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Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza!

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The wall of eyes trained on the US – Mexico border.

Mitch McConnell calls into the Majority Report!

Sam Seder: “Boy genius” Rush Limbaugh thinks hurricane Irma is a fake news hoax.

ONN: How to survive a nuclear attack.

Late Show: Back-to-school time for Congress.

The colleges where the American dream is still alive.

Stephen: “North Korea is in the news” is never a good thing.

ONN: Climate change researcher describes challenge of pulling off worldwide global warming conspiracy.

Jimmy Kimmel: If your barista was a congressman.

What does the debt ceiling have to do with a free-running fail?

Racist-asshole-in-chief Трамп (and Company):

Roy Zimmerman: Joel Osteen.

Young Turks: Infowar’s youth outreach isn’t going so well.

Mental Floss: 26 facts about Lego bricks.

DACA explained.

Late Show: North Korea’s most-trusted (and only) news network.

Mark Fiore: Chemical liberty.

VOX: Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren’t.

Majority Report: Mr. Alex Jones’ Neighborhood.

Young Turks: The fight to save Kentucky’s last abortion clinic.

Mean Boys: Dancing on the debt ceiling.

They came from THE ALT-LEFT!!!!

Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.

Comments

  1. 1

    A hurricane is nothing to laugh about or call fake news. Irma is pretty much going to affect all of Florida, from the Keys to the Space Coast to the First Cost.

  2. 2

    Consumer Alert: Equifax’s data breach exposed 143 million Americans to potential identity theft. Now, Equifax is trying to screw the victims of its negligence again.

    The company has done/is doing three things that will victimize these victims further:

    1. It delayed disclosing the data breach for over 5 weeks.
    2. It’s now exploiting the data breach to sell services to victims.
    3. It’s requiring victims to waive legal claims arising from the breach as a condition of receiving “free” credit monitoring.

    “Equifax is allowing people to sign up on its website for free identity theft protection and credit file monitoring following the disclosure Thursday of the data breach, which Equifax said was detected July 29 and affected 143 million consumers.

    “But the credit monitoring service, through an Equifax company called Trusted ID, has a provision that limits liability to the company, and consumers who sign up for what is billed as a free service will be charged for it after a one-year trial period if they don’t call the company to cancel their subscription.”

    And they’re being sneaky about it: “The provisions [are] buried in the fine print of Trusted ID’s terms of service ….”

    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/08/were-you-affected-by-the-equifax-data-breach-one-click-could-cost-you-your-rights-in-court.html

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: Every attorney general in the country should sue these bastards to invalidate those provisions, to force this company to provide those services without strings, and for full restitution to every person who suffers harm or loss because of their negligence.

  3. 3

    There’s more:

    “This breach comes on the heels of a recent finding by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the government agency responsible for monitoring and regulating the financial industry, that Equifax had been deceiving American consumers, signing them up for costly products without their knowledge, misrepresenting credit scores, and violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.”

    https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/equifax-cybersecurity-breach/539178/

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: Republicans want to shield companies like this from lawsuits by innocent people they’ve harmed. I say they should be sued into oblivion. This company doesn’t deserve to exist.

  4. 4

    @2,3,

    Looks like you can opt out of the arbitration clause:
    ”
    DATA BREACH
    Equifax cyber breach: How to safeguard your information
    Email
    Equifax Inc. is seen, Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Atlanta. Equifax Inc. is a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States.

    Equifax Inc. is seen, Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Atlanta. Equifax Inc. is a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
    Friday, September 08, 2017 06:56PM
    ATLANTA —
    There’s no way around it: The news from credit reporting company Equifax that 143 million Americans had their information exposed is very serious.

    The crucial pieces of personal information that criminals may need to commit identity theft – Social Security numbers, birthdates, address histories, legal names – were all obtained. And once your personal data is out there, it’s basically out there forever.

    If your information was exposed, Equifax is offering free identity theft protection and credit file monitoring services. But the offer comes with some conditions that may make you think twice.

    You can’t get help right away. When people enter their last name and part of their Social Security number on the site to see whether they were affected, some are being told: “Based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident.”

    But even in that case, Equifax is not offering the credit monitoring service until next week at the earliest. Monday is the first day you can sign up.

    Equifax released a statement on Friday afternoon clarifying that its terms of use do not apply to this incident:

    “NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS FOR THIS CYBER SECURITY INCIDENT. In response to consumer inquiries, we have made it clear that the arbitration clause and class action waiver included in the Equifax and TrustedID Premier terms of use does not apply to this cybersecurity incident.”

    At first, Equifax said anyone who gets the credit monitoring service, TrustedID, must agree to submit any complaints about it to arbitration. Those people wouldn’t be allowed to sue, join a class-action suit, or benefit from any class-action settlement. To view the Equifax terms of use, click here.

    After public pressure, Equifax added an opt-out provision on Friday. Customers can get out of the arbitration requirement by notifying Equifax in writing within 30 days of accepting the monitoring service. Letters should be sent to:

    Equifax Consumer Services LLC
    Attn.: Arbitration Opt-Out
    P.O. Box 105496
    Atlanta, GA 30348

    Equifax clarified that customers would not be waiving their right to arbitration on Friday afternoon.”

    http://abc7chicago.com/finance.....n/2391885/

  6. 6

    Meanwhile, Lush Rimbaugh is off the air, eating crow, and heading for parts unknown after claiming Hurricane Irma was a “liberal conspiracy.”

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....mg00000009

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: What a jackass. His loyal listeners are jackasses, too. This drug-addled blowhard should have gone off the air a long time ago. He’s a waste of watts.

  7. 7

    Barron’s has a piece on Social Security today.

    http://www.barrons.com/article.....38;tesla=y

    Wife and I are debating whether she should start receiving benefits next year. We’ll probably do it. I’ll have to wait several more years.

    Fortunately, YLB’s children won’t have to wait nearly so long to be affected by Social Security:

    A larger cause of the funding shortfall is the well-understood trend of baby boomers retiring, combined with a falling fertility rate. From 1974 through 2008, there were more than three workers for each Social Security recipient. By 2035, there will barely be two.

    When YLB’s children are crammed two to a unit in housing made from repurposed shipping containers because it’s all they can afford, she’ll begin to understand the consequences of the policies she favors.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG2s7_yvT-8

  8. 8

    Something to be aware of re the Equifax fuckup:
    Often times the best initial step is to place a freeze on your credit reports. This will prevent anyone from initiating a new application for credit with your private data that Equifax has negligently released to the global criminal underworld. The reporting agencies will quite often want you to pay for this. Many states have laws that require them to provide this very minimal service free of charge to anyone who has had their data stolen. If your state law grants you this protection then you need to affirm in writing and by sworn affidavit that you have good reason to believe that Equifax released your identifying information to global criminals. So first check the Equifax shitty website to verify that you are included in the fuckup – nearly everyone is included. Next get an affidavit form:
    IRS Form 14039 will serve
    The FTC is redirecting from their form to try to make money off this. Fuck that. Use the form.
    Here’s a link to the pdf at State Farm insurance:
    https://static1.st8fm.com/en_US/content_pages/1/pdf/us/id-theft-affidavit-instructions.pdf
    It’s also available on a bunch of state consumer protection sites.
    Use that when you request credit freeze/thaw, etc from the reporting agencies if they require it. It depends on your state law, but you probably don’t have to file a police report. But don’t be surprised if some CSR with a community college degree demands one. Research the relevant state law and cite that to them. Personally, I’d do all this by reg mail with proof of receipt. I know my state requires the fuckers do this free of charge within 72 hrs of notification. Retain all the docs and receipts and it’s on them. After that, summary judgment is easy. A well documented file with a high likelihood of easy summary judgment is what you need if you ever hope to seek damages. The same documents will protect you from creditors who negligently open new accounts without first checking (many in the consumer world still do). If some shitty used car lot in California turns you over to a collector you need to be able to quickly dispense with their asses. If you can prove that your credit was frozen when the loan was made that’s ends it.

    Sign up for credit monitoring if you want. But it will only tell you you’ve been fucked after you’ve been fucked. Freezing your credit reports is a better way to go for a start.
    Oh, and get ready for the whole fucking system to crash in the next week or so.

  9. 9

    Reverend Al’s daughter, arrested for being a cunt:

    Ashley Sharpton, 30, is facing charges of petty larceny and criminal possession of stolen property after she allegedly grabbed the keys from a cabbie on W. 48th and Ninth Ave., then shoved and punched the cab driver when he demanded them back.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....-1.3482542

    Ya know who’s having a worse day than Reverend Al?

    Yashar Ali 🐘 ✔ @yashar
    Very sad news, Eric Bolling’s son, who was only 19, died last night. By all accounts, Eric was incredibly devoted to his son. Heartbreaking.
    10:05 AM – Sep 9, 2017

  10. 10

    From the Department of Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean the World’s Not Out to Get You:

    (((Goldy))) @GoldyHA
    What if Equifax hack was politically, not financially motivated? Data could be weaponized to discredit and punish political opponents.
    17m

    Gee, I dunno, Goldy. What if the DNC hack, wasn’t? Emails could be weaponized to discredit and punish truly awful people who think that the primary season should have been a coronation.

  12. 12

    This guy was the DNC national field director last year.

    Adam Parkhomenko‏Verified account @AdamParkhomenko 16h16 hours ago
    Replying to @AdamParkhomenko
    PS…you seem to ignore the Russia support online for Bernie during the primaries. The guy is hiding something. Not sure I want to know what

    Hey, Steve, since that Trump-Russia thing is turning out to be a nothingburger, maybe you can turn your attention to Bernie’s Russia connections.

    Stay woke, dude.

  14. 14

    Hey, Steve, since that Trump-Russia Jim McChord-DNC break-in thing is turning out to be a nothingburger, maybe you can turn your attention to Bernie’s Russia connections Humphrey’s smoke-filled-room.
    ftfy

    The classics are always in style.

  15. 15

    @5,

    It is reprehensible the way Equifax has acted. Just wanted to add to your post of information that you could now opt out of their bs.

    How about this: http://www.npr.org/sections/th.....or-a-month

    Like they didn’t know, that is bullshit.

    @6

    Hey if Rush wants to use his 50,000 watts for his pure crap, and his listeners buy into what he is selling, then they should all be happy to meet their maker when the storm blows through and kills them. Darwinism? No, their false idol told them it was fake. Chalk it up to stupid ideology and failure to take in the real facts as the present themselves.

    Face it, you can’t help those that don’t want to be helped. Rush and his ilk fall into that category.

  16. 16

    @15

    Face it, you can’t help those that don’t want to be helped.

    I believe the correct quote is, “God helps those who help themselves.”

    For those who don’t, YLB wants them covered out of the wallet of someone other than YLB.

  18. 18

    @ 17

    Nice catch. I thought it was MTP’s link.

    Either way, YLB’s kids will fund our retirements, to the detriment of their own.

  24. 24

    @16: “I believe the correct quote is, “God helps those who help themselves.””

    No Dr. Dumbfuck, I have the quote correct. I don’t believe in god, why the fuck would I reference any god? You clearly don’t pay attention.

    Let me be clear for you on this: IMHO, god, any god, is a man-made construct used to control large portions of the population.

    Some people, even if they are believers in a god, are simply too stupid be helped and they don’t want to be helped.

  25. 25

    @7 You and your wife should grab every cent you can as fast as you can, and live like there’s no tomorrow. This will change when there’s no longer an itchy trigger finger in the White House. If we make it to the other side of the current occupancy.

  28. 28

    Social Security’s problems can be greatly reduced, if not eliminated by raising the income cap.

  29. 29

    @8 “So first check the Equifax shitty website to verify that you are included in the fuckup”

    How do you find out? All I see on their website is a button to “Enroll” in their credit monitoring that they automatically start charging you for after 12 months if you forget to opt out of it.

  31. 31

    @10 The election’s over. The worst candidate won. Deal with it. the rest of us have to.

  32. 32

    @12 “Hey, Steve, since that Trump-Russia thing is turning out to be a nothingburger”

    I suspect you’re a little premature with this pronouncement. Trump is ahead of you on this. He’s looking into whether he can pardon himself.

  33. 33

    @13 I think he’s commenting on the probable fate of The Donald GOP in 2020 now that he’s cozying up with the Democrats.

  34. 34

    @16 No, those are two different things. As for the last sentence, that’s your Republicans who wouldn’t vote for Hurricane Sandy relief but now want a taxpayer bailout for Texass.

    Oh, and don’t count on God to be real helpful when disaster strikes where YOU live. At least not in a physical sense. There are only so many freeway lanes and gas stations. Not enough to go around. But he’ll no doubt be there to greet you at the end of the white tunnel.

  35. 35

    @26 I figured you’d take the bait like a rat going after cheese in a rat trap. I was right.

  36. 36

    @28 Medicare’s problems can be solved, or at least greatly ameliorated, by Doctor Dumbfuck’s retirement. Now he’s going to rip off Social Security instead. He even admitted it @26.

  37. 37

    28,
    Orrrr…
    Let the 2500 Fuckface counties who produce just barely one third of US GDP look after themselves for a change. Fuckin leeches.
    KMAGH* YOYO!

    *Hillbilly

  39. 39

    A Republican being Republican.

    “In the latest chapter of a male elected official rudely dismissing his female colleague, Rep. Don Young, 84, this week set his sights on Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle.

    “In remarks on the House floor, Young, a Republican from Alaska, called Jayapal ‘a young lady’ who ‘doesn’t know a damn thing what she’s talking about.’

    “Young’s remarks came Thursday after Jayapal, 51, rose to oppose an amendment of his regarding wildlife management at Alaskan national preserves.”

    http://www.seattletimes.com/se.....use-floor/

    Roger Rabbit Commentary: There’s nothing new about Don Young being an obnoxious jerk. He’s made a career of it.

  41. 41

    From 1974 through 2008, there were more than three workers for each Social Security recipient. By 2035, there will barely be two.

    Better seal the border then! Yup! Yup! Duhrrrrr… yup!

    Hillbillies gonna hillbilly. Nuthin we can do about it.

  42. 42

    @39

    Don learned from Ted, who was imparted wisdom by Bob Packwood: http://articles.latimes.com/19.....packwood/2

    Per the article, look who was on the ethics committee: “the Ethics Committee–Democrats Barbara A. Mikulski and Thomas A. Daschle, Republicans Mitch McConnell, Ted Stevens and Robert C. Smith–is chaired by Sen. Richard H. Bryan, a Democrat and a former Nevada prosecutor renowned for his toughness in rape cases; ”

    Mitch McConnell (insert snort of derision), what has that guy ever done but obstruct progress and protect the “old boys club”?

  43. 43

    @41 Well we can tax the androids and that will bring the number of workers to social security recipients way up.
    And there are ways to keep the fund solvent.

  44. 44

    @34 And you are shocked? How and why? That politicians of either party might not cotton to being altruistic toward people who don’t vote for their party, and fight their policies. Maybe New York should have had a few more Republican’s in the house and Senate and maybe there would have been a quicker response. Now that the disaster is hitting Texas it just looks like folks in the other major party are disappointed they don’t get to get some political payback. Real classy folks, and counterproductive. Yes it’s ok to make sure Senator Cruz eats some Crow, but it would appear just maybe the guy in the White House just might have the country as his priority. At least under the current circumstances he did the right thing, and totally confused the lot of you. Not that I’m a fan of his, but unlike some of the comments on here, he’s done the right thing, and helping Texas and Florida and Puerto Rico is the right thing. Maybe even some help to Cuba would be the right thing.

  45. 45

    @44 Are you serious? We rabbits have been around much longer than homo sapiens. Nothing you stupid bipeds say or do shocks us anymore. We expect idiocy from your branch of the mammalian tree.

  46. 46

    43,
    What you describe is called corporate tax on investments.
    And you are just as opposed to it as you are to immigration.

    Yup! Yup! Duhhhrrrr… yup!

    KMAGH, YOYO

  50. 50

    You were warned. You didn’t listen.

    3 Big Reasons Hillary Clinton Should Never Be President

    1. Zero record of accomplishment.
    2. She’s a terrible role model for women.
    3. She’s kind of dumb.

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/11/13/1255276/-3-Big-Reasons-Hillary-Clinton-Should-Never-Be-President

    Not often, but sometimes, Ted Rall makes a bit of sense.

    There’s a bright side to all of this: In little more than three years, Donald J. Trump might not be president anymore.

    Think on your sins.

  51. 51

    #CrookedHillary’s in the news again, what with her new tell-all-but-the-truth-about-why-she-lost tome coming out this week.

    Someone else is in the news. Carlos Danger’s minor victim.

    The girl said she was interested in connecting with Weiner due to his connection to Hillary Clinton through Huma Abedin. When asked how long it took before things got obscene, the girl said “I knew that it was going downhill really fast.”

    “I was disgusted,” said the girl. “That’s part of the reason I came forward.”

    https://www.mediaite.com/tv/it-was-going-downhill-really-fast-anthony-weiner-sexting-victim-speaks-out/

    Anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller?

  52. 52

    “….hitting Texas it just looks like folks in the other major party are disappointed they don’t get to get some political payback.”

    Yes, Abigail – it looks. But looks aren’t always what they appear to be. Pointing out that Republicans are hypocrites for being against aid for the Northeast due to hurricane Sandy but now all for it doesn’t mean we want any political payback, as you suggest. It’s merely trying to point out a problem (Repuke partisan bullshit) that needs to be corrected. A problem that you are a part of and prevent from being fixed.

    Always, masterfully, turning the tables on the other person is baring false witness. You sideways talking bullshitter. You fail each time.

  53. 53

    @50 and miraculously she is smarter than you, go figure. Doctor Dumbfuck fuckface is more stupid than the stupidest.

  54. 54

    A nothingburger….everyone has lawyered up…..for nothing burger.

    Regardless if it is a nothingburger…the Trump family and admin have to be the biggest fuckin liars and most corrupt assholes ever. Something we can all be proud of.

    Boob is just trying to distract – it’s better to bring up Russia now and keep focus away from the hitler antics of the party. Shhhhhh.

  55. 55

    LOL! Boob is obsessive about yours truly as ever. Yawwwwn…

    Boob sends its kid to college for job training… AI, another of boob’s wet dreams, will serve her in good stead…

    The wife and I sent our kids to college to be educated – to see right through crapheads like boob.

    And boob still can’t comprehend Social Security and Medicare just like it couldn’t comprehend budget reconciliation..

    Thanks for the laughs boob. Get off on your sins.

  57. 57

    Btw, my oldest will be back home next week after studying abroad for a spell. A good experience to round off the oldest’s major and minor..

    Education does a young mind good.

    Get off to your sins boob.

  60. 60

    It may be time to report the Hillary stalker @49 et seq. to the police, out of an abundance of caution. Better safe than sorry.

  61. 61

    @52 I’ll bet Doctor Dumbfuck hasn’t donated a penny to the Houston Food Bank. I’m in for $125 so far.

  62. 62

    I read an article in today’s Seattle Times print edition that says Texass has no statewide building codes because of the builder lobby. Texass builders know their cheap construction drives up disaster losses for insurers and taxpayers, but better quality would cut into their profits, so they block tougher codes and happily shift those costs to us.

  64. 64

    “But, you know, Trump voters—really? Not even the guy who says he wants to fuck his daughter? This is not a deal-breaker for you? I mean, what does it take? A racist, a liar, a tax cheat, a draft-dodger, a deadbeat, a Russian agent, and a rapist. You know we’re a nuclear power, right? These are red flags.” –Bill Maher

  65. 65

    Portland Police‏Verified account
    @PortlandPolice
    Antifa is throwing irritant smoke and projectiles at police.
    1:19 PM – 10 Sep 2017
    Portland Police‏Verified account @PortlandPolice 3h3 hours ago
    Second officer injured after being struck in face with projectile from protester.

    Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of The Blues BrothersAntifa has been approved.

  66. 66

    @62. Florida too builds to lesser codes and standards. That’s partly why things are cheaper to build there. And doesn’t take much to rip the siding of of the local Walmart.

    Most of the south is the same.

  67. 67

    @65 Just let the Nazis and Antifas go at it, and kill two birds with one stone, with no expenditure of police resources.

  68. 68

    For some strange reason, Doctor Dumbfuck seems to think violent antifas and peaceful liberals are the same people.

  69. 69

    @66 Not to mention the flood insurance we subsidize for those low-lying coastal communities. We subsidize their low-wage workers, too. The red states expect us to subsidize them at every turn, then they complain about big-spending liberals. Maybe we should tighten the reins. I know where to start.

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