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Old and Busted: Jake Tapper Whines That Trump Tweets About the Media Instead of About "Syria"
New Hotness: CNN Spends Four Days Covering the F*** Out of Trump's WWE Gif

Shot: Jake Tapper in full peacocking mode. Lovely plumage!


Chaser: Trump's ten second tweet triggers CNN into four days of nonstop coverage of a gif about fake pro wrestling.

By the way, when I retweeted that headline, and even as I began writing this post, I assumed, frankly, the headline was kind of bullshit. Surely Peter Hansen was doing some #FakeNews hyperbole in claiming that CNN was covering the WWE tweet for four straight days.

But he wasn't.

CNN covered the tweet in every hour of its on-air coverage Monday starting at the 11:00 a.m. hour and going through the 7 p.m. hour.

“I want to know today, how from this troll on Reddit, this hateful troll who posts anti-Semitic racist trash against CNN and other people and outlets how did it get from this person to the president’s twitter feed?” asked CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter during one such segment. “We don’t know the answer to that. There’s a lot of clues online about how this thing started but now how it reached the president’s desk. I hope the White House answers that because this is not the first time we have seen sort of meme from the swamps of the Internet make its way to the president’s Twitter feed."

And then you know what happened last night, as CNN threatened to doxx the gif's maker. And today, many have noted, this remained their headline story on their website throughout most of the day. (It's not, now -- but I suspect that's because the story has turned against them, rather badly.)

This reminds me of when CNN's Dylan Byers whined that "real reporters" were asking questions about Syria, where as "rightwing reporters" were asking questions about CNN's retracted #FakeNews report about "Russian connections" and Trump associate Tony Scaramucci.

Which prompted Sean Davis to inform Dylan Byers that he had last tweeted about Syria 77 days before, thus making him not a "real reporter" at all, and likely a right-wing racist.


Let me note the Social Justice Warrior's primary justification for censorship, intimidation, mob tactics, and physical attacks: they were made to "feel unsafe," so any retaliation-before-the-fact -- let's call it "pretaliation," or even "pretribution" -- is justified.

Compare that with CNN's justification for #CNNBlackmail: This ridiculously silly tweet might "inspire violence" against a Protected and Exalted Minority Group -- reporters, in this instance -- and therefore it's perfectly fair to resort to mob tactics to squelch the man making you "feel unsafe."

A Swarm of Assholes: Allisyn Camarota, Chris "Chaplinski Rule" Cuomo and Brian Stelter weigh in, and I do mean weigh, especially with regard to Fat Joker.


Posted by: Ace at 05:43 PM




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1 First?

Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 05:46 PM (a0IVu)

2 oh yay! My first ever. I will call the others.

Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 05:46 PM (a0IVu)

3 jake tapper is a penis sipping, drooling, window licker. just keep him and his wife far, far away from pregnant females.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 05, 2017 05:47 PM (KP5rU)

4 When did CNN hire Barbara Streisand as their news director?

Posted by: Ken in NH at July 05, 2017 05:47 PM (gDMFf)

5
Ratings.

Posted by: Harmon K. at July 05, 2017 05:48 PM (m9X4Y)

6 If journalism is the rough draft of history, what is twitter?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2017 05:48 PM (LWu6U)

7 CNN / Buzzfeed VS 4Chan / Reddit

the cold meme war is turning hot!!

Posted by: bored383 at July 05, 2017 05:48 PM (70HTk)

8 What also annoys me is how little the media has covered - the booming stock market, improving economy, increase in personal wealth, increasing employment especially for African Americans, return of manufacturing jobs, etc. etc. They are so desperate to make this administration look bad that in the end, they are looking like fools.

Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 05:49 PM (a0IVu)

9 We will now talk about how stupid you are for watching us talk about stupid things.
***chyron scrolls by***

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 05, 2017 05:49 PM (cNkmn)

10 I heard about CNN'S blackmail on the gif maker on talk radio. I hope this burns their ass.

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (Ot7+c)

11 OT, but big news:

I have ALWAYS been suspicious of chemotherapy as an anti-cancer treatment. I couldn't understand how it targeted the tumor only and not the rest of the body.

When I looked into it (long ago), I found to my shock that it DOESN'T target just the cancer - -the poison hits the whole body as well. The theory being that the body can recover from the poison, butt he tumor can't.

Well, looks like my suspicions were well-founded: chemotherapy now proven to make cancer WORSE in the long run and to INCREASE the number os fatalities:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/05/ chemotherapy-may-spread-cancer-trigger-aggressive-tumours-warn/

Summary: the poison in chemotherapy in the short run visibly shrinks the tumor, but in the long run weakens the body and opens more pathway for the cancer to metasticize, meaning that while the original tumor may not kill you, eventually cancers will spread elsewhere in the body, where they WILL kill you. These stats are never included in the success/not-success ratio of chemotherapy. But it may turn out that chemo has been partly responsible for the massive increase in cancer deaths in the 20th century.

Takeaway: NEVER TRUST THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TO BE OMNISCIENT. They are making shit up by the seat of the pants just like any normal people. And they make mistakes -- HUGE mistakes -- all the time.

Posted by: zombie at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (DQ4Fv)

12 Not first!

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (ANIFC)

13 Ted Turner must be rolling over in his grave.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (4e+hS)

14 6
If journalism is the rough draft of history, what is twitter?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2017 05:48 PM (LWu6U)

The bathroom wall of history.

Posted by: kathysaysso at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (vkS2Z)

15 Does CNN really think that the GIF will cause violence? No, of course not. Does CNN really think they can intimidate anyone else thinking of making funny jabs at them into silence, yes, yes they do.

We know it, they know it.

Posted by: Deathknyte at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (aQVar)

16 And more coverage than the Republican Congressmen being shot at, and of Scalise fighting for his life, as many have already mentioned.

It really is just astonishing. News channels have ONE JOB - report the news. What is happening, who is impacted, what the facts are. And because these children are the most narcissistic beta males in the history of mankind, they spend days talking about a JOKE in a TWEET.

Trump is lucky to have such enemies. And we are blessed that he fights back, and wins.

And we could have had Jeb!

Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at July 05, 2017 05:51 PM (LDV7V)

17 from what I saw of the Sunday shows they are all obsessed with bs. IOW same ol same ol.

Posted by: DanMan at July 05, 2017 05:51 PM (XTiHL)

18 Post of the day, so far.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2017 05:51 PM (4e+hS)

19
Well its a good thing obama never went after journalists....

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2017 05:52 PM (r+sAi)

20 That's the problem IC. They are trying so hard to take down Donald Trump that they are utterly exposed as being terrible at their jobs. People want to be informed when they turn to the news, not lectured on how awful the president is. I mean about half the nation chose this guy, the last thing they want is wall-to-wall continuous hatred directed at them.

Even if Trump was a bad actor, they're over playing it. They're pushing it so hard its boring and obnoxious. And they're pushing it so hard they are ignoring everything else, which damages their brand and makes them look stupid, petty, and useless.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:52 PM (39g3+)

21 I now know that this will not end peacefully.
I now know that the sooner it happens the fewer causalities.
I now know I am leaning toward wanting it to happen.

Next week, I will know that I was right today.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at July 05, 2017 05:52 PM (npdX6)

22 Reddit has basically one rule - no doxing.

So I wonder, will cnn be banned from reddit? will their news articles be auto-moded off the board? will cnn editors be banned?

There are people in the past, who were very very popular on reddit, but there is vague hint that they may have doxed someone in a comment, and they were banned. Gone.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (LWu6U)

23 What I need to know is:

Has CNN stopped beating its wife yet?

Posted by: zombie at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (DQ4Fv)

24 If journalism is the rough draft of history, what is twitter?
Posted by: Gentlemen


Masturbation lubed with angry tears.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (udajc)

25
If CNN took it off their headline, its time for Trump to blast off another tweet to keep em busy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (r+sAi)

26 It's a meme.

I want a national divorce because somehow all the experts and Our Betters are Tards. This is the most frightening thing, literally Tards want to dominate and rule us.

UGH.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (2qHjF)

27 because this is not the first time we have seen sort of meme from the swamps of the Internet

It's a friggin animated gif, not a meme. Just a funny little video clip that was clearly the work of Russians due to the sophisticated nature of the image manipulation involved.

My G-d, I hate that stupid non-word, "meme".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (rZ+mb)

28 Ted Turner owns over a million acres of private land, one of the few that do. Let the lawsuits commence.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (pRTll)

29 Brian Stelter has an inverted penis vagina, a bald head, and tits...confusion abounds!

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (yhf6w)

30 Jake Tapper looks like he has aged 20 years the past 1.5 years. He has aged like somebody kidnapped his kids.

Unreal.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (2qHjF)

31 A Democrat on Fox Business said CNN did gif man a favor by not identifying him. A public service, as it were.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (IqV8l)

32 From last thread: Posted by: zombie at July 05, 2017 05:45 PM (DQ4Fv)


I'm a physician. Most cancer treatments target rapidly dividing cells, which is what cancer is, but so are cells in the gut, liver, blood and hair so they are affected, too. Yes, it is true that averaged over all cancer patients, chemotherapy has not increased survival. But some individual cancers are treated remarkably well with chemo, so don't paint with too broad of a brush.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (dnWSK)

33 It's a meme or Gif or whatever.

We are ruled by middle functioning Tards.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 05:55 PM (2qHjF)

34 I'm sitting here waiting for 4chan to do something awesomely awful to CNN. I don't feel a bit bad about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 05:55 PM (/tuJf)

35 Ted Turner owns over a million acres of private land, one of the few that do. Let the lawsuits commence.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (pRTll)

======

He hasn't had anything to do with CNN since around Y2K.

Posted by: GOULD at July 05, 2017 05:56 PM (segId)

36 ...but I suspect that's because the story has turned against them, rather badly.

Funny how it always seems to turn out that way.
You'd think they'd learn.

Posted by: tu3031 at July 05, 2017 05:56 PM (qJhUV)

37 14
6

If journalism is the rough draft of history, what is twitter?



Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at July 05, 2017 05:48 PM (LWu6U)
The bathroom wall of history.


Posted by: kathysaysso at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (vkS2Z)

I can honestly say I have seen more meaningful diatribes written on the bathroom walls at a county fairgrounds than what half of twitter is composed of.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 05, 2017 05:56 PM (jxbfJ)

38 My G-d, I hate that stupid non-word, "meme".


It's an actual word and one of the few with a demonstrable etymology. Some guy made it up in about 1974 as an analogy for how an idea spreads in the culture the way that a new bit of DNA is distributed in a population.

Or something like that. I'm not looking it up. I heard an interesting thing on the radio about it a few years ago.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (gIRsn)

39 3 seconds of retweet = 96 hours of response

Posted by: goodluckduck at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (yqvys)

40 Well, at least this story is distracting CNN from the scandal of Donald Trump getting an extra scoop of ice cream.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (xN1DB)

41 This gets better every second...I hope it lasts!

Posted by: SMOD Keeper at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (onq2p)

42 When I'm playing with myself at night in the bathtub Mr. PP whispers things to me secrets about Donald Trump.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (SkuXa)

43 To be fair, Jake Tapper does seem more interested in doing his job than most reporters. He's still anti-Trump and does idiotic crap, but he's not monomaniacal about it like most. he's not fixated on it, just biased. So he's like the media before 2004, when they would cover everything, but prefer to cover what hurts their enemies and slant coverage. Post 2004, they became specifically an advocacy group, pushing stories that helped the cause, ignoring those that hurt it. But they still did their job of reporting stories, confirming information, etc.

Post 2016, they became demented propagandists, pushing anything and everything that hurts Trump no matter how outrageous, false, or stupid, to the exclusion of nearly everything else.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (39g3+)

44 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

You're asking for it.

Posted by: CNN at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (4e+hS)

45 I had to disable my router protection and use my Linux Mint box to get into 4chan last night. Describing it as the "swamps of the internet" is being very kind.

Still, I'm glad to see the media bent out of shape over something so trivial.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (nvMvs)

46 My G-d, I hate that stupid non-word, "meme".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (rZ+mb)

Funny evolution of that word:

from

- unit/quantum of cultural transmission

to

- funny cat picture with silly caption slapped on top of it

to

- any picture with any caption slapped on top of it

to

- Any original content posted anywhere on the internet by anyone, ever.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (hcyUh)

47 I'm a physician. Most cancer treatments target rapidly dividing cells, which is what cancer is, but so are cells in the gut, liver, blood and hair so they are affected, too. Yes, it is true that averaged over all cancer patients, chemotherapy has not increased survival. But some individual cancers are treated remarkably well with chemo, so don't paint with too broad of a brush.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy


Maybe so, but did you read the link? A new study proved that chemo very often increased and accelerated metasticization of cancer cells -- much more so than previously thought. The study was specifically about breast cancer.

Posted by: zombie at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (DQ4Fv)

48 I cannot believe how far this parody video has gone. Waiting for she-who-will-never-be-president to throw her .02 in the twitterverse.

It all comes back to her. They had leftish/socialism, forever and ever leftism just within their grasp, but DJT took it and walked away leaving them empty handed and furious!




Posted by: Boots at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (EBwPV)

49 Re: Doxxing

I don't know what the protocols are but there is a leftard blogger named Chris Ladd in Dupage, Il. that blogs under the name 'Political Orphans', used to be GOPLIfer.

Be careful with that guy. I disagreed with his take and he sure put my name, job, etc. out on his blog. His followers read like a bunch of koskids constantly fluffing for basic incomes and the like.

Posted by: DanMan at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (XTiHL)

50 We are ruled by middle functioning Tards.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 05:55 PM (2qHjF)


No doubt about that.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (rZ+mb)

51 CNN. The seventh-grade psychopath of journalism.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (lwiT4)

52
Takeaway: NEVER TRUST THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TO BE OMNISCIENT. They are making shit up by the seat of the pants just like any normal people. And they make mistakes -- HUGE mistakes -- all the time.
Posted by: zombie at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (DQ4Fv)


I guess that's why they are called medical practitioners.

I was very fortunate with my cancer-they were able to freeze the tumor both times, and I didn't need chemo or the biologic treatments. But when you hear the C word (not Clinton), you panic. You go to worst case scenario, and then look for any and everything to make the tumor/malignancy go away.

In Greece, there was a vile snake oil salesman who preyed on desperate cancer sufferers, promising them miracle cures, and merely injecting them with B-12. I had to process getting their remains back to the US. It was heart wrenching. But these were desperate people, hoping to have a little more life, and time, with their loved ones.

But, it's always, ALWAYS good to get a second opinion, and look at all the options before you settle on only one treatment.

Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (V+V48)

53 That whole Russian collusion and hacking that threatens our democracy sure confeved into the memory hole.

Posted by: SMOD Keeper at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (onq2p)

54 My G-d, I hate that stupid non-word, "meme".

Me too, especially since people are using instead of other, established words, like cartoon, image, and such.

It's an actual word and one of the few with a demonstrable etymology. Some guy made it up in about 1974 as an analogy for how an idea spreads in the culture the way that a new bit of DNA is distributed in a population.

Richard Dawkins made it up because he was trying to establish what a smart guy he is, but it wasn't 74 it was 76. And Dawkins is a jackwagon.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (39g3+)

55 Wow. I go out of the country for a week, stay away from the Internet and come home to find out the hated MSM is in full meltdown. I guess I should have stayed away another week.

Posted by: Ripley at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (O98sF)

56 RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA
BAD TWEET BAD TWEET BAD TWEET
BAD TWEET BAD TWEET BAD TWEET

Posted by: Don Lemon with masking tape on his forehead at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (HgMAr)

57 Imagine if Woodward and Bernstein felt unsafe talking to deep throat in the parking garage.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (dnWSK)

58
ps - I like Rockford Files better than Columbo.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (r+sAi)

59 If Ted Turner, the raving nutbag of his day who once pushed a baseball from 3rd base to home plate with his nose as owner of the Braves, still owned CNN, compared to the current management it would be considered far right!

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (yhf6w)

60 Still, I'm glad to see the media bent out of shape over something so trivial.
Posted by: Michael the Texan


I'm happy to see Nevertrumpers losing their shit as well.

It smells like gasoline-covered monks.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 05, 2017 06:00 PM (udajc)

61 Why haven't CNN's press credentials been pulled by the White House?

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:00 PM (ANIFC)

62 Ted Turner must be rolling over in his grave.

Or fighting desperately to get out of his coffin, since he's still alive.

Posted by: tu3031 at July 05, 2017 06:00 PM (qJhUV)

63 That whole Russian collusion and hacking that threatens our democracy sure confeved into the memory hole.

Oh, the lefty drones are still clinging to it like the last plank floating away from the Titanic. The press has kind of let it go, for now. They need a squirrel badly though. Something, anything to yell about. That's been Russia previously but its so full of holes it looks like Swiss cheese someone hit with buckshot..

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:01 PM (39g3+)

64 Is it wrong to want every person at CNN homeless and hungry?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at July 05, 2017 06:01 PM (npdX6)

65 I would not be surprise if we fully rotted from the inside by 2019. Why invade a country ruled by Tards. Let it fall on its on and be ready to seize the lands and resources you want when it does.

Alaska may be gone by summer 2018.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:01 PM (2qHjF)

66 http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/07/the-internets-best-cnn-smackdown-gifs/#more-219287

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 06:01 PM (Ot7+c)

67 But, it's always, ALWAYS good to get a second opinion, and look at all the options before you settle on only one treatment.

Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 05:58 PM (V+V4
Very true. Chemotherapy is a cure as awful in some ways as the disease it is trying to cure but when it works, it is wonderful. Especially pediatric leukemia - my 9 year old niece just completed almost a year of chemo for leukemia, lost all her hair, missed an entire year of school and just being a kid, but she is in remission now. And for that we are so thankful.

Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (a0IVu)

68 My G-d, I hate that stupid non-word, "meme".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 05:53 PM (rZ+mb)

Well, the entire conflict is being called the "Meme Wars."

Posted by: Max Power at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (q177U)

69 And Dawkins is a jackwagon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (39g3+)

hear, hear.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (hcyUh)

70 64 Is it wrong to want every person at CNN homeless and hungry?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at July 05, 2017 06:01 PM (npdX6)

Since they want that for every conservative or Republican, no.

Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (V+V48)

71 I want to know today, how from this troll on Reddit, this hateful troll who posts anti-Semitic racist trash against CNN and other people and outlets how did it get from this person to the president's twitter feed


Are they really this fucking stupid or do they just play it on TV?

Posted by: Insomniac at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (0mRoj)

72 Ted Turner must be rolling over in his grave.

Or fighting desperately to get out of his coffin, since he's still alive.
Posted by: tu3031 at July 05, 2017 06:00 PM (qJhUV

Yes Turner is undead?

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (TisfY)

73 Richard Dawkins made it up because he was trying to establish what a smart guy he is, but it wasn't 74 it was 76. And Dawkins is a jackwagon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (39g3+)

He was great as host of Family Feud, though.

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (ANIFC)

74 CNN is chasing a new shiny object. LMFAO

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (sLASA)

75 The best of the best CNN smackdown is the one replacing the Hulk's face with Trump and Loki's with CNN.

I don't want CNN destroyed, I want it cleaned out like a rotting cess tank and refilled with spring water and lillies. I want them to do their damned jobs properly. I want CNN to exist, but be even-handed, smart, and professional.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (39g3+)

76 Got willowed, so I'm asking for help again. I'm 75, in Texas, and need new jeans due to old ones wearing out. Problem is, all I can find are mid-rise (aka hip-huggers) which I hate, and almost all skinny-cut ... totally unsuitable at my age!

Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit (not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise, and I will if I have to, but ...

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)

77 I still occasionally hear some Leftist holding on to the Russian/DT connection, guess they didn't get the memo or are just in LaLa land

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (Ot7+c)

78 What is so funny about all this is the Left point to the movie Idiocracy as "prescient" about Trump, and how Americans are getting stupider (they strongly imply that "dumb" people who are anti-abortion are having kids while the "smart" people who are "pro-choice" are having their family lines die off).

Well, guess what, sunshine? The stupid is not coming from the people, it is coming from Our Betters. The "Experts". The smart people are woking and building things, like my son. He decided to not go to a college and instead become an electrical apprentice. As he works and learns a trade I fully expect him to be employed doing work he loves for the rest of his days.

And the Left are dying off - literally - because they aren't having kids.

They only had the media, and government, to control us... and now, thanks to Trump... they can't do either.

They are impotent, and it's driving them crazy.

Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (LDV7V)

79 Stop knocking my Tards.

Posted by: Doctor Who at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (IqV8l)

80 but she is in remission now. And for that we are so thankful.
Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 06:02 PM (a0IVu)


YEAH!!!!!!! Thank you for some good, happy news today!!

Prayers for her continued good health, as well!

Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (V+V48)

81 In a breaking story, President Trump has apparently retweeted a tweet that includes a picture of a demonstrably unhappy animal, believed to be a cat.
Is President Trump now making fun of ANIMAL CRUELTY?!!

Posted by: This. Is. CNN at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (QtQaN)

82
CNN - the most trusted name in driveway coating.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (CR90j)

83 Brian Stelter has an inverted penis vagina, a bald head, and tits...confusion abounds!

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (yhf6w)
.........

It is rather confusing when your tits are on your back.

Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (HgMAr)

84
Are they really this fucking stupid or do they just play it on TV?


Yes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (39g3+)

85 I sat directly in front of Jane Fonda and drooling Ted Turner at a Braves game in the early 90's. Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life. And I've seen some top teir women in my life.... Famous and non famous. But Jane Fonda was in another league from every single woman I've ever seen.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (2qHjF)

86 I'm not stupid, you take that back! My mommy rubs my head every night and tells me what a big brain I have.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (SkuXa)

87 I want them to do their damned jobs properly. I want CNN to exist, but be even-handed, smart, and professional.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (39g3+)
===============================

You might want to grab a seat. This might take a while.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (lwiT4)

88 Cosa Nostra Network.

Better watch out, I think Tapper's a made guy.

Posted by: George LeS at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (+TcCF)

89 CNN started a industry I think.

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (Ot7+c)

90 I just thought of something which I'm sure others already figured out.

Trump appeared on WWE, which was a competitor to WCW owned by Turner at the time.

WWE eventually bought WCW, but only after beating WCW pretty bad in the ratings.

So CNN/WCW/Buzzfeed vs. Trump/WWE/4Chan

Sounds like a big pay-per-view opportunity.

Posted by: goodluckduck at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (yqvys)

91 Does anyone believe CNN's explanation that the last line wasn't a threat but just a statement to show there wasn't an agreement to not dox the video guy?

Yeah, me neither. It reads like a threat and it's a threat. I think the lawyers are in panic mode at CNN.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (J70i0)

92 My mom was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. It was growing rapidly, and the docs gave her 6 months at best. (She weighed 73 lbs. at the time.)

Her hospital and oncologist had a Cyber-Knife machine that could pinpoint with laser precision the proper removal of the tumors. That plus Tarceva (chemo in a pill.) gave her 5 years with a pretty good quality of life, all things considered.

Chemo and radiation worked best for her, but each situation will be different. YMMV.

Posted by: SMOD Keeper at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (onq2p)

93 I'm a physician. Most cancer treatments target rapidly dividing cells, which is what cancer is, but so are cells in the gut, liver, blood and hair so they are affected, too.

That's exactly how my chemo doc explained it to me. It's a shotgun treatment, but one with the choke set a bit.

Yes, it is true that averaged over all cancer patients, chemotherapy has not increased survival. But some individual cancers are treated remarkably well with chemo, so don't paint with too broad of a brush.

I had Stage 2B testicular cancer. Untreated it spreads through the lymph nodes and then into the lungs. 100% chance of death in ten years untreated. 95% relative survivor rate (meaning it's adjusted for people who die for non-cancer reasons) over five years with treatment.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (jhqr1)

94 They only had the media, and government, to control us... and now, thanks to Trump... they can't do either.

"We still have your children. And thanks for sending them to public schools!"
-The Left

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (39g3+)

95 #GasTheDoxxers

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (TwwWO)

96 empire1-try land's end, j jill, llbean. You order them online, but it's easy to send stuff back if you don't like them. LLBean especially has "normal" jeans for women.

Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 06:05 PM (V+V48)

97 62
Ted Turner must be rolling over in his grave.

Or fighting desperately to get out of his coffin, since he's still alive.


Posted by: tu3031


I meant a grave of sadness and despair.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (4e+hS)

98 77 I still occasionally hear some Leftist holding on to the Russian/DT connection, guess they didn't get the memo or are just in LaLa land
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (Ot7+c)

I heard some nut in the grocery line tell the cashier that he doesn't want a savings card because he doesn't want Trump selling his shopping information to Russia.

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (ANIFC)

99 I'm a physician. Most cancer treatments target rapidly dividing cells, which is what cancer is, but so are cells in the gut, liver, blood and hair so they are affected, too. Yes, it is true that averaged over all cancer patients, chemotherapy has not increased survival. But some individual cancers are treated remarkably well with chemo, so don't paint with too broad of a brush.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 05:54 PM (dnWSK)

This. My niece is a living testament to that. She had a huge tumor on her liver at age 10, or thereabouts. Underwent aggressive chemo. She is now in her late 20's, and a lovely young woman.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (XUcIQ)

100 Richard Dawkins made it up because he was trying to establish what a smart guy he is, but it wasn't 74 it was 76. And Dawkins is a jackwagon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (39g3+)

He was great as host of Family Feud, though.



All that lady-kissing was smarmy, although my mom swooned over it.

No, he should be remembered for his role in Hogan's Heroes.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (gIRsn)

101 It's an actual word and one of the few with a demonstrable etymology. Some guy made it up in about 1974 as an analogy for how an idea spreads in the culture the way that a new bit of DNA is distributed in a population.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (gIRsn)


The infamous John Dawkins, I believe.

It's a stupid utterance that has pretty much no value as a word.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (rZ+mb)

102 Didn't a reddit bigwig personally edit some commenters' posts? Not delete. Not ban. Change what they said at the fundamental level so that they were acceptable to the reddit boss' sensibilities and desires?

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (hi5+T)

103 Don't they actually have a graphic for when Trump drops a tweet?

Maybe it was CNBC. And it might have been photoshopped.

Really though it wouldn't be surprising to me if they did.

It wouldn't surprise me if they all wore those little firefighter helmets with the red siren on it that little boys like.

So the tweet drops and they have the siren synched to start flashing when it happens.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (4ErVI)

104
President Trump is a WRECKING BALL.

President Donald Trump has up-ended the Democrat party, up-ended the Republican party, and now is up-ending, arse-over-tea-kettle, the Fake News Media Complex.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (y9jfe)

105 Wow. I've never seen 4chan so pissed, even when they called in an airstrike on an ISIS training camp.

It's a thing to behold....

Posted by: qzy at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (llbtu)

106 I don't want CNN destroyed, I want it cleaned out like a rotting cess tank and refilled with spring water and lillies. I want them to do their damned jobs properly. I want CNN to exist, but be even-handed, smart, and professional.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (39g3+)

I want them destroyed as a warning to the others.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (J70i0)

107 I had to disable my router protection and use my Linux Mint box to get into 4chan last night. Describing it as the "swamps of the internet" is being very kind.
.............

After all the hoo-ha today, I went for the first time... ???? Took a look around... ????

Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (HgMAr)

108 15 Does CNN really think that the GIF will cause violence? No, of course not. Does CNN really think they can intimidate anyone else thinking of making funny jabs at them into silence, yes, yes they do.

We know it, they know it.
Posted by: Deathknyte at July 05, 2017 05:50 PM (aQVar)



I don't know, they're pretty stupid. They probably do think it is advocating violence.

Posted by: buzzion at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (z/Ubi)

109 Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit
(not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I
want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise,
and I will if I have to, but ...

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)
========================================

Gloria Vanderbilt makes jeans that may work for you. They are cut for women, not young girls. I think they have a natural waist and a relaxed fit. Kohls carries them if you have a store by you.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:08 PM (lwiT4)

110 104
President Trump is a WRECKING BALL.

President Donald Trump has up-ended the Democrat party, up-ended the Republican party, and now is up-ending, arse-over-tea-kettle, the Fake News Media Complex.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:07 PM (y9jfe)

It's funny too because I strongly suspect he hasn't even turned his full attention to GOPe and Cryin' Chuck yet.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 05, 2017 06:08 PM (4ErVI)

111
Look at what he's done in just two years.

The ESTABLISHMENT has been WRECKED by Trump.

The old New Normal is dead. There's a new New Normal being ushered in, and it's the old Normal.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:08 PM (y9jfe)

112 Right now, it looks like the media's response to try to save this is "LOOK OVER THERE, HE'S A BIGOT!" and "President Trump's son claimed the victim of our blackmail was 15 years old and hasn't retracted it!!!"

Not sure if that's gonna help.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (39g3+)

113 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 05:59 PM (39g3+)

Aah. RIchard, not John. I knew it didn't sound right.

Whatever. He's a nasty douchebag.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (rZ+mb)

114 @109Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit
(not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I
want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise,
and I will if I have to, but ...

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)
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Elastic waist works for me.

Posted by: Barry O. at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (QtQaN)

115 102 Didn't a reddit bigwig personally edit some commenters' posts? Not delete. Not ban. Change what they said at the fundamental level so that they were acceptable to the reddit boss' sensibilities and desires?
--------------------------------------------------

I think it was the top guy or one of the top guys at reddit - on r/The_Donald they call him Spez. Spez admitted to changing commenters comments.

Posted by: Boots at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (EBwPV)

116 It's not the end, it's not even the beginning of the end, or for that matter, the end of the beginning. It's more a proto-begining, or a foreshadowed hint of a dawn of a beginning.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (LTHVh)

117 I have made CNN...my bitch!

Posted by: Twitter at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (qJhUV)

118 The fire hydrant across the street from Fort Weasel is spewing water all over the place. I called the city a couple of hours ago and they're taking their sweet time getting here.

Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (Sfs6o)

119 Insty recently had a post about 2 drugs that are already on the market that inhibit the signal for cancer cells to divide once they reach a certain size. I hope that shows promise, but it worked on all the mice IIRC.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (r+sAi)

120 114 @109Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit
(not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I
want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise,
and I will if I have to, but ...

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)
========================================

Elastic waist works for me.
Posted by: Barry O. at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (QtQaN)

I swear by the mumu.

Posted by: Chris Christie at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (ANIFC)

121 We've traced the tweets and they're coming from inside the house! The White House!

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (Nwg0u)

122 OT - Read the Daily Mail about PDT's welcome in Poland. A hero's welcome is how they call it.

Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (a0IVu)

123 I want CNN as an entity to be utterly annihilated, so that in years hence, people will say to each other, "Yeah, but you remember what happened to CNN? [shudder]".

Plenty of opportunities in free commercial republic for other news networks to arise and thrive on their own merits.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (hcyUh)

124 I fully admit I was VERY wrong about Trump. Dumb and Crazy like a fox he is. At first I voted for him because he was not Shrillary, but I am more than pleased so far.

This is True Serendipity--the unexpected discovery of something very good.

He may out-Reagan Reagan when it is all over.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (ujg0T)

125
Donald Trump doesn't play by the Left's Rules.
This is why they are so upset and angry.

Trump isn't playing their Rigged Game by their Rigged Rules

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:11 PM (y9jfe)

126 Can we all agree that ALL the cable networks hate Trump?
That they spend an inordinate amount of time being critical of him for whatever at the expense of real news coverage?
Not that it matters because in most cases they've precious little credibility left so their "news" coverage won't be taken at face value anyways. But I digress.

My point is that CNN is doing a fine job discrediting themselves and there must be a way to get the other cables to follow suit and go bezerkers against Trump too. Shouldn't be hard. Perhaps the president doesn't want to go all-in against fox and msnbc simultaneously, but it would be fun.

I haven't paid much attention, but in a competitive market, the other cables would be trying to crush CNN to grab market share. Have they? That says a lot.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 05, 2017 06:11 PM (z79tQ)

127 Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)


Type natural waist jeans into amazon.com.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 06:11 PM (dnWSK)

128
The Real Reason why the Left, and the Cucks, and the Fake News are so upset at Trump is because they have No Control Whatsoever over him.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:11 PM (y9jfe)

129 Faceberg/The Rock 2020.

This is the ticket The Right should fear.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (2qHjF)

130 Read the Daily Mail about PDT's welcome in Poland. A hero's welcome is how they call it.


Posted by: IC at July 05, 2017 06:10 PM (a0IVu)
==============================

I've always liked the Poles. At least since the days of Lech Walesa (sp?)

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (lwiT4)

131 "Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life."

She could be ridiculously hot, especially back in the 1960s. And she aged well,

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (+7/1f)

132 It is rather confusing when your tits are on your back.

Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (HgMAr)

My great uncle, once removed, made a small fortune by grafting tits on the backs of sailors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (XUcIQ)

133 The Real Reason why the Left, and the Cucks, and the Fake News are so upset at Trump is because they have No Control Whatsoever over him.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:11 PM (y9jfe)
==============================

Bingo.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (lwiT4)

134 Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit (not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise, and I will if I have to, but ...

Try here:
http://www.lee.com/shop/women

You can select category (jeans), rise, fit, size etc.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (jhqr1)

135 Not sure if that's gonna help.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:09 PM (39g3+)

We can claim the poster is a trans-sexual, black, indigenous person, who identifies as xer and CNN can't refute it. If they release who the person is that opens them up to more liability. They put themselves in a catch-22.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (J70i0)

136 The forefathers had their pamphlets, trump has twitter.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (dnWSK)

137 I want them destroyed as a warning to the others.


^^^THIS^^^

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (IZPn8)

138
CNN - the Most-trusted Name in Basement Waterproofing.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (CR90j)

139 "Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life."



She could be ridiculously hot, especially back in the 1960s. And she aged well,

And I look forward to pissing on her grave.

Posted by: tu3031 at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (qJhUV)

140 Really ? This is hard hitting investigative journalism ?

How a tweet from the "fever swamps of the internet" could get to the "President's desk" ?

Are you SHITTING me ? Do they have NO idea how Twitter even works ? The guy could, first, simply tweet it directly TO Trump. Or you could just put a Trump hashtag in it to tag him. There are innumerable ways that it could make it's way to Trump's Twitter feed (i.e. not his "desk" you dipshits). And that's without considering the intervention of any other single person, of which there are likely THOUSANDS of which could re-tweet something that would then make it's way to Trump's twitter feed.

Their proud incompetence really knows no bounds

Posted by: deadrody at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (FvbGP)

141
This is a massive Power Shift from the Totalitarians back to The People.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:14 PM (y9jfe)

142 136 The forefathers had their pamphlets, trump has twitter.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (dnWSK)

hehehe... i'm imaging the colonists using presses stamped "Made In England" with royal warrant on them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:14 PM (hcyUh)

143 This is a massive Power Shift from the Totalitarians back to The People.



I like your optimism.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 05, 2017 06:14 PM (LTHVh)

144 Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)

How about Anderson Cooper's mom's jeans?

Gloria Vanderbilt has several styles online. Costco sells some for around $15. Good luck, I've had the same problem with shirts, too.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2017 06:15 PM (GzDYP)

145 We can claim the poster is a trans-sexual, black, indigenous person, who identifies as xer and CNN can't refute it. If they release who the person is that opens them up to more liability. They put themselves in a catch-22.


But he is not a progressive trans-sexual black indigenous person, so, therefore doesn't qualify for immunity.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 06:15 PM (dnWSK)

146 I'd like to see the CNN logo on spikes around the perimeter of western civilization kind of like that scene from Planet of the Apes -you know the scene I'm talking about.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:15 PM (TisfY)

147 I saw her titties.

Posted by: guy watching Barbarella at July 05, 2017 06:15 PM (HgMAr)

148 That's Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion" rather than Richard Dawkins, charming host of Family Feud, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:15 PM (39g3+)

149 To Zombie:

1) I love your posts. You are one of my favorite commentators
2) I am an MD
3) That article (and I havent actually looked at the study its based on) is talking about 2 drugs for one cancer type. Lets not generalize to all forms of chemo just yet.
4) It has always been known that chemo in various situations can have lethal side effects including the productions of other malignancies. There is always a tradeoff.
5) However, in many, many situations, chemotherapy is effective in either curing cancer, treated remissions, or at least prolonging life.
6) The use of chemotherapy in any given situation always has pluses and minuses and that is why an oncologist is key to go over treatment options before any treatment is started and it is often helpful to get a second opinion.
7) For a specific example, chemotherapy is remarkably effective in treating testicular cancer (example - Lance Armstrong, who had metastases to his brain and recovered enough to be at the top of his sport (with a little help from other pharmaceuticals - allegedly)).

Posted by: Keyser at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (v8/5X)

150 139; i'll be right next to you. i don't care how good she looked. she's still a scrunt. and, evil.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (KP5rU)

151 Are you SHITTING me ? Do they have NO idea how Twitter even works ? The guy could, first, simply tweet it directly TO Trump. Or you could just put a Trump hashtag in it to tag him. There are innumerable ways that it could make it's way to Trump's Twitter feed (i.e. not his "desk" you dipshits). And that's without considering the intervention of any other single person, of which there are likely THOUSANDS of which could re-tweet something that would then make it's way to Trump's twitter feed.

Their proud incompetence really knows no bounds
Posted by: deadrody at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (FvbGP)




They know that--but they are trying the Guilt By Association ploy: "Trump got his meme from a Neo-Nazi! Waaah!"

Never mind that there was nothing in the particular tweet to imply such origins whatsoever, and that is something that would only be discovered if one was Doxxing The Source.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (ujg0T)

152 Trump doesn't just refuse to play by their rules - Trump openly Mocks them.

And they are so full of themselves, so convinced of their own Importance and Self Righteousness and their own Seriousness that, like all self righteous self important twits throughout history, they go absolutely apoplectic at the thought that anyone could EVER mock them and get away with it.

This is why they had to go against that poor man who created the video mashup - he mocked them, and for that crime he had to be threatened with destruction.

But Trump mocks them, and mocks them some more, and mocks them even more and They Cannot Do A Damned Thing to make him stop. It is driving them absolutely wild.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (OmOvC)

153 Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:08 PM (lwiT4)

Fistbump, Grammie.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (GzDYP)

154

Aaannd Zombie jumps the shark...

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (MiPrD)

155 CNN - The mosted trusted in... wait, what is it we do here?

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:17 PM (ANIFC)

156 148 That's Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion" rather than Richard Dawkins, charming host of Family Feud, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:15 PM (39g3+)

Richard Dawson hosted the Family Feud.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 05, 2017 06:17 PM (0mRoj)

157 hey!

Posted by: Richard Dawson at July 05, 2017 06:17 PM (LTHVh)

158
Every day we have more evidence that the Leftist Totalitarians don't believe a word they say.

It's all bullshit.

If Bernie Sanders' supporters were genuine in their beliefs, they would LOVE what Donald Trump is doing right now, even more than us. President Trump is is a true People's President. (Almost too people if you ask me. But that's okay.)

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:18 PM (y9jfe)

159 MSM delenda est.

The cable news shows have out-sized influence because they're an integral part in how MSM manufactures news. Themes and memes get launched and then get repeated until they become Accepted Truth.

Here's a recent example: "The current anti-OCare legislation will make drastic cuts to Medicare." (In fact, spending would go up, but at a lower rate.)

They've been an integral part of the Obama Echo Chamber. And they've been attacking Trump relentlessly for over a year.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:18 PM (+7/1f)

160 hey!

hey!

ho!

ho!

CNN has got to go!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 05, 2017 06:18 PM (IZPn8)

161 Fistbump, Grammie.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (GzDYP)
===============================

OW !

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:18 PM (lwiT4)

162 If Bernie Sanders' supporters were genuine in their beliefs, they would LOVE what Donald Trump is doing right now


Bernie sanders isn't even genuine in Bernie sanders beliefs.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (dnWSK)

163 Oh another trial balloon they are floating? "While social media is spazzing out over a GIF, x news event of real importance happened" AKA the Tapper Gambit.

I would think that scolding people over talking about what interests them won't win friends, particularly from the same people who spent the last 4 days spazzing out over the same GIF when its their freaking job to cover the other news.

Which I guess is Ace's point from the top.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (39g3+)

164 When things get slow Trump makes a tweet and gets the MSM and the Dems to go chase something else so he can take care of business and make fools out of themselves.

Posted by: Old Nam Vet at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (sLASA)

165 Trump +Twitter = Honeybadger

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (0wem/)

166 Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life."

She could be ridiculously hot, especially back in the 1960s. And she aged well,
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (+7/1f)

She was hotter than Jessica Biel, whom I met in the early 2000's at a pool. Jane Fonda was flawless when I met her and sat near her on a physical level, now being a commie treasonous cunt is another thing. Physically she was flawless. I can't even begin to ponder how beautiful she was in the 60's-80's.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (2qHjF)

167

They have us pretending men are women, for pete's sake!!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (y9jfe)

168 Re: Dawson/Dawkins...

Remember a while ago, when either Ace or one of the cobs put up a post about the berenstain bears syndrome?

I think that's what we're dealing with here....

(cue Twilight Zone theme)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (hcyUh)

169 They know that--but they are trying the Guilt By Association ploy: "Trump got his meme from a Neo-Nazi! Waaah!"

I think it's a step further. "Trump is a regular at neo-NAZI websites." Well, maybe "We must find out if Trump is the one browsing neo-NAZI websites, or if his staffers are."

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (jhqr1)

170 Are you SHITTING me ? Do they have NO idea how Twitter even works ? The guy could, first, simply tweet it directly TO Trump. Or you could just put a Trump hashtag in it to tag him. There are innumerable ways that it could make it's way to Trump's Twitter feed (i.e. not his "desk" you dipshits). And that's without considering the intervention of any other single person, of which there are likely THOUSANDS of which could re-tweet something that would then make it's way to Trump's twitter feed.

Their proud incompetence really knows no bounds
Posted by: deadrody at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (FvbGP)

And yet #fakenews gets 10K+ retweets. The correction gets 234.

Posted by: golfman at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (48QDY)

171 Richard Dawson hosted the Family Feud.

Oh like anyone could understand his accent

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (39g3+)

172 In CNN's Animal Farm, some animals have a right to safe, and other animals don't.

Posted by: Socratease at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (FqHs5)

173 Andrew Kaczynski...The most trusted name in 'grab that candybar in my pocket' or I will tell your mommy our little secret.

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (yhf6w)

174 At this point, I'm genuinely of the belief that CNN is actively trying to provoke violence on its staff. They freaked out, the public saw how foolish it was, so they're double and tripling down on being as contemptible as possible in the hopes that someone goes Hodgkinson on their ass...validating their hysteria.

I really think they're that fucking crazy.

Posted by: S at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (poT2p)

175
hey!

ho!

ho!

----

I was sleeping one off, what do you want?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (ANIFC)

176 85 I sat directly in front of Jane Fonda and drooling Ted Turner at a Braves game in the early 90's. Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life. And I've seen some top teir women in my life.... Famous and non famous. But Jane Fonda was in another league from every single woman I've ever seen.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:04 PM (2qHjF)

----

Bitch is ugly inside and out.

Fuck that traitorous hag.

Posted by: SMFH at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (sB1y1)

177 Trump feeds on their hatred. It seems to give him strength.

Posted by: Max Power at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (q177U)

178 On cancer, carried over from last post:

When people were dying of influenza or heart disease in their 60s and 70s years of age, they didn't live long enough to show cancer, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's in their 80s and 90s years of age.

Something to always remember.

Doctors are far from Divine, they are mostly just people who follow the Conventional Wisdom for the times, until a new discovery comes along that overturns the Conventional Wisdom.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (ujg0T)

179
Bernie sanders isn't even genuine in Bernie sanders beliefs.

Truth.
Bernie Sanders is a fraud commie huckster, just like Eliz Warren.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (y9jfe)

180

Jake Tapper's pron name is 'Jake Tapper' ...

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (MiPrD)

181
Richard Dawson hosted the Family Feud.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 05, 2017 06:17 PM (0mRoj)


His book The God Delusion sucked

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (lKyWE)

182 CNN is a cat - Trumps tweets are that red dot.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (TisfY)

183 Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life."

She could be ridiculously hot, especially back in the 1960s. And she aged well,
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (+7/1f)

She was hotter than Jessica Biel, whom I met in the early 2000's at a pool. Jane Fonda was flawless when I met her and sat near her on a physical level, now being a commie treasonous cunt is another thing. Physically she was flawless. I can't even begin to ponder how beautiful she was in the 60's-80's.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:19 PM (2qHjF)

Ahem.

Posted by: Rachel Welch at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (48QDY)

184 CNN - the most trusted name in hair building fibers

Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (HgMAr)

185 139 "Jane Fonda was the most sexy woman I'd ever seen in real life."



She could be ridiculously hot, especially back in the 1960s. And she aged well,

And I look forward to pissing on her grave.
Posted by: tu3031 at July 05, 2017 06:13 PM (qJhUV)

My dad took me to the game. It took everything he had to not choke her out. He was miserable that game. He volunteered 4 tours in SE Asia.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (2qHjF)

186 empire1, try KMart. I get Lee Riders there that fit me comfortably and well, for $20 or less.
(I will be 60 this fall)

Posted by: barbarausa at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (Elk67)

187 CNN - The most trusted name in Mothman sightings

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (ANIFC)

188 Oh god. The DCCC has a new slogan.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/new-democrat-slogan-mean-seen-guys/

"I mean, have you seen the other guys?"

Yeah that's brilliant there guys. "Yeah we suck major ass and Pelosi is more poisonous than the botox she injects into her forehead but the Republicans are so much worse!"

Posted by: buzzion at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (z/Ubi)

189 Fuck that traitorous hag.
Posted by: SMFH at July 05, 2017

Thanks but no thanks.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (TisfY)

190 well she is a traitor, but jane fonda was hot. hotter than welch.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (0wem/)

191 Look up the photo of Hanoi Jane posing on North Vietnamese tanks, smiling. She was a traitor and was never punished.

Posted by: Boots at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (EBwPV)

192 152 Trump doesn't just refuse to play by their rules - Trump openly Mocks them.

And they are so full of themselves, so convinced of their own Importance and Self Righteousness and their own Seriousness that, like all self righteous self important twits throughout history, they go absolutely apoplectic at the thought that anyone could EVER mock them and get away with it.

This is why they had to go against that poor man who created the video mashup - he mocked them, and for that crime he had to be threatened with destruction.

But Trump mocks them, and mocks them some more, and mocks them even more and They Cannot Do A Damned Thing to make him stop. It is driving them absolutely wild.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2017 06:16 PM (OmOvC)

They really are like the principal or even the substitute teacher who insists on respect at all times. Eventually everyone wants to see someone make them lose their shit.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (4ErVI)

193
Bitch is ugly inside and out.

Fuck that traitorous hag.
Posted by: SMFH at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (sB1y1)

{{{{{SMFH}}}}}

How are you doing sweetie?

And you are absolutely correct. Pissing on her grave is too good for that Viet Cong loving vermin.

Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (V+V48)

194 Who are you and why are you mis-spelling my name?

Posted by: Raquel Welch at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (jhqr1)

195 OW !
Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:18 PM (lwiT4)

Sorry!
Lol.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2017 06:23 PM (GzDYP)

196 I was 10 when I sat next to her so I had no idea about her commie treasonous ways. As far as physical beauty, she was flawless.

I can only imagine how beautiful the actresses from the 1960's were in real life.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:23 PM (2qHjF)

197 Catfight with Raquel Welch! Yeabigadidgaga!

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at July 05, 2017 06:23 PM (ANIFC)

198 He was miserable that game. He volunteered 4 tours in SE Asia.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:21 PM (2qHjF)
=======================

God bless him.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (lwiT4)

199 CNN...The most trusted name in Nigerian Prince direct deposit funding.

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (yhf6w)

200 My great uncle, once removed, made a small fortune by grafting tits on the backs of sailors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:12 PM (XUcIQ)
.........

ARRRR! She be a cold winter, matey. And a long voyage.

Posted by: horny Pirate at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (HgMAr)

201 171 Richard Dawson hosted the Family Feud.

Oh like anyone could understand his accent
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (39g3+)




Dawson's first wife was Diana Dors, who was a real English Rose of a hottie but was batshit insane.

His second wife was a former Family Feud contestant.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (ujg0T)

202 Moki, Grammy Winger -- thanks! I'll check them out first thing tomorrow, when I have a bit more time. I had to get some of the mid-rise at Wal-Mart 'cause my old ones were really pathetic, but they're quite annoying, even with a belt to keep them somewhere close to waist height.

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (7eKG7)

203 well, if it makes anyone feel any better rumor is her first husband treated her, jane, like an absolute whore.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (0wem/)

204 188 Oh god. The DCCC has a new slogan.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/new-democrat-slogan-mean-seen-guys/

"I mean, have you seen the other guys?"

Yeah that's brilliant there guys. "Yeah we suck major ass and Pelosi is more poisonous than the botox she injects into her forehead but the Republicans are so much worse!"

Posted by: buzzion at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (z/Ubi)

It should have a silhouette of a guy blowing a tranny.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (4ErVI)

205

If women had tits on their back we'd dance with them more...

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (MiPrD)

206 CNN - The most trusted name in back-tit removal

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (ANIFC)

207 So CNN is still screaming 'Magic missile!' at Trump?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:25 PM (VHThc)

208 MSM delenda est.

...
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:18 PM (+7/1f)

This

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at July 05, 2017 06:25 PM (3OIiX)

209 There are innumerable ways that it could make it's way to Trump's Twitter feed [i/]

I read one guy who exclaimed that the video wasn't the real scandal; The REAL scandal is that Trump's White House is spending innumerable taxpayer-salaried hours scouring the bowls of the alt-Right Internet for vile tweets for him to repeat and endorse.

Like somebody couldn't have emailed the link to their friend working there and ask: "Hey, have you see this?"

Posted by: Socratease at July 05, 2017 06:25 PM (FqHs5)

210 My great uncle, once removed,

An uncle is just a sibling, once removed. A great uncle is a sibling, twice removed. A great uncle, once removed, is a sibling, thrice removed.

Just to set the record straight.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (rZ+mb)

211 Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit (not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise, and I will if I have to, but ...
Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:03 PM (7eKG7)


Apple bottom jeans? Big butt and thighs, but a tight waist. Maybe oversized will work fof you if you havd a slimmer waist.

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (lIZQs)

212 It's an actual word and one of the few with a demonstrable etymology. Some guy made it up in about 1974 as an analogy for how an idea spreads in the culture the way that a new bit of DNA is distributed in a population.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 05:57 PM (gIRsn)


It's derived from the ancient Greek "mimema," for "that which is imitated."

Modern usage pretty closely mirrors that.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (wB8Tg)

213 Remember when a reporter and cameraman got shot out front of CNN HQ? They were so breathless and excited: it finally happened, they are martyrs!

Except it turned out he was a true believer CNN guy too and well, it sorta disappeared.

you know they're all sitting around the board room with voodoo dolls and rum praying that it happens again, but this time with some Tea Party guy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (39g3+)

214 btw, just read that long New Yorker article, "Texas is America's Future"

As a Texan, I actually thought it was a pretty good article, and yeah, that was a pretty accurate blow by blow account of the just concluded legislative session. One of the big not so often talked about political problems in Texas is that the Governor is pretty conservative, and now the Senate is too, but the Texas House is still run by the GOP-e, which is dedicated to watering down or flat out killing most anything the Governor and the Senate want to do.

And you gotta account for the fact that it was written by a typical old school Austin Liberal who palled around with Ann Richards - these are the people we have been fighting our whole lives, and who we have been beating solidly for 30 years now, and they are all real butt hurt about it. But we're real used to them.

And there was some stuff in there about a guy named Morrow, who is a testament as to how easy it used to be to get a job in the GOP here. Yeah, he is a type that pops here in Texas with regularity. He got kicked out of office when it finally came out that he was a total nutcase. And yes, in his recent filing to run again for Texas GOP Chairman, he really did write: "I like Big Titties. I am a proponent of Boobyliciousness."

Yeah, that's Texas for ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (OmOvC)

215 Moki, Grammy Winger -- thanks! I'll check them out
first thing tomorrow, when I have a bit more time. I had to get some of
the mid-rise at Wal-Mart 'cause my old ones were really pathetic, but
they're quite annoying, even with a belt to keep them somewhere close to
waist height.

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (7eKG7)
===========================

I hope you can find something that fits you well. I must have a dozen jeans I wear maybe two pair. The others drive me nuts.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:27 PM (lwiT4)

216 6 If journalism is the rough draft of history, what is twitter?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest



The scrawlings on a bathroom stall in the dive bar of history?

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 05, 2017 06:27 PM (pY+s4)

217 ... or a first cousin, once removed. It depends on where the last "removal" was from.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:27 PM (rZ+mb)

218
Are you morons confusing/conflating "meme" with "mammalia?"

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:27 PM (y9jfe)

219 Alzheimer's or Parkinson's in their 80s and 90s years of age.

Something to always remember.

Doctors are far from Divine...

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:20 PM (ujg0T)

Through the miracle of modern medicine, the body is outliving the mind.

More and more everyday.

Posted by: golfman at July 05, 2017 06:27 PM (48QDY)

220 Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit (not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise, and I will if I have to, but ...
Posted by: empire1 at July




when did obama start commenting here?

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 06:28 PM (0wem/)

221 *uses the Nam-shub of Enki on all the false CNN memes*

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:28 PM (VHThc)

222 {{{{{SMFH}}}}}

How are you doing sweetie?

And you are absolutely correct. Pissing on her grave is too good for that Viet Cong loving vermin.
Posted by: moki at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (V+V4

---

Moki!

Doin' good.

Just had to pipe up regarding that vile bitch.

Posted by: SMFH at July 05, 2017 06:28 PM (sB1y1)

223 CNN - The most trusted name in back-tit removal

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (ANIFC)

BOTCHED

Posted by: Dr. Terry Dubrow at July 05, 2017 06:28 PM (HgMAr)

224 Is Bernard Shaw dead? And what about the guy that hid under the desk during the first Gulf War? Peter something. Is he dead too?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:28 PM (lwiT4)

225 *waves to Anna*

Posted by: SMFH at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (sB1y1)

226 I can't see Zucker surviving this. Most likely the ATT deal goes through and the new bosses can him. If the deal doesn't go through he'll be scapegoated for it.

So expect a new head of CNN and a major overhaul a few months down the line.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (+7/1f)

227 Oh god. The DCCC has a new slogan.

"I mean, have you seen the other guys?"

Posted by: buzzion at July 05, 2017 06:22 PM (z/Ubi)


They literally adopted the reason they lost 2016 as their slogan.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (wB8Tg)

228 well, if it makes anyone feel any better rumor is her first husband treated her, jane, like an absolute whore.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 06:24 PM (0wem/)

Sounds like he had the measure of her, indeed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (XUcIQ)

229
I heard some nut in the grocery line tell the cashier that he doesn't want a savings card because he doesn't want Trump selling his shopping information to Russia.
Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (ANIFC)


You should have told him/ her that the transponders used for paying road tolls enable weapons controllers to track your travels and TAKE YOU OUT AT ANY TIME!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (pNxlR)

230 Jane Fonda is exhibit A of the Palmer Principle:

"A pretty face don't mean a pretty heart."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (39g3+)

231 It's derived from the ancient Greek "mimema," for "that which is imitated."

It's a play on "cultural gene".

Modern usage pretty closely mirrors that.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (wB8Tg)


Modern usage is all over the place ... because it's really a useless non-word. It's not much different from modern usage of "racist", which has pretty much been voided of all actual meaning and now only represents a very fuzzy, meaningless attempt to slur someone or something.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:30 PM (rZ+mb)

232 226 I can't see Zucker surviving this. Most likely the ATT deal goes through and the new bosses can him. If the deal doesn't go through he'll be scapegoated for it.

So expect a new head of CNN and a major overhaul a few months down the line.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (+7/1f)

They may spin off CNN.

Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:30 PM (ANIFC)

233

"mammalia" is the scientific and proper term for TEATS, btw

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:30 PM (y9jfe)

234 230 Jane Fonda is exhibit A of the Palmer Principle:

"A pretty face don't mean a pretty heart."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:29

Not all that glitters is gold.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (TisfY)

235
or TEETS, whatever

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (y9jfe)

236 An uncle is just a sibling, once removed. A great uncle is a sibling, twice removed. A great uncle, once removed, is a sibling, thrice removed.

Just to set the record straight.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (rZ+mb)

You are fact-checking a joke?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (XUcIQ)

237 Peter Arnett is basically dead, in terms of a career. he got too lying and outrageous for even CNN. Bernard Shaw, I dunno, I always liked that guy.

Oh god. The DCCC has a new slogan.

"I mean, have you seen the other guys?


They had a contest, along with a fundraiser: which do you prefer?

That one won.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (39g3+)

238 231. RPG Raptor Riding a Shark. Your Argument is Invalid.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (TwwWO)

239 For a while it was rumored that Jane Fonda had become a Christian. I dunno. Hmm.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (lwiT4)

240
224 Is Bernard Shaw dead? And what about the guy that hid under the desk during the first Gulf War? Peter something. Is he dead too?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:28 PM (lwiT4)


Peter Arnett is still alive.

I'm waiting for James Earl Jones to demand that CNN stop using his voice for their "This is CNN" schtick.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (pNxlR)

241 Is Bernard Shaw dead?

George Bernard Shaw? Yeah, dude's been dead for almost 70 years.

Oooooh, you mean the reporter. Nope, still kicking. Retired from CNN in 2001, though.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (jhqr1)

242 You are fact-checking a joke?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (XUcIQ)


Just bored.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (rZ+mb)

243 >>You are fact-checking a joke?

Just watch out for the doxing.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (/tuJf)

244 *waves to SMFH*

Glad to see you around.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (VHThc)

245
I heard some nut in the grocery line tell the cashier that he doesn't want a savings card because he doesn't want Trump selling his shopping information to Russia.
Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (ANIFC)


This is real-life troll. The only reason he said that was an excuse to spread his leftist propaganda in public.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (y9jfe)

246 "mammalia" is the scientific and proper term for TEATS, btw

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:30 PM (y9jfe)


Oh God. I quit before this language abuse gets any worse.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 05, 2017 06:33 PM (wB8Tg)

247
Bernadette Peters is mort?

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:33 PM (y9jfe)

248 "A pretty face don't mean a pretty heart."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:29

Is there No Truth in Beauty?

Posted by: Kollos the Medusan at July 05, 2017 06:33 PM (OmOvC)

249 So expect a new head of CNN and a major overhaul a few months down the line.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:29 PM (+7/1f)
..................
That would be my guess as well. This guy Zucker is expendable and fronting the insanity the powers that be approve behind plausible deniability. The whole left is batshit insane from top to bottom!

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 05, 2017 06:34 PM (yhf6w)

250 Unlike Raquel, I move my arms when I dance.

Posted by: Rachel Welch at July 05, 2017 06:34 PM (ISM+7)

251 Yeah, that's Texas for ya.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2017 06:26 PM (OmOvC)

What dawned upon me about the New Yorker guy's article: the author makes absolutely *no* attempt to empathize and understand why there are now so many "social and conservative populists, who thought that government was the problem."

No attempt to understand the feelings of governmental overreach to the average "proles", from the DMV to the state Medicaid programs from puddles turned into precious wetlands to transgender bathrooms.

Instead, Larry the author just sneers at the proles some more.

Remember when Bill Clinton tried, and with media cover, succeeded, at painting himself as a "New Democrat" who understood that "The era of Big Government is over"??? That got him into office, and gave him two terms.

Assholes like this Lawrence Wright guy can't do that at all. And if they keep it up, they will guarantee Trump in 2020, Pence in 2024, and Republican majority Houses and Senates and State legislatures all the way through.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:34 PM (ujg0T)

252 Bernadette Peters is mort?

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:33 PM (y9jfe)
==================

I think she is.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:34 PM (lwiT4)

253 Hello, Horde! (waves to SMFH in the crowd)

I am full to almost bursting with schadenfreude today. May CNN get exactly what it deserves.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 05, 2017 06:34 PM (rJUlF)

254 Saw a pic that collected many of the statements that the gif creator had made.

One of them was where he took credit for creating the gif originally but the one retweeted by Trump was not the one he had created but one that was edited by someone else.

So in reality, Trump didn't get the gif from this guy. It was some degrees of Kevin Bacon away from the creator of the gif.

But will the media be truthful about that or claim Trump got it directly from this guy?

Posted by: wodun at July 05, 2017 06:35 PM (lFga6)

255 I like that Lindsey Lohan has left the Hollweird reservation with a full throated (pun sort of intended) endorsement of support for PDT or at least the office. She says stop "bullying" and start "trusting" him. I think it is a good read on the country's lofos

Posted by: oddnot is fed up at July 05, 2017 06:35 PM (g1MTt)

256
I think she is.

Just checked.

She is not mort.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:35 PM (y9jfe)

257 CNN's GPS:

Lie about Trump to remove him from the presidency.

Recalculating.I

Accuse Trump of lying.

Recalculating.

Accuse Trump of dishonoring the first amendment.

Recalculating.

Get butthurt when Trhmp calls us on our lies.

Reca!culating.

Get butthurt when Trump ridicules us.

Recalculating.

Track down gif creator and threaten him.

Recalculating.

Lie about tracking down gif creator and threatening him.

Recalculating.

Recalculating.

Recalculating.

We are lost. Save yourselves.

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 05, 2017 06:35 PM (Nwg0u)

258 Andrew Klavan recently tweeted, "Don't worry @brianstelter - if people start attacking journalists, @CNN will be the safest place in America."

It's funny because it's true.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2017 06:36 PM (2lndx)

259 Any word if CNN's Legal Department has been placed on suicide watch?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:37 PM (VHThc)

260 CNN released a "response" to the blackmail charge. Their entire response pretends that only the first offending paragraph exists, and fails to address or acknowledge in ANY WAY the threat to dox him in the future, which is exactly what the furor is over.

This is how a "professional news organization" responds to a controversy consuming them: whistle past the graveyard.

I'm betting ATT nukes the mother channel, and only keeps Headline News for the airports and sports clubs. CNN is in my deadpool.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at July 05, 2017 06:37 PM (toi7g)

261 The big flaw with my desire for real journalism to arise from the ashes of CNN is: where are these reporters gonna come from? All the J-Schools are leftist sausage factories, all the people who want to become reporters are either leftist idiots or will be by the time the system gets through with them. Who's gonna do the job?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (39g3+)

262 Jane Fonda has apologized for Hanoi Jane. I know it's not enough.

Solely for purposes of expanding our collective expertise in feminine pulchritude, I give you Cat Ballou Jane:

http://tinyurl.com/ya2n3wcd

Her peak, in my view. Even better than Barbarella.

And there's photos of her wearing a hangman's noose

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (+7/1f)

263 I'm waiting for James Earl Jones to demand that CNN stop using his voice for their "This is CNN" schtick.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (pNxlR)




Word has it that The Voice Of Darth Vader is still very much in mourning over the loss of his wife, who died of ovarian cancer last October and even played Desdemona to his Othello on stage.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (ujg0T)

264

How 'bout those Vatican Cardinals, batting a thousand this year! For the same team!

* mike drop *

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (MiPrD)

265
In genealogy, uncles and aunts are never "removed", whether they are great (to whatever degree) to you or not.

Cousins are more often than not are "removed" (that is to say, they are off-diagonally situated relative to you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (pNxlR)

266
This is the sound Fake News makes when their influence is being flushed down the loo.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (y9jfe)

267
Edward James Olmos is dead?

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:39 PM (y9jfe)

268 Jane Fonda was good looking but I really don't understand those who put her in the top tier.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:39 PM (rZ+mb)

269 Posted by: Rusty Nail at July 05, 2017 06:37 PM (toi7g)

To be fair, it's worked for them for decades now.

The difference now, and what will ultimately doom them, is we got a ringer elected.

It's hilarious how fragile they are. A roomful of recovering alcoholics going through delirium tremens would be more stable than this bunch of snowflakes.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 05, 2017 06:39 PM (4ErVI)

270
Not all that glitters is gold.
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:31 PM (TisfY)


Not all that's white is paste.
Found out the hard way.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 05, 2017 06:39 PM (t6XCL)

271 Not all that glitters is gold."

Not all who wonder are lost. ..

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 05, 2017 06:39 PM (MINbv)

272 The big flaw with my desire for real journalism to arise from the ashes of CNN is: where are these reporters gonna come from? All the J-Schools are leftist sausage factories, all the people who want to become reporters are either leftist idiots or will be by the time the system gets through with them. Who's gonna do the job?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (39g3+)

There is no law requiring that persons hired as reporters be J-school grads. It used to be a trade, and reporters apprenticed to it. No reason that arrangement could not be reinstated.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (XUcIQ)

273 255 I like that Lindsey Lohan has left the Hollweird reservation with a full throated (pun sort of intended) endorsement of support for PDT or at least the office. She says stop "bullying" and start "trusting" him. I think it is a good read on the country's lofos
Posted by: oddnot is fed up at July 05, 2017 06:35 PM (g1MTt)




Good for her. Drug addiction does not mean total stupidity.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (ujg0T)

274 With apologies to the song Redneck Mother, here we go!
M is for the mudflaps she gave me for my pickup truck,
O is for the oil I put on my hair,
T is for Tits,
H is for Huge Tits,
E is for Enormous Tits,
And,
R is for Redneck!

Posted by: Old Blue at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (FAo3p)

275 "179
Bernie sanders isn't even genuine in Bernie sanders beliefs.

Truth.
Bernie Sanders is a fraud commie huckster, just like Eliz Warren."

Uh, being a huckster is the core commie belief. They are both being true to their beliefs.

Posted by: wodun at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (lFga6)

276

220 Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit (not tight) women's jeans? I can make the hip-huggers fit the way I want, sort of, by getting two sizes larger than I really need otherwise, and I will if I have to, but ...
Posted by: empire1 at July


when did obama start commenting here?

Excuse me? May I not ask for help here without getting such a terrible insult?

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (7eKG7)

277 ........Rosebud.

Posted by: Don Lemon's black hole at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (ISM+7)

278

Not all farts are farts...

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (MiPrD)

279 Jane Fonda was good looking but I really don't understand those who put her in the top tier.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:39 PM (rZ+mb)

She has great proportions and body tone. I prefer Raquel Welch more (or Amber Lynn) but pre-surgery she was pretty choice.

And also treasonous.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at July 05, 2017 06:41 PM (3OIiX)

280 I tell you this right here right now,

IF ALL PDT MANAGES TO DO IS MAKE THE MSM/HOLLYWEIRD/ETC COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT BECAUSE EVERY AMERICAN CAN SEE THEM FOR THE LYING PIECES OF HORSE MUFFINS THEY BE,

THEN HE BE DA MAN.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, who is not a vinegar-c**ted hag, thank you very much. at July 05, 2017 06:41 PM (kXoT0)

281 British high court rules that baby Gard cannot leave the country for treatment.

What death panels?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:41 PM (/tuJf)

282 Edward James Olmos is dead?

No, he just looks it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:42 PM (39g3+)

283 The best meme/tweet whatever was directed at Dawkins himself; I think he blocked someone and that someone complained to him and Dawkins unblocked him.

That someone promptly asked him if he would touch a poop.

Perfect for that self-important jackass

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at July 05, 2017 06:42 PM (RKQ/v)

284 I'm waiting for James Earl Jones to demand that CNN stop using his voice for their "This is CNN" schtick.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:32 PM (pNxlR)

Maybe Elmer Fudd would be available

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:42 PM (TisfY)

285 Not all who wonder are lost.

Wonder, wander, who cares? I never used an Editor.
-Tolkien

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 06:42 PM (jhqr1)

286 Lindsey Lohan converted to Islam, I believe. Also it's a trend now for women celebs to come out on the Right or in support of Trump. She did it for money and to get back into the news to try and remain relevant. There are 10's of millions of Right Wing Men whom women celebs are ignoring.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:42 PM (2qHjF)

287 I heard Trump during the campaign tell his audience, basically, that he takes the slings and arrows for them. The way this gif maker is being treated is exactly what we're talking about when we're looking for backup that the gope never gives us.

Well, that and IRS targeting, BLM violence, Antifa, etc.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at July 05, 2017 06:43 PM (GzDYP)

288 182 Rush has a gif on his site that has a cat going in circles chasing a red dot except he has CNNs Jake Tappers face on the cat!

Posted by: Alf767 at July 05, 2017 06:43 PM (a1lZO)

289 Fuckin' opioid crisis. Never got enough laying around.

Posted by: Dr. Terry Dubrow at July 05, 2017 06:43 PM (HgMAr)

290
Because if Charlie Gard is saved, the whole Totalitarian Health Care System is destroyed.

That baby must die in order to save National Totalitarian Health Care and everything it represents.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:43 PM (y9jfe)

291
I think she is.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 06:34 PM (lwiT4)


Bernadette Peters is alive (born 194.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (pNxlR)

292 Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:41 PM (/tuJf)
------

I'm at Nats park about to see your Mets get trounced,?after i get rained on.

There was a wimpy Mets fan on the subway with us. I think I could have taken him if he started anything.

Posted by: bluebell at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (ty3X+)

293 I don't know how to do it but someone should make a gif of the CNN logo squeezing out of a bull's ass.

Posted by: f'd at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (BO/km)

294 British high court rules that baby Gard cannot leave the country for treatment.

What death panels?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:41 PM (/tuJf)

Time for a rescue mission. Kidnap the kid from the death cell he's in.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (XUcIQ)

295 "Unsafe"


Is CNN now run by college snowflakes?
Seriously, they are now using the language of campus cry-bullies designed to put the power of a Title IX violation on their side.
Un-freakin-believable!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (NOIQH)

296 Damn. Socialist medicine kills a lot of people. Including babies. May God welcome Charlie Gard and comfort him and his parents.

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (7eKG7)

297 I never used an Editor.
-Tolkien"

I did.

Posted by: CS Lewis at July 05, 2017 06:45 PM (MINbv)

298 This is what happens when dodgeball and monkeybars are removed from school playgrounds.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 05, 2017 06:45 PM (JO9+V)

299 Jane Fonda was good looking but I really don't understand those who put her in the top tier.

Right?

Posted by: Ann-Margret at July 05, 2017 06:45 PM (jhqr1)

300 Curmudgeon, I agree with you about Lawrence Wright - it's just that here in Texas, we have literally been dealing with those sneers and that condescension from every liberal in Austin, in every publication they control, ever since GWB beat Ann Richards like a drum. That's been 23 years ago, and they keep doing it, and they keep losing, and they keep getting even more butthurt, and they will never ever change.

So that kind of claptrap just goes in one ear and out the other now - he just wrote what the Texas Monthly and the Dallas Morning News and the Houston and San Antonio and whatever outlets have been writing for the last 23 years, and we voters just look at them like your crazy old communist uncle that no one takes seriously anymore, but sometimes he can still make you laugh with his old "pull my finger!" routine.

What struck me about the article is that I think Lawrence Wright was actually extremely "Right" in his diagnosis - what is happening to the nation today is exactly the change that we in Texas have been fighting for over the last 23 years. And part of it is that you never completely win, and the press never really gets better, but eventually you just get enough political power accumulated to do the things you want to do and tell the progs to go pound sand, which they will do for the rest of their lives.

The Texas Democrats biggest mistake (and you can tell Wright still doesn't realize it was a mistake) was to consciously turn themselves into the Black and Hispanic party, because they believed Demographics guaranteed them a long term win if they can do it. They can't figure out why it isn't working, not to this day, and they also don't realize that they've gone so far down that road that now they can't turn back. (To be fair, they are the Black and Hispanic and Liberal University Professor Party)

I see National Democrats doing the same thing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2017 06:45 PM (OmOvC)

301

I don't understand why a mob hasn't stormed that hospital yet.

Are there no Good Men left in England??

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:45 PM (y9jfe)

302 I can't figure out why the British government is so determined this baby dies. I get not wanting to use resources on a hopeless case (in a purely utilitarian economic sense) but to refuse anyone to help from outside??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:46 PM (39g3+)

303 I was a real dick about Mormons.

Posted by: CS Lewis at July 05, 2017 06:46 PM (jhqr1)

304 I think from now on I will just refer to "That network" as Corleone Network News (thanks, Mike Huckabee) or "Coercion Network News"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2017 06:46 PM (soOgU)

305 Time for a rescue mission. Kidnap the kid from the death cell he's in.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:44 PM (XUcIQ)

Easy fix: Just give him US Citizenship.

Bing, bang, job done.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (hcyUh)

306 CNN has just over $1 billion in revenue; Time Warner $29 billion. Thus, it's not a big deal to TWX, and even less so to ATT/TWX.

In this context, it's too small to spin-off, but too big to shutdown. Just right for an overhaul. Shit-canning Zucker is how you'd start.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (+7/1f)

307
I can't figure out why the British government is so determined this baby dies.

Because the NHS is the cornerstone of their govt's philosophy.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (y9jfe)

308 >>I'm at Nats park about to see your Mets get trounced,?after i get rained on.

Against deGrom? I like my chances.

Still, I wish the ex-Expos luck.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (/tuJf)

309 Boys who have never fallen out of a tree or off a roof grow up to be pyjama boys.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (TisfY)

310 >>Anyone know where I can find natural-waist, easy-fit (not tight) women's jeans?

LLBean, Eddie Bauer

Posted by: Lizzy at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (NOIQH)

311 Was in an upscale bar/restaurant in Pittsburgh of all places two years ago and three women next to me started to LOSE THIER SHIT. I looked up and it was Jane Fonda, on the other side of the bar. She was wanting a table for herself and three colleagues and she WAS PISSED she had to wait. No reservations, of course. She just thought she could show up and get a table. A few minutes later, she did, and I watched her eat and meet with her party for a while.

She may have looked good before, but even with the dim bar lighting... umm, yeah. The years were not kind.

Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at July 05, 2017 06:48 PM (LDV7V)

312 After all the hoo-ha today, I went for the first time... ???? Took a look around... ????
Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 06:07

oK, so did I, looked at 4chan. Too weird for me. AOSHQ is the right amount of weirdness for me, LOL.

Posted by: Farmer at July 05, 2017 06:48 PM (yJ1e6)

313 I do expect a major shakeup in CNN but even more I expect Murdoch to make his move shifting Fox to Sky News and leveraging this to become the go-to news organization for America.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:48 PM (39g3+)

314 I can't figure out why the British government is so determined this baby dies. I get not wanting to use resources on a hopeless case (in a purely utilitarian economic sense) but to refuse anyone to help from outside??

They're not just refusing help. They're blocking the parents from leaving the country with their child because the parents might pay for medical treatment.

When did the Iron Curtain fall over the UK?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (jhqr1)

315
So in reality, Trump didn't get the gif from this guy. It was some degrees of Kevin Bacon away from the creator of the gif.


But will the media be truthful about that or claim Trump got it directly from this guy?
---

Who cares?

It's freedom of speech.

It's not against the law to make a gif.

It's not against the law to re-tweet a gif.

It's not against the law to be offensive.

The media will not be truthful about anything.

Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (aT+Bx)

316 In genealogy, uncles and aunts are never "removed", whether they are great (to whatever degree) to you or not.

The way to figure out the relations is to go to the first shared ancestor, term the relation by the direct connection of that person and the closest of the two in question, and then count each generation the other is below as "removed". So, first cousins share a grandparent. Second cousins share a great grandparent, ... SIblings, of course, share a parent.

The child of my first cousin is my first cousin, once removed since we share my grandparent and he is once removed down to that person being his great-grandparent.

"Uncle" is a special term made up to describe a sibling (which is a zeroth-cousin) once-removed.

Cousins are more often than not are "removed" (that is to say, they are off-diagonally situated relative to you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:38 PM (pNxlR)


I'm not sure what you're saying here. Cousins are removed if the common ancestor shares a different relation to one than the other (as stated above, grandparent of one, great-grandparent of the other, etc.). It's not a matter of more often or anything.

"Removal" just means the descendants of a relation who shares an ancestor with me in the same manner (i.e. shared great-grandfather to both of us). So, the kids of my first cousins are my first cousins, once removed. And their kids are my first cousins, twice removed. But my kids and my first cousins kids are second cousins (shared great-grandfather).

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (rZ+mb)

317 Y'know Jane's tits are probably sagging pretty good by now, anybody got her number?

Posted by: Dr. Terry Dubrow at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (HgMAr)

318 when did obama start commenting here?

Excuse me? May I not ask for help here without getting such a terrible insult?

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:40 PM (7eKG7)

You weren't being mocked, empire1. It was a snark on Obama for being a noted user of "mom jeans."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (XUcIQ)

319
speaking of kids falling out of trees, we're having a spate (spate??) of kids falling out of windows up here in MA

it's a big mystery how this is happening, too

Yeah, kids are just falling out of windows. Nothing to do with their shitty parents, at all.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (y9jfe)

320 Imagine how good the Nationals would be with a real manager and quality relief?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (39g3+)

321 >>>My G-d, I hate that stupid non-word, "meme".

I don't like the word meme as it's been repurposed to mean Picture With Silly Caption, but I'm a fan of its original use as a microthought -- not really even a thought so much as a brain-twitch -- passed virally without the infected person even knowing he's been infected.

It is a useful word and it describes a phenomenon of underappreciated power.

Posted by: ace at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (8rNrN)

322 Curious? Is GIF pronounced with a soft or hard G? I use soft G, but mostly hear hard G pronunciation.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (gtrTH)

323 She has great proportions and body tone. I prefer Raquel Welch more

There was a great Mad Men episode where they developed a campaign for ladies underthings by describing each woman as either a line or a curve, a Jackie or a Marylin.

Jane Fonda was a Jackie, Raquel was a Marylin. They don't compete in the same bracket.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (gIRsn)

324 Spot on Ace, your the best!

Posted by: Killerdog at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (SmXeA)

325 If those British parents would convert to Islam they could do whatever they want with their little boy.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (TisfY)

326

GIF-curious?

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (MiPrD)

327 British high court rules that baby Gard cannot leave the country for treatment.

What death panels?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:41 PM (/tuJf)


That's well beyond "death panels". Death panels just deny treatment. This is disallowing treatment. This is more of a forced execution.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (rZ+mb)

328 If only Charlie Gard looked more like Elian Gonzalez - then our betters would be interested in rescuing him. #brownprivilege

Posted by: SMOD Keeper at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (onq2p)

329 Is there No Truth in Beauty?


Posted by: Kollos the Medusan at July 05, 2017 06:33 PM (OmOvC)

When I asked Beauty if she'd like a little Beast in her, she said yes. Enthusiastically too!

Posted by: Beast at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (JO9+V)

330 "Removal" just means wah wah wah wah...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (rZ+mb)

I was trying to read your back and forth about genealogy, and all I got in my brain-ears was the Charlie Brown Muted Trumpet Teacher voice....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (hcyUh)

331 312. Heh....so you did a quick tour of the Kekistani Autonomous Zone, didja?

Plenty of Kekistanis all over the web - quite a few of us - native-born & naturalized - here, even.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (TwwWO)

332 >>I can't figure out why the British government is so determined this baby dies.


It's the mindset of the government: we decide what health care you can and cannot get, regardless of who pays for it.

Someone getting care that is not approved, should it work/benefit the patient could be used to say that they *should* approve and/or cover it. That, and like government types tend to think they own you earnings, have ultimate say over your property also tend to then think they have ultimate say over your body.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (NOIQH)

333 259
Any word if CNN's Legal Department has been placed on suicide watch?


Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:37 PM

I figured they were all on vacation, could not be reached by phone over a four day holiday and now probably won't even come back to pick up their box of crap out of their desk.

Posted by: Lester at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (LfJIn)

334 The NHS is saying loud and clear that they own you, Brits.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 05, 2017 06:52 PM (oVJmc)

335 Maybe CNN should send Andi the UnaDoxxer to help with Amelia Earhart..

Really amazing that this image has been lurking in the National Archives since 1937 and suddenly it is found and they claim it shows Amelia and Fred having been captured by the Japanese.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yclj8qds

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:52 PM (VHThc)

336 *The media will not be truthful about anything.
Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (aT+Bx)*

Nailed it.

Posted by: tbodie at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (PoGrh)

337 Against deGrom? I like my chances.

Still, I wish the ex-Expos luck.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 06:47 PM (/tuJf)
--------

Can he swim? That would be helpful about now.

Posted by: bluebell at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (ty3X+)

338 "I can't figure out why the British government is so determined this baby dies."

It's not merely the one baby.

My understanding is that if you're an adult cancer patient on the NHS, and there's a drug that's routinely indicated and used elsewhere for your condition, but that the NICE panel considers too expensive for the likes of you, not only are you officially not allowed to buy that med for yourself out of pocket, but if they catch you doing so off the books, they'll discontinue all other NHS expenditure and treatment on your behalf.

The argument for this seems to be Because Fairness.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (ujwCG)

339 They're not just refusing help. They're blocking the parents from leaving the country with their child because the parents might pay for medical treatment.

They've been keeping the tyke alive for days now in which the parents could have gotten him to another country already. It just feels ghoulish, like they are determined to erase this child so nobody can prove them wrong.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (39g3+)

340 Curious? Is GIF pronounced with a soft or hard G? I use soft G, but mostly hear hard G pronunciation.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2017 06:50 PM (gtrTH)


It's a shibboleth. Anyone who uses a hard "G" is an idiot.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (rZ+mb)

341
If this is not a citizen being denied access to health care, what is??

All of it makes sense when you realize the Left doesn't believe in anything they say.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (y9jfe)

342 Amelia and Fred having been captured by the Japanese.

They weren't captured, they just dropped in for tea and wasabi cookies.

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:54 PM (MiPrD)

343 speaking of kids falling out of trees, we're having a spate (spate??) of kids falling out of windows up here in MA



it's a big mystery how this is happening, too



Yeah, kids are just falling out of windows. Nothing to do with their shitty parents, at all.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 06:49 PM (y9jfe)


They are probably searching the window ledges for food since all the schools and their free meals are closed for the summer.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 05, 2017 06:54 PM (JO9+V)

344
GIF: I prefer the soft "g" pronunciation; I have been told that I am wrong.

Then I ask the smartass punk who tells me that to explain the origin of the term and receive their oh-so-endeating dumb look in return.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 06:55 PM (pNxlR)

345 I was trying to read your back and forth about genealogy, and all I got in my brain-ears was the Charlie Brown Muted Trumpet Teacher voice....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:51 PM (hcyUh)


LOL. And it was worse than that trying to write it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:55 PM (rZ+mb)

346 Conservative Treehouse is sponsoring a contest related to Coercion Network News and funny GIFs.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (soOgU)

347 It's a shibboleth. Anyone who uses a hard "G" is an idiot.

The G stands for graphical, with a hard G guh.

I know that the guy who invented it says it should be pronounced like the peanut butter, but just because he can animate cats doesn't mean he gets to debase our beautiful American language.

Ergo, anyone who pronounces it with a soft G is a commie.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (gIRsn)

348 Maybe CNN should send Andi the UnaDoxxer to help with Amelia Earhart..

Really
amazing that this image has been lurking in the National Archives since
1937 and suddenly it is found and they claim it shows Amelia and Fred
having been captured by the Japanese.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yclj8qds


Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:52 PM (VHThc)


FAKE! FAKE!

Posted by: TIGHAR and Ric Gillespie at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (JO9+V)

349 Vatican police 'break up gay orgy' at home of one of Pope Francis' advisors

The flat belonged to the Holy Office - which is in charge of tackling sexual abuse amongst the clergy

NTTAWWT

Il Fatto Quotidiano suggested that Pope Francis was infuriated by the news and may force Coccopalmerio into retirement.

For what?

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (Nwg0u)

350
Really amazing that this image has been lurking in the National Archives since 1937 and suddenly it is found and they claim it shows Amelia and Fred having been captured by the Japanese.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yclj8qds

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:52 PM (VHThc)

Unless the original photo is about 100 times sharper than the reproduction on that site, I'd be suspicious of any identification claimed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (XUcIQ)

351 Gif is hard G because it stands for Graphics Interchange Format

not Jraphics Interchange Format

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (RKQ/v)

352 Amelia and Fred having been captured by the Japanese.

They weren't captured, they just dropped in for tea and wasabi cookies.

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 06:54 PM (MiPrD)
........

come for the cookies, stay for the sex dolls

Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (HgMAr)

353 Really amazing that this image has been lurking in the National Archives since 1937 and suddenly it is found and they claim it shows Amelia and Fred having been captured by the Japanese.

I ran a Golden Age Champions session where the PCs went to an island controlled by Japan to rescue Amelia, because she was really a spy for the USA. That's been a long held theory by some.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (39g3+)

354 Ergo, anyone who pronounces it with a soft G is a commie.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (gIRsn)


It's a double-shibboleth!

Let's toast with a shot of gin!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (rZ+mb)

355 311 Was in an upscale bar/restaurant in Pittsburgh of all places two years ago and three women next to me started to LOSE THIER SHIT. I looked up and it was Jane Fonda, on the other side of the bar. She was wanting a table for herself and three colleagues and she WAS PISSED she had to wait. No reservations, of course. She just thought she could show up and get a table. A few minutes later, she did, and I watched her eat and meet with her party for a while.

She may have looked good before, but even with the dim bar lighting... umm, yeah. The years were not kind.
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at July 05, 2017 06:48 PM (LDV7V)

She is true cunt in real life. At the Braves game, playoffs, she took every single collectors cup from her row, the row in front of her and behind her. She did not even let the kids keep one. The bitch took mine.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (2qHjF)

356 .
AOP -- You weren't being mocked, empire1. It was a snark on Obama for being a noted user of "mom jeans."

Yeah, but ... being compared to that bleepity-bleep on ANY terms is considered an insult by this Army brat and former Marine. Personal thing, I guess.

Posted by: empire1 at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (7eKG7)

357 Eh, I could not care less about the pronunciation of ".gif". I use a soft g, because as a word, "gif", the i following a g generally would make the g soft. As an acronym, "g" stands for "graphic", and hence would be hard.

I couldn't care less about your thibboleth. I mean thibboleth. I mean... DAMMIT!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (hcyUh)

358 Equality (socialism) is a bitch, always to be sunk to the lowest comon denominator

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (Ot7+c)

359 I use the "Jif" pronunciation - which is what the actual developers of the file format also used, for the record. But I don't think that makes it "correct" - I acknowledge that a majority now uses the hard G pronunciation.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (uuwor)

360 Does the NYPD use hyperintelligent bees to spy on unsuspecting New Yorkers?

https://twitter.com/NYCLU/status/882720495359188993

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (vBeA5)

361 AoP, they even got the FBI in on examining the photo. The gold plate of forensic turdology.

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Sex dolls? This was pre-sex dolls when Japan had 'comfort women'

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (VHThc)

362 "They are probably searching the window ledges for food since all the schools and their free meals are closed for the summer."

There are a lot of urban school districts now where the school "opens" even during those calendar blocks when school is officially out, to allow the pupils access to the cafeteria and the free meals.

Because expecting parents to actually ensure that their own children have been fed is apparently too heavy a burden.

It's not just free school lunches any more, either. It's free breakfasts and free dinners.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (ujwCG)

363 Amelia Earhardt?

Yeah, I *fucked* 'er!

OHHHHHHH!!!

Posted by: Andrew "Dice" Clay, Makin' a Comeback at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (8rNrN)

364 Curious? Is GIF pronounced with a soft or hard G? I use soft G, but mostly hear hard G pronunciation. [/o]

The guy who invented it and everyone who has used computers since the 80s says "Jiff." Your aunt who can't figure out how to use the mouse and some younger punks call it "Giff."

No I'm just bustin chops. Call it whatever you want, its just traditionally and by the inventor used the soft G sound. Its like Sci Fi is pronounced sceye Feye even though it should be Sih Fih.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (39g3+)

365 I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere. Trump has been being trashed as vulgar for tweeting about Mika's bleeding face. Wasn't it vulgar for Mika to swow up at a formal gig with a bleeding face?

Posted by: bergerbilder at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (lIZQs)

366 I just saw one at Insty from The Patriot. Trump's head is the cannonball that removes CNN's head.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (SkuXa)

367 Hard 'G'. Always go hard.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (JO9+V)

368 Anyone who uses a hard "G" is an idiot.

Ergo, anyone who pronounces it with a soft G is a commie.

HALL MONITOR!

Posted by: guy who always yells for the Hall Monitor at July 05, 2017 07:00 PM (HgMAr)

369 You'd wonder that if we experienced "The Rectification of Names", what the half-life of a Fonda or Ayers would be.

There are so damn many of them that would make a marked improvement to this world, by them simply not being IN it, anymore.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (v5iqM)

370 Gif is hard G because it stands for Graphics Interchange Format

not Jraphics Interchange Format

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (RKQ/v)


The pronunciation of an acronym is not dependent, in any way, on the pronunciation of the component words.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (rZ+mb)

371 Any word if CNN's Legal Department has been placed on suicide watch?
--

We're good, thanks for being concerned.

BTW, does anyone at your site have a good contact for buying a yacht? Or a Swiss chalet? Our income is going through the roof, and some of our team is intereted in making some purchases...

Posted by: CNN Legal Honchos, Racking up Billable Hours at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (aT+Bx)

372
Ergo, anyone who pronounces it with a soft G is a commie.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (gIRsn)


Choosey posters choose gif.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (pNxlR)

373 It's a hard G for Gif. Or at least that's what Erik Erikson said when he filled in for Hannity in Atlanta at 3pm, to which I immediately turned off the radio on the way home.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (2qHjF)

374 "The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen." -- Tommy Smothers

So close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears CNN, and STFU Commie News Network.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (qJ+iT)

375 Christopher Taylor, I think even Unsolved Mysteries talked about the theory Amelia had been captured as a spy by the Japanese. I've even see a story that claimed Amelia is still alive and living anonymously.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (VHThc)

376 Nearly 10% of President Trumps tweets have been attacking the press? That's probably around 60 minutes of time spent over the last 302,400 odd minutes of his Presidency. Less time than President Trump has spent taking a dump. Who knows, maybe he multi-tasks...I know I think of CNN when I pinch a loaf.

How many man-hours has CNN spent responding?

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (eK0pE)

377 Type, read, post.
Type, read post.

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (Ot7+c)

378 It's a shibboleth.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:53 PM (rZ+mb)

Yes it is. Don't care. (J)if is a peanut butter.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (rp9xB)

379 PDT has turned CNN into a bunch of drooling imbeciles.

Posted by: Under Fire at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (l4aLi)

380 No expert, but I thought it worked like this.

Same parents -- sibling
Share two grandparents -- first cousin
Share two great grandparents -- second cousin

Removed is for half steps -- e.g. my first cousins kids

Half blood is for when you only share a single parent, or one grandparent, etc.

I know an Irish double cousin family from The Bronx. Two brothers married two sisters. It's not incest, but it means you share just two grandparents, not four, so you're nearly as likely to share traits with a cousin as you are with a sibling. In this case, one family had 10 kids and the other just two, which led to inter-family hilarity.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (+7/1f)

381 Do they think that poor baby belongs to the Crown? That his life or death is something to be voted on?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (lwiT4)

382 I've even see a story that claimed Amelia is still alive and living anonymously.

--

She's got a place down the streeet. She's cool.

Posted by: Jim Morrison at July 05, 2017 07:03 PM (aT+Bx)

383 I've even see a story that claimed Amelia is still alive and living anonymously.

On Aristotle Onassis' island, with JFK, Elvis and J. Fred Muggs.

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 07:03 PM (MiPrD)

384 I use the "Jif" pronunciation - which is what the actual developers of the file format also used, for the record. But I don't think that makes it "correct" - I acknowledge that a majority now uses the hard G pronunciation.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (uuwor)

Little-known fact: George Washington Carver said it should be pronounced "peanus butter". Didn't catch on, fortunately.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 07:03 PM (XUcIQ)

385 And tonight ... on the ScoggFactor ... Allysin Camarota enters the No Bullshit Zone.

Provacative Petite Piece of Prime Cocktastic Cooze ... or Happy Whore serving a Malignant Media bent on Global Gobsmackery ? We Report - You Decide.

Tonight ... on the ScoggFactor.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (fiGNd)

386 I've even see a story that claimed Amelia is still alive and living anonymously.

I combined the two: after her rescue, she retired in Connecticut under an alias.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (39g3+)

387 Type, read, post.

Ooh, a film opportunity!

Posted by: Julia Roberts at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (lkbXk)

388 LOL. And it was worse than that trying to write it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:55 PM (rZ+mb)


Ha!
Yeah. And my understanding of how the first/second cousin thing and the 'removeds' works is what you said.
I think of it this way:
"(First) Cousins" are defined as sharing grandparents.
"Second Cousins" are defined as sharing great-grandparents.
Offspring of your cousin (or second cousin, etc.) are 'removed', one for every generation down (i.e. child of cousin = once removed, grandchild - twice removed, etc.)
It hurts to think about it at first, but it gets easier!
LOL




Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (8iiMU)

389 Hey Hat, do you know where I can watch Macross Delta without the putz on YouTube who has it at 2x speed... or voice changed everyone to sound like Darth Vader? I'm even going so far as to watch Spanish sub-titled versions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (VHThc)

390 371 Any word if CNN's Legal Department has been placed on suicide watch?
--

We're good, thanks for being concerned.

BTW, does anyone at your site have a good contact for buying a yacht? Or a Swiss chalet? Our income is going through the roof, and some of our team is intereted in making some purchases...
Posted by: CNN Legal Honchos, Racking up Billable Hours at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (aT+Bx)

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I thought you were on straight salary? Isn't that how in-house counsel is paid?

Posted by: rd at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (4dz1m)

391 GIF: I prefer the soft "g" pronunciation; I have been told that I am wrong.

-
I'm listening to an audiobook which frequently refers to the Browning Automatic Rifle by its initials. The reader pronounces it "bar" as opposed to B.A.R. Drives me CRAZY!

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (Nwg0u)

392
Why, yes, I was present at the birth of the next longbows v crossbows protracted conflict -- GIF v JIF

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (pNxlR)

393 "I know that the guy who invented it says it should be pronounced like the peanut butter, but just because he can animate cats doesn't mean he gets to debase our beautiful American language.

Ergo, anyone who pronounces it with a soft G is a commie.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM (gIRsn)"

The thing that makes English beautiful is that it's rebellious - it doesn't follow your rules and regulations, maaaaaaan.

And trying to standardize pronunciations? That's just plain old fashion communism!

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 05, 2017 07:05 PM (uuwor)

394 Same parents -- sibling
Share two grandparents -- first cousin
Share two great grandparents -- second cousin

All the same people - north Mississippi.

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 07:05 PM (MiPrD)

395 GIF? JIF?

XIF!!!

Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2017 07:05 PM (Sfs6o)

396
Mammalia Earhart would be 120 years old today if she were not mort.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 07:06 PM (y9jfe)

397 Hey Hat, do you know where I can watch Macross Delta without the putz on YouTube who has it at 2x speed... or voice changed everyone to sound like Darth Vader? I'm even going so far as to watch Spanish sub-titled versions.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (VHThc)


Try Nyaa Torrent

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at July 05, 2017 07:06 PM (vBeA5)

398 Do they think that poor baby belongs to the Crown?
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Unfortuantely, I think they do.

Many in the UK have decided that it's best if the government makes these decisions, rather than the parents. So really... the parents ARE the Crown. And it appears many in the UK are totally OK with that, and do not understand the angst of the rest of the world over this.

/they are servants, we are free


Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 07:06 PM (aT+Bx)

399
I've even see a story that claimed Amelia is still alive and living anonymously.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:01 PM (VHThc)


I don't know when the story was written but she'd be 120 years old now

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 05, 2017 07:06 PM (lKyWE)

400 389 Hey Hat, do you know where I can watch Macross Delta without the putz on YouTube who has it at 2x speed... or voice changed everyone to sound like Darth Vader? I'm even going so far as to watch Spanish sub-titled versions.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:04 PM (VHThc)

Can't confirm, but it *might* be on Amazon instant video/Prime/whatever they call it. Was flipping through there a bit ago and there was scads of Macross/Robotech stuff. Sorry to butt in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 07:06 PM (hcyUh)

401 PDT has turned CNN into a bunch of drooling imbeciles.

Posted by: Under Fire at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (l4aLi)
...........

I am NOT a drooling imbecile.
Anybody seen my can of Toppik?

Posted by: Don Lemon with masking tape on his forehead at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (HgMAr)

402 Horde, Horde, you Hooorrdddee!

I found Trump's sekrit plan!

http://bit.ly/2urtN9r


It's all so clear now!

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (dEQP3)

403 Look! We got a heel from a woman's shoe, parts of a freckle creme glass pot, a strip of aluminum, and stories. Lots of stories.

We're on the island now with Nat'l Geographic cadaver dogs!

Posted by: TIGHAR and Ric Gillespie at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (JO9+V)

404 NO ONE calls it a "jif"

Just. Don't.

It sounds retarded. Like using the English pronunciation of "tomato."

Posted by: Max Power at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (q177U)

405 Yeah, but ... being compared to that bleepity-bleep on ANY terms is considered an insult by this Army brat and former Marine. Personal thing, I guess.
Posted by: empire1 at July




you should have known better. freefire snark zone.

Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (0wem/)

406 It seems to be a trend that Fox News gets them when they are young and hot, then do not resign them when they get long in the tooth or allow their looks and fitness to slide.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (2qHjF)

407
An episode of Star Trek Voyage "found" Amelia Earhart in the Delta quadrant in a cryo-tube.

Posted by: Dr Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (y9jfe)

408 Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 07:02 PM (+7/1f)

Exactly. "Half-steps" being generations on one side.

And in that format uncle/nephew come out as sibling, once removed (my father's sibling/my brother's child).

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (rZ+mb)

409 >> Do they think that poor baby belongs to the Crown? That his life or death is something to be voted on?

Well, yea. That's what government healthcare is all about.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (/tuJf)

410

Look out! ATC is skipping AND bouncing around!

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (MiPrD)

411 I thought you were on straight salary? Isn't that how in-house counsel is paid?
---

Yeah, a while ago, after the last "problem" we did some re-negotiating.

/we're gonna buy an island!!!!!!

Posted by: CNN Legal Honchos, Racking up Billable Hours at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (aT+Bx)

412 'Do they think that poor baby belongs to the Crown?'

Ants just throw their dead out of the top of the anthill.

Posted by: f'd at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (BO/km)

413 Amelia is alive. She taught me everything I know.

Posted by: Harrison Ford at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (HgMAr)

414 370 Gif is hard G because it stands for Graphics Interchange Format

not Jraphics Interchange Format

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at July 05, 2017 06:58 PM (RKQ/v)

_________________

You mean NATO is pronounced Nah-toe?

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (eK0pE)

415 Guest post from IgnoSon, in response to may asking about 4chan, which he knows well:

You know in the Dark Knight when the Joker says "some men just want to watch the world burn"? Those men are all on 4chan. I think you're giving them too much credit when you say they're doing this to protect one of their own. They're not. They're doing it because they think it's funny and they've hated CNN for ages. This is just an easy excuse to let loose on them. All they really need is an excuse and they'll ruin your life before you even knew what hit you.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (+7/1f)

416
My whole point with the "removed" question was simply this.

Aunts and uncles are:

aunts and uncles
great aunts and great uncles
great, great aunts and great, great uncles
great, great great aunts and ...

they are not referred to using the term "removed".

/pedant off

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (pNxlR)

417 Except she would be 120 years old but if shes alive hope she makes it to her birthday again on July 24th

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (Ot7+c)

418 394

All the same people - north Mississippi.
Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 07:05 PM (MiPrD)

Ginger!!! Come back here and take care of your kids. We are sick of funding your single-helix offspring.

Posted by: The rest of Mississippi at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (4u7xR)

419 She was wanting a table for herself and three colleagues and she WAS
PISSED she had to wait. No reservations, of course. She just thought she
could show up and get a table.

---

I know it can't happen like this because they would view it as giving up their position as royalty, but it seems like the appropriate thing to do in this situation is to speak to a group that is in line and say, "I'll give you $1000 for your table. Thanks, have a good night."

Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (hi5+T)

420 You're arguing over how to pronounce GIF, yet you assholes don't give a second thought and snicker when you mispronounce my name!

*storms off in a huff*

Posted by: Uranus at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (ISM+7)

421 It's all so clear now!
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM

OMG. That's perfect.

Posted by: CNN Legal Honchos, Racking up Billable Hours at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (aT+Bx)

422 "Except she would be 120 years old but if shes alive hope she makes it to her birthday again on July 24th
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (Ot7+c)"

Obviously she crashed somewhere with lots of kale.

Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (uuwor)

423 LOL. CNN sock off.

Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (aT+Bx)

424 398 Do they think that poor baby belongs to the Crown?

Unfortuantely, I think they do.


No ... I honestly don't think so.

Most of the Brits - like most of the Americans - just wish the parents would let the baby fucking die so they can get back to Britain/America Has Talent.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (fiGNd)

425 Ergo, anyone who pronounces it with a soft G is a commie.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 06:57 PM

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My family will be so disappointed in me. But then so am I. Never knew I was a commie.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2017 07:10 PM (gtrTH)

426 It wasn't my fault!

Posted by: Fred Noonan at July 05, 2017 07:10 PM (JO9+V)

427
*storms off in a huff*

Posted by: Uranus at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (ISM+7)


---

Bitch please.

Posted by: Charon at July 05, 2017 07:10 PM (hi5+T)

428 Killing defective infants is the very cornerstone of the British character. Like Spartans.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 05, 2017 07:11 PM (LTHVh)

429 Ginger!!! Come back here and take care of your kids. We are sick of funding your single-helix offspring.

No! You can't make me, you can't make me!

*insert Gilligan's Island music*

Posted by: Ginger Frankenstein, Esq., Elk Lubricator at July 05, 2017 07:11 PM (MiPrD)

430 Horde, Horde, you Hooorrdddee!

I found Trump's sekrit plan!



That there is funny.

I was worried about you when they floated you off on helium balloons in the last thread.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 05, 2017 07:11 PM (gIRsn)

431 First cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, 2nd cousins are the children of your first cousins, third cousins are _______ fill in the blank. I am the first generation of hillbillies born outside of Kentucky. So if you morons can't figure out what a cousin is, well I guess you are morons.

Posted by: colfax mingo at July 05, 2017 07:11 PM (qJ+iT)

432 Nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (gtrTH)

433
You're arguing over how to pronounce GIF, yet you assholes don't give a second thought and snicker when you mispronounce my name!
*storms off in a huff*

Posted by: Uranus at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (ISM+7)


Now look what you all have done.you've hurt Uranus

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (lKyWE)

434 *storms off in a huff*



Posted by: Uranus at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (ISM+7)



---

Bitch please.


Posted by: Charon at July 05, 2017 07:10 PM (hi5+T)

Off my lawn.

Posted by: Orion at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (JO9+V)

435 *storms off in a huff*

Posted by: Uranus at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (ISM+7)

Well, you won't get far. Those Huffs were notorious for blowing head gaskets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (XUcIQ)

436 SpaceX is giving it another try at 7:37 pm Eastern. Hopefully the third time will be the charm.

Webcast should be starting in a few minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHVPCj25Z0

Posted by: rickl at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (sdi6R)

437 I found Trump's sekrit plan!

http://bit.ly/2urtN9r


It's all so clear now!
Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (dEQP3)
--------

I love this. I just sent it to my family's group chat.

Posted by: bluebell at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (7tzbN)

438 These stories of her being captured by the Japanese have been around awhile, I suppose its possible.

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (Ot7+c)

439 I found Trump's sekrit plan!

http://bit.ly/2urtN9r


It's all so clear now!

Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny now with MAGIC Jazz Hands at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (dEQP3)
.....

lol

Posted by: wth at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (HgMAr)

440 It's an ist......IST!!!

Posted by: Professional pianist at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (ISM+7)

441 415. Yeah, that's fairly accurate.

Shia Transformers boy, objectively speaking, dindu nuffin to them, and they drove him insane for the many, many keks

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 05, 2017 07:12 PM (TwwWO)

442 Posted by: Ignoramus at July 05, 2017 07:08 PM (+7/1f)

They hate CNN and want to see it burn.

They hate the thing I hate so I'm cool with it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 05, 2017 07:13 PM (4ErVI)

443 AlextheChick - CNN falls to a fate worse than the great and mighty Saarlac, 4Chan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:13 PM (VHThc)

444 LOL. New Democrat slogan:

Democrats 2018. I mean, have you seen the other guys?

At WZ. Pretty sure it's not a joke.

Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 07:13 PM (aT+Bx)

445 "I mean, have you seen the other guys?"

did they just assume our gender?

Posted by: brak at July 05, 2017 07:13 PM (5iU/N)

446 I prefer Jif.
woof.

Posted by: Jasper at July 05, 2017 07:13 PM (HgMAr)

447 It shouldn't be too hard to make the parents and little Charlie American citizens, should it?

Posted by: Charon at July 05, 2017 07:13 PM (hi5+T)

448 I heard some nut in the grocery line tell the cashier that he doesn't want a savings card because he doesn't want Trump selling his shopping information to Russia.
Posted by: josephistan at July 05, 2017 06:06 PM (ANIFC)

I'm sure Putin really wants to know what brands of toilet paper and peanut butter some leftist asshat in America buys.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 05, 2017 07:14 PM (P8951)

449 Most of the Brits - like most of the Americans - just wish the parents would let the baby fucking die so they can get back to Britain/America Has Talent.
Posted by: ScoggDog at July 05, 2017 07:09 PM (fiGNd)

Yep. Remember that whole Terri Schiavo mess here, and how nasty many were about that? Now remember that Brits on the whole are WAAAAY less caring about their fellow Britons as we are (in the abstract, at least) of our fellow Americans. That's what we got here, I think.

I'll bet there's more public sympathy for this baby in the US than in the UK. Hell, probably more in France than in the UK.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 07:14 PM (hcyUh)

450 @419 Well, a life of privilege means you just expect things to be given to you. And I've met and had words with people as famous as her who were absolutely the best - kind, real, and as nice as you get. I made a conscious decision to not even try to approach her, because A. I didn't want to bother her and B. I might have accidentally called her by her proper name, "Hanoi Jane."

Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at July 05, 2017 07:14 PM (LDV7V)

451 Hat, unless my search-fu is weak not finding it on Nyaa.

Nyah!

If you found Robotech on Amazon Prime then that is Harmony Gold. Completely different world though it shares some footage with Super Dimensional Fortress Macross.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 05, 2017 07:14 PM (VHThc)

452 Darned sock.

Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 05, 2017 07:14 PM (hi5+T)

453 My great uncle, once removed,
An uncle is just a sibling, once removed. A great uncle is a sibling, twice removed. A great uncle, once removed, is a sibling, thrice removed.
Just to set the record straight.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 06:

I get your point, but that is not a generaly used term in genealogy. The term great-uncle define the generational distance. Dad's brother is an uncle, granddad's is a great uncle, etc.

My Dad's first cousin is my first cousin, once removed. As is my first cousin's child. It denotes the degree of connection to a common ancestor.

Posted by: Farmer at July 05, 2017 07:15 PM (yJ1e6)

454 They hate CNN and want to see it burn.


They hate the thing I hate so I'm cool with it.
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You know, I'm cool with it too.

Plus... it's nice to have the Weaponized Autistics on our side.

Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 07:15 PM (aT+Bx)

455 which way would the backlash go. Because that is always the true tragedy.

Posted by: andrew jarbacka at July 05, 2017 07:15 PM (AU4SY)

456 I always thought Catherine Denevue was one of the greatest '60's beauties.

Of course, she's not an American, but neither is Jane Fonda.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez the Brewers are NO.1 in the NL Central for the next 15 minutes at July 05, 2017 07:15 PM (P8951)

457 360
Does the NYPD use hyperintelligent bees to spy on unsuspecting New Yorkers?


Posted by: The Political Hat at July 05, 2017 06:59 PM (vBeA5)


Heh, that sounds suspiciously similar to the plot of the very last episode of Season 3 of "Black Mirror", which I binged via Netflix.



Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 05, 2017 07:16 PM (8iiMU)

458 349 Vatican police 'break up gay orgy' at home of one of Pope Francis' advisors

The flat belonged to the Holy Office - which is in charge of tackling sexual abuse amongst the clergy

NTTAWWT

Il Fatto Quotidiano suggested that Pope Francis was infuriated by the news and may force Coccopalmerio into retirement.

For what?
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message



I look forward to the day when the Pope is Catholic again.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 05, 2017 07:16 PM (pY+s4)

459 I heard some nut in the grocery line tell the cashier that he doesn't want a savings card because he doesn't want Trump selling his shopping information to Russia.
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And that is your sign to step in and say:

"I totally understand. The Kremilin hacked everyone's credit cards before the election and is tracking every single purchase you make. That's why you should only pay cash."

/try not to giggle. It will be fun, since NO ONE pays cash any more.

Posted by: shibumi at July 05, 2017 07:17 PM (aT+Bx)

460 Posted by: Farmer at July 05, 2017 07:15 PM (yJ1e6)

I agree. But the original reason I wrote that was only to say that you would never use "removed" with any sort of uncle-type classification. It would either be a greater sort of uncle or a removed sort of cousin.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 07:17 PM (rZ+mb)

461 I got some aunts and uncles I need to have removed... who do I talk to about that?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 07:19 PM (hcyUh)

462 I always thought Catherine Denevue was one of the greatest '60's beauties.

I was watching an old French movie and I couldn't believe how beautiful this girl was ... turned out she was Catherine Deneuve's older sister. Stupid movie but she was gorgeous.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 05, 2017 07:20 PM (rZ+mb)

463 Sad Nood, btw.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 07:20 PM (hcyUh)

464 Think I'll go for a walk!

I feel happy! I feel happy!

Posted by: Amelia A. at July 05, 2017 07:20 PM (kTF2Z)

465 when did obama start commenting here?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 05, 2017 06:28

*snort*
I'm just glad I didn't have a mouthful of wine when I read that.

Posted by: Farmer at July 05, 2017 07:21 PM (yJ1e6)

466 > It's not just free school lunches any more, either. It's free breakfasts and free dinners.

Not just that either. My wife's school gives kids food to take home on the weekend for their whole family.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2017 07:32 PM (+F511)

467 Trump could actually pass Cheney in badassery if this continues.

I look forward to the next few years.

Posted by: mpfs at July 05, 2017 07:33 PM (79p/O)

468 Think back to the time that Trump brought in all the media outlet bigwigs following the election, then basically chewed them out and leveled accusations. It was written off as gloating and immaturity. They thought they were being brought in for the olive branch, and they got the thorns instead.

Actually, I think it was manipulation. He wanted to create a frothing at the mouth, out of control, get him back at any cost group of "journalists." Well, that's exactly what he got. And, obviously, they are easier to play, discount and waylay as a result.

Posted by: Orson at July 05, 2017 07:37 PM (rEZcR)

469 254 "But will the media be truthful about that..."

Signal that the author is wrapping up fast.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 05, 2017 07:48 PM (4hIeD)

470 404 NO ONE calls it a "jif"

Just. Don't.
Posted by: Max Power at July 05, 2017 07:07 PM (q177U)


I worked for sale major software company for the last 14 years of my career and everyone pronounced it "jif."

I don't really care but I'm going with how I've heard it pronounced hundreds of times for everyone from software developers to web developers to marketers to writers.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 05, 2017 08:15 PM (nvMvs)

471 461 I got some aunts and uncles I need to have removed... who do I talk to about that?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2017 07:19 PM (hcyUh)

See Luigi. He'll pass you onto. Vito. Who will set you up with a button man.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 05, 2017 09:58 PM (Exd63)

472 Believe me I know from experience what having a soft "G" mispronounced as a hard "G" is like.

Posted by: geoffb5 at July 05, 2017 10:34 PM (d3wbb)

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