Month: October 2012

Adrastos, Malakatude, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks17 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: Tagg, You’re It

Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagg Romney: upper class tough guy or plutocratic pussy? I learned that the first Romney clone picture I posted was of Josh Rmoney. Oh well, they all look alike to me. Btw, the thang above doesn’t play. Okay, on with the show: The Romney boys are carrying on the Palin tradition of silly names or nicknames. In 2008 there was Trig and now we have Tagg Romney. I wonder if he’s named after price tags or something. Romney the younger shares his father’s thin skin and disdain for President Obama, which is why he’s malaka of the week. Obama really … Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Tagg, You’re It

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks6 Comments

Abhorrent

Peter Adrastos Athas

The father of Chris Stevens, our murdered ambassador to Libya, has spoken out about how a certain lying, shameless, pandering candidate is using his son’s death.He doesn’t name names but we know who he’s talking about: “It would really be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue,” Jan Stevens, 77, said in a telephone interview from his home in Loomis, California, as he prepares for a memorial service for his son next week. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, has criticized President Barack Obama for not providing adequate security in Libya, saying the administration has left the country exposed to … Continue reading Abhorrent

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media8 Comments

Taking What Readers Love Away From Them

Allison Hantschel

Soon they’ll be complaining about how readers have left them and they cannot imagine for the life of them why: A distinctive art form is being steadily destroyed by people who look purely at revenue. It’s hard to say that an editorial cartoonist generates a certain amount of income for the newspaper, just as it is hard to say how much any single reporter or photographer does. But eliminating the cartoonist sends a message to readers: We are taking away something you value, something that makes your newspaper distinctive, something you cannot get anywhere else. We value your newspaper less, … Continue reading Taking What Readers Love Away From Them

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Political Crack1 Comment

Tina throws it down

Peter Adrastos Athas

I was thrilled 3 or 4 years ago when I belated learned that Tina Fey was half-Greek. It’s an ethnic pride thing; plus I’ve had a crush on the funny and brilliant Ms. Fey for years. It’s just a pity that I never had this classic recitation, uh, recited by my late father, Lou: “Tina Fey is Greek. She’s doing very well, you know.” Via Planned Parenthood Action. Continue reading Tina throws it down

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, War in Iraq10 Comments

Innocent Bystander

Peter Adrastos Athas

It looks like Senator Walnuts has spent too much time hanging out with Willard the soulless, shape shifter: “Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq,” McCain told the National Review. “But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.” Um, um, Senator, who was one of the leading cheerleaders for invading Iraq? Look in the mirror, dude. I was strongly opposed to the war BUT a lot of otherwise decent people-Tony Blair, Jack Straw, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Biden to name a few-went nutty after … Continue reading Innocent Bystander

Current Affairs, Diary, Doc2 Comments

Civic Pride (Part III)

docphd

Here’s the final piece of the Civic Trilogy. If you missed part Iand part II, feel free to catch up. Thanks for reading. — Doc —- There’s something to be said for a fresh perspective on a problem that only a decent night’s sleep and a general sense that you’ve turned the corner can provide. The day after I basically alienated my family, took a Sawzall to my car and was about two seconds away from calling Charlie Sheen for some mental health advice, I managed to put the car back together. I added coolant, turned her on and watched … Continue reading Civic Pride (Part III)

Uncategorized21 Comments

Weekend Question Thread

Okay, throw it down. Who are you most excited about voting for this year? Doesn’t have to be president, could be a downticket race you’re just really thrilled about. I’m not in Wisconsin anymore but the noteTammy “I kick more ass before breakfast than you do all day long” Baldwin sent me thanking me for my donation is on the fridge. I hope she beats Thompson like a thing that gets beaten very badly. A. Continue reading Weekend Question Thread

Adrastos, Immoral Values, Political Crack1 Comment

Tina throws it down

I was thrilled 3 or 4 years ago when I belated learned that Tina Fey was half-Greek. It’s an ethnic pride thing; plus I’ve had a crush on the funny and brilliant Ms. Fey for years. It’s just a pity that I never had this classic recitation, uh, recited by my late father, Lou: “Tina Fey is Greek. She’s doing very well, you know.” Via Planned Parenthood Action. Continue reading Tina throws it down

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, War in Iraq10 Comments

Innocent Bystander

It looks like Senator Walnuts has spent too much time hanging out with Willard the soulless, shape shifter: “Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq,” McCain told theNational Review. “But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.” Um, um, Senator, who was one of the leading cheerleaders for invading Iraq? Look in the mirror, dude. I was strongly opposed to the war BUT a lot of otherwise decent people-Tony Blair, Jack Straw, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Biden to name a few-went nutty after 9/11 … Continue reading Innocent Bystander

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T9 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Day of the dead hampster edition

tommyfd

Good morning, everyone – time to suit up and hit the iso chamber again and pry the tops of some reeking drums of freepitude. We’d probably better hurry, as the EPA has been sniffing around here lately, and I’m not exactly sure our permits are good for the kind of messes we’ve been uncovering of late.

I know you’ve all been curious how the Biden / Ryan debate live thread came out, so let’s get right to it.

Another miserable FR Live Thread failure.

me
| 10/11/12
| hole_n_one

Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:11:29 PM by hole_n_one

Yet again, FR fails the big LIVE THREAD test.

How does what is supposed to be the premiere conservative site on the ‘net continue to fail?

I
would have expanded on this except it took forever to get this simple
post through the muck and molasses that we have to wade thru on night’s(sic)
like this

1
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:11:29 PM
by hole_n_one

To: hole_n_one

We need to donate more so they can expand the server farm and get a fatter pipe.

2
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:13:04 PM
by Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)

I thought that this was what the last freepathon was for. (they’re already running another one) What’s that definition of insanity again?

To: hole_n_one

FR is always SO slow on ‘big nights’ that I wonder about a DOS attack..

Nice if JR would comment on what the deal is.

3
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:14:17 PM
by jstolzen
(All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke)

Yeah – that’s it. This rinky-dink site with its 15-year-old script and crappy cheap-ass server farm just happens to come under DOS attacks when too many people try to post at the same time.
SeemsLegitDolphin

To: hole_n_one

IBT…

6
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:18:48 PM
by DCBryan1
(If there is ever another revolution, we need to decorate telephone poles with the MSM.)

…Zot. It’s ok – you can say it.

To: DCBryan1

Why zot this? It’s a legit gripe and it would be nice to find out
if anything can be done about it. IMHO I think the cause is FR’s
popularity- more users than the servers can handle.

9
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:26:32 PM
by Squawk 8888
(True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)

Why zot this? Because Jim Rob don’t like it when the rubes catch on that all their money is going to keep him in The Olive Garden, and very little of it on gear and upkeep.
Fortunately, must of them are either too stupid or too scared to…

What’s the Point of Donating If We Can’t Access This Site at Peak Times?


October 12, 2012
| Self

Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:54:00 PM by PittsburghAfterDark

I have to ask this very seriously, do you know that this site has
been completely unusable to perhaps thousands and thousands of others
during either the first Presidential or Vice-Presidential debate and for
an hour or so after their respective conclusions?

This has never
happened in previous election cycles during debates, election night
results or during large breaking news events. Slow? Yes. Unusable, no.

I’ve
had multiple tabs opened for the debates this year and the FR one just
wheel spin, wheel spin, wheel spin… blank page, no progress bar moving
on the address bar. It’s just the internet equivalent of dead air for
hours.

If you’re getting this during a VP debate I fully expect this site to be dead and inaccessible from 6PM-4AM election night.

Update us would you? What’s going on?
1
posted on Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:54:09 PM
by PittsburghAfterDark

DangerClose
.

To: PittsburghAfterDark
I completely agree. This is ridiculous! I know it’s not politically
correct to say this around here, but at what point does the equipment
for this site get upgraded, or replaced?

I’ve already purposed that I won’t even waste my time coming here for the next presidential debate.

4
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:01:16 AM
by Artcore

To: Hoosier-Daddy

Jim, I would doubt it’s through put.Can you tell if you’re being attacked. The timing is… interesting.

8
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:04:32 AM
by Hoosier-Daddy
( “It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”)

NotThisShitCarrumba
.

To: PittsburghAfterDark

Being an IT professional, I would suggest that he run it in the
cloud, that way it scales, is reliable, and it can add servers
dynamically…I do this all the time for customers who have much bigger
problems…

Amazon, Azure, etc.

9
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:06:13 AM
by BereanBrain

Being an IT professional myself, I would suggest that cloud computing is just another crappy business model designed to squeeze more money out of you for the same service, with the added benefit of less security and a round-robin of finger-pointing when the shit breaks down.
Just buy another fucking hampster and be done with it.

To: BereanBrain

That sounds well-reasoned!
Can you rent cloud capacity by the hour?

14
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:11:16 AM
by Bobalu
(It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)

Just fucking shoot me.

To: BereanBrain

Only downside to the cloud environment is that you’re at the
mercy of your host node.

Whocouldanode?

Then again, I do favor dedicated hardware so
I’m a bit bias in that regard.

19
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:14:27 AM
by Txngal

To: Artcore

If your having trouble getting on FR.Do what quite a few female
freepers do…clean house, use the washing machine, take the clothes
out of the dryer and fold. If its a real long time, scrub the kitchen
floor…:O)

20
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:18:19 AM
by goat granny

Kick-balls
.

To: Jim Robinson

It seems like the OP was asking about the relationship between donations and performance.

There is some relationship, right?

21
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:18:24 AM
by epic stache
I can’t look.

To: gunsequalfreedom

Too bad all of those Mitt supporters have been tossed off the site.

25
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 12:22:45 AM
by Last of the Mohicans

Tell me when it’s over.

To: The Cajun

If denial of service is a problem, FR could make connections
secure at login and IP whitelist forum usage. Could even use
certificates installed on server and in browser.

44
posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 1:42:00 AM
by ExxonPatrolUs
(“Trizzle, trazzle, trozzle, trome, time for this one to come home” – Mr Wizard)

But that would make it so much easier more difficult for DHS to keep an eye on you bozos.
Much more after the Denial Of Reality attack…

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Day of the dead hampster edition”

Athenae, Diary, Television27 Comments

Weekend Question Thread: Big Block of Cheese Day

Allison Hantschel

So yesterday on Twitter Leo McGarry asked us all for our ideas for Big Block of Cheese Day: The staff participates in “Big Block of Cheese Day”, a fictional workday on which White House Chief of StaffLeo McGarry encourages his staff to meet with fringe special interest groups that normally would not get attention from the White House. Big Block of Cheese Day also is mentioned in “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail.” The rationale for the day, as recounted by McGarry (much to the consternation of the Senior Staff), is that America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, had … Continue reading Weekend Question Thread: Big Block of Cheese Day

Adrastos, Music3 Comments

Friday Night Music: What’s Up With Your Brother?

Peter Adrastos Athas

Singer-songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Dave Alvin was a part of one of the greatest brother act in rock and roll history. He and brother Phil were the heart and soul of the roots rock classicists, the Blasters. Unlike the brothers Davies or Gallagher, the Alvins remain on good terms. That’s why everyone always asks Dave about Phil and vice versa. This is a more or less a song about being a brother act: Continue reading Friday Night Music: What’s Up With Your Brother?

Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T18 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Current Affairs edition

tommyfd

Good morning, gentle people – let’s get a few of the fresher drums of Freeperati toxic waste up to the front of the line and take a peek inside.

Suits on – blowers on – hams secured – here we go!

First up –Dinesh – Don’t Tell !

Dinesh D’Souza Resigns as Head of Christian College Amid Controversy

http://www.christianpost.com/news/dinesh-dsouza-resigns-as-head-of-christian-college-amid-controversy-83538/cpf ^

Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:27:36 PM by HokieMom

Dinesh D’Souza resigned as president of The King’s College after a
magazine story revealed that he was engaged to another woman while still
married to his wife of 20 years. The Board of Trustees of The King’s
College, a Christian institution based in New York, accepted his
resignation Thursday.

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posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:27:37 PM
by HokieMom
Ah – our moral guardians – I’m inspired.

To: HokieMom

A leftist would have doubled down.

2
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:28:51 PM
by GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)

I had no idea that Randy Hopper (heh) was a “leftist”. Do tell me more.

To: GeronL

Yep! Maybe now he can concentrate on digging up more dirt on Obama

5
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:34:56 PM
by ConservativeMan55

To: GeronL

He did, that was the problem.

6
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:35:28 PM
by Vince Ferrer

YES! Because Dinesh was uncovering the dirt on the Obamalamadingdong when Obama reached out with his psychic powers and took over the mind of both Tony Beam and Alex McFarland and force them to tell on the no-tell motel escapades. And then for an encore, the Obamatron 2000 took over Din’t-ask’s own mind and made him file for divorce that very day! Mercy!
To: HokieMom

How dumb can our side be, seriously.

9
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:37:17 PM
by ican’tbelieveit
(School is prison for children who have commited the crime of being born. (attr: St_Thomas_Aquinas))
This fucking dumb. Seriously.

To: HokieMom

“The board spent hours in meetings this week after World Magazine
reported that D’Souza and a young woman, Denise Odie Joseph II, stayed
in the same hotel room last month. The two were attending an apologetics
conference…”

Bedding down with a lady that is not your wife at an apologetics conference?

At lease D’Souza has a great sense for what is ironicsleazy.

10
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:37:57 PM
by Uncle Slayton

FIFY.

To: HokieMom

I think Christian conservative leaders do more harm to
Christianity when they get caught in these sexual escapades than all the
trash liberals and atheists throw at it combined.

Forget Obama, Dinesh was one of the leading Christian apologists in
the country defending Christianity(anywhere, anytime), as well as
objective morality, and now he is just another hypocrite who got caught
with his pants down and has not only humiliated himself but has made
Christian conservatism a national laughingstock, again.

12
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:43:30 PM
by radpolis
(Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)

To: HokieMom

What kind of nitwit gets engaged to one woman while still being
married to another?

This is what is known as “begging the question”

He’s just asking for his wife’s lawyers to take him
to the cleaners (I’d say he was also asking to get fired, but I guess
that’s a moot point).

27
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:06:27 PM
by Zephrem

To: HokieMom

Now a good man is getting borked. By our side.

30
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:06:40 PM
by Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)

Haven’t you ever heard of “self-deborkcation”?

To: HokieMom

She looks like it’s worth it, in the short run at least.

8
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:37:08 PM
by Paladin2

Um – his wife’s lawyers beg to differ. If they’re not from “Speedee Legal Services”, they’ve already put a freeze on his movie money.

To: hosepipe
An honorable man doesn’t make it his business to point out the moral
shortcomings of others while banging some woman who was nine years old
when said man married his current wife. It’s also pretty clear he didn’t
just resign – he was no doubt told to, lest the college rightfully
pressure him to return the 7 figure salary he collected while spending
his time attending to his own personal business rather than the
school’s. Not only is he an adulterer, his love interest is one as well,
and she’s been married all of 10 months. The man disgusts me – just
another charlatan fleecing the flock while completely ignoring the
message that he touts.
50
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:50:49 PM
by stormer

Picky, picky, picky.
Won’t anyone stand up for this brainless fearless defender of Amurrica’s morality??

To: Zephrem

It sure wasn’t smart to wait until after he made millions off of 2016 to get the divorce.

33
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:07:48 PM
by JediJones
(ROMNEY/RYAN: TURNAROUND ARTISTS ***** OBAMA/BIDEN: BULL $HIT ARTISTS)

Oh come on – you can do better than that!

To: HokieMom

Criticized the Messiah so he’ll now be joePlumberized —no prob I’ll simply like him more…

Prez is STILL a homo, ya know…

21
posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:02:11 PM
by gaijin

And there you have it.
More upright moral certitude after the non-homo jump.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Current Affairs edition”

Athenae, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

Oh Ross

Allison Hantschel

Obama only won because he showed up and, like, breathed in and out and shit: Where Romney actually has a more detailed proposal, as he does on immigration, his rebuttals were crisper and more convincing, and he also won several exchanges just by turning the conversation back to the economy’s performance under Obama. (He also had to deal with what the liberal pundit Jonathan Chait rightly described as a slate of “friendly questions from an audience that obviously leaned left.”) Yes. The audience leaned left, by how they didn’t ask Obama why he doesn’t just go back to Kenya already. … Continue reading Oh Ross

Current Affairs, Diary, Doc2 Comments

Civic Pride (Part III)

Here’s the final piece of the Civic Trilogy. If you missed part Iandpart II, feel free to catch up. Thanks for reading. — Doc —- There’s something to be said for a fresh perspective on a problem that only a decent night’s sleep and a general sense that you’ve turned the corner can provide. The day after I basically alienated my family, took a Sawzall to my car and was about two seconds away from calling Charlie Sheen for some mental health advice, I managed to put the car back together. I added coolant, turned her on and watched the … Continue reading Civic Pride (Part III)