Louise Mensch is a Strange Bird

Charles C. W. Cooke on the left's favorite conspiracy theorist, who doesn't get nearly the (negative) coverage that Alex Jones does.

Because the left likes its own conspiracy theories.

Mensch reads like a woman who speaks civics as a third or fourth language that she lost touch with long ago. She has a pidgin grasp on the American [systems of government and criminal justice], and an ersatz, bastardized relationship with reality.
One part novella-fantasy, one part hallway-hearsay, Mensch's world is one in which an ethereal "they" are omnipresent and omnipotent. "They," she tells us, are considering executing Steve Bannon, though he hasn’t been charged with so much as speeding in a school zone.

Executing? Did I read that right?

"They" have already "sentenced" Rudy Giuliani -- to what fate we will presumably find out when someone next mentions his name on television. "They" will soon overturn the election results, and are on the verge of making Orrin hosta president.
Donald Trump, in turn, is perennially but a few steps from the gallows. On the 13th of April, Mensch promised that the "first arrests may be as soon as next week." Yesterday, she related that the president faced imminent "federal execution."

I'm not fantasizing this, right? She just said that two high ranking officials are facing "federal execution," right?

Presumably, "they" just needed some more time.
Usurpation abounds, at home and abroad, and seems never to be walled in by anything as prosaic as the law. Mensch’s Supreme Court has proactive police powers and a Bruce Willis–esque "marshal" who chases down helicopters and colludes heroically with the rogue justices. Her Congress acts primarily in camera [secretly, without the public being informed], and may already have informed Trump that he is no longer permitted to use his legal powers....
The America of Mensch’s imagination is a place in which the entire Republican party is imminently going to jail -- on RICO charges, no less -- because Paul Ryan is a partisan. What the Da Vinci Code was to Christian theology, Louise Mensch is to James Madison's handiwork. See how the symbols line up in the moonlight?
It is on the subject of Russia, however, that Mensch has really hit her stride.

I'll direct you to NRO to read Mensch's extensive research into Russia (KOMPROMAT!!!), and her suggestions as to how to deal with the Red Menace. (Hint: It involves bombs and lots of them.)

Will Megyn Kelly be interviewing Louise, or is NBC not terribly interested in putting their own fruitbats on display?

Cooke mentions that upon first seeing this teenage-girl fiction writer (no that was her previous gig, really) on a British news program, his father remarked that she was the "dullest" woman he'd ever seen (in the British sense -- dumb).

So now we see the sorts of fantasies the dull spin out: Not interesting fantasies, not compelling conspiracy theories which you may not quite believe but still think, "Man, that's kind of interesting, even if it is bonkers."

No, the dull spin out exceedingly stupid conspiracy theories that can't even be appreciated on a detached aesthetic level.

BTW: I wondered where the word "bonkers" derived from and was disappointed to see that there is no known etymology. Apparently it appeared in 1945 or so, and one of the first definitions claimed it came from British sailor slang meaning, at first, "slightly drunk," and speculates it might derive from the idea of being unsteady on one's feet from a bonk on the head.

That sounds like bullshit to me. It's too easy. Sounds like the guy asked his seven year old kid to come up with a guess and that's what the kid came up with after one second's thought.

My guess would be that it's derived from some pidgin language and has something to do with tropical insanity, like the Australian's "troppo."

My more specific guess, that it is related to "bonzo" (crazy, nuts), turns out to be wrong, as bonzo came later than bonkers, and might just be a mash-up of bonkers and gonzo.

Posted by: Ace at 02:01 PM

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1 Charles W. Cook likes language, and uses numerous, complex words to express a very simple thought: "Louise Mensch is mentally ill."

Posted by: shibumi at July 20, 2017 01:59 PM (aT+Bx)

2 th

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 20, 2017 01:59 PM (jxbfJ)

3 "Bonkers" sure sounds Brit...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 20, 2017 02:00 PM (so+oy)

4 Gladly substitute bonkers for the phrase bat-shit-crazy. I'd use "crazier than a shit-house rat" but I think Chipotle trademarked the "shit-house rat" part.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 20, 2017 02:00 PM (jxbfJ)

5 I'm like big honkers

Posted by: Big swingin Al at July 20, 2017 02:00 PM (xLj5D)

6 You can still trust us!

Posted by: Weekly World News at July 20, 2017 02:01 PM (vBeA5)

7 OT:

Berkeley Antifa leader arrested for inciting a riot

http://tinyurl.com/ydy6632x

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 20, 2017 02:01 PM (vBeA5)

8 Louise Mensch? Never heard the name before.

She only WISHES she had the press of her mirror___ cohort Alex Jones.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:01 PM (DQ4Fv)

9 correction. I like big bonking honkers !!

Posted by: Big swingin Al at July 20, 2017 02:02 PM (xLj5D)

10 Bat shit cray cray!

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at July 20, 2017 02:02 PM (zRZaJ)

11 She's not strange. She's certifiably lunatic. She's demented, completely crazy. While Alex Jones will go off the rails on crazy once in a while, maybe more often than that, Louise Mensch never had wheels and is off in the swamp somewhere every single time. Sometimes Alex Jones is right and accurate, he'll report stuff that turns out to be true. She's just in cloud cuckoo land permanently.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:02 PM (39g3+)

12 When O. J.'s paroled, he and Louise need to hook up. They'd make a nice couple.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2017 02:03 PM (PY9jH)

13 I guessed Bonzo was coined to describe John Bonham. Somehow Moonzo didn't enter the lexicon.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at July 20, 2017 02:03 PM (HKM9P)

14 OT and yet insanely relevant:

They think that the Muslims will bow to their superior intellects.

They don't realize their gated communities will be a feedlot pen for the Urban Cannibal Militia.

Posted by: DaveA at July 20, 2017 02:04 PM (FhXTo)

15 Nuttier than squirrel shit, as it were.

Posted by: huerfano at July 20, 2017 02:04 PM (TO4Og)

16 Louise Mensch has admitted that she did a LOT of drugs. And I mean hard drugs, not she likes to get baked.

She is crazy. Actually crazy. Crazy to the point of why aren't the people around her getting her help crazy.

Did this mention her belief that the Marshall of the Supreme Court can go arrest people?

Oh and how Reince Priebus was trying to defect to Saudi Arabia but was brought back by air marshalls?

She's loony toons.

Posted by: alexthechick - where's my flag at July 20, 2017 02:04 PM (mf5HN)

17 No, the dull spin out exceedingly stupid conspiracy theories that can't even be appreciated on a detached aesthetic level.

That's no lie. Her crazy isn't even particularly interesting. Its not the kind of crazy that you smile and nod along with or sit back and enjoy just for the creativity. Its just dumb and obviously loony. Alex Jones has a gift at putting out crazy that makes people go "yeah but what if..." and hers is just... "what the hell is wrong with you???"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:05 PM (39g3+)

18 Does this even qualify as conspiracy theorizing?

When I think conspiracy theories, I think public information spun and twisted into knots so that it fits whatever shape the theorist wants.

There's no public information here. Reading John Podesta's emails and saying "this is some weird language, it's probably code for x" is conspiracy theories. Noticing that people die suddenly in ways that are convenient to the Clintons and inferring causation is conspiracy theories.

This isn't even that.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 20, 2017 02:05 PM (KUaJL)

19 "Mensch" is about as much a mensch as David Frum is frum.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:05 PM (1siNL)

20 Her brain tumor and McCain's brain tumor should settle down and live happily ever after.

Posted by: Ginsu Salesman at July 20, 2017 02:05 PM (oVJmc)

21 She's not strange. She's certifiably lunatic. She's demented, completely crazy. While Alex Jones will go off the rails on crazy once in a while, maybe more often than that, Louise Mensch never had wheels and is off in the swamp somewhere every single time. Sometimes Alex Jones is right and accurate, he'll report stuff that turns out to be true. She's just in cloud cuckoo land permanently.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:02 PM (39g3+)

We're coming to take you away, Louise!

Posted by: Alex Jones' Gay Frogs in Black Helicopters at July 20, 2017 02:06 PM (vBeA5)

22

Vincent Bugliosi believed that George W. Bush should have been charged with the murders of more than 4,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq since the American-led invasion of that country, because of his belief that Bush launched the invasion under false pretenses. In his book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, he laid out his view of evidence and outlined what questions he would ask Bush at a potential murder trial. Bugliosi testified at a House Judiciary Committee meeting on July 25, 2008, at which he urged impeachment proceedings for Bush. The book formed the basis of a 2012 documentary film, The Prosecution of an American President.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 02:06 PM (IqV8l)

23 anyway yesterday I diagnosed Screwy Louie as a cokehead, based on some female cokeheads I've known, including a GF I wish I hadn't known.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:06 PM (1siNL)

24 OJ hearing going into recess for deliberation. Should be back in 1/2 hour with their vote.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:06 PM (Enq6K)

25 She is crazy. Actually crazy. Crazy to the point of why aren't the people around her getting her help crazy.

1. It's better than regular TV.
b: They're low on Cocoa Puffs.

Posted by: DaveA at July 20, 2017 02:06 PM (FhXTo)

26 Sounds like Ms. Mensch would fit in with the Horde.

s/

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 20, 2017 02:07 PM (hLRSq)

27 When I think conspiracy theories, I think public information spun and twisted into knots so that it fits whatever shape the theorist wants.

Well and conspiracy theories are potentially true, at some minimal level at least. They may be way out there, but they have enough plausibility that they can endure: okay maybe Elvis really is alive somewhere, it could happen.

But saying Bannon is about to be given the death penalty for treason is just crackers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:07 PM (39g3+)

28 Bugliosi, on the other hand, truly is bugsy.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:07 PM (1siNL)

29 Shep just called Geraldo "O. J."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2017 02:08 PM (PY9jH)

30 Mensch gets published in the NYT while Alex Jones is a joke.

And I'm not just a little bit suspicious that the left helps promote her because she may inspire a fellow crazy to take action, like you know, shoot a bunch of GOP Congressmen on Trump WH staffers.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2017 02:08 PM (NOIQH)

31 Willowed:

Isn't domestic violence on the FFL form as one of the no-no boxes when you're buying a firearm?

Seems like that would work like OSHA. You can be MORE strict with the charges if your state/locale chooses, but you have to be equally strict as the baseline.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (JTMqu)

32 She's gonkers!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (IqV8l)

33 O.J.:

Chris Darden on NBC, this is the nightmare of his life.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (LRfkc)

34 alex, whoa, she admitted that?

I should get into drug diagnostics. mind you, cokeheads tend to be the more obvious druggies.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (1siNL)

35 Crap, I can't remember where I saw it but there was an article recently that went through how munch money she's making off of this.

She may be crazy like a fox rather than just looney toons.

Or healing power of and.

Posted by: alexthechick - where's my flag at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (mf5HN)

36 Cooke's article is indeed good but he spares a lot of his Never Trump buddies that have pushing the ramblings of someone who is clearly insane just because she ia anti-Trump. I'm talking Rick Wilson, Egg McMuffin, Max Boot, Amanda Carpenter and others.

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (OD2ni)

37 THEY!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Bug-Eyed Chick Frantically Pointing at Kitchen Window at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (jZhUw)

38 No, the dull spin out exceedingly stupid conspiracy theories that can't even be appreciated on a detached aesthetic level.

This is why I wish people wouldn't give her ANY attention at all.

It's like writing about the guy on the street corner screaming at the wind.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (Enq6K)

39 Meh ... she's still a One.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (uzJKG)

40 Well and conspiracy theories are potentially true, at some minimal level at least. They may be way out there, but they have enough plausibility that they can endure: okay maybe Elvis really is alive somewhere, it could happen.

But saying Bannon is about to be given the death penalty for treason is just crackers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:07 PM (39g3+)

I mean.. conspiracy theories have evidence. The evidence is usually incomplete, or non-conclusive, and you need to make jumps of logic to get to where they want you to go, but they do have some.

She's got literally zero sources here. There's no grainy photographs, or a guy on the grassy knoll or anything. You need a starting point for it to be a conspiracy theory. This is just fiction.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (KUaJL)

41
I'll direct you to NRO

No thanks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (YkIYT)

42 "Charles W. Cook likes language, and uses numerous, complex words to express a very simple thought: "Louise Mensch is mentally ill."
Posted by: shibumi"

Since he is a Brit, perhaps it should be "Louise Mensch is unwell."

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (OD2ni)

43 Hey, Ace.. if you think she is all that far outside the mainstream, you should head over to Daily Kos... They have Trump and all his kids and associates being fitted for orange coveralls.. any day now Mueller will tell us about the heinous crimes Trump has committed colluding with Putin.. people died.. AAARRRgggHHH!!11!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (so+oy)

44 O.J.:

Heh. Darden just said "Yeah, nobody accused him of waving a weapon around at them BECAUSE HE KILLED THEM."

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:11 PM (LRfkc)

45 Sounds like she needs a McCain type brain scan for a tumah.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2017 02:11 PM (W4LFA)

46 She's a political, one-woman Weekly World News.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:11 PM (oVJmc)

47 Being psychotic and delusional seems to be trendy.

Posted by: Under Fire at July 20, 2017 02:12 PM (mcI77)

48 It's like writing about the guy on the street corner screaming at the wind.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (Enq6K)

Screw the wind ... Rape the whirlwind.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:12 PM (uzJKG)

49 ScoggDogg, until you mysteriously run low on cash, and you find razor scratches on your overhead car mirror

the sudden mood swings are awesome too

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:12 PM (1siNL)

50 O.J.:

The NBC newsfemale: "We all remember the tape of his wife yelling for her life."

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:12 PM (LRfkc)

51 Wait. That attractive (if somewhat scowly) female atop that story in the link is Louise "Where are my meds?" Mensch? With all the comments about her looniness, I expected her to look more like Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2017 02:12 PM (zpYxD)

52 Here's something that is potentially bonkers: Alex Jones has started communicating with PewDiePie. I have no idea what a joint effort by those two could yield.

(If not have heard of YouTuber PewDiePie, the dude has **55 million** followers, which is why the WSJ had to destroy his partnership with Disney before it got off the ground by smearing him as a Nazi.)

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2017 02:13 PM (NOIQH)

53 "46 She's a political, one-woman Weekly World News.

Posted by: Mr. Peeble"

How dare you compare this nuttier than a fruitcake woman to my beloved paper. You pinko!!!

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 20, 2017 02:13 PM (OD2ni)

54
Twitter has reduced my attention span to 140 characters.

Posted by: Malthe Leftwrench at July 20, 2017 02:13 PM (m9X4Y)

55 don't worry , it's not NRO, it's just busty grrl pr0n again

well, it might as well be, since nobody is going to click a link marked as NEO here

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:14 PM (1siNL)

56 Was gonzo a word before Hunter S Thompson?

I thought he invented it to describe his form of journalism.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2017 02:14 PM (gIRsn)

57 O.J.:

NBC newsfemale: "I don't think O.J. did himself any favors" in the hearing.

But, then, it doesn't matter at all.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:14 PM (LRfkc)

58 Don't laugh too much. She's (almost certainly) making a ton of cash off of this.

Threaded Twitter Fiction - the next stage of self-publishing.

If you want a right-wing example (though Glomar clearly states it's a sci-fi thought experiment up front), check this out:

https://twitter.com/i/moments/874803400155832320

Posted by: Jabari at July 20, 2017 02:14 PM (NJ61X)

59 Once again, I am soooo proud of my ancestors shooting at her ancestors.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (326rv)

60 39 Meh ... she's still a One.
Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (uzJKG)

Sure, if you want your junk to be facing IMMINENT FEDERAL EXECUTION!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (0mskG)

61 I do like the fact that people will openly call OJ a murderer. Normally they'd tap dance around doing that because of libel law, but OJ? Fuck it, we know he killed two people.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (oVJmc)

62 Back in the day people would take their conspiracies seriously - hand crafting aluminum headgear, precisely placing the wire hangers from the ceiling, searching the low-frequency bands for messages from the Deep Ones, mimeographing newsletters and manifestos. Now with the internet anyone can spout off without the slightest care for the delicate nature of conspiracy theorizing or honing the argument properly so that the selected facts are irrefutable within a glorious tapestry of interconnections.

Sad the way it has come to this.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet carries Smear-Proof Cloaks by Ivanka Trump! at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (hLRSq)

63 that was the scummiest shit WSJ ever did, lying about PewdiePie.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (1siNL)

64 49 ScoggDogg, until you mysteriously run low on cash, and you find razor scratches on your overhead car mirror

the sudden mood swings are awesome too
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:12 PM (1siNL)

The sudden mood swings are standard issue.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (uzJKG)

65 O.J.:

NBC: 69% of registed voters believed that O.J. killed his wife.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:15 PM (LRfkc)

66 Was gonzo a word before Hunter S Thompson?

I thought he invented it to describe his form of journalism.

Ted Nugent was called Gonzo, iirc.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (W4LFA)

67 I really think Mensch is doing satire.Or else she really is nuts.

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (rmVvL)

68 NBC newsfemale: "I don't think O.J. did himself any favors" in the hearing.

I would hope not. That kind of thing belongs in his cell.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (oVJmc)

69 Louise "Cyka Blyat" Mensch.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (CMbMd)

70 O.J.:

Darden: Whatever, as long as he isn't standing behind me with a knife.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (LRfkc)

71 60 39 Meh ... she's still a One.
Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:10 PM (uzJKG)

Maybe that's because THEY are controlling your mind with their thought ray guns.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (KUaJL)

72 62. Shocking decline in the craft, it is true.

*fistbump, recalling William Cooper*

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (fA1SL)

73 When one considers that the Beautiful People are against executing criminals who rape, torture and murder, and who mindlessly stand on the side of every convicted maniac, this flippant use of the term has to be yet another insult to the injuries sustained by victims of violent crimes and their families.

Further proof that the Left doesn't care about us peasants.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (326rv)

74 67 I really think Mensch is doing satire.Or else she really is nuts.
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (rmVvL)

Granted. Real life over the past 8 years has made it impossible to tell if something is parody.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (0mskG)

75 steevy, that was a theory I think Milo was floating, that he knew Mensch wasn't like that IRL and that Mensch was just trolololo.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (1siNL)

76 >>>68 NBC newsfemale: "I don't think O.J. did himself any favors" in the hearing.

I would hope not. That kind of thing belongs in his cell.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (oVJmc)

And on the street. Where he's gonna be. Starting October 1st.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (LRfkc)

77 "I do like the fact that people will openly call OJ a murderer. Normally they'd tap dance around doing that because of libel law, but OJ? Fuck it, we know he killed two people.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles "

Yeah. I doubt OJ will be suing anyone for libel given the evidence that the Goldman lawyers discovered in the civil case (e.g. Bruno Magli shoes).

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (OD2ni)

78 "Ersatz" is a much-underused word.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (398bZ)

79 13 OT:

Berkeley Antifa leader arrested for inciting a riot

http://tinyurl.com/ydy6632x
Posted by: The Political Hat

The person arrested was Yvette Felarca -- not really an "Antifa leader," but instead the main leader of BAMN, who are Antifa's allies, but a totally different group. BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) is overtly communist, and advocates violence to advance communist revolution. Antifa, in contrast, is anarchist, and practices violence mostly to just incite chaos and get their jollies. Yes, Antifa is in the process of being hijacked leftward by clever co-opting commies, but that[s a slightly different story. For now, Felarca is in BAMN, not Antifa.

What's remarkable about Yvette Felarca is that she is a seventh grade teacher and unapologetically spend her class time teaching her 13-year-old public school students that it is their moral duty to "punch Nazis" (i.e. physically assault conservatives), and she BRINGS THEM TO VIOLENT PROTESTS as class field trips.

When, last year, she was removed from her teaching position due to pending charges from this assault case, parents in Berkeley protested in her favor before the school board and demanded her return (!!!), and the board caved and restored her to teaching duties.

The parents of Berkeley WANT their children to be indoctrinated into the most extreme violent left-wing ideology, and complain when the brainwashing isn't extreme enough.

Opposite-land.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (DQ4Fv)

80 Bonk on the head. Bonkers. It really is that easy, I think.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (RD7QR)

81 I really think Mensch is doing satire.Or else she really is nuts.

playing to an audience a la P. T. Barnum

and she could be nuts.

Posted by: Malthe Leftwrench at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (m9X4Y)

82 "Them"?

Just a bunch of enormous, ravenous ants.

I'm not worried.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (pLvhk)

83 I've been thinking she's trolling people. There was one time she responded to person after person, telling them to go watch the other video when there was no other video. IOW, she knew she was lying. This was about the Marshall handing PDT something at Andrews.

But I don't know any more.

She seems really cheery. Does that make her to ore or less likely to be crazy?

Posted by: Mama AJ at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (wwL6Q)

84 O.J.:

"I'VE DONE MY TIME."

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (LRfkc)

85 Well and conspiracy theories are potentially true, at some minimal level at least.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:07 PM (39g3+)

You only say that because,

A) You didn't spend years on the late shift listening to Coast to Coast,

and

B) You don't waste a lot of time watching creepypasta on YouTube.

Seriously, *most* conspiracy droolings don't have any potential. The fact that people believe something has *literally* no bearing on whether it's real.

Usually people believe something like fake moon landings or that a quarter million children go missing in the US every year and are never found (and/or are inducted into an alien super-soldier program I AM NOT KIDDING) because they just don't have any knowledge of the subject, and don't *try* to get any knowledge of the subject.

They just want to be titillated, and don't have an adequate grasp of the difference between entertainment and reality.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (wB8Tg)

86 75 steevy, that was a theory I think Milo was floating, that he knew Mensch wasn't like that IRL and that Mensch was just trolololo.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:17 PM (1siNL)

Hah. Actually if this is true, she goes to a stronger "1" on Scogg's scale for me due to the fact that she is far more trolling the left than she really is the right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (0mskG)

87 75. If so, then the lady's a deep-cover member of Kek Team Six.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (fA1SL)

88 Somehow, I believe we would have learned the truth about Louise Mensch without the help of that pretentious little prick, Charles C. W. Cooke.

Posted by: jwest at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (Zs4uk)

89
''Munch money?"

Sounds kinda pornographic. Or lebianese.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at July 20, 2017 02:19 PM (EgwCt)

90 Bonkers is derived from the East African word for white men, Bonky . Crazy white men were Bonkers. Bonkys of course turned into Honkys.

Posted by: Reverend Wright at July 20, 2017 02:20 PM (TTp7P)

91 She's got literally zero sources here. There's no grainy photographs, or a guy on the grassy knoll or anything. You need a starting point for it to be a conspiracy theory. This is just fiction.

And like ace notes, its bad fiction. Its not engaging, interesting ,or thought-provoking its just demented mumblings writ on a large stage.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:20 PM (39g3+)

92 Crazy isn't crazy if whoever is said to be crazy is making a living from it.

That ragged, wild-eyed homeless dude on the corner shouting I WANT MY FACE BACK and stinking of sweat and urine? He's crazy.

That well-groomed young woman dominating a specific market niche and garnering a six- and seven-figure yearly income? She's a businesswoman, a good one, and it's unlikely she believes anything she sells to the rubes.

Posted by: troyriser at July 20, 2017 02:20 PM (Fw5cQ)

93
Ted Nugent was called Gonzo, iirc.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2017 02:16 PM (W4LFA)

John Bonham was called Bonzo

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 20, 2017 02:20 PM (lKyWE)

94 79 The parents of Berkeley WANT their children to be indoctrinated into the most extreme violent left-wing ideology, and complain when the brainwashing isn't extreme enough.

Opposite-land.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (DQ4Fv)

Most be nice to have enough money to be immune to your own shit-headedness.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 20, 2017 02:21 PM (CMbMd)

95 If you want a laugh, look at the etymology of Def as in Def Comedy Jam.

Posted by: Jack Sock at July 20, 2017 02:21 PM (TTp7P)

96 Louise Mensch: Too Crazy for Scientology

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (oVJmc)

97 Louis Mensch wrote chick-lit in the 90s, and this is just more of that only for a different audience.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (Tnhbr)

98 >>>Seriously, *most* conspiracy droolings don't have any potential. The fact that people believe something has *literally* no bearing on whether it's real.

Zackly. Most conspiracy theories are poorly formulated bong musings that get mistaken for deep thoughts or insights.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (2euXD)

99 See also The Palmer Report.

Fake news outfits set up quickly to rake in ad shekels from the nut jobs who believe this stuff. The Right has them too. I know Ace linked to at least one of these outfits in the past because I recognized the layout and the style.

Not all of them are fake, but many if not most are run by apolitical types who just want to make a buck.

It wouldn't surprise me if Mensch doesn't believe a word she's saying. It gets clicks and she's probably making six figures a year off of it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (4ErVI)

100 alex, whoa, she admitted that?

I should get into drug diagnostics. mind you, cokeheads tend to be the more obvious druggies.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:09 PM (1siNL)

Yup. She's admitted it.

http://bit.ly/1Ztuk7u

Class A drugs are minor piffles such as morphine and meth.

Posted by: alexthechick - where's my flag at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (mf5HN)

101 "Bonkers is derived from the East African word for white men, Bonky . Crazy white men were Bonkers. Bonkys of course turned into Honkys."

Bullshit, that's not how words change.

Posted by: Gen Ambrose Burnside at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (398bZ)

102 John Bonham was called Bonzo
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 20, 2017 02:20 PM (lKyWE)

Although his "Bedtime" involved a lot more drugs than the other one. Or maybe not...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (0mskG)

103 Laugha whila you canna monkey boy!

When her predictions come true, she will have the last laugh.

After all, she is a mensch.

Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 02:22 PM (UnDQI)

104 previous thread 340
Posted by: zombie's new ACCURATE self-portrait avatar photo (SFW) at July 20, 2017 01:34 PM (DQ4Fv)

Zombie, that ain't you.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:23 PM (LRfkc)

105 103. You're saying she's got space herpies?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:23 PM (fA1SL)

106 Speaking of Bonkers - there's that story in the sidebar about the real Paul McCartney being dead and replaced by a guy named Billy Shears - I first heard that one 50 years ago, LITERALLY!! I don't blame McCartney for being a bit pissed about it - it'll be how Donald Jr. will feel in 2067, when someone comes to see him in an old folks home and says "come on, what did you really talk about at that meeting?" "But when you play the record backwards....!!!"

And I don't doubt the Ringo got a huge private laugh about tossing this back into the ring. No doubt McCartney has done plenty of little things to piss him off over the years, and he's always had a goofy sense of humour anyways. For Ringo, it was a Troll Master level move.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2017 02:23 PM (mnh4u)

107 Ted Nugent was called Gonzo, iirc.

The Nuge came along waay after HST. Thompson started writing in the 50s and I believe started using the word gonzo by 64 or so.

A digression on why looking things up is cheating: If I just went over to the googles and checked these facts it would make me no better than a librarian.

The fact that we all carry around tiny televisions with Cray computers in them and can check any fact instantly has ruined bar arguments. ("Ted Williams hit .404 in 1949", "No, it was '41, before he went to his first war").

That's one of the things I cherish about the Horde. We're mostly too lazy or pigheaded to go look things up.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2017 02:24 PM (gIRsn)

108 >>>It wouldn't surprise me if Mensch doesn't believe a word she's saying. It gets clicks and she's probably making six figures a year off of it

I can think of six or seven names off the top of my head that are widely suspected of not really believing half the shit they say. Yet they are not politicians.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2017 02:24 PM (2euXD)

109 if she is on meth she'll.be offline for a bit as she disassembles and reassembles her computer.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:24 PM (1siNL)

110 I vaguely remember watching a clip of the Oprah Winfrey show at the time of the OJ trial where the black audience cheered when they announced the verdict. Audience members were interviewed and said that they knew he was guilty but that this was a victory for equality.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 02:24 PM (psH+N)

111 Too bad I missed the gun thread (2 down from here).
All I have to add is that .22lr and .45acp are both standard subsonic.

You may have to think through the implications of that, but this is the smartest comment section on the web.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2017 02:25 PM (z79tQ)

112 110 comments and nobody had quipped "she's a MAN, baby!" (think about it . . . ).

It's like I don't even know you people anymore.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 20, 2017 02:25 PM (45Obe)

113 Darden just said "Yeah, nobody accused him of waving a weapon around at them BECAUSE HE KILLED THEM."

Exactly. OJ said nobody ever accused him of pulling a weapon on them, and that's probably true because everyone he pulled a weapon on is dead.

I want OJ Simpson to get parole on the day that Nicole Simpson comes back to life.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:25 PM (39g3+)

114
"Bonkers is derived from the East African word for white men, Bonky . Crazy white men were Bonkers. Bonkys of course turned into Honkys."

Honky came about from white johns honking their car horns at black streetwalkers to get their attention...I think

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 20, 2017 02:25 PM (lKyWE)

115 106 Speaking of Bonkers - there's that story in the sidebar about the real Paul McCartney being dead and replaced by a guy named Billy Shears - I first heard that one 50 years ago, LITERALLY!! I don't blame McCartney for being a bit pissed about it - it'll be how Donald Jr. will feel in 2067, when someone comes to see him in an old folks home and says "come on, what did you really talk about at that meeting?" "But when you play the record backwards....!!!"

And I don't doubt the Ringo got a huge private laugh about tossing this back into the ring. No doubt McCartney has done plenty of little things to piss him off over the years, and he's always had a goofy sense of humour anyways. For Ringo, it was a Troll Master level move.
Posted by: Tom Servo

It's from a parody site. Not real.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (DQ4Fv)

116 Screaming Yellow Zonkers

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (IqV8l)

117 All Conspiracy theories feed upon themselves. Every piece of new information that debunks the theory is just more proof of the conspiracy.

Posted by: Jack Sock at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (TTp7P)

118 Milo has said that she is a troll trying to make the Left appear paranoid and gullible (calling her a troll may itself be trolling).

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (GuzcK)

119 OT: I routinely do job searches to see what's out there and today there was this for Denver CO and other areas around the country -

Food Safety Specialist. I am not kidding. For any of you morons that need a job and love a challenge! It seems that experience is not all that important.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2017 02:27 PM (oiNtH)

120 The crazies piling up at the extremes are flattening the bell curve. That can't be good. Better e-mail Chuck Murray and get the definitive answer.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 20, 2017 02:27 PM (e1mEI)

121 117 All Conspiracy theories feed upon themselves. Every piece of new information that debunks the theory is just more proof of the conspiracy.

Yeah, that's what they TOLD you to say.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 20, 2017 02:27 PM (398bZ)

122 118 Milo has said that she is a troll trying to make the Left appear paranoid and gullible (calling her a troll may itself be trolling).

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (GuzcK)

Interesting theory. That would be 11th dimensional chess if true and would be doing more than almost anyone else on our side is doing. We can't even get a let's you and him fight thing going to turn the left against each other.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (4ErVI)

123 117 All Conspiracy theories feed upon themselves. Every piece of new information that debunks the theory is just more proof of the conspiracy.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (TTp7P)

Bullshit. That's EXACTLY what they want you to think !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (uzJKG)

124 HIS NAME IS TEDDY DANIELS!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (2euXD)

125 I have experience eating food.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (1siNL)

126 "Bonkers" comes from Lord Charles Bonkers (1767-1835), a British doctor and pioneer in the area of mental health, whose Encyclopaedia of Mental Illness (published posthumously in 1837) was a standard textbook for British psychologists until the early 1950's.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (x/Lj2)

127 It wouldn't surprise me if Mensch doesn't believe a word she's saying. It gets clicks and she's probably making six figures a year off of it.

No, there's no wink in it, no weary cynicism, there's no feeling of having fun with it or laughing at people. She's completely in earnest. She believes this crap, at least in the seconds it takes to write it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (39g3+)

128 >>>110 I vaguely remember watching a clip of the Oprah Winfrey show at the time of the OJ trial where the black audience cheered when they announced the verdict. Audience members were interviewed and said that they knew he was guilty but that this was a victory for equality.
Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 02:24 PM (psH+N)

Yep, like Soona said in the previous thread:

190 Their verdict was the true advent of what's come to be known as "social justice". Much of what we're seeing in juris doctrine came from that trial.
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2017 01:09 PM (Fmupd)

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (LRfkc)

129 118 Milo has said that she is a troll trying to make the Left appear paranoid and gullible (calling her a troll may itself be trolling).

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (GuzcK)

Jonathan Gruber already did that.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (CMbMd)

130 All Conspiracy theories feed upon themselves. Every piece of new information that debunks the theory is just more proof of the conspiracy.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 20, 2017 02:26 PM (TTp7P)

Bullshit. That's EXACTLY what they want you to think !!!
Posted by: ScoggDog

Day 2,798: The conspiracy is growing....

Posted by: Papist Bograt at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (326rv)

131 Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 20, 2017 02:25 PM (lKyWE)

I guess my sock parody wasn't over the top enough.

Posted by: Jack Sock at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (TTp7P)

132 Damnit Cloyd !!!

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:29 PM (uzJKG)

133 From 119 - oops, forgot the most important part,
Food Safety Specialist for Chipotle.

Damn.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2017 02:29 PM (oiNtH)

134 What does it say that Murdoch put her in charge of Heat St?

Double secret troll?

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:29 PM (GuzcK)

135 "The parents of Berkeley WANT their children to be indoctrinated into the most extreme violent left-wing ideology"

Something I've noted, though, is that modern Bay Area leftist parents seem to think of it as something of a badge of honor for their teenagers to get arrested during street protests...

... if and only if the "arrest" is one of those showy scams involving protesters being briefly detained and then released without charges being filed. Bragging rights. Sticking it to The Man while skating away casually. With nothing more lasting and damaging than some quickly fading flex-cuff marks on their wrists.

Something that might involve genuine risk of prosecution on criminal charges? They're much less down with the struggle if it might pose a problem for their kid in a professional context later on in life.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (ujwCG)

136 So, is the proper conversion formula:
1 milliKohn = 1 megaMench?
I'm confused; I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Rhubarb Ranch at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (WABax)

137 >>>113 Darden just said "Yeah, nobody accused him of waving a weapon around at them BECAUSE HE KILLED THEM."

Exactly. OJ said nobody ever accused him of pulling a weapon on them, and that's probably true because everyone he pulled a weapon on is dead.

I want OJ Simpson to get parole on the day that Nicole Simpson comes back to life.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:25 PM (39g3+)

Yeah, and on the previous thread, we were all coming up with that before Darden. Perhaps he lurks.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (LRfkc)

138 If she were a bird, she'd be a loon.

Posted by: Insomniac, Pimp Hand of the Patriarchy at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (zj1+z)

139 could be she ate too much british beef

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (nFwvY)

140 "It's from a parody site. Not real."

LOL - caught me! Old trolls are the best trolls, obviously.

I still wouldn't put something like that past Ringo, although it was the dear departed George Harrison who hung out with the Pythons all the time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (mnh4u)

141
I guess my sock parody wasn't over the top enough.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (TTp7P)

Missed it

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 20, 2017 02:31 PM (lKyWE)

142 For an example of meta-trolling see this:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yatdt3kn
SJW pub, author calling for action against kekistan, sorta standard stuff.
But read the author bio & note the name and make your anagrams...... all the keks.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:31 PM (fA1SL)

143 127 No, there's no wink in it, no weary cynicism, there's no feeling of having fun with it or laughing at people. She's completely in earnest. She believes this crap, at least in the seconds it takes to write it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:28 PM (39g3+)

She doesn't believe it. She IS Wishcasting, though.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 20, 2017 02:31 PM (CMbMd)

144 O.J.:

His lawyer's back in the room. He's laughing. Giggling a little. Having a good time.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (LRfkc)

145 It wouldn't surprise me if Mensch doesn't believe a word she's saying. It gets clicks and she's probably making six figures a year off of it.

No, there's no wink in it, no weary cynicism, there's no feeling of having fun with it or laughing at people. She's completely in earnest. She believes this crap, at least in the seconds it takes to write it.

Hubert Humphery told a story about meeting Herbert Hoover. During their meeting, he apologized for harshly railing against him and his record, to which Hoover replied, "well, it worked, didn't it?"

This sort of surreality has been going on for a very long time, and is not limited to the fringes.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (326rv)

146 Mensch is a scream.

Posted by: Edvard Munch at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (bc2Lc)

147 Mojo Nixon had a great song about OJ:

https://youtu.be/GcE9F13hrsU

I really did see him with the Toadliquors quite a few times in Raleigh. Great live shows.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (psH+N)

148 "127
It wouldn't surprise me if Mensch doesn't believe a word she's
saying. It gets clicks and she's probably making six figures a year off
of it.

No, there's no wink in it, no weary cynicism, there's no feeling of
having fun with it or laughing at people. She's completely in earnest.
She believes this crap, at least in the seconds it takes to write it."

Now if we were talking about Ann Coulter, on the other hand....

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (mnh4u)

149 From 119 - oops, forgot the most important part,
Food Safety Specialist for Chipotle.

Damn.

Posted by: Cheri at July 20, 2017 02:29 PM (oiNtH)

We're just fine with the last Food Safety Specialist, thank you. We will brush our teeth more often now though.

Posted by: Bubonic Plaque Bearing Rats at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (EgwCt)

150 Rush just did a long Boll & Branch sheet commercial...

I tried a set. Not really the greatest.

The best sheets we have are from Ralph Lauren and are a heavy linen. You can feel the quality.

If you're going to spend a third of your life in bed, do it in good sheets.

Posted by: jwest at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (Zs4uk)

151 134 What does it say that Murdoch put her in charge of Heat St?

Double secret troll?
Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:29 PM (GuzcK)

Ability to suck a golf ball through a garden hose.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 20, 2017 02:33 PM (RD7QR)

152 O.J.:

Somebody's pulled O.J.'s lawyer away from the camera. Cause he was looking bad.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:33 PM (LRfkc)

153 Who is paying Mensch now? That would be revealing. She lost Heat St. So what is she doing now?

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:33 PM (GuzcK)

154 Is Louise Mensch just another victim?

A victim of Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Posted by: rd at July 20, 2017 02:33 PM (4dz1m)

155 @142

too much, over the top

really effective trolling has to be more subtle, like allahpundit does it.

Posted by: Malthe Leftwrench at July 20, 2017 02:33 PM (m9X4Y)

156 Asset forfeiture oughta straighten her ass out ....

Posted by: AG Sessions at July 20, 2017 02:33 PM (P1GJy)

157 it was the dear departed George Harrison who hung out with the Pythons all the time.

Oh, here's a Harrison Python story that I just learned in a documentary a couple of years ago.

The Pythons couldn't get financing for The Life of Brian. George Harrison underwrote it for $3 or 5 mm or something like that of his own money. The Pythons took it, assuming that he had so much Beatles money that this was pocket change.

Well, he didn't. He mortgaged his house to pay for it. When they found out they asked him why.

"Because I wanted to see the movie".

One of them called it the world's most expensive movie ticket.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2017 02:34 PM (gIRsn)

158 O.J.:

Bad judgment. These guys . . . were only trying to help themselves.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:34 PM (LRfkc)

159 Turns out that Mensch now writes for her blog.

Yeah, right. Like that's a thing.

Posted by: blaster at July 20, 2017 02:34 PM (GuzcK)

160 For an example of meta-trolling see this:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yatdt3kn
SJW pub, author calling for action against kekistan, sorta standard stuff.
But read the author bio & note the name and make your anagrams...... all the keks.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:31 PM (fA1SL)

Making the first name Malia is a fantastic touch as well.

Posted by: alexthechick - where's my flag at July 20, 2017 02:34 PM (mf5HN)

161 "150 Rush just did a long Boll & Branch sheet commercial...

I tried a set. Not really the greatest."

Have you purchased a My Pillow?

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 20, 2017 02:35 PM (OD2ni)

162 don't know her at all. she seems nice. i'd hit it.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 02:35 PM (KP5rU)

163 If you're going to spend a third of your life in bed, do it in good sheets.
Posted by: jwest at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (Zs4uk)

I agree.

Posted by: Peter North at July 20, 2017 02:35 PM (uzJKG)

164 My guess would be that it's derived from some pidgin language and has something to do with tropical insanity, like the Australian's "troppo."

My more specific guess, that it is related to "bonzo" (crazy, nuts), turns out to be wrong, as bonzo came later than bonkers, and might just be a mash-up of bonkers and gonzo.

Brits like their rhyming slang. Was there a German, US, or UK advertisement or product that rhymed with bonker or bonkers? Maybe it's related to the slang "honkers" as in her honkers are bonkers?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2017 02:35 PM (jhqr1)

165 Mojo Nixon had a great song about OJ

One of the very few songs Mojo sang that's serious. He sounds really angry, and for good reason. Its a very good song and I wish he had gotten more attention and respect.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:35 PM (39g3+)

166

If you're going to spend a third of your life in bed, do it in good sheets.

Posted by: jwest at July 20, 2017 02:32 PM (Zs4uk)

More than a third!

Posted by: Robert Byrd at July 20, 2017 02:36 PM (oVJmc)

167 she basically killed heat st.

I wonder if this is all one big put up though.

Posted by: andrew jarbacka at July 20, 2017 02:36 PM (AU4SY)

168 And I love that Hillary, after not being recognized and having her campaign call the NYT to make sure the nation knows she loves her burrito bowls, has a permanent association with Chipotle.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 02:36 PM (psH+N)

169 is it really worth cooke's time to deal with this?

Posted by: andrew jarbacka at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (AU4SY)

170
Have you purchased a My Pillow?
Posted by: Benji Carver at July 20, 2017 02:35 PM (OD2ni)

No. It looks like chopped up foam rubber.

Posted by: jwest at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (Zs4uk)

171 Louise Mensch, fake Paul McCartney, and OJ walked into a bar.....

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (nFwvY)

172 >>Have you purchased a My Pillow?

Yes! And it's luxurious, perfect, the best!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (NOIQH)

173 O.J.:

"And I would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody."

Greatest highlights.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (LRfkc)

174 Antifa, in contrast, is anarchist, and practices violence mostly to just incite chaos and get their jollies. Yes, Antifa is in the process of being hijacked leftward by clever co-opting commies, but that[s a slightly different story.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (DQ4Fv)

Okay, I don't know how, given your history here, that you got this so wrong.

Antifa is the descendant of a long string of socialist and communist groups going back as far as the 1920s, and is a continuation of the far left confrontation between nationalists and internationalists that led to WWII.

Members of the communist groups AFA and No Platform founded Antifa, and its association with "anarchism" is through groups like the British Anarchist Federation, which is *literally* communist.

Most "anarchist" groups are communists who are basically liars. There is a "non-state communism" pseudo-philosophical school of thought, but it always comes down to attacking the enemies of communism.

When academics now talk about "traditional anarchism," they're not talking about Lysander Spooner, they're talking about anarcho-syndicalists and anarcho-communists.

I know this is a pet peeve of mine, but I just hate that so many words' meanings have been so utterly destroyed, and I believe this one is particularly misleading.

Antifa has been socialist/communist from the beginning, but yes they have growing ties, particularly in the US, with other communist groups.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (wB8Tg)

175 169. If he's getting paid for, of course it is.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (fA1SL)

176 136 So, is the proper conversion formula:
1 milliKohn = 1 megaMench?
I'm confused; I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: Rhubarb Ranch at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (WABax)

No that would mean it would take a lot of Mench to equal a Kohn. Should be closer to 1 Mench=6.02x10^23Kohns.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:38 PM (0mskG)

177 Well thats the way Leftists think, executing your opponents, Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Lenin, and many many more.

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2017 02:38 PM (9g/6M)

178 "153 Who is paying Mensch now? That would be revealing. She lost Heat St. So what is she doing now?
Posted by: blaster"

She has marks donating on her blog. The "donate now" buttons are everywhere.

I wonder how much Bev Harris scammed from the idiots at DU/Kos in 2004 as she kept promising to reveal evidence that Kerry really won Ohio.

Posted by: Benji Carver at July 20, 2017 02:38 PM (OD2ni)

179 168; hence, the rats.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 02:38 PM (KP5rU)

180 >>Was there a German, US, or UK advertisement or product that rhymed with bonker or bonkers?

Screaming Yellow Zonkers!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2017 02:38 PM (NOIQH)

181 The worst thing we did was to buy a bunch of Ralph Lauren towels. It makes visiting friends, family, and hotels realize how spoiled we are.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 02:38 PM (psH+N)

182

Mensch is so obviously insane and her followers are like a Jim Jones type cult

Not kidding

Posted by: ThunderB at July 20, 2017 02:39 PM (g0nF9)

183 Parole boards is back in.....

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:39 PM (Enq6K)

184 Mensch is "Bongo"

That's slang for one too many hits on the bong.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 20, 2017 02:39 PM (dljSp)

185 board...not boards.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (Enq6K)

186 So that might explain the Japanese animation studio called Studio Gonzo

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (rNQTc)

187 Kohn measures stupid, Mensch measures crazy.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (oVJmc)

188 OJ is a disgusting piece of crap.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (zqdyZ)

189 Bohunks were Eastern Euro immigrants like Ukrainians from the turn of the century.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (nlbfN)

190 >>>183 Parole boards is back in.....
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:39 PM (Enq6K)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (LRfkc)

191 the Paolo, he rarely needs to buy new sheets.

Posted by: Paolo at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (1siNL)

192 Mensch is so obviously insane and her followers are like a Jim Jones type cult

Not kidding
---

And by her insane followers, you mean, "most democrats and leftists," right?

Posted by: shibumi at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (aT+Bx)

193 She is married to Peter Mensch who has been Metallica's manager since the 80's. He's also managed Def Leppard and AC/DC, among others.

Posted by: mark1971 at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (xPl2J)

194 Parole granted

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (Enq6K)

195 Screaming Yellow Zonkers!

Wikipedia says this was invented in the US in the '60s. Good call though! I was excited.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (jhqr1)

196 Nuttier than a Mississippi squirrel revival???

https://youtu.be/K16fG1sDagU

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (rNQTc)

197
Bongo is a type of drum.

Posted by: Malthe Leftwrench at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (m9X4Y)

198 Oh wait...one more vote needed.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (Enq6K)

199 Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (DQ4Fv)

Okay, I don't know how, given your history here, that you got this so wrong.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (wB8Tg)

Hey pal. Nobody talks to Daria like that. Not on my watch.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (uzJKG)

200 Honestly who do these people believe this insanity plays to besides their acolytes? Do they really believe American voters are waiting anxiously for Mensch and her clans next utterance?

Dishonest polls aside, these people are certiable.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (dljSp)

201 182. I dunno. At times, I've been tempted to go SJW as an anonymous thing, blog & YouTube channel, & the whole megillah.

If ya can't beat 'em, exploit 'em.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 02:41 PM (fA1SL)

202 "Lunatic Fringe, we know you're out there...."
I worry more about the subtle ones.

Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (zSVEm)

203 188 OJ is a disgusting piece of crap.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (zqdyZ)

He will burn in hell.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (Ri/rl)

204 Kohn measures stupid, Mensch measures crazy.

***

this is good. Lefties (or their enablers) need to be mocked.

Posted by: andrew jarbacka at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (AU4SY)

205 Saw over at WZ where Sarsour tweeted out that anti-Semitic racism is not nearly as bad as anti-black or anti-Islam "racism."

And Sally Kohn was defending her.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (vg8iE)

206 "189 Bohunks were Eastern Euro immigrants like Ukrainians from the turn of the century.

Posted by: andycanuck"

She not here. She get married to oily Bohunk.

Posted by: Long Duck Dong at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (OD2ni)

207 Now Bill Maher said what does Trump have to do suck Putin's cock?After Colbert called Trump Putin's cockholster,but that one was on broadcast TV.How has that not warranted a big fine?

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (rmVvL)

208 Ok, parole officially granted.

Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (Enq6K)

209 Is there a difference between boinking and bonking?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (C/oM9)

210 I saw Hillary's Chipotle Burrito Bowels open for Jackson Brown at the Superdome in 06

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (nFwvY)

211 O.J.:

4 of 4 for O.J.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (LRfkc)

212 Speaking of OJ, the 10 episode docudrama thingy is on netflix. Was very well acted. Can't vouch for how accurate they were with everything, but it was interesting to see, as someone too young to understand what was going on when the actual thing happened.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (KUaJL)

213 Two things I remember about the OJ trial:

- the LAPD crime lab keeps its lab notebooks in pencil.

- that cop taking the 5th to a question about tampering with evidence.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (Mcvvl)

214 O.J. gets parole as soon as eligible.

Posted by: The Vegas Hat at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (vBeA5)

215 OJ granted parole.

Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (Fmupd)

216 Mensch provides hope and titillation to the illiterate and the credulous, more than 250,000 of whom have elected to follow her on Twitter.

And there's your answer. a quarter million idiots giving her clicks. She ain't crazy, she's crazy like a fox, making bank off the crazies. NeverTrump, Inc. Just like Egg McMuffin.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (s/EUv)

217 Bonk Bonk on the head!

Posted by: The Onlies at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (vg8iE)

218 205 And Sally Kohn was defending her.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (vg8iE)

I'm serious when I say people need to flood Kohn's social media pressuring her to convert to Islam or STFU.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (CMbMd)

219 O.J.:

Like Teflon.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (LRfkc)

220 187 Kohn measures stupid, Mensch measures crazy.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2017 02:40 PM (oVJmc)

Oh, so we are in a work vs energy thing, then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (0mskG)

221
Behold the power of Trump.
OJ getting parole will get Trump out of the news for at least 24 hours, maybe longer.

Posted by: Malthe Leftwrench at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (m9X4Y)

222 OJ granted parole.

Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (Fmupd)

The Juice is loose

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (493sH)

223

OJ is a monster. I pity the Goldmans

Posted by: ThunderB at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (g0nF9)

224 Problem is she's really not the "fringe". On the kookiness scale she may be a ten, but this Russia stuff is just as nutty and baseless.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (dljSp)

225 Didn't History Channel do some mini series where they claimed OJ didn't commit the murders?

Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (rmVvL)

226 OJ granted parole.

He'll have 22 years on parole.

He will fuck up and go back.

Then he does the full ride.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (W4LFA)

227 And there's your answer. a quarter million idiots giving her clicks. She ain't crazy, she's crazy like a fox, making bank off the crazies. NeverTrump, Inc. Just like Egg McMuffin.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 20, 2017 02:43 PM (s/EUv)

Personally I think that she's stark raving mad. Certifiable.
But also an entrepreneur, marketing madness.

Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (zSVEm)

228 Now Bill Maher said what does Trump have to do suck Putin's cock?After Colbert called Trump Putin's cockholster,but that one was on broadcast TV.How has that not warranted a big fine?

***

the left showing how they go high when we wingnutz go low.

santcimony, projection, losers.

while we're winning.

Posted by: andrew jarbacka at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (AU4SY)

229 Didn't History Channel do some mini series where they claimed OJ didn't commit the murders?
Posted by: steevy

Aliens 24/7

Posted by: History Channel at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (326rv)

230 Antifa, in contrast, is anarchist, and practices violence mostly to just incite chaos and get their jollies. Yes, Antifa is in the process of being hijacked leftward by clever co-opting commies, but that[s a slightly different story.

Posted by: zombie at July 20, 2017 02:18 PM (DQ4Fv)

Okay, I don't know how, given your history here, that you got this so wrong.

Antifa is the descendant of a long string of socialist and communist groups going back as far as the 1920s, and is a continuation of the far left confrontation between nationalists and internationalists that led to WWII.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (wB8Tg)

The Anti-Fa logo you see on their flags was originally used by the Germany Communist Party back in the '20's and '30's.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ydcolmt6

Posted by: The Historical Hat at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (vBeA5)

231 Thanks to the parole board for giving me the chance to continue my hunt for the real killers. Let's hope they spend a lot of time on the golf course.

Posted by: OJ at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (qJhUV)

232 OJ is a monster. I pity the Goldmans
Posted by: ThunderB at July 20, 2017 02:44 PM (g0nF9)

I love that show. The mom is a One.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (uzJKG)

233 210 I saw Hillary's Chipotle Burrito Bowels open for Jackson Brown at the Superdome in 06
Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at July 20, 2017 02:42 PM (nFwvY)

******

Oh GAWD!!!!
The mental image!!! It burns.
You so totally lost me at "Bowels open for..."

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (C/oM9)

234 Louise Mensch, fake Paul McCartney, and OJ walked into a bar.....
Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at July 20, 2017 02:37 PM (nFwvY)

Verne Troyer never noticed.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2017 02:46 PM (z79tQ)

235 OJ will be back in jail within two years......or dead.

Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2017 02:46 PM (Fmupd)

236 Dems will be running the juice for potus in 2020

Posted by: E.T. at July 20, 2017 02:46 PM (P1GJy)

237 Will OJ go back to looking for Nicole's murderer on every golf course in Florida?

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2017 02:46 PM (9g/6M)

238 LOL based on that hearing, how does anyone put OJ back on the streets? I doubt he has enough money to bribe anyone. Must have been warned that because it was publicized there would be riots if OJ wasn't freed, as if anyone like the guy any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:46 PM (39g3+)

239 Do I want to scroll up to see where the Sith Lord is having a difference with Zombie Daria?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (rNQTc)

240 Speaking of OJ, the 10 episode docudrama thingy is on netflix. Was very well acted. Can't vouch for how accurate they were with everything, but it was interesting to see, as someone too young to understand what was going on when the actual thing happened.

======

The murders were committed shortly before I went to boot camp. The trial and all the other shit happened while I was there, so it being boot camp and all, we didn't hear much of what was going on in the outside world. Thus, the whole thing is MEH to me and always has been.

I also was shocked to find out that Michael Jackson had married Lisa Marie Presley.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (vg8iE)

241 I heard his parole plan involves him coming to live with his sister in Texas

Bet he gets popped on a weapons violation, felon with a gun

Posted by: ThunderB at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (g0nF9)

242 Make these asshole Lefties who advocate for Islam actually live up to their words.

Otherwise never stop reminding them they're still Filthy Kuffar with their necks on the chopping block.

Posted by: Hikaru at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (CMbMd)

243 OJ's out? How long before CNN hires him as a crime "analyst"?

Posted by: Marcus T at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (dljSp)

244 O.J.:

While he was in jail, we could forget about him. Now he's back.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (LRfkc)

245

136 So, is the proper conversion formula:
1 milliKohn = 1 megaMench?
I'm confused; I was told there would be no math.
Posted by: Rhubarb Ranch at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (WABax)

We're on it. Now that Achmed has fixed the atomic clock radio we can devote our full attention to this problem.

Posted by: US Weights and Measures Division at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (e1mEI)

246 OJ Nood

Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2017 02:48 PM (9g/6M)

247 Must have been warned that because it was publicized there would be riots if OJ wasn't freed, as if anyone like the guy any more.
========

Any excuse to procure a fancy, new flat screen....

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 20, 2017 02:48 PM (vg8iE)

248
Didn't History Channel do some mini series where they claimed OJ didn't commit the murders?

They also continue the hunt for Hitler. Maybe they can combine the two and have OJ hunt for Hitler.

Posted by: OJ at July 20, 2017 02:48 PM (qJhUV)

249 239 Do I want to scroll up to see where the Sith Lord is having a difference with Zombie Daria?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (rNQTc)

Hell ... YOU might be able to follow it. Not me.

Posted by: ScoggDog at July 20, 2017 02:48 PM (uzJKG)

250 yeah I don't think he can abide by the rules of parole. no drinking or drugging.

Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Covfefe at July 20, 2017 02:48 PM (nFwvY)

251 LOL based on that hearing, how does anyone put OJ back on the streets? I doubt he has enough money to bribe anyone.

He'll get $25k/month from his NFL pension. Per the news.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2017 02:49 PM (W4LFA)

252 241 I heard his parole plan involves him coming to live with his sister in Texas

Bet he gets popped on a weapons violation, felon with a gun
Posted by: ThunderB at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (g0nF9)

Saw a photo of OJ... recent... sometimes evil and depravity carves itself in a man's appearance. Total degenerate.

Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 02:49 PM (zSVEm)

253 I've always been a big fan of the Pythons, and "Life of Brian" doesn't get nearly as much respect as it should, I think. The reason, of course is that, kind of like Mel Brooks did with race relations in Blazing Saddles, they jumped into Religion and just stomped all over every taboo subject they could think of with stompy boots. Because of that, everyone is scared of it - scared to watch it, scared to talk about it, scared to admit that a lot of scenes in that movie are some of the damn funniest they have ever put on film, while at the same time being extremely insightful.

The Name of Jehovah - The Peoples Party of Judea - the Individualists - Biggus Dickus - every one of those scenes can still make me laugh uncrontrollably!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2017 02:49 PM (mnh4u)

254 >>>246 OJ Nood
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2017 02:48 PM (9g/6M)

Yay.

Posted by: m at July 20, 2017 02:49 PM (LRfkc)

255 People saying Mesch is just trolling for cash haven't actually read much of her stuff. She's nuts.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 20, 2017 02:49 PM (39g3+)

256 He'll have 22 years on parole.
He will fuck up and go back.
Then he does the full ride.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 20, 2017 02:45 PM (W4LFA)

Wonder if the 'spergs on 4chan can goad him into full OJ mode? The worlds a little different since the last time he was out walking free.

Shia LaBeef could attest to the wild wackiness of some group committed to fvcking with you.

Posted by: Bubonic Plaque Bearing Rats at July 20, 2017 02:49 PM (EgwCt)

257 Do I want to scroll up to see where the Sith Lord is having a difference with Zombie Daria?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (rNQTc)

If someone makes a zombie Star Wars movie, I'm done.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 02:50 PM (wB8Tg)

258 241 I heard his parole plan involves him coming to live with his sister in Texas

Bet he gets popped on a weapons violation, felon with a gun
Posted by: ThunderB at July 20, 2017 02:47 PM (g0nF9)

The guy definitely has judgement/proportional response issues. Didn't he get thrown in jail for assaulting with a weapon and then holding a guy who supposedly had memorabilia of his?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 20, 2017 02:50 PM (0mskG)

259 King Leonardo ruled Bongo Congo.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 02:50 PM (IqV8l)

260 OK, I think I'm onto something with the rhyming slang.

Conk as a slang word for break, fall, slow down, go to sleep, die out dates to 1915-20 in the US. Of course a lot of US and UK crossover happens because of WWII.

Conk out leads to zonk out (again, rhyming slang), as in put to sleep or later be high on drugs. So maybe a zonker is drugs that are effective at causing one to zonk out. Zonkers would then be the logical form of more than one zonker.

That's zonkers!

Posted by: bonhomme at July 20, 2017 02:53 PM (jhqr1)

261 "Most 'anarchist' groups are communists who are basically liars."

My all-time favorite: black-clad Greek "anarchists" violently rioting in the streets of Athens.

Rioting against what? Well, against cuts to the cushy pension and benefit packages of Greece's bloated civil service sector.

Anarchists For Big Government. You couldn't make it up.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 02:53 PM (ujwCG)

262
OJ granted parole.

Damn it.

Posted by: Bown Goldmam Mystery Killer at July 20, 2017 02:53 PM (lKyWE)

263 Antifa is the descendant of a long string of socialist and communist
groups going back as far as the 1920s, and is a continuation of the far
left confrontation between nationalists and internationalists that led
to WWII.

=====

Haymarket?

My own opinion is that the organizational roots go back a little earlier -- the anarchist bombings prior to WWI, for example. Of course, the mother of them all was the French Revolution.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 20, 2017 02:53 PM (MIKMs)

264 Naked Gun V starts shooting in 2 weeks.
Everyone will wear gloves that don't fit.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2017 02:54 PM (C/oM9)

265 BTW: I wondered where the word "bonkers" derived from and was disappointed to see that there is no known etymology. Apparently it appeared in 1945 or so, and one of the first definitions claimed it came from British sailor slang meaning, at first, "slightly drunk,"

That's possible. I would note that I was surprised when I ran into Brits and South Africans years ago and found out that they mean "drunk" when they say "pissed" whereas we all know that it means "angry". There was a lot of miscommunication between the Americans and them for a little while.

You can never know with British slang. They really like to make a mess of English.

and speculates it might derive from the idea of being unsteady on one's feet from a bonk on the head.

So, it really came from Star Trek - "Bonk, bonk on the head!" That kid looked British ... judging by his teeth. But, in this case one would assume that it would be "bonked".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 02:59 PM (rZ+mb)

266 My own opinion is that the organizational roots go back a little earlier -- the anarchist bombings prior to WWI, for example. Of course, the mother of them all was the French Revolution.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 20, 2017 02:53 PM (MIKMs)

AFAIK the term "anti-fascist" dates to the 20s.

Obviously the larger problem is older.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 03:00 PM (wB8Tg)

267 This whole thing reminds of the Sarah Palin "Trig Truthers" who were convinced that Palin had faked her pregnancy. That one was very persistent and featured Andrew Sullivan in the role of Louise Mensch.

Posted by: VidOmnia at July 20, 2017 03:04 PM (c5jju)

268 135 "The parents of Berkeley WANT their children to be indoctrinated into the most extreme violent left-wing ideology"

Something I've noted, though, is that modern Bay Area leftist parents seem to think of it as something of a badge of honor for their teenagers to get arrested during street protests...

... if and only if the "arrest" is one of those showy scams involving protesters being briefly detained and then released without charges being filed. Bragging rights. Sticking it to The Man while skating away casually. With nothing more lasting and damaging than some quickly fading flex-cuff marks on their wrists.

Something that might involve genuine risk of prosecution on criminal charges? They're much less down with the struggle if it might pose a problem for their kid in a professional context later on in life.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 02:30 PM (ujwCG)

BAN THE BOX!!!

You know that it is unlikely that someone in HR will do a criminal background check on that nice middle class white boy from the Bay Area. That black kid from Oakland? SOP.

Posted by: rd at July 20, 2017 03:07 PM (4dz1m)

269 111. One Eyed Jack: No kidding. A buddy has a Vector carbine in .45ACP. The 2nd generation one. It's not suppressed... not exactly. But damn if it ain't quiet for an unsuppressed rifle.

Posted by: Semper Why at July 20, 2017 03:57 PM (9N178)

270 The third generation RX-7. '93 or so.

Posted by: Hate Has No Homo at July 20, 2017 03:58 PM (psH+N)

271 I would hit that...if she was holding a jelly doughnut!!
I would even tap that twice just for the doughnut as long as it was blueberry.

Posted by: southdakotaboy at July 20, 2017 04:01 PM (NCilI)

272 How stupid do conservative "thought leaders" have to be to only allow FacePlant as the only venue for feedback on their drek?

I'm talking to you, NRO and Powerline. It's like an investment advisor who only accepts payment in carbon credits.

Posted by: Fen at July 20, 2017 04:32 PM (8Hf1d)

273 Re: Bonkers political commentators:
This really ain't new. The internet just makes it easier for them to broadcast. Back when the Federal Building in Oklahoma was bombed, there were apparently guys broadcasting what amounted to radio shows on amateur radio bands. I remember this because one guy called himself "Mark from Michigan". Since I live in Michigan it made the local news. One such self-proclaimed "news reporter" was broadcasting that several "black UN helicopters" were circling the bombing site, indicating this was a conspiracy of the New World Order being run by the Bush family under the direction of Pres. GHW Bush... or some such nonsense.

Moonbattery is eternal.

Posted by: George V at July 20, 2017 04:48 PM (LUHWu)

274 I bet she's an animal in the sack, like all crazy girls.

Posted by: TexasJew at July 20, 2017 05:07 PM (gaaUk)

275 This is my favorite tweet about Crazy Louise:

"New York Times contributor Louise Mensch continues to livetweet the series of top-secret treason trials taking place inside her head." @JBurtonXP

Posted by: Abby Normal at July 20, 2017 05:10 PM (cQO95)

276 I work in a city with actual Shanghai tunnels. "Bonkers" as in a club to the head is plausible.

Posted by: SciVo at July 21, 2017 02:04 AM (4Qin6)

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