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Friday Morning News Dump (3-11-16) [Misanthropic Humanitarian]

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:58 AM




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1 Uno.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 11, 2016 08:56 AM (gyKtp)

2 dos

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 11, 2016 08:57 AM (ZQfW9)

3 RE: Debate; these are the worst candidates I have ever seen since I was very young and started paying attention to politics. None of them are WAS.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 08:58 AM (t2KH5)

4 Head roll, well they should. And perhaps these turds should be prosecuted as well.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 08:58 AM (t2KH5)

5 Surviving.

Posted by: iforgot at March 11, 2016 08:59 AM (pC96u)

6 The U.S. and Canada are responsible to a great degree for causing the
Earth's temperature to rise and spurring climate change, President Obama
said Thursday.



Already proven that he is a liar. We have been cooling since 1998 despite CO2 increasing. Proves all these global warming assholes are liars.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 08:59 AM (t2KH5)

7 so what's the future of wounded warrior? the people at the top really screwed over the people they were supposed to be helping....it actually reminds me of the va.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:00 AM (0O7c5)

8 Trump/Carson Press conference about to start. Hide yo Wimminz reporters!

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:01 AM (kXzR8)

9 Laws requiring
background checks for buyers of guns and ammunition, as well as
requirements that firearms be traceable, could sharply reduce gun deaths
in the United States, according to a study published on Thursday.



Another worthless study done by liberals for liberal and it isn't worth the ink it took to print it.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:01 AM (t2KH5)

10 Frat Party is old news.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:01 AM (t2KH5)

11 Maybe now my mom will believe me about Wounded Warrior Project. There was plenty of smoke there, and TOO many commercials.

Posted by: Baldy at March 11, 2016 09:02 AM (1SCTq)

12 Isle of Lesbos Community College offers Womenz Studies. We welcome our newest hire Professor Click. She'll coordinate muscle and intimidation.

Posted by: Isle of Lesbos at March 11, 2016 09:02 AM (gwG9s)

13 So many links....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 09:03 AM (S1Gtv)

14 Want to prevent violent extremism in schools. Get the unions, federal government, and Democrats out of the school system.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:03 AM (t2KH5)

15 No, the FBI wants to stop anti-government, pro-Constitutional "extremism" at school.

Remember: To DHS, FBI, etc. *we* are the enemy, not radical Islamists or ALF/ELF types.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:03 AM (NOIQH)

16
The Romanian Ball Ripper.

Okay . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:04 AM (p4UlV)

17 Everything causes cancer, I though everyone knew that.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:04 AM (t2KH5)

18 Yup the West and Capitalistic society is responsible for all of the worlds ills. Including increased life expectancy, decreased disease , improved health due to science and drugs and shit, great advances allowing us to feed ore people on less land with less work. Yeah western society sucks the worse, except of course for all the others. Fredo is one dumb fuck and that bitch from Canada is not far behind

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:04 AM (cDK/v)

19 If you've ever entertained the thought, even in passing, that there might be just the bare possibility that human progress could actually exist,

Anthropogenic Global Warming

will lay that shit to rest right quick.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 11, 2016 09:04 AM (Dttnn)

20 12 Isle of Lesbos Community College offers Womenz Studies. We welcome our newest hire Professor Click. She'll coordinate muscle and intimidation.
Posted by: Isle of Lesbos at March 11, 2016 09:02 AM (gwG9s)


Goes to show you can't lick Click.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:05 AM (p4UlV)

21 No, the FBI wants to stop anti-government, pro-Constitutional "extremism" at school.

Remember: To DHS, FBI, etc. *we* are the enemy, not radical Islamists or ALF/ELF types.



Which is why I wouldn't lift a finger to help them. I'm not going to help the "enemy".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:05 AM (hTPJO)

22 "could sharply reduce gun deaths
in the United States, according to a study published on Thursday."



*snort*

You criminals get in line, now.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 09:05 AM (S1Gtv)

23 17 Everything causes cancer, I though everyone knew that.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:04 AM (t2KH5)


Good song by Joe Jackson from his "Night and Day" album IIRC.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:05 AM (p4UlV)

24
"The study looked at how deaths in 2010 were influenced by gun laws put into place in 25 states the year before.
It
found that closing loopholes allowing gun buyers to avoid background
checks when purchasing guns was the most effective way of reducing
gun-related deaths."

Laugh-a-bull.
That Reuters article is full of howlers, and they never allow comments to sully their propaganda.

Posted by: B.S. Fullabolgna at March 11, 2016 09:05 AM (XVjZ8)

25 Goes to show you can't lick Click.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:05 AM (p4UlV)

Ever hear of tongue cancer?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:06 AM (cDK/v)

26 I hate to be the bearer of bad news for the Yale alumni and leadership but some colleges have already lost major cases for this kangaroo court system of justice. And it ain't cheap to lose these cases.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:06 AM (t2KH5)

27 If Momma aint happy no one is happy
------


*closes legs

Trigger warning man...trigger warning

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:06 AM (KCQo0)

28 I thought that was a good debate. Not great-- all we got out of Trump was that he'll make deals, no specifics (which is par for the course). But Cruz did well, Rubio almost made me forget what a horrible traitor he is, and Kasich was kind of there, so sure. B+. Would've been nice to have smaller debates sooner, instead of the 37 or whatever all at once, but that ship's sailed and then boarded by pirates, burned, sunk, salvaged and dragged to port.

Then it exploded.

Posted by: Lanc McCormick at March 11, 2016 09:06 AM (u0s1P)

29 Obama believed Netanyahu 'too fearful' to reach two-state solution

So says the man who never say an appeasement and surrender he did not like

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:07 AM (cDK/v)

30 The U.S. and Canada are responsible to a great degree for causing the Earth's temperature to rise and spurring climate change, President Obama
said Thursday.
----

*hops on Air Force One to go to a concert

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:08 AM (KCQo0)

31
I WILL BLOW A WHISTLE, AMERICA!!!


See what a Man-Potato Hybrid's Action Plan Will Do For You!



KETCHUP AMERICA WITH KASICH!

Posted by: John Kasich - What Supports this Ad with lots of Chili and Plenty of Cheese at March 11, 2016 09:08 AM (2rmvw)

32 The president, Goldberg writes, "has not had much patience for Netanyahu and other Middle Eastern leaders who question his understanding of the region."


well the smartest man in the room can never be wrong ya know?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:08 AM (cDK/v)

33 The U.S. and Canada are responsible to a great degree for causing the Earth's temperature to rise and spurring climate change, President Obama
said Thursday.
----

*hops on Air Force One to go to a concert
Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:08 AM (KCQo0)


Rim Shot!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:09 AM (cDK/v)

34 There's Carson, endorsing Trump.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 09:10 AM (S1Gtv)

35 it bothers me that dr carson endorses trump.....very strange

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:10 AM (0O7c5)

36 Clyde, does this dress make my derrière look ginormous? Tell the truth.

Posted by: Zombie J. Edgar Hoover at March 11, 2016 09:10 AM (gwG9s)

37 Goldberg also tells of a conversation he had with Leon Panetta, who was Obama's first Secretary of Defense. Panetta told Goldberg that in the beginning of his first term, the new president sought to reexamine why the US should maintain Israel's qualitative military edge

Yeah he's a friend of Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:10 AM (cDK/v)

38 Stupid gun study is stupid.

A big howler was the mention of being able to trace casings back to the gun could reduce deaths. You know, the thing that Maryland tried to do and didn't help with a single case but did cost millions upon millions of dollars to administer.

Posted by: Chupacabra at March 11, 2016 09:10 AM (sPO/s)

39 >>Obama believed Netanyahu 'too fearful' to reach two-state solution. So says the man who never say an appeasement and surrender he did not like


Says the guy who is known for voting "present," leading from behind,being just muscular enough to not be mocked, and ignoring the green revolution.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:11 AM (NOIQH)

40 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Buy My Book at March 11, 2016 09:11 AM (kff5f)

41 34 There's Carson, endorsing Trump.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 09:10 AM (S1Gtv)


Find the soundbite where Trump basically called Carson sick and unstable.

Makes a nice commercial.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:11 AM (p4UlV)

42 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Buy My Book at March 11, 2016 09:11 AM (kff5f)

43 35 it bothers me that dr carson endorses trump.....very strange
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They were both always on the "outsider" track, so I guess it makes sense in that regard.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:11 AM (kXzR8)

44 Find the soundbite where Trump basically called Carson sick and unstable.



Makes a nice commercial.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:11 AM (p4UlV)
yes......that's why i'm having trouble with this

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:12 AM (0O7c5)

45 Find the soundbite where Trump basically called Carson sick and unstable.
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It's a mental thing, you know like child molesters...

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:12 AM (kXzR8)

46 The casket of Taylor Force, the American tourist who was murdered in Tuesday's terrorist attack in Jaffa, was placed in Ben Gurion Airport on Friday morning.

There, a memorial service was held before the US Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission William Grant, former MK Dov Lipman, friends, and the crowd that came to pay their respects.

Taylor Force's remains will be flown to New York and from there to his family in Texas.

A statement from Force's family read: "Please pass on our profound appreciation to the people and government of Israel for being so compassionate and considerate during the worst time in our lives. Taylor was our entire world, and knowing that Israel mourns with us is comforting."

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:12 AM (cDK/v)

47 The stabby Dr. just said they have buried the hatchet!

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:13 AM (kXzR8)

48 Already proven that he is a liar. We have been cooling since 1998 despite CO2 increasing. Proves all these global warming assholes are liars.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 08:59 AM (t2KH5)

Credit where it's due, Rubio articulated the anti-AGW position last night better than any national-levelpolitician I've heard so far.

It's a shame, really. Rubio truly is a gifted politician but (it seems to me) his penchant for career-destroying strategic blunders sets him up for disaster every time; e.g., severing his Tea Party roots to become an Establishment guy, for example. Sure, Establishment ties giveRubio access to the big money donors who really are the GOP Establishment, but look where that decision led him: tothe probable loss of his own state in a presidential primary. That's gotta sting.

Posted by: troyriser at March 11, 2016 09:14 AM (+UeSQ)

49 Interesting news on gun background checks

So preventing people from having guns with which to defend themselves would reduce "gun deaths" (which we are to believe are somehow worse than other deaths). But how many of those "gun deaths" are those of the aggressor, and how many of them - if prevented - would lead to one of those lesser deaths to the victim?

And until you stop lumping in suicide and self-defense with all other "gun deaths" (which, of course, you can't because that would show the fraud you're perpetrating), I'm not particularly interested in anything your phoney-baloney statistics say.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Buy My Book at March 11, 2016 09:14 AM (kff5f)

50 I think Carson's still too pissed to endorse Cruz.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:14 AM (oVJmc)

51 I'm just a jihadi whose intentions are good.
Oh Allah, please don't let me be misunderstood.

- The Koranimals

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:15 AM (Nwg0u)

52 U.S. to blame for global warming?

Well, in a backhanded way.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2000:
In 2000 we failed to elect Al Gore to the Presidency, as the result of a handful of butterflied-chad ballots in Florida. The devastation of that electoral defeat caused him to grow a beard, gain 120 lbs and spend 3-4 years out of the public eye, networking with Gaia scientists of all types, honing his scam of carbon credits and narrating An Inconvenient Truth. This energized the movement to where it is today. So, yeah, the whole global warming thing IS our fault.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 11, 2016 09:15 AM (NeFrd)

53 47 The stabby Dr. just said they have buried the hatchet!
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:13 AM (kXzR


Donald Manes with the steak knife in the kitchen . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:16 AM (p4UlV)

54 i have to give rubio props on his "relationship with cuba" answer

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:16 AM (0O7c5)

55 34 "There's Carson, endorsing Trump"


He never would have done it if he knew how much this embarrasses Ace.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 09:18 AM (Zs4uk)

56 50 I think Carson's still too pissed to endorse Cruz.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:14 AM (oVJmc)


If someone with Carson's intellect can't realize that the Iowa thing was a total crock of shit, and that he was not going to get another 30,000 votes, then he really is a numbskull.

Yet, Donald Trump utterly trashes him and then gets his endorsement.

Sheesh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:18 AM (p4UlV)

57 47
The stabby Dr. just said they have buried the hatchet!

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:13 AM (kXzR
he's going back to the chop shop

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:18 AM (0O7c5)

58 I'm not no ways hungover. I'm still drunk. Huma, Bloody Mary me.

Posted by: Hillary 2016 at March 11, 2016 09:18 AM (gwG9s)

59 If someone with Carson's intellect can't realize
that the Iowa thing was a total crock of shit, and that he was not going
to get another 30,000 votes, then he really is a numbskull.



Yet, Donald Trump utterly trashes him and then gets his endorsement.



Sheesh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 11, 2016 09:18 AM (p4UlV)
this isn't brain surgery

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:19 AM (0O7c5)

60 Stupid gun study is stupid.

A big howler was the mention of being able to trace casings back to the gun could reduce deaths. You know, the thing that Maryland tried to do and didn't help with a single case but did cost millions upon millions of dollars to administer.


Always works on CSI!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:19 AM (hTPJO)

61 Thanks my innovative leadership, Ohio is so laden with jobs that it has tipped over.

I fixed DC so well, I need to go back there and do it again.

I have single-handedly kept Mars AIDS-free. No other candidate can claim this.

In case I haven't mentioned this, my dad was a mailman. Which one exactly, I don't know.

Posted by: John Kasich at March 11, 2016 09:21 AM (gyKtp)

62 A big howler was the mention of being able to trace casings back to the gun could reduce deaths.

Wait. What?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Buy My Book at March 11, 2016 09:21 AM (kff5f)

63
"... Donald Trump utterly trashes him and then gets his endorsement. "


Sounds like something a "leader" can do.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 09:22 AM (Zs4uk)

64 62
A big howler was the mention of being able to trace casings back to the gun could reduce deaths.



Wait. What?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Buy My Book at March 11, 2016 09:21 AM (kff5f)
the "lazarus effect" ?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:22 AM (0O7c5)

65 The Iraqi daily Al-Zaman published an article Sunday titled, Iraq Needs Hitler, claiming that the country must heed the German Fuhrers warnings about Jews in order to prevent the remaining Iraqi Jews from carrying out their plan to take over the country.

Moderate Arabs ha?

Kinda makes me miss Saddam

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:23 AM (cDK/v)

66 President Obama is traveling to South by Southwest tomorrow. Learn about how this administration is using technology to help people find 'the imperative of citizenship.'
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Dah fuq does that even mean???

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:23 AM (mEZce)

67 it bothers me that dr carson endorses trump.....very strange

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I can't say I understand it myself but Dr. Carson is entitled to his opinion and is one of the few whose dignity and integrity are intact.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:23 AM (Nwg0u)

68 I could reduce gun deaths radically in the United States in a few months to a year. Close the Southern Border, and offer a shoot-on-sight-bring-in-the-corpse-or-the-pelt bounty system for individuals with gang tattoos. Any gang, not just Mexican or South American.

There's a hella lotta gangs in the US. Lots of money to be made.

Posted by: B.S. Fullabolgna at March 11, 2016 09:24 AM (XVjZ8)

69 MH, that
"Interesting news on gun background checks" item is a thinly disguised opinion piece on more regulations.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 09:24 AM (kKHcp)

70 Sure I endorsed Kasich. He house sits for us when we travel. Nice guy for the son of a mailman.

Posted by: Urban Sprawl Meyer at March 11, 2016 09:24 AM (gwG9s)

71 Learn about how this administration is using technology to help people find 'the imperative of citizenship.'
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Dah fuq does that even mean???

-
More better surveillance techniques and equipment.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:25 AM (Nwg0u)

72 President Obama is traveling to South by Southwest tomorrow. Learn about how this administration is using technology to help people find 'the imperative of citizenship.'
-----

Dah fuq does that even mean???



SXSW (South By Southwest) is a music arts technology festival in Austin. Sorta like Burning Man with indoor toilets.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:25 AM (hTPJO)

73 President Obama is traveling to South by Southwest tomorrow - the first sitting President to do so.


FIRST!!!!!


I loathe this sonofabitch.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:26 AM (mEZce)

74 What was the altercation about that supposedly cause Fields to get bruised? Why does some commentator at hotair equate this with freedom of the press? No one stopped her from writing about what she wants. Lets see her be aggressive with Obama's entourage and see if she gets bruises or gunshots. Press credentials allow you to be an asshole in people's faces with no fear of a sucker punch?

Posted by: scorecard at March 11, 2016 09:26 AM (I0sxh)

75 10 Frat Party is old news.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:01 AM (t2KH5

My apologies Vic

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 09:27 AM (voOPb)

76 SXSW (South By Southwest) is a music arts technology festival in Austin. Sorta like Burning Man with indoor toilets.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:25 AM (hTPJO)

I know what that is... how is technology helping people find the 'imperative of citizenship?'


Show your work


Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:27 AM (mEZce)

77
SXSW (South By Southwest) is a music arts technology festival in Austin. Sorta like Burning Man with indoor toilets.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:25 AM (hTPJO

Dipshitpalooza?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 09:27 AM (voOPb)

78 >>Learn about how this administration is using technology to help people find 'the imperative of citizenship.'

It is imperative that all illegal border-crossers become citizens to ensure a Democrat party dominance for the foreseeable future??

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:28 AM (NOIQH)

79 I know what that is... how is technology helping people find the 'imperative of citizenship?'



Um, let me get back to you on that.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:28 AM (hTPJO)

80 Remember this when the Clinton Foundation re-reports it's "donations" ...


The most salacious corruption case of the past yearis rooted in Downstate Illinois.Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and former Congressman from the town of Plano,some 50 miles west of Chicago. Hastertwas indicted by federal prosecutors in May for structuring the withdrawal of $1.7 million dollars in violation of bank laws and for lying to the FBI. According to news reports, Hastert gave the money to a former student of Yorkville High School to compensate him for concealing Hastert's alleged misconduct decades ago when Hastert was a teacher and coach atthe school. Hastert was convicted in October when he pleaded guilty to a felony count of evading bank reporting laws in a hush-money scheme. Heis now awaiting sentencing.


Hastert didn't steal this money. He merely didn't want it reported.

Posted by: Hillary "she's too big to jail" Clinton at March 11, 2016 09:29 AM (e8kgV)

81 So Dr. Ben flips to bird one last glorious time to Cruz. Color me unsurprised. He'll make a great Surgeon General in Vladimir Trump's imperial presidency.

Yeah, I'm officially in the #NeverTrump camp, even if that means The Witch (hint: I live in MA, my vote for President is essentially useless). I won't go so far as to endorse Kitty Softpaws' oft-repeated "con-man" rhetoric, but more Ace's "salesman" line. I work with lots of "mini-Trumps" in my business (software). They will say literally anything to get a customer to sign the PO and then toss the problems to guys like me who work in post-sales to clean-up and reconcile all those beautiful platitudes with reality.

Trump seems to "fight" for anything that is popular and #winning and, like any good salesman, immediately jettisons anything that is unpopular or not#winning. Path of least resistance to close a sale, no depth, no core. In his heart he's still a NYC Lib looking to close a sale with people outside of his traditional base. That's somewhat to his credit, and he's obviously a Tier-1, top-shelf sales machine.

But what happens the day after the election? Yeah, that's what I can't get past.

I could vote for Cruz but won't get the opportunity. Trump could salve that wound by nominating him to the SCOTUS, but I don't think he would. I could perhaps even support Kasich if for no other reason than he might be perhaps reasonably competent in running Big State, unlike the last Republican Governor we elected President. But again, not that my vote in the PR of MA matters at all, I simply can't pull the trigger on the other two. I suppose I'll make a vanity vote for the hapless Constitution Party nominee nobody ever heard of, then swim out past the breakers, watch the world die.

Posted by: DocJ at March 11, 2016 09:29 AM (NYS7S)

82 Good time for me and the missus to get out of Austin. SXSW is an asshole magnet. Barry the poof is proof.

Posted by: Junior Brown at March 11, 2016 09:29 AM (gwG9s)

83 I think Carson's still too pissed to endorse Cruz.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:14 AM (oVJmc)

Carson's whole campaign was dreamed up by an alchemist. The highly paid consultants engaged by Carson's campaign took millions of dollars of good faith donations from hardworking people buying into the good doctor's reputation for integrity and magically transformedthose donationsintobeachfront timeshares in Nuevo Vallarta.

Posted by: troyriser at March 11, 2016 09:29 AM (+UeSQ)

84 I have a choice every post; read the thread first or comment first.

7 like-minded comments in 70 posts about that reuters gun story tells me I'm not alone. It also tells me we all see that story for the steaming turd it is.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 09:29 AM (kKHcp)

85 Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 10, 2016 10:21 AM (xuouz)

Re: Wounded Warrior, Michael (glah, can't remember his name, the conservativeish journalist and photographer who was embedded with troops in either/both Iraq and Afghanistan) was *screaming* on Twitter a couple of years ago that there were massive financial shenanigans at WW. To the point that it looked like he was obsessing and had gone off the rails. Now I can see why.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (GDulk)

86 It's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.

Posted by: George Clooney at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (I0sxh)

87 "Technology and the Imperative of Citizenship"
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Possibly the most bullshit-laden thing I have ever read.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (9mTYi)

88 Cutting the cost of diapers for low-income families: Low-income families spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every year - double what some higher-income families pay.

*scratches head

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (mEZce)

89 So preventing people from having guns with which to defend themselves would reduce "gun deaths"

-
And get stabbing deaths back up where they belong.

- Michael "Big Gulp" Bloomberg

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (Nwg0u)

90 Whatever he did it is ridiculous you can go to jail for withdrawing your own money.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:31 AM (B48dK)

91 Oops, that was meant to be general, don't know why I hit "paste" first.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 09:31 AM (GDulk)

92 88 They have more kids or their kids poop more.Or both.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:32 AM (B48dK)

93 Youngest stepson is at SXSW with his buddy the rapper. (Yes, seriously.) Been gone 5 days and no call from the Texas Rangers, so I'm counting myself lucky.

Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 09:32 AM (RD7QR)

94
"Salesmen"...

"They will say literally anything to get a customer to sign the PO and then toss the problems to guys like me who work in post-sales to clean-up and reconcile all those beautiful platitudes with reality."


What salesmen do is get the business, so that you at least have a chance at solving the problems. Without them, you wouldn't have a job.

When it comes to government, the president is the Salesman in Chief. He's the one that has to go out and sell the vision to the country, so that everyone gets behind him and something gets done. Without the sale, nothing changes and the status quo continues.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 09:33 AM (Zs4uk)

95 Michael Yon is the journalist I believe.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:33 AM (B48dK)

96 Learn about how this administration is using technology to help people find 'the imperative of citizenship.'


****

Penalty flag for failure to use the word 'epistemological'.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 11, 2016 09:33 AM (NeFrd)

97 Hastert didn't steal this money. He merely didn't want it reported.

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Hastert is an imperfect martyr.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:34 AM (Nwg0u)

98 Drudge has jumped the shark. Pathetic.

Posted by: Fonzy at March 11, 2016 09:34 AM (aRUb8)

99 The U.S. and Canada are responsible to a great degree for causing the Earth's temperature to rise and spurring climate change, President Obama
said Thursday.
----

*hops on Air Force One to go to a concert
Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:08 AM (KCQo0)
__________________________

Then he'll give a speech on the evils of "income inequality" in the US -- while spending $45 million taxpayer dollars so that he and his extended family can have multiple luxury vacations every year in 5-star resorts, while attended by hundreds of government flunkies. Meanwhile his teenage daughters both wore $20k designer gowns to the Trudeau dinner last night.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 11, 2016 09:34 AM (df5V4)

100 Lets see her be aggressive with Obama's entourage and see if she gets bruises or gunshots. Press credentials allow you to be an asshole in people's faces with no fear of a sucker punch? Posted by: scorecard at March 11, 2016 09:26 AM (I0sxh)

She wasn't being aggressive. And yes, a reporter should be able to get in people's faces without being sucker-punched. And yes, roughing up reporters and non-violent protesters is thuggish behavior. What the hell is wrong with you? Are you and your Trump-loving pals so far gone that you can't see this sort of thing is wrong?

Posted by: troyriser at March 11, 2016 09:35 AM (+UeSQ)

101 Re: Wounded Warrior, Michael (glah, can't remember his name, the conservativeish journalist and photographer who was embedded with troops in either/both Iraq and Afghanistan) was *screaming* on Twitter a couple of years ago that there were massive financial shenanigans at WW. To the point that it looked like he was obsessing and had gone off the rails. Now I can see why.



When you are a charity and your conference budget goes from
$1.6 mil one year to $26 mil the next year? Yeah, shenanigans are going on.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:35 AM (hTPJO)

102 That background check story is just too damn good for the gun grabbers. I smell a rotten fish.

Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 09:35 AM (rsudF)

103 I know what that is... how is technology helping people find the 'imperative of citizenship?'


Show your work

They are going to launch La Raza's new iPhone app?

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:35 AM (kXzR8)

104 @94 In case it's not clear, I'm not blaming the salesman for doing what they do - sell.

To the extent I'm blaming anyone, said blame reserved for the people who buy the pig in the poke, be it software or the "vision" of a Presidential candidate.

Posted by: DocJ at March 11, 2016 09:35 AM (NYS7S)

105 88 Cutting the cost of diapers for low-income families: Low-income families spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every year - double what some higher-income families pay.

*scratches head


Low income people buy their diapers 6 at a time at the corner 7-11 store, instead of buying the 134 count box at Sam's Club.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 09:36 AM (Zs4uk)

106 72 President Obama is traveling to South by Southwest tomorrow. Learn about how this administration is using technology to help people find 'the imperative of citizenship.'
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Dah fuq does that even mean???
__________________

It means the Obama administration is using your money to convince recent "immigrants" to the U.S. to become citizens, so that they can vote away your rights and vote themselves more of your money.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 11, 2016 09:36 AM (df5V4)

107 polliwog michael yon

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:37 AM (0O7c5)

108 Youngest stepson is at SXSW with his buddy the rapper. (Yes, seriously.) Been gone 5 days and no call from the Texas Rangers, so I'm counting myself lucky.



We allow them their phone call after seven days.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:37 AM (hTPJO)

109 Low-income families spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every year - double what some higher-income families pay.

****

They need to take advantage of the diaper show loophole. At most Baby Expo's there are five or six guys selling bootleg diapers from an unmarked van in the parking lot without a background check. Could save them hundreds of dollars.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 11, 2016 09:37 AM (NeFrd)

110 107 It doesn't take much convincing either!
Barack

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:38 AM (B48dK)

111 82 Good time for me and the missus to get out of Austin. SXSW is an asshole magnet. Barry the poof is proof.
Posted by: Junior Brown at March 11, 2016 09:29 AM (gwG9s)
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I loce the idea that Mr. Brown would be a Moron

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:39 AM (kXzR8)

112 I just realized that Turd Mop Land is an anagram for Donald Trump.

This is what I shall call him for the rest of my days.

Posted by: VBJonny at March 11, 2016 09:39 AM (GcB/R)

113 *Love

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:39 AM (kXzR8)

114 ...Dennis Hastert...

Tells you what is going on in Congress. Blackmail by Government agencies. Hastert was made an example of (like Martha Stuart and Scooter Libby).

Pray that God protects us when (metaphorically) Sodom and Gomorrah and the other 4 cities of the plain are destroyed. Only Zoar survived of the 7.

Posted by: scorecard at March 11, 2016 09:40 AM (I0sxh)

115 This is what I shall call him for the rest of my days.

Posted by: VBJonny at March 11, 2016 09:39 AM (GcB/R)



That's President Turd Mop Land to you, Bub.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 09:40 AM (Zs4uk)

116 Low-income families spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every year - double what some higher-income families pay.

______________________

Why are they buying disposable diapers in the first place? Don't they know that causes global warming . . . er, climate change? They should be using cloth diapers, and washing them on rocks in their local river (with prior EPA approval, natch).

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 11, 2016 09:40 AM (df5V4)

117 >>Cutting the cost of diapers for low-income families: Low-income families
spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every year - double what
some higher-income families pay.



That makes no sense - why would they pay more, except if they were not bargain-shopping? And if that's the case, whose fault is that?

Also, do *they* really pay that, or is that partly subsidized by entitlements like Welfare, food stamps and WIC?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:41 AM (NOIQH)

118 Stop by our booth at SXSW! Look for the giant inflatable topknotted Che! Peace.

Posted by: Worldwide Topknot Society at March 11, 2016 09:41 AM (gwG9s)

119 Low income people buy their diapers 6 at a time at the corner 7-11 store, instead of buying the 134 count box at Sam's Club.

Some day we'll understand the link between poor decision-making and poverty.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:41 AM (oVJmc)

120 108 Youngest stepson is at SXSW with his buddy the rapper. (Yes, seriously.) Been gone 5 days and no call from the Texas Rangers, so I'm counting myself lucky.



We allow them their phone call after seven days.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:37 AM (hTPJO)

Ooops. Guess I've got more waiting to do.

Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 09:42 AM (RD7QR)

121 They should be using cloth diapers, and washing them on rocks in their local river (with prior EPA approval, natch).

Hater. There should be a government program that comes and gets the dirty diapers and brings new ones. Free.

/Bernie

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:42 AM (oVJmc)

122 Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:33 AM (B48dK)

Yes! Thank you. Now I feel bad that I quit following him on Twitter because *all* his posts were about it.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 09:43 AM (GDulk)

123 I can't seem to find any links to the actual study on the gun control stuff. I do know the two articles I have read about it refer to the long time debunked 40% of guns are bought with no background check statistic. I am trying to find the actual published study and so far no luck.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 11, 2016 09:43 AM (iONHu)

124 >>Some day we'll understand the link between poor decision-making and poverty.


Bingo!

Also, people are less discriminating when spending someone else's money, such as buying more expensive food w/food stamps than they would if it was money they had worked hard to earn.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:43 AM (NOIQH)

125 "That makes no sense - why would they pay more, except if they were not bargain-shopping? And if that's the case, whose fault is that?"


Because a lot of times, they don't have the $40 or so to buy the big box. They buy the package they can afford at the time.

Plus, they're probably buying formula at the same time, which is incredibly expensive.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 09:43 AM (Zs4uk)

126 Cool. So Drudge went all in with the icky christian thing.

What an asshole.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2016 09:44 AM (2PHKP)

127 I suspect that a large percentage of charitable organizations wouldn't stand up to much scrutiny.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:44 AM (B48dK)

128 Drudge goes all out to discredit Cruz. And so it begins.

New polls must show Cruz going up in FL and OH.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 11, 2016 09:44 AM (E6RIJ)

129 Cutting the cost of diapers for low-income families: Low-income families spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every year - double what some higher-income families pay.


I see the problem here. They're wastng all the diapers on kids.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For Us at March 11, 2016 09:44 AM (sl+zA)

130 ...diapers every year...

If they would move back south the grandparents would help out with the diapers. Heard of stores not selling diapers and baby formula because of high theft. Too proud to ask for help from the churches? I grew up poor but we would have been beaten if we stole anything. Of course that was before the US went full socialist.

Posted by: scorecard at March 11, 2016 09:44 AM (I0sxh)

131
Re: Wounded Warrior, Michael (glah, can't remember his name, the conservativeish journalist and photographer who was embedded with troops in either/both Iraq and Afghanistan) was *screaming* on Twitter a couple of years ago that there were massive financial shenanigans at WW. To the point that it looked like he was obsessing and had gone off the rails. Now I can see why.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (GDulk)







Michael Yon, who IMO really is off the rails in general......but he was absolutely right about WW.

Lots of nastiness at WW over and above the financials as well. A few years back they cut public ties with firearms manufacturers who made big contributions and sponsored a lot of WW events, because guns are icky and vets are all suicidal PTSD-ridden victims. Disgraceful, especially since if I remember correctly they kept the gun companies' money, they just didn't want any public affiliation.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2016 09:45 AM (/wVDI)

132 Hey guys, guys! Did you know christians are icky and Ted Cruz is one??

Should we burn him at the stake?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2016 09:45 AM (2PHKP)

133 Playing devil's advocate, in regard to Wounded Warrior sometimes you've got to spend money to get the big money donations.

I don't think they had to spend as much as they did and that's why I donate to other military charities whose operating / fund raising costs are a small percentage. Can't deny they raise a lot of money. Could they have raised as much without their fund raising tactics? Who knows.



Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 11, 2016 09:45 AM (xzZPy)

134 75
75
10 Frat Party is old news.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:01 AM (t2KH5



My apologies Vic

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 09:27 AM (voOPb)

That wasn't meant as a criticism.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (t2KH5)

135 So, I'm banned.

Can I just know why?

Posted by: Phone of kari at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (5Me4G)

136 Cutting the cost of diapers for low-income families:
Low-income families spend an average of $936 per child on diapers every
year - double what some higher-income families pay.


*scratches head
Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 09:30 AM (mEZce)

_________


That one seems easy to me (single parent w/4 children). Low-income people do not have the disposable income to buy the bulk items. So, even if you are paying more in total, you only have $10 to spend and don't have the $50. Another problem is that in the olden days, EBT would not pay for any hygiene (tampons, pads, diapers, laundry detergent, dish detergent, toilet paper, etc) products. Don't know the rules now.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (MIKMs)

137 I see the problem here. They're wastng all the diapers on kids.

*hic*
Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For Us at March 11, 2016 09:44 AM (sl+zA)



Depends.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (hTPJO)

138 Playing devil's advocate, in regard to Wounded Warrior sometimes you've got to spend money to get the big money donations.


The question is always how much gets delivered in services (and what services) to the beneficiaries. How much that is, I don't know.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (oVJmc)

139 Interesting news on gun background checks

Left-wing academics seem to have a penchant for "studies" that validate left-wing political agendas.

Posted by: V the K at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (O7MnT)

140 102
That background check story is just too damn good for the gun grabbers. I smell a rotten fish.

Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 09:35 AM (rsudF)

Every single time one of those pro-gun control articles is investigated it turns out to be be made up bull shit. No basis for the story at all.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (t2KH5)

141 Wow. That guy who cuts the baby heads is talking about Saul Alinsky and Hillary.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (1xUj/)

142 In case I haven't mentioned this, my dad was a mailman. Which one exactly, I don't know.


Posted by: John Kasich at March 11, 2016 09:21 AM (gyKtp)

LOL

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (NQmg1)

143 BTW on the obamacare thing being unaffordable...

Last week I sat in on a meeting where a very large health system was discussing how to recoup the MASSIVE increases in patient bad debt that have happened since the ACA. This one hospital system alone saw its bad debt go from about $10bil to $32bil in the last 5 years.

People still aren't getting health insurance, and they're still not paying their bills. The only people who are were the same people that were doing it before premiums quadrupled.

Posted by: Bob at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (CQ7bM)

144 I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got.

Posted by: H. I. McDunough at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (gwG9s)

145 I wish Kris would've ripped my balls off. Woulda saved me a few bucks.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (9xeaQ)

146 I suspect that a large percentage of charitable organizations wouldn't stand up to much scrutiny.

Year in and year out, The Clinton Crime Family Foundation uses 98% of its donations for worthy causes. Chelsea's $5 million Manhattan townhouse is just one example of how it is making a real difference in people' lives.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For Us at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (sl+zA)

147 Spending money to raise money is valid point. More so with a less well known charity and cause, but still valid. HOWEVER Execs staying at lavish hotels and the such is over the line and THAT should not have been going on.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (cDK/v)

148 The question is always how much gets delivered in services (and what services) to the beneficiaries. How much that is, I don't know.
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Local radio said 60% to beneficiaries, 40% overhead.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:49 AM (kXzR8)

149 135 So, I'm banned.

Can I just know why?
Posted by: Phone of kari at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (5Me4G)

It really might have been accidental, especially if you commented in an old thread. Email ace or one of the cobs and they will unban you or explain what happened.

Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 09:49 AM (RD7QR)

150 Drudge has jumped the shark. Pathetic.

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Praise Lenin , Stalin, and Mao and we'll do the same here!

MSM: What brave, caring, intelligent leadership!

Praise the Lord!

MSM: What an ignorant, evil, gap-toothed idiot!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:49 AM (Nwg0u)

151 Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 11, 2016 09:45 AM (xzZPy)

why do you need to spend big money to get big donors? big donors only feel guilty enough if you give them free vacations and unlimited liquor? also why do you need to give a premium any bigger than a sticker? just a thank you would actually be fine.....i never got the whole blanket with the ww logo on it....why would i want to curl up on the couch with that? (apologies to everyone wrapped in their blanket, if it makes you feel good that's all that matters...i just don't understand it)

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:50 AM (0O7c5)

152 I don't think they had to spend as much as they did and that's why I donate to other military charities whose operating / fund raising costs are a small percentage. Can't deny they raise a lot of money. Could they have raised as much without their fund raising tactics? Who knows.



Reports are that they spend 60% taken in vs 90+% at other wounded vet charities. Sounds like the got hooked and became addicted to OPM. (Other People's Money)

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:50 AM (hTPJO)

153 No sign of the usual belligerents...

Mornin' Horde. Quiet Friday so far. Got a new chair at work, so that's a good thing...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 11, 2016 09:50 AM (9krrF)

154 Oh yes the two state solution. So muslims can have more land from which to launch missles at Israel.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 09:50 AM (qHM3d)

155 he U.S. and Canada are responsible to a great degree for causing the Earth's temperature to rise and spurring climate change, President Obama
said


And why would Canada not want climate change?

Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2016 09:50 AM (ANVXm)

156 Rdbrewer's sidebar link to the University of Illinois-Chicago "student" protest prep for Trump's campaign stop tonight is a hoot.

Bill Ayers is a "Distinguished" Professor of Education (retired) at the U of I-Chicago.

The little fascist acorns don't fall far from the tree.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2016 09:51 AM (JBggj)

157 I suspect that a large percentage of charitable organizations wouldn't stand up to much scrutiny.


Yes unfortunately your correct. I used to work for UIA/UJA and while it was pretty good, the way they played with the figures was discouraging and they were one of the best. The bigger they get the more money they waste, not all that dissimilar from Big Government

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 09:51 AM (cDK/v)

158 144 I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got.
Posted by: H. I. McDunough at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (gwG9s)

Well played

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:51 AM (kXzR8)

159 I think the main thrust of the gun control article is that gun laws don't work unless they're national. What they're calling for is for Congress to enact universal background checks for guns and ammo, and to abolish stand your ground laws while having a national database of fired brass.

After that, criminals will magically follow the law.

At least, that's what I'm reading between the lines.

Posted by: Chupacabra at March 11, 2016 09:51 AM (sPO/s)

160 This American Thinker piece looks like some good news, in that there is the start of serious provable evidence that Dems commit massive voter fraud:

http://tinyurl.com/jd38d7e

Of course, we have argued this here repeatedly, but the Dems just claim it ain't so, isolated cases, blah blah blah.

You know how they caught the massive school test cheating scandal in Atlanta? Statistical analysis. And we have a nice test bed here, with the states split roughly 50-50 on voter ID vs. None Required.

This could get interesting. I don't know what it would change though. The Dems will keep lying, and the media will back them up.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (gyKtp)

161 Hillary's email adventure (continued) ...


We don't know if "the tech guy" had more than just words.

It is possible that he had a backup of her emails, which would require immunity due to the classified nature of some of the emails. If there is a backup, the lines of investigation open up to additional violations of the Federal Records Act, handling of classified information and possible "quid pro quo" deals using the Clinton Foundation to launder the proceeds.


The other odd item in this regard is the extradiction of Guccifer (real name Marcel Lazar Lehel), a Romanian hacker, to the US.
Guccifer is the guy who revealed Hillary's private email server.

On March 20, 2013, USA Today reported that Guccifer had successfully hacked the e-mail account of former aide to president Bill Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal. He distributed private memos sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton involving recent events in Libya, including the September 11, 2012 Benghazi attack.

I'm sure they will be looking for any materials he may have, and Guccifer will be ready to deal.

Posted by: #TheCriminalHillaryClinton at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (e8kgV)

162 149 135 So, I'm banned.

Can I just know why?
Posted by: Phone of kari at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (5Me4G)

It really might have been accidental, especially if you commented in an old thread. Email ace or one of the cobs and they will unban you or explain what happened.
Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 09:49 AM (RD7QR)



Or, stuff happens.

Sometimes IP's get banned. Why? No idea or they are wiping out a troll. My work ip and home ip are banned. My AT&T cell ip isn't.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (hTPJO)

163 So Drudge went all in with the icky christian thing.

The fact that Drudge is using this as a big hit on Cruz is evidence that it is a huge turn-off for lots of voters.

It isn't even working for Cruz with evangelicals. I have no idea why he is doing it. It is counterproductive.

Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (ckvus)

164 I suspect that a large percentage of charitable organizations wouldn't stand up to much scrutiny.

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Of course, the Clinton Family Foundation is above reproach.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (Nwg0u)

165 Ace once banned himself.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (B48dK)

166 117 That makes no sense - why would they pay more,
except if they were not bargain-shopping? And if that's the case, whose
fault is that?

Also, do *they* really pay that, or is that partly subsidized by entitlements like Welfare, food stamps and WIC?




Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:41 AM (NOIQH)

The same things that cause low income people to be low income cause them to make inappropriate decisions of purchasing items. They are lazy and have little education. And yes, where they don't actually sell their welfare cards and food stamps for cash and Thunderbird they use them to buy stuff like diapers.


And it would not surprise me to find out that they are not actually paying those higher prices. They are chalking it up as payment but splitting the added cost with the seller.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (t2KH5)

167 I guess it helps that I never took Carson seriously. Which I also happen to think was the right attitude.

I didn't take Carla Furina seriously either.

I don't get why people who liked either of them would get a case of the vapors now. Trump is going to be the nominee. Some people are willing to get on board with that.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (Dj0WE)

168 Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (oVJmc)

Yes but if they only raise 10million and give 90% that's 9million. If they raise 30 million as a result of the lavish hobknobbing and give only 70% that's 21 million. That's the devils advocate point I was sloppily trying to make.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 11, 2016 09:53 AM (xzZPy)

169 Local radio said 60% to beneficiaries, 40% overhead.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:49 AM (kXzR


___________________________________________

Still puts the Clinton Foundation to shame.

On a more general note this is why we need churches, and local charities. People in direct contact with those in need at the local level probably helps far more in a far more significant manner then the large charities do.

Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 09:54 AM (rsudF)

170 And why would Canada not want climate change?



Because they need permafrost to mask the odor of Canucky food. If Canada thawed out the socialism would become liquid and fill the streets. A warm Canada would lead to hypergrowth of Canucky woman leg hair.

The horror. The horror.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 11, 2016 09:54 AM (1xUj/)

171 All sides have treated their political opponents as hate objects. In the end someone will be selected and they will do stuff you mostly disagree with. This has been going on for over 200 years. If anyone agrees that voting does anything then I will state that the vote of the nominal LIV voters will elect the next president of the US of A. Politicians know this and that is why politicians seem so irrational. Trump and Cruz are competent National politicians. Rubio and Jeb aren't. W was a competent National politician. The luck component to getting elected is similar to the luck component in poker.

Posted by: scorecard at March 11, 2016 09:54 AM (HSAmh)

172 So drudge is mocking Pentecostalism. That's super awesome. Boo, motherfucker.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 09:54 AM (qHM3d)

173 The fact that Drudge is using this as a big hit on Cruz is evidence that it is a huge turn-off for lots of voters.

It isn't even working for Cruz with evangelicals. I have no idea why he is doing it. It is counterproductive.
Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (ckvus)


I got a group email from somebody I know well, it was essentially addressed to people he thought would appreciate the trashing of Cruz, especially on the icky religion stuff.


I guess he didn't know me as well as he thought. I responded. The group email shut down at that point... or it didn't, and I just got taken off the list.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:55 AM (Dj0WE)

174 Left-wing academics seem to have a penchant for "studies" that validate left-wing political agendas.
Posted by: V the K
------------------

Have we met?

Posted by: AGW warrior at March 11, 2016 09:55 AM (9mTYi)

175 170 And why would Canada not want climate change?



Because they need permafrost to mask the odor of Canucky food. If Canada thawed out the socialism would become liquid and fill the streets. A warm Canada would lead to hypergrowth of Canucky woman leg hair.

The horror. The horror.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 11, 2016 09:54 AM (1xUj/)

Hey, it keeps our ears warm, eh?

Posted by: Canadian men at March 11, 2016 09:55 AM (RD7QR)

176 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (Dj0WE)


Yeah nobody quite lives up to your high standards . If they could only be more like you.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 11, 2016 09:55 AM (xzZPy)

177 If you are banned, empty your cache.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 11, 2016 09:56 AM (iQIUe)

178 165 Ace once banned himself.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (B48dK)


___________________________________

I haven't been here from day one, but I also have to assume that Ace brought the barrel into existence.

Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 09:56 AM (rsudF)

179 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 11, 2016 09:45 AM (/wVDI)

I wondered what was up with him. I knew that, like Treacher, he'd been treated terribly by this administration on a personal level and ot seems to have had much the same results. Trying to blow the whistle on a popular charity and the frustration of no one wanting to listen can't have helped.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 09:56 AM (GDulk)

180 I don't know why we're talking about diapers when TAMPONS ARE STILL NOT FREE!!!!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hk5swy6

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (NOIQH)

181 The fact that Drudge is using this as a big hit on Cruz is evidence that it is a huge turn-off for lots of voters.

It isn't even working for Cruz with evangelicals. I have no idea why he is doing it. It is counterproductive.


Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (ckvus)

Nah, I don't think I could agree with your premise. Drudge using it isn't proof it's a turnoff for voters. More likely is, Drudge is using it to otherize Cruz, just like they did Palin and Romney. Icky country woman. Icky Mormon. Icky Christian.

Set up the groups, imply all the smart kids are in the other group and your job is done.

Cruz isn't "doing" anything, other than being himself. If we've gotten to the point where Christianity is so disgusting to America, well, I guess I don't know what to think anymore.

I guess Drudge decided the whole concept that the country was founded on Judaeo-Christian beliefs is now worth shaming too.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (2PHKP)

182 Hey, let's build a dam on water soluble gypsum...what could go wrong?

Posted by: batter at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (SO7Xq)

183 At least, that's what I'm reading between the lines.
Posted by: Chupacabra at March 11, 2016 09:51 AM (sPO/s)

Pretty much nailed it.
The media template is to release these bullshit studies without any critique or questioning, just to get, or keep, the "conversation" going.
While no legislation is currently pending, this will pass unremarked, and later be brought up as undisputed because of the lack of blowback.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (kKHcp)

184 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (Dj0WE)


Yeah nobody quite lives up to your high standards . If they could only be more like you.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 11, 2016 09:55 AM (xzZPy)


I get the impression there's a tone of sarcasm in that comment.


I suspect this because I get the same thing from my teenage daughter occasionally.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (Dj0WE)

185 Wow. What the hell happened to Canada? They must have thought they could find a bigger asshole than Obama, but thanks for playing. You're still an order of magnitude off of the mark.

Posted by: Fritz at March 11, 2016 09:58 AM (UzPAd)

186 184 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (Dj0WE)


Yeah nobody quite lives up to your high standards . If they could only be more like you.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at March 11, 2016 09:55 AM (xzZPy)


I get the impression there's a tone of sarcasm in that comment.


I suspect this because I get the same thing from my teenage daughter occasionally.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (Dj0WE)

DAD, YOU'RE SO EMBARRASSING!

Posted by: BurtTC's Daughter at March 11, 2016 09:59 AM (RD7QR)

187 165
Ace once banned himself.

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2016 09:52 AM (B48dK)
i was once banned for 2 weeks....even though it felt like NINE MONTHS.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 09:59 AM (0O7c5)

188 185 Wow. What the hell happened to Canada? They must have thought they could find a bigger asshole than Obama, but thanks for playing. You're still an order of magnitude off of the mark.

---------------
He's the metric Zoolander-Obama.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 09:59 AM (kXzR8)

189 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 09:57 AM (Dj0WE)

DAD, YOU'RE SO EMBARRASSING!
Posted by: BurtTC's Daughter at March 11, 2016 09:59 AM (RD7QR)


Hey, aren't you supposed to be.... oh, I don't think you are really my daughter. I taught my daughter not to leave the caps lock on.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:00 AM (Dj0WE)

190 We're all the podcast at???? Asking the important questions.
BC & AtC haven't done one in over a month and Ace.....

Posted by: lindafell de spair at March 11, 2016 10:00 AM (xVgrA)

191 154 Oh yes the two state solution. So muslims can have more land from which to launch missles at Israel.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 09:50 AM (qHM3d)


______________________________________

I don't have a problem with the two-state solution. Put them in a state of perpetual rest, and put Israel in a state of perpetual peace.

Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 10:01 AM (rsudF)

192 I don't know why we're talking about diapers when TAMPONS ARE STILL NOT FREE!!!!



Stay pregnant and you won't need tampons. Ask mama duggar how many she's needed over the years.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:02 AM (hTPJO)

193 TGIF!

Posted by: Chumlee at March 11, 2016 10:02 AM (gwG9s)

194 AMERICA! LOOK INTO MY EYES!


Invision Your Glorious Future With A Man-Potato Hybrid as President!



KETCHUP AMERICA WITH KASICH!

Posted by: John Kasich - What Supports this Ad with lots of Chili and Plenty of Cheese at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0cMkb)

195 So when do you and Michelle start living like cavemen?




Well Aunt Esther Obama certain looks like something prehistoric that could have emerged from a cave.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (493sH)

196 KETCHUP AMERICA WITH KASICH!





Posted by: John Kasich - What Supports this Ad with lots of Chili and Plenty of Cheese at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0cMkb)

trump ketchup

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0O7c5)

197 On a more general note this is why we need churches, and local charities. People in direct contact with those in need at the local level probably helps far more in a far more significant manner then the large charities do.

Always give locally, where possible, for that exact reason. Give to the bigs and you're bankrolling god knows how many butts at desks rather than getting anything useful done.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (9krrF)

198 the states split roughly 50-50 on voter ID vs. None Required.

If they do away with ID's to enter the White House, then I'd be ok with not needing ID's to decide who lives there.

Posted by: t-bird at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (9mTYi)

199 I was, apparently, accidentally banned for a few hours last week. I emailed the powers that be and soon after was once again engaging in bombastic tomfoolery. I doubt the powers that be leapt into action that fast so I suspect it was nothing more than pixie's whimsical ways.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 10:04 AM (Nwg0u)

200 TGIF!
Posted by: Chumlee at March 11, 2016 10:02 AM (gwG9s)

OK that's pretty funny

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:04 AM (cDK/v)

201 trump ketchup
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0O7c5)


Made with real turnip powder.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:04 AM (Dj0WE)

202 trump ketchup


Trump Ketchup didn't fail. Look, there's a bottle. I serve it at all of my clubs. You can put it on a Trump Steak if you like ketchup on steaks, I know people say you shouldn't put ketchup on steaks but isn't a steak just a hamburger that hasn't been all chopped up? What's wrong with ketchup on steaks?

Posted by: Teh Donald at March 11, 2016 10:05 AM (1xUj/)

203 Wow. What the hell happened to Canada? They must have thought they could find a bigger asshole than Obama, but thanks for playing. You're still an order of magnitude off of the mark.

Posted by: Fritz at March 11, 2016 09:58 AM (UzPAd)



Junior Trudeau looks like he's about 18 and completely clueless. I'm sure he'll make an utter mess of things up there but hey it's okay because progressive

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:05 AM (493sH)

204 201 trump ketchup
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0O7c5)


Made with real turnip powder.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:04 AM (Dj0WE)

It's luxurious. Really classy. Looks ketchupy.

Posted by: The Donald at March 11, 2016 10:05 AM (RD7QR)

205 Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 09:54 AM (rsudF)

Went to an anti-trafficking symposium last week. Both local and state law enforcement said that the *only* way to decrease both supply and demand, specifically of sex trafficking, was with help from the community and especially churches.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 10:06 AM (GDulk)

206 If we've gotten to the point where Christianity is so disgusting to America, well, I guess I don't know what to think anymore.

I guess Drudge decided the whole concept that the country was founded on Judaeo-Christian beliefs is now worth shaming too.


I don't think most Americans have a problem with the quiet Christianity of, say, Reagan. I think there is plenty of evidence that they do have a problem with the noisy Christianity of Santorum, Huckabee or what Cruz is being hit with.

Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 10:06 AM (ckvus)

207 Carbs linked to lung cancer? I figure if it's the carbs that eventually do you in then you've probably done pretty well for yourself.

Posted by: Naes at March 11, 2016 10:07 AM (Ypc8j)

208 Posted by: Teh Donald at March 11, 2016 10:05 AM (1xUj/)


Posted by: The Donald at March 11, 2016 10:05 AM (RD7QR)


I suspect one or both of you are not the real Don Trump.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:07 AM (Dj0WE)

209 So speaking of scary Pentecostal. My husband's cousin just messaged me this:

"Oh my goodness we were talking about the Ten Commandments in preschool and one girl said don't ADMIT adultery LOL"

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 10:08 AM (qHM3d)

210 I don't think most Americans have a problem with the quiet Christianity of, say, Reagan. I think there is plenty of evidence that they do have a problem with the noisy Christianity of Santorum, Huckabee or what Cruz is being hit with.
Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 10:06 AM (ckvus)

????

But the call of muslims to prayer is beautiful sound?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:08 AM (cDK/v)

211 Carbs linked to lung cancer? I figure if it's the carbs that eventually do you in then you've probably done pretty well for yourself.



So if I give up carbs, I can go back to smoking?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:08 AM (hTPJO)

212 ????

But the call of muslims to prayer is beautiful sound?




Lululululululululu

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:09 AM (hTPJO)

213 201
trump ketchup

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0O7c5)





Made with real turnip powder.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:04 AM (Dj0WE)
from mexico

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:09 AM (0O7c5)

214 So if I give up carbs, I can go back to smoking?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:08 AM (hTPJO)

Sure.
But on a long enough time line....

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:09 AM (kKHcp)

215 I don't think most Americans have a problem with
the quiet Christianity of, say, Reagan. I think there is plenty of
evidence that they do have a problem with the noisy Christianity of
Santorum, Huckabee or what Cruz is being hit with.


Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 10:06 AM (ckvus)

Christians should hide. Gays should get interviews. Wachowskis are news, Christian's are gross.
10-4


Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (2PHKP)

216 If we've gotten to the point where Christianity is so disgusting to America, well, I guess I don't know what to think anymore.

I guess Drudge decided the whole concept that the country was founded on Judaeo-Christian beliefs is now worth shaming too.





The left has put Christianity right along side being white, male and straight. It's pure evil in their book and must be eliminated.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (493sH)

217 So if I give up carbs, I can go back to smoking?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:08 AM (hTPJO)

pick a vice

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (0O7c5)

218 "I think there is plenty of evidence that they do have a problem with the noisy Christianity of Santorum, Huckabee or what Cruz is being hit with."

Evangelism is icky! Much better to hide our light under the bushel to keep our place in polite society secure!

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (qHM3d)

219 So if I give up carbs, I can go back to smoking?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:08 AM (hTPJO)

Why compromise?Smoke bread.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (NQmg1)

220 'If men got their periods, we would not be having this conversation,' one advocate says.


Another advocate says that the first advocate is 'a mewling quim whose shit is retarded.'

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (mEZce)

221 AMERICA! THE FRIES THE LIMIT WITH KASICH!


A Man, A Potato, A Man-Potato Hybrid For Our Times!



KETCHUP AMERICA WITH KASICH!


Posted by: John Kasich - What Supports this Ad with lots of Chili and Plenty of Cheese at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (0cMkb)

222 You know, you can put Trump Ketchup in Trump Vodka at one of my clubs and call it a Bloody Trump. Well, it's not really vodka any more. Did you see how I did that? They said Trump Vodka failed and I showed them how I bought a winery. It's very classy wine. You can get it at my clubs.

Posted by: Teh Donald at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (1xUj/)

223 pick a vice
Posted by: phoenixgirl



Hell, I've been shedding them left and right.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (hTPJO)

224 That article on carbs causing cancer also mentioned red meat, and fats.

Fuckers don't want me to die of cancer, they want me to starve to death!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (kKHcp)

225 Evangelism is icky! Much better to hide our light under the bushel to keep our place in polite society secure!

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (qHM3d)
you can talk about ghandi, mohamed, buddah, gaia but Jesus is off limits

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (0O7c5)

226 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:00 AM (Dj0WE)

I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!

Posted by: BurtTC's other daughter at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (Zu3d9)

227 So, I'm banned.

Can I just know why?

Posted by: Phone of kari at March 11, 2016 09:47 AM (5Me4G)

I once made the mistake of commenting on an old post: click, boom.

Or maybe because the picture on your link, that of a young, eager-beavercampaign aide listening astutelywhile Trump is telling him to go fetch his slippers and Viagra, made you look suspiciously like a paid campaign operative.

Posted by: troyriser at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (+UeSQ)

228 But the call of muslims to prayer is beautiful sound?

No, but Islamic radicalism may be contributing to turning people off on too fervent belief in ANY religion, especially when it gets involved in politics.

Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (ckvus)

229 To hell with Drudge. I hope he enjoys the company of his new friends.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (TnUKj)

230 224
That article on carbs causing cancer also mentioned red meat, and fats.



Fuckers don't want me to die of cancer, they want me to starve to death!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (kKHcp)

Tomorrow, you might find out life leads to death. lol

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (2PHKP)

231 "I think there is plenty of evidence that they do have a problem with the noisy Christianity of Santorum, Huckabee or what Cruz is being hit with."

Evangelism is icky! Much better to hide our light under the bushel to keep our place in polite society secure!

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (qHM3d)



Will we even be able to hide in the catacombs this time? Or will the SJW commissars hunt us down there?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (493sH)

232 Christians should hide. Gays should get interviews. Wachowskis are news, Christian's are gross.
10-4


Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (2PHKP)

You forgot that Islam is truly a Religion of Peace

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (mEZce)

233 The left has put Christianity right along side being white, male and straight. It's pure evil in their book and must be eliminated.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (493sH)


____________________________________

Christianity has been a target of leftism since the French Revolution. It is a roadblock to their collectivist, utopian fantasies.

Posted by: NotCoach, HotAir Shithead at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (rsudF)

234 213 201
trump ketchup

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:03 AM (0O7c5)





Made with real turnip powder.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:04 AM (Dj0WE)

from mexico

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 11, 2016 10:09 AM (0O7c5)


Includes .00004% real 24K Gold!

Posted by: John Kasich - What Supports this Ad with lots of Chili and Plenty of Cheese at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (0cMkb)

235 one girl said don't ADMIT adultery

-
I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. Never. Not one time.

- B.J. "The Bear" Clinton

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 10:13 AM (Nwg0u)

236 I wonder if David Cameron enjoys being the object of Barry Obama's scorn as much as Barry Obama enjoys rewriting history to his bolster his laughable legacy?

It really is hard to be humble when you're so damn smart and handsome.

Posted by: Fritz at March 11, 2016 10:13 AM (UzPAd)

237 No, but Islamic radicalism may be contributing to turning people off on too fervent belief in ANY religion, especially when it gets involved in politics.
Posted by: cool breeze at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (ckvus)

I don't like mexican food, that doesn't mean I have stopped eating?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:13 AM (cDK/v)

238 Little known fact, Hobo teeth are made from cinnamon.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 11, 2016 10:13 AM (iONHu)

239 The left has put Christianity right along side being white, male and straight. It's pure evil in their book and must be eliminated.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:10 AM (493sH)


It's the privilege thing. Along with being healthy, young, and not hideously deformed. So while the evil is at times, implied, the genius of this approach is that you can discuss the badwrong of being any/all of the privilege catagories, either from the perspective of how you are a victim of the privileged, or how you, as a member of the privilege class, recognize your privilege!


So the evil only comes in after you REFUSE to renounce your leg up on everyone else.


You have to admire the cleverness of this approach, because NONE of these people have to declare you evil (although some/many do).

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (Dj0WE)

240 If someone can't understand the difference between a radical muslim cutting of their heads, and a radical Christian offering to pray for them, he's too stupid for words.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (qHM3d)

241 Gee this Lounge at the Airport has filled up all of a sudden.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (cDK/v)

242 I would include this in the feel good stories of the day. Over at WZ...

...Mizzou Loses 1500 Students, Is Flat Broke Following Campus Protests

In the immortal words of Sam Jackson, "Karma, motherfvcker, do you speak it?"


Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (AJeMv)

243 Troyriser, that young eager-beaver in the pic with trump is Tom Brady, unless Kari changed the pic.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (kKHcp)

244 Anti-trafficking will go nowhere in Democrat controlled areas.

As far as I can tell from the big names in the party and their behaviors, prostitution and drugs are the mainstay of the modern Dem party.

It is their power base, their financing, the driver of their international policies. major hobby and a handy source of financing.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (q2o38)

245 Who bitch dis is?!

WHO BITCH DIS IS?!


Umm, ma'am. That's your husband, the President.

http://tinyurl.com/hxtqfd9


Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (mEZce)

246 Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (hTPJO)

Really? I have been thinking of picking up a few.

Punching liberals in the mouth is high on my list.

A few weeks ago I met someone who voted McCain in 2008 but Obama in 2012.

I think in his case nothing short of pithing would work, but nothing wrong with trying.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (Zu3d9)

247 If someone can't understand the difference between a radical muslim cutting of their heads, and a radical Christian offering to pray for them, he's too stupid for words.
Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (qHM3d)

Amen Preach it Sister

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:15 AM (cDK/v)

248 229 To hell with Drudge. I hope he enjoys the company of his new friends.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 11, 2016 10:12 AM (TnUKj)

Drudge is gay. It's understandable if he's not particularly wild about evangelicals. It would be better if his opposition to Cruz and his evangelicalism didn't lead to Trump but I doubt Drudge cares much.

Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 10:15 AM (RD7QR)

249 Type slower! I cantz keep up.

Posted by: Slow reading moron at March 11, 2016 10:16 AM (yn6XZ)

250 President Barack Obama has strongly criticized the leaders of Great Britain and France for their policy toward Libya after the 2011 overthrow of dictator Muammar Qaddafi, saying that he was mistaken to believe the U.S. European allies would be more invested in the follow-up to Qaddafis fall.


LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:17 AM (cDK/v)

251 >>If someone can't understand the difference between a radical muslim
cutting of their heads, and a radical Christian offering to pray for
them, he's...


...been taking what our media and entertainment industries have been saying about the two as gospel.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 11, 2016 10:17 AM (NOIQH)

252 Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:00 AM (Dj0WE)

I HATE YOU! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Posted by: BurtTC's other daughter at March 11, 2016 10:11 AM (Zu3d9)


Now I now you're foolin... I don't have another daughter... that I KNOW of, wink wink, nudge nudge.


Now I must go to work, girls. Those surgeries to uncross your teeth and eyes won't pay for themselves, you know.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 11, 2016 10:17 AM (Dj0WE)

253 Troyriser, that young eager-beaver in the pic with trump is Tom Brady, unless Kari changed the pic.Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (kKHcp)

You're right:a young Tom Brady who doesn't look at all like his courtroom sketches. My bad. I still stand by the 'slippers and Viagra' line, though.

Posted by: troyriser at March 11, 2016 10:17 AM (+UeSQ)

254 Am I alone here?

I've read all the articles, watched the news and listened to Carson's endorsement and the questions afterward, but not one mention of the biggest foreign policy event in decades.

In case everyone missed it, Trump floated the idea of charging all the other countries in the world for the protection of our military.

This is fundamental. Hundreds of billions in the balance. Bigger than anything that any presidential candidate has ever proposed.

But not a word about it.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 10:18 AM (Zs4uk)

255 Drudge is pathetic. Its strange to say, but I think we need a conservative alternative to the Drudge Report. He's post-conservative and is on some weird cocktail of Nationalism/Racial Politics/anit-Govt. paranoia.

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 11, 2016 10:18 AM (UypUQ)

256 LMAO

Leading Muslim Asses Only is the new Leading From Behind TM

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at March 11, 2016 10:19 AM (yn6XZ)

257 In case everyone missed it, Trump floated the idea of charging all the other countries in the world for the protection of our military.

This is fundamental. Hundreds of billions in the balance. Bigger than anything that any presidential candidate has ever proposed.

But not a word about it.

Posted by: jwest

Good luck collecting on that debt. They are just like the neighbor who borrows tools from you, they'll never rent them.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 11, 2016 10:19 AM (TnUKj)

258 254 Am I alone here?

I've read all the articles, watched the news and listened to Carson's endorsement and the questions afterward, but not one mention of the biggest foreign policy event in decades.

In case everyone missed it, Trump floated the idea of charging all the other countries in the world for the protection of our military.

This is fundamental. Hundreds of billions in the balance. Bigger than anything that any presidential candidate has ever proposed.

But not a word about it.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 10:18 AM (Zs4uk)

That's because it won't happen, nobody would actually pay, and any responsible foreign policy advisor would tell him how stupid that idea is.

Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 10:20 AM (RD7QR)

259 Type slower! I cantz keep up.
Posted by: Slow reading moron at March 11, 2016 10:16 AM (yn6XZ)

If you find yourself moving your lips while reading, you can speed that up rather easily, and then keep pace.
Simply blow a small amount of air between your lips and quickly move your index finger up and down over them.

Of course, your reading comprehension will suffer some, but that doesn't stop the rest of us.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:20 AM (kKHcp)

260 The left has put Christianity right along side being white, male and straight.

-
Half of white males are ghey and the other half are Klan members.

- Hollywood Screenwriter's and Television Writer's Guild

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 11, 2016 10:20 AM (Nwg0u)

261 Posted by: Kindltot at March 11, 2016 10:14 AM (q2o3

You aren't wrong. The truth is that trafficking and slavery will never be solved while evil remains in human hearts. That is why helping *individuals* and prayer must always be part of the fight.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 10:21 AM (GDulk)

262 The socialist Euro countries really should have to pay for their own defense. Frankly though, they should have their own. I don't particularly like the idea of treating our military like a pack of mercs.

Though, anyone that knows any history also knows what happens to a country that relies on mercenaries to protect them.

Posted by: Chupacabra at March 11, 2016 10:23 AM (sPO/s)

263 That's because it won't happen, nobody would actually pay, and any responsible foreign policy advisor would tell him how stupid that idea is.

Posted by: joncelli, gone Shakespearean at March 11, 2016 10:20 AM (RD7QR)


And how would the country who won't pay move currency or do business throughout the world without the assistance of the U.S.?

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 10:23 AM (Zs4uk)

264 I cannot remember a time in my life when people of the same party were so viciously divided. The constant bickering is really depressing.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 11, 2016 10:24 AM (IdCqF)

265 New Carson endorsement thread.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 10:25 AM (GDulk)

266 Good luck collecting on that debt. They are just like the neighbor who borrows tools from you, they'll never rent them.



Start closing bases.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2016 10:25 AM (hTPJO)

267 262" The socialist Euro countries really should have to pay for their own defense. Frankly though, they should have their own. I don't particularly like the idea of treating our military like a pack of mercs."



I can't imagine anyone in a country the U.S. has been protecting for decades not feeling like they owe for the service.

When confronted with the option of either sending their own sons and financing a serious military from scratch or making a "reasonable contribution" to the U.S., the answer is obvious.

Posted by: jwest at March 11, 2016 10:26 AM (Zs4uk)

268 I can't imagine anyone in a country the U.S. has been protecting for decades not feeling like they owe for the service.
jwest--

Really? We've been the global cop since the end of WWII. There are generations of euros who don't know anything else. They are welfare queens, and you know how a threat to even reduce the flow to the FSA is resisted here.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 10:29 AM (kKHcp)

269 For the most part, the feeling I get is that the countries we protect act like ungrateful children.

There are exceptions of course, but probably not in the Euro countries.

Posted by: Chupacabra at March 11, 2016 10:30 AM (sPO/s)

270 Trump's not really wrong, exactly, but IMO letting, say, Japan be an American protectorate and major trading partner is absolutely win-win.

I don't generally like the "global policeman" role, and there's a lot of nuance to argue about, but keeping shipping lanes free of pirates is a big deal.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 11, 2016 10:31 AM (u0s1P)

271 So....checked in on the new thread. Guess I'll be staying here or else getting on with my day.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 10:31 AM (GDulk)

272 You know what?

Just as I made a decision to read Drudge, I can make a decision not to read Drudge.

And I did make that decision.

Celebrate Diversity!

And fuck Drudge.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 11, 2016 10:34 AM (Dttnn)

273 Once again, willowed comment posted anyway.

Serious Cat: I think we need a conservative alternative to the Drudge Report....

Well... (blushing if I could), there's the Blog Heap o'Links (nic link)..

It's got three columns, just like Drudge, but isn't as clever with juxtaposed headlines, or as clean-lined. More colorful, though.

Also, it's a personal, and eclectic, selection of links; doesn't cover all the major stories... but does link to Vic's news, Political Hat News of the Week, Maggie's Farm's links, Gates of Vienna news links... and probably ought to start including MisHum's headlines.

Posted by: mindful webworker - blog heap o'links? at March 11, 2016 10:34 AM (l/Pix)

274 ....Wait, Drudge is gay? I've never heard that before. It also shouldn't matter, and I don't think I care.

Still, now you got me wondering. Dammit.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 11, 2016 10:35 AM (u0s1P)

275 President Barack Obama has strongly criticized the leaders of Great Britain and France for their policy toward Libya after the 2011 overthrow of dictator Muammar Qaddafi, saying that he was mistaken to believe the U.S. European allies would be more invested in the follow-up to Qaddafis fall.


LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 11, 2016 10:17 AM (cDK/v)



Barry really threw the limeys and frogs under the bus. The whole Libya mess is there fault. He's completely blameless like always. What a twat. They should tell him to go fck himself.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 11, 2016 10:35 AM (493sH)

276 274 ....Wait, Drudge is gay? I've never heard that before. It also shouldn't matter, and I don't think I care.

Still, now you got me wondering. Dammit.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 11, 2016 10:35 AM (u0s1P)
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at March 11, 2016 10:37 AM (BDZWU)

277 Wait, Drudge is gay?

I don't think he's ever actually said so.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 11, 2016 10:40 AM (oVJmc)

278 Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 11, 2016 10:35 AM (u0s1P)

A couple of days ago one of the commenters here said Drudge was "So in the closet he was having tea with Mr. Tumnus." Which is why the HQ is soooo hard to quit.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 10:44 AM (GDulk)

279 A couple of days ago one of the commenters here said Drudge was "So in the closet he was having tea with Mr. Tumnus." Which is why the HQ is soooo hard to quit.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 11, 2016 10:44 AM (GDulk)


That's a great line.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 11, 2016 10:59 AM (u0s1P)

280 Wow, we have troops in Libya fighting ISIS and whatever flavor of the day is ....and the CIC attacks Britain?
via the evil drudge

Posted by: FCF at March 11, 2016 11:02 AM (kejii)

281 Wow. That Reuters article about gun laws had lots of weasel (ha ha) words in it. Such as "could reduce mortality" and "could reduce homicides" in relation to background checks for purchases of guns and ammunition. So it was Boston University researchers publishing in a freakin' medical journal based in the UK. It would be interesting to see the study design and just how they researched such a thing.

Anybody watching House of Cards? The Underwoods are going hot and heavy after gun control. On the episode we watched last night, Frank said in a speech that his SS guy Meacham was killed by an illegally obtained gun, so we need to extend background checks. Um, what? How do you do a background check on an illegal purchase? Are people really this stupid?

Posted by: Guns Gardens and Yarn at March 11, 2016 11:52 AM (/K1AJ)

282 That Reuters/article is based on a Lancet "study"... You remember the Lancet, the Brit medical journal that once claimed the US had killed every man, woman and child in Iraq?

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 11, 2016 12:18 PM (Kucy5)

283 Oh, yes, Richard McEnroe, I do recall. I don't consider Lancet to be a reputable publication.

Posted by: Guns Gardens and Yarn at March 11, 2016 12:40 PM (/K1AJ)

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