Comments on: Friends Of Hamas http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 14:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jamie Norwood http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1662585 Jamie Norwood Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1662585 To be fair, a lot of people would have voted against Bush if the alternative hadn't been every last Republican that ran. To be fair, a lot of people would have voted against Bush if the alternative hadn’t been every last Republican that ran.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1661417 C W Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1661417 Bill Maher isn't really far enough from Breitbart in rhetoric where I'd be comfortable championing him. What a doucher. Bill Maher isn’t really far enough from Breitbart in rhetoric where I’d be comfortable championing him. What a doucher.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1661412 C W Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1661412 "O'Busha" Don't do this if you want people to take you seriously. Not tone trolling, it just makes everything you say look childish. There are plenty of ways to discuss Centrist/"pragmatic" Dems without resorting to "AmeriKKKa" cutesy lingo. “O’Busha”

Don’t do this if you want people to take you seriously. Not tone trolling, it just makes everything you say look childish. There are plenty of ways to discuss Centrist/”pragmatic” Dems without resorting to “AmeriKKKa” cutesy lingo.

]]> By: Big_Bad_Bald_Bastard http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660960 Big_Bad_Bald_Bastard Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660960 The Reverse Ouroboros- a serpent pooping into its own mouth. The Reverse Ouroboros- a serpent pooping into its own mouth.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660902 B E Pratt Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660902  Tempting. But then I'd have to sign up with Facebook. So, no thanks!  Tempting. But then I’d have to sign up with Facebook. So, no thanks!

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660840 cellocgw Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660840 Meanwhile,  BIll Maher's challenge to The Trump remains potentially true.  (He offered, satirically, $5million US if anyone could prove Trump was not the offspring of an oran-utang.  Trump had a hissy and produced his birth certificate, but duh! it was the short form) Meanwhile,  BIll Maher’s challenge to The Trump remains potentially true.  (He offered, satirically, $5million US if anyone could prove Trump was not the offspring of an oran-utang.  Trump had a hissy and produced his birth certificate, but duh! it was the short form)

]]> By: Jorgen Fleisterman http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660826 Jorgen Fleisterman Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660826 The comments from the Breitbart believers on that article are comic gold, especially after the comments started rolling in about the whole thing being made up. Some of them doubled-down and only more fiercely defended Shapiro's reporting. "He cited three sources!" The comments from the Breitbart believers on that article are comic gold, especially after the comments started rolling in about the whole thing being made up. Some of them doubled-down and only more fiercely defended Shapiro’s reporting. “He cited three sources!”

]]> By: Gus Mueller http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660742 Gus Mueller Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660742 it seems you can be FRIENDS with Friends of Hamas: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Hamas/142925212539134 it seems you can be FRIENDS with Friends of Hamas: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Hamas/142925212539134

]]> By: Michael D http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660724 Michael D Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660724 I would, in fact, argue that the group of Democratic voters who re-elected O'Busha  after one term of seeing exactly who he was, are, in deed dumber than Republicans. That's still not "equal" however. I would, in fact, argue that the group of Democratic voters who re-elected O’Busha  after one term of seeing exactly who he was, are, in deed dumber than Republicans. That’s still not “equal” however.

]]> By: smut clyde http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660566 smut clyde Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660566 <i>a joke privately uttered by Dan Friedman, leaked to and laundered as weasel-worded reality by Breitbart's Ben Shapiro, and ultimately repeated by top Republicans in an effort to nix Hagel's nomination.</i> The Human Centipede of politics. a joke privately uttered by Dan Friedman, leaked to and laundered as weasel-worded reality by Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro, and ultimately repeated by top Republicans in an effort to nix Hagel’s nomination.

The Human Centipede of politics.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660363 wysinwyg Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660363  Yeah, you pretty clearly did.  We can still read your comment.  Yeah, you pretty clearly did.  We can still read your comment.

]]> By: david pawlyk http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660356 david pawlyk Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660356 "The Dems aren't any better, either" So, the Dems are equal or worse. “The Dems aren’t any better, either”

So, the Dems are equal or worse.

]]> By: Heather Cristofaro http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660326 Heather Cristofaro Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660326 Facts = gotcha journalism! Facts = gotcha journalism!

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660312 C W Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660312 Irony is mistaken, their claims are pure malicious projection. Irony is mistaken, their claims are pure malicious projection.

]]> By: Jamie Kelly http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660308 Jamie Kelly Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660308 Can I say how much I love that Ben Shapiro wrote a book accusing "the Left" of using fear to silence dissent? The irony, it is delicious. Can I say how much I love that Ben Shapiro wrote a book accusing “the Left” of using fear to silence dissent? The irony, it is delicious.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660285 C W Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660285 If you're using false equivalencies to combat the initial claim of false equivalency: The point _ You (None of this is a defense of "the Dems".) If you’re using false equivalencies to combat the initial claim of false equivalency:

The point
_
You

(None of this is a defense of “the Dems”.)

]]> By: Michael D http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660283 Michael D Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660283 Aside from the fact that I didn't claim equality, Mr. Strawdog, do you really think that there's only one Democratic Party example? Aside from the fact that I didn’t claim equality, Mr. Strawdog, do you really think that there’s only one Democratic Party example?

]]> By: Shane Simmons http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660273 Shane Simmons Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660273 I left a comment there once, have been banned a couple of times, and have found it's impossible to get off of their mailing list.   The cognitive dissonance is amazing, any time I check it.  I have literally checked the front-page and seen stories where they vilify the vulgarity of a liberal, and another glorifying Adam Corolla, or stories where commenters rail on Obama for sticking his nose in foreign affairs, while blasting him for not "supporting Israel". EDIT: And of course there's one recent story talking about how Obamacare is causing California to redefine what a doctor is...and the photo they picked was all minorities...and the author was a white doctor... I left a comment there once, have been banned a couple of times, and have found it’s impossible to get off of their mailing list.  

The cognitive dissonance is amazing, any time I check it.  I have literally checked the front-page and seen stories where they vilify the vulgarity of a liberal, and another glorifying Adam Corolla, or stories where commenters rail on Obama for sticking his nose in foreign affairs, while blasting him for not “supporting Israel”.

EDIT: And of course there’s one recent story talking about how Obamacare is causing California to redefine what a doctor is…and the photo they picked was all minorities…and the author was a white doctor…

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660274 C W Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660274 A phrase commonly used by arsonists, I suppose. A phrase commonly used by arsonists, I suppose.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660258 SomeGuyNamedMark Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660258 He failed the Israel litmus test it seems. More importantly, I'm stealing that puppy swimming gif. He failed the Israel litmus test it seems.

More importantly, I’m stealing that puppy swimming gif.

]]> By: Shane Simmons http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660256 Shane Simmons Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660256 Ah, yes, Breitbart: where if it's outrageous and about a liberal, it must be true, and being forced to pay taxes for big government is tyranny, unless a "true conservative" does it, or unless it's something Israel has demanded the United States do for them. Ah, yes, Breitbart: where if it’s outrageous and about a liberal, it must be true, and being forced to pay taxes for big government is tyranny, unless a “true conservative” does it, or unless it’s something Israel has demanded the United States do for them.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660257 Matthew Petty Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660257 No smoke without fire No smoke without fire

]]> By: quietstorms http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660251 quietstorms Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660251 I can't wait for the 'Friends of Ham' commercial where Marianne Ginther admits she fornicated with a pig. I can’t wait for the ‘Friends of Ham’ commercial where Marianne Ginther admits she fornicated with a pig.

]]> By: C W http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660248 C W Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660248 Breitbart's readers believe it all, repeat it sincerely, nothing new since he was alive. Nice to see the Weekend at Bernie's operation carrying on as planned. Breitbart’s readers believe it all, repeat it sincerely, nothing new since he was alive. Nice to see the Weekend at Bernie’s operation carrying on as planned.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660244 Boundegar Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660244 If you look back several years, you can find one example of a Democrat saying something really stupid.  Therefore, "both sides do it equally." If you look back several years, you can find one example of a Democrat saying something really stupid.  Therefore, “both sides do it equally.”

]]> By: Chris Hogan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660242 Chris Hogan Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660242 Good to see Breitbart News keeping alive their late namesake's dedication to well-researched, hard-hitting investigative journalism. Not for them lazy smears and yellow hackery. It is only a shame that the sainted Andrew isn't here to cheer them on. Correction: I meant the opposite of all that. Oops. Good to see Breitbart News keeping alive their late namesake’s dedication to well-researched, hard-hitting investigative journalism. Not for them lazy smears and yellow hackery. It is only a shame that the sainted Andrew isn’t here to cheer them on.

Correction: I meant the opposite of all that. Oops.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660239 Brainspore Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660239 The secret is to always add a question mark at the end of any outrageous accusation. i.e. "SECRET SIMIAN? SOURCES REFUSE TO COMMENT ON QUESTIONS OF BEN SHAPIRO'S APE ANCESTRY." The secret is to always add a question mark at the end of any outrageous accusation. i.e. “SECRET SIMIAN? SOURCES REFUSE TO COMMENT ON QUESTIONS OF BEN SHAPIRO’S APE ANCESTRY.”

]]> By: blearghhh http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660220 blearghhh Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660220 And of course since the "Hagel took money from Friends of Hamas / Person connected to Obama took money from Hamas / Obama is funded by terrorists" meme is much more compelling (to some people) than "Oh, it didn't actually happen..." it'll be the one that is remembered a year from now. And of course since the “Hagel took money from Friends of Hamas / Person connected to Obama took money from Hamas / Obama is funded by terrorists” meme is much more compelling (to some people) than “Oh, it didn’t actually happen…” it’ll be the one that is remembered a year from now.

]]> By: Michael D http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660214 Michael D Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660214 We really need some sort of intelligence filter on who can run for office. It a national shame, the type of people we elect. The Dems aren't any better, either: remember Rep. Hank Johnson who was afraid that putting more military personnel on Guam would cause the island to tip over? We really need some sort of intelligence filter on who can run for office. It a national shame, the type of people we elect. The Dems aren’t any better, either: remember Rep. Hank Johnson who was afraid that putting more military personnel on Guam would cause the island to tip over?

]]> By: moop2000 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/20/friends-of-hamas.html#comment-1660215 moop2000 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=214214#comment-1660215 I do love that website design, glorious! I do love that website design, glorious!

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