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November 25, 2013

Seattle Paper Refuses To Run Obama's White House Propaganda
— Gabriel Malor

Baby steps. Now that Obama's popularity, credibility, and, er, usefulness is at an all-time low, the papers can pretend to have some journalistic ethics again.

From now on, we wonÂ’t publish White House handout photos of events that should have been open to news photographers, even if that means going without a photo. As the protest letter said, closing the door to the press gets in the way of Â“the publicÂ’s ability to independently monitor and see what its government is doing.

It was the case last year and the year before that the Obama White House ran a tightfisted propaganda machine. The papers are only squealing now because it's easy to.

*Headline corrected. Bah. Seattle, Tacoma. All ya'll look alike.

Update: A bigger deal: USA Today is also declining to run White House propaganda photos.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 07:42 AM | Comments (121)
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1 We're Saved!

Posted by: Todd Bridges, first to go bad, last to go down at November 25, 2013 07:43 AM (zULK3)

2 A little too late for the concern.

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 07:43 AM (GQ8sn)

3 Obama lies to us for our own good. If we would only let him be clear...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 07:44 AM (7ObY1)

4 *** put John McClane quote here ***

Posted by: fluffy at November 25, 2013 07:45 AM (Ua6T/)

5 So no more halos?

Posted by: rabidsquirrel at November 25, 2013 07:45 AM (N8Ijm)

6 >>> If we would only let him be clear... I feel terribly guilty about that.

Posted by: fluffy at November 25, 2013 07:45 AM (Ua6T/)

7 In lieu of morning news dump, The Financial Times is now reporting that banks may have to start charging for deposits.

The 3% vig that PayPal charges certainly have made Elon Musk a very, very wealthy man.

Posted by: navybrat at November 25, 2013 07:46 AM (/nZv0)

8 Now that Obama's popularity, credibility, and, er, usefulness is at an all-time low, the papers can pretend to have some journalistic ethics again. The key word in that sentence being the word, "pretend."

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 25, 2013 07:47 AM (F3G1y)

9 So Candy Crowley has to write her own stuff now? That's cruel.

Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at November 25, 2013 07:47 AM (oDCMR)

10 In lieu of morning news dump, The Financial Times is now reporting that banks may have to start charging for deposits.

They get zero percent interest from the Fed. They want more?

Posted by: EC at November 25, 2013 07:47 AM (GQ8sn)

11 Bah. The media still loves me with the heat of a thousand burning suns. My Marxist agenda continues to get them all tingly and stuff. They'll calm down.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at November 25, 2013 07:48 AM (Dwehj)

12 If we would only let him be clearÂ… If only we had rejected the false choice between competence and resultsÂ….

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 25, 2013 07:48 AM (F3G1y)

13 Pfft. Pravda had more journalistic integrity in the 1960s and 70s than the MSM has today.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 25, 2013 07:49 AM (3LVcP)

14 How is this helping my children?

Posted by: Moochelle Obama at November 25, 2013 07:49 AM (7ObY1)

15 Subtext : "On the other hand, we will continue to publish WH spin on all events."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 07:49 AM (aDwsi)

16 11 Bah. The media still loves me with the heat of a thousand burning suns. My Marxist agenda continues to get them all tingly and stuff. They'll calm down.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at November 25, 2013 11:48 AM (Dwehj)

That's hot!

Posted by: Paris Hilton at November 25, 2013 07:49 AM (GgPam)

17 Don't be too hard on them. They're scum.

Posted by: dirks strewn at November 25, 2013 07:49 AM (eR2aG)

18 Facism is OK until it invades us.

Posted by: The MFM at November 25, 2013 07:50 AM (YVXLf)

19 Oh, you mean it's a two way street? The media isn't obligated to print whatever is handed to them? Imagine that.

Posted by: no good deed at November 25, 2013 07:50 AM (HsJeN)

20 gets in the way of Â“the publicÂ’s ability to independently monitor and see what its government is doing

That's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (Xlbr8)

21 17 Don't be too hard on them. They're scum. Hey! Show some respect here!!!

Posted by: Prokaryotic cyanobacteria[/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (F3G1y)

22 We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!

Posted by: The MSM, Now With 20% More Integrity at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (3LVcP)

23 Five years is pretty late to be taking your first baby steps, but whatever.

Posted by: t-bird at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (FcR7P)

24 Press is losing out on all of the copyrighted photos, something must be done.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (aDwsi)

25 The media isn't obligated to print whatever is handed to them? Well, I'm not OBLIGATED to do it. I do it for love.

Posted by: Mika Boobinski at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (7ObY1)

26 The MSM has decided to spit instead of swallow. Nice.

Posted by: Roy at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (VndSC)

27 You know, we've always suspected something fishy was going on with the White House, but nobody could figure out what. They just wouldn't tell us!!!

Posted by: Media you can believe in at November 25, 2013 07:51 AM (/E3ql)

From now on, we wonÂ’t publish White House handout photos of events that should have been open to news photographers, even if that means going without a photo. As the protest letter said, closing the door to the press gets in the way of Â“the publicÂ’s ability to independently monitor and see what its government is doing.

*****

Said the News-Tribune while wiping off its chin.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 25, 2013 07:52 AM (lHb9q)

29 For me, the media is like having an old, slutty former girlfriend. They've gone down on me far to many times to all of a sudden start being all righteous and stuff. Heh.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at November 25, 2013 07:52 AM (Dwehj)

30 Seattle, huh? Now I'm worried that there will be an epidemic of blue balls there.

That's going to live the entire area with a severe shortage of jerkoff pics.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2013 07:53 AM (wNF3N)

Oh, that's right. There was supposed to be some business about a free press being the *something* of the government. It'll come to me, whatever that is.

Posted by: M F'ing M at November 25, 2013 07:54 AM (QW+AD)

32 You know, we've always suspected something fishy was going on with the White House, but nobody could figure out what. They just wouldn't tell us!!! Posted by: Media you can believe in ------------------- For the umpteenth time, I provide this link to Onion piece, because it amuses me: http://www.theonion.com/articles/media-having-trouble-finding-right-angle-on-obamas,2703/

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 07:55 AM (aDwsi)

33 Better buy religious icon stock because I foresee a halo shortage.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 07:56 AM (cLyUx)

34
We'll print whatever rubbish is on the daily talking point memo.....

.... but we will ABSOLUTELY put out foot down on using your crappy photos!!!

Posted by: MFM at November 25, 2013 07:56 AM (nELVU)

35 23 Five years is pretty late to be taking your first baby steps, but whatever.

Posted by: t-bird at November 25, 2013 11:51 AM (FcR7P)

Well, they are SPECIAL, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 07:56 AM (RD7QR)

36 Fight the power, man. Fight the power.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at November 25, 2013 07:58 AM (VtjlW)

37 Could we now have Mooch's visage removed from the cover of every women's magazine, please? I do not give a raw rancid rat's ass how she tells the WH staff to do this or that...

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at November 25, 2013 07:59 AM (czMsg)

38 >>> Better buy religious icon stock because I foresee a halo shortage. Dump all your religious icon stock. Demand is going to crash through the floor. SELL!!

Posted by: guy getting 10 seconds at the end of the segment at November 25, 2013 07:59 AM (Ua6T/)

39
I saw 'Tight Fisted Propaganda Machine" open for "The Miami Sound Machine" at the Astrodome in Houston in 1989. Everybody was thoroughly confused.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 25, 2013 07:59 AM (nELVU)

40 In my mind, I'll always be King.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at November 25, 2013 08:00 AM (Dwehj)

41 Fuck them. Nearly eight years to tell the truth about this abomination of an administration, and only now they pretend to be reporters? The next GOP nominee ought to shove this goddamned mendacity down their throats every day.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 25, 2013 08:00 AM (zF6Iw)

42 >>*** put John McClane quote here ***

"Welcome to the party, pal."??

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 08:00 AM (JRmiD)

43 Thomas Sowell wrote a book about late-talking boys.
Sowell says there is little evidence to believe late-talkers are developmentally worse off.

I suppose the same argument could be made w/rt the late-baby-steppers in the MSM.
Here's hoping their development continues apace because history shows they're the first ones against the wall.

Posted by: Nom de Blog at November 25, 2013 08:01 AM (JSmUP)

44 37 Could we now have Mooch's visage removed from the cover of every women's magazine, please? I do not give a raw rancid rat's ass how she tells the WH staff to do this or that...

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at November 25, 2013 11:59 AM (czMsg)

I foresee an anonymous tell-all book after the Bambi clan has left the White House in which the writer reveals Michele's actual diet. Preview: Cold pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast.

Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 08:01 AM (RD7QR)

No News Morning Dump?

We'll feel bloated and sluggish all day.

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 08:01 AM (C2eMH)

46 39 I saw 'Tight Fisted Propaganda Machine" open for "The Miami Sound Machine" at the Astrodome in Houston in 1989. Everybody was thoroughly confused. Especially when they all got together on stage for an encore of Kraftwerk's "The Man-Machine" and Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine." Fortunately, Rage Against the Machine was not on the bill.

Posted by: Mika Boobinski at November 25, 2013 08:01 AM (7ObY1)

47 Either we walk or chew gum, not both MSM - Well with all the negative information being thrown at us by the Republicans about this administration , how were we supposed to accurately report on President Obama?

Posted by: polynikes at November 25, 2013 08:01 AM (m2CN7)

48 But then they'll get an angry phone call from a White House mook, fold right up, and go back to being good beyoytches.

And note that the media's recent whining about the lack of photo access really sounds like them getting butt-hurt over not getting enough special attention and access to their Precious.

Posted by: Stu-22 at November 25, 2013 08:01 AM (AiYlm)

49 You have nothing to fear...ah, eff it...never mind.

Posted by: Sen. Juan McCain at November 25, 2013 08:02 AM (Dwehj)

50 ***Put stuff here about how these fucking motherfuckers can go fuck themselves in their fucking fuckholes

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at November 25, 2013 08:02 AM (NF2Bf)

51 Speaking of propaganda...I posted this comment in the ONT a couple of nights ago. WMT's "new" pharmacy blood pressure test machines are pitching Obamacare:

http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=345197#c21462013

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 08:02 AM (Xlbr8)

52 Chutes and Ladders? Chicks and Balances? Government lapdog?

It'll come to me. Hang on.

Posted by: M F'ing M at November 25, 2013 08:03 AM (QW+AD)

53 I foresee an anonymous tell-all book after the Bambi clan has left the White House in which the writer reveals Michele's actual diet. Preview: Cold pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast. Not true. I eat Kobe steak and Flamingo eggs like everybody else.

Posted by: Moochelle Obama at November 25, 2013 08:03 AM (7ObY1)

Rage Against the Machine was not on the bill.

COME WIT IT NOW!

Posted by: garrett at November 25, 2013 08:04 AM (C2eMH)

55 Chicks and Balances?

Go on...

Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 08:04 AM (RD7QR)

56 Case study: countriesÂ’ experiences of financial crisis − Greece

Suicides rose by 17% between 2007 and 2009 and to 25% in 2010, according to unofficial 2010 data. The Minister of Health reported a further 40% rise in the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. Suicide attempts have also increased, particularly among people reporting economic distress. Homicide and theft rates have doubled. HIV rates and heroin use have risen significantly, with about half of new HIV infections being self-inflicted to enable people to receive benefits of Â€700 per month and faster admission on to drug-substitution programmes. Prostitution has also risen, probably as a response to economic hardship. Health care access has declined as hospital budgets have been cut by about 40% and it is estimated that 26 000 public health workers (9100 doctors) will lose their jobs. Further cuts are expected as a result of recent negotiations with the IMF and European Central Bank

Page 112, "Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region: final report"

Posted by: Frankie Goes To EU at November 25, 2013 08:04 AM (e8kgV)

57 Per the placenta thing in the side bar, it's not necessarily a sign of doom. Weird, yes, but it indicates a degree of pride at carrying a child to term. When they start taking aborted fetuses to the taxidermist, then ... well, then I guess we'd better get ready for the "real wrath of God type stuff."

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at November 25, 2013 08:04 AM (pj6Nr)

58 So they'll copy the press releases verbatim, and provide biased headlines, but they won't run the pictures.

Thanks for fucking nothing. This is a "pretend we're objective" moment.

Posted by: grognard at November 25, 2013 08:05 AM (/29Nl)

59 We might expect the media to start telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth but, he'll, that's just crazy talk.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 08:05 AM (cLyUx)

60 I saw Late-Talking Boys open for Pete Townshend in 1990 at The Forum.

Posted by: Sen. Juan McCain at November 25, 2013 08:05 AM (Dwehj)

61 When it is that small, why memorialize it with photos? http://goo.gl/XWnF3d

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 08:05 AM (kkbgQ)

62
Per the placenta thing in the side bar, it's not necessarily a sign of doom.

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Wow. There's a sentence you dont see everyday..... even on the interwebs.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 25, 2013 08:06 AM (nELVU)

63 It's after the election. They have more flexibility.

Bastards.

Posted by: huerfano at November 25, 2013 08:06 AM (bAGA/)

64 Oh, please let us take our own super flattering pics of him! Geez.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 25, 2013 08:06 AM (SUKHu)

65 When they start taking aborted fetuses to the taxidermist, - Or making them into lamp shades.0

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 08:07 AM (cLyUx)

66 I foresee an anonymous tell-all book after the Bambi clan has left the White House in which the writer reveals Michele's actual diet. Preview: Cold pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast.

Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2013 12:01 PM (RD7QR)

More like a box of Mallomars, horse tranks, a carton of Winstons and a 40.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 25, 2013 08:07 AM (zF6Iw)

67 Or making them into lamp shades

*****

Who are you to judge, paternalist oppressor?

Posted by: Sandy Fluke at November 25, 2013 08:08 AM (pj6Nr)

68 Dammit. Off, skanky sock.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2013 08:09 AM (zF6Iw)

69 To be honest with you, the first mention of Death Panels stopped me in my tracks and it blinded me from all of Obama's unintentional inaccuracies. Republicans hold a large portion of the blame from preventing me from reporting facts. Even the mention now of Death Panels has blurred my vision a bit.

Posted by: I am not a Lib reporter at November 25, 2013 08:09 AM (m2CN7)

70 Five years is pretty late to be taking your first baby steps, but whatever. Posted by: t-bird at November 25, 2013 11:51 AM (FcR7P) Special Needs Media (SNM)

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 25, 2013 08:10 AM (Y92Nd)

71 In before the scorpions!

Posted by: toby928© at November 25, 2013 08:10 AM (QupBk)

72 Propaganda is best served with a splash of balsamic vinegar and fresh ground pepper

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 08:10 AM (Xlbr8)

73 I'm still not sharing my bread ration with any journalists in the re-education camps.

Posted by: dogfish at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (nsOJa)

74 I love people who read the newspaper on the train. I feel sorry for them, because there's no good reason to bother. Either they are:

1) hopelessly deluded into thinking they are getting useful information

2) using it simply as plumage (look how smart I am! I stay informed!)

3) actually sympathetic with the bias

Any of those means they would rather have the juicy steak than bust free of the Matrix.

Posted by: grognard at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (/29Nl)

75 late-talking boys. - They say Einstein was a late talker and he went on to invent time and the bagel.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (cLyUx)

76 Hmmm, maybe I better Bing it. Let's see... "what are the obligations of a free press" < Enter >

*looks through search results*

Nah, this can't be right...

Posted by: M F'ing M at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (QW+AD)

77 Purp - From prev. thread: ; This code is tricky and relies on blah, blah, blah. ; NAIVE HACKING WILL BREAK IT! ; Unless you REALLY know what you're doing... ; DON'T FUCK WITH IT Posted by: Purp -------------------------------- Sadly, I have come across stuff that I wrote years before and wondered, "WTF?! How the hell does this work?" Or...., there is the subroutine that is 'clearly' never called, and can thus be eliminated. Only to discover that in the brutal scramble to find code space, someone (me) performed some off-the-scale slight-of-hand calculated call weirdness somewhere. The days of being constrained to 1K of program space were great fun.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (aDwsi)

Meh.

Mimicking President StompyFoot.

Wait a moment for me to be impressed.

Nope.

Posted by: socalcon at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (vHlQ5)

In before the scorpions!

Oh, man, don't say that. Those fucking guys give me the willies.

Posted by: Face-Sized Spider at November 25, 2013 08:11 AM (zF6Iw)

80 Ah, the HQ. Where >>Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing is considered the not-skanky sock.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 25, 2013 08:12 AM (SUKHu)

They say Einstein was a late talker and he went on to invent time and the bagel

Also, twerking.

Posted by: Einstein at November 25, 2013 08:12 AM (NF2Bf)

82 73 I'm still not sharing my bread ration with any journalists in the re-education camps. I just hope to hell I don't get Martin Bashir for a cellie. Imagine what might happen if the toilet breaks down.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 25, 2013 08:12 AM (7ObY1)

83 After they did everything they could to get him elected twice. After the damage is done. Now the MFM has decided to do this. Thanks for closing the barn door after the horses are out

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 25, 2013 08:12 AM (1Jaio)

84 >>I foresee an anonymous tell-all book after the Bambi clan has left the White House in which the writer reveals Michele's actual diet. Preview: Cold pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast.

Booze. Lots of booze to deal with the hardship of being imprisoned in the WH.
Lobster and Wygu beef.
And snack foods after she gets high during "me time."

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2013 08:13 AM (JRmiD)

Fight the power, man.

Right ON!!!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 25, 2013 08:13 AM (0HooB)

86 >>Special Needs Media (SNM) "We demand to take our own pictures." "We demand a short bus to get us to the place where we take our own pictures." Wait, this is a Monty Python skit, isn't it?

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 25, 2013 08:13 AM (SUKHu)

You would have thought that the survelliance and bugging of a reporter would have been the Rubicon for the MSM.

The Press can move a river better than the Army Corp of Engineers

Posted by: polynikes at November 25, 2013 08:13 AM (m2CN7)

>>"The papers are only squealing now because it's easy to."

Situational ethics and situational courage. Imagine that.

Posted by: rrpjr at November 25, 2013 08:14 AM (s/yC1)

89 I guessing this will provoke Jay Carney to suggest that someone defecate and urinate in The News Tribune's figurative mouth.

Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2013 08:15 AM (UzPAd)

90 Wait, this is a Monty Python skit, isn't it? Posted by: Mama AJ at November 25, 2013 12:13 PM (SUKHu) Nooooo, not the comfy chair!

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 25, 2013 08:15 AM (Y92Nd)

91 +insert generic mfm rant !message: LiFB

Posted by: toby928© at November 25, 2013 08:15 AM (QupBk)

92 The News Tribune is a Tacoma WA paper, not Seattle. I am sure that the Seattle papers are still totally onboard with doing whatever is best for Obama.

Posted by: AndrewsDad at November 25, 2013 08:15 AM (C2//T)

93 79 In before the scorpions! Oh, man, don't say that. Those fucking guys give me the willies. Posted by: Face-Sized Spider at November 25, 2013 12:11 PM (zF6Iw) I saw a listing on Nat Geo or Animal Planet or somewhere about The Dark Side of Spiders. I didn't know spiders had a dark side.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 08:15 AM (cLyUx)

94 In before the scorpions! Oh, man, don't say that. Those fucking guys give me the willies. Hey man, that's pretty harsh. Sure we did a lot of crappy power ballads in the Eighties, but we did some tight stuff in the Seventies.

Posted by: The Scorpions at November 25, 2013 08:17 AM (7ObY1)

95 The Press can move a river better than the Army Corp of Engineers Posted by: polynikes at November 25, 2013 12:13 PM (m2CN7) MEMO Attn: Cesear, Julius It has come to our attention that you are attempting to cross the Rubicon without the proper Environmental Impact statements. This is an order to cease and desist all actions which may or may not cause undo amounts of Dirt Pollution into said Estuary, as it is under EPA control via prior Legislation.

Posted by: Roman EPA at November 25, 2013 08:19 AM (lZBBB)

96 I saw a listing on Nat Geo or Animal Planet or somewhere about The Dark Side of Spiders. I didn't know spiders had a dark side. You mean it gets worse?

Posted by: t-bird at November 25, 2013 08:19 AM (FcR7P)

97 Obama will be sacrificed to the ideology. Always the left will blame either their enemies or their implementer for the failure of their policies. Obama's image will be transformed now to look more like Carters'. The failure of government healthcare will be his fault be cause he's so lame, not the ideas' fault.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 25, 2013 08:19 AM (ES9R7)

98 Preview: Cold pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast.

What's wrong with that?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 25, 2013 08:19 AM (/kI1Q)

99 ...in which the writer reveals Michele's actual diet. It's the sound of bones being crushed as she powers thru a bowl of live kittens that disturbs me the most.

Posted by: t-bird at November 25, 2013 08:20 AM (FcR7P)

100 Preview: Cold pizza and chocolate cake for breakfast.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Michelle's Yoga Pants at November 25, 2013 08:21 AM (nELVU)

101 Ah, just one thing. That isn't a Seattle Paper, it is called the "Tacoma News Tribune" and to call Tacoma:Seattle is like calling Green Bay is Chicago or Baltimore is DC or Atlantic City is New York. All the Seattle papers (and all the liberal media in Seattle) just about got sloppy wet with how much the savior and icon had chosen to arrive in Seattle and tie up traffic for two days, with one of those being the morning rush hour.

Posted by: Charles at November 25, 2013 08:21 AM (8B82m)

102 The days of being constrained to 1K of program space were great fun.

Given the extreme performance delta between a L1 hit and going to L2 (5x slowdown common) or main memory (10x slowdown), some of those old tricks should be reexamined for certain key hotspots in programs.

These days, the "book" instruction timings for stuff can be totally swamped by cache effects resulting in puffy but "book fast" sequences being much slower than more compact but "book slower" sequences.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 25, 2013 08:22 AM (Xlbr8)

103 So, I moved to Liberty, Missouri. Place has a nice name and all...kinda catchy. akula likes. I was driving down the road the other morning, when I saw someone that had an honest-to-God "LIB" sticker on the back of their car (like one of those omnipresent oval beach stickers you see when you're near the coast). I was like...wow...must be "Long Island Beach" or some such shit...and why are they in my new hometown? I got closer, and found that it was actually from the Liberty, Missouri Historical Society or some similar organization. Yes. There's an organization out there that has already created for us the "LIB" sticker. I'll be tracking them down and talking orders shortly...lol

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 08:23 AM (Iyi/j)

104 It's the sound of bones being crushed as she powers thru a bowl of live kittens that disturbs me the most. I only eat the white kittens (BUUUUURP!)

Posted by: Moochelle Obama at November 25, 2013 08:23 AM (7ObY1)

105

Posted by: Roman EPA at November 25, 2013 12:19 PM (lZBBB)

Heh. Breibart was right.

Posted by: polynikes at November 25, 2013 08:24 AM (m2CN7)

106

I'm thinking they give up on Fascism and go full tilt Commie on their next assault of the Windmill. Medicare with IRS filters here we come.

Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at November 25, 2013 08:24 AM (oDCMR)

107 < strikeSeattle < /strike > (oops)

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 25, 2013 08:31 AM (Iyi/j)

108 Ah. Tacoma, not Seattle. That's better. See, we elect socialists up here. Not only will we publish propaganda photos, we'll airbrush out nonpersons from the archives at the behest of Democrat presidents.

Posted by: EnochF at November 25, 2013 08:32 AM (zJ7UQ)

109 I didn't know spiders had a dark side.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 25, 2013 12:15 PM

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

Oh, sure. For instance, those Black Widows are real c*nts.

Posted by: socalcon at November 25, 2013 08:33 AM (vHlQ5)

110 So, where is ace? Busy baking pies for the upcoming moron feast?

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 08:35 AM (kkbgQ)

111

I think the press is a little worried about its credibility problem--not a problem most of the time when you're talking about conservatives comprising the Republican Party base, who have an overwhelmingly negative view of the MSM, but most definitely a problem when you're talking about independent voters. If independents think you're a modern-day Pravda hopelessly in the tank for the Democrats, then your ability to shape public opinion and influence electoral results is drastically reduced. If you can't influence independent voters, you can't get Hillary elected.

This is a charade conducted for strategic purposes. Expect even more hard-hitting stories of Shit That Does Not Matter: coverage overtly critical of the White House, yet headlining a topic or issue that is ultimately so trivial that no outcomes are changed and no real damage is done. For example, stories about how White House photographs aren't taken by real journalists.

Posted by: troyriser at November 25, 2013 08:36 AM (gNlvW)

112 Sounds like they are starting to preference cascade each other.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at November 25, 2013 08:38 AM (hLRSq)

113 I can't find it but there was a photo of one of those big ass aussie spiders peaking over a bridge with the head of a large bird in it's mouth.

Posted by: François Villon at November 25, 2013 08:42 AM (kkbgQ)

114 How many years too little, too late is this? 10?

Posted by: backhoe at November 25, 2013 08:51 AM (ULH4o)

115 108 Ah. Tacoma, not Seattle. That's better.

Indeed. The Seattle Times staff proudly sport tiny little hard-ons of hope for their Best Boyfriend's continued ascension to sainthood.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at November 25, 2013 08:51 AM (uPq7d)

116
Just wait until I'm nominated. They'll all fall in line again like good little soldiers.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at November 25, 2013 08:56 AM (VrNoa)

117

Actually, Seattle boasts its first declared Socialist city councilentity (I figure maybe 3 others are too chicken). Hah, play catchup Tacoma!

Posted by: uwcryptocon at November 25, 2013 09:05 AM (6qMMx)

118 Tacoma is Seattle's Oakland.

Posted by: blue at November 25, 2013 09:15 AM (JS6HU)

119 At least Tacoma did not elect last week a 'Socialist' (*cough* Trotskyite *cough*) city councilwoman, who suggested to the workers at Boeing that they seize Boeing's facilities if the company dares to practice 'economic terrorism' by building airplanes in some other state where the unions don't strike at the drop of a hat.

Posted by: RNB at November 25, 2013 09:54 AM (fe/Mk)

120 After all these years of bullshit, this is what they expect us to empathize with them about? Not enough pictures of The Won? Wow, way to make a stand, jackasses.

Posted by: Cindy Munford at November 25, 2013 11:27 AM (6MiMG)

121

I live in Tacoma, and it beats the living hell out of Seattle. When I go to a movie, I can actually park my car - no sweat! For free!

When I visit my lawyer's office downtown, I actually park right in front of the building and run up the steps! I feel just like Batman!

(That's the PROPER Batman, of course: Adam West; not that rubber-suited whiner in the pretentious, boring, bland films of late.)

Posted by: RKae at November 25, 2013 01:12 PM (R4dzr)

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