New College Sexual Assault Study Released, Rand Paul Lands New Endorsement, Don't Touch the Pope!: P.M. Links

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  Here's the new college sexual assault survey that people will be quoting from without actually reading closely. It's another "one out of every five women" claim, but relies on voluntary participation in a questionnaire (they got a 19 percent response) and includes categories like unwanted kissing.

• The law license of Kathleen Kane, the Pennsylvania attorney general facing criminal charges for misconduct, has been suspended.
• South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney has endorsed Rand Paul for president.
• Members of Congress will not be allowed to touch Pope Francis when he visits them Thursday, and leadership is taking extraordinary efforts to make sure it doesn't happen. I, personally, am hoping for a flying tackle.
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• Volkswagen faces potentially $16 billion in fines for allegedly installing software in cars that manipulated emissions data.
• A start-up drug company run by a former hedge fund manager acquired the drug Daraprim, used to treat parasitic infections, and increased the price from $13.50 a pill to $750.
• Here is why everybody on Twitter is talking about "pizza rat":

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Here is why everybody on Twitter is talking about "pizza rat":

That doesn't look deep dish so it's not pizza.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Hello.

So. Volks. Legit or shakedown?

You never know with the commie in power.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Don't think it was the government that did the testing, so it's probably legit.

[Mad Scientist]

The testing for manufacturer A is actually done by manufacturers B, C, D, and E. And they have to use a special fuel that costs about $25 a gallon.

[Overt]

The funny thing is that this was detected by a private watchdog group. Yet another strike against the "If the government didn't do this, no one would" group.

[waffles]

Legit. Caught red-handed. I wonder what will happen to all those Golf TDIs I see on my commute each morning here in California. They'll still "pass" smog.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I just leased one for my business - a Golf sportswagon TDI.

But I'm in Canada.

[Mad Scientist]

Shakedown. The car runs lean when it's not on the dyno or emission test stand to improve fuel economy, but will make slightly more NOx. Running richer reduces NOx emissions. The ECM software runs a bit richer when the wheel speed sensors indicate the rear wheels are stationary while the engine is running under load. It's my understanding that the increased NOx produced while running lean is still below the allowable threshold, it's just not as below as Volkswagen claimed.

[Pathogen]

"It's my understanding that the increased NOx produced while running lean is still below the allowable threshold"

WRONG! The allowable threshold is between ~0 and -1ppb, meaning that their diesels absorb SOx/NOx.. and leave only the fresh sent of pine.. (holistic, non-gmo pine)

"it's just not as below as Volkswagen claimed."

A clear violation of the RICO act.. Volkswagen is now on the agw shit list..

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

Volkswagen is now on the agw shit list..

Good.

Welcome aboard.

[JG43]

So, front-wheel drive burnouts would be slightly more awesome?

[Ted S.]

I'm not talking about pizza rat. And I actually tweeted something today.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Welcome to the margin of error.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

How you liking Vidal?

[Ted S.]

Nice hair. 🙂

He hasn't been bad at all.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

He has frenetic energy to go with the talent. Sometimes his passion gets the better of him but a wicked good player. As you can see, Juve could not replace him and their mid is struggling at the moment to find form.

[jesse.in.mb]

Don't get excited, guys, he's talking about using one of these.

[Aloysious]

Just ate a deep dish with sweet chili sauce, steak, bacon, bell peppers, two kinds of onions, garlic and mushrooms. I am so full. I can die happy.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I'm glad you didn't insert 'pizza' in there 'cuz I have no idea what the heck to call that other than 'deep dish fest'.

[Aloysious]

It was an orgy. An orgy of flavor.

[egould310]

I ate a deep dish PIZZA at Lou Malnati's yesterday. Sausage, pepperoni, olives, mushrooms. It was the best day of my life.

Actually enjoying charcuterie and a glass of wine at The Publican as I type this. I love Chicago.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I guess you didn't see my reply in that thread?

I notice many of you guys are lazy with that.

SMARTEN UP!

[waffles]

Was it like someone taking a Chicago-sized dump in your mouth?

[C. Anacreon]

A friend FedExed us out Lou Malnatti pizza last week. Even after tramping cross-country and being reheated, it was still damned good.

Don't listen to these morons, Chicago is one of the top food towns in the world, agreed to by most experts (except, of course, the self-proclaimed ones on H&R)

[waffles]

I agree. Just not on deep dish. Whenever I visit old friends in Chicago I'm astounded by the delicious and reasonably priced restaurants within walking distance of their apartments.

[Pathogen]

It might have something to do with the slaughterhouses and packing plants within walking distance of those reasonably priced restaurants..

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I'm happy to say I was at Lou's and it was very good.

Chicago is similar to Montreal in its dining experience.

[Pathogen]

Nobody needs "2" kinds of onions..

[Migrant Log Chipper]

21 types of deodorant beg to differ.

[mad.casual]

That doesn't look deep dish so it's not pizza.

I can't tell if it's an open-faced sandwich or a burrito.

[Free Society]

At least it wasn't made in Italy. So at least it might be pizza.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Now you're just trolling me.

[Free Society]

Yes. Yes I am.

[Just say Nikki]

Freedom of speech, actually speaking English, not allowed at College of DuPage:

"It's not free speech, ma'am," the officer informs her. "Nobody's stopping you from free speech, but you can't solicit out here, and basically you are?you're soliciting your opinions. Okay? And you need to go get a permit."

The discussion then turns to the exact nature of the violation, as the group wonders if all or just part of their activity was causing problems, and when the officer mentions that they were distributing literature, a student bystander remarks, "I asked for it, though."

"They're soliciting it," the officer corrects him. "I mean, you approached them because they were here doing it. If they weren't here, you wouldn't have approached them."

How, I ask, is a motherfucker like this supposed to enforce laws when he clearly has no idea what they mean at the most basic level?

[Heroic Mulatto]

The whole thing is damn bizarre. I read about things like this every year and I can't even imaging the institutional culture at these places. Case in point, my institution's Office of Student Life, (not a club, mind you, but the university itself) sponsored a table in the student center that handed out pocket Constitutions on Constitution Day.

Just fucking bizarre.

[Just say Nikki]

I particularly enjoyed the part where they weren't allowed to walk into a university building while carrying an American flag. That's just...I mean what?

[Contrarian P]

The flag was microaggressing. You can't have that. It needs to check its privilege.

[Heroic Mulatto]

The money quote for me was

Yeah, because you can't have everybody out here doing this," the officer tells him. "Otherwise you'd have stuff lined up all along here, everybody having a different view and a different point, so you can't do that."

[C. Anacreon]

I'm sure they would have said something about this kind of stuff in the US Constitution had it been important, right?

[Contrarian P]

Yeah pretty much. If this were a private college, I'd be fine with them putting restrictions on assembly and whatnot on their own property, but given that this place is publicly funded, they're pretty much screwed if this goes to court. Most police officers (let alone campus police which are generally one step from mall cop) have very little actual knowledge of the actual laws they are supposed to enforce.

[Ted S.]

Your statement is clearly part of the war on cops.

[Contrarian P]

Damn straight. Those words are like bullets, man.

[SimonD]

As a former mall cop, I find that statement unacceptable. We actually had training, and a pretty good basic idea of the law (we had to have it, since we weren't allowed to shoot anyone who looked at us cross-eyed).

/s (a little bit)

[John C. Randolph]

How, I ask, is a motherfucker like this supposed to enforce laws

That's not his job. His job is intimidation and theft. Law has nothing to do with it.

-jcr

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

You should 'Respect his AUTHORITAH!' hater.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

HE IS THE LAW

[Suthenboy]

Officer Dunderhead - "I am not stopping your free speech, but I am."

Student - "Ok, lock me up. I am tired of living on a student's budget."

[Fist of Etiquette]

Volkswagen faces potentially $16 billion in fines for allegedly installing software in cars that manipulated emissions data.

Hiding the decline or increase is just science.

[Brett L]

If their engine management system is that good, I want to buy one.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The law license of Kathleen Kane, the Pennsylvania attorney general facing criminal charges for misconduct, has been suspended.

See, Kentucky? The Keystone State knows how to deal with elected miscreants.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Vivid should approach her.

[DEG]

Vivid, the porn company?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

You know of any other Vivid, DEG?

[DEG]

Just checking. It's a big world out there and I wouldn't want to miss something interesting.

😉

[RBS]

Would. Probably.

[Crusty Juggler]

"facing criminal charges" is admittedly a turn-on.

[PH2050]

Vivid should approach her.

Would.

Judge CJ? What say you?

[Crusty Juggler]

I am not really down with her exterior appearance, but the accusations against her sure are juicy.

[PapayaSF]

She's not bad, but her nose is a bit too pointy.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Look at Picky Patty here.

[rts]

Marijuana prohibition can do more harm than good, doctors tell federal parties

Put public health 1st in pot policies, addiction doctors suggest

While I'm on board that prohibition is evil, just once in my life I'd like the lede to say "Put individual liberty 1st in X policies".

[Suthenboy]

Public health is not a concern of the FedGov.

[Antilles]

increased the price from $13.50 a pill to $750.

This should be used as an indictment of our corrupt and ineffective patent system. Instead, it will be held up as an example of 'corporate greed.' And as usual, Progressives attack those who take advantage of the loopholes in the Big Government programs they support.

Hey, my Reasonable started working again!

[FreeToFear]

Yep it was updated sometime on Saturday

[Unreconstructed (Sans Flag)]

Didn't the article say the drug was 62 years old? Seems like someone could just crank out a generic version for $20/pill and steal all the business.

[kinnath]

A friend on Facebook posted:

The rights for the drug aren't being sold, the rights for the carrier system are being sold. The drug itself is public domain. But just like albuterol MDI and doxycycline, generic companies haven't done the trials. So a generic is no longer available.

[Jerry on the sea]

So in this case its the FDA putting up barriers instead of the ineffective patent system.

[Antilles]

OK, I stand corrected. I was assuming. But as I suspected, another Big Government program is having the polar opposite of its intended affect. And the only solution is a more bigger and more powerfuler government!

[Doctor Whom]

And because distribution is now tightly controlled, it's that much more difficult for potential makers of generics to get samples that they are required to have to do the trials.

[SimonD]

Yes, but the next step is for the drugmaker to lower the price of the medication to $200 per pill along with a PR blitz saying 'see how much we love people, we dropped the price of our pills by more than half.'

Ivy League corporatist scumbags.

[jesse.in.mb]

Develop a toxoplasmosis vaccine for cats and terrify cat owners into buying your new (and still patented) vaccine by citing the price for treatment for toxoplasmosis.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

It's a cat... just throw it away and get a new one.

[Antilles]

And let all that good meat and pelt go to waste? You monster!

[Suthenboy]

I don't think that is how it works.

[Cytotoxic]

It's a cat...just throw it away.

-FTFY

[PBR Streetgang]

You can buy Daraprim on the internet from Canada for like $12/pill. Wouldn't allowing US citizens to engage in cross border purchasing from Canada solve this problem?

[PapayaSF]

Americans can already do that. Just fax or email your prescription to one of the many legit Canadian pharmacies. I save about 90% on what I buy, but it is weird to order something from Canada and have something made in India mailed to me from Germany. Globalization!

[Enough About Woodchippers]

Reminds me of a dog muzzle I purchased a few months back. Ordered form Israel, then shipped to the US from Belarus.

[Crusty Juggler]

Ugh. No one cares about your sexual proclivities.

[PapayaSF]

LOL

[jesse.in.mb]

DUDE

Yes we do.

Enough About Palin| 2.21.13 @ 4:56PM

Every word out of Dora the Explorer's mouth gets me rock hard.

Heroic Mulatto| 2.21.13 @ 5:00PM

Wait, what?

Enough About Palin| 2.21.13 @ 5:11PM

At the risk of repeating what I have posted here a number of times over the years, I would pay ten grand to fuck Dora the Explorer up the ass. Ten. Grand.

This is goddamned H&R GOLD.

[Doctor Whom]

The problem that our betters in government seek to solve is protecting their cronies' profits, so from that perspective, no.

[PH2050]

You can buy Daraprim on the internet from Canada for like $12/pill. Wouldn't allowing US citizens to engage in cross border purchasing from Canada solve this problem?

Technically, I think this is still illegal but I'm not sure if the FDA or DEA or other alphabet gangs have been prosecuting anyone for buying their medications online from a Canadian pharmacy.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, brand-name drugs on average cost from 35% to 55% less in other industrialized nations than they do in the U.S. The CBO also estimates that if Americans in 2001 could have bought brand-name drugs at Canadian pharmacies, they would have saved more than $38 billion (under the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit, the government is expressly forbidden from negotiating lower drug prices on the behalf of beneficiaries).

[Suthenboy]

They aren't cheaper in other countries. They are subsidized in other countries. American consumers pay less but Canadistani taxpayers pick up the difference.

[PH2050]

The solution.

[PBR Streetgang]

That's kinda how I thought it worked, the illegal but generally not prosecuted. So sounds like, other than the Defense Industry, pharma is the mostest croniest industry here.

[PH2050]

It's somewhat of a "niche" medication and like kinnath alluded to, they have an exclusive distribution system set up. I'd like to draw attention to this part of the linked article:

Medicaid and certain hospitals will be able to get the drug inexpensively under federal rules for discounts and rebates. But private insurers, Medicare and hospitalized patients would have to pay an amount closer to the list price.

[Crusty Juggler]

They should pay more because they are rich. Right?

[PH2050]

Of course, Comrade! 🙂

[Jerry on the sea]

Daraprim was FDA approved in 1953.

[DEG]

Hillary Clinton calls the price increase "gouging"

Wall Street is already betting that a President Hillary Clinton may not be good for the red-hot biotech industry.

Biotech stocks tumbled on Monday after Clinton fired off a tweet about "price gouging" in biotech drugs.

Prices had skyrocketed overnight to $750 from just $13.50 each for a drug called Daraprim -- a 62-year-old drug used to treat a life-threatening parasitic infection. Clinton sent out a link to a New York Times article about it.

Clinton promised to unveil a plan on Tuesday to take on "outrageous" price increases like that one. Her campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on specifics.

[Medical Physics Guy]

My facebook lit up with this. Apparently a hedge fund manager has figured out the demand for this life saving medication is rather elastic and jacked up the price.

[tarran]

Apparently a hedge fund manager has figured out the demand for this life saving medication is rather inelastic and jacked up the price.

Fixed it for you

[Medical Physics Guy]

Thanks!

[Juice]

Check that guy out. He's really douchtastic with a totally punchable face.

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

[Fist of Etiquette]

...and includes categories like unwanted kissing.

Shackford wants to send us back to the stone age when men could bonk ladies over the head and drag them back to the cave for non consensual lip locking.

[Ted S.]

Shackford wants to conk his man, not his lady.

[Crusty Juggler]

Shackford wants to conk his man

Wrong. Shackford is playing the long con.

[jesse.in.mb]

I heard he was white-knighting Megyn Kelly just to get laid.

[Crusty Juggler]

That is a fact.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

This is why he's 'hoping for a flying tackle'?

Cause tackle's another word for your junk

[Antilles]

...and includes categories like unwanted kissing.

Good thing this wasn't around back when Richard Dawson hosted Family Feud. He would have gotten the chair.

Damn, I'm old...

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Family Feud

More like Family Lewd, amirite?!

/slinks away

[Zeb]

It replayed on the Gameshow Network for a long time, so some not too old people get it.

[Kurt]

It's replaying right now on Buzzr

[jesse.in.mb]

Members of Congress will not be allowed to touch Pope Francis when he visits them Thursday, and leadership is taking extraordinary efforts to make sure it doesn't happen. I, personally, am hoping for a flying tackle.

Now I'm imagining Francis tackling Patrick Leahy or something.

[Ted S.]

Yeah, I'd want to poke Francis just to make the point about the idiocy of this "no touching" thing.

[jesse.in.mb]

Speaking of poking and popes. This always delights.

[Ted S.]

My grandmother had a Pope John Paul II Christmas ornament.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I think every grandmother did.

[Ted S.]

Somehow, I don't think Jewish grandmothers had one.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Every CATHOLIC gm. Must I write and spell everything out for you people?

[Notorious UGCC]

I used to know a nice Jewish lady who used a St. Joseph statue to help her sell her home.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Something else here about Shackford's 'hoping for a flying tackle.' comment might be appropriate.

[mad.casual]

Even poking him with a sharp stick would confirm to the 'no touching' request and still make, er, your point.

[BigT]

Because he is the first robo-Pope his skin is plastic and you would sense it immediately. They are trying to keep that secret.

[jesse.in.mb]

What if he's a Reptilian!?

But if everyone knows they'll finally be able to elevate their leader, Supreme Reptilian Overlord Bob Filner to the papacy, which has been the secret plan of the Illuminati since they merged with the Rosicrucians.

[PH2050]

I always suspected he was an extraterrestrial!

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

He's divine. One does not simply touch the divine.

I don't get it. Isn't he a pope of the people? I thought he was all about breaking down these barriers and letting people talk or touch him. I understand if he doesn't want the cretins of Congress touching him, but he also shook hands with Fidel, so fuck that excuse.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Congress, unlike Soylent Green, *spoiler alert* is NOT people.

[Mickey Rat]

Do the Congresscritters get confused about the difference between "pope"and "page"?

[Homple]

I don't blame the Pope; he doesn't know where they've been.

[Notorious UGCC]

"OK, OK, Congressman, I will let you touch me."

"Hey, where's my wallet?"

[Suthenboy]

Considering what a pinko, commie POS this pope is and what politics in Italy are like I imagine they think some Teathuglican will take a poke at the commie pope. From their point of view it isn't unreasonable.

[Suthenboy]

Either that or they figure the number of congresscritters who would decline a handshake would be embarrassing.

[Migrant Log Chipper]

It is flu season, it could lead to a flu epidemic that could cause many deaths for those involved....crossing my fingers and hoping.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Catalans vote whether to stay in Spain or not on Sunday.

What will happen to FC Barcelona in La Liga?

Reminds me of Quebec. People - part tonque in cheek - would ask what would happen to the name Montreal Canadiens? Even though the 'original' Canadians were French-Canadians.

I hope Catalan votes to stay in for selfish reasons. Specifically, not to watch to Quebec nationalist get a boner over a potential independent Catalan state.

[FreeToFear]

Again? I was there when they did this last time... But I have to admit they have a compelling case:
"We're the only part of spain that actually works for a living; let us go Galt!"

[Rufus J. Firefly]

So does Northern Italy.

Quebec on the other hand don't have a compelling case other than language and some cultural differences.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Who wants Quebec to secede more: Quebecois separatists or the rest of Canada?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

ROC is getting there.

[Pan Zagloba]

Some Oliver Cromwell quote here.

[Notorious UGCC]

"Forsooth, Wayne Gretsky and Raymond Massey are the only good things to come out of Canada."

"LaBatt? More like LeBarf!"

Hey, did you know that Cromwell liked to party?

"Far from being solemn, he was an ebullient, fun-loving fellow who wore his hair long, smoked tobacco and enjoyed a drink. At his daughter's wedding, Cromwell reportedly tossed wine over his guests, danced until dawn and 'dawbed all the stools where they were to sit with wet sweet-meates', like some early-?modern Benny Hill.

"Given his wild mood swings between jubilation and gloom, some biographers have suggested that he suffered from manic depression.

"That might explain why he laughed 'as if he had been drunk' after the Battle of Dunbar, or why, at the signing of Charles I's death warrant, he relieved the tension by flicking ink at his colleagues' faces, like a naughty schoolboy."

[Ted S.]

Monaco is in Ligue 1.

There are also a couple of Welsh sides in the English football pyramid.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Three in the Football League (Swansea, Cardiff, Newport County) plus a few more lower in the pyramid.

There's actually teams playing in foreign leagues all over the globe.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Part of me feels this is just fear-mongering on the Liga side no matter what Liga laws state.

[Raven Nation]

Berwick Rangers play in the Scottish league.

Wikipedia has a good list:

http://tinyurl.com/q4j9fwx

[Raven Nation]

*mutters to self* Refresh before posting. Refresh before posting. Refresh before posting.

[Calidissident]

Not saying it isn't feasible, but the Scotland, England, and Wales comparisons are a bit off because they're all still part of the UK.

[Lord at War]

part tonque in cheek

A Canuckistani that can't spell "toque"

[Jerry on the sea]

A distinguished Oxford contemporary claims Cameron once took part in an outrageous initiation ceremony at a Piers Gaveston event, involving a dead pig. His extraordinary suggestion is that the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into the animal's mouth.

[jesse.in.mb]

Did you, by any chance, see the Black Mirror episode Black Mirror: The National Anthem?

[Jerry on the sea]

No, but they no doubt will release a special edition now.

BTW, Cameron isn't the only politico putting things into pigs: Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott 'had a fling in the 1970s'

[Crusty Juggler]

You should watch the Black Mirror episode.

[jesse.in.mb]

Charlie Brooker swears up and down he didn't know about this when he made the episode. We truly live in the greatest of all possible worlds.

[egould310]

Excellent episode. Love that show.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Which part?

I'm guessing his toe.

[John C. Randolph]

Who didn't know that pig-fucking was a requirement to join the Labour party?

Labour fucks pigs, Tories rape little boys. Ask anyone in the UK, they all know all about it.

-jcr

[Notorious UGCC]

"Pfaugh - this bacon tastes like politician!"

[Notorious UGCC]

Alternate joke: That's one way to bring home the bacon.

[Notorious UGCC]

Alternate alternate joke: In UK, bacon brings *you* home!

[Fist of Etiquette]

...and increased the price from $13.50 a pill to $750.

How much in Canadian dollars?

[Mazakon]

South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney has endorsed Rand Paul for president.

The NSA will be spying contacting you soon, Mr.Mulvaney.

[B.P.]

I'm terrified of rats, but the video was actually kind of cute. It also reaffirmed my desire to never live in NYC.

[Ted S.]

OH NOES!!!!!! REGION WAR!!!!!1!1!11!

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

The rats are bold here, it is true.

[Suthenboy]

They don't sell pellet rifles in NYC?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Members of Congress will not be allowed to touch Pope Francis when he visits them Thursday, and leadership is taking extraordinary efforts to make sure it doesn't happen.

It will be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for those fucks to get near His Holiness.

[jesse.in.mb]

Are we talking about an actual needle, or an apocryphal gate in Jerusalem?

[BigT]

Not sure Wiki is right on this. They say:

"Variations on this story include that of ancient inns having small entrances to thwart thieves, or a story of an old mountain pass known as the "eye of the needle","

I have been to such an inn near London, where you had to stoop quite low to enter.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Do you have a hump on your back?

[BigT]

How did you know? It was on my left side for years, but now is on the right.

[PH2050]

"Variations on this story include that of ancient inns having small entrances to thwart thieves, or a story of an old mountain pass known as the "eye of the needle"

It's a well-known fact that Dwarves of Middle-Earth often constructed narrow passageways and bridges that could be successfully defended by a small number against a larger force.

[C. Anacreon]

I remember the "eye of the needle" mountain pass story from the "Ripley's Believe it or Not" cartoon in the Sunday comics, from when I was a kid. Always thought it was the true story. Thanks for ruining another cherished belief, Wikipedia.

[Mazakon]

GoFundMe fund for WH staffer and husband of Mary Katharine Ham's husband reaches 124k in under 24 hours

[Ted S.]

So Mary Ham's husband has both a wife*and* a husband?

[Mazakon]

Sorry, it got jumbled in my head trying to think of how to word it.

Totally related, can we get an edit button please?

[Mazakon]

Just checked, it has now gone beyond its goal of $200k and is currently at $204,433. Incredibly, from only 2,391 people.

[Homple]

How about giving your money instead to someone in your own locality who suffered a loss and isn't connected with the media and the White House?

[Suthenboy]

Such a large amount from so small a number hints that probably most of those people are colleagues and family of colleagues.

[Homple]

You're most likely correct.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

God dammit each time I see GoFundMe I read GoFuckMe.

[Florida Man]

That's my website.

[jesse.in.mb]

Is it a waiting list or something?

[Florida Man]

Basically you give me money and I'll jump out and rape you at random, but unlike warty, I promise not to kill you.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

That's one horrific website.

[Florida Man]

I've only made $12 ...from your mom.

[jesse.in.mb]

Huh. What's your pricing structure?

[Florida Man]

If you have to ask big man you can't afford it. Unless you have $6.

[jesse.in.mb]

And what does the $6 option come with?

Is it a rape-rape experience or do we have a couple of drinks and have sex we regret the next day?

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

Go fund yourself!

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Take a flyin' fund at a rollin' doughnut?

[Raven Nation]

Must have been interesting at their house: he worked in Obama's WH and she's a conservative commentator.

[C. Anacreon]

Sort of like James Carville and Mary Matalin.

[DEG]

From the Kane article:

In the order, the court said its action should not be construed as removing her from office.

Huh? The PA Constitution specifically states that the state Attorney General must be a member of the PA bar.

[Brett L]

Yes. The court did not remove her. They just disqualified her from holding office.

[Paul.]

Here's the new college sexual assault survey that people will be quoting from without actually reading closely. It's another "one out of every five women" claim, but relies on voluntary participation in a questionnaire (they got a 19 percent response) and includes categories like unwanted kissing.

I just filled out a survey for my daughter's school. It was essentially thus:

Do you feel the amount of homework is:

1. Just right.
2. Not quite enough.
3. Not enough.

Seriously.

I was a millimeter away from handwriting in: Do you thing The Paul. is:

1. Awesome.
2. Super Awesome.
3. Super-duper Awesome.

Circle three that most apply.

[waffles]

Joys of libertarian parenting are unceasing.

[Not a Libertarian]

And to think one usually has concerns about the priest touching you

[Homple]

Ha!

[Warty]

I'm pretty disappointed that there don't seem to be any songs about Pizza Rat on the innertubes yet. I'm picturing something along these lines.

[lap83]

I was expecting hamster on a piano

[paranoid android]

Members of Congress will not be allowed to touch Pope Francis when he visits them Thursday, and leadership is taking extraordinary efforts to make sure it doesn't happen. I, personally, am hoping for a flying tackle.

Oh, so NOW the Church is against touching...

/facile joke

[Paul.]

I hadn't heard of pizza rat until just now. Maybe I should get a twitter account...

Nah.

[rts]

Nearly nude man [near Seattle] fights to keep photographing sunbathing 'gals'

Epi!?

[waffles]

Well Epi is an admitted nevernude.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

It said 'nearly'?

Maybe he was wearing a mask?

[Warty]

I want to know more about Bikini Yoga girl.

[Crusty Juggler]

The Paul should investigate Bikini girl.

[Paul.]

I can never unsee that guy in his thong.

[Paul.]

Oh, [near seattle]? That's smack-dab-ass in the middle of it.

[rts]

To us outsiders only the 3 blocks around the Space Needle is "Seattle".

(I've only ever spent any appreciable amount of time in Bellevue)

[grrizzly]

Scott Walker is out.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

....to or for lunch?

[Certified Public Asshat]

Donald Trump still in.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

...your pants?

[jesse.in.mb]

This demands a prepositional phrase contest!

...of toilet paper?

[Crusty Juggler]

Bubble gum?

[jesse.in.mb]

That could've gotten him elected.

[Crusty Juggler]

If one of those boring candidates (from both parties), walked out to their podium and said that instead of answering a pointless question, they would jump to the top of the polls, because that would be cool, and the American voter only cares about what is cool (or what they think is cool, which is usually not cool).

Or they would sell more books.

[jesse.in.mb]

Butt will millenials get the movie reference!?

[Crusty Juggler]

Wrestling fans will, so that means Trump fans will.

[Medical Physics Guy]

What an epic collapse.

He just had nothing in that second debate. Sounded totally generic. Not ready for the big leagues.

I saw Kasich may now be scraping bottom, I thought he also sounded completely generic-politician...

[Medical Physics Guy]

Anatomy of a crap psychology study

A new study published in Psychology of Music [tests] whether positive music increases people's willingness to do bad things to others.

Overclaiming, underpowered...media-catchy premise...you name it it's got it

[Crusty Juggler]

It is a fact, however, that if you play Jason Mraz while in my presence I will punch you in the face.

[Medical Physics Guy]

*takes notes*

and Kenny G?

[Crusty Juggler]

No, I am down with the G.

[Florida Man]

Only if he plays the fight riff.

[Rasilio]

I hear they have a Remidy for that disorder

[Medical Physics Guy]

Also, this is brilliant: 100 social psychology departments ranked by replicability

[Rufus J. Firefly]

What does that determine exactly?

[Medical Physics Guy]

It's a complicated methodology actually. I didn't digest all of it but I gathered that they are looking at the distribution of results from the U, and measuring the misfit from expected distributions of results. A U whose results systemically deviate too far from expected distributions is hacking results and can't be trusted.

[Heroic Mulatto]

London School of Economics 33

Let's be fair, at least 90 percent of that is Satoshi Kanazawa's fault.

[Heroic Mulatto]

At this point, you say that I'm being unfair: Why single out these unfortunate researchers just because they happen to have the bad luck to work in a field with low research standards? And what would happen if I treated everybody's papers with this level of skepticism?

I believe the answer is "rigor".

First, if you think this sort of evolutionary psychology is important, then you should want to get things right. It's not enough to just say that evolution is true, therefore this is good stuff. To put it another way: it's quite likely that, if you got enough data and measured carefully enough, that the patterns in the general population could well be in the opposite direction (and, I would assume, much smaller) than what was claimed in the published paper. Does this matter? Do you want to get the direction of the effect right? Do you want to estimate the effect size within an order of magnitude? If the answer to these questions is Yes, then you should be concerned when shaky methods are being used.

This should be shouted from the rooftops. Unfortunately, I believe that a.) its all too easy to get attached to one's theoretical propositions and b.) novel investigations are perceived as "sexier" than replication.

[Medical Physics Guy]

A music psychologist (as it happens) once casually remarked to me "at some point in every study some statistician comes along and tells you you've done it all wrong. That's par for the course."

Something like six months later the reproducibility crises papers started coming out. I wonder if she connected the dots. I doubt it.

[Brett L]

Eh. Most of the statistics non-statisticians learn expect a Gaussian distribution from a value that correlates to something being measured. If either of these are not true, just eliminate outliers until your data fit.

Just kidding. Sometimes there is no correlation, but who wants to waste fie years to find that out?*

*A prof I worked under for my sole semester of grad school spent something like seven years looking for Group properties in elements that don't exist. You CAN get a PhD finding the null case.

[paranoid android]

A new study published in Psychology of Music [tests] whether positive music increases people's willingness to do bad things to others.

"It's a sin...using Ludwig Van like that. He did no harm to anyone."

[Notorious UGCC]

Well, let's do our own test. Click here and bet that, despite the positivity of th emusic, you'll want to do bad things to at least a couple people.

[Suthenboy]

"I, personally, am hoping for a flying tackle."

I would pay good money to see that. Yes, I would.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

I have a parent here who called a taxi....35 minutes ago.

And those fuckers want to destroy Uber?

GTFOH.

Inefficient monopolistic dopes.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

I rode my first Uber last week. In the middle of Brooklyn at 11:30pm. Took at most 3 minutes for the guy to roll up. The back seats were in tact and he barely spent any time figuring out the route to take. I was riding with someone else, so I don't know what it cost, but I doubt it cost more than what a yellow cab would charge.

[Mrs. Lemuel Struthers]

Sexy Donald Trump costume

The Making America Great hat sold separately.

Just because.

[Crusty Juggler]

I cannot wait to see photos of white, sorority girls from the south in that costume.

[DEG]

I'll bet the usual suspects won't bitch about cultural appropriation. It looks like someone took Angus Young's stage outfit and swapped hats. Oh, right, Angus Young is white so it doesn't matter.

[PH2050]

What. The. Hell.

Is this like a tangent of Rule 34?

Btw that site also has a "Sexy Pizza Costume"

Deep dish? NTTAWWT

[GILMORE?]

The trick is to already be sexy before you put the stupid/humorous clothes on.

On overweight ugly people, the same costumes just make them look sad.

It does raise the question = Are there any women's costumes shown here which ARE NOT primarily just trying to look "slutty"-first... and then, "costume"-second?

I mean... whereas the Mens versions genuinely try to appear like the represented persona...If they did a female version of Super Mario, it would probably be reduced to a G-String and a Hat.

[Notorious UGCC]

I think it's the marketing counterpart to rule 34: No matter how silly you think this is, someone out there is someone who will want to buy it.

[PH2050]

A start-up drug company run by a former hedge fund manager acquired the drug Daraprim, used to treat parasitic infections, and increased the price from $13.50 a pill to $750.

For those who prefer to purchase from Canadian pharmacies:S.122 - Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act 2015

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Pizza Rat dropped the pizza on the step.

Loser.

[SamDod598]

Sounds like a very solid plan to me dude.

http://www.Full-Anon.tk

[Rufus J. Firefly]

To crush the loser rat? I'm with you. We have enough rats.

[GILMORE?]

File Under = Weapons-Grade Political-Correctness

Obama Nominates Openly-Gay Secretary of the Army

Ash Carter Insists Women Should Run More Shit @ Pentagon

I have no doubt that both Eric Fanning is a superlative candidate....and that there IS an under-representation of women in Pentagon jobs.

But the fact is... the open pandering to non-meritocratic criteria for advancement should be seen as a stain on the military, and effectively create more 'do nothing' posts that institutions can safely "promote" mediocre people to in order to meet political demand for greater optical "Equality"

I'm sure plenty of that already exists. Its just that there was a time when this sort of "activism for its own sake" was seen as anathema to task-oriented institutions.

[PH2050]

"activism for its own sake" was seen as anathema to task-oriented institutions.

If different PFT requirements, a tacit acknowledgment of differing physical capabilities, isn't stopping the PC Brahs in their crusade for "greater optical Equality" among front line combat units, should we really be surprised any more?

[Mickey Rat]

I think the Obamacare rollout had amply shown that this administration is anything but task oriented.

[GILMORE?]

Proof = Corporations Really Do Want to Poison and Kill Customers.... Because Profit

[GILMORE?]

Woman Also To Be Charged With Plagiarizing Film "Ikiru"

[GILMORE?]

Wicked Witch Clinton Plans to Burn The Weak-Hearted With Fire

[Cytotoxic]

Nepal passed a new constitution.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/201.....se/6790466

[Notorious UGCC]

When you're trying to pass a Constitution, Metamucil does wonders!

[Cytotoxic]

Starting Monday 21inc will sell a 'Bitcoin computer' for developers.

"The computer's operating system will include a full copy of bitcoin's code and related software that will allow developers to make bitcoin a core feature of the products they build. It also uses a chip 21 unveiled earlier this year that is linked to 21's mining pool and provide a steady stream of bitcoin for the user.

With this computer, 21 CEO Balaji Srinivasan explained, users can build a service or site in which conceivably every page view can be monetized. "The utility of bitcoin up until this point has been the speculation value," Mr. Srinivasan said. "We have a new, pretty strong use case for bitcoin."

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat.....-computer/

[waffles]

Kasich is uncool. I want to vote for someone cool. Like Bernie Sanders or the TRUMP.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

The only thing I recall was Nixon flop sweat