Obama Tuning Out Second GOP Debate, Facebook Dislike Button, Donald Trump: P.M. Links

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  The Jungle Book

  President Obama will not be watching the second GOP debate. Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the president has better things to do. Good for him, but the staff of Reason will be live-blogging the whole sorry spectacle.

• Victory for Drew Sterrett, a former University of Michigan student who faced an especially farcical sexual assault accusation.
• Grand jury recommends murder charges for Baruch College fraternity members involved in death of a pledge.
• Facebook is developing a dislike button. Ack!
• After seven seasons, American Ninja Warrior crowns a champion.
• Expect the Title IX inquisition to get much, much worse under a President Hillary Clinton.
• Ben Carson is getting really popular—almost as popular as the great Donald Trump.
• Watch the trailer for the live-action Jungle Book movie here.

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Comments

[Slammer]

Faebook is developing a dislike button. Ack!

Facebook for faeries?

[grrizzly]

We have a winner!

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

Whatevs. I'm bored with winning.

[grrizzly]

Then being libertarian has no downside for you.

[Tonio]

What you did there...I see it.

[Ted S.]

I think he meant "Baebook".

[Ted S.]

Still hasn't corrected "American/Armeninan Ninja Warrior" yet, though.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hello.

'Faebook is developing a dislike button. Ack!'

Which nationality are you mocking, Robby?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Dislike.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hey Los Doyers, you gonna reign your pal in or what?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

He's afraid of getting a taste of the back of my hand.

*cracks knuckles and stretches fingers*

[Los Doyers]

You don't bite the hand that slaps.

[jesse.in.mb]

Cathy is a nationality?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Dislike.

For linking to Cathy.

[Almanian - Micro Trumper]

A gay nationality.

NTTAWWT

[Tonio]

No, Cathy was an archetype of the fat, neurotic woman who becomes a crazy cat lady.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Cathy was an archetype of the fat, neurotic woman who becomes a crazy cat lady.

Right, like Bruce Vilanch.

[Slammer]

I thought bill the cat said "ack"

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Bill the Cat : ack thbbbt

[Tonio]

They both did. Now I'm wondering if Breathed was taunting Guisewhite with that.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Ack? What the fuck? Does he think he's Cathy or something?

[Heroic Mulatto]

I'm going to shit on your lawn, jesse.

Wait, that would actually be a good thing as it would provide fertile material...

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I peeled out on his lawn in my minivan a few months ago while he was out of town. It actually made it look noticeably better.

[jesse.in.mb]

I peeled out on his lawn in my minivan a few months ago while he was out of town. It actually made it look noticeably better.

That's bad ass, bro.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Automatic doors and video headrests, bitch.

[Mad Scientist]

Tell us about your 22" Dubs!

[Pope Jimbo]

Cool swagger wagon dude

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DHQ2sHyA9SI&t=47

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That's mine, but in midnight blue.

[commodious spittoon]

Remind me why the world hates white people so much when we're the kings of cringe comedy.

[jesse.in.mb]

Pissing on my lawn would probably be more helpful...

[Los Doyers]

Golden showers bring Jesse flowers? Hmmm

[Pan Zagloba]

I did honestly read that as "I peed out on his lawn."

[Ted S.]

O won't spoil the CL results, other than to say I didn't watch because Fox Sports decided to punish us with the EPL teams/Bar?a/Madrid *again*.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I have to say, I'm impressed with TSN - got to choose from four games!

Whatever is missing I go to firstrowsports.

[Ted S.]

I don't have unlimited bandwidth. 🙁

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

Is 'Cathy' a nationality now?

[Mazakon]

Ben Carson is getting really popular?almost as popular as the great Donald Trump.

Tomorrow's debate is gonna be yuge.

[Antilles]

Just like Progressives, Republicans are desperate to prove they're not racist by supporting a Black candidate who espouses the same beliefs as they do. Doubt they'd support a white guy with the same qualifications. And further proof that real racism is relatively rare in the US.

[Tonio]

But, but...there are hundreds of hate groups in the US, Aunty. Hundreds. At least according to SPLC. And most of those are three guys with a PO box.

One of my friends here in VA lives in a neighborhood that is regularly leafleted by the Klan. The leaflets give a PO box and phone number in MO.

[kbolino]

One of my friends here in VA lives in a neighborhood that is regularly leafleted by the Klan. The leaflets give a PO box and phone number in MO.

10:1 it's an FBI honeypot

[C. Anacreon]

Well, all the proper-thinking types do say that the biggest threat Americans face is from ''right-wing hate groups', not jihadists, etc

[BigT]

"Just like Progressives, Republicans are desperate to prove they're not racist by supporting a Black candidate who espouses the same beliefs as they do."

So you think supporting someone for their dermal hue is not racist? Huh?

[Antilles]

In our backwards world the only true proof of not being a racist is to give preferential treatment to someone with darker skin than yourself. I didn't make the rules...

[Warty]

Arcturus

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Expect the Title IX inquisition to get much, much worse under a President Hillary Clinton.

She actually tweeted that all sexual assault survivors have a right to be believed.

Which raises the question about what she thinks of Juanita Broaddrick.

[Pan Zagloba]

Fuck it, I'm back on my belief that you are witnessing the first candidate running The Producers scam. When you set up yourself like that, it's no different than selecting Springtime for Hitler as your script.

[C. Anacreon]

Actually, Kathleen Willey, who accused Bill Clinton of rape, has made a huge issue out of Hillary's comments:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....l-day.html

[C. Anacreon]

Best quote:

Willey says Hillary Clinton is 'the most corrupt human being, the most corrupt politician that this nation has ever seen, man or woman.'

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Where will her body turn up?

Bets?

[Antilles]

She'll have a sudden heart attack. Like Breitbart.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

This is where my hate for her really shines through. Her husband is a no shit rapist. And I mean rape-rape, not he said she said.

She is a caricature of everything she claims to be against.

[Antilles]

And yet she continues to have overwhelming support from Democrat voters. Are they unaware of the things Bill did, or do they dismiss them as lies promulgated by the 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy'? God, I hope she doesn't the nomination. Anyone but her.

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

they dismiss them as lies promulgated by the 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy'

This. Even the whole Monica thing was grossly predatory, given the vast, vast power differential, but the left generally gives him a pass and makes jokes about it.

[Antilles]

Sexual assault must be like drone strikes to Progressives. It's OK when their guys do it...

[Mickey Rat]

Bill was a feminist politician. Any women molested by him should feel to honored to take one for the team.

[Antilles]

I remember one prominent 'feminist' saying that she would service Bill like Monica did so long as he kept abortion legal.

[Zaytsev]

But killing babies isn't the only thing they care about.

[lap83]

He "empowered" them

[wareagle]

she has a D next to her name which trumps all for progs. And yes, I meant to use trumps as it is the right word.

[Pan Zagloba]

Still fits The Producers idea. Spoiler: Springtime for Hitler is a huge hit and they are in trouble because of it.

[Mad Scientist]

Nah, she's playing this as straight as ever. Protecting Bill gets her various political favors from others. Persecuting college kids gets her votes. Rape has nothing to do with it.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I don't know why she thinks she can try to court the "female empowerment" vote. She got this far by marrying a powerful man. That's her only "accomplishment".

[Antilles]

Yes. She's an utterly pathetic female role model. She doesn't deserve to go down in history as the first female president.

[Rich]

Phrasing?

[Antilles]

Yes, Archer...

[Pan Zagloba]

Keep trolling, Mr Soave! The Trump Roads Must Roll!

And speaking of The Him, here's a 15 minute compilation of Nigel Farage's speeches. Just so people who never heard him can listen and then tell me, do you really think Trump is American Farage? I know I wish we had a speaker like Farage in Canada, who could tell our political class where to stuff it.

[Tonio]

+1 Heinlein Reference

[Pan Zagloba]

I was gonna write Trumps Must Troll, but reference would be totally obscure, and Heinlein deserves occasional promotion.

[DEG]

Yes, Heinlein does.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

"He was blindfolded and made to wear a backpack weighted with sand while trying to make his way across a frozen yard as members of the fraternity, Pi Delta Psi, tried to tackle him."

That's not how you do the elephant walk.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Dislike.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That's not what I heard.

[rts]

2024 Olympics: John Tory confirms Toronto won't enter a bid

Dodged a bullet there.

[Gene]

Thank Christ.

[Antilles]

"Expect the Title IX inquisition to get much, much worse"

How this woman can come out in defense of sexual assault victims after years of enabling and excusing her sex offender husband is beyond belief. Has she forgotten her attacks on the women Bill assaulted? How does this troll live with herself?

[Citizen X]

What difference, at this point, does it make?

[Rhywun]

How does this troll live with herself?

With great ease and comfort.

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

On a big pile of money, with many beautiful women

[Antilles]

"with many beautiful women"

Nah, just Huma. A woman who I'm a little embarrassed to admit I find hot...

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Do you want to feed her sugar cubes and carrots?

[jesse.in.mb]

How did we get on the topic of Sarah Jessica Parker?

[Restoras]

The two of them could be half of a coach-and-four

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

They both seem to have very little plow experience. Weak haunches. But I bet they could both chew right through a fence post.

[BigT]

You think she's not plowed by Weiner?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Probably not in the last 24 months, no.

[Antilles]

I like women with unconventional looks. But it's moot since there isn't enough soap in the world to wash away Hillary's and Weiner's feculence?

[JW]

On a private server with nothing classified on it.

Funny how the letter of the law on classified material is the most important thing in the world, but is a pesky detail to be waived away when a drunken college idiot accused of sexual assault.

[Certified Public Asshat]

Confession, I sometimes like to watch Ellen. Hey, fuck you.

Anyway, last week Hilary was on the show. Watching Ellen worship Hilary's lady cock was awful. The worst was when Ellen said that Hilary was the best person for women's rights, not because she is a woman, but because she is the one candidate who believes in true equality.

[Antilles]

"one candidate who believes in true equality."

Yes, she wants us all to be equally miserable while she and her ilk live like royalty.

[C. Anacreon]

Isn't this the case with all progressives?

I was on an annual camping trip with some old buddies this past weekend. We don't do too much except drink a lot of bourbon and beer and overeat, and it's always a great time. As evenings get late, everyone's guard gets way down and people are very honest.

Several of these guys I've always known were very liberal, but during late night two admitted they could be called socialist, though both have pretty good jobs, kids in private schools, and own nice houses in very affluent areas. As they gushed forth more it became clearer and clearer that the only reason they supported 'socialism' is that they couldn't stand the fact that some people have higher incomes than they do. And they'd be perfectly happy to be poor if only everyone else was poor, too. But of course, as intelligent and selfless as they are, they believed they'd be part of the elite, and thus would have some royal treatment that most others wouldn't.

[Restoras]

Jeez. Don't these guys know they'll be the first ones sent off to the work camps? No socialist leader wants comfortable clowns like them as part of the ruling class. You need hungry sociopaths from the lower classes in those ranks - they'll do anything to keep their newly won position of power and luxury.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Wow.

That's...sad.

I couldn't care less. I do what I gotta do.

[Pan Zagloba]

Her Ladyship on the subject.

[Antilles]

Socialism is for the people, not the Socialists themselves. I don't envy people who have more than me. In most cases, they earned it.

[Ted S.]

Lots of guys like to watch lesbian-on-lesbian action.

[Certified Public Asshat]

Thanks for getting me Ted.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Ewww.... Not those kinds of lesbians.

ack thbbbt!

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

I sometimes like to watch Ellen

Graham Norton is way funnier.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I posted a link to that. Hillary sucks at both the whip and the nae-nae.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Victory for Drew Sterrett, a former University of Michigan student who faced an especially farcical sexual assault accusation.

Did Michigan ever get around to disciplining the women caught on camera vandalizing the dorm room door of that conservative Muslim student?

I'll be here all week. thanks to you all for the kind applause.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Colleges offer lectures -- women, minorities hardest hit

[Citizen X]

Medical Physics Guy SugarFrees Link

[Medical Physics Guy]

Crikey. Let's try this again

[Heroic Mulatto]

Fuck. You.

Jesus. Jesus Fucking Christ. Bad pedagogy (well, andragogy) is just bad pedagogy. Lady, you could have made your point without trumped-up charges of racism. Or sexism. Or whatever bullshit you're trying to peddle.

Oh, and thanks for poisoning the well for those of use who are actually trying to improve university-level teaching through stuff like flipped classrooms and the like. You fucking stupid cunt. FUCK! GRAH!

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Heh.

You said 'grah'.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I mean yes, it is true that the children of the already college-educated, middle-class and above are more likely to have been exposed to the language and norms of academia when growing up. So when first in the family to go to college folks begin at university they do experience a sort of class-based culture shock, yes. But one can make that point without the brow-beating. Additionally, the claim that lecture is "unfair" to women's learning style is pure, unadulterated bullshit. As CPA points out downthread, academic language and behavior, thanks to a female-majority K-12 teaching corps, mostly geared towards the values and norms of the White, female middle-class.

I don't hit women. So I'll ask my wife to briefly return to her kickboxing career so she can crocodile kick this bitch in her vapid horse face.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

"Annie Murphy Paul ?@anniemurphypaul 15m15 minutes ago

Megacognitive moments?occasions for reflection?must be recognized and seized on. Exam wrappers are one way to do so:"

I think 'megacognitive' is worse than 'cunt'.

But that's me.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

There's a lot of horse face on this here thread, and I don't much care for it.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I'm more of a donkey face.

But whatev.

[Notorious UGCC]

The best thing would be to sit in an amphitheater-shaped classroom, and the more of a minority/oppressed group you are, the higher you get to sit.

So the left-handed gay lesbians of color would have the top row of seats, below that the nonwhite men, below that the white women, and on the very bottom, staked to the ground in the arena, would be the white men.

And instead of listening to a boring lecture, the people in the seats would watch as the white men in the arena are eaten by lions.

[bacon-magic]

Cecile's progeny.

[Certified Public Asshat]

I thought women did better at schooling because they are better suited to sit still and listen, while men are fidgety and learn more by doing?

[Medical Physics Guy]

To successfully prog, you must only consider the parts of the narrative that are convenient at any given moment.

[Irish ?s ESB]

What if when we have sex robots paratroopers die because they stop mid-jump to bang a sex robot and forget to pull the cord?

What if when we have sex robots people die on the operating table because the surgeon gave them infections picked up when he was having sex with the communal sex robot moments before?

What if sex robots become sentient mid coitus and suddenly I'm committing rape even though I didn't mean to?

I'm just asking the important questions. /PJ Media

[Just say Nikki]

This whole sex robots thing just brings me back to my earlier point about holosex.

[waffles]

Was it about nipples? Or that sex is the reason for civilization?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Fun fact: It's always about nipples.

[Pope Jimbo]

Huh? What do Japanese babies have to do with anything?

[Pope Jimbo]

Sorry, it says nipples. I thought it said nipplets

[Mad Scientist]

No one else wants to do it, so we're going to have to bring in some illegal immigrants to sanitize the floor, walls, and ceiling of the holodeck.

[Antilles]

If one sex robot rapes another sex robot and no one was around to see it, did it really happen?

[Irish ?s ESB]

What if a gang of 12 year olds gang rape a sex robot and then force other sex robots to watch?

[Restoras]

How can you rape something that is designed and programmed for sex? Isn't it really just an orgy?

[Irish ?s ESB]

Not according to PJ Media! Look at the article about sex robots below this one. They threw a fit about all the terrible rape sex robots will cause.

[bacon-magic]

If one of the robots is white and male, it's rape.

[Ted S.]

Do sexbots dream of bestiality?

[Chipperkiin - Wooden Born]

Only if electrified.

[Pope Jimbo]

Just make all sex robots look like Monica Lewinsky. That way - even if there is a huge power difference - no one will care. The whole thing will just be ignored.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

DON'T. DATE. ROBOTS.

[That's A Bingo!]

Good for him, but the staff of Reason will be live-blogging the whole sorry spectacle.

You sound a tad biased.

[jesse.in.mb]

Faebook is developing a dislike button. Ack!

An insidious plot to make Facebook into Reddit

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

DOWNVOTE

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Double dislike.

[Raven Nation]

Can a Reason edit button be far behind?

[Ted S.]

Yes.

[Episteme]

The CEO said the company has been working on the feature?which would allow users to express emotions other than "like"?for some time because "we don't want to turn Facebook into a forum where people are voting up or down on people's posts."

"That doesn't seem like the kind of community that we want to create: You don't want to go through the process of sharing some moment that was important to you in your day and have someone 'downvote' it," he said, using the lingo of popular online forum Reddit.

Instead, Zuckerberg said, the new feature will allow people to "express empathy" with their Facebook friends, explaining what many users of the social media platform already knew: "If you are sharing something that is sad...then it may not feel comfortable to 'like' that post."

Yes, Zuck, because the internet works by a combination of empathy and mindreading, rather than claiming rank based on hate and spite...

(Should I have some sort of /sarc tag for that?)

[SIV]

Bernie Sanders, First Libertarian Socialist?
Could he be two thirds of the way there?
By Terry Michael

Reason trying to get the old 2008 mojo back? Now end registration and threading.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Terry Michael. As stupid as Sheldon, but less frequent.

[Citizen X]

Hahaha. Terry Michael is still around?

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

He's nuts. He emailed one of our regulars to complain about a comment that he made on an article. World class asshole.

It's not my story to tell, but if that person wants to share....

[Certified Public Asshat]

Is this person in the links now?

[Almanian - Micro Trumper]

THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!!!

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Not that I've seen. Maybe later. It's a funny story.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

See below

[Pan Zagloba]

Christ, you have an actual, honest to god Libertarian Marxist writing for you from time to time. Does he sound anything like Sanders?

But why bother reading magazine that buys your articles? I mean, fact that they buy them proves there's nothing worth reading in there, right?

[Tonio]

One cannot be both Marxist and Libertarian.

[Pan Zagloba]

Spiked crew claims that they are both. Fuck me if I see any Marx when I go to their site and read articles, but I believe them. Though they mostly stick with Culture War stuff, so maybe their economic articles are different?

I mean, defending Hungary from media onslaught isn't something you see often, especially when using a leftist bent.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Something about the state withering away...

[Corning]

The Libertarian case for Bernie Sanders:

His name is not Hilary Clinton.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Or Donald Trump

[Corning]

The Libertarian case for Donald Trump:

Left wing MSM will stop carrying water for government in regards to lying about war, the economy, government spying, and government corruption...and his name is not Hilary Clinton.

The Libertarian case for Hilary Clinton:

She probably is only likely of being the herald of Satan and not actually the dark lord himself.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Grand jury recommends murder charges for Baruch College fraternity members involved in death of a pledge.

I am sure being in a fraternity can be fun, and perhaps this is because I went to a big state school where Greek life was limited (UW-Madison), but I never got the appeal of joining a frat. Other than the one in Animal House, of course.

[Almanian - Micro Trumper]

I went to a small, private school (~1000 students at the time I attended) in the middle of Michigan (AKA "in the middle of a cornfield"), so fraternities/sorotities were about 80% of the "social life" in terms of kick ass parties and stuff.

I forget the percentage of students who belonged to Greek orgs, but it was staggeringly high.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

That makes sense, I may have joined one in that case. Perhaps its just a function of school size.

[Just say Nikki]

I went to a big state school where Greek life was limited (UW-Madison)

Ha. I was recently in Madison for a long weekend. First time I'd been there. My boyfriend and I both commented on how jam-packed the place seemed to be with fraternities.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Maybe it's changed, but when I was there (graduated in '08), it was around 10%, I think. There's a big row of them on Langdon Street near the lake, but they're otherwise fairly limited.

[Just say Nikki]

It's probably more about the fact that where we went to school, it was more like 0.1% of the population.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

It was mandatory in my situation. Unless I wanted 4 years of dating girls with hairy legs.

[Mazakon]

Expect the Title IX inquisition to get much, much worse under a President Hillary Clinton.

Woman who smeared child rape victim and those of her husband says that rape victims have a "right to be believed".

Also, she actually thinks this is possible: "It is not enough to condemn campus sexual assault. We need to end campus sexual assault," she said.

[Slammer]

"We must end all campuses"

[Antilles]

That's right, I forgot about when she defended that child rapist. She's truly a despicable cunt...

[Almanian - Micro Trumper]

BUT IT'S HER TURN!!

[Apatheist ?_??]

I don't get this slight against her to be honest. Do we not want defense attorneys to do their job?

[Restoras]

I don't begrudge anyone getting the best defense they can, but I believe she is reported to have cackled in delight at getting him acquitted, and it may be the delightful cackling that has people up in arms.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

She did it by victim blaming, which I hear is not OK now.

[Antilles]

Exactly. She'd be the first one to condemn an opponent for doing the same thing.

[Juvenile Bluster]

She did her job when she defended the accused child rapist. I'm fucking sick of the whole "They're guilty, they shouldn't get representation" crap. Yes, I know that's what's not being said, but it's what's being meant.

That said, she's a fucking hypocrite.

[LoneWaco]

He added the dislike interaction is "surprisingly complicated" to create

how do we make sure only leftwingers can use this and only on rightwinger posts?

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Apologies* for asking for what must be the 300th time, but what happened to reasonable on chrome?

*I had a good excuse. I got married this weekend. I'll get working on making some new libertarians in a few years.

[jesse.in.mb]

Congratulations.

Reasonable is incompatible with the forced HTTPS Reason is now requiring. Previously you could manually remove the s and go back to the insecure page, but it isn't an option anymore.

Greasonable is a greasemonkey script that is browser agnostic and fascr is a Firefox plugin both of which replicate many of the functions of Reasonable.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Thanks, I'll try those two out.

[jesse.in.mb]

Link to fascr and greasonable

It's possible brymck could update Reasonable, but I don't know if anyone has contacted him about the Reason changes...

[Slammer]

Thank you, jesse

[C. Anacreon]

Thanks Jesse, I was able to put greasonable on Chrome thanks to you!

I don't like it as much as Reasonable yet, but perhaps it will grow on me. At least I can link concisely again!

[JW]

I tried to contact him on his site, bu the comment function is broken.

He used to lurk/comment, but I guess he has moved on, away from the jerks that inhabit this board.

[BigT]

Congrats!

I propose a toast to BiMonSciFiCon who just traded a dozen admirers for one critic! Salut!

[The Hyperbole]

Someone said it don't work no more cause Reason went to https, don't know if anything is being done about this.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Congrats. To a sex robot?

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

Robosexual marriage is still illegal in this country!

[BiMonSciFiCon]

She's a cylon, thank you very much.

[Just say Nikki]

Congratulations! Reason now forces https, which breaks Reasonable.

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

Congrats

[Tonio]

Congratulations.

[Almanian - Micro Trumper]

My condolences

/jk congratulations 🙂

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Why do people keep getting married?

Congrats.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

Thanks to you all for the kind wishes! It was a blast.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Go on... Did you give an awesome drunken speech and end with a mic drop?

[BiMonSciFiCon]

I limited myself to beer until my speech was over, so I kept it together pretty well.

It did end with me splitting my pants, though. So you know it must have been a good time.

[Notorious UGCC]

Congratulations.

[JW]

Mazeltov!

[Slammer]

Congrats!

[DEG]

Congratulations!

[PapayaSF]

Facebook having only a "Like" button is a problem.

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

Even when he's not up for re-election, Obama makes sure to be petty and dismissive toward anyone who disagrees with him.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Who's the happiest man in the PM links?

I'll tell you.

Ted!

Both EPL sides lost!

[Ted S.]

Not as happy as I could be, because of Fox Sports' programming philosophy. They clearly don't give a shit about 26 of the teams.

[Juvenile Bluster]

EPL + Madrid/Barca are always going to get the highest ratings in the US. Of course Fox Sports is going to concentrate on that. You see how much NBC's paying for the Premier League right now?

[Ted S.]

Star-fucking in sports bugs me.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I get Ted's point though. It's unfortunate. Because of this philosophy Bundesliga and Serie A get squeezed out (that is, if they were to dominate, you wouldn't see an uptick in watching their teams while Liga (outside two teams is largely forgotten despite being the strongest league the last 10 years).

And don't give me that 'more entertaining" crap. All four major leagues offer awesome soccer in their own right.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I misused the brackets. Sorry.

[Mazakon]

A Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the relationship between the US & UK

[Antilles]

"A Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn would destroy the relationship between the US & UK"

You mean worse than Obama has already done?

[BigT]

He'd return the iPod with Obama's speeches?

[Grand Moff Serious Man]

Bernie Sanders, First Libertarian Socialist?
Could he be two thirds of the way there?
By Terry Michael

Oh for fuck's sake, Reason. Social and sexual liberty is a NECESSARY condition for a free society but it is NOT a sufficient one.

Bernie could legalize all drugs and prostitution and it still wouldn't make him libertarian if he's proposing to rob us blind in taxes and dump $18 trillion into a giant welfare bureaucracy.

That's Bernie's raison d' etre and he's never going to not being a giant thief and snake oil salesman.

[Warty]

Careful. Terry Michael will send you a shitty email like that one he sent Episiarch once. Oh. Wait. Never mind, that was hilarious. Carry on.

[Irish ?s ESB]

Wait, Epi, you need to tell this story.

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

Agreed

[Warty]

He already has. LEARN TO READ YOU STUPID POTATO EATER

Episiarch|4.30.10 @ 4:10PM|#

Since this is a "libertarian Democrat" Terry Michael article, I'd just like to quote from an email Terry sent me, as I am very proud:

"You are just a garden variety idiot. It is stunning how disgusting you are, whoever you are, hiding behind your cloak of anonymity."

Do any of YOU assholes get hate mail like this from reason contributors? I DON'T THINK SO.

reply to this

[Irish ?s ESB]

I'm amazed they let that guy keep writing for them. That's incredible.

[Free Society]

I'm amazed they let that guy keep writing for them. That's incredible.

If his ridiculous arguments weren't enough to keep him out of Reason, his commentariat abuse won't be. I heard he keeps John tied up in his basement in a gimp suit.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

That is a John robot.

[Pan Zagloba]

Free minds. You have to be open, and accept diverse points of view. As per that "Libertarian Case For Donald Trump" article they totally published that one time, right?

[jesse.in.mb]

LEARN TO READ YOU STUPID POTATO EATER

That's harsh. You know he's trying to go paleo.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

"You are just a garden variety idiot. It is stunning how disgusting you are, whoever you are, hiding behind your cloak of anonymity."

VP would not approve.

[Corning]

But Epi is an Anon and a Joss Whedon fan....

Everything Terry wrote is accurate!!!

[Corning]

It should also be pointed out that back in 2010 Epi was far more confrontational then the lovable cuddly homebody middle-aged man we know today.

[Irish ?s ESB]

Slant slit.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

He is not garden variety, he's more and heirloom idiot.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

of an *= and

[Juvenile Bluster]

Expect the Title IX inquisition to get much, much worse under a President Hillary Clinton.

The Inquisition, what a show!
The Inquisition, here we go
We know you're wishin', that we go away!
So come on you men and all you youths,
We've got big news for all of youse!
You better change your point of view today!
'Cause the Inquisition is here/ and here...to... stay!

[Almanian - Micro Trumper]

Nobody expects the Title IX Inquisition

[Pan Zagloba]

Charlie Hebdo is in trouble again. Haven't seen much on this elsewhere, so far.

[Warty]

The cartoon is clearly calling out callousness and self-righteousness. How do morons fail this badly at interpreting such obvious satire?

[Trump-o-Matic 5000]

Progtards have no sense of humor; satire goes right over their heads, then circles back to microaggress their hyper-sensitive little hearts.

[Jerry on the sea]

If there is one thing the extreme left & right in France agree on, it's that there are too many Mickey Dees already!

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

You misspelled Morris, there.

[Pan Zagloba]

What do morons have but self-righteousness? Also, allowing the idea of satire is not conducive to what Ivan Klima called "Jerkish", a limited vocabulary language suitable for ease of censorship, because it doesn't allow for things like nuance and double meaning.

Speaking of, Love and Garbage is an amazing book and everyone should read it.

[Ted S.]

LOL!

[Just say Nikki]

They don't even show the whole thing. How am I supposed to read it?

[Pan Zagloba]

Article text has enough context to see what's going on. Also translation for those of us swine who don't speak the true Language of Culture.

[Jerry on the sea]

Hillary Clinton's vintage strategy: Big glasses, a tricycle and hipster Bill.

Hmmm. This only makes her look older. Look at old those black & white pics from 100 years ago! And in not even one of them she tries to mingle in with the commoners.

[Troy muy grande boner]

Picture 8 is disturbing because tits.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Speaking of idiots when it comes to Title IX, has Jared Polis said anything since the last week? To in any way defend (or back away from) what he said?

[JW]

Expect the Title IX inquisition to get much, much worse under a President Hillary Clinton.

This is true of virtually everything.

[Kristen Bids No Trump]

Looks like we're headed to Copper Mountain in February. Bring on the snow!

[B.P.]

Lots of El Nino talk around here, or whatever one it is that brings decent snow.

[Kristen Bids No Trump]

We had rain at Park City last year, so hopefully El Nino will bring cold & snow. Copper & its neighbors are at nice elevations where we shouldn't have to worry about precip of the liquid variety.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I might do just fine staying local this year. It snowed at Mammoth last night.

[Kristen Bids No Trump]

Hope they and Tahoe get pummeled...they really need it.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

That's where my water used to come from before the environmentalists took over the asylum.

[Idle Hands]

Copper is my parents favorite mountain. It has a lot to offer.

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

Russia may have offered Assad in 2012; Western world said "Nah, fuck that."

Former Finnish president and Nobel peace prize laureate Martti] Ahtisaari held talks with envoys from the five permanent members of the UN security council in February 2012. He said that during those discussions, the Russian ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, laid out a three-point plan, which included a proposal for Assad to cede power at some point after peace talks had started between the regime and the opposition.

But he said that the US, Britain and France were so convinced that the Syrian dictator was about to fall, they ignored the proposal.

TOP MEN!

[Pan Zagloba]

Cameron, Obama, Hollande. Everything that's wrong with the Political Class in one package. I would not be surprised at all that this was true.

Although, if it's true that

Vitaly Churkin, laid out a three-point plan, which included a proposal for Assad to cede power at some point after peace talks had started

what it meant was, at best, "when we secure and install a replacement".

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

Anyone else having problems getting the preview button to work?

I'm running firefox and it has not been happy lately

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Preview is for weaklings.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I also do crosswords in pen.

[Certified Public Asshat]

An Austrailian sportswriter liveblogged the SF/MIN game last nightJarryd Hayne's debut as seen in Australia: a fumble, flags and breaks ? as it happened

Righto ? what's doing, Monday Night Football game. Another break? Fair few breaks. Not exactly the Helsinki marathon in terms of aerobic exercise. But my it's fast and physical...

Righto. Where are we? Having another break. Is it half-time yet? Do they need it? No one's sweating. OK. Niners kick off ... and the ball sails over the endzone and into the ether. And the Vikings have the ball. And ... there's another break. Top stuff...

Top stuff from Fabulous Phil Dawson who nails a field goal and heads off for a well earned rest. Ha. Good luck to him. Forty years old, booting the pill between two big sticks for pretty good coin, better than working.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

I stayed up late last night to follow that. It was fantastic.

[Warty]

I miss Phil Dawson. He's my second favorite of all the Impostor Browns. Sad, right?

[Certified Public Asshat]

They did get rid of Cundiff at least, right?

[Warty]

Yep. I haven't even bothered to learn the current kicker's name.

[Irish ?s ESB]

"Okay, half-time here in the Monday Night Football match between the 49ers and Vikings and the home team leads by seven points to nothing. Been something of a funny old game thus far. Flags have rained down upon the field like mortars. Giant men have thundered up guts. And Jarryd Hayne, the rookie running man from Parramatta Eels, a rugby league team, grassed his first touch and made the odd first-down, and didn't stuff anything else up after Reggie Bush went off with an ankle injury."

This is amazing.

[Certified Public Asshat]

Righto, where are we? The swapping of Special Teams for offensive and defensive units. You wonder why they need 53 players per team. Surely they could swap a few in and out. Anyway. Vikings kick off into the nothingness and the ball comes back to the 20 yard line, it's a Thing.

There are so many good excerpts. I like that he genuinely seems to be trying to enjoy the game, but is also completely thrown off by how convoluted football can be.

[Unreconstructed (Sans Flag)]

For someone raised on rugby, American football is very bizarre. Much like rugby is for those raised on American football. Having played both (neither very well, nor for very long), I *love* reading confused descriptions of either sport by those from the "other" camp.

[UCrawford]

I predict that the dislike button lasts a few weeks and is then removed.

[Warty]

Follow-up: I finished this, and it's excellent. Asbridge does an amazing job distilling the basics of a tremendously complicated time and place into 800 readable pages. Somewhat counterintuitively, it also did an excellent job of putting me to sleep at night. Highly recommended.

[Pan Zagloba]

That does sound interesting, and I need a new book for the commute. Picked up!

[Slammer]

Also recommended, the IVth Crusade

[Irish ?s ESB]

The New republic continues its pathetic decline, writes article about why they like looking at Donald Trump's face.

"I've been a fan of Donald Trump's face for four years. When he dropped his fake presidential campaign in 2011, it felt like a breakup. I was working for a news website, posting up to nine stories a day, and the funnest thing to write about was Trump's birther campaign. For months, I cropped high-quality photos of his face, scrutinizing different angles for the most ridiculous expression that would befit a story about, say, Trump's unbelievable bragging about his wealth, or his admission that he was just a teeny bit birther. The best is a classic Getty Images shot from a rally in Boca Raton, in which his face is frozen the most beautiful (hideous) square-ish O, a mixture of a child's tantrum and an opera singer. You rarely get to know a face so well unless it belongs to your significant other."

[Corning]

"The New republic continues its pathetic decline"

You do realize that Matt wrote pretty much the same article for Reason like 4 days ago right?

[Irish ?s ESB]

Really? Well Matt should be deeply ashamed.

[GILMORE?]

Matt said "Trump's Face looks like an anus"

Not quite the same as ...

""The key to Trump's authenticity is that he actually enjoys all of this, and it's obvious on his face. Take his performance before a massive crowd in an Alabama football stadium last month. In a bit he's repeated dozens of times, Trump says, "Who cares if it rains, right? You know if it rains I'll take off my hat and prove?" And he stops talking, and dramatically takes off his hat and runs his hand over his hair with great satisfaction, twice. "?I'll prove once and for all that it's mine." The crowd goes crazy. All his emotions are clear right there on his face?he seems to actually enjoy the physical sensation of running his hands through his hair on stage. He pauses to savor the moment. Letting himself feel and express real emotions is one of Trump's greatest gifts, because he seems like a real person, not a pre-taped personality"

[B.P.]

This happened in my mother's town last weekend...

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/0......html?rh=1

[Rich]

Flying brisket

Nice band name.

[GILMORE?]

Department of Homeland Security Learns "Password1234" Possibly Compromised

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Which they tried to link to sequestration.

Fucking assholes.

[Rich]

One ICE analyst told investigators he had ... invested his own time and money for cyber training.

"As one of the best and brightest, I had to make this sacrifice and do the right thing for the American People."

[GILMORE?]

What's Important is That He Apologized: Everyone Should Just Move On Now

[GILMORE?]

I Thought it Was a Bird, Really

[Pope Jimbo]

Nice old school black and white convict shirt.

Ole and Sven were out hunting one day when a hanglider flew over. Ole stood up in the blind and emptied his shotgun at it.

Sven: Holy cow Ole, what kind of bird was that?
Ole: I'm not sure, but is was sure big.
Sven: Did you hit it?
Ole: I'm not sure, but it sure dropped that guy it was trying to carry off.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

Norwegian jokes are racist. My grandpa had several books of them because he was self-depricating.

[Pope Jimbo]

One of my favorite things about growing up in the middle of Norwegianville was the fact that they loved telling Sven and Ole jokes more than anyone else.

[Pl?ya Manhattan.]

I still own 1/16th of the family farm in Madelia, MN.

[GILMORE?]

China = Milks Hatred of Japan, Agitating for Conflict

Japan = Protest Abe for Daring to Propose Nation Consider Defense Options

[GILMORE?]

Sri Lanka = Plotting War Crimes in Advance

[PapayaSF]

The headline writer had one job....

[DEG]

I have a beer. I am catching up on what I missed this afternoon. I see Gillespie trolled us with his Trump as political pick-up artist article.

[Pan Zagloba]

Believe me, when I saw that article, I was like, "Nope, no Slavic women for you today!"

[DEG]

It's a good thing I know how to use Google image search.

[Pan Zagloba]

That was a collective "you," not directed at the greatest fan of my feature!

[DEG]

🙂

I figured that's what you meant. It's a still good thing I know how to use Google image search. I found lots of tennis stars so far. I'm not complaining.

[Pan Zagloba]

If I brought the knowledge of glory that are Hungarian, Croatian or Polish women to at least one person, my work was worthwhile.

(Ukrainians and Russians not needing promotion, really).

[Belin]

I make up to $90 an hour working from my home. My story is that I quit working at Walmart to work online and with a little effort I easily bring in around $40h to $86h? Someone was good to me by sharing this link with me, so now i am hoping i could help someone else out there by sharing this link... Try it, you won't regret it!......

http://www.HomeJobs90.Com

[Episteme]

Saudi suspends Saudi Binladin Group over Mecca crane disaster

Explaining the action, an official statement referred without elaborating to the responsibility and "shortcomings" of the company following an investigation into the crane crash that [killed 107 and] also injured 238 other people.

The suspension, announced in a statement from the royal court, would remain in force until the investigation is complete and until all legal cases are settled, it said.

The crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque last Friday, less than two weeks before Islam's annual haj pilgrimage.

The company, one of the largest contracting companies in the kingdom, had been carrying expansion work at the Grand Mosque. It was founded more than 80 years ago by the father of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and is run by Osama's brother Bakr.

Isn't it heartwarming to see the family "business" of mass killing and conflicts with the Saudi royal family continue?

[PapayaSF]

"Missed it by less than two weeks...." ?Maxwell Smart

[Pan Zagloba]

Sorry, love as I do Renaissance art and writing, as well as the unbeatable Allan Ford comics, French is the language of getting laid true culture. Italian is close second, for sure.
Or third to Russian, as The Fish Called Wanda taught us.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Anyone who doesn't think this is a barbarian, right Tundra?

SPEAK IT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zquYbMbFNk

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I've read so many opinions over the years about that. I thought the compromise was Italian was the language of culture and French intellectualism.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

And what you mean by 'true culture' anyway?

I think if we'd get down to it, whatever the criteria, I highly doubt Italy trails France on that.

[Pan Zagloba]

As per subsequent comment, culture = what language will get you laid fastest, of course!

Speaking seriously, I much prefer few Italian writers I read to the French ones, painters and sculptors are no contest, and don't start me on the composers. But France was the arbiter of European culture since probably eary 18th century till mid-20th, in a way that German or Italian lands were not (and let's not talk about England).
And to put myself firmly on one side, Italian wine is way better than French one, even in the cheapo plonk tier I usually pick them up.

[Pan Zagloba]

It's such an ugly language. How about Russian?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

"France was the arbiter of European culture since probably eary 18th century till mid-20th,"

Oh absolutely. But before that, say, 1300 to 1700 it was Italy. And both countries taught each other.

Personally, I enjoy French literature and agree completely with your wine assessment.

I visited both countries often and have a love for each.

[Pan Zagloba]

And, unlike me, I guess you're fluent enough in both languages to get around? Even if speaking Quebecois to an upper-class Frenchman qualifies as a violation of Geneva Convention...

[Episteme]

"France was the arbiter of European culture since probably eary 18th century till mid-20th,"

Oh absolutely. But before that, say, 1300 to 1700 it was Italy. And both countries taught each other.

As, meanwhile, England's like "fuck that noise, I'm making money!"

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Yeah. Pretty decent.

The French can be silly. The Italians are much more easy going.