Mike Pence Speaks at March for Life, Photos of Trump Have NOT Been Edited to Make His Hands Look Bigger: P.M. Links

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  Marianique Santos/ZUMA Press/Newscom

  Vice President Mike Pence addressed the crowds at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.

• Is the White House editing photos of President Trump to make his hands look bigger? Of course not, you morons.
• The Atlantic has to correct like absolutely everything in this article about ultrasounds and abortion.
• The University of Washington College Republicans published a statement that looked to some like a call for violence. (It's particularly insensitive, given that someone was actually shot at the UW-CR's recent Milo Yiannopoulos event.)
• An author found a key witness in the Emmett Till murder case of 1955.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Second!

[Pay up, Palin's Buttplug!]

hahahahahaha

[Playa Manhattan.]

You think it was a joke, but he was preparing for a loss.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Roberto was first.

[Pat (PM)]

That's just what he wanted you to think. AND YOU FELL FOR IT.

[bacon-magic]

It's like he knows he has competition or something.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

"The Atlantic has to correct like absolutely everything in this article about ultrasounds and abortion."

Fake news.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the crowds at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.

HOW BIG WERE THEY?

[Robby Soave]

The crowds or Trump's hands?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Dang it. I should have thought to copy that as my comment for the hands thing, too.

[LynchPin1477]

I think his, um, hands grow along with the crowd size.

[Tonio]

Robbo has gone native. Careful, Robby, you-know-who doesn't like it when you fraternize with the help.

[Pat (PM)]

Hitler?

[Ted S.]

Postrel.

[Private Chipperbot]

The Hair is already at happy hour. Robby can comment for a bit until the fruishi buffet gets set up.

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

BTW, has this made its way into comments about The Hair? 'Cause it would seem to hit on so many memes around this place.

[Playa Manhattan.]

You're just jealous of the hair.

[bacon-magic]

We all are.

[Swiss Servator]

Well... yeah.

[Fist of Etiquette]

So big that when they sit around the White House...

[Fist of Etiquette]

Is the White House editing photos of President Trump to make his hands look bigger?

They edited everything else to look smaller.

[Tonio]

So, the SJW warriors (on derpbook) are declaring victory over that evil President Trump. They are claiming credit for the restoration of the EPA climate change pages; behold the might of their tweets and posts.

And while it is possible they are right, it is also possible that the pages were indeed taken down temporarily while the incoming administration got a handle on things. Or an impressive example of muscle-flexing by the incoming administration.

You have to admire whatever Alinskyite is pulling their strings behind the scenese. Shrieking about those pages was a win-win. They stay down and it continues to stoke outrage; they go back up and the progs claim victory.

[Playa Manhattan.]

They won the fight.... over a webpage?

[bacon-magic]

Let them be, they need to cling to something besides a blanky.

[thrakkorzog]

It's their battle of New Orleans. You know, the completely pointless battle after the war was already over.

[Tonio]

The Battle of New Orleans

[bacon-magic]

Vinyl? *scribbles down "hipster"

[Tonio]

Old. First family stereo, bought new, had a radio, phonograph turntable and (wait for it) 8-Track player.

[Johnniest Doe]

8-track?

Yup...hipster.

[mad.casual]

They won the fight.... over a webpage?

You would prefer artwork in the tunnels of DC?

[The Other Kevin]

That assumes anyone is listening to them, besides themselves.

[flye]

Reminds me of the loony LaRouche-ites that had some office near my work, and I'd see them in the coffee shop during the GWB administration. One guy tells me, "did you hear about Wolfowitz leaving? That was us!"

[PapayaSF]

LOL

[Enjoy Every Sandwich]

The poor things. You just know they had a new set of lyrics all set to go for the "Mmm Mmm Mmm Barack Hussein Obama" song for Hillary. And then that bastard Trump fucked everything up!

It would be funny to have a song contest; what would the lyrics to "Mmm Mmm Mmm Hillary Rodham Clinton" have been?

[SimonD]

I don't know what the lyrics would be, but Deathtongue would have to perform it.

http://wharble.com/sites/defau.....County.jpg

(for the whippersnappers in the house)

[GILMORE?]

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the crowds at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.

I can only presume the lack of outrage is because he was so boring.

[DOOMco]

I had something for this.

[Pat (PM)]

Stunning Russian model unveils ingenious method for checking if boobs are real or fake

A pretty Instagram star has come up with an incredible method for checking if a woman's boobs are real or fake.

Svetlana Bilyalova, who has more than 4.6million followers, uses two iPhones for her scientific inspection.

Her foolproof idea is all about what happens when you turn off the lights.

In her video, which has been watched more than 2.2million times, Svet explains what is going to happen.

Speaking to the camera she says: "Today I will demonstrate to you my new, revolutionary scientific discovery."

She then grabs two iPhones - although I'm sure any phone with a torch would work equally as well.

As Svetlana shows on her two volunteers - if the boobs are fake they will glow red when the lights are turned out.

If they are natural - they will not glow at all.

[Playa Manhattan.]

I just feel them.

[OneOut]

You don't even have to ask.

They just let you.

[LynchPin1477]

As Svetlana shows on her two volunteers - if the boobs are fake they will glow red when the lights are turned out.

The iPhones or the boobs?

[Pat (PM)]

Apple's got themselves a new feature.

[Slammer]

A phone with a torch would be very cool

[Stormy Dragon]

It's the Mirror. "Torch" is the British term for a flashlight.

[Swiss Servator]

Way to step on the joke.

[Mike Laursen]

Didn't Samsung make a phone like that?

[DOOMco]

hooray for science!

[Ted S.]

I fucking love science.

[Aloysious]

Only a 57 second long video? boo.

[Playa Manhattan.]

It got interesting when she got handsy with the second girl.

[Aloysious]

That is worth way more than 57 seconds. Especially with that accent.

[BakedPenguin]

something something Sveta meat.

[DJF]

So this is what models do when they are not having pillow fights and spanking each other?

I will have to update my dreams

[Bubba Jones]

I am pretty sure I have seen that flashlight on the boobs trick posted more than once.

[C. Anacreon]

If you can get close enough to her breasts to hold a flashlight against them, you can probably just squeeze the breasts with your hands instead. It's pretty easy to tell.

Hint: real breasts usually aren't taut, with a muscle-like suppleness, and they don't reload after a squeeze -- they are squishy instead.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Is there a workshop on percussion and palpitation of the titties in med. school?

If not, why not?

[Brett L]

Because the strip clubs all have "no touching" rules, and strippers are cynical enough to know that some med students who go to strip clubs never become doctors?

[thrakkorzog]

Does that also apply to all the ladies there working their way through med school?

[Brett L]

*Nursing* school. And everyone knows that nurses hate doctors for being able to stick to school for 8 years instead of 3-4.

[Heroic Mulatto]

And everyone knows that nurses hate doctors

Bullshit!

Porn would never lie to me.

[commodious rebrands]

What do they do, though, are they in administration? That's the kind of thing I'd want, really, a lot of hospital paperwork and that kind of thing.

[flye]

Are you trying to light the ENB signal? Because you are close.

[C. Anacreon]

Is there a workshop on percussion and palpitation of the titties in med. school?

Not a workshop, but we were definitely taught the breast exams. Essentially, you palpate small circles into the fleshy parts, working around each breast counterclockwise.

You distract yourself by asking the woman if she regularly does self-examinations, and what a lump would be like, what tumors mean, etc.

When I was in medical school, I did a one-week rotation in the private-practice office of a woman internist in a very prestigious location. Her clientele seemed to be entirely very hot young ladies in their early twenties.

The doctor would supervise and have me do all the physical exams of these undressed knockouts, including full breast manipulations. I was nervous as shit, essentially spending my week feeling up topless hot chicks who likely wouldn't have given me the time of day otherwise -- and trying to be professional and matter-of-fact about it, and not staring and not perspiring, as if I evaluated the Victoria's Secret models all the time.

Looking back, the lady doctor I was working with must have gotten a huge kick out of putting me through this. She either thought it was hilarious or arousing, who knows? Maybe a little bit of both.

But I'll definitely never forget the experience.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

*unzips*

[CZmacure]

Dear Reason Forum,

You won't believe what happened to me...

[thrakkorzog]

Your brother-in-law got laid off, but now makes $5000 USD a week working from home?

Yeah, I don't believe that.

[Brett L]

Back when I was single, at the point where I would be allowed to check, I wouldn't care. Now, its still the same.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

I bet if you put those phones up to her face, her whole face would light up red as well.

[Kurmudgeonly Kristen]

Paywalled WaPo link??? GAH!

[GILMORE?]

they have belatedly reviewed the claims Weigel made and appended their corrections.

If only that were always true.

[The Fusionist]

* This article originally stated that there is "no heart to speak of" in a six-week-old fetus. By that point in a pregnancy, a heart has already begun to form. We regret the error.

** This article originally stated that the fetus was already suffering from a genetic disorder. We regret the error.

*** This article originally stated that Bernard Nathanson headed the National Right-to-Life Committee and became a born-again Christian. Nathanson was active in but did not head the committee, and he converted to Roman Catholicism after The Silent Scream was produced. We regret the error.

**** This article originally stated that the doctors claimed fetuses had no reflexive responses to medical instruments at 12 weeks. We regret the error.

[Not a True MJG]

Well, as long as they regret it. Them. Everything.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Holy shit! It was Weigel?

[bacon-magic]

Wrong Weigel, I clicked just because of that.

[paranoid android]

Moira Weigel. I would do five seconds of checking if there's any relation, but that would require caring.

[The Fusionist]

Moira Weigel

[Chipwooder]

Different Weigel, not Dave

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Moira Weigel, not Dave.

[GILMORE?]

MADE YOU LOOK

[Playa Manhattan.]

I'm confused. Was it Dave Weigel or not?

[GILMORE?]

no. i was making a joking reference to him.

[Pan Zagloba]

Never go Weigel. Any Weigel, any time - say NO!

[LynchPin1477]

I saw a headline about the administration walking back from the awful tariff proposal. Anyone know anything about that?

[MarkLastname]

I hope so. Are we gonna have four years of Donald proposing crazy shit, people flipping out, and him going 'never mind, just kidding?' I mean that's kind of democracy.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Atlantic has to correct like absolutely everything in this article about ultrasounds and abortion.

Sounds like the story was a preemie.

[Scarecrow Repair & Chippering]

Or still born. Should have been aborted, or better yet, never started -- get some condoms to the staff!

[Swiss Servator]

OK, I am a bit late - but for both of you...

*narrows gaze*

[Pat (PM)]

Jilted woman cut off man's penis with a SICKLE and ran down road as he told her he was marrying someone else

A jilted woman cut off her lover's penis with a sickle before fleeing with it down a street after he told her he was marrying someone else.

She hatched a plot to stop him sleeping with the other woman by luring him to her home for kinky sex.

But after blindfolding the 23-year-old guy, she grabbed a reaping hook and slashed off his penis.

Then she disappeared outside with it as her blood-drenched boyfriend wailed in excruciating pain.

Incredibly, he covered up for her by claiming he had chopped it off HIMSELF.

His horrified parents raced him to hospital when they found him writhing in agony in his bedroom after he managed to stumble back.

But he kept mum about what happened at his girlfriend's home nearby in Naugawan Darshan Singh, India.

[C. Anacreon]

If that lady has a hammer as well, she can be an enforcer for a Soviet nation.

[Bubba Jones]

He was marrying one woman, but went back for a quicky with his jilted ex?

This dude is too stupid to be allowed to procreate.

[Brett L]

The article is the whistle of that train having left the station.

[Cdr Lytton]

At least he no longer ha to worry about sticking it in crazy.

[GILMORE?]

Incredibly, he covered up for her by claiming he had chopped it off HIMSELF.

Millennial cucks

[Cdr Lytton]

Still thought he might have a chance.

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

You know, I was just thinking the other day about how we don't see a lot of sickle-on-penis violence any more.

I guess someone in India was feeling a bit nostalgic.

[Citizen X]

IMPORTANT: One of the Virginia Zoo's red pandas has been missing all week. Dicks out for Sunny, y'all.

[LynchPin1477]

Right...for Sunny

[C. Anacreon]

This sounds like a job for Sexual Harassment Panda.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Sexual Harassment Panda was white, because white privilege.

[Pat (PM)]

Red Pandas are the cutest goddamn things in the world and I'll fight anybody who says otherwise.

[Citizen X]

They've narrowed the search area back down to just the zoo grounds, but they were looking everywhere within a 1-mile radius, which includes my neighborhood. If i saw a red panda in my yard i would not know how to act.

[DOOMco]

"come on in, buddy!"

[Citizen X]

Yes.

[Brett L]

What could go wrong with a raccoon the size of a golden retriever?

[DOOMco]

They help themselves to the fridge?

[Brett L]

...drink all your beer because they can work ring tabs, and shit in your good couch.

[DOOMco]

like I have a good couch.

[0x1000]

Is my backup couch safe?

[Lee Genes]

Good, now I know.

*calibrates targeting system on personal ICBM system*

[Chipper Morning Wood]

[jots down "Citizen X lives at the National Zoo" on list of H&R canon facts, right below to "Crusty Juggler lives in a discarded chinchilla cage at the back of a pet store."]

[PBR Streetgang]

"Red Panda"? Code for Russia Chinese axis? Be careful in the 757

[John Titor]

Stupid clubbable baby seals still win.

[SIV]

Win for my Rolls Dawn Convertible upholstery!.

[Karen24]

Evidence in support of your proposition.

[Playa Manhattan.]

It was already out, but I guess I can rededicate to the new cause.

*unzip*

[Citizen X]

Wait a minute. You get your dick out and THEN unzip?

[Playa Manhattan.]

No. I'm bleeding very badly.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Did you get your twig stuck below your berries?

[Private Chipperbot]

The Gang solves the panda crisis?

[flye]

"I should be able to eat a bucket of fried panda at a chicken fight"

[GILMORE?]

The University of Washington College Republicans published a statement that looked to some like a call for violence

i like how the onus is on the speaker for someone else's hysterical misread.

[ant1sthenes]

Well, it may well be a call for violence. Defensive violence against violent people, if so, but since leftists believe it's their right to attack other people without any sort of retaliation (wannabe cops, I guess?), of course they're going to be offended.

[Number 2]

Wait a second here. Didn't we just get through ridiculing people who thought that wishing to blow up the White House was a threat? What happened to hyperbole as an acceptable form of discourse?

[American sociaIist]

"Newscom
Vice President Mike Pence addressed the crowds at the March for Life in Washington, D.C."

Libertarian Moment!

[Pat (PM)]

Scottish study suggests dogs are partial to reggae music

Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A Scottish study looking at how music affects dogs' behavior suggests canines are partial to reggae over classical music.

Researchers from the Scottish SPCA and the University of Glasgow said they studied the psychological and behavioral affects that different genres of music had on dogs at a shelter in Dumbarton.

Neil Evans, professor of integrative physiology at the University of Glasgow's Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, said the researchers played reggae, soft rock, pop, Motown, and classical music for the dogs.

"Overall, the response to different genres was mixed, highlighting the possibility that, like humans, our canine friends have their own individual music preferences," Evans said. "That being said, reggae music and soft rock showed the highest positive changes in behavior."

[Ted S.]

When I was growing up, we had a dog that would start howling if you played the harmonica.

[DOOMco]

Mine sang happy birthday with us.

[Episteme]

Mine dozed off when you played Brahms' Lullaby. ''Twas the damnedest thing.

[GILMORE?]

the researchers played reggae, soft rock, pop, Motown, and classical music for the dogs.

I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE

[Mickey Rat]

Money well spent!

[Chipper Morning Wood]

What kind of reggae???? Roots, dub, dancehall?

[Voros McCracken]

Like old school shit? Because that would be surprisingly good taste from an animal that eats its own puke.

[waffles]

Antifa types are complete and utter trash. I slummed around with some gutter punks in Pittsburgh where IWW literature was passed around. These people aren't protecting anyone or fighting fascism. They're communists and they're cowards. They're in it because it makes them feel powerful. While the UW Republicans statement is insensitive, well fuck sensitivity. When agitators agitate there is a high likelihood of violence. That's fine if the violence is for a cause worth fighting for but these pukes just want violence for the sake of violence. This would be scary if they weren't all a bunch of wimps.

[ant1sthenes]

Maybe all those people buying 1984 will extrapolate from "the purpose of power is power" and "the purpose of torture is torture" to discover "the purpose of smashing shit up and setting things on fire is smashing shit up and setting things on fire".

[Chipper Morning Wood]

They probably think O'Brien is the hero of the story.

[Tonio]

Hilarious Taboola ad from the Hot Air article about The Atlantic's error-ridden article: Reason Magazine actually asked climate protesters what they want to do, and it's hilarious.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Is "hilarious" really the right word?

[American sociaIist]

Did the options include allowing scientists to do science without having political pressure applied to their methods and conclusions?

[Pay up, Palin's Buttplug!]

No, they want Democrats to apply pressure on scientists to show that their ideas will reverse climate change.

[kbolino]

Not even Trump is going to abolish government-funded "science" altogether, so no.

[But Enough About Me]

Did the options include allowing scientists to do science without having political pressure applied to their methods and conclusions?

Good God, NO! That would ruin everything for them!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Gulags can be funny. We all laughed at Hogan's Heroes did we not?

[{|}===[|}:;:;:;:;:;:;:>]

Technically we all laughed at POW camps... though there is probably some hilarious samizdat set in a Gulag that might play in the west. I'm holding out for the day we can all laugh at concentration camps, but not everyone considers Schindler's List to be the comedy goldmine that I do.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

That Time I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into the Constitutional Trial of the Century

Next, I called the City Attorney to see if she really wanted to go through with this. She did.

One does not expect municipal officials to be paragons of lawfulness. But it is a bit jarring to encounter a City Attorney who evinces no interest in, much less knowledge of, her constitutional duties.

And so on. I then asked the question one is taught never to ask on cross?the last one. "So, you signed an affidavit under the pains and penalties of perjury alleging probable cause to believe that Adam MacLeod committed a violation of traffic laws without any evidence that was so?"

Without hesitating he answered, "Yes." This surprised both of us. It also surprised the judge, who looked up from his desk for the first time. A police officer had just testified under oath that he perjured himself in service to a city government and a mysterious, far-away corporation whose officers probably earn many times his salary.

The city then rested its case. I renewed my motion to dismiss, which the judge immediately granted.

A good read, peeps.

[Playa Manhattan.]

So good it's been posted twice before. I think one of the times was you.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

False!

[Chipper Morning Wood]

With that attitude, Crusty, you'll always be #2.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

This is pretty excellent. I give it two gavels up!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

For Tulpa:

Traffic-camera laws seem like such minor, insignificant intrusions on liberty that few grasp their constitutional significance. But they reflect a profoundly mistaken view of American constitutionalism. One might say that the traffic camera is a sign of our times. Its widespread use and acceptance reveals how far we have drifted from our fundamental commitment to self-government. When our governing officials dismiss due process as mere semantics, when they exercise powers they don't have and ignore duties they actually bear, and when we let them get away with it, we have ceased to be our own rulers.

[The Late P Brooks]

Make CNN great again!

That's why I believe that as a condition of Time Warner's bid to merge with AT&T, CNN should be sold to a new independent entity. This sale would also include CNN international, Headline News and its digital and related properties. Though AT&T has dismissed talk of a sale, one could be compelled by regulators. A consortium of concerned Americans ? philanthropists, foundations, small-dollar donors ? could fund a trust to operate an independent CNN dedicated to news in the public interest. Subscription fees from cable and other service providers, along with ad revenue, would allow the network to support itself.

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Freed of the relentless pressure to drive up profits, an independent CNN could rededicate itself to "journalism first." Reporters could focus on informing the audience and exposing wrongdoing. This would create opportunities for journalistic rigor, risk and innovation.

There are instructive comparisons. Nonprofits like PBS and NPR often cover issues with more complexity and nuance than corporate-owned networks. The Center for Public Integrity, ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting are more fearless about holding power to account.

I missed it. When did profit become synonymous with evil?

[Pat (PM)]

When did profit become synonymous with evil?

1848.

[Pay up, Palin's Buttplug!]

Way before then? the Pilgrims opposed profits.

[Trshmnstr, stuck in this can]

1934

[Pro Libertate]

How about the Kochs?

[SIV]

Moar like the Cucks, amirite?

[LynchPin1477]

A consortium of concerned Americans ? philanthropists, foundations, small-dollar donors ? could fund a trust to operate an independent CNN dedicated to news in the public interest

They could make a bid to AT&T and do this now. They don't need regulators.

[Pro Libertate]

No, no, no, it must be done with other people's money.

[C. Anacreon]

Also, when did NPR ever 'hold power to account' when the powerful ones in question were Democrats? They're practically a house organ of the Democratic Party.

One more thing -- the next time I hear some smug asshole who believes himself to be much smarter than he actually is, start out a sentence with "I was listening to NPR this morning, and ......" I'm going to clock him real good.

[Brett L]

I'm going to clock him real good.

Why? He already has to live in a world full of uninformed mouth-breathers who he probably can't get through to, because they're philistines*. Why give him the smug satisfaction of being right?

*I'm not capitalizing it because its a common English adjective, and some will consider that barbaric, but I don't give a fuck.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Nonprofits like PBS and NPR often cover issues with more complexity and nuance than corporate-owned networks.

Bzzzt. Wrong.

[Pro Libertate]

You want more nuance and complexity? Read a thought-provoking book. Written a least 200 years ago.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

But enough about Tristram Shandy.

[Tonio]

+1 Uncle Toby's war wound

[Swiss Servator]

+1 19 page curse

[{|}===[|}:;:;:;:;:;:;:>]

To be fair, you need to add a lot of complexity and nuance to obscure arguments and issues that would otherwise have simple solutions contrary to those dictated by progressive ideology.

[thrakkorzog]

How about they actually read somebody like Picketty? If they're going to cite him as a source, they should actually read his damn book, rather than simply buying it and putting it on a shelf in order to impress all their right thinking friends who also never read him.

[Mot?rSteve]

"There are instructive comparisons. Nonprofits like PBS and NPR often cover issues with more complexity and nuance than corporate-owned networks."

Are they talking about the same NPR who cites the Southern Poverty Law Center as a credible source when running a scare story about the non-existent wave of Hate Crimes?

[GILMORE?]

"or, you know, maybe the other war around. Either / or."

[Pat (PM)]

New Hampshire Burger King workers accused of selling pot as 'extra crispy' fries

Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Police in New Hampshire said two Burger King workers were arrested for allegedly distributing marijuana to customers who requested "extra crispy" fries.

Epping Police Chief Michael Wallace said investigators learned customers at the Burger King drive-through were asking employees if "Nasty Boy" was working, and if confirmed, they would request "fries extra crispy."

The customers would then receive a coffee cup filled with marijuana, which they would be charged for, Wallace said.

"Nasty Boy" was identified as Garrett Norris, 20. Norris and his shift leader, Meagan Dearborn, 19, were arrested after police conducted an undercover buy using the "fries extra crispy" code Jan. 21. Both suspects were released on bond.

[AceDroman]

Yes...uh..Nasty Boy? I'd like uhh...an eighth of those extra crispy fries please?

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

How do you make new friends as an adult? Be like the golden retriever

In sum: To be like the golden retriever, all you need to do is find someone who seems nice, approach them with genuine enthusiasm, and if things don't pan out, trot along with a stick in your mouth and a song in your heart. So if you have recently moved to a new city or started a new job or just want to find people to go to trivia night with, and you're worried that no one would ever want to be friends with you, stop that right now. Of course you'll make friends! Just be yourself. But also: Be a little bit like the golden retriever.

[Pat (PM)]

By the time you reach adulthood you should eschew friendships in favor of isolation and alcoholism.

[Chipwooder]

That's the plan I've been following and it seems to work for me.

[But Enough About Me]

Huh. And here I thought I was the only one.

[R C Dean]

Well, this is weird. Me, too.

[waffles]

My dog meets people by sticking his head in their crotch. I guess it would work for some people but I'm not bold enough to try.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Is your dog single, or what?

[waffles]

My dog does well with the bitches, but I keep him in isolation and dictate his entire life including when and where to shit.

[bacon-magic]

I hope you make the list, Fascist!

[jesse.in.mb]

It's surprisingly effective.

[Brett L]

That's always seemed to be a big advantage of being a gay male. Nobody expects subtle to work.

[jesse.in.mb]

I always found it weird how many of my straight male friends felt it was impossible to make new friends after college. My casual observations have indicated that if/when they pluck up the courage to strike up a conversation with a strange male, there's this immediate "wait why are you talking to me" moment and the initiator takes it as rejection and withdraws and no bonding over shared interests develop. My gay friends seem more comfortable pressing past the initial awkwardness and once you're talking about common interests it falls away.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Asking for a man's number or asking him out for a beer is awkward because we do not want to be mistaken as evil, gay monsters. However, it is a truly silly concern.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

I've never had this problem. And then I realize that I am the forward one.

[jesse.in.mb]

My core group of friends (a pretty even mix of straight and gay men and women) tend to just not care. We'll be at bars and but into other people's conversations or invite strays in to hang out with us. The friends who always complain about how hard it is to make new friends get visibly uncomfortable when they're out with us and we strike up conversations with neighboring tables. I don't see myself as that outgoing and I'm baffled by it.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

I've never had this problem. And then I realize that I am the forward one.

[JaimeRoberto]

If you're a golden retriever they just let you.

[Citizen X]

I've always liked golden retrievers, but they are dumb as hell.

[Playa Manhattan.]

That's exactly what they say about you too/

[Chipper Morning Wood]

They are supposed to be working dogs, and being delegated to a companion dog makes them feel useless.

[Episteme]

They're technically working dogs, but they've gone downhill since they unionized.

[flye]

I have a golden retriever -- he likes to sniff strangers' asses. Like, way up in there.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

So, is your dog currently seeing anyone?

[flye]

He has a wart on his lower lip right now. I'm assuming that's not a deal breaker?

[Playa Manhattan.]

Deal sweetener.

[Ted S.]

I guess it's time to post this classic image of my Goldie again. 🙂

[Ted S.]

Here's a more typical image.

[bacon-magic]

Awwwww.

[bacon-magic]

Hey Crusty, I've got a stick you can put in your mouth while you trot along.

[Tonio]

+1 Mr. Peanutbutter

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Of course you'll make friends! Just be yourself

that's the shortest path to no friends.

[GILMORE?]

Just be yourself. But also: Be a little bit like the golden retriever.

i'm more of a Mutt, really.

[John Titor]

Shit in public, and often.

[gaoxiaen]

Everybody's impressed if you can lick your own balls.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

I am only impressed if your ability to do this is not predicated by a very long scrotum.

[R C Dean]

Even more impressive!

[Sir Digby Chicken Caesar]

+1 Longscrotum Serenade

[Swiss Servator]

Is this some sort of furry come on?

*squints*

[Fist of Etiquette]

You have been seen on national television very clearly being the cause of increased division in our society and it's time your flame is put out.

Oh, that could mean anything. Heck, it could simply be a gay slur!

[Zeb]

Trump should start wearing fake big hands like Charlie's creepy uncle in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

[DOOMco]

"We're lawyers!"

[Not a True MJG]

NOBODY LOOK
NOBODY LOOK

[MythicalLibertarianWoman]

Well, my link today was going to be about the U Dub Fascist Crisis, but Robby beat me to it. So I'll just go OT and say: for those who may be inclined (since someone mentioned a few weeks back that half of Reason's commentariat are writers), the Agorist Writers Workshop is open for submissions for their new anthology, which is themed "Then Move to Somalia." (I suggested "Muh Roads," so they placated me with that image.) They are looking for humor/satire short stories with a libertarian bent. This seems like an exceedingly appropriate time for it.

[Citizen X]

[SugarFree submits volumes]

[Agorist Writers Workshop folds immediately]

[Private Chipperbot]

It fell apart when SF wouldn't allow them to classify it as fiction.

[But Enough About Me]

Wait, what? It's fiction?

[FreeRadical]

[GILMORE?]

Journalistic Method of the Day #3

Notice how "shit John McCain says" will increasingly be cast as "GOP Says", now that John McCain has become the #1 BFF with Trump-hating media.

[bacon-magic]

McCain is the Republican version of Hihn.

[Chipper Morning Wood]

McCain is a lich, not a vampire.

[Aloysious]

Is he being called a 'Maverick' again? I hate that shit. He's a crazy old coot.

[Free Society]

the #1 BFF useful idiot with Trump-hating media.

[Zeb]

Except when he runs for president, McCain is one of the official Good Republicans.

[Free Society]

I thought when he ran for president he was a racist, bigot homophobe, literally Hitler. I mean shit, he tried to take the presidency away from a black man!

[Zeb]

That's what I mean. Democrats hold him up as one of the reasonable Republicans, except when he was running against Obama, when he was all that and more.

[Free Society]

I read that wrong sorry.

[The Late P Brooks]

CNN is apparently like Nell Fenwick, tied to the railroad tracks by Snidely Whiplash, and the dreadnaught locomotive of capitalism is coming!

[Pro Libertate]

Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee!!!

[Heroic Mulatto]

The University of Washington College Republicans published a statement that looked to some like a call for violence. (It's particularly insensitive, given that someone was actually shot at the UW-CR's recent Milo Yiannopoulos event.)

"We will keep fighting until the UW becomes an institution where both ends of the political spectrum are allowed to engage in civil discourse free of oppression"

Too soon.

5/28 NEVER FORGET!

[The Fusionist]

Let's play a game I like to call "what if this had happened to a group who came to Washington for the Women's March?"

Youth group in DC for March for Life rally attacked

"A youth ministry group visiting D.C. for Friday's March for Life rally says its members were attacked by a group of teens Wednesday night near the metro....

""Broken nose, fractured eye socket, the other adult leader as far we can tell some type of concussion, he just remembers having dinner details are fuzzy after that," said someone familiar with the groups conditions."

[Tonio]

Let's play a game called reality check. FTFA:

Two adult chaperones and 22 teens got off at the Congress Heights Metro stop in SE DC, and they started the mile walk back to the church when one of the adult chaperones in the back of the group was attacked.

Congress Heights...SE DC...not a good part of town. Sorry, Eddie, this sounds like a non-ideological mugging, not relijus oppreshunz.

Absolutely nothing about the attackers saying anything about abortion...and absolutely no indication whether the catholic youths were visibly carrying anti-abortion signs, etc. And this from a Fox news affiliate.

Sorry, Eddie, but this is just you being all whiny and butt-hurt and looking for martyrdom where none exists.

[The Fusionist]

"Sorry, Eddie, this sounds like a non-ideological mugging, not relijus oppreshunz."

I didn't say it was religious oppression, doofus.

I said what if this happened to members of the women's march?

[Tonio]

The implication was there, Eddie, and everyone knows it.

If this (a non-ideological mugging) had happened to members of the Women's March I assume they would have quietly reported it to the police, but not sought additional publicity. Particularly if the attackers were members of an accredited victim group.

What do you think they would have done, Eddie. Don't make me guess.

[The Fusionist]

"An example of the oppression women face every day," I don't know, you're more of an expert in BS.

[The Fusionist]

Unlike some, I didn't speculate on the motives of these apparently still-at-large perps.

I *do* know how the media thinks (emotes), and if these were women's marchers the media would be trying to find a way to pin it on Trump's Climate of Hate.

[Tonio]

So, I'm not allowed to speculate on the motives of perps while you can claim to know how the media thinks. Got. It.

[SugarFree]

If only you had been there to protect them, Eddie, but alas you are but a feckless keyboard warrior and not brave enough to march.

[The Fusionist]

Don't get your tentacles in a twist, SugarFree, I couldn't make it this year unlike the two previous occasions when I went.

[Trshmnstr, stuck in this can]

Don't get your tentacles in a twist, SugarFree

I laughed

[R C Dean]

Me, too.

Eddie has a (minor) point.

[SugarFree]

Cool story

[Swiss Servator]

Wait a minute... you have tentacles?!

Nice!

[Tonio]

Also, FTFV at 1:15, the attackers were "hurling racial slurs" against the plucky pro-life protesters. Ugh. So that adds an additional dimension of suckiness.

[B.P.]

"he just remembers having dinner details are fuzzy after that..."

Story of my life.

[But Enough About Me]

Only when my dinners consist of twelve ounces of single-malt.

[R C Dean]

So, uh, story of my life?

[Swiss Servator]

"Hydraulic meal"

[Pat (PM)]

FL fisherman who hauled in $500k worth of cocaine faces life in prison

Breeding, 32, was a longline fisherman from Panama City, Fla. The fisherman had accumulated a few run-ins with the law, including drug and gun convictions, the Panama City News Herald reported.[...]

But, until Breeding found the 45-pound cocaine bale, the fisherman said that he had kept a previously clean slate when it came to the narcotics trade.

"I do not know where the drugs came from and haven't ever been involved in the drug trade before. I was just a hard-working, young commercial fisherman," Breeding wrote recently in a letter to the News Herald, penned from Florida's Washington County Jail. "I was working as a long line boat captain out of Panama City when I found a package containing 20 kilos of cocaine."

It was a what-if scenario of the type that fuels Florida crime potboilers: A fisherman finds a package of drugs valued at a huge street sum, and makes a decision.[...]

But it was an object lesson in what not to do. [?]

He instead handed over the 45-pound haul to four other people, on the condition they would sell the cocaine and pay a cut to Breeding. All five were caught in the summer[?]. Breeding may be punished with up to life imprisonment and a fine in the millions of dollars.

[flye]

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish for cocaine and he'll never eat again.

[Swiss Servator]

Wait....won't he get three hots and a cot in prison?

[Rufus The Monocled]

Well, that was stupid.

[waffles]

Yeah, he should have just thrown a wild coke rager twice a year for the next 20 years.

[Brett L]

Man. Guy won the square grouper lottery and fucked it up.

[Brett L]

My dad claims to have come across one on the beach further east on the Gulf while running. Apparently, he called it in, because he's an old square.

[thrakkorzog]

I dunno who done dropped 'em, but I thank 'em just the same.

[Chipwooder]

hah! First thing that came to my mind, too

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

He instead handed over the 45-pound haul to four other people, on the condition they would sell the cocaine and pay a cut to Breeding. All five were caught in the summer[?]. Breeding may be punished with up to life imprisonment and a fine in the millions of dollars.

It seemed like a good plan.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Rolex is suddenly battling one of the biggest threats in history

According to Andrea Squatrito, the founder of RE Analytics, a big-data intelligence boutique based in Milan, new technology is once again drawing a battlefield for Swiss watchmakers. Squatrito's report called "Rolex: An industry under threat" outlines how the rise of smartwatches may pose a new threat for Swiss watch brands.

Squatrito's report identifies two main business segments for Rolex in particular: "people who are buying watches in the ?2,500 to ?11,000 range and people buying watches in the ?23,000 to ?33,000 range" (one euro is worth $1.06). Together these two segments account for 83% of the company's business.

Squatrito believes that Rolex's lower-end watches, which make up 45% of the company's customer base, are at risk of being challenged by high-end wearables like the Apple Watch Herm?s.

I don't buy it.

[The Fusionist]

It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!

[GILMORE?]

No. I've actually looked at analyses of smart-watch buyers and Rolex customers, and they aren't even remotely the same people. If you're in the market for a 'Lex, you aren't concerned about its fucking apps.

[Pat (PM)]

This. The appeal of a mechanical time piece of any variety is not in its utility. If you wanted accurate timekeeping you could get it in a $3 quartz Swatch. The appeal of a Rolex in particular is about demonstrating that you have more money than knowledge or taste.

[GILMORE?]

I think IWC makes nice watches for the $, fwiw

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

They're nice, but still overpriced. The same watch back in the late 90s which sold for $4k now retails for $8k.

[GILMORE?]

i think the same could be said of any luxury items. i wish i had it, but there was an interesting infographic recently that showed how X items were all basically inflation-proof (consumer electronics being one), and other items have basically doubled in price over the last 10 years or so.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

The watch world has seen a major resurgence of interest-- actually thanks to Millennials who find wearing a vintage mechanical watch to carry a kind of vicarious cachet with the cool people of the past.

The downside has been that a Paul Newman Daytona which sold used at trade shows for a few hundred and were commanded low to middling interest among collectors is now impossible to find in mediocre condition for less than $15,000.

Basically, what was once a fun thing to do: collect vintage mechanical watches has become dangerous and cut-throat, with a market full of shockingly good fakes and super-high prices.

[Pat (PM)]

Always tasteful and understated. My dad was a huge IWC fan, although he could never afford one.

If I was "lose your humanity" type of rich I'd buy a Patek or Vacheron, but in all honesty, I'd rather wear an Omega. I do have a huge soft spot for the blue and red bezel GMT Master from Rolex too.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

I do have a huge soft spot for the blue and red bezel GMT Master from Rolex too.

Check out Tom Magnum over here.

[Pat (PM)]

Huh. It's the '50s PanAm nostalgia for me, although that picture does nothing but make it even more badass.

[Pro Libertate]

Magnum: Ivan.
Ivan: Yes?
Magnum: Did you see the sunrise this morning?
Ivan: (a bit puzzled) Yes, why?
Magnum: My watch can tell you when it happens to 1/100th of a second of accuracy. Neat, huh?

[GILMORE?]

I do have a huge soft spot for the blue and red bezel GMT Master from Rolex too.

i have been trying to find a good "Root beer" GMT for the last 10 years. I passed on one for a few grand years ago, thinking it was too gaudy (i don't like gold). then it grew and grew and grew on me and now i lust after them. but when i see them now they're like $10k or so and its not worth it.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

i have been trying to find a good "Root beer" GMT

Check out Clint Eastwood over here.

[GILMORE?]

Castro was also a fan

[BakedPenguin]

I used to work for a conglomerate that included Bulova. I was able to get one for just under $100 a decade ago.

[Pat (PM)]

Btw, Gilmore, I wasn't trying to shit on you by slamming Rolex there if it came off that way. Just that every dickhead who gets ghetto rich wants to drop 10 grand on a bog standard Submariner, and Rolex gets prices far in excess of their quality compared to other brands, I think.

[GILMORE?]

no worries i got where you were coming from the first time

[R C Dean]

I like mechanical watches.

Christopher Ward is my go- to. Very nice, very reasonable.

[Texasmotiv]

"More money thank knowledge or taste"

It's like a Bentley you wear on your wrist!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I know a little something about this-- and I don't even need to look at the analytics. You're right, they're miles from the same types of people. And it's not just Rolex buyers-- the buyers of any mechanical/automatic watches have almost zero interest in smart watches-- and what interest they do have does NOT displace their interest in traditional watches.

[Pro Libertate]

I want a functional Antikythera mechanism, miniaturized to fit on my wrist. No electronics!

[Episteme]

The Antikythera Device was simply the Colossus of Rhodes' watch, which he accidentally dropped into the water one day...

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

But in the future, will stupid millennials who were Rolex's audience be inclined to purchase a Rolex?

[GILMORE?]

go read/watch Hodinkee. There is a sub-category of millenials who lust after "authenticity", and nothing is more authentic-fetishistic than a mechanical watch.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Oh, I think there will always be a big audience for luxury wristwatches.

[Rhywun]

It's not just millenials but I know the type. They're also into turntables and "vintage" clothing.

Me, I always fucking hated wearing a watch and I'm glad I probably never have to own one again.

[GILMORE?]

BTW -

as someone who used to be in that line of work, consultants frequently publish studies citing some sort of existential threat to a client's operations... then market themselves to said clients as being the ideal people to hire to aid them in the effort to respond to said market-threat.

Just read any quarterly research studies from Deloitte/PwC/Mercer/ et al. = "IS X GOING TO DESTROY REVOLUTIONIZE THE Y INDUSTRY? = 10 IMPLICATIONS" Its how you gin up business.

[Pro Libertate]

"If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem."

[But Enough About Me]

Excellent.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

So they're like Paul Krugman.

[jesse.in.mb]

(one euro is worth $1.06)

Wait, really?

*books all the flights to Europe*

Fuck yeah.

[Tonio]

The Atlantic: This article originally stated that there is "no heart to speak of" in a six-week-old fetus. By that point in a pregnancy, a heart has already begun to form.

American Pregnancy: Between 5 ? to 6 ? weeks, a fetal pole or even a fetal heartbeat may be detected by vaginal ultrasound. The fetal pole is the first visible sign of a developing embryo. This pole structure actually has some curve to it with the embryo's head at one end and what looks like a tail at the other end.

American Pregnancy seems to be a non-ideological, evidence-based medicine site.

[Heroic Mulatto]

American pregnancy, stay away from me
American pregnancy, mama let me be
Don't come a hangin' around my door
I don't want to see your fetus no more
I got more important things to do
Than spend my time growin' old with you
Now pregnancy, I said stay away
American pregnancy, listen what I say-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay

[Tonio]

Don't make me Guess Who that is.

[Swiss Servator]

I don't care if you are my foil dealer...

*narrows gaze*

[SQWRLZ://cdn.panopticon.gov]

Something tells me you're the last one here, Swiss. Sad!
(JK)

[Private Chipperbot]

Farmer shoots manure at protesters opposed to fracking on his property.

[The Fusionist]

He was just shooting the shit.

[Pat (PM)]

Swiss, can we get a ruling?

[ant1sthenes]

You made me laugh. I... think that's a first.

[Swiss Servator]

*narrows gaze*

[Free Society]

Fantastic.

[GILMORE?]

Take "Muslim" and "Airport" and "Violence"... and put them together.

And what would you normally think? Nope, not this time

NEW YORK (AP) ? ...Robin Rhodes, of Worcester, Massachusetts, had arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts on Wednesday night when he approached Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, at the Sky Club in Terminal 2 while she was sitting in the utility office, authorities said. Khan is a contracted employee based at the Sky Club...

Khan told police that Rhodes came to the door and went on a profanity-laced tirade, asking her if she was praying... Rhodes then punched the door, which hit the back of Khan's chair, he said. The 60-year-old Khan asked Rhodes what she had done to him and Rhodes said she'd done nothing, authorities said. He then cursed at her and kicked her in the leg, Khan told police.

When another person tried to calm him down, Rhodes moved away from the door and Khan ran out of the office to the front desk at the club, authorities said. Rhodes, 57, followed her, got down on his knees and began to bow down to imitate Muslim prayers and shouted obscenities, investigators said.

Khan recalled Rhodes saying: "Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you. You can ask Germany, Belgium and France about these kinds of people. You see what happens," prosecutors said.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Robin sounds like all of Worcester distilled into one person.

[AlmightyJB]

So it's not just Boston then?

[GILMORE?]

Wooostah is less cosmopolitan than Boston, and more-pure-massholish

[AlmightyJB]

I will stay far away then.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Worchester is no Fall River, that's for sure.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I blame the Portuguese* disposition.

*Does an ethnic slur even exist for these people?

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

I consulted the racial slur database, and there are no good ones for those people.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Er. Hello. Pork and Cheese.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Mike M.isms don't count.

[jesse.in.mb]

Someone Nicole knows referred was reading an article in Portuguese and described it as some kind of gay-ass-spanish (he didn't realize it was Portuguese). She was confused, his girlfriend sent a picture of the article to Nicole and she let him know it was a completely different language.

So at least someone has made fun of the language.

[BakedPenguin]

To me, Portuguese sounds like Spanish spoken by someone who's really drunk.

[GILMORE?]

* i personally find Portuguese much more pleasant to listen to than Spanish - either brazilian or OG

Portugal is one of my "top 5 favorite places on earth". I've never been to the south, but the whole Lisbon/Caiscais/Sintra triangle is heavenly.

i think it helped that the place was also ridiculously cheap when i visited. it always makes you feel good when your money goes a surprisingly long way, and you can spend like a big-shot.

[Don'tTreadOnMeChipper]

Porto is the bomb! Great food and, of course, port houses!

[AlmightyJB]

So he'll probably get a promotion at work then.

[flye]

Brave Sir Robin should have run away.

[AlmightyJB]

Well she does work for ISIS. Oh it's ISS.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

That sounds like one of those fake stories except... multiple witnesses, so...

[The Fusionist]

"...White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway addressed the March for Life crowd at the National Mall, declaring it a 'new dawn for life.'"

[GILMORE?]

Shocker = Cop's Lawyers are Unethical

[The Late P Brooks]

It's particularly insensitive

Oh, horror. Those Republikkkinz, with their violent imagery, racism and insensitivity.

Your signalling might be a little weak to get you that dream job at Salon. Maybe you should find some artistic otherkin to die your hair pink and sculpt it into the shape of a giant vulva for you.

[bacon-magic]

Not the hair! You can bemoan his prowess at journalism, but don't touch the hair.

[Mazakon]

I went through the article. It's quite blatantly biased and hyperbolic to say the least.

[Free Society]

So in other words, right up Robby's alley. Yes that's a euphemism.

[B.P.]

This apparently was the threatening language:

"If you keep prodding the right you may be unpleasantly surprised what the outcome will be."

[Free Society]

So irresponsible. Thankfully Robby was here to call them out for all the violence they're promoting post-election!

[Mazakon]

Women's March organizer a big fan of genital mutilation for those she disagrees with

[waffles]

I don't get it. I actually can't figure out what these people are saying and why or how it's offensive. I take this as a sign that I'm healthy.

[The Fusionist]

Down the memory hold

"In an interview with ABC News that aired earlier this week, President Donald Trump complained to anchor David Muir about the mainstream media's lack of coverage for the March of Life....

"Yet, surprisingly (or maybe not) the entire exchange about the two marches was edited out of ABC's official transcript of the interview."

[The Fusionist]

Oops, memory *hole*

[flye]

ABC had every right to surgically remove that troublesome bit of material.

[Mazakon]

"Gayborhood" declared too racist, must now undergo bias training

The verdict? The commission is requiring 11 bars and two nonprofits to undergo fair business practice training within 90 days and implicit bias training within 120 days, Philly.com reported.

Bars that don't comply could face punitive damages and fines, the outlet said, adding that those receiving city money could have their contracts suspended or terminated.

"Racism in the LGBTQ community is a real issue. It's a real issue in our entire society, not only just in the LGBTQ area or in the Gayborhood," the mayor said, Philly.com reported. "We need to do more to address it here in Philadelphia. We will do whatever else we need to do to see that the recommendations are adopted. And that possibly could include eliminating organizations who won't change their ways by limiting our participation in their work financially."

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

*watches dogs tear each other apart*

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Wow, looks like they're getting fisted by the long arm of the state.

[Free Society]

The University of Washington College Republicans published a statement that looked to some like a call for violence. (It's particularly insensitive, given that someone was actually shot at the UW-CR's recent Milo Yiannopoulos event.)

Did it Robby? Super insensitive huh?

[esteve7]

oh and sargon got banned from twitter for asking if increased muslim migration might lead to an increase in terrorist attacks.

[The Fusionist]

Sar-gone?

[waffles]

Is Twitter open about their bans being ideological or do they have some kind of smokescreen?

[esteve7]

ask milo about that

/ shadowbans

[DOOMco]

selective enforcement FTW

[Brett L]

They have some straight-out-of-Orwell "Truth and Fairness Council" that advises them on whom to ban.

[Pat (PM)]

They've got their Ministry of Truth Trust and Safety Council to backstop banning anyone they like who is outside the ideological bubble of the council's members.

[Pat (PM)]

They also have a refresh button...

[Brett L]

Oh right. Safety. As if tweets could cause physical harm.

[Pan Zagloba]

Hollaback? FEMINIST FUCKING FREQUENCY?!

Jesus, Sargon, how did you not get banned months ago?

[Rufus The Monocled]

Time for me to go out and be Daddy Cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIt-WiNkB8g

[AlmightyJB]

Deep

[GILMORE?]

Zuckerberg Drops Lawsuits Against Native Hawiians When Media Learns About It

basically, he bought a giant chunk of an island and was suing to kick all the natives off his plantation. they were claiming 'quiet title'

Naturally everyone is full of praise for his sensitivity.

[Heroic Mulatto]

What's a plantation without natives, though?

[The Fusionist]

You can always import your plantation labor.

[GILMORE?]

seriously.

isn't that actually the reasoning behind black slavery? that the caribbean / south american native indians were just *terrible* workers? (and died like flies)

[Free Society]

The Irish also made piss poor slaves in that climate, as they learned several thousand dead and raped Irish people later.

[Heroic Mulatto]

The British Empire just decided to throw a bunch of people together in the jungle to see what happened.

And the answer is me. I'm what happened.

[Free Society]

So you're the result of a government genetic alteration program? I think you're also the plot of several sci-fi action movies.

[R C Dean]

Awesome, HM. Post of the year.

[flye]

This was settled a long time ago. Slavery no longer exists in the world --- if it did people would be up in arms about it. Top of the news every day.

[ant1sthenes]

sarcasm?

[GILMORE?]

i realized that was the wrong word even as i used it. i just wanted to highlight the obviousness of the

"Billionaire Proggy Who Preaches Diversity and Tolerance and Yet Still Doesn't Want Brown People Marring The View From His Veranda"

[Brett L]

Jamaica?

[The Late P Brooks]

BAsically, he bought a giant chunk of an island and was suing to kick all the natives off his plantation. they were claiming 'quiet title'

So... squatters?

[thrakkorzog]

In this case case, the Hawaiians actually owned the land, Zuckerberg bought all the land surrounding their property and was trying to force them to sell.

[American sociaIist]

From the LATimes on CalExit: "There is a subset of people here, mostly from the privileged classes, who feel sullied by their political affiliation with Red America."

BINGO! You mean it's bad to be absolutely disgusted by this country's wars, intolerance, and for the way it kicks down upon the poor and disenfranchised?

[The Fusionist]

But enough about land-use rules in California's big cities which price many poor people out of the housing market.

[John]

No one cares dumb ass. Really no one cares.

[bacon-magic]

^John with the truth smack down. *takes folding chair to AmSoc(1 & 2) just to be sure

[kbolino]

for the way it kicks down upon the poor and disenfranchised

What, like BART police? I hear LAPD is a real hotbed of tolerance, too.

[John Titor]

So much of amsoc's posts can just be visualized as a jerk off hand motion.

[kbolino]

Well, it is fitting for his level of intellectual development.

[Brett L]

Trump masters the "defer to professionals" walk-back.

Oh, Mattis doesn't want to use torture? We won't use torture.

[The Fusionist]

"I have people to handle questions about proper interrogation methods. If they say they have a better method than torture, fine."

[Pro Libertate]

How do you fight the power of the random walk?

[John Titor]

"Matty, we're going to torture people, and that's final."

"Mr. President, I have a plan to kill everyone I meet."

"...fine, I accept your judgement of the situation."

[Episteme]

I think that Trump is just afraid of Mattis. Like he should be.

[ant1sthenes]

Wasn't the EO just soliciting advice anyway?

[Briggie]

So someone on my Facebook feed decided to seize the opportunity of Holocaust Remembrance Day to post an extremely rare Trump = Hitler rant.

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Let's have a brief and simplified talk about what led to the murder of millions of people. Specifically, the Jewish people above all else.

1.) Following the events of civil unrest and political upheaval, a man launches a populist movement. That man is Hitler.
2.) He taps into the fears and prejudices of people. He doesn't hand them knowledge or empowerment, he hands them a pitchfork.
3.) Despite protests and most of the world resisting his dogma, he comes to power. Mostly through abuse of the system and broken failsafes. (Sound familiar yet?)
4.) Once in power, he begins to silence his opponents. The media, those who resist, and all intellectuals who find his message abhorrent.
5.) He assumes a dictatorship level of power, surrounds himself with yes men, and begins to mobilize the Nazi war machine and start the events of World War 2. As well as the concentration camps.

History doesn't often give perfect parallels, but you cannot hide your head in the sand any longer.

Trump did not pivot, he did not become "presidential", and we are seeing our Democracy show more cracks every day. Please, reflect on one of the worst tragedies of our species, and fight back.

[The Fusionist]

"Let's have a brief and simplified talk about what led to the murder of millions of people."

Defining them as unpersons without rights?

[Trshmnstr, stuck in this can]

This.

[kbolino]

He taps into the fears and prejudices of people

Joe Biden: "They're going put you all back in chains!"

[gaoxiaen]

For some reason, Mr. T isn't upset.

[Swiss Servator]

*drops wine glass and staggers up to applaud thunderously*

[Free Society]

an extremely rare Trump = Hitler rant

HAAA. I had to wipe a single tear of laughter from my eye.

[LynchPin1477]

You know what I find most annoying about these types of posts? They're so lazy.

There *are* some common elements between Hitler and Trump. Populism, tapping into fear, nationalism. But that doesn't mean Trump *is* Hitler. There are a different set of risks with a Trump presidency. Take the time to understand what's happening now instead of trying to relate everything back to WWII.

We need a better class off opposition.

[Free Society]

I could draw you some parallels between Hitler and virtually any democratically elected leader. Especially the European socialists. Hitler comparisons are in fact the epitome of intellectual laziness. They are cheap and easy to produce, thus our present abundance.

[kbolino]

Critical elements lacking from most Hitler comparisons: brownshirts, Reichstag fire, enabling acts, ...

[The Fusionist]

Also vegetarianism and anti-smoking crusades.

[Free Society]

I will concede that present circumstances do feature a species of brownshirts. Probably more aptly referred to as a species of red guards.

[ant1sthenes]

I haven't seen any brownshirts, though I have seen some blackshirts.

[Free Society]

That's what I meant when I said red guard, I guess that's an old fashioned term. I think 'antifa' and 'blackshirt' is more in vogue these days, same basket of shit.

[LynchPin1477]

Yep. There's a reason Godwining has a name.

[kbolino]

Oddly enough, that reason is not because of what Godwin originally said.

[flye]

reflect on one of the worst tragedies of our species

Oh so we're supposed to just forget about our dicking around with Denisovans? Huh?

[LynchPin1477]

Well I just saw that Trump signed an executive order regarding refugees and preparing to set up safe zones in Syria. So get ready for yet another quagmire in the Middle East. Fuck.

[The Fusionist]

Don't you like safe spaces?

[paranoid android]

Can't we just dispense with this "executive order" euphemism and call them what they are? The term is "Imperial decrees".

[LynchPin1477]

We are getting what everyone else deserves.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

It's just more of that super business epic trolling negotiation.

[Zeb]

7 dimensional chess.

[R C Dean]

Yeah, this one I don't like.

[Swiss Servator]

"i'll make the Syrians and Russians and Turks pay for it"?

[The Fusionist]

That's the thing I was mad at Hillary for proposing - is Trump trying to fight Russia just to show he's independent of Putin?

[DOOMco]

Good play by clinton then. Get the enemy to do your bidding

[Pan Zagloba]

From BBC

However, a mention of creating "safe zones" within Syria, seen in an earlier draft, was removed from the final order.

No full retard today. Full retard tomorrow.

[Bra Ket]

Though the mood between supporters and protestors was contentious, it was not generally violent?until a 34-year-old man was shot and rushed to Harborview.

Apart from the violence, the mood was not violent.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Would they look good on me?

[bacon-magic]

*drops gloves and gropes a booby*

[thrakkorzog]

I'm guessing the result would like like either Sgt Hatred or Col Gathers from The Venture Brothers. Pass.