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That Face In The Mirror, It’s Ugly
I know this is a bit late, but I totally see what Jeffrey Goldberg’s doing there:
I bring [Virgin Ben's "Friends of Hamas" smear of Chuck Hagel] up to note the remarkable fact that Mr. Shapiro, who has positioned himself as a stalwart defender of Israel and of the Jewish people, has expressed views that place him squarely in the fascist camp…In a column published in 2003, Shapiro explicitly endorsed the idea of forcibly expelling the Palestinians from the West Bank. This was the position of the extremist Meir Kahane, who was banned by the Israeli Supreme Court from participating in Israeli politics because of his racist views.
Bad Virgin Ben! Doesn’t he know that — oh:
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg Was a Follower of Jewish Rightwing Terrorist Meir Kahane
Now Goldberg’s using Jennifer “Bili” Rubin in exactly the same way and since we all live in what someone smart called the United States of Amnesia, he’ll get away with it, becoming the Moderate & Reasonable Jeffrey Goldberg.
The “less extrem[ist], more civil” David Frum has been working this same schtick for several years now. Yeah, David Frum.
Gary Ruppert said,
March 5, 2013 at 3:36
The fact is, first.
Gary Ruppert said,
March 5, 2013 at 3:43
The fact is, if we put Isreal first, we put America first. God has chosen us and the Jews. We must also destroy all Islamists the way it tells us to in the Bible.
paleotectonics said,
March 5, 2013 at 3:45
We must also destroy all
Islamistscotton-poly blends the way it tells us to in the Bible.paleotectonics said,
March 5, 2013 at 3:47
THE FACT ISREAL!
paleotectonics said,
March 5, 2013 at 3:49
The fact is, the geologist survived because he didn’t feldspar.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:01
Now Goldberg’s using Jennifer “Bili” Rubin…
You speeled “Kristol Shrew Persuasion” wrong, html.
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I Want My Country Back said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:07
When are all you liberal fags gonna shut the hell up?
Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:15
When are all you liberal fags gonna shut the hell up?
Fight and die for it, like a man, you whiny-ass fuck.
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Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:25
Do like this guy, and die for your beliefs… no matter how completely fucking stupid they happen to be.
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Snorghagen said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:34
Like in the Biblical sense? Are there pictures?
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:42
This seems like a weird mutation of the It’s Always Projection principle. Especially when you consider that there are plenty of grounds on which to attack Shapiro without dragging Meir Kahane into it.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:43
HTML, other people are stealing all your wingnuts.
Pammy
Tacky
Who next, Marie’ ?
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Shakezula said,
March 5, 2013 at 4:48
Where the fuck did that second link take me and how can I make sure I never go there again?
Sheesh.
And if so is there kerosene? And matches? So we can burn those motherfuckers before they cause mass eyeball gouging?
Dead Rebel Motorcycle Club Guy said,
March 5, 2013 at 5:06
Do like this guy, and die for your beliefs… no matter how completely fucking stupid they happen to be.
Yes, and I’m also very proud of the award that nice Mr. Darwin just gave me!
Substance McGravitas said,
March 5, 2013 at 5:47
Bomb Iran nicely.
Snorghagen said,
March 5, 2013 at 5:56
What? You’re not attracted by the image of a pair of morally decayed media hacks engaging in a grotesque, soulless, stumbling parody of fornication while copiously sweating and drooling and emitting gurgling hoglike squeals of stupefied satisfaction?
Maybe it needs a John Philip Sousa soundtrack.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 5, 2013 at 5:58
Mmm, tubas…
tigris said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:03
Maybe it needs a John Philip Sousa soundtrack.
It’ll need to be played loud enough to blind as well as deafen, is that possible?
Peter Noone said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:04
Baby baby can’t you hear my heart beat
kg said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:13
I’m asking him to change his ways
S. cerevisiae said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:16
Speaking of long-lost wingnuts, whatever happened to Pastor Swank? Padded room somewhere in Nova Scotia?
HTML Mencken said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:27
Marie got married *sob*
Tacky I’ll get to in due time. Thanks for the reminder on Pammy. I said something on Twitter.
Spearhafoc, who waits dreaming in his house at R'lyeh said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:27
Pastor Swank’s home planet needed him.
John Revolta said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:48
Oh God, I think Jeb’s gonna run………………………………..
S. cerevisiae said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:49
Panda-eatin’ Pammd got dissed by CPAC, yo.
S. cerevisiae said,
March 5, 2013 at 6:49
Pammy, even. Too much IPA.
S. cerevisiae said,
March 5, 2013 at 7:01
I still can’t comment on my own damn blog. No respect, I tells ya.
Snorghagen said,
March 5, 2013 at 7:21
His websites are defunct or dormant and his regular posts to Renew America stopped two years ago. I found a few posts of his from last year, incoherent as ever, but they’re religious rather than political.
Damn shame. Grant Swank was one of the greats.
Spearhafoc, who waits dreaming in his house at R'lyeh said,
March 5, 2013 at 7:23
Who will protect the Womb Babies from Muslim Killers Global now?
Snorghagen said,
March 5, 2013 at 7:33
I do know not!
Enraged Bull Limpet said,
March 5, 2013 at 8:06
This nostalgic tangent makes me hunger for a slice of Amber Pawlik’s pizza.
S. cerevisiae said,
March 5, 2013 at 8:11
I still welcome Shania Law, as long as she teaches it to me personally…
Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 5, 2013 at 8:24
Don’t you think Nashville (Wednesday nights, ABC) should rilly wanna shoot here?
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Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 5, 2013 at 8:28
I still welcome Shania Law, as long as she teaches it to me personally…
She’s got to be a bit leathery, by now. Here. Be in your bunk.
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hidflect said,
March 5, 2013 at 8:46
J. Rubin is the Gauleiter of public comment, goose-stepping the ramparts of Washington imposing ideological purity on all and sundry and holding show trials on anyone meaningful who dares to cross her fascist memes all under the guise of being a “reporter”.
Bozo the Cocksucker said,
March 5, 2013 at 13:19
The beast turned on itself and began voraciously to feed.
Shakezula said,
March 5, 2013 at 14:47
Hey, hey, hey! Please. If I wanted to know about your sex life, I’d ask your moms.
JohnR said,
March 5, 2013 at 16:17
@Bitterscribe: “This seems like a weird mutation of the It’s Always Projection principle”
Maybe – I’d put it more as a variant of the “That was then, this is now” principle, or maybe a hybrid. It’s hard to know which of the Guiding Principles* of the Freiheit! Korps are being used at any single point.
* including “It’s Not My Fault”, “I Was Misquoted”, “Oh, Yeah, So’s Your Mother!”, and of course everybody’s favorite “Did Not, Did Not, Did Not, Waaaaah!”
Snorghagen said,
March 5, 2013 at 17:15
Sex life? You’re misinformed – I reproduce by binary fission.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 5, 2013 at 17:26
The beast turned on itself and began voraciously to feed.
All that yoga has finally paid off, eh?
Helmut Monotreme said,
March 5, 2013 at 18:10
I’m looking out the window, at the snowstorm and the snow is piling up. It will be a fun drive home.
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 18:49
I’m looking out the window, at the snowstorm and the snow is piling up. It will be a fun drive home.
I’m looking out the window at snow piling up and I’m already home. My job has certain suckage to it—I’m going to NYC all weekend for no extra money or time off—but at least they let you work from home when you want (more accurately, they don’t give a shit).
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 5, 2013 at 18:57
Won’t link because the only item I can is at HuffingPoop. Seems the House GOP is killing ACORN again. Their budget defunds ACORN. Which has been defunct for like three years. I just … I can’t … I don’t even …
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 5, 2013 at 19:06
http://www.alternet.org/gop-wants-defund-non-existent-acorn
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 5, 2013 at 19:46
Jeb 2016 – third time’s the charm!
Jeb Bush for Pres. – He can’t be worse than W.!
Vote for Jeb – we _could_ have run Neil, you know!
Bush v 3.0 – We’ll get it right this time!
Bush 2016 – what’s one more going to hurt?
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 5, 2013 at 19:56
Unpossible!
That’s excellent. I’m gonna start posting rude comments that you can’t respond to!
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 19:56
Their budget defunds ACORN. Which has been defunct for like three years.
But does it repeal Obamacare again? For, what would it be, the 34th time?
Shakezula said,
March 5, 2013 at 19:58
Dear God, what a bunch of petty fucksticks is the GOP.
tigris said,
March 5, 2013 at 19:59
Their budget defunds ACORN. Which has been defunct for like three years.
Which already non-spent money you KNOW they added into their “savings over Obama’s budget.”
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 5, 2013 at 20:02
One of their constituents needs to ask them why they don’t focus on the real problems, like fluoridation and chemtrails.
A wacko at the bus stop yesterday was mumbling about chemtrails as a jet flew over. That anecdata proves it’s a winning issue, they should run with it.
tensor said,
March 5, 2013 at 20:05
Seems the House GOP is killing ACORN again. Their budget defunds ACORN. Which has been defunct for like three years. I just … I can’t … I don’t even …
Hey, once a hate-object, always a hate-object. ACORN being dead just means they’ll have enough courage to attack it. (Since it existed to help poor communities, they can’t ever stop hating it.) Plus, no one told them to stop attacking!
Thread Bear said,
March 5, 2013 at 20:13
On the plus side, I heard the congressional budget was cut by 8%. I was thinking 80% would be more appropriate considering how little work they’re getting done, but it’s a start.
jim the heretical anti-cliff lemming said,
March 5, 2013 at 20:35
HARD-HITTING JOURNALISMS!
Substance McGravitas said,
March 5, 2013 at 20:58
AHAHAHAHAHA!
It’s a family trait to have the discipline to stop thinking.
Xecky Gilchrist said,
March 5, 2013 at 20:59
Oh God, I think Jeb’s gonna run………………………………..
That’ll be interesting watching the wingnuts flutter between “W lost an election therefore Bush = Liberal” and “Liberals hated G.W. so Bush = conservative”
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:01
I’m going to NYC all weekend for no extra money or time off
How long will you be in town? I’ll be working graveyards, but might be able to meet up for a beer on Sunday. If you’re still around on Tuesday, come on down to Brooklyn. It’ll be a weird night, not only am I going there for the lecture, but I’m planning on meeting up with both a young lady my landlord’s wife wants to fix me up with and a old friend I’ve known for twenty-five years, as well as the usual Secret Science scenesters.
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:06
BBBB: Sorry, but I’m getting my ass out of town early Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the offer, though. Maybe next time.
gocart mozart said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:08
Israel is Sasquatch!
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:13
Honing the discipline.
gocart mozart said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:14
“Their budget defunds ACORN. Which has been defunct for like three years.”
I notice that the G.O.P. still refuses to defund the Soviet Union. Fucking commies!
gocart mozart said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:16
Oh God, I think Jeb’s gonna run………………………………..
We will know he is running when he comes out in favor of deporting his wife and kids to Mexico.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:19
That’ll be interesting watching the wingnuts flutter between “W lost an election therefore Bush = Liberal” and “Liberals hated G.W. so Bush = conservative”
I don’t think they’ll be fluttering between those two memes, they have an uncanny knack for holding two opposing viewpoints simultaneously.
BBBB: Sorry, but I’m getting my ass out of town early Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the offer, though. Maybe next time.
No biggie, this coming Saturday is one of those “leave the house at 11PM Friday, get home 3PM Saturday” kinda days.
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:24
We will know he is running when he comes out in favor of deporting his wife and kids to Mexico.
If Lou Dobbs hasn’t done it yet, I don’t think Jeb is going to.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:39
If Lou Dobbs hasn’t done it yet, I don’t think Jeb is going to.
Tell me about it, finding out that his wife is Mexican was a genuine shocker.
Thread Bear said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:42
I’ve had days where I was in favor of deporting MY wife and kids to Mexico, and they’re not even from Mexico.
Shakezula said,
March 5, 2013 at 21:43
And JeBush majored in Brown People Tkrjeebs studies!
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 22:00
I’ve had days where I was in favor of deporting MY wife and kids to Mexico, and they’re not even from Mexico.
When I was married it would have been Antarctica. Beirut would have been an acceptable alternative.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 5, 2013 at 22:10
Dear God, what a bunch of petty fucksticks is the GOP.
Snide, petty, pointless, nastiness – it’s not just a personality disorder, it’s a party platform!
Helmut Monotreme said,
March 5, 2013 at 22:15
And, speaking as someone who has spent a year in Antarctica, someone there would have been happy to take her. Probably not the kids though- that’s just wrong.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 5, 2013 at 22:18
I think I borked my PC. The fan was going like crazy all the time so I removed the CPU and found the cooling fins all crudded up with dust. Carefully vac’ed, ran a q-tip through the fan to break up the caked on dust, more vac, and so on. Reassemble and voila, no video output. HP desktop with on-board nVidia grafix. Off to Fry’s to test CPU. Fuck.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 5, 2013 at 22:54
Is it on a network? Will it serve files?
gocart mozart said,
March 5, 2013 at 22:55
‘I think I borked my PC.”
You accurately quoted its past public statements in order to make it look bad? Serves you right.
N__B said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:01
I think I borked my PC.
If it were a mac, it would have been stylish, monochromatic crud.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:02
Jesus Christ. Who likes listening to Joanna Newsom? Someone who’s worried that kittens are a threat?
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:08
If Simka Gravas could sing (without an accent), she’d sound like Joanna Newsom.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:09
Yes it’s networked, no it won’t serve any fucking thing. I just removed the MB, gonna drive down to Fry’s and get it all checked out. Iffen I needs a CPU I can buy one there. Iffen I needs a MB I can buy one there. You can buy almost anything at Fry’s. Iffen it turns out I just forgot to jumper all the right stuff over, like missed a power cable, I’ll say “I’M A FUCKIN IDIOT” and slink home.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:11
Fixxorated for what I would do. I can’t get out of Fry’s without buying things I don’t need. I’ve learned just to not step into Fry’s.
sparks said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:12
Borked? If so I bet it was the vacuum. I don’t let one get near a PC. Static electricity isn’t your friend on/near the motherboard.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:13
Oh, and just admit it, you just want to go to Fry’s ’cause it’s in Wilsonville and has the best restaurants! I mean there’s a “Chili’s” and a “Red Robin”! True foodie paradise.
Pupienus said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:47
I was ALREADY having a bad day. Then OBS made be barf.
Bitter Scribe said,
March 5, 2013 at 23:56
Then OBS made be barf.
It’s like bebop, only pukier.
Bozo the Cocksucker said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:04
Hugo Chavez is dead. Open the blood gates.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:05
Hope you didn’t spew on your new motherboard.
gocart mozart said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:17
This is gonna be YUUUUGE! YUUUUGE!
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/05/donald_trump_to_speak_at_cpac/
also, Jonah and Malkin not pleased, heh indeedy.
Smut Clyde said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:17
Spewing on the motherboard.
gocart mozart said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:18
Hugo Chavez is dead. Open the blood gates.
Is this true? I shall Google.
gocart's wingnut chain email service said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:23
“Hugo Chavez is dead. Open the blood gates.”
O’Bummer had him killed because he was about to release proof that Che’ was Barry’s father and also secretly Kenyan.*
*pass it on.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:36
Dusting the CPU
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 6, 2013 at 0:37
Did anybody else hear that thing about Chavez and O’Bummer’s dad?
gocart's wingnut chain email service said,
March 6, 2013 at 1:15
Golmert is an idiot but I repeat myself.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/03/05/1677941/gop-rep-offers-amendment-prohibiting-obama-from-playing-golf-until-white-house-tours-resume/
Bitter Scribe said,
March 6, 2013 at 1:34
Hugo Chavez is dead.
By all accounts, he was a disaster as Venezuela’s leader. I just wonder what’s going to happen to its oil money now.
Snorghagen said,
March 6, 2013 at 1:44
Hugo Chavez was not only the President of Venezuela, he was also the Chicago Comptroller.
S. cerevisiae said,
March 6, 2013 at 2:03
RIP Hugo. He sent heating assistance to poor Americans a few years back (some of it came up here to the rez) which should have truly shamed our own government.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 6, 2013 at 2:28
The Emperor is back on the air! Yayz!
Major Kong said,
March 6, 2013 at 2:34
I never much cared for Chavez, but I never understood our collective freakout over him.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 6, 2013 at 2:36
Oil! And the wealth generated by it going to the poor.
That’s an affront to the American way of life.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 6, 2013 at 2:39
Also Chavez was an excellent troll.
Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 6, 2013 at 2:52
Well, I didn’t know the guy, personally.
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El Manquécito said,
March 6, 2013 at 3:11
I hadn’t thought of it that way but that is exactly it. The guy could talk for hours and it was insidious and persuasive (given an understanding of venezuelan). Because: insomnia, I listened to him a few times and, while crude he made a good case. Plus, what a career arc.
Allende’s evanescence: poor trolling skillz.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
March 6, 2013 at 3:12
We like our South American
despotsFighters for Democracy more when they murder poor people for corporate profits.~
Bitter Scribe said,
March 6, 2013 at 3:12
I never much cared for Chavez, but I never understood our collective freakout over him.
It was part of our collective freakout over everything remotely related to or suspected of Bolshevism, Marxism, Communism, “socialism” (God help us), or anything in any way connectable, in the fevered imaginations of a bunch of opportunists and mental defectives, with anyone or anything that might conceivably wish to roll tumbrils down Main St. It has been responsible for untold idiocies, ruined lives, and an overall ghastly array of abominations in American government and policies, both foreign and domestic. This truly is the cure being worse than the disease. Our missteps with Chavez were mild in comparison.
LittlePig said,
March 6, 2013 at 3:30
Brother Hugo could troll, baby.
Smell the brimstone!
I liked the guy just for that. Sure he was an asshole, but, like Democratic assholes in the U.S., the little guy got some gravy. The whole problem with Republicans is that they won’t let the little guy in; given the choice, I’d take Chavez in a heartbeat.
Course the ol’ boy ain’t got no heartbeat…
S. cerevisiae said,
March 6, 2013 at 3:34
Sending heating assistance money to poor Americans (particularly Injuns) was a great way to troll the US.
LittlePig said,
March 6, 2013 at 3:42
Sending heating assistance money to poor Americans (particularly Injuns) was a great way to troll the US.
Damn right. I hope that continues.
Hell, I seriously considered writing the old boy for a handout myself. Unfortunately the risk of discovery was too great (aka my passing as a Redneck good ol’ boy would come to a screeching halt).
tensor said,
March 6, 2013 at 4:41
Sending heating assistance money to poor Americans (particularly Injuns)Foiling a coup the Cheney Administration ineptly supported was a great way to troll the US.Flux orated, for greater Imperialistic over-reach.
Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 6, 2013 at 5:45
So, a pig walks into a bar, with its dick stuck in a chicken…
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Substance McGravitas said,
March 6, 2013 at 5:55
and says “Pre-empting the turducken.”
mr. mike said,
March 6, 2013 at 8:17
“It was part of our collective freakout over everything remotely related to or suspected of Bolshevism, Marxism, Communism, “socialism” (God help us), or anything in any way connectable, in the fevered imaginations of a bunch of opportunists and mental defectives, with anyone or anything that might conceivably wish to roll tumbrils down Main St. It has been responsible for untold idiocies, ruined lives, and an overall ghastly array of abominations in American government and policies, both foreign and domestic. This truly is the cure being worse than the disease. Our missteps with Chavez were mild in comparison.”
Best thing ever said about the Cold War.
Hugo will be missed.
Major Kong said,
March 6, 2013 at 9:35
I’ve actually been to Venezuela, but all we would do was stop in Valencia to pick up freight on our way to Bogota.
4 or 5 bored looking security people would camp out on the plane while we were being loaded. I have no idea what they were supposed to be protecting us from (or who they were protecting from us). We’d usually give them the cake and sodas from our cater.
Major Kong said,
March 6, 2013 at 9:38
catering
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 6, 2013 at 14:43
Chavez caused major freakouts in the U.S. because he was sitting on oil which rightfully belonged to Exxon Mobil or B.P. The neocons wanted Chavez to be Mossadegh 2: Boogaloo Coup, all so we could grab the black gold.
We never seem to learn, do we?
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
March 6, 2013 at 16:43
We never seem to learn, do we?
Nope. If Gaddafi didn’t piss off “our” big oil companies, we wouldn’t have undertaken “regime-change” in Libya.
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Shakezula said,
March 6, 2013 at 17:03
Rubio has stuck his foot – I mean, oar into the debate.
You know, I admit that I didn’t keep a close eye on Venezuela but I never heard anything to suggest “Hey, I know you’re glad that soshulist dirtbag is gone. Here’s hoping your next leader meets the approval of the U.S., for which I totally speak,” is the right tone to take before the corpse had gone through the stages of rigor mortis.
From what I’ve seen, people can be funny about their leaders, even when said leaders are dickheads. People can be even funnier when nations like the U.S. gets involved. But Rubio could give a fuck since he’s just another Republican doucheclog.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 6, 2013 at 17:21
Offering aid after Katrina was an especially good troll, given the way Bush and his minions were screwing shit up.
VCarlson said,
March 6, 2013 at 17:58
From LittlePig’s “Smell the brimstone!” link:
John Bolton accusing someone else of comic-strip anything is to laugh. When it was in response to an accurate accusation of hypocrisy and hegemony, well …
VCarlson said,
March 6, 2013 at 18:01
Thunder:
Don’t you think a more explicit term would be “corporate energy overlords?” I realize your “our” implies that we don’t own them, rather the reverse, but they’ve gotten more blatant and obnoxious about it recently.
OK, caught up with the thread now. For now.
Major Kong said,
March 6, 2013 at 19:33
New diary:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/05/1191826/-Living-the-Dream
Suezboo said,
March 6, 2013 at 21:00
Read it. Liked it.
So, here’s this guy – obliged to stay in top physical form, go through years of training and retraining, do daily a difficult, demanding and potentially dangerous job which takes him away from his family while paying him peanuts. And he loves it.
Men are seriously weird.
But some of them e.g. the Major, I like.
Major Kong said,
March 6, 2013 at 23:13
Actually the job pays quite well, otherwise I don’t know if I’d be putting myself through this.
We make more than the pilots at passenger airlines and we still (for now) have a pension.
Pre-9/11 the mainline passenger carriers (Delta, United, American) made more than us, but since then the bankruptcy courts have taken a large bite out of their pay and benefits. Don’t worry, I’m sure the executives kept their big bonuses.
My First Officer pay rate is better than most First Officers at American and even some Captains at US Airways.
John Revolta said,
March 6, 2013 at 23:27
Don’t worry, I’m sure the executives kept their big bonuses.
*Whew!* Man, you had me going for a second there…………………….
El Manquécito said,
March 6, 2013 at 23:47
Men are seriously weird.
Whereas wimmens are all like totally normal.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 6, 2013 at 23:51
C’mon. Without the abnormal women you’d soon miss those tentacles.
El Manquécito said,
March 6, 2013 at 23:57
Even when you’re enjoying the tentacles you know there’s a beak in there somewhere.
Smut Clyde said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:26
Pre-9/11 the mainline passenger carriers (Delta, United, American) made more than us, but since then the bankruptcy courts have taken a large bite out of their pay and benefits.
Imagine my relief to learn that it’s only the pilots of passenger jets who have to moonlight at second jobs.
Smut Clyde said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:27
Even when you’re enjoying the tentacles you know there’s a beak in there somewhere.
Note to self: Find excuse not to eat calamari from El Manquécito’s kitchen.
Major Kong said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:31
magine my relief to learn that it’s only the pilots of passenger jets who have to moonlight at second jobs.
The really bad ones are the regionals. A junior First Officer at a regional airline probably qualifies for food stamps.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:37
Looks sexy!
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:38
Oh rats.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:42
WTF
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 0:43
Wow, it’s stripping out Google search URLS. That’s kind of interesting.
John Revolta said,
March 7, 2013 at 1:00
RIP, Alvin Lee.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 7, 2013 at 1:35
John revolta just reminded meof some of my favorite bad bad bad lyrics
Them’s some very very bad lyrics.
wiley said,
March 7, 2013 at 1:42
A junior First Officer at a regional airline probably qualifies for food stamps.
And may have been highly discouraged from applying for food stamps, because that makes the company look bad.
RIP Chavez. I’ll take the influence of Simón Bolívar over a neocon any day of the week. The trashing of Chavez was both transparent and embarrassing to me.
wiley said,
March 7, 2013 at 1:43
Oh, it did post after all, but fuck you WordPress.
Wimmens said,
March 7, 2013 at 3:10
You bet your sweet ass we are!
S. cerevisiae said,
March 7, 2013 at 3:21
Damn, RIP Alvin Lee. He could fucking rock.
Bitter Scribe said,
March 7, 2013 at 3:43
Hey Major, good diary.
I used to have to fly to rinky-dink towns all the time when I toured food plants, which tend to be in the middle of nowhere. I envy you lucking into an exceptional diner.
LittlePig said,
March 7, 2013 at 4:25
Them’s some very very bad lyrics.
There are pharmacological requirements for their full appreciation.
Major Kong said,
March 7, 2013 at 6:22
Looks like I’ll be getting to Boston just in time for winter storm whatever they’re calling it. So I’ve got that to look forward to.
John Revolta said,
March 7, 2013 at 7:29
Liked the diary, Major. It actually sounds a lot like being in the music biz, only if you’re lucky enough to be a band leader, you get the extra fun of herding a bunch of (drunken) cats at the same time.
kg said,
March 7, 2013 at 13:49
This kind of makes up for it, no? Ok fine.
S. cerevisiae said,
March 7, 2013 at 15:58
You don’t need lyrics if you can jam.
Thread Bear said,
March 7, 2013 at 17:43
“I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I leave it up to you”
The official motto of the 113th Congress of the United States of America.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 7, 2013 at 19:04
It also helps to be really, really high.
“Like, woah, maaaan, woah. That’s deeeeeep.”
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 7, 2013 at 19:34
If The Ho and I happen to hear some bad lyrics it’s likely I will say “someone get me a ladder” while he, at about the same time, will say “bees make honey.”
Speaking of lyrics, I _finally_ got around to setting up Audacity and DVDdecrypter to rip music from DVDs to iTunes. Bled just a little bit figuring it out (can ANYONE write decent documentation? Doesn’t seem like it) what with having the right codecs and such but I managed to get Leonard Cohen Live in London finished up late in the afternoon. Definitely worth the pain.
Teh Ho said “You can do Camelot and Sound of Music and the rest!” No, I said, Idon’t think I can.
El Manquécito said,
March 7, 2013 at 19:42
You don’t need lyrics if you can jam.
If I’m subbing or pickin’ with bands not my own it’s in my rider: songs with words. One instrumental per set max.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 7, 2013 at 20:55
Concert For George, OTOH, is now in process.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 21:03
You might want Soundflower.
http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/
Pupienus said,
March 7, 2013 at 21:50
You might want Soundflower.
Why? I’m not about to go buy an overpriced, proprietary machine. I already have a cheap machine with a not too expensive proprietary system and an inexpensive (home built) machine with a free, open, system.
You can’t sucker me into joining you fanboys!
tigris said,
March 7, 2013 at 21:52
Without the abnormal women you’d soon miss those tentacles.
Even when you’re enjoying the tentacles you know there’s a beak in there somewhere.
If it’s got a pecker, it’s not a woman.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 21:58
iTunes through WINE or something?
Anyway, maybe you want Jack: http://jackaudio.org/
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:10
You could use the Youtube Center greasemonkey thingy and then download an MP4 straight from the youtube video. Free and easy peazy.
El Manquécito said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:11
If it’s got a pecker, it’s not a woman.
If it’s got tentacles it’s got a beak. I’ve been holding off de-beaking jokes but don’t push me.
More here
Pupienus said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:19
“maybe you want Jack”
Is he cute? That does look interesting. I may have used it before, couple eons ago, I wouldn’t remember. There was a time when I was capturing some Internet radio streams, mostly Brazilian jazz some of which can be hard to find. I don’t really spend much time on this shit – listen to a couple Internet radio stations mostly or pop in a classical cd. About the only time I listen on my iPhone is when I’m out riding my motorsickle.
Audacity is nice because I can easily do fade-outs and also for editing (read: inserting) the metadata.
Pupienus said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:21
BEWARE THE CUTTLEFISH!!!!
Sorry, I’ve been reading too much Rudy Rucker lately, couldn’t help it.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:29
I agree, that’s good stuff.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:37
Fixxorated for great truth.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:38
If it’s got a pecker, it’s not a woman.
There’s a good bit of talk these days about “subtle homophobia,” (and for good reason) so it’s near the fore of my awareness. No homo. And besides, that’s so gay. Reading that comment got me thinking that transwomen who have not had the surgery would likely take you to task for saying that. Is it subtle transphobia? I doubt it, coming from anyone in this crowd, I’m just pointing out that we all say things without thinking about such shit.
CRA said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:40
From a 19th-century obituary:
“Many others have enjoyed the unlimited hospitality of the deceased and well-groomed gentleman.”
tigris said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:50
If I offended I’m sorry. I tend to draw a distinction between physical sex and not necessarily physical gender, i.e. one could be female but not a woman and vice versa, but as it’s not my experience I may be way off base.
CRA said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:57
I use Audacity to finish up the tracks generated when I digitize phonograph records.
I discovered something interesting (to me) while doing so. We have some very old 78s that sound absolutely horrible — mostly noise. I had one of Stravinsky (“Firebird”) that I wanted to digitize, though. So I used Audacity’s noise reduction features, heavily … the result is like a different work of art, and quite beautiful. Sounds like a pointillistic synth rendition. Certain passages are fractured into rapid series of distinct notes where no scale or arpeggio existed before. Lots of dynamics and an overall fabric of tiny silences.
El Manquécito said,
March 7, 2013 at 22:58
At least I don’t have to go on about debeaking.
kg said,
March 7, 2013 at 23:07
My mother-in-law will sometimes call someone (sometimes herself) a “giant queer-ball”. Based on teh context I’m pretty sure she means to call the person hokey or corny but I cringe nonetheless.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 23:10
I do and I will say things without thinking about such shit, so reminders are okay by me. Except that I will cry.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 7, 2013 at 23:23
Except that I will cry.
That’s so gay.
bbkf said,
March 7, 2013 at 23:29
Jeb 2016 – third time’s the charm!
Jeb Bush for Pres. – He can’t be worse than W.!
Vote for Jeb – we _could_ have run Neil, you know!
Bush v 3.0 – We’ll get it right this time!
Bush 2016 – what’s one more going to hurt?
haha…i heard him (as voiced by will ferrell) teh other morning on teh mpr and he said the only thing that will make him run for pres is ‘time’…i thought jeb was supposed to be the smart one…
Substance McGravitas said,
March 7, 2013 at 23:40
He can turn it on and off at will. He has the discipline to not think.
bbkf said,
March 7, 2013 at 23:46
My mother-in-law will sometimes call someone (sometimes herself) a “giant queer-ball”. Based on teh context I’m pretty sure she means to call the person hokey or corny but I cringe nonetheless.
omigad! the other day my mother was just babbling away over the phone and used the word gay in the context of bright and cheerful and happy and then was immediately…oh, i suppose i can’t say that word, now! why she was using the term gay in what she was describing was beyond me anyway, but then she went on to tell me gas prices would be lower if the pipeline goes through (bronco’s fault it hasn’t) and then told me about how a waitress just that very afternoon was rude to her after she waved her hand in the air and was, ‘yoohoo! miss! we would like some service!’
also, too…she talks about the coloreds as well, so…giant queer-ball ain’t so bad…
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 0:08
…and from the last thread:
i am now offering to gay marry helen…and if that’s committng bigamy, i don’t want to be right…
her answer for moving to ireland should also include ‘feck’ and ‘shite’…
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 8, 2013 at 0:12
We need to round up a posse, find the fucker that did it and hang him. http://www.opb.org/news/blog/ecotrope/only-tree-in-worlds-tiniest-city-park-vanishes/
Smut Clyde said,
March 8, 2013 at 0:14
We need to round up a posse, find the fucker that did it and hang him.
Lynching from a VERY SMALL TREE is a slow and lingering death.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 8, 2013 at 0:19
From the crimes against trees file:
Bitter Scribe said,
March 8, 2013 at 1:32
omigad! the other day my mother was just babbling away over the phone and used the word gay in the context of bright and cheerful and happy and then was immediately…oh, i suppose i can’t say that word, now!
Oh come on. I’m sorry your mom was discomfited, but otherwise generations of schoolboys wouldn’t get to snicker over Hemingway:
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 8, 2013 at 2:35
“CPAC is enforcing the sharia,” said Pammycakes. No really, she said that. MWAHAHAHHAHAHA
Bitter Scribe said,
March 8, 2013 at 2:42
Pammycakes thinks everyone who doesn’t instantly agree with every batshit thing she says is “enforcing the sharia.”
Substance McGravitas said,
March 8, 2013 at 2:44
I see the Muslim Brotherhood has gotten to Bitter Scribe.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 8, 2013 at 3:12
Heh… enforcing the sharia…
Bitter Scribe said,
March 8, 2013 at 4:06
That’s it, Sub. You’re on The List.
nihilistech said,
March 8, 2013 at 4:15
You all have seen this, right?
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/create-your-own-thomas-friedman-op-ed-column
Next, someone needs to write a Friedman Column generator.
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
March 8, 2013 at 4:48
Next, someone needs to write a Friedman Column generator.
Someone from the House of Substance, no doubt!
Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 8, 2013 at 4:53
Y’know what, bitches? I picked up smoking again, some time ago. I’m weak, and I couldn’t resist the siren call of addiction and co-conspiracy with my two co-workers (and the fact that our boss HATES TEH SMOKING… naw, he’s a really good boss, I must admit). But now, I am back to vaping, and committed to staying addicted to clean nicotine, at least.
Luckily for me, a new place opened literally around the corner from where I live where I can get All The Shit for PRO vaping. Their blueberry juice is incredible, an’ if anyone here is a vaper, sing out and I will get you some free stuff.
.
VCarlson said,
March 8, 2013 at 4:58
I feel pretty cranky about the jackass whoyanked the tree in Mill Ends Park, but it does look as though it hadn’t been there that long. I have a brother in law in Portland who’s a lawyer who might be persuaded to go after the so-and-so (my sister’s a lawyer, too, but she works for the State).
The tree destruction that hacks me off was the poisoning of Treaty Oak in Austin. A check shows the tree survived, if somewhat lopsidedly, and even resumed producing acorns. At the time, I suspected developers, as Austin was booming, and the tree’s on prime land.
Snorghagen said,
March 8, 2013 at 5:42
I’ve heard of that. Truly, that is driving incompetence that would be hard to match – only one tree within 250 miles and that shithead managed to run into it.
A whacked-out loser, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, poisoned the tree “because he wanted to entrap its spiritual energy.”
Babe Ruthless said,
March 8, 2013 at 10:36
Jeffraham: as someone who smoked for thir-*cough* years – Vaping is fucking awesome.
Helmut Monotreme said,
March 8, 2013 at 16:11
Even dumber was the poisoning of the century old Toomer’s Corner oak trees which are a big deal to the fans of Auburn football, by Harvey Updyke, a fan of the University of Alabama.
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 16:30
Vaping is fucking awesome.
ahhhh…i also succumbed to temptation for a bit and picked up teh smoking again,..however, i am now clean since november….i thought about vaping, but then realized it would become just as much a pain in the ass as making sure i had enough cigs to get me through the night…some of the coworkers at the club still smoke, but it doesn’t entice me in the least…and hubbkf’s smoking in the house and car is starting to make me nauseous…
also, the dude in the commercial for blu (?) e-cigs looks like he woke up on the beach with the worst hangover ever…
Jeffraham Prestonian said,
March 8, 2013 at 17:48
bbkf — those little cigarette-sized systems are like toys. Helpful if one is looking to put down cigs, but long term, too much hassle & expense.
.
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 18:35
fucking touchscreens…how do they work? srsly…my mother just called because she couldn’t figure out how to delete an app (farmville, of course) from her ipad…
mother: i’m putting my finger over it, but it won’t wiggle…
me: are you touching the screen?
mother: well, you don’t have to do you? don’t you just hold your finger over it?’
and she’s had this thing how long? my forehead…it already hurts from the slapping…
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 18:39
bbkf — those little cigarette-sized systems are like toys. Helpful if one is looking to put down cigs, but long term, too much hassle & expense.
hmmm…good to know…i was thinking that one would be nice for when one is drinking and everybody one wants to converse with is out on the smoking patio…but i think i know myself better than that…i would drunkenly smoke a real one a few times and….boom goes the dynamite….i would be back at it again…
two of my friends, who are married, have tried to quit…she’s been on nicorette and ciggies for at least a decade now and he took up chantix about a month ago and continues to smoke at his normal prodigous rate…
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:05
BREAKING! BREAKING! WHOOP WHOOP WOOP BREAKING!
Smithsonian Institution promotes Islamist jihadist sharia enforcing propaganda!
Helmut Monotreme said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:17
Sadly, no. That’s a crescent sun.
Also, what a great image. Knowing as much as I know about photography (not much) that must have been a difficult shot to get. In order to get the person to be so neatly framed by the sun, the photographer must have been pretty far from the subject and zoomed in pretty close with a big telephoto lens, to get them both in focus meant the aperture was dialed down to a pinhole, to set up the shot, the photographer had to know where and when the sun was going to set, and to avoid burning out the sensor, there had to have been a pretty heavy filter. The filter and tiny aperture both would increase the exposure time, so the lens must have been pretty fast to begin with, and it almost goes without saying that they used a pretty solid tripod.
In short, they didn’t snap a candid with their smartphone camera.
Bravo.
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:23
Sadly, no. That’s a crescent sun.
but still…it looks sinisterly islamic to me…and…after looking at it? the scarf i was hitherto wearing around my neck…is now draped over my head as well…bring on the shania!
Chris said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:25
So, I just spent thirty minutes writing and reworking three paragraphs to post on Facebook in response to a wingnut relative Standing With Rand Paul because we should ALL be concerned about potential violations of our civil liberties. It was a NICE post. It really was. It wasn’t mean or sarcastic or trollish, rather quite charitable and reasonable sounding, but without making any concessions to Rand Paul, the basic shorter being “I fully endorse this man’s obvious and commendable concern for our civil liberties, but has he really accomplished anything at all?” So I wrote that, and then reworked it and polished it until it was what I thought was a good collection of points about how drones have changed the security state and how that affects our civil liberties.
And then I began to contemplate the “enter” button.
And then my shoulder angel and shoulder devil issued a joint statement. Which was “Walter, Walter, what’s the point, man? Yes, you COULD hold a civil conversation about a complete non-issue with someone who cares so little about the actual issue that his only response to police brutality during OWS was to snigger that anarchists didn’t believe in rights anyway. But do you WANT to? I mean, REALLY want to? Come on, you can tell us.”
To which I could only response “No, I suppose not.”
So I did not hit “post,” did hit “delete,” and went to Burger King for lunch.
That’s my morning so far. How’re all my fellow Commuslimunist fascist Second Amendment hating Obambi worshipers?
Chris said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:26
Sadly, no. That’s a crescent sun.
I had a friend in undergrad from South Carolina, who showed up wearing a T-shirt with the state flag on it (it was a palm tree with a crescent moon). And another good friend of mine, decidedly not from the South, was like “why are you wearing a Muslim T-shirt?”
Cultural misunderstandings FTW.
VCarlson said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:32
That distinction will completely pass by (and by “pass by” I mean “go so far overhead there will be only a vague whistling noise”) the shariahysterics. After all, they succeeded in getting the Flight 93 memorial changed away from its original “Islamic red crescent” (red maples, following the natural contour of the land).
Chris said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:36
I either did not know or did not remember that Flight 93 thing.
What a miserable life these people must lead. What do they do on all these days of the months where the moon’s a crescent, gather their AR-15s and try to shoot it down?
(Don’t answer that).
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:41
M-O-O-N. That spells sharia law!
VCarlson said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:46
The smug blindness of it all makes me tired. Crosses on mountaintops, 10 Commandments on the courthouse lawn, cross necklaces, all fine, nothing to see here (and they really don’t). Vaguely crescent-shaped things and checked scarves (never mind any intentional representations of Islam) are Right Out, because they represent (someone else’s) religion.
Really, when you think about it, they seem to have a very poor opinion of their faith/masculinity/whatever, since they seem so convinced the tiniest thing will utterly destroy it.
Pupienus Maximus said,
March 8, 2013 at 19:51
Really, when you think about it, they seem to have a very poor opinion of their faith/masculinity/whatever, since they seem so convinced the tiniest thing will utterly destroy it.
In my long experience as a militant anti-theist cocksucking fag, I have to say “BINGO!”
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 20:04
In my long experience as a militant anti-theist cocksucking fag, I have to say “BINGO!”
in my long experience as an evolving militant anti-theist cocksucking straight chick, i also have to say “BINGO!”
M-O-O-N. That spells sharia law!
thank you for making me guffaw…
jim the heretical anti-cliff lemming said,
March 8, 2013 at 20:06
bring on the shania!
Never go Full Hijab.
Thread Bear said,
March 8, 2013 at 20:24
I’ve gone full Jib-Jab before. That wasn’t so bad.
Lewis Caroll said,
March 8, 2013 at 20:40
I’ve got full Jub-Jub, myself.
jim the heretical anti-cliff lemming said,
March 8, 2013 at 21:11
“No, I suppose not.”
I’ve had the odd suppose-me-not over at America’s Shittiest Website myself.
I rarely go there any more.
Wingnuts seem to prefer (if not love like giddy sophomores) the “Brute Experience Or Bust” school over the “How Did This Cunning Plan Work Out Last Time” school.
Experience may be the perfect tutor … but I for one find it a mite off-putting that only the dead matriculate.
bbkf said,
March 8, 2013 at 21:21
ewwww…i made the mistake of reading the comments on an article on teh yahoo about bin laden’s son in law’s trial…you can imagine the mangoes…
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 8, 2013 at 21:57
Don’t know how I missed this new-ish info about super capacitors — pretty cool possibilities.
Substance McGravitas said,
March 8, 2013 at 22:42
Why with one of those devices you could have 100 times the power when you build up the static electricity to shock your child’s nose.
VCarlson said,
March 9, 2013 at 1:14
That is pretty cool. Back when I was employed by one of those Eebul Chemical companies, the ability to turn cents-per-ton resin into something they could sell by the square foot to readily collect electrons was one of their Holy Grails.
Snorghagen said,
March 9, 2013 at 3:33
Back in my youth I did ground-breaking research in the field of super-incapacitation.
Smut Clyde said,
March 9, 2013 at 3:54
Ground-breaking research in the field of superconductors.
Oregon Beer Snob said,
March 9, 2013 at 6:20
Oooooh, research project!
Cerberus said,
March 9, 2013 at 9:57
New post!