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A.M. Links: Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Denied Bail, Libyan Militants Bragged to Al-Qaeda About Benghazi Attack, Boston Police Record Thousands of License Plates a Day

News from California to the North Pole

Ed Krayewski | 9.28.2012 9:00 AM

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  • The filmmaker behind Innocence of Muslims was picked up on charges of violating probation and denied bail.

  • Radical Islamic militants in Libya apparently bragged to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb about their assault on the U.S. consulate and assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
  • A FOIA request from the ACLU reveals Boston police create up to 3,000 records based on license plate reads a day, and hold on to the information for 90 days, or forever if they need it for an investigation or intelligence!
  • Muslims in Sydney complain their reputation has been ruined by a handful of extremists who they say used turned a protest over an anti-Islamic film in front of the U.S. embassy there into a veritable riot.
  • The French prime minister offered a budget proposal that raises taxes on the rich up to a 75 percent tax rate. He called the budget courageous, responsible and a "budget of conquest."
  • A Russian bishop "consecrated" the North Pole, which Russia claims has fallen within its sovereign domain for more than a millennium. The region is slowly being remilitarized.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    The filmmaker behind Innocence of Muslims was picked up on charges of violating probation and denied bail.

    Finally! Peace in the Middle East.

    1. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

      We shall overcome!

    2. R C Dean   13 years ago

      Terrorism, rewarded. They demanded that we arrest and jail the filmmaker, and we bowed and scraped and complied.

      I wonder of rewarding terrorism will result in more of it, or less?

      1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

        The US does not negotiate with terrorists.

        Because negotiating would imply we aren't just giving them everything they want.

  2. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Ke$ha's been putting on the pounds.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....video.html

  3. wareagle   13 years ago

    The filmmaker behind Innocence of Muslims was picked up on charges of violating probation and denied bail.

    when a probation violation is treated with the same gravity as a murder charge.......
    if someone's a flight risk, whatever happened to taking their passport?

    1. MWG   13 years ago

      Hey, if he was truly innocent, he wouldn't be in this situation.

      /Derider and others

  4. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Gaga's been putting on the pounds. If you thought she was gross before...
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....-gain.html

    1. Restoras   13 years ago

      Ick.

      1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

        John would...

    2. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

      Looks like Lady Mumu,

    3. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

      The extra thigh makes it easier to tuck.

      1. Killazontherun   13 years ago

        And easier to forget your doing a dude!

  5. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

    A Russian bishop "consecrated" the North Pole, which Russia claims has fallen within its sovereign domain for more than a millennium. The region is slowly being remilitarized.

    Well, Philadelphia, looks like you need to up your game the next time Santa takes the field.

    1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      So Santa has been conscripted by the Russian Orthodox, eh? I wonder what the Pope will do in response?

      As for Filthadelphia... maybe they can throw bottles of holy water at Santa in December's home games.

  6. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Brazilian student to auction off her virginity for the poor. How altruistic. Gonna do the deed on an airplane over international waters to avoid prostitution laws (and join the Mile High Club).
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....-poor.html

    1. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

      I'd buy that for a dollar!

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        Ha, I outbid you with a $1.13!

        1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

          I raise you to tree fiddy!

          1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

            Damn you, I fold!

      2. wareagle   13 years ago

        LH: I'll give you a dollar.
        Girl: A dollar? What do you think I am?
        LH: That's been established. We're just quibbling over price at this point.

      3. tarran   13 years ago

        I'd buy that for a dollar!

        Her eyes are dead. Not touching it if you paid me.

        1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

          Unless you have some very, um, exotic practices, that is not the part that is for sale.

          1. tarran   13 years ago

            Dude, at best she is going to be slightly better than self abuse - and you have to buy a plane ticket, and you have to take vacation time etc.

            Far more likely she's going to be worse than masturbation. Forget it.

            1. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

              and if you're really unlucky, you'll get the lecture on the many projects you're funding before, during and after

              1. Brett L   13 years ago

                "No, no dear, that's how you kept your virginity. To lose it, shut up about that shit."

            2. T   13 years ago

              If somebody is dropping 155 large on that ass, she'd better expect that the word 'no' isn't in her vocabulary for the duration of that plane flight.

              1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

                No hole will be left unscathed.

              2. sarcasmic   13 years ago

                No orifice untouched.

            3. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

              tarran, I wouldn't pay more than the $1.13 I bid above...of course, the plane ticket, time off and all does probably make it a deal breaker.

    2. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      Why is the price currently at $155k?

      Also:

      If you only do it once in your life then you are not a prostitute

      Not that I'm saying being a prostitute is bad, but if you're having sex in exchange for money from the gym screwing you, you're a prostitute.

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        "money from the gym screwing you"

        That is a most excellent typo! A whole gym of sex worker patrons!

      2. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

        I just did a "little blow"

    3. Ice Nine   13 years ago

      A 20 yr-old virgin in Brazil? It is to laugh.

      1. Cdr Lytton   13 years ago

        Just for you.

        1. H. Reardon   13 years ago

          For the right money, you can annul your Catholic marriage. Apparently you can annul prior sex acts for free.

          1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

            Whorin' credits. You can buy those from nuns.

            1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

              Cap and trade.

              1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

                Fap and trade?

                1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

                  Damn it. I knew there was a better joke somewhere.

      2. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

        She's been waiting so she can get a big payday.

    4. Loki   13 years ago

      The physical education student will be followed every step of the way by an Australian film crew

      She'll probably make way more than $155k on proceeds from selling the film. Not sure if she's smart enough to realize that, but I sure hope so. Not that I would pay for it. I'll just wait for it to be uploaded to xvideos.com, but a lot of people are still dumb enough to pay for their porn.

    5. Calidissident   13 years ago

      Not bad, but for a 20 year old Brazilian, could be a lot better

  7. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Radical Islamic militants in Libya apparently bragged to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb about their assault on the U.S. consulate and assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

    Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb is the gossipy arm of the terrorist organization.

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      but but but but....the movie!!!11!!

  8. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    I have heard the cries! I have heard the tears!

    "Where is Lord Humungus?" the crowds ask, eyes filled with tears.

    The response: He has been in the Wasteland of software conferences, moving boxes to his new home (thank you Toyota truck), and will be closing on his old house today.

    1. Ted S.   13 years ago

      I didn't even notice your absence.

    2. sarcasmic   13 years ago

      Who?

    3. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      And here I thought you were out terrorizing a dystopian future Australia.

    4. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

      I've mentioned this woman before. She's probably one of the hottest gals in the company. One of my guilty pleasures is to be exceedingly rude to her and pretend she doesn't exist.

      So she ends up at the same software conference that I do. Our salesman takes us all out to an expensive restaurant. This woman and I end up sitting next to each other with a table of a dozen others. Conversation is stilted.

      Well... three drinks later and she's locked in conversation with me, talking (many times) about her hotel room with the two beds, and how she's going to hit up the hot tub tonight. Then she orders dessert, demanding that I split it with her. She's pretty much acting like a teenage girl trying to get a boy to like her.

      ...and nothing else happened...

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        Ah, you have mastered the art of radiating unavailability - the strongest attraction.

        1. Jerry on the road   13 years ago

          Or she might now think he's gay.

        2. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

          This is one thing I can't really comprehend. Unavailability shuts down my attraction pretty much instantly. I can't figure out why other people find it appealing.

          1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

            Usually it seems that the womyns suddenly take it as some sort of challenge or "what's wrong with me? I can prove I'm desirable and can get him!" thing (?)

            1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

              Yeah, I've seen that too, but I still don't comprehend it.

              1. T   13 years ago

                You have a Y chromosome. Don't try to understand the XX. That way lies madness.

                1. Kaptious Kristen   13 years ago

                  Interesting, because most men I know are more turned on when they find out a woman is attached. It means any sexual success he has with her is more than likely a one-time deal and he won't have to worry about all that icky "relationship" stuff.

                  1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

                    It sounds like you only hang out with absolute assholes.

      2. Jordan   13 years ago

        What in god's name is wrong with you?!

        1. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

          As a married man, I'll pretend to be all high and mighty - a moral, upright citizen - unlike you filthy vermin.

          1. Ted S.   13 years ago

            There are religions in which polygamy is acceptable.

        2. Restoras   13 years ago

          Can I subscribe to your newsletter?

      3. Jerry on the road   13 years ago

        She didn't bring a dollar?

      4. Fluffy   13 years ago

        It sounds like you missed the last day of Game class.

        1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          Now attending the Friend Zone.

      5. db   13 years ago

        Lulz.

      6. Loki   13 years ago

        ...and nothing else happened...

        Pansy. That's why you go down to the hot tub with a bottle of wine or champagne later and then fain surprise that she's there too. 30 minutes later your back in her hotel room licking the wine off of her body.

  9. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Ann Coulter goes on The View and, surprise of surprises, Goldburg has a meltdown. I'm shocked!
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....eople.html

    1. The Craig   13 years ago

      But Goldberg had had enough, exploding with rage she shouted: 'B*******! B*******, I'm sorry! That's bull, that's bull.

      No actual counter argument? I'm shocked too!

    2. wareagle   13 years ago

      what does Whoopie know about being black? Coulter can be a bit much at times, but it's amazing how the left always reacts with hyper emotion when its sacred cows are challenged.

    3. sage   13 years ago

      Ann Coulter is just Rush Limbaugh with smaller tits, but it's great to see her get under the skin of those bitches.

    4. Drake   13 years ago

      The benevolent Democrats would never have harmed their blacks!

    5. Ice Nine   13 years ago

      Goldberg, probably at the peak of the intellect pyramid on The View, cleverly presented as her argument the ever incisive, "I'm Black and you're not."

  10. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

    a "budget of conquest."

    At last, a Socialist tells it like it is.

    1. np   13 years ago

      http://www.cnbc.com/id/49206756

      To the dismay of business leaders who fear an exodus of top talent, the government confirmed a temporary 75 percent super-tax rate for earnings over one million euros and a new 45 percent band for revenues over 150,000 euros.

      Together, those two measures will bring in around half a billion euros. Higher tax rates on dividends and other investments, plus cuts to existing tax breaks will bring in several billion more.

      Business will be hit with measures including a cut in amount of loan interest which is tax-deductible and the cutting of an existing tax break on capital gains from certain share sales?moves worth around four billion and two billion euros each.

      Four months after he defeated Nicolas Sarkozy, Hollande's approval ratings are in free-fall as many French feel he has been slow to get to grips with the economic slow-down and unemployment at a 10-year high and rising.

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        Wait, a lazy and ineffective Socialist?! You don't say.

      2. Restoras   13 years ago

        I can't wait to see those idiot Frogs watch things implode even more.

        1. Jerry on the road   13 years ago

          The French president knows his budget is a sham, tax revenue will drop massively. He only cares about not having to lower pay for teachers and bureaucrats, and if a sham budget will do it, so be it.

        2. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

          If we ever got our act together here, we could welcome their fleeing corporate HQs with open arms.

        3. Ice Nine   13 years ago

          Wait a few weeks till Obama is re-elected and save the eye strain.

      3. R C Dean   13 years ago

        Together, those two measures will bring in around half a billion euros.

        Why do I doubt the take will be quite that high? Something about the mobility of capital and labor, especially in a unified economic zone, perhaps?

        1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

          Waloon parts of Belgium seen rubbing hands together and muttering "muhuhuhuwha!"?

          1. robc   13 years ago

            When Wallonia splits off and forms their own French speaking country, it would probably be even better.

    2. Mike M.   13 years ago

      a "budget of conquest."

      At last, a Socialist tells it like it is.

      He's French though, so he will surrender as soon as the Germans look at him funny.

  11. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Frozen french fries cause cancer! Ban them! Ban frozen french fries! It's for the children!
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....mical.html

    1. Ted S.   13 years ago

      As soon as I saw your description, my thought was "Not the fucking acrylamide scare again!"

      According to wikipedia, the cancer-causing dose is 500x (or more) the average daily intake.

      1. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

        but what about the children who eat 50pds of french fries a day? You monster!

        1. mr simple   13 years ago

          French fries come in pod servings in the wasteland? Or did you mean 50 libras (lbs)?

    2. Jerry on the road   13 years ago

      You're more likely to get cancer from the fryer oil that hasn't been replaced in months.

    3. WhatAboutBob   13 years ago

      But according to my kid's middle school, french fries are vegetables? So vegatables must cause cancer!!

  12. Brett L   13 years ago

    It was only a matter of time before the word teledildonics entered the lexicon. I see that now.

    1. Citizen Nothing   13 years ago

      This is funny:

      And you just know this kind of system is going to be abused by lonely single gents that want to hook themselves up to both ends of the device and do what the girls have been telling them to do for years.

    2. db   13 years ago

      I was going to start a teledildonicz company years ago, but the hardware wasn't up to the AI challenge. But I think you could host a virtual brothel of different "personalities" in the cloud now.

      1. Ice Nine   13 years ago

        I see what you did there.

  13. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Ke$ha's been putting on the pounds as well, Gaga style!
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....video.html

  14. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

    Boston police create up to 3,000 records based on license plate reads a day, and hold on to the information for 90 days, or forever if they need it for an investigation or intelligence!

    That investigation into whether recording license plates makes officers more intelligent is really going to start paying off now.

  15. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Ke(dollar sign sets of spam filter)ha has been putting on the pounds as well!
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....video.html

  16. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Muslims in Sydney complain their reputation has been ruined by a handful of extremists who they say used turned a protest over an anti-Islamic film in front of the U.S. embassy there into a veritable riot.

    It might help the non-terrorist Muslims to stop getting pissy over non-Muslims not adhering to the supposed tenets of a religion they don't belong to. Do they think people enjoyed hearing from Bill Donohue on every little pop culture thing?

    1. Eduard van Haalen   13 years ago

      At least Donohue doesn't blow up stuff, or even force people to read his press releases or watch his TV appearances. He honors the right to ignore him, a right which his opponents don't often exercise.

    2. wareagle   13 years ago

      so the difference between the "handful" and the other Muslims is one of degrees then. It's okay to protest someone's right to free expression, just don't break anything.

      On one hand, seems like a counter expression. On the other, whatever happened to just ignoring something instead of feigning outrage.

      1. Eduard van Haalen   13 years ago

        All the free publicity for this movie *almost* makes me want to watch it. Normally, I wouldn't have considered almost watching such an obscure film.

      2. Fluffy   13 years ago

        You could have ignored them, but you chose to post.

        1. wareagle   13 years ago

          true but I'm not outraged about anything. These folks have given the film more publicity that it could have ever hoped to gain on its own.

  17. Brett L   13 years ago

    GOP fires GOTV contractor in FL after discovering probably fake registrations by the company. Why, its almost as if they really are against voter fraud.

    1. Randian   13 years ago

      Can't be. Tony has inside information that it's all about voter 'suppression'.

      1. Bardas Phocas   13 years ago

        They were registering Blacks and non-Cuban hispanics?

  18. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    There's a Daily Fail about $parky's pop princess putting on the pounds, but it keeps getting marked as spam.

    1. R C Dean   13 years ago

      Thank you, squirrelz.

    2. Restoras   13 years ago

      Well that's one way to describe her new thighs

  19. Brett L   13 years ago

    When your land-speed record-breaking car smells like a bakery, it must be the fuel.

    Call it "The little engine that curd." Students at Utah State University have broken a land speed record in a car fueled by the waste that remains from cheese making.
    ...
    The fuel was created by feeding the byproducts of cheese production to yeast, which yields a result that can be made into a biofuel that has a lower carbon footprint than conventional diesel. It's one of three biofuels created in the lab of USU professor Lance Seefeldt, though only the cheese-based fuel was used at Bonneville.

    1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      Quick - send them subsidies! Have O! visit their production facility and take credit for 1,000,000,000,000 green J-O-B-S!

    2. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

      Blessed are the cheesemakers.

  20. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    A Russian bishop "consecrated" the North Pole, which Russia claims has fallen within its sovereign domain for more than a millennium.

    The elves aren't going to be seeing a Pussy Riot concert anytime soon.

    1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      Santa's elves + Pussy Riot, FTW!

  21. Jordan   13 years ago

    So, for those of you who watched Last Resort, was it as shitty as I expect it to be? Have they revealed the Koch-like villain yet?

    1. Fluffy   13 years ago

      I liked the part where they declared the Russian commandos POW's and ostentatiously treated them humanely.

      1. Jordan   13 years ago

        I didn't watch it, so I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not.

        1. Fluffy   13 years ago

          I didn't watch it either. I only know about this from reading a review.

          I'm tempted to watch it, because as far as I can tell from reviews the problem reviewers have with it isn't that there's an evil Koch conspiracy, it's that Braughner is a Mary Sue who's "too perfect"; perfection in 2012 consisting of refusing to follow illegal nuke orders or torture prisoners. Because, after all, if the Chosen One supports torture, obviously only unrealistic Mary Sue's won't use it regularly.

          1. Jordan   13 years ago

            Hmm, it is sounding better and better...

    2. MP   13 years ago

      It was loaded with cliches and seemed a bit too divergent from any reasonable alternate reality.

      I'll give it a few more weeks.

      Now SOA this week...THAT's good TV.

      1. Jordan   13 years ago

        Yeah, Sons of Anarchy is fuckin awesome.

      2. robc   13 years ago

        Agreed. But it was better than I expected.

        Also watched pilot of Elementary. Its House 2: Electric Boogaloo.

        1. mr simple   13 years ago

          I had a hard time getting excited enough to watch Elementary after seeing the commercials and with Sherlock on Netflix. I only have room in my life for one modern retelling of Doyle's classic and I doubt this network version can stand up to the other.

  22. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

    "They are just revolting, there is nothing pleasant about seeing anybody in a mankini. We have had a real crackdown on the fake penises."

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....wquay.html

    1. Brett L   13 years ago


      "I remember one of our PCSOs said a 16-year-old boy had 64 cans of super-strength lager at 2pm," said Supt Whitmarsh. "But the mother had a real go at the police saying they had ruined the boy's fun.

      Nice

    2. generic Brand   13 years ago

      What is the insistence of these british magazines to copy and paste an entire paragraph that can be found in the body of the article as the entire caption for one of their pictures? Is it that difficult to make a decent caption? Alt-text requires varying levels of originality and coherence, but a caption is just describing the picture. Their laziness infuriates me! I will be protesting their poor use of free speech by burning down the British embassy (as soon as I can find one that is within walking distance).

  23. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

    "France's youth should leave a "decaying and ultra-centralised country run by old men", according to a new campaign that has sparked debate on how the country treats its younger generation."

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....warns.html

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      so the French hate children?

  24. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

    Oh, those Russians!

    Road rage Russian style: How motorists settle their scores with guns, bats and AXES

    1. Eduard van Haalen   13 years ago

      You should see what Russian airline pilots do when Santa's sleigh crosses their flight path.

      1. Eduard van Haalen   13 years ago

        The term "venison" comes to mind.

  25. CampingInYourPark   13 years ago

    Paid protesters in Cleveland:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5DTqvX74O4

    1. Troy muy grande boner   13 years ago

      That fat one at the very beginning is Warty.

  26. np   13 years ago

    New Megaupload: Kim Dotcom Shows Off Trailer for Megabox

    "Quick update on the new Mega: Code 90% done. Servers on the way. Lawyers, Partners Investors ready. Be patient. It's coming."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw04ckfO-yA

  27. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

    Why you should always read the damn instructions first: Man accidentally aends sechsy text to all his contacts, ends up in jail

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....z27lnXIdWU

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      you're doing a fine job of filling in for / augmenting sarc, adding some newsy things to his usual fare of models, starlets, etc.

    2. generic Brand   13 years ago

      Evans had typed an intimate invitation to his girlfriend asking her if she would like to engage in sex with him 'skin on skin'.

      I can't believe they don't include the full text message. What they hint at here doesn't even seem that bad... barely warrants a Chris Hansen visit.

  28. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

    Brothel sponsors German ice hockey team, doesn't demand naming rights. Which is a pity, because the team is called The Cannibals

    http://www.thelocal.de/sport/20120927-45231.html

    1. Loki   13 years ago

      The Clit Cannibals?

      The Coitus Cannibals?

      The Cock Cannibals?

  29. sloopyinca   13 years ago

    Mayor of East St Louis doesn't understand the Constitution. Proposes martial law.

    1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

      Parks says the recent wave of crime is the probable cause

      PROBABLE CAUSE DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY

    2. Loki   13 years ago

      The first comment was "hidden due to abuse reports". Luckily you could unhide it: "Too many free Obama phones."

      That's considered offensive by some people? What a bunch of pussies. They'd probably be horrifed if they read some of the comments here.

  30. Killazontherun   13 years ago

    'It's getting warm, Seth, and this is on a global scale. Do the math.'

    That's right, I over came my own snobbery (in my defense, it was well earned after dozens of bad seasons) and quoted SNL. That shit was funny!

    1. Randian   13 years ago

      You don't have to defend yourself for SNL "snobbery". That would be like calling me a culinary snob because I refuse to eat shit and drink Thunderbird.

      1. Killazontherun   13 years ago

        I love the way you put things.

        1. Randian   13 years ago

          I do my best.

  31. Randian   13 years ago

    Let the excuse making begin!:

    "'The president will have some time to prepare and he's been doing some studying, but it is certainly less than we have anticipated because of events in the Middle East, because of his busy travel schedule ? because of just the constraints of governing,' she added. 'So it is less than we originally planned.' [travelling press secretary Jen] Psaki lamented the president's 'loquaciousness' and argued that Romney is the most prepared debater in presidential debate history ? on account of his preparation sessions going back to May."

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      so now the ME events are problematic? As best anyone can tell, between Letterman and The View, he's done his level best to avoid governing.

      Sometimes, I get the feeling Obama still has not grasped the fact that he won in '08, that he really is POTUS and not just some guy campaigning for the job.

      1. Randian   13 years ago

        Well, yeah, I think the "you have to change Washington from the outside" quote sort of sealed the deal on that.

        1. wareagle   13 years ago

          nothing says outsider quite like sitting in the Oval. I am amazed at the level of stupid it takes to support this man.

        2. db   13 years ago

          I haven't been watching TV lately but if Romney isn't using that Obama quote in an ad, he's an idiot.

          1. R C Dean   13 years ago

            He's not, and yes, from the way his campaign is going, he's an idiot.

            1. Randian   13 years ago

              I live at a figurative Ground Zero for campaigning and I see very little Romney ads at all. It's like he's trying to lose.

              1. db   13 years ago

                There's something to that. People ask why in the world Obama wanted to win in 2008, with all the problems he knew he was facing. I would ask the same now. Maybe the RNC and Romney are deliberately throwing this one because they think Obama's approval and reputation are going to go the way of GW Bush in a second term.

                Probably not, but you'd have to be an idiot to want your place in history to be defined the them coming decade.

                1. db   13 years ago

                  "...defined by the..."

                  1. Randian   13 years ago

                    Damn though, there are about 20 golden quotes out there that you could mine for hours of commercials:

                    "Spread the wealth around" (state Senate edition)
                    "Change Washington from the outside"
                    "you didn't build that"
                    "Middle Eastern speed bumps"

                    I hear none of this...ever.

                    1. robc   13 years ago

                      Would it be wrong for some Romney SuperPAC to run the "Obama gave me a phone" clip as a commercial? Nothing else, just run that.

                    2. Red Rocks Rockin   13 years ago

                      Would it be wrong for some Romney SuperPAC to run the "Obama gave me a phone" clip as a commercial? Nothing else, just run that.

                      There's nothing inherently wrong at this point with Romney running Ms. GIBSMEDAT as a campaign commercial. They're going to call him racist anyway, might as well have some fun with it.

            2. Bobarian   13 years ago

              Like somebody said the other day; he's a morMon, but you're spelling that with too many Ms.

    2. NoVAHockey   13 years ago

      events in the Middle East. what's to know? the guy made a video and is now in jail.

    3. R C Dean   13 years ago

      because of his busy travel schedule ? because of just the constraints of governing,

      What travel has he done that wasn't campaigning?

      How much time is actually spending on the whole tedious governing thing?

      1. wareagle   13 years ago

        there is some parallel, mentally at least, between being an Obama dogwasher and being an abused spouse.

  32. CampingInYourPark   13 years ago

    "Nineteen of 20 cabinet-level agencies disobeyed the law requiring the disclosure of public information: The cost of travel by top officials. In all, just eight of the 57 federal agencies met Bloomberg's request for those documents within the 20-day window required by the Act."

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/.....g-law.html

    1. Jordan   13 years ago

      The God-Emperor was too busy hounding Romney about his tax returns.

    2. Loki   13 years ago

      Most Transparent Administration in History...

  33. CampingInYourPark   13 years ago

    "WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Justice Department's use of electronic devices to intercept phone numbers, email addresses and online information has climbed by 64 percent since 2009, according to a study of records released under the Freedom of Information Act."

    http://www.washingtonguardian......-listening

    1. Tim   13 years ago

      "Authorities believe that this new system will detect planning and preparation for the next 9/11-which will happen anyway because all this info will be ignored by key agencies.

      Most of the information gained will be used to ruin political rivals of whichever Administration is then in power."

  34. Fluffy   13 years ago

    Kirk and Picard Team Up to Fight Cablevision

    The problem here is that the last time Kirk and Picard teamed up to fight evil, Kirk ended up anticlimactically dead.

    Warm up your Shatner obituaries.

  35. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

    "because of just the constraints of governing"

    $155K champagne towers with Jay Z, appearances on The View and Letterman between Los Vegas and Hollywood fundraisers are now considered governing?

    1. sloopyinca   13 years ago

      Shut up, racist!

    2. Randian   13 years ago

      It's hard work being the Campaigner in Chief.

    3. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      Waiiiit... $155k? Did you know that just happens to be the same price as the current bid for the Brazilian girl's virginity, which will be taken on a flight into the US...

      Hmmm...

    4. Killazontherun   13 years ago

      Jay-Z banging one of the finest women on the planet is enough to turn anyone racist.

      1. Randian   13 years ago

        I swear I am not trolling when I say that Beyonc? is just OK.

        1. Jordan   13 years ago

          Damn, dude. Your standards must be stratospheric.

          1. Randian   13 years ago

            No, it isn't that. She just doesn't do it for me, which is weird.

            All of the elements are there for a perfect 10 in the ol' Randian Sexomonicon, but something just doesn't add up for me.

            1. Zeb   13 years ago

              I know what you mean. Beyonce is not the best example for me (big strong black women appeal to me), but there are definitely a lot of women who by all objective standards should be very attractive, but really don't do it for me.

        2. Fluffy   13 years ago

          She's just plain old too large.

          Fat is not the issue here, because she's not fat. She's large, though. Take a girl with big bones and make her a dancer, and what do you get? An NFL running back.

          1. Red Rocks Rockin   13 years ago

            I'd agree with this. She's very pretty, but I always got the feeling that if she wasn't in the entertainment industry, she'd blow up like Jessica Simpson.

          2. Calidissident   13 years ago

            If that qualifies as large, then I will gladly admit to liking large girls.

    5. Loki   13 years ago

      $155K champagne towers with Jay Z, appearances on The View and Letterman between Los Vegas and Hollywood fundraisers

      Whores gotta whore...

  36. Tim   13 years ago

    "Russians seize santa's workshop and only Lee Majors can stop them.
    The Night the Reindeer Died (gunshots)"

    "This is one Santa who's goin' out the front door."

  37. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

    OK, last story:

    For decades, scientists have been trying to solve a tough question: if the Internet runs out of cat pictures, can we generate more using advanced mathematics?

    http://blogs.scientificamerica.....ulia-sets/

    1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      I have faith that humanity's creativity will not let us reach peak cat.

    2. Ice Nine   13 years ago

      I understood that article all the way up to the word "cat".

    3. Tim   13 years ago

      Hey the cat jumped into a suitcase last night, then he stuck his head out. So cute...

    4. Troy muy grande boner   13 years ago

      Because I am a sick bastard, I offer cats and dogs sleeping together.

      http://weruletheinternet.com/2.....-together/

      1. invisible furry hand   13 years ago

        needz moar hatz

        1. Randian   13 years ago

          I always get that Benny Hill music stuck in my head.

      2. Trespassers W   13 years ago

        cats and dogs sleeping together

        ...mass hysteria!

  38. Mike M.   13 years ago

    The New York Times Ross Douthat has had some good blog entries lately about rent seeking and the growth of the Imperial City.

  39. np   13 years ago

    German Farm Girls calendar 2012
    .. disappointingly SFW

    1. Troy muy grande boner   13 years ago

      They can milk me any time.

    2. JW   13 years ago

      I'll be in ze bunk.

    3. Kaptious Kristen   13 years ago

      Februar looks like she's trying to hold in a massive bout of the hershey squirts. Marz looks like the twin of the other life form appearing in the picture. November and Juli are pretty hot.

      1. Kant feel Pietzsche   13 years ago

        Pic #5....Seventeen-year-old Julia from Baden-W?rttemberg.....I'm not ashamed to say that I would yodel in her canyon.

  40. Mike M.   13 years ago

    Hold onto your chairs for this shocker: the Post Office still can't pay its bills.

  41. Loki   13 years ago

    He has not been detained over the contents of the inflammatory video.

    Right. I'm sure it's purely a coincidence that he was denied bail. The fact that the guy allegedly produced the stupid video never entered the judge's mind because judges aren't human beings with the same foibles and weaknesses as the rest of us. They're pure as the driven snow. /sarcastaball

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