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September 21, 2013

Grand Theft Auto V Attacks ~~Conservatives~~ Liberals
— Ace

It's so over-the-top I'm half-suspicious it's actually some kind of ironic meta thing attacking conservatives.

But I don't think so, not really. I don't think many people have so much faith in their audiences that they'd assume they'd look beyond the surface message to find the contradictory meta ironic counter-message.

I also don't know if there's some kind of similar parody running against other political strains.

The "show," "Impotent Rage: The Liberal Superhero," runs on the televisions in the game (you can watch TV in the game), and is a cartoon.

Mild content warning for Heavy Metal style cartoon boobs and such.

Update: rosignol notes that the last GTA, GTA IV, spoofed Republican militarism.

Yeah I remember when we invaded Afghanistan for no reason whatsoever. That's exactly what happened. Nailed it.

Another commenter suggests that there's something in the game that pokes fun of conservatives who argue, in Rockstar's belief, that pollution is good.

Yeah I figured they'd do that. It didn't seem like a smart business move move away from "neutrality."

They seem to be libertarian (or think they are). In one of their games, Red Dead Redemption, there were endless quasi-libertarian/old school conservative "political" discussions while you rode horses with salt-of-the-earth sheriff types.

Posted by: Ace at 10:21 AM | Comments (150)
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1 Joe Biden is a cartoon boob.

Posted by: Y-not at September 21, 2013 10:26 AM (5H6zj)

2 Wowsers.

Posted by: ALH at September 21, 2013 10:28 AM (E3OJH)

3 It would be more accurate to portray the Stupor Hero as a useful fool being manipulated by mafiosi.

Posted by: Beto at September 21, 2013 10:28 AM (MhA4j)

4 This is either due to a hipster programmer being ironic, or a conservative mole who slipped this in the game. If it's the later, then that's a darned good sign.

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 21, 2013 10:29 AM (Vk2pI)

5 So liberals get flying cars before we do? Damn.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 21, 2013 10:30 AM (g1DWB)

6 Back in '05, I think, there was a game that subtly took shots at Bush and Iraq. HALO, was it?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 21, 2013 10:30 AM (x/9BF)

7 Yawn.

Posted by: miked at September 21, 2013 10:31 AM (iZiIb)

8 You know it's gonna be a slow day when ace cribs from his own sidebar.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2013 10:31 AM (XJzm5)

9 GTA IV mocked Fox News and Republicans so maybe Rockstar decided to be fair and have turnaround in the sequel?

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at September 21, 2013 10:32 AM (KCvsd)

10 Gaming myself, here. Checking this out while zoning.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 21, 2013 10:33 AM (IXrOn)

11 TL;DW

Oops, I mean, I got 6 minutes in, where were the cartoon boobs I was promised?

Yeah, I don't care what they were trying to say. It was mildly funny. And if the video game is being played by a lot of our last thread's stupid people, they might get a clue from it.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2013 10:34 AM (BeSEI)

12 Wake up 18-11 over Army.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 21, 2013 10:35 AM (ZshNr)

13 I just tried SONIC BURGER for the first time. 6/10 stars. They got my order wrong at first. The burgers were good but a little undercooked. Plus it's a gimmicky place. People think it's 'neat' to drive up to the stalls like they're on Happy Days. I just want a tasty burger.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 21, 2013 10:35 AM (x/9BF)

14 You know it's gonna be a slow day when ace cribs from his own sidebar. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2013 02:31 PM (XJzm5) I forget to look in the sidebar a lot. Besides, Ace brings it to us like no other.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 21, 2013 10:36 AM (IXrOn)

15 Um..., how did Ace post this at 1:21? Has he been fooling with the Time Machine again?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 21, 2013 10:37 AM (aDwsi)

16 altho I crib from the sidebar, I had this last night. I'm guessing the guy who put it in the sidebar was rd, and I'm guessing this because it popped up on twitter late last night and he's a night owl. We probably saw the same PJMedia tweet.

Posted by: ace at September 21, 2013 10:38 AM (/IWYB)

17 That was incredibly awesome. If this were a series, I would watch it and buy the Blu-Ray with all the extras.

Can we get one of those "Angry Liberal Inside" signs for the White House?

Posted by: Splunge at September 21, 2013 10:38 AM (bKA83)

18 GTA4 spoofed the right with Republican Space Rangers. Guess it's time for something different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZuZShxJq8M

Posted by: rosignol at September 21, 2013 10:39 AM (AYFF7)

19 It's making fun of Impotent Rage Liberals. It also makes fun of Arch Pollution Is Great Conservatives. I'm guessing Rockstar is sort of libertarian.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at September 21, 2013 10:39 AM (CgVEi)

20 Just started playing last night, till 5am

Posted by: wooga at September 21, 2013 10:42 AM (jgnqm)

21 re 1: on behalf of cartoon boobs, I resent that

Posted by: Jessica Rabbit's boobs at September 21, 2013 10:43 AM (bJm7W)

22 Has any moron ever fapped to a cartoon chick?Admit it.

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2013 10:44 AM (9XBK2)

23 They're hand drawn, and they're spectacular!

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 21, 2013 10:44 AM (ZshNr)

24 Sidebar is second only to HotAir for Ace's source materials.

Posted by: garrett at September 21, 2013 10:44 AM (WSJ6m)

25
There are a couple of shots at "uber" conservatives in there but it is mostly anti-liberal. Even if it was 50/50, that beats nbc by a 49 point swing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 21, 2013 10:45 AM (sj9LN)

26 This cartoon on Saturdays thing could catch on.

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 21, 2013 10:45 AM (qRasw)

27 Very nice cartoon tits.

Posted by: rdbrewer at September 21, 2013 10:46 AM (Iyg03)

28 They've been doing this since GTA 3. In 3, you could tune into a thinly disguised NPR clone, complete with pledge drives where you must donate or "they" will end health food stores and librarians. There were also conservative talk radio segments where a caller would wax rhapsodic about the need to create a wider river to keep immigrants out. Essentially they go after very cartoonish versions of both sides, but you can sort of tell they're more sympathetic to liberals.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2013 10:47 AM (T6c9C)

29 I find the GTA games offensive for other reasons.

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2013 10:48 AM (9XBK2)

30 I dunno. I just watched the entire vid and while it makes fun of the left for being stupid and impotent, it makes out the right, via Uberman, as evil, polluting, manatee-eating fat cats.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 21, 2013 10:49 AM (DmNpO)

31 His conservative arch foe gets ripped a little, but it is a token effort by comparison. That is the best ten minute cartoon I've ever seen.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 10:49 AM (sOtz/)

32 I've only played Vice City on PS2 and the radio stations were my favorite part. Not into driving games, but that one was so cool it was hard to resist. I hate the stupid missions with remote airplanes and shit like that so I didn't play much. Winter's coming, maybe I'll start playing the games again.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 21, 2013 10:50 AM (ZshNr)

33 29Â I find the GTA games offensive for other reasons. It's the complete disregard for traffic laws, right?

Posted by: Lauren at September 21, 2013 10:51 AM (ELdpj)

34 I should note the guys making this are Brits (the "North" in "Rockstar North" means Scotland), and admitted Labour voters at that.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2013 10:51 AM (T6c9C)

35 I thought the 1st cartoon was pretty funny.

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 21, 2013 10:51 AM (qRasw)

36 I move move a lot

Posted by: dance king at September 21, 2013 10:52 AM (V+Pei)

37 It would not surprise me if there was a Spumco alum involved in this cartoon. There's a Ren and Stimpy vibe in there.

Posted by: Splunge at September 21, 2013 10:52 AM (bKA83)

38 His conservative arch foe gets ripped a little, but it is a token effort by comparison. That is the best ten minute cartoon I've ever seen. *** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB6p5QPVhPI

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 21, 2013 10:53 AM (DmNpO)

39 Impotent Rage looks exactly like a steroided version of the little libtard dickweasel Stephen Colbert.

Who by the way , makes $6 million dollars a year and has a net worth of $45 million dollars. He's a Demotard champion of the poor "little man" you know.

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 10:53 AM (Ojgjr)

40 Though I am rarely neutral, fairly obvious mostly

Posted by: dance king at September 21, 2013 10:53 AM (V+Pei)

41 21 re 1: on behalf of cartoon boobs, I resent that Posted by: Jessica Rabbit's boobs at September 21, 2013 02:43 PM (bJm7W) You're not bad you're just drawn that way.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 21, 2013 10:53 AM (LI48c)

42 I payed a hobo to stand in line to get my copy of GTA V on its release date.

Never saw the bastard again.

Posted by: Fritz at September 21, 2013 10:53 AM (oBz1n)

90% slam on libs, 10% on cons to as a make up. Boobs underused (more bouncing needed) but oh well.

Posted by: Meremortal at September 21, 2013 10:54 AM (jTKU5)

44 IMPOTENT RAAAGE!! RAGE! Rage! Rage rage rag.......

Posted by: Joe at September 21, 2013 10:54 AM (0yvz+)

So much for the line that there's just nothing funny about liberals.

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 21, 2013 10:56 AM (ydpT/)

46 Did you see the story of the 3 idiots who masqueraded as police officers to cut the midnight release line?

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2013 10:56 AM (9XBK2)

47 >Who by the way , makes $6 million dollars a year and has a net worth of $45 million dollars. He's a Demotard champion of the poor "little man" you know.

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 02:53 PM (Ojgjr)

actually, he's a capitalist. he saw an unfilled niche, created a product for that niche, and has profited handsomely.

Is that not capitalism?

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 21, 2013 10:58 AM (8sCoq)

48 GTAV is so cool for locals. You see landmarks you recognize. Kinda like reading a Dean Koontz book and knowing where here is talking about.

Posted by: local hack at September 21, 2013 11:00 AM (V+Pei)

49 43 90% slam on libs, 10% on cons to as a make up. Boobs underused (more bouncing needed)but oh well. Posted by: Meremortal at September 21, 2013 02:54 PM (jTKU5) I bet that is about the way complaints are running too. Michael bay has essentially done the same thing with the transformers movies. The first one while bush was president they had the government be over the top ramp up the military and preparing to start ww3. The next two while Obama is president they have the government be a bunch of cowardly let's appease megatron and it will all be good. Liberals of course bitched about this.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 21, 2013 11:00 AM (LI48c)

50 Red Dead Redemption is probably one of the most libertarian/quasi-conservative games out there. The central theme of the story is how the government exploits and screw the common in order to promote 'the greater good' and 'progress'. One of the funnier anti-liberal messages in Red Dead is a Mexican revolutionary character, who talks endlessly about fighting for the liberation of the peasantry and bringing down the establishment...so he can bang hot chicks, have his own palace and live like a king.

Posted by: El Kabong at September 21, 2013 11:02 AM (eeGwh)

51 GTAV is so cool for locals. You see landmarks you recognize.

So the Vanilla Unicorn and the hi-def boobs inside it are real?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2013 11:04 AM (T6c9C)

52 Thanks to my economic policies, able-bodied young males have the time to sit around the house all day and play GTA-V

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at September 21, 2013 11:05 AM (Pr6hk)

One of the funnier anti-liberal messages in Red Dead is a Mexican revolutionary character, who talks endlessly about fighting for the liberation of the peasantry and bringing down the establishment...so he can bang hot chicks, have his own palace and live like a king.

Word!

Posted by: Cut, Jib, Newsletter at September 21, 2013 11:05 AM (2LC34)

"Cartoonish" breasts?

I've seen bigger.

Posted by: CAC at September 21, 2013 11:05 AM (wQYe2)

55 51 What, you never been to hollywood?

Posted by: local hack at September 21, 2013 11:06 AM (V+Pei)

56 Grand Theft Auto - you mean the GM and Chrysler bankruptcies???

Posted by: Barky McBamastain at September 21, 2013 11:06 AM (Pr6hk)

57 What's this? Al Qeada attacked a mall in Obama's homeland.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 21, 2013 11:06 AM (x/9BF)

58 @55: Nope. I've had to drive a rental car from Burbank to LAX at rush hour, but never made it to Hollywood.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2013 11:07 AM (T6c9C)

59 frankly, i think the impotent rage cartoon is a caricature of how the left believes they are viewed by republicans. and i don't even mean in a self-deprecating way. my 0.02

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 21, 2013 11:07 AM (mRrjf)

60 OT: In order to achieve "diversity," a college mandates racial segregation http://tinyurl.com/pvq97rr

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 21, 2013 11:08 AM (Vk2pI)

61 57 Didn't they tell all their fellow muslims to leave before killing them some infidels?

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2013 11:09 AM (9XBK2)

62 Did you see that Joe Biden's niece went off her rocker? She claims it was caused by the pressure of being Joe Biden's niece. Her bf says it's caused by her booze and pill problems.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 21, 2013 11:13 AM (T0Pku)

63 Saw on Drudge the other day that GTA made $800 million in the first 24hrs of release.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Posted by: HH at September 21, 2013 11:13 AM (XXwdv)

64 @38 Wow, Ism even fixes the weather. I bet that was only a joke 50 years ago. Now it is global policy and a prophetic call.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:14 AM (sOtz/)

65 A video game where you watch TV inside the game itself -- sweet baby Jesus look at all the fun I'm missing reading books.

Posted by: Dancing Queen at September 21, 2013 11:17 AM (FDGeg)

66 The tv and radio ads are over-the-top parodies of everything. Being programmed by a bunch of hipster nerd Brits I can guess where their true sympathies lie, but the games are fun, so, whatever. Just don't watch the tv shows and go blow stuff up.

I don't play many video games but may pull the trigger and buy this one.

Posted by: brak at September 21, 2013 11:18 AM (RBQss)

67 8 You know it's gonna be a slow day when ace cribs from his own sidebar.

Dood it's Saturday.

Posted by: DaveA at September 21, 2013 11:18 AM (DL2i+)

68 59 frankly, i think the impotent rage cartoon is a caricature of how the left believes they are viewed by republicans. and i don't even mean in a self-deprecating way. my 0.02

It's possible, but I don't think so. Leftists I've encountered are very unwilling to face up to their rage issues, or even acknowledge that others see them as angry.

Posted by: Splunge at September 21, 2013 11:18 AM (bKA83)

69 But when can I shoot sharks with lasers on their heads in the game?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 21, 2013 11:19 AM (pDfBu)

70 Transgendered student voted Homecoming Queen: http://goo.gl/d77qy7 Uh, watch the video. He looks and talks like a guy.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 21, 2013 11:19 AM (T0Pku)

71 The scumbags announced that they were only going to kill " non-Muslims," and they spared the lives of those who could prove their bonafides by reciting a Muslim prayer. Part of me wants to say that it might be a good idea for infidels to learn some Muslim prayers just in case...but then they would get what they want. I'm sick of these jerk-offs. Every problem with the planet is connected to them one way or the other...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 21, 2013 11:19 AM (pLAVO)

72 It's not just fun. It's often complex problem solving and hand eye coordination drills. But mainly I like flipping sportscars.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 21, 2013 11:19 AM (ZshNr)

73 68 True,to them the right are the angry scolds.

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2013 11:20 AM (9XBK2)

74 One of the funnier anti-liberal messages in Red Dead is a Mexican revolutionary character, who talks endlessly about fighting for the liberation of the peasantry and bringing down the establishment...so he can bang hot chicks, have his own palace and live like a king. Abraham Reyes is my multiplayer skin for this reason. He says all sorts of crazy shit. Like when gambling, "tonight, strippers and girls will give their virginity to Abraham Reyes!" I only wish I could play Herbert Moon, so I could hear more about how the Joos run the railroads.

Posted by: wooga at September 21, 2013 11:20 AM (jgnqm)

75 Posted by: The Political Hat at September 21, 2013 03:08 PM (Vk2pI)

Comrade, it is paramount that we keep the narrative pure!

Without separate but diverse groups alienated from one another, how can one have observable diversity?

Posted by: Facist Bureaucrat at September 21, 2013 11:21 AM (XdnQT)

76
It's possible, but I don't think so. Leftists I've encountered are very unwilling to face up to their rage issues, or even acknowledge that others see them as angry.

Posted by: Splunge at September 21, 2013 03:18 PM (bKA83)

Every one I have met always thinks others are the problem and not their own rage/murder fantasies on killing republicans and 'baggers.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 21, 2013 11:21 AM (M1gmo)

77 actually, he's a capitalist. he saw an unfilled niche, created a product for that niche, and has profited handsomely.
Is that not capitalism? Posted by: Jones in CO at September 21, 2013 02:58 PM (8sCoq)

The unfilled "niche" he filled was the advocacy of unmitigated socialism. So he has used the fruits of capitalism to help destroy capitalism. So no, that doesn't make him a capitalist - it simply makes him a fucking hypocritical socialist liberal progressive asshole.

I'm glad I could clear that up for you. You're welcome.

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 11:22 AM (Ojgjr)

78 I was playing one of the GTA games once and for some reason jacked a Vespa.

It was really funny as I was tooling around and could hear cars honking at me and voices yelling "Get off the road, Asshole!"

Things like that make those games a lot of fun...

Posted by: HH at September 21, 2013 11:23 AM (XXwdv)

79 Rockstar tends to lean libertarian, as do many gamers. The Rep party can actually appeal to these people without compromising their principles if they weren't so clueless and incompetent. Instead, we'll have the predictable rants against the moral decay of our youth by so called conservatives who would see no problem with the gov further regulating video games. See Elizabeth Hasselbeck

Posted by: Shiv at September 21, 2013 11:23 AM (JhjAC)

80 When your kids try to burn you alive, it's time to cut them out of the will: http://goo.gl/zd89fU

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 21, 2013 11:24 AM (T0Pku)

81 The scumbags announced that they were only going to kill " non-Muslims," and they spared the lives of those who could prove their bonafides by reciting a Muslim prayer. Part of me wants to say that it might be a good idea for infidels to learn some Muslim prayers just in case...but then they would get what they want. I'm sick of these jerk-offs. Every problem with the planet is connected to them one way or the other... *** I don't know that I could deny Christ.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 21, 2013 11:24 AM (DmNpO)

82 Windmills,
Whomp, splat.

Posted by: DaveA at September 21, 2013 11:25 AM (DL2i+)

83 It's possible, but I don't think so. Leftists I've encountered are very unwilling to face up to their rage issues, or even acknowledge that others see them as angry. Posted by: Splunge at September 21, 2013 03:18 PM (bKA83) Remember when NOH8 was all the rage? So were the NOH8ers.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 21, 2013 11:26 AM (xSegX)

84 Posted by: Shiv at September 21, 2013 03:23 PM (JhjAC)

The liberals do the same moralizing as well because it furthers gun control. You have the crazy big govt supporting fascists on the right and even crazier communists on the left.

Posted by: NWConservative at September 21, 2013 11:27 AM (M1gmo)

85 @81 Call it Christian taqiyya and live to fight another day and worship Christ for a natural life. Insincere Muslim prayer to save your life is not a sin is it?

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:27 AM (sOtz/)

86 73 68 True,to them the right are the angry scolds. Daddy issues. It's daddy issues all the way down.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 21, 2013 11:27 AM (xSegX)

87 Oh, and Placenta Cakes!!!

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:28 AM (sOtz/)

88 Don'y say "meta" around Sheriff Joe!

Posted by: torabora at September 21, 2013 11:29 AM (nT8Yc)

89 Can you get a manatee burger at Sonic?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 21, 2013 11:29 AM (+vOE2)

90 I don't know that I could deny Christ.

Yeah, might be a good strategy for atheist/agnostic/no religion folks, but maybe not believing Christians. He forgave Peter, but Peter didn't plan out his denial in advance.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 21, 2013 11:30 AM (hO8IJ)

91 Insincere Muslim prayer to save your life is not a sin is it?" Denying Christ is, but furthermore confessing Him is an act of defiance.

Posted by: Lauren at September 21, 2013 11:31 AM (rT4LQ)

92 At Beagle, I think it'd be denying Him in the face of threat and terror. I don't think it's worth classifying whether it's a sin, but it's the wrong thing to do. If your life is in His hands, not theirs, you aren't really demonstrating your trust in that by publically backing away once confronted by danger.

Posted by: .87c at September 21, 2013 11:33 AM (qZPXs)

93 @91 But you would not really be denying Christ, just saving your life. I know Christians have a history of real martyrdom, not the splodey variety. I would love to hear Aquinas, Abelard, and Augustine (just As) debate this one.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:34 AM (sOtz/)

94 Can you get a manatee burger at Sonic? Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 21, 2013 03:29 PM (+vOE2) No, but whale sashimi really is available in Japan: http://tinyurl.com/l5ghgkp

Posted by: The Political Baby-Seal Hat at September 21, 2013 11:35 AM (Vk2pI)

95 How many times have we been taught that it's not the words that come out of your mouth that matter, but what is in your heart? God isn't going to be playing back your conversations and looking for gotchas on Judgment Day. I'd deny and live to serve, pray and fight again. Just like I'd do if captured in War and could plausibly pass myself off as sympathetic to the enemy. Jesus doesn't want your children to watch you beheaded just because you refuse to utter a meaningless phrase.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 21, 2013 11:36 AM (ZshNr)

96 I know Christians have a history of real martyrdom, not the splodey variety. I'm sorry, but a "martyr" doesn't kill himself. That's now how the concept works.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 21, 2013 11:36 AM (xSegX)

97 Cruising around the galaxy/universe killing shit? It'll never sell.

Posted by: Fritz at September 21, 2013 11:37 AM (oBz1n)

98 @92 I am more in the Templar fight back later than die in place school. But I am not saying you are wrong theologically. Historically I know Christian martyrs all militate to your position, but beating jihadis in this world is critical to save Christianity for future generations.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:38 AM (sOtz/)

99 I thought a couple of the swipes at conservatives in the video were actually swipes at the left. The Whale sashimi and manatee remark almost made me choke on breakfast.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at September 21, 2013 11:38 AM (sFQyf)

100 @96 That was my point, ill stated perhaps. "Splodey" to me is murder and a sin, not martyrdom in my view.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:40 AM (sOtz/)

101 Praise be to Allah for giving us the pervert Mohammed, fucker of children and goats.

Posted by: Insincere Muslim Prayer at September 21, 2013 11:41 AM (Aif/5)

102 beating jihadis in this world is critical to save Christianity for future generations." Agreed, but forced conversions kill Christianity as well

Posted by: Lauren at September 21, 2013 11:43 AM (rT4LQ)

103 From our own Liberty Lover: Doreen Dickson ‏@DoreenHDickson 32m My cousin is an R.N. for the U.S. State Dept in Nairobi. She had colleagues killed today. Prayers for them all. Doreen Dickson ‏@DoreenHDickson 29s My cousin, who works at the embassy, tells me US State Dept employees have been injured/killed. => http://t.co/xhDzrePmO3

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 21, 2013 11:44 AM (DmNpO)

104 kmart advertising Christmas on tv alreadyt

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 11:44 AM (b7yum)

105 The bit about the birds is clearly mocking the right and the news about windmills killing birds (which they do in huge #s). The joke being in order to save the birds from the windmill death traps we have to fill the sky with life-killing smog from coal plants.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 21, 2013 11:44 AM (ZPrif)

106 When the Host of Jerusalem fell at Hatten, Saladin did release some of the Christian knights. But they were released on parole and not supposed to take up arms again against Saladin's forces. Some broke their parole and tried to defend Jerusalem.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 21, 2013 11:46 AM (pDfBu)

107 kmart advertising Christmas on tv alreadyt

Kroger had a tree up already today.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 21, 2013 11:46 AM (hO8IJ)

108 >I'm glad I could clear that up for you. You're welcome.

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 03:22 PM (Ojgjr)

your rage is impressive. really. big day for you.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 21, 2013 11:46 AM (8sCoq)

109 Apropos of absolutely nothing, Ace's conversation with Mike Flynn on Twitter about The Who has ENRAAAAAAGED me. How these two noodniks fail to see that The Who is one of the greatest bands (and greatest LIVE bands) of all time is a travesty of the first order.

Tonight's ONT will be conducted upon appropriate lines in accordance with a need to correct this unacceptable deviation.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 21, 2013 11:47 AM (n/+FT)

110 OT: Niger Innes, President of the Congress of Racial Equality, is running as a Republican for Congress in NV04

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 21, 2013 11:48 AM (Vk2pI)

111 Actually, my rage ISN'T apropos of nothing, given this thread. It is indeed impotent rage.

Erm...I mean, IMPORTANT rage. Very important. For fuck's sake, The Who Sell Out, people! Live At Leeds! Quadrophenia! The great early singles! Who's Next!

GRRRRAAAAAAR DESTROY RIP TEAR CRUSH BITCH.

Posted by: Jeff B. at September 21, 2013 11:49 AM (n/+FT)

112 @102 Absolutely forced conversions are destructive. I am assuming insincerity and eventually fighting back in a tactically better position than at gun or swordpoint unarmed and helpless.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 11:51 AM (sOtz/)

113 What's the name of the band?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 21, 2013 11:52 AM (BAS5M)

114 111It's an eminance front

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 11:52 AM (b7yum)

115 The Who? meh. The British invasion was overrated.

Posted by: Fritz at September 21, 2013 11:54 AM (oBz1n)

116 But you would not really be denying Christ, just saving your life. I know Christians have a history of real martyrdom, not the splodey variety. I would love to hear Aquinas, Abelard, and Augustine (just As) debate this one. Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 03:34 PM (sOtz/) --Athanasius (a sainted Father of the Church), bishop of Alexandria, could have "chosen" martyrdom, but instead remained on the lam because he believed himself more valuable alive as a teacher than dead as a martyr. However, evading the capture that would have led to martyrdom is not the same as denial, of course. . . .

Posted by: logprof at September 21, 2013 11:55 AM (fOFYL)

117 http://tinyurl.com/kk4hs7o If you don't think that's a jam you need your ears checked

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 11:55 AM (b7yum)

118 22 Has any moron ever fapped to a cartoon chick?Admit it.

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2013 02:44 PM (9XBK2)

OK, OK. When I was 14 I would trace Betty and Veronica out of the comic books. But I'd leave off the clothes. Yep, made my own porn.

If I'd had access to free online porn the way today's 14-year-olds have, I'd have had a right arm like Arnold Schwartzeneggar and probably would have run out of love juice by 20.

Posted by: Sphynx at September 21, 2013 11:57 AM (OZmbA)

119 The Who? meh. The British invasion was overrated. Posted by: Fritz at September 21, 2013 03:54 PM (oBz1n) Tell me about itÂ…

Posted by: Joan of Arc at September 21, 2013 11:57 AM (Vk2pI)

120 Beagle, I would assume that most forced conversions began with initial insincerity

Posted by: Lauren at September 21, 2013 12:00 PM (ELdpj)

121 118 By all means we already had Paul Revere and the Raiders

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 12:01 PM (b7yum)

122 Cartoon tits? Nobody had Blondie beat. Even when i was a pimply faced 13 year old I always wondered how a certified dork like Dagwood Bumstead with a bad haircut and eating disorder scored a hot blonde with a superb rack...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 21, 2013 12:02 PM (pLAVO)

123 122 It was the blow. I found that out later

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 12:02 PM (b7yum)

124 kmart advertising Christmas on tv alreadyt

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 03:44 PM (b7yum)

________________

Disgusting. They should be made to pay a price for it.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 21, 2013 12:06 PM (jucos)

125 Saladin was by all accounts an honorable man. There is no leader in the Islamic world today who could be called that.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 21, 2013 12:07 PM (pLAVO)

126 124, what jizya?

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 21, 2013 12:08 PM (pLAVO)

127 @106 Anna Puna In Templars by Piers Paul Read I discovered to my surprise that Muslims were allowed to pray at the Temple Mount, Golden Pimple, Templar HQ. Franj arriving in the Outremer were not permitted to harass them. Forced conversions were almost exclusively a Muslim tactic, with at least one notable exception over the centuries of Crusades. In popular culture the opposite is always depicted.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 12:10 PM (sOtz/)

128 yup

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 21, 2013 12:10 PM (9jfyN)

129 Why are the Crusades always brought up like the Christians did something wrong? It's always cited by Muslim terrorists and their dhimmi apologists as an excuse. Didn't the Pope and various kings call for crusades as a result of Islamic bandits and pirates preying on Christians making their pilgrimage to the Holy Land? And it's not like the Holy land was always Muslim--they took over. So what was wrong with the Christians trying to take it back?

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 21, 2013 12:16 PM (pLAVO)

130 I got disk one of "Party Down" through Netflix, and I saw that episode two took place at a Young Conservative meeting. Bracing myself for the worst, I was surprised that the show was pretty scathing against the liberals and was rather tame on the Republicans. It was refreshing.

Posted by: Null at September 21, 2013 12:17 PM (P7hip)

131 your rage is impressive. really. big day for you.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 21, 2013 03:46 PM (8sCoq)

On the contrary, your stupidity is quite standard for you. Really. Just another day of the same libtard deep-think for you.

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 12:20 PM (Ojgjr)

132 @125 Saladin executed monastic knights, probably seeing them as a dangerous innovation which threatened his militant faith. Dying for Christ is honorable but not a good military tactic unless you take some jihadis with you. Which unfortunately is creeping up on the Muslim worldview in Quran 9.111. Not the same though. In Islam the murder is the key to paradise, which is under the shade of swords.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 12:21 PM (sOtz/)

133 Somewhat OT, @AnnaP:

Happened across this video, reminded me of you. "Teemo I Love You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJoxvYDn6Wk

(Warning: Voice may cause diabetes and feelings of moe)

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 21, 2013 12:21 PM (0wHyk)

134 @128 Yes, and the Seljuk Turk invasion of the Byzantine Empire. The Crusaders were responding to a cry for help. Epic mistakes followed unfortunately.

Posted by: Beagle at September 21, 2013 12:24 PM (sOtz/)

135 GTA V mocks everyone. Conservatives, Liberals and everyone in between. I have a hard time getting mad at the anti-conservative remarks because I know there will be an anti-liberal one right behind it. They're all about satire...everyone and everything.

Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at September 21, 2013 12:24 PM (GrtrJ)

136 Â“When people talk as if the Crusades were nothing more than an aggressive raid against Islam, they seem to forget in the strangest way that Islam itself was only an aggressive raid against the old and ordered civilization in these parts. I do not say it in mere hostility to the religion of Mahomet; I am fully conscious of many values and virtues in it; but certainly it was Islam that was the invasion and Christendom that was the thing invaded.Â” - G.K.Chesterton

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 12:26 PM (Ojgjr)

137 Â“Â…but out of the desert, from the dry places and the dreadful suns, come the cruel children of the lonely God; the real Unitarians who with scimitar in hand have laid waste the world. For it is not well for God to be alone.Â”- G.K.Chesterton on Islam

Posted by: Strife at September 21, 2013 12:28 PM (Ojgjr)

138 My guess is that there are a variety of political views amongst Rockstar's dev team (I work at a software company myself, and political and religious views are all over the place among both our programmers and artists, and we aren't near as big a company as Rockstar), and instead of doing what most company's would do and leave politics out of their public image, Rockstar decided to let an assortment of different opinions be aired freely in the final product (it's a GTA game, so it's going to make plenty of money just from selling to apolitical/indifferent teenagers to keep it more than profitable) and take refuge in being an equal opportunity offender. They've been doing this at least since the public radio stations in Vice City, but they seem to be getting increasingly bold about it.

Also, Rockstar does a lot of things well, but subtlety has never been one of them.

Posted by: reform highlander at September 21, 2013 12:29 PM (BCYnA)

139 Even if the Crusades were every bit as awful as muzzies claim, it is still an absurd fetishization to focus on it so much in 20freaking13

Posted by: Lauren at September 21, 2013 12:30 PM (ELdpj)

140 They hit a lot of the liberal hypocrisies and lack of knowledge. I used to be a liberal. This is not in any way some kind of clever hit on conservatives. They went after liberals closing companies rather than saving employment. That they only help one side regardless of the actual argument. That they're the ones exploiting women. That they're the ones who are destroying the environment and that traditional energy production is actually more environmentally friendly. List goes on. And even if it was meant as a parody of how liberals think conservatives see them, most won't see it that way. Besides, it's still making fun of liberals. They made over a billion dollars already. I'm sure lots of people will see it. And it hasn't come out on PC yet.

Posted by: MrX at September 21, 2013 12:31 PM (PxmNZ)

141 I'd say kudos to them for at least seeming to be equal opportunity offenders as any good comedy should be but I notice the bad "right wing" stuff is specifically tied to the Republicans while bad liberal stuff suddenly forgets the party affiliation as is typical of the MSM.

Posted by: Rocks at September 21, 2013 12:50 PM (qzWDd)

142 good comments, I don't see the liberal pathology giving libs the ability for any sort of honest introspection. Listen to their whole we're just too rationale spiel.

Posted by: joeindc44 at September 21, 2013 12:53 PM (ydpT/)

143 Red Dead Redemption and GTA were made by different studios, both owned by Rockstar.

Posted by: supercore at September 21, 2013 12:56 PM (DBOU2)

144 new up

Posted by: DAve at September 21, 2013 12:57 PM (b7yum)

145 This is surprising. Since GTA 3 (which was pretty even regarding political slams), the series went farther and farther left. GTA 4 was all "republicans r bad lol" all the time. That, and the fact that it wasn't very fun, caused me to write off the series. Maybe I will pick this up on a Steam sale in a year or two.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at September 21, 2013 03:55 PM (TCWb5)

146 Ha! Windmills! 10:00

Posted by: Herberto at September 21, 2013 05:42 PM (nC5SX)

147 I was wondering why this game was getting the "misogyny" label from reviewers.

I mean, a series known for running over hookers is _now_ bothering people for its treatment for women? Yeah, I'm sure it has nothing to do with this gored ox.

Posted by: Shoot Me at September 21, 2013 05:50 PM (qiXMt)

148 GTA V pretty much hits everything. Facebook, Fox News, liberal pols, conservative pols, immigration reform, California nut jobs, feminisim, etc. There's even a sequel of sorts to the Republican Space Commando cartoon but this time it deals with homosexuality. Of course, the macho space marine is secretly gay.

Posted by: Scott at September 21, 2013 05:51 PM (1ziuA)

149 I'm late to the party... because I was playing GTA. A lot of the TV/radio/website content in GTA V is written by Lazlow, who (as far as I can guess at a label) is sort of left-libertarian. Socially liberal, fiscally a mixed bag, generally lacks the pomo-lefty drive to deny the obvious. He'd make a good Moron, I think, after a few weeks in a Valu-Rite Vodka re-education camp.

Posted by: Frank Underwood (D-SC) at September 22, 2013 06:35 PM (OpaBw)

150 I recall the game 'Sam & Max Episode 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!' taking several potshots at liberals... Max being apathetic until the issue of the President banning guns comes up, Abe's pledge on taxes "Give me everything you've got" noted as shocking 'even Democrats', the correct name for Secretaries' Day being Personal Assistants' Day being derided as cry-me-a-river-liberalism.

Anyone can verify this trend in other episodes? (104 was freely distributed)

Posted by: Scott Thong at September 22, 2013 11:56 PM (2XKGk)

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