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Women in Paris Can Wear Pants, Amash Calls McCain Tweet Racist, British Police Stole Identities of Dead Children, French Troops Leave Timbuktu: P.M. Links

Matthew Feeney | 2.4.2013 4:50 PM

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  • Women can now wear pants in Paris. An old law required them to ask permission from men.
  • Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has said that a tweet sent by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in which he referred to Iranian president Ahmadinejad as a "monkey" was racist
  • British police stole the identity of dead children to infiltrate protest groups for decades without getting permission from the parents. 
  • French troops are leaving Timbuktu in an effort to wind down the French presence in Mali. 
  • The leader of the Syrian opposition wants talks with the Assad regime. Many Syrian rebels want Assad to step down before any talks begin. 
  • Ohio Gov. John Kasich has proposed implementing an income tax cut while raising taxes elsewhere. 

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Matthew Feeney is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    ...in which he referred to Iranian president Ahmadinejad as a "monkey" was racist.

    Well, who can you call a monkey these days?

    1. Episiarch   13 years ago

      Your mo...Warty?

    2. Rich   13 years ago

      That's why I say "minkey".

      1. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

        Does your dog bite?

        1. Rich   13 years ago

          That is not my dog.

      2. Almanian.   13 years ago

        Do you have a lieSAHNS for that minkey?

      3. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

        does your minkey bite?

    3. rts   13 years ago

      Bush.

    4. crashland   13 years ago

      Although this is old, it seems we have a lot in common with those Kenyan villagers.

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6959209.stm

      "They estimate there are close to 300 monkeys invading the farms at dawn. They eat the village's maize, potatoes, beans and other crops."

      That guy in the WH whose daddy is Kenyan, has much in common with these thieving monkeys.

      "Some residents have lost hope and abandoned their homes and farms, but those who have stayed behind, like 80-year-old James Ndungu, are making a desperate plea for assistance."

      Millions of Americans who have exited the job market since the ascension of teh Won, know exactly how those villagers are feeling.

      1. Ice Nine   13 years ago

        "The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at their private parts. We are afraid that they will sexually harass us," said Mrs Njeri.

        Damn lesbian monkeys never have had any grace.

        1. Rich   13 years ago

          Sorry to break it to you, Mrs Njeri, but they already are.

          1. Ice Nine   13 years ago

            If she were only American she could sue their asses.

      2. Brett L   13 years ago

        I'm thinking a dozen AK-47s and a couple thousand rounds would fix this problem.

    5. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

      It just so happens that almost the entire galaxy refers to humans as "Monkey Boys."

      1. NeonCat   13 years ago

        Laugh while you can!

        1. Copernicus   13 years ago

          Yummy. I Buckaroo Banzai reference.

    6. Brett L   13 years ago

      That looks like the Hannibal Lector of monkeys. He'll not be flinging any poo or biting any faces off from there.

  2. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

    Ho be trippin!

    Atlanta mall security guard Tasered an unruly shopper. Fortunately for us, he was wearing a video camera. Video goes viral, donations start pouring in for the guy. Go to the You Tubes to see the full, unedited version. The guy was a model of restraint; a cop would've lit her up as soon as she mouthed off.

    1. NeonCat   13 years ago

      OT, but love the link to the side that says
      What really causes cancer?
      Myths

      Damn you Edith Hamilton!

  3. SIV   13 years ago

    "I was trying to make the horse have a baby," Mendoza explained. "I was thinking it would have a horseman baby." He added, "I ain't going to lie, I blew a nut in the horse. I then got off the bucket and put my clothes back on and left. I promise that I have not been back over to the horse since that time."

    1. NeonCat   13 years ago

      I guess he was afraid he'd have to pay foal support.

    2. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

      Is H 'n' R still awarding cash prizes to threadwinners? If so, you'd better wait by the mailbox!

    3. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

      He hanged himself in prison? I guess that's a loss for the equine gene pool.

      1. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

        I guess that's a loss for the equine gene pool.

        Are you sure? The article doesn't mention whether conception was successful. What's the gestation time for a man-horse anyway?

        1. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

          I suspect longer than for a manbearpig.

          1. BakedPenguin   13 years ago

            Serially.

      2. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

        That is the expected response to incarceration so the prosecutor is responsible for his death.

    4. db   13 years ago

      The mane problem I see with this is it is indicative of Man's tendency to foal with the proper workings of Nature. Gaia wishes humankind to be Nature's caretaker, not rein roughshod over Her generous gifts. We, as sentient beings, oat to respect her wishes, not spur Nature's destruction.

      1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

        +1 centaur

    5. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

      "I ain't gonna lie. I blew a nut in the horse."

      I have now heard it all.

      1. Ska   13 years ago

        Seriously, that makes the whole paragraph.

      2. Rich   13 years ago

        A veritable George Washington.

    6. fish   13 years ago

      Andrew Mendoza, 29, waived his assorted rights and told of a late night encounter with a brown horse.

      Stay tuned for the obligatory RACISS claim!

    7. Killazontherun   13 years ago

      Mendoza's criminal career subsequently ended when he hanged himself in a county jail, where he was being held on indecency with a child and trespassing charges.

      After unsuccessfully trying to make a horseman baby, he attempted to make a babyman baby. Worst. Scientist. Ever.

      1. Stormy Dragon   13 years ago

        Actually, I'm wondering if the "child" in question isn't the horse, with the prosecutor arguing the horse counts as a minor since it's not 18 yet.

  4. NeonCat   13 years ago

    Sorry if this has been posted previously.

    Japanese professor creates glasses to disrupt facial recognition.

    http://www.steves-digicams.com.....ition.html

    1. Rich   13 years ago

      They may disguise your face per se; but it would seem you'd be rather, um, distinctive on camera.

      "Tase the guy with the purple dots!"

    2. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

      WHAT IS HE HIDING?

    3. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

      Japanese professor creates glasses to disrupt facial recognition.

      What's cool about these glasses is they're so discreet.

    4. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

      A Scanner Darkly?

    5. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

      Carol Ferris approves.

  5. A Serious Man   13 years ago

    Researchers confirm that bones found under carpark are that of King Richard the III.

    The match was confirmed after researchers tested the DNA of the bones and the king's closest living relative, a Canadian man.

    And in other news, said Canadian man was last seen on a horse rallying troops in Canada to try and take back what is rightfully his from the Windsors.

    1. John   13 years ago

      He has a better claim to the thrown than that damned live in German family.

      1. Gladstone   13 years ago

        You know who else hated their German royal houses?

        1. John   13 years ago

          The Italians?

        2. Almanian.   13 years ago

          Some Germans?

        3. Brett L   13 years ago

          The Spanish?

        4. VG Zaytsev   13 years ago

          Austrian nobodies.

    2. Episiarch   13 years ago

      Robb Stark?

      1. Dr. Frankenstein   13 years ago

        All hail the King of the North.

        1. Almanian.   13 years ago

          "And now he'll rip the sleeves off his jacket, and poop in the corner, as is tradition...."

      2. A Serious Man   13 years ago

        If so he's going to have a...memorable wedding feast.

        1. Episiarch   13 years ago

          I wonder what the theme color will be?

          1. Sudden   13 years ago

            I need to finish books four and five already. But damned if four hasn't been a huge let down after the insanity of three.

            1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

              I've stopped reading the fourth book. I suppose I'll pick it up again, but I'm losing interest.

              1. Sudden   13 years ago

                I know I'll return to it (probably when HBO airs season 3 covering the first half of book 3). Besides that, I figure since the sixth installment isn't due for release until Spring 2014, I have plenty of time to play catchup. I just wish GRRM didn't feel the same way about writing the damn things.

                1. Dweebston   13 years ago

                  I can't recommend Roy Dotrice's SOI&F audiobooks enough. He's a masterful narrator. Apparently he played a role in season two of the HBO series, but I haven't caught up yet.

              2. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

                Book five is pretty good.

                1. Sudden   13 years ago

                  So I've heard. And based on the characters I assume will be covered in book 5, I'm looking forward to it. But having to trudge through Dorne and the Iron Islands on my way there is becoming cumbersome.

                  1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

                    Dorne doesn't really stop being cumbersome, unfortunately.

                    Most of the rest is pretty good, though.

              3. Rhywun   13 years ago

                Yah, I stopped in the middle of 4 too. Which basically means I have to start over now.

    3. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      How would that confirm it was Richard the III and not just some other dude related to the Canadian guy?

      1. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

        Yeah, it could be any guy with a maternal line DNA match, of the right age, at the right time, with humiliation injuries, and scoliosis.

        1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

          Yeah, RTFA makes it a lot more conclusive.

      2. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

        My understanding is that there is a lot of other evidence that makes it likely that it's Ian McKellen.

    4. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

      Researchers confirm that bones found under carpark are that of King Richard the III.

      What's ironic is that he was found under the parkling lot of a social services building. Makes me wonder if he'd have fought and died if he knew what a cradle-to-grave hell his country would eventually become.

      1. Episiarch   13 years ago

        I don't think a guy who considered himself as having a divine right to rule and who had no qualms executing former close friends who turned on him would really give a shit about what the proles had to deal with.

        1. Isaac Bartram   13 years ago

          Actually, Richard was pretty liberal for his day.

          In December 1483, Richard instituted what later became known as the Court of Requests, a court to which poor people who could not afford legal representation could apply for their grievances to be heard.[49] He also introduced bail in January 1484, to protect suspected felons from imprisonment before trial and to protect their property from seizure during that time.[50] He founded the College of Arms in 1484,[51] he banned restrictions on the printing and sale of books,[52] and he ordered the translation of the written Laws and Statutes from the traditional French into English.[53]

          Founding the College of might not be a big deal, but banning the restrictions on the printing and sale of books is the beginning of free expression.

          And having the written Laws and Statutes translated into the language that the common people used made them more accessible, even if most of them couldn't read them.

        2. Isaac Bartram   13 years ago

          And the notion of the divine right of kings was something the English had a huge problem with.

          The Normans tried to bring it in but soon found they had to remake their monarchy along lines more resembling the old Anglo-Saxon kings, essentially recognizing basic liberties, albeit not as extensive as we might like, for all Englishmen.

          Trying to invoke the divine right of kings got one king beheaded and another run out of the country.

      2. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

        Well, maybe not fought...

        1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

          Actually the Shakespeare play is Tudor propaganda, Richard III was not a deformed monster but a pretty competent king and brave warrior that died within a swords length of Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field.

          When several of his retainers switched to supporting Henry he charged the field in a suicide run to try and take the usurper with him.

          1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

            Odd, how the Bard would write a play making the guy Elizabeth's grandfather took the crown from a monster, isn't it?

            1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

              MacBeth was written for James I and intended to show people why you shouldn't fuck with the King of Scotland.

      3. Dr. Frankenstein   13 years ago

        Considering he was on the losing side he can honestly say it wasn't his fault.

        1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

          He was fighting against Tudor tyranny. In advance.

          1. pmains   13 years ago

            That would be Murray Rothbard's take, I suppose.

  6. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Women can now wear pants in Paris.

    When will Parisian men be able to as well?

    1. DJF   13 years ago

      As soon as French woman give them permission.

  7. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Ohio Gov.John Kasich has proposed implementing an income tax cut while raising taxes elsewhere.

    Tax titration.

  8. John   13 years ago

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_.....ctive.html

    Maths are just sexist. And the coming demographic implosion is just unfair!!

    1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

      If women don't want to have more children, then instead of abandoning women's equality as a goal, we should rework our economic system so it doesn't rely on a steadily growing population to function. After all, the point of society is to serve the people in it, not to reduce us to cogs in a machine that serves no one at all.

      So does this mean Marcotte is now a libertarian opposed to Social Security, Medicare, and taxation in general?

      1. John   13 years ago

        Life is just hard. Leave Amanda alone@!!

      2. nicole   13 years ago

        What a magnificently terrible quote. First, you've got "we should rework our economic system so it doesn't rely on a steadily growing population to function," which is comedy gold. Please, Amanda, tell us how! Tell us all about reworking economic systems, you Top Lady! Then we have "the point of society," something she assumes without even wondering what the fuck "society" actually is, and "a machine that serves no one at all"--the horrors of an organic, bottom-up system.

        Just remember, Ms. Marcotte: whatever machine you build, there will be someone waiting to use it against you.

        1. T   13 years ago

          That's why I built my death machine with interlocks, so no one could use it against me!

          Of course, I discovered too late that meant I couldn't use it either. This human factors design shit is harder than it looks. I'm going back to a point-click-destroy interface on the next one. If somebody uses it against me, I can console myself knowing I deserved it for being dumb enough to let it fall into the wrong hands.

          1. Brett L   13 years ago

            Just make it Evil Overlord list compliant.

          2. Corneliusm   13 years ago

            "I'm going back to a point-click-destroy interface on the next one. If somebody uses it against me, I can console myself...

            I see what what you did there.

        2. Episiarch   13 years ago

          "After all, the point of all the other people in society besides me is to serve what I determine to be the correct goals of 'society'."

          1. nicole   13 years ago

            But I thought it was supposed to serve me!

            1. Episiarch   13 years ago

              It's a cookbook!

            2. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

              I'm saving this baby for later

              What really galls me about Last's piece (and most like it) is the underlying assumption that human beings exist to serve society and not the other way around.

              1. nicole   13 years ago

                I tried to read that and think logically at the same time and it broke my brain.

                1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

                  It's almost like it contradicts everything she has ever written ever. Almost.

      3. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

        "What really galls me about Last's piece (and most like it) is the underlying assumption that human beings exist to serve society and not the other way around."

        If she really believes that, she'd have to be, right?

        1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

          Thinking even more on it, society is the amalgamation of all other human beings. So how can human beings be served by society and not also serve society?

          The only question is how human beings serve one another, by voluntary mutual benefit, or by force.

          1. nicole   13 years ago

            That would be the brain-breaking part.

      4. Tonio   13 years ago

        The sad thing is that she actually believes this. All of this.

    2. Rich   13 years ago

      If women don't start making more babies, they dimly warn, the country is headed for catastrophe as the workplace empties out of workers

      *** rising intonation ***

      What about the robots?

      1. NeonCat   13 years ago

        Oh, I suppose you want us to fantasize about robots clawing their way out of Amanda Marcotte, huh?

        Fine, we will! But I'm going to stop before the robots turn around and gaze down on her increasingly lifeless corpse and say "MA-MA" because it will just make me cry for the now motherless robots.

        1. T   13 years ago

          You're deranged, NeonCat. And I mean that in the best possible way.

          1. NeonCat   13 years ago

            Thanks!

            People say such nice things to me here.

        2. Tonio   13 years ago

          That was good, Kitteh. Watch out, Sug, you've got competition.

      2. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

        Then the robots rise up, genocide us, we escape the system and having babies becomes a presidential order.

    3. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

      What is this -- someone else posting Marcotte links?!

      Just more proof that I'm John's sockpuppet account.

    4. Brett L   13 years ago

      Eh. When it becomes a big enough problem, corporations will start paying women to stay home and breed.

      1. NeonCat   13 years ago

        Will they have to be qualified? Because there's a lot of people who have had kids with no experience whatsoever. Not even a certificate from an accredited agency!

        1. Brett L   13 years ago

          What? Just being wimmenz uniquely and solely qualifies them to be the final authority and arbiter on all things related to chirrens. Are you questioning that?

        2. T   13 years ago

          I've been trained by the state and I have a certificate and everything!

          Not on having them, mind you. Biology prevents. I've just been trained on raising them.

    5. Invisible Finger   13 years ago

      America isn't doomed, only its welfare system.

      Although I think most of the population would gladly sacrifice America to keep the welfare system.

  9. rts   13 years ago

    Top. Men.

    "What they [the researchers] were saying there is, particularly for growth forecasts or their unemployment rate forecasts, that they [Reserve Bank of Australia] really weren't too much better than the consensus or even flipping a coin kind of forecasts," he explained.

  10. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

    It just dawned on me that when Hillary Clinton did that whole reset button thing, the button was red.

  11. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

    "British Police Stole Identities of Dead"

    How does one steal from the dead? It's a well known fact that I hate the cops, but the cops, in this case, didn't steal shit.

    1. Zeb   13 years ago

      That's sort of what I thought. They are using the names of people who don't exist. Big deal. I can understand the creepy factor, though. ANd impregnating someone so you can spy on them it pretty sleazy and low.

  12. John   13 years ago

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....p00000003]

    The year in side boob. And are all the women on Girls fence post homely?

    1. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

      I'm thinking of finally watching the show as I have never seen ugly women naked. What's that like?

    2. generic Brand   13 years ago

      Brian Williams' daughter is on the show and gets reamed, so it's got that going for it. Unfortunately through the entire first season the only girl who got naked was the ugly Obama supporter.

    3. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

      Some of the characters look decently attractive, but I only know that from the trailer spots around Game of Thrones episodes, and I want to keep it that way.

    4. C. Anacreon   13 years ago

      Hey! That girl is the dyke from Mad Men season 2. Is she on that show I have no interest in ever seeing?

  13. A Serious Man   13 years ago

    Consensus is pretty solid that GoDaddy's Bar Refeali ad was worst ever.

    1. Episiarch   13 years ago

      There were so many idiotic, terrible ads that they all deserve that crown. It was like the ad agencies all collaborated to outstupid each other.

      1. John   13 years ago

        The worst was the anti Gun lets show pictures of dead kid ad.

        1. NeonCat   13 years ago

          I don't think I saw that one.

          I did think Coca-Cola's "look at the happy surveillance footage" was disturbing, but that's because I'm one of those libertarian kooks.

          1. Episiarch   13 years ago

            There were a lot of head-slapper moments in those commercials. The Coke one you mentioned, the very first ad where the kid goes up and surprise kisses the prom queen, just so much stupid I can't even remember it all.

            1. nicole   13 years ago

              I really disliked the (Kia?) "where do babies come from?" one. I mean the part with the baby animals and shit was actually pretty cute, but I'm like, Christ, do all commercials have to be about how it's cool to be retarded? All?

              1. NeonCat   13 years ago

                I thought that ad was about what cowardly liars parents (can) turn into, but that's probably just me.

                1. nicole   13 years ago

                  Yeah, they just seems to revel in being such cowardly liars. "Oh haha, isn't it so cute and funny we can't talk to our child about sex?" Blah.

        2. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

          Huh?

    2. NeonCat   13 years ago

      It was so terrible that everyone remembers it - and GoDaddy - vividly.

      So, I'd say it succeeded, unless people stop using GoDaddy because of it.

      1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

        'Terrible' in an aesthetic sense. Of course GoDaddy the first domain registry people think of.

        1. NeonCat   13 years ago

          I can agree with the aesthetic part of it, but as a non-Adonis myself I can't really fault a dude getting paid to kiss a swimsuit model.

          1. BakedPenguin   13 years ago

            I read they had to have about 45 takes. I cna just imagine the kid screwing up over and over on purpose.

        2. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

          No, it's not. That's why they changed their campaign. Too many people thought they were some kind of porn site and had no idea of what they were actually selling.

          1. Killazontherun   13 years ago

            What are they selling, btw?

            1. Corneliusm   13 years ago

              "Dates" with Danica Patrick.

    3. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

      I hate that ad for making the sight of Bar Rafeali being kissed repulsive.

    4. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

      GoDaddy's ad was stupid but that article is cloyingly obnoxious.

      We're not supposed to notice when people are attractive or unattractive because... diversity? We're supposed to be up in arms because some group is poked fun at, albeit in an awkward way?

      How about, who gives a shit. Were people always this whiny about meaningless cultural bullshit?

      1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

        Were people always this whiny about meaningless cultural bullshit?

        Have you ever read Catullus?

        1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

          Fair enough, heh.

  14. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    ...in an effort to wind down the French presence in Mali.

    Mission accomplie!

    1. Tonio   13 years ago

      Hmmm, what other country did the French invite us to "help out" in and then bolt and run? These things never turn out well.

  15. John   13 years ago

    http://althouse.blogspot.com/2.....-that.html

    Congressional Democrats whine that their boyfriend never calls them.

    1. Rich   13 years ago

      Ah, so *that's* why they're alleged to be horsefuckers!

  16. John   13 years ago

    http://althouse.blogspot.com/2.....th-of.html

    Babboons terrorizing tourists. They apparently don't respect humans who don't have guns.

    1. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

      This:

      Baboons lurk on the edge of the parking lot, watching tourists come and go. They look for car doors that aren't locked, windows that are left opened, absent-minded tourists carrying food....

      A baboon strikes me as an animal that you do not want to tangle with, at least not unarmed.

      1. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

        Baboons lurk on the edge of the parking lot, watching tourists come and go. They look for car doors that aren't locked, windows that are left opened, absent-minded tourists carrying food....

        Sounds like any mall.

        1. Rich   13 years ago

          RACIST!

        2. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

          That is an interesting analogy.

          no racist

          1. Rich   13 years ago

            analogy

            SEXIST!

      2. Brett L   13 years ago

        A baboon strikes me as an animal that you do not want to tangle with, at least not unarmed.

        This is no shit. I want a spear at a minimum to maintain some range. Would prefer a carbine.

    2. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

      Anyone else notice that baboons were not represented in The Planet of the Apes?

      1. Tonio   13 years ago

        Only the Great Apes, aka Hominids, were featured in POTA. The various species of Lesser Apes were not featured.

        1. Zeb   13 years ago

          Yeah, baboons are pretty much big monkeys.

          1. Joe Biden   13 years ago

            You come over here and say that to my face!

  17. NoVAHockey   13 years ago

    homebrew update -- I had a moderately successful attempt at bottling. I had hell of a time getting the siphon to work from 1) 1 gallon carboy into pot with bottling sugar (honey) and 2) from pot into bottles.

    ended up getting 10 bottles, probably lost at least a couple in the process. any tips appreciated

    but, i've got 10 bottles that will sit for 2 weeks before i open them, so i'm happy with that.

    1. db   13 years ago

      Go for a keg. It is so much better than bottling. If you crash cool the fermenter the day before you keg, you can force carb and drink the beer in a couple of hours after kegging.

      1. Proprietist   13 years ago

        Kegs are a lot of money for just starting out, especially for people brewing 1 gal batches. I brewed about 5 5-gallon batches before I made the jump when I new I was serious.

        Last time I kegged I force carbed and got beer in the regulator. Also, ten glasses of foam. Not doing that again, although I am looking forward to kegging my apricot witbier tonight.

        1. Proprietist   13 years ago

          "when I knew I was serious..."

        2. db   13 years ago

          I have never had a problem force carbing. You have to use the right pressure for a given temperature to get the right concentration of CO2. This helps too.

        3. db   13 years ago

          Beer in the regulator: it helps to have ball check valves on your gas lines.

    2. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      You were only doing a 1 gallon batch?

    3. Tonio   13 years ago

      WTF were you transferring the entire batch into another (unneccessary) vessel just to add bottling sugar? Add to individual bottles after you fill them.

      I prefer fermentation vessels with bottom valves. That way you suck the yeast pack through first and discard (or give to australians).

      There are always problems with siphons; avoid them. Gravity feed is our friend.

      1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

        Adding to the individual bottles is a good way to get a lot of variation.

  18. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

    Aren't the links supposed to be at 4:30? Did the power go out?

    1. DJF   13 years ago

      Your lucky you even have links, you young whippersnapper.

      Back in the day we had to wait for starving urchins to bring libertarian newsletters to our doors.

      Shaking his cane!!!!

      1. Almanian.   13 years ago

        Luxury!

        We had to wait in air conditioned anterooms on comfie chairs while Mexican orphans fed us grapes before we killed them and drank their blood as we read the links posted on the wall...through the ONE monocle we each had!

        It was barbaricly backward - having to raad it ourselves. Through one eye. Horrible, really.

      2. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

        I do remember back in the day, we only got links once a day.

        *shudder*

        1. DJF   13 years ago

          Shhhh!!!! They told the unpaid internists that it use to be three times a day and they are now getting a break.

  19. rts   13 years ago

    Royal Canadian Mint stops minting pennies today

    The cause of death for the penny was likely the drop in its purchasing power, as inflation took its toll. An 1870 penny would be worth about 31 cents today, adjusted for inflation. In its last year, one penny was costing the government 1.6 cents to produce. With the penny's passing, the government expects to save $11 million a year.

    1. Invisible Finger   13 years ago

      Yet the IRS would probably bitch and prevent someone paying their taxes in pennies.

      "Give us that real currency, not that crummy specie."

      1. Isaac Bartram   13 years ago

        Actually, copper pennies have never been "specie".

        They've always been nothing but tokens.

    2. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

      My Timmy's coffee is now 2 cents more!

      1. Isaac Bartram   13 years ago

        Ah, the rounding problem.

        Actually, I'm surprised the Canadians are so far behind the Australians on this one. It's been twenty years or so since they quit using the penny (actually, IIANM, it was always called a "cent" since "penny" was associated with the old pounds, shillings and pence currency.

  20. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

    "Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) has said that a tweet sent by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in which he referred to Iranian president Ahmadinejad as a "monkey" was racist"

    Tell Justin Amash to shut his cracker-assed pie-hole.

    1. Brett L   13 years ago

      As soon as people start admitting the Bush monkey meme was racist, I will join Rep. Amash.

  21. SIV   13 years ago

    The media is kinda burying this local story about a convicted killer/ mass shooter:

    During his testimony Wednesday, Thandiwe suggested that his reason for even purchasing the gun he used in the shootings was to enforce beliefs he'd developed about white people during his later years as an anthropology major at the University of West Georgia.
    "I was trying to prove a point that Europeans had colonized the world, and as a result of that, we see a lot of evil today," he said. "In terms of slavery, it was something that needed to be answered for. I was trying to spread the message of making white people mend."
    He said the night before the shooting, he attended a so-called "Peace Party" intended to address his concerns about helping the black community find equal footing, but two white people were there.

    1. Rich   13 years ago

      He said the night before the shooting, he attended a so-called "Peace Party" intended to address his concerns about helping the black community find equal footing, but two white people were there.

      What an idiot! Those were the gay caterers!

    2. NeonCat   13 years ago

      Nothing mends white people like shooting them.

    3. BakedPenguin   13 years ago

      Ban African American studies departments!

  22. A Serious Man   13 years ago

    Coco Brown wants to go where no porn star has gone before, endeavors to become the first porn star in space.

    1. Auric Demonocles   13 years ago

      Was already disappointed by the time I hovered over the link and saw the url.

  23. rts   13 years ago

    Alabama hostage-taker 'killed'

    Police in the US state of Alabama have killed a hostage-taker who kept a five-year-old boy in a storm shelter for nearly a week, US media report.

    The boy is reported to be alive. Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, shot dead the driver of the boy's school bus before abducting the youngster.

    1. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

      Let me fix that link for you.

      1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

        Does anyone know how much a wire service material costs? I like the concept of 24/7, just not the implementation.

    2. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

      Another victim of gun violence in America.

    3. Brandon   13 years ago

      Reason had this up for a minute, I don't know why they pulled it.

    4. Jumbie   13 years ago

      "The Dothan Eagle newspaper reported hearing two loud bangs from the scene shortly before 3:30 p.m. According to the report, an ambulance then drove up the private dirt road where Dykes' homes is located and then left a short time later."

      Many Dothans died to bring us this information.

  24. A Serious Man   13 years ago

    Meet Lynsi Torres, drag race enthusiast and heir to the In N' Out fortune, making her one of the country's youngest billionaires.

    She's attractive and interesting and all, but she better not fuck up the business model they got there.

    1. Jerry on the boat   13 years ago

      Torres ... is on her third marriage.

      So she's already an expert at In N' Outing.

    2. Proprietist   13 years ago

      Amazed that a Google Image search turns up hardly anything at all.

  25. nicole   13 years ago

    Just heard on NPR that the superintendent of the Chicago PD thinks an assault weapons ban and a ban on high-cap mags would help curb gun violence here. You cannot make this shit up.

    1. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

      And when it doesn't, of course he'll recognize his mistake and call for the bans to be lifted, right?

      1. nicole   13 years ago

        Well, since he's not calling for that already...

    2. Episiarch   13 years ago

      Banners gonna ban.

    3. Joe M   13 years ago

      NPR is working hard to push for more gun control. This morning they were talking trash about gun manufacturers, and how they are not liable for crimes committed by gun wielders. They claimed it was a unique concession to the gun industry, and that no other industry has such protection. But I'm pretty certain Playskool wouldn't be liable if you beat someone to death with a Playskool Busy Poppin' Pals toy set.

      1. Jerry on the boat   13 years ago

        We better ban kitchen knives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre

      2. Xenocles   13 years ago

        Rubbish. You remember how there are no car companies anymore because of all the car crashes.

    4. Invisible Finger   13 years ago

      How can you listen to NPR?

      1. nicole   13 years ago

        For car rides that are over in less time than is worth it to connect my phone to the dash via Bluetooth, I listen because I don't even know other radio stations. And I like some of the non-news shows.

        1. db   13 years ago

          That's what CDs and thumb drives are for.

      2. DJF   13 years ago

        Think of it as spying on the enemy.

        Plus they are often funny, though never intentionally.

  26. Sudden   13 years ago

    I'm a bit diappoint at Amash for calling McCain a racist for the monkey comment. I always worried that some on the paleocon/libertarian right would adopt certain mannerisms of the anti-war left. The stupid allegations of racism being the one I find most antithetical.

    1. JeremyR   13 years ago

      Yeah, one of the rather silly things is how they label everyone in the world "brown", even though in this case, Persians are essentially Caucasian in features, their skin is just slightly dusky. (And how Arabs, despite being indistinguishable from Jews are "brown" while Jews are apparently considered "white")

      1. Calidissident   13 years ago

        Jeremy, I would hardly say that's something exclusive to them either. Most conservatives (and most people in general) I know don't consider Middle Easterners to be white, but do consider Jews to be white.

        1. Suthenboy   13 years ago

          "...consider Middle Easterners to be white, but do consider Jews to be white."

          People commonly conflate race and culture.

          Consider the expression "acting black/white".

          1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

            Fair enough, but I've met plenty of Saudis, for example, who were darker than I am.

            1. Tonio   13 years ago

              +1 Mel Brooks.

              1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

                Where's all tha Saudi women at?

          2. Calidissident   13 years ago

            I agree. It's like how people consider Hispanic a race and find terms like "white Hispanic" to be laughable when it actually describes a large portion of Hispanics

            1. Tonio   13 years ago

              No, "white hispanic" is code for being accorded victim status in any interaction with non-hispanic whites but not in interactions with brown or black people. They've never abandoned their bogus race-classification schemes; they just use it differently now.

              1. Calidissident   13 years ago

                I agree that in a media context, the term "white Hispanic" is used mostly for the purpose you describe. However, when the media used that term to describe Zimmerman, a lot of people acted as if the term (rather than its use) was ridiculous and contradictory when it isn't. There are a good number of white Hispanics in the world.

      2. Tonio   13 years ago

        Judaism is a religion. Arab and Semite are gene pools ("races"). HTH.

        1. Zeb   13 years ago

          Even Arab is a linguistic and cultural grouping. There are Lebanese Arabs who you would believe were Italian and African Arabs who are pretty black.

        2. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          Not that simple in this case. Firstly, Judaism is a different animal than "universalist" religions, such as mainstream Christianity, Buddhism, or Islam in that it is clearly an ethnoreligious group, more akin to Hindus and Hinduism, or Parsis and Zoroastrianism, or the Amish and the Amish Mennonite Church. Meaning, that when one practices Judaism or Hinduism as a "religion", there are certain ethnic and cultural practices that are a part of observing said religion.

          Secondly, "Semitic" is primarily a linguistic and anthropological term. It has as much utility in describing human genetics as the term "Aryan" (i.e. none at all). People from Malta, the Levant, Arabia, and Ethiopia are all Semites.

        3. Tonio   13 years ago

          Sure, judaism started as an ethnoreligion, but after millenia of wandering and intermarriage and some random converts that's not true anymore. Sure a large number of jews can trace ancesty back to the original twelve tribes, but jews display just as much ethnic variation as, say, Americans.

          1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

            That's true. Still, unlike the universalist religions, Judaism has "becoming part of the tribe" as an inherent concept of conversion. Indeed, this mandatory Judaizationwas a major controversy for early Christianity.

    2. Calidissident   13 years ago

      I don't think that's exclusive to the anti-war left or palecons and libertarians. How many times have we seen neocons and mainstream Republicans accuse people of being anti-Semitic, for example, just because they oppose foreign aid to Israel or disagree with some policy of the Israeli government.

      1. DJF   13 years ago

        Anti-Semite!!!!!!

        Oops, sorry, got carried away

        Racist!!!!!

        Oops, there I go again

        Statist!!!!!!

        There, that is better.

      2. Tonio   13 years ago

        That's a standard Israel-Firster talking point which they use to derail any serious conversation about American foreign policy, iow Bullshit.

  27. A Serious Man   13 years ago

    Don't buy for me Argentina: Argentina freezes grocery store prices to combat inflation.

    Well what could possibly go wrong there?

    1. Sudden   13 years ago

      Putting the ado in mercado

    2. NeonCat   13 years ago

      Since Argentina is in such a shitty condition they let a naval vessel sink at dockside, I'm sure as soon as the shortages hit they're going to tell people about how the grocery stores on Las Islas Malvinas are fully stocked with hoarded food.

      Look for the Malvinas Boatlift, Spring (local Fall) 2013!

      1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

        Amazing how the country next door, Chile, is so much better off in almost every way.

        1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

          'Cept when it comes to women. Just saying...

          1. A Serious Man   13 years ago

            Never met an Argentinian woman, but I have met some Chilean exchange students that are stunning. They don't hold a candle to the Brazilian girls, though.

            1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

              Chilean women are great, don't get me wrong, but the order of things is this:

              Brazilian Argentinean Chilean

              1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

                Damn Reason and its innumeracy.

                Brazilian (Greater than) Argentinean (Greater than * 10) Chilean

                1. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

                  WHAT ABOUT PARAGUAY?

                  1. Calidissident   13 years ago

                    Let's not ignore Peru

                    1. Generic Stranger   13 years ago

                      You SF'd the link, dood.

    3. Sevo   13 years ago

      "Don't buy for me Argentina:"

      FUNNY!

      1. Drake   13 years ago

        I love it when Fernandez threatens to invade the Falklands again. If they actually had ships and planes, they couldn't afford the fuel to make it to the islands. They never replaced the old junk they lost in the first war - because they have been crazy broke since Evita.

  28. nicole   13 years ago

    Some Russians are not the biggest fans of Lolita. Even post-Communist Russia hates my beloved VN.

    1. Brett L   13 years ago

      It might not be Lolita. IIRC, Bend Sinister was none too kind to Russians.

      1. nicole   13 years ago

        Seems to be religious/conservative folks who object to his "pedophilia" though. Sure there was plenty of nasty things he said about Russians though!

        1. Brett L   13 years ago

          Grr. They should try actually reading the fucking book.

    2. Eduard van Haalen   13 years ago

      Do we know for certain it wasn't a false-flag operation by the museum itself? I'm not sayingit was...

  29. Invisible Finger   13 years ago

    Here's a good one: Judge found insane, seeks return to bench.

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/.....6103.story

  30. The Late P Brooks   13 years ago

    It was so terrible that everyone remembers it - and GoDaddy - vividly.

    I think ADM owes Chrysler some money.

    I find it incredibly hard to believe that ad with Paul Harvey sold any pickup trucks.

    1. Sudden   13 years ago

      Am I the only person that absolutely loved the GoDaddy commercial? The guy cast as Walter is living the damned dream.

      1. tarran   13 years ago

        How so? he got to kiss a beautiful girl while the cameras ran and directors shouted instructions at him. And then she walks away.

        That's not a dream, it's a fucking nightmare.

        1. Brett L   13 years ago

          He had to kiss lips that have probably been all over Leo DiCaprio, hopefully he got a pile of cash for that.

          1. Proprietist   13 years ago

            Uhhhh...They certainly wouldn't have to pay me to get Leo's sloppy seconds.

      2. Enough About Palin   13 years ago

        The guy now has a lifetime of bating imagery in his head.

      3. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

        Yes. It is the same kind of trash as The Big Bang Theory except at least the latter has that hot Indian* chick.

        *The paucity of Asians on such a "nerd show" -- set in CA no less -- is disappointing and befuddling.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          Don't be silly...everyone knows is no such thing as funny Asians.

          1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

            Ken Jeong annoys me.

            And I was thinking more along the lines of eye candy. But it seems like there would be at least one recurring Asian character too.

  31. oncogenesis   13 years ago

    Occupy Buddhism, Or Why the Dalai Lama is a Marxist

    Any respect I had for the Dalai Lama was just exiled to a gulag.

    1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      You had respect for him before? (And I say this as a Buddhist, albeit not a Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist.)

      1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

        Always wondered why some people seem to think that the sort of Buddhism characterized by a feudalistic theocracy is something to aspire towards.

        Not as bad as Soka Gakkai, but still.

      2. Tonio   13 years ago

        Mahayana or Theravada, Dude?

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          Me? I'm a Mahayana Ch'an Buddhist, and my wife is a Theravada Thai Forest Tradition Buddhist.

          It was a love story in a world...

        2. Tonio   13 years ago

          Interesting. Cool.

    2. The Bearded Hobbit   13 years ago

      I was a caddy for him once and he stiffed me on the tip.

      ... Hobbit

  32. SIV   13 years ago

    The only Super Bowl ad I liked was the Hyundai turbo "get in front" one.

  33. The Late P Brooks   13 years ago

    she better not fuck up the business model they got there.

    Based on the story they were telling on the Bloomberg teevee this morning, it sounds as if she is pretty much hands off, so she's not a complete idiot. She has apparently been married three times, so i imagine she's got the pre-nup nailed down tight.

    I know people who will veer hundreds of miles off course just to hit an In n Out.

    1. Andrew S.   13 years ago

      The only time I've ever had that stuff is when I was in CA for my cousin's wedding a few years back. Went there 4 times in 3 days. If there was one within a couple of hundred miles from me, I'd go for it, but I think the closest would be in... Texas, maybe? And from Florida, that's a bit far, unfortunately.

      1. Brandon   13 years ago

        Texas doesn't have them. Texas has the superior Whataburger.

        1. Proprietist   13 years ago

          Yeah we do. We have several in Dallas, as well as Whataburger. Both are good, but local chain Burger House is the best fast food burger chain in the world.

        2. The Bearded Hobbit   13 years ago

          Whataburger

          Harumph! A Lota Burger wannbe!

          ... Hobbit

    2. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

      O-VER-RA-TED

      clap clap clap clap clap

      They're good, but "around the corner" is about as far as I'd veer for one.

      1. Dunphy (the real one)   13 years ago

        have you tried getting the burger "animal style"? it's the way to go.

        1. Night Elf Mohawk   13 years ago

          Yeah. And, like I said, they're good. I wouldn't turn one down. But they aren't legendary. They aren't as good as Five Guys, even.

          1. Dunphy (the real one)   13 years ago

            i thought five guys burgers were good, but the fries are AWESOME.

            i'd take an animal style over a 5 guys, but ymmv.

            1. nicole   13 years ago

              Awesome and cholesterol-free!

            2. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

              i thought five guys burgers were good, but the fries are AWESOME.

              Opposite for me: their burgers are the best in fast food, but their fries are merely good.

      2. Xenocles   13 years ago

        They're just slightly upscale crappy burgers. No better than Five Guys except for the shakes. I have no desire for either.

        1. Sevo   13 years ago

          Xenocles| 2.4.13 @ 6:24PM |#
          "They're just slightly upscale crappy burgers."

          Tried the place three times; got three really miserable burgers and fries the gulls wouldn't eat.

          1. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

            Tried the place three times; got three really miserable burgers and fries the gulls wouldn't eat.

            The whole time I lived in L.A., I never tried In 'n' Out. I loved me some Jack In The Box, though.

            1. Brandon   13 years ago

              Best Fast Food, in descending order:

              Whataburger
              Jack in the Box
              Carl's Jr.
              In N Out
              Wendy's
              Arby's
              Burger King/McDonalds (tie)

              1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

                Is Culver's fast food or is it fast casual?

                Oh how I miss Culver's... nearest one is 4 hours or so away.

              2. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

                Best Fast Food, in descending order:

                Not a Five Guys fan?

                We have Whataburger here, and while I like it okay, I wouldn't put it at the top of my list. Of the ones you listed, for me, Wendy's would be closer to the top of the list.

                1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

                  See, there are two types of people in this world: people who like Five Guys and pedophile rapists.

                  The two groups are not mutually exclusive.

                2. Brandon   13 years ago

                  I put Whataburger at the top because about 3/4 of the times I've gone there it's been for sausage egg and cheese breakfast taquitos, which are just insanely good, especially when drunk. Five Guys is not really fast food. I've never seen one with a drive-through.

                  1. Rhywun   13 years ago

                    I live in NYC and like Five Guys. WTF is a "drive through"?

            2. Brett L   13 years ago

              I'm taking a Texas trip in March. I already know where the easternmost Jack in the Box on I-10 is. Oh, we will be stopping.

          2. Xenocles   13 years ago

            You want a burger in SoCal - or at least LA - look for The Counter.

            1. Sudden   13 years ago

              Umami yo

            2. C. Anacreon   13 years ago

              No The Counter for me, thanks. Just make the damn burger for me, don't make me fill out a goddam form to tell you every little thing to do about the burger. By the time I'm done filling out the form I should have already finished eating my burg.

      3. Brandon   13 years ago

        Carl's Jr. is better.

  34. Brett L   13 years ago

    So a friend of mine who is teaching a class in Environmental Policy and Issues has invited me to speak in front of her class about the Industry perspective (I consult, but she's a lawyer seeking an honest degree, so she doesn't need the parasite perspective) on such things. I'm wondering if wearing full Libertarian regalia (monocle, spats, carried into the class by a palanquin) would give the wrong impression to college seniors.

    1. NeonCat   13 years ago

      You could come in dressed like a total granola hippie and then blow their minds by going full-libertarian on them, ma-a-a-n-n.

    2. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      I'm wondering if wearing full Libertarian regalia (monocle, spats, carried into the class by a palanquin) would give the wrong impression to college seniors.

      Balderdash! That's how I enter my lectures everyday, man!

      1. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

        Sartorial question: is it more appropriate to wear the tinfoil hat or the top hat when out and about on the town looking to replace my worn-out switch?

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          It depends on the color of your frock coat.

  35. The Late P Brooks   13 years ago

    Bring a smoke machine. And make them bribe you to turn it off.

  36. The Late P Brooks   13 years ago

    They're good, but "around the corner" is about as far as I'd veer for one.

    That's pretty much my opinion.

    The last time I ate at In n Out was about fifteen years ago; last time I was in Vegas, whenever that was. As I recall, their shakes are pretty damn good.

    The cool thing was, this morning when the Bloomberg talking heads were comparing their business model with the "major" burger joints, they said In n Out has about four things on the menu, and MacDonalds and Burger King have DOZENS. Ands the company owns all the restaurants.

    Oddly enough, In n Out has much much higher margins.

    1. Xenocles   13 years ago

      That doesn't strike me as odd at all. Fewer menu items means less stock to maintain and less chance of having ingredients spoil in inventory.

      1. Dunphy (the real one)   13 years ago

        they don't even have freezers in the stores supposedly!

        fwiw, the "secret" menu items are on the register. so, they are arguably menu items, and they outnumber the non-secret items.

        1. Xenocles   13 years ago

          And it may be selection bias, but with nearly every episode of "Restaurant Impossible" I've seen the first thing they do to fix the restaurant is prune the menu.

          1. Virginian   13 years ago

            It would seem to be common sense. In my experience, people have a favorite at the restaurants they go to regularly. If you put out six things that are excellent, even if they're not original, you'll get a lot more business then having 20 mediocre things. Too many people open a restaurant and try to have their own spin on stuff, or come up with entirely new stuff, and they crash and burn because it just isn't that good.

      2. Brett L   13 years ago

        "Oddly enough" was ironic.

  37. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

    The Power of Pop

  38. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

    the Shat will talk to a real space captain

  39. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

    Shawshank Redemption, Brasilian style

    1. Karl Hungus   13 years ago

      Wow, 31 tried, and 27 of them actually made it out.

      There's always a small part of me, when reading about prison breaks, that hopes they never get caught, at least as long as were in for nonviolent offenses.

  40. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

    Was this posted in the A.M.?

    My Little Boy is Outgrowing Hearts and Rainbows Being Mother's Gender-bending Activist Pawn

    1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      Is his name Sue?

      1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

        Nope, it's Jasper Puna'ikaika Curtis Mayfield Kavanaugh.

        Really.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          I've never met this woman, and already I am filled with the uncontrollable rage of the ?lfh??nar.

          1. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

            That's because you're a hate-filled, cisnormative, heteronormative misogynist.

            1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

              I think it has to do more with my lycanthropy, but that's a possibility too.

    2. nicole   13 years ago

      That was...wow. That little dude was dressing like more of a girl than I do.

    3. The Immaculate Trouser   13 years ago

      A more appropriate title would be "My child isn't participating in my attempts to fuck him up for life!!"

    4. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

      "The other day I was leafing through the racks of a local Goodwill when I saw it: a bright pink sweater covered with multi-colored hearts. I swooned, smiled, and then stopped: Was this too girly?"

      If you are asking yourself the question, then the answer is: YES!.

    5. BrokeBroker   13 years ago

      I've actually clicked on that link and a few others, just like I do when I read AM or PM links. I then read a few of them, went on to do other stuff but came back a few hours later, and for some reasons, right back on this.

      So I read that without having the usual preparation of reading something awful when I click on a link on H&R.

      I have nephews around that age man... how can you do that to people....

  41. Archduke Pantsfan   13 years ago

    PANDA BABY!

    1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      HOW PANDA BABIES ARE MADE!

      (PROTIP: Hover over link before clicking.)

  42. Mike M.   13 years ago

    Holy crap, gas has gone up like twenty freaking cents a gallon in the last three days. This really sucks.

  43. Thane of Whiterun   13 years ago

    Mom's Dumb Bitch Who Shouldn't be Allowed to Procreate's $5 Million Lawsuit Targets 'Toxic' Frozen Pizzas Sold Locally

    1. Tonio   13 years ago

      I missed the part where someone was forcing her to buy them.

  44. Proprietist   13 years ago

    Oh Jesus Christ! Justice Department to sue Standard and Poor over credit downgrade?!

    How is this not a violation of the company's freedom of speech? Under what legal auspices does a company stating an opinion on the creditworthiness of the country establish a tort against that company? Is this from the 14th Amendment that the "[t]he validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned"? And is this not one of the most disturbingly chilling assaults on free speech? Where is the line? Can editorial boards for for-profit newspapers criticize the national debt? Can citizens?

    1. nicole   13 years ago

      And is this not one of the most disturbingly chilling assaults on free speech? Where is the line?

      Well isn't this fun. As soon as Argentina started going after financial analysts for publishing inflation rates the government disagreed with, I predicted they would be instituting price controls on food before long. A repossessed ship later, here we are. So...fuck it, let's just talk about Bar Refaeli and gender-fucking helicopter parents instead.

      1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

        I blame the gringo.

    2. Proprietist   13 years ago

      Ah, a little different than that - they're suing over the inaccurate corporate ratings in the runup to the recession, but a.) this still smacks of retaliation for the downgrade, and b.) can not credit rating agencies ever be wrong without breaking the law? Why would a credit rating agency stake their credibility on corrupted ratings?

      1. Zeb   13 years ago

        It sounds a bit like charging the Italian seismologists for not predicting the earthquake. I suppose it is possible that S&P conspired to over rate some securities, but it really doesn't seem likely.

  45. Stormy Dragon   13 years ago

    Christian Pastor argues in court that Christians have a first ammendment right to kidnap the children of homosexuals:

    http://www.rutlandherald.com/a...../702019895

    1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

      Umm...no, that's not what he's arguing at all; however, I understand your need to ride your ideological hobby-horse into the sunset.

      Not that I agree with his actions, but he has a 5th amendment right not to give testimony that would self-incriminate.

      1. Stormy Dragon   13 years ago

        He's not claiming it on fifth ammendment grounds, he's claiming it on the grounds that he somehow ought to be legally protected from having to testify about a co-religionsit.

        1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

          Which is still not what you are characterizing the argument as.

      2. Tonio   13 years ago

        "Mennonite Pastor argues in court that Mennonites have a special first amendment right to not testify about crimes of which they are aware when homos are the victims."

        That better?

        1. Heroic Mulatto   13 years ago

          I don't see where you're getting that. The pastor isn't saying that he is exempt from punishment for not testifying. He's just choosing not to testifying because "Mennonite snitches get stitches from Jesus*".

          *Jesus of Nazareth, not Jesus of Cell Block C.

          1. nicole   13 years ago

            Yeah, his lawyer is also pretty clear that the dude is willing to spend more time in prison because of this.

    2. nicole   13 years ago

      Wow, I remember that couple from when their custody battle started years ago but totally missed that it ended in kidnapping. That is fucked up. Also, what's with so many people named Miller, none of whom are related?

      1. Tonio   13 years ago

        Perhaps Miller is a common name among US mennonites.

        1. Generic Stranger   13 years ago

          It's an "occupation" name. Those tend to be fairly common, e.g. "Smith". I'd assume that it'd be even more common amongst a religious group that largely tends to stick to more traditional, agricultural trades.

    3. Calidissident   13 years ago

      I didn't see anything there suggesting that he thinks his actions are legal, but that he thinks he must follow "God's law" rather than civil law.

      Note that I do not at all condone his actions, or the actions of Lisa Miller

      1. Tonio   13 years ago

        Worse. He's arguing that he is immune from the law because he's religious. And I'm sure this is the only circumstance in which a religious person would claim this, and that this is the only religious group that would ever claim that. Nobody would ever make up claims of religiosity to avoid testifying in inconvenient circumstances.

        1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

          Clergy has had certain rights in this sort of thing. For instance, Catholic priests have had a right not to disclose information gained in confession.

    4. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

      The kid's biological mother decided she was no longer homosexual and fled the country with the child when court's would not dissolve her former lover's parental rights.

      Describing what happened as if the pastor was involved with kidnapping random children of homosexuals. This is a messy custody fight made even messier by the circumstances.

      1. Stormy Dragon   13 years ago

        Miller is facing up to three years in prison on his conviction for helping mother and child flee. Sentencing is set for March 4.

        The pastor was already convicted for his involvement in the kidnapping.

        1. Mickey Rat   13 years ago

          Which was not what I was commenting on.

  46. mr lizard   13 years ago

    I wonder how many classified emails will show up from the treasury telling them to keep the scam going?

  47. waaminn   13 years ago

    There is a dude that seems to know what time it is!

    http://www.ImAnon.tk

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