The commenting policy as laid out on Thursday is as follows:
Things that will get you an immediate timeout:
1.) Sexism, racism, ageism; homophobic outbursts, targeting of marginalized groups, etc. We’re not going to put up with personal attacks beyond a joking nature, nor will we tolerate targeted harassment of commenters. Take your shit somewhere else.
2.) Explicit calls for violence. Obviously things said in jest such as “guillotines” or nonsense like that are recognized for the hyperbole they are. But direct, actionable threats or calls for violence are out, for obvious reasons.
3.) Targeted harassment of other commenters or front pagers.
4.) Intentional disinformation campaigns.
5.) Posting links to inappropriate websites or sites that compromise a user’s security.
6.) Divulging personal information about a commenter or front pager (real name, address, place of work, etc.)
7.) I am sure you idiots will think of something else so I will just leave this here.
Apparently we need to discuss, in detail, item #4. Intentional disinformation campaigns include anything that is known to be false with the slightest bit of knowledge and or research. These include things like:
1.) Obama is a Kenyan Muslim.
2.) Climate change is a hoax.
3.) Vaccines cause autism.
4.) The world is flat.
5.) Nicotine is not addictive.
6.) Iraq had WMD
7.) The DNC stole the 2016 election from Bernie
8.) Chemtrails
9.) Seth Rich was murdered by the DNC
10.) Sandy Hook was a false flag operation.
Etc. You get the idea. Also, another example of said behavior is the right wing (and lunatic fringe left) claim that there was no Russian interference in the 2016 election. There was. That is undeniable.
The only thing really up for debate is he extent of HOW MUCH COOPERATION the Russians received from the campaign, because the President and those around him have lied repeatedly about it (and are now convicted felons in several cases).
Take that bullshit to reddit or 8chan or whatever.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
John, what have the Curved Space Time Conspiracy Theory, are we allowed to debate that?
MisterForkbeard
It’s good to know that Tucker Carlson wouldn’t be allowed to post here. )
Yutsano
Did I miss things while going down YouTube rabbit holes?
zhena gogolia
What prompted this??
bluehill
Wow. That didn’t take long.
Mai naem mobile
You forgot Vince Foster. And Michelle’s Whitey Tape.
James E Powell
11.) Moderate Republicans exist and the Democrats just need to [——–] to get their votes.
dmsilev
I assume “the world is flat” covers both genuine not-a-spherism and also the complete works of Tom Friedman?
Also, check out Behind the Curve on Netflix; fascinating documentary trying to answer just WTF is going on with people who believe in flat-earth.
trollhattan
If only Killary would have campaigned in Michigan!
Baud
A setback for the Baud! 2020! campaign.
Are you rigging the primary for the DNC?
yellowdog
As for number 7– Elizabeth Warren has said that the DNC rigged the primaries for Hillary. (See CNN, WP, BBC 11/2/17). What does that mean for her supporters here?
David ??Booooooo?? Koch
Oh great.
Now we can’t talk about the Stonecutters rig the Oscars every year. (video)
Baud
@yellowdog:
As someone who was deeply offended by that, I can say that she hasn’t built a movement based on that like Bernie did and has been stayed solid for the last two years. I’m comfortable letting bygones by bygones in this case.
Juice Box
@yellowdog: What @Baud: said.
Hey, the new system knows my nym!
Whats_Left
I’ve really been enjoying swapping around the first half and second half of the example disinformation campaigns, resulting in statements like:
Jay
Ruckus
@zhena gogolia:
I’d bet it was a comment from last night.
I was tempted to answer but figured it just wasn’t worth the time and electrons. And inability to convince the inconvincible that bullshit is bullshit.
Baud
We need a BJ algorithm to screen out objectionable content.
dmsilev
@Baud: rm -r * would do the trick.
Frankensteinbeck
I definitely want to hear whatever it was. We must have had a random drive-by troll? Surely no regular commenteratorer here would spout anything from that insane list. Was it the DNC one? We do have lefty troll issues, but they’re not usually that ridiculous.
Jay
“Journalistic framing”,……..
WereBear
I have it on good authority (the God Awful Movies podcast) that such is religiously motivated but scoops up… well, I’m sure they’re human but also as credulous as a toddler watching a magic act.
We need a German word.
SFAW
Is there a Poe’s Law algorithm?
Cermet
But surely its ok to discuse how Alien’s constructed the pyramids … and Nessy, of course. Nessy can be debated (her size) – right?
JPL
Spoiler alert .. Today’s NYTimes puzzle had a clue 2016 election meddlers. easy peasy for me and the rest of us.. russian trolls. Normally I don’t even attempt a Saturday, but that clue helped me.
Thanking you in advance for not blocking me.
WereBear
I thought the comment policy was:
FTFY
Baud
@JPL:
Pleasantly surprised they didn’t go with Ukrainians.
Sab
@Mai naem mobile: Speaking of which, do not go over to Pat Lang’s tyrrany site, where Larry Johnson posts. YIKES!
He hates FSOs because they are snobs. Seriously. Because they had to pass tests to be considered for employment.
MisterForkbeard
@yellowdog: I was trying to figure out if this was a legit question or not, but it sounds like it might be. Then again, I’m also not really a Warren supporter (she’s 2nd or 3rd to me).
I was pretty angry when I heard her say that. But she also backtracked on it and hasn’t referenced it since or tried to build anything on it. It amounts to something stupid that she learned from and I don’t really care about it any more.
debbie
@JPL:
The outrage on the Right (providing they ever do the NYT puzzles) will be fierce!
hells littlest angel
Does number 4 apply to only David ??Booooooo?? Koch, who falsely claimed in the previous thread that, ‘On his “show”, Chris Matthews called on Dump to show mercy and pardon Stone,’ or also to the people who replied, ‘OMG, he’s so horrible’?
He seems to have a thing about grossly misrepresenting things said MSNBC hosts.
debbie
@Baud:
Will Shortz is no fan of Mags. //
JPL
@Baud: lol
I’m working through what can and can’t be stated. For example, trump is at Walter Reed for his physical. Can it be stated that the big bump in his ass could be cancer that spews hate among us all.
WereBear
Must be compared with our own native lake monster, Champy.
Adam L Silverman
@zhena gogolia: You do NOT want to know!
Adam L Silverman
Do suggestions that John Cole wears pants count as a conspiracy theory or a scurrilous allegation?
Adam L Silverman
@Mai naem mobile: I actually am acquainted with Larry Johnson and someone was just asking me about that the other day.
grammypat
Speaking of conspiracy theories, maybe we can start one:
Ruh – roh?
According to the AP, the toxic toddler “…was at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday…” supposedly to get an early start to his annual checkup.
DAVID ANDERSON
@Adam L Silverman: libel/slander re pants
JPL
Testing the limits.. What the f.k is the asshole gonna do
A top federal homelessness official announced Friday that he has left his post at the Trump administration’s request, an unexpected move that comes as the White House plans a sweeping crackdown aimed at homelessness in California.
washington post
whoops I tried to link to the article but failed. sorry here is a naked link https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/16/trump-administration-ousts-top-homelessness-official-white-house-prepares-broad-crackdown/
Sab
@WereBear: I was in the archives today. Rosie has been with him for 10 plus years. That’s a huge chunk of any dog’s lifespan. My late lamented shepherd only lived 11 years. Rosie was new to John the year Tassie died.
So Rosie has beaten a lot of odds to have a long dog lifespan in the same loving household. Yay John. Yay Rosie. Lots of little dogs make it to twenty.
Jay
John Revolta
@Cermet:
Aliens, piffle. It’s well known that the pyramids are full of quinoa.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: If Ken Vogel is the new Judith Miller who is Scooter Libby.
Jay
So, too many hashtags in a tweet still results in moderation,
If anybodys interested.
MattF
@John Revolta: And razor blades.
Villago Delenda Est
Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.
If that’s not bannable, nothing is.
Villago Delenda Est
@Adam L Silverman: Only if he’s not mopping. Then we know he’s not wearing pants.
mrmoshpotato
@David ??Booooooo?? Koch: We do! We do!
zhena gogolia
@Baud:
Me too! Although attributing the whole thing to “trolls” is a little disingenuous. Or a lot. Unless you think that Russian Military Intelligence is just a random gang of trolls.
Sab
@Adam L Silverman:
@Adam L Silverman: So what happened? I used to think he was sensible. I have a number of mixed race relatives, especially nephews, nieces and grandchildren. I hesitate to even let them see stuff he writes. He is toxic lately. Same thing Pat Lang.
zhena gogolia
@JPL:
I think that is fair game around here.
Aaron Rupar was tweeting from Ronny Jackson’s old report, and I thought somehow he had been reinstated.
patrick II
@Sab: Resentment against democrats who think they are reasonably smart (usually correctly) is a huge motivating factor on the right. Listen to Rush sometime-, he’s constantly on about “who- are those liberal elites that they think they can tell all of you real common sense Americans what to do?”
It seems to work.
JPL
@Sab: Rosie has had a good life and she could care less that we dote on Lily. I can’t believe it was that long since he stopped along the side of the road to rescue her.
Redleg
It’s time to break out the guillotine!
Jay
JPL
@zhena gogolia: The article about trump cleaning up the homeless problem in CA scares me and if the asshole does anything threatening then I presume most of us will be blocked. lol Including John himself
zhena gogolia
@grammypat:
I saw this:
This will test my Christian compassion. Do not use prayers for the wrong thing!
Yutsano
@JPL: Smaller dogs tend to have longer life spans than larger dogs. Which is kinda sad especially considering the Bernese mountain dog only lives around 8 years or so. And they’re big piles of lovable floof.
kindness
Look what happens when you walk away. I’m glad I didn’t see it really.
Cheryl Rofer
TIL that I can take a comment out of moderation with a single click.
The Dangerman
@Adam L Silverman:
I believe you have to be a wee bit more specific as I’ve heard he goes Commando.
Jay
Re. Roger Stone’s convictions.
Mary G
grammypat
@zhena gogolia
*Something* is why I used the word supposedly.
Since I have no Christian compassion, I don’t ‘pray’ for anybody or anything.
JPL
@Yutsano: Mutts or those that fend for them self are different though. My golden before my first mutt was seventeen, but little 18 lb Moxie was approximately 11.. Nona a purebred Maltese was only 11.
Bex
Left previous box, button, whatever now covers the first five letters of Commenter in Commenter Name (Nym). Right box is missing again. I blame Trump. Is that a conspiracy theory I can get kicked off for?
satby
Poor ol’ Thruster didn’t last long, did he. #7 with a bullet is my guess.
patrick II
@JPL: I bet Trump will suggest a federally funded program to help wild housing and provide counselling for those who need it. Jared will provide the visionary aspect and Steve miller will be the administrator. It will be called TULIP for Trump Unreservedly Loves the Intrangent Poor.
Raven
@Sab: Bohdi is 15. He’s having motor issues but he’s happy.
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test
JaySinWA
Don’t bring @popehat into this.
schrodingers_cat
@zhena gogolia: Did he have one too many hamberders?
Yutsano
@JPL: Fortunately dog life spans are hard to predict even among breed standards. We should just enjoy our time with our canine companions as we have it.
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 2!
JPL
@Baud: showoff
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 3!
trollhattan
@Villago Delenda Est:
“Donald Trump surrendered his billionaire’s life and sacrificed his treasured privacy to selflessly serve the county he loves, only to be treated unfairly by people who do not comprehend nor deserve his immeasurable brilliance and talents.”
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 4!
trollhattan
Baud 1,2,3 sounds like an odd waltz.
WereBear
Can I speculate about someone dropping blackmail material (a P for Particular tape Perhaps?) worldwide should someone with a dead rat coiffure fail him in some way?
So much less messy than the SMERSH exploding recliners, after all.
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 5!
J R in WV
CHEMTRAILS????
Seriously?
You can see the chemtrails behind nearly every jetliner in the sky, John. Now arguing about what those chemtrails actually are, that’s a different story. I’m going with ice crystals, some are going with Climate Change chemistry.
But I’m not an high altitude chemist! Just an average guy with curiosity…
Frankensteinbeck
@Baud:
NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE A TEST! The Republicans are trying to suppress my vote for Baud! I know that when Baud becomes president, everything will be virtually okay!
waysel
@satby: Thanks for reminding me. I couldn’t remember the nym I pied the other day. I hope it never returns.
Steve in the ATL
@J R in WV: contrails ≠ chemtrails
More importantly, go Dawgs!
Ascap_scab
You can’t convince me Ted Cruz’s dad didn’t kill JFK!
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/CD73/production/_89559525_04f05e23-b674-46fe-894b-9700d0e64096.jpg
WereBear
@Frankensteinbeck: Ignorance of the commenting policy is no excuse.
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 6!
Jay C
@Baud:
are these campaign ads?
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 7!
Bill Arnold
@Whats_Left:
These are testable at least:
and this one has some charm:
BruceFromOhio
@Whats_Left: This made me lol and it startled the rabbit.
Baud
@Jay C: just testing the capabilities of the new site.
scav
I am soo waiting to yell at Baud “You 8 the campaign?!”
mrmoshpotato
@Cermet: Jeremiah was a bullfrog!
Patricia Kayden
@Baud: Baud is going to get banned for doing too many cocky tests in the same thread!!
just joking!!
Baud
Baud! 2020! Test! 8!
Calouste
@WereBear: Do flat earthers have an explanation for when I call someone in Europe it is dark there when it is midday here on the Left Coast?
For me the explanation is that they are (almost) on the other side of the world.
Baud
@Patricia Kayden: Most are ending in failure.
Sab
@Frankensteinbeck: My guess it was T sticker, who was every other comment yesterday. I did figure out the pie filter, due to same.
Baud
@Patricia Kayden:
The problem is that the formatting looks fine in the visual box but new FYWP strips it when I post.
Sab
@Calouste: They don’t believe there is a left coast. Y’all are just on TV.
James E Powell
@patrick II:
And in the world of “Can you believe what Democrats are saying?” just about anybody they don’t like is a Democrat. Quite often the person who is the outrage du jour is in no way a Democrat. See, e.g., Michael Moore, various actors and athletes, leftists who spend 95% of their time slamming the Democratic Party.
Sab
@Patricia Kayden: WTF we just spent literally months (actually we did :Steve in an Airport) begging his return. So s/he is safely ensconced.
Jay
mrmoshpotato
@WereBear: You must do all 4 while mopping naked.
We all have very well-mopped homes.
Odie Hugh Manatee
John, you forgot to add “Pineapple doesn’t belong on pizza”.
rikyrah
@zhena gogolia:
Wondering that myself??
GregMulka
So this whole song will get me banned?
Adam L Silverman
@Sab: I have no idea what happened to Johnson. I don’t discuss anything to do with Pat.
zhena gogolia
@grammypat:
You seem to think I was disagreeing with you. I fully understood your “something.” And I wasn’t implying that you had any Christian compassion. I was referring to myself.
Mai naem mobile
@schrodingers_cat: Scooter Libby would be KellyAnne Conway no?
zhena gogolia
@schrodingers_cat:
Let’s hope so.
WereBear
@Calouste: I have no idea how someone hangs onto a Flat Earth philosophy when astronauts send selfies from space, but they undoubtedly think we are all feeelthy lib’ruls doing it to make them doubt their faith or something.
mrmoshpotato
@schrodingers_cat: He almost od’d on the Kremlin’s ass.
Mai naem mobile
@Adam L Silverman: who is Larry Johnson? Who is Pat Lang? I feel like I am familiar with a lot of RWNJ media/pundits/rat fuckers but honestly there’s just so many my brain can only rolodex so many. It doesn’t help that they look so similar to each other.
zhena gogolia
@Mai naem mobile:
Pat Lang is Raven’s pet peeve, because he was on John’s blogroll for a long time (maybe he still is, IDK) because he’s a veteran but he sounds absolutely bonkers. Don’t ask me who Johnson is.
mrmoshpotato
@trollhattan: Uno, dos, one, two, tres, quatro
Major Major Major Major
@Yutsano:
this is exactly why we need to crack down on recommendation algorithms!
Scamp Dog
@Odie Hugh Manatee: Welcome back! I was thinking the other day that I hadn’t seen you in quite a while.
Sab
@mrmoshpotato: Speak for yourself. All our home mopping delegated to the cats (dirty creatures) who hate water, so it NEVER happens.
NotMax
You didn't hear it from me but the Illuminati plans to set up a picket line outside your house on Monday.
Sab
@Adam L Silverman: Sorry. Didn’t mean to touch a nerve.
mrmoshpotato
@Calouste:
Half of the Sun was turned off by the gay frogs!
SiubhanDuinne
@WereBear:
My baby brother (“baby” turns 73 tomorrow!) has apparently become a flat-earther. I learned this a few months ago. I’ve argued vigorously with him about Trump, and I’ve kindly but firmly rejected his come-to-Jesus proselytising, but I don’t think I can let this pass. I’ll see him for a few days at Thanksgiving, and I believe I’ll use Mnemosyne’s trick of asking him, in all innocence, “please explain, I don’t understand, could you give me a couple of examples?” instead of being my usual confrontational self. (And tyvm, but please don’t suggest that I write him off. I detest his views, and he knows it, but I also love him dearly. I was estranged from my siblings many years ago. Never doing that again no matter how much we disagree.)
All that said: What the ever-loving actual blue-eyed fuck, my bro?
Sab
@zhena gogolia: Johnson went through CIA entry class with Valery Plame, the late Ambassador Joe Wilson’s widow. He defended her a lot when Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney blew her cover back in the day, but lately he goes down racist rabbit holes (the whitey tapes re Michele Obama). Haven’t seen much from him lately, but haven’t seen anything suggesting he has calmed down at all.
zhena gogolia
I like the cut of this guy’s jib.
Col. Morris Davis Retweeted Brooke Binkowski
Sure, but
@SusanSarandon has her principles!Brooke BinkowskiVerified account @brooklynmarie
Steven Menashi’s Confirmation Flips Second Circuit to GOP-Appointed Majority https://at.law.com/LckwsR?cmp=share_twitter … via
@NYLawJournalmrmoshpotato
@Scamp Dog: Hi Scamp Dog. How’s Meeca doing? And yourself?
zhena gogolia
I don’t understand how to cut-and-paste tweets any more. I’m not on twitter so I can’t embed.
Patricia Kayden
Deleted.
realbtl
@mrmoshpotato: Hattie told Harriet
Patricia Kayden
@zhena gogolia: I thought I did but apparently not. Sigh.
Rob
@Whats_Left: This made me cackle out loud. Fortunately nobody else was home, and we have no rabbit.
Sab
@SiubhanDuinne: My baby bro is treasurer for a mutual fund, and hates commies. Oddly, he likes E Warren, and thinks Harris was too lenient with Wells Fargo. Hates top notch oligarchs.
He is only in the 1%. He resents the .1%. So do I. Finally common ground. Woo hoo.
David ??Booooooo?? Koch
@hells littlest angel:
You are incorrect. I made no such error. To say otherwise is a violation of commenting policy. Persist at you’re own peril.
zhena gogolia
@Patricia Kayden:
It was a good tweet! I wish you hadn’t deleted it. I was able to decipher it.
Chetan Murthy
@WereBear: @SiubhanDuinne: I recently read Kuhn’s The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. In it, he notes that the stars move in orbits around celestial North, and that some stars are above the horizon during the entire circle and hence visible (except when the Sun’s up, outshining them), where others are only above the horizon for part of the day. And that depending ONLY on one’s lattitude, you can predict which stars will be completely above-horizon and which will not.
And that this can only be explained by positing a spherical (ok, spheroid) Earth. It’s an elegant explanation, though honestly, the “ships at sea, seen from the beach and from a cliff directly overhead” ought to work too.
Martin
John Cole is a hoax. Prove me wrong!
Martin
@Sab: Warren is a capitalist. A very good capitalist, if you ask me. Harris couldn’t really have gone much harder on Wells Fargo given how easy everyone else went on these guys. CA got, what, a bit over $25B and the rest of the country got a bit less than $2B?
I agree Wells Fargo should have paid more, but that’s really on the feds and other states for going so easy on them.
chris
@Patricia Kayden:
Before you paste I think you need to click Text at the top right of the comment box. Watch me screw this up.
Martin
@Mai naem mobile: Iraq war era characters. They’re many generations of bad actors ago. Almost cute by today’s standards.
lollipopguild
Has Baud come thru with his Plan 9 from Baud, yet?
Sab
@SiubhanDuinne: Kids these days. They never grow up.
Been through the estrangement phase. Will walk wary there always.
My husbands family can literally bang each other on the head with logs or axes, and still turn up civil for Sunday supper. I don’t understand.
He says “well, we are Irish”, and I say ” well, we are also Irish and we don’t forgive anyone for anything for several generations back.”
Another Scott
@Bex: If you reduce the text size by 10% (Ctrl – minus), then the page resizes and the Left (previous) and Right (next) buttons will no longer cover the text.
At least that’s what works on my MBP. Dunno what to do about phones.
HTH.
Cheers,
Scott.
Martin
@chris: You can also get the embed code and do it that way.
(watch this not work…)
Martin
Aaand it didn’t work. Bugger.
chris
@Martin: Yes it did. It takes its time though.
I embedded the tweet from twitter’s embed function cleverly hidden behind the arrow at the top right of every tweet. Pasting here seems to require the Text setting rather than the default Visual.
ETA: If you paste a tweet and see all the code on the page, refresh the page. Seems to work.
mrmoshpotato
@lollipopguild: Baud 9 from Bauder Space!
SiubhanDuinne
Apropos of nothing in particular and everything in general: I really like the look of the new site, but there are bunches of features and ways of doing things I simply don’t yet understand how to do. Not understanding makes me feel stupid, and feeling stupid makes me cranky and pissed off. I need some undistracted time to go through the introductory instruction posts from a couple of days ago and just play with the new toys.
Another Scott
@SiubhanDuinne: The Foucault Pendulum that we’ve seen in famous museums is a fraud, of course.
As is all the other modern science that proves that the Earth moves.
HTH!!11
:-/
Good luck.
Cheers,
Scott.
Amir Khalid
@Bill Arnold:
There is a theory that the entire universe, us and all, is merely a hologram.
Ruckus
@Sab:
Have a sibling that is in a scientific church. As least they think they are scientific. A lot of decades. Everything can be explained by the church doctrine, none of which has anything to do with any reality whatsoever, medicine, life, what it costs to be a believer…….
I stay away, far, far away. It avoids having someone yell right in my face, swearing at me for saying absolutely not one negative word at a parent’s memorial service. Or tell me how wrong my life is, or how much better it would be if I’d just read on of the many books the founder of the religion wrote, even after he passed away, and follow every word as the guiding light of life.
No thanks, I’ll pass.
And I’m Scotch/Irish/Sicilian, with probably a few other odds and ends thrown in for good measure. Family may be family but that doesn’t make them any more tolerable or healthy to be around.
Raven
GO DAWGS!
divF
@Whats_Left:
Reminded me of Eco’s list of holy war topics (from 1994).
Ruckus
@SiubhanDuinne:
Every new technology takes time to get used to. Especially as one becomes more and more experienced. Also a lot of new technology has more tools/useless stuff because – MORE! Most of them you don’t need (or even want) but you know – MORE BETTER!
I find that the new site works fine if you take it a few steps at a time. And don’t give a damn for stuff that doesn’t matter.
debbie
@SiubhanDuinne:
I’m not talking to my baby bro, who I more or less raised, ever since he assured me Trump would be great and bring everybody together. But I sure miss my nieces and nephews.
debbie
@Patricia Kayden:
I didn’t see your tweet, but when you paste it in and there’s all that coding, you need to delete everything after the “/blockquote>”
ETA: And also switch to the text box before pasting it in.
Patricia Kayden
@debbie: Thanks.
James E Powell
@debbie:
I had to reconnect and be completely family with both my Trumpista brothers because – and only because – it was our mother’s funeral.
Another Scott
BBC: I opposed vaccinations until my son caught polio:
My step-Grandfather’s brother had polio and was in a wheelchair the rest of his life…
Cheers,
Scott.
BBA
Is it trolling when I say that Wilmer is taking orders straight from Moscow and has been since he was mayor of Burlington in the ’70s? If so, I’ll stop. But I thought it was just common sense.
burnspbesq
Baylor – Oklahoma? Bah!
the only matchup that could be less appealing is Maryland – Carolina.
Mike Adamson
Wait, what? The earth isn’t flat? Huh.
chris
I went through some family shit once and was at wit’s end when a wise old friend told me to “treat my family like other people.” There are two of my five siblings that I haven’t seen or spoken to in years and my life is much better for it. The other three followed my lead and agree completely. Life is too short for some things.
zhena gogolia
@BBA:
I’ll allow it.
debbie
@James E Powell:
That had to be difficult.
Another Scott
nycsouthpaw on Twitter:
Donnie and his people lie about everything. Ockham’s Razor says they’re lying about this incident, also too.
Cheers,
Scott.
NotMax
@Mike Adamson
Of course not. It’s shaped like a big burrito.
;)
Jinchi
Why would it mean anything for her supporters in particular?
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/359645-warren-walks-back-claim-democratic-primary-was-rigged
Jinchi
I would have gone with James Comey and Robert Mueller or any Republican politician who falls out of favor at Fox News.
JGabriel
@dmsilev:
If we had a rec system, I’d have recc’d that one.
(And, no, I’m not requesting one.)
Omnes Omnibus
My high school class had Flat Earth Society and a Hester Prynne Fan Club. Yes, I was a founder member of both. Flat Earth Society was made up of IB science students and the Hester Prynne Fan Club was IB English.
Come at me, bro.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Scamp Dog:
Hi! I’m here every day, I just don’t have a whole lot to say while I am waiting for Felonious D to be impeached. :)
2liberal
What do we use for a sarcasm font?Adam L Silverman
@Mai naem mobile: Larry Johnson is a retired CIA officer. My understanding is he had a distinguished career, but at some point post retirement he’s developed some quirks. I’m acquainted with, but that’s it.
The other gentlemen is a retired US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) colonel and Vietnam veteran. Post retirement he went to work for the Defense Intelligence Agency working his way up to SES 5 upon retirement. He also trained and mentored me and I wrote at his site for several years. I came here when that relationship ended, which is why I don’t discuss him or it.
Adam L Silverman
@Sab: You didn’t. From the time I started writing here full time, I’ve made it clear that I wasn’t going to discuss him or why I’m no longer writing and co-editing/co-moderating his site. What happened happened. It is between he and I. And I intend to keep it that way.
Mike in NC
We’re finally watching “Vice” starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney and Steve Carrell as Don Rumsfeld. Hard to imagine we thought they represented the bottom of the GOP’s satanic barrel.
Jerzy Russian
@Baud: I like a man who knows what a factorial is and is not afraid to use it.
Jinchi
The amazing thing about wealth distribution in America is that just about everyone can easily point out people who have ten-times more than they do and also others who have one-tenth as much. Even Mitt Romney thinks he’s middle class. And Leon Cooperman probably resents the fact that Warren is putting him in the same category as Bill Gates.
jl
“Tunch is fat” or “Rosie is sweet”, how about those?
Jinchi
@BBA: Where does this nickname “Wilmer” come from?
For the longest time I thought you all were talking about (Willard) Mitt Romney.
polyorchnid octopunch
@dmsilev: No no no… sudo rm -r /*
David ??Booooooo?? Koch
Only SIX more hours until season three of “The Crown”? is released on Netflix
raven
@Jinchi: I hate it, it’s so stupid.
raven
@Adam L Silverman: I didn’t do it!!! I’m watching football!
Frankensteinbeck
@Jinchi:
For awhile Bernie Sanders fans would swoop into threads if his name was mentioned, presumably because they were trolls doing searches for his name. Some folks here started using the nickname Wilmer to avoid that nuisance. Then they kept using it when the trolls stopped.
Adam L Silverman
@raven: No one said you did. I’m fine. Enjoy the football.
Raven
@Adam L Silverman: Adjust your funometer!
David ??Booooooo?? Koch
@Jinchi: Wilmer is a bumbling punk in the movie “The Maltese Falcon”.
someone thought it would be better to use the name Wilmer so as not to trigger the appearance of Sanders’s disruptive fans, who only appeared on this site when he was being discussed.
Raven
@zhena gogolia: I lobbied for years to get him taken off the blogroll and John finally did. I’ve been banned from there for years but I write ugly posts in case he reads them. Every so often he tell his story of being spit on by a fat hippie chick in a Mu-Mu.
Raven
@David ??Booooooo?? Koch: Elijah Cook Jr?
NotMax
@Raven
Elisha.
FelonyGovt
@Adam L Silverman: Well we are very happy that we have you now.
JaySinWA
@polyorchnid octopunch: sudo that voodoo that you do so well.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Think how Trump “manages” people, the Baron Harkonian school of management; he encourages them to do something immoral and then they are Trump’s minion because they are trapped. Flat Earth is the same thing, the member of the group MUST claim the Earth is flat or they are ostracized and when publicly claim the earth is flat they become trapped because everyone else views them as idiots
Enhanced Voting Techniques
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Steve in the ATL
@Raven: I saw you talking trash to the negative nellies over on the Senator’s blog! A W is a W, especially on the road against the dirtiest team in the SEC.
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: No shit, I don’t even know why I go there except that everyone goes fucking weak in the knees and faints if you bring it up here.
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: Ole Miss is making it interesting in Red Stick.
David ??Booooooo?? Koch
Poor guy.
Raven
@David ??Booooooo?? Koch: Jesus will fix him.
numfar
@polyorchnid octopunch: You guys are looking to cause trouble :)
Another Scott
BusinessInsider:
Here’s hoping he holds on and is re-elected.
Cheers,
Scott.
Steve in the ATL
@Raven: no kidding. I skipped a charity event tonight and am watching it. Makes me wish Plumlee had stuck with us. He’s run for 200+ and 4 TDs against LSU as a true freshmen. Damn!
Avalune
What if we say things like the earth is flat because religion? Obama is a Martian because religion. Vaccines cause your eyes to go crossed because religion. That’s apparently about to work in Ohio – and get me an A!
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: Lotta bitchin about Jake goin on. I switched over to Baylor-OSU.
Steve in the ATL
@Another Scott: I was in Louisiana last week and Rispone’s ads were everywhere. And he presented himself as a kindly, reasonable family man rather than a RWNJ.
Glad to see his lies aren’t working.
Steve in the ATL
@Raven: not sure how much is his fault and how much is Coley’s. I don’t think we’ll know how good he is until he has a competent OC.
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: et tu Brute?
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: He’s ahead right now.
theadvocate.com/site/baton_rouge_election_results.html?872
Steve in the ATL
@Raven: and…LSU makes it half a hundred! No longer interesting.
Steve in the ATL
@Raven: I was a Jacob Eason supporter, but he may be the worst of the three. Best move might have been updating the offense and turning Fields loose, but now I think he’s a punk and I hope LSU or Georgia destroys OSU in the playoffs.
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: I just don’t think Coley is doing one thing Kirby doesn’t want him to do.
Matt McIrvin
@yellowdog: When she said it, it pissed me off–it was a bad knee-jerk reaction to irrelevant and overblown statements in Donna Brazile’s book, or possibly to the early media characterization of same. Since then, Brazile has become more and more of a troll and Warren stopped claiming the primary was rigged.
Raven
@Steve in the ATL: I don’t care for Fields but I think his lawyer pulled the race card bullshit to get him eligible.
Steve in the ATL
@Raven: probably
@Raven: concur
Martin
@Omnes Omnibus: Most satanists are just atheists trolling the christianists.
mrmoshpotato
@Mike in NC:
We were all so young and stupid. :)
Another Scott
@Another Scott: Yay! BI says Edwards won.
Another good day for Democrats!
Cheers,
Scott.
Jim
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m still trying to figure out why someone would care about a timeout. Most of my interactions here have been prompted by the frontpagers, etc, indirectly insulting me with their endless “Wilbur” posts, so it’s hard to see, given the tolerance for such from admin around here, why I would care if abusing them directly or indirectly resulted in such. I’ve never understood this ROTR crap wherein and whereby the most gross and cowardly (the least direct allowable) clowns are largely given a pass simply because they don’t directly personalize things in the form of a direct assault on any given or undesignated poster. It’s also why I, like many others I am sure who feel they are grossly outnumbered by the tolerated and dedicated aforementioned opposition, don’t spend much time or provide many clicks to this place. But thanks for providing unnecessary notice.
frosty
@Raven: Well, I understand the problems and the head-in-the-sand outlook among the football powers that be, but holy shit, Lamar Jackson (Ravens QB) is amazing and has been a hoot to watch the last couple of weeks. A Grauniad columnist called his spin to dodge tacklers last week “football porn” LOL.
Matt McIrvin
@Martin: When Ohio passed that “students cannot be penalized for answers expressing religious beliefs” law, I figured it was sort of like lighting the Satan-signal. I’m sure the Satanic Temple is gonna gin up another one of their terrific trolling test cases!