North Korean Propaganda Outlet Hails Trump as 'Wise,' Jerry Brown Endorses Clinton, Bias at U. of Oregon: P.M. Links

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  Screenshot via Korean Central Television

  The North Korean government might have a soft spot for Donald Trump. A state-run news agency published an editorial calling Trump "wise." The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has criticized U.S. policy toward North Korea and says he would be willing to meet with Kim Jong-Un. Make Korea Great Again, I guess.

• TV host Jeff Corwin said bad parenting contributed to the death of Cincinatti Zoo gorilla Harambe, who was shot after a toddler wandered into the gorllia's territory. "The zoo is not your babysitter," said Corwin.
• The University of Oregon says the details of its bias response reports are "not in the public interest."
• California Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton.
• Here's Amber Heard's side of the dispute between the actress and the husband she is divorcing, Johnny Depp.
• A terrifyingly large alligator menaced a golf course in Florida.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

A terrifyingly large alligator menaced a golf course in Florida.

Or a ridiculously small dinosaur.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Hello.

"TV host Jeff Corwin said bad parenting contributed to the death of Cincinatti Zoo gorilla Harambe, who was shot after a toddler wandered into the gorllia's territory. "The zoo is not your babysitter," said Corwin."

Oh, fuck off you asshole.

For the love of Mork, there's nothing like a tragedy to bring out the smug sanctamonious dick heads. Like he cared the gorilla was in captivity.

[Bill Dalasio]

It's probably human nature. People don't want to admit helplessness in the face of bad things happening. So, they make up things someone should have done differently. Corwin probably understands the zoo had no choice. So, he lays the blame on the parents. But, no matter how much people watch their kids, they have a habit of slipping away in searching out the shiny objects.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Absolutely. I see that day in and day out. That's why I can't stand listening or reading assholes asshole like assholes over something they didn't even fucking witness.

They can all stroke my...

[db]

Ego?

[Intraveneous Woodchipper]

14 carat trouser-snake?

[RBS]

Don't tell John...

[GILMORE?]

there's nothing like a tragedy to bring out the smug sanctamonious dick heads

Like Ron said earlier today = everything is an opportunity to declare one's moral superiority

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Having watched the video, it wasn't really all that small for a dinosaur, either.

[Zeb]

Most dinosaurs probably were smaller than that.

[GILMORE?]

Wasn't that a finding a while back? that the gigantosaurs were like 1% of the actual Dino population or something?

[Zeb]

Yeah, I think they are finding that most were more the size of large-ish birds.

[pan fried wylie]

Gibletsaurus Rex

[R C Dean]

Probably 800 pounds. That's not a small anything.

[AlmightyJB]

How many days until the parents bring the lawsuit?

[Rocinante]

Hell that gator is almost as large as some of the palmetto bugs we have down here.

[Fist of Etiquette]

California Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton.

Prediction: A Democrat will win California this fall.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

The sky will also be blue somewhere tomorrow.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

You some kinda witch??

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

If that doesn't merit a *Narrows gaze*, nothing does.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Make Korea Great Again, I guess.

Kim is the real deal. A real class act.

[waffles]

We have the best dictators, don't we folks?

[Citizen X]

Just the classiest dictators.

[Lee G]

I don't know, just look at his face, would anybody actually vote for that face?

[Citizen X]

Who? Trump, or Kim?

[Lee G]

Hillary

[Libertarian]

Very weld said.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Ha. At least Weld has a very punable name.

[Notorious UGCC]

Yeah, but who will focus on Weld puns when there's a Johnson on top of his ticket?

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Ha. At least Weld has a very punable name.

Excellent observation for a Tuesday.

[waffles]

Well, in Trump-speak something is good if it is pro-Trump and bad if it isn't. I think it really is that simple.

[waffles]

Well, in Trump-speak something is good if it is pro-Trump and bad if it isn't. I think it really is that simple.

[PapayaSF]

Kim and Hillary seem to use the same tailor.

[Res ipsa loquitur]

...and makeup artist.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

And barber.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

And gynecologist.

[Citizen X]

And puppy-chef.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

You went too far, Citizen X. Hillary eats her puppies raw.

[PapayaSF]

After Huma pre-masticates them for her.

[AlmightyJB]

Kim is never wrong. Ask any North Korean resident.

[Notorious UGCC]

"How are things in North Korea? I can't complain."

[Citizen X]

A state-run news agency published an editorial calling Trump "wise."

Are we sure this isn't yet another Popehat caper?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

What is Korean for wise-guy?

[Juvenile Bluster]

I had to triple check, but no, it wasn't Popehat's doing. Patrick even seemed shocked about it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"The zoo is not your babysitter," said Corwin.

Then what the fuck is it even there for?

[wef]

Lawyers, consultation: Do the parents have a tort opportunity here under the attractive nuisance doctrine?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

There is probably a negligence tort in there somewhere.

[Notorious UGCC]

Look, it's right there in the statute book: Child in hospital + institutional defendant with assets = let's talk settlement!

Seriously, it's in the section right after Don't Let Officer Friendly Search Your Car.

[R C Dean]

Do the parents have a tort opportunity here under the attractive nuisance doctrine?

Probably not. "Attractive nuisance" is basically a kind of super-affirmative defense to trespassing, that allows (the parents of) a child to sue if their kid gets injured while trespassing. This kid wasn't trespassing.

There's probably other bases for a lawsuit, including simple negligence, that would stand up better. Since we have pretty well done away with "assumption of risk" and "contributory negligence" as legal defenses, I expect the parents will win. Not entirely clear what their damages are (beyond what are likely pretty modest medical bills).

Would have made a lot more if the gorilla had actually greased the kid, but hey, you can't have everything.

[BiMonSciFiCon]

A terrifyingly large alligator menaced a golf course in Florida.

A worthy adversary for Florida Man.

[Florida Hipster]

I've seen gators my whole life. That is a freak of nature. I love that it gives zero fucks about the golfers.

[Citizen X]

That hugeass gator knows full well that it is a hugeass gator.

Where does a hugeass gator hang out? Anywhere it fucking wants to.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

The giving fucks gene did not arise until the mammals. Ask Mr. Lizard.

[Florida Hipster]

That's true. He never responds to my invitation to tea.
Rude!

[Mr Lizard]

That's because tea has made you civilized and boring

[Notorious UGCC]

"Where does a hugeass gator hang out? Anywhere it fucking wants to."

Around a woman's arm, after it becomes a purse?

[pan fried wylie]

As long as the gator self-identifies as a handbag it's fair game.

[Pope Jimbo]

I liked how the one golfer told his buddy to "get next to it for perspective."

I can only assume that the golfers were tourists because the buddy showed some sense and did not get next to it. A real Florida Man would not only have gotten next to it, but would have tried to ride it.

[Private Chipperbot]

Here we see Florida Man preparing for battle. He spins the cylinder of his rusty revolver containing a single cartridge as he slides into his flip flops and yells for his whore and her mother to grab his cooler of Pabst to load into the El Camino.

[Citizen X]

"YEEEEEEIUW!" Florida Man screeches as he guns the engine and peels out.

[Citizen X]

Between eight and fifteen dogs take cover among the boat trailers, truck tires, and partially-dismantled pickups.

[Citizen X]

A young female relative of indeterminate age watches from the porch of the trailer, smoking.

[Rocinante]

All various size and color pit bulls.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Sporting Florida Man hunts golf-course-gator with golf equipment.

Note that Florida Man golf equipment will likely include a small caliber rifle.

[Citizen X]

I knew a guy in Savannah, Georgia who kept a sword in his golf bag for the water hazard gators.

[R C Dean]

I can just hear the whispered conversation with his caddy:

"What do you think? Five feet? Probably the machete?

"No, that's over six. I'd use the longsword."

[This Machine]

Adversary? It was my understanding that Florida man aims to cull the smaller, weaker gators in order to encourage the breeding of ever-larger gator varieties, so as to one day enable farms of gator-cavalry to swarm north across the border to take the American South.

[KDN]

I'm instantly reminded of Happy Gilmore.

[grrizzly]

An update to the story from the morning links about a bear living with a Russian couple. The Daily Mail didn't bother to mention that this is a family of professional animal trainers. And the bear, Stepan, played in several Russian movies. The filmmakers usually wanted him to act like a wild beast; it was a challenge for Stepan who is too playful and friendly.

[grrizzly]

The first link.

[Citizen X]

Dare you call into question the accuracy of the Daily Mail?!?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

That bear was in hiding from Khabib Nurmagomedov.

[The Last American Hero]

If the Cold War taught us anything, it's that a Russian Bear can be dangerous and unpredictable.

[Ted S.]

That was a Soviet bear, not a Russian bear. :-p

[Pan Zagloba]

Nonsense, the Russian Bear is not unpredictable. It doesn't even shit in the woods without a plan.

[BigT]

"Nonsense, the Russian Bear is not unpredictable. It doesn't even shit in the woods without a five year plan."

[paranoid android]

The only thing better would be if he's somehow descended from that bear adopted by a Polish army unit in WW2 and trained to help fight Nazis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)

[Pan Zagloba]

In the honor of one of my favorite stories of WW2, let me un-SF the link for you.

[waffles]

Holy shit. Trump has won over the NORKS. Well, I'm not sure that's the endorsement he wanted, but it's the endorsement we deserve.

[Ted S.]

Surprised they didn't endorse Bernie?

[The Last American Hero]

It's because they aren't REAL commies!

/Progtard

[Res ipsa loquitur]

Please point to the map and show us where the "real" commits are.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Just look for the dark spots.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Show us on the map where the real commies touched you.

[Ted S.]

They're not "democratic communists".

(Oh wait, they're the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".)

[Zeb]

You can be pretty sure that any country with "democratic" in its name is not democratic in any meaningful way.

[The Bearded Hobbit]

What about the "People's Democratic Republic of Kalifornia" smart guy? Nuttin but Democrats there.

... Hobbit

[Zeb]

They do vote a lot.

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

Oh, so you CAN post links on time. Weird, then, that 5/17 happened...

[Anomalous]

Und wir m?ssen nicht vergessen

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Never forget 5/17!

[Fist of Etiquette]

The University of Oregon says the details of its bias response reports are "not in the public interest."

I take that as a bias against the public.

[Ted S.]

The University of Oregon says the details of its bias response reports are "not in the public interest."

Fuck you, University of Oregon. We fund you; we get to know what's going on.

(Well, I'm not an Oregonian, but you get the point.)

[Notorious UGCC]

I think you fund them anyway, if you're anywhere in the U.S.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Here's Amber Heard's side of the dispute between the actress and the husband she is divorcing, Johnny Depp.

Here's my side of not caring.

[Jerry on the rocks]

She should just turn the other cheek.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Oh, are you talking about that magical bruise that moves around? The testimony of Vanessa Paradis sort of puts to question psycho Amber's accusations.

[Pan Zagloba]

I know which one I prefer!

To believe, I mean...

[Crusty Juggler]

You chose your side wisely.

[Notorious UGCC]

"the husband she is divorcing"?

Typical of the media to focus on *him* and not on the husband she *isn't* divorcing.

[Jerry on the rocks]

Here we go again: 26 women are sexually assaulted at German concert, with victims surrounded by mobs of migrant men and groped in copycat attacks like those in Cologne.

[PapayaSF]

^Xenophobia!!!1!

[Private Chipperbot]

Anecdotes. /Tony.

[Res ipsa loquitur]

Racists !!!1!1

[Ted S.]

Damn your nimble fingers!

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Thank god white teenagers don't grope girls at concerts.

[John]

Do they? Does this sort of thing happen all of the time but the media covers it up out of kindness or something?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

It's not news, dingus.

[Free Society]

FAKE SKANDULZ

[John]

Since it doesn't fit your narrative that all Muslims are wonderful people and there is no difference in culture and even if there was they are all wonderful anyway, I am sure it is not news to you. To the rest of us it is.

Do you honestly think that 26 women being sexually assaulted is something that happens all of the time at concerts? And the fact that every single person accused here is a Muslim is just bad luck or something?

No, you don't. You don't think that at all. You just are virtue signaling about out wonderful the Muslims are and what meanies everyone is who claims otherwise.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Do you honestly think that 26 women being sexually assaulted is something that happens all of the time at concerts

Only at Kenny G. concerts.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

I thought it was Yanni concerts.

[Trouser-Pod (The blowhard)]

Only at Kenny G. concerts.

Just ask
Craig*.

*Check out the rest of Craig's story...you'll be "entertained" about Kenny's finger.

[Jayburd]

Du hast mich.

[Free Society]

So are you going to make the case that there is no difference in rape rates between indigenous Europeans and Muslim migrants?

[PapayaSF]

Cytotoxic claims that the spectacular rise in rapes in Sweden, which coincides with Muslim immigration, and which records show are disproportionately done by Muslims, are just a statistical artifact caused by a "redefinition of rape."

[Free Society]

Cytotoxic literally said that there does not exist one single example of immigration that was ever detrimental to the host society. He's a special little boy.

[Careless]

And said it repeatedly

[Restoras]

It's like they are just asking to have their asses kicked, and when that happens I have a sneaking suspicion the tone of the reporting will be different.

[Ted S.]

Why are you such a xenophobe?

[Heroic Mulatto]

26 women filed complaints after Schlossgrabenfestes festival in Darmstadt

I think I have identified the problem.

[Ted S.]

Schlo? is German for "castle". That's what you're supposed to grab.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I usually grab castles by the "rumparts".

[Chipper Morning Wood]

What's your secret for filling the most?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Moat, godsfuckingdammit.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Alligators.

Bitches love alligators.

[lafe.long]

+1 rocket's red glare

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Pakistanis? I thought we were supposed to help the refugees. Last I checked, Pakistanis weren't refugees.

/belts Tom Petty screech.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

IZLAMAFOBEEAH!!!!

[Mr Lizard]

Government leakers hardest hit...again

[Free Society]

I, for one, welcome our new Muslim rapist overlords.

[Free Society]

The Pakistanis will face deportation to their homeland if found guilty when brought before the courts.

SWEET SWEET JUSTICE. I wonder if they'll receive a severance package from the welfare bureaucracy.

[waffles]

Cologne has been branded as dangerous for women

Greasy wops hardest hit?

[The Bearded Hobbit]

This is what the SJWs have done to me. Up to a few years ago I would have been appalled at 26 women being sexually penetrated without their consent. But now my perception is that 26 females had their butts touched, or were bluntly asked for sexual favors and were therefore "raped".

... Hobbit

[BiMonSciFiCon]

TelevisionThe North Korean government might have a soft spot for Donald Trump. A state-run news agency published an editorial calling Trump "wise." The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has criticized U.S. policy toward North Korea and says he would be willing to meet with Kim Jong-Un. Make Korea Great Again, I guess.

Trump/Rodman 2016.

[GamerFromJump]

Reverse psychology.

[This Machine]

TV host Jeff Corwin said bad parenting contributed to the death of Cincinatti Zoo gorilla Harambe, who was shot after a toddler wandered into the gorllia's territory. "The zoo is not your babysitter," said Corwin.

For the love of-

Everything that could possibly be said about this has already been said. Can we find some other trivial non-issue to obsess about already?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Did you not see the Amber Heard link?

Robby is hoping she's allured by the combination of media support and perfect hair.

"Robby will never throw a phone at you"

[Juice]

Didn't you see the 20 or so posts about the Libertarian Party convention? That's the really important stuff that matters.

[Crusty Juggler]

Here's Amber Heard's side of the dispute between the actress and the husband she is divorcing, Johnny Depp.

WHY COMES AINT NO DEPP SIDE OF DISPOOT

[Citizen X]

SHE WUL GIT ALL HIS MONY 4 ALMINONY N CLHDINC SUPPORORT NO FIAR

[Lee G]

Are you trying to summon Johnny? Because I think you have to anoint your comment with some Drakkar Noir for it to work.

[Citizen X]

Axe body spray will do, in a pinch.

[Lee G]

Let's not get crazy here.

[dajjal]

A state-run news agency published an editorial calling Trump "wise."

Finally - a media outlet that treats the guy fairly.

[Anomalous]

He associates with wise guys, so their wisdom probably rubbed off on him.

[Libertarian]

Probably a interpretation error.

"Wise! He tell nothing but wise!"

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

"The North Korean government might have a soft spot for Donald Trump. A state-run news agency published an editorial calling Trump "wise."

He's not even President and already a foreign policy win!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

No shit. The North Koreans are already showing an interest in new negotiations and he hasn't even left the lobby of Trump Tower.

[Pan Zagloba]

Seriously, maybe they are hoping to get completion of Ryugyong Hotel as one of the concessions from him.

Seriously, look at that design - can't you just imagine a huge Trump-Kim handshake photo on top of it?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Clicking on the link later, is that the one that sits, incomplete and empty-- as a testimony to North Korean engineering and architecture?

[Pan Zagloba]

Of course!

Though, they at least finished the outside so it at least appears done. And they are thiiiiiiiiis close to opening it. With a touch of Trump magic...

[waffles]

What is a bitcoin? A miserable pile of secrets! Have at you!

[Ted S.]

Gold is going to crash, too.

[Juice]

It's also a remarkable improvement from a year ago when the currency was in the gutter. On June 1, 2015, one could buy a bitcoin for $226.

Over $200 per bitcoin is "in the gutter"? Ok.

[Crusty Juggler]

America unites against art: Shia Labeouf to Bum Rides Across Country for Art

The actor and his two collaborators, Nastja S?de R?nkk? and Luke Turner, are hitchhiking across the country in a project they are calling #TAKEMEANYWHERE.

The three started off in Boulder, Colorado, on May 23 and will stay on the road until June 23. They will tweet their coordinates after every ride and the first person to pick them up can take them wherever the person chooses. Fans can follow along with an interactive map in real time

[db]

Wait til they get to central Ohio.

[db]

Or northeastern Ohio.

[db]

Or really anywhere in Ohio.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Jesus.

[db]

Yeah, this case horrified me.

[db]

And as horrible as the crime was, the torturers/murderers got life in prison.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

All of them do!

[BigT]

Michigan fan. Deserved it.

[Ted S.]

Is this the actual Shia LaBeouf, or the guy who got punched for looking like Labeouf?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Now he's going to be the guy who got run over for looking like LaBeouf.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

I wonder if there is a legitimate tort there. Is it a libertarian rights violation if someone looks just like you and goes around being a total dick, causing you to get beat up? Someone email Walter Block with this question.

[This Machine]

I wonder if there is a legitimate tort there. Is it a libertarian rights violation if someone looks just like you and goes around being a total dick, causing you to get beat up?

Man, sounds like a question for the Road to Popehat.

[GILMORE?]

Basically they're going to let their millenial fans take them drinking in small town bars so they can act like they're not celebrity assholes being celebrity assholes using their small-town bar-drinking experience to promote themselves.

Its totally like art, yo

[Jayburd]

Instead of a hitchhiking robot with a GPS, it's a hitchhiking drunk with a GPS. They'll probably end up in a trashcan also.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

The North Korean government might have a soft spot for Donald Trump.

Game recognizes game.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Endorsements from Putin and Kim Jong Un. *swoons*

[BigT]

Already more accomplished at foreign policy than Hildog.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

A state-run news agency published an editorial calling Trump "wise." The presumptive GOP presidential nominee has criticized U.S. policy toward North Korea and says he would be willing to meet with Kim Jong-Un. Make Korea Great Again, I guess.

Trump's personality aside, this is one of the things that turns status-quo foreign policy politics on its head. For all of Trumps so-called (Shikha FTW) warmonger posturing, here's the GOP frontrunner saying that he'd be willing to open a dialog with the Hermit Kingdom that doesn't seem to involve treating it like an errant child who can only be brought to heel with timeouts in the corner.

[The Last American Hero]

So not only will I live to see President Trump, but in my dotage I'll have to hear him referred to as an Elder Statesman?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

He'll be the New President Nixon of far-east relations!

[Pan Zagloba]

So what's going to be the equivalent of Frost-Nixon interview? Stuart-Trump?

[RBS]

Only Trump could go to North Korea.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Good afternoon, all.

I've been offline and visiting family for the past five days or so, need to get caught up on my outrage. Is this dead gorilla currently the "Worst Thing That Ever Happened Ever Ever"?

[Crusty Juggler]

No, that's AddictionMyth.

[Heroic Mulatto]

AM has yet to reach rectal/Mary levels of horribleness.

[Citizen X]

Oh my god, that fucking guy is the most tedious troll yet (not including Winston's mom).

[bacon-magic]

^This.
Are you guys sure these socks aren't all made up by the puppet master - Michael Hihn??? (giggles then farts)

[Citizen X]

Actually, AddictionMyth has been using the Hihnfestor's accusations of bullying an awful lot today...

[Crusty Juggler]

Because of the bullying, I am contacting the Koch brothers to remove all comments from this site.

[dajjal]

It's true - I've seen him gang up on people with his sockpuppets and bully them mercilessly. He's completely off the rails. This comment board used to be an interesting (if rollicking) discussion and a good place to learn new things among a friendly group of chaps. Now it's just a sewer of insults, hate and vitriol.

[Haven "Irish" Monahan]

Aren't you the one who thinks Charlie Hebdo deserved to be murdered and who always whines about 'secular fundamentalism'? If that's not you, I apologize, but if I'm remembering correctly then I don't think you should be lecturing us on 'hate.'

[R C Dean]

Now it's just a sewer of insults, hate and vitriol.

You say that like its a bad thing.

[The Bearded Hobbit]

Now it's just a sewer of insults, hate and vitriol

It's "hive of scum and villainy." Please try to keep up.

... Hobbit

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

What about Winston's Mom?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Crap, shoulda read ahead...

[Chipper Morning Wood]

No worries, she is used to sloppy seconds.

[lap83]

I can't even remember what it was like before...
/stares tragically out the window

[RBS]

In the time before threaded comments it was truly a great place to debate. Then came threaded comments, Mary and then Winston's mom.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Thanks. It's important that i get my social-signaling right.

"Reading about tge gorilla literally broke my heart!! That child and his parents should be brutal tortured, executed, and feed to the other gorillas as punishment. #justice4gorillas #gorillalivesnatter"

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Thanks. It's important that i get my social-signaling right.

"Reading about tge gorilla literally broke my heart!! That child and his parents should be brutal tortured, executed, and feed to the other gorillas as punishment. #justice4gorillas #gorillalivesnatter"

[Crusty Juggler]

Stop trying to be cool, people.

TW: Twitter video.

[Hamster of Doom]

This is the latest in a long line of performance art pieces concocted by Labeouf in recent years.

We used to call it a PR stunt.

[Hamster of Doom]

The hell? How did this get down here?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Ridiculing LaBeouf is appropriate for any subthread.

[Ted S.]

B?uf is a masculine noun, and not spelled "beouf".

[Heroic Mulatto]

See JB? I told you the kid that fell was Black.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Wut we gon'do'bout dese dem niggers?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Gregg is currently the administrator at a Cincinnati pre-school.

Well, there goes that job.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

He'll get promoted?

[waffles]

I still think the twitter racists were right, this is a case of white privilege. Don't let your lying eyes deceive you.

[AlmightyJB]

Those are paid actors HM. It's a white privilege cover up for sure. Gary Johnson switched out the kids in the back.

[Heroic Mulatto]

#GLM

[RBS]

Those tweets in the dailymail article...

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Here's Amber Heard's side of the dispute between the actress and the husband she is divorcing, Johnny Depp.

Huh, as little attention as I spend on TMZ-type news, I've ONLY read Amber Heard's side of the story.

[Crusty Juggler]

OMG Paul! I posted this this weekend!

Doug Stanhope defends Johnny Depp. Plus, his ex wife defended him, and Terry Gilliam. Gosh. Get it together.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Thanks for the blue balls, Crusty. You wanna re-link?

[Crusty Juggler]

Not the first time I've heard that. Link.

[Crusty Juggler]

Terry Gilliam Verified account
?@TerryGilliam

Like many of Johnny Depp's friends I'm discovering that Amber is a better actress than I thought.. if only the...

Burrrrrrrrrrn.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Stanhope's article has more redactions than an NSA memo.

I watched it happen and I didn't say a f?ing word.
Even though I knew it was bulls?.

The fact that Hollywood and the entertainment industry at large ? f?, society as a whole ? turns

My girlfriend, Bingo, and I have known Johnny Depp for a few years now. We have watched Amber Heard f? with him at his weakest ? or watched him at his weakest from being f?ed with ? for the entire time we've known him.
And we didn't say s?.

[Crusty Juggler]

It's hilarious. F___ing Bingo!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

The f__ article is f___ bulls___ and I don't b___ a f___ w___ of i___.

[waffles]

My girlfriend Bingo? Bingo was her name-o?

[Crusty Juggler]

My girlfriend Bingo?

Yes. A photo of Bingo, from a story about Stanhope that includes this:

And then there's his girlfriend, Bingo, the zany partner in crime with electric blue hair whom he began to woo in earnest a decade ago, soon after she checked out of a Wyoming mental hospital.

Her name's Amy Bingaman, but Stanhope assigns absurd handles to everyone in his entourage, like knighthoods bestowed by a benevolent, if crazy, king. (She, in turn, calls him Stanhope.)

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I can never unsee that outfit.

[Crusty Juggler]

What I like is that the internets gets out their "jump to conclusion mats" and lands on whichever side they were predisposed to land on, except this time Doug Stanhope added something virtually impossible to decipher, which the internet also gets to judge.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

I'm gonna guess freak in bed.

[Unreconstructed (Sans Flag)]

She's Doug Stanhope's girlfriend. If she wasn't before she met him, it's a certainty she is now!

[Juice]

partner in crime

ugh *eyeroll*

[waffles]

I accept your pansexual deviance, Crusty. But I draw the line at victim-blaming. Have you no shame!?

[Crusty Juggler]

No, I do not have shame.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Shame leads to the best orgasms.

[John]

Maybe she is a bitch who finally pushed the guy over the edge? Maybe she needed a phone thrown at her?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

You forgot to end it with "no sarc," John.

[John]

In all seriousness, what if she attacked him first? What if she was in his face screaming at him? Sorry but I don't buy the "it is never okay to hit a woman" BS. It is rarely okay to hit anyone. But there are occasions where the person leaves another no other choice,.,

[Libertarian]

What's the angle here that makes this Reason-worthy?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Hot crazy bitch privilege.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Rico is working the rebound angle.

[Notorious UGCC]

"I've ONLY read Amber Heard's side of the story."

Never Heard of her.

[Notorious UGCC]

But now I've seen her.

[Notorious UGCC]

Without studying up on the dispute, I would guess that she can be summed up in the phrase "look but don't touch."

[Notorious UGCC]

as in don't touch consensually or otherwise

[lafe.long]

Glenn Beck: SiriusXM Suspends Radio Host After Guest Makes Comments About Donald Trump

Beck was discussing Trump with author Brad Thor. The author made comments that could be construed as "advocating harm against an individual currently running for office," SiriusXM said.

[Ted S.]

Somebody obviously doesn't scroll down the main H&R page. :-p

[lafe.long]

well, shit. I thought I had.

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

I read the Gawker (because Hulk is gonna need coin) comments on the 700 dead migrants, mostly to get a sort of left take on the issue.

Insanity.

Quick summary:
*Europe is awful
*White people are awful and their eventual replacement is to be celebrated
*Europe is morally bound to take as many refugees as possible because colonialism
*Malthus is right, and Africa is about to fall into his trap
*Promoting birth control in Africa is patriarchal AND racist
*To worry about this issue's effect on Europe is to look at it, "From the perspective of white people."\
* "European "immigration crisis" is a misnomer. Europe, like North America, has much much more to give than it needs, when compared to the average person, let alone the kinds of people arriving on its shores. "

I mean, I've just come to the conclusion that self-hating white people are the worst. It's one thing to acknowledge history, but it's another to actively root against people, on the basis of their skin color, because their ancestors in the 1800s were not nice by our modern standards.

I just have no patience for the people who are so guilty at their own existence that they believe horrible things like rape can be committed against everyone else.

[waffles]

Thanks for taking it in for me. I can't help but think this kind of cultural seppuku is a massive force behind Trump's popularity. People are sick of feeling guilty. Calling them racists and bigots just hardens the resolve.

[Ted S.]

*Europe is morally bound to take as many refugees as possible because colonialism

So Finland and Eastern Europe don't have to take in any refugees. (Or Ireland or Austria for that matter.)

*Malthus is right, and Africa is about to fall into his trap

That would solve the migrant problem.

*Promoting birth control in Africa is patriarchal AND racist

So now they're opposed to mandating free birth control as a health insurance benefit?

[Notorious UGCC]

I wouldn't call it guilt, more like "aren't those *other* white people awful? I'm the kind of white person who is totally virtuous about defending people of other races against the bad kind of white person. And against race-traitors like Clarence Thomas and Janice Rogers Brown."

[lafe.long]

Clean Water Act: US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Property Owners in Dispute Over Act's Restrictions

Eight Supreme Court justices unanimously voted Tuesday to allow landowners to challenge the federal government's regulations if the owner's property contains wetlands covered by the Clean Water Act.

[Lee G]

Sweet baby Jesus, a win.

After observing during oral arguments that the Clean Water Act is perhaps "unconstitutionally vague," Kennedy wrote Tuesday that the law "continues to raise troubling questions regarding the Government's power to cast doubt on the full use and enjoyment of private property throughout the Nation."

[John]

The government's position was so appalling even Kagan couldn't buy it. Get this

The Justice Department argued that the determinations are not final, binding agency decisions, and that applicants still have options after receiving a determination that their property is subject to Clean Water Act protections ? namely that they can either proceed without a permit and, if the agency brings an enforcement action, challenge that in court, or they can apply for a permit and then seek judicial review of that.
Those options did not sit well with the court. "Neither alternative is adequate," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the lead opinion, which was joined by six of the seven other active justices.
In part, Roberts' opinion rested on a Memorandum of Agreement between the corps and EPA, which jointly administers the Clean Water Act, making the corps' jurisdictional determinations "binding" for both agencies. This memorandum was key to Justice Elena Kagan, who appeared to lean toward the government during oral arguments, saying that both the federal government and regulated entities benefit from agencies being able to offer informal advice about how to interpret their regulations. In her concurring opinion, Kagan said that the memorandum "is central to the disposition of this case" because it creates a direct legal consequence to the jurisdictional determinations.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

And eight justice win should be raising eyebrows all over the government. The times, they may be a'changin' back.

[Notorious UGCC]

My first reaction was, "so it was 8-1? Who was the dissenter?"

Then I realized there's only 8 justices left.

So it's another unanimous defeat for the Obama administration.

[Juice]

How many is that so far? Like 25?

[Notorious UGCC]

Charlie Brown lost fewer baseball games than this administration lost Supreme Court cases.

[R C Dean]

Its a shame they just ruled on the jurisdictional issue, and not the merits. Still, a win's a win.

[dajjal]

Johnson/Weld 2016!

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

Indeed.

Don't recognize the handle. Are you new? Just curious- figure we may be getting a number of new people around here w/ the election and figure some slight bit of welcome may be in order for those that are.

[dajjal]

Yes I have threatened a federal judge who ruled properly on a law I find morally objectionable. And yes I think that McAfee's video campaign featuring a drag queen really creates excitement among millenials.

[Libertarian]

I have a strange feeling of dajjal vu

[bacon-magic]

Sock/Sockpuppet 2016!

[Pan Zagloba]

They have my vote!

I'm not an American citizen, but that's the magic of The Sockpuppet!

[rts]

Kelowna woman warns others after terrifying ordeal at U.S. border

Gill said she was taken into a garage-type inspection building with three officers who searched her bike. Her friend wasn't allowed in and told to get to the road. Officers looked through Gill's wallet and saw that she had an interim driver's license, which they said was legal, but suspicious.

Officers did not find anything illegal but said Gill would have to undergo a strip search.

"I said, 'I've done nothing wrong, I don't know why you would need to do that,'" said Gill, recounting the moment with tears welling up. "I got scared. I got really scared. I said, 'Can you please call the police?' and they said, 'No, we're not going to call the police.'

"They said that they have more power than the police, and the police have no jurisdiction now, and whatever they say goes."

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

Kelowna seems to be spelling challenged.

[Juice]

Whoa. Did you actually look at the pic? If those border cops just wanted to see her naked, man, they are some fucked up individuals.

[lafe.long]

Star Trek: The Next Generation: ThinkGeek Unveils One-Piece Swimsuits Based on Sci-Fi Show

The swimsuits, made out of polyester and spandex, come in blue, red and gold. ThinkGeek is also selling a lavender "Deanna Troi Swim Shirt" and a "Cover-Up Romper."

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Yawn.

Let me know when te Star Trek speedo comes out. I need a new suit for this beach season.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

The red one is for the day you drown/get ate by shark?

[Notorious UGCC]

Back in the 19th century, Redshirts were brigands and terrorists...excuse me, freedom fighters, in Italy or South Carolina...they were evil but cool.

Now "redshirt" means "don't get too attached, they're going to get eaten."

[Mickey Rat]

Red only applies to TOS. These are TNG, so the gold ones are the "redshirts".

[paranoid android]

Has nobody noticed that if you rearrange the letters in "Amber Heard" you get "red Harambe"?

HOW DEEP DOES THIS STORY GO?

[AlmightyJB]

Aye Carumba!

[Private Chipperbot]

Name checks out.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Holy shit.

[Stormy Dragon]

Cincinatti Zoo gorilla Harambe, who was shot after a toddler wandered into the gorllia's territory

As a free range parent, I want children to learn how to respond to a gorilla on their own without an adult immediately swooping in to shoot it for them.

[John]

Okay, that was awesome Stormy.

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Self-Defense Against Zoo Animals 101 was standard parenting as recently as the 1990's. Kids today are just coddled wimps.

[Stormy Dragon]

+1 Come at me with that banana!

[AlmightyJB]

Why are you running away?

[AlmightyJB]

Plus it's pay day.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

A 4 yr old of a real free-range parent would have been armed.

[Pan Zagloba]

Or at least able to assert dominance over the ape.

By any means necessary.

[Haven "Irish" Monahan]

"As a free range parent, I want children to learn how to respond to a gorilla on their own without an adult immediately swooping in to shoot it for them."

Well played

[lafe.long]

McDonald's: Lawsuit Alleges Fast-Food Chain's Drive-Thru Policy Discriminates Against Blind Customers

Scott Magee, a man from Louisiana who is blind, is suing the fast-food chain for allegedly failing to accommodate blind customers as a result of its drive-thru only policy during late-night hours.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

What about the deaf and hearing challenged (like me?). Those intercoms are not clear, man. Each time they ask me if I want anything else, I never get the girl!

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

Bullshit. Blind people are just as capable of talking into the driver-thru speaker as anyone else.

[Libertarian]

Maybe if they'd quit running over the goddam speaker pole McDonalds would treat them with more respect.

[Rufus The Monocled Derp Slayer]

People? It costs McDonald's millions replacing speaker poles!

Also. I think I'm gonna name my restaurant (if I ever open one) McRonald's.

Thoughts.

Also, also. I wonder if blind people read Reason and its 'treds'.

[Libertarian]

McRondald's is a great idea. WAY back in the day (I was taking a Lotus123 course) the instructor's small company had a logo that looked a heck of a lot like IBM's. His hope was that IBM would sue and then he could settle out of court. Try it -- you could make money and never even have to serve a meal.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

You don't like this place?

[Libertarian]

no linky thing?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

http://i0.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm......merica.jpg

[John]

You know what discriminates against blind people? Light. I guess we need to ban that too.

[John]

Vegan cafe attacked by sausage wielding Georgia Nazis. i hate Georgian Nazis

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/150079285-story

[This Machine]

You know who else was Georgian-

Wait, no, wrong murderous dictator.

You know who else was a Naz-

Dammit, too easy.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Wait. Wasn't Hitler a vegetarian?

[PapayaSF]

More than vegans?

[Anomalous]

You know who else wielded sausage?

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Me.

[bacon-magic]

Your mom?

[lafe.long]

JetBlue: Airline Apologizes to Passenger for Not Permitting Her on Plane Due to Her Outfit

Maggie McMuffin, who is a burlesque dancer, said she was asked to change her shorts before boarding a flight from Boston to Seattle on May 18. JetBlue apologized to her and offered a $162 credit.

possible autoplay vid.

[John]

She needs to get some sun. Those pasty legs are not doing anything for anyone. But she pulls them off. Shame on Jetblue.

[Je Suis Reason (Fmr. AuH20)]

The guy who founded Jet Blue is Mormon. It probably doesn't, but I do wonder if it has anything at all to do with this sorta thing.

[Suell]

The short shorts were maybe meant to distract to from the face and those teeth.

[Zeb]

Or better lighting. She looks like she might have the kind of complexion that is white or red.

[John]

She is a ginger. They probably wouldn't let her on because she has no soul.

[Pan Zagloba]

Redheads are precious flowers who need to stay away from the Evil Star in the Sky.

Remember: no one wins when natural redheads get sunburned.

[Zeb]

Last time I flew, there was a woman on the plane with longer, nicer legs and shorter shorts. I wasn't complaining.

[This Machine]

It's a beautiful world, Zeb.

[Crusty Juggler]

Maggie McMuffin performing. NSFW: pasties, kinda nudity, very erotic dancing.

I am not surprised that none of you lazy dorks took the time to look her up. Disgusting.

[John]

burlesque is just 21st Century English for "not quite hot enough to be a stripper but still worthy of a sick fantasy".

[Derp-o-Matic 5000]

It carries a certain alt-culture and/or hipster angle, i think

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Ironically sexy?

[Juice]

There are plenty of strippers out there that are "not quite hot enough to be a stripper."

[sloopyinTEXAS]

Sorry, but she's too fat to be stripping. She reminds me of this airline pilot.

[Crusty Juggler]

There is nothing sexy about that dance.

[Zeb]

I think burlesque means slightly fat strippers.

[Notorious UGCC]

McMuffin is her stripper name, right?

I wonder if she's infringing a McDonald's trademark?

Can anyone enlighten me?

[Juice]

Probably, but South Park got away with naming their Cock Magic chicken McNuggets.

[dajjal]

Chuck Todd interviews Johnson & Weld on MTP today at 5PM EST!

[Juvenile Bluster]

Rick Wilson @ Heat Street: Trump's campaign is broke and the GOP is $970 million short of where it was at this point in 2012.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you President Hillary Clinton.

:;puts gun in mouth::

[John]

I read that. Big deal. They will find more money. They always do. Beyond that, money is not what it used to be. In the same way that the new media killed the record industry, the TV networks and the newspapers, it seems to be killing the big political TV ad buy, if this year is any indication.

[RBS]

Who needs to buy anything when the media will do it for you for free?

[John]

Exactly. And don't forget the army of social media drones he has. Why buy TV time when you can stick something up on youtube and let your supporters and the media ensure everyone sees it?

[Libertarian]

Well, he certainly gets plenty of free publicity. But if you're expecting the media to run his negative ads against Hillary, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

[R C Dean]

How can they tell us how awful he is without showing us his YouTube videos?

[AlmightyJB]

I'll trade you a rope for that gun. That's going to be worth a lot of money in 6 months.

[lafe.long]

Grand Isle, Louisiana: Woman Contracts Flesh-Eating Bacteria While Fishing in Gulf of Mexico

Kelly Kohen Blomberg had to undergo surgery to remove the dead tissue and get a skin graft. Doctors say the bacteria can be found in warm saltwater and in raw shellfish in the summer months

[lafe.long]

Europa: Jupiter Moon May Hold Enough Energy to Support Life, Study Finds

The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, shows that Europa creates hydrogen and oxygen at a rate comparable to production of the two chemical elements on Earth.

[db]

GODDAMMIT, WHAT DID WE SAY?

ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

[db]

Methinks that quote comes from a layman's interpretation of the abstract of the article.

[lafe.long]

Trump Taj Mahal: Supreme Court Rejects Union Appeal in Atlantic City, NJ, Casino Bankruptcy Case

The Unite Here Local 54, which represents over 1,000 workers, tried to appeal the Trump Taj Mahal's move to reduce worker benefits as part of the casino's bankruptcy reorganization.

[Libertarian]

I can see where it's relatively easy for Presidents who just own stock portfolios to have a blind trust when they get elected. But how is Trump going to do it? Does he have a guy that he trusts to run his businesses for 4 years? (even without conflict of interest issues, he just won't have the time)

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

He had them TV competitions to select his people to run it for him.

Nothing could go wrong with that.

[Libertarian]

And the country is currently running a TV competition so we can pick the next president. Who's crazy?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Nothing could go wrong with that, either.

[PapayaSF]

He should just set it up as a "family foundation," like the Clintons did.

[GILMORE?]

College Students Seeking Sugar-Daddies

i'm sure there's a feminist angle here

[John]

The angle to that story is some goth looking chick with a big rack is apparently all 50K a year can buy some people. The other angle is if you were looking to do that, why the hell wouldn't you be looking at a big state school in the southeast instead of some private school in Philadelphia? Don't these doofuses ever watch college sports?

[dschwar]

But are the kids at the southern state schools as much in hock as those at the private Philadelphia school?

[Zeb]

I thought you were into that dark, Semitic sort of look.

[John]

I am but not her. She is just kind of creepy looking.

[AlmightyJB]

That's been going on for a while.

[waffles]

Prostitution, yup, a long long time. Whatever window dressing you want this is sex for resources and it's fairly basic to our species.

[AlmightyJB]

Specifically this scenerio is something I've noticed increasing over the last decade.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

sex for resources ...

You mean marriage?

[Notorious UGCC]

Someone (John?) said that what you pay the prostitute for is leaving after sex, so, no.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Covered by me in an earlier thread. Turn off your Diane Reynolds filter, brah.

[GILMORE?]

I'd never block you, baby

[Notorious UGCC]

If feminist meant pro-woman, they'd say the feds should stop subsidizing bad loans for students, and should legalize intelligence tests for jobs, so that if you get into debt, at least it won't be because the feds goaded you into it.

[Notorious UGCC]

intelligence tests for non-college graduates, which is supposedly racist, as opposed to using a college degree as a proxy for intelligence when it so obviously isn't, but at least your work force is more stable because they'll be focused on paying off their debts and will be less likely to walk off and become entrepreneurs or something.

[Notorious UGCC]

You'd think that when a federal policy becomes so retarded that you get people prostituting themselves to avoid the results of that policy, then the policy should be reconsidered.

But, no, the moral will be "more college subsidies!"

[GILMORE?]

First they came for the Gorillas, and I said nothing....

[GILMORE?]

Then They Started Waterboarding the Tigers, and I Said Nothing...

[GILMORE?]

Then I got my head stuck in washing machine, and when I cried, the other Janitors laughed at me....

[GILMORE?]

Super-Hot One-Armed Surfer

If i had a limb bitten off by a shark, i would probably never even drink water again.

That said, jesus, the way she talks

[Uncle Jay]

RE: North Korean Propaganda Outlet Hails Trump as 'Wise,'

Isn't it interesting that men with really bad haircuts think alike?

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