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Alec Baldwin Condemns "Libertarian Trash" Who Are "Defenders of Gay Rights"


The latest rampage by rageaholic – and ultra-talented, btw –
actor Alec Baldwin is on display at TMZ.com (click above to watch).
After winning a case against a stalker,
Baldwin saw fit to scream at and threaten a shutterbug on the
streets of New York.

During the episode, Baldwin refers to the photographer as a
“cocksucking fag,” an insult that calls to mind a previous incident
in which the 30 Rock alum and current MSNBC host
threatened to foot-fuck a “toxic little queen” and “a toxic
little bitch” who had libeled his wife.

While giving no quarter to what he sees as invasive
photographers, Baldwin has checked in with advisers and
concludes

This tweet came just hours after Baldwin had tweeted
“Anti-gay
slurs are wrong. They not only offend, but threaten hard fought
tolerance of LGBT rights.”

And not long after Baldwin had tweeted (and duly deleted) this
slag on “libertarian trash” who defend gays:


I can’t speak for the Breitbart crowd (though Andrew Breitbart
was certainly a staunch supporter of gay
equality) but the “libertarian trash” at Reason has been
defending gay rights since the magazine’s earliest days in the late
1960s. In fact, when mainstream liberal and conservative
publications were still arguing over whether homosexuality should
be decriminalized, we were already talking about marriage equality.
If the state is going to involve itself in marriage (and it
shouldn’t) among consenting adults, it should not draw invidious
distinctions and treat some people as second-class citizens.

I’d like to think that Alec Baldwin can understand that about
“libertarian trash.” But if his now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t
Twitter feed is any indication, he’s already on to more important
topics, such as conflating “single-bullet theorists” with
minimum-wage flat-earthers:

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Alec Baldwin Condemns “Libertarian Trash” Who Are “Defenders of Gay Rights”


The latest rampage by rageaholic – and ultra-talented, btw –
actor Alec Baldwin is on display at TMZ.com (click above to watch).
After winning a case against a stalker,
Baldwin saw fit to scream at and threaten a shutterbug on the
streets of New York.

During the episode, Baldwin refers to the photographer as a
“cocksucking fag,” an insult that calls to mind a previous incident
in which the 30 Rock alum and current MSNBC host
threatened to foot-fuck a “toxic little queen” and “a toxic
little bitch” who had libeled his wife.

While giving no quarter to what he sees as invasive
photographers, Baldwin has checked in with advisers and
concludes

This tweet came just hours after Baldwin had tweeted
“Anti-gay
slurs are wrong. They not only offend, but threaten hard fought
tolerance of LGBT rights.”

And not long after Baldwin had tweeted (and duly deleted) this
slag on “libertarian trash” who defend gays:


I can’t speak for the Breitbart crowd (though Andrew Breitbart
was certainly a staunch supporter of gay
equality) but the “libertarian trash” at Reason has been
defending gay rights since the magazine’s earliest days in the late
1960s. In fact, when mainstream liberal and conservative
publications were still arguing over whether homosexuality should
be decriminalized, we were already talking about marriage equality.
If the state is going to involve itself in marriage (and it
shouldn’t) among consenting adults, it should not draw invidious
distinctions and treat some people as second-class citizens.

I’d like to think that Alec Baldwin can understand that about
“libertarian trash.” But if his now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t
Twitter feed is any indication, he’s already on to more important
topics, such as conflating “single-bullet theorists” with
minimum-wage flat-earthers:

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A.M. Links: Republicans Introduce Resolution To Impeach Holder, FBI To Focus Less on Al Qaeda and More on Cyberterrorism, Michele Bachmann Claims She Lost Health Insurance Because of Obamacare

  • A group of House Republicans introduced a
    resolution to impeach     Attorney General Eric Holder. They cited
    scandals such as the “Fast and Furious” gun running operation as
    proof of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
  • FBI Director Jim Comey testified yesterday that the US is
    more vulnerable
    to cyberattacks     than terrorists groups like Al Qaeda.
    Don’t worry, though, he assured that law enforcement and national
    intelligence are shifting their focus to the web to keep us
    safe.
  • Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) says that she
    lost her health insurance     because of Obamacare and that she
    refuses to use the exchange website until it’s fixed.
  • The House votes today on a GOP-backed bill to allow insurance
    companies to continue to
    offer their existing plans     under Obamacare.
  • Alleged crack-smoking Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is apparently

    getting his own television show    . 
  • Norway will
    promote new legislation     to “regulate ritual circumcision,” the
    country’s health minister said.

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Kurt Loder Reviews Nebraska and Charlie Countryman

Bruce Dern gives a brave and unfaltering
performance in Nebraska, the new movie by Alexander
Payne, according to Kurt Loder. Dern has already won the best-actor
award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and now his portrayal of
an old man sinking into the confusion of senile dementia is being
touted for an Oscar. This possibility has a sentimental attraction.
On the other hand, Charlie Countryman isn’t a bad
movie; in Loder’s opinion, it’s a movie of jaw-dropping
awfulness.

View this article.

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Empire Manufacturing Collapses To Lowest Since January

The headline Empire manufacturing data missed expectations by the most since January (the 4th month in a row) and plunged to its lowest since January. Across the board sub-indices collapsed (every one of them) into contraction with shipments down from over 13 to -0.5, and New Orders down from 7.75 to -5.5. “Hope” didn’t save it this time either as the outlook droped to 3 month lows. Labor market conditions were subdued. The index for number of employees drifted downward for a third consecutive month, coming in at 0.0 in November in a sign that employment levels were flat (falling at fastest rate in 2013). The average workweek index fell nine points to -5.3, pointing to a decline in hours worked. This can only be great news for the bulls and guarantees that the S&P 500 will hit 1800 today…

 

 

Chart: Bloomberg


    

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Sky-High Taxes and NIMBY Regulations: How Pot Legalization is Losing in Colorado and Washington

My latest column for
The Daily Beast looks at pot legalization developments in
Colorado and Washington state. Voters in both places overwhelmingly
approved recreational use of marijuana last year. In January, both
states will implement insanely high taxes on weed and, in Colorado
at least, all manner of bans on which counties and cities can sell
pot.

The spirit behind the legalization efforts in both states was
that marijuana should be treated in a “manner similar
to alcohol.”

Unfortunately, it’s starting to look like both states are going
to treat pot in a manner similar to alcohol during
Prohibition. Not only are pot taxes likely to be sky high,
various sorts of restrictions on pot shops may well make it easier
to buy, sell, and use black-market marijuana rather than the legal
variety. That’s a bummer all around: States and municipalities will
collect less revenue than expected, law-abiding residents will
effectively be denied access to pot, and the crime, corruption, and
violence that inevitably surrounds black markets will continue
apace.


Read the whole thing.

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Empire Manufacturing Collapses To Lowest Since January

The headline Empire manufacturing data missed expectations by the most since January (the 4th month in a row) and plunged to its lowest since January. Across the board sub-indices collapsed (every one of them) into contraction with shipments down from over 13 to -0.5, and New Orders down from 7.75 to -5.5. “Hope” didn’t save it this time either as the outlook droped to 3 month lows. Labor market conditions were subdued. The index for number of employees drifted downward for a third consecutive month, coming in at 0.0 in November in a sign that employment levels were flat (falling at fastest rate in 2013). The average workweek index fell nine points to -5.3, pointing to a decline in hours worked. This can only be great news for the bulls and guarantees that the S&P 500 will hit 1800 today…

 

 

Chart: Bloomberg


    

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Venezuela Jails Over 100 "Bourgeois, Barbaric, Capitalist Parasites"

“It’s time to deepen the offensive, go to the bone in this economic war,” warned Venezuelan President Maduro – echoing Hugo Chavez’s iron fist of socialism (and nationalization) before him – as his decision to jail over 100 businessmen is “defending the poor.” As Reuters reports, plenty of Venezuelans have applauded his measures, saying price hikes were out of control, while others have expressed fears that Maduro could be uncorking dangerous forces as opposition forces note Maduro’s economic policies were “chillingly similar” to those of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Officials say unscrupulous companies have been hiking prices of electronics and other goods more than 1,000 percent. Critics say failed socialist economic policies and restricted access to foreign currency are behind Venezuela’s runaway inflation. No matter which, Maduro thundered “They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!“

 

 

Via Reuters,

Venezuela’s socialist government has arrested more than 100 “bourgeois” businessmen in a crackdown on alleged price-gouging at hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.

 

“They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!” Maduro thundered in the latest of his lengthy daily speeches. “We have more than 100 of the bourgeoisie behind bars at the moment.”

 

…

 

Officials say unscrupulous companies have been hiking prices of electronics and other goods more than 1,000 percent. Critics say failed socialist economic policies and restricted access to foreign currency are behind Venezuela’s runaway inflation.

 

“Goodyear has to lower its prices even more, 15 percent is not enough, the inspectors have go there straightaway,” Maduro said in his evening address, sending officials to check local operations of the U.S.-based tire manufacturer.

 

…

 

Like Chavez, Maduro says he is defending the poor.

 

…

 

“It’s time to deepen the offensive, go to the bone in this economic war,” he said.

 

Only a few of the hundreds of shops targeted with surprise inspections had been found to be offering “fair prices,” officials say. Some businesses are voluntarily lowering prices – or staying closed – in case the inspectors come.

 

“We’ve reduced everything by 10 to 15 percent, but it’s not fair. I can’t make a profit now,” said the owner of one small electronics store, who asked not to be identified.

 

…

 

Venezuela’s official inflation, 54 percent annually, is the highest in the Americas.

 

…

 

Prominent pro-opposition columnist Nelson Bocaranda said Maduro’s economic policies were “chillingly similar” to those of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The African leader also used security forces to enforce a price crackdown in 2007.

 

…

 

“This shows the economic chaos Maduro has got us in where prices have no logic. The government created this monster and now tries to pretend it will control it, but Venezuelans cannot be deceived by this electoral show,” Justice First said.

Still, on the bright side, look at their stock market this year! That must mean things are going great, right?

 

Think of the wealth effect?


    



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Venezuela Jails Over 100 “Bourgeois, Barbaric, Capitalist Parasites”

“It’s time to deepen the offensive, go to the bone in this economic war,” warned Venezuelan President Maduro – echoing Hugo Chavez’s iron fist of socialism (and nationalization) before him – as his decision to jail over 100 businessmen is “defending the poor.” As Reuters reports, plenty of Venezuelans have applauded his measures, saying price hikes were out of control, while others have expressed fears that Maduro could be uncorking dangerous forces as opposition forces note Maduro’s economic policies were “chillingly similar” to those of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Officials say unscrupulous companies have been hiking prices of electronics and other goods more than 1,000 percent. Critics say failed socialist economic policies and restricted access to foreign currency are behind Venezuela’s runaway inflation. No matter which, Maduro thundered “They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!“

 

 

Via Reuters,

Venezuela’s socialist government has arrested more than 100 “bourgeois” businessmen in a crackdown on alleged price-gouging at hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.

 

“They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!” Maduro thundered in the latest of his lengthy daily speeches. “We have more than 100 of the bourgeoisie behind bars at the moment.”

 

…

 

Officials say unscrupulous companies have been hiking prices of electronics and other goods more than 1,000 percent. Critics say failed socialist economic policies and restricted access to foreign currency are behind Venezuela’s runaway inflation.

 

“Goodyear has to lower its prices even more, 15 percent is not enough, the inspectors have go there straightaway,” Maduro said in his evening address, sending officials to check local operations of the U.S.-based tire manufacturer.

 

…

 

Like Chavez, Maduro says he is defending the poor.

 

…

 

“It’s time to deepen the offensive, go to the bone in this economic war,” he said.

 

Only a few of the hundreds of shops targeted with surprise inspections had been found to be offering “fair prices,” officials say. Some businesses are voluntarily lowering prices – or staying closed – in case the inspectors come.

 

“We’ve reduced everything by 10 to 15 percent, but it’s not fair. I can’t make a profit now,” said the owner of one small electronics store, who asked not to be identified.

 

…

 

Venezuela’s official inflation, 54 percent annually, is the highest in the Americas.

 

…

 

Prominent pro-opposition columnist Nelson Bocaranda said Maduro’s economic policies were “chillingly similar” to those of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The African leader also used security forces to enforce a price crackdown in 2007.

 

…

 

“This shows the economic chaos Maduro has got us in where prices have no logic. The government created this monster and now tries to pretend it will control it, but Venezuelans cannot be deceived by this electoral show,” Justice First said.

Still, on the bright side, look at their stock market this year! That must mean things are going great, right?

 

Think of the wealth effect?


    



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Al-Qaeda Apologizes After Beheading A Fellow "Rebel" By Mistake

They may be brutal, barbarian, CIA-funded cannibal savages, but at least they are brutal, barbarian, CIA-funded cannibal savages with manners. Case in point: after an Al-Qaeda linked rebel group chopped the head off a person it thought was a member of the government side, it has since emerged the person was actually one of the group’s own commanders. Subsequently, Al-Qaeda issued a formal apology.

More from BBC:

An al-Qaeda affiliated rebel group in Syria is reported to have asked for forgiveness after beheading a fellow rebel in a case of mistaken identity. A video recently posted online showed members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) brandishing the severed, bearded head of a man. They said was an Iraqi Shia caught fighting on the government side.

But other rebel fighters watching the video recognised the man and said he was one of their commanders.

 

The video shows two ISIS fighters in Aleppo province – one holding a knife – brandish a severed, bearded head, denouncing their victim as an Iraqi volunteer for President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. They decry his immorality, saying he is a heathen – one of those who have threatened rape of men as much as women.

 

Horrifying videos like this stream out of Syria every day from the rebel and government side – each with the aim of sowing terror.

 

What makes this one stand out is that other rebels watching the video recognised the beheaded man.

 

Members of the hardline Islamist rebel group, Harakat Ahrar al-Sham, said he was not a government fighter at all, but one of their own. They said he was a commander called Mohammed Fares. The story appears to be that he was wounded in the recent battle for Base 80, south of Aleppo, with government forces and was being taken for medical treatment by rebel fighters.

 

But he seems to have thought he had been captured by government militiamen from the much feared shabiha. The militia is dominated by Alawites, members of the president’s heterodox Shia sect.

 

Mr Fares is reported to have offered prayers that would have made him seem a Shia rather than a Sunni – and therefore on their side. This was heard by ISIS fighters, and in the growing atmosphere of sectarian hatred, he was then subjected to his savage fate.

But just like Obama apologizing for the epic clusterfuck that is Obamacare, so too will Al-Qaeda be forgiven for the great Allah wishes it to be:

According to the newspaper, he alluded to a saying by the Prophet Muhammad that Allah forgives those who kill a believer by mistake.

And now, back to Al-Qaeda beheading the right people for a change, and BTFATH.


    



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