February 21, 2013
— Ace The whole incident described in the last post -- liberal reporters doing victory dances about a conservative reporter's error -- suggests that reporters sort of understand that no one likes them and no one thinks their jobs are especially difficult or demanding. And so they seem to be attempting to reassure themselves of their value.
The other day a New York Times article tweeted out this story, calling it "terrific," and saying they "couldn't stop talking about it" at a Columbia Journalism school class. (I believe that's right; I don't really care if the details are correct, quite frankly.)
I suggest people read it... and notice how incredibly sad it is. I call it sad because it is so self-congratulatory about an utterly mundane and frankly trivial bit of journalism. Simply tracking down the provenance of a picture that appeared on the web, on social media.
It all seems quite simple and easy to me: the author makes it sound like triangulation was used to determine what building a shot was taken from, whereas, looking at the scenery, it strikes me that anyone familiar with the area could immediately guess what building it came from. Further, he then talks about slipping into a building without buzzing -- something millions of people do every single day, and I don't mean criminals, I mean when you're going over to your buddy's and he's not answering his bell because he's in the shower, or beating off -- as if it's some kind of daring act of espionage.
As far as I can tell, he just goes to the building in question, knocks on the door of one possible apartment the shot could have been taken from, and leaves his card under the door of another apartment; in a couple of days, the photographer (who lived in the other apartment) contacts him.
And yet this is all presented as some sort of heroic tick-tock along the lines of All the President's Men. As if we really need a moment-by-moment recounting of how a trivial story was easily nailed down.
And the odor of self-congratulation is oppressive, almost like a stinking physical body pushing up against you, like you're the one cute kid in a subway car full of perverts.
Ugh.
If these are your thrilling victories and tales of heroic daring-do, Media, you're even more mediocre than I thought.
By the way, the line "Shoeleather never smelled so good" is lifted from the article. That's his Serious You Guys You're Awesome compliment for a reporter's daring act of venturing to a physical location and knocking on a door.
Honestly, this is like a plumber bragging to me he used a motor to get a sewage-connection pipe to make grade at the street. Yes, I see. That's... useful. But that's just your job, and it's a rather trivial challenge in your job.
Now, if this plumber went on to write this tale of Plumber Heroism up in an 1800 word essay for the New York Times, he wouldn't get published.
But the New York Times thinks it's just super when a reporter successfully performs a mundane function of his job.
Hey, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for those stars, guys.
This is just one of those things you shouldn't brag about -- because we immediately realize that if this goes right on to your Highlight Reel, then... My God, how easy is your job every other day? How little work do you actually do?
And this just in:
Local Anchor Wins 2nd Place in Hotdog Eating Contest
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Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 03:29 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: rd at February 21, 2013 03:30 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 21, 2013 03:31 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Ampersands Anonymous at February 21, 2013 03:31 PM (mbxHg)
Posted by: Kevin at February 21, 2013 03:31 PM (qMOf8)
Hey, hey, hey. It isn't easy walking around with your chin in the air all the time.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 21, 2013 03:32 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 21, 2013 03:32 PM (9+ccr)
If only some of this old-fashioned shoe leather journalism were being applied to -- gosh, I don't know -- where Chuck Hagel's paychecks were coming from the last couple of years, for example. Since Hagel doesn't want to talk much about that.
There are FAR more important matters than this to be investigated, it seems.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 21, 2013 03:32 PM (gqT4g)
Tell me about it. Now get back on your knees, varlet.
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 21, 2013 03:33 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 21, 2013 03:33 PM (Vk2pI)
How about a real story?
Like why OPPD can lose power to half of Omaha's Downtown? But then he might have to understand electricity and stuff like that.
Posted by: rd at February 21, 2013 03:34 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: Kevin at February 21, 2013 07:31 PM (qMOf
Hey, it's harder than it looks.
Posted by: JohnJ at February 21, 2013 03:34 PM (Tt6ky)
Joseph Nassralla Abdelmasih of Media for Christ in Duarte and Nakoula Basseley Nakoula ... The home's
distinctive front door with ... ..
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 03:35 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at February 21, 2013 03:35 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Intrepid Reporter at February 21, 2013 03:36 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: garrett at February 21, 2013 03:36 PM (fCS/b)
you know the one that the President and SOS had arrested?
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 03:36 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: ace at February 21, 2013 03:37 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: sithkhan at February 21, 2013 03:37 PM (u9ths)
Yes...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 21, 2013 03:37 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Bob Woodward at February 21, 2013 03:37 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 21, 2013 03:38 PM (TQOZk)
OMG Mr Prezzy there a SMOD inbound!
//Jay Carney
Er uh quick assemble a crack team of entertainers and journalists we'll save this planet YET!
//barky
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 03:38 PM (LRFds)
Hmmm... and if there was a no trespassing sign, on a controled door, he just admited to Trespassing...
But hey.... its OK... he's media...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 21, 2013 03:38 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: garrett at February 21, 2013 03:39 PM (fCS/b)
Posted by: Dang at February 21, 2013 03:39 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: ace at February 21, 2013 03:39 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Endeavor to Persevere at February 21, 2013 03:39 PM (zZJJp)
>>if you can deliver the story in 1200 words
There I was clicking F5 with my left hand over and over again...
Posted by: Mama AJ, Assault Poiser at February 21, 2013 03:39 PM (SUKHu)
Yes...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (9+ccr)
, it really bugs me. the whole fkn thing.
this is how any one of us could get screwed and no-body would care
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 03:40 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: JohnJ at February 21, 2013 03:40 PM (Tt6ky)
Posted by: rd at February 21, 2013 03:40 PM (zLp5I)
Hagel gave two questionable speeches, speeches which he did not disclose during his vetting and hearings, both of which had been organized by the "American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee".
The "Committee" in question is an IRS category 501(c)3 outfit. This means that the "Committee" in question is required under federal law to provide any interested party, promptly and for free, with a copy of the outfit's Form 990, which indicates who their financial backers are.
"Would the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee comply with IRS instructions and allow reporters for the Free Beacon to look upon the organizationÂ’s 990, so that the public might be better informed about the funding sources of an organization that has been injected into a national political debate? The answer was no. And not only was the answer no, but these particular Free Beacon reporters were not allowed into the groupÂ’s offices. Nor were the Free Beacon reportersÂ’ phone calls returned. Receipt of a hand-delivered request for the Form 990, provided to the security guard at the ADCÂ’s headquarters, was not acknowledged."
Read the whole thing, and prepare for your head to blow up with fury.
http://freebeacon.com/our-incorrigible-media/
Posted by: torquewrench at February 21, 2013 03:41 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: phoenixgirl waiting for spring training at February 21, 2013 03:41 PM (GVxQo)
what did I get wrong? I know if you don't have grade you need a motor to help gravity out.
Grade won't be affected by use of a motor...unless the motor is part of an excavator used to re-set your line...
Perhaps you mean a pump?
Posted by: garrett at February 21, 2013 03:42 PM (fCS/b)
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 03:42 PM (2IW5Q)
Don't think we have much choice. It's going up....
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 21, 2013 03:42 PM (9+ccr)
HAH! This is exactly what I'm talking about when I say I HATE being complimented for doing my job. I hate it. A simple, "Thanks!" is all I really need. When someone falls over themselves to praise my name -- "Oh MWR, you're the best. You're awesome! That would have taken me all week, and you got it done in an hour!" -- not only is it embarrassing for me, I feel embarrassed for THEM. I mean Jeezy Creezy, have some self-respect. Ooooh, I converted your PDF to a Word doc and fixed the formatting. Apparently that makes me a fucking goddess. Because I did the most basic aspect of my job; something that anyone in my office could do if they spent FIVE SECONDS thinking for themselves.
Reporters apparently have the self-respect of a particularly low-functioning species of algae. But oh, they have SO MUCH self regard.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 03:42 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Dang at February 21, 2013 03:43 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 21, 2013 03:43 PM (TQOZk)
Did more than one person just interview SCOAMF?
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 21, 2013 03:43 PM (cQAlw)
Posted by: filbert at February 21, 2013 03:43 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: NYTimeser at February 21, 2013 03:44 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: ace at February 21, 2013 03:44 PM (LCRYB)
if you can deliver the story in 1200 words, I can guarantee you a prominent positioning on the blog.
But can you nail it down?
Posted by: ace at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (LCRYB)
Okay, I laughed. A LOT.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 03:45 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: NYTimeser at February 21, 2013 07:44 PM (eHIJJ)
How do you spell Messiah?---'' Thank's ,NYT's reporter...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 21, 2013 03:45 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Old Man Hansen at February 21, 2013 03:45 PM (i7B17)
Posted by: wattyler1381 at February 21, 2013 03:46 PM (F2Vrz)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Offering Moobats Gasoline and Matches at February 21, 2013 03:47 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 21, 2013 03:47 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 21, 2013 03:47 PM (Iyg03)
Yup it is also why there will either be a divorce or they will win because we refuse to take them seriously enough and they will NEVER stop....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 03:47 PM (LRFds)
Me too, mostly. But every now and then, I pass a miracle, and it's even worse to have no one seem to realize it.
That's not what happened in this case. One could see it as Media self-overpraising, or as a tragic monument to the Lost Art of Reporting. I'm betting on the latter. They really don't know how to do their jobs anymore, in this era of Reporting == Smooching Obama's Skinny Bottom. So seeing someone do the job is remarkable! exceptional!
Even Jake Tapper, despite his lack of kowtowing to the left, was promoted, because he was really doing the job. So few are, these days.
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 03:47 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: JohnJ at February 21, 2013 03:47 PM (Tt6ky)
Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge at February 21, 2013 03:48 PM (Ys6PL)
Posted by: angel with a sword at February 21, 2013 03:48 PM (LCb5K)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 21, 2013 03:49 PM (cQAlw)
That's not even enough for a movie review intro. Will the real AoSHQ please stand up?
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 21, 2013 03:49 PM (eHIJJ)
what did I get wrong? I know if you don't have grade you need a motor to help gravity out.
One word Ace . Coke Zero bottle .
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 21, 2013 07:43 PM (TQOZk)
so i google
plumbing nd Coke Zero Bottle , and i get ace of spades
how to fix a toilet. and btw i didn't see that rememdy anywhere else on fixing a stopped toilet.
so now i wonder
Is this a Hoax!
and could i be mad if i tried it and made a mess but didn't fix the stoppage?
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 03:49 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: garrett at February 21, 2013 03:49 PM (fCS/b)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 21, 2013 03:50 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: Statman at February 21, 2013 03:50 PM (i7B17)
That son is the difference between Star Editor "making a Serious Guys for real!" update and a junior Cub Cob sir...
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 03:50 PM (LRFds)
Read the Washington Post this Saturday to find out the conclusion!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 03:51 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 21, 2013 07:46 PM (Iyg03)
That WOULD be newsworthy.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 03:51 PM (CA2NO)
Considering most of them can't even bother to spend 30 seconds with Wikipedia ascertaining that what they're writing about even exists...wow, that's extraordinary dedication to the craft.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 03:51 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: ace at February 21, 2013 03:51 PM (LCRYB)
Innumerate imbecile wastes all day accomplishing what a geometric construction and a bit of trigonometry could have accomplished in about 1/2 hour.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 03:52 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: New York Times' David Carr at February 21, 2013 03:52 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 03:52 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 21, 2013 03:52 PM (TQOZk)
I went in the building.
And no appointment or anything?
No appointment. And there wasn't a doorman. At all. Just walked. Right. In.
Shit!
Posted by: The fellas hanging out after a long day on the beat at February 21, 2013 03:52 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: steevy at February 21, 2013 03:53 PM (9XBK2)
lol!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 03:54 PM (CA2NO)
Are you referring to Andrew Sullivan, home-schooled gynecologist?
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 21, 2013 03:54 PM (cQAlw)
Because they are liberal AND lazy.
Because they're lazy, they don't bother to leave their computers all day. And because they're liberal, all they do is surf left-wing sources all day, presuming that they are therefore "well-informed".
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at February 21, 2013 03:54 PM (BBWjt)
But that's not NEWS worthy of real investigative reporting!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2013 03:54 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 21, 2013 07:46 PM (Iyg03)
That WOULD be newsworthy.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 21, 2013 07:51 PM (CA2NO)
I would LOVE to see a National Effort from the Right... to do a Redeye type "halftime report'... ie... fact check... on the various news shows....INCLUDING the Fox pundit shows...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 21, 2013 03:54 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Mainstream (Media) Clown Posse at February 21, 2013 03:55 PM (Ks9M3)
Posted by: Woodward J. Bernstein at February 21, 2013 03:55 PM (0Xf2t)
It would be epic.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 03:55 PM (Ipj15)
Instead of using menus, reporter discovers how to use [Ctrl] C [Ctrl] V
TRIPLES PRODUCTIVITY!!!!
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Offering Moobats Gasoline and Matches at February 21, 2013 03:55 PM (0q2P7)
at area 51.
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 03:55 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 03:56 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: ace at February 21, 2013 03:56 PM (LCRYB)
Even worse, I don't think Joe The Plumber was UNION, so he didn't contribute directly or indirectly to Obama's campaign coffers!!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2013 03:57 PM (Cnqmv)
Well, if a post can insist upon itself in such abbreviated form, maybe - maybe - it deserves an under-the-fold position. But even Apprentice Cob Loggers have to cringe at the shortcomings.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 21, 2013 03:57 PM (eHIJJ)
hmmm... I approve heartily of someone ELSE doing this....
I hate paperwork.
THIS JUST IN....
Hates Paperwork, So Blogger Blogs.
by David Carr.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at February 21, 2013 03:58 PM (cQAlw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 03:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 21, 2013 04:00 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at February 21, 2013 04:00 PM (AWmfW)
>>hmmm... I approve heartily of someone ELSE doing this....
>>I hate paperwork.
Step 1: write an ad for an intern.
Posted by: Mama AJ, Assault Poiser at February 21, 2013 04:01 PM (SUKHu)
Seem like a sort of live blog twitter feed aimed at news punditry. Problem is very few shows actually air live and simultaneously. Nonetheless it might be fun to set up daily review hashtags for all the shows (including Fox). #CommieChrisWallaceFox, etc.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2013 04:01 PM (Cnqmv)
Geez, that's a tough one, Rusty. Can I get back to you on that?
Sure thing, Chief!
Oh waiter, another round of spritzers for me and the boys! And set us up with some of those tall straws!
Posted by: The fellas hanging out after a long day on the beat at February 21, 2013 04:01 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Ampersands Anonymous at February 21, 2013 04:01 PM (mbxHg)
Posted by: Woodward J. Bernstein at February 21, 2013 07:55 PM (0Xf2t)
Dude, dude, dude. That's NOTHING. Once I locked myself out of my email because I tried to login THREE TIMES with the wrong password, and I had to CALL THE IT GUYS to unlock my account.
Hang on, I need a drink. Memories, you know?
*downs a shot of merlot*
Whew! Man, sorry. PTSD, you know? It was pretty rough.
BERNSTEIN: Buddy, you deserve a Pulitzer for that shit.
Posted by: David Gregory at February 21, 2013 04:01 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 04:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: NYFT at February 21, 2013 04:02 PM (i7B17)
...when just a cursory glance and a little bit of common sense tells you clearly there is only one explosion in the pic and the rest are reflections of streetlights off the wet street...
...as evidenced by the reflections of the streetlights off the wet streets clearly visible in other parts of the pic.
Most of the people involved in this argument probably voted.
Posted by: SGT. York at February 21, 2013 04:03 PM (IpECo)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 21, 2013 04:03 PM (n8LUb)
Yeah, but that's just because he missed the urinal completely and pissed all over his feet.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/b][/i][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:03 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 21, 2013 07:56 PM (CA2NO)
Leather???? Cast HIM OUT!!!!
Posted by: PETA at February 21, 2013 04:03 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Temper Tantrum
In my pants, wiener hacks you!
Posted by: Dick Cheney's cock of irony at February 21, 2013 04:03 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: steevy at February 21, 2013 04:04 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 04:05 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit
Mmm... pee soaked leather shoes. Even better.
Posted by: The fellas hanging out after a long day on the beat at February 21, 2013 04:05 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Layers And Layers of Fact Checkers at February 21, 2013 04:05 PM (eHIJJ)
*hunched over man approaches shiny rectangle object*
*pokes shiny rectangle object*
*nothing happens*
*pokes shiny rectangle object again*
*nothing happens*
*sees another person through shiny rectangle object, jumps behind cover*
*shiny rectangle object moves, revealing deep cave*
*hunched over man dashes through opening, into cave*
*hunched over man jumps up and down shreiking with delight.*
*hunched over man holds up iPhone to sky, posts on Twitter what a daring day he had, and is going to write a super important newspaper article about it*
Posted by: 2013: A Journalist Odyssey at February 21, 2013 04:05 PM (Ks9M3)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 04:06 PM (bxiXv)
Shit, there's a non-trivial portion of the American public who doesn't know what "the Pentagon" is, much less where it's located or what they do there.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 04:06 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: steevy at February 21, 2013 04:06 PM (9XBK2)
I used to harass the lefty editor of the local rag on what passed for his blog. Very much a self congratulatory twat like these douchenozzles.
Anyway, I remember him commenting about how The Newsroom loved The Wire Season 5! Squeeee! It's about us! Journalists!
Of course, I'm sure they all saw themselves as the honest line editor or hardworking reporters, and not the assholes in management trying to create 'narratives' or the douchebag looking douchebag who made up douchebag stories with himself in the middle of the story.
Fucking douchebags.
Posted by: Lurkiing Canuck at February 21, 2013 04:06 PM (0WLla)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 21, 2013 04:07 PM (TQOZk)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 21, 2013 04:07 PM (Fz2C7)
The fuck you say?
Posted by: George Washington Carver at February 21, 2013 04:07 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: steevy at February 21, 2013 04:09 PM (9XBK2)
Shit, there's a non-trivial portion of the American public who doesn't know what "the Pentagon" is, much less where it's located or what they do there.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 08:06 PM (hO8IJ)
Pentagon.... didn't I pass that on my way ta see Nixon... ta get my Federal Officer Badge...
Posted by: Elvis, from his hidden location in Wassila at February 21, 2013 04:09 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: lowandslow
Oh, like anyone really reads that shit anyway.
Waiter, are the potato skins still on happy hour?
Posted by: The fellas hanging out after a long day on the beat at February 21, 2013 04:10 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at February 21, 2013 04:10 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Charles Johnson at February 21, 2013 04:11 PM (jucos)
Posted by: wattyler1381 at February 21, 2013 04:11 PM (F2Vrz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 04:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 04:12 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Low Information Voter at February 21, 2013 04:12 PM (jucos)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 04:12 PM (/gHaE)
Sensei: Congratulations, my son. You are a Reporter now.
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 04:12 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 04:13 PM (bxiXv)
DON'T say the name, Vic!
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 04:13 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: zsasz at February 21, 2013 04:13 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Truman North at February 21, 2013 04:13 PM (I2LwF)
Whoa. 10th-grade math? That's kinda rayciss there, dontcha think?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 04:14 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:15 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 04:15 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 04:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Lurkiing Canuck at February 21, 2013 04:15 PM (0WLla)
they Really did do something!
barely , bust still..
Posted by: ette at February 21, 2013 04:16 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:16 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 21, 2013 04:17 PM (e8kgV)
The bombing of the Cole
The bombing of 2 US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 21, 2013 04:17 PM (SkyIE)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:17 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:18 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 04:18 PM (/gHaE)
Not to go all holy roller on you guys, but there's some great pushback against this in the New Testament. Some parable about how you shouldn't be self-congratulatory about doing good things because, newsflash, that's what you're already supposed to be doing. It's not like you get a special prize for fulfilling basic requirements. But things are apparently so bad these days that merely meeting expectations seems like exceeding them beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
This is why we're screwed.
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 21, 2013 04:18 PM (RZ59Q)
Local reporter checks Google Maps, discovers that Boston Marathon covers 26.2 miles.
Posted by: Lurkiing Canuck at February 21, 2013 04:19 PM (0WLla)
Posted by: derit at February 21, 2013 04:19 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: J-School Man at February 21, 2013 04:20 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:20 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 04:20 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Steve Martin at February 21, 2013 04:21 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 21, 2013 04:21 PM (jucos)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 21, 2013 04:21 PM (QLJPW)
The great Omaha manhole fireball photo mystery
By Matthew Hansen World-Herald columnist
"twitter.com/redcloud_scribe"
A scribe, no less......
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2013 04:22 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:22 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 04:23 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 21, 2013 04:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at February 21, 2013 04:24 PM (w41GQ)
Posted by: akak at February 21, 2013 04:24 PM (eFroM)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:24 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 21, 2013 04:24 PM (TQOZk)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ is drunk, no hyperbole at February 21, 2013 04:24 PM (hO8IJ)
Maybe.
Posted by: toby928©
Me either/neither.
I think that's the key to memes. They are never fully comprehensible.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 04:25 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Grey Fox at February 21, 2013 04:25 PM (GwA+S)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:26 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: teej at February 21, 2013 04:26 PM (XXIrM)
Reporter! What is this crap!? Stop wasting my time and give me something I can actually PUBLISH!
Posted by: Local Editor at February 21, 2013 04:26 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: I chase him - I bite him at February 21, 2013 04:26 PM (6J6x7)
Posted by: AmishDude at February 21, 2013 04:27 PM (xSegX)
They don't even have the "80% of success is just showing up" in their resumes!
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2013 04:28 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:28 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Frank Underwood, D-South Carolina at February 21, 2013 04:29 PM (fscec)
Posted by: steevy at February 21, 2013 04:29 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: UncleZeb
Read the linked article?
That's a paddlin'.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 04:30 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:30 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 21, 2013 04:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: sTevo at February 21, 2013 04:30 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: steevy at February 21, 2013 04:30 PM (9XBK2)
Like fresh omelettes AND dead Ukrainians. Right?
Eggs, Ukrainians, you gotta break 'em to make omlettes.
/Stalin
Posted by: Grey Fox at February 21, 2013 04:31 PM (GwA+S)
But if they'd thought to attach the bratwurst around waist-level to a sculpture of Obama, I bet s/he'd win that trophy with minutes to spare
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 04:31 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Clark Kent at February 21, 2013 04:32 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:32 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 21, 2013 04:33 PM (CnrK5)
Posted by: Frank Underwood,
Now *that* was outstanding.
If you ain't on the Twatter, you should be.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 04:33 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:34 PM (CA2NO)
Matthew Hansen @redcloud_scribe
Jellybean update: Dave Elsesser just ate the last 3 beans, the ones that I deemed too gross to eat. Jellybeans gone. JELLYBEAN EMERGENCY.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2013 04:34 PM (kdS6q)
There are. But let's consider the movies where reporters are dicks, and maybe get some just desserts:
Spiderman
Manhunter (film version of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon)
Hard to beat Red Dragon for the payback angle.
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 04:34 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:35 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Whitehall at February 21, 2013 04:36 PM (1+mGd)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 04:36 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:37 PM (CA2NO)
Matthew Hansen @redcloud_scribe
In my experience Oxycotin doesnt affect love but does make you forget who you are & why there is gauze in yer mouth
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2013 04:38 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:38 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2013 04:39 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 21, 2013 04:39 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: sophistahick at February 21, 2013 04:39 PM (91TGs)
Spiderman
Manhunter (film version of Thomas Harris' Red Dragon)
Hard to beat Red Dragon for the payback angle.
Posted by: Splunge
LA Confidencial. The human shit-squirt, Devito, gets brutalized by the crooked cops near the end IIRC.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 04:39 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:40 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2013 08:37 PM (kdS6q)
That is some good reporting!
Posted by: Whole Foods Quinoa Salesman at February 21, 2013 04:40 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 04:40 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:41 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: sophistahick at February 21, 2013 04:41 PM (91TGs)
Posted by: Splunge at February 21, 2013 04:43 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:43 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: FURPC at February 21, 2013 04:44 PM (0ImZM)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:45 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 04:45 PM (QupBk)
So the photo was real. The context assigned to it was not.
They do love that word "context" though, don't they? I guess they think it makes their twaddle sound all deep and intellectual and stuff.
Posted by: pep at February 21, 2013 04:45 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:47 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 04:48 PM (QupBk)
foreground was indeed flames shooting from under the street, the rest of
the lights, neatly aligned in a row, were actually reflections of
streetlamps on the rain-dappled pavement
Really? You needed someone to explain that to you? Did you also notice that the streetlights are no only aligned, but periodically spaced? Could be an alien landing strip.
Posted by: pep at February 21, 2013 04:48 PM (6TB1Z)
Up next.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 21, 2013 04:48 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:48 PM (CA2NO)
So, basically this article, which I refuse to read because I am lazy, could just as well have been titled: "Inside Baseball: How a Jounalistic Circle-Jerk is Made."
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh, FILM AT 11:00?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Posted by: Sharkman at February 21, 2013 04:48 PM (03IDC)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 21, 2013 04:49 PM (Scv8+)
Posted by: rickl at February 21, 2013 04:49 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 21, 2013 04:50 PM (Scv8+)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:50 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: 11B40 at February 21, 2013 04:50 PM (YmteG)
Well sure, in the places that reporters go - Reddit, Fark, Slate, NY Times, etc. - you know, the "real" news sources
Posted by: chemjeff hates snow at February 21, 2013 04:50 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 21, 2013 04:50 PM (p/cQy)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 04:50 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at February 21, 2013 04:51 PM (hO8IJ)
Ace,
I think Shapiro cleared this up. His Senate source did not mention the other NY reporter as the source for the "Friends of Hamas" inquiries. Be interested about how it turns out.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 04:51 PM (qv7yL)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:51 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 21, 2013 04:52 PM (Scv8+)
Well, the stupid reporter did write "image of exploding manhole covers" in the second stupid sentence. So he obviously thought there was a line of identical explosions blowing up all the manhole covers on the street. Man, leftists are fucking stupid.
Posted by: Chris M at February 21, 2013 04:52 PM (4lyMJ)
...rather than the dumpster fire beneath it?
The elite.
TOP. FUCKING. MEN.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 21, 2013 04:54 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:54 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Fritz at February 21, 2013 04:54 PM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 21, 2013 04:55 PM (e8kgV)
It wasn't my fault, the damn thing was warped.
Posted by: Wolf Blitzer at February 21, 2013 04:55 PM (Fz2C7)
...rather than the dumpster fire beneath it?
The elite.
I had forgotten that one. What a bunch of self-stroking maroons.
Posted by: pep at February 21, 2013 04:55 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:57 PM (CA2NO)
Reporter then breaks down sobbing.
Posted by: Mr. Alu Fods at February 21, 2013 04:57 PM (XO+H6)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:58 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 21, 2013 08:54 PM (CA2NO)
Local reporter reads book, finds we've always been at war with East Asia...
Reads another book and finds out that one of the historic blunders is to get involved in a Landwar in Asia...
Puts 2 and 2 together, and has a heart attack.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 21, 2013 04:59 PM (lZBBB)
Obama Admin caught in massive "nonexistent" vote fraud in NC
MSM *yawn*
Posted by: T.Hunter - let it burn at February 21, 2013 04:59 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 04:59 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:01 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:02 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:03 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 05:04 PM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:04 PM (CA2NO)
I keel you!
Posted by: Pancho fuckin' Villa at February 21, 2013 05:05 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 05:06 PM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:06 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:08 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: toby928© at February 21, 2013 05:10 PM (QupBk)
im in ur capital, burnin ur dumb congress
Posted by: Robert "LOL" Ross at February 21, 2013 05:11 PM (QTHTd)
Alec Baldwin may be a leftist douchebag, but he is funny.
And he should be able to say any vulgar names to anyone without it being A MOTHER FUCKING CRIME.
NY Post and Gateway Pundit is saying that the NY "Hate Crimes" Unit is investigating his verbal insults against a black female reporter.
Is this is what we have become? Fuck you NY fuck you all. We can be as nasty as we want and as insulting as we want without CRIMINAL LIABILITY. Good luck with that one. I hope Baldwin tells them to get lost.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:11 PM (qv7yL)
Posted by: Miss Marple at February 21, 2013 05:11 PM (JxJPF)
Posted by: Locked Nest Monster at February 21, 2013 05:12 PM (JgkPs)
Alec Baldwin is a leftist douchebag. FIFY.
"And he should be able to say any vulgar names to anyone without it being A MOTHER FUCKING CRIME."
Baldwin belongs to a political party who have been steadily pushing for years to make saying certain vulgar names to certain people into just such a MOTHER FUCKING CRIME.
So it's simply a case of this particular douchebag being hoist on his own petard.
Forgive me if I don't join you in indignation. For me? A double schadenfreude, please.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 21, 2013 05:14 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 21, 2013 05:16 PM (yhYn1)
"For the first time in my life .... "
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/02/for-fist-time-in-my-life-i-am-ashamed.html
Posted by: Steve at February 21, 2013 05:18 PM (/wJa/)
You don't say...
I do. I really do.
Posted by: The fellas hanging out after a long day on the beat at February 21, 2013 05:19 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at February 21, 2013 05:20 PM (21TJo)
Posted by: NYC Parent at February 21, 2013 05:20 PM (V3xig)
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:21 PM (qv7yL)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 21, 2013 05:22 PM (yhYn1)
Hey torque:
On this, I know. Prosecuting David Gregory to the full extent of the law, I am all for. Even though the law is unconstitutional.
But what Baldwin said, there is no law against insulting someone, last time I checked. I thought we still lived in America.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:24 PM (qv7yL)
BTW, who the fuck is David Carr?
Posted by: lowandslow at February 21, 2013 05:24 PM (Fz2C7)
Rule 5 bud, rule 5...
they want WAR!
WAR!
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:25 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 05:25 PM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: Peej at February 21, 2013 05:25 PM (xYVem)
Posted by: troyriser at February 21, 2013 05:26 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 21, 2013 05:27 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:27 PM (CA2NO)
David Fucking Carr can't carry Ace's jock strap let alone several of our regulars.
Go fuck yourself and leave fucking the nation to Jugears.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:27 PM (LRFds)
Hey all the good guys are on sans Rex!!!
Fuck you. War.
I am all for that Sven, all for that. I will piss in their skulls, but I want to piss from the high ground. Show them what jokes these laws are. Let them feel the stress of an investigation.
And Repubs had a great online ad on the sequester. BUT CAN THEY STOP CALLING THESE CUTS "DEVASTATING"!!!! The sequester is only the fucking beginning. Stop acting as if it is the worst thing ever to happen.
Hey GOP: It's a STUPID way to cut spending, but it will not be DEVASTATING OR THE END OF THE WORLD.
Get that through your fucking messaging, would you!! Thanks
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:28 PM (qv7yL)
Posted by: troyriser
Nope.
Just introduce enough 'exceptions' in order to 'actualize' the true meaning of the amendment.
The Freedom of Speech means the freedom to shut up your opponents.
And if you say otherwise, you sir, are a racist™.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 21, 2013 05:28 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 21, 2013 05:29 PM (KeJAW)
Troyriser:
Indeed. I am watching that like a hawk. These leftist/statist fucks. Hate crime laws are unconstitutional and need to be challenged at every turn.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:30 PM (qv7yL)
Yeah whereas my schtick is to post 98% banality and then 1.5% semi-cogent cryptic analysis and about .5% dancing shoes good posts....
which means about 600% more knowledge than Wex
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:30 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2013 05:31 PM (yCvxi)
I like troll busting...
in a rare feat of irony you do know that Jake Tapper called me his "silly raccoon" based on my avatar when I twatted no?
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:31 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 05:31 PM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:32 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 21, 2013 05:33 PM (KwX0v)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2013 05:34 PM (yCvxi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 05:34 PM (Jcd0S)
Oh, wait this isn't the Morning thread or the ONT. This is the "content" thread.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at February 21, 2013 05:35 PM (wR+pz)
Was enamored with the grey bandits my whole life....
my uncle had a pet raccoon back on the farm named Houdini, goddamned democrats have criminalized keeping pet raccoons and fox.
I have to not think about how much freedom we've lost or I would spend all day screaming.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:35 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:35 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: troyriser at February 21, 2013 05:36 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 09:28 PM (qv7yL)
When your only job is to spend money, and pass laws... any cut in spending is HORRIBLE!
What you are seeing here is their true colors... this is 2% of spending...
Hellfire... they won't even cut the Foreign Aid to Egypt (a quick 2 billion) when an ENEMY has taken that country.
Repub... or Dem... they all want money to spend... which is why this 'cut' is such a Catastrophy...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 21, 2013 05:36 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 21, 2013 05:36 PM (39q3n)
You know I would have ran through walls had Crichton ever ran for office even though he was a lot more liberal than I?
He had the humility to grasp that despite his intellect there are millions upon millions of layers of knowledge he could never master.
Humility is a dying virtue.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:36 PM (LRFds)
Egypt needs to be cut off immediately.
I agree with statist not having the same bite. I will stick with commie and leftist.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:37 PM (qv7yL)
she along with Samantha Fox despite my being rather Alternative as a lad were definitely "wind" beneath little Sven's wings....
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:37 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2013 05:38 PM (yCvxi)
When it all goes to shit, expect the average LIV and other desperate people blame the rich and CEOs.
Expect the left to egg them on and give those calling for the heads of those people previously named, special status and other goodies. They will be the basis of the "people's" army the likes of which chavez uses in Venezuela to maintain control.
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at February 21, 2013 05:39 PM (Zn+eF)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2013 05:41 PM (yCvxi)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at February 21, 2013 05:41 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: soothsayer at February 21, 2013 05:41 PM (Fely/)
yeah...there's an app for that.....
look at the Rodney king riots.
Posted by: sven10077 at February 21, 2013 05:41 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at February 21, 2013 05:44 PM (Jcd0S)
Krebs,
Thanks for the info.
Sven:
I was very impressed by Crichton's speech. Very intelligent individual.
Posted by: prescient11 at February 21, 2013 05:52 PM (qv7yL)
Posted by: thunderb at February 21, 2013 06:01 PM (Dnbau)
Or, as my favorite DJ signs off his Sunday afternoon radio show, "Keep your face in the gutter and keep reaching for the car keys."
Posted by: Z as in Jersey at February 21, 2013 07:37 PM (Fvc1x)
Posted by: fb at February 21, 2013 08:16 PM (qnMOL)
I get most of my news from alt sources, but I get tired of the bashing of Fox and I also pointed to articles that showed how often journalists give money to Dem causes (it was from MSNBC - 125 to Dem candidates, 16 to the GOP). Said friend pointed to an article that claims that those who watch Fox news are the least informed, blah blah.
I get tired of fighting these battles nearly every day. So many times the sins are of omission - like the Benghazi incident which Bret Baier God bless him, has done a few good pieces on but the MSM doesn't. And oh, there were no WMDs in Iraq, since we don't count toxins stored in freezers (Dulfour report) and IEDs made with old nerve agent shells - that was on another so called 'study' a few years ago showing how ill informed Republicans are.
When the lib media makes a mistake they circle the wagons - see Candy and the debates. If someone like Shapiro makes a mistake, forget it - he'll be tagged with it for life.
Sorry if this is rambling, but it's late.
Posted by: Linlithgow at February 21, 2013 11:02 PM (Gim9y)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 22, 2013 03:33 AM (7xPCu)
It's really delicious irony seeing hacks celebrate inaccuracies in Chuck Hagel's hidden background. They're essentially defending an inarticulate has been. I say confirm him. Hagel is Obama's Les Aspen.
Posted by: Silent Majority at February 22, 2013 05:19 AM (KydDZ)
Posted by: iceman at February 22, 2013 05:29 AM (S+el1)
Posted by: Publius at February 22, 2013 07:03 AM (Qr4pi)
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