Trump Acts on Trade, Hiring, Abortion Funding, SCOTUS Rejects Voter ID Suit, Rubio Supports Tillerson: P.M. Links

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  Ron Sachs—Pool via CNP/Sipa US/Newscom

  President Donald Trump's big actions today: Withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (which was never approved by Congress anyhow); reinstituting a federal ban on funding clinics that provide abortions outside the United States; and freezing the hire of new federal employees (with exceptions for "military, public safety, and public health").

• Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion? Guess before clicking here.
• The Supreme Court will not be hear a case over the constitutionality of Texas' voter ID law, but it could later on as it passes through lower courts.
• The Supreme Court also declined to hear a case challenging a Utah law against polygamous cohabitation brought by the stars of reality show Sister Wives.
• The Department of Defense is rejecting a report by Russian-owned media that Russia and the United States had cooperated on a strike against the Islamic State in Syria.
• Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) will support Trump's pick of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, despite his previously declared reservations.
• An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

President Donald Trump’s big actions today…

Yuge?

[bacon-magic]

Let’s do the time warp again…yugely.

[bacon-magic]

I oughta get first for using blockquotes…life isn’t fair! *stamps foot like a petulant crybaby progressive

[Fist of Etiquette]

Blockquotes are for when you quote something from another page. Do I have to come up with all the rules?

[bacon-magic]

Yes, yes you did/do/will.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Do I have to come up with all the rules?

Absolutely not!

Tonio is the (self-appointed) rule-maker.

Which is really libertarian of him.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

Trump can’t waste a second. Undoing Obama’s legacy is gonna take time!

[DEG]

Hello.

Hell, Obama couldn’t undo Bush’s legacy. He had eight years and people still blamed shit on Bush.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Hell, Obama couldn’tdidn’t wanna undo Bush’s legacy. Because He had eight years and people still blamed shit on Bush.

[DEG]

You are correct. Maybe I should have had a drink before posting.

[DOOMco]

OHHHHHH

[bacon-magic]

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) will support Trump’s pick of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, despite his previously declared reservations.

Little Marco.

[Libertymike]

Regarding his hands? They could be bigger depending upon the size of quid paid by Trump for Rubio’s quo.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion?

11/9? Never forget.

[straffinrun]

I didn’t guess before clicking.

[flye]

5/28 – never forget

[juris imprudent]

I was assuming 14 June, or for even more LULZ, 20 April.

[PBR Streetgang]

I guessed 5/17 to retroactively excuse the ‘lost PM lynx’

[Playa Manhattan.]

“The Supreme Court will not be hear a case over the constitutionality of Texas’ voter ID law, but it could later on as it passes through lower courts.”

I agree. I shouldn’t have to show an ID to buy a gun.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

It’s racism, straight up.

[FreeToFear]

That’s not fair… for one of those you’re acquiring tools of violence to use against your enemies… in the other you’re just buying a gun

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

The Supreme Court also declined to hear a case challenging a Utah law against polygamous cohabitation brought by the stars of reality show Sister Wives.

Leave the camera’s for the politicians.

[Ted S.]

Leave the camera’s what for the politicians?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Reality tv show plaintiffs yada yada…

[Tonio]

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Everyone, please note that there are now several different AmSoc posters. If you look carefully you will note that what appears to be the “ell” in “socialist” in the comment below is actually an uppercase “eye.” Those two letters look the same in this dumb typeface. Thanks to whoever noticed this originally.

Also, there are additional “AmSoc” commenters using name variants with capital letters and underscores. I’m personally ignoring them all.

[Tonio]

american sociaIist|1.20.17 @ 4:34PM|#

Guys,

As you have been seeing today?.i have a confession to make (some have already deduced this at times). I am a pure troll, i was just having fun essentially parodying socialism and tweaking you.

I had a rather abrupt conversion to not troll anymore. I found out my wife is expecting and it really puts things into perspective to be more serious. i do enjoy reading most of the commenters sans that clown tony (who i think is actually like me). I admit at times i was jealous he was getting attention lol.

I am not a socialist at all. I hate parasites and that ideology murders people to form a utopia. I support free markets and limited government. It should have gave it away that i 1) own a computer 2) know how to operate it because that requires WORK.

So just wanted to say i will sane up (for a lack of a better term) from now on. The baby is the only thing that can parasite off me with my permission

cheers

amsoc

ps. now i played a character for so long, i may revert but just ignore going forward if causing a scene TIA

[bacon-magic]

I’m pretty sure it’s FreeSociety/Eddie. He needs to go away, along with Amsoc, I’m tiring of both of them and getting closer to blocking or stabbing them.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Why would Eddie do that?

[Tonio]

I would have thought better of Eddie.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Lies make baby Jesus cry.

[John Titor]

Doesn’t fit Eddie’s MO. Eddie’s dad jokes and insulting you to your face. The fake amsoc doesn’t write in any way similar to Eddie either.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Yeh, I’m thinking more along those lines. Doesn’t make sense.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

I don’t think it’s either one.

[Hyperion]

Maybe not, but I think that the ‘new’ troll who appeared today, California Socialist, might be shreek’s 3rd sock. Not sure yet, just something he replied to me with.

[CZmacure]

That’s Tulpa. And so are you.

[John Titor]

Wait, you mean Free Society or Eddie right? Because if they’re the same person you just blew my tiny little mind.

[bacon-magic]

I’m still the noob here, I thought I saw you guys referring to FreeSociety as Eddie. If I’m wrong, sorry. Whoever is posting on the AmSock account it is someone who is religious.

[straffinrun]

FS as Amsoc? Why would you think that?

[Rufus The Monocled]

Why are you pretending to be straffinrun??

/looks around.

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!

/Alfred Hitchcock silhouette.

ARGGHHHH!

[straffinrun]

Damn. Busted. This is why I never sock on pm links.

[Zeb]

No, Eddie is The Fusionist, formerly Notorious GKC, formerly Eduard Van Haalen.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Good job.

/throws a pack of mayo at Zeb.

INSIDE JOKE.

[Playa Manhattan.]

What’s a pack of mayo? Is that like a liter o’ cola?

[Rufus The Monocled]

http://bit.ly/2kllXIu

[Playa Manhattan.]

Do you steal condiments from fast food places?

What am I going to find when I look in your kitchen drawer?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Aren’t you supposed to squirt the mayo on his back?

[bacon-magic]

Ah ha! Sorry Free! I meant the Fusionist. I am so sorry Free Society! Please accept my apology.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Don’t forget the Notorious UGCC.

[Zeb]

Oh yeah. I knew he’d had another one at some point.

[Jimbo]

Zeb: Shit, I didn’t know The Fusionist had to many different names. He’s acting like a lefty/liberal/democrat/progressive!

Hey, Fusionist, I kid!

[Tonio]

Eddie is The Fusionist. He has switched handles several times, but his original (and longest-duration?) handle was “Eduard van Haalen” (spelling may be off, but whatevs). He’ll always be my little Eddie.

[Playa Manhattan.]

He has never tried to hide any of his handles.

[Libertymike]

Then there are peeps around here who have just been themselves since day 1.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

+1 no turning back now

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

You are all Tulpae.

[Free Society]

I’m pretty sure it’s FreeSociety/Eddie. He needs to go away, along with Amsoc, I’m tiring of both of them and getting closer to blocking or stabbing them.

Woh, what’d I do to you? I don’t recall ever arguing with you on anything. In fact I see us agreeing more often than not. You think I’m Eddie too? As in the poster using the handle ‘Notorious GKC’? This is all so interesting.

[bacon-magic]

Nothing FS,
I’m not attacking you, yes we do agree more than not. The AmSock acct just had some religious comments that sounded like you.

[Free Society]

Ha ha okay. I’m a sort of agnostic atheist for the record. My religious commentary is usually limited to disparaging Islam and it’s practitioners.

[bacon-magic]

I know, got your F name confused with the Fusionist. My bad.

[Free Society]

So we all look alike to you? I can’t even.

[bacon-magic]

*widens cis-hetero shitlord gaze*

[bacon-magic]

Sorry Free Society, I meant the Fusionist! *hangs head in shame
*bell tolls
shame
*bell tolls
shame
*bacon tokes
smokes

[Tonio]

“Notorious GKC” is so 2013; Eddie has been “The Fusionist” for a while. See above for more info.

[Free Society]

I think that switch happened late 2015.

[Not a True MJG]

Why you hate free speech?

[Playa Manhattan.]

One also has the “https://” in the handle link, the other doesn’t.

Either way, fuck them all.

[jesse.in.mb]

fuck them all

ewwwww

[bacon-magic]

Now jesse, don’t start ewwwwing like a teenage girl.

[jesse.in.mb]

YOU’RE NOT EVEN MY REAL DAD, DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

*slams bedroom door, blasts downbeat pop with vapid lyrics that seem really deep when you’re a dipshit teenager with zero life experience*

[Playa Manhattan.]

Lies. You’re just jerking it into a sock.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

But he’s jerking it to a downbeat pop beat with vapid lyrics…

[bacon-magic]

Smells like teen spirit. Lol.

[John Titor]

What did Nirvana ever do to you?

[bacon-magic]

Made my angsty years bearable. I turned into an amateur musician and had to shun them for a while but FooFighters was created and proved that there was at least one real musician in the bunch.

[Tonio]

Don’t make me come in there, young man…

[bacon-magic]

^These euphemisms…

[jesse.in.mb]

Yeah that took a turn for the niche porn market pretty fast.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

That wasn’t much of a euphemism, it sounded more like an out-n-out threat of sexual assault.

[Pan Zagloba]

Now jesse, don’t start ewwwwing like a teenage girl.

Under the circumstances, it was a reasonable response.

[Hyperion]

“It should have gave it away that i 1) own a computer 2) know how to operate it because that requires WORK”

I lurnt myself how to run the computer! DUH! LOLOLOL!!!

Shit Tonio, I didn’t actually have to read that since I’ve blocked it. Thanks!

[tarran]

Good for you!!!!

[Col. Chestbridge]

Your AddictionMyth impression needs work. And while you’re practicing it, for the love of freedom kill Hitler. I’ve seen the juice-hating bastard posting around here far too often.

[Pan Zagloba]

We try, but there’s a always a goddamn window he can escape through!

[tarran]

Your AddictionMyth impression needs work.

Good god, man! I have nothing to do with the shriek/addiction myth/dajal trolling complex. OK, I occasionally remonstrate with people for interacting with it (assuming that they are all emissions from the same shambolic, non-sentient mess of neurons that is shriek).

I blocked them long ago, and I encourage all right-minded people to do the same…

[Col. Chestbridge]

That’s probably the sane approach, but I’m just an eagle-headed colonel, so I must walk a different path. AM frequently responds to troll-feeders with some variation of “g00d for yoUUuu!!1!111”.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

I’m starting to suspect that Domestic Dissident might be the poster Mike M. under a different sock, but it sure is hard to tell.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Starting to suspect? It is him.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

I WAS PLAYING DUMB…which isn’t much of a thespianic stretch in my case.

[Zero Sum Game]

These euphemisms.

[bacon-magic]

What’s that, Sumo Mongo?

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Go to hell, Fake-cum Fag-bitch!

[bacon-magic]

It’s all real, honey. *mwah

[straffinrun]

I’m positive that’s Mike M.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Let’s not start pulling at the thread of who is posting under which names and just enjoy the healthy debate of ideas people sometimes have with themselves.

[Ska]

Too easy for a euphemism.

[Not a True MJG]

You’d like that, wouldn’t you?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Let’s not start pulling at…

^^Thanks Tulpa.

[John Titor]

Fucking hell people, stop changing your names and making fake accounts. I’m starting to think one day I’ll realize I’m just starting into a snowglobe and imagining Hit.

[John Titor]

*Hit & Run (fuck you squirrels).

[bacon-magic]

I thought Canada was a snow globe?

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Staring out of a snow globe?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Wait a sec… what’s Tulpa, chopped liver?

[Playa Manhattan.]

He’s into throwing pets into the woodchopper at the moment.

[bacon-magic]

Since I’m really confused…ya’ll refer to Tulpa a lot. Is Woodchip your pets his only account and I’m assuming he is just a troll like Tony, Amsoc, Shreek, etc.?

[Crusty Juggler]

Chip Your Pets is the lastest Tulpa name. There is also Sam Haysom or something like that.

[Pat (PM)]

Just in sockpuppet accounts that he’s accidentally exposed because he’s too retarded to properly handle-hop, Tulpa accounts for at least 1/3 of the registered accounts at Reason.

Shreek is also operating like half a dozen these days.

[Hyperion]

The Tulpa I used to know who used that actual handle is easy to identify because he gets angry and loses his shit. He’s one of the worst trolls ever, along with Botard and Cytotoxic. I think that AmSoc has taken the worst troll crown now of the ones who are left. Shreek has 2 known socks, AddictionMyth and dajjal. There’s also Hihn and there used to be someone named Mary Stack who apparently had an army of socks. I’m not really sure any of these new trolls are actually Tulpa, he was pretty hateful.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

I’m like 85% sure chemjeff is Cytotoxic.

[Jimbo]

Next you’ll be telling me my dad is Santa Claus!

[Tonio]

botard

For anyone who is new, Botard was Bo Cara, esq. who claimed to be a law student.

Mar Stack was truly unhinged, as in mentally ill, poor thing. Obsessed with letting no libertarian assertion go unchallenged. Mary also posted as White Indian who had some interesting things to say about libertarian primitivism but none of her personas could refrain from shrieking ad-hom gibberish.

[Playa Manhattan.]

He has had over a hundred handles. Tulpa, Tulpa the White, Tulpa (LOAL-VA), Rollo, Cunnivore, and so many others that I don’t care to remember. He gets drunk and has trouble keeping them straight.

[Hyperion]

My one block somehow must work on all of them.

[Tonio]

You can change your display name, aka handle, at-will. When you block here you block the account (email address), not the display name.

[jesse.in.mb]

I think it depends on whose plugin you’re using. I’ve had people reappear after small changes to their handle.

[Certified Public Asshat]

I am the real asshat, in case anyone is worried.

[Pat (PM)]

This is why we need certification!

[Trshmnstr, Grump Apprentice]

I’m tempted to publish my Greasemonkey script that changes the font of the usernames in comments to a serif font, making these manipulations easy to spot. Unfortunately, its other functions are still really buggy.

[Tonio]

Why just the usernames? Dare to be great.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.

There is no sugarcoating it – the man may have overracted.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Or overreacted, even.

[Ted S.]

Your first comment was overredacted.

[AlmightyJB]

He was speaking Australian.

[AlmightyJB]

Flakka strikes again

[ant1sthenes]

The Christian Right strikes again.

[Tonio]

Not necessarily. There are plenty of people who hate the homos, not just the christianists.

[ant1sthenes]

Sarcasm. Initial reporting was saying he claimed to be Muslim on derpbook or wherever.

[Fist of Etiquette]

An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.

I’m not sure I’m following his logic here.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

If the driver was of Russian descent, could we say his brother was hacked by the Russians?

[jack sprat]

Nice

[Playa Manhattan.]

” (with exceptions for “military, public safety, and public health”)”

That includes the TSA and EPA, presumably?

Hard pass.

[Libertymike]

Presumably it includes BATF, CIA, DIA, FBI, HHS, IRS, NHSTA, NSA, and the Park Police?

[kbolino]

I don’t think EPA is exempt.

[Pat (PM)]

Department of Education SWAT teams unaffected.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.

Face stab for a face stab, says I.

[Ted S.]

The Supreme Court also declined to hear a case challenging a Utah law against polygamous cohabitation brought by the stars of reality show Sister Wives.

The government will get into your bedroom if you’re into Wrongsex.

[The Last American Hero]

So….love doesn’t win?

[AlmightyJB]

Only a pimps love

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Love for state maybe.

[Ted S.]

After the Obergfell decision and people commenting “Love wins”, I remarked that I was pleasantly surprised to see how many people were supporting plural marriage. Needless to say people didn’t respond well. They responded even worse when I argued that gay marriage is more acceptable because society (thankfully) sees gays as less icky, but we still don’t find plural marriage acceptable because it’s practiced by those icky fundamentalist Mormons.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Will no one think of the man who has to deal with multiple wives?

[Tonio]

Not me, Teddy. I’ve always embraced that having government recognize gay marriage means that government must also recognize all marriages between one or more consenting adults. So, there. I may not like those icky polys, but I support their right to equal treatment under the law.

[Libertarian]

Love is a drug
Love is like oxygen
Love trumps hate
Love stinks

But it doesn’t win

[flye]

Reminds me of Prop. 8 discussions in CA… people did not like being asked if in addition to gay marriage they supported the right to polygamy and incest. Good times, good times.

[mad.casual]

Yup. Remember when it was going to be to messy and difficult to re-write all the marriage laws to include gay people?

Apparently the truth is that it’s not messy enough until you include gay marriage *and* piecemeal civil unions. *Then* the clunker of a bus that is “Traditional” marriage is full.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) will support Trump’s pick of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, despite his previously declared reservations.

If ‘fact-checking’ got replaced with ‘flop-checking’ we might actually get somewhere.

[Pan Zagloba]

In its new campaign to make Neil MacDonald look good less idiotic, Canada’s Beloved State Broadcaster has just the thing:

Let us hope for a Donald Trump disaster

When Trump attacks, in personal and visceral terms, the head of the CIA, he sends a signal to all in the new administration that he will accept no scrutiny of unapproved matters. When he threatens to blacklist media organizations deemed unsupportive, he tramples upon a vital instrument of public accountability. And when he waves off inquiry into his campaign’s ties with Russia while signaling that he may soon drop sanctions, it provokes obvious questions of conflict. Questions that he clearly prefers remain unexplored.
…
The harsh Darwinistic reality is this: if Trump’s success transfers from politics to governing, his dark and guttural ways will become entrenched and ubiquitous. Because when standards fall, they rarely rise again ? especially not when they are proven to work.

America ? and Canada ? will carry on just fine if Trump fails. We might not be able to say the same if he succeeds. So let’s hope hard for Trump to be a disaster. Not out of pique. But out of pronounced self-interest and concern for the future.

[Ted S.]

Wasn’t hoping for Obama to fail politically decried as racist?

[John DeWitt]

Different team

[american socialist]

Who is trump blacklisting in the media?

[John Titor]

2017 – The Year Neil MacDonald’s Big Stupid Mouth Kills NAFTA.

[Pan Zagloba]

That wasn’t NMcD The Lesser. I meant, CBC is trying to find people even dumber than him.

Not that he doesn’t try, but his take on inauguration was more reasonable than anything Reason had, for example.

[John Titor]

Well, MacDonald does have the advantage of not being American, and thus he’s only vulnerable to the lesser strain of TDS.

[Rufus The Monocled]

It’s amazing. Meanwhile, did the CBC ever report on Obama’s war on the press?

[Viking1865]

When Trump attacks, in personal and visceral terms, the head of the CIA, he sends a signal to all in the new administration that he will accept no scrutiny of unapproved matters.

Watching liberals collectively decide that the fucking CIA are the True Guardians of the America Way has been hilarious.

[mad.casual]

Reason referred to them as ‘Spooks’ for the first time since Bush’s presidency, I believe.

Whether the term was avoided for political or racial reasons is equally hilarious.

[Lord Rollingpin]

‘…his dark and guttural ways…’
I guess Neil thinks Trump is an Orc, or maybe one of the Nine.
Dark Speech does sound somewhat harsh.

[Volren]

Some days the CBC wants to makes me want to drive a pen through my eyeballs they’re so bad.

[jesse.in.mb]

Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion? Guess before clicking here.

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 01/24/2017

Well this is awkward.

[AlmightyJB]

I guessed his birthday

[straffinrun]

Really? When is it?

[Ted S.]

Same day as my birthday.

(We share a birthday with Boy George, Steffi Graf, Oscar-winning actor Burl Ives, and Poodles Hanneford.)

[AlmightyJB]

Burl Ives Matters.

[straffinrun]

I’m still NO CLOSER to knowing the date>

[AlmightyJB]

It’s a secret.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

It’s fing January 20th, inaugural day.

[jesse.in.mb]

Inauguration Day (01/20/17). It was part of his DAY ONE priorities to declare his date of ascendance a national day of wanking.

[straffinrun]

Trump’s birthday is Jan 20? *Kidding.

[jesse.in.mb]

June 14, 1946 according to wikipedia.

[straffinrun]

Got it. BTW, I have internet access, too. *Grin*

[Libertarian]

Poodles Hanneford? Sounds like a porn name you get combining your first pet and the street you grew up on.

/Berwick Mittens

[AlmightyJB]

Tigger Kenny

[Quincy.]

You grew up on Mittens Street? Interesting.

[BakedPenguin]

Harry Mast.

Beat that.

[OneOut]

FM Wild Thang

Interesting note: Just turned on the radio and heard a screeching replay of one of the Women March speakers.

She truly is nasty. A white woman was screeching and one of her complaints was pay equity ( I think)

Her line was, ” why should women only make 53% to 64% of the WHITE MAN’S DOLLAR ?

So really ?

[Libertarian]

** belated narrowed gaze **

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

Buck Minoco.

I actually kinda like it

[flye]

You know who else’s birthday is a national…

Nope, never mind.

[jesse.in.mb]

I’m not sure why you declare a day that’s already mostly over 01/20/17 to be a day of fellating the state when it’s not even going to hit the books until the next Tuesday. Should I be retroactively knocking my head on the white house floor to show my patriotism…can I even do that?

Maybe send everyone a happy belated day of patriotic masturbatory gestures card with little American Flags and some #MAGA in an elegant calligraphy?

[R C Dean]

Withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (which was never approved by Congress anyhow); reinstituting a federal ban on funding clinics that provide abortions outside the United States; and freezing the hire of new federal employees (with exceptions for “military, public safety, and public health”).

Pretty sure this is what a libertarian moment looks like, even including the massive trade bill negotiated in secret and kept that way even after it was submitted to Congress. Sorry, but multi-thousand page anything isn’t libertarian – freedom is a lot more concise than that.

[bacon-magic]

^Correct. We will not see any talking heads making this point.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Sorry, but multi-thousand page anything isn’t libertarian – freedom is a lot more concise than that.

So is racism. Coincidence? I think not.

[Zeb]

No, the TPP isn’t libertarian in the least. But that doesn’t mean that not doing the TPP is.

[Tonio]

HuffPo: Organizers Planning Anti-Trump Rally for April 15

Yep, I called this before. They will expend all their resources on political theatre which accomplishes nothing. (Repost from earlier)

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Did it ever occur to them to listen to what voters are saying and tweak their ideas just a little? Nah, MOAR HARDER, that’ll do it.

[Ted S.]

On tax day?

I don’t make much more than minimum wage, and I actually owe taxes this year. Bullshit to the idea that taxes are too low.

[Tonio]

Obviously false consciousness.

[Libertarian]

Seems like a self-defeating date for such a protest.

[RAHeinlein]

The irony is lost only to those protesting!

[The Other Kevin]

Everyone knows the way to bring someone around to your way of thinking is to yell at them and insult them.

[mr simple]

They don’t have to tolerate your intolerant ideas. It’s your fault for being too stupid to see how right they are and getting* woke.

*I’m not sure if this is the right verb/tense for wokeness, but you get the idea.

[Certified Public Asshat]

Jokes on them, taxes are due April 18 this year.

[ant1sthenes]

That reminds me, would it fly if Trump issued an executive order suspending withholding and forced everyone to pay their full taxes by check on 4/15? I mean, yes, it would be an abuse of the pen and phone, but would he get away with it?

[Slumbrew]

The Feds would never give up the float.

[ant1sthenes]

Who would have standing to sue, I wonder.

[Paloma]

Suppose you get a refund?

[Fist of Etiquette]

…and freezing the hire of new federal employees (with exceptions for “military, public safety, and public health”).

(Or, presumably, his own cabinet picks.)

[jack sprat]

“The Supreme Court also declined to hear a case challenging a Utah law against polygamous cohabitation brought by the stars of reality show Sister Wives.”
I expect a march in support of this soon otherwise they are all just hypocrites. Oh wait, never mind.

[Playa Manhattan.]

“The Supreme Court also declined to hear a case challenging a Utah law against polygamous cohabitation brought by the stars of reality show Sister Wives.”

MARRIAGE EQUALITY!!!!! What do I change my Facebook profile picture to?

[bacon-magic]

Here’s your theme song.

[Trshmnstr, Grump Apprentice]

I was expecting this one.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

A man that just needs a quiet space.

[TheZeitgeist]

Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion? Guess before clicking here.

9/11?

*Clicks

Goddamnit.

[Ted S.]

It’s a PDF. I ain’t clicking.

[jesse.in.mb]

01/20/17

A new national pride stirs the American soul and inspires the American heart . We are one people, united by a common destiny and a shared purpose.

I feel like there’s a Latin term for things that are bound tightly together serving a common purpose. I’m blanking on it right now though.

[DEG]

Fasces?

[jesse.in.mb]

That is what I was snarkily implying, yes.

[R C Dean]

Looks like you autocorrected “Feces”, D.

[chemjeff]

Oh FFS. As if the Cult of the Presidency wasn’t strong enough.

[american socialist]

Hey guys this is amsoc with an “ell”. Dont believe than do a control f and search using the true spelling

I Promise no more trolling of progressive socialist dogma like was done before

[Tonio]

Fool us once shame on you, fool us twice shame on us. And no, I can’t be arsed to verify whether it’s the “real” you or not. Fuck. Off.

[bacon-magic]

If you block him, let me know who you can’t see in the next couple of days in case I’m right.

[Tonio]

Still not going to block people. Even though I understand one of the plugins does the tags for you so you don’t have to type them out by hand.

[american socialist]

No the real amsoc changed his name to california socialist. He dropped this name as i was the eye and confiscated his name.

Thus i wont be spewing progressive dogma

[bacon-magic]

Then retire that account and use your old name, it’s getting stupid now.

[american socialist]

Yep will do. Have to create a new email first

[OneOut]

Fool us twice….won’t be fooled again !!

Get it right.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Best thing to do if you’re serious, amsoc, is just drop the name and start over. I got rid of my “Episiarch” character and things have been looking up ever since.

[Rufus The Monocled]

What’s your nationality?

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

My nationality? Texan.

[Rufus The Monocled]

YOU’RE NOT EPISIARCH!

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Of course I was joking. Who would admit to being him?

[Tonio]

Hitler? Nicole? Irish?

[bacon-magic]

Ah ha! Ok, jr, now I know.

[american socialist]

See i was the fake one with an eye. He dropped his name and i took over the ell. I plan to just not use but hold on to it

[straffinrun]

I recommend going with american socialist sr.

[grrizzly]

I got rid of my “Episiarch” character and things have been looking up ever since.

Must be those fake news.

[waffles]

I thought Epi was dead.

[Riven]

la mayyitan ma qadirun yatabaqa sarmadi
fa itha yaji ash-shuthath al-mautu qad yantahi.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

I DON’T LISTEN TO HIP-HOP.

[sloopyinTEXAS]

::blows Bill Gates’s brains out::

[Rufus The Monocled]

Now you got Tonio mad.

[bacon-magic]

You won’t like when Tonio gets angry.

[GILMORE?]

i don’t care wtf it is, if it looks like AmSoc, it goes in the block-hole

[Jerry on the sea]

Such a Utopia! Swedish detectives are investigating allegations that a woman was gang-raped in an attack that was broadcast on Facebook Live.

[Pan Zagloba]

Should I be worried, hopeful or disappointed that Daily Mail article is near-identical to the BBC one?

Worried – BBC is slipping to DM levels
Hopeful – DM is rising
Disappointed – they both got the same story from the same source and just rearranged a few paragraphs

[R C Dean]

I love the way they illustrated the article with a picture of a church.

[Playa Manhattan.]

“An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.”

Going by the picture, he stabbed his brother for being gayer.

[AlmightyJB]

Holy shit, that pic should be in the picture dictionary for douchebag.

[Ted S.]

Holy shit, it looks amazingly like Nick Kyrgios

[Ted S.]

Example of Kyrgios douchebaggery

[AlmightyJB]

Wow,. It’s like he was trying to look like him

[ant1sthenes]

Well, the running over babies lends evidence to that theory.

[mad.casual]

Going by the picture, he stabbed his brother for being gayer.

Yeah, my first thought upon reading it was, “Stabbed him in the face with a knife, right?”

The picture doesn’t lend any answers one way or the other.

[MythicalLibertarianWoman]

Wanted to share this derp yesterday, but there were no new articles, so here you go: Talking to nazis is so much less convenient than punching them.

[Drake]

Hitler was an angry pro-Intifada socialist vegan pseudo-intellectual failed artist with ironic facial hair. Have a nice day.

– iowahawk

[PapayaSF]

+1

[AlmightyJB]

Twitter is not a job.

[Tonio]

You get a wider audience in the links, anyway.

And these are the people who claim to be for free speech.

[John Titor]

Logic doesn’t work bc they treat their views like a religion.

Projection is the order of the day.

I’m all for dialogue. But at some point we all have to take the kiddie gloves off. We have to stop allowing this stuff to fester and grow. White guys, especially: y’all have to call it out when you see it. Stop saying “I see your point” and instead say, “No, that’s not okay.”

“These people can’t be argued with because they had a dogmatic faith in their views, now I’m going to command others to act in a way that reflects a dogmatic faith in my views.”

[GILMORE?]

She writes books about girls with Horse Fetishes?

[jesse.in.mb]

Horse Fetishes

Awww the love that dare not speak its neighm

[GILMORE?]

bravo sir, bravo.

[Trshmnstr, Grump Apprentice]

*places red sticker with white cross*

[John Titor]

Horse girls always seem like a good idea at the time, but they are the ultimate ‘don’t stick your dick in crazy’ example.

My cousin married a horse girl. For four months. Then he divorced her because she thought the ideal marriage was him working to pay for all her horse stuff.

Horse girls. Not even once.

[jesse.in.mb]

You’re telling me you’d pass on THIS?

[John Titor]

At least it’s one step up from mermaid, because it’s a mammal.

[Crusty Juggler]

*recedes back into bunk*

[Lord Rollingpin]

Sweeeeet!

[bacon-magic]

Meh, too skinny, she needs more oats and hay.

[AlmightyJB]

I would like to see the before Photoshop pic of that chick.

[waffles]

I know a divorced gal who is a veterinarian and a horse owner. She’s blonde and cute but it’s an obvious trap. No matter how enamored you are of a girl there is someone out there who is sick of her shit.

[The Other Kevin]

FB is afire with bitching about the Womens March. I haven’t seen this much derp since right before the election. It basically boils down to, “My political rally is named for women, so if you don’t support my march you don’t support women.” (Isn’t there a logical fallacy about this?) No mention that there are other ways to support rights for women other than sucking Democrat cock. This really is going to be a difficult 4 years.

[Drake]

Some women I work with went to one of the events. I have no idea why or what these things were supposed to achieve. Seems like a forum for cat-ladies to vent.

[flye]

For sake of peace, I’ve tread very lightly. My one misstep was asking “what rights don’t women have again?” but I spun away from that quickly.

[Pan Zagloba]

No mention that there are other ways to support rights for women other than sucking Democrat cock

This is not what the 90s taught me!

[PapayaSF]

+1

[R C Dean]

+ 1 blue dress, Papaya

[Libertymike]

+ 1 unwashed blue dress.

[Number 2]

How about some sympathy, Other Kevin? These poor women actually have to pay sales tax on tampons! How can we tolerate such an injustice?

[DEG]

Demographia’s most expensive and cheapest housing markets

They may be in opposite corners of the globe, but Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver have one thing in common.
They’re the top three most unaffordable housing markets in the world, according to the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017, published today.

Hong Kong has topped the list for the past seven years — since its first appearance in the survey.

The US dominates the cheap end of the markets reviewed, though I’m not sure anyone would want to live in some of those areas:

World’s 10 most affordable housing markets in 2017
1. Racine, Wisconsin, US
2. Bay City, Michigan, US
3. Decatur, Illinois, US
4. Elmira, New York , US
5. East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, US
6. Karratha, Australia
7. Lima, Ohio, US
8. Moncton, Canada
9. Peoria, Illinois, US
10. Rockford, Illinois, US

[Brett L]

I’ve been to Decatur and Peoria. Apparently, so have the people who live(d) there.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Will the NFL ever relocate to Decatur?

[Ted S.]

Relocate back to Decatur. But I assume you knew that.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Yes. Otherwise why would I SAY DECATUR?

[straffinrun]

Somalia isn’t on the list. What more proof do you need?

[Drake]

East Stroudsburg is right across the Delaware from New Jersey. It is affordable compared to NJ, not the rest of the country.

[DEG]

It is in NEPA. I can’t see it being that expensive.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Does that take into account income and property taxes? Probably not, or NY and IL are off the list.

[bacon-magic]

Don’t go to Illinois. – not proud Illinoisian(Illini?)

[Ted S.]

Illinuses.

[bacon-magic]

We call Missouri – Misery. So that works too.

[R C Dean]

Illinoyance.

[Jerry on the sea]

but Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver have one thing in common

Damn Chinaman and his funny money!

[Pan Zagloba]

+15% Foreign Buyer Tax

[jack sprat]

My much older sister used to live in Rockford. I visited many times when I was 9 or so. I have no memory of it whatsoever.
*that was a pretty long time ago

[OneOut]

Thanks for adding such valuable information to the thread.

[BigT]

Lima, OH

+1 Glee

[DEG]

Sierra Nevada beer recall

The company said an inspection of its brewery in Mills River, North Carolina, “detected a very limited number of bottles with a flaw that may cause a small piece of glass to break off and possibly fall into the bottle, creating a risk for injury.”

The recall applies to beer sold from Maine to Florida and across the Midwest, as far west as Texas and South Dakota.

The brewer named eight brands at risk for chipped glass: the flagship brand Pale Ale, Beer Camp Golden IPA, Sidecar Orange Pale Ale, Torpedo Extra IPA, Tropical Torpedo, Nooner, Hop Hunter and Otra Vez.

[Playa Manhattan.]

At my SIL’s rehearsal dinner, there was this douchbag at my table who kept insisting on opening my beers for me with his spoon, even though I have a bottle opener built into the bottom of my flip flops.

He broke the necks off of three of the bottles. I still drank them. And then moved tables.

[Libertymike]

He’s family now…..

Did you drink the three bottles before you moved tables?

What type of beer?

Why were you wearing flip-flops to a rehearsal dinner?

But, yeah, he sounds like a douche.

[Playa Manhattan.]

He’s not family now. The fianc?e of one of her best friends from med school. I’ll never see him again, god willing.

Lagunitas Sucks. That’s why I didn’t let it go to waste. I slammed all 3 at the table. I can’t be walking around with jagged glass, that’s just not classy.

The point is: there’s nothing wrong with a little broken glass in. your beer. It’s harmless.

[jesse.in.mb]

This is the most Playa Manhattan. story that has ever Playa Manhattan.’d.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

Oh, it’s up there, but there was no mention the meal he was preparing.

[jesse.in.mb]

He did the sandal up sous vide with three different MSG analogs later that night.

[Playa Manhattan.]

COSTCO MACARONI.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Bottle opener under flip flops.

So California.

Here it’s under a Sorel boot.

[Libertarian]

I can think of a LOT of things that are more sanitary than a bottle opener on the bottom of a shoe. You walk into public bathrooms in those, right?

[Playa Manhattan.]

It’s recessed.

You can also open a bottle on a toilet seat. True story.

[Crusty Juggler]

I can think of a LOT of things that are more sanitary than a bottle opener on the bottom of a shoe. You walk into public bathrooms in those, right?

Please do not get the west coast weirdos talking about their twisted love of flip-flops.

[TheZeitgeist]

True story: In younger days, I once got into contest opening beer bottles with my teeth. The other guy won, because my g/f at the time was in dental assisting school and wouldn’t let up about what was going to happen to my teeth.

Later that night Mr. Winner left the party and augered his motorcycle into a tree, at which point he lost much more than his teeth.

[GILMORE?]

At my SIL’s rehearsal dinner, there was this douchbag at my table who kept insisting on opening my beers for me with his spoon, even though I have a bottle opener built into the bottom of my flip flops.

the only part of this that raised an eyebrow was,

You wore *flip flops* to a wedding rehersal?

tell me it was on a beach, please.

[Playa Manhattan.]

It was informal. Budget rehearsal dinner at a farm with Costco macaroni as the entree. SIL just graduated med school, they weren’t going to waste money.

Don’t worry, I wore a 3 piece suit to the wedding.

[straffinrun]

I guess flip flops and a codpiece counts as 3 pieces.

[Ska]

Joey, do you like gladiator movies?

[Episteme]

The codpiece also had a bottle opener built into it…

[GILMORE?]

FWIW i had a pair of those bottle-opening flip-flops.

REEFs? can’t remember the brand. i found they’d pick up small rocks which would jam into my heel. abandoned them for Adidas soccer sandals. (*with the nubbins, which i love.. once you’ve broken them in; tho they too would pick up funk)

[Crusty Juggler]

GILMORE wears sandals? The GILMORE I used to know would never be caught dead in flip-flops. Even at the beach he would probably wear something like this. Say it ain’t so!

[Playa Manhattan.]

Reefs. They’re mostly my vacation flip flips. Or anytime I know I’m going to be somewhere with decent beer.

[DOOMco]

I’m drinking cheap beer right now!!
I ran out of the good stuff last night watching football.

[jesse.in.mb]

abandoned them for Adidas soccer sandals

WHAT!?

Those only exist to prevent you from getting foot fungus while you’re getting prison raped in a dingy state-run shower. Wearing them out in public is…I can’t even.

*head explodes*

[R C Dean]

I have a bottle opener built into the bottom of my flip flops

Proof that there is a God, and he’s not such a bad fellow.

[Playa Manhattan.]

You too can own a piece of the good life, and support Reason at the same time.

[John Titor]

The most libertarian song ever written, featuring Warty Hugeman on guitar.

Also, apparently Ron Bailey used to run the Libertarian Party of Canada in the late 70s.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Trudeau helped their numbers in 2015, eh? I wonder why:

“Justin Trudeau ?@JustinTrudeau 8h8 hours ago
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Congratulations to the women and men across Canada who came out yesterday to support women’s rights. You keep your government inspired.”

He’s so…fucken stupid.

[John Titor]

Moen’s also a good poster boy, I think his memes attracted a lot of attention.

Just wait until July 1st and we get to hear him lecture us on what being Canadian is. I’m pretty sure it will be so colossally stupid that it will delegitimize the concept of Canada as a nation.

[Rufus The Monocled]

(scratches back of head): ‘Er, hello. Where can I turn in my passport?’
‘Why?’
‘Because Trudeau.’
‘You can’t do that’
‘Like hell I can’t! Today, I’m my own nationality!’

[DEG]

China beefs up “Great Firewall”

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China is making it harder to get around its Great Firewall.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced a 14-month “clean up” of internet access services, which includes a crackdown on virtual private networks, or VPNs.

The new regulations require VPN services to obtain government approval before operating. Using a VPN without permission is also prohibited.

“The more you tighten your grip…”

[Just Say'n]

“The Supreme Court also declined to hear a case challenging a Utah law against polygamous cohabitation brought by the stars of reality show Sister Wives.”

The hypocrisy from the so-called ‘Love Wins’ crowd in not defending the claims of polygamists is deafening. The polygamists literally have a real constitutional question, because polygamy laws were passed specifically to target Mormons (Utah was refused entry into the union until they passed an anti-polygamy law). But, as the left-wing reform party candidate, Gary Johnson, said “religion is a black hole” and totally not hip, so no need to defend them.

[Libertymike]

GayJay is a closet polygamophobe.

[Necron 99]

?Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion? Guess before clicking here.

I guessed correctly.

[straffinrun]

I guessed poorly. Damn golden chalice was filled with Hillary’s phlegm.

[Necron 99]

Please god let that be a euphemism.

swallows vomit

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

It’s horrific either way.

[DEG]

South African company making GT40 replicas

Cape Advanced Vehicles is building replicas of the iconic Ford GT40 using the same body molds that were used to produce the original version of the legendary track car.

Production started in 1999, and the replicas quickly became a hit with “car nuts” around the world, according to CAV CEO Jordi Reddy.

Later in the article:

CAV’s GT40 is offered with a modern Ford V8 engine, but some prefer to buy customized engines in their home market.

With only eight people in its workshop, the automaker exports 15 cars a year. But it recently doubled its production capacity to meet keep up with growing demand.
ford gt40 interior

CAV exports to the United States, Canada, Europe, Britain, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

Price tag between $100K and $130K.

[AlmightyJB]

More than I would want to pay.

[John]

They are awesome but I would feel a bit unworthy of the car.

[GILMORE?]

Its probably the same supplier that makes the cars for Superformance. (which is also south african, but has a partnership w/ Ford to do these remakes)

Matt Farah drives one here

[DEG]

Nice!

[BakedPenguin]

An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.

Wasn’t this an episode of Housos?

[straffinrun]

Wasn’t this every episode of Housos?

[BakedPenguin]

Pretty much, although the article skipped the part where he got drunk & high.

[John]

http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2…..-a-reboot/

80s sitcoms that should be rebooted. The only one i agree with is Alf. America needs Alf more today than ever.

[Sumio Mondo, Jr.]

We’re only rebooting Greatest American Hero if the titular character has the same glorious man-perm that William Kaat once had. Otherwise, GTFO.

[John Titor]

‘Member Alf?

[AlmightyJB]

I liked Family Ties.

[Rufus The Monocled]

I only watched Alf and Family Ties. Some LGAH. Silver Spoons when I was fucken bored.

They should make a show reviving Alex. P Keaton. Heck, have him and Alf be room mates.

[straffinrun]

Loved 3’s company. Larry the poonhound was my idol.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Larry was the best.

[AlmightyJB]

Yeah, that was great. I also liked Cheers and Taxi but I don’t think you can recreate those.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Or WKRP – although Newsradio was similar and just as awesome.

[Paloma]

I liked Married with Children. But Modern Family is better.

[Libertymike]

Agree, Alf is awesome.

I loved the Greatest American Hero theme song – it was, as I’m sure you know, a summer of 81 pop hit.

[Crusty Juggler]

Charles in Charge or GTFO.

[AlmightyJB]

I thought you would be clambering for Designing Women.

[Crusty Juggler]

I do not joke about Delta Burke, sir.

[Libertymike]

Or her dress size?

[Rufus The Monocled]

IT’S YOUR MOVE was awesome. Long live Eli!

[AlmightyJB]

What I really want to see back on is Dukes of Hazzard. Trying to decide who should play Daisy though. So many good choices

[Suell]

The Dukes was a pretty libertarian friendly type show. One of my childhood favs.

[DEG]

Yes they were. I also liked the show.

[Paloma]

Dukes was a 70s show, though

[ant1sthenes]

Hmm… Firefly spinoff that broadly mirrors the DoH concept down to the character archetypes, but without the whole confederate flag controversy (they can still put a Browncoat logo on their little spacecar).

[Trolleric the Goth]

Remember Alf? He’s back,in Pog form!

[Slumbrew]

Just yesterday my cousin declared: ‘They call me “Alf”, ’cause I eat so much pussy’. Not even kidding. That was a new one for me.

TBF, it was during the Steelers/Pats game, via text, and he (we) were drinking (he’s a Steelers fan while I, obviously, am a Pats fan).

[GILMORE?]

They put Spicer’s “First Press Conference” on the office tv’s.

this is how wapo characterized it =

Sean Spicer’s defense of himself and explanation of Donald Trump’s sensitivity, annotated –

All i could think was, “i’m impressed they avoided Hitler references”

there was a lot of impassioned commentary from Spicer, effectively saying, “you guys are completely full of shit, and we’re not going to take it lying down”

it hinged mainly around the [ridiculously stupid] contradictions about the size of the crowd @ the inauguration.

Basically, the admin wanted to be able to cite “record #s” (which if you allow for TV viewers and online and total #s in DC for the events (including protestors)) was probably true…. but the media wanted to spin a tale of, “LAME INAUGURAL, AND HALF OF THEM HATE HIM ANYWAY”

Spicer hinged on this “2 different sides” thing and basically said, “you people basically will take the opposite view no matter what we do”, and that there needs to be some middle ground

The media concluded that this means, “OVERSENSITIVE TRUMP STILL IN DENIAL ABOUT LAME ASS INAUGURATION”

[american socialist]

american socialist|1.23.17 @ 3:57PM|#

Hey folks i was able to acquire the real american socialist with an ell because he dropped it for california socialist

It will now be retired.

California socialist|1.23.17 @ 3:59PM|#

Can I switch back now? You were pissing everyone off. Not me… I love you.

[waffles]

Cool.

[DEG]

Japan’s first passenger jet delayed

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Japan’s first ever homegrown commercial jetliner is facing yet another big delay.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said Monday that it now doesn’t expect to deliver the first plane until mid-2020. That’s two years later than the previous schedule and the fifth time in less than eight years that the company has pushed back delivery plans for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ).

The new delay means the initial customer for the plane, Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ALNPY), will receive its first delivery seven years later than originally planned.

Mitsubishi said the latest setback “is due to revisions of certain systems and electrical configurations on the aircraft” to meet certification requirements for regulatory approvals.

“Revisions of certain systems”? Taking the armor off? No self-sealing fuel tanks?

[flye]

Sure, sure. But are the automated heated bidets working?

[TheZeitgeist]

“Revisions of certain systems”? Taking the armor off? No self-sealing fuel tanks?

100-foot trail of flame makes it faster though. Like the bitch’in flame decals on Joe Biden’s Firebird, but real.

[BigT]

Zeros carried at least one passenger.

[GILMORE?]

An Australian man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people, killing five, apparently did so after stabbing his own brother in the face after the brother came out of the closet as gay.

Just any old crowd of people, or a *suspiciously gay* crowd?

[Eternal Blue Sky]

“Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion? Guess before clicking here.”

I guess June 14th.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

Well, I was wrong. To be fair, though, I only /slightly/ overestimated Donald’s ego.

[GILMORE?]

US sent $221 million to Palestinians in Obama’s last hours

while maybe not the most expensive “fuck you” ever, its got to be up there.

[jack sprat]

Gosh, an A- hole to the very bitter end. Who woulda thunk it?

[Free Society]

Obama knows that Hamas will spend that money soberly and responsibly to enhance quality of life for the Palestinian people.

[straffinrun]

This is why people think you’re a sock.

[Free Society]

I’m all out of sarc tags, I can’t help it.

[BigT]

Sack of sarc or sock of sarc

[BakedPenguin]

Jesus. Good riddance, asshole.

Obama, not GILMORE?

[Crusty Juggler]

Eh, works either way.

[straffinrun]

Ouch.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Obama. Now that you’re gone: Go fuck yourself. Left-wing asshole.

[kbolino]

While it is absolutely a dick move, Congress should never have allocated the funds in the first place. I realize that passing massive bills without reading them is cool and all nowadays, but FFS at least get your interns to read the damn things.

[Pat (PM)]

They had to write an omnibus blank check to the executive department or else every village and town in America would have been without teachers, police, firefighters and Social Security checks.

[Jerry on the sea]

$221 million they can waste throwing rocks at the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Thanks Obama!

[Pat (PM)]

So it’s a roundabout broken window parable?

[Crusty Juggler]

Guys, I found the hated American Socialist person/sock creator: At home with a ‘hermit’: Cricket-loving Bollywood enthusiast has been collecting data on snow from his home in a near-abandoned town for 40 years ‘just to pass the time’ – and yes, he does get a bit lonely sometimes

Barr has been living alone in Gothic since the fall of 1973 when he escaped the crowded city life of Trenton, New Jersey.

When Billy gets home from work he does chores while there’s still daylight, checks the weather again and eats dinner, which consists of frozen or instant meals, pasta or a fresh salad from his greenhouse garden. Just no meat.

‘It’s just my own preference. I don’t care if other people [eat meat],’ he says.

After dinner he reads, knits himself mittens because he’s constantly wearing them out and he’s in bed by 10.30pm. But before he goes to sleep, he watches a movie in his movie room.

‘It’s the one thing I will not pass up,’ he says, confessing that he watches ‘mostly fluff’.

[Crusty Juggler]

‘I really like Bollywood movies,’ he says. ‘I have a lot of movies, but I have no horror and no violence. I do have dramas and some action comedies – action movies that are more in the comedy vein – and a lot of old movies. I have a bunch of silent movies, movies from the 30s and 40s. Yeah, a lot.’

His two favorite movies are The Princess Bride from 1987 and Om Shanti Om from 2007.

His other love? Cricket.

Billy discovered the sport because it was always mentioned in his Bollywood movies but he didn’t know what they were talking about.

[Pan Zagloba]

Aw, come on. The guy looks like he’s fundamentally a decent person. It’s kinda sweet article, really.

I love the part on how he became the accountant for the lab – he knew the records, he could do the math, BAM – he’s been working there for 30 years.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

National Day of Patriotic Devotion

Was it really necessary to make it sound like a North Korean holiday?

[waffles]

Yes, bigly.

[flye]

Someone’s angling for an execution by anti-aircraft gun.

[LynchPin1477]

National Day of Patriotic Devotion

I’m starting to wonder if he’s doing this sort of thing on purpose solely to troll.

[AlmightyJB]

That’s everyday to me

[Crusty Juggler]

Or, his worldview is slightly statist.

[LynchPin1477]

Well I think that’s a given.

[ant1sthenes]

Either he is, or the author is. I don’t know if it matters, in the end.

[California socialist]

“Which day does Trump want to make the National Day of Patriotic Devotion? Guess before clicking here.”

Now we’ll have 3 days where we have to thank mercs for their service.

[kbolino]

mercs

Yes, the people you wanted to have sent off to bomb ISIS should have gone unpaid. There’s no service like involuntary service. Speaking of which, how much of your after-tax pay have you remitted to the Federal government?

[Pat (PM)]

At least you finally left America.

[american socialist]

Hey dip shit!

[american socialist]

If you want your name back you are going to have pay up shit brick

[California socialist]

Nah, you keep it friend.

[GILMORE?]

Interesting

US Designates Election Infrastructure as “Critical”

Haven’t read much about this, but my first impression is that its a federal power grab.

the story characterizes it as “federal help” = but with funding, comes control

States control elections. under the constitution, the Federal gov really has little/no say in how things are done. it seems like this is some backdoor attempt to influence process by tying funding to “doing it the way we want”.

[kbolino]

Very few people genuinely seem to understand that the popular vote in the Presidential election process is not a national election. It is 50 separate state elections which all conclude at the same time. The national election is held when the electors cast their votes.

[grrizzly]

Too bad that recently the Democrats haven’t won the Presidential election while losing the popular vote. Then the public would have been thoroughly educated on this issue.

[one true athena]

This reads to me like the Obama Administration doing some last-minute plumping of the “Russia hacked the election” narrative.

And a federal power grab, too, of course.

[GILMORE?]

Federal Govt Tries to Get Judge To Prevent Microsoft from Telling Customers When the Gov is Stealing Their Data

curious what MS data the feds want most of the time. Aside from Hotmail content. Outlook backdoors? are there OS-related things that they’d track? (perhaps mobile devices, but who the hell uses the MS phone? never even seen one of those)

[kbolino]

Aside from Hotmail content.

I think you’re burying the most important part. The Feds are no doubt going after data “in the cloud” which includes email (Hotmail/Outlook Live), files (OneDrive), and passwords (Windows sync).

[kbolino]

Note that these things are almost “enabled by default” in Windows 8/10 since you are strongly pushed into creating a Microsoft account and linking it to your Windows login (although you can opt out). Also, unless you go through the onerous steps of disabling Cortana, anything you type into the start menu search bar will also be sent to Microsoft, regardless of whether you opted out of linking your Microsoft account with your Windows login.

[DOOMco]

Windows 10: we own you.

[kbolino]

My greatest Windows 10 annoyance is that they basically make it impossible to control Windows updates. I have a laptop that I use infrequently. When I try to use it, the CPU fan goes into overdrive for 30 minutes while it catches up with a month or two worth of updates. I don’t mind taking the time to get and install the updates, but it should be up to my discretion since it’s my goddamn computer.

[DOOMco]

yup. My roommates desktop ones do this less now, but mine still likes to turn on by itself in the middle of the night to run updates. It’s nice coming home from skiing on sunday night to my computer being on.

the only way to fix (maybe) is to totally reinstall, and then make sure you check/uncheck all the right things. even then, you don’t have full control.

[Pat (PM)]

You’re probably hibernating or suspending rather than shutting down and/or powering off. Change your power settings. You can do it graphically through the control panel menu, or type powercfg/h off in an elevated command prompt. When the machine is actually shut down the OS can’t power cycle it.

[DOOMco]

We have all tried every solution windows and reddit has given us. There are a bunch of things that will let it boot up, all are turned off. It does it less than it used to. From what we could tell, it’s one setting that is selected at install, and is now not able to be changed unless I completely reinstall.

[ant1sthenes]

Any reason why you’re still using Windows? Gaming is about the only thing keeping me there, other than laziness. Was sort of hoping SteamOS would take off more than it did.

[kbolino]

Any reason why you’re still using Windows?

Office + Gaming + Drivers

I like OpenOffice or LibreOffice or whatever it’s called now in its own right but the compatibility is still hit or miss with Office files (I’m sure Microsoft has no small share of the blame).

Gaming has gotten better, especially on the indie front. But the big-name titles are still Windows-only or Windows+Mac at most.

The driver situation ranges anywhere from “as good as Windows” (if you’re lucky) to “you need to sacrifice your firstborn son to obtain the firmware” (hooray wireless cards) to “you don’t need all those features, right?” to “we don’t need no stinkin’ drivers”.

[kbolino]

My above comment is about Windows vs. Linux.

[DOOMco]

gaming only.

[????? ????]

Azure

[DOOMco]

Today’s song choice. Not sure why.

For everyone who told me to take up a project before I get a new job, thanks. Learning Spanish (DuoLingo) now, refreshing Latin as well. Programming is taking 4-8 hours of my day. I
I added a new fuse box to my truck today. Cleaned up a bunch of the wiring that was handling my fog and back up lights.

[Quincy.]

Ron Swanson wearing a hat.

[DOOMco]

I wish real Ron was a libertarian.

[Pat (PM)]

Best looking chick at the rally.

[waffles]

Avalanche buries cars, selfies posted.

The slide occurred on the main road between I-80 and Lake Tahoe. It’s been 5-10 years since snow like this. The last wave of the recent sierra storm dumped up to two feet in the last 24 hours bringing the most recent 5-day totals to around 100″. I went skiing on Saturday. It was deep. We’re going to dry out the next 10 days, which is nice. Hopefully we get more.

[flye]

Caught in the slide was David Ortiz and Neale Allen Shutler.

This is our f***ing highway!

[Pat (PM)]

Donna Hylton, speaker at the Women’s March in DC, killed and tortured a man

Reddit, but the source appears legit.

So I just found out about Donna Hylton who was invited to speak for women’s rights at the march this weekend in DC. Apparently, she introduced herself and started by saying she had completed a prison sentence, but what wasn’t covered was that she took part in torturing a man for 15-20 days and eventually killed him. […]

Oh, and when Donna was interviewed about the crime, the interviewer said, “I couldn’t believe this girl who was so intelligent and nice-looking could be so unemotional about what she was telling me she and her friends had done. They’d squeezed the victim’s testicles with a pair of pliers, beat him, burned him.”

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Holy Fuck do I hate murders. And torturers are even worse. May hell exist so that this “woman” can burn for all time.