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Open Thread
Frederic Edwin Church, "Twilight in the Wilderness" (1860)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: HH at May 22, 2015 10:01 AM (Ce4DF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 22, 2015 10:02 AM (2AlPN)
Posted by: johnd01 at May 22, 2015 10:02 AM (ukNFU)
Posted by: huerfano at May 22, 2015 10:02 AM (bynk/)
Posted by: WSMS at May 22, 2015 10:03 AM (6MZOZ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 10:04 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 22, 2015 10:04 AM (PFy0L)
(Thought that was a wolf in the lower left foreground, which would have made it extra-Twilighty)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 10:04 AM (KD0AN)
chimp painted it.
Posted by: maddogg at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Fritz at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (UzPAd)
"It didnt take too long for the native plants to repopulate the hole where Tel Aviv used to be."
Posted by: fixerupper at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (8XRCm)
"They were great to work with. They seemed to have no issues. They knew the two of us were a same-sex couple," White said.
"I referred some of my friends to them, just because I did get some good customer service and they had good prices."
That was before one friend went in to purchase a ring for his girlfriend -- and instead found a distressing sign.
It reads: "The sanctity of marriage is under attack. Let's keep marriage between a man and a woman."
'It was really upsetting'
The friend took a picture of the poster, which made its way back to White.
"I had no idea about the sign up until that point," she said.
"It was really upsetting. Really sad, because we already had money down on [the rings]
, and they're displaying how much they are against gays, and how they think marriage should be between a man and a woman."
The couple went to the store the following day, and asked about the sign.
"They just said that that's their beliefs, and they think they can put up whatever they want. I just said it was very disrespectful, it's very unprofessional and I wanted a refund," White said.
"I have no issues with them believing in what they believe in. I think everyone's entitled to their own opinion. But I don't think they should put their personal beliefs inside their business."
... they agreed to "make the cake" but that wasn't enough
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (At+7t)
Posted by: Seems Legit at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (A98Xu)
If it comes out in one hand it's dead.
I started to dig up one but it had new shoot.
Thanks to everyone that wrote that Marble Falls isn't in tornado alley.
Have a great day!!
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 10:06 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 10:06 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: BignJames at May 22, 2015 10:06 AM (Eo86b)
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at May 22, 2015 10:07 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:07 AM (czbC2)
Glad you finally got rid of enough snow to see the garden!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 10:07 AM (KD0AN)
Posted by: BignJames at May 22, 2015 10:08 AM (Eo86b)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:08 AM (czbC2)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:09 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 10:09 AM (KD0AN)
Posted by: phoenixgirl in a maui frame of mind at May 22, 2015 10:10 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 10:10 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: fairweatherbill at May 22, 2015 10:10 AM (o/3Hk)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:10 AM (ZKzrr)
Was that within 30 minutes of sunset? I think I see a car without headlights on.
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 22, 2015 10:04 AM (PFy0L)
citizens arrest!
Posted by: phoenixgirl in a maui frame of mind at May 22, 2015 10:10 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 22, 2015 10:10 AM (01cYD)
Even they get a day off.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:11 AM (czbC2)
I wonder how he hangs those posters without being detected. There must be a technique to it. He did Paltrow's block real good.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 10:11 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:11 AM (czbC2)
Posted by: Jaws at May 22, 2015 10:13 AM (Jktp1)
Posted by: Curly at May 22, 2015 10:13 AM (At+7t)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 10:13 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2015 10:13 AM (08Znv)
Posted by: Dang at May 22, 2015 10:13 AM (XWo4d)
Of course they are - dissent will not be tolerated from non-Lefties!
I don't think it's SABO, though. Not exactly his style. Maybe I'd just like to believe there's more than one person out there doing that stuff, though...
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 10:15 AM (KD0AN)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 22, 2015 10:15 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 22, 2015 10:15 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: rickl at May 22, 2015 10:15 AM (zoehZ)
I had to chop some climbers to ankle level! Last winter same group had to be down to knee level & recovered by the middle of summer.
Thank you!!
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 10:15 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:18 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Carol at May 22, 2015 10:19 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 10:19 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:19 AM (LA7Cm)
ISIS Now Controls Entire Border Between Iraq And Syria As Last Regime-Held Crossing Is Overrun
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:19 AM (fWAjv)
HS teacher reads smut to minors, gets a year of paid administrative leave.
http://is.gd/xpVCbl
The poem in question. It's explicit.
http://hellopoetry.com/poem/73/please-master/
The things I could do with a paid year off! (OK, mostly sleep.)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:20 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Feminist art critic at May 22, 2015 10:21 AM (2Ojst)
It's not enough. There can never be enough. Every 20 years or so, a new batch of kids taught to hate is going to demand theirs.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:22 AM (ZKzrr)
Inch by inch....
Posted by: Diogenes at May 22, 2015 10:13 AM (08Znv)
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hush hush
eye to eye
Posted by: fixerupper at May 22, 2015 10:22 AM (8XRCm)
Has anyone else seen Adam Carolla's movie Road Hard? He bypassed Hollywood and did one of those fund me sites to finance it. Not bad movie.
Posted by: Cruzinator at May 22, 2015 10:22 AM (8cSVB)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:20 AM (ZKzrr)
for 5k you could protest in ferguson.....never mind......they aren't actually paying.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl in a maui frame of mind at May 22, 2015 10:22 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 22, 2015 10:23 AM (PtTYB)
I understand the locals are in an unsettled mood.
On top of their not being happy with the US presence to begin with, the USMC announced a while back that they're going to base a bunch of V-22 Ospreys in Okinawa.
This was an unpopular decision from the start and has grown less popular over time.
Add to that the Marines having just the other day dropped yet another Osprey, in Hawaii, in what they discreetly and delicately referred to as a "hard landing". Yeah, a "hard landing" which totally destroyed the airframe, killed two leathernecks, and put a couple more in critical care with injuries including severe burns.
Okinawans just don't want this aircraft overhead on their crowded island. And their Governor has just formally requested that Tokyo reject the American plan, resist any further deployments, and remove all Ospreys currently based there.
Interesting times.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 10:23 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 10:19 AM (XUKZU)
(Sigh) I really loved The Civil War and now he's got to go ruin it for me.
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at May 22, 2015 10:24 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Bigby's Silver Hand at May 22, 2015 10:25 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:25 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at May 22, 2015 10:26 AM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Eromero at May 22, 2015 10:27 AM (go5uR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 22, 2015 10:28 AM (Cil7w)
Totally decamp. When China starts getting uppity, tough shit.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:29 AM (czbC2)
This DC thug is from Guyana and came here at age 20 in 2000.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 10:30 AM (iQIUe)
I've thought about this some while wondering how we got here - how we got to the point of "impeachment is off the table," and to the point of where only certain laws apply now to only certain people, at only certain times, and you will be told 'where, to whom and when' and you WILL NOT QUESTION IT.
It was Clinton. When Clinton was impeached, he deserved to be impeached. He committed crimes and he lied under oath. He participated in a cover-up and he obstructed justice.
But because of the office he held, he wasn't convicted. He, in the eyes of the senate, was above that level of the law. The level of the law that applies to us - down here.
When that division was made between to whom the laws will apply, it started this snowball to where we are at where not only to whom the laws will apply, but also whom shall make those decisions.
You, or I, could be arrested for any number of 'crimes' today that we don't even know that we are committing. You could be out fishing and catch a 'rare' species of fish that is a quarter inch too small and you could be arrested and fined. Yet a person coming to this country illegally will not face any type of sanction and will instead be rewarded with "benefits".
Until there is some rationality restored into this scenario that we used to call a country, we're screwed.
We're not a country of laws and any time someone says that we are, they are insulting our intelligence.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 22, 2015 10:30 AM (BZAd3)
Totally decamp. When China starts getting uppity, tough shit.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:29 AM (czbC2)
We should have just kept the Ryukyus. Shouldn't have handed them back back in 1972...
Posted by: The Imperial Hat at May 22, 2015 10:30 AM (7YlUk)
THAT is a big achievement. I swear he is a poster child for the KKK.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 22, 2015 10:32 AM (M5Pt7)
Posted by: Eromero at May 22, 2015 10:33 AM (go5uR)
Posted by: Cruzinator at May 22, 2015 10:33 AM (8cSVB)
In a country of laws, Hillary would be in jail instead of being the front-runner for President. That simple example shows just how corrupt and bankrupt this country has become.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 22, 2015 10:33 AM (PtTYB)
****
When I saw '5k' I envisioned a community fun run. Give the yoots a 50 meter head start and then let the riot police chase them down. Everybody gets a T-shirt, fresh orange wedges, bottled water. Raise some money for a better poem on young Mr. Brown's Memorial plaque.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 22, 2015 10:34 AM (mvenn)
Totally decamp. When China starts getting uppity, tough shit.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 10:29 AM (czbC2)
We're just taking up space there now anyway. All of our putative allies know now that if the shit gets strewn in the wind, they are on their own.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 22, 2015 10:35 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 22, 2015 10:35 AM (KCxzN)
Sadly, yes.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:35 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 22, 2015 10:36 AM (M5Pt7)
Posted by: Ken Burns at May 22, 2015 10:37 AM (NPgvx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:39 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: phoenixgirl in a maui frame of mind at May 22, 2015 10:39 AM (0O7c5)
It gets better than that.
As the late Christopher Hitchens pointed out, Bill Clinton seriously argued in court, all the way up to the Supreme Court, that he was immune from a certain federal law allowing plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases to engage in discovery about other sexual conduct by the defendant.
AFTER HAVING SIGNED THAT LAW HIMSELF.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 10:39 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: maddogg at May 22, 2015 10:39 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:40 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 22, 2015 10:05 AM (e8kgV)
Opinions are like assholes. Everybody wants to stick a dick in them.
Posted by: jwpaine at May 22, 2015 10:40 AM (0bXhD)
Posted by: Roy at May 22, 2015 10:40 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: GT 5.0 at May 22, 2015 10:40 AM (IwXSG)
Money isn't much help when you've been set on fire.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 22, 2015 10:41 AM (PtTYB)
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 22, 2015 10:41 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Piercello at May 22, 2015 10:41 AM (QJCCx)
Posted by: maddogg at May 22, 2015 10:39 AM (xWW96)
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Does he not know that ISIS is closing in? He may never get out.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 10:41 AM (iQIUe)
meter head start and then let the riot police chase them down.
Which side gets the pitchforks and torches?
http://is.gd/Z8w3cb
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:41 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 22, 2015 10:43 AM (h4vJk)
Yeah, pretty much.
The current vogue seems to be for America's allies to demand written rather than verbal security guarantees, no longer trusting what Obama says in front of a mic. Well, ask the Ukrainians how well having a written guarantee from the USA has worked out for them lately.
It's going to be very interesting when Japan decide that they simply have to have nuclear weapons to defend their regional sovereignty, in the context of American retreat and decline. Not only do they have the technological skills to do it, quickly, but they also have by far the largest stock of plutonium in the world. Hundreds of tons of it.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 10:43 AM (noWW6)
http://tinyurl.com/6potyj
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 22, 2015 10:43 AM (M5Pt7)
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 22, 2015 10:44 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at May 22, 2015 10:26 AM (UlJ3l)
Nah I lost 30 lbs so far
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 10:44 AM (rDqRv)
Chelsea Clinton children's book to discuss poverty, gender equality, epidemics, climate change, endangered species.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:45 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: maddogg at May 22, 2015 10:45 AM (xWW96)
Chelsea Clinton children's book to discuss poverty, gender equality, epidemics, climate change, endangered species.
Wow some of my favorite topics!
Posted by: hello it's Me Donna... again at May 22, 2015 10:46 AM (Bn6aD)
I don't see lesbianism in this list. ANTI-GAY GO AWAY!
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:47 AM (ZKzrr)
Interesting times.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 10:23 AM (noWW6)
Screw 'em. Remove the whole damn base.
If Hillary and Bammy do it right there could be a billion or so in some PAC.
Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at May 22, 2015 10:48 AM (JOG+K)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 22, 2015 10:48 AM (O7MnT)
Posted by: Waldo at May 22, 2015 10:48 AM (tE67p)
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In other words she'll pocket 100 percent of the proceeds.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:48 AM (fWAjv)
Wonder if this will be like her mother's book, which failed to even earn back the huge advance that the publisher paid to Canquelles.
Of course, to the publishers, earning money from the title isn't the point. It's a way for the giant corporate media combine behind the publishing house to curry favor with a politically powerful figure in a way that discreetly avoids close scrutiny.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 10:52 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 22, 2015 10:52 AM (O7MnT)
I don't think it's SABO, though. Not exactly his style. Maybe I'd
just like to believe there's more than one person out there doing that
stuff, though... Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 10:15 AM (KD0AN)
We must have the correct groupthink dissent! No other forms of dissent will be tolerated!! I actually hope it is not Sabo, we need more art revolutionaries sticking it to the actual man, not the fake scarecrows the left puts up as boogeymen.
Mornin' Horde, it's been a while. *blows kisses* Love the Church painting, the reflection of the sky in the water is stunning! I bet this is amazing in person.
Posted by: LizLem at May 22, 2015 10:54 AM (hvf9s)
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In other words she'll pocket 100 percent of the proceeds.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:48 AM
Fixed for accuracy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 22, 2015 10:54 AM (h4vJk)
While it does not abate our pain, we hope that it begins to restore a sense of calm and security to our neighborhood and to our city. We are blessed to live in a community comprised of close circles of friends who have supported us and grieve with us.
We are grateful, as well, to the men and women of the fire department for their professionalism and caring.
Our family, and Vera's family, have suffered unimaginable loss, and we ask for the time and space to grieve privately.
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G*d Bless those girls. Give them strength.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:54 AM (fWAjv)
There's a civvie version of the Osprey, the Bell 609. It hasn't found
many customers, but according to wiki, Michael Bloomberg owns one.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 22, 2015 10:52 AM (O7MnT)
If God was just it would crash on a gun range.
Posted by: Nip Sip at May 22, 2015 10:54 AM (M5Pt7)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 10:54 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:55 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:56 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: maddogg at May 22, 2015 10:57 AM (xWW96)
Kill it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 10:57 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: rapey rapist what rapes at May 22, 2015 10:58 AM (0bXhD)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 10:45 AM (fWAjv)
"There once was a queen of Wynvynyl naemed Rosabyrytte Thtala, whose only wish in life was to have a daughter, but not particularly a daughter becase that would not have been politically correct and would hav been rather sexist - or shall we dare say this - charvinistic.
Still, imagine her and King Richardio Aravio's surprise when, suddenly out of nowhere she became pregnant!
Of course, she (or her as every boy can become a sleeping handsome) was born with a stunningly gorgeous mop of blond hair..."
http://tinyurl.com/mffdnk2
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2015 10:58 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 10:59 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: rapey rapist what rapes at May 22, 2015 11:00 AM (0bXhD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:01 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: JEM at May 22, 2015 11:02 AM (erKsD)
New Hotness: To the woman with a mattress, every problem is a dick.
Posted by: rapey rapist what rapes at May 22, 2015 11:03 AM (0bXhD)
Based on the sequential order of penetration this nasty broad prefers, they should call her assbreath.
Posted by: Fritz at May 22, 2015 11:03 AM (UzPAd)
I dont think there is much Savopoulos Family left. I hate those cases where they kill an entire or most of a family.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:03 AM (iQIUe)
What fresh hell awaits us this day?
It's bad enough that it isn't Music Thursday anymore.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 11:04 AM (0HooB)
TFG just joked that he is 'an honorary member of the tribe.'
Happy Friday!!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:04 AM (fWAjv)
I'm certain JJ and NGU will be thrilled about this.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:05 AM (LA7Cm)
I believe the Osprey has had less fatal accidents than the Sea Knight or Chinook.
Posted by: Cruzinator at May 22, 2015 11:06 AM (8cSVB)
I'm certain JJ and NGU will be thrilled about this.
As will CBD & LoneStarHeeb.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 11:06 AM (czbC2)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 11:07 AM (GpgJl)
I didn't know chickens could read.
Posted by: BignJames at May 22, 2015 10:06 AM (Eo86b)
Only crosswalk road signs....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 22, 2015 11:07 AM (lpeQC)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:07 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:08 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:08 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 22, 2015 11:08 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (FsuaD)
Where the DC victims burnt alive? Or, did they kill hem first?
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:08 AM (iQIUe)
The police have not released that info.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (GpgJl)
The best parts of the series were reading from journals and letters of people in that time period and the interviews with the historians. Definitely ID'd a few books to read for more info.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (eYp5B)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:07 AM (fWAjv)
Of course it doesn't! I mean, teh Joooz own everything, run everything, ruin everything, make their matzoh with the blood of Palestinian children, and are the only obstacle to lasting peace in the Middle East!
Posted by: King Barry at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Null at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (7Mpj1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:10 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:10 AM (fWAjv)
Good to know it won't end up in the Smithsonian.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 22, 2015 11:10 AM (eYp5B)
Posted by: FCF at May 22, 2015 11:11 AM (kejii)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (FsuaD)
Say what? That sounds more like something you'd expect with a PCP user.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 22, 2015 11:11 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Cruzinator at May 22, 2015 11:11 AM (8cSVB)
Posted by: The Not-so-singin' Hat at May 22, 2015 11:11 AM (7YlUk)
'People legitimately fear for Israel's existence. So do I.'
Such an asshole.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:10 AM (fWAjv)
But you repeat yourself. I'm surprised he didn't say, "No one cares about Israel more than I do."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:12 AM (FsuaD)
I saw this episode; Kramer sets it up in his apartment.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 22, 2015 11:12 AM (O7MnT)
I hope flags are raised this weekend. Thank you to all who served and gave all. RIP
Posted by: FCF at May 22, 2015 11:11 AM (kejii)
I thought we only flew the flag on Monday??? Are we supposed to fly it all weekend?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 11:14 AM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Howard Zinn at May 22, 2015 11:14 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Deceased Bob Ross at May 22, 2015 11:15 AM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 22, 2015 11:15 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (GpgJl)
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I did read that they boy was found in his bed with slash wounds and burned beyond recognition. The adults were taped and tied to chairs. I had assumed only one person was involved but apparently there were at least 5.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:15 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:09 AM (LA7Cm)
Quote -
'Well the fact that you are anti-Semitic, or racist, doesn't preclude you from being interested in survival. It doesn't preclude you from being rational about the need to keep your economy afloat; it doesn't preclude you from making strategic decisions about how you stay in power; and so the fact that the supreme leader is anti-Semitic doesn't mean that this overrides all of his other considerations.
http://tinyurl.com/mnhwo8g
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:16 AM (fWAjv)
Every day. What are you, some kind of pinko? o_O
Half-staff on Monday, until noon.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 11:16 AM (ZKzrr)
The DC murders is just more support that every family member should be carrying at all times.
Posted by: Cruzinator at May 22, 2015 11:11 AM (8cSVB)
I guess so as long as we are letting in foreign savages who rape and beat women then go on killing sprees. This SOB had a rap sheet longer than my johnson and was not deported. The law plainly leads that immigrants will be deported if the commit any felonies.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 11:17 AM (GpgJl)
Obama donned a Kippah and touted the "unbreakable" friendship between the US and Israel and stated that he was working hard to "block every single path" that Iran might take to get a nuclear weapon.
My Momma told me it was bad, berry berry bad, to lie in Temple
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 11:17 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:12 AM (FsuaD)
I'll wait for the transcript to be 100 percent sure he didn't.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:18 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Howard Zinn at May 22, 2015 11:14 AM (ZKzrr)
Yeah, I picked up your shitty book by mistake once. Read the first chapter then skimmed a few more. Closed it up and took it back. Started to leave a note in it warning other patrons.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 22, 2015 11:18 AM (GpgJl)
"Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this," he said, referring to the apparently almost-finished nuclear agreement between Iran and a group of world powers led by the United States.
So do you think he said "god willing" as reported, or Insha'allah?
Ha, I kid I kid.
But I've never heard Obama use a phrase like 'god willing' before. Must be spending too much time with the mullahs.
Posted by: Haven Monahan at May 22, 2015 11:18 AM (AkOaV)
The DC murders is just more support that every family member should be carrying at all times
The media is covering this someone but not as big a headline as the Duggar molester... because ... CHRISTIAN...
Posted by: donna at May 22, 2015 11:18 AM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 22, 2015 11:19 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 22, 2015 11:19 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:19 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: FCF at May 22, 2015 11:20 AM (kejii)
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:20 AM (Ixsz4)
Yes...
Posted by: donna at May 22, 2015 11:21 AM (Bn6aD)
"I believe the Osprey has had less fatal accidents than the Sea Knight or Chinook."
From an article covering this most recent Osprey crash:
"For every 100,000 flight hours, the Osprey has had 3.2 mishaps involving loss of life or damage exceeding $2 million, Marine spokesman Capt. Ty Balzer said in an email. That compares with a rate of 2.98 per 100,000 flight hours for the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters the Ospreys are replacing."
And the -46 fleet are pretty much half a century old. Many of them having been shot up in places like Vietnam, patched up and kept in service.
There are other confounding factors when it comes to rotorcraft accident rates.
Utilization pattern is one. In Iraq, the Ospreys were used only very sparingly for combat assault. Most of their flying was "ass and trash" logistics hops between firebases. Less risky mission profile by far. The statistics aren't normalized to account for such differentials in usage. They need to be.
Then after critics pointed this out, when Ospreys later began ops in Afghanistan, they were prominently assigned more combat roles. In which use the Air Force managed to plow one into the ground shortly thereafter, killing four people.
Then when an experienced USAF brigadier general concluded the preponderance of the evidence in the Afghanistan crash pointed to technical problems with the downed Osprey, he was immediately canned, and his report shredded, and a "pilot error" scenario cooked up.
Another issue is that the bar for crash stats and costs keeps getting moved by officialdom at the five-sided insane asylum on the Potomac.
Note that a "Class A" mishap used to be damage over one million bucks to the airframe. Then Congress started to notice the high number of Class A downings of Ospreys. Presto changeo, the threshold was bumped up to $2M from $1M.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:21 AM (noWW6)
The main suspect immigrated here from Guyana at age 20 around 15 years ago according to Daily Mail.
Posted by: @votermom at May 22, 2015 11:21 AM (cbfNE)
Beer and ammo is on me
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:21 AM (Ixsz4)
They are B E GG I N G for a revolution.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 22, 2015 11:22 AM (iAUf+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 11:22 AM (rDqRv)
Beer and ammo is on me
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:21 AM (Ixsz4)
OK, but I am sure I am flying NY to Tokyo direct
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 11:23 AM (rDqRv)
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Chicks in bikinis? Yeah, I could do that.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 11:23 AM (XUKZU)
Uggggh
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:24 AM (Ixsz4)
They are B E GG I N G for a revolution.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 22, 2015 11:22 AM (iAUf+)
Bot as long as the checks keep going out. (And they don't bounce)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 22, 2015 11:24 AM (W5DcG)
Wanna bet what Barky would do?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 11:24 AM (czbC2)
It's not 'tailhook' if the VP does it. Especially if the VP is a democrat.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:25 AM (agDxX)
I did Rome to Chicago a bunch of times and it wrecked my body for days
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:25 AM (Ixsz4)
I did Rome to Chicago a bunch of times and it wrecked my body for days
Chicago to Hong Kong.
In economy.
Into a headwind.
We hand to stop in Taipei and get gas.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 22, 2015 11:26 AM (659DL)
They are B E GG I N G for a revolution.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 22, 2015 11:22 AM (iAUf+)
More... Treaties have the force of US Law... and this treaty can be amended by a PANEL of Foreigners... we get a vote, but only as an equal member of said panel.... and we can easily be outvoted....
Posted by: BB Wolf at May 22, 2015 11:27 AM (qh617)
There's more of Obama's "scholarly" mindset, as glossy as a film of oil on the surface of a puddle, and as deep as one.
News flash: the mullahs aren't interested in survival. Not at all.
They're interested in the Twelfth Imam. And the literal imminent end of the world. Which they believe they will have a central and indispensible role in helping to bring to pass.
"Survival" per se means nothing at all to them in that eschatological context.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:27 AM (noWW6)
http://tinyurl.com/mrqq3cq
There is some worry that many who say "yes' in public, will actually vote 'No' in the privacy of the booth.
But "yes' will likely carry the day and the land of St Patrick will follow the rest of Europe .....
Posted by: McCool at May 22, 2015 11:27 AM (TQxRy)
Where a bunch of pilots live the navy lifestyle and all the enlisted had to learn the traffic lights of harassment in stand downs for fucking years
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:27 AM (Ixsz4)
To be fair, he has lied in/desecrated many, many places, this be but one more; equal opportunity yo! All places equally unworthy of his presence in the sight of Teh One.
Posted by: LizLem at May 22, 2015 11:28 AM (hvf9s)
You all know the refrain. Sing it with me.
Doing the jobs Americans won't do!
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:29 AM (noWW6)
I went Air Italia, comfy seats, hot Italian stewardesses, and it still ruined me
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:29 AM (Ixsz4)
To
be fair, he has lied in/desecrated many, many places, this be but one
more; equal opportunity yo! All places equally unworthy of his presence
in the sight of Teh One.
Yeah, if you have no god but Barack, a temple is no different than a bathhouse, really.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 11:30 AM (ZKzrr)
Taiwan!!
Posted by: Taiwanese refusing to call their country Chinese Taipei at May 22, 2015 11:30 AM (hvf9s)
Yup.
My favorite moments were when newbie ringknockers would pull attitudes with enlisted nukes (like me). Until the Master Chief walked in.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 22, 2015 11:30 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 22, 2015 11:31 AM (O7MnT)
"Dear Readers,
Everything in this book is a lie, including the punctuation."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 11:31 AM (0HooB)
In economy.
Into a headwind.
We hand to stop in Taipei and get gas.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 22, 2015 11:26 AM (659DL)
We lived in Singapore for 4 years. Try that flight with 2 small children.One time on the last leg, Hong Kong to Singapore, shortly after take off, our flight dropped about a 1000 ft. That was fun....even the stewardesses feel on the floor. We later found out our was the last flight to leave HK before they closed the airport due to weather.
Posted by: Tami at May 22, 2015 11:32 AM (v0/PR)
Meanwhile, ISIS continues its advance east from Ramadi while Iraq army troops and Shia militia maneuver to block.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:33 AM (agDxX)
Always good fun
Posted by: navypopojojo at May 22, 2015 11:33 AM (Ixsz4)
Apparently after the Marines were confined to base before he left (they were raping everyone), several bars and restaurants nearby closed.
Anyhow, he's going to e-mail you.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:33 AM (FsuaD)
Anyhow, he's going to e-mail you.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:33 AM (FsuaD)
OK great. Thanks
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 11:35 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: maddogg at May 22, 2015 10:45 AM (xWW96)
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Can he rationalize how all those people are stuck in Yemen? His company may say they will get him out but there will be a mad rush and you know the US wont come to his aid.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:36 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 22, 2015 11:36 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 11:36 AM (n6Nt0)
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OMG! I hope it's not as bad as our losing control of our border with Mexico.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 11:37 AM (XUKZU)
I absolutely dread dealing with the TSA (they *always* single me out for extra scrutiny).
At least we'll be sitting near the front of the plane due to accumulated Amex points.
Several years ago we flew to Barcelona from Atlanta to go on a cruise. Coach. The kid behind my seat had Tourettes or something (seriously) and made odd noises and kicked the back of my seat the whole way.
On the way home we were thrilled (and surprised) to be upgraded to business class by Delta. Praise be.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:37 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:39 AM (FsuaD)
Well, we're not at war with Mexico, and the border jumpers aren't crossing the border with heavy weapons and armored vehicles.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:39 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:39 AM (FsuaD)
The depths of assholiness this guy has managed to achieve is breathtaking.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 22, 2015 11:40 AM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:40 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:39 AM (agDxX)
Yet.....
Posted by: Tami at May 22, 2015 11:40 AM (v0/PR)
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OMG! I hope it's not as bad as our losing control of our border with Mexico.
Nah. ISIS wants to work.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 11:41 AM (czbC2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:42 AM (FsuaD)
The Syrians were quite happy to turn their backs and have tea while radical jihadi elements were transiting Syria over the border into Iraq to go kill American service members.
Now the jihadis are coming back the other way, in force, and the Syrians are none too happy about this.
River, crying one, me, some assembly required.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:43 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 22, 2015 11:43 AM (659DL)
Ah, the ever-popular United Nations method of governance.
#WASTF
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 11:43 AM (0HooB)
I really do think he's just trolling now. Just being as ass while he still has the free microphone and airplane.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:43 AM (LA7Cm)
Just now, CNN headlines says ISIS seizes Husayba, next city on route to Baghdad, pushing Sunni militias and Iraqi troops out of their path. I was hoping we'd get through this week without a major failure, but TFG always finds a way...
Posted by: Grimaldi at May 22, 2015 11:45 AM (gLh1U)
I really do think he's just trolling now. Just being as ass while he still has the free microphone and airplane.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:43 AM (LA7Cm)
He's such a nasty, petulant, smug ass.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:45 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: ThunderB at May 22, 2015 11:45 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 22, 2015 11:46 AM (n6Nt0)
The last six months of the Obama presidency will probably see the highest flight rate ever recorded for Air Force One. He's not going to like giving up *his airplane*.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:46 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: The Apocalyptic Hat at May 22, 2015 11:46 AM (7YlUk)
Baghdad by July 4th. That's when I think it falls
will that be a mere set back?
Let's not set our hair on fire.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 22, 2015 11:46 AM (FsuaD)
Certainly not. Baghdad Harf and the rest of this clown car of an administration will be touting it as a success and proof of TFG's vision for peace in the ME.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 11:48 AM (0HooB)
I don't see how some treaty (and do we need 2/3 of the Senate for THIS treaty, or is this another "sort of treaty" that doesn't require 2/3s?) can supersede the Constitution and US law.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 22, 2015 11:48 AM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:39 AM (agDxX)
There are some ranchers and other folks in border towns who might disagree.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 22, 2015 11:48 AM (2Ojst)
have tea while radical jihadi elements were transiting Syria over the
border into Iraq to go kill American service members.
Now the jihadis are coming back the other way, in force, and the Syrians are none too happy about this.
River, crying one, me, some assembly required.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:43 AM (noWW6)
I was gonna say, other than during active hostilities, and the U.S. enforcing one, has there ever really BEEN a border between Iraq and Syria?
I mean, we heard bunches of stories about us bombing all those wedding parties that seemed to take place on the road between Iraq and Syria... it must be lovely there. What with all those weddings.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 22, 2015 11:48 AM (TOk1P)
is going to be interesting.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:48 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:49 AM (agDxX)
A few years ago some Mexicans in Mexican army uniforms and driving Mexican Army vehicles crossed the Rio Grande and exchanged fire with law enforcement. I'd bet that more has flown north over then border than imagine.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 22, 2015 11:50 AM (LA7Cm)
It would be incredibly difficult to hold (surrounded by Shias) and is not particularly valuable to them and their apocalyptic world view.
My guess would be Mecca, Medina, or Al Quds (jerusalem) would be their next goal.
Posted by: mynewhandle at May 22, 2015 11:51 AM (AkOaV)
The jihadis and the narcotraficantes do have a common love of messy public decapitations.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:51 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 22, 2015 11:51 AM (iQIUe)
(Qatif)
Some news reports speculate it was a suicide bomber. Others don't say.
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 11:54 AM (agDxX)
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 11:46 AM (noWW6)
the flight hours have probably been planned to take that 747-400 just to the point of structural fatigue by the time he leaves office. and I'm sure they'll make LBJ and Bubba look like pikers when they loot the White House
Posted by: YW at May 22, 2015 11:55 AM (SRaxO)
Flag flies year round at our home. Naturally,in accord with flag protocol.
This week has been occupied with setting the marker flags in various cemeteries--there are quite a few for us.
My family has a history of military service dating to the Revolutionary War. Our service encompasses all the branches, and ranges from one and done, to a career.
Always been SO proud to have been a part of that tradition.
THAT at least will never change.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 22, 2015 11:55 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Chupacabras at May 22, 2015 11:56 AM (5npD/)
*rummages in rucksack*
Hmm, I seem to be fresh out of fux to give.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 11:56 AM (0HooB)
I am left to wonder when the peons will decide in mass when Law is not worth following and honesty and hard work not worth attaining.
Then we are truly doomed.
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 11:56 AM (nqBYe)
My university pulled an ABC on my brother, he asked for comment, they never got back and ran to a friendly outlet.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 22, 2015 11:56 AM (U8W/7)
It is a stupid comparison. The better analogy of white biker gang violence in Waco to black gang violence in Chicago. Which is also ignored by the media. Moreso in fact than the violence in Waco.
Posted by: gm at May 22, 2015 11:57 AM (K0tm3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 11:57 AM (rDqRv)
"Hezbollah holds the Saudi authorities fully responsibile for this ugly crime, for its embrace and sponsorship for these criminal murderers ... to carry out similar crimes in other Arab and Muslim countries," the Shi'ite group said in a statement.
Gotta love intra-arab blood letting
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 22, 2015 11:59 AM (rDqRv)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 11:59 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Beware of Japanese girls and there tentacles.
;-)
Posted by: Puddleglum likes beer at May 22, 2015 12:00 PM (r5bY8)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 12:01 PM (5KY1+)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 22, 2015 12:01 PM (BZAd3)
Uh boy.
3-day weekend. Plan on tuning out of real world and tuning into a bunch of goofy cuisine oriented mysteries from library. Probably blow through 9 or 10 over weekend.
Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 22, 2015 12:01 PM (N/DjD)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:01 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 22, 2015 12:02 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Puddleglum likes beer at May 22, 2015 12:02 PM (r5bY8)
FBI agents can't point to any major terrorism cases they've cracked
thanks to the key snooping powers in the Patriot Act, the Justice
Department's inspector general said....
The IG is an independent watchdog who's sole purpose for existence is to detect and investigate fraud in federal programs and to prosecute Federal employee misconduct. It is basically the Internal Affairs ++ of the federal government . It is composed of a tiny group of individuals compared to other Federal law enforcement agencies.
In a fantasy conservative administration, the Offices of the Inspector General(OIG) would be as large or larger than FBI , NSA ,DEA.
One of the first things Obama did when he arrived in DC was to fire the Inspector General for multiple agencies and replace them with his lackeys.
I am not a fan of MOAR government to solve problems but the IG's investigative success and accuracy have been very consistent and very critical of waste,fraud and abuse.
There could be a worse proposal than to authorize a temporary 'surge' of IG agents ripping apart endemic fraud in every Cabinet department and making recommendations for closing the doors on huge chunks of it.
Just thinking out loud...
Posted by: some random meathead at May 22, 2015 12:02 PM (Qgr71)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 12:02 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: @votermom at May 22, 2015 12:02 PM (Ksw0R)
Time for vittles.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2015 12:04 PM (Z1in4)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 22, 2015 12:04 PM (7ObY1)
Gotta love how fast the media seized on the "white biker" label when a major contingent of the Bandidos were involved. Go look at the mug shots and ask yourself how "white" those guys are.
Also:
White criminal biker gangs in Waco? Disdained by the bulk of Waco's white population.
Black criminal gangs in Chicago? Cheered on by the bulk of Chicago's black population.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 12:04 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:04 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:05 PM (nqBYe)
Man, ever since the JEF took over for Chimpy McHalliburton, the world is a virtual Utopia.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 22, 2015 12:06 PM (7ObY1)
I don't like Glenn Beck much, but I will always love his response to this.
One of the IGs fired by Obama (after uncovering fraud in Americorps linked to an Obama crony) had "senility" cited as the reason.
Beck gave the guy (Gerald Walpin) the official medical senility test on national TV. Needless to say, the former IG passed with flying colors.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 22, 2015 12:06 PM (noWW6)
Anyone not African is white.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 22, 2015 12:06 PM (W5DcG)
http://tinyurl.com/mrulwwa
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2015 12:07 PM (78TbK)
the laws they like to make cash to hold their whole power structure together?
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:08 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 12:09 PM (XUKZU)
Man, ever since the JEF took over for Chimpy McHalliburton, the world is a virtual Utopia.
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Hey Obama promised change, and Islamism on the rise is certainly that.
Look at the rich cultural tableau we have in Obama's middle east - with crucifixions, people being burned alive, and women reduced to slavery.
You didn't see that in the Bush years with boring elections and stuff like that instead...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2015 12:09 PM (78TbK)
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After Garner's death I remember saying that the Republicans in NY would have to be idiots to not immediately work on the Garner Memorial act to role back the tax law Garner was violating.
But it turns out the Republicans are idiots so...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 22, 2015 12:10 PM (78TbK)
in Syria i think. maybe Yemen, could have been Afghanistan or Iraq.
but Boosh is one thing we can be certain of.
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:11 PM (nqBYe)
They are at war, we are just speculating on their hopes for change.
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:11 PM (nqBYe)
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Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the evening news.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 12:12 PM (XUKZU)
Day weekend? Non withstanding that the MIddle East is imploding?<<<
It depends on who gets to him first for the weekend ground-and-pound; Reggie or Michelle.
Posted by: Fritz at May 22, 2015 12:12 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:12 PM (nqBYe)
You know Brave, wanting the best for their country, working for the good of their countrymen.
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:15 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2015 12:15 PM (Z1in4)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:15 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:15 PM (nqBYe)
What followed was a series of events that those who followed the IRS scandal closely will remember well: Lerner demanded that the tax-law specialists working the cases coordinate with the chief counsel's office, subsequently asked that tea-party cases be reclassified as "advocacy cases," and worked to orchestrate a cover-up of those orders when she learned that an inspector general's report was set to come to light in May of 2013.
Epstein's team at Cause of Action is adamant that most of the IRS personnel involved in the scandal executed their duties properly. "Clearly, Jack Koester, John Shafer, and Cindy Thomas executed their employee obligations precisely," their report says. "Indeed, in the course of merely two business days, the employees in the Exempt Organizations group accurately elevated this Tea Party issue as 'newsworthy' or having the 'potential to become newsworthy.'"
The team's conclusion: The Internal Revenue Manual must be fundamentally reformed in order to prevent future targeting. "While there are certainly complex or new issues that would warrant or even require an employee to elevate the issue to a manager, the IRS's desire to be portrayed in a positive light by the media is certainly not one of those issues," they say.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 22, 2015 12:16 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 22, 2015 12:17 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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Fair winds ad following seas! At least once a week, raise a glass of something unspeakable (habu sake, tentacle martini, three-lizard liquor, whatever) and salute the Horde.
Be pantsless in spirit, my friend.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2015 12:17 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Roy at May 22, 2015 12:18 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Old Man Dester Giggens at May 22, 2015 12:20 PM (agDxX)
Gawd talk your peeps out of that idea. Tell him to maybe look at contracting jobs in Jordan if that's possible for him.
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:20 PM (RJMhd)
Just seems appropriate to leave this here:
"The Gift of God's presence-silent contemplation"
http://tinyurl.com/mb82la4
It's written by a RC, but any other Christian might appreciate it too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2015 12:21 PM (1sJza)
Posted by: I am Here!!!! at May 22, 2015 12:22 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 22, 2015 12:22 PM (BZAd3)
"This deal will have my name on it," he said.
"President Asshole Obama"
Posted by: #RunWarrenRun at May 22, 2015 12:23 PM (e8kgV)
I can't make out how long NGU will be there.
Crap he's goin to be doing the Nightwalker threadIs.
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:23 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 22, 2015 12:24 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: willow at May 22, 2015 12:24 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:25 PM (RJMhd)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601777077164048386
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601777730414354433
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601778232522887168
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601778824385306624
Posted by: kbdabear at May 22, 2015 12:26 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Garrett at May 22, 2015 12:26 PM (CnmVh)
Other than going to listen to AtC and I's podcast which is helpfully linked in my nic.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 22, 2015 12:26 PM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:27 PM (RJMhd)
Pre-drinking to prepare for the Memorial Day ONT.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 22, 2015 12:27 PM (YEelc)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2015 12:27 PM (jR7Wy)
We've all left for the long weekend.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 22, 2015 12:28 PM (U8W/7)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601779084570587136
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601779371184148480
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601779589145305089
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/601780775114125312
Posted by: kbdabear at May 22, 2015 12:28 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 22, 2015 12:28 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:29 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 22, 2015 12:29 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 22, 2015 12:30 PM (5KY1+)
Other than going to listen to AtC and I's podcast which is helpfully linked in my nic.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 22, 2015 12:26 PM (gW5Vg)
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Too mellow to comment. Pool boy is working on that knot in my shoulder. Makes typing problematic.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2015 12:30 PM (jR7Wy)
The new prohibitions are part of an executive order President Barack Obama issued for federal agencies to review the types of equipment they provide to local and state police.
The banned list includes: tank-like armored vehicles that move on tracks, certain types of camouflage uniforms, bayonets, firearms and ammunition of .50 caliber or higher, grenade launchers, and weaponized aircraft.
... well, at least now we know that the old A-10, Warthogs, won't be going to local police forces.
Posted by: #AMindIsATerribleThing at May 22, 2015 12:31 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2015 12:34 PM (1sJza)
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:34 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2015 12:30 PM (jR7Wy)
*peers*
I do believe your shoulder is a bit higher than that.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 22, 2015 12:34 PM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:34 PM (RJMhd)
If you want, I can send you a download link.
bcochran1981 at gmail
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 22, 2015 12:35 PM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: HH at May 22, 2015 12:35 PM (Ce4DF)
Based only on the mainstream press headlines, you almost certainly would think so.
Reading further into the articles where the case is laid out, a few caveats appear, but the chain of events seems strong.
The mechanism? An extreme drought in the Fertile Crescent region -- one that a new study finds was made worse by human greenhouse gas emissions -- added a spark to the tinderbox of tensions that had been amassing in Syria for a number of years under the Assad regime (including poor water management policies).
It is not until you dig pretty deep into the technical scientific literature, that you find out that the anthropogenic climate change impact on drought conditions in the Fertile Crescent is extremely minimal and tenuous -- so much so that it is debatable as to whether it is detectable at all.
This is not to say that a strong and prolonged drought didn't play some role in the Syria's pre-war unrest -- perhaps it did, perhaps it didn't (a debate we leave up to folks much more qualified than we are on the topic) -- but that the human-influenced climate change impact on the drought conditions was almost certainly too small to have mattered.
In other words, the violence would almost certainly have occurred anyway.
Posted by: I'm not Eric Holder or even an actor playing Eric Holder at May 22, 2015 12:36 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 22, 2015 12:36 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: goon at May 22, 2015 12:37 PM (gy5kE)
President Barack Obama issued for federal agencies to review the types
of equipment they provide to local and state police.
The banned
list includes: tank-like armored vehicles that move on tracks, certain
types of camouflage uniforms, bayonets, firearms and ammunition of .50
caliber or higher, grenade launchers, and weaponized aircraft.
... well, at least now we know that the old A-10, Warthogs, won't be going to local police forces.
Posted by: #AMindIsATerribleThing at May 22, 2015 12:31 PM (e8kgV)
No mention of nuclear weapons, so I guess they're still a go.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 22, 2015 12:42 PM (oKE6c)
So far I can only download photos on this phone. Can't even read Sid and Hillster's love letters, and I am going to be limited to this platform for awhile.
Catch y'all later.
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:47 PM (RJMhd)
A aargh, plus I swear it drops your
IQ points. IOW don't do it , it's a commie plot. Joking, sorta.
Posted by: River Guide at May 22, 2015 12:51 PM (RJMhd)
All that landscape, all that drama right there, and he dismisses it to shadow and gives it all to the sky. A skyscape colorfully dominating an incredibly dramatic landscape because that's what blew him away.
Posted by: bour3 at May 22, 2015 12:59 PM (5x3+2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2015 01:02 PM (1sJza)
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