Obama Will Campaign for Hillary, Shooting at Dallas Airport, Wanna Buy Gawker? P.M. Links

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  Gawker files for bankruptcy. Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan are off celebrating, somewhere.

• Fear drives students to support censorship.
• President Obama will campaign for Hillary Clinton.
• Occidental College's Title IX settlement: the college didn't really do anything wrong, but has to implement a bunch of new policies anyway.
• Police shot a man who was throwing rocks at his wife near baggage claim at the Dallas airport.
• Hispanic people are more optimistic about the state of the economy than white people.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan are off celebrating, somewhere.

Hogan ain't getting paid.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

Fist? Hello!

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'm reporting you as spam. I'M REPORTING ALL OF YOU AS SPAM.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

Wait, there was egg and bacon? There was always egg and bacon? Then why didn't he just choose that from the start, instead of complaining about how everything has spam?

[Wasteland Wanderer]

Xe, you cisnormative shitlord!

[Citizen X]

I reported this comment as spam. No joke.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Mutually assured spamstruction.

[waffles]

We just gave the resident squirrel wrangler on the site a bunch of meaningless data. Hooray for the spam button!

[Hamster of Doom]

Spam musubi is delicious.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

Only because the rice and nori mask the spam.

[Krabappel]

Wrong. Spam musubi is delicious because of all it's wondrous components. Especially when you add furikake and sweet/sour soy glaze to it.

*drools*

[Hamster of Doom]

This. Brown sugar-soy glaze, fakeikake (there probably isn't genuine within two hundred miles, so one does one's best), spam.....

There's nothing about musibi that fits the word "mask". These are big flavors. You're not eating spam. No one eats spam. You're eating SPAAAAAAAM.

*taste buds resonate to the echo*

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Fakeikake = like bukakke, except with mayo

[lafe.long]

Fakeikake

I thought it was when they substituted hair conditioner for the money shots?

[Krabappel]

You've got Amazon, brother! I order bulk Asian ingredients from there all the time.

[Tom Bombadil]

Spam musubi is tasty in spite of the Spam, not because of it.

Substitute any flavorful ingredient for the Spam and the musubi is better for it.

[Playa Manhattan.]

They're making a sex tape.

[Zeb]

Which was Thiel's real motivation all along.

[DEG]

Ziff Davis only bid in the $90 to $100 million range. That's a little less than what the court awarded Hogan.

[Ted S.]

That's still quite a bit to get paid.

[GILMORE?]

As noted - that's how buyouts of companies with enormous existing liabilities work.

The offer is always going to be "Liability(fixed)+net company worth(subject to negotiation)"

That said, i think its still satisfying to see people saying, "liabilities aside, we value you at negative-$10million" (what it will cost simply to get rid of your shitty writers then resuscitate your brand)

[Cyto]

I think this is an offer to the bankruptcy court. So this would be a number that includes the wipeout of debt. The current owners get whatever is left after the creditors are paid from the proceeds (nothing) and the new owners get a debt-free company.

So if Hogan's judgement stands, he'd get a share of whatever the assets bring. Say the sale is $100 million, his $140 million would go on the pile with all of the other creditors and the bankruptcy court would divvy up.

[(((Renegade)))]

Legal inquiry: Can they do an asset-only sale?

[Bill Dalasio]

They could. But, they'd have to show they got full valuation for it.

[(((Renegade)))]

"Full valuation" being a rather subjective thing or is there a legal standard (e.g., 1x gross annual revenue or 5x EBITDA)?

[Cyto]

I think the sale is controlled by the court.

One of our big competitors filed for bankruptcy, and as a part of the proceeding we considered tendering an offer for one of their lines of business. Basically we were going to tell the judge "here, you have something in the company that is worth $X million. We'll buy it and you can use the money to pay off creditors". The judge was open to it, but in the end we didn't go through with it. (which was a mistake)

[GILMORE?]

victory is its own reward.

oh, that, and to drive them before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

[Brett L]

And hopefully the death of IO9 and Jalopnik. Both great sites turned into zombie clickbait junk by Gawker.

[Brett L]

I mean, if they still exist. Just realized it might be five years since I looked at either site.

[Juvenile Bluster]

I've been kind of hoping that if Gawker died io9/Jalopnik/Deadspin could go back to being readable.

[Crusty Juggler]

Memo: Here's what Ziff Davis has to say about its plans to buy Gawker Media

In the event we become the acquirer, the additions of Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Kotaku would fortify our position in consumer tech and gaming. With the addition of Jalopnik, Deadspin and Jezebel, we would broaden our position as a lifestyle publisher. Much like us, GMG is heavily active in driving commerce-based revenues and has an impressive publishing and commerce platform with Kinja

Companies that acquire other companies never lie about their future plans.

[Brett L]

"We're closing everything but LIfehacker and Gizmodo."

[JW]

I've been kind of hoping that if Gawker died io9/Jalopnik/Deadspin could go back to being readable.

I dunno. You usually have to burn that level of Gawktardation right to the ground and start over.

[Krabappel]

None of it is salvageable at this point. I'm with the "salt the earth" / "nuke it from space" crowd. Hopefully all of their regular readers/commenters get sucked into the swirling vortex of destruction with the websites themselves.

[JW]

I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[Pan Zagloba]

Cetero censeo Kotaku delendum est!

Although, Jezzebel is a worthy target too, but I'm not a feminist, so.

[This Machine]

Cetero censeo Kotaku delendum est!

*nods approvingly*

[Injun, as in from India]

Hogan ain't getting paid.

But he at least got laid... on camera.

[Citizen X]

YEAH BROTHER

[DEG]

Hello Rufus, you're late.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Dealing with my pals at Revenue Quebec.

And catching what I can in the match between France and Romania.

[DEG]

Dealing with my pals at Revenue Quebec.

My condolences. You should enjoy some tasty beverages when you're done.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Will be meeting up with some of my bank buddies from back in the day at a really, really swell I-talian spot. So most likely wine. I'll bitch and moan over my pizza...or pasta.

[Pope Jimbo]

A lot of coworkers are from Europe and they have been really fired up about this UEFA tourney for a while. They told me I had to choose a team and root for them. I chose France because my grandfather was French Canadian and it was the best link to a team I could come up with.

They told me that I had to learn the fight song of France and this morning, I told them I had done better: I had written a new one for them.

Oui are the champions, my friends
And Oui 'll keep on fighting till the end
Oui are the champions, Oui are the champions
No time for losers 'cause Oui are the champions
Of the world

They were impressed.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Yeah well, 'OUI' conjures up images of the PQ during the 1980 referendum when they wanted to split from Canada.

It's an ugly word to me.

[Pope Jimbo]

Well OUI conjures up fond remembrances of a wonderful educational magazine that we would steal from older brothers back in the early '80s.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Oui have memories!

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

Imagine playing hockey against Gordie Howe.

Check those effen arms:

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/n.....ies-at-88/

Ali and Howe. Gone.

[lafe.long]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is606p_KmBE

[Rufus The Monocled]

DANNY GALLIVAN!

That my friends was my youth.

Gordie had 15 goals and 41 points....when he was 51.

[lafe.long]

Got to watch all three of the Howes on the ice sometimes at NE Whalers games in Hartford back in the day. Great stuff.

[CE]

And Prince. Not sure about Lou Reed.

[Sigivald]

Doesn't mean he's not celebrating.

Hell, I'm tempted to, because I've always hated everything the Gawker Media empire stood for.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Fear drives students to support censorship.

Nothing hurts worse than feelings.

[Citizen X]

Gawker files for bankruptcy. Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan are off celebrating, somewhere.

YEAH BROTHER

[Fist of Etiquette]

Revenge is a dish best served cold, and it's very cold in bankruptcy court.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Google manipulating search suggestions in favor of Hillary Clinton.

God dammit. Don't force me to vote for Trump.

[paranoid android]

Life imitates Silicon Valley.

[Citizen X]

...as well as Veep.

[JW]

Yup. This cements Schmidt as Newsome.

[Ted S.]

Fucking autoloading video.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Yes. It's a Facebook video with closed captions.

I'll paraphase:
If you type "Hillary Clinton ind", google autocomplete suggests "Indiana". Every other search engine suggests "Indictment". Google's own reporting and trending tools show that this is intentional.

[paranoid android]

Just tried it; the first autocomplete suggestion is "Hillary Clinton indictment for emails"

[Zeb]

I get Indiana, individual mandate, India.

When I type in "Hillary Clinton is a cunt" I don't get any suggestions.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

When I type in "Hillary Clinton is a cunt" I don't get any suggestions.

It's already assumed.

[pan fried wylie]

more to the point, it's a complete search term. what else are you going to put on there?

"... is a cunt error code 0x0023"

"...is a cunt bolonaigse quick"

"...is a cunt blocked u-drain"

[Rich]

Full disclosure, p a: You must enter "Hillary Clinton indic" before getting that result.

[paranoid android]

Full disclosure, p a: You must enter "Hillary Clinton indic" before getting that result.

No, it gives that autocomplete after "ind" (Indiana is the second suggestion). I would provide screenshots but can't from my work computer.

[Sigivald]

It's almost like Google search results vary by location (people in and near Indiana might well get Indiana first, because local is assumed to be relevant) and user search history (if logged in and/or using cookie history)...

[pan fried wylie]

Ok, smart guy, now explain how skype new I loved mac'n'cheese.

[Careless]

I'm pretty close to Indiana and got indictment before Indiana

[Illocust]

I'm in Texas and I get Indiana too up until I get to Indic. Also, Indiana has basically no searches according to their data. There is no more reason to suggest Indiana than Indian.

[Tonio]

I think they're on to us, Marvin. They are probably serving "indictment" to known libertarians.

[Playa Manhattan.]

IDK when the video was made. Rule #1: when you get caught, quietly fix it.

[Tonio]

They, meaning the prog establishment, just don't realize how much anger they are unleashing. In trying to stop him they are going to ensure he wins. This will be the Pauline Kael moment on steroids.

[Brett L]

I guess new industry will have to learn the same lessons as old industry: All you have is your credibility, and once you spend it, it is hard to earn back.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Yeah, but if it's google, it's a lot of fucking work to avoid. I'd have to cancel my Gmail and Google Calendar, both of which I use frequently.

Don't (get caught) being evil.

[Brett L]

Well, obviously we're not running the Revolution through Google. That's all we need is them accidentally sharing the "overthrow the government" appointment with HIllary.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Fuck every single motherfucker who works for Google.

They think they're soooo effen smart.

[JW]

They think they're soooo effen smart.

They kinda are.

[Rufus The Monocled]

I was waiting for someone to write that.

You can be smart AND be dumb!!

[C. Anacreon]

If they were so smart, they wouldn't have hired Vince Vaughn as an intern.

[GILMORE?]

Technically that will probably HURT her.

Because as has been noted = the more people see of her, the less people like.

If Google were in her corner, they'd erase her from the internet.

[Clint Eastwoodchipper]

If Google were in her corner, they'd erase her from the internet.

So much win in this statement.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

That's a seriously good report. Bravo to whatever this sourcefed thing is.

[Agent Cooper]

Nonstory. Google's auto-complete algorithm doesn't even suggest anything for Dennis Hastert, who I believe is actually a criminal.

[Agent Cooper]

Which is weird that they seem to omit negative auto-completes from searches.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Wanna buy Gawker?

I've got 78 cents in change in my pocket. I'll turn it into an awesome libertarian hangout. Deal?

[Juvenile Bluster]

Damn stupid me forgetting to close tags.

Y'all know what I meant.

[Citizen X]

YEAH BROTHER

[Ted S.]

I've got 78 cents in change in my pocket.

Is it going jingle jangle?

[Call Me Conrad]

Gawker files for bankruptcy. Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan are off celebrating, somewhere.
Whatchagonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you????

[Citizen X]

File for bankruptcy, apparently.

[Call Me Conrad]

YEAH BROTHER

[CE]

Maybe Gawker can get an auto title loan, brother. HOgan has been hawking those lately on the radio, for all the cash-strapped Hulkamaniacs out there.

[Ted S.]

Hispanic people are more optimistic about the state of the economy than white people.

What about white Hispanics?

[Juice]

I never understood this. Hispanic and white are not mutually exclusive.

There was this comedian who started his act with "People tell me I'm white all the time. I may look white, but I'm really hispanic." Bruh. I've got news for you. If you look white, you're fucking white.

[Zeb]

Yeah, Hispanic is a linguistic and cultural group that has nothing to do with race. There are white hispanics, black hispanics, Indian Hispanics (both kinds) loads of mixed race hispanics of various kinds, Japanese hispanics and everything else you might imagine.

[(((Renegade)))]

+1 Fujimori and Stroessner

[Ted S.]

+1 Anthony Quinn

[The Last American Hero]

Unless you are Elizabeth Warren, in which case you are Native American and get to be a professor at a top university and vice president of the USA.

[tarran]

Warren doesn't want to be VP.

Senator... for... life... representing one of the more corrupt states in the union.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

She may not have much of a choice. Hillary is completely clueless on how to sling mud with Trump and Warren loves that shit. She's probably the only Dem who's as big of a troll as he is.

[JWW]

No way in hell. Warren might show up Hillary and that won't be allowed.

I guarantee Warren won't be veep. I'm guessing Juan Castro, incompetent, crooked, what's not for Clinton to like?

[Cyto]

Yeah, Warren was just a trial balloon as a primary sop to the base to protect against Sanders. For the general election she already has the "historic female first" vote in hand, so Warren is of no help. Latino Veep, that could buy a couple of percentage points though.

If anything is actually in doubt for the election, all she needs to do is shore up Ohio or Pennsylvania or Florida or peel away North Carolina and Virginia. There really isn't much of a path to the oval office for a republican even if his name isn't Trump.

So a black Latino from Ohio - son of immigrant parents from Cuba and Mexico should deliver Ohio and Florida, energize the black and Latino vote ensuring turnout and put New Mexico, Arizona, North Carolina and Virginia in play. Game way the heck over. Does such a person exist?

[Cyto]

Yeah, Warren was just a trial balloon as a primary sop to the base to protect against Sanders. For the general election she already has the "historic female first" vote in hand, so Warren is of no help. Latino Veep, that could buy a couple of percentage points though.

If anything is actually in doubt for the election, all she needs to do is shore up Ohio or Pennsylvania or Florida or peel away North Carolina and Virginia. There really isn't much of a path to the oval office for a republican even if his name isn't Trump.

So a black Latino from Ohio - son of immigrant parents from Cuba and Mexico should deliver Ohio and Florida, energize the black and Latino vote ensuring turnout and put New Mexico, Arizona, North Carolina and Virginia in play. Game way the heck over. Does such a person exist?

[Careless]

They're not running a double uterus ticket.

[Jerryskids]

Of course Hispanics are more optimistic about their economic future - there's a shitload of $10-an-hour jobs gonna be opening up that white people aren't going to be doing.

[Agent Cooper]

Robots are even more optimistic.

[Playa Manhattan.]

"Police shot a man who was throwing rocks at his wife near baggage claim at the Dallas airport."

How do you find rocks at the airport?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

You pull them out of the planters. Jesus, Playa, think outside the box.

[Rich]

We're on it!

/TSA

[Playa Manhattan.]

I can't think of any at LAX. All of the planters have fake plants and no rocks, and the baggage claim area is a concrete jungle.

I had no idea Dallas was such a lush oasis.

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

It's as if we're in our own Corona commercial.

[Troy and Abed in the morning]

"Daddy needs to get his rocks off."

- Dr. Tobias Funke

[Ted S.]

Inside the heads of the TSA agents.

[Doctor Whom]

Easily, since America doesn't have the same common-sense, reasonable restrictions on rocks that all civilised-with-an-s have.

[Doctor Whom]

*countries

[Pope Jimbo]

Maybe if his wife had worried about keeping her figure, he wouldn't have had to throw rocks at her?

[Agent Cooper]

Maybe he packed the rocks.

[tarran]

Australia! Where bestiality is tolerated!

Get a roo-m! Kangaroo and a pig 'who have been in a relationship for more than a year' are pictured getting intimate... but what does the goose make of it all?

[Brett L]

What is the Texas A&M of Australia? I'll bet all the weirdos who don't like sheep are into this.

[Pope Jimbo]

FdA as a Montanan is going to report your comment as spam, because who doesn't love them some sheep?

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

Local man and the pig's owner, Greg Dick, said he had tried to break up the couple previously but failed, and that they had been 'in a relationship' for more than a year.

OK, OK, you got me. Epic troll, and all that....

[The Fusionist (aka Eddie)]

Who's going to tell Kermit?

[The Fusionist (aka Eddie)]

NSFW unless you have the kind of job where it doesn't matter if something is NSFW

[But Enough About Me]

Well I'm self-employed so {click} OHHHHHHH *BABY* LOOKITTHAT

[Sigivald]

I'm not sure it's bestiality if both entities involved are animals.

[Careless]

Er, so what would be bestiality? Something involving a robot?

[Cdr Lytton]

Tie me kangaroo down, pork?

[JaimeRoberto]

That kind of puts a different light on Tie Me Kangaroo Down.

[Fist of Etiquette]

President Obama will campaign for Hillary Clinton.

With all the zeal Bubba campaigned for Barry.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

One wonders what Obama got for making sure Hillary wasn't indicted.

[Citizen X]

Nomination to the Supreme Court. God, i hope i'm joking.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

At least we'd finally have someone versed in Constitutional law on the court.

[Playa Manhattan.]

His law license is inactive, retired status.

[DEG]

That's no obstacle.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

His law license is inactive, retired status.

And exactly how quickly could Hillary fix that after she's in the oval orifice?

[B.P.]

No law license needed to serve on the supreme court.

[Playa Manhattan.]

I nominate myself.

[CE]

I nominate Ron Paul.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

Knowing that he'd be dragged down with her if she was indicted.

[Suthenboy]

^This

[Karl Hungus]

One wonders what Obama got for making sure Hillary wasn't indicted.

And I wonder why Obama and Co. believe the FBI is simply going to bury a case they've been working on for over a year and allow what I'm sure is a damning case against Clinton to simply be buried.

The FBI head, James Comey, has had a couple run-ins with the Clintons already (he was an investigator on the Senate's Whitewater committee

[Karl Hungus]

*And I wonder why Obama and Co. believe the FBI is simply going to bury a case they've been working on for over a year and allow Clinton to just walk.

[(((Renegade)))]

Because the FBI head reports to him and can be replaced?

[Karl Hungus]

I don't think the loss of his civil-service job and government pension would be enough to convince Comey, who by all accounts is a stand-up guy, to bury this case. He could always go back to practicing law, where he'd no doubt make piles of money. Besides, if he stuck to his guns and pushed for an indictment (or let the case against Clinton be leaked), then Clinton loses the election and he becomes the guy who finally took her down, making him a beloved figure for untold millions (myself included).

No, I see very little incentive for him to tuck his tail between his legs and let the case be swept under the rug, and all the motivation in the world to bury this ghoul once and for all.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

Warty-bait? JK Simmons getting weirdly buff to play that most physically demanding of roles: police commissioner.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Fuckers in Hit and Run telling me, always in the comment section Warty ain't bout this, Warty ain't bout that My boy a regular on fucking HnR and them He, he they say that nigga don't be putting in no work SHUT THE FUCK UP! Y'all niggas ain't know shit All ya motherfuckers talk about Warty ain't no hitta Warty ain't this Warty a fake SHUT THE FUCK UP Y'all don't live with that nigga Y'all know that nigga got caught with a ratchet Shootin' at the police and shit Nigga been on probation since fuckin, I don't know when! Motherfuckers stop fuckin' playin' him like that Them niggas savages out there If I catch another motherfucker talking sweet about Warty I'm fucking beating they ass! I'm not fucking playing no more You know those niggas role with Sugarfree and them.

[Brett L]

Serious question: Is there some sort of lower-social class dialect generator you get these out of, or do you just cruise youtube?

[GILMORE?]

copypasta

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

some sort of lower-social class dialect generator

Isn't that what youtube comment sections are?

[GILMORE?]

It sort of ruins it when you realize that its just a text-version of the sort of Animated-GIF posts which kiddies these days thinks amounts to wit.

i think the 'next-level' humor of it is how it generates *reactions* from other people. the Navy SEAL one in particular gets posted in any thread where people are Hurr Durr America!! talking about something, and lots of other people with very similar pretentions get in fights with 'it' (not realizing that 'it' is just an empty, copy-pasted wall of text)

[Brett L]

Sure, but this is so like the Navy SEAL one, I thought there might be some machine learning algorithm that just spit these out all day long.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Jesus, who ran over your puppy today, Gilmore?

[GILMORE?]

I wasn't picking on you. I meant that its a disappointment when you learn that people don't write these things tongue-in-cheek on the spur of the moment.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I know, just bustin' balls.

And Ecclesiastes 1:9.

[Greater Questions of Carl]

Anyone who posts Navy SEAL pasta in a "hurt durr murrica" thread doesn't get it.

[(((Renegade)))]

He's a Negro. That's how those people talk.

[JW]

Only half off him talks that way.

[(((Renegade)))]

Upper or lower?

[JW]

The left half, dummy.

[(((Renegade)))]

Why do I have an image of Frank Gorshin in my mind?

[Pan Zagloba]

*tips over a 40 in memory of Masta Herbert Kornfeld, CPA*

[Injun, as in from India]

Police shot a man who was throwing rocks at his wife near baggage claim at the Dallas airport.

A bullet is kind of a pointy metallic rock thrown at high speed.

So it kind of cancels out.

[Citizen X]

Turnabout is fair play, huh?

[Brett L]

He did also shout, "why don't you shoot me?" a couple of times. I give the DFW airport police high marks for citizen service.

[Playa Manhattan.]

They did panic the entire airport and cause the entire terminal to be re-screened.

[Brett L]

Why? He was outside of security. That's just stupid.

[tarran]

Apparently people fleeing the gunfire rushed past security into the gates.

The TSA don't take no chances; anyone of them could have brought 10 ounces of ketchup into the secure area.

[Brett L]

People are stupid. You wait an hour in line to run past the "security" checkpoint -- the MOST obvious place for a shooter to get held up? I got no sympathy for that kind of stupid. I'll be in the back of a bar.

[tarran]

No. They did the smart thing; they ran from the unsecured area past the checkpoint and past the TSA guys into the secured area.

[Brett L]

Ah. That makes way more sense.

[CE]

And the headlines say "1 person injured in officer-involved shooting at Dallas airport", not "cops shoot another unarmed man.

[Careless]

Well, he wasn't unarmed

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

I give the DFW airport police high marks for citizen service.

That would be Dallas PD, actually. Take that as you will.

[CE]

Yeah, Love Field, not DFW.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Occidental College's Title IX settlement: the college didn't really do anything wrong, but has to implement a bunch of new policies anyway.

It was all occidental.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I could hear that joke coming down the line like a diesel locomotive in bad repair.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Well, it's not my fault they have a stupid name.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

VICTIM BLAMING!

[CE]

I'm guessing people would have a problem if you named your college Oriental, but Occidental is just fine?

[This Machine]

Did anyone else see this? Apparently 23 people were effectively treated for MS using a chemo treatment to destroy the immune system, then rebuilt using stem cells from the person's own body (prior to the chemo). Some patients saw a halt in the progress of the disease, some even saw a reversal in their symptoms.

This is insane. Medical science is magic, dammit.

[Brett L]

I hope they get around to trying for far less serious autoimmune disorders like my mom's psoriasis. She'd really like to have feeling in her fingertips besides itching.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Amazing, but also VERY risky.

[Illocust]

Won't MS eventually kill you though? It seems like the increase in both quality of life and life span would justify the risk (at least if I was the patient).

[Juice]

My cousin had something like that done, but he wasn't one of the 23 as far as I know. When I went to visit him I had to practically bathe in hand sanitizer because his immune system was so compromised.

[Crusty Juggler]

Bullshit. Meditate, smoke a little pot, and increase your intake of green tea and coconut oil.

[Rufus The Monocled]

What do you know? YOU HAVE TO DETOX FIRST.

[Swiss Servator]

YOU FORGOT THE COLLOIDAL SILVER!!!!!!

[Rich]

He also can testify to her character, portraying her as putting patriotic duty ahead of their personal rivalry when she accepted his offer to be secretary of state in 2008 after their bruising primary battle.

He also can lie through his teeth.

[Shirley Knott]

That's a distinction without a difference.

[The Last American Hero]

Seriously WTF? She became SOS because 1) she wanted to build her presidential resume for 2016 and 2) so Barry would be sure she would STFU and let him run the country.

[CE]

I think that was putting personal ambition ahead of personal indignation.

[Crusty Juggler]

Canada goose and American bald eagle battle it out for the pride of their nations

Resulted in one of the greatest photos in North American avian history.

[Citizen X]

America, fuck yeah!

[The Fusionist (aka Eddie)]

No, that fight needs a Metallica soundtrack.

And some guy in an Austrian accent saying, "yoah goose is cooked!"

[Rhywun]

*sheds tear*

[Pan Zagloba]

Trump puts that shit on a poster and the election is OVER, man!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Like a real fight between Canada and America, it's not really fair.

[Rufus The Monocled]

He totally needs to do that.

[GILMORE?]

Given that bald eagles have seen snatching everything from pet cats to small dogs and even drones, it could be argued that the (less dangerous) goose emerged victorious just by surviving.

Canada = Harmless, But Tenacious

[Playa Manhattan.]

Not too smart, eh?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Every military victory in history enjoyed by Canadians was due to Canada playing dead.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Passcendaele,Ypres and Vimy bitches. WE TOOK IT. Tiny, insignificant, colonial member of the Commonwealth did what the Brits couldn't do and kicked Kraut ass.

Give us hockey sticks and we can do ANYTHING.

[Agent Cooper]

Canadians were pretty f-ing awesome in WW2.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I'm glad the veil of our national humiliation from 1812 has finally been lifted by this noble raptor.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

NEVER FORGET!

[Rufus The Monocled]

Rufus (ignites lighter)
Heroic Mulatto (Homer scream)

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

USA! USA!

[The Last American Hero]

Wouldn't have happened if we'd gone with a Turkey instead of an Eagle.

Suck it, Ben Franklin!

[Pope Jimbo]

Speaking of eagles, nothing left to cut.

We just got the good news in Minnesoda that a dead eagle was not poached. It was probably hit by a car. How do we know?

The agency received the lab report in late April after the [dead] bald eagle was transported to the unit's forensic lab in Oregon.

and

Shaw advised anyone who finds a dead eagle in the future to work with local conservation law enforcement agencies, noting she ultimately wants to see such carcasses handled by the unit's National Eagle Repository.

"This facility helps provide eagle feathers and other parts for Native American religious ceremonies," she said.

Yeah, we are sending fucking dead eagles to Oregon for autopsies and have a team of career govt agents who handle dead eagles.

[Microaggressor]

Some services are too important to leave to the private sector!!!1

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Capitalism killed that bird!

[Illocust]

Nope sorry, that agency either needs to burn the corpses or put them up for auction. None of this special treatment crap.

[tarran]

A very short and to the point letter about the RICO investigation fascists like Joe of Lowell are singing the praises of:

An Open Letter to the #ExxonKnew #RICO20 Attorneys General about Climate Change

But the chief irony I have in mind is that you, attorneys general?none of whom, presumably, is an expert in climate science or ecological biology or the economics and engineering of energy or any of the many other fields relevant to the controversy?have launched precisely the action Maibach reported Michaels said DOJ wouldn't launch for lack of easily quantifiable costs.

Now, why would Michaels have said there were no easily quantifiable costs?

Because, unlike in the case of tobacco's health risks, there are innumerable and enormous holes in the case (not for human contribution to global warming but) for manmade global warming dangerous enough to justify spending trillions of dollars reinventing the world's energy system to mitigate it, particularly when competing use of those trillions might bring far greater benefit.

[Tonio]

"La, la, la, la...we can't hear you." /gubmint lawyers

[Crusty Juggler]

Stanford rapist 'took photograph of his victim's breasts during attack - and shared it with swim team friends who deleted it after his arrest', police believe

The 20-year-old, of Dayton, Ohio, repeatedly claimed to be a stranger to drugs and alcohol prior to arriving at Stanford but his lies were exposed through a series of messages referencing marijuana, LSD and MDMA ? the powdered form of club drug ecstasy.

They also revealed that Turner is fond of using the racial slur 'n****' ? repeatedly sending text messages containing the word to his high school friend, Brock Alderton.

SMDH

[GILMORE?]

"Quick! People hate this guy! What can we do to feed that???"

"teen talks about weed, refers to his buddies as 'homies' and 'my nigga' showing racist, drug-using side"

[Tonio]

See, people, this is why we can't legalize marijuana.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Another Brock? That's the worst part of the story.

[Cdr Lytton]

Brock Peters is rolling over his grave right now.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

What's Brock Samson, chopped liver?

[Ted S.]

They also revealed that Turner is fond of using the racial slur 'n****'

Did he keep a diary?

[B.P.]

Ted S. wins.

[Swiss Servator]

*standing ovation*

[Juice]

Justin Buck? Who are the other team members? Rod Tucker? Dirk Diggler? Are we sure this story isn't made up?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Duke Lacrosse... and excellent porn name.

[Zeb]

MDMA ? the powdered form of club drug ecstasy.

It's like reporters make an effort to sound ignorant and moronic about things.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Police shot a man who was throwing rocks at his wife near baggage claim at the Dallas airport.

Rocks were thrown, and a man became shot.

[Juvenile Bluster]

A bullet was discharged. Unrelated to that, a man died.

[Rich]

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is hoping that residents of the city who fear Donald Trump's rhetoric and policy proposals will flock to the polls this November and support giving voting rights to illegal immigrants.

Supervisors of what?

[Rhywun]

Every little detail of your life.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

*golf clap*

[Mike Laursen]

Artisanal shit.

[Microaggressor]

...of San Francisco.

[Crusty Juggler]

McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together

When many lower-income Americans are feeling isolated by the deadening uniformity of things, by the emptiness of many jobs, by the media, they still yearn for physical social networks. They are not doing this by going to government-run community service centers. They are not always doing this by utilizing the endless array of well-intentioned not-for-profit outreach programs. They are doing this on their own, organically across the country, in McDonald's.

TW: poors.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

You mean MacDonald's?

[Rufus The Monocled]

McDonald's rules.

Despite all the bad press, always line-ups at the drive-thru I notice.

[Krabappel]

Chicken nugs are always the cure for too much alcohol.

[Michael]

That comment section has more concentrated petty tyranny than all Shamrock Shakes ever made have concentrated HFCS.

[Hamster of Doom]

This. This is where that goddamned clown gets me. Food? That's not food. McDonald's serves industrialized crap that probably wouldn't meet prison standards if it weren't for their campaign donations.

But once a year, that magical charivari of sweet creamy* whatever flows past my taste buds. And it's the flavor of childhood and book fairs. It is continuity. I am home. Take my money, McDonald's. Just... take it.

*WHAT IS THAT? It's not all that minty but neither is it not. It's concerning.

[thrakkorzog]

You realize that's just a vanilla shake with some green food coloring? Any mintiness you taste is just your brain messing with you.

[Careless]

Wrong.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hispanic people are more optimistic about the state of the economy than white people.

The grass is greener on this side of the Trump fence, and it's always going to need maintenance. BOOM, you chuckled at racist humor.

[Jerry on the rocks]

Even the French national football team is on strike. #nospoilers.

[The Last American Hero]

Fuck Goddell for letting the French have an NFL team. Their team totally sucks and their line is completely useless against the blitz.

[Rhywun]

GO ROMANIA!

[rts]

So, just what is bestiality, anyways?

The Supreme Court ruling that the crime of bestiality only applies to sexual acts that involve penetration is a testament to just how "archaic" Canadian laws around animal welfare really are, says a Liberal MP who is trying to pass legislation to change the law.

[Tonio]

Now, why would a legislator want to make it legal to fuck sheep?

[(((Renegade)))]

Ask Arthur Alan Wolk.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Bestiality is just the tip in Canada.

[Broswater]

"Bestiality used to be a legal grey area, but we're now facing a serious vulnerability for animals. We likely will see an increase in the sexual exploitation of animals as a result of this ruling. Parliament must act to right this wrong now," a spokesperson for the group said in a statement."

Yeah I suddenly fell the urge to fuck a sheep. Can't wait for peak derp, it's gonna hurt as hell but at least we'll know stuff is going to be better.

[Injun, as in from India]

Fear drives students to support censorship.

From the linked article:

69 percent support disciplinary action against either students or faculty members who use intentionally offensive language or commit "microagressions"?speech they deem racist, sexist, or homophobic.

Just to note: Microaggression theory was invented by a Harvard professor.

So the invention of a left-wing academic is now the basis of censorship against... left-wing faculty members themselves?

Enjoy your revolution and counter-counter-revolution madness, fear, and violence, comrades.

[Injun, as in from India]

Also, from the article:

Counterintuitively, liberal students are more likely than conservative students to say the First Amendment is outdated.

Counterintuitively? Excuse me?

What was the basis for the writer's intention?

Is that revealing some hidden bias there? I'm inclined to say "Yes".

[Injun, as in from India]

^intuition, not intention

[Ted S.]

Yeah, that was my first thought too.

[Injun, as in from India]

There's more:

They may have expected to find this safe haven in college, but instead they find prejudice, stereotyping, slurs, and phobic statements on the campuses as well.

I find this hard to believe. Unless of course you're microscopically examining every single word and action, looking to be offended.

Kind of like that whackjob who shot up his colleagues on live TV. He was offended that watermelon was being served at an office party, because he thought it was being done to insult him.

[rts]

Man ticketed for handing change to cop posing as panhandler

A man who received a $175 traffic ticket for unbuckling his seatbelt to give change to what turned out to be a police officer posing as a panhandler is likely to think twice before giving to the less fortunate again.

[Rich]

Oh, FFS!

Why not bust him for engaging a prostitute, too?

[The Fusionist]

And it wasn't a sting for giving money to panhandlers, it was a sting for a seat belt violation. Which he committed in order to give money to the guy.

[DOOMco]

Fuck that.

[Rhywun]

Oh, Canada. (I'm sure that would never happen in the US!)

[This Machine]

I know Crusty has the quote from Huma Abedin where she talks about her love-at-first-sight encounter with Hilary Clinton. Here's another one from the Instapundit archives that makes me retch just as readily:

"'She was a very, very religious person?she didn't smoke, drink or swear, always very polite,' recalls one Clinton friend, who, like most people who spoke to Newsweek, asked not to be named. 'A lot of times, Hillary would snap her fingers and go, 'Gum.' And Huma would fetch it.' Abedin took her duties so seriously, the source recalled, that when she learned that Clinton had once carried her own bag up a flight of stairs in her aide's absence, Abedin nearly burst into tears."

SHE HAS DONE SO MANY THINGS IT'S SO SURREAL
SHE HAS SEEN SO MANY THINGS IT'S SO UNREAL

[The Fusionist]

"when she learned that Clinton had once carried her own bag up a flight of stairs in her aide's absence, Abedin nearly burst into tears."

Aw, Hillary was just trying to make Huma jealous.

[That's A Bingo!]

That quote is from the same article as this one: Even aspiring first husband Bill has reportedly complained that he cannot get past Abedin.

Interesting phrasing.

[Krabappel]

It's unbelievable that the media doesn't even talk about the fact that Abedin is still married to Anthony Weiner.

[tarran]

That's probably the price she pays for his silence...

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Maybe they're "married" the way Bill and Hillary are "married".

[Red Rocks Rockin]

Shorter article: "Look, they're dykes, you get it?!"

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

"'She was a very, very religious person?she didn't smoke, drink or swear, always very polite,'

So just like Hitler.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I followed several links to several self-described Clinton loyalists-- writing in their own words, and I could sure use a rape shower about right now.

[Crusty Juggler]

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton's lover - before and AFTER his marriage - tells how 'lumpy' Hillary with her 'fat ankles and hair on her toes' schemed to get her to LIE on 60 Minutes about Bill's other affairs

Shared just for the title. You are welcome.

[Injun, as in from India]

Hair on her toes?

Hillary the Hobbit?

[The Fusionist]

Of course, it all makes sense, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins is back for revenge.

[The Last American Hero]

Well, she did try to steal the furniture from the White House last time.

[bacon-magic]

Obligatory

[Illocust]

Whelp, unlike Monica I can actually see what he saw in this one.

[rts]

O Canada bill advances to final vote

Bill C-210 changes the line "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command," making the English lyrics of the national anthem gender-neutral.

Pressing, urgent matters of state, clearly.

[Injun, as in from India]

I've often thought of how sexist the word HISpanic is to hispanic women.

HERpanic, mo fos. Get your PC language right! HERpanic.

Like HIStory should be called HERstory.

[Ted S.]

They should replace all instances of "he" and "his" with "it" and "its" respectively.

Feminists, however, may not like what this does to the words "the" and "this".

[Rich]

Don't forget MENstruation.

[Enough About Palin]

Xepanic

[Broswater]

How many women did the Shiny Pony had to elbow in the boobs to pass this one ?

[Agent Cooper]

Trump freaks out over HIS PANIC!

[The Fusionist]

There's always the French and Inuit versions.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I weep for thee, Canada.

[Rufus The Monocled]

What an insignificant. bull shit, beta country my country is.

I will not sing or stand for this SJW crap.

The Liberal party of Canada can go fuck itself. Not before they give Trudeau an atomic wedgy.

Putzes.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

But Rufus, it's The CURRENT YEAR!

[DOOMco]

The judge was pretty unhappy about the Obama endorsement.

[Injun, as in from India]

Judge Emmett Sullivan?

or Judge Richard J. Leon?

[Ted S.]

Judge Reinhold.

[DOOMco]

Fuck you Ted, fuck you.

[Seguin, the Mighty Monoclops]

That due doi cost you dintit?

[DOOMco]

Judge Reinhold, duh doi.

[Clint Eastwoodchipper]

The judge was pretty unhappy about the Obama endorsement.

Judge Judy?

Or Judge Sarah Palin?

[The Late P Brooks]

Words; on a page.

But I realize now that no woman can change how little our lives matter in this system. It's up to the men who created that system ? and who don't see all rape as real and "legitimate" ? to create a better system. Women are most at risk from men, and particularly the men they know and love. Men should be appalled by their complicity in a legal system that revictimizes their sisters, mothers and daughters. Men should be lining up in the streets to protest a system that prioritizes their futures over our lives.

What the fuck does that even mean?

There's more, but I'm damned if I can make sense of it.

[Rich]

When we decide not to report it, we are called liars and whores and are told we're making it up for attention or revenge.

Sheesh, Jody, get a grip.

[Brett L]

Uhm, Jackie from UVA WAS making it up for attention. A single datum is not a trend, but at least one (actually, I can find a half dozen just in the Instapundit archives) did lie about it for revenge or attention.

[Rich]

When we decide not to report it, we are called liars and whores

If you don't report it, who's calling you a liar-whore?

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

I don't have sisters, and my mom has been a-OK, so I'm comfortable.

[Ted S.]

Women are most at risk from men, and particularly the men they know and love.

Children are most at risk from the stepfathers Baby Mama stupidly shacks up with.

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

Jody Allard is a former techie turned freelance writer living in Seattle. She writes primarily about parenting, women's issues and life with a chronic illness.

So, guesses on that?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Well, according to Allard, it's a mitochondrial disease.

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

Well, that's not a pithy comment* at all!!

Although, I did find this: Diseases of the mitochondria appear to cause the most damage to cells of the brain...

So, maybe that explains the shitty prose.

[Agent Cooper]

What do Jedis have to do with this?

[Swiss Servator]

*narrows gaze*

[Microaggressor]

how little our lives matter in this system

Red is blue.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Lucy She Who Shall Not Be Named has been schooling Nazis on twitter today.

I'm kind of scared of this one guy.

[Crusty Juggler]

(((Anti-Semetic Twitter.))) 🙁

[Injun, as in from India]

His profile says "I got some bad ideas in my head."

Yeah, dude.

[tarran]

I now remember why I had such a crush on her.

[Heroic Mulatto]

You're scared of that and not the profile that reads: "Alt right mestiza cholita"?

[Juvenile Bluster]

I mean, I know the internet Nazis are obsessed with Taylor Swift as some sort of Aryan goddess, but this is like disturbing, scary, maybe somebody should inform the authorities obsession.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I can't wait until it's revealed she's an octoroon.

[Suthenboy]

Now that truly made me laugh out loud.

I dated a girl that was as aryan looking as she is. She was from the Cane River Creole community. Her family looked like a random assortment of people from every race.

[This Machine]

"Should I listen to Taylor Swift or the Dead Kennedys now out of spite."

Nice.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Dead Kennedys seem so, so relevant.

You still think Swastikas look cool
The real Nazis run your schools
Theyre coaches, businessmen and cops
In a real fourth Reich you'll be the first to go

[GILMORE?]

He sounds like a very interesting guy

Travis Bickle
?@TravisBickle52

"'Cause the cucks gonna cuck, cuck, cuck, cuck, cuck
And the Jews gonna Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew"

@taylorswift13 - "Shake It Off"

[Agent Cooper]

His username besmirches the memory of another mentally ill man.

[Careless]

I need a term for the sort of laughter posts like this inspire

[lafe.long]

Pocahontas: Elizabeth Warren Responds to Donald Trump Calling Her by Native American Name

Trump referred to Warren as "Pocahontas" on Twitter Friday after the senator criticized him in a speech Thursday night. Warren tweeted back at him, "No, seriously -- Delete your account."

[lafe.long]

Nina Turner: Former Ohio Senator Says Elizabeth Warren Gets No 'Brownie Points' For Trump Tweets

"You don't get any brownie points from me and other progressives for getting into a Twitter war with Mr. Donald Trump. That's easy," Turner told SiriusXM's "Steele and Unger" in reference to Warren.

[tarran]

I am increasingly of the opinion that Trump has it in the bag.

One reason is that his opponents have no fucking idea how to respond to his barbs. He makes them look like the biggest idiots on twitter, and that's saying something.

[(((Renegade)))]

Are you kidding? My FB feed is full of triumphant comments on how Warren is pwning Trump. Never underestimate the powers of Team, social signaling, and abject stupidity.

[Brett L]

Yes. I think this is going to look more like Reagan/Mondale than Johnson/Goldwater.

[You Sound Like a Prog (MJG)]

Saturday: "What part of 'delete your account' do you not understand?"
Sunday: "For real, delete your account."
Monday: "Still haven't deleted your account I see."

[Rufus The Monocled]

Tuesday: I think I need to make a law forcing you to close your account because it's the sort of cunt I am.

[Enough About Palin]

Look, we don't want to write about every presidential campaign tweet that teeters on the brink of the absurd like a fun-house mirror revealing the political Frankentheater that the entire electorate has collaborated to create, whether actively or by submission.

We'd never get anything else done. But O.K., fine, this one could use some explanation.

Delete your account. https://t.co/Oa92sncRQY

? Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016

Coincidence?

[Rufus The Monocled]

I got the perfect reply: DELETE YOURSELF!

[tarran]

ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC

[Michael]

Warren tweeted back at him, "No, seriously -- Delete your account.

I read an entire op-ed in the Chicago Tribune today that claimed the "delete your account" tweets at Trump from both Fauxahontas and HRC (yes, seriously) were some kind of wildly clever smackdowns. I don't know how desparate you'd have to be to actually believe that, let alone write an entire article about it. The media is going to completely implode between now and November, and I can't honestly say that'll be a bad thing.

[tarran]

The progressive mass media stack is going to discover what the conservative pundit stack discovered. Their attacks on Trump are going fall flat, and every barb they throw will make his followers more determined to support him.

[Michael]

That's not to mention the fact that his opposition is so completely unlikeable and stiff. Have you ever seen Warren try to squeeze out a smile? It's as if her perma-outrage has actually made her face stay that way just like her parents warned her. Trump might be a horrendous piece of shit, but he does have that fun loudmouth uncle demeanor about him.

[lafe.long]

Life in the Universe: Planets of Graphite and Diamond May Have Been the 1st to Be Habitable, Study Says

Researchers from Harvard examined carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars that formed before heavier elements were more common. Such stars may have hosted carbon-rich worlds where life began, the study says.

[Zeb]

Of course they have zero evidence and no way to get any evidence of whether life existed there.

[lafe.long]

Fayetteville, Arkansas: Woman Says Snake Fell From Her Dashboard While Driving Car on Interstate 49

Kelly Swisher told Tribune Media Wire that a four-foot-long rat snake fell from her dashboard onto her feet on Thursday while she driving on Interstate 49. Officials removed the snake from the car.

[Hamster of Doom]

Oh hell no.

Sell the car. Move north. It would still not be enough.

[Suthenboy]

I never understood the irrational fear of sn....*notices handle*...oh.

[Rhywun]

LOL

[rts]

B.C. affordability crisis has citizens angry at politicians, wanting to tax foreign owners

An Insights West poll reveals 80 per cent of respondents think levying a tax on people who acquire properties but don't live in them is a good or very good idea.

Dey took r houses!

[Ted S.]

No less racist than Donald Trump's anti-foreigner sentiment.

[Rhywun]

Build affordable housing, duh. God, it's like they haven't even thought this through.

[lafe.long]

Melanie Elizabeth Hexen: Iowan Witch Organizes Mass Hexing of Stanford Sex Offender

Hexen led a witches' coven in Iowa in a ritual spell of condemnation against Brock Turner Tuesday night, while thousands were invited to join in remotely via a Facebook event.

[lafe.long]

Melanie Hexen, a bellydancer and midwife who identifies as a traditional hereditary witch, organized a mass hexing of Turner on Tuesday.

lolwhut?

[Hamster of Doom]

It's a denominational thing.

[tarran]

That bandwagon! It can't take much more weight!

[Juvenile Bluster]

Did they turn him into a newt?

[Rich]

"Melanie Elizabeth Hexen". Kid never had a chance.

[thrakkorzog]

Wild guess here, but I think that may not be her birth name.

[Seguin, the Mighty Monoclops]

Hexen was a great game though.

[Crusty Juggler]

Beppe Grillo's M5S is a Scientology-style cult
Rome's probable next mayor is being remarkably coy about the odd people behind her

The capital 'V' in the word MoVimento stands for Vaffa (Fuck off) ? to everything, more or less, except wind farms. The experts define this 'movement' (the word 'party' is verboten) as 'anti-establishment' but nobody really knows what that means. One thing can be said: though neither left-nor right-wing, the movement draws its support from the left, by and large, just as Fascism ? founded by the revolutionary socialist Benito Mussolini ? did.

Trump's fault.

[Quincy.]

SF'd the link.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Grillo a former comedian interesting cat having run a blog exposing Italian corruption for years. Too bad he slides socialist.

[Enough About Palin]

Hispanic people are more optimistic about the state of the economy than white people.

That's because they have no trouble getting work.

[The Late P Brooks]

Warren tweeted back at him, "No, seriously -- Delete your account."

The leading intellectual light of the Democrats, and she sounds like an eleven year old hurling playground insults.

[tarran]

Apparently this is the height of wit, because it tells people "this person is so stupid that they should stay off twitter".

Of course, while Warren and her staff are high fiving themselves over their witty come back, people reading the exchange are saying "that woman is a retard".

[That's A Bingo!]

She and Hillary are making a burn book.

[Red Rocks Rockin]

It's hilarious, and sad, that Trump is dragging these "smart women" down to his level. And all it took was giving them a silly nickname.

[GILMORE?]

Donald Trump is an Anti-Racist = Just Ask His Black Friend, Don King

[Juice]

Told ya he was good with the blacks!

[The Fusionist]

What happened to Don King's hair?

[The Fusionist]

Ah, summer, time to send the kids off to Civil War Day Camp at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.

"Campers will have opportunities to participate in many of the same activities soldiers engaged in during the Civil War and learn about the struggles they endured."

No details given about what activities these might be.

[GILMORE?]

"...at dawn we start latrine digging, and then we march... then we make camp, and start latrine digging"

[That's A Bingo!]

Dysentery.

[GILMORE?]

Its not just for breakfast anymore.

[B.P.]

Sawing off legs.

[Cdr Lytton]

A select few campers will have the opportunity to sleep on the Rock of Chickamauga.

[The Fusionist]

I doubt that.

[The Fusionist]

I hope y'all got the joke.

[GILMORE?]

Donald Trump Probably Hiding Dead Baby-Glue-Factory and Russian-Whore-Trafficking-Operations in Unreleased Tax Returns

[Red Rocks Rockin]

Trump should release his tax returns when Warren releases her 23andme results.

[The Late P Brooks]

while Warren and her staff are high fiving themselves over their witty come back, people reading the exchange are saying "that woman is a retard".

When Warren jumped on Trump's comment about buying distressed properties, she asked something like, "What sort of person roots for people to lose their jobs and homes?" My immediate response was to wonder if she had heard Hillary's proposal to put all those coal miners out of work.

[Brett L]

The kind of person who makes eight figure fees from banks and insurance companies advising them how to throw people out of their homes?

[The Fusionist]

OK, with this link I'm just trolling y'all.

[Quincy.]

Atheists are dicks, agnostics are pussies.

[GILMORE?]

A Living God, Yet Still Just a Man

[The Fusionist]

I found this celebrity news item when looking for updates on the Yazidis

[GILMORE?]

So bravery, much press

Best of luck getting her defendants to show up in a court of law they aren't trying to blow up

[Ken Shultz]

"Police shot a man who was throwing rocks at his wife near baggage claim at the Dallas airport."

He should sue the airline for selling him a ticket next to his wife.

Nothing reminds people how much they hate each other like spending time together.

That's why Christmas is so important. It reminds us that however much we hate our spouses, we hate our in-laws and our own families even more.

[(((Renegade)))]

Do you know what today is? YES! It's Report John As Spam Day!

[The Fusionist]

Seriously? Posting a lot of argumentative posts isn't spam.

Reason is probably thinking of the "make money on your laptop" guys.

[(((Renegade)))]

I just reported you.

[The Fusionist]

I wouldn't abuse the system by reporting you, but here's what I'll do...I'll post this.

[Hamster of Doom]

It's okay. You've made it to a place where we accept your kind. No judgment.

[(((Renegade)))]

YOU'RE A MONSTER!

My revenge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfZvHuh7wKM

[The Fusionist]

Now that's just nasty.

[The Fusionist]

slideshow for Crusty

[Rich]

Nice album name.

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

Seconded.

[GILMORE?]

Asked if she discussed "vice presidential possibilities with Senator Warren," Clinton held up an iced drink and said: "You guys have got to try the cold Chai, it's delicious, isn't it?"

SHE'S JUST SUCH A REAL-PERSON, SO HUMAN

I think Clinton/Warren would be a sign that Clinton doesn't think she has enough woman-pull on her own; also, not sure Warren would go for it, as she may have her own presidential ambitions.

I think she picks one of the Castros from Texas, or maybe Corey Booker.

[Pan Zagloba]

I think she picks one of the Castros from Texas, or maybe Corey Booker.

Castro has great name recognition among Bernie voters, so if Guevara is not interested...

[GILMORE?]

yeah i actually wondered about the name-recognition thing and how that might play in the optics of a ticket

i think other pundits have suggested it would be "bad juju" for all those retired old Jewish biddies in Florida who tend to vote democrat and have a mild distaste for the cuban-latins.

but i've seen another poll that shows that teh yutes tend to have a mild positive impression of 'Castro', linking it more to gay-San-Fran

in any case, beyond the mere issue of their names - the castro bros are
a)young
b) male, but non-threateningly so,
c) hispanic, and
d) from Texas

all things that hillary is *missing* in her toolbox.

I don't think Texas will necessarily go blue, but i think these characters could help her in other places.

[Pan Zagloba]

n any case, beyond the mere issue of their names - the castro bros are
a)young
b) male, but non-threateningly so,
c) hispanic, and
d) from Texas

Castro brothers I had in mind are one out of those four...

[Careless]

Are they not male, or not Hispanic?

[thrakkorzog]

I doubt Hillary's going to pick one of the Castros. Yes, they could help her with the Latino vote, but she's probably already getting most of those votes anyways just by running against Trump.

Second, they haven't won any statewide elections, and are pretty obscure. Even in Texas, anybody talking about the Castros is probably talking about Cubans. They might be the greatest politicians in U.S. history, but there isn't anything on their resumes to prove it.

[Random Axe Of Kindness]

Commentary: The power of 'delete your account'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/.....story.html

Apparently using a stupid internet meme is somehow politically powerful if you play for the right team.

[The Fusionist]

You go, girl! Fight the power!

[The Fusionist]

Have I summed up the editorial well enough that I don't have to read it?

[The Fusionist]

Yeah, more or less.

"It was a shutdown. It was a palm to the face of a person who bubbled up out of an eight-year stew of anti-Obama hyperbole and angry talk-radio rants."

Oh, I've heard this one - "you right-wingers created Trump with all your angry criticism of Obama!"

[Rhywun]

So basically... "talk to the hand"?

[GILMORE?]

Delete your newspaper

[thrakkorzog]

"Afterwards, Warren fired up her Xbox and started pwning noobs in Call of Duty with the heretofore unheard of strategy of implying that she had sexual intercourse with her opponent's mothers."

[The Late P Brooks]

I think she picks one of the Castros from Texas, or maybe Corey Booker.

I'd rather see her pick a Castro from Cuba,

[The Late P Brooks]

Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan are off celebrating, somewhere.

Celebrate while you can, Thiel, before the Fourth Reich comes to power.

[The Fusionist]

"Reich 4.0 is gonna be great. Because we got better people, better hair, and we're winners."

[Agammamon]

This Might Get the World to Finally Pay Attention to Climate Change

http://tinyurl.com/jczvmzb

And this is why nobody take climate change activists seriously.

FFS, is the Persian Gulf. Smaller warships in the PG often have to restrict showers to once a week because the water temperature is *normally* so high that its hard to make fresh water. It has always caused problems for ships operating there, global warming is not making that worse.

The only thing of note here is that British engineering of this class of ships is poor enough that they can't handle it. But there's nothing out of the ordinary going on with the *water*.

[(((Renegade)))]

A recent study noted that the Persian Gulf region will not be fit for human habitation

A result to be devoutly desired.

[Suthenboy]

"And this is why nobody take climate change activists seriously."

Telling transparent lie after lie after lie tends to do that.

[Suthenboy]

"President Obama will campaign for Hillary Clinton."

A sitting president endorses a candidate under criminal investigation by his own justice department. Considering that this president is Obama I am not surprised. What a POS.

[Pan Zagloba]

Can he just give her a Ford-style presidential pardon?

[The Fusionist]

OBAMA: "Today I am announcing that Edward Snowden has been amnestied."

REPORTER: "I notice that your amnesty proclamation applies to Snowden 'anyone who has misused classifed information before 2014.' Would that apply to Clinton, too?"

OBAMA: "Hmmm...I hadn't, uh, thought of that, I suppose it does. What's your point, we're talking about my legacy-defining pardon of Snowden."

[John]

Ann Althouse thinks it is just Obama making sure his fingerprints on the inevitable indictment. If he had refused to endorse her and she later been indicted, Hillary supports could claim he pressured the FBI to indict her. Now that he is endorsing her and campaigning for her, he can believably claim that any future indictment is a surprise to him and that he had nothing to do with it otherwise he would not have endorsed her.

Obama is staying in DC. He presumably would like to remain head of the Democratic party after he leaves office. He can't do that if Hillary is President now can he? Being head of the opposition to Trump sounds a lot better to me than being a has been as your arch enemy runs the party and undoes your legacy.

[(((Renegade)))]

the inevitable indictment

I am... not quite sure what to say here.

[John]

If she is going to be indicted, the smart play for Obama was to carry on as if it wasn't going to happen. That way he can claim he had nothing to do with it. Why wouldn't Obama indict Hillary? What does he care if she is elected President?

[(((Renegade)))]

No way she gets indicted. I'll make a $50 donation to Reason Foundation bet with you here and now. Loser provides proof. Deal?

[John]

I don't know that she will. I am saying Obama's endorsement and campaigning for her is consistent with it going either way. If you think she is not going to be indicted. Good for you. You don't have any reason or knowledge to believe that. It is just what you want to be true. Maybe it will work out like you want it to. Time will tell.

[(((Renegade)))]

So you're afraid to put some cash on the line?

[John]

And you don't know what to say because you are an idiot. Seriously, you are a remarkably stupid person. Everything you post on here is a collection of libertarian buzz words and snark. You never know what to say. There are people on here who are wrong, misinformed or annoying. Others however, are just dense. And you are one of them.

[(((Renegade)))]

Never change, John. please. Never change.

[John]

You are so stupid you didn't even understand the post. The post was positing the hypothetical of her indictment being inevitable and how Obama would act in that case. And you read as meaning I was saying her indictment was inevitable.

It is the kind of mistake that people who don't read or think with much skill make. I am sorry, you are a simple minded person who makes up for it by knowing much. Occasionally we get people on here like that.

And no, I won't change. Hopefully you will by getting smarter, though at this point that is a long shot. It is one thing to disagree. It is quite another to be unable to comprehend the argument. And you can't comprehend many arguments that are more than the most basic and literal.

[(((Renegade)))]

This warms my heart.

[Tom Bombadil]

"There are people on here who are wrong, misinformed or annoying. "

How true that is, John.

[tarran]

I think Althouse is wrong.

Narcissists like Obama do risky shit not because they are clever, but because they struggle to be mindful of long term consequences.

Obama's modus operandi is a standard one for people with NPD, he delays and tells whatever lies will get him through the moment. My guess is that this is going to end up with a repeat of the Saturday Night massacre. The USAG will refuse to forward the FBI's case to a grand jury for an indictment. And there will be a rebellion.

[John]

I suppose you could say that he is okay with Hillary being President because he could say he was the one that put her there and then also blame her for every disaster he has inflicted on the country. On the other hand, it could also be that he doesn't want her to be President because he wants to remain in charge of the Democratic party, which he would if Hillary is indicted or loses this fall. It could be either one.

[Uncle Jay]

RE: Obama Will Campaign for Hillary

Oh goody!
Dear Leader campaigning for Heil Hitlery.
If you like Dear Leader, you'll love Heil Hitlery.

[John]

Imagine if rather than Gawker it was Breitbart that had a $100 million dollar judgement against it. I am sure the lefty douche canoes so concerned over the first amendment implications of the Gawker case would view the same thing happening to Breitbart exactly the same way. Right?

[tarran]

Well, look at how they reacted at the threat to free speech Mann's suit against Steyn posed; or the AG investigation into Exxon, or the John doe investigation of conservatives in Minnesotta.

Why wouldn't' they as vocally defend Breitbart?

[Careless]

the John doe investigation of conservatives in Minnesotta.

Wisconsin?

[commodious spittoon]

Planes could be seen taking off from the airport. Duebner said, "The aircraft that were already loaded departed on time, and we are still taking arrivals." As far as the re-screening of passengers Duebner said, "TSA has got all there resources here," but that a backup of several hours is expected before things get "back to normal."

Defund these assholes immediately. Re-screening passangers after an altercation takes place outside? You people are useless at doing the bare essentials, let's not take on extracurricular work.

[prolefeed]

From The Atlantic article on free speech:

Counterintuitively, liberal students are more likely than conservative students to say the First Amendment is outdated.

It's only counterintuitive if you think "liberals" are ... liberal and tolerant ... towards those who hold different ideas.

[The Fusionist]

"Studies show that, counterintuitively, Jews don't have devil horns on their foreheads. Could have knocked me over with a feather."

[Rockabilly]

Barry the war monger to campaign for Hillary the war monger.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Well, the argument is always between Howe, Orr and Gretzky, right?

Sometimes Lemieux. Rocket too.

[Rufus The Monocled]

99 is WITHOUT QUESTION the greatest who ever lived. Howe is right.

Orr revolutionized the game though as great as Lidstrom was. I happen to think, while we're at it, Hasek is the greatest goalie ever.

Yeh, knew that. It's Canada. We learned that before Sir John A. Macsomething.

[Rufus The Monocled]

I'm pressing that 'report spam' button.