Hillary Could Face Criminal Inquiry, Cruz Fumes About McConnell's Lies: P.M. Links

• Two inspectors general think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be investigated for possibly sharing sensitive information over an unsecured email server.
• Clinton fired back by alleging "inaccuracies" in reporting on this issue.
• Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, held by the U.S., will be released to smooth over tensions with Israel following the Iran deal.
• Sen. Ted Cruz is not happy with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and is accusing him of telling lies.
• Remember that awful Gawker story? It was written, vetted, and published over the course of just a single day.
• Everything we know about the alleged suicide of Sandra Bland.
• President Obama is most frustrated about his failure to enact gun control legislation.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Two inspectors general think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be investigated for possibly sharing sensitive information over an unsecured email server.

Some people donate extra taxes to help the government; the Clintons donate storage space.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Some people? It think it was MA that had an option to voluntarily pay in the higher bracket. Guess how many people did.

[lap83]

8%?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Zero. Zero is a percent.

[AlmightyJB]

That's twice as many as the year before

[Jay Dubya]

It is also half as many as the year before. This goddamned austerity will be the death of all of us!

[OneOut]

But many Dimocrats say that people want to pay higher taxes.

Are there no Dimocrats in MA ?

Who knew ?

[Sevo]

Not sure it was 'donated'; wanna check the donations to the foundation? Coulda been bought and paid for.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hello.

"Two inspectors general think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be investigated for possibly sharing sensitive information over an unsecured email server.

Clinton fired back by alleging "inaccuracies" in reporting on this issue."

Mysterious donation followed.

[PBnHugh's Woodchipster]

WDATPDIM?

[Winston]

Jesus, how far are we from a Reichstag fire moment? Is this it?

Time to outlaw talk radio, the Tea Party and the Republicans.

Time to ban all monuments to Lafayette too. He helped slave-owners commit treason and killed an unarmed crowd on the Champ de Mars.

[Ted S.]

Are you going to peddle this shit on every single fucking thread?

[C. Anacreon]

The way you banter with Winston, Ted, I'm guessing the "S." in your name stands for "Salem"?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

By the way, two weeks later I acknowledge my mistake about Grant Park. I misspoke.

[C. Anacreon]

Better late than never. Now drop and give me twenty.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Twenty what?

[AlmightyJB]

Oh, he knows what

[Rufus J. Firefly]

20 penis strokes?

[C. Anacreon]

This should explain. Go to 2:18

[Winston]

You Know Who Else used insults rather than address any points?

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Shriek?

[Charles Easterly]

Rudy Giuliani?

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Me and nearly everyone else on H&R?

[Charles Easterly]

Well, Mrs. Struthers, you did give us that link to "the most adorable thing" I saw that particular day, which was a baby hearing his/her parents (or anything else for that matter) for the first time.
Despite my snark at that time the video positively adjusted my attitude by a factor of three (c.f., The Grinch).

Feel free to insult me rather than address my points on any subject (except deaf babies).

[Crusty Juggler]

Some people cause happiness wherever they go; Charles, whenever he goes.

[Brett L]

They don't listen anyhow.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

The glasses one - seeing parents...yeah, I may have smiled a shitload at that one too.

*un-narrows gaze*

[Charles Easterly]

You're correct, Switzy, it was a baby named Piper and her new glasses that Mrs. Struthers provided a link to.

[PapayaSF]

Cytotoxic?

[gaoxiaen]

Everybody here. That's why I like it here so much.

[Tonio]

+1 Marinus Van Der Lubbe

[Fist of Etiquette]

President Obama is most frustrated about his failure to enact gun control legislation.

If only his party had had a super majority in Congress at some point.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Gun manufacturers should be paying him a commission. Man, that guy can move product.

[Charles Easterly]

Indeed.

I don't care to research this, Playa, but do you know if his influence exceeded the boom generated by Bill Clinton?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Yes. By a wide margin. Records were set.

[Charles Easterly]

Thank you.

[gaoxiaen]

Why the passive voice? He set records.

[C. Anacreon]

Even with a supermajority the NRA is just too powerful!!!

/progderp

[Jerryskids]

Don't forget that it's "common sense" gun safety laws he wants. That's all, just a "reasonable" gun law. Just like all the other "reasonable" gun laws that need just a little bit more restrictiveness to them to be even more reasonable. It's always just a little bit more. If any of the gun-grabbers could ever tell me what they personally would find unreasonable in a gun law I might for one second believe they don't have the ultimate goal of total civilian disarmament.

[chipper me timbers]

all the cool kids I know openly advocate total civilian disarmament.

[Slammer]

Two inspectors general think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should

Coulda, woulda, shoulda

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

IGs have no power to advance charges.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It was written, vetted, and published over the course of just a single day.

People who hurry to get things out quickly online are the worst.

[Lee G]

Agreed

[Granny Weatherwax]

Hey you got to admire the productivity increase! Bonuses all around.

[Tonio]

I see what you did there, Fist. Well-played, Sir.

[rts]

Roosh V, pickup artist, shouldn't be allowed in Canada, says petition

Valizadeh is an American author, blogger and speaker who "advises" men on the best methods to convince a woman to have sex with them.

Concordia student Fannie Gadouas is encouraging people to sign the petition to stop his entry into Canada. She said people should know that he is coming to the city and work to prevent it.

"The SJW's [social justice warriors] are now agitating to get me banned from the country. My plan is to sell a copy of the lecture after the tour for about $10, but if the SJW mob successfully gets any of my Canada stops cancelled, I will give away copies of the lecture for free at the peak of the media coverage. Thousands of extra people will see ideas they are trying to censor. No matter what happens, they will lose and we will win. There is nothing they can do to stop us."

[Lee G]

Asshole vs assholes, juicy

[Irish ?s ESB]

I hate SJWs because they constantly force me to side with people like Roosh V.

I don't want to side with Roosh V. I don't want to.

[Slammer]

#juvenilePUApsychopaths

[C. Anacreon]

Roosh there it is

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

"Roosh there it is"

*narrows gaze*

[Just say Nikki]

I don't want to either, but I definitely want to side against Concordia students more.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Let it be known Nikki and I are officially at war.

McGill v. Concordia.

I do regret, however, not applying to McGill though and that Concordia attracts the worst kind of social justice assholes.

[Crusty Juggler]

Let it be known Nikki and I are officially at war.

Tabernac.

[Crusty Juggler]

Roosh taught me everything I know.

[lap83]

Disgusting

[Crusty Juggler]

Yeah, you say that now. Wait 'till you see me in my Ed Hardy shirt and trilby, then I am pretty sure you will have a different opinion.

Also, I like that skirt - wasn't it popular last year?

[lap83]

"Also, I like that skirt - wasn't it popular last year?"

Thanks! /feels more popular than usual

[lap83]

"Also, I like that skirt - wasn't it popular last year?"

Thanks! /feels more popular than usual

[Crusty Juggler]

I am the worst at negging.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Crusty, have you met lap83?

lap83, have you met Crusty?

I have a feeling this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Think about it.

[Crusty Juggler]

You leave her alone!

[lap83]

OK, but it will have to be relegated to the comments section and no touching.

[Crusty Juggler]

I have never touched a woman and there is no reason to start now. You have a deal!

[Heroic Mulatto]

SWAG

[Tonio]

I feel your pain, Irish. I hate having to defend the free speech rights of the Westboro Baptist people, but principle requires it.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Yeah...principles suck sometimes...

[Charles Easterly]

The principal at our high school was knock out gorgeous and in her early or mid-thirties. We used to dream of....

Oh, never mind.

[Brett L]

"Spankings! Definitely need spankings"

[Jerryskids]

The principal at my high school had a vice-principal (who was also the geography teacher) and a single secretary that ran the school office. That was it. 3 people ran an entire high school. Where my nephew goes to high school? They have a vice-principal for each grade level and an executive vice-principal and at least 5 secretaries of one sort or another. God knows how many Diversity Officers and Deputy Executive Assistant Outreach Coordinators and Supreme Grand High Exalted Making Sure The Pencils are Sharp But Not Too Sharp Because Think Of The Children's they have. And every goddamn one of them has a Masters Degree and are paid a meager pittance that's only half again or more my salary.

[gaoxiaen]

I read (present tense) some of Roosh's stuff. I think he's a little too cynical, but he's intelligent and good on several subjects.

[Bam!]

Valizadeh is an American author, blogger and speaker

She's Amerisplaining to Canada, eh?

[Just say Nikki]

Uh...Valizadeh is Roosh.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Well, Canada won't let you in if you've had a DUI. Jerks.

[Free Society]

They wouldn't let me in because I told them it was none of their business whether or not I owned a gun back home.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

For real?

How is that even relevant?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

As they ran your passport and found your DUI conviction.

[Zeb]

Weird. I've never been asked that going to Canada.

[Free Society]

I can only assume they had some knowledge of my CCW permit. I'm at a loss for the relavance as well. I asked them "Do you mean like, am I carrying guns now?" , the guy said "No I'm asking if you are a gun owner at all."

[Rufus J. Firefly]

American border agents never ask Canadians that; except in a routine way. Carrying food, alcohol or firearms?

'My arm is made of fire, sir.'

Ha, ha.

[Free Society]

I imagine the American border guards would be trying to root out maple syrup smugglers.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

And delicious peameal bacon... mmmmm.

[gaoxiaen]

They want to find the top secret recipe for poutine.

[jesse.in.mb]

Relevant

[jesse.in.mb]

Hmm, posted this before you mentioned the CCW, snark retracted.

[Charles Easterly]

You reminded me of this , jesse.

[perlchpr]

What, like, ever?

[Pan Zagloba]

OK, help me here. PUA shit either works or not.

If it doesn't work, men will stop using it. So all it will do is increase your irritation level a bit
If it works, men will keep using it. How is it their fault if it works?

[PapayaSF]

Cuz sexism and patriarchy.

[Jerryskids]

Poor Fannie. You know this guy gets into places women would rather not have him for a living, right? And you're going to single-handedly keep him out of Canadia? Good luck with that.

[perlchpr]

Canada is a city?

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

http://www.theonion.com/articl.....laws-19927

[Fist of Etiquette]

Clinton fired back by alleging "inaccuracies" in reporting on this issue.

But what can you expect from a vast, rightwing conspiracy?

[Winston]

Thank goodness we are far more tolerant today...

On 30 January 1661, (the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles I), Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution, as were the remains of Robert Blake, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton. (The body of Cromwell's daughter was allowed to remain buried in the Abbey.) His disinterred body was hanged in chains at Tyburn, and then thrown into a pit. Cromwell's severed head was displayed on a pole outside Westminster Hall until 1685.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I wonder how the head looked after 24 years on the pole.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

slightly weathered.

[gaoxiaen]

See? The system works.

[John]

The abbey was originally site of the tombs of King Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son Richard I of England (The Lionheart), their daughter Jeanne of England, their grandson Raymond VII of Toulouse, and Isabella of Angoul?me, wife of their son King John. However, there is no remaining corporal presence of Henry, Eleanor, Richard or the others on the site. Their remains were destroyed during the French Revolution.

http://www.midi-france.info/190202_fontevraud.htm

Digging up bodies of people they hate, is how the left rolls.

[Winston]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds

[Zeb]

I don't know if you can really call 17th century monarchists "the left".

[Winston]

I see you can't read the last sentence. You know the original left?

[Winston]

And the original Left opposed free-markets, civil liberties for their opponents and supported war when they were in charge. The Modern left is so different.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Lighten up, Francis.

[Winston]

Oooo...

Francesco ("the Frenchman")[1] was the name given to Saint Francis of Assisi (baptized Giovanni) by his francophile father, celebrating his trade with French merchants. Due to the renown of the saint, this Italian name became widespread in Western Europe during the Middle Ages in different versions (Francisco, Fran?ois, etc.). However, it was not regularly used in Britain until the 16th century as Francis.[

[Charles Easterly]

Lighten up, Giovanni.

[Zeb]

I'm not defending the left, buddy. But there was evil in the world before the left was invented. And yes I know that that is when the left-right thing was invented.

[Winston]

Um, you were replying to John who brought up the French Revolution and the Left.

[Pan Zagloba]

To hell with American Left. They are again infesting Canada, because Rape on Campus and $15 Minimum Wage weren't enough.

Don't turn prime ministers into comic book villains

Yes, why would we want statues of former Prime Ministers, when they were Evil White Men? Fuck!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

This is what I point out to Americans who ask why we are active in American affairs. Their shit always finds its way up here.

It's like a fucking bacteria that spreads.

We have a vested interest in what kind of stupidity our populations are up to.

In fact, we tend to move in similar directions as a civilization in North American and by extension the west.

The only difference is the language we do it in and the sports we play.

And porn.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

North America and the West.

I've been booted out of my office and typing in the infant room.

It's creepy in here.

[Winston]

Except that the anti-American Canadian Left are the ones that ape the American Left the most.

[Pan Zagloba]

Yes. That's what makes me so mad. FUCK OFF AND FIND YOUR OWN IDEAS, ASSHOLES!

[Medical Physics Guy]

American bad habits spread to the UK too, despite the UK's feigned snobbery about Americans.

[Winston]

And it's usually by the leftists that hate America the most.

[Patriot McChipper]

So, I just Googled "Canadian Porn" - First hit takes you to xvideos, I shit you not the whole page was full of girls getting their mouths peed in.... Often by multiple guys.

You Canadians are into some weird shit

[Mad Scientist]

Look, it's cold up there, and you have to keep warm somehow.

[Crusty Juggler]

Canada is the Japan of North America, but with Zamboni in the place of tentacle porn.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*chokes on claret, wildly flails about laughing and choking*

[Ted S.]

That's an interesting link.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

That's Ted's way of telling you you SF'd the link.

[Pan Zagloba]

Fuck me, I thought I did a preview.

Second Try

[Pan Zagloba]

I give up, reason hates the link.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com.....e25653158/

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sen. Ted Cruz is not happy with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and is accusing him of telling lies.

I wonder if he got permission from the majority leader to say that?

[Just say Nikki]

ICYMI: What's missing from contemporary war fiction? Long but very good for those interested in the subject!

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*reads first page, shudders, fills wine glass again*

[Charles Easterly]

Perhaps you should consider reading the remainder after a year or two, Switzy.

Alternately, because you seem of above ordinary intelligence to me and since one of the implications in the article is that writing of one's experiences (even if the resultant works are not published) is therapeutic - and indeed "healing" - perhaps you might consider doing a bit of writing of your own.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

http://www.miserabledonuts.blogspot.com

Start from the beginning....

[Crusty Juggler]

I want to go on the record stating that Revenge of the Sith is surprisingly good

O.M.G.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

I am not responsible for my co-bloggers flaws...

[Charles Easterly]

I will.

My sense is that I will have to read this in sections, parts at a time.

What is coincidental is that at the end of the post you responded to, I had started to ask you if I could obtain some of the home brew I saw via a link you provided a while ago, but I deleted the question.
I see that the gaming link where I saw the home brew is in the content of miserable donuts. Which, in a sort of stream-of-consciousness manner reminds me that I thought about sending you my "The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16 Ton Mega Set" when I was admiring the names of some of the home brews.
If you're interested in making an exchange I would be pleased to work out the details. I have no idea what the laws regarding the shipping of alcohol are, and that might be a bit of a hurdle.

Unfortunately, the necessities of life call upon me and I must needs depart H&R for a couple of days. Perhaps we can discuss this on another thread next week.

[Mike M.]

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, held by the U.S., will be released to smooth over tensions with Israel following the Iran deal.

In other words, we just made an already crappy deal for the U.S. even worse. That's great.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

No, it's an admission that we fucked up, and Israel is mad.

[John]

And a total insult to Israel. Do they honestly think releasing some spy from 30 years ago makes up for selling them out and leaving the country in danger of being destroyed? What an insulting piece of shit Obama is.

Oh and it also gives him the chance to spit in the face of anyone in this country who thinks spying for another country is a bad thing. God I fucking hate that guy.

[Ted S.]

Israeli governments over the past 30 years have obsessed over Pollard.

[John]

I doubt this makes up for things.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Tough shit - he should still be rotting in prison. They could give Bergdahl the next cell over.

[Ted S.]

Oh, I agree.

[Mike M.]

Yep. No doubt this is a big "win" for Israel and helps them to save a little face.

But what the fuck do we here in America get out of this? Nothing, though perhaps it might help the demos raise a few more sheckels from deep-pocketed Jewish donors.

[*GILMORE*]

Its fucking stupid.

You don't fuck someone over then send them a box of chocolates.

[Bam!]

Steve Forbes on Free Markets: 'You may not love your neighbor but you want to sell to your neighbor.' By Paul Detrick

Unless it's a Confederate flag.

[AlmightyJB]

I originally read that as you want sell your neighbor. I'm like that would be awesome if he actually said that.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I had no idea that the executive branch could enact gun control legislation.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Apparently BO has no idea what the executive branch is capable of, either.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, held by the U.S....

You know who else held Jews captive?

[Lee G]

The Bishop of Alexandria?

[Lee G]

The Bishop of Alexandria?

[Rich]

Nathan's Famous?

[Lee G]

That's the answer I was trying to think of. Dammit.

[PBR Streetgang]

Pharaoh?

[Citizen X]

The Spanish Inquisition?

[Number 2]

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition?

[Number 2]

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Sheldon Richman?

[C. Anacreon]

The aura of Louis Vuitton?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

The answer is on the tip of my tongue!

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Rufus J. Firefly's tongue?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Just the tip.

[Mr. Paulbotto]

The Babylonians?

[Trshmnstr doesn't recycle]

The Palestinians in Berlin?

[Trshmnstr doesn't recycle]

Munich*

[Enough About Woodchippers]

Henny Youngman?

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

+1 take my wife... please.

[Rich]

Initially, a Justice Department official said Friday morning the investigation was criminal in nature, but the department reversed course hours later without explanation. "The department has received a referral related to the potential compromise of classified information. It is not a criminal referral," an official said.

So, they're *already* backing off. WTF is this?

[Lee G]

You have to ask?

[Rich]

I *choose* to ask.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I can't think of a way it wouldn't be criminal.

[Rich]

Ima guess you're not a DOJ lawyer.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I'm not. But the NDA is pretty fucking clear.

[Pathogen]

Look, the "wording" of the NDA isn't nearly as important as the "spirit and implyed intent" of the NDA..

/J. Roberts

[John]

There isn't a way. The answer is FYTIW. There is no more law in this country.

[Microaggressor]

Palms were greased. Mistakes were made.

[Homple]

Nice little career and retirement plan you got there. Shame if something should happen to it.

[Slammer]

How about some new Ahab?
Might be some triggers involved, I don't give a shit

[Just say Nikki]

Salman Rusdie agrees: the terrorists have won, he'd not count on writers' support for The Satanic Verses today.

[jesse.in.mb]

Is he still grumpy about that lil ol' fatwa?

[Medical Physics Guy]

He's right though, the writers would cave and not support him.

[jesse.in.mb]

I don't disagree. I mostly just like using the word fatwa. It's surprisingly fun to say.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Girls, they girls they love me...I'm the overweight Mullah Fatwa D!

[Free Society]

Two inspectors general think former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be investigated for possibly sharing sensitive information over an unsecured email server.

And at least one cynical fuck in the commentariat doesn't believe for a second that anything will come of it.

[PBnHugh's Woodchipster]

Count me in as well. Two! Two cynical fucks in the commentariat! Ah! Ah! Ah!

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

It is nothing but cynical fucks, all the way down!

[Jerryskids]

Like I always say: I try being as cynical as I can but some days you just can't keep up.
.
News reporter: "Mrs. Clinton denies any wrongdoing."
Film clip of Hillary: "I have never e-mailed any classified material on my server. There is no classified material on my server."
Me throwing beer bottle at the TV: "Of course there is no classified material on your server - because you deleted it, the question is 'WAS there classified material on your server?' and how the hell would you e-mail something that wasn't already on your computer? The question isn't whether or not you were sending classified material, it's whether or not you were RECEIVING it."
And knowing Clintons and how you gotta parse every goddamn word out of their lying mouths, her words are all it takes for me to be convinced she just said that yes indeed she did regularly receive and store classified material on her server.

[OneOut]

"There is no classified material on my server.""

Well that just depends on what the definition of is is.

It worked for Bill.

[C. Anacreon]

I wonder just exactly what she will need to do to lose the "won't it be great to vote for the first-ever woman US President?" brigade.

To be honest, I can't even think of something bad enough that would cause her to lose those votes.

Any ideas?

[Free Society]

She could use her strap-on to butt rape Emma Sulkowicz on national television. That might do it.

[C. Anacreon]

I think that would just lead the brigade to say the act was 'liberating'. I'm sure Columbia would give Hillary course credit for it too, and encourage all Ivy League students to vote for her.

[Free Society]

Course credit? You... you're good...

[PapayaSF]

How about an ad starring the child rapist she defended by smearing the victim? The woman is still alive, she very much resents the experience, and there's audiotape of Hillary laughing about the experience.

[C. Anacreon]

C'mon, you know what would happen next. CNN and NPR would both do huge shows decrying the 'exploitation of the suffering rape victim' by the 'evil white male Republicans solely for political gain'. Hillary would end up being described as a victim herself in all this, and as a victim herself she's really the only one who can understand the tragedy, and meanwhile all of her lickspittle would get the 'war on women' meme rolling again, all before the ad even had a chance to air a second time.

[PapayaSF]

That's what independent campaign ads and YouTube are for.

[perlchpr]

Holy shit. Free Society was right. You really are good at this.

[PBR Streetgang]

+1 Count.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

+1 Count Count

[perlchpr]

Please. She's another Teflon Clinton. Nothing ever sticks to those fuckers.

[ant1sthenes]

Oh, I wouldn't say nothing will come of it. I imagine something unpleasant is going to happen to those Inspectors General.

[Just say Nikki]

Ah, yes, inaccuracies in reporting:

The paper initially reported that two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation "into whether Hillary Rodham Clinton mishandled sensitive government information on a private email account she used as secretary of state."

That clause, which cast Clinton as the target of the potential criminal probe, was later changed: the inspectors general now were asking for an inquiry "into whether sensitive government information was mishandled in connection with the personal email account Hillary Rodham Clinton used as secretary of state."

The Times also changed the headline of the story, from "Criminal Inquiry Sought in Hillary Clinton's Use of Email" to "Criminal Inquiry Is Sought in Clinton Email Account," reflecting a similar recasting of Clinton's possible role. The article's URL was also changed to reflect the new headline.

As of early Friday morning, the Times article contained no update, notification, clarification or correction regarding the changes made to the article.

One of the reporters of the story, Michael Schmidt, explained early Friday that the Clinton campaign had complained about the story to the Times.

[*GILMORE*]

All the changed was whether "Hillary mishandled information" to 'magic passive-voice' ...whether "Information was mishandled while it was on her account"

"Not saying SHE did it! It was just there, and mishandling happened!"

That's their cop out? Basically, the correction is a non-correction. Whether she's named as the target, or whether its simply "her account" that's the target, its the same fucking story.

[Irish ?s ESB]

From a while back, but I missed it: Sleazy attorney responsible for tons of terrible campus sex policies published an article arguing that 30 Shades of Gray is evil because BDSM is torture and should be illegal because you can't consent to being tortured.

Every paragraph is amazing. Its idiocy density is immense:

"I initially planned to write about why only stupid people are titillated by violence, and that films that eroticize violence are harmful to society, etc. But that seemed too obvious.

Then I tried writing that such films are women's "blackface" because they're akin to Minstrel shows that once celebrated black people as simpletons who enjoyed being mistreated. But that seemed inadequate."

Okay.

"Some women say they enjoy being harmed, and even call it "liberating," which may well be true, but so what. Some people also like overdosing on heroin, but we have policies and laws in place to prevent such "pleasure." In any event, the idea that submitting to violence is a form of freedom is as distracting and offensive as the claim that some black slaves in the South liked working on plantations for no pay. We forbade slaves to "choose" to submit to dehumanizing degradation, and we never once called such submission "liberating.""

*rising applause*

[Medical Physics Guy]

Some people also like overdosing on heroin

wut?

[Rich]

Some people also like other people overdosing on heroin

FTFY

[Pan Zagloba]

Some people also like overdosing on heroin

"Chasing the dragon? Bah! I'm gonna catch him!"
"Witness!"
"WITNESS!"

[Medical Physics Guy]

"The day I bring an OD bitch to your house, I'll give her the adrenaline shot"

[MoriahJovan]

That would be Nikki Sixx, for whom heroin is apparently a preservative.

[Ted S.]

: Sleazy attorney responsible for tons of terrible campus sex policies published an article arguing that 30 Shades of Gray is evil because BDSM is torture and should be illegal because you can't consent to being tortured.

So the other 20 shades are just fine and dandy!

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

I wondered if anyone caught that - thanks Ted.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Some women say they enjoy being harmed, and even call it "liberating," which may well be true, but so what. Some people also like overdosing on heroin, but we have policies and laws in place to prevent such "pleasure."

This is a target rich environment.

We should have laws in place preventing S&M pleasures because I disapprove because I'm a totalitarian asshole and believe I have the right to not only pass judgement on other people's behavior but dictate consequences for behavior I don't like...

[Irish ?s ESB]

Incidentally, I knew I was about to read something glorious before I even got there because I found the article after Gail Dines approvingly quoted it. The Dines article talking about it compared Kink porn to Abu Ghraib, so I wasn't sure which article was dumber, but in the end I went with the one by the moron attorney.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

That's funny, cause I'd compare Abu Ghraib to kink porn.

It's nothing but light BDSM, dress-up, and chicks smoking.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

and chicks smoking

That's the best porn of all - people smoking. As a former smoker* watching other people smoke nearly brings me to organism.

*I understand the "as a...." construct is currently in disfavor. I choose to disregard this norm.

[Slammer]

brings me to organism.

Nice John-o

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Is that what it is called now a "John-O" - like a "speak-o"?

[lap83]

I prefer typun

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

organism orgasm.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Never, ever correct your Johngasms; own them!

[Homple]

I read it as "onanism".

[Crusty Juggler]

As a former smoker* watching other people smoke nearly brings me to organism.

As a former smoker I concur that it is pretty damn erotic. The flick of the Bic lighter is like foreplay.

[Just say Nikki]

Some people also like overdosing on heroin, but we have policies and laws in place to prevent such "pleasure."

Aaaaaand that's how I can tell you're the slaver.

[Irish ?s ESB]

Best part:

"Private sexual behavior between consenting adults is rarely the government's business, but when it constitutes criminal activity to which adults cannot lawfully consent, the fact that it happens behind closed doors is irrelevant."

I like it because it's such a bizarre argument. What happens behind closed doors isn't the government's business unless the government decides to outlaw it, at which time it totally becomes the government's business!

So if governments just said 'all homosex is now illegal' that would be completely justifiable because the government said so.

[Just say Nikki]

Well I mean who could possibly consent to homosex, Irish...shudder...

[Irish ?s ESB]

As a straight man, I would absolutely have sex with Jesse.

Not because I'm gay, you understand. I'd just want to show him he's appreciated with the gift of my body.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Jesse, or the Jacket?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

The cross-bar in the wobbly H.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Still rethinking that "theoretically bi" thing, huh?

[waffles]

Soon no longer theoretical! NTTAWWT. Experimentation is healthy.

[OneOut]

Top or Bottom sex ?

[Ein Barde und ein Holzhacker]

Only if it's kind with two dudes then it's illegal.

[Free Society]

"Rarely" the government's business? I can't think of any occasion that it would be, at all, ever.

[ant1sthenes]

Hey, the vast majority of men would never do that, so it's obviously non-consensual.

[Crusty Juggler]

Some people get pleasure out of keeping others from receiving pleasure. That is their thing.

[bassjoe]

But... you can actually consent to being tortured (within reason, of course).

[Medical Physics Guy]

I want to see this guy's browser history.

[PBR Streetgang]

Oh, I bet you don't.

[bassjoe]

I use Incognito so nyah!

But, no, I'm not actually into BDSM myself. I'm just familiar with how consent works.

[Crusty Juggler]

you can actually consent to being tortured

I do watch True Detective every Sunday. HA!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Extreme gangbang.

Discuss.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

What you canadians do on your free time is your business.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

As long as they have a safe word that isn't all -our or -re at the end, right?

[Pan Zagloba]

Extreme gangbang.

Science says: 4 out of 5 people approve.

[DEG]

Done.

[Christophe]

Not one bit surprised. There's already feminists claiming coitus is always rape because it's inherently violent and therefore no one can consent to it.

This asshole is just targeting a smaller demographic, in the hope of actually turning people against them.

[Rich]

Mrs. Clinton ... noted that she has voluntarily released 55,000 pages of email

STFU already! This has nothing to do with anything!

[PapayaSF]

Which she helpfully printed out, to make them more difficult to search.

[Christophe]

When the Lavabit guy did that with the private key the Feds were requesting, he was threatened with contempt of court.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Got my Cuba Libre! postcard in the mail today, reason.

I'm burning with curiosity about an event in Cuba.

Great marketing, fellas, and the postcard was well designed.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

WUT? Do I need to check the mail?

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

reason sent out a postcard advertising an event in Cuba January 28-31.

Maybe the card only went out to the super cool in-crowd, so not you. 🙁

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I'm one of their elite and cherished donors.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Well, that's what their donor solicitation emails tell you, anyways.......

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

You're gonna find yourself on the same list as Playa, you keep given away the secrets.

[OneOut]

I thought it was way cool that they sent my wife and I tickets.

I would have preferred 1st class though.

We are very curious about the hotel because the wife unit freaks over cockroaches which I hear are rampant in Cuba..

[jesse.in.mb]

DUDE. I told you I got this postcard yesterday.

[Winston]

Cuba Libre? Aren't the Castros still in power?

[Just say Nikki]

You know, some people might see a stat like this and think, "Yeah, state monopolies are way less convenient than competitive businesses!"

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That's exactly what I thought. It's like you're in my head.

[Irish ?s ESB]

Some people might see a stat like that and say 'Louisiana gun deaths are highly skewed by the fact that New Orleans is the most violent city in the country and this can't be blamed on mean old right-wingers since New Orleans hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1870. Most of the state actually has a relatively average homicide rate when compared to the rest of the country and you're using an outlier to wrongfully claim the entire state is dangerous.'

Other people might say "New Hampshire and Vermont both have very high gun ownership rates and are among the safest states in the country."

Unfortunately, actual facts like that don't fit into 140 characters.

[Just say Nikki]

Don't get all off-topic with your ownership and safety nonsense. Some people just want to shop.

[Terc]

What my ideological opponents typically counter with is something like, "But people buy the guns in Louisiana and sell them to criminals in New Orleans. That's why we have to clamp down on private gun sales." When I mention NH or VT (or Switzerland. They love Europe!), they put their fingers in their ears and shout, "Blah blah blah! I can't hear you!"

[Microaggressor]

Don't get all bogged down in hatefacts. Just look at that picture of all those gun store locations and realize you're supposed to be afraid of them.
The gun grabbers are completely tone deaf to the fact that not everyone shares their emotional repulsion to inanimate objects.

[Ted S.]

Only 500 post offices in all of Louisiana?

[Pan Zagloba]

Today in Accompished Female Athletes of East Europe, I go back to the old country to present

Ivana Spanovic

Current long jump European gold winner (silver last year), and World championship bronze medal winner.

[Crusty Juggler]

I don't see the attraction, but to each their own.

[Lee G]

Stay crusty, my friend

[Slammer]

Ivanna Spankit

[C. Anacreon]

She looks like she'd make a great James Bond villain.

[jesse.in.mb]

By special request (Nicole) I'm staying in Canuckistan today with the athlete pick:

Alexandre Despatie (or the only good reason for watching the Athens Olympics)

5'8" Quebec-born diver. If you don't want to see a man in a speedo repeatedly don't click on Any. Of. These. Pics.

[Just say Nikki]

But you do want to. You want to so badly.

I'm lovin' it, if you know what I mean.

[Crusty Juggler]

Meh, I do not see it.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Let me help you out Jesse:

http://www.realstylenetwork.co.....olympians/

[Fist of Etiquette]

I clicked through the first few and noticed none are wearing speedos. I don't think this helps.

[jesse.in.mb]

Some interesting options, but only 3 of them really jumped out at me and they were all wearing way too much clothing for me to make a detailed assessment.

[lap83]

I'm pretty sure Ivana could beat him up.

[jesse.in.mb]

And where were you when I posted the Australian rugby player turned bobsledder, Simon Dunn?

[Medical Physics Guy]

I just want to say, I enjoy these links you post. Great female..um...role models for the next generation.

[Pan Zagloba]

I try to find athletes who actually achieved something in their field, yes.
OT, looking at info on Anastasia Luppova made me wonder, why the hell are billiards not co-ed sport? I think she'd kick ass against male players. Likewise, target shooting?

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Oh my!

[Medical Physics Guy]

You call yourself Swiss, but I sir am currently In Switzerland!

Hell of a country.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Oh yeah? Where are you? Avoid Geneva unless you are on a serious expense account!

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Ah, and if you know High German, prepare to be befuddled by their dialect.

Gr?ezi indeed.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Sorry, sacked out shortly after posting. In Geneva enjoying my $4.00 coffees and $30 pizzas. Today taking the train to Zurich.

[Mike M.]

Sanders surges, Clinton sags.

And yes, the article is safe for work, in spite of the distinctly NSFW sounding headline.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Headline: Squishy Clinton sags; are silicons the solution?

[In League with the Dark Ones]

And apparently Sanders pays his interns 12$/hr.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Man restrained with seltbelts and tape on Siberia Airlines flight

Definitely worth a look for the picture. Those Russians don't mess.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Well, he was going to Vladivostok. I'd drink too.

[bassjoe]

McConnell telling lies? To his political allies? NO WAY!!!

[Granny Weatherwax]

Demopublican theme song.

[Mazakon]

Obama works with Turkish government to secure the border with Syria

[Rich]

While in *Kenya*, too. The Man is a miracle worker!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

His wife will still be fucking up traffic here tomorrow, though. She's a "special guest" at the opening ceremonies for the Special Olympics tomorrow. Emphasis on "special guest".

[Enough About Woodchippers]

President Obama is most frustrated about his failure to enact gun control legislation.

Tough shit, beyoch.

[Mazakon]

Donald Trump: Republicans are to blame for 2008 financial crisis

[When] the economy crashed so horribly under George Bush, because of mistakes they made having to do with banking and lots of other things, I don't think the Democrats would have done that.

[Lee G]

That sound you just heard was a Fox News anchor's head imploding

[Mazakon]

Trump said quite a bit today that will have people's heads imploding. Democrats from Trump saying there are things he agrees with them with and not this "hard-right conservative", and possibly Reason from Trump's more mild-mannered comments on illegal immigrants.

[Christophe]

Is he doing an epic pivot to the center to prepare for a 3rd party run? Holy shit he might actually unite the statists from the entire political spectrum.

[ant1sthenes]

Shit, some people were calling that from the get-go. Not that he's aiming to win, but he's aiming to play Perot and hand Clinton the win by splitting the right-wing vote.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

and lots of other things,

Don't you love how specific and intelligent Trump sounds?

Like, it was totally, the banks and, like, stuff.

[Trshmnstr doesn't recycle]

Speaking of woodchippers, I need one. Does anybody have any recommendations? It needs to be able to take larger branches (I have old trees, and need to chip everything that is too small to be firewood, 3-4" diameter or less), and it needs to be durable enough to take a bit of a beating.

This is what I'm currently looking at, but I'm open to other suggestions, including places to get used models.

[Lee G]

I wouldn't go any smaller than a 6 inch disc chipper, horizontal feed. Just because bigger is safer.

I own a 12 inch Bandit and use the hell out of it.

[Trshmnstr doesn't recycle]

I have experience on a 6" PTO-driven chipper, so that's what I'm comfortable with, but I don't have a tractor and am struggling to invest so much for what is just a 1ac lot with some really big trees. I'm sitting in that sweet spot beyond what I can burn in a couple hours (without scorching half the yard), but where I don't generate enough material to warrant a huge investment.

I think the solution is to move to 15 acres and get the 12" chipper!

[Lee G]

Rent what you need. You don't want to own one. It's not worth the money.

[Lee G]

I say that because that's what I do for a living, own equipment and rent it out. It takes a lot of usage to justify owning one.

[Enough About Woodchippers]

Suthen Boy would be who to ask.

[Slammer]

The tiny islands where Canada and America are at war

Tensions are rising again over the area called the grey zone, the last disputed lands between Canada and the U.S.?and this time, someone could get hurt

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Pure classic:

"Canadians are like Vikings. They'll rape and pillage and not give a s?t, because they can still go home [after their short season]," says Drouin."

It's one degree off from being a story in The Onion.

Other than that, it's nice to see the two countries are close enough that an insignificant issue could lead them to war.

Never trust a lobster.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

"You can work with some people, but there are assholes on both sides of the border who take things too far," says Cook

Isn't that just about any border in the world?!

Unless the Canadians dust off HMCS Haida, I think we can take 'em!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

True but I think it's +1 in favor of America.

/Grins. Ducks. Runs.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Mooslyvania?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosylvania

[Slammer]

LOL you just reminded of Willam Conrad. God, he was the BEST Matt Dillon

[jesse.in.mb]

Well, I for one am disappointed.

Obama Kenya Visit: Nude Protest Against Homosexuality Canceled

First Rick Scarborough doesn't light himself on fire, now this? I'm really questioning people's commitment to the cause.

[Slammer]

Nude protest against homosexuality? What the hell does nudity have to do with anything? Sounds kinda gay...

[jesse.in.mb]

The original protest was going to be mostly hookers afraid that if homosexuality was legalized they'd lose all their business.

The whole story has been delightfully bizarre.

[Slammer]

"Doth protest too much" for reals

[Irish ?s ESB]

So CNN called Kenya a 'terrorist hotspot' and a bunch of Kenyans angrily freaked out on Twitter and claimed this was racist.

Except hundreds of people are killed by terrorists in Kenya every year since about 2011, so it is a terrorist hotspot.

Why are people so dumb?

[Lee G]

They're not dumb, they just get perks for being outraged so they get outraged at any opportunity.

[Crusty Juggler]

Rap music.

[Pan Zagloba]

To be fair, they are a terrorist hotspot because they let in a bunch of Somalis in, and turns out that may be a bad idea. Not like it's Kenyan natives shooting up the malls.

[Irish ?s ESB]

Well, they also didn't 'let a bunch of Somalis in,' they completely lack the money that would be necessary to keep them out.

It's not hard to sneak across a border in Africa. And a lot of the attacks by Al Shabaab occur right on the Somalian border. They've actually attacked tons of quarries because the quarries are right on the border so it's easy to go there and murder 20 workers or so.

[Pan Zagloba]

True, but bunch were allowed in as refugees. And the thanks was..oh wait, you can't collectivize, even if you get gunned down because you are wearing the cross or can't recite the shahadah in Arabic.

I'm just saying, I can understand why they might be a taaaad salty about CNN morons.

[Heroic Mulatto]

At the risk of sounding pedantic, of the four shooters, one was a Kenyan of Arab ethnicity. The other was Sudanese, the ringleader was Somali, and the other "unknown" (probably Somali, imo).

Point being, not only, as Irish said, that African borders are porous, but that Islamist groups in the region tend to be quite diverse in their makeup, as hotspots (and, yes, Kenya is one) draw batshit-insane murderous Islamists from around the globe like flies to shit. Or is that shit to shit?

[Christophe]

Ideology knows no borders. Ultimately trying to stop Islamic terrorism at the border is not going to be as effective as just hardening the targets. The single most effective response to 9/11 was having cockpit doors that lock.

[OneOut]

The plane crashed into the muntain in Europe not long ago had cockpit doors that lock.

The copilot locked the capitan out and flew the plane into a mountain.

Doors that lock and walls that keep Mexicans out also keep Americans in.

I keep trying to tell my friends here in Texas that but they just don't listen.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

In defense of offended Kenyans: hundreds of people were killed by non-terrorists in Kenya every year since about 2011.

[Irish ?s ESB]

Left wing attacks on porn are actually way funnier than the right-wing version.

Chris Hedges: Porn is what the end of the world looks like!

"
"When you fight porn you fight global capitalism," she said. "The venture capitalists, the banks, the credit card companies are all in this feeding chain. This is why you never see anti-porn stories. The media is implicated. It is financially in bed with these companies. Porn is part of this. Porn tells us we have nothing left as human beings?boundaries, integrity, desire, creativity and authenticity. Women are reduced to three orifices and two hands. Porn is woven into the corporate destruction of intimacy and connectedness, and this includes connectedness to the earth. If we were a society where we were whole, connected human beings in real communities, then we would not be able to look at porn. We would not be able to watch another human being tortured.""

[Crusty Juggler]

We would not be able to watch another human being tortured.

What else am I supposed to do with my chaturbate tokens? Gosh.

[Ein Barde und ein Holzhacker]

"We would not be able to watch another human being tortured."""

Even when it's a woman doing the um "torturing"?

[Heroic Mulatto]

And the U-shaped political spectrum theory is proven once again. You could only change a few words in that article and it could have been a rant published in Der St?rmer against "Jewish" pornographers.

[Ein Barde und ein Holzhacker]

I've always said the only difference between Nazis, Fascists, Communists, Progressives, and Socialists, is that the Nazis were better dressers.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

+1

If you're going to be a mass murderer at least do it with some style and well tailored uniforms.

[In League with the Dark Ones]

The Nazis used to claim it was easy to convert Communists and Socialists to the Nazi cause...

[Winston]

And the U-shaped political spectrum theory is proven once again.

Makes sense when you realize that "right" originally meant "support for the status quo" and "left" meant "opposition to the status quo" so it's not like there is some real ideology behind those terms. It's not like the Bourbons and the Jacobins disagreed on France invading other countries, censorship, opposition to laissez faire or executing political opponents.

[Heroic Mulatto]

A good point.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

HM, as I am starting to drink heavily, and will end up playing TF2 on Steam....isn't there a HyR Steam group? CAN I HAZ IN THE KOOL KIDS KLUB?

[Free Society]

Women are reduced to three orifices and two hands.

That's not true. Footjobs.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*arches eyebrow, begins polite applause*

[DEG]

Cleavage too.

[Jerryskids]

Three orifices and two hands? Jesus Titty-fucking Christ, that's off by at least a factor of three.

[OneOut]

armpits ?

Just asking for a friend.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Sooth....*continues applause*

[*GILMORE*]

The below comment on that story... for some reason, I hear it read in the voice of Evil Dr. Klahn from Fistful of Yen

"Schiffon ? 5 months ago

This is a poignant and critical assessment. We make a critical error in not guarding our hearts and minds with all due diligence. We make ourselves vulnerable when we naively ignore that the capitalist system is designed for consumption at any cost, even societal cannibalism. The society is more than morally indifferent it is depraved. This is a spiritual problem with undeniable adverse consequences."

[Pan Zagloba]

My fellow Canadians, we have reached peak CBC. I give you

Shrewd Canada story.

It is about Canada is awesome for refusing to dismantle tariffs on egg and dairy, which are centrally managed. Not like evil Americans, who subsidize their agriculture,

Canadian supply-managed commodities don't need subsidies: prices are adjusted to cover costs.

It is really good paying more for food because FUCK YOU SLAVERS!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

/face palm

[Rt. Hon. Judge Woodrow Chipper]

Nut Massage: Judge orders Cook Country Sheriff to halt crusade.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/.....story.html

[Medical Physics Guy]

Reminds me of the Wisconsin judge shutting down the local DA.

Is this a trend because suddenly DAs/sheriffs are so power mad, or am I noticing it for the first time.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Both. That nut case Dart is something else...IL's own wacky version of Sheriff Joe!

[Joshua]

What?
No mention of religious pharmacies being forced to serve up the morning after pill etc.?

http://www.latimes.com/busines.....tml#page=1

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

But "the monopolistic state-granted licenses that medical professionals receive should preclude these professionals from injecting their personal beliefs into their professional practices."

So, that's how we handle it: Not by tearing down the government's monopoly (perish the thought!), but by shitting on personal liberties.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*Wife and kids gone for days....The Servant of the Swiss stares at the full wine rack....slow grin spreads across face*

I might not reach Agile Cyborg levels of fun....but lets see what happens.

[Pan Zagloba]

We demand hourly updates!

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*personal hygiene degrading....first bottle of claret is half gone....this kielbasa is quite tasty...looks for wine glass...*

[DEG]

A good start.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*mutters imprecations against empty claret bottle...finds consolation in full shiraz bottle....vaguely wonders about ifh, thinking of shiraz and Australia...reminds me that Ozzian rugby team is coming to Chicago soon, yes....?*

*snorts and wanders off for a while to play TF2*

[DEG]

Aussie wine... I brought back a lot of good wine from my last trip to Australia. And good beer too.

Aussie women... my last trip there was a legging lover's paradise.

[Microaggressor]

Dumbass kid eats 65 whole marijuanas, jumps off a balcony to his death. Pot kills, kids.
Cue hand wringing from the CDC that IF ONLY THERE HAD BEEN WARNING LABELS!

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ma.....abels-cdc/

[Crusty Juggler]

I guess someone did not watch Desperate Lives with the talented and stunning Helen Hunt.

[ATXChappy]

"Hillary Could Face Criminal Inquiry..."

"Yeah, and monkeys could fly out of my butt."

[Winston]

Members of the Supreme People's Assembly are elected in single-member constituencies, with one approved candidate put forward in each constituency.[8] Large groups of voters are presented with a ballot while moving through a voting booth, on which there is a single box to tick a candidate's name.[9] Voters must stop to cross out the candidate, making the process a monitored event.[2] Voting is compulsory in North Korea.[10]

100% of the vote on 99.97% turnout. And technically North Korea has a three-party system. In this way Communists have a loophole to get around "one-party state" and "democratic elections".

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Ha, ha ha! You cannot fool me - that is really a description of Cook County, IL voting!!!

[DEG]

0.03% heading off to the Gulag. Poor bastards.

[*GILMORE*]

"Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, held by the U.S., will be released to smooth over tensions with Israel following the Iran deal."

oh, that should make everything all-better.

'Hey, sorry I burnt your house down. So I baked you a cake."

[Pan Zagloba]

Supposedly, US tried to buy off Netanyahu with an arms package, and he told them to fuck off. So I guess, he can't exactly tell them to fuck off now. Unless he has Mossad put Pollard into hospital or something.

[*GILMORE*]

its one of the stupidest diplomatic gestures I've ever seen

You simply don't arbitrarily "give people stuff" unless its part of an exchange. (or just an Ipod or something)

And you don't do it to 'smooth things over'. Especially when its the kind of thing you'd do just as regular course of business (the guy was eligible for fucking parole in a few months anyway)

If Israel needs us more than we need them, then they'll deal with it. If we need them, then we should have included them in on the negotiations. Everything else is just fucking insulting.

[Pan Zagloba]

I can picture Obama's frustration.

"How hard can it be to buy off a bunch of Jews? Someone get me Rahm on the line!"

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

*drunkenly stand to applaud*

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

stands, dammit! STANDS!!!!

[Pan Zagloba]

I'm glad to see that wine consumption is on target!

[Robert]

It was a good one.

It's like to make up for lessening their nat'l security, we lessen ours.

[Dobranoc]

the guy was eligible for fucking parole in a few months anyway

Which he was extremely unlikely to get given the nature of his crime. And until now the DOJ has said they want him to serve the full sentence.

[*GILMORE*]

So what? the point was that he did 30 years and is coincidentally almost eligible for release. its not exactly highly-exceptional clemency being offered.

[ant1sthenes]

Wait, you can get people held captive as part of diplomacy? Someone should let the president know.

[*GILMORE*]

Maybe we should just outsource PM links to Vox, Motherjones, and Huffpo?

[Pan Zagloba]

Look, those are reasonable organizations staffed by reasonable people who will tell you the truth in rational, measured manner, backed by data.
What do you want, Mark Steyn on more political prosecutions in Canada? So distasteful!

[*GILMORE*]

I was thinking more like "news-news" sources. Where important shit happens and serious people report on it. None of this millenial, internet-gossip bullshit like Vox

I mean, if I relied on this place for "news" I'd almost never have learned about the Dallas Cowboys running back and his underwear-thieving ways

[DEG]

Time for a booze thread.

Derailed is my after-work-before-housework beer. It's not bad. Earlier I had White Birch Brewing's Anniversary Ale, which was excellent.

[Crusty Juggler]

I had one of these earlier, which I really liked a lot (I have to find out where to buy more). And one of these, which I did not, but I think that is mostly because I am not a stout man.

[DEG]

I'd go for both.

[OneOut]

"mostly because I am not a stout man."

Are you just real skinny and weak ?

It's Ok and all. It's just the internet.

[Zeb]

Gin and tonics for me tonight.

Survey: lemon or lime in your G&T?

[*GILMORE*]

Lime and lots of it (usually a whole one)

i'll peel and shred it and let the pulp float around in the glass.

Its because I had a gimlet thing for a few years. But gimlets are a quick way to burn a hole in your stomach. So a G&T with lots of lime provides a simulacra

[Zeb]

I'm definitely in the lime camp as well. Though not that much.

A dash of Angostura bitters can be nice too.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

Bombay Gin Gimlets is the #1 reason I did so well in grad school...no, relli!

[DEG]

I don't drink gin and tonics, but I prefer lemon over lime in other things, so lemon.

[Zeb]

Gin and tonics are what summer tastes like.

[Crusty Juggler]

Where I come from summer tastes like humidity and regret.

[DEG]

Regret, yes, I know that taste.

Summer is Hefeweizen time. Actually, all the time is Hefeweizen time.

[*GILMORE*]

(thick, slurred german accent)

Zat is voomins bier

vat, yoo put ze frooty inz it too? HA HA HA HA

[DEG]

That guy is awesome.

[DEG]

Though he wastes wine.

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

What makes Kaiserslautern Germany bearable? Besides the wine?....Halbliter after halbliter of Franziskaner Hefeweizen knocked back whilst sitting in St. Martin Platz.

[DEG]

I haven't been to Kaiserslautern. I like that everywhere in Germany and Austria that I've visited that when I order a Hefeweizen no one asks what size I want. Der Kellner oder die Kellnerin gibt mir einen halbliter Hefeweizen. Nat?rlich! Das stimmt!

[Swiss Servator, rudert schwer!]

LIME, DAMMIT!!!!

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

I prefer bourbon and water in my G&T.

[DEG]

Since Swiss can't be the only one drinking heavily, I opened one of these.