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Garuda.Chanti said: » Last I looked PONY was Prostitutes of New York. And I kinda think the yellow one is supposed to be feminism. Yellow one is the glorious pc gaming master race.  Jetackuu said: » Shiva.Viciousss said: » Well, they are all criminals, they all carry weapons, they wear cuts that identify them as members of a known criminal club, and they live out in the open. Whats up with that? Why are these guys allowed to ride around everyday and engage in criminal activity? They don't even care that what they are doing is illegal. They just went to a restaurant, and shot a bunch of people, and the cops that were there, they shot at them, and more reinforcements were trying to get there to help. They have developed a culture where you get rewarded for fighting. How about seizing the land they primarily operate on? How about freezing their assets? Stricter gun laws, no way thats happening in Texas, and the clubs know that, thus why they have so many charters there. I'm sure all that will happen is a special task force will be assigned and will accomplish nothing. But they aren't all criminals, at least not provable, the ones that are are either blending with the crowd, or are arrested and tried. What "gun law" would help here? Businesses will cater to them as 1. they're customers 2. they don't want to tell them no. Here's a good way to reduce their income though: end the silly "war on drugs" and you'll see their assets dry up. The 1%er clubs are a very dynamic issue, right now we are dealing with them by harassing riding clubs in general, which are only full of wannabe bikers who saw Sons of Anarchy and thought itd be cool to ride a Yamaha down the white line of traffic cause theyre badass as *** (And they need vindication because they are 40 and they peaked in high school). Spider rain. Seriously, Australia? Can you at least try to fight the stereotype for once?
Quote: Residents of Goulburn, Australia woke this month to find their town shrouded in eerie, silken webs, while millions of tiny spiders rained down from above, local news reported. “The whole place was covered in these little black spiderlings and when I looked up at the sun it was like this tunnel of webs going up for a couple of hundred meters into the sky,” resident Ian Watson told the Sydney Morning Herald. His house looked like it had been “abandoned and taken over by spiders,” he added. Mystified by the phenomenon — and frustrated by the tiny arachnids getting caught in his beard — Watson did what anyone in his situation would do: He turned to the Internet. “Anyone else experiencing … millions of spiders falling from the sky right now?” he wrote on Goulburn’s community Facebook page, according to the Morning Herald. “I’m 10 minutes out of town and you can clearly see hundreds of little spiders floating along with their webs and my home is covered in them. Someone call a scientist!” It’s not clear if anyone did pick up their phone, but if they had, scientists could have assured the people of Goulburn that their predicament is fairly common. Similar incidents have been documented recently in Texas and Brazil and nearby Wagga Wagga, another Australian town. “Spider rain” happens when large groups of arachnids migrate all at once, using a technique called “ballooning.” According to a 2001 study in the Journal of Arachnology, the spiders will spin out dozens of silk strands at once so that they fan out and form a triangular parachute, allowing the clever critters to catch a breeze toward new ground. Rick Vetter, an entomologist at the University of California Riverside, told Live Science that many spiders use ballooning — usually just not all at once. “This is going on all around us all the time. We just don’t notice it, he said. It’s a useful skill to have if you’re a tiny arachnid — far faster than walking on your own eight legs. According to Martyn Robinson, a naturalist at the Australian Museum, spiders can travel for miles this way. “[Balooning] is why every continent has spiders. Even in Antarctica they regularly turn up but just die,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald. “That’s also why the first land animals to arrive on new islands formed by volcanic activity are usually spiders.” When the aerial arachnids land, their silk balloons wind up draped over the landscape. This effect, sometimes called “angel hair,” also happens after heavy rains or floods, Robinson said. Spiders that live in the ground will throw silk “snag lines” into the air and use them to haul themselves up out of the waterlogged earth. When huge numbers of spiders escape drowning this way, their criss-crossing “silk roads” weave a shroud over trees, grass and sometimes buildings. The effect rarely lasts long, but it gives ordinary buildings and fields a distinctly haunted look. Which means that lots of people are ready to forgo the scientific explanation for an otherworldly one. People who believe in UFOs often cite “angel hair” incidents as evidence. Last fall, Roberto Pinotti, the president of Italy’s National UFO Center, spoke to the BBC about his own angel hair sighting, a 1954 incident in Florence. “I remember, in broad daylight, seeing the roofs of the houses in Florence covered in this white substance for one hour and, like snow, it just evaporated,” he said. The substance appeared at the same time that spectators at a local soccer game spotted several strange objects in the sky above the stadium, and Pinotti is not convinced that spiders were to blame. “Of course I know about the migrating spiders hypothesis — it’s pure nonsense. It’s an old story and also a stupid story,” Pinotti told the BBC. But astronomer James McGaha, who works at the Center for Inquiry’s Grassland Observatory and works to debunk paranormal theories, said much the same thing about Pinotti’s beliefs. “It’s an absolutely silly idea. Science totally rejects this idea,” he said of the UFO explanation. “This was actually caused by young spiders spinning webs, very, very thin webs,” he told the BBC. “As some of this stuff breaks off and falls to the ground, this all seems magical of course. … But I’m fairly confident that’s what happened that day.” There's no need to blame this on aliens, people. It's Australia.
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Democrats respond to Bobby Jindal's presidential bid with puppy video
Quote: The national Democratic Party was not impressed with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) Monday announcement that he is forming a presidential exploratory committee. The Democratic National Committee deemed the news soporific, and responded with a YouTube video of a yawning puppy dog: YouTube Video Placeholder "Following the news that Bobby Jindal has launched his Presidential Exploratory Committee, DNC National Press Secretary Holly Shulman released the following statement," the DNC said in an email on Monday. The "statement" was nothing but a link to the YouTube clip. Earlier in the day, Jindal declared he is seriously considering a White House bid and launched a website to raise money for a potential run. He said he will announce his official decision in June. "My wife Supriya and I have been thinking and praying about whether to run for the presidency of our great nation," he said on Monday. Jindal, who will finish his second term as Louisiana governor in January 2016, has long been rumored to have presidential ambitions but he faces stiff competition. Of the declared and likely top-tier Republican presidential contenders, Jindal ranks at the bottom in the polls. But hey, as long as the hypocrites are happy, right?
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Uh, wut.
They responded with a yawn because Jindal has no chance of winning anything. You post on forums yet haven't picked up on sarcastic video responses? Your own article (dun dun dunnnnnn) says that Jindals at the bottom of polls. But here, I'll make it easy for you. When Andrew Cuomo decides to throw his hat in the ring for the Democratic primary you too can respond with a cute dog yawning into a camera. Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » But here, I'll make it easy for you. When Andrew Cuomo decides to throw his hat in the ring for the Democratic primary you too can respond with a cute dog yawning into a camera. Really, more things should be greeted with yawning puppies. It's a response that achieves just as much politically, and certainly makes more people smile than whatever anyone planned to type in the first place.  Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » Uh, wut. They responded with a yawn because Jindal has no chance of winning anything. You post on forums yet haven't picked up on sarcastic video responses? Your own article (dun dun dunnnnnn) says that Jindals at the bottom of polls. But here, I'll make it easy for you. When Andrew Cuomo decides to throw his hat in the ring for the Democratic primary you too can respond with a cute dog yawning into a camera.  Here, let me help you. A minority runs for president, opposition response is dog yawning. Democrat candidate, Republican response: Responder is an evil racist ***. Republican candidate, Democrat response: Nothing to see here folks. But I'm sure you are being obtuse because it's convenient for you.... You're the only one reading anything racial into this.
The article explains why a yawning dog is appropriate for Jindal. It has something to do with him being bottom tier of the bottom tier in terms of presidential buzz. I'd encourage the Republican party to be equally as witty.  Could worse could be a cat yawning now that is offensive !
I'm sorry that I expect the same standards on one political party to be applied to the other.
Seriously, are you going to deny the fact that anything possibly negative attributed to a democrat/liberal candidate, regardless of their "placement" in the overall presidential election, will be met with harsh criticism when the candidate is a minority? Shall I go over all of the criticisms placed on people who only disagree with Obama with the liberals automatically attributing racism to any of those dissident responses? Or will a few do? Oh, I see the problem. KN's a cat person.
 You know it is a slow news day when yawning dogs are the headlines !
fonewear said: » You know it is a slow news day when yawning dogs are the headlines ! I'll take slow news days over bad news days any day. Asura.Kingnobody said: » I'm sorry that I expect the same standards on one political party to be applied to the other. Seriously, are you going to deny the fact that anything possibly negative attributed to a democrat/liberal candidate, regardless of their "placement" in the overall presidential election, will be met with harsh criticism when the candidate is a minority? Shall I go over all of the criticisms placed on people who only disagree with Obama with the liberals automatically attributing racism to any of those dissident responses? Or will a few do? It's snark and unprofessional, but there is nothing racist about yawning puppies.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/hillary-clintons-twitter-trolls-118079.html?hp=t1_r
This is more hard hitting TLDR people trolling Hillary on her twitter Clinton’s online detractors most often paint her as untrustworthy, or raise questions about the foreign money that has flowed to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state. Some call her names like “witch,” dictator,” “monster,” and even “Hitlary,” all reminders of how polarizing Clinton can be — a feminist hero and glass-ceiling cracker to supporters; an untrustworthy, pandering operative to the haters. (Her most devoted supporters sometimes break through the noise with supportive exclamations of “Queen!”) Her large Twitter following is, on the whole, an advantage for Clinton, who can exert more control over her own message and image: a recent picture of Clinton in Iowa was retweeted 251 times and favorited by 561 Twitter users. In contrast, a recent picture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie campaigning in New Hampshire with his wife, Mary Pat, was retweeted once and favorited three times. With more followers than all the top-tier Republican candidates combined (her closest GOP competitor is Sen. Marco Rubio, who has 736,000), Clinton’s Twitter account is a powerful messaging tool for pushing out her own snapshots from campaign stops, weighing in on national issues in 140 characters, and directing supporters to her fundraising and volunteer pages online. But that formidable footprint comes with a price: she also trumps her opponents in terms of her legions of trolls, who sometimes overwhelm the conversations she generates, picking at the scabs and scars Clinton has accumulated over nearly four decades in public life. When Clinton recently tweeted “Healthy women ? healthy communities. Sign up if you agree with Hillary,” one quick response to that relatively anodyne message was, ““On average how much does Bill spend on hookers each week?” Clinton’s physical appearance is not considered out of bounds among her Twitter tormenters. One response to photos of Clinton walking around Brooklyn last week, dressed in a long green jacket, that were posted on Twitter: “She’s a human pear.” On May 14, Clinton’s tweet about “words that ring truer than ever today: ‘Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.’ #TBT” — along with a picture of Clinton from her famous 1995 speech on human rights in Beijing — drew an especially pointed response. One Rachel Cohen — a self-described protestant Christian, conservative libertarian gun owner replied: “Oh for the days when you weren’t tired, fat, old and gray.” The campaign doesn’t engage with its trolls — or even acknowledge them. “Hillary Clinton listens to everyone’s voices whether they have substantive feedback during the hours of roundtable discussions she’s had or 140 characters of feedback in response to a tweet,” said a Clinton campaign aide. A Democratic strategist who is not affiliated with the campaign explained the Clinton approach this way: “Haters gonna hate.” And they do. “Hillary wants to call someone’s mom on Mother’s Day. It could be yours,” Clinton tweeted — seemingly innocuously — on May 4, with a link to the campaign contest fundraiser. Not so innocuous, it turned out. “I am so thank U R Not my mom or Grandma and U stay away from my MOM! Dictator Hypocrite!” replied one woman whose Twitter handle is Judy Ameil. “How about calling the moms of those killed at Benghazi? that’s a great start. Instead, it’ll probably be rich donors. #Witch.” wrote Paul Hicks, who tweets under the handle @PaulAniston and responds often to Clinton’s tweets. While the attacks seem to be personal and sometimes sexist, the attackers claim they are not. “Yep. I troll quite a bit I guess,” Hicks, who works as a quality control engineer, explained in a direct message on Twitter. “I don’t dislike her personally because I don’t know her personally. As with all politicians, I’m sure she’s very likeable and says all the right things…. I’m as tired of old white men leading this country as the next guy. We need someone that’ll unite the country, protect it & stand up for its citizens.” The constant stream of criticism “comes with the territory” of a high-profile campaign, said Rebecca Heisler, former social media director for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. “The key is to create enough quality content that you’re not just getting negative feedback, you’re also getting supporters to actively engage and drown out the noise.” Reading the individual comments is counter-productive, she said, but getting a bigger picture of a candidate’s reception online can be helpful to a campaign. “There are social listening tools where you can monitor more broadly how people are engaging with your content,” Heisler said. Also on POLITICO Clinton Foundation donors include dozens of media organizations JOSH GERSTEIN, TARINI PARTI, HADAS GOLD and DYLAN BYERS “There is a big difference between social noise and social action,” warned Betsy Hoover, a partner at 270 Strategies, who was President Obama’s 2012 digital organizing director and worked with Ready for Hillary. “You have to recognize that and know what you’re seeing and when. Engagement is high and the focus is really high. With Clinton, you have a very focused place for that energy to go in a way you don’t on the other side. It’s much easier to be against something on Twitter than for something, but the people that are pro-Hillary are donating money, sharing a video, or volunteering in their communities.” By now, the campaign has come to expect a stream of trolling — especially when Clinton weighs in on divisive issues like abortion. “When it comes to women’s health, there are two kinds of experts: women and their doctors. True 40+ years ago, true today. - H” she tweeted last Wednesday, weighing in on the debate surrounding a bill to ban 20 week abortions (it passed in the House earlier that day). The responses were as expected: “Why don’t you just come out and say you have no problem with killing babies? We’re talking 20 weeks. you’re a monster…” tweeted “Ryan,” a self-described “Christian. Texan. Conservative,” who has over 6,000 followers. Jeb Bush also weighed in on the bill on Twitter: “I urge Congress to support the late-term abortion ban today. We need to stand up for life and the most vulnerable among us. #HR36.” As with Clinton, some of his trolls also started a conversation that seemed to be more about general attacks on his candidacy than the 20-week abortion ban. Apparently, Obama thinks that he is being treated like a dog himself
Quote: Just when it seemed that Barack Obama couldn't dig himself any deeper into the political hole he's in, he does something really stupid. "Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time and they're not always happy with me," he told a union crowd in Milwaukee. "They talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true." The comment makes him look ridiculous. First off, there are inevitable racial overtones to it. To be treated "like a dog" is to be treated as something less than human. In the Muslim world, to call someone a dog is a pretty serious insult (and no, I'm not suggesting Obama is a Muslim). Who historically in the US has been treated as less than human? Blacks during the eras of slavery and segregation. During his campaign and since in office (the Henry Louis Gates fiasco was an exception) Obama has – to his credit – generally not sought to make racial comments or, to use that hackneyed term, "play the race card". Now he's going to be accused of doing so. The other reason he looks stupid is that he himself has described both himself and black people in canine terms. Two days after he was elected, he referred to shelter dogs as "mutts like me", a jocular reference to his mixed race. A month ago, he described African-Americans as "a mongrel people". I don't have a problem with either comment but if you're going to rail about people talking about you like a dog then perhaps, er, you shouldn't do so yourself. The remark is also a bit odd because one of the most ridiculous bonanzas of media puffery surrounding the Obama administration (the organic vegetable patch was a close second) was the unveiling of Bo the First Dog. Obama milked it for months. It seems like the most pampered dog in the world. So, maybe not so bad to be talked about like a dog if you live in the White House . And then there's the basic conceit that it is "powerful interests" who oppose Obama. Come on! This man is President of the United States. He is the ultimate powerful interest. You may be able to portray yourself as a plucky outsider when you're running for the White House but once you're elected, it just doesn't wash. The sense from the Obama administration that they think that anyone who opposes their policies is stupid or racist or allied with "powerful interests" is plain wrong as well as politically disastrous. Pretty soon, Obama is going to have to conclude that Harry Truman was right when he (supposedly) said that "if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog". At this rate, Bo will be the only one still supporting him – if, that is, he isn't miffed by his master's derogatory comment about dogs. Old article, but still shows that there are racial and socialistic overtones associated with dogs and insults. But hey, anything to ignore the racial overtones associated with a liberal/democrat's response to a minority entering a presidential race without a (D) next to their name, right?
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fonewear said: » If I wanted to see cats and dogs I'd go to the RT thread... What you want is unimportant. It's what you need. /waits for the Communist/Dictatorship comments You know there's a difference between being called a dog and being compared to a puppy yawning right? Right?
I feel like someone's going full Tumblr here and it isn't me.
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Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » You know there's a difference between being called a dog and being compared to a puppy yawning right? Right? I don't give a ***that Jindal is compared to a dog, I just don't like the standards placed on people when they are describing one party vs. the standards on describing a different party. It's called "double standards" in case you don't know (I would assume you do, but since you are being overly obtuse today, I will start treating you like a child until you grow up). Is my avatar racist, King? It's not yawning, but I'd still like to know.
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Hypothetical train of thought here. If there were an artist who, previous to 2008, had a collection of paintings where he painted a caricature of every previous president as a monkey, would the media react with fury when he continued his collection by painting Obama as one? I would almost say that anyone who complained would be far more racist than the painter, because they would be the ones singling Obama out when the painter was actually giving him equal treatment.
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Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: » I feel like someone's going full Tumblr here and it isn't me. Might be me. Tumblr is a trove of adorable animal gifs, after all. Bahamut.Ravael said: » Hypothetical train of thought here. If there were an artist who, previous to 2008, had a collection of paintings where he painted a caricature of every previous president as a monkey, would the media react with fury when he continued his collection by painting Obama as one? I would almost say that anyone who complained would be far more racist than the painter, because they would be the ones singling Obama out when the painter was actually giving him equal treatment. I'm sure people would see something racial in it but if that artist did draw everyone else as a monkey, it wouldn't be racist.
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