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Ben Carson Releases Rap Ad
His voice doesn't really lend itself to a rap track. Meanwhile, Carson is getting some scandal!-type media press for the revelation of a theory he announced at a commencement in 1998, that the Great Pyramids were designed to store grain, not inter the Pharaohs. For some reason, he says he still clings to this belief. He thinks the key proof is that the rooms of the pyramids are "hermetically sealed," which only makes sense for a grain silo, and would not make sense for a place of burial. I do not know what the hell is thinking, because grain silos are actually not hermetically sealed, whereas most places of burial are as sealed as the people doing the burying can manage. Given that the Pharaohs were buried with great wealth, money they were supposed to use in the afterlife, and thieves (and all other sorts of people) like great wealth, it makes so much sense the chambers would be "hermetically sealed" that... I'm just baffled. Also:In the same speech, he went on to say, "[W]hen you look at the way that the pyramids are made, with many chambers that are hermetically sealed, they'd have to be that way for various reasons. And various of scientists have said, 'Well, you know there were alien beings that came down and they have special knowledge and that's how--' you know, it doesn't require an alien being when God is with you."He dismisses this "alien" theory, fine, but not before announcing that "various scientists" have endorsed this view. But then, people have strange pet theories. Just about anyone, no matter how rational, will have their own weird pet theory about some damn thing.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 12:48 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: kathysaysso at November 05, 2015 12:49 PM (fMQoG)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2015 12:49 PM (r65B3)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2015 12:50 PM (r65B3)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at November 05, 2015 12:51 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 12:51 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: 1981 at November 05, 2015 12:51 PM (2WoCi)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at November 05, 2015 12:51 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2015 12:52 PM (xwPSp)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at November 05, 2015 12:52 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 12:52 PM (FkBIv)
(cant watch it from work)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at November 05, 2015 12:52 PM (kXzR8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 05, 2015 12:52 PM (gf8BH)
He doesn't really rap as in sing He raps as in talking to the folks... It still sucked...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at November 05, 2015 12:52 PM (kff5f)
I am going with horrified
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (gf8BH)
Yes, I have been called Captain Obvious before; why do you ask?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - CNBC Pelts Autographed by the Candidates at The Outrage Outlet! at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (39g3+)
Note, he does not Rap, its a stump speech that they interspersed with a Rapper...
Staff work... and not really smart IMO with the rest of his message..
Posted by: BB Wolf, wondering why no one seems to care about what Congress is doing to Vets at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (4ErVI)
I'll slice yo' muthafuckin' head and fix yo' brain!
Posted by: Dr. Ben Carson at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (2Ojst)
What makes him a novelty candidate anymore than Trump is one?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (xwPSp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (FsuaD)
I don't know if I'm all the way to head desk, but I'm certainly to facepalm.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (kXzR8)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (NOIQH)
He's got street cred... He stabbed somebody a a Yout...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (/dSsq)
I'm a neurosurgeon, bitch! Bringin' the pain!
I'll slice yo' muthafuckin' head and fix yo' brain!
Posted by: Dr. Ben Carson at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (2Ojst)
Actually you've got a point in that if this had to be tried, at least shoot for some humor with it.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (2Ojst)
And no changing your name to Snoop Doggy Ben.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (lKSyl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (No/ki)
Yeah, and he still had to okay it.
Actually, I'm not sure which is worse - if he gave the go-ahead, or if someone did this behind his back.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (kff5f)
I think you should put up his statement from yesterday (that we were talking about in the last thread) to go with this. It's much less goofy, and is actually one of the better political personal statements I've read.
Tonight, going through all of your questions, I wanted to touch on a few issues that seem to be asked by many people.
I would like to deal with one question tonight in some detail. The issue is experience. Several people ask what they should tell their friends when people say " like Carson but he has no political experience".
You are absolutely right - I have no political experience. The current Members of Congress have a combined 8,700 years of political experience. Are we sure political experience is what we need. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no elected office experience. What they had was a deep belief that freedom is a gift from God. They had a determination to rise up against a tyrannical King. They were willing to risk all they had, even their lives, to be free. Today we find ourselves with an entire class of politicians. No one in Philadelphia, during that summer our nation was born, dreamed that service was a career with a pension. America was the land of the Citizen Statesmen. They were merchants, lawyers, farmers - and yes, even doctors. They were willing to stand for freedom. Today, the political class stands in the way, not for the people. They demand pensions and perks. This is not what our Founders envisioned for America. I spent my life treating very ill children. Over 15,000 times I gave my all to prolong their lives. I was blessed to do it. But when it came time for me to retire, I simply could not sit back any longer. These children became my family. What our government is doing to them is outrageous. I am prepared to risk all that I have to try and make a difference in their future. I built one of the nation's best medical centers. I served for two decades on the boards of Costco and Kellogg. I built a national scholarship program.
My experience is very different than what we have come to expect. I grew up poor. I know what it is like to be homeless and hungry. I know the pain of poverty. I also know that education and a mother's love can be the path out of dire poverty. I know what it is like to see water fountains you are not allowed to drink out of because of your skin color. I also know that once you peel back the skin, the brain is the same no matter what your skin color or continent you live on. I know that victimhood is a trap. I know that it is our Christian responsibility to offer those less fortunate a hand up. I know my faith is strong and my ego is small.
I know that my path to the White House is different than most. But I also know I bring all of the pain and joy, the success and failure, the lessons learned through love and sorrow in my life's journey. Bill Clinton was famous for saying "I feel your pain" - well, I have walked in your shoes.
I do not have political experience, I have a life journey. A journey that not only made it possible for me to relate to so many different people, but also one where time and time again I was told I would fail, only to succeed. My candidacy is different, that I grant you. I have neither Donald Trump's money or Jeb Bush's political network. However, I wouldn't trade a single child I treated for all of Trump's money. While I admire the Bush family's dedication to service, I too served -nights, weekends, holidays, birthdays and anniversaries with severely injured patients were my public service.
I didn't go to embassy cocktail parties or beg lobbyists for money. I spent night after night in a quiet, sterile room trying to save the life of a small child. That was my life's service. This is my life's experience. What I have is a lifetime of caring, integrity and honesty. I have experienced the American Dream. No where in the world, other than America, could a man whose ancestors were slaves, rise to become a leading brain surgeon and one day seek the Office of President.
The very fact that I am running is testament to the greatness of America. If all you want is political experience then I cannot be your candidate.
Thank you for staying up with me.
Goodnight,
Ben
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 12:56 PM (bYGAR)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 05, 2015 12:56 PM (EDYaR)
This doesn't...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 12:56 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: scottst at November 05, 2015 12:56 PM (v+8+I)
I'll slice yo' muthafuckin' head and fix yo' brain!
Posted by: Dr. Ben Carson
Thread. Winner.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at November 05, 2015 12:57 PM (/Ho8c)
I'm not the demographic they're trying to reach.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 12:57 PM (No/ki)
Increasingly, I have come to believe that you are far too moderate for the circumstances we now find ourselves in!
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 05, 2015 12:57 PM (ftVQq)
Posted by: Dang at November 05, 2015 12:58 PM (2oWD2)
you should go to church on the seventh day.
Not the first. That day is whack
Now listen in while I drop this track.
- begins beatboxing -
Posted by: Komissar Vladimir at November 05, 2015 12:58 PM (7NboP)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 12:58 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2015 12:58 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2015 12:59 PM (rSTkb)
Now, now his name might be Mohammed but we couldn't possibly speculate on his motives.
Rolls eyes.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 12:59 PM (No/ki)
Ben Carson is black? Who knew??
When did this happen??
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 12:59 PM (rNruR)
having said that: Now kindly stop doing the work of the Left for them.
Obama met with some insane woman that posed in a tub full of milk and breakfast cereal.
Delaware's own Joe Biden is an opportunistic SOB.
Of the three, only Carson has ever demonstrated a useful skill.
Posted by: Blue Hen at November 05, 2015 01:00 PM (326rv)
It's not a pet theory, I'm told it's a mainstay of Seventh Day Adventist teaching as well as some evangelical communities.
I did not know this, but when I told me evangelically-raised girlfriend about this this morning she said "Yes, that is what I was taught as well".
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:00 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:00 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: maddogg at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (t2KH5)
Que sera, sera, whatever will Jeb will Jeb...
nah...
by the by, idiots at a post about Al Gore on facebook still think that Jeb got W the election in 2000. They are too stupid to recall that 8 of the 9 Fla Sup Ct justices were democrats.
Posted by: Mallflour at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Lea at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (JO9+V)
"Put your upper extremities in the air, and proceed to move them in a rhythmic manner that expresses indifference."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2015 12:59 PM (rSTkb)
Be careful with that shit, yo. Make sure you gots your ID.
Posted by: Dorothy Bland at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (rSTkb)
If I was his campaign manager/media guy, I'd make sure that that one ad got played for several months in as many markets as possible as opposed to making a whole bunch of different ads.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at November 05, 2015 01:02 PM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Cathy Griffin at November 05, 2015 01:02 PM (EDYaR)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:02 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Jay at November 05, 2015 01:02 PM (mrlXS)
I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for reminding me. Now I'm off breakfast cereal for good.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 01:02 PM (FsuaD)
I wouldn't touch her stank cooter with a stolen speculum!
Posted by: Dr. Ben Carson at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (2Ojst)
Never heard the grain silo theory before but yeah, people have silly ideas and theories about all kinds of stuff. This one is absolutely irrelevant to the presidency so, shrug.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (39g3+)
Meanwhile, muslims like Obama want to destroy the pyramids all together, yet we don't hear a word about THAT crazy idea.
So, yeah. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: redsweater at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (v8Svi)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: BC Rapper at November 05, 2015 01:04 PM (wrS2o)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (t2KH5)
Actually we do hear about them, they are just prefaced by the phrase "We need sensible ___________ now...."
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:04 PM (hLRSq)
http://goo.gl/iM8cGo
Posted by: maddogg at November 05, 2015 01:04 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Stabby Youth opened for Sonic Youth back in 98.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:04 PM (FkBIv)
C'mon, Doctor. Step up your game. Aliens, Atlantis, phlogiston, midichlorians, elves... SOMETHING.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at November 05, 2015 01:04 PM (zgHLA)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 05, 2015 12:56 PM (EDYaR)
Wow. Just wow.
I thought identity politics were for the special ed liberals and progressives.
Wow.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2015 01:04 PM (+YMhA)
The thing is, there are some really successful ad campaigns and songs out there that are just, objectively, idiotic, humiliating, and awful. These days who the hell knows what will work?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (39g3+)
I don't know; I don't like rap, but maybe running for President is one of those situations where you try a bunch of stuff and see what works.
I'm not John "I find rap fascinating" Kerry. I hate rap. It's garbage and appeals to the lowest common denominator. Carson is better than that.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (X6fMO)
The only thing that would be worse would be Ted Cruz coming out in a rodeo outfit and singing his own praises to the tune of "Rhinestone Cowboy" or something.
You know what would be fun though? I'd pay anything to see Rubio do a Desi Arnaz imitation.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (u0lmX)
*****
I don't.
Would be an interesting thread (to which I could not contribute) to have ya'll 'rons and 'ettes share same.
As toCarson's rap, not bad at all and great beat. May work for young whites that are a huge rap market as well. Noamean?
Posted by: eureka! is troubled these days at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (g1MTt)
Posted by: Funk & Wagnall at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (eEBON)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (zgHLA)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Iblis at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (9221z)
Agreed Christopher. The same people ragging on Ben Carson for his misguided thoughts on the pyramids, also probably think the Jews built the pyramids.
(Old vs new kingdom, get a book people!)
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (u0lmX)
Babbaloo!!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (/dSsq)
It is comprised simply of a jumping movement in a leftward direction, then repeatedly placing the nonsupporting foot in a rightward direction distal to the body.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (2Ojst)
Too bad the entire media and he majority of the country agree with them.
Posted by: Damiano at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (XItbt)
Faisal Mohhamad, scumbag.
Posted by: Dang at November 05, 2015 12:58 PM (2oWD2)
That story went down the memory hole in seconds and we'll never see it again but Ben Carson on the pyramids we'll hear about it for weeks.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Lauren
Plus, our current inhabitant of the Oval Office thinks there are 57 states and 10,000 people were killed in a tornado.
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time)
Baba Looooooooooooooooooo!!
Posted by: El Marko at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (FkBIv)
Wuuuuccccyyyy!
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 05, 2015 01:07 PM (AbFmZ)
Doesn't everyone know not to click you links by now? Difficult to respond to something everyone refuses to look at.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Garrett at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (6n8J9)
O/T: Last nights CMA Awards intro, the joke was their big Star Wars skit had been cancelled. As Brad and Carrie were walking around informing everyone, one of the folks they encountered was Darius Rucker dressed as a Stormtrooper. I wonder if anyone in TV land got the joke?
Posted by: Bill R. at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (jKUeC)
Posted by: Beef at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (/q4N3)
Dogs are much better than cats.
Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (EclzG)
Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (Jj/2n)
Posted by: Roy at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (fWLrt)
I thought identity politics were for the special ed liberals and progressives.
If, in the history of the United States, exactly 3 Irish guys were ever serious contenders for the presidency, how hard would they have to work to reach out to the Irish community? This isn't about identity politics, its about how people view "tribe" and "their people."
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (39g3+)
*****
I don't.
...
Posted by: eureka! is troubled these days at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (g1MTt)
Just about every interesting person...
Posted by: redsweater at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (v8Svi)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (2Ojst)
And no changing your name to Snoop Doggy Ben.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (lKSyl)
How about "Lil Ben?"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Mallflour at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (qSIlh)
Babbaloo!!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (JO9+V)
HIIIIIILLLLLLAARRRY! YOU GOT SOME 'PLAINING TO DO!
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:05 PM (u0lmX)
In his headhunter getup at the hospital when Ricky was born. That'll knock 'em dead.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (JO9+V)
He can never be my president.
Posted by: Komissar Vladimir at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (voUxQ)
The ad splices the calm voice of Mr. Carson with that of the artist Aspiring Mogul over a thumping club beat, with lyrics like, "vote and support Ben Carson, for our next president, it'd be awesome."
"If we want to get America back on track, we gotta vote Ben Carson as a matter of fact," the rap concludes.
"Do the Bartman...."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (kdS6q)
So, 52% of the voters.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (rNruR)
So your main point was to indirectly boost Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (No/ki)
I was looking for sources on the SDA/pyramid theory and I ran across a guy who was an early Jehova's Witness promoting that the Hebrews had built the pyramids.
Still digging.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (JtwS4)
Sock it to..me? Isn't that where it all started?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Garrett at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (6n8J9)
Posted by: Blue Hen at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (326rv)
HIIIIIILLLLLLAARRRY! YOU GOT SOME 'PLAINING TO DO!
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (u0lmX)
Beat me to it!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (FsuaD)
Still digging.
Everyone Knows that Aliens from outer space built the Pyramids...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (/dSsq)
The f'ing snake handlers are over there going, "and you call us crazy?"
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (ZvKdv)
Posted by: Garrett at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (6n8J9)
Brewery. No longer functional, as the nose functioned as a tap.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (2Ojst)
And no changing your name to Snoop Doggy Ben.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 05, 2015 12:55 PM (lKSyl)
How about "Lil Ben?"
Ben D. R.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (rNruR)
I'll slice yo' muthafuckin' head and fix yo' brain!
Posted by: Dr. Ben Carson at November 05, 2015 12:53 PM (2Ojst)
Can't. Stop. Laughing.
Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (zgHLA)
What is amazing is that she thinks Eleanor would disturb her rest to speak with someone who is so clearly a scrunt. Even Eleanor had her standards. And wore skirts.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (ROUi8)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (kdS6q)
That's so 1989.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Roy at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (fWLrt)
Our word "Kleagle" actually comes from the Egyptian word for "Esteemed Senior Senator from West Virginia."
I read this on the internetz.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (zgHLA)
Figures old lesbians stick together..... Eeewwwww...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Doubting Thomasina at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (Njgr3)
The best would be to see him or Cruz do the Little Red Riding Hood bit. Insert big government as the big bad wolf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ivqXzmrZ0
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (LzzEz)
Says different things to different people. White, middle class voter struggling in a poor economy that is hampered by overwhelming government regulations, it means one thing,
But to a poor struggling black kid in Ferguson, fighting for your freedom against the white oppressor says something else.
Lauren up there @33 has some very nice words that I agree with completely. So I'm hoping Dr Ben Carson can change the minds of people who will be voting in the next election.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (P5cC5)
Exactly, or that slaves built it. Tons of ignorance out there, pointing a finger and giggling about someone else's generally ends up making us feel foolish when ours is revealed.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (39g3+)
I don't want nobody being President who thinks we need to build pyramids to store grain. Pyramids are obviously for extra terrestrial communications.
I don't trust him anyway. Politicians constantly run on building pyramids and as soon as they get elected they stab us in the back.
I'm sick and tired of the lies.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at November 05, 2015 01:06 PM (zgHLA)
Figures old lesbians stick together..... Eeewwwww...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (/dSsq)
How do you think they got the idea for Velcro in the first place?
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (oKE6c)
His rice is great stuff.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (2Ojst)
Place said pelvis first in the coronal plane, then approximate a prolate ellipsoid by moving the pelvis about the medial axis in the sagittal plane, leaving the appendicular skeleton stationary.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (oKE6c)
His weakness is not ill-founded eccentric notions that he is willing to muse about in public, it's his willingness sound forth without ever having had enough information to discern the solidity of his ideas, and his inability to judge how little information he has. He puts on display thinking errors and limited intellect, not just a lack of information (which is bad enough) or wacky ponderings and Deep Thoughts.
He was actually playing an evangelical version of Neil Degrasse Tyson when he spouted off about the Egyptians not needing aliens and proposing that the pyramids might have had some practical purpose beyond that of tomb (and in some larger senses they certainly did. But he's unwilling to dig into the ancient history of Egypt to figure out what that might be. He just regurgitates some pop theology he read in a young earth tract.
Posted by: SarahW at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (3fTXW)
Aspiring Mogul
Defined and created a new genre of music called "Republican Music" for the purpose of educating and inspiring people around the world to understand Republican principles and stand with conservatives in the fight to keep America strong and prosperous.
aspiringmogul.com/republican-leader
"Hmmmm.... what rhymes with Export-Import Bank?"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (kdS6q)
Yep. Especially the black churches.
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (/dSsq)
Guatemalans built the pyramids.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: troyriser at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (WuTfJ)
Posted by: Garrett at November 05, 2015 01:08 PM (6n8J9)
King Tut's body indicates charring; Carter noticed it when he found Tut. Modern theory is that they hurried the process of burial to get him in the ground, did not allow the mummification process enough drying time. Linseed oil + wrappings + not enough drying time = spontaneous combustion. Tut was sealed up and then caught on fire.
Good thing he was already dead! Sealed in a tomb where the bandages you are wrapped in catch on fire would be a terrible way to die.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (hvf9s)
The f'ing snake handlers are over there going, "and you call us crazy?"
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (ZvKdv)
Even the folks who claim that they aren't really changing into women, but are simply aligning their appearance with their "natural" brain functions are just as crazy.
Mental illness remains "unnatural" or at least "unnormal." No matter how many bathrooms you get to use along the way.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:10 PM (/dSsq)
Word! *sparks up and inhales deeply*
Posted by: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (JO9+V)
You don't have to run for President. Just tell us when you're doing it no doubt some of would show up to watch. :^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (/tuJf)
That's ridiculous. The average person thinks that the pyramids were built by aliens.
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (LzzEz)
Posted by: Lower Class person whose opinions need to be guided at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (3ZttN)
He didn't?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (Jj/2n)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 05, 2015 01:11 PM (ROUi
I think it was Nancy who had the goofy ideas about astrology. Ron sort of humored her.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Joseph, with that most awesome dreamcoat at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (fWLrt)
If you speak in a disrespectful manner, we shall disable your automobile,
For we are concerned with our serious nature.
Please do not repeat the previous information i have relayed because I have not spoken in a consequential manner."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Yo! at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:13 PM (hLRSq)
Well, yeah, the ones in Guatemala.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (+YMhA)
Oh, it's the crazy cray cray beliefs of black Republicans that is open for ridicule.
Not the crazy cray cray beliefs of black Democrats that is open for ridicule.
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (ZvKdv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (oKE6c)
That is the motion that genuinely compels you outside of traditionally accepted psychiatric norms for mental health function.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (2Ojst)
Posted by: Joseph, with that most awesome dreamcoat
He's right. I was there, man.
Posted by: Brian Williams at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Pyramid Power at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (1uTkE)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (kdS6q)
Tort-filing skank.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (493sH)
It's not an ill-founded eccentric notion, it's part of Seventh Day Adventist teaching.
It's the same reason I don't mock Mormons. As an agnostic I find the 2,000 year old stories as wacky as the 150 year old stories.
Not denigrating anyone's faith, the faithful are the best people I know. But sects have idiosynchratic teachings.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:12 PM (kdS6q)
Graft in the MF-ing bank!
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (ftVQq)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (lKSyl)
Posted by: The AoS Concern Desk at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (Jj/2n)
Posted by: Grad School Fool at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (A9KzJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (/tuJf)
Or Republican drive-bys. That'll thin out the field PDQ.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Draki at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (0eidE)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (AbFmZ)
Rapping, on the other hand....PASS
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (yvwr7)
Posted by: The AoS Concern Desk at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (Jj/2n)
There's more proof of that then there is catastrophic Climate change...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Luddite at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (nFdGS)
Posted by: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (zt+N6)
Oh, it's the crazy cray cray beliefs of black Republicans that is open for ridicule.
Not the crazy cray cray beliefs of black Democrats that is open for ridicule.
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM (ZvKdv)
Yeah. Pretty hard to get a pyramid to capsize.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:17 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Fritz at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: Roy at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (fWLrt)
Juvenile delinquent ---> "justice-involved youth"
"The Department of Justice is committed to giving justice-involved youth
the tools they need to become productive members of society," Attorney
General Loretta Lynch said in a news release on Monday.....
Through the new Juvenile Re-Entry Assistance Program, DOJ and HUD will
work collaboratively "to help individuals that have paid their debt to
society rehabilitate and reintegrate back into their communities."
*facepalm*
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (lKSyl)
Bit weirder than the 7th day adventists. Of course, he didn't rap.
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (xwPSp)
We all do. Ace is right, we all have weird pet theories and misconceptions. The thing is, its a lot easier to see and recognize it in others than in yourself. For some, its a way of feeling superior about yourself compared to those kooks that think a star on their belly is good. Everyone knows a proper Sneech has no star on their belly.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:15 PM (JtwS4)
I blame Martin Luther.
As for Desi Arnaz, that guy was a big fan of America. He said there was no other nation in the world where a broke kid not knowing the language could grow up to achieve his level of success.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (4ErVI)
Bernie the bolshevik = rape fantasies and limited amounts of toilet paper
What to do, what ever shall I do........?
Posted by: Blue Hen at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (326rv)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (OFUXm)
It will download automatically if you have scripts enabled.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (P5cC5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 05, 2015 01:16 PM (AbFmZ)
Yeah, she starts screaming and throwing things when I go back home to my wife.
Posted by: Jeb! at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (2Ojst)
"The Department of Justice is committed to giving justice-involved youth
the tools they need to become productive members of society," Attorney
General Loretta Lynch said in a news release on Monday.....
Through the new Juvenile Re-Entry Assistance Program, DOJ and HUD will
work collaboratively "to help individuals that have paid their debt to
society rehabilitate and reintegrate back into their communities."
*facepalm
Coming soon to a neighborhood near You...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 05, 2015 12:56 PM (EDYaR)
That's because it is not and never has been about someone being black, white, woman, man, straight or gay. It's not about glass ceilings or historic firsts.
It's about grievance mongering. Carson doesn't allow that. The fact that he's lived the life and over come all the things people whine about is irrelevant.
Contrast to half-black Obama who was raised and spent his whole life in white, upperclass environments. Who never went without anything, never really accomplished anything of value (and still hasn't), never even held a full time job in his entire life, and never held a part time job for any purpose other than padding his resume for the next job. This difference is that the ONLY thing Obama has ever done and the only thing he is good at is perpetuating a victim mentality for his own profit.
It is not an never had been about overcoming a situation. It's about perpetuating it.
Posted by: Damiano at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (XItbt)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:14 PM
Worse...the next debate will be conducted solely in interpretive dance.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (ttnnR)
New Obamaspeak: Juvenile delinquent ---> "justice-involved youth"
"The Department of Justice is committed to giving justice-involved youth
the tools they need to become productive members of society," Attorney
General Loretta Lynch said in a news release on Monday.....
Posted by: Lizzy
Thanks Thom!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (kdS6q)
That seems like an easy choice to make.
Posted by: Paul at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (egEWw)
Posted by: Chi at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (EclzG)
Then why the hell do UFOs keep crashing in Nevada?
Posted by: troyriser at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (WuTfJ)
Posted by: Duck at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (rU4w1)
It's absolutely the worst type of politics. It's mean girl bullshit. And I'm not even on Team Carson (despite my posts today) I just think that he represents a very real threat to the Dems because of his background, and it makes me irritated to see us jumping on the bandwagon to gleefully tear him down.
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (LzzEz)
If we want to win the inner-cities, we need to take the black all at once, by showing them how they are victims of the democrats who are playing them for chumps.
Some super PAC needs to take up the cause, showing that the vast majority of black kids in the cities can't read, write or make change for a dollar. Then asking "How's voting Democrat working out for you and your kids?"
Hard hitting. The MSM will scream "racist", but it's the truth and the only way things will change.
Get some 10 year old black kid looking into the camera saying "Momma, I don't want to poor all my life". Make the liberals loose their minds with anger at first then watch them break down and cry when they realize it's the truth.
This is the year for change. Make it happen.
Posted by: jwest at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (EDYaR)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:18 PM (NOIQH)
The Department of Justice is going to administer beatings??
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Coast to Coast caller at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (JO9+V)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ
Posted by: Mallflour at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Hank at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (V9g65)
Before or after the Cubs?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (rNruR)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (DQZLr)
It also made me think if there'd been no Arthur Bremer, there might not have been any Bush presidents.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Yo! at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Smallish Bees at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (YPgXi)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 01:09 PM (rNruR)
So help me, I actually like the Hotline Bling song currently doing All the Memes. Even if Drake does old man dancing in the vid hah.
And the new Macklemore song about buying a moped is kinda catchy. I hate Macklemore in general, king of the tools, but anything that reminds me of Rapper's Delight gets a pass.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (hvf9s)
Rubio is in to rap in a big way.
I bet you money SNL makes Trump rap.
Ted Cruz will never rap.
The storage of grain and internment of pharaohs are not mutually exclusive.So Dr. Bendoesn't have muchof a point re design vs purpose.
These various unnamed scientists believe in the aliens not Dr. Ben. Dr. Ben believes all things are possible with God. I recognize that will cause some people problems, butwe are all better off with everyone being up front about that sowe can make our peace withit or not makeour peace withit. I will let a lot of other stuff go without saying it.
Posted by: simplemind at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (JTwsP)
Posted by: History Channel narrator at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (HbSdt)
the tools they need to become productive members of society,
West Side Story dance routines.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at November 05, 2015 01:22 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Mike at November 05, 2015 01:22 PM (ISxUB)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 01:22 PM (FsuaD)
the tools they need to become productive members of society," Attorney
General Loretta Lynch said in a news release on Monday.....
Through the new Juvenile Re-Entry Assistance Program, DOJ and HUD will
work collaboratively "to help individuals that have paid their debt to
society rehabilitate and reintegrate back into their communities."
*facepalm
Coming soon to a neighborhood near You...
Posted by: donna at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (/dSsq)
Why even have prisons any more if Barry and his cronies are going to let everyone free? Maybe they're just freeing up space for political prisoners, comrades.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 05, 2015 01:22 PM (493sH)
Republican front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson will receive Secret Service details after the candidates' requests for protection were approved, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
Actually, Carson requested a "def posse", but he's willing to settle.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (kdS6q)
Oooh, look at that cray-cray Christian flat-earther!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (OFUXm)
Posted by: simplemind at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (JTwsP)
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Trump will shoot at the others' feet shouting, "Dance!" and laughing.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (lKSyl)
--
See James Dean's newest release! Justice-Involved Youth Without a Cause. In theaters this week.
Posted by: Lady in Black....CRUZ / PAPERBAG 2016 at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (pVkEV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:19 PM (No/ki)
How about Carly recreating the Jamie Lee Curtis dancing scene from True Lies?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (4ErVI)
That's a little crazy.
Though, not as crazy as blaming an attack by terrorists on a consulate on a YouTube video.
Or as crazy that thinking more of the same progressive policies that have been in effect for the last 70 years will work at some point in the future if only we could spend/borrow enough.
Posted by: gwelf at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (YPa0m)
Posted by: Uncle Busyhands at November 05, 2015 01:23 PM (Jj/2n)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at November 05, 2015 01:24 PM (OFUXm)
Ben's brother Johnny used to do a skit as "Carnac the Magnificent" in which he psychically intuited answers from within envelopes that had been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnall's ports since noon today.
Maybe that's what Ben is thinking about.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 05, 2015 01:24 PM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 05, 2015 01:24 PM (2lndx)
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at November 05, 2015 01:24 PM (OFUXm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:24 PM (No/ki)
Huh... They're right. Carson shouldn't be President but he should definitely get the Nobel Prize.
Posted by: Damiano at November 05, 2015 01:24 PM (XItbt)
Posted by: Chupacabra at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (V40IZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM (FkBIv)
In SF, it's show tunes.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The President of Egypt at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (FkBIv)
stick a fork in him, and have someone call the code...
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (4ge8N)
Posted by: Jeb! at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (JO9+V)
Those other thin persons of ill-repute are simply engaging in impersonation.
So would the authentic thin person of ill-repute make him self known,
Make himself known?
Make himself known?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (/Ho8c)
I'm Episcopalian. You won't believe the wack stuff they believe in. Washing a baby's head will remove all sin; eating a wafer with a sip of sherry will put you in tune with the divine, all sorts of weird stuff about lambs bearing sin.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (hLRSq)
Or save money with government-managed health care?
Or convert the US energy sources from fossil fuels to majority "green" energy sources like windmills and solar?
Or that one's choice in lighbulb determines the number of hurricanes and blizzards that year?
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: History Channel narrator at November 05, 2015 01:21 PM
Bullshit. It was Barzini all along.
Posted by: Don Corleone at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (ttnnR)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (/Ho8c)
How do you do the Bartman? The only way I know to do a Bartman is to catch a ball in play at Wrigley Field during a post-season game and it's too late for that.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Joseph,
-----------------------------------------------
That's the motivator of course. Joseph advised Pharaoh to store 7 years' worth of grain in preparation for the Obama recovery.
But I thought it was well know Egyptians had granaries. It's why they invented the domesticated cat. That's uncontroversial, not sure why there's a need to locate those granaries in the pyramids.
If you want to make a case for inerrancy, locating them in pyramids is a totally unnecessary move.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (LzzEz)
Not from me, you won't. I think Carson is an inspiring human being, a wise and gentle soul. Does he have the stuff to be President? Not sure. I do know many people gravitate to him because he's so calm and reassuring. Look around: there are valid reasons why people are yearning for calm and reassurance.
Posted by: troyriser at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (WuTfJ)
Posted by: Soona at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (Fmupd)
THIS is the mission of the Department of Justice? REALLY?
So was NASA so f*cking busy with muslim outreach that it couldn't take this on too?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (39g3+)
O/T: Christopher, I don't know if you saw it, because it was at the end of the last thread, but if you click on my nic, it will take you to my website where you can read excerpts from my book and its in-progress sequel.
And now I have to read your books.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at November 05, 2015 01:25 PM (/Ho8c)
About the same odds as winning the World Series. Or the Stanley Cup.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (AbFmZ)
That's because it is not and never has been about someone being black, white, woman, man, straight or gay. It's not about glass ceilings or historic firsts.
It's about grievance mongering.
Yeah, exactly. Romney lost because he portrayed an America you could be great in if you worked hard and did right, running against a guy that said "America sucks so I'll give you free stuff."
That's where we are now. A guy that pulls himself out of the gutter to be great makes people envious and feel bad about themselves, its a microaggression that triggers them into needing a safe space.
Things haven't gotten more sane in the last 3 years. Its gotten more crazy and stupid.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (39g3+)
I've never watched that show unless it was on in a place I couldn't escape from, but I might tune in just to see her. I do like her as an assertive,intelligent, articulate candidate.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:28 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 05, 2015 01:28 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Typical LIV at November 05, 2015 01:28 PM (nbGZj)
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2015 12:54 PM (xwPSp)
"I know it's not the end of my campaignnnnnn, but it's a damn good starrrrttttttt."
Posted by: Jeb channeling Emilio at November 05, 2015 01:28 PM (8Y7+f)
Posted by: Mainah at November 05, 2015 01:29 PM (659DL)
19 Jeb Bush would do a rap video if he could figure out what rhymes with guaca bowl.
20 I'm a neurosurgeon, bitch! Bringin' the pain!
I'll slice yo' muthafuckin' head and fix yo' brain!
41 My name's Ben Carson and I'm here to say
you should go to church on the seventh day.
Not the first. That day is whack
Now listen in while I drop this track.
- begins beatboxing -
44 "Put your upper extremities in the air, and proceed to move them in a rhythmic manner that expresses indifference."
YOu all will have to split the winnings
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 05, 2015 01:29 PM (yvwr7)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at November 05, 2015 01:29 PM (KkVB6)
Heck with that, I'm gonna buy it. Just gotta sell a few more copies of my own works to afford it. Yeah, that's how poor I am, heh.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Naes at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: Chupacabra at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (V40IZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Don Corleone at November 05, 2015 01:26 PM (ttnnR)Word on the street says it was Jar-Jar Binks, man: the dude behind the dude, know what I'm sayin'?
Posted by: Huggie Bear at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM (WuTfJ)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 05, 2015 01:28 PM (ppaKI)
Scientists everywhere weep. Pyramids, crystals, and magnets seem to attract this kind of attention. Of course, Prof. Shirley MacLaine helped.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: jewells45 at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (l/N7H)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (NOIQH)
Given that I am going to spend a good part of tomorrow with a surgeon cutting me open and doing doctor shit, this does not comfort me.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Duck at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (rU4w1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (FkBIv)
I have gone down with the ship, does that count?
Posted by: hilllary at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (HbSdt)
https://youtu.be/Xxsdh8iRx-U
Also, en Espanol:
https://youtu.be/Tfxs5RlxNIc
Posted by: Country Singer at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (8Y7+f)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 05, 2015 01:27 PM (8ZskC)
We can't get astronauts to the space station without Russian help; sending juvvies into deep space is beyond their capabilities right now.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (0LHZx)
white, woman, man, straight or gay. It's not about glass ceilings or
historic firsts.
There's Real World and Perfect World. We don't live in Perfect World. At least I don't.
Posted by: tu3031 at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (EDYaR)
Posted by: Duck at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (rU4w1)
But the technology's been lost, along with their telekinesis and gliders that didn't require a "boost" to get airborne.
Posted by: Chupacabra at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (V40IZ)
Remind him to put all the stuff that still works back in when he's done.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Huggie Bear at November 05, 2015 01:30 PM
Oh, I hear ya, man.
Posted by: Reggie Love at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (ttnnR)
Please, God, let that policy apply to applicants for the Secret Service. At least until January 2017.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (oKE6c)
The Link Corporation is a construction company based in Palo Alto. On first glance it seems like a normal local business -- providing people with services to build and remodel homes and offices. But it seems the company's Yelp page has gotten out of hand and Link has decided to take its reviewers -- who are anonymous -- to court.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (c9yr5)
Carson's not my guy, but I like him. He's a kind soul. I could care less what he thinks about the pyramids. At least he doesn't hate me and he doesn't hate my country.
Posted by: Lady in Black....CRUZ / PAPERBAG 2016 at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (pVkEV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:33 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at November 05, 2015 01:01 PM (t2KH5)
_____________________________
They believe in global warming, and that's a nuttier -- and far more destructive -- idea than Carson's pyramid theory.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (a31sM)
Oh, com'on.....
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: jewells45 at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (l/N7H)
sending juvvies into deep space is beyond their capabilities right now.
*wags finger*
We don't say "juvies" anymore, h8r, they're "justice-involved youth" now.
Get with the program: We do not shame people anymore.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Levin at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (eOdp2)
Ted Cruz did a Simpsons voices video.
Okay.
(shrug)
Posted by: mustbequantum at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (MIKMs)
The progs will twist the pyramid comment into Carson's Todd Akin moment.
Akin always voted conservative, therefore he had to be destroyed. The guns are out for Ben too, from the left and the GOPe.
Posted by: GBruno at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (u49WF)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (AbFmZ)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (hLRSq)
Maybe if we had a big-ass slingshot ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (oKE6c)
Just beware the pyramid with the eyeball on top.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:32 PM (FkBIv)
Are we sure Trump isn't a member of the Illuminati?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (FsuaD)
Dude, that was like 5,000 years ago.
Posted by: Tommy "Delivery Boy" Vietor at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (OD2ni)
What he said
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (yvwr7)
Posted by: Bob Dole at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Dang at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (2oWD2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 05, 2015 01:35 PM (HMt16)
Let's see, a partial list of MAINSTREAM Christian beliefs:
A man can be swallowed by a whale and live inside said whale for several days.
A man can live for hundreds of years; some may have never died.
A bush can burn and speak.
You can hit a rock with a stick and cause water to come gushing out.
Or touch the water with that stick and turn it to blood, real blood.
Thousands of people lived in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth for 40 years--where there is almost no water--eating food that just showed up on the ground.
Another man walked on water after seeing this other fellow do it.
This guy was dead (to the point of stinking, IIRC) and then this guy came along and told him to get up and quit being dead, and he did.
And then there was this guy who was dead, dead, Roman tortured dead, and a few days later he got, done being dead, and went and hung out with his buddies.
Well, at least some guy believing the pyramids were used for grain storage is way, way too far out there . . . .
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (ZvKdv)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (JtwS4)
Given that I am going to spend a good part of tomorrow with a surgeon cutting me open and doing doctor shit, this does not comfort me.
Posted by: JackStraw
They process information differently than most people do and that is just a general surgeon. Neurosurgeons operate in a different stratosphere with pediatric thrown in is quite the specialty. I believe that is why Carson often is slow to speak - he is processing and analyzing the information/question prior to blurting out an answer.
Posted by: Cheri at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Hillary at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (Ixl7R)
Posted by: despair at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (VrdxH)
Posted by: Cheri at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (oiNtH)
I already told him to spend tonight at a Holiday Inn Express. He just stared at me. Nurse laughed though so I got that going for me.
>>JackStraw.. what are you having done, if I may ask?
Spinal fusion.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (/tuJf)
Get with the program: We do not shame people anymore.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:34 PM (NOIQH)
Alright - sending JIVYs into deep space is beyond their capabilities right now.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (hLRSq)
Should put up 1 Irons.
Because not even God can hit a 1 Iron.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (rNruR)
speak - he is processing and analyzing the information/question prior to
blurting out an answer.
Posted by: Cheri at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (oiNtH)
Hell, we can't have that in a President!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (oKE6c)
Will keep you in prayer.
Don't worry about it. I had a weird heart surgeon. He had no bedside manner but he did what he needed to do and did it right.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Delaware's own Joe Biden at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (326rv)
If you combine some of Zecharia Sitchin with some of the beliefs that the Great Pyramid is a microwave generator ran by water power then that would have been true when The Cities of the Plain were populated. Some speculation that it guided and powered Jacob's Ladder (spaceships landing and taking off in the Sinai, AKA Ancient Astronauts, AKA Ancient Aliens(.
Posted by: Pyramid Power at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (I0sxh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 05, 2015 01:38 PM (FkBIv)
I've known a few 7th Day Adv`s. They're nice people.
Posted by: Mallflour at November 05, 2015 01:38 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Yo! The Outrage Outlet Wraps! at November 05, 2015 01:37 PM (hLRSq)
Sending them into deep space and getting them back might be a problem, but ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:38 PM (oKE6c)
Scientists everywhere weep. Pyramids, crystals, and magnets seem to attract this kind of attention. Of course, Prof. Shirley MacLaine helped.
===
That shit is cray cray. I'll stick to my copper bracelets!
Posted by: Bigby's Poised Fist of Removal at November 05, 2015 01:38 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 05, 2015 01:38 PM (oVJmc)
Oh wait. 1863? Never mind.
Posted by: Duck at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (rU4w1)
Posted by: GBruno at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (u49WF)
Posted by: Zombie Dennis Hopper As Frank Booth In Blue Velvet at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (WuTfJ)
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (OD2ni)
Thanks very much. Honestly, the worst part is having to spend the next few days in a hospital johnny with my butt swinging in the breeze. Not my best feature.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Dr.Mr.Badman at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (KdPei)
Posted by: Dang
I won't watch as I can assume how bad it is. It reminds me of the video of very young girls using swear words to make a point about women's rights or something and was encouraged by their parents.
Child abuse.
Posted by: Cheri at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (oiNtH)
Given that I am going to spend a good part of tomorrow with a surgeon cutting me open and doing doctor shit, this does not comfort me.
====
Its really the anesthesiologist running the show.
Posted by: Bigby's Poised Fist of Removal at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (3ZtZW)
Given that I am going to spend a good part of tomorrow with a surgeon cutting me open and doing doctor shit, this does not comfort me.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:31 PM (/tuJf)
What difference did Carson's beliefs make to the cojoined twins he successfully operated on?
I understand being nervous before surgery - who isn't?- but the only thing that matters is how good your doctor is at "doing doctor shit," not what he thinks about God, pyramids, or fantasy football. And that is something you should have researched before you agreed to be his patient.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (u0lmX)
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Posted by: The Great White Snark
Seventh Day Adventism was formulated during a time when archaeologists were first rigorously exploring the pyramids, so it was a"hot topic" during that era. As such, the founders felt it was necessary have some sort of doctrinal "opinion" concerning the pyramids -- just as, for example, some wide-ranging belief system founded today would almost certainly need to have a stance on "gay marriage," even though people in different eras might later look at that and think, "'Gay marriage'? Why in the hell did they find it necessary to render some weird opinion on this oddball topic no one thinks of?" Well, from 2015's vantage point, gay marriage seems like a big hit-button issue, even though it really isn't. Similarly, "the mystery of the pyramids" was a hot-button issue back in the day, even though by now it seems so off-topic.
And since Seventh Day Adventists were positioning themselves as outsiders different from mainstream Christians, they felt it necessary to have an opinion about the pyramids that was different from everyone else's.
So -- "Hey, they're grain storage silos!" instead of "Hey, they're gigantic tombstones!" Really, when you think about it, both suppositions seem equally preposterous (or equally reasonable) upon first glance.
Also keep in mind that it was not until 1922 that an intact tomb was discovered (i.e. Tutankhamun), and prior to that we we're really sure what the burial chambers were like originally, since they ALL had been looted.centuries earlier. Back in the mid-19th-century, when SDA was formulated, it was not an unreasonable theory that hey, maybe this was just to protect grain, since no archaeologist had ever yet found a tomb filled with royal treasure.
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:40 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: jewells45 at November 05, 2015 01:40 PM (l/N7H)
The ratio of brick to open space in the internal volume of the pyramids has got to be in the 90-percent range. Worst granary ever.
Posted by: Horatius at November 05, 2015 01:40 PM (UKhBB)
Meanwhile, muslims like Obama want to destroy the pyramids all together, yet we don't hear a word about THAT crazy idea.
So, yeah. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Lauren at November 05, 2015 01:03 PM (LzzEz)
Well, it is beyond stupid to think that the Pyramids were built to be used as granaries. Do you really think that a people with the mathematical chops to be able to build such things would be so stupid as to build huge structures with such a minute amount of actual space inside to hold grain? Not to mention the considerable difficulty involved to get the grain in and out of the structure.
Would you buy a car with a gas tank made of cement, with walls a foot thick, and which only held a pint of gas?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 01:40 PM (0yhH4)
If he is, he's got my vote. Those people know how to get shit done.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 05, 2015 01:40 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: L, Elle at November 05, 2015 01:40 PM (2x3L+)
Remember the 'keep your tires inflated' rocket-science?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (0LHZx)
Surgeons are the same.
Posted by: Ghost of kari at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (xuouz)
Its really the anesthesiologist running the show.
Posted by: Bigby's Poised Fist of Removal at November 05, 2015 01:39 PM (3ZtZW)
Actually, that's true. Always check out the anesthesiologist.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (u0lmX)
attract this kind of attention. Of course, Prof. Shirley MacLaine
helped.
That's right. But when I told Sinatra about it all, he threw me off a hotel balcony into the pool.
Posted by: Shirley MacLaine at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (EDYaR)
Thanks. I did.
Sheesh. This is still the place to be lighthearted, right?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (/tuJf)
I guess everybody who comes through-who no doubt have seen many derrieres in the process will have to decide if it's one of your better features. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (No/ki)
prior to that we WEREN'T really sure
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (jBuUi)
The democrats could nominate Jeffrey Dahmer and the faithful would defend his every morsel whilst cheered on by the media excoriating the Republicans for opposing eating disorders.
Posted by: Whatmeworry? at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM (ZvKdv)
Clearly you never met my demon-possessed, red-headed ex-wife.
Posted by: Country Singer at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (8Y7+f)
It's the same PAC that made the anti-Trump ad. Unsurprisingly.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (HMt16)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: se pa moron at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (7v/r5)
"Does my surgeon believe the same crazy religious things as me? No? Then good day, sir!", said no sane person ever. I wouldn't sweat it.
Good luck tomorrow!!!! Hopefully recovery allows many hours in bed recuperating, where you can read the HQ to your heart's content.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (hvf9s)
Yeah, at this point, I don't give a damn about somebody's wacky personal beliefs, I just want to know if they can govern. Unfortunately we've got no idea on Carson.
People are going to criticize Carson over this, but the amount of stupid Ghost shows and other paranormal bullshit on TV tells me that people aren't really going to give a shit.
What's more magical thinking - that gigantic ancient structures may have served as a utility, or stealing money from some people and giving it to others will alleviate all of society's ills?
And yet more people believe in the latter.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 05, 2015 01:43 PM (Wckf4)
Romney lost because he was a shitty candidate. He created Obamacare. He reversed every position he's ever professed about anything countless times but his record is straight up liberal. Topping it off, he ran a campaign based on what political consultants and the GOP thought was what was right and spend all their money on that ridiculous tech system. He is the posterboy for everything wrong with the GOP.
I agree with your other point though.
Our country is completely lost because entirety of the media, education system, social systems, and political systems are rooted in grievance mongering and perpetuating a culture of handouts and entitlement.
Small scale example: you never see a follow up to "Extreme Home Makeover" because most of the people that got free stuff immediately mortgaged everything squandered all they were given.
Large scale example: the TRILLION dollars that Obama spent in his first year to create jobs and result in noting. No infrastructure, no advancement of any kind. No one is better off and nothing started. A couple of people got cheap suits and we got a bunch of road signs and logos while the White House invented the whole "created or saved" false metric.
Forget a trillion. Give $100,000, heck even $10,000 to a compentent person who does stuff and that will increase by tenfold within a year... and they'll give you your investment back plus interest and dividends.
The truth is no one wants a "hand up" and no one knows the meaning of the word "investment". Everyone wants to be a Kardashian- rich, stupid, and famous without a shred of dignity or talent and who produce nothing.
Posted by: Damiano at November 05, 2015 01:44 PM (XItbt)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 01:44 PM (39g3+)
Exactly. Who really cares whether a surgeon has a good bedside manner, etc.? Would you rather have a personable surgeon who attends a lot of funerals or an Aspberger's Lite type with magic hands?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:44 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: GBruno at November 05, 2015 01:44 PM (u49WF)
Been dealing with this since I was a kid. Tried all the PT and chiro but with my condition this was always inevitable.
It's all good.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:45 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 05, 2015 01:45 PM (2cS/G)
Yeah. Surgeons live in a weird world. They're smart -- very smart -- but most of their life is spent around dumb people. And they typically reject what other people say about things because, on average, they're dumb.
So if they convince themselves of something that seems intellectually interesting, they'll believe it. Because who is going to contradict them? A patient? An LPN?
Posted by: AmishDude at November 05, 2015 01:45 PM (Xd2w5)
295 Man that troll is really concerned isn't he?
I was thinking the same thing. I voted for Romney because he wasn't Obama. I also served as a deacon in the Christian Church for 3 years and have taught adult Sunday School for the last couple of years. I'm not nearly as concerned about his religious views as Duck seems to be and judging by the support Carson seems to have amongst our church members apparently they aren't concerned about it either.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at November 05, 2015 01:45 PM (ROUi8)
Well, he did store fucking grain inside one of them.
Posted by: Naes at November 05, 2015 01:45 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: W at November 05, 2015 01:46 PM (oVJmc)
Would you buy a car with a gas tank made of cement, with walls a foot thick, and which only held a pint of gas?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yes!!!! And I would fuel it with 'green' fuel that was 15 times more expensive.....what?
Posted by: The assholes in Washington D.C. at November 05, 2015 01:46 PM (326rv)
People don't realize how old the Pyramids actually are.
Posted by: Horatius at November 05, 2015 01:46 PM (UKhBB)
Like man is responsible for "global warming?"
Posted by: douger at November 05, 2015 01:47 PM (eM6QK)
Would you buy a car with a gas tank made of cement, with walls a foot thick, and which only held a pint of gas?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
See comment #341 -- you're speaking with modern-day knowledge about the pyramids. Not much really was known about their internal structure back in the 1860s yet.
Yes, the theory is a bit kooky, but it's not "stupid" -- remember that in the 1860s was when Darwin's theory first got promulgated, and that until that time 99.99% of "educated" Europeans and Americans thought that all species were created in their present form by God 6,000 years ago.
It was a different era. Proposing an alternate use for the pyramids was not that "stupid" or outlandish, considering most of the other stuff all the "smart" people believed.
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:47 PM (jBuUi)
That sounds very plausible.
It's the same explanation for all the weird race theories in Mormonism, which were conventional wisdom at the time but are now long forgotten except in Mormonism.
Posted by: AmishDude at November 05, 2015 01:47 PM (Xd2w5)
*junkpunches JackStraw*
Well, that was funny to me.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 05, 2015 01:47 PM (JtwS4)
idea who built the pyramids or why, but they want to laugh along with
the cool kids so they're saying "Ha! Only an idiot could think that!"
Isn't that always the case with the Lefty "I love science!" brigade?
They'll revel in how idiotic is for Christians to not embrace evolution 10%, or people who are climate change "deniers" and yet they couldn't demonstrate the least bit of actual, scientific knowledge about either topic.
It's all tribal signalling and finding the right meme for a candidate. They stayed away from dumb because brain surgeon, but they figured a way to apply the old chestnut "stupid Republican" via Carson's religious beliefs.
Republicans are always either stupid, greedy, or evil (this includes racist/bigoted/misogynists, etc.).
Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2015 01:48 PM (NOIQH)
I suspect most neurosurgeons would. The deep focus needle for long delicate surgeries is just one of the skills neurosurgeons need that has a high cross-correlation with aspergers.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 05, 2015 01:48 PM (GDulk)
Wonder if we are handing these out to our new 'citizens.'
http://tinyurl.com/ot99gdl
(Chart produced by the Ways and Means committee showing what welfare programs are available to you)
Ho-lee Fu*k
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 05, 2015 01:48 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: L, Elle at November 05, 2015 01:49 PM (yavIa)
150 "The young gentlemen in the disadvantaged neighborhood are brusque,
If you speak in a disrespectful manner, we shall disable your automobile,
For we are concerned with our serious nature.
Please do not repeat the previous information i have relayed because I have not spoken in a consequential manner."
Boys in the hood! Finally got one.
"Don't quote me now, I ain't said shit"
Posted by: wooga at November 05, 2015 01:49 PM (XK0dn)
Posted by: Kareem al-Wheat at November 05, 2015 01:49 PM (FkBIv)
May your nurses be pretty with soft, warm hands, skilled at finding your veins painlessly on the first try, and quick with a knowing smile.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2015 01:50 PM (JO9+V)
El Nino has come several times. They are predicting a return again this year. Sinners are punished but rarely repent.
Posted by: Pyramid Power at November 05, 2015 01:50 PM (1uTkE)
Posted by: simplemind at November 05, 2015 01:50 PM (JTwsP)
Posted by: announcer at November 05, 2015 01:51 PM (HbSdt)
Just more stupidity from the MSM, who have no interest at all in Democrats' "unusual theory" that a newborn infant is not a human being, has no rights, and should be dissected alive so Planned Parenthood can sell the freshest pieces for the most money.
Posted by: TallDave at November 05, 2015 01:51 PM (/s1LA)
Posted by: L, Elle at November 05, 2015 01:49 PM (yavIa)
Looking forward to the medical malpractice hit pieces and random floozies being trotted out claiming sexytimes with Carson. So predictable. But I didn't think about trashing his origin story too..way to go above and beyond MSM!
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:51 PM (hvf9s)
Has anyone compared the population of egypt to the volume of the chambers in those pyramids? That is, the volume of the grain they would need vs what they could store?
You'd have to be more than goofy to erect 3 billion metric tons of stone to store 50 sacks of grain, even if you had the slaves and resoutces to do it.
Does he dispute that they also had elaborate burial facilities in these granaries? Was that just like how they rented out the space in lean years?
Pet theories are like "I think Hillary is a closet lesbian" or "I think Isaiah Thomas threw that pass to Bird and lost the game intentionally." You have other rational friends who share your theory, and even those who disagree generally acknowledge the facts in evidence that form the basis of your deduction.
Weird ass crap like "the pyramids were grain silos" is more a sign of a glaring area of mental weakness than pet theory.
Posted by: TexasDan at November 05, 2015 01:51 PM (dM/mN)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 05, 2015 01:41 PM (0LHZx)
Now you're just trolling. Empty life?
Posted by: troyriser at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (WuTfJ)
Posted by: Gene Kelly at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (uSqx+)
prior to that we WEREN'T really sure
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:42 PM (jBuUi)
_________
Funny thing is, modern-day salt storage in colder climates (trust me, an ongoing issue for people who drive in winter weather), are weird structures halfway between pyramids and domes.
Posted by: mustbequantum at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (MIKMs)
http://tinyurl.com/oc84jjg
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (No/ki)
1) Lee Harvey Oswald (a Marxist), acting alone, killed JFK and officer JD Tippit. He wounded Gov. Connally and Gen. Edwin Walker. He did this because he wanted to be a great man and hoped his exploits would gain him favor with Fidel Castro. Castro, The Mafia, the CIA, and LBJ all had motive to kill JFK but actually were not involved with Oswald.
2) 9/11 was not an inside job. The people responsible for initially perpetuating this lie are the Communist Party USA. Alex Jones used their lies to become a wealthy man and promulgate his own agenda.
3) Elvis has been dead since August 16, 1977.
4) The USA put men on the moon several times just to prove we could and to discredit the USSR who didn't and still can't.
5) Barack 0bama is a US citizen. However, Barack Obama, Sr. is not his father. His real father is Frank Marshall Davis (Marxist). Barack Obama was groomed by Davis, Bill Ayers and many others to do exactly what he is doing though I doubt they expected him to be so wildly successful.
Posted by: CozMark at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (CbGSW)
Posted by: Hillary at November 05, 2015 01:36 PM"
Is that what you were saying? I couldn't understand through all the slurring you drunk Bitch. Get some help.
Posted by: Eleanor's Ghost at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at this time) at November 05, 2015 01:53 PM (u0lmX)
Sponge bath for the win!
Thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:53 PM (/tuJf)
well, barry thinks the Dept. of Agriculture was built to *grow* grain,....
One is a pet theory that affect conversation after watching a "documentary" on Discovery Channel.
The other is a Huge Dept. of gov. under hos control that employes 100k people and spends 100B$ a year.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at November 05, 2015 01:53 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:54 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: TexasDan
See comments #341 and #375.
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:54 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: troyriser at November 05, 2015 01:20 PM (WuTfJ)
Clearly, they built them wrong. SOP, for Egyptians.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 01:54 PM (0yhH4)
No worries and thank you.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2015 01:54 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: the bent pyramid at November 05, 2015 01:55 PM (HbSdt)
Building the pyramids didn't make any sense for any reason, the idea they were used for grain storage is probably wrong but hardly crazy, especially no one really knows for sure.
But I'm sure the MSM will find various Democratic Egyptian experts who will insist Carson has said the most unbelievable thing since Obama claimed no one would lose their doctors or insurance.
Posted by: TallDave at November 05, 2015 01:55 PM (/s1LA)
Nice chart. I like where it says:
The IRS estimates between 23% to 28% of EITC tax credits are paid in error.
Not downright fraud, but in 'error'.
Posted by: se pa moron at November 05, 2015 01:56 PM (7v/r5)
Posted by: MFM at November 05, 2015 01:56 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Whatmeworry? at November 05, 2015 01:56 PM (dZGNV)
Since no one else has bothered.
I saw Spinal Fusion open for Yes at the Circle Star Theater in '80.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 05, 2015 01:56 PM (4WhSY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:56 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 05, 2015 01:57 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: CozMark at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (CbGSW)
Your last item would require Frank Marshall Davis to perform at least onesexual act with an adult woman.
Posted by: troyriser at November 05, 2015 01:57 PM (WuTfJ)
Sponge bath for the win!
Rub and tug!!
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2015 01:57 PM (rNruR)
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 05, 2015 01:57 PM (OD2ni)
someone to corroborate his stories. The Sarah treatment is getting
started
Posted by: L, Elle at November 05, 2015 01:49 PM (yavIa)
You know, the way they ran down all of Obongo's high school classmates (and basketball teammates, because he totally played basketball, what with being black and all) to check him out.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:57 PM (oKE6c)
Yeah, you can't call Ben a racist. You can't say he's dumb. So all you have left is crazy religious "superstitions".
He's not qualified. Well, in this group who is? You could make a case for or against all of them. He's not an actor, but that guy turned out pretty good in my opinion. Safest bet is to judge the person based on character, not degrees. In politics job experience is a marginal/fair indicator unless its an incumbent president seeking a second term.Then you can look at the last 4 years andknow you will get more of the same. Cause that's what always happens. Every. Time.
Posted by: simplemind at November 05, 2015 01:58 PM (JTwsP)
I got to go down into one of the Giza pyramids. Ridiculously long narrow passageway. I'm tall so I was stooped over the whole time. And the passageway slopes downward not upward. One of the chambers had high vaulted ceiling but the rooms were tiny.
So yeah pretty much the worst grain silo of all time.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:58 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 01:58 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 01:59 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviera's House of Surgery and Massage at November 05, 2015 02:00 PM (hLRSq)
Modern farms pump nitrogen into their storage facilities.
Posted by: harrywr2 at November 05, 2015 02:00 PM (UTwq4)
Posted by: the bent pyramid at November 05, 2015 02:00 PM (HbSdt)
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:58 PM (hvf9s)
Me too. I needed a chiropractor after duck walking in a half crouch that long.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 02:00 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 02:00 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: History Channel narrator at November 05, 2015 02:01 PM (HbSdt)
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2015 01:58 PM (hvf9s)
_________
Ahem, please think about the pyramids in Mexico, Central and South America. Who the heck knows what they were doing there either?
Posted by: mustbequantum at November 05, 2015 02:02 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2015 02:02 PM (No/ki)
Unless the Pharoahs were Democrats, in which case they might do something that stupid.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2015 02:03 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:54 PM (jBuUi)
I appreciate your insight into the origins of the error. But King Tut was a big deal in the seventies/ early eighties. I would think they all got the memo that the pyramids were not large voids. ( plus that would never have worked with that geometry).
No one gets points for parroting errors.
Posted by: TexasDan at November 05, 2015 02:05 PM (dM/mN)
Anyone else click on that Drudge headline link to the vile video of hispanic kids cussing out Trump? Sick.
Best ad for The Donald there could be. He should show that at his rallies and shove it in the faces of the MFM every time they interview him.
"Do you like this? Little kids swearing like Hillary after the bar makes last call? Do you agree with this? Do you support it? YES OR NO? ANSWER ME!"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 05, 2015 02:06 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Ghost of kari at November 05, 2015 02:06 PM (xuouz)
Re building.
So you know why the arch and barrel vault were so important right?
So you didn't have to build a giant stack of stone to hollow out only a small room inside. The arch redirected the compressive force to the supports and the barrel vault is just a collection of arches. So yeah, back then they did have to build giants stacks of stone to create a structure with a comparatively small amount of interior space. They could have built a tower more efficiently but not nearly as high and you would need to build a lot of smaller towers to have the storage space. It would have used a lot less stone but would have had thin walls easier to fail/break into.
Posted by: simplemind at November 05, 2015 02:09 PM (JTwsP)
Having discussed theology with members of SDA on the doorstep, I will make the above my greater concern.
Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at November 05, 2015 02:09 PM (uPxUo)
My brother refuses to believe that the Earned Income Tax Credit exists. He simply will not believe that the IRS gives people money if they are poor enough. It is unbelievable and ought not be true but... there it is.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 02:09 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Dan Rather at November 05, 2015 02:10 PM (rVEMe)
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But the crux of the matter is, is that it has been established since then by actually entering the pyramids that the grain-storage story is not true. Not even close. But yet, he still believes they're giant, hollow graineries.
Posted by: Soona at November 05, 2015 02:16 PM (Fmupd)
Yes, the theory is a bit kooky, but it's not "stupid" -- remember that in the 1860s was when Darwin's theory first got promulgated, and that until that time 99.99% of "educated" Europeans and Americans thought that all species were created in their present form by God 6,000 years ago.
It was a different era. Proposing an alternate use for the pyramids was not that "stupid" or outlandish, considering most of the other stuff all the "smart" people believed.
Posted by: zombie at November 05, 2015 01:47 PM (jBuUi)
Your account of the history of SDA-ism certainly makes sense. But it seems to me that a smart person like Carson should be able to recognize that subsequently-discovered facts have rendered this historic piece of doctrinal trivia unfounded, and that the best way to deal with is just to quietly ignore it.
And I can certainly draw a distinction between clinging to a particular antique silly notion, and being a fool in general. I can deride that belief in particular, without also necessarily believing the belief-holder (i.e. Carson) to be unfit for office. Frankly, I don't see any way that he could act on this belief in any way that would be detrimental to America's wellbeing.
Now, if he were to start campaigning on a platform of storing America's grain reserves in stone pyramids, I might reconsider.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 02:19 PM (0yhH4)
I'm not sure why this matter so much to you, but maybe he's been so busy doing brain surgery and studying to not learn more about pyramids, or care? Its a silly idea, but like Ace said: we all got silly ideas, usually about things utterly trivial to us.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 05, 2015 02:20 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Jacob's Step Stool at November 05, 2015 02:21 PM (VNgld)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 05, 2015 02:22 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: mustbequantum at November 05, 2015 01:52 PM (MIKMs)
Yeah, those are basically tents, made to conform to the shape of a pile of salt, which is a cone.
The pyramids of Egypt are huge piles of rock, with practically no void space to put stuff in.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 02:25 PM (0yhH4)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 02:26 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 05, 2015 02:27 PM (Xh7t/)
Posted by: mustbequantum at November 05, 2015 02:02 PM (MIKMs)
Ummm, maybe because a pyramid is one of the few ways you can build a really tall structure out of rock that won't fall down, because you haven't yet made the technological leap to the arch?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2015 02:31 PM (0yhH4)
Plus they're really great for standing at the top and cutting the hearts our of your enemies/slaves to appease the big ball of fire in the sky.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 05, 2015 02:55 PM (Xo1Rt)
WHY IS HE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE F'N PYRAMIDS??
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 05, 2015 03:09 PM (e3Dja)
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