I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
I knew it
Facts....schmacts
They're going to die? Works for me.
Oh mer!
no one gets out alive!
'Now that terrorists realize that we want to eavesdrop, these super-sophisticated, world-threatening masterminds have turned to a brand new, highly complex technology – called "disposable cell phones from Walmart"-- which they are now brilliantly using to thwart our surveillance. '
The cell phone buyers all turned out to be innocent according to AP this a.m., by the way.
Never let the truth get in the way of hysteria. It takes all the fun out of it.
Bush presidency: HE WON TWICE! America Haters lose again. Duncan Black, chief liar, loser, coward of the blogoshere. Jump ship loons, he's about to implode! NTodd, you can go down with the Captain though...bye bye.
malkin is a bit tetched. yes?
Wal-Mart can sell rifles and ammo, but shouldn't be able to sell cell phones?
Oh spinoza! I read the link first.
It's pitiful, but it made me laugh.
and here come the trools.
naptime must be over.
yes we will die - just a question of when.
Whatever, I'm going to go smoke myself stupid now.
nobody, but nobody gets alive. the sooner people realize this, the less paranoid they'll be.
Everyone's a junior G-Man....
Okay, so what's next?
In Europe, I have a cell phone. Not a disposable, but one of the ones where you just buy top off cards.
Suspicious as hell, don't you think?
By the way, Islam has a tradition of giving a percentage of its income to charity, as a religious duty. Some of those charities have given to causes that turned out to have some connections to terrorists in one way or another. There is a MetroPlex mosque that was investigated for terrorist ties, and exonerated. Hence, reputed alleged terrorist ties. Some of these people use cellphones, which are cheaper in lots. PPure EEEEvil results.
The stupidity never fucking stops, does it?
The Magagagadindong skank, the Puderline crew, the other liars for the deserting coward, they never stop.
What angers me is the constant lying, the constant stupidity, the constant and unrelenting hatred of anyone with brown skin.
hi blak! 
I posted this below, and I'm reposting because I want any D establishment lurkers (are you out there, you overcautious atesticular twits?) to hear it:
I was very active in '04. I walked a lot of miles registering voters. I almost got arrested for advocating for a voter who was being illegally disenfranchised. (I was a registered, D vote protection attorney who had the right to be there and the elections chair called the sheriff anyway.)
I met personally with the Oregon Secretary of State to get some screwups in our county's system corrected.
And now I quit. Alito was my final straw. Know how the Rs use hotbutton issues to invigorate their base? Well, the Dems aren't doing a damn thing to invigorate me. If there's a fight on, I'll be in the front lines. But no fight? Then fuck you. I'll take a nap on my couch. Wake me up when there's either a cloture-proof filibuster of Alito or any MSM talking head or any R pol gets within range of my .22. Otherwise, there's nothing I can do that will make any difference in the current situation and I'm only going to get increasingly suicidal if I keep thinking otherwise.
Thanks for those of you who are trying to cheer me up, btw. You're why I'll still come here sometimes to talk about sex toys or cats or shoe porn or something.
"By the way, Islam has a tradition of giving a percentage of its income to charity, as a religious duty."
Hell, just like Abramoff and Delay and Reed and Norquist and the fellas. Islam doesn't have anything on us.
so cellphones are now evil?
disposable lighters, cellphones, what's next, drain cleaner?
Ruth--there are some Middle Eastern families in my area. Extended families are massive. I know this from the traffic patterns, if nothing else.
Should I report this to the FBI? (/snark)
"Suspicious as hell, don't you think?"
--Sallyh,
If you made calls back to the USofA, you are probably on......the list.
Now I'm really confused. The feds just busted three alleged Environmental Liberation Front guys for wanting to blow up cell phone towers. But if they actually blew up the towers, wouldn't that frustrate the evil-arab-cell-phone-bomb-the-Super-Bowl guys?
Two wingnuts were arrested this morning for trying to buy up to 30 Michelle Malkin blow up dolls and a 55-gallon drum of K-Y Jelly from a Midland TX Walmart.
-Lubrication Deputy, Office of King Leopold
T2--there's a good reason not to quit.
You have kids.
It's their world, too.
"I was working the day watch out of Homicide when I got a call about Cell Phones of Mass Destruction Related Activity."
.
Earth Liberation, of course. Damn acronyms.
mer--I've made a lot of transatlantic calls since 2000. You know, museum reservations, conferences, hooking up with friends, calling home...
"In one New Year's Eve transaction at a Target store in Hemet, Calif.,"
Isn't Tom Cruise and his wacko church based outta Hemet? Could they be the Terrorist in Our Midst?
A whole nation of panicked hysterics, calling itself the World's Police, with WMD's up the wazoo, drowning in a sea of urine....
Yeah. We're getting safer by the second.
"...what's next, drain cleaner?"
--Mrs. Ibrahim al-jaafari
The last time my 83-year-old mother flew, they confiscated her toenail scissors. Really. She was pissed; she had paid $18 for them.
Book 'em, Danno.
McGarrett
I have a Nokia 6610i Pay As You Go.
The cellphone that didn't ring 'cause it was a vibrator, or the case of the Persian slipper.
mer--2 years back, I'd taken my knitting with me. It was confiscated. Apparently my knitting needles were a 'weapon.' (It was also evident I was working on a project, which was about 1/3 completed).
Bush presidency: HE WON TWICE! America Haters lose again.
The troll is delusional.
NOte to dipshit troll: If you're going to try and flame, ignatz, at least address the subject at hand.
Plus, Bootsy stole both elections. There's ample proof of that.
Fat, dumb, and stupid is no way to go thru life, son.
The cell phone buyers all turned out to be innocent according to AP this a.m., by the way.
Ruth
Nonsense. By the meer fect that they were suspicious they are less than innocent and are probably still guilty even though they may have done nothing wrong and are in no way tied to terrorist activities. To live in a safe and free society we must make people pay dearly for brazenly suspicious behavior!
Moonbotica,
If you are still interested in having this conversation, please read my response to your question below.
That's what I don't get - don't they ever get tired of being wrong? They're wrong 98% of the time about everything.
You'd think they'd wake up to that fact.
But since they don't deal with reality at all, I guess it doesn't register with them. They are convinced they'll be right next time. I guess.
Because if I was that wrong about everything all the time, I'd sure start thinking it was time to rethink.
Moonbotica--I have a cute little Alcatel I use in Europe. It's great. Cells are so much better in Europe. I've used mine on the metro, for Chrissakes.
The last time my 83-year-old mother flew, they confiscated her toenail scissors. Really. She was pissed; she had paid $18 for them.
$18 for toenail scissors? I can buy a pair of EMT scissors for less than that and take off the entire toe. I suggest you buy her a ferret and train it to nibble on her nails.
We want to bring Iran an
Ayatollah of Rockandrolla
Times Select keeps me up to date and informed so I can contact my sleeper cells in the US.
Has anyone tried CNN Pipeline?
Nixon Presidency: He Won TWICE! America Hater's Lose Again! Peace In Our Time! History Will Judge Nixon As The Greatest President In American History!
last time i flew, one of the guards literally ran a finger up in between my breasts.
why? i don't know, i don't have enough cleavage to hide anything.
i think she was trying to cop a feel.
blerb so I take your comment from below as a yes then?
My father believes in benevolent dictatorships, and he believes he should be the benevolent dictator.
See, the issue here is that a person's ability to comprehend is mainly dependent upon intelligence, native and otherwise.
Stupid people hava a hard time comprehending that there are people more intelligent than they are, thus we see this low common denominator perception that terrorists are actually stupid enough to be caught or uncovered using low common denominator methods, like vigilant walmart clerks and the like.
I mourn my country.
I'm trying to figure out what form my retirement from giving a shit will take...
I'll still vote. But (I'm astounded to say), I think function() is partly right. I used to think that I'd vote for ANY D so we could regain the majority. So long as the majority of Ds had better ideas than the majority of Rs, I was willing to support even the bad Ds if they were needed to gain that majority.
Lieberman changed that thinking for me. I wouldn't vote for him if his opponent was Ralph Reed.
So, yeah, my options now are to vote for good Democrats, and stay home for bad Democrats. (And write the DNC a letter explaining why, I suppose.)
Function(), is that a reasonable compromise? Or is it what you've always said? (ie are you a total non-voter, or just a non-voter for bad Ds?)
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
must be the prozac in my drinking water.
her eyes--it's no longer permissible to do that. I had someone grope me in 2004 in Atlanta. I raised holy hell about it, too.
.
T2--there's a good reason not to quit.
You have kids.
It's their world, too.
Sallyh,
I agree with SallyH.
EMT, not sure how old you are, but when you get to 83, or even 56, your fingernail and toenail trimming is easier if you have a decent pair of scissors.
$18 for toenail scissors? I can buy a pair of EMT scissors for less than that and take off the entire toe. I suggest you buy her a ferret and train it to nibble on her nails.
EMT
I heard those EMT scissors that will cut through anything are extremely expensive. I know someone who is an EMT and has a pair. I thought he told me the county paid hundreds of dollars for them.
T2--it is, however, permissible to take breaks and watch porn.
That's what I don't get - don't they ever get tired of being wrong? They're wrong 98% of the time about everything.
That's the frustrating part. They can be wrong 99.9% of the time, everyday for 5 years but if there's one small terrorist attack in the US resulting in a few deaths they will scream that everything they and Bush have done will be vindicated. All you liberals empowered the terrorists and look what happened.
They're insane over this terrorist "threat".
I fear them more than the terrorists...truly.
.
her eyes--it's no longer permissible to do that. I had someone grope me in 2004 in Atlanta. I raised holy hell about it, too.
if it had happened now, i would have probably said something. back then, i was a little more timid.
have skunk--I don't mourn it yet. As long as I've got pitchforks, torches and fish knives, I'll keep going.
her eyes--I've bitched about TSA to them so much, I'm probably in their database.
sallyh, your deadly knitting was bound to find you out at last. Turn in the crochet needles and I can get you out in six-seven years.
I confess, I called my boss in europe a few times last year. I was paid to do it. Can I not do the rock breaking detail, my chipped elbow is still mending.
Owl flew by above.
I heard those EMT scissors that will cut through anything are extremely expensive. I know someone who is an EMT and has a pair. I thought he told me the county paid hundreds of dollars for them.
The pairs I have were pretty low-priced, and they are very very hand, cut through all kinds of things.
George Bush and his followers have whipped up this paranoia and hysteria quite deliberately. And as his popularity ratings decline and the 2006 elections approach, the Administration, like a drug addict needing greater and greater doses to satisfy the urge, will ramp up this fear-mongering more and more. We are by no means at the peak of this syndrome, but only half way or so up the mountain.
Exactly right.
Would someone on the right care to explain this to me, please?
"...the kind that can't be traced. The kind that have been used by terrorists as detonators..."
If the Federal Government KNOWS this to be a fact, the WHY are they allowing these phones to be sold in the US? Obviously, its a known terrorist tool so why not use the powers of the executive branch to put the sale of such phones out of the reach of terroist within the borders of the US? Be easier to do than illegally spy on Americans.
Okay, so some people will be inconvienced, but such is the price some have to pay for the safety of the Nation.
Then again, perhaps there are a few well connected repug donors to Bush that would go out of business if the sale of such phones were banned.
It does beg the question.
I fear them more than the terrorists...truly.
word on that.
and the fundies frighten me too.
Once again, they aren't wrong!
They do believe this, this is their reality! They condition each other! They only believe what they are told by their own kind! Nothing you or I say means anything to them!
Just thank your god, that you have some degree of logic and integrity!
T2--it is, however, permissible to take breaks and watch porn.
Tried. Doesn't help.
Serious, Grandmere, its my kids' future that makes me so sad. I care a lot, about my country and about their country. But it's lost, done and ruined. It really just is. And that's why tears are running down my face this morning, as I woke up realizing that Alito is inexorably in and that the Dems are doing nothing serious about it. We're fucked, my children are fucked, and New Zealand has drunk hateful Santa Clauses so wtf am I going to do anymore?
I wish to hell there were a real battle being waged. Then I'd fight like hell, mainly for my kids. This slow inevitable ruination is too painful to keep paying close attention to; I guess that's what I'm saying.
Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
-George Orwell(1984)
Fresh sheets. I'm always the last to know.
I fear them more than the terrorists...truly.
word on that.
and the fundies frighten me too.
her eyes
Yah, me too.
These blind and furious zealots and ideologues scare the shit out of me. I am scared of all extremists. They don't care about the people between themselves and their goals.
Whether right or left, extremists just scare me.
T2, Enervated Patriot-
go and drink some tap water you'll feel a lot better.
Have Depends sales gone through the roof since all these pants wetters have crawled out of the woodwork? Malkin and Assrocket must soil themselves three times a day.
T2, I refused a job in a campaign not so many years ago and it was successful, the one I did work in was not. I walked away from the whole bunch.
The elected guy wiped out in one term, ending up with a RThug turning him out of office. I should have stayed in the game, should not have turned my back, I could have helped.
Moonbotica,
RE:
My father believes in benevolent dictatorships, and he believes he should be the benevolent dictator.
How can you possibly construe from what I said below that I believe in dictatorship of any kind?
I believe in representative democracy. That is precisely what governance by a specialized elite that is held accountable to the general populace is. Have I not made that clear? And did I not clarly state also that I myself have no interest in participating directly in governance?
And furthermore, as a member of the left, I am committed to the idea that the populace to whom the elite is held accountable be as educated as possible, and also as able to gain entry into the governing elite as possible.
For you to assert from that that I believe in dictatorships and moreover that I should be the dictator is just a cheap shot.
I am sorry if I sound patronizing, but, well, I am twice your age and have spent a large part of my life thinking about this stuff. I was a "smash the state" anarchist when I was 20 too. Or somewhere between that and a communist, anyway. I had lots of big ideas about how society should be re-organized. But since then I have seen how truly low the frequency of revolutions that actually improve matters for the people is. In the vast majority of cases, revolutions merely create new oligarchies rather than materially changing anything. They are a piss-poor solution to the problem of oligarchy in general.
Ruth--there are some Middle Eastern families in my area. Extended families are massive. I know this from the traffic patterns, if nothing else.
Should I report this to the FBI? (/snark)
Sallyh, Madame Poissonniere
Oh my god, they may have undercovered the ultimate matriarchal guilt trip of mass destruction. "NOW what's your excuse for not calling?"
"Does the wankosphere ever tire of being wrong?:
Ahhh, NO.
I'm with T2, the country was lost on December 12, 2000.
When those fuckwits in the mob in Fla. weren't arrested and charged with felonious interference with a federal election.....sigh.
We are going to get Alito, the unitary executive theory shoved down our throats.....
It is over. Done. Kaput.
Time to consider fleeing to some country that makes no pretense of liberty but actually pracitces it.
Any suggestions?
A friend is headed to Costa Rica.
What if a WOMAN of South Asian descent (such as Michelle Maladroit)tried to buy some cell phones? Hmmm? Shouldn't we just haul her ass off to jail and strip search her? Michelle should be very, very careful--she's not exactly lily white.
blerb i never said you supported dictatorship.
all i was saying what my father believed in a benevolent dictatorship.
i did not make myself clear enough, seperate the two points as such.
I think the thongs of Middle Eastern sleeper cells inside our country would constitute a greater threat.
blerb so if you don't qualify for the elite does that mean you cannot stand for election?
So since I do not read Malkin, did she post a follow up on the real skinny? I am sure in her field she believes in setting the record straight.
I'm with T2, the country was lost on December 12, 2000.
When those fuckwits in the mob in Fla. weren't arrested and charged with felonious interference with a federal election.....sigh.
iirc, that was (ironically?) Nov. 22, 2000, the anniversary of the first overt act in the fascist takeover...dec 12 was the date of the SCROTUS decision giving the country to the Bush crime family...
blerb we (in this reguard Britain) had that in the 18th century and that did not work out very well.
It might be a better idea that anyone who gets elected can only be in politics for a certain number of years.
Got this from a Crooks and Liars commenter: "the 'Moonie' Washington Times being the reich wing paper of record in Washington D.C"
Liked that, "Reich Wing"
How about The Extreme Reich Wing of the Republican Party?
Ok, mayby that's not so new to some people but it made me laugh - it's so fitting.
Shut up libs. You have nothing. You know it. Smell of desperation. You lost. Heartland triumphs over terror while libs excuse it.
blerb so if you don't qualify for the elite does that mean you cannot stand for election?
Moonbootica
Heavens, No!
Perhaps this is the source of the trouble. I'm talking about a de facto elite here, not a de jure, or worse, a birthright elite. I have no real interst in changing anything about the basic institutions of government we have here except as relates to the financing of political speech. That is, I believe that de facto acess to the governing elite should be purely via the
Because if I was that wrong about everything all the time, I'd sure start thinking it was time to rethink.
Tena | Email | Homepage | 01.14.06 - 1:14 pm | #
You give them far too much credit.
They don't THINK at all, let alone think about being wrong. Or rethinking.
Harumph! Post got truncated.
That is, I believe that de facto acess to the governing elite should be purely via the electoral process. The ability to effectively articulate popular ideas about good governance is a pretty good de facto test for the basic skills required to participate in governement, unfortunate cases like Jesse Ventura notwithstanding.
blerb we (in this reguard Britain) had that in the 18th century and that did not work out very well.
CHrist HAloscan is giving me trouble!
I'm not talking about anything even remotely resembling the government by the landed gentry that England had in the 18th century. They didn't even have universal suffrage than. That was not even a serious movement in Britain until Chartism in the early 19th century, and as you know it did not become a reality until much later even than that.
Again, when I say "elite", I mean a self-selected de facto elite, the qualifications of which are evaluated by a universal, hopefully informed, electorate.
As much as I rue cases like Jesse Ventura or Aaaaahnold, I would not dream of instituting a formal test for candidacy or wrse, of disenfranchising anybody to avoid them. I believe that educating the electorate as much and as well as possible is the only solution to that.
So I'm supposed to run, screaming, everytime I see someone who "looks" like a terrorist?
Has this country turned into a nation of cowards or what?
Bush presidency: HE WON TWICE! America Haters lose again. Duncan Black, chief liar, loser, coward of the blogoshere. Jump ship loons, he's about to implode! NTodd, you can go down with the Captain though...bye bye.
Wycliffe, xperanz de botica
A member of Prince Fuckwit's Assclown Posse heard from.
What would Troll Boy know about GOING DOWN?
-wingnut mode on-
That treasonous Malkin just clued the terrorist into that fact that large lot disposable cell phone buys are suspicious. From now on their SOP will be to small lots. Clearly they are using these so-called "people without known links" as canaries.
-wingnut mode off-
Malkin's irresponsible 'reporting' has now given the terraists the idea! She needs to be arrested for treason!!! Have you seen her? She's so BROWN!!!!
Presumably it would be A-OK if four or five beer-bellied white plumbers came in and bought 40-60 of these evil, evil, cell phones. Probably not an eyebrow would raise in the Midland
Wal-Mart.
But what if 5 Japanese Americans came in and bought the same things? I'm guessing they should be immediately interned in a camp? I mean, you can't trust Japs.
Irish descent? No- ever hear of the IRA?
How 'bout Eastern Euros? There was a pretty good market in terror in the Balkans just a decade ago- nope.
Hispanics? Africans? Russians? Italians? Spaniards? South Americans? Germans? South Koreans? Pakistanis? Malaysians? No, no, no. How many nationalities are there without violent militants? Even the English can't be trusted anymore since last July.
I guess Malkin's list would allow big lots of cell phones for (white Xtian) Americans, Canadians, and Australians. Maybe Inuits too. And of course Israelis. All others would be off to Gitmo since their ties to al-Qaida are undeniable.
We're doomed!
I'm sorry Michele's husband has a small dick and can't stand touching her. But, does her disease of endless frustration have to infect a whole nation.
Ultimately, what dies is democracy.
This is no longer funny it is sickening.
"Shut up libs. You have nothing. You know it. Smell of desperation. You lost. Heartland triumphs over terror while libs excuse it.
Anonymous | 01.14.06 - 1:56 pm | # "
You should have at least signed it with your real name:
AnothaAss ......
Just because they weren't terrorists doesn't detract from the essential truthiness of the story.
Essential truthiness: bullshit.
The most stupid thing in this whole stupid mess is the idea that pre-paid cell phones can't be tracked.
Doesn't anyone understand what a cell phone IS? Doesn't anyone have a clue how cell phones WORK?
The only cell phone that can't be tracked is a cell phone that DOES NOT WORK.
"Shut up libs. You have nothing. You know it. Smell of desperation. You lost. Heartland triumphs over terror while libs excuse it.
Anonymous | 01.14.06 - 1:56 pm | # "
You should have at least signed it with your real name:
AnothaAss ......
Don G.
Well, they're gutless wonders.
Like their preznit.
Malkin's irresponsible 'reporting' has now given the terraists the idea! She needs to be arrested for treason!!! Have you seen her? She's so BROWN!!!!
Eric
Does she KNOW that there are MUSLIMS in the Phillipines????????
>
Surely you jest.
Wrong, Right, Twisted, Spun -- whatever --
It's about "controlling the convesation."
Again:
Ir's ALL about controlling the conversation.
The theory here is that if sufficient numbers of people BELIEVE what you want them to BELIEVE, you've got 'em by the short hair and they will follow you.
This theory is as yet unchallenged.
what's the meaning of 'eschaton' again? or is it just satire?
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