Jerusalem Settlement Vote Postponed, Boy Scouts Ban Transgender Boy, Enjoy Your Pea Milk: A.M. Links

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  Russian and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Jerusalem Planning and Housing Committee officials to postpone a vote on new construction in East Jerusalem.
• The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a transgender boy from joining.
• Oregon is banning floating lanterns.
• Daytona Beach Assistant City Manager Gary Shimun has resigned after trying to purchase sex from an undercover cop. Meanwhile, Tucson police investigating "human trafficking" at local massage parlors have found at least eight of their own among massage-parlor clients.
• Vogue thinks 2017 will be the year of boozy kombucha, bone broth, pea milk, and drinkable collagen.
• The Atlantic highlights some key 2017 religious liberty battles we can expect.
• "We are putting people in jail because they are poor": Maryland might reform its bail system.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Russian and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.

With whom?

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

[Swiss Servator]

With Rufus?!

[Free Society]

*widened gaze*

[Rich]

Excellent.

[Juvenile Bluster]

With a Leppo?

[invisible furry hand]

Please. A Hansen's Diseaso is the preferred nomenclature

[Tyler.C]

You are in the wing place if you want political correctness.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

BW3 or Hooters?

[Tyler.C]

Do you have to ask? BW3 of course.

[Lord Humungus]

Ceasefire #9? Or is it 10?

[Stormy Dragon]

o/~ I said I was a flop at peace / There's always been war in the Middle East / She looked at my plans and made a magic sign / She said wait I need is, Ceasefire #9 o/~

[R C Dean]

That was my question. Don't you need at least a few Syrians in the mix? Or is this war now between Russia and Turkey over who owns the former Syria?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Jerusalem Planning and Housing Committee officials to postpone a vote on new construction in East Jerusalem.

Trump Elected: Housing Starts Down

[Swiss Servator]

*applause*

[Citizen X]

Vogue thinks 2017 will be the year of boozy kombucha, bone broth, pea milk, and drinkable collagen.

These euphemisms!

[Swiss Servator]

"Sounds like a great weekend in Vegas!"

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

The Atlantic highlights some key 2017 religious liberty battles we can expect.

Oh, goody! Looking forward to it!

[invisible furry hand]

Australia's Big Things: just how big are they?

[Citizen X]

Amount of deadly venom contained in its fauna: incalculable

Amount of fucks naturally available on the entire continent: none

[Rich]

Careful, ifh. The US has Big Things, too.

[Elspeth Flashman]

In fact, they are Huuuggge.

[commodious lies and cheats]

Our things tend to be stranger.

[Bee Tagger]

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

[Bee Tagger]

Vogue thinks 2017 will be the year of boozy kombucha, bone broth, pea milk, and drinkable collagen.

What on earth am I going to do with all of this boozy collagen and bone milk?

[Tonio]

I suspect this will not come to pass. The people who don't already do trendy hippie bullshit are unlikely to start doing so. The people who did so only to curry favor with the (former) cultural elites are going to rediscover the joys of simple things like whole milk and tractor pulls.

[Swiss Servator]

TRACTOR PULLZ!!!

Was that WI or MNG?

[Sonoran Desert Rat]

MNG did not appreciate the mechanical majesty of the tractor pull.

[Clich? Bandit]

That was our lord protector and resident PhD MNG. He wasn't elitist at all.

[Sonoran Desert Rat]

WI would have been hit by a tractor while gamboling.

[Bee Tagger]

So you're saying curry might be a big thing this year?

[Kurmudgeonly Kristen]

I think it's time for Anna Wintour to retire and for Vogire to become an actual fashion rag again.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Daytona Beach Assistant City Manager Gary Shimun has resigned after trying to purchase sex from an undercover cop.

It's not what you think. His coupon was expired.

[Tyler.C]

But if the roles were reversed the cop would go Scott free.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Who is this Scott to whom you refer?

[Kurmudgeonly Kristen]

Haven't politicians learned not to hire sex workers off the street? Maybe his salary doesn't allow for more upscale (read: discreet) services.

[Rich]

The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a transgender boy from joining.

From joining what?

[bacon-magic]

I thought BSA died 10 years ago.

[Anomalous]

Don't you mean, from joining whom?

[invisible furry hand]

Perhaps he wanted to join one thing to another

[Swiss Servator]

*narrows gaze*

[Rich]

Yes.

*** gets coffee ***

[Tonio]

From joining what?

The campfire circle jerk. Duh.

[R C Dean]

Need some help here. "Transgender boy" is pretty ambiguous.

Is it a male child who believes he is female, or a female child who believes she is male?

[Apple]

My general rule: Take the gender stated and reverse it. Transgender "boy" = has a vagina.

[Lord Humungus]

Bear attacks TV presenter and drags her to floor on show about how dangerous animals can be

A bear attacked a TV presenter after she sneaked up behind it on a show about how dangerous wild animals can be.

Prior to the attack Bonya the bear constantly being fed treats to try and keep it in line.

The animal, wearing a red and yellow skirt and hat, was being looked after by his female handler in a red flamenco costume.

[Citizen X]

The animal, wearing a red and yellow skirt and hat, was being looked after by his female handler in a red flamenco costume.

Can you really blame the bear?

[Juvenile Bluster]

Whatever happened to the TV presenter was well deserved, IMO.

[XenoZooValentine]

Something something totality of circs?

[Kurmudgeonly Kristen]

I always root for the animals. I love seeing bullfighters get gored.

[XenoZooValentine]

Euphemisms!

[bacon-magic]

Looked like she walked up behind it and startled it, while the bear was eating. Darwinism, it is still a thing.

[VG Zaytsev]

It looked like she touched its head from behind while it was eating which startled the bear. Who then knocked her hand away and tried running but its paw snagged the lady's sweater.

[Rufus The Monocled]

I still remember watching news footage of I guess they were animal welfare administering milk to a baby polar bear. It was one of those stupid 'aww so cute' fallacies we see with animals. They had been 'nurturing' it for a while and there it stood his arms gently resting on the arms of the person giving the milk quietly sucking down milk. The suddenly - BANG! The polar attacked and slapped the person out and everyone said, 'what he do me that for? I took care of him like mommy!"

I dunno. Maybe because it's a fucken POLAR BEAR? You know, those hyper-powerful creatures that smash through several feet of ice and rock school buses?

Idiots.

[jack sprat]

That is why you should never keep your school buses under several feet of ice. Everyone knows that just encourages the Polar Bears.

[Tyler.C]

No use trying to explain it to him man. These Canadians are stubborn about two things: Ice and School Busses

[You ARE a Prog (MJG)]

And why you shouldn't feed milk to a polar bear from a bag. Of course it was gonna lash out.

[Swiss Servator]

Aw man - I saw the headline "HORROR BEAR ATTACK" and figured it was a right proper maulin'....bah.

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

"We are putting people in jail because they are poor"

Finally, the system is working.

[Slammer]

The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a transgender boy from joining.

She just didn't like selling the cookies.

[Rich]

Whoa.

[Tonio]

[golf clap]

[Swiss Servator]

*polite applause*

[XenoZooValentine]

Are they made with real Girl Scouts?

[Enough About Palin]

Nothing tastes better than Little Debbie.

[Darth Squirrel]

Where mah euphemisms gone?

[invisible furry hand]

The federal government has paid nearly $180,000 in legal bills in its battle to avoid paying $20,000 for a breast reduction for one of its former public servants; libertarianish senator not impressed.

more

[robc]

Or...has it spent 180k to avoid spending 20k for 1000 employees?

I didnt read the article or anything.

[Domestic Dissident]

Good for the Boy Scouts. They've already caved in more than enough to freaks like you.

[Citizen X]

Mike M. Calls 8-Year-Old "Freak," New Heights Of Classiness Reached

[robc]

Actually, I think he called the commentariat freaks. Which seems about right.

[bacon-magic]

I'm ok with Mike calling us names. Matter of fact, Mike, why don't you compile a list of names for us? Do what you do best.

[Citizen X]

Sure, but have you encountered Mike M. before? Attacking a confused child is just his speed.

[robc]

I doubt the child is confused. Parents are, for transgendering an eight year old.

[Tonio]

Does the article say they are liberals or are you just projecting here?

[robc]

???

I dont know what political views have to do with it.

[Swiss Servator]

Who said anything about liberals?

[Citizen X]

An eight-year-old's reality is largely defined by his or her parents, so i stand by my original characterization.

[Free Society]

The parents aren't just confused, they're monstrously ignorant to put their child through that.

[Tonio]

"monstrously ignorant"

[Free Society]

Go on...

[Tyler.C]

Don't you get it. All the argument he needs us to claim that someone is "monstrously ignorant"

[Free Society]

Well I'm just not sure what he's driving at. Though I suspect he think I'm "monstrously ignorant" because I think it's something less than good for an eight year old to undergo gender reassignment. Eight year olds don't know anything and they don't have the emotional maturity to make such decisions, but the parents are apparently unaware that their child is a child.

[Vernon Depner]

" apparently unaware that their child is a child."

Or more interested in getting Prog Cred than in the welfare of their child. A transgender kid is a coveted fashion accessory now.

[Domestic Dissident]

I was clearly talking about Elizabeth Nolan Brown, the not remotely libertarian dishonest piece of shit plaguing this once great journal.

[Lee Genes]

You're classy, but you knew that already.

[Crusty Juggler]

Drank A Fifth Of Stolen Crown.

[Citizen X]

So REAL libertarians love Trump passionately, hate Muslims reflexively, and spend their time coming up with shitty nicknames that make everyone feel like the world just got a little dumber.

[XenoZooValentine]

ENB totally fabulized my cereal you guys.

[bacon-magic]

I'd smoke a bowl with ENB.

[Tyler.C]

I tried but the fruit loops getting stuck in my nose.

[Tonio]

DD is MM?

[Crusty Juggler]

Yes, Blownio.

[Citizen X]

Busty Fugglier is correct here, Brony-Oh.

[Swiss Servator]

Whatev, Citroen Sex.

[EDG reppin LBC]

Good one, Jizz 'Sterbater.

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

Says you, SOB fappin' POS.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

That's rich coming from you, Hanukkah Fuck, Jr.

[Jimbo]

Sure thing, Half-asswipe, Half-ignoramus

[Swiss Servator]

Yup. Note the frequent previous use of "Block Insane Yomomma"

[Tyler.C]

If that like block chain technology?

[Tonio]

Thanks, guys. Also, heh.

[ant1sthenes]

He's Dumbastic Dipshitdent, not Mike M.

[Bee Tagger]

The Atlantic highlights some key 2017 religious liberty battles we can expect.

Why aren't they covering this floating lantern story? When they came for the Pacific ocean, I said nothing, for I was The Atlantic? Come on now.

[Swiss Servator]

*mulls over narrowing gaze, decides to stand and applaud instead*

[XenoZooValentine]

It's the fucking Atlantic. We're lucky it's not written in crayon.

[Lord Humungus]

'You cannot eat here': Hawaii caf? riles residents with ban on Trump voters

Honolulu's Caf? 8 ? gets rave reviews on Yelp for its "Radiatore Verde" and "Italian stir fry," among other popular dishes at the eclectic mom-and-pop restaurant ? but the response to its new 'policy' barring pro-Trump patrons has been decidedly more mixed.

A bright yellow, handmade sign posted on the restaurant's front glass door declares: "If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis."

A photo of the sign was shared with FoxNews.com. One also is proudly posted on the caf?'s Facebook page, and was "liked" by some 40 people.

"?The next time you're in Honolulu, eat lunch here, not only are they on the right side of things, the food is delicious and reasonable," one Facebook user wrote next to the photo.

[Rich]

A bright yellow, handmade sign posted on the restaurant's front glass door declares: "If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis."

"A bright yellow, handmade sign posted on the front of my shirt declares: 'Yes, I can! Fuck you'."

[Slammer]

Bake those ckaes.

[Slammer]

*cakes*

[Juvenile Bluster]

That's different! [Insert incredible leap of logic here]

[robc]

Lester Maddox approves.

[DrZaius]

+1 barrel of axe handles by the door.

[Lee Genes]

That would be next door to the place where the haoles are not welcome.

[Tonio]

So how do "native" Hawaiians feel about random mexicans and blacks from the mainland? Haoles or cool?

I put "native" in quotes because apparently you can be native with little or no actual polynesian ancestry, basically as long as you present as anything other than Northern European.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

+1 Mahalo Rewards Card.

[Krabappel]

As someone who spend 8 years in Hawaii public schools, I can confirm that this is correct. The only people who get shit for being haole are those without enough skin pigmentation. Hell, even if you are white but go outside enough to be fairly tan, you could probably pass.

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

I can't imagine the screeching outrage if a restaurant made it known that Hillary voters weren't allowed inside.

[robc]

Johnson votes only is probably a poor business model.

[robc]

VOTERS

[Swiss Servator]

"Voter"

[Juvenile Bluster]

What if your business is the sale of guns and marijuana?

[robc]

I think selling them individually is probably a better business model than bundling them.

[Swiss Servator]

What if it is a Ganja Gun? Kind of like those T Shirt cannons used at sportsball stadiums?

[CPRM]

What if you are a Nazi, but didn't vote for Trump?

[Slammer]

HA! Stolen

[Jimbo]

According to my chart, it makes you a jew.

[Tyler.C]

Don't you feel so unified? It's just those nasty Republicans who always want to divide people.

[Rufus The Monocled]

According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the caf? was founded by Robert Warner, a former hair stylist for Vidal Sassoon in San Francisco and former restaurateur in Seattle, along with his wife Jali.

"....Reached for comment Tuesday, Jali downplayed the sign's supposed ban. She told FoxNews.com the restaurant is not actually asking customers whether they voted for President-elect Trump, and said even if they see a customer with a Trump shirt, "we don't put anything different [in] your food."

"Robert just wants to express how much he doesn't like Trump," Jali said. "If people take it personally or it hurts them, we cannot help. That's why we say they have [a] choice if they want to come or not come. We don't force them."

She said three people called to complain about the sign when it first went up, "that's it."

"We don't want to create trouble," Jali said. "There is enough trouble in the world."

The intellectual disconnect and outright progressive arrogance on display here is marvellous and stunning.

[Tonio]

^This. Good morning, Rufus.

[Ceci n'est pas un woodchipper]

Remember folks, tolerance means forcing others to accommodate favored groups while punishing people who disagree with you.

[R C Dean]

we don't put anything different [in] your food.

Well, that's reassuring.

[Tyler.C]

Maybe so, but what are they removing from the food?!?

[You ARE a Prog (MJG)]

INTENTIONS, BOIIIII

[Number 2]

"According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the caf? was founded by Robert Warner, a former hair stylist for Vidal Sassoon in San Francisco and former restaurateur in Seattle, along with his wife Jali."

WAIT A MINUTE!!!

People named "Warner" are serving dishes called "Italian Stir-Fry" and "Radiatore Verdi?" They aren't Italian! CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!!!!!!! I AM OUTRAGED!!! BOYCOTT!!! BOYCOTT!!!

[Swiss Servator]

Release Rover on them.

[Number 2]

Very well...Orange Alert!

[jack sprat]

I'm thrilled with this. I hope there will be more voluntary expressions of the depth of prejudices progs hold. Is that 'dividing us?' I doubt it (it's already there) but I like the information even if it were. And of course if it has said "Hillary instead" well we know the responses wouldn't be so mixed.

[Nephilium]

A bit late to the party here, but Penzey's Spices has gone into full political meltdown mode. The owner has been calling anyone who voted for Trump a sexist, homophobic, hateful bigot in their newsletters.

[SimonD]

Yeah I know. I have to find a new place to buy spices. Dammit.

Why can't businesses just be businesses? It's wildly stupid to alienate part of your customer base. They must be counting on rent-seeking from the bureaucratic state to survive.

[Kurmudgeonly Kristen]

You know who else instituted bright yellow signs to identify certain people?

[bacon-magic]

Crosswalk guards?

[XenoZooValentine]

Oblivion, when their meshes are missing because I screwed up my load order?

[Enough About Palin]

"If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis."

It's called projection.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...Tucson police investigating "human trafficking" at local massage parlors have found at least eight of their own among massage-parlor clients.

That's not a very happy ending. OR IS IT?

[Anomalous]

Something about this story rubs me the wrong way.

[Jerryskids]

I knew somebody would come up with this joke.

[Lord Humungus]

You're doing it wrong.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

The "scare" quotes should be around "investigating" instead of "human trafficking".

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Jerusalem Planning and Housing Committee officials to postpone a vote on new construction in East Jerusalem.

Gentileification?

[Tonio]

Because I was off several days I do have some extra [golf clap] to award.

[Slammer]

Please clap

[Swiss Servator]

*Raucous ovation and whistling*

[Lord Humungus]

Scientists pick up deep space signals which could PROVE aliens are trying to contact humanity

The region where the signals are coming from, dubbed FRB 121102 by scientists, is located about 3 billion light years away from earth.

Five of the recently found FRBs were detected with the Green Bank Telescope, while the other was recorded by the Arecibo Observatory, "for a total of 17 bursts from this source," the report says.

The signals were also found earlier this year and in 2012.

According to experts, the FRBs could be the result of two things: solar flares from a neutron star or extra-terrestrials. But it's still too early to tell.

[Rich]

But it's still too early to tell.

It's later when you think.

[Suthenboy]

...could prove = does not prove...

[Libertarian]

I'm no expert but I've watched enough Twilight Zone episodes to know that we don't need to be putting out the welcome mat for any alien civilizations capable of traveling 3 billion lightyears.

[Tyler.C]

When ever someone says prove in the context of science, I stop listening because I already know that they don't understand enough about science to try to explain a concept to me. It's funny because the crowd that seems to use it the most is the group who f***ing love science.

[commodious lies and cheats]

But what do those signals tell us about global warming?

[Tyler.C]

It PROVES that it has happened to other alien races and they are trying to warn us.

[XenoZooValentine]

In unrelated news, science reporting in the mainstream media is still shit.

Also, the popcorn you're eating has been pissed in. Film at 11.

[Kurmudgeonly Kristen]

I wonder if any of the data from this was analyzed by a SETI @ Home user. Like me.

[Juice]

drinkable collagen

Sounds delicious.

[Elspeth Flashman]

No, thanks.

[Citizen X]

Isn't that just Jello?

[Crusty Juggler]

It's Lena Dunham's urine.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

You wish.

[EDG reppin LBC]

Oh sure. Just wait till the next morning when you start to have the collagen squirts.

[Libertarian]

Best band name we'll see today.

[Swiss Servator]

And their first big hit could be Bone Broth.

[I can't even]

The feel-good story of the year in Salon.

Donald Trump's wrecking crew: A cabinet of zealots who yearn to destroy their own agencies

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/25/donal.....-agencies/

[Citizen X]

If only.

[commodious lies and cheats]

"Yearn to" is a huge stretch. "May have been receptive to the idea before they were nominated to their new positions" is more honest.

[XenoZooValentine]

Consult a doctor if the yearnings last more than four hours.

[invisible furry hand]

Richard Marx is responsible for Korean Air's decision to give its crew greater latitude to use stun guns

[Citizen X]

Goddamn Marxists.

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

Excellent, X.

[Swiss Servator]

*studio audience laugh track*

[Lee Genes]

Richard Marx is still alive?

[Cdr Lytton]

And married to Daisy Fuentes. She looks better than she did back on MTV. So does Marx, for that matter.

[Anomalous]

Is he the Marx brother known as Emo?

[Bee Tagger]

Russian and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.

So it turns out GarJo wouldn't have had to know what Aleppo was, after all.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Atlantic highlights some key 2017 religious liberty battles we can expect.

First up: AGW versus the Jedi.

[Swiss Servator]

I got 1000 Republic credits on the Jedi - they have lightsabres.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I wonder how much CO2 those things emit.

[Crusty Juggler]

Obama administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia for election interference

The Obama administration is close to announcing a series of measures to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 presidential election, including economic sanctions and diplomatic censure, according to U.S. officials.

The administration is finalizing the details, which also are expected to include covert action that will probably involve cyber-operations, the officials said. An announcement on the public elements of the response could come as early as this week.

What does covert mean again?

[Rich]

Hsst! Shh!

[bacon-magic]

Nothing scares me more than a coward that has nothing left to lose, he couldn't be a real man the last 8 years so he's puffing up his chest now. Smart. Stay classy you douche.

[Suthenboy]

Hasn't the whole 'Russia hacked the election' been thoroughly debunked? This is just Obama shitting in the nest for Trump.

[Tyler.C]

Yes yes it is

[XenoZooValentine]

Short answer: Pretty much. Third attempt to post this, praise be the merciful squirrels:

http://blog.erratasec.com/2016.....-york.html

[Tonio]

But they already took down that plane... [proffers roll of tinfoil to fellow commenters]

[Swiss Servator]

I KNEW IT!!!

*winds foil frantically into pakol*

[Eternal Blue Sky]

So... now that we've avoided war with Russia by electing the guy with the mancrush on Putin rather than the lady with the warboner for Putin... Obama's decided he wants to trigger the war before Trump can get into office.

[Christmas Cuck, Jr.]

Oregon is banning floating lanterns.

Oh, good. You never know, those things could...tip over? Get wet? Whatever, I feel safer.

[invisible furry hand]

Jesus, the danger is pretty obvious. They could set fire to the water.

[Swiss Servator]

Its not Lake Erie!

[Juice]

floating in the air...toward the dry kindling in the woods

[EDG reppin LBC]

Actually the Japanese during wwii tried to start massive wildfires in the American West with floating lanterns. They burned some Oregon forest, but the campaign was not successful.

[Tonio]

Brilliant play on "floating."

[commodious lies and cheats]

Plus several people in some church group picnicking on a beach.

[Jerryskids]

Oregon is banning floating lanterns.

Not floating, flying. Floating in the air.

You'd think these things would already be banned.

[Tonio]

We used to call those "UFOs" in college. Birthday candles, soda straws and a drycleaning bag. "Oooooh, aaaaaah."

[commodious lies and cheats]

Beat me to it.

[XenoZooValentine]

I remember reading a magazine article about the balloon bombs years ago.

Gotta hand it to them, that is some Cobra Commander tier super-villainy there.

[butt-head]

The press largely cooperated with the government's secrecy efforts.

Plus ?a change...

[Lord Humungus]

Jonah Goldberg: Does a Never Trumper Need to Be Forgiven?

And that brings me to what I think I got right: Trump's character. I am not referring to his personal conduct toward women, a culture-war weapon that Trump and Bill Clinton together have removed from partisan arsenals for the foreseeable future. Nor am I necessarily referring to how he has managed his businesses, though I think those patterns of behavior are entirely relevant to understanding our next president.

What I have chiefly in mind is that rich nexus of unrestrained ego, impoverished impulse control, and contempt for policy due diligence. I firmly and passionately believe that character is destiny. From his reported refusal to accept daily intelligence briefings to his freelancing every issue under the sun on Twitter ? including, most recently, nuclear-arms policy ? Trump's blas? attitude troubles me deeply, just as it did during the campaign.

[I can't even]

Having a sad because his crappy magazine is now a laughing stock and descending into irrelevancy?

[Slammer]

And Kevin Williamson compared Trump's kids to Uday and Qusay

[Tyler.C]

And that brings me to what I think I got right: Trump's character. I am not referring to his personal conduct toward women, a culture-war weapon that Trump and Bill Clinton together have removed from partisan arsenals for the foreseeable future.

Correction: removed from Republican and Democratic arsenals. It's not everyone else's fault you keep electing sexual predators.

[XenoZooValentine]

That the system regularly employs such sociopaths might give statists pause, if they had any self-awareness.

[Ceci n'est pas un woodchipper]

What I have chiefly in mind is that rich nexus of unrestrained ego, impoverished impulse control, and contempt for policy due diligence.

So...Barack Obama? Or Hillary Clinton? 99.5% of politicians everywhere?

[Tyler.C]

We are putting people in jail because they are poor": Maryland might reform its bail system

Is there another reason to put people in jail?

[invisible furry hand]

Carrie Fisher gave impressive presents

[Citizen X]

She was also in a porno. Sort of.

[Lee Genes]

Featuring Chan getting it on with a famous porn actress of the time, the cast also included Sammo Hung (from Walker, Texas Ranger and co-star of the short lived spin-off Martial Law with Arsenio Hall). Hung working his groin-groove can only be considered a cinematic hate crime against humanity-having said that, the scenes with Arsenio cheering him on from the sidelines are pretty entertaining.

Sammo's got the name for it, but sheesh.

[Crusty Juggler]

This part made me laugh and nod:

To people who read The New Yorker, Gray was best known for his post-modern, hyper intellectual monologues (and films of same), like Swimming to Cambodia. (We knew him as a smarty-pants Garrison Keillor type that made our college professors rub themselves against their desks with their eyes closed, quietly singing "When Doves Cry.")

RIP.

[Lord Humungus]

Woman offers police more than subtle innuendo

Fort Pierce police in plain clothes and an unmarked vehicle approached North 13th Street and Avenue D.

A woman, later identified as Thomes, was standing on the southeast corner. Police reported she was trying to flag down motorists.

She turned toward Officer Christopher Guadagno and started waving.

Investigators report she lifted her dress, exposed her private parts and said, "Come on."

Thomes, listed as homeless in Fort Pierce, was arrested on a misdemeanor exposure of sexual organs charge.

What kind of music can you get out of a sexual organ?

[Citizen X]

AKA Crustina Jugglette

[Libertarian]

Sexual organs are not illegal, per se. It was the the monkey who was playing it that was technically breaking the law.

[Citizen X]

Sex with animals? Dammit, man, there's no time!

[Swiss Servator]

+1 Chimpanzee Minkee

[XenoZooValentine]

Grinder? I hardly know 'er!

[commodious lies and cheats]

If she's on Grindr, well... say, have you ever seen The Crying Game?

[Suthenboy]

Rutgers University stands up for freedom of speech. Or not. Rutgers tells students to stop speaking.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....sions.html

You really cant parody these people.

[Juvenile Bluster]

For example, this article from The Onion, which seemed so silly all the way back in mid-2015.

[Juice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ

[Tyler.C]

Students are to be seen not heard.

[Number 2]

In defense of Rutgers, the poster is the brainchild of on Residence Assistant, not university administration.

[R C Dean]

The Residence Assistant appointed by administration?

Close enough.

[Crusty Juggler]

Navy repeatedly dismissed evidence that 'Fat Leonard' was cheating the 7th Fleet

The Navy allowed the worst corruption scandal in its history to fester for several years by dismissing a flood of evidence that the rotund Asian defense contractor was cheating the service out of millions of dollars and bribing officers with booze, sex and lavish dinners, newly released ?documents show.

The Singapore-based contractor, Leonard Glenn Francis, found it especially easy to outwit the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), the renowned law enforcement agency that has inspired one of the longest-running cop shows on television.

Justice Department officials say there is no end in sight to the investigation and that 200 people have fallen under scrutiny. Among them are about 30 current or retired admirals, according to Navy ?officials.

NCIS officials declined to comment in detail about the 27 closed investigations into Glenn Defense. But they acknowledged that they were slow to recognize the scale of the fraud and the extent to which the Navy had been corrupted. Francis has admitted in court to bribing "scores" of Navy officials, only some of whom have been publicly identified.

[Crusty Juggler]

Federal court records show that Francis methodically cultivated a network of paid Navy informants over many years and planted them throughout the bureaucracy. He had spies inside the Navy's regional contracting office in Singapore, the U.S. Embassy in Manila and the wardroom of the USS Blue Ridge, a command ship that serves as the flagship for the Navy's 7th Fleet and the hub for maritime operations in Asia.

In exchange for paid sex with prostitutes, cash and luxury vacations, Francis's informants fed him a near-daily diet of classified material and inside information that enabled him to keep gouging the Navy and outfox his pursuers for years, according to court records.

Other NCIS files reveal how little the Navy knew about Glenn Defense's internal operations, even though it depended on the company to provide critical services such as port security for U.S. ships and submarines.

[Crusty Juggler]

Mike Seaman, a retired chief petty officer who served on the USS Blue Ridge, recalled a party that was held under a big-top tent on the bow of the warship when it visited Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2010.

Seaman said he and other enlisted personnel were not invited but were standing on the pier watching guests arrive when Francis appeared in a black stretch Hummer limousine.

"About a dozen beautiful Asian women got out, and there were no dudes, other than Fat Leonard and maybe one of his guys," Seaman said in an interview.

The women were scantily dressed and boarded the USS Blue Ridge with Francis, according to Seaman.

"It was kind of weird to see the dude roll up with some badass chicks," he added. "They weren't bottom-shelf tuna. They were real good-looking women."

It is a very long piece, which means it will not receive the attention it deserves. Also, the tuna line.

[Swiss Servator]

Hanging for all who did this. This is aid and comfort to our enemies.

[commodious lies and cheats]

Bombshell Asian chicks are not our enemies.

[jack sprat]

Seaman?

[ant1sthenes]

The sailor's name is Seaman?

[Citizen X]

If that's your name, you've really only got two career options available, and one of them is the Navy.

[Darth Squirrel]

+1 Gibbslap

[Michael Ejercito]

This would be a multi-part episode of JAG.

[Lord Humungus]

CNBC's John Harwood Blames White Fear For Democrat Losses Under Obama

Tweets:

for those making silly argument that Obama hurt Democratic Party: last 5 presidents have left both houses of Congress in opposition hands

? John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 27, 2016

drivers of D casualties under Obama: a) depth of financial crisis/Great Recession b) accumulated angst over 30-year income stagnation 1/2

? John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 27, 2016

drivers of D casualties under Obama: c) effective/unified R opposition, esp to ACA; d) Obama's race amid white fear of cultural change 2/2

? John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 27, 2016

among 2-term presidents, Clinton/Bush/Obama all began w/both houses of Congress run by their party, saw both flip. Reagan had & lost Senate

? John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 27, 2016

[Juvenile Bluster]

Every two term President since WWII has "hurt" their parties in such ways, IIRC.

But Obama's effect is worse than any of the others. Especially when it comes to governorships and state legislatures.

[Tyler.C]

Alloy of this seems reasonable, but then he had to throw in the race card.

[You ARE a Prog (MJG)]

Yep.

"Oh yeah, also racism, even though Obama was reelected amidst anemic economic growth and an unpopular legislative achievement."

[Libertarian]

"Meanwhile, Tucson police investigating "human trafficking" at local massage parlors have found at least eight of their own among massage-parlor clients."

So we mundane "civilians" get arrested for this stuff but cops "lose their certifications." Seems fair.

[commodious lies and cheats]

Arrested, named and shamed, possibly put on a sex offender registry for "trafficking." Work blocked the link, were any of the officers named? I'm betting not.

[Fist of Etiquette]

We are putting people in jail because they are poor...

Seems like they would have had to run afoul of some other law or regulation to get to this point. Or, is this a tacit acknowledgement that actions are over-criminalized? Maybe that's a good place to start instead.

[Number 2]

N-o-o-o-o! The government will never, ever concede that the there are too many crimes! It's the bail system that causes so many poor people to be incarcerated, not the excessive number of excuses the government has for locking them up in the first place!

New Jersey has already initiated "bail reform" because we "put too many poor people in jail." It will take effect January 1. As far as I can tell, the most significant outcome of "bail reform" is that it has given every public employee who is in any way related to the criminal justice system an excuse to demand more money and benefits to "offset" the "increased work load" they will encounter due to "bail reform," and will soon be giving every government agency that is in any way related to the criminal justice system an excuse to demand more employees to "keep up" with the "increased work load." How much do you want to bet that "bail reform" becomes nothing more than another big government scam?

[Ceci n'est pas un woodchipper]

Wouldn't that be nice? Really, I think it's part of Maryland's general strategy, which is to get people into the system and shake them down as quickly as possible, then leave them there as long as they can. Maryland nickels and dimes residents as much as it can, but state government is slowly realizing that you make more money in the long run by charging people small fees and fines frequently than you do by charging people huge fines now and again. This bail reform is just another aspect of that.

[The Late P Brooks]

The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a transgender boy from joining.

What sort of giant papier mache puppet head is appropriate for the display of properly ostentatious outrage about this?

[bacon-magic]

A giant ? mark and a webelos badge?

[Lord Humungus]

Anger at Georgetown professor for her MONTH-LONG foul-mouthed rant at Muslim ex-colleague who voted Trump

In her Washington Post article, Nomani said she was motivated by a distaste for Obama's edging around using the phrase 'Islamic extremism', the cost of Obamacare and what she saw as Obama's failure to help poor and rural Americans.

According to Nomani, on November 22, 12 days after her article was published, Fair began a sustained period of abuse on Twitter and Facebook.

In a letter of complaint to the university, Nomani said that Fair told her 'F**K YOU, GO TO HELL', and called her a 'wench', a 'fraud' and a 'fame-mongering clown show'.

Nomani added that Fair had called her 'chutiya,' or 'the equivalent of a "f**ker" in my native Urdu', and 'bevkuf', another Urdu word meaning 'idiot'.

The letter also included images of Tweets apparently sent by Fair.

One tweet, dated November 22, read: 'Yes, @AsraNomani, I've written you off as a human being. Your vote helped normalize Nazis in DC. What don't you understand, you cluless [sic] dolt?'

[Lee Genes]

Fair is a bit of a nut.

[Lee Genes]

She's previously called for burning down the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan and is extremely pro-dronestrike.

[Tyler.C]

Stay classy left

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ha, I don't know if it was deliberate, but Nomani seems to have played those exchanges perfectly. Played against Nomani's even-keeled responses, Fair comes across even more of the shrieking moonbat that she apparently is.

[Rich]

Obama administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia

A "Red" line, as it were.

[Swiss Servator]

*reddens gaze*

[Tyler.C]

*dons nuclear flash sunglasses*

[Lord Humungus]

Couple Forced to Destroy 40yo Pond on Their Own Property Because Govt Owns the Rainwater

"I basically bought a lemon," said Jon, who became teary-eyed at the edge of the partially ice-covered body of water being targeted by government, in an interview with the Mail Tribune. "That's how they explained it to me."

But the couple desperately wants to keep the stunning longstanding feature in tact, so, as the Mail Tribune reports, the Careys have "pleaded with the Medford Water Commission to adopt the pond and treat it as a municipal water source, something Jackson County Watermaster Larry Menteer has opposed because of the precedent it would set.

"The Water Commission has rights to the watershed around the Careys' property, where dozens, if not hundreds, of ponds are located, as well as Medford's primary source of water, Big Butte Springs."

And the Careys aren't the only people in the watershed who've had difficulties with, well, 'the government's' water.

Eagle Point resident Gary Harrington spent 90 days in jail for illegally harboring some 13 million gallons of illicit rainwater ? that's enough rain to fill around 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

[Libertarian]

In tact?

[commodious lies and cheats]

Going by the book might have been the 'fatal' error for the couple, however, since the county didn't take issue with the pond until Jon sought to grow legal medical cannabis on the land and had to prove there was a viable source of water for the grow operation.

Boom. Nothing to do with the pond per se, this was petty NIMBYism by some local pencil-dick bureaucrat.

[Lord Humungus]

Stopped Ohio motorist handed 5-year-old son sippy cup with wine, police say

Police say an Ohio woman stopped for driving erratically handed her 5-year-old son a sippy cup with wine in it when officers approached her car.

Twenty-seven-year-old Elizabeth Louise Floyd is now charged with driving under the influence and child endangering.

Police say they stopped Floyd after getting a call Friday about a vehicle crossing the double yellow line and hitting a curb in the northeast Cincinnati suburb of Loveland.

They say Floyd acknowledged giving the cup with wine to her son to hold during the traffic stop.

[Lord Humungus]

Oregon man locked inside movie theater after falling asleep during 'Star Wars'

Justin Haworth said he decided to take in the late show Friday at Cornelius 9 Cinema after having a few drinks at a nearby bar, but he fell asleep after only about 20 minutes of the film.

"I ended up passing out," Haworth told KOIN-TV.

Haworth awoke about 1 a.m. to discover that the movie had ended, the theater was closed, and he was alone in the building.

"It really hit me once I came outside into the lobby and saw nobody there," he said. "I called for anybody and nobody was there and I was like, 'Oh man!'"

Haworth said he waited about 20 minutes for police after triggering the building's burglar alarm and he tried the police non-emergency line when it seemed no one was coming.

[Lee Genes]

Should have just fired up the hotdog cooker and watched a few movies.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Couldn't he have just walked out through the emergency exit?

[Libertarian]

Waited 20 minutes for the police to show up. I've always doubted cops' estimates of response time.

[Steve G]

Ms Brown,
These links are meh. I'm telling KMW.
Signed,
Conservative Male

[Juvenile Bluster]

For anyone who doesn't get the reference, see this tweet from ENB

[Palin's Buttplug]

Wingnuts gonna wingnut.

ENB does an excellent job here.

[GILMORE?]

Still don't get it.

[GILMORE?]

Trying to figure out wtf anyone is talking about, all i can determine is,

"The Claim that Twitter is Mostly Journalists Hating on Other Journalists Appears to Be True"

[Tyler.C]

Fake News!!!!

[XenoZooValentine]

Twitter is mostly spambots spamming other spambots.

[Crusty Juggler]

I had the time yesterday* so I fired up the ol' phone and tried to read about that, and what I learned is that Michael Rappaport has a podcast that Eli Lake appeared(appears?) on. Who the fuck wants to listen to Michael Rappaport talk about anything, and why is a fat, dorky national security writer appearing on his show? IT'S MADNESS!

*The Christmas poops are apparently never ending.

[GILMORE?]

Who the fuck wants to listen to Michael Rappaport talk about anything?

He did a documentary film about Tribe Called Quest which resulted in their finally releasing a new record. sort of. The entire film was basically him going, "COME ON, PLEASE?"

[Crusty Juggler]

Yes, I watched it, and it was terrible because Michael Rappaport is terrible. He peaked as Dick Ritchie in True Romance and Murray Babitch in Cop Land, and then we as a public decided he sucks and want him to go away. But no, he soldiers on, continuing to inflict his cringe-worthy, NYC-centric personality - which is also the basis for every character he plays in ever film or television show he has ever been in - on everyone. His accent in Justified was one absolutely brutal. Stop talking about how good the Knicks where in the 90s - they were fucking boring. Go away.

[GILMORE?]

I can't say anything bad about the guy. We had sushi together once. That basically means he's my blood-brother.

[GILMORE?]

Stop talking about how good the Knicks where in the 90s - they were fucking boring. Go away.

I thought you were talking to me there for a second, then i remembered that i never actually do this here.

But seriously, the knicks in the 1990s were the greatest thing ever.

[Crusty Juggler]

73-71 slugfests against the Heat in the playoffs? You're a monster.

[GILMORE?]

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

[Crusty Juggler]

You probably had a Kenny "Sky" Walker jersey, didn't you? Or was it a Charlie Ward jersey? Or, a Chris Childs jersey? It was Chris Childs, wasn't it?

[GILMORE?]

Shame on you. It was Starks, and it will always be Starks.

[XenoZooValentine]

This never would have happened when Postrel was in charge.

[Crusty Juggler]

A Song for Bill de Blasio Sounds a Sour Note for Watchdogs

Mayor Bill de Blasio posted a video on his City Hall Twitter account on Tuesday that featured two Broadway actors singing his praises and promoting his accomplishments, drawing criticism from government watchdog groups who said that it was an inappropriate use of public money and was too much like a campaign ad.

de Blasio's acting is not the worst part of the video, feel free to watch the video if you so desire.

[Crusty Juggler]

They go on to plug mayoral programs like protections for renters, the construction and preservation of affordable housing, and a mental health initiative.

"Who's bringing cops and community close?" Ms. Ushkowitz sings as the beat goes up-tempo. "Who's got incarceration and crime rates sinking to a record low?"

The performance closes with a rousing reference to Mr. de Blasio. "No matter what will be, we've got Billy D. B.!" Ms. Ushkowitz belts out.

[You ARE a Prog (MJG)]

I won't watch it, so I will die believing the song was set to The Stonecutters song.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Although the mayor is running for re-election next year, Mr. Phillips said in a written statement that the video "doesn't have anything to do with his campaign." He added, "We think New Yorkers have a right to know what their government does, and it's our job to communicate that work in a modern way."

Riiiiiiiight.

[commodious lies and cheats]

The problem with Twitter, see, is that an ungrateful public communicates back.

[Rich]

a security officer stopped them and asked if they were with a parent or guardian. They weren't, and they were surprised to find out their status as unaccompanied minors meant they were barred from entering.

Let the age-discrimination lawsuits begin!

[I can't even]

Watching the news last night, I noticed a common theme about those brawls. Kicking out white girls and Asian kids is not addressing the problem.

[Crusty Juggler]

White girls elected Trump, so they should be kicked out of the country, asshole.

[Tyler.C]

Those kids need to be on the streets, where they can learn to be responsible. And in no way will this lead to more issues with idle teens getting into trouble.

[CPRM]

A big thanks to whichever of you that were talking about Tropico 3 a few weeks back, picked it for $3 and have gotten much more value in entertainment.

[Free Society]

The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a transgender boy from joining.

The left won't stop until the Boy Scouts are transformed into the Safe Space Youth League.

[Lord Humungus]

OT:

While shopping at Walmart yesterday for Whey Protein, I saw someone who looked remarkably like a 70s Elvis. He had the same pompadour, gold sunglasses, and was dressed in black with an embroidered shirt. If I had been quicker with the camera, I could have gotten into the Weekly World News.

I also upped my workout yesterday and did a single 270 pound bench press. I'm aiming for a 300 by summer. The 270 - free weights - was incredibly difficult with the bar only slowly going up. But it still felt good to beat my best ever: 260 pounds. Not bad for a desk jockey who has always been more on the lean than mean side.

[Slammer]

I saw someone who looked remarkably like a 70s Elvis. He had the same pompadour, gold sunglasses, and was dressed in black with an embroidered shirt.

SHHHH!

[jack sprat]

This may be obvious but I hope you are upping your squats and leg presses as well if you are heading toward 300 on bench. I'm older now and don't do very heavy weights anymore but I did the whole 155 lbs as young teenager to 210 as young adult through weight training. It's a satisfying journey (that and my black belts).

[Lord Humungus]

I squat and deadlift - probably not as heavy as I should or could. There is something about squatting (cue the Warty theme music) that I find uncomfortable - like I'm going to go down and never come back up (sexual euphemism overload!). And my deadlift form is still iffy, sometimes leading to lower back pain if I mess up.

By nature I've always had huge calves and meaty thighs - even moderate squatting and deadlifting has made my jeans even tighter.

[Darth Squirrel]

If I had been quicker with the camera, I could have gotten into the Weekly World News.

But he'd already left the building.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Shady Submarine Deal Ties Netanyahu to Another Corrupt Scandal, Threatens Israeli-Germany Ties

Real News Network

http://therealnews.com/t2/inde.....17813#pop1

[Free Society]

Yeah real news, with a forward by Howard Zinn and articles detailing that Castro's central planning having only failed because of the blockade. Oh yeah and something something Koch Brothers conspiracy something something.

Very credible news site you got there.

[ant1sthenes]

Uh, the name of the site is real news. That's how you know it isn't Faux News. Or fake news. Or whatever other information source is currently undermining progpaganda.

[The Fusionist]

"The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a [girl calling herself a boy] from joining."

So much for appeasement - their capitulation to the SJWs only worked for a couple of years.

And there's a very simply answer which should make everyone happy - this girl has a strong imagination, she can simply identify as a boy scout, whether she is one or not, and that ought to suffice.

[The Fusionist]

Come to think of it, this solution should work more broadly.

Confused man: "Wait, what am I doing in the men's room, I'm a teenage girl! Let me recite my mantra [gets a paper from which he recites]. I am a teenage girl, this is a ladies' room, if the other people in here look like guys it's because they're transgenders like myself. OK, I feel better now."

[Tonio]

Just like how much better reciting your magical incantations, the "Hail Mary" and the "Lord's Prayer" make you feel?

[commodious lies and cheats]

Should be fine as long as he's not doing it in my living room at two in the morning.

[The Fusionist]

Not even wrong.

[Tonio]

Do away with their congressional charter and then they'll be a truly private organization. Also, all of that free rental that various state and local governments give them.

[The Fusionist]

Yes, fight these moochers! The fact that this would give aid and comfort to the SJW agenda is simply an unfortunate coincidence.

[Domestic Dissident]

So much for appeasement - their capitulation to the SJWs only worked for a couple of years.

It's absolutely impossible to satisfy these vermin with anything less than total, absolute, dictatorial control and decision-making authority over every single aspect of everyone's life. They will never settle for anything less.

They should be decisively told to go fuck themselves.

[Vernon Depner]

"The Boy Scouts of America is facing tough questions after banning a child over his gender identity."

She wasn't banned over her "gender identity". She was banned for being the wrong sex for the program.

[Free Society]

Good point. I don't think the bylaws care one little bit about anyone's "gender identity", the rules regarding membership pertain to biological sex not their mental problems as far as I'm aware.

[Vernon Depner]

Let's not jump to the conclusion that the girl has any mental health problem. It's more likely her parents are crazy.

[Free Society]

I'm not jumping to any conclusion. The kid *apparently* has some kind body dysphoria, a mental disorder. Maybe the proper treatment is lop off the ole penis, I don't know, but there's no sense in pretending that a person who views themselves as something other than their biological sex, doesn't have a disorder. If the kid fancied herself a unicorn or had an overriding urge to cut off her feet, we'd call that a mental disorder. This is no different aside from the level of social acceptance and social posturing injected into the issue from culture.

[Vernon Depner]

I don't agree that that's "apparent". The kid might be mentally healthy and have no delusion, but just have a preference for traditionally male activities and male friends. It's likely her parents introduced her to the "transgender" concept and encouraged her to call herself a "transgender boy".

[Free Society]

Fair enough. There's always a chance that this is just a tomboy whose delusions stem from an external source, like two tremendously shitty parents.

[Vernon Depner]

Again, I see no reason to presume "delusions" on her part. She's just parroting what her parents say about her.

[Free Society]

Or she believes what her parents are telling her because mommy and daddy are the smartest people in the world and never lie.

[Mickey Rat]

The Boy Scouts are being criticized for not accepting that a subjective assertion of gender identity overrides the objective fact of biological sex and enforcing their membership standards accordingly, the monsters.

[Lee Genes]

Let's get this party started.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028403716

[Lord Humungus]

+1 Stormfront

[Citizen X]

Not today, man. Fuck DU.

[Lee Genes]

How can you resist?

"Until about 2 weeks ago I believed in civility. But I no longer do. Y'see, I've met too many Trumpturds in the days since the election. They're EVIL. I sing karaoke at a tourist bar and I meet them all the time. They're gloating. They're racists. They hate San Francisco (and yet they come to visit) because it's so liberal. They are blind to all the stuff that Trump is going to do. As far as I'm concerned it's now an all-out war, and I don't care to speak civilly to anybody who supported Trump. I don't support bullies.... I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."

[Citizen X]

It IS sort of nice for provincial idiots to publically proclaim their provincial idiocy...

[Tonio]

" I sing karaoke at a tourist bar..."

Sad. So very sad.

[commodious lies and cheats]

No, people hate progressives (quit calling yourselves liberals just because your jackboots are pink) because they've infested places like San Francisco.

[GILMORE?]

They are blind to all the stuff that Trump is going to do

I'm seeing that bit in Lord of the Rings where Gandalf throws his robe over a Palantir

[commodious lies and cheats]

These euphemisms...

[Ceci n'est pas un woodchipper]

Until about 2 weeks ago I believed in civility.

No you didn't you lying cocksmoker, you believed in living in an echo chamber and shouting down anyone who disagreed with you, and that hasn't changed in the past two weeks. Fuck these assholes. They bitch about bullies while being bullies themselves, and like bullies they run away with their tails between their legs if you refuse to back down.

[robc]

Odds that he would have voted for a Republican over Robert Byrd (if he were located in WV)?

[Libertarian]

You don't understand. You're a racist if you vote for the same candidate as a racist. You're NOT racist if you're the member of a party that ELECTS someone who's
in the KKK. Got it?

[XenoZooValentine]

It's DU, finding Internet Tough Guy derp in that cesspool is like shooting fish in a barrel of dead fish with a howitzer.

[Free Society]

Expensive?

[XenoZooValentine]

Noisy? Unsanitary? Dangerous? Probably illegal?

I forgot where I was going with this.

[I can't even]

California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence of caffeine

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/20.....ano-county

[Tyler.C]

Caffeine is a gateway substance. First you are drinking some red-bull, and then before you know it you are an alcoholic living from beer to beer.

[commodious lies and cheats]

He cut the officer off in traffic. That was his crime. The rest is punishment, even if he's let off.

[The Late P Brooks]

Put a stake through its heart

"There's no reason" for companies who aren't required to participate in the program to be trading RINs, Icahn said in the interview Tuesday.

Petroleum refiners are required to blend renewable fuels like ethanol into gasoline as part of a 2007 energy law passed under President George W. Bush that sought to slow the pace of oil consumption and its carbon footprint. Each gallon is tracked by a unique, 38-digit Renewable Identification Number.

Todd Becker, the chief executive officer of ethanol producer Green Plains Inc., on Tuesday dismissed Icahn's complaints about the ethanol laws as being the result of a bad bet in the fuel market.

"These are complicated policies, and I don't think you can just take one view of one person who's on the wrong side of the trade to really reform a system that doesn't need to be reformed today," Becker said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

Fuck you, Becker. Ethanol subsides need to die.

[GILMORE?]

the wrong side of the trade

i.e. didn't bribe politicians to hand his company a mandated market

[westernsloper]

Ethanol subsides need to die. Indeed.

Given some of his primary speeches in Iowa, I am not counting on that under a Trump administration though.

[Red Rocks Dickin Bimbos]

Make Gasoline Great Again.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Police officer breaks protocol, state law, runs red light, crashes into pedestrian, truck, and donut shop

But don't worry, our brave officer will be just fine.

BEND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon State Police investigation has found that a police corporal in central Oregon violated department policy by illegally running a red light before striking a truck, a pedestrian and a doughnut shop earlier this year.

The Bulletin reports that Bend Police Chief Jim Porter says the state police investigation shows Cpl. Robert Emerson violated both department policy and state law, but that the crash was one mistake in an otherwise exemplary career.

"Our investigation found that he was in violation of our vehicle operation policies," Porter said. "Furthermore, a circuit court judge found that he violated state law. So there's no doubt that on that day he was in violation of policy and state law, and that he made a mistake. There is absolutely no doubt about that."

Emerson was cited after the March 5 crash and paid a $260 fine. Emerson collided with a pickup truck, slid across an intersection, hit a pedestrian and smashed into the Dough Nut shop, Oregon State Police said. No shop employees or customers were injured. Both Emerson and the pedestrian were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

[Citizen X]

but that the crash was one mistake in an otherwise exemplary career

He'll have to wait a whole extra week before they give him his service medal.

[Libertarian]

A career where he felt he could run red lights at will. So, is this the first "mistake" he made, or is it that it just didn't work out well THIS time?

[invisible furry hand]

smashed into the Dough Nut shop

You always hurt the one you love

[Lord Humungus]

I'm surprised the cop didn't get a brutal beatdown from his brothers-in-blue for that travesty.

[commodious lies and cheats]

I'm surprised the truck driver, pedestrian, and doughnut shop owner didn't get brutal beatdowns for getting in the way of a brother-in-blue.

[Tyler.C]

*standing ovation*

[Swiss Servator]

*opera applause*

[R C Dean]

He paid a $260 fine for all that? Shit, you can pay more than that for a simple speeding ticket, no injuries or property damage.

dunphy, tell us all about how the double standard is actually harder on cops.

[GILMORE?]

Russian and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.

That's weird. I had no idea they were at war. Is Syria even fighting Syria anymore?

[Sevo]

My morning dose of TDS:

1) "Parenting in the era of Donald Trump"
[...]
"It was perfectly fine to explain how awful and frightening Trump was. ..."

2) "Latinos in tech prepare for resistance as Trump takes office"
They found two guys with Hispanic surnames in tech-related businesses who are "personally affected" by Trump; their candidate lost.

3)"Trump's strange political dance with Vladimir Putin"
By Robert Reich; no further explanation required.
http://www.sfgate.com/search/?.....uery=trump

[Libertarian]

Goddam it, it's been literally months since I've said this, so here it goes: I absolutely loathe Robert Reich.

[Sevo]

Well, his columns on how the poor are getting richer slower than the rich are getting richer are amusing. But not so much after the 20th or 30th time.

[commodious lies and cheats]

How am I supposed to explain to my eight-year-old why two men are kissing Mr. not-my-president got into office?

[GILMORE?]

Vogue thinks 2017 will be the year of boozy kombucha, bone broth, pea milk, and drinkable collagen.

Is Vogue what happens when Teen Vogue grows up and gets serious?

[R C Dean]

More, grows old and gets desperate, methinks.

[GILMORE?]

"Vogue is Teen Vogue after its second divorce, but before it succumbs to middle-aged alcoholism"

[Fist of Etiquette]

Gary Shimun, 60, submitted his resignation two days after showing up at a hotel in Daytona Beach Shores expecting to have sex with a 22-year-old college student for money...

Dude was greedy. I would have let her have sex with me for free!

[bacon-magic]

Fistful of Dollah to make you Hollah

[XenoZooValentine]

*golf clap*

*hikes up golf pants to his sternum*

*mumbles something clever about shagging balls*

[Robert]

"Religious liberty" is bemusing. It usually seems oblique, orthogonal, or even skew to liberty generally, but historically it's been a major ground for struggles over freedom.

[GILMORE?]

Not sure what you mean.

as far as the supreme court is concerned, mostly its been confined to "rules about how you're allowed to display nativities"

[Tyler.C]

Maybe because freedom of conscience is important or something....

[westernsloper]

Russian (dressing) and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria. are good topped with sauerkraut and served on toasted rye. A Tueben.

[Krabappel]

Spicy mustard or GTFO.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...Oscar Ramos and Vincent Valenzuela were among eight employees who quit, or were terminated by, the Tucson Police Department after evidence linked them to a prostitution ring under investigation.

But the idea of not being linked to a prostitution ring made the officers fear for their lives!

[Rebel Scum]

The Boy Scouts of America are facing criticism for banning a transgender boy from joining.

Did they miss the part about how it is called the BOY Scouts?

[Rebel Scum]

Russian and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.

A White Russian?

[XenoZooValentine]

There's a beverage here, man!

[Swiss Servator]

That ceasefire really tied the room together.