The Black Bloc is coming to the Jon Stewart rally:
Jon Stewart has called for a Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, DC - later termed the "Million Moderate March". We say: fuck moderation, let's dance! Join the Million Molotov March as we party our way through a veritable sea of mediocre leftists on the 30th!
You know us: we're those angry people in black who hate everything and always ruin perfectly civil protests by wearing bandannas and bringing banners with militant, weird, and sometimes nonsensical messaging. Now's your time to join the party!
There will be an all-black costume contest. Think these guys but with a sense of humor and having more fun. Cowboy black bloc, businessperson black-bloc, black bloc kitten, riot dog, etc etc etc. Fun prizes for those with especially creative/awesome costumes and no less fun prizes for participating.
Being moderate in a time of ongoing wars, economic collapse, and increasing hatred against immigrants is ridiculous. Do we want a more moderate occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan? A moderate amount of deportations? Only a moderate amount of homes being foreclosed? Stewart and Colbert are hosting a carnival of the absurd on the National Mall, so we say: embrace absurdity!
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Being moderate in a time of ongoing wars, economic collapse, and increasing hatred against immigrants is ridiculous. Do we want a more moderate occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan?
Facebook commitments are notoriously unreliable. Twenty-three FB friends committed to attend my BBQ back in July, and no one showed up. So you can't trust it.
I wonder if they ever got their port-a-john issue worked out...seems when they picked the date, they didn't notice that the Marine Corps Marathon is the next day (31 Oct). And the Marines have booked the vast bulk of the greater DC area's available port-a-johns, and don't feel like sharing.
This makes me twice as glad that I registered for the MCM. Not only did I get to stick it to the colbert rally, but I did it without even having to expend any additional effort.
I am not a fan of Stewart or his moronic following. But, fuck these guys. People of any stripe ought to be able to have a march without these fuckheads showing up to screw it up. We live in far too tolerant and decadent of a society. In a just society, these little bastards would have been beaten within an inch of their lives so many times, they would never think of doing this. They are no better than the Westboro Baptist Church.
It is really not. I think it sucks. Why can't Stewart have his march or whatever they are calling it without a bunch of criminals showing up to cause trouble? Just because they claim to be on his side doesn't make it any better. These people are the worst scum imaginable.
Actually, it sounds astroturfy to me. I'm betting even money that this "counter-protest" is also being organized by Comedy Central. It's all part of the show.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona Beach City Commissioner Derrick Henry and his campaign manager, Genesis Robinson, were arrested Wednesday, charged with committing absentee ballot fraud during Henry's 2010 re-election campaign, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
wooh! my body armor came in the mail yesterday! I'm going to look like an all-black master chief! Time to fuck some shit up! ANARCHY! Down with Globalization and the machine!
You guys are either rich capitalists or whiny pissants who don't know fun. Dressing in black and breaking shit is the highest form of protest!
As you probably know, at least one other The Washington City Paper has established some guidelines for staffers who'd like to go
NPR has forbidden news staffers from attending. Others, including the Washington Post, have reminded staffers that newsroom policy permits them to witness events, but not to "participate."
Actually, "Anarchy in the UK" was a groundbreaking album. Then Sid died and Johnny Rotten tried this lame comeback attempt several years ago. I read they threw fruit at the stage. Even the people in Ayn Rand t-shirts.
I can't stand those weenie asshole "anarchists" in their stupid black hoodies and bandanas. If they're so bold and brave, why do they need to hide their faces? And all they do is break shit and destroy private property.
And it seems that many of them are just bored, upper middle-class white frat boys with nothing else to do except be angry at and feel superior to everyone else.
A quick tip for identifying anarchists: ask them their opinions on Hugo Chavez or Che Guevara. If the answer you get doesn't resemble "murderous thug", they are just socialists who like to wear black and break things.
"You know us: we're those angry people in black who hate everything and always ruin perfectly civil protests by wearing bandannas and bringing banners with militant, weird, and sometimes nonsensical messaging. "
All of this I can forgive. Shouting Communist slogans while claiming to be anarchist, not so much. These guys are about as close to anarchy as Kim Jong ll. It's even more irratating that they can get everyone else to call them anarchist too. #$%&**(
You know who else gave away fun prizes for those with especially creative/awesome costumes?
Monty Hall. And Hitler.
Some related trivia:
Guess who designed the spiffy all-black costume worn by Himmler's SS.
Hugo Boss (1885?1948).
His firm also supplied uniforms for the Hitler Youth and SA.
How could any self respecting Nazi refuse a guy named Boss?
Is it wrong of me to hope a conservative protester's shoulder gets "stomped"?
Not if you're an asshole.
Yay!
This is an excellent point.
Stopped clock.
Why black? I'll tell you why: racist, that's why.
Stewart and Colbert are hosting a carnival of the absurd
I read that they're expecting 60k to go to this thing. That's one big pile of hipster doofus.
...hell, 60k wouldn't even prevent an NFL blackout.
As of Tuesday, a Facebook page dedicated to the rally shows that over 170,000 people have committed to attend.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....42739.html
Facebook commitments are notoriously unreliable. Twenty-three FB friends committed to attend my BBQ back in July, and no one showed up. So you can't trust it.
Ouch.
Meh, it's okay. I understand, people get busy. Hell, even I forgot to go to it.
Was there free booze?
There was a free punch in the face for you from Team Stossel for last Thursday.
Don't get mad at me because yer a cheap host who serves punch instead of beer.
Are you saying that I might not really have 13,638 "friends"?
Now I am depressed.
What I read was from their permit application. I saw the FB thing and ignored it.
I wonder if they ever got their port-a-john issue worked out...seems when they picked the date, they didn't notice that the Marine Corps Marathon is the next day (31 Oct). And the Marines have booked the vast bulk of the greater DC area's available port-a-johns, and don't feel like sharing.
Liberals don't poo, silly.
They do make shit up however.
This makes me twice as glad that I registered for the MCM. Not only did I get to stick it to the colbert rally, but I did it without even having to expend any additional effort.
politely chuckle, in a non-genuine manner, after each joke
I suggest, instead, saying "Black Bloc" three times as fast as you can.
matlock?
brackabrock.
I am not a fan of Stewart or his moronic following. But, fuck these guys. People of any stripe ought to be able to have a march without these fuckheads showing up to screw it up. We live in far too tolerant and decadent of a society. In a just society, these little bastards would have been beaten within an inch of their lives so many times, they would never think of doing this. They are no better than the Westboro Baptist Church.
Is this satire? I really can't tell.
It is really not. I think it sucks. Why can't Stewart have his march or whatever they are calling it without a bunch of criminals showing up to cause trouble? Just because they claim to be on his side doesn't make it any better. These people are the worst scum imaginable.
John, it's just Euro-envy. We can't let the French have all the fun.
But what makes you think they'll be causing trouble? Their announcement sounds festive, if not gay, to me.
Actually, it sounds astroturfy to me. I'm betting even money that this "counter-protest" is also being organized by Comedy Central. It's all part of the show.
Good point, John. Which is why the left needs to stop sending bunches of criminals to cause trouble at Team Red-flavored events.
Or, we need lots more of this shit on both sides. I'm kinda indecisive today.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona Beach City Commissioner Derrick Henry and his campaign manager, Genesis Robinson, were arrested Wednesday, charged with committing absentee ballot fraud during Henry's 2010 re-election campaign, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
http://www.wftv.com/news/25536806/detail.html
I'm a radical moderate, willing to kill in the name of moderation. So choose a muted non-offensive (paisley) color or die!
Anarchy Soon!
next tuesday?
wooh! my body armor came in the mail yesterday! I'm going to look like an all-black master chief! Time to fuck some shit up! ANARCHY! Down with Globalization and the machine!
You guys are either rich capitalists or whiny pissants who don't know fun. Dressing in black and breaking shit is the highest form of protest!
Dressing in black and breaking shit is the highest form of protest!
It's how I celebrate Arbor Day every year.
I have so noted that paisley is a pattern, not a color, and a bold one at then. Let me amend my previous statement to "tan" and call it a day.
^^THIS^^
Tan doesn't convey enough moderation. I vote for 'beige'
That WCP article has to be satire. Right?
Yes.
It took me all the way to number nine before I finally figured it out.
And in other news ... liberalism is a birth defect!
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/new.....17218.html
As you probably know, at least one other The Washington City Paper has established some guidelines for staffers who'd like to go
NPR has forbidden news staffers from attending. Others, including the Washington Post, have reminded staffers that newsroom policy permits them to witness events, but not to "participate."
Now I know who will be behind those bandannas.
Only a moderate amount of homes being foreclosed?
Got me there - I want high rates of foreclosure.
Why do you hate banks?
Also controlled by Jews?
Actually, "Anarchy in the UK" was a groundbreaking album. Then Sid died and Johnny Rotten tried this lame comeback attempt several years ago. I read they threw fruit at the stage. Even the people in Ayn Rand t-shirts.
The album was called "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols".
Well it matters to me, dammit!
Dude, Public Image Limited was a pretty cool band.
I can't stand those weenie asshole "anarchists" in their stupid black hoodies and bandanas. If they're so bold and brave, why do they need to hide their faces? And all they do is break shit and destroy private property.
And it seems that many of them are just bored, upper middle-class white frat boys with nothing else to do except be angry at and feel superior to everyone else.
BINGO!
But seriously, I sympathize with the Anarcho-Syndicalists.
Jon Stewart is supposed to be all hip and aware and ironic. Here he is unmasking himself as a regime toady.
Court Jester for the Ruling Class.
What a shame. What a crying shame. Maybe he'll tell Palin jokes to try and hide his thirty pieces of silver.
Oh wait, there is no silver for him to hide. Only fiat money.
It is pretty pathetic. Court jester for the ruling class is a good way to describe him.
Check out NMAtv's take on the rally. They did that funny animation with Tiger Woods. "Secret liberal cabal?: Meet now!?"
his thirty pieces of silver.
Um, he's Jewish, so I'm pretty sure it's thirty pieces of gold.
Ha ha ha ha ha......and one more "ha" for good measure.
"Anarchists unite!"
Kinda defeats the whole idea doesn't it?
Being moderate in a time of ongoing wars, economic collapse, and increasing hatred against immigrants is ridiculous.
We're not ridiculous, we're having a costume contest!!!
A quick tip for identifying anarchists: ask them their opinions on Hugo Chavez or Che Guevara. If the answer you get doesn't resemble "murderous thug", they are just socialists who like to wear black and break things.
So if I do think they are murderous thugs that gives me ideological carte blanche to wear black and break things. Awww-RIGHT!
Like the ones who showed up to the G20 summit!
The black bloc looks a lot more dangerous in Germany. Then again, our black bloc doesn't play dress up.
"You know us: we're those angry people in black who hate everything and always ruin perfectly civil protests by wearing bandannas and bringing banners with militant, weird, and sometimes nonsensical messaging. "
All of this I can forgive. Shouting Communist slogans while claiming to be anarchist, not so much. These guys are about as close to anarchy as Kim Jong ll. It's even more irratating that they can get everyone else to call them anarchist too. #$%&**(
Anarchy through organization!!