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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Wednesday.

Wow, I don't think anyone expected Vox to be quite so unprofessional. Partisan, yes, but even partisan hacks on the left like to preserve their illusions of professionalism.

Here's a good recap of the Supreme Court action yesterday in the political campaign false statements case. "A serious First Amendment concern with a state law that requires you to come before a commission to justify what you are going to say," said Justice Kennedy.

Oh, and the self-proclaimed "perfect affirmative action baby" on the high court wrote a strident dissent in the college affirmative action case in which she equated supporters of ending racial preferences in college admissions with supporters of Jim Crow. She also attacked the Chief Justice for his 2007 statement "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." In response, he chides her: "People can disagree in good faith on this issue, but it similarly does more harm than good to question the openness and candor of those on either side of the debate."

Prominent same-sex marriage advocates sign open letter rejecting the mob-mindedness that claimed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich.

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1 DAY 533 930 to go (1,004 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 02:52 AM (CMkNk)

2 "I'm going to tell you what's great. 'Obamacare's' great," Crist said one minute into his 29-minute speech. "My opponent has spent about $6 million showing me say what's great ... Affordable health care Â— I think it's incredibly important and I don't back away from it, I do support it because it is great."

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 23, 2014 02:52 AM (e8kgV)

3 Michael Eric Dyson is an unhinged racialist puke.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 02:52 AM (CMkNk)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 02:55 AM (xorT2)

5 I really like this"Pale Moon"browser.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 23, 2014 02:55 AM (X2NEw)

6 Does Crist and Boehner have some sort of promotion deal with Orange-Glo?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 02:55 AM (CMkNk)

7 Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The big news on this day last year was that the Chick Filet terrorist "may" get 45 years (that was what the prosecution was asking for). Instead a pussy judge gave him 25 years later in September. His lawyer said he was insane.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

8 -TX officials are warning of a massive land grab by the corrupt Obamanite BLM. I suspect that TX will not stand by for that like NV.

http://tinyurl.com/kmhdqr5

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

9 Does = Do Sheesh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (CMkNk)

10 SCOTUS upholds MI ban on racial preferences for college admissions.

http://tinyurl.com/m6ednz2

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

11 Man ordered to pay $489K for being stupid.

http://tinyurl.com/lzx6cva

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

12 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is significantly reducing the amount of cellulosic biofuels refiners will have to prove they blended into gasoline last year, acknowledging that the market lagged far behind government projections.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (e8kgV)

13 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (b/lt+)

14 Scalia doesn't like the ruling that allows cops to stop a car based on an anonymous tip.

http://tinyurl.com/loynwys

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

15 Blink, wonder why I am up at this time PDT? Oh yeah, Doc appt. three hours away at 0800 local!

Posted by: Old Dog at April 23, 2014 02:57 AM (tQYJH)

16 Scalia also hit idiot Sotomyer for calling MI voters racist. She was confirmed 61 Â– 38.

http://tinyurl.com/mk6dkhw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

17 Jeb Bush loves him some amnesty.

http://tinyurl.com/l7kfy2x

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

18 The IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of a conservative charity for making an anti-Cankles statement. They should sue and reference the NAACP and other Democrat front groups who have tax-exempt status,

http://tinyurl.com/kzt2tez

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

19 12 Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 23, 2014 06:56 AM (e8kgV) Maybe we can make biofuel from cellulite. I think you can power the city of Toledo for several months on Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 02:57 AM (CMkNk)

20 Since when is it my responsibility to pay taxes for crime in Chicago?

http://tinyurl.com/lvho99j

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

21 Idiots in Obama admin want to send anti-aircraft missiles to Muzzie terrorists in Syria.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kz3t36j

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

22 Conservatives in the House looking to oust RINO Cantor. While you are at it get rid of Boner too.

http://tinyurl.com/laafs4a

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:58 AM (T2V/1)

23 NRO dismantles Soggymyer's incredibly stupid reasoning on discrimination.

http://tinyurl.com/kw4rcfk

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

24 Sonya Sodomizer is the by-product of affirmative action.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (CMkNk)

25 Prominent same-sex marriage advocates sign open letter rejecting the mob-mindedness that claimed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. ========= Which changes what, exactly?

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (MMC8r)

26 Did you know that OH has a law making it illegal to lie during a political campaign? What will they talk about?

http://tinyurl.com/n7okn9o

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

27 Texas officials are raising alarm that the Bureau of Land Management, on the heels of its dust-up with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, might be eyeing a massive land grab in northern Texas. The under-the-radar issue has caught the attention of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who fired off a letter on Tuesday to BLM Director Neil Kornze saying the agency Â“appears to be threateningÂ” the private property rights of Â“hard-working Texans.Â”

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (e8kgV)

28 The corrupt AG and unindicted felon Eric Holder is bankrupting the Bank of America with his lawfare using taxpayer-funded lawyers.

http://tinyurl.com/lbg3zuv

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

29 The Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/luruqhb

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 02:59 AM (T2V/1)

30 The Senate should be ashamed of themselves for allowing a hack like the Wise Latina on the country's most important bench -- hell, she shouldn't be allowed to judge traffic cases.

She'll probably live to be 140, too.

Le sigh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 23, 2014 03:01 AM (wNF3N)

31 Man ordered to pay $489K for being stupid. Apy it to libs & we could pay off the natl. debt.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 03:01 AM (xorT2)

32 Vox apparently suffers from the "young journalism students given free reign" syndrome we see nearly everywhere these days.

Kelsey McKinney, the author, is described as: "Writing fellow covering culture: high-brow, low-brow and uni-brow."

writing fellow.. you should really have an editor you dopes.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2014 03:02 AM (b/lt+)

33 Leaving work on time for once. Hopefully some sleep in my future before the baby shower this weekend.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 23, 2014 03:04 AM (sQ0LB)

34 Interesting article over at Washington Times by Ben S Carson. It has to do with the Nevada stand-off, and his recognition for the need for an armed populace. There may be a chance that his views on the 2nd Amendment could start to evolve. http://tinyurl.com/kbvaryu

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 23, 2014 03:06 AM (X2NEw)

35 Wasn't BoA one of the banks that refused loans to arms manufacturers? If so, pass the popcorn. Blue on Blue is the best kind of lawfare.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 23, 2014 03:07 AM (sQ0LB)

36 I used to have several accounts at VoA. I closed every one of them. I never signed up with them to begin with. My local bank was bought out by C and S and then BoA bought them.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 03:10 AM (T2V/1)

I closed my BoA accounts back in 94 when they started charging me six bucks anytime I wanted to deal with a real live person.

Even back then their customer "service" was awful.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 23, 2014 03:12 AM (v6cwT)

38 VoA =BoA

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 03:12 AM (T2V/1)

39 Conservatives in the House looking to oust RINO Cantor.

Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2014 06:58 AM (T2V/1)

Cantor has been a lying weasel ever since Boehner became Speaker. He used to characterize himself as a "conservative" but has gone full RINO with his shilling for amnesty. IOW just the normal type of Repuke squish which Virginia seems to be producing in large numbers.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2014 03:15 AM (9Uktj)

40 Given the massive support BoA received (and receives still) I look at the Holder extortion as more in the line of recompense than theft. The bigger threat to bank customers is the Dodd-Frank stupidity, which raises costs to consumers.

Posted by: MTF at April 23, 2014 03:21 AM (B+HTd)

41 I see the feds will be helping cleanup the chicago gang problem. Federalizing the chicago police force, what could go wrong? Rahm and his thug fascists have been working towards martial law and it looks like its here. Rahm wants to know, did they bring the check?

Posted by: Where's Batman? at April 23, 2014 03:21 AM (9/iF+)

42 Sonia Sotomayor = Hugo Black + cuchifritos.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 03:21 AM (CMkNk)

Prominent same-sex marriage advocates sign open letter rejecting the mob-mindedness that claimed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich

Dated, unless I read incorrectly, April 22. Safely after Eich has been slandered, declared an enemy of the state and forced to resign.

Forgive me if I'm not impressed by their profile in courage.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 03:22 AM (zF6Iw)

44 Sotomayor isn't qualified to clean toilets let alone sit on the Supreme Court. GOD help us if the scoamf gets another pick.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 03:22 AM (Qh0T+)

45 Sonya Sodomizer is the ~~by-product~~ product of affirmative action.

FIFY Shit is a by-product of life.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 03:23 AM (V70Uh)

Morning, Â‘rons and Â‘ronettes. This isnÂ’t technically a Hollywood story, but since FenelonSpoke mentioned Dorothy Parker yesterday, it brought this tale to mind:

Parker and her second husband, Alan Campbell, had a stormy marriage, due to CampbellÂ’s cheating and ParkerÂ’s alcoholism. During WWII, while Campbell was serving in a military information outfit, he received a letter from his wife.

It began, Â“Dear Alan. For several weeks now, IÂ’ve been hearing about - " and then went on, sentence after sentence of gossip, small items such as: Â“Kermit, whom I met on Fifth Avenue tells me that Lillian has been to Moscow.Â” And it was signed off, Â“Yrs., Dorothy.Â”

Then there was a P.S.: Â“If you will read the first letter of each sentence in this epistle you will find my real message.Â”

And reading the first letters of those sentences spelled out: F U C K Y O U.

And, then, one last line: Â“PPS. Lucky I ran into Kermit. I was in trouble for a K.Â”

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 03:24 AM (zF6Iw)

47 43 Prominent same-sex marriage advocates sign open letter rejecting the mob-mindedness that claimed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Dated, unless I read incorrectly, April 22. Safely after Eich has been slandered, declared an enemy of the state and forced to resign. Forgive me if I'm not impressed by their profile in courage. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 07:22 AM (zF6Iw) Ding ding ding! They risk absolutely nothing by making this statement now.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 03:25 AM (mx5oN)

48 The corrupt AG and unindicted felon Eric Holder is bankrupting the Bank of America with his lawfare using taxpayer-funded lawyers.

http://tinyurl.com/lbg3zuv

Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2014 06:59 AM (T2V/1)
========

Holder appears to be well acquainted with the philosophy of Willie Sutton.

Good Morning all!

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 23, 2014 03:25 AM (OtQXp)

49 Oh, please. I can't deal with Malor talking about the gay lynch mob anymore. He was leading the "anti-Civil Rights!" charge a few short months ago, pretending he was all righteously outraged, blah, blah, blah. Fucking poser.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 03:25 AM (ZshNr)

Since trying to read legalize gives me a headache, did any of the justices touch on the topic of how Affirmative Action leads to the admission of people who are less likely to graduate from college or pay back their student loans?

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 23, 2014 03:26 AM (6n332)

51 that should read: legalese.

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 23, 2014 03:29 AM (6n332)

52 Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 07:23 AM (V70Uh)

Ok, Sonya Sotomeyer is a product of life. And just as useful.

Posted by: Anthony L. at April 23, 2014 03:31 AM (qRDBx)

53 The wise latina also boasts a disgracfull 60% reversal rate. You could flip a coin and have a better success rate. That means she affirmitively came to the incorrect legal decision after "careful" consideration.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 03:31 AM (1gdVS)

54 An Easter message from the Pastor being held in Iran: Happy Resurrection Day. On the Eve of Good Friday and Easter I was praying from my hospital room for my fellow Christians in the world. What the Holy Spirit revealed to me in prayer was that there are many dead faiths in the midst of Christians today. That Christians all over the world are not able to fully reach their spiritual potential that has been given to them as a gift by God so that in reaching that potential, the curtain can be removed and the Glory of God would be revealed. Some times we want to experience the Glory and resurrection with Jesus without experiencing death with Him. We do not realize that unless we pass through the path of death with Christ, we are not able to experience resurrection with Christ. We want to have a good and successful marriage, career, education and family life (which is also GodÂ’s desire and plan for our life). But we forget that in order to experience the Resurrection and Glory of Christ we first have to experience death with Christ and to die to ourselves and selfish desires. Jesus said to His Disciples: Â“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Matthew 16:24) This means that we should not do things that we like to do (that God does not want us to do) and to do things that we do not like to do (but God wants us to do) so that He may be glorified. So in addition to spending our days and night in doing the works of faith as described above, we should also transform our dead faiths into living and active faiths through the resurrection of Christ which is an active and constructive love that is effective. In conclusion, let us resurrect our Dead faiths to living faiths by first dying to our selfish Â“resurrectedÂ” self and experiencing the cross of Jesus. Then we are able to experience the Glorious resurrection with Christ. A Glorious life with Christ starts only after a painful death (to self) with Christ. We will start with Christ. Pastor Saeed Abedini Prisoner in the Darkness in Iran, but free for the Kingdom and Light _______________________________________ I'm guessing that is a lot more inspirational than whatever "Christian" Obama gave for Easter,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 03:34 AM (XyM/Y)

55 Also the idea that people of a state can vote things into their conconstitution but can't vote them out is preposterous. What an absolute joke sotomayor. What. A. Joke.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 03:34 AM (1gdVS)

56 Interesting bit in the sidebar that Larry Tribe was concerned that Sonya Chupacabra's combination plate of stupid and overbearing would make Anthony Kennedy more of a conservative just to spite her.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 03:35 AM (CMkNk)

Thank you, Fenelon. That's quite a powerful statement.

"Dead faith." Describes exactly how I feel.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 03:38 AM (zF6Iw)

58 Yes, indeed it was. Pastor Abedinii's message was a lot more inspirational for this Christian than what Obama wrote. Here is part of what President Obama gave on the the 19th: Obama also made an appeal to people of other faiths in his Saturday address, calling to mind one idea at the heart of the worldÂ’s major religions. Â“The common thread of humanity that connects us all Â– not just Christians and Jews, but Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs Â– is our shared commitment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. To remember, I am my brotherÂ’s keeper. I am my sisterÂ’s keeper. Whatever your faith, believer or nonbeliever, thereÂ’s no better time to rededicate ourselves to that universal mission,Â” he said. The weekly address is usually a time when the President speaks directly to the American people about an issue of particular importance or prominent in the national conversation in that moment. Many of ObamaÂ’s have been about raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour or enacting stricter regulation of firearms, for example. He is likely to take up such issues once again next week as he travels in East Asia on a long-scheduled trip. But for this week, the President got a bit more personal. Â“For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend. So to all Christians who are celebrating, from my family to yours, Happy Easter. And to every American, have a joyful weekend,Â” he said. Does Obama talk about the common beliefs we all hold and how we are to love one another when he addresses Muslim groups?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 03:41 AM (XyM/Y)

59 I'm guessing that is a lot more inspirational than whatever "Christian" Obama gave for Easter, Posted by: FenelonSpoke That's because Pastor Abedini is trying to live a life in Christ. He will, unfortunately, probably end up being a martyr to Christ. Barack Obama believes only in himself, and what he can shake down others for. He has no real faith in any God or Supreme Being.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 23, 2014 03:42 AM (+bz8o)

60 Sorry, the above article was from CNN.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 03:42 AM (XyM/Y)

61 What fresh hell is this? Oh, yeah, Life in These Socialist United States. Carry on.

Posted by: Gem at April 23, 2014 03:45 AM (zw+pb)

62 Â“For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend. So to all Christians who are celebrating, from my family to yours, Happy Easter. And to every American, have a joyful weekend,Â” he said. Does Obama talk about the common beliefs we all hold and how we are to love one another when he addresses Muslim groups? Posted by: FenelonSpoke This statement sounds superficially acceptable, but if he were actually a believing Christian, the "message" of Easter is a lot more than "hope". That's just the weak sauce pablum that he dishes out to appear that he is thoughtful.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 23, 2014 03:45 AM (+bz8o)

63 "A better day around the bend" and "I wish you and yours a Happy Easter" Yep-that was touchingly personal, for sure. ;^) Sorry, I'm just rolling my eyes this morning, but I really do pray for a conversion for Obama and that he be filled with the fruit of the Spirit. I also think it's great for faiths to find things they have in common and of paramount importance for people love one another, It's just that Obama has done nothing personally-as far as I know- to help Pastor Adedini and he never calls out radical Muslims on the killing of Christians all over the world.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 03:49 AM (XyM/Y)

64 he "message" of Easter is a lot more than "hope". That's just the weak sauce pablum that he dishes out to appear that he is thoughtful. I agree with you; I thought it was terribly lame. I was not at all surprised it was, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 03:50 AM (XyM/Y)

Â“For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend. So to all Christians who are celebrating, from my family to yours, Happy Easter. And to every American, have a joyful weekend,Â” he said.

The man has the intellectual depth of an Annie lyric.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 03:50 AM (zF6Iw)

66 Cain: Am I my brother's keeper?

Left unanswered: Maybe not, but you weren't supposed to kill him either.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 03:51 AM (V70Uh)

67 Just a note for anyone using the Pale Moon or Ice Dragon web browsers. Both of those are based on the Mozilla code. If your reason for using it was to let Mozilla know that you're upset over the Brebden Eich resignation, you'll need to use something else.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 23, 2014 03:51 AM (eBNjM)

68 "To remember, I am my brotherÂ’s keeper. I am my sisterÂ’s keeper. " - Pres Easter msg It has long been said, the devil can quote scripture for his own ends. The demon in the White House is not that skilled at it. But tries. Genesis 4:9 Then the Lord said to Cain, Â“Where is Abel your brother?Â” He said, Â“I do not know. Am I my brotherÂ’s keeper?Â”

Posted by: mindful webworker - * at April 23, 2014 03:52 AM (WgBz9)

69 Laughing in Texas at April 23, 2014 07:51 AM (eBNjM)

Firefox and Pale Moon both use shareware; common code with no licensing. Using Pale Moon in no way fills the coffers of Mozilla.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 03:54 AM (V70Uh)

70 If your reason for using it was to let Mozilla know that you're upset over the Brebden Eich resignation, you'll need to use something else.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 23, 2014 07:51 AM (eBNjM)

It is open source code and they are two completely separate companies.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 03:54 AM (T2V/1)

71 The man has the intellectual depth of an Annie lyric. The sun will come out tomorrow.....

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 03:54 AM (xorT2)

72 @65 You're talking about a guy who became president of the harvard law review without publishing a single article before or while he was president. You're talking about a guy who has activevly memory holedhis entire lifes history. This guy is an agent of chaos.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 03:55 AM (AxE3L)

73 Contrast Dear Leader's "Have a nice weekend" with Gov. Perry's "Christ the Lord is risen today! Hallelujah!"

Posted by: Bob at April 23, 2014 03:57 AM (mTM2n)

74 Laughing in Texas Ummm, no. The pale moon browser uses the same open source codebase that firefox uses. However, they're not affiliated in any official way with Mozilla Corp.

Posted by: GMan at April 23, 2014 03:58 AM (sxq57)

75 Â“The common thread of humanity that connects us all Â– not just Christians and Jews, but Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs Â– is our shared commitment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. To remember, I am my brotherÂ’s keeper. I am my sisterÂ’s keeper. Whatever your faith, believer or nonbeliever, thereÂ’s no better time to rededicate ourselves to that universal mission,Â” he said. Um, complete bullshit. How is "kill the infidel wherever you may find him" on par with "love thy neighbor"?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 04:00 AM (mx5oN)

76 Any time someone uses a Latin word in their creation, they are fake intellectuals. Exceptions would be Classics professors, of course.

Posted by: MJ at April 23, 2014 04:02 AM (oari7)

77 I am sorry that you are having Spiritual struggles, MPPP. I will keep you in prayer. Sometimes it is very hard because we can get distracted by so many things and worries weigh us down. If you check out the "American Center for Law and Justice" I think they have other inspirational messages from Pastor Abedini. For me, he's like another Paul in the sense that he's written from Prison. Take a look at the Letter to the Church at Philippi. It has so much about joy and thinking about positive things that it's hard to believe he's writing it from Prison. Also, you didn't ask me for advice :^) but I think you are happier when you are not here. I am so glad to "see" you and read your stories, but what can you do but what can you do that gives you joy?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 04:04 AM (XyM/Y)

78 A prayer for the discouraged: http://www.teawithtiffany.com/a-prayer-for-the-discouraged/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 04:05 AM (XyM/Y)

79 Say, I'm considering using this new Pale Moon browser, but I am concerned they use the same code as Mozilla. Will my using this browser in any way enrich those nazi bastages at Mozilla?

(Just kidding fellers, I find it slightly amusing when a question gets answered half a dozen times within a few minutes of being asked. I do find it reassuring when there seems to be consensus, however.)

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2014 04:07 AM (BeSEI)

80 TX officials are warning of a massive land grab by the corrupt Obamanite BLM. I suspect that TX will not stand by for that like NV. http://tinyurl.com/kmhdqr5 **** If this keep sup there will be no enamel left on my teeth. The feds are out of control.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 04:07 AM (DmNpO)

81 @75 There is nothing even remotely akin to "love thy neighbor as you love yourself" in the koran or hadith's - NOTHING. In fact their nothing positive that can be gleaned from those "holy books" The scomf is a lying fuck.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 04:08 AM (Kqtqx)

82 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 07:50 AM (zF6Iw) LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 04:09 AM (XyM/Y)

83 75 How is "kill the infidel wherever you may find him" on par with "love thy neighbor"? Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 08:00 AM (mx5oN) =========================== How? Filter those two statements through the progressive mind and they come out as equivalant, that's how. First, they are categorized as "religious dogma". Then the difference in intrinsic meaning is ignored, in favor of relying strictly on the categorization. Presto! They are the same.

Posted by: MTF at April 23, 2014 04:10 AM (B+HTd)

84 Pale Moon is working out pretty well, but doesn't block ads as well as Fuhrerfox.

I have been using Torch as my other alternate browser, it's quite good actually.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 23, 2014 04:12 AM (UWTjh)

85 A prayer for the discouraged: *** Thanks FS. That was lovely and timely.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 04:13 AM (DmNpO)

86 hahaha @ "prominent homosexual marriage advocates" Child, please.

Posted by: Soothie § at April 23, 2014 04:13 AM (fW9N0)

87 There was a site that debunked all of the supposed "good parts of the koran" For every "good" passage there was a passage following it that abrogated the "good" Along the lines of "be at peace with others" "Unless they are a jew, then by all means make war on them"

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 04:14 AM (5M5r7)

88 84 Pale Moon is working out pretty well, but doesn't block ads as well as Fuhrerfox.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 23, 2014 08:12 AM (UWTjh)

The same add-ons that people wrote for FF work in Pale Moon, My adblock and no script work just fine.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 04:14 AM (T2V/1)

89 But as long as the site remains so closed-off to its readers, many people will be likely to conclude that the difference between old media and new is that the old has higher standards and more accountability. - Alan Jacobs

And actual editors.

Posted by: dissent555 at April 23, 2014 04:15 AM (yR6A1)

90 Maybe we can make biofuel from cellulite. I think you can power the city of Toledo for several months on Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell.

HEY WINGNUT! Don't you read the news I dropped over 50 lbs. Expect thong pic's on the intertubes...coming soon.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at April 23, 2014 04:15 AM (DPvCq)

91 Â“The common thread of humanity that connects us all Â– not just Christians and Jews, but Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs Â– is our shared commitment to love our neighbors as we love ourselves..."

========

Ah, nice try at putting words in certain people's mouths there chief but it just won't fly.

Fact of the matter is that the word "love" does not appear even once in the "holy" Quran. That should tell you a lot but apparently, in Obama's case anyway, the message is lost.

Posted by: Nighthawk at April 23, 2014 04:16 AM (OtQXp)

92 For those who might be interested, last night I participated on the "pro" side of a "Stand-Your-Ground" Amendment at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Official scoring, based on audience vote, at end of seminar had me the winner. :-) Don't think they were ready for the BAM! that is Law of Self Defense. :-) --Andrew, @LawSelfDefense

Posted by: Law of Self Defense at April 23, 2014 04:16 AM (Yewgo)

93 I understand that they are separate companies but I believe they both show up in the browser statistics as Mozilla which is the method used to track usage. Since all these browsers are given away for free I have no idea how they make money. There may be some deeper mechanism used to differentiate between Mozilla variants but, if so, I don't know what it is.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 23, 2014 04:16 AM (eBNjM)

94 86 -

It calls to mind something along the lines of "prominent Antarctic beach volleyball players."

If you have to tell people you are prominent, you are not.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 23, 2014 04:16 AM (BeSEI)

95 Hairy Reed sounds more and more like a Mafia don as the days go by and he hasn't yet got the Bundy Ranch. "Â“ItÂ’s obvious that you canÂ’t just walk away from this. And we can speculate all we want to speculate to whatÂ’s going to happen next,Â” Reid told KSNV-TV. Â“But I donÂ’t think itÂ’s going to be tomorrow that something is going to happen, but something will happen.Â”

Posted by: MTF at April 23, 2014 04:17 AM (UsFoH)

96 A liitle over eight days I'm gone and I come back to find this... Your mother would be so disappointed...

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 04:17 AM (BZAd3)

97 @92 Video or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 04:18 AM (5M5r7)

98 "Any time someone uses a Latin word in their creation, they are fake intellectuals. "

What about faux latin?

I like to refer to tfg as "barkus dorkus, the first, impericus. Does that make me a fake intellectual?

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 23, 2014 04:19 AM (nkPV9)

99 Signed. Prominent Homosexual Advocates...and Epstein's Mother

Posted by: Soothie § at April 23, 2014 04:19 AM (fW9N0)

100 Â“For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend." - Barry O

The problem with this is that ObamaWorld is a circle.

Around the bend never comes.

Posted by: dissent555 at April 23, 2014 04:21 AM (yR6A1)

101 For those who might be interested, last night I participated on the "pro" side of a "Stand-Your-Ground" Amendment at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Official scoring, based on audience vote, at end of seminar had me the winner. :-) Congrats!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 04:21 AM (xorT2)

102 A liitle over eight days I'm gone and I come back to find this... Your mother would be so disappointed... Posted by: LoneStarHeeb Welcome back!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 04:21 AM (xorT2)

103 Instead of citizen militia's opposing the BLM in Texas if they do try to seize that land, you may very well see Texas Rangers n National Guard opposing th bLM w Perry and Abbott at their head. Great theater.

Posted by: Dick Nixon at April 23, 2014 04:22 AM (VrVBw)

104 @97 Kreplach writes: "Video or it didn't happen." They told me they'd have the video up on about a week. To give you a sense for the debate dynamics, the more prominent of the two lawyers on the "anti-SYG" side of the debate (Sonny Hoyer, sp?, a CNN legal analyst) quoted extensively from Sotomayor's AA dissent. In a Stand-Your-Ground debate. Because, racism. --Andrew, @LawSelfDefense

Posted by: Law of Self Defense at April 23, 2014 04:23 AM (fZZ4/)

105 Great, I get up at zero dark thirty to get ready for a Doc. appt. three hours away and I don't get out of town before the cell phone rings. "Sorry the Doc is sick your appt will have to be rescheduled." Screw Work, I came back home!

Posted by: Old Dog at April 23, 2014 04:23 AM (tQYJH)

106 Slightly O/T, but in my nic is a link to the White House dossier blog which states that the Obama WH has hired a top criminal attorney and they wonder why. Any ideas? http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2014/04/22/obama-hire-top-criminal-attorney-wh-counsel/

Posted by: Chillin the most at April 23, 2014 04:24 AM (gxtMZ)

107 Posted by: Law of Self Defense at April 23, 2014 08:16 AM (Yewgo) Nice job Andrew. Anybody well known that you went up against? Pro 2A always wins out when there is open and honest debate. Why do you think anti-2A sites ALWAYS have closed comment sections.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 04:24 AM (fWAjv)

108 Mornin' Horde. Happy with Opera on real machines. This Silk crapfesr on the Kindle blows donkey dongs, tho.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 04:24 AM (m9V0o)

109 Notice how no "Prominent Constitutional Advocates" are penning a missive to voice their concerns over obama's thug BLM?

Posted by: Soothie § at April 23, 2014 04:25 AM (fW9N0)

110 Welcome back! Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 08:21 AM (xorT2) Thanks. Good to be back, I guess. Nice break from all of the stuff that was fueling my anger. Only problem is that just dipping my toe into sludge that is the news, and the anger is back with a vengence. G-d help us, but the news is horrible.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 04:26 AM (BZAd3)

111 Why oh why would the feds try to pick a fight with Texas?

Posted by: Sir Pug A Lott at April 23, 2014 04:26 AM (8c12T)

112 She keeps Moet et Chandon In a pretty cabinet 'Let them eat cake' she says Just like Marie-Antoinette A built-in remedy For Khrushchev and Kennedy At anytime an invitation You can't decline

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 23, 2014 04:26 AM (Cq0oW)

113 Nooooooo, not the Annie lyrics. Can't you bring out the comfy chair instead? (no one expects the Spanish inquisition)

Posted by: AE at April 23, 2014 04:26 AM (SzL6W)

114 @104 That's really all the left has in its intellectual arsenal - RACISM!!! I hope you smacked their arguments down hard and the voting was lop sided.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 23, 2014 04:26 AM (ZBjRZ)

115 The DemProg left only HAS two arguments! Racist and Shut Up.

Posted by: Old Dog at April 23, 2014 04:29 AM (tQYJH)

116 For those who might be interested, last night I participated on the "pro" side of a "Stand-Your-Ground" Amendment at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Official scoring, based on audience vote, at end of seminar had me the winner. :-) Don't think they were ready for the BAM! that is Law of Self Defense. :-) --Andrew, @LawSelfDefense *** Way to go, Andrew! And at Berkeley no less.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 04:29 AM (DmNpO)

117 Posted by: Dick Nixon at April 23, 2014 08:22 AM (VrVBw) There is *nothing* good that can come from the federal government trying that in Texas. Hopefully someone there is clear-eyed enough to realize that turning the cold civil war hot is just as likely as further eroding state rights.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 04:29 AM (GDulk)

118 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 08:29 AM (GDulk) "There" meant BLM of course.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 04:31 AM (GDulk)

119 105 "Sorry the Doc is sick your appt will have to be rescheduled."

Screw Work, I came back home!

Posted by: Old Dog at April 23, 2014 08:23 AM (tQYJH)

At least they called you. I drove an hour and then spent 45 min hunting for where the doc moved to and then found out he was on vacation.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 04:32 AM (T2V/1)

120 Posted by: Law of Self Defense at April 23, 2014 08:16 AM (Yewgo) Congrats and thanks for being willing to go places like that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 04:33 AM (GDulk)

121 >>They told me they'd have the video up on about a week. That was before you won.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 23, 2014 04:35 AM (SUKHu)

122 "For those who might be interested, last night I participated on the "pro" side of a "Stand-Your-Ground" Amendment at the UC Berkeley School of Law. " But...but... Trayvon! Halliburton! Dick Cheney!

Posted by: jwest at April 23, 2014 04:35 AM (u2a4R)

123 Mazes tov, Andrew! Looks like I can't make the Aug 3rd seminar after all: anniversary weekend and the BH has made plans for us. Any idea if/when you'll be out that way again?

Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at April 23, 2014 04:35 AM (noB3y)

124 Oops Mazel tov (autocorrect doesn't do Hebrew?).

Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at April 23, 2014 04:36 AM (noB3y)

125 Yep, let's come out with a signed letter weeks after it happened. Did they stand up for Eich while the mob was going after him? It didn't happen overnight and took about a week. Did these prominent people tweet, email, post, or call out in anyway the mob? Or did they mainly sit idly by, whispering in the corner that it wasn't right? The little aside about it being bad politics makes me think they are more worried about the backlash than the actual result and that is what prompted the declaration.

Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at April 23, 2014 04:37 AM (crkWb)

126 Can we just change the name to the Bureau of Land Confiscation? Fucking Progs and their Orwellian way of calling everything by a misleading name.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 23, 2014 04:39 AM (7ObY1)

127 92 wtg, Andrew.

As you may have noticed, we just got through slicing and dicing the muddled mess that passes as *thinking from Sotomayor.

*used veeeeery loosely in her case.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 23, 2014 04:39 AM (wNF3N)

128

@106 Chillin the most

Because JEF expects the senate to flip and he spends the last 2 years of his presidencey fending off congressional enquiries of him and his cabinet for criminal misconduct.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 23, 2014 04:40 AM (0cBHN)

129 >>Does Obama talk about the common beliefs we all hold and how we are to love one another when he addresses Muslim groups? Nope. Never. He would never dilute the message of an Islamic celebration like he always does with his Christian and Jewish holiday statements. Obama doesn't even believe in Christ as the son of God, just sees him as a "historical figure."

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2014 04:41 AM (pt5t7)

130 111 Why oh why would the feds try to pick a fight with Texas? Power. Control.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 23, 2014 04:43 AM (7ObY1)

131 Did the Liberal organization GOProud ever condemn Eich's termination?

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 04:44 AM (LI48c)

132 You can go your own way You can call it another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way

Posted by: That 70s morning commute earworm at April 23, 2014 04:45 AM (7ObY1)

133 NYPD NEWS ✔ @NYPDnews Follow Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook. ------ Well that went well. Oops. http://tinyurl.com/kgut7ry

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 04:45 AM (fWAjv)

134 GOProud exists solely to bitch about conservatives.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 04:46 AM (ZshNr)

135 "Posted by: That 70s morning commute earworm at April 23, 2014 08:45 AM"

Argh! We must be listening to the same morning drive show.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 04:46 AM (knoK7)

136 Why oh why would the feds try to pick a fight with Texas? **** Right now I'd like to pick a fight with Texas. Well, with just one individual school there. There's a high school in Texas posting openly in the hallway the names of the students who have failed their standardized tests. Because, you know, someone who has difficulty learning or testing only needs a good, healthy humiliation to step up their game. Right/

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 04:46 AM (DmNpO)

137 Posted by: Chillin the most at April 23, 2014 08:24 AM (gxtMZ)
who knows? Trolling? Genuine need?

Posted by: West Town at April 23, 2014 04:47 AM (B2zrI)

138 Posted by: That 70s morning commute earworm at April 23, 2014 08:45 AM (7ObY1) Thanks. And curses to whomever mentioned 'Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh-Klahoma where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet, When the wind comes right behind the rain!!! yesterday.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 04:48 AM (fWAjv)

139 Did the Liberal organization GOProud ever condemn Eich's termination? Posted by: buzzion ---------------- A strategy to tar Perry?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 04:48 AM (aDwsi)

140 I'd like to hear Gabe's take on the anti-Boy Scout push in California, since he brought up the tolerance of the Gay Marriage Proponents.

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 04:51 AM (MMC8r)

141 NYPD NEWS ✔ @NYPDnews
Follow

Do you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook.
------

Well that went well. Oops.

http://tinyurl.com/kgut7ry

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 08:45 AM (fWAjv)

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Hoisted by their own petard.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 04:51 AM (GQ8sn)

142 Prominent same-sex marriage advocates sign open letter rejecting the mob-mindedness that claimed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich.

Dear prominent same-sex marriage advocates,

Thank you.    But where the fuck were you a month ago?     This is the quintessential "too little, too late" testament,    intended to make you feel better without actually accomplishing a damn thing.   As if your bloodthirsty sycophants will pay any attention to you.   Even if you're sincere -- and I'm sure many of you are -- you must know that you've unleashed a monster on this country that will do nothing but pillage and destroy until all dissenting opinion has been silenced    by a    frigid   Orwellian     muzzle.

Tell me,    would you care to weigh in on the tendency of your fellow same-sex marriage cultists who feel it's reasonable and legitimate to sue private businesses to    carry out their wishes    against the business owners' personal or religious beliefs?      Do you have any    glorious, late-to-the-party sanctimony    to share on THAT topic?    I suspect not, because you're    all talk and no action.   You feel safe weighing in on the Mozilla situation because it's over; Eich isn't going back and you don't have to worry about it,   but there will be dozens, if not hundreds, of court cases in the coming years, and you wouldn't want to risk    looking as though you support the "wrong" side.    And by "wrong" side,    I of course mean the side with the Constitution behind them, not it's    illusory   emanations and fucking penumbras.

You're a bunch of fucking cowards.

Sincerely,

MWR,   who's sick of this shit

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 04:52 AM (4df7R)

143 It turns out Mitch McConnell is 1/32 tortoise on the paternal side. He first noticed the neck wattles in old family photographs.

Posted by: S. Muldoon says a turtle comment a day keeps the doctor away at April 23, 2014 04:53 AM (MKpBT)

144 Don't think they were ready for the BAM! that is Law of Self Defense. :-)

--Andrew, @LawSelfDefense

Keep on BAMMING! Andrew.

I'm sorry I missed you when you came to Raleigh.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 04:53 AM (GQ8sn)

145 Oh, and good morning, all!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 04:53 AM (4df7R)

146 So who watched the NC Senate debate? I'll say that both Tillis and Brannon played perfectly to type. Good sales pitches, but they're only sales pitches. The quality of the product is still elusive.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 04:53 AM (ZshNr)

147 I'd like to hear Gabe's take on the anti-Boy Scout push in California, since he brought up the tolerance of the Gay Marriage Proponents.

#twoweeks

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 04:54 AM (GQ8sn)

148 You're a bunch of fucking cowards. Sincerely, MWR, who's sick of this shit *** Oh, honey. Have you not heard? They don't win every fight. Muslim > Gay

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 04:54 AM (DmNpO)

149 Bravo, MWR! Cut/gib/newsletter!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2014 04:54 AM (pt5t7)

150 So who watched the NC Senate debate? I'll say that both Tillis and Brannon played perfectly to type. Good sales pitches, but they're only sales pitches. The quality of the product is still elusive.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 08:53 AM (ZshNr)

I did not watch. Were there any particular stand-out comments by either Tillis or Brannon?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 04:54 AM (GQ8sn)

151

You're a bunch of fucking cowards.

Sincerely,

MWR, who's sick of this shit

I love you Beth.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 04:55 AM (LI48c)

152 Pale Moon is working out pretty well, but doesn't block ads as well as Fuhrerfox. ---------------- Are you using an ad blocker of some variety?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 04:55 AM (aDwsi)

153 This Silk crapfesr on the Kindle blows donkey dongs, tho.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 08:24 AM (m9V0o)

"Go on..."

-Sex-starved jihadis in Yemen

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 04:55 AM (4df7R)

154 The little aside about it being bad politics makes me think they are more worried about the backlash than the actual result and that is what prompted the declaration.
Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at April 23, 2014 08:37 AM (crkWb)

Bingo. The mask slipped and they were exposed as the fascists they are. Now they're trying to reassure everyone that they are still the precious little bullied snowflakes as seen on tv.

Remember, it was but a few weeks ago that the HQ's own prominent homosexual marriage advocate declared that anyone who was against this childish agenda is 'anti-gay'.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 23, 2014 04:56 AM (W7ffl)

155 Texas is the Kulaks to Obama. I knew this when he spitefully denied aid to fight the huge fires a couple of years ago and his little lick-spittles cheered.

Posted by: Lester at April 23, 2014 04:57 AM (2UPXV)

156 Gun laws got a little testy. Mental health patients, convicts, owning guns was the point of contention. Tillis doesn't mind laws restricting such ownership, Brannon kept making the point that it should be a local, not Federal, choice.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 04:57 AM (ZshNr)

157 Muslim > Gay

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 08:54 AM (DmNpO)

So true. Which I'm sure the LGBTBBQWTF Mafia will understand too late, once their membership has seen a few of its own butchered at the hands of stone age primitives who go on to be pardoned by the justice system because of "cultural sensitivity."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 04:57 AM (4df7R)

158 MWR - Well said.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 04:57 AM (aDwsi)

159 In the good old summertime In the good old summertime I'll hold your hand and you'll hold mime In the good old summertime

Posted by: That 1902 Earworm at April 23, 2014 04:58 AM (rf20m)

160 So true. Which I'm sure the LGBTBBQWTF Mafia will understand too late, once their membership has seen a few of its own butchered at the hands of stone age primitives who go on to be pardoned by the justice system because of "cultural sensitivity." *** Where was it that, just last week, the Muslim cab drivers threatened to walk off the job because of ads for a gay event that were posted on their cars?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:00 AM (DmNpO)

161 Where was it that, just last week, the Muslim cab drivers threatened to walk off the job because of ads for a gay event that were posted on their cars?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:00 AM (DmNpO)

Cleveland.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 05:01 AM (LI48c)

162 47 Insomniac, Yup the "open letter" is to their conscience not the Super Glee Klubbers.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:01 AM (TE35l)

163 Why oh why would the feds try to pick a fight with Texas? Power. Control. Hubris.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 05:01 AM (xorT2)

164 Where was it that, just last week, the Muslim cab drivers threatened to walk off the job because of ads for a gay event that were posted on their cars?

I think that was in MN. Not the first time they've done crap like that. Before, it was refusing to let service dogs for blind people into their cabs.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:01 AM (GQ8sn)

165 Yes, Silk on Kindle has gone to Shit. The most irritating thing is tabs-- tabs which are not on top aren't kept loaded. Every time you switch tabs, whatever tab you bring forward has to REFRESH. It's slow, and maddening...you can't leave a tab resident and have it stay if you leave the network because of this, so so much for keeping an email or page open with directions while you drive to somewhere.

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 05:02 AM (MMC8r)

166 Where was it that, just last week, the Muslim cab drivers threatened to walk off the job because of ads for a gay event that were posted on their cars?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:00 AM (DmNpO)

That was in Cleveland for the homo olympics. But not to worry; the pink panthers gave them a pass, stating it was a "personal decision" by the cabbies.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2014 05:02 AM (9Uktj)

167 I think that was in MN. Not the first time they've done crap like that. Before, it was refusing to let service dogs for blind people into their cabs. **** Bejeezus. Who won that fight?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:02 AM (DmNpO)

168 Â“For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend." - Barry O

The problem with this is that ObamaWorld is a circle.

Around the bend never comes.

Posted by: dissent555 at April 23, 2014 08:21 AM (yR6A1)

Reggie: You're just unfamiliar with what Barry means by bend. Every time I tell him to bend over he says, It's a better day to cum!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 23, 2014 05:02 AM (1Jaio)

169 "Swanee:

How I love ya, how I love ya,

My dear old Swanee.

I'd give the world to be among the folks in

D-I-X-I-E-ven though my mammy's waiting for me,

Praying for me down by the Swanee.

The folks up north will see me no more

When I get to that Swanee shore!"

That 1919 earworm: http://tinyurl.com/k58vvkf

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:03 AM (4df7R)

170 That was in Cleveland for the homo olympics. But not to worry; the pink panthers gave them a pass, stating it was a "personal decision" by the cabbies. *** It's a personal decision not to drive a cab for their employer based upon their religious beliefs but it's criminal for a Christian business-owner to do the same?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:04 AM (DmNpO)

171 I think that was in MN. Not the first time they've done crap like that. Before, it was refusing to let service dogs for blind people into their cabs.

****

Bejeezus.

Who won that fight?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:02 AM (DmNpO)

These were Somali refugees who got jobs as cabbies. Not sure, but I think the airport/city officials let them know that if they refused service, they would lose their licensing and privileges at the airport and any other govt building.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:04 AM (GQ8sn)

172 From SSI - did you ever think these words would be spoken in your lifetime? They are digging in along the Virgin River -- a fragile human tripwire arrayed against an out-of-control imperial federal government that ought to know better. They are digging in, and they need your support, in whatever way you can give it. Citizens 'digging in' to oppose the fascist fucks.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 05:04 AM (fWAjv)

173

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 08:52 AM (4df7R)

That's our Beth!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 05:05 AM (zF6Iw)

174 It's a personal decision not to drive a cab for their employer based upon their religious beliefs but it's criminal for a Christian business-owner to do the same?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:04 AM (DmNpO)

Yep. Like you said, NDH: Muslim > Gay > Christian

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:05 AM (4df7R)

175 Daisy, Daisy
Give me your answer, do.
I'm half crazy
all for the love of you...

Posted by: That 1892 Earworm at April 23, 2014 05:05 AM (knoK7)

176 "Why oh why would the feds try to pick a fight with Texas?" See: Hitler, or Napoleon, v Russia Also: Japan v USA

Posted by: History Teaches at April 23, 2014 05:05 AM (zdOaO)

177 You are on a roll lately, MWR!

Posted by: Citizen X at April 23, 2014 05:05 AM (7ObY1)

178 It's a personal decision not to drive a cab for their employer based upon their religious beliefs but it's criminal for a Christian business-owner to do the same?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:04 AM (DmNpO)

Yes, Tammy Bruce won the Gold Medal for pointing out that rank hypocrisy.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2014 05:05 AM (9Uktj)

179

175 Daisy, Daisy
Give me your answer, do.
I'm half crazy
all for the love of you...

Posted by: That 1892 Earworm at April 23, 2014 09:05 AM (knoK7)

I love that song.

Posted by: HAL at April 23, 2014 05:06 AM (LI48c)

180 Good morning morons. It still amazes me what a good night of sleep and sunshine can do to one's soul. Then read the news and completely trash the accomplishment mentioned above. Happy Hump Day

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 05:06 AM (HVff2)

181 Daisy, Daisy
Give me your answer, do.
I'm half crazy
all for the love of you...

Posted by: That 1892 Earworm at April 23, 2014 09:05 AM (knoK7)

I can feel my mind going...Dave....

GIVEITAWAYGIVEITAWAYGIVEITAWAYNOW!!!

Posted by: HAL 9000 at April 23, 2014 05:06 AM (GQ8sn)

182 "I love that song. Posted by: HAL at April 23, 2014 09:06 AM"

You're welcome!

Posted by: That 1892 Earworm at April 23, 2014 05:06 AM (knoK7)

183 Off, Gilded Age sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 05:07 AM (knoK7)

184 170 That was in Cleveland for the homo olympics. But not to worry; the pink panthers gave them a pass, stating it was a "personal decision" by the cabbies. It's so funny to see the anti-bullying bullies be terrified of real bullies.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 05:07 AM (RMg6O)

185 Cleveland is co-sponsoring the Ohio Gay Games. With Akron.
At that point, it became too ghey for even a cab driver. Dude. Akron.

Eagerly awaiting the All-Gay Soap Box Derby.
Canton is writing the grants for the All-Gay wing at the Football Hall of Fame.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 23, 2014 05:08 AM (xq1UY)

186 3 Michael Eric Dyson is an unhinged racialist puke. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 06:52 AM (CMkNk) And dumber than a brick, and arrogant--a nasty combo. He's the typical sort that the Left subsidizes and publicizes.

Posted by: NWA, what rapped F tha Police back in the 90s at April 23, 2014 05:08 AM (36Rjy)

187 Â“For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend." - Barry O

Good grief. Could he be any more twee? Why not add a few more bits of trite, folksy wisdom to that sentence?

"For me, Easter is a story of hope Â– a belief in a better day to come, just around the bend, over the river and through the woods, beyond the rainbow and across the sea, through oceans of tomorrow, across skies of tomorrow. For tomorrow is another day!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:08 AM (4df7R)

188 Maybe Ohio could charge Obama under the "No lying in campaigns" law.

Come to think of it, it would be much more difficult to find the areas where Obama has told the truth, than to find the ones where he was lying.

It would make a good book title: Obama - the search for the truth Blurb: "The question is not "Does Obama lie?" the question is "Has he ever told the truth about anything?"

His desire for a ~~Gestapo internal security force is probably an area where he superficially told the truth - although he lied by omitting what he really wants it for, and it isn't "internal security".~~

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at April 23, 2014 05:08 AM (ylhEn)

189

"Same sex marriage advocates?" Not "Marriage equality champions with unassailable moral authority?" You're slipping.

Anyway, like was asked upthread...so what? I mean, is this going to stop the Gaystapo? Hell, the GayKK will call them GINOs or something.

I view this the same way I view so-called "moderate" muslims who kvetch and wring their hands at the more militant on their side, but only protest in the weakest of ways.

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 05:08 AM (PFy0L)

190 These are the "reasonable" gay marriage proponents. They actually don't mind the stuff being done by the "unreasonable" types but trot out for PR purposes. The real movement is the guys raping kids out in Hollywood and the stuff shown on the Zombietime videos out of San Fran.

Posted by: ejo at April 23, 2014 05:08 AM (GXvSO)

191 Well the Clinton election child is just a bunch of tissue, an ugly bunch of tissue for sure.

Posted by: Killerdog at April 23, 2014 05:09 AM (Zdgjo)

192 "Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 23, 2014 09:08 AM"

There's a Gay Games?

*contemplates pole vault joke*

Nah...I got nuthin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 05:09 AM (knoK7)

193 The Homo Olympics are pretty non-inclusive by having a BI-athlon. Where's the Gay-athlon, Lesbi-athlon, Trans-athlon and Questioning-athlon? (among others)

Posted by: Citizen X at April 23, 2014 05:09 AM (7ObY1)

194 Cellulite as bio-fuel?

There was a Hollywood CA doctor who did that. Take the liposuction waste from his patients to power his Mercedes. IIRC he was last reported on the run in South America avoiding unrelated charges.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:11 AM (a26oX)

195

Posted by: That 1902 Earworm at April 23, 2014 08:58 AM (rf20m)

LOL!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 05:11 AM (zF6Iw)

196 The Homo Olympics are pretty non-inclusive by having a BI-athlon.

Where's the Gay-athlon, Lesbi-athlon, Trans-athlon and Questioning-athlon?

(among others)

Posted by: Citizen X at April 23, 2014 09:09 AM (7ObY1)

Yeah, where are the Trans-normative-athlons?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:11 AM (GQ8sn)

197 142 You're a bunch of fucking cowards. Sincerely, MWR, who's sick of this shit Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 08:52 AM(4df7R) Then I see this & feel better.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 05:11 AM (HVff2)

198 ...or, what MWR said. Criminy.

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 05:12 AM (PFy0L)

199 >>> Daisy, Daisy Give me your answer, do. I love this song!

Posted by: HAL 9000 at April 23, 2014 05:12 AM (Ua6T/)

200 What are the requirements for entry into the Gaylympics anyway? Is there a minimum level of gayness required, like say, anything under one yard of cock sucked isn't gay enough?

Posted by: mugiwara at April 23, 2014 05:13 AM (W7ffl)

201 187 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 09:08 AM (4df7R) Whatever you are on this morning, may I have some, please?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 05:13 AM (HVff2)

202 There's a high school in Texas posting openly in the hallway the names of the students who have failed their standardized tests. Because, you know, someone who has difficulty learning or testing only needs a good, healthy humiliation to step up their game. Right/ Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 08:46 AM (DmNpO) Wow. Just Fail x 10^24 I don't know about you guys, but high school sucked for a variety of reasons: hormones, trying to find your place in the pack, etc. Open humiliation from the authority figure isn't going to be something those kids ever forget. That's some fd up shit right there. I'd like a few moments alone with the principal to have a small...uh... discussion.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:13 AM (x3YFz)

203 189 JohnTant, Muhammed Kemal you just beheaded 5 babies and looked at my sister. Do NOT look at my sister. Mufti the Massive Moderate Muslim

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:13 AM (TE35l)

204

President Obama did not attend the funeral of his late aunt Zeituni Onyango. Instead, he went golfing.

What a surprise. When Michelle snuffs it he'll probably hit the links too. Well the bath houses first then some golf

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 23, 2014 05:14 AM (1Jaio)

205

Posted by: NWA, what rapped F tha Police back in the 90s at April 23, 2014 09:08 AM (36Rjy

Baldi, you've got to put the http:// back in front of your url. Otherwise you get the minx.cc stuff appearing before it in the link.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 05:14 AM (LI48c)

206 A dozen times they'd start to hug and kiss And then the darned old engine, it would miss And then he'd have to get underÂ—get out and get underÂ—and fix up his automobile. Hit for Al Jolsen, 1913

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 05:14 AM (aDwsi)

207

Sweet Rosie O'Grady,

My dear little Rose!

She's my steady lady,

'Most everyone knows;

And when we are married,

How happy we'll be -

For I love sweet Rosie O'Grady

And sweet Rosie O'Grady loves me!

- - That 1896 Earworm

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 05:14 AM (zF6Iw)

208 There's a Gay Games? *contemplates pole vault joke* Nah...I got nuthin'. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 09:09 AM (knoK7) LOL... the shot put.... Bwahahaha

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:15 AM (x3YFz)

209 Can someone please explain to me why Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir have been picked to talk about fashion on this year's Kentucky Derby broadcast on NBC? First off, are figure skaters known for their fashion sense? Because just because JW is the most flamingly gay gay man since "La Cage Aux Folles" doesn't mean he knows a damn thing about which hats are fashionable and which aren't. Given his own style template I'd actually be willing to say his opinion should be taken with a wristful of salt, followed by a shot of tequila and a lemon wedge.

And Tara Lipinski... I mean... What?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:16 AM (4df7R)

210 J.J. Sefton, A few weeks ago I was talking to someone who used to go in the sun a lot. She said she used to use baby oil & iodine. Boehner & Crist are probably using iodine when they're in the sun. I knew about baby oil, of course, but I never heard of mixing it with iodine. That explains orange colors.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 05:16 AM (gjOCp)

211 I knew about baby oil, of course, but I never heard of mixing it with iodine. That explains orange colors. Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 09:16 AM (gjOCp) jersey shore!

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:16 AM (x3YFz)

212 GayKK Oh, I am so stealing that.

Posted by: GMan at April 23, 2014 05:17 AM (sxq57)

213 @192. Yes, I can remember when the big gay event in Ohio was the ancient history conference at THE staid-collich, down t'the Capdal in Clumbiss.

I'm not totally convinced that either the times or Ohio have changed, but Gay sure as hell has. Used to be something kind of special and different. Shallow, cheap and trite is what you get now. Did I mention tasteless? Look for the sophisticates to eschew the whole scene soon. It's as over as goldfish-swallowing.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 23, 2014 05:17 AM (xq1UY)

214 These were Somali refugees who got jobs as cabbies. Not sure, but I think the airport/city officials let them know that if they refused service, they would lose their licensing and privileges at the airport and any other govt building. *** Score one for the locals!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:17 AM (DmNpO)

215 I'd actually be willing to say his opinion should be taken with a wristful of salt, followed by a shot of tequila and a lemon wedge. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 09:16 AM"

Stealing that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 05:17 AM (knoK7)

216 Hit for Al Jolsen, 1913 Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 09:14 AM (aDwsi) Cripes Mr. Hammer, the next thing you know you are going to tell us that Vic rode shotgun while you drove to the concert.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 05:17 AM (HVff2)

217 Then I see this & feel better.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 09:11 AM (HVff2)

I try. It's my way of being a little ray of cynical sunshine in this gray, moribund world.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:17 AM (4df7R)

218 I try. It's my way of being a little ray of cynical sunshine in this gray, moribund world. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 09:17 AM (4df7R) You have been on a roll lately. Lets go to Vegas

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:18 AM (x3YFz)

219 This sounds like someone is dancing around the War Powers Act and the brutal fact that a military drawdown is stupid. But mainly admitting publicly that a drawdown is stupid.

The US sending 600 troops to four Baltic countries to participate in training exercises.

http://tinyurl.com/lehyrxz

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:19 AM (a26oX)

220 Can someone please explain to me why Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir have been picked to talk about fashion on this year's Kentucky Derby broadcast on NBC? First off, are figure skaters known for their fashion sense? Because just because JW is the most flamingly gay gay man since "La Cage Aux Folles" doesn't mean he knows a damn thing about which hats are fashionable and which aren't. Given his own style template I'd actually be willing to say his opinion should be taken with a wristful of salt, followed by a shot of tequila and a lemon wedge. And Tara Lipinski... I mean... What? *** Together they possess the most garish and jaw-droppingly bad fashion sense. Lipinski with the flowers and beads, etc... in her hair is just... gah.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:19 AM (DmNpO)

221 "Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 09:17 AM"

Well someone had to crank the old Model A for him.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 05:19 AM (knoK7)

222 "Alas, my love, you do me wrong

To cast me off discourteously.

For I have loved you, oh, so long,

Delighting in your company..."

- That 16th century earworm

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:20 AM (4df7R)

223 The news from Ukraine is not really surprising, is it? Two things that Ukraines are historically good at: Being subjugated and mass murdered by Russians, and Revelling in, and participating in pograms against Jews. Nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 05:20 AM (BZAd3)

224 @206 Hammer!

Would you believe, that was Ayn Rand's favorite song? I shit you not.
Look up the whole lyric (J/k, I know you have the sheet music).
There's...subtext.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 23, 2014 05:21 AM (xq1UY)

225 Hit for Al Jolsen, 1913

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 09:14 AM (aDwsi)

I love Al Jolson.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:21 AM (4df7R)

226 The news from Ukraine is not really surprising, is it? Two things that Ukraines are historically good at: Being subjugated and mass murdered by Russians, and Revelling in, and participating in pograms against Jews. Nothing new under the sun. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 09:20 AM (BZAd3) It's like when muslims kill muslims. Yer thinkin' "should I cheer? or no?"

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:21 AM (x3YFz)

227 Wow. Just Fail x 10^24 I don't know about you guys, but high school sucked for a variety of reasons: hormones, trying to find your place in the pack, etc. Open humiliation from the authority figure isn't going to be something those kids ever forget. That's some fd up shit right there. I'd like a few moments alone with the principal to have a small...uh... discussion. **** While I'm sure there are some slackers amongst the failures that is not who will be impacted by actions such as these. I still haven't forgotten the face of the blond bitch of a high school English teacher who humiliated me for missing a few homework assignments. I missed them because my mother had been in the hospital.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:22 AM (DmNpO)

228 Well this is just swell. http://tinyurl.com/l7swuzq U.S. to deliver Apache helicopters to Egypt, relaxing hold on aid (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it will deliver 10 Apache attack helicopters to Egypt, relaxing a partial suspension of aid imposed after Egypt's military ousted President Mohamed Mursi last year and cracked down violently on protesters. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informed his Egyptian counterpart of the decision, which will help Egypt's counter-terrorism operations in the Sinai Peninsula, the Pentagon said. "We believe these new helicopters will help the Egyptian government counter extremists who threaten U.S., Egyptian, and Israeli security," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement, recounting Hagel's conversation with Egyptian Defense Minister Colonel Sedki Sobhi.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 05:22 AM (fWAjv)

229 Lipinski with the flowers and beads, etc... in her hair is just... gah. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:19 AM (DmNpO) Yes, but Weir makes up for all that, don't you think?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 05:22 AM (BZAd3)

230 The US sending 600 troops to four Baltic countries to participate in training exercises.

http://tinyurl.com/lehyrxz

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:19 AM (a26oX)

"Ha! This is American show of strength? I move 1000 troops to border of Ukraine before breakfast, then wrestle bear. Obama is pussy."

-Vlad Putin

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:23 AM (4df7R)

231 67 Just a note for anyone using the Pale Moon or Ice Dragon web browsers. Both of those are based on the Mozilla code. If your reason for using it was to let Mozilla know that you're upset over the Brebden Eich resignation, you'll need to use something else. Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 23, 2014 07:51 AM (eBNjM) Not necessarily. With Pale Moon you have to change how the browser IDs itself, from Firefox to PM. Vox Popoli tells how (http://www.voxday.blogspot.com/2014/04/fumigating-firefox.html) " Create a new tab. Type "about:config" into the Address Bar as if it were an internet site (URL). Type "compatMode" into the Search box that will appear right below the Address Bar. On the line general.useragent.compatMode.firefox there are three settings: user set, boolean, true. Click on "true" and it will change to false. Close the tab." The only problem is that rarely-it's happened to me once, but it's a site I need for work, which is annoying- you'll get a website which reads your browser ID and gives you a "You must upgrade to a supported browser" message. In that case just set it temporarily back to Firefox or use IE.

Posted by: Weirddave at April 23, 2014 05:23 AM (N/cFh)

232 Ben must be constipated this morning.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 05:23 AM (LI48c)

233 Can someone please explain to me why Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir have been picked to talk about fashion on this year's Kentucky Derby broadcast on NBC? First off, are figure skaters known for their fashion sense? Because just because JW is the most flamingly gay gay man since "La Cage Aux Folles" doesn't mean he knows a damn thing about which hats are fashionable and which aren't. Given his own style template I'd actually be willing to say his opinion should be taken with a wristful of salt, followed by a shot of tequila and a lemon wedge.

Same reason why gay men rule the runway fashion world?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:23 AM (GQ8sn)

234 Lipinski with the flowers and beads, etc... in her hair is just... gah.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:19 AM (DmNpO)

Yes, but Weir makes up for all that, don't you think?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 09:22 AM (BZAd3)

I only wonder which will be wearing more eyeliner.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:23 AM (4df7R)

235 Hey MWR, is this your alter-ego?
http://tinyurl.com/n7remhk

This one seems more AlextheChick like...
http://tinyurl.com/mlwse3a

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:23 AM (a26oX)

236 It's like when muslims kill muslims. Yer thinkin' "should I cheer? or no?" Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 09:21 AM (x3YFz) Isn't that the truth.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 05:24 AM (BZAd3)

237 I'll have what MWR is having

Posted by: Nora channeling Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally" at April 23, 2014 05:24 AM (RGgMp)

238 We strongly believe that opposition to same-sex marriage is wrong, but the consequence of holding a wrong opinion should not be the loss of a job

Well. That's awful generous of you.

.01%.

Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at April 23, 2014 05:25 AM (5ikDv)

239 Hey MWR, is this your alter-ego?
http://tinyurl.com/n7remhk

A big +1 on the skirt.

brb

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:25 AM (GQ8sn)

240 @227 NDH sounds as if your teacher was cruel. But we are complaining here about where is the shaming? Now we complain because the shaming isn't done up to standards. My how times have changed. Had my name been up there, my Dad would have been pissed. Pissed at me not at the school.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 05:25 AM (HVff2)

241 Hey MWR, is this your alter-ego?
http://tinyurl.com/n7remhk

Hmm... Not quite. I'd use a much more restrained color palette, and there'd be more unicorns.

This one seems more AlextheChick like...
http://tinyurl.com/mlwse3a

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:23 AM (a26oX)

On that we are in total agreement. Hee!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:26 AM (4df7R)

242 I still haven't forgotten the face of the blond bitch of a high school English teacher who humiliated me for missing a few homework assignments.

I missed them because my mother had been in the hospital.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:22 AM (DmNpO)

I'm going to break blog etiquette for a moment and say, that English teacher? Is a fucking cunt.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:27 AM (4df7R)

243

I'm curious...

Any of those "prominent same-sex marriage advocates" offering to hire Brendan Eich? Exert their stupendous influence to get him a CEO spot somewhere?

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 05:27 AM (PFy0L)

244

This one seems more AlextheChick like...
http://tinyurl.com/mlwse3a

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:23 AM (a26oX)

We had that phone as little kids. Probably still in a box somewhere at my parents.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (LI48c)

245

What's the odds that the BLM, in cooperation w/ the DOJ, is grasping at anything to save face after the Bundy fiasco ?

If Parry is who he claims to be, they've picked the wrong target.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (5S90q)

246 This would be a brilliant time to pre-position some heavy armor in west and central Yerp. If we could get to our armor, and if we had the means to move it. Also, we and allies should threaten Kaliningrad. Just, you know, look and nudge.

We have fewer than 300 warheads. And honey? I shrunk the Marines.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (xq1UY)

247 Where is the Dump?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (GQ8sn)

248
Any of those "prominent same-sex marriage advocates" offering to hire Brendan Eich? Exert their stupendous influence to get him a CEO spot somewhere?

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 09:27 AM (PFy0L)

BWAAAAA HAAAA HAAAAA!!!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (4df7R)

249 Poland is in NATO.

Yes. We have to defend them.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (V70Uh)

250 Ima sure Ima not imagining this, but what happened to the Bipartisan ship? I haven't seen or heard of the USS Bipartisan for it seems like years now. Was it sold for its scrap value?

Posted by: LIV: Works for Me™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 23, 2014 05:28 AM (8bA1i)

251 Yes. We have to defend them.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (V70Uh)

With what? No more tanks in Europe.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:29 AM (GQ8sn)

252 Where is the Dump?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (GQ8sn)

When I was a kid it was on Merrill Road.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:29 AM (4df7R)

253 Most of my teachers liked me, but one in particular hated my fucking guts. A tortoise-looking woman named Ms. McGourty. Homeroom and English teacher for seventh and eighth grade. She gave me an F-minus in homeroom conduct on my last ever report card from a school I'd gone to since kindergarten. Still cracks me up when I think about how much that bitch hated me. After the first month or two I knew she was a hopeless case so I baited her constantly. Other teachers noticed and thought it was hilarious.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 05:30 AM (ZshNr)

254 Hey Scoamf, Bet you wish you hadn't scoamfed this up in your first term. Shove your Nobel prize where sun don't shine.

Posted by: Poland's Defense Shield at April 23, 2014 05:30 AM (RGgMp)

255 What a surprise. When Michelle snuffs it he'll probably hit the links too. Well the bath houses first then some golf. What a surprise. When Michelle snuffs it he'll probably hit the tip of Reggie's dick.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 05:30 AM (xorT2)

256 NDH sounds as if your teacher was cruel. But we are complaining here about where is the shaming? Now we complain because the shaming isn't done up to standards. My how times have changed. Had my name been up there, my Dad would have been pissed. Pissed at me not at the school. *** Wrong. You do not shame someone for an inability to learn or to test. That's beyond ridiculous. Wouldn't it have been more motivating and inspiring to have posted, instead, the names of those who did very well on the test? We have gone from rewarding performance, to rewarding everyone regardless of performance, to singling out the poor performers. Progess/ Shaming someone who is fucking-off is one thing, but I'd venture a guess that they make up a small part of those who failed.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:30 AM (DmNpO)

257 I have another question for you... What in the hell could be going on in someones mind to make them think that having an abortion in order to achieve fame was not depraved? No... Other than abject depravity, I mean.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 05:31 AM (BZAd3)

258 By treaty we have to defend other NATO countries like Poland. Just like England and France had to on Sept 1, 1939.

England and France honored their treaty. Will this administration honor its promises when Russian tanks roll? Unlikely and the whole world knows it.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:31 AM (a26oX)

259 What in the hell could be going on in someones mind to make them think that having an abortion in order to achieve fame was not depraved?

She's not getting on the show. Producers found out and said no way.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:31 AM (GQ8sn)

260 I'm going to break blog etiquette for a moment and say, that English teacher? Is a fucking cunt. *** I couldn't agree more.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:31 AM (DmNpO)

261 I skipped French class sometimes in high school. My French teacher took me up in front of the entire class and asked me, "Are you a sickly child?" However, I was also in the drama group (and she was the director of the plays) and since I was very good in the plays, she couldn't hate me entirely. It wasn't that I was terrible in French. I just didn't enjoy all the verb conjugations and I found her particular classes boring.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 05:31 AM (XyM/Y)

262 "LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 09:31 AM (BZAd3)" Beats having to divorce the guy who paid for Hah-vahd the day after he finished paying for it........

Posted by: Abortion Barbie at April 23, 2014 05:32 AM (RGgMp)

263 It's like when muslims kill muslims. Yer thinkin' "should I cheer? or no?" Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 09:21 AM (x3YFz) Isn't that the truth. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb I cheer. Same with workplace (ied) accidents.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 05:32 AM (xorT2)

264 This BLM land grab in TX is getting a little close to home. The Henderson property mentioned is in the adjacent county to my east, and my house is less than 2 miles from the Red River.

Posted by: Nylon66 at April 23, 2014 05:32 AM (tvEb6)

265 Speaking of the ROP: Anonymous ‏@YourAnonNews 36m #Iran rape victim bound for gallows unless she changes story (ie, apologizes for being raped) http://owl.li/3jBbUl

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:32 AM (DmNpO)

266 Poland is in NATO.

Yes. We have to defend them.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (V70Uh)

See, I agree, but at the same time, look who we have in the Oval Office. I don't trust him or his bumbling bunch of bitchpimps to follow through on anything, including our longstanding treaty obligations.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:33 AM (4df7R)

267 251 Yes. We have to defend them. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (V70Uh) With what? No more tanks in Europe. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 09:29 AM (GQ8sn) Slap fighting with expressively limp wrists, if Barky and the ghey lobby have any say in the matter...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 23, 2014 05:33 AM (8bA1i)

268 Poland is in NATO.
Yes. We have to defend them.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (V70Uh)

Hey Poland. You might wanna start getting your shit together and not rely solely on the US. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Ukraine at April 23, 2014 05:33 AM (W7ffl)

269 Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 09:30 AM (ZshNr)

You should have been suspended, put on Ritalin, and possibly castrated.

Posted by: War on Boys at April 23, 2014 05:34 AM (QFxY5)

270

OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ?

My hand is not raised.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 05:34 AM (5S90q)

271 She gave me an F-minus in homeroom conduct on my last ever report card from a school I'd gone to since kindergarten. Still cracks me up when I think about how much that bitch hated me. After the first month or two I knew she was a hopeless case so I baited her constantly. Other teachers noticed and thought it was hilarious. So YOU were Little Johnny.....

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 05:34 AM (xorT2)

272 I skipped French class sometimes in high school. My French teacher took me up in front of the entire class and asked me, "Are you a sickly child?" However, I was also in the drama group (and she was the director of the plays) and since I was very good in the plays, she couldn't hate me entirely. It wasn't that I was terrible in French. I just didn't enjoy all the verb conjugations and I found her particular classes boring. *** Some folks have absolutely no business anywhere near children.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:34 AM (DmNpO)

273 Public shaming doesn't motivate anyone to learn. Increasing anxiety reduces the ability to take in complex information. She was a bad teacher and a miserable person

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:34 AM (zOTsN)

274 251 Yes. We have to defend them.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (V70Uh)

With what? No more tanks in Europe.
Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 09:29 AM (GQ8sn)

Slap fighting with expressively limp wrists, if Barky and the ghey lobby have any say in the matter...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at April 23, 2014 09:33 AM (8bA1i)

So....cut and run?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:35 AM (GQ8sn)

275 We really need an AoS goods section.

"MWR is sick of your shit" on a ball cap, with a cartoon character wielding a rolled-up newspaper. I'd wear it everywhere. A coffee cup with a pair of stompy boots on the side would be the talk of the office, too.

I'm not sure how some of the more... eccentric HQ memes would translate into goods though. Putting "Filthy Scandi" on a t-shirt might send the wrong impression. >_>

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at April 23, 2014 05:35 AM (9LuAk)

276 Wouldn't it have been more motivating and inspiring to have posted, instead, the names of those who did very well on the test?

This. Or, if you must, post the names of everybody: those who did well and those who didn't and everyone in between. Why single out the failures? The ones who don't care about their academics won't be shamed by it, and the ones who DO care will be unnecessarily hurt.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:35 AM (4df7R)

277 Well about one year ago EC the last 22 Abrams tanks left Europe. But relax! We now have 29 of them back in Germany. As part of the European Activity Set [ EAS ].
http://tinyurl.com/kbdozhr
*facepalm*

I so want to puke for saying "European Activity Set" because it is far too close to something found on a kids' playground. Where Samantha Powers and the other smart kids in this administration have never left.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:35 AM (a26oX)

278 Â… Let it be silent Let the Luminous stars not shine, Let the winds (?) and all the noisy rivers die down; And as we hymn the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, http://tinyurl.com/lssrhzn

Posted by: That Late 3rd Century Earworm at April 23, 2014 05:36 AM (SUKHu)

279 Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde And the band played on; He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he adored And the band played on; But his brain was so loaded it nearly exploded The poor girl would shake with alarm; He'd ne'er leave the girl with the strawberry curls And the band played on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 05:36 AM (aDwsi)

280 I was President of the class in seventh and eighth grade, and she was literally jealous of my popularity among students/teachers. She'd try to "shame" me all the time, calling me a "big fish in a little pond", it was fucking surreal.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 05:36 AM (ZshNr)

281 270 ScoggDogg, There'll be PLENTY to do here Scogg. Ivan will emp us at a minimum....probably nuke us whole hog.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:36 AM (TE35l)

282 MWR- God love ya! "Bitchpimps" has totally made my day. I may not stop laughing for an hour.

Posted by: Nora at April 23, 2014 05:36 AM (RGgMp)

283

What in the hell could be going on in someones mind to make them think that having an abortion in order to achieve fame was not depraved?

The feeling that you deserve to be a celebrity, and that you don't really exist unless you are one?

A profound self-hatred?

Crippling sadness?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 05:37 AM (zF6Iw)

284 I'm not sure how some of the more... eccentric HQ memes would translate into goods though. Putting "Filthy Scandi" on a t-shirt might send the wrong impression. "But first......" #twoweeks

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 05:37 AM (xorT2)

285 What do you mean you don't know that one?

Posted by: That Late 3rd Century Earworm at April 23, 2014 05:37 AM (SUKHu)

286 Anonymous ‏@YourAnonNews 36m
#Iran rape victim bound for gallows unless she changes story (ie, apologizes for being raped) http://owl.li/3jBbUl

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:32 AM (DmNpO)

Judgement Day. That is all.

Burn this unholy world with fire. -_- Pray for that poor woman... alone in a den of lions.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at April 23, 2014 05:37 AM (9LuAk)

287 Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 09:30 AM (ZshNr) Your nick ought to be "Lincolntf: Damned Proud That I Flunked Homeroom"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 23, 2014 05:37 AM (8bA1i)

288 #Iran rape victim bound for gallows unless she changes story (ie, apologizes for being raped) http://owl.li/3jBbUl *** crickets ***

Posted by: NOW at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (Ua6T/)

289 42 Sonia Sotomayor = Hugo Black + cuchifritos. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 23, 2014 07:21 AM (CMkNk) Black robes instead of Hugo's white robes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (AHzA7)

290 Eldest thunder did his homework at lunch. Teacher was pissed because he didn't do it at home. Insane teacher was so pissed she picked up the homework, held it in front of everyone and tore it into 16 pieces and threw it in the garbage. He was forced to go through the garbage and find the pieces. I discovered the issu when his 10 year old self was trying to tape it back together Bitch

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (zOTsN)

291 on the BLM land grab. Fedzilla really needs to be reigned in. I'm sure the Supremes will get on the 150 acres being taken while demanding the rancher still Pay taxes for the land? I don't recall the use that land was stolen and be used for? did they mention it?

Posted by: willow at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (nqBYe)

292 As I recall, the screw-ups in school already knew they were screw-ups. Public shaming would be counter-productive. The HQ was discussing the respect that teachers receive a few days ago. I generally had good teachers in HS. But the graffiti at College was perfect: "Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach."

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (V70Uh)

293 Well about one year ago EC the last 22 Abrams tanks left Europe. But relax! We now have 29 of them back in Germany. As part of the European Activity Set [ EAS ].
http://tinyurl.com/kbdozhr

So that's like what, two companies worth? How long will they last?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (GQ8sn)

294 Poland is in NATO. Yes. We have to defend them. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 23, 2014 09:28 AM (V70Uh) As we should. Fantastic allies. GROM busted their tails in asscrackistan for us.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:38 AM (x3YFz)

295 Well, she didn't although she was quite good as a director of the plays. She was transferred to another school in the district because she had an affair with one of the students. She was the third or fourth teacher I heard of in the time between the 7th and 12th grade that was sent to another school for the having affairs. This did not only happen in the RC church. The trash got passed around in public school too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 05:39 AM (XyM/Y)

296 I was President of the class in seventh and eighth grade, and she was literally jealous of my popularity among students/teachers. She'd try to "shame" me all the time, calling me a "big fish in a little pond", it was fucking surreal. *** Some people cannot be trusted with power. ANY power. Especially not the type of power which shapes children.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:39 AM (DmNpO)

297 Am I the only one that notices that Glenn Reynolds seems to be getting more and more conservative as he sees what "moderate" really means?

'Cause, to me, the guy used to be a lot more moderate and restrained.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 05:39 AM (VjL9S)

298 Morning, Horde. If I start reading recent comments it should willow this thread, so I'm gonna do that for y'all.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 23, 2014 05:39 AM (JtwS4)

299 I would piss Ms McGourty off by finishing her vocab quizzes before she was done passing them out. She hated that.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 05:39 AM (ZshNr)

300

Who are you with tonight, tonight,

Yes, who are you with tonight?

Who is the dreamy, peachy, creamy

Vision of pure delight?

Is it your little sister, mister?

Answer me, honor bright -

Will you tell the judge in the morning

Who you were with tonight?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 05:40 AM (zF6Iw)

301
Pity that my age would prevent further service. Acallback would get an instant yes.

My country, etc. Because that oath doesn't expire.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 05:40 AM (SAMxH)

302 Eldest thunder did his homework at lunch. Teacher was pissed because he didn't do it at home. Insane teacher was so pissed she picked up the homework, held it in front of everyone and tore it into 16 pieces and threw it in the garbage. He was forced to go through the garbage and find the pieces. I discovered the issu when his 10 year old self was trying to tape it back together Bitch Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 09:38 AM (zOTsN) wow. Ass would have been had. Picture a door being kicked in followed by "Asshole! Yes, you. Here. Now, fucker."

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:40 AM (x3YFz)

303 "Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 09:39 AM (XyM/Y)" You lie! It's was only the Catholics; government skool teachers are noble creatures

Posted by: Useless State Media at April 23, 2014 05:40 AM (RGgMp)

304 Fedzilla really needs to be reigned in. I'm sure the Supremes will get on the 150 acres being taken while demanding the rancher still Pay taxes for the land? *** they are now after 90k acres.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:40 AM (DmNpO)

305 My country, etc. Except now it's the FSA's country.

Posted by: GMan at April 23, 2014 05:40 AM (sxq57)

306 Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 09:38 AM (x3YFz)

Agreed.

And...they fought against the USSR more than most.

They are lovers of freedom and the West, and deserve our unqualified support.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 05:41 AM (QFxY5)

307 Tango you haven't idea I Went Nuts

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:41 AM (zOTsN)

308 Am I the only one that notices that Glenn Reynolds seems to be getting more and more conservative as he sees what "moderate" really means?

'Cause, to me, the guy used to be a lot more moderate and restrained.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 09:39 AM (VjL9S)

He's always been fairly consistent libertarian/conservative. I don't recall a major 180 switch he's made in the past few years.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:41 AM (GQ8sn)

309 EC how long does it take a Russian bear to take a dump in the woods?

And in 2013 the last four A-10 Thunderbolt IIs departed Spangdalem.
http://tinyurl.com/b8b9moa

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:41 AM (a26oX)

310 106 Slightly O/T, but in my nic is a link to the White House dossier blog which states that the Obama WH has hired a top criminal attorney and they wonder why. Any ideas?
=========
Â“The term Â‘war time consigliereÂ’ springs to mind.Â” as Insty put it.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 05:41 AM (VjL9S)

311 All of our 6 month finals were posted in the hallways because the scores came out while we were on vacation days.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 05:41 AM (T2V/1)

312 "OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ?" Voluntary, or mandatory call-up? Is it in support of action that would be considered illegal, or unconstitutional? I may not have the freedom to make a choice,depending on the circumstances.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 23, 2014 05:42 AM (X2NEw)

313 In HS I often did my homework as the teacher was walking around collecting it.That's why I sat way in the back.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2014 05:42 AM (zqvg6)

314 Did anyone see that Reid is breaking laws by launching attacks at Koch brothers & others from his Senate Majority Leader position & not on his own website? I heard it briefly & didn't hear which state has filed ethics violations against him. It was on FNC after 8 this morning, I was waiting for things to work & until meds lick in I can't concentrate.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 05:42 AM (gjOCp)

315 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.

Posted by: Tha Old Testament Earworm at April 23, 2014 05:42 AM (knoK7)

316 Bad teacher stories? I got a few! My Aunt (one of the nicest women on earth) hated her full name because it was french sounding and something of a mouthful and she got made fun of for it. She went by a nick name. Her math teacher would call her by her full name all the time. My mother, the older sister, went to him and asked him to stop, because her sister disliked her full name. The next class, he called her up and made her stand next to him as he announced he would call her by her full name, mocked her for her sensitivity, and made fun of her for half the class. She was crying by the end of it. The old bastard is dead now. Hopefully being raped by Satan. Miserable old bastard.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 05:43 AM (Ezq3m)

317 EC how long does it take a Russian bear to take a dump in the woods?

And in 2013 the last four A-10 Thunderbolt IIs departed Spangdalem.
http://tinyurl.com/b8b9moa

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:41 AM (a26oX)

I knew about the A-10's leaving, but they're being mothballed anyhow so it really is moot.

I hope the EU has an ace up their sleeve nobody knows about. It's plain to see we're not going to be of much help if the shit hits the fan.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:43 AM (GQ8sn)

318 Anonymous ‏@YourAnonNews 36m
#Iran rape victim bound for gallows unless she changes story (ie, apologizes for being raped) http://owl.li/3jBbUl

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:32 AM (DmNpO)

Who cares? Don't you know that McDonald's has been dispensing Happy Meal toys USING GENDERED TERMS!!!!???!!eleventy!!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:44 AM (4df7R)

319 301 IronGrampa, The oath was to the Document, not the Giggly Scoamf Rolling Clusterfuck JugBand.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:44 AM (TE35l)

320 Tango you haven't idea I Went Nuts Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 09:41 AM (zOTsN) I'm just surprised you didn't make the news lol.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:44 AM (x3YFz)

321 Bevel, That teacher was a sick SOB!

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 05:45 AM (gjOCp)

322 Someone shove some exlax through the usb port to Ben.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 05:45 AM (LI48c)

323 OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ? My hand is not raised. Posted by: ScoggDog ----------------------------------- Yeah, well, I'm too old. Not sure how I would feel about it if I was in my 40's, but certainly not eager. That aside, that's the problem with failure to project committed strength. We've seen it time and again how the Soviets operate ever since WWII. Obama, and Liberals in general don't get it. They have sat on their soft, pink, protected butts for two generations. They can't handle the truth.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 05:45 AM (aDwsi)

324

Tell you what T9 ... if it comes to that, me and mine will sit this one out, conveniently holding open one or more spots for you and yours.

Imagine the glory. The honor. The opportunity to rally 'round the flag.

This one is all yours, big boy.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 05:45 AM (5S90q)

325 Come on, Ben!!!!

Make the Dump come out!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:45 AM (GQ8sn)

326 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:30 AM (DmNpO Well, it would be interesting to go to a PTO meeting and see what was behind the "listing" I'm not saying teachers are perfect, I've had my beefs with them and their unions for years. So it would be nice to have both stories. With that said, you morons have a good day, I really got to get some work done. This place is addictive.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (HVff2)

327 Screw it. Off to the range for some therapy. Play nice,m'kay?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (X2NEw)

328 One of my favorite Ms McGourty stories was when I was in another class and the teacher left the room, had me continue the aloud reading of "Where the Red Fern Grows" to the class. McGourty dropped in to see the teacher and instead saw me sitting on the teacher's desk, addressing the classroom. I gave her a censorious teacherly glance and went back to reading. She was red with anger, didn't say a word, turned around and left. The whole class was rolling in the aisles laughing.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (ZshNr)

329 I knew about the A-10's leaving, but they're being mothballed anyhow so it really is moot. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 09:43 AM (GQ8sn) Not so much. There's serious pushback on that issue and it's far from settled. The damn thing costs like $39.99 to make, even less to repair, and it's a wunderkind on the battlefield. Best weapons platform ever. Thing can fly missing a wing with a blind pilot.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (x3YFz)

330 Neidermeyer, 90k? It's like they have decided free range ranching isn't important at all to the 'children'? honestly have they stated what Use these lands are to be used for? or who is set to make a deal making millions on contracts?

Posted by: willow at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (nqBYe)

331 We used to have a pair of old maid teachers in HS who were awful. The refused to retire and continued to teach right up in their 80s. One year they each flunked 90% of their classes. Parents went to the BOE and told them to fire them or else. They were finally convinced to retire.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (T2V/1)

332 312 Village Idiot's Apprentice, Quite. I was Army not NKVD.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (TE35l)

333 Eldest thunder did his homework at lunch. Teacher was pissed because he didn't do it at home. Insane teacher was so pissed she picked up the homework, held it in front of everyone and tore it into 16 pieces and threw it in the garbage. He was forced to go through the garbage and find the pieces. I discovered the issu when his 10 year old self was trying to tape it back together

Bitch

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 09:38 AM (zOTsN)

Had this happened when I was a kid, we would have only had enough money to bail out my mother after my parents went ballistic on the teacher's ass.

My father would probably still be in jail.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (4df7R)

334 Didn't expect vox to be unprofessional WTF ? I didn't expect them to be able to sort complete sentences from their schizoid word salad, let alone be professional. I expected the lovechild of Pravda and Izvestiya, and seem to have gotten just that. Just how much more Orwellian do you need to get than "explaining to you what the news means".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2014 05:46 AM (V0aFE)

335 No Dump, No Peace! /throws cabbage-laden Jello /loads cats into trebuchet

Posted by: Attila the Hun at April 23, 2014 05:47 AM (rt3TY)

336 Who cares? Don't you know that McDonald's has been dispensing Happy Meal toys USING GENDERED TERMS!!!!???!!eleventy!! *** Oh noes! The end is surely near!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:47 AM (DmNpO)

337 Same eldest thunder going to college next fall and wants to go ROTC. Really praying Hillary doesn't win

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:47 AM (zOTsN)

338 ...amusingly, that forgotten sock goes well with that bit.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 05:47 AM (rt3TY)

339 Gulf War I, the A-10s would land looking like swiss cheese, and the maintenance guys would patch her up and quick turn her in 10 hours. Fly by wire, baby.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:48 AM (x3YFz)

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

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 05:48 AM (PYAXX)

341 322 Bevel, That teacher was a sick SOB! He was there when I went to high school. He was not atypical. It was a bad place.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 05:48 AM (Ezq3m)

342 So, if destroying Eich is now wrong, will some other company snap him up? And will there be no controversy this time? Of course not.

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 05:48 AM (czAxD)

343 It's like they have decided free range ranching isn't important at all to the 'children'? *** If you can't ban cow farts, make raising them impossible or, at least, unprofitable.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (DmNpO)

344 I sort of admire teachers who want to continue into their 80's rather than the people who opt for the pension and get out as soon as they can. They might not have been good, but they probably had a high sense of responsibility.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (XyM/Y)

345 Re: Posting the list of people who failed the standardized testing - I imagine these kids wouldn't want to show their faces in school, which may be exactly what the administrators wanted. Get the kids to drop out so they stop bringing down the school's overall performance, making the school look better.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (pt5t7)

346 /loads cats into trebuchet Posted by: Attila the Hun at April 23, 2014 09:47 AM (rt3TY) It's a party!

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (x3YFz)

347 Completely OT. I have decided that Portuguese (the language) is simply Spanish with a French accent.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (PYAXX)

348 Best weapons platform ever.

Thing can fly missing a wing with a blind pilot.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 09:46 AM (x3YFz)

The O-6 at my college's AFROTC cadre was an A-10 pilot. He had lots of pics of them in his office, plus other cool shit. I would always make some time to visit his office so I could browse all of them.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (GQ8sn)

349 EC notice the timeline.

Combat tanks are pulled out a year ago. A-10s are pulled out a year ago. And now Putin is raising all kinds of hell. He waited to make sure the American teeth were truly pulled.

The 29 Abrams and the Bradleys with them are not meant for combat. They are designed to serve a training function.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:49 AM (a26oX)

350 Inre the defense of Poland, perhaps the multitude of prominent same-sex marriage advocates can write another letter.

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 05:50 AM (PFy0L)

351 Can someone throw some prunes and kiwi Bens way?

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 05:51 AM (fWAjv)

352 The 29 Abrams and the Bradleys with them are not meant for combat. They are designed to serve a training function.

Great. Two companies worth of heavy tanks with no war shots amongst them.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:51 AM (GQ8sn)

353 We live in interesting times

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:51 AM (zOTsN)

354 "25 Prominent same-sex marriage advocates sign open letter rejecting the mob-mindedness that claimed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. ========= Which changes what, exactly?" Yes, they bravely come out in his defense now that it doesn't matter. Except for Sullivan.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 05:51 AM (ilbeM)

355 Dear Ukraine, Sorry about invading Crimea. We believe in Russia's greatness, but regret invading countries, even backward countries like yours. Sincerely, Prominent Russians.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 05:52 AM (Ezq3m)

356 Re: Ezra Kelin's Vox being partisan. Uh, this is the guy who created Journalist - a way to coordinate the messaging of 400+ journalists in order to sway the 2008 election. Partisan and unethical. Why would we expect this leopard to change his spots, especially when he's now running the site in which he publishes?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2014 05:52 AM (pt5t7)

357 The 29 Abrams and the Bradleys with them are not meant for combat. They are designed to serve a training function. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:49 AM (a26oX) There was a movie some years back that crucified the pentagon's acquisitions program using the Bradley as the cornerstone. A quote I remember was some bit about nicely packing an entire infantry squad for complete destruction.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:52 AM (x3YFz)

358 Man ordered to pay $489K for being stupid. That seems like an odd number. How about we round it to a cool half-mil. And then make that the standing fine for stupidity.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 05:52 AM (PYAXX)

359 It would be way more interesting if these gay rights advocates would loudly, and repeatedly denounce the child predators running Hollywood

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:53 AM (zOTsN)

360 I sort of admire teachers who want to continue into their 80's rather than the people who opt for the pension and get out as soon as they can. They might not have been good, but they probably had a high sense of responsibility. **** Ahem. http://bit.ly/1f3rMGQ

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:53 AM (DmNpO)

361 There was a movie some years back that crucified the pentagon's acquisitions program using the Bradley as the cornerstone.

A quote I remember was some bit about nicely packing an entire infantry squad for complete destruction.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 09:52 AM (x3YFz)

The Pentagon Wars.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:53 AM (GQ8sn)

362 Except for Sullivan.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 09:51 AM (ilbeM)

I was surprised and pleased that Sullivan was vociferous in his defense of freedom. I used to read him all of the time and even had a few interesting e-mail conversations with him.

I had thought that the AIDS dementia had taken over completely.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 05:54 AM (QFxY5)

363 348 Allen G, Brazil is never OT my friend.... Lad10077 is now in favor of the Rio 10077 Initiative.... Ah puberty

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:54 AM (TE35l)

364 Re: Posting the list of people who failed the standardized testing - I imagine these kids wouldn't want to show their faces in school, which may be exactly what the administrators wanted. Get the kids to drop out so they stop bringing down the school's overall performance, making the school look better. *** this turns my stomach as it is not an implausible scenario. school funding is based upon those scores.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:54 AM (DmNpO)

365 "Chingabasura" would also not work well on a t-shirt, no matter how cute the Ewok picture was.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 23, 2014 05:54 AM (V0aFE)

366 Snark aside, a lot of the people who signed wrote articles denouncing the firing when it happened.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 05:54 AM (Ezq3m)

367 Brazil is never OT my friend....

Lad10077 is now in favor of the Rio 10077 Initiative....

Ah puberty

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 09:54 AM (TE35l)

Brazilian melons are never OT.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:54 AM (GQ8sn)

368 There was a movie some years back that crucified the pentagon's acquisitions program using the Bradley as the cornerstone. *** Kelsey Grammar was the star. It was very near a comedy.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:55 AM (DmNpO)

369 The Pentagon Wars. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 09:53 AM (GQ8sn) Ahhh! Thank you.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:55 AM (x3YFz)

370 EC, as I said EAS sounds like playground. I am pretty sure the US Army still has live ammo for the tanks. But 29 tanks with M-2 support would have to either be airlifted towards Poland or put on trains for Poland. The A-10s would have to fly back to Europe while their support flies in C-17s.

Meanwhile Putin cuts off the pipelines to Europe. Energy prices skyrocket. Kicking all those socialist glasshouses in their panes...

Instant stew of revolution.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:55 AM (a26oX)

371 Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 09:54 AM (TE35l) Heh. Good point. It came up because I have a co-worker (dude) from Brazil. He was talking to someone (presumably family) when he came in this morning- in Portuguese.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 05:55 AM (PYAXX)

372 That Steyn column was a delight.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 05:56 AM (ZKzrr)

373 /starts launching cats from trebuchet whilst singing "The New Carioca"

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 05:56 AM (rt3TY)

374 EC, as I said EAS sounds like playground. I am pretty sure the US Army still has live ammo for the tanks. But 29 tanks with M-2 support would have to either be airlifted towards Poland or put on trains for Poland. The A-10s would have to fly back to Europe while their support flies in C-17s.

Hehe...and axe handles for their sentries instead of M-16's.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:56 AM (GQ8sn)

375 It was very near a comedy. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:55 AM (DmNpO) Brother...having seen Lockmart and FFRDCs like Aerospace and MITRE in action; you just can't parody it enough.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:56 AM (x3YFz)

376 Russia plus China plus Iran Sort of like Germany plus Italy plus Japan

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (zOTsN)

377 BenK has GOT to have a turtle head poking out right about now...

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (GQ8sn)

378 EC notice the timeline.
Combat tanks are pulled out a year ago. A-10s are pulled out a year ago. And now Putin is raising all kinds of hell. He waited to make sure the American teeth were truly pulled.
The 29 Abrams and the Bradleys with them are not meant for combat. They are designed to serve a training function.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:49 AM (a26oX)

You'd think one of the dozens of reporters in the WH press pool might take the opportunity to ask Carney what exactly Obama meant when he said he'd be more flexible for Putin after his reelection. But then again, you'd also think in a nation founded on the ideal of a free press, journalists wouldn't eagerly act as propagandists, but here we are.

Posted by: mugiwara at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (W7ffl)

379 The point is the 'rational voices' for Gay Marriage won't speak for the Gay Mafia. The radicals will set the agenda and lead the crusades.

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (czAxD)

380 phoenixgirl ‏@phxazgrl 4m REPORT: US knowingly helped get weapons to al-Qaeda militias in Libya http://dailym.ai/1mvF7az via @MailOnline

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (DmNpO)

381 Sorry, I'm just rolling my eyes this morning, but I really do pray for a conversion for Obama and that he be filled with the fruit of the Spirit.

Theoretically a good thing. Practically though any spiritual change to a narcissist of his magnitude would be utterly shattering. In effect God would be putting Joe "the Retard" Biden in charge.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (DL2i+)

382 Theoretically, I'd have no problem being recalled to Germany to do what we were doing back in the Nineties, but the Army is fucked in the head so I'd probably end up having to be re-trained to some other job and then sent somewhere totally irrelevant to the situation in Ukraine.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (ZshNr)

383 367 Bevel L, Well I'll hold mybreath waiting for them to acknowledge we civil union backers were correct on the lawfare angle.... It'll be like CPAP practice.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 05:57 AM (TE35l)

384 I don't really have any bad teacher stories for myself, thank goodness.   I was one of those students who just sort of floated through everything, not really caring too much one way or the other.   I remember once in sophomore English a bunch of other kids hadn't done their homework and asked to copy mine. I shrugged and said, "Whatever."   Normally I didn't let anyone copy my homework, but it was, like, a one page worksheet with questions about the reading. I really couldn't    have cared less.   The teacher walked in while this little group of three or four other students were clustered around my desk, copying my answers, and she looked at me and said, "MWR, what are you doing?"   I just shrugged.   It's not like she could do much. I got a B that semester instead of an A; big whoop.

My sister, on the other hand, had    a lot of ... not necessarily BAD experiences, but    less than stellar ones.    She    was always one of those students who didn't really have to pay too much attention in class in order to grasp teh concepts and do well on any tests or assignments.    She was also hopelessly shy and so quiet that, one year, her teacher    joked (kindly) that she thought she   was mute.

In third grade, her usual teacher left a few months in to go on maternity leave and the fill-in teacher didn't get my sister AT ALL.   My sister liked to read, and when she was bored in class she'd take out a book and read.   Her grades didn't suffer.   She didn't bother anyone.   It wasn't perhaps the most well thought out action to take, but if it's between being bored    or   being engaged in a book, who wouldn't choose the book? And it was third fricking grade!      The teacher ended up docking my sister's grade for poor participation   or whatever bullshit excuse, and wrote in her report card that "JRR reads too much."

My sister was so upset;    just talking   about it to this day makes my parents furious.        Reads too much.    A child who reads TOO MUCH.   Not, "JRR doesn't pay enough attention in class, and while she understands the material, she misses out on the chance to interact with her classmates."   No.   "JRR    reads too much."

Fuck you, Ms. Pinkham.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:58 AM (4df7R)

385 I don't really have any bad teacher stories for myself, thank goodness.   I was one of those students who just sort of floated through everything, not really caring too much one way or the other.   I remember once in sophomore English a bunch of other kids hadn't done their homework and asked to copy mine. I shrugged and said, "Whatever."   Normally I didn't let anyone copy my homework, but it was, like, a one page worksheet with questions about the reading. I really couldn't    have cared less.   The teacher walked in while this little group of three or four other students were clustered around my desk, copying my answers, and she looked at me and said, "MWR, what are you doing?"   I just shrugged.   It's not like she could do much. I got a B that semester instead of an A; big whoop.

My sister, on the other hand, had    a lot of ... not necessarily BAD experiences, but    less than stellar ones.    She    was always one of those students who didn't really have to pay too much attention in class in order to grasp teh concepts and do well on any tests or assignments.    She was also hopelessly shy and so quiet that, one year, her teacher    joked (kindly) that she thought she   was mute.

In third grade, her usual teacher left a few months in to go on maternity leave and the fill-in teacher didn't get my sister AT ALL.   My sister liked to read, and when she was bored in class she'd take out a book and read.   Her grades didn't suffer.   She didn't bother anyone.   It wasn't perhaps the most well thought out action to take, but if it's between being bored    or   being engaged in a book, who wouldn't choose the book? And it was third fricking grade!      The teacher ended up docking my sister's grade for poor participation   or whatever bullshit excuse, and wrote in her report card that "JRR reads too much."

My sister was so upset;    just talking   about it to this day makes my parents furious.        Reads too much.    A child who reads TOO MUCH.   Not, "JRR doesn't pay enough attention in class, and while she understands the material, she misses out on the chance to interact with her classmates."   No.   "JRR    reads too much."

Fuck you, Ms. Pinkham.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 05:58 AM (4df7R)

386 phoenixgirl ‏@phxazgrl 4m
REPORT: US knowingly helped get weapons to al-Qaeda militias in Libya http://dailym.ai/1mvF7az via @MailOnline

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:57 AM (DmNpO)

Can't be right. John McCain assured us all that they were good people. People we could TRUST.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:58 AM (GQ8sn)

387 phoenixgirl ‏@phxazgrl 4m
REPORT: US knowingly helped get weapons to al-Qaeda militias in Libya http://dailym.ai/1mvF7az via @MailOnline

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:57 AM (DmNpO)

Can't be right. John McCain assured us all that they were good people. People we could TRUST.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 05:58 AM (GQ8sn)

388 the Pentagon Wars *** Ahhh yes! That's it! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144550/

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (DmNpO)

389 the Pentagon Wars *** Ahhh yes! That's it! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144550/

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (DmNpO)

390 One more happy picture for MWR, then time to flee.

http://tinyurl.com/lovarpo

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (a26oX)

391 One more happy picture for MWR, then time to flee.

http://tinyurl.com/lovarpo

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (a26oX)

392 "178 It's a personal decision not to drive a cab for their employer based upon their religious beliefs but it's criminal for a Christian business-owner to do the same? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:04 AM (DmNpO) Yes, Tammy Bruce won the Gold Medal for pointing out that rank hypocrisy." Christians are treated as badly as they are in the Middle East. So much for the Christian West.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (ilbeM)

393 "178 It's a personal decision not to drive a cab for their employer based upon their religious beliefs but it's criminal for a Christian business-owner to do the same? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:04 AM (DmNpO) Yes, Tammy Bruce won the Gold Medal for pointing out that rank hypocrisy." Christians are treated as badly as they are in the Middle East. So much for the Christian West.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (ilbeM)

394 /starts launching cats from trebuchet whilst singing "The New Carioca" Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 09:56 AM (rt3TY) ok. that's it. I'm building a trebuchet and going to the local pet rescue for some cats. What could go wrong?

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (x3YFz)

395 /starts launching cats from trebuchet whilst singing "The New Carioca" Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 09:56 AM (rt3TY) ok. that's it. I'm building a trebuchet and going to the local pet rescue for some cats. What could go wrong?

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (x3YFz)

396 Get the kids to drop out so they stop bringing down the school's overall performance, making the school look better. Except that doesn't work- drop-out rates are measured, too. I don't know the specifics, and I can't think of anything that would justify publicly posting the names of kids who failed standardized tests, but something similar happened in Everman (suburb of Fort Worth for the non-DFW Morons) a few years ago. The Principal at one of the High Schools announced on the PA their previous year's testing rankings- and specified that they needed to bring up the scores among the "African American population" (which had performed below State requirements). There was a firestorm and calls of RAAAAACIST! from all the predictable corners.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (PYAXX)

397 Get the kids to drop out so they stop bringing down the school's overall performance, making the school look better. Except that doesn't work- drop-out rates are measured, too. I don't know the specifics, and I can't think of anything that would justify publicly posting the names of kids who failed standardized tests, but something similar happened in Everman (suburb of Fort Worth for the non-DFW Morons) a few years ago. The Principal at one of the High Schools announced on the PA their previous year's testing rankings- and specified that they needed to bring up the scores among the "African American population" (which had performed below State requirements). There was a firestorm and calls of RAAAAACIST! from all the predictable corners.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 05:59 AM (PYAXX)

398 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 09:58 AM (4df7R)

I used to cut a particularly boring class and go to the library to read. The librarian knew where I was supposed to be, but didn't say anything. I think she was amused by my behavior.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 06:00 AM (QFxY5)

399 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 09:58 AM (4df7R)

I used to cut a particularly boring class and go to the library to read. The librarian knew where I was supposed to be, but didn't say anything. I think she was amused by my behavior.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 06:00 AM (QFxY5)

400 I've said this before: Liberty is not a normal human aspiration, generally speaking. The normal human aspiration, in my opinion, is to be ruled. I think that the fawning over Chelsea Clinton's pregnancy bears that out just about as well as anything. The undeserved fascination for the Bush's on the right is another.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 06:00 AM (BZAd3)

401 My teachers let me help people who sat around me. Made their jobs easier.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:00 AM (ZshNr)

402 I've said this before: Liberty is not a normal human aspiration, generally speaking. The normal human aspiration, in my opinion, is to be ruled. I think that the fawning over Chelsea Clinton's pregnancy bears that out just about as well as anything. The undeserved fascination for the Bush's on the right is another.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 06:00 AM (BZAd3)

403 My teachers let me help people who sat around me. Made their jobs easier.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:00 AM (ZshNr)

404 It was very near a comedy. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:55 AM (DmNpO) 'The Pentagon Wars' And that WASN'T a comedy?

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:01 AM (fWAjv)

405 Justice Scalia is my favorite SCOTUS & for good reason. I don't like latest ruling on anonymous tipsters. Anyone with a grudge against someone can call in a tip? DOJ to announce change in clemency? I just got alert from FNC app on iPad. Let me guess, before I read it, race card is going to be used by Holder.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 06:01 AM (gjOCp)

406
   My country is still here in this 2x4 piece of New York.

   Those of us who still abide by it's ideals work to insure they survive.

   Thus far the effort has been successful.

    The entire country as founded still exists, under the layer of filth currently deposited on it.

    Removing that filth won't be done easily--time and sacrifice is entailed.

    I categorically refuse to lose faith in my country and we WILL prevail in time.

    Laugh if you wish, or shake your head at the naivety, does NOT matter.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 06:02 AM (SAMxH)

407 Kicking all those socialist glasshouses in their panes... Instant stew of revolution. Posted by: Anna ------------------- You American wingnuts cause me to guffaw. In your arrogant ignorance, you do not know that we in Germany have solar power. Well, except for at nighttime...., or Winter..., or cloudy days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:02 AM (aDwsi)

408 The next class, he called her up and made her stand next to him as he announced he would call her by her full name, mocked her for her sensitivity, and made fun of her for half the class. She was crying by the end of it. The old bastard is dead now. Hopefully being raped by Satan. Miserable old bastard. Business idea! Grave pissing tours!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 06:02 AM (xorT2)

409 What could go wrong? Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 09:59 AM (x3YFz) When fundamental change is your goal, you've got to start somewhere, I guess.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 06:02 AM (BZAd3)

410 That happened to eldest thunder. He did his homework, it was too easy, so he would read history books to fill the dead time. Got in trouble for it. Same bitch He made the mistake of correcting her once. She never forgave him for it

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:02 AM (zOTsN)

411 "360 It would be way more interesting if these gay rights advocates would loudly, and repeatedly denounce the child predators running Hollywood" They'll get to it right after the audiences abandon Hollywood out of disgust.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 06:03 AM (ilbeM)

412 Christians are treated as badly as they are in the Middle East No, we're really not-yet. We're not having our heads cut off and crucifixes shoved in our hearts. But yes, under "tolerant Christian" Obama the harassment and lawsuits will be ramped up. There must be no god but Obama and no dogma but progressive dogma, and no Christian should be particularly surprised at this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2014 06:03 AM (XyM/Y)

413 Christians are treated as badly as they are in the Middle East. So much for the Christian West. No one has threatened to blow up my church recently. We don't have it *nearly* as bad as almost anywhere else. They don't like us- big whoop; we were warned about that. The anti-Christian West doesn't try (as a matter of course) to kill us.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 06:03 AM (PYAXX)

414 I categorically refuse to lose faith in my country and we WILL prevail in time. Laugh if you wish, or shake your head at the naivety, does NOT matter. Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 10:02 AM (SAMxH) Not laughing. Right there with you.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:03 AM (x3YFz)

415 Laugh if you wish, or shake your head at the naivety, does NOT matter.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 10:02 AM (SAMxH)

Nope...not going to laugh.

It's never hopeless until it truly collapses.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 06:03 AM (QFxY5)

416 My sister was so upset; just talking about it to this day makes my parents furious. Reads too much. A child who reads TOO MUCH. Not, "JRR doesn't pay enough attention in class, and while she understands the material, she misses out on the chance to interact with her classmates." No. "JRR reads too much." **** Ahhh! Bless her heart. When I was in first grade I would get bored in class and so I taught myself how to write in cursive by following the Aa, Bb, Cc... guide that was posted in every classroom, and started handing in my assignments in cursive. The teacher sent home a note saying that I needed to stop because I was moving at a faster pace than the rest of the class. Her tone changed after a meeting with my mother. She wasn't even a mean or a bad teacher. She just made a bad call and had the sense to reevaluate her position.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:03 AM (DmNpO)

417 I've said this before: Liberty is not a normal human aspiration, generally speaking. The normal human aspiration, in my opinion, is to be ruled. I'm missing that gene.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 06:04 AM (xorT2)

418 I read it, race card is going to be used by Holder. Posted by: Carol ------------------ Laws regarding the sale of controlled substances disproportionately affect minority young. Ergo, racist.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:04 AM (aDwsi)

419 REPORT: US knowingly helped get weapons to al-Qaeda militias in Libya http://dailym.ai/1mvF7az via @MailOnline

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 09:57 AM (DmNpO)

This is news? I'm pretty sure everyone already knew this and just didn't want to say it out loud.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:04 AM (4df7R)

420 My country is still here in this 2x4 piece of New York. I wish I could maintain your perspective. Unfortunately, looking at "my country" is, for me, like being in a zombie apocalypse and seeing that the monsters trying to devour you were once your loved ones.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 06:05 AM (rt3TY)

421 One more happy picture for MWR, then time to flee.

http://tinyurl.com/lovarpo

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:59 AM (a26oX)

Oh honey, lets get you out of those wet clothes!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:06 AM (GQ8sn)

422 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:04 AM

Wouldn't it be nice to see this in an American newspaper?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 06:06 AM (knoK7)

423 The next class, he called her up and made her stand next to him as he announced he would call her by her full name, mocked her for her sensitivity, and made fun of her for half the class. She was crying by the end of it.

The old bastard is dead now. Hopefully being raped by Satan. Miserable old bastard.

*adds another name to the list of graves on which I must make it a point to pour a gallon jug full of urine someday*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:07 AM (4df7R)

424 I'm missing that gene.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 23, 2014 10:04 AM (xorT2)

Yup.

My least favorite thing on earth is to be told what to do.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 06:07 AM (QFxY5)

425 Wouldn't it be nice to see this in an American newspaper?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 10:06 AM (knoK7)

HAH!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:08 AM (4df7R)

426 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:04 AM Wouldn't it be nice to see this in an American newspaper? Posted by: Red ----------------- Why, it's almost the same as arming Mexican drug cartels.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:08 AM (aDwsi)

427 The teacher sent home a note saying that I needed to stop because I was moving at a faster pace than the rest of the class. Her tone changed after a meeting with my mother. She wasn't even a mean or a bad teacher. She just made a bad call and had the sense to reevaluate her position. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:03 AM (DmNpO) Wow. Negative feeback because the kid's too smart. Unbelievable. I've tried to duck teaching my whole life. But since 1991, regardless of my best efforts to the contrary, I've found myself in front of various groups of wide-eyed students. I tried to evade it, intentionally, but no matter what I do I end up teaching in one form or the other. I've learned a lot of things in the last 23 years, foremost is this: check your ego at the door because there's a high probability that some of those people that your teaching are actually smarter than you are.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:08 AM (x3YFz)

428 One of my best teachers, Mr. Bostock, caught me reading a Travis McGee novel tucked inside my history book in seventh grade. He walked past me, turned and asked, "Boodles or Plymouth"? I responded "Plymouth" and he nodded approvingly. Nobody else in the class had any clue what we were talking about. After that, Mr. Bostock was my best bud, tracking me down to grade papers for him, even. We had a weird, but great, neighborhood school.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:08 AM (ZshNr)

429 The normal human aspiration, in my opinion, is to be ruled. Not sure whether to go the "Loki" or "Hail Hydra" route on this...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 06:08 AM (rt3TY)

430 ""REPORT: US knowingly helped get weapons to al-Qaeda militias in Libya" I know it' been out there for a while...but it really is overwhelming that the US gave $500 million worth of weapons to our sworn enemy, which they then used to kill our ambassador, and......nothing. What,The,Hell?????

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2014 06:08 AM (pt5t7)

431 Can't be right. John McCain assured us all that they were good people. People we could TRUST. *** Did he look into their souls? BTW, if you haven't seen it yet, it's a shocking and outstanding documentary. 'The Secret Life of Moammar Gaddafi' is now airing on Showtime. He was more a monster than we knew and worse, towards the end they report that the West was actively working to rehabilitate his image in order to justify doing business with him. They even go so far as to charge British intelligence with kidnapping a Gaddafi enemy and transporting him to Libya in exchange for Gaddafi's cooperation with finalizing a deal for Shell Oil.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:09 AM (DmNpO)

432 The old bastard is dead now. Hopefully being raped by Satan. Miserable old bastard. *adds another name to the list of graves on which I must make it a point to pour a gallon jug full of urine someday* Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:07 AM (4df7R) Yeah, my HS guidance counselor was a douche. He's dead. Bwahhahaha!

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:09 AM (x3YFz)

433 The normal human aspiration, in my opinion, is to be ruled. To (probably mis-)quote Terry Pratchet: "There is a major design flaw in the human species- it's tendency to bend at the knees." That said, I sort of disagree. We have a skewed view of what "liberty" means. Liberty does not (in itself) mean that there is no place for royalty, or that a codified class system is inherently bad. Other things mean that. Liberty simply means self-determination. And people don't "aspire" to it because they have it naturally. Neither to I "aspire" to have air. It's just something I get for free. The conceit of America has been that Liberty can *only* mean Republicanism/Democracy. That's wrong. Republican/Democracy are predicated on Equality of Being (which is different from Liberty). And most people don't actually believe in Equality (at least- not Equality of Being).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 06:09 AM (PYAXX)

434 397 IronGrampa, You cannot force the American people to be self-reliant and noble enough to live up to what this nation is supposed to be. Your neighboring State rwgionally of Massholia would throw the document and its ideals into the sun. Bring on the baby bell post United States nations.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:09 AM (TE35l)

435 One more happy picture for MWR, then time to flee.

http://tinyurl.com/lovarpo

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2014 09:59 AM (a26oX)

Ah, now that's more like it! I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:09 AM (4df7R)

436 File under You Can't Make This Shit Up. The Donks are thinking about holding their convention in Detroit. Debbie Wasserface Schliz explains: Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, also said Democrats want a host city that Â“shares our values of equality, inclusion, diversity, respect and dignity.Â” It's not often that I agree with Washerwoman but she is right. Detroit tells you everything you need to know about Donk values of equality, inclusion, diversity, respect and dignity.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 23, 2014 06:10 AM (ee9LE)

437 >>The Donks are thinking about holding their convention in Detroit. May they all be mugged.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 23, 2014 06:10 AM (pt5t7)

438 "HAH!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:08 AM"

I know, I know....dreamer that I am....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 06:10 AM (knoK7)

439 I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:09 AM (4df7R)

Never heard that euphemism before.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 06:10 AM (QFxY5)

440 "We don't have it *nearly* as bad as almost anywhere else. They don't like us- big whoop; we were warned about that. The anti-Christian West doesn't try (as a matter of course) to kill us." That is the whole point, Christians are the majority in the West and yet nobody will stand up for themselves let alone anyone else. There should have been public outcry when the baker and the photographer lot their cases. And why are the Little Sisters of Mercy without champions even within their own church?

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 06:11 AM (ilbeM)

441 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 09:58 AM (4df7R) Your sister sounds a lot like me in school. I figured the teachers appreciated that I didn't bother them when bored (did have *one* who complained about the reading though).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 06:11 AM (GDulk)

442 It's not often that I agree with Washerwoman but she is right. Detroit tells you everything you need to know about Donk values of equality, inclusion, diversity, respect and dignity. Posted by: WalrusRex at April 23, 2014 10:10 AM (ee9LE) Agreed. Perfect place for them.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:11 AM (x3YFz)

443 The Donks are thinking about holding their convention in Detroit.

Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:11 AM (4df7R)

444 You're a bunch of fucking cowards.

Sincerely,

MWR, who's sick of this shit

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 08:52 AM (4df7R)

Beth, that was pure awesome.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:11 AM (DrWcr)

445 Ah, now that's more like it! I am one of those people who likes to get...all soapy before I rinse it off.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:09 AM (4df7R)

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:11 AM (GQ8sn)

446 You know, I don't have any bad teacher stories. But I guess I can get myself all frothing-at-the-mouth over what happened to my kid when he was in public school. Frankly, unless you're really, really lucky, being in public school as a (heaven forbid "the") Smart Kid is mediocre at best, and usually hell-on-earth.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 06:12 AM (PYAXX)

447 I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:09 AM (4df7R) Never heard that euphemism before..... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 10:10 AM (QFxY5) ....I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:12 AM (x3YFz)

448 Baldi, you've got to put the http:// back in front of your url. Otherwise you get the minx.cc stuff appearing before it in the link. Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 09:14 AM (LI48c) Grazi. And NWA sock off.

Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 06:12 AM (36Rjy)

449 The Donks are thinking about holding their convention in Detroit. Debbie Wasserface Schliz explains:

Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, also said Democrats want a host city that Â“shares our values of equality, inclusion, diversity, respect and dignity.Â”

It's not often that I agree with Washerwoman but she is right. Detroit tells you everything you need to know about Donk values of equality, inclusion, diversity, respect and dignity.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 23, 2014 10:10 AM (ee9LE)

Imagine the backdrop: feral dogs attacking dem delegates, shootings, muggings, rapes, $25,000 vouchers....

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:12 AM (GQ8sn)

450 411 Brother Cavil, John Boehner was a mole for the Walkng Dead....

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:13 AM (TE35l)

451 He did his homework, it was too easy, so he would read history books to fill the dead time.

Some asshole in my 8th grade history class once raised his hand and ratted me out to the teacher for reading a library book and chewing gum while said teacher was re-presenting the material we were supposed to have ready already (and probably for the second day in a row hoping a little bit might stick this time) and the teacher told him when he bothers to read the assigned pages before class and manages to get better than a C- on the quiz, he could read library books and chew gum, too.

Which of course only got me more bullying in other classrooms. Ho-hum.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 06:13 AM (ZKzrr)

452 Remember, it was but a few weeks ago that the HQ's own prominent homosexual marriage advocate declared that anyone who was against this childish agenda is 'anti-gay'.
============

The First Law of Leftism: Your rights end where my feelings begin.

From YoungCons.com

It's a shame the Gabe (like Andi before him) is so wrapped up in the lie that opposing gay marriage is based solely on hate that he refuses to consider there are very real, very dangerous precedents being set as they rush headlong toward the destruction of all First Amendment rights.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 06:13 AM (VjL9S)

453 "I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:09 AM"

Go on....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 06:13 AM (knoK7)

454 ...still no dump? Fine then. /starts loading bundled skunks and badgers into the trebuchet

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 06:13 AM (rt3TY)

455 Your sister sounds a lot like me in school. I figured the teachers appreciated that I didn't bother them when bored (did have *one* who complained about the reading though).

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 10:11 AM (GDulk)

My sister is, to this day, one of the smartest, sweetest people EVER. If I could go back in time and punch that bitch of a teacher in the face for making her cry, I'd do it a hundred times.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:13 AM (4df7R)

456 I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:09 AM (4df7R)

Never heard that euphemism before.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 10:10 AM (QFxY5)

I am a woman with many arcane talents.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:14 AM (4df7R)

457 ...still no dump? Fine then.

/starts loading bundled skunks and badgers into the trebuchet

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 10:13 AM (rt3TY)

BenK's gotta be dialated to the max and -5 by now.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:14 AM (GQ8sn)

458 421 The normal human aspiration, in my opinion, is to be ruled.

Not sure whether to go the "Loki" or "Hail Hydra" route on this...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 10:08 AM (rt3TY)

Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel.

Posted by: Loki at April 23, 2014 06:14 AM (DrWcr)

459 I was "the kid" in my class, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I reveled I it. Public reading for Flag Day? I'm your guy. Need someone to show the new kid around, just call Lincoln. Teacher is late, no problem, Linc is in there, he'll keep things under control.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:14 AM (ZshNr)

460 Not defending Quadaffi at all but looked at the imdb of other docs by the director. Naturally full on prog, not sure I would buy all his conclusions as to motives nor all his sources. All documentarians have agendas. They are not impartial finders of fact

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:15 AM (zOTsN)

461 That is the whole point, Christians are the majority in the West and yet nobody will stand up for themselves let alone anyone else. "Stand up for themselves" how? "Our battle is not with flesh and bone..." Seriously- the baker and photographer got donations to their defense funds, they had their day in court, and they lost. The only thing left at that point is active resistance (which may well lead to armed/violent resistance) to the State. And maybe that's needed- but if so it's needed from an Equality of Being/Liberty perspective, not a Christian one.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 06:15 AM (PYAXX)

462 Come on, Ben!!!

I can't start work until I get in a "Yay! Dump!" and it's already 10:15 AM!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:15 AM (GQ8sn)

463
Imagine the backdrop: feral dogs attacking dem delegates, shootings, muggings, rapes, $25,000 vouchers....

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 10:12 AM (GQ8sn)

Hillary 'Hag Fish' Clinton tripping over her own cankles and landing her fat ass on a used heroin syringe...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:15 AM (4df7R)

464 Baldilocks - Haven't seen you in a while. Always nice to see a familiar face after an absence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:15 AM (aDwsi)

465 I was "the kid" in my class, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I reveled I it. Public reading for Flag Day? I'm your guy. Need someone to show the new kid around, just call Lincoln. Teacher is late, no problem, Linc is in there, he'll keep things under control. Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 10:14 AM (ZshNr) no one likes the overachiever. lol

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:16 AM (x3YFz)

466 Some asshole in my 8th grade history class once raised his hand and ratted me out to the teacher for reading a library book and chewing gum while said teacher was re-presenting the material we were supposed to have ready already (and probably for the second day in a row hoping a little bit might stick this time) and the teacher told him when he bothers to read the assigned pages before class and manages to get better than a C- on the quiz, he could read library books and chew gum, too. Which of course only got me more bullying in other classrooms. Ho-hum. **** And each of us has since worked with that prick or someone from his club.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:16 AM (DmNpO)

467 To (probably mis-)quote Terry Pratchet: "There is a major design flaw in the human species- it's tendency to bend at the knees."

That said, I sort of disagree. We have a skewed view of what "liberty" means. Liberty does not (in itself) mean that there is no place for royalty, or that a codified class system is inherently bad. Other things mean that. Liberty simply means self-determination.

And people don't "aspire" to it because they have it naturally. Neither to I "aspire" to have air. It's just something I get for free.

The conceit of America has been that Liberty can *only* mean Republicanism/Democracy. That's wrong. Republican/Democracy are predicated on Equality of Being (which is different from Liberty).

And most people don't actually believe in Equality (at least- not Equality of Being).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 10:09 AM (PYAXX)

Keep talking like that and we're going to wind up with another 30 comments on the next thread of a dumbass talking about people being sheep.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 06:16 AM (LI48c)

468 >>> BenK has GOT to have a turtle head poking out right about now. Enough of your Glass Bottom Boat fetish.

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 06:16 AM (Ua6T/)

469 I was "the kid" in my class, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I reveled I it. Public reading for Flag Day? I'm your guy. Need someone to show the new kid around, just call Lincoln. Teacher is late, no problem, Linc is in there, he'll keep things under control.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 10:14 AM (ZshNr)

Lincolntf = Lisa Simpson

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:17 AM (GQ8sn)

470 I hated school. My classmates were generally assholes, as were the teachers.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:17 AM (DrWcr)

471 Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel.

Posted by: Loki at April 23, 2014 10:14 AM (DrWcr)

I know I shouldn't, but *SWOON*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:17 AM (4df7R)

472 I was "the kid" in my class, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I reveled I it. Public reading for Flag Day? I'm your guy. Need someone to show the new kid around, just call Lincoln. Teacher is late, no problem, Linc is in there, he'll keep things under control. *** Yep. Me too. For a long time I really loved school and, since I lived directly across the street from it, spent a lot of my free time there helping the teachers.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:17 AM (DmNpO)

473 Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 10:16 AM (LI48c) Crap. You're right. Forget I said anything.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 06:18 AM (PYAXX)

474 I know I shouldn't, but *SWOON*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:17 AM (4df7R)

That's the problem with you broads, always chasing the bad boys.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:18 AM (DrWcr)

475 Insty is pretty consistent politically but I think he's come to realize the Left truly has no intellectual or moral principles beyond the will to power And hence no longer need to be dealt with as though they do Plus while he may not totally agree with conservatives he realizes they believe in America and aren't trying to destroy its laws as is the Left

Posted by: naturalfake at April 23, 2014 06:19 AM (EZYWo)

476 Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel.

Posted by: Loki at April 23, 2014 10:14 AM (DrWcr)

Puny God

Posted by: Hulk at April 23, 2014 06:19 AM (LI48c)

477 Bob Dole and Denny Hastert need to check themselves into a retirement home and just pass on quietly.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 23, 2014 06:19 AM (thLL8)

478 Frankly, unless you're really, really lucky, being in public school as a (heaven forbid "the") Smart Kid is mediocre at best, and usually hell-on-earth. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 10:12 AM (PYAXX) John was one of those, added to being the youngest in class and moving to our district in 6th grade during the Middle School system. By the time I knew him (10th grade) he was nearly a sociopath due to the constant tormenting. G-d did a huge work in him to make him the wise and loving man he was before his death.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 06:19 AM (GDulk)

479
Puny God

Posted by: Hulk at April 23, 2014 10:19 AM (LI48c)

If it's all the same, I think I'll have that drink now.

Posted by: Loki at April 23, 2014 06:19 AM (GQ8sn)

480 The Justice Department moved Wednesday to significantly expand the number of people eligible for clemency, issuing new guidelines allowing certain prisoners who already have served at least 10 years behind bars to apply for release.

Since when has the DOJ been assigned the authority to rewrite laws and sentencing?

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 06:20 AM (T2V/1)

481 i loved the social aspect of school....the rest....not so much.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 23, 2014 06:20 AM (u8GsB)

482 463 MWR, I'd love to see Thor and Loki among the Giants done by Marvel...

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:20 AM (TE35l)

483 By Eighth grade I could walk into and out of classrooms at will, pulling students out for "projects" that often didn't exist. Yearbook, elections, ice cream sales, Teachers were so used to seeing me doing Administrative type tasks, they stopped asking what I was doing or why I needed someone.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:20 AM (ZshNr)

484 "Our battle is not with flesh and bone..." Seriously- the baker and photographer got donations to their defense funds, they had their day in court, and they lost. The only thing left at that point is active resistance" AllenG, not at all. The Brendan Eich case shows that there is no need for violence, just vocal outrage. But we are all too well mannered and well behaved that we would rather suffer injustice than offend anyone.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 06:20 AM (ilbeM)

485 Â“I am about ready,Â” General Abbott told Breitbart Texas, Â“to go to the Red River and raise a Â‘Come and Take ItÂ’ flag to tell the feds to stay out of Texas.Â” Gen. Abbott sent a strongly-worded letter to BLM Director Neil Kornze, asking for answers to a series of questions related to the potential land grab. Â“I am deeply concerned about the notion that the Bureau of Land Management believes the federal government has the authority to swoop in and take land that has been owned and cultivated by Texas landowners for generations,Â” General Abbott wrote. Â“The BLMÂ’s newly asserted claims to land along the Red River threaten to upset long-settled private property rights and undermine fundamental principlesÂ—including the rule of lawÂ—that form the foundation of our democracy. Yet, the BLM has failed to disclose either its full intentions or the legal justification for its proposed actions. Decisions of this magnitude must not be made inside a bureaucratic black box.Â” http://tinyurl.com/k4jf8ck Keep pushing and pushing and pushing

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:20 AM (fWAjv)

486 Since when has the DOJ been assigned the authority to rewrite laws and sentencing? Posted by: Vic -------------------- 2008

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:21 AM (aDwsi)

487 AllenG, not at all. The Brendan Eich case shows that there is no need for violence, just vocal outrage. But we are all too well mannered and well behaved that we would rather suffer injustice than offend anyone.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 10:20 AM (ilbeM)

For how much longer? Everyone has a breaking point.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:21 AM (DrWcr)

488 I was "the kid" in my class, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I reveled
I it. Public reading for Flag Day? I'm your guy. Need someone to show
the new kid around, just call Lincoln. Teacher is late, no problem, Linc
is in there, he'll keep things under control.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 10:14 AM (ZshNr)

I wasn't quite this "The Kid"-ish, but I was the one who always wanted to read aloud when the teacher asked for volunteers. And I was probably the only person in my entire Brit Lit class who was disappointed we didn't have to learn and recite the Prologue from "The Canterbury Tales" in the original Middle English, like every Brit Lit class before us had done.

That still makes me pout.

Eventually I forced myself to wait at least ten seconds before raising my hand to answer a question in class. I just couldn't stand the echoing silence whenever a teacher would ask a question, something we'd learned days before (or even in that same class!), and NO ONE would answer. God, it made class drag on endlessly. At least say SOMETHING, people; even if it's wrong, it would at least get things moving again!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:21 AM (4df7R)

489 466 Insomniac, Hey when I do good, I'm the best.... Flip a coin.... //Loki Laufeyson-Doer of Good, Doer of Evil

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:23 AM (TE35l)

490 The newsfeed at my office today had a wire story about Obama visiting some restaurant in Tokyo with three Micheline stars. My stomach turned because that asshole's dining fancy on our dime again and getting good press out of it while Bush or any other Republican would have such a dinner contrasted with stock footage of homeless people in breadlines.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:23 AM (APuJ7)

491 Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 10:14 AM (ZshNr) Eldest Kidlet recently requested that her English teacher let her do all the reading aloud for the class. Said listening to the others stumble through was too painful. She did help one girl realize that parts of Romeo and Juliet were in verse through her reading, so I guess it's useful.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 06:23 AM (GDulk)

492 From grade 10-12 I was in a tiny town in Montana. Graduating class of a whole 24 people. We had great teachers and there was a lot of academic pressure because everyone knew everyone and everyone's families. Because we were such a small school, everyone got to do everything. My narrow little no-talent ass lettered in basketball, football, speech and drama (Me and Peder took first in State for humorous duo), track... shoot.... it just boiled down to 'we need warm bodies, so here's a football and good luck!' Was pretty cool.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:24 AM (x3YFz)

493 My tenth grade English teacher was the bane of my existence. I'd opted out of the advanced classes for a year because, being young and lazy, I thought I just wanted to coast for a while. So I breezed through the first quarter of the year with a perfect grade. We get to the end of the second quarter and the teacher tells me I'm failing. What?!?! No way that was right. I always did my work, never missed anything, passed every test, etc. Turns out she claimed that I cheated on a test. The test in question was an in-class essay, the subject of which was not given until we were in class, and the person she accused me of cheating off of sat on the far opposite side of the room from me, and was probably the last person anyone with two working brain cells would have ever cheated from. And she could reduce no evidence of this at all. When I made a stink about it the lady looked at me and told me it didn't matter if it was true or not, that she was failing me for my own good. That success should never come too easy and I needed to learn how to fail. And that it didn't matter because I'd made an A+ the first semester, so she could fail me for the rest of the year if she wanted (no talk about whether or not my work merited such failure) and I'd still pass so get over it. My mother didn't believe me. Being a fairly astute woman she knew that children and teenagers lie, so she always took the adult's side until otherwise informed. So she requested a teacher conference. To which the teacher rolled into 20 minutes late, in her pajamas. After pressing her on this test I supposedly cheated on, the lady still could not produce the tests and it was one she never returned to the students, so no evidence. Just her word that I cheated. She also point blank told my mom the same exact thing she told me about why she was really failing me. So mom left that conference and marched fit to the principal. Only time she ever did that, too. The lady changed my grade and she flat out ignored me the rest of the year after that. I passed the rest of the class in the same way I did the first semester. When my mom spoke with the principal later to follow up, it turned out this same teacher failed over half the class that semester based on this same essay test. She claimed we all cheated. It was bizarre. But my mom was the only one who really pressed the issue, so who knows how often this lady got a bug up her ass and failed people on a whim.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at April 23, 2014 06:24 AM (qFpRI)

494 @ 426

Sven, you don't force anyone to be noble or self reliant.

   That's taught.

   I regret that you feel as you do.

   But I WILL take you on my 6 any time.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 06:25 AM (SAMxH)

495 "Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:25 AM"

Damn. Beat me to it by that much....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 06:25 AM (knoK7)

496 Can you imagine the terror that this woman has been subjected to... https://tinyurl.com/kdw8bpl for having been raped. The problem is Islam.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 06:25 AM (BZAd3)

497 Eventually I forced myself to wait at least ten seconds before raising my hand to answer a question in class. I just couldn't stand the echoing silence whenever a teacher would ask a question, something we'd learned days before (or even in that same class!), and NO ONE would answer. God, it made class drag on endlessly. At least say SOMETHING, people; even if it's wrong, it would at least get things moving again!

http://i60.tinypic.com/fsw.jpg

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (GQ8sn)

498 "The Canterbury Tales" in the original Middle English, like every Brit Lit class before us had done. That still makes me pout. Posted by: MWR ------------------ For solace. Really. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOMU

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (aDwsi)

499 Since the Horde is doing a good job of relating stories of asshole authority figures, Mrs Hate told me that her boss once had a supervisor who made fun of him for being grief struck at the loss of his pet dog. Guaranteed things would've been escalated to "physical altercation" in short order,

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (9Uktj)

500 I hated school. My classmates were generally assholes, as were the teachers.

I only had a total of four teachers past 5th grade who weren't primarily coaches by vocation and thus gave a shit about their classroom and the worthless losers in it who weren't jocks.

This is why I support home schooling, internet schooling, charter schools, math and science academies, etc, despite not having any kids of my own. No kid should have to go through the bullshit I did.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (ZKzrr)

501 Lincolntf and NDH seem to be teachers' pets.

BURN THEM!

Posted by: Mouth breather in the back at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (QFxY5)

502 Eventually I forced myself to wait at least ten seconds before raising my hand to answer a question in class. I just couldn't stand the echoing silence whenever a teacher would ask a question, something we'd learned days before (or even in that same class!), and NO ONE would answer. God, it made class drag on endlessly. At least say SOMETHING, people; even if it's wrong, it would at least get things moving again! **** Did you grow up being embarrassed by your eagerness and enthusiasm? There seems to be no limit to the number of people who would have others settle for mediocre. Can't have you showing up the others now, can we?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (DmNpO)

503 276 Wouldn't it have been more motivating and inspiring to have posted, instead, the names of those who did very well on the test?

This. Or, if you must, post the names of everybody: those who did well and those who didn't and everyone in between.
==========
Or just drop the standardized tests altogether?

They're fucking stupid, a waste of time and counterproductive.

If I had it all to do over again, I would purposely answer every question wrong.

If I had a kid, I'd tell him to do just that--that is, if I broke down enough to subject him/her to the evil hellhole that is public schooling.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 06:26 AM (VjL9S)

504 I can't help feeling that those "prominent same-sex marriage advocates" who say it's terrible what happened at Mozilla are still thinking "yeah, terrible. ..but we won."

Posted by: Null at April 23, 2014 06:27 AM (C/ekw)

505 Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 23, 2014 10:20 AM (u8GsB) 'Social aspect' is what led me to put humans 4th on my "species I like" list. It was *not* a positive experience.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 06:27 AM (GDulk)

506 MWR - BTW, I'm thinking that I could use a little of that 'swich licour' about now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:27 AM (aDwsi)

507 495 Since the Horde is doing a good job of relating stories of asshole authority figures, Mrs Hate told me that her boss once had a supervisor who made fun of him for being grief struck at the loss of his pet dog. Guaranteed things would've been escalated to "physical altercation" in short order,

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2014 10:26 AM (9Uktj)

That's horrible. That fucker deserved a punch in the face.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:27 AM (DrWcr)

508 Keeeell Admirale Kirrk!

Posted by: Khan Earbug at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (PVNda)

509 Most of my teachers liked me, but one in particular hated my fucking guts. A tortoise-looking woman named Ms. McGourty. Homeroom and English teacher for seventh and eighth grade. She gave me an F-minus in homeroom conduct on my last ever report card from a school I'd gone to since kindergarten. Still cracks me up when I think about how much that bitch hated me. After the first month or two I knew she was a hopeless case so I baited her constantly. Other teachers noticed and thought it was hilarious. Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 09:30 AM (ZshNr) Mine was an 11th grade Algebra teacher. I hated that fat bastard because he treated all the black kids as if we were straight from the trees. (My high school was about 35% Americans of Japanese descent.) To be fair, almost all the other black kids in the class were struggling, but I had always been good at math and this class was no different. But he treated me as if I were an idiot, so I treated him accordingly. I received a B in the class because sometime I just couldn't take his bullshit. I also received a ''U" (Unsat) in "cooperation" for that class. My mom was like "how do you get a U in cooperation in a math class?" Me: "The teacher is an asshole and I'm not shy about letting him know it." I think that was the first time I said a bad word in front of my parents.

Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (36Rjy)

510 I was kind of a fake Teacher's pet. The teachers who "got it" knew I was putting on an act half the time so I could get away with murder the other half of the time.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (ZshNr)

511 489 IronGrampa, I'll likely have your back, but they are trying to frog in the pot killing liberty. There'll be no fight, just an ipen letter two weeks later imho.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (TE35l)

512 The problem is Islam.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 23, 2014 10:25 AM (BZAd3)

The solution is strength....and we don't have any.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (QFxY5)

513 Regarding school experiences, I was a nerd and had a great time. I had the good fortune in liking all my teachers. As much as I enjoyed school I was keen to get out, earn money and be independent but mostly to be able to buy hip clothes and pop records. Nerd and shallow.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (ilbeM)

514 Good lord! It's 10:30 AM already and still no Dump!

I've never going to get my work day started!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:28 AM (GQ8sn)

515 Slightly O/T, but in my nic is a link to the White House dossier blog which states that the Obama WH has hired a top criminal attorney and they wonder why. Any ideas? Posted by: Chillin the most at April 23, 2014 08:24 AM (gxtMZ) I was having breakfast with one of the old attorneys a while back and he mentioned that when he started in the business, one of the established lawyers in the area told him, "Son. there are times when a potential client comes into the office and you should just write him a check for $50 dollars and throw him out." Eggleston probably knows this if he is a big-shot.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2014 06:29 AM (SZM+L)

516 Lincolntf and NDH seem to be teachers' pets. BURN THEM! *** Yes. But it had it's perks. Being there early and late meant I got to sniff the freshly-printed copies and assign myself the line-leader for lunch. It also played a key role in teaching me not to abuse power as the teacher would gently remind me that I couldn't always assign the prime roles to myself.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:29 AM (DmNpO)

517 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 10:21 AM (4df7R) Lol, I'd forgotten about that painful silence waiting for *anyone* else to answer for a change.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 06:29 AM (GDulk)

518 Or just drop the standardized tests altogether? They're fucking stupid, a waste of time and counterproductive. Standardized tests are the absolute worst method of measuring student achievement- except for all the other ways we've tried.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 23, 2014 06:30 AM (PYAXX)

519 The clip of Priebus on Fox & Friends this am talking about Reid using our money to launch partisan attacks is in Breitbart website. I'm using my iPad now & have Powerline/BB app installed on it.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 06:30 AM (gjOCp)

520 I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off. - Reminds me of Cool Hand Luke.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 23, 2014 06:30 AM (ee9LE)

521 270 OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ? My hand is not raised. Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 09:34 AM (5S90q) Not a gent, but prior service. And the answer is...negative.

Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 06:30 AM (36Rjy)

522 Mrs Hate told me that her boss once had a supervisor who made fun of him for being grief struck at the loss of his pet dog. Guaranteed things would've been escalated to "physical altercation" in short order, Posted by: Captain Hate at April 23, 2014 10:26 AM (9Uktj) My boss once accused me of cheating on my wife and then called me a liar. I've never been unfaithful in my entire life, even all the way back to Mary, who I was in love with when I was 7. Looking back I believe I showed incredible restraint.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:31 AM (x3YFz)

523 My boss once accused me of cheating on my wife and then called me a liar.

There are times when an ass-kicking is completely justified.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:31 AM (GQ8sn)

524 517 270
OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ?

My hand is not raised.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 09:34 AM (5S90q)

Might be worth going back to lose a few rifles and Javelins in tragic training accidents.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (XO6WW)

525 Step right up and place your bets. (Warning. Autoplay.) http://tinyurl.com/me65bqe Burning Man organizer plans Â‘BundyfestÂ’ Â— 30 days of anarchy next to standoff site Sean Shealy, an organizer of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, said the Â“BundyfestÂ” event will start Sept. 5 and feature more than 250 bands, Raw Story first reported. An organizer for the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada has decided to take the party to Cliven Bundy's ranch for a 30-day, rules-free "Bundyfest." The event appears to blatantly mock the defiant rancher, who has engaged in a long-term battle with the BLM over unpaid federal grazing fees. Â“For years, we paid permitting fees to hold Burning Man on the beautiful Playa in Northern Nevada,Â” reads the Bundyfest Facebook page. Â“But now, Cliven Bundy has shown us a NEW WAY! ABSOLUTE FREEDOM! Bundy has declared the entire area surrounding Bundy Ranch as a TOTALLY RULES-FREE ZONE! ANYTHING GOES! WOO-HOO!!!Â”

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (fWAjv)

526 OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ? My hand is not raised. Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 09:34 AM (5S90q) Not a gent, but prior service. And the answer is...negative. Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 10:30 AM (36Rjy) LOL! No fucking way.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (x3YFz)

527 I got up early because yesterday & days before were beautiful. I have 7 roses to plant & more coming &'I won't be up to it this weekend. It's cool & raining. I'm going to try to take a nap.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (gjOCp)

528 Mine was an 11th grade Algebra teacher. I hated that fat bastard because he treated all the black kids as if we were straight from the trees. (My high school was about 35% Americans of Japanese descent.) To be fair, almost all the other black kids in the class were struggling, but I had always been good at math and this class was no different. But he treated me as if I were an idiot, so I treated him accordingly. I received a B in the class because sometime I just couldn't take his bullshit. I also received a ''U" (Unsat) in "cooperation" for that class. My mom was like "how do you get a U in cooperation in a math class?" Me: "The teacher is an asshole and I'm not shy about letting him know it." I think that was the first time I said a bad word in front of my parents. *** You earned that 'B'. Hell! You earned an 'A'. Are personality tests now required prior to teaching?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (DmNpO)

529 500 I can't help feeling that those "prominent same-sex marriage advocates" who say it's terrible what happened at Mozilla are still thinking "yeah, terrible. ..but we won."

Posted by: Null at April 23, 2014 10:27 AM (C/ekw)

^This. They couldn't help themselves but to get this little piece of smug assholery in:

A culture of free speech created the social space for us to criticize and demolish the arguments against gay marriage and LGBT equality. Demolish? Seriously? No, you lucked into some ghey judges making imperious, self-serving rulings is what happened.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (DrWcr)

530 517 baldilocks, Hard to win when the CinC cheers for the Opfor wrt Islam and Communism both.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:32 AM (TE35l)

531

Oh, your guilty consciences may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down you long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower your taxes, brutalize criminals and rule you like a king!

-- Sideshow Bob

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 06:33 AM (zF6Iw)

532 Did you grow up being embarrassed by your eagerness and enthusiasm?

There seems to be no limit to the number of people who would have others settle for mediocre.

Can't have you showing up the others now, can we?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:26 AM (DmNpO)

I didn't start out that way, but by fifth grade or so it got to be awfully embarrassing to always be the only one who ever raised her hand. I felt bad for the teachers more than myself -- they were the ones who had to scan the classroom desperately for someone, ANYONE else to call on before sighing and going with, "Yes, MWR?"

And the thing is, I know there were other kids in my classes who knew the answers. They just never wanted to speak up. To this day I don't understand that. It's not like I loved school (though I liked it more than most), I just hated being bored. And there are few things more boring than sitting in class listening to the teacher drone on and on while everyone else listens (or more often, goofs off) in silence.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:33 AM (4df7R)

533 There are times when an ass-kicking is completely justified. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 10:31 AM (GQ8sn) His real punishment is that he has to be him. That's justice enough. He's not worth the 30 days in County.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:33 AM (x3YFz)

534 OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ?
=========
Just out of curiosity, if there is a shooting war in Europe, how do we get our troops out of Afghanistan?

Posted by: mrp at April 23, 2014 06:33 AM (JBggj)

535 I've never going to get my work day started!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 10:28 AM (GQ8sn)

Oh, like that was going to happen anyway.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:33 AM (DrWcr)

536 MWR - BTW, I'm thinking that I could use a little of that 'swich licour' about now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 10:27 AM (aDwsi)

Pour me some, too, will ya?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:34 AM (4df7R)

537 I had a client commit suicide once. Co worker asshole said some people would do anything to get away from me. This was said about 2 weeks after I came back from leave after the suicide of my father He was a weirdo who sniffed his fingers. He was discharged about a year later for hitting on dependent wives who came to him for legal assistance. His wife was a JAG too. Heh

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:34 AM (zOTsN)

538 Oh, like that was going to happen anyway.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 10:33 AM (DrWcr)

You're right.

#1 Top Commentor or bust!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:34 AM (GQ8sn)

539 >>> I was kind of a fake Teacher's pet. The teachers who "got it" knew I was putting on an act half the time so I could get away with murder the other half of the time. Is your last name Ponzi?

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 06:34 AM (Ua6T/)

540 Sean Shealy, an organizer of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, said the Â“BundyfestÂ” event will start Sept. 5 and feature more than 250 bands, Raw Story first reported. An organizer for the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada has decided to take the party to Cliven Bundy's ranch for a 30-day, rules-free "Bundyfest." The event appears to blatantly mock the defiant rancher, who has engaged in a long-term battle with the BLM over unpaid federal grazing fees. Â“For years, we paid permitting fees to hold Burning Man on the beautiful Playa in Northern Nevada,Â” reads the Bundyfest Facebook page. Â“But now, Cliven Bundy has shown us a NEW WAY! ABSOLUTE FREEDOM! Bundy has declared the entire area surrounding Bundy Ranch as a TOTALLY RULES-FREE ZONE! ANYTHING GOES! WOO-HOO!!!Â” *** On who's land will they be holding their little temper tantrum? What about the poor, endangered Desert Tortoise?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:34 AM (DmNpO)

541

Sean Shealy, an organizer of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, said the Â“BundyfestÂ” event will start Sept. 5 and feature more than 250 bands, Raw Story first reported.

Speaking of people who need an asskicking...

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:35 AM (DrWcr)

542 530 MRP, Ski Tabriz!

Posted by: sven10077 at April 23, 2014 06:36 AM (TE35l)

543 Want an asshole authority story? My fee-yancy had to go and get a COURT ORDER legally changing her name TO the name she has had for 20+ years (DL, SS, W-2, VA ID and docs) before some drone would let her file for a TX driver's license.

Should have seen the judge working through that one: "OK, your name is... and you're changing your name to... OK, let's back up here..." Fortunately the judge had common sense and just signed off on it.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 23, 2014 06:37 AM (XO6WW)

544

Bundy - evil trespassing monster

OWS - wonderful trespassing lovefest

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 06:37 AM (MMC8r)

545 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:32 AM (DmNpO) Oh! Before I forget: I was in Eugene a couple months ago, and my bestest friend is city police. Went to work with him and he showed me all of the Animal House spots; where they filmed this or that (the original house was torn down but there's a landmark). Actually thought of you lol

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:38 AM (x3YFz)

546 I had a client commit suicide once. Co worker asshole said some people would do anything to get away from me. This was said about 2 weeks after I came back from leave after the suicide of my father

He was a weirdo who sniffed his fingers. He was discharged about a year later for hitting on dependent wives who came to him for legal assistance. His wife was a JAG too. Heh

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 10:34 AM (zOTsN)

Good GRIEF. I don't know which is worse -- this or tangonine's experience. I'm going to call it an even split.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:38 AM (4df7R)

547 530 OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would
obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in
Europe ?
=========
Just out of curiosity, if there is a shooting war in Europe, how do we get our troops out of Afghanistan?

We don't. The Russians can pin them there easily.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 23, 2014 06:38 AM (XO6WW)

548 OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe ? Hell no.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 23, 2014 06:38 AM (thLL8)

549 MWR, in high school there were a few classes, like Religion, that were not divided into academic levels, unlike math, history, etc. so some students were not quite up to some of the lessons, and I ended up coming up with a system of signaling the Teacher that if he really wanted an answer, he could call on me, but without actually raising my hand. He'd be desperately scanning the room, looking for signs of life, and I'd sort of lift a finger to let him know that when he gave up he could use me to close out the awkward silence.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:38 AM (ZshNr)

550 Sean Shealy, an organizer of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, said the Â“BundyfestÂ” event will start Sept. 5 and feature more than 250 bands, Raw Story first reported. Speaking of people who need an asskicking... *** Is there anyone here who would bet a dime against the militia showing up to to defend the Bundy Ranch against the little cockaroaches?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:39 AM (DmNpO)

551 Want an asshole authority story? My fee-yancy had to go and get a COURT ORDER legally changing her name TO the name she has had for 20+ years (DL, SS, W-2, VA ID and docs) before some drone would let her file for a TX driver's license. ------------------ Could you expand on that a little?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:39 AM (aDwsi)

552 Oh if we're talking about asshole authority figures, I'll just mention the boss who screamed at me in front of a bunch of co-workers because I have her directions to her meeting in Worcester, MA when the meeting was in Wooster, MA. That was the same boss who lit into me for doing xyz and when I pressed her multiple times if she was positive it was me she said absolutely and how dare I try to get out of it and then I pointed out that it was impossible for me to have done that since at the time that occurred I was standing in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas watching my brother get married. Later that day I got called into the office manager's office and got yelled at for embarrassing my boss. That boss was the daughter of the woman who once spent 15 minutes screaming at me about how a complaint was drafted wrong several years ago and now it was a huge problem and it was all my fault and when I kept saying I didn't draft it and it was impossible that I drafted it she accused me of lying because I drafted all the complaints and I finally screamed louder than her that as I've been saying for 15 minutes I didn't work here then! I didn't even live in this state then! That also resulted in my being reprimanded for embarrassing her. These were the same people who told the entire office to change our voter registration to Democrat and then to vote for a specific candidate in a primary. That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 06:39 AM (mf5HN)

553 I win. His life and career sucked

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:39 AM (zOTsN)

554 Are personality tests now required prior to teaching? --- Obviously not, given the number of them caught diddling students.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:39 AM (APuJ7)

555 Sean Shealy, an organizer of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, said the Â“BundyfestÂ” event will start Sept. 5 and feature more than 250 bands, Raw Story first reported. Speaking of people who need an asskicking... Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 10:35 AM (DrWcr) ain't that the truth. Burning Man: Woodstock, again, for dipshit losers, again.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:40 AM (x3YFz)

556

OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe

Ehh, nope.

Posted by: Arthur Cognomen at April 23, 2014 06:40 AM (RwwCT)

557 Posted by: ScoggDog at April 23, 2014 09:34 AM (5S90q) I've always assumed my son would be drafted by the time he was 18 (4 more years to go) because dems pretty much always escalate situations into full on fighting while hollowing the military which leaves the draft as the only option. That's why I'd rather he go to the IDF instead. At least there the soldiers are appreciated and the brass wants to keep them alive.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 06:40 AM (GDulk)

558 That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that. --- You work with / for lawyers. Kind of goes with the territory, Your Stompiness.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:41 AM (APuJ7)

559 Eventually I forced myself to wait at least ten seconds before raising my hand to answer a question in class. I just couldn't stand the echoing silence whenever a teacher would ask a question, something we'd learned days before (or even in that same class!), and NO ONE would answer.

I had a (required) freshman Earth Science class where everyone but me hated the teacher because he expected you to do the work, and one glorious winter day I was tired of being the only one who ever raised my hand so I stopped, and when no one else raised their hand we all got a written pop quiz (no multiple choice). God bless that man.

...and did anyone start doing the reading? Pffft. They just got pissed at me.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 06:41 AM (ZKzrr)

560 An organizer for the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada has decided to take the party to Cliven Bundy's ranch for a 30-day, rules-free "Bundyfest."

"Rules free," eh? So he won't have any problem when Bundy and his allies (of which there are many) up and start picking off festival attendees like bottles off a fence.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:41 AM (4df7R)

561 432 ----And why are the Little Sisters of Mercy without champions even within their own church? Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 10:11 AM (ilbeM) -------------------------- Actually, there has been remarkable unanimity of support for them in the Church. Strong, vocal support. But how would you or most of us know? The Left owns the cameras and the microphones. They only show what they want to show.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 23, 2014 06:41 AM (dfYL9)

562 That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 10:39 AM (mf5HN) Sometimes...diggin' a hole in the desert becomes a viable option.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:41 AM (x3YFz)

563 Concerts for people who support the over reach and thuggery of the state Unbelievable This will backfire

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:42 AM (zOTsN)

564

My bad teacher story is the one I've mentioned before. The stupid first year teaching bitch that decided you needed art supplies for Junior year American History. "create 'responses' to the notes you take in class, and you won't be graded on your artistic ability." But it just so happened that the girls with the artistic ability and went all out detailed on their "responses" got the highest grades on them. I was smarter than the bitch and she knew it.

She also didn't know the amendments.

And thought if you took an egg out of the refrigerator and let it sit it would eventually hatch a chicken.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 06:42 AM (LI48c)

565 so, they are doing another 'occupy" using Bundys land ? I wonder who helped organize /agitate for this?

Posted by: willow at April 23, 2014 06:42 AM (nqBYe)

566 That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that. *** Isn't it illegal to force you employees to register/vote for a certain party? How long did you stay with them?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:43 AM (DmNpO)

567

Burning Man is all 'freedom' and 'anarchy' and simultaneously 'obey th'gummint?'

So I guess there will be no illegal drugs at Burning Man?

Posted by: --- at April 23, 2014 06:43 AM (MMC8r)

568 "Rules free," eh? So he won't have any problem when Bundy and his allies (of which there are many) up and start picking off festival attendees like bottles off a fence. --- Shit, I'm not sure Bundy et all have to bother with it. Just put out a container of brown sugar pills early in the festival then later send out word that there is a batch of bad brown acid floating around.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:43 AM (APuJ7)

569 It's 10:43 & still no news dump. Could something be wrong with him?

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 06:44 AM (gjOCp)

570 LOL... my Eugene city police buddy just texted my wife that he's grabbing a tazer and headed to see his boss (who's a dick). Popcorn? Anyone?

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:44 AM (x3YFz)

571 So I guess there will be no illegal drugs at Burning Man? Posted by: --- ------------------------ The wastrel son of some friends attended last year. He just now got out of jail.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:44 AM (aDwsi)

572 >>> "Rules free," eh? So he won't have any problem when Bundy and his allies (of which there are many) up and start picking off festival attendees like bottles off a fence. No need for shooting. It would be much more entertaining to drive 4x4s through the festival, lassoing random attendees.

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 06:44 AM (Ua6T/)

573 Concerts for people who support the over reach and thuggery of the state Unbelievable This will backfire **** 1960's - Get stoned and stand up to the man! 2010's - Get stoned and stand up to the little guy!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:45 AM (DmNpO)

574 That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 10:39 AM (mf5HN)

Jaysus. I worked with somebody like that. He would go from zero to shouting asshole with no warning.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:45 AM (DrWcr)

575 I work on the behest of my Govt overl-rds. I demonstrate, I agitate, I am one with those tht hold power. I am Occupy Bundy!

Posted by: willow at April 23, 2014 06:45 AM (nqBYe)

576 Burning Man 15 hours ago For the record, the Burning Man organization has absolutely no involvement whatsoever with the so-called #BundyFest or its supposed organizer Sean Shealy. ------ Come celebrate TOTAL FREEDOM at BUNDYFEST, just across the road from the Cliven Bundy Ranch, in Bunkerville, Nevada! 240 bands, 24 hours a day, for a SOLID ROCKIN' MONTH!!!! *NO PERMITS REQUIRED *CAMP ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE *FULL NUDITY NOT A PROBLEM *GAY-FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE *PENIS ERECTION CONTEST: Erect the largest penis in the open desert, win valuable prize! (tbd) BACKGROUND: For years, we paid permitting fees to hold Burning Man on the beautiful Playa in Northern Nevada. But now, Cliven Bundy has shown us a NEW WAY! ABSOLUTE FREEDOM! Bundy has declared the entire area surrounding Bundy Ranch as a TOTALLY RULES-FREE ZONE! ANYTHING GOES! WOO-HOO!!! Why should Burning Man end on September 1st? Swing down to Vegas for a few days for some R&R, a few good buffets, and then HEAD ON UP TO BUNDYFEST! All 50,000+ Burning Man participants are invited to attend -- and as many more as can make the trip from anywhere in the world! 100,000? 250,000? THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AT BUNDYFEST! The desert surrounding Bundy's ranch is LIMITLESS! Dude is nucking futs.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:45 AM (fWAjv)

577 No need for shooting. It would be much more entertaining to drive 4x4s through the festival, lassoing random attendees. --- I'm reminded of the old beer commercial for The Big Lawyer Roundup, where a lawyer is let loose in an arena and the cowboys have to rope him and hogtie him.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:45 AM (APuJ7)

578 That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 10:39 AM (mf5HN)

I know I shouldn't laugh, but that "Worcester/Wooster" story gets me every time. My God, the stupidity.

Burning Man is all 'freedom' and 'anarchy' and simultaneously'obey th'gummint?'

In other words, it fits the leftwing lunatic position to a tee.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:46 AM (4df7R)

579 1960's - Get stoned and stand up to the man! 2010's - Get stoned and stand up to the little guy! Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:45 AM (DmNpO) Nailed it.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:46 AM (x3YFz)

580 It's 10:43 & still no news dump. Could something be wrong with him? *** Life, at times, intervenes. At other times, one simply doesn't have the time or energy required to put a post together. A post like his is much more time-consuming than it might appear.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:46 AM (DmNpO)

581

I was a "good" kid, desperate for rebel cred. I cut class all the time. I'd drive to Jersey and buy beer (PA age was 21, NJ was 18 and laxly enforced). But I had all sorts of access to passes. Swiped blank stacks of them and became an excellent forger. Used my student government pass to claim subcommittee meetings. I cut more classes than any stoner, but never got caught so no rebel cred.

Also, mostly I cut class and walked downtown to a bookstore. Because rebel.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 23, 2014 06:46 AM (JtwS4)

582 I had a client commit suicide once. Co worker asshole said some people would do anything to get away from me. This was said about 2 weeks after I came back from leave after the suicide of my father He was a weirdo who sniffed his fingers. He was discharged about a year later for hitting on dependent wives who came to him for legal assistance. His wife was a JAG too. Heh Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 10:34 AM (zOTsN) You are a better person than I because I would have been unable to restrain myself from a physical response to that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 06:47 AM (mf5HN)

583 Concerts for people who support the over reach and thuggery of the state

Not just for Wisconsin anymore.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 06:47 AM (ZKzrr)

584 obama is providing anarchy...in a tyrannical sort of way

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 06:47 AM (fW9N0)

585 Also, mostly I cut class and walked downtown to a bookstore. Because rebel.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 23, 2014 10:46 AM (JtwS4)

You were a wild one, all right...

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:47 AM (DrWcr)

586 *CAMP ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE *FULL NUDITY NOT A PROBLEM *GAY-FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE *PENIS ERECTION CONTEST: Erect the largest penis in the open desert, win valuable prize! (tbd) Dude is nucking futs. Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 10:45 AM (fWAjv) uh. Anyone have a spare Fuel-Air Explosive? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (x3YFz)

587 >>> A post like his is much more time-consuming than it might appear. NDH, do you have the keys on weekdays?

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (Ua6T/)

588 obama is providing anarchy...in a tyrannical sort of way --- I am an anti-Christ I am an anarchist Don't know what I want I know how to get it I wanna destroy the passer by 'Cause I wanna be anarchy

Posted by: Barry McFuckstick at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (APuJ7)

589 If this whole Burning Man at the Bundy Ranch comes to fruition, I see a much greater chance of real violence than that presented by the BLM/militia showdown.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (DmNpO)

590 Burning Man
15 hours ago
For the record, the Burning Man organization has absolutely no involvement whatsoever with the so-called #BundyFest or its supposed organizer Sean Shealy.
------

*snort* Yeah, I bet. Too bad, Burning Man organizers. Your usual cast of attendees are all a bunch of crunchy, granola-chomping druggies with dreadlocks who haven't bathed in six months. Not a one of them is going to care whether you're involved with "BundyFest" or not. They'll still go and call it Burning Man.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (4df7R)

591 uh. Anyone have a spare Fuel-Air Explosive?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 10:48 AM (x3YFz)

Daisy Cutter.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (DrWcr)

592 You really should try to type something.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:48 AM (aDwsi)

593 No, organizer Sean Sheely does NOT have a face deserving to be punched. http://tinyurl.com/mjbp3yh Stomped perhaps.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (fWAjv)

594 I had a second grade teacher who told me in front of my mother that I would be a failure in life, because I read all of the books in the limited library in one year, but did not write book reports on them all. I often wonder whatever happened to her.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (sBUAE)

595 585 If this whole Burning Man at the Bundy Ranch comes to fruition, I see a much greater chance of real violence than that presented by the BLM/militia showdown. --- Will the "THEY'RE COMIN' RIGHT FOR US!" approach be effective? Or will we have to say that "We're trying to thin out their numbers"?

Posted by: Jimbo and Ned at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (APuJ7)

596 Our "Yearbook Committee" absorbed more of eighth grade than any two classes combined. We would sit there looking at snapshots, shooting the shit, pretending that the format/layout was oh-so complex so that nobody would ask wtf was taking so long.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (ZshNr)

597 NDH, do you have the keys on weekdays? *** I have some keys. I can post at will but, as a guest blogger, don't have the ability to go in and alter or delete comments.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (DmNpO)

598 She did help one girl realize that parts of Romeo and Juliet were in verse through her reading, so I guess it's useful.
============
Those plays where they do Shakespeare in the accent and pronunciation of his time--I can actually understand what they mean, what they are saying and hear the rhyme.

Modern British accent in Shakespeare is grating. And stupid, when you realize that's not all how it sounded.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (VjL9S)

599 It's 10:43 & still no news dump. Could something be wrong with him?

***

Life, at times, intervenes. At other times, one simply doesn't have the time or energy required to put a post together.

A post like his is much more time-consuming than it might appear.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:46 AM (DmNpO)

*eyelids closing*

*heart rate slowing*

*work productivity tanking*

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (GQ8sn)

600 My Cousins Son goes to Burning man every year, Apparently he helps run it or something. If ever there was a new representation of Sodom and Gomorrah this is it. By the way he is gayer than gay...

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at April 23, 2014 06:49 AM (9+ccr)

601 $500 million worth of weapons to our sworn enemy, which they then used to kill our ambassador, and......nothing.

What's another 1/2B in the Obama vs. Clinton MAD blackmail game?

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 23, 2014 06:50 AM (DL2i+)

602 I was too emotionally drained to kill him. He got lucky

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:50 AM (zOTsN)

603 >>> You really should try to type something. #BanBossy

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 06:50 AM (Ua6T/)

604 "Actually, there has been remarkable unanimity of support for them in the Church. Strong, vocal support. But how would you or most of us know? The Left owns the cameras and the microphones. They only show what they want to show." And yet not enough to turn the Church hierarchy against Obama's administration. If they did we would certainly hear about it.

Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 06:50 AM (ilbeM)

605 Daisy Cutter. Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 10:48 AM (DrWcr) oh, see, now you're just sexing me up.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:50 AM (x3YFz)

606 Hrm.

http://is.gd/I0qdj1

The student's family claims the teacher confiscated a copy of the Bible their daughter was reading during a "read to myself" session. The teacher then informed the girl that the Bible is Â“inappropriate reading materialÂ” and that she should not bring it back to school again.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 06:50 AM (ZKzrr)

607 I had a second grade teacher who told me in front of my mother that I would be a failure in life, because I read all of the books in the limited library in one year, but did not write book reports on them all. I often wonder whatever happened to her. *** Sweet bejeezus! What the hell?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:51 AM (DmNpO)

608 If this whole Burning Man at the Bundy Ranch comes to fruition, I see a much greater chance of real violence than that presented by the BLM/militia showdown.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:48 AM (DmNpO)

Because at least the BLM wanted to TRY and look like they weren't fucking gestapo. Burning Man attendees take that whole "be the change you want to see in the world" bullshit to heart, and the change they want to see in the world is communist anarchy (square that circle), complete with martyrs.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 06:51 AM (4df7R)

609 590 I had a second grade teacher who told me in front of my mother that I would be a failure in life, because I read all of the books in the limited library in one year, but did not write book reports on them all. I often wonder whatever happened to her. --- Apparently one of my childhood friends had his parents told by his 2nd grade teacher that he'd be some kind of a criminal or failure in life, which contributed to their decision to find him a different school. He's now a West Point graduate who served in Iraq for at least one tour.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:51 AM (APuJ7)

610 "People love government when it rules exactly as they would." -- Shih Tzu Book of Soothsayerism and Other Notes of Interest

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 06:51 AM (fW9N0)

611 Ah, now that's more like it! I am one of those people who likes to get my car all soapy before I rinse it off.

1 section at a time please, otherwise you have to redrag dried dirty water off the paint.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 23, 2014 06:51 AM (DL2i+)

612 That whole I worked for psychopaths thing? Yeah. Not joking about that. I'm glad I'm not the only psycho magnet in the world, but is sure seems that way. Good morning and SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 23, 2014 06:52 AM (0HooB)

613 #330 Thing can fly missing a wing with a blind pilot.

They recalled John McCain?!

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 23, 2014 06:52 AM (XO6WW)

614 Fire hoses turned on Obama protestors in Birmingham, Philippines. How dare they protest the Worlds King.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 23, 2014 06:52 AM (thLL8)

615 Cantor is on a stealth campaign for Speaker. ItÂ’s not going to happen. HeÂ’s no better than Boehner, probably worse. Hensarling or Gowdy would be good choices, or Chaffetz.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2014 06:52 AM (gjOCp)

616 >>> I have some keys. I can post at will but, as a guest blogger, don't have the ability to go in and alter or delete comments. Could we have an open thread, pretty please?

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (Ua6T/)

617 "405 I categorically refuse to lose faith in my country and we WILL prevail in time.

Laugh if you wish, or shake your head at the naivety, does NOT matter.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 10:02 AM (SAMxH)

Not laughing. Right there with you.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 10:03 AM (x3YFz)"

Good luck to both of you. I hope that you are right and that I am wrong.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (PD6iL)

618 My 4th grade teacher told my mom I'd be an inmate or dead by 30. She's dead now. Bwahahahaha.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (x3YFz)

619 587 uh. Anyone have a spare Fuel-Air Explosive? Asking for a friend. Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 10:48 AM (x3YFz) Daisy Cutter. Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2014 10:48 AM (DrWcr) Where's the fun in that. Cluster munitions are much more entertaining.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (fWAjv)

620

Sweet bejeezus! What the hell?!

Apparently, documentation is the sole purpose of one's life to some people. She would have made one hellacious traffic cop, or an auditor.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (sBUAE)

621

My sophomore English teacher was an asshole though as well. Did not like him or his teaching method. I think one time we were working on diagramming sentences, and doing in class work. One of my classmates asked me about one of them, and I said "No that's wrong..." and I had the intention of explaining where the mistake was and what he would need to do for the correct method, but the asshole blew up at me for daring to try to help a classmate.

One of those things I wish I could go back and tell him off and risk detention.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (LI48c)

622 Fire hoses turned on Obama protestors in Birmingham, Philippines.

How dare they protest the Worlds King.

Posted by: Behind Enemy Lines at April 23, 2014 10:52 AM (thLL

Bull Connor is in the Philippines?!?!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (GQ8sn)

623 I had a second grade teacher who told me in front of my mother that I would be a failure in life, because I read all of the books in the limited library in one year, but did not write book reports on them all. I often wonder whatever happened to her. *** I have to go back to this one. Is it too much to hope that the answer to your pondering I often wonder whatever happened to her is that she required years of painful dentistry following the ass-whooping your mom threw down on her?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (DmNpO)

624 Ms McGourty brought in a box of Trivial Pursuit questions to English class for some reason one day. I got the first three questions right, she put the box away and we never saw it again.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:53 AM (ZshNr)

625 How many prior service Morons would answer the call to emergency mobilization? I don't know, but I might show up just for grins to see if they make size short fatso utilities.

Posted by: Bill at April 23, 2014 06:54 AM (uvyrw)

626

I may be an outlier but I never had a mean, nasty, or brutish teacher.

My classmates, on the other hand....

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 06:54 AM (PFy0L)

627 As far as I know, no one at the Bundy property showed up yet wearing a mask. Unlike the Left...

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 06:54 AM (fW9N0)

628 is = it Moar coffee, STAT.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 23, 2014 06:54 AM (0HooB)

629 Isn't it illegal to force you employees to register/vote for a certain party? How long did you stay with them? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 10:43 AM (DmNpO) Just a bit. I pointed that out to the Big Boss and he was all oh we would just like you to do that and I pointed out that shall means must and asked if he wanted to maybe send out an apology for being over zealous before someone, some completely mysterious person, reported that to the Dept. of Labor and every media outlet around. Apology went out five minutes later. I was there for 12 years. Why? Money. Looooooooong story short, first I wanted to be sure I fully vested in the profit share and then we won a huge verdict and I was assured of a very large bonus once the appeal was done and then the appellate process took a few years and then I got the bonus and then I quit and then they made me an absolutely insane offer to stay so I stayed. And then life intervened and I left. I'm making less than half of what I used to make. I am nearly immeasurably more happy. I win.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 06:55 AM (mf5HN)

630 Could we have an open thread, pretty please? Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2014 10:53 AM (Ua6T/) What amazes me is that after 250, every thread is an open thread, and that people complain because....why, again? post number is too high? Hint: comments look the same no matter what the post count is.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:55 AM (x3YFz)

631 I'm making less than half of what I used to make. I am nearly immeasurably more happy. I win. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 10:55 AM (mf5HN) ^5

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:55 AM (x3YFz)

632 "Apparently one of my childhood friends had his parents told by his 2nd grade teacher that he'd be some kind of a criminal or failure in life, which contributed to their decision to find him a different school.

He's now a West Point graduate who served in Iraq for at least one tour. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 10:51 AM"

LOL My kindergarten teacher told my parents I would likely end up as some kind of terrorist or as a soldier. They ignored the fool. 16 years later I graduated from West Point. Go figure.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 06:56 AM (knoK7)

633 In 6th grade our homeroom teacher thought having a suggestion box would be a good idea. Once a week he would read the suggestions to our class. It started out fine, but quickly turned into a train wreck. One girl was singled out for abuse. She already had the nickname "booger belly." Others were also made fun of. All of us were terrified that we would be singled out. This asshole teacher finally stopped it when she broke down and cried in class. If time travel ever becomes real, I want to go back to the 6th grade and stand up for her. Then smack Mr. Dan right in the face.

Posted by: ExSnipe at April 23, 2014 06:56 AM (hzpoi)

634 He has a blog at informationpress.net Total loon And looking for kinky bait Has written a "book" Killing Limbaugh

Posted by: Thunderb at April 23, 2014 06:56 AM (zOTsN)

635 Yes, I was a total show-off, and I don't regret it one bit. I had more fun in those days than anyone has a right to expect out of junior high.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 23, 2014 06:56 AM (ZshNr)

636 Standardized tests are the absolute worst method of measuring student achievement- except for all the other ways we've tried.
==========
My theory is, what did we do before standardized tests?

My answer is: We can have principals or we can have standardized tests to determine whether the teacher is doing their job.
We don't need both.

I suspect that 100% of the increase in spending on public education in the last 30 years--while test scores remained flat--is due to administrative bloat.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 06:57 AM (VjL9S)

637 Good luck to both of you. I hope that you are right and that I am wrong. Posted by: Obnoxious -------------------------- Sadly, cynics are rarely disappointed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 06:57 AM (aDwsi)

638 It always fascinates me how our modern "anarchists" always seem to love them some government. No inconsistency there.

Posted by: joncelli at April 23, 2014 06:57 AM (RD7QR)

639 Hi Mike Hammer! Lots of school trauma among the Horde, no? Well, at least The pervs stayed away from me. Most of the pervs back in the day knew they would be disappeared by the girl's/boy's dad. Now...? And there are the women pervs, also

Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 06:57 AM (36Rjy)

640 Long threads are a PIA for those not on computers.

Posted by: Ed Anger at April 23, 2014 06:57 AM (tOkJB)

641 LOL My kindergarten teacher told my parents I would likely end up as some kind of terrorist or as a soldier. They ignored the fool. 16 years later I graduated from West Point. Go figure. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 10:56 AM (knoK7) And ending up as a soldier, in your kindergarten teacher's world, was apparently a bad thing? Fuckin' hippies.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 06:58 AM (x3YFz)

642 My Senior year in High School we got a new Teacher. She hated jocks and used to use my glasses wearing fighting for Valedictorian (lost by .001 point to my best friend) self to mock them. She could not understand why they just smiled at her until the Friday of the second week when the Pep Rally for the first football game occurred. They said she almost shit herself when I was introduced as the returning All-Conference QB! She was then pissed at me for not telling her!

Posted by: Old Dog at April 23, 2014 06:58 AM (tQYJH)

643 I have two "Teacher From Hell" stories. One was a science teacher I had in 7th or 8th grade who was a prosletyzing lesbian Vegan who went out of her way to demonize eating meat or drinking milk. She left at the end of the year and ended up teaching the children of celebrities in Beverly Hills. The other was my freshman HS English teacher, who was the wife of the new basketball coach. She insisted on being called "doctor", even though she had never finished her dissertation, and was pissed at having to teach HS freshmen instead of college students. Her end-of-semester exam was a shit show that nearly the entire class failed. After making us re-take the exam to start the next semester, she was called into the headmaster's office for a discussion and, when told she had to change how she was doing things, she threw a fit and quit. And there was much rejoycing.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 06:58 AM (APuJ7)

644 Guess who has a lower approval rating than obama in Kentucky? Heh. obama: 34% McConnell: 32% Polls show Cabbage Patch Kid Face is tied with his D opponent, who is not facing any real primary challenger. The D is also out-fund raising McConnell. He's toast.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 06:58 AM (fW9N0)

645 Unlike the Left... Posted by: Soothsayer Â§ at April 23, 2014 10:54 AM (fW9N0) And the Park Police.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 06:59 AM (fWAjv)

646

Is it too much to hope that the answer to your pondering I often wonder whatever happened to her is that she required years of painful dentistry following the ass-whooping your mom threw down on her?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

----

My mother informed her that it appeared that I had read more books than the rest of the class combined, and that she was confident that I had no need to prove to said teacher that I had read them all by writing a report rehasing each one. I had been attending the next higher grade in reading/writing, so the only revenge the teacher could take was to cancel that for the following year.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 23, 2014 06:59 AM (sBUAE)

647 Kidnap story with happy ending.
http://is.gd/hOXfsO

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 06:59 AM (ZKzrr)

648 "Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 10:58 AM"

She was something of an airhead, even for the mid-70's. Hated the fact that the kids would rather listen to me than to her. So it was my fault she was boring?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 23, 2014 07:00 AM (knoK7)

649 You work with / for lawyers. Kind of goes with the territory, Your Stompiness. At least she's our psychopath. ...coupons for the Ravage to get new manicures after they finish me will be at the door on the way out.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at April 23, 2014 07:00 AM (rt3TY)

650 Lots of school trauma among the Horde, no? Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 10:57 AM (36Rjy) School sucks for everyone. Everyone's family is jacked up. Life ain't fair and the universe doesn't give a shit. The sooner people realize these facts (that it ain't just you, it happens to everyone) the easier life is.

Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 07:01 AM (x3YFz)

651 And the Park Police. Again: unlike the Left.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 07:01 AM (fW9N0)

652 Burning man goes Bundy? Well, I'm sure that won't end with vandalism.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 07:01 AM (5TFvk)

653 nood

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 07:01 AM (PFy0L)

654 Sekrit for AtC:

http://bit.ly/1jMV7Co

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 07:01 AM (4df7R)

655 Polls show Cabbage Patch Kid Face is tied with his D opponent, who is not facing any real primary challenger.

Get it right.

It's Third Stage Guild Navigator Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 07:02 AM (GQ8sn)

656 http://is.gd/I0qdj1

The student's family claims the teacher confiscated a copy of the Bible
their daughter was reading during a "read to myself" session. The
teacher then informed the girl that the Bible is Â“inappropriate reading
materialÂ” and that she should not bring it back to school again.

Posted by: HR at April 23, 2014 10:50 AM (ZKzrr)

If that happened to my first grader, she'd stand there vibrating, fists clenched, tears squirting out of her eyes and would say something like: "DO NOT TAKE JESUS AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SINNING!!!"

Of course, I have her in a Christian school, so she'd never have her Bible taken away from her like this. She's a sweet kid, but don't be cussin' or lyin' or cheatin' around her or taking Jesus away from her, or she'll go BALLISTIC on your ass. Wonder what she'd do if I told her that the reason she only sees Daddy every other weekend is because her Mom's a lying, cheating whore?

Posted by: Sharkman at April 23, 2014 07:02 AM (N9GsT)

657 Well, I'm sure that won't end with vandalism. --- The Bundy family already dealt with euthanized cattle and vandalized property from armed government soldiers. I think they can handle a bunch of drugged-up assholes whose only exposure to rural life is going to Burning Man every year.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 23, 2014 07:02 AM (APuJ7)

658 It is funny how the federal agents' garb in this case resemble the typical Leftist violent protester.. Just food for mind-thoughts.

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 07:02 AM (fW9N0)

659 Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 10:54 AM (PFy0L) That was pretty much my case as well. Even the teacher who didn't like feeling I was ignoring her while reading during lessons wasn't *mean* about it. My classmates generally sucked though.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 23, 2014 07:02 AM (GDulk)

660 They said she almost shit herself when I was introduced as the returning All-Conference QB! She was then pissed at me for not telling her!

Posted by: Old Dog at April 23, 2014 10:58 AM (tQYJH)

----

I had an American lit teacher like that in college. Real douchebag..... his first name in real life was "Jan". Guy with a girls name.... all that.... he HATED jocks.

I was a freshman in his class an was pulling a solid A- in his class...... right up to the point I had an excused absence to travel to an away game. Closed out the semester pulling a solid C.

I still hate "Jan".

Posted by: fixerupper at April 23, 2014 07:03 AM (nELVU)

661 Is that a Dune reference? Does he look like a giant sand worm??

Posted by: Soothsayer § at April 23, 2014 07:03 AM (fW9N0)

662 Lots of school trauma among the Horde, no? ----------------- So it seems. Most of us survived it. I would never defend cruelty, but at the same time it may be that it is only by witnessing or experiencing a degree of that that we develop a sense of genuine empathy and compassion. We also develop a nose for assholes (rhetorically speaking) and learn to recognize them quickly for what they are.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 07:04 AM (aDwsi)

663 OMG. This isn't satire or from the Onion. http://tinyurl.com/m8h8woj MOBILE, Ala. -- The Navy and Austal USA held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), the Navy's tenth littoral combat ship (LCS), in Mobile, Ala., April 16. The keel-laying ceremony recognizes the first joining together of a ship's components. While modern shipbuilding processes allow fabrication of individual modules to begin months earlier, the laying of the keel represents the formal beginning of a ship. The ship's sponsor, Ms. Roxanna Green, was unable to attend the ceremony. The ship's namesake, former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, authenticated the keel by having her initials welded into a sheet of the ship's hull. --------- Perhaps old news but first I have heard of it.

Posted by: RWC at April 23, 2014 07:04 AM (fWAjv)

664 Does he look like a giant sand worm?? Posted by: Soothsayer ---------------- Um...,say, got any Spice on you?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 07:04 AM (aDwsi)

665 Is that a Dune reference?

Does he look like a giant sand worm??

Posted by: Soothsayer Â§ at April 23, 2014 11:03 AM (fW9N0)

No, he looks like a Guild navigator.

That's why I said it.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 07:04 AM (GQ8sn)

666
Why not just chuck some Willie Pete into the bonfire?

That would be quite instructive.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2014 07:06 AM (SAMxH)

667 Perhaps old news but first I have heard of it. Posted by: RWC ------------------------ Meanwhile, the judge who was killed..., forgotten.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 07:06 AM (aDwsi)

668 I may be an outlier but I never had a mean, nasty, or brutish teacher.

My classmates, on the other hand....

Posted by: @johntant at April 23, 2014 10:54 AM (PFy0L)

Got a fundraising letter from the alma mater once. I wrote back, "I didn't like you assholes when we were in high school, I sure as shit don't want to hear from you now."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 23, 2014 07:06 AM (zF6Iw)

669 Now, if was a bunch of "environmentalists" trespassing on private land, threatening violence against the legal landowner, shitstains like Sean Shealy and 99% of the Democrat party would be praising the environmentalists.

How do I know? Because they've done it over and over and over before.

Lying, evil bastards.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 07:06 AM (VjL9S)

670 Meanwhile, the judge who was killed..., forgotten.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 11:06 AM (aDwsi)

He was a Republican, so....

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 07:06 AM (GQ8sn)

671 600 And yet not enough to turn the Church hierarchy against Obama's administration. If they did we would certainly hear about it. Posted by: Decaf at April 23, 2014 10:50 AM (ilbeM) -------------------- THIS. I mean your first sentence. Most think they can oppose specific policies and still be the cool kids who looooove Obama --- even if the policies are SERIOUSLY, unambiguously anti-Catholic. As for your second sentence, would we hear of it? Maybe. Maybe there would be stories about how "fanatical" and "extremist" and "fascist" and "theocratic" X and Y (whoever leads the opposition) are. Then there would be fuzzy stories about the good Pelosi "Catholics" who oppose such wicked "extremism."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 23, 2014 07:07 AM (dfYL9)

672 NEW ONE!

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 23, 2014 07:07 AM (T2V/1)

673 That would be quite instructive. Posted by: irongrampa -------------------- Heh. Would lend a literal meaning to Burning Man.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 07:07 AM (aDwsi)

674 518?
T9?

I was married to Helen for 7 years and 25 years to Miss Emily. Now that they are safely dead I can state I never cheated on them- not once. And like any normal man I had a very few girlfirends before and between marriages. Once we shared a bed, that was it- there were no other women. I may be an old pirate and privateer and freebooter but one thing is I am loyal.

Posted by: backhoe at April 23, 2014 07:08 AM (ULH4o)

675 If that happened to my first grader, she'd stand there vibrating, fists clenched, tears squirting out of her eyes and would say something like: "DO NOT TAKE JESUS AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SINNING!!!"Of course, I have her in a Christian school, so she'd never have her Bible taken away from her like this. She's a sweet kid, but don't be cussin' or lyin' or cheatin' around her or taking Jesus away from her, or she'll go BALLISTIC on your ass. Wonder what she'd do if I told her that the reason she only sees Daddy every other weekend is because her Mom's a lying, cheating whore? *** You've done well. God is surely pleased.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2014 07:08 AM (DmNpO)

676 Oooh! I got the satanic comment!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2014 07:08 AM (GQ8sn)

677 The Bundy family already dealt with euthanized cattle and vandalized property from armed government soldiers. I think they can handle a bunch of drugged-up assholes whose only exposure to rural life is going to Burning Man every year. I could easily see a drugged up asshole trying to rape a cow and getting shot, and then Harry Reid having the ranch hit with Hellfire missiles.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 23, 2014 07:08 AM (HJcb1)

678 Perhaps old news but first I have heard of it.

Posted by: RWC
------------------------

Meanwhile, the judge who was killed..., forgotten.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2014 11:06 AM (aDwsi)

Not to mention the little girl.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 07:09 AM (4df7R)

679 School sucks for everyone. Everyone's family is jacked up. Life ain't fair and the universe doesn't give a shit. The sooner people realize these facts (that it ain't just you, it happens to everyone) the easier life is. Posted by: tangonine at April 23, 2014 11:01 AM (x3YFz) Actually, that one teacher was the only asshole. And I was old enough (15) to defend myself so I thank God for that.

Posted by: baldilocks at April 23, 2014 07:09 AM (36Rjy)

680 Sekrit for AtC: http://bit.ly/1jMV7Co Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at April 23, 2014 11:01 AM (4df7R) Sekrit for MWR: *shoves rest of apple pie and ice cream through USB port for you* http://bit.ly/1hiXU80

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 07:09 AM (mf5HN)

681 Hint: comments look the same no matter what the post count is.

Refresh on a slow pipe or scrolling problems are the main complaints.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 23, 2014 07:10 AM (DL2i+)

682 Sekrit for MWR:

*shoves rest of apple pie and ice cream through USB port for you*

http://bit.ly/1hiXU80

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 23, 2014 11:09 AM (mf5HN)

PIE! *loves pie*

And I love that gif. I have that saved on my hard drive at home, along with the video of him singing the song. As I've seen him called on Tumblr, "Tom Hiddleston: trained circus bear." How can people NOT love him?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at April 23, 2014 07:12 AM (4df7R)

683 634 It always fascinates me how our modern "anarchists" always seem to love them some government. No inconsistency there.
==========
That "Your rights end where my feelings begin" I mentioned earlier is on an infographic of that smug, oblivious white bitch in the dreadlocks.

Perfect encapsulation of the leftists.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 07:13 AM (VjL9S)

684 525-yes, demolish the argument that a coupling that, by its nature, is incapable of reproduction and uses the wrong hole for sex is the equivalent of a heterosexual couple. Quite a victory.

Posted by: ejo at April 23, 2014 07:13 AM (GXvSO)

685 Now, go to Saudi Arabia and make the argument. Why shouldn't they? They can afford the plane ticket, can't they?

Posted by: ejo at April 23, 2014 07:14 AM (GXvSO)

686 but don't be cussin' or lyin' or cheatin' around her or taking Jesus away from her, or she'll go BALLISTIC on your ass. Wonder what she'd do if I told her that the reason she only sees Daddy every other weekend is because her Mom's a lying, cheating whore?

Let sleeping denial sleep.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 23, 2014 07:15 AM (DL2i+)

687 The Navy and Austal USA held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), the Navy's tenth littoral combat ship (LCS), in Mobile, Ala. Naming a Navy ship that's only real utility is as a target, for a woman who became famous for being a target. How meta.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2014 07:17 AM (TIIx5)

688 but don't be cussin' or lyin' or cheatin' around her or taking Jesus
away from her, or she'll go BALLISTIC on your ass. Wonder what she'd do
if I told her that the reason she only sees Daddy every other weekend is
because her Mom's a lying, cheating whore?

Let sleeping denial sleep.

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2014 11:15 AM (DL2i+)

I'll of course, never, ever say a word about this to my daughter, despite the fact that the ex- blames me in front of the kids practically every day for our divorce.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 23, 2014 07:20 AM (N9GsT)

689 Naming a Navy ship that's only real utility is as a target, for a woman who became famous for being a target.

How meta.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2014 11:17 AM (TIIx5)

An entire class of ships commissioned solely because everyone writing in Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine loved typing "littoral" and made sure every fucking article published in that mag since I left the Navy in 1992 contained that word, whether relevant or not.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 23, 2014 07:21 AM (N9GsT)

690 "594 She did help one girl realize that parts of Romeo and Juliet were in verse through her reading, so I guess it's useful.
============
Those plays where they do Shakespeare in the accent and pronunciation of his time--I can actually understand what they mean, what they are saying and hear the rhyme.

Modern British accent in Shakespeare is grating. And stupid, when you realize that's not all how it sounded.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 23, 2014 10:49 AM (VjL9S)"

So what would a contemporary of Shakespeare sound like? Would it be like a Scouse or Georgie accent?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xJrtXhMG70#t=16

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at April 23, 2014 07:39 AM (PD6iL)

691

OK ... Show of hands. How many prior-service gents such as myself would obey any emergency callback, if Barry gets us into a shooting war in Europe
---------------------------

I already went through one of these. I was part of the RIF and got out in 1995. I was called back in 2005 and served a year in Iraq working HUMINT. Good times.

Posted by: team3 at April 23, 2014 10:46 AM (M238e)

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