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Morning!
Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 06:25 AM (gEJzy) 2
9 degrees outside. Fahrenheit. Crap.
Posted by: ugg boots at January 25, 2016 06:28 AM (fbovC) 3
Began this morning with a flat tire. Harumph!
Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 06:30 AM (gEJzy) Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 25, 2016 06:31 AM (IrsUV) Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 25, 2016 06:32 AM (IrsUV) 6
Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, January 25, 2016. On this day in 1996 Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the US. And no, this murderer had nothing to do with the song which was published in 1902.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:32 AM (t2KH5) 7
ISIS has released a video they made of the attacks in France on Nov 13th.
http://tinyurl.com/ha6q9po Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5) 8
The Laura Ingrahm article on the sidebar is very good.
Posted by: WOPR at January 25, 2016 06:33 AM (LTDSy) 9
SCOTUS heard case in which a NJ police officer was demoted for backing a mayoral candidate other than the one in power. This should be an open and shut case but as usual the lawyers have gummed up the works.
http://tinyurl.com/jatttfz Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5) 10
Black NYC guy handing out fake summons to citizens who have minor infractions as a protest. One wonders why he has not been arrested for impersonating a cop. The so-called broken window policing is at the heart of this matter and I though De Comio had got rid of that right after he entered office.
http://tinyurl.com/ho75xhf Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5) 11
Screw up at Reagan International Airport leaves officials in the dark for how much snow fell on DC during snowmaggeden.
http://tinyurl.com/j2m7tmg Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5) 12
Governin' here, Boss!
Posted by: Bitch McConnell with a Dick In His Mouth at January 25, 2016 06:34 AM (u5gzz) 13
Trump is still leading in the Iowa and New Hampshire polls with only a week left to go for the Iowa vote..
http://tinyurl.com/jhjqsv9 Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:34 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: blaster at January 25, 2016 06:34 AM (2Ocf1) 15
Girls basketball team in Minn booted from the league because they won too much.
http://tinyurl.com/hmj2jdp Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:34 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:34 AM (t2KH5) 17
Democrats launch an offensive accusing Republicans of lying about Clinton's e-mail violations. I guess the FBI is lying too.
http://tinyurl.com/j2qh7kq Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:34 AM (t2KH5) 18
The Boston globe has endorsed unindicted felon Clinton. The word is out now that these endorsements no longer mean a thing. People ignore them now.
http://tinyurl.com/jjojmzs Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:35 AM (t2KH5) 19
Iowa Sen Joni Ernst is endorsing RINO Rubio even though she says she is not.
http://tinyurl.com/zo2vtlo Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:35 AM (t2KH5) 20
Something I have been following for a while. Small starter homes are disappearing. The average size of a new home sold now is 2700 sq ft.
http://tinyurl.com/jpcglvp Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:35 AM (t2KH5) 21
Remember all the complaints about Obama increasing deportations and prosecuting illegals? It was all a lie.
http://tinyurl.com/jcl8c85 Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:36 AM (t2KH5) 22
Academy members react to black protests on Oscars - Knee jerk liberalism.
http://tinyurl.com/hf2sgsb Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:36 AM (t2KH5) 23
Three assholes are suing Davis Monthan AFB over noise. Unless they have been living there since before 1925 they have no reason to complain. That AFB was there before they were.
http://tinyurl.com/h54l8cz Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:36 AM (t2KH5) 24
German town bans refugees at bars and pubs. Should be an easy act since those muzzies are not supposed to be drinking anyway.
http://tinyurl.com/hktdf6h Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:36 AM (t2KH5) 25
If this bill in TN passes a gun owner will have a "right to sue" if a location bans guns on their property and a person who would have otherwise been carrying is injured. Well, in 99% of the cases people already have a right to sue for anything.
http://tinyurl.com/h9hgu6m Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:37 AM (t2KH5) 26
Pataki says Scankles legal problems will force someone else into the race. Little late for that now.
http://tinyurl.com/govgy3q Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:37 AM (t2KH5) 27
Scankles on top secrets contained in her e-mails. I can't control what Republicans leak. Yes, it's a vast right wing conspiracy.
http://tinyurl.com/zxkul9j Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:38 AM (t2KH5) 28
NYC will stop enforcing the law against public urination. Somebody there is an idiot and I suspect the commie mayor and city council..
http://tinyurl.com/z8w6w3z Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:38 AM (t2KH5) 29
And speaking of commies, Sanders is on the rise in Iowa and Scankles is dropping.
http://tinyurl.com/j9h9anu Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:38 AM (t2KH5) 30
Ten degrees out. I'm not going anywhere. Sitting at home and listening to my body protest after digging out from the storm. The protests get louder as I get older. I'll read, especially books by the Horde, and later make some fresh sourdough rye bread and a big pot of soup. Hey! I've spent more time doing less important things.
Oh yeah. I tune in several times a day to watch that owl sitting on her nest. That's the owl cam Jane D'Oh referenced. Posted by: JTB at January 25, 2016 06:38 AM (FvdPb) 31
Merkel: Anti-Semitism More Widespread Than We Imagined Among Asylum Seekers
No shit Sherlock, you import a million muzzies and expected a low number of joo haters? http://tinyurl.com/hnuy4dt Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:38 AM (t2KH5) 32
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee "Obama has already fixed the Mexican border". Yeah and I have a bridge in NYC I'll sell you.
http://tinyurl.com/j25nfmv Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:39 AM (t2KH5) 33
RNCe doesn't like either Trump or Cruz. They want to keep feeding us the same tired old RINOs as always. They don't understand people are fed up.
http://tinyurl.com/jluqa47 Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:39 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:39 AM (t2KH5) 35
Highly contagious airborne diseases, tuberculosis (TB) and measles, surfaced in three Texas public school districts located in different parts of the state, although officials have not identified the origins of these cases.
Anyone who doesn't know where this is coming from should be thrown out of office. Its obvious where it is coming from and sticking your head in the sand will not stop it. http://tinyurl.com/jf4qyd7 Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:39 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:40 AM (t2KH5) 37
DAY 1,175 288 to go (361 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 25, 2016 06:40 AM (zLP1L) 38
Vic, Thanks for your morning news items. I get better and more timely news from your posts than any MFM source.
Posted by: JTB at January 25, 2016 06:41 AM (FvdPb) 39
Thank you, Vic.
Posted by: Nikkolai at January 25, 2016 06:41 AM (aEfC9) 40
Thank you for your daily work in providing News and observations Vic. It is a lot of work, and very helpful to folks who don't have the time to search around. Please don't ever stop!!
Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 25, 2016 06:42 AM (IrsUV) 41
19 Iowa Sen Joni Ernst is endorsing RINO Rubio even though she says she is not.
http://tinyurl.com/zo2vtlo Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:35 AM (t2KH5) She's turned into Rubio-in-a-skirt. Complete sell out to McCocksicle and the Leviathan. Well, what can you do? It happens to most of them. Corruption is a hell of a drug. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:42 AM (zLP1L) 42
32 Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee "Obama has already fixed the Mexican border". Yeah and I have a bridge in NYC I'll sell you.
http://tinyurl.com/j25nfmv Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:39 AM (t2KH5) No you don't. I've sold each one. At least three times already. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:43 AM (zLP1L) 43
But I do have an extra tunnel under the Hudson I can let you have. Cheap! With 2 pair pants, maybe! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:45 AM (zLP1L) 44
>>>>If this bill in TN passes a gun owner will have a "right to sue" if a
location bans guns on their property and a person who would have otherwise been carrying is injured. Well, in 99% of the cases people already have a right to sue for anything. . . .Hmmm. Tennessee is on my short list for final retirement. Along with Texas and Florida. Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 25, 2016 06:45 AM (iONHu) 45
She's turned into Rubio-in-a-skirt. Complete sell out to McCocksicle and the Leviathan.
Well, what can you do? It happens to most of them. Corruption is a hell of a drug. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:42 AM (zLP1L) I thought she had gone RINO but she hasn't been in office long enough to get an ACU rating. I checked. Just another sellout who ran as a conservative and then became a liberal. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:46 AM (t2KH5) 46
NYC will stop enforcing the law against public urination. Somebody there is an idiot and I suspect the commie mayor and city council.. http://tinyurl.com/z8w6w3z Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:38 AM (t2KH5) San Francisco has piss walls, so why not NYC... Posted by: Colin at January 25, 2016 06:46 AM (InayV) 47
44 .Hmmm. Tennessee is on my short list for final retirement. Along with Texas and Florida.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 25, 2016 06:45 AM (iONHu) Go with TX. TN is a purple State. And avoid FL at all costs. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:48 AM (t2KH5) 48
Thanks for the news, Vic.
One wonders why he has not been arrested for impersonating a cop. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5) In the article, it states, "During a PROP ticket blitz in Park Slope last October, Gangi and a group of volunteers handed wrongdoers and scofflaws summonses along with pamphlets explaining their purpose. Recipients were informed they weren't really being penalized, but told, according to The New Yorker, that "you very well might have if you were in a different neighborhood and a person of color." I hate to say it, but that last line is true. I'm all for equal ticketing for open alcohol containers, parking violations, loud music/boom box cars, etc. Selective enforcement based upon the neighborhood is, to me, criminal. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 06:48 AM (Ix+HS) 49
Good morning!
Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2016 06:49 AM (u82oZ) 50
46 San Francisco has piss walls, so why not NYC...
Posted by: Colin at January 25, 2016 06:46 AM (InayV) And SF has stunk of stale piss for decades. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:49 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2016 06:49 AM (u82oZ) 52
I hate to say it, but that last line is true. I'm
all for equal ticketing for open alcohol containers, parking violations, loud music/boom box cars, etc. Selective enforcement based upon the neighborhood is, to me, criminal. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 06:48 AM (Ix+HS) Yes, they should be ticketing all of them regardless of neighborhood but every time I hear someone complaining about cops picking on blacks my suspicions are raised. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:51 AM (t2KH5) 53
34 Breitbart examines Trump's record on key issues.
http://tinyurl.com/h4ntvtg Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:39 AM (t2KH5) Surprised they let Ben Shapiro publish that. Breitbart has been cheerleading Trump, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically. Especially since the phony birther and Goldman Sachs smears. Shapiro didn't exactly take a flame thrower to Trump's record but he did point out the glaring flip flops that most with Trump fever tend to ignore. So credit where it's due. I will still vote for him if he wins the nod. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:51 AM (zLP1L) 54
45 I thought she had gone RINO but she hasn't been in office long enough to get an ACU rating. I checked. Just another sellout who ran as a conservative and then became a liberal.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:46 AM (t2KH5) The ACU has become more and more establishment over the years. I like Conservative Review's rating system more betterer. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:52 AM (zLP1L) 55
I am no big fan of Trump. I have been saying all along you can't rust him on anything. He flip flops more than a Mexican jumping bean.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:53 AM (t2KH5) 56
54 The ACU has become more and more establishment over the years. I like Conservative Review's rating system more betterer.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:52 AM (zLP1L) The ACU's rating system is based on key votes on bills important to conservatives so I don't see how that is "establishment". Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:55 AM (t2KH5) 57
Joni Ernst gets a solid "F" from Conservative Review. Here's the skinny. https://www.conservativereview.com/members/joni-ernst/ Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:56 AM (zLP1L) 58
Last night's X-Files was everything I wanted the show to be.
When I was 12. Plus, why call out smacked ass Bill O'Reilly by name when you've been savaging his alter ego for 50 minutes? Overkill. Needs more Spotnitz. Posted by: Spellcheck at January 25, 2016 06:57 AM (HKBpI) 59
56 The ACU's rating system is based on key votes on bills important to conservatives so I don't see how that is "establishment".
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:55 AM (t2KH5) I remember hearing someone talk about them. Maybe it was their endorsements and even rating people as solidly conservative when their records were anything but. Can't be more specific than that, unfortunately. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:57 AM (zLP1L) 60
57 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:56 AM (zLP1L)
As I said, I suspected she was a sellout. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:58 AM (t2KH5) 61
59 I remember hearing someone talk about them. Maybe it
was their endorsements and even rating people as solidly conservative when their records were anything but. Can't be more specific than that, unfortunately. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 06:57 AM (zLP1L) They list the votes they base their ratings on at the front of the article. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:59 AM (t2KH5) 62
Looks like temps will bottom out at 26F. The average temp for this day here is 35F.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:01 AM (t2KH5) 63
I'm sick of Trump. I tried to keep an open mind about the guy, rather than dismissing him out of hand.
No one knows what this guy believes. No one. Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 25, 2016 07:03 AM (u5gzz) 64
Trump is definitely a very loose cannon, which in this cycle has been a major blessing and also a curse. And, yes, his record is very suspect. But it's been a hell of a ride so far. And if he does become the next POTUS, people will be in for a huge disappointment if he does not come through on how incredibly fantastic things are going to be, as well as infuriated when he starts "making deals" with the Leviathan. Monkey's Paw is in effect. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:03 AM (zLP1L) 65
After the big boy band blizzard, temps in Hymietown will be in the upper 30's low 40's for the week. Yesterday was quite nice, actually. Streets and sidewalks were open but the big pain in the ass was trying to find a clear path through the plowed snow at the intersections. Meh. It's the city. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:04 AM (zLP1L) 66
Yes, they should be ticketing all of them regardless of neighborhood but every time I hear someone complaining about cops picking on blacks my suspicions are raised.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:51 AM (t2KH5) On some issues, like 'stop and frisk' in poorer neighborhoods (where the illegal guns are), I agree with you. But living in NYC, good neighborhoods don't have the same enforcement for the little things that 'bad' neighborhoods do. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 07:05 AM (Ix+HS) 67
The Barrel needs piss walls.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:05 AM (iQIUe) 68
Morning, Glories!
I'm smiling and happy, as ordered. A mild 45°F here in NE Okla, heading up to... um... 46 today. ?? Temperature just forgot to drop last night. But, back to nights in the 20s this week. OTOH, 60s next weekend. I'll suffer through somehow. Good round-up, Vic. I'm sure that deportations article is wrong. My Hillary-supporting in-law insists O has deported more than all Presidents combined - everybody and his goat. Posted by: mindful webworker - now what? at January 25, 2016 07:06 AM (cHQtB) 69
G'morning, all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 07:06 AM (ptqRm) 70
I need a new disaster to distract me from my own problems. Arent we over due for a terrorist attack? It's been at least a week.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:06 AM (iQIUe) 71
Has anybody else noticed that Fox has become as the Daily Caller for pop-ups, auto plays and slow load times due to all of the above. What is it with page designers now? Don't they know they are creating shit?
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:06 AM (t2KH5) 72
67 The Barrel needs piss walls.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:05 AM (iQIUe) Was that the B-side of Sheena Easton's "Sugar Walls?" Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:07 AM (zLP1L) 73
as bad as
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:08 AM (t2KH5) 74
If it's Trump I want Cruz as VP. No 'moderate' to please the RINO faction. No 'maverick style' or feel-good VP choice. Purely based on ideology.
Shit needs to be done and undone. Which is #1 reason I want a truce in the Trump/Cruz battles. Posted by: ugg boots at January 25, 2016 07:09 AM (fbovC) 75
What is it with page designers now? Don't they know they are creating shit?
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:06 AM (t2KH5) ***** If a site requires Javascript enabled to load and function, I bail. Not into inviting viruses onto my machine. Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:11 AM (gEJzy) 76
Morning!
Thanks for the news, Vic. It's a balmy 28 degrees here.. 40's by the weekend... bring on dat global warmening! Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:12 AM (UpGcq) 77
What is it with page designers now? Don't they know they are creating shit?
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:06 AM (t2KH5) Web designers have to protect (and justify) their phony baloney jobs! When I was working, I saw how bad program instructions were written. It's like someone updates a program without ever personally testing the updates as the instructions never match what was on my computer screen. Then they come out with patches/more updates. It's as if all these web designers/coders are Italians and believe 'spaghetti' is great for computer programs as well as great for dinner. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 07:12 AM (Ix+HS) 78
74 If it's Trump I want Cruz as VP. No 'moderate' to please the RINO faction. No 'maverick style' or feel-good VP choice. Purely based on ideology.
Shit needs to be done and undone. Which is #1 reason I want a truce in the Trump/Cruz battles. Posted by: ugg boots at January 25, 2016 07:09 AM (fbovC) I'm with you! It's time for a truce. Each side has picked the guy, Cruz or Trump, that they want, and no amount of disparaging remarks, cuts, jabs, or slights will change the others mind. Now we need to sit back and wait for the nomination, then get behind the winner, whether it's Cruz or Trump. Either one will beat the pants off of the ultimate democrat nominee... Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 25, 2016 07:12 AM (IrsUV) 79
74 If it's Trump I want Cruz as VP. No 'moderate' to please the RINO faction. No 'maverick style' or feel-good VP choice. Purely based on ideology.
Shit needs to be done and undone. Which is #1 reason I want a truce in the Trump/Cruz battles. Posted by: ugg boots at January 25, 2016 07:09 AM (fbovC) It would be an unstoppable ticket. Unfortunately, Trump's mammoth ego took over when he saw Cruz gaining on him and so that's that. Hell, you never know what can happen. That might still be the ticket when it's all said and done. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:13 AM (zLP1L) 80
Has anybody else noticed that Fox has become as the Daily Caller for pop-ups, auto plays and slow load times due to all of the above. What is it with page designers now? Don't they know they are creating shit?
Posted by: Vic .............. It's all the auto-play videos. I turned that off in my browser and am much happier. I can still get the vids, but I must right-click them and allow it to run. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:14 AM (UpGcq) 81
Beginning the third day of our community recovering from Snowmageddon.
Grocery stores are scheduled to open today, with some restocking taking place over the weekend. Roads in the community are semi-passible, but one section with about 750 residents still has untouched roads. If you remember from the other day, there was a scrunt on out NextDoor community website lamenting the idea of teenagers actually charging money for their labors to shovel out sidewalks and cars. That post was removed by the author after a surprising number or other people bitchslapped her into next week about her unicorn loving universe. Open bidding wars are breaking out to try and hire the few kids who are not yet exhausted from shoveling for twelve ours a day. To try and put the amount of labor into perspective, from the edge of the plowed area of the street, there is at least five feet of compacted plowed snow between each car and freedom. And then there is the complete area on the other sides of the car which needs to be shoveled and carried up into the yard. Shovel by shovel. It took four of us almost three hours to clear just two cars. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 07:14 AM (ptqRm) 82
Tim in GA: If a site requires Javascript enabled to load and function, I bail.
I've made an exception a few times for PJ Media. But only them. It seems to me a fairly new development to require javascript to see any content at all. Awfully stupid. There's a reason HTML was invented. Ace, please don't "upgrade" to that kind of thing!!! Posted by: mindful webworker - needs java (not Java) at January 25, 2016 07:15 AM (cHQtB) 83
Now we need to sit back and wait for the nomination, then get behind the winner, whether it's Cruz or Trump. Either one will beat the pants off of the ultimate democrat nominee...
Posted by: Bitter Jamie Farr (clinger, get it!?) at January 25, 2016 07:12 AM (IrsUV) ***** I hear you, and will do that. I just wish I was more confident that Cruz could pull the votes. Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:15 AM (gEJzy) 84
If a site requires Javascript enabled to load and function, I bail. Not into inviting viruses onto my machine.
Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:11 AM (gEJzy) I have java defeated on my machine. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:16 AM (t2KH5) 85
Other thing to remember is that the feud between the Bush/Establismentarians vs the Reaganite conservatives was much deeper, longer and bitterer than Trump and Cruz, which is merely a rivalry. And yet Reagan picked pappy Bush as his running mate. Worst decision he ever made, but unification was on his mind. It was the best of times, but in the long run it morphed into the worst of times with the 4 administrations that followed him. If only Reagan chose Laxalt and purged the GOP as his #1 domestic political goal. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:16 AM (zLP1L) 86
It would be an unstoppable ticket. Unfortunately, Trump's mammoth ego took over when he saw Cruz gaining on him and so that's that. Hell, you never know what can happen. That might still be the ticket when it's all said and done.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton ............. Yeah, that ship sailed when he started calling Cruz a "nasty guy".. over and over and over. I'm still betting on a Mitt/Rubio ticket hammered out in the chaos of a brokered convention replete with name calling and fist-fights between states delegates. Hey.. I can dream, can't I? Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:17 AM (UpGcq) 87
80 It's all the auto-play videos. I turned that off in
my browser and am much happier. I can still get the vids, but I must right-click them and allow it to run. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:14 AM (UpGcq) I have that turned off on mine as well but it still slows it down. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:18 AM (t2KH5) 88
83 I hear you, and will do that. I just wish I was more confident that Cruz could pull the votes.
Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:15 AM (gEJzy) Trump is not running away with it, contra to Breitbart and a lot of other wish-casters. Cruz has an incredibly solid ground game in Iowa. We shall see. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:18 AM (zLP1L) 89
I still have JavaScript turned on for the MacBook Air.
But shutting down JavaScript in Safari on the iPhone has made a huge difference in usability and load time. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 07:18 AM (ptqRm) 90
Trump is not running away with it, contra to Breitbart and a lot of other wish-casters. Cruz has an incredibly solid ground game in Iowa.
We shall see. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:18 AM (zLP1L) ***** Sorry, should have been clearer. I was referring to the general, not the primares. Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:19 AM (gEJzy) 91
81 Shovel by shovel.
It took four of us almost three hours to clear just two cars. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 07:14 AM (ptqRm) If I still lived in Saratoga Springs I would forget the lawn mower and buy a snow blower. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:19 AM (t2KH5) 92
That might still be the ticket when it's all said and done.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:13 AM (zLP1L) Reagan had to take GHW Bush as a vp thanks to the eGOPs, who absolutely loathed Reagan. I don't think Trump will fall for that trick (again). I actually see Trump picking an outsider not currently in political office, like an Allen West, or someone who's not a politician at all, like Fiorina. Trump is not playing by the ancien regime's desiccated rules -- and I have to admit I am enjoying that. In the immortal words of Marko Moulitsas, 'Screw 'em!' Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 07:20 AM (Ix+HS) 93
Shovel by shovel.
It took four of us almost three hours to clear just two cars. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice ......... Is snow so rare there that nobody has snowblowers? Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:20 AM (UpGcq) Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 25, 2016 07:21 AM (HSmrB) 95
Vic: I have java defeated on my machine.
To be technically nit-picky, javascript is not Java™. Although it's wise to run with both turned off. Well, actually, javascript turned off and Java not installed.... Why these two different things have similar names is somebody's fault and they should be thrashed thoroughly. Posted by: mindful webworker - technically squeaking at January 25, 2016 07:21 AM (cHQtB) 96
85 And yet Reagan picked pappy Bush as his running
mate. Worst decision he ever made, but unification was on his mind. It was the best of times, but in the long run it morphed into the worst of times with the 4 administrations that followed him. If only Reagan chose Laxalt and purged the GOP as his #1 domestic political goal. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:16 AM (zLP1L) My understanding was that RR did not want Bush but the "Party" insisted. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:21 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at January 25, 2016 07:22 AM (rnH8X) 98
90 Trump is not running away with it, contra to Breitbart and a lot of other wish-casters. Cruz has an incredibly solid ground game in Iowa.
We shall see. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:18 AM (zLP1L) ***** Sorry, should have been clearer. I was referring to the general, not the primares. Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:19 AM (gEJzy) My guess is Trump wins the general in a massive landslide or Cruz wins the general in the widest, clearest margin since '96. Perhaps wider than that even. Which is why the smear attacks on Cruz by Trump are stupid. I mean, is Trump going to campaign for him if he, Cruz, beats him in the primaries? Gevalt. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:22 AM (zLP1L) 99
Last night's X-Files was everything I wanted the show to be.
When I was 12. Plus, why call out smacked ass Bill O'Reilly by name when you've been savaging his alter ego for 50 minutes? Overkill. Needs more Spotnitz. Posted by: Spellcheck at January 25, 2016 06:57 AM (HKBpI) It was pretty bad. The X-Files worked when you thought the government was at least minimally competent. Somehow, 9-11 truthers are conservative. Posted by: WOPR at January 25, 2016 07:24 AM (LTDSy) 100
96 My understanding was that RR did not want Bush but the "Party" insisted.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:21 AM (t2KH5) Will have to delve into that nugget. I've always heard he did it to unite the party. Either way, it laid the groundwork for the disaster we are now living. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:24 AM (zLP1L) 101
98 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:22 AM (zLP1L)
I just realized that I contradict myself in that post. Meh. Welcome to my world. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:25 AM (zLP1L) 102
It would be an unstoppable ticket. Unfortunately, Trump's mammoth ego took over when he saw Cruz gaining on him and so that's that. Hell, you never know what can happen. That might still be the ticket when it's all said and done.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:13 AM (zLP1L) Politics is a vicious game, and the main difference between Trump and virtually all other politicians is that he does his business in public, like an Occupooper. I am not quite sure why people are so put off by his "attacks." They're gamesmanship. I'm not saying anyone has to like it, but I also think it is way too early to dismiss the notion of a Trump/Cruz ticket. Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2016 07:25 AM (Dj0WE) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2016 07:25 AM (r+/qI) 104
99 Somehow, 9-11 truthers are conservative.
Posted by: WOPR at January 25, 2016 07:24 AM (LTDSy) No, but they're "just asking the questions." **spits** Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:25 AM (zLP1L) 105
"Is snow so rare there that nobody has snowblowers?"
I use a friend's 24" snowblower. While I was able to open a single pathway down the sidewalks,there was too much, too compacted from plowing, and had to be moved too far for a common home snowblower to be effective. I literally have a cube of snow with vertical sides in our tiny front yard that is sixteen foot deep by sixteen foot wide, and eight foot tall. And when I say Cube, that is what it looks like from stacking the street snow higher and higher. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 07:26 AM (ptqRm) 106
84
If a site requires Javascript enabled to load and function, I bail. Not into inviting viruses onto my machine. Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:11 AM (gEJzy) I have java defeated on my machine. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:16 AM (t2KH5) Javascript is different from Java. You can have java defeated and still have upwards of 30 or different sites serving up their little widgets and crap to your machine*, each with its own ability to slow down page loads, each with its own ability to introduce compromised javascript code as a result of their lack of security. I am with Tim in GA. If you have the ability to choose a browser that can run a javascript blocker, do so. I choose Firefox with the noscript addon. *Your browser, if javascript is enabled, will execute this code for each page loaded. Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 07:26 AM (3dOE/) 107
And I was left hanging in the ONT.
"The disturbing part is that it's probably more true than not. I figure Trump would lose maybe 10% tops after a random 5th Avenue shooting. And depending on whom he shot he might even gain." ONT. The disturbing part is that someone would actually believe this to be true versus it being just some hyperbolic expression of appreciation of the loyalty of his supporters. But hey, I get it. Go ahead and get your "his supporters are just like Obama supporters" freak on. Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 07:27 AM (3dOE/) 108
11 Screw up at Reagan International Airport leaves officials in the dark for how much snow fell on DC during snowmaggeden.
I live 5 miles south of Reagan National and it took my about 4 1/2 hours to dig out. My guess is we got about 2+ft. The snow drifts were bigger. Posted by: Puddleglum at January 25, 2016 07:27 AM (Nt7A0) 109
If this bill in TN passes a gun owner will have a "right to sue" if a location bans guns on their property and a person who would have otherwise been carrying is injured. Well, in 99% of the cases people already have a right to sue for anything.
Assumption of liability. You restrict my right to self defense, you assume the liability. Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 07:28 AM (VDCWC) 110
Having looked at crime atats for ywars, I suspect you will find the enforcement rate for the 'little' things is related to the relative poplulation density and column of police patrols. Correct for those two and I suspect your apparent disparity vanishes.
Since they demand more police presence to deal with serious crime, they get more little citations. Math, it burns. Posted by: Jean at January 25, 2016 07:28 AM (cXiMR) 111
I literally have a cube of snow with vertical sides in our tiny front yard that is sixteen foot deep by sixteen foot wide, and eight foot tall.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice ............ OK.. that's pretty damn bad! Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:28 AM (UpGcq) 112
One poll has Hillary +29 in Iowa. Others +9. Sanders +8 and +1. What a spread.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (iQIUe) 113
The Laura Ingrahm article on the sidebar is very good.
NRO seems to have missed what a lot of people have-- the grass roots are really fed up with elites attempting to dictate its choices for them. We've seen what comes out of that. And we've seen that the Party thinks it leads the voters, not the other way around. I think the Thad Cochran coronation broke that camel's back for me. Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (oVJmc) 114
You restrict my right to self defense, you assume the liability.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 07:28 AM (VDCWC) Movie theaters and college campuses hardest hit. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (Ix+HS) 115
102 I am not quite sure why people are so put off by his "attacks." They're gamesmanship. I'm not saying anyone has to like it, but I also think it is way too early to dismiss the notion of a Trump/Cruz ticket.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2016 07:25 AM (Dj0WE) The nature of his attacks showed desperation since they were completely void of substantive issues and also sucked the oxygen out of the fire created by the Amesty, Islam and media bias issues. And in case you missed it, have backfired on him and soured him to me and a lot of other people. That said, I agree that the Trump/Cruz ticket is still very possible. Cruz/Trump? Not so sure. Bottom line: I support Cruz, and BOTH get my vote if either gets the nod. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (zLP1L) 116
Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, January 25, 2016. On this day in 1996 Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the US. And no, this murderer had nothing to do with the song which was published in 1902.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 06:32 AM (t2KH5) '96, eh? Well, that's not so long ago. We can bring it back. Hang all the Gopes who are trying to flood the country will illegal mexicans. We used to call such things treason. Because, it is. Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (Dj0WE) 117
J.J. Sefton: I just realized that I contradict myself in that post.
It's that kind of election year! Posted by: mindful webworker - I meant what I meant! at January 25, 2016 07:30 AM (cHQtB) 118
116 Hang all the Gopes who are trying to flood the country will illegal mexicans. We used to call such things treason. Because, it is.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (Dj0WE) Now THAT is some sound reasoning right there. Gives new meaning to the expression "rope a dope." Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:31 AM (zLP1L) 119
117 J.J. Sefton: I just realized that I contradict myself in that post.
It's that kind of election year! Posted by: mindful webworker - I meant what I meant! at January 25, 2016 07:30 AM (cHQtB) I live the splunge life. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:32 AM (zLP1L) 120
NRO says it is not trying to dictate but merely expressing their opinion -- the opinion that you are inbred rubes if you dont agree with them. lol
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:32 AM (iQIUe) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:32 AM (zLP1L) 122
Also willowed:
A little populism is preferable to an entrenched ruling class that is unaccountable to the governed. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 06:16 AM (J+mig) What makes the 'entrenched ruling class' even worse is the hereditary nature of our political mandarins today. There are many examples of the hereditary aspect of this problem: The Kennedys, the Carnahans, the Cuomos, the Clintons, the Pelosis, et.al. A possible third Bush president in less than 30 years says it all. We shouldn't have political dynasties, period. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 07:33 AM (Ix+HS) 123
The nature of his attacks showed desperation since they were completely void of substantive issues and also sucked the oxygen out of the fire created by the Amesty, Islam and media bias issues. And in case you missed it, have backfired on him and soured him to me and a lot of other people.
That said, I agree that the Trump/Cruz ticket is still very possible. Cruz/Trump? Not so sure. Bottom line: I support Cruz, and BOTH get my vote if either gets the nod. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:29 AM (zLP1L) I realize a lot of people didn't like it. But it's not in any way out of character for Trump. It's how he rolls. And I suspect it was more of a response to something playing outside of public view, like Trump was strong-armed in a way that caused him to fire back stronger than it appeared he should. I don't for a moment doubt lives are at stake here either. Threats can be made in a variety of ways. Envelopes with pictures. Documents, veiled threats of getting family involved, etc. Would anyone really be shocked if we saw an assassination attempt or two during this next year? Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2016 07:33 AM (Dj0WE) 124
I could fix this shit if it weren't for all those damn voters.
Posted by: Haley Barbour at January 25, 2016 07:34 AM (u5gzz) 125
. I choose Firefox with the noscript addon.
*Your browser, if javascript is enabled, will execute this code for each page loaded. Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 07:26 AM (3dOE/) I have FF with no script added already. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:34 AM (t2KH5) 126
As for the gun tragedy article, don't read the comments from the Sun-Herald article. Many are as stupid as you see on Kossack.
It is a stupid tragedy. All because hot-headed idiots named McCool got mad. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2016 07:35 AM (r+/qI) 127
rickb223: You restrict my right to self defense, you assume the liability.
While I'm amused by the proposed Tennessee law, I have a problem with this. If you are required to go somewhere that restricts guns, sure, they're liable in case of problems deriving therefrom - but you are not required to go to any "gun-free zone" restaurant or theater. Don't like their policy? Just don't go there. Otherwise, you accept their rules and the dangers inherent. The only places I can think of that one might be required to go without self-defense would be government offices. And you know what they say about fighting city hall. Posted by: mindful webworker - thought-free zone at January 25, 2016 07:36 AM (cHQtB) 128
123
Would anyone really be shocked if we saw an assassination attempt or two during this next year? Posted by: BurtTC at January 25, 2016 07:33 AM (Dj0WE) 50 years of regression after eight years of Obama? Solid B+. Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 07:37 AM (3dOE/) 129
So, skip X-Files then. No problem. I did like it way back in the 90's. Now I wish our Government was competent enough to be as dark and shady as it was in the X-Files. They at least took classified information seriously on the X-Files. How I wish there was a "Smoking Man" in the Federal Government. I would love to work with that kind of competence.
Posted by: Puddleglum at January 25, 2016 07:37 AM (Nt7A0) 130
Sooo, I wonder if anyone will mention or have an open thread on the X Files last night. I can't believe how much liberal bullshit pandering they did. Plus it's all George Bush's fault apparently.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 25, 2016 07:37 AM (9U1OG) 131
120 NRO says it is not trying to dictate but merely expressing their opinion -- the opinion that you are inbred rubes if you dont agree with them. lol
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:32 AM (iQIUe) The problem with NRO is that they have carried the fucking water for the Establishment for so long since the passing of William F. Buckley (pbuh) that freaking out over Trump - which if we are honest with each other, there is some legitimacy to having trepidations about him - just makes them look like crazed idjits. Yes, Trump is worrisome. But he has tapped into the righteous anger and rage felt by the citizenry over the utter hijacking of our nation. And that cannot be dismissed. At the same time, these same establishment assholes have a similar loathing for Ted Cruz because they perceive (and rightly) that he may very well take an axe to the New Deal/Great Society gravy train that has been goniffing our wealth and freedom over the past 50-100 years. So, their protests sound a bit hollow. And I really respect many of the people who hitched their wagon to that joke of an issue, no matter the fact that I too have major misgivings for Trump - despite hoping against hope, perhaps against my better judgement, that he really can "make America great again." Gevalt. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:38 AM (zLP1L) 132
124 I could fix this shit if it weren't for all those damn voters.
Posted by: Haley Barbour at January 25, 2016 07:34 AM (u5gzz) You did! - - Thad Cockring. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:39 AM (zLP1L) 133
I just checked my no script and somehow everything had become "enabled". No wonder I am having trouble.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:39 AM (t2KH5) 134
Why do y'all assume Cruz would accept a VP nomination after the way Trump has treated him?
Doesn't matter.. Trump will never be the nominee. Most people do not realize how hard it will be for someone pulling 30% of the votes in these primaries to get the nomination at the convention this time around. Ain't gonna happen. Too many states have pushed themselves into the early dates that force delegates to be apportioned proportionally. Everyone in the pack will walk away with something. And no one will have a majority. Trump could "win" Iowa and New Hampshire and still be only 2 or 3 delegates ahead of Cruz. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:40 AM (UpGcq) 135
Obama: It will be hard to undo my accomplishments
Outside of the raging ego to say that I have to agree. He's fcked things up so much and no one has the guts to undo it Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 25, 2016 07:40 AM (45oDG) 136
>>>>While I'm amused by the proposed Tennessee law, I have a problem with this.
If you are required to go somewhere that restricts guns, sure, they're liable in case of problems deriving therefrom - but you are not required to go to any "gun-free zone" restaurant or theater. Don't like their policy? Just don't go there. Otherwise, you accept their rules and the dangers inherent. The only places I can think of that one might be required to go without self-defense would be government offices. And you know what they say about fighting city hall. . . .It really isn't about the law, it is about choices. It let's the business owner know that by making the decision to create a gun free zone he has taken complete responsibility for the safety of everyone who has decided to frequent his establishment by posting that sign. It doesn't matter whether people carry or not. and I personally do not patronize a business that has a gun free sign on it if I can help it. Now I do have some issues with compliance as I can foresee public Universities complaining and being let off the hook from the law. Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 25, 2016 07:42 AM (iONHu) 137
And DARPA is looking into brain implants to allow humans to communicate with computer systems.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gsxhdgr Coming soon to your brain-stem, hacking your ghost to control you. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2016 07:42 AM (r+/qI) 138
134 And no one will have a majority. Trump could "win" Iowa and New Hampshire and still be only 2 or 3 delegates ahead of Cruz.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:40 AM (UpGcq) As Mr. Levin has pointed out, Trump might have 30% of the polling but he is not at 50%. There are still significant numbers of people supporting candidates other than him. When Carson, Rubio, Fiorina and the rest fade out as they are destined to do after Iowa and certainly after NH and SC, they will have to go somewhere. Trump or Cruz? That is the question. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:42 AM (zLP1L) 139
Obama: It will be hard to undo my accomplishments
Outside of the raging ego to say that I have to agree. He's fcked things up so much and no one has the guts to undo it Pen and a phone, bitch. Pen. And. A. Phone. Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 07:42 AM (VDCWC) 140
135 Obama: It will be hard to undo my accomplishments
accomplishments = weakening America and turmoil worldwide. Nice going sport Posted by: Puddleglum at January 25, 2016 07:42 AM (Nt7A0) 141
Vic/JJ,
Below is a pretty good article on the Reagan/Pappy Bush arrangement from someone who was in the room. It is the NYT, but from 2000 when they were not nearly as insane as today. Kill the spaces. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/magazine/ george-herbert-walker-bush-the- accidental-vice-president.html Posted by: Tim in GA at January 25, 2016 07:43 AM (gEJzy) 142
Disabled veteran converts wheelchair into snow plow to help town:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gs374l6 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:44 AM (w4NZ8) 143
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 25, 2016 07:44 AM (ZQfW9) 144
5 Obama: It will be hard to undo my accomplishments
Outside of the raging ego to say that I have to agree. He's fcked things up so much and no one has the guts to undo it Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 25, 2016 07:40 AM (45oDG) Obama set the groundwork for the undoing of his "accomplishments." Pen and phone. Naturally, the people that greased the skids and looked the other way as he raped us with them will scream bloody murder and invoke "The Constitution" and "separation of powers" should the next Prexy use those same implements. Payback is a bitch. But is the Leviathan a bigger badder bitch than Payback? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:45 AM (zLP1L) 145
My guess is that if you were supporting Carson you probably wouldn't support Trump, although you're just going with the momentum:
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:46 AM (w4NZ8) 146
"unless" you were just going with the momentum
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:46 AM (w4NZ8) 147
After all the commotion over the TV ads, I'm shocked to learn that Joni Ernst has no balls.
Posted by: Spellcheck at January 25, 2016 07:47 AM (HKBpI) 148
147 After all the commotion over the TV ads, I'm shocked to learn that Joni Ernst has no balls.
Posted by: Spellcheck at January 25, 2016 07:47 AM (HKBpI) Balls, yes. Principles and honesty, no. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:48 AM (zLP1L) 149
NRO says it is not trying to dictate but merely expressing their opinion
When they bring Beck in to call Trump Hitler, they're calling you Nazis, which is intended to coerce. Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 07:49 AM (oVJmc) 150
Because of the snow, this is an extended Sunday at Fort Weasel.
Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 07:50 AM (e3bId) 151
Also, we are out of bacon.
Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 07:51 AM (e3bId) Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:51 AM (t2KH5) 153
The Great White Scotsman: It really isn't about the law, it is about choices. It let's the business owner know that by making the decision to create a gun free zone he has taken complete responsibility...
Um, uh, well, as I understand it, there's a law proposed to impose liability on the "gun-free" business because a customer was dumb enough to go there. So, it is entirely "about the law." Posted by: mindful webworker - although IANAL at January 25, 2016 07:51 AM (cHQtB) 154
Pen and phone. Naturally, the people that greased the skids and looked the other way as he raped us with them will scream bloody murder and invoke "The Constitution" and "separation of powers" should the next Prexy use those same implements.
Life's a bitch. Precedent Presidentin' has already be set in stone. Science bitchez! Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 07:52 AM (VDCWC) 155
I found this article at American Thinker describes the Trump Fever whys and wherefores very well. Better than any other I've seen.
http://tinyurl.com/j9uktbv Posted by: Trumplovesmycountry at January 25, 2016 07:52 AM (pxwEr) 156
144 Payback is a bitch. But is the Leviathan a bigger badder bitch than Payback?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:45 AM (zLP1L) Unfortunately Republicans have never been known for undoing Democrat BS. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:52 AM (t2KH5) 157
Would anyone really be shocked if we saw an assassination attempt or two during this next year?
Of whom,-Trump? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:53 AM (w4NZ8) 158
Good morning all!
From this date in 1944- central Italy Jan 25, 1944 - The EZ Dog Journal 34 advancing slowly. Mines and s/a holding them to a snails pace. 36 called a truce to pick up wounded across Rapido. CEF advancing on Cairo. 10 Corps being hit heavily. VI Corps progressing with little opposition. About 10-12 miles inland. Cool and cloudy. Slight rain. 34 = 34th Division 36 = 36th Division CEF = French Expeditionary Corps 10 Corps = British 10th Corps VI Corps = Anzio landing force, now at about the max extent of their beachhead, about to stall out (or pause to consolidate on the orders of Gen. Lucas), allowing German reinforcements to reach the front and bottle the Allies up. Monte Cairo about 4.5 miles NNW of Monte Cassino (It's not clear if he is referencing the mountain or a small village at the foot of the mountain, also named Cairo.) CEF has advanced more than the rest of the front, still stymied at the Rapido and Cassino. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 25, 2016 07:53 AM (NeFrd) 159
Unfortunately Republicans have never been known for undoing Democrat BS.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:52 AM (t2KH5) ^^^this^^^ Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 25, 2016 07:53 AM (0O7c5) 160
When they bring Beck in to call Trump Hitler, they're calling you Nazis, which is intended to coerce.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 07:49 AM (oVJmc) Someone ought to remind them of a little thing called Godwin's law and its corollary. In short, as discussions get longer, the probability of a Hitler comparison approaches 1. The corollary is that once the Hitler comparison is made, the side that made it has lost the argument and the discussion is over. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 07:53 AM (J+mig) 161
Re: Tennessee law.
While I understand the tension between property rights, liability for superseding, intervening acts, foreseeable intervening causes, and the right of self-defense, our society is replete with instances of legal liability or restrictions on public accommodations and their proprietors in the name of actual or invented constitutional rights. The main difference here being that there requires an act of the "intervening" (albeit of a somewhat foreseeable nature at this point) variety to find liability in the gun free zone instance. But when has tort law (product liability) not been the province of a state legislature to define? Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 07:54 AM (3dOE/) 162
Feelthe Bern on Face the Nation: Gun control is a job for federal office-holders rather than state governments
I'm shocked... shocked! that Bern is a big gov gun-grabber. Who could've guessed? Breitbart http://bit.ly/1nJkai5 Posted by: mindful webworker - not shocked at January 25, 2016 07:54 AM (cHQtB) 163
Prayer request
Poster "Dynamite Dan" asked last night for prayers. He has an interview for a job at a hotel in Cincinnati today. He didn't say what time the interview was, but said he would appreciate prayers. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:54 AM (w4NZ8) 164
When Carson, Rubio, Fiorina and the rest fade out as they are destined to do after Iowa and certainly after NH and SC, they will have to go somewhere.
Trump or Cruz? That is the question. ............. Rubio ain't going nowhere.. I believe 25-30% is Trump's ceiling of people who will vote for him. tops. While they may go to Cruz as others drop out, there are an awfully big percentage of moderate GOP voters who will be looking elsewhere.. Rubio will very possibly get those. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2016 07:56 AM (UpGcq) 165
Of whom,-Trump?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:53 AM (w4NZ The way he pisses off the political establishment and the screaming loonies on the Left, if I were a betting man, I'd have bet that it'd have happened by now. Honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 07:56 AM (J+mig) 166
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee "Obama has already fixed the Mexican border". Yeah and I have a bridge in NYC I'll sell you. Sell her the Eiffel Tower: http://goo.gl/Q30ivM Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2016 07:56 AM (X6fMO) 167
15 Girls basketball team in Minn booted from the league because they won too much.
We had a freak situation in the early 00's where a local high school basketball team, normally mediocre, ended up with 4 future D-1 B-ball players (and a 6th man who went on to star for the Green Bay Packers) on an already stacked team. Everyone knew this was a temporary situation, 2 seasons and done. So they worked out a deal where our local team played a national schedule (mainly the big tournaments) for those 2 years (they ended up #3 in the nation the first year) and then returned to local league play. It worked out for everyone involved. Nobody wanted to watch one team win every game 115-30 with their backups (!), which is what started happening before they switched to a national schedule. Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 25, 2016 07:56 AM (r9tFS) 168
So, facebook accounts that had the german girls complaint about Merkel and refugees raping have been disabled. Well, we have Zuckerberg and Merkel on tape agreeing that was their plan.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:57 AM (iQIUe) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 25, 2016 07:57 AM (EZebt) 170
Feelthe Bern on Face the Nation: Gun control is a job for federal office-holders rather than state governments
I'm shocked... shocked! that Bern is a big gov gun-grabber. Who could've guessed? Coming from Constitutional Carry Vermont, who would have guessed? Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 07:57 AM (VDCWC) 171
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 07:56 AM (J+mig)
Yes; I did mention several times that I hoped he had good protection. Cruz as well. I pray their safety each day,. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:58 AM (w4NZ8) 172
We missed trash collection last Monday for MLK holiday.
I pulled our trashcans onto the enclosed front porch Friday to escape the high winds. They're skipping us today as trash trucks are plowing streets. I love the smell of melting garbage in the morning. Posted by: Spellcheck at January 25, 2016 07:58 AM (HKBpI) 173
Wait wait! The Eiffel Tower's up for grabs?!
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135 Obama: It will be hard to undo my accomplishments
We choose to do these things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Some D asshole said that once. Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 08:00 AM (oVJmc) 175
"Is snow so rare there that nobody has snowblowers?" I've got one in the shed. Just call me Mary "One Shed" Poppins. I hadn't started the thing since last winter; just put stabilizer in the gas tank. So I went out on Saturday morning, expecting to spend 30-40 minutes trying to get the engine turned over. But no - after five pulls, it started right up. Yay for me. And even more yay, we didn't get a single inch of snow at all. Which made an old grump like me very happy. Plus, I got a new puppeh yesterday. "Odessa," a little 1-year old American Eskimo who is still skittish because she was an abused pup. She needs much love and care. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2016 08:01 AM (X6fMO) 176
Thanks as always for the news, Vic.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 25, 2016 08:01 AM (B8JRQ) 177
Yes; I did mention several times that I hoped he had good protection. Cruz as well. I pray their safety each day,.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 07:58 AM (w4NZ That's a good thing to do, and I should probably start. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:02 AM (J+mig) 178
I can't figure out which movie I want to see first. The one about BO and Mooch's first date or the Weiner movie. Are they going to make one about Hairy Reid too? I'm looking forward to that.
Posted by: Incomprehensible Idiot at January 25, 2016 08:02 AM (BO/km) 179
"Obama: It will be hard to undo my accomplishments"
Should a Republican president try to undo Obama's depredations, GOP senators and congressmen will be first in line screaming "Unitary Executive!" Because they have to prove they can govern, don't you know. Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 25, 2016 08:03 AM (u5gzz) 180
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So, facebook accounts that had the german girls complaint about Merkel and refugees raping have been disabled. Well, we have Zuckerberg and Merkel on tape agreeing that was their plan. Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:57 AM (iQIUe) Those two schmucks, in a system with a functional rule of law, would have warrants out for their arrest on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:03 AM (J+mig) 181
I'm not so sure that Obama's presidency is not some sort of Rubicon. I fear there is no going back. Only recourse is to sabotage the wheels of the Leviatian going forward. There is no fixing within the normal parameters. Trump or Cruz would make satisfactory spanners.
But that's just my opinion. Posted by: Usedtocould at January 25, 2016 08:04 AM (F375F) 182
G'mornin, Horde !
Thanks for the news, Vic ! And the homemade tank pic, Anna ! And congratulations on the new puppy, MP4 ! Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2016 08:04 AM (erRNA) 183
The nearly-full moon was still up when I got up. Next time I looked out, it was dark. Now it's starting to get light again, but not yet as bright as it was an hour and a half ago.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I see the light at January 25, 2016 08:05 AM (cHQtB) 184
The main problem with trump is that the dude simply cannot focus.
Saw an interview with him on Sunday and it started out fine and then he just went all over the map. It was like, "we're going to seal the borders and then throw a lemon party!!!!" Focus Donald - Focus!!! Posted by: Kreplach at January 25, 2016 08:06 AM (9XuqE) 185
o, their protests sound a bit hollow. And I really respect many of the people who hitched their wagon to that joke of an issue, no matter the fact that I too have major misgivings for Trump - despite hoping against hope, perhaps against my better judgement, that he really can "make America great again."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 07:38 AM (zLP1L) The sad thing is no one, except Cruz, tapped into what Trump was saying. They all ran into their luxurious, small tent, GOPe echo chamber crying about how he said it. Ingrahm is right that the GOPe doesn't want to offer anything except for their CoC friends. Posted by: WOPR at January 25, 2016 08:06 AM (LTDSy) Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 25, 2016 08:06 AM (u5gzz) 187
An interesting little story Poul Anderson wrote called Security.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22239/22239-h/22239-h.htm Posted by: Anna Puma at January 25, 2016 08:08 AM (r+/qI) 188
MP4's new puppeh... yay!
My dog wants one. We kinda do, too, but, we've never actually gone out and got a dog. They just come to us, and the Lord (aka jerks who dump their pets near our place) hasn't sent us one since Defender Doggie showed up years ago. Would be different to actually start off with a pup. Posted by: mindful webworker - d'awww at January 25, 2016 08:09 AM (cHQtB) 189
So, facebook accounts that had the german girls complaint about Merkel and refugees raping have been disabled. Well, we have Zuckerberg and Merkel on tape agreeing that was their plan.
If you're not paranoid in the 'Age of Obama' you're not paying attention. Posted by: ugg boots at January 25, 2016 08:09 AM (fbovC) 190
We're not voting our way out of this.
And a quick note to all: Anyone who shows up here trying to collect my guns is going to get shot in the fucking face. Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:10 AM (e3bId) 191
Ingrahm is right that the GOPe doesn't want to offer anything except for their CoC friends.
Posted by: WOPR ****** It all begins to make sense when you come to realize that when they say "we" they don't mean "us". Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 25, 2016 08:11 AM (NeFrd) 192
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P.S. But I mean that in a nice way. Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:11 AM (e3bId) Posted by: Bitch McConnell with a Dick In His Mouth at January 25, 2016 08:11 AM (u5gzz) 194
Poul Anderson was always one of my favorite writers.. from the Golden Age of sci-fi.
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congrats on the new doggie, MP4! and no snow!
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190 P.S. But I mean that in a nice way. Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:11 AM (e3bId) drone strike in 5......4.......3......2..... Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 25, 2016 08:14 AM (0O7c5) 197
Going to unplug for a while. Back eventually.
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I just checked my no script and somehow everything had become "enabled". No wonder I am having trouble. Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 07:39 AM ~~~~ I'm running FF and having similar problems, Vic. Is "no script" an add-on? Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:16 AM (E6RIJ) 200
Pamela Anderson was always one of my favorites. Not sure if she can write. Or even read.
Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:17 AM (e3bId) 201
I don't know what everybody's so paranoid about.
Posted by: Your Dept of Agriculture SWAT Team at January 25, 2016 08:17 AM (u5gzz) 202
33 RNCe doesn't like either Trump or Cruz. They want to keep feeding us the same tired old RINOs as always.
Using RINO as a smear against other candidates as an expression of support for DIABLO Trump risks causing all irony in the universe to collapse into a singularity. Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at January 25, 2016 08:17 AM (desdq) 203
I'm loving these gas prices but I'm pissed we have been paying artificially high prices for so long, with ethanol mixed in to boot. By my calculations I spent over $5000 more for gas in 2014 than 2015. Remember when the experts said we were running out of oil? Well the experts are full of crap.
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Well the experts are full of crap.
Posted by: freaked at January 25, 2016 08:17 AM (BO/km) That's almost axiomatic these days. On almost every subject, the experts are full of crap. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:18 AM (J+mig) 205
We have to stay alert--otherwise anti-Common Core people could destroy the universe.
Posted by: Your Dept of Education SWAT Team at January 25, 2016 08:19 AM (u5gzz) Posted by: Murray Gell-Mann at January 25, 2016 08:19 AM (oVJmc) 207
Well, the sun is up.
It's 17 degrees out, and this snow isn't gonna shovel itself. Or, I can sit here and commiserate with the Horde. Decisions...decisions. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 08:20 AM (ptqRm) 208
199 I'm running FF and having similar problems, Vic. Is "no script" an add-on?
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:16 AM (E6RIJ) Yes, it is an add on. You can download it from here. https://noscript.net/ Posted by: Vic-we have no party at January 25, 2016 08:21 AM (t2KH5) Posted by: Hillary! at January 25, 2016 08:21 AM (n22zQ) 210
Went to get that Poul Anderson story and was surprised that I already had it
That NYTimes article on Reagan was a disappointment. Disappointing that he spent so much time trying to make a deal with Ford, who was a weak President after Nixon. Disappointing that he took Bush despite the slights Bush made during the campaign. Disappointing that it was 'on the rebound' type of thing where a romance goes bad and you immediately marry the second choice (never ends well). Disappointing that Bush would agree to a platform that was so different from the things he campaigned on. And, knowing what we know now, and having learned more about George the HW, it was a disastrous decision for the long term. And I don't remember much about Richard Allen, but if that article is indicative. . . well, it serves, yet again, to explain why common people hate Washington, D.C. Posted by: Cael Lug at January 25, 2016 08:22 AM (8Qhyj) 211
So on the X-Files the last seven years of Shit Midas never happened and conservatives are to blame?
I was a little bit annoyed that I had to go to the store last night and didn't get a chance to see it... not so much, now. Good to know I don't have to waste my time. Posted by: Gem at January 25, 2016 08:23 AM (c+gwp) 212
I'm running FF and having similar problems, Vic. Is "no script" an add-on?
Be warned, though, that your IQ will drop to 32. Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2016 08:23 AM (J3phO) 213
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I'm planning to wait until this afternoon - it will have melted a little more and I'm not going anywhere until a plow makes its way up the hill - probably a day or two from now. Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:23 AM (e3bId) 214
You are a bunch of Kulaks who need to be sent to the camps.
Posted by: The National Review at January 25, 2016 08:23 AM (XgfBI) 215
Well, Perry just endorsed Cruz.
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Good for Perry.
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Well, Perry just endorsed Cruz. Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:23 AM (E6RIJ) .....i just hope the beck endorsement doesn't hurt him...... Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 25, 2016 08:24 AM (0O7c5) 219
If I recall, Marcus Luttrell and a number of other SEALs initially supported Perry. Would be nice if they fell in behind Cruz too.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:26 AM (E6RIJ) Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 08:26 AM (oVJmc) 221
I have to say that the sun on the snow along with the long shadows is very beautiful.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 08:27 AM (w4NZ8) 222
Beck is an imbecile.
Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:27 AM (e3bId) 223
The antiDP crowd mounted a full assault on behalf of Max Soffar who murdered 4 people and severly wounded a 5th. They claimed he was dying and he shd be allowed to die at home. By law, those who commit capital murder are not entitled to compassionate release didnt seem to bother them. They expected the TX gov to commute his sentence to first degree murders and then for him to be released. eyeroll.
Initially, they said he had days to live. Then weeks, then months. It's been 22 months and he is still alive. Same with Lynne Stewart. She was released from prison bc they claimed she had less than 18 months to live. The federal laws are pretty lenient. 18 months? During that time she attended lefty rallys. It now has been 25 months and she is still alive. Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 08:27 AM (iQIUe) Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2016 08:29 AM (kzdjp) 225
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Agree! I spent a long time looking out the kitchen window as the sun came up thinking the very same thing. Also, for those so inclined - remember to keep your bird feeders filled. Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:29 AM (e3bId) 226
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 08:27 AM (iQIUe)
They're lying liars that lie. Just like every other form of Leftist. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:30 AM (J+mig) 227
Also, for those so inclined - remember to keep your bird feeders filled.
I don't have any but that's a really nice thought. One thing I always enjoy about winter is when I take walks I often see cardinals or blue birds which show up beautifully against the snow. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 08:31 AM (w4NZ8) 228
.....i just hope the beck endorsement doesn't hurt him......
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at January 25, 2016 08:24 AM ~~~ I'm guessing it won't. Beck isn't in the limelight so much anymore, and most of the LIVs won't even remember him. As far as conservatives go (vis a vis Beck,) I suspect most of them feel the same way I do: He was great for the first few years. Then he kinda went off the deep end, went a little nutso, and then the mask slipped a bit and he came off looking like he was just all about the money, etc. I don't hate Beck, or even think he's a moron. In fact, I still agree with 95% of what he says. But he's not a kingmaker anymore. Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:31 AM (E6RIJ) 229
. It now has been 25 months and she is still alive.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 08:27 AM (iQIUe) She's still alive. They hit her with five shots and she's still alive! Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2016 08:33 AM (kzdjp) 230
Good morning
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228 I don't hate Beck, or even think he's a moron. In fact, I still agree with 95% of what he says. But he's not a kingmaker anymore.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:31 AM (E6RIJ His exposure of the institutional Marxist Left just before and after the '08 election was priceless, IMHO. As well as his making me discard the Left-Center-Right paradigm. But yeah, he went nuts quickly and has not really recovered. Neither hurts nor helps Cruz. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:34 AM (zLP1L) 232
Girls complaining about Muslims raping them need to be shut up and their accounts disabled. Don't they understand the needs of billionaire social media entrepreneurs for cheap labor?
They'll get over the rape, in time. /Zucker Posted by: ugg boots at January 25, 2016 08:34 AM (fbovC) 233
Is that near death, Lybian terrorist we released still alive?
Posted by: Jean at January 25, 2016 08:34 AM (cXiMR) 234
I'm not so sure that Obama's presidency is not some sort of Rubicon.
=== Of course it was. Everybody saw that, even Newsweek. Posted by: Bigby's Digital Manipulators at January 25, 2016 08:34 AM (3ZtZW) 235
229 She's still alive. They hit her with five shots and she's still alive!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 25, 2016 08:33 AM (kzdjp) Blood is a big expense. I hope Tom can talk sense into that hothead Sonny . . . Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:35 AM (zLP1L) 236
The nearly-full moon was still up when I got up. Next time I looked out, it was dark. Now it's starting to get light again, but not yet as bright as it was an hour and a half ago.
=== Flickering. Must be aliens! Posted by: Bigby's Digital Manipulators at January 25, 2016 08:35 AM (3ZtZW) 237
I'm a juggernaut, bitch!
Posted by: Jim Gilmore at January 25, 2016 08:36 AM (u5gzz) 238
234 I'm not so sure that Obama's presidency is not some sort of Rubicon.
=== Of course it was. Everybody saw that, even Newsweek. Posted by: Bigby's Digital Manipulators at January 25, 2016 08:34 AM (3ZtZW) Then all bets are truly off. To paraphrase Dubya, "we'll have to destroy the Constitution in order to save the Constitution." G-d help us. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:36 AM (zLP1L) 239
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You can also toss out bread crumbs - the snow covers most of their normal food sources. We are fortunate to have a remarkable variety of birds that visit our back yard and I keep thinking I need to make the effort to learn more about them. I do know several species migrate pretty remarkable distances. Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:36 AM (e3bId) 240
237 I'm a juggernaut, bitch!
Posted by: Jim Gilmore at January 25, 2016 08:36 AM (u5gzz) I thought a juggernaut was someone who dives into the 50 Foot Woman's cleavage? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:36 AM (zLP1L) 241
No parking at my Officer...Should be a great day?
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Libyan
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Well, Perry just endorsed Cruz. He gave three reasons.... Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 08:26 AM (oVJmc) ISWDT. Pretty surprised at that, actually. I was sure he was going to go with Dondi. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:38 AM (zLP1L) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:38 AM (zLP1L) 246
I'm sick of Trump. I tried to keep an open mind about the guy, rather than dismissing him out of hand.
No one knows what this guy believes. No one. -- Nope. But Laura Ingraham's sidebar article nailed his message perfectly. (Although she left out the "FU GOPe" part). People are glomming onto Trump for those 3 points of his campaign message: America's interests first in trade, nat'l security ahead of globalism, sealed borders and enforcement of immigration laws. The rest of what comes with Trump is a roll of the dice, and people are willing to take the chance to secure the other major parts of his agenda. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 25, 2016 08:39 AM (pVkEV) 247
Is this the palindrome thread?
Posted by: Zombie William F. Buckley at January 25, 2016 08:40 AM (u5gzz) 248
To paraphrase Dubya, "we'll have to destroy the Constitution in order to save the Constitution." Or, in the words of Steve Dallas, "sometimes you have to spill a little Constitutional milk to save the American pie." That was back when Berke Breathed was funny. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2016 08:40 AM (X6fMO) 249
The rest of what comes with Trump is a roll of the
dice, and people are willing to take the chance to secure the other major parts of his agenda. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 25, 2016 08:39 AM (pVkEV) Pretty much. It's risky, but at this point, it's probably going to crash and burn no matter what we do, so we may as well try to make a hail mary pass instead of run for another two yards and then punt. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:41 AM (J+mig) 250
His exposure of the institutional Marxist Left just
before and after the '08 election was priceless, IMHO. As well as his making me discard the Left-Center-Right paradigm. But yeah, he went nuts quickly and has not really recovered. Neither hurts nor helps Cruz. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:34 AM My feelings exactly. ~~~~ Pretty surprised at that, actually. I was sure he was going to go with Dondi. Me too. I groaned out loud when I saw the chyron saying, "Coming up next, Gov. Perry to endorse" Very glad he picked Cruz. This should make Ace happy too. Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 08:42 AM (E6RIJ) 251
Well, the sun is up.
It's 17 degrees out, and this snow isn't gonna shovel itself. Or, I can sit here and commiserate with the Horde. It's 57 with the sun out. Time to shovel sunshine! Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 08:42 AM (VDCWC) 252
That creepy Rutgers professor/SJW who had sex with a mentally disabled man (he can't speak or walk, and uses a diaper) was sentenced to 12 years. She'll have to register as a sex offender when she gets out of prison. Good to see the judge didn't fall for her line of BS. This so-called professor was using "facilitated communication" to communicate with the disabled man. FC is a sham; basically, the "facilitator" puts their hands over the disabled person's hands and types on a keyboard. Every time FC has been studied in an objective way, it has been shown that the only communication being done is by the facilitator. IOW, the person controlling the keyboard is the one doing the "talking." So this Rutgers pervert, who performed sex acts on a mentally retarded, diapered man, had not fallen in love with the man based on his communications; she had essentially fallen in love with herself -- because that's who was doing all the "talking."
http://tinyurl.com/z45q3zb Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 25, 2016 08:43 AM (a31sM) 253
Surprised they let Ben Shapiro publish that. Breitbart has been cheerleading Trump, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically. Especially since the phony birther and Goldman Sachs smears.
--------------------- I'm not sure what's phoney about Cruz being born in Canada or the fact that his wife works for Goldman Sachs. Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 25, 2016 08:44 AM (LXJ1e) 254
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That creepy Rutgers professor/SJW Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 25, 2016 08:43 AM (a31sM) Who are these people and how did they escape the asylum? No, not the victim. Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 08:45 AM (3dOE/) 255
"It's 57 with the sun out. Time to shovel sunshine!"
*Types* *Deletes* Well, aren't we the cheery one this morning. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 25, 2016 08:46 AM (ptqRm) 256
If Trump is elected I look for the Donks and the GOPe to start impeachment proceedings about two minutes after he is sworn in.
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at January 25, 2016 08:46 AM (rnH8X) 257
Saw my first Trump ad on air last night. If was a pretty effective hit against Cruz about his vote Comprehensive Immigration crapola. Played a Fox interview of him trying to explain his vote and whether he was for or against it. He was just stumbling and bumbling the whole time.
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Who are these people and how did they escape the asylum? No, not the victim.
Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 08:45 AM (3dOE/) First, they had the asylums closed down, and then they "progressively" began threatening professors to take certain conditions out of the DSM... Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:47 AM (J+mig) 259
Laura Ingraham's sidebar article nailed his message perfectly. People are glomming onto Trump for those 3 points of his campaign message: America's interests first in trade, nat'l security ahead of globalism, sealed borders and enforcement of immigration laws.
The question is, how did the GOP get so stupid on these issues to allow Trump to happen? Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 08:48 AM (O7MnT) 260
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If Trump is elected I look for the Donks and the GOPe to start impeachment proceedings about two minutes after he is sworn in. Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at January 25, 2016 08:46 AM (rnH8X) That's about what I expect will happen also. But it will pretty much be the nail in the coffin for the government's legitimacy also. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:48 AM (J+mig) 261
If'n it wasn't for Mondays, I wouldn't have no weekdays a'tall.
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I'm sick of Trump. I tried to keep an open mind about the guy, rather than dismissing him out of hand. No one knows what this guy believes. No one. Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 25, 2016 07:03 AM (u5gzz) Take a look at some of his interviews from 1988. For such a long time span, he is remarkably consistent between then and now. Of course there are some positions that change over. Who has not on some issues. However, on those that appeal to his America first supporters, he has been pretty steady. Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 08:49 AM (3dOE/) Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 08:50 AM (oVJmc) 264
change over time.
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The question is, how did the GOP get so stupid on these issues to allow Trump to happen?
Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 08:48 AM (O7MnT) Do not confuse stupidity with corruption. The eGOPs are not stupid, they knowingly and willingly sell out We the People to keep that sweet CoC and K Street cash rolling in. Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 08:50 AM (Ix+HS) 266
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Nope. But Laura Ingraham's sidebar article nailed his message perfectly. (Although she left out the "FU GOPe" part). People are glomming onto Trump for those 3 points of his campaign message: America's interests first in trade, nat'l security ahead of globalism, sealed borders and enforcement of immigration laws. The rest of what comes with Trump is a roll of the dice, and people are willing to take the chance to secure the other major parts of his agenda. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 25, 2016 08:39 AM (pVkEV) ------------ I posted last week about the different facets of the conservative coalition. Definitely what Trump keys on is National Sovereignty. The very thing the NRO crowd seems least concerned with. National Sovereignty is the key between bad trade deals, illegal immigration, and getting our troops thrown all over the world. Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 25, 2016 08:51 AM (LXJ1e) 267
If Trump is elected I look for the Donks and the GOPe to start impeachment proceedings about two minutes after he is sworn in.
President Trumppenandphone: No standing! Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 08:52 AM (VDCWC) 268
they knowingly and willingly sell out We the People to keep that sweet CoC and K Street cash rolling in.
**** It all begins to make sense when you come to realize that when they say "we" they don't mean "us". Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 25, 2016 08:52 AM (NeFrd) 269
That's about what I expect will happen also. But it will pretty much be the nail in the coffin for the government's legitimacy also.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:48 AM (J+mig) ---------------- That' happened with the gay marriage ruling. Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 25, 2016 08:52 AM (LXJ1e) 270
Nope. But Laura Ingraham's sidebar article nailed his message perfectly. (Although she left out the "FU GOPe" part). People are glomming onto Trump for those 3 points of his campaign message: America's interests first in trade, nat'l security ahead of globalism, sealed borders and enforcement of immigration laws. The rest of what comes with Trump is a roll of the dice, and people are willing to take the chance to secure the other major parts of his agenda. Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 25, 2016 08:39 AM (pVkEV) Check out Lileks' Bleat today. He savages Ingraham's support of Teh Donald and makes it clear he himself despises the man. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2016 08:53 AM (X6fMO) 271
I have been binge-watching 'Mayday: Air Crash Investigations.' I think the GOP is crashing for the same reasons airplanes crash. Like when the pilot refuses to heed warnings that the aircraft is I trouble. (When the invisible cockpit lady yells "Terrain! Pull Up!" You damn well better do what she says. Likewise when the base says "Immigration! Shut it down!") Also, planes crash when problems are neglected for years because pilots get away with it... until they don't.
Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 08:53 AM (O7MnT) 272
253 I'm not sure what's phoney about Cruz being born in Canada or the fact that his wife works for Goldman Sachs.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 25, 2016 08:44 AM (LXJ1e) . . . and speaking of pod people lacking self-awareness or a sense of proportion . . . Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:54 AM (zLP1L) 273
Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 25, 2016 08:55 AM (kff5f) Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at January 25, 2016 08:55 AM (kff5f) 275
Carter's cancer is back. No, not his essence/beliefs but his disease. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:55 AM (zLP1L) 276
Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 08:36 AM (e3bId)
Thanks very much. I do toss out bread sometimes but breadcrumbs would be a good idea too. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 08:56 AM (w4NZ8) 277
The question is, how did the GOP get so stupid on these issues to allow Trump to happen?
Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 08:48 AM (O7MnT) ------------- Yes, the GOP always talks about broadening the base. Yet it seems they would rather have 100,000 additional Hispanics than additional 10,000,000 whites. I mean the entire 20 years have been demeaning actual Americans in favor or illegal immigrants (jobs Americans won't do, Hispanics are natural conservatives, your racist if you don't want unfettered immigration, etc.) Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 25, 2016 08:57 AM (LXJ1e) 278
. . . and speaking of pod people lacking self-awareness or a sense of proportion . . . Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 25, 2016 08:54 AM (zLP1L) ------------- Yes, I've been hypnotized. Posted by: Make America Great Again at January 25, 2016 08:58 AM (LXJ1e) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 25, 2016 08:58 AM (w4NZ8) 280
The most farcical thing about a Trump presidency won't be Trump himself, but how quickly the GOPe and the Democrats unify against him, and how quickly they rediscover all of the ways that Congress can shut a President down.
There won't be any denying that they're all playing for the same team at that point. And they don't see it, because they're blind to the fact that the American people are tired of their shit. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at January 25, 2016 08:58 AM (J+mig) 281
I would like to go on the record as saying that Sriracha sauce is the nastiest condiment ever invented in the history of mankind.
That is all. You may now resume your wishcasting. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 25, 2016 08:58 AM (NeFrd) 282
morning dump nood.
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at January 25, 2016 08:59 AM (AJeMv) 283
The most farcical thing about a Trump presidency won't be Trump himself, but how quickly the GOPe and the Democrats unify against him, and how quickly they rediscover all of the ways that Congress can shut a President down.
Pen and phone Precedent President. The precedent has been established. Posted by: rickb223 at January 25, 2016 08:59 AM (VDCWC) 284
276 a lot of times the squirrels and chipmunks end up in the chow line with the birds, but that's OK too, I guess.
Posted by: Weasel at January 25, 2016 09:00 AM (e3bId) 285
The rest of what comes with Trump is a roll of the dice, and people are willing to take the chance to secure the other major parts of his agenda.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 25, 2016 08:39 AM (pVkEV) That's what the "Trump isn't a conservative!!!!!" shouters don't understand. People are to the point rolling the dice with Trump because the GOPe isn't going to do anything and they know it. They've had six years to accomplish something and it's been failure theater. BTW, someone mentioned that the Obama/Ryan pow-wow is going to be about "solving" immigration. I can believe it. If they do, the GOP will cease to exist. Posted by: WOPR at January 25, 2016 09:00 AM (LTDSy) 286
I would like to go on the record as saying that Sriracha sauce is the nastiest condiment ever invented in the history of mankind.
Yer gonna need more beer. Posted by: Cael Lug at January 25, 2016 09:00 AM (8Qhyj) 287
"question is, how did the GOP get so stupid on these issues to allow Trump to happen?
Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 08:48 AM (O7MnT) " Not stupid. Complicit is the word you're looking for. A big game of good cop / bad cop .... each party playing good cop to their base, with the other party as the bad one. Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 25, 2016 09:01 AM (erRNA) 288
Yes, the GOP always talks about broadening the base. Yet it seems they would rather have 100,000 additional Hispanics than additional 10,000,000 whites. The ruling class has decided to play eugenics with the American Electorate, and breed a more compliant one. Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at January 25, 2016 09:02 AM (oVJmc) 289
I would like to go on the record as saying that Sriracha sauce is the nastiest condiment ever invented in the history of mankind.
That is all. You may now resume your wishcasting. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 25, 2016 08:58 AM (NeFrd) Heathen! Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2016 09:03 AM (Ix+HS) 290
Who are these people and how did they escape the asylum? No, not the victim.
Posted by: rebel flounder at January 25, 2016 08:45 AM (3dOE/) _______________________ They're so convinced of their own righteousness and nobility that they can't resist anybody who thinks like they do. And in this case, the guy thought exactly like the SJW -- because it was the SJW projecting her own thoughts onto him. So how could she possibly resist someone so brilliant and thoughtful and insightful? And if she has to take off his diaper and wipe off the urine and feces before performing the sex acts on him . . . eh, what's a little inconvenience compared to the bliss of knowing she has finally found her true soulmate? It's pathological narcissism. Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 25, 2016 09:05 AM (a31sM) Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at January 25, 2016 09:07 AM (IiVgV) Posted by: Lizzy at January 25, 2016 09:10 AM (NOIQH) 293
Yet Rutgers will continue sponsoring and hiring people who promote this shit. It's sjw to the extreme.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 09:10 AM (iQIUe) 294
Not stupid. Complicit is the word you're looking for.
The Trump phenomenon came about because the GOP basically abandoned the base on some key issues: Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Prioritizing National Security over Globalism, and Trade Policies that put America First. There's little daylight between the Republicans and the Democrats on the first two and none at all on the third. Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 09:13 AM (O7MnT) 295
The bishop just declared all church property gun-free zones, so he's not getting his pledge monies from a lot of people. Can't do much about the assessment from each parish- we have to pay our own bills to keep operating- but nothing for his special projects.
We are so angry- church was one of the places I felt safest, b/c so many people carried. And it's not like it's a business- have to go to Mass. and the next diocese, which I actually live in, is screwed as well. Posted by: Sal at January 25, 2016 09:13 AM (MRX6w) 296
67 The Barrel needs piss walls. Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 07:05 AM (iQIUe) You didn't spend enough time there to explore it fully, it seems. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 25, 2016 09:14 AM (BK3ZS) 297
Previous tennant had large wooden boxes with bird feed on the balcony. She even left me bags of feed. I threw it all out. I didnt want all those birds shitting eveywhere. They hung around a bit looking for food. Now, I am sorry I did it. Should have put the food somewhere else and still fed the birds. Had a dove lay a couple of eggs in a flower pot opposite my door. With great effort I tried not to disturb them but an effin blujay ate the eggs. Bastard!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 09:15 AM (iQIUe) 298
When they tried to close the local Sriracha factory, people went nuts. Because it is so popular now, sriracha stock would be a good investment.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 09:17 AM (iQIUe) 299
Bird seed.
Finches love thistle seed. Ex girl friend like the birds Now the lot is over run with thistles and the ex girlfriend is gone. It would take roundup to clear the thistles. Meanwhile the neighbor's yard is full of dandelions. I think every weed known to exist in the northern hemisphere, and every invasive plant ever to reach North America can be found in my yard. So I'm planting trees. Trees to over shade the ground and the trees have every disease known to trees in the northern hemisphere. Posted by: Cael Lug at January 25, 2016 09:21 AM (8Qhyj) 300
I like Sriracha very much. Mix it with honey and use it as a glaze: Spectacular.
Posted by: V the K at January 25, 2016 09:21 AM (O7MnT) Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 25, 2016 09:21 AM (BK3ZS) 302
News dump up.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 25, 2016 09:24 AM (E6RIJ) 303
He just announced he was in remission in Dec. Think he jumped the gun.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at January 25, 2016 09:25 AM (iQIUe) 304
Oh, MPPPP! I hope your puppy comes around quickly. I have long thought about getting an American Eskimo dog.
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