(Mike Thompson via GoComics.com)
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All sorts of disturbances brewing. Per Allison Kilkenney, in The Nation:
Local Occupy Tampa activists will likely remain in place through the RNC, despite efforts to move the group from a West Tampa park, ABC reports. Protesters moved to Voice of Freedom Park back in January following the city evicting the group from downtown. West Tampa park is owned by strip club mogul Joe Redner who has given the group an eviction date of September 15.
“Occupy Tampa has stood in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street since its inception, and will function as the host occupation for the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL on August 27th–30th, 2012,” the group said in an official statement regarding the RNC, adding that ongoing preparations are being made for the convention protests, including securing sleeping arrangements for occupiers, in addition to canopies, sun screen and portable water containers for protection from the weather.
Occupy Tampa has formed a Regional General Assembly to coordinate Occupy groups throughout the bay area, including: Occupy Lakeland, Occupy St. Petersburg, Occupy Bradenton, Occupy USF, Occupy Port Richey and Occupy Sarasota…
“We invite everyone to come and take advantage of the preparations we have made, to help ensure that all occupiers and other supporting groups can use this moment of national attention to confront the political status-quo,” Occupy Tampa states….
Our national security services are reacting, needless to say, with all the restraint and maturity we have come to expect from them.
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Apart from stocking up on popcorn (and praying that our Floridian friends & family don’t suffer for the GOP’s mistakes), what’s on the agenda for the weekend?
Jeff Spender
Organic Chemistry lab. Very exciting stuff.
SarahT
Watching the Humpy Awards : http://youtu.be/IhzckFB1NyY
jwb
Got Apple TV to run my Samsung TV. I didn’t realize I was making an allegorical purchase.
Mojotron
Normally the comics get a chuckle or even a chortle out of me (except the Ted Rall stuff, that’s a grimace), but this was an actual guffaw. Slapped my knee even.
Yutsano
I hope Betty takes the hens with her to Tampa. She can feed the troops omelettes and pelt uppity Republicans with bird embryos. It’ll be epic.
Ian
That wasn’t the kind of acid I was hoping would be in the egg
different-church-lady
@jwb: Either that or you’re practicing selective breeding.
? Martin
@jwb: You’ll notice the Samsung perfectly copies everything you tell the AppleTV to play.
different-church-lady
What’s all this I hear about drones?
Just Some Fuckhead
That cartoon doesn’t look real to me.
gnomedad
It seems as though there’s been a surge of goopers (not excluding Rmoney) who are envious of the attention Akin is getting and are trying to out-crazy him.
different-church-lady
@? Martin: …and then gives the AppleTV a billion dollars.
danah gaz (fka gaz)
The upside of the police brutality is that it means that Ron Paulers are getting maced. I’m always looking for the silver lining. =)
ETA: My plans for the weekend involve sitting on my arse because that doesn’t require spending money I don’t have which means I can pay some medical bills – and yes I have insurance, supposedly good insurance. I’m pretty easy to discriminate against though – and insurance companies have been doing it for years to people in my situation.
Alison
This weekend? A bunch of reading, watching a bunch of soccer, and hopefully watching the local boys continue to kick ass at the Little League World Series :)
WereBear
Gee, when the hurricane is heading for the Republican Convention, all those other bags of evangelical hot air aren’t talking about how they brought it all upon themselves with their eeeeeeeeeevil ways.
Funny, dat.
Anya
Hubby and I are hosting our first real dinner party tommorow night. Needless to say, I am freaking out. For the past three days I’ve been shopping non-stop. I am still not sure if I have everything I need.
mai naem
@Yutsano: I would rather she use the feathers for tarring and feathering Paul Ryan and the Rmoneys.
MikeJ
@WereBear: Last I saw it looks like Mobile is gonna get it. Which is too bad since I know people in Bayou la Batre.
Hill Dweller
So Maher had Huffington as the initial interview, which was nauseating. The panel is a halfwit Republican congressman, Katty Kay(whose face can’t move), and a Romney campaign health care adviser, who has already repeatedly lied.
Of course, Maher doesn’t seem to have either the ability nor research department to refute the bullshit. Katty Kay could potentially do it, but she is too busy saying both sides are to blame.
Kill me now.
different-church-lady
@Anya: a) You don’t. And you won’t find out what you’re missing until about an hour before the doorbell rings. There is no way around this. Your only line of defense is to make sure Hubby already has the car keys in hand at that point.
b) In the future, do not plan to do any shopping the day of the party.
c) You will wonder non-stop why on earth you ever thought this was a good idea. And then, while you’re in the kitchen getting the main course plated, you will hear the best sound in the world: people laughing and having a good time in your home. And then it will feel like it was all worth it.
Alison
@MikeJ: Forrest Gump?
In all seriousness though, eek, I hope they’re all okay. These storms scare the crap out of me since I live somewhere that they never happen.
tybee
you get used to the storms…sorta.
mai naem
@Hill Dweller: That health care consultant was on Chris Hayes a few weeks ago and appeared to be in shock for most of the show(like, OMG, I can’t BS my way out of this show.) At least DL Hughley is punching back at Jack Kingston(KKK-GA.)
Dennis SGMM
My son and I are going to attend our town’s (Glendora, CA) Flashback event tomorrow. They rope off downtown, all two blocks of it, and people bring hotrods, antique cars, and bikes from miles around. Two stages with bands playing into the night. We’ll be going when the Surfaris play. They’ve evolved into a Blues band and they are killer. I went to High school with guitarist Stan West and percussionist Bobby Figueroa. Stan is a neighbor and he’s promised to play “Mona” when he sees me out front.
mai naem
@Anya: Buy some of the better frozen stuff from Trader Joes for each of the non-entree courses in case you have a disaster.
WereBear
@MikeJ: Been through four of them now. Now in an non-hurricane zone, but it’s something that can turn scary pretty quick.
Best to your friends and everyone else in harm’s way.
Anya
@different-church-lady:
I am already there. I thought of canceling yesterday but hubby talked me out of it.
From your mouth to FSM’s ears.
danah gaz (fka gaz)
@Hill Dweller: Maher is an idiot, he’s always been an idiot, and will always be an idiot.
He says something funny sometimes. He even stumbles upon the truth sometimes.
None of this makes up for his many asinine views and statements.
And certainly, none of this makes up for the fact that he slept with Ann Coulter.
He’s a libertarian. NEVER forget that.
different-church-lady
@danah gaz (fka gaz):
Oh hell, who hasn’t?
Dennis SGMM
I spent 1968 to mid 1971 in South Texas, Kingsville to be exact, with Naval Air so we caught some storms. Funniest thing that happened was when one of the hurricanes was predicted to smack our base. I was on the Hurrevac crew so we flew eight aircraft 55 miles north to Corpus Christi so that we could resume flight ops as soon as the storm had passed. The rest of our birds had been weirded out so that we could stuff all of them into the hangar.
The hurricane changed course and made a beeline for Corpus. Our officer in charge told us to find a place to lay low. I bought a case of beer and some munchies at the base liquor store and found myself a nice WWII vintage Quonset hut that had been draped with anchor chain sometime during its long life. Cool!
Rolled myself some joints and sat down inside the hut. As strong as that place was it breathed when the edge of the storm hit. The little bitty windows were reinforced with chicken wire and, dummy that I was, I couldn’t resist watching. I saw double decker dumpsters go down the street bouncing like basketballs.
I prefer the probability of an earthquake here in CA to the certainty of hurricanes.
Anya
@mai naem: I have someone catering the main dishes. I’ll be making the vegetable side dishes, appetizers, soup and salads. You know, the hard stuff:-D
Dennis SGMM
Q: What’s the difference between Ann Coulter and a Lamborghini?
A: Not many guys have been in a Lamborghini.
danah gaz (fka gaz)
@different-church-lady: “Oh hell, who hasn’t?”
Yech… I suppose there’s no accounting for taste, but I’m pretty sure that you should seek treatment for that.
Omnes Omnibus
@different-church-lady: ::raises hand::
CaliCat
I just saw that one of my all time favorite rock bands, Lynyrd Skynyrd, will be performing at the GOP Convention. I know they’re red-necky and everything but I didn’t think they would sink this low. What a disappointment. Then again, they’re a has-been replica of their former selves so it doesn’t matter in the big scheme of things…but still..
Comrade Scrutinizer
@different-church-lady:
My dick is still attached, so no.