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Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Latest ISIL Beheading, Grover Norquist Tells All About Burning Man, Report from the Russo-Ukrainian Mini-war, Leaked Nudes, Revolving Cantor, NSA, Minimum Wage, Plus After-show!

Matt Welch | 9.2.2014 8:04 PM

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Tonight's episode of The Independents (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT, with re-airs three hours later), like so many others of late, begins with some gruesome business: the news that American journalist Steven Sotloff is the latest to have his head sawed off by the Islamic State (ISIL). Joining to discuss the evolving ramifications and descending Mideast chaos are Party Panelists Carrie Sheffield (Forbes contributor) and Joe DeVito (comedian). Later in the show, the duo is slated to gab about the spate of leaked celebrity nudes, and—even more searing to the naked eye—Eric Cantor's posh new gig at Moelis.

Have you heard about Russia's slow-motion invasion of Ukraine? Michael Weiss, of the Russian-media-reading The Interpreter, will join live from Kiev via some sort of crude telecommunications. President Barack Obama and every mediagenic mayor from L.A. to Chicago spent Labor Day making calorie-free promises about what a boosted minimum wage would do to the economy; the co-hosts will react.

Remember how anti-tax activist and known moral monster Grover Norquist announced intentions to ruin Burning Man through his attendance this year? Here's an audio-visual reminder:

Norquist will be on the show to report back what he learned among the tech-hippies. The NSA's data-hoovering apparatus was in court today; Kmele Foster will explain the import. And the online-only aftershow begins at foxbusiness.com/independents just after 10.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Norquist brought the rain and mud. Let's see if he has the guts to admit it.

    1. Sevo   11 years ago

      To BM?
      http://www.sfgate.com/burningm.....788753.php

      1. GILMORE   11 years ago

        The most significant photo there was of the Hipster filling up the trunk of his car with pabst blue ribbon in the parking lot of Wal Mart.

        Like, communities of self expression, man.

        1. Sevo   11 years ago

          Being a non-conformist like everybody else is TOUGH!

          1. GILMORE   11 years ago

            To be fair to the bro = I too would be filling a trunk full of beer @ Wal mart if i were going to burning man. Just not PBR - it needs to be near-kelvin-cold to be quasi-drinkable.

            1. HazelMeade   11 years ago

              PBR has iconic status for hipsters, particularly in the burner community. IIRC , PBR donates beer to the crew every year.

            2. Copernicus   11 years ago

              what is "kelvin-cold" and how does one get near it?

        2. Suthenboy   11 years ago

          Whut?

          You musta missed the first shot. The bikini blonde with knee pads. I didn't really see anything after that.

          Geesh Gilmore.

  2. cavalier973   11 years ago

    OT: Boy who was victim of statutory rape must now pay child support to his rapist.

    1. Dances-with-Trolls   11 years ago

      I really was hoping that was The Onion, but I guess I knew better.

    2. Hyperion   11 years ago

      It's his fault because patriarchy. The patriarchy forced the horny biotch to rape the kid, it wasn't her fault.

      1. cavalier973   11 years ago

        "If you are afraid to speak against tyranny, then you are already a slave. To attempt to silence a man is to pay him homage, for it is an acknowledgement that his arguments are both impossible to answer and impossible to ignore."

        http://www.mgtow.com/

        1. Hyperion   11 years ago

          To attempt to silence a man is to pay him homage, for it is an acknowledgement that his arguments are both impossible to answer and impossible to ignore.

          That phrase right there is a pretty heavy indictment of the modern day Democratic party.

    3. ant1sthenes   11 years ago

      What is the statute of limitations on rape? Maybe he can least support the kid directly as a father, so her mom won't see a dime of that money while she rots in prison.

      1. cavalier973   11 years ago

        7 Years. It passed.

  3. Hyperion   11 years ago

    Let me just say, I am nearly 100% positive that Norquist smokes weed. Maybe not all of the time, but before that interview, yeah, I'm quite positive. Unless he's just a dude who looks stoned all of the time even when he's not.

    Would have been even better if it was David Koch saying all of that shit. The proggies would fucking commit suicide.

    1. Headless Body of Agnew   11 years ago

      "Dude, like the union troubles at the Met just like bum me out. If they want a raise they can just come out to the oil fields in the Bakken. I'll vouch for you, like, seriously. *pooff*"

  4. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    Cavuto, on the same channel, is interviewing Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King. Not PC.

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      Listening to Cavuto is punishment for first degree murder in some countries.

      1. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

        King makes up for that.

  5. Sevo   11 years ago

    OT:
    Pacific Gas and Electric seemingly didn't maintain a gas pipeline which burst, caught fire and killed 8 people. The company has just been fined $1.4Bn.
    http://www.sfgate.com/news/art.....728611.php

    Amazingly, the comments uniformly admit the customers are going to pay. This is the SF Chron; I assume the folks griping here are the same as the ones yelling for higher corporate taxes.

  6. GILMORE   11 years ago

    ISIL, YOUSIL, WE-ALL-SIL

    Why is it i hear people on FOX and CNN calling the @#($*!@('s ISIS, the white house press secretary is now going so far as to refer to them by *spelling out the letters* "Eye Ess Eye El", or saying, "Islamic State"... and yet Reason still feels compelled to stick with The Jihadist Medicated Skin Cream-of-a-name, because, like "AP rules" or something.

    (Matt said as much on... friday? Or last week sometime)

    I also think, just for the sake of accuracy - ISIL used to be their brand-name when limited to *Syria*....

    ...but since setting up shop in Northern Iraq? They expanded to 'Islamic State of Iraq & Syria'.

    Not only is "ISIS" more *evil and badass*, but its technically more accurate as to who we say we're targeting..

    That said: I find women who 'used to rate bonds' strangely appealing. And she likes *charts*. Meow.

    I also look forward to norquist's tales of drinking peyote tea at dawn and riding the snake over burning psychic sands. And if he wore socks the whole time.

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

      I guess if you're cool with the term "Levant," you're cool with "ISIL."

      Otherwise, get with the program.

      1. GILMORE   11 years ago

        Last I checked, Iraq was not in 'The Levant'.

        Also, i can't think 'Levant' without thinking Levert

        its all wrong, i'm telling you. Its got to be either "ISIS", or IZOD (*IZlamic Legion Of Doom)

        if the latter is confusing to you, don't worry, its a 'rap thing'. ISIS is something like "20% rappers" according to recent estimates*.

        (really, really recent. like 2 seconds ago)

        1. GILMORE   11 years ago

          *disregard the former LeVert link, because THIS is 200,000X better

    2. Hyperion   11 years ago

      Well, ISIS is WAY more evil and badass and sinister and all that shit. Been said before, ISIL is a feminine itch cream.

      When our government invents scary terrorists they need to get their scary naming conventions down, but it appears as usual, that they're pretty fucking dumb.

    3. Jensen   11 years ago

      They need a traditional Caliphate name, like the Umayyads or the Abbasids. Abu Bakr's last name is Samassi or something, so the Samassids?

      1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

        The Umayyads and Abbasids got their name from the first name of the founder. Basically "the sons of Umayya" and "the sons of Abbas" The guy's first name id Ibrahim, so al-Kalifah al-Ibrahimiyyah, aka the "Ibrahimids"? Maybe?

      2. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

        Also not that it not necessarily be named after the direct founder. The Umayyads were started by the Umayyad clan, but the guy's name wasn't Umayya.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

          *note

        2. Jensen   11 years ago

          Yeah I was avoiding Ibrahimids due to it sounding terrible. Samarraids has a nice ring even though it's just his home town and not in the traditional naming style(it's all about branding nowadays).

          1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

            Even though they weren't Caliphates, he could go with an Almoravid or Almohad-ish kind of naming scheme. Almohad basically means "the monotheists"...so he can call himself whatever Arabic is for "the bloodthirsty assholes" or what have you.

            1. Jensen   11 years ago

              He could just say fuck it and claim himself to be the Mahdi, but that's probably way more baggage then it's worth.

              1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

                Yeah...that never turns out well.

  7. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    Haven't bothered to read the full article, but here's the headline:

    "The Nude Celebrity Photo Theft Should Scare You More Than the NSA Does"

    http://www.newrepublic.com/art.....ign=buffer

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      Yeah, I'm way more terrified of having pictures of my dick show up on the intertoobs than I am of some dystopian government locking me up in a re-education camp for thought crimes.

      1. Sevo   11 years ago

        One of those two is VERY easy to prevent, besides.

      2. Los Doyers   11 years ago

        Dick pics? Go on...

    2. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

      So it's not theft when the government does it...

  8. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

    Tonight on The Independents.

    25% less sodium and interruptions!

    1. Hyperion   11 years ago

      25% green lizards skinned!

      1. Hyperion   11 years ago

        Less green lizards skinned...

  9. Derpetologist   11 years ago

    Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein explains her bizarro version of history:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIxkXUU_9Kk

    1. Trouser-Pod   11 years ago

      Ugh...Fuck all that noise.

    2. GILMORE   11 years ago

      you need to learn to do the "#t=00m00s" thing to videos to get to the best bits.

      I'm not sure what you were specifically citing, but my brain glazed-over somewhere 2-mins in.

      1. Derpetologist   11 years ago

        If your brain glazed over, you saw enough.

      2. Trouser-Pod   11 years ago

        my brain glazed-over somewhere 2-mins in.

        Mine did, too. And, thank you for the info on the time code thing. That rocks.

    3. Hyperion   11 years ago

      "To give back the wealth that has been stolen from the working class and the poor"

      Hmm, so who was it, could it have been that stole that wealth?

      Wait a minute... is that Kokesh? I thought he was supposed to be good now?

  10. GILMORE   11 years ago

    I hope carrie wears the black see-through 'Prince Video' outfit.

    1. Los Doyers   11 years ago

      Everybody's an expert

      1. GILMORE   11 years ago

        Keep hope alive

        1. Los Doyers   11 years ago

          If anyone would post a live video feed of TI, I might just know what you all are talking about.

          1. GILMORE   11 years ago

            Dont worry, she's not wearing the slinky thing.

            i don't know the link other people use... mine works for comcast subscribers.

            http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/l.....oxbusiness

          2. GILMORE   11 years ago

            try this

            http://www.baqiworld.com/2011/.....ness-live/

  11. Sevo   11 years ago

    Surprise, surprise, surprise!
    "Napa quake: Jerry Brown asks Obama for federal aid"
    http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/.....729282.php

    Hey, Obo spends about half his time out here with his hat in hand! He can return the favors.

  12. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    INDEPENDENTS, do whatever the fuck you want!

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2pgbjPzF2k

  13. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Prediction: Hoops.

  14. Derpetologist   11 years ago

    Prog claims laws are not threats, because she doesn't call them threats.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2FNsi0vlrE

    Featuring all the great prog hits:

    VE MUSS HAFF ZE ORDAH!
    ROADZ!
    We are the government!

  15. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    I don't think the timing of the mother's plea was the problem.

    1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

      It was the lack of tribute in gold and slaves that was the problem.

  16. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Fuck. Another comedian.

  17. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Don't challenge a Romney fan about his following, Kennedy. You're going to derail any conversation you wanted to take place.

  18. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    Well I could make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl.

  19. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    I'd love to negotiate a sofa with *that* lady!

  20. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    I can tell this is going to be one of the worst segments ever on television.

  21. GILMORE   11 years ago

    carries' "foreign policy background"?

    I thought she rated bonds @ moodys? Sovereign Debt? (checks)... no, healthcare.

  22. Derpetologist   11 years ago

    Auto workers sheepishly admit auto bail-out was theft from tax payers:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfik8-pe4Ek

  23. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    Thank you for using ISIS and not ISIL.

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

      IS IS baby

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LAQ2NwdF8A

  24. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    The Romney fan is continuing to campaign for Romney 2012.

  25. GILMORE   11 years ago

    I think Kmele actually just talked right over carrie before she even finished her point about 'stability'

  26. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    And now Kennedy takes away her guest's only talking point.

  27. kibby   11 years ago

    Independents thread! This is so weird.

  28. kibby   11 years ago

    I'm glad to see Kennedy hasn't stopped talking over people in the months that I've missed.

    1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

      You better take this opportunity to make some mean, snarky comments about the show if you want to make Two Minutes of Hate, missy!

      1. kibby   11 years ago

        Uhhhh....uhhhhhh. Crap.

        1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

          Psst, use this: "What's the deal with Kennedy's arms? They looks so pale and flabby in that black short sleeve top I don't know whether to watch them gesticulate or hang them in a Kosher deli!"

          1. kibby   11 years ago

            =( That's too mean, even for me.

            1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

              Okay, okay. How about: "Hey! Here's a solution to the Ukraine situation: we send Kennedy to negotiate with Putin. She'll keep him occupied with dated pop culture references and interruptions until he bugs out in a bid to keep his sanity intact!"

      2. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

        I'm still lobbying for a One Minute Love.

        1. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

          One Minute Love = every time I have sex

        2. kibby   11 years ago

          This thread is about the show, not your sex life.

          1. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

            Can't it be both?

          2. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

            Me-ow!

  29. GILMORE   11 years ago

    Honestly, this segment seems like the guests propose actually more-common views... then the 3 indy's just pile-on en-masse de-legitimizing everything the guests say without actually addressing the specific point. Matt (to be fair) tried, but didn't actually let Joe respond to his rhetorical question.

  30. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. (or simply do nothing)

  31. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    I think Foster just argued that we go it alone against ISIS.

  32. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Drone journalism. That's my idea.

  33. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    The Independents - Firing Line for the ADHD generation!

  34. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    You couldn't even Facetime him?

    1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

      It's more "street" this way.

  35. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    God bless those Russkies too young to remember what a shithole the CCCP was.

    1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

      90 years in a socialist dark age really degenerated the people.

      1. Homple   11 years ago

        And a thousand years before that in a pre-Medieval dark age. Russia never even got around to feudalism.

  36. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    New Russia hopefully goes over better than New Coke.

  37. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    I wonder if Michael Weiss will be captured and beheaded?

    1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      That's why he's in Ukraine and not Syria.

    2. GILMORE   11 years ago

      Also, the jihadists would just shave him. They'd consider that more humiliating.

  38. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

    Everybody out there who thinks our foreign policy should change in any way--just because some journalist got his head cut off in spectacular fashion--should check to make sure their own heads are screwed on right.

  39. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

    Is the new Capital 1 spokeswoman someone I should recognize or know?

  40. GILMORE   11 years ago

    The Independents Attire Review, 2 September 2014

    "And After Lunch, I Will Destroy Tokyo"-Edition

    Monochrome...tuesday?...

    - Kennedy: I was bitching about the Black Menu last week, having seen the reiteration of 'black tee' too often. This is an interesting slight-variation, with the raggety sleeves and wider/deeper neckline. We find it superior to Black Tee, but still not as banging as Kennedy's neon-collection.

    - Matt: "The Pleasantville"/Agent Smith/Kraftwerk-Matt. We've seen this dozens of times before, and the fact that its been shelved for a while and then re-booted has actually improved the impression it makes. I like this sort of thing as an odd one-off, and this black/grey version of it is far better than other variations he's attempted.

    - Kmele: Provides us with one of our favorite outfits, 'The Audacity of Taupe'. We love the range of shades from Khaki-to-Olive-to-Brown, and Kmele has a master's eye for laying these effectively. We do prefer the more-contrasty 'Khaki w/dark brown tie', but this variation is just as appealing and worn far less often. Foster takes the predictable win tonight, bringing the only real new flavor to the mix.

    Although had Carrie worn that 'prince-video' body/stocking jammy... She would have received +5 'Damn, Girl's'.

    Arigato

  41. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    America deserves a raise, unless they're women who work in the White House.

  42. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    Ugh. What a pig.

  43. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    If I can't make a living wage whatever the fuck that is then I don't want a job at all.

  44. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    He's building a voter base.

  45. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    I fear the Topical Storm.

  46. Jensen   11 years ago

    Times like these I miss the Ottomans. Sure, they'd fuck around with Europe every half century or so, but at least they ran a tight ship (and employed Christians as slave soldiers rather than executing them).

    1. GILMORE   11 years ago

      plus, they made such great couches

      1. Homple   11 years ago

        Don't you mean footstools?

        1. GILMORE   11 years ago

          Uh, mom told me to keep my feet off the couch. MANNERS, dude.

    2. jesse.in.mb   11 years ago

      Soooo many bureaucrats though.

      1. Jensen   11 years ago

        Yeah, that's how you keep the fanatics occupied, mountains and mountains of paperwork!

        "So in order to file your claim for Jihad I'm going to need this Religious Fervour 62A file signed by at least six local Imams as well as your Zakat information from the last two years..."

  47. Suthenboy   11 years ago

    Has anyone asked obozo how raising wages will make any difference when energy and food prices are rising?

    Either he doesn't understand what money is or the people who support that idea don't.

    Yes, it is probably both.

    1. GILMORE   11 years ago

      by raising the minimum wage he creates the impression that Sugar Daddy Government is 'giving them money'.

      The fact that they never see an actual raise, or that their payroll taxes have risen due to the ACA etc., matters not. because he said someone will get it.

      1. Suthenboy   11 years ago

        I stopped at the grocery on the way home tonight. I paid six motherfuckingstinking dollars for a gallon of milk. Yes, we have price controls on milk here, but the price has more than doubled in the last couple of years. Bread, same. Beef, even more so. Gasoline, up but not by as much.

        Fuck that lying slimy POS. And fuck the nutless republicans. And fuck anyone who voted for him. Triple fuck them if they voted for him the second time.

        1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

          6 bucks? How is that even possible? It's 2.99 a gallon here. Why would it be twice as much down there?

          1. GILMORE   11 years ago

            (he considers the beer and cigarettes part of the 'milk run')

          2. Wasteland Wanderer   11 years ago

            He must have been buying organic milk. Or he was buying it at a convenience store.

          3. goneGalt   11 years ago

            Artisanal milk?

      2. Sevo   11 years ago

        GILMORE|9.2.14 @ 9:32PM|#
        "by raising the minimum wage he creates the impression that Sugar Daddy Government is 'giving them money'."

        Not only that, but he's taking it from the rich! (assuming the rich buy whatever the company sells...)

  48. kibby   11 years ago

    Oooo, the Topical Storm! Whatever did I do without my daily dose of pop culture vomit?

  49. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    A heated seat in my walk-in tub. Woot!

  50. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    My walk-in tub has suicide doors.

  51. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Hillary is the second most powerful man in the country.

    1. Suthenboy   11 years ago

      Is it time to revive an old joke?

      What does Hillary and tennis have in common?

      1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

        What?

      2. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

        Does the word "balls" figure in your answer?

        1. Suthenboy   11 years ago

          Yes, and the words "big" and "hairy".

          1. Suthenboy   11 years ago

            Or "fuzzy" if you prefer.

  52. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Take back the country from the clean and articulate.

  53. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

    Libidinous groom.

    Pregnant, underage waitress.

    Nothing really good in this story.

  54. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    AWESOME! Gotta luv PA!

  55. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

    They don't make like that anymore that's for sure.

  56. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Yinzers gone wild.

  57. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    WHO RUINS EVERYONE'S LABOR DAY WEEKEND WITH A WEDDING?

  58. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Rat King. Suddenly Welch is Dennis Duffy from 30 Rock.

  59. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

    Chow-dah! Say it!

  60. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    THAT'S THE MARKET IN ACTION, WELCH. Stop complaining.

  61. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    What? Five topics?

  62. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Bureaucracy ain't free.

  63. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

    He's a progressive jerk no doubt.

  64. All-Seeing Monocle   11 years ago

    You NEED that $45 fee to pay for the department who verifies that the fees have been paid, didja think of that smart guy?

  65. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

    You'd think someone who lived in Europe for God knows who long would know how to do a better German impression. Welch's sounded like elderly drag queen Lucky the Leprechaun.

    1. GILMORE   11 years ago

      elderly drag queen Lucky the Leprechaun.

      (husky) "ooh, you want to steal my charms don't you sport"

  66. kibby   11 years ago

    Well, we're waiting to learn how to make all that money in only four hours a week, Kmele. Spill.

  67. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    The image of Grover, necked, just made me throw up a little. In my pants. Out of my ass.

  68. GILMORE   11 years ago

    I am being robbed. My stream has crashed. I wanted to see film of Norquist dancing to dubsteb while covered in mud

  69. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    LIAR!

  70. GILMORE   11 years ago

    Jefe, tell me, how many is a 'bevy'?

  71. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Suddenly I've stopped listening to Devito for some reason there.

  72. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    Kennedy, shut the fuck up and let her talk.

  73. GILMORE   11 years ago

    I like how the comedian needs to point out, "uh, maybe you people should grow up and get over it"

  74. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    "The bottom of this." Foster the assman strikes again.

    1. Trouser-Pod   11 years ago

      He must spell his name K-R-A-M-E-R

  75. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

    Yeah. And how many peoples futures were made by getting necked?

  76. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    I wish I could hear the Independents, but the other stuff I'm simultaneously playing is too loud, and I don't want to turn it down.

  77. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

    Anyone else think Joey De Vito kind of looks like Gavin McInnis?

    1. Francisco d'Anconia   11 years ago

      Hhhmmmmmm?

    2. GILMORE   11 years ago

      Yes, if you made him shorter, darker haired, gave him glasses, a beard, added 30 pounds, and gave him a nasally voice.

      I totally see it.

  78. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Suddenly Welch wants the House to start passing things. No longer for gridlock???

  79. kibby   11 years ago

    Must be nice to make a ton of money from being a scumbag.

  80. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    No invite to the sexy aftershow? Ouch.

  81. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

    "Grover Norquist is burning..."

    Yes, well, just he should have made himself a natural condom at Burning Man.

  82. GILMORE   11 years ago

    I think it would have been awesome if Norquist showed up in a Dashiki and just was like, "Man, money? Money isn't real. Time isn't real. You know what's real?" and then starts pulling sand out of his pockets.

    Because the show could use a severe LSD-overdose-case to spice it up.

    and no, Ron Paul doesn't count

  83. Derpetologist   11 years ago

    Fun Fact: The Furby was reverse-engineered from a CAT scan of Kennedy's brain.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSs6uUhbQHA

  84. kibby   11 years ago

    Well that voice wasn't what I expected to come out of that face.

    1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

      He kind of looks and sounds like Raul Esparza.

      1. kibby   11 years ago

        NO. You leave Raul Esparza & his delightful self out of this.

        1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

          Do I need to send you a pie with Alfredo Aldarisio's homeopathic medicine in them?

          1. kibby   11 years ago

            ...MAYBE.

          2. kibby   11 years ago

            But actually don't. I think full up on pies at the moment. It's distressing having so much pie in my fridge.

            1. Grand Moff Serious Man   11 years ago

              Give the rest to a homeless person on the street? Or the nice people in your leasing office?

      2. GILMORE   11 years ago

        Or like Gavin McInnes. Around the eyes.

  85. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    ...and then I showed up and ruined everything.

  86. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    The Independents - Firing Line for the ADHD crowd!

    1. GILMORE   11 years ago

      NO YOU SHUT UP

    2. Derpetologist   11 years ago

      Maybe if a squirrel ran across the set, Kennedy would shut up for a minute.

      1. Sevo   11 years ago

        Derpetologist|9.2.14 @ 9:57PM|#
        "Maybe if a squirrel ran across the set, Kennedy would shut up for a minute."

        Tactical nuke, at least.

  87. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    It's a tax.

  88. Derpetologist   11 years ago

    They should have a segment where Kmele adopts a disguise to interview people. I'd call "The Kmeleon".

    1. kibby   11 years ago

      *grooaaaannnn*

    2. Jensen   11 years ago

      You? You're now executive producer. Kmele is now in control of the show. Welsh, you can hang around and provide commentary. Kennedy? YOU'RE FIRRRRRRRRED.

  89. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Is this Keepin' It Kmele or is this Where It's Matt?

  90. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    AH! Lou Dobbs.

  91. GILMORE   11 years ago

    Yatzeee! And Dobbs!

  92. Hyperion   11 years ago

    Oh noes, not Derbz!

  93. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    I can't wait until the actual aftershow starts.

    1. kibby   11 years ago

      What, you don't enjoy staring at black screens?

      1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

        No, they're talking, but this can't be the actual aftershow.

  94. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

    Really? We're having a symposium on order Rodentia?

    1. Sevo   11 years ago

      I've always been charmed by the name Ratus Ratus.

  95. GILMORE   11 years ago

    Was carrie telling a story before she was interrupted?

  96. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    So we're derailing points in the aftershow just as effectively.

  97. GILMORE   11 years ago

    Marketing-Master Kmele = 'Lewinsky handbags? Not the best idea'

    1. Sevo   11 years ago

      Knee-pads! Killer!

  98. GILMORE   11 years ago

    Mormons make terrible liars

  99. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Okay now they're checking their cell phone address books.

  100. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

    "Wait, they're still filming?"

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   11 years ago

      "No, honey, don't be paranoid, they've stopped filming!"

  101. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

    Worst. Sexy. Aftershow. Ever.

    1. GILMORE   11 years ago

      Kmele didn't walk out. That's a high bar

      1. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

        True. But had they started calling it sexy by then? I can't remember.

  102. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Barack Obama impressions.

  103. Heroic Mulatto   11 years ago

    Sunday?

    I call shenanigans!

  104. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Cut off.

  105. userve32   11 years ago

    I say its high time we just NUKE the entire region and be done with it. Kill em ALL.

    http://www.Crypt-Anon.tk

    1. Dances-with-Trolls   11 years ago

      You never go Full Skynet, Anon-bot.

  106. TashaCurtissdbi   11 years ago

    Start working at home with Google! It's by-far the best job I've had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, go? to tech tab for work detail

    ---------------------- http://www.jobs700.com

  107. PapayaSF   11 years ago

    Isn't it amazing that we now live in a world in which the headlines talk about the latest beheadings by jihadis? Here we are in the future, and instead of personal helicopters we have Muslim terrorists. Gee, thanks, Mohammad.

  108. userve32   11 years ago

    Does not make a lot of sense to me dude.

    http://www.Crypt-Anon.tk

  109. bhavinder   11 years ago

    http://www.arrowseason3.com

  110. xplorethings   11 years ago

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