Tonight on The Independents: Glenn Reynolds on Government Liars, Americans Hate Everyone, Amash Goes Ballistic, Smokers Banned in Arizona, Cops Steal Rock Band's Photos, Plus More Enemies of Freedom!

Matt Welch | 8.6.2014 5:54 PM

Tonight's episode of The Independents (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT, with re-airs three hours later), will continue our familiar-sounding countdown of the show's 25 Enemies of Freedom. Speaking of which, here's numbers 20-22, from last night:

The program will kick off with a discussion about a new poll showing Americans hate all their politicians, and their future, and maybe their country. Newsday columnist Ellis Henican and comedian Vinnie Nardiello will Party Panelize about this and other topics, including the alleged new Edward Snowden, the NBA's first female assistant coach, and Pima County, Arizona's proposal to have the county refuse to hire smokers.

Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds joins to talk about his great USA Today column about CIA liar John Brennan and the ruling-class values he represents. The co-hosts will discuss the epic election-night rant from libertarian fave Rep. Justin Amash (R-Michigan), and a band called Bear Hands will come testify about their unpleasant experience with picture-stealing Chicago cops at Lollapalooza last week.

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BiMonSciFiCon 11 years ago

Lying to Congress- totally cool, nothing to see here.

Having an extramarital affair- evidence of untrustworthiness, must be fired.

Roll that beautiful bean footage.
Spencer 11 years ago

can someone slip Kennedy some barbiturates to calm her down. she has a nasty habit of talking over the last thing the guests say with a point that is far from solid- and then ends the interview. She talks way too much.

Sorry, but true. Maybe she can bring her b or c game?
1. Libertymike 11 years ago
  
  Totally agree.
Notorious G.K.C. 11 years ago

"...Pima County, Arizona's proposal to have the county refuse to hire smokers"

But those deviants are disgusting, with their filthy habits! They will contaminate everyone else with their moral pollution!
1. SIV 11 years ago
  
  Nicotine-dependence is a disability. An easily accommodated disability.
  1. Root Boy 11 years ago
    
    Welcome to the new prohibition and shaming.
    
    I think smokers should just roll tobacco to look like a joint or smoke it in a bong (hooka?) and they'd be more accepted.
    1. Headless Body of Agnew 11 years ago
      
      Artisan-made, locally-rolled tobacco! Like mayonnaise, but smokeable!
      
      Actually, once with two acquaintances, we took upon ourselves the task of smokingeverything in the spice rack as a (wildy un-) scientific recreation of the noble Native American's discovery of tobacco. It didn't end well. Smoking Chili flakes is contraindicated.
Slammer 11 years ago

and a band called Bear Hands

What's up with all the bears around here the last couple of days?
1. BiMonSciFiCon 11 years ago
  
  Sounds like someone hasn't been paying the bear tax lately.
  1. Andrew S. 11 years ago
    
    Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the Homer tax.
    1. Brandon 11 years ago
      
      That's homeOWNER tax.
      1. BiMonSciFiCon 11 years ago
        
        This is the biggest tax increase in history!
        
        SusanM 11 years ago
        
        WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?
2. Andrew S. 11 years ago
  
  From there, to here. From here! To there!
  All black and brown and covered in hair!
  He smelled that girl on the summer air!
  The bear! The bear!
  The maiden fair!
3. Headless Body of Agnew 11 years ago
  
  Because Bears discriminate against transvestites. War on Wimminzes
Aloysious 11 years ago

Season 1, episode 2.

My erratic and self-serving effort to get Wil Wheaton on the Independents for a gaming segment(s).

Imagine Kennedy rolling a handful of dice.
1. Trials and Trippelations 11 years ago
  
  Is it too nerdy to say that I just bought Small World Underground?
  1. Aloysious 11 years ago
    
    it's never too nerdy around here.
    1. Trials and Trippelations 11 years ago
      
      True it is a pretty safe space for nerds
SIV 11 years ago

Pima County, Arizona's proposal to have the county refuse to hire smokers.

Not to get all faux rights, which I'm not because this is the fucking government, but since when is Pima County exempt from the AWDA?

Not only should they have to hire smokers but make damn sure the number matches or exceeds the percentage in the larger community. The only reasonable accommodation is to give those poor nicotine dependents extra breaks and a place to smoke. Vaping and "smokeless tobacco" should be permitted in the workplace unless they can come up with some sort of safety issue why it shouldn't be.
GILMORE 11 years ago

There will be no attire reviews this evening.

i will be taking in an outdoor symphonic performance

also, drinkin

understudies are welcome to take over for the eve
1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
  
  Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!
2. BiMonSciFiCon 11 years ago
  
  The Independents attire review- Heterosexual male edition.
  
  Matt: Looking sharp (I think?)
  
  Kmele: Looking very sharp. Seems like you're trying a bit too hard, though.
  
  Kennedy: Those earrings are neat!
3. Derpetologist 11 years ago
  
  Matt: Has top button buttoned- a feat I have rarely achieved. Probably wearing shoes too.
  
  Kmele: Routinely dresses better for a TV show than I have dressed for job interviews, weddings, funerals, & court appearances.
  
  Kennedy: Wears more colors than I knew existed. Often wears things that would make good fishing lures.
  
  Dank-yu-veddy-much
  1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
    
    court appearances.
    
    So, uh, Derp. You're a lawyer, huh?
    /looks askance
    1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
      
      Nope, I'm an engineer, and not the choo-choo kind.
      
      I had to go to court once, so I guess that should be "appearance".
      1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        I know. Just having a merry jape 🙂
        
        Of course, for your next appearance, maybe you could go for a tortilla. Or, toast. Maybe scare Coulter a bit.
        
        Derpetologist 11 years ago
        
        I'd have to grow out my hair and beard for that.
        
        Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        Oh, I had something much less fun than that. I was just thinking that you could use your blog pic and have it used for the template on one of those novelty toasters. Just sneak it into her kitchen*, and voila!
        
        *not a euphamism
4. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
  
  Enjoy yourself. An outdoor concert in August? Blech. The weather here in CA has been super humid (for us) and just an ugly kind of sweaty. If I wanted weather like most of the rest of the country has to tolerate, I'd not be living here.
Aloysious 11 years ago

What everybody needs... a large list of shows starring Gnome Chompsky!

http://www.democracynow.org/ap.....am_chomsky

Bonus: ...well; to be honest, there is no bonus to this shit.
1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
  
  Critical Derp occurs when Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky are within a 1-meter radius:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9eRrSfNzng
  
  [klaxon sounds] Warning! You have 15 minutes to reach minimum safe distance!
  1. Aloysious 11 years ago
    
    dear god.
    1. Root Boy 11 years ago
      
      I bet that's not what they said...
      
      Did Chomsky regale you with his knowledge of linguistics, or did he talk about his buddy Castro?
      1. Aloysious 11 years ago
        
        I got Chompskied on Facefuckingbook. Again. I block, and I block, but my brother keeps hitting me in the nuts with Chompsky.
        
        Derpetologist 11 years ago
        
        Ask your brother why Chumpsky doubted atrocity reports from those who fled Khmer Rouge:
        
        "In the first place, is it proper to attribute deaths from malnutrition and disease to Cambodian authorities?"
        
        -Gnome Chumpsky
        
        Aloysious 11 years ago
        
        He's impervious to logic or reason (drink). He is a true believer.
2. Cytotoxic 11 years ago
  
  I really want Reason to do a piece on Chomsky. He is a special kind of evil. 'Brain Bug' of the Left-wing swarm.
  1. Marshall Gill 11 years ago
    
    I really want Reason to do a piece on Chomsky
    
    It would probably be favorable.
Derpetologist 11 years ago

So, here is my latest satire, entitled "Fair Share":

http://platedlizard.blogspot.c.....share.html
1. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
  
  Subtle...
2. Suthenboy 11 years ago
  
  Nice
Stormy Dragon 11 years ago

Ann Coulter on why leaving the country is unchristian for some reason:

http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2014-08-06.html
1. Trials and Trippelations 11 years ago
  
  Wow she sucks every time she puts pen to paper. I don't want to make the she is or isn't Christian judgement, but she could benefit from reading at least some of the Bible before writing things in the name of Christianity.
  
  Some disciples stayed in Jerusalem after Christ died and resurrected, and some went out to Turkey and along the Mediterranean. Does "go out and be fishers of men" ring any bells?
  
  Jesus H Christ back me up here.
  1. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
    
    I don't have to read that to know it's utter nonsense. Sometimes I think Coulter says stoopid things just to troll.
    1. Suthenboy 11 years ago
      
      Trolling? Coulter?
      
      No. Way.
      
      Besides, Jugears assures us that companies who forsake their social responsibilities are not unchristian, but unpatriotic, and I for one believe him. Yes. I. Do.
      1. Notorious G.K.C. 11 years ago
        
        Trolling.
  2. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
    
    Yeah, she seems to think she knows what his calling is/was better than he does.
    
    Or, is this just about government spending?
  3. Suthenboy 11 years ago
    
    "..back me up here.."
    
    A dangerous request around here. It might not get you what you think you are asking for.
    1. Trials and Trippelations 11 years ago
      
      *shudders* as I imagine what that means to Warty
2. Derpetologist 11 years ago
  
  She forgets that the reason why Ebola only kills 90% of the infected is because of doctors like the one she is shitting on.
  
  That guy could have been making a nice, safe living in the US. Instead, he took great risks to save lives on the other side of the planet for little pay.
  
  How many lives has Coulter saved with her bullshit columns?
  1. Trials and Trippelations 11 years ago
    
    Good point.
    
    Africa should just stay a shithole and no one should ever go over there to start business ventures or offer aid.
    
    -Ann Coulter
Karl Hungus 11 years ago

Teacher, drunk, walks into her new classroom with no pants on (mugshot shown):

http://tinyurl.com/n3gukvf

Where were these hotties when I was in school??
1. SweatingGin 11 years ago
  
  I don't feel tardy.
  
  Wait, yea maybe I do. Wow.
2. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
  
  Oh, you...
  1. Karl Hungus 11 years ago
    
    Here's your antidote:
    
    http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....-1.1893004
    1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
      
      To quote H.I.; "Maybe it was Utah..."
      
      Yes. Yes, it was.
    2. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
      
      Let's be clear. You cannot rape a 16 yo boy.
      1. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
        
        Well, a hot woman can't.
        
        Marshall Gill 11 years ago
        
        Seriously, I do not believe that it is possible for this woman to rape a heterosexual or bi and probably a good percentage of the "gay" community.
        
        http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....-1.1705348
3. Aloysious 11 years ago
  
  Why? Why did I clik on that? What is wrong with me?
  1. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
    
    The link from Trouser-Pod? I thought you've been here long enough to know not to click on anything from Warty, SugarFree, or anyone you don't explicitly trust. I've no idea who this "Trouser-Pod" character is, so I did not click. What's left of my retinas thank me.
    1. Aloysious 11 years ago
      
      No, Karl Hungus. Trouser-Pod's was funny.
      1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        Awww...thanks, Aloysious.
        
        And, as I'm so unsavvy when it comes to any online tech, I was kinda running with the idea most were using Reasonable (as I am) and saw the preview. Plus, I have crappy timing on posting, and it ended up appearing over his "Why?" post.
        
        I promise, JHC, that I'm not out to ruin your retinas.
        
        Usually.
        
        Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
        
        Sorry, no I did not see any preview. Also, I did not mean to marginalize you by my comment about not knowing who you were. I just don't remember seeing the "Trouser-Pod" handle around. Then again, I'm not always that attentive.
        
        Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        It's all good. As for the handle, I was Soros' Wank-noose for a while, but really needed something better*.
        
        *Couldn't fit Thrice-Endowed Supreme Donkey of the Trouser-Pod in the handle field. But, then again, who can?
        
        Cdr Lytton 11 years ago
        
        As long as you don't show up in Baldrick's posing pouch, I for one am ok with the handle.
        
        Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        You're pofflesnu is quite resplendent, Commander.
        
        And, I won't!
        
        /shudders
        
        Cdr Lytton 11 years ago
        
        My favorite Christmas movie to rewatch every year along with Christmas in Connecticut and Love Actually.
        
        SusanM 11 years ago
        
        +1 MEHHH
        
        Marshall Gill 11 years ago
        
        *Couldn't fit Thrice-Endowed Supreme Donkey of the Trouser-Pod in the handle field.
        
        That's what she said.
    2. Ted S. 11 years ago
      
      I have Flash set not to load by default, so Youtube videos wouldn't autoplay for me. I can click on them, see the title, and usually that's enough to get the joke anyway.
4. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
  
  Good gawd. She is rough.
  1. Karl Hungus 11 years ago
    
    Good gawd. She is rough.
    
    Yeah, and that's just the bits we can see in her mugshot. Imagine the eyeful her young pupils got.
    1. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
      
      Scarred for life.
    2. Trials and Trippelations 11 years ago
      
      Ahhhh you just made things so much worse!
5. Grand Moff Serious Man 11 years ago
  
  Monday was the first day back for teachers while students are set to return on Thursday. It's not immediately clear if Hill will be among them.
  
  Intentional humor from the Daily News?
Sevo 11 years ago

The guy running the full-page "Liar" ads put 'em on line; folks on my mailing list are getting the link:
http://www.liar-liar.us/
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

J. Michael Straczynski Announces 'Babylon 5? Feature Film Reboot, Eyes 2016 Production Start

Speaking at San Diego Comic Con last week, Straczsynki announced that he would soon be sitting down to write a Babylon 5 feature film, which is envisioned as a reboot of the iconic sci-fi series. JMS said that he plans to get the script locked down by the end of 2015 and the film would then enter production the following year in 2016.

Straczynski has stated that he would like to use cast members from the series, such as Bruce Boxleitner and Mira Furlan, in new roles in the feature film. "I'd love to see Bruce as the President of the Earth Alliance", he said.
1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
  
  I'll see it.
  1. NotAnotherSkippy 11 years ago
    
    No. Fuck. No. Just... NO. How that piece of shit survived for as long as it did and Firefly got tossed. It's just wrong.
    1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
      
      Hey, I made no comparisons. All the same, I liked it.
    2. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
      
      Bab 5 was fucking awesome. Agree, FF was better, but...
      1. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
        
        Boxleitner is/was a staggeringly bad actor. Worse than Shatner, who at least had his own "style".
        
        Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
        
        Don't say that around my wife. He was on her waiver list.
        
        Cdr Lytton 11 years ago
        
        Watch out FdA! Laura Ingalls kicked him to the curb so Boxleitner is once again a swinging single. His career is back on track too. Just the other day I saw him doing an infomercial for some bald spot hiding hair powder. Total chick magnet.
        
        Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
        
        Melissa Gilbert aged fairly well.
        
        I'll trade him straight up.
    3. Bo Cara Esq. 11 years ago
      
      Ugh, Firefly wasn't even in the same league with Babylon 5, especially when the Shadow War storyline got rolling.
      1. NotAnotherSkippy 11 years ago
        
        Babylon 5 was the very definition of stilted and pretentious. The only interesting point was induced darwinism of the shadows and even that got old fast.
        
        FF was an anachronistic mashup of a western and a SciFi with brilliant dialogue and characters that somehow worked. And in spite of Whedon's personal political tendencies, it was a very libertarian show.
        
        Yes, FF certainly wasn't in the same league as B5. Thankfully.
    4. robc 11 years ago
      
      Syndication vs network
    5. Cytotoxic 11 years ago
      
      FF sucked.
2. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
  
  Claudia Christian used to be one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, but her alcoholism really took a toll.
  1. Jesus H. Christ 11 years ago
    
    Exhibit A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3d9U-aitJ8
    1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
      
      Is booze what happened? Hmmph.
  2. PapayaSF 11 years ago
    
    "One of the most beautiful"? Huh. She wasn't bad, but to me there was always something off about her face, something about the proportions that seemed crude.
Trouser-Pod 11 years ago

So, racist, or no?
1. AlmightyJB 11 years ago
  
  Is that Nancy Pelosi's dick?
Derpetologist 11 years ago

So the great sage Gnome Chumpsky says that because gubmint invented the intertoobz, the gubmint should get a cut of all business transacted on the net. Otherwise, it's a violation of capitalism. See video link above around the 26 minute mark.

I recall a basic rule of logic where if one part of an argument is false, the whole argument is false.

Take your pick.
1. SusanM 11 years ago
  
  I guess taxes paid by ISPs and consumers don't count for The Chomper.
2. Bo Cara Esq. 11 years ago
  
  "the gubmint should get a cut of all business transacted on the net"
  
  We made this gold laying goose, we should be able to strangle it!
  1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
    
    My body, my choice. Your money, also my choice.
    
    If you've got a golden egg, you didn't lay that. Someone else made that happen.
3. Aloysious 11 years ago
  
  The Anti-Chomsky Reader
  
  The Anti-Chomsky Reader is a 2004 criticism of the political and linguistic writings of Noam Chomsky. Several authors contributed to it under the editorship of Peter Collier and David Horowitz.
4. AlmightyJB 11 years ago
  
  I have an easier rule. If Chompsky is making the argument than it's most likely false.
5. robc 11 years ago
  
  Patents expire. So even if it was true, anything after about 1980 is too late.
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

INDEPENDENTS ASSEMBLE!
AlmightyJB 11 years ago

This show's still on?
1. Sevo 11 years ago
  
  I think it's summer re-runs.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Prediction: Nothing
1. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
  
  Ha you're wrong. She's wearing a blue top.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Narrow tie = exaggerated head.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Enough with the comics.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Soon it will be ennui.
1. BigT 11 years ago
  
  Ennui bores me.
Kaptious Kristen 11 years ago

This purty lil nugget is running against entrenched douchebag James Pee Moran. Wish he didn't have to waste his precious resources against a rock-solid lock like Jimbo.
1. Sevo 11 years ago
  
  Nice ad, especially for all 5 of us who actually read.
  Needs more red, white and blue GFX and 3-word-slogans for the low-info voters
  1. jesse.in.mb 11 years ago
    
    There's text?
    1. Sevo 11 years ago
      
      http://instantrimshot.com/
    2. Kaptious Kristen 11 years ago
      
      Heh heh...he's a looker, ain't he?
  2. Kaptious Kristen 11 years ago
    
    Low info voters (like 80%+ in tghis district) don't tick the name with the L next to it regardless. They tick the box next to the name that says "James P. Moran". That says everything.
    1. Sevo 11 years ago
      
      So if he changed his name to McCarson, you think it'd help?
      1. Kaptious Kristen 11 years ago
        
        Maybe O'Carson
        
        Sevo 11 years ago
        
        Once a year, everybody's Irish.
        
        Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
        
        Except for the gays and the Italians.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Yeah, it was much better when they treated Obama like a god.
Trouser-Pod 11 years ago

See, Public-this is all your fault. The politicians are the ones making the attempt; you just can't see it for all your mental illness.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Is this the aftershow?
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Not worried about fluids and ready to swallow. Got it.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Better tyrannical than sorry.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO STIPULATE THERE ARE LIFE CHANGES? I have to endure Snowden character assassination on < i The Independents, too?
1. Matt Welch 11 years ago
  
  I mean, the act of transforming the entire national debate about a subject, and breaking off your relationship with your galpal, and being in international legal limbo, is a bit life-changey, no? Perhaps a bit tautological....
  1. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
    
    I accept your apology.
SweatingGin 11 years ago

Leaks? Better call the white house plumbers.
Headless Body of Agnew 11 years ago

Liberals Are Killing Art?

Maybe he has a good point to make. But the prose reminds me of the saying that a liberal is "too open minded to take his own side in an argument."
1. PapayaSF 11 years ago
  
  It's odd that his premise is about modern liberals killing art, and then he talks at length about Ezra Pound. There are plenty of more contemporary examples.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Reynolds is too big to set foot one in the < i The Independents studio.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

The architect of the Rich pardons is acting like that? I can't imagine.
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

Anyone ever notice Oreos absorb milk better when they are slightly stale?
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Torture doesn't work? Tell that to Jack Bauer, Foster.
BigT 11 years ago

Clothing criticism

Kennedy - nice blue color for her, contrasts will with her pale skin. And the style fits her over-the-hill, formerly cool. schoolmarmish persona. A scold in training.

Welch - that tie looks like it has been used to mop up dog vomit on the sidewalk. There is no outfit that could justify it. Piss yellow and purple.

Kmele - best, but that's damning with the faintest of praise. Way too much contrast between the shirt and tie - for gods sake, you're on TV! Everything is exaggerated. Never wear white, it completely washes out.
The coat is too busy - again, TV makes those thin patterns look terrible.
1. Sevo 11 years ago
  
  BigT,
  Certainly can't gripe that you're being too subtle here...
2. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
  
  Is Gilmore dead?
  1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
    
    See upthread.
    1. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
      
      I don't recognize pre-show comments on the < i The Independents thread.
Trouser-Pod 11 years ago

I didn't know Instapundit was in Team America!
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Zombiephobia on display.
Derpetologist 11 years ago

Since there are so few real enemies of freedom, they have to reach into fiction.
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

Really? You pick zombies as an enemy of freedom? This show has gone to shit.
1. Matt Welch 11 years ago
  
  It was better back when Virginia Postrel edited it.
  1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
    
    I see you are learning our memes well.
    
    I suggest The Topical Storm be replaced with a segment called
    F*ck You, That's Why.
    1. Matt Welch 11 years ago
      
      I thought it was, "No, fuck you, cut spending!"
      1. Derpetologist 11 years ago
        
        Totally different meme, brah.
    2. Derpetologist 11 years ago
      
      Or better yet, Ask STEVE SMITH
      
      In fact, rename the whole show Ask STEVE SMITH, and get that guy from the jerky commercials or Harry and the Hendersons to do it.
      1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        Harry can't, unfortunately. He's passed.
        
        Derpetologist 11 years ago
        
        Now I feel bad.
        
        Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
        
        Yeah, me, too. But the Jack Link's Squatch will do.
      2. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
        
        Tow the Lion?
2. Lady Bertrum 11 years ago
  
  In Matt's defense, it started out pretty shitty, so it didn't have far to go.
Ted S. 11 years ago

OT: For those of you who are gun enthusiasts, TCM is airing Carbine Williams tomorrow afternoon at 4:15 PM. Jimmy Stewart plays David Marshall Williams, whose advances in gunsmithing led to the invention of the M1 carbine. (Hence the nickname.) It's one of Stewart's lesser-known movies, but as always he gives a good performance; you might want to DVR it.
1. SweatingGin 11 years ago
  
  Done! Thank you
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

How
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Oh, they see the pattern.
Bobarian 11 years ago

And Lizzie will also eat your brain.
Derpetologist 11 years ago

Fun Fact: Kennedy is the reason for the saying that women should be seen and not heard.

TIWTANLW
1. lap83 11 years ago
  
  How dare you! *proceeds to explain for 15 minutes why that isn't true*
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Interface? I think you mean intercourse.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Those cows didn't seem to be going anywhere.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Taut teats.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

That's unnecessary.
1. SweatingGin 11 years ago
  
  Target audience of prime-time FBN.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Support your local sheriff's man boobs.
1. SweatingGin 11 years ago
  
  This should have been "name the commenter"
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Apparently this kid has never been on live television.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Vitamix is advertising that they are responsible for the concept of television commercials?
Matt Welch 11 years ago

"Oh! Je t'adore! It's Manufacturing Marvels!" -- a certain French woman.
1. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
  
  This French woman doesn't regularly watch the show? Because it's pretty much a staple.
  1. Matt Welch 11 years ago
    
    It's her favorite part of the show!
    1. BigT 11 years ago
      
      It is the only enlightening portion, after all.
      1. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
        
        Some contributions in French would really class up Two Minutes' Hate.
        
        Sevo 11 years ago
        
        No it wouldn't. 'Only the kool kids do...'
        It's like nerds converting comments into equations; oh, look! Some twit using secret signs!
2. Derpetologist 11 years ago
  
  Wrong! You mean "J'aime cela!"
3. Matt Welch 11 years ago
  
  Sorry, should've been "j'adore"...
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

We could have rules where everybody plays and everybody gets a trophy too.
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

Bullshit! They die first.
1. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
  
  Props Matt.
2. Bobarian 11 years ago
  
  Vegans, fatties, or smokers?
  1. Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago
    
    Probably all.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Don't appeal to federal regulations. Is it appropriate for an employer to use whatever criteria they want for contracting with employees?
1. robc 11 years ago
  
  Appropriate? No.
  Any of my business? Also no.
Lady Bertrum 11 years ago

Ellis Henican is a really likeable lefty douche bag.
1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
  
  What do you mean "really likeable"?
  
  Him?
  1. Lady Bertrum 11 years ago
    
    He seems like a guy you have a drink and a laugh with without wanting to strangle him before it's over.
2. Bobarian 11 years ago
  
  When compared to the other white haired leftist douche (with the glasses)?
  
  Absolutely!
  1. Trouser-Pod 11 years ago
    
    I don't see it. He has always come across as just a giant, smiling douche.
    
    Not that there aren't worse. Just sayin'.
3. lap83 11 years ago
  
  I don't think lefty and likeable is an oxymoron, necessarily, but I don't think I've ever met a likeable douche bag.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Is there more than one Brian Ellis in politics?
1. Notorious G.K.C. 11 years ago
  
  The key point is now, there's one less of him.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

Damn straight.
Lady Bertrum 11 years ago

Justin Amash is officially a hottie now.
Notorious G.K.C. 11 years ago

What's-his-name, after losing to Amash: "Waaah, waaaah, waaaah, he's so uncivil, he called me names, give me some money to make the mean man go away!"
Derpetologist 11 years ago

Thought experiment: Could Kennedy successfully interrupt John McLaughlin? Would her formidable mouth trumpet and silly voices be any match for a thunderous shout of "WRONG!"?

Discuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSqsBfBCW7k
1. Aloysious 11 years ago
  
  The McfuckingLaughlin Group is completely unwatchable. How has that pathetic excuse for a show has lasted longer than one day is a mystery to me and my adult beverage.
  
  I;d rather watch static.
SweatingGin 11 years ago

you know what the shirtless sheriff candidate with a rifle needs? A walk-in bath tub.
1. Bobarian 11 years ago
  
  And one of those "I've fallen and I can't get up" Buttons?
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

They know this isn't MTV News, right?
Bobarian 11 years ago

Bearhands or Barehands?

What's their stance on transvestites?
1. Lady Bertrum 11 years ago
  
  What's the stance on back-hair?
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

You stole little bits of their soul with each pic.
1. Bobarian 11 years ago
  
  And they only had little bits to start with.
BigT 11 years ago

Chicago pigs: The Whole World is Watching!!
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Well, we ain't got a radio.
Francisco d'Anconia 11 years ago

Did youz guyz ask the cops for comment?
1. Notorious G.K.C. 11 years ago
  
  Yeah, good question.
  
  It would have been good to at least have their "no comment" on record.
  1. Notorious G.K.C. 11 years ago
    
    Because at this stage, their lawyers won't want them to say anything publicly.
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

AH! Lou Dobbs.
Trouser-Pod 11 years ago

Apparently, this just occurred recently.

The world is a strange place, indeed.
RishJoMo 11 years ago

Dude lets get up in someones face man, Like now.

http://www.AnonGalaxy.tk

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