I had to look that up. Try http://www.tvgoodness.com/2012/02/16/what-they-said-favorite-quotes-from-archer-lo-scandalo/ for … context?

LAAANNNNAAAAAAAA

In keeping with the OT, I wanted to share a comment from CPP’s place on his pist re: yesterday’s sad sack shooting:

Barry Friedman
The same people telling us that more money for education and welfare won’t solve the problem are the same people telling us that more guns will.

I think that first comment about it being no different than any other thread may have been from a legit sadlynaut. I mean, it’s true, isn’t it? The only difference is that this one doesn’t _devolve_ into an open thread.

Nope. It wasn’t.

Every week is fools week up in this joint!

And it was actually second, following yet another Kochwhine (14th in a series! Don’t bother) from the same source.

Ironically, my first post was actually on topic. I apologize, though it does seem oddly appropriate.

I just did my taxes today. It’s a pretty good feeling to get it done… and for troll-boy’s information, I made several voluntary contributions to various New York state environmental and health-related funds.

USA! IRS! USA! IRS!

I did my taxes recently too, good to get it done, just to know how much it’s gonna hurt the savings to write the check (but hey, I’m a liberal — I’m cool with paying my fair share!).

Although I do kinda wish we could get a deduction for not having kids.

I did my taxes recently too, good to get it done, just to know how much it’s gonna hurt the savings to write the check (but hey, I’m a liberal — I’m cool with paying my fair share!).

we got ours done last month…juuuuuuuust missed out on paying in…we haz giant sadz cuz this was the last time we could deduct the son’s larnin’…

“…have sex under a hive of Africanized Bee’s?”

under a hive of africanized bee’s what?

Although I do kinda wish we could get a deduction for not having kids.

Well, you do get to sleep.

The same people telling us that more money for education and welfare won’t solve the problem are the same people telling us that more guns will.

tou-fucking-che…

Bee’s knees, of course.

Well, you do get to sleep.

yeah…and that’s worth zillions…and no kids also gives you less to worry about…

it seems the daughter is going through her teenage rebellion years right now at the tender age of 28…and the son will be signing up for cop school later this month…if i’m still worrying about my kids when i’m 90, i’m going to be pissed…

Well, you do get to sleep.

So, so true. Wouldn’t have it any other way.

Benghazi!

BBBB I left you my yorkie PUDding tip in last thread

Get the smelling salts! Someone is about to faint!

Suppose I were the mayor of Toronto.

Now suppose I were an idiot…but I repeat myself…

http://read.thestar.com/?origref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.ca%2F#!/article/533c88a9ec0691d3d500002a-rob-ford-seeks-to-change-vote-after-rejecting-bid-to-name-street-after-mandela

if i’m still worrying about my kids when i’m 90, i’m going to be pissed

My mom is 89 and she still worries about her kids. It not so bad though, ’cause all her kids worry about her in return.

BBBB I left you my yorkie PUDding tip in last thread

Thanks, I saw it. I bought a muffin tin last night. All I had prior to that was a mini-muffin tin I bought a couple of months ago to make Pão de Queijo. The reason I’m on a Yorkshire pudding kick is because one of my batches of Pão de Queijo puffed up more than is typical, which reminded me of Yorkies.

Pup is a terrorist.

Pup is a terrorist.

He’s hiding a weapon of ass destruction?

To those of you implying there exists a moar rebellious time for daughters other than 24 to 36 months are damnable liars.

Or something that grammatically is argleblargle. IT CANNOT GET WORSE THAN THIS I REFUSE TO BELIEVE. I’M. NOT. LISTENING.

Until we sort out a way that does not require a whole bunch of overhead we remain where we are.

Is that cost prohibitive? Could we establish a Sadlytown Good Citizen fund to pay for it? I’ll be glad to kick in some moolah.

He’s hiding a weapon of ass destruction?

are you going to be here all week?

To those of you implying there exists a moar rebellious time for daughters other than 24 to 36 months are damnable liars.

yeah…that was just jklol! from here on out it’s smooth sailing for you, dude…

Fenwick: Now you’ve gone and done it! You objected to nymjacking and copypasta. Expect lots of the same in future, until the Koch-creature moves on. Just take a few deep breaths, with or without any additives, and wait for us to get there with our mops and waders (boots are inadequate).

I’m sorry, y’all. I think the volunteer Public Works Department does a superfine job. Every now and then, I try to show my appreciation in a comment.

He’s hiding a weapon of ass destruction?

The Interwebs Trophy is on its way to Yonkers.

yeah…that was just jklol! from here on out it’s smooth sailing for you, dude…

Yayy!

You proud of the death threat?

There’s a death threat?

Gee, I just don’t get it. I’ve tried to avoid provoking it or feeding it by direct response….and tried to remind other Sadlies to observe the warning signs by the bridge. (I’ve failed a few times.) I’ve even looked for–and observed–some small sliver of humanity; I showed my appreciation when it suspended attacks after Mandela’s death. And it observed a short truce after Suezboo’s difficulties.

“For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.” — Elrond

“Alas, I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it…..” — Gandalf

I try to look for good in others, even if only a small sliver of humanity. Somewhere, in some deep-buried crevice of his mind, I believe he knows that what he is doing here is wrong. If wishes were horses, I would like to see him go OFF-topic and OFF-politics, at least some of the time. There is SO much more to world than politics.

I may be nieve, but that’s how I was raised, and that’s the way I roll.

I mostly use Chrome these days, but hey, credit to Mozilla for this.

Every age with every kid is both the best and the worst it could be. It’s a paradox, it is.

Also, you childless ones get bonuses in terms of both time and money.

Brendan Eich out.

Damn you OBS.

Damn you OBS.

Hehehe. Good news travels fast.

Fenwick: quoting Lewis Carroll

he only does it to annoy
because he knows it teases.

‘sokay.

I try to look for good in others, even if only a small sliver of humanity. Somewhere, in some deep-buried crevice of his mind, I believe he knows that what he is doing here is wrong. If wishes were horses, I would like to see him go OFF-topic and OFF-politics, at least some of the time. There is SO much more to world than politics.

His occasional “Smeagol” act makes him even creepier, especially since he flat-out characterized himself as a master of manipulation, which is hilarious, because he’s so bad at it.

BBBB: He has a Smeagol side? I dint know that, due to the super-fast work of the clean-up crews. Well, I’m going back to observing the warning signs by the bridge.

Oh noes! LEGO has become a tool of satan!

Bummer. You’re going to have to melt down your castle now, Fenwick.

BBBB: He has a Smeagol side? I dint know that, due to the super-fast work of the clean-up crews. Well, I’m going back to observing the warning signs by the bridge.

I came back from a long walk in the park yesterday, and there were a lot of bird puns on the thread at first glance. I went to take a piss and drink a quart of water (my usual post-stroll routine) and a bunch of those posts were deleted. I think his internal monologue goes like this:

This site sucks and I hate these people!
This site sucks and I hate these people!
This site sucks and I hate these people!
This site sucks and I hate these people!
This site sucks and I hate these people!
Wow, that looks like fun, let me join in.

He really needs to get some friends of his own. He probably got banned at Red State or Free Republic because he commented that conservatives should back McCain and/or Romney because they had the best chance of winning the general. This place is pretty much all he has.

Oh noes! LEGO has become a tool of satan!

Yeah, next thing you know, young girls might want to become architects or engineers.

“Nymjacked at 19:54. I’ve got a lot of patience, but the creature is lame and howling again. Let me ask the Wizards: Rather than relying on the clean-up crew, Is it possible to kill the stupid beast altogether? If it is possible, I urge that you make it so.”–Fenwick

Who are these Wizards — Harry Potter? Gandalf? Fenwick doesn’t say, and it would be irresponsible to speculate. As for the beast-creature, it sounds scary, slow-witted or no, with or without an injured limb to slow it down! Yes. A group of wizards should kill it. They are heroes, unlike the cleaning crew. Although I suppose one of that besmudged lot might be a wizard in disguise. If so, lay down your mop and humble airs, O mage! A monster is in need of slaying!

“Will no-one rid me of this troublesome beast?”

Although I suppose one of that besmudged lot might be a wizard in disguise.

“I put on my robe and wizard hat.”

Who are these Wizards — Harry Potter? Gandalf? Fenwick doesn’t say, and it would be irresponsible to speculate. As for the beast-creature, it sounds scary, slow-witted or no, with or without an injured limb to slow it down! Yes. A group of wizards should kill it. They are heroes, unlike the cleaning crew. Although I suppose one of that besmudged lot might be a wizard in disguise. If so, lay down your mop and humble airs, O mage! A monster is in need of slaying!

I know just the right band of heroes.

Speaking of LARPers, has everyone here heard of the new Republican rapey vampire boy?

OBS: I’ll just pitch the snarling minifigs or conceal them with helmet visors. I have too many anyway. Alas, the article is correct about this:

the number of happy faces on Lego minifigs was decreasing while the number of angry faces was increasing.

Actually, I doubt I will ever build a castle again. Too many out-of-production specialized pieces melted in the house fire. Perhaps I’ll turn my attention to cathedral complexes: The main building + baptistry + campanile (*) + cloister + chapter house. That’s five structures. Plus I could add some rustic outbuildings outside and monks working the fields I’ve got so many green stems (for ‘flowers’) that I could plant a good-size field in the forground.

(*) e.g. the ‘leaning tower’ is a well-known campanile.

Also, I’ve found a company that makes specialized minifigs in MLB baseball uniforms! They have gloves and articulated arms. (((Let me see if I can find a link….))) Let’s go, Orioles, let’s go !

Here ya go. The also have Hall-of-Famers (in period uniforms) and mascots. (I wonder what the Philly Phanatic looks like…)

OBS, that “mighty of the beyondness” bit has to be the funniest thing I’ve read in a while.

That weapon of ass destruction? I’M NOT HIDING IT

D-KW – that’s why they are known as “the terrible twos.”

That weapon of ass destruction? I’M NOT HIDING IT

You will be, Pup, you will be.

Eich is out! Gotta go to freeperville and breitbart and stuff to watch their haids going all asplodey.

Do they even give a hoot about Eich? I checked out freeperville last night and there was a thread about how Glenn Beck is not a conservative because he made a non-disparaging comment about same-sex marriage.

I remember the good ol’ days of April fooling – accidentally glueing my underwear on while trying to smuggle bottle rockets into the convent; Uncle Joe un-ironically chugging a case of Red, White, and Blue and stapling a lawn chair to his forehead, asking all the girls if they wanted to sit on his face; the traditional singing of Keasbey Nights at Old Man Smurfhumpers.

Ahh, those were the days…

Something for D-KW I spotted while walking Bagoas today.

Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of products that Americans want and need. According to government figures, our employees and the 143,000 additional American jobs they support generate nearly $11.7 billion in compensation and benefits.

By my math, correct and mock as necessary, that is about $55k per annum per job. If that is the average, okay, that’s a solid lower middle class life.

That ain’t no goddam average.

Corporate officers, take a guess, what, a thousand of the rotten motherfucking rabid thieving amphibian molesters, are gonna take the lions share, leaving 202,000 people trying to figure out if they should sell their liver to a transplant company to pay for gas, or eat the goddam thing that night.

Totes fuckballs, did I blow the shit out of that HTML. Blockquote ends after ‘benefits’.

Pathetic story: I was at a fast food restaurant the other day and a man was wearing a t-shirt that said “Tea Party Extremist” on the front and on the back it had a list of talking point complaints about Obama (like gay marriage and food stamps) equaling “your life suck”. Above and below the equation it said “I can explain it to you – but I can’t understand it for you”. I was a wiseass and I asked him to explain it to me. When he understood what I meant, he asked, “How are things working out for you under Obama?” I said, “They could be worse.” He then left to go to his table. After a moment’s thought, I went over to his table with his family and yelled “I’m happy gay marriage is legal in Maryland because I can marry a woman and you can’t do anything about it!” He laughed. It was more embarassing in retrospect. Don’t you hate moments like that?

After a moment’s thought, I went over to his table with his family and yelled “I’m happy gay marriage is legal in Maryland because I can marry a woman and you can’t do anything about it!” He laughed. It was more embarassing in retrospect. Don’t you hate moments like that?

Good on you. If there were any LGBT in the restaurant, closeted or no, at least you made them know that they are not alone. You did the right thing, by staying silent, you make the nutbars think they have tacit approval.

Something for D-KW I spotted while walking Bagoas today.

I hear and obey.

I figured the sign would say “Please Use My Mom.”

I think I made it sound like queer people were getting married just to spite good family men like him.

I think the you in “your life sucks” means “white straight males who don’t like other people getting good things”.

Also on the shirt: weak with Israel. I’m sorry, but the Iranians could wipe Israel of the face of the Earth tomorrow and it wouldn’t change my quality of life. I would feel sad, but it wouldn’t make bread more expensive or the buses not run on time. It’s not my country, even though I’m Jewish.

I figured the sign would say “Please Use My Mom.”

I hear and obey.

Jeezuz Dennis, who ripped up your Barbie Doll this morning?

Speaking of gays, is teh Library of Congress where they keep all teh books about SEXXORZ? AFAF.

Anywho, I dunno how this is controversial. Dude likes doing other dudes. I but if he were a chick who liked doing dudes then no probs. Ipso facto gender discrimination Q.E.D.

I think I made it sound like queer people were getting married just to spite good family men like him.

Fuck him, his entire political movement formed just to spite women and minorities who are only now beginning to see equal treatment under the law. Shit, the main reason the U.S. didn’t adopt a national health plan in the mid-20th century was because that would have forced public hospitals in the South to integrate.

Spite’s all they’ve got, and they’d rather see the whole country go down in flames than to see the “other” enjoy equal opportunities.

Speaking of gays, is teh Library of Congress where they keep all teh books about SEXXORZ? AFAF.

I dunno about the SEXXAY books, but Harvard’s got the books bound in human skin. Anybody looking for a spare Necronomicon?

Anybody looking for a spare Necronomicon?

I’ve got the travel version, kindle. New King James The Eviller, now with blood red words. I have the one Thomas Jefferson really used for the Presidential oath… Nope, no human skin, so I guess, ME!

The Great Orange Satan nails the reichwing responses to the ACA over the years …

To recap, they were angry the law passed, then they were angry that all their repeal efforts didn’t pass, then they were angry that they lost their Obamacare referendum in 2012, then they were angry at the broken website that made signing up under the law impossible, then they were angry when the website was fixed, then they were angry at the low number of enrollees because they could fit in a football stadium, then they were angry at the huge numbers of enrollees who would no longer fit in all the football stadiums, and now they’re angry that some enrollees might not be paying, and just watch, they’ll soon be angry when it turns out almost everyone has paid.

All that anger, all because some people might not die from lack of health insurance. So weird, those people.

Here’s something I didn’t expect: An Oklahoma (!) Republican (!) defending women’s access to reproductive healthcare.

Cox was the most recent recipient of Planned Parenthood’s Barry Goldwater Award, an annual recognition of an outstanding public official in the Republican Party who has demonstrated a commitment to women’s health issues. The national organization noted that he has argued against over 160 anti-choice bills during his time in the state legislature.

Here’s something I didn’t expect: An Oklahoma (!) Republican (!) defending women’s access to reproductive healthcare.

He’s probably seen what’s happened in Texas and realizes that joining in a race to the bottom is not good.

BBBB: Doesn’t sound to me like Cox is making some ‘political calculus’….

It also isn’t the first time Cox has taken a stand for women’s health. Over the past year, the GOP lawmaker has repeatedly criticized his party’s ongoing War on Women. “What happened to the Republican Party that I joined? What happened to the Republican Party that felt that the government has no business being in an exam room, standing between me and my patient?”

I doubt it’s “political calculus” because he’ll probably be primaried by a ‘bagger and lose.

Anybody looking for a spare Necronomicon?

I downloaded an e-text version but my computer melted down into a putrescent, delinquescent heap on the doorstep. AGAIN.

Why hello little bottles of Schneiderweisse Aventinus. If I drink two of you I will probably become insensible, but let’s try it anyway, shall we?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/04/mozilla-exec-out-of-job-for-gay-rights-intolerance-some-think-thats-intolerant/?tid=hp_mm

The fact is, liberals and the gays are the most intolerant ever, they hate free speech when they dont like it

The fact is, liberals want to make not liking gay marrige illegal, and that is against the American Freedom principal of free speech. Same with the Supreme Court Decision, which supports free speech and the Free Market. It should be legal to donate as much money as you like to whoever you want and you should not have to disclose. If the othe r side dont like it then give more money.

The fact is, if the Kock Brothers want to support politics, they shuld be able to, they create jobs and there opinions should count, there is so much hate for job creaters in America, especiallty with liberals and gays.

That’s not DA. Different IP address.

they hate free speech when they dont like it

Because shut up, that’s why?

Karma’s a bitch!

The truth is, we need to keep a vital reserve of shitbirds so that we don’t have to import them from poverty-stricken hell holes like Bangladesh or rural Indiana.

Heck, we could even donate our own shitbird to that vital reserve.

Death sentences for corrupt bankers.

The fact is, we should have death sentances for welfare moochers in the USA, then they would not waste my tax money or breed more dependentcy babies for the future.

Also, gays and liberals are the haters.

The fact is, it is antidemocratic to restrict the free speach of the Kock Brothers. They worked hard and have a right to have their opinions herd, if you want it, then work harder or shut up. Besides liberals always have the meida bias to support them, they are just counterindicating it.

C’mon, folks. Don’t feed it. It craves attention. Let the volunteers do their work.

The fact is, Dennis is my brother in arms to support the stop of the Gay Rights war, which is a danger to our society because of the lack of morals and values in gay and to the children. PC must stop and Dennis I have your back

The fact is, Sadly No is objectively anti-freeom and supports the rights of hay and transsexuals over all, except for ironic hipsler slackers that think they are cool to be PC. Well heare in The Heartland we are tired of all the gay and liberal talk and we will take are country back

the fact is, are you making fun of me? I am WITH you, we nead to keep a untied front against the PC gay liberal cops

Fenwick, are you pro-death sentence?

Not for people. Killing rabid creatures, however, is fine by me.

100!

Public Works Department: Suppose a person temporarily adopts a new nym. Would the creature be able to identify who it is?

(((Is that what an IP address is? I know the PWD can decode who is who, so they can mop up the drool. But the creature can’t do that, right?)))

I’ve got an idea for a fun game.

If I temporarily change my nym, would the creature be able to identify the new nym as

Judging by your attire, you’re here for the Chicken-Fucking Festival — well, you made a wrong turn; Twitchyville’s thataway. Can’t miss it on account of the squawking you’ll hear long before the dread spires hove into view.

[…]

Oh, you’re still here? We’ve no time for games, stranger. There’s a monster on the loose. The wizards will kill it soon enough, but in the meantime I’ll have to insist you cease your jabbering or move along.

some guy: I forgot that the clean-up also changes the comment-count. The last thread, btw, reached 538.

Fenwick, only the moderators can see the IP of the individual commentators, if anyone who isn’t authorized to moderate or otherwise administer the S,N! account can do so, that would be a crime of some sort, methinks.

Why hello little bottles of Schneiderweisse Aventinus. If I drink two of you I will probably become insensible, but let’s try it anyway, shall we?

Yum. I hung out with Brother Thelonius last night. It was fun.

I remember the good ol’ days of April fooling – accidentally glueing my underwear on while trying to smuggle bottle rockets into the convent; Uncle Joe un-ironically chugging a case of Red, White, and Blue and stapling a lawn chair to his forehead, asking all the girls if they wanted to sit on his face; the traditional singing of Keasbey Nights at Old Man Smurfhumpers.

Ahh, those were the days…

i’ll come visit you next april fools if you can promise some of these hijinx will happen…

Public Works Department: Suppose a person temporarily adopts a new nym. Would the creature be able to identify who it is?

Moderators can see the person’s IP address as well as the email address.

Sully gots the vapors.

Andrew Sullivan: “The whole episode disgusts me – as it should disgust anyone interested in a tolerant and diverse society. If this is the gay rights movement today – hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else – then count me out”

That’s about Eich of course. It’s especially gallingly amusing when just the other day he was …. well, read it here http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2014/04/cosmos-upsets-the-courtiers/

excerpt:

[Sully quotes David Sessions]
Bruno’s conflict with the Catholic Church was theological, not scientific, even if it did involve his wild — and occasionally correct — guesses about the universe.

Adam Lee:
It’s true that Bruno’s conflict with the church was fundamentally theological, not scientific, and that his belief in an infinity of populated worlds stemmed from his mystical, pantheist views, not evidence. (The first episode of Cosmos made this perfectly clear.) So what? Are we supposed to conclude that burning someone at the stake for their religious views is more acceptable than burning them at the stake for their scientific theories?

“This bill is prejudiced,” Cox said. “It’s prejudiced against women. A 14-year-old boy can go to the truck stop and buy all the condoms he wants. He can control his destiny. This bill takes the ability to control their destiny away from women. But that’s what we do in the Republican Party these days.”

huh…i kinda like this guy…

The Christianists and their enablers are going on and with “he was bullied out” and shit. Couldn’t be that people were abandoning Mozilla in droves. Couldn’t be that he lost the respect of everyone working at Mozilla. Couldn’t be that he was now viewed as unable to be a leader in the tech world. No, he was “bullied out.” Projection thy name is whingnut.

The Christianists and their enablers are going on and with “he was bullied out” and shit. Couldn’t be that people were abandoning Mozilla in droves. Couldn’t be that he lost the respect of everyone working at Mozilla. Couldn’t be that he was now viewed as unable to be a leader in the tech world. No, he was “bullied out.” Projection thy name is whingnut.

It’s almost like they don’t like this particular instance of the “free market” in action or something. Funny how their whims change, eh?

hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else – then count me out”

1) If you think that all the name-calling, attempts at legislating a lower class of citizenship, and outright violence don’t warrant a heavy handed response, then you probably don’t have the sympathy required to call yourself an ally. PROTIP: Asking a fucking bigot nicely to stop being a fucking bigot never has and never will work.

2) K. Bye.

Watch Honey Maid’s very sweet response to the hate messages they got for their “This is wholesome” campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBC-pRFt9OM

It will make your day better.

It will make your day better.

it did! but not this person:

How much paper did you waste doing that??

really? that’s what the takeaway was?

Meanwhile, Jesus is not happy about reducing income inequality

really? that’s what the takeaway was?

Never read youtube comments. Nev! Ar!

As the Mozilla post said – Eich cannot be CEO. The position requires leadership which is extremely contingent on how others view him. It was impossible for him to have continued in that role.

That said – even if Eich were “bullied out” of the role – so what? If he were hounded out of the spot for donating a grand to the Grand Wizard of the Klan then it would be applause for his ouster. If he donated that thousand dollars to Al Qaeda, he’d have a trip to the waterboarding table. There are consequences to publicly supporting things – proclaiming your membership in NAMBLA is probably not going to help your chances at becoming a scout troop leader.

Prop Hate was motivated by ignorant prejudice. That’s not just my opinion – that is the current legal status. Here is Judge Vaughan Walker in his decision on Hollingsworth v Perry:

When challenged, however, the voters’ determinations must find at least some support in evidence. This is especially so when those determinations enact into law classifications of persons. Conjecture, speculation and fears are not enough. Still less will the moral disapprobation of a group or class of citizens suffice, no matter how large the majority that shares that view. The evidence demonstrated beyond serious reckoning that Proposition 8 finds support only in such disapproval.

And from the Ninth Circuit on appeal:

Absent any legitimate purpose for Proposition 8, we are left with “the inevitable inference that the disadvantage imposed is born of animosity toward,” or, as is more likely with respect to the Californians who voted for the Proposition, mere disapproval of, “the class of persons affected.”

Prop Hate is now recognized, legally, as prejudice and discrimination.

Granted, it wasn’t at the time that Eich made his donation, but it is now. And seeing as how Eich refused to address why he made the donation in the first place or what his actual opinion and feelings on same-sex marriage are[1], the implication is that he still holds these views. Views which have been determined after a very lengthy and involved consideration to have no legitimate or rational support.

Mozilla Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation – a non-profit with the goal of furthering open-source and free software and keeping the Internet in the hands of the public. It’s a flower-power hippie commune of code monkeys – hellbent on open-ness, equality and inclusivity. It cannot be lead by someone who thinks other people are subhuman for no justifiable reason.

[1] Proof that Eich recognized that his personal beliefs were at odds with the job.

Never read youtube comments. Nev! Ar!

i KNOW! why do i do it to myself?!?!

Boycotts are ethical activities in a free market, amirite?

Minor correction:

It cannot be lead by someone whom everybody knows thinks other people are subhuman for no justifiable reason.

Following last week’s Tea Party Unity summit in Texas, TPU head Rick Scarborough convened a conference call today with Howard Kaloogian of the Tea Party Express. Kaloogian, a former Republican state lawmaker from California, told the Tea Party activists that God is on their side and opposes the work of progressives to reduce income inequality

i originally read this as ‘blah, blah blah rick scarborough convened a conference call today with god blah, blah, blah’ and found it believable…

Well said D-KW. That deserves PENIS.

re: Honey Maid

They make graham crackers right?

Meanwhile in Arkansas, a state Rep. is insistent that Jesus condones slavery.

… If slavery were so God-awful, why didn’t Jesus or Paul condemn it, why was it in the Constitution and why wasn’t there a war before 1861?

http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/blogs/Post?basename=loy-mauch-update-the-republican-rep-is-on-record-on-slavery-too&day=06&id=ArkansasBlog&month=10&year=2012#fromMobile

Oh look, our resident troll’s discount hypocrisy detector is beeping again. Which probably means the day ends in y, or he swallowed it again, or that he’s awake. Obama is a center right politician. He is not the apotheosis of liberal ideals. He is the best of the bag of mixed nuts the Democrats put up for nomination in 2008. He is right-ish on some things like gay marriage ..eventually and wrong on a lot of things.

If you want to find true blue Obama defenders, well you know where to find Daily Kos, except they’ve probably banned you. If you want to find true blue Obama haters on the left, you also know where to find firedoglake …and they’ve probably banned you too, and if you want to find true blue Obama haters on the right, look in the fucking mirror.

Change isn’t going to come from the top. Presidents don’t get to the top in the US by boldly running to the forefront of civil rights issues. Or did I miss where president Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. followed in the footsteps of President Susan B Anthony? Lincoln ran on the platform of saving the union, not freeing the slaves.

You want to know when Presidents make a bold step in favor of the oppressed? When it would be political suicide not to. It is obvious to everyone that civil rights for gay people including the right to get married to the partner of their choice is an idea whose time has come. That wasn’t as obvious in 2008 LBJ passed the civil rights act when he couldn’t, and when all right thinking people in America couldn’t, ignore the violence and injustice of segregation any longer.

So yes I blame Obama for not supporting gay rights earlier and stronger, but I also know that if he had been as vocal as the situation demands, he never would have been elected. Because 27% of this country gleefully votes for oppression, and injustice and bigotry. Because a heaping helping of the middle of the country can’t be bothered to vote against oppression until it affects them. And because an empty suit running on the platform of god, guns, and to hell with anyone who isn’t a rich straight white christian man, can easily get 45% of the vote.

Mozilla Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation – a non-profit with the goal of furthering open-source and free software and keeping the Internet in the hands of the public. It’s a flower-power hippie commune of code monkeys – hellbent on open-ness, equality and inclusivity

i did not know this…

Well said D-KW. That deserves PENIS.

dkw’s analyses often lead me to speculate that he does much more than just fuck mothers…

dkw’s analyses often lead me to speculate that he does much more than just fuck mothers…

You know, lots of moms are very knowledgeable and perceptive. Sometimes a little but rubs off (IYKWIMAITTYD).

Helmut Monotreme said,

April 4, 2014 at 20:42

bring it, brother!

You know, they talk about ‘income inequality,’ well what is that but covetousness?

Sure, “income inequality” might be covetousness, but not the direction you mean. It’s also the clear result of greed, but I know you won’t let that bother you either. “The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.” I read that someplace.

You know, they talk about ‘income inequality,’ well what is that but covetousness?

No. You’re dumb.

Asking a fucking bigot nicely to stop being a fucking bigot never has and never will work. — tsam

Righteous, compadre.

Meanwhile in Arkansas, a state Rep. is insistent that Jesus condones slavery.

“Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”

– A.Lincoln

… If slavery were so God-awful, why didn’t Jesus or Paul condemn it, why was it in the Constitution and why wasn’t there a war before 1861?

Unlike all those condemnations of abortion in the Bible and the Constitution! And we’re still not over the horrible abortion wars.

Great thread so far!.

Thanx to Pup for the links to Bruno … and the rolled papers (heh) of Love.
Thanks to the Dragon-King for 20:16. Terrific writing and analysis.
Tanks to Helmut for 20:42. Hits like a sledgehammer …and right on target.

I wish I could hang around and contribute comments to the conversation. But I’m super-crunched. I’ll most definately read everything, though.

Great thread so far!

I wonder if the troll imagines that we actually read 20 gray paragraphs of copypasta drool, instead of scrolling down to reality-based conversation?

Come to think of it, why didn’t Jesus condemn slavery if he was fucking smart and all?

Although I must say in his defence, he took the time to condemn public prayer (see Matthew 6:5) and not a single one of his so-called believers give two shits about that…

Well, I can at least contribute something before I get back to work. Have fun, y’all.

Come to think of it, why didn’t Jesus condemn slavery if he was fucking smart and all?

i know! also, he never read the bible, but they still consider him a christian…

And let’s all remember how terrible Andrew Sullivan is.

First let’s acknowledge how lovely a strawman he’s built:

If we cannot live and work alongside people with whom we deeply disagree, we are finished as a liberal society.

Agreed. Now let’s remember that we’re talking about the CEO of the company. Which incidentally happens to be a subsidiary of a non-profit organization that is fixated on open-ness and inclusivity.

If a socially conservative private entity fired someone because they discovered he had donated against Prop 8, how would you feel?

A socially conservative private entity associated with a non-profit that’s pro-homophobia? I would not be surprised. That they fired their CEO when they found that his values might nott match the Board’s? And that he refuses to give any explanation for it? Yeah, fire his ass.

What if an employee went to a demonstration that his company found objectionable? Would that be a reason to fire him?

If he was the CEO? And that the demonstration was totally contrary to the corporation’s stated policies, ideals and goals? Yeah, that’s reasonable grounds.

A little history lesson.

Irrelevant. As of yesterday, he still would not renounce the position. As of yesterday – Eich’s position, as far as anyone could tell, was that gays and lesbians should not be allowed to wed.

And now, opposing marriage equality is regarded as equivalent to the KKK? And neo-Nazis?

In nature yes. All of it irrational and unjustified prejudice and discrimination. Period. Now just to make sure the comparison is valid, we’re not accusing Eich of goose-stepping while wearing white sheets. Just of giving money to a similar class of people.

Here’s what Eich said last month…

As I pointed out earlier, what he said is that he fully understands that his personal morality is completely at odds with the ideals and principles at the heart of the company he wants to lead. That he’s willing to stifle his personal beliefs because he knows the people he will be leading would find them odious. I don’t know how this is supposed to support Sully’s position.

Orwell wept.

LOLOL. Dude quit. Brendan Eich lasted 2 weeks – the entire time never actually stating what he actually believes. If this were 1984, book would be ten pages long at most.

But I’m not surprised. The idea of Sully passing up an opportunity to punch a hippie is even moar ludicrous than the idea of Mozilla appointing a homophobic bigot as their CEO.

Oh, come on! Everyone knows the fact that you have a weapon makes you invincible to other people’s weapons!

Just ask the folks in Syria, or Somalia…

And a whole bunch of folks with weapons shooting at each other at a crowded military base, movie theatre or college campus… hey, what could possibly go wrong?

That’s just the American Way! What are you, a Communist or something?

I wonder if the troll imagines that we actually read 20 gray paragraphs of copypasta drool, instead of scrolling down to reality-based conversation?

Why should he care? The Koch brothers pay him by the hour.

What if an employee went to a demonstration that his company found objectionable? Would that be a reason to fire him?

What if? If one of my employees went to a Klan rally, I’d fire him that day.

A little history lesson.

Condescending much?

And now, opposing marriage equality is regarded as equivalent to the KKK? And neo-Nazis?

Spreading false propaganda about (jews), blaming social ills on (jews), inciting violence against (jews), relegating (jews) to a lower status in society…insert gay where jews occur, and you have a similar right wing hate campaign.

Orwell wept.

I imagine he’s weeping now that he’s been mentioned by a fence-sitting, self proclaimed peace maker who can’t draw a distinction between viciousness in the pursuit of equality and freedom and viciousness in the pursuit of persecution.

If we cannot live and work alongside people with whom we deeply disagree, we are finished as a liberal society.

“The decadent Left in its enclaves on the coasts is not dead—and may well mount what amounts to a fifth column”

You know you’re in deep shit when your lawyer resorts to the Dick Cheney Defence…

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/texas-murder-suspect-dick-cheney-defense

Watch out, De Blasio! As a veteran of the Falklands War, O’Reilly is a trained killer!

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-oreilly-beat-up-bill-de-blasio

Why do people continue to insist that people are entitled to an opinion that directly contradicts science or is blatantly bigoted or hateful? They’re no more entitled to that opinion than the opinion that water isn’t wet. That’s just fucking stupid.

It’s timely that SMBC recently figured out what’s really behind all of the folks like Eich and the Kochs and the Dennis creatures that enable them. It’s the only logical explanation, really.

tsam, I noted elsewhere recently that those sorts of people have Orwelled opinions to mean facts and vice versa. And all opinions are equal you know.

Why do people continue to insist that people are entitled to an opinion that directly contradicts science or is blatantly bigoted or hateful?

Oh, they’re entitled to any opinions they want to have, no matter how foolish or profound they might be. They’re just not entitled to require other people hear them or pay them any attention whatsoever.

So loudly insisting non-science is actually science doesn’t make it science, no matter how many people agree with you. So “teaching the controversy” is so much bullshit. I’ve decided the next time someone suggests teaching the controversy wrt evolution/creationism, I’ll suggest a similar debate about gravity.

Watch out, De Blasio! As a veteran of the Falklands War, O’Reilly is a trained killer!

Oh please try to beat me up Mr. O’Reilly.

Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please!

Oh, they’re entitled to any opinions they want to have, no matter how foolish or profound they might be. They’re just not entitled to require other people hear them or pay them any attention whatsoever.

Nor are they entitled to hold a job where stating those opinions is in direct opposition to the qualifications of that job.

“Hello Mr. Computer Support Dude, I’m having trouble with my computer. Can you help?”

“Yes, I’ll be happy to! Computers are magic and godly and are precious holy gifts from our Lord and Savior, Jeebus Christ. Problems in computers are only caused by Satan and his minions. Have you been tempted by Satan recently?”

“Um… what!?”

“Never mind, the fix should be simple — just declare Jeebus as your Lord and Savior (amen!). Call me back if you still have trouble — occasionally I’ll need to come over and do some snake handling or speaking-in-tongues for the more troublesome systems.”

“Um, but I’m Jewish…”

“Oh, well, sorry, can’t help you then. Goodbye.”

Nor are they entitled to hold a job where stating those opinions is in direct opposition to the qualifications of that job.

Well, yeah. Which is why I don’t think pharmacists have any business refusing to dispense medications they have personal objections to. If it offends them so much, they should get another job. And the bar is higher for anyone in the C-suite. You can hold any opinion you want, but the higher you are in the hierarchy, the more public your opinions become – and more expected to represent the organization as a whole. If they don’t match, you’re in the wrong organization.

You know, they talk about ‘income inequality,’ well what is that but covetousness?

I’ll just put up a quote from Wall Street Executive Jeremy Frommer here so we can consider who’s being covetous.

It’s not just enough to fly in first class; I have to know my friends are flying in coach.

It’s not just enough to fly in first class; I have to know my friends are flying in coach.

Wow. Just – wow.

bbkf said,
April 4, 2014 at 18:19

Too late for Foolsday this year, but nearly fishingtime! Once I replace a couple pumps, particularly the one that prevents the boat from drowning in an emergency, that is… Does the kid drown worms?

Open letter to PETA:
I use only trained, willing worms, outfitted with tiny SCUBA gear. Ignore the green dye and high mortality rate.

OBS writes dialogue!

And he writes it well.

Nor are they entitled to hold a job where stating those opinions is in direct opposition to the qualifications of that job.

Like say Anne Gorsuch being appointed to EPA?
Or Clarence Thomas being appointed to EEOC?
Or James McWatt being appointed Secretary of the Interior?

You young’uns may not recognize the names, but these people were St. Ronnie’s deliberate picks to hamstring those agencies … because they were ideologically against that agency’s mission and it’s programs. It would be liike appointing Glenzilla to be DCI or Elizabeth Warren as SECDEF. (Which reminds me: What’s with this Democratic fetish about appointing Republicans as SECDEF?)

James Watt, not McWatt. I do remember.

Before I forget: Nice ta seeya again, paleo! I’m designing a series of trips to the western Colorado Plateau. I’ve been doing some digging (heh) into the stratification–so I’ll know what I’m looking at from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Other objectives–prolly spread over 2 journeys–include Zion, Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Escalante Staircase, Capitol Reef, Lake Powell.

In the eastern Colorado Plataeu–perhaps in 2015–the objectives are Arches, Canyonlands, Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly [cliff dwelling ruins], Chaco Canyon [Anasazi (?)ruins], Mesa Verde [cliff dwelling ruins]. I want to read up on history before visiting the ruins.

Anyway, I know you get a kick out of topography and crustal geology, too, so I thought you might be interested. I haven’t had a ‘vacation’ in about nine years, so I’m really amped!

———-

Also I have a fiction objective: I want to imagine the landscapes and vegetation of Harad.

Some of my favorite James Watt quotes:

I never use the words Democrats and Republicans. It’s liberals and Americans.

We will mine more, drill more, cut more timber.

Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That’s not good for America.

If the troubles from environmentalists cannot be solved in the jury box or at the ballot box, perhaps the cartridge box should be used.

And my very favorite, a classic: We have every mixture you can have. I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple.

Pup: Right you are! McWatt was the Catch-22 pilot who flew his plane into the mountain after killing Kid Sampson.

And my very favorite, a classic: We have every mixture you can have. I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple.

My favorite too. A veritable celebration of diversity, no?

The fact is, gay is immoral and science is behind me. Liebrals saying sex with animals is OK will not change my mind by repeating it, Alynskilike. You will not destroy America, liberals. We will detroy you.

No Gary, science is moral and gays are behind you. Bearing weapons of ass destruction.

! McWatt was the Catch-22 pilot who flew his plane into the mountain after killing Kid Sampson.

In every B-52, if you looked hard enough, you could find a spot where someone had penciled the line “Yossarian was right!”

In every B-52, if you looked hard enough, you could find a spot where someone had penciled the line “Yossarian was right!”

Pencilled? I figured it would be on a bronze plaque.

someone had penciled the line “Yossarian was right!”
Not “Orr is my co-pilot”?

Not “Orr is my co-pilot”?

Laughter in Albuquerque. That’s great!

It’s not just enough to fly in first class; I have to know my friends are flying in coach.

Now, THAT is some straight-up sociopathy!

Where does that leave the people who are not his friends, let alone his enemies?

Fenwick, have you been to Carlsbad Caverns? Albuquerue is not that far… I also recommend checking out the Guadelupe Mountains. If you’re really ambitious, check out Big Bend National Park. I can’t recommend Big Bend enough, I had a great time both times I was there.

Where does that leave the people who are not his friends, let alone his enemies?

And conservatives say the rich are morally superior.

Before I forget: Nice ta seeya again, paleo! I’m designing a series of trips to the western Colorado Plateau. I’ve been doing some digging (heh) into the stratification–so I’ll know what I’m looking at from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Other objectives–prolly spread over 2 journeys–include Zion, Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Escalante Staircase, Capitol Reef, Lake Powell.

Pay special attention to the squirrels.

I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple.

This could be two people, both jews, one’s a woman, one’s black, one’s a “cripple.”

Wasn’t that favorite quote of Watt’s the one that finally got him canned? I always thought it somewhat amusing that of all the odious shit the guy had spewed, that was the one that was beyond the pale.

(Yes, some of us who were teenagers during Reagan’s reign do remember. Which is kinda remarkable considering the amount of hallucinogens certain of us were imbibing during that time.)

(Yes, some of us who were teenagers during Reagan’s reign do remember. Which is kinda remarkable considering the amount of hallucinogens certain of us were imbibing during that time.)

Let me guess… you were Oregon ‘Shroom Snob in those days.

My CRM-114 discriminator is broken. I don’t know WTF y’all are talkin ’bout,

I’ll ask Lord Jestecost, that’ll settle it.

Oh please try to beat me up Mr. O’Reilly.

Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please!

your ideas are intriguing…newsletter…website?

Does the kid drown worms?

the kid LOVES to drown worms…i’ll hook* you up when you get your pumps in a lump…

*yes…totes lame wordplay, but wth…

By the way, Pup, the Yorkshire pudding experiment went pretty well, though none of them puffed aggressively high. Looking at pictures on the t00bz, I see that mine were pretty standard, but I thought they’d be much higher, much hollower.

Fenwick- Yorkshire Pudding Experiment for BotB

I’ll ask Lord Jestecost, that’ll settle it.

Littul Kitton / LOLcat mashups. You know you want them.

Just google “Bill O’Reilly Falklands War” and you’ll see what a lying piece of shit he is… He tried to pretend he was a combat veteran until he got called on it.

That’s why the Major is inviting him to throw a punch.

Are fire ants better than Republicans? It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2014/04/whats-better-republicans/

Um, hello…? Are you stupid or just pretending to be?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-oreilly-beat-up-bill-de-blasio

This could be two people, both jews, one’s a woman, one’s black, one’s a “cripple.”

One crippled Jewish black woman, who is pregnant.

Figures DKW would make it all aboot moms.

It was O’Reilly who stated that he wanted to beat up the mayor of New York.

Probably not the best idea since the NYPD happens to work for him.

O’Reilly is a combative, obnoxious bully. He deliberately provokes people, and he’s good at it. He is absurdly pompous, arrogant, and self-assured. He attacks people directly, honoring none of the principles of rational discourse. Finally, he lies freely and loudly.

O’Reilly makes people mad for a living; it’s one of a very few keys to his success. The fact that he makes liberals (or feminists, or blacks, etc.) mad says more about O’Reilly than it says about them. Mad enough to want to punch him? It’ll never happen, but yeah. That, in large part, is why he earns the big bucks. Not his ideology, which is a dime-a-dozen, sad to say, or the quality of his arguments as such. (I do think he’s good at what he objectively does, not what he claims to do.)

One crippled Jewish black woman, who is pregnant.

Whoa now. Excessive concentration of diversity lessens its impact. This woman and her unborn spawn can’t possibly exude as much Jewishness as two full-grown Jews, able-bodied or not. When I suggested a stand-alone black Jew, say, as half of a dynamic duo, it was in the best interest of the employers, or taxpayers, but without sacrificing effective diversity. I think he or she would have little trouble being 100% black and 100% Jewish at the same time, as well as a bit thought-provoking, in the manner of Sammy Davis Jr.

But seriously, I care about diversity. I’m frustrated with how it works in practice in the U.S. in 2014.

“I want to beat him up” sounds pretty plain to me. Not too many ways to misinterpret that.

Probably not the best idea since the NYPD happens to work for him.

That cop who banged O’Reilly’s wife was pre-emptively avenging DeBlasio.

Well there’s a fine way to start a Saturday. Stepping in POOP the mentally ill one covers the floor with is a bummer.

Consider this an April Fools Week Century

/fixedit4U

“celebrating Kali Yuga by swiping the hubcaps off the Juggernaut”

–Truly inspired. My hat is off to you.

The Rat Pack is out golfing.
So, Sammy, what’s your handicap?
I’m a one-eyed Jewish Negro. You want more?

Old joke SD Jr made.

Liberal thought police goons mall cops

FTFY.

MY NOMENKLATUR-FU!
YOU MUST ALL NOW GROVEL ON YOUR HEATHEN BALD-PRIMATE KNEES BEFORE IT!!!

Was that a good ‘un?
HMM. Yes it was so.
Hee hee … I prolly gotta goodly quintillion or so of ’em.
Not sifting ashes anon … more like sticking, eh, well, SOMEthing in a dyke for dear life.

I wouldn’t mind being stuck in a dyke, at least for a little while……………….

Why do these rich fucks think that everyone who disagrees with them about anything is after their precious goddamn money?

… a dilemma which doesn’t do hella much to improve this unfortunate situation, frankly.

I wouldn’t mind being stuck in a dyke

Easier done than undone, is teh rub.

New post.

Paul Ryan is classy! He’s not an Enrollment Truther! He’s just saying in passing, there are Questions Out There:
oh, we have 7.1 million people, which, by the way, we won’t even get into the legitimacy of that statistic.

Africanized Bee’s whats? Thoraxes? Compound eyes?

Seb would no doubt gladly have had sex under a hive of Africanized Bees that had just been dosed with a healthy serving of neonicotinoids, as he was rather adventuresome that way.