BiggerBoat posted:

Just gonna leave this right here. From FOX's front page.

mr. mephistopheles posted:

I'd be interested to hear what he berated you about (since he does it to people all the time and it's always so condescending and terrible) if you don't mind sharing.

quote:

The middle class is by and large an invention of the political class and the news media. The truth is there is no such thing. Even President Obama’s definition of the middle class tends to shift depending on which speech he is giving, or which ideological agenda he is pushing on a given day.

The “middle class” is really little more than a convenient benchmark that politicians and reporters use to suit their needs. There is no definable group of people that always stays within this mythical group we’ve come to refer to as the middle class

...


If class is anything, it is a mindset. I’ve always had an upper class mindset because I knew what was in myself, and I didn’t limit myself to what it said on my paystub or on my bank statement. People who have an upper class mindset want freedom above all else, because they know what they’ve got in themselves. If folks think, in order to survive, they need free stuff instead of freedom, then survive is the most they will ever do.

BiggerBoat posted:

That seems to be the main symptom of absorbing too much right wing media. Things are just assumed to be true (Obama is a commie socialist, taxes are bad, America is a christian nation, ACORN commits voter fraud, media is liberally biased, they're gonna take our guns, Obamacare is a government takeover, Benghazi). I mentioned it a few posts back.

They just throw poo poo and buzzwords out there with no supporting evidence until it sticks. And it actually works on a disturbingly large amount of people. It's basically a lot like advertising. Lies becoming truth through sheer repetition.

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Interesting take considering the age of his audience but alright

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/another-helpful-lesson-glenn-beck-there-no-retirement-community-animal-world

kik2dagroin posted:

Whereupon Limbaugh discusses a new song from Beyoncé.

Soviet Commubot posted:

It was a whole network but there was a terrible comedy show slated for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mQPvKXw3U

beatlegs posted:

Even the title screams persecution complex. "Right 2 Laugh", because even in this world where progressive nazis keep us down, we have a "right" to be funny too.

Darkman Fanpage posted:

A bunch of stupid rednecks rode their ATVs through BLM land that was made off-limits to preserve the Native American archaeological sites found within a canyon. Expect stupidity.

Los Angeles Times posted:

At a rally Saturday before the protest ride, 200 people gathered at a local park, including Aamon Bundy, Cliven Bundy's son, and several armed supporters. That's when [San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman] surprised everyone, suggesting a drive into the canyon, but not into restricted areas.

Many in the crowd booed. Wielding a pocket-sized Constitution, Bundy said that the land belonged to San Juan County residents and that they had a right to ride it.

One man said: "Rosa Parks didn't have a case until she sat in the front of the bus."

Another added: "The BLM has guns and mace and Tasers and shackles, but we've got guns too!"

TheQat posted:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-palin-criticizes-bergdahl and here we go.

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Eagerly awaiting the conservative call for noted person-who-got-US-service-members-killed-for-idiotic-reasons George W. Bush to be handed over to the Taliban.

Fox News posted:

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a "mujahid," or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis of a purported eyewitness account and obtained by Fox News.

pd187 posted:

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

All properly-designed scientific experiments have a control group. Without an identical copy of Earth where an industrial society never develops, you have no idea if the current climate trajectory is different from a control group, therefore

quote:

Pickup trucks customized to spew black smoke into the air are quickly becoming the newest weapon in the culture wars.

"Coal Rollers" are diesel trucks modified with chimneys and equipment that can force extra fuel into the engine causing dark black smoke to pour out of the chimney stacks. These modifications are not new, but as Slate's Dave Weigel pointed out on Thursday, "rolling coal" has begun to take on a political dimension with pickup drivers increasingly viewing their smokestacks as a form of protest against environmentalists and Obama administration emissions regulations.

Last month, Vocativ noted many coal rollers focus their fumes on "nature nuffies," or people who drive hybrids, and "rice burners," or Japanese-made cars.

"The feeling around here is that everyone who drives a small car is a liberal," a roller named Ryan told Vocativ. "I rolled coal on a Prius once just because they were tailing me."

Weigel spoke to a seller of coal rolling customization equipment who described why some drivers see spewing smoke as a political protest.

"I run into a lot of people that really don’t like Obama at all," the salesperson said. "If he’s into the environment, if he’s into this or that, we’re not. I hear a lot of that. To get a single stack on my truck—that’s my way of giving them the finger. You want clean air and a tiny carbon footprint? Well, screw you."

As coal rollers have become a form of conservative protest, their popularity seems to be exploding. Vocativ found Facebook pages dedicated to the phenomenon have about 16,000 followers and over 100,000 rolling coal posts have appeared on Instagram and Tumblr. According to Google Trends, there were virtually no internet searches for "rolling coal" prior to February 2011. Since then, search volume for the term has increased over 700%.

FuzzySkinner posted:

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/08/13/lewis-black-blasts-rush-limbaugh-over-cruel-and-stupid-comments-on-robin-williams/

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“gently caress YOU Rush Limbaugh. Your statements were beyond cruel and stupid. They were intolerable. Enough is enough from you. You are an idiot. Don’t you ever demean the death of another human being. He was my friend. You disgust me.”
Limbaugh also said the leftist attitude is “one of pessimism and darkness, sadness — they’re never happy, are they? They’re always angry about something. No matter what they get, they’re always angry.”

Happiness/Depression is something beyond political opinion. Not everything is left v. right, there's some absolutely miserable conservatives out there, Mark Levin sounds angry and annoyed at everything like he can't find happiness.

It's sad because it feels like some people just can't step back, and recognize that we're all human beings on this planet, that we all experience the same emotions, that some do in fact have it tougher than others, and that we should all try to not like assholes.

If people could do that, I believe things would be a lot better on this planet sometimes.

Some Dipshit posted:

Could the economy have played a major part in Williams troubles?

Robin Williams Had ‘Serious Money Troubles’ In Months Before His Death, Claims Friend — Was The Pressure Too Much?
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/20...sure-too-much/

Williams lived in Napa California a leftist utopia. CA has been run by leftists for a while now. Taxes high, living costs high, water costs high, fuel costs high. The Obama economy stagnant, not easy to attract movie goers. Unemployment high.

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

He's an honest to god teenaged Rush Limbaugh wannabe, yes. Hopefully he'll grow out of it with time, though.

Republicans posted:

Yes, not teaching writing cursive is a thing in some places and old people are very upset at the idea that something they once were taught is now useless.

ReidRansom posted:

Rush was pretty tame on this Cuba thing, but Hannity is flipping his poo poo just as you'd expect.

FMguru posted:

This is how it went last time. Someone pulled into the lead, then everyone piled on them with all their dirt, and they stumbled and fell out of the lead, replaced by someone else, lather rinse repeat. There's no favorite, and the role of "establishment" candidate is split between Bush/Romney/Christie (all of whom have baggage and skeletons galore). Unless the money people unite behind a single candidate, this nomination struggle is going to go on and on and on.

quote:

Multiple media outlets reported on Monday that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) would call for the Confederate flag to be removed from the Statehouse grounds in a press conference on Monday afternoon.

"Political insiders expect Gov. Nikki Haley to call for the removal of the Confederate flag at a 4 p.m. press conference today," the Charleston City Paper reported on Monday.