April 08, 2013
— Ace I've suggested this sort of thing for conservative media. I'm not sure it works for the party itself to do this sort of thing, but I guess we'll see.
What do cat pictures and GIFs have to do with Republican politics? Not a whole lot, at least right now. But beginning next week, that'll change.Staffers at the National Republican Congressional Committee are finishing up a site redesign that'll likely be rolled out this weekend. The new NRCC.org does away with all the typical features of a political website, emulating instead the style of the Web juggernaut whose top headlines currently include "10 Easter Bunnies Straight From Hell" and "14 Photos Of George W. Bush Touching Bald Men's Heads."
Yes. The committee that elects Republicans to the House is taking BuzzFeed's advice to heart... by copying BuzzFeed itself.
"BuzzFeed's eating everyone's lunch," said NRCC spokesman Gerrit Lansing. "They're making people want to read and be cognizant of politics in a different way."
Buzzfeed had previously offered just this advice to the GOP. (And that's not actually an overly-snarky bit of Advice Trolling, either: Much of it is not-so-bad messaging advice.)
Previously: I think I've got this incident in mind: Then-RNC-chair Michael Steele titling his blog "What Up?"
Soon after it was not titled "What Up?" He got a lot of grief for it.
There's always a problem when an organization which is basically un-hip (and should be un-hip) tries to be hip. It often looks pretty silly and contrived.
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Posted by: Vic at April 08, 2013 09:37 AM (53z96)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 09:40 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 09:40 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Waldo at April 08, 2013 09:41 AM (8yFIG)
Nah, the GOP has a brilliant tactic:
Tell their evangelical social conservative base (that more than negates the ENTIRE fucking black and "latino" vote) to go fuck themselves and accept all this commie pinko shit;
AND AT THE SAME TIME JOHNNY, WE'RE NOT DONE!!!
Step 2 is to legalize millions upon millions of fucking democrats, give them citizenship and their voter ID card.
ELEVENTY!!! The GOP owes me $20MM for this brilliant strategy to victory.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 09:41 AM (tVTLU)
4 Cat owners are fucking extremists.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 01:40 PM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Pyrocles at April 08, 2013 09:41 AM (cv5Iw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 09:42 AM (bxiXv)
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btw, yesterday I stumbled onto a Buzzfeed picture-article on "24 signs you went to a Catholic school". It started out "heh" but by the 7th example the piece ended up as just a nasty screed against Catholicism.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 09:42 AM (UypUQ)
looking forward to the new GOP website filled with nothing but Kate Upton pics.
2016 Republican convention keynote speaker: Kate Upton.
On a trampoline.
Posted by: garrett at April 08, 2013 09:43 AM (OOAlR)
Posted by: Ken Royall at April 08, 2013 09:43 AM (x0g8a)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 09:43 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 09:43 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 09:44 AM (UypUQ)
To be fair, Buzzfeed doesn't make people WANT to read about politics. It gives people pictures and shiny colors that expose them to politics. There's a difference, and it's an important one. If the 'pubbies really want to take this Buzzfeedism to heart, they need to do it behind the scenes. An RNC-branded site similar to Buzzfeed would fall on the ash heap of history faster than the Coffee Party.
Personally I can't stand Buzzfeed's political "reporting," but hey, I'm not a mouthbreathing leftard like most of this country. Different strokes, etc.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 09:44 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 09:45 AM (VtjlW)
Step 1) Social conservatives = fuck off!!
Step 2) Illegal immigrants/undocument democrats = we love you!!
Step 3) Winning.....
By the way, can anyone tell me exactly how many cargo vans that the GOP GOTV operation had on hand, and how many rides they offered to potential voters out there to get them to the polls. I'm actually very curious about this, for you guys in the field on election day, did they do this. Did they call and offer rides to their voters where you were at??? Thanks
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 09:45 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: MG at April 08, 2013 09:45 AM (Km6fn)
Posted by: tasker at April 08, 2013 09:46 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 09:46 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 01:45 PM (VtjlW)
Like dress her in a burqa.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 09:46 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 09:47 AM (UypUQ)
Posted by: Whatev at April 08, 2013 09:47 AM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 01:45 PM (VtjlW)
They would make her wear a sports bra that mashed them flatter than a pancake and a pair of long legged bloomers from the 1800s.
Posted by: Vic at April 08, 2013 09:47 AM (53z96)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (tqLft)
Refrigerator magnets with little red white and blue elephant silhouettes on them.
That's the ticket.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (pxDth)
"Thought I read buzzfeed was losing its steam."
Well, Mr. NRCC seems to thing BF is teh awesomesauce and must be emulated, so yeah, BF is probably auger itself into a smoking hole in the ground very soon.
Related: The NRCC has picked the Chicago Cubs to win the Super Bowl. Bank on it, baby.
Posted by: Jaws at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (4I3Uo)
Vic, you are sooooo correct.
I mean seriously, do these fucking idiots at the GOP even know who there base is. EVANGELICALS (extremists, I know) COMPLETELY CANCELELD OUT THE MINORITY VOTE. Completely.
That's a big fucking deal. And yet, rather than trying to address how they can build off the only fucking base that they have, the GOP is floundering about going after those fiscally sound homos instead of having one constant, consistent message.
It is beyond idiotic. Limited government and the respect of our traditions, culture and individual freedom ANSWERS ALL QUESTIONS.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (tVTLU)
Don't care. Still watch.
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (GQ8sn)
Obama used social media effectively not because he or the DNC knew what the fuck social media could do. It worked because they hired and partnered with people who did.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (u0Z3Y)
"Snatch I'd Like to Coiff"
Followed by an article on why you should vote for Mark Sanford?
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 09:48 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 09:49 AM (4df7R)
Just hit the link to Poor Richard's News in the sidebar story about Obama not paying to fly in the mother of a Benghazi victim.
How come he has ads for hot Russian women while all we get here is Turbo Tax? Isn't it time to dump this agency and start blanketing this site with cigarette, booze, gun and condom ads?
Posted by: jwest at April 08, 2013 09:49 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Vic at April 08, 2013 01:47 PM (53z96)
*******
BRB, bunk.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 09:49 AM (pxDth)
Cue fucking Dr. Evil, "I'm hip. I'm with it. A-tuka-tuka-tuka -tuka-tuka-tuka- Aaaaah!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 08, 2013 09:49 AM (mN8D3)
So you don't sell politics, you sell culture...or just fun.
Wouldn't you like to have movie reviews, cat pics, etc. without the constant leftist messaging?
They infiltrate everything and have no sense of personal shame about it.
Posted by: AmishDude at April 08, 2013 09:49 AM (T0NGe)
They would make her wear a sports bra that mashed them flatter than a pancake and a pair of long legged bloomers from the 1800s.
Posted by: Vic at April 08, 2013 01:47 PM (53z96)
That second part would be an improvement; lady does not have great legs.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 09:49 AM (UypUQ)
Posted by: tasker at April 08, 2013 09:50 AM (r2PLg)
Anyone see Chelsea's mug on AOL/Puff Ho?
Looks like she Hannibal Lectered Ashley Judd's face!
Yipes!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 01:48 PM (tqLft
Opened our paper yesterday to see her mug plastered on the cover of Parade Magazine. They're practically begging her to get into politics, because Clinton.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 08, 2013 09:50 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 08, 2013 09:50 AM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Great Ape at April 08, 2013 09:50 AM (J2XIM)
Did you know that Jimmy Carter murdered a cat. Seriously. Google it.
That should be their opening salvo, lib dems murder kitties. Cite - J. Carter.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 09:50 AM (tVTLU)
It's the party that's now promoting gay marriage and encouraging illegal immigration. You know, now that it's so yesterday...
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 09:51 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 08, 2013 01:43 PM (R8hU
Who will be the 3rd?
C'mon Abe!
Posted by: Tami[/i] at April 08, 2013 09:51 AM (X6akg)
Up next: Terry Tate. GOP Linebacker.
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 09:52 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: tasker at April 08, 2013 09:52 AM (r2PLg)
we do need to have at least some of it in that format for the low information retards voters.
Posted by: Heralder
"Whaddya got in mind? Sexy broad? Gangster octopus?"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2013 09:52 AM (kdS6q)
The Left doesn't have Twitchy and it really pisses them off.
Posted by: AmishDude at April 08, 2013 09:52 AM (T0NGe)
For example: http://kickfailure.com/2013/04/08/challenge-coin-copy-cats/
Somehow, I don't see the GOP doing much better.
Mew
Posted by: acat at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (4UkCP)
Posted by: DHS at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (wsGWu)
So you don't sell politics, you sell culture...or just fun.
Wouldn't you like to have movie reviews, cat pics, etc. without the constant leftist messaging?
They infiltrate everything and have no sense of personal shame about it.
Posted by: AmishDude at April 08, 2013 01:49 PM (T0NGe)
_________
That's what HuffPo does. Most articles on that sire aren't about politics, but they are political. You go to an article about what so and so in Hollywood wore to the oscars and whether you know it or not, you're being indoctrinated with some left wing talking point.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 01:43 PM (VtjlW)
I don't see how this is a bad plan. Who do we email?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (GGCsk)
C'mon Abe!
Posted by: Tami at April 08, 2013 01:51 PM (X6akg)
I'm pretty sure Ebert was the #3. He just happened to die first.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 09:53 AM (4df7R)
Yup. As Ace has repeatedly pointed out, all the lib organizations have names that don't mention liberalism at all. "The Tides Foundation", "NOW", "Planned Parenthood", "AARP", etc, etc.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 09:54 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 09:54 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 08, 2013 09:55 AM (uCDWg)
Posted by: Whatev at April 08, 2013 09:55 AM (A7Wh1)
That should be their opening salvo, lib dems murder kitties. Cite - J. Carter.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 01:50 PM (tVTLU)
________________
I thought he bashed a drowning bunny.
Posted by: tasker at April 08, 2013 01:52 PM (r2PLg)
____________
Even better. Lots of people hate cats. Nobody hates bunnies.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2013 09:55 AM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 09:55 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 08, 2013 09:55 AM (uCDWg)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 09:55 AM (tqLft)
Wait, wait, wait. i've got it. GOP needs to come out swinging and demand immediate citizenship for gay illegals that are also transgendered and bi and come from the three countries that recognize such a farce.
ELEVENTY!!!! 2016 here we come...
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 09:56 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 09:56 AM (UypUQ)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 08, 2013 09:57 AM (+lsX1)
Impossible. All RINOs are devoid of nuts.
Posted by: RINO facts at April 08, 2013 09:57 AM (voeac)
Clearly, that the thread winner and recipient of next years Journalism Pultizer
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 09:58 AM (GGCsk)
Jimmy Carter letter to his sister-in-law, admitting his grievous crime....
Lamentably, I killed your cat while trying just to sting it. It was crouched, as usual, under one of our bird feeders & I fired from some distance with bird shot. It may ease your grief somewhat to know that the cat was buried properly with a prayer & that I'll be glad to get you another of your choice.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 09:58 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2013 09:58 AM (9Bj8R)
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 01:56 PM (UypUQ)
________
It's too high brow to be effective on a mass scale. You need the "Beyonce's Latest Shoe Designer" types of stories to bring in the LIVs. NR's more like "Meet the New 1st Villon of the Symphony" type articles. Nothing wrong with that of course. But if you're reading that article chances are you're already pretty attuned to politics.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2013 09:59 AM (HDgX3)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 08, 2013 10:00 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 10:00 AM (bxiXv)
Mr. Moo Moo:
Agreed, way too highbrow. Plus their website sucks and their comments suck. I mean how fucking hard is it to have a good program for comments.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:00 AM (tVTLU)
23 photos of Moronettes kicking Boehner in the crotch.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 10:01 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 08, 2013 10:01 AM (ZshNr)
Merovign:
Did shotgun Joe strike again!!??
When you are advised by the Vice President of the United States to commit a crime, is that not a good defense???
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wilde Wrepublican Wench at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (sKFDG)
The problem with conservatism is that you're trying to personal responsibility, hard work, morality and other ideas that simply aren't fun.
The Democrats are the party of drugs and sexual abandon with no repercussions because the government will take care of things for you.
The Republicans in a BuzzFeed format is Bob Dole talking about the Viagra he pays for himself so he can have sex with the same woman he's had sex with for decades.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Pixy at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: © Sponge at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 08, 2013 02:00 PM (pLTLS)
IOW just what you'd expect from the party of stoopid.
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 08, 2013 10:02 AM (ucAz7)
Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (fWAjv)
Pixy??
That's the beauty of the comments on AOSHQ. No censorship. Easy to use. Just go balls out and call the leftists for the cunts that they are.
See what I did there.
By the way, any ETA on some mother fucking Tshirts????? muchas gracias.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (XYSwB)
I got a shit-ton of work that needs done around the house and if they're mine, as a member in good standing in the community, well I don't have to pay them.
Win-win. I get the work done, they get the character building hard work brings.
Posted by: RoyalOil at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (VjL9S)
For example, use a laser writer to paint the national debt onto the U.S. Capitol, among other high-profile locations.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (UypUQ)
Exactly. If conservatives are going to try this kind of messaging, it has to be good first and conservative second. And I doubt the NRCC's ability to do this well.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 10:03 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 10:04 AM (tqLft)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 01:54 PM (B/VB5)
We have to be evenmore subversive than that. This is the time for someone with deep pockets to buy a floundering organization with an established name, take it over, and start filtering conservatism into its messaging. And I don't mean a corporation like the New York Times. I mean something completely outside the political sphere. A videogame company. A humor website. A publishing company that specializes in cookbooks. ANYTHING.
The most important thing to remember duing this takeover is to make sure politics and ideology are NEVER mentioned. Just make sure that the people who get hired, the products that get released, and the content produced are of a conservative bent. In other words your first videogame release would NOT be "Atlas Shrugged: the Video Game." It would be "Bang! Zap! Zoom!" a first person shooter with a hero who just happens to be named G. Jalt, whose mission is to take revenge on all the people who have taken advantage of his generosity over the years.
"They took from him for twenty-five years. Now he's come to collect what they owe, in money or blood."
This is why, as much as I admire Glenn Beck, Blaze TV can only get us so far. If you want people to start paying attention to overtly conservative media, you have to start hitting them covertly first.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:04 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 10:04 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 08, 2013 10:04 AM (9cjF1)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 08, 2013 10:05 AM (vanqS)
Seriously though, I think the direction we should go is to expand on Media Research Center and make it more directed towards getting hits with the type of headlines of buzzfeed and humor of AOS. Almost in a TMZ fashion.
It should expose the lies by making fun and ridiculing the lies. Photoshops, funny headlines, bubble speech in photos, funny photo captions, etc.
Posted by: polynikes at April 08, 2013 10:05 AM (m2CN7)
RWC:
Indeed. Standing on graves is quite the disgusting policy position. Especially when, right out of the gate, the fucking proposed laws would have DONE NOTHING to stop the tragedy.
Only thing that might have worked, the NRA's proposal. But facts and logic are "hard" for radicals.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:05 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Lincolntf at April 08, 2013 10:05 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 10:05 AM (tqLft)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:05 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 10:06 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:06 AM (GGCsk)
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 02:05 PM (wsGWu)
Unbe-fucking-LIEVABLE!!!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:06 AM (4df7R)
Watch the top of the hour news spots on TV and radio use the Annette Funicello death announcement to push Margaret Thatcher out of the news cycle.
Funicello is more visual, with lots of available video footage
Thatcher is more audio, requires thought, more than a soundbite.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 10:06 AM (pxDth)
This is why "The Five" is so popular. As is Red Eye.
It's like social media on TV. And it's done very well with some hot fucking chicks.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:07 AM (tVTLU)
Dems do this a little, but in general it's not the SOP. They bring in people who know what they're doing in a specific area. And if it's a 25 year old running the social media campaign of a presidential campaign, so be it. On the RNC, this would never happen. Which is why you have 50 year olds running it, with the results we had in 2012.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2013 10:08 AM (HDgX3)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 08, 2013 10:08 AM (tqLft)
I agree. I wish they would run Red Eye opposite that fuck John Stewart...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at April 08, 2013 10:08 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: jwest at April 08, 2013 01:52 PM (u2a4R)
PEDOPHILE!!!!!
Posted by: © Sponge at April 08, 2013 10:08 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:10 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:10 AM (MMC8r)
I can see it now;
"The GOP is no longer what it used to be. We are now the Grand Ole' Pair."
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:10 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 10:10 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 10:10 AM (bxiXv)
"communications director Andrea Bozek overseeing a team of 20 Web writers"
Andrea Bozek...worked as a research analysis and regional coordinator on John McCainÂ’s [1] presidential campaign, was press secretary for Congressman Tom Reynolds [2] and served as communications director for Chris LeeÂ’s [3] campaign and official office.
1. Well, you know
2. Retired before he lost his seat
3. Resigned when caught soliciting a transsexual on Craigslist
Sounds like she knows what she's doing.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2013 10:11 AM (kdS6q)
If we here at the HQ had any kind of ability to band together and create a website of our own, separate from AoSHQ, we could smoke Buzzfeed in a heartbeat. Our humor is much funnier than theirs, and our political knowledge much more knowledgy. *nod*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:12 AM (4df7R)
You just hope and pray and end up crying in the end
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 08, 2013 02:04 PM (9cjF1)
So, you're saying that the Sequester is Steve Bartman?
I mean, he, much like the GOP, had nothing really to do with the last epic failure, but will be blamed throughout history.
Posted by: © Sponge at April 08, 2013 10:12 AM (xmcEQ)
PETA Says It Plans To Purchase Drones To “Stalk” Hunters…
Interfering with a hunt is a felony-level offense, I believe.
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 08, 2013 10:12 AM (yPI7x)
'A brilliant tyrant surrounded by mediocrities'Margaret Thatcher, who died today at 87, was a divisive leader who forever changed the United Kingdom.
Oh. My. Fucking. God.
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 02:05 PM (wsGWu)
shew even NYT's was less biased. much less biased!
ok so how do we slap yahoo in the financial ass?
Posted by: willow at April 08, 2013 10:12 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: The GOP Store at April 08, 2013 10:13 AM (WM+rJ)
PETA kills hundreds of thousands more animals than Jimmy Carter.
Seriously, an organization that says that a bunny has the same rights as a baby, slaughters hundreds of thousands of animals each year.
Radical leftists truly are evil.
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:13 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 10:14 AM (bxiXv)
PETA Says It Plans To Purchase Drones To “Stalk” Hunters…
Seriously, can anyone buy a drone, nowadays?
ht wz
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 02:10 PM (XYSwB)
This usage of drones will likely not be licensed by the federal government and can shot down on site.
Posted by: © Sponge at April 08, 2013 10:14 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 08, 2013 02:12 PM (4df7R)
*****
Ooh, ooh, ooh- Can I be in charge of the fart jokes?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 10:14 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 08, 2013 10:14 AM (ucAz7)
Grey Fox:
Indeed. Just bring along the .50 BMG and have some fun with the drones.
Margaret Thatcher was quite the inspiration. What a tag team during the eighties.
and can everyone stop bashing the Cubs for fuck's sake. we know, we know. But it's like picking on a retard or a midget. Do you really feel good afterwards?
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:14 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 10:14 AM (EYfcP)
Yeah. I like WZ a lot. The software actually works, the authors and commenters are definitely in tune with AoSHQ style humor (lots of Reggie jokes even in the posts themselves), and there are new posts pretty much 24 hours a day.
Plus the War Pr0n video series, with flying jihadis.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (B/VB5)
With the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend. As a grocerÂ’s daughter who rose to become BritainÂ’s first female prime minister, she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that canÂ’t be shattered. As prime minister, she helped restore the confidence and pride that has always been the hallmark of Britain at its best. And as an unapologetic supporter of our transatlantic alliance, she knew that with strength and resolve we could win the Cold War and extend freedomÂ’s promise.
Hey Yahoo you forgot to pick up the blackberry!
Posted by: willow at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (wsGWu)
Nothing new. They've been doing it for a while now. There's been incidents of quad/octo-copters getting shot down and they piss and moan about it.
Shotgun shell - cheap
Copter - expensive
Look on PETA-tard's face - priceless
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (/gHaE)
Posted by: willow at April 08, 2013 02:12 PM (nqBYe)
Keep ignoring them like we have been. Who the hell looks at Yahoo?
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (AC0lD)
They would be too busy responding to the "coalition" of members who think being funny or relevant is satan's work.
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (GGCsk)
Now what the fuck are we supposed to do with all of these top hats, bow ties, canes, spats, monocles, and old tymy campaign gramophones?
Posted by: The GOP Store at April 08, 2013 02:13 PM (WM+rJ)
One word: steampunk.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:15 AM (4df7R)
We have Trey Gowdy but the RNC does everything they can do to shun him and people like him.
Posted by: Vic at April 08, 2013 10:16 AM (53z96)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 10:16 AM (EYfcP)
It's the new skeet target. Only better.
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:16 AM (GGCsk)
This reminds me of how all insurance companies now have adopted the "We're hip!" approach. Good Lord it looks ridiculous.
I should be in advertising, 'cause the ins cos are paying big bucks for the most unimaginative lame shit I've ever seen. Madison Ave should be blushing.
Posted by: hip_hannitys_hybrid at April 08, 2013 10:16 AM (zpqa2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 08, 2013 10:17 AM (XYSwB)
Dangergirl: Priceless. GOP news release - breaking:
"GOP unveils plans to dominate MySpace. Online sex services, beware!"
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 10:17 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:17 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Baldy at April 08, 2013 10:17 AM (opS9C)
Nothing new. They've been doing it for a while now. There's been incidents of quad/octo-copters getting shot down and they piss and moan about it.
Shotgun shell - cheap
Copter - expensive
Look on PETA-tard's face - priceless
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 08, 2013 02:15 PM (/gHaE)
T shot should do the trick
Posted by: The Jackhole at April 08, 2013 10:17 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 02:05 PM (wsGWu)
Swear words. Fucking swear words.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 10:18 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 08, 2013 10:18 AM (F3G1y)
Nothing new. They've been doing it for a while now. There's been incidents of quad/octo-copters getting shot down and they piss and moan about it.
Shotgun shell - cheap
Copter - expensive
Look on PETA-tard's face - priceless
Someone should make a decoy of a hunter wearing orange, sitting in a duck blind or deer stand. When the drone gets close, the real hunter pops out and blasts it.
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 10:18 AM (GQ8sn)
Gawker, not Buzzfeed. And they ruined Kissing Suzy Kolber in the process as well: Drew Magary who now edits Deadspin came from KSK where he was a funny bastard and only occasionally leftist, and now he's a leftist who's only occasionally funny.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 10:19 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Prescient11 at April 08, 2013 02:00 PM (tVTLU)
Posted at AoSHQ. The irony.
Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 10:19 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: Chris Balsz at April 08, 2013 10:19 AM (5lScX)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 02:18 PM (fwARV)
If ever there was a "Brilliant, bomb's away" moment to be had, Yahoo! just earned itself a big ass target.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:19 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 10:19 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: troyriser at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (vtiE6)
The lefties love to cite this as an excuse justifying the government taking over whatever the left deems as "commons."
Problem is, the government today is exactly and precisely the definition of the Tragedy of the Commons: We have nearly every identifiable group seeking to exploit the government for their own gain because the costs for such gains falls on everyone.
Our government today--city, county, state and federal--is so overburdened by rent-seekers, profiteers and exploiters that the common good of a government has been completely wasted and ruined. Everyone is stealing from the system because they know "someone" else has to pay for it.
And even when you show they are merely stealing from themselves, they will still steal--some kickback in exchange for your gain is better than no gain at all.
Posted by: RoyalOil at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (MMC8r)
Unlike liberal bias, conservative bias won't be able to hide.
Posted by: Pyrocles at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (cv5Iw)
Swap out the UK with US and that could be about FDR or maybe Lyndon Johnson.
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Soona at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (rVKKx)
.....
I'll be in my bunk
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 08, 2013 02:18 PM (F3G1y)
lol!
Honestly, i wish I had the money to go full steampunk at a Dragon-Con or Comic-Con someday. That would be SO MUCH FUN.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:20 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: tasker at April 08, 2013 10:21 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:21 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Les Nessman at April 08, 2013 10:21 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at April 08, 2013 10:21 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:21 AM (wsGWu)
Hell yes. I loved TWoP up until around the time where they refused to cover BONES because there was an episode where an Arab man blew himself up in a car and raaaaacist.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 08, 2013 10:21 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:22 AM (GGCsk)
People who could write that need to experience life under a tyrant.
Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at April 08, 2013 10:22 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 10:23 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: tasker at April 08, 2013 10:23 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 08, 2013 02:20 PM (4df7R)
*looks around*
Why the fuck am I on the floor? And why am I bleeding from the back of my head???
Oh sonofabitch. I passed out again. Damn you Ettes.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 10:24 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:25 AM (wsGWu)
http://bit.ly/Xzz1gC
Whoa....that's some serious ginger-ness going on.
ACK!!! MY SOUL!!!!1 Noooooo!!!
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 10:25 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:25 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Harry Reid - (P)ederast at April 08, 2013 10:25 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 02:22 PM (GGCsk)
*******
Make sure you floss well between the frontal lobes.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 10:25 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:26 AM (wsGWu)
http://bit.ly/Xzz1gC
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 02:23 PM (VtjlW)
Or.....
http://tinyurl.com/crg8klf
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 10:26 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 10:26 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 10:27 AM (pUAXu)
Posted by: Lauren at April 08, 2013 10:27 AM (wsGWu)
http://tinyurl.com/crg8klf
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 02:26 PM (da5Wo)
Daaaaaaamn...
Posted by: Insomniac at April 08, 2013 10:27 AM (DrWcr)
Today on ConservativeBuzzFeed - your hip, irreverent conservative news source.
Square Dancing with Rand Paul!
Sarah Palin shows you how to show cleavage without looking slutty!
Does this $17,000,000,000,000 deficit make me look fat?
Posted by: Stateless_Infidel at April 08, 2013 10:27 AM (AC0lD)
Honestly, i wish I had the money to go full steampunk at a Dragon-Con or Comic-Con someday. That would be SO MUCH FUN.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 08, 2013 02:20 PM (4df7R)
My wife is going to be getting back into leatherworking and is a huge fan of corsets, and she had a table at ComicCon last year. I done married well.
Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: toby928© suggests slogans at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (39q3n)
No, not intested in your ginned up targeted status updates. Bleah.
Posted by: Jeanne of the North at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (GdalM)
The only thing hip about the GOP is their joint replacement surgeries.
Ba-da-bum. Thank you, try the veal.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (pxDth)
206 Today on ConservativeBuzzFeed - your hip, irreverent conservative news source.
Square Dancing with Rand Paul!
Sarah Palin shows you how to show cleavage without looking slutty!
Does this $17,000,000,000,000 deficit make me look fat?
Posted by: Stateless_Infidel at April 08, 2013 02:27 PM (AC0lD)
Well, I'm sold.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:28 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Les Nessman at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: Les Nessman at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (F3G1y)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (VtjlW)
Like this?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 02:23 PM (VtjlW)
DO WANT.
I would want to be a steampunk Scientist. Or an Explorer. I'd love to be able to wear a pith helmet without looking like a complete idiot. Hee!
Oh sonofabitch. I passed out again. Damn you Ettes.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 02:24 PM (da5Wo)
Sorry, Cochran!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (4df7R)
Like this?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 02:23 PM (VtjlW)
DO WANT.
I would want to be a steampunk Scientist. Or an Explorer. I'd love to be able to wear a pith helmet without looking like a complete idiot. Hee!
Oh sonofabitch. I passed out again. Damn you Ettes.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 02:24 PM (da5Wo)
Sorry, Cochran!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:29 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: The GOP Store at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: The GOP Store at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 02:28 PM (+xmn4)
Oh man, that's awesome!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 02:28 PM (+xmn4)
Oh man, that's awesome!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (pUAXu)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 10:30 AM (pUAXu)
Posted by: Stateless_Infidel at April 08, 2013 10:31 AM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Stateless_Infidel at April 08, 2013 10:31 AM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:31 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:31 AM (GGCsk)
So damn tired of hipness. But lets be honest the left really really sucks at being hip too.
Those fuckers are so damned corny.
Posted by: eleven at April 08, 2013 10:32 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 08, 2013 02:30 PM (4df7R)
Let me know if you end up getting down to the NYC Comic Con this year, I'll point you towards her table.
Posted by: Heralder at April 08, 2013 10:32 AM (+xmn4)
"A brilliant tyrant surrounded by mediocrities" is a quote from Harold Macmillan, one of those "Conservatives" who hated conservatives.
Yahoo news headlines are crawled from the articles, so if that went up in bold, it may have just been a pull quote from the site software.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 08, 2013 10:32 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 02:22 PM (GGCsk)
---------------------------------------------
Brainwashing? I'm sure with John Stewart, if the price was right, he'd change his political leanings.
Posted by: Soona at April 08, 2013 10:32 AM (rVKKx)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 02:28 PM
***
“What difference at this point does it make?!!"
Posted by: Hillarity Clitnin at April 08, 2013 10:32 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 02:26 PM (da5Wo)
Good lord, the poor girl must suffer from scoliosis or something.
Posted by: EC at April 08, 2013 10:33 AM (GQ8sn)
Badger?
BADGER?
WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING BADGER!
Bless you, Trinidad Silva.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at April 08, 2013 10:33 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 02:30 PM (pUAXu)
*******
Or perhaps just scoff in their general direction.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 08, 2013 10:33 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: zsasz at April 08, 2013 10:33 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 08, 2013 02:29 PM (4df7R)
My vote..... http://tinyurl.com/bmdzamn
Maybe more what you intended.....
http://tinyurl.com/czndllb
Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 08, 2013 10:33 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2013 10:34 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Albie Damned at April 08, 2013 10:34 AM (Yhu4q)
We can have John McCain and Mitch McConnell shirtless. And so we don't get roped into any war on women rhetoric we can have Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe in 1920's style swinsuits.
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:37 AM (GGCsk)
http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/560.pdf
All the high end copters have flight profile data logging too. All it would take is one complaint to FAA and the data logged by their own gear will screw them good.
FAA has very little tolerance for people who operate unsanctioned outside the AMA.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 08, 2013 10:37 AM (/gHaE)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 08, 2013 10:38 AM (pUAXu)
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 02:37 PM (GGCsk)
Gaaaaah! My optic nerves just committed suicide!
Posted by: Insomniac at April 08, 2013 10:39 AM (DrWcr)
Or maybe even better, they would get rid of some of the old village idiots.
Posted by: Marcus at April 08, 2013 10:42 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 08, 2013 02:19 PM (4df7R)
I snuck it into one of my briefings today.
I was discussing making a new program operational. A question was raised. Before I could address it, another attendee provided a resolution. There it was. "Brilliant, bombs away."
And on we went.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 10:43 AM (fwARV)
http://bit.ly/Xzz1gC
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Tea. at April 08, 2013 02:23 PM (VtjlW)
I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2013 10:45 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2013 10:52 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: glide55 at April 08, 2013 11:02 AM (Z2aee)
"...when a site that gave up blogging about Iran and the New York City terror plot to focus on the urgent threat from creationism tells you youÂ’re falling down on the job, you listen."
Haha good times.
Posted by: The Ugly Dougling at April 08, 2013 11:16 AM (Ww3/J)
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