EMT 1/16/16 [krakatoa]

I constantly promise myself that I will do an EMT with content this week.

I'm such a disappointment.

At least you have Vic.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 06:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde
Take it away Vic

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 06:05 AM (hk3Fb)

2 You typed three lines.

That is more than some of us can do.

Posted by: fluffy at January 16, 2016 06:06 AM (AfsKp)

3 Vic is all anyone needs.

Posted by: eleven at January 16, 2016 06:08 AM (qUNWi)

4 I had 7.3 hours on my SLEEP MACHINE and I feel rested for the first time in months.

Just a few weeks ago I thought I had Alzheimers. Nope. No sleep. This is such a weird feeling to actually be rested.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 16, 2016 06:08 AM (zp13i)

5 Good Morning Morons. Today is Saturday, January 16, 2016. On this day in 1919 the United States ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification. This was one amendment that should never have been brought up, much less passed and ratified. It was a huge mistake. It was repealed in 1933 with ratification of the 21st amendment. But by then organized crime had got a huge boost.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:09 AM (t2KH5)

6 At least 20 dead after Al Qaeda terrorists storm an upscale hotel in Berkina Faso. Never heard of this place? Me neither. It used to be called the Republic of Upper Volta and it is located in West Africa.

http://tinyurl.com/gsxhb7m

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:09 AM (t2KH5)

7 Recall all those polls back during the Summer that I said were not WAS because all they were was name recognition. Well Scankles is finding out they really were not WAS.

http://tinyurl.com/j7m5gwx

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:09 AM (t2KH5)

8 "The first reports in the case described a horrific scene in which a young woman was raped at gunpoint by the five teens while her father desperately searched for a police officer.

That picture soon changed. In addition to the other issues, neither the father nor the daughter could pick out any of the five teens in lineups."

Hmmm....

Posted by: eleven at January 16, 2016 06:09 AM (qUNWi)

9 Obama halts coal mining in WY on federal land using his pen and phone. Remember that most Western States are almost all federal land. I would like to see a Republican President turn over all the federal land in the West to the States.

http://tinyurl.com/z4tce8g

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:10 AM (t2KH5)

10 Yet another huge strike against the corrupt US Visa system.

http://tinyurl.com/jkwe4jp

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:10 AM (t2KH5)

11 And another strike.

http://tinyurl.com/jnvupdo

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:10 AM (t2KH5)

12 Schadenfreude: Black thugs storm Rhamn Emanuel's MLK breakfast.

http://tinyurl.com/zkz9nqj

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:10 AM (t2KH5)

13 Idiot Obama wants to spend $3.9B of your money on a pipe dream. I suspect there is a crony involved here.

http://tinyurl.com/zf3j8gm

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:11 AM (t2KH5)

14 Daily Beast Scankles worshiper attacks Republicans over the 13 hours movie made by Michael Bay. Republicans had nothing to do with it. And all should read Ace's review below.

http://tinyurl.com/jhqfjpc

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:11 AM (t2KH5)

15 A bill in Pakistan to ban child marriage failed because it was deemed "unislamic".

http://tinyurl.com/junlfpw

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:11 AM (t2KH5)

16 Bernie the commie has obtained the much sought after Shaun King endorsement.

http://tinyurl.com/jhwcggl

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:11 AM (t2KH5)

17 There is mounting evidence that Obama's corrupt state department forced those 10 sailors captured by Iran to apologize.

http://tinyurl.com/gpqs4q8

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:12 AM (t2KH5)

18 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina exclusively tells Breitbart News that Hillary Clinton should release all of her medical records.

Never will happen because the Scankles PR press will never publish it anyway.

http://tinyurl.com/gqctyhx

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:12 AM (t2KH5)

19 MM sounds off on Fox news. I have always said Fox news is not, and never has been, a conservative outlet. They are just less liberal than the other news agencies.

http://tinyurl.com/hgsdaqn

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:12 AM (t2KH5)

20 Fox plans a reboot of 24 with a cast that excludes white people. Another massive fail in the works.

http://tinyurl.com/hpdsoxq

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:12 AM (t2KH5)

21 Global Warming Worshippers (GWW) say the satellite data that shows no warming is lying.

http://tinyurl.com/grlcwru

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:13 AM (t2KH5)

22 The Anglican Communion has banned the Episcopal Church of America from representing Anglicanism on interfaith and ecumenical bodies, from taking part in internal committees, and from having decision-making powers on policy and doctrine for a period of three years.

The world body takes a dim view of the US church's support of gay marriage.

http://tinyurl.com/z2ubugq

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:13 AM (t2KH5)

23 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina compared Hillary Clinton to El Chapo, the Mexican drug lord who has escaped prison several times, and responded to self-proclaimed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently leading Clinton in polls.

She's right of course.

http://tinyurl.com/zhlbjxf

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:13 AM (t2KH5)

24 Ramirez

http://tinyurl.com/znc75g4

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:13 AM (t2KH5)

25 IBD: Is the US headed into a recession? No we are still in the 2009 depression. There never has been a "recovery".

http://tinyurl.com/hy9lptf

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:14 AM (t2KH5)

26 Meanwhile Obama is scheming to create another bank collapse in his regulations to force banks to loan to people who have zero chance of paying loans back and no worthwhile collateral.

http://tinyurl.com/htqsvb7

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:14 AM (t2KH5)

27 The Daily Deals

http://tinyurl.com/hk423of

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:14 AM (t2KH5)

28 Thank you, Vic.

G'mornin Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 16, 2016 06:15 AM (erRNA)

29 The whole Navy debacle has me so pissed off it isn't funny.
So far I gather
Sea craft in or near international water stranded receive assistance
That they were taken prisoner by
put in position on their knees hands behind head
Removed from their boat
Disarmed and had navigation equipment confiscated
Female crew member made to wear none regulation clothing
The commander made a statement against his military code
We will never know much about this event

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 06:17 AM (hk3Fb)

30 29 We will never know much about this event

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 06:17 AM (hk3Fb)

Sooner or later it will leak out. Too many people involved.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:19 AM (t2KH5)

31 I have my coffee and Vic's posts.

Thank you Vic, Sir!

Posted by: USA at January 16, 2016 06:19 AM (tfM+W)

32 Than you Vic

Posted by: ExPatPatriot at January 16, 2016 06:21 AM (IEpcU)

33 What really gets me is that most of the lastest inroads and indignities of the Muslim invasion is being done with the tacit approval of Europes so called leaders.

They too are being assaulted by agents of criminality and assault through the actions of their supposed leaders.

And it doesn't appear to be random it appears organized and with intent.

That's scary because if the elites have decided to eliminate an entire class of people then there's not much we or they can do legally until they are found out and ousted.

Meantime the invasions continues and our civilization falters.

And if it completely falls, things will get very bad, very quickly.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 16, 2016 06:22 AM (Xo1Rt)

34 Vic, what is WAS? and who is MM?

Need to check your jargon and acronyms for wide spread usage by those without TV's.

or provide a glossary.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 16, 2016 06:25 AM (Xo1Rt)

35 25 IBD: Is the US headed into a recession? No we are still in the 2009 depression. There never has been a "recovery".
____________________

Yes, except now with $10 Trillion more debt, and millions more Third World poor to support.

Thanks Obama!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 16, 2016 06:26 AM (a31sM)

36 Wal-Mart "peddles fiction" about the state of the economy by closing nearly 300 stores. 10,000 employees hardest hit.

Posted by: firefirefire at January 16, 2016 06:27 AM (of67s)

37 34
Vic, what is WAS? and who is MM?

Need to check your jargon and acronyms for wide spread usage by those without TV's.

or provide a glossary.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger 1.0 and All That at January 16, 2016 06:25 AM (Xo1Rt)

MM is Michell Maulkin as the story shows.
WAS = worth a shit.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:28 AM (t2KH5)

38 Satellite data was the gold standard, but didn't give the PC results .. so of course the source of data must be "impeached". Meanwhile they keep adjusting the ground readings to fabricate their results. sheeesh

PC values are worse that NY values it would seem, and they are widespread.

good morning horde ... microwaving a cup of coffee left from yesterday, while brewing the fresh one. standard procedure.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 06:29 AM (5Gpe2)

39 From this date in 1944- near the Rapido River in central Italy.

Jan 16, 1944 - The EZ Dog Journals
Little or no resistance to Rapido. Cef took San Elia. British preparing for assault on Majo. BBC put out the most awful story about how hard Trocchio was to take. What bunk!!! Windy and clear. We don't have any ammunition and howitzers are out of range so we are practically out of the war.

Interesting response to inaccurate reporting by the BBC. My dad wasn't much of a three exclamation point guy, so he must have been upset. Almost sounds a little like Vic there

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 16, 2016 06:31 AM (NeFrd)

40 Wal-Mart "peddles fiction" about the state of the economy by closing nearly 300 stores. 10,000 employees hardest hit.

Posted by: firefirefire at January 16, 2016 06:27 AM (of67s)

As was explained on the ONT, most of those closed stores were Wal-Mart Express stores, not the Wal-Mart mega stores. Wal-Mart tried for a niche market with their Express stores, but that niche is already occupied by the likes of Whole Foods. It was a failed business decision from the get-go.

Posted by: RickZ at January 16, 2016 06:31 AM (Ix+HS)

41 oops.

Cef = CEF = Corps Expeditionaire Francois = French Expeditionary Corps

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 16, 2016 06:34 AM (NeFrd)

42 26 Meanwhile Obama is scheming to create another bank collapse in his regulations to force banks to loan to people who have zero chance of paying loans back and no worthwhile collateral.
___________________

Let's hope Obama gets some credit for his work this time. Obama helped create the first market melt-down as one of the lawyers suing banks to force them to make home loans to unqualified minority borrowers (and then later as one of the senators demanding that Fannie and Freddie loosen lending standards and guarantee more shitty mortgage loans with taxpayer money). Obama never got credit for his work the first time around; claimed he had "inherited" the economic mess he helped to create from Bush. Bush certainly deserves some of the credit (he did, after all, champion the "no money down" home loan program), but Obama's efforts to destroy the real estate market and tank our economy should not have gone unpunished . . . er, I mean rewarded.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 16, 2016 06:36 AM (a31sM)

43 Yeah brag about your restful sleep. Been up for 8 hours and I'm about to start a 12 hour shift. I'd kill for four straight hours of sleep.

Posted by: ChocoCheese at January 16, 2016 06:37 AM (avYwU)

44 As if those idiots in Flint, Michiganistan don't have enough problems with muzzies, the cold, unemployment and lead in their water, now Michael Moore's fat ass is swinging by to pay them a visit.

Sean Penn can't be too far behind......

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 16, 2016 06:38 AM (ej1L0)

45 The latest conspiracy flavor of the month being spit-swapped by my leftist friends and relations is that the problems Chipotle is having is due to corporate espionage by the McDonald's-Monsanto Industrial Complex.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 16, 2016 06:38 AM (ppaKI)

46 When One of the Voices in Your Head is a Psychotic Pansexual Three Year Old...

What could be crazier than a grown man pretending to be a six year old girl? A special little snowflake with multiple personality disorder, one of whom is a psychotic pansexual three year old!

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10828

Posted by: The Political Hat at January 16, 2016 06:40 AM (vBeA5)

47 "it doesn't appear to be random it appears organized and with intent.

That's scary because if the elites have decided to eliminate an entire class of people"

too bad the general populace is asleep till things are caving in around them.
We have Holder on tape saying how kids have to be brainwashed on guns, told every day, not once a week. And the whole open borders thing has served only a few.

I put "free trade" in the same category of corruption, despite some feasible positive effects. It is globalism, and our trade supports oligarchs and corruption. American systems support a whole network of things (some we shouldn't), so it is not "fair" to trade with say China which essentially has slaves and pollution, and is an enemy.

But the left has used Holder style brainwashing to tell us "free trade" is how we achieve "world peace" or something. They don't care about a better world, the want dominance for "the 1%".

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 06:42 AM (5Gpe2)

48 I'm gonna roll back my nic. The 1.0 thing just isn't doing it for me.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at January 16, 2016 06:43 AM (Xo1Rt)

49 Interview Sean Penn, end up in the pen.

Posted by: Sean Penn at January 16, 2016 06:44 AM (GKF1b)

50 ICarly, if El Chapo can be jailed, doesn't that make Hillary worse?

Posted by: Sean Penn at January 16, 2016 06:45 AM (GKF1b)

51 42 Bush certainly deserves some of the credit (he did,
after all, champion the "no money down" home loan program), but Obama's
efforts to destroy the real estate market and tank our economy should
not have gone unpunished . . . er, I mean rewarded.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 16, 2016 06:36 AM (a31sM)

The CRA program started under Carter and was championed by Bwarney Fwank and Piss Dodd. But at that time it had no teeth. When Clinton got in the WH and was unopposed during his first two years he expanded the program and forced banks to make loans by changing banking regulations. But tevn then all was good during the massive housing bubble because when the CRA loans went bad the banks could repossess and turn them around to new unqualified buyers. Then the housing bubble burst and those repoed houses could not be resold and the banks had to eat them. Primarily Fanny and Freddy,

And who could forget Bwaney Fwank responding to Bush's call that trouble was on the horizon for FnF by saying everything was fine. There is a video out there that showed old Bwarney saying that just before collapse. Only Fox played iot and it only aired during that 2 hour special they ran on the collapse.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:50 AM (t2KH5)

52 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2016 06:50 AM (KCxzN)

53 chipotle is having their problems for one of two reasons.

their produce isn't clean or their employees aren't cleaning themselves of the food properly.

Since it's happening all over I think we can eliminate a nation wide slack off of personal hygiene.

Food "organically" grown is filthy with germs.

A google for bacteria on your carpet will shock you. (yes even you neat freaks)

That's if you allow outdoor shoes to be worn indoors or even if it only happens occasionally.

The outdoors is filthy with bacteria. Human and animal waste and the products of decay of vegetable matter is mostly what "dirt" is made up of.

By buying only organic foods, they guarantee that it will be covered in bacteria and some will even have penetrated the food itself awaiting the right conditions to begin to grow.

Industrial/Modern farming and gathering will eliminate the majority of the problem bacteria. Field worker hygiene also will go a long way to lowering the odds of an outbreak.

But primarily, food preparation is paramount to safe eating.

And for salads an other such cold items it's a big problem to do correctly and effectively.

Chipotle has failed somewhere in the chain from farm to table.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at January 16, 2016 06:51 AM (Xo1Rt)

54 I suspect the movie 13 hours won't be tied to Hillary or Obama. The 'culprits' will be 'them' those guys, those unnamed mysterious guys who who should have done something. Those mysterious CIA guys who operate in secret.

In the minds of the true believers, Hillary and Obama had nothing to do with it. It was the out of control CIA who is to blame.

Posted by: Benson, C.46 at January 16, 2016 06:53 AM (sQNox)

55 My spouse is cat iron with an 8" dia. nonstick surface. Do not judge.

Posted by: psychotic pansexual at January 16, 2016 06:54 AM (GKF1b)

56 54 In the minds of the true believers, Hillary and Obama had nothing to do with it. It was the out of control CIA who is to blame.

Posted by: Benson, C.46 at January 16, 2016 06:53 AM (sQNox)

Should review the Ace article below on the movie. It is a scathing documentary on the DoS who at the time was run by Scankles. And she was knee deep in it.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:55 AM (t2KH5)

57 "The latest conspiracy flavor of the month being
spit-swapped by my leftist friends and relations is that the problems
Chipotle is having is due to corporate espionage by the
McDonald's-Monsanto Industrial Complex."

Posted by: Citizen Cake

That former Greenpeace guy, Dr. Patrick Moore, is pushing Monsantos golden rice, goldenrice.org Monsanto gave free licenses for their technology. It could save millions ... so of course the organized leftist GM nuts do their best to block it at every turn. But don't dare call that genocide ... just like the DDT scare and Carson's "Silent Spring" nonsense ... which becomes accepted as fact because of some 24 year old singing a protest song.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 06:56 AM (5Gpe2)

58 Chipotle has failed somewhere in the chain from farm to table.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That

Do their restrooms have the "Employees must was hands" sign translated into Spanish?

That would be my guess.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 16, 2016 07:00 AM (GKF1b)

59 Just a few weeks ago I thought I had Alzheimers. Nope. No sleep. This is such a weird feeling to actually be rested.Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 16, 2016 06:08 AM

There may just be an association between lack of sleep and Alzheimer's according to an article on medical research I read recently. Apparently the human brain does a lot of 'housekeeping' when we sleep. Little or no sleep means little or no housekeeping. That's the theory anyway.

It's been proven in the past that after three or four sleepless days hallucinations set in. So I'd rate the theory plausible.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 07:04 AM (fbovC)

60 It's interesting that Breitbart dot com who appear 'all in' for Trump scored Cruz higher in the debates. They also have an article on Cruz 'doubling down' on New York values, in an exceptional criticism of NYC and NY state.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 07:08 AM (fbovC)

61 some of those other e-coli outbreaks in "organic" lettuce came from one or two places selling under different labels. Most of those evil chemicals the food industry designed are safe and keep bacteria out of various steps of the process. Start taking those protections out of the several links in the supply chain and problems crop up.

Even in the field, skipping the more efficient chemicals can mean more damage to the fruit/veggie ... which means more places for bacteria or bugs. But the left exaggerates the findings on how evil those chemicals are. Sure, if one drinks the concentrate from the bottle it would be bad ... so is dish soap.

"Better living through chemistry" applies to our food industry ... "organic" is mostly a step backwards, but a marketing ploy for PC nuts. As with global warming crap, it gives the nuts more control, and they have their agents in the FDA and EPA. (though I think the FDA is mostly pretty good still, scientists that really don't want to kill us off) heh

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 07:08 AM (5Gpe2)

62 Good morning Gentlefappers.

Got a ticket for the matinee showing of "13 Hours". I am torn between wanting to see and support the movie on opening weekend, and not wanting to snap in the middle of a public venue and shout obscenities about our CiC and Madam Secretary. I am so pissed about the sailors being forced to apologize that I'm on a hair trigger.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at January 16, 2016 07:11 AM (jR7Wy)

63 What's the point of storming a hotel in BF?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 07:11 AM (iQIUe)

64 Organic food has always been a massive scam by people to satisfy the liberal PC culture who have the scientific knowledge of a dog turd.

The crop yields are minuscule and the danger from bacteria is much worse than any perceived danger of chemical fertilizers.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 07:14 AM (t2KH5)

65 "Chipotle has failed somewhere in the chain from farm to table."

Presumably Chipotle gets their produce from the same Sysco or whoever trucks as McDonald's or Luby's or Cracker Barrel. I've eaten at Chipotle plenty of times w/o getting sick. Same with the others. Do Chipotle employees practice less personal hygiene? Can't say it's noticeable if they do.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 07:16 AM (rDIc2)

66 Didn't Hillary eat at Chipotle during her bus tours last summer? Or was that Taco Bell? Be nice if she could get food poisoning on top of her other medical conditions.

Not ever her iron will to power could overcome that.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 16, 2016 07:17 AM (GKF1b)

67 "I put "free trade" in the same category of corruption, despite some feasible positive effects."

Yes, we've been fucked by the Uniparty's "free trade." Free trade doesn't require armies of supranational technocrats to maintain. "Free trade" is anything but free. It's globalist fascism, pure and simple.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 16, 2016 07:21 AM (u5gzz)

68 The idea that you can hire some person off the street at minimum wage, hand them a knife, and have them give a crap about food safety is ludicrous.

Sorry but cutting up lettuce, onions, tomatoes, etc is the responsibility of people who are trained and certified or have much food service experience. Special snowflake wants to play with her iPhone, not worry about what could be crawling around in the lettuce.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 07:22 AM (fbovC)

69 I wonder if there's a link between employee personal phone useage and the food taint outbreaks. Cell phones tend to be nasty repositories of all manner of germs.

Posted by: filbert at January 16, 2016 07:26 AM (s5o+q)

70

DAY 1,166

297 to go (370 to Inauguration Day )

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

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 07:27 AM (zLP1L)

71 I used to be a libertarian-style free-trader; then I really started to read me some Hayek.

I'm a lot more of a reciprocal-trade guy now. I'll open our markets pretty much in accordance with how much you open yours.

Posted by: filbert at January 16, 2016 07:29 AM (s5o+q)

72 " Special snowflake wants to play with her iPhone, not worry about what could be crawling around in the lettuce."

you may have hit on it ... these kids text constantly ... so every phone gets inoculated with every germ source they encounter. Then they spread a variety pack of contagions to the food prep area, as they can't resist texting during work. Washing their hands doesn't work as they text while on the pot ... have to wash hands and phones, new procedure.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 07:29 AM (5Gpe2)

73 @67

Not to suck up to the head Ewok, but his point on the hidden costs of "FREE TRADE" were spot on and should be standard issue rhetoric and talking points for true conservatives.

Sure we can get cheap crap from China on the front end but on the back end we are paying for it in increased taxes to support the welfare of people who've lost manufacturing jobs, textile jobs, printing jobs etc. to the "global economy"

FREE TRADE AIN'T FREE!

Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 07:30 AM (WVvzl)

74 Remember that giant sucking sound, fuckers?

Posted by: Ross Perot at January 16, 2016 07:31 AM (u5gzz)

75 Teens have been working in food service positions for as long as we have had teens. What we are seeing now is an onslaught of managers who do not supervise them correctly in some of the chains.

Why are we not seeing these food poisoning cases in other restaurants at the same rate that Chipotle seems to be incurring?

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 07:34 AM (t2KH5)

76 I know someone in food service who is always bitching about the 'kids' and their cell phones. They get told, over and over, to put them away. Ten minutes later they're texting again.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 07:38 AM (fbovC)

77 Just noticed we are under 300 on JJ's count down, if we survived this long I'm sure we can hold on a little longer.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 07:38 AM (hk3Fb)

78 Morning all

I get EMT must mean "Eatly Morning Thread"? But it is still Emergency Medical Tech to me

Navy Sailors "Ordered" to apologize and break all rules?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:39 AM (gf8BH)

79 The jury in
the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter was one vote
from acquitting him of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Freddie
Gray, the most serious charge he faced, according to sources familiar
with the deliberations. Judge Barry G. Williams declared a mistrial

I assumed the opposite was true....But the courts have a long ways to go, with more Baltimore cops being accused...in such a peaceful city...

Posted by: Colin at January 16, 2016 07:39 AM (InayV)

80 Have Chipotle restrooms emit some signal. Force all Chipotle employees to install an app that *completely disables* the phone when it receives the signal. Then they will have no motive to use the phone when in the restroom.
Or have a medical technician periodically inspect phones.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 16, 2016 07:39 AM (GKF1b)

81 I guess I missed the Ewok ranting on "free trade". that has been my rap, usually rejected by the "comparative advantage" crowd. But comparative advantage has failed us, and our tech also migrates away.

Mostly it has been union types that have pushed against the globalist free trade, and their source was the only one I could find that gave real numbers on the comparative advantage breaking down. It really just transfers power to other countries, but profits the corps (and investors, others) since they are only about profit from anywhere.

This is why Trump could maybe win MI, PA, OH, even NY. Cavuto had some business guys on defending Trump on his tariff talk. They say he wants to start from a position of strength, and think that is smart. We have been making bad deals, but corps love it .... and they buy our politicians, on the cheap. I think this is the source of some of the establishment hate for Trump and the "America First" stuff. The message finally is getting a voice, they say "shut up".

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 07:40 AM (5Gpe2)

82 I work with a few guys like that doing construction, they do something than stand for a few minutes with their phone in hand

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 07:41 AM (hk3Fb)

83 Today's the day, folks!

Iran announces that the embargoes and sanctions against it are lifted, because some UN agency has certified that the Iranians are allegedly scaling back their nuke program.

Another victory for Choom Boy!

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif-idUSKCN0UU0C7

BTW: for those who seem concerned that I dislike Ted Cruzer, ask yourselves where he was when the Senate was giving the Mocha Messiah the green light to push this deal through....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 07:41 AM (ZPz7d)

84 Chipotle does NOT buy the same produce as other fast food restaurants. That's not true. They advertise they buy "local" and "organic" which means "Processed by Moondog Stopsign's nephew down the road" and "covered with human fecal matter because chemicals is bad, maaaaan".

They buy and produce literal SHIT BURRITOS and the millennial zombie leftist gobble it up and die.

You get cleaner food from a taco truck, no lie.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 16, 2016 07:41 AM (zp13i)

85 Why are we not seeing these food poisoning cases in other restaurants at the same rate that Chipotle seems to be incurring?Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 07:34 AM

Most of the other chains contract with a third-party for.preparation of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, etc. Professionals in other words.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 07:41 AM (fbovC)

86 The globalist "free trade" bullshit rests on an idea that's been thoroughly discredited.

Conservatives (myself included) were absolutely wrong to ever believe that "what's good for GM is good for America."

I used to believe that there was reciprocity between big business and labor interests. I've always supported business, because I thought that was the best way to support workers.

Recent events have proved that all to be complete bullshit.

Big business has bought our government and they're promoting an invasion to reduce our pay.

Fuck them.

Posted by: Ross Perot at January 16, 2016 07:42 AM (u5gzz)

87 Navy Sailors "Ordered" to apologize and break all rules?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:39 AM

Rules?

Damn, you're old....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 07:42 AM (ZPz7d)

88 Off sock.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 16, 2016 07:43 AM (u5gzz)

89 "Why are we not seeing these food poisoning cases in other restaurants at the same rate that Chipotle seems to be incurring?"

Well, that's my point. Beginning to think bullshit. Actual, real bullshit is fine, but this is trip-and-fall bullshit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 07:43 AM (rDIc2)

90 Moondog Stopsign

A weekend cob-logger I believe.

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 16, 2016 07:43 AM (nR0Hm)

91
MM sounds off on Fox news. I have always said Fox news is not, and never
has been, a conservative outlet. They are just less liberal than the
other news agencies.

I've dropped cable, so my exposure to Fox is limited, but I do have to listen to Kilmead's (Fox) radio show in the car in the mornings, and I get a full flavor of their 'new' outlook, believe me. Endless talking up Rubio, Kasich, and even Christie. Coverage inverse to their poll standings.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 16, 2016 07:44 AM (oVJmc)

92 I'm still hoping Hildabeast is forced to pull out of the running in a couple of months, just to watch the scramble for someone else besides the old commie.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 07:44 AM (hk3Fb)

93 Another pretty professional woman killed in central america. Glad AOP is coming home today. Tho not a woman, I'm sure he is professional and pretty.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 07:44 AM (iQIUe)

94 They will never indict Hillary before the election. The only way she is out is if she strokes out.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 07:45 AM (iQIUe)

95 Rules?

Damn, you're old....
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 07:42 AM (ZPz7d)

Yeah tell me about it.

Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:47 AM (gf8BH)

96 As I read somewhere this administration is acting like Iran's lawyer, nothing can stop Barak's legacy for starting peaceful relations with them. It really wouldn't surprise me if the boat crews called in and were told to give up do whatever asked and you and crews will be let go.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 07:49 AM (hk3Fb)

97 "nother pretty professional woman killed in central america. "

What's this?

And doubt AOP's pretty.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 07:50 AM (rDIc2)

98 Male and female Marine recruits are likely to continue training separately at boot camp, but the service will look at ways for further gender integration, Marine Corps Times has learned.

We will see...This Admin and that fuckin asshole Mabus are out to destroy the Military, especially the Marines and other elite fighting Units

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:50 AM (gf8BH)

99 Even a strong hint of a indictment on Hildabeast will kill a lot of support.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 07:51 AM (hk3Fb)

100 It really wouldn't surprise me if the boat crews called in and were told to give up do whatever asked and you and crews will be let go.
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 07:49 AM (hk3Fb)

Don't laugh, THAT is what today's reports are hinting at

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:51 AM (gf8BH)

101
Ted Cruz's "apology" to New York nails it out of the park. And by deftly enunciating the abject failure of liberalism in New York (and by extension elsewhere) he puts it out there for everyone to see. And guess who was once a Senator from New York?

By the way, Rudy screws the pooch by demanding Cruz apologize. He's establishment, as if we didn't know. I miss his mayoralty and thank him for that. But wrong on this.

Go Ted.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 07:52 AM (zLP1L)

102 We will see...This Admin and that fuckin asshole
Mabus are out to destroy the Military, especially the Marines and other
elite fighting Units

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:50 AM

It's still my belief -- and hope -- that the traditions, rules and regulations that have made our military great since the Revolution will ultimately prevail over the America-hating treason of Choom Boy and his camp followers.

If you can't believe in that, might as well pull the pin now....

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 07:54 AM (ZPz7d)

103 " As I read somewhere this administration is acting like Iran's lawyer, nothing can stop Barak's legacy for starting peaceful relations with them. It really wouldn't surprise me if the boat crews called in and were told to give up do whatever asked and you and crews will be let go."

Word. It was a set up.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 07:55 AM (rDIc2)

104 mornin'

Posted by: Weasel at January 16, 2016 07:55 AM (e3bId)

105 >>>BBC put out the most awful story about how hard Trocchio was to take. What bunk!!!

I like your dads writing style Seamus!

Wtf is going on with that Brooklyn rape case? I wonder if we are going to find out that girl was on drugs or intoxicated. I thought the incest claims were bunk but maybe not..

Posted by: Lea at January 16, 2016 07:56 AM (vmMMi)

106 It's still my belief -- and hope -- that the traditions, rules and regulations that have made our military great since the Revolution will ultimately prevail over the America-hating treason of Choom Boy and his camp followers.

If you can't believe in that, might as well pull the pin now....
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 07:54 AM (ZPz7d)

I sure hope so...There are still plenty of us who believe in that.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:57 AM (gf8BH)

107 El Chapo has 18 kids tho some of the older ones have been killed. All these women - beauty queens, state senator, get knocked up by him. Why? He's not attractive. Cant go any where nice. Do they think he will give them millions of bucks? Is it worth it? Money may dry up. Though I read that long after Escobar died, his widow and kids received money from other cartel leaders.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 07:57 AM (iQIUe)

108
NGU, Mr. Scribbler:

What has happened to the US military is treason, IMHO. My fervent hope is that the ordinary man or woman who wishes to serve his country or who are still in uniform represent the values and traditions of the historic US military. And that this "esprit de corps" and love of country carries over and stays alive through the next 12 months and serve to light the fire and burn out the socialist infection at the DoD.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 07:57 AM (zLP1L)

109 vic, I'm guessing Chipotle is more vulnerable due to their "organic" foods. They even have some "organic meats". Funny they claim to have "food with integrity" thanks to their non GMo stuff, and "organic" items.

But now that I think about it, I'm not sure if organic foods are more vulnerable to contamination once they've arrived at the store. There could be a layer of protective chemical residue still on some non-organic things that only gets washed at the last step, maybe. Or if the "organic"food is already breaking down faster, but not visibly, it could provide a better medium for the bacteria population to explode, I guess.

idk, I had one food science class decades ago ... I slept through most of it as it was right after working at a Kraft factory all night. Back in the days when people worked through college instead of going $100K in debt for that women's studies degree. ha

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 07:57 AM (5Gpe2)

110 I grow a lot of my own crops and I know what funky creatures are crawling around all over them. There's a type of slug (not native to this area) which can almost kill if you injest just a tiny cut up section of it. All my lettuce is carefully inspected, rinsed individually under running water. Somehow I don't think special snowflake really gives a damn. Professional food prep services do.

Rat lungworm is the name. They now have it in Hawaii.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 07:58 AM (fbovC)

111 103 I will certainly agree the whole thing sounds like bullshit. Or smells like bullshit. That's it. The whole thing smells of obozo and bullshit.

Posted by: Weasel at January 16, 2016 07:58 AM (e3bId)

112 By the way, Rudy screws the pooch by demanding Cruz apologize. He's establishment, as if we didn't know. I miss his mayoralty and thank him for that. But wrong on this.

Go Ted.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 07:52 AM (zLP1L)

yeah I am disappointed in Rudy also...And as we both know, as far as NYC is concerned, it is a shit hole and get's exactly what it deserves

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:58 AM (gf8BH)

113 What has happened to the US military is treason, IMHO. My fervent hope is that the ordinary man or woman who wishes to serve his country or who are still in uniform represent the values and traditions of the historic US military. And that this "esprit de corps" and love of country carries over and stays alive through the next 12 months and serve to light the fire and burn out the socialist infection at the DoD.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 07:57 AM (zLP1L)

From your lips to G-D's ears

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:00 AM (gf8BH)

114 Rat lungworm is the name.

I think I went out with her once in High School?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:01 AM (gf8BH)

115 "NGU, Mr. Scribbler:

What has happened to the US military is treason"

I know that's at NGU or Scrib' but damn.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 08:01 AM (rDIc2)

116 'Organic' doesn't scale to a major chain, sorry. That kind of volume requires mass controls, and thousands of local growers and multiple pipelines just don't exercise that level of decontamination and processing.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 16, 2016 08:02 AM (oVJmc)

117 And that this "esprit de corps" and love of country
carries over and stays alive through the next 12 months and serve to
light the fire and burn out the socialist infection at the DoD.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 07:57 AM

Makes it a wee bit more difficult when Choom Boy, his fluffers and the Senate are so eager to surrender to the enemy, doesn't it?

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 08:02 AM (ZPz7d)

118 I saw Rat Lungworm open for...ah, the hell with it.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 16, 2016 08:05 AM (u5gzz)

119 "That kind of volume requires mass controls, and thousands of local growers and multiple pipelines just don't exercise that level of decontamination and processing."

Heh, thus my point. They are coming off of trucks doing the same shit for any number of retail outlets.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 08:07 AM (rDIc2)

120 Mark Steyn occasionally makes reference to Burkina Faso.
http://www.steynonline.com/6376/the-lower-regions-of-upper-volta

Posted by: Obamaisacommunist at January 16, 2016 08:08 AM (AnkaJ)

121 Rat Lungworm played 2B for the Twins in the early 80's. Local kid, fan favorite. Went 0 for June, got sent back to the farm. Now sells used cars in Des Moines

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2016 08:08 AM (KCxzN)

122
Wal-Mart "peddles fiction" about the state of the economy by closing nearly 300 stores. 10,000 employees hardest hit.

Posted by: firefirefire at January 16, 2016 06:27 AM

That was an interesting list in the Daily Mail who had a breakdown. A bunch were little grocery stores in dinky towns which I gather was a flop. Most or all in Texas and they compete with H E Butt (HEB) or Fiesta or a local chain. Regular store closures were in Baltimore, Oakland or St Louis (if I recall), etc so maybe shoplifting "shrinkage" killing profitability and this is an opportunity with other closures to get rid of the "crime" stores with a cover story. And WalMart has overbuilt stores and Sam's all over the place. Little, low population towns and counties with huge stores that are almost empty. AND people don't have any money to buy as much crap. This will increase profitability for the productive stores.

Posted by: Lester at January 16, 2016 08:10 AM (2UPXV)

123 117 Makes it a wee bit more difficult when Choom Boy, his fluffers and the Senate are so eager to surrender to the enemy, doesn't it?
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 08:02 AM (ZPz7d)

Not to cast aspersions on the sailors from the Gulf until the full true story is revealed, but some poor soldier or sailor somewhere is going to find himself in a similar situation and is going to disobey SCOAMF and his stooge brass hats and engage with gunfire to protect himself and his troops.

And he'll catch hell for it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:10 AM (zLP1L)

124 That Power Ball wining couple in TN brought their Dog to the interview...that's nice. They seem like nice normal people.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:11 AM (gf8BH)

125 43 Yeah brag about your restful sleep. Been up for 8 hours and I'm about to start a 12 hour shift. I'd kill for four straight hours of sleep.

Posted by: ChocoCheese

Apparently John Wayne Gacey and Ted Bundy used to get a solid 8 hours sleep every night in prison. So you may be on to something there.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 16, 2016 08:11 AM (QdAXQ)

126 124 That Power Ball wining couple in TN brought their Dog to the interview...that's nice. They seem like nice normal people.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:11 AM (gf8BH)

Agreed. But it wasn't me, dammit.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:12 AM (zLP1L)

127 Since when does the State Department issue orders to Navy personnel. Must have come from WH. He could have refused it as an illegal order imho. That being said, I don't blame him a bit.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 16, 2016 08:15 AM (QdAXQ)

128 A judge who accused the Reagan administration of bigotry is expected to be confirmed Tuesday by the Republican-led Senate for an Obama-appointed federal judgeship in Minnesota.

Justice Wilhelmina Wright, who currently sits on the Minnesota Supreme Court, accused former President Ronald Reagan and Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1989 of helping white people avoid desegregated public schools,

CUE THE SHILL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:15 AM (gf8BH)

129 96 As I read somewhere this administration is acting like Iran's lawyer, nothing can stop Barak's legacy for starting peaceful relations with them. It really wouldn't surprise me if the boat crews called in and were told to give up do whatever asked and you and crews will be let go.

Posted by: Skip

I think the Obama administration is trying to lull Iran into a true sense of security.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 16, 2016 08:16 AM (QdAXQ)

130 I didn't see any mention Gitmo was emptied of 10% of the inmates this week.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:17 AM (hk3Fb)

131 When One of the Voices in Your Head is a Psychotic Pansexual Three Year Old...

What could be crazier than a grown man pretending to be a six year old girl? A special little snowflake with multiple personality disorder, one of whom is a psychotic pansexual three year old!

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10828
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 16, 2016 06:40 AM (vBeA5)

Once upon a time, peesikyatrysts were crazier than most of their patients, and would come up with these cockeyed diagnoses... These days it is assumed it is almost impossible to find a human being with more than one legitimately distinct personality.

Not impossible, but close enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 08:19 AM (Dj0WE)

132 Well I'm back.

As for Republicans confirming Obama judges they have a history of almost never fighting extreme Democrat picks. There has only been one that I know of that was Alcee Hastings who was convicted of accepting bribes.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 08:19 AM (t2KH5)

133 You New Yorkers and you're early moarings.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 08:19 AM (rDIc2)

134 Looks like Bill Cosby is gonna skate. Some preexisting deal he made about a decade ago. Local tv news.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 08:19 AM (fbovC)

135 130
I didn't see any mention Gitmo was emptied of 10% of the inmates this week.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:17 AM (hk3Fb)

They released 10 this past week and I posted a link to the story about it.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 08:20 AM (t2KH5)

136 It also wouldn't surprise me if Navy higher ups act like a direct order from Barak without getting one. That's how a lot of it works in all governments I think.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:20 AM (hk3Fb)

137 In other Paul Ryan is charlatan and a doofus news.

From the Hill..

"Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on
Saturday laid out key parts of a "bold" agenda that he said House
Republicans will put forward in the coming months.

Ryan
said the party will be focusing on national security, the economy,
healthcare, poverty and fighting President Obama's "executive
overreach."
"We can't just be an opposition party,"
Ryan said. "We have to be a proposition party. If we do not like the
direction the country is going in - and we do not - then we have an
obligation to offer an alternative.
"So in the coming months, we will put forward a bold, pro-growth agenda," he added. "It will show where we stand."
You already gave away the opportunity to have a legitimate agenda with the Omnisbus budget bill asshole.
YOU FUNDED EVERY TITTLE AND JOT OF OBAMAS AGENDA!

All you can do now is Kabuki you fucktard.

The GOP is a useless pile of junk.

Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:20 AM (WVvzl)

138 110 I grow a lot of my own crops and I know what funky creatures are crawling around all over them. There's a type of slug (not native to this area) which can almost kill if you injest just a tiny cut up section of it. All my lettuce is carefully inspected, rinsed individually under running water....

Rat lungworm is the name. They now have it in Hawaii.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript

Rat Lung Worm. Sounds delicious. Are you sure you're not supposed to eat it?

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 16, 2016 08:20 AM (QdAXQ)

139 We saw Michael Fassbender in Macbeth last night. Possibly the worst filmed Shakespeare play ever. Huge chunks omitted, mostly the interchanges that make Banquo, Macduff, Malcolm distinct characters -- they all blend together as one redheaded guy in beard and warpaint. Every shot is murky, even Birnham Wood ablaze. Every shot is fuzzy; the two assassin's blades might be the only distinct edges in the whole movie. Marion Cotillard makes Lady Macbeth entirely boring. How is that possible?

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 08:21 AM (j+aWk)

140 >>78I get EMT must mean "Eatly Morning Thread"? But it is still Emergency Medical Tech to me
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:39 AM (

I always think of it as emergency medical thread.

Posted by: Lea at January 16, 2016 08:22 AM (vmMMi)

141 Rat Lung Worm. Sounds delicious. Are you sure you're not supposed to eat it?
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at January 16, 2016 08:20 AM (QdAXQ)

Rat Lung Worm... isn't he the boss who tells you late on Friday afternoon that he's going to to need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 08:23 AM (Dj0WE)

142 Vic there in lies my problem, if it's not a direct link I've yet to figure it out how to do it even though I've had it explained. All these tiny urls are Chinese to me. And now this tablet I'd have to write it down then type it in.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:24 AM (hk3Fb)

143 Ah, Kreppy.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 16, 2016 08:24 AM (rDIc2)

144 Ted would be fine with me but he wanted 5x the H-1Bs at one point, and seemed flippy on the TPP and global "free trade", giving open borders Obama way too much control.

Nice to have a "true conservative" I guess, and he has massaged his message pretty well so can say the right stuff. But Trump has the real global trade experience, and real executive office type experience. Making executive billion dollar decisions, after having 40 consultants advising ... and still making a profit ... that is completely different that a senator giving speeches (while alienating most other R's).

Cruz is cornering the market on the evangelical Iowa voter, but Trump is looking to win NY and MI in the general. A president won't change much on abortion or gay marriage, though it might be nice to hear what Trump plans for SCOTUS appointees.

America First on trade, and on closed borders, rebuild the military, confront the Muslim jihad ... are the essential items. Trump can infiltrate some union voters. Being too divisive on "we hate NY liberals" can be as poisonous as Akin's position. It seems too much of an "us versus them" position, where them is not the DC cartel, but half the population.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 08:25 AM (5Gpe2)

145

I will soon be casting for Moron MacBeth! A not so original play by ME. Shakespeare & Wang -- has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 08:25 AM (iQIUe)

146 Rat Lung Worm. Sounds delicious. Are you sure you're not supposed to eat it?�

There are reports of people who years after having had rat lung cannot wear shirts or long pants because their skin is still so sensitive. There are victims who take daily doses of morphine to help them endure the nerve pain they still experience 2 and 3 years later. The inability to urinate, called Elsberg Syndrome, has been reported in other cases of rat lungworm. Rat lung victims may also experience hallucinations, disorientation, vision problems and visual impairment. Complete paralysis may set in. Short-term memory loss seems to be common in serious cases.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 08:25 AM (fbovC)

147
CUE THE SHILL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:15 AM (gf8BH)

Have not seen the shill for about two weeks.

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 08:26 AM (MQEz6)

148 142 And now this tablet I'd have to write it down then type it in.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:24 AM (hk3Fb)

You can't copy and paste a link?

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 08:26 AM (t2KH5)

149 Would the presence of female crew members make a male captain more apt to surrender? Not saying they can't aerve as well as their male counterparts, jusdt that this latest push for gender inclusion by this administration may be to make it more likely that captains will obry orders to surrender.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 16, 2016 08:26 AM (GKF1b)

150
We saw Michael Fassbender in Macbeth last night. Possibly the worst filmed Shakespeare play ever. Huge chunks omitted, mostly the interchanges that make Banquo, Macduff, Malcolm distinct characters -- they all blend together as one redheaded guy in beard and warpaint. Every shot is murky, even Birnham Wood ablaze. Every shot is fuzzy; the two assassin's blades might be the only distinct edges in the whole movie. Marion Cotillard makes Lady Macbeth entirely boring. How is that possible?

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 08:21 AM (j+aWk)

Watch Kurosawa's Throne of Blood with Toshiro Mifune. Macbeth reset in Samurai-era Japan. Awesome flick.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2016 08:27 AM (o98Jz)

151 "As for Republicans confirming Obama judges they have a history of almost never fighting extreme Democrat picks."

An Occam's Razor analysis suggests a very simple reason for this: The Republicans are not opposed to the Left. They agree with the Left.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 16, 2016 08:28 AM (u5gzz)

152
I saw Rat Lung Worm open for Whitesnake at the Cow Palace back in '89.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2016 08:28 AM (o98Jz)

153 There are reports of people who years after having had rat lung cannot wear shirts or long pants because their skin is still so sensitive. There are victims who take daily doses of morphine to help them endure the nerve pain they still experience 2 and 3 years later. The inability to urinate, called Elsberg Syndrome, has been reported in other cases of rat lungworm. Rat lung victims may also experience hallucinations, disorientation, vision problems and visual impairment. Complete paralysis may set in. Short-term memory loss seems to be common in serious cases.
Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 08:25 AM (fbovC)

...But ask your doctor if rat lung worm is right for YOU to treat your mild to moderate erectile dysfunction.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 08:28 AM (Dj0WE)

154 Regular store closures were in Baltimore, Oakland or St Louis (if I recall)

None on the list in the STL area. All seem to be SW, near Springfield.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 16, 2016 08:28 AM (oVJmc)

155 I see Michael Ramirez partly took my suggestion (I'm sure he didn't see my comment ) and drew Uncle Sam as a crew member on the Navy boat

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:29 AM (hk3Fb)

156 @144

I really think Ted stepped on his dick with the whole NY values thing.

I like Ted, I was born and raised in the Bronx 70's and 80's so I've seen first hand what the Democrats did to this city and there are conservatives in NYC we're just outnumbered.

So he should not have attacked the people but the politicians.

BIG MISTAKE.

I see he's trying to recover, I hope he does.

Trump/Cruz 2016 - SMOD!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:30 AM (WVvzl)

157 This may but don't think it can cut and paste, but even when I had a working computer I never could get it to work. Someone said you have to change the tiny url but I couldn't figure it out.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:32 AM (hk3Fb)

158 139 How is that possible?
Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 08:21 AM (j+aWk)

It's called "Hollywood."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:33 AM (zLP1L)

159 156 @144

I really think Ted stepped on his dick with the whole NY values thing.

I like Ted, I was born and raised in the Bronx 70's and 80's so I've seen first hand what the Democrats did to this city and there are conservatives in NYC we're just outnumbered.

So he should not have attacked the people but the politicians.

BIG MISTAKE.

I see he's trying to recover, I hope he does.

Trump/Cruz 2016 - SMOD!!!
Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:30 AM (WVvzl)

The people in New York put those politicians in office.

Cruz is right and his "apology" even more so.

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 08:33 AM (MQEz6)

160 Then

Captain John Paul Stephens: "I have not yet begun to fight!"

Now

SecState John Francois Kerry: "I have not yet begun to surrender!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:33 AM (wYnyS)

161 151 "As for Republicans confirming Obama judges they have a history of almost never fighting extreme Democrat picks."

An Occam's Razor analysis suggests a very simple reason for this: The Republicans are not opposed to the Left. They agree with the Left.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 16, 2016 08:28 AM (u5gzz)

Since we're talking The Bard.....

All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players

and more importantly

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2016 08:35 AM (o98Jz)

162 156 Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:30 AM (WVvzl)

Born and raised in Brooklyn, and lifelong New Yorker.
TOTALLY DISAGREE.

As I wrote upthread:

Ted Cruz's "apology" to New York nails it out of the park. And by deftly enunciating the abject failure of liberalism in New York (and by extension elsewhere) he puts it out there for everyone to see. And guess who was once a Senator from New York?

By the way, Rudy screws the pooch by demanding Cruz apologize. He's establishment, as if we didn't know. I miss his mayoralty and thank him for that. But wrong on this.

Go Ted.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:35 AM (zLP1L)

163 Yeah I don't think it will hurt Cruz but that all of New York took it like a insult which of course includes all of the MSM. He didn't do a thing and the whole New York bunch can pound sand as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:35 AM (hk3Fb)

164 Would the presence of female crew members make a male captain more apt to surrender? Not saying they can't aerve as well as their male counterparts, jusdt that this latest push for gender inclusion by this administration may be to make it more likely that captains will obry orders to surrender.
Posted by: Jeb Bush at January 16, 2016 08:26 AM (GKF1b)

I have no idea if that was the case here, but ALL studies say that is accurate, although the DOD would like to ignore that stuff.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:35 AM (gf8BH)

165 The Bard:

"Out! Out! Damned spot!"

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 08:36 AM (MQEz6)

166 @159

This is true, but besides the point.

Why would you attack the people?

The head Ewok lives in NY, I'm fairly certain the he didn't vote for Warren Wilhem or Cuomo.

Ted attacked him just as much as he attacked anyone else by you're reckoning.

Why would you do that?

It makes no sense.

Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:36 AM (WVvzl)

167 160 Then

Captain John Paul Stephens: "I have not yet begun to fight!"

Now

SecState John Francois Kerry: "I have not yet begun to surrender!"
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:33 AM (wYnyS)

Don't you mean John Paul JONES?

John Paul Stevens: "I have not yet begun to fuck with the Constitution - not the boat, the document."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:37 AM (zLP1L)

168
Cruz did not attack New YORKERS. He attacked New York VALUES - that being rabid socialism.

QED.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:38 AM (zLP1L)

169 Cruz is right and his "apology" even more so.�Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 08:33 AM

I read his 'apology' online this morning. It's probably six to eight paragraphs long. All Important sentences. Watched it on the television about 15 minutes ago -- edited down to two lousy sentences.

But Bus-Stop Buddy gets 10 minutes.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 08:38 AM (fbovC)

170 Not to cast aspersions on the sailors from the Gulf until the full true story is revealed, but some poor soldier or sailor somewhere is going to find himself in a similar situation and is going to disobey SCOAMF and his stooge brass hats and engage with gunfire to protect himself and his troops.

And he'll catch hell for it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:10 AM (zLP1L)
---
I would file it under "a duty to disobey an unlawful order".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at January 16, 2016 08:38 AM (jR7Wy)

171
Funny how those "tough" New Yorkers fucking lose their shit when someone doesn't kiss their ass.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2016 08:39 AM (o98Jz)

172 136 It also wouldn't surprise me if Navy higher ups act like a direct order from Barak without getting one. That's how a lot of it works in all governments I think.

That's the Chicago way. Your capos don't have to be told - they know what Himself wants, and, therefore, plausible deniability.

Posted by: Gem at January 16, 2016 08:40 AM (c+gwp)

173 Navy Sailors "Ordered" to apologize and break all rules?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 07:39 AM (gf8BH)

In recent training about getting captured, it's recommended to go ahead and "apologize" or whatever, as long as you are not giving away any secrets. Everyone knows you don't really mean it, and you might make you and your fellows situation a bit easier. Same with the woman wearing the hijab. You can also slip a little bit of information out if you are clever enough (not recommended). Like the Hawaiian good-luck sign or morse-code eye blinking.

That's probably what the LT was going by. Notice he didn't admit to "snooping".

Posted by: Jeff Weimer, FCCS(SW/AW) (ret) at January 16, 2016 08:40 AM (E1IKf)

174
166 @159

This is true, but besides the point.

Why would you attack the people?

The head Ewok lives in NY, I'm fairly certain the he didn't vote for Warren Wilhem or Cuomo.

Ted attacked him just as much as he attacked anyone else by you're reckoning.

Why would you do that?

It makes no sense.
Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:36 AM (WVvzl)

You mention exceptions, Cruz was pointing to the rule.

Deal with it, dude.

New York values cause plenty of problems and need reform more than anything else.

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 08:40 AM (MQEz6)

175 I agree with Cruz in that New York values can't teach me a thing.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:40 AM (hk3Fb)

176 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:37 AM (zLP1L)

Damn it, my abject apologies, I thought I had put that correction in!

Right you are!

Then
Captain John Paul Hones: "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Now
SecState John Francois Kerry: "I have not yet begun to surrender!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:41 AM (wYnyS)

177 In recent training about getting captured, it's recommended to go ahead and "apologize" or whatever, as long as you are not giving away any secrets. Everyone knows you don't really mean it, and you might make you and your fellows situation a bit easier. Same with the woman wearing the hijab. You can also slip a little bit of information out if you are clever enough (not recommended). Like the Hawaiian good-luck sign or morse-code eye blinking.

That's probably what the LT was going by. Notice he didn't admit to "snooping".
Posted by: Jeff Weimer, FCCS(SW/AW) (ret) at January 16, 2016 08:40 AM (E1IKf)

NOT in the recent Code of Conduct I took when I went OCONUS

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:42 AM (gf8BH)

178 171
Funny how those "tough" New Yorkers fucking lose their shit when someone doesn't kiss their ass.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2016 08:39 AM (o98Jz)

It's a "me thinks thou dost protest too much" thing. Leftists constantly blood libel and trash the rest of the country and specifically people as inbreds, Bible thumpers, gun nuts, racists, etc.

But Ted Cruz rightly decries New York VALUES and somehow he needs to be driven out of the public square.

Fuck. That.

GO TED.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:43 AM (zLP1L)

179 I would file it under "a duty to disobey an unlawful order".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at January 16, 2016 08:38 AM (jR7Wy)

I don't think the establishment recognizes that obligation anymore! When the Sun King speaks, everyone will obey!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:43 AM (wYnyS)

180 Then
Captain John Paul Hones: "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Now
SecState John Francois Kerry: "I have not yet begun to surrender!"
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:41 AM (wYnyS)

John Paul HONES? Better, but still . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:44 AM (zLP1L)

181 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:44 AM (zLP1L)

Then
Captain John Paul f'ing Jones: "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Now
SecState John Francois Kerry: "I have not yet begun to surrender!"

MOAR kauphy!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:46 AM (wYnyS)

182 150
We saw Michael Fassbender in Macbeth last night.

A couple weekends ago I watched Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight on Youtube.

It had been on my "must watch someday" list for ages.

It was fantastic. 2 thumbs up. One of the best Bard adaptations I've seen. There's a restoration making the big city art-house rounds, but for those of us in flyover country, YT will do.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:47 AM (HMt16)

183 New York values -- NYC newspaper with the statute of liberty giving Ted Cruz the finger. Classy.

Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 08:48 AM (fbovC)

184 I have not yet begun to sip chardonnay and smoke cigarettes at my favorite cafe while penning communist screeds.

Posted by: John Paul Sartre at January 16, 2016 08:48 AM (GKF1b)

185 Schadenfreude: Black thugs storm Rhamn Emanuel's MLK breakfast.

http://tinyurl.com/zkz9nqj

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:10 AM (t2KH5)

It couldn't happen to a nicer asshole. I hope they make his life miserable

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 16, 2016 08:49 AM (45oDG)

186 I think you mean John Paul Cajones.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 16, 2016 08:50 AM (NeFrd)

187 Western NY values - *WE* voted overwhelmingly for the Tea Party gubernatorial candidate (Carl Palladino) over Cuomo. Don't blame us.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:50 AM (HMt16)

188 Western NY values - *WE* voted overwhelmingly for the Tea Party gubernatorial candidate (Carl Palladino) over Cuomo. Don't blame us.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:50 AM (HMt16)

Where in Upstate NY?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 08:51 AM (gf8BH)

189 John Paul Jones...the guy in Led Zep who wasn't addicted to anything, right?

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:51 AM (HMt16)

190 WHO WAS HONES?

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 16, 2016 08:52 AM (yxw0r)

191 183 New York values -- NYC newspaper with the statute of liberty giving Ted Cruz the finger. Classy.
Posted by: The Annoying Guy Who Always Bitches About JavaScript at January 16, 2016 08:48 AM (fbovC)

Mort Zuckerman is leftwing asshole.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:52 AM (zLP1L)

192 190 WHO WAS HONES?
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 16, 2016 08:52 AM (yxw0r)

That's the Buckwheat pronunciation of "Jones."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:53 AM (zLP1L)

193 IBD: Is the US headed into a recession? No we are still in the 2009 depression. There never has been a "recovery".

http://tinyurl.com/hy9lptf

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:14 AM (t2KH5)

I couldn't agree more. And when people ask why is the market is tanking it's not because of China or any other phony excuse, it's because the lie of this economy is finally becoming apparent. And when it finally blows up I know the blame will go to everyone and thing besides Prezzy Shitforbrains

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 16, 2016 08:53 AM (45oDG)

194 Where in Upstate NY?

I said Western NY, not upstate. Not the same. Niagara County. Aside from the city of Buffalo itself, the whole WNY map was red.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:53 AM (HMt16)

195 Saw second blog article that the officer Porter case wasn't even close for the jury but yet the prosecution is going to try again

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 08:53 AM (hk3Fb)

196 189 John Paul Jones...the guy in Led Zep who wasn't addicted to anything, right?
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:51 AM (HMt16)

Although he once almost schtupped a transvestite.

See "Royal Orleans."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:54 AM (zLP1L)

197 Western NY values - pickup trucks with pro-2A, anti-Cuomo stickers.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:55 AM (HMt16)

198 197 Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:55 AM (HMt16)

There are some of us still in Hymietown who feel that way too.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:57 AM (zLP1L)

199 WHO WAS COJONES?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:57 AM (wYnyS)

200 they all blend together as one redheaded guy in beard and warpaint.
posted by Spellcheck

How very odd. That same aspect appeared in a review of 13 Hours.

Do all redheaded guys in beard and warpaint look alike now?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 08:58 AM (xq1UY)

201 And here I thought this was going to be a good day!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 08:58 AM (wYnyS)

202 63 What's the point of storming a hotel in BF?

There's an ongoing low-grade shooting war going on against AQ in Western Africa, and BF is part of it.

US considers BF an ally in the fight against AQ and has been running SpecOps missions out of there for at least 5 years. Used to do so out of neighboring Chad, too, but a coup there in around 2009-2010 made that a little tougher. Apparently, the hotel was where Western types would come and go.

Posted by: MarkW at January 16, 2016 08:59 AM (kQfoP)

203 My recollection in John Paul Jones the drummer not the Captain drank himself to death. I saw Led Zeppelin at the Nebworth festival twice in 1980

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 09:01 AM (hk3Fb)

204
198 197 Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:55 AM (HMt16)

There are some of us still in Hymietown who feel that way too.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:57 AM (zLP1L)

You are too few in number to make a dent in the Machine.

I'm from Western Mass. and it is the same deal there. There are Conservative/libertarian folks, but they are just scattered red drops in the big blue bucket.

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 09:01 AM (MQEz6)

205 North African men suspected of stoning transgender women in German city

Willkommen! Feel free to rape the women and kill trannies.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 16, 2016 09:04 AM (45oDG)

206 Cruz is trying to "tag" Trump with the NY values thing. It was poll tested for Iowa, and a theme he has designed, not a flippant comment. It's hard to judge how it affects average Joes, as blog readers often have different hypersensitive takes. The underlying point he is getting at is just the Trump is liberal at heart.

"NY Values" strikes me as too hard a stance, even if it works for Iowan R's. But many think it resonates, so I don't know. I like Trump not for his conservative history (obviously) but because he inspires a broad base of (disgusted) people. Cruz strikes me as more politician trying to say the right things to carve out enough Republicans to win Iowa. Which may work on us blogger people, but does Cruz inspire large crowds to cheer? Trump draws 10x the crowds, from what I've seen.

And to defeat the DC/NYC cartel, it may take a guy that knows how it works, from the other side. Cruz's big win was arguing against the World Court and Bush on not releasing a murderer, and other cases. Nice, but nothing like making a $5 billion business work. Trump needs to get up to speed on more policy though ... he's getting better. We'll see.

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 09:04 AM (5Gpe2)

207 Hrothgar it still might be if the Eagles still don't have a official coach by the end of the day.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 09:05 AM (hk3Fb)

208 One main problem is have with Trump is I don't think I've ever heard a policy proposal of his more than 8 words long.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 09:07 AM (hk3Fb)

209 Do all redheaded guys in beard and warpaint look alike now?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 08:58 AM (xq1UY)
yes.....ace said so

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 16, 2016 09:09 AM (0O7c5)

210
208 One main problem is have with Trump is I don't think I've ever heard a policy proposal of his more than 8 words long.
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 09:07 AM (hk3Fb)

Perfect.

Keep it short.

"Build a wall."

"No more refugees."

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 09:11 AM (MQEz6)

211 "I have not yet begun to forgive" --John Paul Two.

Jesus Saves, but John Paul Hones!

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:11 AM (xq1UY)

212
I'm spending Saturday morning getting measured by my tailor for the inauguration pantsuit. It will be customary black, and lined in purple to acknowledge my African-American roots. I also plan on wearing a stylish black yamaka with a small feather to cover both Jews and Indians.

Posted by: Sir Edmund Rodham at January 16, 2016 09:12 AM (OiFtZ)

213 Mel Watt, who is engineering the housing/loan debacle, is another example of the crony/clown incompetence of this administration. Not that it is an accident.

Watt's background: Dem U.S Representative from the most heavily gerrymandered district in the U.S. , as arranged by... the Dems.

That's it. Those are his qualifications to be Head of FHFA. From Obama's viewpoint, he is qualified because he is a leftist toady without regard for the well-being of the industry.

Watt is right up there with Foxx(Transportation), OPM, etc., etc. as demonstrably unsuited to the job.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:12 AM (n22zQ)

214 Where in Upstate NY?

I said Western NY, not upstate. Not the same. Niagara County. Aside from the city of Buffalo itself, the whole WNY map was red.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:53 AM (HMt16)

Everything past Harriman NY Exit 16 on the Thruway is Upstate to me..I went to Hamilton College outside of Utica and spent some time at FT Drum in Watertown. We have a Unit in Buffalo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:12 AM (gf8BH)

215 @209 Yeah, that was the review I was talking about. Something fishy here.
On any given hobo-hunting Saturday night, Ace is more likely than not to be a redheaded guy with a beard, and "warpaint." So there's like, that. Hmm.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:14 AM (xq1UY)

216 206 Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 09:04 AM (5Gpe2)

We'll see if the Trump "supporters" actually translate into Trump "voters." I suspect that they will.

That said, Trump is loud and boorish and not that well informed about the granular details of many issues. He also admitted at the debate that he was using the birther issue against Cruz because he was gaining in the polls. And to cite Laurence Tribe is a huge mistake; leftist Clinton supporter who will know be the go-to guy on this phony non-issue.

But in general, Trump's instincts - past verifiable wrong positions notwithstanding - though are spot on. He has struck a chord with America's justifiable rage of what has happened to the nation.

I really like Cruz a lot. He is my #1 candidate. I will vote Trump if he gets the nod. But Cruz would be an outstanding president. I think he really has the skills and the stones to stop the direction we're going and perhaps begin turning it around.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 09:14 AM (zLP1L)

217 Cruz is trying to "tag" Trump with the NY values thing. It was poll tested for Iowa, and a theme he has designed, not a flippant comment. It's hard to judge how it affects average Joes, as blog readers often have different hypersensitive takes. The underlying point he is getting at is just the Trump is liberal at heart.

I think this is exactly right.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:14 AM (rwI+c)

218 Western NY values - pickup trucks with pro-2A, anti-Cuomo stickers.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 16, 2016 08:55 AM (HMt16)

Or to put it another way: American values.

As distinct from "New York values." This gets to be one of those things Goldstein used to argue about on his blog (which I assume still exists in some form). It's about language and the intentions of the speaker, which MUST be given higher value than the listener's interpretation.

If you know what Cruz means by "New York values," and I've argued that any conservative living in New York probably knows what he means better than I do, because I don't live there, then getting upset by it because you are in New York has essentially NOTHING to do with Ted's words, but your own choice to be upset.

His meaning trumps (pun intended) your interpretation. You don't have to like it, but there it is.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 09:15 AM (TOk1P)

219 One main problem is have with Trump is I don't think I've ever heard a policy proposal of his more than 8 words long.
Posted by: Skip
-----------------
Mr. Trump, can you comment on the situation with the Kurds?

"When I'm President, I'll make deals, yuuuge deals. I'll make a yuuuge deal with the Kurds!"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:15 AM (n22zQ)

220 I talk of New York I always think city not state, I assume maybe wrongly that just like Pennsylvania big cities are blue the rest red.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 09:16 AM (hk3Fb)

221
"Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on

Saturday laid out key parts of a "bold" agenda that he said House

Republicans will put forward in the coming months.

Ryan

said the party will be focusing on national security, the economy,

healthcare, poverty and fighting President Obama's "executive

overreach."
"We can't just be an opposition party,"

Ryan said. "We have to be a proposition party. If we do not like the

direction the country is going in - and we do not - then we have an

obligation to offer an alternative.
"So in the coming months, we will put forward a bold, pro-growth agenda," he added. "It will show where we stand."
You already gave away the opportunity to have a legitimate agenda with the Omnisbus budget bill asshole.
YOU FUNDED EVERY TITTLE AND JOT OF OBAMAS AGENDA!

All you can do now is Kabuki you fucktard.

The GOP is a useless pile of junk.

Posted by: Kreplach at January 16, 2016 08:20 AM (WVvzl)
This.
No amount of playacting at this point is going to get them out from under that vote. Every freaking one of them (other than Dave Brat and Jeff Sessions and a very few others) ought to be tarred, feathered and run out of DC on a rail.

Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 09:16 AM (NPofj)

222 "It's a "me thinks thou dost protest too much" thing. Leftists constantly
blood libel and trash the rest of the country and specifically people
as inbreds, Bible thumpers, gun nuts, racists, etc."

yeah, and that is why Ted can rally the base that way. But the left has the media and Hollywood, so the rules are different for them. Trump manages to circumvent much of that due to his fame. Cruz doesn't have that, and is known to average Joe as that conservative filibuster guy.

But the RNC may be pushing R's to rally behind Cruz, and prefer him over Trump? Or do they secretly prefer Hillary over either?

Posted by: Illiniwek at January 16, 2016 09:16 AM (5Gpe2)

223
Interesting that Cruz's comments get blasted and played over and over while his reference to the Trump/Russert 2008 interview is totally IGNORED.

It puts his NY Values comment into total context, so it must be ignored.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 09:16 AM (zLP1L)

224 I really like Cruz a lot. He is my #1 candidate. I will vote Trump if he gets the nod. But Cruz would be an outstanding president. I think he really has the skills and the stones to stop the direction we're going and perhaps begin turning it around.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton
-------------------

I find it impossible to take Trump seriously. That does not mean that he is not a force to be reckoned with, but so is Hillary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:17 AM (n22zQ)

225 I want Jeff Sessions to go Independent. The man can be Senator as long as he wants to be without help from the Party.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:17 AM (rwI+c)

226 ny owes America an apology ......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 16, 2016 09:18 AM (0O7c5)

227 My first time ever posting here so...... Post, post, post, post. Oh God that felt good.

Posted by: Captain Marlowe at January 16, 2016 09:18 AM (xMhVJ)

228 ca owes America an apology.....illinois.....michigan.....not so much the states themselves.....but definitely their cities......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 16, 2016 09:19 AM (0O7c5)

229 My first time ever posting here so...... Post, post, post, post. Oh God that felt good.
Posted by: Captain Marlowe
------------------------------

Hmm. Be careful, don't overexert yourself. Think long-term.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:20 AM (n22zQ)

230 Everything past Harriman NY Exit 16 on the Thruway is Upstate to me
And anything west of 37th is Hoboken, right?

http://tinyurl.com/zkhxlva

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:20 AM (xq1UY)

231 captain marlowe

well.....welcome....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 16, 2016 09:20 AM (0O7c5)

232 arizona needs to apologize for mccain.....and napalitano

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 16, 2016 09:21 AM (0O7c5)

233 "When I'm President, I'll make deals, yuuuge deals. I'll make a yuuuge deal with the Kurds!"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:15 AM (n22zQ)

"Can you elaborate?"
"The Kurds love me. We'll make massively yuuuge deals. Tremendous, tremendously great deals. You won't believe how tremendous and yuge."

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 16, 2016 09:23 AM (yxw0r)

234 "When I'm President, I'll make deals, yuuuge deals. I'll make a yuuuge deal with the Kurds!"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:15 AM (n22zQ)

"Can you elaborate?"
"The Kurds love me. We'll make massively yuuuge deals. Tremendous, tremendously great deals. You won't believe how tremendous and yuge."
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 16, 2016 09:23 AM (yxw0r)

100% true, he is so full of shit.....BUT BUT BUT How exactly does that make Trump any different from the other Candidates?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:25 AM (gf8BH)

235 Trump doesn't elaborate.Elaborating is for looosers.

Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2016 09:25 AM (8HTq1)

236 "Can you elaborate?"
"The Kurds love me. We'll make massively yuuuge deals. Tremendous, tremendously great deals. You won't believe how tremendous and yuge."
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts
----------------

"I'm leading Ted Cruz among Kurds by ten points!"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:26 AM (eeTCA)

237 227
My first time ever posting here so...... Post, post, post, post. Oh God that felt good.

Posted by: Captain Marlowe at January 16, 2016 09:18 AM (xMhVJ)

And now you'll spend the day locked in the bathroom, sobbing on the phone to your mother.
Don't worry, it gets easier.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 16, 2016 09:26 AM (yxw0r)

238 My wife thought rat ringworm was a STD that I'd given her!

Posted by: Bill in Chappaqua at January 16, 2016 09:26 AM (hrMUT)

239 So, they (the politicians) all lie.

Do I vote for the one who lies the least?

Or do I vote for the one whose lies I agree with the most?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 16, 2016 09:28 AM (1ijHg)

240 You could do worse than a yuuge deal with the Kurds. And not being specific about just what that deal would be? Diplomatic genius. Dumb like fox.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:28 AM (xq1UY)

241 WhatWhatWhat: Friends saw Chimes at Midnight at Film Forum last week. They report that the digital sharpening was brilliant. Apparently every version available until now was copied from the same 16mm print.

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 09:28 AM (j+aWk)

242 Do I vote for the one who lies the least?

Or do I vote for the one whose lies I agree with the most?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 16, 2016 09:28 AM (1ijHg)

Yes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:30 AM (gf8BH)

243 100% true, he is so full of shit.....BUT BUT BUT How exactly does that make Trump any different from the other Candidates?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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If the man demonstrated ANY knowledge and understanding of history/policy beyond what I would term 'The retail', then I might develop some enthusiasm. Absent that, I am reminded of Scrooge McDuck sitting in his vault and rapturously playing with his money.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:30 AM (eeTCA)

244 My first time ever posting here so...... Post, post, post, post. Oh God that felt good.

Posted by: Captain Marlowe

****

Don't do that too much, you'll be burdened with hand babies in the afterlife.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 16, 2016 09:30 AM (NeFrd)

245 203: John Bonham was the drummer for Led Zep. He drank himself to death. F.Y.I.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 16, 2016 09:31 AM (ucDmr)

246 Calm the f down guys. Those sailors had it easy. Just an apology and a rag on the head. Back in my day I had to wound my self in the ass with my own weapon while I was trying to surrender.

Posted by: John Kerry at January 16, 2016 09:31 AM (c7vUv)

247 If we're doing Shakespeare Quotes, I was freshly reminded of this gem in the Cumberbatch Hamlet last month:
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.

Which inspired this great Nick Lowe song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrVrZJAFSo&feature=youtu.be&t=14s

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 09:31 AM (j+aWk)

248 Marlowe, Marlowe...I've seen that name before.

Is it Chris, Phil, or Hugh?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:32 AM (xq1UY)

249 Iran announces that Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and three Iranian Americans have been freed from prison
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.

BBC

????

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:34 AM (gf8BH)

250 I love me some Cruz and his legal brilliance, but Trump has a history of successful senior executive management experience. The presidency does not demand a detail oriented parsing paragraphs approach, it requires a policy setting approach, with the details implemented by trusted empowered associates. Trump would not retain as a trusted employee anyone that really screwed up, they'd be gone in days if not hours.

As far as short policy statements go, "We win, they lose!" comes to mind.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 09:34 AM (wYnyS)

251 Sooner or later it will leak out. Too many people involved.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 16, 2016 06:19 AM (t2KH5)

Tragic Chinook crash.

Posted by: socksocksock at January 16, 2016 09:34 AM (q2o38)

252 Diplomatic genius. Dumb like fox.
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Perhaps, but I would be reassured if only there was more evidence to distinguish between 'Dumb' and 'Dumb like a fox'. Piles of money don't do the job. There are plenty of reprehensible folk possessed of lots of money and not much in the way of brain power.

See: Al Gore

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:35 AM (n22zQ)

253 As far as short policy statements go, "We win, they lose!" comes to mind.
Posted by: Hrothgar
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That is very different then, "I'd make a deal".

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:36 AM (n22zQ)

254 If we're doing Shakespeare Quotes, I was freshly reminded of this gem in the Cumberbatch Hamlet last month:
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.
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"His first failing was that he sacrificed virtue to convenience." - Dr. Johnson re Shakespeare

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:38 AM (n22zQ)

255 After new China tarriffs, all dollar stores in America become $1.45 stores. For that reason alone, Trump must be stopped.

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 09:39 AM (j+aWk)

256 Tariffs. Mortified.

Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 09:40 AM (j+aWk)

257 If Trump were not strong on reducing and controlling immigration, would he have any other appeal? Not to me at any rate. He is, at best I think, a Northeast Liberal Republican.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:41 AM (rwI+c)

258 So I got this yesterday:

https://tinyurl.com/znxk2uo

I never had any of their albums, and the commenters are raving about the sound, so buying it was a no-brainer. I like what I've heard so far.

Posted by: rickl at January 16, 2016 09:42 AM (sdi6R)

259 Tariffs. Mortified.
Posted by: Spellcheck
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* issues 'handwave' indulgence *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:42 AM (n22zQ)

260 Scrooge McDuck sitting in his vault and rapturously playing with his money

Carl Banks. Objectivist.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:42 AM (xq1UY)

261 Plus, honestly, I can't stand to listen to the guy. I know that a lot of people watch his apprentice shows and so they have become used to his rambling mode of communication but his disjointed sentences drive me up the wall.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:43 AM (rwI+c)

262 As you may remember, I went to his rally here and I swear, half the time I didn't know what he was talking about.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:43 AM (rwI+c)

263 He is, at best I think, a Northeast Liberal Republican.
Posted by: Grump928
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When did 'Rockefeller Republican' fall from usage?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:44 AM (n22zQ)

264 I talk of New York I always think city not state, I
assume maybe wrongly that just like Pennsylvania big cities are blue
the rest red.

Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2016 09:16 AM (hk3Fb)

Correct, The city I live near is blue, all the suburbs are red.

Posted by: Colin at January 16, 2016 09:44 AM (InayV)

265 When did 'Rockefeller Republican' fall from usage?

Good reminder. I don't know if most voters even remember Rockefeller anymore.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:45 AM (rwI+c)

266 Cartel expert says Sean Penn, del Castillo could be in serious danger

It would be an awful shame if anything happened to him.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 16, 2016 09:45 AM (45oDG)

267 263
When did 'Rockefeller Republican' fall from usage?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:44 AM (n22zQ)

It became superfluous when George HW Bush was elected.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 09:47 AM (zLP1L)

268 265 When did 'Rockefeller Republican' fall from usage?

Good reminder. I don't know if most voters even remember Rockefeller anymore.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:45 AM (rwI+c)

I sure as hell do. When he gave the finger to the hippies was his shining hour. Trying to destroy Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and essentially embracing the New Deal makes him less than stellar.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 09:48 AM (zLP1L)

269 256 Tariffs. Mortified.
Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 09:40 AM (j+aWk)
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Right you are Doc. It would be our economi ruin.

I wonder why Obama never did it?

Posted by: MTF at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (TxJGV)

270 Good morning. Erp.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (dFi94)

271 Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:43 AM (rwI+c)

It is just evidence that illegal immigration is by far the most important issue to voters on the Right. So much so that they can ignore Trump's prior statements and positions on immigration in favor of his present over the top positions.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (MNgU2)

272 It became superfluous when George HW Bush was elected.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 09:47 AM (zLP1L)

And we should have picked up on the "Bush Republicans" term for Jebbie!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (wYnyS)

273 265
I don't know if most voters even remember Rockefeller anymore.
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:45 AM (rwI+c)

Oh I do. You don't forget a thing like that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller#Death

Posted by: Megan Marshack at January 16, 2016 09:50 AM (sdi6R)

274 EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee!!!!!

The Criterion Collection is going release-

Whit Stillman's "Barcelona" on Blu-ray on April 19th

This is a great pro-American, pro-American Exceptionalism, cross-cultural romance, life-choices, responsibilities of friendship, Americans in Europe, Cold War framed movie presented as a delightful though somewhat dark comedy of manners.

This movie has been out of print for since 1994.

For me, this movie is in my Top Ten and if you've not seen it-

absolutely worth a first day, blind purchase.

However, if you wish to check it out without blind buying-

Amazon video has it for rent for $3.99.

Give that a shot and have an awesome Saturday Night Movie Night.

I'm jealous of you who get to see "Barcelona" for the first time.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2016 09:50 AM (KUa85)

275 It is just evidence that illegal immigration is by far the most important issue to voters on the Right.

I agree. And yet the party continues to serve their corporate masters in this matter.

It's telling.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:51 AM (rwI+c)

276 Iran state TV announces release of 4 dual-nationality prisoners without revealing names

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:51 AM (gf8BH)

277 Good reminder. I don't know if most voters even remember Rockefeller anymore.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of
equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:45 AM (rwI+c)
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I do. My father used to brag that he was a "Rockefeller Republican". Not like those other icky Republicans.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 09:51 AM (dFi94)

278 Wow- i guess my phone has been unbanned!

Posted by: MTF at January 16, 2016 09:51 AM (TxJGV)

279 One party, two faces.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:52 AM (rwI+c)

280 Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (MNgU2)

It's a sad day for the US when we get motivated to support a presidential candidate because he says one or two things that we believe are critical to the future of the country and think he's actually likely to do and isn't lying to us to lure us into voting for him.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 09:52 AM (wYnyS)

281 The Criterion Collection is going release-

Whit Stillman's "Barcelona"
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Moar coffee. I read that as "Slim Whitman's La Paloma"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:53 AM (n22zQ)

282 Whit Stillman? He sure could yodel.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:53 AM (xq1UY)

283 274 I'm jealous of you who get to see "Barcelona" for the first time.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 16, 2016 09:50 AM (KUa85)

That would be me. Will have to check if it's on Netflix.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 09:54 AM (zLP1L)

284
noah kulwin

the cool thing about people who grew up in New York City is that they helpfully remind you where they're from ever 20 minutes, or they die

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 09:54 AM (iQIUe)

285 I like Slim Whitman. And I adore anyone who can yodel properly.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 09:54 AM (dFi94)

286 Moar coffee. I read that as "Slim Whitman's La Paloma"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:53 AM (n22zQ)

282 Whit Stillman? He sure could yodel.
Posted by: Stringer Davis
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I'll bring you a cup.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (n22zQ)

287 Jesus, hammer. Great minds, same gutter.
"I Remember You" should live forever, though.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (xq1UY)

288 Iran media is calling it a "prisoner swap", but no mention of who we sent back, if anyone.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (2cS/G)

289 It's looking like there may have been some side deal to release the 4 Amiercans in Iran before they get 1.5 Billion...not a bad deal for Iran...Oh and they get the Bomb also

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (gf8BH)

290 What's funny, in a sad and pitiful way, is the fact the press is reporting that we've destroyed millions of dollars of ISIS cash that will hurt their efforts at the same time they are reporting on the effort of Obama administration to sew up the Iran deal and release billions of dollars to Iran. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (MNgU2)

291 Whit Stillman? He sure could yodel.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:53 AM (xq1UY)

Not as well as Walt Whitman, although he mostly gargled!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (wYnyS)

292 I'm enjoying reading these last precious political posts for the weekend. I don't get a chance to post or read much M-F, then on weekends it's all gardening and books and football and video games here, and I'm a red-thumbed noise addict who's not into professional sports.

Posted by: iforgot at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (YOxw1)

293 Iran releases its hostages?

Somebody shoukd wake Obama up and tell him. He will want to take credit before heading off to Palm Beach for afternoon golf.

Posted by: MTF at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (TxJGV)

294 So....US did a prisoner swap with Iran.

I am very happy the Obama admin got off their butts and took care of a few Americans abroad. I know how weird that must have been for them, as it's not their SOP. However, prisoner swaps are so wrong.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (NOIQH)

295 Posted by: Spellcheck at January 16, 2016 08:21 AM (j+aWk)

That's too bad; It's such a wonderful play.

I don't know of any film adaptations of it, unlike "Hamlet" or "Romeo and Juliet" which have so many.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2016 09:56 AM (M+RRn)

296 Iran media is calling it a "prisoner swap", but no mention of who we sent back, if anyone.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 16, 2016 09:55 AM (2cS/G)

A swap? Shit we're gong to be taken like Grant took Richmond

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:56 AM (gf8BH)

297 Yeah old Walt "sang the body electric." IYKWIM.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:56 AM (xq1UY)

298 >>most of those closed stores were Wal-Mart Express stores,

Well, that's good, I guess, instead of the big ones.

They've opened two "Neighborhood Markets" here in the last couple years. I have not been in either.

They're trying to get land to build a new (big) one but so far the city has tripped over itself, with help from neighbors who didn't want the store in a certain location.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 16, 2016 09:57 AM (nXeSu)

299
Baaaaaaaaaaar-sssssaaaaayaaa-loooonaaaHAAAAAA!

Ooooooodle-Dooooooooooodle-daaaaaaayyyyeeeeee!!

Ahhhhhhh-haaaaaaaa!!!!

*martian heads explode*

Posted by: Slim Whitman's "Barcelona" at January 16, 2016 09:57 AM (KUa85)

300 Roy Rogers does some yodeling. I used to love watching the Roy Rogers show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u00Y11x16V0

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 09:57 AM (dFi94)

301
271 Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commenter of equal or greater value at January 16, 2016 09:43 AM (rwI+c)

It is just evidence that illegal immigration is by far the most important issue to voters on the Right. So much so that they can ignore Trump's prior statements and positions on immigration in favor of his present over the top positions.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (MNgU2)

Over the top?

How so?

Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 09:58 AM (MQEz6)

302 I love me some Cruz and his legal brilliance, but
Trump has a history of successful senior executive management
experience. The presidency does not demand a detail oriented parsing
paragraphs approach, it requires a policy setting approach, with the
details implemented by trusted empowered associates. Trump would not
retain as a trusted employee anyone that really screwed up, they'd be
gone in days if not hours.

As far as short policy statements go, "We win, they lose!" comes to mind.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 09:34 AM (wYnyS)

Although I think Trump is dead right on immigration and refugees and I LOVE how he doesn't apologize over PC bullshit, I have to disagree that the Presidency doesn't demand detail orientation. Reagan ("We win, you lose!") was very detail oriented about the philosophy of conservatism. His writings and speeches both before he was elected and after show deep thought and cohesive conservatism.
That is my issue with Trump... he can be right but he has never had a philosophy other than the art of the deal which has literally required him to be part of the kleptocracy. That is why he spouts off about tariffs and single payer healthcare without a clue as to why conservatives would object to those positions.

Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 09:58 AM (NPofj)

303 @295 Fenelon, it was Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. What made him a star.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 09:58 AM (xq1UY)

304 Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 16, 2016 09:56 AM (gf8BH)

So long as Kerry and Obama are in charge, you know we'll suspend any pretense at having standards or principles just to sucker the rubes and support our enemies!!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 09:58 AM (wYnyS)

305 289 It's looking like there may have been some side deal to release the 4 Amiercans in Iran before they get 1.5 Billion.
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At first i was just gonna correct your decimal point placement and then I realized you might be right, and Obama loaded on another billion and a half to buy off the Iranian government terrorists.

Worth asking them about....

Posted by: MTF at January 16, 2016 09:59 AM (TxJGV)

306 I don't know if Chipotle gets its stuff from Sysco. If it does, Sysco gots a problem. But Sysco - for all its faults - generally doesn't send its downstream customers to the hospital

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 16, 2016 09:59 AM (6FqZa)

307 Last night, SpaceX conducted a static test fire of the recovered first stage from December's Orbcomm-2 mission.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688173528017850368

It was the first time in history that a recovered first stage from an orbital mission was returned to the launch pad and test fired, so there's that.

Posted by: rickl at January 16, 2016 10:00 AM (sdi6R)

308 Fox was just saying that we are releasing maybe 7 prisoners in exchange for the Americans held in Iran. I'm sure we'll get more detail from the admin soon. Not.

Heck, for all we know we've been releasing Gitmo prisoners at their request - we just release 10 Yemenis to Qatar. Really bad dudes. Who is he doing that for?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2016 10:00 AM (NOIQH)

309 @295 Fenelon, it was Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. What made him a star.

Oh, yes; I was forgetting that. For some reason I thought it was "Hamlet".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2016 10:00 AM (M+RRn)

310 We saw Michael Fassbender in Macbeth last night. Possibly the worst filmed Shakespeare play ever.

A really good adaptation was a Robert Goold directed play where Patrick Stewart performs a contemporary Macbeth in a totalitarian soviet dictatorship during the cold war. It is vicious and dark. Lady Macbeth is cold blooded in her cruelty. The witches are three horrifying nurses. Great performances all around.

I believe that BBC filmed a 2010 performance and you can watch it on PBS or I think it is free on Amazon Prime. I was lucky enough to see it earlier in London.

Posted by: bananaDream at January 16, 2016 10:02 AM (Ag8Mw)

311 Last night, SpaceX conducted a static test fire of the recovered first stage from December's Orbcomm-2 mission.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688173528017850368

It was the first time in history that a recovered first stage from an orbital mission was returned to the launch pad and test fired, so there's that.

Posted by: rickl at January 16, 2016 10:00 AM (sdi6R)

It's quite possible that Bezos beat Musk to that as well, given how close to the vest Bezos likes to do things at his shop.

Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at January 16, 2016 10:02 AM (AYY6Y)

312 Posted by: eman at January 16, 2016 09:58 AM (MQEz6)

You know that Trump is always revising his initial statements / edicts. His supporters claim it is only strategy to make these initial statements in order to move the Overton window. Has he told us yet how he is going to make Mexico pay for the wall?

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 16, 2016 10:02 AM (MNgU2)

313 Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 09:58 AM (NPofj)

We'll never see a man like Reagan again.

But I understand your point, Trump does not have a conservative philosophical background as a basis for his positions, it's just that at least he has some concept of things/fundamentals/policies that are not at all good for the country and is willing to voice them. Is he the dream candidate, not by a long shot.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 10:03 AM (wYnyS)

314 Heck, for all we know we've been releasing Gitmo prisoners at their request - we just release 10 Yemenis to Qatar. Really bad dudes. Who is he doing that for?
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I keep hoping against hope we implanted GPS homing devices undrr their skin so the Predators can easly locate them later

Posted by: MTF at January 16, 2016 10:03 AM (TxJGV)

315 I have no ill will toward any New Yorkers, but Cruz was onto something with NY values - he was talking about the values by the elite NYC media-pundit class.
The best example of that being the way they eviscerated Sarah Palin - and yes, her being a non-east coast, flyover state "hick" factored into a lot, if not most of their insults and mockery of her. The mask slipped in 2008, and they really showed how much they hate *us*. One comment from Cruz and they freak? Grow up.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2016 10:04 AM (NOIQH)

316 I really like Cruz a lot. He is my #1 candidate. I
will vote Trump if he gets the nod. But Cruz would be an outstanding
president. I think he really has the skills and the stones to stop the
direction we're going and perhaps begin turning it around.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

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I find it impossible to take Trump seriously. That does not mean that he is not a force to be reckoned with, but so is Hillary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:17 AM (n22zQ)

I'm really not taking Trump seriously either. However, if America refuses to take the matter of electing leaders seriously (i.e. the Scoamf, Hilery, Jeb!, Marco!, etc), then that makes Trump, by definition, the ideal candidate for the job.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 10:04 AM (TOk1P)

317 I told my son that I was going to see "13 hours" and asked him if he wanted to come. Being 16 and very interested in films he considers himself an expert. "But it's Michael Bey. He's not too well thought of as a director. You'll hate it; It will be too loud and have lots of explosions." I told him I would bring earplugs and I would go to see it as a counter protest not because I particularly like loud action films.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2016 10:05 AM (M+RRn)

318 If I'm remembering Amity Shlaes right, Trump's ad-hoc, "just get-'er-done" approach to the Executive is pretty much the Franklin Roosevelt approach. It was also how John Kerry proposed to fix healthcare in 2004.

Which is to say, it sucks.

Unfortunately the West is in an existential struggle for its survival, and the only candidate who seems to get that is Cruz. Trump gets that we're *worried* about it. The other candidates disqualify themselves for not even caring that we're worried.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 16, 2016 10:05 AM (6FqZa)

319 Fox was just saying that we are releasing maybe 7 prisoners in exchange
for the Americans held in Iran. I'm sure we'll get more detail from the
admin soon. Not.
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If that's true, I sure hope Pastor Saeed is one of them.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 10:05 AM (dFi94)

320 Heck, for all we know we've been releasing Gitmo
prisoners at their request - we just release 10 Yemenis to Qatar. Really
bad dudes. Who is he doing that for?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2016 10:00 AM (NOIQH)

allahoo snackbar, you have to ask after all this time and evidence?

Posted by: B H O'Bama at January 16, 2016 10:06 AM (wYnyS)

321 And even though Playboy Productions stammers "Wasn't us! We're just clasics scholars!" whenever it comes up [ /Click, Clack, Tappet Bros. ], Polanski did a Macbeth in 1971.

Talk about pretty pullets and a fell swoop...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 10:06 AM (xq1UY)

322 Grammie - Paula Williamson,
http://yodellady.com/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 10:07 AM (n22zQ)

323 Have a nice weekend people, there is a speck of sunlight on my doorstep and I must away!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 10:08 AM (wYnyS)

324 I'd comment to FenelonSprout that there's a difference between mindless blowing-sh!t-up, and a true story where the explosions happen because they actually, like, happened.

Earplugs, lol. Maybe I'll bring mine own

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 16, 2016 10:08 AM (6FqZa)

325 It is just evidence that illegal immigration is by
far the most important issue to voters on the Right. So much so that
they can ignore Trump's prior statements and positions on immigration in
favor of his present over the top positions.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at January 16, 2016 09:49 AM (MNgU2)

I would argue illegal immigration is NOT the most important issue on the right. The most important issue on the right is that Gope and its masters are hellbent on opening the gates as widely as possible, so stopping Gope has become critical. In other words, killing Gope is the most important issue.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 10:08 AM (TOk1P)

326 NOOD

Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at January 16, 2016 10:09 AM (t5zYU)

327 311
It's quite possible that Bezos beat Musk to that as well, given how close to the vest Bezos likes to do things at his shop.
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at January 16, 2016 10:02 AM (AYY6Y)

I said "orbital mission". Bezos' rocket did not go anywhere near as fast or as high as the Falcon 9 first stage did. New Shepard just went straight up, poked its nose into space, and then came straight down. The Falcon 9 first stage sent the second stage on its way to orbit with a payload of satellites, then did a backflip out over the Atlantic and flew back to Cape Canaveral.

Posted by: rickl at January 16, 2016 10:09 AM (sdi6R)

328 Cruz can apologise about New York City Values when the hipsters apologise for snarking about "some dirty thing that crawled out of Texas" etc whenever a conservative there says stuff hipsters don't like.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 16, 2016 10:10 AM (6FqZa)

329 "Many things are half the battle." --David Mamet, speaking through E. Ness.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 16, 2016 10:11 AM (xq1UY)

330 The mask slipped in 2008, and they really showed how much they hate *us*. One comment from Cruz and they freak? Grow up.
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Its hilarious that the Donor Class and elite media suddenly cite firemen and cops actions on 9/11 as proof of their full throated American patriotism. I loved my decade living in the city and i still spend a lot of time there, but the New Yorker sized gulf between NYC elites and fly-over America is obvious and real.

Posted by: MTF at January 16, 2016 10:11 AM (TxJGV)

331 Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 16, 2016 10:08 AM (6FqZa)

I did tell him that, but he still doesn't want to see it; It's o.k. I'll go with his dad.

"FenelonSprout" I like it! He'd hate it ;^( but he does grow like a weed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2016 10:13 AM (M+RRn)

332 The other comment I made was, "I have never seen a Michael Bey film, so I would have nothing to compare it to."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 16, 2016 10:14 AM (M+RRn)

333 He is, at best I think, a Northeast Liberal Republican.

Posted by: Grump928

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When did 'Rockefeller Republican' fall from usage?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 09:44 AM (n22zQ)

Prolly started to fall from usage somewhere around January 26, 1979.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 16, 2016 10:14 AM (TOk1P)

334 >>But it's Michael Bey. He's not too well thought of as a director.

The people who don't like Bay are the same people who love the crappy, Lefty movies that make no money, such as "Truth".

Michael Bay movies are FUN. The fast cars, big explosions are a feature, not a bug. I was happy when I learned Bay was doing this film because he knows how to do action scenes well(none of that shakey-cam use that makes it impossible to tell what's going on). He's also very respectful of the military, loves America, and has some conservative values not so hidden in his films.
"Armageddon"glorifies American exceptionalism. "The Island" is one of the most pro-life movies out there.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 16, 2016 10:15 AM (NOIQH)

335 Grammie - Paula Williamson,

http://yodellady.com/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 16, 2016 10:07 AM (n22zQ)
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Thanks for that, Mike! My dear grandma used to yodel. Loudly. I always tell my family that we'll be able to easily locate Grandma in heaven when we get there. We'll hear her yodeling a mile away. That, and laughing. If there was ever a happy, laughing, yodeling Christian lady, she was it.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 10:16 AM (dFi94)

336 I think I saw on Ted Cruz's Twitter that Saeed is one of the freed prisoners?

Posted by: Gem at January 16, 2016 10:16 AM (c+gwp)

337 But I understand your point, Trump does not have a
conservative philosophical background as a basis for his positions, it's
just that at least he has some concept of things/fundamentals/policies
that are not at all good for the country and is willing to voice them.
Is he the dream candidate, not by a long shot.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 16, 2016 10:03 AM (wYnyS)

I do get that and I could vote for Trump although Cruz is my first choice but it does bother me a lot that that his first instinct in any given situation is not necessarily conservative. OTOH he really does love America.

Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 10:17 AM (NPofj)

338 "I want Jeff Sessions to go Independent. The man can be Senator as long as he wants to be without help from the Party."

Yes, as a first step in establishing a viable third party. There is no hope of restoring any sort of constitutional government so long as the Republican party remains a major party. It clearly can't be reformed--it must be destroyed.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 16, 2016 10:17 AM (u5gzz)

339
Another pretty professional woman killed in central america. Glad AOP is
coming home today. Tho not a woman, I'm sure he is professional and
pretty.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 16, 2016 07:44 AM (iQIUe)

Thanks, got to be at the airport at midnight for a 2:10 AM flight to LAX. Went for a boat ride on the lake yesterday, and got a pretty vicious sunburn on my face and knees. Had to row/drift with the wind the last 4 km or so because I ran the battery flat for the little Minn-Kota trolling motor. But I did plan my circuit so I would have the wind in my favor. So there's that. Six hours on the lake.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2016 10:17 AM (L2co/)

340 I think I saw on Ted Cruz's Twitter that Saeed is one of the freed prisoners?

Posted by: Gem at January 16, 2016 10:16 AM (c+gwp)
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Really ?? Hallelujah !!

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 10:18 AM (dFi94)

341 I just heard it on Christian radio that Pastor Saeed has been released indeed! God is good.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 10:19 AM (dFi94)

342 Makes it a wee bit more difficult when Choom Boy, his fluffers and the Senate are so eager to surrender to the enemy, doesn't it?
Posted by: MrScribbler at January 16, 2016 08:02 AM (ZPz7d)
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Not to cast aspersions on the sailors from the Gulf until the full true story is revealed, but some poor soldier or sailor somewhere is going to find himself in a similar situation and is going to disobey SCOAMF and his stooge brass hats and engage with gunfire to protect himself and his troops.
And he'll catch hell for it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 16, 2016 08:10 AM (zLP1L)

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The decline did not begin with ChoomBoy or course. My thoughts drift to Corporal Edward Chin, Fedor Square, and the DoD in 2003.

George Washington surrendered and signed a confession. His name is good.

Zebulon Pike surrendered to the Spanish. Some of his men were held for two years. (Of course Pike was betrayed - perhaps by design, perhaps not - the truth will likely never be known.)

Little is new.

Posted by: RioBravo at January 16, 2016 10:21 AM (NUqwG)

343 I know, grammie! One smidgen of good news! :-)

Posted by: Gem at January 16, 2016 10:23 AM (c+gwp)

344 I do get that and I could vote for Trump although Cruz is my first choice but it does bother me a lot that that his first instinct in any given situation is not necessarily conservative. OTOH he really does love America.
Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 10:17 AM (NPofj)
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The instinctively conservative Republicans have a smashing track record!

Posted by: RioBravo at January 16, 2016 10:24 AM (NUqwG)

345
I know, grammie! One smidgen of good news! :-)

Posted by: Gem at January 16, 2016 10:23 AM (c+gwp)
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I really though that when they sent him to that particular prison, he would not come out alive. God is good. His wife and children must be so thankful.

Posted by: grammie winger, sign of The Time at January 16, 2016 10:25 AM (dFi94)

346 The instinctively conservative Republicans have a smashing track record!

Posted by: RioBravo at January 16, 2016 10:24 AM (NUqwG)

Instinctually conservative Republicans are as rare as hen's teeth but we do have one running this time. Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions, Dave Brat... those are the only names that come to mind. Since Cruz is running he gets my support.

Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 10:30 AM (NPofj)

347 redbanzai,

It has been many years since I heard/read hen's teeth mentioned. The times they are a changin' though:

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/feb/23/research.highereducation

Posted by: RioBravo at January 16, 2016 10:37 AM (NUqwG)

348 thanks my virtual friends. coffee and the horde
to start my Saturday going to be a great day
13 Hours for this afternoon, after some range time

Posted by: wyoming lurker at January 16, 2016 10:43 AM (a0m5R)

349 18th &19th Amendments were the biggest disasters in Constitutional law in this nation's history. No surprise the wimmen were behind both.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 16, 2016 12:54 PM (Kucy5)

350 Happy for the freed Iranian hostages.... That being said there was some pretty dirty dealings involved here...

Posted by: donna at January 16, 2016 01:55 PM (/dSsq)

351 There are reports of people who years after having had rat lung cannot
wear shirts or long pants because their skin is still so sensitive.
There are victims who take daily doses of morphine to help them endure
the nerve pain they still experience 2 and 3 years later. The inability
to urinate, called Elsberg Syndrome, has been reported in other cases of
rat lungworm. Rat lung victims may also experience hallucinations,
disorientation, vision problems and visual impairment. Complete
paralysis may set in. Short-term memory loss seems to be common in
serious cases.

So about the same as listening to Obama give a State of the Union speech. Roger that.

Posted by: An Observation at January 16, 2016 03:23 PM (OorAg)

352 http://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/feb/23/research.highereducation

Posted by: RioBravo at January 16, 2016 10:37 AM (NUqwG)

Oh my gosh, Rio, why would they try to do that on purpose?

Posted by: redbanzai at January 16, 2016 04:20 PM (NPofj)

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