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The National Laughingstock Doubled Down on Deception In Making False Statements to the Public In Defense of Its Indefensible "Russia Hacked Vermont's Electric Grid" #FakeNews

The Washington Post is The National Laughinstock and I'll call it that from now on.

They didn't just peddle more #FakeNews from their limitless stock of the stuff-- they then offered false statements to explain why their #FakeNews was so abysmally fake.

Via Jazz Shaw,this Forbes demolition derby is worth reading in full. I can't except enough of it to make it make sense without "excerpting" it all, so you'll have to just bite the bullet and read the article.

But the gist of it is this: The National Laughingstock, attempting to explain its latest #FakeNews fiasco, claimed falsely that they had in fact contacted the relevant power companies to see if the story was even remotely true.

But it turns out they didn't -- not until after the story had been published.

They didn't even do that tiny amount of fact checking until after they'd injected this viral #FakeNews into the national bloodstream.


It turns out that the reason that Burlington Electric did not response to the Post's prepublication request for comment is that the Post actually did not reach out for comment until after it had already run its story. The Post's article went live on its website at 7:55PM EST, but according to Mr. Kanarick, the first contact from the Post was a phone call from reporter Adam Entous at 8:05PM, 10 minutes after the Post's story had been published.

It is simply astounding that any newspaper, let alone one of the Post's reputation and stature, would run a story and then ten minutes after publication, turn around and finally ask the central focus of the article for comment. Not only does this violate every professional norm and standard of journalistic practice, but it feeds directly into the public's growing distrust of media. In the era of "fake news" hysteria where publications like the Washington Post tout their extensive fact checking and vetting workflows as reasons that the public should trust their reporting over anyone else, it is surprising to see just how chaotic or non-existent that fact checking really is.

What exactly is "fact checking" when a newspaper runs a story and only calls the party involved after publication for comment on the published and live story that is already circulating widely? That suggests that the Post's idea of fact checking is to publish first and then correct the story by rewriting it bit by bit in the hours following publication, rather than collecting all facts and developing a definitive hard story before ever allowing it to be published. While both models might be called "fact checking," the latter is what leads to false and misleading news circulating, especially as other news outlets picked up on the Post's story and ran it assuming that the Post had conducted all of the necessary fact checking.

Do read the whole thing. It's infuriating these #FakeNews peddlers continue lecturing about fake news.

And on that, remember it was the National Laughingstock that reported on a "study" conducted by anonymous people with no demonstrable expertise which purported to list websites which were state-sponsored Russian propaganda (or, as a walk-back would have it, sometimes published stories congruent with state-sponsored Russian propaganda). Glenn Greenwald -- yeah yeah, I know -- ripped National Laughingstock for that particularly filthy bit of #FakeNews.

In his article, the Post’s Timberg did not include a link to PropOrNot's website. If readers had the opportunity to visit the site, it would have become instantly apparent that this group of ostensible experts far more resembles amateur peddlers of primitive, shallow propagandistic cliches than serious, substantive analysis and expertise; that it has a blatant, demonstrable bias in promoting NATO's narrative about the world; and that it is engaging in extremely dubious McCarthyite tactics about a wide range of critics and dissenters.

To see how frivolous and even childish this group of anonymous cowards is -- which the Post venerated into serious experts in order to peddle their story-- just sample a couple of the recent tweets from this group:


Awww, wook at all the angwy Putinists, trying to change the subject -- they're so vewwy angwy!! It's cute ???? We don't censor; just highlight.

— PropOrNot ID Service (@propornot) November 26, 2016

Fascists. Straight up muthafuckin' fascists. That's what we're up against. Unwittingly or not, they work for Russia. https://t.co/LBp2y19PTv

— PropOrNot ID Service (@propornot) November 22, 2016

Glenn Greenwald has been widely cited by many top-tier magazines and his blog posts have been read on the Senate floor.

-- Rich Ellers (@glenngreenwald) November 22, 2016

Okay, I made that last one up. It's a classic for a reason, though.

But anyway:


As for their refusal to identify themselves even as they smear hundreds of American journalists as loyal to the Kremlin or "useful idiots" for it, this is their mature response:


We'll consider revealing our names when Russia reveals the names of those running its propaganda operations in the West ????

— PropOrNot ID Service (@propornot) November 25, 2016

The Washington Post should be very proud: It staked a major part of its news story on the unverified, untestable assertions of this laughable organization.

The National Laughingstock is just Slate with coverage of the local sports teams now.

I'm not even sure it rises to the level of Slate.

Posted by: Ace at 06:46 PM




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1 More like The Onion. Or probably Mad Magazine. Because, after all, they are clearly mad...

Posted by: Mark Matis at January 04, 2017 06:45 PM (LzG0h)

2 The National Laughingstock is just Slate with coverage of the local sports teams now.

I'm not even sure it rises to the level of Slate.


That's no way to talk to the cognitive elite.

Posted by: pep at January 04, 2017 06:46 PM (LAe3v)

3 The National Laughingstock is not fit to line the bottom of Harambe's cage.

Or Hillary's for that matter.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 04, 2017 06:47 PM (5VlCp)

4 The National Laughingstock is just Slate with coverage of the local sports teams now.

I thought their stylebook didn't allow them to mention those guys?

Posted by: Flyguy at January 04, 2017 06:48 PM (dpJ62)

5 "...growing mistrust..."

That's rich!

Posted by: uncle miltie at January 04, 2017 06:48 PM (GtF1U)

6 So what your saying is that the Washington P is making a run at the NY Times for left wing hack of the year?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 04, 2017 06:48 PM (SjImc)

7 Sad that the National Enquirer has higher standards of reporting than a so-called serious news site.

Posted by: rabidfox at January 04, 2017 06:50 PM (EW9tX)

8 Mad Magazine, IIRC, was at least amusing. WaPo is not.

Posted by: Carol at January 04, 2017 06:50 PM (sj3Ax)

9 You want us to read about fake news at Hotair?

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 06:51 PM (0BApD)

10 Hopefully, this is part of the death spiral.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 04, 2017 06:52 PM (89T5c)

11 Plus, if you click on link that leads to WaPo, they expect you to subscribe.
I can't tell where some links are going to take me.

Posted by: Carol at January 04, 2017 06:53 PM (sj3Ax)

12 Ace:

"The Washington Post is The National Laughinstock"

Ah yes, I remember Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In-Stock in upstate New York, summer of '69. You bet your sweet bippy I took the brown acid!

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 06:53 PM (jBuUi)

13 WELL, THAT DOES IT! I'M CANCELLING MY SUBSCRIPTION!

(just kidding - never had one, just felt good to type that.)

Congrats to Jeff Bezos, though, on running it in to the ground. Well done, sir.

Posted by: scoville at January 04, 2017 06:53 PM (hWh8W)

14 Hopefully, this is part of the death spiral.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 04, 2017 06:52 PM (89T5c)

I am sure it is and Bezos probably bought it for a tax write off and the real-estate

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 04, 2017 06:53 PM (SjImc)

15 The Washington Post is The National Laughinstock and I'll call it that from now on.

And henceforth I will replace all instances of MSM or MFM with FNM (Fake News Media).

Posted by: rickl at January 04, 2017 06:54 PM (sdi6R)

16 They are a total disgrace to the profession.

Posted by: Weekly World News at January 04, 2017 06:55 PM (OzJeO)

17 So, the Amateur Newsletter Washington Post?

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at January 04, 2017 06:56 PM (LTHVh)

18 Russia hacked my drip coffee maker.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 06:56 PM (zc3Db)

19 If only the Midnight Globe had held on a few more years. This is their time.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 04, 2017 06:57 PM (LTHVh)

20 I actually have behind-the-scenes info about The Washington Post.

Just last week they announced that they were actually extremely profitable this year (unlike most other newspapers), so they were hiring 60 new journalists.

The kicker? They're all (or almost all) going to be minority journalists. Because the WaPo is ashamed of being #TooWhite.

How do I know this? I am friend with one of those 60. (Well, the job hasn't been finalized she, but she's on the final short-list, and her name ends in "-ez", so she's a shoo-in.)

And yes, openly bragging about discriminating against white applicants is totally acceptable and legal, apparently.)

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 06:58 PM (jBuUi)

21 I got one o them there electric grid thingies on my front porch to fry the bugs. That's what we're talking about, right?

Heh heh. Dog will hunt!

Posted by: Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie at January 04, 2017 06:58 PM (agxbX)

22 Highlights for Progs.

Gallant casts one vote for Hillary Clinton.

Goofus hacks the election for Trump then fucks your sister.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 06:59 PM (kumBu)

23 I expect the next 4 years to be filled with this.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2017 06:59 PM (FQ0rq)

24 Tucker Carlson playing with a Dem Rep like a kitten plays with Yarn.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 07:00 PM (hjpzi)

25 Russia hacked my bathtub drain.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 07:01 PM (zc3Db)

26 I'm going to refer to Entous as Entenmann's and Timberg as Timbits from now on, mmmkay?
....
What, I'm hungry.

Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 07:02 PM (eXSOZ)

27 Russia hacked my SmartMeter, and when I tried to turn up the thermostat, the LED display read, "No heat for you, Comrade. Your home is the new Siberia."

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:02 PM (jBuUi)

28 Russia hacked my drip coffee maker.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 06:56 PM (zc3Db)
.........

Was not us. Well OK, maybe was us.

Posted by: Starbucks Moscow at January 04, 2017 07:02 PM (HgMAr)

29 The DNC with bylines or the DNC masquerading as unbiased professionals. Fuch the mfm with a barbed wire wrapped pineapple sideways without lube or forewarning.

Posted by: USNtakim at January 04, 2017 07:03 PM (hMqvx)

30 It ain't like the old days, I'll tell ya. We'd get a scoop, I'd call Jack and we'd meet some place for dinner and a good scotch, maybe bang the waitress. Then I'd squash the story and expense it all on Katie Graham.
Those were the days, I'll tell ya...

Posted by: Zombie Ben Bradlee at January 04, 2017 07:03 PM (qJhUV)

31 22
Goofus and Gallant. A blast from the past.

Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2017 07:03 PM (JSovD)

32 Lol at the ellers protein wisdom shot.

Posted by: O in the bunker at January 04, 2017 07:03 PM (nFwvY)

33 The Worthington's Paste.
"mmm, yummy!" - Joe Biden

Posted by: Sporkatus at January 04, 2017 07:03 PM (eXSOZ)

34 A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. -Mark Twain

Posted by: AE at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (+ft6G)

35 Once more... you must look at this, through the lens of projection.

The Left ALWAYS accuses its opponents of what it is guilty of.

The most Racist group? The group that categorizes us BY Race? The Left.... yet they accuse everyone else of Racism.

Telling Lies? Trump was constantly accused of telling lies, yet we have Legal PROOF the Clintons lied under Oath...

This is the same... the LEFT has been perpetuating 'Fake News' for years.... and now is accusing everyone else of their own sins.

Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (qf6WZ)

36 LAYERS OF FACT CHECKERS.

FUCKING.

LAYERS.

Posted by: Srs bsns newspaper at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (kumBu)

37 Here's an account of the left's latest plans for destroying Trump.

https://youtu.be/ggJsubQbsXc?t=5967

Posted by: the extremely deplorable and very racist, sexist, bigotted and homophobic james at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (jxw6R)

38 Jim Hacker: "Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers:
- The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
- The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
- The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;
- The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
- The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;
- The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country;
- And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is."

Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, what about the people who read the Sun?"

Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."

Posted by: andycanuck at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (lJXY3)

39 Wow, they are really everything they claim their enemies to be and then some, aren't they?

Someone should sue a few of these papers into financial oblivion, as well as their editors and reporters. When a few Lefties pull back (figurative) bloody stumps, this might stop.

Posted by: acethepug at January 04, 2017 07:05 PM (539ql)

40 Zombie,
Now, that's wrong. I can't help it if I was born white. One of my best friends is black & after over 20 years, race has never been discussed.

Posted by: Carol at January 04, 2017 07:05 PM (sj3Ax)

41 Brave Washington Post journalists got this scoop from Deep Throne. They realized too late that the "Throne" in question meant "toilet."

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:05 PM (jBuUi)

42 Hmmm. Nixon was innocent after all.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 04, 2017 07:05 PM (EUMr7)

43 Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 06:59 PM (kumBu)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 07:05 PM (tOcW/)

44 34 A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. -Mark Twain
Posted by: AE at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (+ft6G)

He paraphrased it a couple of different ways... but...

Rumor and Lies, proof that some things ARE faster than the speed of Light...

Physics Prof. US Navy Nuclear Power School...

Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 07:06 PM (qf6WZ)

45 Russia hacked my bathtub drain.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 04, 2017 07:01 PM (zc3Db)
............

Was not us. Bathroom for customer only.

Posted by: Starbucks Moscow at January 04, 2017 07:06 PM (HgMAr)

46 Jim Hacker: "Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers:
- The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
- The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
- The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;
- The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
- The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;
- The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country;
- And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is."

Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, what about the people who read the Sun?"

Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."




Nice. Do Americans even have that many papers? It seems like they're all Gannett or McClatchy whatever the masthead.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 04, 2017 07:07 PM (LTHVh)

47 20 I actually have behind-the-scenes info about The Washington Post.

Just last week they announced that they were actually extremely profitable this year (unlike most other newspapers), so they were hiring 60 new journalists.

The kicker? They're all (or almost all) going to be minority journalists. Because the WaPo is ashamed of being #TooWhite.

How do I know this? I am friend with one of those 60. (Well, the job hasn't been finalized she, but she's on the final short-list, and her name ends in "-ez", so she's a shoo-in.)

And yes, openly bragging about discriminating against white applicants is totally acceptable and legal, apparently.)
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 06:58 PM (jBuUi)

You know, call me crazy, but just because they were profitable for this past year (an election year), running up expenses does not seem the smart thing to do. I am sure all of these new hires are only making $15 an hour, and that the upper execs are not giving themselves a ton of raises as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:07 PM (92kX2)

48 It's infuriating these #FakeNews peddlers continue lecturing about fake news.

++++

Glenn Reynolds is fond of deploying the Peggy Noonan quote, "It's the big fact of American life now, isn't it? That we are patronized by our inferiors."

Although I haven't always agreed with Noonan, she really nailed it with that quote.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 04, 2017 07:08 PM (R+30W)

49 I have to go, my roommate is bringing home dinner & I can hear his car in the driveway.

If I'm awake, I'll BBL.

Ace,
Happy New Year!

Posted by: Carol at January 04, 2017 07:08 PM (sj3Ax)

50 Can we just cut to the chase and call CNN, MSDNC, WaPo and the NYT as fake newsers?

I trust the Enquirer more.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:09 PM (PY9jH)

51 Moving truck spotted outside 1600 Penn Ave. SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2610901/


Posted by: nuclearjim at January 04, 2017 07:10 PM (q1/Je)

52 I really think Trump should yank their press credentials for all executive branch agencies. But failing that he should force their "reporters" to identify themselves as being from the National Laughingstock whenever they ask a question at one of his press conferences.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at January 04, 2017 07:10 PM (nFdGS)

53
47 20 I actually have behind-the-scenes info about The Washington Post.

And that's why you got Trum- er, Oliver Willis

Posted by: O in the bunker at January 04, 2017 07:10 PM (nFwvY)

54 Bezos must so be so proud.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:10 PM (1JAxC)

55 Go Team!

*blindly walks into volcano*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:11 PM (6gk0M)

56 I'm glad the media has come to this level of beclownenment.

Lets stop and think about it for a minute -- 5 years ago, did we ever expect that the media would be this distrusted and become this goofy?

I mean for fucks sake, TRUMP was elected with 100% of the media against him throwing everything they had at him. That means at least half of the country has woken up to the fact that the media is full of shit. It really is a huge victory.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:11 PM (WGxp4)

57 And they also don't know anyone who owns a pickup truck

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:11 PM (1JAxC)

58 It ain't like the old days, I'll tell ya. Redford and...that Jewish kid hanging around the newsroom, Jason Robards kissing my ass. Hal Holbrook trying to get me to tell him who Deep Throat was. Was the story true? Maybe. Probably. But who cares? Nixon was a prick who everybody hated, so fuck him!
Those we're the days, I tell ya...

Posted by: Zombie Ben Bradlee at January 04, 2017 07:11 PM (qJhUV)

59 'Russia hacks election with massive network of conspirators, according to newspaper that can't be bothered to make a single fucking phone call.'

Or even an email or a text. You know, we can certainly beat up on the press of an earlier age (Walter Duranty and company), but I think if cell phones existed in 1948, the Chicago Daily Tribune would have at least sent out a text. "Hey, did Dewey really win? Lemme know ASAP. *Serious face emoji.*"

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 07:12 PM (kumBu)

60 Are you all watching this YouTube Facebook Live video of black teenagers in Chicago kidnapping and torturing a white boy, while they scream "Fuck white people! Fuck Donald Trump!"

If the races were reversed, this would the Crime of the Century. But as it is, it will be swept under the rug. Extremely disturbing.

The kidnappers (who appear to be 14 years old or so) are gleeful as they torture their victim, laughing and smoking drugs while cutting him with a razor, etc. Endless racial epithets and race-hatred:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rfzvrCwjfLE

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (jBuUi)

61 I mean for fucks sake, TRUMP was elected with 100% of the media against him throwing everything they had at him. That means at least half of the country has woken up to the fact that the media is full of shit. It really is a huge victory.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:11 PM (WGxp4)

_____

Yep. And what this even better is how none of them are taking a pause to reflect on what happened. They're doubling and tripling down on the same bullshit. They are the textbook definition of insanity...doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (1JAxC)

62 PropOrNot sounds a lot like the Obama White House. Or the Clinton Campaign.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2017 07:14 PM (Pby3z)

63 Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (jBuUi)

____

Local story.

Posted by: MSM at January 04, 2017 07:14 PM (1JAxC)

64 >>I mean for fucks sake, TRUMP was elected with 100% of the media against him throwing everything they had at him. That means at least half of the country has woken up to the fact that the media is full of shit. It really is a huge victory.

I think it's largely a generational thing. I grew up with the traditional media. The current generation has grown up with the internet, Facebook, twitter, etc. and can get to many sources with the click of a mouse.

It was a lot easier to lie and get away with it back then.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:14 PM (/tuJf)

65 Moving truck spotted outside 1600 Penn Ave. SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I hope the Chicago grifters aren't pulling a Clinton and stealing all the silver and good china.


I'm picturing the MIL hag in her suite, screeching and clinging to the door, as the staff try to pry the crone's bony fingers off.


Be gone, rubbish. Hope at least a few bricks in the new Obama mansion were made by slaves.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:14 PM (PY9jH)

66 "Posted by: andycanuck at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (lJXY3) "

Ace could tell you about the Iron Lady's cans - you know, that cocoa butter handjob. But how dare you embarrass him by mentioning that!

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 07:14 PM (kumBu)

67 The Washington Compost is the bottom of the heap. Best to just ridicule, shun, ignore.

Posted by: fleped at January 04, 2017 07:15 PM (BO/km)

68 I am sure all of these new hires are only making $15 an hour, and that the upper execs are not giving themselves a ton of raises as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD


Uhhh -- are you joking?

Starting salary for my friend will top $90,000 at a minimum -- probably over $100,000 due to her ethnicity and thus bargaining power.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:15 PM (jBuUi)

69
"trying to change the subject"??

so, in other words, these Leftist Shits can accuse anyone of anything and if the accusee attempts to verify the accusations, they're guilty of "trying to change the subject" and, evidently, it's a sign of definite guilt, e.g., the accusee is. at least, sympathetic to the Kremlin's agenda.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:16 PM (4Ejxg)

70 Uhhh -- are you joking?

Starting salary for my friend will top $90,000 at a minimum -- probably over $100,000 due to her ethnicity and thus bargaining power.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:15 PM (jBuUi)

Yes. I was joking. Sarcasm is my raison d'etre.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:17 PM (92kX2)

71 so, in other words, these Leftist Shits can accuse anyone of anything and if the accusee attempts to verify
the accusations, they're guilty of "trying to change the subject" and,
evidently, it's a sign of definite guilt, e.g., the accusee is. at
least, sympathetic to the Kremlin's agenda.




*touches nose* *nods significantly*

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 04, 2017 07:17 PM (LTHVh)

72 Uhhh -- are you joking?

Starting salary for my friend will top $90,000 at a minimum -- probably over $100,000 due to her ethnicity and thus bargaining power.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:15 PM (jBuUi)

____

Nah. Starting salaries at newspapers have always been shit. In all news media actually. If she makes north of $40K I'd be shocked.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:18 PM (1JAxC)

73 Zombie is feeling extra-pissed tonight.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:18 PM (6gk0M)

74 "I thought their stylebook didn't allow them to mention those guys?

Posted by: Flyguy at January 04, 2017 06:48 PM (dpJ62) "

Would that be the Washington Indigenous Peoples, the Washington Arcanists, or the Washington Cities Where Important Business Is Transacted?

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 07:18 PM (kumBu)

75 "And yes, openly bragging about discriminating against white applicants is totally acceptable and legal, apparently.)

Posted by: zombie"

You know where else discrimination of dark skinned people is allowed and blatant? Univision and Telemundo. You will NEVER see a black or brown face for a newscaster, reporter, host... with the possible exception of darkish skin allowed for very hot women. And you can bet they are entirely free from worries about govt. lawsuits and that they have no diversity officers or training sessions for their staff.

Posted by: Ripley at January 04, 2017 07:18 PM (NbRJx)

76
Can you imagine the conversations between Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, and Donald Trump?

Trump's eyes have been opened, and everyday he must learn something new about how the Left and their fake news media operates.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:19 PM (4Ejxg)

77 Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (jBuUi)

Lovely.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:19 PM (WGxp4)

78 There's an enormous business opportunity just sitting there, waiting to be taken.

A simple, straightforward, objective news organization just reporting the facts, without editorial bias or comment.

People are starving for the truth.

Posted by: davidt at January 04, 2017 07:19 PM (XoldI)

79 ...not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:20 PM (6gk0M)

80 Hands WaPo an extra shovel.

Posted by: The first rule of holes at January 04, 2017 07:20 PM (oZEJt)

81 Flash email traffic: 480 Round Ammo Can of 7.62x54R 182 Grain FMJ Yugo Surplus Ammunition For Sale Brass Case Non-magnetic Bullet - LIMIT 1 $199.50

http://bit.ly/2iRcYyF

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (LTHVh)

82
I mean for fucks sake, TRUMP was elected with 100% of the media against him throwing everything they had at him. That means at least half of the country has woken up to the fact that the media is full of shit.


Trump actually picked a fight with people that buy ink by the barrel and won

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (lKyWE)

83 We have reformed. We are switching to Snopes.

Posted by: The Washington Compost at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (Tyii7)

84 I think it's largely a generational thing. I grew up with the traditional media. The current generation has grown up with the internet, Facebook, twitter, etc. and can get to many sources with the click of a mouse.

It was a lot easier to lie and get away with it back then.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:14 PM (/tuJf)

I agree. People talk shit about the millennials, but I think there's a lot of hope for us -- for that fact alone. We grew up with the internet. We grew up with online scams and "fake news."

Now we spot the same shit, except instead of a Nigerian Prince trying to bullshit us, it's WaPo.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (WGxp4)

85 Zombie is feeling extra-pissed tonight.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:18 PM (6gk0M)


I've been dealing with the lying crap weasels at Best Buy for two days straight, am losing my voice (no, not from yelling), and have to plan a funeral reception for the husband of a dear friend this weekend.

And I went to Petsmart to get flea treatments for the two indoor cats, one Large size cat and one Small size cat, and came home with two Large.

I pretty much hate the world right now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (PY9jH)

86 Nah. Starting salaries at newspapers have always been shit. In all news media actually. If she makes north of $40K I'd be shocked.
Posted by: #neverskankles


Prepare to be shocked. They already told her they will top her current salary if she agrees to jump ship to the WaPo. She already makes over $85k.

Experienced minority journalists usually have bidding wars to get hired. Very few available, massive demand for them.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (jBuUi)

87 Trump should ignore it.

He should ignore it and then proceed to break Amazon.com into a billion tiny pieces.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (4ErVI)

88 78 There's an enormous business opportunity just sitting there, waiting to be taken.

A simple, straightforward, objective news organization just reporting the facts, without editorial bias or comment.

People are starving for the truth.
Posted by: davidt at January 04, 2017 07:19 PM (XoldI)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:22 PM (92kX2)

89 Yep. And what this even better is how none of them are taking a pause to reflect on what happened. They're doubling and tripling down on the same bullshit. They are the textbook definition of insanity...doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (1JAxC)

It's good though, it just reinforces in people how full of shit the media is.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:22 PM (WGxp4)

90 >>>Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."
Posted by: andycanuck at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (lJXY3)


LMAO!!

Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2017 07:22 PM (q177U)

91 Are you all watching this YouTube Facebook Live video of black teenagers in Chicago kidnapping and torturing a white boy, while they scream "Fuck white people! Fuck Donald Trump!"


Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (jBuUi)

We at Facebook are just sickened by the use of our product for the commission of hate crimes. I will be working diligently with Angela Merkel to make sure that any European who expresses any reservations about immigration is immediately imprisoned for a very long time.

Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at January 04, 2017 07:23 PM (nFdGS)

92
If we've learned ANYTHING from George Bush it's that

-- you cant just ignore what the Fake News is feeding The People
-- you can't take the High Road when it comes to dealing with the Democrats



Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:23 PM (4Ejxg)

93 >>Experienced minority journalists usually have bidding wars to get hired. Very few available, massive demand for them.

I bet you would find out the vast majority of their readers are white. The WaPo is about as white bread as you can get.

I see a massive market correction coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:24 PM (/tuJf)

94 "Now we spot the same shit, except instead of a Nigerian Prince trying to bullshit us, it's WaPo.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (WGxp4) "

I dunno - millennials voted for 8 years of being run by a Kenyan scammer.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 07:24 PM (kumBu)

95 78 There's an enormous business opportunity just sitting there, waiting to be taken.

A simple, straightforward, objective news organization just reporting the facts, without editorial bias or comment.

People are starving for the truth.
Posted by: davidt at January 04, 2017 07:19 PM (XoldI)

_____

I think that's easier said than done. You can't just report "straight news". Every story no matter how trivial has to be written and summarized.Which means, someone has ro decide what is in paragraphs 1 and 2 vs 10 and 12. And since you only have 12 paragraphs for a story, someone also has to edit out what is and isn't important. And so so. No matter how hard someone would try to be impartial, it's impossible since it's humans doing this work and all humans have biases.

What I'd like is the opposite. Stop pretending to be "just the facts" reporters. Everyone let your political freak fly. Left and right. If you really hate abortion, say so and write abortion pieces saying why this is a good or bad idea. Same with taxes. Same with health care, etc. Make it opinion journalism but honest opinion journalism.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:24 PM (1JAxC)

96
The Republicans' "let's just sit back and watch the Democrats destroy themselves" approach is fucking stupid.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:25 PM (4Ejxg)

97 Starting salary for my friend will top $90,000 at a minimum -- probably over $100,000 due to her ethnicity and thus bargaining power.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:15 PM (jBuUi)


Wow, that's surprising. I know the starting salaries for the Dallas Morning News are much, much less and that salaries for small-town newspapers everywhere are abysmal.

Yes, it's a lot cheaper to live in Texas than DC, but that's still more than I expected.

Good for your friend. I hope she's a closet conservative.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 04, 2017 07:25 PM (nvMvs)

98 88 78 There's an enormous business opportunity just sitting there, waiting to be taken.

A simple, straightforward, objective news organization just reporting the facts, without editorial bias or comment.

People are starving for the truth.
Posted by: davidt at January 04, 2017 07:19 PM (XoldI)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:22 PM (92kX2)


Yep. It's just the start up costs are enormous and to get it you're going to have to sign deals with people who will expect to be repaid...with favorable treatment by your shiny new news organization.

But definitely there's a market there.

A competitor to Facebook who doesn't believe in censorship might go over really well too.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 07:25 PM (4ErVI)

99 Hmm, i question wapo profitability

Posted by: runner at January 04, 2017 07:25 PM (c6/9Q)

100 Prepare to be shocked. They already told her they will top her current salary if she agrees to jump ship to the WaPo. She already makes over $85k.

Experienced minority journalists usually have bidding wars to get hired. Very few available, massive demand for them.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (jBuUi)

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Oh OK so she's not just starting out? For some reason I read it as WaPo is hiring a bunch of rookies. And I guess for the DC area, given the high cost of living $80K sounds about right. That's like $40K in flyover country.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (1JAxC)

101 I bet you would find out the vast majority of their readers are white. The WaPo is about as white bread as you can get.

I see a massive market correction coming.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:24 PM (/tuJf)

Until then, party like it's 1789!

Posted by: French Revolution at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (92kX2)

102 On the kidnapping video, they just said, "Look at this white bitch-ass motherfucker, he represent Trump. We gonna put him in a box and gas him to death!! Yawhahahaha. And if any of you watching this got a problem with that, we'll do the same to you!"

Unreal.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (jBuUi)

103
I don't know if anyone else noticed but the Democrats are already coming roaring back because we didn't FINISH THEM after November 8th.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (4Ejxg)

104 95 - That approach was pretty much what journalism has been over our history - its only been in the last 30 - 40 years that the left has taken over ALL the media. And then they lied about their orientation.

Posted by: rabidfox at January 04, 2017 07:27 PM (EW9tX)

105 37 Here's an account of the left's latest plans for destroying Trump.

https://youtu.be/ggJsubQbsXc?t=5967
Posted by: the extremely deplorable and very racist, sexist, bigotted and homophobic james at January 04, 2017 07:04 PM (jxw6R)


I listened to a little of Mark Steyn while driving back to work from lunch this afternoon. He was talking about the retirement of Judith Curry, a top climate scientist. She has grown increasingly frustrated with the #FakeScience being promulgated. Anyway, Steyn knows her and testified with her in the Senate. His account of that experience was blistering, and runs from about 57:05 to 1:06:59 in the above link. Definitely check it out.

Posted by: rickl at January 04, 2017 07:27 PM (sdi6R)

106 How many gigawatts is Vermont contributing to the grid? Is it even enough to send that nutty Mary Cloggenstein back to the future?

Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2017 07:27 PM (uWHRB)

107 I'd hire Zombie.

I'd pay her in new bikinis.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 07:27 PM (4ErVI)

108 FWIW

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Journalist/Salary

Median salary for a reporter nationally is $40K.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (1JAxC)

109 Good for your friend. I hope she's a closet conservative.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT


She's a flaming leftist, self-identified socialist, has a framed portrait of Obama on her wall.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (jBuUi)

110 >> they just said, "Look at this white bitch-ass motherfucker, he represent Trump. We gonna put him in a box and gas him to death!! Yawhahahaha. And if any of you watching this got a problem with that, we'll do the same to you!"



My work here is done.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (hjpzi)

111 > That suggests that the Post's idea of fact checking is to publish first and then correct the story by rewriting it bit by bit in the hours following publication, rather than collecting all facts and developing a definitive hard story before ever allowing it to be published. While both models might be called "fact checking," the latter is what leads to false and misleading news circulating, especially as other news outlets picked up on the Post's story and ran it assuming that the Post had conducted all of the necessary fact checking.

If WaPo is going to do fact checking like this they might as well tweet the story and add new tweets as the story is modified/corrected.

Posted by: ArthurK at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (h53OH)

112
Listen and understand!

The Left is out there.

It can't be bargained with.

It can't be reasoned with.

It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.

It doesn't believe anything it says.

And it absolutely will not stop, ever,
until you are dead.




Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (4Ejxg)

113 If you really hate abortion, say so and write abortion pieces saying why this is a good or bad idea. Same with taxes. Same with health care, etc. Make it opinion journalism but honest opinion journalism.

That.

If your holy book says that you can go home and beat your wife, beat your kids, and then go next door to beat your Jewish neighbour then you get these options:

1. find a better book, or
2. explain how this stuff makes everyone better off

You don't get to say "oh no it doesn't mean beating" or "it just means with a toothbrush". That shit isn't in the text.

Sorry for the rant.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 04, 2017 07:29 PM (6FqZa)

114
(btw, feel free to use the above comment in tonight's ont's quotes of the day)

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:29 PM (4Ejxg)

115 Oh OK so she's not just starting out? For some reason I read it as WaPo is hiring a bunch of rookies. And I guess for the DC area, given the high cost of living $80K sounds about right. That's like $40K in flyover country.
Posted by: #neverskankles


No, they're hiring only experienced journalists, "the best" they can find. It's basically impossible to get a job at WaPo unless you are very high up the career ladder.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (jBuUi)

116 A simple, straightforward, objective news organization just reporting the facts, without editorial bias or comment.

A few weeks after the election, I heard an NPR panel discussing how journalists ought to respond to Trump's hostility. (To the "crowds spitting at us" and stuff.)

And the panelist says: "We just have to keep doing what we've always done: reporting the facts, without editorial bias or comment."

So they've already got that market covered, basically.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (PXbkt)

117 OMB ABC is apoplectic over the looming Obamacare thing.

"What about the 20 million now covered?"

Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (U6f54)

118 60 Are you all watching this YouTube Facebook Live video of black teenagers in Chicago kidnapping and torturing a white boy, while they scream "Fuck white people! Fuck Donald Trump!"

=======
Tell me again how John Derbyshire must be shunned... hmmmmm.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (FeQVL)

119 102 On the kidnapping video, they just said, "Look at this white bitch-ass motherfucker, he represent Trump. We gonna put him in a box and gas him to death!! Yawhahahaha. And if any of you watching this got a problem with that, we'll do the same to you!"

Unreal.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (jBuUi)

Not really. The media have been stoking the exact conditions that cause pogroms throughout history. Take a certain segment of the population. Blame everything on them. Give tons of favorable coverage to those who spew venom toward them, and cover up any atrocities- or justify them.

Pretty standard for humans really.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (92kX2)

120 "Posted by: Fritz at January 04, 2017 07:27 PM (uWHRB) "

Don't stick us with that crazy bitch!

Posted by: Hill Valley, 1955 at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (kumBu)

121 A responsible news organization would publish "metadata" with each item.

This metadata would reveal methods and processes, and sources as appropriate (and notes when sources are confidential when not), and who at the news organization had their hands on the story.

It is *WAAAAY* too easy for reporters to get lazy and fall back on their assumptions. Heck, easy, it's default human behavior for a reason - most of the time it's "good enough." Not good enough for journalism, though.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (wB8Tg)

122 ..."I pretty much hate the world right now."
-Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:21 PM (PY9jH)

I wasn't even talking about you, yet you've made your point clear.

Jiminy Christmas, do you need a phone-call or something?

You gonna be okay?

You can call me, you know... (BEFORE 10PM EASTERN). My apologies to L,Elle for not signifying that stipulation.

If not, just know that we pray for your betterment.

I really need to apologize to L,Elle because I told her to "Lose My Number"...

I'm sort-of a dick.

Let me know if you need to talk with a "Sort-of-a-Dick" because I'll talk to anyone who needs to talk.

I'm good like that.

Even though I'm a dick.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:31 PM (6gk0M)

123
they just said, "Look at this white bitch-ass motherfucker, he represent Trump. We gonna put him in a box and gas him to death!! Yawhahahaha. And if any of you watching this got a problem with that, we'll do the same to you!"


This can't be real,can it?

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 07:31 PM (lKyWE)

124 60: so the 14 year old torturers, whose actions are reminiscent of Nazi youth and the SS rounding up Jews, are Hillary supporters.

Let's see how long it takes till Schumer or Harry Reid, or some other democrats is blamed for This shit.

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2017 07:31 PM (CLKfs)

125
ABC?

They are a Fake News organization who stages crime scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwIkknxE8E

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:31 PM (4Ejxg)

126 >>"What about the 20 million now covered?"


Fuck them.

I haven't had insurance since that POS Law passed.

They can all DIAF for all I care.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at January 04, 2017 07:31 PM (hjpzi)

127 Hrm.. how are you all doing the italics? Is there an instruction manual someplace?

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (PXbkt)

128 Know what would help the Washington Post tremendously?

Page 3 girls.

Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (Sfs6o)

129 No, they're hiring only experienced journalists, "the best" they can find. It's basically impossible to get a job at WaPo unless you are very high up the career ladder.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (jBuUi)

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I see. OK that makes more sense. Then if "the best" is making $85K, it kind of proves my point that journalists make shit money. And that's $85K in one of the most expensive cities to live in.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (1JAxC)

130 Holy shit this Cal State Professor is getting his shit pushed in by Carlson. I still don't understand why lefties go on this show. Do they think they are actually winning these arguments?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (/tuJf)

131 dogeatingsockOFF

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (hjpzi)

132 now what would help the Washington Post tremendously?

Page 3 girls.
Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (Sfs6o)

I like where your head is at.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (sh70B)

133 "Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2017 07:31 PM (CLKfs) "

We had better uniforms.

Posted by: The Hitler Youth at January 04, 2017 07:33 PM (kumBu)

134 "What about the 20 million now covered?"

Well 1/2 of that 20 million is Medicaid expansion. And fuck them.

And the other 10M had insurance which they had to give up in order to sign up for the shitty Obamacare option.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:33 PM (1JAxC)

135 It is *WAAAAY* too easy for reporters to get lazy and fall back on their assumptions. Heck, easy, it's default human behavior for a reason - most of the time it's "good enough." Not good enough for journalism, though.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (wB8Tg)


Now some are saying you may be right.

--NBC

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 07:33 PM (4ErVI)

136 If I were to believe all these commercials, hot chicks either have a really hard tme pooping, or they have a really hard time not pooping.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (hjpzi)

137 I dunno - millennials voted for 8 years of being run by a Kenyan scammer.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 07:24 PM (kumBu)

Yes, but look at the 2016 returns. The Millennials, like all previous generations, seem to be getting more "conservative" as they age.

I mean, shit, the boomers were almost straight commie when they were in their 20's and early 30's, and look at how they vote now.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (WGxp4)

138 123
they just said, "Look at this white bitch-ass motherfucker, he represent Trump. We gonna put him in a box and gas him to death!! Yawhahahaha. And if any of you watching this got a problem with that, we'll do the same to you!"

This can't be real,can it?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic


Watch the video yourself!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rfzvrCwjfLE

At about 15 minutes in.

Totally real.

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (jBuUi)

139
now what would help the Washington Post tremendously? Page 3 girls. Posted by: Weasel at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (Sfs6o)


Or boys

Posted by: Harry Reid at January 04, 2017 07:35 PM (lKyWE)

140 "Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (/tuJf) "

Yes. They actually do. It would be sad if it wasn't so funny.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at January 04, 2017 07:35 PM (kumBu)

141
I just registered my tiny drone with the FAA. Isn't that cute.

(I don't mind as much since it's not obama's FAA, anymore.)

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:35 PM (4Ejxg)

142
She's a flaming leftist, self-identified socialist, has a framed portrait of Obama on her wall.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (jBuUi)


Sounds like my sister, who is whiter than white. No Obama portrait on the wall, I don't believe. Depends on us to "gift" her money to survive on every year. This, after earning $200,000 + per year for ages, until her ad agency went under.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:35 PM (PY9jH)

143 I've seen blind & deaf dogs who are more inquistive than the Press

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2017 07:35 PM (voOPb)

144 On the kidnapping video, they just said, "Look at this white bitch-ass motherfucker, he represent Trump. We gonna put him in a box and gas him to death!! Yawhahahaha. And if any of you watching this got a problem with that, we'll do the same to you!"

Unreal.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (jBuUi)

This is why we have a gun thread.
And guns.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 04, 2017 07:36 PM (sh70B)

145 Wait, I thought there were 40 million uninsured before Obamacare? Are we doing the happy dance because ten million people went on welfare?

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 07:36 PM (0BApD)

146 117 OMB ABC is apoplectic over the looming Obamacare thing.

"What about the 20 million now covered?"
Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 04, 2017 07:30 PM (U6f54)

Well, that 20 million covers a lot of people who had insurance before O'Care too. Either individual plans that were cancelled or people who migrated to the exchanges so they could get subsidizes. The number of uninsured is similar post- O'Care to pre- O'Care.

Many people just dont want to spend the $x hundred a month on insurance a) because theyre young and healthy and gambling or b) because they know that emergency rooms have to provide them care, insurance or not or c) because they're illegal immigrants

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (WGxp4)

147 ITALICS: [ i ]Remove spaces[ /i ] Remove spaces

Similar for bold [ b ], underline [ u ], and strikethrough [ s ].

Make sure to close those tags, or the Barrel awaits.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (vyqqu)

148 There was that black woman in TX who kicked her 7 year old out of the house because he voted for Trump in a mock school election. So yeah I totally believe that video is real. The peeps are deranged.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (1JAxC)

149 60 I couldn't bear to watch

Heavy.com has some more details

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (Om16U)

150 72 Uhhh -- are you joking?

Starting salary for my friend will top $90,000 at a minimum -- probably over $100,000 due to her ethnicity and thus bargaining power.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:15 PM (jBuUi)

____

Nah. Starting salaries at newspapers have always been shit. In all news media actually. If she makes north of $40K I'd be shocked.
Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:18 PM (1JAxC)

$90K *is* $40K in DC.

Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (R5EqA)

151 130 Holy shit this Cal State Professor is getting his shit pushed in by Carlson. I still don't understand why lefties go on this show. Do they think they are actually winning these arguments?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:32 PM (/tuJf)

They think their chants equal good arguments. This is what happens when you actively try to live in a bubble and eschew the lessons of western culture.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:38 PM (92kX2)

152 They waz good boys.

Posted by: Feral Moms at January 04, 2017 07:38 PM (Tyii7)

153 I just registered my tiny drone with the FAA. Isn't that cute.



(I don't mind as much since it's not obama's FAA, anymore.)

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:35 PM (4Ejxg)


I gifted husband and our foreign student drones for Christmas. Husband has taken his to his business to use with their very tall site installations. He was about to buy a $500 dollar one, but decided to use the way less expensive one I gave him.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:38 PM (PY9jH)

154 And it absolutely will not stop, ever,
until you are dead.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (4Ejxg)
.............

and even then they still want your vote

Posted by: wth at January 04, 2017 07:38 PM (HgMAr)

155 109 Good for your friend. I hope she's a closet conservative.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT

She's a flaming leftist, self-identified socialist, has a framed portrait of Obama on her wall.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:28 PM (jBuUi)


So by WaPo standards, a moderate.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 04, 2017 07:39 PM (nvMvs)

156 CEASE AND DESIST!

We at the New York Times have already trademarked the term "The National Laughingstock". Our attorneys will be contacting you soon, Mr. Ace ...

Posted by: Carlos Slim at January 04, 2017 07:39 PM (mt8X9)

157 145 Wait, I thought there were 40 million uninsured before Obamacare? Are we doing the happy dance because ten million people went on welfare?
Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 07:36 PM (0BApD)

___

That was always a bullshit number. It included illegals and anyone who went a nano-second in any given yeah without insurance. So if I change plans on Tuesday and my new plan doesn't kick in until Thursday, I am defined as having been "uninsured" that year. Think of the millions of people who switch jobs every year and have a day or a weekend in between jobs and hence in between insurance plans. They are all counted as "uninsured".

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 07:39 PM (1JAxC)

158 ..."Make sure to close those tags, or the Barrel awaits."
-Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (vyqqu)

Quality run-through, Brother Cavil. Practice tomorrow before breakfast.

Ready? *break!*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:40 PM (6gk0M)

159 I have stopped using "msm" for main stream media; now I call them #FakePress

Posted by: Steve in Tulsa at January 04, 2017 07:40 PM (rOlQq)

160 Wait, I thought there were 40 million uninsured before Obamacare? Are we doing the happy dance because ten million people went on welfare?

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 07:36 PM (0BApD)
...........

It's a jobs bill.

Posted by: Nanski Peloski at January 04, 2017 07:40 PM (HgMAr)

161 Using html tags leads to tears and costs millions of lives.

And The Barrel.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (4ErVI)

162
He was about to buy a $500 dollar one, but decided to use the way less expensive one I gave him.

Great!

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (4Ejxg)

163 Husband is on the way home. Filets and Caesar salad for dinner.

Later, all.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (PY9jH)

164 https://tinyurl.com/zxalrut


Donald Trump Plans Revamp of Top U.S. Spy Agency

Posted by: Evilpens at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (y3aQB)

165 Those kids / monsters must not have listened to Hillary's "bring them to heel" speech.

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (CLKfs)

166 Unreal.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (jBuUi)

Can't they somehow find these people and arrest them?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (tOcW/)

167
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (jBuUi)



I wonder how are they going to avoid labeling this a hate crime?

Posted by: Harry Reid at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (lKyWE)

168 Later, Jane.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (6gk0M)

169
Did no one recognize that quote or are you all just too tired to say?

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (4Ejxg)

170 Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (jBuUi)
----------

Fucking animals. They need to be put down.

Every bit of this is a direct result of Obama and his administration fomenting racism. Blood is on your hands, fuckstick.

Posted by: Chi at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (/Z9VQ)

171 Read the artical, but it seems its probably the usual write story then find quotes/facts to support the story for follow up. Seriously doubt it was the first or last time this happened.

Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (5sOEp)

172 This is the same news organization that had to backtrack on their "Russians flooded the net with fake news" story, too. They've devolved into the worst kind of crappy rag. How will they stay open without the Obama administration to feed them news and control their editorial policy?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (39g3+)

173 166 Unreal.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:26 PM (jBuUi)

Can't they somehow find these people and arrest them?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (tOcW/)

____

Who has time to find them what with all the manpower we're putting into finding phantom Trump supporters harassing muslimes?

Posted by: FBI at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (1JAxC)

174 If part of that 600 million Bezos received from the CIA went to propaganda, they sure do suck at it.

Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (7SUm3)

175 *Know what would help the Washington Post tremendously?

Page 3 girls.*

I nominate kbdabear as editor for this page!

Posted by: tbodie at January 04, 2017 07:42 PM (ZjHNW)

176 Many Bothans died to bring us these html codes.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (LTHVh)

177 I wonder how are they going to avoid labeling this a hate crime?

Get it to Obama's DoJ ASAP.

Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (Tyii7)

178 Can't they somehow find these people and arrest them?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
---------

4 are in custody.

Posted by: Chi at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (/Z9VQ)

179 Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:37 PM (WGxp4)

The better question is....

Why is it MY job, to pay for someone ELSES Health Insurance?

Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (qf6WZ)

180 Can't they somehow find these people and arrest them?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke


They HAVE been arrested:

http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/ man-tied-up-tortured-kidnapped-chicago-facebook- live-video-white-trump-voter-suspects-brittany-herring-full-uncensored/

HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (jBuUi)

181 Bring out your tags!

Bring out your hashtags!

(thumping the barrel as we roll through the desolate village)

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at January 04, 2017 07:44 PM (S6Pax)

182 >>
HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."


Can't be a hate crime. Victim was a white male.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 07:44 PM (hjpzi)

183 HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (jBuUi)

Minorities cannot commit hate crimes. One of the many idiocies with that class of 'crime.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:44 PM (92kX2)

184 Maybe the perps are minors.
The girl seemed young.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 04, 2017 07:45 PM (Om16U)

185 Can't they somehow find these people and arrest them?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 07:41 PM (tOcW/)

according to the media, they did.

This is on Drudge now, btw.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:45 PM (WGxp4)

186 police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime

We may never know...

Posted by: John Kasich at January 04, 2017 07:45 PM (Tyii7)

187 Can't be a hate crime. Victim was a white male.

Posted by: garrett


Ah, but he IS an "oppressed minority" because apparently he is mentally disabled.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:45 PM (jBuUi)

188 I don't really like the idea of hate crimes. All murder results from hate, but if we're going to have "hate crimes" on the books I don't think it should just be used when whatever protected minority class gets killed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 04, 2017 07:45 PM (tOcW/)

189 HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (jBuUi)

___

Hey now. Come on.Just because it's 4 blacks torturing a white guy and calling him racial slurs is no reason to jump to any conclusions.

Oh wait, what's that...uhh huh....ok we just got word that a Trump supporter sneezed and a muslim may have caught a cold. Gotta roll 100 agents to investigate.

Posted by: FBI at January 04, 2017 07:46 PM (1JAxC)

190 >> he IS an "oppressed minority" because apparently he is mentally disabled.


Fucking. Animals.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 07:46 PM (hjpzi)

191 >>>"police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."

Of COURSE it isn't a hate crime. You can't be racist against white people. Because of privilege.

Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2017 07:46 PM (q177U)

192 Can't be a hate crime. Victim was a white male.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 07:44 PM (hjpzi)

--

Someone said the victim is mentally disabled? Not sure if that's true bit if it is it's definitely a hate crime.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 04, 2017 07:46 PM (Om16U)

193 Yeah 40 million allegedly uninsured prior to Obamacare. That means about 13% of the population allegedly were uninsured . Today Obama bragged about first time that 90% of the USA was insured. So Obamacare screwed everything up for best case scenario of 3% more insured?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 04, 2017 07:46 PM (IDPbH)

194 184 Maybe the perps are minors.
The girl seemed young.
Posted by: @votermom @vm


Yeah, she looked 14 to me.

I guarantee they will all get a slap on the wrist at most -- and then get offered jobs as Black Lives Matters organizers.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:47 PM (jBuUi)

195 Ah, but he IS an "oppressed minority" because apparently he is mentally disabled.
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:45 PM (jBuUi)

Awww, jeez.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 07:47 PM (92kX2)

196 60 Are you all watching this YouTube Facebook Live video of black teenagers in Chicago kidnapping and torturing a white boy, while they scream "Fuck white people! Fuck Donald Trump!"

If the races were reversed, this would the Crime of the Century. But as it is, it will be swept under the rug. Extremely disturbing.

The kidnappers (who appear to be 14 years old or so) are gleeful as they torture their victim, laughing and smoking drugs while cutting him with a razor, etc. Endless racial epithets and race-hatred:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rfzvrCwjfLE

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (jBuUi)

The end game for the federal government is a Turner Diaries scenario. I'm convinced of it. They won't be satisfied until whitey goes law of the jungle and tribal with other whites and lashes out.

Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 07:47 PM (7SUm3)

197 HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (jBuUi)

Yeah the white kid had his mouth duct-taped so the cops can't tell if he was trying to say something racist.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at January 04, 2017 07:47 PM (nFdGS)

198 >>>Ah, but he IS an "oppressed minority" because apparently he is mentally disabled.

Okay, NOW I am fucking pissed.

Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2017 07:48 PM (q177U)

199
HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime."
Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (jBuUi)


I guess "see this whitey bitch" isn't enough of a clue

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at January 04, 2017 07:48 PM (lKyWE)

200 Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (jBuUi)

19 year old Soldier, home on leave for the Holidays, was beaten in front of his Mom and Girlfriend because he was wearing an Army Jacket in New Jersey...

He's in the Hospital with a fractured Jaw...

Media silent on Ethnicity of the 10 to 15 'young men' who attacked him.

Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 07:49 PM (qf6WZ)

201
Someone asked me today, while arguing about WaPo's suckitude, what I would consider to be a "credible source of information" ?


I had no answer.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 07:49 PM (zu88C)

202 Also on Drudge right now is a link to a story about a 14 year old white kid who is being formally charged with harassment and "ethnic intimidation" for posting a video of a fellow black student eating chicken and using a racial slur.

All the racial healing Obama has brought us.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 07:50 PM (/tuJf)

203 They won't be satisfied until whitey goes law of the jungle and tribal with other whites and lashes out.

===


Dylan Roof.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 07:50 PM (zu88C)

204 Sorry to threadjack and run, but family duties call! Ciao.

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:50 PM (jBuUi)

205 "HOWEVER, "police say they have not yet determined if the case will be investigated as a hate crime.""
-Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:43 PM (jBuUi)

I was able to suppress my inner vitriol for most of this revelation.

THAT statement, in and of itself, is infuriating.

Through God, I will find my way to peace. I am an actor on His behalf and I shall find my way through Him.

Otherwise...

*Types*
*Deletes*
*Types*
*Deletes*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:51 PM (6gk0M)

206 Through God, I will find my way to peace. I am an actor on His behalf and I shall find my way through Him.

Otherwise...

*Types*
*Deletes*
*Types*
*Deletes*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:51 PM (6gk0M)

Note, the Old Testament, is the same God.

Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 07:52 PM (qf6WZ)

207 I'm going to roll some cigarettes because nicotine.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:53 PM (6gk0M)

208 "Note, the Old Testament, is the same God."
-Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 07:52 PM (qf6WZ)

Yeah, and I might like Him better... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:54 PM (6gk0M)

209 The tortured white boy in Chicago is disabled

Filthy animals

Posted by: ThunderB at January 04, 2017 07:55 PM (Ap9Y7)

210 Top stories on Google News right now...so the Chicago story is just a local issue I guess.

Donald Trump
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Carrie Fisher
Brexit
Janet Jackson
Charles Manson
Detroit Lions
Faraday Future
Mosul
Oakland Raiders

Posted by: FBI at January 04, 2017 07:56 PM (1JAxC)

211 It will be interesting to see if the press and (D) city decides a mentally disabled white male is considered "more" than an entire group of black males.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 07:56 PM (0BApD)

212
Chicago is a terrible place. I'm not saying it should be nuked. But Chicago is a BLIGHT on our nation.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:56 PM (4Ejxg)

213 Are you all watching this YouTube Facebook Live video of black teenagers in Chicago kidnapping and torturing a white boy, while they scream "Fuck white people! Fuck Donald Trump!"

If the races were reversed, this would the Crime of the Century. But as it is, it will be swept under the rug. Extremely disturbing.

The kidnappers (who appear to be 14 years old or so) are gleeful as they torture their victim, laughing and smoking drugs while cutting him with a razor, etc. Endless racial epithets and race-hatred:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rfzvrCwjfLE

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

Posted by: zombie at January 04, 2017 07:13 PM (jBuUi)



Just remember comrades, only whitey can be a racist

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 04, 2017 07:56 PM (auHtY)

214 203 They won't be satisfied until whitey goes law of the jungle and tribal with other whites and lashes out.

===


Dylan Roof.
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 07:50 PM (zu88C)

Yep.

These social engineers are not stupid. They know that the end of the day whitey will form a cell and lash out. With shit like this occurring and no punishment and whitey being blamed for everything. It is inevitable. I'm amazed it hasn't occured already.

That's the tragic sad truth.

Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 07:57 PM (7SUm3)

215 "That suggests that the Post's idea of fact checking is to publish first and then correct the story by rewriting it bit by bit in the hours following publication, rather than collecting all facts and developing a definitive hard story before ever allowing it to be published."

Unless the story involves, say, a prominent and connected Democrat such as John Podesta.

In which case the intrepid reporters from the _National Laughingstock_ will contact him well in advance of publication to make sure that the part of the story involving him meets with his approval before proceeding.

As was done by Juliet Eilperin, disclosed via Wikileaks.

Eilperin, so solicitous about her Democratic social peers, remains on the paper's White House beat as chief correspondent, where she will shortly be covering President Donald J. Trump. Great to see standards of objective professionalism being upheld, isn't it?

Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 07:57 PM (noWW6)

216
If I were president, I would re-locate every single muslim "refugee" to Chicago and let them sort everything out with the natives.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 07:57 PM (4Ejxg)

217 I suggest googling Brittany Herring kidnap a lot so the algorithm puts it up top

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 04, 2017 07:58 PM (Om16U)

218 Through God, I will find my way to peace. I am an actor on His behalf and I shall find my way through Him.



Otherwise...



*Types*

*Deletes*

*Types*

*Deletes*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 07:51 PM (6gk0M)


Peace is a lie, there is only Passion...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 07:58 PM (vyqqu)

219 So we are talking about the kid in Chicago being beaten & tortured live on facebook for being white. Somehow I don't think that will get the national headlines that every fake Trump-inspired hate crime has gotten since Nov.9th

Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 07:58 PM (7qAYi)

220 Wikileaks only confirmed the opinions of people already exposed to press corps corruption.

In addition to the Age of The Maximally-Hostile Interpretation, we're also in the Age of The Bubble.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2017 08:00 PM (wB8Tg)

221 Obama to military...

'Women are as strong as Men'....


/shakes head....

Posted by: Don Quixote at January 04, 2017 08:00 PM (qf6WZ)

222 The tortured white boy in Chicago is disabled

Filthy animals

Posted by: ThunderB at January 04, 2017 07:55 PM (Ap9Y7)




They are nothing but subhuman savages. Feral beasts who have no regard for life or any form of civilized behavior.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 04, 2017 08:00 PM (auHtY)

223 If I was that kids father, it would take restraints to keep me from going death wish on that group and whomever they are affiliated with.

Kevin Bacon in Death Sentence.

That video is fucked up. Prison won't solve the problem for those People becaue they will get high fives. That shit should get you the death sentance 10 times over. Public firing squad.

Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 08:00 PM (7SUm3)

224 "The kidnappers (who appear to be 14 years old or so) are gleeful as they torture their victim, laughing and smoking drugs while cutting him with a razor, etc. Endless racial epithets and race-hatred"

We're in a stage that's not The Burning Times, but on the way there.

Call it the era of The Falling Away Of The Masks.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 08:01 PM (noWW6)

225 Peace is a lie, there is only Passion...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 07:58 PM (vyqqu)

Through Passion, I gain strength...

Posted by: Darth DonQ at January 04, 2017 08:01 PM (qf6WZ)

226 I think one of the reasons why whites haven't gone all vigilante on the ferals is because they were afraid that Obama would declare martial law and suspend the Constitution forever.

Posted by: rabidfox at January 04, 2017 08:02 PM (EW9tX)

227 Both Shaw and Greenwald eviscerate the WaPo, Greenwald also is a later post destroyed the Democrats and media ally for advancing this false narrative and condemns the 'group-think" that permeates the media.

Posted by: standfast24 at January 04, 2017 08:02 PM (PNFIr)

228 Call it the era of The Falling Away Of The Masks.



Posted by: torquewrench
==

Second look at private ownership of tanks?

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:02 PM (zu88C)

229 Sadly, because the kid is mentally handicapped, he wouldn't be allowed to carry even if it were legal in Chicago.

Posted by: rabidfox at January 04, 2017 08:04 PM (EW9tX)

230 "Peace is a lie, there is only Passion..."
-Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 07:58 PM (vyqqu)

...said the Progressive Xer "Feelz".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 08:04 PM (6gk0M)

231 I couldn't watch the video but I skipped through and saw the young girl laughing throughout. It's really sad. Lord of the Flies.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 04, 2017 08:04 PM (Om16U)

232 226 I think one of the reasons why whites haven't gone all vigilante on the ferals is because they were afraid that Obama would declare martial law and suspend the Constitution forever.
Posted by: rabidfox at January 04, 2017 08:02 PM (EW9tX)

Levoy Finnicum.... is unavailable to comment...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 08:04 PM (qf6WZ)

233 They want a reaction. They're itching for it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 04, 2017 08:04 PM (89T5c)

234 Second look at private ownership of tanks?

SMFH and AtC thoroughly approve of this idea. Me too for that matter.

Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 04, 2017 08:05 PM (9iR5/)

235 This version of Idiocracy is rated NC-17 and concludes with a shit ton of dead people.

Posted by: Max Power at January 04, 2017 08:05 PM (q177U)

236 "Second look at private ownership of tanks?"
-Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:02 PM (zu88C)

Most of us have been saying this all-along.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 08:05 PM (6gk0M)

237 236 "Second look at private ownership of tanks?"
-Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:02 PM (zu88C)

Most of us have been saying this all-along.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 08:05 PM (6gk0M)

I don't want a Tank...

Now a CIWS mounted on top of the House?

Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 08:06 PM (qf6WZ)

238 They want a reaction. They're itching for it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


These are people with a deeply flawed understanding of the realities of the world. They want things they should not. And they will regret getting them.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 08:07 PM (vyqqu)

239 Jesus, that kid that was Tortured is special needs, and they forced him to drink out of a toilet.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 08:07 PM (dKiJG)

240 They want a reaction. They're itching for it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factor


Of course they do.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2017 08:07 PM (FQ0rq)

241 Okay... I need to roll cigarettes because addiction.

Catch you on the flip-side!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 04, 2017 08:07 PM (6gk0M)

242 I don't want a Tank...



Now a CIWS mounted on top of the House?

Posted by: Don Q.


Is your house Arleigh Burke class or better?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 08:08 PM (vyqqu)

243 I just read Jazz Shaw's piece on this, and then noticed he has a new one up at the top about "My Pillow". The guy is getting in some hot water. The Better Business Bureau has dropped him to an "F" grade. The "buy one, get one free" thing is really buy one, get another one for about the same price.

And he's lost a law suit over the claims he's making about the pillows. The dude has sold a shit ton of them, looks them, annual revenue of $100M.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 04, 2017 08:08 PM (DW+jj)

244 Is your house Arleigh Burke class or better?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 08:08 PM (vyqqu)

Why? we had CIWS on Sprue Cans....

Even on my first ship, an LPH....

Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 08:08 PM (qf6WZ)

245 how about "the washington dumbasapost"?

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 04, 2017 08:08 PM (WTSFk)

246
Now a CIWS mounted on top of the House?

Posted by: Don Q.

===

Fixed emplacements, magi-not a great plan.

Mobility is key.

And squishing your enemies.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:09 PM (zu88C)

247 231: Women are certainly stronger than Obama! But obviously we're not as strong as normal men.

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2017 08:09 PM (CLKfs)

248
Buy My fcuking Pillow!

Posted by: Mike Lindel -- My Pillow at January 04, 2017 08:09 PM (4Ejxg)

249 I just read Jazz Shaw's piece on this, and then
noticed he has a new one up at the top about "My Pillow". The guy is
getting in some hot water. The Better Business Bureau has dropped him to
an "F" grade. The "buy one, get one free" thing is really buy one, get
another one for about the same price.

And he's lost a law suit
over the claims he's making about the pillows. The dude has sold a shit
ton of them, looks them, annual revenue of $100M.


Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius)


Well, shit. Dad loved what he saw in those commercials. I thought about getting a couple of those pillows. Just as well I suppose.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (vyqqu)

250 225 Peace is a lie, there is only Passion...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 07:58 PM (vyqqu)

Through Passion, I gain strength...
Posted by: Darth DonQ at January 04, 2017 08:01 PM (qf6WZ)

Through strength my chains are broken

Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (7qAYi)

251 HOW DARE YOU RACISTS MOVE OUT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS!

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (5kqPn)

252 The Chicago CBS is saying the cops have 4 animals in custody. Want to bet it won't be a national news story. Want to bet Prezzy Race Baiter won't rush to the podium to lecture us about it. Want to bet it won't be a hate crime. Want to bet even the local news will drop it after a day.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (auHtY)

253
There's no way Mike My Pillow Lindell cheats people!

He wears a cross! God told him to sell pillows.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 08:11 PM (4Ejxg)

254 246
Now a CIWS mounted on top of the House?

Posted by: Don Q.

===

Fixed emplacements, magi-not a great plan.

Mobility is key.

And squishing your enemies.
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:09 PM (zu88C)

Crowd control....

And not gonna be able to get my 88 year old Mom, into a Tank....

Hell... tough enough getting her in the Car...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 04, 2017 08:11 PM (qf6WZ)

255 What level of rioting would ensue if whites did this to a disabled black boy.?

Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2017 08:12 PM (CLKfs)

256 Hell... tough enough getting her in the Car...

Posted by: Don Q.

===

Buick -mounted CIWS.

For Mom. And sheer awesome.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:12 PM (zu88C)

257 Let's not channel our inner Vader. That way lies bad prequels.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 08:13 PM (92kX2)

258 What news story?

Posted by: ABC, CBS, NBC at January 04, 2017 08:13 PM (5kqPn)

259 aarrrgghhhh!!!! I just barely dropped my new iPhone, with a case on and now it doesn't work at all. I just got it in October. I had to file an insurance claim, luckily I have it. Since I have never had a claim in the gazillion years I've had iPhones with ATT my deductible is "only" $112. Should be here by Friday at the latest.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)- deplorable, irredeemable, racist, islamaphobe, misogynist, redneck in TEX at January 04, 2017 08:13 PM (JNDQi)

260 What level of rioting would ensue if whites did this to a disabled black boy.?
Posted by: LASue


The FBI and BATF would join in.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2017 08:14 PM (FQ0rq)

261 255 What level of rioting would ensue if whites did this to a disabled black boy.?
Posted by: LASue at January 04, 2017 08:12 PM (CLKfs)

They'd burn down their own neighborhood.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 04, 2017 08:14 PM (P/kVC)

262 Through strength my chains are broken
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (7qAYi)


DOH!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2017 08:14 PM (wB8Tg)

263 Click my name to see her mugshot.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 08:14 PM (dKiJG)

264 137
I mean, shit, the boomers were almost straight commie when they were in their 20's and early 30's, and look at how they vote now.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 07:34 PM (WGxp4)
---------------------------
The Boomers were NOT "almost straight commie" when they were young. Even the 18-24 cohort, which you would expect to be stupid, voted for Nixon over McGovern in 1972.


Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 04, 2017 08:15 PM (Nox3c)

265 CIWS. I want one. And about a gazillion rounds. That's all I want. And this remote. That's all. And this lamp. This CIWS and this remote and this lamp. That's all.

Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 04, 2017 08:15 PM (9iR5/)

266 Let's not channel our inner Vader. That way lies bad prequels.



Posted by: Aetius451AD

==

I can think of 4 Chicago "younglings" that I could happily chop up with a lightsaber...

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:15 PM (zu88C)

267 Everybody should buy a My Pillow.
They make wonderful companions.

Posted by: the chicken, the toaster and the couch at January 04, 2017 08:15 PM (HgMAr)

268 Maybe the WaPo reporters can get certified in remote viewing. That should eliminate the distasteful necessity of contacting anybody to verify a story.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 04, 2017 08:15 PM (ocw+t)

269
Want to bet it won't be a hate crime. Want to bet even the local news will drop it after a day.
Posted by: TheQuietMan


Google "Knoxville horror"

Ever heard of it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (IqV8l)

270 Through strength my chains are broken
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (7qAYi)

And I am sorry, but these Star Wars chants just make me think of Yoda's "Fear leads to hate, hate leads to... blah blah blah."

Those prequels are a blight.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (92kX2)

271 Maybe the WaPo reporters can get certified in remote viewing. That should eliminate the distasteful necessity of contacting anybody to verify a story.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew


Enforcing the narrative isn't nearly that expensive.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (FQ0rq)

272 >>Click my name to see her mugshot.


That's just a still from 'Fame'.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (hjpzi)

273 253
There's no way Mike My Pillow Lindell cheats people!

He wears a cross! God told him to sell pillows.
Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 08:11 PM (4Ejxg)

GOD SAID MAN SAID BUY MY PILLOW

Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (7qAYi)

274 Buy My fcuking Pillow!

Posted by: Mike Lindel -- My Pillow at January 04, 2017 08:09 PM (4Ejxg)
...........

Yes, everybody should own at least two.

Posted by: the chicken, the toaster and the couch at January 04, 2017 08:17 PM (HgMAr)

275 Those boys' fathers are going to be... wait, nevermind.

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 08:17 PM (5kqPn)

276 My Pillow, lol. Although to be fair, when they say buy one get one free, they do say "just pay separate shipping". And what do you know, shipping costs the same as the pillow itself!! All infomercial scams do that. Not sure why he'd lose a lawsuit over that though, when it clearly says "JUST PAY SEPARATE SHIPPING".

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 08:17 PM (1JAxC)

277 And I am sorry, but these Star Wars chants just make me think of Yoda's "Fear leads to hate, hate leads to... blah blah blah."

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (92kX2)


Fear leads to hate, hate leads to violence, violence leads to big ratings.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 04, 2017 08:18 PM (wB8Tg)

278 We are a sick and dyinbg country when we allow a disease like that displayed on video even to spread not to mention live. That is fucked up.

I'm signing out on that note before I get into trouble.

Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 08:18 PM (7SUm3)

279 Mike My Pillow Lindell
---------
I read that as Lindafell....

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)- deplorable, irredeemable, racist, islamaphobe, misogynist, redneck in TEX at January 04, 2017 08:18 PM (JNDQi)

280
GOD SAID MAN SAID BUY MY PILLOW


Nice.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 08:18 PM (4Ejxg)

281 270 Through strength my chains are broken
Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:10 PM (7qAYi)

And I am sorry, but these Star Wars chants just make me think of Yoda's "Fear leads to hate, hate leads to... blah blah blah."


Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 04, 2017 08:16 PM (92kX2)

That's on design. The Sith Code was meant to be an inversion of the Jedi Code.

Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:18 PM (7qAYi)

282 watching Demolition Man
I'd forgotten how funny it is

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 04, 2017 08:18 PM (Om16U)

283 DINOSAURS!

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 08:19 PM (hjpzi)

284 I hear lindafell pillows are big sellers in Kyoto

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 04, 2017 08:19 PM (6FqZa)

285 276: He lost the BBB accreditation over the buy one, get one free thing. The lawsuit was something else based on the claims he was making about insomnia, restless leg and that sort of thing.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 04, 2017 08:20 PM (DW+jj)

286
I just barely dropped my new iPhone, with a case on and now it doesn't work at all.

Odd. These new phones are designed to take a few drops -- even without protective cases.

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 08:20 PM (4Ejxg)

287 In what universe do those kids even begin to believe that what they did to that poor guy was fun or cool or making a statement? Whoever raised them did an absolutely horrible job.

Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 04, 2017 08:21 PM (9iR5/)

288 285 276: He lost the BBB accreditation over the buy one, get one free thing. The lawsuit was something else based on the claims he was making about insomnia, restless leg and that sort of thing.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 04, 2017 08:20 PM (DW+jj)

___

It pains me that there are people stupid enough to fall for that shit and then get lucky and make money from their stupidity. If you're dumb enough to think a pillow will cure insomnia and restless leg syndrome and whatever other bullshit they peddle, you kind of deserved to be scammed.

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 08:22 PM (1JAxC)

289 Whoever raised them did an absolutely horrible job.

Going to take a leap out there and guess that daddy wasn't home much.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 04, 2017 08:22 PM (6FqZa)

290 263 Click my name to see her mugshot.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 04, 2017 08:14 PM (dKiJG

What is disgusting is that a psycho like that is crying because they got caught and not because rite kidnapped, bound, and tortured a human being.

The lesson sent is next time kill them and not film it. Which is why I expect these sadistic crimes to continue and not stop.

Posted by: Pepe at January 04, 2017 08:22 PM (7SUm3)

291 287 In what universe do those kids even begin to believe that what they did to that poor guy was fun or cool or making a statement? Whoever raised them did an absolutely horrible job.
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 04, 2017 08:21 PM (9iR5/)

____

If Obama had sons....

Posted by: #neverskankles at January 04, 2017 08:22 PM (1JAxC)

292 How embarassing for The National Sleep Foundation.

Posted by: garrett at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (hjpzi)

293 I had WOR on in the background most of the day and heard something interesting about the Dems latest mad plan to stop the Inaugural; have Obama declare martial law until the government determines whether a foreign power hacked the election. Can't have an illegitimate President after all - so no inauguration on the 20th - or basically ever.

Posted by: An Observation at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (HNC7V)

294 Going to take a leap out there and guess that daddy wasn't home much.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 04, 2017 08:22 PM (6FqZa)
*sigh* Yeah. Thank you LBJ and your Great Fucking Society.

Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (9iR5/)

295
How embarassing for The National Sleep Foundation.

hahahaha!

Posted by: Soothsayer Pro Elite at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (4Ejxg)

296 In what universe do those kids even begin to believe that what they did to that poor guy was fun or cool or making a statement? Whoever raised them did an absolutely horrible job.
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 04, 2017 08:21 PM (9iR5/)



Raised? Some welfare queen shit them out and they've run wild ever since.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (auHtY)

297 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: National Sleep Foundation at January 04, 2017 08:24 PM (IqV8l)

298 Mike Lindel bad touched me.

Posted by: Counting Sheep at January 04, 2017 08:25 PM (hjpzi)

299 I like being tied up.

Posted by: Reggie at January 04, 2017 08:26 PM (bc2Lc)

300 Odd. These new phones are designed to take a few drops -- even without protective cases.
-----------
Status: Not True

This is probably my 4th or 5th different iPhone through the years. I have 3 kids and haven't always been gentle with my phones. I barely dropped it. It's been dropped harder before. The screen is intact, that's usually what goes first.

Posted by: @lindafelldespair(gab.ai)- deplorable, irredeemable, racist, islamaphobe, misogynist, redneck in TEX at January 04, 2017 08:26 PM (JNDQi)

301 nood megyn kelly

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 04, 2017 08:26 PM (WGxp4)

302 Nood - Me Again

Posted by: josephistan at January 04, 2017 08:26 PM (7qAYi)

303 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: National Sleep Foundation


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY'RE ASLEEP!

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBURGER at January 04, 2017 08:27 PM (BO/km)

304 The Boomers were NOT "almost straight commie" when they were young. Even the 18-24 cohort, which you would expect to be stupid, voted for Nixon over McGovern in 1972.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille
---------------

I don't understand how Nixon won. I don't know a single person that voted for Nixon.

Posted by: Chi at January 04, 2017 08:28 PM (/Z9VQ)

305 Henrik!

Posted by: JackStraw at January 04, 2017 08:28 PM (/tuJf)

306 >>>Just last week they announced that they were actually extremely profitable this year (unlike most other newspapers), so they were hiring 60 new journalists.


I guess this explains why they keep doing it. But someday, it may bite them in the ass.

They just need to publish something someday that will give someone standing to sue them. Gawker did this by publishing something true, which invaded someone's privacy. WaPo may do this by publishing some unverified falsehood that ends up being damaging.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 04, 2017 08:28 PM (rH4JY)

307 From the Forbes article:
"In an era in which any WordPress blogger has automatic strict versioning recording every edit they make to their posts through time, it is all the more surprising and shocking that the Post would not do the same."
The NatLaugh & their ilk used to chide bloggers in their pajamas as hacks, not real journalist. Look whose practices and standards now expose the real hacks.

Posted by: Guam tipper at January 04, 2017 08:29 PM (/DvFd)

308 AHEM.

There is no Peace; only Passion.
Through Passion I gain Strength;
Through Strength I gain Power;
Through Power I gain Victory;
Through Victory my chains are broken;
The Force shall free me.

/ +12 Nerd Cred
/ -2D6 SAN

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 04, 2017 08:29 PM (vyqqu)

309 [Mike Lindell writing out settlement checks... ]

Mike Lindell: Pay to the order of... Mrs. Wilbur Starks... one dollar

[Movers remove a table from house]

Mike Lindell: AND NINE CENTS!... Pay to the order of... Iron Balls McGinty... one dollar

[Marie enters room]

Mike Lindell: AND NINE CENTS!...

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 04, 2017 08:32 PM (zu88C)

310 I do miss WuzzaDem

https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125336/http://wuzzadem.typepad.com/wuz/2006/07/greenpuppet.html

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at January 04, 2017 08:33 PM (kI9U5)

311
I had WOR on in the background most of the day and heard something
interesting about the Dems latest mad plan to stop the Inaugural; have
Obama declare martial law until the government determines whether a
foreign power hacked the election. Can't have an illegitimate President
after all - so no inauguration on the 20th - or basically ever.
Posted by: An Observation at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (HNC7V)



I mean, he has a precedent. Nixon was talking about this at one point.

Have the people calling for this considered what powers this would give to Trump as a president in a time of rebellion? Do you think they would be greater than Lincoln's?


Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2017 08:38 PM (9MInk)

312 293 I had WOR on in the background most of the day and heard something interesting about the Dems latest mad plan to stop the Inaugural; have Obama declare martial law until the government determines whether a foreign power hacked the election. Can't have an illegitimate President after all - so no inauguration on the 20th - or basically ever.

Posted by: An Observation at January 04, 2017 08:23 PM (HNC7V)


Starting a war with Russia would be a great pretext, too.

Posted by: rickl at January 04, 2017 08:40 PM (sdi6R)

313 @289 Whoever raised them did an absolutely horrible job.



Going to take a leap out there and guess that daddy wasn't home much.

At a guess, I'd say mom didn't spend much time out of her liquor induced coma either.

Posted by: rabidfox at January 04, 2017 08:40 PM (EW9tX)

314 "Have the people calling for this considered what powers this would give to Trump as a president in a time of rebellion? Do you think they would be greater than Lincoln's?"

Given that Lincoln essentially shitcanned the entire Constitution for the duration of hostilities, errrrrrrrrrrrm no.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 04, 2017 08:42 PM (noWW6)

315 9
You want us to read about fake news at Hotair?

Posted by: 16 paranoia filled days later at January 04, 2017 06:51 PM (0BApD)


Anybody seen any of that Hot Air riffraff around here lately? I've been lookin' but ain't seein' lately. Maybe we finally shagged them away 'eh?

Posted by: Mimzey at January 04, 2017 09:33 PM (n3hky)

316 I suspect a lady I briefly dated will now be more proud of having written for Ellora's Cave than having written for the Post.

Posted by: Cybrludite at January 05, 2017 02:38 AM (VX5mF)

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 05, 2017 06:17 AM (mpXpK)

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