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When I was faster i was always behind.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Everybody saw this coming.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

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  1. 1.

    Ben Cisco

    And in less than 10 comments, TWO musings as to whether he was assassinated (or “Silkwooded”).

    Jeebus wept.

    Hastings deserved better.

  2. 2.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @Ben Cisco:

    These conspiracy lovers amaze me. If everything they claimed was right, 90% of celebrity deaths would be homicides. Car crashes happen sometimes, and they suck.

  9. 9.

    piratedan

    c’mon, If Obama was the evil badass that they claim he is, can someone explain to me how someone truly odious like Karl Rove or Roger Ailes is still walking amongst us?

  11. 11.

    MikeJ

    Are there actual physically painted ads on the boards in hockey games, or are they all electronic?

    I ask because in a game between Chicago and Boston I wouldn’t expect to see a Tim Horton’s ad on the hoardings.

  12. 12.

    Eric U.

    @piratedan: is anyone in the clown show that is today’s GOP really worth risking the life of a stunt car driver over? That’s why BHO hasn’t taken any of them out

  14. 14.

    piratedan

    @Eric U.: hell if I was an evil nefarious president, I’d have a much different list than GOP media types, they’re simply useful idiots and anyone actually paying attention knows this. Just asinine that anytime that anyone with a visible Conservative presence goes down it’s black helicopter and Tom Clancy machinations of power in play.

  18. 18.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    @MikeJ: There are actual painted ads on the boards (or were last time I went to a game), but they have been putting TV ads above the goalie nets in a few recent games I’ve seen. Stuff that blocks the view of the people in that seating section, so no way they’re painted on. I actually slowed down the replay once to make sure I wasn’t imagining it.

  21. 21.

    JPL

    On the 9/11 I muted the TV to answer the phone. Barbara Olson’s picture was on the screen, and I mentioned to whoever I was talking to, that I couldn’t believe that bitch was opening her mouth. That is why I have problems saying why him and not him.

  22. 22.

    Davis X. Machina

    In Maine, Gov. 37% Paul ‘Landslide’ LePage vetoed a bi-partisan Medicaid expansion bill, because Obamacare!. Hard on the heels of his veto of a bill that directed the state to study issues related to long-term care insurance, including ways to prevent unfair discrimination based on gender. (Study, mind you, not actually prohibit the practice.) All of his vetoes on major bills so far have been upheld.

    And today, following a request for the governor’s public events calendar, LePage’s press secretary Adrienne Bennett declined to provide the calendar, a public document, adding that the administration would no longer participate in stories reported by MaineToday Media. (The company owns three of the state’s five largest papers.)

    I used to think that this asshat couldn’t possibly win re-election, but with the entry into the field for 2014 of the only New England member of the House Blue Dog caucus, and an Independent-who-used-to-be-a-Democrat-but-his-party-left-him, the same split voting that put him into the Blaine House will probably send him back there.

  23. 23.

    maya

    @Eric U.: Gas leaks can happen anywhere. Cell phones have been known to blow up. Did you know that the bathroom is the most unsafe place in the house?

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @maya: I think attacks by squads of highly trained ninja badgers would fly beneath the radar, but then I had a long day at work.

  26. 26.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @raven: I know you are doing the pre-colonoscopy bullshit. My DH is scheduled for one on Friday, he has been told he cannot eat as of tomorrow at 2pm, which I think is bullshit, being told you can’t eat for 3 days is fucking insane. What did your doctors tell you?

  28. 28.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m pretty sure that a badger attack is more likely in your locale(actually particularly likely) than here in LA.

    We do have Bruins that come down from the hills.

  29. 29.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    That’s a real shame. Seems to me he was part of a handful of young reporters who were rebelling against the courtier pundits who couldn’t get past blowjobs and the excessive deference of the embeds of the post-9/11 Bush years

  31. 31.

    raven

    @Litlebritdifrnt: I stopped eating last night at 6. I also did 3 days of low fiber. White bread, white rice, crackers, chicken breast and tuna. I am just about to down the last glass of the gallon of gavalite-c. The instructions from the doc are the same as on the container. Here’s the problem, if the MD has a procedure and your DH is not clean enough they could just stop and have to do it all over.

    eta That’s not really 3 days, stop eating tomorrow, fast, do the prep and fire away Friday.

  33. 33.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @efgoldman: This is not the case, I saw some of those badgers in Pasadena 14 years ago. Also saw some Bruins the same day. It is close to the mountains.

  34. 34.

    Mnemosyne

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    Was he a local? I could easily see an out-of-towner getting confused on that stretch of Highland, especially at 5 a.m.

    For non-locals, as you cross Highland at Melrose, you’re suddenly in a residential area that has large islands in the middle of the street. That picture definitely looks like it’s south of Melrose in the residential area. Here’s a Google street view of the intersection if anyone’s curious.

    ETA: Checked the story that Bill linked to and the accident was definitely south of Melrose.

  35. 35.

    raven

    And I just drank the last glass. It gets tough down the stretch but having lost a friend to cancer recently and having two others gong through treatment now, this ain’t shit.

  36. 36.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @raven: I was asking because when my boss had it done he just had to do the laxatives and gatorade the night before, certainly not two days before. My DH has a two hour drive to work on Thursday, after he has taken all that crap to make him crap, I don’t know how he is going to get through two hours in the car to get to work without having an accident.

  37. 37.

    Quicksand

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Weirdly, they are all over Columbus, Ohio.

    Tim Horton’s and Wendy’s merged in the mid-aughts, then divorced again a short while after that. Wendy’s was founded in Columbus. That probably explains it.

  38. 38.

    raven

    @Mnemosyne:

    Ihear the sound of marching feet…
    Down sunset boulevard to crescent heights …
    and there…
    at pandora’s box…
    We are confronted with…
    a vast Quantity of…
    plastic people…

    Take a day and walk around
    Watch the nazi’s run your town
    Then go home and check yourself You think we’re singing ’bout someone else
    But you’re plastic people
    Oh, baby, now You’re such a drag

  40. 40.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Quicksand: It does explain the original infestation, but they kept multiplying after the divorce. I did like their breakfast sandwiches though.

  45. 45.

    Jebediah

    @Mnemosyne:

    Checked the story that Bill linked to and the accident was definitely south of Melrose.

    Yup. Had to detour around it on the way to work this morning.

  47. 47.

    NonyNony

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    It does explain the original infestation, but they kept multiplying after the divorce.

    The multiplication after the divorce is easily explained by the eating habits of your average Central Ohioan.

    We love our doughnuts. We will even do stupid things like use them as buns and stick meat in between.[*] And actually Tim Horton’s has some nice sandwiches with convenient drive-thru access at lunchtime for a nice alternative to a burger and fries when you have to grab something and go – Paneras have only just started to build drive-thrus onto their restaurants around here and most Subways don’t have them, so that gave Timmy Ho’s a leg up for a while.

    [*] Note that the “we” here is the royal we. I personally am not a huge fan of doughnuts – I prefer not to have sweets for breakfast, or when I must a nice danish. But my fellow Columbusians love their doughnuts.

  48. 48.

    JWL

    I’m genuinely sorry to hear of his death. Hastings did himself proud, and the American people, too.

  49. 49.

    rda909

    Looking at this Hasting guy’s Twitter feed and wiki page, and I’m concerned now that there will be a shortage of irrational, Obama sux FOREVAH! “reporting” from privileged “liberal” white people now. His claim to fame was this General thing, which sounds like he was just being used a conduit for “Obama’s in over his head” storylines directly from a Republican-supporting General, who didn’t want to be there anymore anyway? Sort of a military gossip columnist? That’s investigative journalism now?

    Seems he was friends with Jeremy Scahill though, who will be happy pick up the slack I’m sure, as evidenced by his Jay Leno appearance last week…
    ““On the other side of it, you know, you’ve got MSNBC — which is basically like one long episode of the E! True Hollywood Story of Barack Obama,” he quipped.”

    Yes, suburban wonder Jeremy, Fox=MSNBC, Obama=Bush. Insightful and so, so very true, my friend. Better watch your back now though, Jeremy, since Barack Obama is clearly part of the same cabal as the Bush Family…I learned that in The Nation, which cannot be questioned.

  50. 50.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Litlebritdifrnt: If he’s having it done on Friday, the crapping should be Thursday night, not Thursday morning. There’s something wrong with that schedule you’ve got. If he starts with the laxatives Wednesday night or Thursday morning, and not eating, he’ll be too weak with hunger Thursday to go anywhere.

  51. 51.

    Linnaeus

    My old stomping grounds – metro Detroit – was one of the first places where Tim Horton’s expanded into the U.S. market. Now there’s 3 within 3 miles or so of the house where I grew up.

  52. 52.

    JPL

    @Litlebritdifrnt: Last time I had a Colonoscopy I took 16 horse pills.. 4 large pills every four hours the day before. Two days before I couldn’t eat meat and the day before was a liquid diet but it certainly did work. Next time I’m going to request the same regiment. The test is important. My ex had asked me for a divorce several months before he had his. We hadn’t worked out the details and when he had his, it was a fifty/fifty chance of survival. We stayed together through his treatment and now several years later he is fine. I really felt bad for him then, now I just think he is a giant asshole …

    edit.. also, too.. he wanted to delay the divorce and then afterwards wanted to accuse me of taking advantage… like I said giant asshole… haha

  54. 54.

    maya

    @raven: Yeah, I left a reply down #112 in lower thread. However you could get a colon prolapse chugging that shit. Just think of it as Red Mountain vin rose’. Good hunting tomorrow.

  56. 56.

    Yatsuno

    @JPL:

    I really felt bad for him then, now I just think he is a giant asshole

    What you have accomplished has been witnessed.

  57. 57.

    amk

    Add to that limbaugh, klannity, tundra twit and other such hate dispensers. And people still believe in god.

  60. 60.

    Felonius Monk

    Sad about Michael Hastings — once again the good die young.

    As for the Dooc — he’s no more significant than an ingrown hair on the ass of America. However, the human inhuman cyst, Rush Limbaugh, lives on and that just ain’t fair.

    Limbaugh said something recently about abortion being at the root of America’s ills. He is correct!
    The fact that Mother Limbaugh did not abort this pus-bag has caused all kinds of grief in America.

  61. 61.

    the Conster

    Steve Doocy AND that evil motherfucker Dick “dick” Cheney still live. WTF.

    ETA: I’m going to go to my happy place now. GO BRUINS!!! BOSTON STRONG!!!!!

  62. 62.

    karen

    I went to Rolling Stone for one second, saw the conspiracy theories and left shaking my head. If Obama put a hit on someone I can think of a zillion people who would be better targets than this reporter. This is as bad as Snowden now claiming that he’s a target for assassination now.

    Don’t get me wrong, it’s horrible that Hastings died, he’s young and there will definitely be a loss felt to journalism, especially since it’s nearly non-existent now. But he didn’t get into an accident because Obama cut his break lines.

  64. 64.

    JPL

    @Yatsuno: It took years before I realized that I don’t give a crap.

    edit.. the test is important. I might had a few more bucks had he waited but that’s not important…btw..

  65. 65.

    raven

    @maya: I’m done drinking it but I only have moderate quickstep so far. Maybe the low fiber diet over the last few days helped.

  68. 68.

    JCJ

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    There are different preps. When I had my last one I did not have to change much but then the evening before I took Dulcolax and started drinking Miralax. Other preps have you limit your diet a couple of days before. It is essentially whatever the GI doctor recommends.

  70. 70.

    Keith G

    @rda909:

    His claim to fame was this General thing, which sounds like he was just being used a conduit for “Obama’s in over his head” storylines directly from a Republican-supporting General, who didn’t want to be there anymore anyway? Sort of a military gossip columnist? That’s investigative journalism now?

    How about fleshing this out a bit.

  73. 73.

    the Conster

    @Davis X. Machina:

    That’s just so fucking depressing. I’m going to be moving to Farmingdale next summer from Mass. and this makes me want to stick knitting needles in my eyes.

  75. 75.

    Mnemosyne

    @Phil Perspective:

    High rate of speed + sudden islands in the middle of the street + early morning is not a good combination.

    ETA: Looking at the LA Weekly video, it looks like he was barely half a block from the intersection where it switches from 4 lanes to a divided street.

  76. 76.

    maya

    @raven: Probably right. I just didn’t care for the chaffing bit. That stuff comes out like sulfuric acid. Keep the Vaseline handy. Actually, I kinda like the test itself. They let you look at the TV screen so you can see that snake in progress. Fascinating, especially with slight sedation.
    The VA (SFMC) I go to works it with two doctors. First time, two of them talked about golf the whole time but they knew what they were doing. Quick and painless. Second time an intern /w senior doctor assist. Intern was cute. Three women in the room and me. Should have been an erotic experience but somehow it just wasn’t. The intern didn’t know how to use all the snake’s functions correctly. It does require some proficiency. So, there were a few bumps and ouches, but she did OK. Always an experience to remember. Take a snapshot.

  77. 77.

    GregB

    Remember when the evil Clinton’s rubbed out Vince Foster and Ron Brown but left Matt Drudge, Lucianne Goldberg and Linda Tripp to live on?

  78. 78.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    A journalist doesn’t go to work at 5 a.m., just saying.

    ETA: That intersection is just fucked up. One side with islands in the middle and three other sides with standard issue city streets. yeesh.

  79. 79.

    raven

    @maya: Last time I was out, that’s what I’m interested in this time too. I had a cystoscopy a couple of years ago, not as bad as I heard but I’d prefer “sleepy time”.

  80. 80.

    Poopyman

    @Mnemosyne: He didn’t hit an island. He hit a sycamore at 620 N. Highland, comparing the pic at the NBC site and Google street view.

    @Yatsuno:

    The circumstances of the crash were under investigation, but a cameraman at the scene said the vehicle, a Mercedes, was being driven at a high rate of speed when the crash occurred. The car’s engine ended up 200 feet away from the collision site, he said.

    From the same NBC site.

    ETA: Oh ho! Completely misread that pic. The car is sitting on the island. Me bad.

  81. 81.

    Mnemosyne

    @Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS):

    It’s that way on purpose — the three normal city streets are all businesses (Mario Batali has a couple of restaurants right on that corner) but the part with the islands is residential with very nice (and expensive) houses. The islands are supposed to slow traffic down because Highland is heavily used as a north/south corridor. Among other things, it’s really the only practical way to get from Burbank to Hollywood.

  83. 83.

    Mnemosyne

    @Poopyman:

    The sycamore is on the island — the island isn’t cement, it’s grassy with trees on it. The LA Weekly video gives a more comprehensive view (the top picture on the blog post is a screengrab, you have to scroll down for the video).

    Also, if anyone ever wondered what an Orthodox Jewish man wears to run out of the house in the middle of the night when there’s an emergency, you have your answer in the video.

    ETA: Basically, the tree he hit is in the middle of the street. If he was driving fast, in the dark, in an unfamiliar area, it probably seemed to come out of nowhere.

  85. 85.

    Wayne t

    The island has a cement curb all around. I’ve driven that stretch many times late at night ( after bars close) and crossed paths with massive speeders coming down highland not realizing the road spilt right there. At night it’s even trickier if you’re not used to it. The location is highly probable esp at 4 am. But it’s all perfect for a conspiracy theory as well. I just watched 3 Days of the Condor…

  86. 86.

    Mnemosyne

    G says that he read Hastings’ book and Hastings hinted a few times about having a drinking problem (especially on a trip to Dubai, where he drank for 5 days straight). So that could also have been a factor.

  89. 89.

    Warren Terra

    A terrible loss, and a brilliant if curtailed life. That his family and loved ones should go through this after the violent loss of his fiance some years ago must be especially awful.

    Still, it’s worth looking at descriptions of the accident. From the LA Times:

    Hastings was the victim of a single-car crash that occurred about 4:25 a.m. in the 600 block of North Highland Avenue
    ….
    The vehicle crossed a median, struck a tree and burst into flames in the Hancock Park area, LAPD Officer Christopher No said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
    ….
    A witness described the accident to KTLA News: “I was just coming northbound on Highland and I seen a car, like, going really fast and all of a sudden I seen it jackknife,” Luis Cortez said. “I just seen parts fly everywhere, and I slammed on my brakes and stopped and tried to call 911.”

    Given the apparent time of day and style of driving, something was going on. Maybe he was drunk, or suicidal, or paranoid (justified or not), or maybe he was just the biggest asshole driver on the roads. Traffic around here may be truly awful at times, but 4:15 AM isn’t about traffic, and isn’t even about driving off-peak to avoid traffic. It certainly sounds like he was – for whatever reason – driving in a manner likely to kill someone, and in a small mercy only killed himself.

  90. 90.

    maya

    @raven: Whatever you feel comfortable with. The important thing is to get it done. Always amazed at a few big guys I know who just will not have one done. Scared shitless or the embarrassment of it. Stupid.
    @efgoldman: Nope. As Jim Clapper is my witness, that really was the way it happened. No, really.

  94. 94.

    rda909

    @Keith G:

    “Hastings was originally meant to have controlled contact, which expanded when he had to catch a bus to Berlin with the general and his entourage after international flights were grounded, because of the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, which gave him sufficient time to pick up less discreet remarks”
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)#Stanley_McChrystal_interview

    A General and some people working for him were whining about the uppity dark-hued guy and his administration (as if the Bush Administration people were fantastic!), while they were all unexpectedly on a bus together and getting drunk. Hastings records their comments while everyone is on off-time, and puts those into an article. That’s fine, but don’t really see how that’s some great bit of investigative journalism.

    And I have some vague memory of this time, and I remember a lot of stories taking the tack of the grizzled General says this new President is “in over his head,” and this article was the basis for that feeding frenzy (naturally ignoring all the Generals who liked President Obama’s leadership), sort of like this one…
    “Michael Hastings: McChrystal Was ‘Complex,’ [and “great”] Obama Was Naive, Afghanistan Is Hopeless”
    http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/michael-hastings/

    Of course, President Obama inherited about 140,000 troops in Iraq and 10s of thousands in Afghan, and in 3-4 years there are almost zero in Iraq, and soon to be that in Afghanistan, all while protecting against the Republican/Media attempts to portray himself and Democrats as “weak on terror.” Thank god for President Obama…of course, I’m just a simpleton Obot though…

  96. 96.

    WaynersT

    @David Koch:

    EXACTLY! – Did Rather (+3) ever explain that? what an odd duck

    Hastings was 33 – jeez. So sad. I wonder if they can still do a toxicology test on a body that badly burned.

  97. 97.

    Mnemosyne

    @WaynersT:

    EXACTLY! – Did Rather (+3) ever explain that? what an odd duck

    It turned out that it was a completely true story that happened exactly as Rather told it, believe it or not. They had mistaken Rather for someone else (named Kenneth, obviously).

  98. 98.

    Ted & Hellen

    Rubbed out by the MIC.

    Nothing to see here.

    Perhaps fear of death is the real reason military nut lickers/reporters like Laura Logan toady to the generals the way they do.

    And I adore all the authoritarians here shushing everyone about how ridiculous, ridiculous I say!, it is to consider this young man was taken out. Just completely out of the realm of possibility, I say!

  99. 99.

    rda909

    @Wayne t: Maybe Larry Johnson had given Hastings the Michelle Obama “Whitey” tape, so Obomber had him and the tape burnt up right quick!

  100. 100.

    maya

    @raven: You just threw up the stuff? That’s not normal. Call the hospital. They could have you take a fleet enema just before the test there.

    edit” What efgoldman said. Call your GI doc.

  101. 101.

    Ted & Hellen

    @piratedan:

    can someone explain to me how someone truly odious like Karl Rove or Roger Ailes is still walking amongst us?

    Same club. Your innocent act is unconvincing.

  105. 105.

    noodler

    Mike was a good friend of mine. He had so much more to give. He was a tireless and fearless reporter, and a great person all around. he had so much more to give to this world. And like reporters of old, damn, could he drink.

  106. 106.

    Jebediah

    @Phil Perspective:
    No, I saw some footage of the burning car on the news. The car was completely engulfed in flames, but what I could see through the flames looked pretty severe. I think speed limit there is 35, so I would say yeah, definitely over the speed limit.

  107. 107.

    Ted & Hellen

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Seems to me he was part of a handful of young reporters who were rebelling against the courtier pundits who couldn’t get past blowjobs and the excessive deference of the embeds of the post-9/11 Bush years

    Um…why do you think he was killed?

  109. 109.

    Ted & Hellen

    @karen:

    But he didn’t get into an accident because Obama cut his break lines.

    So you really think Obama calls the shots at the top?

  110. 110.

    WaynersT

    @rda909:

    ha, almost forgot about that guy. He was former CIA, too – jeez.
    I wonder if he ever hired Triads to carryout assassinations.

  111. 111.

    Ted & Hellen

    @Phil Perspective:

    Did you see the two pictures? One last night/early this morning and one this morning after the sun came up? Your car doesn’t get messed up like that driving the speed limit.

    Nothing to see here, comrade. It is unpossible in this best of all possible worlds that the MIC, which really now, only wants what’s best for each and every one of us., would take a pesky reporter out; more to silence any who might be thinking of emulating him that to seek revenge.

    I’m guessing a statement has been made.

  113. 113.

    Yatsuno

    @Ted & Hellen: Yes Timmeh. We all know you know DA TROOF!! Timmeh. It won’t matter if in fact alcohol was the primary factor, it won’t chage your TROOF!! Timmeh.

    “Do you think you could stop and THINK for a second before answering a question?”

  114. 114.

    Ted & Hellen

    @Mnemosyne:

    G says that he read Hastings’ book and Hastings hinted a few times about having a drinking problem (especially on a trip to Dubai, where he drank for 5 days straight). So that could also have been a factor.

    My god, you are a shameless and disgusting pig.

  116. 116.

    Yatsuno

    @Ted & Hellen: Yes Timmeh. We KNOW Timmeh. Only you have the certitude and clarity to see all the conspiracies and evils of the world. You just lower yourself in an attempt to enlighten us, but we shun your scared TROOFS!!

  117. 117.

    Ted & Hellen

    @Yatsuno:

    but we shun your scared TROOFS!!

    Two things: Please clarify who “WE” is and why you always need to present yourself as part of a larger clique of some sort.

    It’s your type that is “scared.” Your fear won’t allow you to even consider that there are conspiracies and there is evil in the world.

    So you comfort yourself by mocking anyone who questions the latest narrative of innocence.

    Fuck you, worm.

  119. 119.

    Ted & Hellen

    @amk:

    “CT?”

    Please clarify your stupidity.

    Also too, please point out where I said Obama would be the one behind this type of rub out.

    Thanks, bint.

  121. 121.

    Ted & Hellen

    The engine of the car flies sixty yards through the air from the scene of the “crash?” Really?

  122. 122.

    Mandalay

    @Ted & Hellen:

    Please clarify who “WE” is and why you always need to present yourself as part of a larger clique of some sort.

    It’s funny you mention that – I posted the other day about how when some posters here switch to attack mode they often feel the need to use “we” instead of “I” in their insults. It’s as though they’re not quite brave enough to sling shit on their own. Even on a blog they still need to invoke the security of the tribe.

    It’s often coupled with a term of friendly condescension like “kid” or “honey”, as in “Listen honey, we know that you….”. These folks must think they’re so slick, not realizing that their meta posts are adverts for their assholeishness.

  124. 124.

    Shortstop

    Anger management issues, dry drunks, hamhanded trolling, conspiracy theories and obsessions with GI tract function. Tuesday night at BJ!

  128. 128.

    karen

    @Ted & Hellen:

    If you bothered to read the whole post you’d see that I was referencing the Rolling Stone comment conspiracy theory. But do go ahead, troll away.

  129. 129.

    Ted & Hellen

    @karen:

    Does calling me a troll serve as YOUR means of feeling a part of the Botsplainers Kool Kids club, or are you just stupid?

  130. 130.

    mai naem

    His RS piece on Bowe Bergdahl is a really good piece. The Taliban’s had Bergdahl for about four years now. Ridiculous.

  131. 131.

    karen

    @Ted & Hellen:

    So on the one hand you deny that you said that Obama is behind this then in the next breath say he’s behind all the conspiracies in the world and we’re stupid for not believing you.

    Make up your minds!

  132. 132.

    karen

    @Ted & Hellen:

    You’re the one who didn’t read my post. You just fixate on the word Obama and bingo, you see nothing else.

    Don’t you have an Alex Jones show to listen to?

  133. 133.

    Ted & Hellen

    @karen:

    in the next breath say he’s behind all the conspiracies in the world and we’re stupid for not believing you.

    Please quote where I said Obama is behind all the conspiracies in the world. Or this one. What the fuck are you babbling about?

    Who’s “WE?”

    Idiot.

  134. 134.

    Ted & Hellen

    @karen:

    So on the one hand you deny that you said that Obama is behind this

    But my gently retarded one, I did not say that Obama was behind this, did I? Christ, find a brain cell.

    Is this Plegmnospleen’s sock puppet?

    But whatever…troll away!

  135. 135.

    Mnemosyne

    @Ted & Hellen:

    I’m fascinated that you ignored all of the factual information I posted — including photos showing how dangerous that intersection is — to focus on one thing that other people also said.

    Tell us, Timmy, why do you think he was driving at high speed at 4:15 a.m.? Late to the airport? Trying to save kittens?

  137. 137.

    BruinKid

    I was actually on Melrose earlier today, with no idea that he was killed on that road just a few blocks away from where I was.

    So sad.

  138. 138.

    Mnemosyne

    @Ted & Hellen:

    Who’s “US,” bint?

    Weird, I thought there were other people posting in this thread. But, if it makes you happy to pretend you’re the only one here:

    Why don’t you tell ME your theory about why Hastings was driving through L.A. at high speed at 4:00 am?

  139. 139.

    Ted & Hellen

    Nothing you post, including your pretend questions, has any credibility whatsoever.

    Piss off.

  140. 140.

    Mnemosyne

    @Ted & Hellen:

    Oh, come on, Timmy, I’m playing your game. You think there’s no possible way that someone driving at high speed through city streets at 4:00 a.m. could have been drinking, so why don’t you tell me what you think he was really doing?

  141. 141.

    Shortstop

    @Mnemosyne: Hastings was completely open and matter-of-fact in a number of situations and contexts about being an alcoholic and addict in recovery.

  142. 142.

    Mnemosyne

    @Shortstop:

    And, as the pictures show, it’s exactly the kind of intersection where an impaired (or just speeding) driver can get him/herself into a whole lot of trouble, because they’re not expecting a wide street to suddenly have an island in the middle of it as soon as they cross. That exact intersection has caught me off-guard a few times when traveling at normal speed in the middle of the day.

  145. 145.

    Kris Collins

    Good god, the crap you people fixate on here, navel-gazing doesn’t even begin to describe it. The only thing that really matters is that a very young and talented journalist who had so much more to offer the world is dead because of a really stupid, preventable car crash. It’s sad, sickening, and depressing. As for the rest of the shit, get over yourselves.

  146. 146.

    notorious JRT

    @Spaghetti Lee:

    Car crashes happen sometimes, and they suck

    Just ask the family, friends, and fans of David Halberstam.

    RIP Michael Hastings

  149. 149.

    Keith G

    @rda909:

    of course, I’m just a simpleton Obot though…

    Judging from the zero evidence used in your maligning of this man’s professionalism and motives, I tend to agree with your self-assessment.

    Democrats should not act like wingnuts.

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