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Democrats Still Waiting For Obamacare Popularity Boost, Malaysian Flight 'Ended' in Indian Ocean, At Least 8 Dead in Washington Mudslide: P.M. Links

Ed Krayewski | 3.24.2014 4:30 PM

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    Four years later, Democrats are still waiting for Obamacare to become more popular.

  • Malaysia Flight MH370 "ended in the southern Indian Ocean," according to Malaysia's prime minister. The airline reportedly sent a text to let family members know the passengers were assumed dead.
  • Senate Democrats and the Obama Administration are attempting to include reforms to the International Monetary Fund that could increase U.S. contributions but decrease its influence in the lending body as part of an aid package to Ukraine.
  • At least eight people are dead and more than 100 reported missing after a massive mudslide outside of Oso, Washington.
  • Japan will be transferring its highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium into U.S. custody. Earlier this year, China expressed concern about Japan's possession of plutonium.
  • A survey commissioned by Twitter and Fox found that 92 percent of Twitter users said they've tuned in to or searched for a TV show after seeing it tweeted. 

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Four years later, Democrats are still waiting for Obamacare to become more popular.

    If lolcats doesn't do it...

    1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

      You, sir, are some kind of wizard. Are you made of wood and weigh the same as a duck?

      1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

        I am the internet.

    2. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      Hello.

      "Four years later, Democrats are still waiting for Obamacare to become more popular."

      And The Knack will be bigger than The Beatles yet!

      1. RannedPall   11 years ago

        Hi, hear you're thinking about a trip to LA? Transplants are always welcome here, usually.

        1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

          Yessir.

          California beckons.

          Saw you mention Bradley in a past thread. Funny how ONE guy can stabilize a midfield for TFC. I was actually disappointed to see him leave Roma who have a nice thing going under Rudy Garcia. They were sad to see him go but with so many roster options it's hard to crack the starting 11 although I think Bradley accounted very well in the most tactical of leagues.

          Good player.

          1. RannedPall   11 years ago

            Yeah, I liked Bradley a lot, thought he was a great workhouse and box to box player, hopefully he excels this summer in Brazil. And then just when I think Holden might just be fit to play....he gets injured, again. Poor guy.

            1. Apatheist ?_??   11 years ago

              As someone who played against Holden in highschool and has followed him ever since it really has been tragic to watch. Damn shame.

            2. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

              I hope USA can pull an upset somewhere.

              I don't know if Rossi is popular among Americans for bolting, but he's a sad story too. The knees won't hold up.

              1. RannedPall   11 years ago

                Well he's certainly not on my faves list. Us Yankees don't particularly like when an American gives up pretty much guaranteed playing time to bolt for a European team where he'll get next to none. To each his own, though, and I'm glad that youngster Julian Green chose the US, he's got talent.

                1. Apatheist ?_??   11 years ago

                  Um, this American wants as many of our players to go to the bigger leagues as possible. Sure, only if they get playing time, but I'm not sure who you are referring to here. Bradley, Rossi and Holden all got tons of playing time. Holden was Bolton's best player before his injury problems, hell you could argue that his injury was a key reason for their relegation. And he left my Dynamos too, so I have reasons for wanting him to have stayed. Bradley got displaced and left but just last season he was starting almost every match for Roma.

    3. PD Scott   11 years ago

      "Nos, YU gets YUR shots, beycaus yu has inshurnce naws tanks to teh Affordible Cares Acts."

    4. Hyperion   11 years ago

      They're still waiting for the polar caps to melt also. Probably happen around the same time.

  2. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    A survey commissioned by Twitter and Fox found that 92 percent of Twitter users said they've tuned in to or searched for a TV show after seeing it tweeted.

    Shit My Dad Says being the exception that proves the rule.

  3. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

    If I were the Japanese, I'd seriously consider a nuclear program. What, trust the U.S.?

    1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

      I would just continue to rely on hurricanes destroying invading forces.

      1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

        Well, it certainly has worked for them against mainland Asia, though not so much against the United States.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

          You don't know that. Operation OLYMPIC was never conducted.

          1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

            Nuked into submission is not better than being invaded. After all, the U.S. not only occupied Japan after they surrendered, it ran the country for a while.

            1. Night Elf Mohawk   11 years ago

              As opposed to the quick exit from Germany?

              1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

                Germany is irrelevant, lacking mystical kamikaze powers.

      2. PD Scott   11 years ago

        Hence why the Chinese burn so much coal: to change the climate such that hurricanes will no longer defend Japan!

        1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

          You fool, haven't you heard? "Climate change" is making hurricanes more powerful and thus capable of taking down even 21st century navies. Bill Nye said so.

          1. PD Scott   11 years ago

            Er, uh, hence why the Chinese burn so much coal: to change the climate such that hurricanes will destroy Japan!

          2. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

            It's the speed of climate change that's worrisome.

            The speed.

            1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

              I am sure that the fact that it's not going fast enough is worrisome to the alarmists.

    2. R C Dean   11 years ago

      If I were the Japanese, I'd seriously consider a nuclear program.

      I'd be shocked indeed if they didn't already have plans. Given the amount of nuclear power they have and their technical capabilities, I'd be willing to bet they could nuke up in less than a year.

      1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

        I read one time that they have merchant ships that can be converted to military ships in a matter of weeks.

        1. Carl the Jarl   11 years ago

          IIRC, they also have "helicopter carriers" that coincidentally could easily accomodate VTOL jets.

          1. Bobarian   11 years ago

            I hear they have big laser tanks that are totally useless against giant monsters, but would likely do better against more conventional targets.

            http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Maser_Cannon

            1. Pi Guy   11 years ago

              Sharks with laser beams

    3. Carl the Jarl   11 years ago

      I don't know anything about the grades and whatnot, but this seems relevant:

      Japan also has plutonium contained in spent nuclear fuel at civil reactor and reprocessing sites, totaling 159 metric tonnes at the end of 2012, according to Japanese data on the website of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

      ...

      "They usually have the most weapons-grade material so it's a big deal," he said in an email. "However, Japan still has nine tonnes of separated plutonium that can be used in nuclear weapons and is looking to make more."

  4. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    At least eight people are dead and more than 100 reported missing after a massive mudslide outside of Oso, Washington.

    They better be cancelling the movie Pompeii for this.

    1. RannedPall   11 years ago

      +1 gangster squad

    2. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

      Pretty horrible news. I recall hearing (while on business in Seattle) that it was the mudslides that would be destroying everything, not the eruption itself, when Rainier blows.

      1. Shirley Knott   11 years ago

        More the pyroclastic flows, but the mudslides will get what those don't.

        1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

          Oh, well, we're all in trouble if Yellowstone blows.

          1. Andrew S.   11 years ago

            From South Florida, I'll survive the blast and get to watch the country dissolve into libertarian anarchy!

            1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

              It'll be like a zombie movie down there, except with pythons.

            2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

              From South Florida, I'll survive the blast and get to watch the country dissolve into libertarian anarchy utopia!

              FIFY

              All those roads with no funding, excellent.

            3. Mickey Rat   11 years ago

              You don't want to live in Florida without the trappings of civilization, the place is an uninhabitable, fetid swamp without air conditioning and refrigeration.

          2. JW   11 years ago

            Oh,like we won't all be dead already from a massive CME.

            Or an asteroid. Whichever smites us first.

            1. Tejicano   11 years ago

              Their settled science god is an angry god.

          3. Riven   11 years ago

            In Montana, I'll probably just be dead.

    3. Rich   11 years ago

      Oso better be changing its name to something less triggering for this.

      1. Andrew S.   11 years ago

        THREE SPECIAL STEPS! THAT'S ALL YOU NEED!
        THREE SPECIAL STEPS! AND YOU'LL SUCCEED!
        WITH THREE SPECIAL STEPS!

        Hurry, Special Agent Oso!

  5. RannedPall   11 years ago

    A text? Damn, seems a tad unprofessional.

    1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      Srsly thr ded 🙁

      1. Bobarian   11 years ago

        Do you work for the airlines?

    2. Tonio   11 years ago

      Yeah, but what's the alternative? Telegraphs?

      Phone calls would be a nice touch, but you'd need a lot of people so that everyone would get the calls at about the same time.

      1. RannedPall   11 years ago

        Well, 239 presumed dead and 2400 employees, I think it's doable, and if they had been sitting on this confirmation for awhile, then I'm sure they could've gathered the necessary manpower. Or maybe teh hindsight is always 20/20.

        1. Tonio   11 years ago

          Even if they hadn't been sitting on that, they could have done a "rehearse for the worst" scenario with their employees.

    3. Brett L   11 years ago

      At least with the US, they'd send the Western Union guy with the telegram in WWII.

      1. Brandon   11 years ago

        Western Union? I thought it had to be delivered by a uniformed officer?

    4. kinnath   11 years ago

      http://www.slate.com/blogs/the.....nding.html

      It is with deep sadness that Malaysia Airlines earlier this evening had to confirm to the families of those on board Flight MH370 that it must now be assumed the flight had been lost. As the Prime Minister said, respect for the families is essential at this difficult time. And it is in that spirit that we informed the majority of the families in advance of the Prime Minister's statement in person and by telephone. SMSs were used only as an additional means of communicating with the families. Those families have been at the heart of every action the company has taken since the flight disappeared on 8th March and they will continue to be so. When Malaysia Airlines receives approval from the investigating authorities, arrangements will be made to bring the families to the recovery area and until that time, we will continue to support the ongoing investigation.

      1. RannedPall   11 years ago

        Thanks for the clarification.

    5. db   11 years ago

      The families had probably signed up for.informational texts.

  6. Aloysious   11 years ago

    Since Bill Nye made it onto H&R again, I thought Speed Walker! should make an appearance.

    1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      Bill Nye AND The Commie should be on together.

      Maybe not.

      1. Aloysious   11 years ago

        Maybe if it was Sped Walker vs. the ratfink Commie bastard then we might have some quality entertainment.

    2. BigT   11 years ago

      Bill Nye debates creationists and calls them out for faith-based arguments, and then turns around and uses faith-based arguments for his AGW views.

      Is the entire Friday show available? I was watching basketball.

      1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

        I think only parts of the interview is up on youtube. Still enough though. Just type Bill Nye The In...you know the rest.

      2. Brandon   11 years ago

        Beakman's World was better anyway.

        1. Vulgar Madman   11 years ago

          Sure was.

  7. Rich   11 years ago

    Four years later, Democrats are still waiting for Obamacare to become more popular.

    If *only* someone would explain it properly!

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      Maybe if they would use some cat gifs to sell it?

      1. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

        No, no, no. They need some smarmy looking hipster douche in a onesie pajama sipping hot chocolate to get the conversation started.

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          What if he had a cat?

        2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

          Or, an unattractive birth control slut.

        3. Bobarian   11 years ago

          Didn't he get elected twice already?

  8. waffles   11 years ago

    Hey! Did you guys know there's a missing airplane!?

    1. Rich   11 years ago

      "Missing"? Not anymore! It's in the Indian Ocean!

      1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

        Has this actually been confirmed? I read something after the Malaysian prime minister's announcement from the Australian government that suggested that the evidence still wasn't at all certain.

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          No, no wreckage has been found. I guess they got tired of speculating and said 'Ok, it's over there'. Can we go home now?

          1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

            This whole business is so weird.

            1. Rich   11 years ago

              Space aliens. I'm telling you.

              1. db   11 years ago

                L. Ron Hubbard did it in Mission Earth.

            2. Hyperion   11 years ago

              I'm still maintaining somewhat my same guess at this that I had a few days after the disappearance.

              Someone, for some reason, intentionally diverted this plane and attempted to avoid detection, while going 'somewhere'.

              After that, things went terribly wrong. What went wrong is the question. At first I thought they miscalculated an attempt at making it to a certain destination and ran out of fuel.

              But if the current statements from the Malaysian government are accurate, that can't be right because they were heading for nowhere at all, except for maybe Antarctica.

              1. R C Dean   11 years ago

                Why couldn't they have been heading for their secret underground base in Antarctica when something went wrong?

        2. kinnath   11 years ago

          INMARSAT has refined their estimate of the aircraft's final location using Doppler information to exclude the northern possible location leaving only the south Indian Ocean as the location of the final ping from the aircraft.

          Australian aircraft have spotted debris in the ocean and marked it with flares.

          Ships are en route to try to pick up the debris to verify if it is or is not form MH 370.

          However, nothing is conclusive. I think the Malaysian announcement is premature.

          1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

            What I heard from whoever was speaking for the Australians is that it could be wreckage from something else--nothing definitive had been spotted.

            It's entirely possible that the Malaysians have information they aren't sharing, of course.

            1. kinnath   11 years ago

              The technical explanation provided by INMARSAT was very minimal (at least in public) and there is no way to determine if the claims that the ping could not have come from central Asia are real or bullshit.

              The debris means nothing unless someone picks it up and confirms it really came from the aircraft.

              Malaysia airlines either has non-public information, or they are trying to end the public spectacle without real confirmation.

            2. Hyperion   11 years ago

              It sounds like that entire area of the ocean is something of a 'garbage dump' of the ocean, because of the currents, or something like that.

              So lots of debris there is common. The ping from the plane seems to be the only possibly solid evidence, at this point.

            3. kinnath   11 years ago

              http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....-down.html

              But it remained unclear which of the two paths the flight had taken, until a "Eureka" moment which allowed the company's mathematicians this weekend to discount the northern path entirely.The aircraft was not the only thing moving ? so was the satellite, which effectively remains at a fixed point in the sky by orbiting the Earth at the same speed as the planet rotates.

              This provided a crucial second reference point, as the wavelength of the "ping" would change slightly depending on the satellite's direction of travel relative to the aircraft ? the phenomenon known as the Doppler effect.

              1. kinnath   11 years ago

                oops, the important part:

                When compared with similar data from previous flights, the analysis revealed that the aircraft could not have taken the northern path. The conclusion was reached over the weekend, and the findings confirmed by an independent team of experts.

            4. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

              How long do you continue to look for a missing plane? I'm sure it could be found, given the budget of say, the Apollo Program, but at some point ya gotta say enough is enough.

              You draw conclusions based on the most likely scenario and be done with it.

              Life sucks, shit happens.

              1. kinnath   11 years ago

                How long did it take to find the Titanic?

                1. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

                  Are you implying that the US and GB were scouring the North Atlantic for 80 years looking for it?

                2. Mickey Rat   11 years ago

                  The people who found the Titanic were after salvage and the documentary rights.

              2. Not an Economist   11 years ago

                Just think about how all that money is going to help the economy. Fuel, vehicle maintenance, overtime and more. And maybe -- if were lucky -- a few broken windows.

                1. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

                  Krash moar jetz!

  9. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

    Malaysia Flight MH370 "ended in the southern Indian Ocean,"

    Well, now we know what happened. The pilots were attempting to fly the plane and deliver it to the secret Nazi base in New Schwabenland, Antarctica

    1. waffles   11 years ago

      Shangri-La or GTFO. The debris is just a distraction. Everyone knows China took over Tibet to get closer to the hidden valley. The Chinese are using this plane as their expeditionary force to ring the gong that stops time which will trigger WWIII. Read a fucking book.

      1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        I would like to hear more about your ideas. Do you have a newsletter perhaps?

      2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

        When going for derp, go all the way dammit.

        1. waffles   11 years ago

          Sorry I busy making poorly xeroxed copies to pass out at the mall tonight.

          1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

            You went wrong using a copy machine rather than a ditto machine.

            1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

              The infamous purple finger syndrome

              1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

                I can still smell the ditto fluid, all these decades later. These days, no way they'd let kids handle that stuff.

                1. JW   11 years ago

                  Ditto, you say?

                  1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

                    The pinnacle of Sean Penn's career, if you ask me.

                    1. JW   11 years ago

                      Yep. Should have quit there, long before I Am Sam, at least.

                2. Juice   11 years ago

                  One time in 11th grade computer programming class I was smelling up some freshly dittoed paper and the teacher brought me out into the hall and was very pissed off. "Don't you know that I can see you? You know I can see you getting high, right there in the middle of my classroom!" I couldn't help it. I just died laughing in her face.

    2. Hyperion   11 years ago

      Not much of anywhere else they could have been going in that general direction.

  10. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Earlier this year, China expressed concern about Japan's possession of plutonium.

    Take it from the only country to get bombed with it and give it to the country that bombed them.

  11. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

    a massive mudslide outside of Oso, Washington.

    See, it's not just California!

    1. Episiarch   11 years ago

      It is just California.

      1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        That's just your way of letting everybody know you're ok.

    2. Paul.   11 years ago

      I bet we get more mudslides than you do.

    3. RannedPall   11 years ago

      Mother Gaia was rightly pissed at Washingtonians for being crazy right wing environment destroying teabaggers, and global warming/ fracking, or something.

    4. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

      Sudden Valley.

      1. Sudden   11 years ago

        Hey now, I haven't lived in the Valley in years

        1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

          Is your handle is from this joke?
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKk8w7HRyMg

    5. C. Anacreon   11 years ago

      In California, this is what we call a mudslide:

      1 oz Vodka
      1 oz Kahlua
      1 oz Baileys Irish Cream
      1 oz Milk or cream
      1 cup Ice

      1. R C Dean   11 years ago

        In Texas, a "mudslide" was what you got after too many tacos lenguas.

        1. Bobarian   11 years ago

          Add lots of hot sauce for a "flaming mudslide".

      2. Juice   11 years ago

        Leave out the milk and ice.

      3. The Laconic Marc F Cheney   11 years ago

        Leave out the vodka, kahlua, Bailey's and milk, and add bourbon.

      4. Riven   11 years ago

        Pass. I'll have what I commonly refer to as "Riven's Night-cap."

        1 part whisky
        1 additional part whisky.

        Serve in a rocks glass. Ice is discouraged but optional.

  12. PD Scott   11 years ago

    From CBS Sunday Morning: a look at our currency, then and now, and why it's unlikely to change much. When you get to the part about the printing presses running day and night, don't worry your pretty little head about an anecdote of Von Mises's.

    1. Brett L   11 years ago

      #printstrong! I haven't seen if TheRealBenBernake character on FB and Twitter has transitioned to TheRealJanetYellen yet. There are only so many printing press and inflation jokes, after all.

      1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

        Check out Wu Tang Financial on twitter. I have a suspicion it's run by one of our regular posters. Which one of you works in finance?

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

          Shriek

          1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

            It's too clever to be Shriek. The guy (gal?) takes shots at Democrats and the Fed so it can't possibly be him.

          2. The Laconic Marc F Cheney   11 years ago

            Replacing the paper in the copier doesn't count.

        2. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

          Wu Tang Financial is awesome. I posted it earlier from a thread yesterday. If Reasonoids want a finance oriented, libertarian, and hilarious Twitter feed, follow it. Now. Actually, he would be a good interview for a Reason article. He's a bond trader, on the West Coast. Probably a PIMCO guy.

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

      I have a few of these bad boys lying around as a reminder.

      1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

        Scariest person I met in my life was a drunk Serbian nationalist I happened upon in a bar waiting for girl I was dating.

        He screamed fear. I had to talk very carefully he seemed like was ready to go off at any second.

        I don't think he was ready to hear my pontifications on Ziggy.

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

          You haven't experienced anything until you've been at a midnight Serbian wedding reception in Serbia. Men - 99% drunk and 100% militaristic nationalists. 4 fights broke out in 15 minutes.

          Even the band started playing Serbian nationalist tunes while the drunks lined up and sang along. It was how I imagine Europe circa WWI.

          1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

            That's NUTS.

            I dated a Croatian girl years ago. Her family was sane but her extended family was mental. One of the fathers was ready to send his Canadian born son to fight in the war.

            My gf's brother and I basically face palmed all the way through that conversation.

  13. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

    Meet Business Insider's Newest Political Columnist ? Anthony Weiner

    1. Rich   11 years ago
      1. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

        Words fail you, Rich?

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          They seem to have. Weird!

    2. Rich   11 years ago

      The new column, which will be titled "Weiner!," will run on the last Friday of each month beginning this week. It will feature Weiner's thoughts on the top political issues of the day imbued with his unique insider's perspective.

      The squirrels prefer "Carlos!"

      1. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

        The original title was going to be "That's Our Little Weiner".

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          "Weiner Ejaculates on the Issues"

          1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

            If parents saw what I was laughing at I'd lose clients.

      2. R C Dean   11 years ago

        I have a feeling that column isn't going to make it past the nanny filters at many companies.

      3. Mad Scientist   11 years ago

        South Park's version of George R.R. Martin will be so thrilled!

        1. Wasteland Wanderer   11 years ago

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzC2DRgEo4

    3. Aloysious   11 years ago

      Yeah, that"s just what we need: the return of Carlos Danger, round 2.

      Wonderful.

      1. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

        Ron Mexico.

  14. Paul.   11 years ago

    The airline reportedly sent a text to let family members know the passengers were assumed dead.

    Isn't that like firing someone over the internet?

  15. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

    One Part Mr. Peanut, One Part Hipster Chic
    The Monocle Returns as a Fashion Accessory

    1. Root Boy   11 years ago

      Just the Steampunk fanatics getting noticed by the NYT after a few years?

      We now need to keep pushing the Libertarian=monocle polisher meme so we can watch OWS and Union goons beat up some hipsters in Brooklyn.

      1. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

        Say, Root Boy. Did you go to Ohio State? One of my acquaintances is nick named Root Boy. Wondering if your the same fellow.

        1. Root Boy   11 years ago

          Nowhere close. Root Boy Slim was a drugged up singer in WDC when I was growing up. I got the nickname in the Marines when I played his music in the barracks.

          Hope that is not too much info that people can trace me.

          1. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

            Oh, cool. Nevermind.

          2. JW   11 years ago

            I saw Root Boy play at the old Wax Museum on Halloween one year. Not a very coherent show on his part.

            1. Root Boy   11 years ago

              Some bands are great live and some have great recordings. RBS had neither, but the shows were fun, as were the song lyrics.

  16. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

    Remember Harlem pastor James Manning who accused Obama of "releas[ing] homo demons on the black man"? (Coeus posted about him in 2.27.14's PM Links)

    He's now using his church's marquee to let everyone know that stoning homos is still the law.

    JESUS WOULD STONE HOMOS
    MT. 5:17-19, LEV. 20:13 DT. 17:5-7 JN. 8:1-11
    STONING IS STILL THE LAW

    Had he read a bit earlier in John he might have stumbled on "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

    He also took to YouTube to defend/explain his billboard, but youtube has removed it as a violation of their hate speech policy. Jesse haz a sad that YouTube has a hate speech policy.

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      homo demons? I lol'd.

      1. The Little Corporal   11 years ago

        Armor class? Hit Points? We need this information, people.

        1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

          "You will have a very hard time competing against a white homosexual male," he opined. "He's usually got money. A white homo usually has an American Express card, he usually has an opportunity at the theater. Homos love the theater. They love to go out to dinner, parties. They love that kind of a thing. And as a black woman, you can't compete!"

          I have noticed that Obama is influencing the few black men that are left to come out of the closet ? or be homosexual ? and they are being scooped up by white homos

          White homo demons seem to be unstoppable when battling black women and derive their abilities from "scooping up" black men.

          I'm assuming the theater references high persuasion skills.

          Link

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

            I find all of this very amusing for some reason.

            1. Hyperion   11 years ago

              I find all of this very amusing for some reason.

              For some reason?

              homo demons seem to be unstoppable when battling black women and derive their abilities from "scooping up" black men.

              Damn you jesse, I nearly had beer come out my nose and I really HATE it when that happens!

          2. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

            Listen, jesse, Black women are on to your little game and why you're keeping their "mens" too long in the gym shower, ok? So stop pretending like you don't know what this is all about.

            1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

              You know, I don't even have to click that link to know it's Ms. Tyler.

              And yet I watched it anyway.

              1. Root Boy   11 years ago

                I was entertained a little bit, but thought it was going to a be an Aisha Tyler clip from Archer where she's ragging on Archers homo tendencies.

                Either way, I laughed.

            2. Sudden   11 years ago

              It's all very cunning effort on the part of black men to cheat on black women. The smell yo dick thing ain't gonna work to catch a cheat now. She's gonna smell, and she'll just think, "nope, just smells like dick."

          3. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

            Step 1: Become homo
            Step 2: Apply for Amex black card
            Step 3: ????
            Step 4: Profit!!!

          4. PD Scott   11 years ago

            Sounds like a new promotional campaign from American Express is in order. Tasteful ads with professional black women pulling out their Amex cards, telling the handsome black men they're with "I've got this." as he nods approvingly.

          5. Juice   11 years ago

            Can't compete? I'll take the person with the vagina and not the person with the penis, thanks.

      2. Not an Economist   11 years ago

        I think the marquee is talking about Homo Sapiens.

    2. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      Never fight speech with censorship. Especially speech so easily fought.

      1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        Maybe leaving him to be dealt with by YouTube commenters was just too cruel?

        Now I'm doubly sad that I didn't get to see the YouTube comments for this.

        1. RannedPall   11 years ago

          Come on, everyone knows you can just mirror the video and post whatever you want....

    3. Juice   11 years ago

      Wait, so grace and truth means the law is void?

      1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        Matthew 5:17-20 would indicate no, but Acts 10 is often cited to indicate that Christians are no longer bound by the ritual purity laws.

        Matthew 5:

        17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

        After John 8:7 "He who is without sin, cast the first stone," most Christians are wary of invoking the harsher punishments demanded by The Law.

        Pastor Manning references John 8, which I would find comforting were he not simultaneously cheer-leading the laws passed in Uganda and Nigeria. In Nigeria one town started throwing rocks at a courthouse because they weren't executing some homosexuals quickly enough.

        1. John   11 years ago

          Matthew Five is talking about the state of things under the old law. Christ has come "to fulfill them". That means he has come to die to forgive people's sins.

          What it means is that without belief in Christ you are stuck being judged by how well you kept the law. And that is generally not a good standard for man.

    4. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

      By "stone" of course, he means that Jesus would let them rip off his 1st century Judaen bong.

  17. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

    Artisanal Ice Making Is The Hot New Trend ? This Bar Shows You How It's Done

    1. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

      Thin crust or thick crust ice?

    2. andarm16   11 years ago

      The next thing you know, they'll be introducing all natural ice, hauled all the way from New England.

      1. Hyperion   11 years ago

        Just wait until this really catches on and the Koch Bros get wind of it.

        Can you just imagine the huge ice mining machines in Greenland and Antarctica raping the frozen glaciers and grinding up hapless polar bears in the process, all for evil profits?

        Mother Gaia shall weep while we turn a blind eye, too caught up in drinking our Kochtopus supplied glacial blood water.

      2. Bobarian   11 years ago

        AB has been making Natural Ice for years.

        http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29/653/

        It's as least as bad as PBR, so already 'hip'?

    3. Tonio   11 years ago

      Glacial ice for drinks was a thing a while back.

      1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

        Auric and I are already planning to sell ice from Saturn's rings. . .at a stupendous premium.

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          I need in on that. Do you guys have a good crop of ice ring mining orphans, or do I need to spare a few monocle polishers for the operation?

          1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

            Sorry, slave robots.

      2. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

        Doesn't glacial ice contain Epsom Salt? I think it would give you the runs, pretty bad.

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          Yeah, but you can take a bath in it.

    4. The Other Kevin   11 years ago

      I have to admit, it does look pretty nice in a glass. But I noticed those bigger blocks take a lot of room. So charge more for the "special" ice, and less alcohol fits in the glass. Sounds like this was invented by a Koch brother.

    5. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

      Looks inefficient and therefore environmentally unfriendly.

      Perfect for hipsters

    6. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

      I do something similar. By pouring water into a mold.

    7. wwhorton   11 years ago

      Austin. Shoulda known. It's like they took a little bit of NYC and stuck it right in the middle of a perfectly good state.

  18. PD Scott   11 years ago

    Also from CBS Sunday Morning: Art out of Money. Okay, I know the artist's statements may make you not want to watch, but a) he is really good at what he does and b) he may well be trolling the hell out of people.

    1. waffles   11 years ago

      I like it. He's also successful so there's that.

    2. R C Dean   11 years ago

      Yeah, I saw that. Good stuff. He's in New York, and I bet he sells a ton to Wall Street types.

  19. Paul.   11 years ago

    A survey commissioned by Twitter and Fox found that 92 percent of Twitter users said they've tuned in to or searched for a TV show after seeing it tweeted.

    #jumpofftheeiffeltower

  20. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

    Are the days for public education as we know it numbered?

    http://www.quebecoislibre.org/14/140315-11.html

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      But how will the kids be indoctrinated to be good sheep?

      1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

        An'ow wilsdey lirns too rite

      2. Andrew S.   11 years ago

        I'm already preparing for the amount of deprogramming I'm going to have to do with my daughter once she starts in Kindergarten next year.

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          I keep sending future Libertarian reading material to my granddaughter, she just turned the big one.

          Maybe too late to convert my daughter, although I never give up. But I'm going to beat the proglotards at their own game and get to the granddaughter while she's still very young and impressionable.

          1. Root Boy   11 years ago

            I've got a third grader and in the new school, since we've moved, they sure do spend a lot of time talking about human rights -- which apparently means free food and housing.

            I have to make her brave enough to ask, "what about free speech, the Constitution, etc?"

    2. Andrew S.   11 years ago

      I wish.

    3. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

      No.

      Government officials of industrialized nations that provide foreign aid, however, are likely to oppose such decentralized control over education.

      They're not going out without a fight.

      1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

        That goes without saying; especially given they're unionized.

    4. John   11 years ago

      Yes they are. People are not going to pay for such horrible results forever.

      1. General Butt Naked   11 years ago

        People are not going to pay for such horrible results forever.

        Your naivete humors me.

  21. PD Scott   11 years ago

    Nanoparticle coating could triple aircraft engine life.
    FTA:
    The coating consists a powder made up of ceramic and plastic nanoparticles, that is added to a liquid carrier. While the ceramic particles provide insulation against the heat, the plastic allows tiny pores to form within the coating, giving it some elasticity ? that's an important consideration, as the coating must be able to expand and contract with the metal that it's covering.
    The powder-containing liquid is heated up to 12,632 - 14,432?F, causing the ceramic particles to melt, then applied in a process known as plasma spray application. Once adhered to the metal, it takes the form of a 0.5 mm-thick "forest" of tiny standing columns.

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      Can it also keep the plane from disappearing?

      1. PD Scott   11 years ago

        It's not new Shimmer, Hyperion.

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          Well, you know, for some reason, the thought about planes disappearing keeps re-surfacing these days. Any other thoughts about aviation have to take the back seat.

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

            +1 Millenium

            1. Root Boy   11 years ago

              Good story, crappy movie.

              And...ceramic coatings for turbine blades have been around for decades - must be new tech to stop them from cracking.

              1. BigT   11 years ago

                Ceramic coatings ( thermal barrier coatings) are old news. Making specific structures is not trivial, however. Foams can resist extreme T gradients due to their v low thermal conductivity. Sounds like this is a variation on that approach.

    2. Brett L   11 years ago

      Only 14000 degrees F?

      1. fish   11 years ago

        For this iteration....once the new "injection into a solar flare process" is patented we should see much higher application temperatures.

  22. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

    This is a song.

    1. Aloysious   11 years ago

      Can we please have more twerking? This ode to M.O. made me throw up in my mouth.

      1. Rich   11 years ago

        As you wish.

    2. Paul.   11 years ago

      That poor girl need a steak.

    3. Warty   11 years ago

      "And you...you're too fucking...blond!"

      1. Restoras   11 years ago

        I just saw that movie for only the second time and that was one of the more hilarious lines, out of dozens.

    4. SugarFree   11 years ago

      This is hip hop's chickens coming home to roost.

      Suck it, rap fans.

      1. Warty   11 years ago

        Every uncool white guy who ever made a point of telling people that he calls it "crap" is vindicated. Except SIV.

        1. SugarFree   11 years ago

          Everyone wondered what happened to Jesse, that mushmouthed tard from MTV.

          1. Warty   11 years ago

            Odd fact of the day: this guy was a VJ of that era.

            1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

              Didn't he also do gay porn?

              1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

                False! He did a solo jerk off vid that was then spliced into a gay anal scene so it looked like he was jerking off to the two guys fucking. It's not that good a video.

                1. The Laconic Marc F Cheney   11 years ago

                  You know, Jesse, I'm starting to think you might be a little bit gay.

                  1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

                    That's a scandalous accusation: "a little bit".

                    Offensive!

                    1. Sudden   11 years ago

                      Scandalous, the gay antonym for fabulous

        2. SIV   11 years ago

          I prefer Dancehall to crap.

          1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

            Ok, I feel you. I'll mail you down some doubles and some macaroni pie just for that.

        3. Paul.   11 years ago

          Every uncool white guy who ever made a point of telling people that he calls it "crap" is vindicated.

          What're you talking about, as you can see from the video, this is what happens when uncool white guys do rap...

        4. Root Boy   11 years ago

          No, the new insult is that they are cultural appropriators and need to be shamed...or something like that.

    5. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

      Whatever that's supposed to be, the Youtube commenters will take good care of it.

  23. Injun, as in from India   11 years ago

    Senate Democrats and the Obama Administration are attempting to include reforms to the International Monetary Fund that could increase U.S. contributions but decrease its influence in the lending body as part of an aid package to Ukraine.

    Spending money we borrow from others, in return for less leverage. AWESOME!

  24. Coeus   11 years ago

    Thoughts on this article.

    If you believe that this isn't a bad thing because the government is already heavily involved, you also have to be pro gay marriage to stay logically consistent, correct? I'm open to having my mind changed on this, but logically, I can see no other interpretation.

  25. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

    Real-life Breaking Bad teacher turned drug dealer had cocaine lab worth ?900,000

    Detectives also uncovered a "sophisticated" operation - including cutting agents worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and a pressing machine - to make the cocaine appear to be of a higher grade.

    What a jerk!

    A General Teaching Council for Wales hearing heard that Malawi-born Kuwale was an IT teacher at Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen, Bridgend, when he was arrested.

    As well as his criminal conviction, Kuwale now faces being struck off the teaching register.

    Ha, the English can fire their teachers. At least they've got us beat on that.

    1. Tonio   11 years ago

      Welsh, dammit.

    2. R C Dean   11 years ago

      cutting agents worth hundreds of thousands of pounds

      If your cutting agents are more expensive than your coke, you probably need to check your business model.

      1. Paul.   11 years ago

        Price inputs are racist.

      2. General Butt Naked   11 years ago

        There's a whole grey market in europe for cutting agents, binding agents, pill presses, reagents and other ancillary drug producing devices/chemicals.

        I saw some video of these london gangsters that got caught with a trailer (lorry?) full of cutting agents. They were charged with some "conspiracy" bullshit.

  26. SIV   11 years ago

    FT: Republicans need to learn to blow those dog whistles with a mariachi beat

    Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan changed that partly by using dog whistles to play on their racial fears and partly by appealing to their upwardly mobile aspirations. There is no rule that says Latinos cannot gradually move into the Republican fold.

    Bonus: The author refers to Democrats winning 5 of the last 6 Presidential elections.

    1. Omni   11 years ago

      The line I love is "by appealing to their upwardly mobile aspirations".

      How dare those bastards tell people they can improve their lives! Don't they know that the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor in America?!

    2. C. Anacreon   11 years ago

      Tried to see but requires registration.

      Is the columnist one of those still claiming that Gore won in 2000? Time to give it a rest. And Al Gore is pretty much a billionaire now, which he definitely would not be had he been President. I'm guessing he's gotten over it.

      1. BigT   11 years ago

        He just notes that Gore got more votes than Bush. Ignores electoral laws.

        Big douche is big douche.

  27. PapayaSF   11 years ago

    The Malaysian plane story is so strange. None of the major explanations (hijacking by passengers, hijacking by crew, accident, pilot suicide) seem to fit all of the available evidence.

    1. Juice   11 years ago

      Why not accident? A fire sounds very plausible.

      1. tarran   11 years ago

        A fire would have left wreckage along the plane path.

        When the landing gear was retracted, "burning rubber was brought into close proximity with hydraulic and electrical system components", causing the failure of both hydraulic and pressurisation systems that led to structural damage and loss of control of the aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board later concluded, "had the crew left the landing gear extended, the accident might have been averted". Fuel, "probably introduced as a result of 'burn through' of the centre fuel tank", intensified the fire, which eventually consumed the cabin floor. People began falling out of the airplane when their seat harnesses burned through. "Despite the considerable destruction to the airframe, the aircraft appeared to have been controllable until just before the crash."

        1. Juice   11 years ago

          Wreckage over the ocean, which may or may not have sunk in the time that they have been searching.

          1. tarran   11 years ago

            There is no way the plane would have travelled 7 hours with a fire. Once a fire starts, it consumes the plane, usually in 15 minutes.

            There would have been a structural failure, and the plane would have crashed close to the point of last contact.

            The debris field would have been found by the initial search efforts.

            1. Juice   11 years ago

              I don't know where they are getting this 7 hours stuff. A satellite picking up a blip doesn't mean that it was the plane.

      2. Paul.   11 years ago

        Why not aliens?

    2. PD Scott   11 years ago

      I thought the Wired article (electrical fire, bad things happened fast) was very plausible.

      1. PapayaSF   11 years ago

        No attempt to contact ATC during the fire. Unlikely a fire would have disabled all communications. Sharp turn in between handoff from one ATC to another. Lots of odd maneuvering.

    3. Hyperion   11 years ago

      I'm still going with: Someone intentionally hijacked the plane and attempted to fly somewhere undetected. And then something went very wrong.

      The last part I don't even have a guess at. Maybe attempting to fly the plane in a way to avoid detection resulted in the crew becoming incapacitated and the plane flew on current course until running out of fuel.

  28. Tonio   11 years ago

    Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus) of GWAR died yesterday.

  29. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

    Scruffy Canadian ginger drills hole in frozen lake, takes a polar bear dip. 3:30 is where he gets to the actual dip portion of the video. Before that he's just preparing in short shorts and a fur-lined hat.

    1. Warty   11 years ago

      And how many of your fetishes does this hit? And how long did it take you to type that comment with one hand?

      1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        Not many. The long hair is a negative. He has nice legs, which is strangely important to me, I can get behind the ginger thing, and he's a foreigner (if only barely), which is always a plus.

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

      It looks like he pooped his shorts at the end there. A little frozen turd.

    3. Warty   11 years ago

      This is still my favorite winter video ever.

      1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        Very dexterous for a strongman.

      2. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        He seems so happy! Also I secretly like accordions although they can be terribly abused.

    4. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      See America?

      If you invade, this is what you're up against.

      I once shoveled snow in -10c weather because I was too lazy to put on a coat.

      1. JW   11 years ago

        FUCK
        WINTER

        That is all.

      2. Bobarian   11 years ago

        I once shoveled snow in -10c weather had snow and ice on my driveway for a week because I was too lazy to put on a coat shovel.

        FTFY

  30. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

    By the way, that guy Phelps and the Westboro Church. What's his story? He was a civil rights lawyer but his Church was extremist? Not following what category he falls under.

    Help.

    1. John   11 years ago

      I think he figured out that there was money in going out and pissing people off and then suing them if they do something against you.

      Also, I really wonder if the whole thing isn't one long trolling act. Maybe Phelps was always a die hard Prog and decided to create the WBC as a way to troll and discredit the religious right.

      1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        He also fried his brain after years of amphetamine abuse.

        In early interviews, he seems articulate and cordial. Later on, all he could do was get angry and yell.

      2. Isaac Bartram   11 years ago

        Also, it's not like "progrssives" are the consistently "pro-homo". They were, after all, the group that introduced homosexuality as a pervrsion and a mental illness.

        If you need a reminder, it was Bill Moyers and his crew at LBJ campaign headquarters who attacked the Goldwater campaign over having some gays on their staff.

        Goldwater was notoriously tolerant on gay as well as racial issues (his vote against the 1965 CRA notwithstanding).

        1. Calidissident   11 years ago

          I'm pretty sure conservatives saw homosexuality as perversion long before progressivism was even invented.

          Also, Goldwater was not a member of the Religious Right by any means, and was very critical of them latter in his career.

  31. SIV   11 years ago

    For Sale at Auction:

    1820 Mexican Recipes bound manuscript

    Predating oldest printed Mexican cookbook by 11 years.

    1. John   11 years ago

      Who needs the original. What are the actual recipes?

      1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

        1 keg of mescal
        1 burro

        Cook burro, drink mescal.

        1. Paul.   11 years ago

          Can you dumb it down a hair?

          1. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

            1 keg mescal

            Drink mescal, hallucinate that you're eating something.

    2. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      Oldest cook book:

      Kill fur with legs.

      Season with dirt.

      1. Sy   11 years ago

        bludgeon to taste

    3. JW   11 years ago

      Does it talk about authentic jalapeno poppers?

      1. Paul.   11 years ago

        Dibs on the nacho recipe.

        1. JW   11 years ago

          You know that this is where the Nacho Cheese Doritos shell idea came from.

      2. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        Bacon wrapped jalapenos stuffed with cheese are so far the only positive outcome of this gluten free nonsense.

        1. JW   11 years ago

          God damn it. Now I want some.

        2. Pro Libertate   11 years ago

          Gluten is our friend.

        3. db   11 years ago

          I'm getting really tired of this gluten free bullshit. Neither Dr. Girlfriend nor I have any food allergies but she works with a bunch of frail and "food conscious" people so when.she.makes a.cake.or.pie.or.cookies she does.it.with gluten free ingredients so tbey can share when.she.brings.it.in. I can taste that shit, and it gives a.weird gritty consistency to.everything, but evidently her coworkera are.more.important to please.

          1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

            I have an uncle who is legitimately celiac and my grandmother has gone on a quest to find decent baked goods that are GF. She makes GF Bisquck lemon bars that aren't bad for GF, and are almost not sandy.

            1. db   11 years ago

              I'll ask her to try them.aometime. It's not as bad as I said because usually she will make a non GF batch for me.if.I mention it.

          2. Brett L   11 years ago

            ATK has been on a gluten-free tear. They swear they have gluten free stuff that tastes non-gritty. Might check them out.

            1. db   11 years ago

              Sorry, what is.ATK?

              1. Brett L   11 years ago

                America's Test Kitchen.

  32. Warty   11 years ago

    Gain weight, twig-boy

    The before and after pics are amusing.

    1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

      The first guy looks like he was suffering from an injury or disease in the before pic.

      I have a buddy who plays semi pro soccer, and every time he gets injured, he gets fat. As soon as he heals, he gets pack to soccer and has a 6-pack. He has probably made $40-50K posing for before and after pictures for diet ads/supplements, none of which he has ever taken.

    2. MP   11 years ago

      I gave up on mass. I'd rather be ripped.

  33. Carl the Jarl   11 years ago

    I think everybody knows about this by now, but anyway...

    Make Online Shopping Better by Dumping ActiveX

    The government wants to scrap the peculiar Korean requirement for online customers to install Microsoft's ActiveX software on their computers. The buggy and invasive interactive protocol has largely been abandoned everywhere else in the world.

    The baffling practice was highlighted in a meeting on deregulation chaired by President Park Geun-hye last week. Park noted that Chinese fans of the Korean hit soap "My Love from the Star" wanted to buy products they saw on the show from Korean websites but were unable to do so due to the need to install ActiveX.

    Korea is the only country in the world that requires online users by law to install ActiveX. No such requirement exists for Amazon or eBay, but most Korean shopping sites force customers to download not only ActiveX but several other security-related programs to authenticate themselves. This is pure chicanery.

    When Korea first adopted online personal certification in 1999, it was ahead of other countries. But now much more advanced verification software is available and in use around the world. The only thing this requirement to download a host of software programs has done is make Korean online shoppers vulnerable to computer viruses.

    1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

      That's bizarre. I always had the desk guy do any purchases I needed from Korean websites, so I never had to deal with it. Besides I didn't have a Korean national ID number (there was a Korean FPS that I wasn't able to play because you needed to log in with your ID number).

  34. Sevo   11 years ago

    My tax dollars at work:

    "$9.4M bike path to be razed after 7 months
    Bay Bridge ramp cost about $47,000 a day."
    http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/.....342857.php

    Actually, *our* tax dollars; you know full well that hag Pelosi got fed money for that.

    1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      Is this a new take on the Broken Window theory?

    2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

      According to Caltrans, 3,000 bicyclists and pedestrians used the path the day it opened, and 13,000 the first weekend.

      Gordon said the number of users fell off after that, but police patrolling the bridge now report steady traffic.

      I consider 0 to be "steady" traffic.

      1. Sevo   11 years ago

        I've been over the bridge prolly 15-20 times since it's opened. Never seen a biker and I'm on it prime biking times (non- rush hours)

    3. Mokers   11 years ago

      The funniest part about this whole thing is that it still doesn't connect to Yerba Buena island (2015) and it won't connect to SF. So if you are in Oakland and dying to get to Treasure Island, this is money well spent. If you actually want to commute to SF on bike, live in marin county.

    4. PapayaSF   11 years ago

      Jeebus, what a waste.

  35. Juice   11 years ago

    http://metronews.ca/news/halif.....-hospital/

    So a man goes around giving homeless people some money and the townfolk saw it and said, "That boy ain't right." And of course now he's being forcibly evaluated for mental fitness.

    1. paranoid android   11 years ago

      Wait...what the fuck? A quick chat with the cops and he's involuntarily committed? This is really a thing that happens?

      1. John   11 years ago

        Sadly yes. But then Shreek walks the streets. You tell me how that happens?

        1. Restoras   11 years ago

          Shriek only get's out when his mom gets her drink on. I hope she doesn't own any "assault" rifles.

    2. SIV   11 years ago

      Yet another reason the USA should revive Manifest Destiny and liberate the Maritimes and N.L.

  36. Carl the Jarl   11 years ago

    Old, and appropos nothing

  37. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

    Russians start beating up students and teachers participating in a St. Patrick's Day flash mob in Irkutsk, Siberia because they were dressed in kilts (shouldn't they have been naked save a torc?) and the Russians thought they were celebrating "non-traditional sexual orientations"

    "On Sunday evening, members of Easy School held a St Patrick's Day flashmob in the mall. Some youths came up to them and expressed displeasure at the proceedings. A conflict took place that grew into a fight on the square outside the mall," the spokesman said.

    Obama should hire this unnamed spokesman he has an incredible flare for understatement. "Expressed displeasure" here seems to mean "concussed some participants."

    1. Brett L   11 years ago

      Russians start beating up students and teachers participating in a St. Patrick's Day flash mob

      Man, that's the most authentic Irish experience you can have.

  38. Rich   11 years ago

    A unique perspective on the Japanese tsunami

    1. Paul.   11 years ago

      Disturbing...

    2. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

      I sure hope the guy who got out of the silver car is ok. It got real wet, real quick.

      1. SIV   11 years ago

        I couldn't tell if there was any uphill to run too. I woulda climbed the tanker.

    3. EDG reppin' LBC   11 years ago

      Hey. Just got a nice little quake a few minutes ago.

      1. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

        Didn't feel it...

        1. Mad Scientist   11 years ago

          Me either.

        2. Paul.   11 years ago

          My understanding is you won't until it's over 3.0

          1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

            That's what she said?

      2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        Fracking!!!

      3. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        Not that it really matters, but they store nukes 1/4 mile away from the epicenter of that quake.

    4. Tejicano   11 years ago

      I don't know if it was shown in the US but there was a clip shown here (Japan) on TV about a guy who was rescued from the top of his car, in the aftermath of the Tsunami, as it was floating down a river. The car was passing under a bridge and luckily somebody spotted the guy on his car's roof and was able to help him to the bridge before the car floated out to sea.

  39. SIV   11 years ago

    Did everybody but me

    already see

    the Albuquerque PD

    murder this hobo?

    1. BuSab Agent   11 years ago

      What the hell is this "unarmed" K-9 officer shit? Did the APD pull the police dog's teeth?

  40. sloopyinca   11 years ago

    Hello, all! I have a free foursome to play Mountain View at La Quinta. I'd like to put a group of SoCal reasonoids and head down when we can all fit it into our schedule. Any takers? E-mail me and we'll put it together.

    1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

      Semi related- I now have to work both Sat and Sun the first weekend in April, so I probably won't make it out to the desert until at least Sunday night.

      Mountain View? Look at you, baller! PGA adjacent!

      1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

        Well, I quit my job today, so I've got some free time.

        Anybody out there looking for help? I'm soooooooo willing to relocate us out of SoCal.

        1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

          Good quit or bad quit?

          1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

            Meh. I just couldn't work there anymore. It was a strictly ethical decision.

            1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

              Did you burn it to the ground, or walk away with a letter of rec?

              1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

                I did neither. They owe me a bunch of money still from my 2013 year-end...which is part of the reason I left. It was due on 1/30 per contract.

                I'l decide on what to do once they respond to my resignation letter/demand for payment.

                1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

                  1/30? You could have been losing money in the market this whole time!!!!

            2. db   11 years ago

              I've been there. You will probably not regret it. I at least stayed long enough to find another.job first.

        2. db   11 years ago

          What line of.work?

          1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

            Well, I've been in heavy equipment/Ag equipment business for the last 7+ years. Auction. Before that, I ran a bunch of lumber yards in Georgia and Virginia.

            1. SIV   11 years ago

              Where did you run a lumber yard in GA?

              1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

                Augusta. We got bought by ProBuild right when I moved out here. Had a truss plant in Athens as well.

                1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

                  As an interesting aside, I used to play in a Sunday night card game there with a few professionals and I got invited to play The National. Two days before I was to play, I got word that they were calling all of the managers to Tulsa for a meeting. All the meeting was for was to tell us the company had been bought and that there would be no layoffs. I stood up and said "I could have been playing Augusta National and you called us for a meeting to tell us we'd been bought and that nothing was going to change?" The owner asked which was more important, and I said "that's not a fair question."

                  2 weeks later, Centex told me they wouldn't be able to pay their bill that month...it was $1.2M. But I was already slated to move to California.

        3. Tejicano   11 years ago

          I'm probably a bit far for you to relocate to so I doubt I would be much help.

          I hope your next step is arranged already.

          1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

            Not just yet. A couple of irons in the fire. I had to make an ethical decision based on business practices. I'll leave it at that.

            1. SIV   11 years ago

              Shill bidding?

              1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

                Among other things.

                Fluffing was only part of it.

            2. SIV   11 years ago

              Running the hour clock back?

          2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

            His next step is to work on his golf game.

            1. sloopyinca   11 years ago

              And it does need work. I'm probably not even a 10 anymore.

    2. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

      Damn. I need to leave Milwaukee. It's 34 degrees here and I probably won't get to play golf until late April.

      1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        The temperature at the Mountain View course as of right now, 3:45PM PST, is 92 degrees.

        *twists dagger*

        1. BiMonSciFiCon   11 years ago

          Yeah, well, we have, uh...

          Shit.

        2. Tejicano   11 years ago

          **rubs salt**

  41. RishJoMo   11 years ago

    I dont think that makes a whole lot of sense man.

    http://www.anonblitz.tk

  42. Brett L   11 years ago

    Fuck me. What idiot decided to schedule a two day out and back to Houston to see TOOL with my best friend with 6 work days left (well, 4 now) before a code dead-line. Oh well, no sleep for me this week. Who do I know with an Adderall prescription and a casual drug compliance regime? Anyhow, I get something like 33 hours in Houston. I will have a Jumbo Jack. Maybe in the airport at 9:30 tomorrow morning.

    1. db   11 years ago

      You didn't, by any chance, work on the Obamacare exchanges,.did you?

      1. Brett L   11 years ago

        Why would I worry about deadlines if I did?

        1. db   11 years ago

          Oh yeah, duh.

  43. ibcbet   11 years ago

    you'd need a lot of people so that everyone would get the calls at about the same time.

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