Everybody Comparing Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch, French Police Attempting to Bring in Alleged Killer of Seven, Majority of Mexicans Approve of Government Cartel Crackdown: P.M. Links

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.21.2012 5:15 PM

Mitt Romney won Illinois, he got Jeb Bush's endorsement, yet everybody spent the day talking about Etch A Sketches.
Even the sponsors of the "Stand Your Ground" law think the killing of Trayvon Martin wasn't justified.
French police are right now trying to bring in the allegedly al-Qaeda-tied man who is suspected of killing seven people.
So says a new study: A majority of Mexicans approve of their government's crackdown on drug cartels, but very few believe that the government is "winning."
Gawker muses on why Mike Daisey's lies are unforgivable but not so when David Foster Wallace and David Sedaris tweak the truth.
"The poll did not ask about Ron Paul's wife, Carol."
The Hunger Games opens on Friday and people are already counting the money it will make. (Hint: probably a lot of it.)

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Matrix 13 years ago

Open Carry starter kit
1. Tulpa 13 years ago
  
  Does it include a phone number for a lawyer when a frightened soccer mom at Starbucks calls 911 to falsely claim you brandished a firearm?
  
  At least 20% of the population are rank assholes who think the end justifies the means. Think about how many of them you'll pass while OC-ing.
  1. Cytotoxic 13 years ago
    
    Jeez are you out sell us Prozac Tulpa?
  2. Barely Suppressed Rage 13 years ago
    
    I've encountered OC'ers who are obnoxious assholes who are OC'ing just to get people to ask them about it, so they can reply angrily, "Because I'm exercising my constitutional rights, that's why!" or something along those lines.
    
    The whole OC versus CC thing is a common debate on the various forums. For my money, it's better to keep it concealed and, as one forum member phrased it, be like Gomer Pyle with "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      I've encountered OC'ers who are obnoxious assholes who are OC'ing just to get people to ask them about it,
      
      These are just the contrarian assholes.
      
      I only carry concealed, and don't even talk about having a firearm on me. Last thing I want is some dumbass asking me about my gun all night.
    2. R 13 years ago
      
      Some are assholes, yeah, but most aren't, and there are numerous good reasons to allow open carry besides the obvious "freedom, durr" reason: mainly so that an accidental exposure of the firearm while CC'ing doesn't constitute a criminal act.
      1. robc 13 years ago
        
        If you are in a state that allows open carry, then accidental exposure while CCing isnt a problem.
        
        I conceal when I carry, but the KY constitution guarantees my right to open carry.
    3. thirtyandseven 13 years ago
      
      Keep 'em guessing.
  3. dunphy 13 years ago
    
    tulpa, check out the open carry forum on the intertoobs.
    
    TONS of people open carry w/o a problem. they publish (in the various state forums) reports of their open carrying and almost NEVER have a problem.
    
    several of my coworkers routinely open carry off duty. i've done it too.
    
    most people don't notice. the ones who do, either have no response or say 'cool'.
    
    very occasionally, some uptight liberal will call the police. my agency PER POLICY will not dispatch an officer, since it is legal protected activity to carry openly in my state
Matrix 13 years ago

CIA wants to use your TV to spy on you

Damn you, Betrayus!
1. omnibot 13 years ago
  
  Alex Jones, is that you?
  1. Jeffersonian 13 years ago
    
    Sure, that's what they **want** you to think.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

So says a new study: a majority of Mexicans approve of their government's crackdown on drug cartels, but very few believe that the government is "winning."

They also hope one day their government will win Dulcinea, its true love.
1. Old Mexican 13 years ago
  
  Even the sponsors of the "Stand Your Ground" law think the killing of Trayvon Martin wasn't justified.
  
  That's because it wasn't. Zimmerman did not stand his ground, he ran over to find another ground to stand on in order to pick a fight with a black kid and then call it "standing my ground". That's all.
  1. Jude Law is your problem 13 years ago
    
    If there wasn't a Stand your ground law, he wouldn't have done that.
    1. Old Mexican 13 years ago
      
      Re: Jude Law is your problem,
      
      If there wasn't a Stand your ground law, he wouldn't have done that.
      
      Oh? So you read minds now?
  2. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
    
    WHY IS THIS A REPLY TO ME?
    
    You got me excited that maybe someone liked my reference enough to reply. What a letdown.
    1. HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
      
      85.37% of the commentariat didn't even get your reference, Fist.
      
      Next time, make it more pop culture-y and less liberal artsy.
      1. highnumber 13 years ago
        
        Now you're just tilting at windmills, man.
        
        HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
        
        Ok, that deserves this.
    2. HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
      
      Here's your daily moment of Zen/mindfuck, by the way.
      1. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
        
        I'm not touching that, even though I thought of a couple jokes.
    3. Brandon 13 years ago
      
      85.37% of OM's posts are letdowns, so that is not overly surprising.
      1. robc 13 years ago
        
        I am the 14.63%!
  3. Enjoy Every Sandwich 13 years ago
    
    This. This case shouldn't be used to evaluate the "Stand Your Ground" law because it isn't relevant, whatever bullshit the prosecutors fling.
    1. RoboCain 13 years ago
      
      Race isn't relevant either. But I'm sure if there was a way to use the story bring up contraception or global warming, they would.
      1. Brandon 13 years ago
        
        ROBOCAIN IS BACK!!!!
        
        db 13 years ago
        
        That was a short 96 hours...wait...
    2. Xenocles 13 years ago
      
      I heard that district's rep on the radio yesterday railing against the law because literally ten people were unjustly killed (and their killers not prosecuted) since its passage.
      1. dunphy 13 years ago
        
        and i am sure he had cites to back up those ten alleged miscarriages of justice.
        
        we've had stand your ground in WA as well as the state having the burden to DISPROVE self defense in my state for many years
        
        bfd
        
        Xenocles 13 years ago
        
        It was a woman.
        
        My point was more that even if we stipulate that all ten were directly attributable to the law, that's ten in how many years, among how many people?
        
        Brett L 13 years ago
        
        6.5 years. 8M, I think.
2. Brett L 13 years ago
  
  ooh. Good Don Quixote reference.
RoboCain 13 years ago

Damn government!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012.....officials/
1. Matrix 13 years ago
  
  Yeah. I read that. The kid deserves his date for having the chutzpah to actually ask. Don't punish him for taking a chance!
  1. Suki 13 years ago
    
    Somehow related http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....21554.html
2. HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
  
  So a woman, working a legal profession, is barred from attending a school event because of some sour-faced prude who believes in the medieval concept that sex workers are some ritually impure caste?
  1. HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
    
    I hope, the very cute, Megan Piper meets the (18-year-old) kid outside of school property and screws his brains out.
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      I dunno what state his prom is in, but in NC it's legal to sex up a 16 year old if you're 18.
      1. HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
        
        He's 18 and she's 19, so I guess it's legal everywhere right?
        
        anon 13 years ago
        
        Except West Virginia. You know, you're only allowed to fuck your sister or something there.
        
        Killazontherun 13 years ago
        
        Got a gal, cute as could be,
        She's a distant cousin but not distant to me.
        
        RoboCain 13 years ago
        
        And also age-appropriate. It's not like he asked Brittany O'Connel.
        
        HeroicMulatto 13 years ago
        
        Brittany O'Connel? Man, That's from back in the day...
        
        Still, MILFs are in fashion, haven't you heard?
        
        Joe M 13 years ago
        
        From Wikipedia: "Brittany O'Connell (born December 6, 1972) is the stage name of an American pornographic actress."
        
        Where's Dagny T?
3. DK 13 years ago
  
  Maybe he should ask out Santorum's daughter. Oh, what a story he could tell ol' Rick.
The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago

10 days until Game of Thrones' second season and 4 until the start of Mad Men's final season.

'Tis truly the golden age of television.
1. RoboCain 13 years ago
  
  Mad Men, yes!
  
  Games of Thrones, no.
  1. omnibot 13 years ago
    
    both, yes
  2. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
    
    *looks in phone book for Faceless Men listing*
    1. Ska 13 years ago
      
      That put a smile on my face.
2. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
  
  I do not get to watch Game of Thrones episodes until a few days after, so no one here is allowed to spoil them when they start the season. Consider that a promise of a threat.
  
  I found out about Lord Stark here before I was able to see it. That simply is not done on the internet without a spoiler warning. We are not savages, after all.
  1. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
    
    Read the books -- while the HBO series is superb, the books are better. I suspect that this season, and the two that they plan to base on the third book, will be the best and probably only ones that will be made -- production and actor costs will be prohibitive after that point, and the story in the fourth and fifth books is too convoluted to be adapted well, IMO. (Though of course it would be awesome to see the whole series adapted to TV.)
    1. Bobarian 13 years ago
      
      I suspect that HBO will start to diverge from the books, much like they did with the True Blood stuff.
  2. Pro Libertate 13 years ago
    
    ***SPOILER WARNING--LOOK AWAY***
    
    Come on, man, he was played by Sean Bean. Except for Sharpe, I'm not sure his characters ever survive.
    1. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
      
      **SPOILERS**
      
      Anyone seen the promotional poster HBO released for Season 2 that features Sean Bean's head on a pike? Pure awesomeness.
      
      http://www.accesshollywood.com.....age_164414
    2. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
      
      Wait a minute, was it you who spoiled that for me? I think maybe it was. Right there in the middle of Morning Links. LITERALLY the worst day of my life.
      1. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
        
        Okay, ProL is off the hook. But Corning needs to be banned for life if he hasn't already been.
        
        anon 13 years ago
        
        How the fuck did you find an obscure quote in a thread from a year ago?
        
        Ska 13 years ago
        
        LITERALLY the worst day of his life. Fist took that shit to heart!
        
        anon 13 years ago
        
        Damn, he's had a pretty nice life.
        
        RoboCain 13 years ago
        
        Really.
      2. Barack Obama 13 years ago
        
        What a novel communication technique.
      3. Pro Libertate 13 years ago
        
        It wasn't me, because I haven't seen it yet. In fact, I still need to read the book. I started it and didn't finish (because I had to return it to the library, not because I didn't like it).
        
        Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
        
        The PUBLIC library? That my taxes PAID for?
        
        The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
        
        He meant his moneyed grandfather's private reading library, staffed by old British butler types and orphaned ethnic pages paid less than the minimum wage under the table in gold-backed, private money.
        
        So it's libertarian-kosher.
        
        Pro Libertate 13 years ago
        
        Why, naturally. Whatever else could I have meant?
  3. robc 13 years ago
    
    Everyone dies.
    
    Also, its a sled.
squarooticus 13 years ago

David Sedaris tells entertaining stories about things that don't matter: it could be fiction for all I care.

The problem with Daisey's fabrications is that his story was intended, or at least stunningly obviously likely, to prompt activism: it was presented as true in a way that would call people to action. It was not simply entertainment, and that piece of shit knows it.
1. Killazontherun 13 years ago
  
  'tis true. That line that Sedaris would be a shitty stand up, is a bad judgement call imo. In that situation he would adjust his material accordingly, and likely with enough experience be a much better comedian than the vastly over rated Jonathan Winters.
  1. Cyto 13 years ago
    
    Maybe... maybe not. But the story linked specifically addresses this situation with a homophobic midget guitar teacher character that is created twice by Sedaris. Once as a fictional character, a second time as non-fiction.
    
    The fictional character fell flat and didn't catch any notice. In non-fiction, his fictional homophobic guitar teacher is lauded by critics and writers as a poignant example of how hurtful homophobic people can be to young gay men.
    
    His example bolsters his claim that Sedaris's humor doesn't work as fiction, particularly as it is seen as illuminating of larger truths about the human condition. The supposedly non-fictional nature of the events is part of the story. Without that, they are understood differently by the audience.
2. Amakudari 13 years ago
  
  This.
  
  I have no problem with tall tales. If anything, it's a rich method of storytelling and the audience knows to suspend disbelief. What little I've listened to or read of Sedaris's works this way for me.
  
  Daisey implied that his story was true. No, not implied. Stated. He said so to TAL, and he said so when interviewed by other media outlets. If true, it meant that Apple's factories were teeming with underage girls, maiming masses of workers and policed by armed guards. For the most part, those are outright falsehoods.
RoboCain 13 years ago

Sandra Fluke: Politicians should be required to pass pro-woman litmus test to get elected

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03.....t-elected/
1. Xenocles 13 years ago
  
  What a gross misquote. What she actually said was "Derp derp derp."
  1. Sandra Fluke 13 years ago
    
    "Slurp slurp slurp"
2. The Other Kevin 13 years ago
  
  We are still working on the "pro-constitution" litmus test. So good luck with that, Sandra.
3. Xenocles 13 years ago
  
  "pro-woman litmus test"
  
  Sounds homophobic.
  1. ? 13 years ago
    
    And mildly acidic. Like sea sand.
4. Enjoy Every Sandwich 13 years ago
  
  I wonder how she defines "litmus test". As far as her own vote is concerned, she can apply any "litmus test" she desires. Is she looking for some sort of legal requirement?
  1. Killazontherun 13 years ago
    
    Like most of her tribe, the segment of feminist who are collectivist, she believes there exist the Spirit of Everywoman that lives simultaneously in the uterus of all women. The mindmeld is very similar to the warm fuzzy a guy gets when he is destroying a used cigarette in a urinal with his stream.
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      Fuck, my brain hurt reading that.
      1. Atanarjuat 13 years ago
        
        I hope that one of my comments gets this comment someday.
      2. Monty 13 years ago
        
        Maybe it hurt but it was killer.
    2. OO============D 13 years ago
      
      "that lives simultaneously in the uterus of all women"
      
      I'm pretty big, but not that big.
    3. dunphy 13 years ago
      
      and those who don't comply are not true women./ they are, as thatcher was criticized "not authentically woman"
  2. Xenocles 13 years ago
    
    She seems to be talking about how we should decide whom to vote for. Does anyone want to bet that it's possible for a Republican to be "pro-woman," even if she's female?
    1. RoboCain 13 years ago
      
      Clarence Thomas couldn't even be black.
  3. Suki 13 years ago
    
    Judging from her recent performances, she has not had a "legal requirements" class in law school yet.
5. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  Totally not a public figure.
  1. RoboCain 13 years ago
    
    And never spoke at a staged event.
6. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  Oh shit:
  
  "Numerous American women have actually written to me in the last few weeks saying that I should run for office, and maybe someday I will."
  
  Maybe. Pfft. Gentleman, we'll be hearing from Congresswoman Fluke for years.
  1. mr simple 13 years ago
    
    Right, like it wasn't obvious to everyone that was the goal of this game the entire time.
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      You haven't read the news lately, have you?
      
      People aren't that terribly bright when it comes to politics.
7. Brandon 13 years ago
  
  Really making the most of that 15 minutes, isn't she?
  1. Barely Suppressed Rage 13 years ago
    
    Yeah, she's really lapping up all this attention.
    
    Of course, that's probably not the only thing she's lapping up, if you know what I mean, amirite fellas?
8. Rush 13 years ago
  
  I told you she was a stupid slut.
9. The Taliban 13 years ago
  
  Politicians should be required to pass pro-woman litmus test to get elected
  
  FTS
10. MJ 13 years ago
  
  ""Numerous American women have actually written to me in the last few weeks saying that I should run for office, and maybe someday I will."
  
  I believe she is threatening the American people.
Coeus 13 years ago

Has this been posted anywhere? Cause it's really fucked up.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-.....eparedness
1. RoboCain 13 years ago
  
  Yes, but it has been over-exaggerated.
  1. Coeus 13 years ago
    
    How so? Cause from a cursory reading, it provides complete power to the executive branch over absolutely anything, at any time, and subject only to presidential oversight.
    1. CrackertyAssCracker 13 years ago
      
      ya, so whats new?
      1. Coeus 13 years ago
        
        Before they were sneakier about it?
        
        dunphy 13 years ago
        
        ^^^^^ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        
        exactly. i guess obama gets points for honesty in that he's fought to openly have the power that govt. has always used behind the curtain
    2. Barack Obama 13 years ago
      
      See my post @ 5:56 PM.
2. Tulpa 13 years ago
  
  What am I supposed to be pissed about? I'm not reading 15 pages of executivese. Gimme the gist.
  1. Xenocles 13 years ago
    
    "Emergency" = total executive control of resources
    1. Coeus 13 years ago
      
      It says specifically in the order "emergency and non-emergency".
      1. Xenocles 13 years ago
        
        Look, I didn't exactly "read" the thing. Besides, "emergency" was in quotes to reflect the ephemeral nature of the definition.
        
        Binky 13 years ago
        
        SCARE quotes!
        
        anon 13 years ago
        
        I actually read the thing, and it's nothing that hasn't been done before. Completely drummed up by the GOP; yet conveniently ignored when Bush did the same exact shit.
        
        Also: It's just assessment of what is actually necessary in case of an "emergency."
        
        Michael S. Langston 13 years ago
        
        You make the mistake of thinking that people around here care if Bush was "just as bad" as most don't like him any more than they like Obama.
        
        Nice attempted deflection though
        
        anon 13 years ago
        
        Nice attempted deflection though
        
        Deflection?
        
        I was merely stating that both Republicans and Democrats do the same shit, just a different day, and for a (debatabley) different concern.
        
        The only reason this is even news is because TEAM RED thinks they can score a couple of points on TEAM BLUE.
        
        Coeus 13 years ago
        
        That's what I'm highlighting. They're not even pretending anymore.
  2. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
    
    "Hey, who am I? Kissinger? Broad strokes."
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

Fans are so hungry for "The Hunger Games" that Hollywood's buzzing about an opening weekend to rival the $140 million debuts of some of the "Twilight" movies.

O

M

G

No one spoil it for me. I just got the Rifftrax version of Breaking Dawn but haven't been able to watch it yet.
1. RoboCain 13 years ago
  
  Like all the other Twilight movies, it's crap, but KStew is less covered than usual.
  1. dunphy 13 years ago
    
    i like all the twilight movies, but they are movies not "film". iow, pop tripe, but enjoyable pop tripe
    
    also, kstew is not the draw
    
    TEAM ALICE all the way. she's fucking awesome
    
    i also love the way the twilight series TOTALLY pisses off feminists. there are literally hundreds of movie reviews/analysis by outraged feminists railing on the twilight saga.
    
    they are spewing, foaming at the mouth pissed off about twilight.
    
    it encourages "rape" "submissiveness" "outdated archetypes" etc. etc.
    
    awesome
    
    i assume they will generally like hunger games, since it has a bad-ass female lead
2. mattcid 13 years ago
  
  Something to watch for: I'm on the first book and I'm finding the heroine's love life rather Dagnyesque.
3. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
  
  The handsome male and female protagonists make it out alive at the end.
  
  Oh, whoops -- **spoilers**
  1. T 13 years ago
    
    SPOILER
    
    I learned from watching the end of Breaking Dawn (the wife wanted to show me some of the FX) that becoming a vampire gives you perfectly applied eyeshadow. Must suck if you want to change the color of your outfits during your eternal afterlife.
  2. Grandpa Whithers 13 years ago
    
    It's a cookbook!
4. H man 13 years ago
  
  Isn't the basic plot just Theseus and the Minotaur updated?
5. rac3rx 13 years ago
  
  Bash the story and the actors all you want, and the make-up artists on the vamps S-U-C-K, but the CGI folks in these films do an outstanding job. These were the first movies I've seen that actually showed a decent human to werewolf transformation, and then the end result werewolf didn't just look retarded. They also did a good job making Kristen Stewart actually look like she was withering away and dying.
  1. RoboCain 13 years ago
    
    I thought the CGI werewolves were just awful. The entire series has a very artificial video look to it.
    
    The story is crap.
    
    But I honestly don't think the cast is bad.
    1. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
      
      And I thought the CGI werewolves were terrible and the actors were awful but the story was spectacular.
      
      (I think that was the last option open to me to be contrary.)
RedDragon6009 13 years ago

"The poll did not ask about Ron Paul's wife, Carol."

Ron Paul has a wife?!?!?
1. Xenocles 13 years ago
  
  Ron Paul who? Why do people keep leaving off the guy's last name?
  1. Pro Libertate 13 years ago
    
    The guy on the Highlander TV series?
2. Old Mexican 13 years ago
  
  Re: RedDragon6009,
  
  Ron Paul has a wife?!?!?
  
  And 5 kids.
  1. Suki 13 years ago
    
    And spent as much time in Vietnam as Bush.
omnibot 13 years ago

Arctic Ice hits 7 year high
http://www.real-science.com/ar.....nyear-high
1. R C Dean 13 years ago
  
  That would be weather, not climate:
  
  Climate: meteorological events and trends that support the AGW narrative.
  
  Weather: meteorological events and trends that contradict the AGW narrative.
  
  Or vice versa. Whatevs.
  
  AGW as a pretext for massive state takeovers of economic/personal activity is dead as a doornail. Oh, sure, the true believers and professional alarmists will continue to do what they do, but Nothing Else Will Happen.
  1. Killazontherun 13 years ago
    
    According to Jay Carney you are "aggressively and deliberately ignorant" if you don't accept our green energy future.
    
    http://campaign2012.washington.....ant/439371
    
    Get with the pogrom!
    1. Xenocles 13 years ago
      
      Stealing that for later.
    2. Brandon 13 years ago
      
      Micro-aggressively?
      1. Xenocles 13 years ago
        
        Nope, just regular kind.
  2. Neu Mejican 13 years ago
    
    That would be weather, not climate:
    
    Climate: meteorological events and trends that support the AGW narrative.
    
    Nope. But, of course this 7 year high is still the 5th lowest extent in the 1979 to 2012 database.
    
    http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      I'm guessing 1978 was the least amount of ice ever.
      1. Neu Mejican 13 years ago
        
        http://youtu.be/6j8SGs_gnFk
        
        Sea ice from 1978 to 2009
        
        anon 13 years ago
        
        So after watching that video for 4 fucking minutes, I couldn't tell much of a difference between the winter of 78/79 and 2009. Maybe 1% difference.
        
        Also, I just now noticed the complete avoidance of antarctic sea ice.
        
        Neu Mejican 13 years ago
        
        Someone else brought up Arctic Ice.
        
        There is lots of work being done in the antarctic.
    2. Apatheist ?_?? 13 years ago
      
      Show me the highs and lows measured accurately over the history of the earth and then maybe I'll buy your theory. Emphasis on accurately, I'll wait.
      1. anon 13 years ago
        
        You can't stop there, because they change how they measure the temperatures to support their theories.
        
        It's a lot like a religion debate. Mostly because it is.
        
        Apatheist ?_?? 13 years ago
        
        That's why I said accurately.
      2. Neu Mejican 13 years ago
        
        Show me the highs and lows measured accurately over the history of the earth and then maybe I'll buy your theory. Emphasis on accurately, I'll wait.
        
        If the current proxies used aren't good enough for you, then I guess you'll just have to wait until time travel is invented.
        
        Apatheist ?_?? 13 years ago
        
        The science is settled!
omnibot 13 years ago

Gluten Free has gone mainstream
http://www.theglobeandmail.com.....le1890365/
1. Suki 13 years ago
  
  My blog has been gluten free for years. I followed Reason's lead on that one.
  1. MJ 13 years ago
    
    I am sorry that you have no dough.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

...but Callista has been criticized in the past for seeming stiff and for being Newt Gingrich's third wife, whom he began seeing before he left his second wife.

It's also possible people don't care for any woman who would marry Newt Gingrich.
1. Jude Law is your problem 13 years ago
  
  JERRY: You two know each other?
  
  NEWMAN: You might say that.
  
  MARGARET: We used to go out.
  
  NEWMAN: Well, tootle loo. And nice seeing you again Margaret, goodbye Jerry. Have fun. Hehe
  
  JERRY: . . . YOU went out with . . . Newman?
  
  MARGARET: Just a few times.
  
  JERRY: Why?
  
  MARGARET: I liked him.
  
  JERRY: You liked, Newman?
  
  MARGARET: Look I'm a little uncomfortable talking about this okay?
  
  JERRY: No, I'm sorry. I'm just a little curious. I mean why did you stop seeing him.
  
  MARGARET: He ended it.
  
  JERRY: . . . HE ended it?
  
  MARGARET: YES!! Yes! It was a couple of years ago. Why does it matter?
  
  JERRY: No, no of course not.
  1. Almanian 13 years ago
    
    "Mulva?"
    1. Barely Suppressed Rage 13 years ago
      
      "Dolores?"
      
      "Bipple?"
      1. dunphy 13 years ago
        
        mine ARE spectacular btw
        
        they have been described as "perky chesticles"
2. Xenocles 13 years ago
  
  For my part, I'm going to go with the "other woman" factor.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

"They got the goods on him. They need to prosecute whoever shot the kid," Peaden, a Republican, told the Herald. "He has no protection under my law."

Apparently, he does. So then, job well done crafting the language in your legislation.
1. Whahappan? 13 years ago
  
  Uh, you're assuming police and prosecutors are following the law. BIG assumption.
Joe M 13 years ago

GOP rule could sink Gingrich, Paul hopes at convention

The rule was adopted in 2008, and here's what it says: "Each candidate for nomination for President... shall demonstrate the support of a plurality of the delegates from each of five (5) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination."

And of course, the conventional wisdom is that Paul hasn't "won" a single state yet. But wait!

Jesse Benton said he anticipated meeting the five-state threshold, saying in an email that "we are well positioned to carry WA, MN, AK, ND and ME among several others."

I would add Colorado, Iowa, and maybe Missouri.
1. Xenocles 13 years ago
  
  Someone was making noise about Nevada a week or two ago, too.
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    Nevada was a proportional caucus, so the delegates are bound, but they could in theory be Paul supporters who would be unbound after an initial round or two of voting produced no nominee.
    1. Xenocles 13 years ago
      
      Interesting, thanks.
2. Apatheist ?_?? 13 years ago
  
  shall demonstrate the support of a plurality of the delegates from each of five (5) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination."
  
  Um, this doesn't change anything.
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    Not sure what you're getting at.
    1. Apatheist ?_?? 13 years ago
      
      It's irrelevant whether Gingrich or Paul have won a primary so far, they just need to win at least 5 states of delegates at the convention. Seems incredibly unlikely that any candidate would get a majority of the delegates without getting a plurality in 5 states. It changes nothing.
Jude Law is your problem 13 years ago

NOOOOOOO
1. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  If anything, it should be a mini-series. The books are just too damn big to do as films.
2. anon 13 years ago
  
  Cool, then we'll have the first movie series with no ending too.
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    Eh? The last book is coming out next year!
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      Yeah. Notice the author's name.
3. Warty 13 years ago
  
  Stop tugging your braid, you wool-headed man.
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    You forgot to smooth your skirts.
    1. Jude Law is your problem 13 years ago
      
      and fold your arms under your breasts.
R C Dean 13 years ago

Did I mention, I finally tracked down all 24 Stones of Barenziah, and the crown?

I frickin' had to - its the only way to get them out of your inventory.

That is all. Carry on.
1. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  I look forward to buying that game eventually, when it's down to like $20 for a GotY edition.
  
  Meanwhile, I've been playing Oblivion the last couple weeks.
2. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
  
  FUCK THE STONES OF BARENZIAH.
  
  The amount of shit quest items that you *have* to keep in your inventory is simply staggering. I was carrying around that 20-weight keg of mead from Riften for half the game before I went to the podunk it had to be delivered to out of pure frustration!
  
  Quest items in Skyrim < Tim Tebow + White Indian
  1. anon 13 years ago
    
    I disagree. You can get rid of quest items in Skyrim.
  2. Ska 13 years ago
    
    Just so you know, the quest items in this game don't actually count (even though they're listed). I'm pretty sure I've checked this a few times, and will not vouch for all quest items, but the few heavy ones I've had might say they weigh eight but actually don't weigh anything.
    1. Ska 13 years ago
      
      That should say something like "the weight of the quest items"....
      1. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
        
        There are a handful that weight something.
        
        Then there are those quests that require you to keep some arbitrary non-quest items in your inventory (usually wine or food) until the completion of the quest.
        
        Ska 13 years ago
        
        Yeah, there are a bunch of those...
  3. CrackertyAssCracker 13 years ago
    
    I thought mandatory-carry items didn't count toward your carry total.
    1. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
      
      They came out with a patch that resolved the issue, IIRC.
3. Ska 13 years ago
  
  First off, congrats. You are the first I've heard of doing that.
  
  Second, mods my friend. There's one that lets you drop them so you can put 'em on your coffee table (or wherever).
  1. R C Dean 13 years ago
    
    Xbox. No mods.
4. Hmmm 13 years ago
  
  Your poor wife.
  1. joshua corning 13 years ago
    
    The game came out in November. It is now late March.
    
    If he only just now got rid of those fucking stones I think the amount of time he spends playing comes to about 10 min a day.
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      You have to multiply by the amount of characters he's playing. It's actually closer to 23 hours/day.
5. CrackertyAssCracker 13 years ago
  
  will Clairavoyance get you there, once you have some quest activated?
  1. R C Dean 13 years ago
    
    No, it won't.
    
    And I probably average about 60 - 90 minutes a day. One character - Jeebus, that's enough.
Dept. of Duh 13 years ago

Even the sponsors of the "Stand Your Ground" law think the killing of Trayvon Martin wasn't justified.

Of course they don't. What pol is going to say, "Yeah, this is exactly what I had in mind when I sponsored that bill?"
1. Jude Law is your problem 13 years ago
  
  this is just the misinterpretation of the law that was envisioned when it was passed.
  1. Almanian 13 years ago
    
    Foreseeable consequences are not unintended
    1. Dept. of Redundancy Dept. 13 years ago
      
      You need to run that through us first.
Suki 13 years ago

The siege from inside the house, real time French to English translation.
joshua corning 13 years ago

The Hunger Games opens on Friday and people are already counting the money it will make. (Hint: probably a lot of it.

The trailers look horrible.

Is that Stanley Tucci with giant blue hair?

WTF?!?!
1. anon 13 years ago
  
  What's really funny about all of this is that I don't even know what The Hunger Games is. Never even heard of it before today.
2. Jude Law is your problem 13 years ago
  
  It's for teenage girls.
  Of course it's going to make tons of dough
  1. Almanian 13 years ago
    
    *SQUUUEEEEEEEEEEEL!!*
    1. Lucy Steigerwald 13 years ago
      
      I haven't read it, but hell, if dystopian novels are a teenage girl success, I call that progress.
      1. anon 13 years ago
        
        It's far easier to imagine a dystopian society when the country you live in is starting to look like one.
        
        dunphy 13 years ago
        
        the first book is good. it's no "wizard of earthsea" which imo is the penultimate fantasy fiction for youngsters , but it's pretty darn good
        
        mitch 13 years ago
        
        So, what is the ultimate fantasy fiction for youngsters?
        
        Killazontherun 13 years ago
        
        For the emo niece, try the Sandman series of graphic novels. Gave them to her a decade ago, and she still calls to thank me.
        
        EDG reppin' LBC 13 years ago
        
        So, what is the ultimate fantasy fiction for youngsters?
        
        Penthouse Forum.
Iggy Rant 13 years ago

Mike Daisey
David Foster Wallace
David Sedaris

Who?
Who?
Who?
1. Almanian 13 years ago
  
  Ditto
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    David Sedaris has written some amusing books. I especially liked Me Talk Pretty One Day. The stories about his French class, with everyone speaking completely broken French, are laugh out loud funny in a few places.
    1. Lucy Steigerwald 13 years ago
      
      Some people are not fans of the personal essay/creative nonfic genre I see. That's fair.
      
      One of my favorite Sedaris essays is the one where he's trying to drown a mouse. So good.
    2. Ska 13 years ago
      
      Ever read the short story Big Boy? That shit had me cracking up.
      1. Joe M 13 years ago
        
        I had to look it up to refresh my memory, but just reading an excerpt had me laughing again. It's in the book I mentioned above, as a matter of fact.
      2. Joe M 13 years ago
        
        That shit had me cracking up.
        
        I see what you did there btw.
      3. Amakudari 13 years ago
        
        Yes.
        
        And seriously, does anyone care whether this shit is real?
2. Mike, David, and David 13 years ago
  
  Ditto.
3. rho 13 years ago
  
  Mike Daisey: lied about Foxconn workers' conditions in China.
  
  David Foster Wallace: wrote some novels that people claim to have read, but are never questioned on that fact because nobody has ever read his novels.
  
  David Sedaris: similar hipster cred as David Foster Wallace, but without the depth.
  1. Killazontherun 13 years ago
    
    Could give a crap how skinny his jeans are, the dude is funny.
4. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  Oh, and David Sedaris' sister, Amy, was the weird protagonist of Strangers with Candy.
Almanian 13 years ago

Tamny in Forbes on "The Hunger Games" (book). Good article! Gonna buy the book AND see the movie. #WINNING

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jo.....overnment/
1. The Immaculate Trouser 13 years ago
  
  It's pretty hard to read any dystopian novel that has a centralized government as the antagonist without seeing a big-government message. Why this would be controversial in any way is beyond me, regardless of politics.
  1. Pro Gress 13 years ago
    
    How dare she? We have the Right Man in charge!
GILMORE 13 years ago

TOULOUSE, France (AP) ? In a tense standoff, French riot police demanded the surrender Wednesday of a gunman who reportedly boasted of shooting seven victims in an al-Qaida-linked terror spree aimed at "bringing France to its knees."

Man, Al-Qaeda is really setting the bar lower and lower.
1. anon 13 years ago
  
  Obviously we've won the "War on Terror" if their target is reduced to France.
2. Cy Nickelfuque 13 years ago
  
  Since France is currently supine, that would actually be an improvement.
  1. dunphy 13 years ago
    
    prone, not supine
    
    france is a "bottom"
shrike 13 years ago

Abolish the wages system
Mr. FIFY 13 years ago

Not enough to make me vote for Mittens, but I will give him a point for this reply:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6aLpf5OMKw
1. Liberal Griefer 13 years ago
  
  Even THINKING about voting for a Republican = right-winger.
  1. Tony 13 years ago
    
    Exactly.
2. Wally Walawash 13 years ago
  
  So, did he pass Fluke's litmus test?
  1. Almanian 13 years ago
    
    If he did, it was a,,,,FLUKE!!!
    
    HAHAHAHAHA!
    1. Cheesy Nightclub Announcer 13 years ago
      
      Almanian, folks! Give it up for Almanian! And don't forget to tip your waitress!
      
      Try the veal. It's to die for.
      1. Cheesy Nightclub Announcer 13 years ago
        
        Aaaaaand now... give it up for the comedic stylings of... shrike!!!
        
        shrike 13 years ago
        
        Y'ever meet a Christ-fag? And what's the deal with airline food?
        
        Thank you very much! You've been a wonderful audience. I could just kill you all.
3. anon 13 years ago
  
  Yeah, heard this earlier today on radio.
  
  I wonder if his heart has actually changed on the matter or if he's just pandering to independents.
  1. Almanian 13 years ago
    
    *squinty-eyed stare*
    
    Come on, anon - you know the answer
    1. anon 13 years ago
      
      I do. I now has a sad.
      1. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
        
        But he sure knows how to work a pair of jeans, am I right?
        
        Popeye 13 years ago
        
        I will does the squinky-eyed thing around here!
Almanian 13 years ago

I wonde if "Red Jacket" is hiring? Cause I'd move to Looozianna to work there. Making guns, shooting guns, blowing up shit - GATOR. That would be a good second career after manufacturing.
Killazontherun 13 years ago

Courtney Love has still got it!

http://www.wwtdd.com/2012/03/c.....all-hot-2/
1. OLD YELLER 13 years ago
  
  I'M AFRAID TO LOOK.
  WHAT HAS SHE GOT?
  1. anon 13 years ago
    
    From the looks of it, a bad heroin addiction.
  2. Killazontherun 13 years ago
    
    Actually, not bad for the living dead.
2. Nooge 13 years ago
  
  Courtney Love has still got it!
  
  Hepatitis C?
3. Abe Simpson 13 years ago
  
  I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too
Why? 13 years ago

Why is there a drawing of George H.W. Bush up there?
Grandpa Whithers 13 years ago

French police are right now trying to bring in the allegedly al-Qaeda-tied man who is suspected of killing seven people.

Time to call in Janet Reno.
1. Dick L'Orange 13 years ago
  
  Frog BBQ. Yummy.
2. Sanjuro Tsubaki 13 years ago
  
  Al Qaeda is a brand, not an organization. At least not anymore it ain't.
Nooge 13 years ago

I'm sure Michelle polled well among wealthy liberal women who spend other people's money, and tell other people how to live their lives.
Drake 13 years ago

"Majority of Mexicans Approve of Government Cartel Crackdown"

So their government is the Cartel? Or, is the Cartel cracking down on the government, or vice versa?
1. Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
  
  Well, most of OUR government is a cartel, so it's not really a stretch.
dunphy 13 years ago

lol. life imitates art.

i JUST responded to a couple of nimrods who boxed in a vehicle and detained the occupants because they SUSPECTED they were involved with some neighborhood burglaries. I read them the riot act and explained that if the parties they boxed in had been armed they could have reasonably perceived they were about to be carjacked and mayhem could have ensued

these two gents didn't have REMOTELY close to PC to stop this vehicle, and they are darn lucky shit didn't turn sour.

just incredibly ironic to JUST have this detail after the aforementioned discussion
Sanjuro Tsubaki 13 years ago

Etch-a-sketches are interesting and relevant. Blue state primary victories and inevitable front-runner endorsements aren't.

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