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May 03, 2014

Political Open Thread: A Tale of Two Commencement Speeches [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

So, the Thought Police won again. Former Secretary of State Condeeleza Rice will NOT be speaking at Rutgers after all:

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice backed out of giving Rutgers University's commencement speech today amid growing opposition among the school's students and faculty.
In a statement, Rice said she informed Rutgers President Robert Barchi that she has decided not to give the May 18 address.
Â“Commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for the graduates and their families. Rutgers' invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for the university community at this very special time," Rice said.

Well done, Rutgers. Well done.

Seriously, this sort of thing really pisses me off. ESPECIALLY in Dr. Rice's case since she, unlike most politicians, is a bona fide scholar. Although I suspect her domestic politics may be too "centrist" (aka liberal) for my personal taste, I think she's a very impressive politician and individual. You have to be a real knuckle-dragger to object to the former Provost of Stanford University speaking at your commencement.

I'm offended more as a scholar than I am as a conservative by the disgusting behavior of those Rutgers faculty and students.

Meanwhile, across the country at Utah Valley University, this was the commencement speaker:

Wes Moore is a youth advoÂcate, Army comÂbat vetÂeran, social entreÂpreÂneur, and host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah WinÂfrey NetÂwork. His first book The Other Wes Moore became an instant New York Times and Wall Street JourÂnal bestseller.
Born in 1978, Wes and his sisÂters were raised by their widÂowed mother. Despite early acaÂdÂeÂmic and behavÂioral strugÂgles, he gradÂuÂated Phi Theta Kappa in 1998 as a comÂmisÂsioned offiÂcer from ValÂley Forge MilÂiÂtary ColÂlege, and Phi Beta Kappa from Johns HopÂkins UniÂverÂsity in 2001, where he also played footÂball and earned a bachelorÂ’s degree in InterÂnaÂtional RelaÂtions. He then became a Rhodes Scholar, studyÂing InterÂnaÂtional RelaÂtions at Oxford University.
After his studÂies, Wes, a paraÂtrooper and CapÂtain in the United States Army, served a comÂbat tour of duty in Afghanistan with the 1st Brigade of the 82nd AirÂborne DiviÂsion. Wes then served as a White House felÂlow to SecÂreÂtary of State ConÂdeleezza Rice. He serves on the board of the Iraq Afghanistan VetÂerÂans of AmerÂica (IAVA), The Johns HopÂkins UniÂverÂsity, and founded an orgaÂniÂzaÂtion called STAND! that works with BalÂtiÂmore youth involved in the crimÂiÂnal jusÂtice system.

I think the citizens of Utah are better served by their university than are the citizens of New Jersey.

Just sayin'.

Open thread.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:07 AM | Comments (156)
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1 Use the left's "standards" against them. Why is Rutgers being racist against a black speaker?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 09:10 AM (M9BzG)

2 A veritable plethora of threads today. I'm having trouble keeping up with the rest of the corgis.

Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 09:12 AM (sdi6R)

3 So sorry! I'm headed out in a bit, so I need to post the gardening thread too... Looks like rickl picked the wrong day to give up meth!

Posted by: Y-not of the fat fingers at May 03, 2014 09:13 AM (zDsvJ)

4 The only object that I would have had to her speaking was the $35k price tag. Shit like that is the reason tuition is so high. Sad thing is you just know they would have let Barky speak even though he's responsible for the War in Libya and drone killings sans due process, which you know is soooooo much less horrific than waterboarding or something.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 03, 2014 09:14 AM (HDwDg)

5 Nascar knockout qualifying on Fox. First time this style of qualifying has ever been done at Talladega. More exciting, more TV friendly, lot more room for a huge crash. Old style was one car at a time. New style is everybody qualifies at the same time. 3 rounds. Gets cut to 24 cars in Round 2, 12 cars for final round. Lot more chaos. If there's a big multi-car wreck it's gonna be a lot more expensive. Rare for Fox to put qualifying on the main Fox broadcast channel and not FoxSports 1 cable channel. Nascar made a lot of rule changes in the off-season to make things more dramatic, this was one of those changes.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 09:21 AM (ZPrif)

6
Theoretically I guess, Rut gers is against Condi because of "War Crimes" (tm), but their hero B Otyrant has continued those wars, and started new ones as well as assassinated American citizens and did nothing to protect a US Ambassador and Consulate from getting murdered.

Its almost enough to make you think its just politics.

And of course, the rampant racism and sexism at Rut gers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 03, 2014 09:22 AM (hJauc)

7 Talladega. Have you ever been down there? I use to do shit with NASCAR, had a hard card. Went down one year. It is a zoo. They have their own jail at the track and an landing strip in the track. There are a lot of hot hot redneck drunk women and that's all I am saying.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 03, 2014 09:24 AM (0FSuD)

8 Anyone still here?
Ms.Rice was scheduled to speak here at the University of Minnesota a few weeks ago. There were a few minor protests that tried to get her canceled. Incredibly, saner heads prevailed and she spoke as planned. I'm shocked seeing how it is Minneapolis and all. It gives me hope!

See you in the gardening thread.

Posted by: SnowyBits at May 03, 2014 09:24 AM (HwOeK)

9 This is why Condi should learn to travel with her golf clubs and fishing gear. Eighteen holes in the morning followed by $100 grilled cheese sandwiches and fly fishing in the evening makes contingency planning much more satisfying.

Posted by: Fritz at May 03, 2014 09:25 AM (oJUxt)

10 rice should either cry racism or say dude, that was like 6 years ago too classy though

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 03, 2014 09:26 AM (awUfe)

11 Commencement speakers are likely paid from gift funds.

Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 09:26 AM (zDsvJ)

12 oh, Dr. Rice is also considered a world class pianist iirc

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 03, 2014 09:27 AM (awUfe)

13 Shut up. Just. Shut. Up.

Posted by: Rutgers, Last Bastion of Tolerance and Open Mindedness at May 03, 2014 09:27 AM (Dwehj)

14 So, they were going to exchange teh ghey ambassador for The Blind Sheik, and Stevens was in the know?!? "Duude! Chill! We're from Dr. Morsi!" http://preview.tinyurl.com/ldt67vn There was no one else around the WH that night, so President Michael Jackson was cornholing his eldest.

Posted by: A brightly-colored little bird told me at May 03, 2014 09:28 AM (1/4XQ)

15 Of course, at a super speedway with restrictor plates pack racing like Dega, starting position means much less than a normal track. So this new qualifying format will be most exciting on the tracks where it actually means the least.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 09:28 AM (ZPrif)

16 Talladega? It's not about the race. It's about getting drunk and screwing somebody eleses wife or girl friend. That's what somebody told me, ha ha.

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 03, 2014 09:32 AM (0FSuD)

17 Commencement speakers are likely paid from gift funds. Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 01:26 PM (zDsvJ) Yeah I figured that. I'm guessing they're probably directed donations as well which would make them harder to use for other things. Still though it seems a bit gauche that tuition keeps getting higher and higher and what we get for it is fancy speakers and such. I'm far from outraged though, at best I'm just going "meh, bad form."

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) [/b] [/i] [/s] at May 03, 2014 09:32 AM (HDwDg)

18 okay kids I have 300rds of 7.62 and a hyper kid time to test the magnifier if it works like shit i'll switch to the other sight

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 03, 2014 09:33 AM (awUfe)

19 Condi is just not down with the struggle.

Posted by: The Overwhelmingly White Rutgers University at May 03, 2014 09:33 AM (Dwehj)

20 oh wait I forgot condi rice is a browns fan oh well, screw her then

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 03, 2014 09:35 AM (awUfe)

21 Besides, that woman may still have Boosh cooties. Yuck.

Posted by: The Overwhelmingly White Rutgers University at May 03, 2014 09:35 AM (Dwehj)

22 I don't know which would be worse: the too, too lame software or the too, too lame spin. http://preview.tinyurl.com/mq8vfhb Could this be a feint from the Pacific?

Posted by: Worried, Man at May 03, 2014 09:37 AM (1/4XQ)

23 Probably gonna learn soon what Putin's response to the 45 dead in Odessa is going to be. Noah Rothman ‏@NoahCRothman 2m Here comes the cavalry. Pretty large Russian airlift into Simferopol, via @EuromaidanPR http://youtu.be/AgE571wIZX0

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 09:37 AM (ZPrif)

24 Maybe Sandra Fluke or Robert Mapplethorpe are available.

Posted by: The Overwhelmingly White Rutgers University at May 03, 2014 09:38 AM (Dwehj)

25 Mildly interesting to go into the comments section of the article linked in the post regarding CR backing out of commencement. There are quite a few conservatives posting, but what is mind altering is the rationale of the leftists on there. Did you all know that CR "murdered" 4,000 soldiers? That she went shoe shopping on Fifth Ave. when New Orleans was hit with a hurricane, while Fidel Castro offered to send medical personnel? That she is a "Bushie" who lied about WMD to trick us into going to war for oil? That she ignored all the of "advanced warning" of 9/11?

Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 09:41 AM (I+pAz)

26 We could offer, say, 50,000 intellectuals to Putin as human shields. No matter what happens, they could say it didn't. And vice versa.

Posted by: Worried, Man at May 03, 2014 09:42 AM (1/4XQ)

27 On the other hand, Berkeley, what knows quality when it sees it, is charging its graduating students $10 a head to attend their own commencement because Pelosi is speaking.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at May 03, 2014 09:42 AM (XO6WW)

28 Maybe we can dig up Karl Marx and sort of prop him up like Weekend At Bernie's. The kids will never know the difference.

Posted by: Rutgers, Last Bastion of Tolerance and Open Mindedness at May 03, 2014 09:45 AM (Dwehj)

29 Some intense video. Hard to tell exactly what's going on. Noah Rothman ‏@NoahCRothman 4m !! "@olgatokariuk: Video from #Odessa shows pro-#Russians shooting at pro-#Ukraine activists from behind the police http://hromadske.tv/society/v-odesi-separatistiv-prikrivala-militsiya-video/ Â…Â”

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 09:45 AM (ZPrif)

30 I love the smell of intellectual vapor in the morning. It smells like a good start.

Posted by: Worried, Man at May 03, 2014 09:46 AM (1/4XQ)

31 Latvian deep background on Putin's way of war: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ldwoszq

Posted by: Worried, Man at May 03, 2014 09:48 AM (1/4XQ)

32 Rutgers needs to check their privilege.

Posted by: BEL at May 03, 2014 09:52 AM (thLL8)

33 "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" Really, that's all I've got today.

Posted by: Daybrother at May 03, 2014 09:53 AM (pwCiq)

34 This kind of thing is happening on so many campuses. Ohio State decided in their infinite wisdom to have Chris Tingles Matthews as speaker. Last year it was Obama...at least it was a sitting president, not a partisan hack anchor for a no nothing news organization. Hopefully, Matthews handlers will keep him out of the vodka until after the noon commencement. By the way, OSU's spring commencement is budgeted at around $500,000.

Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 09:53 AM (I+pAz)

35 I got a speech right here in my pocket. A large one too! Only $30K. Got some good pic's too

Posted by: Reggie at May 03, 2014 09:53 AM (0FSuD)

36 When the Student Loan bubble pops and these Leftist Indoctrination Centers can't lure enough students to pay the 1 percenter salaries of these administrative hacks and useful idiot professors, I am going to have a massive schadenboner

Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 10:02 AM (aTXUx)

37 Grand Salami for Johnny Gomes, Sox 4, A's 0. Top second. Bruins-Canadiens tied 1-1, end of second period.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:03 AM (ZshNr)

38 21 Besides, that woman may still have Boosh cooties. Yuck.

Dude. That was, like, more than two and a half years ago. What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Anachronda at May 03, 2014 10:10 AM (o78gS)

39 36 When the Student Loan bubble pops and these Leftist Indoctrination Centers can't lure enough students to pay the 1 percenter salaries of these administrative hacks and useful idiot professors, I am going to have a massive schadenboner Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 02:02 PM (aTXUx) It's kinda hard to walk away from a student loan.

Posted by: eman at May 03, 2014 10:10 AM (MQEz6)

40 Bruins-Canadiens tied 1-1, end of second period.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 02:03 PM (ZshNr)

And it stays that way after a Boston goal is called back (puck hit Lucic's glove and it looked like he directed it at the net).

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:10 AM (MpP9p)

41 Universities are little Leningrads scattered everywhere.

Posted by: eman at May 03, 2014 10:12 AM (MQEz6)

42 Shit. Can't let the Canadiens get too many breaks like that.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:12 AM (ZshNr)

43 I know I've said this before here, but I once went to a commencement at American University (friend was getting a Masters) and the commencement speaker had to ask the crowd to quiet down several times so he could keep talking. I can't remember his name, but I know he wasn't a politician.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:15 AM (MpP9p)

44 2-1 Montreal after they finally do something on a 4-3 power play.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:17 AM (MpP9p)

45 14 So, they were going to exchange teh ghey ambassador for The Blind Sheik, and Stevens was in the know?!? "Duude! Chill! We're from Dr. Morsi!" http://preview.tinyurl.com/ldt67vn Posted by: A brightly-colored little bird told me at May 03, 2014 01:28 PM (1/4XQ) How about this scenario: Obama and Clinton wanted to release the Blind Sheik and concocted a fake kidnaping of Ambassador Stevens in order to justify it. A peaceful solution to the kidnaping would also make them look like statesmen in advance of the 2012 election. This would also explain the lax security at the diplomatic compound. The jihadis launch a planned kidnaping "raid". Woods and Doherty, not in on the plan, stumble across the scene, assume a genuine attack is under way, and respond accordingly. It turns into a real firefight in which Woods and Doherty are killed, along with lots of jihadis. In the midst of the confusion, military units are told to stand down and not to come to the aid of the people in the compound, because it's not supposed to be a real attack, just a sham one. The surving jihadis are enraged and assume that they were double-crossed and lured into a trap, so they kill Stevens and Smith. So what started out as a political ploy turned into a disastrous clusterfuck of the first magnitude. This would be ample reason for a coverup. Thoughts?

Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 10:18 AM (sdi6R)

46 Shitsnacks!

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:19 AM (ZshNr)

47 Shitsnacks!

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 02:19 PM (ZshNr)

I assume you're referring to the hockey game.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:22 AM (MpP9p)

48 Yes.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:22 AM (ZshNr)

49 29 Video from #Odessa shows pro-#Russians shooting at pro-#Ukraine activists from behind the police

I dunno. He's pretty chubby. Looks to me like an American infiltrator causing trouble.

Posted by: Foreign Minister Lavrov at May 03, 2014 10:23 AM (o78gS)

50 Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 02:18 PM (sdi6R) Not bad, but the truth is likely more evil. Toss in some illegal weapons trading.

Posted by: eman at May 03, 2014 10:24 AM (MQEz6)

51 I know I've said this before here, but I once went to a commencement at American University (friend was getting a Masters) and the commencement speaker had to ask the crowd to quiet down several times so he could keep talking. I can't remember his name, but I know he wasn't a politician. Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 02:15 PM (MpP9p) Manners the younger generation doth not have. And it continues to worsen with not only the coarsening of society, but the addition of cell phones, texting, social media that people are plugged into 20 hours a day. I can't believe how many people I actually have to wait on for them to finish a cell conversation, look at a text, or put me on hold. I mean, people I am friends and relative of. I will not put up with it in a business relationship. Emergencies are one thing, continious, no.

Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 10:24 AM (I+pAz)

52 I can only hear the Red Sox, no access to the hockey game. They give rare updates on the baseball broadcast.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:24 AM (ZshNr)

53 Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 02:18 PM (sdi6R) Very plausible. I heard this "kidnapping" scenario mentioned somewhere, but it was hushed up rather quickly since the h8vIdEo!111!!!eLeBiNtY!!!! narrative was being peddled furiously. Your scenario does explain a few things. Espially threatening survivors/victims into silence and restricting media access, ...... like that would have mattered.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 03, 2014 10:26 AM (20mrE)

54 Manners the younger generation doth not have. And it continues to worsen with not only the coarsening of society, but the addition of cell phones, texting, social media that people are plugged into 20 hours a day. I can't believe how many people I actually have to wait on for them to finish a cell conversation, look at a text, or put me on hold. I mean, people I am friends and relative of.
I will not put up with it in a business relationship. Emergencies are one thing, continious, no.

Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 02:24 PM (I+pAz)

The incident I mentioned was about 12 years ago, so things have certainly gotten worse.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:27 AM (MpP9p)

55 I can only hear the Red Sox, no access to the hockey game. They give rare updates on the baseball broadcast.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 02:24 PM (ZshNr)

2-1 Montreal, 2nd intermission.

And the Lucic "goal" pretty much had to be called back.

Montreal's 2nd goal was on pretty nice deflection right at the end of the 4 on 3.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:28 AM (MpP9p)

56 Toss in some illegal weapons trading. Posted by: eman at May 03, 2014 02:24 PM (MQEz6) Part of the bribe for going along with the staged kidnapping.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 03, 2014 10:29 AM (20mrE)

57 Toss in some illegal weapons trading. Posted by: eman at May 03, 2014 02:24 PM (MQEz6) Part of the bribe for going along with the staged kidnapping.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at May 03, 2014 10:29 AM (20mrE)

58 You could also look at the planned commencement speech that Michelle Obama was going to do but cancelled and compare it to Rice's. Condoleeza's would obviously have been a very standard and normal graduation commencement speech. Michelle Obama's was going to be to a bunch of high schools and with the reason of her speaking being the anniversary of Brown vs Board of Education. In other words it was going to be an event much more about that and Obama than the graduation of the students.

Posted by: buzzion at May 03, 2014 10:29 AM (LI48c)

59 You could also look at the planned commencement speech that Michelle Obama was going to do but cancelled and compare it to Rice's. Condoleeza's would obviously have been a very standard and normal graduation commencement speech. Michelle Obama's was going to be to a bunch of high schools and with the reason of her speaking being the anniversary of Brown vs Board of Education. In other words it was going to be an event much more about that and Obama than the graduation of the students.

Posted by: buzzion at May 03, 2014 10:29 AM (LI48c)

60 Thanks.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:30 AM (ZshNr)

61 Thanks.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:30 AM (ZshNr)

62 Ortiz cranks a bomb. Sox up 5-0.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:32 AM (ZshNr)

63 Ortiz cranks a bomb. Sox up 5-0.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:32 AM (ZshNr)

64 Ties Dwight Evans for fourth all-time in HR's on the Sox.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 10:32 AM (ZshNr)

65 NBC just panned a camera across what they say is Bunker Hill/Charleston in Boston (I apologize if I spelled spelled Charleston wrong). There's a ship that has to be at least 200 years old in the picture. In the background is something that looks a lot like the Washington Monument. What is that?

(Why use a search engine when I can ask this fine establishment?)

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:41 AM (MpP9p)

66 Bobby Orr is in the house!

I wish I could meet him.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:42 AM (MpP9p)

67 Lincolntf, Thornton has left the ice with a knee injury. He was going for Subban. Subban saw it from the side and went down, and Thorton's knee went into Subban's back.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:45 AM (MpP9p)

68 In the background is something that looks a lot like the Washington Monument. What is that?
Bunker Hill Monument

Posted by: fluffy at May 03, 2014 10:47 AM (Ua6T/)

69 Didn't see what the monument was.

The ship was probably Old Ironsides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 10:47 AM (Q2bPn)

70 Ms. Rice is very high on the list of people I would love to sit down with to dinner and discussion. Much like Terry Bradshaw is tops on the "get liquored up with" list...

Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd... at May 03, 2014 10:50 AM (wc6R6)

71 Bunker Hill Monument

Posted by: fluffy at May 03, 2014 02:47 PM (Ua6T/)

Thanks!

The ship was probably Old Ironsides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 02:47 PM (Q2bPn)

Thanks as well!

3-1 Montreal. Powerplay.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 10:51 AM (MpP9p)

72 Ok, I'm moving Terry to 2nd behind Ms. Upton...

Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd... at May 03, 2014 10:52 AM (wc6R6)

73 Ace has the cutest little butt hole I've ever seen: http://goo.gl/cTXYmL

Posted by: Sir Pug A Lott at May 03, 2014 10:53 AM (8c12T)

74 Bruins. Can't score on a powerplay. Can't stop the Habs from scoring on them.

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 10:53 AM (Q2bPn)

75 David Ross hits the third sox homer of the day, up 6-0. Lester pitching a gem already. 5th inning, 10 K's! Lot more fun than the Bruins game sounds.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:00 AM (ZshNr)

76 If this keeps up, you'll have to donate a kidney to afford to get into the Bell Centre in Montreal for games 3 and 4.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:00 AM (MpP9p)

77 3-2.

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 11:03 AM (Q2bPn)

78 Boston scores. 3-2.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:03 AM (MpP9p)

79 Marchand to Hamilton.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:03 AM (MpP9p)

80 So we're not dead yet? Excellent.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:07 AM (ZshNr)

81 So we're not dead yet? Excellent.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 03:07 PM (ZshNr)

See what my post at #72 can do?

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:07 AM (MpP9p)

82 3-3.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:08 AM (MpP9p)

83 Tie hockey game!

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 11:08 AM (Q2bPn)

84 3-3? Woohoo! Thanks. Gotta go to Facebook, see what my Bruins fan friends are saying.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:09 AM (ZshNr)

85 Great top-shelf shot by Bergeron.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:09 AM (MpP9p)

86 What's up window lickers? I just came back in from playing Paul Bunyon and I see we have a hockey game again....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 11:10 AM (jucos)

87 What's up window lickers? I just came back in from playing Paul Bunyon and I see we have a hockey game again....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 03:10 PM (jucos)

Once again, my post at #72 has done wonders.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:10 AM (MpP9p)

88 Aww, man. I gotta try and get my kidney back, eh.

Posted by: some Canadian sitting in a tub full of ice at May 03, 2014 11:10 AM (Q2bPn)

89 Aww, man. I gotta try and get my kidney back, eh.

Posted by: some Canadian sitting in a tub full of ice at May 03, 2014 03:10 PM (Q2bPn)

You can get Maple Leafs season tickets for it.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:11 AM (MpP9p)

90 Montreal is not like Canada Canada..... It's more like less haughty Fwance.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 11:12 AM (jucos)

91 4-3 Boston

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:14 AM (MpP9p)

92 4-3. B's

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 11:14 AM (Q2bPn)

93 WOW

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 11:14 AM (jucos)

94 Smith scored.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:14 AM (MpP9p)

95 Well in a piece of happy news, the Mooch won't be the graduation speaker at the Topeka Kansas High School. She got disinvited.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at May 03, 2014 11:14 AM (wdHk6)

96 Nice shot

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 11:15 AM (ZPrif)

97 Holy Scnneikies! Sounds like they're clicking.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:16 AM (ZshNr)

98 Holy Scnneikies! Sounds like they're clicking.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 03:16 PM (ZshNr)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:16 AM (MpP9p)

99 I could hear the Fenway crowd in the background cheer when yet scored the 3 rd goal. Waiting for the inning to end so they can post the 4th.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:17 AM (ZshNr)

100 Too bad about the racist Tweets about P.K. Subban. This rivalry is too good to be ruined by shot like that.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 11:20 AM (jucos)

101 5-3

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:20 AM (MpP9p)

102 You normally don't expect to be brained to death by a toilet bowl in the stands of a soccer match. Brazil -- never say never! AP Sports ‏@AP_Sports Correction: Fan, not player, killed by a thrown toilet bowl after soccer match between Santa Cruz, Parana in Brazil. http://bit.ly/RfjxfB

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 11:20 AM (ZPrif)

103 I posted my "kidney" comment at 3:00. Less than 10 minutes later, Boston had scored three times to take a 4-3 lead. They just scored an empty-netter.

Don't tell anyone in Canada, please, although my mom will be happy.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:21 AM (MpP9p)

104 Shit like that.... damned autocorrect won't let me fuckin' swear

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 11:21 AM (jucos)

105 I have to get busy for a while, I'm sure the next time I get online the hockey game will be over. Go B's! Lester has 12 K's, in the sixth inning, one hit.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:22 AM (ZshNr)

106 5-3, final.

Bannion should buy me some Pappy Van Winkle for this.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:22 AM (MpP9p)

107 The Brazilian soccer fans ripped out the toilet bowls in the restrooms and tried to throw them on the field. Looks like one fell short and brained another fan to death. Gotta keep your head on a swivel for those flying toilet bowls in Brazil.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 11:24 AM (ZPrif)

108 Wow. Just heard that. What a comeback. Love playoff hockey!

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 11:24 AM (ZshNr)

109 Heaven forbid the graduating babies have to hear someone with an amazing background, who might say things that make them uncomfortable. This cocooning of minds of mush should be the last thing colleges are doing. A pox on Rutgers, a pox I say!

Posted by: LizLem at May 03, 2014 11:25 AM (tNMLW)

110 And now it's time for almost 3 hours of NBC previewing the Kentucky Derby.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:25 AM (MpP9p)

111 >>>Too bad about the racist Tweets about P.K. Subban. This rivalry is too good to be ruined by shot like that.<<<

Yeah, that's fucking stupid. Oh, and even more so considering his brother is in the Bruins system as a goalie.

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 11:27 AM (Q2bPn)

112 103 Dude! As if living in Brazil wasn't punishment enough.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:29 AM (LJ7Ze)

113 Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 02:18 PM (sdi6R) That would make a fascinating movie, actually. How scary is it that it might actually be real. Or at least highly plausible, considering the geniuses in charge.

Posted by: LizLem at May 03, 2014 11:31 AM (zxfH6)

114 >>>You normally don't expect to be brained to death by a toilet bowl in the stands of a soccer match<<<

Shitty way to go.

Posted by: Hate Miser at May 03, 2014 11:31 AM (Q2bPn)

115 Drinking beer in the hot sun, I fought the bowl and the bowl won.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:33 AM (LJ7Ze)

116 Impressive crowd at Dega for the Nationwide race. Sprint Cup race isn't till tomorrow, but the fans obviously are making a weekend of it. Other tracks would kill to get that kind of crowd to show up for a Nationwide race.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 11:33 AM (ZPrif)

117 The Brazilian soccer fans ripped out the toilet bowls in the restrooms and tried to throw them on the field. Looks like one fell short and brained another fan to death.

Gotta keep your head on a swivel for those flying toilet bowls in Brazil.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 03:24 PM (ZPrif)

Has a World Cup ever had security standing outside the bathrooms?

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:34 AM (MpP9p)

118 I got a Brazilian from a Peruvian once, true story.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:34 AM (LJ7Ze)

119 When the $#!T hit the fan, the bowl hit me in the back of the head.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:35 AM (LJ7Ze)

120 Did they give him a brown card?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:35 AM (LJ7Ze)

121 These people take their iceless hockey seriously.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:37 AM (LJ7Ze)

122 O.M.G. (don't know if this was already discussed) Harrington Discusses Story on Non-English Speakers Getting Fast-Tracked for Disability Approval ... Sessions revealed a policy for SSDI payments that allows individuals to qualify for benefits more quickly if Â“they are incapable of communicating in English.Â” The Social Security Act allows for the consideration of education when deciding if an individual is disabled. Â“The education factor is not limited to actual education as it relates to schooling, but includes a linguistic limitation on the ability to communicate in the English language,Â” Sessions said. Â“ItÂ’s almost a loophole,Â” she said. Â“Social Security disability insurance is meant for individuals in the workforce, American citizens who are no longer able to work because of a physical or mental impairment. To become an American citizen, you have to demonstrate at least a basic knowledge of the English language, and now theyÂ’re finding in these hearings individuals applying are saying, Â‘Oh, I canÂ’t speak EnglishÂ’ through a translator. They donÂ’t have to prove it, and theyÂ’re getting automatically approved.Â” So, now they are taking advantage, and throwing under the bus real handicapped people to get votes. "Loophole?" This is hideous. How do we fix this? They have lawyers and policy makers sifting through everything to find loopholes to buy votes. http://tinyurl.com/krormdt

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 11:38 AM (IXrOn)

123 In Brazil the head goes to you.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:39 AM (LJ7Ze)

124 Is this thing on?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:40 AM (LJ7Ze)

125 Is this thing on?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 03:40 PM (LJ7Ze)

It's Saturday afternoon. Situation normal.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:42 AM (MpP9p)

126 Don't tell anyone in Canada, please, although my mom will be happy. Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 03:21 PM (MpP9p) hubbies a montreal fan hehe.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 11:42 AM (IXrOn)

127 hubbies a montreal fan

hehe.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 03:42 PM (IXrOn)

Oh dear.

*Shoves poutine, Nanaimo Bars, and Canadian Rye through the USB port*

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:43 AM (MpP9p)

128 I agree with Jen. Enough of this backing down! I would love to see her walk up to the podium and give her speech. Let the leftists embarrass themselves, not her.

Posted by: PJ at May 03, 2014 11:45 AM (ZWaLo)

129 AP Sports ‏@AP_Sports Correction: Fan, not player, killed by a thrown toilet bowl after soccer match between Santa Cruz, Parana in Brazil. http://bit.ly/RfjxfB Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 03:20 PM (ZPrif) soccer fans can be crazy They're still throwing bananas at the black players, too. I thought it had subsided until it just happened again this past week towards Alves (while we were watching). They had a plan in place for the next incident to embarrass the next plan that did it. Alves took a bite from the banana, then tossed it. The fan was banned for life (a season ticket holder).

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 11:47 AM (IXrOn)

130 Schools take Public money. When they become Political they should be banned from it for several years.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:48 AM (LJ7Ze)

131 Oh dear. *Shoves poutine, Nanaimo Bars, and Canadian Rye through the USB port* Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 03:43 PM (MpP9p) He switched the channel quickly to the Everton v ManCity match. ahahaha I don't like Boston or Montreal, so, meh.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 11:48 AM (IXrOn)

132 He switched the channel quickly to the Everton v ManCity match.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 03:48 PM (IXrOn)

If he was cheering for Everton, that wasn't my fault.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:51 AM (MpP9p)

133 If he was cheering for Everton, that wasn't my fault. Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 03:51 PM (MpP9p) Manchester City. I'm having fun watching Chelsea and Mourinho's antics and character.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 11:54 AM (IXrOn)

134 Manchester City.

I'm having fun watching Chelsea and Mourinho's antics and character.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 03:54 PM (IXrOn)

And I'm sure you've both had fun watching Manchester United fall apart. I know a Liverpool fan who is both delighted and astounded by it.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:56 AM (MpP9p)

135 *Shoves poutine, Nanaimo Bars, and Canadian Rye through the USB port* Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 03:43 PM (MpP9p) I had to look up the Nanaimo Bars. Yum, they look good. I'll have to make them. I can only handle poutines like once or twice a year.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 11:57 AM (IXrOn)

136 I had to look up the Nanaimo Bars. Yum, they look good. I'll have to make them.

I can only handle poutines like once or twice a year.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 03:57 PM (IXrOn)

If you want the recipe I use, linseyziq at hotmail.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 11:59 AM (MpP9p)

137 I like Poontang. Always have.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 11:59 AM (jucos)

138 And I'm sure you've both had fun watching Manchester United fall apart. I know a Liverpool fan who is both delighted and astounded by it. Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 03:56 PM (MpP9p) ManU is my husband's favorite team. Sad, how they have fallen apart. Let's see what a new coach/management will do.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 12:00 PM (IXrOn)

139 ManU is my husband's favorite team.

Sad, how they have fallen apart.

Let's see what a new coach/management will do.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 04:00 PM (IXrOn)

I'm just doing so well today.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:01 PM (MpP9p)

140 If you want the recipe I use, linseyziq at hotmail. Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 03:59 PM (MpP9p) I was looking at the web recipes. The Joy of Baking, Canadian Living, etc. They all seem pretty close. Boy, they look sweet. http://www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html http://www.canadianliving.com/food/nanaimo_bars.php http://allrecipes.com/recipe/nanaimo-bars-iii/ Each of these look good. And, the golden one from the source (from BC!): http://www.nanaimo.ca/EN/main/visitors/NanaimoBars.html

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 12:07 PM (IXrOn)

141 Are Talladega and Kentucky Derby always on the same weekend? Two southern mass events on the same day. Dueling southern class distinctions. Southern aristocracy vs redneck prom.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 12:07 PM (ZPrif)

142 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 04:07 PM (IXrOn)

Mine uses semi-sweet chocolate instead of cocoa and I don't use heavy cream. And I have variations! Peanut butter, mint, Bailey's, cherry, etc.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:11 PM (MpP9p)

143 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at 03, 2014 04:07 PM (IXrOn)

I'll add that you should cut the squares right after you put the top layer on. Wait until that layer is solid and you're going to get cracks.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:12 PM (MpP9p)

144 I'll add that you should cut the squares right after you put the top layer on. Wait until that layer is solid and you're going to get cracks. Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 04:12 PM (MpP9p) Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 12:13 PM (IXrOn)

145 Well, Liverpool has been the underdog, so I'm happy to see them advance so far.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 12:14 PM (IXrOn)

146 Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 04:13 PM (IXrOn

While I'm at it, if you use a no-bake recipe it's perfectly fine to replace the egg with an egg substitute. I've never had a problem.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:15 PM (MpP9p)

147 food thread up

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 12:18 PM (IXrOn)

148 I had to look up the Nanaimo Bars. Yum, they look good. I'll have to make them. I can only handle poutines like once or twice a year. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 03:57 PM (IXrOn) --Guess what else hails from Nanaimo. Answer: http://youtu.be/tyK_RfXWY1U

Posted by: logprof at May 03, 2014 12:18 PM (GW/jL)

149 I just switched on the TV to NBC to begin the Derby coverage and my eyes and soul were assaulted by the sight of Johnny Weird and Tara Lipinski in Derby Fashions. Johnny has on a turbanesque white hat with feathers and a unicorn sticking out of the front, a white jacket, shirt collar complete with rhinestones and red lipstick. That is a freak show that doesn't belong at the Derby. If I promise Johnny and NBC that I won't come to the Folsom Street Festival, will he promise to stop crapping all over my sport events?

Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 12:21 PM (I+pAz)

150 That is a freak show that doesn't belong at the Derby. If I promise Johnny and NBC that I won't come to the Folsom Street Festival, will he promise to stop crapping all over my sport events?

Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 04:21 PM (I+pAz)

I'm changing the channel to NBC just so see this. I will not blame you.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:25 PM (MpP9p)

151 Right now no hat, but a headpiece that has a name and I can't quite remember it.

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:29 PM (MpP9p)

152 Seen! Good heavens!

Posted by: Vendette at May 03, 2014 12:30 PM (MpP9p)

153 So the Kentucky Derby is just figure skating with horses and slightly less gaudy outfits?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 03, 2014 12:37 PM (ZPrif)

154 Mmm. Shitsnacks.

Doh!!!

Posted by: homer simpson at May 03, 2014 02:41 PM (9IMoS)

155 145 I just switched on the TV to NBC to begin the Derby coverage and my eyes and soul were assaulted by the sight of Johnny Weird and Tara Lipinski in Derby Fashions. Johnny has on a turbanesque white hat with feathers and a unicorn sticking out of the front, a white jacket, shirt collar complete with rhinestones and red lipstick. That is a freak show that doesn't belong at the Derby. If I promise Johnny and NBC that I won't come to the Folsom Street Festival, will he promise to stop crapping all over my sport events? Posted by: Jen at May 03, 2014 04:21 PM (I+pAz) Add to that the recent drama queen legal shenanigans with his, cough, "wife." There was a time when that crap would not be tolerated.

Posted by: Sir Pug A Lott at May 03, 2014 02:46 PM (8c12T)

156 Now that I think of it, if it were between a man and a woman and one was beating on the other, biting, and posting nude shower pixs taken without the others' consent, they would suspend or fire the person. But because it is two fags, it's okay.

Posted by: Sir Pug A Lott at May 03, 2014 02:47 PM (8c12T)

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