FBI Admits Faisal Mohammad A Self-Radicalized Jihadist

Now they admit he was a "self-radicalized" Islamist.

Previously, they spent a lot of time claiming to have no idea what his motive could possibly be.

If you don't remember the stabbing spree at Merced University, that's because Obama and the FBI have conspired to make sure you don't.

More than four months after a black-clad loner with an Islamist-themed manifesto and a printed ISIS flag in his backpack stabbed four people on a California college campus, the FBI wrapped up its investigation Thursday by saying "it may never be possible to definitively determine" what motivated the bloody rampage.
The inconclusive findings from the probe of the Nov. 4, 2015 attack at the University of California Merced campus followed months of hesitation by local and federal law enforcement to link Faisal Mohammad's stabbing spree to terrorism....
Critics say it followed a pattern in which the federal government downplays domestic terrorism even when there are seemingly obvious links. The flag, the manifesto annotated with reminders to pray to Allah in between stabbings -- all reported in November by FoxNews.com, yet not confirmed by the FBI until this week, pointed early on to the 18-year-old Mohammad having been radicalized, say terrorism experts. Even the stabbings themselves, which came as a wave of terrorist blade attacks occurred in Israel, were indicators of an extremist motivation, say experts.
"The Department of Justice is avoiding stating the obvious, which is that an individual who commits violence in the name of ISIS is a terrorist," said Ryan Mauro, national security analyst for the New York-based nonprofit terrorism research institute Clarion Project. "If someone commits violence and has an ISIS flag and jihadist manifesto in their backpack, they are telling you what their motive was. It's as iron-clad as a suicide note."

The leftist media never points this out, obviously.

Posted by: Ace at 05:32 PM

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1 If these guys keep murdering people, America faces the very real possibility of dangerous anti-muslim backlash.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:33 PM (8ZskC)

2 Idiots.

Posted by: HH at March 18, 2016 05:33 PM (DrCtv)

3 Hmmmm...sounds like quite a mystery. A regular whodunnit.

Posted by: tu3031 at March 18, 2016 05:35 PM (YFFpo)

4 Perpostamous!

Posted by: Right Rev. Al Sharpton at March 18, 2016 05:35 PM (INxoa)

5 Please! Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who.

Posted by: CAIR at March 18, 2016 05:35 PM (8ZskC)

6 "It's as iron-clad as a suicide note."

If only they were doing suicide notes, and not taking us infidels with them while they exit.

The problem is, we're the ones committing suicide, by letting them in.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:36 PM (iIzG7)

7 If these guys keep murdering people, America faces the very real possibility of dangerous anti-muslim backlash.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:33 PM (8ZskC)

I hope not.
Islam is the Religion of Peace.

Posted by: George W. at March 18, 2016 05:36 PM (T78UI)

8 Of course not.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 05:36 PM (iHjB5)

9 We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!

Posted by: The FBI at March 18, 2016 05:37 PM (8ZskC)

10 Has CAIR warned us about backlash against next weeks terror attack yet?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 05:37 PM (WVsWD)

11 ...lemme loose Andy!...I can solve this crime!!!

Posted by: Deputy Barney Fife at March 18, 2016 05:37 PM (INxoa)

12 If only there was some kind, any kind, of evidence as to why he did this. It would be such a big help.

Posted by: tu3031 at March 18, 2016 05:37 PM (YFFpo)

13 H8rz!!1!

Posted by: CAIR at March 18, 2016 05:37 PM (vBeA5)

14 Oh, if only it had been a Confederate flag instead of an ISIS one. THEN we could make conclusions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (8ZskC)

15 These are the same FBI hacks who are dragging their heels about Hillary.

Posted by: navybrat at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (8QGte)

16 9 We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!
Posted by: The FBI at March 18, 2016 05:37 PM (8ZskC)

I didn't hear a "harruph" from that guy!

Posted by: The NSA at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (iHjB5)

17 I wonder how long it would take the FBI and the media to claim it was a terrorist attack if Bush was still president?

Posted by: Cicero Skip at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (FIrEF)

18 It is like the old Monty Python skit about cannibalism in the Royal Navy.

Posted by: eman at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (MQEz6)

19 ...we blame the violent rhetoric of Trump.

Posted by: CAIR at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (INxoa)

20 CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator. When the Horde elects me President, CAIR will be carrying the United Nation's luggage as they board that tramp steamer back across the Atlantic.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:39 PM (iIzG7)

21 Well, we know he wasn't a White Supremacist, a skin head, and a member of the Klan.

We do know that, right? Neo Nazi has been ruled out, right?

Posted by: Donnybrook at March 18, 2016 05:39 PM (NFBqa)

22 Saudi money is so green.

Posted by: eman at March 18, 2016 05:39 PM (MQEz6)

23 Oh, if only it had been a Confederate flag instead of an ISIS one. THEN we could make conclusions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (8ZskC)

Word.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/poq52lq

Posted by: WalMart at March 18, 2016 05:40 PM (vBeA5)

24 I think the obvious solution to this is common sense knife controls.

Posted by: tu3031 at March 18, 2016 05:40 PM (YFFpo)

25 17 I wonder how long it would take the FBI and the media to claim it was a terrorist attack if Bush was still president?
Posted by: Cicero Skip at March 18, 2016 05:38 PM (FIrEF)

Amazing how we seem to be having all of these attacks over the past few years... seems like about 7 and change?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 05:40 PM (iHjB5)

26 We have been infiltrated by a group of hostile Amish thugs...they're ruthless!!!

Posted by: ISIS at March 18, 2016 05:40 PM (INxoa)

27 Harrumph!

Posted by: That Guy at March 18, 2016 05:40 PM (8ZskC)

28 Murderers are made in the image of God. Let us not judge, lest we be judged.

Posted by: John Kasich, or so at March 18, 2016 05:41 PM (XW3VN)

29 "I think the obvious solution to this is common sense knife controls."

The time has come for this nation to have a serious conversation about common-sense jihadi control laws.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:41 PM (iIzG7)

30 "it may never be possible to definitively determine" what motivated the bloody rampage.

cut open Nidal Hassan with a Skilsaw and look inside for clues. I mean as long as we are going to pretend to be stupid....

Posted by: x at March 18, 2016 05:41 PM (nFwvY)

31 27 Harrumph!
Posted by: That Guy at March 18, 2016 05:40 PM (8ZskC)

You watch your ass.

Posted by: The NSA at March 18, 2016 05:41 PM (iHjB5)

32 See, that's the thing about the game Clue. It's always who, where and with what, but never why.

You're aren't allowed to say, "Col. Mustard in the Conservatory with the lead pipe...'cause he's a frigging jihadi!"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:41 PM (NeFrd)

33 Obviously, income disparity and the inability to afford diapers drove this young man to the only means he could to draw attention to the plight of poor Muslims in America forced to live in psychological ghettos created by Right-Wing Extremist Conservatives and other racist Immigration obstructionists.

Posted by: Hellissa Marris Penny at March 18, 2016 05:42 PM (f7UfO)

34 More Coexist bumper stickers...

Posted by: navybrat at March 18, 2016 05:42 PM (8QGte)

35 Look, only about 30% of mosques are use for ammo storage and terrorist training and recruitment.

The rest are cool, yo.

So chill.

Posted by: eman at March 18, 2016 05:42 PM (MQEz6)

36 Stupid cow college hicks had it coming.

Posted by: Auric Williamson at March 18, 2016 05:43 PM (A/3fN)

37 34 More Coexist bumper stickers...
Posted by: navybrat at March 18, 2016 05:42 PM (8QGte)

Maybe an "Imagine Peace"?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (iHjB5)

38 More people die slipping in their bath tubs...

Posted by: navybrat at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (8QGte)

39 The Devil made him do it!

Posted by: Geraldine at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (8aOqE)

40 "Stupid cow college hicks had it coming."

What, the school didn't have a sufficient quota of goats?

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (iIzG7)

41 This way it doesn't have to show up in the "terrorism" column in the FBI statistics. And they can continue patting themselves on the back about what a wonderful job they are doing in thwarting domestic terrorism. Except for those small government sympathizers. Oh, and give us lots more money, too.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (O4NI/)

42 The thing is, its not really fooling anyone. When you bring up "must have been an Amish guy" anywhere you get laughs: everyone knows Muslim.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (39g3+)

43 High horses and Crusades, people.

Posted by: Prez'nit Shit Midas at March 18, 2016 05:45 PM (8ZskC)

44 @33 Hellissa Marris Penny

Psst...

You forgot to mention

"Crumbling Infrastructure"

Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 18, 2016 05:45 PM (044Fx)

45 Earnest mistakes.

I mean, if we knew his motives.

Posted by: Melissa Click at March 18, 2016 05:45 PM (pllgW)

46 I told you so. I really did.

Job One of Federal Law Enforcement is to protect the Muslims. Period. End of Story.

I told you.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 05:45 PM (fiGNd)

47 When you bring up "must have been an Amish guy" anywhere you get laughs

*****

Anywhere except southeastern Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:46 PM (NeFrd)

48 He hadn't been his usual peaceful self since his goat sent him that "Dear Mo" letter.

Posted by: eman at March 18, 2016 05:46 PM (MQEz6)

49 Woof-woof-woof! Woof-woof-woof!

Posted by: Hillary! at March 18, 2016 05:46 PM (YFFpo)

50 A temporary ban on muslim immigration? UNPOSSIBLE, bigot!!!!

Posted by: The GOPe at March 18, 2016 05:46 PM (8ZskC)

51 It's Obama's world. We just live in it.

Posted by: Furious George at March 18, 2016 05:47 PM (3GAnN)

52 "Job One of Federal Law Enforcement is to protect the Muslims."

Or their jobs. Same thing.

Posted by: navybrat at March 18, 2016 05:47 PM (8QGte)

53 Remember this quote, from like a decade ago?

"Is it just me, or is your first reaction after turning on the news and hearing someone say 'We must try harder to understand Islam' to wonder, 'Oh God, what did they blow up now?'"
-Ace

Everybody says that.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:47 PM (39g3+)

54 When you bring up "must have been an Amish guy" anywhere you get laughs

*****

Anywhere except southeastern Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:46 PM (NeFrd)

----

And parts of Ohio.

Posted by: Donnybrook at March 18, 2016 05:47 PM (NFBqa)

55 Clearly the most important thing to remember is that this muslim had nothing to do with islam.

Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at March 18, 2016 05:47 PM (AhyHb)

56 "And parts of Ohio."

And Indiana and Illinois.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 05:48 PM (WVsWD)

57 Watching the new Daredevil, first episode. I can't figure out why it takes him 11 hits to take out a bad guy. I guess it sounds cooler or something but it just makes him seem kind of inefficient or less skilled.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:48 PM (39g3+)

58 I have a proven solution to the muslim problem.

Posted by: General Black Jack Pershing at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (AhyHb)

59 Imagine there's no Heaven...motherf**kers

Posted by: Yoko OhNo at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (O4NI/)

60 With some accessible medical training, all that passion for hacking could have been directed to save lives.

Posted by: Marie Harf, Obama Administration Asst. Genius at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (8ZskC)

61 the FBI wrapped up its investigation Thursday by saying "it may never be possible to definitively determine" what motivated the bloody rampage
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Is this the same fbi that's investigating Hillary's emails?

Posted by: Iforgot at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (uiVGU)

62 "Watching the new Daredevil, first episode. I can't figure out why it
takes him 11 hits to take out a bad guy. I guess it sounds cooler or
something but it just makes him seem kind of inefficient or less
skilled."

Or handicapped, maybe.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (iIzG7)

63 The government has been lying to us? Well, I'll be go to Hell!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (Nwg0u)

64 If Trump is our nominee and were to beat Hillary do you think he will continue to tell us how smart he is like at every press conference or State of the Union address? Will he answer questions or only questions that are given to him beforehand?

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (7GQM/)

65 Good start though, with him taking out street thugs. And he even did the cool ricochet thing with he baton.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (39g3+)

66 "58
I have a proven solution to the muslim problem.

Posted by: General Black Jack Pershing at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (AhyHb)"
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So do I...maybe a little more permanent.

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (AhyHb)

67 We must avoid the obvious conclusion.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (6n332)

68 Could it be any other way with this administration?

Posted by: Tyler Mason at March 18, 2016 05:50 PM (t/2s7)

69 66
"58

I have a proven solution to the muslim problem.

Posted by: General Black Jack Pershing at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (AhyHb)"
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So do I...maybe a little more permanent.

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (AhyHb)

Pikers. Oh wait, that's me.

Posted by: Vlad at March 18, 2016 05:50 PM (8aOqE)

70 And, here we go...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (iHjB5)

71 "Watching the new Daredevil, first episode. I can't figure out why it
takes him 11 hits to take out a bad guy. I guess it sounds cooler or
something but it just makes him seem kind of inefficient or less
skilled."

Or handicapped, maybe.
Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (iIzG7)

That's hurtful. He's differently abled.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (uURQL)

72 Damn. All that money spent on outreach to Faisal Mohammad so that we could interest him in being an astronaut might have been better spent on someone else.

Posted by: NASA at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (3GAnN)

73 We must avoid the obvious conclusion.

*****

Occam has a long mustache. I repeat, Occam has a long mustache.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (NeFrd)

74 When you bring up "must have been an Amish guy" anywhere you get laughs: everyone knows Muslim.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:44 PM (39g3+)

The Amish don't laugh. But they will smile as loud as they can.

Posted by: Bespectacled Shopkeeper at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (O4NI/)

75 Why do I suspect that Thomas Friedman ran to his spot on the hallway carpet and peed when he read this FBI proclamation?

Posted by: TexasDan at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (pllgW)

76 With some accessible medical training, all that passion for hacking could have been directed to save lives.
Posted by: Marie Harf, Obama Administration Asst. Genius at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (8ZskC)
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Put down a machete, pick up a scalpel.

Posted by: Van Jones at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (sdPF/)

77 Oh, come on, we're already being 'managed'. You proles need to sip your pina colada's and chill out.

Posted by: Last at March 18, 2016 05:51 PM (8HiDF)

78 "Pikers. Oh wait, that's me."

Vlad, you're going to get me fired for laughing out loud here in my cubicle.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:52 PM (iIzG7)

79 Now you see ... here's where my long-term memory is inconvenient.

Because I remember a thread where Ace where publicly struggling with himself, on the board, regarding releasing details of a Muslim shooter.

Because his friends where telling him not to encourage the "backlash".

Which I, frankly, encourage.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 05:52 PM (fiGNd)

80 And when it happened at Ft. Hood :

“Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse,” General Casey said.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2016 05:52 PM (FkBIv)

81 If you rape a goat fucker in the forest and nobody is around, does his asshole still hemorrhage?

Spoiler alert, it does.

Posted by: Rapey Bear at March 18, 2016 05:52 PM (AhyHb)

82 I assume that before they decided to cover this up, they ran it by David Brooks for his opinion as to whether we could handle the truth.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 05:52 PM (Nwg0u)

83 the FBI wrapped up its investigation Thursday by saying "it may never be possible to definitively determine" what motivated the bloody rampage.

Spokesperson shit-eating grin optional.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:52 PM (8ZskC)

84 Yeah...no way to attack Clinton over Democrat reticence on security...

Posted by: Sven10077 at March 18, 2016 05:53 PM (g8Hfr)

85 "That's hurtful. He's differently abled."

By "handicapped," I meant "was portrayed once by Ben Affleck." That will ruin any superhero forever.

Why, what did you think I meant?

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:53 PM (iIzG7)

86 Is this the same FBI that's investigating Hillary?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 05:53 PM (Nwg0u)

87 Cicero, I really doubt any sort of serious backlash is likely. Both because "that's (truly) not who we are" - the good reason, and the bad reason - epidemic of selfish, narrow-minded, inattentive, ignorant sloth that has replaced citizenship.

If something doesn't affect someone, concretely, in the next hour, they simply don't care.

Only thing I remember about this incident were the instant, repeated statements by the sheriff that there was no indication of terrorism.

Sure it's the dark variety, but things are actually getting pretty funny in the US, and the world. It's beyond recognition, or probable redemption, so just chuckle and try to avoid the worst damage inflicted by your fellow Americans.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2016 05:54 PM (QDnY+)

88 83 Cicero,

We know at least these people are not structurally terrorist by definition like the tea party.

//your DOJ betters

Posted by: Sven10077 at March 18, 2016 05:54 PM (g8Hfr)

89 If they admit the obvious motive, next come the inevitable questions about what they're going to do about it.

Far easier just to pretend that the motive is unknown and unknowable.

And that Islam is a Religion of Peace.

If our betters-in-government admit that Islam is a violent death cult committed to our destruction, that raises all sorts of uncomfortable questions about why they keep importing millions more of its adherents to our land.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (df5V4)

90 If this guy had been launched into space somewhere, none of this need have happened.

So, I agree with the NASA outreach, with some simplifying modifications.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (pllgW)

91 Watching the new Daredevil, first episode. I can't figure out why it takes him 11 hits to take out a bad guy. I guess it sounds cooler or something but it just makes him seem kind of inefficient or less skilled.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:48 PM (39g3+)

Remember Daredevil often takes a heavy beating. He doesn't have superpowers, remember? (Aside from basically seeing without using his eyes, that is.)

I greatly fear that the second season will suck and that he'll get together with that horrid Karen chick.

How is it so far?

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (v9gSJ)

92 If Trump is our nominee and were to beat Hillary do you think he will continue to tell us how smart he is like at every press conference or State of the Union address? Will he answer questions or only questions that are given to him beforehand?
Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (7GQM/)
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I don't know. But he might work with Putin to stop the Islamist onslaught.

Posted by: Iforgot at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (sdPF/)

93 I find Michelle Fields' down-home style and matter of fact delivery to be quite disarming.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (NeFrd)

94 "Self-radicalized?" Wtf does that even mean?

Like, what... a Born-Again Jihadi-- ol' faisal just *found* terrorism and hey! Imma believer now!

Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 18, 2016 05:56 PM (044Fx)

95
Meanwhile in Brussels, the authorities are now saying that 'more people than they knew' were involved in the Paris attack.

That can't happen here because we have the NSA, and the Patriot act. So if there were others involved the Feds would know about it. Unless the guy was using an iPhone that can't be hacked, cracked, or decrypted.

Posted by: Donnybrook at March 18, 2016 05:56 PM (NFBqa)

96 Or handicapped, maybe.
Posted by: Qoheleth

If he was punching them with his eyeballs that would be somewhat applicable.

I'd kind of prefer Foggy not know he's Daredevil but that ship has sailed. I'm glad at least Karen doesn't know. Yet.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:56 PM (39g3+)

97 ""Self-radicalized?" Wtf does that even mean?"

That's how David Carradine died, I think.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 05:57 PM (iIzG7)

98 I really doubt any sort of serious backlash is likely. Both because "that's (truly) not who we are" - the good reason, and the bad reason - epidemic of selfish, narrow-minded, inattentive, ignorant sloth that has replaced citizenship.

Yep. It makes you wonder what kind of outrage would be required to make the lumpen masses stir. Honestly, if the Norks took out Portland I think people would pay attention for about a week.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:57 PM (8ZskC)

99 Sigh......

It's UC Merced.

University of California at Merced.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 05:57 PM (Zu3d9)

100 >>>Remember Daredevil often takes a heavy beating. He doesn't have superpowers, remember? (Aside from basically seeing without using his eyes, that is.)

Super senses, right? hearing, smell, touch...

At least that's the comic book version.

Posted by: Max Power at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (q177U)

101 By "handicapped," I meant "was portrayed once by Ben Affleck." That will ruin any superhero forever.

****

Many people in the handicapped community have been similarly affleckted.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (NeFrd)

102 94 "Self-radicalized?" Wtf does that even mean?

Like, what... a Born-Again Jihadi-- ol' faisal just *found* terrorism and hey! Imma believer now!

Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 18, 2016 05:56 PM (044Fx)

it means he downloaded the headchopping porn all by himself.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (pllgW)

103 Guess what the black woman that killed and maimed all the white people in Vegas said when we first questioned her?

"It may never be possible to definitively determine why I as a black woman killed all those crackas."

Posted by: Las vegas Sheriff at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (AhyHb)

104 I find Michelle Fields' down-home style and matter of fact delivery to be quite disarming.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (NeFrd)

Too bad none of her stories have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (WVsWD)

105 91 Chique D'Afrique,

Good actually.

Daredevil does not get to operate at 100% ever...

In this episode he is walking around with broken ribs, a head wound, and a hurt knee.

The actor does a better job selling injury than u5% of WAR's main roster.

Posted by: Sven10077 at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (g8Hfr)

106 "self-radicalized"

Yes, I'm sure that is it. There he sat, alone in a room, radicalizing himself. It was a long, drawn out process, but in the end, he succeeded.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (R+30W)

107 That can't happen here because we have the NSA, and the Patriot act.

Was that the part where, in response to a Muslim attack on American ... "W" created an apparatus to spy on Americans ?

Because that's exactly how I remember it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 05:58 PM (fiGNd)

108 Remember Daredevil often takes a heavy beating. He doesn't have superpowers, remember? (Aside from basically seeing without using his eyes, that is.)

I greatly fear that the second season will suck and that he'll get together with that horrid Karen chick.

I think CT is just starting Season 1. Season 2 starts in a couple of days.

I'm a fanboi. It took me a couple or three episodes to buy in, but Netflix Daredevil is now my favorite Marvel vehicle.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (1xUj/)

109 Am I the only one that hates the Karen character in the Daredevil series?

I want to shake her and tell her to stop being so annoying. And to stay away from Charlie, I mean, Matt.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (v9gSJ)

110 Remember Daredevil often takes a heavy beating.

Not really in the comics. He gets beat up by the super bad guy sometimes but most of the time he avoided attacks Bene Gesserit style (he can tell what people are going to do before they do it by small motions and heartbeat, etc). And he's a very well trained martial artist wearing armor and wielding a weapon. I don't mind once in a while a guy giving him a bit of a fight but having to punch Joe robber 17 times to take him down bothers me.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (39g3+)

111 #80 Bertram Cabot - that incredible quote by that disastrous, idiotically incompetent Gen. Casey really cannot be beat for illustrating the collapse of America as a serious country. Of course Casey's appointment as Army CoS, after presiding over the worst-run military campaign since the Kasserine disaster knocked Fredendall out of position, might be considered an equivalent.

Sadly Casey's incompetence and devotion to a silly delusional concept of warfare suffuses the Army brass and, apparently, the war colleges.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (QDnY+)

112 Yes, I'm sure that is it. There he sat, alone in a room, radicalizing himself. It was a long, drawn out process, but in the end, he succeeded.

The chafing must have been awful.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (8ZskC)

113 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 05:55 PM (NeFrd)

That's quite humerus.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (Zu3d9)

114 Sure, lone wolf, self-radicalized, etc.

But every white guy, every 'christian,' every 'conservative' indicts the whole lot.

Posted by: Robert Urich at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (iLoHX)

115 The FBI wrapped up its investigation of Hillary Clinton by saying "it may never be possible to definitively determine what accidental cause led to the slight breach of her e-mail"...we can only conclude that no intentional misconduct was involved!

Posted by: Tyler Mason at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (t/2s7)

116 ""Self-radicalized?" Wtf does that even mean?"

That's how David Carradine died, I think.

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

Thought that was self actualized?

Posted by: Donnybrook at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (NFBqa)

117 That's quite humerus.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (Zu3d9)

I got bone to pick with you guys about these abominable puns.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (8ZskC)

118 109 Chique D'Afrique,

No stay tuned if they cleave to canon she gets hers.

Posted by: Sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (g8Hfr)

119 Am I the only one that hates the Karen character in the Daredevil series?

I don't like her much either.

Season 2 of Daredevil dropped today.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (39g3+)

120 108 That can't happen here because we have the NSA, and the Patriot act.

Was that the part where, in response to a Muslim attack on American ... "W" created an apparatus to spy on Americans ?

Because that's exactly how I remember it.
Posted by: ScoggDog
___________

Don't forget making airport security personnel federal employees because it would make them "more professional."

Posted by: Furious George at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (3GAnN)

121 I'm a fanboi. It took me a couple or three episodes to buy in, but Netflix Daredevil is now my favorite Marvel vehicle.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (1xUj/)

Yeah, loved, loved it. I'm glad they toned down the violence though. It was a but much the first few episodes.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:01 PM (v9gSJ)

122 I dont think I can stomach one more super hero movie or television series.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 18, 2016 06:02 PM (iQIUe)

123

Posted by: Ralph at March 18, 2016 06:02 PM (6PlZp)

124 30 "it may never be possible to definitively determine" what motivated the bloody rampage.

cut open Nidal Hassan with a Skilsaw and look inside for clues. I mean as long as we are going to pretend to be stupid....

Posted by: x at March 18, 2016 05:41 PM (nFwvY)

++++

That is so wrong. You should be ashamed of yourself. A Sawzall is the appropriate tool for that job.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 18, 2016 06:02 PM (R+30W)

125 Faisal's been in the shower for 40 minutes! I'm afraid he's self-radicalizing again. I don't want him to be burdened with hand babies in the afterlife!

/Faisal's mom

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 06:02 PM (NeFrd)

126 Don't forget making airport security personnel federal employees because it would make them "more professional."

*bbbbbraaaaaaap*

Snaps on blue latex gloves.

Posted by: Your Friends at the TSA at March 18, 2016 06:02 PM (8ZskC)

127 No stay tuned if they cleave to canon she gets hers.
Posted by: Sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (g8Hfr)

I know. But I doubt think they kill her off. Not this season at least.

I just find her so annoying.

Have I said how annoying I find her?

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (v9gSJ)

128 Don't forget making airport security personnel federal employees because it would make them "more professional."

Much like Cool Hand Luke - I wish Boss would just quit doing me so many favors.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (fiGNd)

129 In the newly-mandated spirit of multi-culti cooperation, I must ask - �Cu�les son estos nuevos doofuses en nuestro blog?

Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (/WPPJ)

130 It's a good thing he didn't use an assault ghost gun with a removable 30 caliber magazine clip to commit those murders in half-a-second.

That would have been really, really illegal.

Posted by: Sen. Kevin duh Leon at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (f7UfO)

131 Damn diamonds.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (/WPPJ)

132 Will he answer questions or only questions that are given to him beforehand?

He will make it clear that he will only answer the "good" questions, because those that ask the "bad" questions will get a little bit roughed up, and the message will be clear.

Posted by: chemjeff at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (+Fl7e)

133 Unexpectedly!

Posted by: wooga at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (IpkZ1)

134
With some accessible medical training, all that passion for hacking could have been directed to save lives.

Posted by: Marie Harf, Obama Administration Asst. Genius at March 18, 2016 05:49 PM (8ZskC)

Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Now show us your tits.

*waves bottle of Zima*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (o98Jz)

135 Did the knife have a bayonet lug?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (Nwg0u)

136 Well... I guess I'll stop live blogging because I don't want to give away any spoilers, heh.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (39g3+)

137 Yep. It makes you wonder what kind of outrage would be required to make the lumpen masses stir. Honestly, if the Norks took out Portland I think people would pay attention for about a week.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 05:57 PM (8ZskC)

I honestly think it would be one of two possibilities:
1) Republican president, give airtime to it at the beginning, then start burying all images (just like with 9/11.

2) Democratic president: Here is where it gets interesting. If: A) It is an Islamic terrorist threat, they will bury.
If: B) I could see them getting froggy and wanting to restore that FDR chic to the dem president.

I dunno, I could be wrong, but I think the enemy matters a lot. Obviously if it were a Right wing terrorist (or could be, no matter how tenuously) we would get the "We've got to ROOT these bastards out!"

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (iHjB5)

138
*crackle over PA*

"Paging Captain Obvious, Captain Obvious to the white courtesy phone, please."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 18, 2016 06:04 PM (LUgeY)

139 127 Chique D'Afrique

I'm just stealing myself for the "punisher is duh NRA and eebil" barrage...wherein reality he and DD are simply 1/2s of a coin.

Posted by: Sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:05 PM (g8Hfr)

140 I'm a Merced Local.... the Sheriff's Dept's great fear was simple...

Note they have never really talked about WHO the student victims were...

We have a Hispanic Majority here now... with a entrenched gang structure.

Some assembly required...

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 06:05 PM (RK8AH)

141 I love superhero stuff.

I can't wait for Batman v Superman because:

1) Henry Cavill

If only it were Christian Bale playing Batman, my life would be complete.

Oh.

b) Superhero movie!

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:06 PM (v9gSJ)

142 When I think about Jews I radicalize myself.

Posted by: Al-Divinyls at March 18, 2016 06:06 PM (IpkZ1)

143 If only the FBI could have had Apple's source code.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:06 PM (Nwg0u)

144 All the celebs are selling their property and slashing the prices. Something bad is going to happen...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 18, 2016 06:07 PM (iQIUe)

145 Imperialism is the answer.

Pax Americana

Posted by: Ralph at March 18, 2016 06:07 PM (6PlZp)

146 108 Remember Daredevil often takes a heavy beating. He doesn't have superpowers, remember? (Aside from basically seeing without using his eyes, that is.)

I greatly fear that the second season will suck and that he'll get together with that horrid Karen chick.

I think CT is just starting Season 1. Season 2 starts in a couple of days.

I'm a fanboi. It took me a couple or three episodes to buy in, but Netflix Daredevil is now my favorite Marvel vehicle.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2016 05:59 PM (1xUj/)

It's up on Netflix. I've been watching it today. Pretty good so far.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:08 PM (0mRoj)

147 I feel obligated to comment on topic now.

These people are going to get even more people killed because of their precious narcissistic sensibilities.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:08 PM (v9gSJ)

148 All the celebs are selling their property and slashing the prices. Something bad is going to happen...

They are moving out of California?
Where are they going?

Posted by: Donnybrook at March 18, 2016 06:08 PM (NFBqa)

149 He was a self-radicalized Christian trying to create a violent backlash against Muslims.

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (9sZcy)

150 Thanks for that info, Don.

Good to know. Some times the public authorities are not beclowning themselves merely out of slavish adherence to increasingly bizarre and laughable orthodoxies (weird violence involving Muslims cannot be considered terrorism).

Some times they say untrue and stupid things to avoid touching off additional time-bombs they themselves and their ilk have created in our society with their fanatical devotion to racism, lawlessness, and irresponsible greed.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (QDnY+)

151 Imperialism is the answer.

Pax Americana

-
Surrounded by a desert called Peace.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (Nwg0u)

152
Did the knife have a bayonet lug?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (Nwg0u)

Dood, you have a bayonet on your knife? That totally rocks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (o98Jz)

153 I got bone to pick with you guys about these abominable puns.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (8ZskC)

Ah, yer all a bunch of tarsels.

Posted by: Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (O4NI/)

154 147 I feel obligated to comment on topic now.

These people are going to get even more people killed because of their precious narcissistic sensibilities.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:08 PM (v9gSJ)

As long as the right people die, I doubt they will care. They will say they do, but it is just window dressing- just like 9/11.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (iHjB5)

155 Gawker just got hit for $115 million. Bankruptcy imminent.

Posted by: wooga at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (IpkZ1)

156 119 Am I the only one that hates the Karen character in the Daredevil series?

I don't like her much either.

Season 2 of Daredevil dropped today.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 06:00 PM (39g3+)

I think she's hot so no, I don't hate her.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:10 PM (0mRoj)

157 "They are moving out of California?
Where are they going?"

Great hornytoads! Don't tell me someone they hate got elected and they're all making good on their promise to leave the country!

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:10 PM (iIzG7)

158 152
Did the knife have a bayonet lug?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:03 PM (Nwg0u)

Dood, you have a bayonet on your knife? That totally rocks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (o98Jz)

If yer knife has a bayonet.... is it an assault knife?

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 06:11 PM (RK8AH)

159 147 Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:08 PM (v9gSJ)

It has to do with their world view.

They openly value American life especially US Military and working class life less than they value the lives of undetermined "good moderate muslims."

and yet somehow the GOP can't find purchase on this weakness?

BS...the GOP is complicit by not representing the abandoned Americans the left would rather see dead than admit the error of their world view to interdict.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:11 PM (g8Hfr)

160 If yer knife has a bayonet.... is it an assault knife?
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 06:11 PM (RK8AH)

Only if it has a pistol grip or a thingy that goes up.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 18, 2016 06:11 PM (uURQL)

161 "Gawker just got hit for $115 million. Bankruptcy imminent."

Well, I guess Hulk Hogan can kiss that multi-million-dollar judgment goodbye, huh?

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:12 PM (iIzG7)

162 Bingeing Bosch on Amazon. Well done.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 18, 2016 06:12 PM (U6f54)

163 156 Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:10 PM (0mRoj)

Eh beauty like the left's right hand is often in the eye of the beholder.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:12 PM (g8Hfr)

164 Lawsuits have been bery, bery good to Hulk Hogan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:12 PM (Nwg0u)

165 155 Gawker just got hit for $115 million. Bankruptcy imminent.
Posted by: wooga at March 18, 2016 06:09 PM (IpkZ1)

========
Maybe, maybe not. There is usually a lot of post verdict motions and appeals. Jury awards are often reduced.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 18, 2016 06:12 PM (iQIUe)

166 The take on the Punisher isn't bad either. They could have portrayed him in a one-dimensional manner but haven't so far. The Punisher is also my second-favorite comic book character, just behind Batman.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:13 PM (0mRoj)

167 Really. I urge you to take a more careful look at her.

She also has a weird shape, wears the wrong clothed for her figure, IMO, and keeps on sticking out her head like a turtle when she speaks.

Gah.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:13 PM (v9gSJ)

168 164 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:12 PM (Nwg0u)

Gawker and his ex-wife basically destroyed him.

I may detest a few things about Hogan, but even celebs have a right to privacy in their debaucheries.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:13 PM (g8Hfr)

169 144 All the celebs are selling their property and slashing the prices. Something bad is going to happen...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 18, 2016 06:07 PM (iQIUe)

++++

For celebs, flipping houses works differently than it does for others. All's they need to do to increase the value is live in it for a while. After a year or two, the house isn't just a house, it has become the house that Beyonce (or whoever* the fuck) lived in. Even if the housing market is down, that just means the new house they buy will be going for cheaper as well. The important thing is to keep juggling.

*Is it whoever or whomever the fuck? That's supposed to be a thing now.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 18, 2016 06:13 PM (R+30W)

170 Oh right, Apple. So inspiring to see such devotion to principle among the staff and executives there. Why, it's moving that some are even quitting so as to not participate in work that violates their principles. The tone must be getting set at the top - I cannot think of an individual more committed to liberty and not forcing one's principles on others than the CEO at Apple. He's virtually a warrior for freedom of conscience, of association, etc.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2016 06:14 PM (QDnY+)

171 167 Really. I urge you to take a more careful look at her.

She also has a weird shape, wears the wrong clothed for her figure, IMO, and keeps on sticking out her head like a turtle when she speaks.

Gah.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:13 PM (v9gSJ)

Well mee-yow!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:14 PM (0mRoj)

172 what was the failed propane Times Sq bombers name? thought he was a Faisal Mo?

Posted by: akak at March 18, 2016 06:14 PM (S8xs0)

173
15th Seed Middle Tennessee University Stuns 2nd Seed Michigan State

Fnck.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 06:14 PM (kdS6q)

174 "what was the failed propane Times Sq bombers name? thought he was a Faisal Mo?"

They keep recycling the same five or six names -- Abdul, Mohammed, Faisal, Hussein... kinda leaves you with the feeling they're all sorta inbred over there.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:15 PM (iIzG7)

175 166 Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:13 PM (0mRoj)

Key being "so far."

I will be thrilled to be incorrect, if the writer's can keep their SJW crusaderism off the Punisher I'll be happy.

Daredevil himself is akin to the 1930s-1970s era "Tough NY Democrat" in the comic book canon, he fights true injustice. Punisher is just as important to represent wrath in lieu of Justice.

These comic book characters are supposed to be touchstones to various aspects of the heroic identity teaching important moral lessons on good and evil right and wrong to the next generation....

The largely one-sided writers are undermining this societal function.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:16 PM (g8Hfr)

176 Well mee-yow!
Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:14 PM (0mRoj)

Heh, I'm rarely catty, but she just rubs me the wrong way.

Ok, to be honest, I find a lot of female celebrities annoying.

But in real life with real people, I am not catty.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:17 PM (v9gSJ)

177 Murfreesboro. FTW!

Posted by: Golfman at March 18, 2016 06:17 PM (48QDY)

178 They keep recycling the same five or six names -- Abdul, Mohammed, Faisal, Hussein... kinda leaves you with the feeling they're all sorta inbred over there.
Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:15 PM (iIzG7)

*****

Kinda? It's a wonder their kids are not all born 3 legged albino dwarfs.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (QeqBb)

179 176 Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:17 PM (v9gSJ)

In Madden 16 you can move an NFL team to Dublin and have "The Celtic Tigers"...

That actress is a Celtic Tortoise

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (g8Hfr)

180 Not possible there are no "radical" Muslims under obamas watch!

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (/dSsq)

181 Eh beauty like the left's right hand is often in the eye of the beholder.
--------
Huh. And here all this time I thought it was beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Learn something new everyday.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (9iR5/)

182 These comic book characters are supposed to be touchstones to various aspects of the heroic identity teaching important moral lessons on good and evil right and wrong to the next generation....

Was a big fan of Rorschach ... from day one.

Probably means something ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (fiGNd)

183 MTSU for the win!

Posted by: Tyler Mason at March 18, 2016 06:19 PM (t/2s7)

184 182 Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (fiGNd)

Right and recall that his writer was largely both an unsympathetic and unreliable narrator on the character's motives and he still shone through as the most trustworthy actor on the evils he faced.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:20 PM (g8Hfr)

185 174

NY one's fodder was upper crust Paki ISI

Posted by: akak at March 18, 2016 06:21 PM (S8xs0)

186 "Was a big fan of Rorschach ... from day one."

Because deep in your heart, you know he's right.

Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:21 PM (iIzG7)

187 181 Posted by: Old Blue at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (9iR5/)

in my misspent youth.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:21 PM (g8Hfr)

188 It's been real hard not to see Barak has a sweet spot for Muzzies. It might have something to do with his childhood but I'm not sure.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2016 06:22 PM (fizMZ)

189 186 Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:21 PM (iIzG7)

He had a moral code and he adhered to it unceasingly and without remorse.

Society has a paucity of that dedication.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:22 PM (g8Hfr)

190 184 182 Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 06:18 PM (fiGNd)

Right and recall that his writer was largely both an unsympathetic and unreliable narrator on the character's motives and he still shone through as the most trustworthy actor on the evils he faced.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:20 PM (g8Hfr)

I also recall Alan Moore was baffled and rather flummoxed that Rorshach was such a fan favorite.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:22 PM (0mRoj)

191 Ah. So the new season of Daredevil has dropped.

I didn't know that. I feel bad for being behind in my binge watching.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2016 06:22 PM (1xUj/)

192 "Was a big fan of Rorschach ... from day one."
----------------
Because deep in your heart, you know he's right.
Posted by: Qoheleth at March 18, 2016 06:21 PM (iIzG7)

"... No."

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 18, 2016 06:22 PM (uURQL)

193 Key being "so far."

I will be thrilled to be incorrect, if the writer's can keep their SJW crusaderism off the Punisher I'll be happy.

Daredevil himself is akin to the 1930s-1970s era "Tough NY Democrat" in the comic book canon, he fights true injustice. Punisher is just as important to represent wrath in lieu of Justice.

These comic book characters are supposed to be touchstones to various aspects of the heroic identity teaching important moral lessons on good and evil right and wrong to the next generation....

The largely one-sided writers are undermining this societal function.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:16 PM (g8Hfr)

I have been turned off modern comics (loved comics when I was a kid- mid to late 80's), but let's see there was:
1) A graphic novel I think where they posited what would have happened if Superman landed in the Soviet Union instead of Kansas.
2) The Captain America story line where he opposes the war in Iraq? I think that was it, and what I read about the Civil War story line seemed... contrived?

Plus, comics started to do the same thing with artwork that happened to mainstream artwork: They got bad. You go from almost Hellenic hyper idealization of the human form to guys who cannot seem to draw worth a damn. I probably could have focused on the story lines, but see above.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:23 PM (iHjB5)

194 176 Well mee-yow!
Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:14 PM (0mRoj)

Heh, I'm rarely catty, but she just rubs me the wrong way.

Ok, to be honest, I find a lot of female celebrities annoying.

But in real life with real people, I am not catty.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:17 PM (v9gSJ)

Of course not.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:23 PM (0mRoj)

195 190 Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:22 PM (0mRoj)

Absolutely Moore was convinced the readers would sympathize with Ozy....

he was truly floored that the popular toons were the R man and the Comedian.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:24 PM (g8Hfr)

196 I have just learned from Google that Rorschach is one of Cruz's favorite superhero.

Affinity +1.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 18, 2016 06:24 PM (uURQL)

197 Heh, I'm rarely catty, but she just rubs me the wrong way.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 06:17 PM (v9gSJ)

Tell us more...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:24 PM (iHjB5)

198 Faisal? I've known him for years. Great guy. They say he likes to spend time on college campuses, almost as much as I do. He tends to be on the stabby side though... no doubt about it, Faisal enjoys his social life.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (TOk1P)

199 193 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:23 PM (iHjB5)

Indeed hated both.

The nail in the coffin for my abetting the lad in the hobby was when it was made abundantly clear EVERY storyline for the Bush era was to be a Ronald Moore BSG-esque "fuck you."

If I want that I can get it far cheaper watching the evening news with the Hobos at the bar...

no need to subsidize the shit artists and writers in their NYC lifestyle.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (g8Hfr)

200 I agree, Punisher is as important for NYC as Daredevil, in their own way. And given that they're thinking about a Punisher series, probably gonna give him a somewhat sympathetic or at least evenhanded treatment.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (39g3+)

201 he was truly floored that the popular toons were the R man and the Comedian.

***

Whedon was the same way. He's never quite put his finger on why so many on the Right liked Firefly.

Posted by: Azathoth at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (XN0hD)

202 196 I have just learned from Google that Rorschach is one of Cruz's favorite superhero.

Affinity +1.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 18, 2016 06:24 PM (uURQL)

God, I hate Watchmen. All of the hate, envy, and spite of your typical lefty, all spilled out on a comic book. I read that one and I completely agreed with Rorschach. I do not think that was the writers intention, like I give a damn.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (iHjB5)

203 >>I'm rarely catty, but she just rubs me the wrong way.

I wouldn't object to hearing about women who rub you the right way?

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2016 06:27 PM (z6DVm)

204 We knew it was Jihad within a day here. We be smart.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:27 PM (DUoqb)

205
Absolutely Moore was convinced the readers would sympathize with Ozy....

he was truly floored that the popular toons were the R man and the Comedian.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:24 PM (g8Hfr)

Commie cocksuckers can't help but show their love for mass murder.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 06:27 PM (o98Jz)

206 I wouldn't object to hearing about women who rub you the right way?
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2016 06:27 PM (z6DVm)

Is it actually possible for a women to rub you the wrong way?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:28 PM (DUoqb)

207 202 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (iHjB5)

What should terrify Generation X is Generation Tippy Cup's likely agreement with Moore that Ozy is the "real hero."

Their platitudes are worth Babellian lies and a few needed megadeaths.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:28 PM (g8Hfr)

208 Whedon was the same way. He's never quite put his finger on why so many on the Right liked Firefly.
Posted by: Azathoth at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (XN0hD)

I think Whedon is a strange guy- an honest lefty. He LIKES his characters. He saw the attraction of the libertarian guy like Reynolds. Firefly was his one true labor of love, I think. It showed in how he made almost every single character memorable and enjoyable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:29 PM (iHjB5)

209 Is it actually possible for a women to rub you the wrong way?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:28 PM (DUoqb)

It's sexist to think otherwise.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 18, 2016 06:30 PM (uURQL)

210 >>Is it actually possible for a women to rub you the wrong way?

Depends.

Posted by: Huma at March 18, 2016 06:30 PM (z6DVm)

211 A minor side note on the Netflix Marvel series - I like the fact they make passing references to each other, such as Jessica Jones taking the events of the first Avengers movie in stride and the like.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:30 PM (0mRoj)

212 Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:26 PM (g8Hfr)

Just wanted to say this. When Maet posts the top 10 commentators on Sun. night, my $ is on you...

Posted by: HH at March 18, 2016 06:31 PM (DrCtv)

213 They can really chafe, is what I was implying.

Posted by: Huma at March 18, 2016 06:31 PM (z6DVm)

214 211 Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2016 06:30 PM (0mRoj)

The stated objective is to make the Netflix Marvel-verse an interlocking "marvel Knights" crossover storyline...

they live and walk in the same forty block area...

were they to announce a Moon Knight series I'd flip my lid.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:32 PM (g8Hfr)

215 What should terrify Generation X is Generation Tippy Cup's likely agreement with Moore that Ozy is the "real hero."

Sven ... I'm 43. Just a touch younger than you - but not by much, if I've been paying attention.

What should scare the shit out of both the Millennials and Boomers is that most of my peers talk about this topic often.

The answer is just about unanimous. It's something like "let's do this".

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 06:32 PM (fiGNd)

216 What should terrify Generation X is Generation Tippy Cup's likely agreement with Moore that Ozy is the "real hero."

Their platitudes are worth Babellian lies and a few needed megadeaths.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:28 PM (g8Hfr)

Not to mention, the writing for that comic is horrid. Also, it is an early dry run for the George RR Martin "Death, Despair, Misery- now wallow in it for 200 pages".

Rorschach is the best of a bad lot, but that is like being valedictorian of summer school.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:33 PM (iHjB5)

217 Roy Rogers told his horse to watch out for rattlesnakes. It was a Trigger warning.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 06:33 PM (Nwg0u)

218 212 Posted by: HH at March 18, 2016 06:31 PM (DrCtv)

No offense to any of the other worthy residents on the Horde Wall of Shame race but I can beat the last 4 months weekly "winners" with about 2.25 days posting.

That is not something I am proud of or gloating on.

I've been lurking, and I did miss most all of you.

I am trying not to post unless I have something productive to say, and Ace is wary of me and I do not want perma-banned.

The funny thing is he and I are on literally the same square of sidewalk in many ways on this campaign season.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:34 PM (g8Hfr)

219
Is it actually possible for a women to rub you the wrong way?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:28 PM (DUoqb)

Has your wife ever gone a week without shaving her legs?

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 18, 2016 06:35 PM (9sZcy)

220 205 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 06:27 PM (o98Jz)

Ideas so good their economies and populaces almost always face the abattoir.

//Socialism 101

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:35 PM (g8Hfr)

221 *Is it whoever or whomever the fuck? That's supposed to be a thing now.Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

I have a wife who has memorized each and every one of the rules relating to the usage of who or whom. If she didn't have a smoking hot bod I might not pay attention when she corrects me. Who am I kidding? I don't pay attention to her rules.

I have my own rule... the longer the sentence, the higher the odds you need to shift from who to whom. There's some logic there but I'd rather not explore it.

Posted by: mega machines at March 18, 2016 06:36 PM (fbovC)

222 I have worked on campus as administrative staff for 20 years. It is sick to watch the the trajectory that is PC and especially how it has escalated in the past year. Very stressful. I go home everyday and wonder what I said that day that's going to land me in Kangaroo Court. And I'm on a so called conservative campus in a conservative state. I am close to retirement and have been trying to stick it out but honestly don't know if I can do this anymore.

I interviewed at a CSU campus a few weeks ago. It would have been a huge raise and I would be close to my family. They did not offer me the job and I'm not unhappy about that in retrospect. I thought it was my dream job. It would have been a nightmare I can tell you after spending the day with them the CSU system is so far gone I don't know that it's fixable mainly because they keep digging their own hole and don't even realize it. Really it's too bad it's the last of the affordable options out there.

Based on my observations I'm sure Merced's administration is at least partly responsible for this verdict.

Posted by: small town girl at March 18, 2016 06:37 PM (Kq2SQ)

223 >>>No offense to any of the other worthy residents on the Horde Wall of Shame race but I can beat the last 4 months weekly "winners" with about 2.25 days posting.

True dat. Only one other poster that I can think of that could very well give you a run for the money.

But I hope you realize I was just having some fun...

Posted by: HH at March 18, 2016 06:38 PM (DrCtv)

224 My dad actually got me into reading comics (He read a ton when he was in high school and the army.) He started me off on a hero I had never heard before: Iron Man. Not the douche bag incarnation of the movie, but the classic, Howard Hughes genius of the original. I collected a ton of the comics going back a long way (earliest I ever got was a #5- #1 was just too damn expensive on my allowance, and I was out of comics before I got a job.)

I would scour flea markets for ones I did not have. I loved that comic. He did not have powers. He was just smart and a damn fine problem solver. A bad guy beat him down? He just built a newer, better set of armor.

Some good stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:38 PM (iHjB5)

225 223 Posted by: HH at March 18, 2016 06:38 PM (DrCtv)

No no absolutely.

I wish I were a better writer, I could possibly get paid for some of my stuff.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:39 PM (g8Hfr)

226 Nood, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:41 PM (iHjB5)

227 Aw sven 10077 glad to hear from you. Everybody is especially cranky lately. It's the campaign on top of 8 years of national misery.

Posted by: small town girl at March 18, 2016 06:42 PM (Kq2SQ)

228 UC, Merced; not Merced University. Not that it makes any damn difference.

Posted by: melanerpes at March 18, 2016 06:44 PM (uN8EQ)

229 I read that one and I completely agreed with Rorschach. I do not think that was the writers intention, like I give a damn.

Moore intended Rorschach to be the bad guy, he was designed as an Ayn Rand extremist, a lunatic. Moore hated him. Overall, Watchmen is a comparison between different worldviews like Comedian's Nihilist one etc. Moore really thought Ozymandias was doing the right thing.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 06:45 PM (39g3+)

230 Moore intended Rorschach to be the bad guy, he was designed as an Ayn Rand extremist, a lunatic. Moore hated him. Overall, Watchmen is a comparison between different worldviews like Comedian's Nihilist one etc. Moore really thought Ozymandias was doing the right thing.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 06:45 PM (39g3+)

I have read that. Did he also intend to make all of his other characters a completely unreadable mess? Rorschach and Ozymandias are the two ends of his spectrum. His Joker and Batman, if you will. However, that means his other characters should fall in the middle right?

I HATED all the other characters, from the apathetic Dr. Manhattan, to the contemptible owl guy and whatever the girl was (cannot even remember their names.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 06:49 PM (iHjB5)

231 Evening all. After hearing how long and how vague the FBI has called this, kinda indicates what to expect as far the Shrill. Not that I blame the FBI, few wants to be transferred to Alaska.

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 06:54 PM (yNyJy)

232 Based on my observations I'm sure Merced's administration is at least partly responsible for this verdict.
Posted by: small town girl at March 18, 2016 06:37 PM (Kq2SQ)
It really bites. Academia used to be about enriching the mind. Now it's all SJW. Would hate to be a college student nowadays. Toga party!

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 06:57 PM (yNyJy)

233 Everybody go to the Hulk Hogan thread? Blah.

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 07:02 PM (yNyJy)

234 "kinda leaves you with the feeling they're all sorta inbred over there."

There are studies that purport to show mean IQs of 80 for Middle East Muslims, attributed to inbreeding.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 18, 2016 07:02 PM (r1fLd)

235 233 Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 07:02 PM (yNyJy)

Nah I was doing "The Breach" on Star Trek online...

God I hate that mission.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:03 PM (g8Hfr)

236 "The Department of Justice is avoiding stating the obvious, which is that an individual who commits violence in the name of ISIS is a terrorist," said Ryan Mauro, national security analyst for the New York"

Of course THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE. The individual committed violence IN THE NAME OF ISLAM, not ISIS.

Posted by: skzion at March 18, 2016 07:04 PM (9Zb94)

237 So far, only Trump suggests the truth: it's Islam, not ISIS or, to use Cruz's terminology, "radical Islamist terrorism."

Posted by: skzion at March 18, 2016 07:07 PM (9Zb94)

238 Yeah it's like in OK there has been three beheadings in less than two years but little is said of it, but in Nowhereville, OK that way scary Ten Commandments monument, oh that makes the LSM all a'flutter for it must come down.

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 07:08 PM (yNyJy)

239 Who or whom is easy--just go with whom.

Posted by: Brit Hume at March 18, 2016 07:16 PM (Dttnn)

240 Clearly, this was a Ginsu Knife demonstration gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Go back to sleep now. Thank you.

Posted by: Pres. Barky Obarky at March 18, 2016 07:21 PM (Ndje9)

241 236 "The Department of Justice is avoiding stating the obvious, which is that an individual who commits violence in the name of ISIS is a terrorist," said Ryan Mauro, national security analyst for the New York"

Of course THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE. The individual committed violence IN THE NAME OF ISLAM, not ISIS.
Posted by: skzion at March 18, 2016 07:04 PM (9Zb94)
Exactly. The crap narrative that a jihadist must be a confirmed member of ISIS to even call them a terrorist is BS also. Who confirms it anyway? Some 1-800-ISIS-CONFIRMATION line?

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 07:25 PM (yNyJy)

242 240 Clearly, this was a Ginsu Knife demonstration gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Go back to sleep now. Thank you.
Posted by: Pres. Barky Obarky at March 18, 2016 07:21 PM (Ndje9)
Like the Sleep Number Your Number Is Up Infidel bed informercial? :-)

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 07:30 PM (yNyJy)

243 Should we conclude there may be Obama butt buddies in positions of power at the FBI?

Posted by: rich at March 18, 2016 07:43 PM (jxpou)

244 I don't know what the deal is but I am having great difficulty trying to post on this site. It's slower than its usual slower than molasses pain in the asses. Will try later, ugh.

Posted by: Bebe Dahl at March 18, 2016 08:16 PM (yNyJy)

245 THIS is why people are angry.

Posted by: Hamilton at March 19, 2016 08:44 AM (3iHUQ)

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