The P/R-side Chat Thread v.2

[MasterShakezula]

Clearly, the only thing this guy lacks more than tolerance for gay marriage is the ability to properly use figurative language. 

[Super Dude]

Seriously.  Not to mention he/she might be wrong, because I don't remember where I read it, but I don't think AIDS is increasing anymore.  I think it may have stabilized recently or something, due to advancements in HIV treatment.

It's great though that this Pope is making a point of being on the right side of history.

[MasterShakezula]

Seriously.  Not to mention he/she might be wrong, because I don't remember where I read it, but I don't think AIDS is increasing anymore.  I think it may have stabilized recently or something, due to advancements in HIV treatment.

It's great though that this Pope is making a point of being on the right side of history.

You're right, likely; as of 2009, anyways, the rate of HIV possessors is on the downturn, and it's been pretty stable as of the last few years.

Here's the chart I found regarding this:



Also, I agree that Ben Mk. 16 deserves props for this change in stance.  The church, much like society in whole, really is in need of forward progress towards gay equality. 

[El Barto]

And even more people fooled by The Onion.

Pope Supports Gay Marriage After Meeting Charming Connecticut Couple

And on a side note,  I don't like the switch from full length news stories to these shorter updates that The Onion is doing now.  I guess it's related to Onion TV or something. 

[MasterShakezula]

Oh.  Well, I retract the props that I gave to Ben Mk. 16, then. 

[Super Dude]

Well, can't blame a guy for hoping.  And who knows?  Change is upon us either way, and he'd be seen as backwards if he didn't seize upon such an opportunity.

[Super Dude]

From a book of famous quotes: "Economists are experts who will know tomorrow why what they predicted yesterday didn't happen today."

[antigoon]

Unrelated to the above, but, for you, Super Jew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3EVoF-LUdU

[Super Dude]

Ah yes, the wonders of being an internet political pundit. I will believe these claims if I hear it from the horse's mouth, sure; find me an audio recording of Obama explicitly saying these things and I'll believe it. Also the guy says the HuffPost reporter who got the quote heard it in 2010. So...why didn't he come out with the quote then?

The danger of the new political atmosphere aided by the internet - and this is something Obama himself has remarked on - is people can say anything they want and pose anything as fact without being expected to provide real, verifiable evidence.

[MetalMike06]

 

Man Takes Viagra, Wears Sweatpants for TSA Pat Down

NASHVILLE INT’L AIRPORT — A Wyoming man walked through a TSA checkpoint with a raging erection on Tuesday, daring TSA officers and even fellow passengers to give him an invasive pat down.
“I’m next,” Warren Kelvin, 34, screamed as he pushed to the front of the security line. According to TSA officials, Kelvin had ingested two Viagra and wore sweatpants without boxers for his Southwest flight from Nashville to Phoenix.
“I thought he was carrying a baton in his pants,” said Amanda Watershed, second shift supervisor of the A Terminal at Nashville International Airport. “Nope… That was his penis.”

Full article:
https://thewashingtonfancy.com/2011/06/man-takes-viagra-wears-sweatpants-for-tsa-pat-down/

[El Barto]

Man Takes Viagra, Wears Sweatpants for TSA Pat Down

NASHVILLE INT’L AIRPORT — A Wyoming man walked through a TSA checkpoint with a raging erection on Tuesday, daring TSA officers and even fellow passengers to give him an invasive pat down.
“I’m next,” Warren Kelvin, 34, screamed as he pushed to the front of the security line. According to TSA officials, Kelvin had ingested two Viagra and wore sweatpants without boxers for his Southwest flight from Nashville to Phoenix.
“I thought he was carrying a baton in his pants,” said Amanda Watershed, second shift supervisor of the A Terminal at Nashville International Airport. “Nope… That was his penis.”

Full article:
https://thewashingtonfancy.com/2011/06/man-takes-viagra-wears-sweatpants-for-tsa-pat-down/

Funny.  When I thought it was a real story,  I thought the guy was a real asshole despite my enormous hatred of TSA bullshit. 

Had it been real, the guy would have been arrested for interfering with their operations,  and I'd probably have to agree with the TSA on that one.  Now I feel dirty, too. 

[Sigz]

First same-sex marriage in New York:


https://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/first_same_sex_weddings_take_place_Cnzs5B8JcW6EC6Esu04oOJ

Read the comments section for lulz.

[El Barto]

Damn,  gotta love the airlines.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/24/airline-fee-hike-discussed-as-part-debt-ceiling-talks-industry-warns/

The airline industry's Air Transport Association is raising alarm about what they claim is a proposal to double the $2.50-per-flight passenger security fee as well as impose a new departure fee on airlines.

The group is working "vigorously" to try and stop it, he said.

"The passenger is going to take a hit if this tax increase goes through, and it'll make travel more expensive," Lott told FoxNews.com. "Unfortunately, a lot of politicians see airlines and their passengers as a cash cow."

The current $2.50 fee was imposed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and was meant to help fund the Department of Homeland Security's operations. But Lott expressed concern that a hike would amount to a tax on passengers solely for the purpose of deficit reduction.

Personally,  I think a government fee for air travel is bullshit.  But for the ATA to bitch and moan about the hardship a $2.50 fee is going to pose to passengers is just insanity.  They've invented fees for everything they think they can get away with, which is basically everything since there's no viable alternative. 

And this comes on the heals of...
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/2011/07/23/some-flyers-may-not-see-savings-from-expired-taxes/

DALLAS-- Some airline customers won't see savings this weekend even though several federal taxes on tickets have expired.

US Airways and American Airlines raised fares to offset the tax savings.

That means instead of passing along the savings from expired taxes, the carriers are pocketing the money while customers pay the same amount as before.

Christ, I hate these people. 

[GuineaPig]

Considering airlines are so heavily subsidized by governments anyways, they really shouldn't be bitching.

[Super Dude]

No, but they have reason to worry like everyone else.

[Sigz]

https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/07/27/the-white-house-just-rickrolled-a-twitter-user/

lol

[ReaPsTA]

https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/07/27/the-white-house-just-rickrolled-a-twitter-user/

lol

Nicely done.

[antigoon]

Saw this on reddit.



lol.

[El Barto]

Saw this on reddit.



lol.

Of course Hermann was right, but it wasn't anything new to them, either.  The Romans figured that one out 2000 years ago.  Various people have just been quick to jump all over it.  My problem with the continuing anti-immigrant hysteria isn't about the logical arguments for/against, but that it's being used as just another nationalistic wedge,  and whenever that happens, the results are usually tragic.  Something else that Hermann would knew quite well.   

[antigoon]

Glad to see Governor Christie laying the smack down on idiots.

At this juncture, it may be more efficient to highlight which interactions between New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the media are not newsworthy. The Republican’s appointment of Muslim-American Sohail Mohammed to a state bench this week ruffled some feathers among some who fear the threat of Sharia Law, but when asked about those concerns, Gov. Christie made clear he had no patience for such “ignorance,” calling the complaints “crap.”

“Ignorance is behind the criticism of Sohail Mohammed,” he told a reporter asking about the complaints that he may be inadequate to be a judge because he defended Muslim Americans who were wrongly arrested post-9/11. “He is an extraordinary American who is an outstanding lawyer and played an integral role in the post-September 11th period in building bridges between the Muslim American community in this state and law enforcement,” Gov. Christie argued, adding that he was “disgusted, candidly, by some of the questions he was asked… at the Senate judiciary committee.”

But it was a follow-up question on the fear of Sharia Law that set the governor off. “Sharia Law has nothing to do with this at all, it’s crazy!” he cried. “The guy is an American citizen!” He concluded that the “Sharia Law business is just crap… and I’m tried of dealing with the crazies,” adding with disgust and frustration that “it’s just unnecessary to be accusing this guy of things just because of his religious background.”

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gov-chris-christie-defends-appointing-muslim-judge-this-sharia-law-business-is-crap/

Awesome.

[Riceball]

From a book of famous quotes: "Economists are experts who will know tomorrow why what they predicted yesterday didn't happen today."

Personal attack. Reported

[Super Dude]

I regret nothing.

[El Barto]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/05/students-preparing-to-take-on-authorities-by-staging-another-water-fight/



I'm really starting to like the Iranians. 

I was unaware of the enormous culture gap they have going on.  75% under 35.  That's actually a fascinating situation they got going on.  A bunch of stone-age Mullahs trying to reign in a youthful culture that must absolutely scare the shit out of them. 

[GuineaPig]

https://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/08/05/obama-parties-chris-rock-jay-z-and-whoopi-while-rome-burns

Amusing.

[MasterShakezula]

Well, that is quite amusing.

I wonder what Boehner and co. are up to at this time...

[Sigz]

Oh for fuck's sake.

[Scheavo]

Gotta take every chance to try and tie Obama to every black person you could ever know, don't ya know?

[MasterShakezula]

I notice that Boehner and friends weren't invited.  I wonder if the far right are going to use that as another point against Barack...

[AcidLameLTE]

Video response to an Onion article titled "Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone At Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is":

https://youtu.be/kOY98kqG6wg

Article he is referencing: https://www.theonion.com/articles/drunken-ben-bernanke-tells-everyone-at-neighborhoo,21059/?mobile=true

[Super Dude]

lol "sheeple"

[Horatio]

Figured I'd share one of my favorite hilarious conservative blogs, Debbie Schlussel's:

https://www.debbieschlussel.com/41154/anti-israel-israeli-author-race-on-obamas-vacay-reading-list/
https://www.debbieschlussel.com/40825/barf-on-eve-of-911-novel-lectures-us-on-hurts-of-the-real-victims-muslims/

She also does movie "reviews" (read: poorly veiled attempts to further the blog's political agenda, as well as constant moralizing every other sentence -- like Armond White except replace race agenda with neoconservative agenda):

https://www.debbieschlussel.com/35208/wknd-box-office-source-code-win-win-miral-certified-copy/
https://www.debbieschlussel.com/13898/dont-believe-the-hype-avatar-stinks-long-boring-unoriginal-uber-left/

*  “Source Code“:  The worst thing about this movie is that it goes out of its way to show you that a disgruntled White guy anarchist, and not an Arab Muslim, is the real terrorist.  Been there, seen that . . . except in real life, where the Muslim is usually the terrorist blowing up the train, and the White guy anarchist is usually at home reading the Turner Diaries.  But, hey, it’s Hollywood, where politically correct fantasies rule, and the Muslim is always the victimized innocent nice guy who just wants to be left alone.

Clocking in at nearly three hours, “Avatar” is an incredible waste of time.  It’s essentially a remake of “Dances With Wolves” and every other movie where we evil Americans terrorize the indigenous natives, kill them, take their land, and are just all around imperialistically wicked and inhumane.  Oh, and we’re destroying the environment, clearing precious giant trees and natural landscapes and killing rare animals and their habitats, in order to invade and harvest valuable substances under the ground.  Sound familiar?  Yup, just like a million diatribes from Daily Kos, Democratic Underground, and every other far-left outlet about how we invaded Iraq for oil.

Yes, “Avatar” is cinema for the hate America crowd.

And, like “Dances With Wolves,” there is, of course, the standard stock White male and/or human character who “becomes one of them” and sympathizes with their plight, begging the evil humans–or evil Americans, take your pick–to stop the invasion, destruction, and wholesale theft.  It’s been in a million movies you’ve seen, including this summer’s far superior if equally heavy-handed and manipulative, “District 9″ (read my review).

At least she gets it right that District 9 is better than Avatar though.

[El Barto]

Yeah,  I stumbled across one of her blogs the other day and found it insanely humorous.   Don't recall the topic, but it was Muslim hate-mongering.  I don't mind these things so much if they're creatively written.  In her case, while she's not a bad writer, she's definitely a boring and uninspired one, and that's even worse in my book. 

As for moralistic movie reviews,  this was always my favorite. 
https://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/pre2000/i-titanic.html?zoom_highlight=titanic

[antigoon]

This is the closest I've seen The Onion come to straight reporting. It's kind of sad, actually

"Ongoing Iraqi Violence Almost Makes Invasion Seem Pointless"

WASHINGTON—Following the latest surge of violence in Iraq, a Pew Research Center poll released Monday has found that a substantial majority of Americans now believe the continuing bloodshed in the country almost makes it seem as if the 2003 U.S. invasion might have actually been somewhat pointless.

Approximately 83 percent of Americans surveyed said recent incidents such as a car bomb explosion that killed 40 in the city of Kut, the executions of seven worshippers outside a mosque in Youssifiyah, and a series of other attacks that have left scores of Iraqis dead and wounded were the kinds of events that, if they didn't know better, might make them think the lengthy occupation really wasn't worth it in the slightest.

Forty-three percent of Americans said if someone wanted to, they could very nearly make the assessment, based on current conditions on the ground, that perhaps the United States wasted valuable resources on an unwinnable, nearly impossible endeavor.

"If I didn't have the full story of how and why we got into Iraq, I could see how the continuing violence might, possibly, make the whole war seem almost misguided or something," Atlanta resident Arnold Grover said. "You read about terrorists dressed as police officers gunning down men at a recruiting station and catch yourself wondering for a moment if maybe, just maybe, we might have actually made a terrible decision that just made a bad situation worse and squandered the international goodwill we enjoyed after 9/11."

https://www.theonion.com/articles/ongoing-iraqi-violence-almost-makes-american-invas,21238/

[Sigz]

Hey, at least there's no rape rooms.

[YtseBitsySpider]

https://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/09/07/mpaa_piracy_claims_amount_to_2_000_per_pirate

Damnit how did they know I'd buy 200 discs last year.

The MPAA so in touch....