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Morning Thread (8-12-2015)

Meet the new inevitability. Same as the old inevitability.

@bostonherald: Franklin Pierce Univ/Boston Herald NH Dem primary poll: Sanders 44, Clinton 37, Biden 9, Webb 1, O'Malley & Chaffee -1

Posted by: Andy at 06:11 AM




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1 Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, August 12, 2015. On this day in 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. That entire statement is BS. The SS system was never really intended to be a "pension" system for the retired. His original intent for this ponzi scheme was to create an instant tax increase. It was set up originally as a somewhat retirement type scheme in that you had to work at least three quarters and pay into the system (both you and your employer). Now even this is no longer true thanks to the Democrats. When SSDI was added it became even worse. And in 1935 in the middle of the Great Depression if there was one thing the country did not need it was another tax.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:12 AM (GpgJl)

2 Horsehead idiot says Iran hasn't pursued a nuke since 2003. Hey you idiot, we are not stupid. There have already been reports that they are violating the agreement.


http://fxn.ws/1hx9K1W

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:12 AM (GpgJl)

3 Scankles has turned over her private server to the DOJ. I'm sure it will get a fair and balance investigation there.


http://fxn.ws/1P5Z70r

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:13 AM (GpgJl)

4 Victims of Palestinian terrorism are fired up that Obama has intervened in their court case against the Palestinian authority in their civil suit which they have won a massive verdict. I personally am against these kinds of trials where US citizen sue foreign entities in US courts because I am again foreigners suing US entities in their courts. And if there was ever a definition of a shark law firm it is Sokolow. But, be that as it may, everything the DOJ and the DOS said in court was absolute BS. This "payout" will essentially come from the US government (and the taxpayers) since we have been paying the PA millions upon millions for years.


http://fxn.ws/1L4V97H

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:13 AM (GpgJl)

5 Something I warned about last year amid all the black on white gang violence in malls and parks. When the authorities fail to do their jobs in controlling mob behavior due to PC crap vigilantes will step in. Well, it has started in Ferguson and it will not turn out so well. And the "authorities" of course are not happy.


http://fxn.ws/1DJdYxv

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:13 AM (GpgJl)

6 The head EPA scrunt and master criminal admits that the toxic waste from that EPA spill is going to spread far and wide.


http://fxn.ws/1EmC7od

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:13 AM (GpgJl)

7 Amazing; more fraud by government officials. And this one is absolutely crazy. These were highly paid government employees in Prince Georges County MD. They underreported their income, in some cases saying no income at all, so their kids could get reduced price meals at school (more welfare). These folks have jeopardized a high paying job to save nickels and dimes for school lunch. This is what happens in any welfare system. Eventually the fraud and abuse takes over the program completely. This was only 5 people here but I would wager if the program were audited across the country the fraud and abuse would be at least half of the program.


http://fxn.ws/1IYhvnp

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:13 AM (GpgJl)

8 RIP Tony Lara (deadliest catch) at 50.


http://fxn.ws/1hxbJmW

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:14 AM (GpgJl)

9 And there is something else that causes fraud and abuse; over regulation by government. What does that cause? bribery. This is one of things that has caused major damage to the economies in the third world and helps to maintain them as shit-holes. We are headed in that direction.


http://fxn.ws/1HFuCc3

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:14 AM (GpgJl)

10 Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline shut down its plant in Zebulon, NC after finding bacteria that causes Legionnaire's Disease in the water in their cooling tower.


http://fxn.ws/1NpOXr1

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:14 AM (GpgJl)

11 The cop who shot and killed that punk who ran amuck in the auto dealership has been fired. So you can standby for the fun to begin there.


http://fxn.ws/1JTEgxR

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:14 AM (GpgJl)

12 And the FBI has declined to "investigate" which means there is no case at all here even though the cop was fired.


http://bit.ly/1WhXthG

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:15 AM (GpgJl)

13 Amazing what happens when the government violates the constitution in search of nebulous "civil rights".


The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has a mess on its hands: It's conducting 148 investigations at 129 universities that may have mishandled sexual assault grievances and that number is going up, not down.


First off, the feds have zero authorities for "sex abuse" at local State institutions. There is NOTHING in the civil rights act that makes a sex crime some kind of discrimination. Second off, these same State institutions should not be doing their own "investigations". Any allegations of sex abuse should be turned over to local police for investigation and prosecution where warranted.


http://fxn.ws/1IK3vOX

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:15 AM (GpgJl)

14 Looks like yet another good movie will be tarnished by a crappy sequel.


http://fxn.ws/1HFwBx5

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:16 AM (GpgJl)

15 LL's IRS only issued tax free status to one conservative group in three years. (and that was likely due to a mistake)


http://bit.ly/1KfYr4Y

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:16 AM (GpgJl)

16 Joke headline of the day from the WaTi: Spill threatens EPA credibility. Hahahha What credibility?


http://bit.ly/1N0XvHR

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:16 AM (GpgJl)

17 Latest outrage; illegals are suing over "detention center conditions". Another reason why these should by very temporary holding pens until they are deported.


http://bit.ly/1HEYEwN

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:16 AM (GpgJl)

18 Racist agitator group says it is the police's fault that the black gunman shot at them because they were in plain clothes.


http://bit.ly/1J3m18t

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:17 AM (GpgJl)

19 A beauty salon in Ferguson that was rebuilt with the help of a St Louis Teaparty group following the original riots was trashed and looted during this latest round of riots. The Teaparty group would have done better to help the owners relocate to a place that was not being razed by savages and was unprotected by police.


http://bit.ly/1J3eHd1

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:17 AM (GpgJl)

20 Trump says he is open to continuing to fund "the good aspects of PP". So I guess he is just as prone to Perry in making stupid statements. There are two problems here. First givernment funding of PP was never supposed to go toward abortions to begin with. But as we know, all money is fungible regardless of the target. Second, after what we have looked at lately, PP does very little else but abortions.


http://bit.ly/1L4YL9N

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:17 AM (GpgJl)

21 Scankles wants all Americans to be crooks and liars.


http://bit.ly/1DMdFBN

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:17 AM (GpgJl)

22 BB take exception to Kelly's "good journalism". It looks to me like she was just as bad as MSDNC with "gotcha questions". Kelly babe, good looks do not excuse biased Democrat press activities.


http://bit.ly/1Pk2XUo


That's it for today folks. I had to lop it off early because I ran out of time. The Deal of the Day link could not be shortened for some reason either. And don't have time to check the rest for errors.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:18 AM (GpgJl)

23 How do you get a negative number in a poll?


Ans: These numbers are always "normalized" in some manner, which is why I don't trust polls. So if you "normalize" down an already low number it will go negative,

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:20 AM (GpgJl)

24 Why am I the only one here this morning?

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:25 AM (GpgJl)

25 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 12, 2015 06:25 AM (UpGcq)

26 Thanks for the news, Vic..

It's very early.. not so much for you eastern time zoners, though..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 12, 2015 06:27 AM (UpGcq)

27 Thanks Vic!

Posted by: whiskey tango at August 12, 2015 06:27 AM (SuMLu)

28 Andy normally posts now around 6 am and we usually have at least 3 or 4 initially. And this is the first time when my news links are ALL the "first" comments.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:30 AM (GpgJl)

29 yeah.. usually by the time I get here there's a hundred comments or more..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 12, 2015 06:32 AM (UpGcq)

30

DAY 1,009

454 to go (527 to Inauguration Day 2017)


Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, mewling mattress myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.


Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:32 AM (St6BJ)

31
Well, lookie here! Trump is actually on top of women!

In the polls that is. According to Puffington Ho in their own poll. Must be killing them to write that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:35 AM (St6BJ)

32 Sure it's great that Cankles is getting plowed under like a spring rock in New Hampshire but isn't just weirder than weird that the states preference is now Bernie, The Socialist?

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:37 AM (GjigR)

33
There is no way the DNC will allow Bernie Sanders to run. They need to have their Marxism on the down-low. Then again, this is 2015, not 1965.

But it would be very interesting to see the Democrat establishment do the same thing to an outsider what the GOP-e does all the time to Conservatives.

Yeah, the bits and pieces of each are somewhat different, but it is still the establishment wanting to take out someone they don't want.

Forgetting ideology, Bernie hates banks and Wall Street. And today, those are the Democrats' biggest donors.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:39 AM (St6BJ)

34 5 When the authorities fail to do their jobs in controlling mob behavior due to PC crap vigilantes will step in.
==========================

Exactly right, and you'd think even Nixon and the evil Progs running things at DOJ would have figured this out, unless they think repression of vigilantism will have some social value to their higher goals.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:41 AM (GjigR)

35 33 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:39 AM (St6BJ)


I don't put a lot of faith in any polls right now. But if that trend continues after the summer is over I am sure the DNC will have their operatives in the caucus States and their super delegates standing by to make sure their favored candidate gets it.


The Republican will do the same thing if Trump is still dominating.


The public thinks they actually have a say in the primaries which were supposed to eliminate the "smoke filled" rooms that chose the candidates.


The public has been fooled once again. Abraham Lincoln was wrong. You can fool the majority of people all the time. Because they are dumber than posts.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:45 AM (GpgJl)

36 34 posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:41 AM (GjigR)

Interesting how the media portrayed the Freedom Watchers group in Ferguson (is that the name?) as "militant" and "controversial" but the rioters and looters were called "protesters."

And by "interesting" I mean revolting.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:46 AM (St6BJ)

37 Super Delegates may not have anyone to fix the race for if Cankles is under indictment.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:46 AM (GjigR)

38 If voting mattered they wouldn't let us do it.

--Mark Twain

Posted by: Dave, temporarily in RI at August 12, 2015 06:48 AM (DzBy0)

39 35 Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:45 AM (GpgJl)

Hey Vic, I agree. It's just that everyone in the MFM is hot and horny to destroy Trump and even their own poll, post-menstrual controversy, failed. That's the only reason I brought it up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:48 AM (St6BJ)

40 36 And by "interesting" I mean revolting.
=============================


A little openly expressed Propaganda Press bias to start the day. Good catch.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:48 AM (GjigR)

41 36 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 06:46 AM (St6BJ)


They called themselves "oath keepers".

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:50 AM (GpgJl)

42 morning
*yawn*

This is a good read:

AZ Court Rejects Taxpayers Pay for Union Workers

$2 million dollars to cops-turned-labor-reps is 'disproportionate'

An Arizona court struck down taxpayer funding for union work on Tuesday, dealing a blow to public sector unions.

The Arizona Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA) wrongfully used taxpayer dollars to pay union representatives who had ceased to perform the duties of their government jobs in order to serve their labor representatives.

...

The association's deal mandated nearly 2,000 hours of release time for six police officers to perform union duties, rather than those of a police officer. Release time cost the city nearly $2 million over a two-year period, according to the ruling.

...

"Not only were taxpayers being forced to fund private labor union activity, it was activity that was purposely aimed at undermining the safety of Phoenix residents and the operations of the police department. That's not only illegal, it's outrageous," Bolick said in the release.

Labor watchdogs, such as Patrick Semmens of the National Right to Work Foundation, said the court decision eliminates "an outrageous giveaway to big labor that needs to be ended nationwide."

"There is absolutely no justification for having taxpayers foot the bill for union officials to conduct union business," he said. "If what the union officials are doing is worthwhile then union members will voluntarily pay dues to support those activities. Official time lets government union bosses avoid accountability from both taxpayers and rank-and-file union members."


let's hope it sets a precedence, we've seen this in every area of government, and anything the democrats touch

another reason States need autonomy

we need a bigger army to root these jackals out

the washington freebeacon.com

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 06:50 AM (qCMvj)

43 37
Super Delegates may not have anyone to fix the race for if Cankles is under indictment.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:46 AM (GjigR)

O'Malley is still going and Biden may jump in.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:50 AM (GpgJl)

44 also from the freebeacon.com

Obama, Clinton Foundation Donors Sold "Green" Fuel to Military for $149 per Gallon

San Francisco's Solazyme also received millions in stimulus funds from DOE


same ole same ole stealing from the taxpayer cronyism, putting money into dem campaign coffers

they claim the amount also includes R&D and crap...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 06:52 AM (qCMvj)

45 Fairly quiet night in the Black Lives Matter area. BLM is celebrating that they turned Bernie Sanders around and he now completely agrees that only BLM's.
Baltimore: 1 shot
Or is it the CBF removal is having its effect. Or the homies are just saving ammo for the next big one.

Posted by: Colin at August 12, 2015 06:52 AM (+ZK9k)

46 I don't put a lot of faith in any polls right now. But if that trend continues after the summer is over I am sure the DNC will have their operatives in the caucus States and their super delegates standing by to make sure their favored candidate gets it.


The Republican will do the same thing if Trump is still dominating.


The Dems chickened out last time with Obama. The superdelegates didn't vote for Hillary.

If Trump makes it to the convention (which I see as unlikely), they'll kneecap his run behind the scenes and lose the election on purpose. If they tried to replace him, he'd go third party and they'd lose anyway, but the GOP would probably dissolve in the process.

Honestly I hope they are stupid and heavy handed enough to attempt it. They have been remarkably bad at handling this minor problem so far.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 12, 2015 06:52 AM (Oodza)

47 O'Malley is still going and Biden may jump in.
Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:50 AM (GpgJl)


Biden would be a joke.

O'Malley is all they have unless someone new pops up.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 06:53 AM (qCMvj)

48 47 Biden would be a joke.



O'Malley is all they have unless someone new pops up.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 06:53 AM (qCMvj)

All Democrats are a joke, a bad joke. But he also has his backers.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:56 AM (GpgJl)

49 Maggies posted a quote from the hated Jefferson yesterday to start the day and it has a message for the Progressives and their IRS/EPA/DOJ handmaidens:

"When people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty."

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:56 AM (GjigR)

50 BTW folks, on that article about Scankles giving her server to the FBI. I saw other articles that hinted that they came and took it. There was no "give" involved.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:57 AM (GpgJl)

51 >>>>Sure it's great that Cankles is getting plowed under like a spring rock
in New Hampshire but isn't just weirder than weird that the states
preference is now Bernie, The Socialist?
.
.
.He is the only one who will carry on with Obama's legacy, Hillary certainly wouldn't. She would fold the first time a critical poll came out and drift to the Center. After all both are avowed Socialists, just only that Sanders has come and out said it while Obama hid his Socialism.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2015 06:58 AM (iONHu)

52 I still think Obama is planning on staying in office due to "voting irregularities" or some other nonsense. Setting up Hillary to be behind bars after she gets the nomination will be step one. This election will be a mess as the DOJ/IRS/etc. cause chaos to the process. As the election gets closer we'll here how it is too dangerous right now to put someone else in office. Who knows, but something is going on on the Dem side.

Posted by: WOPR at August 12, 2015 06:59 AM (nRvEn)

53 49
Maggies posted a quote from the hated Jefferson yesterday to start the
day and it has a message for the Progressives and their IRS/EPA/DOJ
handmaidens:



"When people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty."

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:56 AM (GjigR)

The Democrats have bowed to the racist social justice crowd and are now eliminating all referenced to Thomas Jefferson in their activities.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:59 AM (GpgJl)

54 You know who has a flawless record on preventing spills? The fracking industry. Maybe they could help save the EPA's bacon in that Durango river poisoning.

But they won't.

"All the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper 'no.' "

Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 07:01 AM (1mPbg)

55 54
You know who has a flawless record on preventing spills? The fracking
industry. Maybe they could help save the EPA's bacon in that Durango
river poisoning.



But they won't.



"All the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll whisper 'no.' "

Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 07:01 AM (1mPbg)


The EPA has nothing to worry about. Unlike the BP spill (which did little real damage) this spill will disappear from the press after a few more days.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 07:04 AM (GpgJl)

56 Traveling south on Amtrak this A.M. and I'm listening to an old favorite, Emmylou Harris' "Wrecking Ball". Great, great record (for those who like something a little different from Emmylou and that proud Canadian, Daniel Lanois).

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 07:04 AM (GjigR)

57 New Hampshire is apparently changing it's state motto to "Live Free or Don't."

Posted by: Sexy Granny Hill' (now with detachable power suit) at August 12, 2015 07:04 AM (bLfK+)

58 It was the latest crime against bands visiting St. Louis. Police have previously acknowledged that bands are being targeted as they pass through St. Louis

Was it in the original "Vacation" movie that the Griswold's got their hubcaps stolen in St. Louis..

Posted by: Colin at August 12, 2015 07:05 AM (+ZK9k)

59 When armed men with warrants are at your doorstep, you comply. Even if you dindu nuffin.

Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 07:05 AM (1mPbg)

60 Dear Lord, local idiot news mouth just described the dead Arlington criminal as a "football star". I didn't hear vandal, thug, outlaw, or criminal.

Posted by: dogfish at August 12, 2015 07:06 AM (jWtyG)

61 Democrats investigating Democrats. Nothing will happen.

Heard Hillary and her minions have lawyered up with very good and expensive lawyers. Same old D.C. bullsh*t.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at August 12, 2015 07:06 AM (Bbcs8)

62 Thanks, Vic !

G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 12, 2015 07:07 AM (go6ud)

63 The Flint Hills TEA Party Education Fund, a 501(c )3 educational group, took 17 months to get IRS tax-free certified status. We teach the Constitution with an annual Constitution Bee devoted to Kansas high school students. The top three winners are given substantial scholarships for any post-secondary education efforts.

We teach about the Constitution. Can't have that going on in America, based on IRS actions. We were personally and negatively affected.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2015 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

64 And Vic, my heartfelt thanks for the morning links.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2015 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

65 Willie Geist on Geno Smith: "He did throw a punch. But it was intercepted."

Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 07:08 AM (1mPbg)

66 I still think Obama is planning on staying in office due to "voting irregularities" or some other nonsense.

I'm sure he'd love to, but even at this late stage with our quivering opposition party I think it's unlikely.

You don't hear much about him being a lame duck though. He pretty much gets everything he wants.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 12, 2015 07:09 AM (Oodza)

67
Re my earlier comment about Sanders, if the Democrats kneecap him, will their base protest and stay home like our base did with Mitt in 2012?

At first I'd say no way. But who knows?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:09 AM (St6BJ)

68 The EPA has nothing to worry about. Unlike the BP spill (which did
little real damage) this spill will disappear from the press after a few
more days.

Having hiked through that area around Durango in my younger years, that whole area is honeycombed with old mines...I'm sure the EPA didn't listen to any of the locals about the dangers of screwing with the old mines. It will be a none story shortly anyway...

Posted by: Colin at August 12, 2015 07:09 AM (+ZK9k)

69 65 Willie Geist on Geno Smith: "He did throw a punch. But it was intercepted."
Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 07:08 AM (1mPbg)


Who was the intended receiver?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:10 AM (St6BJ)

70 Jonah Goldberg's piece in the LATimes.

GOP's Trump problem will fade, but Democrats' Bernie Sanders troubles are just beginning

I hadn't heard of the Democrat Party breakdown defined so succinctly, compared to the Republican's.

Obama wanted to be a Reagan of the left, a "transformative" president who moved the magnetic poles of American politics leftward. The jury is out on that project, but he did succeed in at least one sense. Reagan united foreign policy hawks, social conservatives and economic conservatives -- the famous three legs to the stool of the conservative movement.

Obama did something very similar on the left. He united the civil rights or identity politics wing, the economic or egalitarian wing and the more elitist technocratic wing. Obviously, these movements overlap -- just as the different factions of the Reagan coalition overlapped -- but each has its own priorities and passions.


http://lat.ms/1JSE6qs

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:10 AM (qCMvj)

71 Say, Begonia, trumpetdaddy, troyriser, can you confirm whether this is or is not the case? Inquiring minds want to know.

https://tinyurl.com/pas36oh 

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at August 12, 2015 07:11 AM (IESRt)

72 64
And Vic, my heartfelt thanks for the morning links.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2015 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

You are welcome

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 07:11 AM (GpgJl)

73 If Trump makes it to the convention (which I see as unlikely), they'll kneecap his run behind the scenes and lose the election on purpose. If they tried to replace him, he'd go third party and they'd lose anyway, but the GOP would probably dissolve in the process.


Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 12, 2015 06:52 AM

The GOP is already on its death bed. Nothing short of a purge from top to bottom, followed by trial of the leadership and subsequent jail time for collusion with the Traitor-in-Chief will bring it back to life.

Even then, I wouldn't cross the street to piss in their mouth if their teeth were on fire.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2015 07:13 AM (iR/Sj)

74 Chaffee's polling -1?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:14 AM (oVJmc)

75 So I guess he is just as prone to Perry in making stupid statements.

Agreed. Stupid campaigning there. PP is proving to be borderline if not actually a criminal enterprise. The proper answer is to dump it and commit actual health care to other local venues that don't harvest organs.

Trump better but some meat on the bone and get a grasp of some issues a little better. I'm a supporter now but that doesn't mean he can't push me away.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:14 AM (1CroS)

76 74
Chaffee's polling -1?


Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:14 AM (oVJmc)

See my comment above right after the last news link.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 07:15 AM (GpgJl)

77 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Today is the birthday of one of my favorite directors, Cecil B. DeMille. Of course, everyone knows The Ten Commandments and, to a lesser extent, his Cleopatra, but before launching a career in big-budget, widescreen blockbusters, DeMille was a very well-respected director of silent features such as Why Change Your Wife?, The Godless Girl, King Of Kings and Don't Change Your Husband. He was also instrumental in changing Gloria Swanson from a Mack Sennett "bathing beauty" comedienne into a figure of luxe and glamour.

I can't short-link to YouTube, but go there and look up "10 Things I Hate About Commandments" for a funny recut trailer of Ten Commandments as a high school comedy.

Here is Claudette Colbert as the Queen of the Nile in DeMille's 1934 Cleopatra:

http://goo.gl/1dPCe0

Of course, I can't post that without also posting my fave, bunk-worthy pic of Colbert:

https://goo.gl/jykbuC

Today is also the birthday of actress Pauline Frederick, called by illustrator Harrison Fisher* "the purest American beauty." Between 1915 - 1929, she made 60 films, almost all of which are lost. She's only known to classic movie fans as Joan Crawford's amoral socialite mother in 1931s This Modern Age.

http://goo.gl/GJc5pl

*Fisher was probably the closest rival to the internationally famous illustrator Charles Dana Gibson. This is his portrait of actress Dorothy Gibson:

https://goo.gl/G3PjwB

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 12, 2015 07:16 AM (zF6Iw)

78 Dammit. Close tag.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 12, 2015 07:16 AM (zF6Iw)

79 So if it's Sanders vs Trump, Trump has a chance. Sanders won't galvanize women the same way Hill would.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at August 12, 2015 07:17 AM (IESRt)

80 The GOP's happier to see a Democrat win the presidency than a conservative.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:18 AM (oVJmc)

81


Readers School Politico Writer on Real Reason for Sanders BLM 'Problem'

Fortunately, the readers of his Politico article were quick to point out that which Strauss deliberately ignored. It is the very inconvenient fact of the financial backing of BLM by George Soros who is also (surprise! surprise!) supporting Hillary Clinton. First let us watch Strauss plunge into this story with eyes wide shut before his own readers school him on what he refuses to notice:

Bernie Sanders has a Black Lives Matter problem, and it doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon.

Actually Bernie Sanders has a George Soros problem, and it doesn't look like Strauss will notice it anytime soon.


http://bit.ly/1JTe0Uh
newsbusters.org

Soros behind the wrong horse this time?
He's DUMPING money into her campaign from all angles.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:19 AM (qCMvj)

82 >>>You don't hear much about him being a lame duck though. He pretty much gets everything he wants.
.
.
.Then why is he constantly bitching about Republicans blocking his agenda?

Seriously, Sequestration is still in place, that is the only thing that is making the deficit come down that Obama keeps bragging about. He doesn't have his Comprehensive Immigration Reform, nor his common sense Gun Control Laws and a host of other things he wanted like the increase in corporate income tax.

Obama is not getting everything he wants by an extremely long shot.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2015 07:20 AM (iONHu)

83 Vic: "BTW folks, on that article about Scankles giving her server to the FBI. I saw other articles that hinted that they came and took it. There was no 'give' involved."

Good to know. Maybe there's still something incriminating on it after all.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:21 AM (1CroS)

84 I didn't know this site was connected to "Conservative" Treehouse, but I'm glad to know it's there "Chapel In The Woods" Didn't read a lot, but they seem like nice folks:

http://tinyurl.com/oh2sxwa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:22 AM (OSs/l)

85 Obama is not getting everything he wants by an extremely long shot.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2015 07:20 AM (iONHu)

Not legally at least, he isn't. However, we have no immigration control right now because he isn't enforcing the laws. Guns are under regulatory attack by things like Operation Chokepoint, redefining gun definitions, etc. He wouldn't be able to raise the corporate rate even with a Democratic Congress. That piece is more bluster than anything.

Posted by: WOPR at August 12, 2015 07:24 AM (nRvEn)

86 It's not just Jefferson...

AIRBRUSH: "State by State, Democratic Party Is Erasing Ties to Jefferson and Jackson." instapundit links to this althouse piece

"State by State, Democratic Party Is Erasing Ties to Jefferson and Jackson."

"Political candidates and activists across the country have flocked to annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners, where speeches are given, money is raised, and the party celebrates its past and its future."

But these time-honored rituals are colliding with a modern Democratic Party more energized by a desire for racial and gender inclusion than reverence for history. And state by state, Democratic activists are removing the names of Jefferson and Jackson from party gatherings, saying the two men no longer represent what it means to be a Democrat....

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:25 AM (qCMvj)

87 "Reaching towards Christ"

An Upper Room Daily Devotional

http://tinyurl.com/pmq96eb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:27 AM (OSs/l)

88 That poll is interesting. Hillary fatigue?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 12, 2015 07:27 AM (A0Kmz)

89
Negative 1 for Chaffee. Does that mean he's running ahead of Krispy Kreosote?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:27 AM (St6BJ)

90 http://www.sacredspace.ie

An online interactive devotional from the Irish Jesuits

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:28 AM (OSs/l)

91 >>>Not legally at least, he isn't. However, we have no immigration control
right now because he isn't enforcing the laws. Guns are under
regulatory attack by things like Operation Chokepoint, redefining gun
definitions, etc. He wouldn't be able to raise the corporate rate even
with a Democratic Congress. That piece is more bluster than anything.
.
.
.
.None the less my statement still stands to the OP, Obama is not getting everything he wants. He certainly is breaking his oath (and most likely some Federal laws) in relation to not enforcing laws he does not like, but that is a completely different animal.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2015 07:29 AM (iONHu)

92 86 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:25 AM (qCMvj)


Levin spent about half the show last night on the airbrushed, whitewashed and rewritten history of the Democrat party.

To wit, if you're going to ban the CBF and Jeff/Jack dinners, you must ban the Democratic Party.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:29 AM (St6BJ)

93 @83. This is true. She did not give it to them. The FBI seized it. Still, don't think anything will happen. After a few months it will be, nothing to see here folks, move along. Hillary will not be charged with anything, claim victory, and none of this will come up again. The "trust" meme will go away.



















Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at August 12, 2015 07:30 AM (Bbcs8)

94 Son builds tank wheelchair for his delighted 96 year old Veteran dad. Video:


http://tinyurl.com/qyll624

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:32 AM (OSs/l)

95
Poll inerpolation: As you can plainly see, Democrats all want the same thing in a candidate, i.e., a leftist totalitarian, but cannot decide which candidate will best suit their desire.

Conversely, Republicans can't agree if they want a Conservative, a RINO, or a RINO Corporatist, or a RINO Democrat.

Posted by: Soothsayer II, thirty-two-time Top Commenter at August 12, 2015 07:32 AM (BKHt7)

96 92 To wit, if you're going to ban the CBF and Jeff/Jack dinners, you must ban the Democratic Party.





Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:29 AM (St6BJ)

I would remark that contrary to what the Democrats say, Thomas Jefferson did not found the Democrat Party. He founded what was called the Democrat-Republicans which later split up into factions. Thomas Jefferson would have been appalled by the current Democrats.
He was a strong opponent of big centralized government. He wanted a small government in DC and a country based more on small agrarian communities.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 07:33 AM (GpgJl)

97 dogfish: "Dear Lord, local idiot news mouth just described the dead Arlington criminal as a 'football star'. I didn't hear vandal, thug, outlaw, or criminal."

Front page of the Star-Telegram had a nice, framed protest of about 12 people (i.e. "everyone") with a headline asking "Why was deadly force used?"

Not "Why was criminal trespasser destroying property, trying to steal a car, and advancing on a uniformed officer?"

Nope. No bias there.

The cop is getting shafted because of a cowardly Chief, too.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:34 AM (1CroS)

98 95 Conversely, Republicans can't agree if they want a Conservative, a RINO, or a RINO Corporatist, or a RINO Democrat.

Posted by: Soothsayer II, thirty-two-time Top Commenter at August 12, 2015 07:32 AM (BKHt7)


Take out the word "conservative" and you are 100% correct.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:34 AM (St6BJ)

99
New Zealand is considering changing its flag. The public was encouraged to come up with ideas, and submitted more than 10,000 designs. A government-appointed panel has winnowed those down to 40 finalists.

http://tinyurl.com/qbnryur




Ferns. Lotsa ferns.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 12, 2015 07:35 AM (kdS6q)

100 I didn't know this site was connected to "Conservative" Treehouse, but I'm glad to know it's there "Chapel In The Woods" Didn't read a lot, but they seem like nice folks:

http://tinyurl.com/oh2sxwa
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:22 AM (OSs/l)


this article, there, is a hard read

The GOPe Tripwires Continue -- Despite Campaign Trouble Rick Perry Must Be Kept In The Race...

how are they connected to Ace's site?

The GOPe roadmap to elect Jeb was created in 2014 with KEY STATES and key state vote splitters. They are: South Carolina (Lindsey Graham), Ohio (John Kasich), Texas (Rick Perry), and Florida (Marco Rubio) -- After the initial map was created, and because 2015 polling showed a safety margin was needed, further insurance policies were purchased in Virginia (Jim Gilmore) and New York (George Pataki).

...

The plan is for the "splitter team" (Graham, Kasich, Christie, Perry, Gilmore, Pataki, Huckabee, Santorum and Fiorina) to gobble up delegates in dribs and drabs, until they can deposit them in Jeb's bucket, with endorsements after Jeb's victory in Florida.


I could swear here, but, it's too early.

http://bit.ly/1JcnV8F

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:35 AM (qCMvj)

101 A older story but a good one. South Korean pastor
has drop box for disabled babies. (I'm guessing this ministry still continues):

http://tinyurl.com/be65nko

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:36 AM (OSs/l)

102 To wit, if you're going to ban the CBF and Jeff/Jack dinners, you must ban the Democratic Party.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:29 AM (St6BJ)


I should have known Levin was on it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:39 AM (qCMvj)

103 99 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 12, 2015 07:35 AM (kdS6q)

Reminds of the scene from "The In-Laws" where General Garcia unveils his design for the flag of Tijada - the one depicting him with the naked girl.

"Now THIS is a flag, but the church! They stand in the way! They stand in the way!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:39 AM (St6BJ)

104
And the gallery of flags, close up and in detail for vexillphiles

http://tinyurl.com/o3nmsse

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 12, 2015 07:39 AM (kdS6q)

105 Elderly man's home is repainted by strangers after kids make fun of it:

http://tinyurl.com/o9xwh2t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:39 AM (OSs/l)

106 The plan is for the "splitter team" (Graham, Kasich, Christie, Perry, Gilmore, Pataki, Huckabee, Santorum and Fiorina) to gobble up delegates in dribs and drabs, until they can deposit them in Jeb's bucket, with endorsements after Jeb's victory in Florida.

I could swear here, but, it's too early.

http://bit.ly/1JcnV8F
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:35 AM (qCMvj)


This explains to me why Graham is there.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:40 AM (qCMvj)

107 102 I should have known Levin was on it.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:39 AM (qCMvj)


It's why I'm a huge fan of his. In the midst of squirrels and other shiny distractions, he takes an hour and half talking about the real history of the Democrat Party.

I learned more about why this country is the way it is than I ever learned or, sadly, cared to learn.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:41 AM (St6BJ)

108 FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:22

ConservativeTreehouse is one of those places where one gets honest-to-God investigative journalism. Like Ace-of-Spades.

Posted by: pyromancer76 at August 12, 2015 07:41 AM (sPfLU)

109

and Kasich last minute (ohio)
and huckabee

we are being played so hard

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (qCMvj)

110 @106. This explains to me why Graham is there.

Wasthinking the same thing.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (Bbcs8)

111 If the vote-splitting scheme materializes and Trump is out, I'll vote Sanders. If the GOP is going to F me, I'll F 'em right back. I know others who will do the same thing.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (1CroS)

112 "http://tinyurl.com/qbnryur"


Well, if the Union Jack is a big problem then those racist Hawaiians better get crackin'.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (A0Kmz)

113 I learned more about why this country is the way it is than I ever learned or, sadly, cared to learn.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:41 AM (St6BJ)


He can stress me out a bit, so I stopped listening as much.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (qCMvj)

114 Is there no depth too low for a Dem grifter?

Mid-six figure household income, BTW.

This entitled broad-President of the Elizabeth Board of Ed for cryin' out loud:

Marie L. Munn, 47, of Elizabeth, is charged with theft by deception and
tampering with public records, the office said in a news release. If
convicted, she faces three to five years in state prison, the office
said.

Munn allegedly "grossly understated" her household income to obtain the
benefits, the office said. Her and her husband's annual income exceeded
the federal limit for the program by as much as $100,000 in 2008-09, and
by $94,000 or more in three of the other years, the office said.


Posted by: How Yoo Dooin' at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (BxiNw)

115
When the Seattle Mariners beat Baltimore 6-5 in 10 innings Tuesday night, it marked the first time in baseball history all 15 home teams won on the same day.

Viewing every game as a 50-50 proposition independent of all others, STATS figured the odds of a home sweep on a night with a full major league schedule at 1 in 32,768.

STATS said previously the best performance by hosts had been 11-0, accomplished six times, three in the 1800s. The most recent occasion was Sept. 16, 1989.

http://tinyurl.com/pjosldf

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 12, 2015 07:43 AM (kdS6q)

116 Free school lunches are the "benefit".

Posted by: How Yoo Dooin' at August 12, 2015 07:43 AM (BxiNw)

117 If the vote-splitting scheme materializes and Trump is out, I'll vote Sanders. If the GOP is going to F me, I'll F 'em right back. I know others who will do the same thing.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (1CroS)


I really do hate the GOP more than ever.

They are trying to crown Jeb! King, by deceiving all of us.

Notice who is NOT on that list?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:43 AM (qCMvj)

118 This explains to me why Graham is there.

Graham's an obvious speedbump for SC.

Looks like Perry being on the 'Splitter Team' was a failure even there.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:45 AM (oVJmc)

119 117 If the vote-splitting scheme materializes and Trump is out, I'll vote Sanders. If the GOP is going to F me, I'll F 'em right back. I know others who will do the same thing.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:42 AM (1CroS)

I really do hate the GOP more than ever.

They are trying to crown Jeb! King, by deceiving all of us.

Notice who is NOT on that list?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:43 AM (qCMvj)

They can only deceive us if we let them. How does it play out?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:46 AM (St6BJ)

120 So we'll have our first OFFICIALLY Socialist president in 2016? Might as well. Final nail in the coffin.

Posted by: Pyrocles at August 12, 2015 07:47 AM (fVOPU)

121 Remember, Huck was a splitter back in '08 for McCain. Stayed in the race WAY beyond his freshness date to hedge out Romney.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:48 AM (oVJmc)

122
Hold onto your hat.



How I Helped Todd Akin Win -- So I Could Beat Him Later
By SEN. CLAIRE MCCASKILL

It was August 7, 2012, and I was standing in my hotel room in Kansas City about to shotgun a beer for the first time in my life. I had just made the biggest gamble of my political career--a $1.7 million gamble--and it had paid off. Running for reelection to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Missouri, I had successfully manipulated the Republican primary so that in the general election I would face the candidate I was most likely to beat. And this is how I had promised my daughters we would celebrate.

But first let me go back to the beginning...


instapundit.com to politico link
http://politi.co/1UCDt7O

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:48 AM (qCMvj)

123 >>>I really do hate the GOP more than ever.



They are trying to crown Jeb! King, by deceiving all of us.



Notice who is NOT on that list?
.
.
.I would like to know who is answering those surveys and saying they want Jeb. Not a single person I know would back him.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2015 07:48 AM (iONHu)

124 So states. 50 Landmarks-Video slideshow:

http://tinyurl.com/ozjopgj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:48 AM (OSs/l)

125 artisanal 'ette: "Notice who is NOT on that list?"

Yeah, but my rage meter will be pegged so high, I won't throw away a vote to anyone I actually like in protest. The message will be, "I'm so beyond hate, I'll never vote GOP at any level again." They're already testing me.

Of course, ultimately, I don't think there is long term recovery in site. I think we are actually doomed. Math (as in bankruptcy) will win and beat us before civil stupidity envelopes us all.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 07:49 AM (1CroS)

126 122 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:48 AM (qCMvj)

Why would she admit this now? Stupidity? Maybe. More likely, hubris.

Nemesis ultimately trumps Hubris.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:50 AM (St6BJ)

127

Using the guidance of my campaign staff and consultants, we came up with the idea for a "dog whistle" ad, a message that was pitched in such a way that it would be heard only by a certain group of people. I told my team we needed to put Akin's uber-conservative bona fides in an ad---and then, using reverse psychology, tell voters not to vote for him. And we needed to run the hell out of that ad.

why would she admit her strategy to us?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:50 AM (qCMvj)

128
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, running on his tough-as-nails budget-cutting credentials. Come tomorrow, Walker will commit no less than $400 million of taxpayer money to a stadium deal to keep the NBA Bucks in Milwaukee.

The state would put $250 million toward the arena, with interest adding up over decades. The subsidy, approved last month with bipartisan support in Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature.

Reason http://tinyurl.com/ox43jjc

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 12, 2015 07:50 AM (kdS6q)

129

Jinx! J.J.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (qCMvj)

130 And now you see what a threat Trump is to the GOP's 'Divide and Conquer' strategy.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (oVJmc)

131 7 These were highly paid government employees in Prince Georges County MD. They underreported their income, in some cases saying no income at all, so their kids could get reduced price meals at school (more welfare).
Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:13 AM (GpgJl)

When I was a kid, we never had much money. Dad was almost always out of work (thanks, Jimmah Cahtah) and Mom, a secretary who'd gotten through losing an infant child followed immediately by a near-fatal kidney failure, brought in the only steady income. There were unpaid medical bills, calls from creditors, canned lima beans and ham for dinner multiple times in a week, etc. I'm sure a lot of you know the drill. One day, I, a young and stupid lad in maybe 5th grade, suggested to Mom that perhaps I'd qualify for reduced price lunch at school.

The look she gave me stunted my growth and took 6 years off my life. She didn't say anything, as I recall, but I knew I had gone where I shouldn't have gone.

That a very lower middle class family in the '70's refused to take even that small bit of government assistance, and relatively wealthy government workers now cheat to get it, is a real statement on how the culture has changed.

Posted by: Agent J at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (ueOgE)

132 When Ladyboy Graham entered the race I said then he was there to make sure no conservative made it past SC. With the first two States being liberal blue and the next being purple FL if a conservative did not win SC they would most likely drop out of the race.


That was his function, I don't think it was tied directly to Jebbie the Hut alone.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (GpgJl)

133 Starting to pray again after years of not talking to God:

http://tinyurl.com/pwde6wn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (OSs/l)

134 121 Remember, Huck was a splitter back in '08 for McCain. Stayed in the race WAY beyond his freshness date to hedge out Romney.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:48 AM (oVJmc)


Choosing McStains over Romney is like choosing between colitis and eye-shingles.

If they wanted to take out a real non-establishment conservative, that would be something else. Maybe at that time, they thought Romney was (in their eyes) conservative and McStains a reliable statist?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:52 AM (St6BJ)

135 Morning all.

Every day and in every way I fear for my Country or what my Country used to be.

And I hate that cuck sucking commie G-D less Bastard SOB Fredo more every day.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2015 07:53 AM (gf8BH)

136 And now you see what a threat Trump is to the GOP's 'Divide and Conquer' strategy.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (oVJmc)


Yep. He is a complete outsider, with zero ties to them.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:53 AM (qCMvj)

137 106 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:40 AM (qCMvj)
===========================

That's sort of a tinfoil hat reading experience. While I wouldn't support Rubio I don't think there's any evidence he secretly supports Bush. Same for several other of the candidates on that list.

My own hope is that Bush captures no early primaries, which I think happens because of the large number of candidates in the race (and not, as the article would have it, despite that fact). Sure, he might win in Florida (maybe) but that makes him a Favorite Son at most. I can't guess who the GOP candidate will be, but if Bush loses all the early primary states he is in danger of going full-Perry and disappearing.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 07:53 AM (GjigR)

138 135 Morning all.

Every day and in every way I fear for my Country or what my Country used to be.

And I hate that cuck sucking commie G-D less Bastard SOB Fredo more every day.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2015 07:53 AM (gf8BH)


Went to a screening of "The Godfather" last weekend, so thanks for calling Il Douche "Fredo!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:54 AM (St6BJ)

139 That's sort of a tinfoil hat reading experience. While I wouldn't support Rubio I don't think there's any evidence he secretly supports Bush. Same for several other of the candidates on that list.

My own hope is that Bush captures no early primaries, which I think happens because of the large number of candidates in the race (and not, as the article would have it, despite that fact). Sure, he might win in Florida (maybe) but that makes him a Favorite Son at most. I can't guess who the GOP candidate will be, but if Bush loses all the early primary states he is in danger of going full-Perry and disappearing.
Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 07:53 AM (GjigR)


I was wondering this too.

Someone should straight out ask Rubio, or Fiorina if this is happening. The answer might surprise us, or be even more enlightening.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM (qCMvj)

140 why would she admit her strategy to us?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:50 AM (qCMvj)


Hubris, as said above. Now that her lard-filled, tax-grifting ass is safely in office, likely for the rest of her life, she can delight in grinding the heel of her Jimmy Choos in the faces of all those plebian, sister-humping, Bible-clutching, gun-stroking serfs who have to work two or three jobs in order to support her own personal FSA.

If Teh Donald really wants to throw a monkey wrench into DCs gears, he should call for a national strike or tax revolt. Failing that, assholes like McCaskill deserve the D-Lamp treatment.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM (zF6Iw)

141

Actually, they should just ask Cruz.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM (qCMvj)

142
It is way too early, but that meeting between Cruz and Trump a few weeks back keeps sticking in my mind.

If Trump does not implode, as time goes on, that meeting may loom larger and larger.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM (St6BJ)

143 131 relatively wealthy government workers now cheat to get it, is a real statement on how the culture has changed.

Posted by: Agent J at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (ueOgE)

Bing up a picture of that name mentioned in the post above. You will see what "culture changed". And it is a direct outgrowth of LBJ's great society and generations of welfare in some families. Certain parts of our culture think they are permanently entitled to government handouts even if they have a family income in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 07:57 AM (GpgJl)

144
Jeb is not catching fire at all. I think the MFM is starting to hedge their bets and will start pushing Kasich as "a good man."

Beware.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:58 AM (St6BJ)

145 Starting to pray again after years of not talking to God:
http://tinyurl.com/pwde6wn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (OSs/l)


Thank you, FS.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 12, 2015 07:59 AM (zF6Iw)

146 And now you see what a threat Trump is to the GOP's 'Divide and Conquer' strategy.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 07:51 AM (oVJmc)

---------

If that is the Jeb? strategy then Trump does upset the apple cart. It looks like Trump has already crippled Perry. And the longer he is viable, the more Jeb? interference runners bite the dust.

WRT to Perry, I heard that some Super PAC's were going to give him a cash infusion. Of course that would be a point towards the truth of the Jeb? strategy.

Posted by: WOPR at August 12, 2015 07:59 AM (nRvEn)

147
Yep. He is a complete outsider, with zero ties to them.


Worse, if Trump consolidates a big enough block, they can't splinter the votes enough to give Jeb! a plurality.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 08:01 AM (oVJmc)

148 J.J. Sefton: "It is way too early, but that meeting between Cruz and Trump a few weeks back keeps sticking in my mind."

Cruz is the only one who has handled Trump the right way from the start. The only one I guess. And the thing with Trump is that he loves personal gestures of kindness, respect, and some sense of loyalty. Trumps ego needs stroking. Everyone responds to that, Trump more than most... at least outwardly.

And, really, all it takes is being decent. But Cruz went way beyond decent.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 08:02 AM (1CroS)

149 Jeb is not catching fire at all. I think the MFM is starting to hedge their bets and will start pushing Kasich as "a good man."



Beware.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:58 AM (St6BJ)



That milquetoast couldn't catch fire if you pouring napalm on him. After the debates, the RINOs were all aflutter over Kasich

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2015 08:03 AM (DiZBp)

150 A Clinton Community College poll has Franklin Pierce leading (38%) followed by James Buchanan (31%), Sam Houston (21%) and William Marcy (10%).

The poll also shows a good chance of a third party if the Whigs don't win the White House.

Posted by: FireHorse at August 12, 2015 08:03 AM (8x3w0)

151 141 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM (qCMvj)
=======================

I agree.

BTW, Cruz is playing this very early crowded field just right, IMO. Can you imagine the GOPe consternation if the most adept politicians in the race turn out to be Trump and Cruz?

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 08:04 AM (GjigR)

152 If Trump does not implode, as time goes on, that meeting may loom larger and larger.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM


If, that is, Hugh Hewitt, the Voice of Conservatism, doesn't disembowel him in the next debate. Apparently -- at least according to Breitbart -- teh Hughster doesn't like Trump, and has been pretty vocal about it. He'll be CNN's Megyn Kelly, with (maybe) a smaller rack.

Really, CNN/Salem? IMO, setting a whiny lump like Hewitt up to stomp on teh Donald is like sending Poppin' Fresh up against, well, anyone....

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 12, 2015 08:05 AM (0atQl)

153 Sefton@69: Reserve linebacker I.K. Enemkpali sucker punched starting QB Geno Smith in the Jets locker room, breaking Smith's jaw and sidelining him for 6-10 weeks. It was a dispute over $600; Smith no-showed at a Enemkpali charity event to attend a funeral and was slow to repay for the wasted plane tickets.

Enemkpali was dumped by the team immediately. Ryan Fitzpatrick will replace Smith and might keep the starter's spot even after Smith's return.

Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 08:05 AM (1mPbg)

154 These were highly paid government employees in Prince Georges County MD"

You've just described most of PG County's "upper middle class".

It's a jobs program, nothing more.

Posted by: anon a mouse at August 12, 2015 08:06 AM (C9pBZ)

155 I got some work to do outside this morning folks. BBL

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 08:06 AM (GpgJl)

156 Every woman in news is itching to moderate a debate with Trump on stage.

Posted by: Spellcheck at August 12, 2015 08:07 AM (1mPbg)

157 I agree.

BTW, Cruz is playing this very early crowded field just right, IMO. Can you imagine the GOPe consternation if the most adept politicians in the race turn out to be Trump and Cruz?
Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 08:04 AM (GjigR)

A) Cruz is my Guy
B) Cruz is smart, not dumb like everyone says about Fredo
C) Cruz is playing it 100% right and classy
D) Wonder of Cruz is part Jew? Just wondering


And hey that Black Hawk crash in Okinawa was right near where I was. The Hospital they were taken to is where I was attached to

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2015 08:07 AM (gf8BH)

158 152 Posted by: MrScribbler at August 12, 2015 08:05 AM (0atQl)

Hewitt's white and a man (on paper, anyway). If/When Trump goes after him, what outrage can the MFM claim?

It's gonna get interesting!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 08:08 AM (St6BJ)

159 WOPR: "WRT to Perry, I heard that some Super PAC's were going to give him a cash infusion. Of course that would be a point towards the truth of the Jeb? strategy."

It would sure seem that way. I don't think Perry and Bush get along all that well. Aren't their camps pretty serious adversaries?

I guess it wouldn't really matter. If you're out of office and essentially out of politics, the payoff probably looks pretty good. Rove and his money men have a lot of walking around cash.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 08:08 AM (1CroS)

160 https://tinyurl.com/pas36oh


Posted by: Bruce Boehner at August 12, 2015 07:11 AM (IESRt)

Well, that's depressing!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 12, 2015 08:08 AM (ftVQq)

161 142


It is way too early, but that meeting between Cruz and Trump a few weeks back keeps sticking in my mind.



If Trump does not implode, as time goes on, that meeting may loom larger and larger.



Cruz conservative record + Trump's money = Ticket

I'd bet 4 billion dollars on it.

Posted by: some random meathead at August 12, 2015 08:09 AM (Yrjee)

162 Dump up.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2015 08:09 AM (oqhrS)

163
Enemkpali was dumped by the team immediately.


Over $600.

Michael Brown-level decision-making skills there.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 12, 2015 08:10 AM (oVJmc)

164 Jeb hasn't won a competitive election in what, fifteen years or something? Slim-Jeb is a total annoyance in this race so far. I try to get exercised about him but I can't do it; he just seems like a non-entity. I'm probably being naïve about the perfidy of the GOP, and it wouldn't be the first time.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 08:10 AM (GjigR)

165 teh Hughster doesn't like Trump,

and you know who that benefits....

Posted by: some random meathead at August 12, 2015 08:10 AM (Yrjee)

166 "But Cruz went way beyond decent."

I liked in the debate that after Trump trying to change the subject to Hillary in an answer Walker jumping in and saying "yeah, he's right, we should be talking more about Hillary."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 12, 2015 08:10 AM (A0Kmz)

167 Certain parts of our culture think they are permanently entitled to everything you have even if they have a tap into other taxpayers' wallets measuring in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. "

FIFY.

Sad, but true.

Posted by: anon a mouse at August 12, 2015 08:11 AM (C9pBZ)

168 Hubris, as said above. Now that her lard-filled, tax-grifting ass is safely in office, likely for the rest of her life, she can delight in grinding the heel of her Jimmy Choos in the faces of all those plebian, sister-humping, Bible-clutching, gun-stroking serfs who have to work two or three jobs in order to support her own personal FSA.

If Teh Donald really wants to throw a monkey wrench into DCs gears, he should call for a national strike or tax revolt. Failing that, assholes like McCaskill deserve the D-Lamp treatment.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 12, 2015 07:56 AM (zF6Iw)


nicely put, hehe

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 12, 2015 08:13 AM (qCMvj)

169 37 Super Delegates may not have anyone to fix the race for if Cankles is under indictment.
Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2015 06:46 AM (GjigR)

If Clinton is under indictment when elected, can she stall the prosecution until her 16 years in the White House are over? IIRC, Bill tried to do this for the Paula Jones civil suit and failed, right? And that's where the famous deposition came from?

Posted by: Agent J at August 12, 2015 08:13 AM (ueOgE)

170 It's gonna get interesting!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2015 08:08 AM


Interesting, yes, and maybe even "fun." But the more the GOPe and its stooges try to unload on Trump, the more damage they do, probably not to Trump but to the candidate-selection process and the media. And, ultimately, to themselves and the whole political system.

People who are yammering about how awful Trump is fail to realize that this particular mess started with Megyn Kelly asking a stupid, irrelevant question. She, and her fellow "reporters," could have avoided the whole miserable mess so easily.

But, I am told, had she not been free to act like a spoiled, self-indulgent jerk, she would have been giving in to teh Leftist Mob. Or something.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 12, 2015 08:14 AM (0atQl)

171 Ricardo Kill: (Walker and) "yeah, he's right, we should be talking more about Hillary."

Right. I mean that's all you have to do to defuse the Jerry Springer trap the "moderators" want to spring.

And Walker did the savvy thing to try to lower the war against Trump.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 08:15 AM (1CroS)

172 Rebuttal to the girl who supposedly proved that the professor was wrong about No Irish Need Apply signs and newspaper ads. She said he was wrong in claiming they didn't exist. His rebuttal is extremely civil and fact based.

http://tinyurl.com/ohsra7x

Posted by: WOPR at August 12, 2015 08:19 AM (nRvEn)

173 Well I am back for a little while. The backyard job didn't take as long as I thought. (taking apart and old rusted out BBQ grill). In a little while I will take it to the dump.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 08:32 AM (GpgJl)

174 47
O'Malley is still going and Biden may jump in.

Posted by: Vic at August 12, 2015 06:50 AM (GpgJl)



Biden would be a joke.



O'Malley is all they have unless someone new pops up.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette


Lt. John F'in Kerry, reporting for duty!

Posted by: J.F'in Kerry at August 12, 2015 08:43 AM (4pjhs)

175 "Never heard of a black hole, ever."

Posted by: Idiot son of Lincoln at August 12, 2015 09:15 AM (pq97T)

176 "The poll also shows a good chance of a third party if the Whigs don't win the White House."

"It's real, goddamit."

Posted by: Donad Trump at August 12, 2015 09:17 AM (pq97T)

177 Canckles forgot to put a condom on her computer. Like her randy husband and his Oh!-val office cigar fest now top secret stuff was out there as easy to see as the stains on Monica's dress!

Posted by: giftogab at August 12, 2015 10:30 AM (ysKvq)

178 Cruz is the only one who has handled Trump the right way from the start. The only one I guess. And the thing with Trump is that he loves personal gestures of kindness, respect, and some sense of loyalty. Trumps ego needs stroking. Everyone responds to that, Trump more than most... at least outwardly.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 12, 2015 08:02 AM (1CroS)

If by HANDLE you mean a sort of down on his knees, and if by STROKING you mean petting the one eyed monster.

Posted by: blowbyblow at August 12, 2015 10:43 AM (ysKvq)

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