CPAC, Festival of Lunacy, Day 2
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As I write, Sean Hannity is interviewing birther Donald Trump, and I’m trying really hard to resist making a “Dumb and Dumber” joke.
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As I write, Sean Hannity is interviewing birther Donald Trump, and I’m trying really hard to resist making a “Dumb and Dumber” joke.
1 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:28:10am |
Donald Trump on his birther conspiracy theories: “I'm proud of it” #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
And like that, Trump's speech at #CPAC2015 ends with him taking credit for forcing Obama to release his birth certificate.— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
2 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 9:28:36am |
Rand Paul.
Which FP position will he take today? Dovish Libertarian or Hawk. Or any at all?
3 | Great White Snark Feb 27, 2015 9:29:42am |
Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…
4 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:30:16am |
re: #3 Great White Snark
Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…
Just heard. Never been a Trekkie but he guest starred on two awesome Simpsons episodes.
5 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:30:54am |
This will go on Leonard Nimoy’s tombstone:
7 | wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality Feb 27, 2015 9:32:28am |
re: #3 Great White Snark
Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…
I was surprised at how many non-SF movies he had directed, including the remake of Three Men and a Baby.
He had COPD. He had smoked heavily until about 30 years ago, but the damage was done.
8 | nearly-headless smith25 Feb 27, 2015 9:33:45am |
Wasn't a Trekkie, but Leonard Nimoy death is so sad. In Search Of was on of my favorite shows. #LeonardNimoy
— Agent P (@Mr25Smith) February 27, 2015
9 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 9:33:55am |
re: #5 The Mother Of All Pies
Two hands, with four fingers each divided into two sets of two fingers, is the symbol of a priestly blessing — this signifies a Kohen, a descendant of the biblical high priest Aaron.
10 | #FergusonFireside Feb 27, 2015 9:34:43am |
My favorite gif of Leonard Nimoy… I'm super sad he's gone :( pic.twitter.com/sE7C1bQhWM
— Leels (@LaScaldaferri) February 27, 2015
:(
11 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:35:01am |
.@RandPaulSenate Hillary Clinton's “dereliction of duty” on Benghazi should forever disqualify her for higher office. #CPAC2015— jonathantilove (@JTiloveTX) February 27, 2015
13 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:38:09am |
re: #9 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Two hands, with four fingers each divided into two sets of two fingers, is the symbol of a priestly blessing — this signifies a Kohen, a descendant of the biblical high priest Aaron.
Leonard Nimoy supposedly is a Cohanic descendant. This is where he got the idea for the Vulcan salute.
14 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:38:14am |
.@SenRandPaul “Not one penny more to haters of America”, speaking about cutting off foreign aid #CPAC2015— Nathan Inks (@ndinks) February 27, 2015
15 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 9:39:07am |
Here's Leonard Nimoy's last tweet before his death at 83 http://t.co/YLUcYlp0Nd pic.twitter.com/O32QlMNMmu— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 27, 2015
And like that, CPAC day two is overshadowed by outside events - this time much more significant than the llamas and what color is this fugly dress.
16 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:39:35am |
Seems legit MT @SimonMaloy: “Biggest tax cut in the history of America” plus “balance the budget in five years”— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 27, 2015
17 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 9:40:02am |
re: #14 Lidane
Well, that would explain why the South by and large refused to expand Medicaid and set up exchanges under ACA. /////////////////////////////11ty
18 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:40:11am |
Rand Paul wants term limits for activist judges #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
19 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:40:33am |
re: #14 Lidane
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Rand, the John Birch Society called, it’s suing you for plagiarism.
20 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:41:00am |
LOL good luck balancing the budget, Dr. Paul==>
.@BarackObama’s answer is raise taxes.We should do the opposite- cut everyone's taxes from the richest to poorest #CPAC2015 #StandWithRand— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) February 27, 2015
21 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 9:41:39am |
A stronger military what do you want to do give the military complex 95% of our budget.
22 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:41:44am |
re: #18 Lidane
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Ah yes activist judges or as we know them, judges that rule against Rand’s ideology. Sorry Rand, it doesn’t work that way. Either judges are lifelong appointees until retirement or they’re term limited. You can’t put term limits on those you disagree with you fucking totalitarian hack. Glad Rand’s showing the totalitarianism that exists within his ideology there though.
23 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:42:53am |
re: #21 Tigger2
A stronger military what do you want to do give the military complex 95% of our budget.
So he’s going the hawkish route away from his father. Really we already spend more than the other top ten nations combined do on the military and Dr. Doodoo Brain is trying to argue here that we’re not spending enough? Fuck you Rand and fuck the liberals who think he’s better than Obama.
24 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:42:58am |
re: #20 The Mother Of All Pies
Oh come on! Everyone knows that we can cut ALL the taxes and balance the budget in five years while securing the border, fixing infrastructure and solving ALL the problems of gubmint.
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25 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:43:32am |
re: #24 Lidane
Oh come on! Everyone knows that we can cut ALL the taxes and balance the budget in five years while securing the border, fixing infrastructure and solving ALL the problems of gubmint.
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30% SALES TAX ON ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!
26 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 9:43:59am |
The only amendment the republicans care about is the second amendment.
27 | calochortus Feb 27, 2015 9:45:11am |
re: #25 The Mother Of All Pies
30% SALES TAX ON ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!
Because the power to tax consumption is the power to destroy consumption. And with it, our economy.
28 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:45:16am |
re: #26 Tigger2
The only amendment the republicans care about is the second amendment.
No, they care about the 10th. Well at least when it comes to the states denying people rights.
29 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 9:45:18am |
re: #16 Lidane
Gonna be having this argument forever, no matter how much evidence against it. // RT @SimonMaloy: oh my head hurts pic.twitter.com/LhNuyqnzLj— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) February 27, 2015
Not a single example of lower tax rates resulting in higher tax revenues.
Heck, Kansas just disproved this all over again by chopping taxes and watching revenues fall off a cliff without creating the jobs or economic growth they claimed would come from all the other states nearby that have higher rates.
30 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 27, 2015 9:46:01am |
GOP supports our troops!
More gadgets!
More medals!
Fewer benefits.
31 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 27, 2015 9:46:23am |
re: #24 Lidane
Oh come on! Everyone knows that we can cut ALL the taxes and balance the budget in five years while securing the border, fixing infrastructure and solving ALL the problems of gubmint.
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by cutting all entitlement programs, social programs and regulatory agencies.
32 | nines09 Feb 27, 2015 9:46:25am |
One more day of the steady drip drip drip of mentally challenged Titans Of Twerpdom foisting off flawed and destructive ideas that serve no one but themselves. BEHOLD! I give you The Cult Of The Cowboy. Thanks Ronnie!
33 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 9:46:32am |
re: #20 The Mother Of All Pies
LOL good luck balancing the budget, Dr. Paul==>
BUT THE DEBT!!!!!11 OBMA HAAS US DROWNNIG IN DEBTDEFICIT!!!!11
34 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:46:56am |
re: #27 calochortus
Because the power to tax consumption is the power to destroy consumption. And with it, our economy.
Srsly, visit the fairtax dot org website. They are all kinds of fucked up.
35 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:47:09am |
We tried what Rand Paul wanted before and Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age.
36 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:47:30am |
re: #33 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
BUT THE DEBT!!!!!11 OBMA HAAS US DROWNNIG IN DEBTDEFICIT!!!!11
OBAMA SPENT 6 TRILLION DOLLARS ON HIS GOLF & MICHELLE’S VACATIONS!!!!!!1!!!!!!
37 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:48:00am |
Story from 1960s about actor Leonard Nimoy's Jewish identity. He faced anti-Semitic attacks growing up in Boston. http://t.co/0R7BmWlR2b— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 27, 2015
38 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:48:42am |
You know what, I really don’t care about CPAC. We should have a Leonard Nimoy thread.
39 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:50:00am |
re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
by cutting all entitlement programs, social programs and regulatory agencies.
Good luck telling all the old people who vote Republican that they can happily live without their Medicare and Social Security, Rand.
40 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:50:13am |
Wheee!
#CPAC2015 attendees plan to walk out on Jeb Bush to show their opposition to the bush dynasty… #tcot http://t.co/6PXDnqBhRl— Teufel Hunden (@usmccope88) February 27, 2015
41 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 9:50:25am |
re: #28 HappyWarrior
No, they care about the 10th. Well at least when it comes to the states denying people rights.
Yep I forgot about that old civil war throwback.
42 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 9:50:55am |
43 | calochortus Feb 27, 2015 9:51:02am |
re: #34 The Mother Of All Pies
Srsly, visit the fairtax dot org website. They are all kinds of fucked up.
I think I’ll just take your word for it. My derp tolerance has been severely affected by CPAC.
45 | nines09 Feb 27, 2015 9:51:42am |
Before he was The Cowboy he was a two bit actor with stars like this.
46 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:51:59am |
re: #44 Dr. Matt
Responsible gun owner in Texas:
Mom Packs Pistol to Teen Daughter’s Fight Over a Dumb Boy
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Yeah a well armed society is a polite society my fat ass.
47 | nines09 Feb 27, 2015 9:52:23am |
re: #39 Lidane
Good luck telling all the old people who vote Republican that they can happily live without their Medicare and Social Security, Rand.
Oh not their benefits. The ones that come after them.
48 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 9:53:09am |
re: #46 HappyWarrior
Yeah a well armed society is a polite society my fat ass.
Bingo. An armed society is a society that uses guns to settle disputes.
49 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:53:43am |
Worth remembering that late in life Leonard Nimoy told the internet he would be everybody's “honorary grandfather” because he loved people.— Christopher Bird (@mightygodking) February 27, 2015
50 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 9:53:55am |
Santorum you stand for the 1% too just like the rest of your party, you all don’t give a piss about the middle class or the poor, you’re full of it.
51 | Eventual Carrion Feb 27, 2015 9:54:13am |
re: #16 Lidane
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Didn’t Ronny Raygun try that and then have to back off it because it fucked everything up?
52 | Timothy Watson Feb 27, 2015 9:55:42am |
Not a huge Trek fan, but still, damn that sucks. I thought he was great on Fringe too. :(
54 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 9:56:29am |
re: #50 Tigger2
Santorum you stand for the 1% too, you’re full of it.
Yeah this is the guy who thinks wanting all Americans to have a chance at post secondary education is snobbery on the president’s part. Actually, Rick, it is you with your BA, MBA, and law degree from public institutions that is the real snob.
55 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 9:56:57am |
Remember: If past is prologue, Rick Santorum is your 2016 nominee #CPAC2015 #SantorumSurge— Henry Decker (@HenryADecker) February 27, 2015
56 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 9:58:59am |
In the 1980’s, Leonard Nimoy narrated an audio album of Jewish children’s folk tales, “The Mysterious Golem of Prague”
My kids loved that album, played it over and over.
57 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 10:00:06am |
re: #3 Great White Snark
Sorry guys but Leonard Nimoy has left on his final trek…
Overheard in his hospital room: “Away team to Enterprise: Mr. Scott, beam me up.”
Alas for all of us; the world is just a little bit dimmer (and less logical) today.
58 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 10:01:10am |
re: #38 The Mother Of All Pies
You know what, I really don’t care about CPAC. We should have a Leonard Nimoy thread.
I’m sure we will.
59 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:01:19am |
There isn’t a good Commander And Chief running to be President on the GOP ticket.
60 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:01:48am |
“We must remember that our rights are unlimited, un-enumerated, and given to us by God,” @RandPaulSenate #CPAC2015 pic.twitter.com/8eIfLaxXAp— Marc (Avi) Hershberg (@marchershberg) February 27, 2015
61 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 10:01:58am |
You are fucking kidding me RT @michaelroston: Oof pic.twitter.com/o9NK5EIfvY— Danielle(was DCPlod) (@abradacabla) February 27, 2015
62 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 10:02:34am |
I really wish Dick Cheney would take up smoking.— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 27, 2015
64 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:03:10am |
65 | Romantic Heretic Feb 27, 2015 10:03:12am |
re: #16 Lidane
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If they cut all the taxes the reason the budget will be balanced is because there will be no budget.
I wish they’d just come out and admit they hate America and won’t be happy until it’s as gone as the Soviet Union.
66 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:03:29am |
Piss on you Santorum, Reagan screwed up this country we are still feeling the effects of his failure.
67 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 27, 2015 10:04:06am |
re: #39 Lidane
Good luck telling all the old people who vote Republican that they can happily live without their Medicare and Social Security, Rand.
Don’t tell them, just quietly cut them.
But then the economy will prosper and Good Christian Charity will take care of all those who are worthy of it.
/
68 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:04:31am |
Dana go fuck a gun.
Walker didn’t back away from his light-hearted remark re: ISIS and protesters that threatened his family. #DLRS— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 27, 2015
69 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:05:20am |
Mr. Spock's identity, including V-shaped hand sign, was created in part from his Jewish identity of being an outsider http://t.co/vXhK4ijOXw— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) February 27, 2015
70 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 27, 2015 10:05:49am |
re: #60 Lidane
“We must remember that our rights are unlimited, un-enumerated, and given to us by God,”
I don’t even know what that means except that I don’t have to listen to any dumb government!!!
71 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 10:06:35am |
re: #68 The Mother Of All Pies
Dana go fuck a gun.
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I guess Dana forgets “We came unarmed this time” and the talk about 2nd amendment solutions but go ahead make poor widdle Scotty Walker the victim here.
72 | Kilroy01 Feb 27, 2015 10:07:19am |
Mr Nimoy will be missed.
Video
Now try to get this out of your head
73 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 10:07:41am |
re: #60 Lidane
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Unless the state decides it’s okay, then it’s okay. Rand loves to talk a good game about “rights” but he’s just for the states being able to be as authoritarian as they want which you can see with his views on civil rights.
74 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:08:14am |
75 | Romantic Heretic Feb 27, 2015 10:08:33am |
76 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:09:59am |
re: #68 The Mother Of All Pies
Dana go fuck a gun.
Are remarks are always lighthearted but liberals threaten our families!!!!111
78 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:11:09am |
re: #60 Lidane
Awesome. We can haz the gay marriage then.
79 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 10:11:47am |
81 | calochortus Feb 27, 2015 10:12:03am |
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
I don’t even know what that means except that I don’t have to listen to any dumb government!!!
It means if my car breaks down I have a right to take his because my freedom is total (except that he gets to control my reproductive health…)
82 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:12:45am |
83 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 10:12:49am |
Who has #LeonardNimoy's katra?
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 27, 2015
84 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:13:46am |
re: #79 blueraven
Zombie Breitbart.
I’m waiting for them to bring Reagans bones out and construct a shrine.
85 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 10:14:25am |
86 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:14:38am |
RIP Leonard Nimoy. So many of us at NASA were inspired by Star Trek. Boldly go… http://t.co/qpeH5BTzQc pic.twitter.com/nMmFMKYv1L— NASA (@NASA) February 27, 2015
87 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:16:59am |
88 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:17:31am |
CCJ: CPAC offered me the prime speaking gig but I’m too busy burning down the establishment.
89 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:17:45am |
This is what reporting at CPAC looks like pic.twitter.com/TQcFVNzsAE— Daniel Strauss (@DanielStrauss4) February 27, 2015
90 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:18:48am |
re: #89 Lidane
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God he looks so stupid. I don’t understand why some people at events like this and conventions think they have to dress like fools.
91 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:19:28am |
Found a better photo of the Cohanim hand sign
This symbol will be carved into #LeonardNimoy tombstone #Cohen #MrSpock http://t.co/Fv1uJi9H7H pic.twitter.com/xAN2n0SybO— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 27, 2015
92 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 10:19:49am |
re: #53 Dr. Matt
heh…there’s a Mitch McConnell punchline in that graphic.
93 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 10:20:42am |
Prediction:
If President Obama mentions Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!
If President Obama doesn’t mention Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!!!
95 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:21:51am |
re: #93 Dr. Matt
Prediction:
If President Obama mentions Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!
If President Obama doesn’t mentions Leonard Nimoy’s passing: OUTRAGE!!!!
Obama didn’t mention Chris Kyle without whom this nation would not survive!!!!!!11
96 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 10:24:29am |
re: #85 blueraven
Actually, Zombie Phil Rob
inertson, I think.
fixed
shows how much I know about the DD people.
97 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:24:37am |
I never heard much truth coming out of Breitbart or Phil.
98 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 10:25:15am |
re: #88 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
CCJ: CPAC offered me the prime speaking gig but I’m too busy burning down the establishment.
I arrived at #CPAC2015— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 27, 2015
99 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:25:26am |
100 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:26:02am |
102 | No Country For Old Haters Feb 27, 2015 10:26:06am |
re: #91 The Mother Of All Pies
Found a better photo of the Cohanim hand sign
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The seemingly-broken finger on the right hand is a bit creepy.
103 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:26:54am |
“I loved him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love.” -William Shatner http://t.co/U8ZN98tVYp— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) February 27, 2015
104 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 10:26:55am |
105 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:27:57am |
Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015 Read: http://t.co/pw7zYRRlts— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 27, 2015
106 | Mattand Feb 27, 2015 10:28:05am |
The most irritating part about Sean Hannity being a moderator at CPAC? It’s that he’s going to slither back to his Fox News show and scream that he’s a moderate and not a conservative.
107 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:29:29am |
re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth
“I have requested a sizeable speaking fee as befits my accomplishments.”
108 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 10:30:14am |
Good grief. Idiot DD dude says no politicians ever say “I Love You”.
Obama says it all the time…in response to chants of “I Love you” from the crowd.
109 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 10:30:29am |
“The system working correctly - & the right people going to jail - isn’t a good narrative to tell at The Intercept.” http://t.co/LgKrhPsBJc— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
110 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 10:30:39am |
.@PoliticsTBTimes Adios and don't let the door hit you in the ass! #warcriminal —> @AllenWest— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) February 27, 2015
111 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 27, 2015 10:31:08am |
re: #98 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Imagine if ChuckC teams up with Nugent at CPAC, a floor-shitter and a pants-shitter surrounded by bullshitters.
112 | No Country For Old Haters Feb 27, 2015 10:31:23am |
re: #106 Mattand
The most irritating part about Sean Hannity being a moderator at CPAC? It’s that he’s going to slither back to his Fox News show and scream that he’s a moderate and not a conservative.
Don’t let blatant liars irritate you. Mock them.
113 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:31:31am |
George Takei just posted this on his FB:
Today, the world lost a great man, and I lost a great friend. We return you now to the stars, Leonard. You taught us to “Live Long And Prosper,” and you indeed did, friend. I shall miss you in so many, many ways.
:(
114 | Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Feb 27, 2015 10:31:51am |
re: #111 Shiplord Kirel
Imagine if ChuckC teams up with Nugent at CPAC, a floor-shitter and a pants-shitter surrounded by bullshitters.
at a place already so full of shit the DC sewers will be backed up for weeks.
115 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 10:32:38am |
re: #111 Shiplord Kirel
Imagine if ChuckC teams up with Nugent at CPAC, a floor-shitter and a pants-shitter surrounded by bullshitters.
And Kid Rock.
Kid Rock puts his Obama-hating right-wing jackassery on full display ahead of new album
116 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:33:12am |
re: #108 blueraven
Good grief. Idiot DD dude says no politicians ever say “I Love You”.
Obama says it all the time…in response to chants of “I Love you” from the crowd.
Now this is CPAC do you believe you will hear the truth about anything. //
117 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 10:33:26am |
If you've never seen Leonard Nimoy's psychedeling musical video “The Legend of Bilbo Baggins,” you really must: http://t.co/KS9wAU8dRG— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) February 27, 2015
118 | Mike Lamb Feb 27, 2015 10:34:08am |
re: #40 Lidane
And they’d all gladly vote for him like they did his dad and brother.
119 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:35:14am |
re: #115 Dr. Matt
And Kid Rock.
Kid Rock puts his Obama-hating right-wing jackassery on full display ahead of new album
Showing the writer the three wild pigs he had trapped in a pen — explaining that they are not native to the area and over-reproduce — Rock and his girlfriend Audrey proceeded to shoot the penned animals, with Rock exclaiming, “His ass is done,” after shooting one.
So many GOP VP candidates, so few GOP VP slots….
Seriously, what a prick.
120 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:35:15am |
Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson is now lecturing #CPAC2015 on capitalism— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
121 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 10:35:23am |
CPAC 2015 in one picture. pic.twitter.com/wkbt3PQJXM— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
122 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 10:36:33am |
re: #119 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
So many GOP VP candidates, so few GOP VP slots….
Seriously, what a prick.
Ted Nugent Jr.
123 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 10:38:31am |
I bet #hollyhobbylobby is going to be there, and @ChuckCJohnson will see her, and it's gonna be #awkward.
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 27, 2015
124 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 10:41:21am |
BTW, what’s the over/under on CCJ posting something nasty about Nimoy?
125 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 10:41:39am |
This speech by Phil Robertson is just UNREAL. He's openly calling for the US to be Christian theocracy. http://t.co/9JLT9TSToy— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
127 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:43:58am |
Rest In Peace Leonard Nimoy. #LiveLongAndProsper #LeonardNimoy #StarTrek #Spock— 501st Legion (@501stLegion) February 27, 2015
128 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 10:45:35am |
If Obama came out against STDs, they'd be for it. @Green_Footballs
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 27, 2015
129 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 10:45:57am |
130 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 10:46:38am |
re: #126 blueraven
Where is the HOOK?
crazy fuck
They reserve that for anyone whom they detect managed to make it onstage without the mandatory pre-event frontal lobotomy.
131 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 10:46:45am |
re: #109 Charles Johnson
Heh, what a bunch of failures.
He told them he couldn’t believe that we’d so uncritically accepted the state’s view of the murder—even though our stories were backed up by our own research, our unique reporting and our reading of court documents.
I would bet good money that Scahill also has some free Mumia to offer.
132 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:47:10am |
Feels like we lost the head of the family. Thanks and rest in peace, Leonard.— John Cho (@JohnTheCho) February 27, 2015
136 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:49:51am |
Phil Robertson: Muslims “running wild over there in Africa” #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
137 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 10:50:05am |
“Stand on the Bible - hold onto your weapons!” http://t.co/9JLT9TBhZY pic.twitter.com/LpeZjbp7AV— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
138 | Great White Snark Feb 27, 2015 10:50:42am |
What if the Dem primary were today? LGF Poll
140 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 10:51:13am |
141 | iossarian Feb 27, 2015 10:51:16am |
Atheists are contradicting themselves every time they write a check.
That probably explains the rise in online banking.
144 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 10:52:55am |
Phil Robertson proudly comparing himself to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
145 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 10:53:12am |
Robertson: “When an atheist writes a check and puts the date down, he's saying 'JESUS WAS HERE.'”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
146 | iossarian Feb 27, 2015 10:54:44am |
Great shot of guy waving tricorne hat as Robertson shambles off.
147 | No Country For Old Haters Feb 27, 2015 10:54:49am |
re: #143 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
The danger of radical Christianity is all too real.
Of course. The Republican party has already succumbed to the disease. The far-right-wing Christianists have broken our political system by voting for stupid people, because they only value adherence to archaic dogma.
148 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 10:54:54am |
149 | Kragar Feb 27, 2015 10:55:09am |
Man, you are screwed @JebBush— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 27, 2015
150 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 10:56:35am |
re: #145 Charles Johnson
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Uh, Jesus, if he existed, was born several years BCE. (That is, if one trusts the date indications in the gospels at all.)
He wasn’t born in 1AD.
151 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 27, 2015 10:56:41am |
re: #143 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
The danger of radicalism is all too real.
152 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 10:56:43am |
That was a shit ton of RW, radical, theocratic, crazy from Robertson and now we get Wayne LaPierre.
Wow.
153 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 10:56:55am |
Phil wants all the Government out of your life so does that go for the patent office to Phil since i imagine him and his family have patents on all their duck calls and other stuff they sell.
154 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 10:57:29am |
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
We’re talking specifically about Christianists here.
155 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 10:59:19am |
re: #145 Charles Johnson
“When an atheist writes a check and puts the date down, he’s saying ‘JESUS WAS HERE.’”
But let’s accept the premise for a second. Then so do Jews. So?
156 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 10:59:40am |
re: #148 thedopefishlives
What the … What does that even MEAN?
It means the fact that every time we post to LGF there’s a time stamp that shows the time, which has a year in it, and that means everything we do is based on time, and time originated with Jesus.
So all of LGF is an atheist. But not really because time stamp.
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157 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 27, 2015 10:59:59am |
re: #154 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
We’re talking specifically about Christianists here.
In America yes. Worldwide we can apply it to several faiths.
159 | Kragar Feb 27, 2015 11:00:25am |
re: #150 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Uh, Jesus, if he existed, was born several years BCE. (That is, if one trusts the date indications in the gospels at all.)
He wasn’t born in 1AD.
Accepting the idea that Jesus was a historical figure who is the basis for a dating system has nothing to do with accepting that there is a God
160 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:00:37am |
re: #156 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
It means the fact that every time we post to LGF there’s a time stamp that shows the time, which has a year in it, and that means everything we do is based on time, and time originated with Jesus.
So all of LGF is an atheist. But not really because time stamp.///
My head hurts.
161 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 11:01:13am |
re: #155 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
But let’s accept the premise for a second. Then so do Jews. So?
So because shut up.
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162 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 11:01:22am |
No I call you idiots I have had guns all my life but I don’t worship them.
163 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:01:24am |
You knew it was coming:
NRA's Wayne LaPierre: we need more guns to fight ISIS #CPAC2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
164 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:01:24am |
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)
In America yes. Worldwide we can apply it to several faiths.
The reason for the comment were the radical Christianists, not other radicals.
165 | Teukka Feb 27, 2015 11:01:25am |
re: #159 Kragar
Accepting the idea that Jesus was a historical figure who is the basis for a dating system has nothing to do with accepting that there is a God
Also, there is A.D. in dating and C.E. Anno Domini might imply things, Common Era doesn’t.
166 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 27, 2015 11:01:47am |
re: #121 Charles Johnson
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Glad we can see “American” on the podium, or we might think this is a Taliban honcho declaring solidarity with ISIS or something.
167 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:02:43am |
re: #163 Lidane
You knew it was coming:
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OK, as long as the French surname and his friends are dropped off in the ISIS territory with their penis toys.
168 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 11:03:15am |
Don’t forget to add Fox to you rant about the media lying. Of course if he gets around to Fox he will call it a bastion of truth.
170 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 27, 2015 11:05:32am |
re: #163 Lidane
You knew it was coming:
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre: we need more guns to fight ISIS
If Wayne and his gang want to chip in for a few Helllfires or JDAMs, I’m sure somebody can arrange the transaction. They can’t take them home first though.
171 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:06:19am |
The fact that there are votes about this shit in 2015 is infuriating:
Wyoming legislature votes to allow science-based climate education in state schools http://t.co/QCiMsoyCqP— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 27, 2015
172 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 11:07:32am |
Every year for decades, CPAC speakers tell the crowd America is doomed and the end is imminent. Do they ever wonder why they're still here?— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
173 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:07:40am |
The only thing keeping the likes of Robertson from going the way of ISIS is that the US is a relatively orderly, stable society. If a crisis happens, you better stay far, far away from the likes of him.
174 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:09:27am |
re: #172 Charles Johnson
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Nope. Jesus just hasn’t seen fit to bring about the end of the world yet, so, uhh, get ‘em next year. Kinda like Harold Camping, but without the exact date and time predictions.
175 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 11:10:23am |
The more and more I listen to them the more and more I think they are sick people.
176 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 11:10:24am |
What’s LaPeter doing at this conference speaking? Shouldn’t he be in jail and his guns confiscated?
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177 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 27, 2015 11:10:39am |
178 | dholmes32 Feb 27, 2015 11:10:49am |
179 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 11:10:53am |
180 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 11:11:41am |
re: #172 Charles Johnson
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Yep, America is doomed, it’s in such horrid shape, BUT, the President doesn’t say enough nice things about America.
The mystery of our ages remains how long the media figures it can keep ignoring the insanity of the wingnuts.
181 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:11:49am |
re: #177 Shiplord Kirel
Attention, Wayne LaPierre! This is the gun you fight ISIS with:
Image: GAU-8 30mm cannon on A-10 attack aircraft.And, no, you still can’t have one.
Not for lack of trying, I might add.
182 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 11:11:51am |
Who the fuck writes checks anymore? @Green_Footballs
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) February 27, 2015
Debit cards R a tool of teh DEVIL!
183 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:11:57am |
. @TheRealNimoy I have been, and always shall be, your fan. Thank you.— Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) February 27, 2015
my heart is broken. i love you profoundly my dear friend. and i will miss you everyday. may flights… https://t.co/WPJmt1X4ox— Zachary Quinto (@ZacharyQuinto) February 27, 2015
184 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:11:59am |
re: #165 Teukka
Also, there is A.D. in dating and C.E. Anno Domini might imply things, Common Era doesn’t.
If you’re into C14 dating, “the Present” is always 1954.
186 | CuriousLurker Feb 27, 2015 11:15:16am |
Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?
Former Mossad head urges Israeli voters to oust Binyamin Netanyahu http://t.co/SayrGqHToD— The Guardian (@guardian) February 27, 2015
187 | Kragar Feb 27, 2015 11:15:24am |
188 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 11:16:11am |
So Jeb Bush opts for softball Q’s from Hannity instead of a prepared speech.
hmmm
189 | Mattand Feb 27, 2015 11:16:30am |
re: #145 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs One more reason to move to online bill pay.— mattand (@mattand) February 27, 2015
190 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 11:17:37am |
re: #188 blueraven
So Jeb Bush opts for softball Q’s from Hannity instead of a prepared speech.
hmmm
Courage.
191 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:19:20am |
re: #188 blueraven
So Jeb Bush opts for softball Q’s from Hannity instead of a prepared speech.
hmmm
Coward.
192 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 11:19:27am |
I think Jeb Bush must have said, “I'm not following that kook Phil Robertson. Let Lapierre talk first.” Oh yeah, that was MUCH better.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
193 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 11:19:59am |
LOL Bush it’s you policies that are killing you along with the way you talk.
And there goes the BOOOOOOs when you talk about immigration in the audience to back me up.
194 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:20:09am |
re: #192 Charles Johnson
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I think the difficulty at CPAC is finding someone who is not a kook or pandering to the kooks.
195 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 11:20:13am |
CPACers walk out on Jeb. lol pic.twitter.com/73aTgpN4jG— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 27, 2015
196 | OhNoZombies! Feb 27, 2015 11:20:32am |
Still catching up, but the last time I heard Loenard Nimoy was during the holidays. He was on NPR reading from Hannukka Story and Song. It was fascinating and beautiful, so me and the kids listened to it while doing our holiday shopping.
RIP
198 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:20:52am |
re: #195 darthstar
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To be fair, I would have walked out too but to be even more fair, I’d rather attend an Algebra lecture than CPAC.
199 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 11:21:01am |
re: #186 CuriousLurker
Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?
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You mean Inter-factional bickering, constant argument, and a lack of overall consensus? You do realize we are talking about a country made up mostly of Jews? This is normal for how we decide on pizza toppings.
200 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:21:28am |
re: #199 Ace-o-aces
You mean Inter-factional bickering, constant argument, and a lack of overall consensus? You do realize we are talking about a country made up mostly of Jews? This is normal for how we decide on pizza toppings.
Okay, that had me laughing at my desk. You win an Internet.
202 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:22:06am |
Zachary Quinto on Spock mentor Leonard Nimoy: He's 'like family': http://t.co/pEy8wwVB9G #RIPLeonardNimoy pic.twitter.com/fkpBH6T9Ci— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 27, 2015
203 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 27, 2015 11:22:33am |
Can I get a transcript of Robertsons speech somewhere?
204 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 11:23:26am |
Jeb Bush started out sounding confident, but there's a note of desperation creeping in the more he talks about immigration and gets booed.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
205 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:23:40am |
re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg
Can I get a transcript of Robertsons speech somewhere?
Ark of the Covenant.
206 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:24:06am |
re: #204 Charles Johnson
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Wait, no, please, I’m trying so hard to remember how to wingnut! DON’T LEAVE ME HERE WITH THESE PSYCHOPATHS!
207 | piratedan Feb 27, 2015 11:24:11am |
re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg
the transcribers take a bit longer with the stylus and clay tablets that are so in vogue with the CPAC constituency….
208 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 11:24:31am |
Hey Bush let the courts decide if The President is right or wrong.
209 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:24:59am |
re: #204 Charles Johnson
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I don’t feel bad for him there. He’s been trying to pander to the nativists on the issue as of late. Sorry Jeb, this isn’t your father or even your brother’s GOP anymore.
210 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 11:25:48am |
It’s a standing interview.
Oh dear, he’s invoking St. Reagan, the great drooler.
211 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:25:56am |
re: #198 HappyWarrior
To be fair, I would have walked out too but to be even more fair, I’d rather attend an Algebra lecture than CPAC.
You said an Arabic word. You a terrierist?
212 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:26:01am |
re: #210 darthstar
It’s a standing interview.
Oh dear, he’s invoking St. Reagan, the great drooler.
DRINK!
213 | allegro Feb 27, 2015 11:26:29am |
I watched about 30 seconds of Jeb, long enough to laugh at his statement that he isn’t an expert on the ways of Washington. Jeb is trying to paint himself as an outsider? Really? LOL
214 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:26:45am |
215 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:26:45am |
re: #211 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
You said an Arabic word. You a terrierist?
He used the subjunctive. Burn Him !!!
216 | Eclectic Cyborg Feb 27, 2015 11:27:12am |
re: #211 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Don’t make me send a haboob your way!
217 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 11:27:25am |
re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg
Can I get a transcript of Robertsons speech somewhere?
Just put a copy of the John Birch Society newsletter in a blender. Same basic thing.
218 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:27:35am |
Jeb Bush booed for defending decision to offer drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
219 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:27:37am |
re: #213 allegro
I watched about 30 seconds of Jeb, long enough to laugh at his statement that he isn’t an expert on the ways of Washington. Jeb is trying to paint himself as an outsider? Really? LOL
Hahahhahahhaha. He’s seriously trying to act like he’s an outsider? God Jeb, the people at CPAC may be morons but even they’re not that stupid.
220 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:28:17am |
re: #218 Lidane
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And yet homophobic assholes like Phil Robertson get cheers. Lovely crowd you got there CPAC.
223 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:29:11am |
How was Mitt’s reception at 2011 CPAC by the way? I know the base disliked Mitt but I am trying to remember if Mitt was more or less disliked than Jeb is.
224 | sagehen Feb 27, 2015 11:29:14am |
re: #29 lawhawk
Not a single example of lower tax rates resulting in higher tax revenues.
Heck, Kansas just disproved this all over again by chopping taxes and watching revenues fall off a cliff without creating the jobs or economic growth they claimed would come from all the other states nearby that have higher rates.
Beg to differ, there is one (and only one) example.
When the Kennedy admin reduced the highest marginal rate from 92% to 70% (and also reduced some of the lower brackets), revenues did go up. Because
1) people whose huge income was from sporadic chunks of work (prizefighters, Vegas headliners, etc) were motivated to work more
2) people whose huge income was the continuing flow from grandpa’s work (Fords, Rockefellers, etc) stopped pouring everything into tax-free foundations. They suddenly had massively more taxable income.
3) the “regular rich” (doctors, lawyers, successful entrepreneuers) just had a lot more to spend, and they spent it on American-made goods from companies that had to increase pay scales to get enough workers to meet demand (Europe and Asia were still rebuilding from WWII, not making a lot of exports, no competition).
This was of course a once and only once phenom — when your reduction gives people 2 or 3 times as much take-home pay, that’s a huge increase in what they’ll spend or invest. Reducing rates from 35% to 28% only gives people 10% more take-home, which for above-median earners doesn’t affect their consumption much at all.
225 | CuriousLurker Feb 27, 2015 11:29:19am |
OT (sort of): Speaking of lunacy, there’s a new book out about Anders Breivik by a Norwegian journalist & writer named Åsne Seierstad. Some people are gonna be really pissed that they are mentioned as Breivik’s “inspiration”.
From the review, emphasis added:
Around 2006, he decided to go it alone. From then on, he lived almost entirely in his imagination, but his fantasies were still linked to the real world of politics and ideology. Breivik became obsessed with the idea that the west was at war with Islam. Inspired by websites, such as Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch, or the Neo-Nazi Stormfront, books by the US journalist Bruce Bawer, speeches by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, or a Norwegian blogger, named Fjordman, Breivik transformed himself into a character in cyberspace called Andrew Berwick.
As Berwick, he wrote a long manifesto entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence”, full of bellicose talk, cobbled together from his favourite websites, about the need to save western civilisation from being conquered by Islam.
In fact, however, Muslims were not the main targets of Berwick’s war, in which he dreamed of martyrdom and murder. The main enemies of Berwick’s Knights Templar, of which he himself was the “Justicious Knight Commander”, were “cultural Marxism”, “multiculturalism” and the “cultural elites” who collaborated with the “Islamisation” of the west. […]
226 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 11:29:31am |
re: #180 Targetpractice
Yep, America is doomed, it’s in such horrid shape, BUT, the President doesn’t say enough nice things about America.
The mystery of our ages remains how long the media figures it can keep ignoring the insanity of the wingnuts.
America is in decline, under divine punishment from God, a republic no more, no more freedom or liberty, and how come the left is so unpatriotic and doesn’t believe America exceptional?
227 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:29:34am |
Jeb should just say, “Like Governor Walker, I back a path to citizenship” and kill so many buzzes.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) February 27, 2015
228 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:29:39am |
229 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:31:06am |
Sean Hannity's tough question to Jeb Bush: tell everyone how conservative you are! #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
230 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 11:31:49am |
Jeb defends Common Core, Bobby Jindal cries alone on a dirty floor. #CPAC2015— Neal Boyd (@grimcity) February 27, 2015
231 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 11:31:56am |
re: #229 Lidane
“How much do you hate the Romans?”
“I really, really hate them.”
“Ok, right, you’re in.”
232 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:32:02am |
re: #229 Lidane
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I’m so conservative that Ronald Reagan thought my taxes were too low. I’m so conservative that I didn’t get invited to CPAC.
233 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:32:10am |
re: #225 CuriousLurker
I’m doing a little project on Breivik’s manifesto right now.
234 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 11:32:14am |
re: #198 HappyWarrior
To be fair, I would have walked out too but to be even more fair, I’d rather attend an Algebra lecture than CPAC.
I’d rather watch llamas running wild.
235 | sagehen Feb 27, 2015 11:32:51am |
re: #186 CuriousLurker
Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?
Have you ever heard the expression, “two Jews, three opinions”?
236 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 11:32:54am |
So, is it safe to say that Scott Walker is now the mark to beat in the GOP primaries?
237 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:32:55am |
Watch as FCC chairman Tom Wheeler destroys Republican #NetNeutrality 'nonsense' http://t.co/ViRCkWFDLJ— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 27, 2015
238 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 11:32:59am |
CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.
239 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:33:10am |
re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’d rather watch llamas running wild.
Yeah but I’d rather watch llamas run wild than a lot of things. Math and in particular math lectures bore me generally.
240 | thedopefishlives Feb 27, 2015 11:33:37am |
re: #236 Targetpractice
So, is it safe to say that Scott Walker is now the mark to beat in the GOP primaries?
That is disturbing on multiple levels.
241 | CuriousLurker Feb 27, 2015 11:33:37am |
242 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:34:22am |
re: #238 Dr. Matt
CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.
Here's your Jeb Bush walkout. pic.twitter.com/nvFnQj5qn4— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) February 27, 2015
243 | allegro Feb 27, 2015 11:34:24am |
re: #238 Dr. Matt
CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.
How many walked out? A few or a whole bunch?
244 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:34:27am |
re: #236 Targetpractice
So, is it safe to say that Scott Walker is now the mark to beat in the GOP primaries?
I think that’s a good bet.
245 | Tigger2 Feb 27, 2015 11:34:30am |
re: #238 Dr. Matt
CPACers walk out on Jeb and chant “USA, USA, USA”. These people are fucking delusional.
Hope msnbc carries a clip of that I missed it.
246 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:34:35am |
re: #228 Decatur Deb
Out of hashish?
Out of lemons. Should come with a jar of hummus. I’ll be waiting for the caravan.
247 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 11:34:57am |
Mohammed Emwazi, i.e., “Jihadi John”, is a Pittsburgh Pirates Fan
248 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:35:41am |
re: #247 Dr. Matt
Mohammed Emwazi, i.e., “Jihadi John”, is a Pittsburgh Pirates Fan
We don’t have a morals test.
250 | CuriousLurker Feb 27, 2015 11:37:21am |
re: #233 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
I’m doing a little project on Breivik’s manifesto right now.
I hadn’t heard of Åsne Seierstad before, but it looks like she has several books I would love. I’m debating whether or not to buy the Brievik one as I’m already juggling several books and it like 500+ pages—not ridiculousy long, but more than what I can read in an afternoon. It sounds really interesting.
251 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 11:37:40am |
See, I figured the debates would be where the candidates began imploding. But it seems they didn’t even make it past CPAC before the wheels began falling off.
255 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:40:50am |
re: #251 Targetpractice
See, I figured the debates would be where the candidates began imploding. But it seems they didn’t even make it past CPAC before the wheels began falling off.
That bad huh? I knew Jeb would have problems adjusting to a party and ideology that’s become only about hating Obama but sheesh.
256 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:40:53am |
re: #254 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
When does CCJ speak?
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When he chews through the duct tape.
257 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:41:13am |
Hard hitting journalism!
Sean Hannity to Jeb Bush: why do you love this country so much? #cpac2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
258 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 11:41:26am |
Hannity just posed the question to Jeb: Why does he love this country enough to go through the trials of running for president.
But Obama, who has done that twice? NOT!
259 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 11:41:41am |
Hannity: “Any regrets over the Terri Schiavo fight? Jeb: “No.”— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
The Terri Schiavo horribleness was one of the real breaking points for me. What a sickening spectacle.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
260 | allegro Feb 27, 2015 11:42:04am |
re: #251 Targetpractice
See, I figured the debates would be where the candidates began imploding. But it seems they didn’t even make it past CPAC before the wheels began falling off.
Has anyone told them to make their wheels round rather than square? Oh yeah, that would be communist. And Obama likes round wheels.
Neverrrrrrrr mind.
261 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 27, 2015 11:42:53am |
re: #258 blueraven
Hannity just posed the question to Jeb: Why does he love this country enough to go through the trials of running for president.
But Obama, who has done that twice? NOT!
Hannity is pointing out the differences between a powermonger and a patriot. The former will say anything and adopt any position in order to get elected.
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262 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 11:43:04am |
re: #254 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
When does CCJ speak?
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On Monday. Just like Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.
263 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:43:21am |
re: #259 Charles Johnson
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That needs to be used in Democratic ads if he’s the nominee.
264 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:44:37am |
re: #257 Lidane
Hard hitting journalism!
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And the right accuses Jon Stewart who is a comedian of “throwing softballs” at Democratic politicians. Sheesh Hannity, are you going to ask him what he likes on his pizza next and if he loves puppy dogs and apple pie?
265 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 11:45:02am |
re: #258 blueraven
Hannity just posed the question to Jeb: Why does he love this country enough to go through the trials of running for president.
But Obama, who has done that twice? NOT!
And why does Sean Hannity love America so much he came to CPAC to interview presidential candidates, and why do all the CPAPers love America so much they traveled all the way to DC TO MAKE DC LISTEN to attend CPAC despite their busy work lives of working hard all day and being so taxed enough already they can’t afford plane tickets?
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266 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:45:04am |
re: #261 Feline Fearless Leader
Hannity is pointing out the differences between a powermonger and a patriot. The former will say anything and adopt any position in order to get elected.
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What is it with right wingers and self-projecting?
267 | allegro Feb 27, 2015 11:45:24am |
re: #264 HappyWarrior
And the right accuses Jon Stewart who is a comedian of “throwing softballs” at Democratic politicians. Sheesh Hannity, are you going to ask him what he likes on his pizza next and if he loves puppy dogs and apple pie?
He should probably avoid the pizza part. Just sayin’…
268 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 11:45:29am |
269 | Great White Snark Feb 27, 2015 11:45:35am |
@Green_Footballs Gotta face something else—The far left and right agree, they seemingly want a crazier GOP candidate the Jeb.
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) February 27, 2015
271 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:46:51am |
re: #259 Charles Johnson
When Terri Schiavo was subpoenaed to appear before Congress the Republicans showed what what a bunch of ghoulish assholes they truly were.
272 | Kid A Feb 27, 2015 11:46:54am |
The Schiavo case was the most sickening spectacle from the party of “personal freedom” I have ever witnessed. Dr. Frist diagnosing Schiavo from a videotape, for fuck’s sake.
273 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:48:02am |
re: #267 allegro
He should probably avoid the pizza part. Just sayin’…
You think Jeb’s a pineapple guy or worse an anchovies guy like my father?
274 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 11:48:26am |
Meanwhile, this is shocking. Another climate naysayer has ties to oil industry:
.@dvergano scoop: There's an Exxon Mobil tie to a climate naysayer now under investigation http://t.co/1QDTazjjiP— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) February 27, 2015
275 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:49:02am |
The worst part of the Schiavo case people who didn’t even know Michael Schiavo demonizing him and I think I read his new wife and children got death threats. Your pro life right wing in action of course.
276 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 11:49:11am |
re: #186 CuriousLurker
Can anyone tell me if this is normal for Israeli politics?
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Hells yeah
277 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:49:30am |
re: #272 Kid A
The Schiavo case was the most sickening spectacle from the party of “personal freedom” I have ever witnessed. Dr. Frist diagnosing Schiavo from a videotape, for fuck’s sake.
Heavily edited video, at that.
Terri’s final autopsy put the lie to the whole ghoulish spectacle. Her brain was liquid. She was blind and deaf. Anything and everything that had made her who she was had long since disappeared. All that was left was her automatic body functions.
278 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 11:49:37am |
re: #274 lawhawk
Meanwhile, this is shocking. Another climate naysayer has ties to oil industry:
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An oil company bankrolling a scientist to push their propaganda? Surely you jest?!
279 | allegro Feb 27, 2015 11:50:33am |
re: #273 HappyWarrior
You think Jeb’s a pineapple guy or worse an anchovies guy like my father?
If he likes anything but bacon and cheese he’s unMerikan.
280 | Khal Wimpo Feb 27, 2015 11:50:47am |
In honor of the GOP’s apparent determination to go right straight off the cliff, I humbly submit this meme that made me float my keyboard this morning.
281 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 11:50:51am |
re: #253 Kid A
Wow, with such severe scoliosis she couldn’t be wearing shoes like that, she would be in a wheelchair.
Oh right, it’s Photoshop.
282 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:51:14am |
re: #279 allegro
If he likes anything but bacon and cheese he’s unMerikan.
He’ll be OK if he doesn’t order jalapenos.
283 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 11:51:57am |
re: #277 Lidane
Heavily edited video, at that.
Terri’s final autopsy put the lie to the whole ghoulish spectacle. Her brain was liquid. She was blind and deaf. Anything and everything that had made her who she was had long since disappeared. All that was left was her automatic body functions.
But they support the Dignity of Life™
284 | Dave In Austin Feb 27, 2015 11:52:42am |
Meet Rep. Barry Loudermilk R-virus. He didn't vax his kids and he chairs the Science sub-committee. @benshapiro @thetrueoorah @NolteNC— DaveT62 (@DaveoutofAustin) February 27, 2015
285 | Kid A Feb 27, 2015 11:52:46am |
GOP- So pro-life, we’ll execute the innocent on death row, and make husbands suffer while we prolong the lives of their wives that are brain dead.
286 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 11:53:20am |
Jeb's Immig Plan: Mass legalization, bring in unlimited foreign workers, then count on 4% growth to help middle class. #Backward— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) February 27, 2015
287 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 11:54:19am |
288 | Kid A Feb 27, 2015 11:54:24am |
re: #286 Charles Johnson
It’s shocking that at 51, she’s never been married.
289 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:55:35am |
290 | Decatur Deb Feb 27, 2015 11:56:32am |
291 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 11:57:33am |
re: #288 Kid A
It’s shocking that at 51, she’s never been married.
It is strange given the conservative obsession with marrying young and creating. Coulter’s never been married either though I think she was engaged to Dinesh the Douche at one point.
292 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 11:57:33am |
re: #288 Kid A
It’s shocking that at 51, she’s never been married.
Ann Coulter has never been married either.
293 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 11:58:32am |
Miss Phil Robertson's incoherent rant about STDs and hippies? Watch it here: http://t.co/CkDiv5ZmMi #CPAC2015— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2015
294 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 11:59:13am |
Someone haz a sad:
No q's from @seanhannity on Jeb's support for massive H-1B increases that replace high-skilled US workers w/cheap foreign labor. #CPAC2015— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 27, 2015
WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.
295 | Khal Wimpo Feb 27, 2015 11:59:16am |
re: #286 Charles Johnson
No matter how much money the Kochs & their ilk shower on Jeb, he’s never gonna win over the racist redneck Deep South derp base with that Messican wife of his. They’re just not going to tolerate going from a blah to a Hispanic in what (to their minds at least) should be a lily—White House.
296 | Kid A Feb 27, 2015 11:59:50am |
re: #291 HappyWarrior
Douche Dinesh dated both Ann and Laura and set back human sexuality centuries because of it.
297 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 12:00:35pm |
And now, Steve “Raving Bigot” King vs. Dennis “UFOs Are Real” Kucinich. #facepalm #CPAC2015— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
298 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:00:36pm |
re: #296 Kid A
Douche Dinesh dated both Ann and Laura and set back human sexuality centuries because of it.
I believe I also heard Ann and Maher had a fling. Never dated. God that’s a lot of self-righteous bullshit for one bed.
299 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:01:02pm |
re: #297 Charles Johnson
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And to think I was a Kucinich admirer at one time. Oh teenage years.
301 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 12:01:36pm |
re: #294 Lidane
Someone haz a sad:
WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.
What does Malkan have against cheap labor? I thought that was the end goal of wingnut economic policy.
/
302 | Dr. Matt Feb 27, 2015 12:01:56pm |
re: #296 Kid A
Douche Dinesh dated both Ann and Laura and set back human sexuality centuries because of it.
re: #298 HappyWarrior
I believe I also heard Ann and Maher had a fling. Never dated. God that’s a lot of self-righteous bullshit for one bed.
Dear Dog, let us hope and pray that sex tapes DO NOT exist for any of them.
303 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 12:02:05pm |
Don’t care that Ingraham or Coulter are not married. I care that both are illogical amoral ahistorical right wingers whose views set back equal rights and equal protection by decades.
304 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:02:48pm |
re: #300 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Bill Maher used to date Ann Coulter.
Oh they did date. I thought it was just a fling. I would never refuse to date someone because of ideological reasons but Ann Coulter is just a genuinely mean spirited person. I mean Maher’s no prize himself either.
305 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:03:28pm |
re: #302 Dr. Matt
Dear Dog, let us hope and pray that sex tapes DO NOT exist for any of them.
I think Ann asked Dinesh if it was okay for her to call him Senator McCarthy during fornication.
306 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:03:45pm |
re: #304 HappyWarrior
Oh they did date. I thought it was just a fling. I would never refuse to date someone because of ideological reasons but Ann Coulter is just a genuinely mean spirited person. I mean Maher’s no prize himself either.
They probably agreed on the Muslims. //
307 | Lidane Feb 27, 2015 12:04:07pm |
re: #301 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse
What does Malkan have against cheap labor? I thought that was the end goal of wingnut economic policy.
/
She wants cheap AMERICAN labor. H-1B visas are somehow a sign of cheap FOREIGN labor.
308 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:04:10pm |
re: #303 lawhawk
Don’t care that Ingraham or Coulter are not married. I care that both are illogical amoral ahistorical right wingers whose views set back equal rights and equal protection by decades.
I certainly don’t either. I just resent them being part of yeah an ideology that tells unmarried women who have sex they are sluts.
309 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:04:38pm |
310 | Timothy Watson Feb 27, 2015 12:04:45pm |
re: #286 Charles Johnson
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But under current system, Laura Ingraham can appoint as many foreign born children as she wants…
311 | The Mother Of All Pies Feb 27, 2015 12:05:04pm |
re: #294 Lidane
Someone haz a sad:
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WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.
Ted Cruz claims “92 Million Not Working” but wants to bring in more H1B's http://t.co/8YHhX0ZL0O #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/cEnjOV1CxG— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) February 27, 2015
313 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:08:19pm |
re: #312 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Ugh, the mug.
Do you guys have any sayings in Russian about punchable faces? i swear Ted just has that face. If Jeff Sessions has the name of a sleazy antebellum senator, then Ted Cruz has first prize on most sleazy looking politician.
314 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 27, 2015 12:08:51pm |
re: #294 Lidane
Someone haz a sad:
WTF? Most companies won’t go through the time, expense, and effort of an H-1B without a damned good reason. Cheap labor isn’t one of those reasons.
It’s the meme where the Mexicans are stealing all the high-paying Walmart jobs.
//
315 | CuriousLurker Feb 27, 2015 12:12:03pm |
re: #259 Charles Johnson
Jeb ‘Put Me Through Hell’
Michael Schiavo knows as well as anyone what Jeb Bush can do with executive power. He thinks you ought to know too.CLEARWATER, Fla.—Sitting recently on his brick back patio here, Michael Schiavo called Jeb Bush a vindictive, untrustworthy coward.
For years, the self-described “average Joe” felt harassed, targeted and tormented by the most important person in the state.
“It was a living hell,” he said, “and I blame him.” […]
316 | b.d. Feb 27, 2015 12:12:44pm |
re: #297 Charles Johnson
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I remember when Kucinich joined FoxNews how all of his dudebro fanboys assured me that he would absolutely change minds and not be a cartoonish character punching bad liberal.
317 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:13:26pm |
re: #313 HappyWarrior
Do you guys have any sayings in Russian about punchable faces? i swear Ted just has that face. If Jeff Sessions has the name of a sleazy antebellum senator, then Ted Cruz has first prize on most sleazy looking politician.
“That mug is asking for a brick”.
318 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:13:52pm |
319 | b.d. Feb 27, 2015 12:14:02pm |
320 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:14:18pm |
322 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 12:14:59pm |
re: #300 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Bill Maher used to date Ann Coulter.
Keith Olbermann denies it, but there are plenty of rumors that he once dated Coulter.
323 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:16:12pm |
re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, many don’t like Keith’s style, but he’s not known for bigotry or craziness, so I’ll take his word for it.
324 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:16:41pm |
re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth
Keith Olbermann denies it, but there are plenty of rumors that he once dated Coulter.
Olbermann’s another guy that I don’t really like even if I agree with him more often than not.
325 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:17:39pm |
re: #323 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Well, many don’t like Keith’s style, but he’s not known for bigotry or craziness, so I’ll take his word for it.
Yeah he’s not a kook like Maher is. His style just isn’t for me. He is a good sports commentator though and his rant about Derek Jeter’s farewell tour was right on.
326 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 12:17:52pm |
re: #323 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Well, many don’t like Keith’s style, but he’s not known for bigotry or craziness, so I’ll take his word for it.
OTOH, Keith did once date Laura Ingraham.
327 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 12:17:55pm |
Update on the Missouri spree killing with nine dead in total (including gunman).
It appears that the shooter came upon his mother, who appears to have died of natural causes at one of the locations, and then proceeded to shoot people at other locations (six locations in total).
There were three women and four men fatally shot, ranging in age from their early 40s to mid 60s. Authorities say several of the victims are related — including a husband and wife — but they haven’t confirmed a connection with the gunman.
A woman who survived being shot told police she knew who the gunman was and gave police his name. As word spread of the killings, some additional victims were discovered when worried family members went to homes to check on their well-being, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said in an interview. Police also went door-to-door to check for victims.
Authorities aren’t releasing names of the victims until they notify relatives. Tyrone is an unincorporated rural community of about 20 people.
Before the suspect was found dead, police went to his mother’s home to see if he was there, the coroner said. They found her dead on the couch of apparent natural causes, Whittaker said. It appears she had been dead at least 24 hours, he said. She was in her 70s and had been under a doctor’s care for an illness, and there was no visible sign of trauma, so Whittaker believes she died of her illness.
The woman has the same surname as some of the victims, he said. Investigators suspect her death may have sparked the man’s murder spree.
“We’re speculating that he came home and found her deceased and then for whatever reason went on a rampage and started killing people,” Whittaker said. “This is just so strange. Right now, with the shooter dead, we don’t know. Is there something that sparked this? We’re still in the information-gathering stage.”
Bizarre. And another community will grieve over senseless killings.
328 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 27, 2015 12:18:09pm |
re: #204 Charles Johnson
Jeb Bush started out sounding confident, but there’s a note of desperation creeping in the more he talks about immigration and gets booed.
They backed down when they got booed at the early Tea Party rallies instead of standing up to these people, and now the chickens are doming home to roost.
330 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 12:20:56pm |
re: #315 CuriousLurker
Don’t go telling me that the GOP is for small government. Not after the Schiavo affair, where they were looking to insert government action into the health care of a woman who was already brain dead (but for which you had Senator Frist diagnosing her from a video). And not after the way the GOP tries to worm its way up into all manner of lady bits with unnecessary and expensive procedures to prevent women from getting abortions.
Or when they say, swallow this pill so you can do a gynecological exam, because GOP representatives across the country arent’ familiar with science, math, or medicine.
Etc.
331 | Eventual Carrion Feb 27, 2015 12:21:25pm |
re: #159 Kragar
Accepting the idea that Jesus was a historical figure who is the basis for a dating system has nothing to do with accepting that there is a God
I’m going to start writing the dates on my checks in Aztec format.
332 | Eventual Carrion Feb 27, 2015 12:22:16pm |
re: #163 Lidane
You knew it was coming:
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I think they have enough guns. Now they just need a plane ticket to get there.
333 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 12:23:11pm |
re: #331 Eventual Carrion
I’m going to start writing the dates on my checks in Aztec format.
I’m looking at my checks right now and I don’t see “God” or “Jesus” or any other supreme being on any of them.
Apparently I have atheist checks…
334 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:24:33pm |
re: #332 Eventual Carrion
I think they have enough guns. Now they just need a plane ticket to get there.
Even if they managed to defeat ISIS (which they wouldn’t), they would just create CSIS in its place.
335 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:25:23pm |
re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m looking at my checks right now and I don’t see “God” or “Jesus” or any other supreme being on any of them.
Apparently I have atheist checks…
But if we squint, we can see “AD” after the date… OK, you can’t see it, but you know it’s there… if you have faith…
336 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 27, 2015 12:26:15pm |
re: #335 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
But if we squint, we can see “AD” after the date… OK, you can’t see it, but you know it’s there… if you have faith…
hahahaa
AD = After Doge
337 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:27:43pm |
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahaa
AD = After Doge
What do you mean, after? Doge is alive and well in his palace.
338 | Snarknado! Feb 27, 2015 12:29:30pm |
B.C. — backwards counting
A.D. — advancing dates
What is this “common era” of which you speak?
339 | Dave In Austin Feb 27, 2015 12:30:02pm |
340 | iossarian Feb 27, 2015 12:30:42pm |
342 | Charles Johnson Feb 27, 2015 12:31:42pm |
Things more interesting than this “Washington Times Idol” idiocy: cleaning out a dryer's lint trap.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2015
343 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 27, 2015 12:33:18pm |
re: #335 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
But if we squint, we can see “AD” after the date… OK, you can’t see it, but you know it’s there… if you have faith…
Nitpick: “B.C.” comes after the date, “A.D.” comes before the date.
344 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:35:07pm |
re: #343 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Nitpick: “B.C.” comes after the date, “A.D.” comes before the date.
Oh ye, of little faith…
//
345 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 12:35:26pm |
I don’t know, but is this how a foreign embassy in the US behaves?
This is getting out of hand. Fox and other RW spots will blast our diplomats if they say the “wrong” thing about Bibi or his policy, but not a word about something like this.
About that Iran sunset clause… // Headlines from the future: March 2025 pic.twitter.com/OEsBO3JDR6
— Embassy of Israel (@IsraelinUSA) February 26, 2015
346 | iossarian Feb 27, 2015 12:37:44pm |
re: #345 blueraven
O noes. We must all bow down to Bibi or gas will cost teh $$$ in 2025.
347 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 12:38:47pm |
I know it’s just a family member or an assistant, but seeing Nimoy’s Twitter account retweeting messages about his own death is kinda creepy.
348 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:39:32pm |
re: #345 blueraven
I don’t know, but is this how a foreign embassy in the US behaves?
This is getting out of hand. Fox and other RW spots will blast our diplomats if they say the “wrong” thing about Bibi or his policy, but not a word about something like this.
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Close the embassy and expel their diplomats until they stop acting like John Boehner’s adopted children.
It’d be political suicide, but imagine the shock it would send.
349 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 27, 2015 12:39:32pm |
R.I.P., Leonard Nimoy. You really lived with dignity and grace in your post-Spock era, and we’ll all miss you.
Glad you decided to take the role of Spock, after worrying that it might be “too freaky”. (After being in Radar Men from the Moon.)
350 | iossarian Feb 27, 2015 12:40:11pm |
re: #343 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Nitpick: “B.C.” comes after the date, “A.D.” comes before the date.
Nitpick: “B.C.” and “A.D.” are part of the date. I think you mean “before/after the numerical representation of the year”.
351 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:40:26pm |
re: #347 Ace-o-aces
I know it’s just a family member or an assistant, but seeing Nimoy’s Twitter account retweeting messages about his own death is kinda creepy.
And not very logical.
352 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:40:50pm |
re: #347 Ace-o-aces
Yes. The account is called “TheRealNimoy”, and this goes against that.
353 | Ace-o-aces Feb 27, 2015 12:41:57pm |
re: #346 iossarian
O noes. We must all bow down to Bibi or gas will cost teh $$$ in 2025.
Israel placed third in a ranking of 60 countries according to the price of a gallon of gas, published by Bloomberg last week.`
Israeli drivers pay $9.28 a gallon for premium gasoline, compared to $4.89 in China and $3.75 in the United States, according to Bloomberg.
354 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:43:30pm |
re: #353 Ace-o-aces
Seems to me then that Bibi’s government should kindly shut up about our oil prices. Maybe just maybe Obama knows what he’s doing. Really the complete lack of respect and contempt shown to the administration by Bibi especially has been appalling. Even more so are the so called patriotic right wingers who take Bibi’s side because hey at least he’s not a damn Kenyan.//
355 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 27, 2015 12:43:35pm |
re: #350 iossarian
Nitpick: “B.C.” and “A.D.” are part of the date. I think you mean “before/after the numerical representation of the year”.
Right you are….
356 | lawhawk Feb 27, 2015 12:44:49pm |
Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.
One bit of news buried in this story: The HFC discussed a coup against Boehner Thursday night. http://t.co/Dh41sDmqvS pic.twitter.com/HRk2NvyFfF— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) February 27, 2015
The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).
357 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge Feb 27, 2015 12:45:34pm |
re: #354 HappyWarrior
Seems to me then that Bibi’s government should kindly shut up about our oil prices. Maybe just maybe Obama knows what he’s doing. Really the complete lack of respect and contempt shown to the administration by Bibi especially has been appalling. Even more so are the so called patriotic right wingers who take Bibi’s side because hey at least he’s not a damn Kenyan.//
If only Obama spelled his first name “Baruch” instead of “Barack”.
358 | Kragar Feb 27, 2015 12:45:49pm |
My Team Leader last week said “We have this new process, I’ll show you how to pull the numbers later.”
They were out sick Monday.
I call Tuesday. “Its no big deal. We just need the numbers for the end of month. I’ll get up with you later.
I call yesterday. “I’m too busy right now. I’ll go over the process with you later.”
If they can’t make the time in a whole week, I’m not going to fucking call them at 12:45 on a Friday to remind them.
359 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:45:50pm |
re: #356 lawhawk
Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.
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The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).
If he actually cared more about bettering the country than his own power, he wouldn’t have these problems.
360 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:47:41pm |
re: #356 lawhawk
Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.
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The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).
Be fun if they did, just to see the look on Boehner’s (and the rest of the GOP leadership’s) face(s) when they had to go to Nancy Pelosi and ask her if she’d help quash the coup with a few Democratic votes.
361 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:48:09pm |
re: #359 HappyWarrior
If he actually cared more about bettering the country than his own power, he wouldn’t have these problems.
No, the Speaker of the House would.
/rimshot!
362 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:49:03pm |
“Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. I loved Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level headed” pic.twitter.com/7ItrT1Ev0d— BWD (@theonlyadult) February 27, 2015
363 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:49:40pm |
364 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 12:49:47pm |
re: #356 lawhawk
Boehner’s got enough trouble with his own caucus to worry about what trouble he’s getting into with Netanyahu.
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The nitwit can’t get out of his own way, and his caucus is filled with a bunch of splitters who can’t accept that part of the job of a politician is to negotiate and accept something less than unconditional surrender from everyone else. And when they can’t get unconditional surrender, they choose scorched earth tactics that leave no good outcome (like a shutdown).
We’ve seen this movie enough times to guess how it goes: Dems refuse to sign onto the three week extension bill, Boehner tries to push forward with it under the assumption that enough TPers will sign onto it to avoid embarrassing him. They won’t, leaving him at the 11th hour with a bill that’s doomed to failure, so he pulls it and puts up the Senate bill that passes with mostly Dem support. The TPers make a lot of noise about deposing him, but realize there’s no “true conservative” who has enough votes to replace him, so they just continue to rattle their sabers.
SSDD
365 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:50:21pm |
Leonard Nimoy was also a pretty good photographer. Here’s a collection of some of his best. http://t.co/ilRlYasYB5 pic.twitter.com/RLvFPeXlVC— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 27, 2015
366 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 27, 2015 12:50:37pm |
re: #358 Kragar
My Team Leader last week said “We have this new process, I’ll show you how to pull the numbers later.”
They were out sick Monday.
I call Tuesday. “Its no big deal. We just need the numbers for the end of month. I’ll get up with you later.
I call yesterday. “I’m too busy right now. I’ll go over the process with you later.”
If they can’t make the time in a whole week, I’m not going to fucking call them at 12:45 on a Friday to remind them.
I’m getting the same treatment from a co-worker trying to get details needed for an interface specification. And I am leaving for vacation next Thursday.
367 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 12:50:52pm |
re: #365 darthstar
That one’s enough to make me want to go to Temple and I’m not even Jewish.
368 | aagcobb Feb 27, 2015 12:50:58pm |
re: #364 Targetpractice
We’ve seen this movie enough times to guess how it goes: Dems refuse to sign onto the three week extension bill, Boehner tries to push forward with it under the assumption that enough TPers will sign onto it to avoid embarrassing him. They won’t, leaving him at the 11th hour with a bill that’s doomed to failure, so he pulls it and puts up the Senate bill that passes with mostly Dem support. The TPers make a lot of noise about deposing him, but realize there’s no “true conservative” who has enough votes to replace him, so they just continue to rattle their sabers.
SSDD
The only question is one of timing; will the bill funding DHS pass before or after it temporarily shuts down?
369 | Kragar Feb 27, 2015 12:51:38pm |
Muslim girl sings ‘Star Spangled Banner’ as Oklahoma anti-Islamic protesters scream insults http://t.co/0tfolNOKRb— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 27, 2015
370 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 27, 2015 12:51:57pm |
re: #364 Targetpractice
We’ve seen this movie enough times to guess how it goes: Dems refuse to sign onto the three week extension bill, Boehner tries to push forward with it under the assumption that enough TPers will sign onto it to avoid embarrassing him. They won’t, leaving him at the 11th hour with a bill that’s doomed to failure, so he pulls it and puts up the Senate bill that passes with mostly Dem support. The TPers make a lot of noise about deposing him, but realize there’s no “true conservative” who has enough votes to replace him, so they just continue to rattle their sabers.
SSDD
You must admit though that it takes some sort of talent to be able to make sabres rattle so convincingly after they have been fallen on.
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371 | calochortus Feb 27, 2015 12:52:22pm |
re: #358 Kragar
My Team Leader last week said “We have this new process, I’ll show you how to pull the numbers later.”
They were out sick Monday.
I call Tuesday. “Its no big deal. We just need the numbers for the end of month. I’ll get up with you later.
I call yesterday. “I’m too busy right now. I’ll go over the process with you later.”
If they can’t make the time in a whole week, I’m not going to fucking call them at 12:45 on a Friday to remind them.
What?! There are only 28 days this month? Why didn’t someone tell me that?
372 | b_sharp Feb 27, 2015 12:52:29pm |
re: #303 lawhawk
Don’t care that Ingraham or Coulter are not married. I care that both are illogical amoral ahistorical right wingers whose views set back equal rights and equal protection by decades.
There we go.
373 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 12:53:32pm |
re: #368 aagcobb
The only question is one of timing; will the bill funding DHS pass before or after it temporarily shuts down?
I figure we’ll know the answer by the middle of the night. If he hasn’t pulled the three-week bill by then and scheduled the Senate bill, then he intends to push this past the deadline. If he has, then he’ll try to squeak in passage and signature so that he can say that the GOP has kept its promise not to allow any further shutdowns.
374 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:53:33pm |
re: #369 Kragar
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Assholes.These fuckwads are always accusing Muslim-Americans of not being American enough and here this girl is singing the national anthem and these bigoted pricks shout insults at her. These fuckers make me ashamed to be an American.
376 | aagcobb Feb 27, 2015 12:53:59pm |
377 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 12:56:03pm |
re: #369 Kragar
A rally by hundreds of American Muslims at the Oklahoma Capitol on Friday to promote religious tolerance was interrupted by anti-Islamic protesters holding signs proclaiming the United States a Christian nation.
That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.
378 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 12:59:39pm |
re: #377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.
Yeah pretty much. I really do worry about Christian theocrats getting their way in the US much more than I do Muslim ones. Why because there’s a lot more of them and they have politicians willing to do their bidding. We’ll get “Shariah Law” the same way Sinclair said we’ll get fascism.
379 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 1:00:12pm |
Not to piss in the porridge, but has anyone asked @SpeakerBoehner about the Senate's DHS funding bill lately? It's getting close to 5pm EST— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 27, 2015
380 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 1:01:57pm |
re: #377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the difference between the wingnuts and the Taliban is the invisible sky god they pray to. Any time someone brings up the parallels between Christianity and Islam, they like to make a lot of noise about Christ and his teachings. But don’t be fooled, the only part of the Bible they take seriously is the Old Testament and the idea of a narrow-minded, bloodthirsty God.
381 | OhNoZombies! Feb 27, 2015 1:02:31pm |
re: #377 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
That’s all you need to know right there about who wants religious freedom and who wants theocracy.
It’s also a testament to how tolerant religious and ethnic minorities are in this country.
The task is extra difficult when you see these people mistreat children.
382 | aagcobb Feb 27, 2015 1:03:10pm |
re: #379 darthstar
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He is probably in a desperate hunt for votes for his three week funding plan. If that fails, then he may have to let DHS temporarily shut down to show the Tea Party Caucus he fought to the bitter end before putting a clean bill up for a vote.
383 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 1:03:14pm |
Uhura - still hot.
Now w/ Love from Nerd-in-Chief: Leonard Nimoy: We Have Been, And Always Shall Be, Your Fan http://t.co/kCcwmgTOG8 pic.twitter.com/XzqDU6WD0W— Doktor Zoom (@DoktorZoom) February 27, 2015
384 | Rocky-in-Connecticut Feb 27, 2015 1:03:52pm |
if you were add up the combined brainpower from that event, just imagine the possibilities… converted into pure energy, one might be able to power a small hamster wheel.
385 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 1:03:53pm |
re: #382 aagcobb
He is probably in a desperate hunt for votes for his three week funding plan. If that fails, then he may have to let DHS temporarily shut down to show the Tea Party Caucus he fought to the bitter end before putting a clean bill up for a vote.
Clean funding bill on Monday - retroactive to Friday.
386 | Targetpractice Feb 27, 2015 1:05:35pm |
re: #382 aagcobb
He is probably in a desperate hunt for votes for his three week funding plan. If that fails, then he may have to let DHS temporarily shut down to show the Tea Party Caucus he fought to the bitter end before putting a clean bill up for a vote.
Except none of them are fooled, they know the cave is coming. That he’s put up a stop-gap bill and is trying to float a conference committee is a signal that he knows he just doesn’t have the support for an all-or-nothing shutdown bid. The question is how long he intends to keep up the charade.
387 | darthstar Feb 27, 2015 1:14:32pm |
Live long and surf. #RIPLeonardNimoy :'-( h/t http://t.co/jLzBC9LFC9 pic.twitter.com/hGd21A6fwX— Heal the Bay (@HealTheBay) February 27, 2015
388 | Kragar Feb 27, 2015 1:15:13pm |
Spock is a fictional character, #LeonardNimoy is a real person who passed away. Another example of your incompetence. @WhiteHouse— Paige (@PaigeDiMera) February 27, 2015
390 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 1:17:08pm |
re: #388 Kragar
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ODS much. Yeah Spock was only his most iconic character. And the man even had an autobiography called “I Am Spock.” These people can’t even let Obama pay tribute to an actor without their raging ODS getting in the way of things.
391 | calochortus Feb 27, 2015 1:17:39pm |
re: #388 Kragar
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Yes, and he said he loved the character and hoped the person would rest in peace. What’s wrong with that?
392 | blueraven Feb 27, 2015 1:18:56pm |
Leonard Nimoy was a very accomplished photographer.
Here is his gallery pages. Unfortunately the site is mostly down due to heavy traffic I imagine. I have visited the site often and his photos are beautiful. Well worth visiting, later if not today.
393 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 1:19:15pm |
re: #391 calochortus
Yes, and he said he loved the character and hoped the person would rest in peace. What’s wrong with that?
It’s not a problem with the statement as with everything that Obama does, it’s who makes it. Obama could declare that ridding the world of disease and hunger was a noble endeavor and people like Paige there would get upset because they hate Obama that much.
394 | Nyet Feb 27, 2015 1:19:20pm |
A story of an astrology skeptic turned a passionate astrologer turned an astrology skeptic again. A bit tl, but I like these personal narratives.
395 | calochortus Feb 27, 2015 1:20:14pm |
re: #393 HappyWarrior
Yeah, I know. These people need better hobbies.
396 | HappyWarrior Feb 27, 2015 1:21:39pm |
re: #395 calochortus
Yeah, I know. These people need better hobbies.
Yeah they really do. I mean I couldn’t stand Bush but I didn’t nitpick every statement the guy had.
398 | Romantic Heretic Feb 27, 2015 1:27:24pm |
re: #315 CuriousLurker
Read the article.
“Canary in the coal mine” is my thought. The Schiavo case was the first indication of how unhinged and cruel the Right has become in America.
399 | Fourth Football of the Apocalypse Feb 27, 2015 1:27:57pm |
So who’s on deck tomorrow at CPAC?
400 | gwangung Feb 27, 2015 1:28:02pm |
re: #393 HappyWarrior
It’s not a problem with the statement as with everything that Obama does, it’s who makes it. Obama could declare that ridding the world of disease and hunger was a noble endeavor and people like Paige there would get upset because they hate Obama that much.
Not to mention that it was a pretty incompetent reading of his statement.
401 | OhNoZombies! Feb 27, 2015 1:29:09pm |
402 | dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Feb 27, 2015 1:29:42pm |
a loss to all of us round ears
we are unworthy primates ruled by emoticons
403 | dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸ Feb 27, 2015 1:30:54pm |
Conservatives gather at CPAC
of course “real conservatives” have already excommunicated half of the attendees