Obama to Open for SXSW, Carson Kinda Dropping Out, Bob Dylan Archives Head to Tulsa: P.M. Links

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  President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW.

• Ben Carson admits his campaign has no "political path forward" and won't attend tomorrow night's presidential debate.
• Police in Connecticut want to be able to use armed drones.
• Russia and Syria are deliberately targeting civilians to encourage mass migration to Europe, a NATO commander told a Senate committee hearing today.
• Gen. John Nicholson will be the new commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
• The United Nations imposed new sanctions on North Korea.
• Bob Dylan's archives will be housed in Tulsa.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ben Carson admits his campaign has no "political path forward" and won't attend tomorrow night's presidential debate.

He was at the others?

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Hello.

Is it the A.M. links already?!

[Hyperbolical]

You slept through the PM links, Rufus?

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Sleeping Beauty Canadian style.

[Ted S.]

Interesting football results.

[Los Doyers]

Gorgeous free kick just now by Juan Mata.

[Jerry on the rocks]

10pts 10games. Should be doable.

[Los Doyers]

Oh definitely. I might actually wake up for the game against Man $hitty.

[Certified Public Asshat]

Fucking Spurs.

*pretends to angrily throw something*

[Brett L]

Arsenal trying to aggressively lock up fourth place.

[Rhywun]

The Liverpool result is the opposite of what I expected.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Police in Connecticut want to be able to use armed drones.

Controllers to be installed at the Dunkin' Donuts.

[expat]

Better invest in that anti-drone drone company. I forsee a market trend...

[expat]

foresee, dammit!

[some guy]

My money is on counter anti-drone drone technology.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Anyway, it's just the same concept but in a different state.

[Rhywun]

I think I saw this show already. (It's not working out well for the civilians.)

[Fist of Etiquette]

SPOILER ALERT

[Domestic Dissident]

President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW.

Sounds a little kinky. Is that link safe for work?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Keynote address at goatse?

[Crusty Juggler]

He is so cool. *sigh*

[Los Doyers]

I hope he crowd surfs! Would be totes awesome.

[Shirley Knott]

I don't know. It's pretty clear he's already been dropped on his head at least once.

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Onto his own head?

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

"Ben Carson admits his campaign has no "political path forward"

Maybe he needs to leap?

[SilentCal]

That was great.

[Fist of Etiquette]

President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW.

And then on to Trumpalooza. Trumpith Fair. Trumping Man.

[Lady Bertrum]

I hear they're making a movie called Triump of the Trump.

[cavalier973]

Drumpfkoff

[JW]

Trumpie's Choice

"You're fired, Eva!"

[Enough About Pailn]

It's hard to stop giggling.

[RBS]

Trump Hard 2: Trump Harder

[Enough About Pailn]

Trump with the Wind?

[cavalier973]

Lady and the Trump

[Jerryskids]

Silence of the Trumps

"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. A great chianti. A very classy chianti, nothing like it in the world, just the best, the absolute finest, let me tell you."

[Agammamon]

"I think it's important not to limit law enforcement or public safety's ability to protect the public," Berlin Police Chief Paul Fitzgerald testified. . .

Funny, a lot of people think that it *is* important to limit law enforcement or public safety.

[HeteroPatriarch]

Funny that the police chief of a town called Berlin said this...

[grrizzly]

Berlin? Wasn't it renamed Kitchener long ago?

[Just say Nikki]

Not the one in CT (which has the stress on the first syllable).

[MSimon]

BE rlin?

[gaoxiaen]

Not a Pennsylvania potato chip consumer, I would guess.

http://www.snyderofberlin.com/index.html

[PBR Streetgang]

The chief of Berlin? Yeah, I have No More Words.

[Rich]

"public safety's ability to protect the public"

What does that even mean?

[Shirley Knott]

F**k you that's why.
Always and forever.
Public safety is what they do to you.

[Tonio]

Our ability to spy on you and kill you via remote controlled machinery.

[Atanarjuat]

remote controlled

Officers have to go home safely, after all.

Prediction: damaging a drone results in a 'assault on a LEO' charge.

[Rich]

[Obama's] topic will be "civic engagement in the 21st Century before an audience of creators, early adopters and entrepreneurs who are defining the future of our connected lives."

Uhh ....

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

It'll be a lecture about how we need to all vote Democrat because "some people" (i.e., TEATHUGLIKKANZ) believe various strawman arguments or something.

[Pan Zagloba]

Well we had our laughs with PM Zoolander, but now the joke is done and the fucking begins.

Justin Trudeau started his day touting Canada's plans to lower greenhouse gas emissions at a clean technology conference in B.C.

Trudeau announced more than $125 million for two new clean tech funds in an effort to spur faster industry growth.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is getting $75 million from Infrastructure Canada for climate change initiatives in communities, he announced during his speech.

The federal government is also spending more than $50 million "to improve climate resilience in design guides, and building and infrastructure codes."

Note that this is announcement before he meets with provincial premiers, where the objective is to get the rest of the country to do stupid green shit, and of course give Quebec money.

[Drake]

To be fair, $125 million in Canadian money is like 50 bucks now.

[Juvenile Bluster]

If they give Quebec more money, will the half the population of Quebec that moves down here for the winter go back? If so, I'm all for it.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

You wish.

Once settled they don't move.

[But Enough About Me]

Yeah, he was in a downtown building where my wife works. When one of her co-workers told her Trudeau was around, she replied "Not close enough for me to spit."

I think the co-worker was genuinely shocked. Trudeau's handlers managed to sell The Hair That Walks Like A Man so hard in B.C. based on the fact that his last real job was here, as a Snowboard Instructor.

I shit you not.

As for giving Quebec more money, when has a Federal Liberal government in Canada ever had a different objective?

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

And a drama school teacher.

Plus he likes dictators because they get shit done.

[But Enough About Me]

Yeah, he's definitely gonna get a LOT of "shit" done to Canada...

[Pan Zagloba]

Good grief, I'm not the only H&Rer; from Vancouver?! Libertarian Moment is real!

[But Enough About Me]

There's quite a few "libertarian-lites" out here in the Boonies (*cough*Pitt Meadows*cough*). In fact, the further east you go from that wretched hive of scum and villainy known as the municipality of Vancouver, the more likely you'll find people who, should a bright flash and a mushroom cloud appear in the far west, would walk outside with a cold one and hold it up in salute.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Russia and Syria are deliberately targeting civilians to encourage mass migration to Europe...

You know who else fired at their own people when they resisted marching toward Europe?

[some guy]

... Russia?

[Rich]

Walmart?

[Hyperbolical]

Hannibal?

[HeteroPatriarch]

Damn you!

[HeteroPatriarch]

Hannibal?

[cavalier973]

Xerxes?

[Crusty Juggler]

Hannibal?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hannibal?

[Atanarjuat]

Hannibal?

[Trshmnstr, terror of the trash]

Dammit, Is it Hannibal or not?

[DenverJ]

Suleiman the Great?
I mean Hannibal?

[Lady Bertrum]

Damn. Those are some boring links. Working part-time now, Ed?

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's a poor craftsman that blames his tools.

[Lady Bertrum]

craftsman ?

You've othered me twice with this word. The correct usage is 'craftsze'. And, I don't need to submit to the patriarchy's concept of craft. You fucking shitlord.

[A Cynic's Guide to Zen]

Preach, zurlfriend. Zhe just didnt zake zhur conziderazions into account. It's zhicks like this that give zhudes a zad zame.

[0x90]

Zhat zre zou zoing zut zf zhe zitchen, zitch?

[Trshmnstr, terror of the trash]

No, no, no! That's too much SS agent and not enough.... well, on second thought, I guess you're right.

[Jerryskids]

True. I'm a poor craftsman and I blame all of you.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Seriously weak. I had assumed they were Rico's until I saw your comment.

[jesse.in.mb]

Pft. These were on time. Couldn't be Soave's.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Good point.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The United Nations imposed new sanctions on North Korea.

Someone's going to be acting out again.

[Jerryskids]

New sanctions? I assumed they were the used sanctions we took off of Iran. Nobody wants to wear hand-me-down sanctions, but if they're new I can't see where the Norks can complain. Wrong size, wrong color, they don't like the stripes because it makes them look fat? What've they got to complain about?

[Domestic Dissident]

Gen. John Nicholson will be the new commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Abe Lincoln didn't have to go through this many generals.

[some guy]

Abe Lincoln's war didn't last a generation (and counting).

[Domestic Dissident]

I miss the days when there were still some generals who were like "Here's my strategy: we're going to keep killing the SOBs until they surrender."

[Agammamon]

Uh - that's been the strategy of *all* the generals so far. And of all the politicians sending those generals out.

Strangely enough that policy has not been effective. It might be that the people running the war on our side don't actually understand the type of opponent they're facing - its not a nation-state with a nation-state's goals.

Basically we're the Republic from 'Singularity Sky' facing an out-of-context problem.

[Drake]

No the strategy is to kill only the ones currently shooting at us. The rest we treat like special flowers until they decide to start shooting.

[Agammamon]

Ah - one of those 'pro-genocide' types.

You should be pleased to know that the Russians are killing indiscriminately then.

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.c.....1759289467

[Gray Ghost]

Basically we're the Republic from 'Singularity Sky' facing an out-of-context problem.

But with more women's rights, SHARP training, and fewer ship-eating antibodies.

(What an interesting universe and characters. I don't care that he painted himself into a corner with the Re-Mastered, I'd still like another story with Rachel and Martin.)

What badly needs to happen with whoever takes the Presidency---Trump, Clinton, Cruz, or a candidate to be named later---is an overarching discussion to figure out just what the U.S.'s strategy is, what we want to have happen, what we don't want to have happen, and how much we want to spend to achieve the first three. From what I can see, none of the above has happened for a long time: we just keep lurching from grease fire to dumpster fire, often making things worse.

For Afghanistan, what do we want? Is it to eradicate Al Qaeda? Is it to kill off all Taliban or people who sympathize with them? And how much do we want to spend in blood and treasure?

[Agammamon]

It'll never happen. For the simple reason that if you nail down policy objectives then someone can point out when and where you're failing to achieve them.

If you never have a concrete policy, you can never fail - you just haven't succeeded yet - and anything useful that happens (even if just by happenstance) you can claim credit for.

[Rich]

"Heeeeeere's Johnny!"

[Enough About Pailn]

I've been watching the old Tonight Show every night and man, is it fascinating. Jackie Gleason chain-smoking during the entire interview, Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. discussing the final days of the Carter administration and the upcoming Reagan admin. And a couple of nights ago, a 1973 episode where Joe Namath Says that George Wallace is a tremendous man. It's like bizarro world.

[OneOut]

My favorite episode of Carson is when he is interviewing Eva Gabor. She has a cat on her lap and asked Johnny if he would like to pet her pussy.

He replied that if she would move the cat he would.

Pretty racy stuff for its' day.

Another episode had the Rat Pack on all at the same time. They were drinking for real and one of them was smoking. The smoker kept dumping his ashes in the others drink everytime the drinker turned his head to face Johnny. The audience burst out laughing every time and it went on for a while without the drinker catching on. It did not look planned. I think the drinker was Dean Martin but it was a long time ago.

Definitely worth a youtube search if you want a laugh.

[gaoxiaen]

Didn't see this but my uncle told me there was lawsuit over this (not verbatim).

Johnny: Do you do anything for good luck before a match?

Mrs Arnold Palmer: I kiss his balls.

Johnny: I bet that makes his putter stiff.

[Greg Loves His Woodchipper]

Oliver Reed and Shelley Winters is another classic Carson moment.

[This Machine]

President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW.

If the president is speaking at your art & music festival, congratulations, you're The Man.

[B.P.]

"President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW."

Dude is so freakin' cool. What band was he in again?

[Crusty Juggler]

"The World's President." They started out great, but fizzled out pretty quickly.

[Krabappel]

I liked his old stuff better, before he sold out.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

The Presidents of the United States of America?

[Juice]

highly underrated band btw

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

SXSW has speeches?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Yep, Lena Dunham has done some.

[John]

Because God forbid anything that is fun not turn into a fucking tiresome SJW fest. UGH!!

[gaoxiaen]

Nothing is more fun than hanging around with a few thousand cops.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

Weird. I understand having panels, but a "keynote speech" sounds weird in the midst of a music and film festival.

Well, whatever. It's good for some Twitter jokes. "Aging rock stars desperately clinging to their cool factor."

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

To be fair to Mx Dunham, she got her start at SXSW with an indy low budget film. So having a keynote speech from a notable 'SXSW artiste' doesn't seem that unusual.

[Agammamon]

However - the President of the United States? That's . . . Vice President work at best.

[SFC B]

Nah. the VP is for sending to funerals for members of the supreme court.

[Lady Bertrum]

Technically, Lena Dunham doesn't speak. She queefs through her mouth.

[Crusty Juggler]

I suddenly feel flush.

[This Machine]

Fucking savage, Lady B.

[Juice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymghlVKMwZ0#t=19s

[gaoxiaen]

+1 stick of Doublemint

[Mongo]

No snark: is there still a parallel event called FuckByFuckWest there? It used to have punk and underground bands.

[Rich]

They're a new sensation.

[PBR Streetgang]

Heh.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

http://variety.com/2014/biz/ne.....201128689/

[Medical Physics Guy]

Snowden did one.

[Rich]

Police in Connecticut want to be able to use armed drones.

Well, if they'd done better in high school ....

[Fist of Etiquette]

Oh, you.

[Rich]

*** blushes ***

[coloraDOOM]

Burn.

[Sevo]

"President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW."

Sorta like a Madonna concert; how much to miss it?

[Pan Zagloba]

So last night in history book discussion, I mentioned the German plan to infect civilians with typhoid so that they'll spread it to Red Army, and Sevo was asking for details.

According to the book in question (Total War by Michael K Jones), staff of German Ninth Army prepared a plan to herd civilians into huge, open-air enclosures as an "anti-partisan action." There's some usual German stuff like shooting anyone who falls behind (according to a witness, shooting a child who stumbled, then shooting her brothers who stopped to glare and then finally finishing off their screaming mother), and then the claim is made that typhoid patients were brought in to spread the infection, so that liberating Red Army troops would catch it. He states that on March 20, commander of German Army Group Center was given a report, operation was deemed a success and other camps were established.

[Pan Zagloba]

Result was that Soviet 56th army had to quarantine its XIX Rifle Corps, but were able to bring in supplies of recently (December 1943) developed vaccine, inoculate the troops, then move the sick into hospitals where the disease was contained.

[Sevo]

There it is...
Hitler had poison gas ammo, but decided not to use it (or didn't decide *to* use it), but that's the first I heard of Nazi biological war.

[Sevo]

BTW, "Absolute War", Bellamy ( http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb.....wa,aps,209 )
isn't apologetic about either side and makes no mention of that.

[Heroic Mulatto]

The head of the Blitzableiter Program.

Still the Germans had nothing on the Japanese, they did some crazy shit.

[Pan Zagloba]

It wasn't technically biological war.

The civilians were sick. There was a general evacuation of civilians into enclosures to prevent partisan activity. Now, if some sick civilians got into enclosure, well...

It's not like German troops spread the disease. They just...you know...concentrated people in one place.
Just like, they didn't deliberately murder about 2 million PoWs in first eight months of the war. Just, you put the PoWs into camps, there's not enough food to go around, you shoot any civilian who tries to bring them food, and... after thaw, you have a lot fewer of them around.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

The crazy fringe stuff that was tried in WWII would probably make most people go pale.

[KeithC]

History book discussion? Damn, wish I'd seen that. Was it in last night's PM links?

I think someone here recommended Richard Pipes' "The Russian Revolution", which I finally got through (I'm a bit of a slow reader, unfortunately) after about 10 months. Very good, quite detailed. I think the thing I'll remember most is his description of the Kornilov affair as well as the chapter on the murder of the Romanovs.

[Pan Zagloba]

It was in the Trump Super Tuesday mega-thread and was probably about 15% of the whole thing. Which made me smile.

[Mazakon]

Animated Genitals Teach Consent in New Ad in Canada

Honestly, it's probably the weirdest ad I've ever seen.

[Rich]

The most confusing, too -- that breast said "Yeah".

[MSimon]

I was hoping for animated gentiles.

[cavalier973]

Just tell a Trump supporter that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is fake history.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Did I miss Trump's anti-semitism?

[cavalier973]

Trump supporter

[AlmightyJB]

Sad.

[MJGreen - Docile Citizen]

I've seen weird animation.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Which one is Trudeau?

[But Enough About Me]

We are all Trudeau now.

He said so.

[Crusty Juggler]

My move is to strut around a woman while whistling and then rubbing myself against her bottom, so that video really hit home.

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Ah, yes...the good ol' "Crusty Strut". I would imagine it's put a lot of backs on mattresses, eh?

Shine on, you crazy diamond.

[Crusty Juggler]

If these fingertips could talk.

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Or, just whisper.

[Greg Loves His Woodchipper]

This reminds me of Johnny Dangerously and "Your Testicles and You".

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

The circle will be complete when Obama opens for Burning Man.

[John]

No way Obama is hanging out in the desert with a bunch of dirty hippies. Obama is five star or nothing.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Obligatory.

So it's undeniably amusing when ? as soon as the consequences of liberalism actually impact them ? they sound like a bunch of raging right wingers. Suddenly, low taxes are vital to the growth of their organization, and they're indignant when government overseers get pushy. Hey - maybe the federal government controlling so much of Nevada's land doesn't seem like such a great idea.

(If various Republican Party organizations were smart, they'd make a concerted effort to court these counter-culturists while they're still smarting from having been mugged by reality. Alas...)

[John]

I guarantee you those guys think the rangers who got into with the FBI last month are terrorists who should have been bombed. So, good luck.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Hey, Burning Man is a place of taxes, fees, a very large, armed police presence, tickets for hundreds of infractions, a tight regulatory environment and some occasional nudity.

So, a place of peace and tolerance.

[John]

Somehow that doesn't surprise me. Nothing is ever as fun as it seems.

[HeteroPatriarch]

President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW.

The people who pretend to be into TED talks and say shit like "I fucking love science" will be thrilled!

[Free Market Socialist $park?]

Neil Degrasse Tyson is a national treasure.

[cavalier973]

We should put him in the same warehouse where we store the Ark of the Covenant.

[But Enough About Me]

Can't you folks just open the Ark, let Tyson stare into it, and then let his head melt while he screams?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I want my Carl Sagan back!

[Brett L]

I've enjoyed going and seeing great acts at small venues for almost 20 years off and on, probably conceived my eldest there, but the bullshit around it has been getting harder to avoid.

[Free Market Socialist $park?]

And so the penguin wipes his mouth and says "nah, that's just vanilla ice cream".

[cavalier973]

So then the duck says, " I don't know; maybe he was a lawyer, after all."

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Given how hard Reason is going after Trump will they be painted into a corner whereby they start making libertarian cases for Hillary?

[MSimon]

I visit Reason for the entertainment value. Same reason I support Trump.

[Private Chipperbot]

They've already done a bunch for Sanders, so I'll go with yes. Several.

[crazyfingers]

According to veteran shady political operative Roger Stone, the Koch's are making a last ditch attempt to bash Trump and prop up Rubio, and if that doesn't work (Rubio fails to win the Florida primary), they'll attempt to bring in Mitt Romney to save the day, which would be hilarious.

http://www.infowars.com/koch-f.....s-warning/

[MSimon]

I like the Jimi Hendricks version. So does Bob. That is the one Bob plays at concerts I have attended since 1975.

[Drake]

John Nicholson is the Army shitbag that falsely accused Marines of slaughtering civilians. Fuck him.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/02.....r-general/

[JW]

I thought that was John Winger?

[Domestic Dissident]

Hillary to skeptical African-American voter: "Why don't you go run for something?"

Hmmm. Doesn't exactly sound like the kind of "love and kindness" she was talking about last night.

[cavalier973]

Tough love.

[John]

I still cannot believe anyone thinks she is going to win. She is just awful.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Once again John, it's nothing to do with her and everything to do with how we know Team Red is going to find a way to blow the most easily winnable election for them since 1984.

[John]

The only way they do that is if they fuck Trump and run Rubio or someone in a brokered convention. And that might happen. But I still doubt it.

[HeteroPatriarch]

Right, because there's no way Trump will say something stupid or let an accidental truth slip out and fuck up the election.

[KDN]

He has been quite adept at saying stupid things and letting "accidental truths" slip and getting away with it. In the former case he simply doubles down until everyone stops caring and in the latter he walks around claiming that he didn't say what you think he said.

[John]

He says something the media calls "stupid" every day and no one cares. That isn't going to change.

[Medical Physics Guy]

Every time Trump says something stupid, his percentage of the blue collar Democratic vote goes up around 1%.

[Drake]

Did she saw it in her down-home southern mammy accent?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDQ1vIuvZI

[Rich]

"Why don't you go run for something?"

"Somali when you say that!"

[cavalier973]

I...uh...hmmm...

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hillary is lucky to escape that encounter unscathed. That voter might have been a super-predator.

[This Machine]

"I think it's important not to limit law enforcement or public safety's ability to protect the public," Berlin Police Chief Paul Fitzgerald testified at Tuesday's hearing, according to the Hartford Courant. "You don't want to get into an arms race, I understand that, but we have to be prepared to handle unforeseen situations ? at a public event, a crime or a terrorist incident."

To quote sarcasmic, the Public is everyone but you. When the chief here talks about protecting the Public, he means everyone except you. Because there's an unlimited number of ways that the Public may be threatened, they need to have limitless means to address those threats! And if you get schwacked by a police drone during one of these "unforeseen situations," well, too bad, it was for the public good!

Because the Public is everyone but you.

[GILMORE?]

"BUT I DON WANNA GO TO SCHOOL!"

"A 16-year-old high school student from Nashville shot and injured his grandmother after she and his mother tried to get him out of bed to go to school

The teen's sister and nephew suffered graze wounds and were taken to the hospital along with the grandmother. "

[Los Doyers]

How are there no common sense laws against this?

[Rich]

Really! I thought multi-generational households had gone the way of over-the-counter opium.

[Domestic Dissident]

Jesus Christ.

[Irish ?s ESB]

So you all know about my love - nay - vulgar lust for Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig. Unfortunately, I feel that our romance is beginning to wane, since for the last few months her articles have been so fucking boring.

What happened to the hilariously awful Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig who wrote several thousand words about Suey Park?

What about the Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig who basically blamed the UVA rape hoax on right wing tactics?

It's like she's phoning it in and no longer reaches the heights of insanity that drew me to her in the first place. It's a goddamn shame.

[Lady Bertrum]

There's always Idris Elba.

[cavalier973]

Able, Sir Di...

[This Machine]

Looks like it's time for a new obsession and a handle change, man. Maybe "Irish

[Irish Breaks Up W/ ESB]

I'm way ahead of you.

[This Machine]

It's like you can see inside my mind.

[bacon-magic]

Nice, you could've played off the racist schtick that's been thrown at you lately and Reasonoids would have eaten it up.

[Irish Breaks Up W/ ESB]

She is a Catholic, so you knew it could never work since a man of my sensibilities could not stand engaging in relations with a goddamn Papist of all fucking people.

[HeteroPatriarch]

And that's unacceptable, because Irish can go down the road any time he wants and walk into Harry's and hold his head up high and say in a loud, steady voice, 'Harry, I want you to sell me a condom. In fact, today, I think I'll have a French Tickler, for I am a Protestant.'

[Lady Bertrum]

Rubber are only for filthy sailors.

[OneOut]

Does ESB know that you have broken up with her ?

If not , she should !

[Just say Nikki]

You know exactly what happened to her, Irish.

[Irish Breaks Up W/ ESB]

Also, my favorite paragraph Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig ever wrote:

"Tracing Park's life online, I occasionally got the feeling I was looking at a picture in a high school yearbook taken before its subject could pose. Growing up has never been easy. Nor has it ever been something that definitively stops. I am reminded of Yeats's meditation on aging, "Among School Children": "O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer, / Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole? / O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, / How can we know the dancer from the dance?" A person's life is, of course, comprised of all its moments, and a person comprised of all his or her experiences taken together. But the Internet, with its instantaneous responses and global reach, tends to make the passage of phases harder than ever. Each of us, it increasingly seems, is one selfie-stick-snap or ill-considered tweet away from being permanently crystallized in a single moment of our immaturity, like insects preserved in amber."

^^ BEHOLD THE MOST PRETENTIOUS MILLENNIAL BULLSHIT EVER PUT ON THE INTERNET

[This Machine]

*begins to quake with inchoate rage*

[Irish Breaks Up W/ ESB]

"Yo, I just wrote a bunch of platitudinous nonsense for pseudo-intellectual navel gazers. How do I go about making this even more irritating? Google 'William Butler Yeats' quotes and jam a random out of context line into the middle of the paragraph with the worst segue possible? Fuck yeah. That's how ESB rolls!"

[OneOut]

Yo

[Lady Bertrum]

Now, now. I pause and slowly contemplate your fleeting passion for Ms. Stoker Bruenig's prose like a Buddhist ruminating his mantra, and I'm reminded of Macbeth's observation that "Life is but a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the state and then is heard no more". These passing childhood fancies are stolen moments preserved for the amusement forever in the neverworld of the H&R comment section.

[John]

A person's life is, of course, comprised of all its moments, and a person comprised of all his or her experiences taken together.

Lets count the ways that sentence is horrible Lady. It is a run on sentence. It makes a mundane and circular point.

[Lady Bertrum]

She missed the unit in creative writing class covering Hemingway titled 'Just get to the point already, Bitch'.

[John]

That is pretty hard when you have no point. Not to be snarky, but I don't see where she is saying anything.

[Lady Bertrum]

Her point is: The stupid shit you do maybe permanently exposed on the internet. But why use 10 word when 100 will do?

[Irish Breaks Up W/ ESB]

"Her point is: The stupid shit you do maybe permanently exposed on the internet. But why use 10 word when 100 will do?"

You didn't even quote Yeats, you fucking philistine.

[Irish Breaks Up W/ ESB]

She's hilarious because she's incredibly pretentious and is always trying to make sure you're aware of all the books she's read, but she doesn't appear to have learned anything about writing from any of those books.

This is a woman who once compared Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Raskalnikov from Crime and Punishment.

It's especially funny because it completely ignores the impact of radical Islam on the Tsarnaev brothers. Her explanation is that they, like Raskalnikov, did this out of some weird existential angst, as if there is no actual philosophy currently in existence that justifies this.

[John]

So she is a super cute 20 something female version of Otto from a Fish Called Wanda.

[Lady Bertrum]

You really should give her another chance. She's only one intense think piece away from some deep human insight.

You know who else is a terrible writer? Naomi Wolf. That didn't prevent her from becoming rich and famous.

[John]

My God Wolf is an idiot.

[John]

The EU is apparently calling for the building of a wall.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/361872.php

I guess that article in the Post yesterday about there being all of these underground Trump supporters is really true.

[Hyperbolical]

But are they going to make ME and North African countries pay for it?

[Medical Physics Guy]

Only if they want Europe to be great again.

[John]

I am sure they would if those countries had any money, which they don't.

[ant1sthenes]

There are ways to make people pay. Personally, I think force marching 2 million desperate people into Saudi Arabia would produce entertaining results.

[Rich]

Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW.

"I'm pleased to be the first president to appear at Sex-Sew."

[MSimon]

Sex-Shew

[Mad Scientist]

I was only in there to get directions on how to get away from there!

[But Enough About Me]

As in "We've got a really great sex-shew tonight"?

[MSimon]

Are you old or something? Me too!

[MSimon]

Ed Sullivan - off the air since 1971

[But Enough About Me]

Me too. 🙁

[GILMORE?]

WHERE MY SYRUP GONE?

"These groups say "maple" is understood to refer to "maple syrup," much as "mayo" is understood to refer to "mayonnaise." They pointed to an FDA warning letter last August to the maker of "Just Mayo," which unlike mayonnaise contained no eggs."

My ruling is = Eggs are part of a commonly understood consumer definition of Mayo. Maple Syrup is not part of the definition of Instant Oatmeal. Its just the name we give to a kind of sugar flavoring. Suck it, Canada.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

What's Vermont, chopped liver?

[GILMORE?]

They don't hold a candle to The Canadian Big Corporate-Maple-Syrup Conglomerates.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

"Maple syrup" is syrup. "Maple" by itself is just a flavor, like "cinnamon."

[Rich]

Yum! Cinnamon syrup!

[Drake]

Is "cinnamon" a spice obtained from the inner bark of certain trees, or just a flavor?

[GILMORE?]

""Maple syrup" is syrup"

Actually if you bothered to READ THE STORY (ugh!?) you'd know its not an argument about "maple syrup", but the use of the term "Maple" by Oatmeal companies to describe their sugar-sweetened instant products they've been selling for decades (*no word "Syrup" anywhere)

[robc]

Which is rarely made from cinnamon.

[Trshmnstr, terror of the trash]

"Maple syrup" is syrup. PEOPLE!!!!

[KDN]

Are they going to sue Maypo into changing its name? Or does the intentional misspelling absolve them of this fraud?

[GILMORE?]

"President Obama will be giving a keynote speech at the opening of SXSW."

The theme of the speech will be, "Why Consumer Encryption Needs to Be Outlawed"

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

"Privacy Laws and the Evils They Cause"

[GILMORE?]

" the new commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan."

He plans to bring a new strategy to the war that's been over since 2014.

[Rich]

"I order you to be vigilant for insider attacks."

[John]

So an interesting bit of history came up on instapundit this afternoon. This is what Jonah Goldberg, the man who now says he can't vote for Trump because Trump is not a "conservative" was saying about Romney in 2012.

A President Romney would be on a very short leash. A President Gingrich would probably chew through his leash in the first ten minutes of his presidency and wander off into trouble. If elected, Romney must follow through for conservatives and honor his vows to repeal Obamacare, implement Representative Paul Ryan's agenda, and stay true to his pro-life commitments. Moreover, Romney is not a man of vision. He is a man of duty and purpose. He was told to "fix" health care in ways Massachusetts would like. He was told to fix the 2002 Olympics. He was told to create Bain Capital. He did it all. The man does his assignments. In this light, voting for Romney isn't a betrayal, it's a transaction. No, that's not very exciting or reassuring for those who'd sooner see monkeys fly out their nethers than compromise again. But such a bargain may just be necessary before judgment day comes.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/.....h-goldberg

Words really do fail.

[Just say Nikki]

the man who now says he can't vote for Trump because Trump is not a "conservative"

This isn't why I've read Goldberg has a problem with Trump.

[Drake]

That Trump U degree not working out for him?

[Crusty Juggler]

Is it because Goldberg cannot buy a pair of pants?

[John]

I didn't know you were such a fan of conservative magazines.

And his objections boil down to the same thing "Trump is really a Democrat and not a conservative and he is mean and his supporters are icky". Maybe you find that case compelling and not utterly ridiculous in light of his support for Romney, but I don't.

[Just say Nikki]

No, they don't:

I'll be as honest as I can about why I dislike Trump. A big part of it is I think he's a fraud. I think he's part of the grand and glorious tradition of bunk artists in American history. I think he's always lied about how rich he is and is lying to this day. And bear in mind, I don't care how much money he has. The point is he cares. Specifically, he cares that other people think he's really rich. In fact, that's his business model. Most long cons require convincing marks that the conman doesn't actually need the mark's money. That's his schtick to a T.

But I can actually get past that. That con-man aspect of him is also kind of charming. It's not remotely presidential, but as an American character, I can see why some people are amused by Trump, and on occasion I am as well.

The thing I don't find amusing is that he's an insecure bully. He really does strike me as Biff from Back to the Future (Part II). His cheap macho posturing and boasting is simply tacky. I see him as a sad and insecure man. And what I truly find so depressing is that millions of Americans see the same blowhard overcompensation and mistake it for strength.

[John]

Paragraph number 1 is all about how Goldberd thinks Trump is lying and is a Democrat. Remember, this is the same guy who admitted that Romney had a "late in life conversion" to conservatism and that was totally okay.

The thing I don't find amusing is that he's an insecure bully.

Need I remind you that Goldberg supported John McCain in 2008. The John McCain who is the most notorious insecure bully in Washington and has been for years.

Unlike you, I have been reading Goldberg for years. And I actually like a lot of his stuff. Perhaps it is just my frail masculinity talking but your quote makes Goldberg look even more ridiculous.

[Just say Nikki]

Paragraph number 1 is all about how Goldberd thinks Trump is lying and is a Democrat.

Actually it's about how he's lying about how rich he is.

[John]

Which is a reflection on his character for truthfulness. And Goldberg goes on to say he doesn't mind that. Why he feels the need to tell us about it, remains a mystery.

Again, it is not about Trump. It is about Goldberg and NRO's willingness to support anyone the party through up for years now claiming they can't support Trump because of their principles. What principles?

[grrizzly]

Romney was and is more conservative than Trump. I see no problem if NR pundits could support the former but not the latter. Tell us on which issue Romney was less conservative than Trump.

[John]

I am pretty sure signing the state version of Obamacare and being proud of it wasn't exactly conservative. Romney was about as conservative as Chris Christie. I voted for the guy and he was better than Obama. He was by no reasonable definition a conservative.

And even if you think he was, explain how John Mccain, the guy who wanted to repeal the 1st Amendment was "conservative". NRO loved him too.

These people are clowns.

[grrizzly]

Yes, it was certainly not "conservative" to push for Romneycare, but Trump wants universal health care, whatever that means. I doubt that it's any better. I agree with you on McCain though.

[DenverJ]

I've been saying for years (4 or 5 now) that the Republicans were insane to nominate Romney. Remember how pissed off the country was about Obamacare? So they nominate the guy who signed the blueprint into law at the state level, thus taking the issue off the table.
They don't call the Republicans the Stupid Party for nothing.

[GILMORE?]

US DoT Bans Vaping on Planes

Classic rationale! =

""The department said the airline industry should not be able "to adopt its own standards with respect to the inclusion of electronic cigarettes within the prohibition on smoking."

The regulation said: "We recognize that the industry has generally banned the use of electronic cigarettes on flights," but added that "we believe that without a clear, uniform regulation, some carriers may feel free to adopt policies that allow the use of e cigarettes onboard aircraft.""

Can't have people thinking they're "free" to make their own decisions now.

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

"Feel" free? It's always teh feeelz! with you regulator assholes...

[Crusty Juggler]

After suspected drug overdose deaths, Fairplex has no plans to host raves in 2016

Glowstick-loving Reason commenters hardest hit.

[DenverJ]

Glowsticks are gay

[John]

http://www.washingtontimes.com.....ers-suppo/

The Bernie supporters are revolting. If the GOP fucks Trump, they should form a Trump Sanders unity 3rd party ticket. It would totally win. Yeah, it would be insane but the tears and butt hurt it would cause would be wonderful.

[Rich]

That is a *great* idea, John.

[But Enough About Me]

It's not just great, it's ... it's ...

Christ. It's genius!

[tarran]

My prediction is that the Bernie supporters will mostly vote for the Hillbot. IT will be as empty as Hillary's PUMA movement in 2008.

[Tornado16nb]

Exactly. They will pull the lever for the d. His supporters are just having an emotional reaction

[GILMORE?]

Look, even if you think 90% of the below people are completely full of shit?

Its noteworthy that they at least pretend to reject their party's candidate.

That distaste aint going away, and it will hurt D turnout in the general election.

"If Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont loses the Democratic presidential nomination, a group of his supporters will either write in his name in the general election or consider casting their ballot for a Republican.

The one thing they certainly won't do: Vote for Hillary Clinton.

More than 50,000 people already have signed up at the Revolt Against Plutocracy, pledging to vote for the Green Party candidate in the general election or write in Mr. Sanders' name if Mrs. Clinton wins the Democratic nomination. Other groups, such as Grassroots Action for Bernie, are taking to social media, using Facebook and Twitter to try to get the "Bernieorbust" hashtag trending.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Er, I said this a couple of weeks back!

WHERE'S MY BUM TAP!?

[Rich]

That was a *great* idea, Rufus.

[But Enough About Me]

It's not just great, it's ... it's ...

Christ. It's genius!

[Crusty Juggler]

San Francisco deputies charged with running prison 'fight club'

The gladiator-style fights allegedly took place in the downtown jail of the city's Hall of Justice court while deputies watched.

Other alleged abuses were mentioned, including forcing inmates to exercise, gamble for food, and clean clothing and bedding.

I am not sure why "forcing them to exercise" was included.

[Akira]

"I am not sure why "forcing them to exercise" was included."

There is a rule at some prisons that inmates have to be out of their cells for at least an hour or so per day - as in, they are not permitted to just sit in their bed all day long. That period of mandatory cell-exiting may be called "exercise" in some written policy, even if they were not actually forced to do any exercise.

[coloraDOOM]

Before we get all upset that Obama is going to be a sxsw, didn't rand Paul have a speech there?

[Sevens]

NYT: University of Albany: Apparently, the three black women who accused white men of attacking them in a bus are actually the perpetrators. Very amusing justifications by "scholars".

Behind the rush to declare the matter a hoax, they say, is an ingrained prejudice against taking the concerns of minority women seriously."

Hilarious. People rushed to believe the three, the entire damn campus was changed ("A sign on the University at Albany campus that reads, "I pledge to value diversity and be more inclusive at UAlbany."" In the middle of the article. I find that very funny.), Clinton commented, and, with great "sincerity" (is that even possible?), they get it completely backwards.

Sami Schalk, an assistant professor in the university's English department, who has devoted class time since the bus episode to talking through the implications with her students, said she was concerned that the women's detractors had failed to consider the prejudice and "racialized language" the young women may have encountered on campus or before the bus ride that could have played a role in provoking the fight.

[Crusty Juggler]

They attacked a white person on video (there is audio as well), and then they calmly dialed 9-1-1 to say they were attacked because of their race.

One of the women has a brother in the NFL who threatened some kid over twitter about all of it, and the kid eventually had to leave the school. It is a crazy story.

[John]

I can't see how this shit ends well. We used to have no kidding race riots in this country. And they killed hundreds of people and happened in some cases less than a hundred years ago. I see shit like this and I think we are pretty close to going back to that. White people are not going to remain docile and stupid forever.

[Los Doyers]

White people are not going to remain docile and stupid forever.

Is there some sort of newsletter I can subscribe to so I can follow this uprising?

[John]

I don't know. Maybe you should learn how to read and do a google search.

[jesse.in.mb]

Who has time to read articles? Amirite?

[John]

Why have you become a troll Jesse? You didn't used to be like this.

[Crusty Juggler]

Bring our Jesse back!

[Los Doyers]

MAKE JESSE GREAT AGAIN

[Crusty Juggler]

Where my Jesse gone?

[Los Doyers]

Those are both specialty occupations. So, I'd rather roll the dice and offer the jobs to some Mexicans and hope they get that sweet sweet H1B visa. Do you have any contacts in DHS that can help me with this?

[John]

Los Doyers,

What does your 5:42 post mean? Could you give some background? Maybe a link to one of your newsletters or youtube channel or something?

[Los Doyers]

My newsletter, baby.

[John]

Two words Los.

Mary Stack.

You are such a sad person. And it always becomes obvious who you are.

[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

Is there some sort of newsletter I can subscribe to so I can follow this uprising?

Sausagefingers.com?

[paranoid android]

The people need a leader, John. Someone who can stand up and force society to recognize just how hard it is to be a white person in America. Someone who can bring about a reckoning of how despicably this country treats its most numerous and affluent demographic group.

Will you be that man, John?

[John]

Maybe you missed the part where I said, "this is not going to end well". I am not really sure why the person who sees the coming train wreck is assumed to want it to occur.

Is there some logic to you thinking that or do you just say whatever makes you feel good?

[paranoid android]

Woosh.

[John]

So yes, you do just post whatever makes you feel good and are not really big on thinking.

Okay.

[John]

Do you think I am a racist? If so, say way. If you don't or can't articulate why, then what are you doing her other than jerking off?

[Crusty Juggler]

"I walked away saying, 'I can't tell you what happened in that video; you haven't shown me anything to confirm what these young women are saying, and I can't deny it either, because it's just not clear to me,'" said Alice Green, a social justice activist and the director of the Center for Law and Justice, based in Albany. She was one of several community and university leaders whom the district attorney invited to review the evidence before charges were brought. "But once you lodge charges against someone," she added, "in the minds of most people, that's guilt."

Where was my invite?

[Rich]

"But once you lodge charges against someone," she added, "in the minds of most people, that's guilt."

What do you mean -- "most people"?!

[Sevens]

What does she mean against "someone"? I suspect she means the charges brought against the three black women. It's some kind of crazy exercise in "victim" blaming, claiming, and believing. Not quite sure of the rules. But it's an excellent parody. And an argument for due process. Plus, the two women who twittered are being prosecuted, in court, for false reports -- something I haven't seen any university doing (apparently titles VII and IX are read to exclude "male" and "white" as victims, or off-campus behavior by black women).

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Where was my invite?

Aww, c'mon, Crusty! You know why you weren't invited... They figured that, hands down, you would have fingered the three for the assault!

[GILMORE?]

So basically its like Jackie/UVA, only instead of destroying the credibility of Rolling Stone/Jackie.... everyone is rushing to ask, "WHY IS THIS STORY BEING EXPLOITED BY RACISTS?"

""Many feared that the hard-won dialogue over racism on campus, the fragile moment of unity, would disappear under a wave of finger-pointing"

"People were forced to think about things that they didn't think about, maybe, before," said Amberly Carter, a coordinator at the university's Multicultural Resource Center who helped organize the rally. "So do we now stop defending black women because of what happened?"

"OMG, If we don't accept the lies of these three, Does This Mean We Have Failed All Black Women??"

The story seems to be a scramble to find justifications for 'well, how can we spin their own 'attack' and subsequent lies about it into ...."This only happened as a reaction to years of prejudice!"

[GILMORE?]

e.g. """Activists have also noted that the footage the authorities have released so far is incomplete, offering the possibility that 'something' happened to provoke the young women into a physical confrontation before the videos begin."""

The video can never capture the years of microaggressions leading to that moment.

[Crusty Juggler]

The 9-1-1 audio of those girls calling to say they were attacked because of their race is chilling because of how calm they were.

[Sevens]

One doesn't expect female psychopaths.

[Lady Bertrum]

One doesn't expect female psychopaths.

Yes one does. Women manifest their terrible behavior is less obviously violent ways usually. Stating the obvious, women are as awful (or wonderful) as men.

[Sevens]

I don't, and most people don't. Statistics/science don't.

[Sevens]

Not saying there aren't any. I'd give some credence to mythology, fairy tales, and folk psychology, too. I find that women are differently evil, in part due to a relative lack of physical power. Naturally, my understanding of women is fairly limited.

People clearly are unsettled by any psychopath. Check Hare, Snakes in Suits, if you care.

[lap83]

I think he's saying men don't expect it....probably accurate

[Crusty Juggler]

It's like: bitches be cray, and everyone bitches be cray, but when bitches actually are cray, it cray-cray.

[Sevens]

I think he's saying men don't expect it....probably accurate

That's intriguing. We - men - may well be bad at this. Any insights to share?

[GILMORE?]

chilling?

in the "We know we can use this race-stuff to hurt people"-sense?

I think its a sign of the widespread immaturity that we can't simply acknowledge that if you give people special perma-victim status? That status will immediately be abused. Because that's what people do

Everyone wants to keep pretending that somehow these women were actually "in the right" some way. They will bend space and time to try and find some way to believe that.

[Crusty Juggler]

Chilling may have been a step too far. I heard the calls on NPR the other day. They were completely calm, and said they were attacked on a bus because of their race, while in reality they attacked someone, and were using racial slurs against them. I WAS CHILLED!

[Sevens]

I've seen the idea before. Probably read it in Daphne Patai's Heterophobia. It goes something like this: If a woman makes a false accusation, then this both validates feminism as well as her, because she would not make that false accusation if she wasn't oppressed. ... This was a rather high profile controversy, don't recall the name.

[Sevens]

The book is from 1998, by the way. We now pretty much have Antioch's code, and the concept of micro-aggressions - which the book foreshadowed - has found acceptance. A 2nd edition would be convenient.

[Heroic Mulatto]

The concept of microagression dates all the way back to 1970.

[Sevens]

Brevity. Not intended to dispute, but to refer to reception and implementation,

[Enough About Pailn]

Bob Dylan Archives Head to Tulsa

I initially took that to mean he was donating his head to be cryogenically archived at Tulsa.

[Medical Physics Guy]

He looks like he's already done it once or twice.

[Jackand Ace]

Guess I'll have to put Tulsa as point for visitation.

[GILMORE?]

More in 'Identity-Politics' as Legal Defense =

Man Accused in Gay-Bias Killing Tells Jury He Is Bisexual

"Mr. Morales said he could not remember yelling gay slurs at the men before the shooting, as several witnesses recalled. He testified that he was bisexual and had had relationships with transgender men. Asked if he harbored animosity toward gay people, he said, "Absolutely not.""

His defense includes calling trannies to the stand to testify, "Yes, your honor = this man goes both ways"

[John]

Why isn't the fact that he shot them enough to put him in jail for life?

[GILMORE?]

Also = ugh, "transgender *men*"? SO INSENSITIVE, NYT.

They juggle their terminology throughout the piece

"On Tuesday, a 38-year-old transgender person, testifying behind a screen and under an alias, took the stand to say she had had a long-term sexual relationship with Mr. Morales that went back a decade. The witness, who was born with male genitalia but takes female hormones, said she had never known Mr. Morales to disparage gays, lesbians or transgender people."

[Heroic Mulatto]

"Do you believe Elliot Morales to be a person who hates gays?" Mr. Morales, acting as his own lawyer, asked the witness, who appeared under the name Jane Smith, and works at an H.I.V. clinic. "Absolutely not," she answered.

Damn son, that's salting the earth right there.

[Sevens]

Dear Lord, he hates lawyers.

[Sevens]

Jesus. It used to be enough to say "but I have a black friend". Does one now have to have sex with that friend, for that to work? (I'm asking so I can soon enough replace the Asian guy, black guy, and Jewish guy with a the corresponding woman.)

[lap83]

I talked to someone today who claimed NPR was unbiased. The conversation didn't go much farther than that because I work with her and didn't know what to say that wouldn't be offensive.

[lap83]

I think I said something about, "Well, I think all news organizations have some bias because humans are biased" She disagreed. I guess NPR lucked out and got the only purely objective journalists

[Heroic Mulatto]

What do you do for work, if I may ask?

[lap83]

Graphic/ web design

[Heroic Mulatto]

Ah, I see. I'm guessing she's a "creative" type.

[lap83]

(Blah, was busy) Oddly enough, she isn't. It surprised me because she is a very practical person, but apparently naive.

[Sevens]

Does she think academia is biased? More broadly, what organizations does she think are biased, any criteria, and any dynamic she bases that on (such as "power corrupts")?

[lap83]

She has complained a lot about the bureaucracy at her old job, so she has some skepticism. Maybe only with things she has directly experienced.

[Mr Drew]

Help me friends, is there a polite way to ask John to stop talking about trump so much?

I think I've heard his viewpoint pretty clearly. I've considered and discarded his reasons.

Can it please just stop now?

Just sayin.

[Lady Bertrum]

Just filter him out if it bothers you. Isn't there an ignore option?

[Mr Drew]

Well, I don't want to banish him from my view, that seems too far.

Also, if there are any controls whatsoever on this site, I'm unaware of them. The lack of functionality here is stunning. In my vast comment board experience across the intertubes (well, one other, maybe two) I've never seen anything like it.

If the is a secret control panel or options page somewhere I'd love to hear about it.

[Crusty Juggler]

This a link to a firefox extension that can solve your problems. The link also has a link to the chrome extension.

[Mr Drew]

Hmm, and I'm just supposed to naively click this link am I?

The last time I feel for this I wound up reading SF's blog.

Will Playa or HM vouch for you?

[Sevens]

"Well, I don't want to banish him from my view, that seems too far." Kudos for nuance.

[Mr Drew]

/blush

[grrizzly]

Let me stake my position. Trump is an orangutan with a billion dollars. There's nothing libertarian or conservative about him. Yet he probably wouldn't be as horrible as Hillary. Yes, he can win the general election. And that doesn't say anything good about the American people.

[ant1sthenes]

If you figure out how to make someone shut up about Trump, please use it against the Reason staff too.

[John]

I am pretty sure the world's sorriest troll has returned. Have you ever seen this nick before? I haven't. Strange name. Odd obsession with me.

It is Mary. Crazy bitch.

[paranoid android]

No, he can't be Mary, because I am, and I don't remember seeing him at the last meeting of the Marys.

[Crusty Juggler]

Tulpa, you're Tulpa. Los is Mary. I'm Kurt Russell.

[Mr Drew]

*Have you ever seen this nick before? I haven't. Strange name. Odd obsession with me.*

To whom are you referring?

[Gray Ghost]

We're all Tulpa, or something like that, but who specifically do you think is Mary, John?

Because I'm pretty fast with the Reasonable "filter Name" button, and I consequently haven't seen anyone that's tripped my Mary alarm recently.

I will say that, just because people disagree with you, or do what Tulpa used to call The Axis of Glib on you, doesn't make them Mary. That woman has a stink of craziness that permeates even through 12 pt Arial.

[Rhywun]

If you figure out how to make someone shut up about Trump, please use it against the Reason staff too.

^lolthis

[John]

Fuck off Mary. You are not fooling anyone

It is Mary Stack folks. She is also Los above.

[Crusty Juggler]

Los has been showing his true, crazy woman colors recently. You may be on to something.

[Mr Drew]

Wow, at first I thought you were calling me gay. 🙂

I was just trying to rib you a little, John. Don't get me wrong, it is wearying to read the same rants several times in a single thread, but I was trying to be as inoffensive about it as possible.

I'm pretty sure I'm no sock puppet, though I have heard it opined that we are all, in the end, Tulpa. Tupla? Something.

Click on my name to hear my dulcet tones as I narrate real estate inspection videos. Try to control your pulse, they can be quite stimulating.

[Gray Ghost]

Oh. Drew or Los Doyers?

Nope, neither of them strike me as Mary. I mean, I could be wrong, but it's not like her to hold it together for any time longer than about a day and a half.

[Notorious UGCC]

To say I'm not a fan of Trump would be an understatement.

But to hand the Supreme Court over to the Democrats in a fit of pique would be to unfairly punish the entire country for the Trump's assholery.

[Notorious UGCC]

My present suggesiton, if he wins the Republican nom, is to vote for him in the general, find some reason to impeach him and remove him from office, and thus turn the country over to Trump's VP, who will probably be better than Trump.

[But Enough About Me]

Way too many moving parts. I guess a guy can dream though, hmmmm?

[Notorious UGCC]

My plan *does* presuppose that Trump will commit some kind of impeachable offense, but last few Presidents have, albeit only one got called on it (unsuccessfully).

Just as an example, wait until he starts a war without Congressional approval. For instance.

"We let the others get away with it, but with one difference - they weren't you!"

[cavalier973]

Trump/Supreme in 2016!

[Rockabilly]

Obama is a warmonger and enemy of freedom.

Fuck him and all his supporters.