University of Tennessee Ends Its "Investigation" Into Glenn Reynolds Illegal Use of Free Speech

Ah, but it's the threat, isn't it? The process is the punishment, isn't it?

We are supposed to be free to speak -- and know without equivocation that we are free to speak -- precisely so we are not menaced by the threat of official persecution.

So that we do not become the Censor's inside man and censor ourselves out of fear.

Do you think the University of Tennessee wishes Glenn Reynolds to know -- to reallly know -- he's free to speak?

Or do you think they intended to install a Censorship Inside Man in his head, causing him to mind his p's and q's?

Posted by: Ace at 07:00 PM

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1 First ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:00 PM (fiGNd)

2 First bitches.

That's two firsts. Never forget my art thread first.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:01 PM (fiGNd)

3 You know ... I'm not inviting any of you into my roomy thread.

It's all mine.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:01 PM (fiGNd)

4 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 07:02 PM (EB8+8)

5 Let's talk about my hot take on ...

... no, let's not. It's my thread.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:02 PM (fiGNd)

6 I'd love to see the bastards try to beat him in court on this.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 27, 2016 07:02 PM (SEXy3)

7 Get out of my thread Yo!

Yo!!!

My thread.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:02 PM (fiGNd)

8 Is there a chill in here, or is it just...everyone?

Posted by: moviegique at September 27, 2016 07:02 PM (7zeA4)

9 Well shit.

Looks like I need a thread wall.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:03 PM (fiGNd)

10
Coming to an HR department near you.

Posted by: Creeping PCria at September 27, 2016 07:03 PM (CFAp3)

11 This thread could stand to have more boob pics

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 07:04 PM (EB8+8)

12 Guess I'll just have to move to the next thread.

That's the trouble with moving out of the city. The city always chases you down.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:05 PM (fiGNd)

13 9th

Posted by: Yuimetal at September 27, 2016 07:05 PM (g6yUI)

14 We all would have been first, each and every one of us. But Ace censored us, micro-aggressively and collectively.

Equal opportunity oppression. What's not to love?

/sjw

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2016 07:05 PM (v5iqM)

15 14th

Posted by: Yuimetal at September 27, 2016 07:05 PM (g6yUI)

16 Consider that a warning, Professor Reynolds!

Posted by: UT Thought Police at September 27, 2016 07:06 PM (Om16U)

17 The voice in my head has no filter and he is telling me to tell them to go fuck themselves.

Posted by: The Deplorable Mr Aspirin Factory at September 27, 2016 07:06 PM (q1jj9)

18
Today, Professor Reynolds issued an apology to the law school community via email.

I have always strongly supported peaceful protests, and I've spent years speaking out against police militarization and excessive police violence in my USA TODAY columns, on my blog, and on Twitter itself. I understand why people misunderstood my tweet and regret that I was not clearer.

http://law.utk.edu/2016/09/27/reynolds-email/

"I hate cops too! Can I keep my job?"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 27, 2016 07:06 PM (kdS6q)

19 You also know what causes self censorship?

Islam, because head choppers

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 07:06 PM (4rMif)

20 Btw I did a post about Twatter banning Vox Day, related topic I guess

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom at September 27, 2016 07:07 PM (Om16U)

21 What pisses me of is that I spent 8 months of my life in those Shit holes Kuwait/Iraq because of BJ Bill and Monica Lewinsky during the time the scandal broke. BJ Bill had to clear the headlines so that it would disappear .... Tell that to my wife that was left with her hands full because I had a 48 hour notice to pack and deploy MOFO Hilderbeast !!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at September 27, 2016 07:07 PM (NuElX)

22 I just remembered that today is my 31st anniversary of graduation from boot camp, MCRD San Diego. Oh, and for all you PI guys, bite me, they did not issue us surf boards and sunscreen.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2016 07:08 PM (kTF2Z)

23 Two things: It's a good thing that he knows the law. And, with the forced apology, it is clear that we move closer and closer to the Soviet.

Posted by: gracepc at September 27, 2016 07:09 PM (OU4q6)

24 Yo!

Posted by: Yo!
________

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ This.

Posted by: FireHorse at September 27, 2016 07:09 PM (VDlGs)

25 Equal opportunity oppression. What's not to love?

I put this on you Jim. Squarely on you.

Look ... I was First. But I would have put a claim on Second for ya'.

And Second is a nice plot with fresh water springs, river access, and plenty of tillable land. You ought to see the grazing land. Second is one hell of a deal. Not much less than First.

Dude - ya' gotta' talk to me. We gotta' plan.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:10 PM (fiGNd)

26 That Reynolds fellow has always seemed a bit shifty to me and willing to offer his objective opinion on lots of things. This should put him in his place!

Posted by: Professor Hrothgar de Plorabble at September 27, 2016 07:10 PM (wCEn4)

27 Lawfair, it can happen to you. Steyn has been boiled in one for years

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2016 07:10 PM (JfUI4)

28 Modern "free speech" is physically harming someone and claiming you were "triggered" or were "incited (as they like to say) and then claim the first protects them. No cup cake, you don't get to throw shit as someone because hitler.

Speaking of which, what in the bloody HELL happened to Hotair? They have turned into some of the most whiny and butthurt group of folks I've read on a supposed conservative blog..

I noticed they adopted the Facebook method of commenting. I'm thinking the influx of 4 chan killed them?

Posted by: melodicmetal at September 27, 2016 07:11 PM (ficNf)

29 So UN, what about the Arab Countries and their atrocities ???? This has to be a JEF item to stir the pot with Blacks in the US election........

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at September 27, 2016 07:11 PM (NuElX)

30 ScoogDog-two firsts total like forever?

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2016 07:11 PM (JfUI4)

31 Tennessee is full of retards. UT is full of educated retards.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 27, 2016 07:12 PM (zKlQa)

32 Yo Obama I am 1/10,000th African American... Where is my F**king Money !!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at September 27, 2016 07:12 PM (NuElX)

33 I'm fine with private organizations looking into someone's statements if they are a public figure associated with that organization. Glenn Reynolds does, to a certain extent, represent his university when he speaks publicly, so they do have a reason to be concerned when he says something controversial or troubling (to them).

That said, nothing he wrote was in any way problematic to any sane, informed individual.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 27, 2016 07:12 PM (39g3+)

34 I'd love to see the bastards try to beat him in court on this.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 27, 2016 07:02 PM (SEXy3)

Can up say judge shopping? Yes, yes, I think you can!

Posted by: Professor Hrothgar de Plorabble at September 27, 2016 07:13 PM (wCEn4)

35 ScoogDog-two firsts total like forever?

Yeah ... and ya'll walk all in here and stomp over this one.

Four posts in ... Yo !!!

Not happy.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:13 PM (fiGNd)

36 I heard getting liquored up and eating a whole box of Fiber One bars is not very fun

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 07:13 PM (EB8+8)

37 More importantly, how did this private citizen vote regarding going to war in Iraq when he wasn't in the Senate or something.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:14 PM (MJ7va)

38 Gillespie turned a very good website into a steaming pile of pig shit.

Congrats. Enjoy Fakebook.

Posted by: The Deplorable Mr Aspirin Factory at September 27, 2016 07:14 PM (q1jj9)

39 I noticed they adopted the Facebook method of commenting. I'm thinking the influx of 4 chan killed them?

Posted by: melodicmetal at September 27, 2016 07:11 PM (ficNf)

I believe that shifty Reynolds fellow did as well! Sure dampens down the comments (which were already very good and thoughtful).

Posted by: Professor Hrothgar de Plorabble at September 27, 2016 07:14 PM (wCEn4)

40 But I bet this made you deplorables think twice about speaking your thoughts. If I get to the whitehut, you will all go to happy fun camps.

Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:16 PM (6N+OU)

41 Scogg. LOL !

Dude, drop me an email, at the addy in nic.

Got Postal Match rules (draft) to have you check over. CBD is green-lighting the thing, and I'm just doing a final edit and have a couple pics to shoot and add.

If I can have you check the rules draft, that'll be three sets of eyes on it (aside from mine) before it goes out, which oughta be good enough.

Thanks in advance!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2016 07:16 PM (v5iqM)

42 99 bottles of beer on the wall.......99 bottles

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 07:16 PM (EB8+8)

43 I heard getting liquored up and eating a whole box of Fiber One bars is not very fun

Could not tell ya'.

Never ate a Fiber One bar in my life.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:16 PM (fiGNd)

44 More importantly, how did this private citizen vote regarding going to war in Iraq when he wasn't in the Senate or something.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:14 PM (MJ7va)

"I think we need to revise and extend the Senate minutes to clearly show Trump's role in leading us into a war I opposed!" Sen/SecState Hillarity

Posted by: Professor Hrothgar de Plorabble at September 27, 2016 07:17 PM (wCEn4)

45
just remembered that today is my 31st anniversary of graduation from boot camp, MCRD San Diego. Oh, and for all you PI guys, bite me, they did not issue us surf boards and sunscreen.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2016 07:08 PM (kTF2Z)

July 7th was my 39th.Funny how you remeber that date isn't it

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 27, 2016 07:17 PM (lKyWE)

46
I'm fine with private organizations looking into someone's statements if they are a public figure associated with that organization.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Public college.

Which puts us right into the distinction of what a private college/public college can do, ala Bakke and such.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 27, 2016 07:18 PM (kdS6q)

47 I did not vote to invade iraq.

Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:18 PM (6N+OU)

48 Donald Trump claims I have a FUPA. That is why I pushed so hard to invade Libya.

Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:20 PM (6N+OU)

49 He was compelled to apologize. More than once. F*ck them all.

Posted by: the deplorable chiefjaybob, who hates everyone at September 27, 2016 07:20 PM (G2Sc9)

50
"Hey, what do you know. There ARE five lights!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 27, 2016 07:20 PM (kdS6q)

51 33 I'm fine with private organizations looking into someone's statements if they are a public figure associated with that organization. Glenn Reynolds does, to a certain extent, represent his university when he speaks publicly, so they do have a reason to be concerned when he says something controversial or troubling (to them).

That said, nothing he wrote was in any way problematic to any sane, informed individual.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 27, 2016 07:12 PM (39g3+)

University of Tennessee is not a private organization.

Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2016 07:20 PM (z/Ubi)

52 7
I did not vote to invade iraq.

Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:18 PM (6N+OU)

Fact checked as true statement by Lester Holt.

Posted by: gracepc at September 27, 2016 07:20 PM (OU4q6)

53 Hash check

Posted by: Love hertz (soon to be Man O' Sand) at September 27, 2016 07:21 PM (no0Da)

54 How much of that sweet, sweet "college" football money was spent on this exercise in Fascism?

U of T ought to be ashamed....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2016 07:21 PM (ej1L0)

55 The rage is to let Mark Zuckerberg be your moderator "big brother." Hot air, NRO, etc. Then no fear of the 'masses'.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 07:21 PM (09Ay7)

56 6-except that, if HRC wins, they would.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 27, 2016 07:21 PM (sqpGi)

57 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Reply sent ... let me know if you got it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:22 PM (fiGNd)

58 Donald Trump stopped me from placing more security for the Libyan ambassador H. Stewart Christen.

Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:22 PM (6N+OU)

59 "The process is the punishment"

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:22 PM (6FqZa)

60 (Oops, hit return too fast.) I wonder who first said that... Kafka?

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:23 PM (6FqZa)

61 22-whatever Hollywood Marine.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 27, 2016 07:23 PM (sqpGi)

62 The punishment should fit the crime.

A $20 fine and 6 months of scrapple every morning!

Posted by: Fritz at September 27, 2016 07:23 PM (aAHeA)

63 They are in happy land after beating the gators after 12 straight losses so with the apology Glenn issued, all is well...'this time.'

Posted by: Tyler Mason at September 27, 2016 07:24 PM (WC+jn)

64 22-Duke, you and I are contemporaries, 2/25 will be my 30th. Semper Fi brother.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 27, 2016 07:24 PM (sqpGi)

65 Why can't I pee out of this huge sensitive nub I have.

Trump must have somehow been involved.

Side note, You would need a Buck 120 and a very rugged imam to get it off.

Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:25 PM (6N+OU)

66 Scrapple!1! *hork*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at September 27, 2016 07:25 PM (Tyii7)

67 20 Btw I did a post about Twatter banning Vox Day, related topic I guess

Link in nic
Posted by: @votermom at September 27, 2016 07:07 PM (Om16U)

The good news? twitter may be up for sale.
The bad news? All the interested buyers - Disney, Microsoft, Sales Force- are hard left SJWs. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Posted by: josephistan at September 27, 2016 07:25 PM (7qAYi)

68 Last night's Monday Night Football ratings drew a record low 5.7 rating. The previous record was 6.7. The last time MNF went against a presidential debate was in 2012 and it drew a 7.3.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 27, 2016 07:25 PM (+jxXr)

69 Were I not at work where AoSHQ is read-only, I would have been firstest on the Easter Island Venus art thread.

Regarding Insty's transgression, I don't feel that he is apologizing so much as saying "I was imprecise" which to a professor is probably more embarrassing than being wrong. I doubt that he will censor himself, but he will probably think twice before posting - which will only mean better answers, i.e. more barb/less bludgeon.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Illuminated Savage at September 27, 2016 07:26 PM (jR7Wy)

70 Skip - Are you feeling any better? How's the cough?

Posted by: washrivergal madly and deeply deplorable at September 27, 2016 07:26 PM (CFc5L)

71
Speaking of which, what in the bloody HELL happened
to Hotair? They have turned into some of the most whiny and butthurt
group of folks I've read on a supposed conservative blog..

I noticed they adopted the Facebook method of commenting. I'm thinking the influx of 4 chan killed them?

Posted by: melodicmetal at September 27, 2016 07:11 PM (ficNf)

Their comments section has always been shitty, even when Malkin was running the place. Adopting Felchbook for the comments was just the last nail in the coffin.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 27, 2016 07:26 PM (LuZz8)

72 Reply sent ... let me know if you got it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:22 PM (fiGNd)]

Received n' replied. Thanks!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2016 07:26 PM (v5iqM)

73 48 Donald Trump claims I have a FUPA. That is why I pushed so hard to invade Libya.
Posted by: Hillary Clintoris at September 27, 2016 07:20 PM (6N+OU)

What's a FUPA? Is that anything like a Leppo?

Posted by: Gary Johnson at September 27, 2016 07:27 PM (7qAYi)

74 More importantly, how did this private citizen vote regarding going to war in Iraq when he wasn't in the Senate or something.

***

Any statement he would have made would have been made with the limited access to information that all civilians have.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 27, 2016 07:27 PM (SEXy3)

75 I heard getting liquored up and eating a whole box of Fiber One bars is not very fun
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Fiber One, Anus Zero.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Illuminated Savage at September 27, 2016 07:27 PM (jR7Wy)

76 I didn't know that Jack of Twitter is on the board of Disney.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 27, 2016 07:28 PM (dKiJG)

77 at September 27, 2016 07:25 PM (7qAYi)

I heard them talking about that on tv.

Posted by: @votermom's phone at September 27, 2016 07:28 PM (EdGEP)

78 75
I heard getting liquored up and eating a whole box of Fiber One bars is not very fun

---

Fiber One, Anus Zero.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Illuminated Savage at September 27, 2016 07:27 PM (jR7Wy)
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Until it is ANUS HUNDRED!

Posted by: Jukin,The Deplorable at September 27, 2016 07:29 PM (6N+OU)

79 Reading at LegalInsurrection that USA Today which runs a column by him has suspended him for a month anyway.

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2016 07:29 PM (JfUI4)

80 Once the feds criminalized a "hostile work environment" they opened a Pandora's box of (a) legitimizing wholly subjective and disproportionate butthurt over words and conduct formerly considered "life" and (b) put in place a mechanism for draconian legal consequence for anything that could (unpredictably) give "offense" to a "protected class."

Over time, this sort of thing has an effect on the culture.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 27, 2016 07:29 PM (3Rr8K)

81 Your apology is accepted, Captain Reynolds.

*drops body onto the floor*

Posted by: Darth GnuBreed at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (gyKtp)

82
41
Scogg. LOL !

Dude, drop me an email, at the addy in nic.

Got Postal Match rules (draft) to have you check over. CBD is
green-lighting the thing, and I'm just doing a final edit and have a
couple pics to shoot and add.

If I can have you check the rules draft, that'll be three sets of
eyes on it (aside from mine) before it goes out, which oughta be good
enough.

Thanks in advance!

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2016 07:16 PM (v5iqM)

If the Postal Match rules include one where you have to shoot while wearing a low-cut sundress, I'm out. Brass gets into uncomfortable places with a low-cut top.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (LuZz8)

83 Fiber One will make gas come out of holes you didn't even know you had......

Fire in the Hole!......................

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (ej1L0)

84 How 'bout a nice shout out to the NeverTrumpers who don't think even Freedom of Speech is on the line!

Those wonderful people who would grab the steering wheel, and send the car careening into a school yard full of children, because you wouldn't let them drive this time. "I TOLD YOU to let me drive", they'd say. "It's YOUR fault!"

Posted by: Optimizer at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (EnK/R)

85 Wow, it looks like hotair.com didn't even break 150 comments during the debate.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (MJ7va)

86 disproportionate butthurt
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Asymmetrical ass warfare.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Illuminated Savage at September 27, 2016 07:31 PM (jR7Wy)

87 Can't get rid of this cough, actually thinking of going to bed now so at 0130hr when I wake up at least I'll have a bit more rest.

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2016 07:31 PM (JfUI4)

88 Does anybody listen to Glenn Beck anymore? I thought he was funny then he got all crazy, at least with Alex Jones I listen for the Crazy.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 27, 2016 07:32 PM (dKiJG)

89 Posted by: Love hertz (soon to be Man O' Sand) at September 27, 2016 07:21 PM (no0Da)

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You're the new willow!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2016 07:32 PM (kTF2Z)

90 If the Postal Match rules include one where you have to shoot while wearing a low-cut sundress, I'm out. Brass gets into uncomfortable places with a low-cut top.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (LuZz

Would it even things out if the 'Rons had to shoot the match while wearing assless chaps*?

* invokes "assless chaps" meme.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2016 07:33 PM (v5iqM)

91 The only appropriate response, a la Ezra Levant to the Canadian speech commissars is to tell the censors that whatever "intent" or "implication" they fear, or seek to censure most, is exactly how he meant it. If they want to measure his right to speak by "offense" then he should explain that he meant the maximum amount of offense they could infer, and too bad about that because its his right to offend.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 27, 2016 07:33 PM (3Rr8K)

92 Are there non-assless chaps?

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:34 PM (MJ7va)

93 If y'all wanna get your own questions in, or vote on proposed questions for the next debate, there's a website for that:

https://presidentialopenquestions.com/

Posted by: Darth GnuBreed at September 27, 2016 07:34 PM (gyKtp)

94 87 Can't get rid of this cough, actually thinking of going to bed now so at 0130hr when I wake up at least I'll have a bit more rest.
Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2016 07:31 PM (JfUI4)
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Me too. I'm thinking of curling up in my lacy peignoir and reading something spicy. Nothing to stay up for, and I'll be rested and ready when I wake up far too early.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Illuminated Savage at September 27, 2016 07:34 PM (jR7Wy)

95 FWIW, Twitter doesn't appear to have a long-term business, so it's only trading on the prospect of getting acquired.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 27, 2016 07:34 PM (r1fLd)

96 I use to see Prof Reynolds site every day, years ago he had links for all sorts of goofy stuff but a couple lead to things that couldn't loose from the computer, so kindof stopped.
Well good night horde

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2016 07:34 PM (JfUI4)

97 Ha. And now non-assless is part of my phone's autocucumber.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:35 PM (MJ7va)

98 @92 We've been over this.

Posted by: That guy from YMCA in assless chaps at September 27, 2016 07:35 PM (3Rr8K)

99 90 If the Postal Match rules include one where you have to shoot while wearing a low-cut sundress, I'm out. Brass gets into uncomfortable places with a low-cut top.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (Lu
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What if we 'ettes wore anatomically correct breastplates?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Illuminated Savage at September 27, 2016 07:35 PM (jR7Wy)

100 85 Wow, it looks like hotair.com didn't even break 150 comments during the debate.
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (MJ7va)

We can't use FaceBook because my wife's boss would want to follow friend her, screw that.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 27, 2016 07:35 PM (dKiJG)

101

Ok. I just have to say how much I love Houston.

My daughter is in a youth group and they have a meeting tonight in the same mall where the Nazi Lawyer Shooter was. I hadnt been by since

The whole of law street and weslyan is encircled by a perimeter of blue balloons and streamers. To thank the police. Prolly a hundred balloons

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 07:37 PM (BkJzF)

102 USA Today already installed a censor in his head. The money was worth more than the 1st amendment to him..That said, a twitter account is a dangerous thing, and tweets never disappear. You're first response is frequently not your best response..And if you've had a whiskey decompression, your first response and the ones that follow are probably not your best response...

Posted by: macleod at September 27, 2016 07:37 PM (5NEuS)

103 Wow, it looks like hotair.com didn't even break 150 comments during the debate.
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:30 PM (MJ7va)

Pfffft seemed at times like this place was running 150 every 5 minutes.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at September 27, 2016 07:37 PM (3sJ/S)

104 Pants. Maybe that's a good name for them.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:37 PM (MJ7va)

105 Kind of a natural outgrowth of civil asset forfeiture. Just keep pushing, and pushing and before long, you've got all of the timidity you need to carry out your plans.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean (Make deplorable adorable again!) at September 27, 2016 07:38 PM (4ng05)

106 I agree that if there ever was a time to be kind to #NeverTrump, that time is over.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:38 PM (6FqZa)

107 That is Harassment by an institution. No doubt about it. And the message sent are threats to silence him.

Wish we had a oppositional party in power that would stop those abuses from the top down.

Fuck the Weapinized Government and their institutions. The US government has turned into a psychotic violent wife. We need a divorce asap.

Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 27, 2016 07:38 PM (vRd8t)

108 ThunderB, awesome.

It's a pretty nice part of Houston IIRC, just north of the West University / Bellaire duet.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:39 PM (6FqZa)

109
84 How 'bout a nice shout out to the NeverTrumpers who don't think even Freedom of Speech is on the line!

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(patient smile)

Are you seriously suggesting that a President Hillary Clinton would suspend Constitutional protections for Americans? Four years of President Hillary Clinton won't be the best thing for America, but conservatives haven't truly made a strong case for our cause. All would need to do over the next four years is demonstrate the need for greater constraints in social conservatism, expand our voice in universities, argue coherently for the z-factor in fiscal-economic-market-tax bracket factors, and encourage young people to consider what their lives will be like 40 years from now if they don't vote wisely now.

Posted by: Kill Bristol at September 27, 2016 07:40 PM (oGNNA)

110
If i were ever outed. Well. It would be bad

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 07:40 PM (BkJzF)

111 91 The only appropriate response, a la Ezra Levant to the Canadian speech commissars is to tell the censors that whatever "intent" or "implication" they fear, or seek to censure most, is exactly how he meant it. If they want to measure his right to speak by "offense" then he should explain that he meant the maximum amount of offense they could infer, and too bad about that because its his right to offend.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at September 27, 2016 07:33 PM (3Rr8K)

I watched The Anthony Cumia show where he had on the Comedian that was sued because he made of a guy that was disabled, he was fined 42,000 and it's costing him 92,000 to fight it. Free speech is dead in Canada.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 27, 2016 07:40 PM (dKiJG)

112 I still can't figure out why NR (with the exception of VDH) decided to commit group suicide.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (09Ay7)

113 How much of that sweet, sweet "college" football money was spent on this exercise in Fascism?

U of T ought to be ashamed....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2016 07:21 PM (ej1L0)

None. College football is part of the athletic department. College athletic departments are run independently of the college budget, and while the academic portion of the college may contribute to the budget of the athletic department, and most of them do in the form of student fees or an actual subsidy, it is extremely rare to ever find an athletic department with enough money to be able to contribute back to the academic section of the college.

In 2012 , only seven college athletic departments in the USA had enough operating income and reserves to not accept any subsidies from their parent college.

I am happy to report that Ohio State is one of the colleges. And for the last few years, the Ohio State Athletic Department has ended it's fiscal years with enough budget left over to provide a donation(yes, it's a donation, remember, these ADs , and colleges are 501c3s) to the general scholarship fund of OSU to be used for scholarships for the general student population.

Athletic departments can't simply transfer money to colleges since they are stand alone entities.

(Athletic scholarships actually come from the NCAA, applied for and administered by the individual college)

The huge amount of money generated by individual school's football team, television rights, etc. goes right back into the athletic department budget to pay for the 25 other non revenue generating sports, which the college MUST provide because of Title IX.
Think women's water polo, etc. The college must provide those sports if men have those sports, and they must provide facilities, coaches, administration, transportation to meets, equipment, etc. even though three dozen people show up at any given meet to watch and maybe one or two donors provide some money. By the time a college provides that kind of expenditure for 20-30 non revenue generating sports, all the money from football profits, and additional profit typically from basketball and in some cases hockey, is gone. It's why most college athletic departments run deficits and need subsidies.

Rutger in 2012 spent $28 M more than it took in in it's athletic department. It's why they begged to join the Big Ten because of the TV contracts.

And now you know....LOL.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (ntZAP)

114 Isn't Facebook for old people?

None of the teanagers I know are on it?

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (EB8+8)

115

Seeing those balloons made me cry. Like we arent done. Like there are more people like us

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (BkJzF)

116 22-Duke, you and I are contemporaries, 2/25 will be my 30th. Semper Fi brother.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 27, 2016 07:24 PM (sqpGi)

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

Semper Fi, Marine.

Only 30? Boot.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (kTF2Z)

117 I'd like to ask for prayers for my neighbor & friend's16 year old son.
My kid says he apparently was taken out of school on a stretcher today "sleeping" - I don't know what's wrong. I texted the mom saying I hope he's ok but she hasn't responded.
He was born with a certain congenital condition that makes it possible he collapsed. He's such a nice good kid I am just hoping he's ok.

Posted by: @votermom's phone at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (EdGEP)

118 Ah, but it's the threat, isn't it? The process is the punishment, isn't it?

I can see them using the same tactic against the Second Amendment. We saw a glimpse of it in the George Zimmerman case.

"Sure, you can own all the guns and ammo you want, but God help you if you ever use one in self defense, especially against a member of a favored victim class. Your life will be ruined."

Posted by: rickl the deplorable at September 27, 2016 07:42 PM (sdi6R)

119 HEH

Posted by: BEN ROEHTLISBERGER at September 27, 2016 07:42 PM (8J/Te)

120 @boulder terlit hobo: Yep. There are only 3-5 constitutional rights hanging in the balance while they demand True Conservatism abstinence, after all.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 07:42 PM (MJ7va)

121 It's got to suck for political-conservative Jews who are saddled with Extremely Reform Synagogues. I'd probably have to stuff a sock in my mouth during the sermons

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:42 PM (6FqZa)

122 Sure votermom, upward sent.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (09Ay7)

123 Nevertheless, the tweet offended many members of our community and beyond, and I understand the hurt and frustration they feel.

RUN THEM DOWN!

No, really, fuck the special snowflakes and their feelings. We're simply reducing society to the lowest level of emotional maturity we can muster.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (uyrlv)

124 sorry votermom. I hope he gets better

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (6FqZa)

125 OT:

I'd like to redesign my little blog and get it going again, one reason being to sell tshirts on it, another so it's more appealing. there anyone on the HQ with experience in that area who might be willing to take on that job?

And yes I'm a paying customer.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (3sJ/S)

126 Some rare good news from the world of universities - my Alma Mater, La Salle University, has announced that they're cutting their tuition costs by 30%. Hopefully more colleges will follow suit.

Posted by: josephistan at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (7qAYi)

127 I'm off to Make Boulder Great Again

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (6FqZa)

128
Sefton's Law of this Insanity-

When they try to censor you once, the proper reaction is to say something orders of magnitude more "offensive" - i.e. truthful - louder and more stridently than before.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (9P3OG)

129
the message sent are threats to silence him.
Posted by: Pepe

Reynolds was nominally protected by, his faculty union, his departmental faculty association, tenure, his employment contract and the First Amendment.

And he still crawled.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 27, 2016 07:44 PM (kdS6q)

130 127 I'm off to Make Boulder Great Again
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 27, 2016 07:43 PM (6FqZa)

So, can we describe your abode as an over the shoulder boulder holder?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 27, 2016 07:44 PM (9P3OG)

131
In Dallas and Houston cops have really been under fire. I am so grateful for what they do

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 07:45 PM (BkJzF)

132 28 Modern "free speech" is physically harming someone and claiming you were "triggered" or were "incited (as they like to say) and then claim the first protects them. No cup cake, you don't get to throw shit as someone because hitler.

Speaking of which, what in the bloody HELL happened to Hotair? They have turned into some of the most whiny and butthurt group of folks I've read on a supposed conservative blog..

I noticed they adopted the Facebook method of commenting. I'm thinking the influx of 4 chan killed them?
Posted by: melodicmetal at September 27, 2016 07:11 PM (ficNf)

They wen to f*c*book comments back in February, and then went on twitter and talked about how much they hated their commenters. I have been back there since only rarely, and mostly by accident.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 27, 2016 07:45 PM (ASSjT)

133 Prayers for the boy votermom

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 07:46 PM (BkJzF)

134 117 I'd like to ask for prayers for my neighbor & friend's16 year old son.
My kid says he apparently was taken out of school on a stretcher today "sleeping" - I don't know what's wrong. I texted the mom saying I hope he's ok but she hasn't responded.
He was born with a certain congenital condition that makes it possible he collapsed. He's such a nice good kid I am just hoping he's ok.
Posted by: @votermom's phone at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (EdGEP)

He will be in our prayers.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 27, 2016 07:46 PM (dKiJG)

135 I love how professors will always apologize. Reynolds is "free speech free speech free speech" and then he inevitably apologizes, of course.

Posted by: bjk at September 27, 2016 07:47 PM (x2rNW)

136 Country boy, if you don't get any pros, email me. I'm working my way thru a web design course (FCC) and it would be cool to have a real live case.

Votermom at gmail

Posted by: @votermom's phone at September 27, 2016 07:48 PM (EdGEP)

137 OK votermom thanks!

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at September 27, 2016 07:49 PM (3sJ/S)

138 The Dean's statement was hilarious, though I doubt she got the humor. Direct quote: "We will now move forward to rebuild our law school community[.]" If the University of Tennessee Law School's "community" is so fragile that it sustained significant damage from a three-word tweet, the snowflakes have moved further south than I thought.

Posted by: Zumkopf at September 27, 2016 07:50 PM (M2iZt)

139
Free speech is dead in Canada.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio

That's where some of those libs say they will move if Donald wins.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2016 07:51 PM (IqV8l)

140 Free speech exceptions....

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (aka McCain-Feingold)

"Congress shall make no law...."

Uh huh.

.

Posted by: Love hertz (transitioning to Man O' Sand) at September 27, 2016 07:51 PM (no0Da)

141 Reynolds should announce he's retained counsel to investigate whether he should file suit against the University of Tennessee. Pay 'em back in their own coin.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 27, 2016 07:52 PM (SRKgf)

142
Here are three words to tweet, and live by:

"Fuck You. War."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 27, 2016 07:53 PM (9P3OG)

143 And now you know....LOL.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 27, 2016 07:41 PM (ntZAP)

Thanks Jen O!......must be the book sales then.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 27, 2016 07:53 PM (ej1L0)

144 All in all...I'm glad to see he beat the wrap

Posted by: Clarney at September 27, 2016 07:53 PM (dgO4h)

145 Does anybody feel better after last night? I feel kind of icky.

Posted by: Whino Man at September 27, 2016 07:54 PM (BO/km)

146 OK votermom thanks!

Hey Country ...

... I couldn't design a web-page to save my ass. But if you ever need a guest blogger that can write a couple paragraphs to peel the paint off the walls - let me know.

I'll stay close to the phone ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:54 PM (fiGNd)

147 They will find a way to get rid of him...soon

Posted by: sandy at September 27, 2016 07:55 PM (DYXbn)

148 '....wiping boss....'

Posted by: !Deplorable Lives Matter! at September 27, 2016 07:55 PM (oBuXO)

149 If I was as ugly as you, I'd be a poster boy for a prophylactic.

Posted by: Gunny Highway at September 27, 2016 07:55 PM (kTF2Z)

150
We will now move forward to rebuild our law school community
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Business idea: Professional Community Rebuilder. Chopper in to Code Blue situations like the U Tenn Law School, hold numerous Sessions, draw up numerous Resolutions, establish Benchmarks and Schedules for Workshopping your Progress, collect 5-figure fee, and chopper off to the next blasted community.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at September 27, 2016 07:57 PM (oGNNA)

151 146 OK votermom thanks!

... I couldn't design a web-page to save my ass. But if you ever need a guest blogger that can write a couple paragraphs to peel the paint off the walls - let me know.

I'll stay close to the phone ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:54 PM (fiGNd)
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As you can see, Scogg hasn't been changed by his double firsts today.... still a man of the people!

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 07:57 PM (Sfs6o)

152 Rebuild!!11!!

Posted by: Snowflakes Everywhere at September 27, 2016 07:57 PM (Tyii7)

153 If I was as ugly as you, I'd be a poster boy for a prophylactic.

Geez, take one modelling job and nobody ever forgets.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 27, 2016 07:59 PM (WnZAV)

154

Maybe the "community" that supports this violence should be destroyed

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 07:59 PM (BkJzF)

155 Hillary Campaign Manager Robby "Bubble Boy" Mook lies when he says that all Foundation donors have been publicly disclosed. This is actually a Big Fucking Deal because you can bet that the undisclosed donors are either embarrassing or can be tied to Hillary's actions at State. Quid pro quo!

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 27, 2016 08:00 PM (r1fLd)

156 Has Hillary 's shoulder wiggle been explained yet?

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 08:01 PM (EB8+8)

157 Maybe Reynolds should be a little less supportive of the institution now that he knows how unsupportive the institution is of him.

It's not like Reynolds notoriety hasn't helped make Tennessee one of the most well known law schools in the country. No one investigates his free speech when he touts articles written by other faculty or points out the high rating and relatively low cost of the school.

Posted by: John Oh at September 27, 2016 08:02 PM (O2BtH)

158 145
Does anybody feel better after last night? I feel kind of icky.

Posted by: Whino Man at September 27, 2016 07:54 PM (BO/km)
I kind of do feel better. Not great, mind you, but I think that Hillary did herself no favors with last night's performance and many viewers discovered how blatantly biased the media is, trying with all of their power to prop-up Hillary.

Posted by: washrivergal madly and deeply deplorable at September 27, 2016 08:03 PM (CFc5L)

159 'Hillary did herself no favors'

Huh? Hillary who?

urp

Posted by: Whino Man at September 27, 2016 08:06 PM (BO/km)

160 This morning, I was busy working, looked up and the living room ceiling was cracking and dropping plaster. A shingle had blown off. Full panic. The emergency response team came and now half my living room ceiling is gone. It was plasterboard. More of this tomorrow. Now, I never watch TV, but I feel like curling up in bed and zoning out.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:06 PM (09Ay7)

161 160
This morning, I was busy working, looked up and the living room ceiling
was cracking and dropping plaster. A shingle had blown off. Full panic.
The emergency response team came and now half my living room ceiling is
gone. It was plasterboard. More of this tomorrow. Now, I never watch TV,
but I feel like curling up in bed and zoning out.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:06 PM (09Ay7)

That's just terrible.

Posted by: washrivergal madly and deeply deplorable at September 27, 2016 08:09 PM (CFc5L)

162 Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:06 PM (09Ay7)
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Bummer, dagny. One of my buddies owned a house in Arlington built in the 1930's on a busy street with a lot of car and bus traffic. One day the plaster and lath ceiling on the entire first floor collapsed all at once. Big mess!

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:11 PM (Sfs6o)

163 120 @boulder terlit hobo: Yep. There are only 3-5 constitutional rights hanging in the balance while they demand True Conservatism abstinence, after all.

Which of those will Trump protect again? He agreed with Clinton last night on guns.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 27, 2016 08:12 PM (Zfk8a)

164 Hello Brian

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 08:13 PM (BkJzF)

165
Why in hell did I do that? I just tabbed over to Powerline, where I found out that Hillary won the debates and the election is doomed.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at September 27, 2016 08:14 PM (oGNNA)

166 Not a smidgen of fascism in academia. No sirree.

Posted by: Insomniac - Irredeemably Deplorable at September 27, 2016 08:15 PM (0mRoj)

167 It was supposed to rain, it did not. So at least I have that? I've been wanting to put some recessed lighting in there, so maybe this would be a good time? The "emergency response" guys sent by the insurance company were great fun too. I'm trying to be positive. It just seems like every time I think I'm going to have a little time to finish a project or chill, something happens.

We had plaster and lathe in the last house. It was terrible for hanging artwork BUT it was really insulating.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:16 PM (09Ay7)

168 Oh, great. Newman has arrived.

Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at September 27, 2016 08:16 PM (Tyii7)

169
Why in hell did I do that? I just tabbed over to Powerline, where I found out that Hillary won the debates and the election is doomed.
Posted by: iforgot

Was your favorite part where Powerline cited a CNN post-debate poll with a D+26 sample as proof for that?

That was my favorite part.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 27, 2016 08:18 PM (kdS6q)

170 Yeah, if you were going to install recessed lighting now would be a good time!
Good that you're able to stay positive.

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:18 PM (Sfs6o)

171 Dagny, ugh. But I'm glad nothing fell on you.

Posted by: @votermom's phone at September 27, 2016 08:20 PM (Om16U)

172 I worked in a University for many many years.
There is a Gay Mafia.
By that I mean a group of people who are TIGHt, ensconced in positions of power and influence.
Who you have to go through, kiss the ring, and so forth, to get things done.
Also, there are the radical tnured professors, who spend most of their time looking for CrimeSpeak and CrimeThink.

Administrators who have no principles, but love their sinecures, and always have a wet finger to the wind.

And students, who are always looking for offense, and desire to please their Radical professors.

I was a technologist, who mostly successfully, along with my colleagues, flew below the radar.
It was like working for the Circus, and being a Roustabout.

Posted by: tubal at September 27, 2016 08:21 PM (d6TTt)

173 Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:16 PM (09Ay7)
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And speaking of rain, what happened to it? Glad it didn't compound your roof trouble, but I put down fall fertilizer so it needs to get wet!

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:22 PM (Sfs6o)

174 Damn Clowns in the Woods are spreading to all 48 states.

If it is night time and/*or the bastards are near a tree then shoot out their knees.

This terrorism has to stop.

Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 27, 2016 08:22 PM (vRd8t)

175 Oh, and fuck Powerline.
I don't want any defeatism.

Posted by: tubal at September 27, 2016 08:22 PM (d6TTt)

176 Hello. It's hilarious that I'm seen as a Soros troll, by the way. Only been here for over a decade. Quite the sleeper cell I must say. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 27, 2016 08:23 PM (Zfk8a)

177 Reynolds should have spoken out strongly for self defense. Not merely that he regrets people misunderstanding his tweet.

Posted by: Yuimetal at September 27, 2016 08:24 PM (g6yUI)

178 Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at September 27, 2016 08:16 PM (Tyii7)

I gave up trying to move that statue... Heavy fucker.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at September 27, 2016 08:24 PM (Zfk8a)

179 My home interior trumps your fertilizer Weasel. Get out the hose

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:25 PM (09Ay7)

180 Damn Clowns in the Woods are spreading to all 48 states.

It's a problem.

I'm 44. There's something about this younger out of school group that's really passive-aggressive. They think they get some kind of "win" when they piss you off.

They ain't going to like how they win. And they ain't going to like dealing with the generation in high school now.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:25 PM (fiGNd)

181
♫You're on the power line♫

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 27, 2016 08:25 PM (IqV8l)

182 Only been here for over a decade.

That's what they all say.

Posted by: Millennial Prison Clown at September 27, 2016 08:26 PM (Tyii7)

183 Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 27, 2016 08:22 PM (vRd8t)

Are they like Bigfoot? All these people claim to see them but no proof?

Posted by: HH at September 27, 2016 08:26 PM (DrCtv)

184
Was your favorite part where Powerline cited a CNN post-debate poll with a D+26 sample as proof for that?

That was my favorite part.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 27, 2016 08:18 PM (kdS6q)
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The headlines and a skim of the opening paragraphs were enough for me. I'm sure the event was very painful for lawyers whose daughters work as NRO editors, but unfortunately for the analgesic industry that demographic is very small.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at September 27, 2016 08:27 PM (oGNNA)

185 179 My home interior trumps your fertilizer Weasel. Get out the hose
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:25 PM (09Ay7)
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Blue tarp?

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:27 PM (Sfs6o)

186 The thing with Reynolds is that if he didn't have tenure he'd have been bounced in a picosecond.

So maybe it's a win for free speech, but most of us could never win that battle unless we got someone much bigger pushing for us.

Posted by: JEM at September 27, 2016 08:29 PM (TppKb)

187 Then punch back twice as hard. G. Reynolds should request U. Tennessee donors to go on record that they will pull there donations if UT takes any action. And then remind them of what has happened at Missouri.

Posted by: John Bludworth at September 27, 2016 08:29 PM (gFFa5)

188
Its time to stop all federal funding of universities. We can't afford it anyway.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 27, 2016 08:30 PM (ODxAs)

189 Reynolds should have spoken out strongly for self defense. Not merely that he regrets people misunderstanding his tweet.[/]

Oh ... I think he was speaking out for self-defense.

His own.

And look - that ain't no small thing. It takes a certain kind of crazy fvck to literally do his job instead of protecting his job. Because that's not logical.

Glen's logical.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:30 PM (fiGNd)

190

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:31 PM (fiGNd)

191 Fuck you Barrel.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:31 PM (fiGNd)

192 Tennessee is not a conservative state.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 27, 2016 08:31 PM (rwI+c)

193 Can we sell t-shirts with exploding Prophet Mohammads and the phrase "Brought to you by the University of Tennessee and Dean Melanie Wilson"
to raise funds for a free speech organization?

Selling insulting t-shirts with the Prophet Mo doing obscene things and linking them to my judges in the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is my nuclear option.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 27, 2016 08:32 PM (/NlFx)

194 I am stunned he is an out faculty member. That takes guts

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 08:32 PM (BkJzF)

195 Fuck you Barrel.
Posted by: ScoggDog

Nice. Very nice.
I love a good recovery. And taunting.

Posted by: tubal at September 27, 2016 08:32 PM (d6TTt)

196 Apropos of nothing, this free tool just saved my ass: https://www.partitionwizard.com/

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 27, 2016 08:32 PM (rwI+c)

197 183 Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 27, 2016 08:22 PM (vRd8t)

Are they like Bigfoot? All these people claim to see them but no proof?
Posted by: HH at September 27, 2016 08:26 PM (DrCtv)

They are out there and spreading. Only aggressive tactics from gunshots to the knees to chasing the bastards down with crowbars and breaking legs and arms will stop it.

A Clown in the Woods day or night and any clown out past sundown is fair game in my book.

Yes like Bigfoot because no bodies and DNA evidence.

Posted by: Pepe, The Irredeemable at September 27, 2016 08:32 PM (vRd8t)

198

Ima getting somekind of big download, and that shouldn't be happening on this old wreck.

It better be a new kindle.

Posted by: Tryfids Day at September 27, 2016 08:33 PM (4dy8j)

199 Straight up ... piss on you Barrel.

I was first on this thread ... and before I could turn around it was all Yo! and Look At This New Thread.

Screw that.

You want me ? Come and get me.

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:33 PM (fiGNd)

200 Blue tarp?Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:27 PM (Sfs6o)

Yep, plus 3 giant fans and a dehumidifier with the hose running into the kitchen sink.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:34 PM (09Ay7)

201 I put little men in heads and lick little men in boats.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 27, 2016 08:35 PM (g6yUI)

202 Interesting that after the tweet the community has to "rebuild" as if expressing an independent thought is destructive.

Posted by: Emmie at September 27, 2016 08:36 PM (xVuS6)

203 You want me ? Come and get me.
Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:33 PM (fiGNd)

You tell 'em Scogg.
Liberty or Death, born to run!

Posted by: tubal at September 27, 2016 08:36 PM (d6TTt)

204
Oh, and fuck Powerline.
I don't want any defeatism.
Posted by: tubal at September 27, 2016 08:22 PM (d6TTt)
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Thank you. I used to like them, but now they're like a drug that's nothing but bad side effects.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at September 27, 2016 08:36 PM (oGNNA)

205 Easy there, Scogg.

I'm working up some wood. With splinters.

Posted by: The Barrel at September 27, 2016 08:37 PM (mgbwf)

206 I can't believe people get anything except kindles. They're cheap and if you buy the insurance, practically disposable. I've got 7. I want the paperwhite though, the fire is a bitch to read in the sun even with glareware.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:37 PM (09Ay7)

207 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 27, 2016 08:38 PM (ZDqcS)

208 Tennessee is not a conservative state.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 27, 2016 08:31 PM (rwI+c)
Well, not in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Jackson. The rest of it is. Mostly.

Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at September 27, 2016 08:38 PM (GUBah)

209
Never Trumps

What your goal now? Where is this going? What is a "win" for you now?

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 08:38 PM (BkJzF)

210 189 Reynolds should have spoken out strongly for self defense. Not merely that he regrets people misunderstanding his tweet.[/]

Oh ... I think he was speaking out for self-defense.

His own.

And look - that ain't no small thing. It takes a certain kind of crazy fvck to literally do his job instead of protecting his job. Because that's not logical.

Glen's logical.
Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:30 PM (fiGNd)

Note that if you make the effort to close the tag in your post, that while it does italicize your entire post it will not go beyond. So since you have [/] in there the hamster do see it and so it won't go beyond your post however, when you don't even have the bare effort of a closed tag you will know because your "Posted by:" line is also italicized.

Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2016 08:39 PM (z/Ubi)

211 Is this a "win" by losing? A suicide mission?

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 08:40 PM (BkJzF)

212 * invokes "assless chaps" meme.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 27, 2016 07:33 PM (v5iqM)

I only wear my assless chaps with my sleeveless vest and my single lensed monocle.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 27, 2016 08:40 PM (zKlQa)

213 Whut?

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 08:40 PM (DNHff)

214 CLOWNS IN THE WOODS IS BIGFOOT

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 27, 2016 08:41 PM (rTMHK)

215 Powerline has been perpetually butthurt ever since McCain didn't pick Pawlen..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Oh sorry, fell asleep. Ever since McCain didn't pick their governor for VP.

Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2016 08:41 PM (z/Ubi)

216 Glenn Reynolds has to live with the people in the lunchroom in his department, I guess.

And while he didn't grovel, per se--he didn't back off the statement, just the sentiment--and while he backs it with self defense, I think there's a difference between "don't stop" and "run them down."

And we need to go to bat for the difference between those two statements. It's right to be righteously angry that our lives and property and peaceful transit are threatened by angry race mobs; mobs stirred up on the basis of false claims as regularly as scheduled holidays; mobs who are now organizing where and when they will commit mayhem.

"Run them down" is the correct sentiment in this case, not "keep driving". Keep driving is a call to take a degree of action which is limited to one's personal well being--not incorrect, and fully justified by the law. But when the law is failing to protect our communities from these mobs, and when the law is in fact being applied unevenly if at all in favor of the mob (i.e. the DOJ's actions in these cases), then it seems to me a more serious sort of response needs to be proposed by those who do not wish to live under mob rule.

Posted by: TexasDan at September 27, 2016 08:41 PM (TqXWc)

217 Gonna shoot my new 1911 tomorrow...

*happy dance*

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 27, 2016 08:42 PM (+eR2D)

218 OT: I just saw the headline "Ex-Aide: Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlock". They're *still* flogging that non-scandal!

Posted by: Ian S. at September 27, 2016 08:43 PM (5dOnv)

219 209
Never Trumps

What your goal now? Where is this going? What is a "win" for you now?
Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 08:38 PM (BkJzF)

m-zero, showed it yesterday. They will go from hating Trump and doing scary warnings about what he will do to taking credit for everything he does that is conservative and saying "He never would have done that if it weren't for the NeverTrumpers."

Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2016 08:43 PM (z/Ubi)

220 208 Tennessee is not a conservative state.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 27, 2016 08:31 PM (rwI+c)
Well, not in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Jackson. The rest of it is. Mostly.
Posted by: Country Singer (gab @BertG) at September 27, 2016 08:38 PM (GUBah)

The Meth heads are independents. The snake handlers are mostly conservative, except those in the FSA.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 27, 2016 08:43 PM (zKlQa)

221 200 Blue tarp?Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:27 PM (Sfs6o)

Yep, plus 3 giant fans and a dehumidifier with the hose running into the kitchen sink.
Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:34 PM (09Ay7)
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Oh dear. Sorry, Dagny! I hereby withdraw my rain request!

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:43 PM (Sfs6o)

222 Brian

Whats the goal now? What is a "win"?

Posted by: ThunderB at September 27, 2016 08:44 PM (BkJzF)

223 Why aren't we talking about Trumps support of the Vietnam War? Show me where he specifically opposed Nixon invasion and escalation of that exercise in American imperialism.

Posted by: Ripley at September 27, 2016 08:44 PM (NbRJx)

224 214 CLOWNS IN THE WOODS IS BIGFOOT

Of course! Hell, look at the shoes they wear...

Posted by: HH at September 27, 2016 08:44 PM (DrCtv)

225 ThunderB, the Republic can survive HRC but not DJT.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 27, 2016 08:44 PM (rTMHK)

226 217 Gonna shoot my new 1911 tomorrow...

*happy dance*
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 27, 2016 08:42 PM (+eR2D)
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Can we look forward to a range report?

Posted by: Weasel at September 27, 2016 08:45 PM (Sfs6o)

227 Show of hands of who here think Hillary has ever done yoga

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 08:45 PM (4rMif)

228 IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 27, 2016 08:45 PM (rTMHK)

229 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Deplorable 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod at September 27, 2016 08:42 PM (+eR2D)

We'll expect a full and detailed report.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 27, 2016 08:46 PM (1qrFE)

230 Nood black moon

Posted by: josephistan at September 27, 2016 08:46 PM (7qAYi)

231 Do they make yoga pants that big?

Posted by: Yo! at September 27, 2016 08:46 PM (4rMif)

232 Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 08:30 PM (fiGNd)

Once you pull the thread eventually it will all unravel. He made an apology. USA Today suspended him for one month. UT sees USA Today simpatico whether in fact or not. Censorship is now in Reynolds head, as it would be in anybody's. Going nowhere good.

Posted by: gracepc at September 27, 2016 08:46 PM (OU4q6)

233 What your goal now? Where is this going? What is a "win" for you now?

****

It's a giant "virtue" signal that lights up Gotham and compels Ted Cruz and Jeb-Rubio to jump into a Volkswagon Rabbit for emergency fundraisers.

There are two types of nevertrumpers. One is the pundit class who found Trump to "icky" aka "not our class, dear" and potentially not neo-con. They're fine with Hillary because "war." The second, which found cover from the first, but should not be confused with them think that political elections are meant for them to polish their souls and they, therefore, attribute the candidates with potential merits of Christ or a medieval king. They fear pledging their troth to a liege lord they can't worship.

Hillary is a win for the first type. Acting out their righteousnss to be seen as one of the elect is the goal of the second. Niether care about anything but themselves, in the first case money, in the second case their "righteousness."

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:47 PM (09Ay7)

234 Hey Country ...

... I couldn't design a web-page to save my ass. But if you ever need a guest blogger that can write a couple paragraphs to peel the paint off the walls - let me know.

I'll stay close to the phone ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at September 27, 2016 07:54 PM (fiGNd)

Lol ok thanks! Duly noted.

Posted by: Country Boy - Deplorable and proud of it at September 27, 2016 08:47 PM (3sJ/S)

235 when you don't even have the bare effort of a closed tag you will know because your "Posted by:" line is also italicized.
Posted by: buzzion at September 27, 2016 08:39 PM (z/Ubi)

With all due respect that is false. In this comment I will omit the close tag entirely, and the italicization will not spill out of this box.

The key is: if you forget the slash in the close tag, you have TWO italucs tags in one comment and THAT is what triggers an overspill.

Posted by: Yuimetal at September 27, 2016 08:48 PM (g6yUI)

236
206 I can't believe people get anything except kindles. They're cheap and if you buy the insurance, practically disposable. I've got 7. I want the paperwhite though, the fire is a bitch to read in the sun even with glareware.

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I was kindle until one day -- in fact, I think it was something here -- made me decide to go analog as much as possible. I stopped buying books on kindle and dusted off my Barnes and Noble membership card. I'm proud of my growing pile of dead-tree reading materials. Kindle is INFINITELY more practical, but what're you gonna do? It's a touchy-feely thang.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Snorky at September 27, 2016 08:48 PM (oGNNA)

237 Show of hands of who here think Hillary has ever done yoga

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I have dreams of her in yoga pants doing the Supta Kabbah

Posted by: Make America Great Again at September 27, 2016 08:49 PM (rTMHK)

238 Oh dear. Sorry, Dagny! I hereby withdraw my rain request!

Thanks. No dancing.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:49 PM (09Ay7)

239 Oh, I got rid of most of my books and went all electronic.

Posted by: deplorable dagny at September 27, 2016 08:55 PM (09Ay7)

240 I wish our side would engage in more lawfair.The left is well versed in this crap and have been quite effective at getting what they want using it as well. We need to return the favor.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 27, 2016 08:56 PM (v3DL/)

241 156 Has Hillary 's shoulder wiggle been explained yet?
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Yes. She said she was shaking her tits in Huma's direction.

Posted by: Noam Sayen at September 27, 2016 08:58 PM (611Lm)

242 OT: I just saw the headline "Ex-Aide: Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlock". They're *still* flogging that non-scandal!

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Eh. Four dead in Benghazi. Old news.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With More Je Ne Sais Quoi! at September 27, 2016 08:59 PM (Nwg0u)

243 Oh, I got rid of most of my books and went all electronic.
Posted by: deplorable dagny

In the post apocalyptic world, we will need physical books to preserve literacy. We may need them in any case when the Democrats outlaw electricity in order to stop global warming.

Posted by: Yuimetal at September 27, 2016 09:00 PM (g6yUI)

244 There is a Klingon leadership principle = Threaten the one, punish the other. This has an intensified effect on both subjects. (The Final Reflection, Star Trek novel)

Posted by: Rick67 at September 27, 2016 09:16 PM (SDC/U)

245 Fire University of Tennesse Law School Dean Melanie Wilson.

Posted by: davedaveadavarf at September 27, 2016 09:26 PM (0+srV)

246 I am from Tennessee, and I wrote my state legislator, and I copied Dean Melanie Wilson on the email.

Posted by: davedaveadavarf at September 27, 2016 09:46 PM (0+srV)

247 So we're supposed to reject Trump because he *might* do something we disagree with occasionally while we know with 100% certainty what Hillary will absolutely do with her lifetime SCOTUS appointments?

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at September 27, 2016 09:54 PM (x4zgf)

248 It should be, "the THREAT is the punishment". The process just establishes that the threat is to be perceived as real. That's how these SJW mobs work now - the implied threat of getting screamed at; the implied threat of getting harassed; the implied threat of losing your job...

And, if they can make good on it, so much the better. That's how they operate now.

Too long have the conservatives "turned the other cheek" to this and, quite frankly, some people think that's "toughing it out". But it's not going to work. It hasn't.

Too many people take "turn the other cheek" out of context. People like this will only keep pressing while their abuse works for what they want it to.

Posted by: DB at September 27, 2016 09:59 PM (Zzb7K)

249 There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech.

Sincerely.

Posted by: Gen. Idi Amin, Free Speech Consultant and Dietary Humaitarian at September 27, 2016 10:24 PM (Ndje9)

250 Shimon Peres has passed away:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/grmd6pu

RIP, sir.

Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 27, 2016 10:28 PM (044Fx)

251 If Prof. Reynolds decides to perform law fare on UTK, and asks for funds, I'm sending money for certain. Any *reasonable* person understood that his tweet meant "you have the right to use your car as a form of deadly force, in self-defense, if you are being threatened with deadly force by rioters", and that it did *not* mean "swerve all over the road until you can find a rioter to hit." But there are no reasonable people left anymore..... (present company probably excepted).

Posted by: Pat* at September 27, 2016 11:35 PM (qC1ju)

252 "Glenn Reynolds"

Remember when they made Andy Rooney grovel?

Same thing.

Read the book "That Hideous Strength".

"Why you fool, it's the educated reader who CAN be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes it for granted that they're all propaganda and skips the leading articles. He buys his paper for the football results and the little paragraphs about girls falling out of windows and corpses found in Mayfair flats. He is our problem. We have to recondition him. But the educated public, the people who read the high-brow weeklies, don't need reconditioning. They're all right already. They'll believe anything."

Posted by: Ok at September 28, 2016 07:57 AM (K8FS4)

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