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Open Thread
Carel Jozeph Grips, "A domestic interior" (1881)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 10:55 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 10:55 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Bigby's Handbrake at March 01, 2016 10:57 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (5q6RS)
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: JohnnyBoy at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (5q6RS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (bpn7O)
Posted by: Bigby's Handbrake at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (0LHZx)
Subtitle: Kitteh Contemplates Housework.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 10:59 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 01, 2016 10:59 AM (eytER)
Posted by: keena at March 01, 2016 10:59 AM (RiTnx)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 01, 2016 11:00 AM (ZQfW9)
Posted by: buzzion at March 01, 2016 11:00 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: That cat at March 01, 2016 11:00 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 11:00 AM (TxJGV)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:00 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:00 AM (+058L)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 10:58 AM (0LHZx)
Wouldn't you be if you were glued down for hours of sitting for the painter?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:01 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:01 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 10:59 AM (LUgeY)
Sub-Subtitle: Kitteh decides he doesn't give a shit and pukes on the rug instead
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 11:01 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: dantesed at March 01, 2016 11:01 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at March 01, 2016 11:01 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: HH at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (DrCtv)
Posted by: Chupacabra at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (l2max)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (qCMvj)
Heh, more like: "Kitteh contemplates how to undo owner's housework."
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (TxJGV)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (0O7c5)
Cold, wet hairball on bare foot.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (+058L)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (xuouz)
Posted by: db at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (O8D/G)
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (TxJGV)
I doubt it, he is not pissing or puking
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (mw8Dm)
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 11:01 AM (aQQbl)
right after it's been washed...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (+058L)
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Well, they don't start out that way.
Posted by: Huma at March 01, 2016 11:04 AM (TxJGV)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (qCMvj)
Of course!
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 11:04 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: huerfano at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (NSb9d)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (xuouz)
Posted by: Chupacabra at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (l2max)
Levin says Wallace was a hit piece.
http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-rips-chris-wallace-for-hit-job-on-ted-cruz/
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (TxJGV)
I doubt it, he is not pissing or puking
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Or sharpening claws on the table leg.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (+058L)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (AJeMv)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: rdbrewer at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (Iyg03)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (1xUj/)
Why the heck would one need a robot dog when real, live dogs are The Best?
Have they bothered to build a robot cat that would lounge and lick itself all day?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (xuouz)
Posted by: mega machines at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (fbovC)
Posted by: jwpaine, otherized for your protection at March 01, 2016 11:07 AM (wKcQA)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (+058L)
Yer welcome. Now get back in the Barrel until ace gets up.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:07 AM (kgM1p)
"You talkin' to ME?"
Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2016 11:07 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: cajun caret at March 01, 2016 11:07 AM (QfUjv)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (WOyz5)
Why the heck would one need a robot dog when real, live dogs are The Best?
Have they bothered to build a robot cat that would lounge and lick itself all day?
Robotic Mississippi Leg Hound. Stops in 10 minutes.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (+058L)
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (aQQbl)
>> and lick itself all day?
Actually, when the robot dog is able to discern which houseguests you're not fond of and hump their legs, then it'll be useful.
Posted by: JEM at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (qCMvj)
***
Steganography is your friend.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (bpn7O)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (+058L)
heh, everyone knows the kittehs
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (qCMvj)
Scott Walker.
I mean, what the hell, man?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:08 AM (659DL)
And the green dye is full of arsenic.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 01, 2016 11:09 AM (WOyz5)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2016 11:09 AM (bzd8I)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2016 11:09 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:09 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2016 11:10 AM (r65B3)
Why the heck would one need a robot dog when real, live dogs are The Best?
Have they bothered to build a robot cat that would lounge and lick itself all day?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (NOIQH)
the purring sound would be nice
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:10 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: eleven at March 01, 2016 11:10 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (RdP/w)
White House Says It Has Not 'Reached' Determination That ISIS Slaughter of Christians Is Genocide
cnsnews.com
denial
cowards
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Oscar Wilde at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (sl+zA)
For the rest of the nood art threeee-aaaaad.
244 You can't help but be amused at all they hysterical "Trump will be horrible!!!!" articles coming out.
Oh?
Now--NOW--you're worried about the unchecked power of the President?
Now you're worried about cronyism and socialism and all the other evils a tyrant will bring?
Now, after 24 or more years of unrestrained growth of government power, reach and control---NOW you want me to believe you fucking care?
No.
You're meal bowl is being threatened and you want me to fight for you to keep it and go back to the scraps you were content to throw from time to time.
Notice how all these fucking fuckers that are so bent out of shape over the prospect of a Trump Presidency are NOT doing one damned thing, NOT proposing one damned thing that will do away with and prevent the evils of a Trump Presidency---reducing the size, scope and reach of the federal government?
RIGHT FUCKING NOW the GOPe in Congress could introduce a half-dozen, a dozen bills or more that would make a Trump Presidency a footnote.
And they could sell it like hotcakes as no one could accuse them of racism for doing such.
But they are not, are they?
Because it's not the power of the Presidency that horrifies them--it's someone they don't like having that power.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, should be the most horrifying thing of all.
Posted by: RoyalOil at March 01, 2016 09:48 AM (fQ/0p)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (xuouz)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM (GzDYP)
This painter has been out appropriating.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jax Teller at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (3b9U4)
Everything seems to be working OK, but I feel like somebody got in here last night and burgled the place.
I am starting to really loathe Microsoft.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (gW5Vg)
New York state, so I just get to watch until 19 April when we caucus.
By that time it's usually over with so my vote is meaningless--but I STILL vote.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (P/8aq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (sl+zA)
And no mention of them at the Academy Awards?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (mw8Dm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (2PHKP)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:05 AM (qCMvj)
Rush's facebook page yesterday posted a survey that showed how much Fox' s viewership is off and the plummeting ratings it is experiencing from conservatives. His notation expressed shock.
Maybe he and other media types ought to realize that we understand exactly what has happened to Fox. Between the amnesty shills, the insistance on having establishment consultants for the RNC like Rove who not only are establishment, but have been wrong and served their candidates so badly, and the dumbing down of the personalities on it , it's becoming worthless.
I'm finding myself watching CNN more lately. Anderson Cooper interviewed Melania Trump yesterday and it was respectful, interesting, he asked her some direct questions as to whether she agrees with her husband on everything, etc. No gotcha questions, but he was candid with her and she was confident and direct in her answers. She doesn't agree with the Donald all the time, she tells him that, and he listens, but they both are independent and don't feel the need to be in lockstep.
I felt like the interview was an adult conversation, and CNN was treating it's audience in this case like they could at least read and write and make up their own minds.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2016 11:13 AM (dErES)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (xuouz)
Kari, Kari. Nobody is bent out of shape. John Oliver is just the beginning. Like I said before, politics makes strange bedfellows.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:13 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:13 AM (1xUj/)
...but Congress are terrorists for causing a government shutdown or something.
You cannot parody the WH at this point, they are so far committed to living in Opposite Land.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:14 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:13 AM (1xUj/)
Damn good point. I think I have his email. I'll check on him.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:14 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:13 AM (1xUj/)
That's insensitive.
#AllAgesMatter
Posted by: IP- missing my ampersand at March 01, 2016 11:14 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: MrKnowItAll at March 01, 2016 11:15 AM (egzLR)
Asked If He's Concerned About Image That Trump Conveys of USA, Kerry Jokes, 'I'm Concerned About Anybody Who Isn't Me'
cnsnews.com
"Well, I suppose the impolitic thing to say is that I'm concerned about anybody who isn't me," Kerry replied, drawing laughter.
"But the real answer is that I'm not in politics," he continued. "I'm engaged in diplomacy. I don't comment on the presidential race and I'm not going to begin now."
laughable
6 x I's
1 x Me
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:15 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: rickl at March 01, 2016 11:15 AM (zoehZ)
Also, marijuana and casinos are pillars of sound economic strategy.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:15 AM (659DL)
Posted by: auscolpyr at March 01, 2016 11:15 AM (suO/a)
Everything seems to be working OK, but I feel like somebody got in here last night and burgled the place.
I am starting to really loathe Microsoft.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (kgM1p)
Bah. I've been loathing MS since before they got big.
Posted by: Hipster Geek joncelli at March 01, 2016 11:16 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:16 AM (2PHKP)
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:17 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:03 AM (xuouz)
***
I believe you be missing some of the point. I don't believe it's an ego tickling thing, I believe it's a recognition of reality thing.
I believe Oliver's bit feeds the context for the average LIV. It doesn't matter whether he's speaking the truth. What matters is the creation of a big viral lie that, in time, becomes received wisdom, and "truth". Remember, for example, Tina Fey's treatment of Sarah Palin.
When 47% of the electorate is never going to vote for you, this sort of thing can easily give you the 3% +1 you need to be carried over the line.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 11:17 AM (bpn7O)
Also, Fox keeps hiring establishment MSM/GOP people like Howard Kurtz, Meghan McCain, Geraldo Rivera.
They used to have an interesting media critique show on Sundays, then they just imported Howie's entire CNN show to Fox, complete with all of his regular Lefty journalist friends. Blah.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (NOIQH)
http://bit.ly/1LtVBA4
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 10:55 AM (qCMvj)
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That presupposes that enough people want to get together to beat Trump. Cruz can enjoy his additional 5%.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (RK8AH)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:16 AM (2PHKP)
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103 I thought that was an orange?
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:17 AM (aQQbl)
What is wrong with you people?!?! The fucking thing is BLUE!! Ok?!?!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (gW5Vg)
But god, that whiny lead singer's voice. How come he can't sing at least in a tenor? Men aren't supposed to sing soprano.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (Kmr9I)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (2PHKP)
...but Congress are terrorists for causing a government shutdown or something.
You cannot parody the WH at this point, they are so far committed to living in Opposite Land.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:14 AM (NOIQH)
__________
My oldest two girls are 18 mos apart -- I already lived through adolescence squared. Not wild about supposed adults playing the same games.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (MIKMs)
1) Nobody is bent out of shape about Donald Trump
and
2) John Oliver is a bellwether for the way the media is going to treat Trump.
The first point is demonstrably false and the second seems to me to be a fallacy based on the unstated requirement therein that anyone should be watching his stale, irritating, derivative show.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:19 AM (xuouz)
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I think its a chamber pot?
Posted by: AoS Welcome Desk Volunteer at March 01, 2016 11:19 AM (kXzR8)
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Hah. Trumps must bring their own independent media crews.
Posted by: Bigby's Handbrake at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (xuouz)
Either it goes or I do.
Posted by: Oscar Wilde at March 01, 2016 11:11 AM
*golf clap*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (bzd8I)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (kgM1p)
I installed 10 when it was out free (maybe it still is).
I was squeamish at first, but I like it now. Loads really fast, but you still have to tweak it to make it as safe and secure from intrusion as you can.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (gW5Vg)
Do people ever ask if you dress yourself?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (2PHKP)
He dropped in a week or so ago. Said he is very busy with his new job.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: eleven at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (qUNWi)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (Kmr9I)
Thank Chris Martin and Coldplay.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:21 AM (xuouz)
Maybe Trump will make that happen.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 01, 2016 11:21 AM (GzDYP)
What's important is I seem to have misplaced my favorite fork......
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:21 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Ahead Thinking at March 01, 2016 11:21 AM (Y8P5w)
Posted by: Katfish at March 01, 2016 11:21 AM (ponaz)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (2PHKP)
*snort*
Not typically. But, in all honesty, I'm freaking terrible at telling dark colors apart. Blue? Black? Hell if I know. I've been known to show up at work from time to time wearing black shoes, a black belt, and what turns out to actually be a navy blue shirt.
*shrug*
Shit happens.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:22 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:22 AM (1xUj/)
That would improve the drawing.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:22 AM (1xUj/)
Huh. Never seen that euphemism before, but yes, tits do improve pretty much everything.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:23 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Jax Teller at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (3b9U4)
Heh. Thanks for the reminder, I still need to watch season 7.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:23 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2016 11:13 AM (dErES)
Anderson Cooper is all they've got. If he left, they would be in worse shape then they already are.
He seems like a really decent guy for the most part.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:23 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:15 AM (659DL)
***
Heh. Both figure prominently in the GA Capitol, this year.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 11:23 AM (bpn7O)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:24 AM (659DL)
Out. GET OUT. NOW.
Jeebus.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:25 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:18 AM (NOIQH)
Agree. Fox is desperate to maintain a friendly, direct route into Congress. Trump was useful to them for a while when he was a NYC insider and could help them with getting the dirt on both political parties in NYC. But now that he is running on a anti anmensty platform, Ailes and Murdoch have no use for him, so they are pushing their establishment, illegal immigration candidates. And they need those consultants, and establishment favoring journalists to keep the pipeline open to Congress, so they are working overtime to produce as much junk as they can to try to push voters away from Trump and Cruz.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2016 11:25 AM (dErES)
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:25 AM (/dSsq)
really fast, but you still have to tweak it to make it as safe and
secure from intrusion as you can.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (qCMvj)
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The ads with 10 are crippling -- whether with laughter or slowdowns. On my 10 computer, I have to use PaleMoon with adblockplus or I have the circle of death constantly. Also don't like the ads -- kids are in and out of my house and some are a little 'adult' in nature. Can't figure out how they do that since I am the only user (and a true fuddy-duddy) and I never click links.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:26 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:24 AM (659DL)
It's a pear, albeit set at a weird angle.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 11:26 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: pookysgirl at March 01, 2016 11:26 AM (K27gs)
I was squeamish at first, but I like it now. Loads really fast, but you still have to tweak it to make it as safe and secure from intrusion as you can.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:20 AM (qCMvj)
I've been ignoring the pestiferous Win 10 notifications that I can't stop getting, because I still think they're going to switch it to an annual subscription before too long and then I'll have to dump the whole thing and convert everything I have to Linux. Bloody nuisance.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:27 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 11:26 AM (RD7QR)
You're all wrong. It's a bonsai pumpkin.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:27 AM (kgM1p)
"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating.
What propel's Trump's popularity also can and will be used against him. Hence John Oliver.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:27 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:28 AM (2PHKP)
That is clearly and orange bell pepper. Do I have to do everything?
It's a genetically engineered kumquat.
A Frankenkumquat.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:28 AM (LUgeY)
If the GOPee can muster enough troops to keep control of the Senate, I'll feel a tiny bit better about those two grifters in the WH again. Although it's gonna take lot of adult beverages and maybe some intense therapy to help me stomach it.
Posted by: Hank at March 01, 2016 11:28 AM (xVYeR)
If Trump is the nominee I will ride this thing like a Bullet Train with a saddle.
Am I completely comfortable with that? Assured that everything he states will happen. Well, gee- no. When has that ever happened.
We've sat around the last 8 years and watched the country destroyed. Ruined by the way, by people who are exactly like the Democrats nominee.
But let's vote for the Democrat, or maybe sit on our hands at home, has become the beckoned cry of the forlorn, apparently jaundiced idealists Washington insiders and other grievance peddlers.
By the way, it's hilarious to see people who previously claimed the "Establishment" Illuminati were apostates, clench hands with them in an attempt to get what they personally believe, in their little part of the world, is the "RIGHT" thing. You know, really, "genuine".
I'm a little sick of the duplicity, fratricide and attempts to divide and conquer because of someones personal cause.
Meanwhile the country still suffers.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Fritz at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (UzPAd)
the horrifying and breathless lead on Meaghan Kelly last night...
How Trump is a lying liar who lies, because he couldn't remember who David Duke was.
Couple day old story... told like it was just breaking... and .... YUGGGEEEEE.....
Day before a huge set of primary elections.
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (RK8AH)
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (aQQbl)
Speaking of fantastically disturbing, have you watched David Bowie's Blackstar video?
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:02 AM (qCMvj)
I found the "Vote Rubio!" sign.
It's lining the bottom of the bird cage.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (0cMkb)
Pumpkins can't fly Japanese warplanes. And even if they could, they sure couldn't in 1881.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (659DL)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 01, 2016 11:30 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:30 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Stay out da bushes at March 01, 2016 11:30 AM (th7n/)
Posted by: HH at March 01, 2016 11:31 AM (DrCtv)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:31 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:27 AM (UnJ7w)
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I thought it was hysterically funny. I'm a Cruzer and would probably laugh just as hard if he could find stuff like that on him. Although Cruz would probably laugh as well; he does have a great sense of humor.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:31 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at March 01, 2016 11:31 AM (gjLib)
Speaking of fantastically disturbing, have you watched David Bowie's Blackstar video?
That was a truly disturbing video.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:31 AM (LUgeY)
Granted airing 20 hours of Forensic Files everyday is a bit over the top, but the morning show is ok I think.
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:32 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2016 11:32 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:32 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:32 AM (gW5Vg)
Speaking of fantastically disturbing, have you watched David Bowie's Blackstar video?
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (0mRoj)
I've been listening to Bowie's last album "Blackstar" lately.
Really, the only good song is "Blackstar".
The rest are pretty meh. One other is okay.
But, overall a good job for a guy on his last legs and dying of cancer.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2016 11:32 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: joe
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I can't either, but the page processing is super fast.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:33 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Hank at March 01, 2016 11:33 AM (xVYeR)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:33 AM (+058L)
Posted by: Stay out da bushes at March 01, 2016 11:30 AM (th7n/)
Is he part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy ????
Hell.... I've been trying to join that group for Decades... can't seem to find them...
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:33 AM (RK8AH)
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Well played.
Posted by: AoS Welcome Desk Volunteer at March 01, 2016 11:33 AM (kXzR8)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:33 AM (oVJmc)
TOWARD BROKERED CONVENTIONS
Amidst the madness, a call for, yes, reason.
...Me personally, I am packing my tennis racquet and am on my way to foreign climes even as citizens in the swathe of Southern and Middle Western states simultaneously participate in the "super Tuesday" primaries. The party primary is an absurd institution. It may at one time have had a democratic intention, but as practiced in our time it perverts representative government because control over who can vote in it is not firmly regulated, as it ought to be, by the party organizations. These should also be able to say who may stand for a party's nomination, and the fact neither major party does, allowing flat-brains, mountebanks, and worse -- much worse -- to compete for public office endorsements tells you something deep -- how deep, I don't know -- about the arthritic conditions of the so-called party establishments.
I expect to read the results of this week's magnificent exercise in democratic politics in foreign languages, and my inclination is to think it will somehow seem less foreign than it would in American English, given the prevailing hysteria in our media, a hysteria which, of course, is both feeding and benefiting from the ruins of our party system.
However, and precisely due to the sensible observations of Miss Strassel and Mr. O'Sullivan, and because rather than despite the differences in their conclusions, I remain convinced that we shall see brokered conventions in both parties. Among other advantages, this would go some way toward restoring their credibility and their value to our society.
The argument for brokered conventions is that we have had a run of four failed presidencies. They all lived off the astonishing capital -- political, moral, economic -- accumulated in only eight years by Ronald Reagan, who, mind you, had to first clean up the mess of the failed presidencies that preceded his. Most American presidencies are failures; but our Republic is such, thanks to the blessings of Providence and the genius of the Founders, that it always has rebounded, rebuilt. No one in this season has demonstrated a capacity to rebuild, or even to frankly acknowledge the waste of the past quarter century. Dr. Ben Carson seems to be most aware of the rot, but he has, perhaps to his credit, shown little political savvy.
http://spectator.org/articles/65638/toward-brokered-conventions
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (qCMvj)
Thanks, I laughed....
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Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (aQQbl)
Couple day old story... told like it was just breaking... and .... YUGGGEEEEE.....
Day before a huge set of primary elections.
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:29 AM (RK8AH)
Cooper asked Melania about this last night. She said exactly what Trump said, that he had disavowed Duke's endorsement twice on Friday, and then was asked again. His earpiece didn't work well and he would not disavow the "groups" that the media left unidentified.
She told Cooper she didn't understand why the media kept asking Trump the same question about Duke when he had already disavowed Duke's endorsement at least twice on national media sites. She highlighted the fact that the media was trying to trap Trump on this question, and the media thinks people are too stupid to figure it out.
Posted by: Jen the original at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (dErES)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (659DL)
Posted by: BC
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Just remember, you can't spell 'Blog' without 'Glob'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (+058L)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 01, 2016 11:34 AM (Z8DIA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:35 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 01, 2016 11:35 AM (so+oy)
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:35 AM (RK8AH)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: HH at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (DrCtv)
Bullshit
2) John Oliver is a bellwether for the way the media is going to treat any and every rethuglickan.
ex: John Maverick/photograph my good side, McCain
Please do call me when the rape threats start. Since Beautiful People got away with threatening to rape Sarah Palin, her children, W's children, and several other rethuglickan women.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (326rv)
Also... just for fun, search "Harlem for Trump."
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (7FH+T)
First was that risible buffoon Keith Olbermann. They couldn't get rid of him fast enough.
Also, who was it, Martin Bashir, who went on that weird WTF rant about shitting in Sarah Palin's mouth, and they pulled the plug on him.
Now, Melissa whats-her-doodle Perry is being shown the door.
Who am I missing? I know I'm missing somebody. Who's that limey git who can't get enough gun control. I think he got his ass fired from MSNBC, too. Aargh, I can't think of his name. Somebody help me out here.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (Fmupd)
They do this and NO ONE HAS ASKED HILLARY IF A REGULAR STATE EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT SHE DID WITH HER EMAIL. NOT ONCE.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (659DL)
The last ep is March 3, 1983 which is Reagan's Evil Empire speech.
Liked the exchange in the pilot between the Russian husband & wife agents worrying about their kids growing up with American values:
Wife: Maybe they'll grow up to be socialists.
Husband: This place doesn't grow socialists!
Posted by: votermom at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: IC at March 01, 2016 11:37 AM (a0IVu)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 01, 2016 11:37 AM (pVkEV)
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Talent. I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 01, 2016 11:37 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:26 AM (MIKMs)
hmmm, I'm completely ad free.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:37 AM (qCMvj)
It may at one time have had a democratic intention, but as practiced
in our time it perverts representative government because control over
who can vote in it is not firmly regulated, as it ought to be, by the
party organizations
So the hoi polloi voting for nominees perverts representative government.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (eytER)
Speaking of fantastically disturbing, have you watched David Bowie's Blackstar video?
That was a truly disturbing video.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:31 AM (LUgeY)
Lazarus is pretty weird too but not as weird. I actually like the Blackstar song the more I listen to it. Odd experimental stuff usually isn't my think but he makes that one work.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (+058L)
I have to give Him props for having a loyal Family.... No in-fighting like the Kardasians etc.
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (/dSsq)
If Donald Trump gets a majority of the delegates, who do you think - out of the blogger pundits and MSM pundits - will be the first to put on the suicide vest?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (AJeMv)
Posted by: AoS Welcome Desk Volunteer at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (kXzR8)
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (7FH+T)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (Fmupd)
heh.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (qCMvj)
Have we begun the yelling? The screaming? Has anyone set themselves on fire yet?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:12 AM (gW5Vg)
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Well, yes, to the first two and a definite possibility to the third.
Ghost of Kari told me to take a good, long look at myself in the mirror and.... egad.
I mean, I'm not saying I'm o-l-d exactly but, let's face it, Margarita is no spring chicken. Seen better days for sure.
Maybe I just need to work on the lighting. Yeah. Set up something like that painting. You don't see wrinkles on that kitteh now, do you?
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (T/5A0)
Finished watching The Americans seasons 1-3
B'Gal and I are hooked on that show. Can't wait for the new season in a few weeks.
What will become of their daughter, Paige, now that she knows the truth?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (LUgeY)
can't get enough gun control. I think he got his ass fired from MSNBC,
too. Aargh, I can't think of his name. Somebody help me out here.
Piers Morgan. And CNN, not MSNBC.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (eytER)
People with no skin in the game
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (+058L)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (qCMvj)
of the blogger pundits and MSM pundits - will be the first to put on
the suicide vest?
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Someone from MSNBC? Or Megyn Kelly? IDK.
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (7FH+T)
can't get enough gun control. I think he got his ass fired from MSNBC,
too. Aargh, I can't think of his name. Somebody help me out here.
Ronan Farrow
Special Ed
Martin Bashir
Alex Wagner
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (mEZce)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (659DL)
"The GOP is sufficiently self-actualized on the fact that Trump is simply a revolutionary movement within the Republican party as the serfs are fed-up with their do nothing public servants (no direction, no sense of purpose, betrayal at every turn).
The GOP establishment is distancing itself from Trump and the Republican leadership is hopeful that Koch money will buy Rubio to the top and change the storyline."
Not going to happen.
Trump is going to be the nomine the GOP will fight him and the party will implode which is what I, we and most have said that we wanted.
Sit back and enjoy the ride, it's going to be bumpy.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (6AuRN)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: AoS Welcome Desk Volunteer at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (kXzR
Amway is great! Come over to the Scientology building and let's talk about it.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (/qW5H)
Posted by: IC at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (a0IVu)
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Probably gonna get that pastor killed
Posted by: votermom at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:38 AM (+058L
I wanted to pull that "Corgi" thread back into draft mode since it's obviously broke, but I can't even see it in the queue. It's some kind of weird ghost thread...
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (LXJ1e)
The one good thing about the Dims and the MSM and the GOPe all going into
"Destroy Trump Mode".
Is that if he survives and becomes the nominee-
it's all old news, literally, he can just walk right past it.
They're pre-vetting the guy, so if he wins it means voters don't care.
Which would make me laugh as they grew more and more crazy about it.
That being said....
Go Cruz!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (0cMkb)
If the GOPee can muster enough troops to keep control of the Senate, I'll feel a tiny bit better about those two grifters in the WH again. Although it's gonna take lot of adult beverages and maybe some intense therapy to help me stomach it.
Posted by: Hank at March 01, 2016 11:28 AM (xVYeR)
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Whatever Hank. What Trump did to is opponents in the primary is firecrackers compared to the nukes he will drop on Hillary in the general.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (LXJ1e)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (T/5A0)
Be careful with the Picture thing....
Posted by: Dorian Gray at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (RK8AH)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (xuouz)
Every four years David Duke crawls out from under his bridge and tries to make people pay attention to him. Every four years the MSM and the GOP oblige. Then, his appetite sated, he crawls back under the bridge.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (hLRSq)
Speaking of fantastically disturbing, have you watched David Bowie's Blackstar video?
I've been seriously getting into his album OUTSIDE.
Quite a challenging work, but lots of really fantastic stuff on that one. The critics hated it of course.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (r9tFS)
They seem to be getting away from personality-driven television. They used to have each hour dedicated to a "star" and now the entire daytime is just "the place for politics".
I think they're taking a risk on actual journalism.
One of the upsides of this is that a girl I used to know vaguely, Hallie Jackson, is getting a lot of airtime following Teh Cruz.
She played on a softball team in our league and hung out drinking after games. Had some Penn State connections in the family and also really nice ...umm...Bombay mangoes.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:42 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (qCMvj)
Virus bad or nekid picture of an Ewok and a hobo bad?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:42 AM (2PHKP)
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:42 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 01, 2016 11:42 AM (/qW5H)
Posted by: 5th Dimensional Corgi at March 01, 2016 11:42 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (7FH+T)
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please, please, please let it be Erik "with a K" Erikson!
Posted by: AoS Welcome Desk Volunteer at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (kXzR8)
Speaking of ads, I like to watch the Waltons re-runs, I know pretty lame, but I saw a Hillary! commercial there.... It's on the Hallmark Channel, or as My husband calls it "The weepy Womens" channel so I guess I understand but yuck!
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (DL2i+)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:37 AM (qCMvj)
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Well, if you have the secret, let me know. Don't want to deprive Ace of his pittance from ads but darn it, they are really out of hand.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (uiVGU)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 01, 2016 11:39 AM (eytER)
OK, thanks, it was Morgan I was trying to remember, but since he got fired from CNN, he doesn't fit my narrative.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (uiVGU)
It's password protected. Try passw0rd.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (2PHKP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (9mTYi)
Behind the velvet rope, sir.
That thread is for Iridium AoSHQ members only.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (uiVGU)
There's a corgi post????? Why didn't someone say something?!?!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (oVJmc)
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14 queries taking 0.0027 seconds, 4 records returned.
Page size 0 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.7 alpha.
*sigh*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (kdS6q)
Probably gonna get that pastor killed
Oooh, I hadn't thought about that. Her parents would do it just to teach her a lesson.
They're soldiers, after all.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (LUgeY)
Sit back and enjoy the ride, it's going to be bumpy.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (6AuRN)
Some of us see Trump as not only a Missile fired at Washington....
But one fired at the GOPe as well...
The masks are coming off... the false civility of our political class is shredding....
and the Peasants? Revolting...
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (RK8AH)
I wish I could tell you all the exciting and provocative conversations we're having up there, but I can't. Sorry. Have fun down here, though.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (0mRoj)
times are holding pretty steady though, possibly an HQ record?
Posted by: AoS Welcome Desk Volunteer at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (kXzR8)
Posted by: IP - The Kitteh Hunter at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:46 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:46 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:46 AM (2PHKP)
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You just have to have a platinum membership and it is well worth it. Boy, are those jokes funny!
Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 01, 2016 11:46 AM (/qW5H)
You. Can't. Post. Here.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:46 AM (gW5Vg)
It's just Ace sitting alone, eating marshmallow creme from a jar. With a pencil.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (659DL)
There is actual sex going on live in the corgi thread.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (1xUj/)
Special Ed
Martin Bashir
Alex Wagner
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (NOIQH)
Other than Bashir, these guys were fired because of crappy ratings. I was thinking of those, like Bashir, Olbermann, and now Perry, who were fired for being an a-hole, even by MSNBC standards.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (kgM1p)
My position is known, if inconsequential at this point. I think brokered conventions, wherein both parties nominate military-civilian tickets (e.g., Petraeus-Bolton vs. Webb-Carson) is the way to calm down after a hysterical primary season. The country can then go into the general election on the premise that serious men, after thoughtful debate and civil discussion of all issues, will be in charge in January 2017.
imagine that
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (qCMvj)
You just have to have a platinum membership and it is well worth it. Boy, are those jokes funny!
Joke Number 4!
Hahahaha!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (LUgeY)
times are holding pretty steady though, possibly an HQ record?
Posted by: AoS
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Kind of an existential question. How does one measure 0.0 seconds?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (xuouz)
Remember when Donald Trump said the only humane thing to do is let the migrants in? Tu quoque doesn't change this fact.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (UnJ7w)
It's just Ace sitting alone, eating marshmallow creme from a jar. With a pencil.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (659DL)
That's not marshmallow creme...
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: sinalco at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (yODqO)
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 01, 2016 11:41 AM (LXJ1e)
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I guess we're going to learn that she vajazzles.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (659DL)
Hahahaha!
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Wooo-hooo! Yucka-yucka....
Hey... Number 17
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:48 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: OregonMuse
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Buzzion's dog.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:46 AM (9mTYi)
Well.... we'd come and fix it for you, but you are all a bunch of sexist bigots who don't support Hillary.
Posted by: The New FEMALE Ghostbusters at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (RK8AH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (9mTYi)
Yes! Only he was at CNN, not MSNBC, dang it.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (kgM1p)
Moron sex doesn't count....Cause, I don't wanna say.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (326rv)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (0mRoj)
If you don't let me into the corgi post I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (NHQQx)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (mEZce)
No, Perry was fired for being a proud Black woman who is unafraid of the White Patriarchy and fought the good fight.
And because MSNBC caught her running a side business....tampon earrings!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (oVJmc)
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Moar ironic - she ends up killing the pastor to protect the parents.
I'm more curious about how Martha takes the co-worker "suicide"
Posted by: votermom at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (cbfNE)
Like, real Corgi sex with marshmallow cream?
Meh, give me Jif any day.
I prefer the crunchy stuff.
Posted by: Toby the Beagle at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (MIKMs)
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Posted by: Tim in GA at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (xWy6i)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (XtAzU)
Posted by: Methos, AoS commenter since 2006, apparently also non-voting democrat at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (ZbV+0)
Sit back and enjoy the ride, it's going to be bumpy.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 01, 2016 11:40 AM (6AuRN)
Some of us see Trump as not only a Missile fired at Washington....
But one fired at the GOPe as well...
The masks are coming off... the false civility of our political class is shredding....
and the Peasants? Revolting...
Posted by: Don Quixote at March 01, 2016 11:45 AM (RK8AH)
You said it!
They stink on ice.
Pull!
Posted by: Louis XIV at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (v0YLX)
Just got back from voting in my N. Dallas suburb. Larger than usual turnout and the GOP line was about 4-5 times longer than the Dem line. May not be a thing, though, as we're pretty consistently blue.
There was Millenial young man behind me talking on his phone- he wasn't voting for Trump due to the failed business's record. Mentioned that though he had watched the debates, he was voting on principals. It was nice to hear.
Other than the usual rage at the bi-lingual ballot, a good experience.
Posted by: Sal at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (MRX6w)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 11:50 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (uiVGU)
It's password protected. Try passw0rd.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 11:44 AM (2PHKP)
Try 1-2-3-4-5
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (+058L)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (TnUKj)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 11:36 AM (Fmupd)
Chaos. Suicide. Death of the Republic. The usual.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (RD7QR)
Uh, what are you guys talking about?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (NOIQH)
Moron sex doesn't count....Cause, I don't wanna say.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (326rv)
What is the sound of one hand... fapping?
Posted by: Ancient Moron Philisophical Question at March 01, 2016 11:51 AM (RK8AH)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (+058L)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 01, 2016 11:49 AM (Zu3d9)
I wonder if that was the beginning of the end for MHP? I would have love to been a fly on the wall in the exec's office after that one.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (WVsWD)
Cat says: "That's what you get for trying to abandon me for a dog."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (9mTYi)
Conservative critics of substance-free meme-machine Donald Trump latch onto leftist drivel-spigot John Oliver in their desperate flailing for a handhold with which to resist the tsunami of popular support for the small man in the tall tower.
Resolved: America has devolved into a cesspool of under- and mis-educated instant-gratification simpletons.
Proof: purity test "donald's unelectable" conservatives citing John Oliver
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (xuouz)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (TnUKj)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (659DL)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 11:43 AM (MIKMs)
I run an ad-blocking program, internet security like kaspersky, and I turn everything off in my settings - all media. I won't allow any video's or scripts to launch. I simply right click if I want to view a video or script. Very clean. On all browsers.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (qCMvj)
He does a really great job of, oh, the atmosphere of Europe from 1933 to 1945.
If you've never read him, try "The Polish Officer". You'll be hooked.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (bpn7O)
People voting for Donald Trump in today's Super Tuesday Texas Primary are seeing their ballots changed to show a vote for Marco Rubio
This shit is why I wanted a damn receipt
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (mEZce)
Resolved: America has devolved into a cesspool of under- and mis-educated instant-gratification simpletons.
Pretty much accurate....
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (qCMvj)
The Americans
(Spoiler alert, they're not American)
Posted by: votermom at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (WVsWD)
Attach a carpet sweeper to the back of a corgi and you have a miniature Zamboni for your living room.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Jaimo at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (9U1OG)
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (NHQQx)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (+058L)
Uh, what are you guys talking about?
The TV series The Americans. Getting caught up on where they left us last season.
If you like spy thrillers, I recommend it highly.
Posted by: Toby the Beagle at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:54 AM (659DL)
Thanks again.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (NOIQH)
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Our Plan is working.
Posted by: The Left at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (9mTYi)
Thanks again.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (kXoT0)
Glad to hear it!!!
All together now Horde: FUCK CANCER
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: The Left at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (xEZkG)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (XtAzU)
Posted by: votermom at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (/dSsq)
May I ask which city it is that's so blue? I'm in Arlington currently.
Probably Dallas proper. You have all the cliffs, (Oak, South Oak), & West Dallas, (Little Mexico).
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (+058L)
We can reverse this trend with negative interest rates.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (659DL)
http://tinyurl.com/zv74rvn
TX Republican Presidential Primary
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (mEZce)
Posted by: Chris Balsz at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (/sHci)
Great news, Sherry.
And let me get this sock off. Right after I finish this spoonful of peanut butter, that is.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (LUgeY)
THIS!
(I'm losing a 13 year old beagle to spinal cancer. She doesn't have long so shes getting some papering while she has some dignity left.)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (NOIQH)
Thank you for providing book thread material.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (kgM1p)
TX Republican Presidential Primary
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
Wishful thinking?
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (659DL)
This shit is why I wanted a damn receipt
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:53 AM (mEZce)
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Damn good idea.
Also no reason not to have paper ballots.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (LXJ1e)
Empasize self-esteem at the expense of actual competence.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (kXoT0)
Glad to hear it!!!
All together now Horde: FUCK CANCER
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (gW5Vg)
Amen.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (+058L)
Posted by: stace at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (ozZau)
TX Republican Presidential Primary
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
Wishful thinking?
Brown acid.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:52 AM (xuouz)
Now this is debatable. Trump is garnering the support of about 3 out of 10 republican voters in the primary.
Maybe today will be the day he actually earns the majority vote in some states unlike the plurality he's currently enjoying. I'm sorry but 30%-35% is not a tsunami, but just the good fortune of having the the field split 4 ways. The maths don't add up in the General but his path to a nomination looks great.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Adrienne at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (lVcuh)
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (mEZce)
Not accurate because it's noon and 100% of precincts cannot be reporting?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 11:59 AM (xuouz)
how convenient, and "glitches" mean a Rubio vote only...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:59 AM (qCMvj)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - In Florida at March 01, 2016 11:59 AM (gW5Vg)
Glad to hear it, and glad for your report, neighbor.
Praise the Lord.
Posted by: mindful webworker - vote [fill in the blank] at March 01, 2016 11:59 AM (gPTe0)
TX Republican Presidential Primary
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
Wishful thinking?
More like mushrooms and peyote.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (+058L)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (Fmupd)
Results don't get released until after the polls close.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - In Florida at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (gW5Vg)
Maybe today will be the day he actually earns the majority vote in some states unlike the plurality he's currently enjoying. I'm sorry but 30%-35% is not a tsunami, but just the good fortune of having the the field split 4 ways. The maths don't add up in the General but his path to a nomination looks great.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 11:58 AM (UnJ7w)
I'll be reposting this in 8 hours and one of us will be right
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (xuouz)
They didn't once mention the Oklahoma woman beheaded by her Muslim co worker. That could be a factor in how folks there feel about Muslim immigration. I haven't forgotten it but it seems that the media has
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (Lqy/e)
http://tinyurl.com/zv74rvn
100% reporting? Yeah, right. I'm guessing that site is testing their Primary coverage page and accidentally went live with it. I'd expect it to disappear before too long.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (kgM1p)
Cook County, Illinois laughs in your general direction.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 12:01 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (Fmupd)
In one of my poooooooooooooooooooosts probably
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:01 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 12:01 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 12:01 PM (sdPF/)
If I had to guess, it's a mockup for the layout of the page - they build it and put dummy data in it so they know the system will work when they update it with real data later tonight.
Why they have to have the page accessible though is just stupid if that's the case.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 01, 2016 12:01 PM (PFy0L)
Capitalism is phenomenal.
Posted by: ALH at March 01, 2016 12:01 PM (uLuPn)
http://tinyurl.com/zv74rvn
TX Republican Presidential Primary
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%>>>
Kasich finally signed over his soul?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 12:02 PM (XtAzU)
http://tinyurl.com/zv74rvn
TX Republican Presidential Primary
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (mEZce)
Austin. Just Austin. It's still morning in Texas, folks.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 12:03 PM (RD7QR)
Sitting here waiting for the vet to call me and give me the results of my dog's blood test. He's been having some trouble breathing. I've got a very bad feeling.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2016 12:03 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 11:57 AM (kgM1p)
***
I apologize if I missed the meaning of "Open Thread".
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 12:03 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 01, 2016 12:03 PM (xEZkG)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM
Thank YOU for the best news of the day!
Had this been yesterday, you would have headlined the Good News Thread.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:04 PM (D+xyy)
327 Resolved: America has devolved into a cesspool of under- and mis-educated instant-gratification simpletons.
We can reverse this trend with negative interest rates.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 01, 2016 11:56 AM (659DL)
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And a much needed carbon tax plan.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:04 PM (Fmupd)
Thanks again.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 11:55 AM (kXoT0)
Good.
I got news yesterday about someone in the family diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After her treatment, the doctor told her she was cancer free. The surgeon actually said she was "cured," not in remission. I have never heard of an oncologist saying you are "cured." I hope he's right.
We've come a long way with cancer treatment.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:04 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (Lqy/e)
And he was slicing into another woman's neck when their boss shot him. That was an anti-gun control, anti-Muslim twofer.
Posted by: stace at March 01, 2016 12:04 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (Lqy/e)
I haven't either.
I also haven't forgotten the Boston Marathon bombing, although many NE liberals apparently have.
I haven't forgotten this incident either, which took place less than two miles from where I lived at the time.
cnn.it/1SU62Ob
But every incident of jihadist violence, from UC San Merced to the shooting of the cop in Philly in his patrol car, gets washed down the memory hole.
Don't even mention Bali or Nigeria or Cameroon or Raqqa.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:04 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 01, 2016 12:03 PM
Pretty much a non-starter....
Posted by: donna at March 01, 2016 12:04 PM (/dSsq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 12:05 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:00 PM (xuouz)
I all ready beat you to it smarty pants.
"but his path to a nomination looks great. "
I don't have any doubt Donald Trump is going to win the nomination and that support will start to cascade around him. It's just up this point the crowded field has all but ensured his place at the top.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 12:05 PM (UnJ7w)
I'll happily vote for either in the general. Just please, God, not Rubio. I voted for him once in Florida, and have regretted that decision ever since.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (HalrA)
That adds up to what 440,000 Republican votes?
I think it must be only in a very limited area.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (xuouz)
The Megan McCardle piece in Bloomberg was a hoot. "Hundreds" of Rubio-Bush Republicans emailing McCardle to voice their utter disgust that Donald Trump breathes the same air as they do. (hashtag-NeverTrump)
Nothing mentioned about the 16,000 former Dems in Mass. who re-registered in time to vote in their state's primary.
I read both Federalist articles mentioned Ace's post last night. Ben Domenech was spot on. The GOPe will not, under any circumstances, support either Trump or Cruz. They'll go under with Rubio and/or Romney (in the General).
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Sal at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (MRX6w)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (Fmupd)
The waiting, It sucks.
We took our girl to one of the best Vet Med schools at Iowa State and all they said was to make her last days matter. It's cheeseburgers from here on out if she wants em.
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (aQQbl)
He would have to sign over his, and bring a dozen with him.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:07 PM (+058L)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:07 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Soona
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More sensitivity training, and pivoting NASA to Muslim Outreach.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 12:07 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (JBggj)
Currently the GOP is 24% of Registered US voters.
Question, does a party which only represents 24% DESERVE to hold ALL the Federal Power? House, Senate, and Presidency?
Or does that show that our system is pretty out of whack.
Posted by: Ancient Moron Philisophical Question at March 01, 2016 12:08 PM (RK8AH)
In: the cat knows what you did
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:08 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 12:08 PM (kXoT0)
Actually, I'm going to vote twice for Trump so my first Cruz mistake vote doesn't cancel it out. We are a democracy after all.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Sal at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (MRX6w)
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (JBggj)
And then they will lecture everyone about loyalty.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (hLRSq)
Sorry to hear that.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (aQQbl)
Out: the group knows what you did
In: the cat knows what you did
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:08 PM (hvf9s)
Out in left field:
The cat is a spy for the group!
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (HalrA)
Yes. We have two time zone in Texas. (Central & Mountain), but no international date line.
We're big, but not that big.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (+058L)
Rush: says Republican party can't fade away, because Dems won't have a "villain" so they are complicit...etc
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Arson Wells
I'm sort of Trump agnostic at this point, but I agree.
He's being portrayed as this groundswell when the truth is people like John McCain and Mitt Romney were getting a higher percentage of support in the primary at this point. Nobody was portraying that as some sort of movement.
And Trump has the highest percentage of Republicans saying they don't want him as the nominee.
But Trump probably wins the primary, but it has far more to do with a crowded field and the other contenders (stupidly) ignoring Trump and going after 2nd and 3rd place than it does some revolution.
About 1 out of 3 Republicans places illegal immigration at the top of their list (and I'm right there with them) and 30%+ wins the primary.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (st1SS)
Actually, I'm going to vote twice for Trump so my first Cruz mistake vote doesn't cancel it out. We are a democracy after all.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (UnJ7w)
Vote once for Carson, too, he seems like a nice guy.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (LUgeY)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (hLRSq)
true that
same ole same ole
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:11 PM (qCMvj)
So sorry to hear that.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:11 PM (+058L)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 01, 2016 12:11 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 12:12 PM (aQQbl)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 01, 2016 12:12 PM (jsWA8)
Trump will have a great time parading all the Clinton rape victims one by one, day after day.
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 12:12 PM (TxJGV)
Posted by: scrood at March 01, 2016 12:12 PM (3b9U4)
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (aQQbl)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 01, 2016 12:12 PM (jsWA
Quantum screen filtering.*
*I totally made that up.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 01, 2016 12:12 PM (jsWA
Haha how did you notice that?
Were you looking for the tiny sniper?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:11 PM
Get ready for the great groundswell of support for Teh Mutt! Rombley 2016!
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (D+xyy)
Posted by: mrp
I don't believe the part though about Cruz.
Oh sure, there would be some grumbling about electability if he were the nominee, no matter the candidate there will always be that from the losing wing, but there would not be these defections and talk about blowing up the Convention.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (st1SS)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (+058L)
Trump will have a great time parading all the Clinton rape victims one by one, day after day.
And if that doesn't work, there's always Benghazi.
Or the Cliton Foundation. Or her speaking fees.
Or the emails.
Or...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 12:14 PM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Arson Wells
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Funny because in 2008 when McCain was getting 40% in a 3 way race we were told they were landslide wins. Same with Romney in 2012.
Odd huh?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 12:14 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 01, 2016 12:14 PM (jsWA8)
*I totally made that up.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (RD7QR)
______
Must be.
(Hey, I made a lame joke! Yay me!)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 12:14 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:15 PM (+058L)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at March 01, 2016 12:15 PM (jsWA8)
And if that doesn't work, there's always Benghazi.
Or the Cliton Foundation. Or her speaking fees.
Or the emails.
Or...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 12:14 PM (LUgeY)
_______
Ben-ga-zee?
Emails?
Hillary raped someone?
No comprende amigo
Posted by: MSM at March 01, 2016 12:15 PM (0LHZx)
Went to the Bahamas for a few seconds there, did you?
Nah, Little Debbie Powdered Sugar donut...
Posted by: Sal at March 01, 2016 12:15 PM (MRX6w)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (sdPF/)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (qCMvj)
We're big, but not that big.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (+058L)"
Yet.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:06 PM (JBggj)
And then they will lecture everyone about loyalty.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 12:09 PM (hLRSq)
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This is why I'm going to vote the way I will. Any dilution, any hint that the front runner after today doesn't have an overwhelming majority of delegates will throw this into a brokered convention where we'll end up with Kasich or someone like Romney
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (Fmupd)
electability if he were the nominee, no matter the candidate there will
always be that from the losing wing, but there would not be these
defections and talk about blowing up the Convention.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:13 PM (st1SS)
I think you overestimate how honorable these people are, and underestimate the power of their egos. They know better than all of us little unpeople and are not going to let a mere peasant rabble such as ourselves dictate policy to them.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (HalrA)
Emails?
Hillary raped someone?
No comprende amigo
Posted by: MSM at March 01, 2016 12:15 PM (0LHZx)
Yes that's very true, but Trump being Trump, has a way of getting huge National and Local coverage no what the MSM may want.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (mw8Dm)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at March 01, 2016 12:17 PM (Z+1Ng)
Posted by: CSMBigBird
Looks like sunlight coming thru a dormer window around 12:30 or 1:00 pm
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 12:18 PM (+058L)
Posted by: Max Power at March 01, 2016 12:18 PM (QCc6B)
Yeah, I was reading that one and I was wondering if AllahPundit is still just trolling his readers or whether he had decided to sample his own supply. It is too late for Mitt to drop in and do anything other than tick off people and put the anti-Trump vote in further disarray.
All of the plotting and planning is reading to me like the IJN hoarding their strength and waiting for the final decisive battle with the USN - a Pacific Trafalgar - when the battle was already fought at Midway and in the Solomons. Way, way, too late.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - See The Outrage Outlet's specials in the weekly Firing Squad Circular! at March 01, 2016 12:18 PM (hLRSq)
We're here at Aces' apartment where we've secretly replaced his Folgers crystals with crystal methamphetamine. Let's see if anyone can tell the difference today.
Posted by: mega machines at March 01, 2016 12:19 PM (fbovC)
Trump vs. Hillary in the main event would be pretty interesting. I'd love to see them both at 45% positive and 49% negative, fighting over those last few voters who don't want to vote for either.
Who wins? Not us.
Posted by: Advo at March 01, 2016 12:19 PM (Ms4Um)
Alright that was some funny shit there. Needed it. Thank you!
Posted by: IP - Corgi's taste like chicken at March 01, 2016 12:20 PM (aQQbl)
We're here at Aces' apartment where we've secretly replaced his Folgers crystals with crystal methamphetamine. Let's see if anyone can tell the difference today.
Posted by: mega machines at March 01, 2016 12:19 PM (fbovC)
THREAD WINNER
Posted by: BCochran1981 - In Florida at March 01, 2016 12:20 PM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 12:21 PM (GDulk)
Article after article after article all saying the same thing:
Trump's a losing loser who loses and will lose the general and you're all losers and probably traitors if you vote for him.
Geez Louise. You'd think they could find an anti-Bernie or Hillary thing or three to write about. It's so over the top and repetitive.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 01, 2016 12:21 PM (r9tFS)
more to do with a crowded field and the other contenders (stupidly)
ignoring Trump and going after 2nd and 3rd place than it does some
revolution.
About 1 out of 3 Republicans places illegal immigration at the top
of their list (and I'm right there with them) and 30%+ wins the primary.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (st1SS)
===================It's almost the mirror opposite of the 2012 primary season. Nearly every heavy hitter in the GOP primary candidate pool was to the right of Mitt "Etch-a-Sketch" Romney. Romney was hard-pressed to break 30% in the early primaries, yet he did well in the winner-take-all primary states. That means, of course, that 60%+ of the early primary votes didn't go to Romney.Trump is an outsider, but in a lot of ways he's compatible with the GOPe value system - he's likely pro-choice, he's a capitalist, he's a "let's make a deal" guy. Trump doesn't come across to me as a "from my cold, dead hands" 2A kind of fellow. But he's his own man. And that won't do for the GOPe.
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:21 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Blano at March 01, 2016 12:22 PM (uiVGU)
See, it's funny because 'conservative.'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:22 PM (mEZce)
Posted by: Cato
It's not admiration of these people, I despise them also, but I don't think everyone that opposes Trump does it because of his stance on illegal immigration.
Cruz would have no problem uniting the GOP. He's not liked by the power brokers, but either was Reagan.
What many Republicans (both the good and bad ones) fear about Trump has nothing to do with him wanting to build a Wall, it's the CNN moment with Jake Tapper that scares the shit out of them.
There's not that fear with Ted Cruz or the other candidates.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:24 PM (st1SS)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:24 PM (mEZce)
So I see the NRO and RedState have gone all-Trump-hate-all-the-time.
Article after article after article all saying the same thing:
Trump's a losing loser who loses and will lose the general and you're all losers and probably traitors if you vote for him.
Geez Louise. You'd think they could find an anti-Bernie or Hillary thing or three to write about. It's so over the top and repetitive.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 01, 2016 12:21 PM (r9tFS)If you understand that the purpose of such places is to give baby-faced chin-strokers a safe space where their soft hands will never have to do manual labor and where each mail delivery brings an invite to an oh-so-swank boite where the latest DC gossip can be traded, you won't be so surprised.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2016 12:24 PM (X6fMO)
And putting a nice vase on the chair so the cat can't jump on the bird cage, seems like bad planning.
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 01, 2016 12:24 PM (eUbDe)
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
John Kasich 311,654 71%
Marco Rubio 64,484 15%
Donald Trump 56,516 13%
Ted Cruz 4,664 1%
I guess they were really impressed with Kasich's Fruit Ninja skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgkNtYbwwM
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at March 01, 2016 12:24 PM (1D4Ef)
=================
Little Debbie Nutter Butters for the win
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:25 PM (JBggj)
'Nightly Show' Host Larry Wilmore Jokes About Killing Trump With 'Scalia's Pillow'
See, it's funny because 'conservative.'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:22 PM (mEZce"
I would like to see a guest on his show, somebody like Adam Baldwin, reply something like,"You, know, Larry. It is because people like you are always making jokes like that one that motivates a lot of us to own guns."
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 12:26 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:26 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 01, 2016 12:26 PM (LUgeY)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2016 12:24 PM (X6fMO)
Know that I'm eyerolling at you really hard, MP. Lol.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - In Florida at March 01, 2016 12:26 PM (gW5Vg)
Posted by: Seems legit at March 01, 2016 12:27 PM (xEZkG)
Who wins? Not us.
Posted by: Advo
If Trump goes in with that dynamic, he'll probably win as more people genuinely want Trump than want Hillary.
But I personally don't think Trump will be able to hold 45% of the country after 9 more months of this campaign, but we'll see.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:27 PM (st1SS)
Then, maybe we will believe him.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 01, 2016 12:28 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:27 PM (st1SS)
Fair point, but did you ever think he would come this far?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 12:28 PM (mw8Dm)
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One assumes that R's in Austin regard Kasich as the choice of 'thoughtful' people. Because, Austin.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 12:29 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:29 PM (mEZce)
If so, I wonder if she would like to tell her story.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 12:28 PM (mw8Dm)
I most certainly didn't. I wake up every morning and think "Wtf?"
Posted by: BCochran1981 - In Florida at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (gW5Vg)
But I personally don't think Trump will be able to hold 45% of the country after 9 more months of this campaign, but we'll see.
---------------
I've always operated from the perspective that you have to have people who want to vote for you rather than just against your opponent.
While I won't vote for Trump, he seems to have a huge amount of voters who actually do want to vote for him.
I can't say the same about Hillary.
So while I am starting to have some doubts about whether Trump can beat Hillary, I think he still does. Helped by the fact that Hillary is simply the worst politician in history.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (gmeXX)
So Hillary says Republicans are xenophobic racists haters that hate, and name calling is a terrible trait for a leader .... except when she does it constantly it is fine.
Posted by: Illiniwek at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (eUbDe)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 12:21 PM
Nope, but I am getting a bunch of "If you're voting for that eeeeeevil mean meanie Trump, just unfriend me now!!11!!" crap from the Bernie Butt-boys and Hillary Hoisters.
I've made it my policy to never discuss anything controversial there. Heads explode, and tears are shed. Who needs it?
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (D+xyy)
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 12:03 PM (bpn7O)
Actually, no. I just poach liberally from other threads for book thread material. Sometimes I have a 'Moron Recommendation' section in the book thread, so that's usually where the poached stuff shows up.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (kgM1p)
Maybe I'll have time to build my own bunker.
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (AJeMv)
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (D+xyy)
You know, "Hillary hoisting" sounds like a really, really disgusting hobby.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:32 PM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Nevergiveup
--------------------
Never thought Perot would make it as far as he did. The Clintons were certainly happy about it.
I expect that they are pretty pleased now.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 12:32 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (kgM1p)
***
I apologize for letting my spleen get the better of me.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 12:33 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:34 PM (qCMvj)
I suspect that they had originally planned to roll out the Godwinization slowly over time, but they woke up this weekend realizing that it was now or never to stop Trump, so they uncorked every ridiculous "Gotcha" accusation all at once, in a last-ditch attempt to dent his performance on Super Tuesday.
I don't think it will change the outcome of today's elections, but the real problem is the future: Where can the media go from here? After you've launch an all-out Godwinization attack, there's no backing down, so it will only get worse and worse and more hysterical over the next eight months.
Nazi Nazi Nazi KKK KKK KKK fascist fascist fascist -- brace yourself, because that's all you're gonna hear about Trump (and by extension all conservatives) for the rest of the year.
Posted by: zombie at March 01, 2016 12:34 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:27 PM (st1SS)
Fair point, but did you ever think he would come this far?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
No I didn't.
I feel like most elections I can easily figure out how they will unfold. This one is definitely very different.
I think my big fear is though that most people simply don't follow this stuff very closely, and when you have someone with almost 100% name recognition like Trump, it tends to distort support much higher until the moment people really take a closer look.
I hope I'm wrong, but the more I see of Trump the crazier I think he gets and think political gravity eventually kicks in.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:34 PM (st1SS)
*kidding
Happy Pig Day!
National Pig Day is an event held annually on March 1 in the United States to celebrate the pig. The holiday celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina. According to Rave the purpose of National Pig Day is 'to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:35 PM (mEZce)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:32 PM
Any "hobby" involving Hillary sounds pretty disgusting, OM.
I was looking for an alliteration, and wanted to avoid the howls of outrage from the active-imagination crowd if I said "Hillary Humpers."
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:35 PM (D+xyy)
*Thud*
Posted by: buzzion at March 01, 2016 12:35 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:30 PM (D+xyy)
And Facebook is a committed censor of WrongThink. Why give them material against yourself?
Spy agencies used to have to work hard to get the sort of info we voluntarily put up on the Internets now.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at March 01, 2016 12:35 PM (1D4Ef)
wall-to-wall KKK and Nazi and Fascism comparisons and connections
plastered all over the headlines today, all of it absurd and baseless
needless to say.
So Trump has now received the crucial Democrat endorsement. You notice the Reds didn't bother to go after Kasich, Carson, Fiorina, et al., or even Yeb.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 12:36 PM (oKE6c)
Confused Hulk smash podcast?
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at March 01, 2016 12:37 PM (1D4Ef)
Posted by: SH
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You know, I can't even think of her as a 'politician'. She's never demonstrated any skills or knowledge.
She's more of an actor, with mediocre skills.
Kind an evil Milli Vanilli of the Democrat Party. She's propped up by the machine, but there's no substance there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 12:37 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Sal at March 01, 2016 12:37 PM (MRX6w)
-- brace yourself, because that's all you're gonna hear about Trump (and
by extension all conservatives) for the rest of the year.
Posted by: zombie at March 01, 2016 12:34 PM
And that's just NRO and Tepid Air....
If the results come in as expected tonight, I expect Poppin' Fresh to unhinge totally.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:38 PM (D+xyy)
Posted by: mindful webworker - citizen at March 01, 2016 12:38 PM (gPTe0)
I feel like most elections I can easily figure out how they will unfold. This one is definitely very different.
I think my big fear is though that most people simply don't follow this stuff very closely, and when you have someone with almost 100% name recognition like Trump, it tends to distort support much higher until the moment people really take a closer look.
I hope I'm wrong, but the more I see of Trump the crazier I think he gets and think political gravity eventually kicks in.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:34 PM (st1SS)
Yeah that is mostly how I feel also. But "gravity" seems to be suspended this year. And on the counter balance side, hillary is one fuckin miserable Candidate. I am done predicting this year. This is a crazy year and past rules do not hold.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 12:38 PM (mw8Dm)
the more exposure he gets. He also growing across demographics.
Now contrast that against The Unlikable Hag, their low voter turnout and Democrats openly lamenting her lack of appeal.
Oh yeah, and the pesky little FBI Criminal Prob.
The Hag's Campaign Plan is reportedly to try and make Trump less likable than her. Good luck with that.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 01, 2016 12:38 PM (GGCsk)
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Like George Clooney. Popular, but you don't really know why.
Of course, I like Clooney a lot more than Hilllary.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 12:38 PM (gmeXX)
I suspect that they had also originally intended all of that for Cruz, but are using it on Trump since he's making the most noise. So we end up with "TRUMP IS HORRIBLE!! And Cruz Is A Poopy-Head too!" which doesn't have the impact against him that they'd planned (and may even weaken the cries against Trump as well).
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 12:38 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 12:36 PM (oKE6c)
Or Cruz or Rubio, for that matter.
Posted by: ALH at March 01, 2016 12:39 PM (uLuPn)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 01, 2016 12:39 PM (dBmVV)
I swear Treacher is coming unhinged... a meltdown is eminent..
Posted by: IP at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (aQQbl)
How the GOP Insiders Plan to Steal the Nod From Trump
Excellent article.
The fight we're looking at is not between individual candidates, its between the electorate and the corrupt machines that run the system for its own purposes.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:10 PM (qCMvj)
I don't buy this. Democrats are like Moslems. If there's no external enemy worth fighting, they'll just turn on each other. It'll be a "more socialist than thou" blue-on-blue fracas that will have all the intellectual sophistication of a Three Stooges pie fight.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (kgM1p)
Oh that reminds me. Mentioned last night that a guy I like found a book he said made him think of me, let me borrow it last night. It is all about the history of landscape architecture and has detailed renderings!!! The 18th Century chapter has gorgeous drawings of the landscapes for Monticello, Mount Vernon and the Governor's mansion in Williamsburg. Ties in nicely with my Founding Gardeners book I keep meaning to finish. Am in 7th heaven.
/nerdily nerding
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (MIKMs)
Go, Cruz.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 01, 2016 12:41 PM (WlQGZ)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at March 01, 2016 12:41 PM (yos+4)
Posted by: IP at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (aQQbl)
Treacher hasn't been the same since he got clobbered by that presidential motorcade limo which shattered his knee.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:41 PM (kgM1p)
I think I saw this in a LucasArts adventure game.
Posted by: pixel hunting at March 01, 2016 12:41 PM (2WoCi)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:42 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: jmel at March 01, 2016 12:42 PM (0qGmP)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:42 PM (mEZce)
Posted by: dib at March 01, 2016 12:42 PM (VJOLZ)
individual candidates, its between the electorate and the corrupt
machines that run the system for its own purposes.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 12:40 PM (oVJmc)
Exactly. And if either Trump or Cruz gets the nomination, those machines lose. The Establishment and the Democrats both losing is the important thing. Sabotaging their agenda is critically important to the survival of the United States as we know it. If the choice also benefits me, it's just icing on the cake.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 01, 2016 12:43 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2016 12:44 PM (FvdPb)
While I won't vote for Trump, he seems to have a huge amount of voters who actually do want to vote for him.
I can't say the same about Hillary.
So while I am starting to have some doubts about whether Trump can beat Hillary, I think he still does. Helped by the fact that Hillary is simply the worst politician in history.
Posted by: SH
______________
I agree with that, but I run into so many Republicans that are "real" Obama-hating conservatives that don't like him.
My logical conclusion is that if conservatives hate him, how is somebody that doesn't vote based on ideology going to feel?
Before trump went political, I frankly was disgusted by almost everything about the guy. To me he was a "business" genius like Kim Kardashian was a business genius. Just a constant attention whore.
Also, Hillary IS a terrible politician, but we've had terrible politicians before as President. She will look like an old comfortable pair of shoes to many voters.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:44 PM (st1SS)
And then given a ticket for jay-walking and refusal for the government to pay his medical bills when he had proof he had been in the crosswalk. I don't blame him for going nuts, but it does take another useful voice away from the right.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 12:44 PM (GDulk)
I plead ignorance on the details. This is mind boggling.
Then there is rule 40-B.Please note that Rule 40 as it is currently written expires on the day before the convention when the Rules Committee meets to make up the new Rules of the Convention and for the Republican Party for the next 4 years. Rule 40-B currently requires a nominee to have "the majority of the permanently seated delegates from at least 8 states." Romney lawyer Ben Ginsberg was able to change Rule 40 from "plurality of the delegates from at least 5 states" to the current rule. The potential for skullduggery is clear. Even if Trump runs the tables in the primaries winning a plurality in virtually every state the rule can be tailored by a controlled Rules Committee to prevent a Trump nomination.
Rule 40-B used to require a majority in six states but when Congressman Ron Paul met that goal it was quickly changed to eight states. Under control of the insiders the number of states required can be amended to any number to block Trump.
and they wonder why Trump?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:45 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: All Teh Meh at March 01, 2016 12:41 PM (yos+4)
I am interested to see if this moves the Overton window of "ooh you mention controversial person in your question I must immediately denounce them and burn down all the things." Not that KKK is good but is good to not always kneejerkily react to everything. The fact the libs treat this as a sign that Trump is a secret Kleagle or something amuses me greatly.
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:45 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 01, 2016 12:45 PM (WlQGZ)
If I can't have Cruz, I want Trump.
The beauty of all this foam-flecked raving-
is that they are pre-vetting Trump, if it doesn't work.
What are they going to throw at him?
They've done the worst that they can.
But, they couldn't be fucked to bring .00001% of this passion and resistance against Obama,
they wouldn't support their voters. At. All.
My heart wants Cruz. My mind too.
So, I suppose it's my medulla oblongata yelling-
Reap the whirlwind, bitchez!
Reap the whirlwind!
Posted by: naturalfake at March 01, 2016 12:46 PM (0cMkb)
DHQ coverage, they may actually be holding results back until the evening and leaving the early results tabulation for subscribers: they've recently made the newsletter a $10 subscription.
I'm gonna get it but since I usually never pay nothing for internet things I know that might be a tough sell.
NO IT'S NOT SUPPORT THE MINIONS OF THE HQ
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:46 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:42 PM (mEZce)
Continuation of last night's happiness thread?
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:46 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:46 PM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 12:47 PM (xuouz)
had terrible politicians before as President. She will look like an old
comfortable pair of shoes to many voters.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:44 PM (st1SS)
________
As the great Lord Vetinari (via Pratchett) says, 'people don't want news, they want olds.'
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 12:47 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 01, 2016 12:48 PM (dBmVV)
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I think they will like him - at least over Hillary.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 12:48 PM (gmeXX)
This. After working in the nominating process in two different states I came to realize that all the important stuff is decided *long* beforehand and it is decided by I very closed group who have absolutely no intention of giving up that power. I could never be an official Libertarian, but I do definitely sympathize with their frustration at being closed out of the system.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 12:49 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 01, 2016 12:49 PM (dBmVV)
"Food Stamp Users Near Record Despite Low Unemployment Rate"
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 12:49 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 01, 2016 12:48 PM
The dog is in the urn on the chair.
Posted by: MrScribbler at March 01, 2016 12:49 PM (D+xyy)
Posted by: jwest at March 01, 2016 12:49 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 12:47 PM (MIKMs)
Heh. Lord Vetinari is (was?) a firm believer in the rule 'one man, one vote.' He was the man, and he had the vote.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:50 PM (kgM1p)
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:46 PM (hvf9s)
Seems to be. Nice.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 12:50 PM (mEZce)
Imagine going through eight years of Fredo only to be run over by his motorcade going to Andrews for the SCOAMT's final flight out of DC.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:50 PM (Fmupd)
How the man ever prefigured the HQ, I will never know.
Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 01, 2016 12:50 PM (bpn7O)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
I think you ment waddling papers.
Posted by: Aviator at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (b3p08)
Posted by: Caitlyn at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (gxIP7)
so disheartening
Surely the party pros know that a nomination wrenched from the hands of Donald Trump would be worthless but they don't care. The ruling elite that has dominated the party would rather have globalist Hillary Clinton than the uncontrollable nationalist Donald Trump. The idea of a president not beholden to the ruling elite is more than they can stand.
There are many great aphorisms in politics but this one may be the key to who ends up President: he who knows the rules, rules. Right now, it's Reince and the Racketeers who know them best. Beware Republicans: the big steal is coming.
sigh
no hope, he says loudly
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: JT at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (YcncK)
It would be lovely if officials would just refuse to do these ridiculous Rituals of Renunciation about third parties they have nothing to do with personally. Acceding to such demands only increases the impression of collective guilt for something *done by an _enemy_*.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (GDulk)
I plead ignorance on the details. This is mind boggling.
Yes, it is.
The party is a ruling class, and perfectly willing to impress *its* will on the entirety of R voters. The rules will be altered to produce the outcome they want.
Your vote means nothing.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 12:52 PM (oVJmc)
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I think they will like him - at least over Hillary.
Posted by: SH
Probably, but it's not really conservative voters that worry me. Most right-leaning people will support Trump. I know he has my support.
But never in my life have I see this much resistance for a nominee, and almost none of it is based on ideology.
Had someone like say a Ross Perot had gotten the GOP nomination and ran on that same platform as Trump, there wouldn't be near the vitriol.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:52 PM (st1SS)
and they wonder why Trump?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:45 PM (qCMvj)
As Comrade Stalin reminds us, it's not those who vote that counts; it's those who count the votes.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:53 PM (kgM1p)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 01, 2016 12:49 PM (dBmVV)
I just assumed that was the most exciting thing they could find to paint back then.
Posted by: AD at March 01, 2016 12:53 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:53 PM (qCMvj)
486, if the Republican Party is destroyed, the Dems will simply double down on Conservatives. Who is their true enemy.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 01, 2016 12:45 PM (WlQGZ)"
They will keep a few gelded ones around in Washington as part of the spectacle. The Harlem Globetrotters need the Washington Generals in order to put on a show.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 12:54 PM (QHgTq)
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Can't speak for others, but my resistance is ideologically based.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 12:54 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Caitlyn at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (gxIP7)
"This thread is warmer than the warmest sunshine
Softer than a sigh
This thread is deeper than the deepest ocean
Wider than the sky
This thread is brighter than the brightest star
Every night as I go to hed
And there is nothing in this world
That can ever change this thread."
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:55 PM (kgM1p)
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 12:53 PM (kgM1p)"
I thought that quote was from Reinse Priebus.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 12:55 PM (QHgTq)
Huffpo ran an article last night trying to run interference for Twitter. Yah good luck with that hon.
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:56 PM (hvf9s)
I know some people think that's a bonus, but I could see a real conservative political party being in the wilderness for a very long time as the US is turned into Venezuela.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:56 PM (st1SS)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 01, 2016 12:56 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:34 PM (st1SS)
This is my feeling too.
Posted by: Arson Wells at March 01, 2016 12:56 PM (UnJ7w)
A new superPAC has dumped $10 million dollars into blistering negative TV ads against Trump in the last three days. The Koch brothers and their associates deny funding the effort but they denials are questionable at best. The New York Times reported Sunday that the Rubio and Kasich campaigns are now openly planning on a "brokered convention" to stop Trump in the back rooms in Cleveland. The New York Daily News reported that Barbara Bush has vowed revenge against Trump for ending the "low energy" campaign of her son Jeb, the anointed one and that the Bush clan is all-in in the effort to stop Trump. The News reported that Jeb may transfer the $25 to $30 million in SuperPAC funds he has left to an anti-Trump effort
instead of giving the money to Cruz
tricks and games
so they told Rubio if he doesn't win FL, he's out - he looks that stressed out, so I believe it
and then, it's Romney? w.t.f.?!
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 12:57 PM (qCMvj)
The fight we're looking at is not between individual candidates, its
between the electorate and the corrupt machines that run the system for
its own purposes.
THIS.
Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at March 01, 2016 12:58 PM (7FH+T)
I know some people think that's a bonus, but I could see a real
conservative political party being in the wilderness for a very long
time as the US is turned into Venezuela.
If we get to that point, as Cruz said, we're arguing distinctions between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 12:58 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Tim in GA at March 01, 2016 12:58 PM (xWy6i)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 01, 2016 12:59 PM (WlQGZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 01, 2016 11:10 AM (r65B3)
Don't think it's wallpaper. More likely pressed-tin or molded plaster panels, painted. That sort of thing was very popular in the era.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2016 12:59 PM (afR/C)
Posted by: Caitlyn at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (gxIP7)
Not quite ready for Gender Confirmation Surgery, but taking hormones?
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 12:59 PM (hvf9s)
If the GOP tries to take it away from Trump, then you really are looking
at a 50 state victory for Hillary and really the entire elected
Congress could lose.
I know some people think that's a bonus, but I could see a real
conservative political party being in the wilderness for a very long
time as the US is turned into Venezuela.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 12:56 PM (st1SS)"
Canada had a similar sort of split between the establishment Conservative party and the sort of Tea Party Reform party. During that time the Liberals fundamentally changed Canada and rivaled Zimbabawe for corruption.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 12:59 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:00 PM (qCMvj)
so they told Rubio if he doesn't win FL, he's out - he looks that stressed out, so I believe it
and then, it's Romney? w.t.f.?!
They desperately need someone to split the vote. They'll pay, and pay for, anyone who might take a chunk away from Trump so they can broker the election.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 01:00 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: SH
The conservatives I know don't care all that much that say Trump doesn't want to defund Planned Parenthood.
They like Trump's tough stance on the Border, support a wall, are tired of the open trade deals, etc. That's his main platform.
What they don't like is that he seems to be more of a carnie than someone who could be President, and they are worried everyone else will see the Emperor has no clothes and give the hated Hillary a landslide election.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 01:01 PM (st1SS)
Boom.
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 01:01 PM (TxJGV)
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Can't speak for others, but my resistance is ideologically based.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 12:54 PM (gmeXX)
My resistance would be ideological based if I was sure what his ideology was except for 3-4 issues. I actually did enjoy a decent amount of his fights and thought a decent amount of what he did was useful. It's the Bush/9/11/Iraq comments that finally and completely sent me overboard.
Posted by: AD at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (QWY55)
Yep, because they hate Cruz too. If Trump were to drop out we'd be seeing articles about "Why I Can Never Vote Fro Cruz" that would look like the current ones about Trump with the name just changed. Like Palin, Cruz is threatening to hold the Rs to their professed ideology and the rest *hate* that. They've made it pretty clear that keeping their word to the voters is not an actual option.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (R+30W)
One more ballot in Va for TrusTed.
Posted by: Chi at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (jI+pw)
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Here is my thinking. If Trump does not win the majority of the delegates, why should he get the nomination? I think it is a fair point to ask why anyone of the remaining 3 should get the nomination. Now in a normal situation, you would broker a deal, maybe with the top 2 or 2 of the top 3 with the top getter getting the top ticket. But I don't see Cruz or Rubio (or their supporters) supporting such a plan.
So let's assume, we are at this point, and it is a brokered convetion (I know, I know, this is a political junkie's dream, but not possible - though in this year maybe it is).
Trump did not win the majority - there is clearly a majority against him. Trump did win a plurality - there is clearly a big plurality for him.
What do you do?
1. Just give it to Trump. That leaves a lot of people angry because they voted against him.
2. Give it to Rubio / Jeb / Mitt. Satisfies the donor class that just got trounced. Will cause a voter revolt. And for good reason.
3. Give it to Cruz who may be acceptable to most of the voters in both the Trump and Rubio camp, though who clearly is unacceptable to the GOP power brokers. Could Trump go along with this just to show that he holds the cards and to stick it to the GOP?
4. Broker it for someone else? Is there any other politician out there that could be remotely acceptable and would not be seen as the GOPe winning? Rick Perry?
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (xuouz)
Boom.
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 01:01 PM (TxJGV)
not going to hold my breath
or, he really thinks shrillary will win
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:02 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 01:03 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 01, 2016 01:03 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: stuiec at March 01, 2016 01:03 PM (eetvJ)
They'll pay, and pay for, anyone who might take a chunk away from Trump
so they can broker the election.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 01:00 PM (oVJmc)"
Well, if they really wanted to split the Republican vote they would be running ads trying to persuade black voters to vote for Ben Carson in the Republican primary. Problem is that Hillary Clinton needs every black vote she can get because all the white kids who have not yet grown up and become Republicans will be voting for Bernie.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 01:03 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole
+1
And I really don't want to be in a Nursing Home before we can sort it out.
99% of this whole split would have never happened had the Establishment not been so obsessed with cutting an Amnesty deal.
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 01:04 PM (st1SS)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:04 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 01, 2016 01:05 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 01:04 PM (st1SS)
rubio had this in the bag if he hadn't gone full traitor
what a dope
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:06 PM (qCMvj)
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Why? Is it the potential result or just the fact of a brokered convention? Again, why should someone who has not won a majority of the votes win automatically (this assumes this is true of course)?
And I know why it should not result in a GOPe candidate?
But could it result in another candidate that could be acceptable? I don't know if one exists. Just asking.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:06 PM (gmeXX)
There are good people in the conservative blogosphere who are Trump supporters. There are good people in the conservative blogosphere who are #neverTrump.
I'm against Trump because I think he's a con man and a would-be fascist if he gets power in government. He's been screwing the little guy for years. I'm grateful for three things he's done in this race, but I think he'd be a truly terrible, anti-liberty president. Not that Hillary would be any better.
Posted by: stace at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (ozZau)
Posted by: Paladin (Moderately Nefarious) at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (WujO7)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
I think you ment waddling papers.
Posted by: Aviator at March 01, 2016 12:51 PM (b3p0
I love his SuperPAC failure. $25. Dude.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (mEZce)
They've been attempting to enact these schemes and plans all along, and they have consistently failed.
So now they announce fresh schemes and plans (to "steal" the nomination from Trump) and suddenly we're all worried that they'll succeed?
Here's my prediction:
Trump will win big tonight. Very big. And all the plans of the GOPe and the Bush clan and the Kochs and the MSM and Rubio will go down the toilet.
They have become irrelevant. But they don't yet know it.
Stop reacting to these dinosaurs. Let 'em scheme. Trump's level of popularity is now beyond the "margin of fraud," so there's nothing they can do to stop him.
Posted by: zombie at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: kochbrothersplantpretendingtobeaconscientiousconservative at March 01, 2016 01:03 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:04 PM (Fmupd)
Trump will run third party if that happens, and the result will be exactly the same as it was in '92 when Perot stayed in - we got a Clinton in the WH.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (u0lmX)
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 01, 2016 01:03 PM (HSmrB)
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ALL THREADS ARE TRUMP THREADS
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (8XRCm)
There's a part of me that wants to rage and flick spittle and yell at everyone and everything, but it won't change any minds and it won't improve the world around me.
So I'm holding my tongue. This will either help toward making me a better person or rupture some internal thing that goes septic and kills me.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 01, 2016 01:08 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 01, 2016 01:08 PM (R+30W)
what a dope
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:06 PM (qCMvj)
I don't know if in the bag is true but he would have been a much stronger Candidate for sure. Makes you wonder who the fuck was advising him? And also goes to show ya how little the Establishment thinks of the Base
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (mw8Dm)
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If Trump wins the majority of delegates, he should get the nomination. Barring that, I don't know why he should get it.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (gmeXX)
a brokered convention? Again, why should someone who has not won a
majority of the votes win automatically (this assumes this is true of
course)?
And I know why it should not result in a GOPe candidate?
But could it result in another candidate that could be acceptable? I don't know if one exists. Just asking.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:06 PM (gmeXX)"
Well, it would be kind of a hoot if a brokered convention picked Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal or Scott Walker.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: stace at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (ozZau)
New York's answer to Huey Long.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (u0lmX)
They are just an offshoot of the Dems. If the really threatened big gov they would have been regulated out of business a long time ago. KGB vs GRU from USSR.
Posted by: scorecard at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (rnH8X)
Yet, Amnesty is the ONLY thing that the Establishment has any passion for.
Getting theirs and then cashing out their hand just in time for the shit to hit the fan.
Posted by: Hikaru at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (9TK8E)
Posted by: Branson at March 01, 2016 01:04 PM (st1SS)
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Word. America is for Americans. And we welcome people who at least knock at the door first.
What a novel fucking concept.
But yeah.... the GOPe is the reason there IS a Trump.
Pro Tip. When youre elected by your constituents.... listen to your constituents.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (8XRCm)
We've come a long way with cancer treatment.
--
It has. My MIL was diagnosed with ovarian cancer (stage 4) 19 years ago. Yes, 19. Granted, she's been on and off chemo all that time, but she's still here.
And great news, Sherry!
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (pVkEV)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (2cS/G)
I hope she's a Great Dane and not a beagle.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (u0lmX)
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Obviously again painfully naive, but I don't get it.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 01:11 PM (MIKMs)
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I agree, but I think when he did go full traitor it revealed him to be a dummie and easily manipulated by the Senate GOP powers that like "good government" and "solving problems". In other words, he fell for a line of crap like he was a Rube born yesterday.
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 01:11 PM (TxJGV)
This time last year we were all saying we'd vote for ANYONE who could bring the GOP to heel.
Now that someone is running and winning the race.
Do you have the stomach to do what is required to preserve what is left of our republic so that the constitution can be repaired and endure? Are you willing to suffer indignity and insult for the chance to make things right? Or will you, like the low-information, instant gratification Americans you claim to despise, turn up your nose at the acceptable in favor of a hypothetical perfect?
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:11 PM (xuouz)
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But would that be unacceptable to people? I'm sure there are many of us who would rather it be one of those 3 anyway.
Here is an off the wall choice - Jeff Sessions?
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:11 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:09 PM (u0lmX)
Yep, pretty much how I view the guy.
Posted by: AD at March 01, 2016 01:11 PM (QWY55)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (u0lmX)
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THat is Trumps nuclear deterrent. You do THAT.... I WILL do this.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:12 PM (8XRCm)
Thank you for having the guts to say who you support, unlike most of the insult-chickens around the net.
Posted by: Meremortal at March 01, 2016 01:12 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 01:11 PM (MIKMs)
The joke is that you were saying "how can liberals just attribute every single bugaboo they get in their pinheads to the Koch brothers?" or words to that effect, and I was teasing that you're just a KOCH ASTROTURFER for making the obvious point that the Kochs and their money can't be in multiple places at the same time.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:12 PM (xuouz)
Good luck convincing the LIVs that he isn't better than the professionals (as a class) they have been dealing with all their lives. He might fire someone for some reason that wasn't political.
Posted by: scorecard at March 01, 2016 01:12 PM (rnH8X)
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I'm not sure he will be able to (based on what I have heard). Could he get on ballots?
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (XtAzU)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (8XRCm)
BINGO
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (mw8Dm)
Pro Tip. When youre elected by your constituents.... listen to your constituents.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:10 PM (8XRCm)
They have forgotten that representatives are supposed to represent, not rule, thus have outlived their usefulness.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (HalrA)
Could be a very long dachshund. Maybe one of those articulated ones.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (xuouz)
Deadline Hollywood reports that while discussing Donald Trump on his show on Wednesday, "The Nightly Show" host Larry Wilmore shared a twisted fantasy about smothering Donald Trump with a pillow:
"Sorry everyone," Wilmore said. "I don't want to give him any more oxygen. That's not a euphemism, by the way. I mean it literally. Somebody get me the pillow they used to kill [ Supreme Court Justice Antonin ] Scalia and I'll do it -- I'll do it!" he said, then demonstrated. "I could get in trouble for that, actually!" Wilmore added, sheepishly, as the audience laughed.
weaselzippers
targets, targetting, target practice
inciting violence anyone?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (qCMvj)
Yes you have the winning hand at the table but the House wins Yay!
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Except in my hypothetical, you do not have a winning hand. You have the hand that didn't lose as much.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (gmeXX)
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Write me in. Itll be fabulous. Everybody wants to write me in. Itll be YUUUUUUUGE!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Lincolntf
I hope she's a Great Dane and not a beagle.
Posted by: Donna and V.
Dachshund
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 12:42 PM (Fmupd)
The Commies are probably writing the "Protocols of the Elders of the GOP" as we type.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Dondi Rickles at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:04 PM (Fmupd)
The nation will survive, albeit in a form we don't much like. The GOP, however, is toast.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (RD7QR)
I missed that distinction in your comment.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 01:15 PM (XtAzU)
Amirtite? Amirite?!
Posted by: Dondi Rickles at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (H9MG5)
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*snort*
OK.... the hashtag is funnier than the post.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:16 PM (8XRCm)
The joke is that you were saying "how can
liberals just attribute every single bugaboo they get in their pinheads
to the Koch brothers?" or words to that effect, and I was teasing that
you're just a KOCH ASTROTURFER for making the obvious point that the
Kochs and their money can't be in multiple places at the same time.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:12 PM (xuouz)
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Thanks. I guess I don't spend any time on the net (aside from here and Insty), so it didn't register.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 01, 2016 01:16 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:14 PM (2cS/G)
A Cane Corso! Do you have experience with big dogs? You've got to control these guys or they will get you in trouble.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 01:16 PM (RD7QR)
DHS Secretly Scrubbed 1,000 Names From U.S. Terror Watch Lists
Obama admin kept secret terrorist 'hands off' list
washtington free beacon
you can't make this stuff up
this is treason, no?
The Department of Homeland Security removed the names of nearly 1,000 individuals suspected of terrorism ties from the U.S. terrorist watch list, according to newly released documents obtained by an advocacy group under a Freedom of Information Act request.
The Washington Free Beacon first reported in 2014 that the Obama administration secretly assembled a terrorist "hands off" list that enabled individuals with terrorist ties unfettered entrance into the United States.
why wasn't JEF impeached, again?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (qCMvj)
Last I looked, the standard was five years with no clinically evident cancer before the word "cured" is used. I know someone in that window who is waiting and watching like a hawk until their own 5 year mark.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (noWW6)
I missed that distinction in your comment.
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Trump didn't win because he doesn't have a majority of the delegates. If he does, he is the nominee. If he doesn't why should he get the nomination.
What if in that scenario, Jeff Sessions emerged as the candidate? I'm just playing a what-if game here?
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (gmeXX)
That's what so frustrating. *None* of this needed to happen. If the DOPe had shown the *tiniest* bit of humility there would be no Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (GDulk)
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Indeed. You must vote for Hillary since she will be totes a constitutionalist and will no way be fascist. Just like Obama, squeaky clean.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (0LHZx)
Landmark Virginia Gun Carry Deal Signed Into Law
Gun rights groups celebrate as gun control advocates trash the deal
freebeacon
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:18 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: db at March 01, 2016 01:18 PM (O8D/G)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:12 PM (8XRCm)
I don't think that's quite a deterrent. GOPe still keeps their jobs. Works across the aisle with the Dems and President Clinton. Blames Trump.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 01:19 PM (mEZce)
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Because he's black and the GOPe doesn't want to do anything that would slow down the progressive agenda.
Posted by: Methos, AoS commenter since 2006, apparently also non-voting democrat at March 01, 2016 01:19 PM (ZbV+0)
In 1860, the Eastern Elites of the Republican Party figured that their man, William Seward, would be given a proper coronation in the Wigwam. The Lincoln men figured otherwise.
The Party bosses did everything they could to keep TR out of the White House during the time leading up to the 1900 election. They finally stuffed him into the VP slot. Too bad about McKinley.
1952 Taft vs. Eisenhower, 1976 Reagan vs. Ford, rinse and repeat.
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 01:19 PM (JBggj)
They pretty much shrugged off Obongo, his murky past, his terrorist and Communist connections, and all of his un-Constitutional misdeeds - those were all fine - but Trump is the Antichrist as far as they're concerned. WTF?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 01:19 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (qCMvj)"
Because even if Republicans had 2/3 of the Senate, you can't impeach the first black President no matter what he does, and that includes treason.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 01, 2016 01:20 PM (QHgTq)
targets, targetting, target practice
inciting violence anyone?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:13 PM (qCMvj)
This election cycle keeps feeling like 1968 all over again. I seriously, seriously hope not. But I fear the people in power are trying to whip people into a fenzy for just this reason.
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 01:20 PM (hvf9s)
That is going away slowly but surely. And when the govt finally takes control of all health care, all this amazing advancement will end.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:20 PM (0LHZx)
Gun rights groups celebrate as gun control advocates trash the deal
freebeacon
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:18 PM (qCMvj)
F Mark Herring
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 01:20 PM (mEZce)
Don't say Down With GOPE! and then prevaricate over credentials.
America has always been crude but effective. Elvis, Patton, the P-38, the A-10, the Model T, Windows 95, Sasha Grey.
The socialist hydra has grown fat and ponderous. It believes us conquered, cowed. Let us strike at its heart with the weapon at hand.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:21 PM (xuouz)
imagine that
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 11:47 AM (qCMvj)
That guy gets access to way better drugs than they allow us to have, evidently.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2016 01:21 PM (afR/C)
totes a constitutionalist and will no way be fascist. Just like Obama,
squeaky clean.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (0LHZx)
Or free-marketeer Bernie Sanders. He'll cut tax and regulations right down to the bone, unleashing the power of capitalism.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 01:21 PM (oKE6c)
But I suspect an 'off the table' selection at a brokered convention would be viewed as unacceptable by a large number of people who think their vote got thrown in the bin.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 01, 2016 01:21 PM (oVJmc)
What if in that scenario, Jeff Sessions emerged as the candidate? I'm just playing a what-if game here?
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (gmeXX)
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Truth be told.... Id love a Seesions or Walker as a candidate.
But.... back room deals shivving the electorate in the back is NOT how we do things.
GOPe.... you want a certain candidate??? Be smart enough to win teh Primary.
You pull this and I am forever done. I will spend the rest of my life NOT VOTING and instead reloading ammo.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:21 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Senor Heb von Papen at March 01, 2016 01:21 PM (8ZskC)
And I know why it should not result in a GOPe candidate?
But could it result in another candidate that could be acceptable? I don't know if one exists. Just asking.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:06 PM (gmeXX)
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Why? Because the stench of corruption, that's why. When people start seeing that their vote doesn't count, that's when the democratic process dies.
It's an establishment/progressive wet dream.
The convention is going to be brokered and it won't matter if Cruz or Trump are over the majority of delegates. The GOPe have baked this into the cake.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:22 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:22 PM (2cS/G)
OK.... the hashtag is funnier than the post.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:16 PM (8XRCm)<<<
Well, my comedy routine is about as horrible as Donald Trump's spray tan.
Amirite? Amirite?
(Ben Roethlisburger: IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE'S REALLY ORANGE!!!)
Posted by: Dondi Rickles at March 01, 2016 01:22 PM (H9MG5)
Except that the Republican candidate could very easily finish 3rd, with the added bonus that anger towards the rump GOP may put the House and probably the Senate in danger as millions of pissed off Trump voters decide that they'll never vote GOP again.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at March 01, 2016 01:22 PM (JxMoP)
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Also will eliminate damaging, counterproductive social welfare programs!
*makes pointy Lenin-esque gestures*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 01:23 PM (9mTYi)
And apparently 1968 was known as "The Crazy Year" *worldwide*. We certainly seem to be working on a globe-wide craziness lately.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:23 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:22 PM (2cS/G)
Good to hear. Be the big dog, and enjoy.
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (RD7QR)
Anybody here know how to Madison?
Yes. You Milwaukee, then go left.
Posted by: db at March 01, 2016 01:18 PM (O8D/G)
It's just a jump to the left
Posted by: stuiec at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (eetvJ)
Fuck em
Fuck em all to hell
Posted by: bob at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (1WcFV)
show on Wednesday, "The Nightly Show" host Larry Wilmore shared a
twisted fantasy about smothering Donald Trump with a pillow...
What is it with the Left and wanting to kill effective opposition people?
It must kill them that they can't stop Trump through traditional methods that have worked so well against Republicans for decades.
Just like the kill Bush pr0n while he was in office (because they could not get over him being elected twice) and the twisted psychosexual violent fantasies about Palin.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 01:25 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:17 PM (qCMvj)<<
The politicians are too busy bringing in more immigrants and getting fat consulting gigs lined up to worry about nonsense like that.
Posted by: MacGruber at March 01, 2016 01:25 PM (C278+)
Fuck em
Fuck em all to hell
Posted by: bob at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (1WcFV)
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This. This is why Trump will continue to outperform the polls.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:25 PM (8XRCm)
start seeing that their vote doesn't count, that's when the democratic
process dies.
Exactly what the LIV Dem voters who back Sanders are now experiencing. In votes cast, virtual dead heats. In delegates won, an ass-kicking. How can you not grasp the corruption? Obviously, people's votes count for nada on the other side of aisle. Whether they count for anything on our side remains to be seen.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 01:25 PM (oKE6c)
Fuck em
Fuck em all to hell
Posted by: bob at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (1WcFV)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (xuouz)
Which is why I cried when the 12 election results came in. Getting rid of O was a last chance to stop the complete destruction of the best medical research system in the world. O's second win meant a *lot* of people around the world will die who didn't need to.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (xuouz)
point of order: the P-38 was elegant.
the P-47, OTOH...
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (ISW4H)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (xuouz)
Fuck em
Fuck em all to hell
Posted by: bob at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (1WcFV)
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And this leans more to my attitude as well.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:27 PM (Fmupd)
It
must kill them that they can't stop Trump through traditional methods
that have worked so well against Republicans for decades.
Just
like the kill Bush pr0n while he was in office (because they could not
get over him being elected twice) and the twisted psychosexual violent
fantasies about Palin.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 01:25 PM (NOIQH)
I suspect it's the unholy confluence of virtue signaling (leftist-style) and garden variety psychopathology.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 01:27 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (GDulk)
____
Yep. Untold millions of people will suffer and/or die because 52% of Americans wanted to make history.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:28 PM (0LHZx)
Apparently it's a linen press. See a commenter above.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 01, 2016 01:28 PM (WOyz5)
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:20 PM (0LHZx)
That's what terrifies the shit out of me. A lot of folks have to go from drug to new drug just to stay alive. Trump said he wants single payer, although I don't know if that was a flip or a flop, so I can't say I really know his position on it, or anything. I know Cruz's.
Posted by: stace at March 01, 2016 01:28 PM (ozZau)
http://bit.ly/1RDQpsI
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 01:28 PM (TxJGV)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 01:28 PM (XtAzU)
Posted by: joncelli the Really Fat Police Dog at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (qCMvj)
Exactly. Two major things to keep a Republic are the Rule of Law and at least the *impression* that a voter's vote means something. *Both* parties have stopped even pretending to support either of those two things.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (GDulk)
Drumpf has no meaning in German to English. It has no meeting in German at all. According to my Wife and MIL who were both born in Germany.
What is possible is that the pronunciation of Drumpf is wrong.
Drumpf then becomes Trumpf.
The German word for Trump, as in Trump Card,
is Trumpf.
Trump versus Trumpf. No difference at all.
Meine Worterwandeung ist zu Ende.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (WVsWD)
Apparently it's a linen press. See a commenter above.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 01, 2016 01:28 PM (WOyz5)
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No its not.
Its a kydex press for making kydex holsters.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (8XRCm)
the P-47, OTOH...
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 01, 2016 01:26 PM (ISW4H)
The P-38 was probably my favorite plane of the war (gets the soft spot over sex symbol P-51D) and I agree with you, but I've seen it described as unorthodox and weird looking so its what sprang to mind. I think the Corsair looks badass for the same reason: stands out, and there's a little golden ratio in that wing shape.
The Hellcat gets my vote for ugliest, upon reflection. Big chunky thing.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (xuouz)
control of all health care, all this amazing advancement will end."
you make it sound as that is a bug: what if they see it as a feature?
reduce the life expectancy of people, and suddenly Social Security is much more stable, and they have moar free shit to hand out to immigrants.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (ISW4H)
Dem. They pretty much shrugged off Obongo, his murky past, his terrorist and
Communist connections, and all of his un-Constitutional misdeeds - those
were all fine - but Trump is the Antichrist as far as they're
concerned. WTF?"
The GOP establishment are, at bottom, collaborationists.
They're the Seyss-Inquart wing of the party.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 01, 2016 01:30 PM (noWW6)
Never heard of it.
Posted by: Chalie Gibson at March 01, 2016 01:30 PM (b3p08)
Just a theory.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 01:30 PM (WVsWD)
It must kill them that they can't stop Trump through traditional methods that have worked so well against Republicans for decades.
Because that's the type of people the Left are.
The mass graves of Communism are a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 01, 2016 01:30 PM (uURQL)
bs
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (qCMvj)
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Im a Cruz guy,
But other than Texas.... please point to the state he's going to win.
And prediction. Cruz only beats Trump by 2% in Texas.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (8XRCm)
That is going away slowly but surely. And when the govt finally takes
control of all health care, all this amazing advancement will end.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:20 PM (0LHZx)
The advancements will continue for the Inner Party.
Posted by: davidt at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (8aOqE)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (WVsWD)
It
must kill them that they can't stop Trump through traditional methods
that have worked so well against Republicans for decades.
Just
like the kill Bush pr0n while he was in office (because they could not
get over him being elected twice) and the twisted psychosexual violent
fantasies about Palin.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 01:25 PM (NOIQH)
that is how deep their anger goes
some of us have love in our lives
healthy spiritual lives
and a different outlook on life
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (qCMvj)
reduce the life expectancy of people, and suddenly Social Security is much more stable, and they have moar free shit to hand out to immigrants.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM (ISW4H)
____
That's a byproduct. Their real goal is power and control. Control a person's health care and you control that person. That's what it comes down to. If they can kill off a few million people, hey all the better. But the #1 goal for the left is always power.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - In Florida at March 01, 2016 11:59 AM (gW5Vg)
Well, in that case, it was the notion of using a goofy machine to punch a hole next the name of the chosen candidate, in order to make the ballots machine-readable.
Here in Canada, we have always used paper ballots, and you simply mark an "X" in the circle next to your candidate's name. Pretty hard to fuck that up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2016 01:32 PM (afR/C)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2016 01:32 PM (/tuJf)
The Hellcat gets my vote for ugliest, upon reflection. Big chunky thing.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM
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But a hell of a good fighter. It's the plane that brought the Japanese air forces to their knees.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:32 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (WVsWD)
You're absolutely right. Cockpit placement is so meh. Looks like Mr Incredible's car from the beginning of The Incredibles.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:32 PM (xuouz)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:32 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: IC at March 01, 2016 01:33 PM (a0IVu)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 01, 2016 01:33 PM (ISW4H)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 01:33 PM (mw8Dm)
Then, the party elites wouldn't need to worry who the riff-raff were voting for.
Posted by: jwest at March 01, 2016 01:34 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:23 PM (GDulk)
If I could put my finger on *one point in time* where America officially started going to hell, it would be 1968.
I don't think we've ever quite recovered.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 01:34 PM (kgM1p)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:32 PM (2cS/G)
*****
GA early voting set records by a large margin.
Posted by: Tim in GA at March 01, 2016 01:34 PM (xWy6i)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 01, 2016 01:34 PM (XtAzU)
http://tinyurl.com/hoczxyd
Oh my. The comment section should have some funny shit.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 01:35 PM (mEZce)
... In your what-if, if the GOPe solution to Trump, Cruz, or Rubio getting a plurality but not a majority is inserting a candidate that didn't get a single delegate ...
... then the GOP is done. People walk. The entire primary process is more of a sham than we thought. Most people will not stand going back to party bosses picking the nominee in a smoke filled room.
Shorter version ... Trump, Mission Accomplished.
Posted by: Irony at March 01, 2016 01:35 PM (BHaRb)
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 01, 2016 01:29 PM
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I give you ..... the P-47.
Called Jug for a reason.
38s, 51s, 40's all have elegant lines. I think the P 40 was the most elegant looking.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:35 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 01, 2016 01:35 PM (WVsWD)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 01, 2016 01:35 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (8XRCm)
If Cruz loses in Texas, or only wins by 2%, he needs to hang it up.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 01, 2016 01:36 PM (kgM1p)
Sometimes arriving too late even for them.
There was an experimental brain cancer drug in early testing when Ted Kennedy fell ill. Now if you or I or any other member of the serf class had a nice big glioblastoma growing in our noggin, and asked to try an unapproved drug, the FDA would condescendingly pat our imploring hands and tell us no, sorry, and to go get our affairs in order.
Ted Kennedy? Kennedy got his doses of the drug. Of course he did.
Fortunately it didn't work.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 01, 2016 01:36 PM (noWW6)
That said, the P-38 is my favorite aircraft of WWII.
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 01:36 PM (JBggj)
Except they really won't. Even the important people in communist countries (other than the *real* Top Dogs) don't live any better than an average person here and if they had a truly serious medical problem they went to a Western country for help. Medical advancement requires a certain amount of infrastructure and once that's gone *nobody* will be getting the benefits. That is the truly ironic things about even those who are *right* about being on top of the pile "come the revolution". It turns out that the pile is mostly made of horse dung and isn't worth being at the top of.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 01, 2016 01:36 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Lauren at March 01, 2016 01:37 PM (92Dmd)
I am weaker today from my Hilz virus and second antibiotic. Weepy and weak and weird. Oh, good, I can still alliterate.
Have not felt this way for, oh, thirty years with a flu virus then mycoplasma wimpy crap. Thing is, z-pack should take care of this.
Basically, i am a mess. I guess if no better tomorrow will go back to doc, who will probably give me ANOTHER damn antibiotic. Hell's bells. I am not used to being sick, first antibiotic since 2013. Was "supposed" to be working out and getting ready for summer. but nooooooooooooooooo.
If any of you have any magic potion soups, etc for energy, please let me know. And thanks. xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 01:37 PM (wAMRL)
Eh, I think the '12 election was stolen, via traditional voter fraud, a heavy does of harassing the effectiveness out of a lot of conservative people/organization, plus the MSM obliterating negative coverage of Obama's 1st term (including Benghazi).
It takes a GOP candidate being able to get enough votes to beat the margin of fraud. For all we know, Obama's open borders/Lynch's illegal alien voter registration efforts, the GOP candidate - whoever it is - may already be beat.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 01, 2016 01:37 PM (NOIQH)
I like his selection of people to piss off. That's a guilty pleasure, but I have to own up to it.
I also like the way he jerks the media around. They must be messing themselves.
Vis a vis the other candidates, I adopt a vector model. Cruz's vector points in a good direction, but the magnitude isn't very large. I get the impression that he's more of an intellectual than a politician, and that he'd therefore be stymied at every turn in DC. He doesn't seem to inspire/ cajole/ persuade others to follow him, and consequently I suspect that we'd end up temporizing, dribbling the ball in the back court, throughout his time in office.
Trump is exactly the opposite. God knows where his vector points, but its magnitude is huge. If he decided to fix some of our problems, I suspect he could do it (especially if he wins with a convincing mandate). Through a combination of mobilizing popular support against recalcitrant Congressmen, browbeating/ cajoling/ horsetrading etc. I think he could a lot - if he wanted to. Does he want to? Will he want to? Keine Ahnung. But he represents a chance, potentially. to fix some of our problems, and I don't see that in the other candidates.
Just my $0.02, put out there provisionally. I'm still making up my mind.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 01, 2016 01:38 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 01:38 PM (wAMRL)
The can opener?
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From an industrial design standpoint, absolutely.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 01:38 PM (9mTYi)
Fuck em
Fuck em all to hell
Posted by: bob at March 01, 2016 01:24 PM (1WcFV)
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Welcome aboard Bob!
(note that the cousin' humpin' bit is still optional, regardless of what folks here tell you!)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 01, 2016 01:38 PM (kXzR8)
That said, the P-38 is my favorite aircraft of WWII.
F4U Corsair.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 01, 2016 01:38 PM (+058L)
Posted by: Lauren at March 01, 2016 01:38 PM (92Dmd)
GOP numbers are going to swell in record fashion as result of a 'Trump
wave'."
Off the top of my head, sixteen thousand MA Dems surrendered their Democratic registration to switch over and vote in the Republican primary. That is... really something.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 01, 2016 01:39 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
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It's just the other way around. The cat is filling the place with cat hair and cat dander.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 01:39 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 01, 2016 01:31 PM (8XRCm)
Per Cruz's strategery, that would be losing. He expects Texas to deliver most of the delegates to him. He has Gov. Abbot (barf) and Former Gov. Perry (double barf) stumping for him hard.
Posted by: cajun caret at March 01, 2016 01:39 PM (QfUjv)
Posted by: Lauren at March 01, 2016 01:37 PM (92Dmd)
THIS time it will be different.
Posted by: Lucy, Holding the Football at March 01, 2016 01:40 PM (8ZskC)
To his credit, Trump neither called for lynching or whipping any of the students, although members of the media and the republican establishment were ready to supply the rope and tree.
Donald has got this politics shit down pat.
Posted by: jwest at March 01, 2016 01:40 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: HH at March 01, 2016 01:40 PM (DrCtv)
What's at stake?
In all, 595 Republican delegates- about 25 percent of the total number -- are available on Super Tuesday. Republicans need 1,237 delegates to win the party's nomination; Democrats need 2,383. There are 1,004 Democrat delegates available on March 1. The states involved in Super Tuesday also represent about 130 so-called Super Delegates, Democrats who are not pledged to support the winner from their states. The vast majority of Super Delegates have already pledged support for Clinton.
What states are voting?
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia will hold primaries for both parties. Alaska will hold its Republican caucus while American Samoa will caucus for Democrats. Colorado will caucus for both parties though only the Democrats are choosing a candidate. Republicans in Colorado have opted to select delegates only and then let those delegates choose which candidate to support at the national convention.
...
Alabama awards its delegates proportionally. Republican candidates will be competing for 50 delegates in the state.
...
The big prize on Super Tuesday is Texas, which has 155...
There are still large primaries ahead, including Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri on March 15 and New York in April 19. The final multi-state primary day isn't until June 7, when California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, as well as North Dakota Democrats, will vote.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:40 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Lauren at March 01, 2016 01:41 PM (92Dmd)
This is all going to end badly.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 01:41 PM (2PHKP)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 01, 2016 01:41 PM (qCMvj)
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It would certainly not be ideal for Cruz' perspective. But he could at least lay claim to winning the biggest state yet and the biggest red state. Its why at the end of the day, we are going to be in the same place as we started.
Posted by: SH at March 01, 2016 01:42 PM (gmeXX)
I am weaker today from my Hilz virus and second antibiotic. Weepy and weak and weird. Oh, good, I can still alliterate.
Have not felt this way for, oh, thirty years with a flu virus then mycoplasma wimpy crap. Thing is, z-pack should take care of this.
Basically, i am a mess. I guess if no better tomorrow will go back to doc, who will probably give me ANOTHER damn antibiotic. Hell's bells. I am not used to being sick, first antibiotic since 2013. Was "supposed" to be working out and getting ready for summer. but nooooooooooooooooo.
If any of you have any magic potion soups, etc for energy, please let me know. And thanks. xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,
Dear most bestest Super Model
make sure to hydrate Dont take the antibiotics on an empty tummy. Make one of your minions makes you some lovely soup or something easy to digest. Relax on a divan whilst servant boys clad in short togas fan you with palm fronds and dab your delicate brow with a cool cloth dipped in rosewater
and get well soon because we need you
thunderb
Posted by: ThunderB at March 01, 2016 01:42 PM (zOTsN)
Here's the rest of the story . . .
http://bit.ly/1VOXXKt
Posted by: MTF at March 01, 2016 01:44 PM (TxJGV)
That said, the P-38 is my favorite aircraft of WWII.
Posted by: mrp at March 01, 2016 01:36 PM (JBggj)
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During the war there was a prototype built of the P-29 Bat. Blended wing and engine nacalles, it's by far the prettiest aircraft during that time even though it never saw a day of combat or never went into production.
Posted by: Soona at March 01, 2016 01:44 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 01, 2016 01:45 PM (2PHKP)
I know this is where I'll be tonight instead of the TV. The HQ provides much better commentary than the bloviators on the networks.
Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at March 01, 2016 01:45 PM (AJeMv)
Costco has a pretty good chicken noodle soup in the deli area. Have one of your minions get you some
Posted by: ThunderB at March 01, 2016 01:46 PM (zOTsN)
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You're suggesting that the Navy would not scramble ships and conduct an extensive search/salvage for us if our private plane went down at sea? Or, provide a Destroyer to later for the sole purpose of simply scattering the ashes?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 01:46 PM (9mTYi)
Either that or I am time-traveling back a day, with Hilz virus, as have read before.
I need halp. Hilz virus now has weepy side effects. Damn refugee virus body has never seen.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 01:46 PM (wAMRL)
Posted by: Irony at March 01, 2016 01:46 PM (BHaRb)
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The 'Acceptance' stage.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2016 01:47 PM (9mTYi)
Tennessee's new official state rifle is so powerful it can 'destroy commercial aircraft'
http://tinyurl.com/hoczxyd
Oh my. The comment section should have some funny shit.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 01, 2016 01:35 PM (mEZce)
___________________________
Yeah,, I've dodged a few rounds from that one...
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 01, 2016 01:47 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 01, 2016 01:33 PM (mw8Dm)
The person who does not vote can win if he structures his life to be independent of the American political system.
That is actually the best way to live - make it so that your happiness and wellbeing is not dependent on the political winds.
This does not mean you are unaffected by votes and different candidates - merely that you do not need the "good outcome" of a vote.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 01, 2016 01:49 PM (uURQL)
Posted by: Don Q at March 01, 2016 01:50 PM (RK8AH)
Thank you. Hope Ace posts a Hilz thread or something where I can mock soonish. This serious Super Tuesday stuff is not helping.
I am still of the mindset of I Don't Give a Sheet Party.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 01:51 PM (wAMRL)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 01, 2016 01:51 PM (zOTsN)
Tip of the iceberg.....
Posted by: Political fan fiction with slash pairings at March 01, 2016 01:51 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 01, 2016 01:52 PM (zOTsN)
As it occurred to you that Dems might be crossing over to vote Trump now because they think he'll be easier for Hill to beat in November?
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:53 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 01:53 PM (wAMRL)
In about five years, I'm going to be telling you "...and if YOU had shown any sense, we'd have had President Trump, and _maybe_, MAYBE, still the United States of America."
So go ahead and tell me your fucking Mitt Romney Style Shit Sandwich is gonna be better and different this time. Yuge, Luxurious, and Classy, right?
I can wait.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 01, 2016 01:55 PM (kCfMX)
Posted by: ThunderB at March 01, 2016 01:56 PM (zOTsN)
Last time I was sick I was in Scotland and coughed and snorted my way across several countries. Even with that I did not feel this wimpy. I hate wimpy. I hate tears. Dammit. Soonish I should hate myself so much I will get better on own. Or not.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 01:56 PM (wAMRL)
Posted by: Irony at March 01, 2016 01:56 PM (BHaRb)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampsersands at the present time) at March 01, 2016 01:07 PM (u0lmX)
If Trump runs third party, he should convince Bernie Sanders to run fourth party on the left, and even finance him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2016 01:59 PM (afR/C)
The other thing that made me laugh, on another site, was a cartoon of the "Clinton Memorial" on the Mall...showing ole Peyronie's getting a bj and a mother hiding her child's eyes. Ha. Loved it.
xoxo
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 02:02 PM (wAMRL)
Oh. You want "Abuse". It's one thread up.
[murmurs] Stupid git.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 01, 2016 02:05 PM (WOyz5)
I voted.
Voted my conscience. Usually that means they lose. I almost voted Paul just to try to break the streak! Jk.
I guess we'll see eh?
Keep telling myself the most highs rule in the kingdoms of men. Sure hope they know what they're doing!
Posted by: Sugar Plum Fairy #176-671 at March 01, 2016 02:05 PM (hnCis)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 01, 2016 02:07 PM (kCfMX)
Same deal.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 01, 2016 02:09 PM (kCfMX)
This is what I figure: I have voted with a passion, last two elections, to defeat that damn facial mole. I lost. I voted reluctantly for stupid McCain, because of Palin. I voted Romney/Ryan because, I guess, stoopid.
So this brings me to my I Don't Give a Sheet Party, and as chairwoman, I really don't give a sheet (I looked for the chamber pot in above painting and saw a pot with a bottle in it. The cat looks rather disgusted, which is how I feel now).
It is gonna be what it is gonna be. All you morons voting today, thanks. It is important. I will give it my best if I live to see November and am not mummified like that guy on the boat by then (which would have been perfect if he were clutching a rum bottle). I sort of look mummified already. Thank you, refugees! I am certain this is not an American virus.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 02:11 PM (wAMRL)
If everything sinks into despair and woe this eve, there is always going back and re-perusing yesterday's happiness thread!
Posted by: LizLem at March 01, 2016 02:15 PM (hvf9s)
I really don't think it matters who wins in 2016. I really don't.
Get better.
Posted by: Irony at March 01, 2016 02:19 PM (BHaRb)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at March 01, 2016 02:33 PM (wAMRL)
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