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The First Amendment does not protect your right to deliberate inflame

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

Terry Jones is directly responsible for this. Arrest Jones for giving Aid & Comfort. The 1st Amendment does not protect one from the yelling of “FIRE” in a crowded theater if there is no fire, and done purely for the panic response. Jones is a fifth columnist who needs to be tried as such. He cannot hide behind “we gave it a trial and found it guilty”. That’s the same as holding a fencepost responsible for embedding a splinter in a rancher. The teaparty and people of Jones’ quasi-religious ilk refuses to understand that words have consequences. and some are very very fatal. Just ask the 20 people who died as a result He knew the CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER  to Life and Limb should he go forth with the book burning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States

The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. […] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.

Yet, he just didn’t give a shit. It wasn’t HIS life or HIS limbs that would bear the scars of retribution. from the NY TIMES article

Unable to find Americans on whom to vent their anger, the mob turned instead on the next-best symbol of Western intrusion — the nearby United Nations headquarters. “Some of our colleagues were just hunted down,” said a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Kieran Dwyer, in confirming the attack.

YOU ACHIEVED YOUR AIM. HOPE YOU WERE WELL PAYED BY THE DESTROYER OF SOULS.

WITH FREE SPEECH, COMES RESPONSIBILITY

 

NOTE: This originally appeared as a note on my facebook page, which led to a lively and civil discussion on the limits of free speech and its repercussions. One friend brought up flag-burning. No one, to my knowledge or reporteed in the news has been killed for that act. Beaten up and/or arrested, but not murdered.    

update: Jones has called the repercussions in Afghanistan “tragic”, but he isn’t repentant, and the death toll due to this incident ha passed 50

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Holy shit…. Beck’s career is paralleling Howard Beale’s

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

Has it occurred to any of you that he has a martyr’s complex? He’s repeated this often enough to make me think it’s a dog whistle. He identifies with Howard Beale in NETWORK.

from wikipedia:

Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the longtime anchor of the UBS Evening News, learns he has just two more weeks on the air because of declining ratings. Weary from misfortunes and sorrowful, he is treated to a night of drinking with his boss and friend, Max Schumacher (William Holden), followed by mention of his desire to kill himself. The following night, he actually announces on live television that he will commit suicide by shooting himself in the head during next Tuesday’s broadcast.

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The Tale of Kochheaded Dave

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

Poor little Davey Koch. Someone punked his Governor, and now he’s crying about “Identity Theft”

 

Yes, children, gather round and hear a tale of Poor Kochheaded Dave.
Dave was so wealthy, even he was impressed by it, and thought he was Master of the World. One day, while Kochheaded Dave was petting his second favorite pet, it was an oddly adorable, yet vicious little beast called a “teaparty”, his first, another vicious, yet unadorable beast called a “Walker” was being tutored in the art of deception.

A man, an alien being known as a “Journalist”, picked up his telephone, and made a call to the pet, Walker, and knowing he wouldn’t get to talk to the Walker if he revealed himself, pretended to be Kochheaded Dave. Hilarity ensued as the Walker rolled over and exposed his throat to the Pretender as the Pretender played his unpaid role. The Pretender, when he had had his fill, ended the call, and revealed himself to the World. Now, this revelation caused the Walker great anguish at having been revealed to be the pet of Kochheaded Dave, and Dave. Well, Kochheaded Dave was outraged at the humiliation of his pet Walker, and the admission that he, Kochheaded Dave owned such a pet.

Thinking about what recourse he had, Kochheaded Dave went to the press and declared:

“It’s a case of identity theft,” Koch told the New York Times in a rare interview Friday. “I didn’t even know his name before this brouhaha erupted.”

Poor Kochheaded Dave was beside himself (his favorite sexual position) and “joked”:

“I was thinking to myself, ‘My God, if I called up a senator or a congressman to discuss something with them, and they heard ‘David Koch is on the line,’ they’d immediately say, ‘That’s that fraud again — tell him to get lost!'” he said.

And, you know, that Senator would be quite correct in that assessment.

x-posted to DailyKos

15 Minutes

Why, yes, I will be hosting a talk show

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

over here Fridays 5-7 PST/8-10 EST. I’ll be talking about Language and how it shapes the Consensus Reality and what happens when language gets schizoid. Call and let’s discuss the following premise:

I’ll be bringing up elements of what some call “woo” and others call “new age” and others NWO, call it what you will, but the fact remains, we as a whole, agree on our Reality and what it means to us. The fabric of Reality is being torn and patched by the Rightwing from the Kochs to Heritage Foundation to Glenn Beck and Orly Taitz. It’s my opinion, that there is a shift from a Forward looking reality where our Nation excels to one where we live in a Dystopian World not so much of William Gibson or Phillip K. Dick or even Orwell or Huxley, but one of our own intentional making.

Progressives, Liberals, and yes, my own dear Pagans have let the frightened Right shift perceptions, while we just whinge and stamp our feet. Their tactics are not “occult” or “mysterious” they’re actually rather blatant and simple:
Story-telling.
Metaphor
Trust me. I know what they’re about.
Let’s tell some stories ourselves, shall we?

Ghimeabragh, twitter

Rightwing Sleight of Mouth or the Right tries to redefine “Blood Libel”

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

I’ve decided to update this post with the entire exchange. oldest tweet to last. I am ExitPass

grivno Ben Grivno
Did you know that it’s impossible for historic terms to take on a broader meaning? So sayeth the Blood Libel obsession crowd! #TeaParty #p2
@grivno Blood Libel has a vry specific meaning. 1 that incited, & still incites anti-Jewish sentiment. It’s bn adopted by the Arab states.
@ExitPass Language is not a permanent fixture. the meaning of terms can broaden. the obsessive focus on a single term looks kinda crazy.
@grivno so, “nazi” no longer means “white supremicist“? “Christkiller” no longer means “Jew“? “Spic” no longer refers 2 “hispanics”? Gotcha
@ExitPass “racist” no longer means “one who believes his/her race is superior.” now it means “one who opposes the progressive agenda”
@grivno (cont) So,#Giffords accused Palin of “Blood Libel” when she criticized the “surveyor’s” symbol ovr her “surveyed” district as provacative?

From: @grivno
Sent: Jan 12, 2011 7:51p

@ExitPass the “blood” part refers to group of genetically-related people, this could expand to mean ideologically-related people

@grivno nice try. As a Jew, I KNOW whaT it means, and it means “Jews murder christians and use their blood in matzoh”. THAT’S what It means

@ExitPass I was setting up a logic framework, not dissing your intelligence. I figured U knew what it meant.

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Ad Astra

Why we should be a skosh more understanding of the Teaparty/GOP

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2010) — Ever meet a kindergartener who seemed naturally compassionate and cared about others’ feelings? Who was cooperative and didn’t demand his own way? Chances are, his parents held, carried and cuddled him a lot; he most likely was breastfed; he probably routinely slept with his parents; and he likely was encouraged to play outdoors with other children, according to new research findings from the University of Notre Dame.

via Child rearing practices of distant ancestors foster morality, compassion in kids.

I guess what a friend mine always says about socially dysfunctional humans: Their parents didn’t love them enough.

Ghimeabragh, oil on velvet, Rumours Gin Mill

About that “Takeover” by Los Zetas in Laredo….

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

Over at examiner.com, where I am a photojournalist, there’s a lively thread regarding an article written by another examiner, who without citing her sources except as “anonymous” Laredo PD, wrote a piece of fiction about two ranches OUTSIDE the Laredo PD jurisdiction, being taken over by members of the Los Zetas drug cartel. One of the channel managers doesn’t seem to upset at the “reporters” lack of veracity, so, I answered with this:

According to Bob Owens, a blogger over at Andrew Breitbart’s biggovernment.com, the Examiner who broke “broke” the story is refusing to confirm her sources to him. Now, biggovernment is itself right wing, having been responsible for the destruction of ACORN through selectively edited video by James O’Keefe,(I should also point out, that ACORN has been cleared of wrongdoing, but the goal has been achieved) and caused the firing of Ms. Sherrod again by selectively edited video. Mr. Owens, while still blaming the Obama Admin. for the hoax, still calls everyone who promoted it:
http://biggovernment.com/bowens/2010/07/25/whats-wrong-with-laredo-part-i/

Cypress News publisher John G. Winder is sticking with the story, not because any additional evidence has been produced, but because the two sources for his version of the story, blog Digger’s Realm and Examiner.com’s San Diego (CA) County Political Buzz Examiner blogger Kimberly Dvorak are standing by their militiamen and anonymous police sources.

The original Cypress Times story? A re-publication of the original Digger’s Realm story.

The Digger’s Realm story? Two anonymous Laredo police sources and a San Diego California Minuteman named Jeff Schwilk who claims he got his information from… an anonymous Laredo PD officer.

San Diego County Poltical Buzz Examiner Kimberly Dvorak? She claims her information also comes from two anonymous Laredo PD sources.

Are we noticing a pattern here? Every bit of of this claim, which has now scattered far and wide across the Internet, can be traced back to two anonymous police department sources of a police department that does not even have jurisdiction where the alleged invasion is taking place.

I read a wide variety of news sources, be they rightwing or left, as it makes more informed. I also know that as a blogger, a blogger that has been cited on NPR and CBS.com, I have to cite my sources if I am writing about an article I read, and provide a link back to that original article so my readers can form their own opinions.
IMHO, unless we are more scrupulous in citing sources, and not making up things our of whole cloth, examiner.com will become irrelevant.
Even for me, a mere photojournalist. While I do not have to get written permission to photograph a storefront, I seek a written release if I want to shoot the interior and anyone inside. I know, that I can shoot the exterior of Prudential Arena, and there is nothing that the security can do short of assaulting me. I know, that I cannot shoot inside the Port Authority Bus Terminal, PERIOD, but it’s ok at NY Penn Station and Newark’s Penn Station. What’s the point of this? To illustrate that as reporters/citizen journalists, we have a responsibility to our readers not to gin up fears by posting fiction as fact.

You want to be a citizen journalist? Then, be one. You want to be a fiction writer? Fine, but don’t couch it as journalism

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Ghimeabragh

Jew haters are Cowards

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

I did a /whois for the domain, and these brave lads are hiding behind DOMAINS BY PROXY.

Man up and show us how small your balls are

Call for Genocide, by the usual cowardly paranoid suspects:

About Us

We are an international team of security experts that consider the Jewish community to be a National and International Security Threat. We have compiled evidence from various different sources in proving our point as to which group of people (Jews) are perpetrating most of the terrorist attacks today and blaming it on others (Muslims, White Nationalists).

Whether you look at terrorist attacks like the Lockerbie bombings, the first World Trade Center attacks in 1993, the Alfred P Murrah building in Oklahoma City, the Kenya and Tanzania Embassy bombings, the USS Cole attacks, 9-11, 7-7, 3-11, or bombings throughout India, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Occupied Palestine, Pakistan,the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Trinidad, and elsewhere, you will see Jews as being the main perpetrators despite the fabricated narratives and official convictions of innocent Muslims. The Jews have been identified as a security threat for anyone and everyone, including themselves. Where are the human rights groups protecting the rights of innocent Muslims falsely accused of terrorism? Why are they not targetting Jewish terrorists?

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Furthermore, we do recognize that the frame ups of completely innocent Muslims is only a symptom of the problem. The problem is that the Jewish community has plunged its tentacles into too many spheres within the civilizational and cultural institutions of these countries. They are involved in banking, commerce, education, government, law, media, medicine, religion, and last but not least – matters of national and international security (which can mean the ultimate life and death of society). Here are the key pointers that we must always keep in mind when dealing with the Jewish question:
– Get the Jews out of banking and they cannot control the economic life of the community.
– Get the Jews out of education and they cannot pervert the minds of the young.
– Get the Jews out of government and they cannot betray the nation.
– Get the Jews out of media and they cannot defile the culture.
– Get the Jews out of medicine and they cannot invalidate the Hippocratic oath
– Get the Jews out of law and they cannot corrupt the truth.

Last but not least: get the Jews out of National Security and they cannot engage in terrorist attacks or open the gates to the enemies: both external or internal.

Thus, we will end this by saying that the End of the Jews is near at hand. Can you imagine what a world would be like without anymore Jews?

Filthy Jewish Terrorists | Terrorism is a jewish invention..

15 Minutes, Ghimeabragh

Article 88—Contempt toward officials

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

To all who are crying that McChrystal’s right to free expression have been violated, I give you this:

“Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

via Article 88—Contempt toward officials.

Any questions? Good. Because there is always the possibility as I have heard, that he doesn’t want to be the General who lost Afghanistan. There are republicans who have now put their careers on the line, as Bob Ingliss (R-SC) did by simply being principled. Sen. Graham is now going to be targeted for his support for Obama’s decision and, as usual,the wingnuts are going batshit:

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“Ending DADT is offensive to Muslims?

Posted on by The 40 year old magpie

We already have militant “Christians” proselytizing in our military, and this jackass doesn’t want to “offend” the terrorist?

via Missouri Senate debates “Don’t ask, don’t tell” resolutions – STLtoday.com.

“There are real-world implications,” Nodler said. “This is a policy that would directly threaten the lives of soldiers today.”

Nodler’s argument: The Muslim nations of Iraq and Afghanistan, where America is fighting two wars, are opposed to homosexuality. Changing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” would offend the terrorists in such a way that could put soldiers — and America — at risk of further terrorist attacks.

So, now we have to worry about Terrorists hating us for our Gays? Let me tell you something, the “terrorists” he is speaking of aren’t Muslim. They’re Christian. American fearful Christians. You know, the ones who blow up clinics, harass women,and murder Doctors all in the “name” of a “loving” Christ.