Maybe if she showed us her tits.

Y’know, I wonder what she looks like now, as opposed to her prom picture from the Reagan administration…

By the way, despite the airbrushed appearances, her mangoes are as rancid as K-Lo’s. Stay in the boat.

And. Always. Trust. The. Shorter.™

“return our country to its purely theocratic origins”

Where the hell do people get the idea that this country was founded as a theocracy?

Marie Jon? Isn’t that French?

Je ne sais pas, mlle Jon. I think it’s best if you don’t worry your pretty head about all of this political stuff and let the men handle it.

Where the hell do people get the idea that this country was founded as a theocracy?

It’s IN the bible. Geesh. Don’t you know nothing?

One religious writer put it succinctly with this particular headline following the tsunami that devastated Asia five years ago: “Countless Souls Cry Out to God.” The writer then proceeded to question how Christians could believe in God in the face of such suffering. Like the writer, many of us hold the misconception that God directly causes all natural disasters.

Maybe it was because you folks keep celebrating that one story when your God got real mad and drowned every single human on Earth out of pure rage except for one family on a boat with a bunch of animals, and then once he sobered up he let the boat land and thought he ought to put a rainbow in the sky to, uh, you know, promise he wouldn’t carry out a global complete genocide again.

You know, to show how much he loves us, and how he only gets mad at us and hits us ’cause we won’t do what he says and we sass him sometimes.

The writer then proceeded to question how Christians could believe in God in the face of such suffering. Like the writer, many of us hold the misconception that God directly causes all natural disasters.

See, this is why I didn’t get out of the boat, because Marie Jon is to theocracy what Donald Trump is to humility.

No one claims God causes disasters. What we wonder about is how come God doesn’t prevent them. If you accept the concept of good and evil and God and the Devil, you presume that any evil in the world comes not from God but from his antagonist, and that it’s up to God… you know, all powerful, all knowing God?…to prevent it.

Is it fair game to cock-punching a woman?

Is it fair game to cock-punching a woman?

I should point out that I’ve outsourced the editing of my comments to Chief Korir in Nigeria (or Norway) until my finger heals completely.

Where the hell do people get the idea that this country was founded as a theocracy?

The constitution makes it clear that the founders intended the US to be a Christian nation, by cleverly avoiding any mention of Christianity, as well as specifically ruling out religious tests and establishment of state religion.

I don’t know how it could be any clearer.

“It’s IN the bible. Geesh. Don’t you know nothing?”

I’ve never read nor do I ever intend to read the bible. From the things I’ve heard about what’s in it, it’s not my kind of fiction.

Maybe if she showed us her tits.

Sadly, No. The right wing bloggers do not play by 4chan rules.

Wait, where’s the apostrophe? All these years I’ve wondered what the heck was going on with that apostrophe and now it’s just… gone?!?

Won’t you join me in pledging to rid America of such filth by doing all we can to return our country to its purely theocratic origins?

1773 or 1740 or 1752?

WTF are these people on about?

Y’know, I wonder what she looks like now, as opposed to her prom picture from the Reagan administration…

Hee. It’s terrible, but I was thinking the same thing. I can’t seem to find her age anywhere…hmmmm…

Oh, I see. She’s been patriotic since 1773, so she’s at least 237.

I’ve never read nor do I ever intend to read the bible. From the things I’ve heard about what’s in it, it’s not my kind of fiction.

That’s where you’re wrong. It’s a lot like the Anita Blake series. The first few books are boring and cliche, but after that it’s all werewolf orgies all the time.

Well, I’ve been saying for years that if you transported Marie Jon and her fellow Supah-Christians back to 33 CE, every one of ’em would be begging Pilate to kill that damn hippie foggort.

Wait, where’s the apostrophe? All these years I’ve wondered what the heck was going on with that apostrophe and now it’s just… gone?!?

I was wondering this, too. The apostrophe was like a little PENIS to laugh at how awkward it was, just poking up in weird places all the time, and now you’ve just gone and chopped it off*.

*veiled castration reference.

Like the writer, many of us hold the misconception that God directly causes all natural disasters.

So he didn’t actually drive the car that rolled down the hill into your house, he was just in the driver’s seat and didn’t put on the breaks when he realized what was happening, and may or may not help you out of the rubble. Um, yay God?

Way OT, but I think I love Anthony Weiner* for being a congresscritter who actually said this:

“I follow Twitter for the Tea Party and just show up to fuck with them,” he told supporters at a recent appearance. “No, I don’t do that. I just sit at my desk and they send me talcum powder every couple of weeks.” **

* not at all veiled
** via Huffpo. Link won’t embed.

Apostrophes’ are’ theft’.

No one claims God causes disasters.

Ahem.

So, I got out of the boat and ran across this little gem.

Give him direct communication, respect, appreciation, good food, and good loving’ and he will do just about anything you wish, foolish or not.

I had no idea I was a man. That explains why I hate cleaning.

“Maybe if she showed us her tits.

Sadly, No. The right wing bloggers do not play by 4chan rules”

I beg to differ. So many proud racists there. And it can’t just be Derbyshire.

Don’t be fooled by “hot” republican chicks. They’re so used to being fawned over by married middle-aged men, the entitlement attitude could curl your hair from 50 feet. And if you get any closer, the ugliness of their souls starts shining through their foundation-caked skin like dead light.

And anyway, I see hotter chicks everyday at FSU.

Don’t be fooled by “hot” Republican girls. They’re so used to being fawned over by married middle-age men, their daddy issues and entitlement attitudes could curl your hair at 50 feet. And if you do get any closer than that, the ugliness of their souls starts to be visible, shining through their foundation-caked skin like a dead light.

I see hotter girls than this every day at FSU, also.

FYWP X2.

Anyway, she has this really essentialist, stupid essay and I was speculating that I must be a man due to my love of good food, good loving, and respect. And boobies.

No one claims God causes disasters.

Ahem.

I thought we caused it?

Look folks, Jesus didn’t come to America and blast those lame Indians with his God-beam just so we could set up some kind of government where it wasn’t legal to burn witches.

“The constitution makes it clear that the founders intended the US to be a Christian nation”

So, ‘We the people…’ really means we are gods.

My new favorite verse in my imaginary bible…

John,11:35, Jesus tea-bagged.

I went in for the magoes but started laughing uncontrollably at the photo under the headline.

I’ve never read nor do I ever intend to read the bible. From the things I’ve heard about what’s in it, it’s not my kind of fiction.

You’re missing out. Rape, incest, murder, thievery (King David has his bad-boy phase), it’s got it all.

Hard to say what’s the best Tarantino moment; either the she-bears killing the little boys that laughed at Samuel’s bald head, or the lady that nails the opposing general’s head into the ground. Good stuff.

It isn’t necessarily an apostrophe. It could be an acute, a grave, a Vietnamese hook, or perhaps even an ogonek gone horribly wrong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritical_marks

“You’re missing out. Rape, incest, murder, thievery (King David has his bad-boy phase), it’s got it all.”

Huh, maybe I’ll think about it if someone comes out with a graphic adaptation of the bible.

From ‘Marie ‘Jon’ :

“Dear Father in Heaven, thank you for overcoming every obstacle for us. Thank you for conquering even death itself. We want to place our broken and bruised lives in your precious and capable hands. We want you as our hope and our future. In humility, we accept the gift of your Son’s atoning grace, the gift of Christ rising from the grave for us, and the gift of His living a sinless life for us. Thank you for making us a part of His resurrected life. We know that you are preparing special heavenly mansions for us. We so eagerly anticipate the day when we spend eternity with you. You are a mighty awesome God. We praise you for your love. In Jesus’ name, Amen”

.

That’s socialized heaven right there.

Damn afterlife moochers and heavenly sponges. I don’t want my sins paying for their heavenly mansions. They can sin their own way to the top, goddamnit!

Rape, incest, murder, thievery

Bear in mind, too, those are the ‘good guys’

Hard to say what’s the best Tarantino moment; either the she-bears killing the little boys that laughed at Samuel’s bald head, or the lady that nails the opposing general’s head into the ground. Good stuff.

There’s also golden hemmoroids.

Thank you for conquering even death itself.

We know this because no Christian has ever died, as proven by a guy who talks to spirits who will be put to death for sorcery as soon as is practical.

Huh, maybe I’ll think about it if someone comes out with a graphic adaptation of the bible.

Read Larry Gonick’s “Cartoon History Of The World”.

That’s where I found out about the lulz I mentioned.

Hard to say what’s the best Tarantino moment;

I’m kind of partial to the bit where David kills 200 Philistines, so he can put all their foreskins in a sack and bring them to Saul to buy his daughter.

Imagine that in “Avatar” 3d and a “300”-style slo-mo. Box office platinum.

So we’re like Israel but the opposite!

The Cartoon History of the Universe really is excellent history. That, “People’s History of the US” and “Guns Germs & Steel” are a better education than all the history I took in grade school and college.

In humility

yeah, right, Marie.

This ol’ pagan’s numerous readings of the New Testament (well, the synoptic gospels, anyway – John’s self-promotion and jealousy of the other apostles is too much for me) reveals again and again that the group Jesus most held in contempt were hypocrites.

I think a better word for her religion would be Missedthepointianism.

Here’s my favorite, Matthew 19:12:

http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?passage1=Matthew+19:12&version=8

12 For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Many is the time that I have offered a knife and a tea-towel to a Christian friend, but so far with no takers.

I’m kind of partial to the bit where David kills 200 Philistines

With Rush Limbaugh’s jawbone, no less.

This is the greatest example of cognitive dissonance EVAR.

RenewAmerica has no official position (or requirement) regarding religious affiliation or belief, other than that derived directly from our founding documents and the biblical Word of God..

Uh, whaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

Hard to say what’s the best Tarantino moment; either the she-bears killing the little boys that laughed at Samuel’s bald head, or the lady that nails the opposing general’s head into the ground. Good stuff.

The guy who sends his woman out to be raped to death, or near enough to death to not kick up a fuss when he chops her body into pieces to be sent to the tribes, is also pretty choice.

I’m not so sure that’s her picture — I swear I’ve seen it in an ad somewhere.

Per a Google image search, that’s it, even though there’s only that one image and one other. (I have it set on strict filtering due to work, so maybe that;s the problem.)

If it is, it’s sad someone so attractive is so willfully stupid — which instantly makes her an ugly-ass skanky hag in my book.

But I’m weird like that …

I went in for the magoes but started laughing uncontrollably at the photo under the headline.

It’s pretty fucking awesome. It reminds me of this clock I got at Big Lots once that would chime every hour on the hour with a chorus of heavenly angels. It sounded like shit and was really annoying. I think my mom threw it away when I wasn’t looking.

There’s also golden hemmoroids.

And the hill of foreskin.

Hey, first PENIS of the thread?

The guy who sends his woman out to be raped to death, or near enough to death to not kick up a fuss when he chops her body into pieces to be sent to the tribes, is also pretty choice.

The hits just keep on comin’! A veritable guro cornucopia!

RenewAmerica has no official position (or requirement) regarding religious affiliation or belief, other than that derived directly from our founding documents and the biblical Word of God..

Uh, whaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

Render unto seizure that which is the result of some sort of brain-disrupting seizure..

RenewAmerica has no official position (or requirement) regarding religious affiliation or belief, other than that derived directly from our founding documents and the biblical Word of God..

Uh, yeah. That’s a given, dude. It’s like A is A or whatthefuckever.

So am I to understand that Martha sucked George’s nutsack?

Abigail and John?

Who sucked Thomas Jefferson’s nutz?

“By 1777, Hamilton was tapped by George Washington”

Is this what they’re talking about?

Well, I’ve been saying for years that if you transported Marie Jon and her fellow Supah-Christians back to 33 CE, every one of ‘em would be begging Pilate to kill that damn hippie foggort.

Wasn’t it Al Franken who had the comic strip Supply-Side Jesus?

He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

He that smelleth it, dealteth it.

This is probably well-known to everyone but I can’t stop laughing:

RenewAmerica is an independent grassroots entity unaffiliated with any public figure, political candidate, or political party. While it steadfastly supports the right of all citizens….
…For the record, RenewAmerica generally supports the platform principles of the Republican Party

….as far as the Democratic Party is concerned, it goes without saying that RenewAmerica has virtually nothing in common with this corrupt, deceitful organization

Your visual bible
http://www.thebricktestament.com/joshua/second_circumcision/jos05_03.html

Check out Robert Crumb’s graphic version of Genesis.

Simple question for those who claim God-doesn’t-prevent-disasters-cos-er-freedom: so, do you believe any miracle has ever happened? I’m fine with a distant do-nothing God, as long as he’s consistent.

Render unto seizure that which is the result of some sort of brain-disrupting seizure.

Perfect.

Uh, yeah. That’s a given, dude. It’s like A is A or whatthefuckever.

This comes after a long screed about how damn activist judges are keeping Jeebus out of the classroom.

Note to fundies: Jeebus is getting an online GED.

Simple question for those who claim God-doesn’t-prevent-disasters-cos-er-freedom

Shoot, you don’t have to appeal to empiricism to refute that. It’s easily refutable within context:

“Just what gives you the idea that your self-interest and God’s self-interest have anything remotely in common?”

That blast from the past reminds me that teh inertnettertrons nevah forgets, so I might as well get it over with.

I also like bendy straws.

Me personally, I think the odds are so stacked against our existence that our existence itself, right there, is miracle enough for me.

I should point out that I’ve outsourced the editing of my comments to Chief Korir in Nigeria (or Norway) until my finger heals completely.

Did you hurt it in your epic “South Ferry Throwdown” with Tw00fie? Well, that would explain your un-excused absence on Tuesday.

He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Verily, let him also film it because God approves of sharing.

Hi, long time lurker, first time poster. I’ve actually been thinking about where the wingnuts could have gotten some of the whacked out ideas about the Constitution that they’ve been espousing–if espousing could possibly be an appropriate word to describe the notions they’ve been shitting out–and I think that they’re literally confusing the Confederate constitution with the US constitution. Seriously. The Confederate constitution explicitly mentions “The Almighty God” in the preamble, leaves out providing for the general welfare, explicitly shits on black people (as opposed to vaguely referencing fractions and tariffs), explicitly refers to a weak federal government and state sovereignty. I believe the few who bothered to read a constitution of any kind either ignorantly or willfully confuse the Constitution we *actually* have with the one that was invalidated after that long, costly, bloody war of attrition your Ken Burns-types are fond of blathering about. The rest are just parroting what they hear at on the radio and at the cross-burning/weenie roasts.

Just throwing out a theory. You may now return to your regularly-scheduled witticisms, and I’ll return to my regularly-scheduled lurking.

I’m kind of partial to the bit where David kills 200 Philistines, so he can put all their foreskins in a sack and bring them to Saul to buy his daughter.,

Yep, even better than the guy who blinds his enemy with a handful of bird crap. Plus it’s canonical. Bonus!

I’m not so sure that’s her picture — I swear I’ve seen it in an ad somewhere.

Try tineye.com

It seems to be hers and hers alone.

Did you know she’s a Renaissance Woman?

Just throwing out a theory. You may now return to your regularly-scheduled witticisms, and I’ll return to my regularly-scheduled lurking.

Lincoln really screwed up by not letting the CSA (or as the area would be known today, North Mexico) be their own damn country.

And I live here.

I think that they’re literally confusing the Confederate constitution with the US constitution

You are far too generous. I think they assume things they approve of are in the Constitution because the Constitution is Good, like puritanical types who assume anything they disapprove of is forbidden in their unread Bible because OF COURSE IT IS.

Sadly, No. The right wing bloggers do not play by 4chan rules.

The hell you say? We feature /b/tards regularly!

Pat Robertson said,
April 15, 2010 at 18:31
No one claims God causes disasters.

Ahem.

You’re nobody. I rest my case.

perhaps even an ogonek gone horribly wrong

ZOMBIE OGONEKS!

He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Pitchers have yet to report, but catchers are plentiful.

LittlePig points out the original Foreskin Holocaust:

I’m kind of partial to the bit where David kills 200 Philistines, so he can put all their foreskins in a sack and bring them to Saul to buy his daughter.

T&U:
It’s pretty fucking awesome. It reminds me of this clock I got at Big Lots once that would chime every hour on the hour with a chorus of heavenly angels. It sounded like shit and was really annoying.

I had one of those clocks!!! It was the Last Supper/Hallelujah Chorus clock! And yes, it sounded like shit. One of my co-bloggers gave it to me – our favorite thing about it was the packaging, which had the As-Seen-On-TV label…except it said, “similar to items SEEN ON TV!” IIRC, those came out around the same time as the “bird song” clocks (which also sounded like shit) which were heavily advertised ON TV. Our clocks were obviously the vastly superior product – not only for the lulz on the packaging, but also for sheer desperate tackiness.

Sadly, No. The right wing bloggers do not play by 4chan rules

Well the teahadist politicians sure do. Just check out Carl Paradino’s emails:
Bestiality, p0rn, and a sprinkling of racism.

Lincoln really screwed up by not letting the CSA (or as the area would be known today, North Mexico) be their own damn country.

That would have left slavery legal. The real problem was stopping Reconstruction – we should have kept the entire place under military occupation.

Or let Sherman burn it all down.

Did you hurt it in your epic “South Ferry Throwdown” with Tw00fie? Well, that would explain your un-excused absence on Tuesday

Obviously you missed the tale of the bike throwdown with the 8×10 glossy photos and the arrows and the circles and the 4 part harmony.

What I miss?

Hey, first PENIS of the thread?

Sadly, no.

I believe the few who bothered to read a constitution of any kind either ignorantly or willfully confuse the Constitution we *actually* have with the one that was invalidated after that long, costly, bloody war of attrition your Ken Burns-types are fond of blathering about.

So you’re saying the meth-heads who attended class got it mixed up?

LittlePig points out the original Foreskin Holocaust:

No, ma’am that was another j.

I just threw in the Rush Limbaugh reference (Let he that geteth the joke giggleth)

I’m kind of partial to the bit where David kills 200 Philistines, so he can put all their foreskins in a sack and bring them to Saul to buy his daughter.

That sounds cheap but when Saul rubbed the sack, it turned into a steamer trunk.

That would have left slavery legal

In *another country*, yes, not in the USA.

….as far as the Democratic Party is concerned, it goes without saying that RenewAmerica has virtually nothing in common with this corrupt, deceitful organization

Is that really part of their mission statement? ’cause that’s all kinds of fucked up if it is.

What part of “steadfastly supports the right of all citizens” suggests oligarchy to these asswipes?

My bad. Kudos to another j for the info on the original Foreskin Holocaust.

Where the hell do people get the idea that this country was founded as a theocracy?

It’s IN the bible. Geesh. Don’t you know nothing?

That’s right. Just listen to the Founding Fathers, like Abraham, and Moses.

What?

I should point out that I’ve outsourced the editing of my comments to Chief Korir in Nigeria (or Norway) until my finger heals completely.

Hey, the “race-to-the-bottom”* thread is downstairs. This is the “boy, some people have funny ideas about god” thread. Plz try to keep up.

*veiled homosexuality reference

Hey, the “race-to-the-bottom”* thread is downstairs. This is the “boy, some people have funny ideas about god” thread. Plz try to keep up.

But Chief Korir IS my God! I mean, he’s about as real, isn’t he?

“Huh, maybe I’ll think about it if someone comes out with a graphic adaptation of the bible.”

R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis

Actor212:
“No one claims God causes disasters. What we wonder about is how come God doesn’t prevent them. If you accept the concept of good and evil and God and the Devil, you presume that any evil in the world comes not from God but from his antagonist, and that it’s up to God… you know, all powerful, all knowing God?…to prevent it.”

Ya know, there *are* people a bit more intelligent than Pat Robertson and who actually care about their beliefs rather than simply using them as a means to wealth and power. This subject is called theodicy and there is a little more to it than the typical schizophrenic shouting on the corner holding a sign might have you believe. The argument from free will seems pretty good to me.

WAAAAAH!

FYWP!

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/04/14/glee-sucker-punches-republican-fans/

Is Marie a star in the stellar new musical that captures the heartbeat of a generation, American Ijjit?

Also, moar foreskin holocaust.

I wonder sometimes if ‘M’ari’e Jon’ is real at all. I would think that by now she’d have wised up that Christwire is parody.

Christwire is parody, right?

That blast from the past reminds me that teh inertnettertrons nevah forgets, so I might as well get it over with.

I also like bendy straws.

I fucking love bendy straws, especially with a nice, cold glass bottle of Coke made with real sugar. I hate that ho for ruining their reputation. I love them so much that I’ve considered buying stainless steel ones to alleviate my green guilt for using them so much.

except it said, “similar to items SEEN ON TV!” IIRC, those came out around the same time as the “bird song” clocks (which also sounded like shit) which were heavily advertised ON TV.

YES that was exactly it!!!! Now that I think about it, I think I left it at my mom’s when I went to college, so it probably burned up in her house fire. I would totes put it up in my house now if Mr. T&U weren’t so focused on looking like a grownup.

And speaking of LEGO…

I think that they’re literally confusing the Confederate constitution with the US constitution

I don’t think that’s the exact source of their confusion – then they would have had to historically researched it…

BUT I do think you’re on to something, in this way: the teabaggers are the *same kind* of hypocritical white-might-is-right theocrats who wrote the Confederate constitution.

So the notions in both the Confederate constitution and the current output of their sympathizers are so similar, because of the unexamined shadowy psychoses behind them both.

That would have left slavery legal

In *another country*, yes, not in the USA.

Lest that come off as overly harsh, I think letting the CSA die on the vine (mechanical farming quickly became cheaper than slaves, England stops buying Southern cotton – or invades – with an eye to making the South one big British plantation, South becomes an international pariah without having to worry about angering the USA) would have prevented the creation of The Lost Cause, which is the source of so much of this horseshit today. Starving and faced with a choice of coming back into the fold or being a British colony, it’s hard to say how that would fall – probably British, Southerners being contrary by nature – either way it would be part of the USA again by now, without nearly so much baggage.

I think letting the CSA die on the vine…would have prevented the creation of The Lost Cause, which is the source of so much of this horseshit today.

I agree, but I don’t think we can really make the judgment if it was better to sacrifice slaves’ lives for a little more peace today, and I wouldn’t want to, you know? I think that’s an awful lot to ask.

if Mr. T&U weren’t so focused on looking like a grownup

Oh, bummer! I’m lucky enough to have a Mr. Marion in Savannah who enourages antic lunacy. My condolences…

This subject is called theodicy

Yes, and I know that, but those seem to me to be rationalizations and excusings of a far bigger problem:

God is a fucking loon.

Plus, we would have totes lost World War II!

Oh, bummer! I’m lucky enough to have a Mr. Marion in Savannah who enourages antic lunacy. My condolences…

The nice thing is that I get Eames Chairs and art and really awesome locally-made jewelry as gifts, though.

I love them so much that I’ve considered buying stainless steel ones to alleviate my green guilt for using them so much.

Good thing you didn’t, imagine how tough it would be to clean those suckers out.

glf said,

I’ve never read nor do I ever intend to read the bible. From the things I’ve heard about what’s in it, it’s not my kind of fiction.

Well you should. All knowledge accumulated since the 14th century is inaccurate and satanic and the bible proves it without a doubt.

What I miss?

They made “Shimmer”.

imagine how tough it would be to clean those suckers out.

I know. That was really the only thing that stopped me. I’d imagine you’d have to suck dishwater into them like siphoning gas.

Well, T&U, I guess my big (damn-near-lifesize) brown bear might not be the perfect accessory for an Eames chair…!

I’d imagine you’d have to suck dishwater into them like siphoning gas.

Int–!

Aw, hell, you know the drill…

Plus, we would have totes lost World War II!

Turtledove is so full of shit.

The war *seemed* evenly matched because we (y’all?) played to the South’s streingh – making war. Letting them die on the vine puts in back in the USA’s advantage: South Carolina and Georgia were already talking about secceeding from the *CSA* by war’s end. Dieing on the vine plays to the Southerner’s weakness – the inability to self-govern.

Moot point, I know, but given the horrors of that war (and, as Thurgood Marshall pointed out, in many ways a war still going strong 90 years later), the “overall human suffering” angle is closer to call than one might think, even as hideous as slavery is.

But Mr. Lincoln was a better man than I, although he had known he wouldn’t be around to supervise Reconstruction I wonder if his calculus would change (getting rid of Andrew Johnson post haste comes to mind).

I think that they’re literally confusing the Confederate constitution with the US constitution

That could be part of the problem, although I doubt a single one of them has enough understanding of history to even know that a Confederate constitution even existed, let alone what it said.

I think it has more to do with the fact that they don’t really care what the Constitution says, but instead seem unable to loosen their grip on the idea that it somehow mandates small government. They’ve been trying that argument since the Constitution was ratified. I think they assigned an ideal to it that just isn’t there. It goes hand in hand with this being a “christian nation”–where the founding fathers are cited to have intended that, despite their very deliberate efforts to be neutral to religion, giving them the authority actually write the First Amendment.

Well, I guess we all know one thing: this Stephen Kenoyer won’t be gettin’ any from Marie. (Neither will the other guys, but they don’t know that.)

They made “Shimmer”

Fuck. My cat threw up AND I had a dry brownie plate and that would have been perfect.

They made “Shimmer”.

Wylie Dufresne would be proud. I’m pretty sure molecular gastronomy is the height of geekery–not that there’s anything wrong with that.

I guess my big (damn-near-lifesize) brown bear might not be the perfect accessory for an Eames chair…!

Actually, I think it could be great for the vintage yellow shell chair we stole out of the math building a couple of years ago, especially with these prints. But, as I said, the husband is far too tasteful.

the Southerner’s weakness – the inability to self-govern

Have you been hanging around the Georgia State Legislature during the current session? Mercifully they can only be in session for, I think, 60 days a year. Otherwise, God only KNOWS what tragic idiocy they’d come up with.

Mercifully they can only be in session for, I think, 60 days a year.

They work hard compared to the Texas state legislature:

The Legislature meets in regular session on the second Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year.[1] The Texas Constitution limits the regular session to 140 calendar days.

140 days, every other year.

BTW – “teabaggers” is derogatory?

Well goshes, then, TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS TEABAGGERS BLAH BLAH *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblt*!

I love them so much that I’ve considered buying stainless steel ones to alleviate my green guilt for using them so much

I’ve already got one– It’s very nice!

Very off topic but WTF?!

Just throwing out a theory. You may now return to your regularly-scheduled witticisms, and I’ll return to my regularly-scheduled lurking.

Awesome first post, so stop lurking!

Aw, hell, you know the drill…

Lulz.

Turtledove is so full of shit.

Oh, I know. 🙂

But Mr. Lincoln was a better man than I, although he had known he wouldn’t be around to supervise Reconstruction I wonder if his calculus would change (getting rid of Andrew Johnson post haste comes to mind).

Yeah, that’s really interesting to think about–much more so than considering whether or not the US would have lost WWII if the South were allowed to secede. This nation would be vastly, VASTLY different, I think, if Reconstruction had been undertaken correctly. I think people underestimate how relegating the South to, basically, a separate, underdeveloped country until recently has affected the course of politics in American.

Very off topic but WTF?!

Oh, holy shit. Between that and all the earthquakes, I think Jesus may be coming back. Hopefully before Sunday so I don’t have to finish my comps.

Very off topic but WTF?!

Part of this, no doubt

Very off topic but WTF?!

Swamp gas… St Elmo’s fire… Shut up, boy, you didn’t see NOTHING, ya hear?

Between that and all the earthquakes, I think Jesus may be coming back. Hopefully before Sunday so I don’t have to finish my comps.

Nice try, but Jesus would want you to finish your comps.

South Carolina and Georgia were already talking about secceeding from the *CSA* by war’s end.

Wheee! We were ready to take out toys and go home from taking our toys and goiing home.

So much has changed since then, I don’t think.

I think people underestimate how relegating the South to, basically, a separate, underdeveloped country until recently has affected the course of politics in American.

Personally, I think concentrating so many of our nation’s resources to bringing the South into the 21st 20th 19th Century were a waste of time.

They want free postal delivery? Rural electrification? The Tennessee Valley Authority? Let them enslave their own fucking children to do the work.

the course of politics in American.

Uh, in America, of course.

I also think that people from more industrial regions of the US don’t realize how underdeveloped a large portion of this country was up until the late 60s/early 70s. My office manager, who is 62, didn’t have electricity until she was about 10 or 11. One of my teachers in high school (who would probably be in her 60s now) didn’t have indoor plumbing. My grandmother taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Hell, where I’m from, we didn’t have Internet access until about 1997, and when people asked for phone numbers, we’d just give the last 4 digits because the prefix was the same for everyone.

Swamp gas… St Elmo’s fire… Shut up, boy, you didn’t see NOTHING, ya hear?

*insectoid buzzing noises as another cow falls over, drained clean of blood and mysteriously mutilated with nobody around for miles*

Hell, where I’m from, we didn’t have Internet access until about 1997, and when people asked for phone numbers, we’d just give the last 4 digits because the prefix was the same for everyone

that’s still the way it is where I live. Only we have to dial 10 digits, because our county has 5 area codes.

Nice try, but Jesus would want you to finish your comps.

Why does Jesus HATE ME???

Personally, I think concentrating so many of our nation’s resources to bringing the South into the 21st 20th 19th Century were a waste of time.

They want free postal delivery? Rural electrification? The Tennessee Valley Authority? Let them enslave their own fucking children to do the work.

Really? Sounds like a liberal iteration of IGMSFY. The people who benefited most from those services didn’t have anything to do with the slave trade (ie, they were poor). Also, what about rural free states (ahem, Kansas)?

*insectoid buzzing noises as another cow falls over, drained clean of blood and mysteriously mutilated with nobody around for miles*

…except a gaunt blonde figure of indeterminate gender, with a large “AC” pendant dangling off her neck.

Really? Sounds like a liberal iteration of IGMSFY. The people who benefited most from those services didn’t have anything to do with the slave trade (ie, they were poor). Also, what about rural free states (ahem, Kansas)?

Hey, these are the same yokels who are whining now about government intervention!

We can take it all back, right down to the interstate highways.

*insectoid buzzing noises as another cow falls over, drained clean of blood and mysteriously mutilated with nobody around for miles*

That’s just Smut Clyde, whizzing by in his autogyro, gathering ingredients for his black pudding.

that’s still the way it is where I live. Only we have to dial 10 digits, because our county has 5 area codes

When I go visit family and buy something with my credit card, I’m always worried that I have less money than I thought, because it will take FOREVER for them to process my transaction. Then I realize that they’re on dial-up and I need to calm down. And, yeah, I know several people who live in areas like that.

a gaunt blonde figure of indeterminate gender, with a large “AC” pendant dangling off her neck

Blondes know how to party.

I’m always worried that I have less money than I thought, because it will take FOREVER for them to process my transaction.

I’ve been in towns where they need pony messengers to transmit credit card info.

“gangster government”

I heard Joe Biden said “fuck” and HE CONTINUES TO RECEIVE A SALARY FROM THE FUCK CORPORATION.

Hey, these are the same yokels who are whining now about government intervention!

We can take it all back, right down to the interstate highways.

Not all of them. Plus, if we get rid of the interstate highways, how are you blue-staters going to feed yourselves?

I’ve been in towns where they need pony messengers to transmit credit card info.

Dude, just LAST YEAR, I stopped at a gas station where they actually took a carbon-copy imprint of my card. It was quite nostalgic.

Plus, if we get rid of the interstate highways, how are you blue-staters going to feed yourselves?

Global warming, dear.

Plus, if we get rid of the interstate highways, how are you blue-staters going to feed yourselves?

Global warming, dear.

Well, the Midwest is supposed to become a huge fucking dustbowl again (*cry*), so that’s a good point.

I stopped at a gas station where they actually took a carbon-copy imprint of my card

BAH!

I’ve been in places where they had to engrave it in a slate tablet.

Part of this, no doubt

I was just staring at the NASA logo, and…another crescent!! You do have to stand on your head, but it looks eerily like the logo from the the Obama/Harper photo! Spooooky!

If I’m late on this, its because I had to save a fire from a baby.

PS. Obama.

Trust me, T&U: if we uprooted all the electric lines and took apart all the highways and deconstructed all the dams, the resistance to government programs would evaporate so fast you wouldn’t even notice the missing WiFi…

Not all of them. Plus, if we get rid of the interstate highways, how are you blue-staters going to feed yourselves?

Two words, baby:

Japanese knotweed

Oh, and Shimmer.

I heard a rumor once that not everyone in the south is completely worthless. What a weird rumor though, it’s not like they’re people or anything.

I was just staring at the NASA logo, and…another crescent!!

Did you notice the constellation Crepo Dicticos?

if we uprooted all the electric lines and took apart all the highways and deconstructed all the dams, the resistance to government programs would evaporate so fast you wouldn’t even notice the missing WiFi…

Well, you and I both know they aren’t *really* opposed to government programs. They’re just opposed to government programs that help people who aren’t like them. I have a feeling some of them would be glad to go back to outdoor plumbing and raccoon caps if it meant that black people and immigrants couldn’t get their hands on “their” money.

Japanese knotweed

Oh, and Shimmer.

Admit it. You’d miss HFCS and bread.

I heard a rumor once that not everyone in the south is completely worthless.

It’s true. Jimmy Buffett, for one.

I have a feeling some of them would be glad to go back to outdoor plumbing and raccoon caps if it meant that black people and immigrants couldn’t get their hands on “their” money.

I’d be happy to isolate them. Say, Saskatchewan?

Japanese knotweed

Oh, and Shimmer.

Now, that’s eatin’!

“I guess my big (damn-near-lifesize) brown bear might not be the perfect accessory for an Eames chair…!”

Everything goes with Eames. Since I can’t afford a real one, I have a miniature one sitting on my coffee table.

Did you notice the constellation Crepo Dicticos

No, I didn’t, funnyguy212.

I heard a rumor once that not everyone in the south is completely worthless. What a weird rumor though, it’s not like they’re people or anything.

Wait, whaaaaaaaaaat? You mean my friends and family living in TN and SC and NC and southern MO (because, let’s admit it, that’s totally the South) are people??? Next you’ll be telling me that Midwesterners don’t live in buffalo dung shacks and/or log cabins and have careers outside of farming!

Next you’ll be telling me that Midwesterners don’t live in buffalo dung shacks and/or log cabins and have careers outside of farming!

Does hog-slopping count as farming?

Next you’ll be telling me that Midwesterners don’t live in buffalo dung shacks and/or log cabins and have careers outside of farming!

Do horse bordellos count as entrepreneurship?

I have a miniature one sitting on my coffee table

Why does your coffee table need a mini Eames chair?

I hate both of you.

Do horse bordellos count as entrepreneurship?

Withers goest thou, Secretariat?

Admit it. You’d miss HFCS and bread.

The HFCS would be missed, but we’ve got bread covered.

Now, that’s eatin’!

You had your chance, but you blew it!

Oh, and the the Midwestern fireball was caused by ZRM’s cat.

Oh suuure, you have “a Southern friend,” that’s what they all say. Admit it, you totally hired those friends to give yourself cred at parties.

Also, OT, but has anyone noticed that almost everything anyone on the Food Network is ripe for a “that’s what s/he said” response? It’s like I’m 13. I’m listening to Anne Burrell talk about “managing her meat.”

Everything goes with Eames. Since I can’t afford a real one, I have a miniature one sitting on my coffee table.

Yeah, he really shouldn’t have gotten this one. But it’s purty–it’s a walnut LCW.

I hate both of you.

Is hate still a currency in the South?

Yeah, yeah, I know my race and geographical origin mean I’m a Nazi who deserves for Sherman’s army’s corpse to burn everything I have and rape all my womynfolk, so I usually keep my yap shut when the discussion inevitably turns exterminationist here, but I can’t let stuff like this slide:

But Mr. Lincoln was a better man than I, although he had known he wouldn’t be around to supervise Reconstruction I wonder if his calculus would change (getting rid of Andrew Johnson post haste comes to mind).

Mr. Lincoln meant it when he said “with malice toward none, with charity to all.” And he always hated the Radical Republicans who opposed his conciliatory attitude and policy. He’d always hated them, even before they gave him so much trouble as President. Andrew Johnson was inept, and often blind drunk, but his reconstruction policy was probably exactly what Lincoln would have pursued had he not been murdered.

“Why does your coffee table need a mini Eames chair?”

It’s the closest thing I’ll ever get to real thing, I reckon. I love the design…so I get to gaze upon a tiny version every day.

The HFCS would be missed, but we’ve got bread covered.

Ummmm. Sounds like lutefisk only with more fiber.

Admit it, you totally hired those friends to give yourself cred at parties lynchings.

Fixed for accuracy

I’m listening to Anne Burrell talk about “managing her meat.”

I’m sorry. Rachel Ray squealing “Oh my gravy” does nothing for me.

Is hate still a currency in the South?

Dude, I don’t know. I don’t live there. My mom said they don’t like it when she curses, though.

I know my race and geographical origin mean I’m a Nazi who deserves for Sherman’s army’s corpse to burn everything I have and rape all my womynfolk

Naaaah. Unless you’re descended from Bushwhackers, those assholes.

Do horse bordellos count as entrepreneurship?

I admire your work ethic, it’s a long commute from LI to Goshen.

I’m sorry. Rachel Ray squealing “Oh my gravy” does nothing for me.

I hate her more than I can possibly ever convey.

“But it’s purty–it’s a walnut LCW”

What’s LCW?

BTW – “teabaggers” is derogatory?

No, deogative not derogatory. Derogatory means something else altogether.

**In chorus**

Derogatory means something esle altogether.

his reconstruction policy was probably exactly what Lincoln would have pursued had he not been murdered.

Does it count as murder if you’re asking for it? Like how Bill O’Reilly doesn’t think women who dress for.. um.. “success” aren’t graped?

I’m sorry. Rachel Ray squealing “Oh my gravy” does nothing for me.”

I know a lot folks find her a little off-putting. I don’t mind her perkiness, but I find a lot of her recipes unnecessarily complex and heavy.

What’s LCW?

Lounge chair, wood.

Andrew Johnson was inept, and often blind drunk, but his reconstruction policy was probably exactly what Lincoln would have pursued had he not been murdered.

Considering that Lincoln actually planned it…

That’s a great-lookin’ chair, T&U.

I admire your work ethic, it’s a long commute from LI to Goshen.

KEWL! Easier drive to the south shore!

know a lot folks find her a little off-putting. I don’t mind her perkiness, but I find a lot of her recipes unnecessarily complex and heavy.

Also she is a terrorist too

That’s a great-lookin’ chair, T&U.

Thanks! Comfy, too. I would love to get a few more shell chairs and/or a rocker next, but we need new couches.

And I’ll stop talking about my interior decor now.

I admire your work ethic, it’s a long commute from LI to Goshen.

The horse was of age. I check IDs.

Why does your coffee table need a mini Eames chair?

Where else is the cat going to sit whilst smoking his meerschaum?

Also she is a terrorist too,/i>

And she really is a terrorist. A terrorist to my ears. And to mashed potatoes. Wasabi? Really? Wasabi.

HFCS land

And to misparaphrase Joan Rivers, Eames chairs and art = good in bed.

Honestly, B^4, for some reason I see horses everywhere now.

I hate her more than I can possibly ever convey.

Rachel is annoying, but something about Ina Garten makes me want to slap her lips off. And don’t even get me started on Jeffrey Steingarten…

Also, she agitates me so much that I forget how to close tags. That’s how much I hate Rachel Ray.

And to misparaphrase Joan Rivers, Eames chairs and art = good in bed.

I can’t say this is untrue.

Where else is the cat going to sit whilst smoking his meerschaum?

There’s a fine old rocking chair in the dollhouse.

something about Ina Garten makes me want to slap her lips off.

Like how she only makes food for people like her? Or how she always says “good olive oil”? Or how her garden makes me horribly jealous?

And don’t even get me started on Jeffrey Steingarten…

He’s a total asshole, but he’s the least hacky of the three. Plus, he’s overdue for a heart attack, so you may not have to put up with him much longer.

And to mashed potatoes. Wasabi? Really? Wasabi.

You’ve never had? I love them. There’s a restaurant near here that does an Asian-glazed salmon steak with rice noodles and wasabi mashed.`

Wow. Another great piece and not entirely unaffordable. I’ll stop talking design too…but just one more thing. I remember awhile back we hijacked a thread to talk design we got to discussing shelter mags. I hate most of them, because they often focus on the privileged lifestyles of the people living in the homes as much as the homes themselves and it kind of made want to vomit. But I think I finally found a good mag that has just gorgeous interiors and not much else. I got my first issue of “House Beautiful” in the mail and was SHOCKED at how sexy the interiors were.

Ooh Subby that’s some good Breitbart Butthurt.

Christian PENISocracy.

something about Ina Garten makes me want to slap her lips off.

Ahhh, but Nigella!

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………..

But I think I finally found a good mag that has just gorgeous interiors and not much else. I got my first issue of “House Beautiful” in the mail and was SHOCKED at how sexy the interiors were.

Here?

“something about Ina Garten makes me want to slap her lips off. ” She seems nice enough, but the peeks into her super-privileged Hampton existence makes me roll my eyes.

Andrew Johnson was inept, and often blind drunk, but his reconstruction policy was probably exactly what Lincoln would have pursued had he not been murdered.

As I understand it, the real trouble was the compromise of 1877,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1877

….where Federal oversight of former Confederate governments was basically removed, in return for them not to contest a Presidential victory, and thus cause another Civil War.

I think we really can forget how easy we have it nowadays.

Occasionally the tree of snark must be watered with the tears of dipshits & bulletheads – that is its natural sustenance.

The delicious irony that the same Founding Fathers the Teabaggers so adore would most likely have had them shot or hung before you could say “one if by land, two if by sea” for threatening the fragile health of the Republic – & its precious liberties – with their seditious nativist mob-frenzy never ceases to tickle me.

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HFCS land

That’s quite a bit of corn being grown in NY State…

WOLVERINES!!!!

BEAVERS!!!!

Christian PENISocracy.

Brings a whole new meaning to “Take this and eat. This is my body.”

Jesus is buff AND hung? Who knew?

And to mashed potatoes. Wasabi? Really? Wasabi.

You’ve never had? I love them. There’s a restaurant near here that does an Asian-glazed salmon steak with rice noodles and wasabi mashed.`

My mother-in-law has made them a few times and “chipoltee” mashed potatoes, as well, which is also a Rachel Ray thing.

My opinion is that mashed potatoes are about the purest food that you can ever get, and should not be modified with anything but roasted garlic and/or *good* gravy. It’s like steak sauce–if the steak is good, why would you want to put anything with it?

But I am a purist and, as established, a food snob. Maybe I could be converted on fancy mashed potatoes, but it would take a lot.

“Here?”

Ha! I’ve seen that blog before. I can see why they’d be unhappy. I’ve never been entirely down with those kinds of “prison spare” interiors.

“But I am a purist and, as established, a food snob.”

Oh snap. I had a feeling I liked you.

I got my first issue of “House Beautiful” in the mail and was SHOCKED at how sexy the interiors were.

Really?! We’ve just stuck with Dwell, because it has the interior stuff and the building-type stuff.

I still haven’t gotten my S,N membership card, engraved anal beads OR my check from George Soros…so it’s hard to feel welcome here.

I still haven’t gotten my S,N membership card, engraved anal beads OR my check from George Soros

I got my engraved anal beads, but I think they were, uh, used.

The Socialist should just helicopter in on a tea party rally and throw $20 bills on the crowd.

“Really?! We’ve just stuck with Dwell, because it has the interior stuff and the building-type stuff.”

That’s mostly modern interiors, right? My tastes are so eclectic. I like everything from traditional to modern to Asian to…well…everything (and I do mean almost everything). So I’m not sure it’d meet my needs.

“I got my engraved anal beads, but I think they were, uh, used.”

Oh, that’s just bad form.

Christian PENISocracy.

Da-HAMN. I just got a lot more interested in the Second Coming.

That’s mostly modern interiors, right?

Yup. They focus on sustainability a lot, too. We’re pretty much mid-century modern devotees with a little bit of contemporary thrown in. We’re big furniture and dish nerds.

Da-HAMN. I just got a lot more interested in the Second Coming.

Oh, tig. You always make me laugh.

Fun fact! Ina Garten was a White House nuclear policy analyst.

I think she’s OK but I wish she’d stop that inane chuckle/laugh at _everything_.

I got my engraved anal beads, but I think they were, uh, used.

We rigourously test all products offered on Sadly, No! before shipping them out.

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And take it from me, you don’t actually HAVE to be funny!

“return our country to its purely theocratic origins”

This probably sounded better in the original Farsi.

And take it from me, you don’t actually HAVE to be funny!

We really ought to cut a commercial for this. So few people know about it.

This probably sounded better in the original Farsi.

FTW!

Fun fact! Ina Garten was a White House nuclear policy analyst.

I know! Crazy, right?

The other thing that bugs me is that while she and her husband are usually cute, their relationship borders on creepy sometimes.

Natural range of the HTML

I got my engraved anal beads, but I think they were, uh, used.

We rigourously test all products offered on Sadly, No! before shipping them out.

I appreciate the commitment to product quality, but they couldn’t be disinfected before they were sent out? Gross.

“Yup. They focus on sustainability a lot, too. We’re pretty much mid-century modern devotees with a little bit of contemporary thrown in. We’re big furniture and dish nerds.”

Cool! Some day we’ll have to share interiors just for funzies.

their relationship borders on creepy sometimes

Are we talking Angelina Jolie/Billy Bob Thornton creepy, or Mrs Lovett/Sweeney Todd creepy?

I appreciate the commitment to product quality, but they couldn’t be disinfected before they were sent out? Gross.

How would you know if they were tested or not?

On the other hand, you should know those beads are untouched by human hands.

“We rigourously test all products offered on Sadly, No! before shipping them out.”

And by “we” you mean “actor212”

Speaking of Food Channel relationships, I cannot watch the Neelys. Get a room, fergawdsake…

And by “we” you mean “actor212?

I’m not paid a salary, if that’s what you mean.

We really ought to cut a commercial for this. So few people know about it.

Oh yeah! I’ll be one of the “actual” customers. I’ll badly act like I’m acting badly.

“Speaking of Food Channel relationships, I cannot watch the Neelys. Get a room, fergawdsake…”

Oh they’re too saccharine for my tastes…and I’m not normally one to be necessarily turned off by cuteness or pertness or whatever.

Cool! Some day we’ll have to share interiors just for funzies.

Well, we have cool stuff, but our apartment is a badly designed, dark pit with poor air circulation and cheap carpet. So I may wait until we move…

On the other hand, you should know those beads are untouched by human hands.

I don’t know what this means, and I think I’m better off that way.

“I’m not paid a salary, if that’s what you mean.”

I assumed it was volunteer work.

tsam, there’s hope for you.

I assumed it was volunteer work.

Slavery is discussed in the next thread down.

Or we could talk about it over dinner.

Are we talking Angelina Jolie/Billy Bob Thornton creepy, or Mrs Lovett/Sweeney Todd creepy?

Hm. Neither, unless there’s some dynamic of the woman acting like the mommy to an inept boy that I never noticed.

“Well, we have cool stuff, but our apartment is a badly designed, dark pit with poor air circulation and cheap carpet. So I may wait until we move…:”

Well, now I know I’m definitely going to share my butt-ugly kitchen with everyone. We’re renting, too…nothin’ to be done about it….
“

there’s some dynamic of the woman acting like the mommy to an inept boy that I never noticed

Ah, John and Yoko creepy.

“Or we could talk about it over dinner.”

Clearly you’re a man who knows good dinner conversation when he pulls it out of his ass. Well played, sir.

Most good dinner conversation IS pulled out of your ass. It’s a bookmark until the sex starts.

Most good dinner conversation IS pulled out of your ass. It’s a bookmark until the sex starts.

You and your crazy family.

Ah, John and Yoko creepy.

Yeah, pretty much. Another layer of creep is that she was in high school and he was, uh, not when they met.

Although it was the sixties, so it’s not like it was *that* weird.

You and your crazy family

How do you think we learned how to stuff the turkey?

Actor’s supervisor in Quality Control: “What on Earth do you mean? They’re just beads, how can you have wrecked ’em?”

he was, uh, not when they met

Prison correspondence?

Ina and Jeffrey have been married for forty two years. He was once Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and dean of the Yale School of Management. He is now the Juan Trippe Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Finance, and Business at Yale.

Not so helpless as he seems, methinks.

But as a couple, they are still sort of creepy.

They’re just beads, how can you have wrecked ‘em?

Verrrrry nicely played

*polite golf clap*

Martini? With or without bead?

He was once Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade and dean of the Yale School of Management. He is now the Juan Trippe Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Finance, and Business at Yale.

Not so helpless as he seems, methinks.

I know! That’s part of why it’s so creepy! He’s a genius!

“Most good dinner conversation IS pulled out of your ass.”

You mean you don’t use well-researched crib sheets? Plebe.

Martini? With or without bead?

*puts martini down*

I guess that’s what I get for drinking cocktails at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Juan Trippe

The man for whom “bad trip, man” was named. It’s a little known fact I just pulled out of Actor’s ass.

“You and your crazy family.”

HA!!!

Gross.

But I am a purist and, as established, a food snob.

I won’t vouch for chipotle or wasabi mashed potatoes, but potatoes mashed with roasted red bell peppers are quite nice.

On the other hand, you should know those beads are untouched by human hands.

I don’t know what this means, and I think I’m better off that way.

Inserted by Balzac, the Ball Sack Chomping Pelican.

It’s a little known fact I just pulled out of Actor’s ass.

Who’s mom has been putting facts up there, I wonder.

Did I just write “who’s” for “whose?” *peeks* awshit

You mean you don’t use well-researched crib sheets? Plebe.

I don’t have to be brilliant, just baffling enough.

Brandi, that does sound nice. I bet brings a little smokiness to the dish.

Me, I pretty much stick with buttermilk, garlic, butter and sour cream.

You mean you don’t use well-researched crib sheets?

Yes, and guess where he stores it?

Who’s mom has been putting facts up there, I wonder.

Townsend, Daltry, Moon, and Entwhistle share a mother? And she knows/does Actor?

Who knew?

don’t have to be brilliant, just baffling enough.

Excellent strategy. I find people often mistake being confused for being dazzled by genius.

“I don’t have to be brilliant, just baffling enough.”

OK, I’m getting it now.

It’s a little known fact I just pulled out of Actor’s ass.

HEY! B^4 at least pays rent for storing facts up there!

“I find people often mistake being confused for being dazzled by genius.”

This scares me because I often have no idea what George Bush and Sarah Palin are talking about. Could they secretly be geniuses?

This is known as the Darin Aranofsky school of conversation, by the way.

HEY! B^4 at least pays rent for storing facts up there!

You haven’t noticed how much nicer he is than me? What, Daltry dropped you on your head when you were young?

I find people often mistake being confused for being dazzled by genius.

You’ve read my blog, I see.

“Who’s mom has been putting facts up there, I wonder.”

Most moms just pinned the notes to the jacket…not actor’s mom.

What, Daltry dropped you on your head when you were young?

You know how he swings that microphone?

Think “umbilical cord”…

Most moms just pinned the notes to the jacket…not actor’s mom.

She liked Papillon.

This is known as the Darin Aranofsky school of conversation, by the way.

I have never come so close to committing murder because of a movie as I did when I saw Pi.

This is known as the Darin Aranofsky school of conversation, by the way.

It does resemble Pi…

I am the opposite of a purist and would try just about anything in mashed potatoes. I’ve done hot sauce and blue cheese, wasabi sounds delish, and I think an Indian-spiced mashed aloo would rock my my world. Potatoes are one of those foods that reward experimentation.

The shortest AHEM! on record.

N__B said,

April 15, 2010 at 22:19

YOU!

Out of my head! Or at least move the couch near the window!

This is known as the Darin Aranofsky school of conversation, by the way.

It does resemble Pi…

I was thinking of The Fountain, or maybe Requiem for a Dream due to, you know…but Pi works, too.

Potatoes are one of those foods that reward experimentation.

Unlike anal beads.

I don’t know about blue cheese in mashed, but it sounds like it’d be great on baked or double-baked potatoes.

Out of my head!

The front door never stops moving and if you think I’m going out the other way you need your head examined…from the inside. I’ll just whip out my flashlight…

tigris, you could do some curry powder and throw in some peas (not mashed) and you could have kind of a…well, I’m thinking of those Indian savory pastries with potatoes and peas and my mind is blanking…thing going on. Yum.

I have never come so close to committing murder because of a movie as I did when I saw Pi.

Oh, snap. I totally saw that after actor’s, somehow.

The Fountain was worse. So so so SO SO much worse. I turned it off, and I never do that.

I don’t know about blue cheese in mashed, but it sounds like it’d be great on baked or double-baked potatoes.

Sounds like aligot

Aligot, which really begs a visual aid:

Aligot

The Fountain was worse. So so so SO SO much worse. I turned it off, and I never do that.

Yes, but having sat through Pi I knew not to watch The Fountain.

This scares me because I often have no idea what George Bush and Sarah Palin are talking about. Could they secretly be geniuses?

That’s a horrifying thought.

The Fountain was worse.

In fairness, it started Hugh Jackman, so for a Jackman film, it was actually pretty good.

Which is to say, it totally sucked.

Sounds like aligot

I’m sure it’s tasty, but that looks horrible. Like bread dough.

The Fountain was worse. So so so SO SO much worse.

Try it in mashed potatoes.

StarRed, not started.

As Mrs. __B always says: that guy has a huge ackman.

anal beads…

And here all this time I thought they were a cute bracelet!

I’ll just whip out my flashlight…

There are torches by the amygdala.

that guy has a huge ackman.

OK, I’ll bite: What happened to the “j”?

OK, I’ll bite: What happened to the “j”?

Nah…it’s semi-phonetic.

In fairness, it started Hugh Jackman, so for a Jackman film, it was actually pretty good.

Which is to say, it totally sucked.

What? You didn’t like Happy Feet?

I’m thinking of those Indian savory pastries

Samosa?

it’s semi-phonetic

That’s what she said.

You didn’t like Happy Feet?

Stay away from Dick Morris films.

Wow. 3.14 backwards looks like pie.

You didn’t like Happy Feet?

You mean apart from Robin Williams playing a vato penguin?

No.

Samosas? Yesh, yummy. You know, I’ve got a sookha aloo recipe that would make a marvelous mash with no changes. Hmm.

Potatoes are one of those foods that reward experimentation.

Unlike anal beads.

Insert asafoetida joke here. Or pull out? Hmm.

Wow. 3.14 backwards looks like pie.

How stoned are you right now?

“Samosa?”

That’s it. My brain just plum SHUT DOWN and would not let me remember. Thank you for keeping my head from ‘sploding.

You mean apart from Robin Williams playing a vato penguin?

Jesus fucking Christ, what the fucking fuck? Are you serious? That’s fucked up.

N__B and anyone else in the building / design biz, you might be interested in this story.

Wow. 3.14 backwards looks like pie.

Pi r cubed

Jesus fucking Christ, what the fucking fuck? Are you serious? That’s fucked up.

I told you never to call me at the office, Rahm.

“You didn’t like Happy Feet?”

I didn’t like it. I thought it was all over the place and had too many (albeit well-meaning) messages going on. I also thought all the characters were unnecessarily cruel to the little guy who just wanted to dance. I know it’s just a cartoon, but it still made me uncomfortable and sayud.

“Samosa?”

Wait! Did we do this on the other side of the record????

Substance McGravitas said,

Try it in mashed potatoes.

Hey, Mr Recipe Man, you have the technology.

“told you never to call me at the office, Rahm.”

Fuck you with your fucking anal beads, actor.

N__B and anyone else in the building / design biz, you might be interested in this story.

At the risk of being inundated with calls of “Frist,” it appears that the building frame is post-tensioned concrete, where cables run across the width of the building to put the slabs into compression. This reduces bending tension and allows for longer spans and/or thinner slabs.

Let me find the right way of phrasing this: post-tensioned buildings suck shit. It’s one of those clever ideas that can work correctly in some circumstances (highway bridges, for example) but inevitably causes problems in ordinary buildings. I fault the engineer for using this lousy system in a large building, and I blame everyone who pushed him/her into it by whining about how the floors slabs were too thick.

I told you never to call me at the office, Rahm.

Fine, motherfucker. I’ll catch you in the fucking shower later.

Fuck you with your fucking anal beads, actor.

You keep pulling them out! That’s why they’re untouched by human hands, you bridge troll!

Jesus fucking Christ, what the fucking fuck? Are you serious? That’s fucked up.

He did his own stunts, too.

I didn’t like it. I thought it was all over the place and had too many (albeit well-meaning) messages going on. I also thought all the characters were unnecessarily cruel to the little guy who just wanted to dance. I know it’s just a cartoon, but it still made me uncomfortable and sayud.

I’ve actually never seen it. I tend to avoid children’s movies unless they’re exceptionally good. This one did not look like it was. And the only Dumbo and Up are allowed to make me sad.

Awesome first post, so stop lurking!
Danke muchly, maybe I will.

That could be part of the problem, although I doubt a single one of them has enough understanding of history to even know that a Confederate constitution even existed, let alone what it said.

This is certainly true; most people are just parroting things they’ve heard, like some kind of pseudo-historical game of telephone. Although, you used to be able to buy a little fake-parchment copy of the Confederate constitution–as well as the flag and the like– at the gift shops when you take historical field trips in the south. Some of this is probably coming from oral history and crappy textbooks, too. Growing up in VA in the ’60s, my mother’s textbooks taught her that the slaves were happy being slaves because it made there lives less stressful, as evidenced by their frequent singing.

I also tend to go back and forth between wondering if many of the people who believe it are stupid and/or ignorant, and how many are aware that they’re peddling bullshit, but know that if they repeat it enough they’ll get what they want.

I fault the engineer for using this lousy system in a large building, and I blame everyone who pushed him/her into it by whining about how the floors slabs were too thick.

Designed by El Mystico and Janet?

I fault the engineer for using this lousy system in a large building, and I blame everyone who pushed him/her into it by whining about how the floors slabs were too thick.

So, you mean, it wasn’t the lazy union guys? This is uncomfortable and shatters my view of the world, so I will choose to ignore it.

Growing up in VA in the ’60s, my mother’s textbooks taught her that the slaves were happy being slaves because it made there lives less stressful, as evidenced by their frequent singing.

Interestingly, the same language is often used to describe Marines and strippers.

BUT I do think you’re on to something, in this way: the teabaggers are the *same kind* of hypocritical white-might-is-right theocrats who wrote the Confederate constitution.

Or even descended from the those same theocrats. It hasn’t been that long–we’re talking grandparents’ grandparents sort of thing. It would be easy enough to pass that sort of thing along orally (that’s what she said) and never question it. Certainly the text books were screwed up too. Growing up in VA in the ’60s, my mother’s textbooks taught her that the slaves were happy being slaves because it made there lives less stressful, as evidenced by their frequent singing. That’s why I tend to go back and forth between wondering if many of the people who believe it are stupid and/or ignorant, and how many are aware that they’re peddling bullshit, but know that if they repeat it enough they’ll get what they want. The former are the puppets of the latter.

You are far too generous. I think they assume things they approve of are in the Constitution because the Constitution is Good, like puritanical types who assume anything they disapprove of is forbidden in their unread Bible because OF COURSE IT IS.

That too. Solipsism is a powerful thing. That said, some of it was too verbatim to be coincidence. If what you hear reinforces what you already believe, it’s that much easier to accept it. It’s also easier to argue that Jefferson envisioned an American theocracy if the Jefferson in the back of your mind was Davis.

So, you mean, it wasn’t the lazy union guys? This is uncomfortable and shatters my view of the world, so I will choose to ignore it.

I know you’re snarking, but you just pushed the big red button (NVPR) that says “do not push.” It’s the responsibility of the designers and inspectors to make sure things get built right. If, for the sake of argument, the laborers fuck up for any reason it will delay the project but it should not have the slightest effect on the final quality.

“Up”

Yeah. I actually didn’t “enjoy” that film, even appreciating its beauty and poignancy and humor. I cried through most of it. I’m afraid I’m one of those dreadful “sensis*.”

*Sensitive to the point of it being almost ridiculous dorks

Whoops! Bet you didn’t know Rahm was so tender-hearted!!!!!

I also tend to go back and forth between wondering if many of the people who believe it are stupid and/or ignorant, and how many are aware that they’re peddling bullshit, but know that if they repeat it enough they’ll get what they want.

I wonder all of that too. After a while, I finally just decided that it would be easier to predict the behavior of a schizophrenia victim than to understand the motivations of a teahadist. I think your first statement about parroting the manifesto is likely most accurate. I do know that most of them are just plain terrified. Irrational or not, a phobias drive goofy behavior.

Hope to see more posts from you.

Bet you didn’t know Rahm was so tender-hearted!!!!!

I always knew he was a pussy.

Rachael Ray has that annoying combination nasally/gravelly voice that is super irritating. Nigella is delicious, of course, but the people I really am put off by are Ted Allen and Anne Burrell, who seem to have gotten their own shows (in Ted’s case, like three or four that bombed before Chopped) simply because they knew Alton Brown or Mario Batali, respectively, and not because of ability or engaging presence. Alex Guarnaschelli, too. It’s too much like “Hey, give my ugly kid brother his own show.” “Okay.”

fuck it:

she is Retardo’s sock puppet / spoof – has to be. Where are the other photos of Marie’ Jo’n ?

someone has to have other pics….

Hey Rahm – if that’s your portfolio, it’s great stuff. Actually, it’s great stuff even if it’s not your portfolio, but you know what I mean.

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I always knew he was a pussy.

I got a business email today with the following tag line: “Hillary in 2012.”

At least that Seattle building isn’t going to fall over.

I know you’re snarking, but you just pushed the big red button (NVPR) that says “do not push.” It’s the responsibility of the designers and inspectors to make sure things get built right. If, for the sake of argument, the laborers fuck up for any reason it will delay the project but it should not have the slightest effect on the final quality.

As a specwriter, I will wholeheartedly second this sentiment. As a contract supplier, I can tell you that despite the best design, an unqualified or lazy installer (which, in my experience have been 100% “merit shop”, not union), can cause long term issues that are costly and difficult to fix, not to mention dangerous at times.

I know you’re snarking, but you just pushed the big red button (NVPR) that says “do not push.”

I have a tendency to do that…

It’s the responsibility of the designers and inspectors to make sure things get built right. If, for the sake of argument, the laborers fuck up for any reason it will delay the project but it should not have the slightest effect on the final quality.

Of course. Plus, the idea that union construction guys would fuck shit up more than non-union guys is hilare to me, but from a glance at the comments on that article, that seems to be what some people believe.

“Hillary in 2012.”

You’re friends with Iris????

Thankee much, N_B!

At least that Seattle building isn’t going to fall over.

Most “accidents” are not, since an accident is an unforeseeable outcome. Most, like the building in China, are the result of stupidity.

Up stunk. The lesson was it’s stupid to have dreams. Happy Feet had absolutely terrible music.

Yeah, yeah, I know my race and geographical origin mean I’m a Nazi who deserves for Sherman’s army’s corpse to burn everything I have and rape all my womynfolk, so I usually keep my yap shut when the discussion inevitably turns exterminationist here, but I can’t let stuff like this slide

Damn, HTML, ease up. I was discussing alternate timestreams with a eye toward prevention of the Lost Cause. I am also a lifelong Arkansas native, Hillbilly division.

I’m guilty of a lot of sins, but not the one to take me to task for.

Up stunk. The lesson was it’s stupid to have dreams.

Really? The message I took away is to dump your wife and marry younger, several times, so that you never have an unfortunate scene with a dying old woman.

Yeah. I actually didn’t “enjoy” that film, even appreciating its beauty and poignancy and humor. I cried through most of it. I’m afraid I’m one of those dreadful “sensis*.”

*Sensitive to the point of it being almost ridiculous dorks

Oh, me, too. I cry an average of once a day, and I definitely cried throughout that whole movie. I didn’t really “enjoy” it, either*, but I thought it was very, very good.

*The worst was at the end, I was thinking, “But Harold’s old and he’s going to die soon! What will happen to Russel???”

“I am also a lifelong Arkansas native, Hillbilly division. ”

Another Arkansan here. (Though not currently.)

Up stunk. The lesson was it’s stupid to have dreams.

Odd, that’s not the meaning I got at all. I took it to mean that it’s never too late, that there’s always a reward if you pursue your dream, if only as a tribute to your losses.

“*The worst was at the end, I was thinking, “But Harold’s old and he’s going to die soon! What will happen to Russel???”

Exactly.

The message I took away is to dump your wife and marry younger

yea, well that message too…

“Odd, that’s not the meaning I got at all. I took it to mean that it’s never too late, that there’s always a reward if you pursue your dream, if only as a tribute to your losses.”

Yup. *sniff*

What will happen to Russel???

He’ll enter a lifetime of servitude to the Catholic Church

Yup. *sniff*

If it makes you feel any better, I cried after the opening montage, too.

He’ll enter a lifetime of servitude to the Catholic Church

He’ll learn the meaning of “anal rosary beads.”

Too soon?

Up stunk. The lesson was it’s stupid to have dreams.

I thought it was about finding meaning and joy in your life even if things don’t turn out the way you expect, and you should take every chance to enjoy time with the people you love.

He’ll learn the meaning of “anal rosary beads.”

Glory bead to the Father.

I thought it was about finding meaning and joy in your life even if things don’t turn out the way you expect, and you should take every chance to enjoy time with the people you love.

Well sure, if you want to be an adult about it.

He’ll learn the meaning of “anal rosary beads.”

Please, Father, not ‘a trip to Lourdes’ again !!

“If it makes you feel any better, I cried after the opening montage, too.”

actor, you better be careful. I’m starting to think you’re more than just a dude who’s quick with a funny comment on S,N. Seriously…thumbs up.

I thought it was about finding meaning and joy in your life

No, it was about how stupid it was to have a really cool idea like flying your house to some faraway jungle. Ruined the fantasy entirely.

Stay classy, Marie Jon(‘):

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30893311&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=100000004457716&id=205500260

(Just one of those dumb things where someone tags you, but I don’t think I’d let that one stay).

I thought it was about finding meaning and joy in your life even if things don’t turn out the way you expect, and you should take every chance to enjoy time with the people you love Release the Kraken!.

Fixed!

I’m starting to think you’re more than just a dude who’s quick with a funny comment on S,N.

I have I shown you my etchings?

Gotta agree that the opening bit of Up was really great. Everything else was the problem.

It’s also much more tear-jerking if you watch it with your spouse after a Big Serious Discussion. Not that I would know from experience.

FUCK! I can’t wait until the tape comes off this fucking finger!!!!!!

HAVE I shown you my etchings?

Grrrrrrrrrrr….

It’s also much more tear-jerking if you watch it with your spouse after a Big Serious Discussion.

Gilligan’s Island is often a tear-jerker under those circs.

No, it was about how stupid it was to have a really cool idea like flying your house to some faraway jungle.

Dude, that was about the drugs, man!

Gilligan’s Island is often a tear-jerker under those circs.

Yea, I wish I had married Mary Ann too…

It’s also much more tear-jerking if you watch it with your spouse after a Big Serious Discussion.

Gilligan’s Island is often a tear-jerker under those circs.

Not to mention The Love Boat. Hoooo, boy.

“My etchings, let me show you them”

I am Lugash, I show you etchings!

Yea, I wish I had married Mary Ann too…

I’d like to have been more than Friends with Rachel, myself. (*sniff*, *sniff*, I thought the geek would win…*sobbing*)

Cranky librarians are cranky.

My favorite is “Please keep this door closed during meetings so bats do not come into the building.” WTF?

Really? The message I took away is to dump your wife and marry younger, several times, so that you never have an unfortunate scene with a dying old woman.

*!!!!!!*
N_B is actually Larry freakin King!!

Also your childhood hero has always been an asshole and you never understood what the deal was with your wife. HAPPY ENDING!

Up. After absconding with a prepubescent boy, an old finally realizes he wasted his life and everything he thought he kneww was wrong. The end.

So who wants to bet that Jonah’s Word-A-Day calender word for Tuesday was “epistemic closure”?

“HAVE I shown you my etchings?”

See, I’m reading something that says “have I shown you my etchings” and I’m SEEING “you gonna get raped.”

Just kidding! I kid ‘cuz I love!

Heh.

At least that Seattle building isn’t going to fall over.

I do not accept the official explanation. By looking at the pattern of rubble, it is clear that the Chinese building was hit by an as-yet unrecognized energy beam weapon, because I am pretty sure that this is the first time in history that a building like this has fallen down because of this particular alleged cause. You guys can keep drinking the Kool-Aid, but just look at the photos.

http://www.facebook.com/marie.jon

Children’s book author busted for child pornography.

Apparently The Secret of Castle Cant was not actually one you wanted to find out about.

ZOMG the bartender just pointed at me!!!! And he’s a white guy!

Children’s book author busted for child pornography.

Good lord, that picture. Way to live up to stereotypes, dude. He even has the mustache!

The screen shot is showing up in the post, right?

Little Pig — I’m sorry I went blarg on you. It’s Sean Wilentz’s fault, because as a historian he’s a lying idiot asshole fuckface genocide-enthusiast puketrescent cobag-licking genital wart asshelmet lopsided-cumbubble-on-the-bedsheets-of-mankind poopstached mouthfarting knobgobbler who should burn in hell along with his heroes, Gens. Sheridan and Sherman, the proud, perfect butchers of the Plains Indians whose genocidal behavior Wilentz excuses because their crimes were first devised and developed via trial runs on southern aristocrackers.

My office manager, who is 62, didn’t have electricity until she was about 10 or 11. One of my teachers in high school (who would probably be in her 60s now) didn’t have indoor plumbing. My grandmother taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Hell, where I’m from, we didn’t have Internet access until about 1997

Your grandmother taught in a one-room schoolhouse? My mother went to one until high school! And yes, she actually *did* walk a mile in the snow to get there (but not uphill…we’re talking the high plains here, people…). And yeah, no electricity or indoor plumbing until she was eight or nine. The funny thing is, no one in my family takes the situation as a proof of their higher virtue–unlike teabaggers who like to cite their sainted ancestors as evidence for their higher virtue (“My great-grandparents worked 12-hour days and had dental work done without painkillers” = “I am sooooo hardworking and tuff. I could totally build a barn on my own, but I’ve got these bad feet…”).

Mencken, stop holding back or your veins will EXPLODE.

Children’s book author busted for child pornography.

Did I read that right, that he didn’t actually take any of the photos, just downloaded and will get 6-7 yrs for it? I don’t know what to think of that.

aristocrackers – heh

And yeah, screenshot shows.

Did I read that right, that he didn’t actually take any of the photos, just downloaded and will get 6-7 yrs for it? I don’t know what to think of that.

Yeah, that’s been done for a while now. In fact I think you can just have drawings of child porn and get busted.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/13/6-month-jail-sentenc.html

Wondering whether that collection of ‘the character bio says she’s 18’ hentai is legal or not? Your quandary is at an end. It’s illegal enough to get a custodial sentence.

I dunno, if he’d been a priest and actually raped kids instead of looking at pictures somebody else made he probably would have served less to no time and had Douthat and Dreher writing impassioned defenses.

I dunno, if he’d been a priest and actually raped kids instead of looking at pictures somebody else made he probably would have served less to no time and had Douthat and Dreher writing impassioned defenses.

What, you PC libruls now want to make it some sort of crime for a Catholic priest, the representatives of God here on Earth, to just rape some kids, or maybe hundreds over decades and decades?

What next? Outlawing wife-beating by hard working real American men?

Wondering whether that collection of ‘the character bio says she’s 18? hentai is legal or not? Your quandary is at an end. It’s illegal enough to get a custodial sentence.

That’s just wrong. That doesn’t even have the lame-ass justification one HuffPo commenter gave of victimizing someone(lame because the commenter wasn’t talking about the punishment of the actual victimizer), those are just drawings of nobody. Does the ACLU step in on any of this?

Mike Diana, criminal cartoonist.

I don’t see that the ACLU was interested in either case. I wonder if you can cross a border with Naked Lunch.

This might be more compromising.

Potatoes are one of those foods that reward experimentation.
Unlike anal beads.

Try using smaller potatoes.

I wonder if you can cross a border with Naked Lunch.

I don’t know, what do you get if you cross a border with Naked Lunch?

Don’t get caught trying to enter the Interzone, is all.

The Diana link says they filed an amicus brief which the court refused to accept. Jesus, fucking puritans and their total disdain for the Constitution are more obscene than any of the shit they protest.

I don’t know, what do you get if you cross a border with Naked Lunch?

Huevos Rancheros Sin Salsa?

OK, at what point did this thread spin totally out of control???

The Diana link says [the ACLU] filed an amicus brief which the court refused to accept.

What I remember most from that story:

He was also ordered to cease drawing for personal use, and his place of residence was to be open to inspection by the police, without warning or warrant, at any time, for illustrations violating this ruling.

For some reason this reminded me of the situation of Emil Nolde.

Virginia Man Gets 20 Years for Anime Child Porn

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-03-11/virginia-man-gets-20-years-for-anime-child-porn

what do you get if you cross a border with Naked Lunch?

…a Steely Transient?

OK, at what point did this thread spin totally out of control???

One nanosecond following its appearance on the interweb.

LittlePig said,
April 15, 2010 at 23:10

“My etchings, let me show you them”

Grammar troll….

See, I’m reading something that says “have I shown you my etchings” and I’m SEEING “you gonna get raped.”

Note to self: must be more subtle.

You’re on my blogroll, now.

http://www.facebook.com/marie.jon

Oh. My. God.

Did you click on her photo albums? Holy shit, her descriptions are longer than her blogposts!!!!

In fact I think you can just have drawings of child porn and get busted.

I swear, those are NOT my etchings, occifer!

I don’t know, what do you get if you cross a border with Naked Lunch?

Oh come ON! This is easy!

A Burroughs burrow!

I’m…shocked.
I was starting to feel at home here, you people were beginning to feel like family.

But then half of you went and shat on the genius of Aronofsky.

You are all dead to me.

I was starting to feel at home here, you people were beginning to feel like family.

But then half of you went and shat on the genius of Aronofsky.

Sounds like family to me: Enemies of the bride to the left, enemies of the groom to the right.

You are all dead to me.

Would it help if I told you I’d never heard of Aronofsky before today?

Prob’ly not, huh?

Oh…

Actor, you’re quite right.
OK, you’re not dead. Instead, I shun you. SHUN, I say!

Good day. I SAID GOOD DAY, SIR!

WC,

Actor made the save. You’d still be dead- at least until you saw and praised The Fountain.

DAMN you ALL.

OK seriously, I get that the man makes “love it or hate it” movies. I just don’t get why people hate them.

I just don’t get why people hate them.

We can start with enabling Hugh Jackman.

I don’t know, what do you get if you cross a border with Naked Lunch?

I dunno but you have probably hirpled past the platoon.

We can start with enabling Hugh Jackman.
Take it to Bryan Singer. Next!

RE: Rachael Ray

It seems there is a sequel as well.

An oldie, but what I think of whenever I hear the name.

Surely someone is capable of finding the common thread that binds Aronofsky, kiddie porn anime, anal beads, Up, and mashed potatoes into one glorious joke, but it ain’t me. What was the topic?

OK seriously, I get that the man makes “love it or hate it” movies. I just don’t get why people hate them.

Because the fountain sucked balls. And Pi, RfaD, and The Wrestler were ingenious. It’s not magic.

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actor212 said,

April 15, 2010 at 18:05 (kill)

Is it fair game to cock-punching a woman?

ZOMBIE LAUGHING.

RE: Marie Jon, Born Again Evangelical Christian
MY COMMENT: She sho’ is purdy! But I still likes Miss Sarah bestest.

RE: “…return our country to its purely theocratic origins…” – Marie Jon according to HTML Menken
MY COMMENT: Our country? What country might that be?
Purely theocratic origins? What theocratic origins might you be referring to, Ms Jon? Not even Saudi Arabia comes close to being “purely theocratic”. I would hate like hell to be forced to choose between sharia law and your brand of Christianity, Ms Jon.

FROM MS JON’S TOME: …Stand with God. Do not hesitate to learn of Him. We will not be able to take American back if we do not “love and obey Him.” Obeying Christ makes us a strong and persevering people…
MY COMMENT: What do you take me for, Ms Jon’s? A sadomasochist? This sounds eerily akin to the precepts of the ‘Peoples Temple Agricultural Project’ as taught by the late Jim Jones. That’s one cross I do not care to bear.

Whoa.

Because the fountain sucked balls. And Pi, RfaD, and The Wrestler were ingenious. It’s not magic.

I know the saying goes “degustibus non disputandem est”, but dude, you gots to have some gust to bus, first.

I got off the boat. Long-winded rant follows – sorry for taking up the bandwidth, but I really fucking hate fundies.

It was this past Palm Sunday when a news story was developing about a Michigan-based militia group which had been raided by the FBI over the weekend. It seems the group were preparing for battle with the Antichrist. Their belief stands in stark contrast to mainstream Christianity. For in their minds, their war was a violent one against the federal government.

I’m very aware that their beliefs are in stark contrast to mainstream Christianity. That makes them no different from the rest of the religious right. In the Christian fundamentalist community, politics owes a lot more to American nationalism, Southern racism and Ayn Rand Nietzscheanism than to anything Teh Jesus ever said or did. In the Catholic community, I regularly see people (including prominent activists) who spit in the face of everything their church teaches on health care, social justice and government’s responsibilities to its own people, and they do it in the name of conservative Christian values. Groups like Hutaree, the WBC or the Branch Davidians may embarrass you by taking things a little too far, but they’re not fundamentally any different from you.

Yet, somehow, Christians will be blamed for these people’s deeds by the media, who have no use for the God of the Bible or His true believers.

This from the same people who think every act of terrorism committed by a Muslim can be lain directly of the feet of not just the Prophet Mohammed, but each and every individual one of the Earth’s one billion plus Muslims. But of course when you do the same thing to Christians, it’s discrimination.

As it stands, he has managed to achieve his goal politically, and has helped Obama impose redistribution of wealth on every citizen.

Right. It was That One and no one else who “imposed” redistribution of wealth on America. What were Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, numb-nuts?

The American people are being squeezed to the tipping point by a tyrannical administration from every which way.

Well, who’s preaching liberation theology now? Jesus’ own people, in Jesus’ own time, were suffering under a government far more tyrannical than anything Obama’s done even in your wildest fantasies – remember what he had to say about that? Absolutely nothing. The one time people asked him if he’d support civil disobedience, you remember what he had to say about that? “Render unto Caesar.”

Way to condemn Christian-based liberation theology for darkies and poor people, then running out and creating your own clone for the middle-class whites of America.

Marxist “social justice” is not found in the Bible of the Almighty God. It was born out of the “Father of lies.”

Being your brother’s keeper isn’t Karl Marx, it’s the fucking Bible. The reason left wing secularism became so popular in the nineteenth century was because these people actually followed that principle, while the Christian conservative establishments (Catholic and Protestant) hadn’t done it since before anyone could remember.

Same thing’s played out in post-dictatorial Latin America. In countries where the Catholic Church stood up for the people, the people remain conservative and Christian. In countries where it bowed to the dictatorship, the people are almost as liberal and secular as Europeans. Treat people with a shred of human decency and they’ll remember it and thank you – do it not, they’ll remember that too and move onto the next belief system. It’s friggin human nature, but you people never learn, do you?

Way to be inviting for the lurking, potential ‘naut, guys. Shit. Can’t take you heathens anywhere…

This from the same people who think every act of terrorism committed by a Muslim can be lain directly of the feet of not just the Prophet Mohammed, but each and every individual one of the Earth’s one billion plus Muslims. But of course when you do the same thing to Christians, it’s discrimination.

…and that’s HIT, deep to left center field, goodbye, baseball. Home run.

OK seriously, I get that the man makes “love it or hate it” movies. I just don’t get why people hate them.

Good taste?

Why do people hate The Fountain? I ask because it put me to sleep long before the end of the first reel but that’s no reason to hate it. Something in the second reel sets people off?

Pretentiousness. I’ll watch crap and be amused as long as the crap isn’t sold to me as art.

I know the saying goes “degustibus non disputandem est”, but dude, you gots to have some gust to bus, first.

Go back to Mexico

Go back to Mexico

Anthony is making us de-spicable.

Ooh Subby that’s some good Breitbart Butthurt.

It never occurred to me that Republicans would be interested in Glee in the first place.

(though I must admit I’m only guessing what Substance’s link is about because I’m not going after those Breitmangos.)

The amusing part is that a joke about Sarah Palin is apparently a slap in the face to all Republicans.

The amusing part is that a joke about Sarah Palin is apparently a slap in the face to all Republicans.

Heh – and it’s funny because it’s true.

I may have to brave the pirhanas, the tiger, and the natives lying in wait to capture mango seekers and practice upon them the horrific and lascivious rite of Mobongo.

A later article complains about how a villain in a movie is friends with Dick Cheney. I imagine all Republicans love him too. Once you’re in you’re in, no backsies.

Once you’re in you’re in, no backsies.

I guess to the Butt Hurtywood crowd, or something. You sure can get drummed out in a hurry for heresy, though.

The Glee thing was pretty good – doesn’t matter that the Palin slam was spoken by a character you’re supposed to hate, just the fact that Palin can be slammed at all on TV means teh libruls are oppressing us!

From Big Butthurt:

Hollywoodists and their liberal pals hate anyone and anything connected to George W. Bush now and forever, and so they must continue to be vilified whenever possible

This just proves how little she understands liberals. We don’t hate Dick Cheney because he’s close to Bush. We hate Bush because he’s close to Cheney.

Sure would be cool if Dick Cheney ran for president. Wonder if any Republican opponents would have the balls to point out that Bush/Cheney was a disaster.

This is why I stopped watching television over a decade ago. Tired of being insulted. Tired of being disappointed. And you can practically feel the people behind the childish political shot laughing at your Charlie Brown as they once again pull the football away.

If you had really stopped watching, you wouldn’t be trying to kick the football, would you?

“Glee” spent all of last season building up buzz and an audience, and as soon as they get one: POW!

Screw you, righties. We don’t like you and we think you’re stupid for liking Palin.

For truth’s sake.

A later article…
Maybe they’re not so stoopid – the title of that article is “sucker punch…”

most people are just parroting things they’ve heard, like some kind of pseudo-historical game of telephone

Indeed – & unfortunately, at this late point in the game we’re well into “50-ton flying chartreuse tentacled gerbils that breathe fire & shit minivans” territory, so the level of discourse just isn’t going to be sterling, to say the least. In that context, someone simply pointing out relatively obvious truths, & extrapolating rational theories from them – like, say, Noam Chomsky – sounds increasingly like the bug-eyed homeless guy on the streetcorner warning about the impending Reptoid invasion.

Rachael Ray has that annoying combination nasally/gravelly voice that is super irritating.

Definitely well up in my Top 40 reasons I’m glad I don’t have a boob tube – & yet my local supermarket regularly stocks her cookbooks, so I still get that “Joker-with-a-sex-change” smile inflicted on me on a regular basis. Cultural kudzu, & me without a flamethrower, sigh.

The American people are being squeezed to the tipping point

I think she means either “The American people are being pushed to the tipping point”, or
“The American people are being squeezed until they burst and shower the bathroom mirror with a purulent discharge“.*
I’m not sure which I prefer.

* Not a VPR.

the title of that article is “sucker punch…”

There’s a story behind that:

Over the past few weeks, thanks to a courageous Whistleblower — a dedicated, savvy and patriotic individual — Big Hollywood has accumulated, not one, not five, not twenty… but nearly fifty television and film screenplays at various stages of development. Some of these scripts represent projects that have been completed and await release. Some represent projects that will never see the light of day.

But we have them. And we’re going to share them with you.

Not the actual screenplays. That would be wrong. But with the tireless help of a group of Big Hollywood contributors, we’ve created The Sucker Punch Squad. Their mission (and they have been kind enough to accept it) is to give you – the public tired of paying for the privilege of being insulted — a heads up in advance of the political, social and otherwise obnoxious content Tinseltown’s artless propagandists thought they were going to get away with forcing on those of us they laughingly call The Unsuspecting Rubes.

The idea is that they’re vetting scripts and trying to get Sarah Palin jokes removed because those offend/confuse the stupid.

Horribly, stunningly, I found I agree with MJ on one point. The character called Jesus in the Bible was NOT interested in social justice. If you actually read what the Bible says about this character, he offered not a speck of support for a government role in working for social justice.

He told people to love and accept sinners, the diseased and the poor so that they themselves would go to heaven when he and God showed up for the Second Coming. Which would be soon enough to terrify some of his contemporaries–Nyah nyah!. And he and God would then outsource the eternal torment of the selfish and cruel to the devils in hell.
He was all about privatizing the redistribution of wealth and the offering of opportunity to the desperate. Do it for God as an individual, or he’ll fry your ass. And by the way, I’m his son.

As the gospels tell it, Jesus cherished the ultimate revenge fantasy. He’s back. And he’s mad. And his infinitely powerful daddy can beat up your daddy!

Luckily most Christians today have progressed past this primitive viewpoint, and don’t quite believe in hell. And they understand that the difficulties of alleviating global poverty, crime, disease, and war can’t be solved entirely by uncoordinated individual actions. But that’s not what is in the Bible.

You tell them ‘M’a’r’i’e.

“My friend God was wrong about the comet . . . “

the political, social and otherwise obnoxious content Tinseltown’s artless propagandists thought they were going to get away with forcing on those of us

This sentence needs more “forcing down our throats”.

A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional Thursday, saying the day amounts to a call for religious action.

Expect torrents of wingnut pants-shitting in the days to come.

Marie, baby, I appreciate your views. In some ways, they’re not too far from what E$ believes. I drop Progressive truthbombs on chumps like 24/7 and yet I too yearn for a return to basic values. A walk on the beach at my dad’s beach house (he’s not using it right now). A bottle of wine from his wine cellar. You. Me. One of my famous vegan quiches (I got the recipe from the chef at The French Laundry). Ambient lighting. A recording of E$ himself playing Mahler’s 5th, 4th movement that my mom recorded from a recital I had when I was 16. We will sit together in my old bedroom surruonded by photographs of me and trophies from high school achievements that the folks have lovingly had the domestic staff preserve. I will explain to you in soft, rational whispers the real progressive agenda. We will get to…know each other.

You’ll have to let yourself out, though, because I have 6 columns and 2 televised circle jerks to complete tomorrow, plus phonecalls to make, deals to strike, alliances to solidify and so on. Which reminds me, I need to give Yglesias a call to have him pick up my drycleaning.

The character called Jesus in the Bible was NOT interested in social justice. If you actually read what the Bible says about this character, he offered not a speck of support for a government role in working for social justice.

For good reason.

Governments in Jesus’ day were for the elite, usually one family. Had Jesus lived in a democracy, no doubt he would have screeched about government-run healthcare, welfare would have been line item one in every budget, and free unicorns for everyone.

Expect torrents of wingnut pants-shitting in the days to come.

I’ll take bets on whether that story or Obama extending healthcare rights to gay partners takes the most scalps.

It never occurred to me that Republicans would be interested in Glee in the first place.

Especially a guy who claims not to have watched TV for ten years. What does he do, download the scripts and act them out himself?

And speaking of not watching TV for ten years: Must be nice being a leftie and NEVER having to worry about some childish television creator taking a gratuitous shot

How the fuck would you know?

Some represent projects that will never see the light of day.

Even the content they absolutely refuse to shove down your throat is indicative of what they want to shove down your throat!

Must be nice being a leftie and NEVER having to worry about some childish television creator taking a gratuitous shot

Glenn Beck? Hello?

The character called Jesus in the Bible was NOT interested in social justice. If you actually read what the Bible says about this character, he offered not a speck of support for a government role in working for social justice.

Jesus also said nothing about oppressing gay people, either. I believe he roundly rejected the pursuit of riches. He also had an awful lot to say about hypocracy.

Reading is fundamental, but comprehension and thinking are critical. If one is too stupid to infer social justice from things like The Sermon on the Mount, then one should probably go live in a cage with the rest of the monkies.

The idea is that they’re vetting scripts and trying to get Sarah Palin jokes removed because those offend/confuse the stupid.

Exercising freedom of speech is unconstitutional!

Here’s a thought: If you don’t want people to make fun of you, don’t be stupid.

I’ll take bets on whether that story or Obama extending healthcare rights to gay partners takes the most scalps.

Since both are obvious persecution of Christians, I’m thinking there will be intense, feet stomping, loud tantrums throughout the land.

It’s a 2-fer in “see, I told you they’re trying to exterminate us” hysteria. Should produce some weengnet ahsomenuss fer sher.

The Goddamn Batman Is Thinking About Getting Into This Facebook Thingy, But Is Afraid He’ll End Up Neglecting His Crimefighting For FarmVille said,

Batman, you are, quite possibly, the tallest stack of WIN I have ever witnessed on the interwebz.

Glenn Beck? Hello?

Sure, but I was thinking shit like 24, NCIS, Lawnorder, etc.

The Goddamn Batman Is Thinking About Getting Into This Facebook Thingy, But Is Afraid He’ll End Up Neglecting His Crimefighting For FarmVille said,

Batman, you are, quite possibly, the tallest stack of WIN I have ever witnessed on the interwebz.

Pfft, not playing that FarmVille crap.

Sure, but I was thinking shit like 24, NCIS, Lawnorder, etc.

NCIS often goes after liberals, but Belisarius has this lesbian fetish so he has to veil it.

Skipped the second 200 comments on this thread, but someone right at the start asked if those were genuine pictures of Marie Jon… and the answer is “possibly”; She’s got a second Facebook profile (set to private so I’m not compromising her personal safety, like some Malkintents might want to do) here;

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=100000053935344&ref=search&sid=768857237.4289163050..1

And Every. Single. One. of her interests involves either Republicanism or Jeebus. And she was born 1983 apparently. Keeps her relationship status hidden though, because if Jesus was about anything, it was promising the hope of marital infidelity for slack jawed yokels dreaming on cheating on the wife of their children with some perfect hot Christian chick, who’ll echo all your thoughts but ultimately still know her place is in the kitchen…

Oops, FYWP and all that; here’s that profile link in TinyURL format;

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y2pxtf7

genuine pictures of Marie Jon… and the answer is “possibly”

See also.

tsam said,
April 16, 2010 at 16:50
Jesus also said nothing about oppressing gay people, either. I believe he roundly rejected the pursuit of riches. He also had an awful lot to say about hypocracy.

Reading is fundamental, but comprehension and thinking are critical. If one is too stupid to infer social justice from things like The Sermon on the Mount, then one should probably go live in a cage with the rest of the monkies.

Well, my point was to ask, “WHY did he tell people to reject the pursuit of riches?” Is there a gospel account of him telling followers they should redistribute wealth because it’s the right thing to do? Or were they urged to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” because otherwise the mouth of hell yawned?

Now, go back and re-read the Sermon on the Mount without assuming that The State is supposed to carry out the tasks of caring for the poor, imprisoned and powerless. ““Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Hmm. Yes, indeedy, it’s all about the future and eternal payoff. In heaven. Pie in the sky.

Now, we can imagine that if Jesus was a 21st century American from a fairly well educated background he would have urged the U.S. to allow gay marriage. We can imagine that he would have been like Alice Paul or Hugh Hefner or Martin Luther King or Erin Brockovich, if only he had had the wonderful opportunity to be born into our time period. However, that’s your imagination.

Let’s face it, as Jesus is portrayed in the Gospels, he had no interest in politics. He was all about telling people how to be saved when God came to earth to judge the living and the dead and pack them off to heaven or hell. And seriously, if you believe in an eternal life beyond physical death, he had his priorities totally straight.

Keeps her relationship status hidden though

But does mention that she’s 27.

I think her public picture has clearly been altered by quite a bit, or is at least ten years old, based on her private profile.