the incoming fire was so intense that I could only save a puppy.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (CzBeD)

133 You're not drinking enough.

Posted by: kathysaysso at February 24, 2015 01:21 PM (fMQoG)

I think you have a point.

Off to check Amazon for prices for the Everclear carboy 6 pack!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (ftVQq)

134 It's terrible that I am reduced to hoping they will "just" sell the captives ibto slavery (tather then execite them gruseomly).

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (cbfNE)

135 Meanwhile..."Saudi Arabia court gives death penalty to man who renounced his Muslim faith."

On the ISIS 11.0 scale of Islamic oppression, the Saudis are already a...what?...a 7.5?

And they're our "allies."

Posted by: edj at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (klzyR)

136 Reason 143,987 why I love metal.

Saxon- Crusader

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

Hammerfall-Steel meets steel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0UcttnLA0

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (FMbng)

137 It really is amazing how the msm is studiously ignoring what is happening all over the middle east and Africa after the intense focus and negative spin they put on whatever happened in the same region when Bush was in charge. It's almost like they are biased or something.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (g1DWB)

138 Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (etsc+)

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Posted by: James Baker (Saudi fluffer extraordinaire) at February 24, 2015 01:29 PM (Zu3d9)

139 How about a thread on all those domestic right-wing terrorist groups? They are the REAL threat.

I'm actually curious how many "militia"-men there are in the United States. The Freemen can't be more than a few thousand. The Klan probably has more gov't agents at their meetings than members.

I went to a Boy Scout summer camp in Idaho one year. They warned us not to leave the camp because there was a skinhead group just down the road. I later found out they weren't lying to keep us in line, but there were only 200 people.

Based on some poking around I'd put militia numbers in the 10K order of magnitude. That's what the Federal Gov't wants us to fill our pants over.

Meanwhile a full 30% of Muslims want the strictest Sharia law. That's at least the population of the United States worth of people.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:30 PM (jhqr1)

140 It was prolly those righ' wingers.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at February 24, 2015 01:30 PM (53CCM)

141 Rush on a roll, hot content, hour two, unrelenting.

Posted by: Slow Fester, apprentice fry cook at February 24, 2015 01:30 PM (zTprl)

142 Islam is not even a religion.

It's a political/military/moral framework for conquering the world.

More sense in those 2-sentences than in anything that's come out of the State Department since at least FEB 2009.

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 01:30 PM (0RQVM)

143 Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (etsc+)

Who knows though, really? I have a feeling they have their ways of comingling their illegal oil with someone elses legal oil. Probably just takes a couple o' benjamins to make it happen.

Iran managed to sell oil illegally for decades, as did Saddam's Iraq, etc.

Can't be that hard to bribe a few people and get a few of your tanker trucks in to the convoy going to fill up the Chinese ships to bring the oil back to Asia.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:31 PM (AkOaV)

144 Obama springs into action -

apologizes for Islam; gives speech wherein he again apologizes for Islam, equivocates about the moral relativism of other religions, and mumbles about international coalition; goes golfing.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 24, 2015 01:31 PM (BZAd3)

145 It's a political/military/moral framework for conquering the world.

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:24 PM (K4YiS)

And "evil death cult" is useful shorthand for that, is it not?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2015 01:31 PM (tSNLH)

146 It may be less over-stated now but the bulk of their funding is coming from outside sources, the same sources the US government has refused to address for the past 15, 20, 25 years.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (etsc+)

You can't mean our friends the Saudis!!?!!

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:31 PM (1Y+hH)

147 We stand in shock and horror as ISIS kidnaps, enslaves, rapes and beheads any infidels they come across. We are stunned that any extremists could act this way.

But I have news for you:

Muslim warriors have been doing exactly this, continuously for 1400 years.

What do you think happened, precisely, when the Arab armies "conquered" Christian Egypt or Zoroastrian Persia or a hundred other places they invaded? It wasn't some clean, proper and stately victory with defeated generals in top hats signing surrender treaties.

It was a nightmarish years-long atrocity exhibition of constant brutal and pitiless rape, torture, enslavement, murder, beheadings and forced conversions. All day, every day, for a thousand years.

The behavior of ISIS in 2015 is no different from the behavior of any Muslim army from any year of Islam's existence. The only difference is that now we are witnessing it first-hand in real time, rather than reading about it in a history book, which dulls its gory reality.

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (K4YiS)

148 It may be less over-stated now but the bulk of their funding is coming from outside sources, the same sources the US government has refused to address for the past 15, 20, 25 years.

Qatar and KSA are big funders of ISIS from what I've heard. Turkey is buying the oil as fast as it can be trucked to the border. Too many players are playing both sides in this.

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (S+el1)

149 130. Nice post, Allen. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (DXzRD)

150 How will Pres Walker deal with ISIS?

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (cbfNE)

151
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:30 PM (jhqr1)

Oh, they're not talking about the handful of militia groups across the country that taken together couldn't fill a little league baseball stadium.

When they talk about "right wing extremists" they mean us.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (AkOaV)

152
It really is amazing how the msm is studiously ignoring what is
happening all over the middle east and Africa after the intense focus
and negative spin they put on whatever happened in the same region when
Bush was in charge.

That's because their true enemy is Republicans.
http://is.gd/N0AZHX

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (/kI1Q)

153 ISIS 'special' forces training video.

http://tinyurl.com/l4pa2vp

Oh to have an A-10 at the one minute mark.

*sigh*

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (fWAjv)

154 if we put pictures of Mohammed on our currency would muslims refuse to handle it? would they then starve? because thatd be alright.

Posted by: ebola guy at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (y3Ova)

155 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (DXzRD)

Are you joining the local horde on March 6th?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (Zu3d9)

156 Hey Joe Mama

Lakewood Grill Friday night.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (1Y+hH)

157 139 ...The Freemen can't be more than a few thousand. ...

But there are about 10 million Fremen?

Posted by: Muad'Dib at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (klzyR)

158 Another quote from the awesome General James Mattis:

"Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust."

*looks toward Oval Office*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (FsuaD)

159 Am I the only one here who can't even glance at these stories anymore? The sadness just overwhelms me.
Sadness for the victims, who are well aware of the freight-train of hate headed their way, but can't or won't move.
And sadness at the thought that our current administration is doing absolutely f***all about it.
AND sadness knowing that if there were a CiC with even one testicle, these animals wouldn't be doing this...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (5buP8)

160 Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:27 PM (A6vWB)

We have no Biblical accounts of Christian martyrs lifting a single finger to defend themselves.

From Stephen to Paul, they went boldly proclaiming Christ and made no attempt even to escape their killers. Stephen even echoed Christ: "Lord forgive them..."

It is my understanding of Scripture that when it comes to being persecuted for Christianity, I'm supposed to rejoice in it. When it comes to being murdered or enslaved because I don't happen to be the right "kind," I get to defend myself.

YMMV.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:34 PM (M1uf/)

161 But don't pretend they're not supposed to affect what we do in every aspect of our lives.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (M1uf/)

I note those rules didn't include a section on killing infidels as an acceptable practice. That sort of transcends any rational concept of religion to my Western mind. Mo can call it religion, but it is still a world domination ideology.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:34 PM (ftVQq)

162 Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (S+el1)

Wouldn't you though? Turkey's in a weird position. They have no love for the Sunni Arabs in Syria, but they have even less love for the Sunni Kurds on the border trying to form their own country, and even LESS love for the Shia Persians trying to take over influence in Iraq.

They're in a tough neighborhood.

And they want their Ottoman Empire / caliphate back.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:34 PM (AkOaV)

163 Zombie,

But in the movie starring the guy who played Legolas, the muslims were all nice and respectable and stuff. /sarc

Posted by: Penfold at February 24, 2015 01:34 PM (Fbt5B)

164 Horror: Islamic State Raids Three Northeastern Syria Villages; Takes More Than 90 Men, Women, and Children Captive

For purposes which seem all too obvious.

BBQ?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 01:35 PM (LVXFh)

165 If the Second Iraq War (which was at least confined to Iraq) was a quagmire, the Third Iraq War is a disaster.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 24, 2015 01:35 PM (8LT/S)

166 "What do you think happened, precisely, when the Arab armies 'conquered' Christian Egypt or Zoroastrian Persia or a hundred other places they invaded? It wasn't some clean, proper and stately victory with defeated generals in top hats signing surrender treaties. It was a nightmarish years-long atrocity exhibition of constant brutal and pitiless rape, torture, enslavement, murder, beheadings and forced conversions. All day, every day, for a thousand years."

Back in the 1990s, I heard regular plaints about how the Serbs (the Clinton administration's designated heels) spoke about their having been subjugated by Muslims "like it happened yesterday. Won't these people ever get over the past?"

As I had to point out, when people have had incredibly horrible things inflicted upon them, they are entitled to the privilege of recall.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2015 01:36 PM (noWW6)

167 It is my understanding of Scripture that when it comes to being persecuted for Christianity, I'm supposed to rejoice in it. When it comes to being murdered or enslaved because I don't happen to be the right "kind," I get to defend myself.

YMMV.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:34 PM (M1uf/)

yeah, well this catholic is also part pagan. If god has a problem with that let him come see me. I won't kneel before a muslim scumbag.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 01:36 PM (FMbng)

168
"And "evil death cult" is useful shorthand for that, is it not?"

Make that "Tax Exempted Evil Death Cult" please.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:36 PM (1Y+hH)

169 Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 01:32 PM (K4YiS)

HD YouTube videos bring it home even better, if you have the stomach to watch!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:37 PM (ftVQq)

170 Prog leftists loved smearing Bush for using the word crusade, but are pretty quite when Islamic militants not only use the word, but put it to practice.

You know who led the 10th crusade? King George BusHitler II !

Posted by: 13times at February 24, 2015 01:37 PM (WHVu+)

171 'ISIS frequently refers to Christians as "crusaders."'

Good enough for our President, good enough for ISIS.

Posted by: ToursLepantoVienna at February 24, 2015 01:37 PM (UlI/7)

172 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (M1uf/)

"You are right that it is a very Western thing (and a
very recent western thing, really) to separate "religion" from "daily
life," and not necessarily a correct thing."

Of course it's a good thing. The term for it is "freedom."

Read the Jewish law sometime. It's not as crazy as Mohammedanism, but it gets pretty detailed.

Not even on the same continuum. Jewish law dictates personal behavior; it is not a political manifesto.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:37 PM (Zu3d9)

173 Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:30 PM (jhqr1)

I've read the DHS report. It's a very poorly written document. It only discusses about ten of the reputed events and of those, all but two or three are summarized as "based on media reports." There's a footnoted caveat that although these cases are based on unattributed media reports, there's no reason to doubt the veracity of those reports.

Also, keep in mind, that the only media outlet that has seen this report is CNN. Gee, it's as if someone (SPLC) slapped together some bullshit (mostly about the "sovereign citizen" movement) under the auspices of DHS and then handed it to CNN with a sticky note attached reading, "You know what to do."

Posted by: Country Singer at February 24, 2015 01:37 PM (8hctH)

174 Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 01:34 PM (ftVQq)

Of course. Why do you think I call them an evil death cult?

I am not making any statement that should be construed as saying that Mohammedans are justified in their evil, let alone actively condoning it. They are not and I do not. They are evil in every sense of the word. They worship Ba'al and Ashura, just as their forebears did.

But that does not change the fact that it *is* a "religion."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:38 PM (M1uf/)

175 Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 24, 2015 01:33 PM (5buP

You can either cry or laugh.

Since there's nothing we can about it from our computers, I vote for laugh.

Maybe I'm a sick puppy though, I'd be open to that argument being made.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:38 PM (AkOaV)

176 Obama immigration manifesto posted on The Hill. He is already doing his end zone dance.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 24, 2015 01:38 PM (Y92Nd)

177 I would like to join a lll of you very much (and thanks for thinking of me), but I have something to do starting early on Saturday so partying Friday night at some distance is kind of out for me.

I think what I need to do sometime is see if there are any NJ morons or ettes, in Northwest/Central NJ_Hunterdon and Warren and/or Somerset County and arrange something for all those folks..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:38 PM (DXzRD)

178
"Not even on the same continuum. Jewish law dictates personal behavior; it is not a political manifesto."

You've forgotten those demands to close all non-kosher food outlets near Jewish neighborhoods?

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:39 PM (1Y+hH)

179 They are all dead, raped, or married off. It's not like anyone cares or will lift a finger to help them. Certainly not the western Christian World.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 01:40 PM (rDqRv)

180 166 Posted by: torquewrench at February 24, 2015 01:36 PM (noWW6)

Slobbo Milosevic was just a decade too early.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 01:40 PM (/4AZU)

181
Actually, ace, in Yemen, kidnapping (esp. of foreigners) is hardly random, but also hardly any peculiar artifact of whatever religion they pretend to follow (in Yemen this is not an unreasonable way to put it).

$$$$$$$$ More than likely.

Yemen. Undiluted clan organization of society. Daggers in the belt. Intrigue. Pure, clean, peninsular Arabic, probably the closest to pre-modern dialects still in existence. And, still, a decent-sized irredentist-minded bunch of families that are still smarting over King Saud's marauders conquering some territory.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2015 01:40 PM (afQnV)

182 [iPosted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:38 PM (DXzRD)

I made the reservation for 6:00pm, and it is just two blocks from the train station......maybe just a drop-in?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (Zu3d9)

183 Did you hear what Rudy Guliani said about the President! And that liar Bill O'Reilly...

Posted by: Your MSM Betters at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (WKNX4)

184 Surely God shall not suffer that we, who are despised because we take upon us the name of Christ, shall be trodden down and destroyed, until we bring it upon us by our own transgressions.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (VAsIq)

185 "sovereign citizen" movement

Those guys crack me up. It's like those idiots who say "all you have to do is incorporate and you don't have to pay any taxes".

As if you can say some "magic words" to a government agent who has the power to take your property and liberty and suddenly the agent is transformed into a fluffy bunny.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (jhqr1)

186 Thanks, Meremortal. Time?

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (4r3sd)

187 Not islamic, braaaak!
Not islamic

Posted by: Hussein the Muzzy Parrot at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (hKyl0)

188 AllenG at 130, mostly agree, just want to nitpick about defining neighbor as enemy. Christ's biggest example was of the good samaritan, and I don't get the impression the folks who failied in the parable saw the injured man as an enemy so much as more hassle than they could be bothered to deal with.

Enemy would be a subset of neighbor, but I would put them lower on the priority list than for example fellow Christians ("the least of these My brothers") or literal neighbors (the wounded stranger in the road).

Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (A6vWB)

189 I need some comic relief, guess I'll check the stock market...

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (1Y+hH)

190 Who cares about aabout these people.We need to talk about what O'Reilly said in Argentina in 1982.

Posted by: David Corn at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (OD2ni)

191 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:37 PM (Zu3d9)

Did or did not God appoint leaders over the people of Israel- first the Judges, and then the Kings?

I am not claiming that Judaism and Mohammedanism are in any way morally equivalent. Zombie stated that Mohammedanism is not a religion. I was pointing out that is an erroneous statement.

And I'll still say that a complete divorce of religion from culture has not been a good thing. I am not here advocating for a state religion, but if more people examined the questions from a religious (or, if you will, "consistent philosophical") standpoint, we'd likely have fewer issues than we do today.

It was people acting in civic society based on their (largely) Christian ideals who ended slavery, after all. Not just in our own War between the States, but in Europe as well (without the violence, natch).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (M1uf/)

192 When Islam originally raised the flag of Jihad, one of the first targets was Zoroastrian Persia. Their leader exchanged letters with the Caliph;

Our lord is Ahura Mazda it is strange that you people also, just
discovered him named him Allah O Akbar! But we are not the same as
you, we are not in the same level as you. We help other human being, we
spread love among humanity, we spread Good throughout the Earth, we
have been spreading our culture but in respect for other cultures
throughout the whole world for thousands of years, yet you in the name
of Allah invade other men's land! You mass murder the people, create
famine, fear poverty for others, you create Evil in the name of
Allah. who is responsible for all this catastrophe?

Is it Allah who commands you to murder, pillage to destroy?
Is it you the followers of Allah who do this in his name?
Or Is it both?

You
have risen from heat of the deserts burnt out infertile lands
with no resources, you want to teach people the love of God by your
military campaigns the power of your Swords! You are Desert
Savages, yet you want to teach Urban people like us who lived in the
cities for thousands of years, the love of God! We have thousands of
years of culture behind us, a powerful tool indeed! Tell us? With all
your military campaigns, barbarianism, murder pillage in the name
of Allah O Akbar, what have you taught to this Muslim Army? What
knowledge have you taught the Muslim that you also insist on teaching it
to non Muslim? What culture have you learned from your Allah, now that
you want to force-teach it to others?

Alas, Oh Alas...... that
today our Persian Armies of Ahura have been defeated from your recently
Allah Worshiping Armies; Now, our people have to worship the same God,
the same Five times a day, but forced by the sword to call him Allah
pray to him in Arabic, cause your Allah only understands Arabic!

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2015 01:43 PM (78TbK)

193 4 rules. Very broad. And we still screw 'em up every day. But don't pretend they're not supposed to affect what we do in every aspect of our lives.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:28 PM (M1uf/)

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The big difference between islam and Christianity as you describe? One word: Choice. I can choose on a daily (hourly, etc) basis if I'm going to act out of self will or God's principles without the threat of getting burned alive in a cage or having my head chopped off.

A life based on self will eventually becomes unteneble. But the choice is still there to go on to the bitter end or accept some very simple spiritual principles. No one is going to kill me for choosing one way or the other except by way of events from acting out of self will. The choice is still mine to make freely without threat.

Christians choose, islam kills.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:43 PM (/HX7u)

194 I need some comic relief, guess I'll check the stock market...
Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (1Y+hH)

Janet says zero interest rates forever...........

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 24, 2015 01:43 PM (W5DcG)

195 Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (jhqr1)

My dumbass brother bought into that crap many years ago. I think he's on year 12 now of dealing with paying back taxes and penalties to the IRS.

Posted by: Country Singer at February 24, 2015 01:43 PM (8hctH)

196
btw, you'll notice no one is drawing mohammed anymore in Europe -- they learned their lesson, apparently

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:44 PM (Z92n0)

197 I made the reservation for 6:00pm, and it is just two blocks from the train station......maybe just a drop-in?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (Zu3d9)

When I checked into a train ride to that asshole of jersey it was going to be almost 3 hours with all the bullshit. I could not find a direct route.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 01:44 PM (FMbng)

198 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (Zu3d9)

If I drop in I'll want to stay. :^) So maybe next time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:44 PM (DXzRD)

199 Are Jordan and Egypt still doing sorties or did they give up?

Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 24, 2015 01:45 PM (glJL/)

200 Why do we use valuable taxpayer-funded resources to protect urban "Progressive" cocoons from Islamic terrorists who "Progressives" claim don't exist? I say no more DHS funding for blue cities in blue states and use the savings for something much, much more important -- such as no kill animal shelters featuring daily massages and film screenings for the resident cats, dogs, and ferrets.

Posted by: My Thumb on Rhode Island at February 24, 2015 01:45 PM (7u7u7)

201 Hey! Maybe this case will be just like the last couple where we have actionable Intel on the captives' location and the Invertebrate - In-Chief chooses to sit on his thumb instead.

But he went to Harvard, so it's all good.

Posted by: Jaws at February 24, 2015 01:46 PM (WKNX4)

202 Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:42 PM (A6vWB)

(rough quotes ahead- I'm not looking it up to make sure I get it word for word)

"Who was the better neighbor?"
"The Samaritan."

Jews of the 1st Century hated Samaritans, and the feeling was mutual. Jews called Samaritans "mongrels." For a Samaritan to have stopped even to check on the man in the parable- let alone go to the lengths he did- would have been absolutely shocking to Jesus's Jewish audience.

Though, in one sense, you're right. We have limited resources, and we're supposed to spend them reasonably- first to keep ourselves from being a burden on others, then on fellow Christians who need help, then on our (physically) immediate neighbors, and so forth.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:46 PM (M1uf/)

203 The big difference between islam and Christianity as you describe? One word: Choice.

I think one of the biggest differences between the philosophies of general Christianity and Islam is Repentance.

In Christianity we're all fallen sinners who rely on God's Mercy to overcome our nature and to be perfected in him. We all screw up and try to be better next time.

In Islam you're commanded to do good things and when you screw up you're punished. Screw up bad enough and they'll kill you.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:46 PM (jhqr1)

204 We ain't got no specific info, but you'd be crazy to go to a mall right around now (spits out chaw).

Posted by: Jar Jar Johnson, Destroy Homeland Security! at February 24, 2015 01:48 PM (7u7u7)

205 Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:41 PM (jhqr1)

As if the IRS gives a shit if you spell your name with all caps or not.

They want your money, you can call yourself the King of Nowheresville, Idaho and say you're a sovereign monarch and don't owe them money, and all they'll do is laugh at you and send a SWAT team to shoot your wife or burn down your compound.

Yeah, I never got the whole sovereign citizens thing. Don't get me wrong, I wish it was that easy to get out of taxes, but I mean COME ON

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:48 PM (AkOaV)

206 In Islam you're commanded to do ~~good~~ things and when you screw up you're punished. Screw up bad enough and they'll kill you.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 01:46 PM (jhqr1)

Fixed for greater accuracy.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 01:48 PM (2Ojst)

207 Freedom fighters fighting for their right to employment from the job-stealing Christians.

Do I get a job Mr. Obama?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 24, 2015 01:48 PM (sH832)

208 Muslims don't burn people to death, once peaceful people with jobs who were laid off because of capitalist greed, but were not granted amnesty by evil, racist conservatives and couldn't qualify for free healthcare and student loan forgiveness and thus whose only choice was violent extremism, burn people to death.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 24, 2015 01:49 PM (BZAd3)

209 The United States military does not currently have the ability to fight two major wars simultaneously, according to a new report, a significant reduction from the capacity enjoyed by defense officials for decades.

That strategy enables the U.S. military to defeat one adversary in a conflict while preventing another aggressor seeking to take advantage of the United States preoccupation with the first conflict from defeating it in a separate theater.

But this strategy is no longer feasible, according to the report.

Thanks Fredo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 01:50 PM (rDqRv)

210 Okay... I really didn't mean to start a comparative religion discussion here.

Once more- I am not in any way claiming that Mohammedanism (which is an evil death cult) is morally equivalent, or equivalent in structure (for lack of a better word) to Judaism, Christianity, or even Hinduism, Wotanism, or Wicca.

What I am saying- and everyone seems to agree with here- is that Mohammedanism *is* a religion, because it does what religions do: claims to answer questions about the origin of man and our moral purpose, and to then prescribe some behaviors, and proscribe others, toward the end of meeting that moral purpose.

It is *evil.* But it is nonetheless a religion.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:50 PM (M1uf/)

211 Before we get into religious argument-although it doesn't seem nearly as contentious as between the Catholics and the Protestants (Maybe you guys could ramp it up a bit. ;^) here's the Reverend Fun cartoon for the day:

http://www.reverendfun.com/?date=20140324

And I think Islam is a religion. It is also an political ideology for world control.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:50 PM (DXzRD)

212 What we would like to talk about is why hasn't every elected Republican signed a sworn, sealed affidavit yet that he believes our President Obama loves the United States.

Posted by: MSM at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (1BQGO)

213 We have no Biblical accounts of Christian martyrs lifting a single finger to defend themselves.

That's correct, I'm reading between the lines a bit. But even if we accept some narrow circumstances under which not fighting back is the Godly option, I remain concerned that when the few who see danger and can act against it don't, the price paid by the many (and my experience among Christians today is that most fall into the be nice. get along category) that can't is much, much higher.

Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (A6vWB)

214 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 01:50 PM (rDqRv)

I mean, cmon, when have we ever had to fight a war on two fronts before?

It will never happen!

That's extremist crazy talk.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (AkOaV)

215 The proven way to avoid taxes is to be a civil rights agitator. Look at Al Sharpton, $4 million owed in back taxes and still charging everything on his race card..

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (cbfNE)

216 But this strategy is no longer feasible, according to the report. Thanks Fredo
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 01:50 PM (rDqRv)

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

Not just Fredo. Everyone in DC.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (/HX7u)

217 Islam is no religion. Its a death cult.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 01:52 PM (FMbng)

218 Islam is a totalitarian religion.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 01:52 PM (cbfNE)

219 Remember in WWII where we could pump out ships and equipment like it was candy?

I'll bet if we needed to ramp up production in 2020 for a war, we'd be looking at 10-year lead times and 2 year environmental impact studies, and billions of dollars per ship, and environmental studies on lead bullets and permitting and wetlands impact reports of increasing carbon outputs etc etc.

Would not be pretty.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:53 PM (AkOaV)

220 Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (A6vWB)

Oh. Completely agreed. No argument here.

I've often (not quite) jokingly said a good charitable foundation should send mercenaries and lots and lots of guns to Christian villages in Congo and other N. African countries and teach them to defend themselves from the warlords.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:53 PM (M1uf/)

221 That's good way of putting it, votermom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:53 PM (DXzRD)

222 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 01:44 PM (FMbng)

Where are you coming from?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:54 PM (Zu3d9)

223 Annnnd... now we're arguing over the shape of the table.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:54 PM (M1uf/)

224 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:54 PM (M1uf/)

It's oval. A circle has to have equal distances from the center to be considered a circle.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:55 PM (AkOaV)

225 223 Annnnd... now we're arguing over the shape of the table.

--

It's not a table, it's a prayer rug.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 01:55 PM (cbfNE)

226 That's correct, I'm reading between the lines a bit. But even if we accept some narrow circumstances under which not fighting back is the Godly option, I remain concerned that when the few who see danger and can act against it don't, the price paid by the many (and my experience among Christians today is that most fall into the be nice. get along category) that can't is much, much higher.
Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (A6vWB)

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

If fighting back against the savages that wish to kill the people dear to me is un-Christian, then so be it. I'll take my chances with God when I die.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:55 PM (/HX7u)

227
ISIS: We only kidnap, rape, torture and murder because of lack of job opportunities. What kind of job opportunities are we looking for? Well something in the line of kidnap, rape, torture and murder.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 24, 2015 01:55 PM (1Jaio)

228 "It's not a table, it's a prayer rug. "

It's not a prayer rug.
It's a buzzing prayer mat.

*Very old reference*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 01:56 PM (YrXgo)

229
someone go to hot air and find out what Ace is gonna post next

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 01:56 PM (Z92n0)

230 Slave Auctioneer is a job.

Posted by: Garrett at February 24, 2015 01:56 PM (bHra+)

231 224 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 01:54 PM (M1uf/)

It's oval. A circle has to have equal distances from the center to be considered a circle.
Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:55 PM (AkOaV)

It has corners, ya idjits.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 01:57 PM (2Ojst)

232 Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 24, 2015 01:55 PM (1Jaio)

Hmmm... I may have just the opportunity for them

http://tinyurl.com/pnkg4t5

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:57 PM (AkOaV)

233 Harf doesn't get it-that the raping, killing and murdering are all part of their job responsibilities

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 01:57 PM (DXzRD)

234 It has corners, ya idjits.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 01:57 PM (2Ojst)

Ah, but are they rounded corners?

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 24, 2015 01:57 PM (AkOaV)

235 someone go to hot air and find out what Ace is gonna post next
Posted by: Soothsayer,

Keif Olbermann was 'suspended' by ESPN for twitter fightin'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2015 01:58 PM (etsc+)

236 Martyrs are the exception.
Christians are supposed to protect and defend the innocent and the powerless, not stand by and be pacifists.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 01:58 PM (cbfNE)

237
Not just Fredo. Everyone in DC.Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 01:51 PM (/HX7u)This has been an ongoing thing for decades. Back prior to 9/11 there was a push for the idea that the "two-war" plan was out of date and not relevant to modern warfare.

What it comes down to is a desire to gut the military and spend the money elsewhere. Nothing else.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 24, 2015 01:58 PM (OiH3z)

238
I'll bet if we needed to ramp up production in 2020 for a war, we'd be
looking at 10-year lead times and 2 year environmental impact studies,
and billions of dollars per ship, and environmental studies on lead
bullets and permitting and wetlands impact reports of increasing carbon
outputs etc etc.

The welders would have to be a diverse mix of races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and disabilities; they shop instructions would have to be translated into 37 languages; 30-hr work weeks (paid prayer breaks for Muslims...).

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at February 24, 2015 01:58 PM (/kI1Q)

239 "Ah, but are they rounded corners?"

And are they equidistant from the center?

And how many corners are there?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 01:59 PM (YrXgo)

240 When ISIS finally does nuke some Western city (likely in the US), I need to be President.

Then, when I declare martial law, I'll suspend every environmental and labor regulation in existence "for the duration of the emergency."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (M1uf/)

241 @TheBlazeNOW BREAKING: Justice Department: George Zimmerman will not face federal charges in death of Trayvon Martin - @AP

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (0RQVM)

242 I've often (not quite) jokingly said a good charitable foundation should
send mercenaries and lots and lots of guns to Christian villages in
Congo and other N. African countries and teach them to defend themselves
from the warlords.

There was a guy on Greta's show last night who's doing exactly that. Wish I remembered the website he was hawking as they seem to be in need of donations.

Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (A6vWB)

243 Suicide/Murder cult.

Once you understand that, the rest is obvious.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (X+nFp)

244
Jeebus (OT). According to Rush/Fox, Senate Dems are balking at the amnesty kabuki.

Shocker! Why, it's almost as though amnesty is an utterly radioactive, widely unpopular issue. You know, you might even be able to exploit that somehow.

Sheesh, maybe even go beyond quiet inside-baseball procedural torture or stunts. Actually go aggressively public about it. Cite the damage to the country (which is extensive, and completely unredeemed by putative "benefits" so beloved of the racist and/or economically illiterate).

Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (afQnV)

245 Justice Department: George Zimmerman will not face federal charges in death of Trayvon Martin -

I thought that had already been decided.

What with the "proved innocent" thing, and all.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:01 PM (M1uf/)

246 Shocker! Why, it's almost as though amnesty is an utterly radioactive, widely unpopular issue. You know, you might even be able to exploit that somehow.

Not so. Some GOPe shill told me that it's only a minority who oppose it.

And some unrecognized nic here at the HQ wouldn't lie to me, would they?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:02 PM (M1uf/)

247 "It's not a table, it's a prayer rug. "

It's not a prayer rug.
It's a buzzing prayer mat.

*Very old reference*

Magic carpet ride.

*Very old song reference *

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:02 PM (LVXFh)

248 I thought that had already been decided.

What with the "proved innocent" thing, and all.

Perhaps, but PlaceHolder is still AG, so there's that.

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 02:02 PM (0RQVM)

249 Ace's next post will be a re-post of last week's podcast.

Posted by: Garrett at February 24, 2015 02:03 PM (bHra+)

250 WHEEEEEEE~~!

@rollcall: RT @StevenTDennis: McConnell offering Democrats deal for clean DHS bill through Sept 30

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 24, 2015 02:03 PM (etsc+)

251 Then, when I declare martial law, I'll suspend every environmental and labor regulation in existence "for the duration of the emergency."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (M1uf/)

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

You know, you can do all that without declaring martial law. If you did that you'd have me as an enemy.

In WWII it was called "mobilization". Everything was committed to winning the war. Everything.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 02:03 PM (/HX7u)

252 Allen G or Fenlon
I have a question. In the Bible they talk about heeds of swine. Who were the swine raised for? If everybody was Jewish they would not eat swine.

Posted by: Chilling the most at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (g9rp6)

253 Suicide/Murder cult.
Once you understand that, the rest is obvious.

As long as they do the suicide part first......

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (LVXFh)

254 PlaceHolder is still AG

You know... I'm always confused for a second or two when I first read sentence like this.

I can't help but think, "What'd I do *now*?"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (M1uf/)

255 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 01:44 PM (FMbng)

Where are you coming from?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2015 01:54 PM (Zu3d9)

south/central jersey

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (FMbng)

256
McConnell's solution is always to kick the can down the road.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (Z92n0)

257 There was a guy on Greta's show last night who's doing exactly that. Wish I remembered the website he was hawking as they seem to be in need of donations.

Posted by: Methos at February 24, 2015 02:00 PM (A6vWB)

Jordan Matson.

Don't know the website but the FB is 'The Lions of Rojava.'

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (fWAjv)

258 As long as they do the suicide part first......

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (LVXFh)

Usually simultaneous.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:06 PM (X+nFp)

259 Allen G or Fenlon
I have a question. In the Bible they talk about heeds of swine. Who were the swine raised for? If everybody was Jewish they would not eat swine.

Trebuchet ammo.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:06 PM (LVXFh)

260 252 Allen G or Fenlon
I have a question. In the Bible they talk about heeds of swine. Who were the swine raised for? If everybody was Jewish they would not eat swine.
Posted by: Chilling the most at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (g9rp6)

You just answered your own question. Not everybody was Jewish. In the time of Christ, Israel was occupied by the Roman Empire.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:06 PM (2Ojst)

261 Ah here it is - Lions of Rojava website

http://tinyurl.com/q4f7cuo

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (fWAjv)

262 @rollcall: RT @StevenTDennis: McConnell offering Democrats deal for clean DHS bill through Sept 30

Can. Kicked.
Not the hill to die on.
Blamed for shutdown.
Yadda Yadda Yadda

But keep voting GOPe, serfs or else the Democrats win. Or something.

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (0RQVM)

263 Another thing to remember:

ISIS are not Islamic "extremists." They are simply observant Muslims. Run-of-the-mill followers of Islam who actually abide by the dictates of Islam.

They are, properly, middle-of-the-road "average" Muslims.

Those people in the Middle East whom we westerners dub "moderate Muslims" are in fact all backsliders and apostates -- people who don't follow the rules of Islam at all (or who only follow a couple easy and convenient ones).

So not only are ISIS et al. "Islamic terrorists" (in contradistinction to what Obama wants to call them), but you can just drop the "terrorist" part too.

ISIS are Muslims. Acting as Islam instructs them. That's all.

Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (K4YiS)

264 I have a question. In the Bible they talk about heeds of swine. Who were the swine raised for? If everybody was Jewish they would not eat swine.

This gets to a historical question that I don't think the Bible addresses. So take the following with All The Grains Of Salt.

My understanding:
1) You won't find a whole lot of allusions to pig farms in the OT, they're mostly NT.

2) By the time of Christ, Israel/Judea had been subsumed by the Roman empire. While Jews didn't eat pigs, Romans (and other people) did. So it would not be impossible that Jews took to raising pigs for purely economic reasons.

But, again, that's just my understanding, and I can't even remember most of my sources for coming to that understanding.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (M1uf/)

265 252
Gentiles

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (S+el1)

266
Thrill Kill Cult

/what do I win?

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (3ZtZW)

267 Magic carpet ride.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:02 PM (LVXFh)

My best friend had a windshield banner on his '86 Mazda B2000 that read "Magic Carpet Ride." He also had a '78 LTD Police Interceptor that he got from his grandmother. On that one he had a windshield banner that read "Are You Experienced."

Posted by: Country Singer at February 24, 2015 02:08 PM (8hctH)

268 Local. Story.

Posted by: dogfish at February 24, 2015 02:08 PM (1vYi0)

269 I've often (not quite) jokingly said a good charitable foundation should send mercenaries and lots and lots of guns to Christian villages in Congo and other N. African countries and teach them to defend themselves from the warlords.

During WWII we sent all sorts of donated firearms to the UK and other places. Many of the donations were farmers shotguns and rifles. This was largely for the Home Guard effort, not so much for the battlefield.

After the war, instead of returning the weapons, they dumped them in the ocean. I'm sure this was the preferred solution by politicians on both sides of the ocean.

I'm wondering how much of a sh*t fit the BATF would have if we did the same thing for anti-ISIS efforts.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2015 02:09 PM (jhqr1)

270 McConnell's solution is always to kick the can down the road.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (Z92n0)

No, no, no! No more! Not this time, Consigliere! No more meetins! No more discussions! No more Democratic tricks! You give em one message I want Fredo. If not, it s all out war, we go to the mattresses.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:09 PM (rDqRv)

271 Well, Berserkerr-Dargonheads-

Maybe you can be on the list if I get something together for Central Jersey in a couple of months. Just don't come nude, carrying a sword and and ready to slice off my head if you don't like the palace I chose.( Berserkers and all) ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 02:09 PM (DXzRD)

272 For a Samaritan to have stopped even to check on the man in the parable- let alone go to the lengths he did- would have been absolutely shocking to Jesus's Jewish audience.

So Jesus' parable about the "good" Samaritan is Uncle Tom tokenism and racist! Next thing you know, Jesus will tell us that some of his best friends are Samaritans.

Posted by: wooga at February 24, 2015 02:10 PM (eoJ1a)

273
What difference, at this point, does it make?1/1/!?!?!!?/

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 24, 2015 02:10 PM (HSmrB)

274 Posted by: wooga at February 24, 2015 02:10 PM (eoJ1a)

Or tax collectors

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 02:11 PM (S+el1)

275 So, all of this head choppin' and incineratin' of Christians with video, and little or no response from the West ... does this encourage or discourage ISIS recruitment from the pool of "non-radical" Muslims?

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2015 02:11 PM (JBggj)

276 Give Fredo a clean DHS bill with Keystone in it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:11 PM (rDqRv)

277 Trebuchet ammo.

Footballs.

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at February 24, 2015 02:11 PM (/kI1Q)

278 Meanwhile, back at the clubhouse, semi-retired President Golf Knickers is just now learning from his personal ~~caddy~~ staff that the Keystone XL is not some new type of golf ball.

Posted by: Fritz at February 24, 2015 02:12 PM (UzPAd)

279 For a Samaritan to have stopped even to check on the man in the parable- let alone go to the lengths he did- would have been absolutely shocking to Jesus's Jewish audience.

Your leaders are old wine bottles!

Posted by: Jesus of Nazareth at February 24, 2015 02:12 PM (jhqr1)

280 Next thing you know, Jesus will tell us that some of his best friends are Samaritans.

True story, one time when a Samaritan woman asked him for healing, Jesus called her a dog (my understanding is the word he used was for "family pet" and not "mongrel" like most Jews used, but still).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:12 PM (M1uf/)

281 Footballs.

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at February 24, 2015 02:11 PM (/kI1Q)

Slightly deflated, please.

Posted by: Tom Brady at February 24, 2015 02:12 PM (8hctH)

282 >> ISIS frequently refers to Christians as "crusaders."

odd: so does our President.

Posted by: Waldo at February 24, 2015 02:13 PM (M1MpJ)

283 True story, one time when a Samaritan woman asked him for healing, Jesus called her a dog (my understanding is the word he used was for "family pet" and not "mongrel" like most Jews used, but still).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:12 PM (M1uf/)

Have to ask vic about that one.

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 02:13 PM (S+el1)

284 Okay...

Someone needs to bring me some brownies.
No nuts, please.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:14 PM (M1uf/)

285 ISIS frequently refers to Christians as "crusaders."

odd: so does our President.
Posted by: Waldo at February 24, 2015 02:13 PM (M1MpJ)

Well played Sir

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:14 PM (rDqRv)

286 I find a great deal of insight in the parable of "The Weak Horse And The Strong Horse".

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2015 02:15 PM (JBggj)

287 Well, Berserkerr-Dargonheads-

Maybe you can be on the list if I get something together for Central Jersey in a couple of months. Just don't come nude, carrying a sword and and ready to slice off my head if you don't like the palace I chose.( Berserkers and all) ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 02:09 PM (DXzRD)

Anything is better than Hoboken.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:15 PM (FMbng)

288 Anything is better than Hoboken.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:15 PM (FMbng)

Hoboken is pretty upscale these days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:16 PM (rDqRv)

289 Someone needs to bring me some brownies.
No nuts, please. Posted by: AllenG

Reminds me of an order I heard once in a restaurant...

"I'd like the chocolate mousse and cut the nuts."

Posted by: dogfish at February 24, 2015 02:17 PM (1vYi0)

290 Anything is better than Hoboken.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:15 PM (FMbng)

Cleveland.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:17 PM (M1uf/)

291 Rachel Jenteal to co-host Al Sharpton's show tonight to talk about the DOJ decision.

*sorry...just wishful thinking

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (fWAjv)

292 Anything is better than Hoboken.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:15 PM (FMbng)

Mosul?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (X+nFp)

293 "I'd like the chocolate mousse and cut the nuts."

Posted by: dogfish at February 24, 2015 02:17 PM (1vYi0)

Heh.

Could also have said, "... and hold the nuts."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (M1uf/)

294 So the myth of Syria as a sovereign nation has reached its expiration date.

The whole middle east as the "birthplace of civilization" has just about run its course too.

It's looking more like the destruction of civilization.

Posted by: Boots at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (l9mF2)

295 Rachel Jenteal to co-host Al Sharpton's show tonight to talk about the DOJ decision.

That's real retarded, sir.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (M1uf/)

296 Hoboken is pretty upscale these days
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:16 PM (rDqRv)

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

The name itself should be a beacon to all AoS morons.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (/HX7u)

297 Anything is better than Hoboken.

Hoboken was a pretty rough town when I was there for college (84-8

. Near the end of my sentence there some chick named Jenn Trification moved in and the entire place became yuppie-town. That all changed of course on 9/11/01 when entire brownstones worth of tenants were wiped-out. I've only been back there 1-2 times since but the place seems to be reverting back to what it was like before that Jenn-chick moved-in.

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 02:19 PM (0RQVM)

298 Hoboken is pretty upscale these days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:16 PM (rDqRv)

yeah I know, I did some jobs there and helped make it "upscale." I swore I would never go back. Driving there is ball surgery. Parking there is ball surgery. I almost missed the wife's cousin's wedding reception because it was right next to there. The heat of a 1000 suns don't even come close to describe my hatred for that place.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:19 PM (FMbng)

299 295 Rachel Jenteal to co-host Al Sharpton's show tonight to talk about the DOJ decision.

That's real retarded, sir.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (M1uf/)

That much dumbth in one room could cause the entire planet to collapse into a singularity of stupid.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:20 PM (2Ojst)

300 ISIS are Muslims. Acting as Islam instructs them. That's all.
Posted by: zombie at February 24, 2015 02:07 PM (K4YiS)

Your newsletter members should number in the millions.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 02:20 PM (1Y+hH)

301 @269 It wasn't "after the war." They sank the donation ships. The donated arms were never allowed into Britain.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 24, 2015 02:20 PM (xq1UY)

302 That's real retarded, sir.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (M1uf/)

I'd watch the hell out of it though.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:20 PM (fWAjv)

303 That much dumbth in one room could cause the entire planet to collapse into a singularity of stupid.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:20 PM (2Ojst)

So the Horde verdict is, "Yes, please."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 02:21 PM (M1uf/)

304 Ron really, really, really doesn't want his son to be president.

>>I was always annoyed with it in Congress because we had an anti-war unofficial group a few libertarian Republicans and generally the Black Caucus and others did not they are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2015 02:21 PM (g1DWB)

305 Anything is better than Hoboken.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:15 PM (FMbng)

Mosul?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:18 PM (X+nFp)

You know what? I'm on record saying I would rather pitch a teepee in the Iraq before ever moving to a place like Hoboken. So..yes!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:22 PM (FMbng)

306 @294 - no, civilization was born there, then it went to Harvard and got its mind messed up, now it's gone home and gone all Occupy.

Posted by: JEM at February 24, 2015 02:22 PM (o+SC1)

307 Trebuchet ammo.

Footballs.

"We have secretly switched out ISIS's soccer balls with those made of pigskin. Let's see if anyone notices!"

Knock, knock, knock.
Achmed: allah, can I come in?

allah: NO!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:22 PM (LVXFh)

308 ace is ripping the hell out of ESPN.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:23 PM (fWAjv)

309 308 ace is ripping the hell out of ESPN.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:23 PM (fWAjv)

Why?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:23 PM (2Ojst)

310 "I was always annoyed with it in Congress because we had an anti-war unofficial group a few libertarian Republicans and generally the Black Caucus"

Remember the panic by some in the ranks when it became apparent we were going to war?

"I joined for the benefits, not to go to war! AIEEEE!"

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 02:24 PM (1Y+hH)

311 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:22 PM (FMbng)

Makes note to self-under no circumstances ever visit Hoboken. Got it.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:24 PM (X+nFp)

312 @299 - Al Sharpton has been given a very high peak from which to piss on everyone.

He should have gone to jail back when he was fat.

Posted by: JEM at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (o+SC1)

313 so nice of our prez to handle ISIS' PR and marketing.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (es6xZ)

314 still rage stroking about Orrin Hatch

Posted by: Feh at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (nIUjf)

315 Why?
Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:23 PM (2Ojst)

For suspending Keith Olbermann.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (fWAjv)

316 Makes note to self-under no circumstances ever visit Hoboken. Got it.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:24 PM (X+nFp)

we've had a few Moron meet-ups in Hoboken and we have not lost anyone yet

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (rDqRv)

317 so nice of our prez to handle ISIS' PR and marketing.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (es6xZ)

No shit man...no shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (FMbng)

318 315 Why?
Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:23 PM (2Ojst)

For suspending Keith Olbermann.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (fWAjv)

I thought bad things happening to Bathtub Boy were cause for celebration. What's ace upset about?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (2Ojst)

319 "Makes note to self-under no circumstances ever visit Hoboken. Got it."

That's in the Northeast right? Like New Jersey?

No problem.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 02:26 PM (1Y+hH)

320 Wth did Oberdouche do this time?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:26 PM (X+nFp)

321 I thought bad things happening to Bathtub Boy were cause for celebration. What's ace upset about?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (2Ojst)

How they are trying to police what he says. Punishing him for free expression.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:27 PM (fWAjv)

322 we've had a few Moron meet-ups in Hoboken and we have not lost anyone yet
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Fess up. How many has Hoboken lost?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 02:27 PM (LVXFh)

323 >>Wth did Oberdouche do this time?

Called Penn State students stupid on twitter.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2015 02:28 PM (g1DWB)

324 The whole middle east as the "birthplace of civilization" has just about run its course too.

It's looking more like the destruction of civilization.

Well, at least there is symmetry

Posted by: Zathras at February 24, 2015 02:28 PM (A6vWB)

325 320 Wth did Oberdouche do this time?

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:26 PM (X+nFp)

We are aware of the exchange Keith Olbermann had on Twitter last night regarding Penn State. It was completely inappropriate and does not reflect the views of ESPN. We have discussed it with Keith, who recognizes he was wrong. ESPN and Keith have agreed that he will not host his show for the remainder of this week and will return on Monday. The annual tradition of THON and the efforts of the students of Penn State to fight pediatric cancer should be applauded.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:28 PM (fWAjv)

326 I thought Ace harvested Hobo Ken years ago?

Posted by: wrg500 at February 24, 2015 02:28 PM (S+el1)

327 Time for a second look at the speech Pope Benedict XVI gave about the Mahometans?

Posted by: Furious George at February 24, 2015 02:29 PM (UlJ3l)

328 How they are trying to police what he says. Punishing him for free expression.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:27 PM (fWAjv

So for hypocrisy?

Left wing turds don't do hypocrisy. And that is all ESPN is now. Left wing turds.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 02:29 PM (X+nFp)

329 we've had a few Moron meet-ups in Hoboken and we have not lost anyone yet

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (rDqRv)

I'm just more puzzled as to why it wouldn't be a location off the parkway, which is the spine of the state. You can get anywhere fast enough off the parkway, and people from the south might be a tad more inclined to show up. Once you bring the turnpike and the turnpike extension into it it adds several levels of hell to the trip.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:29 PM (FMbng)

330 How they are trying to police what he says. Punishing him for free expression.

ESPN is the crown jewel in the Disney crown these days, and a huge money maker for Disney Co. Note... Disney.

Olberdouche knew what he was signing-on to, so perhaps he should actually check some links before getting into a twitter fight with some Penn State co-eds who are fundraising for some charity (forget which one).

Posted by: DocJ at February 24, 2015 02:29 PM (0RQVM)

331 Called Penn State students stupid on twitter.

Given that Sandusky was running free at Penn State for so long, I'd say it's a fair cop.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 24, 2015 02:30 PM (eytER)

332 321 I thought bad things happening to Bathtub Boy were cause for celebration. What's ace upset about?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:25 PM (2Ojst)

How they are trying to police what he says. Punishing him for free expression.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 24, 2015 02:27 PM (fWAjv)

OK. Thanks. Maybe this is unprincipled of me, but I can't get too worked up about Queef Olberdouche getting his nose smacked.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 02:30 PM (2Ojst)

333 180

I agree.

Posted by: ODB at February 24, 2015 02:31 PM (7nWIn)

334 ESPN loves NAMBLA.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 02:31 PM (1Y+hH)

335 Maybe this is unprincipled of me, but I can't get too worked up about Queef Olberdouche getting his nose smacked.

He probably should have read the section of the contract about "don't be a douche on social media."

Posted by: HR needs cheeseburgers at February 24, 2015 02:31 PM (/kI1Q)

336 Is there a NY-area MoMeet in the works? Details, please.

Posted by: Darles Chickens at February 24, 2015 02:32 PM (z4vvZ)

337 we've had a few Moron meet-ups in Hoboken and we have not lost anyone yet

In fairness, you're armed like Crusaders visiting Constantinople.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 24, 2015 02:32 PM (evdj2)

338 So speech Nazis smacked Bathtub Boy?

Would it be terribly wrong for me to root for casualties?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented Christian Objectivist at February 24, 2015 02:32 PM (DT3rQ)

339 I'm just more puzzled as to why it wouldn't be a location off the parkway, which is the spine of the state. You can get anywhere fast enough off the parkway, and people from the south might be a tad more inclined to show up. Once you bring the turnpike and the turnpike extension into it it adds several levels of hell to the trip.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:29 PM (FMbng)

Because a Hoboken Moron Meet-up allows those NYC/Brooklyn Morons to just jump the Path and walk a block to the Restaurant.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:33 PM (rDqRv)

340
And thanks to President SandTrap who spoke of the Crusades, IS now has another reason to kidnap, rape, torture, murder all in the name of the 'Crusades'.

I knew this abomination would be bad if elected President, I just had no idea how bad.

Posted by: Cheri at February 24, 2015 02:33 PM (G+Wff)

341 Nude Bathtub Boy

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 24, 2015 02:34 PM (evdj2)

342 "we've had a few Moron meet-ups in Hoboken and we have not lost anyone yet"

So a room full of carry weapons is sufficient?

Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 02:34 PM (1Y+hH)

343 Actually Ace, it's worse than this report. Look for upwards of 300 and at least 10 villages. This may be one of the worst ones yet...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at February 24, 2015 02:34 PM (rD+jq)

344 So what's the count now of the famous and semi-famous people that have had their lives ruined on "social media"? Seems like some of these people would learn.

Posted by: Soona at February 24, 2015 02:34 PM (/HX7u)

345
Re The Olbermann caper. Absent a specific clause in the employment contract re social media and being a corporate face, I agree with ace that corporations (public or private) shouldn't be policing what people do on their free time and disciplining them for that. If there is such a clause in the employment contract, then employee X is and should be SOL because of breach of contract.

Of course, then there's a legal battle as to enforceability of that clause. Having not worked at all in employment law, I'd leave that to the Legal Horde.

Posted by: lurkingestlurker at February 24, 2015 02:35 PM (k8xvx)

346 But...what about the Crusades?

The real horror of it is that these stories don't do much to shock anymore. They've become normal and expected.

Posted by: Stu-22 at February 24, 2015 02:35 PM (vd4oB)

347
Ace's twitter tear is about ESPN suspending Olberman for something he tweeted in a non-official capacity.

I was all down with Ace's reasoning until I scrolled back far enough to see that Olberman insulted Penn State students. Screw that.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Proud Nitwit Lion at February 24, 2015 02:35 PM (JtwS4)

348 McConnell's solution is always to kick the can down the road.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 02:04 PM (Z92n0)

I guess the hill to die on is down the road? Way down the road!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 02:36 PM (ftVQq)

349 So a room full of carry weapons is sufficient?
Posted by: Meremortal at February 24, 2015 02:34 PM (1Y+hH)

In NJ/ Yeah I wish.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:36 PM (rDqRv)

350 Once ISIS crosses the Mediterranean Sea, Preezy will spring into action. He will not like any interesting Italians being murdered.

Posted by: fly gal at February 24, 2015 02:37 PM (8TdcF)

351 Because a Hoboken Moron Meet-up allows those NYC/Brooklyn Morons to just jump the Path and walk a block to the Restaurant.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 02:33 PM (rDqRv)

Ah, I see.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2015 02:38 PM (FMbng)

352
Some guess (or hope?) that IS has kidnapped the civilians to force a prisoner swap, and get back some of their captured fighters.

If by "swap", you mean chopping the captured IS fighters into little pieces and mailing them back, then I'm all for it.

Also acceptable: dropping them out of aircraft at 10,000 feet without parachutes.

Wut?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 24, 2015 02:39 PM (1hM1d)

353 To everyone who thinks, "I want to go to the Third World to make a difference!"--

Make sure you have your last will and testament properly filled out. Your Progressive bona-fides are not a substitute for common sense, in fact they actively block application of common sense. And they most assuredly will not shield you from the consequences of reality.

Posted by: Null at February 24, 2015 02:52 PM (xjpRj)

354 If these men were armed maybe they could fight for their freedom... giving up meekly is NOT a Christian Doctrine.

Posted by: CharlieGee at February 24, 2015 02:55 PM (qDn/h)

355 Posted by: lurkingestlurker at February 24, 2015 02:35 PM (k8xvx)

That's always been the case since I've been in the corporate world. I just signed a Code of Conduct disclosure a week ago.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 24, 2015 02:58 PM (glJL/)

356 136
Reason 143,987 why I love metal.

Saxon- Crusader

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

Hammerfall-Steel meets steel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0UcttnLA0

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It makes me sad to realize how much good music I missed because some asshole said 'Metal' was a bunch of headbangers playing the same chord over and over at high volume. The Saxon video was excellent, ripped it into my library, just like some of the previous selections you posted on that I managed to see.

It kinda made me want to get a claymore and mail but then I realized 'knife to a gunfight' and decided an A-10 would be better. That's some serious gunmetal blues to have playing while you chew through a column of death cult barbarians.

Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at February 24, 2015 03:07 PM (74McK)

357
Wait...someone actually listens to what any of the ESPN talking heads have to say?

If you haver $5 and their collective opinions, you can buy a very nice coffee at Starbucks. If all you have is their opinions, well, you can buy squat. Or bumpkis.

I learned to tune them out over the last several years as I realized that they're not any better informed about their subject matter than the typical MFM talking head on the Sunday morning shows.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 24, 2015 03:19 PM (1hM1d)

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