Powerball Winner Comes Forward, Cantwell Surrenders to Police, Military Transgender Ban Guidelines Leaked: P.M. Links

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  Today in President Donald Trump tweets: Complaining about James Clapper (who questions Trump's fitness for office), and complaining about both the failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the hold up on debt ceiling legislation. He also complained about critiques of his speeches.

• The White House does appear to have guidelines in the works to implement Trump's tweet-announced ban of transgender enlistment in the military. New enlistments would be prohibited, and Defense Secretary James Mattis would have the discretion to decide whether to remove transgender people currently serving.
• The person who won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has come forward in Massachusetts, and she isn't you.
• After the Department of Justice scaled back the extent of a search warrant against DreamHost to provide data about an anti-Trump website they suspect was involved with violent Inauguration Day protests, a judge is ordering DreamHost to comply, but with court supervision to provided additional protections of the privacy of third-party data.
• White nationalist Christopher Cantwell, 36, has surrendered to police, charged with two felony counts of an illegal use of tear gas and one count of malicious bodily injury by means of a caustic substance over the events of the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally.
• Hurricane Harvey will probably be a category 3 storm by the time it hits Texas over the weekend.

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Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

He also complained about critiques of his speeches.

When the president says something that means it's not insane.

[Citizen X - #6]

The person who won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has come forward in Massachusetts, and she isn't you.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, SHACKELTON.

[Don't look at me.]

I doubt the winner has time for this dreck.

[loveconstitution1789]

I would spend ALL my time on here.

[loveconstitution1789]

I would also spend much of the money annoying lefties like buying all the confederate statues and putting them on private property encased in bulletproof glass and other security measures to prevent their removal or vandalism.

I would also buy Reason and fire Shikha for being such a horrible writer.

[Crusty Juggler]

I would spend the money to get myself two chicks.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

If you just want someone to constantly groom you for ticks, Crusty, you could save a lot of money by getting a possum.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Haha, I hate myself.

[Curt]

That's it? If you had $758.7M, you'd do two chicks at the same time?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Watch out for your cornhole, buddy.

[Charles Easterly]

I don't like my job and I don't think I'm gonna go anymore.

[loveconstitution1789]

You only need $1 Million to do that.

You would need a million to get two chicks to double up on a guy like you.

[Mickey Rat]

If he had a million dollars...
...he'd be rich.

[PurityDiluting]

+1 BnL

[BestUsedCarSales]

That wouldn't be any different for me, but I'd be able to stop pretending that I contribute work.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

That's what I was thinking. May be she is a H&R reader. But she is definitely not Citizen Crusty.

[The Last American Hero]

There are no libertarian women.

[Chinny Chin Chin]

Pssh. You think anyone here is libertarian?

There are a couple leftists, a bunch of closet Republicans, and the rest are sockpuppets run by a Macedonian teenager.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

But one of us is the Chosen One, right? Destined to lead us to the Libertarian Moment?

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Ah, yes, The Coming of the Anti-Marx.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

All the signs pointed to Gary Johnson, but prophesy is fickle.

[CE]

Half the real men Libertarian voters went to Stannis, er Trump, instead, to save them from the scourge of having to bake cakes for people they don't like.

[Telcontar the Wanderer]

If there were one, it would be me.

But libertarianism is the correct ideology because it is the only ideology that doesn't need one.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I live in Washington, thank you.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Hurricane Harvey will probably be a category 3 storm by the time it hits Texas over the weekend.

It takes a cat 4 or better to make it over the border wall.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Not if you are Hurricane Harvey Keitel.

[Rat on a train]

CAT 3 won't have much bandwidth. You need at least CAT 5e or your hurricane will have buffering issues.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sigh.

[CE]

Hurricane Harvey will probably be a category 3 storm by the time it hits Texas...

Sounds like a real wallbanger.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Hey guys I missed the Kat Timpf article yesterday -- I demand a rerun!

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

What did I miss.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Hawt babes.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I can't believe they memory holed it.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

"I'd endure her rape fantasies" is the wit I would have brought to that discussion.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...Defense Secretary James Mattis would have the discretion to decide whether to remove transgender people currently serving.

Ladies and gentlemen and anyone in between, we may have a new villain.

[PurityDiluting]

That sounds like a good use of his time (assuming he does this on a case-by-case basis)

[CE]

What about the Unsullied?

[Cyto]

Real question:

Is it unacceptable to consider the financial commitment you are making before hiring someone? In this case, the taxpayers are apparently on the hook for gender reassignment surgery, should a member of the armed forces decide that such surgery is necessary. Assuming this is true, wouldn't declining to hire someone who comes with maybe $100k in medical costs, plus an open-ended commitment for psychiatric services be a rational decision?

If that's not acceptable, what about someone who needs a heart-lung transplant. I mean, right now they'd probably be medically ineligible for the military. But is that a legit redline? Or maybe someone with a genetic condition that renders them fine for now, but a million dollar medical liability in 5 years?

[Overt]

That is a fair question. Of course, our medical coverage of military veterans has often been predicated along the lines of "If you are willing to put your life on the line defending the country, we are willing to pay your medical bills."

But honestly, the best way to handle this is to say "We will allow you in the service, but we won't pay for gender reassignment".

[loveconstitution1789]

See, that's not correct. The military declines people serving for various medical reasons. Part of that is military readiness and being a military of sick people the other reason is that after serving in the military, all medical conditions that are deemed "service connected" are taken care of by the veterans affairs department.

[Citizen X - #6]

That is a terrible picture of Jim Norton.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Au contraire. That is the best possible picture of Jim Norton. And he is not even covered in piss.

[Citizen X - #6]

The picture isn't clear enough to tell if there's urine in it or not, you silly goose.

[Libertymike]

Or Jim Northrup.

[Crusty Juggler]

He looks more like a fat-faced version of Reason's own J.D. Tuccille.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

The person who won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has come forward in Massachusetts, and she isn't you.

Le sigh.

[CE]

But if she's single you could conceivably marry her.

[Fist of Etiquette]

White nationalist Christopher Cantwell, 36, has surrendered to police, charged with two felony counts of an illegal use of tear gas and one count of malicious bodily injury by means of a caustic substance over the events of the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally.

To be clear, he wasn't a SWAT member, right?

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

This fuckhead. Who converted from alleged libertarianism to alt-right whitism by reading Lew Rockwell. He used to call himself anarchist, atheist, asshole. He got one of those right.

[loveconstitution1789]

If someone "converts" from Liberty, free market, and individual rights to racism, socialism, and authoritarianism they were never Libertarians int eht efirst place.

See Tony, Brian, etc.

[loveconstitution1789]

Typos are killing me.

[Crusty Juggler]

We Asked People to Sum Up Their Most Petty Opinion in Six Words

We asked friends and co-workers to tell us what petty, controversial opinion they secretly hold?the kinds that would would cause a full-on ruckus if aired at the family dinner table, at the corner bar, or in the break room at work. Here's what they said.

I really appreciate Reason's editorial content.

[Crusty Juggler]

This is not television's golden age.

[Citizen X - #6]

None of my opinions are petty.

[$park? leftist poser]

Everyone not me is a retard.

[Dillinger]

I love all new bands.

[Crusty Juggler]

^ Can't count.

[Dillinger]

Never follows the herd, on purpose.

[Charles Easterly]

Dillinger,

Clearly you must realize that by explaining your independence using the required six words that you have likely undermined you point, do you not?

[Curt]

I'm debating if you can read that in two ways. That he consciously avoids following the herd (I never follow the herd and I do that on purpose). Or, that he doesn't intentionally follow the herd (I never follow the herd on purpose, but sometimes it happens by accident).

The latter might be allowable.

[Curt]

Whoever wrote this must be bored.

[loveconstitution1789]

One man wolf pack... got it.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Never-worn baby shoes shouldn't be sold.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I feel bad for pedophiles.

[Crusty Juggler]

^ Can't count.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Are you referring to certain people's abilities to determine age?

[BestUsedCarSales]

Philosophically I consider the period to be a distinct word in the sentence.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

"Yo, I feel bad for pedophiles."

Is better.

[Jerryskids]

Yo, I feel good to pedophiles.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I loathe Wisconsinites regardless of anything.

[Curt]

Ketchup is revolting and I think less of you for eating it.

[lap83]

fact

[loveconstitution1789]

Curt HATES tomatoes and sugar mixed.... got it.

[lap83]

Trump's War on Trans Rights Is Cynical and Terrifying

oh wait, that was another article headline

[lap83]

btw, I can count I just choose not to

[Crusty Juggler]

Those who can't count are losers.

[loveconstitution1789]

Those losers who can't count losers are losers.

[Crusty Juggler]

Fact: pizza is an overrated food.

[CE]

Not possible.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

I don't care about teenage suicides.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Suicide is definitely a touchy topic with me. I do think it is sad when someone dies, doesn't matter who it is particularly. I hold that one holds absolute ownership of their own body, and with that the right to decide to die. And in fact, I think that choosing to live should be an affirmation in of itself, by choosing not to kill myself I make an active choice to live. It is not a neutral state.

If someone chooses to die though, I will forever respect that choice. Even if it is a choice that often saddens me to see. This is also why I don't like the Right To Die debate, as it's almost always structured so that the person must meet some arbitrary threshold of illness before they are allowed to die by the State.

Finally, I think it interesting that I can find maybe 2 philosophers who were pro-suicide, Jean Amery and Arthur Schopenhauer.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Fudge, I had a thoughtful reply to you get eaten by the internet. Long story short:

I mostly agree with you; a right to live is inseparable from a right to die. This should not require state approval.

My cold reaction to suicides stems from reflection on my own black moods and self destructive nature; my own contemplation of oblivion. That said, nobody close to me has committed suicide, I imagine that must heavily impact the views one has on the matter.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I just don't know. I don't know someone's mind. They made their decision, and I respect it.

Of course, assholes who shoot up a grocery store before killing themselves are exempted.

[Overt]

From a libertarian perspective, I agree subject to one niggling point: It is wrong to commit suicide if it will leave unsettled obligations that you have. The simplest is unpaid debts to the bank, but can also include kids who you are obligated to support, a spouse to whom you have financial obligations or victims of some other crime you committed. In those cases, suicide is worse than skipping out on a contract, because you cannot ever be held to account.

That said, I don't see how my niggling point really results in some sort of enforceable action. Certainly, someone who fails to commit suicide could be held to account for attempting to breach a standing contract. But to what end? And for all the rest of the people, they are dead so what are you gonna do?

Nevertheless, I do stress the breach of contract exception because I think people too often want to paint the dead guy as a victim. If I skipped the country to escape the pain of housing and clothing my kids, I'd be called an asshole. I wouldn't be "The Victim" if I was just really sad, or in pain, and my flight had me hiding in a Mexican hovel for 20 years. I'd still be (rightfully) expected to settle my obligations and (rightfully) judged for being an asshole who ran away from problems I helped create.

[Square = Circle]

Hume, too.

[BestUsedCarSales]

I think the two I mentioned are unusual for actually being PRO-suicide to some extent. Not just neutral, or arguing that it is permissible. They argue to some extent it being good to some extent.

[Dillinger]

i lied above; i can't count.

[Curt]

sticklers for petty rules can go...

[Crusty Juggler]

I'm not attracted to Jennifer Lawrence.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

If Jennifer Lawrence was prettier, maybe.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

More Jennifer Lawrence for the rest of us then.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Silver Lining Playbook was hot af.

[Curt]

can we get a ruling from the judges? Will crusty allow "af" to stand as one or two words?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

No man can judge me! Freeeeeeeeedoooooooooooom!!!

[Crusty Juggler]

Will crusty allow "af" to stand as one or two words?

It's obviously two words. Duh.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Is this controversial? She kind of seems like she has autism or down syndrome or something.

[Telcontar the Wanderer]

So, she has a higher IQ than you, or a lower one?

Either way, win-win.

[Crusty Juggler]

Ketchup haters are definitely Nazi sympathizers.

[CE]

I didn't say we had to ban it.

[Crusty Juggler]

Chelsea Clinton's eye contact was invigorating.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

"Sir, how would you like to customize your Real Girl?"

"Well, I already told you she needs to look like Chelsea Clinton. But in addition, I want her to have those eyes that follow you around the room. Do you know what I am talking about?"

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Happy that they mostly bomb themselves.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I think she should always swallow.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...a judge is ordering DreamHost to comply, but with court supervision to provided additional protections of the privacy of third-party data.

So the burden on the third-party isn't taken into consideration.

[$park? leftist poser]

Chicopee, located some 90 miles west of Boston

Yes, everything in MA needs to be measured from Boston.

[Libertymike]

Hmmm, are you forgetting about this Masshole's loci at given moment?

[$park? leftist poser]

Should this Masshole care about your location?

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Put your pants back on, $park?.

[Libertymike]

We're done, he's already put his pants back on.

[Crusty Juggler]

Sad fact: the town's name is false advertising.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Was the drive at least scenic?

[Crusty Juggler]

Have you ever been to Springfield, MA?

*shudders*

[$park? leftist poser]

Don't make fun of my hometown, that's my job.

[Crusty Juggler]

"Wanna go to up to Holyoke and hit on the dykes?"

[$park? leftist poser]

All the dykes are in Northampton, dummy. Holyoke is full of spics.

[Libertymike]

Funny you should mention that Sparkman.

Once, many moons ago, I was in a college debating tournament at Smith and at a soiree after the Friday afternoon / early evening rounds, I discovered a high school crush who was lezzing out with a beefy bully dyke.

Just for a moment I felt YUK - until I noticed her noticing me with the 5'10 raven haired beauty who had decided to envelop me.

[BestUsedCarSales]

Basketball Hall of Fame AND Riverside Amusement Park! Most fun city in MA.

[Curt]

Also, if it's in MA and 90 miles from Boston, specifying that it's *west* is unnecessary.

[Libertymike]

As the pavement flows, 90 miles can be *east* of Boston, see P-Town.

[Curt]

True. I'm much more into the whole two-points/straight-line thing.

[Libertymike]

Eh, I was just being pedantic.

[Curt]

I've made that drive a couple times. Adding in holiday traffic makes it a little closer to 150 miles.

[Libertymike]

Yes, it is way more than 100 miles. There's a sign somewhere on the lower cape, but before P-Town, that lists Boston at over 100 miles.

[Crusty Juggler]

Charlottesville shrouds divisive Confederate statues in black cloth

(Reuters) - To applause from spectators, workers in Charlottesville, Virginia, covered two statues of Confederate generals with black tarpaulins on Wednesday in honor of the woman who was killed during a rally by white nationalists in the liberal-leaning college town.

You're safe now, Charlottesville.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

They converted them to antifa protesters?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Cover lady Justice's Boobs while you're at it. Oh wait.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The person who won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has come forward...

And her name is - brace yourself - Adolfa Hittler.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

That would be friggin hilarious.

[Libertymike]

She'll now be able to afford some lebensraum.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

White nationalist Christopher Cantwell, 36, has surrendered to police, charged with two felony counts of an illegal use of tear gas and one count of malicious bodily injury by means of a caustic substance

Jesus, this makes it sound like acid, not pepper spray. Fuck him anyway I guess.

[Square = Circle]

And I don't believe that pepper spray is, in fact, technically "caustic."

[Dillinger]

is when there are charges to be levied.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

I wonder if the laws of the state classify pepper spray as tear gas?

[target]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/loc.....61121.html

"A Fort Worth police officer who fired pepper spray at a group of passing motorcycles in March will receive internal sanctions but not be suspended, the department said Friday.
...
Several people in the pickup were treated by paramedics when the pepper spray blew in their direction."
---------------
"illegal use of tear gas and other gases, and one count of malicious bodily injury with a caustic substance
...
Cantwell was denied bond in Albemarle County General District Court"

rules for cops, and rules for everyone else.

[Crusty Juggler]

Police Launch Investigation After 'Distressing' Video Emerges of High School Cheerleaders Forced Into Splits

TW: autoplay, and it sounds like MJ Green's wedding night.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Why wasn't I invited.

[Bubba Jones]

This is stupid. Girls who can't do splits shouldn't be invited.

[Square = Circle]

Is the alt-text an XTC reference? If so, kudos.

[Charles Easterly]

Is the alt-text an XTC reference? If so, kudos.

Agreed.

I quite enjoyed most of Skylarking, and even found "A Testimonial Dinner" surprisingly good.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Marijuana company buys entire US town

A bit old but news to me. Bonus points for being the town from Fallout: New Vegas.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

I was a winner with last nights powerball. I used the $7 as a down payment on lunch.

[Crusty Juggler]

Nevada teacher accused of sex romps with at least two teens resigns

Whitaker was arrested June 5 on charges of engaging in sexual conduct with two high school students aged 16 and 18.

The fun part:

Investigators said Whitaker was arrested following an "unconventional eight-month probe which included surveillance," according to Express.co.uk.

"We did a lot of surveillance and some things like that and we were able to gather a lot of information that led us to circle around and we finally got down to the arrest," Supp continued.

"Some things like that" indeed.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

This is becoming a daily occurrence. Move over sex trafficking, this is the real shit. They should send undercover cops back to highschool with the goal of entrapping a teacher. I'd watch that movie.

[Dillinger]

gives Jumpstreet a new name.

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

What a sexy time to be alive.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

It's the hint of danger that really elevates things.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

No shit.

[BestUsedCarSales]

They hesitate to reveal their manner of jerking it.

[PurityDiluting]

"led us to circle around"
Ewwwwww

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Today in President Donald Trump tweets

Which makes me a better American, caring or not caring?

Don't forget you're a powerless pleb with no ability to affect anything whatsoever.

[Dillinger]

i run with not.

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

Huh. Went outside a few minutes ago and saw John Stossel and then Brett Gelman.

Stossel's stash is glorious though graying. Gelman's tall. You're welcome.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Jelly.

[Chipper Morning, Now #1]

Peanut butter.

[Crusty Juggler]

'Jews vs. Nazis' beer pong game gets students expelled, suspended

A student who took a photo of a game of beer pong with Nazi and Jewish symbols was expelled from The Lovett School, officials said Wednesday.

That student misled school officials about his role in setting up and participating in the game, which contributed to the decision to expel him, Lovett Headmaster William S. Peebles said Sunday in a letter to parents.

Another student, who hosted the off-campus party with 19 current Lovett School seniors, three alumni and about 10 other students and graduates, was suspended and will have an opportunity to reapply to the school, Peebles said.

Four more seniors were also suspended and two students who appeared to be watching the game were banned from co-curricular activities during the first two weeks of school.

[Crusty Juggler]

The game not only involved alcohol use by some minors in attendance, but also the decision to use the symbols.

"The fact that someone could even conceive of such a game and then play it and think it's funny is beyond words," Rabbi Peter Berg told Channel 2 Action News.

Berg said his initial reaction was one of absolute horror when several people emailed a photo of the game in progress.

In the image, students are seen playing beer pong with cups in the shapes of a swastika and a Star of David.

"To see that image as a Jewish person is something that the Jewish students in that school, it's gonna take a long time to get over, if ever," Berg told Channel 2.

Fun fact: Hogan's Heroes and The Producers were both made in the 60s.

[Chinny Chin Chin]

What if Team Jew won? Would it be OK then?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Team Jew already wins everything. Or so I'm told.

[Libertymike]

Peebles needs to be given some bambam.

Myself, I'll take Betty.

This headmaster and the rabbinical professional victim need to be introduced to a sense of humor.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Remember when lefties were trumpeting that study that said young people weren't responsible for anything they do because their brains hadn't fully developed?

[lap83]

"To see that image as a Jewish person is something that the Jewish students in that school, it's gonna take a long time to get over, if ever,"

So merely observing a swastika is comparable to going through a Holocaust. That's not offensive to people who actually went through the latter, at all...

[Dillinger]

the grouping of the Star of David cups v. the swastika cups makes it easier for the Nazis to win.

[Crusty Juggler]

Tennessee sheriff sent to prison for sex with inmates

A rural Tennessee sheriff who admitted to having sex with inmates under his watch was sentenced Wednesday to 2 years and 9 months in prison.

"The person standing before you is not an evil person," Little told the judge. "He made a mistake."

By assuming he was above the law? But he was in law enforcement!

And it must be said: this sort of conduct doesn't happen at public prisons, only private ones!

[Dillinger]

having sex with inmates under his watch

big watch.

[Stormy Dragon]

A rural Tennessee sheriff who admitted to having sex with inmates under his watch was sentenced Wednesday to 2 years and 9 months in prison.

So his punishment for sex with inmates is more sex with inmates?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Don't try to understand God's plan.

[PurityDiluting]

So was he sent to prison as a punishment or reward?

[Tony]

Hasn't everyone accidentally slipped and fell dick-first into multiple people?

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

*crickets*

[Brandybuck]

Sheriff Roscoe Pee Coltrane!!!

[Tom Bombadil]

"The person standing before you is not an evil person," Little told the judge. "He made a mistake."

He's heard this line about 10,000 times from his "tenants" so he thought he'd give it a try.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

After the Department of Justice scaled back the extent of a search warrant against DreamHost to provide data about an anti-Trump website they suspect was involved with violent Inauguration Day protests, a judge is ordering DreamHost to comply, but with court supervision to provided additional protections of the privacy of third-party data.

How does all of this jibe with the call for government to pressure internet companies into policing hate speech? Asking for a friend.

[Libertymike]

What would Hitler or Goebbels or Ernie Roehm think of Christopher Cantwell?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Too Jewey.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

'Jesus Christ I fought a war for this??'

/facepalm

[Brandybuck]

Powerball Winner Surrenders to Transgender Police?!?! Wha...