ISIS is coming for your white teenz guys
"ISIS and the Lonely Young American"
http://t.co/cgNbXzbHQX
— Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) June 27, 2015
That last batch of tweets reminded me that I meant to link to this NYTimes story:
Alex, a 23-year-old Sunday school teacher and babysitter, was trembling with excitement the day she told her Twitter followers that she had converted to Islam…
One in particular, Faisal, had become her nearly constant companion, spending hours each day with her on Twitter, Skype and email, painstakingly guiding her through the fundamentals of the faith…
The only Muslims she knew were those she had met online, and he encouraged her to keep it that way, arguing that Muslims are persecuted in the United States. She could be labeled a terrorist, he warned, and for now it was best for her to keep her conversion secret, even from her family. So on his guidance, Alex began leading a double life…
Even though the Islamic State’s ideology is explicitly at odds with the West, the group is making a relentless effort to recruit Westerners into its ranks, eager to exploit them for their outsize propaganda value. Through January this year, at least 100 Americans were thought to have traveled to join jihadists in Syria and Iraq, among nearly 4,000 Westerners who had done so.
The reach of the Islamic State’s recruiting effort has been multiplied by an enormous cadre of operators on social media. The terrorist group itself maintains a 24-hour online operation, and its effectiveness is vastly extended by larger rings of sympathetic volunteers and fans who pass on its messages and viewpoint, reeling in potential recruits, analysts say…
But then, as TNR reported some months ago, “The FBI Keeps Arresting Hapless Jihadi Fanboys and Calling Them ISIS Recruits“…
… U.S. officials regularly tout the dangers of domestic terrorists and lone wolves. “Homegrown violent extremists continue to pose the most likely threat to the homeland,” Clapper told a Senate committee in February. FBI Directory James Comey echoed that line when addressing another Congressional committee: “The threat from homegrown violent extremists is of particular concern.” Media tend to repeat those claims on face value. An ABC report on Wolfe’s paraphrases unnamed law enforcement officials who posit that “young men and women could possibly return home [from Syria], freshly trained in deadly operations, and unleash havoc on the homeland.”
Homegrown. Homeland. The FBI wants you to remember where it’s fighting this battle. The Bureau has evolved from an agency focused on law enforcement to one focused on counterterrorism, which now commands $3.3 billion annually, or 40 percent of the total operating budget, according to a 2014 report from Human Rights Watch. Busts like Wolfe’s help the Bureau justify the billions spent on preventing terrorist attacks.
Yet a close examination of Wolfe’s case, as well as numerous similar cases, call into question the threat posed by homegrown extremists. The recent cases, taken as a whole, describe an intelligence agency indulging in borderline entrapment. The FBI is conflating jihadi fanboys on social media with serious threats to national security; to make cases, the FBI relies heavily on paid informants acting in their own self-interest. The feds are flexing to show they can prevent terror attacks—a mission only made more difficult when the Bureau overreaches, sowing suspicion in communities it is tasked with protecting…
Since 9/11 the FBI has repeatedly used informants to manufacture plots for targets who would never have been capable of carrying them out on their own. “Of 508 defendants prosecuted in federal terrorism-related cases in the decade after 9/11, 243 were involved with an FBI informant, while 158 were the targets of sting operations,” writes Trevor Aaronson, a journalist who has studied the FBI’s use of informants. As the enemy du jour has shifted from Al Qaeda to ISIS, the practice still appears to be common in FBI terrorism arrests…
shorter NYTimes: ISIS is recruiting your white teenz pic.twitter.com/XAj454CL5P
— Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) June 27, 2015
Mike in NC
Re: shark attacks. We’ve lived in this little beach town for seven years and most summers have seen no shark activity, or maybe one incident. So far there have been eight at the Outer Banks and Inner Banks (islands south of Wilmington). Weird.
srv
PEAK REDDIT UNLOCKED! Actually, locked…
Why hasn’t Balloon-Juice gone dark yet? Do you not realize dozens of reddit subreddits have gone dark in a massive protest by moderators against an admin firing?
What if ISIS is behind this?
FlipYrWhig
Why would the totemic animal for Germany be a gorilla?
Little Boots
@srv:
would be nice.
KG
@Mike in NC: we’ve been getting more than a few sightings here in Southern California too
@srv: um, honest question: why in the blue bloody hell should we give a flying fuck about reddit?
Major Major Major Major
Speaking of fish, shameless self-promotion, Part 20 of my story is up now. Short but good(?)
FlipYrWhig
@efgoldman: but then there’s the whole Africa thing, like King Kong and the ravished white maiden. It’s surprising to see a gorilla-themed propaganda image that has nothing to do with race…
beltane
@Mike in NC: Blame Obama, or Al Gore’s weight problem.
Little Boots
this place. so sleepy.
Little Boots
I blame omnes.
Little Boots
take a lot of pain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WISogScYNXA
srv
@KG: The Social nexus of the internets is collapsing – unpaid moderators revolting against the oppressive system that enslaves them.
This is your kids’ 9/11, and you’re just… whut?
Omnes Omnibus
@KG: Wouldn’t bloody hell be red? There aren’t that many aristos.
Little Boots
we need sultans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY
gratuitous
I discern a certain commonality between these breathless news reports, the overreaction this morning at the Naval Ship Yard, and the nincompoopery of conservative has-been floating back to the top of the septic tank. Our society is increasingly fragmented (Hannah Arendt called it “atomized”), and many people feel isolated and on their own.
We’re told to be very afraid, but in contrast to times past when we were encouraged to stick together, we’re told to go it alone on our own, because you never know who you can trust. You are certainly not supposed to trust the government, in spite of the fact that when someone’s town gets flooded or blown off the map, it’s the government that arrives first to succor the survivors and restore order. Not to mention the fact that so many of the clowns we elect to government are so untrustworthy that it’s no wonder Fox gets to play their “government bad” schtick for decades.
We need to change things. I don’t know if ISIS recruitment is really a thing, but it’s not surprising that some directionless young people, no prospects, will cast about for something, anything that might come along.
Corner Stone
@gratuitous: This seems a little uncalled for.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: For once, you did well.
Xenos
@efgoldman: There was a very effective policy to turn WWI into some sort of international race war against The Hun. I am not an expert on the times in question, but the big surge in free-market racism in the 1920s seems to have been encouraged by official federal government policies of racialist propaganda and frankly racist federal policies during the Wilson administration.
A real SOB, that guy.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
hey,
oh, wait,
yeah. I did.
Helen
@Little Boots:
Holy crap. So I say to myownself “he does not mean the Sultans of Swing.” Jeepers dude, how the hell old are you?
As old as me, apparently.
Little Boots
@Helen:
it is the best, isn’t it?
Mike in NC
@efgoldman: Not sharks. Maggots.
Omnes Omnibus
@Helen: Probably older. But the first Dire Straits album holds holds up very well. Some things are timeless. Coltrane’s version of My Favorite Things? Who cares when it was recorded.
Little Boots
and romeo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfjSnMN88U
Little Boots
everyone ignore omnes. he is angry.
Corner Stone
@Little Boots:
He does seem to have anger issues, doesn’t he? Very intemperate at times.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Again, you have done well.
Little Boots
@Corner Stone:
yes, so angry, and so not posting in anger.
Helen
@Little Boots:
Yeah. Someone (Steve Martin?) said that show business is like High School with money. That’s what I feel about oldness.
Little Boots
@Helen:
beckon gold dust woman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAjhqwHvMds
Major Major Major Major
When I was getting my wisdom teeth out the surgeon was like “so, any music preference for while I operate?” And I was like “uh, well, um… that Dire Straits live album?”
The last thing I remember hearing was the intro to Sultans. No, I didn’t just age myself–it’s just that good.
Little Boots
@Major Major Major Major:
you are perfect.
Little Boots
the hell is omnes. why do people disappear?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: People have lives.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
this is their lives.
this. right here. only.
Major Major Major Major
@Omnes Omnibus: Not tonight in SF I don’t. I was hopping around diners doing some packet sniffing (not as fun as it sounds) for work and now I’m watching anime with my cat because it’s cold and raining (summer is here!).
Little Boots
can I do men without hats?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: @Major Major Major Major: Fine, Confetti.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Maybe it’s Industrial Disease.
Corner Stone
@Major Major Major Major:
I…uhh….whut…?
Helen
@Little Boots:
Fleetwood Mac. Dixie Chicks. Landslide.
Four years ago I was driving to VA with my 80 year old Dad (real Dad – not Joe Biden Dad). Playing the Dixie Chicks.
When Landslide comes on Dad says “I know that song” Good answer Dad. He remembered Fleetwood Mac from, what year????
I actually like the DC version of Landslide better than the FM version. And I love FM.
But not nearly as much as I love Corner Stone.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
missed you. there’s a whole thing.
oh, never mind. missed you.
Little Boots
@Helen:
cornerstone is pretty irresistable.
so is fleetwood mac, landslide, damn, yeah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK2HAfb3rC0
Omnes Omnibus
Seriously, moderation for a Lemonheads song?
Little Boots
but you know what, omnes, irrestible, I know, I know, but he is.
he hates that, but he is.
Helen
@Little Boots:
1975. 13 years old was I.
Dixie Chicks Landslide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_wXPZ1Bnk
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
No. Just no.
Little Boots
@Helen:
may be the most beautiful rendition. ever.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
why are you yelling?
BillinGlendaleCA
@Helen: Damn kid, get off my lawn!
(I was 15 in 1975).
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Hey, I had a question for you earlier in a now-dead thread.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Did you solve your Lolipop problem?
Little Boots
fine. everyone is here, and terrible.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Obviously, I saw it. Both of your comments appeared right after I went to bed. I read them in my morning(really it was still morning).
Omnes Omnibus
Bridging generations, here is Ronnie.
Helen
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Weren’t the 60’s great?
Yeah I dunno either.
Omnes Omnibus
Testing: confetti.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Have some West Wing AND some Dire Straits.
Omnes Omnibus
@BillinGlendaleCA: Without clicking, Brothers in Arms.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Helen: I actually remember seeing President Kennedy on our old B/W TV.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
there is only one ronnie. okay yours is educational, but ronnie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuRsI32ykI0
srv
@Corner Stone: He’s a fed, looking for the next silk roader.
Winter arrived early this year. Never visit SF in August. But I’m going up to the Napa ranch tomorrow, so it will be 90.
KG
@srv: so then, no reason at all? Cool
@Omnes Omnibus: never thought about it, just a phrase I use occasionally…
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I haven’t rolled back to 4.4.4 yet. I made it a point to be on the tablet a lot today, and it seems to be working okay. There are some noticeable longueurs on Balloon Juice, but, hell, that could be Balloon Juice. I look at the desktop site on the tablet, but it acts a little different (with Chrome) than it does on my ThinkPad (with Firefox).
I posed the question to you because I know you’re always rooting, rebooting, etc., and I thought you might have some hands-on experience.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
longuers?
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Same Ronnie, different time. Do you want to deny her personal growth?
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Delays, slow bits. But classy.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: And yuuuuge.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
I do not.
Helen
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Beautiful. Thank you.
“Feckless Thug” My most favorite phrase. Thought about it recently.
“Two Cathedrals” One of the best TV episodes ever.
srv
@Little Boots: BJ features. geek speak.
Think Windows Me.
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: And there is this.
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus: I thought it was going to be Rabbit.
Little Boots
@srv:
these straight boys and their BJ’s.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
oh, perfect, you are so always so damn perfect.
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
That is my new favorite word with the housecat. “Here is a yooge helping of wet food.” “I gave you a yooge taste of milk a while ago.” “Who’s a yooge cat? You are!” She is not a yooge cat.
Little Boots
@Helen:
Two Cathedrals? was that West Wing?
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
don’t you DARE vote for the hairpiece.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steeplejack: But is she classy?
Little Boots
Omnes, I’m still listening, it is incredibly beautiful.
I hate you right now.
Steeplejack
@Omnes Omnibus:
She is classy as hell. I am thinking of renaming her Ivana or Ivanka. Maybe Yooganka.
Omnes Omnibus
Confetti
Helen
@BillinGlendaleCA:
I remember BW TV. I also remember watching the civil rights riots in 1968. The water cannons and the dogs. And I clearly remember comforting myself by saying in my head “We are a new country, we just haven’t figured out how to get along.”
Then I learned about world history.
Omnes Omnibus
Holy fuck! FYWP did it again,
Little Boots
@Helen:
we’re getting there. oh so slowly.
opiejeanne
@Helen: I was 25 in 1975. (This part was intended for BillinGlendale)
This is from 72:
https://youtu.be/QsHuV3Aj1os
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: Quoi?
Helen
@Little Boots:
Yes. We learned where Jeb met Mrs. Landingham.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
ronnie.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@opiejeanne: In ’69 I was 21, and I called the road my home
Little Boots
although, blondie is hard to resist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
Omnes Omnibus
Changing the mood.
Little Boots
@Helen:
yes, one of the best, ever.
Omnes Omnibus
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Jackson Brown lyrics? Really?
opiejeanne
@Helen: I remember those as well as the Watts Riots. I was in HS.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
that does change the mood, and not in a casbah way. You will yell, but I love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15FfWj11uys
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: You want Debbie and Co., have this.
Steeplejack
@opiejeanne:
I always liked “Diamond Girl.”
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Debbie Harry has those little feral teeth. Ngrr!
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
you are The Best.
opiejeanne
@Little Boots: That was played incessantly on one particular radio station at the beginning of our invasion of Iraq.
Oh wait. Was it played when we went to Kuwait? Now I can’t remember, but probably the latter.
Little Boots
@opiejeanne:
ya know, that may not have been kind, but …
okay, not a good thing.
Helen
My second best West Wing moment. Regarding the War on Terrorism:
The Joint Chief of Staff:(beautifully played by John Amos) “I don’t know who the world’s leading expert on warfare is, but that list must include me and I can’t tell if it’s peacetime or war.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN8U-TSbfwE
opiejeanne
@Steeplejack: Me too.
Which made me think of this: https://youtu.be/uf4YyXVoWeA
Omnes Omnibus
@Little Boots: And this.
Little Boots
good lord, her teeth?
Little Boots
steeplejack, sometimes.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Helen: Did you notice who played Jed’s dad?
opiejeanne
@Little Boots: I didn’t say that to be mean, it was merely a reminiscence. my husband was living 400 miles away because that’s where his new job was, and I was living in our house with our three kids in Riverside, trying to sell that house so we could be with him.
I also remember staying awake for three nights straight during the Rodney King riots. I have no idea what was on the radio at that time. The second night everything in town closed down before 4pm and everyone was edgy even though we were so far away from the trouble. That night I went outside several times to listen (we lived in the downtown area) and it was eerily quiety. No noise from the freeway, no dogs barking, almost no noise at all.
Helen
@BillinGlendaleCA: YES, yes I did. Lawrence O’Donnell. He was good too. I prolly noticed that in re-runs.
Little Boots
@Omnes Omnibus:
I think the best. and my favorite.
Little Boots
@opiejeanne:
oh, I know, that was no offense taken. so problem.
Little Boots
um, no problem
Omnes Omnibus
BTW., for those with moderation powers, you don’t need to bother.
Little Boots
oh, damn, omnes, you are just the best.
srv
Fireworks won’t be the only thing exploding soon:
The end is nigh. Surely someone has a good song to mark this event.
Helen
@opiejeanne:
Hey sweetie (thanks for sitting next to me) Little Boots don’t mean no harm. You don’t need to explain.
Helen
@Omnes Omnibus:
RUT ROH – what did you do?
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Too much gums.
Little Boots
@srv:
apparently the rich think the government will bail them out.
wonder where they ever got that idea?
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
umm, you are a terrible person.
Omnes Omnibus
@Helen: I tried twice to post a Lemonheads song. It no longer makes any difference.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Don’t go back to 4.4.4, 5.1.x is much better wrt performance and battery usage. Also, don’t run the battery ALL the way down, you might end up having to replace the battery. If the problem is only with one app(Chrome) you can try to wipe cache and data in ManageApps in Settings. If that doesn’t solve the problem, next I’d try to remove and re-update the app. The last thing I’d do, if you’re not rooted, is to do a factory reset. If you’re rooted, you can wipe the caches in recovery. Make sure you do a backup before a factory reset or ANYTHING in recovery.
Little Boots
ya know who I miss right now? billin. miss billin.
Little Boots
Wait! billin is here.
Little Boots
he’s talking a lot of battery talk.
a lot. a lot.
okay, never mind.
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus: Juliana and I have the same birthday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMKe4uTALI
Helen
Also too. From the West Wing.. Personal to me. Brendan McAnn cannot visit the White House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aidF5mQ7bBY
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus: Juliana and I have the same birthday.
https://goo.gl/N7gMd9
(the unshortened version moderated me too.)
Villago Delenda Est
If you’re looking to be serious about domestic terrorists, you go after assholes waving the Confederate swastika, and you go after the NRA.
Everything else is marginal.
Little Boots
and now, bangkok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mwELXPGbA
Little Boots
or THIS place.
Mike J
@Little Boots:
And now, Bangkok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAgr2AmHvlc
BillinGlendaleCA
@Villago Delenda Est:
You know we can’t do that.
BillinGlendaleCA
Hey Bungalow Bill what did you kill, Bungalow Bill.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
oh, we know, a dream.
Omnes Omnibus
@Mike J: Thanks.
ETA: And you know the backstory.
Little Boots
can we win the music wars? I mean, not against omnes, who always wins, but against others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fF8wU4Nl9Y
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Shock the Monkey
Mike J
@Omnes Omnibus: I suspect the reason Prince would die, which made up part of the url. Spammers use that abbreviation
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Thanks for the input. I’ll try wiping Chrome’s cache and data and see what happens. I don’t know about removing and reinstalling it; it came with the tablet and has been auto-updated since. So I’m assuming it’s a “safe,” well-behaved app. I guess the final step will be a factory reset. I’ll let you know how it goes. The main thing was I was wondering if there was some double-secret master stroke that I was overlooking.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
one of the best. oh, one of the best.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: What I was suggesting is disable Chrome and remove the updates and reinstall the updates.
Little Boots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZmlUV8muY
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Ah, okay. I might give that a go.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Try deleting the cache and data first.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEo9Bh679wM
Helen
@Little Boots:
Can I play?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA
Little Boots
@Helen:
oh bringing the tom petty, you can always play.
mclaren
Home grown violent extremists DO continue to pose the most likely threat to the homeland. Homegrown violent extremists like Ann Coulter. Homegrown violent extremists like Glenn Beck. Homegrown violent extremists like Michelle Bachmann. Homegrown violent extremists like Rush Limbaugh. Homegrown violent extremists like Rand Paul. Homegrown violent extremists like John Boehner. Homegrown violent extremists like William Kristol. Homegrown violent extremists like John Hinderaker. Homegrown violent extremists like Glenn Reynolds. Homegrown violent extremists like the head of the NRA. Homegrown violent extremists like the Bush crime family.
But these people are all white, so we’re not allowed to talk about them.
mclaren
@srv:
It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) by R.E.M.
Alternatively, The End by The Doors.
Or possibly Reign In Blood by Slayer.
But really, Reign In Blood should be our national anthem.
Little Boots
@mclaren:
or The End, cause, doors.
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
Got it.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
great. music?
J R in WV
@BillinGlendaleCA: I remember seeing Jack Ruby on our B&W TV. Mom screamed when he shot Lee Harvey.
Helen
@Little Boots:
Also too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc
Little Boots
fine, george harrison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5fv-89Maw
Steeplejack
Donovan, “Wear You Love Like Heaven.”
I might be out. The housecat just woke up and had a yooge half-teaspoon of wet food as a midnight snack, so this might be a good time to transition to bed.
Tommy James and the Shondells, “Crystal Blue Persuasion.”
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
good enough. and good to see you again.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: The Beatles circa 1996
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Okay, carry on.
Paul Mauriat, “Love Is Blue.”
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
that is really lovely.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
and so is that. and I miss you. and you are right to sleep. I should, but I won’t.
but thank you.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: Carry on til tomorrow.
Steeplejack
Okay, one more. The Bob Crewe Generation, “Music to Watch Girls By.”
Going to bed before I descend into the Tijuana Brass. Oops, too late.
Little Boots
@Helen:
and I really miss REM
Steeplejack
The Liverpudlian lads to “A Taste of Honey.”
“Till There Was You.” I could have sworn Ringo did the vocal on this one. Oh, well.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
oh, why I love you. you can’t quite stop.
Steeplejack
Okay, Ringo did do the vocal on “Good Night.”
Good night.
Helen
@Steeplejack:
Wow. Thanks. That was one of my mom’s favorites.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
as you should.
oh, I miss you already. but everyone should sleep.
now I’m all wound up.
Little Boots
billin, you didn’t really go to sleep, did you?
Steeplejack
@Helen:
Bob Crewe? He did a lot of writing and producing for the Four Seasons. This was his only hit that I remember. Really takes me back.
Steeplejack
@BillinGlendaleCA:
That’s a great one. Haven’t heard it in decades. Eek.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Nope, still Thursday here.
ETA: My new piercing and tat are itching, guess that’s a good thing.
Little Boots
uh huh
Steeplejack
Damn, now I’ve screwed around so long that I have to wake up the housecat to go to bed. So wrong. But she hates to wake up and find that I have “abandoned” her.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
well, good.
Helen
@Steeplejack:
No the other one. Herb Alpert and the Tijunana Brass.
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
wait, where are you?
opiejeanne
@Helen: I know, but thanks. I’ve never been upset with Little Boots.
Little Boots
@Helen:
I knew that.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Glendale, CA like the nym says.
Little Boots
@opiejeanne:
I would hope not. how, oh never mind, this place get neurotic.
Steeplejack
Srsly, I’m out.
Doobie Brothers, “South City Midnight Lady.”
Little Boots
@BillinGlendaleCA:
um, yeah, there is that. um, grasping the obvious now.
Steeplejack
@Helen:
Oops, my bad. Another great song, though. Very much of its time.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
you can’t quit us. you cannot. but thanks for doobies.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Steeplejack: So you’re off, Takin’ It To The Streets.
Steeplejack
@Little Boots:
Jee-sus.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack:
I’m needy. You knew that, going in. you knew that.
I know you should sleep, but I don’t want you to. is that selfish?
Little Boots
yeah, now that I type it, it seems a bit selfish.
Little Boots
oh wait, totally other thing.
I’m a little drunk.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Little Boots:
Zzzz.
Little Boots
@Steeplejack (phone):
are you still with us?
Little Boots
can I do another george?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p5yzdCa2GE
Little Boots
I kind of miss steeplejack. already.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Little Boots: Never heard George sing that one.
opiejeanne
@Helen: I loved that show, but never saw it when it was on the air. We binge-watched it last year on Netflix.
Right now we are watching The Newsroom. We’re on the third episode of the first season and are shouting in recognition at the political nonsense being called out.
opiejeanne
@Mike J: Argh! that one line about a little town in Indonesia. Bangkok is in Thailand.
opiejeanne
@BillinGlendaleCA: Jungle Bill: https://youtu.be/kzDrLomupVw
opiejeanne
@J R in WV: Something similar happened in my household. I was 13.
opiejeanne
@Steeplejack: OH, you didn’t!
bjacques
Getting back to that gorilla with the kultur club (sorry)…
Why did he carry a swooning woman all the way to America? And how did be manage it without getting her hair or dress wet?