Other front pagers need to step up. 2 the streets.
Yo.
***Update***
I think anyone who watches this clip would agree with me that the only way for Balloon Juice to resolve our lingering differences with Firedoglake is a group dance-off.
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Other front pagers need to step up. 2 the streets.
Yo.
***Update***
I think anyone who watches this clip would agree with me that the only way for Balloon Juice to resolve our lingering differences with Firedoglake is a group dance-off.
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srv
You people must be proud of yourselves:
raven
Some shit makes me glad I got my medicare card.
Tone In DC
Another Bundy is shown to be an idiot. I am extremely surprised.
Speaking of idiots…
http://wonkette.com/559318/florida-man-duh-interrupts-attempted-escape-from-cops-so-he-can-play-with-kittycats
At least he didn’t harm the cats.
Amir Khalid
Didn’t movies like this go out of style after Mickey Rooney got too old to play a teenager?
NotMax
@Amir Khalid
Any thoughts on the accelerated spate of sedition charges in Malaysia of late?
raven
@Amir Khalid: Wild In The Streets (1968)
Patrick
@srv:
So, according to Ryan Bundy, if a school official bars somebody from carrying a pocket knife to school, that means they are a communist.
I don’t think Mr Bundy has the slightest idea of what the definition of what a communist is.
Tim F.
@Patrick:
Shocking.
TaMara (BHF)
My cousin is an EMT in Omaha. The latest Ebola patient will be in Omaha. People of course are freaking out. He just went out and got a t-shirt that says, Ebola Patient. Love that guy.
Roger Moore
@Patrick:
Sure he does. A communist is somebody who tries to use the government to do something he doesn’t like.
Soonergrunt
I’ll just leave this here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZtQn-GAemQ
Belafon
@TaMara (BHF): The one good thing about these people is that if we do have an outbreak in this country, they will all nicely congregate together at church.
MomSense
Down with a dance-off!
Roger Moore
@Tone In DC:
I think I’m gonna go with “both” on this one.
chopper
You’re trying to kill Cole, aren’t you. Take the blog for yourself, is that it?
Amir Khalid
@NotMax:
The Sedition Act, like the Internal Security Act which dates to the days of British Rule, has traditionally been used by The Bloody Garment* to silence/remove inconvenient dissenters and opposition politicians, and as far as that is concerned this situation seems no different.
However, there’s an interesting situation going on in Selangor state, which is held by Pakatan Rakyat, the opposition coalition. The Menteri Besar (chief minister), Khalid Ibrahim, is on the outs with Pakatan, who want to replace him. So there’s a theory that Barisan sees a juicy opportunity to take over the richest and most populous state in the country. (Najib had vowed to win it back in the 2013 general election, and failed, which was not good for his leadership cred.) Provoking a furore over unjustifiable Sedition Act arrests might well be to generate a cover for a stealthy manoeuvre to capture Selangor.
*An old opposition nickname for the coalition in power.
KG
@Roger Moore: i think you just hit the nail on the head.
funny story, just had a FB exchange with an old friend from high school. he’s very republican and posts shit that borders on wingnuttia most of the time. so, he posts a clip from 2007 of Bush saying there’s great danger if our troops leave Iraq too early. i comment that less than a year later, he signed the status of forces agreement outlining our drawdown (and post a link to the wikipedia page). he comments “drawdown not withdrawal” to which I point out that the agreement that Bush signed said we’d be out by the end of 2011. he responds with, “those agreements get changed five years down the line all the time”. i point out that changes only happen when both sides agree and that Iraq wanted us out, so we either had to get out or violate international law. his response is “whatever you say. at least we’re back there now.” i’m pretty much sure “whatever you say” is internetese for “fuck, you’re right but i don’t want to admit it.”
kc
Envisioning some choreography involving mops and buckets.
jayboat
@kc:
Thanks for the visual.
Roger Moore
@kc:
I don’t know about choreography involving mops and buckets, but I have seen it that involves brooms.
Gin & Tonic
@kc: You’re welcome.
Alex
In FOOTBALL! news, Oakland’s cheerleaders are now getting minimum wage after a successful lawsuit.
http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-ra-raiders-settle-cheerleader-lawsuit-20140904-column.html
KG
@Alex: anyone cheering for the Oakland Professional Football Team deserves a lot more compensation than that.
kc
Armed militia members ambush conservationists in Arizona.
kc
@Gin & Tonic:
Almost perfect! I say “almost,” cause he’s clothed . . .
kc
@Roger Moore:
Excellent!
SiubhanDuinne
Anybody following this story about the small plane from Rochester NY to Naples FL that lost pressure and is now in Cuban air space. From what I can tell, all on board including pilot would have lost consciousness some hours ago.
pamelabrown53
@kc:
My understanding is that the conservationists in on the Arizona border were counting bats. Did they include the armed militia in their head count?
P.S. If they were included, how many were rabid?
Trollhattan
@Patrick:
Which is merely a turbocharged version of the typical Republican, who calls everything he doesn’t like “socia1ism” while not having the foggiest idea what socia1ism actually is.
Life must be so much simpler not having to retain more than seven facts in your entire brain.
Steeplejack
Better dance-off: The Rocky Horror Picture Show vs. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on The Drew Carey Show.
NCSteve
Can’t we just try bombing them first?
NCSteve
By the way, sad news for anyone who follows Kevin Drum, or just dropped in on Fridays for Cat Blogging, he and his wife had to put Domino down yesterday. Her thyroid problem had hit the point where she wasn’t eating anymore.
It’s funny how we’ll coo over baby pictures, but if a blogger you like (or even one you just follow, like I do Drum) shares the antics or photos of their pets, you kind of adopt them.