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April 13, 2014

Wlk vs. Photographer (and Open Thread) [CBD]
— Open Blogger

I am torn between being somewhat amused, and biting back "You can't possibly be that stupid."

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:58 AM | Comments (206)
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1 Fresh, roomy thread....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 13, 2014 07:59 AM (ojnk6)

2 He spent too long drinking at the Moose Lodge last night.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 13, 2014 08:00 AM (rJ47T)

3 "Ukrainian killed by pro-Russian gunman." or... Ukrainian killed by Ukrainian. It's all bullshit.

Posted by: Soothie at April 13, 2014 08:03 AM (5c3Xp)

4 Hero of the left FDR wore dresses until he was 6. Hmmmm.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:04 AM (QeH9j)

5 Sad thing is the park rangers euthanized the elk instead of the photographer. I go to Yellowstone often, this behavior is pretty common, people too stupid to understand that Disney had it wrong.

Posted by: Boglee at April 13, 2014 08:04 AM (IO1y4)

6 If that is a national park he is lucky the rangers didn't haul his ass away for messing with the animals.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 08:05 AM (T2V/1)

7 For someone who photographs nature, the dude has no idea about anything in regards to nature. You dipwad are invading the elk's space.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 08:07 AM (/8So2)

8 Sander Levin on FNS: utter moron

Posted by: Throat Wobbler Mangrove at April 13, 2014 08:07 AM (sZBpq)

9 Is the rent stabilized on this thread?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 13, 2014 08:08 AM (AaZet)

10 Everyone watches too many cartoons with humanized animals. Or stupid wild life shows where idiots do this shit and the cut out the scenes where the animal kicks their ass.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 08:09 AM (T2V/1)

11 Google is now #2 corporate lobbyist. Only GE spends more in DC. Also appears one of their tricks is to pay people with "in-kind" adwords. So, for example, if Cato or George Mason law school organizes a conference about why Google isn't violating anti-trust -- they might get a million in free ad-words. Interesting that Google, which is hard-left in the politicians it supports, seems to have totally bought off what passes for the libertarian establishment. DRUDGE REPORT ‏@DRUDGE_REPORT REVEALED: HOW GOOGLE SPREADS $$ AROUND DC... http://drudge.tw/1hxGipm View summary

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 08:10 AM (ZPrif)

12 Marlin Perkins, "Next on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Jim will try to frolic with a hungry Bengal tiger."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 13, 2014 08:11 AM (/8So2)

13 Elk will eat meat from time to time. Who picked the name elk?

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:11 AM (AO9UG)

14 The same thing happened to the buffalo (bison) on Catalina Island. There used to be a herd of about 400. We would see them all the time and we stayed away from them with no issues. One day an idiot woman walked up to one to have her husband photographer her with it. It butted her and she sued. The Buffalo were removed from the island. Idiots.

Posted by: MikeK at April 13, 2014 08:12 AM (2/XQm)

15 And now, for the significant opposing viewpoint, squealing baby sloths: http://vimeo.com/91515679

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon/Cetacian hybrid at April 13, 2014 08:13 AM (m9V0o)

16 Tasty!

Posted by: Y-not at April 13, 2014 08:14 AM (zDsvJ)

17
Is the rent stabilized on this thread?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.

"I'm a free market conservative but don't touch my rent control/ethanol/government paid insulin!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 13, 2014 08:15 AM (kdS6q)

18 He forgot the cardinal rule that Outside is trying to kill you.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2014 08:15 AM (mx5oN)

19 Fox News broadcast an interview with Sheryl Attkinsson today. In it she tap danced around how the Left and corporations play enemies on TV, but slurp on each other when the cameras are turned off.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:16 AM (AO9UG)

20 It's an animal conspiracy! http://www.vaguebuttrue.com/main/24

Posted by: Y-not at April 13, 2014 08:16 AM (zDsvJ)

21 They have just re introduced elks to GSM. The buck was in heat. Obviously the ghey photographer smelled like a doe. What a dumb ass. To bad he didn't get gored.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 13, 2014 08:16 AM (0FSuD)

22 4 Hero of the left FDR wore dresses until he was 6. Hmmmm. Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 12:04 PM (QeH9j) When did he stop?

Posted by: Zombie Lesbo Eleanor at April 13, 2014 08:17 AM (0FSuD)

23 boohoohoo boohoohoo

Posted by: the tears of Oscar Pistorius at April 13, 2014 08:17 AM (5c3Xp)

24 Elk II: Antler Party

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:18 AM (AO9UG)

25 I would have grabbed his horns, wrestled him to the ground and had a nice elk steak for dinner.

Posted by: 1sttofight at April 13, 2014 08:18 AM (tiD9R)

26 "A young bull elk decided to start some trouble."

Raycist dog whistlllleeeee!!!!!

Posted by: Pissedmypants Matthews at April 13, 2014 08:21 AM (r/e1Q)

27 "Hero of the left FDR wore dresses until he was 6. Hmmmm." So did Douglas MacArthur and pretty much every young boy. Ignorance is ignorance... Most little boys wore dresses until the 1920. Ever heard the phrase "breeching boys", which refers stopping putting dresses on a boy to putting a boy in pants (britches or breeches).

Posted by: Max at April 13, 2014 08:22 AM (ndljJ)

28 TheBlaze got picked up by another cable operator - Cable One, 11th largest. Beck still can't get the big boys -- Comcast, Time Warner, etc -- to pick up Blaze, but it's got dozens of smaller carriers now. I doubt Comcast will add TheBlaze before they get merger approval though since they only need Dem votes and don't want to antagonize the Left.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 08:22 AM (ZPrif)

29 Blaze link http://www.gettheblaze.com/updates/

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 08:23 AM (ZPrif)

30 There are many things to criticize FDR about, but wearing dresses until he was six in't one of them. My grandfather was born about the same time. We have a picture of him in a dress at about age four. From the Atlantic magazine: "Little Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits primly on a stool, his white skirt spread smoothly over his lap, his hands clasping a hat trimmed with a marabou feather. Shoulder-length hair and patent leather party shoes complete the ensemble. We find the look unsettling today, yet social convention of 1884, when FDR was photographed at age 2 1/2, dictated that boys wore dresses until age 6 or 7, also the time of their first haircut. Franklin's outfit was considered gender-neutral."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 08:23 AM (XyM/Y)

31 Reading about the early decades of the Soviet Union is especially fascinating when you're stoned.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 13, 2014 08:24 AM (6YxxF)

32 This video is proof again that you shouldn't play with your food

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 13, 2014 08:25 AM (GWxXv)

33 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 12:23 PM (XyM/Y) Yeah, such things were quite the norm back then.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:25 AM (AO9UG)

34
Who picked the name elk?

"Elk" is a corruption of "elg" which IIRC is Swedish for moose. Correct term should be "wapiti". The pioneers slapped a lot of incorrect names on the new critters they encountered. See also "buffalo" and "antelope".

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 13, 2014 08:28 AM (kjmwI)

35 I realize that this is a gross generalization, but looking around at news stories about law enforcement, at any level, and it seems that in order to be in law enforcement these days, you need to be an expert in exercising poor judgement. It's like in addition to police academy, they need to do advanced coursework in asshole studies or something. Not only law enforcement, but government in general. And the militarization of freaking everything. That can't be a good thing, could it? Seems like every damned department of the government now has an "enforcement unit" or some such thing. I just don't see anything good, or reasonable or even necessary in all of these myriad armed enforcers. Eh. I'm probably overreacting. It seems like I'm angry all of the time lately because of my attitude toward whay I perceive to be happen in - AND TO - this country. I hope to hell I'm seeing things wrongly.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 08:28 AM (BZAd3)

36 Thought he might be protecting babies, but, nah, there was some snacks in that bag. Something smelled good.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 08:29 AM (IXrOn)

37 Never underestimate the power of stupid, or, "the trouble with making something foolproof is that fools are so damned ingenious."

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 08:29 AM (sQ0LB)

38 For the record, I'm pretty sure the only people who for the most part don't dick around with their animals are the Aussies Then again I'm pretty sure all the animals on land and in the water are poisonous and or will kill you Hard damn place

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 13, 2014 08:29 AM (M3WNi)

39 Why are ya'll messin' with my FDR cross dressing narrative!?

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:29 AM (QeH9j)

40 And the original article about history of gender specific clothing from "Smithsonian Magazine" "When did girls start wearing pink?" http://tinyurl.com/qcr8gob

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 08:30 AM (XyM/Y)

41 35. and it seems that in order to be in law enforcement these days, you need to be an expert in exercising poor judgement. You've been talking to my wife?

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 13, 2014 08:30 AM (M3WNi)

42 22 4 Hero of the left FDR wore dresses until he was 6. Hmmmm. Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 12:04 PM (QeH9j) When did he stop? When j. Edgar Hoover showed him he had a loooong series of pictures.

Posted by: Kindletot at April 13, 2014 08:31 AM (caMDw)

43 Glen Beck, a Mormon, is dead to me. Anyone with a death wish for the party who openly supports a man found to be a liar by a court, has no ounce of morals. It's all about his ego. He does not give a shit about this country, only his ratings. Reminds me of Billy Sunday. Only Vic and I ever heard him preach.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 13, 2014 08:31 AM (0FSuD)

44 The Ukraine Russia conflict has ramped up again. What's Kerry doing?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 08:31 AM (IXrOn)

45 Sharyl Attkisson better keep an eye out for BLM snipers, NPS hit squads, and EPA jihadis. She's off the reservation on Howie Kurtz, FNC. The government-media complex in detail.

Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 08:32 AM (sOtz/)

46 Early question here, against a gun thread not showing up.

Shooting and like my Zastava M57 Tokarev clone. But it will NOT feed Wolf 7.62x25 hollowpoints, the only commercially available HP, not with any of my magazines.

Is it worth considering a feed ramp job or should I just start mucking about with handloading Hornady XTP's and experimenting with the cartridge length to see how it feeds?

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 13, 2014 08:32 AM (XO6WW)

47 45 Sharyl Attkisson better keep an eye out for BLM snipers, NPS hit squads, and EPA jihadis. She's off the reservation on Howie Kurtz, FNC. The government-media complex in detail. Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 12:32 PM (sOtz/) She's holding back and perhaps asking us to read between the lines.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:34 AM (AO9UG)

48 Dresses? Shit, I still wear them? Airs out my dick so that horse faced woman that I live with can suck it, if she can find it.

Posted by: Prince Charles at April 13, 2014 08:34 AM (0FSuD)

49 44 The Ukraine Russia conflict has ramped up again. What's Kerry doing? Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 12:31 PM (IXrOn) Searching the couch for lost change.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:35 AM (AO9UG)

50 That's one very fortunate dude. But yup, if Nature isn't trying to eat you, it is most definitely trying to kill you or have sex with you. This is exactly why I don't have pets and do most of my meat hunting/gathering at Wal-Mart. ;-)

Posted by: itzWicks at April 13, 2014 08:35 AM (kjkiL)

51 You've been talking to my wife? Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 13, 2014 12:30 PM (M3WNi) Saw a report this morning on local news where police, mulitple cars, surrounded a dog who had been struck by a car, and wouldn't let anyone near it, even a good samaritan who wanted to give aid, for 90 minutes while the dog gasped out its life waiting for animal control to show up. The stories around the Denver metro area where this sort of shit, or worse, happens on a daily basis.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 08:35 AM (BZAd3)

52 14 The same thing happened to the buffalo (bison) on Catalina Island. There used to be a herd of about 400. We would see them all the time and we stayed away from them with no issues. One day an idiot woman walked up to one to have her husband photographer her with it. It butted her and she sued. The Buffalo were removed from the island.

There are still buffalo on Catalina Island, or were last year in any case.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 13, 2014 08:35 AM (XO6WW)

53 46. Have you tried the wolf or big bear.... Damn it....the JWs crept up and gave me the watchtower!!! ..... in 7.62 x 39? I just got 1000 rounds and will be testing them today in the new upper

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 13, 2014 08:36 AM (VIo0S)

54 @47 Holding back to what she has personal knowledge about. She's careful not to speculate. What she said is damning of CBS as a news organization. That it all was in the service of Obama is obvious.

Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 08:36 AM (sOtz/)

55 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 12:31 PM (IXrOn) It's cool. Biden is in Kiev.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:38 AM (QeH9j)

56 And until he got polio FDR was a very athletic person: http://www.fdr.net/roosevelt-family-activity-island

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 08:39 AM (XyM/Y)

57 54 @47 Holding back to what she has personal knowledge about. She's careful not to speculate. What she said is damning of CBS as a news organization. That it all was in the service of Obama is obvious. Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 12:36 PM (sOtz/) Sure, but she said there is an expected tension between liberals and corporations, but it unexpectedly (wink) doesn't show up. She would not come right out and say government and corporations lick each other clean. She hinted that corruption is way deeper than surface politics and conventional ideas of friends and foes.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:41 AM (AO9UG)

58 I'm sure this is being widely reported in the MFM: https://tinyurl.com/nbu367c Kids pushing back about crappy mobamafood.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 08:42 AM (BZAd3)

56 And until he got polio FDR was a very athletic person:

http://www.fdr.net/roosevelt-family-activity-island

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 12:39 PM (XyM/Y)

By reptuation, he remained quite active in the bedroom, just not so much with his wife.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 08:42 AM (sQ0LB)

60 Google buying off most of the organized libertarian groups might explain why the libertarians seems to have, in recent years, focused mainly on a few hot-button social issues -- like gay marriage and pot -- and not much else other than "govt leave the internet alone". If Libertarian outlets like Cato and Reason seem to increasingly echo the beliefs of the socially liberal Silicon Valley ruling class - that's not an accident. They don't want to bite the hand that feeds them. I'd kinda wondered why, in recent years, the libertarians seemed to focus mainly on the few libertarian ideas that the Left also supports (gay marriage, pot legalization) and ignored the libertarian ideas the Left doesn't like (eliminating the minimum wage, shrinking the welfare state, leaving people free to discriminate, etc). I think Google's role as the sugar daddy behind the libertarian establishment in recent years explains a good bit of the shift. Saying certain things gets you Google Bucks, saying others doesn't. The Cato's of the world quickly learned to toe the line.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 08:43 AM (ZPrif)

61 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 12:39 PM (XyM/Y) And there is debate whether he had polio at all but rather the unknown at the time Guillan-Barre Syndrome.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 08:43 AM (QeH9j)

62 "Dude, for the hundredth time, I'm not interested in your female."

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 08:43 AM (sdi6R)

63 Sooo, ummm, couple of dumb questions.

Why does that photographer just sit there? I mean if that animal backed up and really went at him he'd have been toast.

And why didn't anyone around who was filming or watching not try to distract the elk, so at least the photo guy could have gotten up?

Posted by: HH at April 13, 2014 08:44 AM (XXwdv)

64 I just bring it up to say that no matter how ones feels about FDR (I think there was both good and bad in him and in his actions) he would not be what I personally call "prissy".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 08:45 AM (XyM/Y)

65 Beck's doing a good job at Blaze. And who cares if he's Mormon or not. Why would you even mention that?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 08:46 AM (ZPrif)

66 54 What she said is damning of CBS as a news organization. That it all was in the service of Obama is obvious.

Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 12:36 PM (sOtz/)

I posted a link to an article she wrote a few days ago where she castigated CBS for squashing all her negative Obama stories.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 08:46 AM (T2V/1)

67 He also enjoyed shooting and riding. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 08:48 AM (XyM/Y)

68 Marlin Perkins, "Next on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Jim will try to frolic with a hungry Bengal tiger." *** I linked this a couple of weeks ago and I still lose it at about the 2:40 mark and, if you don't too, you're too young to understand. http://bit.ly/1hCEQmq

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:49 AM (DmNpO)

69 FDR did more to destroy this country than any other President in history. Obama is now doing as much as he can to outdo him. Piss on both of them.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 08:49 AM (T2V/1)

63>> a) because he's a dumbass

b) because everyone loves a train wreck.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 13, 2014 08:50 AM (KuUy9)

71 And this has gone around already, but on top of everything else: https://tinyurl.com/oafpnsv the government, via the IR is literally stealing money from people by illegally seizing their tax refunds. No law, no authority - just because they are the government and that's all the justification they need.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 08:50 AM (BZAd3)

72 66 54 What she said is damning of CBS as a news organization. That it all was in the service of Obama is obvious. Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 12:36 PM (sOtz/) I posted a link to an article she wrote a few days ago where she castigated CBS for squashing all her negative Obama stories. Posted by: Vic at April 13, 2014 12:46 PM (T2V/1) She did point out the dramatically different attitude towards Bush scandals compared to Obama scandals, and she did spank CBS, but she hinted the problem isn't just Left-wing bias. She hinted the corruption is much worse than that.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:50 AM (AO9UG)

73 Posted by: Vic at April 13, 2014 12:49 PM (T2V/1) Well, political opinions about FDR are not related to whether he was prissy or hated sports because he word dresses until he was six. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 08:52 AM (XyM/Y)

74 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 12:31 PM (IXrOn) It's cool. Biden is in Kiev. Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 12:38 PM (QeH9j) heh. While Kerry tries to bring Israel to its knees.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 08:53 AM (IXrOn)

75 wife and I lived and worked in yellowstone (remotre part 13x16 cabin). We've seen stupider with Bison and Grizzlies.

Posted by: Guido at April 13, 2014 08:54 AM (GYg/s)

76 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 12:49 PM (DmNpO)

I used to watch Wild Kingdom religiously as a kid. It wasn't until I was older that I really felt sorry for Jim being Marlon's sacrificial lamb.

"Next, Jim will jump 500 feet from this helicopter into the pit of 2,000 starving crocodiles to demonstrate how ferocious they can truly be!"

Posted by: Pissedmypants Matthews at April 13, 2014 08:54 AM (r/e1Q)

77 73 Well, political opinions about FDR are not related to whether he was prissy or hated sports because he word dresses until he was six. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 13, 2014 12:52 PM (XyM/Y)

Agree

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 08:54 AM (T2V/1)

78 55 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 12:31 PM (IXrOn) It's cool. Biden is in Kiev. Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 12:38 PM (QeH9j) With his trusty English-Spanish dictionary.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 08:55 AM (AO9UG)

79 REALLY? If I were going to break into a house, it wouldnÂ’t be Tammy BruceÂ’s. HeÂ’s lucky he escaped with his life. go to instapundit for the link

Posted by: artisanal 'ette (Chelsea going to squeak this out.) at April 13, 2014 08:55 AM (IXrOn)

80 so who is in charge of an after action report / lessons learned briefing about the Bundy blm thing? did y'all see the Fox news stuff? Several guys open carrying ARs and someone in a sniperish position over the blm? guess those founding fathers had a good idea in that second amendment thing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 08:55 AM (rDidD)

81 With his trusty English-Spanish dictionary. Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 12:55 PM (AO9UG) I lol'd.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette (Chelsea going to squeak this out.) at April 13, 2014 08:56 AM (IXrOn)

82 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 12:50 PM (BZAd3)

I'm reading that situation as being an indicator of just how desperate the gov is for cash right now. They're doing everything they can to maintain the facade that "All is well! Look at the fantastic economic recovery!"

Posted by: Pissedmypants Matthews at April 13, 2014 08:57 AM (r/e1Q)

83 Off, foul sock!

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 08:57 AM (r/e1Q)

84 I used to watch Wild Kingdom religiously as a kid. It wasn't until I was older that I really felt sorry for Jim being Marlon's sacrificial lamb. "Next, Jim will jump 500 feet from this helicopter into the pit of 2,000 starving crocodiles to demonstrate how ferocious they can truly be!" *** I watched an interview with Jim and he said that Marlon was all-in on the action. What happened was that the geniuses directing the show wanted to be able to cut back and forth from one view to another while shooting and that's why there was footage of Marlon standing apart. He also said that Carson was very sensitive to how Marlon took his jokes about it and didn't want to take it too far.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 08:57 AM (DmNpO)

85 Yeah that photog was insanely stupid. What was he thinking doing his little pretend headbutts? Pretty sure if that elk ever gave him a full strength headbutt he'd have fractured multiple neck vertebrae. Couple times the elk reared back to go full speed but always slowed up. Photog also lucky he didn't take an antler point to the eye or neck. What a freakin idiot.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 08:58 AM (ZPrif)

86 of course I am sure blm is doing their own work on future raids. I guess we are going to see why all those old mraps were redistributed from the military.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 08:58 AM (rDidD)

87 From a safe and respectful distance

It wasn't respectful enough.

Posted by: The Elk at April 13, 2014 08:58 AM (IN7k+)

88 natural selection don't give a shit.

Posted by: tangonine at April 13, 2014 08:59 AM (x3YFz)

89 I happened a catch some lady on Fox splaining how "we're not french, we work hard, love our country...", and so on. very articulate for someone in the crowd. put her up for a seat somewhere.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 08:59 AM (rDidD)

90 then there was Jacque Cousteau always sending his son, Phillippe to deal with the sharks.

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 13, 2014 08:59 AM (Jsiw/)

91 Abott and Costello have a new comedy routine about unemployment: https://tinyurl.com/nwepeb5 And here I thought they'd retired... or something.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 09:00 AM (BZAd3)

92 Off-camera the elk high-twoed a moose and said, "You're next, bro."

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 09:00 AM (AO9UG)

93 Hero of the left FDR wore dresses until he was 6.

Hmmmm.

Posted by: RWC at April 13, 2014 12:04 PM (QeH9j)

That explains a lot.

Posted by: tangonine at April 13, 2014 09:01 AM (x3YFz)

94 Elk may not be that smart either. That was a meeting of equals.

Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 09:01 AM (sOtz/)

95 ~~ALMOST 1200 OVER 1500 DOWNLOADS~~ ALMOST 2000 DOWNLOADS for my The Second Amendment As Ordinary Constitutional Law piece. Thanks to everyone who downloaded! Posted at 10:33 am by Glenn Reynolds snatch it while you can http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:02 AM (IXrOn)

96 Not a shocker -- Holder a hard-left, totalitarian asshole who uses the Attorney General office to destroy his political enemies and protect the hard Left. http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/186724/ A veteran Justice Department lawyer says that Attorney General Eric Holder has politicized the department in a way he hadnÂ’t seen before. In short, Â“Holder is the worst person to hold the position of attorney general since the disgraced John Mitchell.Â” Now in his sixth year as attorney general, Holder has increasingly tilted the department in an ideological direction. ItÂ’s one thing to emphasize President ObamaÂ’s legal priorities. ItÂ’s quite another to decide not to enforce certain federal laws Â— such as the ban on marijuana Â— or urge state attorney generals to refuse to defend local laws on same-sex marriage. Legal changes are achieved through legislation, not through a sudden whim not to enforce them. No other attorney general has acted in this manner. Holder clearly believes he has the inherent power to politicize his department. When House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte asked him last week whether he believed there were any limits to the administrationÂ’s prosecutorial discretion. Â“There is a vast amount of discretion that a president has Â— and more specifically that an attorney general has,Â” Holder responded.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 09:02 AM (ZPrif)

97 Oi! Why are they called "stingrays?"

Posted by: Steve Irwin at April 13, 2014 09:02 AM (x3YFz)

98 80 did y'all see the Fox news stuff? Several guys open carrying ARs and someone in a sniperish position over the blm? Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 12:55 PM (rDidD) I didn't see Fox, but Sipsey Street Irregulars has some photos. http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 09:03 AM (sdi6R)

99 They're doing everything they can to maintain the facade that "All is well! Look at the fantastic economic recovery!" Posted by: Pissedmypants Matthews at April 13, 2014 12:57 PM (r/e1Q) What are they restrained from doing? Nothing. They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, whenever they want, with impunity.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 09:03 AM (BZAd3)

100 Pretty sure the guide on how to deal with a male elk in mating season is not to pretend you are another male elk and engage in a headbutting contest.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 09:04 AM (ZPrif)

101 http://bit.ly/1hCEQmq How many cameramen were valiantly filming that from a distance? There seemed to be two angles.

Posted by: t-bird at April 13, 2014 09:04 AM (FcR7P)

102 Elk may not be that smart either. That was a meeting of equals.

Posted by: Beagle at April 13, 2014 01:01 PM (sOtz/)

Walked into a herd of elk at 0500 going to my truck one morning. Pitch black. I was prancersizing along, had to be right in the middle of the herd.

They bolted as one.

That pair of undies went directly in the trash.

Posted by: tangonine at April 13, 2014 09:04 AM (x3YFz)

103 I think the elk just wanted his head scratched. I feel sorry for them when they die fighting over some girl elk. Women...it's always women.

Posted by: Rowan Atkinson at April 13, 2014 09:06 AM (8c12T)

104 Ever wonder if your neck vertebrae are as strong as an elk's?

Posted by: Fun with Elks at April 13, 2014 09:06 AM (ZPrif)

105 What are they restrained from doing? Nothing. They can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, whenever they want, with impunity.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 01:03 PM (BZAd3)

What I mean is, they don't want to stampede the cattle. If they start saying, "Hey, we're really, really broke," the FSA might start getting antsy.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 09:07 AM (r/e1Q)

106 Ever wonder if your neck vertebrae are as strong as an elk's?

Posted by: Fun with Elks at April 13, 2014 01:06 PM (ZPrif)

Nope.

Posted by: tangonine at April 13, 2014 09:07 AM (x3YFz)

107 Elknado.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 09:07 AM (AO9UG)

108 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 01:02 PM (ZPrif) I had just finished reading that too. I liked Glenn's final word on that. Yes, and if the right had the lawfare/legal infrastructure that the left does, that would happen more often. ItÂ’s a major lack. Donors and policy entrepreneurs take note.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:08 AM (IXrOn)

109 Elknado. Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 01:07 PM (AO9UG) ha awesome

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:08 AM (IXrOn)

110 All the sportscasters are wearing Easter colors. Lots of purple, lavender, pinks...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:09 AM (IXrOn)

111 110 All the sportscasters are wearing Easter colors. Lots of purple, lavender, pinks... Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 01:09 PM (IXrOn) The women, too?

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 09:10 AM (AO9UG)

112 Lots of purple, lavender, pinks...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 01:09 PM (IXrOn)

(throws up hands in despair)

Posted by: tangonine at April 13, 2014 09:10 AM (x3YFz)

113 85 Yeah that photog was insanely stupid. What was he thinking doing his little pretend headbutts? Pretty sure if that elk ever gave him a full strength headbutt he'd have fractured multiple neck vertebrae. Couple times the elk reared back to go full speed but always slowed up. Photog also lucky he didn't take an antler point to the eye or neck. What a freakin idiot. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 12:58 PM (ZPrif) He was protecting his face; I noticed that. I guess he figured that if he took a submissive posture the elk wouldn't press the matter. Maybe he was afraid that if he stood up, the elk would take that as a challenge. Don't elk do the head-butting thing for dominance, territory, or mates?

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (sdi6R)

114 I like how the photog lowered his head to maximize the odds of paralysis if the elk gave him a full force headbutt.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (ZPrif)

115 The women, too? Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 01:10 PM (AO9UG) The only woman I saw (on a soccer channel) was wearing black and white.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (IXrOn)

116 did y'all see the Fox news stuff? Several guys open carrying ARs and someone in a sniperish position over the blm? *** I am torn on the situation. I have my opinions about the Bundy situation which fall on both sides of the 'rule of law' argument, but I am more torn re the use of militia to confront the feds. Last night I was not happy... at all... at the scenes of armed men challenging the feds and risking the lives of those around them. Today I woke up and wondered where we will be when, if, the full force of the fed's power really does rain down upon us, if there aren't a few amongst us willing to put themselves on the line to stand up to them. We all talk a good game about a show of force but there were folks who volunteered themselves out there because, rightly or wrongly, they genuinely believed it was necessary. Perhaps their fuses are too short, perhaps not, but they made a conscious decision which resulted in the feds backing down and changing course. In the end, we may well owe those folks a debt of gratitude for reminding those who would rule us that we aren't quite dead yet.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (DmNpO)

117 All the sportscasters are wearing Easter colors.

Lots of purple, lavender, pinks...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 01:09 PM (IXrOn)

No bonnets?

http://youtu.be/lYac9O3GYTM

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (r/e1Q)

118 I'll say this again, the thought the the government can set up "First Amendment Areas" is a breathtaking afront to the constitution. And it doesn't matter who was the first to do it, or for what reason. A First Amendment Area means there is no first amendment.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (BZAd3)

119 I feel sorry for them when they die fighting over some girl elk. Women...it's always women. Does, man. Does. *drinks beer*

Posted by: Bull Elk at April 13, 2014 09:11 AM (mx5oN)

120 I like how the photog lowered his head to maximize the odds of paralysis if the elk gave him a full force headbutt. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 01:11 PM (ZPrif) skewered eyeballs or a stab through the socket what an idiot could have gotten his skull crushed with one hit

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:12 AM (IXrOn)

121 I didn't see the photographer engaging in playful head butts. I thought he was just trying to keep his head down. He did, however, manage to attract the elk's attention by snapping photos and looking up at inopportune moments, when he should have just hunkered down and stayed motionless. He also should have abandoned the damn tripod rather than risk his neck to retrieve it.

I'm not sure why none of the witnesses tried yo scare off the elk by honking their horns, etc. Maybe they were afraid to spook it.

Posted by: sauropod at April 13, 2014 09:12 AM (G/vW6)

122 o bonnets? http://youtu.be/lYac9O3GYTM Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 01:11 PM (r/e1Q) thanks for this

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:13 AM (IXrOn)

123 118 I'll say this again, the thought the the government can set up "First Amendment Areas" is a breathtaking afront to the constitution. And it doesn't matter who was the first to do it, or for what reason. A First Amendment Area means there is no first amendment. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 01:11 PM (BZAd3) An Empire pretending to be a Republic.

Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 09:13 AM (AO9UG)

124 43 Glen Beck, a Mormon, is dead to me. Anyone with a death wish for the party who openly supports a man found to be a liar by a court, has no ounce of morals. Translation please. Thanks in advance.

Posted by: nip at April 13, 2014 09:14 AM (jI23+)

125 98 80
did y'all see the Fox news stuff? Several guys open carrying ARs and someone in a sniperish position over the blm?

If you saw him, it wasn't a sniperish position.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 13, 2014 09:15 AM (XO6WW)

126 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 01:13 PM (IXrOn)

Has a way of bringing a wistful smile, doesn't it?

Posted by: Country Singer at April 13, 2014 09:15 AM (r/e1Q)

127 Off-camera the elk high-twoed a moose and said, "You're next, bro." They also conveniently omitted the part where the raccoon charged the photog $5. Capitalism is alive and well in the Smokies.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 13, 2014 09:15 AM (0HooB)

128 The shelf life on "red lines" has clearly expired, as well: https://tinyurl.com/o53tvam Certain to be widely carried by the MFM.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 09:16 AM (BZAd3)

129 118 A First Amendment Area means there is no first amendment. You know who else had a first amendment area? The ChiComs; that one wall in Peking where you could post anything you wanted. The rest of China? No first amendment.

Posted by: Anachronda at April 13, 2014 09:16 AM (U82Km)

130 If you saw him, it wasn't a sniperish position. *** Perhaps not "technically"... http://t.co/rwMG3yea66

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 09:16 AM (DmNpO)

131 id y'all see the Fox news stuff? Several guys open carrying ARs and someone in a sniperish position over the blm? If you saw him, it wasn't a sniperish position. Posted by: richard mcenroe yeah, yeah, so what is you preferred word overwatch? besides, "sniperish" is not a technical term but something to convey some information in shorthand.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:18 AM (rDidD)

132 I'm not sure why none of the witnesses tried yo scare off the elk by honking their horns, etc. Maybe they were afraid to spook it. Posted by: sauropod at April 13, 2014 01:12 PM (G/vW6) The elk became particularly perturbed after he passed by the photographer into the grass, and the photographer spun around to face him.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:18 AM (IXrOn)

133 130 If you saw him, it wasn't a sniperish position.

***

Perhaps not "technically"...

http://t.co/rwMG3yea66

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 01:16 PM (DmNpO)

Letting your enemy know that you have superior positioning and firepower is a good way to avoid bloodshed completely, if they're rational. The objective was to get BLM to stand down, not a bloodbath.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 13, 2014 09:19 AM (sQ0LB)

134 They also conveniently omitted the part where the raccoon charged the photog $5.

Capitalism is alive and well in the Smokies.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at April 13, 2014 01:15 PM (0HooB)

Also another animal not to be trifled with. Was walking between buildings once, turned and a raccoon was 6 inches from my face hanging on the wall.

We agreed to both slowly back away.

Posted by: tangonine at April 13, 2014 09:21 AM (x3YFz)

135 NDH, all interesting points and questions. I have a feeling a lot of people have the intestinal fortitude determination to go to the creek but they really really do not want to, only as a last option. once you go down that road you are dealing with broken stuff,and if you love you country you would much prefer to fix it within than break and rebuild.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:21 AM (rDidD)

136 Letting your enemy know that you have superior positioning and firepower is a good way to avoid bloodshed completely, if they're rational. The objective was to get BLM to stand down, not a bloodbath. *** Yep, but it's their willingness to walk out their doors yesterday, knowing that they might take fire, that has me saying.... damn.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 13, 2014 09:21 AM (DmNpO)

137 You know who else had a first amendment area? The ChiComs; that one wall in Peking where you could post anything you wanted. The rest of China? No first amendment. Posted by: Anachronda at April 13, 2014 01:16 PM (U82Km) Insty had a link to powerlineblog. The pictures there alone are worth a visit to the link. There's a good one of the First Amendment Area sign and the fencing the put up. It still sickens me to think of this. http://tinyurl.com/nveju25

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:22 AM (IXrOn)

138 @ 116 There are a few, NDH--perhaps even enough of us to make the difference should the heretofore unthinkable happen. Did it once, guess I could do her again.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 13, 2014 09:22 AM (SAMxH)

139 Ukrainian Updates ‏@Ukroblogger Current map of #RussianInvasion-from-within. Govt gives terrorists until morning to surrender #Ukraine #Sloviansk pic.twitter.com/EZYJNHkBG2 Christopher Miller ‏@ChristopherJM In statement, acting #Ukraine President @Turchynov offers amnesty to those separatists who give up arms, leave govt buildings. Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR President @Turchynov: We've launched large-scale anti-terrorist operation involving Armed Forces in eastern #Ukraine http://rada.gov.ua/news/Top-novyna/91409.html Â…

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 09:23 AM (ZPrif)

140 Nope, have to agree there. He is a member of some isolationist nut cult, he does not wish to go along with the establishment who know better about what works best for them than he does, does not automatically condemn someone because a judge found against him, and believes differently than I do. He is dead to me also, so I am putting on my Che shirt and going down to WalMart to shoplift to stick it to the man.

Posted by: open minded and not a bigot in college at April 13, 2014 09:24 AM (caMDw)

141 Also another animal not to be trifled with. Was walking between buildings once, turned and a raccoon was 6 inches from my face hanging on the wall. We have raccoons around Casa Backwardio. A particularly large one hangs out around the mailbox. With them I do not mess.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 13, 2014 09:24 AM (0HooB)

142 I hate anthropomorphism and so does my cat.

Posted by: anchovy at April 13, 2014 09:24 AM (MNxW+)

143 An Empire pretending to be a Republic. Posted by: eman at April 13, 2014 01:13 PM (AO9UG) We've devolved into an oligarchy. We should have known years ago, when "ruling class" and "Washington elities", and "Washington insiders" began being bantered about freely in the press when describing government and the courtiers who feed at the overflowing teet of our government.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 09:24 AM (BZAd3)

144 You know who deserves some praise? The BLM or local police incident commander. Whoever said "I'm not going to start a shooting war with American citizens over a grazing rights dispute" deserves praise. For doing his goddamned job.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 13, 2014 09:25 AM (2NrWL)

145 as for guys open carrying legally, why the hell shouldn't they? why should someone be concerned about legally carrying a gun around anyone ever? no one set aside any second amendment areas only first amendment areas.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:25 AM (rDidD)

146 Is this the gun thread? Every post after 250 is gun thread.

Posted by: Prince Charles at April 13, 2014 09:25 AM (0FSuD)

147 Off ghey royal sock

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 13, 2014 09:26 AM (0FSuD)

148 In a perfect world the photographer would be billed for the cost of Euthanizing the elk and disposal of the carcass. If not required to be present for it.

Posted by: Kindletot at April 13, 2014 09:26 AM (caMDw)

149 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 13, 2014 01:23 PM (ZPrif) yep, it's ramping up

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:28 AM (IXrOn)

150 Speaking of cows. Awful!Â… DCCC Chair: Republican Base Â“Animated by RacismÂ” (Video) Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, April 13, 2014, 11:21 AM AWFUL. As George Will says, if you canÂ’t win a political argument, pound the table and cry racism. DCCC Chair Steve Israel says the Republican base is Â‘racist.Â’ Via the NRCC Blog: Candy Crowley: Do you think your Republican colleagues are racist? DCCC Chairl Steve Israel: Not all of them, no. Of course not. But to a significant extent, the Republican base does have elements that are animated by racism. Of course, Crowley just accepted the outrageous accusation and moved on.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:30 AM (IXrOn)

151 by the way, when did congressmen start wearing lapel pins? effin lapel pins have to go immediately. if is is a security thing they can wear them on the back of lapels.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:31 AM (rDidD)

152 We all talk a good game about a show of force but there were folks who volunteered themselves out there because, rightly or wrongly, they genuinely believed it was necessary. Perhaps their fuses are too short, perhaps not, but they made a conscious decision which resulted in the feds backing down and changing course. Exactly!! Just what hill will we did for, well for some this one it appears

Posted by: NativeNH at April 13, 2014 09:32 AM (mgLVI)

153 Die. Fucking auto correct

Posted by: NativeNH at April 13, 2014 09:33 AM (mgLVI)

154 Thread for the golfing morons up now (half an hour early relative to CBS' coverage of the Masters).

Posted by: Y-not at April 13, 2014 09:33 AM (zDsvJ)

155 new one

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 09:34 AM (T2V/1)

156 why a golf thread in the middle of all this?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:35 AM (rDidD)

157 I'm struggling to reconcile this: For a guy who won the Nobel Prize for peace even before he had to do anything - a guy who humbly proclaimed that by the sheer fact that he was elected that the rise of the seas stopped and the planet began to heal - that after a guy with this much power came the power, the world seems more screwed up now than it has possibly in my lifetime What am I missing?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 09:36 AM (BZAd3)

158 NDH: "In the end, we may well owe those folks a debt of gratitude for reminding those who would rule us that we aren't quite dead yet."

Another rabble-rousing son of a bitch: "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

I expect that old man Bundy is busy this afternoon, distributing water for his cattle. Whiskey for his men, and beer for his horses. Gentlemen now abed shall think themselves accursed and hold their manhoods cheap they were not there.

These are the times. These, right now. The cows have come home.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2014 09:36 AM (xq1UY)

159 I'm not really getting the Beck hate. Yeah, he's trying to make money. When did that become a bad thing? Apparently he disagrees with a judges verdict. My list of disagreements with judges is pretty long. He converted to Mormonism. Not my thing but freedom of religion right? Lastly, I think he's done more than anyone else to wake up millions of Americans to danger we are all facing from the tyrannical nature of our current government. What am I missing?

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at April 13, 2014 09:36 AM (kofqg)

160 151 if is is a security thing they can wear them on the back of lapels. ... like in those old movies where the Nazi agent had his party pin on the back of his lapel so he could flip it around to show you he was a party member if he needed to.

Posted by: Anachronda is in a very Godwin mood today at April 13, 2014 09:37 AM (U82Km)

161 51 if is is a security thing they can wear them on the back of lapels. ... like in those old movies where the Nazi agent had his party pin on the back of his lapel so he could flip it around to show you he was a party member if he needed to. Posted by: Anachronda is heh, I hadn,t seen those. my point is that a big round shiny congressman lapel pin is a little to close to a badge of nobility, rank, or privilege and should never be worn by anyone in America.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:39 AM (rDidD)

162 maybe an rifd chip like my dog has is a better solution than a big round shiny badge.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:40 AM (rDidD)

163 by the way, when did congressmen start wearing lapel pins? effin lapel pins have to go immediately. if is is a security thing they can wear them on the back of lapels. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 01:31 PM (rDidD) The main reason is so they can be easily identified by the Capitol Police and House doorkeepers. With so many of them and they all get to bypass the metal detectors, the pin makes things a lot easier. Freshmen senators usually wear them for several months to a year and then ditch them.

Posted by: Vendette at April 13, 2014 09:40 AM (+c9n+)

164 "What am I missing?"

A line from 'The Exorcist'.

"The devil is a liar".

Posted by: HH at April 13, 2014 09:44 AM (XXwdv)

165 The main reason is so they can be easily identified by the Capitol Police and House doorkeepers. With so many of them and they all get to bypass the metal detectors, the pin makes things a lot easier. Freshmen senators usually wear them for several months to a year and then ditch them. Posted by: Vendette Vendette! Interesting info. not good enough reason. no reason for wearing them on talk shows.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:46 AM (rDidD)

166 Interesting info. not good enough reason. no reason for wearing them on talk shows. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 01:46 PM (rDidD) Talk shows are definitely another issue.

Posted by: Vendette at April 13, 2014 09:48 AM (+c9n+)

167 I am looking for a whole lot more "sincerely humble servant of the people / I am just lucky to be here" in my representative.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2014 09:50 AM (rDidD)

168 NDH: "In the end, we may well owe those folks a debt of gratitude for reminding those who would rule us that we aren't quite dead yet." Another rabble-rousing son of a bitch: "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." I expect that old man Bundy is busy this afternoon, distributing water for his cattle. Whiskey for his men, and beer for his horses. Gentlemen now abed shall think themselves accursed and hold their manhoods cheap they were not there. These are the times. These, right now. The cows have come home. Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2014 01:36 PM (xq1UY) 159 I'm not really getting the Beck hate. Yeah, he's trying to ma This is why I give Glen Beck a lot of credit, too. He brought millions out in force. I was so shocked and exhilarated at the same time. So proud.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 09:52 AM (IXrOn)

169 The racoons are trying to re-colonize this area and they are hell on outside pets. The hide of one of them went into the pickling solution yesterday.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 13, 2014 09:57 AM (L02KD)

170 Awwww ... he just wants to play ... all 450 pounds of him.

Posted by: Kristophr at April 13, 2014 10:03 AM (c6N69)

171 Video is staged.

This wasn't just something that happened.

In my opinion.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 13, 2014 10:09 AM (JS0vr)

172 Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 13, 2014 01:36 PM (BZAd3)

It's racism.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 13, 2014 10:12 AM (JS0vr)

173 Butting heads with a spike is like butting heads with a teenager. Good thing the kid was only curious and not hellbent on practicing his sparring techniques.

Posted by: Fritz at April 13, 2014 10:13 AM (oJUxt)

174 It's racism. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 13, 2014 02:12 PM (JS0vr) This is just fun to read. George Will: Obama Administration Cries of Racism Are Becoming a Joke George Will commented on the Eric HolderÂ’s latest suggestion that the criticism against the Obama administration was racist in nature. Â“Liberalism has a kind of Tourette Syndrome these days. ItÂ’s constantly saying the words racism and racist. ThereÂ’s an old saying , if you have the law on your side, argue the law. If you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. If you have neither, pound the table. This is pounding the table. ThereÂ’s a kind of intellectual poverty now. Liberalism hasnÂ’t had a new idea since the 1960s, except Obamacare, and the country doesnÂ’t like it. Â“Foreign policy is a shambles from Russia to Iran to Syria to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And, the recovery is unprecedentedly bad. So, what do you do? You say anyone who criticizes us is a racist. ItÂ’s become a joke among young people. You go to a campus where this kind of political correctness reigns and some young person says, Â‘It looks like itÂ’s going to rain.Â’ And, the person next to him looks and says, Â‘YouÂ’re a racist.Â’ ItÂ’s so inappropriate. The constant invocation of this that it is becoming a national mirth.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 10:25 AM (IXrOn)

175 174 h/t thegatewaypundit

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 10:28 AM (IXrOn)

176 I figured that I can wait until next weekend to start mowing the lawn. But I swear the grass has grown an inch since I woke up this morning. I miss winter already.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 10:30 AM (sdi6R)

177 I'm not really getting the Beck hate. Yeah, he's trying to make money. When did that become a bad thing? Apparently he disagrees with a judges verdict. My list of disagreements with judges is pretty long. He converted to Mormonism. Not my thing but freedom of religion right? Lastly, I think he's done more than anyone else to wake up millions of Americans to danger we are all facing from the tyrannical nature of our current government. What am I missing? Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at April 13, 2014 01:36 PM (kofqg) Count me in on the confusion. I'm also waiting for the translation on the Beck rant, because truthfully, I couldn't make heads nor tails out of the statement.

Posted by: Jen at April 13, 2014 10:32 AM (Mt+Yq)

178 Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 02:30 PM (sdi6R) I cut my lawn the middle of this week, and I was tripping over the new growth this morning. Guess I need to sow more salt!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 13, 2014 10:39 AM (o3MSL)

179 George Will , "pound the table". Absolutely agree with this. I heard some of Holder's and Obama's whining about this to their choir, and you know what, their choir wasn't cheering like normal. If you listen to the recordings, there is lukewarm applause to the racism/abuse cries. Their base is aware they are being used and may be getting tired of it. Really, what has either of these jerks done to improve the lives of the black community, whose unemployment rate is "officially" 12%, with young 18 year old black men at "officially" 36%. These two talk and talk, and everything they do supresses job creation and employment.

Posted by: Jen at April 13, 2014 10:43 AM (Mt+Yq)

180 The National Park Service put that Elk down after that tape came out.

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at April 13, 2014 10:44 AM (OVmhO)

181 Count me in on the confusion. I'm also waiting for the translation on the Beck rant, because truthfully, I couldn't make heads nor tails out of the statement. Posted by: Jen at April 13, 2014 02:32 PM (Mt+Yq) fnord (Mt+Yq) ERMAGHERD! MERMAN!

Posted by: That Girl Who Says ERMAGHERD[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at April 13, 2014 10:46 AM (qyfb5)

182 NRO Senator John McCain condemned President ObamaÂ’s failure to support the Ukrainians with intelligence and weapons, and said that the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine is due to the United StatesÂ’ failure to act forcefully enough in response to PutinÂ’s annexation of Crimea. Â“HeÂ’s encouraged by the fact that we sanctioned a few people,Â” Senator McCain told Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation Sunday. Predicting that the Ukrainians will fight if RussiaÂ’s encroachments continue, he said that Â“we ought to at least, for GodÂ’s sake, give them some light weapons to defend themselves.Â”

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 10:57 AM (IXrOn)

183 Wild horse preservation groups say any attempt to remove the overpopulation of mustangs from southern Utah's pay-to-graze land would be a Federal Crime. ... GOTCHA !!!

Posted by: jEB bUSH, yEHAAAAAh at April 13, 2014 11:03 AM (/vO0r)

184 I guess McLame misses the Cold War. Sure, let's keep giving warnings and ultimatums to the Russians while we dismantle our own military including our nuclear forces. I can't possibly see anything that could go wrong with that.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 11:03 AM (sdi6R)

185 Count me in on the confusion. I'm also waiting for the translation on the Beck rant, because truthfully, I couldn't make heads nor tails out of the statement. Posted by: Jen ------------------- Well, I have met the man, and listened to him talk. If he is other than a good decent fellow, then my years of becoming attuned to personal impressions has been wasted. Is he passionate?, yes, more than most of us, but more's the pity. I believe that he feels a very deep concern about the current and the future state of The Republic. I do not feel that any party merits an attitude of, "My Party, right or wrong..". It is that attitude that produced some terrible politicians. Having said that, I'm not going to spend much time picking at GOPe's when I regard the Left as far, far, more damaging.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 13, 2014 11:08 AM (aDwsi)

186 This is a bit long, but hang with it. It hits home, and needs the context. Â“And She Starts To CryÂ” http://tinyurl.com/p8vupdo the comments are weird a lot deleted

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 11:12 AM (IXrOn)

187 For those of you who weren't up late on the ONT: Nevada Republican Party bi-annual convention Presidential straw poll: 1st: Rand Paul 2nd: Scott Walker 3rd: Ted Cruz

Posted by: The Polling Hat at April 13, 2014 11:13 AM (AymDN)

188 Why are ya'll messin' with my FDR cross dressing narrative!? Posted by: RWC TV show this morning said that FDR often used a cocaine solution to clear his sinuses while in the WH. I did that in the 70s. UT Austin study a while back made a good case that FDR didn't actually have polio but rather Guillain BarrÃ© Syndrome.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 13, 2014 11:15 AM (dyoqN)

189 Re the Bundy situation. Saw this at another site today.

"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more Â– we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.Â”.

― Ultraconservative Right Wing Kook Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

Posted by: Zippy at April 13, 2014 11:16 AM (HFSaY)

190
Absolutely agree with this. I heard some of Holder's and Obama's whining about this to their choir, and you know what, their choir wasn't cheering like normal. If you listen to the recordings, there is lukewarm applause to the racism/abuse cries.
Posted by: Jen at April 13, 2014 02:43 PM (Mt+Yq)
Bu Bob Woodward said he didn't hear anyone mention anything about race.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 13, 2014 11:17 AM (AaZet)

191 189 What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Posted by: Zippy at April 13, 2014 03:16 PM (HFSaY) Yup. We have abundant historical evidence about what the Left has in store for us if they ever get absolute power. Better safe than sorry.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 11:23 AM (sdi6R)

192 Nevada Republican Party bi-annual convention Presidential straw poll: 1st: Rand Paul 2nd: Scott Walker 3rd: Ted Cruz Posted by: The Polling Hat at April 13, 2014 03:13 PM (AymDN) I like it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 11:25 AM (IXrOn)

193 182 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 02:57 PM (IXrOn)

McShitty never met a war that he did want to send someone else's kids to.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 13, 2014 11:28 AM (T2V/1)

194 FYI, #WhiteTerrorism hashtag trending on Twitter.

Posted by: The H8 Hat at April 13, 2014 11:33 AM (AymDN)

195 194 FYI, #WhiteTerrorism hashtag trending on Twitter. Posted by: The H8 Hat at April 13, 2014 03:33 PM (AymDN) I wonder if it has something to do with this. It's a link I found in a comment at Sipsey Street Irregulars this morning: https://tinyurl.com/pmbtxdo Leftists are now openly calling Bundy and his supporters "domestic terrorists". It's so cute that they're concerned about the "rule of law" all of a sudden.

Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2014 11:39 AM (sdi6R)

196 McShitty never met a war that he did want to send someone else's kids to. Posted by: Vic at April 13, 2014 03:28 PM (T2V/1) He's been on a roll. It's crazy.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 11:39 AM (IXrOn)

197 Kaspar: probably. Animals that get too familiar with humans have to be dealt with. A fed bear is a dead bear. I'm sure they will come up with a similar homily for elk now.

Posted by: Kristophr at April 13, 2014 11:42 AM (c6N69)

198 Re: he Gosnell movie James Woods ✔ @RealJamesWoods Kirsten Powers: Liberals' mob rule http://usat.ly/1gJ2Kqx Scratch a liberal, find a fascist every time... twitchy

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 11:45 AM (IXrOn)

199 That elk will soon be appearing in some hunter's freezer.

Posted by: zdawg at April 13, 2014 12:04 PM (uNXF5)

200 elk medallions, yum food thread up

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 13, 2014 12:05 PM (IXrOn)

201 America's cattle have come home to rooost.

Posted by: Rev. Jeremiah Wright at April 13, 2014 12:09 PM (rJ47T)

202 Love the looks the elk keeps shooting at the videographer--"Can you believe this guy?!" Man, oh, man, the stupid is strong... "The only thing he could do"--how about RUN, genius?! (That happened to my dad once; he had been taking pictures out in Idaho somewhere when a moose spotted him and said, "! Photographer!" Fortunately, my dad had sense enough to beat feet for his truck!)

Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at April 13, 2014 12:11 PM (Aiwi+)

203 I see the photographer has John Kerry's magic hat...

Posted by: cbdenver at April 13, 2014 04:45 PM (hLe9L)

204 Not funny at all. That elk was destroyed by the TWRA.

The photographer should be jailed for about 6 months to think about what an idiot he is

Posted by: tug at April 13, 2014 06:09 PM (LQUXn)

205 Elk vs Hippie........advantage....ELK!!!!

Posted by: KIM at April 14, 2014 04:35 AM (3qosJ)

206 "Why are ya'll messin' with my FDR cross dressing narrative!?"

If you want to trash FDR, remind people that he was a collectivist sympathizer who gave away half of Europe to the communists without even raising his voice - let alone putting up a fight.

Posted by: anon at April 16, 2014 11:17 AM (lDq8n)

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