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September 06, 2013

MSNBC, The Place for Smart Takes on Warmongering
— Ace

As you probably know, I think this is a useful (Alinskyesque) manner of attacking the left: Hitting them where it hurts, in their Vanity.

Their overweening, unwarranted vanity.

If they want to Play Smart, let's make them Live Up to Their Own Rulebook and actually Be Smart.

If you check out the video, which you probably shouldn't because it puts coin in MSNBC's warmongering pockets, you'll see Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis, claiming:

1, that Obama can't build an international coalition Because Bush;

2, that Republicans only oppose this war (the first war we've ever opposed... except for Kosovo, Haiti, taking it to China in the Korean War, etc.) due to "spite" by which he of course means "racism."

But the most embarrassing part of this comes during his Shock Jock Morning Zoo style clip package that proceeds his drunken rage. In that, he plays Wacky Sound Effects as he plays Donald Rumsfeld's Known Unknowns soundbite.

Now, Rumsfeld's Known Unknown analysis of the nature of uncertainty is actually a cute and helpful template for thinking about all the things you don't know -- and, especially, the things you don't know that you don't even know you don't know. The difference between a Known Unknown and an Unknown Unknown is that one understands the former and can, in Risk Management terms, assign it a Risk Factor and intelligently analyze it.

But you can't do that with Unknown Unknowns. As to those, you're ignorant even of your own ignorance. (Caveat: By naming them Unknown Unknowns you gain psychological power and dominion over them, as Adam gained dominion over the animals by naming them, and thus this framework might actually wind up suggesting you know more than you know, as you've created a Defined Category of Things You Don't Know and, having so defined it, are now the master of it. But this nuanced thought would be lost on Red Ed so let's ignore this for the moment.)

Now, how does Ed Schultz, Mensa Chapter President, handle this interesting epistemological (Ed: that means "concerning the theory of knowledge and knowing") framework?

Like this: When Rumsfeld says "Known Unknowns," he plays a Wacky Morning Zoo Sound Effect of a spring going Booiinnnnggg (most commonly used to indicate an audibly-registering erection) and flashes the words "SAY WHAT?" in big red letters because Strong Primary Colors appeal to imbeciles.

Well actually they appeal to everybody but forget it, I'm rolling.

Funny, anyone of average intelligence (or even a bit below) understood what Rumsfeld meant about Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns.

But apparently MSNBC Viewers are not up to the level of "slightly below average intelligence." That's so far outside their grasp it's not even a dream to them. It's an Undreamt Dream.

So sorry, MSNBC People. I know you think you're Apple Jacks Kids and Muesli Munchers but you're really just dirty subliterate Kaboom Folk.

Posted by: Ace at 09:43 AM | Comments (278)
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1 First?

Posted by: flounder at September 06, 2013 09:46 AM (Kkt/i)

2 Strong primary colors appeal to imbeciles?

I thought Kaboom proved weak primary colors appeal to imbeciles.

This needs to be explored.

Posted by: jack m. at September 06, 2013 09:46 AM (X3CZz)

3 I feel so left out...I never got to try Kaboom.

Posted by: Timon at September 06, 2013 09:46 AM (kTI1S)

Posted by: flounder at September 06, 2013 09:46 AM (Kkt/i)

5 Lean Forward - To War!

Posted by: Insomniac at September 06, 2013 09:47 AM (DrWcr)

6 It's pretty clear that Schultz ate Kaboom for breakfast every morning,

Posted by: steevy at September 06, 2013 09:47 AM (9XBK2)

7 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Mr. Ed, Secretariat Kerry, Rump-ridin' Harry Reid, and Chuck Hagel. OK, Hagel's more of horse pie but still . . . .

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 06, 2013 09:49 AM (XUKZU)

You know.

For all the talk on the left about Epistemic closure, they really aren't clear on the nature of knowledge.

Amazing there are whole fields of study, both philosophical and theological in this area. They just choose to ignore them.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 09:49 AM (GaqMa)

9 I thought Kaboom cereal caused blindness and night terrors.

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 06, 2013 09:49 AM (qRasw)

10 All we are saying, is give War a chance.

Posted by: Zombie John Lennon at September 06, 2013 09:49 AM (kqqGm)

11 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis

Hey!

Posted by: Bob Beckel at September 06, 2013 09:50 AM (6xhLc)

Ka Boom cereal would be a great advertiser for the new improved Al Jazeera America channel. They apparently aren't getting any other advertiser love.

Posted by: Boots at September 06, 2013 09:50 AM (oG66P)

13 Amazing there are whole fields of study, both philosophical and theological in this area. They just choose to ignore them.

***

Like the inherent racism in affirmative action.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 06, 2013 09:50 AM (XUKZU)

14 >>>For all the talk on the left about Epistemic closure, they really aren't clear on the nature of knowledge.

yup.

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 09:50 AM (/IWYB)

15 Kaboom folk? Hell, most of them seive the cat pan for breakfast.

Posted by: maddogg at September 06, 2013 09:50 AM (xWW96)

16 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis, claiming: ******** Ed Schlitz

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 09:51 AM (r2PLg)

17 7 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Mr. Ed, Secretariat Kerry, ~~Rump-ridin'~~ rug rat wrangling Harry Reid, and Chuck Hagel. OK, Hagel's more of horse pie but still . . . .

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 06, 2013 01:49 PM (XUKZU)

Fixed.

Posted by: flounder at September 06, 2013 09:51 AM (Kkt/i)

Still love the pic of Special Ed seated in the audience of some newsconference or other with a look of intense concentration and skepticism on his face.

Mensa Chapter President indeed. lol

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 06, 2013 09:51 AM (BAS5M)

19
Fuck Ed Schultz.

That is all....

Posted by: fixerupper at September 06, 2013 09:51 AM (nELVU)

20 Kaboom is a known-unknown for me.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 06, 2013 09:51 AM (MRYTR)

21

I just want to tell you all somethin about this Rumsfeld and this Bush. Both those guys have done more damich to the fabric of society than all the republicans COMBINED.

It's an honest utter travesty irregardless of who you are that these guys are able to walk off scott free after doin' all they have done in this country, to the Uniter States.

We need to take the country back because it is almost too late for not doin' anything about it!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Ed Shults, Esq at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (raGXo)

22 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis

Hey!

Posted by: Bob Beckel at September 06, 2013 01:50 PM (6xhLc)

I'm 'hic waaaaaaay ahead of both of you posers

Posted by: Chrissy Matthews at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (kTI1S)

23 I want Schultz's face to go kaboom, on live TV. That would be sweet.

Posted by: jewells45 at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (l/N7H)

24 Sgt. Ed Schultz. He's the guy that "Knows Nothing!"

Posted by: Roy at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (VndSC)

25 Do they even rate having the privilege of getting Kaboom?

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (MnSla)

26 Funny, anyone of average intelligence (or even a bit below) understood what Rumsfeld meant about Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns. And, of course, Rumsfeld INTENDED it to be a nonsensical-sounding turn-of-phrase with deeper meaning for you to contemplate. And a little funny. Like "Take my wife...please."

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (T0NGe)

27 Are they running ads for Kaboom on there even though it has been discontinued since 2010?

Because yes, they are that stupid.

Posted by: Vic at September 06, 2013 09:52 AM (zZbNF)

28 Still love the pic of Special Ed seated in the audience of some newsconference or other with a look of intense concentration and skepticism on his face.

Mensa Chapter President indeed. lol

I think that was constipation.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 06, 2013 09:53 AM (kqqGm)

29
Now, how does Ed Schultz, Mensa Chapter President.....

-----

You misspelled "Menstrual" there Ace.....

Posted by: fixerupper at September 06, 2013 09:53 AM (nELVU)

30 Have you seen the ads for Al Jazeera America?

Posted by: steevy at September 06, 2013 09:53 AM (9XBK2)

31 I think that was constipation.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at September 06, 2013 01:53 PM (kqqGm)

That or holding in a shart.

Posted by: Timon at September 06, 2013 09:53 AM (kTI1S)

32 Still love the pic of Special Ed seated in the audience of some newsconference or other with a look of intense concentration and skepticism on his face. --- Someone should replace him in that shot with the Special Ed puppet from Crank Yankers.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at September 06, 2013 09:54 AM (/Crba)

33 Why so Syria?

http://www.shirtshovel.com/products/politics/obamajoker-434.gif

Posted by: fishkid at September 06, 2013 09:54 AM (0Re7K)

34 Uh oh. MSNBC is officially having the Kaboom card played on it.

Posted by: T at September 06, 2013 09:54 AM (NHw+a)

35 Racist because we won't give a brown person authority to bomb brown people.

Posted by: RWC at September 06, 2013 09:54 AM (fWAjv)

36 Thank God = Alahu Akbar

Posted by: John McCain at September 06, 2013 09:54 AM (gWHwW)

37 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis Hey! Posted by: Bob Beckel at September 06, 2013 01:50 PM (6xhLc) WTF?

Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 09:55 AM (mETGQ)

38 Eh, special Ed is just cashing in on his perpetual hangovers, which make him mean as a hungry bear. By the time noon rolls around he's probably gassed up on Chivas and ginger ale and a real pussycat.

Posted by: joncelli at September 06, 2013 09:55 AM (RD7QR)

39 So sorry, MSNBC People. I know you think you're Apple Jacks Kids and Muesli Munchers but you're really just dirty subliterate Kaboom Folk.

This meme is now the ultimate power in the universe!

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 09:55 AM (GQ8sn)

40

I juss want to tell you WON more thing about them guys, and what they done.

Union power has always been the core bedrock of society, for hunnerds of years, but they have done more to damich that than anyone in the history of the world now.

It's an utter travisty that they are allowed to get aways with it!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Ed Shults, Esq at September 06, 2013 09:56 AM (raGXo)

41 37 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis Hey! Posted by: Bob Beckel at September 06, 2013 01:50 PM (6xhLc) WTF? Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 01:55 PM (mETGQ) ************* Jeez--at MSNBC they probably have beer in the water cooler over there.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 09:56 AM (r2PLg)

42 "So sorry, MSNBC People. I know you think you're Apple Jacks Kids and Muesli Munchers but you're really just dirty subliterate Kaboom Folk."

I see no need to slander honest, if troubled, Kaboom Folk by lumping MSNBC Coprophagics in with them.

Posted by: Jaws at September 06, 2013 09:56 AM (4I3Uo)

43 So sorry, MSNBC People. I know you think you're Apple Jacks Kids and Muesli Munchers but you're really just dirty subliterate Kaboom Folk. For you MSNBC'ers, that left a mark.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2013 09:56 AM (KvM9d)

44 My favorite quote on the unknown-unknown things came from Douglas Adams: Â“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.Â” It may be because I work in IT, though, and people continually push us to pretend that Unknown Unknowns donÂ’t exist, simple because we canÂ’t give examples.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (QF8uk)

45 The racism is, of course, projection. Of course. This is all about propping up Obama. He can't be seen to fail. He must continue to be propped up. His failures can only be seen to be due to outside forces. The Obama principle: Promoting someone to the level of incompetence and then making so many excuses for that incompetence, they get promoted again.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (T0NGe)

46 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (/PCJa)

47 Before getting into broadcasting, I was the Kaboom clown.

Posted by: Ed Schultz at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (L8r/r)

48 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (/PCJa)

49 Na MSNBC are lower than Kaboom! folk and think they are the Eggs Benedict of the world.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (r2PLg)

50 You got it Ace....

the idea is to expose their assholish hypocrisy to rehabilitate the right...

You said in 2002 Saddam was "not America's fucking problem"....neither is Assad asshole...

LIVE UP TO YOUR RULES dems....and if you don't like you don't have all the power we had once....

fuck you next question

Posted by: Juan McCain at September 06, 2013 09:57 AM (9jfyN)

51 Determined to turn the Kaboom thing into a permanent blog meme Ace? I'm not playing until I see a picture with the caption, "I think I'm going to kill myself". You have until 12:01 tonight Ace! As for Special Ed: 1) I wasn't aware you could get a doctorate in Cirrhosis. I feel robbed. 2) I know for a fact that when Ed leaves for the liquor store he makes the running sound from The Flintstones.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 06, 2013 09:58 AM (V1ZIU)

I'd also note, that my dislike of Obama is not exactly driving my opposition to involvement in Syria.

I've made some mistakes, but I'll let them out here.

Despite my dislike of Obama, I originally thought that Libyan intervention was a good thing. I even had a tepid level of support for it when it was done.

But then, the horrific mismanagement afterwards turned, as well the obvious lying regarding the status of the rebels in Benghazi (that is, that they were not, in fact, moderates at all) gave me pause when Obama asked for an airstrike on a different country.

Indeed, knowing now what I should have known then (but, admittedly was blinded by the atrocities in Libya) I am aware that:

a) Obama is lying about the "moderate" rebels.

b) Obama will ultimately mishandle this (just as he mishandled Libya, and to a lesser extent Egypt*)

c) despite the atrocities, this isn't in America's interest.

So what does it take Mr. Schultz, for a republican to be against war? I takes the horrific mismanagement of previous encounters. (FWIW, if Bush were still president and asking for another war, I'd be hesitant as well.)

Looking back had Libya gone differently, perhaps I'd think differently. But it didn't, so I don't.

*I'm not saying Obama mishandled Egypt to a lesser extent, I'm saying that because it was a different situation, it goes into my calculation to a lesser extent. Put different, Libya was all I needed to make the decision, Egypt just reinforces it.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 09:58 AM (GaqMa)

As former member of Mensa (left because those people are weird) I can categorically state that Schulz is no Mensa member.

There's only 1 standard for entry, and he can't even meet that.

Posted by: Biblio at September 06, 2013 09:58 AM (7o8VY)

54 Before getting into broadcasting, I was the Kaboom clown.

Posted by: Ed Schultz

Just how many children did you eat to get to your current size?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (KDq5l)

55 The Obama principle: Promoting someone to the level of incompetence and then making so many excuses for that incompetence, they get promoted again.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 01:57 PM (T0NGe)

If only we could make Obama President Emeritus and promote him to The Center for Advanced Presidentin' and Jump Shots and Shit we would all be better off.

Posted by: joncelli at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (RD7QR)

56 Jeez--at MSNBC they probably have ~~beer~~ Wild Irish Rose in the water cooler over there.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 01:56 PM (r2PLg)

FIFY

..urrrppp

Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (L8r/r)

57 You CAN plan for unkown-unknows, or "unk-unks", but it's not pleasant and will detract from your focused objective because you have to; 1. keep a reserve 2. consider, if things are going too well, it's a trap

3. planning your operation with mid-stage decision points where you can shift from offense to defense, etc Not fun, but necessary.

Posted by: Scott M at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (AdBfq)

58 "(Caveat: By naming them Unknown Unknowns you gain psychological power and dominion over them, as Adam gained dominion over the animals by naming them, and thus this framework might actually wind up suggesting you know more than you know, as you've created a Defined Category of Things You Don't Know and, having so defined it, are now the master of it. But this nuanced thought would be lost on Ed so let's ignore this for the moment.)"

I had to untangle my neurons after reading that.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (MnSla)

59 Jeez--at MSNBC they probably have beer in the water cooler over there.

You say that like it's a bad thing. That would be a good thing.

Now, some sort of psilocybin derivative...

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (/kI1Q)

60 Thank God = Alahu Akbar AAIF - KABOOM!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2013 09:59 AM (KvM9d)

61 ) I wasn't aware you could get a doctorate in Cirrhosis. I feel robbed.

ABD.

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (GQ8sn)

62 A sound effect for an audibly registering erection? Where can we get that?

Posted by: Anthony Weiner and Bob Filner at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (yFb77)

Again...who actually hires idiots like Ed and Keith and Reverend (my ass) Al?

Really? In a shitty economy there should be loads of cheap talent even for left wing loonies but this is what we get? Lord Jesus comes an helps us...LAWD!

Posted by: IrishEd at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (bfm04)

64 So sorry, MSNBC People. I know you think you're Apple Jacks Kids and Muesli Munchers but you're really just dirty subliterate Kaboom Folk. When you read some of the post at MSNBC. I don't think their smart enough to pour Kaboom out of a box and into a bowl.

Posted by: YIKES! at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (mETGQ)

65 KABOOM! http://tinyurl.com/lb738oe (SFW)

Posted by: RWC at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (fWAjv)

66 Ed Schultz's IQ is a known unknown.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (kPeSM)

67 I had to untangle my neurons after reading that. ItÂ’s extremely important, though. Knowing that there are things you havenÂ’t anticipated and can never anticipate makes you a lot smarter than pretty much everybody watching MSNBC.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (QF8uk)

I can't get Kabooms to fit in this Cheerio contai....

oh. OH. sorry I brought it up

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (3ZtZW)

Grandpa is finally coming into his own I see

Posted by: Crusty the Clown at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (N3Al8)

Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 01:55 PM (mETGQ)

Look up there ^^ around post 22. You're late to the party pal.

Posted by: Timon at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (kTI1S)

I really can't recall if I've ever listened to or seen a show with Special Ed in it. I only know of him from this blog.

He's a known unknown.

Posted by: Soona at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (3Mz5/)

72 Pshaw. MSNBC folk are not fit to play with us Kaboom Kids. For starters, all that sugar would give Mika Boobinski a brain aneurysm just thinking about eating it. And Tingles won't eat Kaboom because it contains no alcohol. Chrissy Hayes won't eat Kaboom because it isn't vegan, and Rachel Madcow won't eat Kaboom because his wife won't let him.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (7ObY1)

73 I sort of hope that conditions change in such a way that it would make sense to bomb Assad because I sorta do want to bomb him.

I don't see how I can support a Courtesy Airstrike, though.

Or even a more serious one-- given that Al Qaeda has the whip hand in the FSA.

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 10:00 AM (/IWYB)

74 I'm pretty sure Ed Schultz pours a fifth of rotgut over his Kaboom every morning.

Posted by: DangerGirl at September 06, 2013 10:01 AM (k/Mc/)

75 There's only 1 standard for entry, and he can't even meet that.

Posted by: Biblio

Not understanding sarcasm?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 06, 2013 10:01 AM (KDq5l)

76 The visual said "SAY WHAT?" That's racist.

Posted by: Toure at September 06, 2013 10:01 AM (yFb77)

77 (MS) NBC really is Pravda.

Only a week ago Schultz claimed Republicans were trying to force Obama into a war in Syria.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at September 06, 2013 10:01 AM (MbQI+)

>>>MSNBC are lower than Kaboom! folk

?? Black coffee and ciggies folk?

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at September 06, 2013 10:01 AM (3ZtZW)

79 1) I wasn't aware you could get a doctorate in Cirrhosis. I feel robbed. Quitters never get their doctorate.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2013 10:02 AM (KvM9d)

80 This year, Santa Claus will be handing out boxes of Kaboom instead of lumps of coal to the naughty kids.

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 10:02 AM (GQ8sn)

81 Hmmm... I remember something about "They abandoned the Truth for a Lie..."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:03 AM (/PCJa)

82 >If you check out the video,... you'll see Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis, claiming:

1, that Obama can't build an international coalition Because ..."racism."

well, riddle me this, Fatman: how is it that I was opposed to carter mondale dukakis clinton twice gore and kerry because of THEIR POLITICS, but suddenly I'm opposed to the latest liberal Democrat because of his race? Is it inconceivable I might be opposed because of... HIS POLITICS AGAIN??

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 06, 2013 10:03 AM (8sCoq)

83 73 Ace,

Al Qaeda or the Muslim Brotherhood has the whiphand at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave

Posted by: Juan McCain at September 06, 2013 10:03 AM (9jfyN)

84 Only a week ago Schultz claimed Republicans were trying to force Obama into a war in Syria.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos

SAY WHAT?

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (qRasw)

85 Just a couple days ago, Schultz was blaming Krazy Konservatives for trying to drag his boy king into war. Now we're chicken hawks again?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (g1DWB)

CHICKEN HAWKS!!!

Remember that one? Yep, fuck them.

Posted by: Sgt. Fury at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (l/WvK)

87 Females working in the Obama White House are paid less than 87 cents for every dollar paid to male staffers, and there is therefore a significant White House Â“gender pay gapÂ” of more than 13%.

Posted by: Rafe Esquith at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (e8kgV)

88 Don't make the mistake of generalizing the Other the way the left does. The MSNBC audience isn't all that dumb. Most of them know how to use a straw. Some of them even put the straw in the juice ox by themselves.

Posted by: Delurk ergo sum at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (z0fUc)

89 Don't worry. The Alec show is on it's way. It will all be better then.

Posted by: © Sponge at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (xmcEQ)

90 Booiinnnnggg (most commonly used to indicate an audibly-registering erection)

Boi-oi-oi-oi-ooooiiiing!

Posted by: Beavis at September 06, 2013 10:04 AM (bufJH)

91 Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 01:58 PM (GaqMa) *********** It's pretty damn telling isn't it--that in all this media debate about to Syria, or not Syria--they never mention Benghazi. At least not at CNN. Anyone know if they bring it up at FOX when debating taking action against Assad?

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 10:05 AM (r2PLg)

92 See, while Ed Schultz is having trouble understanding "Known unknowns" and "Unknown unknowns" the Boy Scouts of America have been explaining it two words for over 100 years. "Be prepared."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:05 AM (/PCJa)

93 NEO-PROGRESSIVES

Posted by: Docks Morgan at September 06, 2013 10:05 AM (e8kgV)

94 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 02:00 PM (QF8uk)

Oh I understood it, It was just a tangle for me to read.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 06, 2013 10:05 AM (MnSla)

95 Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 01:55 PM (mETGQ) Look up there ^^ around post 22. You're late to the party pal. Posted by: Timon at September 06, 2013 02:00 PM (kTI1S) ****** Don't tell me when I enough to drink.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 10:05 AM (mETGQ)

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:00 PM (/IWYB

But what do we do about the conditions of a moron CiC which cannot be overcome?

No really.

As I said, the specter of Iraq isn't in my mind, the Specter of Libya is.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (GaqMa)

@87Females working in the Obama White House are paid less than 87 cents for every dollar paid to male staffers, and there is therefore a significant White House Â“gender pay gapÂ” of more than 13%.

--------------

Binders!

(That *is* the correct response to claims that the Obama administration's hiring and employment policies are biased against women, isn't it?)

Posted by: junior at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (UWFpX)

98 "Be prepared."

Always keep a reserve.

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (GQ8sn)

99 Ed is more like a store brand Oaty-O's intellect. The kind that came in the clear plastic bag. Even Kaboom was fancy enough to warrant an actual box.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (+lsX1)

100 Some of them even put the straw in the juice ox by themselves. Posted by: Delurk ergo sum at September 06, 2013 02:04 PM (z0fUc) ********* LOL!--I'm loving this typo. The sacrificial juice ox.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (r2PLg)

101 93 NEO-PROGRESSIVES LOL. Love it. I've been saying for a week now that the Presstitutes all of a sudden all sound like neo-cons when it's their guy's war.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (7ObY1)

102 "1, that Obama can't build an international coalition Because Bush" No, Ed, you titanic douchenozzle. Obama can't build a coalition Because Democrat, AND Because, Obama. At least with Bush, right or wrong, you knew he was in it to win it, and would do everything he could to finish the job. As an ally, you knew he almost certainly would NOT leave you hanging out to dry if the going got tough. In contrast, the moment things get too tough, the Democrats go all Kumbaya Code Pink Cindy Sheehan, and pull out ASAP -no matter how much of a big mess is left behind..... Moreover, Obama is a big, incoherent dumbass, and his Middle East policy is a hyper-Islamophilic grab-bag of crap that basically just makes things go from bad to worse. Everyone's seen it with Libya and Egypt, so it's no surprise no one wants any part of round 3 with Syria.

Posted by: Captain Glenn Quagmire at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (1o4B5)

103 I mean, really, 11 year old boys can understand "Be prepared" but Ed "Sargent" Schultz has a problem with it?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:06 AM (/PCJa)

104 If no to a "courtesy airstrike" can we all agree to a courtesy flush?

Posted by: Furious George at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (yFb77)

105 Maybe Ed could star in the next global warming PSA where "climate deniers'" heads explode. One can only dream.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (pginn)

106

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 02:05 PM (r2PLg)

THE NARRATIVE.

Although someone should ask Jake Tapper if his "buried lead" could be the effect of Libya on people's perceptions of a war in Syria.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (GaqMa)

107
Just getting caught up today, let's see Mr. The World Will Love Us If He Becomes Prez Prez, now has everyone in Egypt hating us, Wants to Bomb Syria, which not only gets the standard BS threats from Iran, but now a very real threat from Russia too, and all our previous allies say "No Mas".

I think that catches me up.

Prez Kaboom indeed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (lnFK0)

108 >>>Oh I understood it, It was just a tangle for me to read.

sometimes I write things confusingly, on purpose, so that the Reader can exercise his mind, as with a Sudoko puzzle.

it's all part of that Interactive Experience I try to provide with typos, misspelled names, egregious mistatements of fact (3 teams play in NJ), errant HTML, and so forth.

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (/IWYB)

109 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis, drinks Carling's Black Label, the Kaboom! of Beer.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (8nunQ)

110 Now, some sort of psilocybin derivative...

Can you swallow ergot from bad rye mash?

Posted by: no good deed at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (WmLrU)

111 Freeman Â— a Republican, Christian, and athlete Â— couldnÂ’t help but frown at Penn during his insulting tirade. But because she was sitting in the front row, this attracted his attention. When he asked her why she was frowning at him, she said, Â“Because youÂ’re being an ass.Â”

Posted by: Anchors Morgan at September 06, 2013 10:07 AM (e8kgV)

112

Roll call for all clowns/mimes in entertainment or advertising.

I'll start it off.

Clarabelle of Howdy Doody fame

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 06, 2013 10:08 AM (N3Al8)

113 We Quisp Kids weren't allowed to play with the lowly plastic-bag cereal kids. My mom said those kids had lice and boils.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:08 AM (7ObY1)

114 sometimes I write things confusingly, on purpose, so that the Reader can exercise his mind, as with a Sudoko puzzle. So *not* just because you forgot to edit? Just so we're clear.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:08 AM (/PCJa)

115 Thesis defense in that field is a real bitch, though.

Posted by: Peggy *hic* Noonan at September 06, 2013 10:08 AM (Q9qpj)

116 Actually, I think limited airstrikes on ~~Syria~~Schlitz might be a win-win for everyone.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at September 06, 2013 10:08 AM (pginn)

117 We need Wile E Coyote to 'splain what all the sound effects mean. I heard Boinnng in one of his shows but I never saw no erections

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at September 06, 2013 10:09 AM (3ZtZW)

118 What's a "Known Unknown"? What marketing genius thought up this one, amirite? It's like Jumbo Shrimp, right? I mean, come one, who are they trying to fool? I mean, if it's Unknown, then that sure doesn't sound Known. Slow your roll, there, super-genius. Look, I'm no Harvard Law grad, but I'm pretty sure I shouldn't call unknown thing Known. Cause they are, what's the word? Unknown! Know what I'm saying? And, hey, what's up with sugar-free candy? Who's that for?

Posted by: Progtard Comic Bot 2000 at September 06, 2013 10:09 AM (ZPrif)

119 CHICKEN HAWKS!!!

That, I say, that boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at September 06, 2013 10:09 AM (/kI1Q)

120 >>>So *not* just because you forgot to edit?

I CHOOSE not to edit.

Editing is the coward's way out. I like surprising myself and readers with what I call "The Fascination of Wrong."

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 10:09 AM (/IWYB)

121 108 Ace,

You are more elegant at it than am I...but you are on many things.

Posted by: Juan McCain at September 06, 2013 10:09 AM (9jfyN)

122 11 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis
Hey!

Posted by: Bob Beckel at September 06, 2013 01:50 PM (6xhLc)

Jesus, could you picture Bob and Ed getting all tanked up and just going at it??

Gah!!!!

Posted by: Portnoy at September 06, 2013 10:09 AM (g9Osd)

123 Funny, anyone of average intelligence (or even a bit below) understood what Rumsfeld meant about Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns. This comment as a laugh-line and binders full of women have been the most perplexing thing to me. They both are completely innocuous. There's no reason to laugh at them.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (WhJf8)

124 it's all part of that Interactive Experience I try to provide with typos, misspelled names, egregious mistatements of fact (3 teams play in NJ), errant HTML, and so forth.

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:07 PM (/IWYB)

Other people call that 'loose shit'.

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (GQ8sn)

125 106 Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 02:05 PM (r2PLg) THE NARRATIVE. Although someone should ask Jake Tapper if his "buried lead" could be the effect of Libya on people's perceptions of a war in Syria. Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 02:07 PM (GaqMa) *************** It's just gross. I'm sure it has taken the wind out of the sails of certain military that IDed with Woods and Doherty--hell Smith for that matter.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (r2PLg)

126 114 Allen G,

fucking up on purpose is a great skill....

it lets you infiltrate the DNC

Posted by: Juan McCain at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (9jfyN)

127 See, while Ed Schultz is having trouble understanding "Known unknowns" and "Unknown unknowns" the Boy Scouts of America have been explaining it two words for over 100 years.

"Be prepared."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 02:05 PM (/PCJa)

--------------------------------------------------

The best statement that Rummy made while he was SecDef was, "You go to war with what you have, not what you want".

Posted by: Soona at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (3Mz5/)

128 Calling them Kaboom Folk? Jesus, man, I hate the Left as much as anybody, but they are human beings, after all!! In the rural area I grew up in, there was a strange old hermit who would come in to town every now and then. Old Pete, they called him. He would walk around wiping his mouth on his sleeve and ranting about the "filthy Kabs" and what he wanted to do to them. Everyone thought Old Pete was crazy. They told us kids that the Kaboom Folk were just a myth. No one alive had ever seen one. Just legends and tales and these weird petrified mounds out in the woods that no one wanted to touch. This talk of the Kaboom Folk is a bad omen, I tell you. Bad indeed. Forsooth.

Posted by: Phinn at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (oFH2D)

129 Jesus, could you picture Bob and Ed getting all tanked up and just going at it??Gah!!!! Posted by: Portnoy at September 06, 2013 02:09 PM (g9Osd) And your complaint is?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 06, 2013 10:10 AM (8nunQ)

130 Dr Spank: Yes. "Squealing" Ed Schultz

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-ed-schultz-slaps-neo-cons-for-pushing-syria-war/

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at September 06, 2013 10:11 AM (MbQI+)

131 Were there Kaboom shanty towns like during the Depression?

Posted by: Dr Spank at September 06, 2013 10:11 AM (qRasw)

132 124 EC,

How you doing?

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at September 06, 2013 10:11 AM (9jfyN)

133 I had an undreamt dream once where I ate a giant marshmallow. And, in the morning, my pillow was still there!

Posted by: Bazooka Joe at September 06, 2013 10:11 AM (bUmSq)

134 FTR this should be painted on the wall in the Oval Office:

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

-- Donald Rumsfeld

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 06, 2013 10:12 AM (8sCoq)

135 ace

I wasn't criticizing.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 06, 2013 10:12 AM (MnSla)

136 Whoever did not spin up FEST that night--the person in the Obama Administration that negated that--should have their head on a platter. Instead we don't even know who assumed responsibility for that. Hillary? I doubt the buck stopped there.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 10:13 AM (r2PLg)

137

Schultz probably didn't understand Toby Keith's song either.

I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then.

Posted by: polynikes at September 06, 2013 10:13 AM (m2CN7)

138 This comment as a laugh-line and binders full of women have been the most perplexing thing to me. They both are completely innocuous. There's no reason to laugh at them. But there is. The reason is to make them laughable. Ace mentioned it yesterday- the mob of the School Yard. It's not even about the taunt itself; it's about getting a bunch of kids taunting one other poor soul. The Left seized on them as things that were not reflexively understood (in the later case, deliberately, in the former, simply because the words caused you to work to discern their meaning), and so started laughing at them. Laughing was easier than trying to see the actual meaning of the statements, and let the laugh-ers feel power over the laugh-ees, so the Left (and LIVs) bought in.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:13 AM (/PCJa)

139 Who would more obnoxious after an alnight bender Ed or Chris Matthews? Tough call.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 06, 2013 10:14 AM (L9Mr/)

140 Remember in the movie Airplane! when they were in the cockpit (the little room up front where the pilot sits, but that's not important right now) and Striker says "When Kramer hears about this, the shit's REALLY gonna hit the fan," then the screen changes and shit hits a running fan and slowly oozes onto the desk? The shit? Ed Schultz. He's credited and everything. Even got an invitation to the Film Actors Guild for his role.

Posted by: © Sponge at September 06, 2013 10:14 AM (xmcEQ)

141 134 I had tickets to see the Known Unknowns open for Oingo Boingo back in '88, but the time and date of the show was an unknown unknown so nobody went. I heard Oingo Boingo back in '85, but they just played erection sounds.

Posted by: Furious George at September 06, 2013 10:14 AM (yFb77)

142

The female g-spot is a known unknown.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 06, 2013 10:14 AM (BAS5M)

143 Editing is the coward's way out. I like surprising myself and readers with what I call "The Fascination of Wrong." Editing just makes it more RINO.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 10:15 AM (QF8uk)

144
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

-- Donald Rumsfeld

Know what I mean, Vern?

-- Ernest P. Worrell

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 06, 2013 10:15 AM (74gkr)

145

This comment as a laugh-line and binders full of women have been the most perplexing thing to me. They both are completely innocuous. There's no reason to laugh at them.

-----------------

No, it's pretty obvious why they're laughed at. It's because the claims involved were true, and extremely damaging. For instance, the fact that Romney hired quite a few less "old white guys" than Obama would be devastating to one of the Dem's key pillars. That couldn't be allowed to stand, even if they had to come up with a nonsensical counter to it. Getting "Binders!" to become an insult was then accomplished by just acting as if it was an insult until it sank down into the collective public unconsciousness. Most of the people uttering it probably had no clue how *why* it was considered to be an insult (how many people watched that debate?). But they'd been told repeatedly by people that they trusted that it was an insult. Therefore, to them, it was an insult.

Posted by: junior at September 06, 2013 10:16 AM (UWFpX)

146 And your complaint is?
Posted by: naturalfake at September 06, 2013 02:10 PM (8nunQ)

Uhhh...? "Going at it"....?

Not fighting...

Takin' the Old Dusty Trail???

Posted by: Portnoy at September 06, 2013 10:16 AM (g9Osd)

147 This comment as a laugh-line and binders full of women have been the most perplexing thing to me. They both are completely innocuous. There's no reason to laugh at them. Sure there is. Laughing signifies that they are part of the group of people who know whatÂ’s wrong with those statements.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (QF8uk)

148 The Kaboom folks came before The Old Ones and the Elder Gods. The Kaboom clown was the all-father to Cthulhu, Shub-Nigurath, and Sheb-Teth the devourer of souls.

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (GQ8sn)

149

Roll call for all past or present clowns/mimes in entertainment or advertising.
I'll start it off.
_{Clarabelle of Howdy Doody fame}

^{Bozo the clown}

Posted by: Irregular Guy at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (N3Al8)

150 The female g-spot is a known unknown. Posted by: Count de Monet at September 06, 2013 02:14 PM (BAS5M) Parallel parking is a unknown unknown.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (mETGQ)

151 ) 137 Whoever did not spin up FEST that night--the person in the Obama Administration that negated that--should have their head on a platter.

Instead we don't even know who assumed responsibility for that. Hillary? I doubt the buck stopped there.

Posted by: tasker at September 06, 2013 02:13 PM (r2PLg)

Why is everyone looking at me?

Posted by: White House College Intern at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (oY6Yp)

152 it's all part of that Interactive Experience I try to provide with typos, misspelled names, egregious mistatements of fact (3 teams play in NJ), errant HTML, and so forth. Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:07 PM (/IWYB) ------------------ INTEGRATIVE SUB-COMPETENCY

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (aB1kG)

153 >>Fuck Ed Schultz. That is all.... Posted by: fixerupper You go ahead, I'll wait here.

Posted by: Aviator at September 06, 2013 10:17 AM (DI+ja)

154 Frankly I'm not sure who Ed Schultz is. Is he the guy who looks destined for an on-air cardiac event?

Posted by: Northernlurker at September 06, 2013 10:18 AM (RZgQQ)

155 sometimes I write things confusingly, on purpose, so that the Reader can exercise his mind, as with a Sudoko puzzle. it's all part of that Interactive Experience I try to provide with typos, misspelled names, egregious mistatements of fact (3 teams play in NJ), errant HTML, and so forth. Sudoku.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 10:18 AM (T0NGe)

156 149 Stephen Price Blair,

the most cheaply bought from an IQ standpoint rebuttal ever...

my 1st boss ridiculed pointless laughter as "ass braying" "or fucking jackalery"

He thought more by 8am than Bark does by 23:59

Posted by: sven10077 at September 06, 2013 10:18 AM (9jfyN)

157 157 AmishDude,

or in my case Seppeku

Posted by: sven10077 at September 06, 2013 10:19 AM (9jfyN)

158

Posted by: White House College Intern at September 06, 2013 02:17 PM (oY6Yp)

Don't now but you have love ick on your tie.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 06, 2013 10:19 AM (L9Mr/)

159 I CHOOSE not to edit. Editing is the coward's way out. I like surprising myself and readers with what I call "The Fascination of Wrong." Stand by your convictions. No flip-flopping.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 10:20 AM (T0NGe)

160 >>Fuck Ed Schultz.

That is all....
Posted by: fixerupper

Now we're talking....

Posted by: Bob Beckel at September 06, 2013 10:20 AM (g9Osd)

161 Ack Halp me . How do I space between lined. I'm on compatibility view using the tool bar but ?????

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 06, 2013 10:20 AM (N3Al8)

162 Frankly I'm not sure who Ed Schultz is. Is he the guy who looks destined for an on-air cardiac event? Everyone named Schultz looks like that.

Posted by: Commandant Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 10:20 AM (QF8uk)

163 MSDNC fully embraces their role as clapper humor for self-assured lefty mouth-breathers. You could play a clip of Dick Cheney reading the phone book and those dullards would giggle themselves into retard-fits.

Posted by: brak at September 06, 2013 10:20 AM (iEoiA)

164

>>>or in my case Seppeku

You mean Serpico

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at September 06, 2013 10:21 AM (3ZtZW)

165 I Know A Girl Who Lives On The Hill. It's Unknown Whether She'll Do It, But Her Sister Will. When, She Boogies.

Posted by: Reverand Billy G at September 06, 2013 10:21 AM (bUmSq)

166 or in my case Seppeku Posted by: sven10077 at September 06, 2013 02:19 PM (9jfyN) Doesn't that mean "tentacle monster" or do I have it confused with something?

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 10:21 AM (T0NGe)

167 Frankly I'm not sure who Ed Schultz is. Is he the guy who looks destined for an on-air cardiac event?

Posted by: Northernlurker

Yes. He's the one who looks like a sun-burnt human sausage.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (KDq5l)

168 Ack Halp me . How do I space between lined. I'm on compatibility view using the tool bar but ?????

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 06, 2013 02:20 PM (N3Al

-------

Platinum

Membership

Posted by: fixerupper at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (nELVU)

169 >>>> 136 ace I wasn't criticizing.

hey I'm not THAT ban happy.

I didn't say anyone couldn't criticize! Or joke around!

I just don't want Angry People deciding this is a Good Place for Venting Out Their Inadequacy and Rages.

So it's all good -- don't worry about it that much. I'm only annoyed a dickish behavior.

All that said, you are in fact banned.

(just kidding)

Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (/IWYB)

170

I meana, hold on a second, becass we got people here that don't want to le ttihs Presiden do a single THING!

You have got to be kiddin me! They hate him cuz he's BLACK! That's it!

They hate him as much as my brother hates black people! And he's a ribrocked Republican conservative!!!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Ed Shults, Esq at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (raGXo)

171 >>>or in my case Seppeku You mean Serpico Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at September 06, 2013 02:21 PM (3ZtZW) No, that's Scarface.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (T0NGe)

172 Sure there is. Laughing signifies that they are part of the group of people who know whatÂ’s wrong with those statements.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 02:17 PM (QF8uk)

The media has weaponized mockery. In debate, it can be used to signify that something is so dumb that it's not worthy of discussion.

The media mocks everything conservative and pushes it out of discussion; the viewers get the conclusion, while never processing a logical thought.

See: California liberal who thought a funny "gotcha statement" from a rival indicated that Brown was better qualified for governorship. I wonder if he is even capable of judging that to be a bad choice?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (sGtp+)

173 the most cheaply bought from an IQ standpoint rebuttal ever... I donÂ’t even think it reaches an IQ level. ItÂ’s mostly courage and self-esteem that gets lost.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 10:22 AM (QF8uk)

174 169 AmishDude,

I'd defer to Anna Puma for a ruling....

I do hope we've not lost her to whatever unpleasantness I missed...

Posted by: sven10077 at September 06, 2013 10:23 AM (9jfyN)

175 Joy Division's "Known Unknown Pleasures" was a great fucking album.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:23 AM (7ObY1)

176 176 Stephen Price Blair,

I concur...but we're not the target audience and I am in fact being charitable...

I watched 2 colonels laughing at CNN carrying El BombyDouche comparing Syria and The English in WW2....

so there's that

Posted by: sven10077 at September 06, 2013 10:24 AM (9jfyN)

177
Sardaukar

Posted by: fixerupper at September 06, 2013 10:25 AM (nELVU)

178 171 Ah yes platinum but I have the moon rock upgrade

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 06, 2013 10:25 AM (N3Al8)

179 Is "booblyishous" a word?

Posted by: Caliban at September 06, 2013 10:25 AM (DrC22)

180 Sardaukar

Spice

Posted by: EC at September 06, 2013 10:25 AM (GQ8sn)

181 I know you think you're Apple Jacks Kids and Muesli Munchers but you're really just dirty subliterate Kaboom Folk. ****** Not bowing down to the unearned vanity of the left and their unpaid PR flacks in the media is only driving the moderates from the GOP to the DNC. We need to surrender the culture wars by admitting that any GOP position is basically the result of pandering to that hillbilly in Deliverance and not of any known policy reason.

Posted by: oeJay44incday at September 06, 2013 10:26 AM (QxSug)

182 I Know A Girl Who Lives On The Hill. It's Unknown Whether She'llDo It, But Her Sister Will. When, She Boogies. And twerks.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2013 10:26 AM (KvM9d)

183 Sure there is. Laughing signifies that they are part of the group of people who know whatÂ’s wrong with those statements.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 06, 2013 02:17 PM (QF8uk)

----------------------------------------------

It's so that they can look at the people next to them while they're laughing and know that they're just as intelligent as those dumbshits.

Posted by: Soona at September 06, 2013 10:26 AM (3Mz5/)

184 "...you'll see Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis," A new classic.

Posted by: mare at September 06, 2013 10:27 AM (A98Xu)

185 Is "booblyishous" a word? Is now.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2013 10:27 AM (KvM9d)

186 2, that Republicans only oppose this war (the first war we've ever opposed... except for Kosovo, Haiti, taking it to China in the Korean War, etc.) due to "spite" by which he of course means "racism." ********* Of course, if the GOP had balls...lol...they would talk about the memo to politicize the Iraq war. Also, does anyone seem to realize that the rebels may just be a bunch of Al Qaeda soldiers who like to burn Christian churches?

Posted by: oeJay44incday at September 06, 2013 10:27 AM (QxSug)

187

You know how I say it should hurt to be stupid?

Special Ed is how it would play out in real life.

Imagine when he tries to think. Inside his skull is an endless mashup loop of Telstar and Yakety Sax.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2013 10:28 AM (zF6Iw)

188 Kaboom????

Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at September 06, 2013 10:28 AM (nELVU)

189 Ah yes platinum but I have the moon rock upgrade Cardboard covers rock.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 06, 2013 10:28 AM (KvM9d)

190 As former member of Mensa (left because those people are weird) I can categorically state that Schulz is no Mensa member.
There's only 1 standard for entry, and he can't even meet that.

Posted by: Biblio at September 06, 2013 01:58 PM (7o8VY)

Sentience?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2013 10:30 AM (zF6Iw)

191 oh bugger. how do I get myself into misunderstandings like this. thoughts are what smart people have. I'm going back to lurking for a while. maybe a thought will happen to me at some point.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 06, 2013 10:30 AM (MnSla)

192 Imagine when he tries to think. Inside his skull is an endless mashup loop of Telstar and Yakety Sax.[\i]

And Sad Trombone.

Waah-waaah-waaah-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah......

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 06, 2013 10:30 AM (wtvvX)

193 I's an unknown unknown but I've been told Big legged women ain't got no soul

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2013 10:30 AM (g1DWB)

194 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2013 02:28 PM (zF6Iw) And *that* was my monthly reminder not to drink coffee (or anything, really) while reading the HQ.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:30 AM (/PCJa)

195 Ed Schultz, Professor of Cirrhosis Hey! Posted by: Bob Beckel Have no fear, Bob. You remain the Dean Emeritus.

Posted by: toby928© at September 06, 2013 10:30 AM (QupBk)

196

Posted by: Tex Lovera at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (wtvvX)

197 192 Ah yes platinum but I have the moon rock upgrade

Cardboard covers rock. ^{Should read paper covers rock and scissors cut paper snip}

Posted by: Regular Guy at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (N3Al8)

198

OK horde, I'm out.

I got my comps paper back and I was one vote short of a pass.

Meaning I need to revise it and have it back to them by next week.

Given that the one vote I need is going to require some extensive rewrites (I also have one fail, which I'm unlikely to bring over to my side.) I need to put head to desk and get to work.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (GaqMa)

199 Look, when the Obamatards accuse us of racism, you may declare victory. You've won the argument, because the 'racism' charge is an unspoken admission that Obamaworld cannot be defended or explained with facts or logic.

It's like that thing where a person losing an internet argument drops the N bomb- calling someone a Nazi. If you have to resort to calling someone who disagrees with you a Nazi or a racist, you have lost.

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (8sCoq)

200

"Caveat: By naming them Unknown Unknowns you gain psychological power and dominion over them, as Adam gained dominion over the animals by naming them, and thus this framework might actually wind up suggesting you know more than you know, as you've created a Defined Category of Things You Don't Know and, having so defined it, are now the master of it."

Mind blown. I feel like Tom Hulce sitting on Donald Sutherland's porch in Animal House.

Posted by: RS at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (YAGV/)

201 Of course, if the GOP had balls...lol...they would talk about the memo to politicize the Iraq war.

Also, does anyone seem to realize that the rebels may just be a bunch of Al Qaeda soldiers who like to burn Christian churches?

Posted by: oeJay44incday at September 06, 2013 02:27 PM (QxSug)

Any links to that?

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (AWmfW)

202 "During a question and answer session with the worldÂ’s media, Barack Obama openly admitted that the alleged chemical weapons program of Syrian President Bashar al Assad does not pose an imminent direct threat to the United States, as reported by The Guardian on Sept. 6, 2013."

Wah, wah, waaaah~

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (KDq5l)

203 The Left is kind of weak on self reflection.

Posted by: Zombie John Lennon at September 06, 2013 10:31 AM (oDCMR)

204 Sudoku.

Now cut that out boy, or I'll spank you where your feathers are thinnest.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at September 06, 2013 10:32 AM (/kI1Q)

205

"...maybe a thought will happen to me at some point."

Posted by: JoethefatmanÂ™ (@joethefatman1) at September 06, 2013 02:30 PM (MnSla)

You've got a lot of company with the commenters here.

Posted by: jwest at September 06, 2013 10:32 AM (u2a4R)

206 You know that thing where you're such a dick, no one wants to sit with you at lunch>?

http://twitpic.com/ay1obm

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 06, 2013 10:32 AM (8sCoq)

207 Given that the one vote I need is going to require some extensive rewrites (I also have one fail, which I'm unlikely to bring over to my side.) I need to put head to desk and get to work. Why not just pay 'em off? I mean, that's how it works in Academia, right? You pay 'em money, and you get the results you want?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:32 AM (/PCJa)

208

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Posted by: Regular Guy at September 06, 2013 10:33 AM (N3Al8)

209 Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 06, 2013 02:31 PM (KDq5l) Amateur hour would be an upgrade.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:33 AM (/PCJa)

210 links are floating around out there.

Posted by: oeJay44incday at September 06, 2013 10:33 AM (QxSug)

211 Speaking of stupid left-wing memes. The Left always compares Viagra and Abortion (demanding equality for reproductive healthcare!) because they honestly think right-wingers are just reflexively pro-boner and anti-vagina. Oh, does that help with boners? I'm for it! Wait - is that some sort of vagina medicine? I'm agin it. Science should never investigate the mysteries of the vagina. God has left it dark and hidden for a reason! Away with thee! Perhaps cause they have so many Andi Sullivan types who actually are frightened by vaginas. I don't know.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 06, 2013 10:34 AM (ZPrif)

212

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 02:32 PM (/PCJa)

They won't tell me who it is .

I think I can fix this.

Well except for the Singer part, I'm kinda hosed on the fact they want me to address singer.

Actually, I'm kinda hosed across the board.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 10:35 AM (GaqMa)

213 Lean War-ward!

Posted by: Sergeant (Ed) Schultz at September 06, 2013 10:35 AM (qf2kI)

214 Missing Person's "Destination Known Unknown" was OK. The chick's voice was kind of annoying but Terry Bozzio was a fantastic drummer.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:35 AM (7ObY1)

215 I hate Alawites! Bomb the bastards!

Posted by: Bruce Springsteen at September 06, 2013 10:36 AM (qf2kI)

216 When I was a kid I didn't know about KABOOM cereal. I didn't know I didn't know about it. I thought I knew all the cereals. Then I woke up in the middle on the night with my Uncle TJ (not my real uncle) standing over me and dropping KABOOM Cereal marshmallows into my mouth. Not in a sexual way, mind you, even though he was nude. But he was always nude. He just said he didn't like the way they squeaked against his teeth and started giggling. So no big deal, but for some reason, it was still creepy. Anyway, I wish I'd known that I didn't know about KABOOM.

Posted by: Dang at September 06, 2013 10:36 AM (Hx2XA)

217 Good luck, Tsrblke! My wife went through it many years ago. Hang in there!

Posted by: RS at September 06, 2013 10:37 AM (YAGV/)

218 Stop the GOP war on War!!

Posted by: Ed Slutz at September 06, 2013 10:38 AM (AWmfW)

219 Lots of Republicans were willing to wag the dog when it was a white president who needed to distract the voters. Now? Not so much. There's a reason for that.

Posted by: David Axeldouche at September 06, 2013 10:38 AM (qf2kI)

220 Ace is on fire. Only writer I know that can make me laugh in times like these. I have been in a foul mood all week, even more on edge about world events than the usual and ongoing level of trepidation that began Jan 2009, and because of a work client that is making me insane.
Couldn't have picked a better week to go all Kaboom on us, Ace.

Posted by: Mayday at September 06, 2013 10:38 AM (eHc+1)

221 They used to claim Repubs and right-wingers just hated sex in general. But then all the old white guys bought a billion Viagra pills. So then they changed the narrative -- somehow right-wingers only care about the boner side of sex, and have only hatred and fear for the notorious vagina and it's labial power.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 06, 2013 10:38 AM (ZPrif)

222

Mind blown. I feel like Tom Hulce sitting on Donald Sutherland's porch in Animal House.

Posted by: RS at September 06, 2013 02:31 PM (YAGV/)

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You're close. I think Ace is vacationing in Colorado.

Posted by: Soona at September 06, 2013 10:38 AM (3Mz5/)

223 Just War Baby.

Posted by: © Sponge at September 06, 2013 10:38 AM (xmcEQ)

224

Did you guys know a person's body organs can be mirrior image to a normal person?

When a person's internal organs are reversed, they appear on opposite sides of the body than they typically are. Also called situs inversus, this puzzling and intriguing condition occurs in just 0.01 percent of all people.

I wondered about that so I goggled it.

Posted by: eleven at September 06, 2013 10:39 AM (VhqUZ)

225 but ( the Zen master asked ) what is the sound of FOUR teams playing in New Jersey?

Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 06, 2013 10:39 AM (omBWL)

226 As I told my five year old Great grandchild the other day, "honey, stay away from nice Mr. Reid over in the Senate, and remember-we have always been at war with Syria".

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at September 06, 2013 10:39 AM (qf2kI)

227 I haven't had TV reception downstairs now for 2.5 weeks. And I haven't missed NBC once but that was because I haven't seen it other than flipping through it in decades.

Posted by: Vic at September 06, 2013 10:40 AM (zZbNF)

228

The left's tendency to snigger over Rumsfeld's "known unknowns" baffles me as much as their hysteria over Romney's "binders of women." Both of them make sense to anyone with even half -- nay, a quarter -- of a brain cell.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at September 06, 2013 10:41 AM (4df7R)

229 20 Kaboom is a known-unknown for me.

I wish it were an unknown unknown.

But you can't unsee what has been seen, can you?

*shudder*

Posted by: Phinn at September 06, 2013 10:41 AM (oFH2D)

230

@224

Well, the hatred and fear fade away once you've lived in close proximity to one for many years. It's sort like the way those Indonesian natives get used to the Komodo Dragon.

Posted by: RS at September 06, 2013 10:41 AM (YAGV/)

231 Do you think Ed, Maddow and other Gloria Mitchell types read their own press? Is there or has there ever been a lefty in the media that comes to the realization that they are completely of their rockers? Surely even the mildest of take-downs like this one from Ace and Erika Johnsen have to break the haze and cause them second guess themselves at least for a moment.

Posted by: Casey Qasem Soleimani at September 06, 2013 10:42 AM (jvd3N)

232

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at September 06, 2013 02:41 PM (4df7R)

There's your problem. Your assuming they have a quarter of a brain cell.

Posted by: wrg500 at September 06, 2013 10:42 AM (kl3xJ)

233 To war-war is always better than to jaw-jaw.

Posted by: Nazi Pelosi at September 06, 2013 10:42 AM (AWmfW)

234 Not ignoring this anymore (that moment has passed): (Caveat: By naming them Unknown Unknowns you gain psychological power and dominion over them, as Adam gained dominion over the animals by naming them, and thus this framework might actually wind up suggesting you know more than you know, as you've created a Defined Category of Things You Don't Know and, having so defined it, are now the master of it. But this nuanced thought would be lost on Red Ed so let's ignore this for the moment.) This is actually fairly important. You might say it's gaining "power and dominion over" your Unknown Unknowns, but I prefer (going back to my Boy Scout days) "Be Prepared." Reminding yourself that there are things you don't know, and that some of them are so hidden you can't even know that you don't know them, is highly important in planning. It helps you keep flexibility and (as someone mentioned above) mid-course decision points. That is: by recognizing you that there is a class of things "I cannot know because I don't even know what they are" you can, nevertheless, plan for them- or at least plan to mitigate them.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:42 AM (/PCJa)

235 I didn't draw that red line. You did.

Posted by: OBambi at September 06, 2013 10:43 AM (pJB7q)

236 Damn it! Now that the left knows our secret, that we are only against war when they want to start it, they'll be wanting to start wars all over the globe just so we'll be against them. And then you know what we'll get? World peace. Damn it!

Posted by: Dang at September 06, 2013 10:44 AM (Hx2XA)

237 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at September 06, 2013 02:41 PM (4df7R) Again, they didn't laugh because they thought it was funny. They laughed because they wanted other people to think it was mockable.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 10:44 AM (/PCJa)

238 Aristotle pondered the 'known unknown' thingee.

but then, he pondered almost everything, so..........

Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 06, 2013 10:44 AM (omBWL)

239 I myself have been under fire, and no Republican is going to lecture me as to when I can instruct soldiers to go someplace and shoot back and when I can't.

Posted by: Queen Hilary at September 06, 2013 10:44 AM (qf2kI)

240 Imagine there's no Assad It's easy if you try Rain hell down to below us From our planes in the sky Imagine our Obama Bombing every day Youuuuuuuu You may say he's a traitor But you are the only one I hope some day you will join us And we'll bomb them one by one - Juan McCain, what bombs at night and all day

Posted by: DangerGirl at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (jNNPU)

241 "The largest bank in the United States will stop making student loans in a few weeks.

JPMorgan Chase has sent a memorandum to colleges notifying them that the bank will stop making new student loans in October, according to Reuters."

Hmm...

From a CNBC article. H/T Instapundit.

Posted by: junior at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (UWFpX)

242

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 06, 2013 02:42 PM (/PCJa)

That's really the only power and dominion you get from naming them I suspect.

Whether you get cocky in how well you were prepared is an entirely different issue.

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (GaqMa)

243 'ponder' is Old English for 'wonder', btw. Also a small town in north Texas

filmed a scene in Bonnie and Clyde there, they did

Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (omBWL)

244 Hey morons, Mrs. Crank and I are going to be in CO this weekend for a wedding--so any Denver-area morons who can meet up or have recommendations for lunch in Denver tomorrow or dinner in Estes Park tomorrow night, hit me up via e-mail via conservativecrank at gmail dot com. I will repeat this bleg in other threads.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (UR1wn)

245 You know that thing where you're such a dick, no one wants to sit with you at lunch>?

http://twitpic.com/ay1obm

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 06, 2013 02:32 PM (8sCoq)

Heh...Fri-boy.

*barrel and vigorous denunciations*

Posted by: Casey Qasem Soleimani at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (jvd3N)

246

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at September 06, 2013 02:41 PM (4df7R)

MWR, I haven't seen your posts for a bit. Maybeit's just me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2013 10:45 AM (zF6Iw)

247 >>That is: by recognizing you that there is a class of things "I cannot know because I don't even know what they are" you can, nevertheless, plan for them- or at least plan to mitigate them. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est Our current president doesn't really plan for mitigation. He see that as a job for the Media who has proven quite adept at mitigating any blame for anything that might blow back on him.

Posted by: Aviator at September 06, 2013 10:46 AM (DI+ja)

248

@240 Again, they didn't laugh because they thought it was funny. They laughed because they wanted other people to think it was mockable.

---------------

And just as importantly, they didn't want people thinking about the underlying claims.

Posted by: junior at September 06, 2013 10:46 AM (UWFpX)

249

Posted by: junior at September 06, 2013 02:45 PM (UWFpX)

This was a known known.

The government took over all student loans as part of the ACA (I think it was in the ACA, it was part of the accounting tricks IIRC.)

Posted by: tsrblke at September 06, 2013 10:47 AM (GaqMa)

250 The left's tendency to snigger over Rumsfeld's "known unknowns" baffles me as much as their hysteria over Romney's "binders of women." Both of them make sense to anyone with even half -- nay, a quarter -- of a brain cell.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at September 06, 2013 02:41 PM (4df7R)

-----------------------------------------------------

They snigger because they really don't understand. As with everything, the MFM starts the meme. This post is about Special Ed. If you've noticed, he's not the only dull blade in the knife set. Listening to any of the so-called contemporary tv journolists is like getting your brains sucked out of your ears. All of them are too dumb to understand.

Posted by: Soona at September 06, 2013 10:47 AM (3Mz5/)

251 Someone posted this am that they had just read latest from Kristol. I tried to it, a Yes vote for force is a statesmanlike thing to do. He's lost it, said it will infuriate the base now, but appreciate it later. Time for him to go where Dick Morris has been exiled to.

Posted by: CarolT at September 06, 2013 10:47 AM (kZyv8)

252 situs inversus But what is it called when a person's EXTERNAL organs are reversed? situs rachelmaddowus? situs chrishayesus?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:48 AM (7ObY1)

253 I. I. I. I. Me. Me. Me. Me.

Posted by: Prime Minister of Sweden Barack Obama at September 06, 2013 10:48 AM (qf2kI)

254 Dispensation to bomb those queer Syrians is forthcoming from his holiness, Grand Panjandrum Alec Baldwin.

Posted by: adams ABC-Always Be Crusading porn at September 06, 2013 10:48 AM (gQKHE)

255 >>Time for him to go where Dick Morris has been exiled to. Posted by: CarolT A pedicure parlor?

Posted by: Aviator at September 06, 2013 10:49 AM (DI+ja)

256

Ah was tawking tuh muh Daughtah Amuh about Nuclear Proliferation

Posted by: James.... From Plains at September 06, 2013 10:49 AM (32Ze2)

257 It is a word, but spelled boobielicious.

Posted by: Barry Soetoro, grammar, math, and foreign policy expert at September 06, 2013 10:49 AM (wAQA5)

258

OK, all, I'm out for the weekend. Got writing to do and hope I can.

If I can muster up the energy, on Monday I'll tell you the story of a lost Hollywood city.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 06, 2013 10:49 AM (zF6Iw)

259 Much like the binders comment I never understood why what Rumsfeld said was so idiotic. It's basic information analysis framework. In other news we are in Florida and so far no naked bath salt cannibal sightings. I give it another ten minutes.

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at September 06, 2013 10:49 AM (I4kJn)

260 Hey Ed,

Has Syria declared war on the United States? No, but AQ has and it is part of the Â‘rebelsÂ’ of whom we are asked to arm and assist. Is there yet any specific statutory authorisation for airstrikes on Syria? No. Has a national emergency been created by an attack from Syria upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces? Nope

Posted by: wrg500 at September 06, 2013 10:50 AM (kl3xJ)

261 262 AlexTheChick,

give it ten minutes...it's early yet...enjoy the weekend

Posted by: General Manly Throw McMomJeans III Hero of Hole 19 at September 06, 2013 10:51 AM (9jfyN)

262 247 Hey morons, Mrs. Crank and I aregoing to be in CO this weekend for a wedding--so any Denver-area morons who can meet up or have recommendations for lunch in Denver tomorrow or dinner in Estes Park tomorrow night, hit me up via e-mail via conservativecrank at gmail dot com. I will repeat this bleg in other threads. I'll be in Denver tomorrow but just grabbing a quick lunch near the airport before heading off to the Moab. Wish we had a little longer in Denver so we could do lunch.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at September 06, 2013 10:51 AM (7ObY1)

263 No mas calcetÃn.

Posted by: dananjcon at September 06, 2013 10:51 AM (jvd3N)

264 John McCain and I had a wonderful trip to Syria. We saw the sights, ate great food, lived in a wonderful hotel room together, and came to an understanding about my Syrian employers. They have needs. John has needs. I was able to satisfy everyone. A magic moment!

Posted by: Bailey O'Bagy at September 06, 2013 10:53 AM (qf2kI)

265 We will not strike Syria. You can take that to the bank....

Posted by: Dick Morris at September 06, 2013 10:53 AM (32Ze2)

266 Unknown Unknowns... Though in my day I called it "questioning your assumptions." And it's one of the most basic things you do when you're planning. I *assume* that I will have certain air assets available for cover - what happens if they aren't available, for whatever reason? You don't have to know the unknown to plan for that contingency. It's why you not only have a Plan A, but a Plan B and a Plan C too...because assumptions are fragile, kind of like Ed Shulz's ego. How can this concept be considered mockworthy?!

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 06, 2013 10:53 AM (F3IIA)

267 it's all part of that Interactive Experience I try
to provide with typos, misspelled names, egregious mistatements of fact
(3 teams play in NJ), errant HTML, and so forth.

I like the way you write, Ace; it's as though I can hear your voice when I read your essays. Your shrill, terrifying, screechy ewok voice.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at September 06, 2013 10:58 AM (DEp/y)

268 How can this concept be considered mockworthy?!

Posted by: @JohnTant at September 06, 2013 02:53 PM (F3IIA)

Because he didn't dress it up in the nearly incomprehensible language the left loves to use.

Posted by: Retread at September 06, 2013 11:01 AM (G+w7R)

269 Are you kidding me. Putin has told O-dumber. Russia will protect Syria.

Fox news

Cuba II

Posted by: Dustoff at September 06, 2013 11:02 AM (Dxb1S)

270 Ed Scultz | The Talking Ass on a Two Ass Donkey

Posted by: WarsawPactCentralHeating at September 06, 2013 11:05 AM (/xreT)

271 "Hey morons, Mrs. Crank and I aregoing to be in CO this weekend for a wedding--so any Denver-area morons who can meet up or have recommendations for lunch in Denver tomorrow or dinner in Estes Park tomorrow night, hit me up via e-mail via conservativecrank at gmail dot com. I will repeat this bleg in other threads."

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 06, 2013 02:45 PM (UR1wn)

How about The Buckhorn Exchange?

Posted by: HTL at September 06, 2013 11:16 AM (G8YYJ)

272

I JUSS WANNA TELL ALL YOU OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE COUNTRY BACK FROM THOSE REPUBLICANS!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Ed Shults, Esq at September 06, 2013 11:19 AM (raGXo)

273 I had an interesting event waiting for the instructor(s) to clear out of the lecture room so that I could teach Calculus II. Now I don't know who exactly these people are (and why I have to teach by myself, but they seem to have rotating pairs of people that teach the course) but anyway... ...this student was at the front desk talking to one of the profs. I barely heard the start of the conversation but apparently he used the word "yellow" for cowardice. The professor (female, she looks exactly as you would think) told the student (male) that that was racist. Because "yellow peril", of course. It was too bad I hadn't heard the rest of the conversation because...well, that's stupid. Wikipedia says it's stupid. And you could hear in her voice (if you are attuned to bullshit) that she had no idea. But boy, she loved the opportunity to both lecture the student on his unintended insensitivity and comfort him on his newfound enlightenment.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 06, 2013 11:19 AM (T0NGe)

274 As I understand, it is that Independents are more strongly opposed to an American military intervention in Syria. There is higher support among both Republicans and Democrats.

In any case, I keep hearing Lefties say that the GOP is all but dead, yet unremittingly excoriate Republicans just the same.

Flogging a dead horse?

Posted by: Franco at September 06, 2013 12:30 PM (CiWfm)

275 sometimes I write things confusingly, on purpose, so that the Reader can exercise his mind, as with a Sudoko puzzle. it's all part of that Interactive Experience I try to provide with typos, misspelled names, egregious mistatements of fact (3 teams play in NJ), errant HTML, and so forth. Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:07 PM (/IWYB) Holy shit, the HQ is a huge zen koan? All becomes clear...

Posted by: joncelli at September 06, 2013 12:48 PM (H6iDZ)

276 The "Unown, Unknown and Unknown Unknown" from Rumsfeld seems like a fair cliff notes of the cave allegory to me.

Posted by: Ron at September 06, 2013 12:55 PM (iEkAk)

277 Thanks Ace for watching that POS so I don't have to. And if you want to know how desperate the left is I happened on Maddow's show. I stayed for a second because she was mocking Everett Dircksen. YES. MSNBC is reduced to mocking the Republican Senate leader from 1964. They got nuttin!

Posted by: Liontooth at September 06, 2013 01:53 PM (xk0Xg)

278 MSNBC the network of of that "genius" Bill Gates and his buddy Bill Ayers.

Posted by: burt at September 07, 2013 04:58 AM (1+kJ5)

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