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December 30, 2013

Supercut of MSNBC's 2013 Lowlights
— Ace

As former MSNBC host Martin Bashir introduces the clip, MSNBC is "a place where we try every day to elevate political discourse."

One clip came in too late (I imagine) to make the Washington Free Beacon's supercut -- Joy Reid playing the Pro Wrestling Heel, claiming, absurdly, that Biblical passages forbidding the making of wooden totems plated with gold (that is, idols of false gods) actually forbid the dressing of Christmas trees, a German/pagan practice unknown at the time the Bible was written.

The left has this idea -- which I am trying to get out of their heads, but it's in their pretty firmly -- that they are Smart and so they should Say Clever Things.

But they are not Smart, and when they attempt to Say Clever Things, it's idiotic ahistorical low-level-blogger nonsense like this.

This is similar to Martin Bashir's outrageous pronouncements about the foul mistreatment of slaves. They're all borrowing from Keith Olberman's idiot schtick of quickly skimming a Wikipedia entry on a historical event and then twisting it to somehow connect to current controversies.

They think this makes them Sound Smart. In fact it exposes them as ignorant buffoons. They simply do not know what the hell they're talking about, and by attempting to put on airs as learned scholars, they only expose themselves as ludicrous Bluffers.

Scalzi's Law and the Olberman Imitators of MSNBC: ZBBMcFate reminds us of author John Scalzi's Law of attempted cleverness:

The failure mode of "clever" is "asshole."

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1 This is the WORST VIDEO SEQUENCE IN THE WORLD because I got canned. Bastards.

Posted by: Keith Olberdork, still bitter at December 30, 2013 10:22 AM (bAGA/)

2 I have never had lowlights done at Supercuts before

Posted by: Ed Shultz at December 30, 2013 10:22 AM (n+hGq)

3 That is so well said, Ace. Good job.

Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2013 10:22 AM (4dwhV)

4 **Downtwinkles**

Posted by: Rachel Maddow's Rhinestone Encrusted Fleshlight at December 30, 2013 10:24 AM (4dwhV)

5 Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2013 02:22 PM (4dwhV)

Are you trying to become a cobblogger?

Posted by: sweet...ish at December 30, 2013 10:24 AM (bj+Nc)

6 This video scared me. Someone hold me.

Posted by: Michael in MI at December 30, 2013 10:25 AM (XieTO)

7 too many double letters... here, i'll just double them all - ccoobbllooggeerr.

Posted by: sweet...ish at December 30, 2013 10:25 AM (bj+Nc)

8 The left has this idea -- which I am trying to get out of their heads, but it's in their pretty firmly -- that they are Smart and so they should Say Clever Things. But they are not Smart, and when they attempt to Say Clever Things, it's idiotic ahistorical low-level-blogger nonsense like this. Alternate headline: Libs Are Dumb.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 30, 2013 10:26 AM (CRyse)

9 MSNBC reminds me of dog shit on hot and humid day

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 10:26 AM (t3UFN)

10 Mostly Stupid Numbskull Buffoon Circus

Posted by: Null at December 30, 2013 10:26 AM (P7hip)

11 Then there's the joy of making fun of Mitt Romney's adopted grandchild over the weekend. Yeah. I have Opinions and stuff about that but I don't want the nice men with the sunglasses and earpieces showing up.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 30, 2013 10:26 AM (VtjlW)

12 I was a bit surprised at the location of this new post. We are now going up again?

Posted by: sweet...ish at December 30, 2013 10:26 AM (bj+Nc)

13 In Peruvia MSNBC audio is played over video of train wrecks and planes crashes. The children love it!

Posted by: eman at December 30, 2013 10:27 AM (EWsrI)

14 Worst of the year? The commenters and cob-loggers continued denigration of KaBoom cereal, assholes. For a rebuttal to you jackwagons, click link in nick. Starting tomorrow night, I will no longer comment on this site for the rest of the year.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 30, 2013 10:27 AM (BXLPR)

15 Chop suey on msdnc.

Posted by: Hop Sing, cook and cattle rustler, babysitter and bottle washer. at December 30, 2013 10:27 AM (gYvhT)

16 You missed the late breaking idiocy: Melissa Harris-Perry and guests mocking Mitt Romney's adopted black grandchild, ( http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/msnbc-panel-ridicule-romneys-black-grandchild#.UsHGtzJBqhY.twitter ) calling him a "token". My tweet to MHP: As a black person on MSNBC, I'm sure you know a lot about being a token #LeanForward Vile, disgusting progs.

Posted by: Weirddave at December 30, 2013 10:27 AM (N/cFh)

17 I was a bit surprised at the location of this new post. We are now going up again? Up? Down? At this point, what does it matter?? //H. Clinton

Posted by: rickb223 at December 30, 2013 10:28 AM (CRyse)

18 Are you trying to become a cobblogger? nah - the other day someone suggested that, or a similar universal platitude, replace 'First'. Just trying it out for a bit.

Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2013 10:28 AM (4dwhV)

19 Vile, disgusting progs. Posted by: Weirddave at December 30, 2013 02:27 PM (N/cFh) pigs progs pigs

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 10:28 AM (t3UFN)

20 In a similar vein, see the sidebar article about the Duck Dynasty flap and the liberal fundamentalists. In Time magazine, of all places. Surely this is a sign of the End Times.

Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2013 10:28 AM (zoehZ)

21 Liberals run around all day long proclaiming " I'm smart!" But when you try to pin them down on it, they sound like Fredo in The Godfather, Part 2. And just as pathetic.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:28 AM (/KV3W)

22 I refuse to look at the Hellish thing. My country is disintegrating- in part because of jerkishness like this.

Posted by: backhoe at December 30, 2013 10:29 AM (ULH4o)

23 14 Worst of the year?

The commenters and cob-loggers continued denigration of KaBoom cereal, assholes.

For a rebuttal to you jackwagons, click link in nick.

Starting tomorrow night, I will no longer comment on this site for the rest of the year.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 30, 2013 02:27 PM (BXLPR)

My boycott for the year of 2013 begins tomorrow night at 11:59 pm.

Posted by: buzzion at December 30, 2013 10:29 AM (LI48c)

24 Sure, the Christians appropriated the tree thing from pagans, but we don't worship the tree or even the jolly fat man. (No, not Ed Schultz, he's not jolly. He's a bitter, spiteful jackass who is jealous of Rush Limbaugh because audience v. no audience.) Christians appropriated a lot of pagan holidays like the equinoxes and the solstices because people liked them and it just made good sense to give them what they liked while you were trying to get your new religion off the ground.

Posted by: huerfano at December 30, 2013 10:30 AM (bAGA/)

25 But when you try to pin them down on it, they sound like Fredo in The Godfather, Part 2. And just as pathetic. Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 02:28 PM (/KV3W) My new Bumper Sticker: " Take a liberal fishing"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 10:30 AM (t3UFN)

26 My new Bumper Sticker: " Take a liberal fishing" Anchor diving.....

Posted by: rickb223 at December 30, 2013 10:31 AM (CRyse)

27 One clip came in too late (I imagine) to make the Washington Free Beacon's supercut -- Joy Reid playing the Pro Wrestling Heel, claiming, absurdly, that Biblical passages forbidding the making of wooden totems plated with gold (that is, idols of false gods) actually forbid the dressing of Christmas trees, a German/pagan practice unknown at the time the Bible was written. That's my reading of the passage as well. Don't worship the tree or the symbols on it. Of course it could also be warning us obliquely against the amazingly dangerous tradition of putting lit candles on Christmas trees!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 30, 2013 10:31 AM (WhJf8)

28 24, it was a brilliant policy those early Christians. Liberals try to do it now, but it doesn't work.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:31 AM (/KV3W)

29 I still think Sharpton looks like he has AIDS, or some other horribly disfiguring ailment.

Posted by: Hop Sing, cook and cattle rustler, babysitter and bottle washer. at December 30, 2013 10:32 AM (gYvhT)

30 You missed the late breaking idiocy: Melissa Harris-Perry and guests mocking Mitt Romney's adopted black grandchild, ( http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/msnbc-panel-ridicule-romneys-black-grandchild#.UsHGtzJBqhY.twitter ) calling him a "token".

This just makes me so sad. How do these people look themselves in the mirror. My BFF just adopted a baby girl. I love her and she is a precious life, a wondrous new part of our family. I wouldn't care if she came in stripes.

Yet we are the racists... pftttt.

Posted by: sweet...ish at December 30, 2013 10:32 AM (bj+Nc)

31 This horse is dead, Jim. I'm a Doctor not a veterinarian.

Posted by: Dr. McCoy at December 30, 2013 10:32 AM (9t1eJ)

32 I dunno. I'd like to "elevate" a diarrheaic whale over Martin Bashir's mouth. As for most of the rest of the crew on MSNBC, they are most qualified to serve as "fluffers" out in the porn industry in San Fernando Valley. Hard to keep a stiff upper as it were in the middle of those photo shoots, and that's where the fluffers don their knee pads to help out.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at December 30, 2013 10:33 AM (VAche)

33 My favorite is the guy who says "Jesus wasn't even a real person lolololololol"

They actually think Jesus is a mythological character like Thor or something.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2013 10:33 AM (KXm42)

34 Recant this slander or else I'll poop in your mouth!!1!

Posted by: Martin Bashir at December 30, 2013 10:33 AM (AymDN)

35 Did I hear some ditzy whore say, "government so small it can be vaginally inserted?" 'Cause I've got a manifesto that needs some polishing around the edges.

Posted by: Fritz at December 30, 2013 10:34 AM (UzPAd)

36 "They're all borrowing from Keith Olberman's idiot schtick of quickly skimming a Wikipedia entry on a historical event and then twisting it to somehow connect to current controversies."

You are waaay too generous. They let Media Matters/Think Progress skim wiki and feed them the info so they are all on the same page and can "quote" each other as reliable sources.

Posted by: ryukyu at December 30, 2013 10:34 AM (C6XFd)

37 Posted by: Martin Bashir at December 30, 2013 02:33 PM (AymDN) We're playing the Palms on New Years, let me put you on the guest list.

Posted by: Zombie GG Allin at December 30, 2013 10:36 AM (4dwhV)

38 Hah! the opening cap of the vid is Ed Shultz who is quite possibly the dumbest person who hasn't managed to inadvertently kill himself.

Yet.

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 10:36 AM (x3YFz)

39 This video scared me. Someone hold me. Posted by: Michael in MI at December 30, 2013 02:25 PM (XieTO) Aren't we supposed to roll you in flour first or something?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 30, 2013 10:36 AM (l3vZN)

40 My favorite is the guy who says "Jesus wasn't even a real person lolololololol" They actually think Jesus is a mythological character like Thor or something. Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2013 02:33 PM (KXm42) If the vision of Jesus v. Loki in my head wasn't so hilarious, I would be more worried about that whole pesky blasphemy and going to Hell thing.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 30, 2013 10:37 AM (VtjlW)

41
Sharpton's aids virus seems to be progressing well.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2013 10:37 AM (MaP11)

42 [i[]They actually think Jesus is a mythological character like Thor or something. Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2013 02:33 PM (KXm42) Wait, I'm what?

Posted by: Þunor at December 30, 2013 10:37 AM (AymDN)

43 In a similar vein, see the sidebar article about the Duck Dynasty flap and the liberal fundamentalists.

In Time magazine, of all places. Surely this is a sign of the End Times.

No, it's only that twit Rod Dreher. He's a blind squirrel who stumbled upon a very large nut.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 10:37 AM (xm1A1)

44 That video reminded me of this one: http://tinyurl.com/nyfollb Different subject, same outcome.* Could also be construed as a diet after the holidays PSA. *absolutely disgusting; and could be considered not-safe-for-watching. Simmons does warn you. Take heed. If you hang with it until the end -- you'll get a double dose of what I'm talking about. men. h/t grantland

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Incandescent Bulbs - stock up! at December 30, 2013 10:38 AM (IXrOn)

45 In a similar vein, see the sidebar article about the Duck Dynasty flap and the liberal fundamentalists. Enjoy the comments for conspicuous displays of liberal piety. The Pavlovian conditioning of the national consciousness has thoroughly taken hold on the gay issues.

Posted by: --- at December 30, 2013 10:39 AM (MMC8r)

46 One clip came in too late (I imagine) to make the Washington Free Beacon's supercut -- Joy Reid playing the Pro Wrestling Heel, claiming, absurdly, that Biblical passages forbidding the making of wooden totems plated with gold (that is, idols of false gods) actually forbid the dressing of Christmas trees, a German/pagan practice unknown at the time the Bible was written.

Her argument was so monumentally stupid I couldn't believe it was actually real until I saw the transcript somewhere. Good grief. What next? Will Joy Reid say that Christians shouldn't display wooden crucifixes in their homes either? Or shouldn't display a nativity manger scene? Maybe we should ban shepherds from their place in the nativity because sheep were traditionally sacrificed to pagan deities, and so have no place in the Christmas celebration.

It's like they talk and think they say smart words, but in fact their tongues are made of dumb.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:39 AM (4df7R)

47 We all know people who eat nothing but junk food and then try to compensate by taking vitamins by the fistful. Liberals are like that with facts. They consume garbage news from each other and then take a "New York Times Vitamin" like that bogus story about al-queda having nothing to do with Benghazi. They are running around today citing that story as gospel...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:39 AM (/KV3W)

48
The passage she talks about is in the Old Testament too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2013 10:40 AM (MaP11)

49 Does that video really capture the worst of MSNBC? Meh. If that's they need to try harder. Oh and congrats on the 10 years, Ace!

Posted by: Grandmalcaesar at December 30, 2013 10:40 AM (Uncps)

50 I still think Sharpton looks like he has AIDS, or some other horribly disfiguring ailment.

Maybe so, but that hasn't stopped him from acquiring a young hottie as a "companion".

IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 10:40 AM (xm1A1)

51 >>The left has this idea -- which I am trying to get out of their heads, but it's in their pretty firmly -- that they are Smart and so they should Say Clever Things. Maybe this idea of Brooks going to the bastion of lefty thought, Yale, and teaching a course in humility isn't such a bad idea. Nah.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2013 10:41 AM (g1DWB)

52 The left has this idea -- which I am trying to get out of their heads, but it's in their pretty firmly -- that they are Smart and so they should Say Clever Things "Relax, Your Holiness, the World's Smartest Man just jumped out of the plane with my backpack strapped to his back." That joke never goes out of style, does it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at December 30, 2013 10:41 AM (HsTG8)

53 Her argument was so monumentally stupid I couldn't believe it was actually real until I saw the transcript somewhere. Good grief. What next? Will Joy Reid say that Christians shouldn't display wooden crucifixes in their homes either? Or shouldn't display a nativity manger scene? Maybe we should ban shepherds from their place in the nativity because sheep were traditionally sacrificed to pagan deities, and so have no place in the Christmas celebration.

It's like they talk and think they say smart words, but in fact their tongues are made of dumb.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 30, 2013 02:39 PM (4df7R)

Its like they think all Christians should be Jehovah's Witnesses and not do any sort of holiday celebrations.

Posted by: buzzion at December 30, 2013 10:41 AM (LI48c)

54 25 My new Bumper Sticker: " Take a liberal fishing" Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 02:30 PM (t3UFN) In a boat full of guns.

Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2013 10:41 AM (zoehZ)

But we're smart. We can do things. We want respect.

Posted by: MSNBC on a boat ride at December 30, 2013 10:42 AM (v44X4)

They actually think Jesus is a mythological character like Thor or something.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2013 02:33 PM (KXm42)

Here's a fun one that'll get 'em talking: ask them if Mohammed's real.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:42 AM (4df7R)

57 Poor ace, 2014 can only get better. I can't tell you how excited I was when I found Kaboom cereal on Amazon. This was my absolute favorite cereal when I was a kid in the 70's. I remember being so upset when we were no longer able to find it in the stores in our area. Well the excitement quickly turned to complete disapointment when I took the first bite. It tasted nothing like before. Why did they have to change a good thing?!? If you are looking for the same cereal from your childhood, do not order this product.

Posted by: RWC at December 30, 2013 10:42 AM (fWAjv)

58 "I refuse to look at the Hellish thing. My country is disintegrating- in part because of jerkishness like this."

We lost something very, very necessary to the survival of a free nation when the personal and very real threat of a punch in the nose became a "terroristic threat" and/or "assault". Little assholes who go through life immune to the consequences will grow into Big Assholes...or Ed Schultz.

And here we are.

Posted by: Jaws at December 30, 2013 10:42 AM (4I3Uo)

59 Ugh. I have three beautiful white biological daughters and a handsome adopted Pacific Islander son. I would like to throat-punch each of those smug assholes.

Posted by: Republic of Texas 2: Electric Boogaloo at December 30, 2013 10:42 AM (Gk2GE)

60 Christians appropriated a lot of pagan holidays like the equinoxes and the solstices because people liked them and it just made good sense to give them what they liked while you were trying to get your new religion off the ground. Posted by: huerfano at December 30, 2013 02:30 PM (bAGA/) Actually, Constantine made them do it on pain of excommunication from the then-newly legalized Roman Church.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 30, 2013 10:42 AM (36Rjy)

61 54 25
My new Bumper Sticker: " Take a liberal fishing"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 02:30 PM (t3UFN)

In a boat full of guns.

Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2013 02:41 PM (zoehZ)

Oh, the comedic potential here is like the oil scene from "There Will Be Blood."

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 10:43 AM (x3YFz)

62 (referring to the yuks had at the expense of the Romney kidlet, I mean.)

Posted by: Republic of Texas 2: Electric Boogaloo at December 30, 2013 10:43 AM (Gk2GE)

63 Liberals always manage to find all the 'Truth' in the Bible that actual practicing Christians have been missing for 2000 years. It's like they don't think people actually READ it, but they can immediately open it up and find the LULZ of how STOOPAHD we are.

Posted by: --- at December 30, 2013 10:43 AM (MMC8r)

64 Its like they think all Christians should be Jehovah's Witnesses and not do any sort of holiday celebrations.

Posted by: buzzion at December 30, 2013 02:41 PM (LI48c)

Ah, but see, they turn around and LAUGH at Jehovah's Witnesses because, "Look at those stupid religious nuts. They don't even celebrate birthdays! BWA-HA-HA!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:43 AM (4df7R)

65 Will Joy Reid say that Christians shouldn't display wooden crucifixes in their homes either? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 30, 2013 02:39 PM (4df7R) Damn straight!

Posted by: Jack Chick at December 30, 2013 10:43 AM (AymDN)

66 I still think Sharpton looks like he has AIDS, or some other horribly disfiguring ailment. Maybe so, but that hasn't stopped him from acquiring a young hottie as a "companion". IYKWIMAITYD Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 02:40 PM (xm1A1) Maybe his other head hasn't shrunk as much

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 10:44 AM (t3UFN)

67 25 My new Bumper Sticker: " Take a liberal fishing" Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 02:30 PM (t3UFN) I'd prefer, "Take a liberal swimming with the fishes"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at December 30, 2013 10:44 AM (HsTG8)

68 O/T: Is anyone else listening to Mark Steyn fill in for Rush and wanting to beat the woman who's calling in about how her 6-year old is "transgender" about the head? Her story doesn't even add up. (Her son who supposedly is a girl inside used to push his pee-pee down and asked if all girls have a pee-pee that needs to be cut off. Meanwhile, according to her, the boy hasn't seen undressed women and so doesn't know about genitals.) Of course, she claims to be a Christian conservative (she forgot to add "concerned"), didn't want girls, and is boyish herself. Uhuh.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 30, 2013 10:44 AM (r+7wo)

69 "My new Bumper Sticker: " Take a liberal fishing"

"No, Pajamaboy, your seat is up there on the bow. Trust me."

Posted by: Jaws at December 30, 2013 10:45 AM (4I3Uo)

70 You know how every day you think they've gone the lowest they can yet they still surprise you - President Barack ObamaÂ’s nominee to head the Department of JusticeÂ’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division led the group that represents convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Posted by: RWC at December 30, 2013 10:45 AM (fWAjv)

71 Just an aside, doesn't Drudge know all those stories he links from the NYTs are Fubar unless you have an account with that scum sucking newspaper and none of us would stoop that low?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 10:45 AM (t3UFN)

72 The passage she talks about is in the Old Testament too.

Ugh. I've encountered some fundy Christians, who believe Christmas to be a pagan holiday, support their argument using the same verse that the vacuous Joy Reid uses, and claim this is why Christians should never have a Christmas tree in their homes.

Groan.

If you can't understand books written for adults, you probably shouldn't read them.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 10:46 AM (xm1A1)

73 20 In a similar vein, see the sidebar article about the Duck Dynasty flap and the liberal fundamentalists. In Time magazine, of all places. Surely this is a sign of the End Times. Posted by: rickl at December 30, 2013 02:28 PM (zoehZ) -------------------------------------- I commend Time for publishing that. Some of the comments, though,....yikes!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 30, 2013 10:46 AM (dfYL9)

74 Ugh. For a Christian conservative, she sure sounds like a lib.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 30, 2013 10:46 AM (r+7wo)

75 Christians having Christmas trees for over 1000 years is not a tradition, but kwanzaa, made up by a commie in the 60s, is a hallowed one. Thanks, Joy Reid, you imbecile!

Posted by: --- at December 30, 2013 10:47 AM (MMC8r)

76 60, Constantine was one smart dude....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:47 AM (/KV3W)

77 By the Joy Reid logic, wouldn't crosses (pieces of wood nailed together, sometimes decorated with gold or precious materials) be on the forbidden list???

Posted by: Hate Miser at December 30, 2013 10:47 AM (2ljO9)

78 I blame the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

Posted by: Hillary's Royalty at December 30, 2013 10:47 AM (rCS6C)

79 If you can't understand books written for adults, you probably shouldn't read them.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 02:46 PM (xm1A1)

You also probably shouldn't read most of the books written for children, either.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:48 AM (4df7R)

80 Ugh. I've encountered some fundy Christians, who believe Christmas to be a pagan holiday, support their argument using the same verse that the vacuous Joy Reid uses, and claim this is why Christians should never have a Christmas tree in their homes. Groan. If you can't understand books written for adults, you probably shouldn't read them. Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 02:46 PM (xm1A1 Shameless self-promotion: Christmas vs Kwanzaa. See link in nick.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 30, 2013 10:48 AM (36Rjy)

81 I want to chime in to say that the depths of Joy Reid's stupidity are yet to be charted by ... um, those people who chart stupidity.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 30, 2013 10:48 AM (r+7wo)

82 I saw this a couple days ago and thought it was really short. I clip of the stupid shit hosts say on MessNBC could easily be longer than an Ace movie review. Double spaced. Thankfully, it was that short. I get to keep some of my brain cells. Weirddave, a perfect response to MHP for that vile, race-baiting bit on Mitt's grandson.

Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 30, 2013 10:48 AM (hW6y3)

83 O/T: Is anyone else listening to Mark Steyn fill in for Rush and wanting to beat the woman who's calling in about how her 6-year old is "transgender" about the head? Her story doesn't even add up. (Her son who supposedly is a girl inside used to push his pee-pee down and asked if all girls have a pee-pee that needs to be cut off. Meanwhile, according to her, the boy hasn't seen undressed women and so doesn't know about genitals.) Of course, she claims to be a Christian conservative (she forgot to add "concerned"), didn't want girls, and is boyish herself. Uhuh. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 30, 2013 02:44 PM (r+7wo) Kids like that don't grow up happy. Case in point: http://tinyurl.com/jw8t4yn

Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 10:48 AM (AymDN)

84 Leftists are really unpleasant beings, aren't they?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at December 30, 2013 10:49 AM (BZAd3)

85 76 60, Constantine was one smart dude.... Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 02:47 PM (/KV3W) And one manipulative one.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 30, 2013 10:49 AM (36Rjy)

86 66 I still think Sharpton looks like he has AIDS, or some other horribly disfiguring ailment. Maybe so, but that hasn't stopped him from acquiring a young hottie as a "companion". IYKWIMAITYD Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 02:40 PM (xm1A1) Maybe his other head hasn't shrunk as much Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 02:44 PM (t3UFN) He and Bronco Bama have probably sucked a couple miles of dicks on their nights on the DL. Probably taken a like number up the squeekhole too. Bet they got some spotted dick a time or two.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac lover of KaBoom Cereal at December 30, 2013 10:49 AM (BXLPR)

Kids like that don't grow up happy.

Case in point: http://tinyurl.com/jw8t4yn

Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 02:48 PM (AymDN)

All too often, kids like that don't grow up.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:49 AM (4df7R)

Watching this video is like watching dog shit dry on a brand new carpet.

Posted by: Soona at December 30, 2013 10:49 AM (v44X4)

89 >>>Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 30, 2013 02:39 PM (4df7R)<<<

Ah, ya beat me to it about the crosses/crucifixes.

Posted by: Hate Miser at December 30, 2013 10:50 AM (2ljO9)

90 Sharpton is probably alright. Fat people who lose a lot of weight well into middle-age immediately age twenty years. I've seen it happen with family members. Now, if he can only lose the fat between his ears...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:51 AM (/KV3W)

91 MSNBC is what a cable channel headed by Julius Streicher would look like.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 30, 2013 10:51 AM (olDqf)

92 O/T: Is anyone else listening to Mark Steyn fill in for Rush and wanting to beat the woman who's calling in about how her 6-year old is "transgender" about the head?

I'm not listening, but I still want to slap her upside the head.

I'd wager approximately anything that the harpy really, really wanted a girl, but got a boy instead. Instead of accepting her son, she decided to do her best to make a girl out of him.

It's child abuse, plain and simple.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 30, 2013 10:51 AM (SY2Kh)

93 If you can't understand books written for adults, you probably shouldn't read them. Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 02:46 PM (xm1A1) You also probably shouldn't read most of the books written for children, either. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 30, 2013 02:48 PM (4df7R) Like these corss-dressing/gay books for elementary school children: http://tinyurl.com/luuh837 http://tinyurl.com/lzxpvh4 Including this one which is probably just porn dreamed up by NAMBLA? http://tinyurl.com/lyyb369

Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 10:51 AM (AymDN)

94 63 Liberals always manage to find all the 'Truth' in the Bible that actual practicing Christians have been missing for 2000 years. It's like they don't think people actually READ it, but they can immediately open it up and find the LULZ of how STOOPAHD we are. Posted by: --- at December 30, 2013 02:43 PM (MMC8r) ------------------------------------------- They find a lot of weird "truths" no one ever noticed in the Constitution too. Maybe it's a moonbat sooperpower like X-ray vision!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 30, 2013 10:52 AM (dfYL9)

95 Ugh. I have three beautiful white biological daughters and a handsome adopted Pacific Islander son. I would like to throat-punch each of those smug assholes. Posted by: Republic of Texas 2 I'll hold your beer. And on my honor as a fellow Texan, for this, I won't drink it.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 30, 2013 10:52 AM (CRyse)

96 You forgot my clever and smart comment I made today about Mitt Romney's adopted black grandchild. RACCCCCIST! http://tinyurl.com/mcesuax

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry at December 30, 2013 10:52 AM (mETGQ)

97 Is anyone else listening to Mark Steyn fill in for Rush and wanting to beat the woman who's calling in about how her 6-year old is "transgender" about the head? Her story doesn't even add up. Munchausen by proxy.

Posted by: --- at December 30, 2013 10:52 AM (MMC8r)

98 Case in point: http://tinyurl.com/jw8t4yn Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 02:48 PM (AymDN) Link broken?

Posted by: RWC at December 30, 2013 10:52 AM (fWAjv)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 30, 2013 10:53 AM (PYAXX)

100 Obama has probably had enough cock to make a hand railing around the Staten Island Ferry...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:53 AM (/KV3W)

101 So any comments on Uber Lib Beyonce using six seconds of the Challenger Shuttle explosion on her latest DVD? Apparently, she is getting a lot of outrage and bad press over it. She may have to find another Walmart and give away some more gift cards.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at December 30, 2013 10:53 AM (1GtVi)

102 Everyone understands that the right wing blogs talk about MSNBC more than people who actually watch MSNBC talk about MSNBC?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 30, 2013 02:49 PM (OWjjx)

Yes. but it doesn't matter. You can't just ignore these idiots and hope they'll go away. The only way to destroy the leftwing MFM complex is to take every single one of their representatives -- no matter how popular or how unknown -- and tear them apart. Subject them to ridicule, derision, and mockery constantly. Obliterate whatever remaining gravitas the general population has invested in the MFM and expose them as the red-assed babboon commie hysterics they are.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:54 AM (4df7R)

103 a handsome adopted Pacific Islander son. I would like to throat-punch each of those smug assholes. Posted by: Republic of Texas 2 *Schlick*schlick*schlik*

Posted by: Mary Kay Letourneau at December 30, 2013 10:54 AM (AymDN)

104 MSNBC always reminds me of the song by Honchie: "Retard Riot."

It's not PC and NSFW (cussin)

http://www.last.fm/music/Honchie/_/Retard+Riot

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 10:54 AM (x3YFz)

105 84 Everyone understands that the right wing blogs talk about MSNBC more than people who actually watch MSNBC talk about MSNBC? Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 30, 2013 02:49 PM (OWjjx) They are the hanging curve ball that even Minnie Mendoza could knock out of the park.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac, Proud KaBoom Kidde at December 30, 2013 10:54 AM (BXLPR)

106 Melissa Harris-Perry I've said it before and I'll say it again: Melissa likely cries herself to sleep that she's more white than black. The greatest injury you could do to Harris-Perry is emphasize her whiteness.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 30, 2013 10:54 AM (oFCZn)

107

Sharpton is probably alright.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 02:51 PM (/KV3W)

Stop treading on my dreams.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:55 AM (4df7R)

108 Case in point: http://tinyurl.com/jw8t4yn Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 02:48 PM (AymDN) Link broken? Posted by: RWC at December 30, 2013 02:52 PM (fWAjv) No, but here is the full URL http://politicalhat.com/2013/10/05/euthanasia-comes-to-a-social-construct-3/

Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 10:55 AM (AymDN)

109

Scalzi's Law:

The failure mode of "clever" is "asshole".

Posted by: ZBBMcFate at December 30, 2013 10:55 AM (Hj9yW)

110 111-- that's a great quote.

Posted by: ace at December 30, 2013 10:56 AM (/FnUH)

111 What's weird is that MSNBC goes after Republican politicians who are out of power. Romney and Palin don't hold elective office; neither do Bush and Cheney. But they're still getting kicked.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:56 AM (/KV3W)

112 http://politicalhat.com/2013/10/05/euthanasia-comes-to-a-social-construct-3/ Posted by: The Political Hat at December 30, 2013 02:55 PM (AymDN) Thanks. Something is going on with my computer I guess as that one is not working either.

Posted by: RWC at December 30, 2013 10:57 AM (fWAjv)

113 The greatest injury you could do to Harris-Perry is emphasize her whiteness. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 30, 2013 02:54 PM (oFCZn) ********* Almost as white as my tampon earrings.

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry at December 30, 2013 10:57 AM (mETGQ)

114

O/T: Is anyone else listening to Mark Steyn fill in for Rush and wanting
to beat the woman who's calling in about how her 6-year old is
"transgender" about the head?

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

I see a business opportunity. "Cis-gendered Barbie". A doll with detatchable tits and genital. With tits and no penis, it's Barbie. Without tits with penis, it's Bobby. Mix it up, and you've got Baraka.

Posted by: Soona at December 30, 2013 10:57 AM (v44X4)

115 111 Scalzi's Law:

The failure mode of "clever" is "asshole".

Posted by: ZBBMcFate at December 30, 2013 02:55 PM (Hj9yW)

I've fallen victim to this many times myself. Somewhat of an expert.

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 10:58 AM (x3YFz)

116

Melissa Harris-Perry

I fucking hate this woman. HATE her. She's the grape juice stain on the cashmere sweater that is the name "Melissa."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 10:58 AM (4df7R)

117 Everyone understands that the right wing blogs talk about MSNBC more than people who actually watch MSNBC talk about MSNBC? And if we can't destroy them (and ignoring them doesn't work, unfortunately) then we can't destroy any of the others. In which case we might as well give up this whole "politics" thing and remove ourselves to communes away from civilization.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 30, 2013 10:58 AM (PYAXX)

118 What's weird is that MSNBC goes after Republican politicians who are out of power. Romney and Palin don't hold elective office; neither do Bush and Cheney. But they're still getting kicked. Emmanuel Goldstein never retires.

Posted by: --- at December 30, 2013 10:58 AM (MMC8r)

119 I don't know if anyone else noted it yet, but she doesn't even have the right section quoted. That should be Jeremiah 10:3, not 10:10

Atheists should not attempt to quote the bible.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 30, 2013 10:59 AM (T2V/1)

120 I know what MWR's name is.

Hah.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2013 10:59 AM (KXm42)

121 108, that's why Perry keeps her hair in braids. Without that 'do, you would never think she was black. And don't let her fool you, she probably cries herself to sleep because of she's even that much black...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 10:59 AM (/KV3W)

122 I see a business opportunity. "Cis-gendered Barbie". A doll with detatchable tits and genital. With tits and no penis, it's Barbie. Without tits with penis, it's Bobby. Mix it up, and you've got Baraka. Posted by: Soona at December 30, 2013 02:57 PM (v44X4) A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIUk08iYZKE

Posted by: The Political Hat ♫ ♪ at December 30, 2013 10:59 AM (AymDN)

123 85 Leftists are really unpleasant beings, aren't they?
LoneStarHeeb

Yes, they are and I flat don't get living like that. I've buried both of my young wives and of course gone thru Seasons in Hell over that.
But I enjoy every day of being alive and able to stand on the Good Earth. I don't want to tell anyone else how they should live- I just like to be left alone.

Posted by: backhoe at December 30, 2013 10:59 AM (ULH4o)

124

I know what MWR's name is.

Hah.

Posted by: eleven at December 30, 2013 02:59 PM (KXm42)

Yer damn right!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 11:01 AM (4df7R)

125

Re: Scalzi's Law:

Sometimes, a writer distills some aspect of human behavior into a single sentence that a) is true at a glance, b) puts is better than anyone elseever has. When this happens, we hate that writer for being better at it than us. Oh, and we also name the law after them.

Posted by: ZBBMcFate at December 30, 2013 11:01 AM (Hj9yW)

126 It makes me happy that a Bing search of MHP is nothing but mocking and highlights of her constant debased actions.

Posted by: AMDG at December 30, 2013 11:01 AM (t7OO0)

127 A US State Department spokesperson said that the administration hopes Secretary of State John Kerry, who leaves for Israel on Wednesday, will succeed in reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement. "reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement." What the FUCK does that mean?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 11:01 AM (t3UFN)

128 That Time piece by Dreher was just another method of making fun of Christians. I'm not surprised that Time printed it, since it's so "edgy".

Posted by: Jay in Ames at December 30, 2013 11:03 AM (i2Lsf)

129 A US State Department spokesperson said that the administration hopes Secretary of State John Kerry, who leaves for Israel on Wednesday, will succeed in reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement. "reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement." What the FUCK does that mean? Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 03:01 PM (t3UFN) That an American State Department would actually release mumble jumble like that just show's how far we have fallen?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 11:03 AM (t3UFN)

130 How come Martin Bashir got more quotes than me?

Posted by: Chris Matthewshovering around 2.1 bac at December 30, 2013 11:04 AM (mETGQ)

131 So, MSNBC is the Heath Bell of news outlets? Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 30, 2013 02:56 PM (OWjjx) More like Heath Shuler. Coached by Norv Turner. Owned by Dan Snyder. The Redskins of news.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac, waiting on an apology on behalf of the KaBoom Kiddes at December 30, 2013 11:04 AM (BXLPR)

132 Bluffers?

Or fluffers?

Posted by: Stu-22 at December 30, 2013 11:04 AM (AiYlm)

133 Fuck Scalzi. No point in going into the details, anyone paying attention should figger it out eventually.

Posted by: West at December 30, 2013 11:04 AM (1Rgee)

134 >>What the FUCK does that mean? It means stop talking about Obamacare.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2013 11:04 AM (g1DWB)

135

"reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement."

What the FUCK does that mean?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 03:01 PM (t3UFN)

It means two things:

1) "Kerry is going to Israel to look busy."

AND

2) "Kerry is going to Israel, but we're not letting him do anything important because Horseface will get us all nuked if given the opportunity."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 11:04 AM (4df7R)

136 >>> I know what MWR's name is. I could show you her living room, but I haven't fully healed from the last crossbow bolt.

Posted by: fluffy at December 30, 2013 11:05 AM (Ua6T/)

137

Ah, so that was YOU.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 11:05 AM (4df7R)

138 A lot of light-skinned black persons feel like they have to be "blacker-than-thou." MHP, BHO and a whole lot of other such people are walking studies in insecurity.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 30, 2013 11:06 AM (36Rjy)

139 "reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement." What the FUCK does that mean? It's just a way of distracting Biden, so he doesn't get pissy since he didn't get to go. Or same thing, except Kerry. Potato, potahtoe.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at December 30, 2013 11:06 AM (i2Lsf)

140 'The failure mode of "clever" is "asshole."' Ironically, that describes Scalzi.

Posted by: Salamandyr at December 30, 2013 11:07 AM (admcj)

141 Has anyone even seen Biden in the last 6 months?

I'm expecting him to appear on milk cartons any day now.

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 11:07 AM (x3YFz)

142 Wow. FNC just showed an in-building camera video of the terrorist explosion. Big boom.

Posted by: Soona at December 30, 2013 11:08 AM (v44X4)

143 130 A US State Department spokesperson said that the administration hopes Secretary of State John Kerry, who leaves for Israel on Wednesday, will succeed in reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement. "reaching an agreement on a framework agreement that could be used to help focus the talks on the way to a final agreement." What the FUCK does that mean? Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 03:01 PM (t3UFN) It means that State wants the Israelis to cave on everything so that the childGod can save face.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac, mmmmm KaBoom at December 30, 2013 11:08 AM (BXLPR)

144 Ironically, that describes Scalzi.

Posted by: Salamandyr at December 30, 2013 03:07 PM (admcj)

Ok. Now I'm going to have to google this guy.

Dammit.

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 11:08 AM (x3YFz)

145 >>nah - the other day someone suggested that, or a similar universal platitude, replace 'First'. In response to the "That's absolutely right, Martin" post.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 30, 2013 11:09 AM (SUKHu)

146 This sort of thing is made possible by the War on History in our elite universities. Scholarship is being sacrificed on the altar of multiculturalism, and the result is a proliferation of shallowness...er, cleverness. And if you think this is bad, you should see what they do to Shakespeare.

Posted by: Camille Paglia at December 30, 2013 11:09 AM (DrC22)

147 I wish more people would refer to MSNBC as simply "NBC" or "the NBC news channel." Associate these couchfuckers with the parent company, not with the spin-off.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 30, 2013 11:10 AM (5l5UA)

148 So many assholes, so little time

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2013 11:10 AM (aTXUx)

149
Don't start that age old meme about my ass being large. It's time to stop with all the conservative bashing of progressives. Let's get together and rub one out.

Posted by: Contessa Brewer at December 30, 2013 11:10 AM (pJF+c)

150 71 Just an aside, doesn't Drudge know all those stories he links from the NYTs are Fubar unless you have an account with that scum sucking newspaper and none of us would stoop that low? Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 02:45 PM (t3UFN) I think a lot of sites only allow X number of times a month free access. Regardless, if you google the title or some language from an article 9 out of 10 times you get around the pay wall or find another site that has quoted it verbatim.

Posted by: Bean Pies, ey? at December 30, 2013 11:11 AM (Qev5V)

151 And if you think this is bad, you should see what they do to Shakespeare. Posted by: Camille Paglia at December 30, 2013 03:09 PM (DrC22) Tell us about it!

Posted by: The Klingon Empire at December 30, 2013 11:11 AM (AymDN)

152 A lot of light-skinned black persons feel like they have to be "blacker-than-thou." MHP, BHO and a whole lot of other such people are walking studies in insecurity.

No I'm a manly tough black man really I am!!!

*cries in corner clutching a spoon and a package of organic pomegranate yogurt*

Posted by: Toure' at December 30, 2013 11:11 AM (SY2Kh)

153 152 So many assholes, so little time

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2013 03:10 PM (aTXUx)

Sale on lake city 7.62 at cheaper than dirt right now.

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 11:12 AM (x3YFz)

154 This is actually scary. So after 10 years as an alternative to a slanted Main Stream Media Ace links to a highlight reel of the new reformed and smarter than ever Mainstream Media which appears to have been conceived and implemented by brain damaged fermented berry intoxicated Pre-Hominid network executives that stopped flinging poo at each other just long enough to take a phone call from GE executives who got a call from Media Matters who got a call from the DNC who got a call from, well, it is poo all the way down. At this rate of societal disintegration Ace could just sit in his underwear every day drinking Valu-Rite posting cat videos with clever political captions and he would appear to be evolving into a super genius. The trolls on the ONT sound like pHDs compared to todays average cable news program. Like I said, this is actually scary. SMOD take me away.

Posted by: Daybrother at December 30, 2013 11:12 AM (xT61K)

155 Truth is spelled with 5 letters - M.S.N.B.C

Posted by: qestionmann at December 30, 2013 11:12 AM (TS9aB)

156 OT: Fox News online site is headlining the global warming ship stuck in the ice. The leader of the expedition is tying himself in knots to continue the Global Warming Is Going To Kill Us All! meme. Truth is several failed failed rescue attempts means they're running out of food. They may die but it won't be from global warming, it'll be from starvation.

Posted by: Retread at December 30, 2013 11:13 AM (G+w7R)

157

I think Olberman's corollary to Scalzi's Law is:

Both the failure and success modes of "asshole" are "asshole".

I think that might also work as a motto for MSNBC.

Posted by: ZBBMcFate at December 30, 2013 11:13 AM (Hj9yW)

158 158 This is actually scary. So after 10 years as an alternative to a slanted Main Stream Media Ace links to a highlight reel of the new reformed and smarter than ever Mainstream Media which appears to have been conceived and implemented by brain damaged fermented berry intoxicated Pre-Hominid network executives that stopped flinging poo at each other just long enough to take a phone call from GE executives who got a call from Media Matters who got a call from the DNC who got a call from, well, it is poo all the way down.

At this rate of societal disintegration Ace could just sit in his underwear every day drinking Valu-Rite posting cat videos with clever political captions and he would appear to be evolving into a super genius. The trolls on the ONT sound like pHDs compared to todays average cable news program.
Like I said, this is actually scary.

SMOD take me away.

Posted by: Daybrother at December 30, 2013 03:12 PM (xT61K)

Put down the knife, brother. It's going to be ok. Easy.... easy.... no sudden moves, ok?

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 11:14 AM (x3YFz)

159 Al Jazeera America has had a lot of trouble attracting viewers; since MSNBC already occupies the top spot in propaganda, breaking in on the competition is tough.

They need to do something novel, something cutting edge, like disemboweling a few conservatives live on air. That would force MSNBC to one-up them somehow. Maybe live lobotomizing of a few of their viewers?

Nah, no one would be able to tell the difference.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2013 11:15 AM (cHZB7)

160 Bibi matching wits with Jon Cary will be like cooking toast with flame-thrower

Posted by: phreshone at December 30, 2013 11:15 AM (Pr6hk)

161

>>>Fox News online site is headlining the global warming ship stuck in the ice

That's becoz Ace was going to be on FN as a special guest and they ran out of Israeli tanks

Posted by: Bigby's Golf Clapping Hands at December 30, 2013 11:16 AM (3ZtZW)

162 164 Bibi matching wits with Jon Cary will be like cooking toast with flame-thrower

Posted by: phreshone at December 30, 2013 03:15 PM (Pr6hk)

Hah. Like Putin and Obama in the same room.

Putin: "I led the KGB"
Obama: I organized some stuff."
Putin: "...."

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 11:16 AM (x3YFz)

163 Sec of State is going over to settle the big issues - the size of the conference room and the shape of the table.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 30, 2013 11:17 AM (BAS5M)

164 Ridiculing the adopted black baby, who now has a loving home thanks to the Romney clan, is about the most vile thing I have ever seen.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 30, 2013 11:17 AM (P6QsQ)

165 The people that made that video have a worse job than workers at a sewage treatment plant.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at December 30, 2013 11:17 AM (5fSr7)

166 These are the same rocket surgeons who were snickering about Mitt Romney taking a tablet to church...until someone pointed out that you could actually put a book on the tablet, not just play Angry Birds.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 30, 2013 11:18 AM (SUKHu)

167 The leader of the expedition is tying himself in knots to continue the Global Warming Is Going To Kill Us All! meme. My favorite piece of the developing narrative: NEWS FLASH--WATER NEAR ICE PACKS IS NOT AS SALTY AS OTHER OCEAN WATER. Do tell.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 30, 2013 11:18 AM (659DL)

168 OT: Fox News online site is headlining the global warming ship stuck in the ice. The leader of the expedition is tying himself in knots to continue the Global Warming Is Going To Kill Us All! meme. Truth is several failed failed rescue attempts means they're running out of food. They may die but it won't be from global warming, it'll be from starvation. Posted by: Retread at December 30, 2013 03:13 PM (G+w7R) Yeah, the mocking is all well and good until long pig turns up on the menu.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 30, 2013 11:18 AM (VtjlW)

169
Halp Us Jon Cary! U are are only Hop!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2013 11:19 AM (MaP11)

170 My favorite piece of the developing narrative: NEWS FLASH--WATER NEAR ICE PACKS IS NOT AS SALTY AS OTHER OCEAN WATER.

Do tell.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 30, 2013 03:18 PM (659DL)

Dude. I hate to do the coffee-nose comment but dammit... coffee + nose.

Posted by: tangonine at December 30, 2013 11:19 AM (x3YFz)

171 Yeah, the mocking is all well and good until long pig turns up on the menu.

I hear it tastes like penguin.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 30, 2013 11:21 AM (SY2Kh)

172 "I fucking hate this woman. HATE her. She's the grape juice stain on the cashmere sweater that is the name "Melissa."

I'm down with you on the hate HATE comment, but the grape juice crack...well, that's a little racist, dontcha think? Are you saying black(ish) people drink a lot of grape-based nonalcoholic beverages or something?

Microaggression! Microaggression!

Posted by: Jaws at December 30, 2013 11:22 AM (4I3Uo)

173 Yeah, the mocking is all well and good until long pig turns up on the menu. They have a long time before they have to go the long pig route. They had better pray they don't run out of fuel. Hard to cook frozen long pig without fuel.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 30, 2013 11:22 AM (CRyse)

174 If Glen Beck's network overtakes MSNBC, I think they'll have aneurisms live on the air

Posted by: kbdabear at December 30, 2013 11:23 AM (aTXUx)

175 I have never seen MSNBC. Literally not for one second, ever. I don't subscribe to cable, first of all. And even with "regular" TV, I hardly ever watch; and when I do watch, it's never the news. So I have little to say about MSNBC. However, I have a suspicion that it's an intentional "clown show," the exact inverse of Honey Boob-Boo and related shows: Networks put on cornpone "reality shows" that purport to be documentarian but in actuality are targeted toward an "urbane' audience so that they can laugh at ignorant rubes and rednecks. I suspect that NBC puts on a "news channel" that purports to have liberal-slanted reportage, but in actuality is targeted toward conservatives so that they can laugh at the buffoonish antics of Obama-worshipping "stereotypical" liberal hypocrite. In other words, most of MSNBC's audience are "hate watching" the network, not watching it to get informed.

Posted by: zombie at December 30, 2013 11:23 AM (+cx5n)

176 Yeah, the mocking is all well and good until long pig turns up on the menu.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 30, 2013 03:18 PM (VtjlW)

Heh. Which is more darkly comic:

A) Global warming cultists trapped in Antarctic sea ice and forced to eat each other to survive, or

B) Global warming cultists trapped in Antarctic sea ice and UNABLE to eat each other because they're all fucking vegans?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at December 30, 2013 11:24 AM (4df7R)

177 In other words, most of MSNBC's audience are "hate watching" the network, not watching it to get informed.

This wouldn't surprise me at all.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 11:26 AM (xm1A1)

178 Put down the knife, brother. It's going to be ok. Easy.... easy.... no sudden moves, ok? Posted by: tangonine It's scary I tell you! Scary! *Slaps self hard while staring into mirror*

Posted by: Daybrother at December 30, 2013 11:26 AM (rVLwh)

179 142, and it's light-skinned blacks who have always made liberal whites comfortable, and have been promoted by them, that seem to be the most rabidly anti-white. And they are usually rough on darker blacks too.It's one of those things. Like the very light-skinned Muhammad Ali calling the very black Joe Frazier the "white man's choice."

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 11:27 AM (Usdw3)

180 Networks put on cornpone "reality shows" that purport to be documentarian but in actuality are targeted toward an "urbane' audience so that they can laugh at ignorant rubes and rednecks.

I think this is what A&E tried to do with Duck Dynasty. Didn't work out like they thought.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 11:28 AM (xm1A1)

181 In other words, most of MSNBC's audience are "hate watching" the network, not watching it to get informed. This is true, but it also applied to Air America. It was supposed to provide "balance" to conservative talk radio. It went bust. That doesn't mean they meant it to go bust. It just means that it didn't work, because people don't follow that thought process. But MSDNC thinks they can do it better.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at December 30, 2013 11:29 AM (i2Lsf)

182 They may die but it won't be from global warming, it'll be from starvation. You don't say...

Posted by: Zombie Robert Scott at December 30, 2013 11:30 AM (naUcP)

183 Ha! As an Open Blogger, I can actually go in to the comment editor and add in the ampersands that pixy's software removes from my comments.

Yes, it's good to be the king.

So to speak.

Posted by: OregonMuse at December 30, 2013 11:31 AM (xm1A1)

184 Here's authentic, blacker than black spokeswoman Melissa Harris-Perry with her parents: http://tinyurl.com/jwy5nv5

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 30, 2013 11:32 AM (oFCZn)

185 185 Networks put on cornpone "reality shows" that purport to be documentarian but in actuality are targeted toward an "urbane' audience so that they can laugh at ignorant rubes and rednecks. I think this is what A&E tried to do with Duck Dynasty. Didn't work out like they thought. Posted by: OregonMuse Yep. Backfired. It also backfired earlier with "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," which was explicitly marketed to liberals as a "laugh at the obese hicks" show, but which became popular among...obese hicks! Ooops. But became this backfiring had little to no political content, it didn't make as much of a splash int eh commentariat.

Posted by: zombie at December 30, 2013 11:32 AM (+cx5n)

186 I'm down with you on the hate HATE comment, but the grape juice crack...well, that's a little racist, dontcha think? Are you saying black(ish) people drink a lot of grape-based nonalcoholic beverages or something? Microaggression! Microaggression! Posted by: Jaws at December 30, 2013 03:22 PM (4I3Uo) Purple Drank for everyone!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 30, 2013 11:34 AM (oFCZn)

187 180 However, I have a suspicion that it's an intentional "clown show," the exact inverse of Honey Boob-Boo and related shows: ....In other words, most of MSNBC's audience are "hate watching" the network, not watching it to get informed. Posted by: zombie at December 30, 2013 03:23 PM (+cx5n) ------------------------- I have always suspected the same, although they may hope to attract the exceptionally idiotic Left along with the conservative mockers. I do know some lefties who are big fans of MSNBC but they tend to be the most brain-dead and certainly the least educated. Moonbats with serious pretensions to sophistication generally find MSNBC embarrassing. In any case, and whatever their target audience, it surely is mostly schtick.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 30, 2013 11:37 AM (dfYL9)

188 189. She has her mother's arms....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at December 30, 2013 11:37 AM (Usdw3)

189 What the FUCK does that mean?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 30, 2013 03:01 PM (t3UFN)

That truly reads like something Mark Steyn would write.

Posted by: [/i]KG at December 30, 2013 11:45 AM (p7BzH)

190 In other words, most of MSNBC's audience are "hate watching" the network, not watching it to get informed. Posted by: zombie Sadly Zombie I think it is more like: Jeff Immelt : "If you give GE a bunch of multi-billion dollar no-bid contracts and help put me on the Federal reserve Board I'll start up a political propaganda channel for you. Money's no object." DNC : "OK"

Posted by: Daybrother at December 30, 2013 11:53 AM (4Mqa7)

191 Yup, it is ironic --- Scalzi himself is a major asshole.

Posted by: Yeah at December 30, 2013 12:19 PM (Blaa2)

192

The LORD: "I am like a green fir tree."

Posted by: Hosea 14:8 at December 30, 2013 12:44 PM (nbGZj)

193 197
The LORD: "I am like a green fir tree."

Posted by: Hosea 14:8 at December 30, 2013 04:44 PM (nbGZj)

KeyWord: like.

Posted by: baldilocks at December 30, 2013 02:30 PM (36Rjy)

194 So much fail. So little time. Progressives on MSNBC and everywhere else. "We are stupid, so you don't have to be".

Posted by: N.O. Body at December 30, 2013 04:15 PM (80GjT)