Greenpeace Ruined an Ancient Peruvian Landmark, Crazy Students Chased Peter Thiel Off Stage, Republicans vs. the IRS: P.M. Links

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  Steve Maller

  Greenpeace has apologized for an unbelievable recent stunt in which activists desecrated the 2,000-year-old Nazca lines.

• Google is considered one of the best places to work. Too bad Spain is going to miss out.
• Angry students interrupted Peter Thiel's speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Thiel was chased off stage as a "Black Lives Matter" protest began.
• Reining in the IRS is a top priority for Congressional Republicans in the coming year.
• CIA Director John Brennan says we've had enough of all that silly transparency business. "Over the top transparency," he called it.
• The 2015 Golden Globe nominations were announced.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Greenpeace has apologized for an unbelievable recent stunt in which activists desecrated the 2,000-year-old Nazca lines.

Any publicity is good publicity.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Inca lives matter!

[Pro Libertate]

Almost. Nazca lines matter!

[Bobarian (Mr. Xtreme)]

No H/T for Rufus?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hello.

Ha, ha. No hat tip (Greenpeace) for ole Rufus.

Meh.

Canadians intercept commie Russians in our airspace.

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/s…..71329.html

Sonsabitches.

[Medical Physics Guy]

“Take off, eh!”

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Why, that’s what they said! How do you know?

[Protagoronus]

“Please Take off, eh! Sorry!”

[HeteroPatriarch]

And ain’t nobody loves ol’ Rufus no more.

[Clich? Bandit]

DAMNIT I AM LATE AGAIN!

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Game: Reasonoid Domination
Password: Reason2014

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[Joshua]

I’m in. Never played before, so hopefully I don’t fuck it up for everybody.

[John Titor]

I’m in, it’s been years, I’ll have to read an online manual.

[Clich? Bandit]

Where are KK and our Swiss General? And Lyunchpin

[Clich? Bandit]

NEVERMIND!

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[Mike M.]

Where are the sacrificial altars when you really need them?

[toolkien]

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

[Fist of Etiquette]

Reining in the IRS is a top priority for Congressional Republicans in the coming year.

By funding their email archiving upgrade?

[Injun, as in from India]

No… Team Red loves power too. They will keep the IRS in check until they get control of the executive branch.

[Fist of Etiquette]

“Over the top transparency,” he called it.

When you invoke that Stallone movie, you’ve got me sold.

[Injun, as in from India]

Transparency is for little people apparently, along with taxes.

[Florida Man]

If you win you get a semi-truck for some reason.

[seguin]

Why, I would be able to see Lady Government’s knickers! How unseemly!

*adjusts monocle and tophat, coughs haughtily*

[Injun, as in from India]

Angry students interrupted Peter Thiel’s speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Thiel was chased off stage as a “Black Lives Matter” protest began.

I’m calling an intolerant hate crime.

[RBS]

The thing is they disrupted a talk given by someone who probably agrees with some of their complaints.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Not to mention a guy who agrees that Universities suck and should go down…possibly for different reasons though

[Andrew S.]

Progressives have long proven that they care far more about the messenger than they care about the message.

[LynchPin1477]

What in the world was their beef with Thiel in the first place?

[RBS]

From the first picture: #Libertarian

[RBS]

He’s also loaded.

[Injun, as in from India]

The image projected on the screen suggests that they don’t tolerate his libertarianism.

It’s UC Berkeley after all, where tolerance is not meted out to those who should not be tolerated.

[seguin]

He’s not an intersectional victim of any kind. I mean, he’s not even Spring Break Bi!

[seguin]

Ooops, didn’t realize he was gay.

Still he’s white, so #hedoesntmatter.

[fish]

So he is Spring Break Bi….and more!

[Robert]

He wasn’t black, so his life didn’t matter.

[Injun, as in from India]

He is actually gay himself and supportive of gay causes. So I’m copying the “tolerant” left and hurling an intolerance accusation right back at them.

[Sudden]

Someone should’ve just started punching these fucks when they barged in and broke up the forum.

Stop laying down at the budding little fascists and grow a damn pair.

[Shirley Knott]

John Brennan’s, and the CIA’s, view of the world is that a black hood over your head is all the transparency you need. And they’ll waterboard you until you agree.

[Atlas Slugged]

The local paper’s take on the man in CO being acquitted for assaulting an cop in his home. BLUF: good acquit, cops should be fired for incompetence.

http://www.cortezjournal.com/a…..y-Day-case

[Matrix]

It’s not over. Gang members always retaliate.

[DuffMan]

During their deliberations, jurors were not permitted to posses cell phones or consult a dictionary

No dictionaries allowed? Seems like a weird rule. Don’t want those jurors understanding the real meanings of the law.

[The Laconic]

IIRC, it was either L Neil Smith or Vin Suprinowicz who suggested that if you’re on a jury, you should demand to see the law under which you’re expected to convict someone. If they won’t provide it (and it’s likely they won’t), then automatically vote to acquit.

[Old Man With Candy]

Electrocuting the defendant seven times with a total of 350,000 watts of electricity,

This is, of course, complete bullshit.

[RBS]

Alcohol free bar.

[Los Doyers]

What is this new devilry?

[Florida Man]

That’s a nice alternative for people who don’t want to be bothered by drunks.

[RBS]

See Warren’s Strapon below.

[Los Doyers]

You lookin at me, tough guy?

[Florida Man]

You see, YOU SEE?

[Los Doyers]

Sit down and drink your double mocha crappucino, sissy.

[Florida Man]

Look fella, I don’t want any trouble.
/backs away slowly

[jesse.in.mb]

You can always higher Playa Manhattan to slap Los Doyers until he runs away.

[jesse.in.mb]

Jesus, CA education really does suck. *hire*

[Rufus J. Firefly]

You’re missing a ‘c’ in crappuccino you millennial.

[Riven]

That’s California’s public school system for you.

[Sudden]

All us California public school alumni are brilliant self-educated men in the mold of Lincoln.

[Los Doyers]

ka-poo-chee-noe

[Warren's Strapon]

Isn’t that usually just called a coffee shop? (Not in the Amsterdam sense)

[Florida Man]

Coffee shops are for relaxing and waxing philosophical. This is for non-alcohol people to let their hair down(not too much) and party down (in a clean, non-sexual way).

[LynchPin1477]

So it’s a HS dance?

[Florida Man]

Yes, but with less alcohol.

[Riven]

You mean coffee shops aren’t a good neutral ground to finish divorce paperwork? Damn. I did it all wrong.

[Brett L]

Also, safe places to meet women IRL with online dating. Worst case, you’re out $5, and no beer goggles.

[Riven]

I will remember this. I made an online dating profile because I suck at spending time in public long enough to meet people. Any tips?

(And I don’t mean just the tip)

[Florida Man]

Why don’t you date one of the H&R gang? At least then I will know you aren’t one of my delusions. Unless of course this whole site is a product of coffee, meth and whiskey and I’m really just twitching in a gutter somewhere.

[Los Doyers]

Ask her for her dating site link, put all this doubt to bed.

[Riven]

Oh, you.

[hamilton]

Uh-oh.

[Los Doyers]

Okay, spring break Montana 2015 here I come.

[RUExperienced]

Seriously, what’s the psycho angle here? You’re just trolling right? Although it stands to reason that you are legit since you’re 1500 miles away…

[HeteroPatriarch]

I saw these along the side of that page:

“A favorite hangout
for internet goers”

? The Village Voice

“Pretty legit”

? Some guy on Yelp

And I thought they were reviews of Riven.

[Riven]

You mean they’re not? T_T

[seguin]

1st: Dayum, girl, lookin good. 2nd: If you’re still looking for suggestions, I’d take some more pics of you doing things (or kitted out to do so) you enjoy. That kind of stuff draws attention more than your avg selfie.

[Arkansaustrian Economics]

I need to post more often. Creepy online flirting is so much creepier from a random poster eight hours later.

[Riven]

Well, it looks like Doyers is already planning his trip here. Maybe I should consider it. 😛

But I’ve not had good luck with distance relationships in the past. Then again, that guy was from New York…

[Los Doyers]

Los Doyers AND jesse.in.mb. In case you’re a murderer.

[Riven]

Lol. “In case.”

Psh, like there’s a chance I’m not.

[Los Doyers]

Well, you did say you’re a freak on your profile. And you have GUNZ.

[Florida Man]

Pst. Los Doyers, Jesse is a murderer. He killed to people just to get my attention. Sleep with one eye open buddy.

[jesse.in.mb]

Pst. Los Doyers, Jesse is a murderer. He killed to people just to get my attention. Sleep with one eye open buddy.

But it WORKED, didn’t it?

[Florida Man]

I remember that day like it was yesterday Jesse. *sigh*

[jesse.in.mb]

Remember kids: the way to a Floridian’s heart is murder.

[RBS]

Unless of course this whole site is a product of coffee, meth and whiskey and I’m really just twitching in a gutter somewhere.

As good an explanation as any.

[DEG]

It is a good explanation. Everything makes sense now.

[hamilton]

It could be both, you know.

[JEP]

Don’t put “I’m looking for my partner in crime.”

[Warty]

I made an online dating profile because I suck at spending time in public long enough to meet people. Any tips?

Show lots of cleavage, post many yoga pants butt shots, make lots of sexual innuendo, and talk about how much you love expensive gifts like Mercedeses and Eleiko bars. You’ll do fine.

[Riven]

I think the only picture I have up fulfills some of those criteria.

[Warty]

Could use more leg. It’ll do for now. I guess.

[Los Doyers]

Needz moar bikini.

[Riven]

Good to know. That picture is a few months old, so maybe I ought to update with something more risque. 😛

[Warty]

Are you taking requests?

[Riven]

If they’re convenient enough.

I’m more likely to upload body shots to MFP, though; all in the name of observing progress over time.

[Zeb]

Careful now. All the single libertarian men will be migrating to Billings soon. Shit, if I weren’t married…

[Los Doyers]

If you weren’t married then you’d be flying to Montana and getting murdered like the rest of us.

[Riven]

Lol! Well, there is a lot of open land in Montana…

I don’t care that everyone says you’re a bunch of rape-apologists, you guys do wonders for a girl’s self-esteem.

[Zeb]

Firearms, beer and staying at home. What’s not to love? And the picture is plenty to feel esteemed about too.

[Old Man With Candy]

Billings is the asshole of Montana. Now Missoula, that’s heaven, and my wife and I would jump at any chance to move back to Butte.

[Riven]

Are you kidding me? What are you, some filthy hippie? If Billings is the asshole, Missoula has to be the taint or something.

I have heard nice things about Butte, but no town in Montana has a better job market than Billings. None.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Now Missoula, that’s heaven

TOO MANY PROGS!

[DEG]

Don’t forget to add “I love to laugh”. A woman’s OkCupid profile isn’t complete without that line.

[Los Doyers]

and out the price of a plane ticket to Montana.

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Doyers, it’s probably better if you don’t visit until after the Californian season.

[Los Doyers]

How much for a Californian hunting permit?

[Francisco d'Anconia]

They give them away.

[Florida Man]

coffee houses don’t do much for me because all I drink is black coffee. I don’t really need a barista for that. Although I am looking for a place to smug. Hmm….

[Riven]

I prefer black coffee, but I’ve been known to whiten and sweeten coffee on the weekends if I’m feeling decadent.

I love this one particular coffee shop here. It’s frequented by all these hipster-college students, but it’s very clearly owned and operated by a couple who is very religious. I guess it’s more important to go to an independent coffee shop even if it’s religious than it is to go to a corporate chain.

[Florida Man]

The independent coffee shops I’ve been too always seem to be staffed by lesbians. Our mileage has definitely varied.

[Riven]

If I hadn’t always found ladies attractive, I would almost think that my time as a barista influenced me that way.

[Zeb]

If the corporate chain is Starbucks, then they might just want decent coffee.
I got stuck with several pounds of Starbucks coffee. It’s not terrible enough that I’d throw it out, but I really want to get back to drinking really good coffee.

[Riven]

Serve it to the in-laws? They have one more excuse to hate visiting, and you don’t have to buy coffee just on their account. Everyone wins!

[Zeb]

The in-laws are either dead or dead to me, so that won’t work.

[JEP]

My brother in law roasts his own coffee beans. It’s amazing. One year he gave our whole family a coffee taste test to figure out what kind of coffee we liked, and then roasted everyone their own kilo of coffee for Christmas.

[Florida Man]

My brother in law roasts his own coffee beans. It’s amazing. One year he gave our whole family a coffee taste test to figure out what kind of coffee we liked, and then roasted everyone their own kilo of coffee for Christmas.

That’s awesome. I recently started roasting but I am far from an expert.

[RBS]

all I drink is black coffee

Me too. I worked in a coffee shop for awhile right after I finished undergrad. My favorite customers were the ones who only wanted coffee.

[Los Doyers]

Preach

[Florida Man]

Preach

Today we will be reading from the book of Maxwell and discussing what the profit Juan Valdez has to say about the virtues of caffeine.

[Riven]

profit Juan Valdez
Freudian slip?

[Florida Man]

I’m not a very good speller. How do you spell the people who had religious predictions?

[Riven]

Prophet.

To be honest, I just thought you were being clever.

[Florida Man]

Thnx. I’m not too proud to admit to Internet strangers my faults.

[Sudden]

I’m not too proud to admit to Internet strangers my faults

And that is your biggest fault of all. NEVER ADMIT TO ANYTHING!

[Brett L]

Iced-coffee, cold brewed, black. That’s the way to go.

[DEG]

Bailey’s. Coffee requires Bailey’s.

[Warty]

Coffee is at best a necessary evil, and if it’s to be suffered, it needs to be diluted 1:1 with heavy cream. That is all.

[Zeb]

Wierdo.

[HeteroPatriarch]

But she doesn’t have beer goggles either.

[Sudden]

You mean coffee shops aren’t a good neutral ground to finish divorce paperwork? Damn. I did it all wrong.

You are pretty much a female version of myself from the distant reaches of the multiverse.

Fuck kindergarten teacher that told me I was a unique and special little snowflake.

[Riven]

I can sit around and not drink without leaving my apartment.

Bonus: the company is better

[RBS]

Yeah, but can you make N/A hipster cocktails?

[Riven]

N/A hipster cocktails are so played out these days.

I prefer N/A hipster mocktails; you’ve probably never heard of them.

[RBS]

I’m so uncool.

/sulks in office.

[Los Doyers]

“I’m mainstream because not being mainstream is too mainstream.”

[seguin]

But if you’re not seen being cool and hip, how will people know?

[Zeb]

I invented a N/A cocktail. It’s called the Mickey Rooney.

[Zeb]

Well, it has Angostura bitters, but I think it still counts as N.A. Certainly by federal labeling standards.

[Riven]

I’m afraid to even ask what all is in it.

[Zeb]

It’s pretty not scary.

Angostura bitters, sweetened lime juice (not too much) and seltzer.

Mickey Rooney is the name because I was looking for something along the lines of Shirley Temple, but perhaps less sweet.

[Riven]

That doesn’t too shabby at all. I’d try one, but I’m pretty sure I’d mess it up if I made it myself. Not even joking. I am the worst at mixing drinks.

[HeteroPatriarch]

I thought Nicole was the worst at everything?

[Riven]

No, no, no. She’s just the worst, in general.

[Warren's Strapon]

I can also sit around and drink without leaving my apartment.

[John Titor]

May I go ahead and chisel your aromasphere?

[JW]

I really need to sit down and marathon Parks and Rec.

[HeteroPatriarch]

It’s better if you cut out all the Amy Poehler parts.

[John Titor]

Dammmmmmmn straight.

[Bobarian (Mr. Xtreme)]

That sounds like no fun at all.

But at least it’s pretentious.

[Adans smith]

burn the witch!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Thiel was chased off stage as a “Black Lives Matter” protest began.

Uh, sure, why not.

[Brett L]

Punch the first one in the head and see if they still want to play. On the one hand you may get headlines like “Brett L gets ass kicked (click to see youtube video)!” on the other hand, those are grown ass men and women who are trying to threaten you into silence. Violence actually is the answer.

[Los Doyers]

Venture capitalists have destroyed Ferguson.

[seguin]

#$@#$@#$ Barber shops and QuikTrips have gentrified the place.

[Bobarian (Mr. Xtreme)]

OT — Anyone else getting an offer on top banner to subscribe to RS for $1 an issue?

[Sevo]

Nope.
I’m getting a headline saying “I cheat for men over 40” and a photo of a gal I wouldn’t screw with Tony’s dick.

[cavalier973]

You have to purchase 400,000 issues up front.

[Tonio]

No but I am getting an ad for “open online bank account in Pakistan.”

[toolkien]

No, but I’m getting a consortia of ads for bags of candy, cough syrup, rope, Dora the Explorer DVD’s, Duck Tape, lime, and shovels.

[Andrew S.]

Greenpeace has apologized for an unbelievable recent stunt in which activists desecrated the 2,000-year-old Nazca lines.

No they haven’t. They used the old “We apologize if you were offended” non-apology.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Eagles are style over substance.

[Andrew S.]

Philadelphia or the band from the 70s?

[Francisco d'Anconia]

I hate the fucking Eagles, man.

[John Titor]

Didn’t the Nazca people take trophy heads for ritual purpose? Just sayin’, Peru. Wouldn’t want to offend that badass killer whale god or anything.

[Stormy Dragon]

desecrated the 2,000-year-old Nazca lines

“descrated” == “walked near”

[Andrew S.]

With respect to the Nazca lines, that is devastation.

[John Titor]

The plateau they’re located in is extremely dry and windless. The only reason why the lines are still there is because the climate preserves them. Those footprints will be there for thousands of years. It’s been a problem before with squatters.

[GILMORE]

“”descrated” == “walked near””

VISUAL REFERENCE SO YOU ARE ALL CLEAR HOW UNIMPORTANT THIS MINOR THING IS AND LIKE MAN YOU PEOPLE ARE SO MAKING A BIG DEAL OUT OF NOTHING

I MEAN YOU’D THINK THEY TOOK A SHIT IN THE VATICAN JUST CLEAN IT UP

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Dude, that’s an ancient alien runway.

[Rhywun]

Any aliens that arrive today and see this are gonna be like “Aw man, we left Zardozia to get away from this shit.”

[JW]

Finally! The ancient astronauts have something bright to line up on for landing!

The Incas knew dick about good landing lights.

[JW]

Fucking refresh.

[Juice]

They flew to Peru in their renewable biodiesel jet.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn head out for romantic dinner hand-in-hand as they brush off cheating rumours

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[Brett L]

It wasn’t enough that he ruined Robin Wright?

[Medical Physics Guy]

Sean Penn vs. Dread Pirate Roberts, “to the pain”.

[Riesen]

Only 8% of people think they are cheating

[Sevo]

Is this part of turd’s 8% of truth? Or art of his 92% of lies?

[Bill Dalasio]

The guy’s only talent as an actor is that he can cry on command.

[The Laconic]

When I see a movie with Sean Penn, I think “hey, look, it’s Sean Penn and he’s acting.”

[Spawn of Nyarlathotep]

I give even odds that he’s already beating her.

[Buddy Bizarre]

Well he can’t shoot her since she made him give up all his guns.

Fool, she isn’t -that- hot.

[Stormy Dragon]

Turns out your friend here is only MOSTLY monogamous.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The 2015 Golden Globe nominations were announced.

ZzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzZzzzzhuhwhat? I still haven’t gotten over what happened at last year’s.

[Another David]

How does Brooklyn Nine-Nine win Best Comedy its first year, get even better in its next season, and receive zero nominations?

Yes, this is what I’m angry about in a week that has torture revelations, torture apologias and Congressional budget bullshit. ANDRE BRAUGHER WAS ROBBED.

[MJGreen]

How does any comedy beat Veep?

[HeteroPatriarch]

Veep sucks.

[MJGreen]

Yes Hetero, everything sucks.

[Juice]

Veep is unwatchably bad.

[JEP]

Brooklyn 9-9 is an incredibly enjoyable show. It’s funny without being about awful people/assholes. Not quite as good as Parks and Rec, but different enough to be new and refreshing.

[Bam!]

I haven’t bothered with it because it stars Andy Samberg. If I dislike him, would I still like it?

[Tak Kak]

Yes, if – and only if – you turn the sound off and just watch the Hispanic gal.

Does Sandberg even try to act in the movies I assume he’s been in?

[Another David]

The supporting cast is worth watching even if you don’t like Samberg. Especially since the structure of the show means there’s almost always B and C plots where he literally does not appear at all, even as an incidental character.

[JEP]

Maybe, he’s less Samberg than anything else he’s been in – and a subplot of the show is him maturing as a detective so that might help a little.

[Rhywun]

I saw the first episode and while it was decent I just assumed it would be cancelled and never watched again. I don’t really do sitcoms anymore anyway.

[Aloysious]

Amphipolis

Updates from the excavations at the Kasta Hill tumulus at Amphipolis in northern Greece.

I can’t wait for more news on this dig.

[John Titor]

Didn’t they mention awhile back that they were worried about the stability if they opened it up further? Can’t recall where I read that.

[Aloysious]

The ceiling is unstable in chamber three. They are proceeding with understandable caution.

[Bill Dalasio]

Well, not exactly. If you don’t get the weight just right on the pedestal in the middle of the floor, a giant boulder rolls down and will crush you if you don’t get out of there quickly enough.

Of course, whatever you take out of there will just get stolen by a French archeologist and his band of headhunting natives.

[PapayaSF]

Nice.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Rick W. Perry “Running for President no IQ test”.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/l…..ot-iq-test

[Palin's Buttplug]

Then proves it by saying:

“And I think Americans are really ready for a leader that will give them a great hope about the future,”

[Irish]

I agree. It really does take a stupid candidate to babble about ‘hope’ without going into specifics.

Thank God there’s no recent Democrat who proved his intellectual vacuity in such an obvious way!

[Palin's Buttplug]

You unblocked me? Or did you just say you used that little blocking program?

[Sevo]

At least Perry is right more than 8% of the time.

[wadair]

I’m not particularly a fan of Perry, but the Texas economy has been outperforming the national one significantly. Laissez faire works much better than Obama’s regulation machine.

[MJGreen]

Have to hand it to Berkeley, they take every opportunity to go full retard.

[Injun, as in from India]

+1 Email Tax.

[LynchPin1477]

Over the top transparency

Formerly known as truth, but he can’t use that word, because people might do a word association with “lying”

[Rich]

Greenpeace will fully cooperate with any investigation and is “willing to face fair and reasonable consequences,” the statement said.

Hmm. IIRC, it’s Peruvian custom that all such desecrators undergo scaphism.

[Andrew S.]

Again with the scaphism! You people are obsessed with scaphism!

[Rich]

Nuh-uh! Sometimes it’s “The Boats”!

[John Titor]

Hey, can’t go wrong with a classic. I mean, I’m more of a Death By A Thousand Cuts guy myself.

[Andrew S.]

If we’re going to torture someone, I’d rather go with the brazen bull. That one isn’t only torture, it’s art.

[John Titor]

It’s music too! It’s the torture that keeps on giving.

[Rich]

Damn, Andrew. You really are a, um, connoisseur.

[Rich]

And, to be fair, in certain instances The Pillory is more appropriate.

[Sevo]

Rich|12.11.14 @ 4:40PM|#
“Greenpeace will fully cooperate with any investigation and is “willing to face fair and reasonable consequences,” the statement said.”

So they fuck up and then get to decide what “reasonable” consequences are?
Screw ’em; into the volcano and I dodn’t care if you’re a virgin or not.

[Redmanfms]

“willing to face fair and reasonable consequences,”

Translation: Not willing to face shit.

[Coeus]

Rape apologists, in an attempt to silence victims, hurt an innocent man

In her book, Dunham tells the story of being assaulted by a man she calls “Barry,” which is not his real name, which should tell you a lot about the lack of integrity of conservative media regarding what happened next. She shares some details about him, which I have no doubt are punched up in the traditional memoir fashion. Again, memoirs are not journalism and, outside of when a bunch of rape apologists are throwing feces and screaming, they are not usually taken to be journalism. The point of this exercise was to tell a story readers can relate to, not to get some form of justice. This is screamingly obvious to anyone who isn’t an obsessive misogynist.

[Coeus]

No doubt. A quick Google search shows that the right wing press is obsessed with figuring out who “Barry” is. You will have to wash yourself off in a bleach shower after reading this lengthy attempt at investigating this question at Breitbart, which is many thousands of words based on the false premise that if Dunham changed some details of her encounter to protect against just this sort of investigation, it must mean she’s lying. Of course, if she hadn’t taken pains to protect the guy’s identity and instead just told everyone who it was, they’d also be screaming about that, too. No matter how you tell your rape story, just telling it means you are wrong. That much is clear?you are meant to suffer in silence, or you will be forced to pay. Or, in this case, some random dude who went to Oberlin will be forced to pay. They will keep shooting hostages until you swear you weren’t raped, it appears.

[Irish]

Lena Dunham causes pain to a man by implicating him unfairly in a rape.

This is Breitbart’s fault.

[LynchPin1477]

You have to appreciate how brazen it is.

[Enough About Palin]

Bull.

[LynchPin1477]

All that twisting has me in the mood for pretzels.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Holy shit. Marcotte is blaming this on the fact checkers?

Weren’t Dunham’s fans the ones who originally tracked down “Barry”?

[John Titor]

So, for the record, actually attempting to find and confirm the existence of a supposed rapist makes you culpable for the actual accusation of rape.

[Fluffy]

Marcotte Day 1:

“How dare you not think Lena Dunham’s rape story is 100% true! Women never lie!”

Marcotte Day 2:

“How dare you think Lena Dunham’s rape story is 100% true! Everybody lies in memoirs!”

What a fucking dipshit.

She will simply never believe that we can remember what she says from one day to the next.

[tarran]

Amanduh isn’t writing for us.

She’s writing to stroke the emotional needs of very damaged people who hate reality, can struggle to function the world, and are desperate to be told that their failures are due to malevolent outside forces that plot to keep them down.

Totally unlike we libertarians, BTW. 🙂

[GILMORE]

I think its totally wrong for anyone to catch rapists. We should write books about them and share lots of details about their background, personality, appearances, and behavior…. but that doesn’t mean its right to actually try and *identify* those people!? That is the job of the next person they rape, and only if *they feel like it*

[Anonymous Coward]

The point of this exercise was to tell a story readers can relate to…

For those who haven’t yet noticed, Progressives place more stock in narratives than in facts.

#Livedexperiencesofwomen

[Spawn of Nyarlathotep]

That “lived experiences” shtick is getting tiresome. By definition, aren’t all experiences “lived?” Or do progs subconsciously recognize that many of their experiences are, in fact, imaginary?

[Fluffy]

It comes from their distrust of words, which comes from their distrust of logic, which comes from the fact that their positions are wrong.

Since they hold the wrong positions and can’t think logically, when they actually express their thoughts in words, people tear them to shreds and laugh at them (either openly or tacitly). This is sometimes called mansplaining; other times it is called having privilege.

To avoid the whole process of being forced to express their positions in words and thereby to avoid exposing themselves to criticism, they have fallen back on the (tired and absurd) claim that their experiences are ineffable, and that they can’t explain them to anyone who hasn’t lived them in real time. (Because they’re so fucking special that their experience transcends mere words.)

[JEP]

Well, their experiences are no more or less ineffable than anyone else’s. From my “lived experiences” progs really struggle to put a sentence together.

One of my friends is very intelligent, though not a libertarian. He’s politically apathetic. We both did debate in high school, and we can just tear people apart in discussions about practically anything.

And it’s because most people don’t realize that when expressing a particular viewpoint diction and syntax matter – because words mean certain things and the order in which you put them together changes how they relate to one another.

I spent 6th grade diagramming sentences, culminating with having to diagram the pre-amble of the constitution. When I was given a sentence to diagram, and there were multiple ways in which the words could be related…that’s a bad sentence.

If you don’t know how to take a sentence, tear it apart, and show how the words are related, then you won’t be able to construct a sentence to say exactly what you want it to say.

[Coeus]

Just like what happened here over the weekend, Noah Berlatsky makes some bullshit unsupported claim and gets raked over the coals in the comments.

Gotta say though, props to him for taking it like a man. He leaves the comments of his articles alone.

[Riven]

I gotta say, female bodypaint cosplays leave me quivering, too.

[RBS]

leave me quivering

Go on…

[Coeus]

Undercover cop, discovered by activists at Oakland protest, pulls gun on crowd

Last night an undercover cop in Oakland drew his firearm on a group of demonstrators before arresting a black man from among the crowd.

Protesters at the scene reported on Twitter that the cop pulled his gun after he was ‘outed’ as an undercover. One person tweeted that the undercovers were “instigators of looting,” while another said they were “banging on windows.” After they were unmasked, one of the cops drew his baton, threw it down on the ground, and then pulled a gun on the crowd as he arrested one of its members. After the first officer drew his weapon, someone allegedly punched the other cop in the face, knocking him down. Read the tweets below.

The Oakland Police Department has a troubled history. In 2012, the department’s leadership fell under the control of a federal court overseer, who has the “power to fire Chief Howard Jordan, overrule him on major decisions, demote his command staff and order expenditures of up to $250,000.” The federal monitor was appointed to manage OPD in the wake of the ‘Riders’ scandal, involving at least four veteran officers charged with kidnapping, planting evidence, and viciously beating citizens. In 2011, an Oakland officer shot US armed service veteran and anti-war activist Scott Olsen in the head with a bean bag, nearly killing him.

[The Late P Brooks]

“Telling the truth is all very nice, in theory, but come on, be serious.”

[JEP]

Florida Man,

Remember a few weeks ago when you asking about practical books on investing?

Here’s a decent list. The Dao of Capital seems especially interesting because it’s apparently based on Austrian principals. There might be a few other goods in there, too.

http://www.farnamstreetblog.co…..ould-read/

Here’s another one from the WSJ, but it has Richard Feynman listed on it, so it might be legitimate.
http://blogs.wsj.com/totalretu…..ort-shelf/

[Florida Man]

Thanks so much. I got through Graham’s book and now of all things am reading a finance text book my cousin gave me from business school.

[Aloysious]

7,500-Year-Old Well Excavated at an Underwater Site

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA?A fresh-water well in the submerged Neolithic site of Kfar Samir in Israel is being investigated by a team including Ehud Galili of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa, and Jonathan Benjamin of Flinders University. “At the Kfar Samir site, the water well was probably abandoned when sea levels started to rise…

Global warming… 7500 yrs old and counting

[Rich]

“Greenpeace Fills Hole Hacked Into Gaia”

[RBS]

Congressional staffers walkout of jobs… J/K, they are just showing SOLIDARITY.

[Rich]

Are they now joining the ranks of the unemployed, in additional SOLIDARITY?

[RBS]

If I had to guess they are staffers from members of the CBC, so no.

[Rich]

“In a symbolic gesture, ?.”

[GILMORE]

There seems to be an almost chain-reaction of Progressive Over-reach and stupidity lately.

-Grubergate
-Rolling Stone Hoax
-Greenpeace basically says “WE WILL WANTONLY DESTROY YOUR HUMAN CULTURE TO MAKE SHITTY POINT ABOUT GREEN-ENERGY”

I feel like we should do everything we can to help them in this time of crisis. Like, oil the rails, give them more rope to hang themselves, offer jackhammer for them to dig their own grave deeper…

[GILMORE]

I saw the preview for the new Mad Max movie last night.

I then watched the Road Warrior for the first time in at least 10 or so years.

The Road Warrior is a fucking awesome movie. A++. just so good that it *hurts*

I have extremely low expectations for this refresh attempt.

[Riven]

I love Road Warrior.

Then again, I also love it’s long-lost brother: Road Warrior with boats–Waterworld.

[Rich]

Ooh, ooh, The Boats!

[John Titor]

I dig Waterworld too, it’s got its problems but the universe is just great. Dennis Hopper steals every scene he’s in.

[Riven]

He does! It’s great that he’s the comic relief and the villain who might just straight kill you for no reason.

[John Titor]

Road Warrior is the most brilliant homoerotic post-apocalypse shit ever. What I don’t get about the new trailer is why he has a new ‘last of the V8 interceptors’.

[GILMORE]

I don’t know.

This is a short doco on the history of the Mad Max ‘interceptor‘ and how it evolved from the popularity of the Australian Ford Falcon.

[JW]

I have extremely low expectations for this refresh attempt.

Same here. It has worser Thunderdome written all over it.

[Redmanfms]

Same here. It has worser Thunderdome written all over it.

You shut your whore mouth.

[JW]

Thunderdome has its appeal and if it was a stand-alone film, it might be more than halfway-decent. It has some memorable lines and characters, so it has that going for it.

But, it followed Road Warrior, so it’s not.

It’s a frayed plot designed to be wrapped around a huge car chase scene at the end.

[Redmanfms]

You fags just don’t know who run Bartertown.

[JW]

It’s those fucking Koch brothers, isn’t it?

[GILMORE]

Thunderdome was in some ways a *fitting death* for the franchise = it murdered ITSELF by going big-budget, adding celebrities, trying to give itself ‘heart’ by stripping out the rape/basic inhumanity-of-man, original-‘Mad Max’ elements, and adding cute kids covered in Mud who are all back-to-nature and shit

Thunderdome was sort of awesome in its own schlock-appeal

Whereas this new thing looks like they got the guy from 300 to digitally replace all the spartans with post-apocolyptic biker gangs. It seems like one big effects-reel.

Although – to be fair, maybe they did go back-to-basics and crash a shitload of cars and nearly kill their stuntmen like the originals. I can only hope.

[Irish]

“Whereas this new thing looks like they got the guy from 300 to digitally replace all the spartans with post-apocolyptic biker gangs. It seems like one big effects-reel.”

The new Mad Max movie looks like the country of Australia birthed a child of mediocrity and explosions after being raped by Michael Bay.

[JW]

It seems like one big effects-reel.

And there it is. And it will do fabulously at the box office.

nearly kill their stuntmen like the originals

I had forgotten about that. Didn’t they actually manage to kill one?

[GILMORE]

The rumors were so overblown, but the rumors are what made it sexy.

2 people went to the hospital. But it was like “EVERYONE DIED!!” in the ‘pop-rocks-and-soda’-consciousness of the 1980s. What made Road Warrior “cool” was its attempt to make a rocking movie with little regard for safety

[Redmanfms]

I bet you’re a von Trier fan, aren’t you???

You can ALSO shut your whore mouth.

People who talk shit about Cap’n Walker suck.

[GILMORE]

Who me? I hate lars von trier

Thunderdome was a Disney movie compared to the original Mad Max, which was basically an extended “Revenge Killer” murder-fest

Capt’n Walker was a fag. Max would have fucked the bird girl and made those children into human sled-dogs to drag his car around to save gas.

[Rhywun]

maybe they did go back-to-basics and crash a shitload of cars and nearly kill their stuntmen like the originals

I heard they are doing just that.

[Rhywun]

I thought the trailer looked like fun – but I was confused whether this is a remake or not. If so… well, that’s just wrong.

[PapayaSF]

A great rant about Berkeley protestors.

[Rich]

Follow the God damn fucking laws that you are always trying to make MORE of.

*snap!*

[Anonymous Coward]

B-b-b-but….muh moral outrage!!

[JEP]

The most depressing part of this Fergeson fallout is the realization that the US population isn’t mature enough to sit still and tolerate someone voicing an opinion they don’t agree with.

[Fluffy]

Parts of the US population aren’t even mature enough to accept words offered in support of their own position if they aren’t expressed in exactly the “right” set of words trending for the topic at that exact moment.

[PapayaSF]

I’m not sure what you mean, JEP. Who is not tolerating whose opinion?

[JEP]

I actually haven’t RTFA, but I’m assuming that Thiel asked the audience to entertain some idea not usually heard in the mainstream, and the crowd was just waiting to use the talk as a platform to further their own, pre-conceived agenda and stage a riot?

[PapayaSF]

Ah, gotcha.

[Griffin3]

I’m saving that.

[Andrew S.]

Christmas party update: Bartender awesome at making mojitos. I don’t think it’s a gay drink. Mo-ji-tos.

[SusanM]

Well, it not Brunch-with-Harvey-Firestein gay, but it’s up there.

[jesse.in.mb]

Nah, mojitos are way on the other side of drink gentrification now.

[Riven]

Just stay away from apple-tinis and no one will take away one of your man cards.

[jesse.in.mb]

Appletinis aren’t gay, they’re whatever the slur form of “consumed by insipid white chicks 10 years ago” is.

[Los Doyers]

Basic bitches, Jesse. They’re basic bitches.

[jesse.in.mb]

So it would be a “basic bitch drink”?

Will that not be confused with “bitch beer“?

[Sudden]

You would think basic bitches wouldn’t drink something on the other end of the pH scale…

[seguin]

What do you get when your order the Deluxe package?

[Sudden]

Verdict on manhattans served in martini glasses? I’ve always thought the martini glass awfully gay.

[GILMORE]

I always specify that i want my whiskey drink served in a whiskey glass

I need something i can fist and suck on = and there’s NOTHING GAY ABOUT THAT

[Los Doyers]

I BET YOU LIVE IN CHELSEA YOU QUEER

[jesse.in.mb]

Aren’t manhattans supposed to be served in a classic cocktail glass?

I’d probably make it in an old fashioned glass instead just because I’m lazy and don’t have martini glasses in the house.

Now champagne flutes are gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide.

[The Laconic]

Yes, an old fashioned glass, Jesse, good instinct.

[The Laconic]

I don’t have a problem with martinis being served in martini glasses.

But yes, putting a Manhattan in a martini glasses really feminizes it.

I won’t say it’s gay, because I imagine a bear would agree. Right? Do I have the ability to get inside the head of a bear?

[Trigger Warning]

Reining in the IRS is a top priority for Congressional Republicans in the coming year.

Calling bullshit on this. Bullshit.

[Old Man With Candy]

The entire crowd at Wheeler Hall turned eerily silent ? until one male student suddenly rose up and yelled at Thiel.

“F–k you!” the guy shouted as he walked out of the hall.

…said Alvarado to Principal Poop.

(cultural reference wasted on you naive Millennials)

[Los Doyers]

Out of the fast lane, old man!

[Old Man With Candy]

What is reality?

(once again casting pearls before swine)

[Los Doyers]

(once again casting pearls before swine)

Does not compute.

[Old Man With Candy]

I think you mean, “Norman, coordinate!”

[Fluffy]

I’ll see your admission to liking Waterworld and raise you an admission to liking The Postman.

[BilboTeabaggins]

Guys, indians can grow weed now. Welcome to the rez.

http://www.usnews.com/news/art…..nt-decides

[Jayburd]

Eco-Marxism exposed. Good science exposes the Alexander Archipelago wolf scam. http://www.sitnews.us/1214News…..olves.html

[Russell]

Wait till you see their terraglyph of the hummingbird lines being devoured by a displaced polar bear

[Sevo]

Bald eagles taste like spotted owls.