“Obsession” special – vaffanculo fool-o

OK folks – I’m calling for a pre-emptive strike on Freeperville.

Why?

Oh, I dunno – maybe that they have well and truly LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS!

Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch
My San Antonio ^ | Updated 3:53 pm, Saturday, February 13, 2016 | Gary Martin

Posted on ‎2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎3‎:‎55‎:‎56‎ ‎PM by Pan_Yan

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.

Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said he was among those notified about Scalia’s death.

“I was told it was this morning,” Biery said of Scalia’s death. “It happened on a ranch out near Marfa. As far as the details, I think it’s pretty vague right now as to how,” he said. “My reaction is it’s really unfortunate with any death. And now, politically, in the presidential cycle we’re in my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected.”

1 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎3‎:‎55‎:‎56‎ ‎PM by Pan_Yan

To be sure, the first few posts are devoted to hair-rending:

To: Pan_Yan

 

o dear god no the court will swing full lib now

2 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎3‎:‎58‎:‎51‎ ‎PM by jneesy (rough seas make skillful sailors)

To: 20yearsofinternet

 

Damn! Can we delay Obama’s appointment, whomever it may be? Will the GOP even stand up THAT much?!

6 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎4‎:‎02‎:‎06‎ ‎PM by austinaero

To: Pan_Yan

Complete shock.

8 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎4‎:‎02‎:‎45‎ ‎PM by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again 🙂

Tears
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And how many posts in do you think we’ll get before the batshit crazies arrive?
To: Pan_Yan

 

Who was there? Who had ties to the WH?

12 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎4‎:‎03‎:‎11‎ ‎PM by Chickensoup (Leftism is the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)

Twelve posts.
Twelve.
Seven minutes after the  original post
To: Pan_Yan

 

Scalia is the man who started the investigation into Hillary.

13 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎4‎:‎03‎:‎23‎ ‎PM by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
I had no idea that Supreme Court justices started investigations. Would that be an investigation by the Secret Supreme Court Police (the SSCP)?
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Oh? There’s no such thing?
To: Pan_Yan

 

Pelican Brief

31 posted on 2‎/‎13‎/‎2016‎ ‎4‎:‎04‎:‎46‎ ‎PM by john316 (JOSHUA 24:15 …choose you this day whom ye will serve…)

pelican

 

The crazy (and the hair-tearing) continues after this brief (heh – get it?) intermission:

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Odds & Sods: Dogs, Ducks and Populist Balladeer Edition

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It’s time once again for my newish semi-regular feature. Let’s climb aboard the magic omnibus for another magical misery tour of what’s going on in this crazy world.

Gone To The Dogs: I have an admission to make. While I enjoy Stewart and Colbert, I’m not a regular viewer. The main reason is that I don’t want to steal shtick from them. I want to make my own bad jokes about politics. I respect them, it’s *hard* to do what they do, even with a full-blown staff, on a daily basis. I was one of the least shocked people in America when Colbert took the CBS Late Night gig. It’s hard to stay in character for that long and not feel burnt out. Besides, they backed a Brink’s truck up to his house…

Now that I’ve said that, let’s turn to John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight. It has many of the virtues of the aforementioned shows and the advantage of being on once a week, which means they can edit out some unfunny bits. He can also say fuck without being fucking bleeped. Fuck yeah.

That was a long way of introducing Oliver’s absolutely brilliant casting of dogs as Supreme Court Justices. Since the Supremes refuse to allow teevee cameras into their stuffily sacred precinct, all we ever hear are audio clips. And it took almost a century after radio came into being for that to happen.

Anyway, Oliver offered footage to any news organzation who wanted to use dogs playing judges and lawyers to spice up their SCOTUS coverage:

Rachel Maddow said that she’d “totally use it” if she were the Goddess of NBC News. I totally hope that she totally uses it on her own show. Totally.

More oddities and sodities after the break.

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Inaction Speaks Louder Than Words

I rarely link to BuzzFeed here. I restrict posting listicles and tests to see which Boardwalk Empire character one is to facebook and da twittah. I made that last one up, but there oughta be a such test. Get on it, y’all. Anyway, I don’t think BuzzFeed when I contemplate posting about SCOTUS but their legal editor, Chris Geidner, wrote the best thing I’ve read about the court’s refusal to grant cert yesterday: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy often focuses on two ideas when he plays a part in moving the law: human dignity and the cumulative importance of the states. … Continue reading Inaction Speaks Louder Than Words

Move On Dot Everyone?

A friend, deeply frustrated after talking to clueless Republicans, wonders why Democrats can’t get their message out. She says: What’s so darn hard about spreading the word, and repeating it and repeating it and repeating it, like Republicans do? Indeed, it should be the easiest thing in the world. And yet it’s not, for all the reasons we already know: the media is not liberal, the left doesn’t have the “talking-point-factories-disguised-as-think-tanks” infrastructure, Democrats by nature are not authoritarian and aren’t in the habit of falling in line, etc. etc. As a result we get narratives like this: This is elitist … Continue reading Move On Dot Everyone?

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – SCOTUS live thread edition

OK, everyone – you knew this was coming, so suit up.

BioHazardSuits

AirlockDoor
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Let the games begin!

Affordable Care Act SCOTUS Decision–Live Thread
SCOTUSblog ^ | June 28, 2012 | SCOTUSblog

Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 6:56:21 AM byJohn W

To: John W

In before the ouster of communism…

4 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:00:17 AM byIrishPennant (Are you behind a “Blade of Grass?”)
Вы бы хотели некоторые соли для вашей раны , comrade twatwaffle?

To: John W

I wanna see Obagumby break down in tears today.

5 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:00:56 AM bynhoward14

ObamaLauging
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To:John W

Man I hope this dies – I don’t think I can stand hearing the term “ObamaCare” the rest of my life.

6 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:01:19 AM bymike_9958

Which is what this is all about, of course – let your family and friends fall by the wayside, just as long as you don’t have to hear the O-word for the rest of your life.

To: All

Watch how the stock market reacts too. This will have a major economic impact.

81 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:47:02 AM byOrangeHoof (Our economy won’t heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)

Yeah –20 whole points down at the end of the day Thursday.
I’ve seen bigger hits to the Dow when Bernake wears his tie crooked.
Maybe a delayed reaction? Hasn’t had time to sink in yet?
Nope – Dow closed at277.83 up at the end of Friday.
Can’t you morons getanything right?

To: OneVike

My prediction is 8 to 1 to throw the whole thing out… the senile old bag will be the only dissention..

This thing is just soooooo blantantly unconstitutional, even the damn libs should be able to see it

95 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:06:37 AM byjoe fonebone (I am the 15%)

Forget I asked.

To: unixfox
This along with the Holder contempt vote today. Could be a bad day for the commie/marxists.

I can’t wait to taste the tears of their sorrow!

109 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:20:51 AM byfreebird5850 (Just don’t have a tagline today. This administration makes me quite sad.)

Paging Scott Tennorman!
Please report to below the jump…

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The Many Moods Of Richard Mourdock

Oh fer fuck’s sake. I’ve tried twice to post over here today and both times my post got eated. Once it was a really lovely piece about the SCOTUS health care ruling and it just *poof* went away. I’m not even going to bother anymore. Here’s a video from last night’s Colbert Report, wherein he mocks Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, who pre-taped his different responses to the SCOTUS health care decision and then accidentally published them on YouTube last week. Woopsies. Needless to say, Mourdock’s pre-taped responses, absent anything factual like, y’know, why SCOTUS would have ruled the … Continue reading The Many Moods Of Richard Mourdock

The Many Moods Of Richard Mourdock

Oh fer fuck’s sake. I’ve tried twice to post over here today and both times my post got eated. Once it was a really lovely piece about the SCOTUS health care ruling and it just *poof* went away. I’m not even going to bother anymore. Here’s a video from last night’s Colbert Report, wherein he mocks Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, who pre-taped his different responses to the SCOTUS health care decision and then accidentally published them on YouTube last week. Woopsies. Needless to say, Mourdock’s pre-taped responses, absent anything factual like, y’know, why SCOTUS would have ruled the … Continue reading The Many Moods Of Richard Mourdock

Move On Dot Everyone?

A friend, deeply frustrated after talking to clueless Republicans, wonders why Democrats can’t get their message out. She says: What’s so darn hard about spreading the word, and repeating it and repeating it and repeating it, like Republicans do? Indeed, it should be the easiest thing in the world. And yet it’s not, for all the reasons we already know: the media is not liberal, the left doesn’t have the “talking-point-factories-disguised-as-think-tanks” infrastructure, Democrats by nature are not authoritarian and aren’t in the habit of falling in line, etc. etc. As a result we get narratives like this: This is elitist … Continue reading Move On Dot Everyone?

Thank You Failure, ACA Edition

It’s day two of healthcare reform’s trial at the Supreme Court — I know, I know, but that’s what this whole circus looks like. And honestly I’m feeling relatively Zen-like about the whole thing. I think we win either way. I can honestly see SCOTUS ruling the individual mandate unconstitutional, which would empower a Teanut-led Congress to completely shred the law, instead of their current piecemeal approach. I can see this happening not because I understand squat about Constitutional Law but because I know the Supreme Court has a long history of making really crappy, stupid decisions. We’ve survived. Slavery … Continue reading Thank You Failure, ACA Edition

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – SCOTUS live thread edition

OK, everyone – you knew this was coming, so suit up.

BioHazardSuits

AirlockDoor
.

Let the games begin!

Affordable Care Act SCOTUS Decision–Live Thread
SCOTUSblog ^ | June 28, 2012 | SCOTUSblog

Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 6:56:21 AM by John W

To: John W

In before the ouster of communism…

4 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:00:17 AM by IrishPennant (Are you behind a “Blade of Grass?”)
Вы бы хотели некоторые соли для вашей раны , comrade twatwaffle?

To: John W

I wanna see Obagumby break down in tears today.

5 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:00:56 AM by nhoward14

ObamaLauging
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To:John W

Man I hope this dies – I don’t think I can stand hearing the term “ObamaCare” the rest of my life.

6 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:01:19 AM by mike_9958

Which is what this is all about, of course – let your family and friends fall by the wayside, just as long as you don’t have to hear the O-word for the rest of your life.

To: All

Watch how the stock market reacts too. This will have a major economic impact.

81 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:47:02 AM by OrangeHoof (Our economy won’t heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)

Yeah –20 whole points down at the end of the day Thursday.
I’ve seen bigger hits to the Dow when Bernake wears his tie crooked.
Maybe a delayed reaction? Hasn’t had time to sink in yet?
Nope – Dow closed at 277.83 up at the end of Friday.
Can’t you morons get anything right?

To: OneVike

My prediction is 8 to 1 to throw the whole thing out… the senile old bag will be the only dissention..

This thing is just soooooo blantantly unconstitutional, even the damn libs should be able to see it

95 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:06:37 AM by joe fonebone (I am the 15%)

Forget I asked.

To: unixfox
This along with the Holder contempt vote today. Could be a bad day for the commie/marxists.

I can’t wait to taste the tears of their sorrow!

109 posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:20:51 AM by freebird5850 (Just don’t have a tagline today. This administration makes me quite sad.)

Paging Scott Tennorman!
Please report to below the jump…

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