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A.M. Links: 2,000 U.S. Military Personnel Dead in Afghanistan, Yemen President Endorses Drone Strikes, Coordinated Bomb Blasts in Iraq

News from Afghanistan to Yemen

Ed Krayewski | 10.1.2012 9:00 AM

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  • The Associated Press' count puts the2,000th U.S. serviceman killed in Afghanistan as one who died in a blue-green firefight over the weekend.  A new manual for Afghan security forces tells them not to retaliate for perceived cultural offenses like blowing your nose or patting your colleagues. A Taliban suicide attack this weekend killed fourteen, including at least three NATO service members and four Afghan police officers.

  • Yemen's new president, who took power after the last president was forced to step down because of Arab Spring protests, enthusiastically endorsed the use of drones in his country.
  • The United States has taken the People's Mujahadeen of Iran off the terrorist list. The militant left-wing group was responsible for the assassination of Iran's second president.
  • Omar Khadr, a Canadian who's been held at Guantanamo since he was 15, was released this weekend, nearly 10 years later. He was the last Westerner at the camp.
  • Coordinated bomb blasts in Iraq killed at least 32,capping off a bloody month in the country.
  • Arthur Sulzberger Sr., who was the publisher and chairman of the New York Times for 34 years, died this weekend at 86.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    The United States has taken the People's Mujahadeen of Iran off the terrorist list.

    They remain on the national sex offenders registry, though. Like the rest of us.

    1. DJF   13 years ago

      They were removed from the enemy terrorist list and put on the friend terrorist list.

  2. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    "I'm a fat girl. Get over it!" says Christina Aguilera. John gets an immediate erection.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....eight.html

    1. Restoras   13 years ago

      Ick.

    2. wareagle   13 years ago

      she's a fat girl on purpose. The extra weight makes her boobs bigger, and there is nothing wrong with curves. But don't pretend this is unavoidable.

    3. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      I can't get over it. Due to your gravitational pull.

    4. John   13 years ago

      Erections do happen after seeing even semi attractive women. It is called being a straight guy.

      Beyond that, who is surprised by this? Aguilera has always been a short squat Latin. You knew she was going to hit 25 and balloon up.

      1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

        So you're saying Restoras is homosexual?

      2. T   13 years ago

        She hasn't maxed out yet. When she's as wide as she is tall, you know the curse has been fulfilled.

        1. John   13 years ago

          Bad genes.

    5. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      An overweight soul singer???

      Why, I've never heard of such a thing!

  3. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Cops kill yet another pet dog in the owner's back yard. Nothing else happens.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....obber.html

    1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      Good, sorry for the dog, but fuck the owners, they deserved it.

      1. generic Brand   13 years ago

        Not sure if serious... or if you are channeling dunphy.

      2. Suthenboy   13 years ago

        Did I miss something? Why did they deserve it?
        All I see is a dog in someone's back yard.

        1. Randian   13 years ago

          I must have missed the same thing you did.

        2. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          My October resolution is to stop feeling bad for people when crap like this happens. They obviously want to live in a country where crap like that happens since they do absolutely nothing about it.

          If they are proven to be third party activists, they will then get my sympathy.

          Until then I am just going to laugh at them, since I'm sick of being upset about it.

          1. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

            According to the WSJ, you aren't even a real libertarian if you feel bad for them.

            1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

              Haha you rule.

          2. Randian   13 years ago

            An understandable sentiment, but wrong. People are just trying to live their lives and the goon squad comes stomping into their yard to execute their pet.

            "One does not stop the juggernaut by throwing oneself in front of it. . . ."

            1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

              I know it's wrong, I mean the whole point is believing in natural rights. But still, I just don't feel that way anymore really. The more times this stuff happens, and no one does anything about it (and I mean no one that it specifically, actually happens to, not 'no one' in general) the less sympathy I feel. And it finally hit the point where I don't feel any.

          3. sarcasmic   13 years ago

            What can they do about it? Seriously.

            It's not a matter of apathy. It's a matter of being powerless.

            1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

              They're absolutely not powerless. If it happened to me there would be serious repercussions where people would know for sure that something wrong had happened.

              Probably why I removed myself from the equation.

              1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

                If it happened to me there would be serious repercussions where people would know for sure that something wrong had happened.

                For example?

                1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                  Think Law Abiding Citizen, only with a much less ridiculous and contrived plan.

                  1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

                    Think Law Abiding Citizen

                    So you'd commit suicide by cop?

                    1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                      Yep.

                    2. sarcasmic   13 years ago

                      Which would prove... nothing.

                    3. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                      I think it would prove that I cared.

                    4. sarcasmic   13 years ago

                      Would it? Or would it be written off as the last act of a lunatic.

                    5. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                      I have no idea (and it very well might be the last act of a lunatic, I can't judge that). I assume it would be trotted out by various sides as one or the other.

                      It might or might not open debate (probably not, considering who the debators would have to be).

                      But doing NOTHING proves to me that no one cares. And if they don't care, then I don't care about them.

                    6. R C Dean   13 years ago

                      If it happened right in front of me, I might well take some shots at the cop and try my chances with self-defense at the jury.

                      If I got home and found out some cop had gunned down my dogs, I suspect I would deploy my highly developed bureaucratic-torture skills to hound him and anyone else for the rest of their days. Seems like weak sauce, but, hey, everybody needs a hobby.

                    7. Kaptious Kristen   13 years ago

                      That would be my tactic as well... subtly and relentlessly hound that motherfucker until he winds up in a psych ward, homeless or a junkie.

                    8. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                      I guess I just care less about the guy that did it than the system that let encouraged it.

          4. Suthenboy   13 years ago

            Fair enough.

  4. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Gangster guns fetch big bucks at auction.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....-500K.html

  5. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Obligatory Kate Moss Daily Fail.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....-Hall.html

    1. generic Brand   13 years ago

      I'll vouch for this one. It's worth clicking on to see the crazy fan who wanted to show Kate his obsessive artwork of her.

    2. Cdr Lytton   13 years ago

      Kate and her not too far in the future self together in the same frame.

  6. generic Brand   13 years ago

    Coordinated bomb blasts in Iraq killed at least 32,capping off a bloody month in the country.

    Good thing the war in Iraq is "over".

    1. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

      Unless Romney wins, duh.

    2. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      I don't think car bombs constitute acts of war. If you're expecting them to be violence free, well your expectations are just too high.

      NB - Not trying to imply that we won the war or anything.

      1. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

        Then according to those standards, we didn't fight a war at all.

        1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          You might be on to something...

  7. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    Inside the Cold, Calculating Libertarian Mind
    http://online.wsj.com/article/.....31904.html

    Perhaps more intriguingly, when libertarians reacted to moral dilemmas and in other tests, they displayed less emotion, less empathy and less disgust than either conservatives or liberals. They appeared to use "cold" calculation to reach utilitarian conclusions about whether (for instance) to save lives by sacrificing fewer lives. They reached correct, rather than intuitive, answers to math and logic problems, and they enjoyed "effortful and thoughtful cognitive tasks" more than others do.

    The researchers found that libertarians had the most "masculine" psychological profile, while liberals had the most feminine, and these results held up even when they examined each gender separately, which "may explain why libertarianism appeals to men more than women."

    You MONSTERS!

    1. generic Brand   13 years ago

      The researchers found that libertarians had the most "masculine" psychological profile, while liberals had the most feminine, and these results held up even when they examined each gender separately, which "may explain why libertarianism appeals to men more than women."

      You MONSTERS!

      Hey! Leave libertarian women alone!

    2. wareagle   13 years ago

      this seems like the silliest of generalizations. Pick an issue and folks here come down on all sides, yet somehow, there is this libertarian monolith at work?

      1. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

        We are all of one mind when it comes to the Friday Funnies.

        1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

          Not enough labels.

          1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

            Bok is the SuxXor!

            1. $park?   13 years ago

              Bok is still better than Paine.

        2. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          Way too many labels.

        3. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

          I love Friday Funnies.

          1. Lost_In_Translation   13 years ago

            Be careful when you stare into the abyss and it stares back at you...

        4. sloopyinca   13 years ago

          I think they label them pretty well.

      2. Zeb   13 years ago

        I don't know about the masculine/feminine stuff, but it does sound like a pretty good general profile of a lot of libertarians. Certainly describes me fairly well.

        1. gaijin   13 years ago

          so, autistic? 🙂

          1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

            Well, somewhere on the spectrum. Probably right next to me, but less into funny cat videos. Or more into funny cat videos.

    3. John   13 years ago

      The most masculine of ideology. Your very existence perpetuates the patriarchy.

      1. Fluffy   13 years ago

        It's funny to me that they openly state that it's masculine to actually think about a question and feminine to just make up some shit that comports with your emotions.

        That's pretty insulting to women in and of itself.

        1. John   13 years ago

          Yes it is. If that is true, then women really don't belong in any position of authority. That belief is right out of the Victorian era.

          1. Ptah-Hotep   13 years ago

            If that is true, then women really don't belong in any position of authority. That belief is right out of the Victorian era.

            The cognitive dissonance must have been a bitch during that time.

            1. John   13 years ago

              At least they were consistent.

              1. Randian   13 years ago

                During the Victorian era, John?

                1. John   13 years ago

                  Sure they were Randian. A lot more consistent than we are. They didn't run around claiming on the one hand women were exactly like men and could do anything men could do better but then on the other hand claiming women were more empathetic and emotional.

                  1. VG Zaytsev   13 years ago

                    Sure they were Randian.

                    You're missing the irony of a masculine age being named after a woman.

            2. Fluffy   13 years ago

              Actually, the Victorian era saw the final surrender of royalty; the crown finally lost its long game of trying to retain even a shred of real power in the British system.

              I wonder if that had anything to do with the fact that for an extended period of time the monarch was "just a woman".

              1. John   13 years ago

                No Fluffy. Queen Elizabeth was "just a woman". So was Queen Anne. The problem was Victoria went bat shit crazy after Albert died. Albert did all of the nug work and kept the place running. When he died, Victoria just wasn't up to the job.

                1. Fluffy   13 years ago

                  Elizabeth started with a lot more power, but the Parliament almost fucked her several times.

                  Obviously a capable and talented monarch will do better at any time.

                  Victoria was an incompetent and a flake. But I still think that an incompetent and flaky king holds on to more power for the monarchy than Victoria did, because the Parliamentarians (all men) would have had more residual respect for a king than for a queen. At that moment in history, monarchy couldn't afford someone who was simultaneously a dingbat and female.

                  1. John   13 years ago

                    No, incompetent and flaky kings get run over by Parliament just the same. See Henry III and Simon DeMonfort as an example. And that was back when the King was a real monarch.

                    English history is littered with Kings who were deposed, rendered powerless or outright killed because they couldn't keep their barons or later Parliament happy.

          2. R C Dean   13 years ago

            Its of a piece with the Oprahfication of the culture, where feelings are the most important thing, much more important that facts and reason.

        2. Randian   13 years ago

          That's pretty insulting to women in and of itself.

          Yes, but is it wrong?

          1. Rich   13 years ago

            Yes, but is it funny?

          2. Fluffy   13 years ago

            Yes, I think it is.

            I tend to think that women aren't naturally irrational as much as irrationality is just indulged more in women than in men.

            It's pleasant to have people cater to and make excuses for your emotions. That means that when you indulge the irrationality of a group of people, they'll do it more.

            Just a theory.

            1. Randian   13 years ago

              So then what is it that makes men shirk that positive feedback and women embrace it?

              1. wareagle   13 years ago

                So then what is it that makes men shirk that positive feedback and women embrace it?

                we're just wired differently.

              2. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                Men seldom receive that positive feedback, so they're not encouraged to repeat the behaviour.

                Though that's rapidly changing.

              3. Citizen Nothing   13 years ago

                Could it be that men usually don't get that positive feedback for irrationality?

                1. Randian   13 years ago

                  Could it be that men usually don't get that positive feedback for irrationality?

                  Then that just goes back to a natural, inherent trait in men and women as a whole.

                  In other words, if men are expected to be rational by other men and women and women are expected to be emotional by other men and women, I fail to see how it would wrong to say "it's masculine to actually think about a question and feminine to just make up some shit that comports with your emotions."

                  Those would be the definitions that are appropriate here.

                  1. Scruffy Nerfherder   13 years ago

                    Insert something here about the soft bigotry of low expectaitons

                  2. Fluffy   13 years ago

                    I disagree.

                    Do cops naturally shoot dogs?

                    No. They shoot dogs because they're allowed to.

                    If suddenly shooting a dog cost you your career, cops would not shoot dogs any more.

                    That means it's not "natural", it's a contingent condition rooted in a particular set of social rules. Change the rules, change the condition.

                    Please note that I don't think it's "patriarchy" that's operating here, but matriarchy. Women have contrived a social situation where people make excuses for them when they indulge their emotions. And they're using aspects of the culture (like the mention of Oprah, above) to fortify their position. But I don't see that as "natural".

                    1. Randian   13 years ago

                      That means it's not "natural", it's a contingent condition rooted in a particular set of social rules. Change the rules, change the condition.

                      If the rules are not reflective of inherent traits, then of what are they reflective?

                    2. R C Dean   13 years ago

                      Social/cultural power?

                  3. wareagle   13 years ago

                    I fail to see how it would wrong to say "it's masculine to actually think about a question and feminine to just make up some shit that comports with your emotions."

                    if anything, it is the opposite of wrong. Most situations, present a man with a problem and his impulse is to look for a way to fix it. A woman may eventually get around to a fix, but not before a lengthy feelings-driven examination of the issue. We're just different.

                    1. Citizen Nothing   13 years ago

                      We're just different.

                      Yes, but why? Nature or nurture?
                      I've got boy-girl twins, and it's been fascinating to me to see the natural differences in attitudes, behaviors and preferences have have arisen. There really is a big difference. That said, I believe that if I teach them both to value logic and reason over emotion and irrationality, Katey will "enjoy effortful and thoughtful cognitive tasks" as much as does Charles (although she might not admit as much to her future boyfriends).
                      Anyhow, we'll see. I'm looking forward to decades of playing God.

                    2. wareagle   13 years ago

                      We're just different.

                      Yes, but why? Nature or nurture?

                      I side with nature. In theory, maybe the cognitive/emotional dichotomy creates a balance as men and women pair off. In practice, males and females tend to have different responses to the same things.

                    3. robc   13 years ago

                      I once had a nasty theory that logic was located on the Y chromosome.

                      I decided it was wrong. Its located on the X but is recessive. In men, it shows up if you have it, in women it requires having it on both Xs.

                      Probably still a nasty misogynistic theory, but Im sticking with it until proven wrong.

                      And the thing is, while wrong, it might not be entirely wrong. There are natural differences between men and women, and that probably involves at least some interaction with the X and Y chromosomes.

                    4. Restoras   13 years ago

                      We're just different.

                      Yes, but why? Nature or nurture?

                      Brain structure is different as well. Most interesting to me is that while the male brain is larger, the female brain has a 25% larger corpus collasum, the structure that connects the two hemispheres.

                      What does it mean? To me everything is based on the necessity of survival, so the male brain and the female brain are designed to work together in a tribal unit to ensure the survival of the species. That's my anthropolgical two cents.

              4. Atanarjuat   13 years ago

                Male and female children are treated entirely differently in our culture. For example, I was at my son's 5-7 y.o. flag football practice. There is one girl that every 15 minutes comes over to the bleachers where her mother sits, cuddles with her and pouts. The mom sweet talks and snuggles her until she feels like running back onto the field. However, when a little boy comes over he's basically told, "get your ass back on the field!". I'd argue that a lifetime of this sort of disparate treatment affects the expectation an adult will have for acceptance of their emotional state.

                1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

                  I know you're lying, girls can't play football.

            2. gaijin   13 years ago

              My theory: Like most one dimensional theories, the issue of gender differences is subject to any number of other social and genetic influences...birth order, parental intelligence, socio economic status, family history...all of which make assessments of difference based on the single factor of gender overly simplistic and, uh, useless...in a utilitarian way.

        3. ant1sthenes   13 years ago

          Well, logically, if some midget is screaming in your face because they've coated themselves and their surroundings in a layer of shit at 3 am, you ought to respond by sealing the whole area up and burning it clean.

          So maybe there's an evolutionary advantage to putting logic aside and reacting sympathetically, as well as an explanation for why people's brains are more rewired that way based on the amount of time they would have traditionally spent around said midgets.

    4. Brett L   13 years ago

      They appeared to use "cold" calculation to reach utilitarian conclusions

      I don't think libertarians have much use for utility in human rights situations. I know, slightly more flavors of libertarianism than libertarians, but I'm not killing anyone to stop a runaway trolley car unless I'm killing the person who would be sending it out of control.

      1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

        Let the market decide when the trolley car comes back under control.

    5. VG Zaytsev   13 years ago

      They reached correct, rather than intuitive, answers to math and logic problems,

      Math is for anti-social losers.

      1. Brett L   13 years ago

        Rich, anti-social losers.

  8. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Ronnie Wood's ex to auction off a bunch of stuff. He is not pleased.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....ction.html

  9. sarcasmic   13 years ago

    Glock fired underwater doesn't do much.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....WATER.html

    Yes, sage.

  10. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    Obama's poker tells
    http://washingtonexaminer.com/.....GkGcUL3ClM

    President Obama has a number of "poker tells" which he displays when answering questions. They betray an increasing distance between his reply and the truth.

    Talk show hosts love when the president gives one of his very rare press conference or any other occasion when he is off prompter. That is when these "tells" surface, giving all veteran Obama observers the verbal heads-up that the president has entered the land of thinly disguised fantasy or obvious dissembling.

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      if these tells are so obvious, how come reporters almost never mention his passing acquaintance with the truth?

      1. Drake   13 years ago

        It's almost as if they are supporting him.

        1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          Nah, they're probably over-analyzing. Thinking he's over-betting his hand to bluff them out. Journalists are well known for the many layers of their objective analysis.

        2. wareagle   13 years ago

          that must be the point of the tells; they're signals to the steno pool that creative writing class is underway.

    2. Mike M.   13 years ago

      According to reports I've read, he sucks at actual poker as well. Way too much of a nit, and never bluffs at all.

      1. Gray Ghost   13 years ago

        I've read that he's a bit of a nit, but not that he actually sucks. I'd be interested in reading the links you have indicating that he does. It's not usually a good idea to bluff shitty, loose passive players anyway. I've found value-betting against their range to be a much better idea.

        But it is very funny that a career politician, at the pinnacle of his profession, can't lie extemporaneously without a bunch of calling cards.

    3. Kaptious Kristen   13 years ago

      Would have been nice if they showed examples of these tells. Like they used to do on Lie to Me.

  11. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Omar Khadr, a Canadian who's been held at Guantanamo since he was 15, was released this weekend, nearly 10 years later.

    He'll probably go right back to buying milk in a bag.

    1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      Savages.

    2. Ska   13 years ago

      Mmm....milkbags.

      1. Ptah-Hotep   13 years ago

        + (o)(o)

  12. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    Obama Campaign Selling Soviet-Like Propaganda Poster Of Dear Leader?
    http://weaselzippers.us/2012/0.....=pulsenews

    1. Scruffy Nerfherder   13 years ago

      Zero self-awareness, I hope.

  13. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    Like a plague, Warty is consuming the world:

    Super Gonorrhea Here to Ruin Blow Jobs Forever
    http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/0.....ce=sexpage

    "With hairlike structures that extend from the cell surface, it scavenges DNA that has been cast loose by the death or dissolution of other microbes, and incorporates them into its own genome," writes Jerome Groopman. "This turns out to be a highly efficient way of acquiring resistance to antibiotics."

    But how's this for a silver lining?

    "Saliva contains enzymes that destroy gonorrhea, so kissing and cunnilingus don't spread it."

    1. John   13 years ago

      If there has to be a silver lining, I guess that will work.

    2. Warty   13 years ago

      This displeases me.

      1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

        Don't worry, I'm sure it will find some way to survive in saliva.

        1. Rich   13 years ago

          "Hitler Finds Out About Super Gonorrhea"

    3. Warty   13 years ago

      So if saliva kills it, what's the problem? Just swallow right away, girls. Leave the snowballing to the professionals.

      1. Bobarian   13 years ago

        Snowballing?

        Will I get a visit from HR if I look that up at work?

        1. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

          what, you never watched Clerks?

          1. Randian   13 years ago

            We don't all have horrible taste, you know.

          2. Restoras   13 years ago

            He requests this??

            1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

              "37 dicks?!"

  14. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    A new manual for Afghan security forces tells them not to retaliate for perceived cultural offenses like blowing your nose or patting your colleagues.

    It's encouraging that they needed to put that in a manual.

    1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      I'd settle for some sort of entry like "do not shoot NATO personnel".

    2. Drake   13 years ago

      Can any of them read?

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        When I was there, around 14% could...sort of...depends if it was Dari or Pashto. Slightly higher for Dari speakers, Pashto...ugh.

    3. Rich   13 years ago

      I assure you that "green on blue" attacks have little to do with blowing one's nose in public.

      Anyone find a link to the actual pamphlet?

      1. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

        You're right. They're obviously motivated by that viral video.

        1. Rich   13 years ago

          Exactly.

    4. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      A new manual for Afghan security forces tells them not to retaliate for perceived cultural offenses like blowing your nose or patting your colleagues.

      It's been 10 fucking years and they first just thought of this? What the fuck were our much vaunted "Human Terrain System" teams doing all this time?

      Our entire Military Intelligence corps, and especially our PsyOps officers deserve court-martial for this incompetence.

      What did Sun Tzu say? Something about knowing yourself and the enemy or was it "or"? I forget.

      1. Brett L   13 years ago

        IIRC, the Soviets thought it would take 2 generations to remake the man in their image. So, only about another 30 years and we'll have them trained.

  15. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    Robert Samuelson: The truth deficit from both campaigns
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....story.html

    The chasm between stump rhetoric and governing realities will haunt whoever wins. It also defines a dilemma of democracy. People want their leaders to tell the truth, but they often don't want to hear the truth. Genuine leaders escape this trap by persuading public opinion to acknowledge distasteful problems. But these leaders are rare. Most pursue immediate popularity over truth even if this deepens long-term public mistrust.

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      the image of Col Nathan Jessup comes to mind.

    2. Randian   13 years ago

      I for one blame the public for their lack of willingness to be told the truth.

    3. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

      The chasm between stump rhetoric and governing realities will haunt whoever wins.

      Fat fucking chance.

    4. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

      The '12 Election between Obama 'n' Romney reminds me of the '06 MI governor contest between Granholm (D) and Devos (R).

      Devos was the extremely rich and successful businessman. Granholm was the incumbent who was quite good at er, nothing. Michigan needed some major reform to pull out of the coming financial straits. Instead of voting for the needed change, Michiganders voted to keep the incumbent in office. It was a classic "head in the ground, hoping the problem goes away" moment.

      Not that Devos would have been all that great in this regard... but the voters seemed hell bent on ignoring the problems of the future.

  16. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

    The United States has taken the People's Mujahadeen of Iran off the terrorist list. The militant left-wing group was responsible for the assassination of Iran's second president.

    Sounds like the Juggalos may have been.

    1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      The Juggalos are still on the list, right?

      Fucking terror lists, how do they work?

      1. Zeb   13 years ago

        That's teh gang list, not the terror list. But they will probably combine those soon anyway.

        1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

          I thought the Feds would have to escalte the Juggalos, once they took the People's Muj off.

        2. Ice Nine   13 years ago

          They should - Juggalos terrify me.

  17. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    Handmaid to the Plutocrats
    Elizabeth Warren's ironic legal past.
    http://online.wsj.com/article/.....77668.html

    We don't begrudge Ms. Warren's handsome earnings or her stands on legal principle, even if those principles do happen to underscore the complex nature of both the law and modern economy. But when she talks about "the millionaires and billionaires" who supposedly "wrecked our economy" and "still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them"?as she put it at the Charlotte convention?perhaps she ought to recall her own legal strutting.

    By the way, Harvard requires its professors to report any extracurricular consulting activities, but Ms. Warren is refusing to disclose this list so voters can decide for themselves if she's really a handmaid to the plutocrats disguised as Robin Hood through November 6. It would be instructive to learn what other corporations, and maybe even a billionaire, have had her on their payrolls.

  18. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

    Justin Bieber throws up on stage

    It's his best review yet! His mother will be so proud.

    1. Rich   13 years ago

      He needs to stop biting heads off live bats.

    2. Drake   13 years ago

      Jack White makes Justin Bieber look like a rock star.

      http://entertainment.nbcnews.c.....k-set?lite

      1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

        I made the mistake of wasting $12 on Blunderbuss. Not worth it at all.

        1. Slut Bunwalla   13 years ago

          Blunderbuss was great. Hast thou a tin ear, sir?

      2. Slut Bunwalla   13 years ago

        55 minutes is "short"? That's usually about the point at any concert where I'm tired of standing up and just want it to be over.

    3. Drax the Destroyer   13 years ago

      So...the Biebes can't handle the Tequila then?

      1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

        Bad batch of horse if you ask me.

        1. BakedPenguin   13 years ago

          Cotton poisoning is a bitch.

    4. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      He learned that move from Donovan McNabb.

  19. Mike M.   13 years ago

    Dear Tiger Woods: thank you for reminding me yet again this weekend of why you make me sick to my stomach. You're probably the most gifted golfer who ever lived, and you repeatedly get your ass handed to you in the Ryder Cup by guys who aren't fit to carry your bag (when you're aren't pussying out completely) because you just don't give a crap. Was there not one woman anywhere in Chicago willing to bang you if you could manage to pull out a match? Go fuck yourself with a sand wedge bro.

    1. generic Brand   13 years ago

      Agreed. Although the Europeans did just hand it to the U.S. in individual play. Justin Rose came out of nowhere to beat Lefty on the last 3 holes.

      But yes, Tiger Woods is a prick.

    2. Restoras   13 years ago

      It really is unbelievable. Next go around he should just checkout and stay in Vegas for the week, chasing trashy cocktail waitresses and strippers. Leave the golf to the real men.

    3. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      Why would you blame Tiger and not Love?

      Tiger just did what he always has done. Love had a chance to NOT do what every other RC captain had done, and blew it.

      1. Mike M.   13 years ago

        There are many reasons why we constantly get our brains beaten in, but the biggest one of all is because the Europeans want to kick our ass more than anything in the world, and our best player simply doesn't give a flying crap.

        The only reason why this motherfucker even shows up at all when he doesn't really want to be there is to try and preserve what's left of his image.

        1. wareagle   13 years ago

          you actually think Tiger is worried about his image? Please. Any time he plays, Tiger's score is the story of the day, whether he's leading or in 18th place. There are still endorsement bucks coming in, too.

          Whatever motivation he has is in chasing Jack's record at majors. He golfs because that's what he does.

  20. generic Brand   13 years ago

    Teenage girl watches anime, says "I can do better"

    1. sarcasmic   13 years ago

      That's messed up.

    2. Restoras   13 years ago

      Do. Not. Click. The. Link.

      I think I've suffered irreversible brain damage.

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        GAH! Should ... have ... listened...to ... Restoras... gasp.

    3. Brett L   13 years ago

      Jesus wept.

    4. Pikachu   13 years ago

      I'd hit it.

      1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        Of course you would, you electric hamster!

        1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          Go for the eyes, Boo!

          1. Ska   13 years ago

            WHoa whoa hold up - Baldur's Gate ref?

            1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

              I'd give you another one. For a turnip.

            2. Joe M   13 years ago

              Hey, only a month or two until the re-releases!

    5. Drake   13 years ago

      If only I was a ten-foot long eel...

    6. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

      the comments are a scary addendum...

    7. Suthenboy   13 years ago

      Uh...."has even adopted a Japanese name - Fukkacumi." really now?

      I dont speak japanese or ukrainian..but what comes to mind is 'fuck a cummy'. Hmmmm, its no wonder she has so many fans.

      1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

        Why do I doubt that name has even a vague relationship to actual Japanese?

    8. Atanarjuat   13 years ago

      Originally from the Ukraine, the 19-year-old takes style inspiration from the cartoons and computer animations that have a huge following in Japan, and has even adopted a Japanese name - Fukkacumi.

      Wow.

    9. Scruffy Nerfherder   13 years ago

      Quick! Preserve her brain for analysis!

  21. Troy muy grande boner   13 years ago

    My two favorite things in the world: Boobs and kitten.

    http://rofls.com/75777c/this-s.....day-better

    1. Warty   13 years ago

      That was delightful.

  22. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

    Yemen's new president, who took power after the last president was forced to step down because of Arab Spring protests, enthusiastically endorsed the use of drones in his country.

    What's the point of reporting on things that are said anymore? There are so many sub-layers of truth and strategic lying and outright lying and so on that every single explanation for his statement is possible, making the original statement meaningless.

  23. John   13 years ago

    http://washingtonexaminer.com/.....le/2509415

    SNL mocks Obama. I bet someone gets a nasty email from corporate over that.

    1. wareagle   13 years ago

      but on election day, who are they voting for?

    2. generic Brand   13 years ago

      I wonder if the author of the article realizes that Saturday's episode was a replay from May.

      1. John   13 years ago

        Probably not. I didn't. But then I haven't watched SNL since the 90s.

      2. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

        Are you sure? It looks like their new Obama impressionist.

        1. generic Brand   13 years ago

          On the info for it on Saturday it said Mick Jagger was hosting and showed original air date of 5/29. Could have been a mistake there.

          1. generic Brand   13 years ago

            Okay, not May 29, since that's a Tuesday. But pretty sure it said it was a replay from May with Mick Jagger.

  24. Spoonman.   13 years ago

    Property assessments in Pennsylvania are so messed up that the county just agreed to lower mine by 40%. No typo.

    1. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

      Hey, congrats man. Though you still have to live in Pennsylvania, so also condolences.

      1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

        ...This from the guy currently living in Liberia?

        Although having moved here from Houston, fall starting in October is serioiusly bullshit.

        1. Brett L   13 years ago

          Right, its supposed to be the first two weeks of November. Duh.

        2. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

          Liberia has one plus. They pay me a crap ton of money to be here.

          And there's no winter. Or fall. So three plusses.

        3. Ice Nine   13 years ago

          Notwithstanding the fact that October in PA is seriously beautiful like TX could never dream of.

          1. Bobarian   13 years ago

            But then two days later all the leaves fall off the trees and it sucks for ~5 months.

    2. Warty   13 years ago

      Did you use ValueAppeal, or did you do it the old-fashioned way?

      1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

        Well, I went in and showed pictures of my house (built in 71, basically nothing, including maintenance, done to it since then) to the board. They decided that since I was doing renovations, they'd just wait until I was done (which means years, since I am doing most of them myself). Luckily one of their employees came by to verify that I don't in fact have a pool (WTF? my backyard is a 45-degree slope) and saw the house's condition. He (an honest bureaucrat!) recommended that they change the value to what I paid for it, and they did so.

        1. T   13 years ago

          Make sure the outside is sound and do all the interior reno first. Put off the inevitable reckoning as long as you can.

          1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

            Yeah, the only outside things we've done were handling some deferred maintenance - busted caulk, etc. We replaced the windows, because those were basically broken - again I'd consider that maintenance that had been deferred rather than an improvement.

    3. Drake   13 years ago

      My taxes in NJ just went up, and I'm pretty sure my home value didn't.

  25. Brett L   13 years ago

    Alright, meow.

    Fans of the movie "Super Troopers" will recognize what Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud did in this interview with ESPN's "SportsCenter." He played the meow game, and tried to insert the word "meow" as often as he could in a four-minute interview without the interviewer noticing.

    With video.

    1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      Did he get to 10, chickenfucker?

      1. Brett L   13 years ago

        14.

  26. John   13 years ago

    http://dailycaller.com/2012/10.....teenagers/

    Univision connects Fast and Furious to the murders of 16 teenagers.

    1. generic Brand   13 years ago

      White, or brown, teenages? It makes all the difference on whether or not this is an actual story, unfortunately.

      1. John   13 years ago

        Sadly yes. And it is not like Mexicans won't vote for him no matter what. I guess they want some government funded weapons to go with their mass deportations.

      2. wareagle   13 years ago

        seems kinda obvious it's brown students, unless Americans have started flooding Mexican universities.

        1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

          There are a lot of people from Mexico who are not distinguishably other-than-white.

          1. wareagle   13 years ago

            yeah, I know, the George Zimmerman white Hispanic types. Just saying the victims were most likely Mexicans, which probably screams volumes about why no one north of the border is reporting it.

            1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

              If Mexican deaths could be connected to the Koch Bros they sure would be.

              1. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

                Speaking of the Kock Bros, I had my very first "you're either crazy or a Koch paid troll" at HuffPo over the weekend. They had nothing to rebut my argument, as expected.

                I generally stay away from that place, but sometimes I just can't help myself.

                1. JW   13 years ago

                  You get what you deserve, posting there.

          2. Zeb   13 years ago

            And I would imagine that they are disproportionately represented at universities.

            1. Spoonman.   13 years ago

              Yeah, the Spanish may not have exterminated the Indians, but that doesn't mean they integrated them either.

    2. Spoonman.   13 years ago

      Can they start producing Univision English, since apparently only they and Comedy Central are willing to even approach intellectually honest reporting?

    3. Bee Tagger   13 years ago

      Does anyone think this finally make it a story the MSM cares about?

      1. Citizen Nothing   13 years ago

        No

      2. Whiterun Guard   13 years ago

        Maybe on 7 Nov.

    4. Troy muy grande boner   13 years ago

      One victim's father, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, told Univision he thinks "Americans are not often moved by the pain of those outside [their country]."

      Brown people...pfft who cares? I have more important shit to worry about: Wal-Mart is having a sale on picture frames.

      1. Bardas Phocas   13 years ago

        Senor Sicilia should know we aren't moved by pain in our country either. How many brown people died in Chicago last week?

        Anyway, we're libertarians so we're not moved by anything but cold hard greed.

    5. Rich   13 years ago

      I'm certain that Holder will resign NOW -- for the children.

      1. John   13 years ago

        He only has a few weeks in office left anyway. Even if Obama wins, no way would Holder ever get through the Senate.

    6. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

      It took reading the comments for me to realize that you weren't talking about the movie.

  27. Lord Humungus   13 years ago

    OT: I'm officially moved out of my old house. My new neighborhood is much, much better - larger lots and much more quiet during the weekend nights. Who says money doesn't buy happiness?

    1. Brett L   13 years ago

      Well, you may only be renting happiness. Keep making money, just in case.

    2. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

      It can at least buy peace and quiet!

    3. Warty   13 years ago

      Awesome. Now your mission is to become the old man that the neighborhood kids are scared of. Stop bathing, start digging mysterious pits in the moonlight, stuff like that.

      1. DJF   13 years ago

        Don't forget getting a cane and waving it at anyone who dares to step on your lawn.

        1. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

          A fucking cane?

          How about a shotgun?

      2. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

        Even better, start doing obvious work on the crawl space!

        /Gacy off

      3. T   13 years ago

        The little girls in my neighborhood left me a drawing of a skull and crossbones labeled 'death' on the front porch.

        1. Brett L   13 years ago

          This is what happens when you tell the Girl Scouts you can only buy 2 boxes of cookies.

    4. Drake   13 years ago

      Stay off my lawn!

    5. Quetzalcoatl   13 years ago

      Time enough, at last, to read.

  28. John   13 years ago

    http://althouse.blogspot.com/2.....ip-to.html

    Obama finally admits he may have a Wisconsin problem.

  29. The Late P Brooks   13 years ago

    Does anyone think this finally make it a story the MSM cares about?

    I'm sure Chris Matthews is frantically trying to spin this as some sort of deranged obsession on the part of Republican racists who just don't want to see the big picture benefits.

    1. Citizen Nothing   13 years ago

      It's Bush's fault.

      1. Randian   13 years ago

        Now you got the hang of it.

  30. Delroy   13 years ago

    I noticed a hand-made sign on the lawn of a house in my neighborhood that simply said "Obama Cares". That's the problem with the Obama supporters - it doesn't matter what he does, as long as he CARES.

    1. Drax the Destroyer   13 years ago

      An emotion is not an argument, but for those who are lobotomized, it might as well be.

    2. Rich   13 years ago

      "We Scare Because We Care"

  31. sloopyinca   13 years ago

    When will these mentally ill people in wheelchairs learn to respect authoritah?!?!?!?!

    Also, WTF is "Misdemeanor 5th Degree Assault? Is the penalty having to say you're sorry, or is he subject to, you know, actual justice?

  32. Jerry on the road   13 years ago

    Ikea Airbrushed Women From Its Saudi Catalogue.

    1. Rich   13 years ago

      Ha! They missed one!

    2. VG Zaytsev   13 years ago

      They don't want to cause riots by insulting the muslim faithful with the image of a women.

    3. JW   13 years ago

      Look at her, brushing her teeth with her child, like any prostitute would.

  33. Brett L   13 years ago

    Is anyone else loving the calls from Jets fans that Tebow do something more than block and run routes Sanchez doesn't even look at? I, for one, hope that they bench Sanchez, Tebow has one out of his mind come-from-behind win, and then proceeds to get stomped for the rest of the season.

    Did I mention I hate the Jets?

    1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      My hatred for the Jets is only rivaled by my hatred of Tebow coverage. I am greatly torn. On the one hand, I want the Jets to keep scoring no points. On the other hand, I don't want Tebow to ever have another start.

      1. wareagle   13 years ago

        I'm in the sick of St Timmy corner, too. The sad part is he could probably be a decent player at another position, h-back or tight end or something like that. But his ego wants to be a qb, which his talent says he cannot do.

        1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

          I'd be fine with him if he went ahead and played h-back or TE. He could even do a couple trick plays with passes and that'd be fine too. He's probably the best passer among running backs.

          1. John   13 years ago

            I don't get the Tebow hate. Who did he bother? And why does every quarterback have to look like Payton Manning? If Tebow did succeed it would be the best thing that has happened to the NFL in years. Think how much more interesting the league would be if teams didn't all follow the exact same path to success.

            1. generic Brand   13 years ago

              The Tebow hate stems from him being a terrible quarterback. He got drafted in the first round for nothing more than "his character". If we are building shacks for poor people in Nicaragua, I want Tebow on my team. If we are playing football, I don't.

              1. John   13 years ago

                And Tebow is the only bad or even worst QB to go in the first round? Tebow went in the 20s when the Broncos took a chance. Sanchez in contrast was number 5 overall and is just as bad or worse than Tebow. The league is littered with terrible QBs who went in the first round.

                There is no reason to hate Tebow.

              2. Red Rocks Rockin   13 years ago

                The Tebow hate stems from him being a terrible quarterback. He got drafted in the first round for nothing more than "his character".

                No, he got drafted in the first round because Josh McDaniels is a dumbass that traded away picks to move up to get him. He could have been had for a 4th-5th round pick, easy, and then integrated into single-wing type of packages in the red zone.

                If we are building shacks for poor people in Nicaragua, I want Tebow on my team. If we are playing football, I don't.

                Oh come on--Denver won its first playoff game in six years with him at QB, after the team was playing like fucking zombies with Kyle Orton at the helm. He's obviously not in Manning's galaxy as a prototype quarterback, and a lot of fluky shit happened to make those wins occur last season. He'll probably go down as the modern-day Marlin Briscoe--someone completely outside the mold who created a little excitement and then quickly faded into obscurity. But he'll always be able to say he won more playoff games than Tony Romo.

            2. Restoras   13 years ago

              I don't get the Tebow hate, but whatever. It's fun to watch the Jets flail about and listen to the fat idiot with the headset who claims to be a coach try to deflect everything away from himself.

            3. wareagle   13 years ago

              it's not totally Tebow himself, it's his being foisted on us as the second coming. He's not. Plus, he's the same guy who takes a picture with some barely dressed chicks then gets pissy when one of them posts on it Twitter.

              Tebow's biggest impediment to NFL success is Tebow. He refuses to comprehend that not only is not going to be Peyton, he's not even going to be Trent Dilfer. He could have an impact at a different position where his skill set could be utilized, but that means he must accept a change.

              1. John   13 years ago

                Tebow isn't being foisted on fans. The entire NFL media establishment hates his guts. I have never seen media go out of their way to hate someone like they do Tebow.

                1. wareagle   13 years ago

                  Tebow isn't being foisted on fans.

                  of course, he is or was last year. Every other story was about "isn't nice to have a non-thug to cheer for at last." That was the media narrative. Folks on the inside mostly care about winning and what they saw in Tebow was a very good football player but a marginal qb.

                2. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

                  Then you're not watching the right channels.

                  I have seen nothing but ass licking when it comes to Tebow with a few exceptions. They all admit he can't play QB (because he can't), but they all love talking about Tim Tebow.

                  1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

                    They love taliking about him because he has a batshit insane following of Gator fans who lap up every story about him. But it is weird, he is one of the first automatic stories who does not get even fake respect as a player. No one outside of his rabid fans thinks he can play QB at the pro level.

              2. robc   13 years ago

                He could have an impact at a different position where his skill set could be utilized, but that means he must accept a change.

                Or he could have an impact at QB, but that would mean a team running a radically non-NFL offense. Fox hated having him at QB last year and refused to run the correct offense.

                I cant remember for sure, does Tebow have more playoff wins than Romo?

                1. Virginian   13 years ago

                  I cant remember for sure, does Tebow have more playoff wins than Romo?

                  Pretty sure they have one each.

                  The thing is, when Sanchez is bad, why the fuck wouldn't you put Tebow in? He won games last year, he took his team to the playoffs, he beat the Steelers in the playoffs.

                  Forget the big picture, the only question that matters is if Tebow gives them a better chance to win then Mark Sanchez. I think they should find out the answer to that.

            4. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

              I didn't have an issue with Tebow until the media decided to anoint him as the greatest quarterback ever and talk about him all the time. Also because this coverage leads to stuff like my girlfriend saying "Why is Tebow the back-up? Isn't he really good?"

              And why does every quarterback have to look like P[e]yton Manning?

              Because he's arguably the best quarterback of all time? Or because the point of a quarterback is the throw the ball? I don't think it's bad that Tebow can run; I think it's bad that Tebow can't throw.

              1. robc   13 years ago

                Or because the point of a quarterback is the throw the ball?

                Nope, the point of the QB is to distribute the ball to the playmakers in an efficient manner that allows them to make plays.

                That might mean turning around and handing off to Barry Sanders.

                Or in Tebow's case, as he is a playmaker, running an offense that allows him to make options that utilize his playmaking skills.

              2. robc   13 years ago

                I didn't have an issue with Tebow until the media decided to anoint him as the greatest quarterback ever and talk about him all the time.

                Huh? They do talk about him all the time, but 90% of it is saying he sucks as a QB.

                1. robc   13 years ago

                  Also, even if that was true, wouldnt that be a reason to hate the media, not Tebow?

              3. H. Reardon   13 years ago

                That's a reason to hate ESPN, not Tebow.

              4. Ted S.   13 years ago

                Peyton Manning has a worse playoff record than Brett Favre. And yet so many people will make the same excuses for Manning that they would have gone nuts about in years past if anybody tried to make them for Favre.

            5. VG Zaytsev   13 years ago

              I don't get the Tebow hate. Who did he bother?

              The Orangies would love Tebow if he were an illegal atheist immigrant.

            6. Robert S   13 years ago

              It's because he is a christfag John. Next year, Tebow will come out as gay. All the people who hate him now will love him and all the people who love him now will hate him. People who currently love him will claim they have no problem with him being gay but they "just wished he didn't have to shove it in their face". All the people who currently hate him will say they love him because "of his courage to stand up for his convictions". Neither tribe will ever remember feeling differently about him.

      2. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

        My hatred for the Jets is only rivaled by my hatred of Tebow coverage.

        As a Dolphins fan (fuck!), I can never allow this to be true, and as long as he is a Jet, my hatred of Tebow is intrinsically tied in with with my hatred for the Jets.

        The only thing that keeps me going while watching my Dolphins lose 2 straight heartbreakers (we should have won both) is seeing the Jets in complete disarray while they continue to live the fantasy that is Sanchez being a competent QB.

        1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

          I wonder if they can take their two crappy quarterbacks and add them together somehow to get one OK quarterback.

          1. Brett L   13 years ago

            Rex Ryan isn't that smart. Or he may be, but his ego won't let him use his brain to its full potential.

            1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

              I'm pretty sure Rex Ryan was originally the combination of two crappy coaches. He seems to have slimmed down to just 1 again.

          2. mad libertarian guy   13 years ago

            No.

            Sparano isn't that inventive.

            People are wondering why the Jets suck, and though I cannot account for their shitty D this season, I can emphatically say that their offense is terrible because of Sparano. His philosophy is outdated for the modern NFL (though I admit to not really liking what the modern NFL is - a pass happy, glorified game of Madden).

            1. Brett L   13 years ago

              Solid run game, play action, TEs who can catch and at least one possession receiver. Consistent offenses in the NFL have at least 3 of these. Consistent NFL defenses need 2 of 3 from: corners who can bump and run in single coverage, a D line that can bring pressure with 4 and linebackers who can cover a TE.

  34. John   13 years ago

    http://www.theblaze.com/storie.....notations/

    PBJ sandwiches are the racist!!

  35. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

    A new manual for Afghan security forces tells them not to retaliate for perceived cultural offenses like blowing your nose or patting your colleagues.

    My god they are trying hard to make me hate them.

    1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      Remember, men who will kill you for blowing your nose, deep down inside really want their women to be unveiled, getting an education, and voting.

      1. Fluffy   13 years ago

        Meh, there's plenty wrong with Muslim culture, but everybody is going to have weird things that are offensive and can lead to disagreements that turn violent.

        If I caught some Indian or African guy shitting in my garden there might be a fight. But he'd really only be trying to help.

        If we find some hidden Amazon tribe tomorrow where the way a man says hello to a woman is he grabs her tits and squeezes them, those guys might start a few fights if they get sent to serve in Afghanistan.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          Sure, when in Rome*....

          But still, when you catch that garden shitter, you don't have a strong cultural expectation to kick his ass to protect your "honor". For in North American culture it would be more about the protection of your property, a real, concrete thing as opposed to an abstract concept like "honor".

          Honor cultures tend to be more collectivist as they tend to have an expectation that one would protect the honor of one's "family" or "women" etc.

          1. LTC(ret) John   13 years ago

            "Honor cultures tend to be more collectivist as they tend to have an expectation that one would protect the honor of one's "family" or "women" etc."

            Indeed. Made my life quite difficult(almost got me killed once as well). The bad guys know very well how to exploit this cultural tic.

  36. wakeup   13 years ago

    Senator and self-proclaimed Zionist Joseph Lieberman declared that it was Iran who cyber-attacked Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase in 2011 and began with more frequency this year. Lieberman, as the chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee states that the financial attack was spurned from the state-sponsored anti-Muslim film circulating the Middle East thanks to CIA-operatives al-Qaeda.
    http://www.davidicke.com/headl.....ber-attack

    1. T   13 years ago

      David Icke is possibly one of the least credible sources out there. I'd believe InfoWars or Jay Carney before I'd believe Icke.

    2. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      LIZARD PEOPLE JOOOZZZZ!!!!

      1. T   13 years ago

        Eggzackly.

  37. wakeup   13 years ago

    The global 9/11 truth and justice movement was vindicated again when Patrick Clawson, the Director of Research at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy (WINEP), publicly suggested that the United States and Israel stage a false flag provocation in the Persian Gulf to justify U.S. military action and switch the war against Iran to another gear.
    http://disquietreservations.bl.....11_29.html

    1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      Whitney Houston was SACRIFICED by the ILLUMINATI for the Jubilee of the Queen Elizabeth!

      BLACK HELICOPTERS ARE PILOTED BY ILLUMINATI-FREEMASON-ZIONIST-LIZARD PEOPLE JOOOOZZZZ!!!!!!

      1. Brett L   13 years ago

        I can't watch this right now, but it sounds epic.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          Oh it is.

          1. T   13 years ago

            BTW, apparently Icke blames the Beeb for him being a laughingstock. Right after he had his conversion to the light and truth or WTFever, he gave an interview with them where he came off as the undisputed head of the Monster Raving Loony Party, which he says destroyed his credibility in the minds of anyone who saw it.

            It wasn't the lizard people are controlling the world schtick that did it, it was the interview. Uh huh. Keep digging that hole, Dave.

  38. Brett L   13 years ago

    Ahmadinejad's cameraman defected during the Iranian President's UN visit. Just what NYC needs, another Iranian immigrant. (Kidding. I'd defect, too.) Welcome to NYC, Hassan.

    1. Restoras   13 years ago

      Pretty sure the CIA and FBI are too incompetent to be debriefing him now.

  39. R C Dean   13 years ago

    Welcome to NYC, Hassan.

    Don't drop the soap, buddy.

  40. Kaptious Kristen   13 years ago

    The United States has taken the People's Mujahadeen of Iran off the terrorist list. The militant left-wing group was responsible for the assassination of Iran's second president.

    Unintended, but awesome consequence: the MEK fuckers won't be outside our building shouting their asshole slogans all fucking day long anymore. One of their chants mentioned "Geneva's Convention". Retards.

    1. R C Dean   13 years ago

      the MEK fuckers won't be outside our building shouting their asshole slogans all fucking day long anymore

      Why isn't this a free pass to just keep on doing what they do?

  41. affenkopf   13 years ago

    The People's Mujahadeen of Iran also supported Saddam and helped him slaughter the Kurds. Remember we have always been at war with Eastasia.

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