A.M. Links: Invisible Children Releases Another Kony 2012 Video, Connecticut Senate Votes to Kill the Death Penalty, Bush Official Says CIA Committed War Crimes

Mike Riggs | 4.5.2012 9:00 AM

Invisible Children has released another video about Joseph Kony.
Rick Santorum takes break from the campaign trail.
Mitt Romney opens a lead in Pennsylvania.
Connecticut Senate votes to abolish the death penalty.
Retired Greek pharmacist shoots himself in front of the Greek parliament building.
CIA committed war crimes, says former Bush administration official.

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        juris imprudent 13 years ago
        
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Suki 13 years ago

CIA committed war crimes, says former Bush administration official.
Philip D. Zelikow - "Here he has been working on his newest book U.S. Foreign Policy: An Interpretive History.
TiggyFooo 13 years ago

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http://www.Anony-Surf.tk
1. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
  
  because you're a cutely named burp of some huckster's marketing strategy, and can't think. But we love you all the same
Bee Tagger 13 years ago

Hey Matt Welch, do you have any predictions for the MLB season before it gets underway (Pirates home opener is today so nothing counts before today)?
1. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  Angels go all the way.
  1. Pham Nuwen 13 years ago
    
    CUUUUUUUUBBBBBBBSSSSSSSSSS!!!
  2. Pham Nuwen 13 years ago
    
    CUUUUUUUUBBBBBSSSSSSS!!!
  3. Pham Nuwen 13 years ago
    
    CUUUUUBBBBBSSSSS!!!
  4. Pham Nuwen 13 years ago
    
    CUBS!
    1. Brett L 13 years ago
      
      So, you think they'll crush you spirit in August this year, or wait for October?
      1. alittlesense 13 years ago
        
        the Phillies, dude.......
      2. Pham Nuwen 13 years ago
        
        Nah. I've learned to purge all knowledge of former expectations. Sad but utterly vital for me.
      3. The Assman 13 years ago
        
        Have you seen the Cubs' roster? They'll be out of it by May 1.
2. db 13 years ago
  
  Are you going to the opener?
  1. Bee Tagger 13 years ago
    
    I'll be there
    1. db 13 years ago
      
      cool
3. Brett L 13 years ago
  
  Lastros fight Pittsburgh for a lock on the basement in the NL Central by June.
  1. Brett L 13 years ago
    
    Also, when did the Marlins become the Miami Marlins? And dear Zod their logo is ugly.
    1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
      
      I think this is the first year of the revamp and the new stadium.
    2. Bee Tagger 13 years ago
      
      They also "upgraded" their team song from
      http://scottstapp.wordpress.co.....a-marlins/
      to
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?f.....2HtRQ2U8Y#!
      1. Brett L 13 years ago
        
        Sadly, anything replacing a Scott Stapp song is an upgrade in my book.
    3. BakedPenguin 13 years ago
      
      When less than 1,000 people showed up at their home games. I guess they wanted people in S. Florida to know they were local.
    4. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
      
      At least they'll suck in a pretty stadium (paid for by taxpayers that don't give a shit about the team unless it's in the World Series).
  2. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    The Astros have made a long term (like decade long) commitment to sucking at this point. It's really depressing.
    1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
      
      Now, I may be showing my own age here, but weren't they in the Series or at least the playoffs a few years ago? I'm sure it was after the D'Backs beat the Yankers in '01.
      1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
        
        And yes, I know that was 11 years ago. I could swear that the Astros were relevant more recently though.
        
        John 13 years ago
        
        I nominate the 01 D Backs and the 02 Giants as the all time steroid teams. Louis Gonzalez hitting more homeruns in a single year than Mantle or Maze ever did? Louis Gonzalez?
        
        robc 13 years ago
        
        Luis.
        
        I know your spelling sucks, but still.
        
        Ska 13 years ago
        
        So you correct Luis but let Maze slide?? Are you White Indian?
        
        Ska 13 years ago
        
        Foiled by my own stupidity, as it should be.
        
        robc 13 years ago
        
        It was so far off I completely missed it. Plus, he misspelled Luis twice.
      2. Joe M 13 years ago
        
        No, I mean they've, in the last few years, made a commitment to suck for the next decade.
      3. Brett L 13 years ago
        
        '05 to the Series. The doper years. Clemens and Petite. Won the wildcard on the last day of the season. Before they decided to lose their best free agent pitcher every year as a cost saving measure.
        
        John 13 years ago
        
        I think Caminetti took enough dope to make any year he was on any team a "doper year". So the 1990s certainly count as those.
      4. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
        
        They were in the World Series against the White Sox in 05, I believe.
      5. Brandon 13 years ago
        
        They made a cameo in the series in '06, I think. They got swept, so it doesn't really count.
    2. T 13 years ago
      
      I find it enjoyable. Mainly because when the Astors suck, nobody is inclined to bore me by talking about baseball. When they get good, all the bandwagon fans crawl out of the woodwork and I have to hear about baseball all the fucking time.
      1. Joe M 13 years ago
        
        Ever since I quit my job bartending, my sports knowledge has dropped precipitously.
    3. robc 13 years ago
      
      Starting in 2013, they get to suck in the AL West.
4. AuH2O 13 years ago
  
  The Mets... continue to suck. God, we are awful. I wish Selig would do to the Wilpons what he did to the McCourts, but apparently, a lot of "baseball" people like the Wilpons.
  1. Ska 13 years ago
    
    The Mets are awful. And their fans are just as bad. The majority are more concerned with how the Red Sox are faring in the AL East. Fuck, a good number root for the Phillies if the Yankees play them in the Series. Mets fans deserve what they get. 😉
    1. Restoras 13 years ago
      
      Hey now, don't be pouring your bile onto Mets fans. The only reason they follow the Red Sox is because they hate the Yankees and their god-awful fans so much.
      
      No fans deserve the owners as incompetent as the Wilpons.
      1. Ska 13 years ago
        
        Jets fans perhaps?
    2. AuH2O 13 years ago
      
      Yes, because the Yankees are assholes. Just because they are also from New York does not mean I have to root and/or like them.
5. Matt Welch 13 years ago
  
  Sure:
  
  AL Best: LAA-TEX-SEA-OAK
  AL Cent: DET-MIN-KCR-CLE-CHW
  AL East: TBR-BOS-NYY-TOR-BAL
  Wilds: TEX-BOS
  Playoffs: LAA d TEX, TBR d DET, LAA
  
  NL West: COL-SFG-ARI-LAD-SDP
  NL Cant: CIN-MIL-STL-CHI-PIT-HOU
  NL East: MIA-ATL-WAS-PHI-NYM
  Wilds: SFG-ATL
  Playoffs: MIA d ATL, CIN d COL, MIA d CIN
  Series: LAA d MIA
  1. juris imprudent 13 years ago
    
    This proves why relegation in soccer is such a good idea. Everyone knows the Padres have no reason to be in the Majors, but if they could be threatened with being dropped a level, the bastards might put out a little effort.
    1. Brett L 13 years ago
      
      The 'Stros are basically a farm team for the Phillies at this point.
      1. Brandon 13 years ago
        
        Yep. Once August rolls around and the Astros are mathematically eliminated, the city of Houston starts rooting for the Phils.
    2. Xenocles 13 years ago
      
      I sort of like the idea, but the minor league stadiums aren't even close to being able to serve a major league audience. There's also the hurdle of the minor league teams being talent pools for the major league teams. What happens when, say, Pawtucket gets called up to replace, say, the Orioles? Not to mention the fact that the minor league teams don't have a real fan base except maybe where there's no real home major team (Norfolk comes to mind).
  2. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    I toldja he'd call Angels all the way. And that's a pretty amusing slip there, "AL Best".
  3. DesigNate 13 years ago
    
    In what universe do you think LA beats Texas?
    
    Haha, just kidding, I don't follow baseball.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

"I cannot stand the thought of being responsible for someone being falsely accused and facing the death penalty,'' Sen. Edith Prague, a one-time death penalty supporter said according to The Hartford Courant. "For me this is a moral issue...I don't want to be part of a system that sends innocent people..to the death penalty."

Plus, SWAT teams are more efficient at it.
1. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  No falsifiable accusations required.
  1. Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
    
    Bonus: SWAT teams trim the dog population.
sarcasmic 13 years ago

No lady, you ain't good looking.

Though John would fuck you.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/fem.....rning.html
1. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  Kim Kardashian vows to be even more narcissistic.
  1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
    
    Is this even possible? I remain skeptically coloured.
    1. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
      
      not failure but low aim the crime
2. The Overfiend 13 years ago
  
  Didn't they do this yesterday?
3. John 13 years ago
  
  I saw that. And no, she is an above average looking 40 something mom. No one hates her because she is too beautiful. And yeah, sure I would fuck her. Why wouldn't you? She is not that bad.
  1. sarcasmic 13 years ago
    
    Moped.
    1. Pound. Head. On. Desk. 13 years ago
      
      Moped.
      
      Like the under-powered motorized bicycle? It'll get you there, but nothing to get excited about?
      1. sarcasmic 13 years ago
        
        http://www.urbandictionary.com.....term=moped
        
        John 13 years ago
        
        Better her than a certain Miss Universe contestant.
        
        sarcasmic 13 years ago
        
        aye
        
        Proprietist 13 years ago
        
        Sorry, I'd have to disagree.
        
        Pip 13 years ago
        
        Being a contestant in a beauty pageant is a human right.
      2. Alack 13 years ago
        
        Nah, mopeds are fun to ride but you wouldn't want your friends to see on one.
        
        BakedPenguin 13 years ago
        
        "Nice legs, shame about the face."
        
        JW 13 years ago
        
        NiLSAF, as my friends and I would say in college.
4. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
  
  she's released exclusive shots from her French farm to prove conclusively she is super hot
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/fem.....ation.html
  1. Proprietist 13 years ago
    
    Nice flab roll on the one where she's sitting by the hay.
    
    No, she's not bad looking for her age, but I wouldn't bother looking twice at her if I were sitting nearby. If she were actually a babe, I'd think her arrogance would be more understandable; the vitriolic reaction is because she's obviously delusional.
  2. rac3rx 13 years ago
    
    Is there some inside joke across the pond that we're not getting? That woman is greasy, her grill is busted, and she's lumpier than an old dirt road.
5. Ken Shultz 13 years ago
  
  Her ass needs to be bigger.
  1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
    
    This is true for most women. If you don't have anything to grab and set your beer on, it's just pointless.
    1. Ken Shultz 13 years ago
      
      Don't see why it had to turn into that.
      
      It's just that when women ask me if their jeans make their ass look big, and I say "yeah"? That doesn't mean I think she shouldn't wear them.
      1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
        
        Well, I'm an asshole so that's the reason. 🙂
        
        And I'm in full agreement with you. Mix-a-lot said it best, "I like big butts and I cannot lie."
        
        The Assman 13 years ago
        
        Well, there are big butts, and there are toned, but shapely butts, aka the "bubble butts". Those are outstanding.
  2. Alack 13 years ago
    
    Amen
  3. Alack 13 years ago
    
    So sayeth Ken, so sayeth JoCo
6. Warty 13 years ago
  
  She has quite a gunt. She might have been all that 15 years ago, but she hasn't aged very well.
  1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
    
    She has quite a gunt.
    
    We uppercrust, refined folk refer to it as a "stussy".
7. Troy 13 years ago
  
  You guys would fuck her. I would fuck her. But I'd only grudge fuck her. I'll give her a couple of pumps in honor of Warty.
  1. John 13 years ago
    
    ^^This^^
  2. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
    
    From what I've heard, a couple pumps is about all Warty is good for anyway.
  3. Proprietist 13 years ago
    
    I wouldn't. Even if I didn't know about her "charming" personality.
8. alittlesense 13 years ago
  
  But is she built like the proverbial brick you-know-what?
  1. rac3rx 13 years ago
    
    Shit house? No, but Shit? Yes, she's built completely like shit.
9. Brett L 13 years ago
  
  Now last night, I met a late-30s woman who actually was smoking hot. Like, easily 7, I'd give her an 8, but tight jeans and boots are a weakness of mine. Way, way better body and face than this "pretty" thing.
10. Loki 13 years ago
  
  On looks I'd rate her about a 3 now that I've seen even more photos. She somehow gets fuglier the more pictures you see. On personality I'd probably rate her a 0.01, as I do all women who think they're hotter than they really are.
Drake 13 years ago

I'm going to have a hearty laugh when Santorum loses his own state - again.
1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
  
  It is sad. Even Newcular Titties won his home state. Talk about pouring salty ham tears into an open wound...
  
  BTW, whilst you're guffawing, will you be laughing when RP loses Texas by...wait for it...Texas mile?
  1. Drake 13 years ago
    
    It would be funnier if Paul had already lost his Congressional re-election campaign by several miles - then decided the thing to do was leverage that success into a Presidential campaign.
2. BakedPenguin 13 years ago
  
  Too bad Texas is so far back in the primaries. Paul might have had a better chance before Romney became the default choice.
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

"The momentum in Pennsylvania is moving completely against Rick Santorum," said Dean Debnam, president of PPP, a Democratic firm. "A home-state loss would be incredibly embarrassing for Santorum."

How do you think the Commonwealth feels? Electing him several times before.
1. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
  
  they only do it so they can then vote him out, the cruel bastards
2. John 13 years ago
  
  Maybe they still remember him selling them another Arlan Spector term. The nerve of that little bastard to endorse Spector at the expense of a actual conservative and then expect Republicans in PA to vote for him.
3. db 13 years ago
  
  Dirty, dirty. We feel dirty. I think but I don't remember, I may have voted for the ass in 1995, based mostly on his pro-gun message in PA. Never again.
  1. db 13 years ago
    
    well, 1994.
  2. Zombie Jimbo 13 years ago
    
    He was running against Wofford then. Definitely a good choice.
4. Scruffy Nerfherder 13 years ago
  
  Could have told you he doesn't stand a chance in PA. They hate him.
Bee Tagger 13 years ago

Pensioner's suicide stuns austerity-weary nation.

Have they checked to see if the race of the shooter and the victim were different? That should kick this politicization of a tragedy into overdrive.
1. fursa 13 years ago
  
  Was listening to an NPR story on him. My blood boiled because they portrayed Greece's trouble as a consequence of big bad European creditors demanding so much for their money, the bastards. They completely overlooked Greece is mostly the victim of its own state.
  1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
    
    Accountability, how does it work?
  2. R C Dean 13 years ago
    
    How dare the Germans loan them billions of Euros, take a big haircut, and then reduce their credit line.
    
    Its, its, its inhumane!
    1. fursa 13 years ago
      
      It was in the most concern-trolling tone of voice I'd ever heard.
      
      It didn't help I began rereading "Economics in One Lesson" yesterday:
      "The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups."
  3. JerseyPatriot 13 years ago
    
    They completely overlooked Greece is mostly the victim of its own state.
    
    The euro is working exactly as designed. Debt slavery was the goal, and the euro was managed to that end masterfully.
2. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
  
  If they can get a million more to do this, their financial troubles might start looking up.
John 13 years ago

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012.....r-reports/

Highest recent college graduate unemployment rate ever. I guess they will have lots of time to volunteer for the Obama campaign.
1. Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago
  
  Sounds like they are getting what they want, good and hard.
2. o3 13 years ago
  
  along w women & hispanics.
  1. John 13 years ago
    
    No, the Hispanics are all going back home where the jobs are.
    1. Zeb 13 years ago
      
      Texas?
      1. o3 13 years ago
        
        certainly not alabama...or let em eat cake heffe !
  2. Trespassers W 13 years ago
    
    "Highest recent college graduate unemployment rate ever; women and minorities hit hardest"
3. Montani Semper Liberi 13 years ago
  
  My sister-in-law graduates from Penn next month, and she will most likely be unemployed when she graduates. At least she won't be in debt, though, but I have to wonder if her parents think she should have gone to a state school now. She would most likely still be unemployed, but they could have saved like $100,000+ on tuition and housing. They could probably be retired now with that extra cash.
  1. R C Dean 13 years ago
    
    What's her major?
    1. Drake 13 years ago
      
      My question too, I tried to interview a Penn Engineering / Finance Major once. She already had a job in March.
  2. John 13 years ago
    
    Paying that kind of money for any undergrad degree is nuts. Go to state school and give her the money as a graduation gift if you really want to help her.
    1. Brandon 13 years ago
      
      Again, paying that kind of money for one of the big names like Harvard or Yale is totally worth it. You'll be handed a six figure job with one of the big rent seekers upon graduation.
  3. Alack 13 years ago
    
    When the economy failed to shape up, I took it upon myself to drop out of university and get a job so that I wouldn't be in that situation. Book learnin' is for chumps.
    1. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
      
      Work first, school later. If you get a decent enough job they'll even pay for school for you. Sure it might take a little longer to get a degree, but you've already proven you can do the job without one.
Joe M 13 years ago

Will Paul endorse Johnson?

Should Ron Paul endorse the Libertarian Party's nominee, it could pay huge dividends for not only the LP candidate, however the Libertarian Party as a whole. Paul's large number of supporters around the country would be a natural fit to the Libertarian Party's and its message of personal and economic freedom.

Should Paul deep six the GOP? Or should his faction keep working to take over the internal machinery?
1. fursa 13 years ago
  
  He endorsed Baldwin in 2008 and there's no more discernible bad blood as a consequence of it, and it will help Johnson, so Paul should go for it.
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    True, but four years ago he wasn't as influential as he is now. I think he's got enough support to make the difference for Romney.
    1. fursa 13 years ago
      
      At least they have to sort of pretend to play nice this time. As much as I don't want to see 44 re-elected, I would love, love, love to watch Romney fall short because the GOP scorned Paul supporters.
      
      Honey attracts more than vinegar, but one can dream/lust, right?
      1. Alack 13 years ago
        
        Honey attracts more than vinegar
        
        Fly lies are the worst lies
2. Drake 13 years ago
  
  I doubt Rand Paul would appreciate it - particularly if he is the VP Nominee.
  1. fursa 13 years ago
    
    VP in 2012? Color me skeptical. I would be disappointed if Rand took the bait.
    1. robc 13 years ago
      
      He needs another 4 years of disruption in the Senate...AT LEAST...8 might be better, before running for Pres.
  2. Quetzalcoatl 13 years ago
    
    I doubt Rand Paul would appreciate it - particularly if unicorns and fairydust.
    
    Fixed.
3. juris imprudent 13 years ago
  
  If Paul is sincere about his desire to "save the Republican Party" he keeps the work going. Given his rather Quixotic nature, this seems more likely than splitting his support off to the LP candidate (though many if not most of them may go that way on their own).
o3 13 years ago

Neanderthal Deniers To Be Extincted Again!

A new, detailed record of past climate change provides compelling evidence that the last ice age was ended by a rise in temperature driven by an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide.

The study covers the period in Earth history from roughly 20,000 to 10,000 years ago.

"At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392," explained lead author Dr Jeremy Shakun. Rising CO2 at the end of the ice age had a huge effect on global climate."

This runs contrary to the record obtained solely from the analysis of Antarctic ice cores which had indicated the opposite.

But Dr Shakun and colleagues argue that the Antarctic temperature record is just that - a record of what was happening only on the White Continent.

This observation has frequently been used by some people who are sceptical of global warming to challenge its scientific underpinnings.

This new data incorporates additional information contained in ices drilled from Greenland, and in sediments drilled from the ocean floor and from continental lakes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie.....t-17611404
_
O3 notes the last melt was just 12,000 years ago?despite the earth being only 5,000 years old per conservative "science".
1. John 13 years ago
  
  Everyone knows those damned neanderthals drove SUVS. The bastards.
  1. WTF 13 years ago
    
    Yeah, they seem to ignore that this seems to indicate that rising temperatures cause an increase in CO2, as the warming oceans can not hold as much in solution as they can when colder (kind of like warm soda). But instead of admitting that warming temps cause rising CO2, they insist the opposite must be happening, and the rooster crowing causes the sun to rise.
    1. JerseyPatriot 13 years ago
      
      Rising temperatures can be both a cause of CO2 emissions and an effect of them. It may surprise you to learn that climate scientists have already considered the relationship.
      1. Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
        
        Damn Flintstones and their yabbadynamics.
2. Scruffy Nerfherder 13 years ago
  
  So tell me. Does the CO2 rise precede or follow the rise in temperatures?
  1. Scruffy Nerfherder 13 years ago
    
    obviously I'm too lazy to read the article myself
  2. Brett L 13 years ago
    
    In some cores it precedes, in Antarctican cores it follows. However, some "other event" set off the melts that started the proposed feedback loop.
3. R C Dean 13 years ago
  
  At the end of the last ice age, CO2 rose from about 180 parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere to about 260; and today we're at 392,"
  
  So, we know that CO2 has risen (relatively) abruptly by more than 40% in the (relatively) recent past, in the absence of industrial civilization.
  
  And we know there is mixed data on whether the CO2 preceded, followed, or coincided with the increase in temperatures.
  
  And we don't know why the CO2 increase occurred.
  
  Does that about sum it up?
  1. o3 13 years ago
    
    6 iceages & 6 melts prove climate change the world over...except in the RW echo chamber which remains frozen.
    1. WTF 13 years ago
      
      No one disputes that the climate changes, dingbat, the dispute is over the absence of proof that the current change is caused by man, and not just a part of the natural cycle.
      1. Restoras 13 years ago
        
        Yes but this doesn't fit its narative, therefore irrelevent.
      2. o3 13 years ago
        
        if you stipulate climate change, the causes are irrevelant
        
        WTF 13 years ago
        
        Not when you are using certain 'causes' to justify imposing economic and political controls and hardships to allegedlay address the supposed 'cause'.
        
        o3 13 years ago
        
        so its irresponsible for the architects to be designing floating coastal cities? >since climate change is stipulated, & proven by geology, then imposing adaptative planning is foresight
        
        DesigNate 13 years ago
        
        Architects are doing that because there is a market for it dude, not because the government is forcing them to.
        
        Emmerson Biggins 13 years ago
        
        I stipulate climate does change.
        
        So are you going to stfu now?
    2. VG Zaytsev 13 years ago
      
      6 iceages & 6 melts prove climate change the world over...except in the RW echo chamber
      
      Hey dumbass.
      
      It's the socialist alGoreians that believe:
      
      1)The climate was perfect and stable before the evil white capitalists began making life better.
      
      2)Their evil activity is changing the climate (for the worse - duh), which has never happened before.
      
      3)With enough political power the priests of alGore can end climate change and restore paradise.
  2. The Other Kevin 13 years ago
    
    That's why I'll never be convinced of man-made global warming, until someone can convince me that what was happening then is not still happening now.
    
    Again, long before man walked the earth, the climate changed drastically several times. But now that we're here, it's not supposed to fluctuate at all?
    1. o3 13 years ago
      
      no the RW argument must be that no amount of pollution has any effect otherwise ur arguing at the margins
      1. WTF 13 years ago
        
        orrin is clearly referring to the RW argument in his head.
  3. JerseyPatriot 13 years ago
    
    The article explains the process. Why don't you actually learn something, for a change?
Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago

Rick Santorum's top strategist is trying to quell speculation that Santorum's four-day absence from the campaign trail means the former Pennsylvania senator might be considering leaving the GOP presidential race.

On the advice of good friend and former colleague John McCain, Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign to return to Washington to get more lobby money.
Warty 13 years ago

How did Orrin get in here? I thought we had a no-Morlock rule at the new club.
1. Joe M 13 years ago
  
  If you're not doing anything wrong an Eloi, you have nothing to fear.
  1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
    
    Eloi?
    
    On a serious note, did something specific happen to cause the registration? I've only been popping in over here sporadically.
    1. R C Dean 13 years ago
      
      A serious griefer/troll infestation, sprinkled with violations of the spoofing rule, and the outing of at least one long-time anonymous commenter.
    2. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
      
      Trollmageddon, poster's real names and address tossed about, lawsuit threats, etc.
      
      Also, supposedly there will be some new features added in the near future.
      1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
        
        Damn.
        
        What the hell is wrong with people? I see most of the "regulars" so far which is good.
        
        I guess if I don't have to read shit from rather or that dumb fuck from yesterday with all the self hate, then it's worth it.
        
        Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
        
        The ongoing theory is that those two posters were the same person.
        
        Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
        
        "dumb fuck from yesterday"
        
        That could be several people, all of whom are liberal griefers.
    3. SugarFree 13 years ago
      
      It was a long time coming. I think they have had it in the works since the White Indian explosion last fall, but the spoofing, outting, off-line stalking, and vileness really ramped up in the last month or so and they had to bring the hammer down.
      
      All we did was shed 250lbs of gibbering lunatic. I haz no sad.
      1. Troy 13 years ago
        
        All we did was shed 250lbs of gibbering lunatic.
        
        I thought you were talking about Warty for a second until I realized that he is 350 lbs of gibbering lunatic.
      2. John 13 years ago
        
        She lasted exactly a day under registration before she got stupid and they banned her. And apparently banned her somewhat effectively.
      3. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        All we did was shed 250lbs of gibbering lunatic. I haz no sad.
        
        i dunt nooo dude...orrinzz stel hear...gott be leest anuthr 2 hunddderrd fiddy pwnds....
        
        SugarFree 13 years ago
        
        The Creature, for all her faults, at least knew what a shift key was.
        
        Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
        
        o3 noes wut shift ky is but no interstd in RW shift meme.
        
        it tries moar harder.
        
        Invisible Finger 13 years ago
        
        dunphy will always be shiftless.
invisible furry hand 13 years ago

The dress that can tell when you're turned on! Clothing made of special fabric becomes transparent when wearer's heartbeat increases

imagine underpants like this
1. Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago
  
  It sounds like a nice "BOO!!" would work, too.
2. Brett L 13 years ago
  
  Or, you know, running late.
  1. Joe M 13 years ago
    
    A nightmare come true. Even when you get dressed, it looks like you forgot.
3. Translucent Chum 13 years ago
  
  So is it like the old BUM Equipment shirts that changed color when you got warm, but turned out to only look like you were sweaty and disgusting?
  1. T 13 years ago
    
    Generra Hypercolor FTW! The armpits changed color, as did the crotch on the shorts. Great idea, guys.
    1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
      
      Holy shit, I remember that fashion atrocity! It was exponentially worse on husky lads and fuller figured lassies.
4. Scruffy Nerfherder 13 years ago
  
  That won't generate any anxiety at all
5. gaijin 13 years ago
  
  so the argument that 'she asked for it by what she was wearing' makes a comeback?
6. robc 13 years ago
  
  responds whenever the wearer gets excited or embarrassed
  
  I dont see any possible feedback problems there.
  1. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
    
    It would always be opaque on Samantha Brick.
    1. Proprietist 13 years ago
      
      Thank Xenu for that.
7. Pip 13 years ago
  
  I'M HORNY! LOOK AT MY TITS!
John 13 years ago

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-P.....l-to-china

Canada, we would rather sell oil to China.
1. WTF 13 years ago
  
  It's part of Obama's 'All of the Above' energy strategy.
2. o3 13 years ago
  
  the china market is exactly what keystone said was always intended
  1. WTF 13 years ago
    
    Which is why they were going to send it all the way to Texas via pipeline.. Right.
    1. o3 13 years ago
      
      because their unrefined tar sells at a discount in the chicago merc & the available refinery capacity is on the gulf. >fat & stupid on radio entertainment is no way to go thru life son
      1. WTF 13 years ago
        
        So I suggest you go on a diet and listen to the radio less, orrin.
        
        Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
        
        I suspect Ed Schultz told him to say that.
        
        o3 13 years ago
        
        me luvs me sum ed
        
        Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        AND LUVS ME SUM ED HED
        
        derp
  2. John 13 years ago
    
    That is why they wanted to send the Oil to Texas rather than the West coast.
3. JerseyPatriot 13 years ago
  
  The Keystone pipeline would take synthetic crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast, where it would be refined and sold on the world market to the highest bidder. The notion that America is "letting the tar sands oil get away!" is nonsense. The highest bidder gets the oil either way.
  1. WTF 13 years ago
    
    I think the argument is actually that we're letting the jobs get away.
Atanarjuat 13 years ago

So, what happened to P Brooks?
1. Ice Nine 13 years ago
  
  I'm way not in the useless-knowledge-of-H&R-esoterica loop but I seem to recall one of those who is suggesting the other day that he was a sock pup.
  
  The much greater question is what happened to that lovely shooting star, Charlotte?
  1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
    
    What if they are one and the same?
    
    The (non-existent) plot thickens...
    
    Knowing P Brooks and his stanch refusal to thread, it's not a stretch to conclude he refused to register.
    
    It wouldn't be inconsistent. If that is the case, I ,for one, will miss him.
    1. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
      
      Pretty sure I saw him yesterday
      1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        If it's true, you are one Magnificent Spunky Sheila!
      2. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
        
        er, actually perhaps i hallucinated him. It's late at night and things get confusing...
        
        Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        Doesn't mean you're still not a Spunky Sheila! 🙂
        
        invisible furry hand 13 years ago
        
        [blushing furiously] *shucks*
    2. Pip 13 years ago
      
      Chrome + Reasonable allows you to unthread them.
  2. John 13 years ago
    
    Brooks was a guy who refused to ever respond on a threaded comment. I have no doubt he will refuse to register and we won't see him again, which is a shame. But you have to respect him for it. I don't think he was a sock puppet.
    1. SugarFree 13 years ago
      
      Not a sockpuppet. I respect his obstinance.
      1. Ice Nine 13 years ago
        
        Yeah, really, there is some real courage of convictions! (guffaw)
    2. AuH2O 13 years ago
      
      It really sucks for me, as he was the only alumni from my school(Colorado College) on here. Now who will I bitch about the horrid administration and revel in the excellent hockey with?
  3. Zeb 13 years ago
    
    Either that or he's taken another principled stand as he did with threaded comments and refuses to register.
    1. Ice Nine 13 years ago
      
      Nose, say goodbye to face.
      1. Zeb 13 years ago
        
        Yeah, it's kind of a funny place to act on principle. It was cool that the comments were totally open for so long, but it's not like it's a terribly onerous or privacy-invading registration.
SugarFree 13 years ago

Terrible Idea of The Year: Make Being In A Union A Civil Right
1. John 13 years ago
  
  What does that mean? It already is. We have a right of free association. They can't throw you in jail for joining a union.
  1. fursa 13 years ago
    
    Agree. Paging the Department of Redundancy Department.
  2. Troy 13 years ago
    
    Maybe it is one of them new fangeled rights. You know. The kind where they send The Man to your house to collect on dues.
    1. BakedPenguin 13 years ago
      
      It's the right that an employer cannot not hire someone in a union.
  3. JW 13 years ago
    
    The great thing about Slate is that they concentrate all the worst ideas possible in the world, in one place, so it makes it that much easier to destroy them in one fell swoop.
    
    Slate will always be there to remind us that we'll never, ever, reach Peak Retard.
    1. Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
      
      Not for a lack of Team effort, JW.
2. Brett L 13 years ago
  
  You could probably win a case if you tried to join a union where you qualified and they refused you membership. Oh wait, that's not what they're talking about.
3. Warty 13 years ago
  
  The link on the right is better: My stepdaughter hit on me after my wife's death. What should I do?
  
  What should you do? You should crush that grieving poontang, you giant pussy.
  1. John 13 years ago
    
    Reasons why they will never give me an internet advice column. There is only one answer to that. Do you have a picture of her?
    1. Troy 13 years ago
      
      What should you do?
      
      Check expiration date on rubber stash.
  2. fursa 13 years ago
    
    Elementary, my dear Warty.
    1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
      
      I hope to SOD that isn't the educational level of the daughter.
  3. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
    
    But you were married to her mother and that means you two can never have a romantic relationship.
    
    Oh Prudie, we will never trust your advice again.
    1. John 13 years ago
      
      Prudie goes off the rails a bit sometimes. Mom, God bless her soul, is dead. Go for it. She is not your biological daughter.
      1. o3 13 years ago
        
        obiwan - the eeuuuwwwww factor is strong in this john
      2. Pip 13 years ago
        
        Woody Allen concurs.
  4. The Overfiend 13 years ago
    
    I missed this place.
  5. tarran 13 years ago
    
    Someone should do an advice column as Robert Heinlein.
    
    The column would probably have editorial writers across the land falling into their fainting couches as he said, 'go for it!' to some very twisted stuff. 🙂
    1. Troy 13 years ago
      
      I dunno some people can't take a joke. I hope this girl gets a job at the Onion.
      
      http://www.boston.com/Boston/m.....index.html
      1. tarran 13 years ago
        
        Yet another data-point as to what a uncivilized, backward place Massachusetts is.
    2. AuH2O 13 years ago
      
      Widowed? See, this wouldn't be a problem if everyone had a clan marriage.
    3. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
      
      Prudie's bestest problem was the male twins who asked if they should come out. Oh, and they were lovers. She was pretty relaxed about it (as indeed i am, and I daresay most people here would be too) but she did advise them to keep quiet, if only to ensure a peaceful Christmas dinner
      1. Eduard van Haalen 13 years ago
        
        Would she advise two gay lovers to keep quiet?
        
        Or is there a difference between the gay stuff and two brothers taking the "fraternal love" thing a bit too literally?
  6. Zeb 13 years ago
    
    I think that it matters how long he has been her stepfather and how parental his relationship was to her. If she is only 5 years younger than he is, then I can't imagine it was a very parental sort of relationship. So do it, dude.
    1. Proprietist 13 years ago
      
      Yeah, in a case where there was a >20 year age difference, and there was a concept that one actually saw each other in a parent-daughter relationship I'd agree it would be weird and very unwise.
      
      But in this particular circumstance, I can't imagine how anyone would consider a 5 year age difference a father-daughter relationship (especially not compared to the original age difference with his wife). If it makes you happy, go for it.
    2. Jack the Reaper 13 years ago
      
      Gentleman's rule: Half your age plus 7.
      1. Jack the Reaper 13 years ago
        
        What the heck? I put "polishes monacle" after that. Can I not polish my monacle anymore? I put in in [try square brackets]
      2. Jack the Reaper 13 years ago
        
        Oh...I see. Forgive me. Less than and greater than does not work. I thought it did...
      3. Jack the Reaper 13 years ago
        
        ...and I misspelled monocle.
        
        I should just ban myself.
4. T 13 years ago
  
  Well, it's from Slate. What did you expect from the retarded monkeys? Shakespeare?
5. Fist of Etiquette 13 years ago
  
  What should be protected is the right to force your colleagues to join your union or else.
6. Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago
  
  By contrast, we've lost ground on reaching the goal of economic justice, as inequality has reached record heights.
  
  So economic "justice" is somehow forcing Person X to make less or giving Person Y more than he earns on his own so as to reduce the difference?
  1. SugarFree 13 years ago
    
    I don't think "economic justice" means anything but that. It's just another dog whistle in the "poor people are never poor because of any choice they made" playbook.
    1. juris imprudent 13 years ago
      
      ^^this^^ If you want to watch cognitive dissonance in action, grab yourself a leftie all wound up about income/wealth inequality and give them the set-up: inequality is bad, right? Then pick something you know they can relate to, say tennis, and ask them why it is okay for Nadal to be so rich? When they don't have an anonymous corporate fat-cat as a target, they melt down.
  2. R C Dean 13 years ago
    
    I would have thought economic justice would be achieved by maximizing opportunity, reducing barriers to entry, reducing rent-seeking, and reducing redistribution via coercion/taxation.
    
    Apparently, though, that's just me.
    1. WTF 13 years ago
      
      You can change the meaning of the word 'justice' to its complete opposite by placing any other word in front of it: 'social', 'economic', 'racial', etc.
    2. Zeb 13 years ago
      
      I don't know where people get the idea that "justice" means everyone is the same or should be equal or whatever the idea is behind "economic justice". Seems to me that justice is people getting what they deserve, not what they think they should have.
    3. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
      
      I know RC. You're such a bigoted hatemonger. Actually relying on the creativity, character and ingenuity of your fellows and assuming most can rise far above their station in life. You really are a sunovabitch elitist.
    4. Troy 13 years ago
      
      reducing barriers to entry
      
      You got a permit for that lemonade stand little girl?
      1. BakedPenguin 13 years ago
        
        "You aren't following the food labeling guidelines. Also, we need to see your wash station."
        
        Zeb 13 years ago
        
        And you probably need a $100000 commercial kitchen to mix the lemonade in.
    5. JW 13 years ago
      
      How do you get justice without a gun to somebody's head?
      
      DOES. NOT. COMPUTE.
      1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        Or health care.
        
        BUTT ORRINZ THUNKZ HELTH CURRR GRWS UN TREEEZ
        
        derp
        
        o3 13 years ago
        
        no that's the free-money trees which evidently grow in ER's to cover unreimbursed costs to treat the uninsured. >it hatez it sum gop indiv mandate
        
        Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        ANDD THEIR COSTSSS URENT SHFTED 2 PACHENS WUF INSHORANZ. FED LAW. STAYTS THN FEDS PIK UP TABBS. HERD OV EMTALA PROVISHUN OF cobra LEGIZLATION AND hipaa?
        
        derp
7. Michael 13 years ago
  
  Terrible Idea of The Year: Make Being In A Union A Civil Right
  
  Terrible? I say it's a stellar idea! In fact, I think it should be coupled with making joblessness illegal. We'll have full employment in no time!
John 13 years ago

So much for the Orin Shrike theory that women are going to save the Obamasiah.

Brown's continued strength in Massachusetts should alarm Democrats banking on demonizing those on the right as complicit in a "war on women." Even many voters in the bluest-of-blue state of Massachusetts aren't buying this line.

http://www.politico.com/news/s.....74840.html

If it won't sell there, it won't sell anywhere.
1. o3 13 years ago
  
  the state level gop war on women continues to provide missles for obama's drones
  1. WTF 13 years ago
    
    And what, pray tell, does this 'war' consist of, orrin?
    1. o3 13 years ago
      
      most recently, an unfunded mandate for ultrasounds regardless of any doctors advice to the contrary.
      1. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
        
        How exactly is that a devastating battle tactic? Other than the stupidity of not finding a way to pay for it, ultrasounds are pretty standard practice by now.
        
        o3 13 years ago
        
        standard if doctors, not politicans recommend them.
        
        Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
        
        I'm not fond of politicians mandating it, either, but terming a relative irrelevancy like that as a "war" is rather hyperbolic. Ultrasounds are not exclusively paid for by women, you know.
        
        Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        Ultrasounds are non-invasive, cost next to nothing to administer, and provide full information regarding pregnancy. Patients are all about complete disclosure WRT to their medical conditions, right? Besides, it lower malpractice rates OB/GYN.
        
        PP, before shaking down Komen, got 438 million USD; I think they can afford to kick in a few pennies.
        
        If health care is a right, we certainly can't skimp on procedure. Right?
      2. VG Zaytsev 13 years ago
        
        The ultimate bullshit about that controversy is that an ultrasound is part of the standard prep procedure for a surgical abortion anyway.
  2. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
    
    the state level gop war on women continues to provide missles for obama's drones
    
    Couldn't have put it better myself
2. tarran 13 years ago
  
  It's very important to keep in mind that Massachusetts is a very backward state.
  
  Most of the populace are socially conservative economically socialist populists with a low level of education.
  
  They are ruled by a class of egalitarian socialists that very adeptly demagogue the masses into supporting them.
  
  Pure egalitarianism only sells in a few towns within the state... Brown's populism with so-con and right-wing socialist elements sells pretty well here.
  
  If he had a (D) after his name, Elizabeth Warren would have gotten 5% in the primary.
  
  Most of the Catholics in MA would die before voting Republican, even though they are populist republicans by inclination.
  1. John 13 years ago
    
    That is changing I think. I bet most Catholics vote for Brown. Obama really shot himself in the foot with the birth control thing.
    1. tarran 13 years ago
      
      True. The Catholic alliance with the Democratic party is collapsing.
      
      From my perspective, I am loving how both the Republcians and the Democrats are in a race to piss off as many people as possible; it gives me hope for the future.
  2. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
    
    +lots. It important to remember that an (R) from Mass is pretty much a (D) from any other state.
BigT 13 years ago

Let's see of Bok can top this:

http://news.investors.com/phot.....?id=606834
1. Warty 13 years ago
  
  But what does the crown represent??? Needs moar labels.
  1. SugarFree 13 years ago
    
    He refuses to put on the dunce cap because it would mean taking off the dictator's crown.
    
    Or he just got back from Burger King.
  2. Ice Nine 13 years ago
    
    Needs less "art".
2. John 13 years ago
  
  Judge Napolitano made a good point last night. A few months ago Obama was telling Congress to fuck themselves that he could rule by decree. Now he is telling the Courts the same thing. And that is not a dictatorship how?
  1. Tim 13 years ago
    
    People like a strong leader. Why can't you understand that?
    1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
      
      Strength is a virtue. Subtlety, even moreso.
  2. The Overfiend 13 years ago
    
    The fact that many, many more people are not outright enraged over this is baffling.
    1. Tim 13 years ago
      
      People like a strong leader. Why can't you understand that?
      1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
        
        I understand it well. I just despise it because it robs people from becoming stronger themselves.
        
        Tim 13 years ago
        
        People don't want to be strong, that's what Obama's saying when he condemns the "on your own society". He's inviting them to join his pack.
        
        EDG reppin' LBC 13 years ago
        
        The wolf pack.
      2. rac3rx 13 years ago
        
        What happened to the strength of "leading from behind"?
    2. John 13 years ago
      
      It boils down to "it is okay when our side does it" or "no matter what he does it is better than "them" taking over".
      1. Tim 13 years ago
        
        Yeah, it's OK because Obama is hip.
  3. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
    
    A few months ago Obama was telling Congress to fuck themselves that he could rule by decree. Now he is telling the Courts the same thing.
    
    I've been reading about the governing styles of Augustus and Caesar recently, and the thing that stands out is how the Senate happily gave Augustus all the powers that their predecessors had killed Caesar over, because everyone was so worn out from decades of civil war. The difference was that Augustus was cunning enough to make it look publically as if the Senate was still in charge of things, even as he consolidated his power.
    
    Obama isn't nearly that subtle because he doesn't have enough reserves of self-control to sublimate his trash-talking instincts when he gets frustrated.
  4. VG Zaytsev 13 years ago
    
    It amazes me that no one has told Obama to go fuck himself.
    
    He's not a dictator, just a gas bag that everyone defers to, for some mystifying reason.
    1. rac3rx 13 years ago
      
      He can't have pictures of THAT many people nekkid with goats.
    2. Loki 13 years ago
      
      He's not a dictator, just a gas bag that everyone defers to, for some mystifying reason.
      
      It's not really mystifying. He's black, and not defering to a black person is RACIST. So why do you hate black people so much?
3. WTF 13 years ago
  
  So, Obama is the new Burger King mascot?
  1. SugarFree 13 years ago
    
    Damn you.
  2. John 13 years ago
    
    The King is a lot cooler than that douchebag.
    1. The Overfiend 13 years ago
      
      Far less creepy however.
  3. Loki 13 years ago
    
    You just gave me an idea for my next Halloween costume: Oburgerbama King.
Lord Humungus 13 years ago

I know, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth w/o my posts. But I'm here now, after getting out of a Honda meeting.

Strategic Vision conducted a major study of new automobile buyers, including party affiliation. For what it's worth, a new car buyer is more likely to be a Republican than a Democrat, by 37% to 31%. Strategic Vision identified the five "most popular models" for Democrats and Republicans. The results look like a parody, but they aren't:

Democrats:

1. Honda Civic Hybrid
2. Volvo C30
3. Nissan Leaf
4. Acura TSX Wagon
5. Ford Fiesta sedan

Republicans:

1. Ford Mustang Convertible
2. Audi A8
3. Mercedes GL
4. Ford Expedition
5. Ford F-??150

http://www.powerlineblog.com/a.....-drive.php
1. Tim 13 years ago
  
  WHat no Toyota Pius?
2. R C Dean 13 years ago
  
  Looks like it tracks urban v. rural as much as Donk v. Dolt.
  1. Tim 13 years ago
    
    The Chevy Dolt?
  2. John 13 years ago
    
    There is nothing rural about and A8 or a Merc GL. Those cars would last about a week on any hardscrabble road.
    1. R C Dean 13 years ago
      
      The GL is the Mercedes SUV. I'm guessing it would be fine on just about any road that saw a grader occasionally.
      
      The A8, sure, but more of a highway car than an urban car.
3. The Overfiend 13 years ago
  
  Damn, no joke on the parody comment.
  
  So does this mean we libertarians hotrod, customize, and build from the ground up? Or are we stuck with a Stanza since mom upped the rent for basement repairs?
  1. T 13 years ago
    
    I ordered an F-150. Does this mean I'm turing into a republican?
    1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
      
      In the Chapman religio-poli thread, apparently there is this expired, Jewish carpenter that builds custom hotrods.
      
      Perhaps you should check there.
      1. o3 13 years ago
        
        wait - i thought hesus was a mason?...or was that morphed at nicaea as well?
        
        BakedPenguin 13 years ago
        
        "He was a carpenter. Apparently, however, he wasn't a very good carpenter."
        
        o3 13 years ago
        
        cause of all the forests in the desert mid-east?
        
        Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        cause of all the forests in the desert mid-east?
        
        Umm, they weren't too far from a seaport and the importation of wood was not unheard of, to say the least.
        
        Some translations attribute "carpenter" and "stone cutter" as synonymous.
        
        hurr durr!
        
        EDG reppin' LBC 13 years ago
        
        cause of all the forests in the desert mid-east?
        
        The massive deforestation and increasing desertification of that part of the world occurred after the passing of The Lord Jesus Christ.
        
        Pip 13 years ago
        
        Actually, I have heard that a more accurate translation from the Greek is that he was a handyman.
        
        The Overfiend 13 years ago
        
        Dude, with the long hair and facial hair, you know he's a greasemonkey. He's probably got some nice ink under the robes too and got caught banging the register girl when his old lady dropped by because their kid broke his collar bone falling off of the high chair.
        
        invisible furry hand 13 years ago
        
        you also can't trust him around your women
      2. T 13 years ago
        
        I don't think I want to be party to that love affair.
    2. Zeb 13 years ago
      
      It depends. Do you have an actual use for a truck that size?
      1. T 13 years ago
        
        Yeah. Between lumber, motorcycles, and everything else, a truck is a necessity.
      2. Virginian 13 years ago
        
        * rolls eyes*
        
        I know you probably didn't mean it that way, and I'm not bashing you personally, but nothing pisses me off more then when people say
        
        "Why do you need that?"
        
        "that" is usually my guns, but has included everything imaginable. Funniest was when I was enjoying some crazy 18% ABV stout and some prissy girly man was wondering why exact I couldn't just drink lite beer like everyone else.
        
        Someone explain this to me please. Because I can't remember ever saying "Oh my god, why does he need that big a truck/ that many guns/ that loud a stereo/ that much food"
        
        Why are there so many people concerned with my stuff?
        
        Loki 13 years ago
        
        Hipster douche translator: "Why do need ____________?" = "I am awesome and everyone should like what I like, behave the same way I behave, and most importantly, think the same things I think, so why do you insist on acting like an individual instead of breying it up with the rest of the herd?"
  2. Loki 13 years ago
    
    Libertarians don't drive cars, we ride in rickshaws pulled by a team of slaves while polishing our monocles and ashing our cigars into the mouths of Cambodian orphans.
4. John 13 years ago
  
  That is about as damning an indictment of Democrats I have ever seen. Every car on the Democrats' list, sans the C30 which is okay in a quirky way, is a completely ridiculous and retarded choice.
  
  What kind of a retard buys and Acura Wagon? Go buy a Hyundi Santa Fe for half the price and get just as good of millage and more room. And the Leaf is a great idea, provided you don't have to drive more than 30 miles and you have no need for a heater. That is just pathetic. And while the Civic is a great car, it already gets great gas millage. It makes no sense to buy the hybrid version of it.
  1. Lord Humungus 13 years ago
    
    I don't think I've ever seen the Acura wagon, or at least it didn't register. I do like the sedan TL though.
    1. John 13 years ago
      
      Acuras are Japan's answer to BMW. If you want a luxury Sedan that runs like a scalded cat, they are a good choice. But a wagon? Really?
      1. Tim 13 years ago
        
        Seems like putting a sidecar on your Italian superbike.
        
        John 13 years ago
        
        Pretty much. BMW and Audi each make a 500+ horsepower wagon (or estate car as they are known in Europe). In some weird way I would like to own one of them just so I can go blow some dumb ass kid in his rice rocket off the road with it.
        
        Zeb 13 years ago
        
        Even Porsche had one for a while. That thing was weird.
        
        Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago
        
        I don't think you fully grasp how fast rice rockets are. Far sub 4 second 0-60 with a normal-sized and -skilled rider on the open class bikes.
        
        A moderately skilled rider on an open class rice rocket could leave a 500hp wagon far behind without going below 4th gear on all but the twistiest of roads and on those would leave the wagon as a dot in the mirror using all gears.
        
        Loki 13 years ago
        
        I'm not sure, but I don't think John's refering to japanese sport bikes as "rice rockets" above, but the tuner shits in their mom's old Honda Civics with a catback exhaust and a shitty body kit.
        
        I've heard the term used for both though.
        
        Night Elf Mohawk 13 years ago
        
        Fair enough. That didn't even occur to me but you are probably right.
        
        dunkel 13 years ago
        
        I had an Audi S4 Avant (wagon) for a few years, and I enjoyed very much blowing people away off the line. Especially kids in rice burners. Good times.
        
        JW 13 years ago
        
        The Acura TSX is thee European Accord. It's actually a pretty sweet ride, if you want a wagon.
        
        The new Santa Fe was released at the NY Auto Show yesterday. Not too bad, even though it's sporting their turbo 4-banger.
      2. The Overfiend 13 years ago
        
        Exactly. I have a TL and it's the best vehicle I've owned.
        
        I'm sure the TSX Wagon is a great car, but it's an Acura Wagon. That's like, a living abortion.
        
        Mr. FIFY 13 years ago
        
        If you're gonna go Volvo *and* wagon, best to go retro:
        
        http://www.oudevolvo.nl/conten.....show_2.jpg
        
        Though I think the C30 is a cool update, if a bit stunted, proportion-wise...
        
        Volvos, IMO, are similar to Toyotas, in that it's damned hard to tear them up, and if you don't get 300K+ miles out of one... you bought a rare lemon.
        
        I wouldn't have a Leaf if Barry Himself put a gun to my head, though.
  2. Ice Nine 13 years ago
    
    And while the Civic is a great car, it already gets great gas millage. It makes no sense to buy the hybrid version of it.
    
    C'mon, Silly, you don't buy it for the mileage - you buy it for that little chrome "hybrid" doodad on the back. It is precisely the lefty analog of that chromed, circled three-point star.
    1. gaijin 13 years ago
      
      actually, I bought mine because I liked the idea of having some actual, you know, experience, with the technology. Rather than reading about other people's beliefs. I don;t think anyone I know would call me a lefty---or a righty. I'm ambilitical.
      1. John 13 years ago
        
        I have yet to see how the math on a hybrid works out. It never pays for itself. Go buy a high gas mileage car or one of the new high end diesels. Hybrids just don't make any sense economically.
        
        Spoonman. 13 years ago
        
        Honestly I bet my Honda Fit, which I usually get about 32mpg from, is far less resource-intensive than a Prius.
        
        And it cost a heck of a lot less.
        
        gaijin 13 years ago
        
        John, while agree with you 'in general', the math on my hybrid works out ok at net zero with gas at $4 over 9 years. Additionally, my maintenance costs are somewhat lower given a greater service interval. Of course, beyond that, not all economic decisions are, um, economic...like I said, I wanted to explore the technology. I have a hybrid toyota too that works fundamentally differently than the honda civic. the toyota has a 3.5L v6 and is superior for start and stop. The civic for highway...all imho of course.
        
        Lord Humungus 13 years ago
        
        I'm interested in electric cars too - but in a more geek-tech point of view. Heck, I could probably drive one for my city commute, but economically-speaking, it doesn't make sense to insure 2 cars (one for highway, one for short distance) for myself, on top of my next project car.
        
        T 13 years ago
        
        When I inquired about adding another car to my current policy, it would have added like 20 bucks a month. Once you tip over into having more cars than drivers, each additional car is change. Hell, replacing my 11 year old truck will add like 15 bucks over 6 months to the policy.
        
        Lord Humungus 13 years ago
        
        so yeah - 4 cars (3 for me and 1 for my wife). I'll need a bigger garage for sure! ;0
        
        R C Dean 13 years ago
        
        I think a Civic Hybrid starts making up lost ground when gas is somewhere north of $4.00/gallon.
        
        A lot depends on where you drive it, of course. Lots of highway miles mean you are mostly just hauling around hybrid technology.
        
        I have a suspicion that maintenance costs will be higher on hybrids, too, just because they've a whole 'nother system that can need maintenance.
        
        Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
        
        My brother has a Civic hybrid which gave up on him after roughly 6 years. Because it cost too much to repair he went and bought a new car. He still has the Civic, he's just waiting until he can afford to have it fixed so he can give it to his daughter.
        
        End Child Unemployment 13 years ago
        
        Precisely. Diesel is a proven technology, the first passenger cars were diesel in fact. Diesels have a fuel cost almost as low with a tech known to work and very long service intervals. Also, the newer Merc E350 V6 diesels scoot when you get on em.
        
        Hybrids have heavy, expensive battery packs that are supposed to come down in price as more people adopt them. I'm still skeptical.
        
        JW 13 years ago
        
        I still don't understand why we don't have a viable diesel-electric car. it would scream, with the right set up. Best of all the worlds and you don't have to lug 300 lbs of battery around.
        
        Can any of our resident engineers shed any light on that?
        
        stupac 13 years ago
        
        Mechanical engineer here...currently the diesels require a complicated urea injection after-treatment to meet emission standards, that combined with the turbocharger every diesel needs to make any power would make a hybrid diesel the most complicated machine on the market. So there is no real issue except cost although, there is a hybrid diesel Peugeot over in Europe.
        
        Lord Humungus 13 years ago
        
        back in the early 80s, my old man had a Diesel Olds 98 - yeah, the one that killed off U.S. thoughts of diesel for awhile.
        
        He drove ~40k miles a year for his job and loved the comfort and almost 30mpg he got on the highway. Too bad the engine grenaded at 75k or so miles. It was also the gutless wonder, but he never cared about performance.
      2. SugarFree 13 years ago
        
        I'm ambilitical.
        
        You're a fetus?
        
        Call me a statist bastard, but I don't think fetuses should be driving, especially with the position their mother's would have to be in order for them to see out so they can drive.
        
        gaijin 13 years ago
        
        You're a fetus?
        
        Aren't we all, always full of...potential? 😉
  3. Zeb 13 years ago
    
    The Festiva seems like a pretty decent and sensible car and can get 40 MPG without the hybrid bullshit.
    1. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
      
      I think you mean the Fiesta. I owned a Festiva for my first car, and the mileage was great (about 35 mpg overall) until I hit 100K miles.
      
      And it all depends on what you're looking for. A Prius has better mileage and space overall than a Fiesta, and costs about the same as a Fusion. But you could probably buy a Jetta TDI and get slightly lower combined mileage in exchange for better torque and slightly higher fuel costs. The comment above about the Prius not really being worth it if you drive mostly on the highway is accurate; it's good, but other cars get pretty much the same thing for cheaper. If you're doing mostly city driving, though, going over 300 miles on half a tank is pretty sweet.
  4. Michael 13 years ago
    
    Curiously, Chevrolet - whose Volt many progressives seem to be bleating incessantly about as of late - doesn't even make the list. I would imagine that Government Motors products would top the heap as a matter of principle.
5. SugarFree 13 years ago
  
  From the indications around here libertarians are mostly into muscle cars and luxury brands.
  
  Of course, few of us seem to buy new cars.
  1. Tim 13 years ago
    
    I sure as hayell don't.
  2. WTF 13 years ago
    
    The last time I needed a car a few years back I bought a new Toyota 4-Runner. Not sure what that means on the political scale.
    1. John 13 years ago
      
      It means you like reliable cars.
      1. WTF 13 years ago
        
        Yup - reliable, useful cars. Good in the snow, can carry a lot of stuff, very reliable, etc.
  3. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
    
    Of course, few of us seem to buy new cars.
    
    What a shitty investment! Besides, a classic 1973 mustang Mach I fastback with C6 351 Cleveland does not just drop out of the sky. (Candy apple red, too!)
    1. WTF 13 years ago
      
      Well, cars are not an investiment, they're a mode of transportation for goods and people. I buy new cars, but I drive them until they completely die before I get another one.
      1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        I hears ya WTF. My daily driver is decidedly the equivalent of a frumpy, reliable spouse.
    2. Michael 13 years ago
      
      Besides, a classic 1973 mustang Mach I fastback with C6 351 Cleveland does not just drop out of the sky. (Candy apple red, too!)
      
      The '71 to '73 Mustangs are some of the most underappreciated cars I can think of. One of my old rides was a '73 Grande with a 351 Cleveland and that weird FMX three speed. I will always miss that car.
      1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        It's value has held up well and the 73's Mach 1's were not produced in mass numbers. It's starting garner collectable status.
        
        I didn't like the back of the body on the Grandes, but much easier to see out of. Admittedly, backing up in a 71-73 fastback is a bit of a trick. More of a gymnastic feat.
        
        Michael 13 years ago
        
        I recall once reading that the reasoning behind the design of the '71-'73s -the impossibly long hood and the nearly horizontal rear glass was to pit the Mustang against the Italian cars of the era. It's a really bizarre marketing strategy if true, but it sure yielded a gorgeous car.
  4. Zeb 13 years ago
    
    You can all call me a middle aged lesbian if you want to, but I like my Subaru a lot. Though the '92 one that I had until two years ago was better in every way than the 2007 I have now. I fucking hate new cars.
    1. R C Dean 13 years ago
      
      Mrs. Dean had a Subaru WRX awhile back. Frickin' rocket car, it was. Only got rid of it when we moved to Texas, because the air conditioner sucked.
      
      When we move to Santa Fe, I feel sure she will get another one. They are great on semi-sketchy roads, snow, that kind of thing.
      1. T 13 years ago
        
        I know several guys with the WRX. You're right, it's really a little rocket car, especially after a little work.
      2. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
        
        I wanted a WRX but was constrained by finances and ended up with a Legacy. The AWD is a nice feature up here in the northeast. For some reason though, I get called a hippy for owning it.
        
        Lord Humungus 13 years ago
        
        hippy.
      3. Loki 13 years ago
        
        I've got an '04 WRX STi (WRX with a 2.5L engine and bigger turbo and a few other higher performance goodies as well). Fast as hell but still good on snow. I would strongly consider buying a new one.
        
        Not sure why anyone would think a hippie would drive a WRX. They usually drive older Outbacks and "vanilla" Imprezas or Legacys (or at least the ones in CO do).
6. Lord Humungus 13 years ago
  
  funny, I'm eying a Mustang GT (hardtop) for my next car.
  
  Barring that, it's DIY project time again. I still want my 383 2dr Caprice with a 150 shot of spray. 3.08 rear, TH400, etc.
  
  Too bad my current circumstances have stopped me from following this dream. I have to wait until my wife is out of school and the next house is bought.
7. gaijin 13 years ago
  
  and this sums up a major issue in how many try to assign group identities to individuals...in politics and advertising. So if I don;t fit the profile, am I supposed to switch cars?
  1. Brandon 13 years ago
    
    Duh.
8. Scruffy Nerfherder 13 years ago
  
  I don't see a '96 Suburban on there.
  
  I can't identify myself!
9. Lord Humungus 13 years ago
  
  I have a hard time believing the Leaf made the list. I admit that I do live in "The Big Three" valley (aka, Michigan), but I've never seen a Leaf on the roads here. Volt? One or Two.
  
  There are certainly no shortage of Democrats here.
10. Pip 13 years ago
  
  Acura
  
  A
  Car
  Undoubtedly
  Relocating
  Assholes
  1. EDG reppin' LBC 13 years ago
    
    Ford
    
    Fix
    It
    Again
    Tony
Lord Humungus 13 years ago

President Obama tones down attack on the high court
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....story.html

As could have been predicted, Mr. Obama's less-than-careful comments were matched by less-than-careful criticism. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused the president of trying to bully the court: "This president's attempt to intimidate the Supreme Court falls well beyond distasteful politics; it demonstrates a fundamental lack of respect for our system of checks and balances."

This bit of presidential mind-reading ? how, exactly, does Mr. McConnell know that the president is trying to cow the court? ? overstates the problem. The best thing, now that the case has been submitted, would be for both sides to settle down and let the justices do their serious work.

now that's a douchebag editorial.
1. VG Zaytsev 13 years ago
  
  This bit of presidential mind-reading ?
  
  Yeah,
  
  Apparently believing what the president says means that you think you can read his mind making you a partisan hack.
Lord Humungus 13 years ago

The Virtues of the Super PAC
http://campaignstops.blogs.nyt.....ef=opinion

An extended primary season, which has featured competitive races in dozens of states instead of just a few, hasn't necessarily been good for the Republican Party's general election prospects. But it has produced a far more small-d democratic outcome than the alternative universe where Adelson and Friess stayed on the sidelines and Romney wrapped things up early. Because of their donations, the frontrunner has had to confront actual voters day after day and week after week, in Wisconsin and Nevada and Alabama and everywhere in between. The results haven't necessarily been pretty, but they've supplied a campaign ? as the historian Gil Troy suggested last fall ? whose "length and fury are proportional to the electorate's size and the presidency's importance." If this is a subversion of the democratic process, it's taking a pretty unusual form.
1. fursa 13 years ago
  
  B-b-but .. buying elections!!
  1. o3 13 years ago
    
    romney - done deal hoss
    1. fursa 13 years ago
      
      He struggled more than a lot of people thought he would. This is no coronation.
      1. Alack 13 years ago
        
        Coronation does not imply causation?
        
        Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
        
        LULZ!
  2. Zeb 13 years ago
    
    Buying elections by keeping the rich, well funded guy from winning quickly. That makes sense.
Lord Humungus 13 years ago

Kagan: Al Qaeda Allies Remain Strong
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfor.....n-the-east

Military pressure has kept Al Qaeda and the Taliban from re-emerging in Afghanistan. The Taliban tried to return to their Afghan strongholds after 2005. By 2009, it controlled districts around Kandahar City and poppy-rich Helmand Province. The surge of forces and change of strategy President Obama ordered in 2009 shattered Taliban influence and command structures in the south. The leaders fled back to Pakistan, fractured from their followers. American forces have fought alongside organized, trained and determined Afghan troops who are preparing to hold the gains. Breaking the southern Taliban has marginalized one group whose return would bring safety to Al Qaeda.
1. o3 13 years ago
  
  but but didnt obama surrender to his fellow terrorist muslims?...or was that an alliance? confusing memes
2. RyanXXX 13 years ago
  
  Jesus Christ, does anyone actually believe this crap? The Taliban have been laying low because we've announced when we will be leaving, in essence. What's the point in sticking their necks out?
  
  Of course, some of the more militant ones will keep killing Infidel invaders just for the hell of it. We'll see how this Spring goes
Lord Humungus 13 years ago

An uncivil income tax system
http://articles.boston.com/201.....income-tax

Our tax code's lack of clarity - and the flood of special-interest giveaways and preferences that make it so cumbersome - has turned innumerable taxpayers into cynics. Americans conclude that the whole setup is rigged, and that only a sucker doesn't bend the rules in order to pay less or finagle a bigger refund. How many people who wouldn't think of ripping off a local charity or business don't hesitate to cheat on their taxes? In such an environment, it isn't only compliance rates that suffer. Some of the civic virtue so important to a healthy society is lost as well. Jimmy Carter was right in 1976 when he called the US income tax "a disgrace to the human race.'' Thirty-six years later, it's more disgraceful - and maddening - than ever.
1. VG Zaytsev 13 years ago
  
  How many people who wouldn't think of ripping off a local charity or business don't hesitate to cheat on their taxes?
  
  So the feds are the equivalent of a local charity now?
  1. Brandon 13 years ago
    
    And how is not paying your taxes "ripping off" anybody? Isn't it just you getting ripped off a little less?
Apple 13 years ago

From the Greek suicide article:

"The politicians in parliament who brought us here should be punished for this," said Anastassia Karanika, a 60-year-old pensioner.

I think I see a problem right there.
1. John 13 years ago
  
  Who has been on a pension for probably 18 years. And I doubt he understood the irony of saying that and then shooting himself.
  1. Apple 13 years ago
    
    It wasn't the actual suicide who said that, just some lady on the street. He was 77, so who knows how long he'd been on a pension? At minimum 17 years, if the other lady's any indication.
2. SugarFree 13 years ago
  
  And she's probably been on a pension for 10 years already.
  
  School until 30, retire at 50. Greece, it's Europe's California.
  1. Ice Nine 13 years ago
    
    The first time I was in Greece was for about two weeks. There was, I shit you not, a strike every 3-4 days; completely shut Athens down. I asked several Greeks what the unions were striking for. The answers were the same, "To show that they can." They were serious.
    1. RBS 13 years ago
      
      Hahaha, I visited some family over there a few years ago and when we went to catch our train from Athens the train wasn't running that day because the train people went on strike. I was there about a week and there were at least 3 other strikes.
AuH2O 13 years ago

Let's play a round of Jezebel comments!

While morally wrong, Jezebellians do not believe pregnancy by deceit should be illegal. We're talking about a child's welfare here, people!

File under: Abortion, what's that?
1. SugarFree 13 years ago
  
  Should it be illegal? No, I don't think so. I suppose you could argue it's sexual assault, but you get into really tricky territory there when it comes to disputes of whether someone just made a mistake or was being deceptive. Ultimately, I'm not sure it's the kind of issue that's worth putting people in jail over.
  
  -
  Tricking someone into 18 years of involuntary servitude with fraud and using the legal system as a cudgel is nothing to put people in jail over? I bet she thinks false rape allegations never happen either.
  1. AuH2O 13 years ago
    
    SF, get with the program. All hetro sex is rape.
  2. Old Mexican 13 years ago
    
    Re: SugarFree,
    
    Tricking someone into 18 years of involuntary servitude with fraud and using the legal system as a cudgel is nothing to put people in jail over?
    
    SugarFree: Mommy, what does "adoption" mean?
    SugarFree's Mommy: Don't you use that language on my housel young man! Go to that corner and stay there until you're ready to say "I'm sorry, mommy!"
  3. JW 13 years ago
    
    I clicked on the link, but all I kept getting was a brewers vat of bat-shit crazy and shitty, shitty prose that I couldn't read to save my life. Do you have the link to the article?
2. The Overfiend 13 years ago
  
  Pregnancy by deceit? A child's welfare!?
  
  I learned long ago thanks to SugarFree that I don't click links from Jezebel if I want to keep my sanity. Unless I'm thinking this wrong, there would be no "child's welfare" to talk about if some lying twat didn't con some dumbass in to knocking her up...
  
  Fuck! I don't even know where to go with this one.
  1. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
    
    If you really want to piss off a Jezebel-type, suggest that abortion should be legal at all stages of pregnancy ONLY if the father won't be financially liable for any children that are born.
    
    Watching these "YOU DON'T NEED A MAN TO RAISE A CHILD" goons sputter in response is priceless, as they realize they may not need a man, but they sure do need his money.
    1. Monty 13 years ago
      
      Amen RRR
    2. Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
      
      I lost a friend because of a discussion we got into at dinner about a month ago.
      
      She's pro-choice and is also fine with a woman being able to give up a baby for adoption. She also said that the fact that the man can only give up his ability to see the kid, but not the responsibilities to pay for it is "the way it should be." Finally, she said that the guy "has his choice when he made the decision to have sex."
      
      TLDR: Pro-choice, but the guy already made his decision by agreeing to sex.
      1. JW 13 years ago
        
        And we're back to all hetero-sex is rape, seeing how he made a choice, but she didn't.
        
        I wouldn't mourn the loss of that friend too much.
        
        Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
        
        I didn't say I was upset about it. I was upset at the fact that I was about 100 miles from my apartment and was driven there by a third friend so I couldn't just go home immediately.
        
        She also called me a liar when I brought up instances of women lying about who the father was. She said I was just making it up because I wanted to be right.
        
        Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
        
        The second paragraph is supposed to be showing part of the reason I was ok with the end of the friendship.
AuH2O 13 years ago

Also from Jezebel:

It's incredibly unfair that some people are willing to work harder than me.

Way too enforce the patriarchy by putting the nose to the grindstone, men.
1. db 13 years ago
  
  Didn't read the link, but as far as work/life balance goes, I've seen people lose marriages, friends, and even their lives to their overwork. I spent a few years as a dedicated workaholic in a high stress industry, and let me tell you, when you have been that person, you appreciate an employer that takes work/life balance seriously.
  1. Red Rocks Rockin 13 years ago
    
    Certainly, but then it always boils down the the question of what the right family balance is. Jezebel commenters believe in a world where they can live like men without bearing the same responsibilities that men have dealt with for thousands of years.
    
    Now that they've devoted their worldview to overturning traditinal gender roles and become the men they wanted to be, they still can't understand why their lives are so fucking miserable.
2. WTF 13 years ago
  
  "People who work longer hours are more valuable to the company, and thus get paid more! WAHHHH!!!"
  1. Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
    
    Also didn't read the link but: wasn't a vast majority of the widely reported "70 cents on the dollar" that women make determined to be due to women taking more time off with stuff like maternity leave?
    1. Virginian 13 years ago
      
      You also have to look at the breakdowns in education/training. There are more male STEM people. STEM people make more money than English majors.
      
      This is clearly the fault of the patriarchy.
      1. juris imprudent 13 years ago
        
        This is clearly the fault of the patriarchy.
        
        Was it the patriarchy that chased Larry Summers out of Harvard?
3. Zeb 13 years ago
  
  And apparently successful businesswomen "are forced to describe, over and over again, how they've possibly managed such a feat". That's right. They have no choice but to answer stupid questions for magazine interviews.
NotSure 13 years ago

There are no good guys in this whole Greek debacle, the politicians are slimy (which countries are different though) and have ruined the country. Yet the people protesting have voted in these socialists for a long time.

Greece is really a good example of the saying: "A goverment that gives you everything is also a government that can take everything away".
1. Zeb 13 years ago
  
  Also a good example of how people get the government they deserve. Good and hard.
invisible furry hand 13 years ago

from Twitter:

Lucy Steigerwald ? @LucyStag
"You're worse than spam. You're potted meat food product. You disgust me." I love Hit and Run commenters. Sometimes.
1. Warty 13 years ago
  
  I AM A GOLDEN GOD
  1. Groovus Maximus 13 years ago
    
    I remember you said the same thing when you vanquished LoneWacko. I must say, I am impressed. Perhaps you're Mod Material after all...
    1. Warty 13 years ago
      
      Finally, the coveted Groovus Maxiumus endorsement. Vote Warty: In Your Heart, You Know it's Inevitable
      
      #WARMOD
2. Alack 13 years ago
  
  Her tweets say "sometimes" but her eyes say "endlessly".
3. Soc Indv Sparky 13 years ago
  
  Way to other all the rest of us Lucy. Thanks for nothing.
  1. Pip 13 years ago
    
    Now you can see why I've always hated that bitch.
  2. Auric Demonocles 13 years ago
    
    I thought the Kahn "keep on trolling you" line was much better.
4. invisible furry hand 13 years ago
  
  don't get too cocky - she is displeased:
  
  Lucy Steigerwald ? @LucyStag ? Open
  On another note, I swear A.M. Links used to occasionally include useful links, not just rampant and (sometimes) hilarious sexism. Just me?
  1h Leah C. ? @lakeline ? Open
  @LucyStag that's pretty much how I feel about how the comments used to be . Now it's more rampant sexism and a very rare hilarious sexism.
  Lucy Steigerwald ? @LucyStag Close
  @lakeline It's more that there's still hilariousness and then there's sexism. By the same people, but the funny is not so the latter. Lazy!
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  1h Leah C. ? @lakeline ? Open
  @LucyStag True, plus many unfunny people trying to be funny by copying the assholery but missing and just being assholes.
  1h Russ ? @BvrlyBrewmaster ? Open
  @lakeline @LucyStag Hey now... I may be unfunny and I may be an asshole, but... ah, shit. I forgot where I was going with this.
  1h Leah C. ? @lakeline ? Open
  @BvrlyBrewmaster @LucyStag You are funny, and you have been known to limit your assholerly. I count that as a win.
  1. Lucy Steigerwald 13 years ago
    
    I'm just sayin' -- maybe there's a reason hat tips have been in short supply recently.
    1. juris imprudent 13 years ago
      
      Challenge accepted!
    2. Brandon 13 years ago
      
      I thought that was just budget cuts.
Loki 13 years ago

Rick Santorum takes break from the campaign trail.

I'm sure it's too much to hope that it's permanent.
Eduard van Haalen 13 years ago

Major League baseball schedules games on Good Friday and Passover:

head of Catholic League: "It's time baseball Commissioner Bud Selig took a page from the communists and exercised some prudence: there should be no games on Good Friday."

Archbishop of Milwaukee: "As much as we love the Brewers, unlike Jesus, they didn't die for your sins. With regard to beer and brats on Good Friday: let's just say that's why God created the three-game series."
1. Eduard van Haalen 13 years ago
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....story.html
  1. Eduard van Haalen 13 years ago
    
    "Christians and Jews celebrate sacred holidays - Major League Baseball hardest hit."
Proprietist 13 years ago

So Zimmerman's probably not a mouthfoaming racist, exactly as I've been guessing all along.

http://www.theblaze.com/storie.....slur-used/
1. Eduard van Haalen 13 years ago
  
  You can't derail the narrative that easily!
  
  If they can't catch him saying a racial slur, then they'll say he cleverly concealed his racism until he killed a black kid in cold blood while the kid was on the way to volunteering at the Home for the Blind.
  
  If that doesn't work, they'll hold a "national conversation" about "systemic racism." You know, the unconscious kind of racism which permeates society at all levels so that it can't be noticed except by perceptive intellectuals.
  1. Proprietist 13 years ago
    
    When in Vegas, betting against Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson's accuracy is usually a good idea.
2. R C Dean 13 years ago
  
  Who?
3. VG Zaytsev 13 years ago
  
  Obama's going to condemn this racist attack any minute now, right?
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/storie.....ed-attack/
4. Apple 13 years ago
  
  Does anyone under the age of 70 say "coon" anymore?
juris imprudent 13 years ago

My gawd it is great to see a 500 comment thread without troll-shit all over the place.

However, how did I reach the end with no comment on the brilliant poster? That was the awesome.
1. John 13 years ago
  
  Registration seems to have had an effect. She griefed for the first two days, but has been gone since yesterday.
DEG 13 years ago

He was running against Wofford then. Definitely a good choice.

That's not saying much about Santorum.

I voted Libertarian in that election.

Santorum and Singel (Singel was the Democrat candidate for PA governor that year) are both Penn State graduates. They showed up far too often at the University Park campus. Each time I'd see their pictures in the student newspaper on a story about them visiting the campus, I'd think "Go the fuck away assholes". If anything, their visits made me want to vote for them less.
MorinJulio 13 years ago

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1. Anomdebus 13 years ago
  
  I can live with anonbot, but not this.

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