moths posted:

"So, if we’re gonna sit here, and if we’re gonna have a part in this, then we want something in return, Ms. Fluke: And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we are getting for our money."
- Children's Author Rush Limbaugh

Dr Christmas posted:

He also spent three days talking about the kind of sex he imagined her having when she was 13, and what her privates were shaped like after so much sex.

quote:

Another caller from Michigan said he was more concerned about government manipulation of natural resources.

“I’m so fed up with the tyranny I sold my jet ski,” the caller said. “I’m so fed up with the way the government is manipulating the water with the chemtrails, I’m afraid I can’t even use my jet ski.”

quote:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh has won a children's book prize designed to be chosen by kids themselves.

But that doesn't mean all of his voters were young people.
...
Nominees are selected by the most objective method possible, sales, while the winners are supposedly picked by kids, who vote online. But executive director Robin Adelson of the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, nonprofit organizations that co-founded the awards seven years ago, acknowledged Thursday that adults could easily vote and vote multiple times, a problem not uncommon for Internet competitions.

"Every one of our finalists gets fake votes every year," Adelson told The Associated Press. "We like to think that's the enthusiasm of adults who love children's books."

Adelson cited three ways that people can vote: a widget that can be embedded in such popular kids' websites as http://www.poptropica.com , a link on the awards website (http://ccbookawards.com ) that allows individuals to vote and a link on the awards site that allows teachers, librarians and others to submit bulk votes on behalf of their institution.

Adelson said she doubted that parents or other grown-ups were voting through Poptropica, but acknowledged the awards site was more likely to be manipulated. An individual voter can vote multiple times and does not need to provide a verifiable email address or proof of his or her age. Bulk voters are required to submit a verifiable email, but there is no guarantee that a given teacher or librarian is really expressing the wishes of others.

"We send emails and make phone calls. A lot of manual labor goes into verifying (bulk voters)," Adelson said. "Do we catch them all? Of course not."

Limbaugh has touted his nomination on his radio show and on his website, https://www.rushlimbaugh.com . Adelson said Limbaugh initially enjoyed a wide lead, but that voting tightened considerably in the final weeks and the outcome was "fair and close."

"It's not as if he received millions of votes and everybody else and received 10," she said. "It was far, far closer."

Adelson said total votes this year only increased modestly, from 1.1 million to 1.2 million, and added that voting has generally gone up each year. She emphasized the awards have no mission beyond encouraging kids to read.

"We've received some hate mail," she said. "We've been accused of endorsing Rush Limbaugh and supporting Rush Limbaugh. We endorse and support children."

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"We like to think that's the enthusiasm of adults who love children's books."

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Happy operation spring day everyone! First one to bag a low turnout excuse gets to lead the parade, bonus points if the excuse blames a known liberal boogeyman or the media.

kik2dagroin posted:

Nominees are selected by the most objective method possible, sales, while the winners are supposedly picked by kids, who vote online. But executive director Robin Adelson of the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, nonprofit organizations that co-founded the awards seven years ago, acknowledged Thursday that adults could easily vote and vote multiple times, a problem not uncommon for Internet competitions.

OAquinas posted:

Can't you see the millions of people?

OAquinas posted:

OAquinas posted:

Can't you see the millions of people?

happyhippy posted:

That's Obummers FEMA death camps for ya, there ain't many of us left to protest!

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Note that he still doesn't have Benghazi spelled correctly

VideoTapir posted:

More specifically, she was testifying about non-birth-control uses for birth control pills.

And it wasn't just Rush, it was drat near the entire right wing media.

Ray and Shirley posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4629k9WazE

Jones is a loving huckster. I think he believes the very basics, that there's corruption and overreach in government. Period. The rest of it is all about the money.

kik2dagroin posted:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/05/15/harry_reid_s_koch_brothers_dementia
*bloviates factually incorrect opinions on climate change to millions of listeners then ironically speculates on how so many people in the country can be so dumb*

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OJ BUNDY IS INNOCENT & SEXAY

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“This is very disappointing,” Mr. Milton said, speaking of the numbers who showed so far, while marching to the White House. “I’ve been taking to everybody for six months, telling them to come and telling them if it’s not realistic to get to D.C., … well then, go to your county courthouse [and protest].”

The weather likely delayed some from showing, he said. But as the sun comes out, and the weekend weather dawns balmy, more could show, he said.

“This isn’t just the one day thing,” Mr. Milton said. “Most of our group [126 from Texas] are going to stay most of the weekend. And when the bikers come in, there will much more. I know Connecticut’s here. I know Colorado’s here. I think Utah, maybe.”

He also said the some of the planned Operation American Spring members who were planning to head to Washington, D.C., instead traveled to Nevada, to give support to cattle rancher Cliven Bundy in his fight against the federal government over grazing fees.

“A lot that were supposed to come here went there instead,” Mr. Milton said.

Intel&Sebastian posted:

hahahahaha


Also looks like we've got our first major reporting on it:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/16/operation-american-spring-falls-flat-very-disappoi/

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Initial projections were for between 10 million and 30 million to come from around the nation and converge on the downtown capital city streets outside the White House and Capitol Building ...called optimistic yet doable, given one million militia had already agreed to come.

"It ain’t no millions. And it ain’t looking like there’s going to be millions. Hundreds is more like it.”

VideoTapir posted:

More specifically, she was testifying about non-birth-control uses for birth control pills.

And it wasn't just Rush, it was drat near the entire right wing media.

happyhippy posted:

Who knew 'militia men' were horrible loving liars.
Nice to see them trying to blame it on rain in Virginia too.

Slo-Tek posted:

I love how the Freep crowd believes "The Bikers" are going to be awesome shock troops and it'll be all Altamont 2.0. Rather than a bunch of 60 year old dentists trailering their harleys and staying in moderately priced hotels in Maryland, sitting in traffic for an hour, and then loving off to cracker barrel.

Slo-Tek posted:

Live Free, or Dry!

happyhippy posted:

If rain stops you lot from being patriots, I say we Brits should invade and reclaim our land next wet spell!

happyhippy posted:

If rain stops you lot from being patriots, I say we Brits should invade and reclaim our land next wet spell!

Centripetal Horse posted:

Alex Jones is absolutely a true believer. He is paranoid and crazy, but it is not an act. Jones does get out there and do stuff. It's crazy stuff, but still. I've been aware of him for at least fifteen years, and he is every bit the nutty activist he presents himself as. He may be spending a little less time stalking secret societies, these days, but he has a lot on his plate.

radical meme posted:

Here's the same, plus a Social Stream sidebar; this is pretty funny:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/operation-america-spring-live

moths posted:

"So, if we’re gonna sit here, and if we’re gonna have a part in this, then we want something in return, Ms. Fluke: And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we are getting for our money."
- Children's Author Rush Limbaugh

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Also he thought that you had to take more than one birth control pill a day if you have a lot of sex.

VitalSigns posted:

Finally living in a miserable freezing rain-drenched rock in the North Sea pays off!

BiggerBoat posted:

How about fewer abortions, unwanted pregnancies and future "welfare babies", Captain Conservative?


Yep. He thought that you took a birth control pill every time you hosed a guy. Like the morning after pill.

Deptfordx posted:

VitalSigns is right, the yanks have dropped their guard!

Let's get 'em lads.