February 15, 2010

And Amy Bishop Played Dungeons & Dragons, Too
— Ace

As if she needed to pin the weirdness meter any harder to the right.

Note the media isn't discussing this woman's obsessive love of Barack Obama.

That's not weird to them, after all.

But they're going to get that weird headline in one way or another.

Accused campus killer Amy Bishop was a devotee of Dungeons & Dragons - just like Michael “Mucko” McDermott, the lone gunman behind the devastating workplace killings at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield in 2000.

Bishop, now a University of Alabama professor, and her husband James Anderson met and fell in love in a Dungeons & Dragons club while biology students at Northeastern University in the early 1980s, and were heavily into the fantasy role-playing board game, a source told the Herald.

“They even acted this crap out,” the source said.

The media's only got one Narrative and it's not going to step on that storyline.

Seriously -- if the shooter were a political conservative, you think we'd be hearing about D&D? No baby -- we'd be hearing about Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly.

All. Day. Long.

Thanks to TopSecretK9's Twitter feed.

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1 Ahem, they were clearly LARPers, an entirely different breed.

Posted by: ravenshrike at February 15, 2010 08:35 PM (C63A/)

2 Yes, it was the D & D that did it. Not the fact she was a freaking psycho. I understand now.

Posted by: di butler, mother of all evil at February 15, 2010 08:36 PM (S3xX1)

3 So what's her alignment?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 15, 2010 08:37 PM (U37Ux)

4 Well I blame Olbermann

Posted by: Dave S at February 15, 2010 08:37 PM (PZak5)

5 Yeah, I like D&D, but I do not do the LARP. But I certainly do think alot of my old D&D buddies were liberals...

Posted by: astonerii at February 15, 2010 08:37 PM (DFbhp)

6 >>>So what's her alignment? Chaotic Liberal.

Posted by: Barack H. Obama at February 15, 2010 08:39 PM (jlvw3)

7 Note: the MSM will tell you anything but the fact that she is a Socialist and Socialist Obama fanatic.

Posted by: Rewrite! at February 15, 2010 08:39 PM (d7Px0)

8 This won't be good for the community.

 Black clouds in the distance advance, and with them, the return of the dork pogroms.

Posted by: Ray Midge at February 15, 2010 08:40 PM (Z5Sq7)

9 Heh.  I uh wonder uh wonder if she can uh, ya know, ghost write?  Too much um heat on uh Ayers...

Posted by: Obama at February 15, 2010 08:41 PM (d7Px0)

10 I have never played Dungeons & Dragons in the early 1980's and if anyone dares to say I did, I will personally hunt you down... I will find you... and I will slaughter like a pig!

Posted by: sharrukin at February 15, 2010 08:42 PM (593B8)

11 She TEA BAGGED the professor [racist] before she attempted to redneck bomb him.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at February 15, 2010 08:42 PM (d7Px0)

12 I remember when a prosecutor in jersey blamed overturned headstones in a jewish cemetery on heavy metal listeners. Yeah right.

Posted by: Berserker at February 15, 2010 08:43 PM (gWHrG)

13 Me and Obama are in love! I would never do anything to hurt him, and he's going to pardon me after I'm convicted! You just wait and see, he loves me!

Posted by: Amy Bishop...s at February 15, 2010 08:44 PM (T8da7)

14 I'm surprised the media are covering this at all. There's no benefit in it for them. In fact, the coverage could lead to more people finding out Amy is an Obamaniac and a socialist loser.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 15, 2010 08:44 PM (P33XN)

15 I bet she even listened to DEVO!

Posted by: Booji Boy at February 15, 2010 08:47 PM (3s85L)

16

Played D&D for the first time in '79.  Played a few times in the meantime.  Would rather play, but usually DM because most DMs just suck.  Would love to play again with a decent group of people who aren't oppressively nerdy. 

Mea culpa. 

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 15, 2010 08:47 PM (U37Ux)

17
How does this help my fat children?

Posted by: Michelle Obama at February 15, 2010 08:48 PM (Dxfei)

18 Would love to play again with a decent group of people who aren't oppressively nerdy.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 16, 2010 12:47 AM (U37Ux)

Umm... this is Dungeons & Dragons we are talking about. We patented nerdy!

Posted by: sharrukin at February 15, 2010 08:49 PM (593B8)

19 Well, thank god she didn't play World of Warcraft.  I got enough stigma staying inside to work on my raiding gear

Posted by: The Chewbacca Defense at February 15, 2010 08:49 PM (YMZjg)

20 folks, this is why you need to stick to pr0n.

Posted by: eddiebear at February 15, 2010 08:50 PM (Ofpee)

21 *draws deep breath*
NNNNNEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDD!
With apologies to gaming enthusiasts.

Posted by: fibi at February 15, 2010 08:52 PM (Bu9Jo)

22 So true #20, so true.

Posted by: TennDon at February 15, 2010 08:54 PM (o6Yv2)

23 Wasn't Amy that chick in Road House that sang and was a waiter res at that bar?

Posted by: robotwhisper at February 15, 2010 08:56 PM (EiH7n)

24 Pfffft, loser.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go back to leveling my alts. 

Posted by: alexthechick at February 15, 2010 08:57 PM (lvYSc)

25 Glad she ain't no JOO--she isn't; is she?

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 15, 2010 08:57 PM (0YPx8)

26 I only watched that movie cause i thought it was a comedy.

Posted by: robotwhisper at February 15, 2010 08:57 PM (EiH7n)

27 Nope, she is not.

Posted by: Trader Jew-Paramus at February 15, 2010 08:58 PM (0YPx8)

Posted by: newser at February 15, 2010 08:59 PM (X2eW0)

29

@20

I've already downloaded it allAnd I got bored with WoW after 4 years. 

 

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 15, 2010 09:00 PM (U37Ux)

30 If she'd playerd World Of Warcraft she'd have wiped out that campus.

Of course, if she played Evony no one would ever have heard of her...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at February 15, 2010 09:03 PM (vyddZ)

Posted by: Germans Luv BHO? at February 15, 2010 09:05 PM (d7Px0)

32 29: I shudder to think what is next then

Posted by: eddiebear at February 15, 2010 09:06 PM (Ofpee)

33 We asked her to leave the group, she was just nuts!

Posted by: E. Gary Gygax at February 15, 2010 09:10 PM (8zQxF)

34 I wonder how many crystals they found in her house?

It will be aliens next for sure.

Posted by: Rocks at February 15, 2010 09:11 PM (yguwr)

35 Hey she wasn't the crazy chick mouthing "Obama, I love you" when he walked by during the campaign was she?

Posted by: Rocks at February 15, 2010 09:13 PM (yguwr)

36
>>25 Glad she ain't no JOO--she isn't; is she?

ummm..
Self-described “socialist” Amy Bishop-Anderson is now alleged capital murderer. After a little search it's impossible to find much on this family. But Judith Bishop is her mother, canÂ’t find her maiden name. Her dadÂ’s name is Samuel Solomon Bishop. One site calls him a multi millionaire from Ipswich, MA. CanÂ’t verify that. But her dad has a Phd and she has other brothers. All the names involved are Jewish names.  When the mom Judith signed the document releasing her daughter to her custody after her “murder” of Seth Bishop she signed it “J. Bishop”.. what was she hiding?

This mother has covered up her daughterÂ’s tracks. No way would Amy have the life she had if she had been convicted of a felony at age 20.

But what are the roots of such dysfunction from a family from Braintree, MA?  Yes, Prof. Bishop had retained a lawyer to sue because she felt someone on the tenure committee had it in for her. Her lawsuit would not have resulted in tenure, rarely do. So she resorted to Nazi Germany tacticsÂ…shoot 'em in the head if they say a word!


Dysfunctional East coast Jewish Family?

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 09:15 PM (Dxfei)

37

“They even acted this crap out”

That needs to be some kind of Moron tag-line.

D&D really isn't the danger here, it's the people that are attracted to D&D that are the problem.

Fantasy Role Playing, like fly paper to killer dorks since 1978.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at February 15, 2010 09:15 PM (F09Uo)

38

#17 - them chillin aint fat!

they is just big bone!

God Bless the Obama chillin Malia and Bo.

 

Posted by: Malik Shabazz NBP at February 15, 2010 09:22 PM (1ppZR)

39 >>35 Hey she wasn't the crazy chick mouthing "Obama, I love you" when he walked by during the campaign was she?

If the tenure thing hadn't worked out, she could have applied for a job at MSNBC.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 09:22 PM (Dxfei)

40 Whatever the opposite of ding ding ding is, I think BISHOP is pretty not Jewish.

(this is all intended in jest; and I am Jewish.)

Posted by: Trader Jew-Paramus at February 15, 2010 09:23 PM (0YPx8)

41 If the tenure thing hadn't worked out, she could have applied for a job at MSNBC.

Actually, true fact:  She was listening to MSNBC when she pulled the trigger!

Posted by: Trader Jew-Paramus at February 15, 2010 09:24 PM (0YPx8)

42 If you know who Erol Otis is, or worse, you can immediately identify his style, you're a turbo-nerd. I bet Amy knew who he was.

It's a good thing most turbo-nerds aren't sociopathic. Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!

Posted by: Booji Boy at February 15, 2010 09:27 PM (3s85L)

43 Actually, true fact:  She was listening to MSNBC when she pulled the trigger!

Posted by: Trader Jew-Paramus at February 16, 2010 01:24 AM (0YPx


Actually,she was listening to the voices in her head and thought it was MSNBC.

Posted by: Rocks at February 15, 2010 09:28 PM (yguwr)

44

comment 41- trader JEW

so ur the ppl using us as mussel again the honkey-

where my money bitch!!!>??

Posted by: Malik Shabazz NBP at February 15, 2010 09:29 PM (1ppZR)

45 Actually a lot of people that I have met that play D&D are libertarian/conservative.

Probably just a regional thing.

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at February 15, 2010 09:29 PM (26oAN)

46 I have never played Dungeons & Dragons in the early 1980's and if anyone dares to say I did, I will personally hunt you down... I will find you... and I will slaughter like a pig kobold!

Posted by: sharrukin at February 16, 2010 12:42 AM (593B

FTFY

Posted by: Thy Dungeon Master at February 15, 2010 09:33 PM (bgcml)

47 Gary Gygax could not be reached for comment. If you miss D&D, I know I do, try World of Warcraft. It's a blast.

Posted by: Ashen at February 15, 2010 09:34 PM (bKHXb)

48 OT, but anyone see that Mitt Romney got assaulted on a plane, by a fellow passenger?

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at February 15, 2010 09:34 PM (26oAN)

49 I wonder how many crystals they found in her house?

It will be aliens next for sure.

Posted by: Rocks at February 16, 2010 01:11 AM (yguwr)

Those damn greys are dangerous. Working with the neocons I hear. I say we just round them all up, and fatten them up a bit. You know, just in case.

Posted by: The Lizard People at February 15, 2010 09:35 PM (bgcml)

50 This is why I stick to hex-based wargames.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 15, 2010 09:36 PM (XcTjj)

51 80 Arcane Mage "For the Alliance!"

Posted by: Ashen at February 15, 2010 09:38 PM (bKHXb)

52 >>42
Did you see that Kenzerco paid Erol a large sum od cash to leave self-imposed retirement and do the cover to their fourth edition of Hackmaster?   I.  WAS.  THRILLED!

Posted by: sithkhan at February 15, 2010 09:38 PM (kZHDL)

53
I know this sounds bad but Amy has the kind of face I'd like to punch.
It IS the face of a left-wing radical feminist, isn't it?
Any bets that she drives a Subaru?

Mmm mmm mmm.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 09:42 PM (Dxfei)

54

anyone see that Mitt Romney got assaulted on a plane, by a fellow passenger?

Did you think that he could help elect Scott Brown and get away with it?

Posted by: Liberal Mafia at February 15, 2010 09:42 PM (d7Px0)

55 OT, but anyone see that Mitt Romney got assaulted on a plane, by a fellow passenger?

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at February 16, 2010 01:34 AM (26oAN)


What the hell was Romney flying economy for anyway? He was a uest of the Olympic Committee for the Opening as a former chairman.  Are we supposed to believe he couldn't have had free first class tickets if he wanted them?

Next he will be wearing flannel shirts an eating pork rinds.

Posted by: Rocks at February 15, 2010 09:44 PM (yguwr)

56 "...But I had them when it came to the icosahedral dice. With geometric logic I proved that no mage could roll a score that would cause a solid handgun to materialize, between the pages of the undergrad biology textbook. Once I proved that, I was vindicated."

Posted by: Amy Queeg Bishop at February 15, 2010 09:45 PM (AZGON)

57

Did you think that he could help elect Scott Brown and get away with it?

Posted by: Liberal Mafia at February 16, 2010 01:42 AM (d7Px0)

First rule of liberal mafia, you don't talk about liberal mafia. 

/This is what we get for paying minimum wage.

Posted by: Not the liberal mafia at February 15, 2010 09:46 PM (bgcml)

58

Subarus are the best cars in the world!

Posted by: All-Wheel-Drive Moron at February 15, 2010 09:47 PM (FD3EH)

59 Free Amy Bishop Eleventy!

Posted by: The Peace Blimp at February 15, 2010 09:48 PM (AZGON)

60 “They even acted this crap out” LARPs. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 15, 2010 09:49 PM (AZGON)

61

HUSBAND JAMES ANDERSON.

What did JAMES ANDERSON, do for a living? 

Socialist LIBTARD was pissed off at not being TENURED.

What did HUBBY,  JAMES ANDERSON , either BRING TO THE TABLE or OFFER as FODDER for a

REAL MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

This whole story is a LIBTARD FUCK=UP waiting to be REPORTED.

 

Posted by: gus at February 15, 2010 09:54 PM (MaqIC)

62 Amy Bishop was a LARPer? You know who that benefits? Mitt Romney.

Posted by: thedriver at February 15, 2010 09:54 PM (eXZjc)

64 Amy Bishop was a LARPer? You know who that benefits? Mitt Romney. Did someone mention my boyfriend?

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt what lurks the intertubes at night at February 15, 2010 09:56 PM (AZGON)

65 You're welcome, bitches.

Posted by: "Gun Free" Zones at February 15, 2010 09:57 PM (eXZjc)

66 This whole Amy Bishop story is a complete fabrication. Leftists are peaceful! Oh, BRB, I need to go cap that guy for wearing glasses. The nerve of some people!

Posted by: Pol Pot at February 15, 2010 09:59 PM (eXZjc)

67 I always wanted to play D & D.  Stupid parents and their 'christianity cult'.

Posted by: winewife at February 15, 2010 10:00 PM (OnM4p)

68 What the hell was Romney flying economy for anyway? He was a uest of the Olympic Committee for the Opening as a former chairman.  Are we supposed to believe he couldn't have had free first class tickets if he wanted them?

Posted by: Rocks at February 16, 2010 01:44 AM (yguwr)

Well Romney launched a big internet splurge with people posting how very wonderful he is on a bunch of blogs so maybe this plane incident is just part of that. Gets his name in the papers.

Posted by: sharrukin at February 15, 2010 10:03 PM (593B8)

69 Wow, she really was a freak.  16-sided dice?  Too strange.

Posted by: 666 at February 15, 2010 10:04 PM (UAIIR)

70 She rolled a 2 d6 of crazy

Posted by: Tesch at February 15, 2010 10:08 PM (C4Xnj)

71 >>69   Too strange..

James and Amy's daughters, Phaeder and Thea.
Yeah, strange.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 15, 2010 10:08 PM (Dxfei)

72 Did you see that Kenzerco paid Erol a large sum od cash to leave self-imposed retirement and do the cover to their fourth edition of Hackmaster?   I.  WAS.  THRILLED!

Posted by: sithkhan at February 16, 2010 01:38 AM (kZHDL)

As much as I love Knights Of The Dinner Table, I'd rather play Aces & Eights than Hackmaster

Posted by: fartbubble at February 15, 2010 10:14 PM (cBeTr)

73 also, wake me up once we start talking about a bad ass RPG like Toons

Posted by: fartbubble at February 15, 2010 10:18 PM (cBeTr)

74 The assault on Mitt is obviously a result of the Climate of Hate created by Sarah "Oogedy Boogedy" Palin!

Posted by: Kathleen Parker, going off topic cause it's important at February 15, 2010 10:26 PM (FD3EH)

75 Oh God, I've played D&D, Rifts, WH40K, WoD, and Choose Your Own Adventure!!! How long before I snap? Lock me away!!!

Posted by: ChicagoJedi at February 15, 2010 10:30 PM (WZFkG)

76

Nothin' wrong with playing games. Good for the psyche. I played with M&M's, ESPN, WD-40, all of 'em. Look at me.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 15, 2010 10:39 PM (FD3EH)

77

I've never played any of those stupid ass games and look at me.

Wait, don't look.

Posted by: joe costa at February 15, 2010 11:17 PM (WylNH)

78 She watched Glen Beck once, and she couldn't find the remote to change the channel. Just that once was enough to turn her from a sane reasonable SCIENTIST into a teabagging dangerous nut.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Oh, and I'm not putting a thread up on this so don't even bother bringing it up.

Posted by: Cahrsel Jhonsno at February 15, 2010 11:23 PM (sYxEE)

79 What, was she shouting, "lightning bolt, lightning bolt" as she shot people? What freakin' relevance does this have to anything????

(Rolls 2 d10's) Aw, crap! Psychosis blamed on recreation!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 15, 2010 11:23 PM (u+gbs)

80 I wonder if she let her victims make a saving throw before she offed them?

And D&D is not a "board" game.  Sheesh, don't they have any 10th level editors?

Posted by: To Hayek With You at February 15, 2010 11:23 PM (nZNTl)

Posted by: Alex at February 15, 2010 11:35 PM (/5FJd)

82 Phaeder was an inhuman geneticist in some Marvel comic (I Googled it) who was the father of Maelstrom.  Thea is anybody's guess.  Short for Althea or the name of a tea plant is all I found.

Read the article linked in #63 and drink in the crazy.

Oh and BTW, has anybody checked Amy Bishop's login to LGF yet?  I bet one of their regulars will be missing soon.

Posted by: To Hayek With You at February 15, 2010 11:37 PM (nZNTl)

83 I hate to say the name, on the off chance of summoning, but this reminds me of another academic nutbag

Don't really recall
Everyone's problem with the
Bitch, but she was crazee.

For sure
Real wacko.
I can't believe it's been a few years
Shit, this is getting boring fast, I'm giving up.   You all know who the hell I'm talking about.

Posted by: hobgoblin at February 16, 2010 12:11 AM (Mlb/c)

84 59 Free Amy Bishop Eleventy! Posted by: The Peace Blimp

While she's in jail she could write a couple of shitty children's books and become a lefty cause celeb.  Rage Against The Machine can dedicate an album to her before they spark that bitch up.  Hollywood can feel lots of compassion before getting fucked up on goofballs and anally reaming a busload of schoolgirls.

Posted by: Robert at February 16, 2010 12:12 AM (4ixH5)

85 > 63 Bishop once stopped a local ice cream truck from coming into their neighborhood. ..because her own kids were lactose intolerant, and she didn't think it was fair that her kids couldn't have ice cream. Posted by: sickinmass Holy Moly - she's the Handicapper General come to life! (ref Harrison Bergeron)

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 16, 2010 12:24 AM (MWczy)

86 Huh. 

I'd place her as VtM or Shadowrun.  She might even be into Paranoia; I dunno.  But unless we're talking about her moral framework, she is definitely not a dungeon crawler.

Posted by: bunninac, gamer chick at February 16, 2010 12:48 AM (AuJAz)

87 63
Bishop once stopped a local ice cream truck from coming into their neighborhood.
..because her own kids were lactose intolerant, and she didn't think it was fair that her kids couldn't have ice cream.

She sounds perfect for my "food desert" elimination program!  Just keep your mitts offa my man and we'll get along great. 

Posted by: First Lunch Lady Mee!Chelle at February 16, 2010 12:56 AM (KWhJd)

88 The local Huntsville t.v. stations are saying the Bishop woman may have been denied tenure because of her teaching methods.  And she had several complaints from students about her "political affections" for Obama, that she was voting for him and encouraged them to.  She also got complaints for a racial slur about a nearby mostly black university ( Alabama A&M).  This all fits with what she is, a far left nut job.

Posted by: Case at February 16, 2010 01:13 AM (0K+Kw)

89 Bishop once stopped a local ice cream truck from coming into their neighborhood.
..because her own kids were lactose intolerant, and she didn't think it was fair that her kids couldn't have ice cream.

Posted by: sickinmass


I can't enjoy something, so no one else can either.  Yes, she is the true socialist: a firm believe in the equal distribution of misery.

Posted by: Tom in Korea at February 16, 2010 01:25 AM (+gX1+)

90
Congressman Delahunt, qÂ’est-ce que cÂ’est?

 This is the year that the fixers, the inside players, those who have no respect for the Will of the People, face the music.

Justice, undone by politics.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 01:58 AM (Dxfei)

91 I'm thinking the Wheels of Justice may spin a little differently for her in Alabama than they did back in Braintree.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at February 16, 2010 02:24 AM (jii9y)

92

Maybe she thought she was being attacked by a gazebo? /d&d ref

Posted by: andycanuck at February 16, 2010 02:26 AM (2qU2d)

93


I run away

(no, despite the nic, I didn't D&D much.  the nic was from the emerson "little minds" quote.  I do remember the gazebo story though.  Fondly.  It described to a "T" this one guy I ever campaigned with once, and the reason I never played it again.)

Posted by: hobgoblin at February 16, 2010 02:33 AM (Mlb/c)

94

She also got complaints for a racial slur about a nearby mostly black university ( Alabama A&M). 

Isn't that interesting. Three of the five staff members she shot were persons of colour.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 16, 2010 02:33 AM (2qU2d)

95 So she shoots a bunch of people, then drops the gun, runs outside and tries to make an opposed BLUFF save against a couple of Alabama cops and shanks her roll.  I wonder what her plan was after that.

Posted by: Jean at February 16, 2010 02:37 AM (CPefM)

96 I stick to hexbased wargames too.
http://www.jerseygamers.com/

Posted by: JavaJoe at February 16, 2010 02:48 AM (e9JZd)

97

BTW, let's not be too hard on the Herald for this article. You'll notice that in the sidebar they're covering Delahunt's role in this; and they've got a conservative columnist who, while still not mentioning her Obamaphilia, does go after the powers-that-be for having let the loon loose over all of her interactions with law enforcement. I doubt the Globe is covering any of that.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 16, 2010 02:49 AM (2qU2d)

Posted by: nickless at February 16, 2010 03:05 AM (MMC8r)

99 >>I wonder what her plan was after that.

A coffee "date" with her husband James after the shooting.

Having a conversation with Amy Bishop is like crawling around the bottom of a coalmine without a light...or so I've heard.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 03:18 AM (Dxfei)

100

Meanwhile when the idiot shot George Tiller the MSM was all over the Glenn Beck/Bill O'Reilly angle as a 10-second google search reminds:

 

http://tinyurl.com/yzfnpg3

Posted by: mandible claw at February 16, 2010 03:18 AM (QKrrS)

101 D & D Player = Satanist = Religionist = Cwazy Fundamentalist = RIGHTWINGAR!!!!

SEEEEEE, WINGNUTZ?!?

Posted by: nickless at February 16, 2010 03:26 AM (MMC8r)

102 Your honor,  it was finding a Strawberry Shortcake bar in her freezer that triggered this unfortunate incident.

I submit also that my client has suffered from suppressed guilt all of these years entirely due to prosecutorial failure concerning her brother's murder.

We would like her released pending our law suits with Good Humor and Mr. Delahunt.  We are also investigating a possible action against Acme Explosives for product failure of their Sure-Fire trigger device.

Posted by: AE at February 16, 2010 03:29 AM (kSfPT)

103 >>Isn't that interesting. Three of the five staff members she shot were persons of colour...


Looking at the racial make up of the shooting victims would lead one to believe this was a 'hate' crime. You have to wonder if her political stance has protected her from being labeled a hate monger by the liberal press.

Could you all imagine the racial overtones had this nitwit Bishop were, instead, a white male with extreme RIGHT political beliefs? Oh my Gawd, all the mainstream media and the liberal moonbat talking heads would be bashing Bush, the Right, Scott Brown and us conservatives to no end.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 03:30 AM (Dxfei)

104
how many times do we have to tell you, canuck, it's spelled c-o-l-o-r?

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 03:45 AM (TbZOg)

105

#82 Thea is anybody's guess.  Short for Althea or the name of a tea plant is all I found.

It could also be short for Dorothea or Theodora.

 

Posted by: Decaf at February 16, 2010 03:46 AM (NooBZ)

106

"Why, oh why did it have to be a radical left wing feminist? What was she doing in ALABAMA anyway? When I first heard about this, I was so sure it would turn out to be some redneck, conservative gun nut. This really isn't fair."

MSM

Posted by: RM at February 16, 2010 03:48 AM (GkYyh)

107

We'll probably find out that all the shooting victims were Hillary supporters.

Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 16, 2010 03:49 AM (ucq49)

108

#13 Me and Obama are in love! I would never do anything to hurt him, and he's going to pardon me after I'm convicted!

Have you got the sort of money to fund a presidential library?

Posted by: Decaf at February 16, 2010 03:52 AM (NooBZ)

109 Waterhhouse and JavaJoe:
Check out www.hexwar.com if you don't already know it.

Posted by: Dr. Weevil at February 16, 2010 03:53 AM (gifOn)

110 Huh. So I guess that I'm just one denied tenure position from going postal. Probably a good thing that I chose engineering over academia.

Posted by: physics geek at February 16, 2010 03:55 AM (MT22W)

111
What's this?

Romney gets into fight while on a flight?

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 03:56 AM (/0TvQ)

112
Romney doesn't take shit from nobody

Former governor Mitt Romney was attacked by a passenger on an Air Canada flight Monday morning.

The former 2008 Republican presidential hopeful had been in Vancouver since Friday for the Winter Olympics. He was attacked as he was leaving Vancouver with his wife, Ann, according to RomneyÂ’s spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom.

Romney, 62, reportedly asked the passenger sitting in front of his wife to raise his seat during takeoff after the passenger had reclined his seat. The man allegedly became violent and took a swing at the former 2008 presidential hopeful.

A Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail, first reported the story, saying that Romney was “physically threatened” by a passenger.

"Gov. Romney did not retaliate, but instead allowed the airline crew to respond to the incident," Fehrnstrom said in a statement to the Globe.

Romney was not injured. The pilot returned to the gate, and the suspect was removed from the plane by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The same plane took off a short time later and later landed safely in Los Angeles.

Romney was the head of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and was an honored guest at the 2010 games.

John M. Guilfoil can be reached at jguilfoil@globe.com


Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 03:59 AM (/0TvQ)

113 Gary Gygax could not be reached for comment. If you miss D&D, I know I do, try World of Warcraft. It's a blast.

Posted by: Ashen at February 16, 2010 01:34 AM (bKHXb)

There are games that are more similar to D&D.  And now I'm drawing a blank.  No really.  AHA!  Baldur's Gate.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:00 AM (1fanL)

114
oh, I see you bidens have already discussed it


Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:01 AM (/0TvQ)

115 I stick to hexbased wargames too.
http://www.jerseygamers.com/

Cool. I still try to play my SPI monster games (Terrible Swift Sword, Market Garden) whenever possible. I'm in Delaware, so I have to try the site.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 16, 2010 04:04 AM (1O93r)

116 Oh, and those Elder Scrolls games are a hell of a lot more fun than that stupid, stupid World of Warcraft.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:04 AM (1fanL)

117 I have never played Dungeons & Dragons in the early 1980's and if anyone dares to say I did, I will personally hunt you down... I will find you... and I will slaughter like a pig gelatinous cube!

Even better.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:08 AM (1fanL)

118 #68: I am a MR  fan, not delusional Three possible answers: he's a pretty down-to-earth guy, and that's what he does.  And/or or it was a short flight. And/or there was no other type of seating available.  And/or he wants to be known as a guy who flies coach.  Or the whole thing was staged to portray him as someone who flies coach.

I think he just flies coach for short flights (probably from Vancouver to somewhere in CA).

Posted by: Trader Jew-Paramus at February 16, 2010 04:11 AM (0YPx8)

119
Let's see..
She had an argument with her father, and then decided that right then was a good time to learn how to load the family shotgun. She then fires a shot into the bedroom wall, but neither her brother or mother come running to see what just happened, as they are downstairs. Then she goes there to ask for help unloading the gun. She then accidentally shoots her brother in the chest, flees the house and is picked up by the police, but is not charged and is released before a full report is even filed.

Or.. in the real world here is what happened:
She argued with her father and, being that she seems like the stable type, grabbed the shotgun to kill dear old dad when he got home. Her brother tried to stop her and she fired the shot which hit the wall. He fled downstairs where she followed and blasted him in the chest then ran. Her mother, knowing that she has already lost one child, uses her political influence to get her other child released, and then when the Staties got around to investigating 11 days later, mom and daughter had been able to work out their stories. And now 3 more people are dead because of it.

A narcissistic psychopath like Bishop won't kill herself, at least not until she's convinced she can't wiggle her way out of this one with an insanity or other defense. She might "attempt" suicide as part of her plan, but I don't see her killing herself before exhaustion of her appeals and the end of the spotlight.

I have to blame the DA's office for this. There is a reason that the DA's office takes over on suspicious death investigations, and in this small town political hot bed, it appears the Chief shamefully caved, BUT, that's the reason the DA has jurisdiction and a trooper assigned to the DA's office works the case with the locals. To keep political intimidation from occurring. Well.. it did happen in this case and the DA is to blame. Delahunt  is done. Another Cuba/Chavez Loving Socialist Libtard Moonbat bites the dust.
Next!
 Bwany Fwank?

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 04:17 AM (Dxfei)

120 Funny part.  I harass my commie-liberal collidge perfesser father regularly about politics.  So yesterday we were talking about Bishop, and I mentioned the fact that nobody wants to talk about how she was an Obama bot.  And he says, "How is that relevant?"

Too good.  It's Just.  Too.  Good.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:21 AM (1fanL)

121
**OUTRAGE ALERT**

PREPARE TO BE OUTRAGED

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:22 AM (XiLyG)

122 I'm in Delaware, so I have to try the site.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 16, 2010 08:04 AM (1O93r)

You're in Delaware?  Huh.  I'd've never guessed.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:24 AM (1fanL)

123
***[Are you fucking kidding me?]The handcuffs used in the arrest of Professor Henry Gates are being donated by Gates to the African-America Culture Center at the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM.[/Are you fucking kidding me?]***

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:26 AM (bcRFr)

124  Last time I checked, D&D wasn't a board game.

Posted by: Waste93 at February 16, 2010 04:26 AM (RwLTZ)

125
So much for the Beer Summit.

So much for being post-racial.

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:27 AM (XiLyG)

126 #114 - Baldur's Gate is D&D.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at February 16, 2010 04:33 AM (O9Cc8)

127

AOS Moron Alert

 

Which one of you NY Morons was this?  I mean, what a way to get a “woody”.

Posted by: Vic at February 16, 2010 04:33 AM (QrA9E)

128 127 #114 - Baldur's Gate is D&D.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at February 16, 2010 08:33 AM (O9Cc

Toldja.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:34 AM (1fanL)

129

Is Dragon Age - Origins like D&D?

/Never played D&D.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 16, 2010 04:34 AM (9hSKh)

130 in the USA about 50 per are murdered each day. But some are hung up on this ONE crime. Why is it so fascinating ?

Posted by: Noah at February 16, 2010 04:36 AM (mhD2v)

131 Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 16, 2010 08:34 AM (9hSKh)

Gimme a review of Dragon Age - Origins.  Please.


Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:38 AM (1fanL)

132
Why is it so fascinating ?

Because you're a fucking dunce, that's why.

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:38 AM (XiLyG)

133
is the Gates/handcuffs story old, or something?

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:38 AM (bcRFr)

134 I loved D&D when it came out. I acted out my character with relish. I dreamed about being my character and had wet dreams about having sex with my fellow characters. I never had any problems adjusting to society.

Posted by: Butternut at February 16, 2010 04:39 AM (NgI27)

135

#132  Gimme a review of Dragon Age - Origins.  Please.

I haven't played it, but if you want a review from me, how about...

Drastically inferior to God of War 3.  There isn't even a sex mini game in Dragon Age or a person propeling themselves forward by launching a boulder!  What kind of game doesn't have these essential attributes?!?!

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 16, 2010 04:42 AM (9hSKh)

136 I loved D&D when it came out. I acted out my character with relish. I dreamed about being my character and had wet dreams about having sex with my fellow characters. I never had any problems adjusting to society.

Posted by: Butternut at February 16, 2010 08:39 AM (NgI27)

Sure you didn't.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:43 AM (1fanL)

137 Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 16, 2010 08:42 AM (9hSKh)

So God of War 3?  I hate game reviews, they're useless.  There's no way to tell whether a game sucks or not until it's too late.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:44 AM (1fanL)

138 Bishop apparently intended to kill everyone at the meeting. She was reloading when others forced her out of the room. http://goo.gl/ZHKn

Posted by: Bugler at February 16, 2010 04:44 AM (YCVBL)

139 Because you're a fucking dunce, that's why.

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 08:38 AM (XiLyG)

I remember Ann Frank being much more compassionate than that.  Did they also send Gates' beer glass along to the Smithsonian?

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 04:46 AM (1fanL)

140 Any update on Lautenberg?

Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 16, 2010 04:47 AM (ucq49)

141
You mean the Mug Of Oppression?

Probably.

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 04:48 AM (bcRFr)

142
Remember the poisoned coffee at Harvard Med school?

Someone had better check to see if Bishop was in the area during the time it happened. Or, check the connections between her and the people who got sick.

Just a thought.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 04:52 AM (Dxfei)

143 in the USA about 50 per are murdered each day. But some are hung up on this ONE crime. Why is it so fascinating ?

The real question is why there's such silence from the usual suspects who usually pitch a hissy fit about such issues as political leanings, et al, when things like this happen.

Folks like you and yours.

Posted by: nickless at February 16, 2010 04:53 AM (MMC8r)

144 did she have a majic 8 ball?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 16, 2010 04:54 AM (ucxC/)

145 It's a good thing most turbo-nerds aren't sociopathic. Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! You stole my thunder.

Posted by: the guy who usually shouts 'Lightning Bolt!' at February 16, 2010 05:02 AM (4Kl5M)

146 Meh, this is nothing. My favorite Amy Bishop story is how she intimidated the ice cream truck owner into not coming in her Ipswich neighborhood -- because her kids have lactose intolerance, and therefore....ICE CREAM IS NOT FAIR!

Peanuts, anyone?

Posted by: JBean at February 16, 2010 05:05 AM (kuc0s)

147 Mug Of Oppression

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 08:48 AM (bcRFr)

Heh.  And maybe with a photo of the President of Oppression.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 05:06 AM (1fanL)

148 ...so that's what I had to do to get a man.

*sigh*

(I played D&D once.  I was emphatically told never to return.)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 16, 2010 05:07 AM (mR7mk)

149 did she have a majic 8 ball?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 16, 2010 08:54 AM (ucxC/)

A Ouija board.  Which I found out from the TV is called a "spirit board" by adult practitioners of the art.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 05:07 AM (1fanL)

150

Gee a libtard who worships at the cult of YoMama goes nuts and shoots her liberal co-workers.

But that isn't important because, look right here: THERE ARE POST TOASTIES IN HER KITCHEN CUPBOARD! The HORROR!

Clearly she was driven to kill all these people because she eats Post Toasties.

I believe I just made a 'fact'.

Posted by: Steve In Tulsa at February 16, 2010 05:08 AM (lv+sJ)

151 Slightly OT: Tamyra dÂ’Ippolito, the (we hope) Dem nominee to replace Bayh is claiming the fix is in and the WH conspired with Bayh to have Baron Hill get the nod. She says Hill has gathered the signatures in secret and is waiting to pounce. Baron Hill is the clown who was recorded on video last Summer telling a crowd at a Town Meeting to STFU because this was his meeting. (slightly paraphrased)

Posted by: eman at February 16, 2010 05:11 AM (4tixt)

152
One thing this story should remind us all is that political corruption does kill, it's not just about slimy hacks getting the plumpest patronage jobs or appeasing check-writing special interests.
In reality, people's lives depend on getting good strong and competent leadership in many different ways and contexts. So anyone who helped cover up that killing in the 80s has as much blood on their hands as she does in my opinion.

People in New Orleans used to snicker about their ridiculous corruption until Katrina came and it showed the world that the dark side of corruption is that nobody competent is around and the ones who are in power can't get a thing done without looking like inept fools.

Much of Africa and the third world is also a poster child for the basket case status that corruption can reduce entire nations to.

At least MassachusettEs voters have wisened up somewhat to the corruption in recent months, we just need to keep making progress in the next couple of elections.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 05:12 AM (Dxfei)

153
#154 - You forgot Chicago.

Posted by: Dang at February 16, 2010 05:15 AM (UA4gE)

154
Detroit too. I know, Dang.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 05:16 AM (Dxfei)

155 New week = New D&D/LARP thread.

I'm guilty of both.  I don't LARP any more, but I did.  I mentioned once before that I know Lightning Bolt guy.

This false association stuff has been going on since Jack Chick got his panties in a bunch in the 80s.  Every so often it has to be resurrected (see what I did there) to provide a stinking cloud (heh) to cover up the actions of some nutcase and those that enabled said nutcase.

Having said that, the reason I quit LARPing was not the excessive geekery, but the left-wing moonbattery.  Granted, the LARPs were in New England, but these people live their lives around communism.

Full disclosure - I never Vampire LARPed.  Those people are fucking crazy.

Posted by: grognard at February 16, 2010 05:20 AM (v0kvW)

Posted by: maddogg at February 16, 2010 05:21 AM (OlN4e)

157 I have Cthulhu LARPed though.  Once.  It was like a murder mystery dinner except with dimensional rifts, zombies, and tentacled horrors.

Good times, good times.

Posted by: grognard at February 16, 2010 05:22 AM (v0kvW)

158 I think you are being sarcastic, FUBAR. Dont treat me like that. I am fine. What is wrong with you? You are probably a conservative. I dont like you. That is not good.

Posted by: Butternut at February 16, 2010 05:24 AM (NgI27)

159 158, The Concession Speech Album 2010 is going to be a classic.

Posted by: eman at February 16, 2010 05:24 AM (4tixt)

160 sickinmass

Did you see that Delahunt suddenly remembered the case enough to say blame the police for his lack of investigation/prosecution?


Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:25 AM (akk3Z)

161 in the USA about 50 per are murdered each day. But some are hung up on this ONE crime. Why is it so fascinating ? This is the classic 'man bites dog' story. It's not true that a conservative is more likely to rampage, but you'll never hear that from Janet Napolitano or CNN. They should know better, quite possibly do, but they have an agenda to push. Another reason for the scrutiny is exposure of Massachusetts Democrats (Bill DeLaHunt) as corrupt fuckweasles.

Posted by: fluffy at February 16, 2010 05:26 AM (4Kl5M)

162

I'm just wondering where Bishop was the day the Kentucky Census worker "suicided"?

Posted by: jujitsu the libs at February 16, 2010 05:26 AM (ucq49)

163 I think you are being sarcastic, FUBAR. Dont treat me like that. I am fine. What is wrong with you? You are probably a conservative. I dont like you. That is not good.

Posted by: Butternut at February 16, 2010 09:24 AM (NgI27)

...Perfectly adjusted to society.  And Butternut?  If I had to describe AoSHQ with two adjectives, those two adjectives would be "sarcastic" and "conservative."

And don't even think of coming after me with your Sword of Righteous Indignation, +2 against Sarcastic Buttholes.  I have a Shield of Callousness, +2 against Emo Weenies.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 05:28 AM (1fanL)

164 #159: I didn't even know there WAS Cthulhu LARPing. Huh....give me good old 1st edition AD&D anytime. I do check out the SCA grand schindig every year seeing it's pretty close.

Posted by: Alex at February 16, 2010 05:29 AM (wFWt7)

165 This is the classic 'man bites dog' story. It's not true that a conservative is more likely to rampage, but you'll never hear that from Janet Napolitano or CNN. They should know better, quite possibly do, but they have an agenda to push.

Which is why I label Bishop as the Left Wing Nutty Professor for each post I write on the subject. 

I don't think her political ideology had a thing to do with her rampage.  It is meant to mock those who have tried so desperately to link any homicidal maniac to tea parties and/or the extreme right.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:29 AM (akk3Z)

166 I can't believe Howie Carr is on vacation this week.  He has all the dirt on these MA hacks.  Horrible timing, Howie!

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:30 AM (akk3Z)

167

 Would love to play again with a decent group of people who aren't oppressively nerdy. 

You're out of luck. Better give up that dream.

Posted by: dagny at February 16, 2010 05:30 AM (Matk5)

168
loppyd ,

 In Hamilton (heh), where Bishop joined a writing group, other aspiring authors recalled that the biologist-writer was talented but awkward. Bishop had penned three dramatic novels - a suspense thriller about an IRA operative; a tale about a virus that made all women barren and ended mankind; and a book she titled “Martians in Belfast,Â’Â’ which recounted the life of a girl growing up during the Troubles of Ireland, according to Rob Dinsmoor, a member of the Hamilton Writers Group, which Bishop attended in the late 1990s.

Wacked?

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 05:31 AM (Dxfei)

169 I would love the day when we can respectfully refer to Boxer as Former Senator, a title she worked very hard for. Heh.

Posted by: maddogg at February 16, 2010 05:32 AM (OlN4e)

170 Posted by: dagny at February 16, 2010 09:30 AM (Matk5)

Ahem.  I'm supercool, all my D&D playing friends say so, and I play D&D.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 05:32 AM (1fanL)

171 Why is it so fascinating ?

Because you're a fucking dunce, that's why.

Hey, you figured out John ryan/sheik yamani's new screenname, too!

Noah? More like Noah Clue.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 16, 2010 05:33 AM (2PTT7)

172 Since when is a "support the troops" political propaganda? 

http://tinyurl.com/ybk9gxc

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:34 AM (akk3Z)

173 Emo Weenies? I cant find those in my monster manual. Sarcastic Buttholes went out with the 16th edition. Shield of Callousness is easily countered with a liberal passive aggressive spell of smugness. Wanna be my friend now. Actually knew a couple of people that went overboard with the crap in early 80s. The game did have the knack of drawing in the maladjusted...

Posted by: Butternut at February 16, 2010 05:34 AM (NgI27)

174 Wacked?

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 09:31 AM (Dxfei)

Totally.  Do you have a link? 


Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:35 AM (akk3Z)

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 05:37 AM (Dxfei)

176 So will there be any consideration for damage ranges on the weapons she used?  I mean, you can't claim manslaughter if you're using a 1d12 +5 Claymore of Righteous Smiting, but if you're using a 1d2 Stick of Obsequience, you could probably make the case that the death was unintentional...

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 16, 2010 05:38 AM (pZEar)

177
***[Are you fucking kidding me?]The handcuffs used in the arrest of Professor Henry Gates are being donated by Gates to the African-America Culture Center at the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM.[/Are you fucking kidding me?]***

Posted by: This is Ann Frank's Diary at February 16, 2010 08:26 AM (bcRFr)

Are they going to hang them on the wall near the Woolworth's lunch counter and whites only drinking fountains?

I can't make myself believe Crowley would have given the cuffs to Gates knowing he would use them to re-write history and trivialize the real injustices blacks endured during the civil rights movement.


Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:39 AM (akk3Z)

178 Congressman Bill Delahunt's imploding career could not be reached for comment....

Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 16, 2010 05:40 AM (GWXuo)

179 "Actually a lot of people that I have met that play D&D are libertarian/conservative."

Finally, an angle I can use!  Stop the presses, Chief!  Have I got a scoop for you!

Posted by: Jimmy Journalist, Ace Reporter for the MSM at February 16, 2010 05:40 AM (BGpfF)

180 What about mitigating factors? Did she try opening the pouch of healing after firing? Or call for a spell of retraction. The suppression of evidence hearing could get interesting.

Posted by: Butternut at February 16, 2010 05:41 AM (NgI27)

181

What did the Columbine shooters play?

I don't think the game makes people nuts, but I do think that people that have "issues" are drawn to some of these games. They don't have normal relationships because they aren't normal and because they are spending too much time "gaming".

Posted by: dagny at February 16, 2010 05:42 AM (Matk5)

182

Since she's a gamer, she's in luck; D&D has a shitload of Lower Planes for when she dies.

I'm thinking Pandemonium for this whack-O.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 16, 2010 05:43 AM (9Sbz+)

183 sickinmass

Thank you.  The more I learn about her, the more thankful I am that I didn't mock her or intentionally smoosh her stupid tomatoes at the farm stand.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:43 AM (akk3Z)

184 @166 - I'm sure that if it has been thought of, or there is a tabletop RPG, someone, somewhere has tried to LARP it.

Posted by: grognard at February 16, 2010 05:43 AM (v0kvW)

185

Sickinmass, and loppyd,

I lived in Mass, the staties take over all murder investigations and have for a long time. This falls in Delahunt's lap.

 

Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 05:44 AM (YS0e/)

186 Baron Hill is the clown who was recorded on video last Summer telling a crowd at a Town Meeting to STFU because this was his meeting.

Heh heh heh.

(Full Disclosure:  I eat Post Toasties.  But I haven't killed anyone yet.)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 16, 2010 05:44 AM (mR7mk)

187

D&D attracts military (because of its roots in naval wargaming). It also attracts Ronulans. So yes, there are a lot of libertarianish people in it.

The D&D forums were pretty unusable 2001-8, though, because of all the Bush-hate.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 16, 2010 05:46 AM (9Sbz+)

188

I lived in Mass, the staties take over all murder investigations and have for a long time. This falls in Delahunt's lap.

 Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 09:44 AM (YS0e/)

Yes, I know.  The staties ruled the shooting an accident, but at whose bequest?

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:49 AM (akk3Z)

189 loppyd: Delahunt's blaming the cops? That's going to go down well in his constituency. What a turdburger.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 16, 2010 05:49 AM (9Sbz+)

190
madamex,

See 120.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 05:50 AM (Dxfei)

191 loppyd: Delahunt's blaming the cops? That's going to go down well in his constituency. What a turdburger.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 16, 2010 09:49 AM (9Sbz+)

He's a fool.  The cops say they got a call FROM HIM and they let her go without charging her and it's their fault?

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:51 AM (akk3Z)

192 That would be: Pin the needle any harder to the LEFT, you racist!

Posted by: Rob in Katy at February 16, 2010 05:52 AM (HXZOR)

193 Asperger's Card in ...3 ...2 ...1

Posted by: Faye Kinnit at February 16, 2010 05:53 AM (l1oyw)

194

Sickinmass, Sorry did not see your post. You are correct, the DA let it slide. It is on the rummy, Delahunt's head. AG, Coakley needs to investigate today. /s

Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 05:53 AM (YS0e/)

195 Many gamers go communist because it gives them a sense of belonging to something.  Not all gamers are head-cases, but I'd guess a vast majority of them have some sort of negative self-image or outright mental illness.  Fits right in with the communist mindset - they can ignore reality and play in a world of their own creation, by their own rules.

And when reality stands up and says, "Fuck you, this isn't one of your games," the repercussions are very drastic. 


Posted by: grognard at February 16, 2010 05:54 AM (v0kvW)

196 Oh, joy.  Teh Won is coming to Savannah March 2.  The local libtards will be in a frenzy.  Thanks, jackass. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 16, 2010 05:54 AM (UOM48)

197

Pointless observation from someone highly interested in the female form:

Ever notive that the chicks in the shapewear ads never need any shapewear?

Posted by: maddogg at February 16, 2010 05:55 AM (OlN4e)

198 Sickinmass and loppyd, don't forget to call Coakley's office to demand an investigation.

Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 05:56 AM (YS0e/)

199 madamex

Won't it be teh awesome to vote against Coakley twice in less than a year?  The other day I saw footage of her at some dem meeting wearing a red white and blue donkey pin and rambling on in that monotone Canadian accent.  I wish the Repubs would run someone viable against her and send her back to her private practice of helping 13 year-olds get abortions without parental notification.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 05:57 AM (akk3Z)

200 I'm rather amazed that Henry Gates, another collegiate asshole, is under the impression that he's some sort of fucking heroic martyr rather than a noxious pompous dickweasel.

Posted by: nickless at February 16, 2010 05:58 AM (MMC8r)

201

I blame the d20 system.  The d6 system from West End Games, used for Star Wars:  The Roleplaying Game, is far superior.  If only that poor soul had been using a dice system that give a better replication of the normal probability curve I'm sure this all would have worked out much better. 

I play rpgs 8 - 10 times per year, and have for a long time, mostly with the same group but sometimes with new folks.  Conservative players, as you would expect, make for an enjoyable session of socializing, for which the game is merely an excuse.  Libtards, however, immediately descend into rules lawyering, character engineering, and concocting stupid character concepts that are unplayable and make all the other people want to kill them (in the game - mostly). 

Posted by: Reactionary at February 16, 2010 05:59 AM (xUM1Q)

202

Ronulans

Are they like Romulans? If so, you may have lurched into an explanation of  the problem

Posted by: dagny at February 16, 2010 06:00 AM (Matk5)

203 Oh, joy.  Teh Won is coming to Savannah March 2.  The local libtards will be in a frenzy.  Thanks, jackass. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 16, 2010 09:54 AM (UOM4

Ooooh, you're in Savannah?  Lovely city.  One of my favorites in the country.  Sorry about the upcoming invasion.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 06:00 AM (akk3Z)

204
Or the whole thing was staged to portray him as someone who flies coach.

What the hell is wrong with you people?  Most E-190s don't even HAVE different seating sections.  There is no '1st class' and 'coach'.   You don't have to like the guy (i don't) but quit tying yourself up trying to make up bad things about Romney.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 16, 2010 06:01 AM (fx8sm)

205 loppyd, I moved to Maine last Sept, but still go to MA to work.

Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 06:02 AM (YS0e/)

206 Honestly, could there not be a clearer signal of her political leanings than her hair?! Isn't the 'Darth Vader' helmet hair the official doo of the liberal bitcherati..?

Posted by: Joy to the whirled at February 16, 2010 06:03 AM (WVBjj)

207 Asperger's Card in ...3 ...2 ...1

The father-in-law blames the victims and the people of Huntsville

ABC found a shrink to cast aspersions on everyone "in science and computers."  Nice.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 16, 2010 06:06 AM (mR7mk)

208 madamex

Southern?  Central?  Mid Coast?  I'd move to there tomorrow.  Mom was born and raised and I still have a bunch of family (the cool side) there.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 06:06 AM (akk3Z)

209

DnD, huh?  Thought she looked familiar.  Guess she failed her save vs. sanity.

This would only be relevant if she'd killed those people with a longsword.

Posted by: barbelle at February 16, 2010 06:07 AM (qF8q3)

210 202 I'm getting the infamous AoSHQ thread lock up. My refresh button is going to take a pounding today.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2010 09:58 AM (GZitp)

Oh good.  I'm not alone.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 06:07 AM (1fanL)

211 Posted by: Reactionary at February 16, 2010 09:59 AM (xUM1Q)

Duude.  Go back and read the ONT.  Read runningrn's response to the spinner conversation.  She's precious.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 06:08 AM (1fanL)

212 Duude.  Go back and read the ONT.  Read runningrn's response to the spinner conversation.  She's precious.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 10:08 AM (1fanL)

And I mean that in a completely complimentary, non-sarcastic way.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 06:10 AM (1fanL)

213 206


Hi LoppyD. By any chance have you seen the guy mentioned in the below article (Tom Pettigrew) on television? If so, does he strike you as credible? I find it very hard to believe someone would fail to report being held at gunpoint, but someone burying the report and later covering it up I can totally buy.
Anyway, what's your take on that part of the 1986 story?


http://tinyurl.com/ybwwnnb

Posted by: lincolntf at February 16, 2010 06:10 AM (vVM8h)

214 Take a few minutes to scan through this proposal.  Enviro-marxism in America... Green police indeed.  http://bit.ly/dwzI43

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 16, 2010 06:10 AM (rDvlp)

215 @209

Don't forget the Glare(tm) of elitism.



Posted by: Lee at February 16, 2010 06:10 AM (zF8wD)

216 Oh, and Dragon Age: Origins is a decent game.  I played it a little but I really just watched my kids play it; I'm not into computer games that much.  The dwarf storyline seemed more interesting than the others, IMO.

Posted by: barbelle at February 16, 2010 06:10 AM (qF8q3)

217 loppyd, South Coast. I could not take it down there anymore. Felt like I was working there to support the massive government and the welfare.

Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 06:12 AM (YS0e/)

218 "213 202 I'm getting the infamous AoSHQ thread lock up. My refresh button is going to take a pounding today.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 16, 2010 09:58 AM (GZitp)

Oh good.  I'm not alone.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 10:07 AM (1fanL)"

me too

Posted by: curious at February 16, 2010 06:13 AM (p302b)

219 The father-in-law blames the victims and the people of Huntsville

ABC found a shrink to cast aspersions on everyone "in science and computers."  Nice.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 16, 2010 10:06 AM (mR7mk)


OMG.....

"Right now things are very hectic up here trying to sort out what is going on," said Bishop's father-in-law, Jim E. Anderson Sr., who lives three hours away in Prattsville, Ala.

"In the academic world when you are dealing with PhDs and grants and tenure and all that -- it's in it's own world," he told ABCNews.com. "I suspect somebody in that meeting room was probably an antagonist and I would like to know who that was." 

-------

Yeah dude, it was your daughter-in-law.



Posted by: Tami at February 16, 2010 06:13 AM (VuLos)

220

Still got to vote for Brown, as I was not gone 6 months yet. ;-)

Posted by: madamex at February 16, 2010 06:14 AM (YS0e/)

221 Hi LoppyD. By any chance have you seen the guy mentioned in the below article (Tom Pettigrew) on television? If so, does he strike you as credible? I find it very hard to believe someone would fail to report being held at gunpoint, but someone burying the report and later covering it up I can totally buy. Anyway, what's your take on that part of the 1986 story? http://tinyurl.com/ybwwnnb I saw him last night. He seemed pretty credible. I'd bet his statement is in the missing report.... My theory. Amy kills Seth. Amy takes off with shotgun in hand. Is arrested at gunpoint in a car dealership and taken in. Mom makes some calls. Delahunt gets a call. Delahunt calls the Braintree PD and tells them to release Amy giving them very assurance that his office along with the staties will conduct an investigation which never happens. Report goes missing.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 06:14 AM (akk3Z)

222

212 ...This would only be relevant if she'd killed those people with a longswordBOW.

/and now I must do penance

Posted by: Zimriel at February 16, 2010 06:16 AM (9Sbz+)

223 Oh, and Dragon Age: Origins is a decent game.  I played it a little but I really just watched my kids play it; I'm not into computer games that much. 

Posted by: barbelle at February 16, 2010 10:10 AM (qF8q3)

Oh.  I see what you're saying.  People who play video games are immature.  Well you know what?  People who don't share your lifestyle aren't The Other, you hateful Nazi!  KEEP YOUR JUDGMENTS OFF OF ME!!!




Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 06:16 AM (1fanL)

224 The south coast of Maine is just lovely.  I understand your motives for moving.  It gets more appalling with each day down here. 

Maine has become very liberal, but the hackorama pales in comparison to MA.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 06:18 AM (akk3Z)

225

Boo-yah..

...D'Ippolito claims she has the signatures

tinyurl.com/y9yfggb

...and Dear God, she's an idiot...wow

Posted by: beedubya at February 16, 2010 06:18 AM (AnTyA)

226

Note the media isn't discussing this woman's obsessive love of Barack Obama. That's not weird to them, after all. But they're going to get that weird headline in one way or another.

It's pretty much as Beck says, "Don't look over there ... Look over here. Over here ... You-hooo ... Over here."

Posted by: Drillanwr at February 16, 2010 06:18 AM (GkYyh)

227 Why is the media's ultimate goal in blaming irrelevant things like D&D and video games for violent crimes? Do they want the government to start banning things they don't like or approve of? They've been beating the D&D drum for decades now. They've wanted it gone for a long time.

Posted by: Pyrocles at February 16, 2010 06:18 AM (xzSvW)

228 >>If so, does he strike you as credible?

No. Dave Dinger Ford was too far away from her house. She was caught a few blocks away. Couldn't have made it to the Ford dealership.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 06:20 AM (Dxfei)

229 224

Thanks.
I agree with your whole possible scenario. Mother and father both abetting the murderer of their son, the police and the string-pullers all conspiring to free a killer, decades of absolute and total silence (seriously,, I don't remember this case at all, and I've been reading MA newspapers for 30 years), the whole deal. I wish I could say it was unbelievable, but we all know it's the way things sometimes work.

I shudder to think what other sick secrets the MA political and law enforcement bureacracies hold.

Posted by: lincolntf at February 16, 2010 06:21 AM (vVM8h)

230

"All Administrators and Teachers at Rhode Island School Fired"
http://tiny.cc/GfcLA

Wonder if they'll be any shootings over this?

Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 16, 2010 06:21 AM (ucq49)

231 Why is the media's ultimate goal in blaming irrelevant things like D&D and video games for violent crimes? Do they want the government to start banning things they don't like or approve of? They've been beating the D&D drum for decades now. They've wanted it gone for a long time.

Posted by: Pyrocles at February 16, 2010 10:18 AM (xzSvW)

And you know, Teh Religious Nutz are against it, so you'd think the media would be for it.

Oh, and it's Prattville.  One Pratt.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 06:22 AM (1fanL)

232
Laterz Morons.. this reload bug bugs me.

Posted by: sickinmass at February 16, 2010 06:24 AM (Dxfei)

233 Teh thread, it is behaving stupidly this morning.

Our local rag mentioned the ice cream truck thing, and also that the neighbors didn't include Bishop and her family in the neighborhood block party.  Also, that she was constantly yelling at kids for making noise skateboarding, etc.

She must be quite a lovely mother.  Hopefully, her kids will get loads, and loads of therapy. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 16, 2010 06:25 AM (UOM48)

Posted by: toby928 at February 16, 2010 06:26 AM (PD1tk)

235 So Amy Bishop is married to Francis?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 16, 2010 06:27 AM (7jNNe)

236 I shudder to think what other sick secrets the MA political and law enforcement bureacracies hold.

Posted by: lincolntf at February 16, 2010 10:21 AM (vVM8h)

After the Zip Connelly/Whitey Bulger deal nothing surprises me.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 06:28 AM (akk3Z)

237 This just up on Drudge, money quote:

"A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children - the youngest a third-grade boy - was a far-left political extremist who was “obsessed” with President Obama to the point of being off-putting". 

I guess "tinkle legs" will be all over this at 5:00!  Yeah, right.


Posted by: Kemp at February 16, 2010 06:30 AM (qvT/A)

238 Must get back to work now. 

Later, M&Ms.

Posted by: loppyd at February 16, 2010 06:33 AM (akk3Z)

239 I would think her weirdness meter would be pegged to the left

Posted by: Cindermutha at February 16, 2010 06:33 AM (lQO5A)

240

Wow! Take a look at this.  Apparently, the Amy Bishop hairstyle is quite common for Harvard grads: http://tinypic.com/r/2wc4f0x/6

Posted by: conscious and busy with photoshop at February 16, 2010 06:34 AM (Vu6sl)

241 After the Zip Connelly/Whitey Bulger deal nothing surprises me.

You know what always surprised me? That the Alex Jones-types didn't sieze on that whole tangled criminal mess.
It had all the things in real life (FBI agents committing crimes, organized crime giving marching orders to politicians, flamboyant murders, mysterious "disappearances", and even ties to international terrorism with the I.R.A.) that the Prison Planet dopes superimpose onto Bush ( or the Bilderbergs, Illuminati, whoever) in their fantastical ravings.
Of course, the fact that the conspiracy actually existed probably limits the creative aspect of the theorizing, which is half the fun.

Posted by: lincolntf at February 16, 2010 06:35 AM (vVM8h)

242 She's so weird.

Posted by: Puff the Magic Dragon at February 16, 2010 06:35 AM (gbCNS)

243 203 I'm rather amazed that Henry Gates, another collegiate asshole, is under the impression that he's some sort of fucking heroic martyr rather than a noxious pompous dickweasel. And now the jackass has a special on PBS. Shocker, eh?

Posted by: George Orwell at February 16, 2010 06:44 AM (AZGON)

244 Hey, I played a fuck-ton of D&D (and WH40K, Shadowrun, Battletech...) and even LARPed some Paranoia at a 'con when I was drinking. I went on to have a somewhat happy and functional life.

And I never shot anyone other than on US government payroll and under lawful orders =)

Posted by: SGT Dan at February 16, 2010 06:50 AM (GgXZc)

245

Interesting FYI: Amy - name of a fallen angel who is a president in hell.

Posted by: Puff the Magic Dragon at February 16, 2010 06:50 AM (gbCNS)

246 PIXY!

The comments are F*cked up! Won't load completely.

I blame it on the Joos.

Posted by: Kemp at February 16, 2010 06:52 AM (qvT/A)

247

@237
Prisoner 'throws boiling oil' over terrorist leader who plotted to murder thousands with dirty bombs

Screw waterboarding - the world needs more people like this. 

Any prisoner who gets medieval on a terrorist's ass should qualify for reduced sentence.  If I were President, this guy would be welcome in my DoJ.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 16, 2010 06:55 AM (U37Ux)

248 Sgt Dan -- That's just cuz you couldn't fit your Atlas into your workplace...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at February 16, 2010 07:26 AM (oU1tC)

249 If Bishop were a conservative, we'd've seen pictures of the victims everywhere. Why is the MSM so shy about that?

Posted by: flurmf at February 16, 2010 07:29 AM (Xx+86)

250 Amy: no saving roll for you.

Posted by: Arbalest at February 16, 2010 07:30 AM (JnWYr)

251

And I mean that in a completely complimentary, non-sarcastic way.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 10:10 AM (1fanL)

Yeah - I saw her response this morning - cute.  Such innocence (albeit probably feigned...).  Your effort to address my crudity was responsible for that amusing moment, so kudos.  Saw her picture on the Yahoo group site - based on that shot I'd say she has what I think of as patrician good looks - a bit like classical statuary.  Her husband is a lucky dude.

Posted by: Reactionary at February 16, 2010 07:34 AM (xUM1Q)

252 I played D&D. I played Traveller and Fantasy Quest and Call of Cthulhu.

It's not a predictor. No one I've played with or known or even heard of has gone on a shooting spree.

I just love this. D&D is now supposed to be weird? After all these years?

Posted by: Dianna at February 16, 2010 07:51 AM (qrFCz)

253 She has Svirfneblin Fighter/Illusionist written all over her.

Posted by: joh at February 16, 2010 07:55 AM (jgwoG)

254 Let me guess: She ate stuff containing high fructose corn syrup, too.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 16, 2010 08:00 AM (cQyWA)

255 Posted by: Reactionary at February 16, 2010 11:34 AM (xUM1Q)

All the 'ettes are keepers.  But it's kinda like how all the hot lesbians are only on TV or in the movies.  All the conservative womyn are on the Internet.  I've never met but one in real life, and she's my sister-in-law.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 16, 2010 08:07 AM (1fanL)

256 Dungeons and Dragons is for weenies. We play Eels and Escalators.

Posted by: Partick Star at February 16, 2010 12:10 PM (5dsuX)

257

While the number of brain-dead Leftists in RPG writing and publishing is quite disturbing, the number of rational Centrist and Rightist players is much more significant in my experience. And as has been noted, RPGs and related games attract a significant number of military people.

They can have my D20 when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!

Posted by: Sam at February 16, 2010 12:22 PM (hvDIX)

258

“They even acted this crap out,” the source said.

A LARPer.  That explains a lot.  Did she play CCGs, too?

Posted by: malclave at February 16, 2010 12:35 PM (W1Ndc)

259

a devotee of Dungeons & Dragons

Told you so.

Posted by: Jack Chick at February 16, 2010 12:41 PM (W1Ndc)

260 #48: Saw this in the comments section of a Romney article, not Jesse Jackson worthy but still funny enough to share: Kyla Ebbert: Too bare for the air Kevin Smith: Too wide (or high?) for the sky Mitt Romney: Too right for the flight

Posted by: Geico Gecko at February 16, 2010 01:13 PM (lSuMX)

261 Sorry for sockin' it to ya. And the more I read about Amy bishop, the more I think she truly deserved not getting tenure. (Though not for the D&D stuff; I'm a member of a few online fam comms so I really have no right to poke fingers at what others do in their free time. I mean the bombing and murdering her bro stuff.)

Posted by: Liz Lemon at February 16, 2010 01:18 PM (lSuMX)

262

#251, in Korea when we did 6 hours a day on QRF (out the door locked and loaded within five minutes) that was either AD&D or WH40K time. Honor Guard Company was FULL of gamers.

Posted by: SGT Dan at February 16, 2010 01:21 PM (GgXZc)

263 Nothing wrong with D&D.  Those players with an alignment of Chaotic Stupid are another story.

Posted by: NotAMolly at February 16, 2010 02:00 PM (ADJFU)

264 The good thing about your information is that it is explicit enough for students to grasp. Thanks for your efforts in spreading academic knowledge.

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Posted by: business logo design at February 17, 2010 09:58 PM (Q65xZ)

265 Test

Posted by: Warren at February 18, 2010 12:20 AM (ITzbJ)

266 Delahunt says if he quits, it won't be because of Amy Bishop -

This is why Representative William D. Delahunt is leaving office - Since this new Novel just came out in Massachusetts called "A Big House for Little Men" written by Michael W. McKay - Mr. Delahunt knows BIG TROUBLE will be coming his way. He and a State Trooper named Robert Murphy worked with Michael Thurber a known killer from the old Walpole State Prison. Delahunt helped Thurber get released, and most people know Thurber hated James J. Bulger and Bulger turned up missing one week after Thurber was released from prison. (Bulger killed one of Thurber's partners over in Southie).

You will understand what happened to James J. Bulger who for the past many years who has been on the F.B.I. Ten most wanted list. And they can’t find him – But I know that when Thurber was released from prison, he was the last person James (Whitey) Bulger met with and my money is that Whitey is buried! And the funny part is, all the officials know this.

Thurber still walks free to this day, hell, he was indicted with 12 other inmates from Walpole State prison for killing inmates back in the 70's and Mr.Delahunt and Murphy knew this and helped Thurber get released because he was a childhood friend of Trooper Robert Murphy. Now understand this, Once Delahunt took office in Congress, Trooper Murphy retired from the State police Department and Took over the Massachusetts Parole Board and had Thurber's Life Parole was removed and his record was expunged, which made him untouchable. This is all true! I met with Michael W. McKay in a Barnes and Noble book signing last Month in Warwick and he told me that he would be meet with Thurber in Tampa,Fl this Month and he told me about Delahunt leaving office weeks ago, How would he know this before the news media? You news people need to wake up and get on the ball and stop protecting these corrupt people!

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