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March 21, 2014

Shockingly, Left-Wing Report Makes It Into Washington Post With Little Fact-Checking, and Rife With Errors
— Ace

@johnekdahl sends this along, noting that it's one of my pet peeves. While, for example, that Pennsylvania AG case will be ignored by the national press (as the Gosnell case was ignored as a "local crime story"), all the left has to do is get one of its many house organs to type up a largely false and misleading report, send it over to one of the country's allegedly "mainstream" media outfits, and wait for its claims to be endlessly retransmitted throughout the country.

Powerline notes that a left-wing organization wrote up a report claiming that the Koch Brothers stood to benefit greatly from their operation of tar-sands operations in Alberta.

There are numerous problems with the claims made. The report claims, falsely, that the Koch Brothers are the largest leaseholders of Canada's tar sands. That's simply false. Apparently the article compares their holdings to Exxon and Conoco and Chevron but fails to check for other leaseholders -- other companies own more.

They then assume that companies with the most acreage of leaseholds must be producing the most oil -- which is false. The Koch Brothers' holdings are in fact largely non-productive. Despite their acreage of leaseholds, they're a "negligible" producer as far as actual extraction of oil.

But the last misleading claim made is that the Koch Brothers stand to make a windfall from the Keystone XL pipeline. This not only isn't true, but it's admitted as not being true in the left-wing organization's own report:

The astonishing thing about the IFG report is that it admitted that the Keystone Pipeline will damage KochÂ’s economic interests. Keystone would funnel Canadian oil to the Midwest, thereby driving down oil prices in that region. The original IFG report admitted that this would cost Koch $120 billion! Now, that is a stupid number based on a 50-year projection. But still, the basic point is correct: the Keystone Pipeline would hurt Koch Enterprises economically, which is why Koch has never come out in favor of the pipeline or lobbied on its behalf.
The IFG report hypothesized that despite this $120 billion hit, Koch would come out ahead in the long runÂ–the very long run!Â–by selling two million acres worth of Alberta oil. Just one small problem: they forgot to consider the fact that the size of the Keystone Pipeline, 830,000 barrels per day, limits the speed with which Koch can recoup its $120 billion loss. As I calculated in my post, it would take 476 years for Koch to break even, using IFGÂ’s own numbers.

So why make all these claims?

Because the Democratic Party has a lot invested in the proposition that the Koch Brothers are boogeymen and the Keystone Pipeline is their boogey-baby.

In the pages of the "mainstream" media press, the truth is whatever the Democratic Party needs it to be for this particular two-minute hate.

And there's some Democratic operative/media incestuousness here too, of course. Click over to Powerline for that.

Posted by: Ace at 10:12 AM | Comments (307)
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1 First?

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 10:13 AM (GQ8sn)

2 Surprisingly unsurprised.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:13 AM (BZAd3)

3 w00t!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 10:13 AM (GQ8sn)

4 That Republican tsunami is still on for November, right?

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:13 AM (YXpCK)

5 I heard from an unimpeachable source that Mitt Romney never paid any taxes for over ten years!

Posted by: EC at March 21, 2014 10:14 AM (GQ8sn)

6 The Koch brothers turned me into a newt! (I got better)

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at March 21, 2014 10:14 AM (pr5+C)

7 The Washington Post maybe a worthless propaganda rag of the Left, but you'll love getting home delivery by drone!

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at March 21, 2014 10:15 AM (8ZskC)

8 I have it on excellent authority that when told what WashPo had done, Harry Reid's pride turned night into day in North Korea.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:16 AM (BZAd3)

9 I'm sure they also mention the zillions Buffet makes shipping the oil via rail .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at March 21, 2014 10:16 AM (XWw96)

10 The only solace I take from stories like this is that the Make Believe Media is slowly dying. Sadly, it is not dying fast enough.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 21, 2014 10:16 AM (4twGa)

11 LIES! The discussion is over.

Posted by: Commander Worf at March 21, 2014 10:17 AM (ibuju)

12 I'd sure hate to lose $120 billion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 10:17 AM (8ZskC)

13 I remember when the Koch Brothers killed Bambi, for oil.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 10:17 AM (P1WNR)

14 The Left's obsession with Koch is insane.

I think they should legally change their names to Emmanuel Goldstein.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:18 AM (twp4I)

15 They then assume that companies with the most acreage of leaseholds must be producing the most oil -- which is false. The Koch Brothers' holdings are in fact largely non-productive. Despite their acreage of leaseholds, they're a "negligible" producer as far as actual extraction of oil.

This is one of those damn stupid things that the idiots on the left just will never understand. Just because you've got the land on which to drill/frack, what have you, DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA HIT OIL. If it was as simple as, "Buy land in area that tends to have oil.... drill.... strike oil," frigging everyone would be doing it!

Good Lord, they're such idiots. How do they even know how to breathe?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:18 AM (4df7R)

16 I wonder when the press will get around to reporting that Al Gore is not only a partner in one of the biggest venture capital companies in the world and that company just coincidentally has invested in the exact same companies the Obama administration has invested in as part of their green energy boondoggle, he also just happens to be one of the founding partners of the Chicago (there's that name again) carbon trading firms that lefty politicians have been trying to force companies to use.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2014 10:18 AM (g1DWB)

17 This is how the mainstream media creates mainstream thought.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:18 AM (YXpCK)

18 Man, at least Emmanuel Goldstein had only a two minute hate. MSNBC and the blogs are 24/7.

Posted by: AMDG at March 21, 2014 10:18 AM (eFytx)

19 Mercer is going to beat Duke.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 21, 2014 10:18 AM (Vg/fl)

20 Of course, the Kochs are responsible for all of our problems. Every one.

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 21, 2014 10:19 AM (F58x4)

21 I remember during Prohibition when me and the Koch brothers were running sweet crude out of Canada.

Posted by: Hyman Roth at March 21, 2014 10:19 AM (8ZskC)

22 Propaganda like this, combined with polls, is how you shape public opinion. Meanwhile, the Right has talk radio and dog vitamin ads.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:19 AM (YXpCK)

23 Republican tsunami

what?

Oh yeah, for sure!

Posted by: Prince Reebus[/i] [/b] at March 21, 2014 10:19 AM (5ikDv)

24 I've said it before and I'll say it again: it will never cease to amaze me how the left is OBSESSED with the Koch brothers. Good grief.

Hey, lefties. Let me clue you in to a little secret. Those of us here on the right? Could not give less of a damn about the Koch brothers. It's nice that they seem to support a lot of things we support, but the same could be said for Molly at the coffee shop, who's a pro-life advocate, and Jimmy at the local WalMart, who's against a hike in the minimum wage.

See, unlike YOU lot on the left, we on the right don't need rich elites to tell us what to think. If the rich elites tend to think the same as us, great. If not? Fuck 'em.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:20 AM (4df7R)

25 The Koch brothers kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and sold him for oil.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 10:20 AM (8ZskC)

26
If the Koch brothers suddenly came out strongly in favor of late term abortions, their troubles would be over that instant.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:21 AM (BZAd3)

27 Well TFG claims that oil production is up in the US since he took office because he is so fricken awesome! He just "fails" to mention that those increases occurred on private land.

Posted by: Cheri at March 21, 2014 10:21 AM (G+Wff)

28 And why should anyone give a shit even were the Koch brothers to profit? And what is with all this fucking foot-dragging? Will the pipeline be built and operated according to the rules and regulations of the United States? Yes.

Next application.

Posted by: Waterhouse at March 21, 2014 10:22 AM (fOLwM)

29 What's that "--- Amnesia" syndrome or whatever where you read a BS article on a subject you know about in the paper, turn the page and read another article and accept it's the truth?

I need to remember that as it comes in handy when talking to "independents" about the news.

Posted by: Dang at March 21, 2014 10:22 AM (MNq6o)

30 Since the press is in bed with the Democrats and any "right wing" media outlet is easily ignored and Eric Holder runs the DOJ ,just exactly what COULDN'T this administration do?

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 10:23 AM (zqvg6)

31
I'm told (secretly of course) that the Koch brothers spend tens of billions every year supporting climate change groups.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:23 AM (BZAd3)

32 The problem the left has with the Koch Brothers is that when they killed Kennedy they showed no remorse, and framed a fellow traveler.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 10:23 AM (P1WNR)

33 oh, the Kochs are social liberals, big time The Kochs 'conservatism' rests in their true love: unfettered capitalism.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:23 AM (YXpCK)

34 29 Gell-Mann

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 10:23 AM (zqvg6)

35 I'd sure hate to lose $120 billion.

It's probably in your couch cushions.

Posted by: Penny Pritzker at March 21, 2014 10:23 AM (fOLwM)

Why make these claims? The Democrats need a diversion of some kind to get attention away from ObamaCare. Despite the delusions of nancy Pelosi ObamaCare is hurting the Democrats. They need something - and they have been trying everything they can think of - to draw attention away. Playing defense all of the time is no fun and it is demoralizing. This brings to the second reason.

This is the problem of the base. Reporting is that the Democrats are just not fired up. Finding an enemy may give the base something to focus on, something they can go on the offense against. Something to build up morale.

Will this work? Beats me.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Four Outrages, get a Rightous Indignation Free! at March 21, 2014 10:24 AM (hLRSq)

37 Gell-Mann amnesia.

Posted by: AMDG at March 21, 2014 10:24 AM (eFytx)

Pipelines are the safest, cleanest and cheapest way to move oil.

Why does the president want ruin the US ?

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 21, 2014 10:24 AM (nTgAI)

39 I've got no axe to grind against the Kochs, the pipeline, or Powerline, but I think I read at Powerline some time back that Hinderaker does paid PR for the Kochs. I have no reason to believe he misrepresents the facts, but it seems like there should be fair disclosure.

Posted by: gp at March 21, 2014 10:24 AM (+Jpqc)

40 I do a lot of Koch,

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 21, 2014 10:24 AM (GjPnA)

41 Both of the Koch brothers are secretly married to the leader of code pink.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:24 AM (BZAd3)

42 The Donk Party is now the party of Luddites.

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (r7mtu)

43 Mercer > Duke.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (P1WNR)

44 The evil Koch brothers, in league with Haliburton, were the true perpetrators of Jack the Ripper's crimes. They killed those prostitutes so they could get oil.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Obamaboro VT at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (Aif/5)

The Koch Brothers should just ask their pal, The Merovingian, to keep the Tar Sands program running on the sly.

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (3ZtZW)

46 C'mere Tommy.

Let me tell you a story about the Brave Little Prince and the Evil 2-Headed Koch monster.

Take hold of the Magic Pink Pickle and climb up on your Uncle Harry's lap.

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (pgQxn)

47 The Koch Bros. gave the confederates crossbows, not longbows, for oil.

Posted by: davis at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (Kxz3Y)

48 Hello, Doctor. Yes, this is Harry. I've recently read an article in the WaPo about the Koch Brothers, and well, it made me very excited, and nowit's been like this for more than four hours...

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (9duOQ)

49 I'd relate tales I've heard all my life about pro-life groups struggling to even get a sentence in abortion stories while Planned Parenthood gets paragraphs, but I don't think I have enough blood pressure medication on hand for all the Moron Ragestroking.

Posted by: pookysgirl at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (kMnHs)

50 The way you stop this shit is to reinstitute Dueling. Bring back the Congressional Dueling Grounds and all this goes away...or at the very least, gets extremely entertaining.

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 10:25 AM (ibuju)

51 Duke is OUT!

Posted by: grammie winger at March 21, 2014 10:26 AM (Vg/fl)

52 If you say Kock brothers three times fast, dick cheneys war cock impales a palastinian. True story.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 21, 2014 10:26 AM (1gdVS)

53 SO what't REALLY happening is that the Koch's are supporting Keystone XL knowing that they're support will damage the likelihood of the project moving forward. Thus saving them tons of money moving forward. Those sneaky Jews.

Posted by: taylork at March 21, 2014 10:26 AM (9bPUR)

54 Also, the Koch Brothers could use with a haicut and should wear more colors. And they should punch Neo more.

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 10:26 AM (3ZtZW)

55 BOO!!!

Posted by: Koch Brothers at March 21, 2014 10:27 AM (15qFH)

56 The Hindenburg went up because it used hydrogen, not natural gas. Connect the dots.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 10:27 AM (8ZskC)

57 They killed those prostitutes so they could get oil.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Obamaboro VT at March 21, 2014 02:25 PM (Aif/5)

The picture is clearer now! How could we have missed it? The signs were all there!

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:27 AM (BZAd3)

58 I have it on very good authority that the Koch brothers not only know where MH370, but that all 239 people onboard were actually clones of the Koch brothers themselves.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:27 AM (4df7R)

59

BayonneBernie ‏@bayonnebernie

RICH PIGS RAPE EARTH BUY POLS TO COVER THE SINS Koch Bros R Largest Lease Holders in Alberta Tar Sands

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 21, 2014 10:27 AM (kdS6q)

60 The original IFG report admitted that this would cost Koch $120 billion! Now, that is a stupid number based on a 50-year projection Stupid numbers are stupid.

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 10:27 AM (ibuju)

61 To hear the lamentations of the Dukies and nom their tears. . . . .

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 21, 2014 10:28 AM (VtjlW)

62 Mmmm...I love the taste of Koch!

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 21, 2014 10:28 AM (DrWcr)

63 I look froward to the day the Koch's Hitler clones are set loose upon the world.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 10:28 AM (P1WNR)

64 Starbucks coffee is really a byproduct, invented by the Koch brothers, of... are you setting down?... oil sands!

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:29 AM (BZAd3)

65 I still think it's wrong that the Koch brothers have lifelike replicas of Trayvon on their rifle range.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 21, 2014 10:29 AM (+lsX1)

66 So anyone want to do some research and find out how much Algore has invested in oil companies? I'll wait.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:29 AM (4df7R)

67 Harry Reid claims the Koch Brothers are in league with the devil and the only way to curtail their demonic activities is for him to sacrifice nubile young boys as an appeasement.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2014 10:30 AM (PnMCP)

68 "war cock"
Posted by: Kreplach at March 21, 2014 02:26 PM (1gdVS)

that term just makes me laugh out loud..lol! See! and don't even get me started on 'impales'. Thank you.

Posted by: Koch Brothers at March 21, 2014 10:30 AM (15qFH)

69 This caller on Rush is terrible, as are most of his callers. Rush takes calls from hicks and bumpkins and boring guys like this one.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:30 AM (YXpCK)

>>>RICH PIGS RAPE EARTH

motherearthf*ckers

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 10:31 AM (3ZtZW)

71 Baylor's uniforms? You guessed it, the Koch brothers.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 10:31 AM (P1WNR)

72 I have it on EXTREMELY good authority that the Koch family are Mercer fans...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:31 AM (4df7R)

73 Off Kock Brothers sock! I mean Koch...

Posted by: Guido at March 21, 2014 10:31 AM (15qFH)

74 >>I still think it's wrong that the Koch brothers have lifelike replicas of Trayvon on their rifle range. Don't know about a rifle range but there is a 3rd Koch brother, Bill, who has an M42 anti-aircraft gun on his ranch in Colorado. So watch your ass when flying into Denver.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2014 10:32 AM (g1DWB)

75 Since American media is not allowed to take photos of Michelle, will "The Daily Mail" report when Michelle lays a wreath at Mao's tomb, or are they too busy doing "I'm so hot and that's why everyone hates me" fake stories and photos?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2014 10:33 AM (XyM/Y)

76 Do they ever do polls of trust in the press? I bet it is as low as Congress. "Global warming" has been our friend in this regard. People don't believe it anymore. The press keeps pushing it. I just don't know how many people believe journalists anymore. Damn few I'll bet. I think far far more people are reached by entertainment, and arrive at their political views from cultural entertainment. how do we attack that

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:33 AM (zOTsN)

77 I have it on EXTREMELY good authority that the Koch family are Mercer fans...

Mercers have their role, even though they are under considerable economic stress in this period in history

Posted by: Roger the Mercer at March 21, 2014 10:33 AM (8ZskC)

This is one of those damn stupid things that the idiots on the left just will never understand. Just because you've got the land on which to drill/frack, what have you, DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA HIT OIL. If it was as simple as, "Buy land in area that tends to have oil.... drill.... strike oil," frigging everyone would be doing it!

Shit, I wonder how they ever made it out of the birth canal. These people are such idiots. The problem is the LIV is just as stupid and laps it up like a thirsty kitty at a bowl of milk.

Posted by: Infidel at March 21, 2014 10:33 AM (cojT9)

79 Gell-Mann Posted by: steevy

Thanks!

Gell-Mann amnesia. Posted by: AMDG

Thanks!

Posted by: Dang at March 21, 2014 10:33 AM (MNq6o)

80 The Koch brothers used microaggression techniques to drill the black out of Michael Jackson's skin!

Posted by: typo dynamofo at March 21, 2014 10:34 AM (IVgIK)

81 How many of the Duke players are on the Koch brothers payroll?

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 21, 2014 10:34 AM (+lsX1)

82 Is he a Saint or a god.maybe a demigod?? BIDEN: Â“My boss, my friend, Barack Obama is an incredibly patient man. I suggested after going through the first couple of weeks [of Obamacare's botched rollout] I would nominate him for sainthood as he kept his patience. But you know, it got off to a slow start. The president was as frustrated as anyone you ever knew, but it is basically fixed.Â”

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 10:35 AM (zqvg6)

83 I'd be willing to bet that we agonize over the attacks on the Kochs a lot more than they do. That said... you can't possibly be shocked that a leftist attack on the right is being reported and the misdeeds of the left are not. Sure. It's a shitty way to do business, but it's been going on for decades. I regret that I might be edging closer to the apathy column on this one because outrage won't change a damn thing in the MSM. Instead, I am deeply grateful for the internet and the ability to counter their narrative with facts, as you have done here.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 10:35 AM (DmNpO)

84 To the Lefties in the MSM... there is Fact, and there is Truth... and the two do not necessarily coincide...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2014 10:36 AM (84gbM)

85 Is he a Saint or a god.maybe a demigod?? BIDEN: Â“My boss, my friend, Barack Obama is an incredibly patient man. I suggested after going through the first couple of weeks [of Obamacare's botched rollout] I would nominate him for sainthood as he kept his patience. But you know, it got off to a slow start. The president was as frustrated as anyone you ever knew, but it is basically fixed.Â” Posted by: steevy we're always letting him down in many ways, the rollout of Obamacare is the story of Obama

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:36 AM (zOTsN)

86 If the Koch brothers hadn't provoke my tribe, I wouldn't have sacked Rome.

Posted by: Alaric I at March 21, 2014 10:37 AM (bMCTB)

87 ,"...will "The Daily Mail" report when Michelle lays a wreath at Mao's tomb..." I've been to both Mao's and Lenin's tomb. Mao when he was relatively fresh in 1980.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 10:37 AM (u2a4R)

88 Satan is the product of a secret relationship between the Koch brothers and Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:37 AM (BZAd3)

89 did you lay a wreath?

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:37 AM (zOTsN)

90 I have to assume Barackhenaten - I picked Duke to make it past the round of 32?...

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 10:37 AM (ibuju)

91 Why doesn't some intrepid reporter ask why the Ds are so desperate to PREVENT building that pipeline? What windfalls are their for them in forcing people to.pay more for gas? Or in transporting it in other ways?

Posted by: --- at March 21, 2014 10:37 AM (MMC8r)

92 25 The Koch brothers kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and sold him for oil.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 02:20 PM (8ZskC)

We knew that.

Posted by: WAPO at March 21, 2014 10:38 AM (15qFH)

93 we're all just Koch suckers

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:38 AM (zOTsN)

94 Mao's tomb is what I call the downstairs toilet.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 21, 2014 10:38 AM (+lsX1)

95
BIDEN: Â“My boss, my friend, Barack Obama is an incredibly patient man. I suggested after going through the first couple of weeks [of Obamacare's botched rollout] I would nominate him for sainthood as he kept his patience. But you know, it got off to a slow start. The president was as frustrated as anyone you ever knew, but it is basically fixed.Â”

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 02:35 PM (zqvg6)

We're just not good enough for him. Will we never make him proud? Will we never live up to his expectations for us?

Also, I love that Joey Choo Choo claims taht Obammycare is "basically fixed." Someone's been letting him chew the lead paint off the window sashes again.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:39 AM (4df7R)

96 81 How many of the Duke players are on the Koch brothers payroll?

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 21, 2014 02:34 PM (+lsX1)

We're on it!

Posted by: WAPO at March 21, 2014 10:39 AM (15qFH)

97 I've been to both Mao's and Lenin's tomb. Mao when he was relatively fresh in 1980.

I didn't go in to see Mao because of the strict prohibition on pickled commie jokes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 10:39 AM (8ZskC)

98 We're just not good enough for him. Will we never make him proud? Will we never live up to his expectations for us? Also, I love that Joey Choo Choo claims taht Obammycare is "basically fixed." Someone's been letting him chew the lead paint off the window sashes again. Posted by: MWR I blame myself thank God Biden is on the job reassuring our eastern European allies whew

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:40 AM (zOTsN)

99 >>>I have to assume Barackhenaten - I picked Duke to make it past the round of 32?...

Posted by: garrett at March 21, 2014 02:37 PM (ibuju)<<<

Fuck Final404Care!

Posted by: Duke Blue Devils at March 21, 2014 10:40 AM (9duOQ)

100 OT, and I shouldn't laugh at this, but I did. I soooo did. Daily Mail Online ‏@MailOnline now Putin mocks Western sanctions by putting his salary in the Russian bank singled out for punishment http://dailym.ai/1kQ9zeB

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 21, 2014 10:41 AM (DmNpO)

101

Because the Democratic Party has a lot invested in the proposition that the Koch Brothers are boogeymen and the Keystone Pipeline is their boogey-baby.

But what do the democrats have invested in stopping the pipeline? Seriously.

It can't be environmental donations, the money isn't enough.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:41 AM (eoeps)

102 The Defenestration of Prague? The Koch Brothers, digging for oil. True story.

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 10:41 AM (RD7QR)

103

I've been to both Mao's and Lenin's tomb. Mao when he was relatively fresh in 1980.

I did manage to spit on Mao's tomb.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:42 AM (eoeps)

104 President Basically Competent

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:42 AM (YXpCK)

105 The Defenestration of Prague? The Koch Brothers, digging for oil. True story.

The first or the second?

Posted by: The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation at March 21, 2014 10:42 AM (8ZskC)

106 101 They simply hate cheap and plentiful energy and the prosperity that comes with it.

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 10:42 AM (zqvg6)

107 how long before they leave a flaming bag of dog turd at the White House steps

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (zOTsN)

108 "The Defenestration of Prague" I saw them open for.....

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (15qFH)

109 the lunacy of this attack on the kochs just keeps reinforcing my theories on how insane liberals are. One key stone to the liberal pathology is that the attack is the thing, the hate must be fed, and therefore, there is no counter argument...as in "what? How can there be anything wrong with the vituperative insanity I just regurgitated about today's latest hate obsession?"

Posted by: joeindc44 at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (LEEQ+)

110 I'd love to be on the Koch brothers payroll. Isn't one of them a real playa with the ladies?

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (r7mtu)

111 Read the link- it's even worse than Ace noted. Not only do the Koch Bros holdings produce little oil compared to competitors, but they've not even signed on to use the Keystone pipeline- probably because it doesn't run near their refineries.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (SY2Kh)

112 105 The Defenestration of Prague? The Koch Brothers, digging for oil. True story.

The first or the second?

Posted by: The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation at March 21, 2014 02:42 PM (8ZskC)

Yes. BWAHAhahahahahahahah!

Posted by: The Timeless Koch Brothers at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (RD7QR)

113 "I did manage to spit on Mao's tomb." Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 02:42 PM (eoeps) Outside on the building?

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 10:43 AM (u2a4R)

114 but yeah, I am an elderly billionaire, I really have the long term benefit cost scale on my mind.

Posted by: joeindc44 at March 21, 2014 10:44 AM (LEEQ+)

115 But what do the democrats have invested in stopping the pipeline? Seriously. It can't be environmental donations, the money isn't enough. Posted by: Vashta Nerada its not the money its a mental disease

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:44 AM (zOTsN)

116 Oh,and we could really crush Russia's economy.Drill,frack and export.We could pauperize them.

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 10:44 AM (zqvg6)

117 how long before they leave a flaming bag of dog turd at the White House steps

Barky has assigned a Secret Service detail to be on special watch for Eastern Europeans individuals carrying Kick Me signs and rolls of tape.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 10:44 AM (8ZskC)

118 The only theory I have come up with on the democrats war on business is that they repeat the command economy of FDR. In other words, they screw up the economy so badly that people vote for government interference out of fear, and the democrats hold the economy down to ensure those people don't recover and go back to voting how they did when they were doing ok.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:45 AM (eoeps)

119

Outside on the building?

No, on the actual coffin mount. Inside the building

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:45 AM (eoeps)

120 "The Koch brothers kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and sold him for oil.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 02:20 PM"

Sheesh....where did you people think baby oil came from?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2014 10:45 AM (knoK7)

121 116 Oh,and we could really crush Russia's economy.Drill,frack and export.We could pauperize them.

Posted by: steevy at March 21, 2014 02:44 PM (zqvg6)

Exactly. AND help our allies in the process...but no..because fucking Obama and Libtards.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 10:46 AM (15qFH)

122
The city boys, and the country boys, they come from miles around,
To defy their king and country, save the poor folks from the hand,
Of the thieving dukes and abbotts, and the gentry of the land.

Rollin' on, I've been rollin' on,
And my head is high, from the battle won,
Laid down my life for the Greenwood

Posted by: Harry Reid "investor friend" at March 21, 2014 10:46 AM (e8kgV)

123 from sole world super power to punch line in one fell swoop yippee

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

124 120 "The Koch brothers kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and sold him for oil.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 02:20 PM"

Sheesh....where did you people think baby oil came from?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2014 02:45 PM (knoK7)

Yes of course, we have a secret underground lair for that.

Posted by: The Timeless Koch Brothers at March 21, 2014 10:46 AM (RD7QR)

125 Penn Virginia Corp., a oil and gas explorer has who as their largest shareholder? George Soros.

Posted by: Cheri at March 21, 2014 10:47 AM (G+Wff)

126 "Posted by: The Timeless Koch Brothers at March 21, 2014 02:46 PM"

With ill-tempered sea bass?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2014 10:47 AM (knoK7)

127 Having my coffee. Is this here the Ace of Spads Headquarters?

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 10:48 AM (B8B+F)

128 The Dems get remunerated by foreign oil interests for blocking domestic production. Putin is Doodad Pro.

Posted by: --- at March 21, 2014 10:48 AM (MMC8r)

129 In many ways, the Keystone XL pipeline is like the story of Obama: A success a summer away!

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at March 21, 2014 10:48 AM (09o/X)

130 125 Penn Virginia Corp., a oil and gas explorer has who as their largest shareholder? George Soros.

Posted by: Cheri at March 21, 2014 02:47 PM (G+Wff)

yes but.... "look over there! Koch brothers!"

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 10:48 AM (15qFH)

131 125 Penn Virginia Corp., a oil and gas explorer has who as their largest shareholder? George Soros.

Posted by: Cheri at March 21, 2014 02:47 PM (G+Wff)

LIARS!

Posted by: Media Matters for America at March 21, 2014 10:49 AM (RD7QR)

132

69 -

St. Louis' radio provider for Rush is also the broadcaster of Cardinals games... which they apparently need to broadcast from Spring Training all month long.

I blame the Koch brothers.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2014 10:49 AM (TOk1P)

133 benefit to the democrats, re: idiotic kock bashing? One problem with your quandry. You need to accept that they are insane. Then you will see that this is a paranoid fantasy being played out with the lives of millions of people and trillions of dollars. it's like a cheesy pyschological thriller in which any fault in the insane person's fantasy is caulked over with boiler plate of a conspiracy or other harm caused by others. What, obama's not winning? Must be X, here X is Koch brothers. I mean, there's also the insane idea that this helps them politically, which ... to be fair...has binders full of reasons why it's not the worst idea for them*. * just kidding, the donks only win because of massive voter fraud and importing about 50 million third world peasants who vote 80-20 for the donks out of misplaced racial solidarity.

Posted by: joeindc44 at March 21, 2014 10:50 AM (LEEQ+)

134 127 Having my coffee. Is this here the Ace of Spads Headquarters?

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 02:48 PM (B8B+F)

Yes Soona but... true story... secretly owned by....you guessed it.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 10:50 AM (15qFH)

135 I listen to radio over the internet.

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 10:50 AM (YXpCK)

136 I had dental surgery today. Fucking Koch brothers

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:50 AM (zOTsN)

137 "The astonishing thing about the IFG report is that it admitted that the Keystone Pipeline will damage KochÂ’s economic interests. Keystone would funnel Canadian oil to the Midwest, thereby driving down oil prices in that region."

That is simply not true. Keystone XL goes straight to Texas Gulf coast. The previous Keystone segments went to the midwest, Midwest refineries get more than 50% of their crude currently from Canada, who discounts it

With K-XL, Canada can ship it straight to Texas and midwest refineries (and its customer in the midwest) will see a rise in price - some predict up to 40%.

Ace - that part of the analysis is a piece of shit - and I am not sure if it is coming from Powerline or that IFG report.. too damn confusing.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 21, 2014 10:50 AM (Z7PrM)

138 "No, on the actual coffin mount. Inside the building" Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 02:45 PM (eoeps) You'll forgive me if I don't believe that. It would take balls of unimaginable proportions coupled with death wish to do something like that in that environment. Between the number of guards and their no-fucking-around attitude, I doubt anyone would try.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 10:50 AM (u2a4R)

139 The Koch Brothers killed Mr. Boddy, but they paid Hasbro to hush it up!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 10:51 AM (4df7R)

140 But what do the democrats have invested in stopping the pipeline? Seriously. It can't be environmental donations, the money isn't enough. Actually, it can be the money and votes from the bunny-hugger contingent. As noted in the link, most of the oil producers who would use the Keystone pipeline are foreign owned and thus prohibited from making direct political contributions.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 21, 2014 10:51 AM (SY2Kh)

141 OT, But just how many of the brackets just got wacked by Mercer...

Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2014 10:51 AM (jsWA8)

142 missing Malaysia Air flight? Damn Koch brothers

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:51 AM (zOTsN)

143 St. Louis' radio provider for Rush is also the broadcaster of Cardinals games... which they apparently need to broadcast from Spring Training all month long. ===== If you're in STL, listen to Dana Loesch instead on 97.1 FM. I haven't listened to Rush for several years.

Posted by: --- at March 21, 2014 10:51 AM (UEiBX)

144 136 I had dental surgery today. Fucking Koch brothers

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 02:50 PM (zOTsN)

drill, drill, drill...that's all they care about. Don't care who they hurt.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 10:52 AM (15qFH)

145

135 -

No streaming media here at work... do I need to mention who is to blame for that?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2014 10:52 AM (TOk1P)

146 Did you guys know the Koch brothers rely on Rearden metal for their tectonic assault drills?

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at March 21, 2014 10:52 AM (5xmd7)

147 This, about Juliet Eilperin, one of the WaPo "reporters" who did the piece. From Wiki. She is the author of "Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the House of Representatives" (Rowman & Littlefeld 2007). Poisoning? Et tu, Juliet? Her goal is a one-party gummint, ergo, no partisanship. But to get there, she and her husband will go full-tilt-boogie partisan.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 21, 2014 10:52 AM (tmFlQ)

148 O.k- Just because this made me laugh-and I appreciated it. KS Subaru dealer stands up to Union Intimidation: http://tinyurl.com/m49f7t6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 21, 2014 10:52 AM (XyM/Y)

149 ooops.. 40% should be 40 cents.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 21, 2014 10:52 AM (Z7PrM)

150 Yes Soona but... true story... secretly owned by....you guessed it.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 02:50 PM (15qFH)

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

Ooooohhhh! I'm feeling so.....so.....evil.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 10:53 AM (B8B+F)

151 Mao's tomb. Just another of the myriad things that jwest is a world-renowned expert in.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at March 21, 2014 10:53 AM (Xhp1L)

152 Looks like a good day for bears. Mercer wins. Baylor is leading. Bear----polar bear---Coke---Koch. Yep. I blame the Koch brothers.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 10:53 AM (dfYL9)

153

Posted by: jwest

1. I do

2. I have a witness, but he lives in Malaysia now

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:53 AM (eoeps)

154 This is one of those damn stupid things that the idiots on the left just will never understand. Just because you've got the land on which to drill/frack, what have you, DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA HIT OIL. If it was as simple as, "Buy land in area that tends to have oil.... drill.... strike oil," frigging everyone would be doing it!

Did you read the police report about that lefty Prof who scratched and stole a sign from a protester? The police officer had to ask several times what law the protester broke and had to explain the difference between university policy and the law.

Sometimes I think they ignore clear distinctions because they destroy their position. Eg legal vs illegal immigration.

Sometimes I think they just don't understand some of these distinctions or never thought about their assumptions.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 21, 2014 10:53 AM (P7Wsr)

155

143 -

I happen to like Rush. I also start with the assumption that any/all conservative radio hosts are trying to imitate him anyway, so why bother.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2014 10:54 AM (TOk1P)

156

Two minutes of hate.

Posted by: dan-O at March 21, 2014 10:54 AM (D0bIN)

157 151 Mao's tomb. "Just another of the myriad things that jwest is a world-renowned expert in." Posted by: akula51 at March 21, 2014 02:53 PM (Xhp1L) You just got to get out of Mayberry sometime.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 10:54 AM (u2a4R)

158 Ooooohhhh! I'm feeling so.....so.....evil.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 02:53 PM (B8B+F)

uuhh and that's unusual? *ducks head*

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 10:54 AM (15qFH)

159 Had anyone at the WaPo had two brain cells to rub together they would have run this report as PROOF that the EEEEEVILLE KOCH BROTHERS (Who are worse that Hitler) were INTENTIONALLY LEASING PRIME OIL LAND in Alberta but NOT PUMPING and INTENTIONALLY NOT ENDORSING the Keystone pipeline in order to KEEP OIL PRICES HIGH, thereby REAPING A WINDFALL AND MURDERING MINORITIES, WOMEN, AND LITTLE BABIES.

But, instead, they are fucking idiots, so they ran with it the way they did.

Pardon me while I go give myself a lobotomy after that brief sojourn into Lefty Fucknozzle Logic (tm).

Posted by: Sharkman at March 21, 2014 10:55 AM (TM1p8)

160 1. I do 2. I have a witness, but he lives in Malaysia now Posted by: Vashta Nerada and the Koch brothers killed him on the airline, right?

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:55 AM (zOTsN)

161

I would not be surprised in the least to find a kickback circle jerk program in place with these media suckholes.

I mean, it's obvious that NBC has it happening...who else is doing that?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at March 21, 2014 10:55 AM (xggaJ)

162 135I listen to radio over the internet.

Huh, I listen to radio under the internet. The internet can't see the radio that way.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 21, 2014 10:55 AM (pgQxn)

163 is Halliburton jealous now that the Koch brothers control everything? They used to control everything. Must sting

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:56 AM (zOTsN)

164 Someone fetch Moo Moo

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 10:56 AM (RJMhd)

165 "And there's some Democratic operative/media incestuousness here too, of course."

Well, geez, when's the last time _that_ happened? Racking my brain here.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 21, 2014 10:56 AM (noWW6)

166 I was going to do the same to Lenin, but I wasn't going to pay for the privilege.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:57 AM (eoeps)

167 155 I believe KMOX used to put Rush on the we feed when broadcast baseball interfered, but I d don't know if they still do.

Posted by: --- at March 21, 2014 10:57 AM (3arnr)

168 Someone fetch Moo Moo

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 02:56 PM (RJMhd)

Why would anyone want to do that?

Posted by: Country Singer at March 21, 2014 10:57 AM (L8r/r)

169 164 Someone fetch Moo Moo

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 02:56 PM (RJMhd)

Please don't.

Posted by: Unborn baby at March 21, 2014 10:58 AM (DrWcr)

170 The Koch brothers, in league with Putin, are secretly plotting to annex Kim K's massive ass and resettle displaced Ukrainians there and put them to work in the oil sands mines.

Evil bastards.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 10:58 AM (BZAd3)

171

The Koch bros need to come back to OK. They're warmly recieved here.

Come home, dudes. We loves ya here.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 10:58 AM (B8B+F)

172 Sorry, 'web feed.'

Posted by: --- at March 21, 2014 10:58 AM (3arnr)

173

and the Koch brothers killed him on the airline, right?

Heh. We stayed at the hotel in Jakarta that got bombed. We figured they were gunning for us, but set the timers wrong.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 10:58 AM (eoeps)

174 164 Stop saying its name....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (ojnk6)

175 141 OT, But just how many of the brackets just got wacked by Mercer... Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 21, 2014 02:51 PM (jsWA

----------------- I had Mercer as one of my upset picks. I was rooting for Duke (*sigh*) but went for Mercer because they have a senior-laden team. Duke has been erratic this year, sometimes playing like.... kids.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (dfYL9)

176 I went to Ho Chi Minh's tomb in Hanoi once but he was out for refurbishing at the time. They send him to Russia once a year since the Russians are acknowledged experts in the field of Dead Tyrant Maintenance.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (8ZskC)

177 jwest whats it to you? Its not up to you to tell other people what they did. why do you care? has it ever occurred to you that someone else might be better able to describe what they did than you are? hundreds of people slipped through radars in Asia, and prolly Chinese radar too, and you are here to witness that no one could ever spit on something in China? why do you care

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (zOTsN)

178 >>Actually, it can be the money and votes from the bunny-hugger contingent. As noted in the link, most of the oil producers who would use the Keystone pipeline are foreign owned and thus prohibited from making direct political contributions. Its not just that. Take a look at the "green energy" companies and who owns or profits from their success. Huge number of liberals invested in that sector.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (g1DWB)

179 169 164 Someone fetch Moo Moo
Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 02:56 PM (RJMhd)

Please don't.

Posted by: Unborn baby at March 21, 2014 02:58 PM (DrWcr)

Hello all! You rang?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo 'nah just fucking with ya' at March 21, 2014 10:59 AM (15qFH)

180 Biden: "[Obamacare] is basically fixed."

Hope someone in GOP media operations has that clip with a date stamp on it.

Likely to come in handy later on. As shit continues to hit the fan.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 21, 2014 11:00 AM (noWW6)

181

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo 'nah just fucking with ya' at March 21, 2014 11:00 AM (15qFH)

182

174 -

Too late!!!

Posted by: Lord Mooldemort at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (TOk1P)

183 166 "I was going to do the same to Lenin, but I wasn't going to pay for the privilege." Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 02:57 PM (eoeps) It would be a little easier at Lenin's tomb, with less lighting and how the line moves closer to the casket, but it would still be among the stupidest things someone could attempt.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (u2a4R)

184 Now look what ya did...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (ojnk6)

185 ooops.. 40% should be 40 cents.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

According to what you just wrote, your argument is now invalid.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (twp4I)

186 Chercher la vache!

Posted by: A French Soldier at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (8ZskC)

187 Biden: "[Obamacare] is basically fixed." he means its being neutered he got confused about the word "fixed"

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (zOTsN)

188 Speaking of media dick sucking. Yahoo headline right now: The Power of Obama's Pen How Obama Crippled a Russian Bank with a Stroke of a Pen

Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2014 11:01 AM (hFL/3)

189 Stop saying its name.... Like Beetlejuice.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 21, 2014 11:02 AM (CRyse)

190 188 Speaking of media dick sucking.

Yahoo headline right now:

The Power of Obama's Pen

How Obama Crippled a Russian Bank with a Stroke of a Pen

Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2014 03:01 PM (hFL/3)

Putin Annexes Ukraine While Obama Strokes His Pen

Posted by: Insomniac at March 21, 2014 11:02 AM (DrWcr)

191 189 Yup.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:02 AM (ojnk6)

192 It would be a little easier at Lenin's tomb, with less lighting and how the line moves closer to the casket, but it would still be among the stupidest things someone could attempt. Posted by: jwest why do you care whats in this for you are you the world foremost expert on security surrounding the tombs of dead dictators?

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (zOTsN)

193 "...hundreds of people slipped through radars in Asia, and prolly Chinese radar too, and you are here to witness that no one could ever spit on something in China?" why do you care Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 02:59 PM (zOTsN) Huh? Did you start drinking a little early today?

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (u2a4R)

194 See the lazy journalist.

See the lazy journalist attempt to justify his continued employment.

Justify lazy journalist, justify!

See the lobbying group.

See the lobbying group fax predigested talking points to the lazy journalist.

Fax lobbying group, fax!

See the lazy journalist regurgitate the talking points in a poorly sourced, tendentious story.

Regurgitate lazy journalist, regurgitate!

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (RD7QR)

195 That Yahoo headline is as if obama's White House wrote it..

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (YXpCK)

196 Free Moomia!

Posted by: Bossy the Cow at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (dfYL9)

197 189 Stop saying its name....

Like Beetlejuice.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 21, 2014 03:02 PM (CRyse)

Hey! I resent that!

Posted by: Beetlejuice at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (15qFH)

198 Yahoo headline right now:

The Power of Obama's Pen

How Obama Crippled a Russian Bank with a Stroke of a Pen

How Putin Took Back Ukraine With A Map and a Magic Marker

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 11:03 AM (8ZskC)

199 AND DON'T YOU PEOPLE TRY TO PEE ON PHRED FELPZ TOMB EITHER!!!

Posted by: jwoost at March 21, 2014 11:04 AM (TOk1P)

200 >>how long before they leave a flaming bag of dog turd at the White House steps Too late, already got inside.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 21, 2014 11:05 AM (3rrMW)

201 HB 60 has passed both houses in Georgia and will go to Gov Deal.

Highlights:

-Katrina language, which removes the power of the Governor to suspend sale or transfer of firearms during a declared state of emergency.
-Removal of fingerprinting upon Weapons License Renewal
-Ability to carry in some non-secure government buildings
-The use of suppressors while hunting
-Returns private property rights to bar owners, where firearms will no longer be banned by the state.
-Churches can allow firearms legally by "opting in"

What didn't make it in:

-Unrestricted church carry
-Campus carry

Posted by: Country Singer at March 21, 2014 11:05 AM (L8r/r)

202
Because the Democratic Party has a lot invested in the proposition that..

...bullshit income inequality claims for low info mofos.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 21, 2014 11:05 AM (0Kobm)

203 I call them the "Koch Kooks"

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 21, 2014 11:05 AM (e8kgV)

204 201 Thanks for that CS. I didn't know the details.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:06 AM (ojnk6)

205 Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 02:57 PM (eoeps)

It would be a little easier at Lenin's tomb, with less lighting and how the line moves closer to the casket, but it would still be among the stupidest things someone could attempt.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 03:01 PM (u2a4R)

Many times I've enjoyed pissing on the statue of Lenin that unbelievably stands in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. A bit safer than pissing on his actual tomb, and Lenin can still taste my piss in Hell as he's being raped by Satan, I'm sure.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 21, 2014 11:06 AM (TM1p8)

206

194 -

See the lazy journalist accidentally tell the truth about Carney and the WS Press corps.

Retract, lazy journalist, retract!

Posted by: BurtTC at March 21, 2014 11:07 AM (TOk1P)

207 "...hundreds of people slipped through radars in Asia, and prolly Chinese radar too, and you are here to witness that no one could ever spit on something in China?" why do you care Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 02:59 PM (zOTsN) Huh? Did you start drinking a little early today? Posted by: jwest you're a know it all fool and cannot ever, even one time, resist the impulse to try and be the smartest person in the room. To the point of telling people their own life histories and experiences are incorrect. Its insufferable

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 11:07 AM (zOTsN)

208 "...are you the world foremost expert on security surrounding the tombs of dead dictators?" Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:03 PM (zOTsN) Yes. As a matter of fact, I believe that I am the world's leading expert on judging if someone sane would spit on a coffin of a foreign leader while dozens of armed soldiers stare at you while you are walking by. And in my expert opinion, someone would need to have a great desire to be pummeled by multiple extremely pissed off guards to spit on either Moa or Lenin.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 11:07 AM (u2a4R)

209 Haven't Warren Buffett and our Prez been seen giving reach-arounds to one another at the White House on a regular basis? What does the Oracle of Omaha own considerable stakes in? Railroads. What will the Keystone pipeline do to railroads? take freight/ business away. Who loses money on the deal? Not the Boogeymen of the New Millenium...

Posted by: Gunslinger at March 21, 2014 11:07 AM (4S7hN)

210

127

Ace of Spats.

We also sell wingtips, wingnuts!

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:08 AM (3ZtZW)

211 Lenin was a great guy, Stalin is the bad one.

Posted by: Libtard at March 21, 2014 11:08 AM (Aif/5)

212 In Chelyabinsk there still stands a statue of Lenin. I told the interpreter to explain in Russian to the group that they should pull that POS down and put up a statue of Reagan, as he is the one who brought them out of slavery.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 11:08 AM (eoeps)

213 George Lucas based the destruction of Alderaan by the Death Star on actual events. It seems that the Kock brothers hated the people of Alderaan because so many vowels in Alderaanean made referring to them just too difficult.

That's why The Force is so silent.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 21, 2014 11:09 AM (BZAd3)

214 you're a know it all fool and cannot ever, even one time, resist the impulse to try and be the smartest person in the room. To the point of telling people their own life histories and experiences are incorrect. Its insufferable

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:07 PM (zOTsN)

Isn't this the story of Obama?

Posted by: Country Singer at March 21, 2014 11:09 AM (L8r/r)

215 $25,000 vouchers paid for by silver dimez.

Posted by: Woo-hoo at March 21, 2014 11:09 AM (Aif/5)

216 There was only one guard in the room in Mao's tomb, and he was busy scoping out the women.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 21, 2014 11:09 AM (eoeps)

217 In Chelyabinsk there still stands a statue of Lenin. I told the interpreter to explain in Russian to the group that they should pull that POS down and put up a statue of Reagan, as he is the one who brought them out of slavery. Posted by: Vashta Nerada I dunno you better run that experience past jwest first for verification

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 11:09 AM (zOTsN)

218 "That Yahoo headline is as if obama's White House wrote it.. Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 03:03 PM"

What do you mean "as if?"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 21, 2014 11:09 AM (knoK7)

219 Wait...what was the topic again? Where's the Civil War thread?

Posted by: tasker at March 21, 2014 11:10 AM (RJMhd)

220 FYI, you can spit, piss or vomit on Karl Marx's tomb with no fear of mortal consequences. It's at Highgate Cemetery in London. You'll recognize it from the movie Zardoz.

http://tinyurl.com/q98rlfz

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 11:10 AM (8ZskC)

221 Who wants a rage stroke? http://tinyurl.com/lcu9om6

Posted by: Mainah at March 21, 2014 11:10 AM (659DL)

222 you better run that experience past jwest first for verification Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 03:09 PM (zOTsN) Bitch, please.

Posted by: jwest at March 21, 2014 11:10 AM (u2a4R)

223 FYI, you can spit, piss or vomit on Karl Marx's tomb with no fear of mortal consequences. It's at Highgate Cemetery in London. You'll recognize it from the movie Zardoz. http://tinyurl.com/q98rlfz Posted by: Cicero jwest can you confirm

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 11:11 AM (zOTsN)

224

>>>Who wants a rage stroke?

I can get them for you wholesale through my friend Morty.

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:11 AM (3ZtZW)

225 221 Who wants a rage stroke?

http://tinyurl.com/lcu9om6

Posted by: Mainah at March 21, 2014 03:10 PM (659DL)

already had my limit this morning. Ugh.

Posted by: Guido 'trigger happy' at March 21, 2014 11:11 AM (15qFH)

226 221 Another one? No thank you. I'm at my freaking limit.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:12 AM (ojnk6)

227 Got a mention on today's podcast, so packing a woodie for the whole afternoon.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 21, 2014 11:14 AM (TfdkD)

228 jwest, what did you think of the volcano right at the end of Mao's Tomb?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 21, 2014 11:14 AM (xq1UY)

229 Mainah @ 221 - these people have no shame or sense. It is like the dumb commercials they put out targeted to the young. I pray for adults to inhabit the White House one day.

Posted by: Cheri at March 21, 2014 11:15 AM (G+Wff)

230

FNC has reported that, even though thousands of people and untold rescources being involved, nothing has been found yet. Phelp's grave is yet to be located.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 11:15 AM (B8B+F)

231 231 Helluva a multi keg party with no porta potties coming up if this location is ever released.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:16 AM (ojnk6)

232 You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives?

Posted by: soothsayer, playing the villain tonight at March 21, 2014 11:16 AM (YXpCK)

233 Speaking of lunacy in the left wing media, Pacifica Radio fires its executive director, hilarity follows when she refuses to leave her job. It's like watching Stalin vs Trotsky http://tinyurl.com/nvx253s

Posted by: kbdabear at March 21, 2014 11:16 AM (aTXUx)

234 Breaking: Koch Bros. caused Oprah's ass to get fatter.

Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2014 11:16 AM (VndSC)

235 230 FNC has reported that, even though thousands of people and untold rescources being involved, nothing has been found yet. Phelp's grave is yet to be located.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 03:15 PM (B8B+F)

Find the one that has the hole in it leading straight to hell.

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 11:16 AM (RD7QR)

236 The presstitutes only care here that they were caught and embarrassed a teeny weeny bit...that they were caught. They long ago sold their 'journalistic' souls, with few exceptions. Fuck them with a pineapple. Sideways. Salted and sprayed with lemon juice. Repeatedly.

Posted by: eureka! at March 21, 2014 11:17 AM (06U7A)

237

You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives?

====

Its that fkr Johnson and this damned war

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:17 AM (3ZtZW)

238 234 Breaking: Koch Bros. caused Oprah's ass to get fatter.

Posted by: Roy at March 21, 2014 03:16 PM (VndSC)

Whoa, harness that capacity and your could go FTL.

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 11:18 AM (RD7QR)

239 All within the Narrative, Nothing outside the Narrative, Nothing against the Narrative.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 21, 2014 11:18 AM (BAS5M)

240 How many bodies can be buried on these Koch owned lands? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Hairy Reed at March 21, 2014 11:19 AM (dvRYt)

241 ok, so I run the NCAA pool at work. Of 139 people, one had a perfect 16-0 pool yesterday. Today, only one person picked #14 Mercer to upset Duke. Same damn guy...

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 21, 2014 11:19 AM (TfdkD)

242 "all the left has to do is get one of its many house organs to type up a largely false and misleading report, send it over to one of the country's allegedly "mainstream" media outfits, and wait for its claims to be endlessly retransmitted throughout the country."
Correct, and while the bias is in who they pick to print up and listen to, mostly its just lazy and incompetent journalists who just plug a press release into the news that's causing this. They are awful at their job and lazy enough to not want to do the work required, so these kind of papers are very welcome.
Even the slightest diligence would have made the story more accurate, but the writer didn't care to do even that - most likely due in large part due to confirmation bias - but what's worse is that the editors didn't want to bother either. That's their job, to make sure the content is accurate and well written.
Layers.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 21, 2014 11:19 AM (zfY+H)

243 Today, only one person picked #14 Mercer to upset Duke. Same damn guy... Posted by: Buzzsaw90 was his last name Koch?

Posted by: thunderb at March 21, 2014 11:20 AM (zOTsN)

244 "Speaking of lunacy in the left wing media, Pacifica Radio fires its executive director, hilarity follows when she refuses to leave her job."
Was a swingline stapler involved, and did she threaten to burn down the building?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 21, 2014 11:20 AM (zfY+H)

245 Speaking of media dick sucking.

Yahoo headline right now:

The Power of Obama's Pen

How Obama Crippled a Russian Bank with a Stroke of a Pen

Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2014 03:01 PM (hFL/3)

*stares blankly at screen*

Screw the diet, this is a banana bread and BBQ brisket night.

Not necessarily in that order... but yeah... I think I've reached my Stupid threshold and need to console myself.

-_- It's embarassing to live in this country these days...

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at March 21, 2014 11:20 AM (9LuAk)

246 >Today, only one person picked #14 Mercer to upset Duke. Same damn guy...

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 21, 2014 03:19 PM (TfdkD)<

Did this guy steal the time machine that Ace never had?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 21, 2014 11:20 AM (sjdRT)

247 You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives? Sides hurt from earlier thread in regards to Hordesourcing Redneck Medical advice for DG & hubby.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 21, 2014 11:20 AM (CRyse)

248 Hey, no worries because we all know that the Saudis and the idiot Venezuelan kleptocracy don't make a fucking penny out of current arrangements.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 21, 2014 11:21 AM (659DL)

249 241 I hope for his sake he entered the Quicken challenge.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:21 AM (ojnk6)

250 ok, so I run the NCAA pool at work. Of 139 people, one had a perfect 16-0 pool yesterday.

Today, only one person picked #14 Mercer to upset Duke. Same damn guy...

Is his name Biff?

Posted by: Jabari at March 21, 2014 11:21 AM (gyNYk)

251 Its that fkr Johnson and this damned war

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 03:17 PM (3ZtZW)

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Do not take the brown acid!

I repeat. Do not take the brown acid!

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 11:21 AM (B8B+F)

252 Heh that Gadsden Obamacare picture is just laughable, not angering. Its not so much outrageous as just burst-out-laughing-in-their-face stupid.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 21, 2014 11:22 AM (zfY+H)

253 "Speaking of lunacy in the left wing media, Pacifica Radio fires its executive director, hilarity follows when she refuses to leave her job." Unclear on the concept.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 21, 2014 11:22 AM (659DL)

254 Hi-Ho fellow morons. Hand to God, read the post headline as ""Left Wing Report Makes it Into Washington Post With Little Fart Checking".... and it scanned okay.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2014 11:23 AM (ETCgz)

255 232 You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives? We've had a busy day being rude to each other, from all the rage stroking and what not. Now we are sitting on the stairs taking a "time out"

Posted by: NativeNH at March 21, 2014 11:24 AM (Q3hKm)

256 I wonder what the NSA's bracket looks like.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 21, 2014 11:25 AM (dfYL9)

257 Missing jet WAS carrying highly flammable lithium batteries: CEO of Malaysian Airlines finally admits to dangerous cargo four days after DENYING it

http://tinyurl.com/m4b3pl6

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 11:25 AM (slXFW)

258 "47 The Koch Bros. gave the confederates crossbows, not longbows, for oil.

Posted by: davis at March 21, 2014 02:25 PM (Kxz3Y)"

Nonsense. If the Confederates had crossbows they would have won the war.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 21, 2014 11:25 AM (PD6iL)

259 was his last name Koch? --- Why yes, how did you know that?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 21, 2014 11:25 AM (TfdkD)

260 Is his name Biff? Posted by: Jabari at March 21, 2014 03:21 PM (gyNYk) /Golf Clap... Well Played!

Posted by: Romeo13 getting on his hoverboard and riding off at March 21, 2014 11:26 AM (84gbM)

261 "And in my expert opinion, someone would need to have a great desire to be pummeled by multiple extremely pissed off guards to spit on either Mao or Lenin."
Be worth it, except you'd probably be shot if you spat on Mao's tomb.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 21, 2014 11:26 AM (zfY+H)

262 I was fairly certain the when Buftett announced that contest that he would arrange for the JEF to win.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:26 AM (ojnk6)

263 You know what would be funny is if Obama came out with a changed bracket and claimed its what he said all along, that Duke loses. It would be just classic Obama: "I was right all along anyway, who you gonna believe, me or your lyin' eyes, baby?"

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 21, 2014 11:27 AM (zfY+H)

264 I know leftys are just repeating what they hear about the Koch Bros because they can't pronounce Koch Bros properly.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 21, 2014 11:27 AM (WdbF7)

265

>>>Be worth it, except you'd probably be shot if you spat on Mao's tomb.

Not if you put it on Youtube!

/heh

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:27 AM (3ZtZW)

266 You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives? I'm betting a bunch blew off work and are drunk somewhere.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 21, 2014 11:29 AM (CRyse)

267

243 -

It was me, duh.

Posted by: jwoost at March 21, 2014 11:30 AM (TOk1P)

268 >>You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives?<<

Pooped out. Yep.

Posted by: Diarrhea Guy at March 21, 2014 11:30 AM (OZmbA)

269 You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives?

I just haven't slept well since I read that punchline to the douche-drinking joke.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 11:30 AM (8ZskC)

270

You guys seemed pooped out today. What gives?

I've been working my ass off today. Stuff that's been kicking around for months all of a sudden has to be done NOW NOW NOW!!!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 21, 2014 11:31 AM (DrWcr)

271 So, are Rahm and Zeke the Cock Brothers, to Lefties? Or does being Engrish challenged only apply to Conservatives?

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2014 11:31 AM (ETCgz)

272

>>>punchline to the douche-drinking joke.

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:31 AM (3ZtZW)

273 I just haven't slept well since I read that punchline to the douche-drinking joke.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 21, 2014 03:30 PM (8ZskC)

Yeah, I gagged a bit after reading that.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 21, 2014 11:32 AM (DrWcr)

274 >>>punchline to the douche-drinking joke.

??

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 03:31 PM (3ZtZW)

You really don't want to know.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 21, 2014 11:32 AM (DrWcr)

275 No. You're LOOKING at the cock brothers.

Posted by: Barack and Reggie at March 21, 2014 11:32 AM (OZmbA)

276 The Power of Obama's Pen How Obama Crippled a Russian Bank with a Stroke of a Pen Posted by: Lauren at March 21, 2014 03:01 PM (hFL/3) Or, how Obama destroyed Property Rights with the stroke of a Pen. That is a Private Bank... they are punishing it for the Politics of the country they are in.... not for breaking a US Law. Thus, if done by Congress? Its a Bill of Attainder, which is specifically prohibited by the Constitution... If done by the President? Just where does he have the Authority to do this? To Seize PRIVATE PROPERTY without due process of law??? Hell, he can't even use the Terrorism statute, or drug statutes, unless he can somehow tie them to Drugs, or declare the USSR a Terrorist supporter. Only our MSM would APPLUAD the destruction of the Constitution.

Posted by: Romeo13 getting on his hoverboard and riding off at March 21, 2014 11:32 AM (84gbM)

277 "Did this guy steal the time machine that Ace never had?

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 21, 2014 03:20 PM (sjdRT)"

Mentioning time machines calls for repeating the theory that Hitler grew up paranoid, crazy and cunning because his entire childhood was spent escaping from time traveling assassins.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 21, 2014 11:33 AM (PD6iL)

278 "Speaking of lunacy in the left wing media, Pacifica Radio fires its executive director, hilarity follows when she refuses to leave her job. It's like watching Stalin vs Trotsky"

For those of you who have never had Pacifica Radio inflicted upon you, the pure distilled moonbat crazee runs extremely deep. We're not talking MSNBC here. A couple of leagues beyond even that.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 21, 2014 11:34 AM (noWW6)

279 I may not be the first moron to mention this, but these "issues" the Dem.-Commies push (if they aren't something uncovered in focus groups) are smoke and noise to to take focus off something they fear.
If one of your biggest funders was an ex-Judenrat Esperantist, wouldn't you want to find some faux-evil rich guys on the other side to talk about?
Here's how it works: if they get wind that Our Dear Leader, President Michael Jackson, had a torrid affair with a 14-year old boy in Chicago when just married to Mooch-L, expect that bent Congressman's messages to the pages to be front page.

Posted by: Eric the Red's Dad at March 21, 2014 11:35 AM (1/4XQ)

280 You can spit on Hitler's tomb. No guards watching that one.

Posted by: jwoost at March 21, 2014 11:36 AM (TOk1P)

281 So is it pronounced "cock" or "cotch" or "coke" or what? If they're going to unleash evil on the world I should at least know the proper name to curse.

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 11:36 AM (RD7QR)

282 >>President Michael Jackson<<

What did I miss?

Posted by: Sphynx at March 21, 2014 11:36 AM (OZmbA)

283 276 if allowed to stand.... it can apply as a model for any non-citizen. So.... freeze assets of all illegals? Halt all transactions such as check-cashing for illegals? hmmm

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:36 AM (3ZtZW)

284 281 Coke.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:36 AM (ojnk6)

285 Nailed it. David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog 2h Gadsen flag: too racist for government buildings, just right for Obamacare propaganda he links to reason.com piece

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2014 11:37 AM (IXrOn)

286

>>>Mentioning time machines calls for repeating the theory that Hitler grew up paranoid, crazy and cunning because his entire childhood was spent escaping from time traveling assassins.

You guys named the movie Huntermensch as I recall

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:37 AM (3ZtZW)

287 The Koch Brothers are the Marinus van der Lubbe of the 21st century. Every ascendent totalitarian movement needs a bugbear/scapegoat on which to focus all the hate. This fact of mass psychology has been well-known for centuries, millennia. One of the most ancient Roman rituals involved chasing a symbolic scapegoat through the streets and stoning him. It was instituted as a way to unify the people. Islam has its annual "Stoning of the Devil" ritual at the hajj, which is similar in form and function. The key to these rituals is not simply identifying the scapegoat, but actually attacking it. And always remember: The goal of the ritual is not to hurt to scapegoat (who after all is just symbolic), but rather to unify the group spirit of the people. The progressive strategists behind this demonization don't give a shit about the Koch Brothers; but what they do give a shit about is needing a villain to personalize. In the absence if a Republican president or any noteworthy Republican politicians, they have latched onto a pair of unknown billionaire libertarian philanthropists, seemingly chosen at random. In my opinion, they made a terrible, terrible choice. On the surface, there's nothing evil about the Koch family, and the deeper you probe, the less evil you find. So the progs must concoct ridiculous shallow reasons to hate-ify them. This lack of a good scapegoat/villain is one of the main reason the Left is in freefall.

Posted by: zombie at March 21, 2014 11:37 AM (mizYg)

288 Well its a good thing their family name wasn't Fuchs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 21, 2014 11:38 AM (BAS5M)

289 288 Well its a good thing their family name wasn't Fuchs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 21, 2014 03:38 PM (BAS5M)

Or Lipschitz, for that matter.

Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 11:38 AM (RD7QR)

290 Speaking of lunacy in the left wing media, Pacifica Radio fires its executive director, hilarity follows when she refuses to leave her job. It's like watching Stalin vs Trotsky http://tinyurl.com/nvx253s That article is fucking hilarious. Her refusal to leave is just the icing on the Crazy Cake that is Pacifica radio.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 21, 2014 11:39 AM (SY2Kh)

291 Douche joke chokes folks.

Posted by: eleven at March 21, 2014 11:40 AM (Hy7dS)

292 Just wait 'til you try our refreshing New Koch lines of attack.

Posted by: Hairy Reed, Debbie Wasaman-Schultz, Nazi Pelosi at March 21, 2014 11:40 AM (9duOQ)

293 Mentioning time machines calls for repeating the theory that Hitler grew up paranoid, crazy and cunning because his entire childhood was spent escaping from time traveling assassins.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 21, 2014 03:33 PM (PD6iL)

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

Almost popped that skinny little son-of-a-bitch in Vienna. He was sitting in a park drawing a tree. Fucking squirrels messed me up bad before I could do it.

Posted by: Soona-timetraveler at March 21, 2014 11:40 AM (B8B+F)

294 Duke chokes, folks joke.

Posted by: eleven at March 21, 2014 11:40 AM (Hy7dS)

295

We do that scapegoating thing too. After every election.

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:40 AM (3ZtZW)

296 289 288 Well its a good thing their family name wasn't Fuchs. Posted by: Count de Monet at March 21, 2014 03:38 PM (BAS5M) Or Lipschitz, for that matter. Posted by: joncelli at March 21, 2014 03:38 PM (RD7QR) Lowhanging fruit, I know, but - there's "Focker, Gaylord", also.

Posted by: tubal at March 21, 2014 11:41 AM (ETCgz)

297 issing jet WAS carrying highly flammable lithium batteries: CEO of Malaysian Airlines finally admits to dangerous cargo four days after DENYING it http://tinyurl.com/m4b3pl6 Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:25 PM (slXFW) Rush talked about this today. He had more detail, and more theory... interesting. http://tinyurl.com/lwnek77

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 21, 2014 11:42 AM (IXrOn)

298 Well its a good thing their family name wasn't Fuchs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 21, 2014 03:38 PM (BAS5M)

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

Or Fokker.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 11:42 AM (B8B+F)

299 297 I'm sure Megyn will cover it in excruciating detail tonight.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 21, 2014 11:43 AM (ojnk6)

300 yeah but fracking causes earthquakes out here in California, dontchaknow.

Posted by: california red at March 21, 2014 03:39 PM (7jrCM)

Yes, you may have something there. Call in to my show, "Ground Zero" and let's discuss this.

Posted by: Clyde Lewis at March 21, 2014 11:44 AM (BAS5M)

301 nood

Posted by: Bigby's Punch Bug Blue at March 21, 2014 11:44 AM (3ZtZW)

302 Noood.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 21, 2014 11:44 AM (4df7R)

303

issing jet WAS carrying highly flammable lithium
batteries: CEO of Malaysian Airlines finally admits to dangerous cargo
four days after DENYING it
http://tinyurl.com/m4b3pl6
Posted by: Dr Spank at March 21, 2014 03:25 PM (slXFW)

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

The only thing about this particular theory is that the only times lithium batteries have burned was when they were being charged.

Posted by: Soona at March 21, 2014 11:47 AM (B8B+F)

304 The Kochs probably paid PowerLine to write that article! AGGGGGGH!!! Admit it Ace, the Kochs pay for your gas!!!!!! *flip* *flip* *bounce*

Posted by: Koch'er at March 21, 2014 11:54 AM (9eDbm)

305 All this talk about spitting on a totalitarian's tomb is amateurish and cheeky.

I want to hear tales of bravado about dropping trou and taking a full-on dump on these tombs, and what the perps had for dinner.

Posted by: Fritz at March 21, 2014 12:01 PM (PnMCP)

306 way too much Taco Bell.

Posted by: Guy who ate too much Taco Bell at March 21, 2014 12:29 PM (zfY+H)

307 Raise your hand if you got your monthly check from the Koch brothers ...

Posted by: Han Solo at March 21, 2014 12:52 PM (e8kgV)

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