Tonight on The Independents: Obama Scandals Countdown!

What are the nine worst scandals of President Barack Obama's 66-month tenure? We'll be counting them down on The Independents tonight at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT) on Fox Business Network, using our proprietary measurement, the CBI Index (two of the letters standing for "Constitutionality" and "Impact"). It's probably appropriate to pre-game the show by guessing in the comments which scandals will be included, and in what order (9 is least terrible, 1 is the worst).

Need a hint? Here are the guests who will be coming on the program: beloved Reason Senior Editor Peter Suderman, Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst and Reason.com columnist Andrew Napolitano (who helped us pick #1!), National Review Online contributor Deroy Murdock, former Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, and Senior Editor of The Federalist Mollie Hemingway. Obviously, we'll have a "Name That Scandal" game at the midway point of the program….

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Comments

[Almanian!]

FAKE scandals, Independents. FAKE. SCANDALS.

Do keep up, please.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I'm looking at the picture and trying to figure out which one is Alice?

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'll take Kennedy for the block.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Does that make her the Paul Lynde of the group?

[PBR Streetgang]

Who gets to be Charles Nelson Reilly? Carol Channing?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Charles Nelson Reilly?

Welch is just the right pair of frames away.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Alice? Alice? Who the fuck is Alice?

[Heroic Mulatto]

The better question is "Who the fuck is Cousin Oliver?"

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Cousin Oliver was Chuck Cunningham's son.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Who was his mother? Scrappy-Doo?

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Nope. It was Dodie from "My Three Sons".

[Aloysious]

Most scandalous mugshot?

I vote for, of course: Welch, Matt.

Vote early, vote often.

[Matt Welch]

Photo by Lucy Steigerwald!

[Almanian!]

DON'T TALK ABOUT LUCY

[Aloysious]

Photo by Lucy Steigerwald!

I love Lucy.

...waitaminnit.

[SIV]

Stagger Lee

Steiger Lu

[Libertarian]

That's Matt? I thought it was Frankenstein's monster.

[AlmightyJB]

What did that monster ever do to you?

[Paul.]

What are the nine worst scandals of President Barack Obama's 66-month tenure?

Ten actors that don't have their real teeth.
Eight mothers Episiarch has defiled.
Eighteen places you should avoid on Vacation.

I hate this new web trend. And I blame Buzzfeed.

[Almanian!]

*stares into mirror*

"Taboola....TABOOLA....TABOOLA!!!!...."

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Only 8?

You can beat that once you go cordless, right?

[Paul.]

News on that front. And I may need some advice from my fellow hit'n'runners.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Burn it to the ground.

Wait, what was the question?

[seguin]

http://www.clickhole.com

[Paul.]

Buzzfeed's main page, right now:

11 Super Stylish Photos That Prove Sikh Men Rock The Best Beards

23 Hilarious Fourth Of July Pinterest Fails

37 Times Pitbull's Tumblr Was A Source Of Wisdom And Inspiration

19 Quotes From "Orange Is The New Black" As "Peanuts" Comic Strips

The 25 Absolute Greatest Dad Jokes Of All Time

11 Mind-Bending Moments From The "Avatar: Legend Of Korra" Season 3 Trailer

9 Things Mumbaikars Want, Need, And Deserve

27 People Who Should NOT Be Taking A Selfie Right Now

33 Incredibly Motivated Work Out Tanks

5 Off-The-Beaten-Path Places You Have To Visit In Brazil

15 One-Line Jokes That Will Make You Laugh

1,000 People Decided To Eat One Of The Hottest Peppers In The World And It Didn't Look Fun At All

19 Reasons Summer In The City Is Terrible And Wants To Hurt You

25 GIFs That Perfectly Sum Up Having A Hangover

[jesse.in.mb]

Those nettle me less than the "This cat does something AMAZING that will MELT YOUR HEART" titles for videos and articles that are completely mundane.

Ooh, or the oddly specific "which x are you?" quizzes "Which 1976 Chevrolet vehicle are you!?"

[Dances-with-Trolls]

"Which 1976 Chevrolet vehicle are you!?"

You're still just mad you came up as a Chevette rather than a Nova. The wound will heal in time.

[jesse.in.mb]

The wound will heal in time.

You don't KNOW that.

*Runs sobbing from the room*

[Zombie Jimbo]

My bright yellow 1976 Chevette was an excellent car. I bought it for $150 in 1984 and managed to put 67000 miles on it while doing the brakes once, replacied a set of tires and the clutch. Pop riveted the floor under the pedals, but that was just so I could keep dry.

[Rainbow]

Yeah, there are worse fates than Chevette. *Which in its best iteration was actually a very good Isuzu.

Being a Malibu would be far worse, eh jesse?

[MJGreen]

Legend of Korra season 3 trailer?

This is the first time Buzzfeed has ever informed me of something. I won't give them the pleasure of my hit, but I thank them nonetheless.

[Paul.]

Me too. Last Airbender was a nightly ritual with my daughter and me. Best animated kids show of the last two decades. I've heard this new series isn't as good as the first.

[MJGreen]

It is not. The first season has some cool ideas and is mostly great until it stumbles in the finale. But the second season crashes hard. It is plain awful at times. There's still (occasionally) beautiful animation and music, but anyone who appreciated Last Airbender would be insulted by the storytelling and choices of the second season.

That said... I'll give the new season a chance. I keep hoping they pull back in more writers from the first show.

[MJGreen]

From the blog:

I'm Not Saying I Hope My Child Is Transgender, But I Would Hit It Out Of The Park

It's Time To Publicly Execute Ronald McDonald

The Onion always delivers.

[KDN]

Seeing Ronald McDonald get hanged, drawn, and quartered on primetime television could save up to 1.5 million children from Type 2 diabetes.

Progressivism's logical conclusion.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I hate this new web trend. And I blame Buzzfeed.

Then you might also enjoy:

Seven lists that cracked Buzzfeed's comment records.
Three world leaders who were worse than Hitler.
Five awesome things that President Obama is doing.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Tonight on The Independents: Obama Scandals Countdown!

Oh, so a special 2-hour episode?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It's a 10 part series.

[Bobarian]

Hasn't this been the whole purpose of the show?

[Trouser-Pod]

Won't it just really be a live feed from inside the Oval?

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I fear for Buttplug's life and our sanity this evening.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Why? It's not like he's gonna be watching the show. Rumor has it he's rented Obama's most recent colonoscopy from Redbox and will be tied up all evening.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

He had it out for John last night, and John wasn't even commenting.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I fear tonight is the night that he finally shrieks himself into a stroke, dying spittle-flecked in his mother's basement next to an empty bag of cheese curls fingers still twitching mindlessly on his computer's F, A, and K keys.

[Agammamon]

Well, it *is* a payday Friday night.

[VG Zaytsev]

Shouldn't that be the B O and S keys?

[Sevo]

..."will be tied up"...

Does this entail choking before the orgasm?

[Monkey's Uncle]

Love at first Shrike.

But polls and trolls show that now Capt. Zero is just as hated as BOOOOOOSH, no?

[Jerry on the sea]

Obama must be jolly happy that all of the FIFA scandals are taking the wind out of his.

[guru]

Do we get to start with the fraud involving credit card violations on his 2008 campaign website?

[R C Dean]

Let's put together a comprehensive list of Obama Scandals that are still live. OFf the top of my head:

(1) Fast and Furious.
(2) Justice Department selective/racial enforcement of voting and civil rights.
(3) Eric Holder held in contempt.
(4) IRS abuse of conservative/tea party organizations.
(5) Benghazi.
(6) OCare rollout and implementation.
(7) Illegal "recess" appointments while Congress in session.
(8) GM securities fraud (cover-up of defects until feds sell out their shares).
(9) Leaks of Treasury/Fed plans for banks and policy to selected TBTF banks.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

10) VA
11) Attempted POW trade to distract from VA

[BiMonSciFiCon]

12) IRS gave 1.1 million files to FBI prior to the election.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

13) Secret Service whoring in other countries without being fired.

[sarcasmic]

That's not unique to this administration.

[R C Dean]

Doesn't have to be.

[Paul.]

They were trying to save the government some money... why is that a scandal?

[VG Zaytsev]

14) IRS 'lost' 2 years worth of Lois Lerner's emails.

15) Capture of Iraq by ISIS

16) Leader of ISIS held and release by Obama on 'humanitarian' grounds.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

17. Drone assassinations of American citizens not even charged with crimes.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Most scandalous mugshot?

Suder-man. I can't tell, does the pocket square match the tie?

[Sevo]

Are you really Gilmore?

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Nah, I'd be wittier if I were Gilmore.

[Suthenboy]

Oh, just nine. I read the headline before the article. I saw counting down obama's scandals and thought it was going to be a special three hour show.

[Suthenboy]

Damn. Now I read the thread and see Sloopy beat me to it.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

For Derptologist:

Affirmative action, fuck yeah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob0jmq2Kuo

[sarcasmic]

And like good lefty retards, even after the contradiction has been pointed out, they still stick with it.

[Irish]

Michelle: What is affirmative action?

Idiot: Afmirmative action? Uhm. It's like when you take action.

[Irish]

The best part is when Michelle says 'So you're in favor of just a little discrimination?' and the guy says 'Yes, just a little.'

[AlmightyJB]

It's a lot easy when you don't have to think about it at all.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

OT: this Holland-Spain game is pretty rough so far. I could see some blood being shed before it's over.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Well blood between Holland and Spain has a long tradition, so..

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

I wonder if we'll see a Dutchman put his studs into a Spaniards chest again.

Penalty!

[GILMORE]

+1 Habsburg Dynasty

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Not surprising. The Dutch are generally rough. They should be careful especially with Busquets.

But it's a good match so far.

The officiating has been abysmal in the first two games so hopefully this reverses this bad start.

Wait a sec...as I type...penalty. A bit harsh.

For soccer fans, here's a blog from the officiating perspective:

http://footballrefereeing.blogspot.ca/

[Rufus J. Firefly]

It's okay. Robben will pull one of his signature dives/flops to get a penalty for Holland.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

I think the referee has a goal to get every Dutch player in the book today.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

And speaking of officiating, am I the only one surprised that the NBA putting Joey Crawford in to ref game 4 wasn't by design? But not even he could stop the Spurs offense last night.

Goal Holland! And a beautiful one as well. Wow.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Goal Holland! And a beautiful one as well. Wow

Ik zie wat je daar deed.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Noticed that. The Spurs are shooting .542 this series. That has to be a finals record or close to it.

They should be able to hold on this time around.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Not sure. They're aggressive. I'm not faulting this ref too much. Nice first half. I notice in the last few international matches Spain gets by thanks to dubious penalties in their favor.

But this penalty wasn't a horrible one like yesterday. That was ugly.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Yesterday's penalty was criminal. This was more along the lines of negligent.

Very soft, but what do you expect of a Spaniard in the penalty box?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

That. Was. Awesome. 1-1.

[Slumbrew]

That was bananas. Beautiful goal.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

So elegant.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Van Persie is a douche but that was beautiful.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Mexico was lucky Cameroon is not very strong or else they could have been robbed too. Two perfectly legit goals waved off. They won in the end but G/D matters.

[Brett L]

Yeah. So far the refs are trying really hard to be the story of the Cup. LET THEM PLAY!

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Holland are all over Soain. Other than an iffy penalty and the ref inexplicably not sending a Spaniard off for a head butt, this could get out of hand quickly.

[Brett L]

That second goal was sweet.

[Slumbrew]

you were saying? jeez.

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Holy fuck. 4-1 now. Casillas just shit the bed.

[Episiarch]

But Casillas is great. Are you lying, Ken?

[Ted S.]

Meanwhile, Chile made hard work of the Soccer Ooze. Poor IFH.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Look at all these lovely pre-show comments.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

And the Kings game hasn't even started.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

"A U.S. Department of Education report released last week shows that a quarter of all college students took some online courses toward their degrees in the fall of 2012. That level of market penetration, particularly in the for-profit sector, demonstrates that American higher education is adapting to advances in technology and the preferences of students, says Moody's Investors Service, which awarded a "credit positive" to the industry in its new weekly outlook on public finance."

http://chronicle.com/blogs/tic.....tive/79845

[Acosmist]

Uh, there are a ton of students in online diploma mills.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Pia Toscano singing the national anthem? I thought that was a cheerleader!

[Palin's Buttplug]

I challenged your dumb ass to a investment show down last night and you did not respond.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I was out late last night. What are you talking about?

[Palin's Buttplug]

I was about 8pm EST. I challenged you to an investment showdown next week.

You pussed out.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Oh, you misunderstood. I was mocking you. I despise finance, and people who work in it. Yeah, I had 50K in realized gains this week, but I didn't do shit. I don't gamble with my life savings. You don't seem to realize that doing that kind of shit is a major character flaw.

BTW, I'm 34. I assume you are in your mid to late '50s. I'm young enough to assume the risk. You're not. Grow the fuck up.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

If you hadn't posted comments indicating you were from Georgia, I would suspect that you were my older brother IRL. He worked for Putnam, Goldman, and now a boutique firm. Same bullshit as you. Always talking about the money he made, but never the money he lost.

[Episiarch]

Dude, it's a sockpuppet. It's not in its mid to late 50's, or from Georgia, or a finance person. It's a character made up to suck you into arguing with it. Don't be its porn. It hates being ignored. Make it cry. Ignore it.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

If that's true, it makes me sad. And I'll owe you an IPA.

[Ted S.]

Why do we even need to play the national anthem before sporting events?

I can kind of see it at events like the World Cup that have different countries' national teams, but at least there it's recorded instrumental versions.

[Palin's Buttplug]

GOP bigshit and kingmaker Sheldon Adelson-

Gambling mogul and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson has spent $2.5 million to oppose Florida's medical marijuana ballot initiative, according to filings reviewed by the Tampa Bay Times. The major donation signals what may be the most moneyed opposition to a medical marijuana initiative yet. It also comes from a particularly unlikely source.

Adelson spent nearly $150 million to elect Republicans in 2012, but he has veered away from targeting cultural issues. He made his billions on gambling ? considered a vice by most ? and describes himself as "socially very liberal. Too liberal" ? a refrain he has repeated over the years.

(Tampa Bay Times)

What a fucking asshole. WAR WITH IRAN!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Are you going to lose your shit tonight?

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I've made an extra bowl of popcorn and unblocked him on Reasonable just for the occasion.

[Sevo]

What about this one?

"Obama Administration Tells Local Police to Stay Quiet on Surveillance Technology"
[...]
" The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.
Citing security reasons,"...
http://theuniversalspectator.w.....echnology/

Of COURSE it's a matter of national security!

[Irish]

NERDS! ASSSEEEEEMMMMMBLLLLLLE!

[Max Power]

Game of Thrones theme - New Orleans jazz style

[Warrren]

Nice. Couldn't get into the show itself though.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Magic? I spent a year living with a roommate that was obsessed with that shit.

I gave up on trading card games when they added more Pokemon to the original 150.

[Episiarch]

Serious doesn't need anything more than his holographic Charizard. Except this thermos. And this lamp.

[kibby]

& his Star Trek pajamas.

[Episiarch]

Those aren't pajamas, kibby, they're just a regular Next Generation uniform. I'm totally unsurprised that he sleeps in it, though.

[kibby]

There wasn't a whole lot of sleeping so I never got a good look at them. Thanks for the correction!

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Having me dress up as Commander Riker was your idea. Now shut up and continue to refer to me as Number 1.

[kibby]

Shyeah, if we were ever going to get so nerdy as all that you can rest assured you'd be someone from TOS, thanks.

[Ted S.]

I figured you'd do some S&M roleplay and make his dress up as Wesley.

[kibby]

What kind of monster do you think I am?

[Ted S.]

I figured you were just as bad as Nicole.

Besides, it's not as if I suggested you'd make him go with you while you shopped for shoes.

[Agammamon]

That would make the S get out of hand really fast. Even Will Wheaton hates Wesley.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

And your mom. Actually no, no I don't need her.

CRITICAL HIT! IT'SUPER EFFECTIVE!

[Agammamon]

Lightning bolt!

Lightning bolt!

Lightning bolt!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Is magic real? I've always wondered.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Let's see...

Failure to implement single-payer.
Failure to implement a living wage for America's working poor.
Failure to legislate equal pay for women.
Failure to protect teachers unions' negotiating power.
Failure to bail out Detroit.
Failure to raise gas tax by $5/gallon.
Failure to prevent corporations from being able to buy elections.
Failure to remove the scourge of guns from our streets and neighborhoods.
Failure to make the rich contribute their fair share.

Phew, I wasn't sure I could get to nine through the mounting nausea.

[Palin's Buttplug]

You been reading Democratic Underground!

They hate Obama's market loving ways there!

[Cyto]

He may love big corporations, but you really can't argue that he loves markets.

[TopherB]

Damn, if I didn't know him that list would make me like him.

Then again we know it is Congress that helped us avoid those things.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I wonder if Shriekie would burst into flames if he watched the show tonight? An Arch Derpire vs the Holy Light of Faux Business discussing Obama's various fuck-ups.

[Warrren]

Fuck-ups? Don't you mean 3-D Star Trek/ Wizard Chess?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Looks like I might get to drink out of the cup soon....

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Is there a particular bar in MB where you're likely to see some Kings?

[Warrren]

Fuddpuckers.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Yes, yes there is. 2 actually. I know where the cup is scheduled to be tonight if they win.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

I hope to see pictures of it if that be the case.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I haven't gotten permission to go out. Yet.

[Ted S.]

You need to train your wife better.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

She's pregnant. Training goes out the window.

[Ted S.]

You didn't have to knock her up.

[jesse.in.mb]

That seems like it'd be crowded.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

If the secret got out, it would be.

[jesse.in.mb]

Am I familiar with this bar?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I'll message you.

[kibby]

So the stream is definitely not FBN.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Yeah, looks like public TV.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

with commercials

[MJGreen]

LOL, got the same. Brooks and Shields over Kmele? UH-UH!

[Dances-with-Trolls]

PBS news hour? What is this treachery?

[kibby]

Seriously! I only get one more week of this before my work schedule rips me from the warm bosom of The Independents & I can't even watch it tonight???

[Dances-with-Trolls]

The Obama Administration doesn't want the world to see this and they must have got to Welch, dammit! If we see him on the show next week wearing clothing that doesn't look like it came out of the bottom of a Salvation Army donation bag we'll know for sure.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Prediction: Nothing.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Colorado Breast Inspector.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The IRS is the most heavy-handed of the federal bureaucracies, and that's saying something in a government arsenal that includes the EPA and the FDA.

[Fist of Etiquette]

What the shit? Am I the only one watching this thing?

[All-Seeing Monocle]

The elite cable subscribers have been separated from the grubby ranks of the freeloaders.

[Ted S.]

Probably. Have you seen the ratings?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I would be if the livestream wasn't doing crappy public TV instead of Fox Business - and everyone else would be watching if the soccer game wasn't on.

So you'll just have to give us a description.

[Ted S.]

The soccer game is over.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

So who scored the most home runs?

[Dances-with-Trolls]

PBS has hijacked the live stream.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hey. Matt Welch is a journalist.

[Ted S.]

I used to have an ID card from a media outlet which would allow me to claim I was a journalist, but I dond't know where it's gone over the past 20 years.

(I read the news on the college radio station. I was on the air the day the first President Bush threw up in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister.)

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's been voting Democrat for the past two decades.

[Paul.]

So has everyone else.

[Sevo]

..."I was on the air the day the first President Bush threw up in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister."...

Did you have to read the script or did you wing it?

[Ted S.]

The news was coming over the wire as I was on the air, as a series of two- or three-line breaking news bulletins. I was on the morning shift (6-9 AM ET, 14 hours behind Japan). So I more or less had to wing it.

That old AP wire machine was fucking loud, too.

[Sevo]

..."So I more or less had to wing it."

Coulda been fun if you didn't wanna keep the job.

[Fist of Etiquette]

WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT #8? The panel is mum on Fast & Furious?

[Warrren]

There's only so much time.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Only Obama could go to journalist-jailing China.

[antisocial-ist]

Most transparent administration EVAH!

[Max Power]

Foy-ya

[Rev-Match]

"The press have been so easy on President Obama."

It's 'cuz he's (half) black.

[Fist of Etiquette]

You say Risen, I say Rosen, let's call the whole thing treason.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Wait, so if Kennedy was around to record this on Wednesday, why was she unable to stick around for the also recorded Wednesday show?

Obama scandals are evergreen so this could have been filmed months ago!

[Fist of Etiquette]

They record all these shows on Monday. They call it Marathon Monday. And that Monday was back in January.

[antisocial-ist]

Any one else curious to know what criteria they used to judge these scandals?

[Rev-Match]

You could just draw them out of a hat.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

"I like the Benghazi scandal because its got a good beat and you can dance to it."

[Fist of Etiquette]

Well, you're all missing an ad for Reason Magazine. And it's awful.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Articles - but buy the print edition anyway!

[Sevo]

"Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Articles - but buy the print edition anyway!"

They don't screw up the comments function in the rag.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

You don't have to wait a month for your comments to be published on the Web site.

[Sevo]

Yeah, you can wait forever.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Constant, obsessive refreshing is all you need.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

So who are the two bedroom girls in negligees in that Reason commercial?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Go on...

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

I swear one of them looked like S. E. Cupp or a younger Kennedy.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

2 libertarians, 1 cup.

[Derpetologist]

Not a scandal, but still funny- Obama reflexively bowing upon meeting Asians. In the first pic, he is bowing to the emperor of Japan while the latter attempts to shake hands.

In the2nd pic, he is bowing to an Asian woman. Is she the prime minister of South Korea? No, she is the mayor of Tampa.

[Derpetologist]

Not a scandal, but still funny- Obama reflexively bowing upon meeting Asians. In the first pic, he is bowing to the emperor of Japan while the latter attempts to shake hands.

In the2nd pic, he is bowing to an Asian woman. Is she the prime minister of South Korea? No, she is the mayor of Tampa.

[Libertarian]

Just for the record, that mayor was Pam Iorio. I went to high school with her and she's not Asian (although from that pic, she looks it)

[DesigNate]

Wow, what a racist asshole.

[Rev-Match]

'Reason' commercials on FBN, FTW.

[Fist of Etiquette]

OMG, they're not even going to talk about drones.

[Warrren]

Bush misused drones first!

[Sevo]

Thanks, shreek.

[antisocial-ist]

God I hate the sight of Shrillary.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Oh, Shrillary.

[Max Power]

Ugh, Hillary. I managed to avoid seeing her speak for the last few years. I forgot how obnoxious she is.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Reason #10394039403 why Hillary Clinton will never be president: she can't answer a non-softball question without lashing out like the petulant brownnose you knew in 5th grade that would tattle and blame everyone else when things went wrong.

[Rev-Match]

Drones? I want freaking F-15's breaking windows from Tehran to Baghdad. (sarcasm)

[Fist of Etiquette]

At the time we didn't know whether we could have gotten there in time.

[antisocial-ist]

The real travesty is that they think anyone other than shrike is dumb enough to believe the video bullshit.

[Warrren]

John Sutter...the first hipster?

[Derpetologist]

100 ways Obama is the same as Bush- perfect for making prog heads explode on Derpbook:

http://www.humblelibertarian.c.....-just.html

[antisocial-ist]

This looks like fun.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

That list is some nice work.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Never let a good crisis go to waste, especially when you can use it to take away one or more constitutional amendment.

[Max Power]

Who likes Hillary/why would anyone like her? I saw a "Ready for Hillary" bumper stick the other day.

[antisocial-ist]

Serious question. Why did Bill marry her? Horndogs generally aren't drawn to shrill, fugly, goblins. I understand that she gets a big political boost from being married to him, but what does she bring to the table?

[Warrren]

Intros to her hotter friends and guaranteed threesomes?

[All-Seeing Monocle]

I assume she added some credibility as a politician's wife. You wanted him to be single or marry some bombshell bimbo?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It's not a real marriage. They both know it.

[Sevo]

It's possible she's aged poorly.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Ummmmm

[Sevo]

Well, it's possible she didn't...

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

There's no sugarcoating it.

[Sevo]

Have you seen the Dem alternatives?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Yeah, what is it with them? They are like 2 SDs below the mean on looks.

[Sevo]

And then you got Biden!

[Derpetologist]

Obama speech vs. Bush speech- note the similarities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_INvBHeXYIs

[Derpetologist]

Obama speech vs. Bush speech- note the similarities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_INvBHeXYIs

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

To prove her LGBTQA credentials, Hillary Clinton boasted in her book about how she made sure transgendered State Department employees had adequate protections on the books.

Because Hillary assumes responsibility for the safety and well-being of all who find themselves working under her.

[antisocial-ist]

Um, not all.

[Warrren]

What difference...etc?

[GILMORE]

"transgendered State Department employees"

All zero of them. But they'd be totally 'protected' if there were any.

[GILMORE]

The Independents Attire Review, 13 June 2014

Flying Bombs-Edition

- Kennedy: We are being tested. I don't know what this shade of blue is called (cornflower?), and I don't know what that kind of pleat-texturing on her dress is called either. Not that it matters. The immediate impression is positive; I repeat that 'rich color' always does Kennedy's skin right, as does the Magenta lipstick. If there is any complaint? Dude, do some pushups.

- Matt: 3-button Black Suit of Doom-cum-'Formula' Pink Shirt & Cyan tie. Yawn. We've seen it before. We're less impressed than we were last time. Die, Black Suit = Die.

- Kmele: If these lapels were skinnier, this jacket would be a cardigan. Its 'aahite'. I think I get harsher on Kmele when Matt really bums me out. I seek some counterbalancing, knockout-punch of Style. This is more like a friendly bitch-slap.

- Mad Murdock: While its a little 'University-Trustee-uptight', this guy's look is so snappy I can hear the starch creaking in his shirt from here.

- The Judge: Probably looks great. He's Gay. I will just assume it.

Buenas Noches

[Derpetologist]

Fashion advice from me which Welch has ignored so far:

1. upside-down potato sack shirt for the Barney Rubble look

2. frilly shirt and wig for 18th rake look

3. dressing exactly as Kmele to confuse GILMORE

4. Nude except for Starry Night body paint

5. bathrobe- the most sensible garment ever

[kibby]

Number five is only acceptable if Kmele dresses up as Ford Prefect that night & Kennedy as Tricia McMillan.

[Derpetologist]

Obama & Bush spinning lies about the NSA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmvKXqFuIk

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Bergdahl #4 ? No.

[Fist of Etiquette]

We already just talked about the Taliban release.

[kibby]

Thank you, screeching children outside my window, for making me rethink my decision to ever potentially procreate.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Surprise, you get to deal with screeching children either way. Unless you move straight to a retirement community.

[kibby]

I would kill to live with a bunch of quiet, cranky old people. At least I could sleep.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

But you'd have to live with them calling the cops on your LOUD MUSIC and crazy partying into the wee hours of 4:30pm.

[kibby]

I have no loud music. I do, however, have lengthy Skype conversations late at night so that could be an issue.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

LOUD. MUSIC.

[jesse.in.mb]

"Skype conversations"

lol.

[kibby]

OKAY PERV. Serious & I are allowed to have conversations sometimes!

[jesse.in.mb]

What's pervy about thinking a young long distance couple makes the digital beast with two backs?

have conversations sometimes!

hehehe "conversations

[Warrren]

People have needs, Jesse.

[jesse.in.mb]

I'm applauding, not criticizing. I hope they're doing things over skype that make their NSA watchers want to gouge out their own eyes with a grapefruit spoon. Keep it filthy you two!

[Warrren]

They'll need you to quiet down just a bit. You're constant clapping from out in the hallway can be quite distracting.

[Heroic Mulatto]

SHOE ON HEAD!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

They're just playing cable host.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Heh

[Max Power]

You could live in my neighborhood, where drunken college kids knock over your recycling bin at 2AM

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

[Max Power]

It's more of a sidewalk than a lawn. I don't mind too much, it's kinda funny when you hear a drunk girl crying outside on the street because she lost her shoes.

[SweatingGin]

You could live in my neighborhood, where drunken college kids knock over your recycling bin at 2AM

sorry about that.

[Max Power]

Hey man, there were a lot of bottles in there!

[antisocial-ist]

Profitz, oh noes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Government doesn't like vouchers. You might use them somewhere else.

[GILMORE]

You know what? I take back what i said about the judge.

I know that "chalk stripes" are the sorts of things that ONLY 'judges and Bank-Chairmen' are supposed to be able to wear, but they still end up looking like a goddamn 1920s gangster.

They were briefly popular again in the 1980s. I'm just not down with it.

[Max Power]

I don't like that look either. It's New Jersey as shit.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Caption contest!

My favorite (and not my own): "Whoa, look at all the former Clinton aides underneath this thing!"

[Fist of Etiquette]

What are the next three scandals? One would have to be the NSA.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

They really need a good sex scandal to distract the public from the corruption and abuse of power scandals.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I think he meant scandals already in existence, but nice job planning ahead.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I broke Buttplug's brain. You guys can thank me later.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I broke Buttplug's brain.

It would have been news if you'd just told us you located it.

[Warrren]

How does he keep it from falling out of his nostril?

[GILMORE]

'broke' suggests something was 'working'

[antisocial-ist]

I assume you also broke a unicorn's magic wand.

[Rev-Match]

"STARTUP NY: Just like every other protectionist scheme!"

[Warrren]

The Kings have whiffed on some up-close opportunities.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Yeah. I'm a little concerned.

[Warrren]

However it seems like the Kings have been in, to borrow a term, the Red Zone more often than NY so it looks like the Kings are stronger on either or both O and D.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

And there it is. I'm not going out tonight.

[Warrren]

PP Kings!

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Yeah, about that...

[Warrren]

fuck

[antisocial-ist]

Did we pay for Trent Lott's new house?

[Fist of Etiquette]

One way or the other.

[Derpetologist]

2008: Obama denounces Bush policies that he will later continue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNCALGHOC4

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ha, Agnew.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Geez Matt, don't you know many Bothans died to get Kennedy this information?

[antisocial-ist]

Way to draw attention to yourself before the fail Matt.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Could one of the scandals be shoveling Obamacare website money to Michelle's former classmate or whoever that was?

[antisocial-ist]

I think one will be a big Ocare umbrella to cover all parts of that pork fest.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Does a bad, illegally-passed law count as a scandal?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Okay, so it's the lies told to pass it.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

I'm guessing NSA @ #1 since they said the judge helped them choose it. I'm assuming he's a lot more upset about that than about Ocare. (I'm assuming we didn't hit that one yet, I missed a few in the middle.)

[Fist of Etiquette]

Also, one of the scandals is Obama taking an illegal Mulligan on the back nine.

[antisocial-ist]

The President gets unlimited mulligans, and 1 hand wedge per 9 holes.

[Derpetologist]

Obama: only "professional politicians" can understand the debt crisis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64yhiih53F4

[SweatingGin]

Wow, Suderman... That shirt is a crime against Gilmore.

[Warrren]

The faithful spell it GILMORE.

[SweatingGin]

I merely respect Gilmore, not worship Him.

[GILMORE]

I liked the shirt.

Its his ability to put all the ingredients together thats lacking somewhat.

He seems to be a 'real suit' short. Also, nothing seems to be cut right for his shoulder-oddities.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Suderman, what are you wearing? Why can't anyone just wear a normal, black or grey suit anymore. THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL WEARING SHORTS WITH THEIR SUITS.

[Toki Wartooth]

So did they already do fast and furious? I just got the boob tube on.

[Warrren]

You mean it in the PAST and we're INCURIOUS?

[Fist of Etiquette]

It was number 8.

[Toki Wartooth]

Thanks sir.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I think Kennedy has a button that will send a shock through Suderman's seat if he stops or slows down talking at any point. It's a complete reversal of her usual interview tactic.

[kibby]

This image is cracking me up.

[Max Power]

It's like Speed for cable news.

[antisocial-ist]

So it's kinda like this movie I saw once. A bus had to go a certain SPEED and would blow up if it dropped below that SPEED. I think it was called " The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down".

[Sevo]

..."I think it was called " The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down"."

No one saluted then that one went up the flag pole.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Hillary is glad she can finally say what she *really* feels

http://www.politico.com/story/.....07857.html

[antisocial-ist]

Definitely the NSA.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Skinny Judge Andrew Nappy is looking like skinny Al Sharpton.

Any of you fucking Peanuts see this?

[Pathogen]

BOOOOOOOOOSH!?!!

[Toki Wartooth]

I don't think this is the actual Buttplug. There has been a imposter on lately. Not that it is any better.

[Pathogen]

That's the saddest thing I've heard all week...

[Toki Wartooth]

It's a cruel world.

[GILMORE]

actually, thats a pretty apt description.

Why do you capitalize 'peanuts'?

[Warrren]

He loves to get his fingers on a big peanuts.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Because his eyesight isn't so good, so he misread "Sloopy" as Snoopy, so he actually believes we're Charlie Brown and the gang.

[Heroic Mulatto]

On a related note, WHY DOES THIS WORK SO WELL?!?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I don't get it. There's no twerking.

[Heroic Mulatto]

There is. You just only see the Little Red-Haired Girl from the front.

[Max Power]

It's a Bad Brains Christmas, Charlie Brown.

[SweatingGin]

Did you just say Charlie Brown Bukowski?

[Palin's Buttplug]

I capitalize formal titles.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

There you are. I replied to you above.

[Sevo]

Palin's Buttplug|6.13.14 @ 9:45PM|#
"Skinny Judge Andrew Nappy is looking like skinny Al Sharpton."

Is this intended to be "clever"? WIH does it mean?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Al Sharpton is fond of chalk stripe suits. Oh, but Sharpton is skinny now...so it really doesn't make as much sense as it would have ten years ago.

[Sevo]

Danke.
I have to admit to not keeping up on sartorial trends among camera whores.

[Derpetologist]

Another Hillary song- "Don't look at it, Marion!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sudw4ghVe8

[Fist of Etiquette]

Suderman was on fire tonight. Or possible crack.

[GILMORE]

THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO!
(he went to the Samuel L Jackson school of drama, where the principal direction is, "LOUDER, MOTHERFUCKER!!")

[GILMORE]

Peter Suderfed = Every time we see Pete, there's something to kinda go, "wha?" about. His shoulder-deficit/shape is something we can't stop harping on. We want to meet the guy and study him like a rare endangered species so we can find out what's going on. Tonight's jacket highlights this genetic feature by gapping horribly behind his neck - the dead giveaway of a suit failing to fit in the side-to-side cut. On the upside - the shirt & tie/jacket color match we actually really dig. With his summer-tan, it all looks sharp and tasteful and 'robusto'.

[Warrren]

Goddammit!

[antisocial-ist]

Laugh, because it keeps you from crying.

[Derpetologist]

"No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office." -Article I, Section 6, US Constitution

Say- wasn't Hillary a Senator when she was appointed to Secretary of State? And wasn't the person who nominated her supposedly an expert on the US constitution? Huh, how about that.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

The question is whether the emoluments of the SoS were increased during her Senate term.

[SweatingGin]

during the Time for which he was elected

Seems like resigning wouldn't get out of it.

[SweatingGin]

whoops, meant this to be a reply to Warrren

[Warrren]

There's a lot of weasel room in that sentence. And changing the clear meaning of words is a major skill for these people.

[SweatingGin]

It's really just an example of saying "screw it" and doing what they want.

[Warrren]

So not so much a skill as an attitude?

[Derpetologist]

The salary of the SoS had been increased during her Senate term.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

legal analysis at the time:

http://www.volokh.com/posts/1227548910.shtml

[Warrren]

All she would have to do is resign her Senate seat before being appointed.

[SweatingGin]

or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time;

Did they actually raise the pay for Sec. of State? I want to say they did recently, but it may have affected Kerry rather than Hillary.

Sitting Senator could be appointed, just not appointed to a new office, or to an office where they pay was increased.

[Fist of Etiquette]

SNOWDEN'S BEEN SPYING FOR THE GUARDIAN!!!

[Warrren]

MOTHERFUCKER!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Quick was way out of position.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

They're going to make this go 7, aren't they?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That's the favored conspiracy theory right now....

[Warrren]

Bettman couldn't pull off a conspiracy if he had the CIA helping him.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Bettman is one of the top 100 people in the world in need of a horrible accident.

[Derpetologist]

Hillary hit Obama pretty hard in this old debate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD9F1t9GQzA

[Warrren]

So she's a racist, too?

[Sevo]

Whadever it takes, Jack, whadever!

[Fist of Etiquette]

I knew it. Matt Welch loves Obama. Loooooooooooooooooves him.

[Fist of Etiquette]

That only works if you're a Democrat. Waiting the scandals out.

[GILMORE]

Kmele = making the most sense, every night of the week.

[Fist of Etiquette]

AH! Lou Dobbs.

[antisocial-ist]

Don't know how many people saw Stossel last night. They played 2 clips of Dobbs. The first was him literally arguing against the division of labor. The second was him accusing Stossel of not understanding economics.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Dobbs subscribes to Marx's theory of alienation?

WHO KNEW?

[Warrren]

I assume Dobbs only hires people to help on his show out of a charitable impulse.

[GILMORE]

AHH! Dobbs!

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Once again, the lack of the "panel of token idiots" was a big improvement. It was nice that Judge N got a few uninterrupted minutes to discuss NSA.

[Derpetologist]

Ron Paul grills Hillary Clinton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJky1akj-Vo

[antisocial-ist]

I don't think Obama has the worst scandal( but he's got 2 plus years to make me a liar) but the sheer number plus his FYTW/ phony scandal attitude I think puts him over the top.

[Sevo]

Not sure what would qualify as "worst", but you're right about the number.
The guy is incapable of speaking without lying; every time he opens his yap about any sort of serious issue, you can be sure he's lying again.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Music to relax by after watching the program -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK1IQGIi_LY

[GILMORE]

Thats really bad.

Prodigy had some good ideas, but every tune since the beginning sounds like a poor-remix of the originals.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

A bunch of variations on the same theme, just like Vivaldi!

[GILMORE]

Dobbs makes observation = Obama has repeatedly cited since 2011 his 'success' in Iraq.

Credit - take it early! you never know how things play out. Sort of like how the ACA 'reduced healthcare cost-*growth*' before it has even been implemented fully, and even then with less than 10% of the insured population.

[SweatingGin]

I'm sorry for this... too much crazy not to share.

Sometimes Reason writer Cathy Young pointed out this bomb on twitter.

Miss Kwon's twitter is a treasure trove of crazy.

Happy Father's Day!

[Warrren]

There is nothing that can make these people happy. Even if they got all that they wanted they would never feel joy.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I dunno...her profile pic looks rather "royalty-free stock picture-y" to me.

[Warrren]

But the fact that it's hard to tell is telling in itself.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Elizabeth Nolan Brown said the trend was totally fake and originated from a 4chan thread.

The accounts actually endorsing it are fake.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

159 followers?!? Oh noes!!!!

I'm going to eat meat, drink beer, and throw my kids around the pool for father's day. I would love for somebody to try and stop me.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I saw above that kibby suffers from a lack of loud music so I thought I'd provide some here suitable for a libertarian.

Also from the same album, I have a day dream where Rand Paul accepts the nomination for president and this song starts playing.

[antisocial-ist]

No damnit, Shock starts playing when we start the revolution.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Speaking of kibby...more knife porn.

[Heroic Mulatto]

And next time I'm in Thailand, I'm going to arrange to have something like this shipped back. I love my khukhri and all, but I need a workhorse that doesn't have sentimental value to me like my khukhri does.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I brought back a machete from Costa Rica when I was 16, and my parents never found out about it. I told my grandpa, and he brought his diamond sharpener the next time he visited. He spent about 3 hours honing it, and then licked his hand, matted down my leg hair, and shaved off a huge patch. I've respected that blade ever since.

[Heroic Mulatto]

That's awesome. Post-9/11 baggage rules are so fucking annoying.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I brought back a whole bag full of fireworks from the midwest last year, and nobody said anything. As long as it isn't carry on, I think it's OK.

In the above example, I also brought back 5 liters of liquor, and customs didn't even bat an eyelash.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Yeah, but I'm the swarthy guy that has gotten stopped for "random" security screenings every time I have flown for the past 13 years now.

I'm not taking any chances.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Same thing happens to my wife "randomly". Her last name meant "zionist" in Farsi, so her dad's side of the family changed it to something much more terrorist friendly...

[Max Power]

My wife always gets stopped to and has to have her hands swabbed for bomb residue.
I never get stopped, I think because I have a "generic white guy" look.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Like your average TSA agent would know the difference between a Mr. Yehudi and a Mr. Margbaramriki.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

The software knows. It's already printed on her ticket. She gets the special treatment at the gate too.

[CraterMaker]

http://www.zombietools.net/shop/vakra/
These are pretty nifty.. The leather wrap on the handle is a bit abrasive, tho, so make sure to wear gloves.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I wonder how sharp that can get?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Supposedly, Aranyik steel has special metallurgic properties that make it virtually unbreakable, but I would imagine that you are trading some sharpness for strength.

[kibby]

Mmmmmm knives.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

So this is the thread where we share quality music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGf6DjEJ9wg

[Heroic Mulatto]

Little known fact: They also sang this song

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Hey, I saw that!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I think Robert Burns wrote the lyrics to this one:

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

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I'm sure you can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXnofzKj7kE

[antisocial-ist]

I love this song, and this performance in particular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcyqIA2eJww

[antisocial-ist]

And for the metal fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D08JDW_vZ5c

[NebulousFocus]

Dig the music, but the vocals leave me cold.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

This was adapted from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day...")

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

[jesse.in.mb]

Are we linking songs with classy videos?

(not gay, don't worry!)

[Heroic Mulatto]

But the gay videos are the best!

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Gay is fine. 50% of my favorite bands are gay.

[Max Power]

That depiction of marching band is NOT realistic.

[Slumbrew]

This one time, in bandcamp...

[Slumbrew]

This, however, is totally gay and I've watched it at least twice today (for various reasons): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNFokmDKrE

[Warrren]

Another Kings PP! Make it happen this time boys!

[Warrren]

Fan fuckin' tastic!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I step out to flip the garlic and broccoli, and this is what happens. Maybe I should stop watching.

[Warrren]

I read that as "flip off the broccoli".

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Nah. I steamed some baby broccoli to go with the short ribs, and I like to toss it in oil and garlic to make it seem less like a vegetable.

[jesse.in.mb]

You could just serve bacon as the side dish and not worry about it.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

But I should still actually be eating vegetables.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

This comment is way better when I mentally redact the word broccoli.

[jesse.in.mb]

This comment is way better when I mentally redact the word broccoli.

Holy crap. Yes.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Nobody steams babies. That's like steaming buffalo wings.

[Sevo]

And they're already tender.

[Apatheist ?_??]

What the fuck is up with another Apatheist commenting around today? Fuck that guy!

[Warrren]

Like you really care.

[jesse.in.mb]

Maybe it's the same person who commented as "Jordan." instead of "Jordan"?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Did Jesse tip you off?

[Apatheist ?_??]

Yeah, I saw his comment when I came back to that thread.

[antisocial-ist]

(not gay, don't worry!)

I'm not falling for that trick again.

[jesse.in.mb]

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Another very straight video, but I think Alejandro Sanz is really hot in the video.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Why all the butthur.. er..

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Luciano Pavarotti sings "Che Gelida Manina" from Puccini's "La Boh?me"

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

[Carl ?s his privilege]

So, who wants to read something stupid?

You know what would make software better? State licensing!

Frailey suggests that software engineers should be required to demonstrate a certain level of expertise before offering their services to the public, just like professionals in disciplines like medicine and law.

"Anybody can claim to be a heart surgeon but how do you know whether they're any good?" Frailey said. "You start by saying, 'Do you have a medical license?'"

Despite all these warnings, in 2012 a group of Republicans in the Senate, led by John McCain, blocked a bill that would have created new standards to oversee cyber threats to the nation's infrastructure because, they argued, it would be too expensive for corporations to follow the proposed new rules.

That attitude is dangerously shortsighted?as society becomes increasingly dependent on technology the average person (or average congressperson) doesn't understand, it's necessary to have regulations in place to minimize coding failures that can leave people without power or worse.

[Carl ?s his privilege]

Comment:

While the safety issues raised by ubiquitous software are important, why is this in Vice? Or rather, aren't topics like sex robots, killer drones, and DIY electromagnetic brain stimulation a little more in purview of Vice?

[All-Seeing Monocle]

You know what should require a license? Writing inane bullshit on the internet. We just can't afford to have these wild, reckless, and unvetted opinions putting the public at risk.

On the plus side, I see that the commenters on the article deliver the author the thrashing he deserves.

[Carl ?s his privilege]

I got the link off of MR, and the commenters there also point out how stupid it is.

One even points out that all but one of the boondoggles he mentions as justification are government projects. *HMMMMMMMMM*

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Robert Van Winkle does a moving rendition of what I think is an aria from Rimsky Korsakov's Snow Maiden -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

There's hockey on tonight. What's your deal?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Ice skating combined with rough horseplay?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I'm not sure which you are mocking.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I just mean "de gustibus non est disputandum" - some people like hockey, others try to please their Internet friends with quality videos.

[Warrren]

"Friends" or victims?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

A true psychopath doesn't make such fine distinctions.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Oh, I get it. You don't have cable.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

The wonderful aria from the Ring Cycle where Siegfried wields his hammer and fashions his sword:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxm_mwz9sRo

[Warrren]

Sudden Death.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rehmdUP13kc

[Warrren]

As an only very occasional watcher of hockey I gots to ask what's the deal with all these offsides calls? Just let them play.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It's all part of the large-market 7 game advertising conspiracy.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

All right, this one isn't a silly bait and switch, it's actually Luciano Pavarotti & James Brown singing "It's a man's world"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb-B3lsgEfA

[Warrren]

Shit shit shit

[Warrren]

PP killed

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Quick isn't very good at watching his left. Always a little out of position.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

So maybe wrap up the evening with a video that is educational and practical for our office working friends. Something to get you looking forward to the next work week.

How to Make Office Supplies Crossbow

[Sevo]

8:30?!
WIH, do you guys get up and milk the cows in the morning?!

[AlmightyJB]

I like a little morning milking the cow on the weekends.

[Sevo]

And someone thinks others shouldn't apply for certain jobs:

"Feminists to protest S.F. tech startup seeking 'Girl Friday'"
[...]
"A startup's Craigslist job posting for a "Girl Friday" to cook "simple Paleo meals" and clean the office has spawned backlash"...
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchr.....rl-friday/

Popcorn is available in the lobby, enjoy the show this evening, folks and thank you for coming!

[Warrren]

I remember working at a the ARC and we would get boxes that hadn't been opened for decades. Many times they were packed with newspapers of the day.

I loved reading those, stories of things that were now long-forgotten and the ads were awesome. In the classifieds there were always ads for Gal Fridays. $25-30 bucks a week in the 60s.

[Sevo]

When I first moved to SF, the yellow pages featured an ad for a Chinese 'doctor'.
He was locally famous and quite wealthy from all the trad Chinese who had either just gotten off the boat or were a ways from assimilating.
The adds went on for nearly a quarter of a column, which was HUGE money at the time and in English, and they were as amusing as Dr. Bronner's rants on the soap container.
I never thought to cut one out and save it.

[Sevo]

Self-righteous exhibitionists get *their* 15 minutes:

"World Naked Bike Ride: Saturday in Justin Herman Plaza"
http://blog.sfgate.com/bicycle.....man-plaza/

There's nothing left to add after the headline, except you wish SF wound allow open season on pellet-gun ass-hunting *one* day a year.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It's never the attractive ones.

[Sevo]

No, it isn't. And you could score the hunt on the judgement of attractiveness.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I remember my first (and last) Berkeley naked run. There's only so much grey bush an 18 year old can see before bad things start happening.

[Sevo]

The Chron blots out the boobs of the Code Pink harlots when they decide the world needs another look.
I guess it's to protect the tender eyes of the young'uns, but they're really doing all of us a favor.

[Max Power]

We have that here too. Mostly hipsters with some hippies thrown in.

[Sevo]

So do you get an open season there?
I mean a .177 across the buns'll probably drop most any hipster.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

CO2 rules or pump rules?

[Sevo]

Either way.
They're so slow that a pump is every bit as good as a bottle.
Although if there were a crowd, you could add points for pump hits.

[Warrren]

Whew. 2OT coming up.

[Warrren]

Should the Cup get the white-glove treatment? I've always thought of hockey as the ultimate blue-collar sport. Handling the Cup with such care seems a bit frou-frou for this sport.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I was just talking about this with my dad the other day. It is currently the classiest of sports. Compare an NHL interview with, say, an NBA or NFL interview.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

But, the cup doesn't get the "white glove" treatment from what I've seen...

[Warrren]

There was some butler looking guy wearing white gloves polishing it.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I saw it at a dive bar after last call. It was treated.... differently.

[Slumbrew]

Indeed - it has been peed in more than once (last couple times was somebody's infant during a photo op).

[Slumbrew]

and there's this (Marchand was not the first): http://q9ajg3m8r764ux2l1qldhv3.....rchand.jpg

[Apatheist ?_??]

Is that cinnamon toast crunch? Yum.

[Slumbrew]

Probably - they burn enough calories in a day during the season to eat pretty much whatever the fuck they want.

[Slumbrew]

Hah, here's a good one: http://deadspin.com/5024589/th.....-can-keep:

"A week after we won it, I had my newborn daughter in there and she pooped in the Cup"

stay safe, Playa.

[SweatingGin]

the number of kids that have shit in the cup? If playa only comes home with Hep, it'll be fine.

source: Detroit... alot.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I just got word. I won't see the cup until next week. Because of..... case law. LAPD locked it down tonight.

The players are still going out tonight, but after post game and playoff beard shaving, it'll be way past my bedtime...

[SweatingGin]

lightweight.

Congrats!

[Slumbrew]

Pussy. Your pregnant wife should understand your need to be out all hours of the night, otherwise you should drop that bitch.

/sarc

[Slumbrew]

And, yes, congratulations. I'm barely a hockey fan and I still have fond memories of the Bruins winning it.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Ha! I'm getting congratulated like I did something. I barely jumped on the bandwagon a month ago. Good opportunity to catch up with old friends, though.

[SweatingGin]

Ginlette 1.0 was born the last time the Wings did it, so I didn't get to organize a drive down Telegraph.

Totally going vicarious here.

also, rangers losing is almost as good as penguins losing.

[Dances-with-Trolls]

I would like to take a moment to congratulate the Flyers West on their victory this evening.

/kicks puck

In all seriousness, hope you have fun celebrating.

[Slumbrew]

Hey, "your" team winning always gives you a little spring in your step for a few days - enjoy it. As a Bostonian, my pleasure centers have been blown out in that regard over the last decade and a half, of course, but I'm happy for everyone to experience that joy (sorry, Cubs fans. And Lions fans.).

[Warrren]

Does anyone else see the commercials with the guy who is married to the marionette woman?

Why would you date, let alone marry, someone that has a wooden pussy?

[Carl ?s his privilege]

It would be hypocritical not to, considering that I'm sticking my wood in there.

[Warrren]

Another PP to be killed.

[Warrren]

And killed!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Anyone else see that? Trey Parker is in the front row against the glass. Harassing the Rangers.

[Carl ?s his privilege]

This place seems to be pretty much abandoned, but, wrt the "missing" IRS emails:

I've seen a fair number of comments assuming malfeasance here, so I'm just gonna note an actual news article about this. From http://www.npr.org/templates/s.....3217839...

The IRS said technicians went to great lengths trying to recover data from Lerner's computer in 2011. In emails provided by the IRS, technicians said they sent the computer to a forensic lab run by the agency's criminal investigations unit. But to no avail.

The IRS was able to generate 24,000 Lerner emails from the 2009 to 2011 because Lerner had copied in other IRS employees. The agency said it pieced together the emails from the computers of 82 other IRS employees.

So, reading between the lines here, it looks like the IRS doesn't archive email at the server level, and any copies of mail were retrieved from individual workstations.

Which would explain why emails to and from outside agencies were not recovered.

Not storing the emails on a server could range from gross incompetence to willful flouting of archival requirements, I guess.

And wrt all the painfully obvious NSA jokes:

Congressman Steve Stockman Friday asked the National Security Agency to turn over all its metadata on the email accounts of former Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations division director Lois Lerner for the period between January 2009 and April 2011.

[Irish]

Hilarious.

Forbes published an article about the president of an anti-Israel boycott group named Lisa Duggan, and it is a doozy.

Duggan's academic specialties are modern U.S. cultural, social and political history; history of gender and sexuality; and lesbian and gay studies. One course of hers at NYU is called "Queer Historiographies and Constructions of Whiteness in the United States." Her claim to fame: Inventing the word "homonormativity" to explain how many gays now want to mimic straight people, in terms of "domesticity and consumption."

This woman apparently called someone a homophobe for asking her what experience her degree in gay and lesbian studies gives her regarding the Middle East.

[Irish]

Let's move on to the outgoing ASA president, Curtis Marez, an associate professor at the University of California (San Diego). His specialties: Chicano film, ethnic studies, "the political economy of narcotics," and a book he is finishing about farm workers. His claim to fame: A piece he wrote in September arguing that Breaking Bad's TV fictional character Walter White is racist against Latino workers, in part because of his bald head. (Never mind that White was dying of cancer on the show, and undergoing hair-losing chemotherapy.) The TV show has "sedimented layers of colonialism" and "white supremacy," Marez concludes.

Identity Studies programs: Where sanity goes to die.

[Warrren]

These people are professionally useless. It is literally their profession to add nothing of any value to society at all.

[Irish]

A third NYU council member is Marisol LeBron, a Ph.D. student whose specialty is Puerto Rican culture, hip hop, and "how the queer Bronx challenges neoliberal ideas about contemporary gay urban spaces." On her Twitter page, she refers to herself as "The post pomo nuyorican homo?.I write about the growth of the carceral state in contemporary Puerto Rico." Her expertise on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Nada.

The fourth NYU member of the ASA national council is Mar?a Josefina ("Josie") Salda?a-Portillo. She is an associate professor of Social and Cultural Analysis. Her specialties: "Latina/o studies, development and globalization studies; comparative race in the Americas; 20th century revolutionary thought and literature of the Americas." She has explored topics such as "colonial melancholy and the racial geography of the postmodern Americas" (a comparison of the construction of "the Indian" in "New Spain and New England" in the 18th-19th centuries.) She has expertise on subjects such as Malcolm X and Mexico, but none on the Mideast conflict that I could find. But that didn't stop her from adding her name to a letter to President Obama in 2009 stating that the rockets fired from Gaza into Israel "are mere pinpricks in comparison to the horrific consequences of Israeli bombardment."

These are some real intellectual titans.

[MJGreen]

I can believe that there is a person out there who would write such a thing. I can't believe that there is a single person out there who would willingly read it.

[Apatheist ?_??]

Her claim to fame: Inventing the word "homonormativity" to explain how many gays now want to mimic straight people, in terms of "domesticity and consumption."

Sounds like a pretty homophobic concept to me.

[Sevo]

"SAN ANTONIO (AP) ? In the moments after Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrived back in the United States following five years of captivity by the Taliban in Afghanistan, he was nervous but "looked good" and saluted a commanding officer who welcomed him home, military officials said Friday."

What an f'ing mess. The CinC has this asshole's back, since he'd have to admit he's an ignoramus otherwise.
Now, WIH does the Army do with him? Polishing floors and cleaning the toilets might be appropriate, but what if someone shits on him?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

The Rangers look tired.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Ahem.

[Apatheist ?_??]

Wait, there's live sports on? I guess I can finish Chile-Australia later, I just assumed it must be over and didn't want to check ESPN and get spoiled.

[Apatheist ?_??]

Too late.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

USA! USA! USA!!!

[Warrren]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sevo]

I was told that there really were several "tunes" strung onto a single melody here, which suggests "String of Pearls" had a sort of direct meaning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2vtWezWbw
(porn jargon ignored)

[Monkey's Uncle]

Who's your Uncle?

[SweatingGin]

SAY IT... SAY IT!!!!

[Slumbrew]

SEGA!

[SweatingGin]

SAY UNCLE!!! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY UNCLE!!!

[Slumbrew]

U.N.K.L.E.?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Great. And now the police helicopters are up in the air.

[SweatingGin]

Shelter in place!!!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Hockey fans are polite. They'll celebrate, and then go home and pay their taxes.

Coincidentally, my 12 gauge needs cleaning.

[Raven Nation]

Congrats. Further comments above @ 12:51am

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Don't worry, eventually they'll get the drone program going and you won't even notice a thing.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I have a DJI Phantom. I am the drone program!!!!

[RishJoMo]

Sometimes man you jsut have to roll with the punches.

http://www.WentAnon.tk

[Matt Welch]

Closest guess so far by a wide margin!

[Palin's Buttplug]

"bank bailouts"

OBAMA SIGNED TARP IN 2008!

Where do these idiots come from?

[Palin's Buttplug]

WAR IN LIBYA!

What a stupid bitch.

Obamacare? a scandal?

NSA spying - thanks to Congress!

GM bailout? TARP!

VA fiasco? 30 years of shitty service.

BLAH BLAH BLAH

I'M A GODDAMN STUPID FUCKING REDNECK AND I CAN'T KEEP UP!

[Sevo]

Palin's Buttplug|6.13.14 @ 8:28PM|#
"Where do these idiots come from?"

You claimed to be from Georgia, I believe, before they got fed up with slime and tossed your ass out.

[Sevo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x39-AgyU3Xg

[DesigNate]

Suck that Obama cock demfag!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I skipped back a few minutes. He's been at it all night. God bless that guy.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES!!!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It sure is. A guy with the last name Martinez just scored the winning goal in the Stanley Cup.

[Sudden]

A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.

[Raven Nation]

Ahh, congratulations. Didn't even expect NYR to get anywhere near the cup finals this year. So, a better than expected season but losing still sucks.

Of course, you blow 4 2-goal leads you know it ain't going to end well.

[Sudden]

Sincerely,

The Chicago Blackhawks.

[SweatingGin]

I hope you're happy that I paused Rush for this.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Contrarian troll. That is all.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

P.S. Even though the City of LA has almost nothing to do with the Kings, should there be a parade in your neighborhood, I'm going to steal your dog.

[SweatingGin]

Pretty sure it's "a couple of your players get crippled in a limousine crash on 8 mile"