Reason Morning Links: Romney Accuses Newt of Supporting Romneyca--er Obamacare, Rand Paul Accuses Newt of Being a "Rockefeller Republican," Two Killed In Virginia Tech Shooting

• New Romney ad: "Newt was a long time supporter a national health insurance mandate, the centerpiece of Obamacare." Also? Romneycare. 
• GOP operatives: Ron Paul hurts Gingrich, helps Romney. 
• Rand Paul calls Newt a "Rockefeller Republican." 
• A Virginia Tech police officer and a second man were shot and killed on the school's campus yesterday. 
• Reporters attend Mayor Bloomberg's Christmas party, laugh at his jokes about OWS raid. 
• British Prime Minister David Cameron opts out of Eurozone deal. 

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Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

First again!

[RoboCain]

How did you get ML at 9:06? I checked at 9:15 and they still weren't there 🙁

[Restoras]

FoE is a Ninth Level Initiate (or higher - only the Kochs know for sure) of H&RML; and this bestows time travel powers. The rest of us must wait and hope for such recognition.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Exactly. I'm 1337, n00b5. How do you think I got my name on the banner before Gillepsie's?

[rather]

and he swallows

[OO=======D]

"First again!"

Pssst...that's nothing to brag about.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I disagree, even in your context.

[rather]

You're a woman?.....ohhhhhhhhh

[Fist of Etiquette]

Rand Paul: Republicans would take a giant step backward by choosing Gingrich

I dunno, seems like a step in the same direction Republicans have been going.

[KHAAAAAAAAN]

It's somewhere between a goosestep and a lemming trot

[chris]

^this

[R C Dean]

The Repubs aren't retreating, they are engaged in a retrograde advance.

[o3]

but is it kinetic ?

[Bucky]

^this^

[Fist of Etiquette]

"If Ron Paul can chip away at Gingrich just enough, he could conceivably win the caucuses, but he doesn't have the longevity of Gingrich" because Paul has trouble expanding his support beyond his libertarian-leaning base, said Tim Albrecht, an Iowa operative who worked for Romney during his failed presidential bid four years ago.

Could Paul have made it to a close third place with only the support of his libertarian-leaning base? Are there that many?

[Joe M]

I have heard this bullshit repeated so many times it's sickening. Every single fucking analyst says the same thing over and over. "He's having trouble expanding beyond his base." "He's unelectable." I am ready to put forks in fucking eyes.

[WTF]

"He's having trouble expanding beyond his base."

Kind of like Romney, who can't get his poll numbers out of the mid-twenties?

[John Thacker]

Yes. There's a large group of GOP primary voters who aren't really happy with Romney or Paul, and keep lurching around to the flavor of the day who will represent movement conservatives and make their peace with each part of the GOP's three legged stool.

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

Maybe two of those rotten legs will detach and hie themselves on down the road to the Jesus Loves War Party or some shit. Then I can actually start attending Republican functions again.

[John Thacker]

It would be far more useful to actually persuade voters to change their minds about preferred policies. We already have the freedom to vote for a party that shares all our views but will never win.

[John Thacker]

Incidentally, what actual policies are that different because of the religious influence in the Republican Party? Particularly in light of, say, the Obama Administration also blocking morning-after pill sales to minors, overruling the FDA's scientific committee, just as a Republican Administration would do.

[mad libertarian guy]

It's not about what the religitards do, it's what they won't allow the party to do. Basic stuff, like base level Republicanism.

[John Thacker]

Ah, you mean the sort of stuff that's unfortunately highly unpopular with the populace as a whole, like keeping public workers from collectively bargaining for wages and benefits?

That's "base level Republicanism," and highly, highly unpopular at the referendum level. So is cutting spending.

What is this stuff that the religious conservatives won't allow the party to do that would actually be popular with the majority of the populace? I'd like to know some group that could replace them in the party coalition *and* win a majority.

The neocons are a different issue, as opposing war does on occasion get a majority of the populace behind it, particularly when the President is against.

[John Thacker]

What has to be done is to convince people to change their beliefs. I simply don't see an alternative libertarian coalition capable of winning a majority. It would be nice, but there aren't enough libertarian voters that forming another coalition would bring more voters to the table than voters who would switch to the other party.

Even trying to be a swing vote doesn't really work because there seems to be a larger group of voters that swing the opposite way of libertarians.

There's no secret master plan or conspiracy that would overcome this problem. Until enough people change their minds about their policy preferences, all the options will suck, and libertarians will be limited to things like getting sympathizers like Dick Armey in leadership positions.

[The Angry RPh]

Agreed 100%. The contortions of the anti-Paul crowd are getting pretty funny. First they ignored him and now that they can't do that anymore, the story is that he's helping other candidates. I don't suppose it occurred to any of these morons that RP might actually be helping himself.

[John Thacker]

At some point it ceasing being "Paul's libertarian-leaning base" and becomes more "the portion of the GOP that will refuse to vote for him." There's a large enough group of people that aren't his base but will consider him, and but the people who won't consider him for various reasons limit him.

Pointing out that Paul appears to be quite electable in a general election campaign can win over a certain percentage of those ignoring him, because politics is about winning.

[Citizen Nothing]

If Paul would somehow get the nomination, I guarantee that somebody like Bloomberg (or, even worse, but fuck, how could it be worse?, Trump) will mount a third-party run, throwing the race to Obama -- which is kind of ironic when you think about it.

[Teh Pundits]

See? We told you Paul is unelectable!

[John Thacker]

Yes, exactly the way that John Anderson threw the election to weak incumbent Jimmy Carter when that crazy extremist Ronald Reagan was nominated.

[Faceless Pundit Tonio]

It's not all about the base, FoE. There's a big group of non-partisan independent voters who consistently refuse to be coopted by either Team Red or Team Blue. It's impossible to win the presidency without this group.

RP needs the perfect storm to win: the independent middle, the non-socon GOP base, the anti-abortion die hards (both parties). A damaged Obama (under indictment or articles of impeachment, or having Holder indicted). No serious third-party candidate.

I can see certain elements of the GOP deliberately running a third-party challenge to throw the race to Obama - he's their enemy, but they can do business with him. They hate RP because they can't coopt him.

[Citizen Nothing]

Exactly. President Ron Paul means no more business as usual. And who could possibly want that?

[Jack Wagon]

Second!

[Threaded Comments]

I make people look stupid.

[RoboCain]

"Today, the FBI will finally vote on a new definition of rape that will take the place of the current model, and antique from 1929. Victims' rights activists are applauding the move and calling the change long overdue, since the current definition of rape basically said that in order for a woman to be legally raped, Genghis Khan himself needs to travel through time and abduct her to China in front of at least 5 witnesses. Also she has to be a nun."

http://jezebel.com/5865633/fbi.....on-of-rape

[KHAAAAAAAAN]

Let me guess, it now approximates the Swedish standard

[Restoras]

So, no means no, except when it means yes, or maybe? Just askin'.

[Montani Semper Liberi]

Does this mean the Duke lacrosse players are guilty now?

[o3]

yep, guilty of associating w crack hoes

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Seriously, this is never mentioned in that shit: WHY WOULD YOU WANT CRYSTAL MAGNUM TO STRIP FOR YOU?

I mean, I know sarcasmic is into that kind of rail thinness, but normal men...

[Restoras]

If I recall correctly, I beleive the gentlemen requested something different than what actually showed up.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

That would make sense.

[RoboCain]

Just the men's team, or anyone with a penis.

[Joe M]

...a committee voted unanimously to redefine rape as

penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

This definition means it is not possible for a man to be raped by a woman unless she puts something in his ass.

[Fluffy]

This does mean that a wedgie is rape, if your underwear goes up your ass.

Say, what's the statute of limitations on wedgie rape? You could really do some damage recruiting the kids in your high school class who got picked up to file charges, if there's some kind of 25 year statute of limitations for rape out there.

[Montani Semper Liberi]

A woman I used to be with tried to give me an UFIA during sex because she read in Cosmo that guys like that shit, am I now a rape victim?

[RoboCain]

No, if a man grabs a woman's ass it's sexual assault, but if a woman grabs a man's ass it isn't.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

UFIA? WTF?

[SugarFree]

Unsolicited Finger In the Anus

[sage]

Sounds like titty rape is still A-ok.

[Chupacabra]

As long as I can still blowhole rape dolphins, I'm OK.

[dunphy]

False...just as under state law, a woman or man forcing a man be the penetratOR violates the statute. Also violations can occur when the rapist uses an object

[dunphy]

False...just as under state law, a woman or man forcing a man be the penetratOR violates the statute. Also violations can occur when the rapist uses an object

[Zeb]

The article is fucking stupid, but the new definition seems reasonable enough. Though I didn't think "rape" was really a legally defined word.

[RoboCain]

The slippery slope, and why the feminists pushed for it was not the physical action required, but that it goes from "forcibly" and "against her will" to "without the consent of the victim". It's going from a requirement of demonstrating non-consent, to a requirement of demonstrating consent.

Of course, feminists want to push their own made-up definition of "consent".

[Maxxx]

"Today, the FBI will finally vote on a new definition of rape"

Shouldn't Congress be the body voting on changing the definition of crimes?

[Restoras]

Congress is an expert organization when it comes to rape.

[cynical]

I read an article that pointed out that searches that penetrate the ladyparts would be considered rape under the new definition.

But, uh, rape is a legal definition. Unless FBI is a euphemism for "Congress", what gives them the right to define crimes? That's what criminal statues are for.

[Apatheist]

Actually Congress has no business defining crimes either. It is a State thing.

[cynical]

True in this case.

[Xenocles]

Except for all of those federal jurisdictions that Art. 1 assigns to Congress.

[WTF]

Although I will give the jezzies credit for taking a shot at Whoopi Goldberg.

[Brett L]

It was my understanding that Congress passed statutes defining crimes, no?

[Apatheist]

State legislatures.

[rather]

Obamacare is not symmetrical  to private insurance but preponderant, and both for poor and rich children.
 -Box of tissues available upon request

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

A Virginia Tech police officer and a second man were shot and killed on the school's campus yesterday

Actually, the "second man" was the one who shot the cop. He then shot and killed himself.

They're still trying to figure out why the guy did it. The cop had made a traffic stop and this guy was in a nearby parking lot or something - he just ran up to the cop, shot him, then ran away and killed himself.

Cue the gun control people...

[RoboCain]

How could that happen if Virginia Tech is a gun free zone?

[KHAAAAAAAAN]

Did you happen to see the weaponry the cops had when they showed up? It looked like the donut patrol had raided a Seal team locker.

[Holder]

Cue the gun control people...

You rang? I got here as fast as I could - this F&F thing is, ah, not going like we wanted it to.

[Restoras]

Don't worry, MNG's got your back. Or, he would if he were around.

[Pip]

I think we should have a pool, guessing the date and time he finally slinks his sorry ass back here. My guess is:

December 14, 2:13 pm EST

[Lord Humungus]

he'll be drawn back, like a moth to the flame. Ready for some more punishment, er, arguing.

[rather]

He'll be back when a regular comes back too. Weird huh?

[Inevitable Dunphy Comment]

I blame the anti-cop BIGOTS here.

Also, CANARD, not because it's relevant but I like typing that.

[dunphy]

+ 10 me

[RoboCain]

"Sofitel security men danced after maid told them Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her"

http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....e-1.988667

[Abdul]

Wow, that's like finding out that the Penn State Cheerleader's did a spirit chant while Sandusky hot-tubbed with the cub scout troupe.

[Lord Humungus]

first snow here today - apparently all of these 'seasoned' Michigan drivers forgot how to drive. Lots of slide-offs.

I drive a big ol' RWD car and (thanks to the bad driver in front of me) only had an issue climbing a steep hill. I actually had to turn around, go back down, and try it again with a higher rate of speed. Second time was the charm.

[Devil's Advocate]

I live in Maryland, and there is nothing anyone can tell me about shitty drivers in the snow. Your story reminds me of a couple of years ago trying to take my kid home from school: we had to go up a hill, and people were slowing down and stopping halfway up rather than letting their momentum carry them forward. FFS. I wanted to climb out of my car and beat them to death with my snow shovel.

[JW]

we had to go up a hill, and people were slowing down and stopping halfway up rather than letting their momentum carry them forward.

In MD as well. During the rush hour clusterfuck last winter, (after avoiding a flaming idiot trying to make a turn from Oregon Ave. onto Nebraska Ave [at Rock Creek], coming down the steep hill doing about 40, slamming into the opposing curb where I would have been, had I not stopped early), a fucking Prius with fucking Cali tags did just that going up the same hill. I was stuck for about 30 minutes as a result, helping to push everyone else out who then got stuck behind me.

Beating them with a snow shovel would have been an act of kindness, had they not just scooted off after stranding me. Fucksticks.

[JW]

It was also after that 4.5 hour trek home, that I vowed that the next car will be AWD, no matter what. Never again! Even if I only need it 2 days a year.

And I got off easy. I know people who took up to 12 hours to get home that night.

[Montani Semper Liberi]

the next car will be AWD, no matter what

Subaru Legacy, ftw. 25 mpg city/30 mpg highway and full-time AWD. Fuck and yes.

[JW]

I can't fit in Subies, except for the Tribeca. Steering wheel digs into legs and/or head hits the roof, even in the newer bigger ones. The curse of my 6'4" frame. That and the new Subies are boringly ugly as shit. The managed to out-ugly Chrysler.

I'm thinking either the Volvo S60 T6 AWD or Infiniti G37x. I would love a Merc C350 4Motion, just a beautiful car, but I know better than to buy a Merc.

[Pip]

F-150 4x4 with 200 pounds of cat litter in the bed.

That is all.

[Restoras]

I like the cut of your jib, sir.

[WTF]

Toyota 4-Runner 4x4. Goes through just about anything here in the Northeast.

[Zeb]

Subarus should have stayed exactly the same as they were in 1992. I recently replaced my old '92 legacy with an '07 and the old car was superior in every way. The new AWD sucks. With the old 60/40 AWD I almost never even spun my wheels and could drive into and out of large snow banks without any problem. The new car, with supposedly intelligent symetrical AWD spins wheels, does weird things like spin around 180 degrees when starting on a slippery road and gets stuck when I drive through 18" of snow. I do like the car, but the old one was so much better.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Just a few months ago, I bought a 2001 Subie Outback for my daughter. 152,000 miles on the clock. I have to say, I love that little car. It runs like a sewing machine - turn the key, boom, it starts right up, runs as smooth and quiet as you could want, doesn't leak or burn a lick of oil, it drives and rides perfectly. It's actually kinda fun to drive, because it's got a nice, nimble feel. Good fuel economy with the 4-banger. It's pretty well loaded and every single button, switch and doo-dad works perfectly. The A/C blows colder than my 2005 F-150 King Ranch.

And with the rear seats folded down, you can fit a ton of shit in the back. AWD, 4-channel ABS, dual air bags, side-impact door beams. The car just seems about perfect for a teenager's first car.

All that for only $4,500.

Makes me want one for myself.

Those Subies are bulletproof. As long as you do reasonable maintenance, they run forever.

[Zeb]

Oh, yeah, ABS. That's the other thing I hate about the new car. I just pull the fuse out in the winter after almost being killed by the ABS a few times.

[JW]

Huh? How the hell can ABS kill you? Allowing you to better control a skid?

[Lord Humungus]

Subies are worth an arm and a leg here in Michigan - high mileage ones still sell for plenty of money.

[Sparky]

That's what I'm driving now and I completely agree.

[alittlesense]

Sorry to rain on the Subaru parade, but I had a 1991 Loyale 4WD. It was OK except that the entire clutch, including the flywheel, was considered a "consumable". The damn clutch kept going, and when the dealer said they would give me only 50% off the replacement cost, I called the Subaru US headquarters to see if they could help. They were rude beyond belief, and even threatened to force the dealer to charge full price. I will never buy another Subaru, unless, say, the CEO commits seppuku after offering me a heartfelt apology.

[JW]

They were rude beyond belief, and even threatened to force the dealer to charge full price.

They're all folksie and kumbaya now. They say so in their commercials.

Dear Zod, I hate those cloying commercials with the folk guitar plinking in the background and the neutered male spokesman, cooing about their eco cred. I want Ted Nugent to do a drive through on them.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Maryland drivers don't need snow to be shitty drivers. I tend to give a wide berth to any car I encounter on the interstate bearing Maryland plates. They're mostly downright dangerous even in the best of conditions.

Hate to generalize, but that's been my experience. Makes me wonder WTF is going on with driver's ed and the DMV in Maryland.

[JW]

I wish I knew why they suck so much, but I fucking hate this state. "Slower traffic keep right? Fuck you! I can go 50 in the left lane if I want to."

Last year, coming back from NE, I burned down the Jersey turnpike averaging about 80. People get the hell out of your way and stay right except to pass. Get to Bal'mer and a local idiot in his Corolla shitbox moves across 4 lanes from an on-ramp in one fell swoop and almost drives us off the elevated road.

Corolla drivers are the bane of my existence. Fuck any of you who drive one.

[WTF]

In NJ, stay right except to pass is actually the law. Usually when I encounter some fuckstick going slow in the left lane, they have PA plates.

[JW]

PA used to be good about that, since it's littered with so many 4-lane highways, but it's gotten worse. I blame an influx of MD drivers.

[KDN]

I wish I knew why they suck so much, but I fucking hate this state. "Slower traffic keep right? Fuck you! I can go 50 in the left lane if I want to."

Last year, coming back from NE, I burned down the Jersey turnpike averaging about 80. People get the hell out of your way and stay right except to pass. Get to Bal'mer and a local idiot in his Corolla shitbox moves across 4 lanes from an on-ramp in one fell swoop and almost drives us off the elevated road.Get to Bal'mer and a local idiot in his Corolla shitbox moves across 4 lanes from an on-ramp in one fell swoop and almost drives us off the elevated road.

Corolla drivers are the bane of my existence. Fuck any of you who drive one.

The TP (and I-295 if you're cheap) moves, our idiots tend to stick to Rt 1 and the Parkway. Ever get off the Turnpike though and the level of idiocy from Jersey drivers outpaces Marylanders, in my experience, though neither can hold a candle to Connecticut.

Nevermind Corollas, it's all Toyotas (though Corollas had the crown, for ages, the Prius seems poised to take it). One of my iron laws of driving is to never get behind one in any circumstances where it can possibly be avoided. Driving a Toyota is a signal to other drivers that you have no idea what you're doing. Back when Jeep ran that "Only in a Jeep" line of ads I seriously pondered filming all of the retardedness of Toyota drivers I encounter on a regular basis and stringing the videos together as a "Only in a Toyota" YouTube special. Probably a good thing I didn't, considering the racial makeup of the typical Toyota drivers where I live (overwhelmingly Indian and East Asian) it probably would have caused some sort of PC dustup.

[JW]

My theory is that Corollas are fine, well built cars that get you from A to B with no style, no comfort nor any performance at all. It's hard to get any more boringly basic, except for maybe an Echo.

People who buy a car with no redeeming value other than reliability put about the same effort into developing their driving skills. With the exception of FJ and the Land Cruiser, this can easily be extrapolated to nearly any Toyota.

[Zeb]

Bullshit. Everybody thinks that everybody else is a terrible driver.

[KDN]

Everybody thinks that everybody else is a terrible driver.

Because it's true. 95% of the people that do anything are terrible at it.

[JW]

Bullshit. Everybody thinks that everybody else is a terrible driver.

Check which car it is, every time you get held up in traffic because of some full retard going 20 MPH in the left lane because of the Metrobus stopping every 20 feet in the right lane, and never actually passing the bus, 8 times out of 10 it's a fucking Corolla.

[Auric Demonocles]

Thousands of dollars I can spend on useful things isn't a redeeming value?

[KDN]

He said that is a redeeming value, but that it shouldn't be the only or primary one. I agree with his logic, if all you really care about is getting from a to b in one piece and don't really care how then you're probably going to purchase a car that reflects this attitude and drive in a similar manner.

[Montani Semper Liberi]

Well, that's really all I care about when I'm going to work, running errands, or going to visit the family. I don't need to drive like I'm on the Nuerburgring. I use my indicators when changing lanes, keep a proper distance between the car in front of me, only get in the left lane to pass, and try to flow with traffic. In my personal experience, that makes me a better driver than many of the people driving Bimmers, Mercs, and other expensive cars I encounter on the road.

[JW]

I use my indicators when changing lanes, keep a proper distance between the car in front of me, only get in the left lane to pass, and try to flow with traffic.

That's me as well; I take pride in my driving skills. If we all only did what we are supposed to be doing on the road, life would be a fuck of a lot better.

But, the simple and incontrovertible truth is that Corolla drivers don't have a fucking clue about how to operate a motor vehicle without creating a galaxy-sized, deadly hazards to everyone else on the road and claiming precious moments of your life that you will never, ever get back, by their natural ability to create traffic logjams wherever they go.

[KDN]

I don't need to drive like I'm on the Nuerburgring. I use my indicators when changing lanes, keep a proper distance between the car in front of me, only get in the left lane to pass, and try to flow with traffic.

And that's fine. When idiot gets bandied about by people like JW (I'm assuming, since I'm agreeing with everything he says) and me it's reserved for people that don't do those things: doing the speed limit despite the flow of traffic being 15 mph above (or just sitting 15 mph below), not signaling in order to sit in the left lane when we're looking to pass a pack of cars, driving like you don't know where you are despite being on a 5 lane highway, etc.

My biggest beef is the lack of speed most people employ, particularly on the highway. Basic cars today are designed to specifications that a racecar designer of 30 years ago would envy. They're perfectly capable of traversing a route at speeds greater than 55 mph or handling onramps at more than 15. The current speed limits are anachronisms of mid-70's car design and energy policy and should at least be updated; since they won't we should do a better job of ignoring them.

Also nobody in NJ knows how to execute a merge. It's infuriating because it's so simple yet nobody can ever seem to figure it out. Think of a zipper, ffs!

[WTF]

Also nobody in NJ knows how to execute a merge. It's infuriating because it's so simple yet nobody can ever seem to figure it out. Think of a zipper, ffs!

This is true - it's due to fucksticks trying to cut the line rather than just wait their turn and merge in behind the next car.

[CrackertyAssCracker]

"Indicator"? What are you, European? Canadian? Vermontian?

[Auric Demonocles]

Nah, they are "blinkers" in Vermont.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

What is it with the young male drivers of the small Toyota pickups? The most insane and aggressive driving I have witnessed has been young guys driving the little Toyota pickup. It seems they don't believe they're driving a pickup truck and think they're driving, I dunno - a Ferrari instead. Zooming all over the place, passing on the shoulder, just generally being very aggressive and way too fast and reckless. What is it about those little Toyota pickups that gives such a feeling of invulnerability?

[Auric Demonocles]

The Toyota pickup thing is probably that you have to be an idiot to have small pickup. If you actually need a pickup, get one with actual power and bedsize.

[Lord Humungus]

funny, that's how I look at Pontiac drivers. At least in West Michigan, the majority of them are complete a-holes.

[robc]

Sounds like MD == OH

[gaijin]

...rather than letting their momentum carry them forward.

A testament to the lack of quality science education in our schools! 😉

[Virginia Motorist]

I live in Maryland, and there is nothing anyone can tell me about shitty drivers in the snow. FTFY

[Devil's Advocate]

LOL. I usually rant about VA drivers, so I hear ya. Perhaps there is something in the water around here that makes MD & VA drivers especially egregious. Although honestly, I think it is dealing with driving on the Beltways that makes people super-aggressive and uncooperative. I have never been to Boston, and I hear that is horrible, but NYC is just as bad Baltimore/ DC. Heavy traffic breeds terrible drivers, I think.

[juris imprudent]

It isn't just snow either. People driving there are idiots in the rain. Now I can understand Calif drivers being idiots in the rain, because it doesn't rain here much. What the hell is the excuse of MD/DC/VA drivers in the rain? You get plenty of practice.

[Zeb]

It always amazes me how people who spend months driving in snow every year manage to completely forget how to do it every year.

[SugarFree]

It's like the argument for year-round school... during the long summer break from snow, they forget how to drive in it. The solution is the same: Anywhere it might snow, it should instead snow everyday of the year.

[robc]

Its because they dont.

I lived in Wisconsin. You rarely had to drive in snow, because they had enough plows to catch every flake before it hit the ground [note: slight exaggeration there].

Everyone sucks at driving in ice and snow. Yankees are generally good at getting it off the ground so people dont have to drive in it. Then, because its piled 40 feet high next to the road, they think they are good at driving in it.

[JEP]

I'm a southerner who's moved to Colorado. The most useful thing I've learned is to take my foot off the brake when I'm sliding so my treads can catch allowing me to turn.

[o3]

SUV fatties must learn em sum 4 wheel drive does NOT effect braking.

[Restoras]

+1. This may be the most intelligent thing you've ever said.

[SugarFree]

Probably a spoof, then.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Yeah, it also doesn't affect braking. It has no effect on braking because it doesn't affect it.

Lost cause, yeah, I know.

[o3]

but do you know how boring pedantic bores are ?

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Hey, look, it's capable of composing a somewhat intelligible sentence.

[Citizen Nothing]

Your just begging the question, hopefully. Your bitching is comprised of you're flouting you're mad grammer skills.

[mikey]

Actually it does - it makes it worse. The std 4x4 transfer case will cause the front wheels to lock up just by backing off on the ice. If you're driving a stick the engine will stall.
32'/sec^2 WTF! Don't ask me how I know this.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Rear wheel drive in Michigan? What kind of person does that?

I live at the end of a quarter mile lane, and as the sole person on that lane, I don't bother to plow it in winter, so 4WD is a must. So many winter mornings are me full speed through snow drifts like I'm filming a Jeep commercial. Not a bad way to start a day, really.

[Lord Humungus]

it's not too bad in the city with the salting and plowing... plus traction control helps. I've been driving RWD for years in the stuff and ya just get used to it. If I lived in the country, it would be 4X4 for sure.

[FlyoverCountry]

I drive an 88 Mercedes 300e with 160# of sand in the trunk and I have only been stuck in the snow once.

And this is living on a farm on 5 miles of gravel road in Iowa. I've gotten stuck less in my MB than I used to in my Dodge Ram.

And, like FoE, I've spent many a morning plowing through snow drifts at 40 miles an hour... So my car no longer has the cool plastic ground effects, but it has about 4" more clearance.

Love my RWD car, plus I can do doughnuts in the street all winter long

[R C Dean]

Hell, even in Wisconsin, the first snow of the year was a traffic clusterhump.

[kinnath]

Unexpected light snow flurries last Tuesday here in Iowa. The temperature was just right to turn it into polished ice on the freeway at 7 am as everyone was going to work. Traffic was moving at 35 instead of 75 on the freeway, and there were still 14 vehicles in the ditch in a 15 mile stretch. Sometimes the dice just come up snake-eyes.

[Chupacabra]

In California, people have trouble driving in the rain.

I really wish I could move out of this fucking state.

[KDN]

I imagine it's the same as in Vegas. Because it never rains there any showers bring up months of lubricants on the road to turn entire highways into oil slicks. A few years ago I drove the relatively short distance from McCarran to my friend's place in Henderson and passed about 20 wrecks along the way. At least the roads are wide enough for rubbernecking not to cause too many delays.

[db]

Weather's pretty nice here in Japan. Looking forward to coming back to snow on Monday.

[o3]

U.S. Believers Favor International Action on Climate Change, Nuclear Risk: UMD Poll

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A majority of Americans professing belief in God favor cooperative international efforts to combat climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons - branding it a moral obligation - says a new public opinion poll conducted jointly by the University of Maryland's Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) and its Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).

The nearly 1,500 Americans surveyed include large numbers of Catholics and Evangelicals.

The study, Faith and Global Policy Challenges: How Spiritual Values Shape Views on Poverty, Nuclear Risks, and Environmental Degradation, also finds that a majority of believers consider addressing global poverty a "spiritual obligation," and think that the United States should work cooperatively with other nations to reduce it.

"This research challenges common political stereotypes that pigeonhole religious Americans as liberal or conservative on environmental and nuclear proliferation issues," says University of Maryland Public Policy Professor and study co-author John Steinbruner, who directs CISSM.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45583056

[#]

the problems with any of these types of polls is that they are meaningless without asking for the tradeoff.

Do you want a new car? 95% say yes
Do you want a new car if you have to pay $20k? 5% say yes.

Same thing here.

Do you want to work to end global warming? 75% yes

Do you want to pay much higher energy prices and/or taxes in order to curb global warming? 25% yes

[#]

theres also another element to this type of question that shows liberal bias in the interpretation - "the US should work cooperatively to reduce poverty" to a lot of people means individuals from the US shouldwork to reduce it and church groups do a lot of this. That doesnt necessarily mean the government does so.

[o3]

"..and think that the United States should work cooperatively with other nations to reduce it."

[Tonio]

Oh, this is delicious. The believers don't believe that their big sky daddy will protect them from disaster and are looking to politics for salvation.

[DJF]

""British Prime Minister David Cameron opts out of Eurozone deal.""

Too bad the US can't opt out, since the US is part of the IMF and the IMF is part of the bailout then the US taxpayers will get stuck with the debt.

And I bet the FED is sending money there as well.

[Pip]

I heard people on the TV this morning saying what a terrible man Cameron is for taking that position. What do they expect? Only an idiot would say, "Oh look! Your house is on fire! Why don't you invite me in for dinner and a movie?

[Restoras]

"Oh look! Your house is on fire! Why don't you invite me in for dinner and a movie?"

I LOL'd - and I'm stealing this.

[Lord Humungus]

personally, I'm applauding Cameron for actually have some backbone. He probably wants to commit to the EU more, but fears a backlash from his own party (and the voters).

[DJF]

He will probably hold out until he gets some worthless nonbinding agreement from the EU and then wave it about and then sign away what is left of Britain's sovereignty

[Lord Humungus]

probably. Old Churchill should rise from his grave and smite the interlopers.

[Question?]

Actually, he didn't opt out of anything. The discussions referred to euro currency, which the Brits sensibly stayed out of. The Germans knew they'd face a veto from him otherwise.
So, the tiny little piece of sovereignty that Ireland had left? Poof!
Yo, fuck the Germans. And Ahern, Cowen and Kenny too.

[R C Dean]

And I bet the FED is sending money there as well.

Indeed they are. They set up some kind of credit facility to support the credit support debt bailout the Euros set up a few weeks ago.

[Spoonman.]

Come on, MNG. Show yourself and tell us how F&F wasn't bad.

[Neu Mejican]

Come on, MNG. Show yourself and tell us how F&F wasn't bad.

Hmmm. BOTH John and MNG are missing.
Did they final arrange a face to face?
Or...are they really the same person?

[Citizen Nothing]

(Cue dramatic chipmunk music): DUM dum dummmmmmmm!

[SugarFree]

Neither are creative enough to think up the other, unlike Episiarch and I.

[Citizen Nothing]

You just blew my mind.

[Citizen Nothing]

(Yes, this is a set-up).

[SugarFree]

Are you and RoboCain going to do a victory dance after I'm arrested?

[the truth]

"Are you and RoboCain going to do a victory dance after I'm arrested?"

[Archduke AuH20]

Well, I just blue myself.

[Butts Wagner]

Change your name to AgH2O then.

[Neu Mejican]

Neither are creative enough to think up the other, unlike Episiarch and I.

That would mean that Episiarch is the creative one, since you are more creative than Episiarch.

The paradox thickens.

[Neu Mejican]

The pair of ducks chickens

[ArchViscount AuH20]

No, they are just having aggresive gay sex. Why do you think they hate fuck so much in the comments?

[Sparky]

I'm surprised nobody else see this. I always imagined them dicking around on ML until lunchtime when they broke for angry sex at the apartment.

[cynical]

Maybe they arranged a duel and killed each other.

[Devil's Advocate]

I think they got a room together and are having hot and nasty hate sex.

[Abdul]

Florida School Board Member fails 10th grade standarized test.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.c.....-post.html

Why can't an adult with two Master's degrees in educational fields pass a 10th grade test?

As best I can figure, it seems he's saying it's because the standardized test has acquired sufficient artificial intelligence to hate and mock him.

[Montani Semper Liberi]

Why can't an adult with two Master's degrees in educational fields pass a 10th grade test?

I think I've found the problem.

[DJF]

I was once in the educational field and my training taught me the important lesson that when wiping down the blackboard I should wipe up and down, not side to side. That is because wiping side to side would make my ass wiggle back and forth and make the students laugh.

[Brett L]

I certainly understand how he failed the math portion.

[Surly Chef]

FCAT Tests: http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcatrelease.asp

The 10th grade tests are shockingly easy. I have an associates degree from culinary school and barely got out of high school from lack of interest and attendance.

[BakedPenguin]

I graded a few of the non-objective portions of the 4th grade FCAT for a little while. The only thing I remember about that was a student who misspelled "count" by omitting the "o". I remarked to a female friend that I hoped his parents never sent him to the spelling bee.

[Joe M]

Oh my god that entire article is hilarious/infuriating. He thinks, because he failed the tests, they must not be accurate predictors of success. As if being a school board member in any way relates to succeeding in real life, or requires any mental skills whatsoever.

[Joe M]

Holy shit. That dumbfuck said he knew the answers to none of the math questions. None!

[Abdul]

Ever go on a decent first date and then the girl never calls you back?

You should always write a 10,000 word treatise and send it to the girl to make her submit to your powers of logic.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/324519.php

[Auric Demonocles]

Ah, I've only been writing 5000 words. That must be my problem.

[Lord Humungus]

I'm no ladies man, but my minimal experiences with dating has shown me that:

a) if a woman doesn't like/love you from the get go, the chances of a future flame-up are relatively low.

b) when you lose her, it's almost impossible to get a woman back, excluding the various plots of 80s movies.

c) getting in the crazy possessive mode only makes matters worse. Just walk away and move on.

[R C Dean]

Its weird, but those same rules apply with the genders reversed.

[Lord Humungus]

I dunno - there are a few female friends of mine who I could go for (if I was unmarried) if they started making the moves on me.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Say Anything LIED TO ME?

[SugarFree]

Do you know that the Say Anything 20th Anniversary DVD didn't come bundled with a replica pen? What a missed opportunity.

[Cyril Figgis]

That's just leaving money on the table.

[dunphy]

Standing outside her house with a boombox held over your head playing Peter Gabriel always works. You either get the girl back or get a protection order lobbed against you

[Pip]

"I suggest that we continue to go out and see what happens."

Perhaps you will be chopped into tiny pieces with my Courting Axe. Perhaps you won't. That is the excitement of La romantique. You never know if you will end up on the altar at the church, or the altar in my basement, but since you're being a total mixed-signals coozebitch, I'm thinking Satan Pit.

But this could change, madamoiselle. Let me continue to woo you.

[Brett L]

Jesus. This is what happens when half-breed Vulcans fall in love.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

That letter is a hilarious example of why the love lives of sperglords are limited to anime and video games.

[robc]

I was more amused the first two times this was posted on reason.

[Abdul]

Lucy Stiegerwald is coming back to me! she is! She is!

[Devil's Advocate]

Wow, not sure what to make of this, except "Mike" has some serious issues. Seek help, dude. I hope she got a restraining order.

[Lord Humungus]

China Hits It Big With Shale Gas
http://blogs.the-american-inte.....shale-gas/

China is poised to become the world's largest producer of shale gas, though that might take a few decades. Still, test drilling has confirmed the Chinese are sitting atop the world's largest reserves of the unconventional natural gas resource.

[Restoras]

I wonder, will China resort to war to etablish hegemony in Asia, or just bury everyone else in economic might combined with a weakening US?

[BigT]

"That is enough to supply China for more than 300 years, based on current consumption levels"

Key word 'current'. As ChiCom advances the consumption will expand dramatically. They use coal for 70% of energy, nat gas only 10%. So the 300 years is more likely 30, IF it is believable at all

[juris imprudent]

Fracking chinks?

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

Reporters attend Mayor Bloomberg's Christmas party, laugh at his jokes about OWS raid.

Don't ever make me go to Salon ever again. This is your first and final warning.

[mad libertarian guy]

Glenn Greenwald is the only reason anyone at all should go to that digi-rag. It's worse than HuffPo.

[SugarFree]

Virginia restaurateur who spanked women he gave financial aid to pleads guilty to battery

Authorities say the 54-year-old Fitzsimmons agreed to provide an allowance and college tuition to the women under a so-called scholarship program. As part of the plan, the women agreed to be spanked if they violated certain rules, such as failing to call Fitzsimmons or drinking alcohol.

[Abdul]

How many spankings did you have to endure to get your MLS?

[SugarFree]

How many stars are in the sky?

[RoboCain]

"As part of the plan, the women agreed to be spanked"

[Restoras]

They were obviously very naughty...

[Lord Humungus]

Well, a contract _is_ a contract!

[Auric Demonocles]

But only with Ferengi!

[Fluffy]

He seems to be guilty of soliciting prostitutes, and not battery.

[RoboCain]

So is spanking sex, or prostitution rape?

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

I don't get it. In NFL players can consent to getting speared by 300 lb. nose tackles, I fail to see why women cannot consent to spankings.

[Apatheist]

+1

In Law School I took a Bioethics and the Law class with all women. We discussed an anti-midget tossing class and they all thought that nobody in their right mind could think that it should be legal. I pointed out that the football team they all tailgated for was in far more peril than a midget wearing a helmet being tossed across a bar into pads. Of course in both cases consenting adults should make their own choices but that concept was beyond them.

[Apatheist]

class law

[Lord Humungus]

Wary European CEOs Move Cash to Germany
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/.....-risk.html

"I don't trust Spain will remain in the euro zone," said Jenaro Garcia, founder and chief executive officer of Madrid- based Grupo Gowex, which provides Wi-Fi access in 15 countries. "We moved our cash and deposits to Germany because Spain will come back to the peseta."

[Abdul]

What's it take to get fired from the DEA?

DEA agent sets up a dojo on agency time, uses the DEA car and weapons (including fully automatic weapons) to train his "Warriorschool", and then proceeds to help female warriors through his unique brand of "sexual healing."

DEA Agent claims that the Government is discriminating against his religion.

My favorite quote: "He also admitted that oral sex had occurred and that he stopped intercourse because LW was not submitting."

http://www.mspb.gov/netsearch/.....on=ACROBAT

[DJF]

And it took 22 page court order to tell him this and he still has the right for further review.

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

Was he yelling "stop resisting" while he was doing this?

[R C Dean]

So was LW responsive, or not?

[Roman Polanski]

She was not unresponsive.

Oops, sorry. Thought you were talking to me.

[SugarFree]

Burlesque; or Why I Refuse To Go To Burlesque Shows

[RoboCain]

Post-Modern Gibberish; or Why Trying To Read It Gives Me A Headache

[Abdul]

"I regularly speak out against sexual violence but I will be a better advocate when I've owned, accepted and healed from my own experiences"

By shaking your chubby ass onstage? that's healing?

You may want to check your health care provider's license. I think it's expired.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

She doesn't believe in licensed therapists, you misogynist! She has an EarthMotherSpiritGuide who helps her become whole again by aligning her chakras.

[juris imprudent]

She has an EarthMotherSpiritGuide who helps her become whole again by aligning her chakras.

You have to have a state license to do that.

[Lord Humungus]

'Furious' twisting
Eric Holder stonewalls on
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/o.....z1g0kXFyNp

That concerns over the program's death toll (one, probably two American agents, hundreds of Mexicans) and demands for accountability ? including for Holder's resignation and that of his deputy, Lanny Breuer ? are "inflammatory and inappropriate rhetoric to score political points."

[R C Dean]

And he cannot talk about this without blaming Bush. Don't remember the quote, but his non-apology was something along the lines of "Gunwalking was inappropriate when the Bushies did it, so I guess it was probably inappropriate for us, too."

[P Brooks]

Rand Paul calls newt a "Rockefeller Republican."

Well done, Senator.

[JW]

If only they could all be like this.

[Lord Humungus]

James Taranto: Democrats for Buchanan: "Core institutions" of the president's party turn against Israel.
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....TopOpinion

"Like segregation in the American South, the siege of Gaza (and the entire Israeli occupation, for that matter) is a moral abomination that should be intolerable to anyone claiming progressive values," wrote Matt Duss, a CAP policy analyst and the director of Middle East Progress, last year, after an Israeli raid on a flotilla challenging the blockade of Gaza turned violent. . .

[Sailor]

OT but I switched to ecigs. So much better.

[Restoras]

How dare you deprive the apparatus of the state with its lifeblood!

[Sailor]

Indeed. How dare I live my life as I see fit?

[Elspeth Flashman]

Don't worry, e-cigs are soon to be banned/taxed/ostracized. Speaking of cigarettes, I am going out & getting some today! I think smoking in the cold air & snow is better!

[Pip]

I haven't smoked for 16 years, but I remember that being true.

[Sailor]

Yes! nicotine and cold weather are great.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Nicotine and cold air are great together!

Think of the ad slogans!

[Pip]

Freeze and Wheeze with a Winston Today!

[RoboCain]

And by "weather" you mean vodka?

[Apatheist]

I switched a week ago as well. They are pretty awesome but I'm not sure they are better from an enjoyment perspective. Of course I was only having two hand rolleds a day when I quit so the health improvement is pretty minor.

[Erotica Collector AuH20]

So, this is awesomely dumb. Feminist: "When I wear yoga pants, I can see your vagina" OR "When you write an article, I can see your TEH PRIVELEGE!

Sample quote:

Let's take a step back. What is going on here? At the article's most basic, fundamental level lies the paternalistic belief that what I say matters. All of my opinions are equally important: "I?don't like [yoga pants], and I don't like how many women on this campus wear them." Think about it another way: that belief is a serious motivator behind a dude's crude comments when you (a woman) get hollered at on the street. He is willing to make voyeuristic comments publicly and overtly engage in the male gaze because to a degree, he sincerely believes that his opinion matters. (emphasis original)

How does believing his opinion matter make him any different than, well, the author? Or ANY editorialist?

[Erotica Collector AuH20]

And by feminist, I mean Feministing

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

You SF'd the link.

[Lord Humungus]

I've noticed quite a few girls at the local college(s) wearing yoga pants. As an avowed ass man, I like this fashion trend.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Yeah, the guy who wrote the article is probably a homo.

NTTAWWT.

[Restoras]

I concur.

[Erotica Collector AuH20]

And here is the link..

http://community.feministing.com/2011/11/20/"when-you-wear-yoga-pants-i-can-see-your-vagina/#comments

Honestly, this is the best I can do with the sites crappy interface. You'll have to paste the article title in yourself to their search.

Seriously, that site has fucking awful design.

[juris imprudent]

So jezebel and feministing links - it's a good Friday.

[Fluffy]

If his opinion doesn't matter, then you should shut the fuck up about it.

Every last word ever written whining about TEH MALE GAZE is one long collective screed obsessing about what men might be thinking...so please spare me the claim that somehow this is "paternalism".

[Elspeth Flashman]

+1 long stare.

[RoboCain]

Having now read both painfully puerile editorials, it's clear that this is an excellent example of stupid vs. stupid.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Like the British Twit Olympics?

[WTF]

Upper Class Twit of the Year.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Thanks, WinTheFuture!

[Montani Semper Liberi]

Isn't the whole point of yoga pants like high heels, pencil skirts, and low cut blouses to invite the male gaze?

[WTF]

But only the right males.

[Zeb]

I would guess that comfort and simplicity are more at play.

[Zeb]

I'm confused. He is complaining about this?

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Apparently, yes. Total Homo. NTTAWWT.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

He is willing to make voyeuristic comments publicly and overtly engage in the male gaze because to a degree, he sincerely believes that his opinion matters.

The lack of self-awareness of the modern feminist emerges once more. If you want to get laid, toots, you better damn well believe that his opinion matters--because if he considers you a sad cow or a shrieking harpy, you're going to end up with 100 cats as companions in your old age.

These are the kinds of women who run through an alternating series of beta goons and slimy hipsters, and wonder why they can't find Fonzie with a PhD.

[CrackertyAssCracker]

He's male?

[Mike M.]

Listening to the republican establishment, there are apparently no genuine conservatives running this year. And yet whoever ends up winning will inevitably be labeled by team Obama as potentially the most dangerous right-wing extremist in American history.

The bullshit of political campaigns, you've got to love it.

[o3]

dangerous ? nah

clueless, anti-scientific know-nothings

[o3]

beleeve me im an expert on clueless anti-scientific know-nothings cuz it sure takez one to kno won

[BigT]

Cucumbers will bring down the Caliphate.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2.....cucumbers/

[Erotica Collector AuH20]

Well, I hope they remembered to ban carrots too!

[Elspeth Flashman]

I heard about this and thought it was an Onion headline.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Didn't you know that Tehran is the HQ of The Onion?

[Erotica Collector AuH20]

Any time the misandranists (I think that this is what we should call Jezebel and Feministng and Marcotte from now on. We need to reclaim feminism back for people like Kerry Howley and Cathy Young and Megan McCardle and, of course, Reason's favorite, Lucy) at Feministing generate more than 20 comments on a single post, I have to post it.

PA Liquour board to young women: Hey, don't leave your friends super drunk at a bar, cuz they could get raped. Misandrinist: YOU'RE BLAMING WOMEN FOR RAPE!!!

Seriously, what Bizarro universe do these people live in?

[Restoras]

++Infinity (wish I knew how to insert the correct symbol).

[MattJ]

Hold down the 'alt' key and then type 236 on the number pad.

Like so:

+?

Alternatively, if you know where there already exists an infinity symbol, you can cut/paste it.

[RoboCain]

I don't think anyone needs to reclaim feminism, which is inherently collectivist, statist, and sexist.

It needs to be abandoned.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

In the sense of a desire for equality, which was the original intention, I think libertarians should support it.

Also, there was that awesome 1800s feminist, Voltaire something...

[SugarFree]

A libertarian society would provide everything feminists claim they want when describing their principles, but nothing they demand in practice.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Well, the aforementioned Cathy Young would be cool with us. As would Wendy McEllroy.

[SugarFree]

Then they should be libertarians, and leave the feminist label to the people that spent the last 40 years ruining it.

It's like "liberal." It's gone people, and it's never, ever coming back.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

We can take back liberal. We just have to make a pact that if any of us die, we make it look like a suicide due to the unjust changing on the word liberal.

Also, that is how we get Firefly back on the air. With a topless Christina Hendricks replacing Wash.

[Enjoy Every Sandwich]

Also, that is how we get Firefly back on the air. With a topless Christina Hendricks replacing Wash.

Well, they do need a new pilot, and River will probably still be too flaky to fill the spot full time. So I think that plan's shiny.

[tarran]

I think Wendy (who identifies as an anarcho-capitalist) is trying to take the word back.

Usually a futile exercise.

[RoboCain]

It's not the 1800's, or even the 70's. Feminism hasn't had anything to do with equality in generations.

To put it another way, what you are describing as feminism was about eliminating de jure inequality, that arguably favored men. Which no longer exists. Modern, second-wave feminism -- the only feminism there is now -- is about claiming de facto inequality, and creating de jure inequality in order to supposedly correct the alleged problem.

The two are completely contradictory in both principle and practice.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

They claim we're in the Third Wave now, because they're cool with sex now, unlike the 70s.

[RoboCain]

I don't know who "they" are, but it's not a substantial claim. I am aware of the "Feminist Sex Wars", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_Sex_Wars which I believe is the basis for that, but it's not much of a distinction, as what I said would still apply to them as well.

[Archduke AuH20]

Sites like Jezebel identify as "Third Wave". The idea is that the "Second Wave" shit on sex and motherhood and such, whereas the more enlightened Third Wave (starting in the 90s) is open to sex and women not wanting to be both mothers and CEOs.

Of course, now some people are claiming we are in the Fourth Wave, so this is just becoming silly (for reference, the First Wave was the suffragettes).

[RoboCain]

I agree it's silly. My point was if Elisabeth Cady Stanton and Jessica Valenti shook hands they would both simultaneously explode.

[P Brooks]

overtly engage in the male gaze

I, a man, with my eyes, observe the world around me. You cannot explain that.

[Erotica Collector AuH20]

But Aristotle can!

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

You Can't Explain That...

[ArchViscount AuH20]

But can you explain this?

[juris imprudent]

Shat-ku

I a man with my
eyes cast my male gaze upon
everything seen

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

Ha!

[P Brooks]

Today's "Friday Funny" is just...

sad.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Racist British Woman to spend Christmas in jail.

Scary thing? How many comments aren't concerned by England's total lack of free speech and are more concerned that this woman is "teaching her child hate"!

Also, England... god, you are the Britta of free nations.

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Also, Allison Brie last night... holy shit.

Though it would have been hotter if she hadn't decided to steal Paz De La Huerta's voice. Now I know why Nucky broke up with her.

Also, for more "Sexy Alison Brie at Christmas", here she is singing Santa Baby....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5cdzc3YdFI

[SugarFree]

Um...

[ArchViscount AuH20]

This is why we can't allow Community to be cancelled, because more than Mad Men, that show revolves around exploiting the fact that Allison Brie is super hot.

[SugarFree]

Hotter than a thousand suns bundled up in an enormous parka.

[JW]

Move over, I need a bunk too.

[Montani Semper Liberi]

I bet that Brie is great to eat spread on just about anything.

/talking about the cheese of course

[ArchViscount AuH20]

Apparently, she has a boyfriend. If that man does not thank god every time he unsnaps her bra, then he does not deserve her.

[Get Sum Strange]

But after awhile, its same old.

[Viscount AuH20]

I don't know. I always love seeing my lady's tits, even if it's the 1000 times. Because, dude... BOOBS.

[Viscount AuH20]

Also, by "my lady" I mean that generally. It has been close to a year since I've been laid.

[Double D]

Ummm...thanks for sharing?

[Viscount AuH20]

Anytime, buddy. Anytime.

[Double D]

Stick to Skyrim comments. Your information has been helpful in making me a supreme polymath ultragod.

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

Too bad I find Santa Baby to be the most obnoxious Christmas song on the planet.

[Or is it?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BZDpni56Y

[Beloved Rev. Blue Moon]

Nope - Santa Baby is still the "winner" by a mile.

[P Brooks]

Panic attack.

Others described a more frenzied scene. "SWAT team called to us from a door, people were running. It was chaos," said Hannah Nowack, a freshman. "We were herded into an entry to a room with hands on our heads, they searched us all, it was really scary. Then I realized I was in a safe place."

Safe in the arms of Big Triggerman.

"I'm so glad those storm troopers came and searched me. I might have had a gun and not even known it."

[Tsunami Tulpa]

"Newt was a long time supporter a national health insurance mandate, the centerpiece of Obamacare." Also? Romneycare.

Romneycare didn't involve a national health insurance mandate, you sopping douche. Don't you ever get sick of misrepresentation, Riggs?

[Nike Dunk Shoes]

thanks