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2014 Obamacare Enrollment Postponed Until After Elections, California Ignores Latest Obamacare "Fix," CBS Orders Copyright Takedown of Walter Cronkite JFK Assassination Coverage: P.M. Links

Ed Krayewski | 11.22.2013 4:30 PM

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    Next year's enrollment period for Obamacare has already been postponed until after the November 2014 elections. California has decided to ignore President Obama's "fix" allowing insurance companies to extend coverage banned under Obamacare through next year. Oregon's beleaguered state insurance exchange is adding fax lines to deal with incoming paper applications.

  • News agencies are complaining that the White House is limiting access to the president for photographers, choosing to distribute its own carefully selected photos instead. A group of liberal journalists, meanwhile, had an off-the-record sit down with the president, reportedly to talk about Obamacare.
  • Democrat Tom Harkin suggests the Senate should alter the rules on the filibustering of legislation next.
  • A clandestine unit of the FBI helps the NSA to spy on Americans.
  • A federal appeals court decided not to overturn a ruling suspending stop and frisk in New York City.
  • CBS is apparently ordering video clips of Walter Cronkite's announcement that John F. Kennedy was shot be taken down over copyright violations. A photo engineer who analyzed the Zapruder film, which caught the Kennedy assassination, is tired of the conspiracy theories surrounding it, and says the CIA should have never treated the film as top secret to begin with. That footage was captured 50 years ago today.
  • Joe Biden borrowed ten dollars from an aide to buy lunch for his weekly meeting with the president.
  • Two firms are planning to launch prospecting missions to passing asteroids in the next three years.

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  1. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

    Anyone want an enchilada? I could sure eat an enchilada. Yah, dig?

  2. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Joe Biden borrowed ten dollars from an aide to buy lunch for his weekly meeting with the president.

    If you like your $10 you can keep it.

    1. PD Scott   12 years ago

      At least he didn't resort to using a shotgun.

    2. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

      How long will it take Joe to pay it back?

      1. Gbob   12 years ago

        You obviously know nothing about economics. This was a stimulus, needed to spark the economy. By taking from the 1% of people wealthy enough to have money for lunch, and spending it, he is creating a stimulus program that eventually the person who loaned him the money will benefit from. If anything, the person he borrowed from owes Biden another ten bucks.

    3. Monkey's Uncle   12 years ago

      That ten dollars, you didn't build that.

  3. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    News agencies are complaining that the White House is limiting access to the president for photographers, choosing to distribute its own carefully selected photos instead.

    They're afraid outsider photographers will fail to capture all the transparency.

    1. Ted S.   12 years ago

      This story showed up at least in the comments of yesterday's PM Links, and H&R is only mentioning it now?

      1. Tonio   12 years ago

        And no hat tip, either.

        1. Corning   12 years ago

          Hat tip should go to Matt Drudge.

      2. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

        I'm not in it for the hat tips.

        1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

          Liar!

        2. Heedless   12 years ago

          For the top hats then?

          1. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

            What libertarian doesn't like putting on the Ritz every now and then?

            1. Aloysious   12 years ago

              You know how obligatory this is?

              1. Agammamon   12 years ago

                Not as obligatory as this

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3lu59Cz4g

  4. hamilton   12 years ago

    Joe Biden borrowed ten dollars from an aide to buy lunch for his weekly meeting with the president.

    Cheney would've "borrowed" it from George.

    1. GILMORE   12 years ago

      he beat him up for his milk money every week

  5. GILMORE   12 years ago

    MORE FUN THAN JOSE CANSECO IN A VAN FULL OF GOATS

    1. db   12 years ago

      Impossible.

    2. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

      Let us rule 34 this STAT.

  6. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    Two firms are planning to launch prospecting missions to passing asteroids in the next three years.

    STOP SPACE FRACKING!

    1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

      They're raping the natural nothingness!

      1. CE   12 years ago

        Who wants to see an asteroid (a natural hunk of space rubble), after it's been strip mined into a hunk of space rubble?

        1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

          That rubble should be preserved for future generations!

          1. CE   12 years ago

            It's been unspoiled rubble for 500 million years, and now they want to ruin it!

            1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

              Their ecological impact study was done with actual impacts! Barbarians!

        2. Atanarjuat   12 years ago

          Some environmentalist will make this argument in earnest some day. "Big chunks of space rubble are more aesthetically appealing than streams of space spoil coming out of Rearden Orbiting Metal!"

        3. Ted S.   12 years ago

          They're going to make Earth more massive and completely fuck up its gravitational field!

          1. JW   12 years ago

            It's going to flip over at some point.

            1. Swiss Servator, kirsch anyone?   12 years ago

              I, too, worry about this!

              /Hank Johnson

    2. hamilton   12 years ago

      Space Fraking

      1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

        If this isn't a video of Jamie Bamber or Tahmoh Penikett in various states of undress, I will be sad.

        1. hamilton   12 years ago

          I'm not here to cater to your perfectly reasonable desires.

          1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

            Now I'm sad. I suppose I'll console myself with this.

            I think you know where I'll be.

      2. Brett L   12 years ago

        I wanted the Sound of Cylon video.

    3. Live Free or Diet   12 years ago

      STOP SPACE FRACKING!

      Just wait until they start bringing down petrochemicals from space.

      "We conclude that a significant fraction of pre-biotic petroleum was delivered by extraterrestrial matter and might well have been of considerable importance in the development of life."
      http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004cosp...35..331K

  7. Sidd Finch   12 years ago

    http://www.DoLSUFansSmellLikeCornDogs.com

  8. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    News agencies are complaining that the White House is limiting access to the president for photographers, choosing to distribute its own carefully selected photos instead.

    MOST TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION EVER!

  9. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

    http://deadspin.com/jameis-win.....1467707410

    Apparently, Jameis Winston isn't the only problem at FSU.

    1. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

      I've had dealings with the handlers. My biggest issue was with a gentle giant of a lineman who was new to college, and to reading, and had trouble making it to the morning class. On the few occasions he made it to class (late) and didn't fall dead asleep, his earnest writing, both in style and structure, was that of an elementary school student. He never turned a paper in on time, but when I contacted the handlers to warn them of his status, a pile of final drafts would suddenly materialize, full of fairly complex, organized thoughts and diction?thoughts that hadn't made it into earlier drafts I'd seen. I was bombarded with regular long emails from handlers explaining how I should arrange extra meetings with the player and extend deadlines for him. But he couldn't overcome his absences, and when I informed them through a mentor that he wouldn't pass and it was too late to drop the class, I was asked if I could give him an "incomplete," even though he didn't qualify for one. I said no.

      1. CE   12 years ago

        Well, technically, his course work WAS incomplete.

    2. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      "Or the top offensive player who sought tutoring from me on a plagiarized paper while tweaking on uppers."

      Is that what they're calling ADD meds these days?

      1. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

        Yeah. There's a few things in the article that bother me, like the reference to Trayvon Martin. But I do think the thesis is ultimately true for major university athletics.

        1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

          This shit went on when I was in college, and our team sucked. 1-10 my senior year.

        2. Some call me Tim?   12 years ago

          I have a hard time giving a shit.

        3. Warty   12 years ago

          What is a Trayvon-style conspiracy theory?

          1. Entropy Void   12 years ago

            One that exists only in the mind of Al Sharpton and MSNBC addicts.

      2. Ted S.   12 years ago

        At least he wasn't twerking on uppers.

    3. Brett L   12 years ago

      Yawn. I get these first-hand from actual TAs and grad instructors. Now we're going to pretend that anybody cares if football players have the same rigor as everyone else in the exercise science degree?

      1. PD Scott   12 years ago

        It makes a mockery of the exercise science degree, A MOCKERY!

      2. EDG reppin' LBC   12 years ago

        Agree. People go to college to prepare them for a professional career. EE majors want to work for Bosch. Biology majors want to become MD's. Finance majors want to work at Blackrock. Football players want to make the NFL. Playing at FSU is a good way to make the NFL. Big deal.

        1. Locke   12 years ago

          What do chem majors become?

      3. Sevo   12 years ago

        ..."Now we're going to pretend that anybody cares if football players have the same rigor as everyone else in the exercise science degree?"

        It's quite amusing when MNF introduces the players and they all state their alma mater as if they really went there to study.

        1. Some call me Tim?   12 years ago

          I don't think that's the nature of the shoutout they're giving. It's more like they are proud to have played on the TEAM at that school.

        2. Killazontherun   12 years ago

          I love it when the players get cute and list their elementary school instead of their college alma mater.

          1. Pi Guy   12 years ago

            Terrell Suggs. Ball So Hard University

    4. Ted S.   12 years ago

      When the NCAA bans FSU, Urban Meyer and OSU, and Nick Saban and Alabama for all those violations, who winds up as national champion?

      1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

        Appalachian State.

        1. Killazontherun   12 years ago

          Appalachian State.

          As if there wasn't enough partying going on there already.

          1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

            Tell you what, that's one hell of a great location. Up in the mountains, decent town in Boone, right next to the Blue Ridge Parkway.

            1. Killazontherun   12 years ago

              Friends of mine went to school there. Those were some really great weekends when I visited. Really great.

              1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                I love that area.

      2. wareagle   12 years ago

        seems Baylor is the only unbeaten left. And the Bears still have games to play.

        1. Brandon   12 years ago

          Baylor is toast. They're next on the NCAA's anybody-but-the-SEC list.

        2. Swiss Servator, kirsch anyone?   12 years ago

          Hey?!

          /NIU

      3. Some call me Tim?   12 years ago

        Oregon only has 1 loss? Auburn? A&M?

      4. creech   12 years ago

        In your dreams. They only have the balls to take away 12 years worth of victories from Penn State kids who had absolutely nothing to do with the Sandusky scandal.

  10. Bam!   12 years ago

    Taxpayers Lose $139 Million on FISKER Loan...

    1. Suthenboy   12 years ago

      See, I read that at first as FISTER loan.

      Appropriate.

      1. Bobarian   12 years ago

        You DO NOT want to take out one of those loans.

        Just sayin.

      2. Terr   12 years ago

        Payday loan from Warty?

        1. Bobarian   12 years ago

          Don't be late on a payment.

          1. Agammamon   12 years ago

            Or early - he hates to lose out on the interest.

  11. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

    More anniversary news, from the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople:

    "It is with all great pride, albeit with heavy heart that we are communicating with all of you today from the historic and martyric Mother Church of Constantinople on the solemn occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the Holodomor of the Ukrainian Nation.

    "As we prayerfully commemorate the tragic and inhumane events during the years 1932-1933, when countless people lost their lives through deliberate and brutal famine, we pray for the repose of the victims' souls and for the healing of this painful wound in the conscience of your blessed Nation."

    http://www.patriarchate.org/ne.....rchatenews

    1. Ted S.   12 years ago

      Are any of those Ukrainians named Kennedy? If not, they don't count.

      1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

        No, who remembers all of those faceless, nameless, tens of millions? All fades before the spectacle of a short-term president who didn't accomplish very much except getting murdered.

        1. Redmanfms   12 years ago

          No, who remembers all of those faceless, nameless, tens of millions? All fades before the spectacle of a short-term president who didn't accomplish very much except getting murdered.

          He did succeed in bringing the world closer to nuclear war than any other man...

          1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

            Well, him and Khrushchev. Couple of idiots.

          2. Tonio   12 years ago

            Except Pres. Truman, of course.

            1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

              To be fair, Truman was using nuclear weapons when only the U.S. had nuclear weapons. It's not really a nuclear war when only you have nukes. It's more a nuclear this-war-is-over.

              1. Bobarian   12 years ago

                Or FYTY: the Nuclear Option?

              2. Corning   12 years ago

                So the war on terror where unarmed innocent children get bombed by drones is not a drone war but a crayola crayon war.

                1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                  My point was limited to nuclear war, which is a different animal altogether. Which you're old enough to remember being scared of, too.

              3. Agammamon   12 years ago

                Ah, so Obama was using the 'Truman Doctrine' during our little excursion in Libya.

  12. playa manhattan   12 years ago

    "A group of liberal journalists, meanwhile, had an off-the-record sit down with the president, reportedly to talk about Obamacare."

    The problem isn't the law, it's the messaging!

    1. Sevo   12 years ago

      And of course this meeting has no effect on the bias of their reporting, nor on the perception thereof.

      1. Mike M.   12 years ago

        These aren't journalists, they're JournoLists.

    2. Max Power   12 years ago

      Is this something other presidents and journalists did? I find it to be... unseemly.

      1. Heedless   12 years ago

        Rick Santorum warned us that if we allow man-on-man marriage, something like this was sure to follow.

  13. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    A group of liberal journalists, meanwhile, had an off-the-record sit down with the president, reportedly to talk about Obamacare.

    First order of business: Stop calling it Obamacare.

    1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

      What are you. . .oh, you're talking about Bushcare.

      1. Killazontherun   12 years ago

        More like .. .. Adorable Care!

    2. CE   12 years ago

      The Bipartisan Healthcare Reform Act That Would Have Been Affordable if not for Those Pesky Congressional Republicans?

    3. Redmanfms   12 years ago

      A group of liberal journalists, meanwhile, had an off-the-record sit down with the president, reportedly to talk about Obamacare.

      Uhh, WTF?

      1. CE   12 years ago

        It's transparency, see? You don't want a president who would coach up the press in secret, do you?

  14. Raven Nation   12 years ago

    OT (& apologies if already covered today), Duke lacrosse accuser convicted of murder:

    http://espn.go.com/espn/story/.....lty-murder

    More proof of ESPN's statist love affair. The article makes no mention of the fact that ESPN, especially Outside the Lines, was one of the leaders in the charge to get the lacrosse team.

    1. Tonio   12 years ago

      Covered in comments on another thread. NTTAWWT

      1. hamilton   12 years ago

        I think it's only a minor infraction unless the other thread is a Meridiem Links.

    2. Mike M.   12 years ago

      One of the greatest examples of karma I've ever seen in my life.

      1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

        Sort of. She and Mike Nifong were't the one who were murdered.

        1. Mike M.   12 years ago

          Good point.

  15. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

    http://www.al.com/alabamafootb.....rt_m-rpt-2

    The SEC (and a few other major D1 FBS programs) should really stop scheduling FCS teams.

    1. CE   12 years ago

      Michigan wishes they had stopped 7 or 8 years ago:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.....tball_game

      1. Ted S.   12 years ago

        That game has its own Wikipedia article?

        I presume the article was written by alumni from anOSU.

        1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

          I believe App. State is Michigan's home opener next season.

        2. EDG reppin' LBC   12 years ago

          Always with the jab at tOSU, huh? Well bub, you just made the list.

          1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

            Why is it little "t" when you want to insist on the silly big "T"? I mean, really, can't you be consistent on this?

            Florida should do this. Then it would be TUF. Which is better than TUGA or TFSU, which doesn't even make sense.

            1. PD Scott   12 years ago

              Nothing wrong with a TUGA war...

              1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                TUGA, sure. TFSU? There's also TUT.

          2. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

            Oregon State University should start insisting on using "The" before their name just to fuck with Ohio State.

            Oklahoma State University, too.

    2. Ted S.   12 years ago

      You mean 1A and 1AA.

      1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

        I daresay Alabama has a sufficiently hard schedule. . .especially compared to, I dunno, Big Ten schools.

      2. CE   12 years ago

        Exactly. FCS is stupid anyway. You mean only the Div 1AA teams can be champions?

      3. wareagle   12 years ago

        used to be 1A and 1AA. Now, it's FBS and FCS.

        1. Ted S.   12 years ago

          Don't you think I'm aware of that?

    3. Raven Nation   12 years ago

      I've been surprised to see these games scheduled so late in the season. They used to be "pre-season" games for the big boys.

    4. wareagle   12 years ago

      I'll give Spurrier some props in this area. SC's non-conference schedule has Clemson, UCF, and an in-state game with one of hte smaller schools. I kinda like the latter and would no issue with Auburn/bama doing likewise with a South Alabama, Troy, etc.

      1. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

        Troy and South Alabama would be good match-ups. I doubt UAB has much to offer. It would be nice to have another Bama game in Legion Field, but I doubt UA's AD would ever allow a back-and-forth series.

        1. wareagle   12 years ago

          I'm not sure the smaller schools would demand home-and-home. It's still a pay-day game, but it helps an in-state program, that schools fans would have a relatively short trip, etc.

          AU played Samford a couple of years ago; gave folks a chance to cheer for Pat Sullivan. I imagine the bama faithful would do likewise for Joey Jones.

          1. KDN   12 years ago

            It's still a pay-day game, but it helps an in-state program, that schools fans would have a relatively short trip, etc.

            People give tOSU shit for scheduling MAC opponents every year, but this is part of why they do so.

            1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

              Those schools also get tossed on the schedule when something else falls through, which happens more often than most people realize.

              For the SEC schools, they usually have a tough enough conference schedule to make up for it. Not so much the current Big Ten, for instance, though that's a recent problem and wasn't the case ten years ago.

              1. Cdr Lytton   12 years ago

                For the SEC schools, they usually have a tough enough conference schedule to make up for it.

                [citation needed]

      2. Brett L   12 years ago

        Troy gave FSU a run for our money during the final days of Bowden. That's when we here locally knew he was done.

        1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

          I'm, of course, no FSU fan, but I was rather shocked at how long the school let him tank the program. He should've been forced to retire in a friendly way ten years before he left.

    5. Brett L   12 years ago

      Is Idaho FCS? Because somehow FSU has a punching bag 1-10 team from the opposite end of the country in between the end of our ACC schedule and the hated Gators.

      I assume Jameis Winston sits the first half to assuage the NCAA/Heisman voters and we go on about playing Bama for the National Championship.

      1. wareagle   12 years ago

        man, no love for the Tigers. Maybe the IB should just be cancelled.

        1. Brett L   12 years ago

          Sorry. We'll be happy to play Baylor after they jump OSU in the BCS. Go Tigers.

      2. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

        No, Idaho is FBS.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.....tball_team

        Check it out. Colorado is playing two FCS teams: Central Arkansas and Charleston Southern.

        1. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

          Funny thing: Under normal schedules (0-1 FCS teams per season), all a team has to do is win 6 games to become bowl eligible. If they schedule 2 FCS teams, then the requirement becomes a 7-win season.

          1. robc   12 years ago

            Not true. You only need 6 wins if you lose to 1 of the 2 FCS teams.

            GT is playing 2 this year due to a late cancellation. The 2nd one is tomorrow. We are bowl eligible already whether we win or not.

            1. Caleb Turberville   12 years ago

              Has there been a rule change? I could have sworn that a few years ago that Arizona/Arizona State was inelgible even though they had 6 wins because they had scheduled 2 FCS teams?

              1. robc   12 years ago

                No, you can only count one FCS win towards your needed 6 wins.

                If you beat 2 of them, you need 5 more wins. If you go 1-1 vs them, you still only need 5 more wins.

        2. B.P.   12 years ago

          Hey now, Charleston Southern was all the Buffs could drum up for an opponent after their game against Fresno St. was cancelled due to flooding.

          1. robc   12 years ago

            Colorado gets a total pass on it this year. Plus, they arent bowl eligible anyway, so not big deal.

            Bad teams can play bad schedules.

            1. robc   12 years ago

              On the other hand, if you are competing for the national title, you shouldnt be scheduling any of them.

  16. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Oregon's state-run insurance exchange has signed up zero people

    State officials said Wednesday they don't expect to have the online enrollment system working in time for people to enroll in plans that begin on the first of the year. They also announced that paper applications, their backup system, must be mailed within just two weeks, by Dec. 4.

    Exchange Director Rocky King faced sharp questioning from state lawmakers for the first time since his organization missed the October deadline to allow people to enroll online.

    King said the latest projections show the system should be ready for individuals to enroll online beginning Dec. 16, which would mean people who enroll on the first day would get coverage beginning in February.

    "We're not broken," King told lawmakers. "It's just not done."

    Because key pieces of the back-end technology weren't finished, King said, exchange managers and contractors couldn't fully test the system until it was too late to fix the serious problems that came to light.

    The exchange, known as Cover Oregon, is intended to let people shop for coverage, compare plans and find out whether they qualify for tax credits under the federal health law. Cover Oregon has resorted to processing applications by hand because the online portal didn't work correctly.

    Damn Republican saboteurs!

    1. CE   12 years ago

      Lots of people are bookmarking the site though, so it's Alexa rating is climbing!

      1. Sevo   12 years ago

        Not only that, but some people mentioned it to their friends and neighbors!

        1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

          Wait till talking points Thanksgiving!

    2. Juice   12 years ago

      Where does it say that zero people have signed up?

      1. Juice   12 years ago

        Oh, never mind.

  17. PD Scott   12 years ago

    Ultrasound pulses could replace daily injections for diabetics.

    Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are developing a system in which a single injection of nanoparticles could deliver insulin internally for days at a time ? with a little help from pulses of ultrasound.

    1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

      If we do this right we can also remove diabetics from the gene pool (sorry SF!)

      A dosage of 1 watt/sq cm for 10 minutes was also applied to four human patients without the use of anesthetics, and no pain or side effects were noted. In all treated animals as well as in human patients the results indicate that ultrasound significantly suppresses spermatogenesis according to the dosage and frequency of treatment, without any effect on Leydig cells or blood testosterone levels.

      Male contraceptives, for when you can't stand condoms, but can't trust your girlfriend not to have an oopsie baby!

  18. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    ...and says the CIA should have never treated the film as top secret to begin with.

    They should have copyrighted it, instead. That carries much more weight.

  19. playa manhattan   12 years ago

    SHARKNADO!!!!!
    http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....-1.1524466

    1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

      This is what I get for being lazy.

      1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

        Although 2 days old, it's awesome. Little scary too, I was just in the water on Monday.

      2. playa manhattan   12 years ago

        We can split the work. I post the link, you argue with Pro L.

        1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

          Done and done. Great White Sharks in the water is still better than endemic MRSA!

          *pours kerosene on Pro L signal, casually drops match*

          1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

            We have more shark attacks than MRSA cases, and we have hardly any of those, either.

            1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

              Look, it isn't just about what's in the water trying to kill you. The Atlantic actively tries to erase your communities from the coastline on a seasonal basis. The pacific is generally very disinterested in killing Americans. It fucking hates Asians though.

              1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                What do I care about the Atlantic? I'm strictly Gulf Coast.

                1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

                  Because the Gulf has been kinder.

    2. Jordan   12 years ago

      So effin' jealous. My lifelong dream is to dive with Great Whites.

      Oh, and there was no tornado in that video. THIS MAN'S A PHONY! A BIG FAT PHONY!

      1. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

        You really should seek help for your suicidal ideation. Depression is an easily treatable disease with modern pharmaceuticals.

  20. Sevo   12 years ago

    George Clooney, auto critic:
    "Tesla Honcho Elon Musk Annoyed by Actor's Diss"
    ""I had a Tesla," Clooney is quoted in the article in response to a semi-serious inquiry as to where his Hollywood-chic electric car was. "I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. I think I was, like, number five on the list. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing.[...] And I said to them, 'Look, guys, why am I always stuck on the side of the f--king road? Make it work, one way or another.'?""
    http://www.eonline.com/news/48.....tor-s-diss

    1. Redmanfms   12 years ago

      I was one of the first cats with a Tesla.

      There are no words in any human language that can come close to describing the degree of loathing I feel for this man.

      1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

        SPOILER!

        I wonder if there are any outtakes of him burning up in re-entry?

      2. CE   12 years ago

        If by "loathing" you mean "envy", join the club.

    2. Jordan   12 years ago

      When two assholes fight each other, everybody wins.

    3. Almanian!   12 years ago

      "I was one of the first cats"

      Clooney is SO "hep"!

    4. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

      Smug alert!

      1. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

        Also relevant.

        (Trey and Matt Stone in an interview about that episode).

  21. Gojira   12 years ago

    I actually live in Dallas and just had to vent to people who would understand, and Tulpa:

    1. Gojira   12 years ago

      sorry got cut of there, anyway:

      1. Gojira   12 years ago

        um, ok, what the fuck, over? Anyway: I AM SO FUCKING GODDAMN SICK OF THE JFK BULLSHIT TODAY IT'S EVERYWHERE EVEN ON SPORTS RADIO SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!

        1. Gojira   12 years ago

          Did you know JFK was the single greatest human being who ever lived? And that if the city of Dallas hadn't used it's collective hate of all light and progress to compel that poor stooge Oswald to kill him, we'd be in a Star Trek-like post-scarcity society now? And there would have been no more wars, between anyone on earth? It's true! I've learned it all today!

          If it'll get people to just SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT JFK, I'll confess. I jumped in the TARDIS and killed his worthless cheating ass because I hate all good things in life, and wanted to bring about the Corporate Tea-pocalypse. There, mystery solved, now we can all go on about our lives.

          1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

            It's all Jimbo's fault! Get him!

          2. CE   12 years ago

            How do you ever expect to get a post-scarcity society without experiencing the scarcity first? Hence, Obama.

          3. Almanian!   12 years ago

            BACK, and to the left....BACK, and to the left...

          4. Tonio   12 years ago

            Dude, they're getting to you.

          5. JW   12 years ago

            How about that Dr. Who special?

            1. Gojira   12 years ago

              @ Tonio: the only way to keep them from getting to me today is to sit in silence in a dark room with no media whatsoever. I guess I could read a book all damned day, but after hour 8, that gets a little boring. And the way things are going, I'm afraid if I open up any book, being Dallas, today, it will have magically turned into a JFK apologetic.

              @ JW: I'm excited for it! Though I rather like Matt Smith as the Doctor, and I'm not so sure about his replacement.

              1. Ted S.   12 years ago

                I watched *NHL Tonight* and a movie on TCM. TCM had the Kennedy shit last night.

              2. JW   12 years ago

                I keed, of course. The Facebooks have been alight with Dr. Who mania, which I just don't get.

                Mind you, I've watched most of the episodes at some point, (I like Matt Smith as well, which is evidently blasphemy to not pray towards David Tennant daily) but I don't understand the manic grip this show has on rational people.

                1. Gojira   12 years ago

                  Oh well I'm no super-fan or anything, I just enjoy the show. But I don't have a TARDIS or a Dalek sitting on my desk like you see here and there.

                  1. SweatingGin   12 years ago

                    Cyberman, then, right? And you're wearing a Tom Baker scarf right now, aren't you?

                    1. Gojira   12 years ago

                      Pff, I wish I was gay so I could rock a Tom Baker scarf. Alas...

                  2. JW   12 years ago

                    For shits and grins, I was watching the Pandorica episode last night. The kids were watching along and kept asking me to explain what was happening, because it was confusing and didn't make any sense. I told them that they had it right.

                    I know someone with a TARDIS tattoo on her arm. :::shakes head:::

                    If you ever visit i09, which I don't recommend beyond for research purposes, you'll see the depths of the Dr. Who fetish on full display.

                    1. Gojira   12 years ago

                      I had never heard of it, but there's a link titled: "Tiny Animals on Fingers is our new favorite flickr group", and links to a bunch of pictures of little animals perched on the tips of people's fingers.

                    2. JW   12 years ago

                      I only wish I could have Karen Gillan perched upon my fingers.

              3. NotAnotherSkippy   12 years ago

                Thou shalt have no Doctor before the Tom Baker. Thy scarf and thy Jelly Babies (which are nasty, BTW) shall lengthen and multiply and thy perm shall be set amongst the heavens forever.

                I've really grown tired of the Doctor Who reboot. It's gone all mystical gooey.

                1. hamilton   12 years ago

                  I just want to say I agree with pretty much every point of this comment.

          6. Dead or In Jail   12 years ago

            OBLIGATORY

        2. Monkey's Uncle   12 years ago

          Re: JFK
          What difference at this point does it make?

      2. Redmanfms   12 years ago

        sorry got cut of there, anyway:

        You're fucking with us, aren't you?

  22. Coeus   12 years ago

    Saw this about the proggies "enthusiastic consent". This is hilarious:

    Lucy
    November 7, 2013 at 9:09 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
    "Slightly wrong point. "Women can get all the sex they want", provided they do not care too much about how or who with, and are willing to risk meeting strangers in hotel rooms. Of course women often prefer nothing to what is on offer, and so would I. So do I, in fact. But it is nice to have choices, and you have more than I do."

    This is such nonsense, I know quite a few older, intelligent, perfectly pleasant and attractive single women who struggle to get a man interested in them. Men are chasing around after the 20-something hotties. They dress up for work, they join clubs and take up hobbies, they go on singles holidays and speed dating, and they are met with disinterest. One woman told me once how she was on a date with a guy and when he found out she was 37 refused to take things further because her "eggs were too old". And I think you are over-optimistic about the chances of a slightly plump, 40-something woman being able to walk up to a man in a bar and getting one to agree to leave with her. I'm sure she'd have to try quite a number before one would agree; humiliating and not at all realistic.

    Damn good thing they're not in charge of the pursuit, ain't it?

    1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      "over-optimistic about the chances of a slightly plump, 40-something woman"

      And the truth comes out.

      1. Coeus   12 years ago

        Even George Clooney gets turned down. The guys who crush the most ass go through that every time they go out. It's amazing that she is not aware of this. Even more amazingly, no one called her out on it. I fear that FTB is populated entirely by virgins and those who married their highschool sweethearts.

        1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

          Yes, men can fail at any given moment, regardless of appearance, wealth, or even fame, depending on the women they are pursuing. Nice girls who aren't looking for casual sex are off the table, and the very good looking ones can be if they feel like it. So, for the sex-starved celebrity, sometimes the options are nothing or lower your standards.

          If anyone doubts this, just think about some of the really unattractive women rich and famous men have been caught with. Really unattractive women without money, too, before anyone claims the reverse is even a little bit relevant.

          1. Coeus   12 years ago

            And not only that, guys can't even just ask for it. No woman would ever say yes (or the number would be statistically insignificant). If guys could just go up and ask, PUA would not exist. Hell, all but the most hideously ugly would be getting laid on a regular basis.

            This is female privilege.

        2. Marc F Cheney   12 years ago

          Even George Clooney gets turned down.

          Why do you think that?

          If George Clooney said that, it's part of his play.

          If anyone else said that, they're liars and blackguards.

      2. Fatty Bolger   12 years ago

        Not entirely. Slightly plump is a lie, of course.

    2. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

      I want to see some photos before I concede the "slightly."

      1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

        And the 40-something. I suspect that the obfuscation is intentional.

      2. Juice   12 years ago

        Of the author? It's a dude.

        1. Coeus   12 years ago

          The commenter. It's a chick.

          1. Coeus   12 years ago

            O nevermind, you mean the first one. But he's talking to a chick as well.

    3. Sidd Finch   12 years ago

      http://youtu.be/XO_4W2cCAlo?t=1m16s

      1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

        "... ,or to a bowling alley, and hang out with no underpants. Trust me, it works. Yeah, you'd be surprised at how many men will approach you. I know I would!"

    4. Brett L   12 years ago

      Honey, go to a bar at 10:00 pm on Thursday where older guys hang out. Stay until 2am. Pretend that you don't have social justice.

      1. Brett L   12 years ago

        Sorry "pretend that you don't care about social justice".

        Distracted by some baby chicks who refuse to be pushed out of the nest in a software rollout.

        OMG!!! They didn't test in the 2 months it was in test and now it doesn't "work" the way they "think".

        1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

          pretend that you don't care about social justice

          This. There's no way that the reason they're having trouble is that they're dreadful.

      2. KDN   12 years ago

        Fuck that, move up to the Bakken. Big dirty oilmen will be fighting over you so long as you're south of a quarter ton.

        1. Gojira   12 years ago

          Go to any bar within a half hour of Ft. Benning. Have you SEEN the wives of those career NCOs?

          1. Sy   12 years ago

            + Dependazilla

          2. Swiss Servator, kirsch anyone?   12 years ago

            *shudders*

            Yeah...

  23. hamilton   12 years ago

    The rich have way too much money. They spend it on stupid things. So we should just take it.

    1. CE   12 years ago

      So who does that make the greedy one?

    2. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

      Won't these people please think of the poor people who build the mansions and yachts?

      1. hamilton   12 years ago

        Exactly. I would think that if one thought there was a glut in spending by rich people on stupid things, one might go into the Stupid Things industry and get rich selling, I don't know, pre-diapered Fainting Goats or something.

    3. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      "Just think of what I could do with your money!"

      1. Juice   12 years ago

        eat?

  24. Bam!   12 years ago

    But Consumer Reports called it the greatest car ever made!

    1. Bam!   12 years ago

      This was in response to Sevo|11.22.13 @ 4:39PM

  25. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Female French weather presenter loses bet, does weather report 'naked' on live TV

    1. hamilton   12 years ago

      Damn. Now that is a weathergirl. How did we let France outdo us in this?

      1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

        Haven't we had Naked News forever (NSFW [and not the good kind {well for me at least}])?

    2. Bam!   12 years ago

      I watched it for the weather report.

      1. CE   12 years ago

        I watch Un Nuevo Dia for the sports report at 7:35.

    3. Ted S.   12 years ago

      They're lucky it wasn't a man who made that bet and lost.

    4. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      As messed up as France is, you can be damn sure that people would be outraged if that happened here.

    5. Homple   12 years ago

      Way behind the curve. TV in the Czech Republic had a naked weather lady on regularly back in the 90s. She would start her "report" nude and then dress for tomorrow's forecasted weather.

      1. NotAnotherSkippy   12 years ago

        That. Is. Brilliant.

        I'll have to confirm that with a Czech coworker. Sorry, trust but verify, you know.

  26. Coeus   12 years ago

    Arizona teen says flying Confederate flag on his pickup led to hate crime at school

    Check out the comments. Proggies are pretty violent. So as far as I can tell, they feel that white guys deserve an assault for 1) having a flag they don't like, 2)using a word that you're not allowed to because of your skin color or sex, or 3) walking behind a black man.

    Are there any more that I missed?

    1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

      Freedom of speech is countered with the freedom to murder someone in self-righteous rage.

    2. Warty   12 years ago

      Corey ? 11 minutes ago ?
      He must be a Conservative Christian, their motto is "I will break any rule I want and then whine when you persecute me". Also, there is no "hate crime" when someone kicks your ass because of your flag. Also, the school legally has the right to limit students rights, that's in accordance with trying to keep the peace, and it's legally been practiced nationwide for long time from what I understand. That is how Christians are allowed to take people who wear rainbow t-shirts to school, to court...funny, they are the ones that always want to silence others more than any other group. If I were young and foolish and in this kids school, I'd get a Rainbow flag and hang it from my car, and wait and see how quickly someone claims I am forcing homosexuality on everyone.
      ?Reply?Share ?

      pjwhite ? 5 hours ago ?
      The Confederate Flag is America's swastika. Playing dumb - or being dumb - doesn't change that fact.
      7 ?Reply?Share ?

      1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

        Apparently Bo posts as "Corey" on other forums.

      2. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

        I'm mildly surprised that people don't assert the same opinion about the Stars and Stripes. After all, much more slavery occurred under it than under the Stars and Bars. Much, much, much more.

        1. Warty   12 years ago

          Not to mention much more wiping out of Indians, much more jailing for speaking out against wars, and infinitely more rounding up of Japanese people.

          1. JW   12 years ago

            USA!USA!USA!

            1. Bobarian   12 years ago

              America! Fuck Yeah!

          2. Gojira   12 years ago

            I wonder if I could drive around the FSU campus with an SEC sticker on my truck, get beat up, and then have people tell me I deserved it? I mean how far can we stretch this?

            1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

              It's not really like that at FSU. Nor at UF--my FSU friends (bunch of people I graduated from high school with went there, to USF, or to UF) used to come down and hang out for games, even non-FSU games. Just for a change of scenery. And vice versa.

              1. Gojira   12 years ago

                Huh, you'd think from the way the message boards have been the last few weeks, that there's about to be a 3-way war between Tuscaloosa, Tallahassee, and Gainseville.

                1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                  Not Gainesville. We've opted out this year.

                  1. Gojira   12 years ago

                    On the playing field perhaps, but not the battlefield. You wouldn't believe the accusations flying between the fanbases of which program is "dirtier".

                    1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                      I miss Spurrier. He's very clean and good. Rare combo.

                    2. Gojira   12 years ago

                      Here's a fantastic article on the OBC:

                      http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/62340648

                    3. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                      Yeah, well, some of that is true, some of it isn't. He has always liked to play mind games with opposing coaches and was never particularly friendly with the media, which is a good way to get the hate thrown your way. I've heard generally good things about him from people who know him.

                      He's one hell of a coach, though, whatever failings he might have.

                    4. Fatty Bolger   12 years ago

                      Spurrier + Zook's recruiting was lightning in a bottle.

                    5. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

                      Florida had been recruiting well for a long time, well before Spurrier's arrival. What Spurrier has is this weird instinct for exploiting defenses. When he has a lot of talent, it's amazing to watch. When he doesn't, he still can surprise you, even now.

                      I think Florida should've hired him back after the NFL business. Beats the skankiness of Meyer or the losing.

        2. Brett L   12 years ago

          Well, I also think the American Battle Flag is racist.

          1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

            There you go. Go beat up someone for flying it.

      3. Ted S.   12 years ago

        The guy was engaging in transgressive performance art. He was just transgressing against the wrong people.

      4. JW   12 years ago

        there is no "hate crime" when someone kicks your ass because of your flag

        We really don't deserve this country.

        1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

          Maybe we need to simplify our message: Violence bad; talk good.

  27. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

    Mr. Money Mustache is at it again, this time confusing capitalism and consumerism.

    But then there is this comment:

    Great article overall, but a small but important correction. The idea that "free market" capitalism is responsible for so much innovation is just a myth. Capitalism has lead to much innovation, but not the free market variety. Computers, the internet, satellite communications, lasers, commercial aviation, automation, interstate roads, semiconductors. These are all the result of public expenditures. Free market capitalism is not about the long game. Computers took decades to develop to where they could be used by consumers. No investor is interested in that. That took non-free market capitalism.
    Or take all the great economic powerhouse countries. The US, S Korea, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, They all went from poverty to prosperity with heavy government intervention in the economy, not free markets.

    1. CE   12 years ago

      Is he the guy who put the ad in the Jacksonville paper asking the owners to sign Tebow?

      1. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

        I don't think so, MMM lives in Colorado.

    2. Almanian!   12 years ago

      That's enough derp for one day, lads. I'm off...TTFN.

      1. Certified Public Asskicker   12 years ago

        I won the best derp of the day? Where's my prize? Do I get to touch the jacket!?!?

    3. OldMexican   12 years ago

      Most of us know that it is socially inappropriate to ask our friends to cough up money when we invite them over for dinner, or to offer money to a romantic partner in exchange for sex. But it is normal to pay for a meal at a restaurant and the world's oldest profession continues to thrive. This is the core of the distinction between "market" and "social" norms.

      There's no distinction, the author is simply equivocating because he's a blathering idiot.

      The only difference between the dinner with friends and the restaurant is in the expectations, but both are examples of voluntary exchanges. You expect to be served a pleasant meal at a restaurant and the restaurant expects payment for their serviced - a quid pro quo. The home owner who invites her friends expects the pleasure of good company by providing the guests with a venue and a meal. The same case with the romantic partner vs. the prostitute: even though the prostitute does not exchange sex for company and love but for money, both cases are still examples of voluntary exchange.

      In all of these cases, social norms are followed equally as you don't have the right not to pay the restaurant for the meal you ate, or the right to disrupt the home you were invited to, or to force your partner to have sex with you or to stiff the prostitute.

    4. NotAnotherSkippy   12 years ago

      The first functioning transistors (I doubt that "Jon" has a clue about what a semiconductor actually is) were created by Bell Labs. Interestingly they were trying to make an entirely different type of transistor (FET) than what they created by accident (BJT). Gov't had nothing to do with that.

      Unimation created the first industrial robots. Gov't had nothing to do with that.

      The microprocessor (Intel 4004) was developed at Intel, a private company.

      The internet is hardly a monolithic entity, but key components, fiberoptics, ethernet, microprocessors, and harddrives were all developed by private entities. At best you could argue that the government was an early buyer.

      I could go on about all of the work done by Armstrong and RCA early last century but idiots like that would never understand.

  28. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    The next generation of condoms

    When you hear the term "next-generation condom," beef tendon probably isn't the first thing that pops into your mind.

    But a condom made from the cow part is one of 11 ideas to win $100,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in its reinvent-the-condom competition.

    Another winning proposal uses a material that shrinks when it warms up on the body so it provides a perfect fit. Yet another team combined opening the condom package with application ? in a single quick motion ? so there's no more fumbling in the dark.

    Back in March, the Gates Foundation challenged scientists to design a condom that men or women would actually want to use. The goal was to develop "new condoms that significantly preserve or enhance pleasure," according to the foundation's website.

    The motivation is simple. The Gates Foundation is one of the biggest supporters of global health (and a funder of NPR). It figures that if more couples use condoms, they're less likely to transmit viruses like HIV or end up with unwanted pregnancies.

    The foundation received more than 800 entries for the condom challenge. It announced the 11 winning proposals on Wednesday.

    For the next-generation condom, it's all about being thin and strong.

    1. Coeus   12 years ago

      The next generation is already here. Lifestyles skyns. Look 'em up.

      1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

        I second this recommendation.

        I saw something about graphene condoms the other day and am curious what they WON'T try to use graphene for.

        1. JW   12 years ago

          That really gives Buckyballs new meaning.

        2. NotAnotherSkippy   12 years ago

          Oh for fuck's sake. Next some dumbass will have to propose a superconducting condom. Fucktards.

    2. Ted S.   12 years ago

      Those poor vegans. 😉

      1. PD Scott   12 years ago

        And Hindus, I suspect.

  29. Coeus   12 years ago

    Proggies finally acknowledge "knockout kings".

    What did it take?

    WCBS-TV reported that state Sen. Dov Hikind (D) wrote President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder following a rash of attacks in New York City connected to a "knockout game," in which participants are filmed sucker-punch strangers while passing by them on the street. Seven people, reportedly all Jewish,

    Fuck you guys. Fuck you guys so hard.

    On a brighter note, someone tried it in a concealed carry state (Michigan, I believe) and got shot twice. In the ass.

    1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      I've never head of this.

      1. Coeus   12 years ago

        Allow Thomas Sowell to enlighten you.

        1. Gojira   12 years ago

          Too bad he had to throw in this stinker:

          New York City's newly elected liberal mayor is expected to put a stop to police "stop and frisk" policies that have reduced the murder rate to one-fourth of what it was under liberal mayors of the past.

          1. Coeus   12 years ago

            Yeah, I saw that. It's unfortunate.

          2. Juice   12 years ago

            Well, he's a true conservative.

    2. Enough About Palin   12 years ago

      White folk could go back to playing the Lynching Game.

  30. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    You know you live in the LA area when this warrants live news coverage

    1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      "Wet sidewalks!"

      Oh, the humanity!

      1. Sevo   12 years ago

        Oh, the humidity!
        Fixed.

  31. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

    Holy shit, NPR is still indulging in Kennedysturbation.

    I love the idea of the media reminding Americans of our history, but haven't there been other events in history worth commemorating?

    1. Bam!   12 years ago

      The babyboomers can't die off fast enough. Lets get rid of Social Security and Medicare to speed the process along.

      1. JW   12 years ago

        You dumb ass. You're only supposed to do that to Republicans who want to reduce benefits.

    2. BigT   12 years ago

      Yeah, fucking presidential assassinations, what's the big deal? Happens all the time!

      I think the lady doth protest too much.

      Face it. It was a transitional event. And you missed it.

  32. radar   12 years ago

    Soooooo, Ed Schultz was part of Obama's little Journolist reunion get-together, but Sad Beard wasn't? That's gotta leave a mark when you're left out in favor of MSNBC's version of Chris Farley who has some of the worst ratings on television.

    1. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      Juan Williams was on the list.

      1. Bobarian   12 years ago

        Must have used an old list.

  33. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Archaeologists discover 3700 year old wine cellar in Israel

    Archaeologists say they have discovered a 3,700-year-old wine cellar in Israel, a finding that offers insights into the early roots of winemaking.

    The large wine cellar was unearthed in the ruined palace of a Canaanite city in northern Israel, called Tel Kabri, not far from the country's modern wineries. The excavations revealed 40 one-meter-tall jars kept in what appeared to be a storage room.

    No liquid contents could have survived the millennia. But an analysis of organic residue trapped in the pores of the jars suggested that they had contained wine made from grapes. The ancient tipple was likely sweet, strong and medicinal?certainly not your average Beaujolais.
    [...]
    The findings were presented Friday in Baltimore at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research. The scientists have yet to publish their discovery in a peer-reviewed journal; some archaeologists said that made it difficult to judge the validity of the claims.

    The oldest known wine cellar held about 700 jars and was uncovered in the tomb of Pharaoh Scorpion I in Egypt, which dates to about 3,000 B.C. But there were no wild grapes in Egypt, so where did the Egyptians get their wine? Scientists say they probably imported it from the Canaanites, a claim bolstered by the recent find.

    1. Ted S.   12 years ago

      What would be funnier is if the wine didn't pass today's kosher standards.

  34. Bo Cara Esq.   12 years ago

    Conservative Catholic Group Links Tornadoes to Recognition of Gay Marriages

    -Do you think the massive Illinois tornadoes are linked to the passing of the same sex "marriage" bill?

    The massive tornadoes that hit Illinois after the passing of the same sex "marriage" bill, has stimulated many people to reflection.

    In it, some see God's chastisement; others see it as yet one more merciful warning from Providence; others yet deny both options and give various reasons.

    What do you think?

    http://americaneedsfatima.blog.....adoes.html

    1. Ted S.   12 years ago

      Gay Marriage is caused by global warming.

      Or global warming is causing an increase in gay marriage.

      1. Ted S.   12 years ago

        Er, the first paragraph was supposed to argue that global warming is cased by gay marriage.

    2. Jordan   12 years ago

      So, will sharknadoes follow the recognition of beastiality?

      1. Bo Cara Esq.   12 years ago

        -will sharknadoes follow the recognition of beastiality?

        Love at first bite?

    3. Bo Cara Esq.   12 years ago

      The same site has a link to an earlier article by the group linking Hurricane Katrina to New Orleans embrace of 'the public display of naked flesh and homosexual lewdness'

      http://www.americaneedsfatima......ophes.html

      1. Bo Cara Esq.   12 years ago

        -In this regard, it is certainly significant that the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, one of the four statues carved under the direction of Sister L?cia, the main Fatima seer, shed tears in New Orleans in July 1972.27 One month after that miraculous weeping, the beautiful port city saw the beginning of Southern Decadence ? days filled with the public display of naked flesh and homosexual lewdness28 ? and with every passing year, New Orleans became increasingly a symbol for those who ignore Our Lady of Fatima's message of conversion. Could Our Lady have chosen New Orleans for this miraculous weeping because, in weeping over New Orleans, She was weeping over everything it would come to symbolize?

        This brings us back to the original question. How should we look at Hurricane Katrina and the string of tragedies that have befallen our nation and the world? As a chastisement? As a new warning from Divine Providence? The answer is that regardless if the causes of tragedy are natural or man-made, we cannot exclude Divine Providence's wise and unfathomable designs. Rather, for all the reasons laid out above, and particularly Our Lady's message at Fatima, it seems to us that prudence demands we give serious consideration to the possibility that God is warning us of our faults and calling us to repentance.

        1. Suthenboy   12 years ago

          " How should we look at Hurricane Katrina and the string of tragedies that have befallen our nation and the world?"

          It is the best of all possible worlds.

      2. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

        Let's be honest, if God was punishing anyone in New Orleans during Katrina it was poor black people. God clearly hates them and loves the gays and other debauched people because the French Quarter suffered a whole hell of a lot less than the Treme did.

        1. Corning   12 years ago

          God clearly hates them and loves the gays and other debauched people because the French Quarter

          Emo vampires...god loves emo bi-curious vampires.

          1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

            I want to make fun of you, but that would admit I know what you're referencing and I'm not sure the tradeoff is worth it.

            1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

              Is that The True Blood, Shep Smith's fave TV show?

              1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

                That's the fictional town of Bon Temps, LA.

                Think less HBO and more CW.

                1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

                  I know The CW has a vampire show but I don't know what it's called.

                  Speaking of The CW, has anybody else seen the rebooted Whose Line is it Anyway? It's good to an extent, but I wish Drew Carrey was there as the host; Aisha Tyler doesn't seem to contribute much, and she laughs way too loudly.

                  1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

                    I actually don't know what it's called. It's on my roommate's roster of teen melodrama that she has on in the background when she's working or playing LoL.

                  2. Killazontherun   12 years ago

                    Yeah, but she looks better doing it.

                    1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

                      Oh, she looks great. But she doesn't bring much more to the table than that.

                    2. Killazontherun   12 years ago

                      She'd make a better side kick than host, certainly.

                2. Bobarian   12 years ago

                  Which no one should ever admit knowing about.

      3. Coeus   12 years ago

        Odd. The first violent death I ever witnessed occurred because of a confluence of lesbianic acts and christian protesters. If anything, I blame the protesters more.

        1. Coeus   12 years ago

          I should add, this was on burbon street.

          1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

            How long ago was this? I just assumed Christian protesters would burst into flames if they stepped onto Bourbon St.

            1. Coeus   12 years ago

              Pre-Katrina (2 years). It ain't the same anymore. It's like disney world now. You get arrested for flashing your junk for more beads. How the hell else am I supposed to re-up when I run out? Am I just supposed to stop asking to see tits? Madness. Sheer madness.

          2. Killazontherun   12 years ago

            Mom witnessed her first transsexual at a Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street in 1960.

    4. Gojira   12 years ago

      And hardcore lefty groups openly long to dismantle capitalism. You're never going to get rid of the lunatics from all spectrum's in society, so what's the point of even bringing it up? These people thrive on publicity. It's like the Westboro Baptist people; if nobody paid any attention to them whatsoever, they'd quickly fade into irrelevance.

    5. Redmanfms   12 years ago

      Smashing Pumpkin:

      -1.5 ounces rum
      -1/2 ounce allspice aiquer
      -3 ounces lemon-pumpkin soda*

      Add the rum and allspice liqueur to a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with the Lemon-Pumpkin Soda and garnish with a bay leaf.

      *Lemon-Pumpkin Soda:

      -12 ounces pumpkin puree
      -4 ounces lemon juice
      -2 ounces water

      Add all the ingredients to a soda siphon and charge with 1 CO2 cartridge.

      1. SweatingGin   12 years ago

        *shudder*

        carbonated pumpkin puree?

        Also, with 4 oz of lemon juice, you should serve it with a side of tums.

        Have you ever actually made this abomination?

        1. Redmanfms   12 years ago

          Yup. It's pretty good, tastes a lot like pumpkin pie.

          There isn't 4 ounces of lemon juice in the final drink. That pumpkin soda mix actually makes 6 drinks.

          BTW, it's best to use a dark rum. I use 151 usually.

          I'll also note that you should use more water and lemon juice if you use canned pumpkin.

        2. hamilton   12 years ago

          To be fair, at the proprtions indicated it's 2/3 oz lemon juice to 1.5 oz rum (and 2 oz pumpkin). If anything it's pumpkin-heavy.

          hamilton's cocktail of awesomeness:

          - 6 oz. gin
          - 1 oz lemon juice
          - 1 oz vermouth
          - 0.5 oz Fernet Branca
          - 0.5 oz Cynar

          Shake the gin over ice, pour into glass. Throw the other ingredients out. Sit in the corner and drink, sobbing silently.

  35. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Obamacare if failing because the government isn't big enough

    These shortcomings, however, are a result of government being too small?too clipped, constrained, underfunded and underpowered?to achieve Obamacare's policy aims, not vice versa.

    Here's how the Affordable Care Act ran into trouble. The drafters of the law planned to insure 16 million poor and near-poor Americans through an expansion of Medicaid. As a carrot, they fully funded the expansion at the outset and funded 90 percent of it by 2020?a formula much more generous than what's currently offered. As a stick, they designed the law so that states that refused the expansion would lose their Medicaid funding. When the Roberts Court upheld the individual mandate (the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance or face tax penalties), it also broke that stick, allowing states to opt out of the expansion without penalty. Since then, twenty-one states, all of them controlled by Republicans, have done just that. As a result, about 5 million Americans, the majority of whom are people of color in the South, will fall into a coverage gap.

    But nota bene: the plight of these poor Americans is not a result of any flaw in the original law; it's due to the Roberts Court's gutting of one of the law's crucial levers and the wave of GOP cruelty politics that ensued.

    1. Sevo   12 years ago

      ..."As a result, about 5 million Americans, the majority of whom are people of color in the South,"...

      Women and minorities to suffer most!

    2. playa manhattan   12 years ago

      That's downright schizophrenic.

      So this pro-Obamacare guy is complaining about the individual mandate NOT getting struck down by the SCOTUS?

      1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

        No, he's complaining about the Medicaid expansion getting struck down.

    3. OldMexican   12 years ago

      When the Roberts Court upheld the individual mandate (the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance or face tax penalties), it also broke that stick, allowing states to opt out of the [Medicaid] expansion without penalty.

      They destroyeth the law from within!

      the plight of these poor Americans is not a result of any flaw in the original law[...]

      Nevermind that the Medicaid expansion has absolutely nothing to do with either the president's promise that people would be able to keep their health insurance, or the individual mandate.

  36. Jordan   12 years ago

    Since politics is so depressing, have a feelgood story:
    A lone dolphin born with a spinal deformity was adopted by a group of sperm whales.

  37. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

    Social liberals want to force the Catholic Church to provide contraceptives, sterilization and abortifacients to its employees:

    "The right of church-related organizations to keep a clear conscience trumps the federal government's desire to improve access to contraceptives, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a preliminary decision that could set the tone in a legal fight of national scope.

    "..."I think that obviously the court got it wrong," said Brigitte Amiri, senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed an amicus brief opposing the dioceses' position. "We hope that the 3rd Circuit [Court of Appeals] ... would reverse the decision."

    "She added that the legal landscape could change by Tuesday, though, when the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to hear any of four cases filed by for-profit employers seeking exemptions from the preventive services coverage rule. Any Supreme Court decision on those cases "could give guidance to courts that are considering the nonprofit cases," she said."

    http://www.post-gazette.com/lo.....z2lPo3uCgT

    1. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

      there should be ellipses [...] before the third paragraph

    2. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

      No, it's not solibs. It's intolerant statist Dems (but I repeat myself). I'm a solib and I'm against this.

      1. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

        I'm trying to yank Bo Peep's chain. A very unworthy motive, I admit.

        But you're saying not all social liberals think alike?

        1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

          But you're saying not all social liberals think alike?
          -----------------
          Are you yanking my chain now?

          1. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

            Solibs are entitled to disagree with each other, so are socons.

            1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

              Okay, you were slightly yanking my chain, because not all us solibs are intolerant, statist Dems (but I repeat myself).

      2. Mickey Rat   12 years ago

        That's what social liberals are about, you just think you are one.

    3. Bo Cara Esq.   12 years ago

      Eduard, looks like the Catholic Church does not mind using government to force other people into things:

      -Work has a special place in Catholic social thought: work is more than just a job; it is a reflection of our human dignity, and a way to contribute to the common good. Most importantly, it is the ordinary way people meet their material needs and community obligations. In Catholic teaching, the principle of a living wage is integral to our understanding of human work. Wages must be adequate for workers to provide for themselves and their families in dignity. Although the minimum wage is not a living wage, the Catholic bishops have supported increasing the minimum wage over the decades. The minimum wage needs to be raised to help restore its purchasing power, not just for the goods and services one can buy but for the self-esteem and self-worth it affords the worker. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops supports legislation that would increase the minimum wage and is urging Congress to raise the minimum wage in a timely and meaningful way.

      http://old.usccb.org/sdwp/nati.....e206.shtml

      1. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

        Socons support minimum wage!

  38. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

    A federal appeals court decided not to overturn a ruling suspending stop and frisk in New York City.
    --------------------
    Wait, what?

    1 - So there's a stop and frisk policy.
    2 - It was suspended by means of a ruling -- which means it's now gone.
    3 - Then someone tried to overturn the ruling -- meaning the policy would come back.
    4 - But the court said no -- meaning the policy is still gone.

    Did I get that right?

    1. Jordan   12 years ago

      Pretty much. Although, I think the original ruling only required that the policy be reformed, under the supervision of a court-appointed monitor.

    2. Eduard van Haalen   12 years ago

      I'd have to check the ruling itself, and the news summary is not all that enlightening - they could just say whether or not stop 'n frisk is in force pending the final 2nd circuit decision, or whether it's on hold. Would plain English be so hard?

  39. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Scientists discover neutrinos of possible interstellar origin

    An international team of scientists reported on Thursday that over a two-year period they had detected 28 of these particles, known as neutrinos, that arrived from outside the solar system and possibly from across the universe.

    "This gives us a new way to do astronomy," said Francis Halzen, a physics professor at the University of Wisconsin who is the principal investigator for the project, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The findings appear in the journal Science.

    More than 5,000 sensors have been lowered and frozen into a cubic kilometer (about one-quarter cubic mile) of Antarctic ice, looking for flashes of blue light that are given off by the cascades of debris generated by a neutrino.

    Neutrinos are ghostlike particles that interact only very rarely with the rest of the universe. The fusion reactions that power the sun give off a flood of neutrinos, but almost all of them go undetected and unfelt: Every second, trillions of them pass through every person on earth.

    1. Pro Libertate   12 years ago

      Wait, we have a way of using neutrinos to see things? Isn't that a real trick even with solar neutrinos?

      1. Mickey Rat   12 years ago

        I'm thinking the physicists are talking over the science reporter's head.

  40. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

    By the way, everyone, what in HALE is with this latest move by the Magician in Chief that extends the enrollment deadline for plans taking effect on January 1 to DECEMBER 23????

    HOW on earth does this happen? How does Obama unilaterally guarantee that employees of private companies will halve their worktime -- during the holidays at that -- for a specific task?

    What the FUCK?

    Any CEO who goes along with this needs to show up himself for every minute of this Nightmare Before Christmas and whip every C-level employee into the office, too, to do duty beside the poor minions who will get stuck glassy-eyed before their monitors, in sweatstained shirts, greasy pizza boxes by their sides, coffee cups with ring-around-the-collar, processing applications that will probably have 50% bad numbers anyway.

  41. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    Some people aren't too happy that Rand Paul is going to Detroit to reach out to minority voters

    In an effort to broaden the Republican Party's appeal in Detroit, Michigan?where 97.5% of the population voted for Obama in the last presidential election?the Michigan GOP has decided to open an official "African-American Engagement Office" in hopes of appealing to black voters.

    Naturally, helping to launch this effort, is Rand Paul. Who opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, pals around with Neo-Confederate Secessionists and other freaky racists. Perfect choice, for sure. I mean, who better than a white dude from the South who doesn't think that businesses should be legally required to service black people to head up this kind of thing? Especially given that he said that he would let the government help Detroit out of bankruptcy "over his dead body." It is like a match made in heaven.
    [...]
    The Republican Party seems to be under the delusion that somehow, all these minorities and women are just too stupid to know what the Republican Party stands for, and that if they understood that, they'd vote for them. It's actually incredibly insulting when you think about it.

    That last paragraph is hilarious given what the Democratic Party stands for.

    1. OldMexican   12 years ago

      Where do you do find these blogs? That blog post is so full of typographical and grammatical errors (leaving aside the factual errors) that I have to assume it was written by a 13-year-old.

    2. Killazontherun   12 years ago

      Naturally, helping to launch this effort, is Rand Paul. Who opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, pals around with Neo-Confederate Secessionists and other freaky racists.

      If racist teabaggers were to overtake your city in a right wing coup, could they possibly cause more damage than you have already done to yourselves?

      1. Killazontherun   12 years ago

        BTW, if you see this reposted there, the name is under my nephew's FB account. I don't keep one.

  42. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

    Dullest calender ever?

    1. JW   12 years ago

      I thought it was going to be a Vettel calendar.

      I've been meaning to ask you, do you have a Archduke doppleganger over on Oppo?

      1. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

        It's not me

    2. PD Scott   12 years ago

      Ooh, look at that slutty K6 just standing there asking for it...

    3. Warrren   12 years ago

      Jenson Button Stands Near Things was pretty dull.

      1. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

        I would also not buy "Eddie Jordan's shirts" nor "David Coulthard wearing white jeans".

        1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

          I was unimpressed by "Damon Hill and Garden Gnomes."

          1. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

            "Martin Brundle and Umbrellas" was a massive disappointment.

          2. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

            I do wish there was a "Gerhard Berger's Hamburgers" calendar.

          3. Warrren   12 years ago

            Takuma Sato Crumpled Against Various Walls was too on-the-nose I thought.

  43. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

    This is England: "Refusal to attend will result in a racial discrimination note being attached to your child's educational record"

    1. Warrren   12 years ago

      You're a nasty-ass cracker racist for even pointing it out.

    2. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

      Daniel Hannan is a stupid gullible piece of shit who came around on Obama a million days late and a billion dollars short. Fuck him. And I'm not even drunk yet.

      1. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

        Fuck him. And I'm not even drunk yet.

        So what's stopping you?

        1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

          I seem to be doing fine with my nervous breakdown.

        2. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

          This?

  44. Real Talk   12 years ago

    Republican Health Care Plan: Don't get sick, and if you do get sick; die quickly. That's it. With a plan like that, Republicans will definitely control the Senate, the House, and the White House in the next elections. Go Teabaggers go.

    1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      D-

      1. JW   12 years ago

        D-? That's a repeat the 3rd Grade if ever there was one.

    2. Gojira   12 years ago

      Any why, pray tell, should anyone in gov't have a healthcare plan? Why is it any of the gov'ts business? You're not one of those, "Healthcare is a RIGHT!" people, are you?

      1. Real Talk   12 years ago

        Most of the people crying about gov't knowing their business are usually poor trailer trash hillbillies who has no business.

        1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

          Wow. You ought to publish an almanac.

        2. OldMexican   12 years ago

          Re: Koolbrain,

          Most of the people [sic] crying about gov't knowing their business are usually poor trailer trash hillbillies who has [sic] no business.

          By definition, a hillbillie would not live in a trailer but in a hill. And that's not even the best part. The best part is that you're the sad result of the Amerikan Pulbic Skool Seistem Dat Teeched You To Red and Writ.

        3. Randian filtered me, I WIN!   12 years ago

          So what? Does that mean they don't deserve privacy?

          Why do you think that has anything to do with anything?

        4. Bobarian   12 years ago

          Nice stereo-typing, douchebag.

          1. Warrren   12 years ago

            Isn't more iPod typing these days?

        5. Irish   12 years ago

          Most of the people crying about gov't knowing their business are usually poor trailer trash hillbillies who has no business.

          That is some really top notch grammar, big guy.

    3. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      Really nice blog you've got, BTW:

      White people believe they are born with certain rights, and one of those rights is that they think they are superior to Blacks. These people honestly believe that they have a GOD given right that they are second to none. I aint mad atem, aint nothing wrong with thinking positive of yourself; but we owe it to ourselves to keep it in proper context. There are homeless poor White trailer trash people who believe they are superior to President Obama just because they were born White.

      Black people in our innate brain believe that we are inferior to Whites. I already know I'm gonna here Black people saying, "Awe hell no JD you got me wrong, aint no way I think like that." This is when I have to remind my beloved Brothers and Sisters to notice that I used the word innate in my depiction of us. This is a trait that is hereditary in those of us who are descendants of slaves.

      1. OldMexican   12 years ago

        Re: Koolbrain,

        White people believe they are born with certain rights, and one of those rights is that they think [sic] they are superior to Blacks.

        I guess you think you have the right to make hash of the English language. And logic.

        1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

          Awe hell no OM

      2. Irish   12 years ago

        Black people in our innate brain believe that we are inferior to Whites. I already know I'm gonna here Black people saying, "Awe hell no JD you got me wrong, aint no way I think like that."

        I'm almost positive this is a racist pretending to be black. The 'aw hell no, aint no way' section kind of gives it away.

        1. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

          I would like that to be true, but the blog has at least 100 posts on it, which seems like a lot of effort for a sock.

    4. Marc F Cheney   12 years ago

      You bothered to register for this?

  45. Coeus   12 years ago

    I almost feel bad about linking this. Standard "this is why there are no female libertarians" applies

    Women Govern Differently Than Men ? They're Better

    You might not know it from the reductive memes on your feminist Facebook friends' newsfeeds, but political scientists have proved women's extraordinary efficacy in federal and state legislatures. Across the board, findings show that the second sex rates first when it comes to effective governance. Women in office secure almost 10 percent more federal funding than their male colleagues and introduce about twice as many bills.

    1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

      Across the board, findings show that the second sex rates first when it comes to effective governance. Women in office secure almost 10 percent more federal funding than their male colleagues and introduce about twice as many bills.

      I don't see where that second sentence has anything at all to do with the first sentence.

      1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

        Then clearly, you don't know what government is for. You also don't know why people have jobs and earn money.

        1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

          It's not my fault. No one will let me read a copy of the social contract.

          1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

            We'll get you a copy of it after the next election. Meanwhile, sign here:

            ____________________________
            (by signing this, I accept the social contract)

            1. The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc   12 years ago

              Don't do it MS, it's a trap! That contract really indentures you to Faceless Commenter.

              1. Warrren   12 years ago

                And by "indentures" it means you'll be in his dentures.

                He's a cannibal.

                A toothless cannibal.

                1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

                  Isn't FC a lady libertarian? Or am I remembering an earlier thread?

                  1. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

                    Yes, FC is a lady libertarian. So it's a different kind of trap altogether.

                    1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

                      Well, I was just concerned about Warrren's pronoun use. Although "different kind of trap" + Warrren's dentures reference has reminded me of this.

                      And now to soothe my soul with some more Jamie Bamber

                    2. Bobarian   12 years ago

                      Does this trap have teeth?

                    3. Warrren   12 years ago

                      I had no idea you are in the Tits Tribe, sorry.

            2. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

              Well that all seems above board.

      2. Irish   12 years ago

        They make more laws, MS. Since more laws is inherently good, that means they are superior at governing.

        Don't you know anything? Countries with the most powerful governments are always the most successful!

      3. cavalier973   12 years ago

        Women in office secure almost 10 percent more federal funding than their male colleagues and introduce about twice as many bills.

        Well, duh. Turning tricks comes naturally to women.

    2. Warrren   12 years ago

      They grab tax money with their vaginas.

    3. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      introduce about twice as many bills

      ...

      1. Warrren   12 years ago

        Bill Clinton + Bill ?

      2. Sidd Finch   12 years ago

        "This is our concern, Dude."

    4. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

      Oh god, that's so good for tears of irony that I'm gonna get white grooves down my cheeks.

    5. Mickey Rat   12 years ago

      "Women in office...introduce about twice as many bills."

      But they do not know what's in them until they pass them.

      Women are better at cronyism and expanding the power of the state. If true,that tells me I do not want to put a woman anywhere near the legislature.

  46. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

    Christian Horner plays down Bernie Ecclestone successor talk

  47. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

    Fact of the day: on Wikipedia, "man milk" redirects to the entry for semen.

    1. OldMexican   12 years ago

      Finally, someone that knows how to use Wikipedia!

  48. Archduke von Pantsfan   12 years ago

    Democracy works!

    1. Warrren   12 years ago

      I vote to disagree.

  49. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

    Oh, screw these live news reports that haven't even found out yet that Obama has extended enrollment for plans taking effect 1/1 to December 23. Everyone all OVAH the "latest development" that the next round of price hikes happen after the 2014 elections.

  50. Killazontherun   12 years ago

    Just for you, our newly minted troll, ReasonableS.

    This lovely anniversary would not be complete without --

    The Assassination of JFK Considered As A Down Hill Motor Race

    By JG Ballard

    Oswald was the starter.

    From his window above the track he opened the race by firing the starting gun. It is believed that the first shot was not properly heard by all the drivers. In the following confusion, Oswald fired the gun two more times, but the race was already underway.

    Kennedy got off to a bad start.

    There was a governor in his car and its speed remained constant at about fifteen miles an hour. However, shortly afterwards, when the governor had been put out of action, the car accelerated rapidly, and continued at high speed along the remainder of the course.

    1. Killazontherun   12 years ago

      http://www.evergreenreview.com.....n/duo.html

  51. Coeus   12 years ago

    Parsing White Supremacy: An Exploratory Study of Political Thought and Beliefs

    In Bonilla-Silva and Forman's research, their surveys and in-depth interviews on three different college campuses find that the racial prejudice of white students has been grossly underreported (Bonilla-Silva and Forman 2000). They also find that students gave different responses in surveys than they did during in-depth interviews. The findings suggest that the students were unaware that they were using coded language (Bonilla-Silva and Forman 2000).

    Got it? They said things that lefties have deemed racist, and didn't even know how racist they were. But they were totally racist, because lefties have deemed these opinions racist.

    1. Coeus   12 years ago

      And they went explicit:

      Other studies particular to the United States have looked into various policies such as welfare. Gainous (2012) finds that those who identify as Republican and, in particular, Republican men are more likely to support anti-welfare policies. This study also finds that Republicans are more often in favor of using the small, limited government argument against social welfare programs (Gainous 2012). The use of this argument connects with symbolic racism (Peffley, Hurwitz, and Sniderman 1997;

      1. Coeus   12 years ago

        Proggies truly have no principles, do they? they seem completely incapable of understanding the concept:

        Other studies have show that whites in right-wing parties will vote against their class interests in order to make it more difficult for people of color/blacks to access these benefits (Lee and Roemer 2006). This study in particular identified racial beliefs across the political affiliation and noticed that those who identify as Republican are far more likely to vote against redistributive policies even if those policies could potentially have a positive effect on their own socio-economic status (Lee and Roemer 2006).

        1. Coeus   12 years ago

          Their studies find a correlation with those that hold these viewpoints and higher levels of 'dominance-based prejudice' and had a high dislike for people who violated established social norms (Hiel and Mervielde 2002).

          Someone should really read that link I posted earlier about the confederate flag.

          1. Coeus   12 years ago

            The next variable measures how people with the above political affiliations internalize racial beliefs. These racial beliefs are understood by respondents as either coded color-blind beliefs or beliefs in polices meant to bridge a gap in racial discrimination. The respondents are measured on a scale regarding questions that focused on welfare, housing policies, criminal justice work ethic, education, affirmative action, reparations and presidential candidates. Statements respondents answered were regarding racial beliefs such as 'Affirmative action is reverse racism', 'Blacks should be paid for the work of their ancestors' and 'I would vote for a Black woman president'. The last question about the racial identities of potential presidential candidates, which was broken down into black man, black woman, Latino, Latina, white man, and white woman.

      2. Irish   12 years ago

        Gainous (2012) finds that those who identify as Republican and, in particular, Republican men are more likely to support anti-welfare policies. This study also finds that Republicans are more often in favor of using the small, limited government argument against social welfare programs (Gainous 2012). The use of this argument connects with symbolic racism (Peffley, Hurwitz, and Sniderman 1997;

        They are literally arguing that anyone who disagrees with them politically can only do so through nefarious racist desires.

        Progressives are evil.

        1. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

          HEAD KNIGHT: Augh! Ohh! Don't say that word.
          ARTHUR: What word?
          HEAD KNIGHT: I cannot tell, suffice to say is one of the words the Knights of Ni cannot hear.
          ARTHUR: How can we not say the word if you don't tell us what it is?
          KNIGHTS OF NI: Aaaaugh!
          HEAD KNIGHT: You said it again!

    2. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      The findings suggest that the students were unaware that they were using coded language

      If you don't realize you're speaking in code, then you're not.

    3. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      Stephanie Baran is an adjunct professor at Kankakee Community College. She received her M.A. in Sociology from DePaul University in Chicago. She is a professor, researcher and activist and is an avid student of Marxist theory. Her academic interests include studying white supremacy, racism, capitalism and the socio-political process. At present, she is looking into racism as accessory, whereby capitalism and consumerism make cultural co-optation the norm. Her hobbies include being a fiery feminist, a gay and trans* ally and working towards total social justice. She currently resides in Chicago with her cat, Harley, and hopes to be admitted to a Ph.D. program to continue her studies. She can be contacted at smbaran@yahoo.com.

      1. Irish   12 years ago

        She is a professor, researcher and activist and is an avid student of Marxist theory.

        You forgot to bold this part. I think it might be important.

      2. Irish   12 years ago

        She currently resides in Chicago with her cat, Harley

        Of course she does.

    4. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      The study collected data using a survey of 61 questions that was distributed on LinkedIn,
      Facebook, and Twitter.

      A rock-solid way of selecting a sample, to be sure.

    5. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      Emphasis mine:

      Hopefully, the functionality of the different social media networking sites will allow my survey to be answered by different people in various parts of the nation thereby gathering information from people residing all parts of the country

      *facepalm*

    6. Thane is a cosmotarian!   12 years ago

      Also, please, please decide if you're going to write "Republican" and "Democrat" or "republican" and "democrat". Even if you choose incorrectly and go with the latter, at least you will be wrong consistently.

    7. cavalier973   12 years ago

      ...other research has shown that white people will vote against their economic interests in order to maintain the dominant racial hierarchy (Lee and Roemer 2006).

      That phrase? "Research has Shown"? It's a fundamentally White Person Concept. If you are using it, you are contributing to White Privelege. True Story.

  52. cavalier973   12 years ago

    PB&J Sandwiches are racist.

    Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.

    Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.

    "What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?" says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland's Cully neighborhood.

    1. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

      That story is like over a year old. It's odd to see it making the rounds again.

      1. cavalier973   12 years ago

        I prefer to call it a "timeless tale".

  53. cavalier973   12 years ago

    "Another way would be to say: 'Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?' Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita."

    Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools' principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of "Courageous Conversations," the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.

    Through intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives, the premise is that if educators can understand their own "white privilege," then they can change their teaching practices to boost minority students' performance.

    1. Killazontherun   12 years ago

      Goddamn, the education bubble can't burst soon enough. What is your marketable skill again, Verenice?

    2. cavalier973   12 years ago

      Little Ahmed described how to make a pita, butter, and jelly sandwich, and so failed second grade due to White Privilege.

    3. Hawk Spitui   12 years ago

      Hey, things could be worse.

    4. Faceless Commenter   12 years ago

      EducationCare.

  54. JidaKida   12 years ago

    Sounds like some serious business dude.

    http://www.VPN-Anon.tk

  55. Mad Scientist   12 years ago

    5 Recent Trends That Make It Hard to Trust the Police

  56. Hawk Spitui   12 years ago

    If you're going to be publishing excerpts from the Zapruder film, you should have published the following frame, where Kennedy's head exploded like a great 60's pi?ata, spewing forth The Great Society, the hippies, the Vietnam War, the Jefferson Airplane, the Civil Rights Movement, LBJ and Richard Nixon, a Holy Stigmata spewing forth blood and water, cleansing the earth of it's sins.

    Jesus, considering we've had to go through 50 years of an annual Passion of the Kennedy with no end in sight, you'd think we could get a little pageantry, violence and good old fashioned American gore out of it, no?

  57. Marc F Cheney   12 years ago

    I just want to talk about a cocktail I experienced tonight.

    It's half bourbon, half Snap, which is made by Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.

    It's astonishing.

    That is all, 'tards.

    1. jesse.in.mb   12 years ago

      I have these things in my house! I will try them together.

  58. Locke   12 years ago

    Hoooo boy, here we go. I don't know if this was already linked to but: Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts This person should kill herself.

    1. Locke   12 years ago

      SFd the link... Why I make Terrible Decisions...

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