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Weekend Thread: SOOie! Iowa Ag Summit [Y-not]
Many of the 2016 GOP hopefuls attended the Iowa Agricultural Summit this weekend.
Some were well-received:I'm just going to note here that Ted Cruz was applauded for his answer opposing RFS at the #AgSummit. Seems significant.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) March 7, 2015In the moderated discussion with ethanol entrepreneur Bruce Rastetter, Walker dropped his flat opposition to ethanol mandates, a new stance that's well suited to a state covered in cornfields. Instead, Walker signaled he favored keeping the mandate for now and phasing it out over time. "I do believe it's an access issue so it's something I'm willing to go forward on renewing a (federal) Renewable Fuel Standard...so farmers going forward planting crops know what the standard is," Walker said, adding that he wanted to "get to a point where you address some of those market access issues...so you no longer need some of the subsidies."If so, this seems to differ from his earlier position. (Link to the Saturday Politics Thread on ethanol here.) Meanwhile, here's a brief report on how Rick Perry was received. (He still opposes a Federal ethanol mandate.)
Open thread.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 11:29 AM (FMbng)
Suck it, peons.
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 08, 2015 11:30 AM (92L+g)
Posted by: t-bird at March 08, 2015 11:30 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:31 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 11:32 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Christy Christie at March 08, 2015 11:32 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 11:33 AM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 11:33 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 08, 2015 11:33 AM (92L+g)
It's generally good when it's fresh, but McDonald's ain't Starbucks, so don't walk in there at two in the afternoon when they haven't touched their coffee pot since 10AM and expect it to be drinkable.
Posted by: JEM at March 08, 2015 11:34 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: eman at March 08, 2015 11:35 AM (MQEz6)
I don't think it's going to happen, but of all of the 2016 prospects whose names we've bandied about, he's the one I "like" the best on visceral level.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:35 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 11:36 AM (lhUpX)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 11:36 AM (Dj0WE)
Phasing ethanol out is fine. As long as it's truly phased out.
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 11:36 AM (lhUpX)
The market distortions are amazing. It should go. It eats up your hoses and it sucks
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 11:37 AM (0FSuD)
Corn fields designated for ethanol production are planted above fracking areas.
The small amount of chemicals from fracking which leach into the water table are absorbed by the corn plants.
Once converted into ethanol. the chemicals are entrained in the liquid, where it is then converted into vapors which the automobile catalytic converter converts into positive energy thoughts.
Ultimately harmless, and helps unicorns to develop strong muscles.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 11:37 AM (4aQaK)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 08, 2015 11:37 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: eman at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Jukin at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (WGm5T)
I'll accept a candidate who panders to me on a three major issues.
I'll get stuck with a career politician who is going to betray me the second he gets in the White House.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:39 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 11:39 AM (vvS6Q)
Posted by: The Leftard Enviroweenies at March 08, 2015 11:40 AM (Dwehj)
18 Most U.S. Americans can't even find Iowa on their maps.
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (Dwehj)
No beaches, Dude.
Posted by: eman at March 08, 2015 11:40 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 08, 2015 11:40 AM (WGm5T)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (Dwehj)
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I've met some who think it's a city somewhere.
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 11:41 AM (lhUpX)
On the other hand, this could be pragmatism. Incrementalism got the left to where they are today. There are some issues where all-or-nothing is the best strategy. Perhaps phasing out farm and ethanol subsidies is the best we can hope for in the real world.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 08, 2015 11:41 AM (WdLYX)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at March 08, 2015 11:41 AM (WGm5T)
Basically, yeah.
I don't see how he wins the nomination, unfortunately.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:42 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: eman at March 08, 2015 11:42 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 08, 2015 11:43 AM (WGm5T)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (Dwehj)
Here, this will help: it is Missouri's hat.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 11:44 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: eman at March 08, 2015 11:44 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:45 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 08, 2015 11:46 AM (WGm5T)
*Ahem*
We've picked Jeb Bush for you.
You're welcome.
Posted by: MSM at March 08, 2015 11:46 AM (lHHyw)
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 11:46 AM (lhUpX)
On the other hand, this could be pragmatism. Incrementalism got the left to where they are today. There are some issues where all-or-nothing is the best strategy. Perhaps phasing out farm and ethanol subsidies is the best we can hope for in the real world.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 08, 2015 11:41 AM (WdLYX)
Iowa makes candidates go up there and mouth a phallic shaped corn covered piece of meat.
They're not even remotely hiding the symbolism. What is hard to understand is why national candidates still believe they have to do it.
One of these years I would like to see a candidate refuse to go up there, and openly talk about how idiotic it is we let our national election be held hostage to a backward, big government loving bunch of hillbilly communists.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 11:47 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Fritz at March 08, 2015 11:48 AM (dVmLD)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:38 AM (Dwehj)
Everyone can find Texas, so bite it, bitchez!
Having said that, I once had an extended business trip to De Moines and enjoyed the town and the people.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 08, 2015 11:48 AM (WdLYX)
Posted by: Dustin at March 08, 2015 11:49 AM (a7sQX)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:49 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 11:51 AM (vvS6Q)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at March 08, 2015 11:52 AM (/pOl7)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at March 08, 2015 11:52 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Ted K. at March 08, 2015 11:53 AM (vggcB)
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:53 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 11:54 AM (lhUpX)
Yeah, I had the same reaction.
I don't want Christie - AT ALL - but I think the protesters were jackholes.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:55 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 11:56 AM (vvS6Q)
Yeah, I had the same reaction.
I don't want Christie - AT ALL - but I think the protesters were jackholes.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 11:55 AM (9BRsg)
Protesters are always jackholes. And Christie is good at responding to them, even when they are paid reporters. It's his one virtue. Other than that though...
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 11:57 AM (Dj0WE)
Agreed. In fact I'd like it if it just stayed DST all the time. More time to golf after work. More normal daylight hours. Who cares if it's dark when you get for work. At least more daylight at the end of the work day would be less depressing.
Posted by: Mr. Natural at March 08, 2015 11:57 AM (/pOl7)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at March 08, 2015 11:58 AM (/pOl7)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 08, 2015 11:59 AM (Bn6aD)
Someone suggesting to me before that it would be better if they'd just adjust the time a half-hour and be done with it. I thought that a good idea.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 11:59 AM (vvS6Q)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 11:59 AM (0FSuD)
Well, he signed a law taxing rainfall on your property, so, pretty much crap.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 12:00 PM (vvS6Q)
Like Affordable now means Unaffordable
And six a.m. now means five a.m.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 12:01 PM (NeFrd)
Ted Cruz's communications director, I think.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:02 PM (9BRsg)
The overwhelming amount of farm subsidies go to the big corporate farming companies like ADM. What is even worse they have mixed the food stamp welfare into the farm bills now.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 12:02 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 12:02 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: huerfano at March 08, 2015 12:02 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 11:33 AM (wlDny)
I think it goes beyond small engines. Pretty much anything with a carburetor. Especially if it sits for any length of time. Motorcycle carbs get trashed with that shit. The jets clog over time.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 12:02 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 08, 2015 12:02 PM (92L+g)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at March 08, 2015 11:57 AM (/pOl7)
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The excuse they give for changing it back during the winter is so the chillrens don't have to cross streets in the dark on their way to daily indoctrination.
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 12:03 PM (lhUpX)
http://tinyurl.com/op4z6va
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 08, 2015 12:03 PM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 08, 2015 12:04 PM (lGNaU)
I find it so jarring to have to skip ahead an hour.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:05 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 12:06 PM (NeFrd)
We use stabilizer in Mrs VIA's Vespa two stroker year round because of that crap.
Of course, I could drive up to York PA, and get ethanol free gas at one particular gas station right off of Rt 30, and bring it back.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 12:06 PM (4aQaK)
http://tinyurl.com/op4z6va
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at March 08, 2015 12:03 PM (BZAd3)
Shocked. The Sargent Shultz administration. The fucker never knows anything going on around him. This imbecile can't find his ass with both hands.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 12:06 PM (FMbng)
I was not -- and still am not -- impressed by Walker. As far as I'm concerned, the only candidates I could support without throwing up a little in my mouth are Perry and Cruz. And that could change depending on what they say during the next year.
If any of the other goombies are selected instead, I may vote for them. But I won't like it. The only exceptions are teh Jebster and Chris Crusty. If they get the nomination, I'll be out of town on election day.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:09 PM (P8YHq)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 08, 2015 12:09 PM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:05 PM (9BRsg)
Blame it on the cows and the RR's
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 12:10 PM (0FSuD)
fucker never knows anything going on around him. This imbecile can't
find his ass with both hands.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 12:06 PM (FMbng)
One of the sites I linked in the news this morning showed where Obama was lying on that score. He plainly knew about it. Teapot Dome was "Tempest in the Teapot" compared to crime lords Clinton and Obama.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 12:10 PM (wlDny)
Does President Funnyface not realize that we're burning fresh corn in our armored-up suburbans and escalades?
Posted by: Fritz at March 08, 2015 12:11 PM (dVmLD)
The Big Corn Lobby has become unified and is morphing into UniCorn.
Connect the dots, people!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 12:12 PM (NeFrd)
Especially since they keep changing the damned day it happens on as well.
Changing the clock to get more daylight is like cutting off your head and standing on it so you can see farther.
I think it comes down to the kind of person who thinks they will die if they can't get their fat grubbies in someone else's business. They can't be bothered to change their own schedule if they think they should, they want the government to change everyone's schedule.
*Millions* of man-hours later, a few entertainment complexes and shopping malls can lobby to keep it in place because so few of the millions of opponents will take the time to speak against it.
It stands as a shining example of busybody government, though, so I guess there's that.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 08, 2015 12:12 PM (bLnSU)
Of course, I could drive up to York PA, and get ethanol free gas at one particular gas station right off of Rt 30, and bring it back.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 12:06 PM (4aQaK)
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There are five stations within two miles of my house the sells no-ethanol gas. It's more expensive though. Something I've never understood.
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 12:12 PM (lhUpX)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at March 08, 2015 12:13 PM (Bn6aD)
I haven't noticed any trouble with any of my small motors and I don't treat them. They're all less than ten years old and have operating on the assumption they are ethanol compliant.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 12:13 PM (vvS6Q)
And yet somehow, I wind up living in a veritable gun desert.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM (4aQaK)
IIRC during the Indiana debate the argument was based on two things: golfing (I kid you not) and being in the same time zone as NYC.
It was a real disappointment to me when it passed.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM (9BRsg)
IMO, BOTH Clintons are pillars of morality when compared to Choom Boy.
Not even Woodrow Wilson can hold a candle to the racism, arrogance and hatred for America that currently emanate from the White House.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM (P8YHq)
The Big Corn Lobby has become unified and is morphing into UniCorn.
Connect the dots, people!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 12:12 PM (NeFrd)
Unicorn?? What's your point?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM (Dj0WE)
Sorta like getting charged for having the phone book not list your number.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 12:15 PM (vvS6Q)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 08, 2015 12:15 PM (BLFGI)
There are a few websites that track the availability, and location of real gas.
sadly, nothing closer for me.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 12:15 PM (4aQaK)
If I lived in AZ I'd spend the entire month of March parked Scottsdale stadium... drunk off my ass. lol
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:16 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM
Why you tryin' to horn in on his gag?
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:16 PM (P8YHq)
I can't say that I "missed" it, Bob.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 12:17 PM (vvS6Q)
*****
OT- My wife and I watched a couple old episodes of "The Virginian" yesterday.
One of them had Sergeant Schultz as the maitre d' at a fancy Chicago restaurant. He all but did the over-the-top German accent, only it sounded vaguely British.
The other episode had Bones McCoy (DeForrest Kelley) as a cavalry doctor and Leonard Nimoy as an outlaw who came under the medical care at the Fort Infirmary. The Nimoy character died while under the care of the McCoy character. I thought that was ironic given the news last week.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 12:17 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 12:17 PM (lhUpX)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 12:18 PM (NeFrd)
based on two things: golfing (I kid you not) and being in the same time
zone as NYC.
It was a real disappointment to me when it passed.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM (9BRsg)
Back when I played golf it was nice because you could get in 18 holes after work. But I have never actually liked it. And it is a huge scam. It saves nothing. It just trades what part of the day has sunlight. And the real kicker is that even if it did save an hour of electric lights that is almost a non-existent fraction of the average energy use in a house.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 12:18 PM (wlDny)
*slides spray bottle of vinegar and case of tin foil through the USB*
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:18 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 12:14 PM
Why you tryin' to horn in on his gag?
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:16 PM (P8YHq)
I'm just horsing around, I guess.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 08, 2015 12:19 PM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:19 PM (9BRsg)
Thankfully these guys are just JV and we have them on the run.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 08, 2015 12:21 PM (/cvEu)
Much more concerned with amnesty talk than ethanol bs.
Posted by: Tracer at March 08, 2015 12:22 PM (xhYmA)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2015 12:23 PM (ZPrif)
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Can you elaborate? Have you experienced any missing time?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 12:24 PM (vvS6Q)
1 Ethanol sucks.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 11:29 AM (FMbng
BANHAMMER!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, eyes bottle of home-brew lovingly at March 08, 2015 12:25 PM (cZOkr)
Posted by: Tracer at March 08, 2015 12:22 PM
It all adds up. You have to wonder what a guy who panders on the small stuff will do with the Big Issues. Walker has already "redefined" himself to some extent on amnesty; which is his "real" position?
At the least, he might just be showing that he doesn't always engage his brain before he puts the mouth in gear, which is bad enough. For once, I'd prefer a candidate who doesn't have to rework his positions.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:25 PM (P8YHq)
Talk about your amiable dunces. Except he's really a vicious back-biting dunce.
It would be like a 55 gallon drum of toluene and liquid oxygen poured on the fire.
Posted by: blaster at March 08, 2015 12:25 PM (Rx8ML)
Posted by: mallfly at March 08, 2015 12:27 PM (bJm7W)
Amazing.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 08, 2015 12:27 PM (9vBCx)
Disapointed in walker but I get this is part of the game. Pretty
insignificant part of America's challenges and it would be nice not to
have to write off Iowa in a general election
Much more concerned with amnesty talk than ethanol bs.
Posted by: Tracer at March 08, 2015 12:22 PM (xhYmA)
Republicans have won Iowa exactly once since RR left office. It is an almost automatic write-off.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 12:27 PM (wlDny)
Pandering on ethanol, vs. the attention and splash of speaking plainly on the subject right in front of a crowd that may be in on and support the looting - no comparison.
WhyTF is America in 2015 unable to produce a politician with the brains and guts to simply say:
"Ethanol is a great example of wasteful, damaging govt. programs that essentially steal money from some taxpayers to give to others, all based on no valid scientific considerations, as so much of what is called 'environmental" policy is today."
There might still be time to actually appeal to the basic common sense of a tiny, bare majority of voters. That time is slipping away. When our dumbed-down and miseducated masses and illegal imports become just a bit more numerous compared to their elders, all best are off.
Is anyone in the GOP field not one of these mediocre, tiny little people who now dominate the Beltway?
Posted by: rhomboid at March 08, 2015 12:29 PM (afQnV)
Who was it? Dubya or Daddy? Not sure either qualifies as a "Republican."
Well, maybe these days they do.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:29 PM (P8YHq)
Posted by: Uncle Joe Busyhands at March 08, 2015 12:29 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Charlie the Unicorn at March 08, 2015 12:30 PM (+FyX1)
Well, maybe these days they do.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:29 PM (P8YHq)
Bush II's second term.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 12:31 PM (wlDny)
The problem is, who Is a better conservative than Walker and has shown he can win?
All the major candidates are squishy on immigration.
Posted by: Tracer at March 08, 2015 12:32 PM (xhYmA)
Flippant and dismissive of, not Code Pink or a bunch of Feminazis, but his own constituency, who are struggling in their daily lives.
I've said it before and I still believe it. His style does not sell outside of NJ.
Posted by: Dan Quayle at March 08, 2015 12:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Uncle Joe Busyhands at March 08, 2015 12:36 PM (Dwehj)
Kind of like what we get when MA elects a "Republican"....
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 08, 2015 12:37 PM (P8YHq)
Scrofulous grifters. Scrofulous grifters. Scrofulous grifters.
Whew. I feel better, I just wanted to see that repeated. Kevin Williamson is superb in the side bar.
Posted by: Dream at March 08, 2015 12:37 PM (NIJhi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 08, 2015 12:38 PM (DmNpO)
Hey, phxazgrl, why aren't you sitting at the ballpark enjoying Spring Training?!!
If I lived in AZ I'd spend the entire month of March parked Scottsdale stadium... drunk off my ass. lol
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 12:16 PM (9BRsg)
i haven't gotten my first game of the season in yet. usually my brother comes down for 2 weeks and we go from stadium to stadium, but he's gone awol .....so i'll be going solo this year which unless i uber means i can't drink.... they put premiums on all the giants away games and jacked up the home game prices...it's just as expensive to go to these games as regular season games now....i have my candlestick park seats here at the home so i can listen to the games on the radio close my eyes and pretend i'm there....and get right without having to worry about driving......are you headed out here this year?
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 08, 2015 12:40 PM (u8GsB)
All the major candidates are squishy on immigration.
Posted by: Tracer at March 08, 2015 12:32 PM (xhYmA)
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If Walker is the nominee, then I'll vote for him.
Posted by: Soona at March 08, 2015 12:40 PM (lhUpX)
WTF do we need to add corn-squeezins to our gas tanks for other than to line pockets?
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 12:44 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 08, 2015 12:44 PM (RxD8B)
Posted by: Tracer at March 08, 2015 12:32 PM (xhYmA)
WaEx did a rundown on all the potential GOP candidates (21 of them). The only one who was not in favor of amnesty in one form or another was Cruz. (They did not have Perry in the mix)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 12:49 PM (wlDny)
I didn't even know that was possible.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 12:51 PM (vvS6Q)
Democrats are winning the West and Southwest with their hispanicization strategy and expanding out of BoNYWash into the South thru Va and NC.
Repubs are countering by increasingly winning the midwest middle and working class white vote.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2015 12:53 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Give Iowa a try at March 08, 2015 12:54 PM (a3NCX)
Posted by: Colin Hay at March 08, 2015 12:57 PM (K+eZ6)
So still sick, it's still freezing, and half the handgun range has been taken over by the Chinese gun club
And anther quarter by a hungun class
Bastards!!!
Oh, and the tacticool kids are here
Ugggggh
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 12:58 PM (g8umy)
I mean have you ever met someone from there?
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 12:59 PM (g8umy)
Damn you straight to hell!!!
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 01:00 PM (g8umy)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 08, 2015 01:01 PM (5buP8)
Not that I can recall. Did meet someone from Minnesota who grew up just across the state line from Iowa. She swore up and down that Iowa existed and that there were people there, so.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 08, 2015 01:02 PM (vvS6Q)
I mean have you ever met someone from there?
It's a weird place. They sell, and presumably people eat something called a "loose meat sandwich". On the upside, they raise a lot of pigs, so bacon.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 08, 2015 01:05 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: Jeb Bush at March 08, 2015 01:07 PM (2mJMN)
Posted by: Ronster at March 08, 2015 01:07 PM (ymjdW)
Posted by: thathalfrican at March 08, 2015 01:09 PM (R5HRU)
Posted by: jwpaine at March 08, 2015 01:09 PM (a3NCX)
As opposed to a tight meat sandwich.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 08, 2015 01:09 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Barack Biden at March 08, 2015 01:11 PM (VAsIq)
And in the midwest, they're politer than the media are used to so the applause don't mean squat.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 01:12 PM (zRby/)
But, he got shit done. Given the amount of sell-outs and squishes we have on our side, I think we should focus on awarding that. If a candidate's just bringing talk and grandstanding, I'm not in the mood for it.
(The ethanol switch isn't helping, though.)
Posted by: AD at March 08, 2015 01:16 PM (pXB1a)
My brother is not fond of Des Moines.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:17 PM (VAsIq)
I mean have you ever met someone from there?
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 12:59 PM (g8umy)
Actually yes. A guy I was on the ship with is from Iowa; he's a PNC these days. Here's his sister (no shit): http://youtu.be/k4-XldJw1vw
Posted by: Country Singer at March 08, 2015 01:17 PM (nL0sw)
Puts them above my home state
All we export is crooked politicians and murder
Well, Shillary is from the Chicago area so that's a 2 for 1
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 01:17 PM (g8umy)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 08, 2015 01:17 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Old Blue at March 08, 2015 01:17 PM (AxABj)
Posted by: eman
That right there is funny.
Posted by: Dang at March 08, 2015 01:17 PM (FRkJH)
Hey! did you guys know it's international chick day today? Aren't they
supposed to show us their boobehs if we toss 'em a plastic necklace or
something like that? I'm pretty sure that's in the rules...
Posted by: jwpaine at March 08, 2015 01:09 PM (a3NCX)
Another fake day generated up by a German Marxist/Communist.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 08, 2015 01:18 PM (wlDny)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 01:18 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: Ronster
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Waterloo is a small town in ancient Rome where Admiral Napoleon lost to the Allied forces in the run-up to WWII.
Posted by: Vox at March 08, 2015 01:18 PM (VAsIq)
This insane shift when it's still winter, however, makes no sense at all. It's not like getting up in the sun and playing late in the sun, it's darkness in the am for next to no improvement in the afternoon. It isn't worth it, and probably does more harm than good.
DST should either be limited to "fat" summer days with gobs of daylight to distribute, or eliminated altogether.
Posted by: SarahW at March 08, 2015 01:19 PM (Lbv/k)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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Note to self: find out where Bitter Clinger lives and close all bridges in his areas.
Posted by: Chris Christie's Careful Cholesterol at March 08, 2015 01:20 PM (VAsIq)
Let us hear no more of this criticism of ethanol as wasteful of water resources, fuel.
In fact we need more money to support ADM as a thank you.
Posted by: EPA (email to congress) at March 08, 2015 01:20 PM (WNERA)
Not unlike the cognitive dissonance of the tree-huggers supporting windmills and solar farms that slaughter birds.
Posted by: MSM at March 08, 2015 01:21 PM (lHHyw)
Not hitting shit (6" targets at 25yds)
Of course they're using glocks
I got really tired of getting fanned so I'll wait them out
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 01:21 PM (g8umy)
Posted by: Chris Christie's Careful Cholesterol at March 08, 2015 01:21 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 01:22 PM (zRby/)
What is that even supposed to mean? Half the world's populations gets to say "Yay, me!" one day a year? Gee, thanks. I don't need a holiday to validate my gender. Stupid Marxists.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2015 01:24 PM (lHHyw)
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 01:24 PM (g8umy)
Posted by: Farmer from 1800s at March 08, 2015 01:24 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 01:25 PM (zRby/)
Personally I call that a day that ends in "y"
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 01:26 PM (g8umy)
When the law does not apply to the lawmakers and law-enforcers, you are not being governed: You are being ruled. And we are ruled by criminals.
Posted by: MTF, Bring On the Art. 5 Convention! at March 08, 2015 01:26 PM (FCsIb)
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So...a Hutt crime syndicate? Then Jebba or Christie deserves the nomination.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson, Star Wars enthusiast at March 08, 2015 01:29 PM (VAsIq)
No kidding. Bought a pontoon with Mercury outboard. To register warranty for the Merc had to sign addendum that said if I ran on ethanol it could void the warranty.
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2015 01:31 PM (3eZI/)
Posted by: Vizzini at March 08, 2015 01:31 PM (VAsIq)
First go out into the woods . . .
*five minutes so far on just cutting the fcuking trees down!!!*
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 01:32 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:32 PM (VAsIq)
featurepics.com/online/Puppy-Dog-Silhouette-1739169.aspx
Posted by: Fritz at March 08, 2015 01:34 PM (dVmLD)
featurepics.com/online/Puppy-Dog-Silhouette-1739169.aspx
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Oh, we already do.
Posted by: Cops at March 08, 2015 01:37 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 01:39 PM (LImiJ)
Big Brown drops off Star Model B #3, from J&G at the house tomorrow.
The first one was from J&G, and was original bluing.
Second was directly from Century International Arms, and was parkerized.
Let's see what this one looks like.
ProTip, Numrich Gun Parts advertises extractors that fit the Model B.
They don't.
Fortunately, they have an outstanding return policy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 01:43 PM (hzrlb)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 01:44 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Navycopjoe aka everyone's favorite democrat at March 08, 2015 01:44 PM (g8umy)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 01:44 PM (FMbng)
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Sure! We have lots of stories about sex, sexism, sexist cops, sexist people....
Posted by: NY Slime at March 08, 2015 01:45 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 01:47 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: The Drinky Hat at March 08, 2015 01:48 PM (0Ew3K)
Then, of course, they had four jokes about Ben Carson's idiocy during the weekend update.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:48 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2015 01:49 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Afroman at March 08, 2015 01:49 PM (lMcYM)
Posted by: Costanza Defense
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#'s 1-10 all involve Kate Upton's boobs, Mr. Defense....
Posted by: Reviewer of Priority Lists at March 08, 2015 01:50 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2015 01:24 PM (lHHyw)
so... no flashin' of da boobehs...?
Posted by: jwpaine at March 08, 2015 01:50 PM (a3NCX)
There is no logical reason to use ethanol, if you aren't in the corn belt they need a way to transport it to the refiners where it is mixed with gasoline. It cannot be shipped by pipeline so it is train or truck. So trains and trucks are automatically for ethanol too--it pays.
Most of us here could write a white paper on the failings of ethanol's promise.
It is about the taxpayer money. Period.
Posted by: Bob from table9 at March 08, 2015 01:51 PM (WNERA)
Does that apply to text messages? What about IM clients?
If not, that's a huge loop hole.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 08, 2015 01:52 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 08, 2015 01:53 PM (czIfS)
I never drain mine. I guess that is why at the beach a lot of gas stations sell non ethanol gas. It's not cheap.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 01:53 PM (0FSuD)
True that. And what happened to those Doublemint twins?
http://youtu.be/7sefHatyheE
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2015 01:54 PM (3eZI/)
Does that apply to text messages? What about IM clients?
If not, that's a huge loop hole.
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Hmmm, we'll get right on closing that loophole. Just, you know, after the election.
If it's a Republican.
Who's not Jebbers.
Posted by: Slimy Government Bureaucrats at March 08, 2015 01:54 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 08, 2015 01:54 PM (czIfS)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:55 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:56 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (VAsIq)
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Well, here's how I see it. The statement from the company said the usage would hinge on the member's sincere self-reported gender identity. But at the same time they said that the complaining member violated their non-judgmental policy. This raises the gazillion dollar question of how can they 'judge' the sincerity of someone's self-reported claim in a 'no judgment' zone. This may be the loophole you are looking for. Just act sincere!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (NeFrd)
*relaxes*
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (VAsIq)
Since the filming of that commercial, one of the dogs was shot during a no-knock raid at the wrong house.
One sister is now hawking Three Wolf Moon sweaters on QVC.
And the second sister is a pre-op, who now goes by "Brian".
The second dog?
Run over by an old lady backing her mini-van out of the driveway while he was licking his balls.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (hzrlb)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (VAsIq)
It is Perfidy, and is technically against the law but when the perps are in charge of the prosecution expect only their enemies to be charged.
Posted by: Bob from table9 at March 08, 2015 01:59 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: EPA (email to congress)
In days long past (the Clinton Regime), the decision was being made to use Methanol (made from coal) or Ethanol (made from maize....you call it corn).
There were good reasons and bad to use either one. The deciding one was a large contribution from ADM to the DNC. That flipped it for Billy Jeff.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... waiting for spring at March 08, 2015 01:59 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 08, 2015 01:59 PM (NBhge)
Posted by: jwpaine at March 08, 2015 02:00 PM (a3NCX)
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That's a lie! It was a large contribution, PLUS a compromising photo of me at Pedophile Island, that decided the issue.
Posted by: Former President Bill Clinton at March 08, 2015 02:01 PM (VAsIq)
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*waves hand*
Posted by: Pander Bear Candidate at March 08, 2015 02:01 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Pander Bear Candidate at March 08, 2015 02:02 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 02:04 PM (LImiJ)
Every International
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 01:58 PM (MMC8r)
FIFY. I give her her wish.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 02:04 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Jukin Former Republican at March 08, 2015 02:04 PM (WGm5T)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 02:05 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: jwpaine at March 08, 2015 02:07 PM (a3NCX)
Incrementalism got the left to where they are today. There are some
issues where all-or-nothing is the best strategy. Perhaps phasing out
farm and ethanol subsidies is the best we can hope for in the real
world.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 08, 2015 11:41 AM (WdLYX)
I tend to agree. The ethanol mandate is a supremely bad idea, but it has made many farmers and processors rich. They vote. Even if they understand on an intellectual level that corn ethanol is not a "solution" to anything, they are hooked on the easy money. I see three pragmatic ways to deal with this situation. One, promote a long-term phase-out, say over 8 years or so. This would allow older farmers who are near retirement to carry on pretty much as before, as they will "phase out" about the same time as the mandate. That's the honest option. Number two, promote a long-term phase-out while campaigning, but, once elected, evince great shock and horror that the Democrats had cooked the books, and the situation is a whole lot worse, by golly, and the ethanol phase-out will have to be accelerated to 3 years because the country will be the loser, otherwise. That's the semi-honest option. Number three, campaign on a long-term phaseout, or even just ignore the mandate altogether, or even feign support for it, and then, once elected, kill it dead all at once. The "Democrats cooked the books" mantra can be used to excuse this, naturally, and we know for a fact they do cook the books, so it's not only plausible, it's true.
I'd favor option number three, some tough love for farmers. And you could throw them a bone by offering some short-term subsidies to grow tortilla-grade corn for the Central American market. One of the shameful side effects of the ethanol mandates is that food-grade corn became scarcer and more expensive because so much acreage was diverted to grow ethanol corn. And making corn products cheaper in Central America might help stem the flow of illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 08, 2015 02:07 PM (u6ZjY)
"There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born."
Barack only forgot one small matter. Selma happened in 1965, and he was born in 1961. Again, a lying prick who is unable to tell the truth about anything.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 08, 2015 02:08 PM (P330y)
Damn, what a tragic story. Makes my heart hurt. Especially for the poor ball-licking dog that was run over by grandma.
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2015 02:08 PM (3eZI/)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:09 PM (VAsIq)
It's insane to get up in front of an audience of technically illiterate American voters and say, "The EROEI of ethanol is ridiculous. The energy conversion factor of photosynthetic plants is too low to make vehicle fuels."
Roll it into broader issues. Simplify. Clarify.
Say something along the lines of,
"For most of the history of this country, American citizens got along perfectly well without having rules on ordinary household items like toilets, light bulbs and gasoline being imposed on them by faraway federal bureaucrats in Washington, D.C."
You can expand the point.
"Much less having those same faceless unaccountable bureaucrats getting in between them and their doctor in the consultation room. Those things were thought to be none of D.C.'s business. That's the way the Constitution set things up, and it was a way that worked fine, and it's a way we need to return to."
Posted by: The Permanent Bipartisan Fusion Party at March 08, 2015 02:09 PM (noWW6)
The Republican party supports welfare for rural whites.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:10 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:11 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:11 PM (yc2cD)
Republicans are against welfare for minorities. Hence why they demonize them, but they support welfare for white farmers and Wall Street.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:12 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Bob from table9 at March 08, 2015 01:51 PM (WNERA)
Anything that gets seasonal or occasional use needs to be drained before it sits, including the bowl of the carb. Usually I'll drain the gas and run it till it dies if the bowl doesn't have a drain. This gas is such shit I don't even trust it after its 6 months old.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 02:12 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:13 PM (VAsIq)
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http://tinyurl.com/m7z7hlq
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 02:13 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:14 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:10 PM (yc2cD)
You could argue the space program was welfare for white engineers and technicians. Either way combined they pale in dollar numbers to welfare for people. Paying people to not work is a fine way to get more people not working. It upsets the labor market.
It makes for idle hands and they are the devil's workshop.
Posted by: Bob from table9 at March 08, 2015 02:15 PM (WNERA)
What you say?
Central America: cheaper tortillas.
America: EITC, EBT, WIC, SNAP, AFDC, TANF, Section 8 housing.
Si senor. We theenk about this. We get back to you, hokay?
Posted by: Pedro and Maria at March 08, 2015 02:15 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at March 08, 2015 02:16 PM (SkKfM)
****
He died doing what he loved.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at March 08, 2015 02:16 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 02:17 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:17 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Zombie Ball-licking Dog at March 08, 2015 02:18 PM (VAsIq)
You support welfare for farmers to grow corn. At least you are honest that you support welfare for rural whites.
You do know many whites abuse SSI disability? That is OK, because they are part of the master race.
I give you kudos for honestly, but wish the GOP would drop the whole small government economic freedom canard. They support socialism for rural whites.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:18 PM (yc2cD)
No white people are on any welfare program, right?
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:19 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:20 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:21 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:21 PM (VAsIq)
Democrats are for welfare for all.
How about a party that opposes welfare?
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:21 PM (yc2cD)
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I bought a book yesterday, Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well On Ganymede. I've barely begun but it's a scyfy comedy about a guy who was conceived the exact moment of Holly's death and then decades later Holly's image appears on every TV in the world simultaneously and, apparently, Buddy Holly is coming back from the great beyond.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 02:21 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:22 PM (VAsIq)
If you like the horribly damaging effect that ethanol has on engine fuel systems, eating up gaskets and O-rings, you're just gonna love methanol.
Here's the #Torque2016 energy plan in one paragraph.
Corn is for eating or for feeding to animals. Ethanol is for drinking. Wind is a costly toy. Solar should be on orbital platforms. Vehicles should be powered by synthetic gasoline or synthetic diesel derived via GTL processes from our thanks-to-fracking abundant natural gas. We will free up gas since all primary electricity generation should be from new generation nuclear plants. These new nukes will also eliminate the need for long term use of Yucca Mountain, by fissioning that "waste" and making power from it. We will still need Yucca for secure short term storage till then, and the unhappy Senate Minority Leader can go yucc an egg.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 08, 2015 02:23 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: torquewrench at March 08, 2015 02:23 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:23 PM (VAsIq)
If you were a regular here you would know we don't like what rino's do. We rag on them more than the dems. So stop the racists shit and stick to the point.
Posted by: Bob from table9 at March 08, 2015 02:23 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 11:29 AM (FMbng)
But does it swallow?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 08, 2015 02:24 PM (veOgY)
Hang on a minute, guys--that street burrito I purchased is doing a number on me. It might be dysentery.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:21 PM (VAsIq)
This would be good. Take your shit over to HA.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 02:24 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:25 PM (VAsIq)
So. Much. Diarrhea.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:22 PM (VA
Like your posts. Be gone.
Posted by: Nip Sip at March 08, 2015 02:26 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:26 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 08, 2015 02:27 PM (W5DcG)
If they were better at picking general election winners, it would be a different story.
Here's another #Torque2016 proposal. An intra-GOP policy shift.
After the general election, if the Republican party's candidate loses, the states where that candidate won the primaries or caucuses get dropped to the very back of the calendar queue for the next primary cycle. Those states which consistently pick general election winners will end up with primary priority over time.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 08, 2015 02:27 PM (noWW6)
RINOs, I thought Scott Walker was the great white hope for you guys. He's a welfare lover for white folks, but will gladly go after minorities.
Why don't Republicans just come out and admit they only care about rural whites. Be honest and stop with the dog whistle crap.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:27 PM (yc2cD)
I's Aces way of giving back to us for paying the monthly AoSHQ Platinum membership rates.
Ace wins
We win
Hector has something to do on weekends.
It's a trifecta of winning.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 02:27 PM (hzrlb)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 02:28 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: Bob from table9 at March 08, 2015 02:28 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 08, 2015 02:29 PM (CMkNk)
Republicans love to whip up white racists and Democrats like to whip the social justice commies.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:29 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:29 PM (VAsIq)
Jindal and Haley are normally considered 'people of color' unless they're conservative, then they're white.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 02:30 PM (MMC8r)
Sure they are Blacks who "know their place." If a minority Republicans leaves the plantation like Rubio, it is open season on them.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:30 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:31 PM (VAsIq)
JJ, your kitties, they will be confused today.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 08, 2015 02:31 PM (CRukk)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:32 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:32 PM (VAsIq)
In some specific cases, gaseous fuel is fine. Preferred even.
In general it's easier to handle and move liquids around.
And the engineering trade space for vehicle design is made more friendly by storage tanks that don't have to require a compressed gas. A CNG tank only wants to be a certain shape, optimally. A liquid fuel tank can conform to available volume within the vehicle package more gracefully.
Such new gen liquid fuels are also entirely compatible with the existing installed base of gasoline and diesel vehicles. Synthetic gasoline from GTL natural gas will drop right in to your classic car with no problems at all. And GTL fuels have many fewer issues with things like tailpipe particulates.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 08, 2015 02:33 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: DOG loves truck at March 08, 2015 02:33 PM (VAsIq)
It is true, the modern Republican Party has become a rural whites only party. It was not like this even 10 years ago, but with the white nationalist take over via the tea party, George Wallace would be at home in today's Republican party.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:33 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 02:33 PM (MMC8r)
Jindal and Haley are normally considered 'people of color' unless they're conservative, then they're white.
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Oh yeah. I forgot about them. I may have to check my white privilege card.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 02:34 PM (LImiJ)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 02:35 PM (MMC8r)
gas to power the internal combustion engine rather than going through
the extra step of converting it to a liquid ?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 08, 2015 02:27 PM (W5DcG)
Because it cannot readily be stored as a liquid. You can liquefy it, but it has to be stored at cryogenic temperatures, so not really suited for consumer use that way. Natural gas vehicles (and there are a lot of them already) use pressure cylinders to store the gas. So range is an issue, and also the weight of the tank. Gasoline and Diesel are pretty much ideal fuels, in that they have a very high energy density (BTU's per pound) and also can be safely stored in light, thin-walled tanks at atmospheric pressure.
But, at present there is no need for GTL technology to make motor fuel, as the crude oil supply is still ample.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 08, 2015 02:35 PM (u6ZjY)
Posted by: Troll at March 08, 2015 02:36 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 08, 2015 02:36 PM (W5DcG)
Many Latinos like Rubio and Cruz are biologically white. However, conservatives do not acknowledge the existance of white Latinos and this socially, they are not white.
Italians and Jews were not considered white 100 years for social reasons, the same with white Hispanics.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:36 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:21 PM (VAsIq)
Go wipe your ass with a snow cone.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 02:36 PM (FMbng)
So now we have two blacks, and two females, besides the real females in the party all generally accepted or rejected according to their positions, and not on their skin color, or plumbing.
Yup, racist sexist conservatives at it again.
Looking for the racial/sexual purity candidate of white skin and a penis that they were originally born with.
Fcuking dumbass trolls.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 08, 2015 02:37 PM (hzrlb)
Us? We're just concerned with content of character, and things like legal status.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 02:38 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Brian Williams at March 08, 2015 02:38 PM (K+eZ6)
Posted by: GOMP loves wifewear at March 08, 2015 02:38 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Lauren at March 08, 2015 02:38 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Lauren at March 08, 2015 02:38 PM (MYCIw)
Mommy's basement is a 24-7 thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 08, 2015 02:39 PM (FMbng)
Today's Democrat party is the party of Henry Wallace and the Hollywood 5.
Today's electoral scenario is Dixiecrat vs Marxist-Leninist.
There is no Center-Right party in today's America. It is National Socialism vs, International Socialism.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:40 PM (yc2cD)
Race, race, race, race, white, white, race, dog whistle, welfare, Klan, race, white, race, race, Klan, welfare, dog whistle, dog whistle, welfare, white, white, Klan, race, Klan, Klan, race, race, race, welfare, race, Klan, welfare, welfare, dog whistle, race, race, Klan, race, race, welfare, dog whistle......
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 08, 2015 02:40 PM (ynQIy)
Please, you are just a more polite version of the Klan. I have respect for Bob from Table 9 because he is honest in his pro-white agenda. I respect honest racists, not those who are too cowardly to admit their true world view.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:41 PM (yc2cD)
Shouldn't Boner get a non-racist t-shirt, since he pushed through the shamnesty for Hector's wife?
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 02:42 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:42 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 08, 2015 02:43 PM (ynQIy)
In general, GTL plants cost a pretty penny. Better bring a couple of billion bucks. But once in operation they are generally reckoned to be operationally cost competitive with a traditional oil-based vehicle fuel refinery, including being energy cost competitive.
(Remember that crude oil has to endure some pretty complicated, costly, energy intensive gymnastics itself, on its long journey in between the wellhead and the unleaded pump.)
Last I looked, the Sasol firm were running design studies for a GTL plant, America's first one, intended to be sited in Lousiana's refinery corridor.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 08, 2015 02:44 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 08, 2015 02:46 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:46 PM (VAsIq)
Can't tell the players without a program.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 08, 2015 02:47 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Barack Biden at March 08, 2015 02:47 PM (VAsIq)
There are still non racists Republicans like Boehner, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and others. But they are a minority in today's Republican party.
Posted by: GOP loves welfare at March 08, 2015 02:47 PM (yc2cD)
Posted by: Leftists at March 08, 2015 02:48 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2015 02:50 PM (lHHyw)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 08, 2015 02:53 PM (7Ftan)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:54 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 08, 2015 02:55 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at March 08, 2015 02:56 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 02:56 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 02:57 PM (zRby/)
He still isn't qualified to be President by a long shot, though.
Posted by: Adjoran at March 08, 2015 02:59 PM (QIQ6j)
Posted by: 14 billion at March 08, 2015 02:59 PM (glJL/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 08, 2015 03:00 PM (KH1sk)
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Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. That was before he lost that loose wheel.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 08, 2015 03:01 PM (LImiJ)
I've only watched for a few minutes, here and there, but they look remastered, great color. Really nice.
Rest in peace Mr. Nimoy.
Oh, and Bone and Spock - 'frenemies' before that was even a thing.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 08, 2015 03:03 PM (AC0lD)
It's all optics and PR.
(and no I'm not talking about Puerto Rico.
This is why we're getting fooled more often because what class of personality does best as far as looks, conviviality, popularity, charisma, charm, etc.
Con Men that's who.
Confidence Men (or women) to use the old school term.
They INSPIRE confidence. Based on absolutely nothing more than their handshake and a smile.
Who does that remind you of?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at March 08, 2015 03:03 PM (zRby/)
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 08, 2015 03:03 PM (3eZI/)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at March 08, 2015 03:04 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 08, 2015 03:04 PM (lHHyw)
"Rick Perry... (He still opposes a Federal ethanol mandate.)"
[T]he former governor of a petroleum-rich state [Governor Perry] suggested he didnt think it would be fair to end the RFS while oil companies continued to benefit from tax breaks. "I dont think you pull the RFS out and discriminate against the RFS and leave all these other subsidies," he said.
HotAir
Opposes -- in the "supports forever" sense of the term.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 08, 2015 04:35 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 08, 2015 04:42 PM (lG2E3)
Walker's cave-in to the corn-hucksters isn't a good sign of spine. Somebody needs to remind him of how talking tough then backing down worked for Pawlenty last time out.
Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at March 08, 2015 04:50 PM (QKIQb)
I find it odd that an agri business pub that I linked above (and here
www.agri-pulse.com/Perry-no-reversal-on-ethanol-03072015.asp) would interpret Perry's position "not a federal issue" if his position was the same as Walker's.
No offense, but Hot Gas is so in the tank for Walker I don't really trust their articles when it comes to 2016 prospects any longer.
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 05:02 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Y-not at March 08, 2015 05:09 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 08, 2015 05:45 PM (XO6WW)
If you read the full quote at the link Perry's position is to remove all federal subsidies.
Posted by: Y-not
Waffles:
A Perry representative later sent a statement of clarification to Agri-Pulse, saying he "has a philosophical objection to the federal government distorting the marketplace, whether it's direct subsidies, tax credits, or fuel mandates."
But the statement went on to suggest it was premature to dismantle the RFS: "We should not single out ethanol and the RFS while ignoring tax credits, subsidies and mandates for other fuel and energy producers. Gov. Perry supports a review of all federal energy mandates, tax incentives and subsidies to see if and how they protect our food supply and strengthen our energy industry, help small farmers succeed, and ultimately, ensure a responsible use of taxpayer dollars."
And since the severely conservative Perry isn't going to touch those, and a severely conservative review panel appointed by Perry isn't going to touch those, and since a severely conservative Congress isn't going to touch those, the "Engine Eating Gas" mandates go on forever.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 08, 2015 05:51 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Y-not on her phone at March 08, 2015 06:36 PM (9BRsg)
Perry is also a gun-grabber, I hear. LOL
Posted by: Y-not
Protip: If you keep needing to hand-wave away what your candidate has or is saying, you're losing.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 08, 2015 06:49 PM (kdS6q)
And the driving up of ALL grain prices by the inordinate landmass devoted to corn is literally causing starvation in other countries around the world. Bread riots are what started the "Arab Spring" in Egypt. See Deroy Murdock's article about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/p4bdkpk
Ethanol fuel is evil, evil, EVIL. I know every gas station between Concordia, KS, and Dallas, TX, that sells ethanol-free gasoline, and when I make one of my many required trips up or down I-35/135, I stop ONLY at those gas stations. I regard it as moral cooperation with evil to put ethanol in my car. (Not to mention that it's hell on your engine AND -- irony of ironies -- it actually DECREASES your miles per gallon. Can't. Make. This. Shit. Up.)
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at March 08, 2015 07:47 PM (AcTdG)
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