Hey man, you be well, ok? There's a good world out there and you're part of it.

I'm waiting for them to point out that Heidi, the only Cartman supporter, is really the biggest snowflake on the show (besides Cartman). She's with Cartman because they both left social media because of bullying and ugliness (well, ok, Cartman was thrown off because of his ugliness, but still).

Counterpunch ran a rant by John Steppling yesterday, titled The Magic Liberal.

As you can deduct from the title, the author takes aim at liberals, with focus on their public reaction to Comey's defenestration and their sudden love affair with institutions (law enforcement/intelligence agencies) that have proven time and time again to be an enemy of the public.

Check out this (admittedly rather long) snippet:

And so we return to the firing of James Comey. And this story has less to do with the Trump’s motivations and the fact that Comey probably needed to be fired (though not because of anything to do with Russia Gate) than it does with the sudden open embracing of throughly corrupt and compromised institutions.

I’ve had people tell me the integrity of the Judiciary in peril. One wonders how such sentences can be uttered with a straight face. I have read people writing of the attack on Democracy signaled by Comey’s firing. What can that possibly mean to anyone who says it? The anti democratic actions of Obama over 8 years seems to pass unnoticed. What was NDAA? Obama expanded surveillance, prosecuted whistleblowers and expanded military tribunals. And this just scratches the surface. What was TTP for that matter?

And yet, if you can find me a liberal willing to actually debate this, I will clean your house for a year, free.

No, the New Victorian, the american white educated liberal is in crises. He or she is in a panic over Trump not because they fear global conflagration or nuclear annihilation, but because their Yoga class might get cancelled. They are forever aggrieved over the violation of feelings — of selected vulnerable groups. This never includes the poor, Arabs, Communists or Africans. Well, ok, on occasion it does include Africans but only in very broad abstract ways (i.e. when George Clooney argues for saving South Sudan or whateverthefuckever it was he was on about).

The adoration of the White Helmets, a proven group of psychopathic jihadist mercenaries is a perfect example. The White Helmets fit the white paternalist narrative. It is a form of colonial logic. The subaltern needs rescue. And its just so wonderful that some clearly teachable Arabs can help themselves with the rescue. Lets give them an Oscar. The style codes are what matters here.

Well, OK. I do love me some Chris Hedges, but god damn - the left is never going to win anything with tone like this. No one *wants* to listen to it. Sure, they should, but it's hard to be annihilated by the truth when it's spoken in a piercing frequency, lol.

I think that is what Sanders was trying to do - the political establishment understands this "Tweet" culture, of simple-minded ADHD, ritalin addicts who know nothing about politics, or the truth so you basically have to keep it short & sweet. I definitely don't believe Sanders would have made any better impact as an Independent (except for the fact that I would have voted for him), I agree - he didn't teach us much, but he kept it slightly angry (good tone though and tone is huge) and simple for mass consumption.

I feel like the only thing to save humanity (and the environment) is massive & sheer economic collapse to fucking ruin capitalism FOREVER, let's move to a forest and make a 100% sustainable living & future. We have the tech to do it now. And it needs to be done right now, like right this split second.

Well, OK...but it's still in the same region. I guess 'close, but no cigar'?
It would have made sense for them to put off releasing it then, since they seemed to have released it after the crash.

I was going to dodge your reply but I always enjoyed the games I attended when Barry Bonds tore shit up, even at the cost of my home team.

But I've witnessed first hand several of Piazzas's epic grand slams. Most games are like, well, ok that was boring, if not medatative, but not those Piazza games.

Sort of like this surgery. Most surgeries are just so boring. But this is home run leading shit right here.

I said "Don't be a smarmy dick"
Calm polite manner? This?
"GenjiKilpatrick said:
@newtboy
Don't Reply. Just Read. "
Calm, OK. Polite, not as I read it, it's kind of like trying to 'shut down comments', commanding a stranger to 'read this and don't reply', and is not polite IMO...especially when "this" is another unrelated comment. You brought me into that thread with that, no whining that I'm there.

Ahhhh, I see, the "cherry-picked strawman" argument is that you continue to ignore my clear, succinct, focused request for confirmation of a single point you made, and instead replied with a broad unrelated "she sucks" argument.
Well, OK, since I made it as clear as possible there was one detail I'm attempting to be discussing, and you continue on that line, that means that @Stormsinger is right, you can't be discussed with, and either can't comprehend that disagreement on a single detail doesn't mean opposition on every detail, or are trolling me.
Either way....
thanks for the discussion...for the fourth time I'll say that we can disagree on a tiny detail and be done now...good bye.
no reply necessary, but certainly allowed.

Well, OK....if you live(d) there you DO know it better than I. I have family near by, and have driven through many times. It always seemed far more 'conservative' than you say, but again, I never lived there, I'm just going by fleeting impressions and second hand info.
What set me off was 2 part...first that you didn't bother to watch the video but still commented on it as if you had (not so bad a thing, but odd), and second the implication that anti-homeless laws were a 'LIBERAL' thing and not a 'CONSERVATIVE' thing, because the videos shown/seen have clearly shown the opposite. Apologies if I went overboard.
The one's on film saying 'feeding them is keeping them homeless' or 'we don't want homeless people here, period, and anything that removes them or makes them uncomfortable is what we want' have all been republican/tea party elderly white people. It may be they're the outliers and it really IS a 'liberal' plan, but I ask you, which 'party' does the chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust belong to (I honestly don't know)? (I must admit I was really surprised to see the mayor is a Democrat).
So, while you seem to be at least partially correct (maybe totally), I hope you understand why I was (apparently) mistaken, since all the vocal people out there promoting starving the homeless are conservatives.
Where I live, it's a 'liberal' bastion, and we DO feed the homeless here along with other services they're offered, and we have a very vocal 'conservative' population that wants to do exactly what Ft Lauderdale did, make feeding them or offering ANY service illegal, including police and medical services. They're pretty hard core about it.

Yes, I think it was about 'starve the poor' as a method of removing them from sight, either by death or (more likely) displacement. It's not so much they want them dead, it's just they don't care if that's what it takes to remove them. That in itself SEEMS to be a 'conservative' mindset, not 'liberal'.
...but perhaps a Florida 'liberal democrat' is more right wing than a West coast 'conservative republican'?

Ahh, and we all live in a cesspool of retards and liars. Never forget! ;-)

Well ok, but I've always admired Chomsky and how he addresses vitriol and stupidity. Regardless if you agree with the stuff he says, when he's just stating facts or establishing a context he's very calm and collected. You can tell when he's getting mad about something or upset when he's a bit short, but he's very respectful always.

What is helping with that though is that because the right keeps moving the goalposts, so many people who were once Republicans are now RINOs according to the extremists. Just like this video suggests, Will may be a fictional character, but he's describing exactly what a lot of moderate Republicans are going through right now. The right wing extremists have decided to pursue a personal vendetta against Obama and all the moderates in the party are going "wtf?"

Sorry, but that's the most basic sign of a downfall. when you keep purging your ranks for not having enough ideological purity, you're not exactly planning for long term success.

When all the big historical Republicans heroes like Lincoln, Nixon, and Reagan, and maybe even HW Bush couldn't win a Republican primary in today's climate, you know you're losing touch

I dunno though, speaking more generally however, there's got to be some way of inducing politicians to not play games like this. The whole 10% approval yet 90% incumbancy rate should hopefully shock people into doing something. We've got a bill that passed both houses of congress, signed into law by the president AND upheld by the SCOTUS, and yet a small faction is holding gov't hostage over this.

I don't see how it's even legal to defund something that is law. If it's law, how is it legal to interfere with it like that? If you don't like it, pass a new law repealing it....that should be the only way to stop an existing law (other than Supreme Court of course)

I've heard this numerous times before from conservatives that we need to enforce the laws already on the books....well...ok. Let's do that.

A couple more days!!! WHAT?? Did you forget to pay your power bill? I hope you have plenty of batteries!

In case you weren't aware, this site consists of about 90% males. That title alone would have been enough to sift it!! There was a sifter survey done here about a year ago...I'll attach it in case you're curious to see the demographics of the site...I thought the results were interesting. http://videosift.com/talk/SIFTER-SURVEY-RESULTS

Well ok then, if you would feel honored by the FSM touching YOU, than who am I to deny him...her...it.

I can not believe you didn't choose THIS Jimi Hendrix song. The greatest one of them all. It seems like exactly the type you'd like too. I was sure you would have preferred this one over Voodoo Child. Am I wrong?? Do you like this one?

This is why I don't borrow other people's phones.

..well ok, I might be ok with borrowing hers.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Well, OK then - welcome!

truth and beauty....well ok - and a pretty sizable dose of artistic license.