Reason Morning Links: Lack of Jobs, Cult of Elizabeth Warren, State of Syria

• Private sector jobs were supposed to increase by 190,000 last month. Instead, the U.S. gained only 38,000 private jobs. 
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is paying closer attention to Syria after learning of the torture and execution of a 13-year-old boy. 
• "The New Republic called Elizabeth Warren supporters a cult, and they responded—like a cult."
• Mexican teacher Martha Rivera Alanis sang to her students to keep them calm during a cartel shootout. 
• The Endeavor makes its final landing. 
• The Independent celebrates Prince Philip's 90th birthday with 90 stupid quotes. 

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Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Private sector jobs were supposed to increase by 190,000 last month. Instead, the U.S. gained only 38,000 private jobs.

Fucking private sector, always not working to screw Obama over.

[R C Dean]

Just about all the data I see tells me we are about to roll over into the double-dip. I'm just waiting on a couple of technical signals to go short.

[proegg antichicken]

I hope you're wrong. But I suffer from terminal optimism, so I'll be fine.

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

Golden Girls - Arthur Leaves $300,000 For Gay Homeless Charity

[robc]

Not all the 90 quotes are stupid. In fact, #89 is just plain factually accurate, not sure how it is on the list at all.

And Charles leases the uninhabited part of the islands to a preservation group for the princely (hah!) sum of one dafodil per year.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I refuse to discuss this in Morning Links as that was not a link.

[robc]

edsbs linked it yesterday, I assume everyone already saw it there.

[Paleo]

Exactly what I was going to comment on:
What Morning Link?

[Rep. Anthony Weiner]

Exactly. It's a distraction. I choose to discuss the disparity between the haves and the have-nots.

[yet another dave]

I thought "All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury." was kinda prescient as well. A friend of mine was a cop in london having to do occasional royal duty tells me that the fucker often sneaks away to local pubs to get pissed up and then drives the royal landrover home. Gate guards often have to jump out of his way to avoid being run over... It's good to be the 'ahem' king....

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

The Atlantic reposted that Garrett Epps article on the Constitution
Garrett Epps, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is a novelist and legal scholar. He teaches courses in constitutional law and creative writing for law students at the University of Baltimore.

Belgian protesters destroy GM field trial

[SugarFree]

Belgian protesters destroy GM field trial

Because they believe in science, unlike those silly creationists.

[Cyto]

I like the language used in the "foodfreedom" article. They repeatedly refer to peaceful and non-violent protesters who non-violently and peacefully pulled up all of the potatoes growing in someone else's field and peacefully and non-violently sprayed the field with herbicide.

[cynical]

pro-GM protestors should burn organic fields to the ground and salt the earth. You know, as a counter-protest.

[John]

"Whenever there is a shortage of bread the first thing people do is burn down the bakeries." Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

Europe, turning philosophy into terrifying reality for 2000 years.

[wylie]

That's it. I'm going to move to Europe, spend 10years becoming officially European, then I'm going to write It's Not A Manual: How To Not-Emulate Works Of Dystopian Fiction and Philosophical Inquiry.

[Otto]

Damn Belgians!

[capitol l]

It's funny that Mr Epps actually thinks that the constitution is complex enough to require as much expertise as a doctor has. I guess it takes a lot of larnin' (or self-delusion) to read a document whose entire purpose seems to be the limitation of federal power, and interpret it as government's carte blanche to infinite purview.

Lontorso, your comments on the article were better written than the article and more honest as well. Though, I think the Atlantic would appreciate it more if you were to fill their board with GG links.

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

The GG links come later, after I've lured them into a false sense of security.

[NeonCat]

Reading the comments at the anti-GM site, I can't believe how goddamn stupid some people are. And I've been reading troll comments here for years.

[Zeb]

There are several commenters arguing against the idiots too.

[Solanum]

Epps does some damn fine sockpuppeting in the comments as "El__Superbeasto". Glenn Greenwald would be proud.

[Name Nomad]

In a one-sided standoff, a fugitive has holed up on his land for 11 years ? but lawmen don't seem to care

This article is about the most rare of species: a sensible sheriff who doesn't want to loose the SWAT teams because the risk of death or injury isn't justified.

[Brett L]

Since the guy was originally arrested for assaulting an officer, letting him just stay the hell on his land seems to have ensured a minimal chance of recidivism.

[R C Dean]

Think of it as house arrest.

[proegg antichicken]

Libertopia at last?

[SIV]

No, there is no modern cell phone network like they have in SOMALIA!!1!. He has to rely on staticky short-wave communications tech.

[Funny]

SOMALIA!!1!

Every time!

[rather]

WTF, No Weiner's wiener links:

If only Weiner knew how to play the game

[The Gobbler]

Last night, I watched several episodes of The Golden Girls. Today, I feel different. I cannot say exactly how, just...different.

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

Not different, more AWESOME!!!!

[wylie]

*more FABULOUS.

You're slippin JLT.

[Name Nomad]

Mexican teacher Martha Rivera Alanis sang to her students to keep them calm during a cartel shootout.

She didn't just sing to them; she sang about Chocolate Rain.

[Stretchy]

They honored her by publishing and publicizing her picture and name for all the cartels to see. Uh.... thanks?

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

1979 NCAR Forecast : Sea Level May Rise 15-25 Feet Before The Year 2000

EPA Administrator Confirms: No fracking water contamination
At a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing yesterday, President Barack Obama's EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, admitted the environmental risk of hydraulic fracturing is practically nonexistent.

"I'm not aware of any proven case where the fracking process itself has affected water, although there are investigations ongoing," she said....

[rather]

I love that you trust the government when it is convenient

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

When the govt says the excuse for a govt power grab is BS, it's relevant.

[proegg antichicken]

I starting reading a National Geographic for the first time in over a decade and it struck me. Every single article involving the environment, civilization, or wildlife had at least one line carping about climate change.

From Bangladesh to the Great Barrier Reef to the Peruvian rainforest every article had a line about how we know climate change made by western civilization is afoot. Then asks "why isn't the coral reef/rainforest/population of bangladesh all dead yet? Oh well, we'll see".

It wasn't the meat of the magazine (the pretty pics are). But it is tossed in everywhere. Also, Bangladesh makes Louisiana look like the Gobi desert.

[Lord Humungus]

it's like watching Nova - everything is somehow related to Global Warming, er Climate Change.

and I mean everything.

[John]

Glad I am not the only one who noticed that about NOVA. It used to be one of my favorite shows, especially when I was a kid. I stopped watching it about five years ago.

[PS]

Last time I saw a NOVA I was surprised at how dumbed-down it was in general.

[John]

I noticed the smae about ten years ago and stopped reading it. The same is true with the PBS shows NOVA and Nature. It seems like at least half of the shows are some kind of global warming indoctrination. AGW really is a cult.

[R C Dean]

That's true of just about every bien-pensant publication. Even the frackin' Smithsonian shoehorns it into their articles whenever they can.

[Tulpa]

Global warming is to the nature/science press like "SEX" in giant bold letters is to the women's magazine industry.

[zoltan]

That's brilliant.

[Brett L]

Have any of the H&R sci-fi lovers read The Unincorporated Man? Someone told me it was very libertarian themed and I wanted to get a second opinion. Also, is it any good?

[robc]

It won the 2010 Prometheus Award.

I havent read it, but that isnt a bad sign.

If you want to read a 2000-era Prometheus winner and havent already read it, I recommend A Deepness in the Sky. Very libertarian.

In fact, the theme of the novel could be summed up with:

Fuck off, slavers!

[Brett L]

I love that book. And the Peace War. Also very libertarian. My libertopia definitely includes property defense via tactical nukes if necessary.

[John Thacker]

I do like Vernor Vinge's other books as well, even if A Fire Upon the Deep is pretty close to A Deepness in the Sky, only less mature and less well-written, since he did it first.

But that kind of growth is generally good.

[robc]

I kind of like Fire better.

I agree entirely with your assessment, but something about Fire really hit with me.

[Brett L]

You know he's putting out a sequel to Fire in October, right? I'm stoked.

[SugarFree]

I have it, but haven't read it yet. Stupid backlog.

[passivatedObserver]

I read it. I thought is was good, had some interesting ideas about the future. The part about everyone being incorporated and selling their shares was intriguing. You would still be 'owned' but you could buy most of your freedom back eventually. Government was minimal, they owned a set percentage that could not be increased ever (legally anyways).

The second book (The Unincorporated War) started off well enough but became meh about halfway, I think the authors changed their meds or something. I think there are 2 more books left in the series, I'll read them.

[robc]

You would still be 'owned' but you could buy most of your freedom back eventually.

That sounds vaguely familiar...I wonder if I could sue.

[passivatedObserver]

IIRC, you could. Lots of corporate intrigue I read about now, just at the personal level. You could buy shares in your annoying neighbor and join enough other shareholders and ship him to Pluto, until he buys enough back to move somewhere sunnier.

The minimal state part reminds me of Snowcrash - they try real hard to be relevant but are usually an annoyance at best.

[Brett L]

Thanks. I guess this is what I was confused about. Minimal government but de facto slavery by incorporation. The person telling me about it (not a libertarian by nature) thought both points were libertarian.

[Koan]

Damn! I love my burgers bloody! All that blood and cheese mixed together . . .

[John]

http://theothermccain.com/2011.....vah-video/

Weiner gives worst press conference ever. But adulterer, dead beat dad and general lowlife Jeffrey Toobin thinks Weinergate is no big deal.

I still can't believe CNN hasn't put Toobin with Spitzer instead of digbat soccer mom Kathleen Parker. "Tonight on the Adultery Hour with Toobin And Spitzer."

[Ska]

Shit, Toobin and Spitzer already sounds like porno to begin with.

[Fist of Etiquette]

[Elizabeth Warren's] peeved supporters had zeroed in on the article's headline, which labeled them a "cult" and they were responding en masse with vitriolic missives. "Watch out who you call a cult, buster!" read one. "Are you part of the cultish far right?" asked another. Others stuck with a simple, "Shame on you," "Clean up your act!" or the succinct yet effective, "Cult ? my ass."

If that's what The New Republic considers vitriol, they've lived a sheltered internet existence.

[Brandon]

On the other hand, all the emails and comments seem to be "We're not a cult because Elizabeth Warren is an intelligent, knowledgable, wonderful, faultless person who has selflessly agreed to assert control over others' property in exchange for a large salary and pension instead of creating anything of her own, so she cannot be criticized or we will kill you." Seems like a, what's the word?

[Fist of Etiquette]

But a relatively nice cult.

[Fluffy]

I gotta hand it to John this morning.

I thought that Weiner story was a lot of nonsense.

But Weiner is basically doing a performance art piece entitled "How to Look Really Guilty and Stupid".

Fucking IP Addresses, how do they work?

What a moron.

"Congressman, there is one piece of technical information that would establish definitively that you didn't post this picture. Can you please release that to us?"

"HARRUMPH HARRUMPH HARRUMPH DISTRACTION!"

[John]

I don't tweet. I am told there is exactly one letters difference between the command to send something to one person individually and sending it to all of your followers. But we are supposed to believe that Weiner was hacked rather than screwed up and sent the picture intended for the COED to all of his followers. Yeah right.

[Fluffy]

I thought he didn't screw up.

I thought that the scandal was that he sent the picture - excuse me, the evil hacker sent the picture - only to her, and that she released it.

Did I hear the story wrong?

"Congressman, why are you Following so many hot young chicks on Twitter?"

"HARRUMPH HARRUMPH HARRUMPH DISTRACTION!"

[John]

The picture got sent to all of his followers. That is how it got made public.

[rather]

"If I was giving a speech to 45000 people and someone in the back of the room threw a pie ..."

I love it

[John]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/l.....6ycTkIIkxH

The Post is all over it. i guess he is known for being a complete jackass. And oh he has this odd habit of following attractive coeds on twitter even though he is married and has no professional reason to follow them.

[Lord Humungus]

is it really _that_ hard to have an anonymous account to use for er, stalking co-eds? Internet, how does it work again?

[John]

As I said yesterday, between Weiner and the loser who took the shirtless pic of himself in the mirror, Congress is really producing a low caliber of deviant these days. What a loser.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I don't want to live in a world where girls can't be wooed by pictures of my penis.

[Doc S.]

I want to become a senator or congressman just so i can get 50,000 followers and send out dick picks to everyone.

[Doc S.]

pics* although Dick Picks would probably be intersting to some.
This weeks recomendation:
Peter north

[OO=========D]

Ooooops!

[rather]

My dear Fist, the proper instructions are here

[John Thacker]

Right, I mean why would you use your "Verified" account to follow this college girl and send her a picture?

But the idea that he accidentally sent it to everyone and then deleted it isn't that strange-- plenty of people have done it. (Though I don't tweet.)

[John]

Because the coeds don't want some creepy douche stalking them. They want to think the Congressman is really interested in what they have to say. You can't convince them of that by just giving them access to your special stalker account.

[rather]

The trifecta of guilt :

she referred to Weiner as a boyfriend. He used his hacked account almost immediately after the episode, and he doesn't like people who throw pies.

[Tulpa]

Following someone on twitter or looking at their Facebook profile or things of that nature do not constitute stalking them. That information is put out voluntarily with the understanding that anyone who wants to can see it.

In real-world stalking, the victim does not have a choice about allowing themselves to be watched and followed.

[Doc S.]

This guy is just getting straight shit on... unreal

[Doc S.]

I mean rightfully so,
ESPN's twitter hacker post a while back:
SOMEONE MUST STOP THIS TWITTER HACKER
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....ter_hacker

[John]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-50.....03544.html

Reporters complain Palin treats them like paparazzi. If you are covering someone who isn't in office, isn't running for office and hasn't invited you there, doesn't that make you paparazzi?

[Donal Trump]

She's such a famewhore; I really just wanted to eat pizza 🙁

[Platypus]

I know, right? I don't like Sarah Palin, and I don't care what she has to say... but I like watching the press fall all over themselves trying to chase her bus.

[John]

She doesn't need them and wouldn't care if they didn't show up. But she is ratings so they have to come. It is great to watch her treat them like total shit. No seats on the bus for you and no it is none of your business where I am going next. Meanwhile, the liberals are killing the media for pandering to her. They just can't win. It is great.

[R C Dean]

I can't tell if Palin is an idiot-savant, or a path-breaking political genius, or what. She simply isn't playing the game, and is nonetheless reaping all the rewards.

Seriously, she's got all the perks of being a big-shot pol (oodles of money, adoring crowds, a pulpit whenever she wants it) with practically none of the downsides (having to hang around with other big-shot pols).

And periodically she uncorks a one-liner that changes the landscape ("death panels" was her best, there have been others).

[John]

Consider this, since she is not a declared her candidacy for anything and is not an office holder, she is not subject to any of the FEC rules. All of the other people running for the GOP nomination have to live by SEC rules because they did the smart thing and declared early.

But she is the dumb one remember.

[SIV]

And periodically she uncorks a one-liner that changes the landscape ("death panels" was her best, there have been others).
Not just one-liners. She issued that statement that "anyone who goes to the grocery store knows prices are going up" when talking about inflation and across the political/media spectrum everyone bit (including Moynihan here IIRC)

"Dumb bitch, the BLS data proves food prices have actually fallen. What an ignorant ditz"

That was a baited trap. She knew what the BLS data showed. Progressives and other Palin-haters across the country, who actually go to the grocery store, had to defend her against the "elite" media types.

[Tulpa]

She's also said a ton of stupid shit that can't possibly be explained away as some sort of master plan. Occam's razor says she's just a stupid bigmouth and the media occasionally overreaches with their criticism.

[Brandon]

Give 5 examples. Most of the stupid shit I've seen attributed to her was either made up or was actually Tina Fey.

[John]

Name two stupid things she has said in the last year with links.

You can't flog the Couric interview forever.

[John]

"She's also said a ton of stupid shit"

What Brandon said. She never even said a "ton of stupid shit". You just think that because it makes you feel better.

[James Ard]

Palin has done something that no other pol has been able to do. Take media abuse and turn it into gold. Without the press, she'd be nobody.

[John]

Maybe in the beginning but not now. With out the press she would have social media and her followers, which is all she needs. She now drives the press and owns the coverage.

[cynical]

So she's, what, a Republican tarbaby?

[Joe M]

I actually find that story incredibly amusing. It makes me actually kinda like Palin a little.

[Tulpa]

Palin has voluntarily put herself in the public eye, and profits mightily from being there. It's not like she's just trying to live her life without media attention.

And if you think she's not running for office, I've got a bridge to nowhere in Ketchikan to sell you real cheap.

[John]

She didn't invite them and doesn't need them. She wasn't getting any media attention when she coined death panels. It is called social media.

"Every day that goes by the position of the government becomes less tenable and the demands of the ... people for change only grow stronger," Clinton said. "[The President] has a choice, and every day that goes by the choice is made by default. He has not called an end to the violence against his own people, and he has not engaged seriously in any kind of reform efforts," she added.

[Fluffy]

If Clinton is going to keep criticizing Obama like that he's probably going to demand her resignation.

[John]

So she can then run against him in the primaries?

[Brett L]

I expect him to do so around Thanksgiving of 2012.

[James Ard]

You can't demand your boss to resign.

[R C Dean]

Well, you can. You just can't make it stick.

[wylie]

and the demands of the ... people for change only grow stronger

They should try hoping harder.

[Comment Tater]

The New Republic called Elizabeth Warren supporters a cult.

"How should we describe a phenomenon where numerous individuals act in unison, apparently following a set of instructions without getting all the facts?"

The blogosphere.

[cynical]

An hierarchical organization? The military comes to mind.

[cynical]

Any, that is.

[Comment Tater]

That depends. Discipline is critical to the success of any military, but some (the U.S.) are given far greater latitude to think on their own than others (the Russian).

[Russian Soldier]

But the dog food is pretty good.

[Chinny Chin Chin]

A political party

[robc]

2011 Prometheus Award nominees:

* For the Win, by Cory Doctorow (TOR Books)
* Darkship Thieves, by Sarah Hoyt (Baen Books)
* The Last Trumpet Project, by Kevin MacArdry lasttrumpetproject.com
* Live Free or Die, by John Ringo (Baen Books)
* Ceres, by L. Neil Smith (Phoenix Pick (print edition) and Big Head Press (online edition))

[robc]

finalists, not nominees, there were more nominees than that.

[db]

While I normally eschew the British, etc. habit of inserting extra 'u's in words, the name of the shuttle is Endeavour, not Endeavor. It's named after one of Cook's exploration vessels.

[J[o]h[nn]y L[o][n]gt[o]rs[o]]

Ask Comrade Kathy
...The path to socialized medicine is painfully obvious. The government (state and federal) can drive up the cost of health insurance through mandates and other requirements, and then refuse to allow private insurance companies to raise rates to levels that make the business profitable. As private carriers exit the health insurance market, government "insurance" will be offered as the only alternative. President Obama is on record as saying that his intention is to drive private insurance into extinction over a ten to twenty year period. This purpose is being advanced across a broad front.

Why aren't the masses joining the protests to 'Save our NHS'? Perhaps because the NHS treats them with utter contempt
The most striking thing about the "Save our NHS" protests is how small they are. From the handful of professional activists who stormed a branch of NatWest at the weekend, symbolically draped in bloodied bandages, to the various "die-ins" staged by anti-cuts protesters who claim that "the poor" (a horrible Dickensian phrase) will kick the bucket if the Lib-Cons trim anything related to health, the protests have been noisy and headline-grabbing, yes, but tiny in terms of turnout. It isn't hard to see why. The NHS might be of profound symbolic importance to left-wing activists, but to the general public, to the masses who make up its clientele, it is a patronising, snooping and increasingly politically motivated institution. Save it? Why, exactly?...

[John]

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wi.....s-fracking

The EPA may have found fracking safe. But it will make money and might put a few people to work. So the New York AG must target it for destruction.

[John]

http://online.wsj.com/article/.....mg=com-wsj

Looks like China might go full commie again. Would hate to see that happen. But watching boot lickers like Friedman try to explain it would be damned entertaining.

[Joe M]

Private sector jobs were supposed to increase by 190,000 last month. Instead, the U.S. gained only 38,000 private jobs.

Well that was unexpected.

[Baffled keynesian economist]

More of the same will work next time.

[Mike Laursen]

Stop being so mean to the Obama Administration. I'll bet they "or saved" like way more than 190,000 jobs.

[dbcooper]

Lulz this good deserve a repost.

The Yelp review of the flagship abortionplex:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/aborti.....=date_desc

The "prep-room" lulz are particularly good:

http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos.....C0UgMl0-NQ

[Michael]

So this is my first review involving my usage of a Groupon.

That is solid gold.

[Some Call Me. . .Tim]

HAve we won in Libya yet?

[West Texas]

I weep for my country when someone like Elizabeth Warren engenders such affection among the masses. If people really think that the only solution to omnipotent and above-the-law banks is to instill a regulator who is also omnipotent and above-the-law herself, then we no longer live in a constitutional republic, we live in a banana republic that would make Hugo Chavez proud.

The way to "deal with" unethical banks is to let them collapse of their own bloated weight and bad decisions and then pare them down with laws like Glass Stegall, written by elected representatives who are accountable to voters, NOT to delegate authority to bitter 'ole Aunt Mildred to conduct witchhunts by going on TV and acting indignant about mean old rich banks picking on poor people who don't read contracts.

That a significant slice of the American public seems to prefer the latter is frightening to me. The Cult of the Presidency has obviously won when the benevolent dictator and his henchmen are seen as saviors to the oppressed working people.

[VogVoo]

These guys make a lot of sense when you think about it.

http://www.privacy-web.no.tc

[Colin]

Better not speak too loudly about Warren, Reason, they might pull their advertizing from this site. You know, that really effective ad with Al Franken.

[P Brooks]

You're not gonna believe this, but Richard Trumka thinks the government should confiscate money from private companies and use it to "create" jobs.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's called bold leadership.

[Warren]

If those are the stupidest things the man has said over 90 years, I have profound admiration for Prince Philip. Indeed, I don't think more than a dozen of them are actually stupid. Mostly it seems he has a penchant for telling weenies what sort of weenie they are.

[John]

I like Phillip. He really just doesn't give a shit what people think. And so says what he wants. I was reading in one of the British tabloids where even at 90 he still actively flirts with women, most notably Pippa Middleton at the Royal Wedding. That is my kind of guy. admiring and

[R C Dean]

Same here. Cranky old guy who answers to no one (except his wife, and who doesn't?). I seem to recall he never had any use for Diana, which is a point in his favor.

[Apple]

I hate the idea of the royal family, but after going through those Prince Philip quotes, I think I might just love the guy. He's just a cranky old man who doesn't give a fuck.

20. "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?" To a wheelchair-bound Susan Edwards, and her guide dog Natalie in 2002.

21. "Get me a beer. I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer!" On being offered the finest Italian wines by PM Giuliano Amato at a dinner in Rome in 2000.

51. "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy." Discussing his role in an interview with Jeremy Paxman.

15. "What do you gargle with ? pebbles?" To Tom Jones, after the Royal Variety Performance, 1969. He added the following day: "It is very difficult at all to see how it is possible to become immensely valuable by singing what I think are the most hideous songs."

23. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat,which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" In a Radio 4 interview shortly after the Dunblane shootings in 1996. He said to the interviewer off-air afterwards: "That will really set the cat among the pigeons, won't it?"

[John]

Those are great. His son is an idiot. But his grandsons seem downright normal. I want to be that guy when I get old.

[West Texas]

He's long had a reputation for being a blunt old coot. All of those quotes are great, as are some others that I've seen that are slight more, um, non-diverse.

[P Brooks]

Surprise, surprise; General motors reports "disappointing" sales numbers.

[P Brooks]

Surprise, surprise; General Motors has just reported "disappointing" sales numbers.

[RyanXXX]

Did anyone read that link about the Syrian kid? Jesus Christ.

Beaten, electrocuted, burned, and castrated. Then shot through both arms and the chest. Then returned to your family as a "warning"

[Whoa]

returned to your family as a "warning"

Returned to my family? That is cruel.

[RyanXXX]

Don't be an ass. Snarking about a 13-year-old who was tortured to death doesn't make you cool