tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26579280258640915462024-03-12T22:36:10.282-04:00MLive's Greatest HitsHighlighting the worst comments from local news sites, shining a light on bigotry & idiocy.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-55007759105238240992011-08-05T14:49:00.000-04:002011-08-05T14:49:10.511-04:00Run Away, Run Away!<a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2011/08/is_downtown_saginaw_making_a_c.html">Is downtown Saginaw making a comeback? Many say 'yes'</a><br />
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Behold the ultimate take-it-to-eleven Scary Black People paranoiac fantasy:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So the "youths" were standing around. Just, you know, standing. But you <i>don't</i> know, do you! You never know when they'll decide to pounce. One thing is certain; the ideal ratio of cops to black people is on the order of two to one, similar to <a href="http://www.vegasenews.com/wp-content/uploads/siegfried_and_roy.jpg">animal tamers and big cats</a>.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-52635070298975219892011-08-05T14:21:00.000-04:002011-08-05T14:21:01.978-04:00OK, OK, Whatever<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/08/more_than_150_march_on_holland.html">More than 150 march on Holland City Hall to push for anti-discrimination ordinance change</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can't I be both? Also note that this comment doesn't have any relationship to the article or even the comments surrounding it. This must be the go-to insult for when he's sure <i>someone</i> is wrong on the internet, but can't pinpoint who or how.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-80080739292293566152011-08-05T11:54:00.000-04:002011-08-05T11:54:45.769-04:00Sometimes Things Are Not Like Other Things<a href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/study_michigan_started_nationa.html">Study: Michigan started national trend this year in cutting unemployment benefits</a><br />
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Sadly, the internet is rife with people unfamiliar with <a href="http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/g/GodwinsLaw.html">Godwin's Law</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nothing gets FairVoice frothing at the mouth like a mention of petitions. What past trauma does this animosity conceal? Did a ballpoint pen explode in his hand? Did a canvasser kick his dog? And does he actually like Jews, or does he just like using them as a rhetorical crutch?</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-19566219896233853482011-08-05T11:28:00.000-04:002011-08-05T11:28:47.255-04:00Step Away From The Keyboard<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/wednesdays_social_security_che.html">Wednesday's Social Security checks will arrive on time after debt ceiling compromise reached</a><br />
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Nobody told me about any liberal campaign of terror. I'm always down for a torch-and-pitchfork flashmob. Seriously, next time you should call me.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His unique spelling gives the comment has a 19th-century flavor. I imagine Mr. R---, of the village of H---, half-rising from his <a href="http://www.chairblog.eu/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Victorian-Wheel-Chair.jpg">wheeled invalid's chair</a>, consumed with indignation. Those d----d scoundrels! Such villainy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So it's true? Tom Rademacher is the source of all evil? I suspected as much.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-56193227006597533152011-08-03T19:52:00.000-04:002011-08-03T19:52:55.705-04:00Wow. Just Wow.<a href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/rep_john_conyers_fights_to_spa.html">Rep. John Conyers fights to spare entitlement programs in second-round of deficit reduction</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let's take this one slowly, point by point.</div><blockquote>1. Everyone in Los Angeles is black.<br />
2. Ditto pre-Katrina New Orleans.<br />
3. All black people live in desperate poverty.<br />
4. People living in desperate poverty are subhuman.<br />
5. As subhuman leech-rat-ape things, they cannot control their lizard brains.<br />
6. The solution is preemptive lynching.</blockquote>Everybody knows that if you spell out a word instead of saying it, children and the simpleminded won't understand what you mean. Lesnar just wants to let the racially pure know that he's got their backs without tipping off the mud people.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-26843287427931561352011-08-03T12:29:00.000-04:002011-08-03T12:29:22.385-04:00Low Blows Aimed High<a href="http://www.mlive.com/music/index.ssf/2011/08/aretha_franklin_criticizes_son.html">Aretha Franklin criticizes songwriter over rights lawsuit</a><br />
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It takes chutzpah to badmouth Aretha Franklin.<br />
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From this we can conclude: a black person's success is highly suspect, if not actually immoral, and alwasy comes at the expense of a white person's success. Here Aretha Franklin's songwriting partner serves as a stand-in for suffering white people everywhere.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-52638939662483048142011-08-03T12:10:00.001-04:002011-08-03T19:29:32.540-04:00Get Your Own House In Order, Buddy [UPDATED]<a href="http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2011/08/letter_self-righteous_left_kee.html">Letter: Self-righteous left keeps skewing facts</a><br />
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Helpful hints for op-ed writers: when accusing others of self-righteousness, it is usually best to avoid skewing facts. Debunking the writer's claims would take too much time and energy, but the self-righteous tone is unmistakeable.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's the "kid brother" principle in action: if your big sister looks like she's going to smack you if you poke her<i> one more time</i>, you must be doing something right. Also, please note the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20110608&t=2&i=431801227&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2011-06-08T163520Z_01_BTRE75716DD00_RTROPTP_0_FINANCE-SUMMIT">limpness</a> of Barney Frank's wrists. Both of them! He really should get that looked at.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I automatically inserted a comma into the phrase "a Barney, bro," before I realized czfan wasn't accusing another commenter of being a children's television personality.<b>]</b></div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-65253508282485044582011-08-02T16:51:00.000-04:002011-08-02T16:51:46.143-04:00You Are Not a Credit to Your Race, Part II<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/08/ready_to_edit_lance_adams_iii.html">Lance Adams III, an Illinois police officer, charged with felony for alleged assault of jail deputy after July incident at Michigan Adventure's Amusement Park</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Except for <a href="http://www.exclaim.ca/images/up-gonebabygone.jpg">this dude</a>. We also like <a href="http://www.leisuregalleries.com/aapowell.jpg">this one</a>. The rest of you better watch yourselves.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-44815768520925041052011-08-02T16:32:00.000-04:002011-08-02T16:32:30.349-04:00I Blame Donald Rumsfeld, Part II<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/08/probable_cause_hearing_slated.html">Probable cause hearing slated for Baby Kate's alleged abductor, Sean Michael Phillips, set for 11:15 a.m. Wednesday in Mason County 79th District Court</a><br />
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I declare a moratorium on all variations of the word "waterboard," noun and verb forms both.<br />
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</div>Okay, fine, new rule. Want to throw around threats of waterboarding? You will pay me for the privilege. Five dollars per utterance. I take PayPal. Furthermore, evidence for sodium thiopental's <a href="http://scienceline.org/2007/04/ask-knight-truthserum/">efficacy as a truth drug</a> is shaky at best.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-79868401743822685162011-08-02T13:08:00.000-04:002011-08-02T13:08:36.639-04:00This Is Totally Not What The Article Was About<a href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/sales_tax_for_online_retailers.html">Sales tax for online retailers? John Conyers sponsors bill to 'level the playing field'</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't help but imagine all the welfare recipients bundled in a European-style shopping bag slung over a hardworking white Christian's back, with little hands and feet sticking out of the mesh, and little voices crying for help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's possible that claiming <a href="http://www.johnconyers.com/district">a majority-black Congressional district</a> is by definition an economic drag on the state is in fact racist. Possibly. Of course, the real problem is that white people still have to pay sales tax.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-76216536015870447612011-08-02T12:39:00.000-04:002011-08-02T12:39:03.679-04:00Agent Of SPECTRE Unmasked<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/07/grand_rapids_demonstrators_urg.html">Grand Rapids demonstrators urge lawmakers to take quick action on national debt</a><br />
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The children in question are standing next to their mother; all are holding signs urging Congress to raise the debt ceiling.<br />
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Why, he's positively delighted. Him <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/6/22/1308751538560/Ernst-Stavro-Blofeld-007.jpg">and his cat both</a>.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-82973933886672744232011-08-01T14:30:00.000-04:002011-08-01T14:30:31.007-04:00Never Trust An Admissions Officer<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/07/21_million_in_federal_grants_t.html">$2.1 million in federal grants to help double number of minority nursing students at University of Michigan-Flint</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's not like <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/">nearly 67 million people</a> voted for the guy or anything. Well, most of them were colored, so it didn't count. Perhaps Group W Bench knows something we don't: the 2008 Presidential election was actually decided by the admissions board of the University of Michigan-Flint. It stands to reason that the 2000 and 2004 elections must have been decided by the admissions board of <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/">Baylor University</a>. Everything makes sense now!</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-29979659125095632282011-08-01T14:19:00.000-04:002011-08-01T14:19:35.496-04:00Muslims Are The New Pit Bulls<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2011/07/awol_soldier_defiantly_shouts.html">AWOL soldier defiantly shouts '09 suspect's name</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Parlor game: for every mention of radicalized Muslims, substitute the phrases "dangerous dogs" or "vicious pit bulls." That way you can condemn brown people and promote <a href="http://www.pbrc.net/breedspecific.html">breed specific legislation</a> at the same time. Way to multitask!</div><span id="goog_1796085357"></span><span id="goog_1796085358"></span>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-67314886477661514562011-07-26T16:58:00.000-04:002011-07-26T16:58:13.455-04:00Everyone's A Traitor Around Here<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/07/readers_debate_whether_meas_pu.html">Readers debate whether MEA's push to recall lawmakers is a show of democracy or a bullying tactic</a><br />
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Definitely bullying. Why, I've known canvassers to buttonhole strangers and threaten to stab them in the eye if they didn't sign the petition. One question: if standing around with a clipboard constitutes <a href="http://topics.law.cornell.edu/find/wex/treason">giving aid and comfort to the enemy</a>, who exactly is the enemy? If FairVoice won't explain who or what, doesn't that make him an accessory to treason?<br />
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The only thing worse that circulating a petition is circulating a petition in wartime. javamama might as well have flown out to Afghanistan just to stab a bunch of soldiers in the eye.<br />
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His reaction totally has nothing to do with race. <a href="http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/sapphire/">No, really</a>.<br />
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I remain convinced that <a href="http://connect.mlive.com/user/charlesweyland/comments.html">Charles Weyland</a> wears sunglasses in his profile picture to conceal <a href="http://blog.fazai38.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/Snake.jpg">his cold reptilian eyes</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apparently the only real taxes are income taxes. Sales taxes and license fees and such are more like tipping for service. It follows that as a non-taxpayer I should refrain from burdening the system. It won't be easy. Just today, I've selfishly taken advantage of city roads, municipal sewers, streetlights, sidewalks, interstate highways, non-contaminated food, clean tap water, and smog-free air. Not to mention the government-regulated radio spectrum and government-subsidized electrical grid built on public lands! Tomorrow I plan to make unfair use of the post office and the library.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-58497467150010215372011-07-25T17:21:00.000-04:002011-07-25T17:21:30.999-04:00...Wait A Minute, What?<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/07/buena_vista_police_obtain_warr.html">Buena Vista police obtain warrants for two suspects in death of Ernie Griffin Jr.</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You mean how people create <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=catbook+on+facebook">Facebook pages for their pets</a>? Or are you referring to <a href="http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0952-8369">the study of zoology</a>? Oh. I guess not.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-32985566657853404672011-07-25T15:51:00.000-04:002011-07-25T15:51:31.317-04:00Another One From The Vault<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/03/craft_brewer_sues_state_liquor.html">Craft brewer sues state Liquor Control Commission, claims rejecting profanity on beer label violates free speech</a><br />
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To clarify: way back in March, Flying Dog Brewery had a bit of a dust-up with the LCC over the label of their "Raging Bitch" ale, and MLive commenters derived the false impression that they had been asked to serve as moral arbiters in the matter.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey, you guys, were you aware of the lexical phenomenon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English">African-American Vernacular English</a>? And did you know that <i style="font-size: small;">the president is black</i>? These facts taken together amount to a tsunami of hilarity. Also, anyone over the age of 18 using the phrase "LOL" is legally barred from casting aspersions on anyone else's diction.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-80321903640381403782011-07-22T14:13:00.000-04:002011-07-22T14:13:58.286-04:00You Give And You Give, And It's Never Enough<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/07/father_of_cherie_irving_calls.html">Father of Cherie Irving calls three sentenced in connection with her death selfish, careless, unapologetic</a><br />
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Always adaptable, commenters will attack the father if there's no mother available.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not only should he have prevented his daughter from becoming a drug addict with the power of his mind, he should pay the legal fees and cost of incarcerating the people who tried to conceal her body. After all, if the drug-addled slut hadn't called up her friend to demand a fix, none of this would have happened! It's victim-blaming taken to absurd extremes.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-70156057548354463832011-07-22T13:49:00.000-04:002011-07-22T13:49:57.315-04:00Tick Another One Off The List<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2011/07/shooting_of_probationer_by_len.html">Shooting of probationer by Lenawee County sheriff's deputy was justified, police said today</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Textbook example of eugenics: check.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-15837950300386999262011-07-19T18:43:00.000-04:002011-07-19T18:43:19.711-04:00I Can't Decide If I Should Listen To What He Says Or What He Means<a href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/07/mac_miller_brings_rap_show_to.html#comments">Mac Miller brings rap show to Grand Rapids' Orbit Room this fall</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One wonders what rationalizations he would have to employ to accommodate <a href="http://www.muslimrap.net/">religious</a> <a href="http://www.christian-hiphop.net/index.asp?">hip-hop</a> within his definition of polite society. Matisyahu's <a href="http://matisyahuworld.com/news/meditations">recent Zohar blogging</a> would probably make his head explode.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-14923004617647913202011-07-19T15:39:00.001-04:002011-07-22T13:34:30.887-04:00It Takes All Kinds [UPDATED]<a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2011/07/shopper_hunts_for_deals_at_fli.html">Shopper hunts for deals at Flint Township Borders; saddened by closing of store</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So basically "nondiscrimination on grounds of sexual orientation" is code for "Would you like <a href="http://dancesafe.org/drug-information/poppers">amyl nitrate</a> with that?" Also, the homos went out of business? When did that happen? And what does this mean for the future of women's softball?</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657928025864091546.post-61629956176924223992011-07-19T15:02:00.001-04:002011-07-19T15:21:20.667-04:00You Let Them Play Outside, Lady. What Did You Expect?<a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/07/grand_rapids_police_two_life-t.html">Grand Rapids police: two life-threatening injuries after driver hits 2-year-old, then stabbed by bystander</a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">tw491 sounds almost disappointed that more children are not killed by cars, as this would support the argument that they should be kept on leashes until puberty. Liz counters that children should actually be herded in pens, like goats. One thing is clear: however you decide to raise your children, you are doing it wrong.</div>Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13556114391222149240noreply@blogger.com0