January 09, 2014

The Many Lies of Rachel Maddow
— Ace

But she's the smart one, right? The one who does her homework and does careful research, right?

She's the intellectual lodestar of MSNBC, right?

Maddow got yet another story from a leftwing blog or leftwing agitation group. This new "blockbuster" alleges that the famously-libertarian Koch Brothers spearheaded a drive to get people on welfare tested for drugs.

For one thing, this is not an outrage, even if true.

But for another thing, it's not true. Not ever close.

[I]s Maddow any better than the rest [of the MSNBC clownshow]? A recent incident suggests that if anything, she is worse.

Maddow's team asked Koch press people for comment on this claim, giving them a mere 45 minutes (!!!) to respond, before she went on the air to falsely claim it.


Ms. Maddow moved on to a discussion of a 2011 Florida welfare law and a Florida federal court ruling concerning that law, falsely stating that the “Koch brothers . . . have been promoting forced drug tests for people on welfare.” Ms. Maddow based this false statement on her claim that the Florida Foundation for Government Accountability (“FFGA”) was involved in the legislation. This was a knowingly false and malicious statement by Ms. Maddow – Koch is not involved in promoting any such issue and we are not working with the FFGA on any such issue, as we explained to you last night. Indeed, your email from last night shows that you knew Koch had no link to the FFGA or this issue since you stated that Koch “donated to the State Policy Network of which FGGA is a member.” Nevertheless, Ms. Maddow repeatedly and falsely referred to FFGA as a “Koch brothers affiliated group,” a “Koch brothers connected Florida group,” a “Koch brothers related group,” and “this group (FFGA) affiliated with them (Koch) in Florida.”

Given that Koch has zero relationship with FFGA, Maddow based her claims on the fact that Koch has donated risibly small amounts–$40,000 over eight years–to the State Policy Network, and FFGA, which advocated for the Florida law, is a member of the State Policy Network. She used this graphic to explain the connection to her audience
So Rachel MaddowÂ’s entire segment was one big lie. Her central premise, that the Florida welfare statute was an initiative of the Koch brothers, was false, and she knew it. She made the whole thing up to fool the low-IQ viewers who form MSNBCÂ’s base. But the story gets even worse.

In an email dated January 3–follow the link above–Koch asked MSNBC to retract, and apologize for, Maddow’s fabrications. Instead of correcting her misrepresentations, Maddow, in her show on Friday, triumphantly refused, saying “I don’t play requests.” Or, in other words, “I lie with impunity, and MSNBC gives me cover.” The left-wing echo chamber swooned....

There's an additional reason to doubt her nonsensical Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon "reportage." Many large corporations donate to the State Policy Network -- companies like Verizon.

Among the companies that donate to the State Policy Network, and therefore are champions of drug testing for people on welfare? MSNBC's parent company Comcast.

So Rachel Maddow's report could just have easily have been "MSNBC Leads Charge for Drug Tests for People on Welfare." For obvious reasons, the "smart, fair one who does her homework" did not choose to report her "story" this way.

Eric Wemple is trying, without success, to get answers from Maddow and MSNBC about their false report.

The Erik Wemple Blog has presented MSNBC with questions on this matter: What’s the standard for calling a group “Koch-affiliated”? Is it any free-market, libertarian or conservative interest group? Is it any group that has a first- or second-generation funding or affiliation relationship with some Koch entity? Or is it a more strict standard? Holden notes that David Koch has given generously to the Lincoln Center, as well as to the Smithsonian. “Are they Koch groups?” asks Holden. “Where does it end?”

“MSNBC — they like to look for ways to put us in every story. Whether it’s sloppy, whether it’s malicious, it’s hard to tell sometimes,” says Holden....


Attempts to get comment from MSNBC were unsuccessful.

UPDATE: Daniel Schulman, a journalist with Mother Jones whoÂ’s at work on a book about the Kochs, e-mails this assessment of the alleged link between the Kochs and the welfare drug-testing law:


The Kochs have certainly supported the State Policy Network and some of its think-tank affiliates. But I havenÂ’t seen evidence that they have directly funded the Foundation for Government Accountability or proactively pushed for the drug-testing law. Do they want to rein in entitlements? Absolutely. But in the case of Florida, I think the connection is tenuous.


Posted by: Ace at 08:52 AM | Comments (293)
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1 Maddow?  Lies?

I'm stunned to see them in the same sentence.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 09, 2014 08:54 AM (fwARV)

2 I'll go get the others.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 08:54 AM (LSJmV)

3 Fuck it!  We'll do it live!!!!

Posted by: Rachel Maddow at January 09, 2014 08:54 AM (GQ8sn)

4 She's a man, BABY!

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at January 09, 2014 08:55 AM (+BGwj)

5 I've been look'n pretty good lately.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at January 09, 2014 08:56 AM (mETGQ)

6 When you've lost MoFoJones.......

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 09, 2014 08:56 AM (rLJaJ)

7 Maddow's still sporting a woody over being right about Krispy Kreme.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 09, 2014 08:56 AM (7ObY1)

8 I don't have cable or satellite, so there's that ...

But who is her competition at FNC?

Posted by: mrp at January 09, 2014 08:56 AM (HjPtV)

9 Rendering that beached whale, Caspar Gutman, for his rancid oil got to be pretty tiresome on the last thread, so thanks, Ace!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 08:57 AM (HsTG8)

10 Remind me again what the cure for Madcow disease is?

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at January 09, 2014 08:57 AM (CGjum)

11 What is it with the left and the Koch Brothers? It's like the brothers crashed the Mother Jones office party, unzipped, and pissed into the punch.

Posted by: joncelli at January 09, 2014 08:57 AM (RD7QR)

12 Lesbian hates Koch. Film at 11.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 09, 2014 08:57 AM (g1DWB)

13 But...but...FoxNewsKochBrothersMurdoch is EEEVVVIIILLL! So Rachel's "lies" are for the greater good!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2014 08:57 AM (oDCMR)

14 I'm stunned to see them in the same sentence.  Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 09, 2014 12:54 PM (fwARV)

He meant to say "Maddow lies with any flea-encrusted 'partner' she can find."

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (sbV1u)

15

She's all that MSNBC has left.  She's untouchable at this point.  She can say whatever she wants: "Rubio sleeps with goats!!1!" and no one will hold her accountable.

Posted by: MacGruber at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (S+el1)

16 @12: Congratulations. You win the internet today.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (oDCMR)

17 Liars lie. Especially for ratings. MSNBC proves this nearly daily.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (Whcm/)

18 But she's the smart one, right? The one who does her homework and does careful research, right? She's the intellectual lodestar of MSNBC, right? ------------------------------ According to Tucker Carlson, who got her hired at MSNBC, yes. Yes, she is.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (CJjw5)

19 Leave my daddy alone!!!!

Posted by: Chris Hayes at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (Aif/5)

20 Barky doesn't "play requests", either. He just drops trow and assumes the position...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 08:58 AM (HsTG8)

21 This is the textbook definition of "drive-by media" that Rush Limbaugh coined.


Throw up as many allegations as you can, in as short as possible time, hoping at least one of them will "hit".


Posted by: EC at January 09, 2014 08:59 AM (GQ8sn)

22 Rachel-boy tell an un-truth. Double plus-plus impossible!

Pure as the driven meth.....

Posted by: fred zeppelin at January 09, 2014 08:59 AM (zL/eJ)

23 Just another WINO. You know...woman in name only.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 09, 2014 08:59 AM (Whcm/)

24

I must break you.

Posted by: Rachel Dragow at January 09, 2014 08:59 AM (BrQrN)

25 Dish network has got a pretty good promotion going on now.  I like Comcast because the internet is blazing fast, but hell, one can only eat so much shit.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (BZAd3)

26 Jon Stewart likes her, so MSNBC can't touch her or they'll invoke his mocking.

Posted by: Shoot Me at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (qiXMt)

27 How do we tap some of that sweet, sweet Koch money?

Posted by: jwest at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (u2a4R)

28 When you've lost MoFoJones....... Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 09, 2014 12:56 PM (rLJaJ) Yup. The smirky smirk I don't play requests response is pathetic. Hey, Rachel, tell you what, you pathetic mewling quim, I can call you pathetic mewling quim, right, okay then, if you have no concern for your own integrity, then I won't either. I repeat, someday very soon, Comcast is going to be writing a check to the Koch Bros. that has quite a few zeroes on it.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (VtjlW)

29 Who cares. Let's discuss this exciting new promising phenomenon Basketball Diplomacy.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (kwKjX)

30 All lies and distortions in the service of socialist statism are by definition, virtuous.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (8ZskC)

31 Rachel Maddow is carrying the Koch brothers love child. Pass it on!

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (Qev5V)

32 Meanwhile, Olberman is licking his chops.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (OZmbA)

33 "What is it with the left and the Koch Brothers?" Nobody watches MSNBC, but it serves as a force multiplier for the nutroots. They all get their talking points from this channel, and Maddow is their queen.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 09, 2014 09:00 AM (Y92Nd)

34 Koch Brothers! The new "9/11 was an inside job."

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:01 AM (sOtz/)

35 Just wait till my hard hitting segments on the evils of PIV and man chips air! *flashes trademark smug smirk*

Posted by: Rachel Maddoh at January 09, 2014 09:01 AM (BF+2f)

36 rubio sleeps with goats? wow..

Posted by: hillary bosch at January 09, 2014 09:01 AM (lB/5N)

37 Let's discuss this exciting new promising phenomenon Basketball Diplomacy.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 09, 2014 01:00 PM (kwKjX)


Drunken basketball diplomacy.  It's the best!

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 09, 2014 09:01 AM (BZAd3)

38 "What is it with the left and the Koch Brothers?"

I think it has to do with Soros.  The Right had a period where it was successfully tying him to Obama, so the Left desperately needed to change the subject. 

Hence, these guys no one ever heard of.  Plus they're libertarians, which is the Left's new favorite target. 

Posted by: Shoot Me at January 09, 2014 09:01 AM (qiXMt)

39 10 Remind me again what the cure for Madcow disease is? Can't answer you on the cure but I know the symptoms: 1. Your body will be taken over by a raging case of the smugs 2. You will find your eyes rolling and your hands waving wildly in the air as if you had no control over them. 3. You will notice yourself transforming into Chris Hayes

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 09, 2014 09:01 AM (7ObY1)

40 "Koch-affiliated" = Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, except with Koch.


Your pronunciation may vary.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (TM1p8)

41 What the Koch brothers REALLY want is a heroin dealer near every welfare office. That way, the cheats get high and forget about collecting their checks.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (OZmbA)

42 MSNBC is merely Comcast's payment-in-kind to the Democrats. If Republicans want to fuck Comcast, and they should, then they should push for a la carte cable pricing.

Posted by: boniface ballers at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (l3RZ9)

43

>>Maddow is their queen.<<

 

Yup.  Take her off the airwaves and you've got a bunch of confused worker bees not knowing what to do or say.

 

 

Posted by: MacGruber at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (S+el1)

44 Rachel Maddow is carrying the Koch brothers love child. Pass it on! Silly breeder. Everyone knows I don't like Koch.

Posted by: Rachel Madcow at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (7ObY1)

45 Next up on MSNBC.
Truth? Lives? Here?   Talk amongst yourselves....

Posted by: fred zeppelin at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (zL/eJ)

46 Heh...only 45 min to respond. They were hoping to insinuate guilt with a "the Koch bros. did not respond to questions" bullshit line.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at January 09, 2014 09:02 AM (Y5I9o)

47 She shoulda said, "I don't play requests and I don't do Koch!" Would have been batting 0.500, instead of 0.000.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (HsTG8)

48 It is the nature of the left to lie.  They hate the right so much they simply see what the right believes is virtuous and then do the opposite.

Posted by: Dang at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (MNq6o)

49
Maddow is a RINO!

Posted by: Chris Christie at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (n0DEs)

50 Ladies, how do you like Chris Cuomo's wig?

Posted by: soothsayer at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (kwKjX)

51 "Rubio sleeps with goats!!1!" You don't need a Maddow to spread stuff like this around this group.

Posted by: jwest at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (u2a4R)

52 Florida's Foundation for Government Accountability Hmmm... Has Maddow ever visited Florida? Does Maddow have a Foundation in the building she lives in? Does Maddow pay taxes to the Government? Does Maddow have Accountability? Three out of fours, I suspect. She must have spearheaded a drive, and supports, as well as endorses the FFGA.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Winter Borscht at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (IXrOn)

53 Are the Koch Brothers really even brothers?

Posted by: Andi Sullivan at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (8ZskC)

54 Every religion needs a savior and a devil. BO is the Savior, the Kochs are the devil and Maddow is the huckster preacher hoping to convince the five faithful believers who actually watch her low-rated cable channel.

Posted by: CR at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (8twlH)

55 That MSNBC or the Left would even see a problem if they had supported the effort says even more.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (naUcP)

56 Remind me again what the cure for Madcow disease is? -------------------------------- The same as the cure for hoof-and-mouth disease. If there isn't any hoof-and-mouth disease, then there won't BE any hoof-and-mouth disease, savvy? Liberals need to be rounded up and burned in a fucking pit with gasoline.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 09, 2014 09:03 AM (CJjw5)

57 This horse is dead, Jim. And I am a veterinarian, not a medical Doctor.

Trust me.

Posted by: Dr. Almost (Real) McCoy at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (HF0sI)

58 Slightly OT, but we have been in our new house for six months and internet has just now come available. The choices are Comcast and Verizon. Verizon is faster, but costs twice as much and their customer service is beyond horrible. But I picked Verizon because no way will Comcast ever see a penny from me, simply because of NBC.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (LSJmV)

59 Rachel Maddow is carrying the Koch brothers love child. Pass it on!


Bullcrap.  Rachel Maddow has never been within 10 feet of an exposed Koch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (8ZskC)

60 41 What the Koch brothers REALLY want is a heroin dealer near every welfare office. That way, the cheats get high and forget about collecting their checks.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 09, 2014 01:02 PM (OZmbA)


[Ponders] Or else let them get their checks and then sign them over at the heroin store. [Ponders] This idea warms my black heart...

Posted by: joncelli at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (RD7QR)

61 The Koch Brother are going to deflect an asteroid into a supervolcano just to hurt the poor.

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (sOtz/)

62 Slightly OT, but we have been in our new house for six months and internet has just now come available. The choices are Comcast and Verizon. Verizon is faster, but costs twice as much and their customer service is beyond horrible. But I picked Verizon because no way will Comcast ever see a penny from me, simply because of NBC.


You chose.....wisely.


Posted by: EC at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (GQ8sn)

63

Personally, I view that network (and all its works) pretty much the  same way I view  the American Nazi Party.

 

Yes, it has a following.  Yes, they say outrageous stuff.

 

Is it really necessary to refute the substantive statements they make? 

 

I know it's supposed to be fun to laugh at the silly monkeys as they fling poo, but I just can't see the appeal of getting in there  on one's hands and knees,  examining  the poo. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (TOk1P)

64 53 Are the Koch Brothers really even brothers? I think you're on to something there, Andi. You should start rummaging through their mom's uterus, stat.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 09, 2014 09:04 AM (7ObY1)

65 I'd join in, but you covered it so well.


Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 09, 2014 09:05 AM (TE35l)

66 Rachel Maddow, the Koch Brothers, and a Priest walk into a bar...

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 09, 2014 09:05 AM (EGPJQ)

67 She's the biggest fish in a very small pond.

Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 09:05 AM (MMC8r)

68 What Comcast/MSNBC will do is run a retraction at 3:08am during the infomercial for "The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" DVD set. You know, TV is pretty bad when the funniest programming you actually see is infomercials for "The Carol Burnett Show" and "The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" DVDs.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac lover of KaBoom Cereal at January 09, 2014 09:05 AM (BXLPR)

69 51 "Rubio sleeps with goats!!1!" Rubio is a Muslim?

Posted by: Adam at January 09, 2014 09:05 AM (Aif/5)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:05 AM (nUH8H)

71 You can't be smart, intellectual or a "loadstar" if your orientation is completely partisan and political.

There is no room for cogitation in that case. Only an agenda and a medium to push it is required.

Maddow follows that like a rat to cheese and everywhere it goes is dishonest.

Eventually, the only people who follow are other blind partisans willing to follow without any intellectual interruption of fact checking.

That won't pay the bills forever when there are only about five people watching.

Posted by: Marcus at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (GGCsk)

72 The Koch Brothers support abortion, but only for endangered species!

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (sOtz/)

73 I want my tax dollars going for welfare recipients' drug habits about as much as I want them paying for their abortions.

Posted by: wth at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (wAQA5)

74 55 That MSNBC or the Left would even see a problem if they had supported the effort says even more. Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That's my take as well.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (LSJmV)

75

Clearly the Koch's are too busy closing bridges in NJ and blaming it on Chris Christie.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (EGPJQ)

76 No PIV for me you Koch lovers ! - Rachel Imadnow

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (nTgAI)

77 One thing I will add is MSNBC is likely mainstreaming the idea that the only oversight that matters is FCC oversight.

Why?

Because they control FCC, I suspect one day in the next decade we will see more overt disparate enforcement of FCC regs.

The Fascism is coming out oft he closet *soon*

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 09, 2014 09:06 AM (TE35l)

78 Rachel Maddow is way too feminine for my tastes.

Posted by: kd lang at January 09, 2014 09:07 AM (wcLJG)

79  She's the biggest fish in a very small pond.

Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 01:05 PM (MMC8r)

 

That explains the smell eminating from there

Posted by: The Jackhole at January 09, 2014 09:07 AM (nTgAI)

80 Mooooo. Gosh Darn it. Moo. Moo. DAMMIT! MOO! MOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Posted by: Cow. Mad, and getting madder by the minute. at January 09, 2014 09:07 AM (g4TxM)

81 Drunken basketball diplomacy. It's the best! Romulan ale and Shakespeare quotes, in the original Klingon.

Posted by: JT Kirk[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:08 AM (9PrpA)

82 That explains the smell eminating from there


Two things smell like fish....

Posted by: EC at January 09, 2014 09:08 AM (GQ8sn)

83 But Citizens United!!!11!! A few rich white guys are pumping money into politics- otherwise The Obama would already be president-for-life, socialist utopia, rainbows and unicorn farts in every pot!!!1!!!

Posted by: LIVFSATFG Drone at January 09, 2014 09:08 AM (bUmSq)

84 You know, TV is pretty bad when the funniest programming you actually see is infomercials for "The Carol Burnett Show" and "The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" DVDs. QFT. Gotta get me those Dean Martin roast DVDs. I remember my parents watching those roasts and laughing their heads off, and the commercials are excellent. Plus, The Gipper is in a lot of them. The only other truly funny shows I can think of are Robot Chicken and AquaTeen Hunger Force. And Red Eye, but not so much under the new format and with Greg's revolting sidekick gone. I miss the sequential hermaphrodite more than I thought I would.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 09, 2014 09:08 AM (7ObY1)

85 The real kicker is at the end of the PowerLine piece.

MSNBC is a donor to the State Policy Network.

Wah-wah.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 09, 2014 09:08 AM (tlwVg)

86 79 She's the biggest fish in a very small pond. Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 01:05 PM (MMC8r) That explains the smell eminating from there Posted by: The Jackhole at January 09, 2014 01:07 PM (nTgAI) Fish tacos! They're what's for dinner!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 09:08 AM (HsTG8)

87 Even given the "I don't do requests" line, I don't see how a defamation claim could be made against MSNBC. Certainly they *meant* for the story to harm Koch (pronounced "Coke" by the way, for those who didn't know), but given that most of the nation agrees with drug testing for welfare (last I heard), I'm not sure how you make a claim that they were harmed by the segment...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:09 AM (nUH8H)

88 >>>What is it with the left and the Koch Brothers? It's like the brothers crashed the Mother Jones office party, unzipped, and pissed into the punch. yeah, we actually did do that. Our bad.

Posted by: The Koch Brothers at January 09, 2014 09:09 AM (/FnUH)

89 Damn it Buono LOOK at the camera!!

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:09 AM (RJMhd)

90 Her protégé, philosophy major Chris Hayes, may say that questioning her queer truth is an attack on the gays.

Posted by: No Quarter for Starter at January 09, 2014 09:09 AM (R6JT1)

91 Hey! Everyone in the clown car! Rachel's driving!

No.. not you Ed.. you won't fit!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 09, 2014 09:09 AM (f9c2L)

92 How do we tap some of that sweet, sweet Koch money?

Posted by: jwest at January 09, 2014 01:00 PM (u2a4R)


You could become a geologist, and sit one of their wells. They pay for that, you know, and their checks are good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2014 09:10 AM (60Q+L)

93 >>>he real kicker is at the end of the PowerLine piece. MSNBC is a donor to the State Policy Network. ... I wish I had included that in my post. oh wait. nah just kidding, no one reads the blog, I know.

Posted by: ace at January 09, 2014 09:10 AM (/FnUH)

94 Oh no...we might want to find out if people are irresponsible drug addicts before handing them sums of money with almost no strings attached?! The inhumanity!!

If Butch Maddow is indeed the "smart one" (whatever that means) of the clowns in the MSNBC circus...then she IS the worst, as she does what she does without even the slightly mitigating excuses of alcoholism, stupidity, and untreated mental illness that the network's other on-air "talent" display in spades.

Posted by: Stu-22 at January 09, 2014 09:10 AM (KbrNh)

95 Damnit Cuomo--get the hook--Buono sucks!

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:10 AM (RJMhd)

96 @77 Sven Like Europe, criminalize racism. Second, define any political opposition on major issues as racism. Three, one party state!

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:10 AM (sOtz/)

97 There's a post?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (8ZskC)

98 Is this post evidence that Ace is becoming That Which We Hate? #glennbeckstears

Posted by: soothsayer at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (kwKjX)

99 QFT. Gotta get me those Dean Martin roast DVDs. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Most are available on YouTube. Love 'em.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (LSJmV)

100 And thennnn...... They passed out blankets infected with smallpox!!!

Posted by: Rachel Baby at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (1Y+hH)

101 I wish I had included that in my post. oh wait. nah just kidding, no one reads the blog, I know. Posted by: ace at January 09, 2014 01:10 PM (/FnUH) ------------------------------ Leadership sets the example, ace. We're not the Morons you need, we're The Morons You Deserve.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (CJjw5)

102 We call  it the Koch Brothers'  Polar Vortex. 

Posted by: The Weather Chanel at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (TOk1P)

103 I wish I had included that in my post. oh wait. nah just kidding, no one reads the blog, I know. Posted by: ace at January 09, 2014 01:10 PM (/FnUH) ******** Even I saw the femskin gifs--jezzuz you hate your audience, don't you?

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (RJMhd)

104 66 Rachel Maddow, the Koch Brothers, and a Priest walk into a bar...

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 09, 2014 01:05 PM (EGPJQ)



Bartender says, "What'll it be?"

Priest says, "I'll have just a little nip of brandy, these two fellas will have a dry martini each and that fella on the end would like a slippery bald beaver"

Posted by: Sphynx at January 09, 2014 09:11 AM (OZmbA)

105 We are HERE! We are HERE!

Posted by: Horton Hears An MSNBC Viewer [/i] [/b] at January 09, 2014 09:12 AM (5ikDv)

106 Rachel Madcow earned MSNBC the money that they donated to the State Policy Network. Pot. Black. Kettle.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 09:12 AM (HsTG8)

107 Slightly OT, but we have been in our new house for six months and internet has just now come available. The choices are Comcast and Verizon. Verizon is faster, but costs twice as much and their customer service is beyond horrible. But I picked Verizon because no way will Comcast ever see a penny from me, simply because of NBC. Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 01:04 PM (LSJmV) I'm sorry, but I have to call bullshit on this. There is no way that Verizon's customer service is worse than Comcast's. No possible way. In actually unrelated news, I finally got around to watching Olympus Has Fallen last night and had the following response: 1. Wow. Gerard Butler kills, like, everyone. 2. Wow. Gerard Butler looks really awesome when he's killing like, no, seriously *everyone*. 3. Wait, wait just a second, there's no twist to it? There's no hahahaha you think the bad guys are the bad guys but it's really the Tea Party psych! Nope. Bad guys are the bad guys and there's no attempt to justify what they're doing. It was shocking how refreshing that was.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 09, 2014 09:12 AM (VtjlW)

108 oh wait.

nah just kidding, no one reads the blog, I know.


Posted by: ace

Shit. Sorry.

The perils of scanning.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 09, 2014 09:12 AM (tlwVg)

109 Quiet! I'm trying to research my latest story, proving once and for all that the Koch Brothers spontaneously emerged from Sarah Palin's uterus! Quack!

Posted by: Andi Sullivan, Reproductive Detective at January 09, 2014 09:12 AM (KbrNh)

110 The Koch Brothers' tears cure mad cow disease.  Unfortunately, the Koch Brothers never cry.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 09, 2014 09:13 AM (Hx5uv)

111 Leadership sets the example, ace. We're not the Morons you need, we're The Morons You Deserve.  Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 09, 2014 01:11 PM (CJjw5)

Ouch.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 09, 2014 09:13 AM (sbV1u)

112 We're not the Morons you need, we're The Morons You Deserve.

Ouch.

Posted by: HR at January 09, 2014 09:13 AM (ZKzrr)

113

There is no debate with the left.  Just call them lying liars and laugh at them.

 

There's enough evidence to bury the point for good.

 

False but accurate.

Posted by: prescient11 at January 09, 2014 09:13 AM (tVTLU)

114 You could become a geologist, and sit one of their wells. Wells need 'sitting? Why use a geologist when a teenager can do it just fine. There's even a book about their adventures.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:13 AM (9PrpA)

115 2. Wow. Gerard Butler looks really awesome when he's killing like, no, seriously *everyone*. ------------------------------- One of the few men that could make my wife say, "I'd hit that."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 09, 2014 09:14 AM (CJjw5)

116 Barbara Buono demanding a federal investigation saying Bridgegate was an attempt to thwart democracy

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:14 AM (zOTsN)

117 It's really simple.  Fox should run a story that a Rachel Maddow-affiliated organization supports drug-testing for welfare applicants.  When she shits a storm, just point out the backstory.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 09, 2014 09:14 AM (9CBig)

118 Roast=Hate

Posted by: nip at January 09, 2014 09:14 AM (jI23+)

119
The Koch Brothers killed the Radio Star!!!

Posted by: Rachel Madcow at January 09, 2014 09:14 AM (n0DEs)

120 There is no way that Verizon's customer service is worse than Comcast's. No possible way. Yes. There is. I hate Verizon almost as much as I hate SCOAMT. Wait, wait just a second, there's no twist to it? There's no hahahaha you think the bad guys are the bad guys but it's really the Tea Party psych! Nope. Bad guys are the bad guys and there's no attempt to justify what they're doing. It was shocking how refreshing that was. Wow. I may have to make time for that, then. I was almost certain it was going to be an "evil Teabaggers try to assassinate the black president" movie.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:14 AM (nUH8H)

121 Wait, wait just a second, there's no twist to it? There's no hahahaha you think the bad guys are the bad guys but it's really the Tea Party psych! Nope. Bad guys are the bad guys and there's no attempt to justify what they're doing. It was shocking how refreshing that was.


The movie went to some lengths to make the bad guys completely separate from the Norks.  They were just a really hardcore set of terrorists with NK soldiers, training, money, experience, and weapons.  Other than that, no connection to Kims of NKorea.


Posted by: EC at January 09, 2014 09:15 AM (GQ8sn)

122

I saw a car on the road the other day with a bumper sticker that said,

"I Believe Maddow"


Seriously.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 09, 2014 09:15 AM (BZAd3)

123 116 Barbara Buono demanding a federal investigation saying Bridgegate was an attempt to thwart democracy Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 01:14 ******* Thank Gaia she is off the camera now--even I was starting to not like her.

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:15 AM (RJMhd)

124 She (he?) tried launching a new line of footwear called "Dykies." They didn't sell as the tongues were too short.

Posted by: Owlpellets at January 09, 2014 09:15 AM (0Ltoz)

125

104 -

 

I don't  know why I think that's so funny.

 

Must be time for lunch.   I  would have a nip of Brandi, but Brandi doesn't go for that  sort of thing. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 09, 2014 09:15 AM (TOk1P)

126 Fake but accurate! Courage!! Now, where's that pot that I bought in Colorado.....

Posted by: Dan Rather, where is he now? at January 09, 2014 09:15 AM (RFeQD)

127 You are the morons I thought you were.

Posted by: acey duecey at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (1Y+hH)

128 Did you hear me? NJ dems are demanding a federal investigation of Bridgegate and Christy

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (zOTsN)

129 Rachel Maddow, the Koch Brothers, and a Priest walk into a bar...

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 09, 2014 01:05 PM (EGPJQ)



The bartender says:  "I told you assholes last time:  'No Shoes, No Shirts, No Service . . . No Politics or Religion, either."


Rachel Maddow says this:  "No, no, you have it wrong.  The Koch Brothers paid to remove my dick; said it would improve my view of the world.  They were right!  I've converted to Catholicism and changed my views to ultra-libertarian!  The Priest just finished the conversion ceremony!  Ahh, how nice to have a true Messiah now, who doesn't demand worship for nothing in return but a filthy reach-around afterward."


Bartender:  Shoots Madcow with a shotgun hidden behind the bar, saying:  "I don't have time for this crazy.  Drinks on the house!"



Okay, I tried.  There simply isn't a joke in the lead-in graciously provided by Foghorn Leghorn.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (TM1p8)

130 Hey!...I gotta lodestar in pants!


Posted by: the guy that has everything in his pants at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (wmU4G)

131 Barbara Buono demanding a federal investigation saying Bridgegate was an attempt to thwart democracy LOLWUT? So what does that make the IRS targeting?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (nUH8H)

132

She sure is the little fascist isn't she.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (xggaJ)

133 116 Barbara Buono demanding a federal investigation saying Bridgegate was an attempt to thwart democracy

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 01:14 PM (zOTsN)


This coming from a Democrat? Did she burst into flames?

Posted by: joncelli at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (RD7QR)

134 There is no way that Verizon's customer service is worse than Comcast's. No possible way. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Oh, it be true, sister. I know that it doesn't seem possible with a bar set that low. I could describe my ordeal(s) with them over the years, but it would be the length of an Ace review of a superhero movie, but much less interesting.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:16 AM (LSJmV)

135 There's also DirectTV and Hughes sat.  DTV is partnered with Hughes for internet service.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:17 AM (guzmA)

136 What's with all this "she" stuff?

Posted by: Optimizer at January 09, 2014 09:17 AM (saDM3)

137 Oh no...we might want to find out if people are irresponsible drug addicts before handing them sums of money with almost no strings attached?! The inhumanity!! I know this is snark, but the left actually believes this is a bad thing. Welfare was sold as a less embarrassing alternative to charity by none other than FDR. I believe this is also one reason they hate "Faith Based Initiatives". Churches sometimes attach strings, like pressing you to go to AA meetings. LDS services ask you to do a job when you accept food and support. Even if it's just sorting clothes for Deseret Industries.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:17 AM (9PrpA)

138

Epic fail.

Posted by: dan-O at January 09, 2014 09:17 AM (D0bIN)

139 I hope the Dems push it to the max. Opportunities to compare and contrast with the Obama "distractions" and "non-scandals" will abound.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 09, 2014 09:18 AM (1Y+hH)

140 Wildstein now testifying in Trenton. Taking the 5th on everything

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:18 AM (zOTsN)

141 136 What's with all this "she" stuff? Posted by: Optimizer at January 09, 2014 01:17 PM (saDM3) You are right; the AoSHQ Style Guide requires the use of "putative she".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 09:18 AM (HsTG8)

142 "But she's the smart one, right? The one who does her homework and does careful research, right?" It's a low bar....a VERY low bar.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 09, 2014 09:18 AM (bCEmE)

143 Loadstar?

Posted by: redenzo at January 09, 2014 09:18 AM (WCnJW)

144 Money is the only think that talks. Sue, sue like the wind. Sue daily. If you lose, so what. File another sue tomorrow.

Posted by: toby928© puzzles at January 09, 2014 09:19 AM (QupBk)

145 118 Roast=Hate Posted by: nip ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You're Nipsey Russell?

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:19 AM (LSJmV)

146 Posted by: ace at January 09, 2014 01:10 PM (/FnUH) ***** You want admiration for your subtle, yet ironically hard-hitting political insights. You'd take lively internecine debate. You'll get fart jokes.

Posted by: Cow. Mad, and getting madder by the minute. at January 09, 2014 09:19 AM (g4TxM)

147 Wildstein now testifying in Trenton. Taking the 5th on everything Did he lead in with "I did nothing wrong, now watch as I refuse to testify?"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:19 AM (nUH8H)

148 Crazy-ass bitch bein' crazy-ass bitch.


Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 09, 2014 09:19 AM (wtvvX)

149 Even I saw the femskin gifs--jezzuz you hate your audience, don't you? Hey! He doesn't troll us nearly as hard as he used to!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 09, 2014 09:19 AM (naUcP)

150 Angry bovine sock into the hamper.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 09, 2014 09:20 AM (g4TxM)

151 Hey! He doesn't troll us nearly as hard as he used to! Mostly 'cause we do it to ourselves nowadays.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:20 AM (nUH8H)

152 They are making this into watergate. How this thwarted democracy I am not sure. Yet being unavailable to respond to the attack on a consulate and choosing to campaign instead? That's great

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:20 AM (zOTsN)

153 Why the Kochs? Because MSNBC is the Emmanuel Goldstein network.

Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 09:20 AM (MMC8r)

154 You are right; the AoSHQ Style Guide requires the use of "putative she". Why did I read that as "punitive she"?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 09, 2014 09:20 AM (naUcP)

155 Is district wireless broadband a thing in the USA? I get my Internet service from a little microwave dish on the roof, pointed at an antenna on the top of a grain elevator about 4 miles away. Works fine, costs me about $53 per month. They say they can sell me TV via the same link, but me no want.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2014 09:20 AM (60Q+L)

156 There is no way that Verizon's customer service is worse than Comcast's. No possible way. Every provider has customers with terrible stories. Each customer thinks, "My story is so bad, it can't possibly be worse. The grass must be greener." But it's not, really. If you wind up actually needing customer service for a problem beyond the simple script, and you're not a behemoth business that can threaten them with loss of millions of dollars, you're screwed.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:21 AM (9PrpA)

157 Governor Donuts, Rachel Maddow, and Grover Cleveland walk into a bar ...

Posted by: mrp at January 09, 2014 09:21 AM (HjPtV)

158 >>>One of the few men that could make my wife say, "I'd hit that." Mm-HM.

Posted by: The Milkman, the Poolboy, & the Gang at the Car Wash at January 09, 2014 09:21 AM (/FnUH)

159 @116 Bet they get one. Eric Holder is the most partisan AG I can recall. And racist.

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:21 AM (sOtz/)

160 Okay, so who is this Buono broad? For what network does she work? Does anyone have quotes of her questions?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:21 AM (nUH8H)

161 Howdy roonz and roonettez. Home again.



Posted by: Cow. Mad, and getting madder by the minute. at January 09, 2014 01:07 PM (g4TxM)




That reminds me, my sister made the most awesome roast beast while I was there...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 09, 2014 09:22 AM (yh0zB)

162 This new "blockbuster" alleges that the famously-libertarian Koch Brothers spearheaded a drive to get people on welfare tested for drugs. For one thing, this is not an outrage, even if true. What is an outrage is that people on welfare are NOT tested. If I have to be tested to earn it, they should be tested to take it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2014 09:22 AM (NKBxV)

163 Why did I read that as "punitive she"?  Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 09, 2014 01:20 PM (naUcP)

Fantasizing on the job again, Cavil?  Hmmmm?

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 09, 2014 09:22 AM (sbV1u)

164 To call for a federal investigation would require the JEF to betray Christy.

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:22 AM (zOTsN)

165 Didn't you hear us in the last thread?

BURN THE WITCH! (i.e. the Koch bros.)


Posted by: MSM at January 09, 2014 09:23 AM (1Rgee)

166 157 Governor Donuts, Rachel Maddow, and Grover Cleveland walk into a bar ... Posted by: mrp at January 09, 2014 01:21 PM (HjPtV) When she bent over, Grover drove her And now she has A Koch of her own?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 09:23 AM (HsTG8)

167 @143 Jenna Jameson won three Loadstars in 1995 for oral, lesbian, and group.

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:23 AM (sOtz/)

168 160 Okay, so who is this Buono broad? For what network does she work? Does anyone have quotes of her questions? Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:21 PM (nUH8H) ******** Buono is the female state senator from NJ--she of the-- "Children of Buono voters" fame.

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:23 AM (RJMhd)

169 Yeah, we have the option of HughesNet as a sat ISP, but it's expensive for what you get and it requires a two year contract. A great option for rural customers, but not competitive in urban/suburban areas.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:23 AM (LSJmV)

170 Rachel Maddow, the Koch Brothers, and a Priest walk into a bar... ...are standing on a bridge peeing...

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 09, 2014 09:24 AM (g4TxM)

171 Buono is a state senator from Middlesex county. She ran against Christy in the last election. She was being interviewed by Andrea Mitchell.

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:24 AM (zOTsN)

172

Maddow is emblematic of the Left and the futility of trying to engage them in civil discussion. And the Left has  created this futility, this inability to talk to them in civil fashion. They have created it deliberately and with malice.

And I look forward to the day when enough people realize this and also realize that when  civil discussion is no longer on the table, then very few alternatives remain, outside of slinking off into serfdom/slavery. And I hope there will be enough who wll   choose to fight rather than submit to slavery.

Posted by: LGoPs at January 09, 2014 09:24 AM (Ky2MD)

173 What is it with the left and the Koch Brothers? It's like the brothers crashed the Mother Jones office party, unzipped, and pissed into the punch.

Posted by: joncelli at January 09, 2014 12:57 PM (RD7QR)


1) Leftists require Enemies-of-the-State (tm) to explain away the failures of Leftist policies to achieve utopia.

2) Leftists engage in group-think and will attempt to destroy those that disagree with them

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop posting from work at January 09, 2014 09:24 AM (T6MoX)

174 To call for a federal investigation would require the JEF to betray Christy. Which would surprise who, exactly? I mean, besides Christie.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:24 AM (nUH8H)

175 154 You are right; the AoSHQ Style Guide requires the use of "putative she".

Why did I read that as "punitive she"?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, still chilly at January 09, 2014 01:20 PM (naUcP)


Are you married?

Posted by: joncelli at January 09, 2014 09:25 AM (RD7QR)

176 You gotta watch that second baseman, she will slap her thighs against your ears so hard it will knock your eardrums out.

Posted by: rachel maddow at January 09, 2014 09:25 AM (WCnJW)

177 Speaking of bald beavers, I watched ace's angry beaver video. Why didn't the guy just get out of the river?? The beaver was right to go after him. Those cables around him had to hurt.

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 09, 2014 09:25 AM (Qev5V)

178 I saw a car on the road the other day with a bumper sticker that said, "I Believe Maddow". I go to a chain gym with all the cardio machines in the front. Most of them have a little 13" TV on them. All the real machines are in the back. Anyways, when you're walking out the door you can see what everyone is watching. Most are watching sports or the Big Bang Theory or something in the evening. However, I'd say at least 20% are watching the Mad Cow or Chris Hayes when I'm walking out. I'm near Seattle.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:25 AM (9PrpA)

179 fcuk Maddow. Wait, I retract that.

Posted by: california red at January 09, 2014 09:25 AM (7jrCM)

180 If I have to be tested to earn it, they should be tested to take it.


Now this is just the kind of mean-spirited hate-mongering that drives all my young cool friends away from the Republican Party.

Posted by: Meghan McCain, Titular Republican of Tomorrow at January 09, 2014 09:25 AM (8ZskC)

181 170 Rachel Maddow, the Koch Brothers, and a Priest walk into a bar...



...are standing on a bridge peeing...

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 09, 2014 01:24 PM (g4TxM)


Priest says, "water sure is cold."  Koch brother says, "deep, too."

Maddow says, "if Chris Cristie would open this lane up I could get the rest of my dick out"

Posted by: Sphynx at January 09, 2014 09:26 AM (OZmbA)

182 So Rachel Maddow's report could just have easily have been "MSNBC Leads Charge for Drug Tests for People on Welfare."

Oh, I like this game.

By her standards (such as they are), Fox News is also an MSNBC funded and affiliated organization.


Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 09, 2014 09:26 AM (SY2Kh)

183 So ... anybody else kind of like it when Alex used the phrase "mewling quim" ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 09, 2014 09:26 AM (z/K7F)

184

Madcow loves her some propaganda organ.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 09, 2014 09:26 AM (6rLSO)

185 Oh holy shit. They are going to get the US Senate Commerce Committee to investigate? And the US Attorney General? Wow.

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:26 AM (RJMhd)

186 Maddow is emblematic of the Left and the futility of trying to engage them in civil discussion. And the Left has created this futility, this inability to talk to them in civil fashion. They have created it deliberately and with malice.
And I look forward to the day when enough people realize this and also realize that when civil discussion is no longer on the table, then very few alternatives remain, outside of slinking off into serfdom/slavery. And I hope there will be enough who wll choose to fight rather than submit to slavery.

Posted by: LGoPs at January 09, 2014 01:24 PM (Ky2MD)



Fucking eh.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2014 09:26 AM (FMbng)

187 She ran against Christy in the last election. She was being interviewed by Andrea Mitchell. Good. That makes it even better. 1- I still need that transcript. Think MSLSD will post it? 2- I wonder if I can send scare up her communication director's email address...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (nUH8H)

188 Cuomo making noises like he is going to subpoena Christy. US Attorney asked to look in to it. Jay Rockafeller may look into it

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (zOTsN)

189

Excuse me, but i think that the title should read

"The Many Noble Lies of Rachel Maddow"

we'll wait for the correction.

 

Posted by: DNC legal team at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (SO2Q8)

190 So Verizon does have worse customer service than Comcast? Dude. Dude, I did not know that was humanly possible. That's kind of impressive in a train crashing into a fertilizer plant and then landing on a bunch of orphaned kittens kind of way. Wow. I may have to make time for that, then. I was almost certain it was going to be an "evil Teabaggers try to assassinate the black president" movie. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:14 PM (nUH8H) That's the Channing Tatum movie where the White House blows up, Olympus Has Fallen is the Gerard Butler movie where Ashley Judd dies right at the beginning. Totally different movie. EC is right, there's a whole bunch of oh oh oh it's not North Korea but the point is that these are bad guys and there's no attempt to link it to the Tea Party or the Right. Hell, the one Occupy type guy is a traitorous villain. I cannot repeat this enough, Gerard Butler kills *everyone*.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (VtjlW)

191 "and Grover Cleveland walk into a bar..."

On two non-consecutive occasions!

Posted by: Shoot Me at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (qiXMt)

192 Check Buonos website. She may have a press release on it

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (zOTsN)

193 OH look;

<<N.J. Democrats float criminal charges for Chris Christie in road scandal>>

>>“I am not a lawyer,” she said, saying “yes” to a question about whether criminal charges could be filed. “I am not a prosecutor, but from where I come from, you can’t use public facilities to politically punish people.”<<

That's rich. Did she here about the IRS Scandal?

http://tinyurl.com/psrk385

Posted by: Marcus at January 09, 2014 09:27 AM (GGCsk)

194 Seriously, you guys.  We're better than this.  Leave Rachael alone!

Posted by: Benn Gleck at January 09, 2014 09:28 AM (4I3Uo)

195 If I have to be tested to earn it, they should be tested to take it. Odd that you can extort states to behave the way you want them to by threatening to withhold government (highway) money, but you can't do it to the dependent citizenry re: illegal activity.

Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 09:28 AM (MMC8r)

196 Cuomo making noises like he is going to subpoena Christy. US Attorney asked to look in to it. Blood in the water.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:28 AM (9PrpA)

197 Rachel Maddow is way too feminine for my tastes. Posted by: kd lang at January 09, 2014 01:07 PM (wcLJG) She tastes way too feminine to me, too.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 09, 2014 09:28 AM (2oU2+)

198 Chris Christie?

What does it matter?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton responsible for four murdered Americans at January 09, 2014 09:29 AM (GGCsk)

199 However, I'd say at least 20% are watching the Mad Cow or Chris Hayes when I'm walking out. I'm near Seattle. Posted by: bonhomme Get to da choppers!!

Posted by: Ahnold! at January 09, 2014 09:29 AM (RFeQD)

200 183 So ... anybody else kind of like it when Alex used the phrase "mewling quim" ? Posted by: ScoggDog at January 09, 2014 01:26 PM (z/K7F) MSNBC's legal services provided by Mewling, Quim & KochÂ… Â…true historical fact!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 09, 2014 09:30 AM (HsTG8)

201 196 Cuomo making noises like he is going to subpoena Christy. US Attorney asked to look in to it.

Blood in the water.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 09, 2014 01:28 PM (9PrpA)


Like Thanksgiving for sharks.

Posted by: joncelli at January 09, 2014 09:30 AM (RD7QR)

202 Maddow is emblematic of the Left and the futility of trying to engage them in civil discussion. And the Left has created this futility, this inability to talk to them in civil fashion. They have created it deliberately and with malice. And I look forward to the day when enough people realize this and also realize that when civil discussion is no longer on the table, then very few alternatives remain, outside of slinking off into serfdom/slavery. And I hope there will be enough who wll choose to fight rather than submit to slavery. Dunno about cuts, jibs- but put it in the newsletter.

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at January 09, 2014 09:30 AM (bUmSq)

203 "and Grover Cleveland walk into a bar..." *** I used to enjoy his performances on Sesame Street.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 09, 2014 09:30 AM (g4TxM)

204 Rachel Maddow is way too feminine for my tastes.
Posted by: kd lang at January 09, 2014 01:07 PM (wcLJG)

She tastes way too feminine to me, too.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at January 09, 2014 01:28 PM (2oU2+)


Genghis fucking khan would taste too feminine to you

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2014 09:31 AM (FMbng)

205 >>N.Y. Sen. Schumer: Congress doesn't need to investigate Christie<<

Posted by: Marcus at January 09, 2014 09:31 AM (GGCsk)

206 Go dems, all the way! Hearings, a John Dean clone, everything! Preempt all normal TV shows. Christie all day, every day until all is revealed! This is your big chance to relive Watergate!

Posted by: Meremortal at January 09, 2014 09:31 AM (1Y+hH)

207 I go to a chain gym with all the cardio machines in the front. Most of them have a little 13" TV on them. All the real machines are in the back. I go to a chain gym too, let;s call it Shworld Shwym. Same setup. but in the cardio room, they only show ESPN and FNC, so I'm good. Except for the loudmouth LesbiMan who always seems to be there when I'm there, loudly commenting on "FAUX NOISE" and being ignored by, well, everyone else. ESPN and FNC...have to say I'm okay with the TV options at Shworld Shwym.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 09, 2014 09:31 AM (7ObY1)

208 Yeah, we have the option of HughesNet as a sat ISP, but it's expensive for what you get and it requires a two year contract. A great option for rural customers, but not competitive in urban/suburban areas.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 01:23 PM (LSJmV)

We have satellite here, too. District wireless is more comparable to cellular telephones in the way it is delivered. Or over-the-air television. Hardware is a LOT cheaper than what's needed for 2-way satellite comms.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 09, 2014 09:31 AM (60Q+L)

209 201 196
Cuomo making noises like he is going to subpoena Christy. US Attorney asked to look in to it.

I think it is a great way for Cuomo and the DNC to waste money.

Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 09, 2014 09:32 AM (5ikDv)

210 Eric Holder is the most partisan AG I can recall.
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Didja see he is calling for blacks in schools to not be "targeted for their bad behavior?He is the only person in the US who thinks our schools aren't violent enough.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 09, 2014 09:32 AM (Hx5uv)

211 Seattle? In due time.

Posted by: Mt Rainier at January 09, 2014 09:32 AM (sOtz/)

212 Posted by: Marcus at January 09, 2014 01:31 PM (GGCsk) Wow. At least one Democrat understands the can of worms this might open up. So far the IRS scandal is mostly forgotten. There are simply too many parallels between the two.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:33 AM (nUH8H)

213 I think it's been mentioned that the "last second request for comment" is a common journolist trick that goes back at least decades. I cannot even begin to count the number of times I've seen that one. Kind of telling when you have "common tricks" designed to deceive people.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at January 09, 2014 09:33 AM (qyfb5)

214 I don't think Christy can settle this with a rose Garden beer summit.  Cold Stone sundae summit maybe.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 09, 2014 09:33 AM (Hx5uv)

215 205 >>N.Y. Sen. Schumer: Congress doesn't need to investigate Christie<< Posted by: Marcus at January 09, 2014 01:31 PM (GGCsk) ******** Chuckles is just jealous of my pet--Cuomo. (Damn it looks like Christie has lost weight--must send him a donut bouquet.)

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:34 AM (RJMhd)

216 Every provider has customers with terrible stories. Each customer thinks, "My story is so bad, it can't possibly be worse. The grass must be greener." But it's not, really.

A lot of it is simple luck.  You might call in and have a horrible experience with a rep who isn't very good, while your neighbor calls the same support number, at the same time, for the same issue and gets good service.

You can guess which one makes the most noise.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 09, 2014 09:34 AM (SY2Kh)

217 So far the IRS scandal is mostly forgotten. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:33 PM (nUH8H) "Watchdog of Democracy." Heh.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at January 09, 2014 09:34 AM (qyfb5)

218 Rachel MadCow only lies when she has hot chocolate while wearing onesie jammies and a strap on. ALL PIV IS RAPE,

Posted by: Andrea Dworkin at January 09, 2014 09:34 AM (T0iq5)

219 Wow. At least one Democrat understands the can of worms this might open up. So far the IRS scandal is mostly forgotten. There are simply too many parallels between the two. Open open open open open open.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2014 09:35 AM (NKBxV)

220 Our state tried to get ppl tested before getting welfare a couple years ago. So far I think they've only been able to get ex-felons drug tested before getting welfare.

Posted by: votermom at January 09, 2014 09:35 AM (GSIDW)

221 Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 01:28 PM (MMC8r) Just like YOU can't run a gambling joint, but the State can run a Lottery, with odds that would be illegal in Vegas. Just like YOU can't lie to the Police, but the Police CAN lie to you. Just like if you owe the IRS money, you must pay interest and penalties, but if the IRS owes you money? not... Just like here in California, only the Police and Hollywood can now have 'Assault Weapons'.... (and yes, Police can buy them for themselves... for a personal home firearm). Its a matter of who is the Boss... and who is the servant...

Posted by: Romeo13, revolting serf at January 09, 2014 09:35 AM (lZBBB)

222 Senator Barbara Buono (D-1 today sent a letter to US Attorney Paul Fishman requesting an investigation into allegations of abuse of power in the George Washington Bridge scandal. Buono said she believes the e-mail and recent testimony of the General Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee reveal sufficient evidence to warrant an investigation.

Posted by: Thunderb at January 09, 2014 09:36 AM (zOTsN)

223 I don't think Christy can settle this with a rose Garden beer summit. Cold Stone sundae summit maybe. Posted by: WalrusRex Just don't touch my sandwich, you muthafuckas, or I'll kill ya.

Posted by: Rich Gamboni, AoS Coblogger at January 09, 2014 09:36 AM (RFeQD)

224 Every provider has customers with terrible stories. Each customer thinks, "My story is so bad, it can't possibly be worse. The grass must be greener." But it's not, really. A lot of it is simple luck. You might call in and have a horrible experience with a rep who isn't very good, while your neighbor calls the same support number, at the same time, for the same issue and gets good service Mumbai. Fixed.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 09, 2014 09:36 AM (NKBxV)

225 Dying after being in traffic does not mean traffic was the cause of death.

Posted by: Beagle at January 09, 2014 09:37 AM (sOtz/)

226

I have little use for Christie after his public fellation of Obama, while dissing Romney during the Hurricane Sandy episode, but I do feel a certain primal outrage growing in me at the way this mouseturd of a "scandal" is being played up,   what  with investigations being called for - all juxtaposed against the real world, traitorous and criminal scandals, that is the hallmark of the Obama administration.

I am literally speechless if this actually turns into a full blown witch-hunt.

Posted by: LGoPs at January 09, 2014 09:37 AM (Ky2MD)

227 So far the IRS scandal is mostly forgotten. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:33 PM (nUH8H) "Watchdog of Democracy." Heh. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 09, 2014 01:34 PM (qyfb5) No.... really.... just like Benghazi and Fast and Furious, we can't talk about it because its still under investigation....

Posted by: The FBI, whose stated mission is now National Security, not law Enforcment at January 09, 2014 09:37 AM (lZBBB)

228 Except for the loudmouth LesbiMan who always seems to be there when I'm there, loudly commenting on "FAUX NOISE" and being ignored by, well, everyone else. I saw a person in the locker room yesterday that I've always assumed was a woman. It may be a woman still. Hips wider than shoulders, got the soft 50ish woman face, breasts, severe haircut, and a butterfly tattoo.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:37 AM (9PrpA)

229 Maddow and MSNBC have their Koch fetish, but how much time have they devoted to the Tsarnaev brothers, Pin-Up and Flat-Line?

Posted by: mrp at January 09, 2014 09:37 AM (HjPtV)

230 Se, Mark Udall, Colorado Dem, has his own little email kerfuffle going on. Pressuring State agencies to falsely report on Obamacare impact, lost policies, etc.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 09, 2014 09:38 AM (ZshNr)

231

@Sharkman

 

Very nice try, though.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 09, 2014 09:38 AM (EGPJQ)

232 Quinnipiac: 52% of Republicans support raising the minimum wage. Well, bless their hearts.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 09, 2014 09:38 AM (1Y+hH)

233 A lot of it is simple luck. No, it's really not. Either a company has a culture in which they require good customer service, or they don't. I've worked for both kinds of companies (including Verizon, actually). Companies which require good service generally get it. Sometimes you'll get a tool who gives bad service, but they tend not to last long. Companies which don't require good service (*ahem*Verizon*ahem*) you get more bad than good- because bad service is easier. A good rule of thumb is how fast you can get a supervisor. If you say (politely) "I'm sorry, but I'd like to speak to a supervisor" and their response is anything other than some variation of "Yes, absolutely, let me find one for you" you can bet it's a culture of bad customer service.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:38 AM (nUH8H)

234

GHenghis fucking khan would taste too feminine to you

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Corrected your spelling

Posted by: John Kerry Viet Nam Big Damn Hero at January 09, 2014 09:38 AM (SO2Q8)

235 Mm-HM. Posted by: The Milkman, the Poolboy, & the Gang at the Car Wash at January 09, 2014 01:21 PM (/FnUH) True Story: when we last lived in Louisiana, I hired the fattest, hairiest poolboy I could find. I'm not stupid; I've seen enough porn to know how these things work. Dude looked like Artie Lange sprouting a mohair turtleneck out of the collar of his t-shirt. Nobody wants to fuck the Missing Link.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 09, 2014 09:39 AM (CJjw5)

236 We have no (Mad)cow.

We have no (Mad)cow.

We have no need, for her bull now.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 09, 2014 09:40 AM (kqqGm)

237 S. E. Cupp(s): If Christie was involved in Bridgegate, he should resign. lol

Posted by: Meremortal at January 09, 2014 09:40 AM (1Y+hH)

238

Rachel Maddow walks into a bar on Ladie's Night and orders  a drink.

 

The bartender charges her double. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 09, 2014 09:40 AM (m2CN7)

239 HER BULL NOW!

Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 09, 2014 09:41 AM (kqqGm)

240

Nobody wants to fuck the Missing Link.

 

 

That made me laugh. Well done sir.  

Posted by: LGoPs at January 09, 2014 09:41 AM (Ky2MD)

241 Nobody wants to fuck the Missing Link. Tell that to those chicks writing Monster Porn.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:41 AM (nUH8H)

242

225Dying after being in traffic does not mean traffic was the cause of death.

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WORD

Posted by: Zombie John F Kennedy at January 09, 2014 09:41 AM (SO2Q8)

243 Maddow and MSNBC have their Koch fetish, but how much time have they devoted to the Tsarnaev brothers, Pin-Up and Flat-Line?
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Melissa Harris-Perry covered this downplaying Islam as the motive:

 Â“I keep wondering — is it possible that there would ever be a discussion like, ‘Oh, this is because of Ben Affleck and the connection between Boston and movies about violence?Â’ And, of course, the answer is no. Of course no one will even think this is about those things."



Posted by: WalrusRex at January 09, 2014 09:42 AM (Hx5uv)

244 HEY! I gotta Bouno in my ...if ya know what I mean!!


Posted by: the guy that has everything in his pants at January 09, 2014 09:42 AM (wmU4G)

245 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:38 PM (nUH8H) Yup.... that and you can tell if they actually know what they are doing, or just following a script... Which comes down to training and experience of staff.... If they think they can rely on the script... they won't pay for experience... and you can detect that very quickly by how Exact and complete your initial trouble ticket is...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 09, 2014 09:42 AM (lZBBB)

246 No.... really.... just like Benghazi and Fast and Furious, we can't talk about it because its still under investigation.... Posted by: The FBI, whose stated mission is now National Security, not law Enforcment at January 09, 2014 01:37 PM (lZBBB) Congratulations on your magnificent stonewalling. Here, having a decaying wreckage where your country used to be.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at January 09, 2014 09:43 AM (qyfb5)

247 So, if PIV is always rape, is dildo-in-vagina always rape too?

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 09, 2014 09:43 AM (wtvvX)

248 All people on welfare should be drug tested.  All people who vote should show valid ID.  Screw what the leftist regressives think. 

Posted by: Cheri at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (G+Wff)

249 Dying after being in traffic does not mean traffic was the cause of death. True. However, one of the legal definitions of "Murder" (IIRC) is doing something- knowingly (murder) or unknowingly (manslaughter or negligent homicide)- which "prematurely ends someone's life." So if the lane closure prevented an ambulance from getting to the hospital- and life saving care was available at the the hospital that was not available in the ambulance, then you should at least be on the hook for manslaughter.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (nUH8H)

250 So the fatman is angry about the Bridge issue. Has anyone dubbed it Fat and Furious yet?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (9PrpA)

251 No, it's really not. Either a company has a culture in which they require good customer service, or they don't. I've worked for both kinds of companies (including Verizon, actually).

Don't get me wrong- Verizon is horrid.  I work for a major telco and that is a widely shared consensus.

That said, an individual who calls once or twice is only in a position to know what kind of service they personally received. 

Companies with good customer service have angry customers who had a shitty experience, companies with bad customer service have happy customers who had good experiences.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (SY2Kh)

252 This kerfluffle is the equivalent of busting Al Capone for tax evasion. Silly, but it might get the job done.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (1Y+hH)

253 233 A lot of it is simple luck. No, it's really not. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well, I guess there is a little luck involved. My experience has been that you have a 20% chance of getting a 'good one' when calling Verizon or an 80% chance when calling DirecTV. But that really does prove your point, Allen. The standard answer from Verizon when asking for a supervisor is "We don't have one here today".

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (LSJmV)

254 @242 I LOLd

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 09, 2014 09:44 AM (wtvvX)

255 Nobody wants to fuck the Missing Link. Tell that to those chicks writing Monster Porn. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:41 PM (nUH8H) **** And I quote: "Moan for Bigfoot"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 09, 2014 09:45 AM (g4TxM)

256 I think it's been mentioned that the "last second request for comment" is a common journolist trick that goes back at least decades. My favorite is the manufactured two second audio delay. It either looks like they're stunned by the question, or trying to think up a lie. When in fact they're waiting for the question to finish.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:45 AM (9PrpA)

257 242
225Dying after being in traffic does not mean traffic was the cause of death.
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WORD

Posted by: Zombie John F Kennedy at January 09, 2014 01:41 PM (SO2Q


Damned straight, muthafucka...

Posted by: Zombie Princess Di at January 09, 2014 09:46 AM (wtvvX)

258 Tell that to those chicks writing Monster Porn. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 01:41 PM (nUH8H) Honestly, I think they'e buying their own books.

Posted by: A. Lonely Monster[/i][/b][/s][/u] at January 09, 2014 09:46 AM (qyfb5)

259 Even with all of Glenn Beck showing the connections of Tides foundation to Open Society to George Soros to Center for American Progress to The White House. No one have come back and said the connections was tenuous.

Posted by: Trevor@TJexcite at January 09, 2014 09:46 AM (bkAvJ)

260 Newed Ace on leaking.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 09:46 AM (LSJmV)

261 237 Meremortal at January 09, 2014 01:40 PM (1Y+hH)

Mere, DD Cupp is totes in our corner...

She is not a kept pet at CNN at all.

//LIV GOP militia

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 09, 2014 09:48 AM (TE35l)

262 Newed Ace on leaking. Please be information leak. Please be information leak. no olestra no olestra no olestra

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 09, 2014 09:48 AM (9PrpA)

263 Companies with good customer service have angry customers who had a shitty experience, companies with bad customer service have happy customers who had good experiences. Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 09, 2014 01:44 PM (SY2Kh) *** Doctors with good surgical technique have angry patients who have had bad outcomes, doctors with bad surgical technique have happy patients who have had good outcomes... ...but that's not the way to bet.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 09, 2014 09:48 AM (g4TxM)

264 I saw a person in the locker room yesterday that I've always assumed was a woman. It may be a woman still. Hips wider than shoulders, got the soft 50ish woman face, breasts, severe haircut, and a butterfly tattoo. There has been a checker at our local market that I have never been able to figure out. I finally checked the name badge-- it was "Jesse," so I still didn't know. FINALLY, a couple of years later, the new badge says 'Jessika.'

Posted by: --- at January 09, 2014 09:48 AM (MMC8r)

265 Posted by: Zombie John F Kennedy at January 09, 2014 01:41 PM (SO2Q Yah, Traffic can be a problem...

Posted by: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at January 09, 2014 09:49 AM (lZBBB)

266 omg-- they want to go national with the investigation because it crossed state lines.

Posted by: Hillary!! at January 09, 2014 09:49 AM (RJMhd)

267 My favorite is the manufactured two second audio delay. It either looks like they're stunned by the question, or trying to think up a lie. When in fact they're waiting for the question to finish. Posted by: bonhomme at January 09, 2014 01:45 PM (9PrpA) On the rare occasion they'e not using it as a trick, they tell you there's a slight delay.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at January 09, 2014 09:49 AM (qyfb5)

268 A moment for perspective... For those who are convinced Comcast is the tool of a left wing Satan, you may want to consider that MSNBC is a tiny, insignificant part of NBC Universal. NBC Universal is, in turn, a tiny piece of Comcast. Comcast only recently concluded the purchase of NBC Universal and was contractually restricted from making significant changes prior to gaining full ownership. Although we live with politics on a 24/7 basis, the few hundred thousand viewers of MSNBC are far down on the list of priorities of Comcast as a whole. And, although the politics are embarrassing, they probably still at least break even on the P & L statement. Given time, Comcast may be the best bet as to owners who will clean house, if they fear that MSNBC is hurting the overall NBC Universal brand. Give them a few months.

Posted by: jwest at January 09, 2014 09:49 AM (u2a4R)

269 It's pretty sad when at the end of the day, the most masculine chest-thumper on your network is sporting 32B cups.

Posted by: Fritz at January 09, 2014 09:49 AM (TKFmG)

270 Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 09, 2014 01:44 PM (SY2Kh) Posted by: Countrysquire at January 09, 2014 01:44 PM (LSJmV) It is true that any particular call is going to involve some amount of luck regarding whether you get a good rep or a bad one, but, in my experience, you rarely call customer service once. Even if the first rep is fantastic, if you've called customer service once, you're more likely to call in the future (statistically speaking, last I knew, something like 60% of people calling customer service were repeat callers). That increases your odds dramatically of getting the "standard" service for that company.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at January 09, 2014 09:50 AM (nUH8H)

271 So the fatman is angry about the Bridge issue.

Has anyone dubbed it Fat and Furious yet?

Posted by: bonhomme at January 09, 2014 01:44 PM

 

 

Awesome!

Posted by: Cheri at January 09, 2014 09:51 AM (G+Wff)

272 268 jwest at January 09, 2014 01:49 PM (u2a4R)

MSLSD is not NBC News' pet, MSLSD is NBC's mirror image it just changes where the newsies and pundits let it all hang out.

Fuck Comcast.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 09, 2014 09:52 AM (TE35l)

273 Even with all of Glenn Beck showing the connections of Tides foundation to Open Society to George Soros to Center for American Progress to The White House. No one have come back and said the connections was tenuous.

Posted by: Trevor@TJexcite at January 09, 2014 01:46 PM (bkAvJ)

 

Because they were not tenuous. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 09, 2014 09:53 AM (m2CN7)

274 The entire key is to boycott MSNBC and as much as possible comcast itself to punish them for their assholery.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 09, 2014 09:54 AM (TE35l)

275 Christie should threaten to lose his temper and jump up and down on the bridge!  That'll fix your traffic problem real good.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 09, 2014 09:57 AM (6rLSO)

276 The Koch brothers are in a train going south at 65 mph. In another train on the same track going north at 50 mph is Rachel Maddow and a priest. The trains are 400 miles apart -When will Rachel and the two Kochs meet? Show all work For extra credit what were the priest and Ms, oops sorry, Mr Maddow talking about.

Posted by: Iosif Vissarionvich at January 09, 2014 09:59 AM (ldp7b)

277 So I understand that Madcow is a lying rah-tard, but what is wrong with drug-testing people on welfare???  Hell, anyone on the gubment take should be required to pass a drug test.  If I have to pass a drug test to ensure that I have a job so that I can pay my taxes to take care of these people, why the eff should those that I am subsidizing not be required the same damn thing.  The Koch Bros should lead the claim on this and not feel ashamed at all.  I hope that they do start donating money to make this happen. 

Posted by: Shaking my head.... at January 09, 2014 10:00 AM (8DFYN)

278 94 Oh no...we might want to find out if people are irresponsible drug addicts before handing them sums of money with almost no strings attached?! The inhumanity!! If Butch Maddow is indeed the "smart one" (whatever that means) of the clowns in the MSNBC circus...then she IS the worst, as she does what she does without even the slightly mitigating excuses of alcoholism, stupidity, and untreated mental illness that the network's other on-air "talent" display in spades. Posted by: Stu-22 at January 09, 2014 01:10 PM (KbrNh) Please refrain from using the term "clown" when refering to Ms? Maddow. The clown industry is a very proud industry that does not want to be associated with Ms? Maddow and/or MSNBC. Even though we take pies to the face, anvils on our toes, kicks to the groin, and seltzer to our crotches, we DO NOT want to have our name dragged through the sawdust by being associated with those "people". Good Day.

Posted by: Mr. Giggly, Shop Steward, Clowns of America, Local 420 at January 09, 2014 10:03 AM (BXLPR)

279 Yeah but Conehead Christy bolcked a bridge or something!!!! Eleventy!!!!

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at January 09, 2014 10:12 AM (1M/xn)

280 Bloked = blocked. Sheesh.

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at January 09, 2014 10:13 AM (1M/xn)

281 Once again for realz this time..... But Conehead Christy blocked a bridge or something!!!! Eleventy!!!!

Posted by: Buckeye Katie at January 09, 2014 10:15 AM (1M/xn)

282

I'll come right out and admit it ... if Rachel Maddow ever decides to "reform", I'll take the case.

 

For the good of the Republic and all that.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 09, 2014 10:22 AM (+XxPY)

283 They say "drug-testing for benefits" like its a bad thing.  My question, why haven't the Koch Bros. supported it.

Posted by: Jean at January 09, 2014 10:26 AM (4JkHl)

284 Priest says, "water sure is cold." Koch brother says, "deep, too."Maddow says, "if Chris Cristie would open this lane up I could get the rest of my dick out"

Posted by: Sphynx at January 09, 2014 01:26 PM (OZmbA)


**************************


Channeling Richard Pryor! I love it! Next up - "Wino directing traffic" ... in Fort Lee!

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 09, 2014 10:52 AM (HubSo)

285 273 Even with all of Glenn Beck showing the connections of Tides foundation to Open Society to George Soros to Center for American Progress to The White House. No one have come back and said the connections was tenuous.
Posted by: Trevor@TJexcite at January 09, 2014 01:46 PM (bkAvJ)

Because they were not tenuous.

Posted by: polynikes at January 09, 2014 01:53 PM (m2CN7)


****************************


David Horowitz has a website devoted to this.

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/


Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 09, 2014 10:54 AM (HubSo)

286 @276 Story problem? Easy. Maddow met one koch once, didn't like it.
She will never meet two.

I suppose the priest would be talking with a Boy Scout about her parachute.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 09, 2014 11:04 AM (xq1UY)

287 I renamed my dog Rachel Maddow. Because she's full of shit. This dog poops as much as a German Shepherd at half the body size. Of course, it's not horseshit or bullshit so it's not entirely accurate....

Posted by: Saber Alter at January 09, 2014 11:30 AM (DNu5Y)

288 Did I miss something?

This post is about the fact that Rachel Maddow lies, and knows she lies, and won't correct her lies, and is nothing but a lying leftist whore?

I thought the "best o' the last ten years" posts were done.  Is this somehow news to anyone?

The only people who don't know this are the dupes who watch MSNBC, and if you try to tell them about her they just say "I can't hear you neener neener neener."

Posted by: Adjoran at January 09, 2014 11:46 AM (473jB)

289 11 What is it with the left and the Koch Brothers? It's like the brothers crashed the Mother Jones office party, unzipped, and pissed into the punch. The left believes the Republican Party is controlled by a cadre of super rich villains, like on The Simpsons.

Posted by: Hawk at January 09, 2014 12:52 PM (2dYnc)

290 Maddow has made stupid remarks before.  This was not the first time.  If you complain, her cheerleaders retort,  she is a Rhodes scholar. That is a political thing NOT an intellectial thing.  I do not want any association with Cecil Rhodes.  These folks can join Rhodes in Hell if they wish.

Posted by: burt at January 09, 2014 01:18 PM (1+kJ5)

291 These folks can join Rhodes in Hell if they wish. Cecil Rhodes just called to ask what did I do to you to deserve such punishment?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 09, 2014 01:32 PM (1hM1d)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 09, 2014 01:54 PM (T2V/1)

293 As a nurse, I always understood the necessity for drug testing, and resented it.  It's pretty degrading to pee in a cup, worse if there is someone standing nearby to verify, etc.   Now, however, we chew on a spongy thing on a a stick, and the saliva is absorbed, and tells them that we are not druggies.

Doing this is a pretty small price to pay for free money.  When other news stories this week are about welfare-dependent meth-heads who abuse their own children, yeah, it seems appropriate, from a public health standpoint.

Posted by: Michael Adams at January 10, 2014 12:00 PM (P83AT)

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