Matt Taibbi: The Dumb and the Restless

Best bit:

I kind of liked this:

Sounds a lot like SMP.

And I mean this is pretty good although already thoroughly mocked elsewhere:

It didn't really bother me. I just had a minor quibble that I think it Mormonism is slightly dumber because we have a much clearer picture about how it was started, i.e. By a known con man. With older religions it's marginally easier to buy into since the origins are essentially myth.

rofl @ #yallqaeda

republicans are good at being funny when theyre not trying to be, but liberals got it locked up on intentional humor

as i understand it, and i may be wrong, it depends. are you a "cop" (local yokel all the way through fbi) or are you "military"?

undercover "cops" generally have to follow criminal justice law, which puts them in a bad spot, because they can't really fire on anyone in this situation. slink off into the woods is their likely best option.

"military undercover operations", otoh, have significantly more leeway, and would essentially allow firing on the bad guys should the necessity arise.

side note: some of the people commenting on that oregon live article are truly delusional.

damn straight.

after these guys finally give up and we arrest them, i vote they be chained to a rock like prometheus and have their livers eaten by eagles.

the only sad part is that unlike prometheus, their liver won't regenerate, so they can't be tortured endlessly.

I felt the same way about the WTO protestors who ****ed up my commute in 99 but got over it. Missile Dog is alright.

LOL that's great, Taibbi really has his finger on the American wingnut pulse.

"Hey, look, it's a problem, we have a problem. We have a problem, and it's going to be solved, but we have to understand the problem. We have to know the problem, and before we do anything and before we do anything stupid, we have to know what we're doing. So we do have a real problem. We do have a real problem. There is such a level of hatred that you can't even believe it. There's a hatred, a deep-seated hatred. We have to find out where it's coming from and what can we do about it?"

--Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump

looks like Trump is working hard on the "figure out what's going on" timeline element of his proposed Muslim ban

try looking in the mirror donald?

Curious to know what Cruz's stance is vis-a-vis figuring out what's going on.

The Y'All Qaeda Civil War

Funny stuff.

I love how they are all reliant on a mix of government handouts and charity and this entire thing is an extension of that.

Them releasing a list of stuff they need and its warm clothing, eggs (desperately apparently), tampons and money was hilarious. These ****ing guys can just go to the shop but they are begging on twitter for menthols and red bull because they put zero planning into this. Half of them are probably shocked they didn't get special welfare for this. They expected the atf to supply them with alcohol tobacco and food I think.

If the fbi cut off their begged snacks and stopped them from going to town they would be starved into surrender in a week.

Put up some spike strips that only puncture tires for people trying to come in. Problem solved.

Or maybe a magnet that yanks the truck nuts off a hitch.

Both good.

slow pony, but my favorite part was this:

i would happily to answer "yes" on my 1040 to the checkoff question "do you want $3 of your federal tax to go to the keep these clowns in supermax fund?"

I want to go out there in the middle of the night, throw some smoke bombs, blast "Ride of the Valkyries" on a boom box, light strings of firecrackers, then sit back with some popcorn and watch them **** themselves when they think the feds are attacking.

and this

no true militiaman?

1) fence off huge area in southwest where there ain't much but tumbleweeds. cover every inch of it with video cameras and microphones.
2) get all the various militia groups in there, like the big gang meeting at the beginning of the warriors.
3) arm them all to the teeth. ensure a constant supply.
4) tell them whatever "militia" wins gets the land and let them kill each other off
5) sell this in real time on ppv
6) to whatever few remain, just tell them "ha, we were ****ing with you. you don't get the land. you are going to federal pound me in the ass prison."
6) problem solved. profit.

somebody please do this.

Why are these people allowed to leave the building without getting arrested?

I'd be shocked to see Ammon Bundy in supermax. Where is Taibbi getting that idea?

I'm surprised no one has taken a drone out there and flown it around those guys. I imagine this will happen with the next two weeks.