Tonight on The Independents: New Wikileaks Bombshell, EU vs. Russia, Palestinians vs. Hamas, NoKo vs. the World, D.C.'s 'Hottest,' Weak-ass Dinosaurs, Sultry After-Show, and More!

Tonight's live episode of The Independents (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT, with re-airs three hours later) grapples with a riveting new leak from Wikileaks of a heretofore secret order by the Australian government to suppress news coverage (and the gag order itself) having to do with the "a multi-million dollar corruption case explicitly naming the current and past heads of state of Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, their relatives and other senior officials." Kmele Foster will break down the story, previewing our special Friday episode called "Government Secrets."

Party Panel consists of serial ghostwriter (and Reason contributor) Michael Malice and and Forbes contributor Carrie Sheffield, who are scheduled to talk about: 1) The new U.S. (and E.U.) sanctions against Russia; 2) North Korea's alleged and professed attempts to live up to that whole Axis of Evil thing; 3) The Hill's repulsive "50 Most Beautiful" people in D.C. list; and 4) OKCupid's bad-dating experiments with its customers.

Fox News Middle Eastern specialist Lisa Daftari will talk about the latest news from the bloodshed in Gaza, including her recent reporting about Palestinians' dissatisfaction with Hamas. University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno will discuss whether dinosaurs were really victims of bad timing. And there will be an online aftershow on foxbusiness.com/independents just after 10.

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[Almanian!]

Hah!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

"OKCupid's bad-dating experiments with its customers."

Barbara Streisand meet Rush Limbaugh.

[widget]

Rush and Kathryn hired Elton John to perform at their wedding.

[GILMORE]

Assange = Less albino-retard looking with a beard? Discuss

[widget]

"Discuss"

Choosing to do it again with a Swedish woman at 4 am with the full knowledge of being hunted down by Interpol for the rest of my life would have no affect on my decision.

[Fist of Etiquette]

And there will be an online aftershow on foxbusiness.com/independents just after 10.

You know who else has a show at 10?

[Almanian!]

RT?

[Bobarian]

dahbs

[GILMORE]

Lisa Daftari = can she swallow a grapefruit whole? Discuss

[Sudden]

I give her my permission

[C. Anacreon]

If she got a job as a jungle veternarian, she would be Daktari Daftari

[GILMORE]

Dinosaurs = how would your impression of them change if it turned out they were actually all giant birds?

I mean, it totally fucks up Jurassic Park, right? Discuss

[Jesus H. Christ]

Linky no worky

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I'm flagging this comment.

For (let's see/finger to lip) no trigger warning about using the letter 'y' in so cavalier a manner.

Why doesn't Reason have a flag option?

[Heroic Mulatto]

No Tickee, No Washee needs a gritty reboot.

[Jesus H. Christ]

flag worshiping is for statist shit heels. Are you a statist shit heel? HUH? Well then, quit asking for the type of shit statist shit heels ask for!

[Jesus H. Christ]

My flag worshiping comment was for Rufus J. Firefly, btw.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I just thought that you were suggesting a line for the gritty reboot of "No Tickee, No Washee" - starring Jet Li.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

/Bows head. Puts hands behind back. Kicks dirt.

"No."

[Rhywun]

How about the option to not have to enter my password twelves times in a row? Or the option to have a "remember me" that actually remembers me? Huh...?

[Ted S.]

Well, he is Canadian.

[JWatts]

Wait, I thought some statists were shit plugs or some such. I think your definition is too narrow.

[GILMORE]

Discovery Suggests Almost All Dinosaurs Were Feathered

[Jesus H. Christ]

They went extinct because the males were cross dressers?

[PapayaSF]

Heteronormative Bigotry Alert!

[Hyperion]

I have a whole bag of dinosaur feathers I'd like to sell you.

[Suthenboy]

and probably warm blooded.

[Suthenboy]

I thought birds were just tiny dinosaurs?

[Hayeksplosives]

That's what I think every time I see a robin hopping across the lawn grabbing worms

[sarcasmic]

I refuse to watch until Kennedy shows up naked, riding a hairy ass. Donkey that is.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I sometimes get the feeling Kennedy has a burning inner desire to be more like Ginger Lynn and less Bawbwa Walters.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

'less like'

[Hyperion]

University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno will discuss whether dinosaurs were really victims of bad timing

OMG, the proglodytes are using this same excuse again!? Oh... THOSE dinosaurs..., well, yeah, a 6 mile wide meteor will give you quite the case of bad timing.

[Jesus H. Christ]

Why is this a uniquely prog explanation for the dinosaur extinction?

Or was that sarcasm?

[Hyperion]

LOOK OUT! THERE'S A SARCASMOSAURUS BEHIND YOU! Just kidding.

[Episiarch]

I've heard that kind of thing can ruin your whole day.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

They're moving in herds. They do move in herds.

[Cytotoxic]

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

[Jesus H. Christ]

Progs move in herds. Yeah we know that: http://www.google.com/imgres?i.....68&ndsp=13

[GILMORE]

Dinosaurs = little known factoid: popular DJ/Producer "Diplo" (Wes Pentz) was originally known as "Diplodicus" because of his particular fondness for the largest prehistoric creature ever

[Hyperion]

Maybe they reminded him of the women he was most fond of?

[Sudden]

He's not black

[True Scottsman]

Is this episode of comments going to have a "Spot The Not" segment? Because if it doesn't I just want to read the re-run to catch the constuctive fashion criticism.

[Bo Cara Esq.]

Federal Appeals Court OKs Government Cross

"A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by an atheist group seeking to stop the display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among the World Trade Center's wreckage.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday sided with a federal judge's ruling last year that the decision to include the beam in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum did not advance religion impermissibly."

How does putting up a huge cross advance religion? Oh, I don't know...

[BigT]

I'm an atheist, but this kind of stuff doesn't bother me. It's just two steel beams that happened to get left in that formation. So what? Putting creationist BS in textbooks or having prayers before football games is much more corrosive of young minds.

[Rhywun]

I dunno about you, but I don't magically self-convert every time I wander past a religious artifact.

[John]

You mind is supposed to melt. Didn't you know that? You are not really an atheist unless you are a tedious intolerant fuck who makes up for it by being a leftist.

You are so out of the club dude.

[PapayaSF]

Words and symbols can take on disproportionate importance to some ideologues. Progressives (and traditional social conservatives) often want to ban words and symbols and topics as "dangerous." Hence hate speech, political correctness, free speech zones, campaign finance reform, the Fairness Doctrine, atheist campaigns against crosses and churches, and more.

To them, displaying a cross found at Ground Zero "advances religion impermissibly." To those with more wisdom and perspective, it does not. Nobody is forced to kneel before it, or believe in it, or even look at it. It's absurd to think that displaying an object from the wreckage of a national tragedy is something the 1st Amendment is supposed to protect us against.

(Thought experiment: in the wreckage is found a beam twisted into the words "voteforbush2004"....)

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Dinosaurs had BO so now they are extinct.

[Bo Cara Esq.]

Barry the Dinosaur does sound like a children's show.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

"The only reason we're going extinct is because of those obstructionist mammals!"

[True Scottsman]

Well, who doesn't like boobies?

[Hyperion]

+1 HomoTeaBaggerErectus

[Sudden]

Barry the PURPLE Dinosaur?

God, Bo, you're such a fuckin racist.

[Eman]

I don't see dinosaurs in color.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

INDEPENDENTS ASSEMBLE!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Assemble what?

[BigT]

It says on the box "No assembly required"

[True Scottsman]

You really think that will stop us from trying?

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx9Wg03arxQ

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Not the Mama!

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Wind turbans?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Prediction: Nothing

[BigT]

You mean no clothes at all?

[Fist of Etiquette]

That's exactly what I mean.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

But he was referring to himself.

[BigT]

Glad to have big screen!

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Again with the spanking, Kennedy?

[All-Seeing Monocle]

I believe the traditional phrasing is "thank you ma'am may I have another?"

[Francisco d'Anconia]

HOOPS!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sweater? No tie? That's called disrespect for the audience.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Why do we care?

[GILMORE]

THE PELT!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Welch is the only one who has the common decency to hide his vulgar shirt buttons with a necktie.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I never believed they belonged in the G8.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Russians would never blame outsiders for their woes.

[True Scottsman]

Why would they? It was easier to blame the JOOOS! They were local.

[Fist of Etiquette]

You know who else...

[True Scottsman]

Were local? Uhhh, unions?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Cuba.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Europe to the rescue! AGAIN.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Sigh.

I remember back in the 90s when the Eurorians were screaming action was needed in Kosovo...and demanded the Americans do it.

It was classic slipping to restaurant bill to the other person or getting up to go to the bathroom when the bill arrived.

If I'm not mistaken, the French were the ones doing all the talking while chastising the Americans for standing pat until Clinton took action.

[Derpetologist]

Your daily bathos courtesy of the 50 most beautiful people in DC:

Kelley Smith's dream of becoming a famous photographer documenting wild lions on the plains of Africa's Serengeti fell flat when he says National Geographic sent him a scathing rejection letter.

I think it said something to the effect of, 'normally we would give a critique, but your work doesn't even the meet the bare minimum standards that we look for,' " the California native said.

Smith bounced back fast, dedicating countless hours and hard work to an equally tasking career in politics and policy. It resulted in him snagging a prized spot as the special assistant under the No. 2 administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, Bob Perciasepe.

http://thehill.com/50-most-bea.....lley-smith

You know you else failed at a career in the visual arts?

[True Scottsman]

The blind?

[Sudden]

The creator of thehill's 50 Most Beautiful People in DC List?

[Derpetologist]

*who else*

I had a yinzer moment.

[Sevo]

..."an equally tasking career"...

Uh, WTF does that mean?!

[Derpetologist]

It's a face-saving way of saying "fetching coffee for a gray-faced bureaucrat".

[BigT]

Bob Perciasepe.

Oh shit! I know this guy.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

THAT IS WHAT THE AFTERSHOW IS FOR KENNEDY!

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I want to hear the Russian joke!

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

In Soviet Russia, jokes hears you!

[Eman]

That's a good one!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Kennedy keeps swallowing weird today.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Can't get that taste out of her mouth.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

The concept of letting the show unfold through its panel and without interruption is not in the Kennedy playbook, right?

[Sheriff Bart]

I heart Carrie Sheffield...

[Fist of Etiquette]

All of our food aid goes straight to their military.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Uh-oh. Foster is about to chime in.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

The Independents has a switchboard?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Jesus.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Yes?

[Fist of Etiquette]

IT WAS A TAT ON THE NAKED COWBOY'S SHOULDER. Pay attention to the details.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I thought it was John Rambo.

[Fist of Etiquette]

OMG. First Blood was basically an allegory for the Passion of Christ. It's embarrassing you don't know that.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

What Christ calls hell, he calls home.

[Bobarian]

The Passion was an allegory for Rambo! That movie's like 20 years older.

[Derpetologist]

I haven't checked the entire thing, but appears everyone on the DC's most beautiful people list is a Democrat.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

I just assumed it without looking that it would be based on the beauty of their stated intentions.

[Derpetologist]

Wait a minute, I found one. And what a marvelous nose he has:

http://thehill.com/50-most-bea.....an-dibblee

Hollywood for ugly people indeed.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I checked the top 50 and landed immediately on this and stopped:

Rachel Racusen
Hometown:
Boston
Age:
31
Relationship Status:
Boyfriend
Party Affiliation:
Democratic

[Fist of Etiquette]

Gazans joining the fight against Hamas? That might be their best option.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Putting up shelters to put human shields in them.

Fuck Hamas those assholes.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Community organizer. Heh.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

It that a wart on her lip?

[gaoxiaen]

It's a venereal wart.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Geez, Kmele. Wtf?

[Heroic Mulatto]

I'm glad I'm not able to tune in tonight. Kmele talking about Israel is like watching a clown vomit in slow-motion: It is equally revolting and hilarious.

[Jesus H. Christ]

^^ Nice one, HM. I've got that image in my mind now. Pennywise retching violently.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

How about Palestinians get their shit in order first before you put the burden of accountability and responsibility on Israel?

If Kmele believes the tunnels are for food only then I have a bridge to sell him in the Gobi desert.

Come on, dude!

[Fist of Etiquette]

This just in: Kmele Foster is a blame-Israel-firster!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hamas kills children...yeah but Israel blocks the job market.

Fuck.

[Cytotoxic]

And I was liking him. Guess he goes on the Derp pile.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Okay, two fucking stories in a row that I don't give a shit about.

WHY WOULD I CARE?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The arms come through the Egyptian tunnels?

[Hyperion]

Only if Hillary is having a good day.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Is that a sex joke???

[Hyperion]

I hope not.

[Derpetologist]

The use of human shields is rare in warfare, due to the fact that most armies would not tolerate such a despicable tactic.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Kennedy should have dressed as Gwen Stacy.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

The Fonz!

[Hyperion]

That girl has unnaturally large eyes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Daily Bugle was probably having a field day about that cop punching.

[GILMORE]

The Independents Attire Review, 29 July 2014

Van The Man-Edition

- Kennedy: Amazingly, Kennedy has managed to tan between last night and now? Either time travel is indeed now possible, or the rumours of secretly pre-taped shows have more merit than we previously believed. Our Rule #1 for Awesome-Kennedy has tended to be 'bright colors' (the favorite being last nights Blazing Orange Creamsicle, and the second favorite being the pink or teal Izods) and this Blue serves her nicely.

- Matt: We had thought The Pelt (Matt's distinctly furry-ish, brown sportcoat) was going to aestivate for the Summer, but no: apparently we've been far far too kind lately in our compliments of Matt's improving wardrobe, and we needed some reminder of the horrors of the past. Sadly we are all too aware that it could *actually be worse*, and he could be wearing his red floppy-collared shirt with it, so it fortunately fails to trigger any PTSD symptoms tonight.

- Kmele: Taking a cue from the previous 2, Kmele calls Tuesday 'casual day', a trend we may have missed in our endless deconstruction of The Independents fashion-code. We'd knock it as being a little out of season, but with the rolled sleeves and (i assume) jeans, its actually an Oh So Fresh combo for a Summer's Eve.

Bonus:
- Carrie Sheffield: YOWZA.

Shukran

[Bobarian]

Ref. Kennedy: That's not a tan, she bathes in infant's blood. She missed her previous treatment, thus yesterday's pallid demeanor.

[BigT]

Agree. Kmele's garb is douche-worthy

[Ted S.]

Kmele, do you ever get that "not-so-fresh" feeling?

[GILMORE]

and yes, i know that the "not so fresh feeling" was Massengill.

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

For once we have a Kennedy street harassment segment that isn't painful to watch.

[Hyperion]

If she would have smacked cat woman on the ass, it would have been better.

[BigT]

Hell, there were guys dressed as centurions near the Coliseum. Who cares? Except for the guy who hit that cop for no reason. He deserves a medal!

[Heroic Mulatto]

They should have combined topics and asked Anti-Semitic Elmo his thoughts on the Gaza conflict.

[Bobarian]

Kmele was in the studio.

[Heroic Mulatto]

OH SNAP!

[BigT]

And who can forget child molester Elmo?

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/.....mitations/

[GILMORE]

"preying upon them"?

ARE WE NOT CAPITALISTS??

[BigT]

We are DEVO!

[Francisco d'Anconia]

So I guess 2 minutes of hate is a thing of the past?

[Bobarian]

I believe Kmele and Matt were on a couple weeks ago, and indicated tomorrow may be a return of our love.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Shit. Thought today was Wednesday.

[Bobarian]

Meaning, on here.

[Ted S.]

I thought the Two Minutes' Hate was on Wednesdays.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Jesus.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The twittersphere won't take anything seriously.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I hate the Eagles, man.

[Fist of Etiquette]

She hates the fucking Eagles, man.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I don't get the hate on The Eagles.

[Hyperion]

It's because they suck, dude.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Not sure about that. Walsh was awesome live. Great show.

[Bobarian]

That's cause he's not a real Eagle.

Henley and Frey are douche-bags.

[Ted S.]

So you kick them when they're up, and kick them when they're down?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I've got a peaceful easy feeling tonight so I'll accept that.

[Bobarian]

See Smuggler's Blues or Boys of Summer as proof.

[Hyperion]

Ok, I will concede that the Eagles do have a few good tunes, and all of them involve Walsh and NO fucking banjos.

[Ted S.]

They're overplayed, and "Hotel California" is a truly retch-worthy song. The sort of song that makes me reach for the radio to change stations. Almost as bad as "Margaritaville" or Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'".

[Fist of Etiquette]

...unless you're Israel.

[Fist of Etiquette]

He should campaign on Pandora. Or with the Spartans on 300.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Cock Asians.

[Bobarian]

That would make an interesting shirt. Probably a little on the small side.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

What the fuck is wrong with Canadians?

[Hyperion]

They're Canadians. Next question.

[Cytotoxic]

Why are you so jealous of us?

[Hyperion]

No one is jealous of Canadians, dude, sorry to burst your bubble.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Not even Palestinians or Sierra Leonians?

[Hyperion]

Not even libertarians, who have no roads.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

/Smells armpits.

Nothing!

[Sheriff Bart]

The "Caucasians"? Awesome!

[GILMORE]

I still think the Fighting Irish are better

[Hyperion]

What about they change that to 'The goat fuckin drunkin ass brawlin Micks'?

[BigT]

It's Fightin' Amish.

[Hyperion]

If I owned a sports team, I would totally rename them the 'The Teabaggin Crackas'.

And I would wait for the media, anyone, to denounce that as racist.

[Ted S.]

Cracker Jack is racist. From now on it is to be called Honky Jack.

[GILMORE]

You can't be 'racist' against an oppressor-class

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I have a feeling this will backfire and won't lead to any of the desired outcomes.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

I'm not sure what you're referring to, but it's a solid prediction nonetheless.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

The Caucasian t-shirts.

Shit, I'd buy one.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I bought this t-shirt.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

t-shirt hell has done some quality work over the years.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Bob Lebowski.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

[GILMORE]

How long are these hens going to cluck?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Turn off The View. < i The Independents is on.

[Ted S.]

About 2:45.

[Sheriff Bart]

Hilarious comment on Waxman...The Island of Dr Moreau...well done, Michael!

[Fist of Etiquette]

That was pretty solid.

[Hyperion]

Waxman? You mean the half pig man as foretold by Nostrodamus?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Corey Booker just got outed?

[Bobarian]

Not the first time I've heard that. I don't believe it's been confirmed, though.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Online dating? I doubt she actually resorted to that.

[Sheriff Bart]

I find that hard to believe, also...I won't be available for a few as I...ummm...search for new shorts...

Yeah...

[GILMORE]

Carrie's single?

hmmm

[Bobarian]

Guy I work with had an internet date last night. When he got to the restaurant, she started her sales presentation on a phone plan with a free iPad.

I would have thrown up on her and left.

[GILMORE]

I would have signed up for the plan with Matt Welch's name, seduced her, then called the cops and accused her of rape.

AND kept the iPad

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Don't forget sticking her with a hefty bar bill before you sneak out.

[Sheriff Bart]

I got a call today from a lady who told me my wife and I could go on a Caribbean cruise for FREE! All we had to was provide feedback on the trip when we got back!

She was astounded that I said "no"...

[The Bearded Hobbit]

We got one of those years ago. I knew it was a scam, I just couldn't figure out how they were going to make money on it.

... Hobbit

[Sevo]

Once you end up on the boat, it'll all be clear.

[Derpetologist]

I sort of admire her work ethic. I would have proposed to buy a phone plan in exchange for a quickie.

[Hyperion]

What killed the dinosaurs?

Obviously, global warming. It's the cause of everything bad from the very beginning.

[BigT]

Global warming is so last decade. It was abrupt climate change!

(Or trams fats)

[Fist of Etiquette]

I can't get enough of this woman apparently having been pushed down the stairs by a laundry basket.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Jesus punched the dinosaurs into extinction.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

It was Jonny Rambo, dude.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Why is the Bush's Beans family dog such an asshole?

[All-Seeing Monocle]

He runs dogileaks.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Ah, I just learned that each can of beans contains an NSA RFID chip.

[See Double You]

He doesn't believe in trade secrets?

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Vulcans did it? That doesn't seem logical.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Colonel Tyrannosaurus, in the swamp, with a meteor.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I really don't think it was Climate Change. There were no SUV's.

[Sheriff Bart]

If the Professor could build a car on Gilligan's Island, then Neanderthals could have built SUVs...

[Hyperion]

Teathuglicans from the future spent all of the resources of the entire planet, while women and children starved and died in the streets, to invent a time machine, only so they could go back and kill the dinosaurs by driving their huge SUVs all over the planet and causing global warming.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

That was an awkward segment.

[Bobarian]

Kennedy couldn't figure when the best time to interrupt was. The week off effed up her timing.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

It's OK to say "fudged" here.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Feck both of you.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Fleetwood Mac? The La's? But no Eagles?

[John]

I hate Eagles Man.

[Hyperion]

Yeah, the Eagles suck. I thought we already covered that.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

God damn, I want a trimmer what cuts through plywood!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

But wait, there's more!

[Notorious G.K.C.]

But the extendable pocket hose has it beat all hollow!

[All-Seeing Monocle]

Irresistible force meets immovable object.

[Sevo]

Does it get your whites whiter?!

[BigT]

Circumcisions??

[Sevo]

As seen on TV!
Operators standing by!
Get your special deal on O-care! Call now!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Plywood? Please. That was lauan. You can tear that like tissue paper.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Super injunction junction, what's your function?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

The court which issued this super injunction really sucks. It should be named after some kind of animal, like a marsupial.

[Bobarian]

Drop bear?

[Fist of Etiquette]

AH! Lou Dobbs.

[Hyperion]

DERBZ!

[GILMORE]

Kennedy is taking stronger meds lately

[GILMORE]

Wow, great tie DOBBS

[All-Seeing Monocle]

WE BETTER HEAR THE FUCKING RUSSIAN JOKE.

[Bobarian]

Given the start, Imma say "Shitty aftershow"

[GILMORE]

\malice knows his birds and his bees

[Fist of Etiquette]

Goddammit, the live stream started to show me a repeat, so I had to reload it, which of course means you have to watch the commercial again. And now I get the sexy aftershow already in progress.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Wow, we have something in common!

And now it keeps cutting off.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

At least I get to watch the inspirational ad with the sickle-cell girl. For the 100th time.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

Off it goes, off it goes again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX9TDQcCyVE

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I suppose I'll have to reconcile myself to missing all that substantive discussion.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

I wish my connection had been cut 10 minutes ago.

[GILMORE]

Malice makes everyone go supergoofy for some reason
They're tweaking

[Fist of Etiquette]

"Defend Hamas." Foster is self-aware.

[Bobarian]

"Are you questioning Rand Paul?!"

Welch was starting to bow up, there.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Michael Malice is the Penn Jillette of tonight's aftershow.

[Bobarian]

And to the style portion of the show: I recognize Kmele's get up. Fred Rogers used to put on his sneakers and get that sweater out of the closet.

"HI Neighbor."

[Fist of Etiquette]

The real Jeff Spicoli?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Mrs. Doctor Girlfriend the Monarch?

[Bobarian]

Must be a heavy smoker.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Oh, here we go. Hamas again.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Orange Zionists.

[GILMORE]

I dont have any idea what they're talking about

[Notorious G.K.C.]

I have the excuse that I only saw about 40% of it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Holy SHITE. I thought they had 25 seconds.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Kennedy totally called Foster on his shite.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand she's cut off.

[Bobarian]

And of course she was cut off.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

To be fair, it would be virtually impossible to end the aftershow without cutting her off.

[All-Seeing Monocle]

You owe us one off-color russian joke, Kennedy.

This isn't over.

[Derpetologist]

Perhaps I can fill in?

A bunch of people are standing in a bread line in the USSR. A guy comes out of the bakery and shouts "we don't have enough for everyone in line- all you Jews, go home." So all the Jews leave. A few minutes later, the guy comes out again and tells the Ukrainians to leave. And then finally, he comes out one more time and says they are completely out of bread and everyone else should go home.

As the crowd mills away, one guy says to another "Damn Jews have it so easy..."

[Derpetologist]

Perhaps I can fill in?

A bunch of people are standing in a bread line in the USSR. A guy comes out of the bakery and shouts "we don't have enough for everyone in line- all you Jews, go home." So all the Jews leave. A few minutes later, the guy comes out again and tells the Ukrainians to leave. And then finally, he comes out one more time and says they are completely out of bread and everyone else should go home.

As the crowd mills away, one guy says to another "Damn Jews have it so easy..."

[Derpetologist]

Double the post, double the fun!

[Sevo]

Hello? Anybody here?
SF 'rent control' yields predictable results; rental parasites shocked!

"S.F. tenants rally, sue over evictions for vacation rentals"
(actually that's somewhat truthical; the 'community activists' are paying people who probably are renters)
""Tourists are taking our homes," said Ted Gullicksen, executive director of the San Francisco Tenants Union. "Thousands of units are being illegally converted to hotels. There needs to be enforcement.""
http://www.sfgate.com/realesta.....655236.php

Gullicksen is a slimy rent-seeker, doing quite well convincing the city gov't (he's got 200 votes in his pocket) to prevent people from owning homes in SF.

[Sevo]

Must be a kick-ball game on tonight...

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I'm here!

No kick-ball.

Just the Dodgers are on.

[Sevo]

The hated Dodgers!

[Derpetologist]

Let's take a moment to remember America's first attempt at regime change in the Middle East, way back in 1805.

http://reason.com/blog/2014/07.....k#comments

TL;DR version

North African pirates in Tripoli kidnap American sailors because the US refuses to pay tribute to them. American Navy guy helps deposed local ruler overthrow the ruling thug. They win. Then the US govt later decides to make peace with the thug to get the sailors back. The upstart goes into exile and the American Navy guy spends the rest of his life complaining about being stabbed in the back.

What a clusterfuck! And no one learned anything from it, apparently.

[PapayaSF]

You blew the link, dude.

[Derpetologist]

Oopsy

Here be the correct link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsgIB-3JbSI

[PapayaSF]

Ha. An Obamacare fan inadvertently wraps up the case for Halbig: there was an explicit provision wherein subsidies were provided on the federal exchanges, and it was removed in the final bill.

[Sevo]

"In 1994, Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was murdered after accidentally scoring a goal for the opposing U.S. team in the World Cup"

If I were a really good person, I wouldn't find that amusing. I'm not.
But your link proposes fact, evidence, reality; all that stuff that proggies hate.
So, repeat after me:
COMMERCE CLAUSE!