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Open Thread
Claude Monet, "The Magpie" (c. 186
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 10:17 AM (RU5ki)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (1OLmv)
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: Paul Gauguin at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (RU5ki)
Posted by: Beth M at December 22, 2015 10:19 AM (kiy9d)
Posted by: Sarah Palin at December 22, 2015 10:19 AM (RU5ki)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 10:19 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (gf8BH)
Someone with aggressive cats, duh!
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2015 10:20 AM (q2o38)
Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at December 22, 2015 10:20 AM (RU5ki)
Not retiring yet.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
http://www.trans-siberian.com/tour
get your tickets while they're hot
For the first time since the combination rock group/orchestra began doing its annual Christmas tours, it is not featuring one of the albums from its popular Christmas trilogy -- the 1996 release "Christmas Eve and Other Stories," "The Christmas Attic" (199 and "The Lost Christmas Eve" (2004).
Instead, TSO will perform its one Christmas work that never made it to CD -- and has never been performed on tour -- "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve."
http://amzn.com/B00005R1N6 (this is the one they are performing)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 22, 2015 10:20 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:21 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:22 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Save the Wails at the Outrage Outlet! at December 22, 2015 10:22 AM (hLRSq)
Echo echo echo......
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:23 AM (qUNWi)
And, if you authors haven't sent your signed books to Authors Supporting Our Troops... here's more incentive from someone that did:
I got some feedback from an unlikely source today. The wife of a Doctor at Balboa Naval hospital was told by her husband that books which had been donated to servicemen were getting passed around on the hospital Ship Mercy like crazy. It seems a lot of books that get sent to the troops wind up on the ship. The Doctor had told his wife that the troops who were reading books or had access to video games required less pain meds while recovering from burns. I told her that I donated my books through several different charities/ groups, including this one. She said keep it up, it is making a difference.
http://ow.ly/We93v
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 22, 2015 10:24 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:24 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 22, 2015 10:24 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Lea at December 22, 2015 10:25 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 10:25 AM (RU5ki)
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 10:26 AM (JrKKc)
Could someone just carpet bomb this thread with EOs now, please?
Posted by: All in for Dondi! at December 22, 2015 10:26 AM (BK3ZS)
http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/12/isis-star-wars-spoiler-every-message/
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2015 10:27 AM (q2o38)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 22, 2015 10:27 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: The Magpie at December 22, 2015 10:28 AM (SCcgT)
Posted by: All in for Dondi! at December 22, 2015 10:26 AM (BK3ZS)
All I have are E-I-O's. Sorry.
Posted by: Old McDonald at December 22, 2015 10:28 AM (hLRSq)
We all miss him very much.
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 10:29 AM (JrKKc)
Posted by: Adriane the Art Critic ... at December 22, 2015 10:30 AM (oZKRQ)
Did the artist provide the picture's title or was it someone else?
Either way, the title makes you look.
And the scenery itself, especially the snow, is soothing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 10:31 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Adriane the Art Critic ... at December 22, 2015 10:32 AM (oZKRQ)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:33 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 10:33 AM (JrKKc)
Huntsman 2016 - A Silly Putty Presidency for the Century!
Posted by: Jon Huntsman at December 22, 2015 10:35 AM (hLRSq)
We all miss him very much.
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 10:29 AM (JrKKc)
God bless you and yours.
Boss announced this morning we're probably going to close tomorrow for the rest of the week. My brain said yeah I'm gonna start vacation now, thanks.
*spins in chair*
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 22, 2015 10:35 AM (mf5HN)
7 Times We've Been a Total Jerk in Game (And Aren't Even Sorry)
https://youtu.be/uv3syIzJU_U
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 10:36 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: All in for Dondi! at December 22, 2015 10:37 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: The Magpie at December 22, 2015 10:37 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Jeb! at December 22, 2015 10:37 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (kdS6q)
As if he doesn't know that.
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Oh yeah, ooh, ah, that's how it always starts, but then later there's shivering and freezing.
Posted by: Jeff Goldblum at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (9mTYi)
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Try pressing him against an old copy of Pravda and see what happens.
Posted by: Roy at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (VndSC)
If Trump wins he'll have to fight both a House and a Senate with opposition majorities. The GOPe.
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (RcpcZ)
Who es mas macho?
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:33 AM (qUNWi)
Manet of course. He wrote Glengarry Glen Ross.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (q2o38)
Hopefully the snow dump we've been getting gives us a sunny day at some point, so the day looks just like that. Right now is just cloudy and the roads are ridiculously awful. But at least we'll have a white Christmas!
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 10:39 AM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Mortie Seinfeld at December 22, 2015 10:40 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 10:41 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: The Schlong at December 22, 2015 10:41 AM (vgIRn)
Like when you pick up the milk jug in the store and you think "hmmm....not so cold....maybe the freezer isn't working right" and then 1 minute later you're getting frostbite and your hand doesn't work anymore.
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:41 AM (qUNWi)
Hopefully the snow dump we've been getting gives us a sunny day at some point, so the day looks just like that. Right now is just cloudy and the roads are ridiculously awful. But at least we'll have a white Christmas!
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 10:39 AM (hvf9s)
You must be west of the Mississippi...
Posted by: The Magpie at December 22, 2015 10:41 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 10:42 AM (JrKKc)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at December 22, 2015 10:42 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 10:43 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Rush Limbaugh at December 22, 2015 10:43 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (gf8BH)
Um, someone awesome. You gonna disagree wit me?
Posted by: Jean Claude van Damme, on top of a plane at December 22, 2015 10:44 AM (hvf9s)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 10:45 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: The Magpie at December 22, 2015 10:41 AM (RD7QR)
Yep.
Mother Nature forgot to equally redistribute the snow this year! Don't know why the left worships her so much, she can be a fickle jerk. Grounds for child abuse.
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 10:46 AM (hvf9s)
7 Times We've Been a Total Jerk in Game (And Aren't Even Sorry)
https://youtu.be/uv3syIzJU_U
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 10:36 AM (zt+N6)
Ha! I was watching that last night!
I want to get Just Cause 3 just to do that to a cow.
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 10:43 AM (NkNar)
Someone is itching for coal in their stocking...
*gets popcorn*
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (hvf9s)
Posted by: All in for Dondi! at December 22, 2015 10:26 AM (BK3ZS)
All I have are E-I-O's. Sorry.
Posted by: Old McDonald at December 22, 2015 10:28 AM (hLRSq)
I turn to stone.
Posted by: ELO at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Save the Wails at the Outrage Outlet! at December 22, 2015 10:48 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 10:43 AM (NkNar)
That's a raptoring.
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 22, 2015 10:48 AM (mf5HN)
re: schlonged
Over at HotAir, guess who's having the vapors again:
this crass and classless stream of consciousness might delight the true Clinton haters, but it's not going to improve views of Trump among other voters. It will give Team Hillary even more openings to play the victim card after Republicans successfully defused the War on Women meme in 2014.
Ed Morrissey
nb - Edward not lumping himself in with the "true Clinton haters".
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 10:49 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: pig (all men are) at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (HSAmh)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (qUNWi)
I want to get Just Cause 3 just to do that to a cow.
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (mf5HN)
Yeah PlayStation Access is a frequent one to check. So is outsidexbox. I admit that outsidexbox is the winner between them though. Mostly because of the cute Asian chick with the British accent.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: joe at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (34w2E)
Could someone just carpet bomb this thread with EOs now, please?
Posted by: All in for Dondi!
That would be an "usurpation", something we gentlemen do not do.
So, good day to you sir!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (kdS6q)
In before... well, Ace at least.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what th' at December 22, 2015 10:51 AM (O+0DS)
Posted by: pig (all men are) at December 22, 2015 10:52 AM (HSAmh)
This ed guy is just begging for a schlonging. A yuuuge schlonging.
Posted by: Donald Trump's Forehead Merkin at December 22, 2015 10:52 AM (NkNar)
http://youtu.be/7DqvweTYTI0
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 10:41 AM (BK3ZS)
Alternate campaign song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Wb14NZ01E
Posted by: ELO at December 22, 2015 10:53 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 10:54 AM (Dj0WE)
Weasel Zippers
Moderate muslims my ass
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 10:55 AM (gf8BH)
Posted by: IC at December 22, 2015 10:55 AM (a0IVu)
Ed Morrissey
I didn't hear a "tee-hee" outta that guy... could someone please poke him in his little belly?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 10:55 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: eleven
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Or taking a large slug of a cold milkshake.
"Oh, boy, this is good!"
Then... "ow, ow, ow" as the headbanger gets you.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 10:55 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Save the Wails at the Outrage Outlet! at December 22, 2015 10:56 AM (hLRSq)
Mockingjay -- where we are (Snow job)
Va Jay Jay -- where pig want to hang out
Posted by: pig (all men are) at December 22, 2015 10:56 AM (I0sxh)
Posted by: first citzen poppin' fresh at December 22, 2015 10:57 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: BurtTC
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I have made it into an art. I am the Claude Monet of sock fails.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 10:57 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 10:57 AM (voOPb)
The federal government needs to provide taxpayer-funded fainting couches to liberals.
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 10:57 AM (laMCB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 10:58 AM (493sH)
Right now it's snowing, but I'm not sure how much we will get.
Keeping fingers crossed
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 10:58 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at December 22, 2015 10:59 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: BurtTC
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I have made it into an art. I am the Claude Monet of sock fails.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 10:57 AM (9mTYi)
I'm like the Picasso of sock fails (I have no talent, but people praise me to high heaven anyway).
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 10:59 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Save the Wails at the Outrage Outlet! at
And I made Mexico pay for this roomy thread
Posted by: The Donald
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 10:59 AM (voOPb)
They are merely repeating a Trump video.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 22, 2015 10:59 AM (FkBIv)
The leftists are more upset about some graffiti on some mosque somewhere than they were about 14 Americans being killed in San Bernardino.
That's their priorities.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 10:59 AM (fQ/0p)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Jim Gilmore at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (u5gzz)
1. Islamic State / 3. Paris Attacks / 4. Mass Shootings / 6. Terrorism Worries / 10. Europe's Migrant Crisis
The root of these is the turmoil in the Middle East, a lot of the blame for which falls on Obama and Hillary. This may not be an existential threat for the US yet, but with a million refugees entering Germany alone in the last year it may be soon for Western Europe. Further terrorist attacks, which look inevitable, will keep this at the top of the news.
8. Climate Change
If you believe Obama, the cause of and answer to the ISIS crisis.
7. US Election Campaign
Likely to be #1 in 2016, and to swing on the ISIS crisis, as Obama's fecklessness (and by extension Hillary's) has amplified it.
5. Black Deaths in Encounters with Police / 9. Charleston Church Shooting
Every death of a Young Black Man by firearm is because of White Racism, even if 95% are perpetrated by another Young Black Man.
2. Gay Marriage
Is the Gay political machine sated, or are there more goals left for their agenda.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (r1fLd)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (49UDy)
Posted by: Dolphins at December 22, 2015 11:01 AM (NkNar)
The leftists are more upset about some graffiti on some mosque somewhere than they were about 14 Americans being killed in San Bernardino.
That's their priorities.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 10:59 AM (fQ/0p)
I agree. The MFM is all upset over perceived insults to the religion of peace and the actual killings of Americans are nothing compared to that
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:02 AM (493sH)
Is the Gay political machine sated, or are there more goals left for their agenda.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (r1fLd)
Nah, teh gheys are done, but in 2016 weez gonna be making a big sting about your baffrooms.
Posted by: Trannies-R-Us at December 22, 2015 11:02 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Algore at December 22, 2015 11:02 AM (RU5ki)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:03 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:03 AM (Dj0WE)
Our troop visited NYC last weekend. We camped in Staten Island and took the ferry into Manhattan. On the morning run over, Coast Guard vessels escorted the ferry - never had seen that in our prior years' visits.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:03 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 10:39 AM (hvf9s)
Jealous!
of course, the last time we had a white Christmas my power was knocked out for a week and I had to buy a new meter loop...
Posted by: Lea at December 22, 2015 11:03 AM (lIU4e)
Is the Gay political machine sated, or are there more goals left for their agenda.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 22, 2015 11:00 AM (r1fLd)
Nah, teh gheys are done, but in 2016 weez gonna be making a big sting about your baffrooms.
Posted by: Trannies-R-Us at December 22, 2015 11:02 AM (Dj0WE)
They're never done. The agenda (no matter what leftist cause) always wants more.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:03 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (NkNar)
Hmmm, well played...
Due to brownie benevolence, if it were up to me I'd let you borrow Chris Pratt to hold off the raptors for a minute while you run. Use your time wisely. But I don't make the rules so...
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 11:04 AM (hvf9s)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:04 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 10:57 AM
Better keep one handy for Poppin' Fresh over at Tepid Air, too. He's apparently getting close to the smelling salts stage at Teh Donald's horrible, no good, evil, boorish behavior.
Bad Optics, you know.
I have news for The Corpulent "Captain" and the Witches of Salem: Trump is in the position he's in because spineless weenies like you were to shit-scared of President Historic First to raise your voices at his treasonous antics.
You built this. Get used to having someone call out your Friends Across the Aisle for the worthless sacks of dung they are.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:05 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: IC at December 22, 2015 11:05 AM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 22, 2015 10:38 AM (RcpcZ)
Trump will just pull an Obama and do what he wants.
But since he won't be protected by Black Democratium, perhaps Congress will find its balls again and impeach the bastard.
Because I guarantee he will do one or many things that are impeachable offenses, just like Dear Leader. Trump and the Constitution are not well acquainted.
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 11:05 AM (laMCB)
President Ronald Reagan's Christmas Address 12/23/1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCeuNUWJzmk
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 11:06 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:06 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:06 AM (Nwg0u)
Appears to be a schlo-ong,
Appears to be a schlo-ong,
Time...
Before the dawn'
Posted by: Crosby Stills Nash and Young at December 22, 2015 11:06 AM (NkNar)
What's sad is that the people who were doing a victory dance over SSM still haven't figured out how this ties in with #1, 3, 4, 6 and 10. Not well.
They should look at the recent story of the Swedish man brutally murdered by two Morrocan immigrant youths after he gave them food.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2015 11:07 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 10:50 AM (DLIIY)
Hey, it gets cold on those branches!
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at December 22, 2015 11:07 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 11:07 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 22, 2015 11:08 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2015 11:08 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:08 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: CSN&Y at December 22, 2015 11:08 AM (laMCB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:06 AM (zOTsN)
Is this apropos of something?
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:10 AM (zOTsN)
that are impeachable offenses, just like Dear Leader. Trump and the
Constitution are not well acquainted.
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 11:05 AM
You "guarantee" it, eh?
So many people who oppose Trump seem to know exactly what he's going to do, and it's almost always something that's damn near the exact opposite of what his words -- and history in business -- suggest.
I don't think he's going to be the Greatest President EVAH, but I think he is a sensible, plain-spoken, trustworthy patriot. After eight years of someone who has been the exact opposite, he might actually do us some good.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:10 AM (z/vax)
My beloved Adirondacks are going to have a brown Christmas this year. Raining and mid-40's as I write. Supposed to be this way for the balance of the week.
Since tourism and winter sports figure prominently in our local economies (like 90%), the ski people and snowmobilers are watching the year begin to go tubesville.
Not at all funny.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2015 11:10 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 11:10 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:11 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Kansas at December 22, 2015 11:11 AM (RD7QR)
Someone posted two maps on Twitter recently showing that gay bars in East London have gone from 15+ in 1995 to 4 today. What changed? Muslims moved in and freely gay-bashed without the police intervening. The gay lobby should take note that they aren't top of the left's totem.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2015 11:11 AM (S+N7W)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
Response to observation in 105, I believe.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:11 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM (Nwg0u)
CSN&Y
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 11:07 AM (LUgeY)
Schlong title puns?
This could get long, stiff, and ugly before it finishes.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM (fWAjv)
Did he have a posh English accent?
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:13 AM (DLIIY)
Our troop visited NYC last weekend. We camped in Staten Island and took the ferry into Manhattan. On the morning run over, Coast Guard vessels escorted the ferry - never had seen that in our prior years' visits.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:03 AM (BK3ZS)
Hrm. Could be they know something we don't.
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at December 22, 2015 11:13 AM (RD7QR)
Boss announced this morning we're probably going to close tomorrow for the rest of the week. My brain said yeah I'm gonna start vacation now, thanks.
I hate you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:13 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:13 AM (zOTsN)
They can pull them up into their feathers if they're in a nest, or warm one foot while standing on the other if elsewhere.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2015 11:14 AM (S+N7W)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:14 AM (ODxAs)
Did he have a posh English accent?
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:13 AM (DLIIY)
Sings hokie schlongs about cats?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:14 AM (Dj0WE)
FORMAN MILLS! were advertising major price reductions here yesterday due to being overstocked with winter clothing.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM
They got feathers on their little feets?
And hear I was thinking they had teeny insulated Crocs to walk around in.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:10 AM (z/vax)
What evidence do you have for this? He runs his companies like a dictator, treats people like a dictator, and says nary a word about freedom, liberty, or the Constitution. Why do you think that he would limit himself in any way in his exercise of power, especially after the example of 8 years of Ogabe?
Posted by: CSN&Y at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (laMCB)
Dams have been getting a lot of attention lately. A dam near me just announced that they'll no longer allow public tours.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (u5gzz)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (493sH)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (laMCB)
This could get long, stiff, and ugly before it finishes.
The Schlongest Day scenario.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:15 AM (DLIIY)
this crass and classless stream of consciousness might delight the true Clinton haters, but it's not going to improve views of Trump among other voters. It will give Team Hillary even more openings to play the victim card after Republicans successfully defused the War on Women meme in 2014.
Ed Morrissey
nb - Edward not lumping himself in with the "true Clinton haters".Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 10:49 AM (kdS6q)
Morrissey has a point regarding the crassness of the 'schlong' comment. Nixon had a crass side and I remember being genuinely shocked at how profane he was--he and Haldeman and Erlichman and the rest sounded like gangsters on those tapes. To Nixon's credit, he kept it private.
There is such a thing as presidential bearing, a mantle of dignity worn by the holder of the office and those who would aspire to it. Obama pretends to it but can't maintain it for long. Both Bushes worked hard at it, were conscious of it, but I don't think it came naturally to them. Reagan was a natural. So was Eisenhower. Sowere FDR and Lincoln, going all the way back to George Washington, whose force of presence was legendary.
Trump reallyis an embarrassment. I still can't believe some of you support the guy. George Washington shit better men than Donald Trump.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (UWlp+)
They're never done. The agenda (no matter what leftist cause) always wants more.
The gheyz play the schlong game.
er, long game.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (9mTYi)
No, we're not gonna Schlong it...
We're not gonna Schlong it, anymore...
Posted by: Bill Clinton, singing to Hillary, 1980 at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (laMCB)
Posted by: The REAL Kansas at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (u5gzz)
Posted by: Cheap Trick at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (NkNar)
What on Earth do you think Hillary will be like?
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (qUNWi)
Calling the tour "The Schlong Remains the Same."
I got news for them, no, it doesn't.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:17 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: IC at December 22, 2015 11:17 AM (a0IVu)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:17 AM (493sH)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:17 AM (Nwg0u)
CSN&Y
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 11:07 AM (LUgeY)
Schlong title puns?
This could get long, stiff, and ugly before it finishes.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:12 AM (Dj0WE
Schlong Sung Blue
Neil Diamond
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 11:17 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: CSN&Y at December 22, 2015 11:17 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: The Old Man and the Schlong at December 22, 2015 11:18 AM (vgIRn)
Marshall TUcker Band
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 11:18 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:18 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:18 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Cheap Trick at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (UWlp+)
George is dead.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (Dj0WE)
Poppin' Fresh would have preferred that The Donald had said that Barky gave Shrillary a good pranging instead.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: zombie Claude Monet at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM
Those who wax most apoplectic about Trump strike me as natural Shrillery voters.
Except, maybe, for Poppin' Fresh. He's more the Jon Huntsman type. Unless he can wake up T-Paw and get him back in the saddle again.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:19 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama with Umbrella at December 22, 2015 11:20 AM (yddCj)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:20 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: IC at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (a0IVu)
[Trump] runs his companies like a dictator, treats people like a dictator, and says nary a word about freedom, liberty, or the Constitution.
Posted by: CSNY
And how might that be? Has employees shot? Tossed in prison?
It's the overwrought hyperbole of the non-Dons that amuses.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (u5gzz)
That's beautiful. Perfectly captures some winter days back on the farm.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (yddCj)
Posted by: Eagles at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:22 AM (zOTsN)
Megan Kelly's gonna have some fun with him on that.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at December 22, 2015 11:22 AM (U6f54)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2015 11:22 AM (NOIQH)
support the guy. George Washington shit better men than Donald
Trump.Posted by: troyrise at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (UWlp+)
President McCain agrees. Dignity before all.
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President Romney concurs--we are better than this.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:23 AM (fQ/0p)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at December 22, 2015 11:23 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:23 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Mister Rogers at December 22, 2015 11:23 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:23 AM (493sH)
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (UWlp+)
Are any of them running for President...?
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at December 22, 2015 11:24 AM (eytER)
Posted by: fly gal at December 22, 2015 11:24 AM (8TdcF)
say, this Monet fella could paint
too bad his eyesight failed and the barbarians capitalized on that failure to denigrate representational art as a "bourgeois" phenomenon
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:24 AM (YQYIg)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:21 AM (DLIIY)
If I understand today's theme (and I don't), it's Commuschlongs.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:24 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:24 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (eytER)
Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at December 22, 2015 10:20 AM (RU5ki)<<<
Topless chicks < topless chicks + water wheel < topless chicks and a happy little bush
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (YQYIg)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 11:25 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: M. Jackson at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (uZNvH)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2015 11:22 AM (NOIQH)
Oh. It appears I've been doing it wrong all these years.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (Dj0WE)
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President Romney concurs--we are better than this.
Bob Dole agrees.
Posted by: Bob Dole at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (49UDy)
...you wake up with schlongs?
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (DLIIY)
When you lie down with 'rons....
You get up with 'ettes?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (YQYIg)
If he'd eaten at Chipotle's, he could have given us a better Congress.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (9mTYi)
Yes. Yes we would.
You know it's coming.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (YQYIg)
So you're saying vulgarity is an essential component to electability? Or are you saying that your beloved Donald can say or doanything and you will just love him, love him, love him all the more? *sigh* Bet's still on, right? You're out of here if Trump loses or goes third party split? Of course, with the quid pro quo that I'm gone if he wins.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (UWlp+)
"All you sonsabitches on welfare? You're fired!"
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:28 AM (YQYIg)
Posted by: Sound of Music at December 22, 2015 11:28 AM (NkNar)
George Washington shit better men than Donald Trump.
George Washington also had, for the most part, a citizenry that was intelligent, civically active, self-sufficient (or, at least, entrepreneurial) and devoted to the cause of freedom.
You want Washingtons? Then get better countrymen, not the 52% who put the dog-eating crackhead in office.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:28 AM (X6fMO)
218 When I imagine what an address to the nation by Trump from the Oval Office would sound like it makes me cringe.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:26 AM (49UDy)
Would it make you feel better if we dub'd it over with the Suave and Sophisticated voice?
Showed that to my 87 year old Mom, who HATES Trump... and her reaction was priceless...
She realized she AGREED with what he said... but did not like him because of his delivery...
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 11:28 AM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:29 AM (kpqmD)
Sell that heap of bullshit somewhere else. That's for losers and their moral victories.
Or learn some history.
Much of what you think is "Presidential" is an airbrush or dulled by the passage of time.
These were men. Some of them killed other men. All of them drank, fought, chased women, got married, etc.
They weren't angels sent to Earth.
Reminds me of how the Establishment was horrified at the crass, boorish and low-class supporters of Old Hickory for being so uncivilized as to stand on the velvet chairs with their muddy feet at his inauguration.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:29 AM (fQ/0p)
Galveston is pretty much a soft-target as far as U.S. ports are concerned. Aside from a few smaller USCG vessels, there's not much in the way of U.S. Naval assets here, and the port Law Enforcement units would be woefully inadequate to a true defensive effort.
That said, I'd damn near pay to watch some misguided Jihadi try to take on the Port of San Diego.
With the nuclear subs at Point Loma/Ballast Point, the Naval Aviation at North Island and the fleet at the 32nd St. complex....well, let's just say that those assets are more than lightly defended or casually monitored.
Sadly though, I can see their security being too timid in a necessary response to a threat, due to fears of censor by Ear Leader, should they "over-react" to an attack.
That's just the Naval assets though.
I rather doubt that any U.S. port has their commercial facilities sufficiently hardened against attack, much less infiltration and observation.
Consider this, and I don't proffer it as a suggestion, merely looking back at history.
During WWII, the Mob, the Unions* and the various government entities made an unwritten agreement to work together to secure U.S. ports against foreign agents and sabateurs.
* I'm being redundantly redundant, of course.
We need a bunch of hardassed dockworkers, longshoremen and stevedores doing a similar task in today's world.
Just hope they've not been hiring muzzies down on the docks.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (McRlu)
George Washington was also against Political Parties...
So would be aghast at the GOP... who many here worship...
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (f7rv6)
too late, the franchise horse has left the barn
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (YQYIg)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: zombie Rodney King at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (NOIQH)
I'm a tough act to follow.
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, The Great Orator at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Teh Donald's Speechwriter at December 22, 2015 11:30 AM (u5gzz)
Yes. Yes we would.
You know it's coming.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (LUgeY)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:31 AM (kpqmD)
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A Trump SOTU address would be worth watching for the chuckles alone.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:31 AM (Nwg0u)
==========
"The Long Kiss Goodnight"
Wow, wow, wow--that scene.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:31 AM (fQ/0p)
Posted by: Barney Fwank at December 22, 2015 11:31 AM (9mTYi)
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1) Trump is in real estate, a highly regulated industry, and follows the law to a T. Every move he makes is vetted by lawyers as to its legality.
2) He runs a tight ship, but his employees say he is great to work with.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 22, 2015 11:31 AM (LXJ1e)
So you're saying vulgarity is an essential component to electability?
Or are you saying that your beloved Donald can say or doanything and you will just love him, love him, love him all the more? *sigh* Bet's still on, right? You're out of here if Trump loses or goes third party split? Of course, with the quid pro quo that I'm gone if he wins.
Mohammad on a fucking crutch, you Trump bashers really are blind. There's a lot he's said that I disagree with and a lot about him I don't like. But in this Kardashian age, vulgarity is the only way to grab the attention of the 52%.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:32 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (qUNWi)
Hey, me, too. I wonder if it's the same Claudia. And she certainly, ah, enjoyed men.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (pxwYc)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (X6fMO)
Donald is no where as big of an embarrassment as that guy.
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (JrKKc)
I will no more watch him on TV than I have the turd in the whitehouse now.
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (qUNWi)
the crass, boorish and low-class supporters of Old Hickory for being so
uncivilized as to stand on the velvet chairs with their muddy feet at
his inauguration. Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:29 AM
People dissed Theodore Roosevelt for his crass, backwoods ways, too. And don't even start of what people said about Lincoln.
But they looooooved them some aristocratic types like FDR and Wilson. JFK, too.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (LUgeY)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:31 AM (kpqmD)
I think he's saying Megwyn has a schlong. Which would explain a lot.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (Dj0WE)
I also think he's basically a NYC liberal on most issues and if given the nomination, his domestic agenda will make Hillary blush with all the promised free shit.
I'm still supporting him though because it's essentially a hand grenade I am throwing at the Establishment. I also think there needs to be a political realignment on issues like trade and immigration and away from social issues.
Posted by: Tobasco at December 22, 2015 11:34 AM (ys5Qo)
Posted by: T. Jefferson at December 22, 2015 11:34 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 11:34 AM (kdS6q)
The rednecks that I knew there in 83 & 84 would love to have had a crack at jihadi john.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:34 AM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:34 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: irongrampa at December 22, 2015 11:35 AM (jeCnD)
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US did work with the mob, particularly in Sicily. Lucky Luciano claimed he was the guy who won the war.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:35 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: eleven at December 22, 2015 10:47 AM (qUNWi)
Hey, me, too. I wonder if its the same Claudia. And she certainly, ah, enjoyed men.
Yeah. It's the same Claudia.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:35 AM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: TX ette at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (sUJHF)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (wtvvX)
Sell that heap of bullshit somewhere else. That's for losers and their moral victories.
Or learn some history.
Much of what you think is "Presidential" is an airbrush or dulled by the passage of time.
These were men. Some of them killed other men. All of them drank, fought, chased women, got married, etc.
They weren't angels sent to Earth.
Reminds me of how the Establishment was horrified at the crass, boorish and low-class supporters of Old Hickory for being so uncivilized as to stand on the velvet chairs with their muddy feet at his inauguration.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:29 AM (fQ/0p)
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Effin Grover Cleveland married his 19 yr old ward while in office, was accused of rape but pulled a Clinton so Clintonian that it would make Bill blush.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 11:27 AM (UWlp+)
No.... but I'll take a Vulgar Man who will fight for America, over a Wimp who will roll over and let others destroy this Nation...
I'd rather have someone without filters, telling me what he really thinks, than the PC correct pablum of Washington Insiders constantly telling me LIES (Paul.. cough cough Ryan... cough)...
Note... Trump is the first Politician who actually has come out and called Hillary a LIAR... others hinted around the edges... others pointed out her lies...
But the would not call her what EVERYONE knows she is.... a LIAR.
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (f7rv6)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Melania Trump at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:33 AM (z/vax)<<<
Ask not what your cuntry can do for you, ask what you can do for your cuntry.
Posted by: zombie Schlong F. Kennedy at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 11:28 AM (f7rv6)
It's funny because I think his delivery is a strength and a weakness. I don't like his over the top new Yorker salesmen persona, but it gets him past the media - and that's pretty much the only way for a republican to get anywhere - and it allows him to say a bunch of stuff everybody else is too chickenshit to say. So.
Where that lands him in a general is anybody's guess, although my conservative, sarah palin lovin' friend hates him.
Posted by: Lea at December 22, 2015 11:37 AM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:32 AM (X6fMO)
Yeah, I don't know what to say at this point about those who are in denial about the direction this country is taking.
They rail against Trump because he says things that embarrass them.
Really?
In this world, in this age, that's what is bothering you?
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:37 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:37 AM (49UDy)
Trump doesn't suffer fools, but he respects power. I'm not surprised Putin considers him a worthy opponent. Obama isn't. I also can't see Trump being disrespectful of Justice Thomas, or Scalia. I don't see him being disrespectful of excellent military men and brass in the Pentagon. Or respectable scientists and successful businessmen
demagogues and bureaucrats, though? he'd be merciless
which is what we want
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 11:37 AM (YQYIg)
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (JrKKc)
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No, I'm saying I'd rather have a Grant--a rough hewn drunkard that fights--than a Bush, a Romney, a McCain, a Dole, a McConnnell, a Boehner, a Ryan, etc.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (fQ/0p)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (wtvvX)
I thought they were crows.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (pxwYc)
Posted by: TX ette at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (sUJHF)
Comment #76
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=360291
Posted by: T. Jefferson at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (wtvvX)
So you're saying vulgarity is an essential component to electability?
No, I'm not. But "vulgarity" certainly hasn't hurt the choom-smoking rent boy squatting in the Oval Office. If saying that Scankles got "schlonged" forces the MFM to actually give Trump airtime to slam her even harder, then I'm all for it. To paraphrase a wise man, you fight with the language you have, not the language you wish you had.
Or are you saying that your beloved Donald can say or doanything and you will just love him, love him, love him all the more? *sigh*[I/]
Trump's said a lot of things I don't like. But he's a damned sight better than just about any of the nickelfucking homunculi on the GOPe side.
Bet's still on, right? You're out of here if Trump loses or goes third party split? Of course, with the quid pro quo that I'm gone if he wins.[I/]
I said if Trump went third party and caused Hillary to win. If you're going to be a condescending dick, at least quote me correctly.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (X6fMO)
Does anyone remember the recipe for homemade cranberry sauce...
Posted by: TX ette
We know it's you Shepard!
Posted by: Thread Monitor at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (OiFtZ)
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM
He HAS called Shrillery a liar. Within the last couple of days. Even equated it to her under-fire "service" in Eastern Europe, IIRC.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: joncelli, getting it out of his system at December 22, 2015 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
Yes, Heckle and Jeckle were magpies
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (BK3ZS)
There's cookies? Where?
On the dark side. Welcome.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (LO5Qy)
The chair is against the wall.
John has a long schlong.
John has a long schlong.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (zt+N6)
Its the same with all these leftists, propose a solution to be finished way after the time they will be out of office, so no accountability.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (ODxAs)
It's even funnier on Quora, where the libs are earnestly arguing that Trump is the real, live, second coming of Hitler.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (S+N7W)
Posted by: Shlong McGonigal at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (Y8P5w)
Buy the upgrades, cheapskate! Yes, Heckyll & Jeckyll were magpies.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (DLIIY)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (LO5Qy)
Presidential addresses have been making me consistently nauseous and depressed since January of 1989.
I am sure that I could somehow endure listening to Trump.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA
She should add incontinence and alcohol dementia to that list.
Posted by: Cheri at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (oiNtH)
Buy the upgrades, cheapskate! Yes, Heckyll Jeckyll were magpies.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:39 AM (Z58Xa)
I AIN'T NO CHEAPSKATE!!!
I'm "thrifty"!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: T. Jefferson at December 22, 2015 11:34 AM (zt+N6)
Ah yes, I recall Washington had a Secretary of State who was actively conspiring with the President, completely against the President's expressed orders.
But I'm sure he never called Ol' George a schlong.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (X6fMO)
- General McAuliffe
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (Nwg0u)
The sneering is all copy-and-pasted from 2008 when Palin was around.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (Z58Xa)
He would be disrespectful to anyone who has publicly disagreed with him. It's been his MO for decades.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (49UDy)
The chair is against the wall.
John has a long schlong.
John has a long schlong.
The schlong is not calm. Repeat. The schlong is not calm.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (wtvvX)
I thought they were crows.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (pxwYc)
Magpies. They were also the first animated black gay couple.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (kpqmD)
But I'm sure he never called Ol' George a schlong.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:40 AM (Dj0WE)
With a foreign power!
Good grief, I can't type this morning. I'm out. Schlonged, by my own fingers.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2015 11:41 AM (/tuJf)
Obama tweeting
"ObamaCare is a still a big f--cking deal! "
when the Supreme Court upheld it should have made him a one term President. The man has zero class but todays' America eats that shit up
Posted by: Tobasco at December 22, 2015 11:42 AM (ys5Qo)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:42 AM (NkNar)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:42 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: TX ette at December 22, 2015 11:36 AM (sUJHF)
Comment #76
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=360291
Posted by: T. Jefferson at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (zt+N6)
Thanks, you're a peach!
Posted by: TX ette at December 22, 2015 11:42 AM (sUJHF)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:42 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Evans & Zager at December 22, 2015 11:43 AM (Z58Xa)
Completely O/T! Does anyone remember the recipe for homemade cranberry
sauce that someone posted at Thanksgiving time?? It was pretty
simple....cranberries, sugar, bourbon...I made it and it was wonderful!
Unfortunately I didn't write it down, so I have forgotten the
measurements. I promise I will write it down this time, so I don't have
to bother anyone again. TIA (there may have been lemon juice in it
also)
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1 lb cranberry
2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Zest from an orange
1/4 cup bourbon
Someone sent out the whole AoS 2011 recipes in MS Word--or I'd CP the rest.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:43 AM (fQ/0p)
support the guy. George Washington shit better men than Donald
Trump.Posted by: troyrise at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (UWlp+)
President McCain agrees. Dignity before all.
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President Romney concurs--we are better than this.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:23 AM (fQ/0p)
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President Dole says, "This isn't who we are".
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 11:43 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:43 AM (LO5Qy)
Magpies. They were also the first animated black gay couple.
Followed not long after by Chip and Dale.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:43 AM (X6fMO)
Fisher now says he is criticizing Greta for mistakenly tweeting Yazidis are Christian (they have an ancient multi-theistic religion of their own). Tweets can obviously sometimes get out with mistakes included, as Greta can now attest, because they are short, frequent and typically not reviewed before release, unlike, say, closely edited articles about bridges spanning Israel.
But Fisher goes a lot further and uses this tweet to reflexively condemn Fox News, saying he thinks this mistake "is the inevitable result" of "dog whistling" by FNC. Fisher is apparently claiming in his clumsily worded tweet that FNC has deliberately misidentified Yazidi as Christian for quite some time, and that Greta's error is a direct reflection of that reporting.
Just to be clear: he is saying FNC lies in it's reporting on Yazidi religion; and Greta's tweet is the result.
Google did not find any such instance of FNC reporting Yazidi are Christian for me, but even if it has happened, how does he tie her error to that reporting? How does he know FNC is deliberately lying ("dogwhistle")?
Maybe it isn't Fox who is lying here, maybe it is Max Fisher if he in this case exploits an error for the purpose of spreading propaganda.
Vox=propaganda.
Posted by: MTF at December 22, 2015 11:43 AM (LISuA)
It's that you fall hook line and sinker for his bullshit. The guy is all over the map ideologically, and was a big supporter of Hillary at one time. His platform is to make the trains run on time. Exactly which mid-30s Italian dictator does that remind you of? Half the time he doesn't even know what he's saying. And when he does pop off, it's perfectly timed to help Hillary and the Dems.
Molly Hemmingway puts it best:
http://tinyurl.com/qg8go38
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 11:44 AM (laMCB)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: The Embarrassed American at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (Y8P5w)
Posted by: Cheri at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (oiNtH)
2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Zest from an orange
1/4 cup bourbon
Someone sent out the whole AoS 2011 recipes in MS Word--or I'd CP the rest.
Posted by: RoyalOil
1) Drink bourbon
2) Mix ingredients
3) Enjoy
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (LO5Qy)
Maybe Trump ought to offer the take back the schlong comment if Hillary owns up to the disaster she has mad of the ME.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Simon and Garfunkel at December 22, 2015 11:45 AM (NkNar)
No, it's actually tonally different. They're claiming he really plans to commit genocide against Muslims if elected. Never mind that Muslims aren't a race, and that he's shown no evidence of any such thing.
With Palin it was just that she's stupid.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 22, 2015 11:46 AM (S+N7W)
Has anyone watched Ridiculous 6 on Netflix, the new Adam Sandler flick? Watched half last night. Crude but cute overall. The silly complaining about racism was of course ridiculous.
Anyway one of the characters gets a voiceover, by none other than Robin Leach! I lol'd.
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 11:46 AM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 11:47 AM (RXfvh)
Nary a week passes without Trump sinking even lower. As for his supporters, eh -- there's nothing you can say, don't waste your time. Unless Cruz or Rubio pulls this out, we're stuck with Clinton.
President Rubio would be Hillary with a shorter penis.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 11:47 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:47 AM (Z58Xa)
The problem with your approach, chemjeff and Grey
Fox, is that it's national suicide. You're advocating Marquess of
Queensbury rules in a Folsom Prison knife fight. You're saying we
should make sure to continue using the correct fork for our salads as
the barbarians are raiding the dining the hall, killing our sons and
raping our daughters. That's the problem I'm having with what you're
advocating, as it seems many others here do. You're saying we should
roll over and die, and our country roll over and die, before we be seen
as soon anything other than genteel.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:20 AM (kpqmD)
This.
The Constitution is not a suicide pact and the things that you are
arguing cannot be done under the Constitution by and large can be done.
Chemjeff,
for instance argues that there cannot be a religious test for
foreigners entering the country but explicitly Congress, and by
delegation the President, have the power to set any limit they want on
people entering this country... including a religious test... because
the Constitution and common sense say that a sovereign nation always has
the right to do that.
Nor do I think he is particularly correct
that we should or even can take muslims as individuals on a case by
case basis. As P.J. O'Rourke once pointed out (and I am paraphrasing
here), one by one and man to man Arabs are salt of the earth. But get
them in a pack and shove a koran down the front of their pants and they
behave like a footlocker full of glue sniffing civet cats. Individual
muslims cannot be evaluated for entry without assessing the religious,
political and legal system that is islam. Pretending otherwise is
dangerously naive.
And I can only point grey fox to the wealth
of information available on Game Theory and say that there is a reason
tit for tat is always (ALWAYS) the most successful and most remunerative
game strategy. People have to know in any arena (political, battle,
etc.) that they will be treated AS THEY TREAT OTHERS or they have no
incentive to be civilized and the world descends into a chaos of
predator and prey.
Posted by: redbanzai at December 22, 2015 11:38 AM (OrI3J)
Posted by: redbanzai at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (OrI3J)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (kpqmD)
They ought to take a rope and dong me.
High from the highest tree.
Woman would you cry for me?
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (Nwg0u)
I don't think he's doing it intentionally, his ego is way too big for that, but it seems to be the result. All this arguing about Trump when it appears less likely everyday that he will be the nominee.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (/tuJf)
Anyway one of the characters gets a voiceover, by none other than Robin Leach! I lol'd.
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 11:46 AM (hvf9s
Yeah I watched it. Did not find it cute or funny. I maybe laughed twice possibly three times. And yeah, the claims of it being insensitive to Native Americans was bullshit.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (NkNar)
Oh Hurricane, I don't even think the Trump people believe he is any way conservative or even has a developed ideology. He is simply the weapon to beat the GOP estabs about the head and neck.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: The Embarrassed American at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (Y8P5w)
Rule of thumb, if the MSM calls it a "scandal", it's shite.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at December 22, 2015 11:49 AM (9krrF)
I wander if the Donald actually meant to write "shellacked."
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 22, 2015 11:50 AM (LXJ1e)
Oh, there are some pretty nice houses around Sacramento.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:50 AM (Z58Xa)
But very well hydrated, in that he can't talk for more than two minutes without getting a swig from his water bottle.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at December 22, 2015 11:50 AM (eytER)
Posted by: rrpjr at December 22, 2015 11:50 AM (s/yC1)
That is one heck of an Iowa trend line. If he can keep the momentum going and take NH too, this thing may be over by Super Tuesday.
Posted by: TallDave at December 22, 2015 11:51 AM (74ZYB)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:51 AM (Nwg0u)
over the map ideologically, and was a big supporter of Hillary at one
time.
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Not for nothing, but do you--or any of the anti-Trump folks--have another candidate in mind that will destroy the GOPe?
Because it really doesn't matter who wins--Hillary or another Republican--if the GOPe survives.
If it's Hillary, they'll cut deals against the conservatives that benefit the Democrats.
If it's another Republican, they'll cut deals against the conservatives that benefit the Democrats; with an added bonus of actively undermining the President.
Maybe Cruz can. But what kind of coattails will he need to destroy the GOPe?
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 22, 2015 11:52 AM (fQ/0p)
Makes for light reading, anyway. I have no puns to add to this dicking around.
Wrote my congressman yesterday (finally) to thank him for his "no" vote on the omniverous bill. And I must apologize - I've been spelling his name wrong. It's -stine not -stein. What was I thinking? :/
Posted by: mindful webworker - Cruz/Bridenstine 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:52 AM (O+0DS)
I think I should be goin'
Time doesn't wait for me
It keeps on rollin'
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:52 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: The Embarrassed American at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (Y8P5w)
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You ought to be embarrassed with people like Jeb!, Rubio and Kasich in the running. They are embarrassing.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at December 22, 2015 11:52 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 11:47 AM (RXfvh)
I've had that thought as well. If Trump were not in the race, Cruz would be drawing the most fire from both the media and the GOPe as the "creepy extremist."
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 11:52 AM (u0lmX)
And I seriously mean no disrespect.
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 11:52 AM (JrKKc)
I wander if the Donald actually meant to write "shellacked."
She lacked integrity? Honesty?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 11:53 AM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:53 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: The Embarrassed American at December 22, 2015 11:53 AM (Y8P5w)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:53 AM (49UDy)
Posted by: donna at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 11:47 AM (RXfvh)
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And, still, the fantasies persist.
Trump wants to win. Trump likes winning. The reason I like him is that he wants this country to win too. Why is this so hard for some people to understand?
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM (7v/r5)
support the guy. George Washington shit better men than Donald
Trump.Posted by: troyrise at December 22, 2015 11:16 AM (UWlp+)
--
I'm gauging most of his supporters are at his side because he's the gigantic EFF YOU candidate. What the American people are saying to Washington: EFF YOU. Sick of the liars, sick of the thieves, sick of the PC paralysis, sick of the Washington crowd first, sick of the crapping on hard working, tax paying Americans. Sick of the whole stinking lot. It's hard to not be swayed by that when you're out here in flyover country and have watched the methodical disintegration of your country for the last number of years.
Posted by: Lady in Black....sigh at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM (pVkEV)
I object to all these dick jokes!
Posted by: John Thomas Throckmorton at December 22, 2015 11:55 AM (9krrF)
[Trump's] platform is to make the trains run on time. Exactly which mid-30s Italian dictator does that remind you of?
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh
What the Italian version of Godwin's Law?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 11:55 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at December 22, 2015 11:50 AM (eytER)
Hill also needs a swig from a bottle every two minutes, but that's not Evian she's drinking.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 11:55 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: AoSHQ Realtime Schlongmeter at December 22, 2015 11:55 AM (2WoCi)
1) He likes and profits from the attention
2) He knows he won't be the nominee, but wants to be the kingmaker. That was the vibe from the end of the last debate.
I do think he is genuinely passionate on some issues and Cruz could put him in charge of finally securing the damn border that never seems to get secured. The guy does get stuff built.
Posted by: TallDave at December 22, 2015 11:56 AM (74ZYB)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (ODxAs)
Of course. But they're delusional if they think he's going to be any better. Just not going to happen.
He'll do whatever gets praise from his hip billionaire pals like Bloomberg, Gates, and Buffet.
The only way to take down the GOPe AND the Leftards is with a guy (or gal) that gets what's wrong with it, and can explain it simply and straightforwardly to the LIVs, all the while talking over the heads of the traitor-scum media.
In other words, Zombie Reagan, 2016: It's Time
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 11:56 AM (laMCB)
Posted by: Retiredleo at December 22, 2015 11:56 AM (CIoyl)
With his schlong'
Posted by: Roberta Flack at December 22, 2015 11:56 AM (NkNar)
Objection. I don't believe thus far anyone here has made reference to their individual schlong. We've just been riffing on the Trump schlonged quote. Plus, "schlong" is just a really fun word to both say and type.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:56 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (kdS6q)
I orally serviced the presidential schlong, and it tasted just like any other schlong, except all girl schlong which tastes like flounder.
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (OiFtZ)
- Long Schlong Silver
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:53 AM (Nwg0u
LOL
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, Bamboozled by love at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: donna at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM (7v/r5)
Stolen.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (bPXBn)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM
It's too much of a change from Choom Boy running around apologizing for America for some to accept.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (z/vax)
Posted by: IC at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (a0IVu)
Posted by: The Embarrassed American at December 22, 2015 11:53 AM (Y8P5w)
Oh, you special snowflake. Better run and get your smelling salts.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (u0lmX)
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This country needs schlong control but the 69th amendment doesn't allow it.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (Nwg0u)
Ps, trumps an r..,
Posted by: All Teh Meh at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (iwLCN)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (kpqmD)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (1xUj/)
Time for a course correction.
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (JrKKc)
Not for nothing, but do any Trump supporters have a shred of evidence that he will destroy the GOPe? This is a guy who said as recently as a week ago that until he announced his candidacy he *was* the GOP establishment.
Anybody who has watched Trump over the years can tell you the only thing consistent about Trump is that he is inconsistent and that he has made a fortune working with the political establishment. Yea, he's running as an outsider this campaign because 1) that's what the political winds are demanding this cycle and 2) no way he was going to get the support of the GOP establishment for the presidency as his first elected office.
Cruz is definitely working against the establishment in DC, it's why they are hacking away at him. And despite the fact that he gives off a Eddie Haskell vibe he is a lot more consistent in his conservative positions than Trump ever will be. And it appears he is now in the lead in Iowa.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (/tuJf)
This is exactly it. We need other icky, unsavory Americans in Congress to upset the apple cart. I hope he's VP.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: The Who Was Phone Guy at December 22, 2015 11:59 AM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at December 22, 2015 11:59 AM (49UDy)
The last time Democrats had back to back Presidencies was FDR - Truman (Kennedy - LBJ (8 years total) doesn't count). Yet Trump supporters think Republicans never take the Presidency, and that Shlong Trump is our only hope. Weird.
Short of Eisenhower, I can't think ofa GOP president who didn't end up as a disappointment. Even Ronaldus Maximus didn't take a blowtorch to the Imperial Federal Government. Nixon gave us the EPA, GHWB increased taxes and Dubya let that drunken murderer Ted Kennedy write his education bill.
The problem, which Trump bashers keep ignoring, is a feckless GOPe congress that simply will not fight against the left in any meaningful way! Trump is getting support because people are pissed off at congress, see no way of yanking their snouts out of the trough, and see a "you're fired!" Trump as, at best, a warning shot across the bow.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 12:00 PM (X6fMO)
2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Zest from an orange
1/4 cup bourbon
Someone sent out the whole AoS 2011 recipes in MS Word--or I'd CP the rest.
Posted by: RoyalOil
*Two* cups of sugar? Eeaagh, that's pretty sweet, don't you think?
The "standard" recipe calls for only 1 cup.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 12:00 PM (pxwYc)
Posted by: ALH at December 22, 2015 12:00 PM (JrKKc)
The only way to take down the GOPe AND the Leftards is with a guy (or gal) that gets what's wrong with it, and can explain it simply and straightforwardly to the LIVs, all the while talking over the heads of the traitor-scum media.
Well, Trump is actually closest to that, but yeah, the dude or gal you are describing isn't running. So you have to pick somebody, or like me, nobody.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 12:00 PM (ODxAs)
Honestly, I was sorta counting on the GOPe destroying itself trying to stop him. Which may well happen, it's still early.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at December 22, 2015 12:00 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 11:48 AM (zt+N6)
Waaaay to much bathroom humor and OTT grossness, part of why I stopped halfway. But I did enjoy the cameos, and the historical characters inserted into the story. And yes I laughed at the innapropriate Lincoln scene.
A nice assortment of SNL alums; a reminder of how good the SNL lineup used to be and how pathetic SNL has become.
Posted by: LizLem at December 22, 2015 12:00 PM (hvf9s)
*raises hand*
Is Insomniac a 'ette?
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at December 22, 2015 11:58 AM (1xUj/)
No, though I have at times claimed to be a lesbian trapped in a man's body.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:01 PM (kpqmD)
Yet, I fear that Teh Donald is the only one that can withstand the full-bore onslaught of Hillary's defenders in the media.
It will be nasty.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (bPXBn)
I object to all these dick jokes!
Posted by: John Thomas Throckmorton at December 22, 2015 11:55 AM (9krrF)
Yeah, me, too.
Posted by: Harry Johnson at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (pxwYc)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM
It's too much of a change from Choom Boy running around apologizing for America for some to accept.
Posted by: Mr Scribbler at December 22, 2015 11:57 AM (z/vax)
I'm sorry, this is just such bullshit. Trump wants Trump to win. The country he wants is one where Trump can win even more.
Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (laMCB)
has my undivided ignoring.
Posted by: free range jihadist
Hmmmm - how about "undivided inattention"?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (kdS6q)
Has anyone ever heard 'schlonged' used before? I mean, I assume it means 'dicked over', but that's just a guess.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: mustbequantum at December 22, 2015 12:03 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:03 PM (Fmupd)
Going to be way non PC here...
Somehow, over the last couple of Generations here in the West... Nice got equated to Good.
If it was Good, but not Nice, it was not to be done...
The problem is that Nice can be suicidal. Nice is a LUXURY for a person, tribe, or country.
You have to take care of survival FIRST, and then if you have Surplus, be nice with it...
But we have gone so far (in our forced effort of Nicety) to allow the weak, to use that very weakness as a bludgeon against the strong...
Story time... a couple of years ago the Sister of the Lady I was dating, was TRYING to make me angry... everyone knew it. She was baiting me to get a rise out of me... and when I went silent.... literally said "ew... I'm making you mad aren't I" and then proceeded to get in my personal space and started to put her finger in my face...
Uh.... I'm a historic Fencer... been to National Tournaments.... needless to say the Parry was automatic...
I just held her hand, 2 inches in front of my nose... and would not release it...
She then broke into tears... because 'I' was a bully.... because I would not let her verbally or physically intimidate me...
Lost of Girlfriend over that one... because I 'was not nice'...
We have allowed Gays, and Women, and Minorities, and Handicapped, to replace 'good'... with 'nice'... to the point where 'WE' Men have allowed the next generation of Men to be Emasculated....
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 12:03 PM (f7rv6)
No I think He said what He meant.... Another way of saying "screwed."
Posted by: donna at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (/dSsq)
2017 would be really interestng, we could have a Tea Party POTUS that is fighting the GOP establishment in Congress.
A lot of people don't seem to realize that Cruz can not only win with fewer states than Bush (which are all winnable with the evangelicals back), but has the Tea Party to boot.
2016 may be the year of the Teavangelical.
Remember, Romney actually won independents in almost every battleground state. McCain was a moderate running against the only Senator who record was left of Bernie Sanders.
Posted by: TallDave at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (74ZYB)
MP4, its not that the GOP estabs aren't fighting the Left, it is that they are part of the Left. This con has gone on a long time.
PS - I'm afraid to be the last comment, as I don't want to be schlonged.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:01 PM (kpqmD)
I've been mistaken for a hot MILF, myself.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (pxwYc)
Pretty difficult for RR to do when Congress was controlled by Dems. Eisenhower didn't exactly shrink government either.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Lady in Black....sigh at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (pVkEV)
Schlong as a noun, yes. As a verb, "to schlong?" No.
Still don't know what "all wee wee'd up" means. Never heard that one at all.
And once again, Rush is lurking here: the first words out of his mouf contained "schlong."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 22, 2015 12:05 PM (LUgeY)
of information available on Game Theory and say that there is a reason
tit for tat is always (ALWAYS) the most successful and most remunerative
game strategy. People have to know in any arena (political, battle,
etc.) that they will be treated AS THEY TREAT OTHERS or they have no
incentive to be civilized and the world descends into a chaos of
predator and prey.
And I'll direct you to the history of Rome in the first century BC to see how it actually worked in practice and quite a wealth of military history and theory, starting with Sun Tzu, regarding the formulation of a winning strategy and the fate of those who substitute "getting tough," "winning battles" and ruthlessness for said strategy.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 22, 2015 12:06 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 12:06 PM (NkNar)
With his schlong'
Posted by: Roberta Flack at December 22, 2015 11:56 AM (NkNar)
He's doing it wrong.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 22, 2015 12:07 PM (vgIRn)
Others- many others- must follow their lead and come in at the same time.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:07 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 12:07 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Chris Christie at December 22, 2015 12:07 PM (0cMkb)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (Z58Xa)
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The way I took it when I first heard abou this (and still do) is that she let herself get fucked over by Fredo's campaign in 2008.
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:07 PM (Fmupd)
"Short of Eisenhower, I can't think ofa GOP president who didn't end up
as a disappointment. Even Ronaldus Maximus didn't take a blowtorch to
the Imperial Federal Government."
Pretty difficult for RR to do when Congress was controlled by Dems. Eisenhower didn't exactly shrink government either.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:04 PM (u0lmX)
*AHEM*
Posted by: Calvin Coolidge at December 22, 2015 12:08 PM (itfg0)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:03 PM
Same here. Unfortunately by the time voting gets around to my state it's already decided.
I prefer Cruz, but think a crass, even course Trump is more likely to engage in battle and not back down. I don't think the word 'bipartisanship' is in his vocabulary. I don't want to hear that word again.
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 22, 2015 12:09 PM (7v/r5)
Speaking for myself???
Trump is a gamble... he is a loose Cannon... we really have NO IDEA how he would be as President...
But... I KNOW how the others would be... and I'm willing to take the chance on Trump, rather than continue with the slow steady decline the Republicans INSIDE Washington are orchestrating.
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 12:09 PM (f7rv6)
Sorry, try again. Question, not fantasy.
My Trump analysis?
Ego driven, but gets things done. Continually tweaks the media with admirable calculation, and knows that civility is akin to "preparing for the last war" in this decidedly uncivil media environment.
What is behind the calculatedly crude mask?
No one knows, but I'd like to think that a man whose ego is based on getting things done knows that the old spirit of America is in danger of being overrun, and that spirit is what supports things getting done in the first place. Ergo, nonagression pact with Cruz.
Finally, Trump is showing everyone what politics is _really_ like behind the public facade (and the gatekeepers all know it, and they are horrified), and that may his biggest service to the American people in this day and age.
Posted by: Piercello at December 22, 2015 12:10 PM (RXfvh)
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:11 PM (F26eZ)
And just how big was the federal government in those pre-New Deal, pre- Great Society days compared to the size of the government in the 1980's?
The bigger it has grown, the harder it is to shrink. (Also applicable to schlongs, I guess.)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:11 PM (u0lmX)
Yet, I fear that Teh Donald is the only one that can withstand the full-bore onslaught of Hillary's defenders in the media.
It will be nasty.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:02 PM (bPXBn)
I've pretty well made my peace with the idea that to get to 8 years of President Cruz-
we'll probably have to have 8 years of Trump/Cruz.
If Trump is smart enough to take Cruz as Veep.
That also hopefully means 16 years of conservative, Constitutional principles for the most part.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2015 12:12 PM (0cMkb)
Don't let the C Cups fool you.
Posted by: Garrett at December 22, 2015 12:06 PM (NkNar)
I asked for memory, MEMORY enhancement, and this is what I end up with. Damn foreign doctors.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:12 PM (kpqmD)
Yes.
For today's etymology, Schlange is Krautish for "snake"; Yiddish is mostly a Krautish dialect with funny spellings and loan words from the Slavic languages.
So a schlong is a trouser snake.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:13 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at December 22, 2015 12:13 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 12:15 PM (IPirI)
And today's Brooklyn Tabernacle devotional:
"Christmas Mercy"
http://www.brooklyntabernacle.org/devotional
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:15 PM (qES5k)
Yes, I thought Joe Dan Gorman put that convincingly strongly in his latest (I think) Intellectual Froglegs video.
By the way, it just seems like something could be made out of your hash (Fmupd), I just can't think what.
Hillary got fmupd in 2008?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at December 22, 2015 12:17 PM (O+0DS)
It's not because of his conservatism, he's just an all around unappealing candidate. It's the same with Hillary, if Hillary loses, it won't be because she's "too liberal" it will be she's a bitch that's easy to hate.
With Trump, I think there's a chance there and there would be a completely new alliance. Also, if he's willing to really drop $500 million of his own money in the race, that alone could be a game changer.
Posted by: Tobasco at December 22, 2015 12:17 PM (ys5Qo)
wow
villain in Star Wars was a Marine
2 years in Afghanistan, medical discharge
(I'm sure this is old news, but I stayed offline until I saw it.)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 22, 2015 12:18 PM (qCMvj)
Are there Moron's in anyone else's camp?
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:18 PM (F26eZ)
Virginia to stop recognizing concealed carry gun permits from 25 states
Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) announced Tuesday that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity agreements with the commonwealth.
Schifoso
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 22, 2015 12:19 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: donna at December 22, 2015 12:19 PM (/dSsq)
Are there Moron's in anyone else's camp?
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:18 PM (F26eZ)
SMOD
Posted by: The Smiting Hat at December 22, 2015 12:19 PM (itfg0)
And that is my problem with Trump. I don't think he has a plan for an actual Trump Presidency because I don't think he ever thought he would get even this far let alone get elected.
In my perfect scenario, Cruz starts to consolidate support and overtakes The Donald but Trump stays around to lob verbal bombs and keep Hillary! and the left off balance. Cruz could then run under his air cover. I think Cruz would humiliate Granny Clinton in the debates.
I don't hate Trump. I find him equal parts amusing, entertaining, helpful and pain in the ass. He's just not my first choice.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2015 12:20 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: MAx at December 22, 2015 12:20 PM (LAliD)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at December
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It's the Serbian word for schlong.
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:21 PM (Fmupd)
But what are you gonna do? Throw away your vote?
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:21 PM (F26eZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at December 22, 2015 12:17 PM (O+0DS)
Yeah, Hillary's Alinskyite thugs got out-Alinskyed by Obama's Alinskyite thugs.
A bunch of Hillary's groupies put up an outrage! website after 2008 where they tried to document how they were out-thugged, but I neglected to bookmark it.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 12:21 PM (pxwYc)
Posted by: Retiredleo at December 22, 2015 12:23 PM (CIoyl)
Posted by: Lady in Black....sigh at December 22, 2015 11:54 AM (pVkEV)
I think that puts it rather succinctly.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at December 22, 2015 12:24 PM (WWdgA)
I'm hoping that Hill's unattractiveness cancels out Cruz's lack of appeal.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:24 PM (u0lmX)
Are there Moron's in anyone else's camp?
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:18 PM (F26eZ)
SMOD
Posted by: The Smiting Hat at December 22, 2015 12:19 PM (itfg0)
*points at nic*
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:25 PM (kpqmD)
for pushing his omnibus spending bill through Congress.
The editors rebuke of Ryan in which they accuse him of having far different priorities than GOP voters comes just two months after the publication endorsed Ryan for Speaker and, in so doing, helped place a man with a two decade long history of pushing open border immigration policies in charge of the GOP conference.
Idiots RINOs and SHILLs
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 12:25 PM (gf8BH)
Just sayin'
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 12:25 PM (IPirI)
Armenian is part of the Indo-European language group, so that isn't a huge surprise.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 22, 2015 12:26 PM (bZ7mE)
>> that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry
>> handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity
>> agreements with the commonwealth.
File this under 'Elections have consequences'.
Posted by: JEM at December 22, 2015 12:26 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Calvin Coolidge at December 22, 2015 12:08 PM (itfg0)
D'OH! Of course, I forgot Silent Cal. One of my favorites. If any of you 'rons and 'ronettes get the chance to visit his birthplace in Plymouth Notch, VT, take the opportunity. Lovely scenery, and not touristy-tacky.
Of course, I like to say we could use a man like Bill McKinley again.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (X6fMO)
Fine.
*affixes tassels to wrinkled dugs*
Posted by: Hillary! at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: MAx at December 22, 2015 12:20 PM (LAliD
Where my shalong at?
/Armenian pimp
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: donna at December 22, 2015 12:19 PM (/dSsq)
&&&&&&&&
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (QPdNE)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (AkOaV)
No, sport, I distinctly remember youwriting thatyou were out of here if your guy loses or goes third party split--without qualification and certainly nothing about 'causing Hillary to win'.
You're hedging--which means you'll welsh out if your new preconditions aren't met.
Oh, and that 'condescending dick' pejorative you aimed my way? Stay classy--you know, like your would-be Dear Leader.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (UWlp+)
*points at nic*
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:25 PM (kpqmD)
*points back*
Posted by: The Hwaet Hat at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (itfg0)
------
Probably the gay guys' blog you're thinking about.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (DLIIY)
Posted by: JEM at December 22, 2015 12:26 PM (o+SC1)
Yeah, the GOP/RNC ought to make a note of that!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2015 12:28 PM (ftVQq)
Just sayin'
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 12:25 PM (IPirI)
Mary Carey ran for governor in California.
Posted by: buzzion at December 22, 2015 12:28 PM (zt+N6)
Sadly, that sounds like a real lackluster election.
Still, would enjoy seeing Hillary get fmupd by Cruz in the debates.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at December 22, 2015 12:29 PM (O+0DS)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: The Hwaet Hat
Seamus Heany translated that as the "So...hat".
No, I don't have a point.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (1xUj/)
Oh, and that 'condescending dick' pejorative you aimed my way? Stay classy--you know, like your would-be Dear Leader.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (UWlp+)
...Problematic...
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! with purchase of equal or greater value commenter at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (9xFD7)
I can't picture Trump playing second fiddle to Cruz. I can't imagine who Cruz could pick as VP that would work as well as Trump/Cruz.
So I really want a team. Now more then ever, I think it's required.
Posted by: free range jihadist at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (7v/r5)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (zOTsN)
You'll be hearing from my lawyers.
Posted by: Sisqo at December 22, 2015 12:31 PM (kpqmD)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (DLIIY)
You mean Hillbuzz? No, it wasn't Hillbuzz, it was another one. It had a longish name as I recall.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 12:32 PM (pxwYc)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! with purchase of equal or greater value commenter at December 22, 2015 12:30 PM (9xFD7)
Dammit!
Posted by: Lepidus at December 22, 2015 12:32 PM (itfg0)
Posted by: Fritz at December 22, 2015 12:32 PM (UzPAd)
We could be discussing our candidate's porn technique instead of the Trump/Cruz juggernaut.
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 12:32 PM (IPirI)
I had to see a doctor about "Schlong, Schlong, Blue".
Posted by: Neil Diamond at December 22, 2015 12:32 PM (1xUj/)
>> choosing between Octavius and Marc Anthony now.
We got the Ladies Tee Nero right now.
Posted by: JEM at December 22, 2015 12:32 PM (o+SC1)
The Simpson's decision checkboxes, not the identity politics checkboxes.
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:33 PM (F26eZ)
Who names their kid "Claude"?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (gf8BH)**Ahem!
Posted by: Mrs. Rains at December 22, 2015 12:34 PM (mOfFV)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time
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First off, I've never gotten this "lack of appeal" touted by some people here. It's like being exceptionally articulate in one's beliefs is somehow a negative. I don't get it.
Secondly, if Cruz is the nominee, people will definitely notice the extended commercial breaks so that the Hildebeast can dump the shit out of her depends during the prez. debates.
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:34 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at December 22, 2015 12:34 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at December 22, 2015 12:29 PM (O+0DS)
Think Hubert H. vs. Nixon in 1968. Not much attractiveness there.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:35 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 12:35 PM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 12:35 PM (X6fMO)
>> required.
'Cause the next step's a junta.
Which gives me a chance to throw this in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ouBnu9AQcU
Posted by: JEM at December 22, 2015 12:36 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:34 PM (Fmupd)
I was an early Rand supporter, I've been kind of... floundering since then. Kind of agnostic toward Cruz and Trump.
But I will say that Cruz comes off as ... slimy. Not Marco Rubio slimy (talking out of both sides of his mouth -- reminds me of a smooth timeshare salesman) but like a Televangelist preacher or a guy trying to sell me something.
I don't know. But I get why people get turned off to Cruz. I think it's his cadence when he speaks.
Wouldn't stop me for voting for him, but I *do* get it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:36 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 10:18 AM (gf8BH)
"It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to."
Posted by: W. C. Fields at December 22, 2015 12:37 PM (ftVQq)
Are there Moron's in anyone else's camp?
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:18 PM (F26eZ)
***
There are still SMOD-er's here, a few Sternovich supporters, and, me, I back Gozer/Vigo.
A wide range of opinions.
Posted by: Kaspar Gutman at December 22, 2015 12:37 PM (Wu2k4)
In all seriousness, I think we are entering the Sulla-Marius stage right now. Alternating and escalating bloodbaths between different factions. Not sure which side is Marius (populist but "progressive) and which is Sulla (constitutionalist but elitist), but I doubt it will end any better for us.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 22, 2015 12:37 PM (bZ7mE)
----
Biggus Dickus!!!
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2015 12:37 PM (DLIIY)
Are there Moron's in anyone else's camp?
I won't make a final decision until Huntsman makes his move.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 12:38 PM (8ZskC)
What a fuckin joke
The whole last 7 years
Disgrace
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2015 12:38 PM (gf8BH)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 12:35 PM (LO5Qy)
Pffft!
He was only in it for the monet!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2015 12:38 PM (ftVQq)
Are there Moron's in anyone else's camp?
Posted by: Chupacabra at December 22, 2015 12:18 PM (F26eZ)
...Still holding out for that Randmentum to pick up.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:38 PM (AkOaV)
Fo' shizzle vs. "the square root of a hypotenuse is intuitive to the whole".
52% of the electorate is fo shizzle.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 12:38 PM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:27 PM (UWlp+)
Yeah, your little Miss Manners routine is awfully condescending.
I can understand why one might prefer not to be called a dick though. Which is why words like schlong work so well.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 12:39 PM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 12:39 PM (IPirI)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:34 PM (Fmupd)
I don't either, but so many people say they find Cruz somehow offputting that I assume it's a factor that has to be taken seriously.
I think he is by far the smartest candidate in the race - real smart, not phony smart like Obama.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:39 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:39 PM (B9up3)
http://tinyurl.com/j6pt56b
Basically his argument is "if you disagree with me, that's proof that you are wrong."
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (39g3+)
Paging Lucius Cornelius Sulla, pick up the white courtesy phone please.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (8ZskC)
Heh. Poor Hubert.
At least Dick had learned how to spiff up his appearance somewhat vs 1960!
Can we just get a little transfusion of Trump's dynamism into Cruz's veins?
Posted by: mindful webworker - Cruz/Bridenstine 2016 at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (O+0DS)
Not to me, but I think the vibe is probably because he is so articulate he's worked as a lawyer and they have to convince people to " buy" something, and he spent a lot on time doing debate team stuff where you're also trying to convince people to "buy" something
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (qES5k)
Posted by: @votermom at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (uZNvH)
Trump attacked Hillary Clinton in vulgar terms Monday night, saying
that her bathroom break during the last Democratic debate was just too
"disgusting" to talk about
Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2015 12:41 PM (T3Tpd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2015 12:41 PM (B9up3)
and the uncivilized barbarians on the frontiers are restless...
Especially those Mithridites down in Turkey...
Posted by: BB Wolf at December 22, 2015 12:41 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (qES5k)
Yeah, I'm sure it served him well in his former career.
Maybe a better analogy would be that he sounds like a defense attorney or other kind of litigator.
In other words, he has a false earnestness when he speaks.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:41 PM (AkOaV)
We could be discussing our candidate's porn technique instead of the Trump/Cruz juggernaut.
Posted by: Weasel
______________
Ah got yer pearl necklace raht here, and Ah ain't in noways tahrd.
Posted by: Downhome Hillary Clinton at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (3GAnN)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (uZNvH)
Sometimes hard not to do when you know your shit.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (bPXBn)
Posted by: Fritz at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (UzPAd)
You mean the shitty singer? Marcus Antonius.
I've said this before but Plato stated in The Republic that democracy was the 3rd phase of government. The 4th and final stage which would happen because people would demand to much personal freedom (BLM, gay everything, etc.) was a strong man.
ahem . Trump
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (/tuJf)
He's not populist. Its not that he isn't objectively appealing, its that in this culture, if you don't come across like a cast member from Idiocracy, you sound arrogant and off-putting.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (39g3+)
472 Keep losing power bc it dizzled.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at December 22, 2015 12:34 PM
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It's what we refer to in OK as a schnizzle dizzle.
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:35 PM (u0lmX)
My late Stepfather was prominent in state Democratic politics, a Humphrey delegate at the '68 Chicago convention. He got to know Hubert Humphrey, at least in a working, political context. Said Humphrey was one of the few truly principled, incorruptiblepoliticians he had ever met, a genuinely good man.
He also said that was one of the major reasons Humphrey lost, aside from Humphrey's genteel, unprepossessing manner. His heart just wasn't in the backroom wheeling and dealing, down-and-dirty, rough-and-tumble aspects of the job. He just wasn't ruthless enough.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (UWlp+)
Just looked it up. It comes from the Yiddish (and therefore German, in this case) for snake.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (ZxmMG)
But I will say that Cruz comes off as ... slimy. Not Marco Rubio slimy (talking out of both sides of his mouth -- reminds me of a smooth timeshare salesman) but like a Televangelist preacher or a guy trying to sell me something.
I don't know. But I get why people get turned off to Cruz. I think it's his cadence when he speaks.
Wouldn't stop me for voting for him, but I *do* get it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:36 PM (AkOaV)
I wouldn't use a word like "slimy" but Cruz does cause a number of caution flags to go up.
In this day and age, that's not enough to declare against him. Indeed, since he's unquestionably the guy with the fewest caution flags, he's got to be the leader of the pack now.
If he had a chance to be nominated, that is. Which he doesn't.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 12:43 PM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Irony at December 22, 2015 12:43 PM (Pn0FW)
Trump attacked Hillary Clinton in vulgar terms Monday night, saying
that her bathroom break during the last Democratic debate was just too
"disgusting" to talk about
Posted by: Colin at December 22, 2015 12:41 PM (T3Tpd)
*****
Off to the fainting couches! Donald told the truth again!
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at December 22, 2015 12:43 PM (P+m4e)
That's exactly how Billy Jeff Clinton sounded to me, like a snake oil peddler, but millions of others found him charming as hell.
Just like they found Obama dashing or something, rather than a cold sociopath with nicely pressed pants.
I don't find Cruz slimy at all - but then I am quite aware that my perceptions are not those of the general public.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:43 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (8ZskC)
ahem . Trump
Oligarchy is the stage we're in now, and Trump isn't the strong man. He's the popular face.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (39g3+)
Should be an interesting meal...
Posted by: mindful webworker - eggs beneficent at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (O+0DS)
You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (bPXBn)
Watch an old Reagan speech sometime. I know that's a little bit of an unfair characterization, but Reagan could thread the needle between knowledgeable but relatable.
And look, I'm not the first person to notice this -- I'm sure thats why Cruz has been trying to "humanize" himself with his princess bride skit and his SNL skit and all that other stuff. Self deprecating humor helps to take an edge off.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (ZxmMG)
Which comes from the Greek word "shalagog," which means long stick.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (Dj0WE)
Should be an interesting meal...
Posted by: mindful webworker - eggs beneficent at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (O+0DS)
***
Crack a window......
Posted by: Kaspar Gutman at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (Wu2k4)
Give Obama and Hillary four more years to release them from Gitmo.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (ftVQq)
I don't think it's false; It's just polished.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (qES5k)
492 We're at the point in the Republic where we are just choosing between Octavius and Marc Anthony now.
Paging Lucius Cornelius Sulla, pick up the white courtesy phone please.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (8ZskC)
Hmmm.. where is the Order of Cincinatus when you need it...
Posted by: George Washington at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (f7rv6)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (bPXBn)
Yep.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (WWdgA)
LOL. That's true, I think.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:46 PM (qES5k)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at December 22, 2015 12:43 PM (u0lmX)
I'd compare Bill Clinton to Rubio. They both have a talent -- they come off as snake oil salesmen, but yet still likable.
Both of them would have done very well in sales.
Cruz does not have that... whatever it is... that Rubio and Clinton have.
People said (about Clinton) that when he walked in to a room, any room, he was immediately the center of attention. And yet anyone he was talking to at the moment felt like they had his full attention and he actually cared about them.
I imagine the same is true of Rubio, and why the donors love him.
It's disingenuous as hell, but its a rare skill.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:47 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 12:48 PM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 12:48 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 22, 2015 12:45 PM (qES5k)
I mean it's not natural. Or doesn't sound natural.
False may not be the right word, polished may be more appropriate. But I think people know what I mean by that.
He has exaggerated inflections, if you will.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:48 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (AkOaV)
I was just talking about this yesterday. The art of persuasion is a talent. Learned, perhaps.
I don't have it. I guess I'm too ideological and don't suffer fools too well. May be why Cruz' delivery doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:49 PM (bPXBn)
Every tent revival preacher had it.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 12:49 PM (LO5Qy)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 22, 2015 12:49 PM (8ZskC)
Oder of Cincinatti?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2015 12:48 PM (LO5Qy)
***
Yes please, all the way - with the onions and all that,. And don't overcook the spaghetti....
Posted by: Kaspar Gutman at December 22, 2015 12:49 PM (Wu2k4)
Cruz is a man of accomplishment.
Cruz is a man of character.
Posted by: Ralph at December 22, 2015 12:49 PM (mesZS)
I think 'slippery' might be the word. I don't think badly of him, I'm just always wondering if this polished delivery is hiding something.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:50 PM (n22zQ)
http://tinyurl.com/j6pt56b
Basically his argument is "if you disagree with me, that's proof that you are wrong."
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 22, 2015 12:40 PM (39g3+)
No way! The place is really called Calvin College? Train young schoolers there, do they? Everyone swims in the poll, and cleans the floors with their hovers.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2015 12:50 PM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 12:44 PM (X6fMO)
Projection doesn't mean what you seem to think it means. For example, my bet was that I would no longer post here if Trump wins the GOP nomination. Clear enough, right? Notice there are no weaselly qualifications or room to maneuvershould I lose.No small print.
Now contrast and compare with your ever-changing goalposts. See how that works?
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:50 PM (UWlp+)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2015 12:50 PM (n22zQ)
I think you've got the wrong Cuban presidential candidate there.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at December 22, 2015 12:51 PM (bPXBn)
Posted by: Weasel at December 22, 2015 12:51 PM (IPirI)
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:42 PM (UWlp+)
That's good to know, that Humphrey was a genuinely good man, and also somewhat surprising, considering how close he stood next to LBJ, the president who made Nixon look like a boy scout.
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 12:52 PM (pxwYc)
It's the laconic Texan with a coat of Harvard gloss polyurethane.
I can listen to Cruz.
I haven't been able to actually listen to any of the last three presidents.
Clinton always had that 'damn ain't I good? I got your wife's panties in my pocket' smirk
Bush 43 too often seemed like he was the irritating guy at the end of the bar trying to get the bartender's attention
Obama's constant stream of strawmen and platitudes is just an excuse to throw things at the TV, I hear him and I think if it hadn't been for all the Kools he'd sound chirpier than Bush.
Posted by: JEM at December 22, 2015 12:53 PM (o+SC1)
Calvin College and Seminary, the main institution for the Christian Reformed Church. It used to be pretty conservative but about mid-80s it started to change and now I doubt I'd recommend it to anyone.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 22, 2015 12:53 PM (39g3+)
Projection doesn't mean what you seem to think it means. For example, my bet was that I would no longer post here if Trump wins the GOP nomination. Clear enough, right? Notice there are no weaselly qualifications or room to maneuvershould I lose.No small print.
Now contrast and compare with your ever-changing goalposts. See how that works?
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:50 PM (UWlp+)Well, you've certainly got me to leave for the rest of the day. So you can consider that a feather in your cap.Schmuck.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2015 12:55 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: OregonMuse at December 22, 2015 12:52 PM (pxwYc)
Hubert Humphrey was Vice President duringLyndon Johnson's Administration. Where else could he stand?
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:56 PM (UWlp+)
My pleasure. Least I could do. Have a day.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2015 12:58 PM (UWlp+)
not hard to do, actually
what's embarrassing is watching people say it with wide eyes full of cultic enthusiasm
Posted by: Feh at December 22, 2015 01:15 PM (J5Ag8)
first century BC to see how it actually worked in practice and quite a
wealth of military history and theory, starting with Sun Tzu, regarding
the formulation of a winning strategy and the fate of those who
substitute "getting tough," "winning battles" and ruthlessness for said
strategy.
Posted by: Grey Fox at December 22, 2015 12:06 PM (bZ7mE)
You can if you like but all those sources would agree that bringing a knife to a gun fight cause your scruples don't match your enemies is not only stupid... its suicidal. BTW, Reagan's policy of trust but verify and the unofficial policy put in place by entrenched WWI soldiers that allowed the famous Christmas Day truce of 1914 are both examples of tit for tat.
Posted by: redbanzai at December 22, 2015 01:20 PM (OrI3J)
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