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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 06:56 AM (zLP1L)

2
So I missed the debate. Best clips I heard so far were from Fiorina, Huckabee and Santorum.

Did Cruz manage to shake off the smears? What a fucking travesty that is, considering the state of the nation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 06:57 AM (zLP1L)

3 The debate was a rinsed penis farce. The audience was made up of bow tie, sear sucker suite wearing cronies.

Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 06:57 AM (Lu8kB)

4
Rancid Pubis.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 06:58 AM (zLP1L)

5 Help us, Vic!

Posted by: Nikkolai at January 15, 2016 06:59 AM (cc9vs)

6 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: An Observation at January 15, 2016 07:00 AM (FkrKp)

7 Day 5 of my massive poison ivy outbreak. Kill me now.

Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 07:00 AM (BO/km)

8 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:00 AM (gf8BH)

9 But they were nice cronies. Trump wins. Yugely. Cruz may have moved his needle a hair.

Posted by: ceraphym at January 15, 2016 07:00 AM (HFGBW)

10
Heard Trump got booed. Then again, if it was an audience packed with GOP-e stooges, it's not surprising. Depends on what he was booed about.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:00 AM (zLP1L)

11 I hate the debate recaps on the News

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:01 AM (gf8BH)

12
The real proof in the pudding will be the primaries. We shall see.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:01 AM (zLP1L)

13 The real proof in the pudding will be the primaries

That's not pudding.

Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 07:02 AM (BO/km)

14 That crowd only cheered Jeb! and Dondi, and boo'd Trump and Cruz. It was shameful...

Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 07:02 AM (Lu8kB)

15 11 I hate the debate recaps on the News

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:01 AM (gf8BH)

Because the "recaps" are lies, obfuscations and bullshit.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:03 AM (zLP1L)

16 14 That crowd only cheered Jeb! and Dondi, and boo'd Trump and Cruz. It was shameful...
Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 07:02 AM (Lu8kB)

If the standings stay as is all the way through the primaries, Trump would do wise to pick Cruz as veep and Cruz would do wise to accept it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:04 AM (zLP1L)

17 The journal of the Benghazi parent with Hillary's quote in it about the film maker would be presumptive evidence in a court of law as to who is lying - Hillary or the parents. Hint: it ain't the parents.

Posted by: An Observation at January 15, 2016 07:04 AM (FkrKp)

18 I am sick of this primary season...let's vote for President and get it over

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:05 AM (gf8BH)

19 "Did Cruz manage to shake off the smears? What a fucking travesty that is, considering the state of the nation. "

No not really slamming the door on it. His "group tested" NYC comment did not play well on the national stage and he was left destroyed on it which is a shame being he is the best debater up there.
Damn shame we aren't electing the best debater for POTUS.

That being said Cruz did pretty good as far as debates go and the guy who is the only one on the R side that can win the presidency continued to lay it all out there in such a way that you do not have to guess what he is saying.

Posted by: Drider at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (6Xbsz)

20 Why was Jeb still on the stage?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (gf8BH)

21 13 The real proof in the pudding will be the primaries

That's not pudding.
Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 07:02 AM (BO/km)

Ach, so. Anyway, I almost forgot about AOSHQ ball-dipping liquids.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (zLP1L)

22 Come on! This is worth a laugh:

Terrorist on hoverboard falls and blows himself up

https://goo.gl/W750MG

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (iQIUe)

23 I've been teetering between Cruz and Trump for months now.

After last night I'm a lot closer to going all in for Trump.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (HMt16)

24 20 Why was Jeb still on the stage?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (gf8BH)

Do you really have to ask that question?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (zLP1L)

25 22 Come on! This is worth a laugh:

Terrorist on hoverboard falls and blows himself up

https://goo.gl/W750MG
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (iQIUe)

I smell a new concept for Bob Saget.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:07 AM (zLP1L)

26 "The audience was made up of bow tie, sear sucker suite wearing cronies."

Really? There's hope for America!

Posted by: George Will at January 15, 2016 07:07 AM (u5gzz)

27 I hate the debate recaps on the News
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:01 AM

As currently structured, the actual "debates" are no better. In essence, they present the agendas of the so-called moderators, and at best put flash and Mad Debate Skillz over substance, accomplishments and rational thought.

I really enjoyed not watching last night.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:07 AM (ZPz7d)

28 16 14 That crowd only cheered Jeb! and Dondi, and boo'd Trump and Cruz. It was shameful...
Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 07:02 AM (Lu8kB)

If the standings stay as is all the way through the primaries, Trump would do wise to pick Cruz as veep and Cruz would do wise to accept it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:04 AM (zLP1L)

I agree JJ! The two of them both talked about that during the debate...sounded like Trump would have Cruz, but Cruz didn't sound like he would have Trump. Trump also said flat out that if he didn't get the Pres nom, he'd go back to building skyscrapers.

Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 07:07 AM (Lu8kB)

29 What are NY Values? Getting ripped off for parking fees?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM (gf8BH)

30 Unbelievable to me the talking heads and writers who think Rubio did well or want him near the oval office in any way. Some comfort that he polled just 7 percent on the Drudge post-debate poll, but who are these people?

Posted by: Emily at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM (7Rn+/)

31 As currently structured, the actual "debates" are no better. In essence, they present the agendas of the so-called moderators, and at best put flash and Mad Debate Skillz over substance, accomplishments and rational thought.

I really enjoyed not watching last night.
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:07 AM (ZPz7d)

I did not watch either

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM (gf8BH)

32 23 I've been teetering between Cruz and Trump for months now.

After last night I'm a lot closer to going all in for Trump.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (HMt16)

Why? I'm not saying that to be snarky. I really want to know why. I'm all in for Cruz, but will vote/support Trump if it comes down to him. Just p.o.'ed at him for attacking him from the left instead of on substantive issues.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM (zLP1L)

33 Why was Jeb still on the stage?

Posted by: Nevergiveup

He's so tall!!!

Posted by: Bruce at January 15, 2016 07:09 AM (8ikIW)

34 29 What are NY Values? Getting ripped off for parking fees?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM (gf8BH)

Attacking CBD and getting whacked in the face with a steel baton.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:09 AM (zLP1L)

35 they should stop attacking each other and only attack the democrats.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:09 AM (gf8BH)

36 Jeb! last night managed to lock up a good portion of the conservative muslim vote. All 3 of them.

That shock and awe $100 million war chest now more clearly resembles an aw, shucks losing lottery ticket.

Time to go do those more interesting things, Jebby Poo.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 07:09 AM (gyKtp)

37 11 I hate the debate recaps on the News

I was very pleasantly surprised by CBS streaming online's post-debate recap. I don't know if the regular network newscast was as good, but the online one was as fair and balanced as could be. And I know that the host, Contessa Brewe,r is a Leftie. I kept waiting for the bias , distortion and lies but they never came. Moar please! (but I doubt it.)

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:10 AM (HMt16)

38 Well, Sefton, Cruz was called out because he made a slighting comment about Trump having "New York values," which, as Cruz pointed out, are not conservative ones. Trump defended his hometown, talked about 9/11, etc. Most commenters on Fox thought Cruz really stepped in it. I personally rather doubt that it upset anybody but New Yorkers and Cruz isn't going to win NY anyway. Heck, I've always enjoyed my trips in NY, but I understood what Cruz was saying.

Both Cruz and Trump attacked the NY Times. That certainly won't cost them any votes.

My sister texted me that she is ready to vote for Cruz - Or Rubio. ugh.

Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 07:10 AM (P8951)

39 7 >> Day 5 of my massive poison ivy outbreak. Kill me now.

Prednisone treatment pill pack. Ask your doc. I battled that poison ivy shit for close to a month before giving up and going to the doc; gone in 3 days.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 07:11 AM (gyKtp)

40 http://tinyurl.com/DebateSynopsis

The boos are explained in the debate synopsis in link above. From Breitbart. Some of them were directed at media.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 07:12 AM (fbovC)

41 Trump made it very clear he is not interested in being VP.

Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 07:12 AM (P8951)

42 No film actor ever chewed the scenery like Alan Rickman did in the laughable Robin Hood and the hilarious Galaxy Quest. In both, he stole every scene he was in.

Posted by: Raspail at January 15, 2016 07:13 AM (QolCq)

43 35 they should stop attacking each other and only attack the democrats.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:09 AM (gf8BH)

Well of course. But more than likely the NY Slimes Cruz smear was fed to them by the GOP-e and as we know the objective is to wipe out Trump and Cruz. And sadly, Trump wants to win - and I certainly would like him to win if Cruz falters - but doesn't care how he does it which is really sad. He has an opportunity in his candidacy not only to win personally but to advance the conservative cause and expose the Leftists and the GOP-e allies. I wish to hell he would realize it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:13 AM (zLP1L)

44 38 Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 07:10 AM (P8951)

As you may know, I live in NYC and I hate NY values. No republican is going to take the city, but most of the rest of the state for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:15 AM (zLP1L)

45
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Yesterday I came across a video by the singer Katie Melua, a Georgian-English singer who, according to wiki, is one of the biggest-selling artists in Europe. The song, "Mary Pickford," is from her 2007 album Pictures, and starts out with a quirky (but true) fact concerning the silent screen star:

Mary Pickford
Used to eat roses,
Thought that they'd make her beautiful, and they did -
One supposes.

Here it is. I like it. I hope you do, too:

goo.gl/wHh1C1

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 07:15 AM (X6fMO)

46 watched him in CDBG last night. the broad who plays his daughter is hittable, but Blondie is too chunky-style for me.

Posted by: dr kill at January 15, 2016 07:17 AM (msVAP)

47 Just p.o.'ed at him for attacking him from the left instead of on substantive issues.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM

From what I've seen -- admittedly, I do not hang on every word uttered by Teh Candidates -- Trump really doesn't attack Cruzer as much as he just sticks a pin into his butt from time to time. Witness the "birther" issue, about which the strongest "attack" I've seen from Teh Donald was "he needs to clear that up."

But that's enough to get the Cruzers and Trump-haters into a rage.

And it's more effective for the general public than trying to get into time-consuming "substantive" stuff like Cruzer's love for H1Bs....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:17 AM (ZPz7d)

48 I'll look into that Gnu. I don't have a doctor though haven't seen one in over 20 years.

It's kind of drying up now but it burns, it burns.

Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 07:17 AM (BO/km)

49 "No film actor ever chewed the scenery like Alan Rickman did in the laughable Robin Hood and the hilarious Galaxy Quest."

I had just re-watched both "Galaxy Quest" and "Quigley Down Under" in the last 6 weeks or so. Damn, damn, damn.

"Oh, by the way, you're fired."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 15, 2016 07:19 AM (tV7Ib)

50 No one cares what I thought about the debate. Huh.

Posted by: Nikki Haley at January 15, 2016 07:19 AM (u5gzz)

51 #32 Why? I'm not saying that to be snarky. I really want to know why. I'm all in for Cruz, but will vote/support Trump if it comes down to him. Just p.o.'ed at him for attacking him from the left instead of on substantive issues.

His response to Nikki Haley, right there in the audience, was totally not what I expected. It was better. Completely disarming, and dare I say it, Presidential.

The other thing that bugs me is Cruz stepping in it with the NY values stuff.

If Trump wins NY (first R since Reagan) it's game, set, match as far as defeating Hillary. We have to at least try to win NY. Cruz's attack line is not helpful. Donald's response was.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:19 AM (HMt16)

52 Morning all. Leaving in a few for a trip to Detroit, Hamtramck and some exurban environs therebouts.

Hopefully a chance to meet some SE Michigan Morons at a mini meetup as well.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 15, 2016 07:20 AM (l3vZN)

53 Trump very much talked up Cruz as VP, but suggested he get a declaratory judgement as to his birth status. Cruz suggested that Donalds mother was born in Scotland.

Like I said above the Breitbart writer did a blow by blow account of the entire debate which is worth reading. Best to scroll down to starting point at 9:00, then work up to top. I did it bass ackwards.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 07:20 AM (fbovC)

54 It's kind of drying up now but it burns, it burns.

Posted by: freaked

I think that's Charlie Sheens new catchphrase.

Posted by: Bruce at January 15, 2016 07:20 AM (8ikIW)

55 ...Why? I'm not saying that to be snarky. I really want to know why...

See Scott Adams (Dilbert). He claims everyone goes in with preexisting beliefs that can't be changed by reason. Further he says when a candidate is effective at changing/challenging those beliefs we say the candidate is funny but we don't know why. I think Cruz and Trump are accidentally or deliberately working together in increasing the number of their supporters. The NY values curflunkel helped Cruz in the primaries and Trump in the general and open primaries.

Posted by: scorecard at January 15, 2016 07:20 AM (j2xmV)

56 5
Help us, Vic!

Posted by: Nikkolai at January 15, 2016 06:59 AM (cc9vs)

Just woke up so no help and no news.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 15, 2016 07:21 AM (t2KH5)

57 "Why? I'm not saying that to be snarky. I really want to know why. I'm all in for Cruz, but will vote/support Trump if it comes down to him. Just p.o.'ed at him for attacking him from the left instead of on substantive issues. "

I will tell you why I am all in for Trump.

1. He talks to you and not at you.

2. He is more capable than any man on that stage of putting together a team to run the country and run it efficiently. He is not beholden to special interests, won't have to assign positions based on donations as opposed to qualifications.

3. He genuinely is concerned for the country, not his career. He is down grading so to speak because he is to the point where he cannot stand on the sidelines anymore.

4. Everything he does, he does from a position of strength. It does not make him a neandethal that some would try to have you believe. He is forged in strength with smarts. Massive plus.

5.He will not just sit in the Whitehouse while setting out a list of demands on Congress and then go on a golf tour while nothing gets done. I believe he will be a much more hands on POTUS.

5. He is the "only" person up there who would hold a ceremony to wipe away every EQ that the previous POTUS put into effect. The others talk as if they would and won't.

JJ, I could seriously go on for a long time on this but I'll end it by saying this. People can destroy me if they like for saying it.

I like Ter Cruz, I really do. He does not stand a chance in winning the presidency. Trump pulls people from everywhere. He is everything that everyone said we needed to be able to do that one, most important thing.

There it is my friend. Take care.

Posted by: Drider at January 15, 2016 07:21 AM (6Xbsz)

58 It's kind of drying up now but it burns, it burns.
Posted by: freaked

We can make you forget all about your poison ivy!

Posted by: The Chiggers at January 15, 2016 07:21 AM (l3vZN)

59 47 Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:17 AM (ZPz7d)

It's more a passive-aggressive kind of thing. "Im not saying he is or isn't a citizen but just asking the questions." Yeah, sure.

And the tiniest confrontation is blown out of proportion by the MFM/Dem?Gop-e complex and pushes the real powerful issues to the background.

It's just how I feel, dude. Anyway, now come the primaries and we'll see how things shake out. My gut tells me Trump will go all the way. Maybe Cruz might get close or even tie him. But it's Trump's nomination to lose right now. And I WILL support him if he gets the nod.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:22 AM (zLP1L)

60 48 >> I'll look into that Gnu. I don't have a doctor though haven't seen one in over 20 years.

Just go to one of those clinics. It will probably run you about $100 plus another $20 or so for the pill pack. I've had to do it twice now, and it cleared right up both times. ymmv, of course.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 07:22 AM (gyKtp)

61 57 There it is my friend. Take care.

Posted by: Drider at January 15, 2016 07:21 AM (6Xbsz)

Civility - reason #577 why AOSHQ is "Award-Winning."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:22 AM (zLP1L)

62 How do I get these underage girls to leave?

Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at January 15, 2016 07:24 AM (hrMUT)

63
Assuming Trump does become the next president, he probably has more good will and support of the people than anyone I can remember short of Reagan after 1984.

If he wins, I pray he doesn't blow it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:25 AM (zLP1L)

64 The chiggers.

Those I can deal with. This is hell. Well maybe not hell but at least heck.

Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 07:25 AM (BO/km)

65 My NY county and almost every single other county in the vicinity voted overwhelmingly for the Tea Party gubernatorial candidate over Cuomo.

NYC tips the balance every time in POTUS and statewide elections. And who's the strongest R candidate in NYC?

If he can peel off enough D votes there, he could actually win NY. The "NY values" thing may seem like a minor kerfuffle to a lot of people around the country. It's not. The Donald knows that.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:25 AM (HMt16)

66 62 How do I get these underage girls to leave?
Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at January 15, 2016 07:24 AM (hrMUT)

Remove their leg irons, ball gags and butt plugs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:25 AM (zLP1L)

67 Yes, I insist upon myself. What of it?

Posted by: Jeb! at January 15, 2016 07:26 AM (u5gzz)

68 The Navys new top officer is launching several initiatives targeting the problem of sexual assault in the ranks.

Ray Mabus stands fast despite criticism of women serving in all Navy, Marine jobs

Navy personnel chief confident about female submariners

THOSE are top 3 stories in the Navy Times today..NOT about Code of Conduct in the face of the enemy, NOT about faulty navigation, NOT about giving up the ship,

And THAT is all you need to know about today's Military

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:26 AM (gf8BH)

69 Well Mrs F'd is up so I am going to stand in a hot shower for a while. Pay no attention to the screaming.

Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 07:27 AM (BO/km)

70 Civility - reason #577 why the EMT at AOSHQ is "Award-Winning."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:22 AM (zLP1L)

FFA. Have you seen some of the ONT's?

Posted by: Golfman at January 15, 2016 07:27 AM (oxcYa)

71 65 If he can peel off enough D votes there, he could actually win NY. The "NY values" thing may seem like a minor kerfuffle to a lot of people around the country. It's not. The Donald knows that.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:25 AM (HMt16)

I'd say Trump actually has got a shot in Molinari's and Grimm's old district (Staten Island and part of Brooklyn) as well as certain parts of Queens.

Another good argument for eliminating Gerrymandering.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:27 AM (zLP1L)

72 70 FFA. Have you seen some of the ONT's?

Posted by: Golfman at January 15, 2016 07:27 AM (oxcYa)

There was a bit of sarcasm in my post.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:28 AM (zLP1L)

73 #57 Great post, drider.

2. He is more capable than any man on that stage of putting together a team to run the country and run it efficiently. He is not beholden to special interests, won't have to assign positions based on donations as opposed to qualifications.

This ^^^excites me. Imagine a cabinet put together of the best and brightest, not based on who owes what to who.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:29 AM (HMt16)

74 There was a bit of sarcasm in my post.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:28 AM (zLP1L)

Mine too.

You guys are pretty tolerant in the AM. It must be the Val-u-rite in the evenings.

Posted by: Golfman at January 15, 2016 07:30 AM (oxcYa)

75 It's just how I feel, dude. Anyway, now come the
primaries and we'll see how things shake out. My gut tells me Trump will
go all the way. Maybe Cruz might get close or even tie him. But it's
Trump's nomination to lose right now. And I WILL support him if he gets
the nod.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:22 AM

This ain't Facebook, bro, and I'm not gonna Unfriend you because we disagree on what is really a smallish sort of issue. If it came down to Cruzer v. Shrillery, I'd vote for the Texo-Canuckian Coo-ban without hesitation.

Unless, that is, I let my pony-loving side show through and cast my ballot for Vermin Supreme instead....

My gut tells me it will be The Donald, too. And, veepee choice or no (and I doubt it'll be offered to him), Cruzer may well be worth a look in eight years if he gets his mind right.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:31 AM (ZPz7d)

76 Debate?

Peanut Butter - Creamy or Chunky?

Posted by: Weasel at January 15, 2016 07:32 AM (6xtq3)

77 This ^^^excites me. Imagine a cabinet put together of the best and brightest, not based on who owes what to who.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:29 AM (HMt16)

My dream is to see Teh Donald going to each agency building, with press trailing behind, walking into thousands of different offices saying "You're fired!"

Posted by: Golfman at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM (oxcYa)

78 All that Republican infighting does is give the dems ammo. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM (gf8BH)

79 Good morning.

From this date in 1944- on the Italian peninsula

Jan 15, 1944 - the EZ Dog Journal
Attack pushed off. No contact. Trocchio taken without resistance. Patrols pushed on to Rapido river. French and English also moving along. Weather cool and clear.

Allied advance had the American II Corps (including the 36th "Texas" Division) in the center, French Expeditionary Corps on the right and the British on the left flank. The Anzio invasion and the crossing of the Rapido were supposed to be somewhat coordinated in timing in order to split the Germans' attention and resources. Both events are upcoming in the next few days; we'll see how well that plan worked out.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM (NeFrd)

80 73 Imagine a cabinet put together of the best and brightest, not based on who owes what to who.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:29 AM (HMt16)

"Best and brightest?" Uh oh. We had that with LBJ, Clinton and SCOAMF.

I want the toughest and most street smarts.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:34 AM (zLP1L)

81 78 All that Republican infighting does is give the dems ammo. Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM (gf8BH)

THIS.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:34 AM (zLP1L)

82
There was a bit of sarcasm in my post.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:28 AM (zLP1L)

Mine too.

You guys are pretty tolerant in the AM. It must be the Val-u-rite in the evenings.

Posted by: Golfman at January 15, 2016 07:30 AM (oxcYa)

Well, we could call you a filthy fucking RINO......if that would make you feel more at home.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2016 07:34 AM (o98Jz)

83 "I will tell you why I am all in for Trump.

1. He talks to you and not at you.

2. He is more capable than any man on that stage of putting together a team to run the country and run it efficiently...." Drider

Excellent summary ... all that. Cruz just seems too practiced and poll tested, yet he still completely screwed up the NY attack thing, thinking that works for Iowa I guess. And Cruz is heavy on the evangelical stuff, also I think figuring he has to win Iowa, then hope hope hope he can improve from there.

Trump has CEO experience and has been head to head with "top men" while negotiating big projects. Cruz is good, but has argued in court and made enemies in the GOPe which is fine sorta, I guess, except it doesn't show CEO ability.

For all the attacks on Trump as a clown, he really has the most gravitas. Mark Steyn approved of what he comfortably brings to the stage with ease.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 15, 2016 07:35 AM (5Gpe2)

84 Clooney has had some real bombs lately: The Monument Men and TomorrowLand. Better make his Tequila business work.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:35 AM (iQIUe)

85 79 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM (NeFrd)

The 36th got cut to pieces trying to cross the Rapido. Cannon fodder.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:35 AM (zLP1L)

86 "Best and brightest?" Uh oh. We had that with LBJ, Clinton and SCOAMF.

I want the toughest and most street smarts.

I think Trump knows a lot of folks who fit all those descriptions.

But if it's Cruz I will more than happily vote for Cruz. No nose-holding.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:36 AM (HMt16)

87 All that Republican infighting does is give the dems ammo. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM

As long as they're aiming at Heb!, Krispy Kreme and Rubio, I don't have all that much of a problem with that.

It's time to weed out the losers and aim the Big Guns and Shrillery and Crazy Uncle Bernie.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:36 AM (ZPz7d)

88 The nursing-home owner who gave all his employees lottery tickets was Shlomo Rechnitz, a yuuge philanthropist. Senior nurse hit for 1/3 of the 1.5 bil. It's a, what do you call it, a mitzvah.

Immediately reminded me of just-the-punchline, "Morris, meet me halfway. Buy a ticket!" He was buying them by the thousand. As gifts.

He's 6'8" weighs 300 and has a twin brother. Calls people up who never heard of him and sends 10 or 20 thou. Kinky Friedman should write a song.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (xq1UY)

89 THOSE are top 3 stories in the Navy Times today..NOT about Code of Conduct in the face of the enemy, NOT about faulty navigation, NOT about giving up the ship,

And THAT is all you need to know about today's Military
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:26 AM (gf8BH)

*stares at the monitor shaking head*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (WWdgA)

90
Whether Trump or Cruz, I would say mission #1 is to grind the GOP-e into the fucking ground once and for all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (zLP1L)

91 It looks like the US stock market is shitting the bed again in overnight trading, giving up yesterday's gains and then some. China stocks have entered bear market territory. Crude is back under $30, come on $1.00 gasoline baby! (wholesale gas price is around $1.07 atm)

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (gyKtp)

92 "Clooney has had some real bombs lately"

Why, it's as if karma is a viable belief system.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (ptqRm)

93 freaked. - lots of home remedies on YT, my brother had success with Octagon (a laundry) soap. Cheap & effective.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (aj/zI)

94 The usual mayhem in Chicago: 1 dead several shot....In case you missed it, two more peeps shot by a store clerk. They ran out and drove to the hospital,
where they were arrested.

Baltimore: 3 Baltimore cops arrested for assault. sure going to be a hell of a lot of court action this this year!

Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2016 07:38 AM (InayV)

95 86 I think Trump knows a lot of folks who fit all those descriptions.

But if it's Cruz I will more than happily vote for Cruz. No nose-holding.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 15, 2016 07:36 AM (HMt16)

The Best and Brightest are the ones who gave us Vietnam - at least the way it was fought.

But yes, ignoring the historical definition of that statement, I'm sure Trump would tap some very qualified people.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:39 AM (zLP1L)

96 New York values: Cruz said the truth (not a lot of conservatives in Manhattan). Trump came back with a tribute to New Yorkers after 9/11. And inadvertently made Cruz' point. Conservatives work from facts. Leftists work on feelings.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:40 AM (sSxn3)

97 "Shlomo Rechnitz"

It's unfortunate that "Shlomo" isn't used more often as a name.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:40 AM (u5gzz)

98 Whether Trump or Cruz, I would say mission #1 is to grind the GOP-e into the fucking ground once and for all.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM

Yup.

And Job Two is for the next President to go all Don Corleone on America's foreign and domestic enemies. I'm talking about the whole schmeer here: religious, economic and social baddies need to be visited by the buttonmen.

Actually, I think Step Two might accomplish Step One....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:41 AM (ZPz7d)

99 *stares at the monitor shaking head*
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 07:37 AM (WWdgA)

Did you read that Mabus, that asshole, wants to eliminate the 4TH RTB and make all MCRDs coed? My Fuckin G-D, has that asshole even been to Parris Island?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:41 AM (gf8BH)

100 97 "Shlomo Rechnitz"

It's unfortunate that "Shlomo" isn't used more often as a name.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:40 AM (u5gzz)

Have you been to Borough Park recently?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:42 AM (zLP1L)

101 Did you read that Mabus, that asshole, wants to eliminate the 4TH RTB and make all MCRDs coed? My Fuckin G-D, has that asshole even been to Parris Island?

Can someone translate this into English?

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 15, 2016 07:43 AM (bZ7mE)

102 And I think Trump would be a fine President. He is a businessman. If the country thrives, so does he. But Cruz is formidable in lots of ways.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:43 AM (sSxn3)

103 Standard Nautical Malpractice
Essay: The deep shame of our response to Irans treatment of American sailors

FreeBeacon

Worth the read

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:43 AM (gf8BH)

104 "Shlomo Rechnitz"

It's unfortunate that "Shlomo" isn't used more often as a name.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:40 AM (u5gzz)

Well if truth be told, it is my Middle name.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:44 AM (gf8BH)

105 they should stop attacking each other and only attack the democrats.

--

This really ticks me off. Every single one of them should've shoved these made-for-TV spats the moderators so obviously set up, right up their rear ends. It was clear as day what Cavuto and Bartiroma were doing, and the candidates took the bait. Why, why, why do they fall for this? Every "he said this, how do you respond" question should be dismissed and candidates should steer the answer to what they want to talk about. Ignore the bait. I'm so tired of the endless, latest manufactured outrage!!11eleventy dog'n'pony show we're expected to consume to ascertain who we think should be president.

Posted by: Lady in Black....unblessed by the Powerball Fairy at January 15, 2016 07:45 AM (pVkEV)

106

I still wonder about that big meeting Trump and Cruz had last summer in NYC.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:45 AM (zLP1L)

107 99>> Did you read that Mabus, that asshole,...

Former Dem gubner of MS. I suggest an amendment to the AoS Style Guide that he ALWAYS be referred to as that asshole Mabus.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 07:45 AM (gyKtp)

108 All that Republican infighting does is give the dems ammo. Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM

Not so sure the back and forth between Trump and Cruz is accurately described as infighting. More like dealing with an issue - in the case of Cruz birth. As to Cruz mentioning NY values it was a response to Trump saying he didn't know of many evangelicals coming out of Cuba. Cruz is simply saying what a lot of us think - We're not really sure what we'd get with Trump as president.

I'm okay with either as President. Maybe a tad more for Cruz, but a Trump/Cruz ticket would be awesome.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 07:45 AM (fbovC)

109 "Have you been to Borough Park recently?"

Ha. I guess I should have said, "It's unfortunate that 'Shlomo' isn't used more often as a name in ALABAMA.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:45 AM (u5gzz)

110 Clooney has had some real bombs lately: The Monument Men and TomorrowLand. Better make his Tequila business work. Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:35 AM (iQIUe)He's got a new movie coming out: Hail, Caesar! by the Coen Brothers. Admittedly, trailers only show you the best bits, but from what I've seen on TV, I might just break down and spend some folding green.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 07:46 AM (X6fMO)

111 Hiya freaked I used to get terrible outbreaks of poison ivy when I lived in the South. A trip to the doctor for a shot of steroids and a script for prescription strength topical healed things up in a hurry.

Posted by: small town girl at January 15, 2016 07:46 AM (Ma5u/)

112 HeyJackAss is such an informative website. Surprised that the pols and BLMs arent trying to take it down.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:47 AM (iQIUe)

113 109 "It's unfortunate that 'Shlomo' isn't used more often as a name in ALABAMA.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:45 AM (u5gzz)

Schlomo Sessions.

For the record, Schlomo is the Yiddish/Hebrew version of the name Solomon.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:47 AM (zLP1L)

114 Did you read that Mabus, that asshole, wants to eliminate the 4TH RTB and make all MCRDs coed? My Fuckin G-D, has that asshole even been to Parris Island?

Can someone translate this into English?
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 15, 2016 07:43 AM (bZ7mE)

Sorry....MCRD is Marine Corp Recruit Depot and that refers to both the one in Parris Island SC and San Diege

Men east of the Mississippi go to Parris Island and West of the Mississippi got to San Diego.
Up to now ALL Female Marine Recruits got ONLY to Parris Island and all Females are trained segregated in the 4th RTB- Recruit Training Battalion. Mabus wants ALL Recruit Training Battalions to be coed--hugely bad idea

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:48 AM (gf8BH)

115
Also "Schloyme."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:48 AM (zLP1L)

116 #106 I also wonder about the meeting between Trump and Cruz last year. They are both strategists, planners, proven winners.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:49 AM (sSxn3)

117 Those Fox News Chicas are yummy. I think that Bartoromo (sp?) woman has a future as a dominatrix.
Crack that whip!

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 07:49 AM (5buP8)

118 Nettttttaaaaaa one of the BLMs who is a large woman with thick long hair extensions, bitched that they searched "her hair" at the airport. Tough. One, it's not her hair, it's some poor Asian woman's hair, Two, people hid things in hair all the time. Get over it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:50 AM (iQIUe)

119 Cruz moved his needle a hair!!! someone said......Itchy or Scratchy....and Trump never moved a hair...who am I to believe......

Posted by: saf at January 15, 2016 07:50 AM (qKiBT)

120 I just changed my dog's name from "Luke" to "Shlomo."
He doesn't seem to mind at all.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:50 AM (u5gzz)

121 116 #106 I also wonder about the meeting between Trump and Cruz last year. They are both strategists, planners, proven winners.
Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:49 AM (sSxn3)

One of those guys is definitely gonna be a veep, no matter what's been happening of late.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:50 AM (zLP1L)

122 The GE polling data for Trump is terrifying. See eg. Gallup today.

Admittedly I detest Trump, but I could accept him if I thought he could win.

Posted by: mnw at January 15, 2016 07:51 AM (Rsx2N)

123 >>>> 79 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 07:33 AM (NeFrd)

The 36th got cut to pieces trying to cross the Rapido. Cannon fodder.
.
.
.No Armor support due to the rains which caused severe flooding of the Rapido River making it even more rapid. Also AAF assets were being drawn off to restage in England for D Day and the upcoming Anzio beach landings.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 15, 2016 07:51 AM (iONHu)

124 I just changed my dog's name from "Luke" to "Shlomo."
He doesn't seem to mind at all.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:50 AM (u5gzz)

Wait till he starts to make that "Oye" sound

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:51 AM (gf8BH)

125 One, it's not her hair, it's some poor Asian woman's hair, Two, people hid things in hair all the time. Get over it.

HAIRIST!!!

or something.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 07:51 AM (5buP8)

126 52" Morning all. Leaving in a few for a trip to Detroit, Hamtramck and some exurban environs therebouts. "

If you see a food truck in Hamtramck (or hanging around Eastern Market) selling beignets, by all means try it. Better than Caf� Du Monde.

Babysitting the grandkids tonight and then having dinner at the Capital Grille in Troy tomorrow, otherwise I would be joining the meet up.

Posted by: jwest at January 15, 2016 07:52 AM (Zs4uk)

127 110 Fuck that Obama leg humper Clooney. I'd rather set my money on fire than see any of it go to him.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 07:52 AM (gyKtp)

128 120 I just changed my dog's name from "Luke" to "Shlomo."
He doesn't seem to mind at all.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 07:50 AM (u5gzz)

How about Moishe, Fievel, Velvel, Yitzie, Hersh'l?

Meh, find the characters from "Fiddler" and take your pick.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:53 AM (zLP1L)

129 I had a friend at work named Shlomo. Trouble was, until about a month before he retired I'd always thought his name was Les. Oh yes, they're like that. Sneaky Chinamen, too. The Hungarian guys from "the neighborhood" all had secret unpronounceable nicknames that they kept for life. I think they were issued with their "confirmation" names.

There's a lot about this country the SJW anthropologists haven't heard yet.
Many, many tribes, and we were all getting along until you-know-when.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 07:53 AM (xq1UY)

130 Nettaaaaaaa in all her glory:

http://goo.gl/WdD1da

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:53 AM (iQIUe)

131 Did you read that Mabus, that asshole, wants to eliminate the 4TH RTB and make all MCRDs coed? My Fuckin G-D, has that asshole even been to Parris Island?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:41 AM (gf8BH)

I refuse to believe that anyone, with anyMilitary experience whatsoever, would come up with that shit.

Yet, there it is. In Technicolor.

Zumwalt was well before my time, but I understand the hate was very similar. CNO, as opposed to SECNAV, but, .......

fuck me to tears.......

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 07:53 AM (WWdgA)

132 Come on! This is worth a laugh:

Terrorist on hoverboard falls and blows himself up

https://goo.gl/W750MG

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:06 AM (iQIUe)

If you can, watch this video (If its real?) If it is, I love it...

Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2016 07:54 AM (InayV)

133 IMHO, the debate changes nothing. Cruz is ascending, Trump doing well. Rubio, depending on if you believe him did great. Otherwise you think he is of shit/lies.

Everyone else, especially Kasich, had no business being there.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 07:55 AM (1ijHg)

134
Lady on Levin made a frighteningly good point.

The $150 billion to the Farsis is a "jizzya," paid under a humiliating defeat - the Navy boat incident.

This fucking Obama. There isn't a hell hot enough for him.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:56 AM (zLP1L)

135 Doing some reading and ran into a cute cartoon about the Cruzade - The Constitution Strikes Back.

https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/ the-constitution-strikes-back-the-cruz-ade/

(remove space)

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 15, 2016 07:56 AM (MIKMs)

136 I also wonder about the meeting between Trump and Cruz last year. They are both strategists, planners, proven winners.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:49 AM

If you get the time to read the synopsis I linked above you'll see that some of the Trump and Cruz back and forth had a certain feeling that each knew what was coming and had the perfect reply.

If so, really smart.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 07:56 AM (fbovC)

137 Meh, find the characters from "Fiddler" and take your pick.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I'm got to pick Lazar Wolf

Posted by: Bruce at January 15, 2016 07:57 AM (8ikIW)

138 I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse: choke, or croak.

Posted by: Fredo the prostate at January 15, 2016 07:57 AM (GKF1b)

139 133 IMHO, the debate changes nothing. Cruz is ascending, Trump doing well. Rubio, depending on if you believe him did great. Otherwise you think he is of shit/lies.

Everyone else, especially Kasich, had no business being there.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 07:55 AM (1ijHg)

That would be the honest analysis. The MFM/Dem/GOP-e "analysis" is known as Gaslighting.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:57 AM (zLP1L)

140 The Best and Brightest are the ones who gave us Vietnam - at least the way it was fought.

The entire war in Vietnam makes sense only if you decide that McNamara was a psychopath who just wanted to see how many people he could get away with killing. Once you do that everything falls into line - body counts - surrendering land already taken from the enemy - all of the insanity of that war - snaps into focus and the picture becomes very clear.

Three places nobody ever checks for psychopaths are judges, prosecutors, and high government office; those are three places that ought to be screened and tested to make sure that kind of person is never allowed into those positions.

Posted by: An Observation at January 15, 2016 07:58 AM (FkrKp)

141 88: hey wasn't that the same guy who recently spotted a company of US servicemen in an airport in Europe and bought them all a hot meal? I think it was an ONT story a few weeks ago. Unless there's another extremely rich, extremely generous NY Jew running around implusively bringing joy into people's lives.

Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 07:58 AM (P8951)

142 Morning Thread (1-15-2016)

Debate in the comments.

.45 vs. 9mm

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 07:58 AM (fWAjv)

143 Lady on Levin made a frighteningly good point.

The $150 billion to the Farsis is a "jizzya," paid under a humiliating defeat - the Navy boat incident.

This fucking Obama. There isn't a hell hot enough for him.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:56 AM (zLP1L)

It also means they ultimately got NO punishment for taking over our Embassy holding our people for 444 days. Comnplete surrender by us. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:59 AM (gf8BH)

144 Monica Crowley on Hannity last night rather begrudgingly said Trump is strongest for the general. So did Peter Johnson, but I think he is more a friend of Trump, whereas Monica is more conservative.

Trump also did a lot to win over some of the FOX Trump bashers, I think largely with his more solemn approach to the 9/11 subject ... they saw a presidential side. Master debater Cruz totally fumbled that and teed it up for Trump. Trump won a lot of NYC/DC media and power players I think, while Hillary is still a lying carpetbagger that I'm thinking many would rather not deal with. It Trump got Giuliani on his team, they could win back NY, and maybe even some union states like MI, PA?

Trump also showed grace to Haley, who was in the crowd. (Still no answer on her teeth clenching)

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 15, 2016 07:59 AM (5Gpe2)

145 Manners manners...

Mornin' horde!

Happy Friday!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 07:59 AM (fWAjv)

146 I didn't watch the debate, but I did follow along with the comments. It seems that Cruz had some excellent responses and all of that is wiped away by something about NYC values. Too bad.

Posted by: Gem at January 15, 2016 07:59 AM (c+gwp)

147 Trump has still done nothing to win my support other than being the first candidate to get behind curbing immigration. Other than that, he's a northeastern liberal Republican whose verbal style drives me up the wall.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 15, 2016 07:59 AM (rwI+c)

148 hey wasn't that the same guy who recently spotted a company of US servicemen in an airport in Europe and bought them all a hot meal? I think it was an ONT story a few weeks ago. Unless there's another extremely rich, extremely generous NY Jew running around implusively bringing joy into people's lives.
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 07:58 AM (P8951)

There are a lot of them running around

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:00 AM (gf8BH)

149 "If you can, watch this video (If its real?) If it is, I love it..."

I don't think that's real but it's amusing nonetheless.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 15, 2016 08:00 AM (tV7Ib)

150 We owe Trump credit for this: he makes people watch the debates and follow the arguments. I suspect more Dems watch than would ever admit it. And they are getting exposed to conservative ideas.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 08:00 AM (sSxn3)

151 >>>>Zumwalt was well before my time, but I understand the hate was very similar. CNO, as opposed to SECNAV, but, .......

fuck me to tears.......
.
.
.I did some time in the Zumwalt Navy he was actually liked by the Junior Enlisted because oh his laid back positions on Uniform and Grooming policies. But back then we could have beards.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 15, 2016 08:02 AM (iONHu)

152 It also means they ultimately got NO punishment for taking over our Embassy holding our people for 444 days. Comnplete surrender by us. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:59 AM (gf8BH)

Not just no punishment...actually rewarded. 4.4 million awarded to each of the hostages estates. We get to pay for that. Woo fucking hoo!!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:02 AM (fWAjv)

153 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 15, 2016 08:02 AM (ZQfW9)

154 Not Too Obvious: Coordinated Democratic Talking Point On GOP Debate, Sons Of Immigrants Against Immigrants

The Democrats are trying to diminish the diversity of the GOP candidates by saying theyre against immigration. Theyre not against immigration, theyre against ILLEGAL immigration.

But listen to how the left, and specifically media types, try to push this talking point on Twitter. Not too much coordination there, right? And this is just a sampling.

Weasel Zippers

Hey were is our resident SHILL so we can ask her about the talking points?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:02 AM (gf8BH)

155 For a dog, Reb Nachim the Beggar would be most appropriate, don't you think?

Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 08:03 AM (P8951)

156 Hi, you all know me.

I'm the kind of guy you'd like to meet and have a beer.

An angry beer!

No, no, no.

I don't mean an angry beer...a regular beer.

Like one of those.

Fucking pilsners

or

Goddammed lagers.

Fuck those lagers!

No, no, no.

I mean, lagers are nice.

Say, maybe sometime you'd like to have beer?

An angry beer, you muthafucker!

Vote for me.

Posted by: Angry Marco at January 15, 2016 08:03 AM (KUa85)

157 "It seems that Cruz had some excellent responses and all of that is wiped away by something about NYC values. Too bad."

Trump's rejoinder to Cruz's "New York values" was pretty cutting.

Now, I know what Cruz meant and it might play on a local or state level but not while running for POTUS. Otherwise Cruz did very well.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 15, 2016 08:04 AM (tV7Ib)

158
Nettaaaaaaa in all her glory:

http://goo.gl/WdD1da

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:53 AM (iQIUe)
_______________________

I'd hit it.....

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 15, 2016 08:04 AM (3b1Av)

159 4.4 million awarded to each of the hostages estates. We get to pay for that. Woo fucking hoo!!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:02 AM (fWAjv)

Yup not one red cent deducted from their booty. Disgusting..AND AND the RINOs and SHILLs hailed that as a great achievement

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:04 AM (gf8BH)

160 Fox News just now:

Miss Lindsey endorses Jeb!

They're perfect for each other.

Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 08:04 AM (Lu8kB)

161 If the standings stay as is all the way through the primaries, Trump would do wise to pick Cruz as veep and Cruz would do wise to accept it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:04 AM (zLP1L)

Agreed. It would let conservatives, not the GOPe, know that there is a conservative in the wings. Plus it moves Cruz beyond the one term Senator argument.

Posted by: WOPR at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (LTDSy)

162 I will say that I liked #AngryMarco, but I don't trust him as far as I could throw his diminutive ass.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (rwI+c)

163 143 Lady on Levin made a frighteningly good point.

The $150 billion to the Farsis is a "jizzya," paid under a humiliating defeat - the Navy boat incident.

This fucking Obama. There isn't a hell hot enough for him.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:56 AM (zLP1L)
____________________

How pathetic -- and enraging -- to see both Obama and Kerry gloating over having American servicemen forced to their knees and made to offer a groveling apology to Iran -- and claiming this deliberate humiliation is somehow proof of the "improved relations" between the U.S. and Iran, now that Obama and Kerry have bent over and allowed Iran to completely butt-f*ck us on the nuclear deal.

This level of delusion has to be psychopathic.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (a31sM)

164 155 For a dog, Reb Nachim the Beggar would be most appropriate, don't you think?
Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 08:03 AM (P8951)

How about Fischke die Krimmer? (Fischke the Cripple).

Actually that was a Yiddish film from just before the war that starred David Opatoshu.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (zLP1L)

165 'Run the company kids, have a good time'

Loved that part.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (fWAjv)

166 Four GI's, in uniform, entered a restaurant just ahead of me once. When I got to my table I told the waitress to give me their check and to just tell them it was paid by a grateful American. She did that, but somehow they figured out the deal. Each of them came over to thank me and shake my hand.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (u5gzz)

167 One thing about Trump is that he is everywhere. Maybe the other candidates campaign as hard as him and dont get the same coverage? Anyway, he did turn negative publicity to his advantage. The DM really hates him. What happened to the brits debating whether to ban him or not? Did they back off?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:06 AM (iQIUe)

168 166 Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 08:05 AM (u5gzz)

You sir are a true "mensch."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:07 AM (zLP1L)

169 My debate comment. I hated the live audience: the GOPe clapping seals Nikki Haley trucked in to applaud and whoop for Jeb! and to boo Donald and Ted.

If that GOPe ditz Haley is never seen or heard from again, it will be fine by me. She's hitched her wagon to a losing team, so hopefully she has a real job to fall back on.

That serious annoyance aside, I thought it was Donald's and Ted's night. I actually thought this might have been Donald's best debate; and Ted has always been good on the debate stage. I found myself tuning out when anyone else was speaking.

Posted by: Dark Helmet at January 15, 2016 08:07 AM (yvwr7)

170 "Miss Lindsey endorses Jeb! "

Surprise, surprise, surprise.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 15, 2016 08:07 AM (tV7Ib)

171 The big debate is on Monday.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:07 AM (iQIUe)

172 I did some time in the Zumwalt Navy he was actually liked by the Junior Enlisted because oh his laid back positions on Uniform and Grooming policies. But back then we could have beards.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 15, 2016 08:02 AM (iONHu)

Yeah, and beer machines in the barracks. ADCS Dad, and his senior rate squadron mates, used to bitch about him constantly.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:07 AM (WWdgA)

173 Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment keeps ringing in my head.

"President Bernie Sanders" just sounds awful.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:08 AM (1ijHg)

174 @141 That would be the guy. And if I were the FBI, I'd get off his ass.
Evidence is beginning to show, Somebody Up There likes him.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 08:08 AM (xq1UY)

175 >> Mabus wants ALL Recruit Training Battalions to be coed--hugely bad idea

The thought-experiment of a kinder, gentler, GySgt. Ermey is interesting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at January 15, 2016 08:08 AM (sOhww)

176 #165 - I think once the regulatory clutter and rogue departments are cleared out of the way, it'll be "run the country, kids - have a good time."

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 08:09 AM (sSxn3)

177 Thank for the poison ivy advise y'all. Calamine is a cold stinky bitch but she's my only friend right now.

Oh oh oh
Sweet Calamine

Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 08:09 AM (BO/km)

178 Oh quit whining about Cruz having to take some hits. It's not beanbag y'know. And Cruz isn't a saint.

I just recently found out he was a debate team member in school and that he's a lawyer.

That answers a whole lot of questions and gut feelings I have about him.

Can't say I'm thrilled. I don't trust him BUT I think I could trust him more than most of the others. And certainly more than Hillary. And although I could trust Sanders, I know he'd make a complete cockup of the country because socialist communists just don't have a realistic view of the world. If they do, and yet can still try to foist socialism/communism off on any body as a valid political system to employ and expand then they're sociopaths who need a good whipping.

So it's Trump and Cruz. Who to choose? Who to choose?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 08:10 AM (Xo1Rt)

179 173 "President Bernie Sanders" just sounds awful.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:08 AM (1ijHg)

The fact that he is a viable contender is an alarming statement as to the sanity of the American people.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:11 AM (zLP1L)

180 Miss Lindsey's endorsement of Jeb is serious business.

It's sure to make Jeb's! numbers shoot up

From 10 percent to 5, I'm guessing

Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 08:12 AM (Lu8kB)

181 I think the "NYC Values" thing is way overblown. I grew up there... and got my ass to TX as fast as I could.

Everyone here (and across the country, for that matter) has spent countless hours over many years trashing CA, NY, IL and the rest of the blue states that have been dragging the country down with them. Countless people (like me, and in increasing numbers) have been fleeing NY, CA, and IL because they are in death spirals and their solution is always more free stuff, unicorns, and nanny state BS.

Credit to Cruz for saying on a national stage what 75% or more of the country has been saying for years. Extra credit for pissing off the media and government courtiers that think NYC is the end all and be all of civilization and have spent decades saying far worse things about "flyover country".

Posted by: Damiano at January 15, 2016 08:12 AM (XItbt)

182 163 How pathetic -- and enraging -- to see both Obama and Kerry gloating over having American servicemen forced to their knees and made to offer a groveling apology to Iran -- and claiming this deliberate humiliation is somehow proof of the "improved relations" between the U.S. and Iran, now that Obama and Kerry have bent over and allowed Iran to completely butt-f*ck us on the nuclear deal.

My wife thinks I'm psycho for saying this, and maybe she's right, but I think the whole thing was staged for TFG's and Kerry's benefit. The tell for me was the American commander cheerfully reading his apology and thanking his captors. Not what he said so much, which was bad enough, but how he said it. I don't believe that any American sailor soldier or marine would so eagerly read from the enemy's script, unless ordered to do exactly that by Very Higher Ups. Its not in American DNA to do that. Am I wrong?

Posted by: Dark Helmet at January 15, 2016 08:12 AM (yvwr7)

183 The fact that he is a viable contender is an alarming statement as to the sanity of the ~~American people~~ Democratic Party.

FIFY

A choice between Scankles and Bernie? Sheesh.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:13 AM (1ijHg)

184 Miss Lindsey endorses Jeb!

Never-married septuagenarians for the first time find a Bush they like.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:13 AM (oVJmc)

185
Thank for the poison ivy advise y'all. Calamine is a cold stinky bitch but she's my only friend right now.

You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 08:14 AM (X6fMO)

186 Oh my Darling, Oh my Darling,
Oh my Darling Calamine.
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Calamine.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:14 AM (fWAjv)

187 Debate in the comments.

.45 vs. 9mm

What's to debate? A manly US path to victory - the way it supposed to be - vs a wimpy Euroweenie - death by paper cuts - round?

Posted by: An Observation at January 15, 2016 08:14 AM (FkrKp)

188 The fact that he is a viable contender is an alarming statement as to the sanity of the American people.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:11 AM

See: McGovern, George.

The only real difference I can see is that ol' George got all shaky in the knees when his choice for veepee turned out to be a genuine Nut Case. Crazy Uncle Bernie would consider that a Feature, not a Bug.

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 08:14 AM (ZPz7d)

189 "Am I wrong?"

I don't think so. Something smells to high heaven about the whole affair. It was a PR play.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (tV7Ib)

190 "I did some time in the Zumwalt Navy he was actually liked by the Junior Enlisted because oh his laid back positions on Uniform and Grooming policies. But back then we could have beards.>

GLakes, Class of 1977.

Reported to my first ship wearing my CPO style Dress Blues.

Hated them.

I remember the Z-Grams as well.

As I advanced, and assumed more responsibility, I began to recognize that effects of his desire to have a kinder, more gentle Navy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (ptqRm)

191 Why does Jenner think a straight man would date him? Jenner looks, talks, and acts like a man. He is really delusional.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (iQIUe)

192 I have been thinking about the sorry state of the infrastructure and military and have come to the conclusion that we just have to stop giving money to people to sit on their asses and produce nothing.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (1ijHg)

193 So it's Trump and Cruz. Who to choose? Who to choose?

I'd endure 8 years of a President Trump, assuming the national GOP would be burned to the ground over that time and it would set the stage for a President Cruz afterwards.....

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (PFy0L)

194 Posted by: freaked at January 15, 2016 08:09 AM (BO/km)

Hydrocortizone creme can help with the itch. As can some other of the numbing cremes. Believe it or not, aspercreme might help.

Another trick if you're really going nuts is not use a hair dryer on the areas that itch. You can get relief by heating the area up and it will act like as if you're scratching it but you're not. Just don't get masochistic and hold the heat on too long. You'll find that the pain from the head overloads the nerves and dulls the itch. But only for a while.

Believe it or not, it works. If the area is weeping, it will help dry it up. Like I said though don't burn the already insulted tissue. Hot water will work also but it's easier to get burned trying to get the temperature right.

Have fun.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 08:16 AM (Xo1Rt)

195 My immediate supervisor took me off-site this morning for my six-month performance review to a construction site on campus. It's pitch black, 22 degrees, windy and we're on a second-story roof.

In an alley below us, there's a row of 20 large window glasses removed as part of a complete building rehab. We sit there silently for about ten minutes, then he stands me up and pulls back the tarp we've been sitting on to reveal a stack of 40 used bricks and hands me the first one.

We take turns until we run out of bricks.

There was breakfast afterwards.

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 15, 2016 08:16 AM (j+aWk)

196 that's "to use a hair dryer"

Don't know how that came out like that.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 08:16 AM (Xo1Rt)

197 The fact that he is a viable contender is an alarming statement as to the sanity of the American people.

--

I couldn't agree with this more, JJ. It's amazing that such a large portion of the country is willing to hitch their wagon to this old, haggard, socialist kook.

Trump v. Sanders. It's looking possible.

Posted by: Lady in Black....unblessed by the Powerball Fairy at January 15, 2016 08:16 AM (pVkEV)

198 The debate is over! There's no question about it; all bets are off. Bernie Sanders is just as subject to economic laws as the rest of us. That's right, Bernie's own website ran out of something as basic as stickers to send to his supporters.

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No free shit for you!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:17 AM (fWAjv)

199 My wife thinks I'm psycho for saying this, and maybe she's right, but I think the whole thing was staged for TFG's and Kerry's benefit.

You're not alone. The whole episode appears to have gone down like it was very scripted in advance. I was thinking the same thing. Interesting to see if anything comes out to substantiate that belief.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:17 AM (WWdgA)

200 Four GI's, in uniform, entered a restaurant just ahead of me once. When I got to my table I told the waitress to give me their check and to just tell them it was paid by a grateful American.

I love doing that. Living next to a major AFB, I'd be broke if I did it all the time, though.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:17 AM (O7MnT)

201 Freaked, you might try regular gold bond powder .
I get a weird sun rash sometimes in the spring, it helps with itching.

Posted by: @votermom at January 15, 2016 08:17 AM (cbfNE)

202 George McGovern flew 35 missions as a B-24 pilot.
He trained at Liberal Field, Kansas.
Liberals are different now.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 08:18 AM (xq1UY)

203 " The fact that he is a viable contender "

Most Democrats are socialists in all but name only, so, this just frees them a bit. They'd vote Labour in Britain or Liberal in Canada so fast it wouldn't even be funny.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 15, 2016 08:18 AM (tV7Ib)

204 Cruz competed against and lost to former White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee in the American Parliamentary Debate Association's 1991 Team of the Year* contest. (Cruz went on to win in 1992.) Goolsbee's debate partner, David Gray, recalled that after beating Cruz and his partner, David Panton, one team challenged the other to a pickup basketball game. As Gray remembers it, Goolsbee was matched up to guard Cruz, and proceeded to trash-talk Cruz up and down the court.

I just recently found out he was a debate team member in school and that he's a lawyer.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 08:19 AM (fbovC)

205 Trump v. Sanders. It's looking possible.

Billionaire developer vs. Communist.

Can't say there's not a difference between the two this time.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:19 AM (oVJmc)

206 According to Drudge, Teh Donald is renting a movie theater in Iowa and handing out free tickets to "13 Hours."

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 08:20 AM (ZPz7d)

207 My Hebrew name is Shlomo.

Posted by: TexasJew at January 15, 2016 08:20 AM (isWj/)

208 192 I have been thinking about the sorry state of the infrastructure and military and have come to the conclusion that we just have to stop giving money to people to sit on their asses and produce nothing.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (1ijHg)

So I guess the 370 percent increase in food stamp recipients (all able bodied) doesn't sit well with you.

In 2008 there were about a million [ABAWDs] now they're at about 4.7 million. This is the most rapid growing part of the caseload

*Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:20 AM (fWAjv)

209 Bitter Clinger, I prefer ice packs to numb the itching.
But gold bond powder is my scratching substitute.

Good luck, freaked.

Posted by: @votermom at January 15, 2016 08:21 AM (cbfNE)

210 Why? I'm not saying that to be snarky. I really want to know why. I'm all in for Cruz, but will vote/support Trump if it comes down to him. Just p.o.'ed at him for attacking him from the left instead of on substantive issues.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:08 AM (zLP1L)

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Why do you think the citizenship thing is a left thing? Trump went all out after Obama too. If anything the left doesn't care at all about citizenship (except when it is convenient).

Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 15, 2016 08:21 AM (LXJ1e)

211 If Trump "came to visit our country, he'd unite us all against him." Cameron reportedly said.
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Ban Trump and you'll unite a huge number of people against the UK. Tired of this shit with the brits. One conservative MP warned that they were only helping Trump to get elected.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:22 AM (iQIUe)

212 Ted and Donald's Excellent Adventure

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 08:22 AM (Xo1Rt)

213 Trump v. Sanders. It's looking possible.

It is especially ironic that the billionaire is passionately supported by white blue-collar workers. While the communist is supported by wealthy upper-class elitists.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:22 AM (O7MnT)

214 What's to debate? A manly US path to victory - the way it supposed to be - vs a wimpy Euroweenie - death by paper cuts - round?

Posted by: An Observation at January 15, 2016 08:14 AM (FkrKp)

Ok, Remington 870 vs. Mossberg 500

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:22 AM (fWAjv)

215 Goood morning

Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 08:22 AM (3ZtZW)

216 Thank for the poison ivy advise y'all. Calamine is a cold stinky bitch but she's my only friend right now.

If it hasn't been mentioned: an oral steroid like Benadryl can really help. I *think* Claritin is a non-drowsy alt.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 08:23 AM (5buP8)

217 George McGovern flew 35 missions as a B-24 pilot.
He trained at Liberal Field, Kansas.
Liberals are different now.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 08:18 AM

You're right. But Crazy Uncle Bernie trained at Liberal Field, Vermont....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 08:23 AM (ZPz7d)

218 181 I think the "NYC Values" thing is way overblown. I grew up there... and got my ass to TX as fast as I could.

. . .

Credit to Cruz for saying on a national stage what 75% or more of the country has been saying for years. Extra credit for pissing off the media and government courtiers that think NYC is the end all and be all of civilization and have spent decades saying far worse things about "flyover country".

Posted by: Damiano at January 15, 2016 08:12 AM (XItbt)

^^^ THIS, from another native New Yawker

Posted by: Marybeth in Florida at January 15, 2016 08:23 AM (7egrg)

219 Posted by: TexasJew at January 15, 2016 08:20 AM (isWj/)

My parents kept it simple. Same name...straight out of the bible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2016 08:23 AM (Zu3d9)

220 @214 You're in a hole. Stop shooting.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 08:24 AM (xq1UY)

221 "Yesterday I came across a video by the singer Katie Melua"

She used to be quite a looker, too. (Don't know what she looks like nowadays.) She had some kind of breakdown and quit performing for a while, though.

I like "The Closest Thing to Crazy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-BnRZ52jHs

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at January 15, 2016 08:24 AM (QjoP6)

222 Yeah. I am thinking that all those shipbuilding, aircraft designing and building, road and bridge building jobs would seriously lower the real unemployment rate. Plus the multiplier effect.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:24 AM (1ijHg)

223 GLakes, Class of 1977.

Reported to my first ship wearing my CPO style Dress Blues.

Hated them.

I remember the Z-Grams as well.

As I advanced, and assumed more responsibility, I began to recognize that effects of his desire to have a kinder, more gentle Navy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:15 AM (ptqRm)

Exactly. As a GAFFed out L/Cpl, I would have gone woo-hoo!! Once I hit Buck Sergeant, the world looked quite a bit different.

Still pissed us off that you guys had beer machines.......

:-)

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:24 AM (WWdgA)

224 Poor guy

http://tinyurl.com/gqu32l3

Sean Penn says his interview with drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was designed to start a 'conversation about the policy of the war on drugs.'
'My article failed,' Penn told CBS's Charlie Rose. 'Let me be clear. My article has failed.'

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:25 AM (fWAjv)

225 .45 from a crossbow vs 9mm from a longbow

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:26 AM (oVJmc)

226 Why does Jenner think a straight man would date him? Jenner looks, talks, and acts like a man. He is really delusional.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!

Did he ever say that? He's not that kind of transexual. Men who get sex changes to have sex with men generally transition young. They don't marry and have kids like Jenner. He's the kind who finds it kinky to dress like a woman, but is not attracted to men.

Posted by: Fredo the prostate at January 15, 2016 08:27 AM (GKF1b)

227 Sean Penn: red-diaper baby.

Oh boo hoo.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 15, 2016 08:27 AM (1ijHg)

228 Thank for the poison ivy advise y'all. Calamine is a cold stinky bitch but she's my only friend right now.

Oh oh oh
Sweet Calamine

Zanfel. I live by it. And am highly allergic to PI

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (5CJXD)

229 "It is especially ironic that the billionaire is passionately supported by white blue-collar workers. While the communist is supported by wealthy upper-class elitists."

It would not be a bad idea to read that quote a second time.

Slowly.

And let the words just mature in your brain for a bit.

Not saying that Morons are stupid.
Just suggesting that you pause to savor the content of that quote.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (ptqRm)

230 They don't marry and have kids like Jenner. He's the kind who finds it kinky to dress like a woman, but is not attracted to men.

Not even like a Viking?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (u5gzz)

231 What if the Cruz NY values criticism was a softball to Trump for him to hit it out of the park in defense of NYC thereby improving Trump's chance in NY state.

If it came to a carpetbagger like Hillary vs. or a life long NY resident populist like Trump with NY love in his heart, maybe that will put the state in the GOP column come November.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (LXJ1e)

232 Start your day with a hottie ranting about feminists

http://tinyurl.com/z78ps69

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (fWAjv)

233 We take turns until we run out of bricks.

There was breakfast afterwards.

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 15, 2016 08:16 AM (j+aWk)

I've got to believe there was a high-paid consultant behind that exercise.

Posted by: jwest at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (Zs4uk)

234 When Sean Penn played Spiccoli, he wasn't acting.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:29 AM (oVJmc)

235 Ok, Remington 870 vs. Mossberg 500
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:22 AM (fWAjv)

Been a long time since I priced either one. $399 for a base Mossberg 500?!?!?!

Fuck that.... I'll stick with the Win Model '97 Trench gun.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:30 AM (WWdgA)

236 And am highly allergic to PI

Posted by: rickb223 at January 15, 2016 08:28 AM (5CJXD)

Yeah, i'm not too fond of irrational numbers myself.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2016 08:30 AM (KUa85)

237 I just saw this video on Twitter of a girl in a blouse and jeans being ripped away from her friend and dragged down, screaming, while thirty, forty men converged on her. I don't know where this happened, if Taharrush is the girl's name or location, but it looked like Arabic writing on the wall. This must have been what it was like in Cologne. An unimaginable nightmare that Obama is importing to a city near you right this minute.

I don't know if she survived. I'm praying for her. This shit needs to be seen by every woman, father, brother and husband in the US.

Posted by: Gem at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (c+gwp)

238 Here's the thing that worries me about Trump: last week I was at a social gathering with people I know to be mainly middle of the road, squishy moderates. One person started ranting about the "bigot" Trump and his racist followers. I said, truthfully, that while I prefer Cruz, People need to think about why Trump fans like him and it's far too simplistic to simply label them racists. They have legitimate concerns Trump is addressing.

Jeez, the shitstorm that rained down on my head for saying that. I was screamed at. These people hate Trump with a vengeance and will not be won over.

So my question is: who is more representive of Americans right now, the Trump fans or the rabid Trump haters? Because as much as I hate the idea, all 15 or so people in that room will vote for Bern or Hill or will stay at home rather than vote for Trump.

It occurred to me that Trump hatred, like Palin hatred, has a strong class element, in that all of these people are just a generation removed from the shop floor and the assembly line and yet they seem to really loathe the white blue collar types who like Trump. I think for those status conscious types hating Trump is a way to signify that they are now white collar professionals who are "too educated" to vote for him. That's not my take, it's theirs. And I was lambasted for even putting in a sympathetic word for Trump fans.

Posted by: Donna &&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (P8951)

239

Sean Penn says his interview with drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was designed to start a 'conversation about the policy of the war on drugs.'
'My article failed,' Penn told CBS's Charlie Rose. 'Let me be clear. My article has failed.'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:25 AM (fWAjv)

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So after saving that super model at the beach, Jeff Spicoli become a journalist for Weed magazine and interviews Mexican drug lords.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (LXJ1e)

240 225 .45 from a crossbow vs 9mm from a longbow

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:26 AM (oVJmc)

In case your bow doesn't have enough oomph to take down whatever beast you may be hunting, the folks over at Rac-Em-Bac might have the solution for you. Their new Bow Mag cylinders allow you to insert a .38 special or .357 magnum round inside their arrowheads that discharge upon impact. They work with both standard arrow shafts or crossbow bolts.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (fWAjv)

241 Better choice for oral steroid is Prednizone. You will get instant relief.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (EZebt)

242 @233: I'm almost certain he got the idea from Ray Bradbury.

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (j+aWk)

243 210 Why do you think the citizenship thing is a left thing? Trump went all out after Obama too. If anything the left doesn't care at all about citizenship (except when it is convenient).
Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 15, 2016 08:21 AM (LXJ1e)

Because it IS a left thing. Cruz is a citizen by any real look at the Constitution and standing law. And in any case you just answered your own question.

The point is if you want to attack Cruz, attack from the right. Don't give the left ammo. It's common sense. But, Trump.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (zLP1L)

244 if Taharrush is the girl's name or location,

Taharrush is the middle-eastern 'rape game.'

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:33 AM (oVJmc)

245 "Still pissed us off that you guys had beer machines....... "

Had to spend 5 weeks in the Transit Barracks at Charleston Naval base once.

Beer machines were a great opportunity to sit in the lounge, enjoy a beer while watching TV, and not have to face the rat race of drinking and driving.

It was actually one of the changes which made sense to me.

And there is a rather long story about me being assigned security watch standing duties at the Female Barracks during that time.

But, that's for another time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:33 AM (ptqRm)

246 Sean Penn says his interview with drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was designed to start a 'conversation about the policy of the war on drugs.'
'My article failed,' Penn told CBS's Charlie Rose. 'Let me be clear. My article has failed.'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:25 AM (fWAjv)

Ahhh, those unintended consequences.....

Hit yourself with the gym show again, Spiccolli!

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:34 AM (WWdgA)

247
Zanfel

I think I saw that at the drug store. See ya later. Thanks!

Posted by: freaked and acting rashly at January 15, 2016 08:34 AM (BO/km)

248 Mabus wants ALL Recruit Training Battalions to be coed--hugely bad idea

****

Are they going to change Gunnery Sergeant to Gyn-nery Sergeant?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 08:34 AM (NeFrd)

249 He's the kind who finds it kinky to dress like a woman, but is not attracted to men.
______________________

There is an article about him in today's Daily Mail (which I didn't read, because . . . who cares?). The headline says Jenner is not going to be dating women anymore because he's "been there, done that," and is ready to try dating men.

Can't imagine what type of man would want to date this loon, other than people trying to get their 15 minutes of fame, or maybe other trannies or somebody hoping to get their hands on his money.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 15, 2016 08:35 AM (a31sM)

250 Jenner looks, talks, and acts like a man. He is really delusional.

No kidding.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:35 AM (O7MnT)

251 Prednisone destroyed the poison sumac I was covered with. It was like a miracle.

Posted by: nannyhag at January 15, 2016 08:36 AM (Queum)

252 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (zLP1L)

It's interesting that the attacks are so chaotic. I am unsure that there is a plan....just throwing mud hoping it will stick.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2016 08:37 AM (Zu3d9)

253 One more paycheck and I'll have saved enough for the Sig 556. :-)

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:37 AM (O7MnT)

254 And there is a rather long story about me being assigned security watch standing duties at the Female Barracks during that time.

But, that's for another time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:33 AM (ptqRm)

Ahhhhhhh........ understood. I've heard the tales about that at NAS Memphis. Of course, all of my time there on Support was cleaning stables at the riding club and moving all the wall lockers from one barracks, across the common to the other.

Fun.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:38 AM (WWdgA)

255 WTI now trading below $30

I need a drink and it isn't even 8am

Posted by: the real ch3 at January 15, 2016 08:38 AM (IG5KL)

256 Can't imagine what type of man would want to date this loon, other than people trying to get their 15 minutes of fame, or maybe other trannies or somebody hoping to get their hands on his money.

That is pretty much his dating pool.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:38 AM (O7MnT)

257 JEB! JEB! JEB! *snort* zzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Fritz at January 15, 2016 08:39 AM (UzPAd)

258 Ahhhhhhh........ understood. I've heard the tales about that at NAS Memphis. Of course, all of my time there on Support was cleaning stables at the riding club and moving all the wall lockers from one barracks, across the common to the other.

Fun.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:38 AM (WWdgA)

Was that at Memphis or Millington?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:40 AM (gf8BH)

259 Jebbus..........

Shoe, Jeff. Use the shoe.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:40 AM (WWdgA)

260 Did he ever say that?

Posted by: Fredo the prostate at January 15, 2016 08:27 AM (GKF1b)

===============

Yes: http://goo.gl/yt2PhK

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:41 AM (iQIUe)

261 Hoverboard gain video here

http://youtu.be/b7oEaRetWeA

Fake but funny

Posted by: @votermom at January 15, 2016 08:42 AM (cbfNE)

262 "Of course, all of my time there on Support was cleaning stables at the riding club "

Sounds Like Roosevelt Roads.

I flew in to meet my ship one time.
Had to report to Port Ops, and my old First Class was sitting behind the desk with his feet propped up.
Spent the week at his place, and got to go down to the Base riding stables and such.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:43 AM (ptqRm)

263 Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 08:23 AM (5buP

Get a script for the real stuff: Prenidsone.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:43 AM (iQIUe)

264 It won't be picked up by the media because it's too subtle, and a lot of the media is from NYC itself (meaning they don't want to pop their own myths), but the fact is very little cleanup of the Twin Towers was done by actual New Yorkers. When Trump saw those workers digging the city out, they weren't people with New York values. Or more precisely, NYC job skills.

The kind of equipment and workers you use in that kind of job come from land reclamation and mining. Do you typically have that in a highly developed urban area? No.

A south-eastern company called Phillips Jordan did it, and one of the first things they had to do was remove the bucket-brigade volunteers from the scene because of the danger the volunteers were in.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at January 15, 2016 08:44 AM (QjoP6)

265 Angry Marco is like my neighbor's Jack Russell, - the little bastard never shuts the fuck up! If he's breathing, he's barking.

I blame his hippie owners. And Obama.

Posted by: Fritz at January 15, 2016 08:44 AM (UzPAd)

266 Was that at Memphis or Millington?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:40 AM (gf8BH)

The former NAS Memphis located in Millington. NG. It's a Regional Support Command, or something, now. They closed the Airstation and move NATTC to Pensacola, in the 80's, I think.

That was a wild, wild place, in the 70's. I remember it fondly.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:44 AM (WWdgA)

267 Someone from the Trump campaign reads this blog because he's doing the movie thing.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 15, 2016 08:45 AM (4ErVI)

268 " JEB! JEB! JEB! *snort* zzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz"

Just by reading it I feel like I just finished a Triathalon.

Posted by: Drider at January 15, 2016 08:46 AM (bdzyz)

269 The former NAS Memphis located in Millington. NG. It's a Regional Support Command, or something, now. They closed the Airstation and move NATTC to Pensacola, in the 80's, I think.

That was a wild, wild place, in the 70's. I remember it fondly.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:44 AM (WWdgA)

Yeah it's the Personal/Recruiting Command now...I was just down there for a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:46 AM (gf8BH)

270
If it hasn't been mentioned: an oral steroid like Benadryl can really help.

******

Remember kiddies, there is a reason we don't take medical advice from anonymous internet sources.

coughantihistaminecough

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 08:46 AM (NeFrd)

271 Photo on the day-a cross in the sky-from Michigan.

From the UK Telegraph.

Some other nice photo there as well:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/h6qvxj2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 08:47 AM (M+RRn)

272 Lindsey Graham will endorse Jeb Bush today.

#GameChanger

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:47 AM (O7MnT)

273 Yeah it's the Personal/Recruiting Command now...I was just down there for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:46 AM (gf8BH)

That's it.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:48 AM (WWdgA)

274 "Someone from the Trump campaign reads this blog because he's doing the movie thing."

There is evidence that at one time or another, every major political player from the right has had someone reading here.

Including Rush.

Or as Andrew Breitbart once told Ace, he wanted Ace's commenters.

(That would be us)

Cause we be smart.....and shit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:48 AM (ptqRm)

275 253 One more paycheck and I'll have saved enough for the Sig 556. :-)

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 08:37 AM (O7MnT)

Nice!

January 13, 2016 , 11:10 pm
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
HAZELWOOD, MO 63042

*I'm a patient man...

but hurry the F up dammit!!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:49 AM (fWAjv)

276 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 08:46 AM (NeFrd)

Everyone's an expert.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2016 08:49 AM (Zu3d9)

277
Cause we be smart.....and shit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:48 AM (ptqRm)

I did like it when Kreosote called TFG a petulant child

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:50 AM (fWAjv)

278 >>>Just by reading it I feel like I just finished a Triathalon.

Posted by: Drider<<<

Wore me out. I wonder if the Establishment has it's own brand of elite coffee to pick me back up? Angry elite coffee.

Posted by: Fritz at January 15, 2016 08:50 AM (UzPAd)

279 I was just down there for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:46 AM (gf8BH)

Man, they've got you zooming all over CONUS and OCONUS, don't they?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:51 AM (WWdgA)

280 "Wore me out. I wonder if the Establishment has it's own brand of elite coffee to pick me back up? Angry elite coffee."

I heard rumors that Ace was going to open a chain of coffee shops.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:51 AM (ptqRm)

281 When Graham adds his 0% to Bush - boost phase!

Posted by: blaster at January 15, 2016 08:52 AM (mLx4N)

282 If the standings stay as is all the way through the primaries, Trump
would do wise to pick Cruz as veep and Cruz would do wise to accept it.

My hope is that Trump goes to Cruz "Ok, you be my VP. I know I'll get bored with all the BS, and will resign one day after 2 years. You finish out my term. Then get elected for two full terms of your own. Deal?"

Posted by: Paladin at January 15, 2016 08:52 AM (QGbEp)

283 I thought Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Christie and even Kasich had good moments last night. But I do think Cruz will lose some momentum because of his "New York values" comment, which Trump destroyed, and because of the Natural Born Citizen issue. Trump will gain points from answering the question if he would back down on his comment about pausing Muslim immigration with a simple "No", followed by some elaboration. Rubio and Cruz both debated well, but both misled about their records and they exposed each other. Rubio also has the Natural Born Citizen problem, though it has yet to be brought up with any seriousness. It will come up if he gains any traction.

Posted by: despair at January 15, 2016 08:52 AM (VrdxH)

284 I'll believe it when Trump throws out a fish pun, just for the halibut.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 15, 2016 08:52 AM (NeFrd)

285 244 if Taharrush is the girl's name or location,

Taharrush is the middle-eastern 'rape game.'
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 15, 2016 08:33 AM (oVJmc)

Oh, God. That's even more horrible. "Rape Game." Such fun.

Posted by: Gem at January 15, 2016 08:53 AM (c+gwp)

286 Whee -- DJIA futures off 360 now.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 08:53 AM (gyKtp)

287 Oh, God. That's even more horrible. "Rape Game." Such fun.
Posted by: Gem at January 15, 2016 08:53 AM (c+gwp)

Coming to a neighborhood near you!

Woo hoo!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:54 AM (fWAjv)

288 >> Still pissed us off that you guys had beer machines.......

There were soda machines, as well. $0.25/can. Drinks were $0.25 in the O-Club, as well.

No lite-beer, however, as it hadn't been invented yet.

And we always sailed against the wind and the tide arriving AND departing. No fancy-schmancy GPS, either. You tacked the chart to the bulkhead, and threw darts.

And no BM or Goat Locker resident discussed and compared hair-care products. Ever.

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at January 15, 2016 08:55 AM (sOhww)

289 Can't imagine what type of man would want to date this loon, other than people trying to get their 15 minutes of fame

The nice thing is that we won't have to rely on conjecture. Because we'll be kept up-to-date on EVERY.FREAKING.DETAIL by the media.

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2016 08:55 AM (n22zQ)

290 New York values: Cruz said the truth (not a lot of conservatives in Manhattan). Trump came back with a tribute to New Yorkers after 9/11. And inadvertently made Cruz' point. Conservatives work from facts. Leftists work on feelings.

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:40 AM (sSxn3)

The thing people either forget, or don't know, is that the NY conservative crack was a response to Trump's "not many evangelicals from Cuba" remark.

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 08:55 AM (GUBah)

291 Why was Jeb still on the stage?

A rather large nondescript envelope deliver to Rinse Penis by a friend of Heb.

Posted by: Paladin at January 15, 2016 08:55 AM (QGbEp)

292 "They call it Taharrush gamea"

http://tinyurl.com/zy9c6nw

Author's note: Islam has nothing to do with taharrush gamea; the act contradicts the teachings of the religion. At the same time, there is no denying where the incidents are taking place, and who the perpetrators are. Denying this out of some misplaced sense of political correctness has only exacerbated the issue.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:56 AM (fWAjv)

293 Cause we be smart.....and shit.Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:48 AM

A couple years ago I made reference to an obscure line from a Hemingway novel about bankruptcy. A couple days later some republican ( forget who now) made a speech citing that exact reference on the Senate floor criticizing 0bama.

They're watching. *cue scary music*

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 08:57 AM (fbovC)

294 Man, they've got you zooming all over CONUS and OCONUS, don't they?
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:51 AM (WWdgA)

Yeah...well some is volunteer and some is voluntold, but to keep getting Billets, age waivers, and Promoted that is what you have to do now a days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:57 AM (gf8BH)

295 That was a wild, wild place, in the 70's. I remember it fondly.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:44 AM (WWdgA)

Daddy? (depending on when in the 70s)

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (GUBah)

296 Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:56 AM (fWAjv)

How does one separate Islam from Islamic or Arab culture?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (Zu3d9)

297 Did I say -360? I meant, er, -387.

It's dropping faster than Hillary's poll #s.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (gyKtp)

298 There is an article about him in today's Daily Mail (which I didn't read, because . . . who cares?). The headline says Jenner is not going to be dating women anymore because he's "been there, done that," and is ready to try dating men.

Can't imagine what type of man would want to date this loon, other than people trying to get their 15 minutes of fame, or maybe other trannies or somebody hoping to get their hands on his money.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer

Good thing it's a few hours since I've eaten. At least he'll keep the sexologists busy with his shenanigans.

Posted by: Fredo the prostate at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (GKF1b)

299 "And no BM or Goat Locker resident discussed and compared hair-care products. Ever."

Ding ding

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 08:59 AM (ptqRm)

300 >> Did I say -360? I meant, er, -387.

-408

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2016 08:59 AM (/tuJf)

301 How does one separate Islam from Islamic or Arab culture?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (Zu3d9)

Sand

Buried head

Some assembly required

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 08:59 AM (fWAjv)

302 How does one separate Islam from Islamic or Arab culture?

Not how, but when. When convenient!

Posted by: The MFM at January 15, 2016 08:59 AM (n22zQ)

303 Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at January 15, 2016 08:55 AM (sOhww)

We lowly threadheads had gedunk machines, but they knew better than to put in beer machines. The benefit, of course, was having a couple USN buddies in your "A" school class willing to buy a bunch and bring it all over to the low rent AO.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:00 AM (WWdgA)

304 The U.S. Coast Guard searched for two Marine helicopters early Friday after officials said the aircraft collided near the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Coast Guard District 14 told CBS News that its personnel arrived on scene to investigate a debris field that includes an empty life raft and fire on the water.

The CH-53 transport helicopters were from the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Each carried six people, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Sara Mooers told The Associated Press.

She said the debris field was 2 1/2 miles off the coast, near the town of Haleiwa. It's unclear what caused the crash.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 09:00 AM (gf8BH)

305 Breaking: Two Marine CH-53's collide off Haleiwa, Oahu. Large debris field, no sign of survivors. Coast Guard and Navy all over it.

Two weeks ago, I was drinking with those guys at Barbers Point.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:01 AM (xq1UY)

306
130 Nettaaaaaaa in all her glory:

http://goo.gl/WdD1da
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 07:53 AM (iQIUe)

That has a "Bride of Chucky" look to it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:01 AM (BK3ZS)

307 -421

Dropping faster than Sandra Fluke's panties.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 09:01 AM (gyKtp)

308 Yeah...well some is volunteer and some is voluntold, but to keep getting Billets, age waivers, and Promoted that is what you have to do now a days
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 08:57 AM (gf8BH)

I heard that.

Daddy? (depending on when in the 70s)

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (GUBah)

Millington? No. Korea? Possibly.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:02 AM (WWdgA)

309 There is evidence that at one time or another, every major political player from the right has had someone reading here.

--

Campaign 2016 interview question:

What newspapers do you read?

Answer: I read the HQ. Oh you never heard of it? It's very elite, membership only. I have a platinum membership.

Posted by: @votermom at January 15, 2016 09:02 AM (cbfNE)

310 Two Marine helicopters with six man aboard each have crashed near Hawaii. The Coast Guard has apparently found the debris field

Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 15, 2016 09:02 AM (Lu8kB)

311 >>>Can't imagine what type of man would want to date this loon, other
than people trying to get their 15 minutes of fame, or maybe other
trannies or somebody hoping to get their hands on his money.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer<<<

Wasn't Charlie Sheen into that whole tranny scene kinda thing? gag

Posted by: Fritz at January 15, 2016 09:02 AM (UzPAd)

312 Why was Jeb still on the stage?

As someone said last night, to tamp down on any unnecessary excitement.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 09:03 AM (O7MnT)

313 Shit...

A prayer for the missing, the ones who shall not return, and the families of both.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 15, 2016 09:03 AM (ptqRm)

314 How does one separate Islam from Islamic or Arab culture?

With a crowbar. --Just The Punchline

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:03 AM (xq1UY)

315 309 There is evidence that at one time or another, every major political player from the right has had someone reading here.

--

Campaign 2016 interview question:

What newspapers do you read?

Answer: I read the HQ. Oh you never heard of it? It's very elite, membership only. I have a platinum membership.

Posted by: @votermom at January 15, 2016 09:02 AM (cbfNE)

*still ain't putting on pants

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 09:03 AM (fWAjv)

316 Two weeks ago, I was drinking with those guys at Barbers Point.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:01 AM (xq1UY)

Damn. -_-

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:04 AM (WWdgA)

317
A couple years ago I made reference to an obscure line from a Hemingway novel about bankruptcy. A couple days later some republican ( forget who now) made a speech citing that exact reference on the Senate floor criticizing 0bama.

They're watching. *cue scary music*

If Teh Donald ever calls anybody a nickelfucker, we'll know they're reading.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 09:04 AM (X6fMO)

318 Millington? No.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:02 AM (WWdgA)

Well, it was definitely Millington, evidently after a night of partying at the Fleet Reserve Club in '71. OTH, you're not a Filipino Sailor, lol.

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:04 AM (GUBah)

319
It's dropping faster than Hillary's poll #s.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 15, 2016 08:58 AM (gyKtp)
_____________________________

Shut your whore mouth!!!!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 15, 2016 09:04 AM (3b1Av)

320 Before long, men who refuse to date transsexuals will be prosecuted for hate crimes.

249

There is an article about him in today's Daily Mail (which I didn't
read, because . . . who cares?). The headline says Jenner is not going
to be dating women anymore because he's "been there, done that," and is
ready to try dating men.

Can't imagine what type of man would want to date this loon, other
than people trying to get their 15 minutes of fame, or maybe other
trannies or somebody hoping to get their hands on his money.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 15, 2016 08:35 AM (a31sM)

Posted by: Pyrocles at January 15, 2016 09:04 AM (MYMcU)

321 Wasn't Charlie Sheen into that whole tranny scene kinda thing?

"But first, you will blow me" "No, you first"

Posted by: t-bird at January 15, 2016 09:05 AM (J3phO)

322 Well, it was definitely Millington, evidently after a night of partying at the Fleet Reserve Club in '71. OTH, you're not a Filipino Sailor, lol.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:04 AM (GUBah)

LOL, nope.

At least, last I checked.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:06 AM (WWdgA)

323 Did Cruz say he was in favor of increasing H1B's by a factor of 5?

Posted by: WOPR at January 15, 2016 09:07 AM (LTDSy)

324 So the Zoomies have given up on ditching the A-10. About time you fucking idiots.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at January 15, 2016 09:09 AM (xWW96)

325
Heading over to Annapolis this weekend for NESA Jamboree 2016, a merit badge college and other training exercises event at the Naval Academy. It promises to be interesting, as the four young men I am driving there want to stay later on Sunday and take a tour of the campus. I wonder if any midshipman may voice an opinion on this week's news event, but I doubt one will.

With respect to those two boats getting captured, why didn't their crews chuck overboard anything -- like GPS and other sensitive gear -- if they could see that the "help" coming their way weren't friendlies?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:09 AM (BK3ZS)

326
Because it IS a left thing. Cruz is a citizen by any real look at the Constitution and standing law. And in any case you just answered your own question.

The point is if you want to attack Cruz, attack from the right. Don't give the left ammo. It's common sense. But, Trump.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 08:31 AM (zLP1L)

---------------------

I don't view making sure someone meets the requirements of the office as a left thing.

So what if the left will use it against Cruz, I guess we should wait until September and October to hash it all out.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 15, 2016 09:10 AM (LXJ1e)

327 I'm ready for a landscape painting. Maybe something with a waterfall? Not a big one though.

Posted by: Dang at January 15, 2016 09:10 AM (2oWD2)

328 This won't go over well with Trump supporters but I think it's kind of a shame that Trump can basically blow away competition in the primaries simply by elaborate stunts with money. Of course, it's his money and if he wants to rent a movie theatre and by tickets or use his helicopter to fly somewhere near the Iowa fair it's good PR, but it means other candidates who are not billionaires simply can't compete.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:10 AM (M+RRn)

329 evidently after a night of partying at the Fleet Reserve Club in '71.

Was that the E Club? Man, that place rivaled Animal House in '76, I shit you not.

Crazy.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:11 AM (WWdgA)

330 So the Zoomies have given up on ditching the A-10. About time you fucking idiots.

Posted by: maddogg

And they probably spent millions learning what everyone else already knew.

Posted by: Dang at January 15, 2016 09:12 AM (2oWD2)

331 Heading over to Annapolis this weekend for NESA Jamboree 2016

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:09 AM (BK3ZS)

I've been thinking about getting reinvolved with scouting, but I've got some reservations due to my displeasure with the BSA caving to SJW pressure. What's your opinion on the atmosphere these days?

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:12 AM (GUBah)

332 http://tinyurl.com/hbrucw4

Two armed robbery suspects in Chicago are in custody and recovering from gunshot wounds after a run-in with an armed clerk.
-----

And sanity prevails!

A regional manager for T-Mobile told the Chicago Tribune that properly licensed employees are allowed to carry concealed firearms on the job.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 09:12 AM (fWAjv)

333 330 So the Zoomies have given up on ditching the A-10. About time you fucking idiots.

Wait until March.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:13 AM (WWdgA)

334 What's missing in this process is a thorough vetting of the candidates' most trusted and listened to advisors. Are they qualified to be our next president's "brain?" How much freakin presidential power will be given to these people? They should be debating and answering questions instead of hiding behind curtains.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 15, 2016 09:13 AM (GzDYP)

335 About NYC values and the WTC.

- It took them, what, 12 years to rebuild the damn thing (on a smaller scale)

- The reconstruction was tied up in bureaucracy and special-interest deal-making.

- The WTC Memorial was originally supposed to include lectures about tolerating Islam and suchlike because that's what SJW's wanted.

So, yeah, NYC values.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 09:14 AM (O7MnT)

336 "As you may know, I live in NYC and I hate NY values.
No republican is going to take the city, but most of the rest of the
state for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 15, 2016 07:15 AM (zLP1L)"

I kind of doubt that there is much hope for the rest of New York State. Pretty much everybody who wants to work in the private sector has moved away over the last few decades. That is why New York keeps losing Congressional representation at every census.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at January 15, 2016 09:15 AM (QHgTq)

337 And it's more effective for the general public than trying to get into time-consuming "substantive" stuff like Cruzer's love for H1Bs....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 15, 2016 07:17 AM (ZPz7d)

Political campaigns are emotional events. If you want to give a lecture on Constitutional Theory and the Role of the Courts, rent a hall. If you want to get elected, connect to the voters on an emotional level. Trump is a master salesman, he knows about making those emotional connections, and that is one reason why he is doing so well.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - the Outrage Outlet - Proud Sponsors of Clash Of Champions at the Iowa Caucus-Dome! at January 15, 2016 09:15 AM (hLRSq)

338 One other thing Trump did was to respond to the Nikky Haley SOTU response aimed at him. She was in the audience (cue camera closeup), and he said she and he are friends, and he didn't consider it an attack. He accepted the label of "angry" and explained why he was angry - that the country is being run by incompetent people, performs poorly, is not respected, etc., the implication being that we *should* be angry. I thought it was very well done.

Posted by: despair at January 15, 2016 09:15 AM (VrdxH)

339 Was that the E Club?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:11 AM (WWdgA)

It was off base; similar to a VFW, but run by the Fleet Reserve Association. I don't think the one in Millington exists any longer.

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (GUBah)

340 What's missing in this process is a thorough vetting of the candidates' most trusted and listened to advisors. Are they qualified to be our next president's "brain?" How much freakin presidential power will be given to these people? They should be debating and answering questions instead of hiding behind curtains.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 15, 2016 09:13 AM (GzDYP)

Well said, and I think in a way, this is why we have candidates in the first place. What I mean is, for years I have been viewing this process as containing systems/organizations, of which the candidate is ONLY the public face. I know some of these people are more than that, to varying degrees, but really, the candidate is there to HIDE those people behind the curtain. It's one of his or her main jobs.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (Dj0WE)

341 This won't go over well with Trump supporters but I think it's kind of a shame that Trump can basically blow away competition in the primaries simply by elaborate stunts with money. Of course, it's his money and if he wants to rent a movie theatre and by tickets or use his helicopter to fly somewhere near the Iowa fair it's good PR, but it means other candidates who are not billionaires simply can't compete.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:10 AM (M+RRn)

That's a lot of the appeal, I think.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (WWdgA)

342 This won't go over well with Trump supporters but I think it's kind of a shame that Trump can basically blow away competition in the primaries simply by elaborate stunts with money. Of course, it's his money and if he wants to rent a movie theatre and by tickets or use his helicopter to fly somewhere near the Iowa fair it's good PR, but it means other candidates who are not billionaires simply can't compete.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:10 AM (M+RRn)With respect, FS, I don't consider the movie buy a "stunt." 13 Hours ought to be seen by as many people as possible, especially ifit puts a big red target on Scankles' and TFGs' backsand if Trump can make that happen, more power to him.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 09:17 AM (X6fMO)

343 It was off base; similar to a VFW, but run by the Fleet Reserve Association. I don't think the one in Millington exists any longer.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (GUBah)

K. I went into the VFW, near the base, once over a car I had in their parking lot. Broke down. Tried to explain the deal. They were ridiculously assholish.

Swore I would never set foot in one again, after that.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:19 AM (WWdgA)

344 How far must the Dow fall for trading to be stopped?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 09:21 AM (u5gzz)

345 I may be in the minority but I am looking forward to who will endorse each candidate. Besides Gowdy endorsing Rubio, I haven't heard of any other significant endorsements.

As just a plebe voter, I only get to hear the stump speeches and see the superficial candidates. I want to hear from people on the inside where they have dealt with the real candidate at some point. Of course you have to determine which endorsements meet that criteria.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 15, 2016 09:21 AM (L8slQ)

346 We need a national primary day. This interminable farce is tiresome, and these "debates" are worse than useless.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (uWJLI)

347 WBAL, Baltimore, Howard County Public Schools plan toclose on the Lunar New Year Eve,
the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha, and the Hindu holiday of Diwalifor
the 2016-2017 calendar.

Why stop there, Buddhist, Scientology, Atheist.....

Posted by: Colin at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (InayV)

348 This won't go over well with Trump supporters but I think it's kind of a shame that Trump can basically blow away competition in the primaries simply by elaborate stunts with money. Of course, it's his money and if he wants to rent a movie theatre and by tickets or use his helicopter to fly somewhere near the Iowa fair it's good PR, but it means other candidates who are not billionaires simply can't compete.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:10 AM (M+RRn)

What you are talking about are p.r. efforts, and frankly, any candidate who is good at it can do that without money being too much of a factor.

Or put it this way: the reason Jeb! can't get any traction is NOT due to a lack of money. He's had plenty of money thrown at him. He can't get traction because people don't like him, and he seems incapable trying to change that. All the money in the world would not change that, because Jeb!'s problem is Jeb!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (Dj0WE)

349 Remember kiddies, there is a reason we don't take medical advice from anonymous internet sources.

====

So the eHow about pulling teeth isn't any good?

Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (3ZtZW)

350 Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (WWdgA)

Yes; I see that appeal but buying the Presidency either through one's own money or from special interests just doesn't appeal to me. I don't know how it could be done otherwise, but I don't think the same amount of money is spent in other Presidential elections around the world. In some cases. the parties have a certain amount of money and when it's gone it's gone. It's a sad thing if somebody decides they want to vote for Trump based on a free ticket to "13 Hours" or an Obama phone

But yes, Trump is a good showman. So was P.T. Barnum.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:23 AM (M+RRn)

351
I've been thinking about getting reinvolved with scouting, but I've got some reservations due to my displeasure with the BSA caving to SJW pressure. What's your opinion on the atmosphere these days?

Any SJW pressure points on BSA National are well over the heads of where the youths are themselves and that is a plus, in my opinion. They are there for our program, not some activists' talking points.

In my more candid moments with other adults I'll say Scouting has never been about who is sticking what into whom. The chartering organization -- in our case, an Orthodox church -- calls the shots regarding membership standards under whatever BSA National last agreed to. I have more difficulties crop up from disputing parents than I do from the youths. None of the disputes are SJW related.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:23 AM (BK3ZS)

352 ...but really, the candidate is there to HIDE those people behind the curtain. It's one of his or her main jobs.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (Dj0WE)

Yes. The candidate is the practiced one. A decent media would be researching and publishing stacks of articles about these people.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 15, 2016 09:24 AM (GzDYP)

353 So the eHow about pulling teeth isn't any good?
Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (3ZtZW)

*puts away Leatherman and TOW simulators*

No good, you say? Huh.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:24 AM (WWdgA)

354 I kind of doubt that there is much hope for the rest of New York State. Pretty much everybody who wants to work in the private sector has moved away over the last few decades.

But I keep seeing TV spots proclaiming that NY has a wonderful business climate.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 15, 2016 09:25 AM (FkBIv)

355 With respect, FS, I don't consider the movie buy a "stunt." 13 Hours ought to be seen by as many people as possible, especially ifit puts a big red target on Scankles' and TFGs' backsand if Trump can make that happen, more power to him.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 09:17 AM (X6fMO)

Agreed. Face it, people who are predisposed to dislike Trump are going to be turned off by "the money." There are plenty of reasons to dislike Trump, I don't think the money factor has anything whatsoever to do with it.

Except for those burdened with envy toward people WITH money.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:25 AM (Dj0WE)

356 All the money in the world would not change that, because Jeb!'s problem is Jeb!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (Dj0WE)

if you are in a populist cycle then the living embodiment of the establishment isn't going to do well.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - the Outrage Outlet - Proud Sponsors of Clash Of Champions at the Iowa Caucus-Dome! at January 15, 2016 09:26 AM (hLRSq)

357 What do you get when you mix a suicide vest wearing jihadi and a hoverboard?

http://tinyurl.com/gpts86l

Fun!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at January 15, 2016 09:26 AM (fWAjv)

358 ...but really, the candidate is there to HIDE those people behind the curtain. It's one of his or her main jobs.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:16 AM (Dj0WE)

Yes. The candidate is the practiced one. A decent media would be researching and publishing stacks of articles about these people.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 15, 2016 09:24 AM (GzDYP)

Heh, yep. A decent media. It's a shame we don't have one of those.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:27 AM (Dj0WE)

359 "Cruz suggested that Donalds mother was born in Scotland."

Cruz was concocting a BS definition of Natural Born Citizen (NBC), saying NBC = born on US soil to two parents who are both NBC themselves. That's not the definition I learned.

NBC = born on US soil (including territories, military bases, embassies) to two parents who are both citizens (either naturalized or NBC) at the time of birth.

Trump's mother was a naturalized citizen at the time Trump was born, and his father was a NBC, so he qualifies as NBC. So does McCain, because he was born in the Canal Zone, which was US territory at the time, to two parents who were citizens.

Obama's father was not a US citizen, so he is ineligible regardless of where he was born. Cruz's father was not a US citizen, and Cruz was born in Canada, so two strikes, and clearly not a NBC. I don't think either of Rubio's parents were US citizens - he's an anchor baby, according to Ann Coulter, not a NBC.

Posted by: despair at January 15, 2016 09:27 AM (VrdxH)

360 Ahhh, those unintended consequences.....

Hit yourself with the gym show again, Spiccolli!

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 08:34 AM (WWdgA)

I still laugh when I think of that little stunt the douche bag Penn pulled after Katrina. After screaming to all who would listen about how "Bush is letting people drown", he decrees that he, Sean Penn, movie star is going to go out into the flooded New Orleans areas to save the people Bush won't.

So he buys a 15' jonboat with a Mercury outboard, loads up with two shotgun toting and body armor wearing security goons, no doubt to protect him (Penn) from the people he's going out to rescue, and they put out into a flooded area in the boat...which immediately begins to sink.

It was hilarious watching these clowns scrambling to get their sinking boat turned around and back to shore before it became a submarine. (They had made Novice Boater Mistake #1, forgot to put the drain plug in.) AFAIK, Penn never made another attempt at "rescuing" anyone in NO.

Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at January 15, 2016 09:27 AM (AYY6Y)

361 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 15, 2016 09:17 AM (X6fMO)

It's being done in Iowa before the primary. It's a stunt. Besides being self aggrandizing (Oooh! Trump bought out a movie theatre. Ooooh!) I'm sure that he want people to see it and think of the criminal negligence of this administration) I have no doubt Trump is patriotic and as noted before, I will vote for him if he becomes the nominee, but I still don't like it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:27 AM (M+RRn)

362 All the money in the world would not change that, because Jeb!'s problem is Jeb!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (Dj0WE)

if you are in a populist cycle then the living embodiment of the establishment isn't going to do well.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - the Outrage Outlet - Proud Sponsors of Clash Of Champions at the Iowa Caucus-Dome! at January 15, 2016 09:26 AM (hLRSq)

Cause and effect here are dynamic and certainly not just one-directional.

Why are we in a "populist" cycle?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:28 AM (Dj0WE)

363 The NY State business climate would crumble if IBM ever decided to relocate.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 15, 2016 09:28 AM (L8slQ)

364
Remember kiddies, there is a reason we don't take medical advice from anonymous internet sources.

====

So the eHow about pulling teeth isn't any good?

Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (3ZtZW)

If that's the answer you're given to fix a sore throat? I'd have to call that less-than-useful medical advice.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2016 09:29 AM (j4wsR)

365 But yes, Trump is a good showman. So was P.T. Barnum.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:23 AM (M+RRn)

True, but ...... I don't know. I think it's a whole lot deeper than just "buying it". He gets more advertising free from the media, than he has to buy and people are seriously pissed off, including a lot of silent Democrats who have gone along with the Marxists, up to now, and are finally saying: "STOP!"

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:29 AM (WWdgA)

366 Nobody working in Jeb!'s campaign would spend any of his 12 million sweet dollars on movie tickets unless their family members owned the theaters.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at January 15, 2016 09:30 AM (GzDYP)

367 So, yeah, NYC values.
Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 09:14 AM (O7MnT)

It might just be me, but I think (a) Trump won that particular exchange, but (b) it might be a Pyrrhic victory.

Reminded me of Carly Fiorina's remark in an earlier debate when Trump had made comments about her -- "Women know exactly what you meant", and let the subject drop.

Posted by: jwb7605 at January 15, 2016 09:30 AM (DofIg)

368 I remember watching some comedian citing the percentage of New York city residents who are minorities. The punchline (and actual fact) was that the minorities are the majority.

So New York values has a little different meaning to me looking at it through that filter. Also new mayor is leftist.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 09:30 AM (fbovC)

369 For the person who wanted a picture with a waterfall, here is one. :^) It's not tropical though:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/gkw79hx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2016 09:30 AM (M+RRn)

370 Just three months ago, the Naval Academy announced that it would bring back the teaching of celestial navigation.

Unless Ash Carter is lying through his teeth (and that's actually in the job definition) it looks like they weren't premature at all. Maybe even a little late.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (xq1UY)

371 A large part of the apparent antipathy to Trump is because of cognitive dissonance.

They're actually attracted to and agree in large part with Trump but they've invested so long in a system of PC and SJW and Victimization that they are able to play so well and for this guy to come along and blow the whole thing up while having a lot of fun doing so is just too much for their wee minds.

They'll probably come around once they can see how many others who are so unlike themselves and Trump are also attracted to Trump and see that he is the only answer to the problems we have.

I don't believe Cruz can provide the charisma, planning and negotiation that will be required to set the country on a positive path. He's smart but he doesn't have a certain something which is why he lags in the polls.

I don't think it's something he can learn or acquire in the short time we have.

He's apparently unable to divest himself of a speech mannerism which he has to know irritates a lot of people and makes him look sneaky and insincere. (real people don't talk like that). Yet he continues to do it.

I think he's the kind of guy that appears to have all the right stuff but just can't get it all together to use properly that we see now and then. (or actually experience it)

He would be a huge asset to a Trump Admin. Or keep him in the Senate to help there.

The House will probably be more amenable but the Senate are a bunch of fuddy duddy's who think they run the country and they will throw up road blocks left and right. Trump can find ways around them but it would be better for them to be cajoled by someone within the "Club".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (Xo1Rt)

372 Ok so I got the Zanfel and put it on. It seems to be working. The 1/2 hydrocodone I took a little while ago aint hurting either.

That stuff was expensive though. $44. Still not as much as going to the doc.

Thanks again for the advice yall,. I might actually get some work done today.

Posted by: f'd at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (KvWlw)

373 WalMart to close 269 stores. Yup. two-six-nine. If only SEIU had gotten in there, this wouldn't be happening.
Srsly, 10,000 workers "effected." Sure Barky, the economy is GUH-reat, and the future looks bright.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (5buP8)

374
Has the Shrillster reined in Princess Webb Hubbell, Jr., or is she still off leash and free to sic the Bern?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (BK3ZS)

375 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:23 AM (BK3ZS)

Good to know. I'm seriously considering offering my services to the local council, so that makes me feel a bit better.

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (GUBah)

376 Sock off

Posted by: freaked - no longer f'd at January 15, 2016 09:32 AM (KvWlw)

377 DJIA down 312 in first two minutes

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at January 15, 2016 09:32 AM (X+nFp)

378 Trump wants to make it possible for everyone to make their own money, not have to get it from Uncle Sam. I think people pick up on that. Including the left. It is of paramount importance to the left that the voters become stupid and helpless, yet see themselves as "brights" and "investments."

Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 09:32 AM (sSxn3)

379 The muzzies just upped the Polar Bear Game to the Rape Game.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (iQIUe)

380 "We have a special problem in America, and that is that the Democrats are more crime syndicate than political party".

And so Kevin Williamson raises the battle cry against corruption. Sure, there are Mitch McConnell's out there that need fighting against but, as KW details, there are lots more Hillary Clinton types that are a helluva lot more of a present danger to the heath and welfare of the American Republic.

A must read!

http://bit.ly/1ZAnX2f

Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (TxJGV)

381 I still laugh when I think of that little stunt the douche bag Penn pulled after Katrina

===

Contrast with Steve Buscemi after 9/11

Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (3ZtZW)

382 Sorry, Affected. DOH!
My wife the editor is gonna red-line my ass tonight.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (5buP8)

383 "I will tell you why I am all in for Trump."

Very good summary. For me, the most important issue is immigration. He has been consistent on that, and the only one I trust. If we don't build a border wall and remove the illegals, we'll become Mexico by mid century. If we don't get that right, nothing else matters.

Posted by: despair at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (VrdxH)

384 Why are we in a "populist" cycle?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 15, 2016 09:28 AM (Dj0WE)

Because the establishments of both parties stopped listening to the citizens and blew off the citizens concerns. It happens every couple of decades or so.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - the Outrage Outlet - Proud Sponsors of Clash Of Champions at the Iowa Caucus-Dome! at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (hLRSq)

385 Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 09:30 AM (fbovC)

LeftIST?

He's a screaming nitwit commie who thinks that the USSR would've worked if the US hadn't interfered so much.

And we can see how successful he's been so far.

New York is returning to the shithole we all know and hate.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 09:34 AM (Xo1Rt)

386 370 Just three months ago, the Naval Academy announced that it would bring back the teaching of celestial navigation.

I heard that. Somewhere, I believe I read where the Army and the Marine Corps were seriously considering re-introducing basic land nav, mitt out GPS.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:35 AM (WWdgA)

387 Dump up.

Posted by: HH at January 15, 2016 09:36 AM (DrCtv)

388 @363 The NY State business climate would crumble if IBM ever decided to relocate.

Well, there's still McIntosh. Which the Japanese have sold to the Italians.

Yesterday, GE announced that they are moving from CT to MA.
Today they announced the sale of their entire appliance operation to Haier, China.
My note yesterday was that this is what happens when you forget what business you're in, and the CEO has a private bedroom at the White House.

You could also blame Marshall McLuhan, who got 50 large for holding up a light bulb and saying "This is information." I believe that happened in upstate NY.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:37 AM (xq1UY)

389 Just three months ago, the Naval Academy announced that it would bring back the teaching of celestial navigation.

===

IIRC, that was taught on the job, basically. I used to see the Os doing sextant and sky crap all the time. There was always this striving to be as 'old salt' as they could, to the point of leaving brass insignia outside of portholes overnight. True story, and something sniggered at by us enlisted.

Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 09:37 AM (3ZtZW)

390 birther suit brought ... by a (sorta) Sanders supports

http://tinyurl.com/gup7egp

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 15, 2016 09:37 AM (5Gpe2)

391 In before the art thread, or BenK, or Doom, or whatever comes next.

Which is really amazing and unexpected.

Morning, Glories, late in the morning 'tho it's getting to be. Another pleasant, sunny day here in Oklahoma. For now...! *cue ominous music*

Whatcha been talkin' 'bout?

Posted by: mindful webworker - lo and behold at January 15, 2016 09:38 AM (XtR0g)

392 386 370 Just three months ago, the Naval Academy announced that it would bring back the teaching of celestial navigation.

it's just a crime it ever went away. One EMP away from wandering around the ocean. It's doubly mystifying too...celestial navigation and orienteering are FUN.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 09:38 AM (5buP8)

393 WalMart to close 269 stores. Yup. two-six-nine.

Wow, that's huge. I just lost two Sears stores within 10 miles of my location. Only eight left in the entire state. There used to be eight within 25 miles.

Posted by: Ben Dover (You know it's coming) at January 15, 2016 09:38 AM (fbovC)

394 Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 09:31 AM (Xo1Rt)

Agreed. A Trump/Cruz ticket takes the White House, IMO and I .... don't think...... the (D)Marxists are going to re take the Senate. That's just me thinkin'.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:39 AM (WWdgA)

395
386 370 Just three months ago, the Naval Academy announced that it would bring back the teaching of celestial navigation.

I heard that. Somewhere, I believe I read where the Army and the Marine Corps were seriously considering re-introducing basic land nav, mitt out GPS.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:35 AM (WWdgA)

They really nixed basic land nav? Shit, what a bunch of idiots. That's like trying to teach calculus by skipping 6th grade arithmetic.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 15, 2016 09:39 AM (j4wsR)

396 Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 15, 2016 09:21 AM (u5gzz)

Part of it's how far but part of it's how fast.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 09:39 AM (Xo1Rt)

397 So the eHow about pulling teeth isn't any good?

Posted by: Bigby's Hand Waving a Hunnerd Dolla Bill at January 15, 2016 09:22 AM (3ZtZW)

If that's the answer you're given to fix a sore throat? I'd have to call that less-than-useful medical advice.

Hmmmm. I thought it was to cure flatulence.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, let all the children boogie at January 15, 2016 09:39 AM (1xUj/)

398 WalMart to close 269 stores.

o.O

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:40 AM (WWdgA)

399 You have to really hate your mother to prank her about winning the powerball.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 09:40 AM (iQIUe)

400 I will never understand the conservative base support for Trump. Only reasoning that possibly makes sense is the wish to LIB. We finally get a die hard conservative in Cruz which the base was begging for and along comes Trump who admittedly is Left leaning except for his recent change of position on illegal immigration and he seems to be the conservative candidate of choice.

As the most quotable man in the world said, the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 15, 2016 09:40 AM (L8slQ)

401 "We have a special problem in America, and that is that the Democrats are more crime syndicate than political party".

And so Kevin Williamson raises the battle cry against corruption. Sure, there are Mitch McConnell's out there that need fighting against but, as KW details, there are lots more Hillary Clinton types that are a helluva lot more of a present danger to the heath and welfare of the American Republic.

A must read!

http://bit.ly/1ZAnX2f
Posted by: MTF at January 15, 2016 09:33 AM (TxJGV)

--------------------------

I've been saying this for 8 years.

Crime syndicate indeed.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 15, 2016 09:41 AM (LXJ1e)

402 How does one separate Islam from Islamic or Arab culture?

I think that at about 10,000 degrees Celsius the molecules break down and can be reconfigured in any number of ways.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at January 15, 2016 09:42 AM (nFdGS)

403 Somewhere, I believe I read where the Army and the Marine Corps were seriously considering re-introducing basic land nav, mitt out GPS.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at January 15, 2016 09:35 AM (WWdgA)

The Army had eliminated it from Warrior Leader Course (the new name for Basic NCO Course) about five years ago. They brought it back about a year ago, because there was a sudden realization the GPS is very vulnerable to jamming. They are, however, having an academic fraud problem with the map and compass land nav courses; seems people are smuggling their smart phones in to use the GPS in them.

Posted by: Country Singer at January 15, 2016 09:42 AM (GUBah)

404 Cruz should have thought through how to finesse that "New York values" thing. Because he's right, and yet it came off poorly, and opened the door for a Trump counter-punch.

New Yorkers, and I am not one, but they seem to have a political group-think that is extremely liberal. They just voted in a Communist for Mayor! C'mon, that should be an easy arguement to articulate.

Yet, the way Cruz said it, the statement came off as an attack on each individual New Yorker, all of whom will feel personally offended.

Coming from the most articulate of a mostly articulate bunch, it was poor form, and makes me think that he knew he was taking a risk attacking Trump from that angle.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 15, 2016 09:43 AM (kKHcp)

405 The early model B-17's had sextant hatches above the navigator's position.
Now that's the definition of "patrol bomber." An early version of the Key West agreement restricted their use. Fleet did not approve of young LeMay intercepting Italian ocean liners at sea.

Pretty sure Catalinas were all helmed by dead-reckoning.

The observatory/planetarium at the Air Force Academy has been closed for a generation. I can see that changing fast and soon.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:43 AM (xq1UY)

406 Note on WalMart. MOST store closures will be WalMart Express, smaller rural incarnations of MegaMarts.
Trivia Question: What was the first product Sam Walton purchased and retailed?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 15, 2016 09:43 AM (5buP8)

407
mitt out GPS

I tell our guys when we're teaching map and compass navigation that a GPS is all well and good until the battery dies. Then all it is good for us measuring heights: take it to a high cliff, drop it, and time the fall in seconds. Use the formula s = (1/2)gt^2 to find the height.

They laugh at me nervously, "Sure, Mr. Krebs." I reply, "You laugh, but it'll happen."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2016 09:44 AM (BK3ZS)

408 @403 an academic fraud problem with the map and compass land nav courses;
seems people are smuggling their smart phones in to use the GPS in them.

Just before the arrival of Ghey Gates, this was the ultimate moral issue of the Boy Scouts. Old-timers never wanted geo-caching to take the place of map-and-compass. Merit badge lawyers noticed how a simple cell phone could now game a whole land-nav exercise. I learned an important lesson about how accurate GPS ain't in wooded hills and dales. Several lessons, actually. But I was prejudiced.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:48 AM (xq1UY)

409 a GPS is all well and good until the battery dies.

Slide rules FTW. And I am not joking even one little bit.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 15, 2016 09:51 AM (xq1UY)

410 I will never understand the conservative base support for Trump. Only reasoning that possibly makes sense is the wish to LIB. We finally get a die hard conservative in Cruz which the base was begging for and along comes Trump who admittedly is Left leaning except for his recent change of position on illegal immigration and he seems to be the conservative candidate of choice. [/1]

I don't support Trump, but I get it. His base really isn't a doctrinaire conservative base; it's blue-collar workers who have been alternately ignored and beaten up by both the Republican Party *and* the Conservative Movement. That Free Trade/Tax Cuts stuff conservatives have been pushing at the same time manufacturing jobs have been relocating to China and Mexico plays well in white collar conservative circles, not so much with working folk.

Also, you can't discount how very betrayed conservatives have been by the Republican Party. Get on the Google Machine and look at the campaign promises made by the GOP in 2010 and 2014: Repeal Obamacare, stop Executive Amnesty, restrain the EPA, cap spending. None of that happened. However, the GOP did fight for Megabanks in the 2014 budget deal (they get to gamble on derivatives with taxpayer money now) and Big Oil companies in 2015.

Not that exporting American oil is a bad idea; but why is it the big money donors get their wishlist, but what the working class wants is "not politically feasible under this president?"

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 09:52 AM (O7MnT)

411 I hate you, Pixy.

Posted by: V the K at January 15, 2016 09:53 AM (O7MnT)

412 Hillary2016: Because it's that bitch's fault anyhow.

Posted by: the guy who thinks it's Hillarys fault anyhow. at January 15, 2016 09:55 AM (of67s)

413 ...
Posted by: Bluey Raisin at January 15, 2016 07:40 AM (sSxn3)
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and feelings more often then not win elections. It sucks but that's a fact.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at January 15, 2016 10:04 AM (MbrzC)

414 I think Cruz snd Trump are working together and the deal is Trump is Prez first for one term and Cruz is VP, then Cruz gets to be Prez.

Teh Donald is old, so one term works for him. He can turn the dial to 11 for four years and then Cruz takes the helm.

The greatest virtue of this team is both men love America.

We need that in a Prez and VP more than any other thing.

Posted by: eman at January 15, 2016 10:14 AM (MQEz6)

415 "Political Poison" finally got around to the word that was rarely mentioned... "Democrat." Besides water, if you look at all the cities where mass shootings take place, you will find that the mayor of that city is a Democrat. The Mayor hires the city manager who appoints the police chief who leads with the vision set forth by the Democrat Mayor of that city.

Posted by: Rex at January 15, 2016 10:15 AM (9nmLG)

416 What happened to the brits debating whether to ban him or not? Did they back off?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 15, 2016 08:06 AM (iQIUe)
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Not exactly, due to number of votes\petitioners they have to technically pass it off to the commission that reviews the petition, who then vote to like pass it on to their justice dept if they thing there is there-there, who then has a committee that reviews it and then if they decide there is there-there they then push it out I think then to parliament... something like that. Some guy describing the process on the news said the people involved in those processes have no real interest in this and it'll be dismissed at the first level, but that technically law says they have to go though the motions and the chances it even makes it past that first 3 person committee is close to zero.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at January 15, 2016 10:15 AM (MbrzC)

417 43 35 they should stop attacking each other and only attack the democrats.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 15, 2016 07:09 AM (gf8BH)

Well of course. But more than likely the NY Slimes Cruz smear was fed to them by the GOP-e and as we know the objective is to wipe out Trump and Cruz. And sadly, Trump wants to win - and I certainly would like him to win if Cruz falters - but doesn't care how he does it which is really sad. He has an opportunity in his candidacy not only to win personally but to advance the conservative cause and expose the Leftists and the GOP-e allies. I wish to hell he would realize it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

The conservative cause can best be advanced from the Whitehouse. I'm glad Trump's willing to do anything to win. I prefer Cruz, but without Trump's willingness to 'go there' on topics--illegal immigration and Clintons' war on women it would probably already be Jeb! and then Hillary! wins with a disarmed Jeb opposition like Romney and McCain and no issue like illegal immigration to bring out the base.

That being said, Trump in the Whitehouse is an unknown quantity as to conservatist results, but with Rubio Jeb or Christie as President, you know it will be more of the same, and the country can't stand that.

That's why I like Cruz and want Trump to keep firing.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 15, 2016 10:21 AM (kfcYC)

418 I was at a social gathering with people I know to be mainly middle of the road
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No, you thought they were mainly middle of the road, you were wrong, espeically when they told you they would vote for a admitted socialist and known criminal.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at January 15, 2016 10:23 AM (MbrzC)

419 323 Did Cruz say he was in favor of increasing H1B's by a factor of 5?

Posted by: WOPR at January 15, 2016 09:07 AM (LTDSy)
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You mean 500?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at January 15, 2016 10:36 AM (MbrzC)

420 The brits haven't met yet for the debate over Trump. I believe.

Cameron is a lefty idiot.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 15, 2016 10:37 AM (Xo1Rt)

421 328 This won't go over well with Trump supporters but I think it's kind of a shame that Trump can basically blow away competition in the primaries simply by elaborate stunts with money.
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I didn't see anyone object yesterday when the idea was floated here before he even did it.

Also the comment doesn't make much sense to me, showing 13hours to more people doesn't hurt Cruz, it doesn't hurt Rubio, jeb or really any republican. It might marginally help him (some goodwill) but I think it's more designed to hurt Hillary in IA. The more people have an idea wtf really happened in Libya the better for ANY republican. Because her losing IA, and then NH, sets Bern up get infusions of cash and media attention to actually keep fighting her, and yes she'll likely win many of the contests on march 1, but they might actually be contested, this keeps her on defense longer, makes he have to do events, interact with the press, anwser questions, you know....all the things she sucks at doing, all opportunities for her to step in sh1t. All of that helps who ever the nominee is, so long as that nominee is willing to actually bring up Benghazi.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at January 15, 2016 10:44 AM (MbrzC)

422 420 The brits haven't met yet for the debate over Trump.
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There is no debate over it till the above crap happens...and there will not be a debate about it on the floor... at least not for what's been said by Trump to date. Who knows what will be said in the future that those pansies will deem hate speech though.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at January 15, 2016 11:03 AM (MbrzC)

423 I didn't see the debate last night. Does anyone know if it was worse than Hitler?

Posted by: Guy Who Thinks Things are Worse than Hitler at January 15, 2016 11:32 AM (Z28wp)

424 Which candidate won't pander to the Saudis?

Posted by: bruce at January 15, 2016 03:10 PM (E7GGp)

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