News that makes us laugh, cry, or both

Draco_Argentum · Post by **Draco_Argentum** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:44 am

cthulhu wrote:http://stonecipher.typepad.com/the_ston ... -news.html

This is comedy gold.

That Beck bloke is unhinged. I'm not sure if hes more or less hilarious than Bill.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:35 am

Hey, now, Bill O'Reilly once ran a segments on an epidemic of lesbian rapist gangs with pink guns trolling high schools.

When Glenn Beck exceeds that kind of crazy then we'll talk.

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:43 am

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Hey, now, Bill O'Reilly once ran a segments on an epidemic of lesbian rapist gangs with pink guns trolling high schools.

Really?

You got video of that? Cause that's the funniest thing I've hear all week, and I saw a bunch of idiots refer to themselves as "teabaggers" this week.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:57 am

Really.

Unfortunately, the video is down. But you can read the transcript. the transcript of crazy. 2 years back, so finding clips of it may be hard.

-Username17

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:08 am

Flabbergasted by the sheer depravity of it all, O'Reilly nevertheless forged ahead. "I never thought of this," said the host of the "no-spin zone." "It makes sense that, if you had lawless gay people, they would do this kind of thing. You associate homosexuality more with a social movement, not a criminal movement. But you're saying this is all over the country, detective?"

You know what, that kind of shit really pisses me off. And you know what I hate even more? It's when people give falafel-fuckers like O'Reilly a pass because he carefully constructs all of his vile slander with code-words. Apparently, it's not hate speech to claim that lesbians want to rape your daughters as long as you stick to PG words and concern troll the hell out of your topic. But shitbirds like him knows exactly what they're doing.

Maybe I'm overthinking this. It takes some real talent to fetishize the targets you're demonizing; maybe he just saw The Warriors and thought that the Lezzies were really fukken hot. I mean, it's not out-of-character for O'Reilly to get randomly dirty-old-man on us.

What a maroon.

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:37 am

Ah. So it was yet another case of a right-winger making up shit whole cloth.

Are reality and factual observations too difficult for these people to interact with?

Ganbare Gincun · Post by **Ganbare Gincun** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:35 am

Neeeek wrote:Are reality and factual observations too difficult for these people to interact with?

Yes. They practice faith-based politics, not fact-based politics. If the facts don't fit the picture, they either ignore them or distort them.

Draco_Argentum · Post by **Draco_Argentum** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:19 am

Sign up for my media laws then. All false stories as determined by a government department must be retracted with an equal length story explaining exactly what lies were told. This story must run in the same time slot/newspaper page. Any commentary in any format before, during or after a retraction that conveys an impression that the retraction is insincere is a criminal offense.

Lich-Loved · Post by **Lich-Loved** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:49 pm

All false stories as determined by a government department...

Well if you want something done properly, you let the government do it, right?

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:54 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9M9ltloa1Q

Some jackholes intentionally contaminate food from Domino's and then are stupid enough to put it on the damn web.

Dumbshits. Guess how old these manchildren are, too?

shau · Post by **shau** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:15 pm

http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2009/04/1 ... 806502.tms

A local man attempts to cure a 16 year old autistic boy. Through exorcism. Apparently, the exorcism involved punching the boy in the face repeatedly and sticking his fingers down the boy's throat.

Only in my goddamn town.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:09 pm

Neeeek wrote:Just to be clear, this report was ordered before Obama took office.

In 2005, by MS Rep Bernie Thompson, who is currently berating the department for having created it.

-Crissa

Draco_Argentum · Post by **Draco_Argentum** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:20 am

Lich-Loved wrote:Well if you want something done properly, you let the government do it, right?

The government news is better than the commercial stations here. Damn straight I'd rather the government doing it.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:34 pm

The best news outlet in america is NPR, in UK its the BBC, Deutsche Welle/ADR is great in germany, what more do you want

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:39 pm

Why is Ford advertising cars we can't buy?

They're pushing ads that say 'most fuel efficient mid-size, Ford Fusion Hybrid!' - it's not actually available yet. 'European Fiesta!' - can't buy it (and most of their export line) in the US. 'Most high safety cars on the market!' - well, that ain't the Fiesta or Fusion.

Ugh.

-Crissa

zeruslord · Post by **zeruslord** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:39 pm

I found this on the books thread.

Senator Kyl proclaimed on the Senate floor last fall that "in the excellent history of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man, we are reminded that Herbert Hoover was an interventionist, a protectionist, and a strong critic of markets." Recently the House Republican Steve Austria went so far as to declare that Roosevelt actually caused the Depression. "When Roosevelt did this, he put our country into a Great Depression," Austria said. "He tried to borrow and spend, he tried to use the Keynesian approach, and our country ended up in a Great Depression. That's just history."

This guy was chosen as the leader of the freshmen Republican representatives, and he thinks Roosevelt caused the Great Depression. Seriously.

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:55 am

zeruslord wrote:I found this on the books thread.
Senator Kyl proclaimed on the Senate floor last fall that "in the excellent history of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man, we are reminded that Herbert Hoover was an interventionist, a protectionist, and a strong critic of markets." Recently the House Republican Steve Austria went so far as to declare that Roosevelt actually caused the Depression. "When Roosevelt did this, he put our country into a Great Depression," Austria said. "He tried to borrow and spend, he tried to use the Keynesian approach, and our country ended up in a Great Depression. That's just history."
This guy was chosen as the leader of the freshmen Republican representatives, and he thinks Roosevelt caused the Great Depression. Seriously.

The pain, the pain...oh the pain.

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:43 am

In Pakistan, the Taliban makes things worse...or better?

I honestly have no idea.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:13 am

The US Supreme Court displays that it rather law did not apply how it was intended.

'Cause strip searching minor students for possession of non-addictive drugs they've been prescribed is totally appropriate.

-Crissa

CatharzGodfoot · Post by **CatharzGodfoot** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:56 am

Really, all judges should be strip-searched for hidden sex toys every day. There's certainly reasonable cause to suspect that they may be getting off illegally in court rooms. While imagining junior high school girls being strip searched.

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:27 am

Night owls are better workers. We have all been vindicated!!!

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:06 pm

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/30 ... vey-finds/

Is anyone really surprised? Dumb shits.

Gelare · Post by **Gelare** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:47 am

Lago PARANOIA wrote:http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/30 ... vey-finds/

Is anyone really surprised? Dumb shits.

Perhaps so, but churchgoers are also more likely to give to charity, and give relatively more when they do give to charity. Folks aren't so one-dimensional.

ckafrica · Post by **ckafrica** » Sat May 02, 2009 4:14 am

Gelare wrote:
Lago PARANOIA wrote:http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/30 ... vey-finds/

Is anyone really surprised? Dumb shits.
Perhaps so, but churchgoers are also more likely to give to charity, and give relatively more when they do give to charity. Folks aren't so one-dimensional.

But what kind of charities are they giving to? Giving money to Christian missionary organizations and hokey evangelist churches is not making the world a better place.

These are not the type of people giving to museums and art institutions or business development institutions for the disadvantaged (which has pretty much been shown to be the best form of Development aid).

But of course when you actually look at the data in that report you see that the difference between religious/non religious was 54% vs. 42% in favour of some use of torture. It is not exactly an indictment of religion.

It would be equally interesting to see these numbers in economic, regional and educational divisions. I'd imagine you'd find that those categories would have a strong factor as well.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Sat May 02, 2009 12:30 pm

The church goers / charity connection is Bullshit.

Church goers "give to charity" only because their sponsorship of their own church hobbies and political advocacy is classified as charitable donation and worthy of tax discounts in the United States. If you made entry fees into Magic the Gathering Leagues into "charitable donations" then CCG gamers would instantaneously be donating more money to charity over night.

The travesty isn't that Mormons are more generous than other people, it's that our measurements are fucked up and unfairly count Mormon behaviors as charity. When I go to a secular party I'm not "donating my time," when I chip in for space to hold a Mordheim league I'm not "donating my dollars." And yet, when a Mormon tithes 10% of their income to buy a church they can hold events in that's charitable donation. When they go have parties in their church they are donating their time to a charity. That's bullshit.

I'll take Christian charities seriously when they stop counting the sending of bibles to starving people as a form of charity.

-Username17