Video: Center for Medical Progress Gets a Taste of Their Own Medicine
Here’s what happens when you selectively edit a video to fit your agenda. #StandWithPP
Here’s what happens when you selectively edit a video to fit your agenda. #StandWithPP
In the Chuck Johnson case, Gawker has agreed to give Johnson until October 2nd to respond to their anti-SLAPP motion.
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) August 31, 2015
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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It would take Johnson less time if he could tweet his response. If only he had an account
Obama makes grand gesture to try and ERADICATE white history http://t.co/2QGxoRuY7z pic.twitter.com/Gr691QLIpX
— Allen West (@AllenWest) August 31, 2015
How the fuck do these morons get out of bed without strangling themselves with the sheets? https://t.co/LlHIVPoqwr
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 31, 2015
I want to see the full 12-hour video where Mike Huckabee rapes a baby seal before he clubs it to death!
JK I totally don’t want to see that.
So, does Ben fap to Miley or to Sarah Palin’s big giant gun?
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 31, 2015
re: #8 The Vicious Babushka
So, does Ben fap to Miley or to Sarah Palin’s big giant gun?
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I’m wondering if there is such a thing as a future. It all seems to be a endless loop of the past reappearing in different clothes over and over again. If we could only defeat (fill in blank). You know all the problems are due to these (fill in blank). If we don’t (fill in blank) we will (fill in blank).
It’s like a bad movie. With bad actors. And a ridiculous story line. But the lines are long and the reviews are great.
UPDATED: Area around Trump Tower will be closed until Tuesday due to unstable antenna http://t.co/bWHZ1YStR0 pic.twitter.com/3ce5AEaVA8
— CP24 (@CP24) August 31, 2015
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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When asked for comment, they said, “Something along the lines of giving him all the rope he needs to hang himself,” and smirked.
re: #5 Kragar
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Allen West really is just a Useful Idiot for the white supremacists, isn’t he?
So this happened on my way home from work==>
Southfield Fwy. exit to I-96 reopens after sign is hit. http://t.co/Lrvf2LF3bA pic.twitter.com/Eslk8pwkf4
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) August 31, 2015
re: #10 nines09
It repeats because we’re paying attention. If you don’t connect history to current events, like 80+% of the world’s population, you don’t see any patterns.
re: #15 Belafon
It repeats because we’re paying attention. If you don’t connect history to current events, like 80+% of the world’s population, you don’t see any patterns.
You have a point. But it’s getting very old.
Alaska just voted to rename Columbus to Ted Stevens Land What? We don't get to name shit in your state? Hmmm https://t.co/8AnK4DNlJk
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 31, 2015
re: #11 lockjawcanbefun
I didn’t even know there were any Trump Towers in Canada. Hmmm….
re: #11 lockjawcanbefun
The antenna finally realized it was working for Trump and is threatening to jump... https://t.co/CqVFmzQHnV
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) August 31, 2015
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
I didn’t even know there were any Trump Towers in Canada. Hmmm….
The Brick sells Trump mattresses.
Gag.
re: #11 lockjawcanbefun
“I’m a builder. I build stuff!”
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
I didn’t even know there were any Trump Towers in Canada. Hmmm….
My son works across the street from a new Trump Tower going up in Vancouver.
re: #20 WhatEVs
The Brick sells Trump mattresses.
Gag.
Because when I can’t sleep, I think of Donald Trump.
ETA: Actually, it’s the other way ‘round.
re: #5 Kragar
By renaming the peak Denali, an Athabascan word meaning “the high one,” Obama has incensed lawmakers and residents alike of the state of Ohio.
I still shake my head in amazement that Ohio lawmakers are pissed about something happening Alaska.
re: #23 b_sharp
My son works across the street from a new Trump Tower going up in Vancouver.
How many penis replacements does one man need?
Isn’t there something in Ohio they could name after Mckinley?
re: #25 Dr. Matt
I still shake my head in amazement that Ohio lawmakers are pissed about something happening Alaska.
I’m more amused that the screamers think folks in Ohio give a damn about a mountain in Alaska or McKinley.
re: #8 The Vicious Babushka
There’s probably a lesbian scene involved…
Miley uses her Thin White Privilege to wiggle her teeny weeny tushie & call herself a “Feminist” because she wants to be Beyoncé when she grows up
re: #11 lockjawcanbefun
Trump’s antenna is indeed unstable…
Obama administration will work with Ohio "to acknowledge President McKinley's contributions to our country" http://t.co/PMo6fabv2w
— Alaska Dispatch News (@adndotcom) August 31, 2015
Something in Hawaii, maybe, since McKinley was president when Hawaii was annexed.
A volcano, perhaps…
re: #10 nines09
I’m wondering if there is such a thing as a future. It all seems to be a endless loop of the past reappearing in different clothes over and over again. If we could only defeat (fill in blank). You know all the problems are due to these (fill in blank). If we don’t (fill in blank) we will (fill in blank).
It’s like a bad movie. With bad actors. And a ridiculous story line. But the lines are long and the reviews are great.
The special effects keep getting better, but the popcorn is too damn high.
Wheels down #obamaAK pic.twitter.com/nOKr1lZS9B
— Mudflats (@Mudflats) August 31, 2015
Jeanne Devon is part of the White House Press Pool at Elmendorf AFB today.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Obama administration will work with Ohio “to acknowledge President McKinley’s contributions to our country”…
The “William McKinley ACA Headquarters Building” would be nice.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Awesome.
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something in Hawaii, maybe, since McKinley was president when Hawaii was annexed.
A volcano, perhaps…
mckinley was a notably nice person, and besides that he was also very big on the gold standard
also, he wanted to help the ‘little brown people’ in the philippines
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Jeanne Devon is part of the White House Press Pool at Elmendorf AFB today.
She has Brian with her. We can only hope for a pix.
re: #38 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
I really do think that something in Hawaii is more appropriate for recognizing McKinley since he had an actual connection to Hawaii.
re: #42 #CampaignZero
She has Brian with her. We can only hope for a pix.
Brian guarding the press pass:
Heading in to Elmendorf AFB for the landing of Air Force One. #POTUSAK pic.twitter.com/Wnn8oOBmYy
— Mudflats (@Mudflats) August 31, 2015
re: #8 The Vicious Babushka
So, does Ben fap to Miley or to Sarah Palin’s big giant gun?
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I suspect I could have a more intelligent conversation with Miley than with Sarah. Not sure about Ben having one with either.
New Mexico's Republican Secretary Dianna Duran is charged w/fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, etc #GOPCorruption http://t.co/xky5dIerbz
— ✨Nicole Bonnet✨ (@NicoleBonnet1) August 31, 2015
(I have Brian’s clone sitting here at the computer, watching…)
re: #45 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I suspect I could have a more intelligent conversation with Miley than with Sarah. Not sure about Ben having one with either.
Ask all three of them about their charity work.
re: #13 Blind Frog Belly White
No. He’s just an Idiot.
re: #34 Amory Blaine
Trumps base is unstable.
That is the understatement of the day. Maybe the week. Could be the year if it keeps up.
re: #41 Amory Blaine
I am probably going to watch that 1000 times. Thank you!
re: #46 Kragar
New Mexico’s Republican Secretary Dianna Duran is charged w/fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, etc
Bad apple! Lone wolf!
(Kinda fits everything Republican these days.)
re: #54 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Miley does more, IIRC.
Yep. I suspect Ben’s and Sarah’s consists of talking about how much they took people for.
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
(I have Brian’s clone sitting here at the computer, watching…)
Someday tell me your name on the ‘flats!
Unicode wëirdness making me tear out my remaining hair.
re: #64 Charles Johnson
I was wondering what was going on.
re: #64 Charles Johnson
Unicode wëirdness making me tear out my remaining hair.
Don’t you go Trump on us, Charles!
#ObamaAK pic.twitter.com/TFrXMF7jSI
— Mudflats (@Mudflats) August 31, 2015
re: #61 Belafon
Yep. I suspect Ben’s and Sarah’s consists of talking about how much they took people for.
I can’t imagine any reasonable conversation from Ben or Sarah. Both are absolute idiots.
Miley is a kid who’s trying desperately to shake her Hanna Montana image. She’s Christina Aguilera or any of the other kid stars who want to be grown up before they’re grown up.
re: #66 Nyet
I’m sure Chuck would look fine without his hair. Trump? Not so much.
re: #66 Nyet
Don’t you go Trump on us, Charles!
Lots more combover potential, if the ponytail is still there.
re: #63 #CampaignZero
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re: #54 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Miley does more, IIRC.
Yeah she started a charity (The Happy Hippie Foundation) that aims to provide digital support groups to homeless and LGBT youth and other services. I don’t like her music, but I think she does have a good heart and a good head on her shoulders despite all her craziness. She’s a far better person than Sarah or Ben that’s for sure.
re: #62 Charles Johnson
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accept-charset on any <form> tags set to utf-8, familiarize yourself with the unicode utf-8 stuff conversion stuff in PHP. It’s what I’m doing :3
Edit: developer.mozilla.org
re: #50 Jayleia
I was noticing on FB the prevalance of some Sheriff Clarke, whose job seems to be to provide racists with the ability to write, “Even Sheriff Clarke, who is black, says [fill in attack on black people here]”, and that also seems to be increasingly Allen West’s function.
Race is a social construct, they say. And I remind them that money is a social construct, too. Social constructs have power.
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 28, 2015
I missed that yesterday. He’s good.
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
Isn’t there something in Ohio they could name after Mckinley?
There are already things named after McKinley in Ohio. This is much to do about nothing for anyone that is not an Ohio Obama hater.
re: #70 wrenchwench
Trump hair is in the wiki article on combover.
Cheney warns #ISIS could carry out new 9/11 http://t.co/r2TJNRCBr7 #TheLead pic.twitter.com/TeZTIn9Bc7
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 31, 2015
If only a leader of vision like Dick Cheney had been in the corridors of power at the time of the actual 9/11!
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re: #13 Blind Frog Belly White
Allen West really is just a Useful Idiot for the white supremacists, isn’t he?
Yep. Uncle Tom to the max.
re: #79 bratwurst
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If only a leader of vision like Dick Cheney had been in the corridors of power at the time of the actual 9/11!
Did Cheney mention how ISIS came into power?
re: #79 bratwurst
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If only a leader of vision like Dick Cheney had been in the corridors of power at the time of the actual 9/11!
Like Al Qaeda carried out 9/11 on his watch?
re: #83 Patricia Kayden
Like Al Qaeda carried out 9/11 on his watch?
“Nobody could have predicted”, except the folks who did.
re: #78 Nyet
Trump hair is in the wiki article on combover.
you all wonder about trump’s actual policies, but the truth is they are encoded in the complex but meaningful weavings and braidings of trump’s haircomb, like a quipu
How to troll in style.
.@POTUS just arrived in Alaska and posted his first photo on Instagram → https://t.co/J8KIPD0vMd #ActOnClimate pic.twitter.com/qp2ES9um99
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 31, 2015
Cheney slams Hillary for emails. When he was VP, all of his emails were at his official http://t.co/tMQb4S4TqF address.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) August 31, 2015
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
I didn’t even know there were any Trump Towers in Canada. Hmmm….
My cousin lives in one close to Toronto which is supposed to look like Marilyn Monroe walking.
re: #86 klys (maker of Silmarils)
How to troll in style.
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Wait for it… Waaaait for it…
HURR DURR GLOBAL WARMING!!!1!11
Sigh. Just another day in Wingnuttia.
re: #80 #CampaignZero
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Today was a shitty day in Islamic History:
1876 - Abdul Hamid II (pictured) became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire when his brother Murad V was deposed.
Abdul Hamid II perverted the at that time new Constitution of the Ottoman Empire, which would have created a state similar to the UK or other western powers, and instead became the 1st Modern Dictatorship.
This is the man who killed the Ottoman Empire.
re: #87 De Kolta Chair
The one thing I give Cheney credit for is modeling exactly how to live without shame. The man has the gonads to totally mess up, brush himself off and then act like absolutely nothing happened. It’s an amazing performance.
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Tell me too!! Please. (I can’t even remember what name I used on Mudflats—been years since I’ve been there.)
re: #92 Patricia Kayden
The one thing I give Cheney credit for is modeling exactly how to live without shame. The man has the gonads to totally mess up, brush himself off and then act like absolutely nothing happened. It’s an amazing performance.
Not gonads as much as being a total psychopath.
re: #94 BeachDem
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re: #91 The War TARDIS
when his brother Murad V was deposed.
but he made up for it by later becoming a big success in eye care products
Religious fundamentalist cavemen.
Where there was once a beautiful temple in #Palmyra, there is now only dust per @UNOSAT satellite images: pic.twitter.com/srsPRFMU7o
— David Clinch (@DavidClinchNews) August 31, 2015
Like when the Taliban destroyed all those ancient Buddhist statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan.
re: #91 The War TARDIS
Has anybody here ever given you the idea that they enjoy it when you post this kind of shit?
#frogOTD Chaperina fusca, Saffron Bellied Frog, a tiny frog that secretes a yellow fluid when handled @AmphibiaWeb pic.twitter.com/PWV44qPDuT
— Phil Bishop (@AmphibianPhil) August 31, 2015
re: #99 goddamnedfrank
I am trying to get across how much I loathe this man.
I will delete the last sentence though.
OT, but perhaps a more useful one:
Any Lizard recommendations in Boston? mr. klys is heading there for business soon, and after the UK trip I get to come along too. We have one day in the city proper before it becomes all-work-all-the-time (the meeting is about an hour outside of Boston, and I will be working too, so).
Food and things to do would be helpful.
Also rearranging travel is a stupid headache (it came juuuuuuuuuuust close enough to the vacation plans that we had to shuffle a bunch).
In case Wingnutland was getting bored:
Seems made up but true: Obama & Bear Grylls in Alaska: http://t.co/l9aHw6wlw4 #obamaAK
— Erica Martinson (@EricaMartinson) August 31, 2015
Can't believe Obama bulldozed America's tallest mountain and replaced it with 19 gay mosques.
— Internet, Eh? (@InternetEh) August 31, 2015
Charles, you broke the Twitter parser thing I think.
re: #94 BeachDem
Tell me too!! Please. (I can’t even remember what name I used on Mudflats—been years since I’ve been there.)
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re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)
OT, but perhaps a more useful one:
Any Lizard recommendations in Boston? mr. klys is heading there for business soon, and after the UK trip I get to come along too. We have one day in the city proper before it becomes all-work-all-the-time (the meeting is about an hour outside of Boston, and I will be working too, so).
Food and things to do would be helpful.
Also rearranging travel is a stupid headache (it came juuuuuuuuuuust close enough to the vacation plans that we had to shuffle a bunch).
Whatever you do, where ever you go “DO NOT MENTION TOM BRADY’S BALLS”!!!!!!!!!
OK, am I missing something? The Twitter embeds are all code now…
re: #105 Timothy Watson
Charles, you broke the Twitter parser thing I think.
Or the Twitter parser broke LGF.
re: #105 Timothy Watson
Charles, you broke the Twitter parser thing I think.
it’s been rebranded as ‘stutter’
re: #77 ObserverArt
There are already things named after McKinley in Ohio. This is much to do about nothing for anyone that is not an Ohio Obama hater.
Like Linden McKinley High School, but the wingers don’t like to claim it because black.
As I pointed out yesterday, even
The Columbus Dispatch calls Ohio’s insistence an “unseemly effort on behalf of a politician who never set foot near the mountain and had no known interest in it.”
When you’ve lost the Dispatch…
re: #101 The War TARDIS
I am trying to get across how much I loathe this man.
You are not a child. You are an educated adult. Try harder.
re: #107 Nyet
Apparently there’s a bug with embedded tweets in private comments.
A hamster or three walked off on the job. Needs moar hamster-style!
re: #107 Nyet
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re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth
Duh—of course—now I remember. (thanks)
re: #101 The War TARDIS
I am trying to get across how much I loathe this man.
That’s great. I’m trying to get across to you that
Seriously. It’s just some random asshole who was dead probably seventy years before you were born.
Am I the only one who is not seeing embedded Tweets, but code instead? I already reloaded the page and I’m still seeing it.
Win 10, Chrome.
re: #121 makeitstop
Am I the only one who is not seeing embedded Tweets, but code instead? I already reloaded the page and I’m still seeing it.
Win 10, Chrome.
Reload the page, Charles fixed it.
Like magic.
re: #116 teleskiguy
A hamster or three walked off on the job. Needs moar hamster-style!
re: #119 Charles Johnson
Reload the page, folks.
Someone’s been playing around in the production environment.
re: #124 thedopefishlives
Someone’s been playing around in the production environment.
CAN’T PROVE A CAT DIDN’T RUN ACROSS THE KEYBOARD.
re: #107 Nyet
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re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)
OT, but perhaps a more useful one:
Any Lizard recommendations in Boston? mr. klys is heading there for business soon, and after the UK trip I get to come along too. We have one day in the city proper before it becomes all-work-all-the-time (the meeting is about an hour outside of Boston, and I will be working too, so).
Food and things to do would be helpful.
Also rearranging travel is a stupid headache (it came juuuuuuuuuuust close enough to the vacation plans that we had to shuffle a bunch).
There’s a Hop On Hop Off bus that covers all the different areas of Boston so you get not just transportation but a tour at the same time. The MIT Museum is fantastic. Harvard has a couple of museums, too. Walking around Cambridge is a blast. The USS Constitution is fun as is the land/water tour. We did that and saw a monster freighter that was carrying something like 14,000 cars. I have never seen anything as big as that before. Faneuil Hall is cool just for the concept of the history. It’s mostly shopping now but, seriously…just think about what happened there. Salem has an awesome tour, too, with an area maintained from the witch trial days. (Skip Plymouth Rock…it’s literally a 4’ rock with a fence around it.) There’s a great walking tour around Boston itself.
Use Yelp or Urban Spoon for food suggestions. Legal Seafood is everywhere but, while good, it’s not the best and doesn’t give you a real local feel.
re: #124 thedopefishlives
Someone’s been playing around in the production environment.
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re: #124 thedopefishlives
Someone’s been playing around in the production environment.
Some things can only be tested on the production server for reasons.
re: #112 BeachDem
Like Linden McKinley High School, but the wingers don’t like to claim it because black.
As I pointed out yesterday, even
The Columbus Dispatch calls Ohio’s insistence an “unseemly effort on behalf of a politician who never set foot near the mountain and had no known interest in it.”
When you’ve lost the Dispatch…
Better yet and possibly one of the states largest and most successful high school sports programs…Canton McKinley.
By the way, now that Kasich has joined in the bitching, do you think The Dispatch will suddenly find the problems with it all?
re: #129 Charles Johnson
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re: #129 Charles Johnson
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re: #106 #CampaignZero
Now I have to go over to Mudflats and see if I’m still in archives and try to remember my damn name.
I do remember doing an Alaska media buy back when, and specifically buying Shannyn Moore’s show—which has nothing to do with anything, but it just popped into my memory.
re: #136 wrenchwench
My day is inevitably made much better by kittens on treadmills.
re: #131 Charles Johnson
Some things can only be tested on the production server for reasons.
The thing is, that’s something you’re allowed to do. If I did that, I’d get my ass canned for it.
re: #5 Kragar
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re: #141 Charles Johnson
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re: #141 Charles Johnson
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— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) August 31, 2015
re: #141 Charles Johnson
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re: #140 TedStriker
I see Uncle Ruckus is still trying to get into White Heaven.
re: #145 Nyet
We do not have a treadmill, but if we did, I’m pretty sure Esther would be that first cat.
Except with more claws.
So sad. A beautiful and tangible link to our distant past reduced to rubble by a death cult.
Before & after image shows extent of Temple of Bel's destruction in Palmyra by IS militants http://t.co/Bien99vTSP pic.twitter.com/iYOpmLg7WD
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 31, 2015
re: #127 WhatEVs
There’s a Hop On Hop Off bus that covers all the different areas of Boston so you get not just transportation but a tour at the same time. The MIT Museum is fantastic. Harvard has a couple of museums, too. Walking around Cambridge is a blast. The USS Constitution is fun as is the land/water tour. We did that and saw a monster freighter that was carrying something like 14,000 cars. I have never seen anything as big as that before. Faneuil Hall is cool just for the concept of the history. It’s mostly shopping now but, seriously…just think about what happened there. Salem has an awesome tour, too, with an area maintained from the witch trial days. (Skip Plymouth Rock…it’s literally a 4’ rock with a fence around it.) There’s a great walking tour around Boston itself.
Use Yelp or Urban Spoon for food suggestions. Legal Seafood is everywhere but, while good, it’s not the best and doesn’t give you a real local feel.
Good suggestions. I’d add the JFK Museum at UMass Boston as well.
re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)
North End (Old North Church), and if you’re near HAH-vud, Russell House Tavern (steak frites is REALLY good!) just off of Harvard Square.
re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)
OT, but perhaps a more useful one:
Any Lizard recommendations in Boston? mr. klys is heading there for business soon, and after the UK trip I get to come along too. We have one day in the city proper before it becomes all-work-all-the-time (the meeting is about an hour outside of Boston, and I will be working too, so).
Food and things to do would be helpful.
Also rearranging travel is a stupid headache (it came juuuuuuuuuuust close enough to the vacation plans that we had to shuffle a bunch).
Which direction outside of Boston? Hey—you might be working, but ya gotta eat!
re: #153 BeachDem
Which direction outside of Boston? Hey—you might be working, but ya gotta eat!
West-ish.
I don’t know what the breakdown is going to be on nights he is stuck with coworkers versus just the two of us.
re: #132 ObserverArt
By the way, now that Kasich has joined in the bitching, do you think The Dispatch will suddenly find the problems with it all?
Most likely. And the Plain Dealer will obviously bend over backward for their boy, Johnnie. Sigh.
Again I contend that if you asked 100 people walking by the State House who is the man depicted in the statue, 99 of them would not have clue fucking one that it was McKinley, and the other one wouldn’t care.
(So hey—you could take a mic, head downtown, and do some man on the street interviews!!)
//
Ohio is in a state of Denali. They’re looking for someone to McKinlay the blame on. #toolate
— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) August 31, 2015
re: #150 teleskiguy
Ya know, as a history buff, especially ancient history that right there is enough for me to go to war in some regards.
Gawd these people.
Obama unilaterally renames the tallest peak in N America? Strikes the name of Republican President McKinley? Reverses an Act of Congress?
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) August 31, 2015
re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #162 goddamnedfrank
Here’s a feel-better chaser:
upon seeing Obama, Poldine Carlo, 94, a Dena'ina (or Athabascan) elder, broke into song. told the pool she was singing him the Denali song
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 31, 2015
re: #165 TedStriker
I’ve never seen a naked lady tee, let alone a whole box of them. What do they look like?
So Benny... Fapping off to #Gunporn I see. Has it really come to this? No pun intended. .@benshapiro
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) August 31, 2015
re: #122 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Reload the page, Charles fixed it.
Like magic.
Yeah, I see I got here just after the ‘reload the page’ alert.
Timing is everything. Mine’s awful today.
Fuck these trolls.
POLL: #BlackLivesMatter or #AllLivesMatter http://t.co/irnU0Rrsgp pic.twitter.com/mjOilnpbuD
— National Review (@NRO) August 31, 2015
Sheriff says 'black lives matter' rhetoric fueled deputy shooting, @deray says it's baseless http://t.co/GLlYvdKOf0 http://t.co/L2ND6ElB69
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) August 31, 2015
Don’t the wingnuts call talk radio ranter Mark Levin “The Great One” now? There’s some quality irony. @HaroldItz
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 31, 2015
re: #169 goddamnedfrank
They’ve regressed from rejecting JBS to fucking being JBS. The hoods are off.
re: #159 thedopefishlives
Was there a mööse involved?
Just €-trash testing here, nothing to see, pass along…
I know what you are thinking; "Jeet, your schemes to clone dead Republican presidents will end in disaster." Trust me, I know what I'm doing
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) August 31, 2015
Some local news. This ought to rile up the xenophobes in Colorado a little more.
2 Mexican nationals arrested in connection with illegal marijuana grow site on Buffalo Pass. http://t.co/Jyb2NXjGeU pic.twitter.com/EqpG2W6cOM
— Pilot & Today (@steamboatpilot) August 31, 2015
re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)
OT, but perhaps a more useful one:
Any Lizard recommendations in Boston? mr. klys is heading there for business soon, and after the UK trip I get to come along too. We have one day in the city proper before it becomes all-work-all-the-time (the meeting is about an hour outside of Boston, and I will be working too, so).
Food and things to do would be helpful.
Also rearranging travel is a stupid headache (it came juuuuuuuuuuust close enough to the vacation plans that we had to shuffle a bunch).
I was up there in late June/early July. Unfortunately not that much time spent in the city proper that wasn’t over at the hospital visiting.
The New England Aquarium was good. Also walked through Quincy Market. Pubs all over the place, but one restaurant that had really good seared scallops was a place called “Grotto”. Other than that all I got to see in the city itself was walking about.
If you’re thinking of touristing further afield in the general area Cape Ann is sort of neat. Visited a museum in Gloucester and also did some walking around there as well. Lots of little parks and reserves if you want to hike and also sea birds up on Plum Island.
re: #169 goddamnedfrank
Fuck these trolls.
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#BlackLivesMatter=#AllLivesMatter & #BlackLivesMatter just as much as WhiteLives
#AllLivesMatter=Fuck those Nwords.
re: #169 goddamnedfrank
Fuck these trolls.
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All lives do matter, but you don’t see cops gunning down white people in the street in cold blood, now, do you?
The question I have, are the masses of Americans who usually ignore political banter, typically drowning themselves in meaningless B-rate entertainment like the VMA awards, going to notice how conivingly vile so many of the GOP politicians and wanna-be politicians have become?
And if they notice, will the masses bother to show up to the polls and vote?
Oh - and the USS Constitution is currently in dry dock as well. And I believe partially dismasted as a result. However, I believe it is still open for tours, but possibly with restricted hours.
#Obama, you are only the president. You have taken an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, not to shred it. Mt. McKinley.
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) August 31, 2015
re: #5 Kragar
The comments under that article are so, so stupid. Reactionaries are going to dramatically react to any change. Always. @Kragar_LGF
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 31, 2015
re: #181 jaunte
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“Only” the president? Would he dare say that to a white president?
re: #166 teleskiguy
I’ve never seen a naked lady tee, let alone a whole box of them. What do they look like?
You asked for this….
re: #183 thedopefishlives
Insanity over a peak, but not yet peak insanity.
re: #181 jaunte
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So McKinley is the mountain that the RWNJs are going to make their stand on.
RBS
I hope Obama has saved something fun for later in the week.
re: #187 jaunte
I hope Obama has saved something fun for later in the week.
I’m thinking back to that meme from years ago:
re: #161 teleskiguy
Strikes the name of Republican President McKinley? Reverses an Act of Congress?
The Lamentations Of Cleveland
re: #184 Reality Based Steve
Yep. Dems some nekkid lady tees. All that’s missing are the exploding trick golf balls.
It’s good to be king a white wingnut criminal.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a request by former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell to remain out of prison while he appeals his corruption convictions.
In a brief unsigned order, the court said McDonnell, who was governor from 2010 until 2014, would not have to report to prison until he completes the appeals process.
(compare and contrast with the sad story of the young man who died in jail months after committing the horrible crime of stealing $5 worth of snacks)
Yeah—all lives matter, but some certainly do matter more than others. Spit.
.@psddluva4evah @Johngcole @Green_Footballs I'm not sure I understand this one. Does he think the naming of mountains is in constitution?
— PrincipledHayekian (@DougJBalloon) August 31, 2015
re: #186 Reality Based Steve
So McKinley is the mountain that the RWNJs are going to make their stand on.
RBS
It will end as well for them as the Italians at the Battle of Caporetto.
re: #193 Timothy Watson
It will end as well for them as the Italians at the Battle of Caporetto.
A Farewell to Derp.
re: #154 klys (maker of Silmarils)
West-ish.
I don’t know what the breakdown is going to be on nights he is stuck with coworkers versus just the two of us.
If you are in Boston, head down to the Seaport area, lots of good restaurants and bars and the area has been pretty nicely redone.
Of course there is always the north end if you are looking for great italian food, I like Strega but it is hard to go wrong up there, a bad italian restaurant wouldn’t survive long amongst all the competition.
An hour west-ish of Boston sounds kinda like Worcester which has a surprisingly good restaurant scene too, but I wont start throwing out names since an hour west of boston could be any number of places in central mass.
re: #194 b.d.
NEVER FORGET MT. MacKINNLY!!
You know some of them probably have made a Twibbon over this.
Seven years from now, suburban elementary schools will be filled with little McKinleys, experimenting with distinctive nicknames to stand out from the crowd.
re: #161 teleskiguy
Gawd these people.
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Did Obama do what the people of Alaska wanted? Yes! But reactionaries like @SteveKingIA automatically hate anything Obama does.
— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) August 31, 2015
re: #181 jaunte
Rep. King, to quote the Sith Warrior from SWTOR: “Some elaboration is required.”
Please enlighten us with all these examples of unconstitutional actions by the President. Also please show us what part of the constitution deals with the names of mountains. I’ll wait.
Srsly, I have all day.
A fruitloop from Iowa bitching about the renaming of an Alaskan mountain against the wishes of the Ohio delegation.
Fuck me, I picked the wrong week to quit drinkin’…
re: #199 jaunte
Seven years from now, suburban elementary schools will be filled with little McKinleys, experimenting with distinctive nicknames to stand out from the crowd.
and to think it could have been mount fillmore or mount hayes…
I wonder if King is just worried that people will forget him now since Trump has sucked all the wingnut energy towards himself.
@SteveKingIA Steve King. You are only a Rep. Not even a Senator. Yada yada yada. Mt. Kilimanjaro.
— #JeSuisMcKinley (@Wilson__Valdez) August 31, 2015
Basically, we have a constitutional crisis on our hands with this whole "renaming a mountain its original name" thing.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) August 31, 2015
re: #196 danarchy
It is not quite an hour out, it looks like - just past Concord.
CA makes judging distances out east tricky.
The Derp is strong in this one…. (From FreeRepugnant). BLUF: Since National Parks isn’t an enumerated power in the Constitution, they are illegal and the states can simply reject and nullify them.
Re-posting here…
Alaska can stop Obama is his tracks. Although Obama’s action would appear to be giving back the original state-centered name instead of the national “McKinley” name, this is really a series of unconstitutional federal acts.
First of all, “national parks” are an unconstitutional federal land-grab from the states, regardless of how benign or benevolent such act may seem at the time. The only valid federal ownership of state land is described in Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution which says:
“[Congress shall have Power…] to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;—”
National parks were not purchased upon consent by state legislatures for the use of “Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings”, so national parks are unconstitutional federal acts. The states can make state parks according to the consent of the people and legislature of that state.
Secondly, because national parks constitute unconstitutional federal commandeering of state land, the state may reject and nullify such an act. Unconstitutional federal acts are by definition acts of tyranny - it’s just that some acts of federal tyranny begin with a happy face. Sates have the right and the duty to stand against such acts.
Here, Alaska can stop Obama in his tracks. First, Alaska can declare, on sound constitutional principle, that Denali was not purchased upon consent by the Alaskan state legislature for the use of “Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings” and can therefore, take back this land. If Alaska actually paid money to the feds for this land originally (I doubt it) then Alaska can pay back the equivalent or reasonable amount now. Most likely, the feds didn’t pay for Denali in which case Alaska can simply assume control of the land upon notification to the feds (NOT permission from the feds).
Laying that groundwork would make the next step of throwing Obama’s act of renaming Mt. McKinley back in his face an easy one. Most likely Alaska would simply make this a state park. Either way, it is ALASKA, NOT Obama, who can name the mountain whatever it wants.
Duplicitously Eradicating National American Landmarks in the name of radical Islam
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 31, 2015
re: #209 Reality Based Steve
Did anyone point out to this rocket scientist that AK has been trying to get the name changed for like four decades?
re: #209 Reality Based Steve
“Alaska can stop Obama in his tracks”
Too bad for his fantasy that Alaskans prefer the name Denali.
re: #210 teleskiguy
I forget; what’d Dave Weigel’s deal? Wingnut? Normal person predispositioned to derp?
re: #211 Mattand
Did anyone point out to this rocket scientist that AK has been trying to get the name changed for like four decades?
Remember the advice of the Little Corporal: “Never correct your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
re: #154 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Balloon Juice had a whole thread about Boston tourism yesterday. Here’s a link to the thread. There may be some good suggestions there.
re: #213 Mattand
I forget; what’d Dave Weigel’s deal? Wingnut? Normal person predispositioned to derp?
Someone who thinks he’s far more clever than he really is.
re: #213 Mattand
I forget; what’d Dave Weigel’s deal? Wingnut? Normal person predispositioned to derp?
Normal person making a joke
This Denali business is beyond stupid.
I really think we’ve reached the point where Obama could make the 2016 general election significantly easier for Democrats to win simply by saying that it’s a bad idea to jaywalk on highways.
Wingnuts from coast to coast would oppose such tyranny by messily self-destructing in traffic.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Kentucky Clerk’s Request To Halt Same-Sex Marriage Order http://t.co/yc1bTBusnM pic.twitter.com/mpWsdpmW4l
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 31, 2015
re: #211 Mattand
Did anyone point out to this rocket scientist that AK has been trying to get the name changed for like four decades?
I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t make any difference. You keep forgetting that we are working deep behind the Derp Line, and the rules of logic, sense and congruent thought simply don’t apply anymore.
RBS
re: #209 Reality Based Steve
The Derp is strong in this one…. (From FreeRepugnant). BLUF: Since National Parks isn’t an enumerated power in the Constitution, they are illegal and the states can simply reject and nullify them.
we need a term for the belief that no law exists outside of the constitution
re: #213 Mattand
I forget; what’d Dave Weigel’s deal? Wingnut? Normal person predispositioned to derp?
A mostly lucid libertarian, but still a libertarian. Doesn’t mind associating with some scumbags.
re: #221 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
we need a term for the belief that no law exists outside of the constitution
Rank stupidity?
The big question, and perhaps there is already an answer and I missed it, is whether Sarah Palin is going to repudiate her own longstanding pro-Denali position for the love of grifting.
re: #221 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
we need a term for the belief that no law exists outside of the constitution
constitutional fetish.
re: #220 Reality Based Steve
I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t make any difference. You keep forgetting that we are working deep behind the Derp Line, and the rules of logic, sense and congruent thought simply don’t apply anymore.
RBS
the mason-derpson line?
re: #207 klys (maker of Silmarils)
It is not quite an hour out, it looks like - just past Concord.
CA makes judging distances out east tricky.
Ah all of those little towns on route 2 like Acton, Stow, and Maynard, mostly places I just drive through, sorry, can’t really help you there.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If she continues to refuse to issue licenses tomorrow, she could be on her way to jail soon.
re: #211 Mattand
Did anyone point out to this rocket scientist that AK has been trying to get the name changed for like four decades?
That would be a banning offense at Free Repugnant.
re: #229 aagcobb
If she continues to refuse to issue licenses tomorrow, she could be on her way to jail soon.
Absolutely.
re: #229 aagcobb
If she continues to refuse to issue licenses tomorrow, she could be on her way to jail soon.
Which will turn her quest into a crusade, as the wingnuts will consider her a “political prisoner” and demand her release and pardon on the grounds that she’s being “persecuted” for being a Christian. Just watch, it’ll happen.
I haven’t really bothered to chase this down, what with it not being important and all, but it is within the POTUS’s powers to change a landmark’s name, right?
re: #181 jaunte
Obama, you are only the president. You have taken an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, not to shred it. Mt. McKinley.
Hey, SHITHEAD!!! Yeah, you, Steve King, second stupidest guy in Congress! Guess who the Congress gave the authority to name things like mountains and shit?
The Department of Interior.
Guess who they report to?
That’s right. The President.
So, please stop pretending the Constitution has any more meaning to you than E Plebnista had to Cloud William, Chief and Son Of Chiefs.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kim Davis got through today by the skin of her teeth. I hope that she has an incredibly really bad horrible day tomorrow. Take her employees away and give them to someone else. Change the locks on her office. Get her the fuck out of the way.
re: #229 aagcobb
If she continues to refuse to issue licenses tomorrow, she could be on her way to jail soon.
Couldn’t happen to nicer waste of space. Few expressions of privilege are as irritating as the claim that one should be paid (by government) to not do one’s job.
re: #234 Blind Frog Belly White
Hey, SHITHEAD!!! Yeah, you, Steve King, second stupidest guy in Congress! Guess who the Congress gave the authority to name things like mountains and shit.
The Department of Interior.
Guess who they report to?
That’s right. The President.
So, please stop pretending the Constitution has any more meaning to you than E Plebnista had to Cloud William, Chief and Son Of Chiefs.
LOL, I think you just answered my post above yours.
GILBERT, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) -
Several parents are demanding answers from Congressman Matt Salmon, saying they cannot believe what the lawmaker said to young school children during a visit to a Gilbert school.…
That fear, according to Campbell, was spawned by something Salmon said during a presentation he made Thursday about how bills become laws. The audience? Second- and third-graders at San Tan Charter School.
Campbell said the lesson took a dark turn when it came time to talk about vetoes.
“The congressman chose to give an example of the current situation in Iran, and made some inappropriate comments about ‘Do you know what a nuclear weapon is? Do you know that there are schools that train children your age to be suicide bombers?’” Campbell said.
Dude, what the fuck?
re: #221 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
we need a term for the belief that no law exists outside of the constitution
“delusion” is accurate and simple enough. Their viewpoint is not worthy of a specific term unto itself.
re: #209 Reality Based Steve
The Derp is strong in this one…. (From FreeRepugnant). BLUF: Since National Parks isn’t an enumerated power in the Constitution, they are illegal and the states can simply reject and nullify them.
Let’s ignore the fact that Federal Land in any state other than the original 13, was never State land to begin with. The Federal Government either bought, or militarily conquered, the territory in question, then donated most of it (with certain carveouts) for the formation of a State.
re: #233 Mattand
I haven’t really bothered to chase this down, what with it not being important and all, but it is within the POTUS’s powers to change a landmark’s name, right?
Sure. Proof: Obama just did it. ;)
I know it’s not what you mean, but if you think about it, it’s good enough.
re: #238 goddamnedfrank
Early lesson that conservative politicians are crazy.
re: #238 goddamnedfrank
Dude, what the fuck?
This Salmon idiot has probably spent too long talking with conservatives and forgotten how to talk to normal people that don’t buy into all that shit.
Kids, you could all die unless Mommy and Daddy vote for me!
re: #228 danarchy
Ah all of those little towns on route 2 like Acton, Stow, and Maynard, mostly places I just drive through, sorry, can’t really help you there.
We have one place in the area flagged for dinner already, but otherwise I figure we’re unlikely to get a ton of input on those, which is ok. :) Thanks for the Boston recs, though!
re: #232 Targetpractice
Which will turn her quest into a crusade, as the wingnuts will consider her a “political prisoner” and demand her release and pardon on the grounds that she’s being “persecuted” for being a Christian. Just watch, it’ll happen.
Undoubtably
Said Flavis McKinney, a retiree who led the demonstrators in singing Onward Christian Soldiers, “Kim has testified to me that it means more to her than anything to know that God is smiling down on her and pointing to her, saying, ‘There is one of my children.’”
Read more here: kentucky.com
re: #232 Targetpractice
Which will turn her quest into a crusade, as the wingnuts will consider her a “political prisoner” and demand her release and pardon on the grounds that she’s being “persecuted” for being a Christian. Just watch, it’ll happen.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head with this post. That’s exactly what’ll happen. And then the derp about Obama being a sooper sekrit Muslim will go up to eleventy when he “refuses” to do anything.
re: #240 sagehen
It’s so cute the way that wingnuts compound these theories about what is and isn’t Constitutional, and tell each other about them as if they weren’t just complete bullshit.
re: #233 Mattand
I haven’t really bothered to chase this down, what with it not being important and all, but it is within the POTUS’s powers to change a landmark’s name, right?
It’s actually being done by the Secretary of the Interior. Who was granted powers to act if the Committee on Geographical Names was slow in acting on a request. Alaska has been requesting a name change by the committee since 1975 - but have no acted since they have a protocol to not make a change while there is active legislation concerning the place in question. And… dickhead Congress critters from Ohio have been making sure there is such legislation for the past 40 years.
re: #247 thedopefishlives
You pretty much hit the nail on the head with this post. That’s exactly what’ll happen. And then the derp about Obama being a sooper sekrit Muslim will go up to eleventy when he “refuses” to do anything.
So be it. This part of the culture war cannot be avoided if wingnuts really insist on making asses of themselves over religion.
Personally I hope the price paid for provoking this nonsense is the loss of tax-exempt status for all churches etc.
re: #224 bratwurst
The big question, and perhaps there is already an answer and I missed it, is whether Sarah Palin is going to repudiate her own longstanding pro-Denali position for the love of grifting.
Now that is hysterical. That’s going to have to be a world-class word salad to twist up what she want(ed) while blaming Obama.
I might have to read that.
Good news everyone!
I just blew up that mountain.
Problem solved.
Meanwhile Casey County Clerk Casey “I will die before I marry teh gheys” Davis is still on his bicycle trip across the state for “religious freedom”.
He’ll be heading to jail tomorrow, too, if he doesn’t start issuing licenses.
re: #250 EPR-radar
So be it. This part of the culture war cannot be avoided if wingnuts really insist on making asses of themselves over religion.
Personally I hope the price paid for provoking this nonsense is the loss of tax-exempt status for all churches etc.
Speaking honestly, I really don’t want to see that happen. Not all of us are that ridiculous. But, I understand that we need to make the derping stop somehow.
re: #244 jaunte
Kids, you could all die unless Mommy and Daddy vote for me!
Kids, if you don’t vote for me you’ll never have any more brothers, sisters, cousins, or friends. You’re lucky your mother carried you to term.
re: #252 Varek Raith
Was there any coal in there?
re: #247 thedopefishlives
You pretty much hit the nail on the head with this post. That’s exactly what’ll happen. And then the derp about Obama being a sooper sekrit Muslim will go up to eleventy when he “refuses” to do anything.
President Santorum wouldn’t let this fine Christian woman go to jail. Of course this is Obama’s fault.
re: #209 Reality Based Steve
As an Alaskan, that is the biggest pile of moose droppings I’ve ever seen.
P.S. Remember, Alaska was purchased from Russia over 100 years ago.
Anybody know where I can force somebody to make me a Denali cake?
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meanwhile Casey County Clerk Casey “I will die before I marry teh gheys” Davis is still on his bicycle trip across the state for “religious freedom”.
He’ll be heading to jail tomorrow, too, if he doesn’t start issuing licenses.
Backwoods_Sleuth…. are all narrow minded county clerks in KY named “Davis”?
RBS
You know, it just occurred to me that it’s a shame Keith Olbermann didn’t take over The Daily Show.
re: #239 Feline Fearless Leader
“delusion” is accurate and simple enough. Their viewpoint is not worthy of a specific term unto itself.
truly we live in a bizarre universe when disney is a tool of the bestiality lobby, general motors is an arm of the socialist state, and fox news is a den of craven liberals
re: #261 Reality Based Steve
Backwoods_Sleuth…. are all narrow minded county clerks in KY named “Davis”?
RBS
looks like.
re: #253 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meanwhile Casey County Clerk Casey “I will die before I marry teh gheys” Davis is still on his bicycle trip across the state for “religious freedom”.
He’ll be heading to jail tomorrow, too, if he doesn’t start issuing licenses.
If the ACLU has lined up someone to sue him. There is a third recalcitrant clerk as well.
re: #262 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
You know, it just occurred to me that it’s a shame Keith Olbermann didn’t take over The Daily Show.
Nah. I like Keith, but he’s awful full of himself. Stewart got a lot of mileage out of self-deprecating humor on top of being really fucking smart.
re: #212 jaunte
Too bad for his fantasy that Alaskans prefer the name Denali.
I was invited to a local tribal dinner gathering while on work in Alaska. I get up there a couple of times a year. The young women from California on the project had specific instructions from my customer not to attend. Apparently they do not know how to behave.
My take away from the speakers was that the indigenous people of Alaska much prefer that Washington DC not tell them when they can hunt and fish for food. Not that any of them pay attention anyway. Alaska is a very different place/attitude.
re: #263 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
truly we live in a bizarre universe when disney is a tool of the bestiality lobby, general motors is an arm of the socialist state, and fox news is a den of craven liberals
and it culminated in this….
re: #252 Varek Raith
Were there any people on it when you blew it up?
re: #270 Nyet
I don’t think that was on the checklist.
EDIT: step 9, push red button. Step 10, yell “Look out!”
re: #263 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
truly we live in a bizarre universe when disney is a tool of the bestiality lobby, general motors is an arm of the socialist state, and fox news is a den of craven liberals
It’s BIZARRO WORLD!!!!!
The wingnuts have run out of rational arguments (which they never even had to begin with) so they are back to chanting HURR HURR TEH DEMOCRATZ IS TEH RACIST!!!11!!!!
Progs angry that the party who freed the slaves and supported women’s right to vote were the ones who started the mountain-naming process.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 31, 2015
Democrats & Slaves #WakeUpAmerica #tcot #ccot pic.twitter.com/jfqnqlULpD
— Mauro Bruno (@MBruno24601) August 31, 2015
@viciousbabushka Make a case to the electorate if you want. Why should Obama rule by decree?
— Yitzchak Goodman (@yitzgood) August 31, 2015
re: #269 Reality Based Steve
and it culminated in this….
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Man, I don’t even know what to say about that. That’s just….just…
re: #269 Reality Based Steve
and it culminated in this….
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Made from genuine soy-based croco-duck.
re: #278 Blind Frog Belly White
Man, I don’t even know what to say about that. That’s just….just…
Gross?
Disgusting?
Disturbing?
All of the above?
re: #209 Reality Based Steve
The Derp is strong in this one…. (From FreeRepugnant). BLUF: Since National Parks isn’t an enumerated power in the Constitution, they are illegal and the states can simply reject and nullify them.
It’s the Bundy Ranch bullshit all over again. The Western States were admitted to the Union under strict agreements to cede varying amounts of undeveloped land to the Federal Government. The territorial legislatures made these deals in order to gain admittance to the Union, so no purchase from an existing state was necessary.
re: #277 Amory Blaine
They don’t want to talk about their actual goals and policies because they are toxic to the working class.
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re: #269 Reality Based Steve
I wonder if there were any empty slots as if people were buying it.
Govt can build a massive sea wall to keep out waves from the ocean but we can't build a wall to keep out waves of illegals? #NoExcuses
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 31, 2015
I am sure he wishes he’d thought of the Canada wall thing first.
Progress continues despite the wingnuts.
Equality Win: They’re Finally Putting A Woman On The American Flag http://t.co/Wwwmd9cmyQ pic.twitter.com/XsI4TbVcg8
— ClickHole (@ClickHole) September 1, 2015
re: #275 The Vicious Babushka
Progs angry that the party who freed the slaves and supported women’s right to vote were the ones who started the mountain-naming process.
Huh. And that mountain-naming process is under the aegis of who?
The Department of Interior.
And who do they report to?
The President.
So, you’re saying we ‘progs’ are angry about a process that puts the Administration - an Administration we head - in charge of naming mountains and shit? Jesus, Dana - it’s like you’re not even trying to make sense anymore.
Welp it seems like #MtMcKinley is the only instance where conservatives are opposed to States Rights #Denali #tcot #UniteBlue
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 1, 2015
heh
Kim Davis' attorneys say she will decide on what to do tonight after praying and fielding calls from reality TV producers' bidding war.
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) August 31, 2015
re: #288 The Vicious Babushka
No, most conservatives are anti-states’ rights when it comes to legalizing marijuana also.
re: #286 teleskiguy
I love Clickhole. Whoever at The Onion decided to make a Buzzfeed parody like that deserves a raise.
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
What to do, now that Fox News has been branded a den of liberal hacks?
I re: #269 Reality Based Steve
I’d give it a shot. Slice it, open face on a nice rye with a little strong onion and fresh pepper.
OT, but this virtually guarantees a new thread in the next ten minutes. I’m at Disney World, and I just realized that they have grills for the guests to use. It was so awesome, partly because I don’t get to grill up north (cause I’m in a condo and they have rules), and the other neat thing is that minutes after I started grilling, all kinds of people came out to find out what was cooking. (The big house is downwind!) I swear a half dozen people got in their cars and headed for the supermarket. I think these grills are going to get a workout the next couple days. Sure enough, as I type, somebody’s lighting up.
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #295 aagcobb
Bet she decides she doesn’t want to go to jail after all.
My bet is that she will resign and go for the religious wingnut martyr grifting circuit.
re: #285 bratwurst
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I am sure he wishes he’d thought of the Canada wall thing first.
I asked someone who was big on “The Wall” exactly how the Govt would handle the fact that most of the land it would be built on is private property. Would they simply use Eminent Domain to seize it? What about the people who are now denied access and use of their land on the far side of the wall?
I was told that I wanted America to become a 3rd world hell-hole.
RBS
re: #293 Amory Blaine
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I’d give it a shot. Slice it, open face on a nice rye with a little strong onion and fresh pepper.
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
re: #300 aagcobb
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
Because the vegetarian consumer probably doesn’t know what chicken is supposed to taste like.
re: #300 aagcobb
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
Yeah it should be bacon flavored.
re: #277 Amory Blaine
They don’t want to talk about their actual goals and policies because they are toxic to the working class.
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There is neither a box of rocks nor a bag of hammers big enough to analogize to this guy. Dunces look at him and think, Jesus, maybe I should look into a career in astrophysics after all. In villages all over Europe, idiots look at Scott Walker and get out of the business.
re: #300 aagcobb
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
Next question is, if it’s chicken flavored, is it even vegetarian?
re: #297 Backwoods_Sleuth
My bet is that she will resign and go for the religious wingnut martyr grifting circuit.
She needs to do a little jail time first then to seal her martyrdom. Grifting is the only way she’ll be able to replace her $80k salary.
re: #305 aagcobb
She needs to do a little jail time first then to seal her martyrdom. Grifting is the only way she’ll be able to replace her $80k salary.
The thing is, though, if she just quits her job, she can still get on the sympathy circuit with the whole, “I was forced out of my job because of teh ebil gayz” truth-stretching.
re: #300 aagcobb
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
I can almost get the idea of a vegetarian ham…. sort of like the boca-burgers and things like that. I’m really lost with the “chicken flavored” part. It’s like this product was made by an alien race that didn’t really know what “ham” was, but knew that people really liked chicken.
I bet Dave Barry would have a ball with this one.
RBS
re: #305 aagcobb
She needs to do a little jail time first then to seal her martyrdom. Grifting is the only way she’ll be able to replace her $80k salary.
Ayep, which is wingnuts the nation over are cursing again GoFundMe’s decision to disallow donations for people who are fighting the legal consequences of their illegal actions, else you’d have half a dozen “defense funds” set up by tomorrow morning.
re: #305 aagcobb
She needs to do a little jail time first then to seal her martyrdom. Grifting is the only way she’ll be able to replace her $80k salary.
And wingnuts will unironically support her claim to a right to get paid $80k to not do her job.
re: #306 thedopefishlives
The thing is, though, if she just quits her job, she can still get on the sympathy circuit with the whole, “I was forced out of my job because of teh ebil gayz” truth-stretching.
aagcobb is correct though.
There’s a ton of martyr mileage she can get out of photos of her in handcuffs as she’s hauled off to jail.
re: #306 thedopefishlives
The thing is, though, if she just quits her job, she can still get on the sympathy circuit with the whole, “I was forced out of my job because of teh ebil gayz” truth-stretching.
True dat. But if she can also describe the horrors of being jailed with lesbian demon wimmins it will enhance her grift.
re: #307 Reality Based Steve
I can almost get the idea of a vegetarian ham…. sort of like the boca-burgers and things like that. I’m really lost with the “chicken flavored” part. It’s like this product was made by an alien race that didn’t really know what “ham” was, but knew that people really liked chicken.
I bet Dave Barry would have a ball with this one.
RBS
You suppose they’re all 7ft tall, wear long robes, and communicate telepathically with dumb looks on their faces?
re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth
aagcobb is correct though.
There’s a ton of martyr mileage she can get out of photos of her in handcuffs as she’s hauled off to jail.
Oh, absolutely. I’m just saying she doesn’t have to. But if she goes all the way with this, her ticket is punched for life.
I’ve loved liver sausage since a small child, a delicious treat on fresh baked white loaf toasted with butter and lettuce. Later, I meet my future best friend in high school and we go over to his house to hang out. He’s off doing something or other and I raid his fridge which had a nice log of liver sausage so I made a sandwich. He comes back, finds me eating it and immediately starts gagging and running for the toilet. He had only ever seen his dogs eat it as a means to feed them their medicine. I was laughing my ass off mocking him, “mmm this sandwich is so good, etc.”. His folks continued stocking it so I ate it for the next 8 years or so.
re: #307 Reality Based Steve
I can almost get the idea of a vegetarian ham…. sort of like the boca-burgers and things like that. I’m really lost with the “chicken flavored” part. It’s like this product was made by an alien race that didn’t really know what “ham” was, but knew that people really liked chicken.
I bet Dave Barry would have a ball with this one.
RBS
“captain, our analysis indicates that the natives experience a state of religious ecstasy known as ‘bacon’”
re: #314 Amory Blaine
My Mom and Dad loved Liverwurst. Then again they also loved liver and onions. Blech. Tastes like a nosebleed.
BTW one of the things I grilled was pork roll, and I wound up eating all of it the second I took it off the grill, I couldn’t help myself it turns out so awesome. Now I have to get more because everybody else is pissed.
I lived across the street for about ten years from this sausage making master’s shop.
European Homemade Sausage Shop
40 years ago Frank Jakubczak created an old world European experience in a building built in 1905 with old world charm of its own. Updates have certainly been made over the years; however, you can still find the original hanging racks and walk-in cooler. And the wonderful aroma…the unmistakable aroma of hickory fills the air as you walk into Frank’s shop.
The Shop has been managed by Frank and his family for the last 40 years and follows The Old World Way which includes preparing dry cured meats and creating the finest sausages with solid hand trimmed portions of pork, expensive spices and real hickory smoke.
re: #300 aagcobb
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
Probably after they made it they polled everybody who didn’t vomit it immediately to ask what was the closest thing it tasted like. The overwhelming choice: “Not sure. Probably chicken”
The National Park Unit is Denali National Park. Not Mt. McKinley National Park. They’ve been trying to rename it Denali for decades. Efforts to rename go back almost to the moment when it was changed to McKinley.
Apparently the only ones who really want to see this remain McKinley are some Ohio politicians, and a bunch of Twitterati who are pushing a vast right wing outrageous outrage 11TY! over this.
You know what - you can still call it Mt McKinley.
The same way that everyone in NYC still calls the 59th Street Bridge the Queensboro Bridge, and not the Ed Koch bridge. Or that Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is the Hugh Carey Tunnel or the Joe DiMaggio Highway and not the West Side Highway. Or the Triboro Bridge is the RFK Bridge.
Everyone will still know what you’re talking about, except one’s the official name and the other is what people call it. So, if you’re some right winger who’s all bent out of shape about this, go right ahead. Keep calling it McKinley.
It’ll make it easier for the Jade Helmers come through and pick you out of a crowd. /
re: #318 Amory Blaine
That’s awesome. I live about half a mile from a local sausage/meat processing shop. I go there when I want to buy a special treat for Mrs. Fish and myself. They do game for the local hunters as well as keeping a stock of common and not-so-common meats, and of course, it’s all amazing. They are well known for their variety summer sausages.
re: #320 lawhawk
So, if you’re some right winger who’s all bent out of shape about this, go right ahead. Keep calling it McKinley.
But then they can’t force other people to do what they think is right.
re: #300 aagcobb
But why chicken flavored vegetarian ham? That just doesn’t make any sense.
it should properly be called chicken flavored vegetarian Thing That Is Not Ham
re: #282 goddamnedfrank
It’s the Bundy Ranch bullshit all over again. The Western States were admitted to the Union under strict agreements to cede varying amounts of undeveloped land to the Federal Government. The territorial legislatures made these deals in order to gain full admittance to the Union, making the purchase of land from an existing state a non-issue.
Yep, as I assumed, it’s in Alaska’s State Constitution. Article 8, Section 6:
§ 6. State Public Domain
Lands and interests therein, including submerged and tidal lands, possessed or acquired by the State, and not used or intended exclusively for governmental purposes, constitute the state public domain. The legislature shall provide for the selection of lands granted to the State by the United States, and for the administration of the state public domain.
Basically the Alaska State government only owns those lands granted to it by the federal government. Just like Nevada and the other western States it didn’t come into the Union in full control of all the property within its borders, this is why a map of federally owned land looks like this:
re: #323 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
They do need to get away from naming vegetarian loaves and patties as if they’re counterfeit meat.
re: #320 lawhawk
Can anybody really remember the last time they said or heard “Mount McKinley” before yesterday? I can’t.
re: #313 thedopefishlives
Oh, absolutely. I’m just saying she doesn’t have to. But if she goes all the way with this, her ticket is punched for life.
I’m thinking her ticket will only be punched for a couple of years. She’s going to go stale really fast. $80K a year w/ govt bennies is a lot to give up to be a star for two weeks.
re: #320 lawhawk
The National Park Unit is Denali National Park. Not Mt. McKinley National Park. They’ve been trying to rename it Denali for decades. Efforts to rename go back almost to the moment when it was changed to McKinley.
Apparently the only ones who really want to see this remain McKinley are some Ohio politicians, and a bunch of Twitterati who are pushing a vast right wing outrageous outrage 11TY! over this.
You know what - you can still call it Mt McKinley.
The same way that everyone in NYC still calls the 59th Street Bridge the Queensboro Bridge, and not the Ed Koch bridge. Or that Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is the Hugh Carey Tunnel or the Joe DiMaggio Highway and not the West Side Highway. Or the Triboro Bridge is the RFK Bridge.
Everyone will still know what you’re talking about, except one’s the official name and the other is what people call it. So, if you’re some right winger who’s all bent out of shape about this, go right ahead. Keep calling it McKinley.
It’ll make it easier for the Jade Helmers come through and pick you out of a crowd. /
or Mile High Stadium! Not .. invesco? ….. Sports Authority? ……whatever
re: #327 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
please, dont unleash evil spirits
They’re Asian spirits…remember, Spam is a delicacy in Hawaii and Asia.
Spam masubi…mmmmmm…..
re: #321 thedopefishlives
As a matter of fact I ate 2 of his smoke cured Hungarian snack sausages this week for the first time in about a year. I used to buy four linked together and wear it around my neck for the walk home.
re: #329 stpaulbear
I’m thinking her ticket will only be punched for a couple of years. She’s going to go stale really fast. $80K a year w/ govt bennies is a lot to give up to be a star for two weeks.
If she’s like most wingnut stars, she’ll jump at the grifter circuit for the immediate award and celebrity, then drop off the radar after six months, to show up in the “Where Are They Now?” section of the newspaper in a couple years filing bankruptcy or dealing with the reality that their decision to pursue celebrity over doing their job has made them toxic to most employers in their previous job field.
re: #330 compound_Idaho
or Mile High Stadium! Not .. invesco? ….. Sports Authority? ……whatever
Giants Stadium. Alternatively, Snoopy Stadium (when the Jets play there - you see, I’m being nice). :)
re: #329 stpaulbear
I’m thinking her ticket will only be punched for a couple of years. She’s going to go stale really fast. $80K a year w/ govt bennies is a lot to give up to be a star for two weeks.
Was about to post the same thing. If she survives the misconduct charges being filed against her, she eventually retires with a big fat pension vs. being darling of the week for the wingnuts. Every god botherering martyr eventually folds when their source of income is at risk.
re: #329 stpaulbear
I’m thinking her ticket will only be punched for a couple of years. She’s going to go stale really fast. $80K a year w/ govt bennies is a lot to give up to be a star for two weeks.
I wonder if the birther Colonel Terry Lakin is still making grift money off of his courtmartial for refusing to deploy?
re: #333 Targetpractice
If she’s like most wingnut stars, she’ll jump at the grifter circuit for the immediate award and celebrity, then drop off the radar after six months, to show up in the “Where Are They Now?” section of the newspaper in a couple years filing bankruptcy or dealing with the reality that their decision to pursue celebrity over doing their job has made them toxic to most employers in their previous job field.
Celebrity Boxing!!! Celebrity Boxing!!! I want to see another Tonya Harding/Paula Jones match!
///Just kidding. I really don’t.
re: #327 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
Kill them by pan frying!
re: #333 Targetpractice
If she’s like most wingnut stars, she’ll jump at the grifter circuit for the immediate award and celebrity, then drop off the radar after six months, to show up in the “Where Are They Now?” section of the newspaper in a couple years filing bankruptcy or dealing with the reality that their decision to pursue celebrity over doing their job has made them toxic to most employers in their previous job field.
She inherited her job from her mother; she probably has no skills which could land her an $80k gig in any field.
re: #333 Targetpractice
If she’s like most wingnut stars, she’ll jump at the grifter circuit for the immediate award and celebrity, then drop off the radar after six months, to show up in the “Where Are They Now?” section of the newspaper in a couple years filing bankruptcy or dealing with the reality that their decision to pursue celebrity over doing their job has made them toxic to most employers in their previous job field.
..or filing for her fourth divorce. She’s only got it marginally together as it is.
re: #328 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Can anybody really remember the last time they said or heard “Mount McKinley” before yesterday? I can’t.
Watching Jeopardy.
re: #329 stpaulbear
I’m thinking her ticket will only be punched for a couple of years. She’s going to go stale really fast. $80K a year w/ govt bennies is a lot to give up to be a star for two weeks.
Looking at her age she might cop for an early retirement, best of both worlds.
re: #321 thedopefishlives
Handy tip, if you’re making sausage at home, hit up your favorite butcher for fresh casings. Nice and snappy and way better that the packaged ones at like Gander Mountain.
re: #316 Blind Frog Belly White
My Mom and Dad loved Liverwurst. Then again they also loved liver and onions. Blech. Tastes like a nosebleed.
I love liverwurst with red onions & rye & a dab of mayo. heaven.
re: #340 aagcobb
She inherited her job from her mother; she probably has no skills which could land her an $80k gig in any field.
Which is why she’s more likely to find some means of splitting the difference, leaving her job over her “beliefs,” while still collecting enough of a pension that she won’t find herself homeless.
re: #335 coin operated
Was about to post the same thing. If she survives the misconduct charges being filed against her, she eventually retires with a big fat pension vs. being darling of the week for the wingnuts. Every god botherering martyr eventually folds when their source of income is at risk.
Not just that but a sweet GoFundMe once it’s resolved to the point where it’s not illegal any longer.
re: #318 Amory Blaine
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Shop closed for the season :(
re: #343 Decatur Deb
Looking at her age she might cop for an early retirement, best of both worlds.
I was under the impression that this is an elected position. Is that not so?
re: #349 Blind Frog Belly White
I was under the impression that this is an elected position. Is that not so?
It is. As I understand it, only the state legislature can remove her from office.
re: #328 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Can anybody really remember the last time they said or heard “Mount McKinley” before yesterday? I can’t.
Yeah, every time they’ve got to go rescue someone off the mountain because of some kind of climbing accident.
re: #349 Blind Frog Belly White
I was under the impression that this is an elected position. Is that not so?
Not familiar with KY, but elected officials often are vested in their state’s retirement system
President Obama wants to change the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali after more than 100 years. Great insult to Ohio. I will change back!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2015
A friend at work passed away this weekend. Under 50, must have been a heart attack or stroke or something. Daughter fresh in college, long term partner left behind. Makes 8 funerals this year for me (so far).
re: #343 Decatur Deb
Looking at her age she might cop for an early retirement, best of both worlds.
I just hope that before she goes there are 5000 videos on endless loop of her signing and authorizing the legal marriage of William Smith Jr. and James Yates.
re: #350 coin operated
It is. As I understand it, only the state legislature can remove her from office.
I would think the state legislature would be on the hook for all resulting lawsuits.
re: #349 Blind Frog Belly White
I was under the impression that this is an elected position. Is that not so?
She is probably a member of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, and worked in that office a long time under her mother, the previous clerk.
re: #348 #CampaignZero
He retired for awhile. a short while. He reopened only from Thurs thru Saturday and more limited hours I think. But I was real happy he came back.
re: #350 coin operated
It is. As I understand it, only the state legislature can remove her from office.
Also the County Attorney has asked AG Jack Conway to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate her for official misconduct, a misdemeanor.
re: #357 aagcobb
She is probably a member of the Kentucky retirement Systems, and worked in that office a long time under her mother, the previous clerk.
Well, then, her path is clear - take retirement and go on the wingnut gravy train while the gettin’s good, save it all up and have a nice nest egg.
Then the wingnuts can go back to hating her as a greedy Gummint worker whose pension is Destroying America!
I want Trump to start claiming things like he's eaten 1,000 bees in his life so we can see Scott Walker try to eat a bunch of bees.
— Zach Floyd (@floyding) August 30, 2015
Slide scanning tonight. Got a “short” box that only had 12 slides in it. Next box is only a half-full tray, but is labeled as being a selection of wild flower pictures from 1983-97 taken all over the place (PA, OR, AZ). So I’ll quick edit and post a few. :)
re: #353 The Vicious Babushka
This is becoming quite predictable.
re: #356 WhatEVs
I would think the state legislature would be on the hook for all resulting lawsuits.
The state is immune from damages, but the ACLU will be entitled to recover its attorneys fees. Whether the state, county or Kim Davis herself will be on the hook for those, I’m not sure.
re: #353 The Vicious Babushka
.@realDonaldTrump over the voice of Alaskans who have been demanding it be called Denali for 100+ years? Seriously? This is your plan?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 1, 2015
re: #364 aagcobb
And the lawyers for Davis are part of a tax-exempt ministry too. Figures.
re: #349 Blind Frog Belly White
I was under the impression that this is an elected position. Is that not so?
It’s an elected position, but she was a deputy clerk in that office when her mother was county clerk.
She’s got almost 30 years working there.
So what you really want to do is piss off @SarahPalinUSA. Alaska has ) to do with Ohio #Asshole .@realDonaldTrump
— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 1, 2015
re: #365 lawhawk
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Of course. Alaska’s 3 electoral votes are in the bag for the GOP. Ohio, otoh, is a swing state that is absolutely critical to any Republican’s presidential hopes.
re: #353 The Vicious Babushka
President Obama wants to change the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali after more than 100 years. Great insult to Ohio. I will change back!
— Donald J. Trump
Trump Loses Election After Alaska Goes Democratic For The First Time Since 1964
Good freaking grief, y’all.
Now that’s some classy smart pandering (to idiots). pic.twitter.com/MNvkoBkcaG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 1, 2015
re: #356 WhatEVs
I would think the state legislature would be on the hook for all resulting lawsuits.
The state is already on the hook for more than $2 million in legal fees.
re: #369 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s an elected position, but she was a deputy clerk in that office when her mother was county clerk.
She’s got almost 30 years working there.
So she is eligible for full retirement now.
re: #370 Dave In Austin
Come on @DaveoutofAustin, @realDonaldTrump like @SarahPalinUSA are nothing but reactionaries with no idea what they're reacting to. #idiots
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) September 1, 2015
GM not planning on new Denali ad campaign.
#Denali the mountain doesn't help Denali the truck http://t.co/IRnnp6uQcm pic.twitter.com/rFbAHq4Vts
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) September 1, 2015
re: #102 klys (maker of Silmarils)
A couple I hadn’t seen mentioned, among all the interesting suggestions:
The No Name Restaurant on the Fish Pier. Fish and seafood straight off the boat, highly recommended by my sister who lives in Boston and gets there frequently. I can only vouch for the lobster, since that’s what I live on every time I get to Boston.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (see Wikipedia). A fascinating collection of art et alia, if you have time for such.
There are Way Too Many Things To See in Boston.
Joan Walsh retweeted me :)
.@benshapiro NEVER FORGET!! pic.twitter.com/m2YQcpjr9J
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) August 31, 2015
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Jeanne Devon is part of the White House Press Pool at Elmendorf AFB today.
The VC-25A. What gorgeous planes those are (there are actually two of them). The iconic paint scheme was designed by the great Raymond Loewy for 707s in 1961. President Kennedy had contacted Loewy and asked him to do the job.
How to Name a Mountain After Ronald Reagan
MOLLY BALL FEB 8, 2013If this activist gets his way, there will be a Mount Reagan in Nevada, possibly as soon as next year. But it hasn’t been easy.
The initiative is part of the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, a push to memorialize the former president as widely as possible that’s backed by anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, who is an old friend of Muth’s. The sometimes-controversial effort has gotten more than 3,000 landmarks named for the Gipper, including highways, buildings, and schools — but never a mountain. While 12 other presidents have U.S. mountains named for them, and FDR has a peak in Canada, getting approval for Mount Reagan has proved unexpectedly difficult.
That is a good article
re: #380 CleverToad
A couple I hadn’t seen mentioned, among all the interesting suggestions:
The No Name Restaurant on the Fish Pier. Fish and seafood straight off the boat, highly recommended by my sister who lives in Boston and gets there frequently. I can only vouch for the lobster, since that’s what I live on every time I get to Boston.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (see Wikipedia). A fascinating collection of art et alia, if you have time for such.
There are Way Too Many Things To See in Boston.
No Name is really mediocre these days. My last two times there were very disappointing. FWIW.
I haven't seen anybody enthusiastically dry hump a retarded issue like this since ... https://t.co/Lnq0a1Gp5g @realDonaldTrump
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) September 1, 2015
re: #285 bratwurst
@GovMikeHuckabee We can't-that why we called in the Dutch, who have a much better track record.
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericdafruitbat) September 1, 2015
re: #387 CleverToad
Oh drat, sorry to hear that.
I know. I still go there every trip but…not so good. Hoping, though!
re: #335 coin operated
What makes you think her pension isn’t at threat here?
re: #380 CleverToad
Or if you’re into either glass or flowers, there’s this exhibit
re: #161 teleskiguy
Gawd these people.
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@SteveKingIA Do you know the majority of Americans don't give a rats ass what the name of that MT is.
— jim (@jlcoffeecup) September 1, 2015
re: #218 EPR-radar
I’ve been saying for years that Obama should come out in favor of breathing :)