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Overnight Open Thread (9-1-2015)
There are no rational means of predicting the 'future of humanity' over a long period or foretelling the nature of 'social formations' in ages to come. The idea that we can make such forecasts 'scientifically,' and that without doing so we cannot understand the past, is inherent in the Marxist theory of 'social formations;' it is one reason why the theory is a fantasy, and also why it is politically effective. The influence that Marxism has achieved, for from being the result or proof of its scientific character, is almost entirely due to its prophetic, fantastic, and irrational elements. Marxism is a doctrine of blind confidence that a paradise of universal satisfaction is awaiting us just around the corner. Almost all the prophecies of Marx and his followers have already proved to be false, but this does not disturb the spiritual certainty of the faithful, any more than it did in the case of chiliastic sects: for it is certainty not based on any empirical premises or supposed 'historical laws,' but simply on the psychological need for certainty. In this sense Marxism performs the function of a religion, and its efficacy is of a religious character. But it is a caricature and a bogus form of religion, since it presents its temporal eschatology as a scientific system, which religious mythologies do not purport to be. . .At present Marxism neither interprets the world nor changes it: it is merely a repertoire of slogans serving to organize various interests, most of them completely remote from those which Marxism originally identified itself.
-- Leszek Kolakowski
Monsters shall always be with us, but in earlier days they did not roam free. As a psychiatrist in Massachusetts in the 1970s, I committed people - often right out of the emergency room - as a danger to themselves or to others. I never did so lightly, but I labored under none of the crushing bureaucratic and legal constraints that make involuntary commitment infinitely more difficult today.Why do you think we have so many homeless? Destitution? Poverty has declined since the 1950s. The majority of those sleeping on grates are mentally ill. In the name of civil liberties, we let them die with their rights on.
A tiny percentage of the mentally ill become mass killers. Just about everyone around Tucson shooter Jared Loughner sensed he was mentally ill and dangerous. But in effect, he had to kill before he could be put away - and (forcibly) treated.
Random mass killings were three times more common in the 2000s than in the 1980s, when gun laws were actually weaker. Yet a 2011 University of California at Berkeley study found that states with strong civil commitment laws have about a one-third lower homicide rate.
-- Charles Krauthammer in The roots of mass murder
Last weekend, I camped with my family at a barn-raising party on the western foot of the Quantock hills, in Somerset. On Saturday I crept out of the tent at 5am, when the faintest skein of red cloud netted the sky. Below me, mist filled the valley floor. I slipped through the sagging fence at the top of the field and found myself in a steep, broad coomb, covered in bracken. I climbed for a while, as quietly as I could, until a frightful wail shattered my thoughts. I crouched and listened. I could see nothing on the dark hillside. It came again, from about 50 metres to my right, half-shriek, half-bleat, a wild, wrenching, desolate cry, a cry that the Earth might make in mourning for itself....Walking without a map, I reached the valley floor too soon and found myself on the main road. In some places there were no verges and I had to press myself into the hedge as cars passed. But on such early walks, almost regardless of where you are, there are rewards. Just as I was about to turn off the road, on to the track that would take me back to the barn, I found a squirrel hit by a car that must have just passed me, dead but still twitching. It was a male, one of this year's brood but fully grown. Blood seeped from a wound to the head.
I picked it up by its hind feet, and though I had played no part in its death, I was immediately gripped by a sensation so discrete, so distinct from all else we feel, that I believe it requires its own label: hunter's pride. It's the raw, feral thrill I have experienced only on the occasions when I have picked up a fresh dead animal I intend to eat. It feels to me like the opening of a hidden door, a rent in the mind through which you can glimpse a ghost psyche: vestigial emotional faculties that once helped us to survive.
-- The Guardian's George 'Moonbat' Monbiot expounding on the joys of his roadkill hunter-gatherer lifestyle
Quote of the Day IV - How Nature Says Do Not Touch Edition
"I'm 23, female, a lesbian, white, mentally ill,
visually impaired, a recent college graduate,
an atheist, very left-wing, from the U.S.,
and seeking to learn more every day."
Can You Spot All That is #Problematic About This Poster?
Charles C. W. Cooke's Beautiful Rant Against Those Who Would Repeal the 2nd Amendment
Seriously, try it. Start the process. Stop whining about it on Twitter, and on HBO, and at the Daily Kos. Stop playing with some Thomas Jefferson quote you found on Google. Stop jumping on the news cycle and watching the retweets and viral shares rack up. Go out there and begin the movement in earnest. Don't fall back on excuses. Don't play cheap motte-and-bailey games. And don't pretend that you're okay with the Second Amendment in theory, but you're just appalled by the Heller decision. You're not. Heller recognized what was obvious to the amendment's drafters, to the people who debated it, and to the jurists of their era and beyond: That "right of the people" means "right of the people," as it does everywhere else in both the Bill of Rights and in the common law that preceded it. A Second Amendment without the supposedly pernicious Heller "interpretation" wouldn't be any impediment to regulation at all. It would be a dead letter. It would be an effective repeal. It would be the end of the right itself. In other words, it would be exactly what you want! Man up. Put together a plan, and take those words out of the Constitution.
...You're going to need a plan. A state-by-state, county-by-county, street-by-street, door-to door plan. A detailed roadmap to abolition that involves the military and the police and a whole host of informants - and, probably, a hell of a lot of blood, too. Sure, the ACLU won't like it, especially when you start going around poorer neighborhoods. Sure, there are probably between 20 and 30 million Americans who would rather fight a civil war than let you into their houses. Sure, there is no historical precedent in America for the mass confiscation of a commonly owned item - let alone one that was until recently constitutionally protected. Sure, it's slightly odd that you think that we can't deport 11 million people but we can search 123 million homes. But that's just the price we have to pay. Times have changed. It has to be done: For the children; for America; for the future. Hey hey, ho ho, the Second Amendment has to go. Let's do this thing. When do you get started?
Is The Koran Older Than Muhammad?
Carbon dating suggests maybe.
Scholars now believe that a copy Quran held by the Birmingham Library was actually written sometime between 568 AD and 645, while the Prophet Mohammad was believed to have been born in 570 AD and to have died in 632 AD. The copy of the widely used holy text held by the library is known for being one of the oldest in the world.
Scholars came to this conclusion after researchers carbon dated a small piece of parchment from the Islamic holy book. The carbon dating, which is considered to be extremely accurate, suggests that the Quran may have actually been written before Muhammad was alive, or during the early years of his childhood.
Gun Ownership Vs. Firearm Accidents, 1965-2013
Holy inverse correlation Batman.
The Secret Playboy Mansion Tunnels That Led to the Hollywood Homes of Celebrity Casanovas
The editorial staff at Playboy.com recently revealed that they have discovered a bunch of dusty old blueprints, plans and photographs in an unfinished basement area of the Playboy Mansion, which unveil a network of underground tunnels that allegedly once linked Hefner's notorious bachelor's pad to the homes of "Mr. J. Nicholson," "Mr. W. Beatty," "Mr. K. Douglas" and "Mr. J. Caan" during the late 1970s and 80s....The clues to the story were hiding in the office archives all this time; polaroids dated to 1977 that showed a large excavation project at the residence. When editorial staff contacted the Mansion about the polaroids they had stumbled upon, the Mansion's current general manager responded "very matter-of-factly" and told the journalists "that's probably when they built the tunnels in the 70s."
A little dumbfounded, the editorial team promptly made their way over to the Playboy Mansion and were given access by mansion staff to a basement area where they pretty much went nuts over the treasure trove they found there; old photos, plans and blueprints, clearly indicating that these tunnels led specifically to the homes of Jack Nicholson, Kirk Douglas, James Caan and of course, Mr. Warren Beatty, who all lived nearby.
FCC Introduces Rule to Ban Any Modification of WiFi Router Firmware By Users
Say goodbye to DD-WRT and all the other open source firmwares. You don't really control your own network devices anymore.
Note to Scorned Women: There Is No Car Paint Spellcheck
Man's Selfie Ends With Car in Tree, Friends in Hospital
One of my web searches turned up a study from Trinity College's American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) on the demographics of Mormons. According to the ARIS study, there are now 150 Mormon women for every 100 Mormon men in the state of Utah - a 50 percent oversupply of women.
Kermie Apparently Found Himself a New, Younger, Svelter Pig
The Yahoo group is for closers only.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:25 PM (9uYwf)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:26 PM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:26 PM (9uYwf)
Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2015 11:27 PM (FcR7P)
visually impaired, a recent college graduate,
an atheist, very left-wing, from the U.S.,
and seeking to learn more every day."
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Is she hot?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 01, 2015 11:27 PM (75uvI)
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at September 01, 2015 11:28 PM (rHXGG)
Posted by: huerfano at September 01, 2015 11:29 PM (bynk/)
Posted by: Thurston Howell Trump at September 01, 2015 11:30 PM (R4vR0)
Posted by: Sixkiller at September 01, 2015 11:30 PM (bfpzm)
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Is there even such a thing???
An oversupply of womew? WTF?
That's like too much beer or too many sammiches.
That kind of talk is just Cray Cray!
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:30 PM (9uYwf)
I sense that the researchers looking at this are in serious danger of a "workplace accident" soon.
Posted by: Religion Of Peace at September 01, 2015 11:31 PM (xnAyb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 01, 2015 11:31 PM (75uvI)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:31 PM (OMXTD)
If we'll kill people over cartoons, just imagine what we'll do over this...
Posted by: Religion Of Peace! at September 01, 2015 11:32 PM (xnAyb)
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:26 PM (9uYwf)
******
My money's on Anna.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 01, 2015 11:33 PM (d3JSA)
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Is there even such a thing???
An oversupply of womew? WTF?
That's like too much beer or too many sammiches.
That kind of talk is just Cray Cray!
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:30 PM (9uYwf)
That is cray cray.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:33 PM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 01, 2015 11:33 PM (HBmIq)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 01, 2015 11:33 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at September 01, 2015 11:33 PM (5zyvn)
Posted by: dartist at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (PrGts)
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (rHXGG)
Posted by: Amos Grossback at September 01, 2015 11:36 PM (bLCMu)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/638740686565703680
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/638740883714781184
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/638741085313978368
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/638741279862620160
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/638741439007072256
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/638741572490784769
Posted by: kbdabear at September 01, 2015 11:36 PM (GrXXa)
You know maybe we were a little quick to judge that Brigham Young fellow's marryin' practices...
Posted by: Maetenloch at September 01, 2015 11:36 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:37 PM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 01, 2015 11:37 PM (HBmIq)
God Bless You, Jack.
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:37 PM (9uYwf)
Or maybe that is John Kerry who is all that.
Hey guys! Botox might be good for those of you that don't like Crinkly bacon.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2015 11:37 PM (3pRHP)
One of the interesting things is there are no historic records of Moh.... and given his 'story', there should be.
Thus you have both the 'you can't question the Koran' AND the you can't have pictures of Moh... or we'll kill you...
Robert Spencer wrote an entire book about it... which is why he is no longer welcome on any major media outlet.
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 01, 2015 11:37 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:38 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (PrGts)
*****
We aren't going to have any content at all if people keep noticing annoying little details like this.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 01, 2015 11:39 PM (d3JSA)
16 10 a 50 percent oversupply of women.
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Is there even such a thing???
An oversupply of womew? WTF?
That's like too much beer or too many sammiches.
That kind of talk is just Cray Cray!
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:30 PM (9uYwf)
That is cray cray.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:33 PM (OMXTD)
I bet to differ.... a 50% oversupply of women could include Mother in Laws...
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 01, 2015 11:39 PM (qh617)
Robert Spencer wrote an entire book about it... which is why he is no longer welcome on any major media outlet."
Seriously - if these researchers aren't being guarded by heavily armed ex-military people, bad things are going to happen to them.
Posted by: Religion Of Peace! at September 01, 2015 11:40 PM (xnAyb)
Nice shoes, Jack.
Posted by: huerfano at September 01, 2015 11:29 PM (bynk/)
Got 'em from Pat Boone.
Posted by: BignJames at September 01, 2015 11:41 PM (j7iSn)
He butchered a squirrel on live TV with a giant novelty axe.
http://is.gd/4tFAnF
Squirrel butchering is one thing, but that axe? That's not a healthy man.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at September 01, 2015 11:42 PM (rHXGG)
Always gotta be someone to come along and fcuk up my imagination.
Posted by: dartist at September 01, 2015 11:42 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (PrGts)
Just wait until you check the date on the article the first quote is from.
Posted by: Maetenloch at September 01, 2015 11:43 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:44 PM (PrGts)
I've relegated him to the DGASWHS category.
But what can you expect from Mondale's speechwriter.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 01, 2015 11:44 PM (WVvzl)
The manhunt is still on, I hope they blow away the scum who killed him.
Suspects supposedly two white males and one black male. I wonder if it's 2 radical lefty whites and a black from the #BlackLivesMatter terrorist organization
Posted by: kbdabear at September 01, 2015 11:44 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 01, 2015 11:44 PM (8zCR+)
Hot damn. I have found my special snowflake disability.
Guys, you don't know how hard it is to wake up in the morning and fumble around for your glasses. It's like so oppressive. The world is not designed for the legally blind. I demand you all pay me money and reorganize your businesses to better serve the bottle cap glasses wearing members of society.
Posted by: Lauren at September 01, 2015 11:45 PM (LzzEz)
Carbon dating suggests yes."
Not really. That's just people being stupid. The range for the carbon dating includes Mo's entire lifespan +13 years. They are relying on the imprecision of their measurement to sensationalize their claim.
Posted by: JSchuler at September 01, 2015 11:45 PM (6i4P9)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 01, 2015 11:45 PM (CrYC8)
Still within range of having been produced my Mo.
I see this as just click bait by some over eager as that carbon dating doesn't suggest anything of the sort that's claimed.
They must be lanquishing over at digitaljournal.com.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:45 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 01, 2015 11:45 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 01, 2015 11:46 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Gordon Lightfoot at September 01, 2015 11:46 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 01, 2015
Been reading the links. Maet is too good to us.,
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:46 PM (OMXTD)
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:47 PM (9jeGC)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 01, 2015 11:47 PM (pgzyN)
Posted by: JSchuler
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See: Global Warming
Also: Sea rise
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 01, 2015 11:48 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:44 PM (PrGts)
You don't say. There are some old parchments here I'd like to erase and write over.
Posted by: Obama at September 01, 2015 11:48 PM (5zyvn)
I think they got one of the pricks. Big time Feds looking for the other 2. Roads closed off.
Posted by: dartist at September 01, 2015 11:48 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Tammy at September 01, 2015 11:49 PM (in4mh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dp0I9VOYSk
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:49 PM (PrGts)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat
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She implanted an ear bug some time around 6 AM .
Imagine going through life with Jefferson Airplane in your head all day.
I'm hoping that she wears Kevlar on a nightly basis...
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:50 PM (9uYwf)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 01, 2015 11:51 PM (pgzyN)
I think they got one of the pricks. Big time Feds looking for the other 2. Roads closed off.
Posted by: dartist at September 01, 2015 11:48 PM (ahBY0
When did you hear that they got one? I know CNN was reporting it about 4pm EST but haven't heard anything else about it.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:51 PM (9jeGC)
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:52 PM (9jeGC)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 01, 2015 11:52 PM (pgzyN)
You need to explain that sparky as google's never heard of it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:53 PM (x3GpS)
WLS AM Chicago
Posted by: dartist at September 01, 2015 11:53 PM (ahBY0)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 01, 2015 11:53 PM (pgzyN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Yeah - that is some great content up there, huh? Maet is a real mensch.
Posted by: Chi at September 01, 2015 11:53 PM (9uYwf)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:53 PM (PrGts)
I have friends who lost a mentally ill son to the street. Could never get him committed long enough to do any good. Any time we hear of another homeless guy being killed, we say, "There's another one, enjoying his civil rights. Thanks, ACLU."
Posted by: PJ at September 01, 2015 11:54 PM (cHuNI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 01, 2015 11:54 PM (9mTYi)
don't use that as a descriptor.
A prick is the best part of a man.
Well the most fun best part.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:54 PM (x3GpS)
Apparently being straight has nothing to do with being heterosexual or not. Straightness has been redefined to be a system of White/Middle Class oppression of everyone else.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=9792
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 01, 2015 11:54 PM (0TXlm)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 01, 2015 11:44 PM (GrXXa)
It's probably Toure', Shaun King, and Wesley Snipes.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (nL0sw)
***
Islam is clearly derivative of Christianity, Judaism, and Arabic tribal religion so that isn't so surprising - all three were in Mecca and Medina before Muhammed.
But this does color Muhammed's early wars of conquest in a different light. Is it possible the Meccans he massacred were actually the first Muslims?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (5LOno)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 01, 2015 11:53 PM (pgzyN)
All's fair in horde and ear worms.
Mentioned it and some other's watched'/watching it but Narcos is damn good.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (OMXTD)
Has anyone asked the heads of the police unions what they think of Obama and co stirring up people to murder their union members?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (5LOno)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (pgzyN)
I started checking up on all the so called conservative pundits last year or so.
Amazing the amount of political writers for Democrats at one point showed up.
I had to start carrying around salt blocks to supply the grains of I needed.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (zyIlW)
Know who's not involved? The U.S.
Obama has made us geopolitically irrelevant.
Won't the world be a nicer place when Russia and China are the new hegemons?
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (PrGts)
I'm just afraid this will continue until Obama gets the gun control laws he wants so he can disarm the 300 million people who don't kill cops.
Posted by: Amos Grossback at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (bLCMu)
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If so, it would have been the start of a grand islamic tradition.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 01, 2015 11:57 PM (75uvI)
Posted by: joey biden at September 01, 2015 11:58 PM (pgzyN)
What's wrong with the Bee Gees?
Posted by: SMFH
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Okay, kids...., remember, Collegiality
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 01, 2015 11:58 PM (9mTYi)
George Will
Charles Krauthammer
Mark Levin (He just seems to touchy feely to me)
Bill O'Really
And anyone who said or says Trump's finished now or soon.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:58 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2015 11:59 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Country Singer at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (nL0sw)
Or the militant black Deray McKesson.
*sorry, those pics of him with all his white prep buddies make me laugh. Especially how he tries to look all militant in his Twitter pic.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:59 PM (9jeGC)
Muslims believe the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibril),[4][5] gradually over a period of approximately 23 years, beginning on 22 December 609 CE,[6] when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death.
Which would indicate that only the last 13 years in the 568 to 645 time estimate
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2015 11:59 PM (5LOno)
don't use that as a descriptor.
A prick is the best part of a man.
Well the most fun best part.
Well, I thought Jagoff would be a bit strong, sorry. It's a much under used word IMHO.
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:00 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Muhammad at September 02, 2015 12:00 AM (FcR7P)
What's wrong with the Bee Gees?
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (zyIlW)
Disco is not my cup of tea.
We could sub Yoko Ono for Chi's never ending loop of Grace Slick & Jefferson Airplane.
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See Mr. Hammer I'm a nice guy
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:01 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: joey biden at September 02, 2015 12:01 AM (pgzyN)
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:35 PM (PrGts)"
Dude!, sshhhhhhhh!!, Maets like right there, do you really really want a 3 day long Yoko Ono retrospective???
Posted by: Bob in Houston at September 02, 2015 12:02 AM (b7AU3)
You're lucky that I love you...
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:02 AM (9uYwf)
they think of Obama and co stirring up people to murder their union
members?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (5LOno)
In my experience with unions, they consider it a wonderful tool for extracting greater concessions and wages and benefits from the various municipalities and authorities.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2015 12:02 AM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Country Singer at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (nL0sw)
Or the militant black Deray McKesson.
*sorry, those pics of him with all his white prep buddies make me laugh. Especially how he tries to look all militant in his Twitter pic.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:59 PM (9jeGC)
Good point. So maybe: DeRay, Shaun King, and Vanilla Ice?
Posted by: Country Singer at September 02, 2015 12:03 AM (nL0sw)
And with (presumably) a straight face, the silly author of the post said that the concerns about "appropriating" the word "bae" (seriously? ) are valid.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:03 AM (mBYZv)
Posted by: Richard Gere at September 02, 2015 12:03 AM (FcR7P)
I'll have to admit never hearing Mark described in this fashion before.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 02, 2015 12:03 AM (W5DcG)
I don't trust any of'm any more. They write one good thing just to hook you in, and then they feed you a bunch of crap.
Posted by: Amos Grossback at September 02, 2015 12:04 AM (bLCMu)
George Will
Charles Krauthammer
Mark Levin (He just seems to touchy feely to me)
Bill O'Really
And anyone who said or says Trump's finished now or soon.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 01, 2015 11:58 PM (x3GpS)
Mark Levin a faux conservative? Not sure where you are coming from.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 02, 2015 12:04 AM (8zCR+)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2707408/trivia?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:04 AM (pgzyN)
I'll have to admit never hearing Mark described in this fashion before.
Me either. Have you never heard him on a rant?
Posted by: Infidel at September 02, 2015 12:05 AM (6hxg7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:01 AM
There's two completely different Bee Gee's. The pre disco, 60's to 70's pop Bee Gees are pretty damn good. Some excellent pop tunes. Then they snorted way too much disco and you get Saturday Night Fever and *shudder* Spirits having Flown.
Posted by: otho at September 02, 2015 12:05 AM (d8udV)
Know who's not involved? The U.S.
Obama has made us geopolitically irrelevant.
Won't the world be a nicer place when Russia and China are the new hegemons?
Posted by: Trimegistus at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (PrGts)
The Russians are going to putting thousands of military personnel in Syria over the next few weeks.
http://tinyurl.com/qe27ym9
The "fun" begins when Russian jets start encountering "incidents" with either USAF or IDF planes.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 02, 2015 12:05 AM (wZ2hu)
Well, I guess it's providing fair warning, do not touch, as Maet said.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:06 AM (mBYZv)
The paper *Might* be 3 years older than Moh, and is at least 12 years
earlier than his death? Well whoop de do. Is he supposed to have
written the Kooksran in the last 12 years of his life? Its an evil
death cult but with that big whopping window on the dating it seems like
they've got a big nothing burger.
Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2015 11:59 PM (dkExz)
Mo was supposedly illiterate......he dictated.
Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2015 12:06 AM (j7iSn)
I'll have to admit never hearing Mark described in this fashion before.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 02, 2015 12:03 AM (W5DcG)
Get off the phone you big dope doesn't come across as touchy-feely. Besides I don't think TFG invited him to the "conservative" dinner
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:06 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:06 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2015 12:06 AM (3pRHP)
Posted by: PaleRider at September 02, 2015 12:07 AM (dkExz)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:07 AM (mBYZv)
Well, that's good because, apparently, the Islamic State forces are in Damascus. How much longer can the chinless eye doctor hold a country together when his primary city falls to the invaders?
Posted by: Amos Grossback at September 02, 2015 12:07 AM (bLCMu)
Know who's not involved? The U.S.
Obama has made us geopolitically irrelevant.
They promised Obama that he could rename a Syrian mountain.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 02, 2015 12:07 AM (W5DcG)
And with (presumably) a straight face, the silly author of the post said that the concerns about "appropriating" the word "bae" (seriously? ) are valid.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick)
They seriously quote Jezebel. Everybody who read that article lost IQ points.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at September 02, 2015 12:08 AM (awspb)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:07 AM (mBYZv)
Forget it - he's rolling.
Posted by: Maetenloch at September 02, 2015 12:08 AM (pAlYe)
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I am not opposed to tracking a dude down...
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:08 AM (9uYwf)
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:09 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick)
That would make more sense.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 02, 2015 12:09 AM (W5DcG)
Didn't care for the ballad bee gees either. How do you mend a broken heart? As Zappa said, broken hearts are for a$$holes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:09 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Bob in Houston at September 02, 2015 12:10 AM (b7AU3)
Posted by: Amos Grossback at September 02, 2015 12:10 AM (bLCMu)
Rationality, on the other hand, is in short supply.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 02, 2015 12:10 AM (gyKtp)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 01, 2015 11:56 PM (zyIlW)
MisHum is cool even though he sits on big chunks of ice with a hole in it trying to catch a fish. There's only one left right?
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:11 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: irright at September 02, 2015 12:11 AM (DtNNC)
103 I see Narcos has an IMDB listing. Although I don't know that I could watch a series with incorrect firearms and airplanes...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2707408/trivia?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:04 AM (pgzyN)
LOL. I've been biting my tongue in regards to the firearms.
Wait, what? That wasn't....
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:11 AM (9jeGC)
I'll have to admit never hearing Mark described in this fashion before.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 02, 2015 12:03 AM (W5DcG)
******
Unless "touchy feely" now means "spittle flecked and hyperventilating" now, I would tend to agree. I like the guy, but....just....no.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 02, 2015 12:12 AM (d3JSA)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:12 AM (pgzyN)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:12 AM (mBYZv)
Posted by: PaleRider at September 02, 2015 12:13 AM (dkExz)
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:08 AM
Bring Tucker with you
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:13 AM (OMXTD)
Well, I guess it's providing fair warning, do not touch, as Maet said.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:06 AM (mBYZv)
Ooooh, you gotta furry hump like Laura W?
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 02, 2015 12:13 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:13 AM (pgzyN)
I see something glowing in the corner....
Hmmmm....
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:14 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:09 AM
Yeah, that one's not a fave. But they did Spicks and Specks, Massachusetts, Lonely Day, Lonely Nights... To Love Somebody etc. I appreciate well crafted pop and their early stuff was well done. Then they teamed up with Frampton and did "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".
Posted by: otho at September 02, 2015 12:14 AM (d8udV)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:14 AM (pgzyN)
If the glow is blue, you might not want to get too close.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 02, 2015 12:14 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 02, 2015 12:13 AM (+YMhA)
No, sexier than that.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:15 AM (mBYZv)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:13 AM (pgzyN
That's one that i really bit my tongue.
That's an UZI???
That looks bad-ass!
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:15 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2015 12:16 AM (3pRHP)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:16 AM (OMXTD)
A prick is the best part of a man.
Well the most fun best part.
Well, I thought Jagoff would be a bit strong, sorry. It's a much under used word IMHO.
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:00 AM (ahBY0)
A little mood music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9PiqCeLEmM
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 02, 2015 12:16 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:16 AM (pgzyN)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at September 02, 2015 12:16 AM (zyIlW)
I'll have to admit never hearing Mark described in this fashion before.
Me either. Have you never heard him on a rant?
Posted by: Infidel at September 02, 2015 12:05 AM (6hxg7)
I dislike Levin. He is a screechy blowhard who acts like an ass.
Posted by: Radio Hat at September 02, 2015 12:18 AM (0TXlm)
Guess who's gonna be here in CenTex in 17 days?
Posted by: SMFH at it all
Yay! Finally! I'm sure you both can't wait.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 02, 2015 12:18 AM (mBYZv)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 02, 2015 12:18 AM (pgzyN)
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:19 AM (9uYwf)
Fair warning chi, them boys drinks a bit up nort. IIRC MisHum doesn't drink, so do you guys mind if I buy you both a drink?
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:19 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 02, 2015 12:19 AM (3pRHP)
I'm not a fan but they were a successful pop group. I'm not really a pop music kind of guy.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:20 AM (OMXTD)
Most pop/rock bands would kill to produce those tunes. Then they did shit like "Tragedy". That there sums it up for the Bee Gees.
Posted by: otho at September 02, 2015 12:20 AM (d8udV)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at September 02, 2015 12:21 AM (awspb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:21 AM (0AxXh)
Boy, everyone was in love with the Soviets, ..... then.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at September 02, 2015 12:21 AM (yMVjf)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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You northerners are a weird fucking bunch.
Down here, we just pour a bourbon when God gives us ice.
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:22 AM (9uYwf)
149 RWC. Shots are on me tonight.
Happy Birthday, brother...
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:19 AM (9uYwf)
Muchos gracias.
Seriously, thank you and thanks to the late night horde these past couple weeks. Sorry, you insane folks keep me level headed
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:22 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain
Was?!
Posted by: DNC and MFM at September 02, 2015 12:23 AM (awspb)
Boy, everyone was in love with the Soviets, ..... then.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at September 02, 2015 12:21 AM (yMVjf)
If only Stalin had access to computers...
Posted by: Slate (Salon?) Pitches at September 02, 2015 12:23 AM (wZ2hu)
I had seen that about 3 weeks ago, pretty funny. When lakes are frozen over about 4-5 months of the year you do what you have to do
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:24 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Squints, and growls in my best otherkins voice...
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:24 AM (9uYwf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 02, 2015 12:25 AM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Slate (Salon?) Pitches
We gave Stalin an iMac, and you'll never believe what happens next.
Posted by: Buzzfeed at September 02, 2015 12:25 AM (awspb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:25 AM (0AxXh)
You get a gas powered ice auger, put chains on the atv, and pull the shanty out on the lake so you can sit inside where it's warm while you fish.
Posted by: Amos Grossback at September 02, 2015 12:26 AM (bLCMu)
I swear. Even worse, "want somebody to love" is there, too...
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:28 AM (9uYwf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:28 AM (0AxXh)
shanty out on the lake so you can sit inside where it's warm while you
fish.
Chris, what do you think?
https://youtu.be/nOeYFcfJLS0 (sfw)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 02, 2015 12:29 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:30 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Mr. Roboto at September 02, 2015 12:30 AM (0TXlm)
Happy birthday. Your present's in the mail.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at September 02, 2015 12:21 AM (awspb)
Thanks.
*pays a local kid 5 bucks to retrieve and open it
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:31 AM (9jeGC)
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/213534/
A little mood music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NaQZojWi6U
Posted by: The Levee Hat at September 02, 2015 12:32 AM (0TXlm)
You got it brother. Jig poles, tip ups and a bucket of minnows
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:32 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:33 AM (0AxXh)
I'm going to have to adopt a rowdier lifestyle so I can stay up late enough for the ONT. This is my favorite feature of the blog.
Posted by: Emmie (formerly Mindy) at September 02, 2015 12:35 AM (27veP)
death, I was immediately gripped by a sensation so discrete, so distinct
from all else we feel, that I believe it requires its own label:
hunter's pride. It's the raw, feral thrill I have experienced only on
the occasions when I have picked up a fresh dead animal I intend to eat.
Vestigial manhood makes an appearance in a carrion eater.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 02, 2015 12:36 AM (oKE6c)
Even God fouls off an occasional pitch.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 02, 2015 12:37 AM (oKE6c)
Hey everybody.
Well, literally 30 years after I first bought it and 25-odd years after I sold it, I finally just tonight used Amazon Music to digitally reassemble an LP I've been waiting since 1988 to be reissued on CD, but never was.
The album in question was/is "My Ever Changing Moods," by the Style Council. Paul Weller was and is a stalinist piece of shit, but damn the guy can write and perform an incredible tune. (And, *every single* of the 12 songs on it is actually in a different musical style, from early rap to disco to late-night lounge.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 02, 2015 12:39 AM (ntObR)
One year ago today I stuck my dick in crazy.
Not recommended.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 01, 2015 11:47 PM (9jeGC)
Details, please.
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:40 AM (w1ewr)
???
Was it because the south rose again and took down the aggressive federal government with .45's while the north had 9mm's or was it the Union longbow's against the Confederate crossbow's?
All while eating real BBQ from Texas instead of that vinegar based NC cat food.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:40 AM (9jeGC)
Please come to the Chicago suburbs, I will attempt to fill your freezer for free during tomato season.
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:41 AM (ahBY0)
Even God fouls off an occasional pitch.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 02, 2015
Duckbill platypus
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:41 AM (OMXTD)
http://tinyurl.com/psyxq8p
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 02, 2015 12:41 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 12:41 AM (3balI)
Wanted to let her know, she inspired me to *finally* re-purchase the 'So-Lo' album by Danny Elfman.
Forgot how great (and dark) a song like "Only When I Laugh" is. (I think it's the song John Boehner likes to have played when he's getting violently dommed every Wednesday at 10pm in some deep, dark, forgotten cloakroom far below the House chambers.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdycnbjpGI
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 02, 2015 12:42 AM (ntObR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 02, 2015 12:43 AM (YJmuy)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:43 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:43 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: Emmie (formerly Mindy) at September 02, 2015 12:44 AM (27veP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 02, 2015 12:44 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:43 AM (0AxXh)
The regular editors haven't been caught... yet.
Posted by: The Wiki Hat at September 02, 2015 12:44 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:45 AM (0AxXh)
I'll have to admit never hearing Mark described in this fashion before.
Me either. Have you never heard him on a rant?
Posted by: Infidel at September 02, 2015 12:05 AM (6hxg7)
I dislike Levin. He is a screechy blowhard who acts like an ass.
Posted by: Radio Hat at September 02, 2015 12:18 AM (0TXlm)
We need more people to act like assholes to the other side. All this Kumbayah unite the country bullshit is for the fucking birds.
Mark is the real deal, unlike most.
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:45 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:45 AM (w1ewr)
A real deal nails-on-chalkboard blathering schmuck.
Posted by: The AM Hat at September 02, 2015 12:46 AM (0TXlm)
Details, please.
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:40 AM (w1ewr)
Talking to a girl friend-wise for four years. Met on American Horror Story Facebook page. Very close friends cause we just talked/text and never met so we shared everything.. Finally decided to meet up last year on my birthday. Connected big time and got a full on clinger, and she admitted it. I was too stupid to take all the signs in. Even when she told me straight up. So basically dealt with an posessiv agoraphobic paranoid schizophrenic. Which I thought I could 'cure.' Because she was a good friend at the very least.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:47 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Chi at September 02, 2015 12:47 AM (9uYwf)
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:45 AM (w1ewr)
A real deal nails-on-chalkboard blathering schmuck.
Posted by: The AM Hat at September 02, 2015 12
...........and that's when the fight broke out
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:48 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:45 AM (w1ewr)
A real deal nails-on-chalkboard blathering schmuck.
Posted by: The AM Hat at September 02, 2015 12:46 AM (0TXlm)
I'm cool with that.
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:48 AM (w1ewr)
*cues up the fighting Girl Scouts clip in Airplane!*
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:49 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:47 AM (9jeGC)
Hoo boy. Sounds like a made for TV movie.
Posted by: Blano at September 02, 2015 12:50 AM (w1ewr)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 02, 2015 12:50 AM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 12:50 AM (3balI)
Dammit, it seems I only get time to post here when I have crap to deal with. Maybe that's the only time I slow down enough to realize I'm just a guy and certainly no super-hero.
In the last week, my oldest sister has lost her home, and one of my aunts had a stroke. Today, I found out my Dad has cancer in both his lungs. I don't know yet if it's malignant, but considering how long he's been a smoker, I don't think the odds are good.
I'm only writing about this here because I know a good number of you will understand. And also because I need to vent, and I can't do it on the air (ironically, we're told to "be real", but can only do it in 20-second spurts. How the hell do you condense a week like this into a 20-second blurb?).
So, I hope you will also understand that I just don't give a flying expletive deleted about politics right now. Hoping I get to see Dad one more time before it's too late is a bit more important.
God bless you all. Thanks for listening.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September 02, 2015 12:52 AM (rJUlF)
He uses the screen name Hector?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 02, 2015 12:53 AM (eO8VF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:53 AM (0AxXh)
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What did you call me?!?!?
Pics of your lips or it doesn't count. Kiddin now. lol
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 12:54 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: thathalfrican at September 02, 2015 12:56 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September
Jeez CW sorry to hear about the family misfortunes.
Go spend some time with your Dad
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 12:57 AM (OMXTD)
As soon as I'm able. Maybe this weekend, if I can make it happen.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September 02, 2015 12:59 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 02, 2015 01:00 AM (9mTYi)
But the thing I hate was she was a good friend before we hooked up. Mental disease...I went through it, it's not fun. She has absolutely no recollection of me. Going from marry me, marry me I love you love you love you to 'who are you?'
Can't blame her. Talked to numerous sources and she really doesn't remember me (took herself off psych meds without docs approval didn't help.). Oh well, got a new car and new teeth out of it so all's well that ends well.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 01:00 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September
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Well, now I know how I can pray for you.
It's wise of you to prioritize time with your dad. Politics will still be here when you have time for it again.
{{{{{CW}}}}}
Posted by: Emmie (formerly Mindy) at September 02, 2015 01:01 AM (27veP)
However there is another theory. One promoted by Pat Dailey in a song.
https://youtu.be/NTH4XfJBryw
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:01 AM (zt+N6)
I hope you can. Prayers for you and yours
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 01:01 AM (OMXTD)
Posted by: Emmie (formerly Mindy) at September 02, 2015 01:02 AM (27veP)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 01:02 AM (ahBY0)
207 Wow RWC..... a LIfetime movie there. Or she is related to the idiot who keyed ex-bf's care with 'wore' instead of 'whore' as linked by Maet...
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 12:53 AM (0AxXh)
I think most of her family is 'related' IYKWMTYD.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 01:02 AM (9jeGC)
74 18-1 at September 01, 2015 11:55 PM (5LOno)
But this does color Muhammed's early wars of conquest in a different light. Is it possible the Meccans he massacred were actually the first Muslims?
This suggests that Mo wasn't The Prophet ... or even A Prophet ... and the Meccans knew it, and had writings to so prove.
The "72 Raisins" translation is starting to look very much more likely.
Posted by: Arbalest at September 02, 2015 01:03 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 02, 2015 01:04 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 01:04 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September 02, 2015 01:05 AM (rJUlF)
Be well
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 02, 2015 01:05 AM (OMXTD)
Seriously, it's like they're so fixated on political games that none of the apparatchiks could qualify for a class four radio license....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 01:06 AM (3balI)
That's a lot to take in and never apologize for venting to the horde.
Here for you to vent when you can't anywhere else or choose not to.
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 01:06 AM (9jeGC)
Arbalest or an Islamic scholar practiced recycling on a piece of parchment. In this case, the ink should tell the tale.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 01:08 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 02, 2015 01:11 AM (75uvI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 02, 2015 01:11 AM (9mTYi)
I'm trying to remind myself there have been good things this week, too. My granddaughter started pre-K and Skyped me to tell me all about it. (Her summary: "We played and played and played and played, then I came home!") I got the part of Mitch in the community theatre's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire". First dramatic role ever for me. My last visit to the doctor was very encouraging. I was told I'm in very good shape for nearly a year post-heart surgery.
I just wish I could be there for the family right now.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September 02, 2015 01:12 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:12 AM (zt+N6)
Watch out now,
Take care, beware of greedy leaders.
They take you where you should not go.
While weeping Atlas cedars,
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 01:12 AM (ahBY0)
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It's a trick question because the guy never existed. Nobody ever heard of the prick until later, and there's no evidence whatsoever that he even existed.
Posted by: OP at September 02, 2015 01:12 AM (TzeLs)
Thoughts and prayers, dude.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 01:13 AM (3balI)
AP:
Arbalest or an Islamic scholar practiced recycling on a piece of parchment. In this case, the ink should tell the tale.
My understanding of the situation is that early Christians re-used parchment because they frequently could not afford new; Christians were usually poor during the first 300 years after Christ.
Muslims ... after the conquest of Mecca ... were never poor; at least not until the 1800s. That they would re-use parchment seems highly unlikely.
The idea of parchment or paper, lying around unused for years, before the 1800's seems extremely unlikely.
The carbon dating of the parchment could be off ... 20 or 30 years is enough.
Posted by: Arbalest at September 02, 2015 01:16 AM (FlRtG)
Later, y'all.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at September 02, 2015 01:17 AM (rJUlF)
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It's a trick question because the guy never existed. Nobody ever heard of the prick until later, and there's no evidence whatsoever that he even existed.
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Maybe that's why you never see pictures of the dude.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 02, 2015 01:19 AM (75uvI)
Posted by: Slash buzz at September 02, 2015 01:20 AM (pkkOV)
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 01:21 AM (9jeGC)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 02, 2015 01:24 AM (GzDYP)
Posted by: Hedy at September 02, 2015 01:25 AM (KpCv4)
If you're still reading, CW, the horde has your back.
I lost both parents to cancer, it's hard but you'll get through.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 02, 2015 01:26 AM (YJmuy)
The Intern with Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway
https://youtu.be/ZU3Xban0Y6A
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 01:26 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 01:29 AM (ahBY0)
Despite our ever-changing, ever-indignant world with its growing ignorance of and indifference to the ways of the wild, I remain a predator, pitying those who revel in artificiality and sythentic success while regarding me and my kind as relics of a time and place no longer valued or understood. I stalk a real world of dark wood and tall grass stirred by a restless wind blowing across sunlit water and beneath star-strewn sky. --M. R. James
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 02, 2015 01:33 AM (dULJN)
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:12 AM (zt+N6)
Can't wait to see the "concussed RG3" one.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 02, 2015 01:35 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 01:36 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 02, 2015 01:35 AM (Z7G74)
Did you hear that he wuz #hacked
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:36 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 02, 2015 01:19 AM (75uvI)
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Nobody he supposedly defeated in the day ever wrote about him or "Moslems", and they were all pretty literate people. Supposedly that only refered to themselves as moslems, yet nobody heard of them till 100 years later.
Posted by: OP at September 02, 2015 01:37 AM (TzeLs)
Did you hear that he wuz #hacked
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:36 AM (zt+N6)
I heard it was one of his interns.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 02, 2015 01:38 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:39 AM (zt+N6)
Watch out now,
Take care, beware of,
Soft shoe shufflers,
Dancing down the sidewalks,
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 01:29 AM (ahBY0)
Beware of darkness
Posted by: BignJames at September 02, 2015 01:40 AM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 02, 2015 01:43 AM (eO8VF)
Posted by: BignJames
---------
Cuz the goblins 'll git you, if you don't watch out.
Posted by: James Whitcombe Riley at September 02, 2015 01:43 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 01:49 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: buzzion at September 02, 2015 01:39 AM (zt+N6)
And the thing that he or his intern "liked" was a negative comment about Snyder. Snyder, his biggest defender.
The whole thing is fascinating. On the Redskin's message boards and other social media, all the black folks are critical of the move, and most say that Gruden sabotaged him because he is black. Not that he gets sacked every 10 pass attempts, can't read defenses, and holds the ball until after the receiver gets open.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 02, 2015 01:50 AM (Z7G74)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 01:55 AM (3balI)
Still trying to decide about what to put in upper left corner of book cover art. Really don't want to obscure the field of blue with stars. But need balance.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:05 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 02:10 AM (ahBY0)
So, yes, Mohammed did exist, and still does, but not exactly the way he is depicted in the Koran. It is full of lies, just like he is.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 02, 2015 02:12 AM (+YMhA)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/p6afnv3
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:18 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: vivi at September 02, 2015 02:22 AM (etM5R)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 02:24 AM (ahBY0)
What's up with that?
As for the Koran older than it's fictional prophet?
Meh, he was an imaginary freak of a cult.
Small wonder there are no pictures and very few descriptions of the goat fucker.
Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 02, 2015 02:24 AM (4pjhs)
I see something glowing in the corner....
Hmmmm....
Posted by: RWC- TEAM BOHICA at September 02, 2015 12:14 AM
Yes, yes, closer, that's it...
Posted by: A Lump of Plutonium at September 02, 2015 02:24 AM (hvRi6)
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:25 AM (0AxXh)
No pushback.
My kind of place.
Posted by: deep, deep, into the night at September 02, 2015 02:14 AM (q509P)
It's still a place where people can post things like:
Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturations are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath blurted out,
Its earted jurtles,
Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer. [drowned out by moaning and screaming]
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and slipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 02:27 AM (3balI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 02, 2015 02:29 AM (YJmuy)
And I think it was Spencer that a few years ago published a book that indicated for the first century of Islam, there was no mention of Mo. So yes the chances of him being fictional are probably very high.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:31 AM (0AxXh)
And I think it was Spencer that a few years ago published a book that indicated for the first century of Islam, there was no mention of Mo. So yes the chances of him being fictional are probably very high.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:31 AM (0AxXh)
But isn't the entire early history of Islam -- shiite v. sunni; "right caliphs" v. "pretenders" -- a struggle for succession? Which begs the question, "if Mo is a myth, succession from what?"
Now, I can easily envision Mo taking early drafts of a Koran, making it all about him, then killing off the early drafters as apostates and unbelievers.....and I can easily envision his actual name being Fred, in a "Dread Pirate Robert" vein. But the continuing struggle over "title" to the caliphate might seem to indicate that some individual had title to it in the first place.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 02:39 AM (3balI)
Posted by: MAx at September 02, 2015 02:39 AM (LAliD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 02:40 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: deep, deep, into the night at September 02, 2015 02:34 AM (q509P)
This is analogous to showing-up at a potluck without a dish and complaining about the food.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 02:41 AM (3balI)
I'm a 70s trained graphic artist so bear that in mind, if it matters. Upper left needs nothing but spacing. The stripes a bit bigger so your title fits nicer. Meaning Golden shouldn't lay right on the top edge of a stripe and ISIS is hard to read with the stars cutting into the type.The idea is nice but the Nazi should be darker and ISIS should be moved up.My humble opinion of course. Very nice layout and idea overall.
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 02:45 AM (ahBY0)
Before the vine-wreath crown!
I saw parched Abyssinia rouse and sing
To the silver cymbals ring!
I saw the whelming vintage hotly pierce
Old Tartary the fierce!
The kings of Inde their jewel scepters vail,
And from their treasures scatter pearled hail;
Great Brahma from his mystic heaven groans,
And all his priesthood moans;
Before young Bacchus' eye wink turning pale.
Into these regions came I following him,
Sick hearted, weary --- so I took a whim
To stray away into these forests drear
Alone, without a peer;
And I have told thee all thou mayest hear.
The Bacchanals, John Keats from "Endymion."
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:45 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 02:47 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 02:51 AM (0AxXh)
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 02:51 AM (3balI)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 02:51 AM (3balI)
*****
Please stop doing that.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 02, 2015 02:56 AM (d3JSA)
"Maybe Muhammad was really psychotic and needed medication, just like Jesus Christ."
Yeah, because Jesus Christ sounds just like Mohammed in whatever psychosis he supposedly has./ sarc
Then there's a German professor of theology who doesn't think Mohammed existed either but converted to the faith because its "very rational" Uhhh huuh-By what criteria?
I probably shouldn't follow links on here down other rabbit holes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 02:59 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 02:51 AM (3balI)
*****
Please stop doing that.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 02, 2015 02:56 AM (d3JSA)
Which particular "that" are you referring to?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:01 AM (3balI)
When is your book coming out in the dead tree version? I would like to purchase it but don't have Kindle.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:01 AM (OSs/l)
--------------------
Is there even such a thing???
Posted by: Chi
I bought a Conestoga wagon and we call it a woody
(Salt Lake City, here we come)
You know it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goody
(Salt Lake City, here we come)
Well, it ain't got a back seat or a side kickstand
But it still gets me to the Promised Land!
And we're goin' to Salt Lake City, 'cause it's one-and-a-half to one
You know we're goin' to Salt Lake City, gonna have some fun
Yeah, we're goin' to Salt Lake City, 'cause it's one-and-a-half to one
You know we're goin' to Salt Lake City, gonna have some fun.
One-and-a-half girls for every boy!
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2015 03:02 AM (jBuUi)
moving the title to the top. Above the flag. Which is why I am looking
for some balance. As for the German eagle, I want it to be there a bit
like a shark lurking ready to devour so don't want it too bold, in the
Kindle version that is 18% opacity but in dead tree version boosting it
to 30% to make it stand out more.
Hard to see what you mean without seeing it. If it was mine I'd blow the flag up some so the DEN wasn't laying on the top line of the red stripe. I like the D hanging in the blue field some though. Maybe a black outline for ISIS so the stars don't over power it? I still think the Isis image needs to move up to tighten it up some. Type should never lay on a line of color. It fucks with the eye.
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 03:03 AM (ahBY0)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:01 AM (3balI)
***
The long ass quote I referenced, albeit with only the last line quoted.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 02, 2015 03:04 AM (d3JSA)
And pay for present pride in future woes.
The deeds that frantic mortals do
In this disordered nook of Jove's domain,
All meet their meed; and there's a Judge below
Whose hateful doom inflicts th' inevitable pain.
O'er the Good soft suns the while
Through the mild day, the night serene,
Alike with cloudless luster smile,
Tempering all the tranquil scene.
Theirs is leisure; vex not they
Stubborn soil or watery way,
To wring from toil want's worthless bread:
No ills they know, no tears they shed,
But with glorious Gods below
Ages of peace contented share.
Meanwhile the Bad with bitterest woe
Eye-startling tasks and endless tortures wear.
All, whose steadfast virtue thrice
Each side the grave unchanged hath stood
Still unseduced, unstained with vice,
They by Jove's mysterious road
Pass to Saturn's realm of rest,
Happy isle that holds the blest;
Where sea-born breezes gently blow
O'er goodly tree profusely pours;
Whence pluck they many a fragrant band,
And braid their locks with never-fading flowers.
The Greek Future Life by Pindar. Translation by A. Moore.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:07 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:08 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:10 AM (OSs/l)
Dartist, hence I am moving the title to be above the main image so the title is clearly seen.
Mo in surviving texts is described as their guy in a cave tightly wrapped in a blanket while receiving the sacred teachings from Jibrel. Joseph Campbell posits a possible explanation that Mo was an epileptic and was having his visions during seizures.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:13 AM (0AxXh)
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:14 AM (3balI)
291 This nugget from a commentator on a website that talks about whether Mohammed existed:
"Maybe Muhammad was really psychotic and needed medication, just like Jesus Christ."
Yeah, because Jesus Christ sounds just like Mohammed in whatever psychosis he supposedly has./ sarc
Then there's a German professor of theology who doesn't think Mohammed existed either but converted to the faith because its "very rational" Uhhh huuh-By what criteria?
I probably shouldn't follow links on here down other rabbit holes.
Posted by: FenelonSpok
I thought everyone was familiar with my world-changing, devastating article from 2012:
http://tinyurl.com/6opwqnz
Zombie Book Review: Did Muhammad Exist?, by Robert Spencer
Absolutely crushing. Game over for Islam. Of course the "Koran" predates the life of "Mohammed." There was no Mohammed. Zero evidence for his existence. Simply a name later attached to a pile of existing goat-skin manuscripts -- half of them cribbed from poorly translated Christian and Jewish apocrypha, half them bizarre desert rants compiled over the centuries.
Read the article -- you will not remain unconvinced: Mohammed was fictional.
A couple of random snippets:
"It is not until page 100 that Spencer lays out his thesis clearly:
Muhammad was an Arab messenger, born in Mecca, speaking Arabic, and bringing the message of Allah to the Arabs and thence to the world at large. Every element of that sentence is a commonplace that both Muslims and non-Muslims take for granted; yet every element, upon closer scrutiny, begins to dissolve. From the extant historical records, it is not at all clear that there was an Arab prophet named Muhammad anywhere near Mecca, who brought any kind of message to the world. Or at the very least, the records indicate that if there was a Muhammad, he was not in Mecca and didn’t preach anything that closely resembles Islam — until long after his death, when his biography and holy book as we know them began to be constructed."
...
"The name Muhammad actually appears in the Qur’an only four times, and in three of those instances it could be used as a title — the “praised one” or “chosen one” — rather than as a proper name. By contrast, Moses is mentioned by name 136 times, and Abraham, 79 times. Even Pharaoh is mentioned 74 times. Meanwhile, “messenger of Allah” (rasul Allah) appears in various forms 300 times, and “prophet” (nabi), 43 times. Are those all references to Muhammad, the seventh-century prophet of Arabia? Perhaps. Certainly they have been taken as such by readers of the Qur’an through the ages. But even if they are, they tell us little to nothing about the events and circumstances of his life.
...
The “full light of history” supposedly shining on Muhammad’s life results largely from the work of a pious Muslim named Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Yasar, generally known as Ibn Ishaq, who wrote the first biography of Muhammad. But Ibn Ishaq was not remotely a contemporary of his prophet, who died in 632. Ibn Ishaq died in 773, and so his work dates from well over a hundred years after the death of his subject. What’s more, Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah — Biography of the Messenger of Allah — has not survived in its original form. It comes down to us today only in a later, abbreviated (although still quite lengthy) version compiled by another Islamic scholar, Ibn Hisham, who died in 834….
The Muhammad of Ibn Ishaq is not a peaceful teacher of the love of God and the brotherhood of man but rather a warlord who fought numerous battles and ordered the assassination of his enemies. “The character attributed to Muhammad in the biography of Ibn Ishaq,” observes the twentieth-century historian David Margoliouth, “is exceedingly unfavorable.”…
...
To the Euro-American mind, the period we know as the “Dark Ages” remain almost completely obscure; even highly educated people would be hard-pressed to offhandedly name anything that happened in the 600s. The literary, archaeological and cultural record from the era is comparatively scant. And yet it is this exact period in which the story of Muhammad and the founding of Islam takes place. Thus, it could be argued that the absence of evidence is to be expected, since there is now an absence of evidence for most things that happened in that era.
Even so, there seems to be a sort of “event horizon” when it comes to the history of Islam: The closer one goes back in time toward the lifetime of Muhammad, the more difficult it is to proceed and the more unsure the sources. At a certain point – sometime in the century following Muhammad’s supposed death — the event horizon is reached, and no further progress can be made. The veil comes down, and we cannot see back to the beginning. So we will likely never know whether Muhammad was a real man, a linguistic boo-boo, or just a convenient fiction...."
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2015 03:16 AM (jBuUi)
"I'm 23, female, a lesbian, white, mentally ill,
visually impaired, a recent college graduate,
an atheist, very left-wing, from the U.S.,
and seeking to
Daddeeee! Look at meeee!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 02, 2015 03:16 AM (VLTL9)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 03:16 AM (ahBY0)
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:18 AM (3balI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:20 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:23 AM (3balI)
Zombie, correct my memory. But wasn't the Qu'ran, in the traditional
story telling, not codified until a century after the supposed death of
Muhammad? And then a Sura was only included only if two or more had
heard the Prophet say it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:20 AM (0AxXh)
And then there were all kinds of Hadiths (things we totally heard Old Moe say, yo!) that were added for the next 300 years. The whole thing is like a bizarre scrapbook exercise, and any small interest group could have gotten their pet rant added to it.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 02, 2015 03:23 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Well, read the whole books review at the link for the full explanation.
The "confirmation tales" were themselves almost certainly fabricated as well, and it's documented that competing Arab factions inserted faked hadiths to undermine their political enemies, back and forth.
In short, not a single thing about the entire "book" is trustworthy.
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2015 03:23 AM (jBuUi)
As for name being larger, that is 36pt font IIRC. And I agree it needs to pop more because you are the second person I've heard comment on it. Other person said; if they can't see the author's name in the thumbnail Amazon provides, they are not clicking.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:24 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party
Jinx!
You and I essentially said the exact same thing at the exact same time!
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2015 03:24 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:27 AM (0AxXh)
But honestly, does it matter?
Will people stop following these faiths? Will ISIS pack up and go home? Will Iran stop being the largest sponsor of terror in the world?
Nope.
It's because it's a faith, and if one can believe in a lot of other things one can't prove, see, touch, or feel, the fact that the figureheads of these religions doesn't exist isn't going to stop people from believing. What does one more unprovable factor matter?
Honestly, aren't all religions just a means of controlling people and a human construction?
Posted by: Mistress Overdone at September 02, 2015 03:30 AM (2S9xy)
Posted by: dartist at September 02, 2015 03:30 AM (ahBY0)
Two dead boys got up to fight.
Back-to-back they faced one another,
Drew their swords and shot each other.
One was blind and the other couldn't see,
So they chose a dummy for a referee.
A blind man went to see fair play,
A dumb man went to shout "hooray!"
A deaf policeman heard the noise,
And came and killed those two dead boys.
A paralyzed donkey walking by,
Kicked the copper in the eye,
Sent him through a rubber wall,
Into a dry ditch and drowned them all.
(If you don't believe this lie is true,
Ask the blind man -- he saw it too!)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:31 AM (3balI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:31 AM (0AxXh)
With all due respect to Joseph Campbell who wrote some interesting things, most people who are basically anti religion (except as "interesting archetypal stories) think all saints or religious figures were suffering from some sort of psychiatric disorder. To which my response is if believing that God "speaks" or having visions means a person is psychotic, Gracious Lord give me the heart and mind of Therese of Lisieux, Francis of Assisi, St Faustna, Padre Pio. John Paul II, John Wesley, William Wilberforce and countless others.
But yes, if there was a Mohammed he sounds like a very bad man, and of course nothing like Jesus whose visions led him to better place.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:31 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:33 AM (0AxXh)
Communism is also a cult with prophets like Marx and Lenin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:31 AM (0AxXh)
That's a comparison that's well made. It puts its faith in government, and in the ability and decency of its leadership, despite our entire history as a species proving that doing so is a bad idea.
I've always took it for a Jungian thing. They tore down religion, so their magical thinking (which was previously contained by it) latched onto the next biggest thing it could get a hold of - the State.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 02, 2015 03:34 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:35 AM (0AxXh)
There's certainly many worse things in the world than having visions. I had one many years ago, and it made me a better person in almost every way, once I began to understand it and get over the initial shock.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 02, 2015 03:36 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:37 AM (0AxXh)
Well, fortunately he didn't get his head chopped off.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:37 AM (OSs/l)
Exactly Cato, much like the French Revolution. The State became god.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:37 AM (0AxXh)
And the State is just people. Mankind's relationship to power is such that any power granted inevitably becomes a power abused, and usually within a fairly short time of its granting. Central power is a recipe for tyranny, but there's no convincing the Statists of it.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 02, 2015 03:38 AM (J+mig)
But the only way the Pyramids were originally measured was because one of those two started to act oddly while wearing a tutu. So the Muslims left him alone because he was crazy. And that was how the first modern measurement of the Pyramids happened.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:39 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: Æthelberht þæs Cent at September 02, 2015 03:40 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:42 AM (OSs/l)
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2015 03:16 AM (jBuUi)
ಠ_ಠ
Spricaþ Ænglisc
Posted by: Æthelberht þæs Cent at September 02, 2015 03:42 AM (0TXlm)
I'd rather be "psychotic" with the Saints than "rational" with Robespierre and Lenin.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:42 AM (OSs/l)
Same here.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 02, 2015 03:43 AM (J+mig)
I didn't know you wore glasses.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:43 AM (3balI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:44 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:46 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:43 AM (3balI)
Þá byresa þæs Cargástes!
Posted by: Æthelberht þæs Centwes at September 02, 2015 03:47 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:44 AM (0AxXh)
http://tinyurl.com/pxbwly7
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~ニャン at September 02, 2015 03:49 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:50 AM (0AxXh)
The teachings of Mo? "Kill!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:46 AM (0AxXh)
I would more say that Christianity teaches to believe, think, and do what is right, noble, and good -- as your moral sense may indicate -- regardless of the personal mortification this may engender; Islam teaches to believe, think, and do from the Koran whatever is necessary for personal enrichment, despite what your moral sense may indicate.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:52 AM (3balI)
320The teachings of Christ can truly be boiled down to 'Be nice.'
Absolutely not. The essence of Christ (the "teaching") is the ransom sacrifice of Jesus for sinners otherwise irredeemable and being nice hasvery littleto do with that.
Posted by: MAx at September 02, 2015 03:52 AM (LAliD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 02, 2015 03:53 AM (OSs/l)
Good morning horde
Posted by: skip at September 02, 2015 03:54 AM (02CDz)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:43 AM (3balI)
tha byresa thaes Cargastes!
Posted by:AEthelberht thaes Centwes at September 02, 2015 03:47 AM (0TXlm)
You smoke cigars, as well? Good for you.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:55 AM (3balI)
Islam is designed to appeal to Bedouins by codifying their raider ways.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 03:57 AM (0AxXh)
Posted by: teddy at September 02, 2015 03:58 AM (2f2uf)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 03:55 AM (3balI)
Scence medue
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at September 02, 2015 04:01 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 02, 2015 04:04 AM (3balI)
Deranged anti-car activist, part of bicycle-riding "Critical Mass" weekly riot-on-wheels, smashes up a car's windshield while woman is in the driver's seat; video of incident shows the car-smasher was wearing a t-shirt with a quote praising "non-violence":
http://tinyurl.com/pt7bklw
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2015 04:05 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at September 02, 2015 04:05 AM (0TXlm)
Posted by: teddy at September 02, 2015 04:07 AM (2f2uf)
Sleep or tinker with cover art? That is the question whilst mulling over stuff for sequel.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 02, 2015 04:08 AM (0AxXh)
Maybe I need more Coffee?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at September 02, 2015 04:58 AM (VxKll)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at September 02, 2015 05:21 AM (fW9N0)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 02, 2015 06:12 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 02, 2015 06:22 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 02, 2015 06:27 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: fluffy at September 02, 2015 06:28 AM (2iV3X)
Wish us luck!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 02, 2015 06:27 AM (VPLuQ)
Baltimore Strong (Arm Whitey)!
Posted by: RickZ at September 02, 2015 06:31 AM (HEtQ3)
Posted by: MAx at September 02, 2015 06:32 AM (LAliD)
A woman I know just moved from SF to Boston, two cities with some similarities, but this ugly, crazy side of SF is completely missing and she loves it.
Posted by: MTF at September 02, 2015 06:34 AM (TcePY)
If she tries, she can find places to urinate in public.
Posted by: fluffy at September 02, 2015 06:37 AM (2iV3X)
Well this'll cheer ya up: http://tinyurl.com/o2zug6hAnn Coulter at the range
Posted by: MAx
The hipster trolls just can't say anything nice about her in the comments, what few of them were there to read.
I'd love to go shooting with Ann, its not the first time I've seen pictures of her doing that.
Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 02, 2015 06:40 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 02, 2015 06:43 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 02, 2015 06:47 AM (VdICR)
addicted F5 button pressing monkey to see if I can shoot the lights out
of being first on the EMT.
Posted by: Gmac - IP banned at home - #twoweeks at September 02, 2015 06:43 AM (4pjhs)
It's good to have goals in life. I need to get some.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 02, 2015 06:49 AM (JO9+V)
Would also make a pretty good headstone inscription.
"First!"
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 02, 2015 06:54 AM (xq1UY)
Congratulations...you have a goal.
Wasn't that easy?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 02, 2015 06:54 AM (VPLuQ)
Posted by: @votermom at September 02, 2015 06:55 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 02, 2015 06:55 AM (VPLuQ)
However, if this is a confidence interval, then it indicates that the bulk of the curve probably falls pretty close to the midpoint 38-39th year (and the tails are far less likely), or around the time that Muhammad would be 36-37 years old, by the dates given here.
Odd that what should *confirm* a period of authorship is taken as a chance on the fringes of the distribution curve to be a "possibility".
Posted by: Axeman at September 02, 2015 10:22 AM (2mC6G)
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