Tonight on The Independents: Benghazi Suspect Nabbed, Hillary Dodges NSA, Rep. Thomas Massie on GOP Leadership Fight, Ex-Drug Czar Attacks 'Libertarians,' and Michelle Obama's Elitist Bad Parenting Justifies the Nanny State

It only took a few hours after the administration announced the commando-capture of suspected Benghazi mastermind Ahmed Abu Khattala for Media Matters for America, citing this New York Times article, to declare that "Captured Alleged Benghazi Ringleader Was Reportedly Responding To The Anti-Islam Video," a headline that was then greeted with cheers of Susan Rice vindicated! from the progressive Twittersphere. But was she? On tonight's episode of of The Independents (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT), Daily Beast national security reporter Eli Lake, who has done some of the best reporting there is on the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attacks, will be on to break down the mechanics and meaning of this most unusual case. Lake will also discuss some of the latest violent chaos and diplomatic machinations in Iraq.

Hillary Clinton is making television interviews, have you heard about that? Tonight the 2016 presidential front-runner blinked hard at Greta van Susteren's tough questioning about surveillance and the 4th Amendment, added new plots to her Benghazi timeline, and said, re: gun rights, that "we cannot let a minority of people…hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people." On to react are Party Panelists Jedediah Bila (Fox News contributor) and David Angelo (comedian), who will also weigh in on Tony Gwynn-inspired calls to more strictly regulate or even ban smokeless tobacco, and also this recent comment from First Lady Michelle Obama:

"Before coming to the White House, I struggled, as a working parent with a traveling, busy husband, to figure out how to feed my kids healthy, and I didn't get it right," she explained […].

"I thought to myself, if a Princeton and Harvard-educated professional woman doesn't know how to adequately feed her kids, then what are other parents going through who don't have access to the information I have?" she recalled.

Her personal struggle helped her launch her mission to address childhood obesity, she explains, especially passing a law requiring schools to provide healthier meals for kids.

The First Lady recommended that schools make decisions for children because their parents struggle to feed their children well. 

"It's so important for our schools to make the hard calls for our kids, because parents are struggling enough at home," she said[.]

Is today a day ending in "d-a-y"? Then former drug czar John Walters has uttered something idiotic about keeping drugs illegal, this one with a Reason-tastic twist: "Why Libertarians Are Wrong About Drugs." This shall be discussed. So, too, will the ongoing GOP House leadership fight in the wake of Rep. Eric Cantor's shocking primary defeat, with Liberty Movement superstar Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) giving the blow-by-blow. And we'll also mark the 20th anniversary of a very special day in the world of sports.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

..a headline that was then greeted with cheers of Susan Rice vindicated! from the progressive Twittersphere

They haven’t figured out yet they might want to let the facts roll in before rolling out the Mission Accomplished banner?

[Ken Shultz]

The guy’s story is that it was all about a video and wasn’t masterminded by him, and the government is claiming that’s a bunch of bull–that it wasn’t about a video and it was all masterminded by him?

If what the progs are chirping about is so–then doesn’t that mean this man is innocent?

How can they play both sides of that fence? It seems to me that either the youtube story is a bunch of bull–or the Obama administration is knowingly prosecuting an innocent patsy.

[gaijin]

^This…except there will be lots of prognitive dissonance.

[Bobarian]

He was obviously a dupe, conned into attacking by shape-changing lizard tea-baggers who secretly financed the video in order to make ‘the One’ look bad.

[Ken Shultz]

At some point, ‘the One’ is going to have to implode within himself–either Obama is lying about this man being the mastermind, or he lied when he blamed it all on the YouTube video.

Are these people going to oppose Obama on prosecuting this man?

What is the Obama Administration going to do if this man is found not guilty?

Send him back to Libya?

I think the Obama Administration may have screwed the pooch on this one–like they did on the recent prisoner exchange. What do you mean the country isn’t thrilled that we swapped five Taliban operatives for an apparent deserter?

Only this time, it might be: Wait, if he’s telling the truth, doesn’t that make me a liar for prosecuting him? And if I’m prosecuting him, doesn’t that mean I’m admitting that my original story (the terrorist’s story now) about the YouTube video was a lie?

[GILMORE]

PROGNATIVE DISSONANCE!! VICTORY IN WORDS

[Whahappan?]

Not to defend the progs, but the story is that he was RESPONDING to the video, i.e. the video inspired him to orchestrate the attack, not that it was a spontaneous, organic reaction to the video. I haven’t read the NYT article, but I doubt the video had anything to do with Benghazi, other than being a useful lie to the Obama administration.

[Derpetologist]

Today in Derp- a prog woman explains that you need to be a lawyer to understand the constitution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-qL6Pz2SM

[Wasteland Wanderer]

Today in Derp- a prog woman explains that you need to be a lawyer to understand the various extralegal rationalizations used to the violate the constitution.

Fixed that for her.

[Episiarch]

That’s fine. Here’s my parasite lawyer (gestures to ProL) and he has interpreted the Constitution as saying 90% of the government has no right to exist. Are we done now? Can we dismantle the leviathan? You can’t argue with me, because you’re not a lawyer.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Pro Libertate is an attorney? Yuck.

[Episiarch]

He’s totally grody to the max.

[Agammamon]

He’s also as much Episiarch’s lawyer as The Lawyer is The Gang’s lawyers (on Always Sunny), ie if I file this for you will you promise to go away and not come back.

Unfortunately, Epi is like herpes – he always comes back.

[crazyfingers]

Epi is more like the other attorney on that show, Charlie’s uncle Jack.

[Libertarian]

AND some stupid right winger says that women aren’t smart enough to feed their own kids healthy meals, even if they went to college. Or are black.

What? Oh. Never mind.

[gaijin]

we cannot let a minority of people…hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people

So Hillary is against Moms Demand Action?

[Derpetologist]

I see yet another prog has raised the specter of automatic weapons.

How common are automatic weapons? Here’s what I found:

“Of 2,200 guns recovered by Minneapolis police (1987-1989), not one was fully automatic.

A total of 420 weapons, including 375 guns, were seized during drug warrant executions and arrests by the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad (Will and Grundie counties in the Chicago metropolitan area, 1980-1989). None of the guns was a machine gun.

16 of 2,359 (0.7%) of the guns seized in the Detroit area (1991-1992) in connection with “the investigation of narcotics trafficking operations” were machine guns.”

http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcfullau.html

[Tejicano]

Very few people – from your average proglodite to many in the NRA have much idea about actual machineguns.

There a thousands of legal machineguns in the US but those are all but never used in crime of any sort.

While it is not too technically difficult to convert a legal semi-auto rifle into a full auto one making it reliable can be tricky. Since there are few practical reasons to do this – either for a criminal or even for any legal use (if the conversion itself was not illegal) – you don’t see many people doing it.

[Cdr Lytton]

Additionally, since they’re relatively expensive, auto weapons usually aren’t left in a glovebox, in a nightstand or some other easily removed place (except for cops).

[Wasteland Wanderer]

Today in Derp- a prog woman explains that you need to be a lawyer to understand the various extralegal rationalizations used to the violate the constitution.

Fixed that for her.

[Wasteland Wanderer]

D’oh! Threading fail.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

A specter is haunting Hillary Clinton, the specter of a GOP intern stalking her in a squirrel suit

It looks like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor isn’t the only one bumping into Hillary Clinton on her “Hard Choices” book tour.
A Republican National Committee intern dressed in a furry, orange squirrel costume was spotted at a recent Clinton book signing at George Washington University. And the squirrel’s not done yet.

Wearing a tee shirt and handing out matching bumper stickers with the slogan “Another Clinton in the White House is NUTS!”, the squirrel getup was intended to detract from media attention Clinton has received since the launch of her new book.

“Just last week Hillary got $50 million of free media to promote her book and define her narrative, the squirrel is a fun way to make sure people learn the non-airbrushed truth about what Hillary really did at State,” RNC spokeswoman Kristen Kukowski told ABC News.

“You’ll definitely be seeing more from the squirrel,” Kukowski said. “The idea is to have a presence at Hillary’s events to make sure Americans know that while the Democrats have no choice but to anoint her as their nominee, she’s going to have a difficult campaign defending her lack of accomplishments.”

For consideration in the Topical Storm segment.

[gaijin]

You’ll definitely be seeing more from the squirrel,”

Better there than in the HnR commenting system I say.

[Agammamon]

Why would she have to defend her lack of accomplishment? The two previous office-holders didn’t.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

So.

Will they release the video guy now that they caught the real perp in Benny-ghazi?

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

“Who?”

//Low information voters

[Austrian Anarchy]

“Captured Alleged Benghazi Ringleader Was Reportedly Responding To The Anti-Islam Video”

Are they going to trade him for an IRS GS-10 captured in a Monte Carlo drunk driving trap?

[GILMORE]

Yeah, he was a ‘ringleader’ who “*spontaneously* planned an orchestrated assault”. On 9/11. Not against the embassy in tripoli! no, that would be too much of a ‘political statement’.

No, instead he’ll spontaneously attack a quiet location the Ambassador *just happens to be at* on this particular day.

makes total sense.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hey, missed it, what ended up being the biggest Obama scandal?

[gaijin]

The next one!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Cash for Clunkers.

[Libertarian]

I love that it was such a “success” that it had to be terminated.

[Ken Shultz]

I think it was the one where he nationalized two-thirds of the American auto industry.

[BigT]

It was a 17-way tie!!

[Ken Shultz]

Obama gave some of my future paychecks to the fucking UAW!

I hate the UAW.

[Ted S.]

Only 17-way?

[Michael S. Langston]

Maybe, it depends on things like the definition of “17” or “tie”.

[Derpetologist]

That his face is not yet on Mt Rushmore- according to progs anyway.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Out come the smart-alecs.

[Fist of Etiquette]

NSA. Doy.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Yes.

[Agammamon]

That his biggest fault is that he tries too darn hard.

[Whahappan?]

And he cares too much.

[WDATPDIM!?]

Is today a day ending in “d-a-y”? Then former drug czar John Walters has uttered something idiotic about keeping drugs illegal….

I wish that guy would just shut up and go back to making tacky movies.

[Gene]

Or he could attack this “libertarian” and see how that works out for him.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Prediction: Orange.

[Ken Shultz]

[Hillary Clinton] said, re: gun rights, that “we cannot let a minority of people…hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.”

Yeah, because our rights are just a popularity contest, anyway.

Up yours, Hillary!

[Wasteland Wanderer]

The dumb thing is that the majority agrees that the 2nd Amendment means what it says. Gun grabbers keep getting confused about that fact, and then are puzzled when their asses are stomped at election time.

[PapayaSF]

“We must do something about the troublesome viewpoints of minorities!”

[Tejicano]

OK, fine. They are your constituency. Work with them to stop being terrified of inanimate objects. Problem solved with the BoR intact.

[Raven Nation]

The wisdom of the people is nonsense which ignores the Bell Curve. Democracy (to the rare extent it works) is merely dictatorship by a majority – rule by the not too bright. A strong constitution sharply limiting what the majority can do is the only political means of making majority rule bearable.

Guesses?

[BigT]

Uncle Miltie??

[Pathogen]

[Hillary Clinton] said, re: gun rights, that “we cannot let a minority Majority of people SCOTUS justices…hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people authoritarian control freaks and their vested interests, and gutless proggie shitbags.”

You sure you want to go down that road, sHillary?

[Ken Shultz]

We’re seeing the courts overturn popular laws and direct democracy propositions on gay marriage left and right?

Does she thinks gay marriage rights only exist to the extent that they’re popular–or is that somehow different?

[Tejicano]

Ken, of course that’s different. Whenever logical consistency rules out what they want then it’s always different.

[DesigNate]

I agree with her.

We shouldn’t let a minority of people (gun phobic progtards) hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the rest of us. I shouldn’t be left defenseless because of their unfounded fear.

[JEP]

oh god, I turned it on early and barely made it through five minutes of Cavuto.

What an idiot.

[Derpetologist]

Classic Derp: Rudy “9/11” Giuliani gets flogged by the FDNY-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaCYEEO-58I

[Fist of Etiquette]

GRINNING LIKE IDIOTS.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I’m pretty sure I gave this guy a quarter for washing my windshield. (Don’t worry, it was a Canadian coin.)

[Rich]

The libertarian commitment to freedom should absolutely be acknowledged and, in a time of growing state control, defended. But, ….

“Freedom should be absolutely defended, BUT”?!

[Ken Shultz]

I won’t bother reading it, but freedom ends up being the enemy somehow, I’m sure?

[Sevo]

The illustration will suffice: Politico thinks the WOD is just ducky.

[WDATPDIM!?]

I’ll save you the trouble:

There is ample experience that a drug user harms not only himself, but also many others. The association between drug use and social and economic failure, domestic violence, pernicious parenting and criminal acts while under the influence is grounds for prohibition even if we accept no responsibility for what the drug user does to himself. The drug user’s freedom to consume costs his community not only their safety, but also their liberty.

And I’m not just talking about heroin. Over the past decade, as marijuana use has grown, the number of car accident victims testing positive for the drug has tripled, according to a recent study.

[Ken Shultz]

SoCons are so damn reactionary.

As bad as the left is, right now, they’re right about the socons and the establishment Republicans having virtually nothing interesting or new to offer.

I always remind myself of that Gandhi quote: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

In the last five years, libertarians have gone from mostly being ignored to being laughed at–and I guess we’re now at the stage when they’re fighting us.

So I guess this is progress.

[Raven Nation]

SoCons are so damn reactionary

Generally true. But I think there is some progress in the WOD. Most of it I know from anecdotal experience but don’t forget Robertson’s statement a year or so back.

[Michael S. Langston]

The association between drug use and social and economic failure, domestic violence, pernicious parenting and criminal acts while under the influence is grounds for prohibition even if we accept no responsibility for what the drug user does to himself.

No it doesn’t.

[Derpetologist]

You know, he’s right. If we let people be free, bad things might happen. So we need to ban some things. No, not those things- the things that bad people do.

/derp

[Fist of Etiquette]

All the proof is in Lois Lerner’s spam folder.

[Ken Shultz]

She deleted her spam folder.

And it’s too complicated for the forensics guys at the FBI down the street to handle.

And apparently the IT guys at the IRS never back up anything.

Procedures were followed. There ain’t no way they can be fired. God bless the government!

[Sevo]

Ken Shultz|6.17.14 @ 9:06PM|#
…”And it’s too complicated for the forensics guys at the FBI down the street to handle.”

This might be true!

[Ken Shultz]

If what she did to her email so thoroughly destroyed it that the forensics guys at the FBI can’t even retrieve it, then she should be indicted for obstruction of justice.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Yeah I don’t know how much of the retention compliance rests on voluntary user policy, but if she has the technical option to destroy messages or even move them out of redundant archival storage, then the IRS has a problem.

[NotAnotherSkippy]

As long as the platters weren’t ground into dust, the data is recoverable. Even in the case of a severe head crash the likelihood is that the other surfaces are fine, and even the crashed surface can be mostly recovered after cleaning it. Unfortunately, “crash” is a magic word with most people that just makes them accept that the data is gone.

[Karl Hungus]

Kidnap victim Justina Pelletier to be returned to her family:

http://news.yahoo.com/breaking…..8A8ADQtDMD

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Saw that.

It’s about fricken time.

What a sad, pathetic story.

[Derpetologist]

“We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for thirty or forty or fifty years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don’t see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.”

-Rudy Giuliani

[Wasteland Wanderer]

That shit’s straight out of the fucking middle ages. What a massive twat.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

It’s straight out of the Renaissance and Reformation. The Middle Ages had more appreciation for liberty than Giuliani.

[BigT]

War is peace!

[gaijin]

Thanks goodness he is now limited to the speaking circuit as just another a$$hole with an opinion.

[Tejicano]

“Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.” -Rudy Giuliani

Holy fcuking shyte!

If there is anything which freedom is not about it is the above. It would be easier to logically argue that freedom is about practically anything else than what this jackass is saying it is.

[Pathogen]

You’re free to lick shit off of the boot that kicks you.. You’re free to kiss the ring on the hand that beats you.. Be thankful for your freedoms, citizen.. now, let’s see some fucking I.D. , asshole.. and don’t you move a muscle.. or you’ll get a nine millimeter token of my esteem for you.

[Michael S. Langston]

Yea – apparently freedom does mean asking permission.

IOW FYTW

[Fist of Etiquette]

Just like Snowden.

[gaijin]

Everyone is out of ‘good’ ideas on Iraq…

[Sevo]

How ’bout we let the Iraqis decide what they wanna do?

[gaijin]

but that would mean we would have to focus on our own problems?!

[Rich]

That’s crazy talk! It’s not like these are adults in a sovereign nation!

[BigT]

Ramadam-a-bomb-Iran-imam!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I mentioned this already but I like Eli.

[Wasteland Wanderer]

I hear his Book kind of sucked, though…

[Rufus J. Firefly]

When will TI invite Lou Reed to come on?

If not, Adam Carolla should do just fine.

[Sevo]

Rufus J. Firefly|6.17.14 @ 9:11PM|#
“When will TI invite Lou Reed to come on?”

They’re working on a package deal with Francisco Franco.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

I really hate those fake “town hall” formats where all the participants are screened and absolutely no tough questions are asked.

It’s a political Potemkin Village that the media expects us to swallow.

[WDATPDIM!?]

“And here is our Dear Leader, being greeted by His adoring subjects.”

[Derpetologist]

Perhaps Hillary should fly out to a submarine to give on-the-spot advice during his inspection.

[Derpetologist]

whoopsy- her inspection

[WDATPDIM!?]

This thread needs more Game of Thrones.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Season Five is coming.

[Fist of Etiquette]

A phony grievance.

[Fist of Etiquette]

What difference, at this point, do the specifics make?

[GILMORE]

The Independents Attire Review, 17 June 2014

Don’t Ride The White Horse-Edition

– Kennedy: We like Black. We think either a Metallica (*”Master of Puppets World Tour 1986″ is preferred for its very-hip reference to Cliff Burton’s demise) or a Ramones T-shirt would be better – because if you’re going to go for that? GO ALL THE WAY. With a few steel rings thrown in as well. Why the hell not. Kmele gets to dress like a pimp every now and then – you should be able to break out ye-olde “Headbanger’s Ball” outfits.

– Matt: Hey hey! White shirt! We’re so easy to please its ridiculous. See? The Black Suit of Doom more or less dissolves into the background. More ties with the white! We know you like this one. The silver-purple would work great too.

– Kmele: We’re never sure what the guidelines are with the plaid shirts; in this case we have a slamming victory, and I think its the harmony of the blue tones in the shirt and the jacket. I am also a sucker for ‘unbuttoned’ at the neck, and would even encourage the risky ‘two down’ (aka the ‘French Casual’)

– Eli Lake: His second appearance, and both times he’s looked fantastic. He doesn’t look like a reporter – he looks like a Gallery Owner. The linen jacket is the business; the rich blue tie just bangs. For a guy short on looks, he really overcompensates with taste.

??

[Tejicano]

With the proper simplified characters no less. Trey cool.

[Ted S.]

The fine folks of the Republic of China on Taiwan hate you. 😉

[Ted S.]

Ride the White Horse

[GILMORE]

Thank you for knowing the reference

[Tejicano]

Yeah, I am old. I assumed everybody knew that reference…

[Bobarian]

Hillary will never, EVER, be ‘likeable’.

[WDATPDIM!?]

Hillary attempting to be likable is the most horrifying thing on earth.

[Tejicano]

I dunno. Trying to be sexy could be worse in so many dimensions at once.

[gaijin]

Stand Down Comedian!

[GILMORE]

That Angelo guy…

… makes Kmele uncomfortable.

You know what i’m talking about.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Once they speak of ‘balancing rights’ you know it’s all bull shit.

There’s no such thing.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Her base has dedication to civil liberties? I don’t think so. They have a dedication to a Democrat who can win.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Hey they just showed my tweet!

[gaijin]

#congratulations!

[Bobarian]

Wait, your actually watching the show?

WTF?

[Bobarian]

Sorry… you’re.

[GILMORE]

“They showed my tweet”

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry

[BigT]

A tweet is when you can’t decide between a teat and a twat.

[sasob]

A real tweet is when you can have both.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Is David the bastard son of Bill Bellichick?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Is that what did Gwynn in? I assume that since everyone’s been talking about it the past few days.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I was chopping Poblanos in the kitchen and missed the segment. If you’re talking about Skoal, then yeah, it did him in.

[Derpetologist]

[sighs with weary resignation]

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

[Francisco d'Anconia]

As opposed to the data used to make drugs illegal.

[GILMORE]

Drug Czar Hausome

[Fist of Etiquette]

I thought for sure the guy would have been high himself when directing Cecil B. Demented.

[gaijin]

Self ownership….your definition of an addiction is my definition of a dosing option.

[Michael S. Langston]

well put

[GILMORE]

Matt is straight up pissed he still has to buy weed from a delivery dealer in NYC. Even the bike-messenger guys make him feel awkward and angry.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Whatever keeps drugs out of the playground where my little precious plays.

[Derpetologist]

Addiction is bad because it takes away your free will. This is why we must throw addicts in prison.

/derp

[gaijin]

addiction is slavery, so prison is freedom.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

No better place to exercise your free will than in a cage.

[Michael S. Langston]

Yes – I absolutely love the morality of those who claim jailing someone is preferred to them getting high.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Vote Reason Magazine for President!

[Derpetologist]

Up-tempo piano music totally negates oppressive taxes and regulations.

/Derp York

[Fist of Etiquette]

And yet I have to keep my financial records six years back. Or whatever it is.

[Fist of Etiquette]

FOX BUSINESS IS SHILLING FOR GOOGLE RIGHT NOW.

[Fist of Etiquette]

That will teach future kids not to expose sexually ravenous educators.

[gaijin]

If I had a tail
I’d own the night
If I had a tail
I’d swat the flies

[Fist of Etiquette]

Do I want to be worshipped by people who would worship me?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That didn’t sound accidental.

[Fist of Etiquette]

This happened the last time Kings celebrated their cup.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

India is cra-zee!

“Are you really the head of the Kwik E-Mart.”

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki….._President

[Raven Nation]

Ah, yes. Good Simpsons; before they, apparently, went zombie:

http://deadhomersociety.com/

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Anything before season 14? A-OK.

Season 14 and after? I have nothing but hate in my heart.

[Raven Nation]

Generally accurate although I am sure there are isolated exceptions. I think the “24” spoof was post-S14.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

14? You’re generous.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

There were some decent S13 episodes, i.e. the one where Homer gets hooked on morphine.

I should have drawn the line at S12, though.

[Michael S. Langston]

Agreed – I have Seasons 3 thru 15, then some random ones, 20, 22…. when letting it play in the background though – only watch Seasons 3 thru 12

[Derpetologist]

This is a result I got when did an image search for “redacted”:

http://th08.deviantart.net/fs7…..6pvlad.png

[GILMORE]

please dont ever do that again

[gaijin]

Thank goodness that was illustrated and not photographic!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It still put the idea in my head.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck
Fuck

Terrible!

[gaijin]

Radio waves are going to be big some day! Like plastics!

[Fist of Etiquette]

You heard her. We get a bobblehead if we stick with it to the end of the show.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Welch segued expertly with the gravestone comment.

[GILMORE]

by ‘segued expertly’ you mean, ‘managed to tow that conversation completely out of a ditch that Kennedy drunkenly drove headfirst into’

[Fist of Etiquette]

Yeah.

[GILMORE]

We’re So Enlightened, and we can’t even figure out how to eat?! WE NEED A GOVERNMENT AGENCY FOR THAT

[Pathogen]

” WE NEED A GOVERNMENT AGENCY FOR THAT”

And it needs a SWAT team!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It’s called Redman, Welch!!!

[gaijin]

chaw

[Fist of Etiquette]

“Hey, kid, you look good with that cigarette. Kind of sophisticated.”
-Kmele Foster

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Do you need to induce vomiting for whatever reason?

Click on this link!

[Bobarian]

C’mon! I’m eating. That’s like two girls, one cup territory.

Fuckin sicko!

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe…

Bertha Mitchell ? Top Commenter ? Fort Valley State University
With that guy on her side who really loves her, any color would look good.

Brent Beemer ? Kansas City, Missouri
Perfection in every way.

Peggy Wilson ? Top Commenter
Green is the color of great success… and OUR First Lady has achieved that in spades!
You look elegant in everything you wear… it’s because you’re confident, strong, and slender! What a great role model you are Mrs. Obama!

Pam Rosenberg ? Top Commenter
I think she’s gorgeous in just about everything. Such a classy woman and sharp dresser!

[CatoTheElder]

Green is the color of envy, the unifying principle of Team Blue.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

From comments: “I think she’s gorgeous in just about everything. Such a classy woman and sharp dresser!”

/blank stare.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

The comments were the worst part. I choose to believe that those were paid commenters.

[Bobarian]

Kmele does not fit into the demographic for dip/chaw.

Just sayin.

[db]

Somebody please put that Benghazi dude’s picture right next to one.of Eric Holder.

[GILMORE]

He’s so cute. I want to offer him my bowl of hard candy.

[GILMORE]

Sorry, wow. that was misplaced. That was in reference to Tom ‘sassy’ Massie

[Pathogen]

We already know what you’re thinking, buster…

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Are they going to be making a ‘Son of God 2’? Just saw a DirecTV PPV ad for it the first one.

[GILMORE]

Oh shit! Genesis??

[gaijin]

Lamb lies down?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Genesis? What’s that?

[GILMORE]

Its when god made the heavens and the earth and people without shame.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3w2saj52fI#t=113

[Fist of Etiquette]

Terrible.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Stay off the reefer, Congressman.

[Raven Nation]

Shit, I knew there were divisions in the GOP but I didn’t realize the leadership was pulling that kind of crap.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Nice interruption by Ken.

[GILMORE]

Is anyone an expert on lapel pins? (aside from Kmele)

it looks like a USMC pin

[Bobarian]

Color is right, not good enough resolution to confirm

[Bobarian]

Nothing in his biography about military service.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It was a swastika. Obviously.

[Pathogen]

Harvard alumni..

[Fist of Etiquette]

EVERYTHING RIDES ON RAUL! No pressure.

[Fist of Etiquette]

What is the GOP for? Exactly?

[Pathogen]

Whatever the DNC is against… sometimes..

[gaijin]

re-election?

[trshmnster the terrible]

DON’T TALK ABOUT DEAD SQUIRRELS!!! Now we’re in for a torrent of squirrels!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

O.J. Now there’s a douche.

He had it made with The Naked Gun flicks.

[GILMORE]

..Because what the world has always needed is a rendition of “Purple Rain” by someone with the voice of Donovan.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Isn’t it hate night?

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Oops. I’m a day ahead of the rest of you linear timeline people.

[Ted S.]

Isn’t every night hate night around these parts?

[Fist of Etiquette]

What. The. Hell.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Purple Rain. Terrible.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Want to see him try, say, Raspberry Beret?

She wore a rasp-berry berrett, c’mone!

[GILMORE]

The Bronco was a great car, and sadly missed.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Did the driver ever get in trouble?

[Fist of Etiquette]

So we’re just going to let that Purple Rain thing go?

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Didn’t realize Kemle was that young.

[Fist of Etiquette]

AH! Purple Rain. I mean Lou Dobbs.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I remember being with a friend and concluding ‘what a dickhead’ and went out to play hockey or something.

I think.

[GILMORE]

Shazaaam! DOBBS

[Bobarian]

So Matt sang along to Prince? Not something to brag about.

[Fist of Etiquette]

My older brother walked out on the movie Purple Rain. I’ll forever remember that because as a kid I could fathom such a thing. Walking out on a movie.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I just remember Apollonia’s tits.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I the live stream working for anyone?

[Bobarian]

I’m seeing it, and wishing I weren’t.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Huh. Didn’t work for me last night either…maybe I’ve been banned.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I had to switch to chrome.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I’m using Chrome.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I got nothin’. Did you try banging on the computer?

[Bobarian]

So, worst after show ever?

[GILMORE]

Yes

they played matt singing.

Then they all decided that everyone gets to sing.

[GILMORE]

You know what the most fucked up part of the OJ chase was? It completely cut into Game 5 of the Knicks/Rockets NBA finals, and I was at a bar where the TV had no sound and was screaming like a fucking lunatic, “PUT THE FUCKING GAME BACK ON! WHAT IS THIS SHIT! CUT THE NIGHTLY NEWS OFF AND PUT THE GODDAMN KNICKS BACK ON NOW!!” and the bartender was equally confused, going, ‘dude, its the right channel…?!”

It wasn’t clear what the story was at all because they didn’t have any captions. It was just a car driving down the highway. With no commercials. A barful of people was staring at it going, WHAT.THE.FUCK.IS.THIS.

I just checked. The knicks won. But it was totally frustrating because we couldn’t see the game anywhere.

[Ted S.]

Fuck the Dolans and MSG.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

You were old enough to be in a bar 20 years ago? How old are you? I thought you were in between the youngin’s and old farts here….

[GILMORE]

I’m 40.

And 20 was well old enough to be in a bar in NYC on a knicks playoff/finals game night. i’d stopped getting carded around 18. I had been hanging out in bars since 16 or so; i often acted as a roadie for older musicians who played in bars/clubs around town.

As I explained to people in college, “90% of why people card you in bars is because you look uncomfortable like you don’t belong there”; i routinely walked past doormen all the time.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That was an error in perspective on my part. The numbers add up, but in my mind, they didn’t.

I wasn’t even in high school, and you were in a bar. For some reason, the 5 years difference seemed like a lot more to me.

You’re a youngin’, my apologies.

I get what you’re saying about the bars, though. I stopped growing when I was 16. I also had some credible documents to confirm my “adultivity”.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Kennedy doesn’t do subtlety.

[GILMORE]

JESUS HE SAID IT AGAIN!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Foster is trying to put the best face on this.

[Bobarian]

There is no best, only a least worst face. This is like if Nikki directed the show.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Stream got cut off for me.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Now it’s back.

[GILMORE]

The Independents Official Mascot is =

“TWISTY”, THE SMILING DOLPHIN

[Fist of Etiquette]

AH! Lou Dobbs uses this set.

[trshmnster the terrible]

AHHH! Dobbs cooties!

[GILMORE]

Wow, they went from dolphin dicks to the most boring small talk humanly possible

[Fist of Etiquette]

I knew those flags were hemp.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sing “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” as Gollum.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Yeah, I’d rather hear the hymns at an ordinary form Mass than these guys doing karaoke.

[Bobarian]

Kmele pretends to not know who Lexington Steele is.

-3 Cool points. Which still leaves him with 1000’s more than anyone else on the Fox Business Network.

[GILMORE]

Isnt that Pierce Brosnan’s 1980s detective character?

[GILMORE]

oh, god, no, i was wrong about that one.

[Bobarian]

Thank you for ending this slow motion train wreck!

[trshmnster the terrible]

I was afraid they were going to talk more about shitting themselves on set because of Prilosec.

[GILMORE]

David Angleo decided sometime about 4 seconds after showing up on the set that these people bored the hell out of him. He just wants to go home.

[Derpetologist]

Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of some videos, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collector’s item in its own way?not because of any special quality, but because each captures and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.

This is Derp Gallery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l58rj0tahjw

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Wait, you got more of these?

[Bobarian]

I’m a democrat because I held my breath too long as a child?

[trshmnster the terrible]

I’m just a bit afraid to click.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

It’s only a bunch of hard-core pornography…

No, I lied, it’s actually a Young Democrats ad, I hope I didn’t just trick you into clicking.

[trshmnster the terrible]

dammit, I just got a bunch of pimple-faced morons yakking about crap they know nothing about.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I’m a Democrat because I have no ability to think critically.

[Derpetologist]

Hillary admits to being a College Republican:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQGQM9aCMno

This is Derp Gallery.

[Michael S. Langston]

Hillary was anything and everything at one time or another – so long as it gets her votes anyway.

[VG Zaytsev]

So she has no heart and no brain.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“Civil War re-enactment cannon explosion sends children to the hospital…

“The cannon was fired, and a spark landed on a pouch containing additional charges for the cannon. The smoldering ember set off the contents of the pouch, blowing it up and injuring all three children, the press release explained.”

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/…..explosion/

The personal-injury bar just got…excited.

[Bobarian]

“What was supposed to be a celebratory lesson in American history”…

Turned into an effective demonstration of American history.

Not the first time that civil war cannons have injured children.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

But the first time the children had such a great lawsuit lined up.

[Derpetologist]

Hillary talks about her first date with Bill. Dawwwwww.

This is Derp Gallery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp5-8x1XNxE

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria!

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

[Derpetologist]

American leftists explain economic justice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFQuEwJ5xI

This is Derp Gallery.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Which facet of this video will you focus on?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXmeKAJGcW0

[Gary Gygax]

The floral upholstery.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“Kickstarter campaign launches for first-ever book on “brit shalom,” an alternative to Jewish circumcision…

“The book will offer a choice of several original “brit shalom” ceremonies, along with tips and advice on holding the service and navigating family dynamics. Brit shalom (Hebrew for “covenant of peace”) is gaining traction as an alternative to brit milah, the traditional circumcision service held on a Jewish boy’s eighth day of life.”

http://intactnews.org/node/505…..kstore-nea

[Almanian!]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh boy – here we go….

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Do you want me to cut it out?

[Derpetologist]

Great moments in gun ignorance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJmFEv6BHM0

[Gary Gygax]

So THAT’S what the thing that goes up at the shoulder does.

[Almanian!]

SHUT THE FUCK UP, I’M WATCHING THE END OF “FARGO”!!!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“Norwegian parliament accepts ritual circumcision of boys…

“…the operation can only be done by public health professionals, reported the Norwegian news agency NTB.”

http://www.globalpost.com/disp…..ision-boys

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“Norwegian parliament accepts ritual circumcision of boys…

“…the operation can only be done by public health professionals, reported the Norwegian news agency NTB.”

http://www.globalpost.com/disp…..ision-boys

[PapayaSF]

Revealed: Bill and Hillary Clinton are dodging ‘death tax’ on their homes despite campaigning to raise it

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“A Bloomberg commentator said Tuesday that the move is legal and passes the ethics smell-test, but will be terrible optics for Hillary in 2016”

Optics!

Well then, I guess she needs…an eye doctor!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio are dominating the congressional debate on how to respond to the growing crisis in Iraq, calling for airstrikes on insurgents and blistering the president’s policies on the Senate floor and in the media….

“Given the vacuum from the GOP’s libertarian wing, the hawks are driving the Iraq discussion….

“”World events have proven Sen. McCain, myself, [Sen. Kelly] Ayotte, Rubio, other people who have been hawkish, to have been right,” Graham said. “To those who wanted to get to the left of Obama, I’m glad we didn’t take your advice.”

“McCain said that Paul, Rubio and Cruz all come to him for foreign policy advice and that he’s not surprised that Republicans still lean on him for his views. McCain said his advice is still popular among Republicans because lawmakers are looking to be led by “who’s highly regarded” ? and that means the two amigos.

“”We have had long experience and haven’t been wrong,” McCain said.”

http://www.politico.com/story/…..07973.html

[Cytotoxic]

That POS makes one decent point: the GOP’s libertarian wing needs a message and they need to say it.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Which county had the best showing of female fan support at the World Cup?

[Brett L]

The chick in the Kia commercials is pretty much winning for Brazil single-handedly.

[Brett L]

Upon review, we really need to normalize relations with Iran.

[Derpetologist]

California couple receives voter registration card pre-marked for Democrats. Not sure if Reason covered this already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EnmvKXqhZk

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Cross country coach gets 15 days in the pokey for having sex with 17 year old student

An Ohio sports coach and mother-of-four has been sentenced to 15 days’ jail for having sex with a 17-year-old boy at her school.
Martina Stanley, 35, admitted having an affair with the teen while she was coaching cross country and track at Elgin High School in Marion County.

The defense argued the boy, who attended the school but wasn’t a student of Stanley’s, initiated the sex and wasn’t harmed.
In a sentencing memorandum, defense attorney Todd Anderson said the teen bragged about the sex to friends.

‘The victim joked about the incident when interviewed…and stated he “was fine” and “she is every school boy’s dream,”‘ Anderson said according to 10tv.com.

‘This is not to shift blame, but he was very aggressively pursuing Mrs Stanley to escalate the relationship.’

But in court Monday, Stanley apologized to her victim and claimed responsibility for her actions.

‘I’d like to say with all of my heart and as humble as I possibly can, that I’m sorry,’ she said.

Is it reasonable to expect a 17 year old to keep his mouth shut about something like that?

[Derpetologist]

Stossel had the funniest take on this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCeEMVMtrL8

“Niiiiiiiiice.”

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Bleever! Sent by God to eradicate evil…

People like that are scary as shit.

[trshmnster the terrible]

Woooow… that woman is a fucking lunatic!

[Derpetologist]

I can’t wait for this slack-jawed dung shoveler to start shilling for Shrillary. You know it’s gonna happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWigzBClEk8

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Reverend, eh? Reason #315 why I didn’t used to own guns, but own a lot now.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“Father Pfleger at the state capitol in Springfield, Ill., addresses members of St. Sabina Church and other citizens gathered to lobby for legislation requiring Universal Background Checks for gun purchases in Illinois.”

Wow, Father, that T-shirt is *you!*

http://kjzz.org/file/459987

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Sweater with eye on it, I mean

[Derpetologist]

College koalas interrupt Q&A session:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND290z2kr2o

[trshmnster the terrible]

I find it amusing that they deployed their sign backwards.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Case in point. They need more education funding.

[Sevo]

OK, so no one else reading “Brothers of Wichita”?

[Cytotoxic]

The TrueCrypt riddle gets weirder. Apparently there’s some hidden message in the update code that comprises a ‘canary warrant’.

http://boingboing.net/2014/06/…..rning.html

I’ve heard that the 7.1a version works just fine but I don’t know.

http://threatpost.com/audit-pr…..crypt-7-1a

[Carl ?s his privilege]

For some reason the author mentioned the alleged Latin but not what it allegedly translates to: “Unless I want to use the NSA”

[Derpetologist]

I’ll give some credit to the Southern Preposterous Lie Center for posting this. Interesting that progs are silent about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POvg9cwlao0

[Sevo]

Strange the amount of silence surrounding that sermon, isn’t it?
Almost like someone’s embarrassed.

[Derpetologist]

Behold the terror of Sovereign Citizens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_y-gLm9Hrw

[Pathogen]

Comments are disabled for this video.

Sooo courageous of YouTube…

[Irish]

Youtube doesn’t choose to disable comments. The poster does.

[Carl ?s his privilege]

Eddie vs. Derpetologist link-dump.

CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!

[Derpetologist]

I want to be TIMMY!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I’m Tiny Tim, and Mr. Scrooge gave me a titanium crutch with retractable knife blades and a robotic exoskeleton. Bring it!

[Carl ?s his privilege]

pop culture reference fail…

[Almanian!]

TIMMEH!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I got it all right, but Tiny Tim is way cooler than those South Park potty mouths.

[Derpetologist]

True story: I played Scrooge when I was in 6th grade. Tiny Tim was taller than I was.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I did Scrooge *and* Cratchit. But in separate performances, not in the same performance, which would have been cool.

[Almanian!]

Wow – w…wh….ww…..what a great audience!

[Derpetologist]

Sierra Club congratulates Obama on his victory and offers some suggestions. “Don’t look at it, Marion!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paGUSXa6KSY

[Sevo]

No, I’m not looking.
Are any of them suggestions that he stop being a lying bastard?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I just love it when they show several people who all repeat the same word or brief phrase. It holds the attention so much better than just one person uttering several consecutive sentences.

[Derpetologist]

A frequent joke on The Daily Show is a montage of people saying the same phrase. Yet progs do it on purpose.

[Almanian!]

Prog 1: Derp!

Prog 2: Derp!

Prog 3: Derp!

Prog 4: Derp!

[Derpetologist]

The most popular video on the Sierra Club channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZj6UBr2KWo

The comments are full of win. Notice anything that the protesters have in common?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

“Wow, like, that was fun, so what cause did you say we were supporting?”

“Something about dolphins, I think.”

“No, I think it’s like Easter Seals or something.”

“Aww, those cute baby seals!”

[Almanian!]

Holy motherfuck – I can’t sleep. So re-watching the EXCELLENT final episode of “Fargo”.

SPOILER ALERT! Game of Thrones is really Jack’s mother!

[Derpetologist]

Blast from the past- 12 year old speaks at 2004 DNC convention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRL5TNsp8ks

[Derpetologist]

Whoever made this Teachers’ Union Gone Wild video is a bloody genius:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdqQTIQhn5A

[Derpetologist]

OK, I’m done. Ite, derpa est.

[jesse.in.mb]

Bobarian|6.17.14 @ 10:14PM
Thank you for ending this slow motion train wreck!

trshmnster the terrible|6.17.14 @ 10:15PM
I was afraid they were going to talk more about shitting themselves on set because of Prilosec.

What the hell did I miss?

[Bobarian]

THe Aftershow was not up to it’s usual high standards.

A meandering mess with no point.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

So I’m watching Ender’s Game and I’m thinking his sister (Abigail Breslin)looks familiar, but I can’t place her.

Emma Stone’s sister in Zombieland AND the little girl with the water glasses in Signs.

Growed up.

[Bobarian]

Also Academy Award nominee for ‘Little Miss Sunshine’

[Fist of Etiquette]

Last.

[RishJoMo]

Sammy Soso said no way dude thats not gonna happen.

http://www.WentAnon.tk