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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Dr. Faustus posted:

Is this old news to you all?

The news about the newest Lois Lerner e-mails is coming out and in it she is lamenting right wing whackos and assholes and crazies (her words) taking "us" down. From the context she is clearly implying "Republicans."

The demon IRS bitch who hates Tea Baggers is... a Republican. Was this common knowledge? Can she be hoisted on her petard as an establishment Republican now? Can we agree that this means she would probably not be inclined to act on the orders of some Democrat in the WH?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/07/30/new_irs_bombshell_lois_lerner_bemoaned_right_wing_crazies.html

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/irs-lois-lerner-email-crazies-109544.html

Does we/us not mean the IRS, or her group of officials or whatever?

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Why are those woman's perfectly normal opinions news?

Captain_Maclaine
Sep 30, 2001

Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

euphronius posted:

Why are those woman's perfectly normal opinions news?

:qq: Because she was mean! Mean to conservatives! :qq:

Islam is the Lite Rock FM
Jul 27, 2007

by exmarx
That gold banner he always stands in front of for speeches is practically one giant, golden fringe.

Majorian
Jul 1, 2009

zoux posted:

Unless you have infected people bleeding and making GBS threads in that standing water it's not going to make a difference.

If I'm not mistaken, that's a not-unheard-of means of transmitting the disease.:eng101:

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

But seriously I don't think the house has standing to bring a suit.

Defenestration
Aug 10, 2006

"It wasn't my fault that my first unconscious thought turned out to be-"
"Jesus, kid, what?"
"That something smelled delicious!"


Grimey Drawer
Who's that congressman that just learned about Kardashians and posted about it on twitter? I want to follow him

Dr. Faustus
Feb 18, 2001

Grimey Drawer

Badger of Basra posted:

Does we/us not mean the IRS, or her group of officials or whatever?
It's pretty clear from the context, "we" means establishment (i.e., not Tea Party) GOP. At least it is to me. I could be wrong. :shrug:

Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Jul 31, 2014

Gorilla Desperado
Oct 9, 2012

Defenestration posted:

Who's that congressman that just learned about Kardashians and posted about it on twitter? I want to follow him

John Dingell. His twitter is pretty great: https://twitter.com/john_dingell

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Joementum posted:

Failure to enforce the employer mandate in Obamacare.

Yes, that's right, Republicans are suing Obama for not enforcing Obamacare.

Ain't that contrapment or somethin'?

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
Obama should ask Boehner if he's a cop. If he's really a cop he has to tell you!

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

paragon1 posted:

I would like to personally apologize to the people of China. I've never given a Hooters my money, nor do I own any of their stock. I've never even jokingly made a "you guys should go to China comment".

Yet I can't help but feel like I'm partly responsible for this somehow.

I keep forgetting that Hooters is a real establishment instead of a joke from Married with Children.


Joementum posted:

Obama should ask Boehner if he's a cop. If he's really a cop he has to tell you!

No cop is going to call himself Boner.

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe

Dirt posted:

Reaganbook is making news.

http://www.breitbartunmasked.com/2014/07/30/reagan-book-trolled-offline-after-being-flooded-with-porn-putin/

They blamed it on Reddit, Twitter, and 4Chan but not us.

This link is NWS due to half-assed censoring of penii

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

SedanChair posted:

This link is NWS due to half-assed censoring of penii

It's not nice to cock-block. Or in this case, penis-prevent, I guess?

Leroy Diplowski
Aug 25, 2005

The Candyman Can :science:

Visit My Candy Shop

And SA Mart Thread

Joementum posted:

CNN is way out in front on that, since it's the network that's already playing in waiting rooms where the anchors spend most of their time just reading tweets.

last time I was in a doctor's waiting room this was playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLyt2EsQ0Q

The weirdest part was: it was a planned parenthood.

Polygynous
Dec 13, 2006
welp
welp I'm 5000 posts behind in the I/P thread. I'm just going to assume things have only gotten worse. :smith:

I mean I know from the car radio dial being jammed on public radio what Israel's been bombing lately. ugh.


In lighter NPR news, how have I not heard of the Tower of David before?

It's in Caracas, Venezuela. For dystopia fans, the piece made it sound like a cross between Kowloon Walled City and the Ryugyong Hotel.

Best part was some big shot who lives in the 28th floor "penthouse". Nice view, but you have to climb up and down 28 flights of stairs if you want to go anywhere.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

spoon0042 posted:

welp I'm 5000 posts behind in the I/P thread. I'm just going to assume things have only gotten worse. :smith:

I mean I know from the car radio dial being jammed on public radio what Israel's been bombing lately. ugh.

I've taken to skipping pages hundreds at a time when I want to keep posted and occasionally take part.

Israel is basically a Scooby Doo villain in dire need of some meddling kids. :smith:

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe

spoon0042 posted:

welp I'm 5000 posts behind in the I/P thread. I'm just going to assume things have only gotten worse. :smith:

Nope, peace was declared for all time. Netanyahu went on TV and said "sumimasen" :keke:

Aren't you sorry you missed it?

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

SedanChair posted:

Nope, peace was declared for all time. Netanyahu went on TV and said "sumimasen" :keke:

Aren't you sorry you missed it?


:pray:

Hedera Helix
Sep 2, 2011

The laws of the fiesta mean nothing!

spoon0042 posted:

In lighter NPR news, how have I not heard of the Tower of David before?

It's in Caracas, Venezuela. For dystopia fans, the piece made it sound like a cross between Kowloon Walled City and the Ryugyong Hotel.

Best part was some big shot who lives in the 28th floor "penthouse". Nice view, but you have to climb up and down 28 flights of stairs if you want to go anywhere.



The wiki page says they've started moving people out of there. RIP New Kowloon Walled Office Tower, you shall be missed.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Hedera Helix posted:

The wiki page says they've started moving people out of there. RIP New Kowloon Walled Office Tower, you shall be missed.

What's a neat book about Kowloon? Either fiction or non-fiction? It sounds like a Cyberpunk author's wet dream.

Hedera Helix
Sep 2, 2011

The laws of the fiesta mean nothing!

Absurd Alhazred posted:

What's a neat book about Kowloon? Either fiction or non-fiction? It sounds like a Cyberpunk author's wet dream.

I've only seen the first part of this German-language documentary, but it seems legit

illrepute
Dec 30, 2009

by XyloJW

Absurd Alhazred posted:

What's a neat book about Kowloon? Either fiction or non-fiction? It sounds like a Cyberpunk author's wet dream.

poo poo, is your username a lovecraft ref? I just got that.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Hedera Helix posted:

I've only seen the first part of this German-language documentary, but it seems legit

Vielen dank, mein freund!

illrepute posted:

poo poo, is your username a lovecraft ref? I just got that.

Mais, bien sûr!

illrepute
Dec 30, 2009

by XyloJW

spoon0042 posted:

welp I'm 5000 posts behind in the I/P thread. I'm just going to assume things have only gotten worse. :smith:


Israel's gotten to the point where even trolls won't defend it.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

James Clavell: imperialist panderer or insightful Westerner?

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

zoux posted:

James Clavell: imperialist panderer or insightful Westerner?

I've heard good things about Shōgun and King Rat. Have read neither, although I watched the miniseries made of the former.

woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe
All of Clavell's books have "Mr. Pro Westerner solves all problems" -itis but Shogun, Tai-Pan, and King Rat are all great reads.

Soy Division
Aug 12, 2004

If you want more Asian libertopias there's always the China-Burma border towns:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/asia/a-border-city-on-the-edge-of-the-law.html?_r=0

StandardVC10
Feb 6, 2007

This avatar now 50% more dark mode compliant

Jagchosis posted:

Buffalo wild wing's stock fell around 13% today. I am eating their wings to mark this somber occasion, and I do not understand how that chain isn't making money hand over fist.

A Buffalo Wild Wings opened in the space previously occupied by a really good wings restaurant near me. I tried it once and while the wings were average to fair, they seemed to have replaced all the windows in the restaurant with flat-screen televisions and the interior volume was way too loud.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

StandardVC10 posted:

A Buffalo Wild Wings opened in the space previously occupied by a really good wings restaurant near me. I tried it once and while the wings were average to fair, they seemed to have replaced all the windows in the restaurant with flat-screen televisions and the interior volume was way too loud.

this sounds like some vegas-level customer management

DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF WITH THE OUTSIDE. CONSUME ADDITIONAL WINGS, OBSERVE THESE SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS.

Hedera Helix
Sep 2, 2011

The laws of the fiesta mean nothing!
I hate places that put TVs everywhere, they're so distracting. I want to be able to talk with the people I'm at the bar/restaurant/whatever with, instead of being drawn away by bright colors and moving things every five seconds.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

paranoid randroid posted:

this sounds like some vegas-level customer management

DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF WITH THE OUTSIDE. CONSUME ADDITIONAL WINGS, OBSERVE THESE SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd1jKcfBRE

Swan Oat
Oct 9, 2012

I was selected for my skill.
I like eating at Buffalo Wild Wings in airports. And Chili's.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Swan Oat posted:

I like eating at Buffalo Wild Wings in airports. And Chili's.

I ate at an airport Cinnabon once. I really regret it to this very day.

Alec Bald Snatch
Sep 12, 2012

by exmarx

Swan Oat posted:

I like eating at Buffalo Wild Wings in airports. And Chili's.

I wish more airports would follow the example of Portland, ME and put local microbrewery pubs in them.

Swan Oat
Oct 9, 2012

I was selected for my skill.
charlotte's airport has that, i ate and drank there while waiting for a connecting flight about a month ago

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Leroy Diplowski posted:

last time I was in a doctor's waiting room this was playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLyt2EsQ0Q

The weirdest part was: it was a planned parenthood.

if you've never seen Fishing With John please do yourself a favor. it is a surrealist fishing show. it is good

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Austin's airport is the best because they only allow local places.

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skaboomizzy
Nov 12, 2003

There is nothing I want to be. There is nothing I want to do.
I don't even have an image of what I want to be. I have nothing. All that exists is zero.
My limited experience is that airports are purgatory incarnate and I don't care what's in them because my goal is to spend as little time as possible there.

That being said, I love that McCarran in Las Vegas has slot machines all over the place.

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