TGIF Friday Morning News Dump (3/18/16) Misanthropic Humanitarian

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1 Yea! Friday!

Posted by: AE at March 18, 2016 06:14 AM (yQEpB)

2 But if I look at Hillary!'s emails, would I be turned into stone?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 06:15 AM (tzULn)

3 I could post "Third!" if was that kind of guy

Posted by: Josephistan at March 18, 2016 06:18 AM (7qAYi)

4 A study of a more heavenly figure?

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zbft7ef

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 06:19 AM (tzULn)

5 No silly...

Look Prole the flow chart of blame clearly shows that municipal water is primarily the duty of the highest elected official in the state three levels removed.

ie City, County, State...

//Elijah "Asshole" Cummings

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:20 AM (g8Hfr)

6 Found out from my son last night that one of his friends is going to prison for bringing a gun into Maryland that's legal in 45 other states. (AR-16 .223 "military style" "assault rifle" according to the news accounts.)

Granted, the kid was dumb to break the law; but the law he broke is pretty asinine.

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:20 AM (O7MnT)

7 Yay! Dump!

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2016 06:20 AM (j8YpL)

8 The Brits are telling o to stay out of their Brexit vote. Nobody wants his opinion. Queen Elizabeth said she would not come to London to meet him either.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 06:21 AM (AI1gr)

9 8 Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 06:21 AM (AI1gr)

Britain for Britons.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:23 AM (g8Hfr)

10 I mean can you blame her?

Ogabe turns at least 1/2 the stuff he touches into 24k dung.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:23 AM (g8Hfr)

11 Good morning.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 18, 2016 06:24 AM (YCG8H)

12 #4 Very nice picture, Anna; Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 06:24 AM (w4NZ8)

13 Injun Liz refuses to endorse Madame Arf Arf. What is this world coming to?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Yada, yada, yada.... at March 18, 2016 06:24 AM (WVsWD)

14 I know two people who will be voting for getting exiting the EU-my sister and BIL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 06:25 AM (w4NZ8)

15 I mean can you blame her?

Ogabe turns at least 1/2 the stuff he touches into 24k dung.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:23 AM (g8Hfr)

That ungrateful old biddy probably still hasn't watched all my speeches I gave her.

Posted by: Obumbles at March 18, 2016 06:27 AM (0IhFx)

16 We have always been at war with Albania.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2016 06:29 AM (Dttnn)

17 The Queen has let it be known that she supports the exit.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (AI1gr)

18

DAY 1,228

235 to go (308 to Inauguration Day )

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

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (p4UlV)

19 We have always been at war with Albania.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 18, 2016 06:29 AM (Dttnn)

We're still winning though.

Posted by: King Zog at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (WVsWD)

20 Madonna 3 Hours Late to Concert, Blames Audience

Madonna is the main villain in my new writing projects. (Cher and Bette Midler are co-villains.)

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (O7MnT)

21 I had a case where a passer-by called the police because my dogs were in my car while I ate breakfast once. They like to travel with me. The temperature that day was about 50 degrees, so no heat danger, and the window was cracked open (even though it was obviously unnecessary), and yet the outraged individual called the fuzz. I did not get a ticket of any kind and the cop was embarrassed.

It makes me wonder: how many dogs are smothered to death in cars? Is this a real problem, or just another way (as it appears to me) for the crazy people to intrude on someone else's life?

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (TxJGV)

22 "When will anyone in government be held responsible for anything?"

When the person in question is a conservative (and it's a trumped up charge)

OR

When the people heed Jefferson's advice about the Tree of Liberty.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:31 AM (p4UlV)

23 17 The Queen has let it be known that she supports the exit.
___________________________

Except for letting me in the family, she usually shows good sense.

Posted by: Camilla at March 18, 2016 06:32 AM (df5V4)

24 Morning all

It makes me wonder: how many dogs are smothered to death in cars? Is this a real problem, or just another way (as it appears to me) for the crazy people to intrude on someone else's life?
Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (TxJGV)

Probably a little bit of both. In the winter one of our cats always goes in the car with my wife. He loves it. Must be the vibration. He screams at the garage door to go with her

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:33 AM (mw8Dm)

25
"Just call me chuckle, of the morning . . ."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:33 AM (p4UlV)

26 The State Department is a great candidate for an object lesson. Beat them until they understand their jobs, and begin to work. Figuratively speaking of course.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:34 AM (TxJGV)

27 24 . . .Must be the vibration. He screams at the garage door to go with her
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:33 AM (mw8Dm)

I understand many women and adolescent girls feel the same way about washing machines . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:34 AM (p4UlV)

28 It makes me wonder: how many dogs are smothered to death in cars? Is this a real problem, or just another way (as it appears to me) for the crazy people to intrude on someone else's life?
______________________

Sadly, dogs left in cars die all too often here in AZ (and also in TX, FL, and other states where summer temps get very hot).

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 18, 2016 06:35 AM (df5V4)

29 Before madonna is done she will be preforming live sex acts during her concerts.

Bet on it.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 06:35 AM (WVsWD)

30
Death seed blind man's greed
Poets' starving children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizotypal xan.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:36 AM (BO/km)

31 In Florida, it is a bigger problem. Not only with animals but also children. Temps can get very high pretty quickly.

Posted by: FCF at March 18, 2016 06:37 AM (kejii)

32 Why did Republicans poison the water in Newark and in Flint?

Posted by: Anyone watching TV news at March 18, 2016 06:37 AM (EZebt)

33 29 Before madonna is done she will be preforming live sex acts during her concerts.

Bet on it.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 06:35 AM (WVsWD)

Madonna is essentially mimicking Mae West at the end of her career. Except Mae West was actually appealing. And talented.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:39 AM (p4UlV)

34 In the winter one of our cats always goes in the car with my wife. He loves it.

I like to sleep in a cold bedroom, so the window is usually open at night in the cold months. But I like to take my morning shower in a warm bathroom. The problem is my cat (featured in a Saturday Pets post) knows how to open the bathroom door. So, I end up exiting my shower not into a warm bathroom, but into one where he has pushed the door open and let in all the cold air from the bedroom.

And he just looks at me like, "Look how smart I am. I figured out how to get in the room with you. Where's my treat?"

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (O7MnT)

35 30
Death seed blind man's greed
Poets' starving children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizotypal xan.
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:36 AM (BO/km)

Xing Crimson?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (p4UlV)

36 Before madonna is done she will be preforming live sex acts during her concerts.

Bet on it.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 06:35 AM (WVsWD)

At her age the only sex act she will be performing on stage is picking her sagging tits up off the floor and tucking them back in her belt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mw8Dm)

37 36 At her age the only sex act she will be performing on stage is picking her sagging tits up off the floor and tucking them back in her belt
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mw8Dm)

She has a future in granny porn. Or not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:41 AM (p4UlV)

38 At her age the only sex act she will be performing on stage is picking her sagging tits up off the floor and tucking them back in her belt

Her real life end may be actually sadder than the demise she suffers in my story.

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:42 AM (O7MnT)

39 Ngu just won the internets. Thanks for the laugh.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 06:43 AM (AI1gr)

40 President Erdogan says freedom and democracy have 'no value' in Turkey amid arrests and military crackdown

http://goo.gl/arycD2

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 06:44 AM (iQIUe)

41 Well, I live in NJ right now and not Florida, but it must be an issue around here too, given the fact the cop actually showed up in response. Or maybe the local animal people are just that loud.

Like NGU's cat, my dogs would mightily object if they were barred from the car. It's their favorite place, given (I suppose) that it generally means a hike in the woods and fields is imminent.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:44 AM (TxJGV)

42 Good luck with your surgery today Misanthropic Humanitarian. May your recovery be swift.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 18, 2016 06:44 AM (KlVdw)

43 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mw8Dm)

I have a feeling Madonna probably has had cosmetic surgery to help with sagging.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 06:45 AM (w4NZ8)

44 V the K

How does she shuffle off her mortal coil?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

45 Mornin', Horde. Happy Friday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 06:45 AM (bzd8I)

46 Misanthropic Humanitarian, have a smooth day with caring professionals and good recovery times.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

47 'I have a feeling Madonna probably has had cosmetic surgery to help with sagging.'

Doesn't she have that cone bra thing? She can just pour em into that.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:47 AM (BO/km)

48 If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apples help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apples engineers.

Apple employees are already discussing what they will do if ordered to help law enforcement authorities. Some say they may balk at the work, while others may even quit their high-paying jobs rather than undermine the security of the software they have already created, according to more than a half-dozen current and former Apple employees.

And over here with this 50s style jail cell in gray. And for an extra 500$ a month this cell comes with a fellow named Bubba

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:48 AM (mw8Dm)

49 Yes MisHum best wishes today. I hope everything goes OK and you get lots of ice cream.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:48 AM (BO/km)

50 At her age the only sex act she will be performing on stage is picking her sagging tits up off the floor and tucking them back in her belt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mw8Dm)

And.....being hailed for her bravery for doing that by the libtard media.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 06:49 AM (WVsWD)

51 Law enforcement officers in the United States are increasingly buying professional liability insurance policies amid worries they may be sued for their on-duty actions, the Fraternal Order of Police, the biggest U.S. police union, told Reuters.

Welcome to the Party pal

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:50 AM (mw8Dm)

52 How does she shuffle off her mortal coil?

Let me guess. She takes a ride on an ass and Kim K catches them.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:50 AM (BO/km)

53 Does anyone else have a morning ritual of going to gmail and cleaning the spam out of the 'Promotions' folder?

Let's see, what do I got today: NRA, NRO, and NAGR want money. Lee's Mags, Hockey Monkey, Lowe's and LuckyGunner want me to buy stuff. My credit union wants me to borrow money to buy stuff with.

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:50 AM (O7MnT)

54 Does anyone else have a morning ritual of going to gmail and cleaning the spam out of the 'Promotions' folder?

Yup me to.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:51 AM (mw8Dm)

55 How does she shuffle off her mortal coil?

Spoiler Alert: Since my protagonist is a time-traveler who is fascinated by plane crashes, he tricks her into getting on Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

Too soon?

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:51 AM (O7MnT)

56 Here is another feel good story (I really like this one):

http://tinyurl.com/hal6lao

Posted by: Brunnhilde at March 18, 2016 06:52 AM (aW5/6)

57 Scott Adams has moved on to the general election on his blog. He says Trump has identified a "linguistic kill shot" (his words! Alert the SJW outrage machine!) for Clinton, and that's her "stamina". Now he uses the word a lot, and will ramp it up even more.

Every time she stumbles over her walker, she coughs uncontrollably, she wobbles drunkenly or even looks drained, the audience will be reminded of her "stamina" problem.

Lazy link in nic.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:52 AM (TxJGV)

58 In our local news a woman was arrested in connection with a Wendy's french fry assault.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:52 AM (BO/km)

59 40 President Erdogan says freedom and democracy have 'no value' in Turkey amid arrests and military crackdown

http://goo.gl/arycD2
Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 06:44 AM (iQIUe)
======================
Saying out loud what Obama secretly wishes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (EZebt)

60 Alleged drug use has cost a submarines top enlisted leader his job and most likely his career.

Senior Chief Sonar Technician (Submarines) (SS) Dwight Newton was removed from his post as the top enlisted on the attack submarine Albany March 16 by Cmdr. Wade Landis, Albanys skipper, after Newton was charged with use of a controlled substance and making a false official statement.

No sympathy. He is an idiot and also dangerous

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (mw8Dm)

61 55 V the K

I like it!

So months later a cone bra is found on a reef near Madagascar?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

62 The Tennessee legislator is right. Socialists are just as objectionable as ISIS, and we don't see them being silenced. Government, and government supported institutions don't get to decide what is objectionable speech based on content.

Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (rwI+c)

63 At her age the only sex act she will be performing on stage is picking her sagging tits up off the floor and tucking them back in her belt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mw8Dm)
_________________________

Well,, at least she doesn't have to suffer the pain and humiliation of having been thrown to the floor and her arm torn from her body...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (HSmrB)

64 In our local news a woman was arrested in connection with a Wendy's french fry assault.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:52 AM

Regular or sweet potato?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 06:54 AM (bzd8I)

65 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mw8Dm)

The sad thing about Madonna is that she had talent when she was younger, but insisted on being some cultural icon instead of an accomplished singer and actor.

And of course she has to up the ante every year to compete with the likes of Miley Cyrus and the other idiots in the business.

She should take her cue from Adele. "Hmmm....if I work hard and make really good albums maybe I will be successful?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 06:54 AM (Zu3d9)

66 60 NGU

Absolutely. This is a known outcome since 1982.

Who is selecting these COBs? COB = Chief of the Boat in Navy Speak.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

67 She has a future in granny porn. Or not.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 06:41 AM (p4UlV)

......................

Please tell me this isn't "a thing". No need for a link, a yes or no will suffice.

Posted by: Molly k. at March 18, 2016 06:56 AM (4aaDj)

68 So months later a cone bra is found on a reef near Madagascar?

ROFL. I'm stealing that.

Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:56 AM (O7MnT)

69
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid refuses to say why for months he has blocked a bipartisan bill designed to ensure inspectors general access all of the official documents they need to fight waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.

Three months ago, the Nevada senator blocked an attempt to pass Republican Sen. Chuck Grassleys IG Empowerment Act with unanimous consent, which would make it crystal clear that the 1978 Inspector General Act gives presidentially appointed IGs authority to access all agency records for investigations and audits.

Because Harry Reed is the definition of waste fraud and abuse

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:56 AM (mw8Dm)

70 Regular or sweet potato?

Baconator. Those things are gross.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:56 AM (BO/km)

71 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:48 AM (mw8Dm)

Do you find it acceptable that our government may compel people to work?

Isn't that called involuntary servitude?

Didn't our ancestors cause a big ruckus in Egypt about the same thing?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 06:58 AM (Zu3d9)

72 I like the rescued puppy story, Brunhild; That's a cute dog..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 06:58 AM (w4NZ8)

73 Also in our local news the Johnson center is expanding.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:59 AM (BO/km)

74 Molly k.

Yes. Uh, a friend told me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

75 67
Please tell me this isn't "a thing". No need for a link, a yes or no will suffice.
Posted by: Molly k. at March 18, 2016 06:56 AM (4aaDj)

Darling, two things that you must consider: a) the state of American culture and b) the existence of this thing called "the internet."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:00 AM (p4UlV)

76 Do you find it acceptable that our government may compel people to work?

Isn't that called involuntary servitude?

Didn't our ancestors cause a big ruckus in Egypt about the same thing?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 06:58 AM (Zu3d9)

I don't believe the Pharoh had a Federal Warrant? Were there any Bubba's back then?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:00 AM (mw8Dm)

77 No sympathy. He is an idiot and also dangerous

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (mw8Dm)

An old friend was in the Navy in the 1980s when they really cracked down on drug use.

They got rid of lots of sailors, and he didn't lose any sleep over it.

Don't like the rules? Don't join the Navy!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:00 AM (Zu3d9)

78 Geraldo Alert on FOX.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:01 AM (mw8Dm)

79 71 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 06:58 AM (Zu3d9)

The government compels people to work everyday CBD.

Further I assure you those charming Fruit employees back the power of the Super State to compel and impel bakers to overcome their personal ethical and moral qualms and engage in commerce against their will if statistics and corporate culture are any indicator.

Tim Cook cannot bear to give the Feds access to Apple's IP BUT lies down like a dog to get Chinese and Saudi permissions to operate in their nations.

Live by the superstate get brained by the superstate.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:01 AM (g8Hfr)

80 Radio reports threats against Trump's family and Anonymous doxxing his personal info.

Posted by: Another Anonymous Asshole On the Internet at March 18, 2016 07:01 AM (3hIZX)

81 Don't like the rules? Don't join the Navy!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:00 AM (Zu3d9)

Tell that Slow Joe Biden's idiot son who failed a pee test for cocaine on his FIRST Drill weekend. LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (mw8Dm)

82 Here's another good story about a kid who walked miles in snow for job interview:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/h8ywjq6

"Good News Network has some very nice stories; You just have to ignore let leaning things things like. "Obama puts up video of man he's nominating to Supreme court". Why is that good news? It's simply a ploy to garner support. We should not even be discussing the merits of any candidate. The pick should be held off until the term of a new President, IMO.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (w4NZ8)

83 76 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:00 AM (mw8Dm)

You better believe it Israelite...

//Bubba Imhotep

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (g8Hfr)

84 C'mon you guys the Johnson center is expanding. It's gonna be yuge!

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (BO/km)

85 Well,, at least she doesn't have to suffer the pain and humiliation of having been thrown to the floor and her arm torn from her body...
Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 06:53 AM (HSmrB) I laughed.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 18, 2016 07:03 AM (22uju)

86 Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:01 AM (g8Hfr)

CBD is just sticking his finger in my ribs. We had drinks the other night and talked about Apple.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:03 AM (mw8Dm)

87 84 C'mon you guys the Johnson center is expanding. It's gonna be yuge!
Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (BO/km)

Is the Johnson Center near the Finger Lakes?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (p4UlV)

88 Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:01 AM (g8Hfr)

I am not defending Apple as being logically consistent. Of course they aren't!

But I do not want a government that is confident enough in their coercive power that they feel that forcing Americans to work against their will is reasonable.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (Zu3d9)

89 69 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 06:56 AM (mw8Dm)

When you are trying to give Lady Liberty pneumonia by leaving the graft windows wide open you do not pass bills to close them.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (g8Hfr)

90 86 CBD is just sticking his finger in my ribs. We had drinks the other night and talked about Apple.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:03 AM (mw8Dm)

And why was I not informed??

** harumphs**

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (p4UlV)

91
C'mon you guys the Johnson center is expanding. It's gonna be yuge!

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (BO/km)
__________________________

Thanks for the heads up,, I'll try to keep my arm out of the way..

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 07:05 AM (HSmrB)

92 88 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (Zu3d9)

Hey I for one welcome the fruits getting the message delivered at the tip of Ogabe's magic spear that "this schlong is for you too Donkey Voter."

Maybe they'll get it through their head, "concentrated wildly wielded power sucks."

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:05 AM (g8Hfr)

93 Also in our local news the Johnson center is expanding.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 06:59 AM

The Johnson is expanding, you say...?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 18, 2016 07:05 AM (bzd8I)

94
Attacked and sunked: There were allegedly 20 men, 5 women and 15 children on board the dinghy that was attacked by the Turkish coast guard

Say what you will about refugees but drowning them???

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:05 AM (iQIUe)

95 77 CharlieBrown'sDildo

Ah yes. Operation Bottom Blow. Good time, good times.

And an explanation for those debased by modern culture, a bottom blow is used to keep the total dissolved solids in boilers from hurting power production on the fire-side.

Boilers used to power US Navy ships, and don't I feel old having to explain this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

96 86 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:03 AM (mw8Dm)

It's all good NGU I am not using a flamethrower.

Hope you guys had a nice confab.

The only redeeming feature if the donks finally have total power again will be watching their little "revolution" devour its own feet.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:06 AM (g8Hfr)

97 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2016 07:07 AM (ZQfW9)

98 And why was I not informed??

** harumphs**
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (p4UlV)

Spur of the moment near us. But we drank to you

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:07 AM (mw8Dm)

99 Maggies points out that the EU is a big fat farce. They are a little tired of the fake crisis Climate Change, especially since now they have a real threat to talk about ("Syrian" migration), but they have the hangover of the Paris agreement brouhaha to live down. Also, the Poles keep pointing out the uncomfortable fact that their entire energy source is coal. Reality is inconvenient!

http://bit.ly/1pyaVCq

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:09 AM (TxJGV)

100 Nice round up Mis Hum. Good luck on the surgery.

WUWT has a piece on the huge Ivanhoe solar power plant mebbe having to shut down; $2.2 billion into the thing, $1.5 billion of that taxpayer funded. Solyndra times 3.

The basic problem is too low of an output to meet contracts. But if they had moar time, and moar money, and moar subsidies, and moar etc the thing is bound to get better. This thing is mainly good for turning birds and dollars into smoke. It's also pretty good at burning natural gas to produce clean solar energy, cough cough cough.

Anyhow, they want to lower the contracted amount of power they promised, and it's easy to guess they will get it. Because they must not fail.

http://tinyurl.com/hhhjwpe

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2016 07:09 AM (gyKtp)

101 98 Spur of the moment near us. But we drank to you
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:07 AM (mw8Dm)

Oh, okay.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:10 AM (p4UlV)

102 I don't believe the Pharoh had a Federal Warrant?

God-kings don't need warrants.

And Bubba had a khopesh...

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2016 07:10 AM (bZ7mE)

103 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (p4UlV)

Move to NJ. It's a hell-hole, but not as bad as NYC!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:11 AM (Zu3d9)

104 100 Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2016 07:09 AM (gyKtp)

We aren't reducing the total amount of power we generate fellas...we are just more selective about who has access....

//Bronk Asshole Edison

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:11 AM (g8Hfr)

105 "a bottom blow is used to keep the total dissolved solids in boilers from hurting power production on the fire-side. "

Scum Blow
Surface Blow
Bottom Blow

Alas....the Holy Trinity of Snipe's Kingdom.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:12 AM (ptqRm)

106 Radio reports threats against Trump's family and Anonymous doxxing his personal info.

If Trump promises to turn the full weight of the federal apparatus against Anonymous in a fit of vengeance, I promise to vote for him.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2016 07:13 AM (bZ7mE)

107 So if you're a foreigner who always wanted to kill someone with impunity, just come here illegally and run someone over while drunk. Thanks Obama. I feel safer for you having sent this message to the world.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 18, 2016 07:13 AM (hGU7+)

108 For the Jewish folks who live in NY and NJ and like art, there is an interesting exhibit at the Princeton UniversityArt Museum-"By Dawn's Early Light"-Jewish contributions to American cultural life from the American Revolution to the Civil War:

http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/1655

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:13 AM (w4NZ8)

109 Happy Friday! Looks like we're in for one more "blast" from Old Man Winter this weekend. Fun times before spring break next week!

Posted by: Beth M at March 18, 2016 07:13 AM (kiy9d)

110

Posted by: Indidel at March 18, 2016 07:14 AM (yzc6O)

111 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:02 AM (mw8Dm)

Amazing. it's not like the rules are secret.

Stupidity + arrogance.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (Zu3d9)

112 Is the Johnson Center near the Finger Lakes?

Yea. It's by the ball park.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (BO/km)

113 We drove by that solar plant last December. It was huge. Not sure why the 3 towers had huge lights on the top. I was weird.

Posted by: Indidel at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (yzc6O)

114 So I discover that I need a root canal this morning.

And due to dental experiences in my misspent youth, I find that Triazolam is of some benefit prior to the big event.

Gonna be a great day!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (ptqRm)

115 My son came back from school saying excitedly-"We may get 1-2 feet of snow on Sunday", but I don;'t think it's going to be that much here.,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (w4NZ8)

116 I = it

Posted by: Indidel at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (yzc6O)

117 Mebbe Michelle Fields can go on to a rewarding career as a one-armed rock drummer, like that guy in that band.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2016 07:16 AM (JO9+V)

118 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:13 AM (w4NZ

Better than the new one at The Jewish Museum in NYC....

"Isaac Mizrahi Unbound."

I'm not joking.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:16 AM (Zu3d9)

119 111 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (Zu3d9)

I'd be curious to see if Joey Plugz tried to destroy some careers over the Navy having the gall to test his boy...

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:16 AM (g8Hfr)

120 107 angela urkel

Been thinking about that. Would not want any inconvenient accidents.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2016 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

121 "Not sure why the 3 towers had huge lights on the top."

Solar panels don't work in the dark.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:17 AM (ptqRm)

122 "It makes me wonder: how many dogs are smothered to
death in cars? Is this a real problem, or just another way (as it
appears to me) for the crazy people to intrude on someone else's life?

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (TxJGV)"

I am thinking that if you are looking for a new hobby, you can drive around with a hammer and a bunch of stuffed animal toys in the trunk. When you see a parked car with a bumper sticker you don't like, smash a window with a hammer and toss in a stuffed animal. If anybody questions you say that you saw that the dog was not moving and knew that you had to act fast to save it.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:17 AM (QHgTq)

123 117 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2016 07:16 AM (JO9+V)

You know how they redid Ghost Bustahs as a chick flick?

In the remake of "The Fugitive" Ms Fields can be the One Armed Gal.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM (g8Hfr)

124 So Michelle Fields cant understand why she was in trouble with Breitbart after she went on Megan Kelly and bashed them and then fired from Eric Bolling's show after she lied?

Same with Megan Kelly who has made numerous statements about how she was going to get Trump and then acts shocked when no one wants her as moderator.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM (iQIUe)

125 I clicked on that Ann Coulter link, and found myself at vDare, a website I'd never heard of. Anyway, there was an entry about Ireland and its multi-cultural dystopia. It got me thinking again...why does it seem only caucasian/western countries are required and/or guilted into changing their demographics to the point where their culture is esstentially obliterated? Whites seem to be the only ones whose countries are compelled to be overrun and welcoming of all other cultures at the expense of their own. I don't see this elsewhere, but we're supposed to have this rammed down our throats and just take it or else, rayciss.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM (pVkEV)

126 122 Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:17 AM (QHgTq)

Bonus points for creativity if the "dog doll" is Snoopy or Marmaduke.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:19 AM (g8Hfr)

127 So I discover that I need a root canal this morning.

And due to dental experiences in my misspent youth, I find that Triazolam is of some benefit prior to the big event.

Gonna be a great day!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:15 AM (ptqRm)

To bad you don't live near me?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:20 AM (mw8Dm)

128 The Michelle Field jokes make me laugh.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:20 AM (cbfNE)

129 125 Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM (pVkEV)

*especially* since you know I like Japan and Asia and by golly if the Japanese insist on becoming some Sex Robot based culture why can't we Gaijin Round-Eyes just show up and say "uh hi we're here to *help make you more diverse*..."

Unilateral Demographic implosion is genocide.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:21 AM (g8Hfr)

130
"Isaac Mizrahi Unbound."

I guess some people really like fashion collections; I only find them interesting if they're historic ones (prior to the 1940s), not modern designers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:22 AM (w4NZ8)

131 Mebbe Michelle Fields can go on to a rewarding career as a one-armed rock drummer, like that guy in that band.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2016 07:16 AM (JO9+V)
_____________________________

Actually, I was trying to figure out a way to capitalize on my disfigurement in the glory hole entertainment industry...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 07:22 AM (HSmrB)

132
Michelle Fields: Hollywood Trust Fund Brat Exposed!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLFqa_1f5k

Decent video by Mark Dice.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:23 AM (iQIUe)

133 "Jewish contributions to American cultural life from the American Revolution to the Civil War"
==================

Shape-shifting?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2016 07:24 AM (EZebt)

134 Mornin' horde!

Helluva dump to start the weekend

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 07:24 AM (mEZce)

135 Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 07:22 AM (HSmrB)

This is clearly a sock.

The real Michelle Fields isn't out of her coma yet.....

Posted by: #NoTrumpEver! at March 18, 2016 07:25 AM (Zu3d9)

136 "To bad you don't live near me?"

I can't deny that the thought went through my mind.

On the plus side, the fetching Mrs VIA has worked as a Dental Assistant for two of the lead Oral Surgeons in the area for quite a few years, and continues to work in the field for about 27 years now.

I have been assured by both her, and her boss that this guy today has been hand selected for both professional skill, and the ability to deal with whiney crybabies who are terrified of Dentists (That would be......me).

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:25 AM (ptqRm)

137 Mornin' Horde.

Granny Lieawatha, insufferable bitch that she is, has no reason to endorse The Witch when there's still a chance that the fake Injun will be called-on on the off-chance that the FBI hands-up an indictment recommendation. Should it go down that way I may have to actually vote for She Of The High Cheek Bones if for no other reason to get her the fvck out of the Commonwealth.

Posted by: DocJ at March 18, 2016 07:26 AM (zrsn3)

138 "99
Maggies points out that the EU is a big fat farce. They are a little
tired of the fake crisis Climate Change, especially since now they have a
real threat to talk about ("Syrian" migration), but they have the
hangover of the Paris agreement brouhaha to live down. Also, the Poles
keep pointing out the uncomfortable fact that their entire energy source
is coal. Reality is inconvenient!

http://bit.ly/1pyaVCq

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:09 AM (TxJGV)"

The Poles are sitting on an enormous natural gas field suitable for fracking.

A few years ago I read a story about that Polish natural gas resource. About a week later I read about how the Russians admitted that they were the ones who killed all the Polish officers in the Katyn Forest massacre in 1939 when they had been blaming it on the Nazis. The entire Polish government got on a Russian made airplane and was flying to a ceremony commemerating the Polish victims in Russia when the plane crashed, killing off the Polish president and his government.

The new Polish president has accused the Russians of killing his predecessor.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:27 AM (QHgTq)

139 Move to NJ. It's a hell-hole, but not as bad as NYC!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:11 AM

Hmmm...

*makes advertising notes*

Posted by: NJ Chamber of Commerce at March 18, 2016 07:28 AM (bzd8I)

140 A second GOP congressman from NY has endorsed Trump (Tom Reed). That brings his GOP endorsement total to 7.
Kasich has 9. Cruz has 31. Rubio had the most at 62.

The Hill has a list
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/239559-2016-lawmaker-endorsements-for-president

Shows what endorsements are worth this year, eh?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:29 AM (cbfNE)

141 138 Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:27 AM (QHgTq)

"or as we call it, "Friday" tovarisch...

//V Putin Esq and Intl Man of Mystery

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:29 AM (g8Hfr)

142 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:25 AM (ptqRm)

If he wants to do a rectal first, choose the other guy......

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:29 AM (Zu3d9)

143 Nevergiveup- Did you see the article about the guy that 3D printed clear braces for himself?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 07:30 AM (AI1gr)

144 Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:17 AM (QHgTq)
--------------------------------------------------------

I laughed, but then I thought "wait, somebody might actually do that!"

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:30 AM (TxJGV)

145 142 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:29 AM (Zu3d9)

Oh myyyyyyyy.....

//G Takei callsign-Sulu

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:31 AM (g8Hfr)

146 "133
"Jewish contributions to American cultural life from the American Revolution to the Civil War"

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

Shape-shifting?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 18, 2016 07:24 AM (EZebt)"

So the exhibit could be paintings of dogs, birds, mailboxes, pretty much anything.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:31 AM (QHgTq)

147 Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM (pVkEV)

I was reading on PJ med yesterday a nice little article about St Patrick, and some woman commenting after the article wrote (Paraphrased). Patrick turned a country that had the wonderful egalitarian religion of Druidism to the slavery of women found in Christianity. I'm looking forward to the removal of the religion of the desert and the return of Druidism to Ireland." My reaction was, "What a dolt; Ireland isn't returning to Druidism not matter how much you like it (I think she wasn't Irish, maybe just of Irish background). It's becoming increasingly secular or if it turns to any religion it will turn to Islam which is a hell of lot more oppressive and deadly to women than Christianity is."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:31 AM (w4NZ8)

148 make that "PJ Media"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM (w4NZ8)

149 103 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:04 AM (p4UlV)

Move to NJ. It's a hell-hole, but not as bad as NYC!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:11 AM (Zu3d9)

That's like changing my name from Isidore to Hyman. Pass.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM (p4UlV)

150 "If he wants to do a rectal first, choose the other guy......"

OK, this one goes in your mouth..
This one goes in your ear..
And this one goes up your butt..

.....

No wait
*Shuffles them back up in his hand*

OK..
This is the one that goes in your mouth...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM (ptqRm)

151 Nevergiveup- Did you see the article about the guy that 3D printed clear braces for himself?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 07:30 AM (AI1gr)

No I will google it later... But sounds like invisalign Braces

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM (mw8Dm)

152 "144
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:17 AM (QHgTq)

--------------------------------------------------------

I laughed, but then I thought "wait, somebody might actually do that!"

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:30 AM (TxJGV)"

I think that you can rest assured that somebody will do that. And then they will get all huffy when they are arrested, too.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:33 AM (QHgTq)

153 Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM (mw8Dm)

http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/16/technology/homemade-invisalign/index.html

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:34 AM (Zu3d9)

154 139 Move to NJ. It's a hell-hole, but not as bad as NYC!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:11 AM

Hmmm...

*makes advertising notes*
Posted by: NJ Chamber of Commerce at March 18, 2016 07:28 AM (bzd8I)

I told wifey about that Israeli bionic heart from yesterday's news dump and she said "Take Your Broken Heart to Israel."

I told her she had a future in advertising.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:34 AM (p4UlV)

155 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:31 AM (w4NZ

Neverminding the fact that the modern reconstructionist versions of the religion are long on assumption and people inserting their own personal agendas, and short on actual historical authenticity.

It's pretty well understood by historians and anthropologists that they practiced human sacrifice, but of course, the typical hippie "druid" would never admit to that. The Left always assumes that everything Judeo-Christian is wrong, and everything else is good.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:35 AM (J+mig)

156 Michelle Fields lost her job with Eric Bolling (on his Fox show) yesterday. He loves Trump, apparently, and she doesn't so, unemployed. Corey Lewandowski is a scumbag's scumbag.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:35 AM (TxJGV)

157 I can't believe FoxNews threw me out on my missing arm...

//Michelle Fields

https://youtu.be/HhOc09SiIvc

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:35 AM (g8Hfr)

158 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:34 AM (p4UlV)

Oy.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:36 AM (Zu3d9)

159 156 Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:35 AM (TxJGV)

Right, I noticed that Megyn Kelly got broomed as well....

it couldn't be that Ms Fields is a serial prevaricator.....

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:36 AM (g8Hfr)

160 Christianity basically ended slavery, right? A slow process, to be sure, but it's the first religion to actually see anything wrong with the institution of slavery.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:36 AM (cbfNE)

161 160 Christianity basically ended slavery, right? A slow process, to be sure, but it's the first religion to actually see anything wrong with the institution of slavery. Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:36 AM (cbfNE)

*Christianity* didn't. The Anglosphere did. It took a bloody war here, and it took the might of the British Empire to stamp it out elsewhere. No other civilization on Earth can take credit for ending such a monstrous and long-running evil institution. So of course, we've been recast as history's villains.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (J+mig)

162 Good morning all.

From this date in 1944 - On the beachhead at Anzio

18 Mar, 1944 - The EZ Dog Journal
Bombers came in again this morning. This time the "2d team". They dropped flares but did not come in on the run.
Went to Div Cmdr meeting this morning for last plans of attack. Saw Gen. Truscott, Corps Cmdr, for first time.
Attack called off about 1000. No reasons given. CB program to go on as planned with local attack in 5th Div sector.

I know he thought highly of Gen. Truscott.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (NeFrd)

163 OLD: Buuuuuuuuuuushhh!!!

NEW: Truuuuuuuuuuuummmppp!!!!

Posted by: Another Anonymous Asshole On the Internet at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (3hIZX)

164 Okay, which one of you Morons stole my arm? It was here just a minute ago.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (22uju)

165 If Trump promises to turn the full weight of the federal apparatus against Anonymous in a fit of vengeance, I promise to vote for him.
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2016 07:13 AM (bZ7mE)

---------------------------

The cyber warfare department in the Air Force could take them out easily.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 07:39 AM (LXJ1e)

166 Nevergiveup- Did you see the article about the guy that 3D printed clear braces for himself?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 07:30 AM (AI1gr)

No I will google it later... But sounds like invisalign Braces

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM

Heard that this morning. They say his friends are asking for them, too. My cynical lawyer self immediately thought "and when he obliges, NJ dings him for practicing medicine without a license...."

Posted by: NJ Chamber of Commerce at March 18, 2016 07:40 AM (bzd8I)

167 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:35 AM (J+mig)

I agree with you; She seemed to be taken with the love of nature aspect of it (which is fine), but even though women had roles in Ireland and in the Celtic church that they didn't have under the RCC, she is simply stupid to assert that Christianity enslaved women. Women flocked to the early church because it was more egalitarian than say the Roman or Greek cultures around it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:40 AM (w4NZ8)

168 Off, NJ sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 07:40 AM (bzd8I)

169 Boy, that Madonna has really turned into a nasty piece of work. What is she trying to prove, anyway?

Rich, miserable, and begging for cock onstage is no way to go thru menopause.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2016 07:42 AM (UzPAd)

170 Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (J+mig)

But it was spearheaded In England by William Wilberforce who was an Evangelical as were many of his associates.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 07:42 AM (w4NZ8)

171 Another week shot in the ass.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2016 07:42 AM (B48dK)

172 Michelle Fields.

A woman barely alive.

We can rebuild her.

We have the technology.

Posted by: Oscar Goldman at March 18, 2016 07:43 AM (3hIZX)

173 >>But it was spearheaded In England by William Wilberforce who was an Evangelical as were many of his associates.

Simon Schama's "Rough Crossings" is an excellent, thorough treatment of this, for the interested...

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:43 AM (Bdeb0)

174 Things are hotting up at Anzio. I hope we win!

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:43 AM (TxJGV)

175 169 Boy, that Madonna has really turned into a nasty piece of work. What is she trying to prove, anyway? Rich, miserable, and begging for cock onstage is no way to go thru menopause.
Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2016 07:42 AM (UzPAd) What do you expect? She's a Material Girl.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 18, 2016 07:43 AM (22uju)

176 >>Michelle Fields. A woman barely alive. We can rebuild her. We have the technology.

Bitter. Stranger. Fester.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:44 AM (Bdeb0)

177 Simon Schama is debating Mark Steyn on Syrian immigration in Toronto soon.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:44 AM (TxJGV)

178 >>Simon Schama is debating Mark Steyn on Syrian immigration in Toronto soon.

That'd be interesting. Schama's written some excellent art history and Brit history (for a lefty).

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:45 AM (Bdeb0)

179

*Christianity* didn't. The Anglosphere did. It took a bloody war here, and it took the might of the British Empire to stamp it out elsewhere. No other civilization on Earth can take credit for ending such a monstrous and long-running evil institution. So of course, we've been recast as history's villains.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (J+mig)

---------------------------

While I like to think it ended, the USSR was nothing but a country of slaves, China too.

Modern day slavery is increasing.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 07:45 AM (LXJ1e)

180 176 Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:44 AM (Bdeb0)

so her powers will be....

an extendable arm like Machine Man....

Super hearing to catalog catcalls and wolf whistles...
and....

super litigation sense?

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:46 AM (g8Hfr)

181 Madonna seems to have some weird sexual? obsession with her son, Rocco. She's coming unglued.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:46 AM (pVkEV)

182 177 Simon Schama is debating Mark Steyn on Syrian immigration in Toronto soon.
Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:44 AM (TxJGV)

If I know Steyn, this Schama stands no chance.

On a side note, my old neighborhood in Brooklyn became a haven for Syrian Jews. I went to school with a kid whose last name was Shama. Interestingly, both Muslims and Jews from Syria have common last names. Strange.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:47 AM (p4UlV)

183 "*Christianity* didn't. The Anglosphere did. It took a
bloody war here, and it took the might of the British Empire to stamp
it out elsewhere. No other civilization on Earth can take credit for
ending such a monstrous and long-running evil institution. So of course,
we've been recast as history's villains.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (J+mig)"

I have been reading "Disinformation" thanks to a recommendation from the Book Thread. There are a number of instances of heroes transformed into villains documented in that book. It would not surprise me to learn that the current conventional wisdom of Christianity in general and the Anglosphere in particular being responsible for slavery is a product of a Soviet Union disinformation campaign.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:47 AM (QHgTq)

184 Yeah, Michelle, I can get you a job at Fox News, but it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg...

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 07:47 AM (NeFrd)

185 >>She's coming unglued.

Reporting indicates that she's also over her fascination with Kabbalah. She's coming unjewed.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:48 AM (Bdeb0)

186 Even with a useless, withered and crippled arm, this Fields woman is hittable.

Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2016 07:48 AM (6xtq3)

187 We're all for capitalism. Our consultancy business has been taking off since the GOP started using us...

Posted by: The DNC at March 18, 2016 07:49 AM (oFSUK)

188 Fields has a conflict of interest. So, yes, they will no longer require her services. Those of you who can not see it are blind. She has sought criminal charges on lewandowski and blames Trump but you want us to believe that she will have no conflict of interest in covering the campaign????

Maybe Huffpo is hiring. Or, Salon?

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:49 AM (iQIUe)

189 I have a feeling a debate with Schama will be more like an exchange of views than a Hitchens-style brawl. I don't think Schama has the constitution or style for a scrum.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (Bdeb0)

190 181 Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:46 AM (pVkEV)

It's worse than that...

she is convinced her son NEEDS to be gay....

and uh get this like ~97.5% or so of the global population he uh isn't...

the kid was begging in court to go live with Guy Ritchie and go to school and live a normal life.

This as a strand alone event is tragic enough, BUT when you ponder on America's weird fetish for pretending that these Celebu-tards are some sort of Super Genius class of political thinker and the woman is essentially unable to muster the maternal empathy to grasp her child is not some labra-doodle lap pet to act as a fashion accessory...

where we are kid of makes sense.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (g8Hfr)

191 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:47 AM (p4UlV)

Schama is a leftist, but not an insane one. My guess is that he will argue for immigration from the point of view of the possible humanitarian crisis.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (Zu3d9)

192 73 Also in our local news the Johnson center is expanding.
--------
And Leo's getting laaaarger!

Mornin' 'rons.

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (kXzR8)

193 >>She's coming unglued.

Reporting indicates that she's also over her fascination with Kabbalah. She's coming unjewed.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:48 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (bzd8I)

194 *Christianity* didn't. The Anglosphere did. It took a bloody war here, and it took the might of the British Empire to stamp it out elsewhere. No other civilization on Earth can take credit for ending such a monstrous and long-running evil institution. So of course, we've been recast as history's villains.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 18, 2016 07:38 AM (J+mig)

--

I wasn't really talking about the Civil War or the slavery of blacks, but the common place slavery that was so prevalent in the ancient world.
What happened between the fall of Rome and the "Dark Ages" that suddenly slavery is something that heathens do instead of the norm in every village?

The revival of slavery out of Africa (when was this -around 1500?) is a whole different thing, and was already regarded as "icky" at its inception by many in the West.

Which kind of supports my point - prior to Christianity, regular people didn't think slavery was icky - it was just normal.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (cbfNE)

195 That'd be interesting. Schama's written some excellent art history and Brit history (for a lefty).
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It's up on Steyn's page for time and location. I would go get it for you but I need more coffee so, no.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:51 AM (TxJGV)

196 181 Madonna seems to have some weird sexual? obsession with her son, Rocco. She's coming unglued.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:46 AM (pVkEV)

=============
She lost primary custody. However she wants him to be forced to visit her in NY. That is unwise. She has shit all over him for months. What an awkward meeting!

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:51 AM (iQIUe)

197 >>Schama is a leftist, but not an insane one. My guess is that he will argue for immigration from the point of view of the possible humanitarian crisis.

A good deal of his scholarship has been on social or cultural diasporas of one sort or another. Debating that the Canadian govt should enact actual policy one way or another doesn't sound like his bailiwick.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:51 AM (Bdeb0)

198 Things are hotting up at Anzio. I hope we win!

Posted by: MTF

*****

Hey. No spoilers!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 07:52 AM (NeFrd)

199 Barack is quietly bringing in "refugees".How many and where?

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2016 07:54 AM (B48dK)

200 We're coming full circle. Didn't high lead content help lead to the fall of Rome due to general stupidity? I've always wondered about north eastern coastal 'personalities' being the result of heavy metals in the diet or something. The aggressive ignorance seems so widespread.

Posted by: Todd at March 18, 2016 07:54 AM (I65l0)

201 Schama's "The Power of Art" series on Netflix (especially the ones on Rothko and Caravaggio) are really excellent. Also, his "History of Britain" is a good winter binge-watch.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:54 AM (Bdeb0)

202 194 Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:50 AM (cbfNE)
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what is this "revival" of slavery of which you speak? It never disappeared among the Arabs and north Africans (Berbers), and is still prevalent today in their nations. It made an enormous impression upon Jefferson, I believe, in his first posting to Europe, as his job was to pay off Arabs to return enslaved Americans. Vic could probably tell us more, since he was there.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:55 AM (TxJGV)

203
Schama was fapping over obama before he was even sworn into office. He's nuts. He's also not a friend of Israel. He had to acknowledge that the wall has saved lives but objects to it on grounds that it prevents Jews from interacting with their enemies. He hates settlers, too.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:55 AM (iQIUe)

204 >>Schama was fapping over obama before he was even sworn into office. He's nuts. He's also not a friend of Israel. He had to acknowledge that the wall has saved lives but objects to it on grounds that it prevents Jews from interacting with their enemies. He hates settlers, too.

De gustibus non disputandem est. Your mileage clearly varies.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:56 AM (Bdeb0)

205 Slavery is a human practice since pre-hxtory. By all people, against all people.

We've only eradicated it in the sense that a few societies have banned it in recent hxtory.

Posted by: Another Anonymous Asshole On the Internet at March 18, 2016 07:57 AM (3hIZX)

206 Slipping in the bathtub causes more deaths than drunken illegals. Get back to me when you have a real problem.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 18, 2016 07:57 AM (hGU7+)

207 Also, his "History of Britain" is a good winter binge-watch.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:54 AM (Bdeb0)
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The book was only OK, I'd say (I only read vol. 1). Obviously written for the eventual tv show to come.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:57 AM (TxJGV)

208 Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:47 AM (QHgTq)

The Soviet Union mastered PsyOps early in the game and not being afraid to use brute force internally helped their research to be sure. The world's media watched, listened, and learned from the Soviet masters and have deliberately helped in the demise of the West.

Posted by: Zombie Walter Duranty at March 18, 2016 07:57 AM (wYnyS)

209 >>The book was only OK, I'd say (I only read vol. 1). Obviously written for the eventual tv show to come.

Give the DVD a try; you may be glad you did. I think seeing the places he writes about adds a lot.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 07:59 AM (Bdeb0)

210 South Sioux City, Nebraska
Sioux City, Iowa
Omaha, Nebraska
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Louisville, Colorado

Towns I've lived in (for more than a year).
Each one of those places published a water quality report done by local officials to the residents yearly.

Is that just a midwest thing or is the area east of the Mississippi "special snowflake" territory that needs government help knowing if their pants are zipped?

Posted by: jwb7605 at March 18, 2016 07:59 AM (DofIg)

211 I guess my main point is that Christianity caused a paradigm shift in how people regarded other people, which led to the gradual abandonment of the practice of enslaving other people.

The revival of slavery of blacks was based on asserting that they were not really human - they looked different, their culture was primitive, etc. Baked into that fallacy is the acknowledgement that enslaving an equal is wrong.

Before Christianity, enslaving an equal was the prerogative of the victor, the luck of the draw.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:59 AM (cbfNE)

212 The humanitarian crisis can be solved without filling up Europe or Canada or the United States with Musilm immigrants.

Somalia does not have a government which effectively controls everywhere within its borders. Somalia borders on Djbouti which is owned and controlled by France. It also borders on Ethiopia and Kenya. Pick some mostly empty places in Somalia for refugee resettlement and move the refugees there. The resettlement areas can be as deluxe as the Europeans and other leftists want to pay for. Somalia is a Muslim country so they will fit right in.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 07:59 AM (QHgTq)

213 205 Slavery is a human practice since pre-hxtory. By all people, against all people.

This is true.

I'm still waiting for my reparations from the Roman Empire for enslaving my ancestors in Northern Europe.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:00 AM (Zs4uk)

214 Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 07:55 AM (TxJGV

In Western Civ. Which supports my point that Christianity is the reason.

Let me put it this way - what unique factor in Western Civilization caused the eventual abandonment of slavery as an institution in contrast to the rest of the world?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:02 AM (cbfNE)

215 198 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 07:52 AM (NeFrd)
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Muldoon, my elderly barber was a little Italian kid somewhere in the area of the front at this time. He was rooting hard for your Dad and friends as the battle unfolded, and later fathered two sons who served in the US Army. Proud father.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:03 AM (TxJGV)

216
Let me put it this way - what unique factor in
Western Civilization caused the eventual abandonment of slavery as an
institution in contrast to the rest of the world?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:02 AM (cbfNE)

The industrial revolution?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:03 AM (pUDQf)

217 "200
We're coming full circle. Didn't high lead content help lead to the fall
of Rome due to general stupidity? I've always wondered about north
eastern coastal 'personalities' being the result of heavy metals in the
diet or something. The aggressive ignorance seems so widespread.

Posted by: Todd at March 18, 2016 07:54 AM (I65l0)"

So are you suggesting that if Democrats deliberately put lead in the drinking water, the populations of the cities they control will be more likely to vote Democrat, leading to a perpetual cycle?

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 08:04 AM (QHgTq)

218 frankly, my dear, i do give a damn.

but i'm just not going to be invested in any of them.

so there.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 18, 2016 08:04 AM (WTSFk)

219 I'm still waiting for my reparations from the Roman Empire for enslaving my ancestors in Northern Europe.

I'm also owed reparations for the enslavement of my Irish ancestors as indentured servants in colonial America. ...by my English ancestors. I need to write a big, fat check to myself or else!

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2016 08:04 AM (ANVXm)

220 214 Let me put it this way - what unique factor in Western Civilization caused the eventual abandonment of slavery as an institution in contrast to the rest of the world?
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Who are we to judge other cultures? It's this moral confusion that leads to so much ugliness!

Posted by: Barack Obama and his band of evil Progressives at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM (TxJGV)

221 G'mornin Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM (gUoN4)

222 Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:55 AM (iQIUe)

And he fought the British boycott of Israeli academics. And he defended Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM (Zu3d9)

223 Fenelonspoke,

Wrapping up Louismet's work The Mystical Life.

It is very good, covering a lot of territory

The mystics life is in divine contemplation and saintly action. Louismet also covers the mystical life at it relates to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in their particulars. He also covers the mystics relations with the Church and even has a chapter on guardian angels!

The link is in my nic. It is a short work, one can easily finish it in a day.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM (LXJ1e)

224 While I like to think it ended, the USSR was nothing but a country of slaves, China too.

Modern day slavery is increasing.
Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 07:45 AM (LXJ1e)

--

And what do those countries both have in common - or both do BOT have? Was / Is outlawed?
Christianity.
Wow, my thesis just writes itself.
If only I were in school or something.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM (cbfNE)

225 >>Is that just a midwest thing or is the area east of the Mississippi "special snowflake" territory that needs government help knowing if their pants are zipped?

Just a guess, here, but maybe agriculturally-driven states pay more attention to water quality (even if they're not irrigation states) than those that aren't due to a generally more acute awareness of environmental factors. Again, just a stab at it...(checks zipper; yep, zipped)

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:06 AM (Bdeb0)

226 Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:02 AM (cbfNE)

Judaism?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:06 AM (Zu3d9)

227 "216

Let me put it this way - what unique factor in

Western Civilization caused the eventual abandonment of slavery as an

institution in contrast to the rest of the world?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:02 AM (cbfNE)

The industrial revolution?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:03 AM (pUDQf)"

Queen Isabella of Spain (the one who bankrolled Columbus) insisted that no Christian be kept as a slave in her territory. You got to start somewhere.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 08:06 AM (QHgTq)

228 >>eventual abandonment of slavery as an institution in contrast to the rest of the world?

Industrialization.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:06 AM (Bdeb0)

229 And what do those countries both have in common - or both do BOT have? Was / Is outlawed?

Christianity.

Wow, my thesis just writes itself.

If only I were in school or something.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM (cbfNE)

Uh, but wasn't Christianity a thing well before slave labor was used in America?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (pUDQf)

230 The industrial revolution?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:03 AM (pUDQf)

Penny, is that you?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (cbfNE)

231 In regards to the fourth news link about government responsibility, local media is blowing up over the Sarah Root case, which is why Sen. Sasse was grilling ICE so hard. If I, as a "priviledged white person," decided to street race while drunk in Omaha in February and killed someone, do you really think the police would process me quickly and let me go on $5,000 bond? People here know something smells fishy, and it ain't just "we didn't have enough tiiiiiiiime" ICE.

Posted by: pookysgirl at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (peWsl)

232
"The revival of slavery of blacks was based on asserting that they were not really human - they looked different, their culture was primitive, etc. Baked into that fallacy is the acknowledgement that enslaving an equal is wrong. "

Part of the culture of slave owners in the early Colonies was the feeling (and fact) that the slave purchasers were saving African savages from the unspeakable horrors of the Arab slavers.

Coupled with this is the deep Christian belief that by taking in these "savages" (those with no religion or a false religion, in the opinion of the Colonists) they were saving their souls by converting them.

Contrary to popular opinion, most slave owners woke up every morning thinking they were doing their Christian duty and that they were good people because of it.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (Zs4uk)

233 "I'm also owed reparations for the enslavement of my
Irish ancestors as indentured servants in colonial America. ...by my
English ancestors. I need to write a big, fat check to myself or else!

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2016 08:04 AM (ANVXm)"

Why don't you take yourself shopping for something nice. You literally owe it to yourself.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 08:09 AM (QHgTq)

234 Uh, but wasn't Christianity a thing well before slave labor was used in America?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (pUDQf)

I address that in (scrolls up) 194 and 211

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:09 AM (cbfNE)

235 And what do those countries both have in common?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:05 AM]/i]

comfortable shoes?

Posted by: Cliff Claven at March 18, 2016 08:10 AM (ZQfW9)

236

Posted by: Cliff Claven at March 18, 2016 08:10 AM (ZQfW9)

237 that was close

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2016 08:10 AM (ZQfW9)

238 Recruiting on college campuses:

ICE out

ISIS in

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:11 AM (NeFrd)

239 Queen Isabella of Spain (the one who bankrolled Columbus) insisted that no Christian be kept as a slave in her territory. You got to start somewhere.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 08:06 AM (QHgTq)
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More anti-Arab actions! She was a militaristic thug, provoking centuries of needless strife.

Posted by: Barack Obama and his band of evil Progressives at March 18, 2016 08:11 AM (TxJGV)

240 We get a water quality report every quarter from the county water district.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2016 08:12 AM (AI1gr)

241 For the umpteenth time: The only botched thing about Fast and Furious is that they got exposed to the public.

In order for something to be a sting there is one absolute requirement: the suspect can't know that it is a sting. ChiCom full auto, real AK-47s are available in Mexico for about $75. Ersatz semi auto "AKs" cost $500 in US gun stores. Even the most drug addled fool in a cartel in Mexico knows this. The Chinese AKs are smuggled into Mexico disguised as cocaine or weed, so there is absolutely no problem getting them. Nobody who access to real AKs is going to spend hundreds of dollars more to get an inferior semi auto model - and in particular they aren't going to fill out the paper work and act like a legit customer in a US gun store. In order to ship the guns to Mexico the Feds had to subsidize each and every one of them with sweet Federal dollars. The Cartel people knew they weren't paying for them - so the only place they could be coming from is the ATF. NOT A STING.

Posted by: An Observation at March 18, 2016 08:13 AM (ztQkp)

242 AltonJackson pulls off the highly acclaimed tag close / sock removal combination...

...and sticks the landing!

9.5
9.7
9.8
6.2 (Czech judge)
9.5

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:13 AM (NeFrd)

243 Soviets had comfy shoes? I did not know that.

How about this. Let's say Christ never arrived. There is no Christianity.
Would slavery still be common or uncommon in the West?

I doubt that industrialization /market forces are enough to explain why it's become taboo in the civilized world.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:14 AM (cbfNE)

244 Contrary to popular opinion, most slave owners woke up every morning thinking they were doing their Christian duty and that they were good people because of it.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (Zs4uk)
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I've noticed you have lots of opinions, some even supported by facts. What would your source be this time? I'm curious.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:14 AM (TxJGV)

245 "217 "200
We're coming full circle. Didn't high lead content help lead to the fall
of Rome due to general stupidity? I've always wondered about north
eastern coastal 'personalities' being the result of heavy metals in the
diet or something. The aggressive ignorance seems so widespread.

Posted by: Todd at March 18, 2016 07:54 AM (I65l0)"

So are you suggesting that if Democrats deliberately put lead in the drinking water, the populations of the cities they control will be more likely to vote Democrat, leading to a perpetual cycle?

Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at March 18, 2016 08:04 AM (QHgTq) "

Oh, that's a really interesting idea there.

Sadly, we've reached a point in our national affairs where that actually seems marginally plausible.
Why wouldn't they ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 18, 2016 08:14 AM (gUoN4)

246
Greetings gentlefappers.

#freshhell

#WASTF

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 18, 2016 08:15 AM (LUgeY)

247 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:13 AM (NeFrd)

There's a "check your privilege" pun somewhere.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:16 AM (Zu3d9)

248 206 >> Slipping in the bathtub causes more deaths than drunken illegals. Get back to me when you have a real problem.

Posted by: TFG

Wait, what happened to the standard lib line "If it saves just one life"?

Funny how that only applies some of the time.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 18, 2016 08:16 AM (gyKtp)

249 >>I doubt that industrialization /market forces are enough to explain why it's become taboo in the civilized world.

Industrialization and taboo--apples and oranges. Slave labor was becoming obviated by the mid-1900s. Slavery might've graduated (if that's the word) merely to household menials rather than forced labor (and the labor movement would eventually have ended that), but it would've vastly retracted nonetheless with the advent of industrialization. Christianity didn't end slavery, though it may have contributed to its end.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:17 AM (Bdeb0)

250 234
Uh, but wasn't Christianity a thing well before slave labor was used in America?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:07 AM (pUDQf)

I address that in (scrolls up) 194 and 211

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:09 AM (cbfNE)

It's definitely an interesting angle, one of which I would imagine folks have written about. I know plantation owners also showed up in church on Sunday, so I am not fully sure how much christianity had to do with it.
Thomas Jefferson is usually accredited with starting the abolitionism movement, when he wrote anti-slavery language into the Declaration of Independence but was rejected at the time.
An interesting timeline would be figuring out just when the church started to argue for the end of slavery, after turning a blind eye to it for some time. Surely, many church pastors were also slave owners.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:17 AM (pUDQf)

251 mid-1800s, meant to say...

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:17 AM (Bdeb0)

252 Coincidentally, we just got a notice that due to EPA regulations our water treatment (Chester County, SE PA) will no longer be able to use chlorine!

And that you might want to get your own water purifier

Man, remember when we were a first-world country?

That was nice.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:17 AM (TLX//)

253 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:13 AM (NeFrd)

Hamsters?

Seriously?

I had no idea.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:17 AM (Zu3d9)

254 ...most slave owners woke up every morning thinking they were doing their Christian duty

******

Most? Do you have a citation for that?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:18 AM (NeFrd)

255

Recruiting on college campuses:

ROTC out

ICE out

ISIS in

FIFY

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 18, 2016 08:18 AM (LUgeY)

256 @Lady in Black

Just so you know. VDARE is a site that I haven't quite figured out.

They are very anti- PC and have published articles by people of all races and nations but tend to draw attention and interest from white separatists/supremacist bloggers and sites.

I have accidentally followed a link or ad from there to a very racially discriminatory website, more than once.

Tread carefully.

Posted by: Mortimer at March 18, 2016 08:18 AM (11bUm)

257 Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:17 AM (TLX//)

Wait, what?

I better stock up on the Clorox.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:18 AM (cbfNE)

258 I don't see this elsewhere, but we're supposed to have this rammed down our throats and just take it or else, rayciss.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM

Well, then, welcome to Vdare...--

Posted by: Jeanne del norte at March 18, 2016 08:19 AM (Pijfp)

259
Simon Schama

Republicans Who Block Obama's Supreme Court Pick Are Violating the Constitution

Kasich compares war against ISIS to Nazis and the Holocaust U.S. Election 2016 -- Shoah fair game for every ignoramus

He takes numerous juvenile shots at Trump, Republicans, and voters.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (iQIUe)

260 I better stock up on the Clorox.

Yeah you didn't see that? it was from Aqua PA just a few days ago

they have to stop using chlorine. they recommend those with health issues (?!?) switch to bottled or get a purifier.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (TLX//)

261
Hamsters?

Seriously?

I had no idea.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*****

So, you read the book? Or someone tipped you off?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (NeFrd)

262 I've noticed you have lots of opinions, some even supported by facts. What would your source be this time? I'm curious.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:14 AM (TxJGV)

On this particular point, I rely on two items.

One is the journals kept by the families of plantation owners, of which there are many, some even popularized by movies, that made clear that slave owners felt a duty and took pride in treating their slaves well, including making sure they were baptized and practicing "good Christians".

The other source is common sense. Do you really believe that there were a group of wealthy people who saw themselves as evil villains and that they started every day with the idea that they would bring pain and misery on their slaves?

If so, I think you've watched "Mandingo" too many times.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (Zs4uk)

263
Most of his criticisms of republican candidate are insults on their looks and calling them fascists. What an intellectual!

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:23 AM (iQIUe)

264 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (NeFrd)

Reading it now.

We are in basic training....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:23 AM (Zu3d9)

265 >>who saw themselves as evil villains and that they started every day with the idea that they would bring pain and misery on their slaves?

Zod often has days like these. This is not one of those days, but tomorrow might be.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:23 AM (Bdeb0)

266 149 That's like changing my name from Isidore to Hyman. Pass.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 07:32 AM (p4UlV)
------------------------------------

What have you got against Hymen's?

heheheh- sometimes I knock myself out...

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:23 AM (TxJGV)

267 How about this. Let's say Christ never arrived. There is no Christianity.
Would slavery still be common or uncommon in the West?

I doubt that industrialization /market forces are enough to explain why it's become taboo in the civilized world.

The fun thing is, this isn't really a counterfactual--just look at parts of the world that were never heavily Christianized for your answer...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 08:23 AM (9krrF)

268 Re: Bergdahl - It's been a given that he will be excused in some manner, even if it comes down to a diagnosis of "brain clouds" made him do it, as soon as Obama held the hero's welcome in the Rose Garden.

This is Obama's legacy: Ignoring or punishing the good (Bergdahl's fellow soldier who died looking for him) while praising the bad.

Lowered flag for Whitney Houston, not for Chris Kyle.
Kind words for Trayvon, nothing for Kathy Steinle.
And on and on.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:24 AM (NOIQH)

269 262 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (Zs4uk)
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Just kidding. Sorry to offend.

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:24 AM (TxJGV)

270 Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (TLX//)

I'm going to have to look. I bet I thought it was one of those "buy our protection plan" things.
We have a filter on the fridge but I'm not confident about that being enough.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:24 AM (cbfNE)

271 In The United States of America, your God-given Inalienable Constitutional Rights are not only dependent on the political whims and opinions of a group (or groups) of Judges, House and Senate Representatives, Governors, Mayors, City Council members, HOA board members, school principals, and various other unelected "public" servants; but can change radically, or be erased entirely, dictated by which bit of ground you are standing on.

I mean, "shall not be infringed" is pretty ambiguous, right?

Posted by: Protectron Button Gwinnett Has Frickin' Lasers at March 18, 2016 08:24 AM (f7UfO)

272 why does it seem only caucasian/western countries are required and/or guilted into changing their demographics to the point where their culture is esstentially obliterated?

The target is Western Civ, which happens to be White.

It's Western Civ because the Frankfurt School needed to undermine the Western world which stubbornly refused to fold to communism.

Posted by: Another Anonymous Asshole On the Internet at March 18, 2016 08:25 AM (vP09u)

273 So, you read the book? Or someone tipped you off?

Read it myself. For some reason the mental image of little Houdini wearing a leather flight helmet and jaunty aviator's scarf persists...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 08:25 AM (9krrF)

274 I'm going to have to look. I bet I thought it was one of those "buy our protection plan" things.

I know! I was ready to toss it out too! but my husband was there to stop me

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:25 AM (TLX//)

275 This is a new one on me, what the actual bleep is wrong with chlorine anyway ?
What is the EPA "best practice" that is supposed to replace chlorine ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 18, 2016 08:26 AM (gUoN4)

276
Her real life end may be actually sadder than the demise she suffers in my story.
Posted by: V the K at March 18, 2016 06:42 AM (O7MnT)

I wouldn'tcast Madonnaas avillain. She's a contemporary, two years older than me, and I've more or less watched her for decades. Many years ago, a talk show she was guesting brought her father on as a surprise.

She was surprised, all right. Madonna's stiff, awkward, even fearfulreaction toher father'ssudden presence, combined withher father's genuinely creepy mannerisms, monotone voice, and flat affect--not to mention the forced, unnatural way the two interacted--weirded me the hell out.

Anyone watching what I was watching would probably draw the same conclusions I did. She's no villain but I'd bet the bank her father was.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 08:27 AM (UWlp+)

277 She is above the law:

EXCLUSIVE: How did TOP SECRET//SI-GAMMA intelligence from #NSA wind up in Hillary's "unclassified" email? #EmailGate

http://goo.gl/Eijjk4

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:27 AM (iQIUe)

278 >>Uh, but wasn't Christianity a thing well before slave labor was used in America?

And the UK. Christian William Wilberforce led the fight to end slavery there, and it was based on his Christian values.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:27 AM (NOIQH)

279 What is the EPA "best practice" that is supposed to replace chlorine ?

I didn't keep the letter, but it was a word similar to chorine - so something similar, but I'm guessing after the debacle that is Sudafed PE not quite as effective . .

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:27 AM (TLX//)

280
You know who's got it worse than Todd Palin? That's right,, Michelle Fields...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 08:28 AM (HSmrB)

281 on this water thing - I'm sorry I didn't keep the letter, I'm terrible about tossing things - remember we have a PA EPA also that is very militant. So I might be wrong in blaming the Fed EPA

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:29 AM (TLX//)

282 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (Zs4uk)

Plantations were not where the majority of slaves lived.

American slaves were treated far better than Caribbean or South American slaves.

You are cherry-picking your data.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:29 AM (Zu3d9)

283 Obama Schedule || Friday, March 18, 2016

No public schedule.

Must have been a helluva St. Paddy's day

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:30 AM (mEZce)

284 Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:27 AM (TLX//)

Bromine is sometimes used. But it has its own problems.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:30 AM (Zu3d9)

285 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:20 AM (Zs4uk)

That's a good point but it also shows that a) they saw the blacks as non equals and b) they felt Christian duty was to treat them humanely. They did not feel that they could enslave the poor white neighbors who owed them money. In ancient red that would have been ok.

Also, it's been pointed out ruptured that it was Evangelicals in England that were able to abolish slavery on British soil, and the Abolitionists in the USA were also motivated by Christian beliefs.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:30 AM (cbfNE)

286 Obama Schedule || Friday, March 18, 2016

No public schedule.

Must have been a helluva St. Paddy's day

Duh! March Madness brat!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:30 AM (TLX//)

287 jesus brat = brah

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:31 AM (TLX//)

288 VDARE has John Derbyshire's radio show and I know that he has been there for a while and may be a founder.

Derb is nice guy who got screwed over badly. I had the pleasure of a brief set of pen-pal like email discussions with him in the late 90's.

It's unfortunate that they, VDARE draw that type of traffic , but it is better to know up front.

Posted by: Mortimer at March 18, 2016 08:31 AM (11bUm)

289 268 Re: Bergdahl - It's been a given that he will be excused in some manner, even if it comes down to a diagnosis of "brain clouds" made him do it, as soon as Obama held the hero's welcome in the Rose Garden.
____________________________

Yes, if "misreading social cues" or "feeling awkward in social situations" is a mental disorder, then probably half the people on the planet have it.

To try and use that as an excuse for desertion in wartime is ludicrous. Of course, having a military whose #1 goal is "diversity" is even more ludicrous, so what else should we expect from this tragically inept and ridiculously incompetent administration?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 18, 2016 08:31 AM (df5V4)

290 253
Hamsters?

Seriously?

I had no idea.
------------------------------------------------

This great quote is multi-purpose and can be used and re-used as needed or as opportunity presents.

Posted by: Oxford Collection Of Really Useful Quotes at March 18, 2016 08:32 AM (TxJGV)

291 >>...Anyone watching what I was watching would probably draw the same
conclusions I did. She's no villain but I'd bet the bank her father was.

Well that's creepy.

However, Madonna does seem to have boundary issues with her son - she likes to Instagram pics of him, like in his underwear and comment on his "sausage." How many instagram followers does she have - maybe some pervs? She doesn't seem to understand that she is free to be an exhibitionist, but she can't include her teen son in it.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:34 AM (NOIQH)

292

Yes, if "misreading social cues" or "feeling awkward in social situations" is a mental disorder, then probably half the people on the planet have it.

These days with guys dressing up as girls and the rest of us expected to "recognize" and "celebrate" their mental illness as somehow normal, social cues are easy to misread.

#WASTF

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 18, 2016 08:35 AM (LUgeY)

293 Duh! March Madness brat!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:30 AM (TLX//)

Ahhhh, that's right. Forgot about that. So who did Shit Midas touch with his benevolence.

Oh, Kansas. Sorry guys.

*confession - I can give absolutely zero F's about March Madness.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:35 AM (mEZce)

294 I watched Schama's "Art" series via Netflix and I have to admit I was not impressed by it. A couple of interesting insights but otherwise seemed overblown and obvious with lots of look-at-mes. Again, just a personal reaction.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2016 08:36 AM (AroJD)

295 283 Obama Schedule || Friday, March 18, 2016

No public schedule.
-----------------------------------------

This is encrypted.

Upon hacking we learn it really means "Fly at taxpayer expense on 747 to Palm Springs. Take golf clubs. leave Michelle. Play 36 holes and issue statement condemning somebody as a dickhead. Pick a Republican for that. Drink the evening away and find a good looking intern to worship me. Rinse. Repeat."

Posted by: Apple Engineers at March 18, 2016 08:36 AM (TxJGV)

296
Bergdahl receives a salary, has a huge nest egg, and is permitted to travel. Even being present on a MJ farm when it was raided resulted in no restrictions on him. He will be seen as a hero when he is kicked out. This ahole got away with it.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:36 AM (iQIUe)

297 280

You know who's got it worse than Todd Palin? That's right,, Michelle Fields...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 08:28 AM (HSmrB)

It's still moving. Hit it again! Fucking equines.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:37 AM (pUDQf)

298 >>Yes, if "misreading social cues" or "feeling awkward in social
situations" is a mental disorder, then probably half the people on the
planet have it.

An ~90% of all teenagers.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:37 AM (NOIQH)

299 YIKES! Drudge's top image...

O.O

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 08:37 AM (9krrF)

300 287
jesus brat = brah

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 18, 2016 08:31 AM (TLX//)

Thou shalt use commas.

Posted by: Jesus at March 18, 2016 08:38 AM (pUDQf)

301 Why that girl at the Madonna concert isn't suing the shit out of her and retiring is beyond me. Pretty cut and dry.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:38 AM (mEZce)

302 Thanks, I'll have to look into this .... from the recommendation that people buy a water purifier it sounds like it is a less effective method ....

And yes, I do remember America being in fact the pinnacle of the first world .... and also watching it slip away for decades now, at an ever-increasing rate.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 18, 2016 08:39 AM (gUoN4)

303 So are you suggesting that if Democrats deliberately put lead in the drinking water, the populations of the cities they control will be more likely to vote Democrat, leading to a perpetual cycle?

It was the Pax. The G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate that we added to the air processors. It was supposed to calm the population, weed out aggression.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at March 18, 2016 08:39 AM (evdj2)

304 Coulter :

After Mitt Romney lost an election he should have won in 2012, the Republican National Committee convened a group of experts to determine what went wrong, producing what it called an "autopsy." It was an autopsy because, you see, the party was dead. And the people who did the autopsy were the ones who killed it.

Boom.

Posted by: Mortimer at March 18, 2016 08:39 AM (11bUm)

305
Why can't these poor Syrian refugees go to Russia? If Putin wants to kick an ant hill, he should take the friggin' ants.

This is a rhetorical question, of course.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:40 AM (p4UlV)

306 299
YIKES! Drudge's top image...

O.O

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 08:37 AM (9krrF)

Science fiction writers should really be thanked for their ability to foretell the future.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:40 AM (pUDQf)

307 >>Bergdahl receives a salary, has a huge nest egg, and is permitted to
travel. Even being present on a MJ farm when it was raided resulted in
no restrictions on him. He will be seen as a hero when he is kicked
out. This ahole got away with it.

That just conjures up all sorts of dark wishes that would involve some of his fellow soldiers and a fatal accident.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:40 AM (NOIQH)

308 Well, MisHum, hope your recovery is going as well as mine. Time to drift off thanks to Eeevil Big Pharma....

Posted by: pookysgirl at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (peWsl)

309
They were pushing the unsupported fact that Caravaggio was a victim of homophobia. No, he wasnt. Caravaggio was an asshole. He publicly insulted everyone and killed a man after being found in the man's wife bed. Before he killed him, he cut off the man's testicles. He was given numerous second chances because he was a genius. ultimately, he succumbed to plague.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (iQIUe)

310 306 Science fiction writers should really be thanked for their ability to foretell the future.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:40 AM (pUDQf)

"PFFFFT!"

- - Ridley Scott "Blade Runner" 1982

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (p4UlV)

311 307
When mom goes to work, I like to sex the Charmin

Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE PAUL RYAN at March 18, 2016 08:40 AM (XzRw1)

Best. One. Yet.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (pUDQf)

312 266 heheheh- sometimes I knock myself out...
Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:23 AM (TxJGV)

Shecky MTF.

Gevalt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (p4UlV)

313 309 Well, MisHum, hope your recovery is going as well as mine. Time to drift off thanks to Eeevil Big Pharma....

Posted by: pookysgirl at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (peWsl)

It's fun to share

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (mEZce)

314
"PFFFFT!"

- - Ridley Scott "Blade Runner" 1982

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (p4UlV)

I can haz my own Pris robot?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (pUDQf)

315 306 299 YIKES! Drudge's top image...
O.O

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 08:37 AM (9krrF)

Science fiction writers should really be thanked for their ability to foretell the future.
--------------------------------------

You won't much like how this story turns out.

Posted by: Philip K. Dick at March 18, 2016 08:43 AM (TxJGV)

316 311 307
When mom goes to work, I like to sex the Charmin

Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE PAUL RYAN at March 18, 2016 08:40 AM (XzRw1)

Best. One. Yet.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:41 AM (pUDQf)

I knew a girl in high school named Charmaine and I wanted to please squeeze hers.

**wistful late 70s teenage sigh**

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:43 AM (p4UlV)

317
The girl who had her top pulled down - I noticed that she did not immediately cover up or pull it back up.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:43 AM (iQIUe)

318 314
I can haz my own Pris robot?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (pUDQf)

With magic thighs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:44 AM (p4UlV)

319 Just thought I'd throw it out there: theLord Protector Oiver Cromwell sent thousands of recalcitrant Irish to the West Indies as slaves--and that's real-deal slavery, not indentured servitude. Most died. I understand the Irish still invoke Cromwell's name as a curse.

My point is this notion that the African slave trade was somehow uniquely evil is clearly invalid. Slavery has always been a fact of human existence and still exists today. There have been a few pockets of genuine freedom and equality under the law scattered here and there, but by and large human beings have been in the business of buying and selling other human beings since the dawn of time. Taken as a whole,skin color and/or ethnicity don'tseem to be much of a factor in that whole miserable business.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 08:44 AM (UWlp+)

320 The Internationalist Communist's goal of creating the propaganda point that Western whites and Christians, that to this day, are evil whip-cracking slave masters, has evidently suckered quite a few marks.

Dismaying, but not unexpected.

Posted by: Button Gwinnett, Revolutionary Robot at March 18, 2016 08:44 AM (f7UfO)

321 With magic thighs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:44 AM (p4UlV)

Worse ways to go...

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:44 AM (pUDQf)

322 Never been impressed by Simon Schama. Maybe competent, but uninspired. His politics came through clearly in his books, so he went on my Don't Bother list.

And for art shows nothing beats Sister Wendy as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (gUoN4)

323 Image on Drudge reminds me of the opening to the Aeon Flux animated series.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (AroJD)

324 I think that Southern slave owners did think they were benevolent. The left the icky stuff like whippings and selling apart families to their employed Overseers. So that they could still prance around the drawing room as godly folk. Hubris and willful ignorance doesn't mean you weren't complicit in enslavement.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (Pc8RA)

325
However, Madonna does seem to have boundary issues with her son - she likes to Instagram pics of him, like in his underwear and comment on his "sausage." How many instagram followers does she have - maybe some pervs? She doesn't seem to understand that she is free to be an exhibitionist, but she can't include her teen son in it.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:34 AM (NOIQH)

I've mentioned this before, but back in the 90s I was essentially forced to watch that Truth or Dare documentary film on Madonna, and I was surprised that she let it be seen by the public. Because it shows her as a self-righteous, abusive harridan who often treated her band, dancers and friends like shit. The abuse and contempt she heaps on the one heterosexual dancer in her crew is sickening.

She doesn't deserve any sympathy as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (/wVDI)

326 The girl who had her top pulled down - I noticed that she did not immediately cover up or pull it back up.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:43 AM (iQIUe)
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And thank God for wonderful women.

Posted by: The Australian Nation at March 18, 2016 08:46 AM (TxJGV)

327 The EPA has grown so large and corrupt even they do not know what they are doing. I am contracting to have some drainage work done at my house and the stupid EPA regs are killing me and adding $1,000's of extra dollars to what I need done.

Apparently I can't install any drainage pipes or lines from my house to the road or neighbors property and I have to "contain" and rain runoff that puddles in my yard to my property with very expensive drain system that can contain 2,200 gallons of water for my backyard, per EPA regulations or I can get a huge fine. Idiots.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 18, 2016 08:47 AM (iONHu)

328 Guess we're not the only ones sick of O:

The Queen refuses to come to London to meet President
Barack Obama next month. Instead, accompanied by his security circus,
he'll trundle to Windsor in his bomb-proof, seven-ton limo for lunch.
He's due to stand alongside the PM and urge Britain to stay in the EU.
'But he'd be well advised not to give a pro-EU sermon over lunch
after the row about the Queen supporting Brexit,' says my source.
Heh

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:48 AM (NOIQH)

329 I can haz my own Pris robot?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (pUDQf)

Do you know her last name?

OregonMuse does!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:49 AM (Zu3d9)

330 312 Shecky MTF.

Gevalt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (p4UlV)
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Too good to pass up JJ. Besides, isn't there supposed to be an Oy! in there? Or was I misinformed?

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:49 AM (TxJGV)

331 321
Worse ways to go...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:44 AM (pUDQf)

I seem to recall a Frank Zappa song entitled "Jones Crusher."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:49 AM (p4UlV)

332 American slaves were treated far better than Caribbean or South American slaves.

You are cherry-picking your data.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:29 AM (Zu3d9)

Correct, I'm only talking about the 300,000 to 350,000 African slaves that were brought into the U.S. during the 250+ years of slavery.

The millions taken to the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and Brazil were fucked.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:49 AM (Zs4uk)

333 The other source is common sense. Do you really believe that there were a group of wealthy people who saw themselves as evil villains and that they started every day with the idea that they would bring pain and misery on their slaves?
------------------------
No, they saw themselves as perfectly reasonable and decent people who had every right to bring pain and misery on their slaves if that's what it took to get a crop.

Slave owners, child-beaters, wife-beaters, and whoremongers the world over see nothing wrong with what they're doing. That's my sense, which is pretty common in my view.

Posted by: iforgot at March 18, 2016 08:50 AM (pC96u)

334 330 Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:49 AM (TxJGV)

Oy is optional.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:50 AM (p4UlV)

335 327 Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 18, 2016 08:47 AM (iONHu)

That's by design.

EPA pretends it is in the regulatory business to set up internally self-contradictory edicts.

They then use non-compliance which is largely by design impossible given the wandering goal post nature of their "helpful advice" to create peril.

This peril is then used to either shake down the correct political contributions, bankrupt the victim with legal fees, or thwart unwanted growth....

BECAUSE

at its heart EPA is the evangelical hard deacon wing of the Gaia Watermelon Kult and part-time graft enabler.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 08:50 AM (g8Hfr)

336 The Star Wars movie was a mediocre-sized bowl of suck, so I'm glad that at least someone could get joy from it.

Very nice of Boyega to make those kids' day. He seems like a nice guy.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 08:51 AM (iLoHX)

337 Silencing Trump: Bill Ayers and the Fire from Below

http://tinyurl.com/znk6rql

*youtube of the Chicago protests

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:51 AM (mEZce)

338 However, Madonna does seem to have boundary issues with her son - she likes to Instagram pics of him, like in his underwear and comment on his "sausage." How many instagram followers does she have - maybe some pervs? She doesn't seem to understand that she is free to be an exhibitionist, but she can't include her teen son in it.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:34 AM (NOIQH)

I'm guessing adult survivors of sexual abuse/incest don't know much about boundaries. IfMadonna truly was abused as a child, then thewoman needs serious help. I get the strong sense the psychiatrists these celebrities frequent are nothing more than drug dealers with a medical license. That isn't serious help.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 08:51 AM (UWlp+)

339 Oh, as a postscript to an old argument, the KKK has dropped its endorsement of Trump and instead endorsed Hillary:

http://tinyurl.com/je2vsd2

The original terrorist arm of the Democratic Party.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 08:51 AM (9krrF)

340 325 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (/wVDI)

Sacred honor compels me to admit that I boinked Madonna...

//Will Folkes

so did we feel nothing sacred or honorable about it...

//82.5% of Detroit

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 08:52 AM (g8Hfr)

341 >>Never been impressed by Simon Schama. Maybe competent, but uninspired. His politics came through clearly in his books, so he went on my Don't Bother list.

You haven't read "The Embarassment of Riches."

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:52 AM (Bdeb0)

342 Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 18, 2016 08:47 AM (iONHu)

I had to install a drainage pit to accommodate the runoff from an addition we built.

The problem? The pit was installed into rock. So it just fills up and runs off down the hill anyway.

My architect tried to explain that to the idiots from the village and NJ DEP, but to no avail.

These are regulations purely for the sake of control.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:52 AM (Zu3d9)

343 "He's in there organizing a fascist mob... and we're gonna deal with it."

*hands the commie piece of shit a mirror

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:54 AM (mEZce)

344 Do you know her last name?

OregonMuse does!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:49 AM (Zu3d9)

I didn't even know she had a last name. What was it?

Sounds like a Carrie Underwood song...lol

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:54 AM (pUDQf)

345 "That's a good point but it also shows that a) they saw the blacks as non equals and b) they felt Christian duty was to treat them humanely. They did not feel that they could enslave the poor white neighbors who owed them money. In ancient red that would have been ok. "

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 08:30 AM (cbfNE)

You are correct that the Colonists and plantation owners didn't see African blacks as equals. They believed they were in a lower species, but as you say, they also believed that slaves as well as horses should be treated humanely.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:54 AM (Zs4uk)

346 338 Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 08:51 AM (UWlp+)

one of the most biting lines in the literary "Godfather" is when Jules the Dr tells Johnny Fontaine his quack doctor is "an Adolf Manjou medicine man..."

again Whore E Wood are allegedly western civs "Supermen" of Nietzche's "man/superman"...

right Hollywood....unlike you I can open a car door without needing surgery afterwards.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (g8Hfr)

347 323
Image on Drudge reminds me of the opening to the Aeon Flux animated series.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (AroJD)

Crap, that's right! I loved the animated series on MTV.

The Charlize version, not so much.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (pUDQf)

348 Oy is optional.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:50 AM (p4UlV)

"Oy vey iz mir!"

You kids and your sloppy language.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (Zu3d9)

349 Good lawd at the 4:30 mark.

I hate hate hate old liberal scrunts like that.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (mEZce)

350 More confirmation that Hollywood is out of ideas: Cable network TV Land is developing a comedy based on Heathers.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (NOIQH)

351 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 08:54 AM (Zs4uk)

Thank you John C. Calhoun.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (Zu3d9)

352 She doesn't deserve any sympathy as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 08:45 AM (/wVDI)

------------------
Cant stand her. Her son has asked her repeatedly not to publicly humiliate him or talk about him but she continues to do so on social media and in concerts. She has one kid away at college but she doesnt act like she's dead and gone. Its going to be bad if they try to force him to visit her in NY.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:57 AM (iQIUe)

353 350 Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (NOIQH)

If/when they develop a feel good comedy based on Tim Treadwell and Alexander Supertramp I *might* buy back in to entertainment.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 08:57 AM (g8Hfr)

354
Polls

New York Republican Emerson Trump +52

Hmmm -- that might might cause a few problems with the "Cruz just needs to take 51% everywhere from here on out" pathway to victory.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 08:57 AM (kdS6q)

355 Tomi Lahren is capable of educating the entire nation of 20-something men. Or so my son says, worshipfully.

http://bit.ly/1MrtzR0

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:58 AM (TxJGV)

356 *spits in her face because according to her I can due to white privilege

Ugggh, not a way to start the day.

*happy thoughts happy thoughts

Well good morning Emily

http://tinyurl.com/jbgnbef

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 08:58 AM (mEZce)

357 348 You kids and your sloppy language.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 08:55 AM (Zu3d9)

Schwerer arbeiter you are.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 08:58 AM (p4UlV)

358 >>a feel good comedy based on Tim Treadwell and Alexander Supertramp I *might* buy back in to entertainment.

This would be real entertainment, especially if you could 1/4-speed some parts.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:59 AM (Bdeb0)

359 352 Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 08:57 AM (iQIUe)

Far as I'm concerned any 13+ year old child should be able to tell a non-custodial parent to FOAD if the parent acts more immature than the kid....

shades of Aric Borwin and his "you f**king pig" phone messages to his daughter.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 08:59 AM (g8Hfr)

360 Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:54 AM (pUDQf)

Stratton.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2016 09:00 AM (Zu3d9)

361 >>IfMadonna truly was abused as a child, then thewoman needs serious help.

She needs help - she's having a meltdown in full public view. I'm betting she's dealing with narcissistic rage as well as whatever after-effects from abuse.

Her son needs to be allowed to stay away from her while it happens, though.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 09:00 AM (NOIQH)

362
Over at Breitbart:

TRUMP AND CRUZ DELEGATES IN TENNESSEE TO FORM GRASSROOTS ALLIANCE, PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE

This is heartening news no matter who you support.
I'm no Trump fan, but the thought of Kasuck stealing it is hateful to me because it means Hilary in a landslide.

Trump and Cruz supporters please take note and keep it in mind all the way to Cleveland and beyond.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 09:01 AM (p4UlV)

363 Tomi Lahren is capable of educating the entire nation of 20-something men. Or so my son says, worshipfully.

http://bit.ly/1MrtzR0

Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 08:58 AM (TxJGV)

Oh yes...

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2016 09:02 AM (493sH)

364 "No, they saw themselves as perfectly reasonable and decent people who had every right to bring pain and misery on their slaves if that's what it took to get a crop.

Slave owners, child-beaters, wife-beaters, and whoremongers the world over see nothing wrong with what they're doing. That's my sense, which is pretty common in my view."

I'm certain there were individuals who were so twisted that they paid good money to buy slaves just for the pleasure of abusing them.

However, I think for the most part slave owners not only saw their slaves as an expensive investment, but as part of their Christian duty to feed, cloth, protect and convert so that their immortal souls would be saved.

Was the slave treatment harsh by today's standards? Yes, definitely. However there was harsh treatment of Irish contract workers too.

Posted by: iforgot at March 18, 2016 08:50 AM (pC96u)

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 09:02 AM (Zs4uk)

365 Slavery was an abomination on our Republic, and I fear is going to kill her yet via slow festering gangrene and a lack of willingness of Donks to tell the Jacksons and Sharptons "Grow up."

I was accused of racism b/c I reject the idea that as a conservative I MUST love open borders and by design partisan demographic alterations to this nation's make-up but I cannot wrap my head around the idea that a person can or should own another period.

That the SJWs studiously ignore the overt chattel slavery still extant tells me all I need to know about their passion plays.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:02 AM (g8Hfr)

366 There seems to be something fishy about this whole Madonna custody case.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon sings "Like a Sturgeon" at March 18, 2016 09:02 AM (NeFrd)

367
Barry - Time to back Hillary. I hope that goes as well as when he back Chicago for the Olympics.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 18, 2016 09:03 AM (493sH)

368 shades of Aric Borwin and his "you f**king pig" phone messages to his daughter.
Posted by: sven
-------------

Hmm. Well the choice of words was pretty damning, but, if you recall, the girl deserved dressing down.

Just saying.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (9mTYi)

369 358 Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 08:59 AM (Bdeb0)

Made all the funnier by using CH Yogi Bears for Tim and Animatronic Mr. Moose actors for Alex's bits...

Leonardo DiCappucino hero worships both.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (g8Hfr)

370 211 I guess my main point is that Christianity caused a paradigm shift in how people regarded other people, which led to the gradual abandonment of the practice of enslaving other people.

The revival of slavery of blacks was based on asserting that they were not really human - they looked different, their culture was primitive, etc. Baked into that fallacy is the acknowledgement that enslaving an equal is wrong.

Before Christianity, enslaving an equal was the prerogative of the victor, the luck of the draw.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 07:59 AM (cbfNE)

I agree with you.

Christianity posits that everyone, even the poorest and most miserable person alive, has a soul and is loved by God (even if that person might not love Him back). It took centuries to do so, but take that belief to its' logical conclusion and you have a very hard time justifying slavery.

What militant atheists and the anti-Christian types don't get is that once you remove Judeo-Christianity from society, morality again becomes a matter of "right = might."

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (u0lmX)

371 No, they saw themselves as perfectly reasonable and decent people who
had every right to bring pain and misery on their slaves if that's what
it took to get a crop.

Aaaand, perfectly reasonable and decent people who believe that bringing pain and misery to 'other people' (ie, ignorant flyover subhumans) to get their own crop of lettuce or lawns is perfectly humane.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (MIKMs)

372 >>a feel good comedy based on Tim Treadwell and Alexander Supertramp I *might* buy back in to entertainment.

Heh. And all the people who want to get selfies with animals, especially predators. Read that that is a new problem at Yellowstone - tourists expect the opportunity for selfies with bears, and park rangers are trying to make sure they don't get attacked.

They could call it something like "The Beast in the Garden."

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 09:05 AM (NOIQH)

373 YIKES! Drudge's top image...

Floating billboard? Like the floating advertising blimp in Blade Runnner?

The absurd becomes normal once again.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 18, 2016 09:06 AM (NcRDc)

374 I was accused of racism b/c I reject the idea that as a conservative I MUST love open borders and by design partisan demographic alterations to this nation's make-up but I cannot wrap my head around the idea that a person can or should own another period.

The Dems never really gave up on the concept. Look how they treat "run-a-gates" who go Right. They think they own minorities, and that they are entitled to do so.

The South may have lost, but the slaveholders won in the end.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 09:06 AM (9krrF)

375
There seems to be something fishy about this whole Madonna custody case.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon sings "Like a Sturgeon" at March 18, 2016 09:02 AM (NeFrd)

I'd wager that the kid has a fat trust fund that Madonna can't get her claws into unless he or his guardian signs it over.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 09:06 AM (/wVDI)

376 @sven10077

As you seem to still self-identify as a "conservative" I'm wondering if you could tell me what, in your humble opinion, the fvck that means anymore.

Because from what I can tell it pretty much means 1) open borders, 2) endless wars, 3) government "moving when people hurt", and 4) what's good for Fraud Street is good for America.

Posted by: DocJ at March 18, 2016 09:07 AM (zrsn3)

377 370 Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (u0lmX)

The underlying theme of Arthurian Legend...

"no not right of might, might FOR right."

I'm missing Pan-Anglia.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:07 AM (g8Hfr)

378 There seems to be something fishy about this whole Madonna custody case.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon sings "Like a Sturgeon"

Seamus' obsession with fish puns is clearly one of his bass-er impulses.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 09:08 AM (9krrF)

379 What militant atheists and the anti-Christian types don't get is that once you remove Judeo-Christianity from society, morality again becomes a matter of "right = might."
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (u0lmX)

For them, I think that's a feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Moki at March 18, 2016 09:08 AM (7q2ch)

380 There were good people that owned slaves.
They owned slaves because everyone of property owned slaves.
Cases in point: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson.

were there exemplary people who refused to own slaves out of principle in any historical period? I am sure there were. But people of pure principle like that are rare in any time and place.
Most of us, we are people of our time.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:09 AM (cbfNE)

381 Gen. Zod - true.
I'll look for it at the library.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 18, 2016 09:09 AM (gUoN4)

382 This is heartening news no matter who you support.
I'm no Trump fan, but the thought of Kasuck stealing it is hateful to me because it means Hilary in a landslide.

Trump and Cruz supporters please take note and keep it in mind all the way to Cleveland and beyond.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 18, 2016 09:01 AM (p4UlV)

Hell yes.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 09:10 AM (mEZce)

383 They tell you not to stare down bears but apparently turning your back is not wise either. People dont know how fast they are.

Say what you will about Treadwill but his bear footage is some of the best. I watch a lot of Grizzly bear films and they dont compare. Not worth losing you life over of course. They use these electric wires to set up a barricade but I've read about bears just crashing thru them or digging under them.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:10 AM (iQIUe)

384 376 Posted by: DocJ at March 18, 2016 09:07 AM (zrsn3)

I am a small "r" republican.

I believe that concentrated power is inherently a corrupt and corrupting influence.

Innovation does not come from a meeting of 2,000 people bugchasing a grievance culture.

I abhor war, and when forced into it believe one has a duty to restrain your opponent's ever desiring it again by whatever means necessary.

I think your ability to purchase and gain to the best of your capacities is a more sacred right than the right to a safety hammock.

I know I believe a lot of old stupid outmoded ideas on self-reliance.

I also know my republican ideals are rapidly becoming as popular here as Roman ones were to the Caesars and Cromwellians ones to the Stuarts.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:10 AM (g8Hfr)

385 Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 18, 2016 09:04 AM (u0lmX)

Well said, Donna!

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:10 AM (cbfNE)

386 Some credit for ending slavery should go to the French Revolution, because that was, at least temporarily, a real thing. Not that there were a lot of slaves in France, but there were in their colonies, especially Haiti.

Granted, the lives of the ex-slaves wasn't markedly better or different post-liberation, but again, you gotta start somewhere. (Turns out that growing sugar, while lucrative, is horrible work that no one actually wanted to do.)

Posted by: Lance McCormick at March 18, 2016 09:11 AM (u0s1P)

387 Because from what I can tell it pretty much means 1) open borders, 2) endless wars, 3) government "moving when people hurt", and 4) what's good for Fraud Street is good for America.

******

Allow me to translate that into something comprehensible:

Right index finger in left palm, tap, tap, tap. Hook 'em Horns. "OK" sign, index finger of other hand through the hole, open palm vertical squiggle, twice. Dolphin leaps right to left then left to right. Two fingers up bunny hop, hands in armpits flap elbows, flap, flap. Thumb and finger "L" to forehead, tap, tap, tap, squiggle, mark of Zorro in the air, hesitate, catch breath.

Thumbs in ears waggle fingers, thumb and pinkie "Hang Loose" waggle.

Posted by: Mandela fake sign language guy at March 18, 2016 09:11 AM (NeFrd)

388 Floating billboard? Like the floating advertising blimp in Blade Runnner?
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 18, 2016 09:06 AM (NcRDc)

Hopefully the opportunity for a new life on the off-world colonies isn't far behind.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:12 AM (xuouz)

389 For them, I think that's a feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Moki at March 18, 2016 09:08 AM (7q2ch)

Exactly!

Posted by: Zombie Nietzsche at March 18, 2016 09:12 AM (KUaJL)

390 Floating billboard? Like the floating advertising blimp in Blade Runnner?

The absurd becomes normal once again.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 18, 2016 09:06 AM (NcRDc)

===========
Or like the soviet ones in the 30s with giant faces of stalin, lenn, marx...

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:13 AM (iQIUe)

391 Or like the soviet ones in the 30s with giant faces of stalin, lenn, marx...

/imagines Zardoz-style floating Barry head

/wanders off in search of enough brain bleach to extirpate image

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 09:14 AM (9krrF)

392 >>a feel good comedy based on Tim Treadwell and Alexander Supertramp I *might* buy back in to entertainment.

I'm thinking of the outpost.com ads on youtube: "We wanted you to remember our company name, so we hired a high school band--and then released a pack of rabid wolves on the field."

Good stuff.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 09:14 AM (Bdeb0)

393 Or like the soviet ones in the 30s with giant faces of stalin, lenn, marx...
Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:13 AM (iQIUe)

TFG' s face will need 3 balloons - two smaller ones for the ears.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:14 AM (cbfNE)

394 Or like the soviet ones in the 30s with giant faces of stalin, lenn, marx...
Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:13 AM (iQIUe)

Quirky Apple-commercial piano music and an endless slideshow of pictures of minorities.

Stomping on your face.

Forever.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (xuouz)

395 Heh, try this story on for size: Sasketoon city council wants to make bullying illegal.

http://tinyurl.com/jsqcj23

Except it goes beyond that. The bylaw would also outlaw "rumor mongering, taunting, mocking and ostracizing."

The fact that banning behavior with penalty of law actually oppresses people in the way they want to stop from happening does not seem to occur to these lawmakers.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (39g3+)

396
I havent followed the gawker/hogan case closely. I did see that the woman who was filmed said it was without her permission and she was horrified. I wonder if that will throw a wrench in the plaintiff's case? Hogan is no innocent victim.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (iQIUe)

397

The underlying theme of Arthurian Legend...

"no not right of might, might FOR right."

I'm missing Pan-Anglia.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:07 AM (g8Hfr)

I always thought it was "don't bang your evil half-sister".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (/wVDI)

398 I always thought it was "don't bang your evil half-sister".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (/wVDI)

Aunt, actually.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:16 AM (cbfNE)

399 I always thought it was "don't bang your evil half-sister".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

I was hoping that was so obvious that we wouldn't even have to discuss it.

Posted by: Merlin at March 18, 2016 09:17 AM (xuouz)

400 What's the fun of being royalty without a little light incest?

Posted by: The Hapsburgs at March 18, 2016 09:17 AM (u0s1P)

401
I am a small "r" republican.
Posted by: sven10077

Hey, me too! A small, teeny tiny, itty-bitty "r" republican.

Posted by: Marco "Weensy" Rubio

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 09:17 AM (kdS6q)

402 were there exemplary people who refused to own slaves out of principle in any historical period?

Most of the founding fathers actually belonged to anti-slavery organizations and helped get slavery ended in the various states and colonies. Most of them owned slaves (or their families did) and set them free at some point.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:17 AM (39g3+)

403 >>I always thought it was "don't bang your evil half-sister".

I always thought it was "if the hot psycho witch-chick starts chanting words you taught her, you're about to be frozen in a big block of ice in a cave, forever. Kinda thing."

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (Bdeb0)

404 >>What militant atheists and the anti-Christian types don't get is that
once you remove Judeo-Christianity from society, morality again becomes a
matter of "right = might."

This. And they assume that they will always be the one with might.

You see this with abortion and euthanasia, eating away at the edges of valuing life and the belief that *all* life has value. Once you embrace the idea that it's OK to off the gestating baby that is far enough along to survive outside the womb, or bed-ridden grannie who just won't die, just for your convenience, it becomes much, much easier to justify other stuff, like withholding healthcare to smokers and fatties, or a baby born with expensive to fix heart defects because they don't deserve those health resources or something.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (NOIQH)

405 397 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (/wVDI)

Dad may not have been right in the head using magic to trick mom into rutting....

//Arthurian Legend in 16 words

Heh....

"Morgan Le Fey is in fact an Italian Singer"

Heh, no seriously everything falls to shit when they lose sight of that mission.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (g8Hfr)

406 You need to go cousin for a great buzzin'.

Posted by: The Hapsburgs at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (u0s1P)

407 Hmmm -- that might might cause a few problems with the "Cruz just needs to take 51% everywhere from here on out" pathway to victory.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 08:57 AM (kdS6q)

Math is a cold, cruel bitch, sure enough. Anything can happen but Trump will likely take the GOP nomination and--given Hillary's weakness as a candidate--he might even win the presidency. Even more,Trump's followers are so loyal and devoted that he can pretty much say and do whatever he the hell he wants without losing their support.

Which brings up an interesting question: are people who (joyfully) allow themselves to be manipulatedand exploited really being manipulated and exploited? I'msaying no, sinceTrump's lies and evasions and shifting positions are glaringly evident.Trump doesn't hide that he's an unprincipled opportunist. Some of you might even think that's part of his charm. And that's really screwed up.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (UWlp+)

408
London parking space goes on sale for 350,000 pounds ($500,000)

The space in Hyde Park Gardens measure 19.5ft by 8ft and is being advertised by Knight Frank, which says it is "a rare opportunity to purchase a private parking space for one car, located behind the prestigious Hyde Park Gardens and ideally located for the transport links of the M1."

http://tinyurl.com/jc2pyg2

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 09:19 AM (kdS6q)

409
I always thought it was "don't bang your evil half-sister".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 09:15 AM (/wVDI)

Aunt, actually.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:16 AM (cbfNE)

Everything I know about Arthurian legend comes from trying to catch a glimpse of Helen Mirren's tits on TV.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2016 09:19 AM (/wVDI)

410
I hate how Uncle Tom has become a slur when the character Uncle Tom died under torture because he refused to say where escaped slaves were hiding and how they escaped. The book had a tremendous effect on the abolitionist movement.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:20 AM (iQIUe)

411 Aquinas's habit of referring to Aristotle as "The Philosopher" is badass and needs a modern corollary.

While you try to think of a clever one, check out the latest from The Cartoonist.
bit.ly/1SX5A2K

That's bullshit, actually, Bill Watterson is the cartoonist.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:20 AM (xuouz)

412 407 Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (UWlp+)

send a Cult of Personality Demagogue to destroy a Cult of Personality Demagogue...

let's see how the left enjoys this game.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:20 AM (g8Hfr)

413 Chuckle of the morning.

The only thing to like about Trump, really, was how he ticked off all the right people and smashed through the PC barricades.

So, gotta hand it to the guy, once again. I heard that Putin didn't like the commercial with him in it. Heh.

Howdy, y'all. It's a day! Another day without Vic, apparently, but a day. Grateful to God, despite all the pain.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 20 Years on the Web at March 18, 2016 09:21 AM (sVGvG)

414 I can haz my own Pris robot?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 18, 2016 08:42 AM (pUDQf)

I think we all wanted that as teenagers.

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 09:22 AM (aQQbl)

415 Barring an appointment by the Powers That Be at the convention, Rubio is all the way out.

usat.ly/1SWNWfz

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:22 AM (xuouz)

416 'Mornin kids, everybody get home safe last night I hope?

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 09:22 AM (aQQbl)

417 Watching and reading the CNBC interview of Paul Ryan, he is absolutely delusional and a a complete fraud.

"I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party."

Oh really asshole?

Please explain in great detail about these "CON-conservative" ideas.

Please list the great accomplishments of the "CON-servative" GOP over the last 5, 10, 15 years.

The GOP and specifically this asshole Ryan needs to be destroyed.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 18, 2016 09:23 AM (oPD1T)

418 You see this with abortion and euthanasia, eating away at the edges of valuing life and the belief that *all* life has value. Once you embrace the idea that it's OK to off the gestating baby that is far enough along to survive outside the womb, or bed-ridden grannie who just won't die, just for your convenience, it becomes much, much easier to justify other stuff, like withholding healthcare to smokers and fatties, or a baby born with expensive to fix heart defects because they don't deserve those health resources or something.
Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 09:18 AM (NOIQH)

I seem to recall the exact thing happening around the 1930's in Germany. Those individuals who had the audacity to be born "imperfect" were, ah, dealt with for the good of the community.

It seems like the current left read about the atrocities of the Third Reich, and simply worked out how to implement them themselves, rather than being struck by how evil and vile they really were, and trying to stop it from ever happening again.

Posted by: Moki at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (7q2ch)

419 417 Posted by: Kreplach at March 18, 2016 09:23 AM (oPD1T)

Ryan understands "conservatism" as "holding the camera while the democrats screw Lady Liberty right before your eyes..."

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (g8Hfr)

420 While I was SoS there was no Inspector General and five billion dollars vanished. Call me President Strap On!

Posted by: Hillary 2016 at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (gwG9s)

421 TN lawmaker has soft spot for ISIS

If you have a soft spot for the First Amendment and want to end lefty fascist campus speech codes, you are supporting terrorists?!

Posted by: Wendy at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (bpemY)

422 I just heard that Paul Ryan is gonna be the chairman of the convention.
Is that because he's Speaker?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (cbfNE)

423 The GOP and specifically this asshole Ryan needs to be destroyed.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 18, 2016 09:23 AM (oPD1T)

Beloved Fearless Leader Donald Trump is a Republican. Just thought I'd point that out.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 09:26 AM (UWlp+)

424 Watching and reading the CNBC interview of Paul Ryan, he is absolutely delusional and a a complete fraud.

"I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party."

Howz about starting with a budget asshole?

We are so unmoored from reality that $19 T in debt is normal. That budgets are to be seen as unwanted or needed.

And he too is spoiling for a convention run by them, to produce a result only they want.

And then he'll come here, demanding obedience.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:27 AM (326rv)

425 Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:10 AM (g8Hfr)

Thanks for that, sven. Appears we're largely fellow travelers. Perhaps. Who knows.

On the other hand, I have no idea what the fake sign language guy was talking about.

Peace.

Posted by: DocJ at March 18, 2016 09:27 AM (zrsn3)

426 423 Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 09:26 AM (UWlp+)

He's a "republican" like the McCain gang are "republicans"....

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 09:27 AM (g8Hfr)

427 T-Bone has been putting lead in Newark's reservoirs, just to irritate me.

Posted by: Cory Booker at March 18, 2016 09:28 AM (3EerS)

428 Beloved Fearless Leader Donald Trump is a Republican. Just thought I'd point that out.

No shit.

So is Jeb! Whom the GOPe wanted/still wants.

So is Rubio (ditto)

so is katshit (act of love) who they are supporting RIGHT NOW.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:28 AM (326rv)

429 >>I seem to recall the exact thing happening around the 1930's in Germany.
Those individuals who had the audacity to be born "imperfect" were, ah,
dealt with for the good of the community.

Yep, Action T4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_T4

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 09:29 AM (NOIQH)

430 T-Bone has told me that he'd vote for either Trump or Cruz, but no one else.

Posted by: Cory Booker at March 18, 2016 09:29 AM (3EerS)

431 Barring an appointment by the Powers That Be at the convention, Rubio is all the way out.

usat.ly/1SWNWfz

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:22 AM (xuouz)

He's actually back in the Senate, and has participated in voting. Something he hasn't done for the past six months.
I personally like Marco and think he was the one with the most heartfelt, conservative leaning speeches. His decision making ability was seriously flawed, as in the gang of 8, and hopefully he will find a private sector job in which he can further conservatism.

Yes, I know that's a stretch, but I'm an optimist.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 18, 2016 09:30 AM (rKNmI)

432 It seems like the current left read about the atrocities of the Third Reich, and simply worked out how to implement them themselves, rather than being struck by how evil and vile they really were, and trying to stop it from ever happening again.
Posted by: Moki at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (7q2ch)

There's so much self-delusion in our culture. Mainstream psychology (the psychology of sales and marketing) is all about twisting up action and reaction, cause and effect, til a person doesn't know if the choices they're making, choices that should be foundational to their careers and personal lives, are something they're doing because they want to or because they have to.

So you're right, but the entire concept of "making the hard choice" and "doing the right thing instead of the easy thing" has mutated into a mechanism for making leftists feel mature for choosing evil. As if it's just a temporary thing.

I try not to forget that, because the vast majority of liberals aren't shielding their eyes from the tragedies they enable and participate in. They're having their eyes shielded.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:30 AM (xuouz)

433
Fun Fact:

Rubio won 168 delegates during his primary run. Taking into account the arcane Republican Party rules that vary from state to state, at least 98 of those will be up for grabs, a Roll Call analysis of the RNC regulations found.

That same analysis shows 45 delegates are still required to vote for Rubio at the convention for at least the first ballot, and other delegates will automatically fall to another candidate based on rules set up by each state.

Roll Call

That's for those incorporating Rubio's delegates into their RNC Fantasy League.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 09:30 AM (kdS6q)

434 "I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party."

... as I understand it. Well, there you go. So Paul Ryno must "understand" "conservatism" as meaning an ever-expanding, debt-funded Fed.GOV, lead-filled rivers and crony capitalism, among other joys.

I guess it's my understanding that needs to change then, seeing as how he's like a "Republican" leader and stuff.

Posted by: DocJ at March 18, 2016 09:33 AM (zrsn3)

435 are people who (joyfully) allow themselves to be manipulatedand exploited really being manipulated and exploited?

In Trump's case I don't think its so much people being fooled as it is people being finished with politics as usual. And by that I don't mean 'burn it down.'

What I mean is that everyone knows politicians lie, from start to finish. None of them keep their promises, even the well-meaning ones can't. A political promise is practically synonymous with bovine feces.

So Trump is just spouting trash, whatever comes to mind, regardless of consistency, and his supporters don't even care, because he's not about the specifics or the promises, he's about a brand: The Trump. President Obama did the same thing, but in a manner that was pleasing to academics and folks both hoity and toity. Trump is more crass and street level.

The end result is the same: he's not selling specifics, he's selling a feeling and associations, he's selling a brand of personality and approach that people are deciding doesn't sound so bad in office.

Compare that to Hillary's more traditional "I'll feed you a line of outrageous BS and you pretend to believe it" politics. Her style is old fashioned and I question how effective it is in a modern race.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:33 AM (39g3+)

436 More recently, there's been UK's NHS' Liverpool Care Pathway (bureaucrat's setting quotas for hospitals for starving elderly) and in the Netherlands there's the Groningen Protocol (doctors can withhold life-saving care from newborns).

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 09:33 AM (NOIQH)

437 That's for those incorporating Rubio's delegates into their RNC Fantasy League.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix

That's the kindest description I've heard so far on the upcoming debacle in Cleveland.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:33 AM (326rv)

438
Pranksters confront people in Compton before stripping down to Borat-style mankinis -- until one man pulls out a GUN.

http://tinyurl.com/hrwvrgn

"Welcome to LA, bitches!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 09:37 AM (kdS6q)

439 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:33 AM (39g3+)

Wow, man. Thanks for that. Never, ever considered looking at this all that way before but that's some weapons-grade top-shelf quality observation there.

Bravo.

Posted by: DocJ at March 18, 2016 09:38 AM (zrsn3)

440 The bylaw would also outlaw "rumor mongering, taunting, mocking and ostracizing."

*****

Well that's going to severely cramp my style.

Posted by: Mandela fake sign language guy at March 18, 2016 09:41 AM (NeFrd)

441 Wow, man. Thanks for that.

I dunno how true it is, just something that occurred to me about Trump and his campaign. And in today's modern society, that approach seems to really work. Its how almost all advertising is done today. Almost no ads praise their product's features or tell you objectively that they are better, they try to get you to associate the product with something you want: fun, sex, parties, beauty, desirability, health, etc.

Even the ads that have details are not really about the details so much as concept association. And the ads that don't do this feel old and dated and strange.

Its why ads make no sense at all now. They aren't even trying to get you to buy the product. Those bizarre Old Spice ads with the guy flexing or the animated stick of deoderant, they aren't about how good Old Spice is so much as trying to get you to associate cool, offbeat, and funny with the product so you see it and want it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (39g3+)

442 422 I just heard that Paul Ryan is gonna be the chairman of the convention.
Is that because he's Speaker?

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (cbfNE)

Yes

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (mEZce)

443 435 are people who (joyfully) allow themselves to be manipulatedand exploited really being manipulated and exploited?

In Trump's case I don't think its so much people being fooled as it is people being finished with politics as usual. And by that I don't mean 'burn it down.'

What I mean is that everyone knows politicians lie, from start to finish. None of them keep their promises, even the well-meaning ones can't. A political promise is practically synonymous with bovine feces.

So Trump is just spouting trash, whatever comes to mind, regardless of consistency, and his supporters don't even care, because he's not about the specifics or the promises, he's about a brand: The Trump. President Obama did the same thing, but in a manner that was pleasing to academics and folks both hoity and toity. Trump is more crass and street level.

The end result is the same: he's not selling specifics, he's selling a feeling and associations, he's selling a brand of personality and approach that people are deciding doesn't sound so bad in office.

Compare that to Hillary's more traditional "I'll feed you a line of outrageous BS and you pretend to believe it" politics. Her style is old fashioned and I question how effective it is in a modern race.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:33 AM (39g3+)

Actually, Trump is selling something quite specific: stopping the bleed-out of our national sovereignty.

Folks who say his appeal is purely emotional do not understand what is going on at all.

Posted by: eman at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (MQEz6)

444 There are people (who will be waking up shortly) who still believe that Cruz can come out of the convention with the nomination.

I look forward to another day of useless back and forth trying to dispel this insanity from those who just can't see reality.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (Zs4uk)

445 I understand why the lawmaker answered the way he did on the ISIS question.
He understands the left considers anyone right of center as terrorists.
Also that if he leaves the tent flap open at all, the left will say there IS reason to censor those "terrorists" and he basically said so.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW PI at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (m3iiU)

446 It seems like the current left read about the atrocities of the Third Reich, and simply worked out how to implement them themselves, rather than being struck by how evil and vile they really were, and trying to stop it from ever happening again.

Posted by: Moki at March 18, 2016 09:25 AM (7q2ch)

Oh, they've come up with better rationalizations.

The Nazis are condemned by them because they were open racists and believe white people (Aryans) were the Master Race. (They were so racist they thought other whites- not only Jews, but Slavs for instance - were subhuman).

Obviously the argument that "we Aryans have the right to kill whoever we want because we are racially superior and we don't want to waste resources on the subhumans, the weak, and the mentally and physically handicapped" - well, that sort of blunt talk doesn't fly in 2016.

No, you have to use words like "every child should be wanted" (so if you're not, in the trash bucket with you) or "the quality of life is the most important determinant" - but they are the ones who get to determine if your quality of life is high enough to permit you to live. According to them, Down syndrome kids, the elderly, those with terminal diseases shouldn't live. It doesn't matter that those people or others might still see their lives as having value - the Left knows they're better off dead and killing them would really be a mercy.

In a way, the modern Left is more dangerous than the Nazis because at least the Nazis were honest about their brutality and contempt for "inferiors." The modern Left uses clich�s and euphemisms to rationalize and convince the unthinking that they are compassionate.

And they have been remarkably and terrifyingly successful in doing so.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (u0lmX)

447 So Trump is just spouting trash, whatever comes to mind, regardless of consistency, and his supporters don't even care, because he's not about the specifics or the promises, he's about a brand: The Trump. President Obama did the same thing, but in a manner that was pleasing to academics and folks both hoity and toity. Trump is more crass and street level.

You left out some things:

He's spending more time fighting the GOPe than us (it's a refreshing change)

he fights the MFM (yet another refreshing change)

The fact that this is going on while everyone is making bets on when, not if, the Stupid party caves and confirms an anti gun SCOTUS pick should speak volumes.

Oh and don't forget that we're watching our betters screwing over Cruz and propping up katshit. Yet another in a long line of the Stupid Party actively fighting US.

Trump didn't occur in a vacuum.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:43 AM (326rv)

448 Question about the ISIS recruiting: I can understand defending a student group's right to say things like, "I think that ISIS is fighting for a good cause", but actually recruiting?

I thought you could be arrested for that. I thought they had the status of something like an enemy combatant.

They should be stopped not because we don't like their ideas, but because you don't allow known terrorists/enemy forces/criminals to wander around freely.

That said, I think we should provide a free one way ticket to anyone who wants to join. They shouldn't be here and they deserve what they get when they arrive.

And for anyone naive enough to think this could impact other groups' speech rights, I have news for you, they are already de facto under attack. When Christians try to witness in public areas on college campuses, they are typically harassed by campus security who lie to them about their right to be where they are. The left will act exactly the same no matter what you do, so the legislature might as well do the sane thing and forbid ISIS to recruit.

Posted by: Mrs. Daesh at March 18, 2016 09:44 AM (3EerS)

449 It makes me wonder: how many dogs are smothered to death in cars? Is this a real problem, or just another way (as it appears to me) for the crazy people to intrude on someone else's life?
Posted by: MTF at March 18, 2016 06:30 AM (TxJGV)

Not smothered; baked. Anecdotes: A co-worker accidentally killed her beloved cat, who had snuck into her car. My SIL accidentally killed the kids' guinea pig by leaving it in the car for awhile while she corralled her unruly twin toddlers.

A local cop accidentally killed two police dogs he took home and left in the car overnight. Border patrol have killed several of their dogs this way. I know someone who's dog died in the baggage compartment of an airplane that had to wait on the tarmac in the summer.
So, it happens a lot, though I don't have stats. At 50 degrees there's no danger, and the person who called the cops on you is an idiot neurotic busybody, but there's a reason people get freaked out about animals in cars.

Posted by: stace at March 18, 2016 09:45 AM (ozZau)

450
Science!:

The average person can see approximately one million colours, whereas tetrachromats have an extra cone class in their eyes for colour vision that dramatically increases their range up to a potential 99 million.

It is thought that the condition is caused by mutations in the X chromosome, which make people to see more or less colour. These mutations make men more likely to be colour blind and mean women are more likely to be tetrachromats if they have mutations on both X chromosomes.

http://tinyurl.com/zmaokxf

Which is why they complain about the shoes never quite matching the dress.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 09:45 AM (kdS6q)

451 Well, THAT sock fail was somehow nonetheless appropriate.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 09:46 AM (NeFrd)

452 Actually, Trump is selling something quite specific: stopping the bleed-out of our national sovereignty.

Sure, that's what strongly appeals to you, but I think if you're honest with yourself, you don't hold out much expectation he'll actually do it. Its just the approach you like: FU to political correctness, yay America, lets protect our borders, we've gone too far, things are lousy and we need to fix them, etc. His themes are not about specific policy so much as stuff that people are really unhappy about and personifying the desire to stop and reverse that.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:46 AM (39g3+)

453 Christopher Taylor wins the internets for today.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 18, 2016 09:47 AM (kTF2Z)

454 Good morning, relatively early here is lala land. I see Comrade Sanders is calling Sheriff Joe of Arizona un-American. This should be so interesting...

Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 09:47 AM (a0IVu)

455 When the average length of a comment exceeds the average length of a blog post it's time to go find something else to do.

Later gators.

Endeavor to persevere

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 18, 2016 09:49 AM (NeFrd)

456 I use Mrs Daesh on all my falafel.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:49 AM (39g3+)

457 I use Mrs Daesh on all my falafel.

The official spice of the terrorist group Hummas.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:51 AM (326rv)

458 Why that girl at the Madonna concert isn't suing the shit out of her and retiring is beyond me. Pretty cut and dry.
Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW

I bet she's disappointed Biden isn't running. She seems to be modelling her behavior on him.

Posted by: Mrs. Daesh at March 18, 2016 09:51 AM (3EerS)

459 452 Actually, Trump is selling something quite specific: stopping the bleed-out of our national sovereignty.

Sure, that's what strongly appeals to you, but I think if you're honest with yourself, you don't hold out much expectation he'll actually do it. Its just the approach you like: FU to political correctness, yay America, lets protect our borders, we've gone too far, things are lousy and we need to fix them, etc. His themes are not about specific policy so much as stuff that people are really unhappy about and personifying the desire to stop and reverse that.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:46 AM (39g3+)

Actually, I think he will do just what he says.

Things such as securing the border and deporting invaders and making better trade deals, etc. are specific policies.

What is wrong with wanting to fix things that you believe have gone wrong? What is wrong about focusing your anger about such things on a concrete thing like supporting the one candidate who takes these matters seriously?

Posted by: eman at March 18, 2016 09:52 AM (MQEz6)

460 I look forward to another day of useless back and forth trying to dispel this insanity from those who just can't see reality.
Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 09:42 AM (Zs4uk)
_________

I see the banner:

SURRENDER DOROTHY

Yeah, let's all just lay back, close our eyes, and think of 'winning'.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 09:53 AM (MIKMs)

461 All the Constitution says is that there has to be a Supreme Court. (Even the existence of lower federal courts is entirely optional). There's nothing holy, never mind constitutionally sacrosanct about the number nine. Congress could decide tomorrow to make the Supreme Court a body of 72 people picked randomly from the phonebook (so long as the president was the one doing the random picking and the Congress approved them).

When the president, a former teacher of constitutional law, says, "the Constitution is pretty clear" about the need for hearings on his pick, he's not telling the truth. He's playing politics. The same goes for all the Republican senators who say the Constitution is clear that they don't have to hold hearings if they don't want to. The issue isn't whether the Constitution is clear. The simple fact is that the Constitution is silent. And where the Constitution is silent, politics is supreme.

Posted by: Earl Butz at March 18, 2016 09:53 AM (e8kgV)

462 Because the girl did nothing to cover up which tells me that she wasnt bothered. She also said later that she didnt know why people were making such a big deal about her boob.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 09:53 AM (iQIUe)

463 The simple fact is that the Constitution is silent. And where the Constitution is silent, politics is supreme.
Posted by: Earl Butz at March 18, 2016 09:53 AM (e8kgV)

Excellent post. And absolutely correct.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 18, 2016 09:55 AM (rKNmI)

464
Somebody needs to go to wiki leaks and search Hillary's emails for the term
"vodka".

Posted by: simplemind at March 18, 2016 09:55 AM (JTwsP)

465
Things such as securing the border and deporting invaders and making better trade deals, etc. are specific policies.

Posted by: eman

Agreed. At worst, trump will be yet another guy who talked tough about it, and then reneged (McCain and his build the damn wall, at least until he's re-elected.) And in 2008, He was the front runner for President. Since then, what has he done?

Cheered on keystone cops 'resistance fighters' in Syria.
Gang of 8.
Repeatedly insulted his own voters, using ridiculous names.

And we're supposed to focus on how Trump is a buffoon.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:57 AM (326rv)

466 Sure, that's what strongly appeals to you, but I think if you're honest with yourself, you don't hold out much expectation he'll actually do it. Its just the approach you like: FU to political correctness, yay America, lets protect our borders, we've gone too far, things are lousy and we need to fix them, etc. His themes are not about specific policy so much as stuff that people are really unhappy about and personifying the desire to stop and reverse that.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 09:46 AM (39g3+)

No Chris. No. Trump critics are taking counsel of their fears. They simply do not believe that he'll do what he's saying he'll do. And all the evidence that he's lying, that he's running a stalking horse campaign, is founded on confirmation bias just as much as his supporters hopes for him are.

The support is there because he could win. It's tautological but that's the paradox of the cult of personality. I never game-planned out what an insurgent candidate would look like. We've been having wet dreams about an outsider taking over, or taking down, the Republican party and storming into Washington with a red-tape machete, but for my part that was such a fevered hope, that that someone would come along, that I never thought about what it would have to look like.

What other approach could work? There's so much focus on Trump as Trump and not Trump as candidate - and he does that, that's the whole phenomenon, it's not a criticism - that people are getting stuck on the outrageous stuff instead of what he's done:

Redefined the issues. Told the press to sit back down. Challenged the GOP. Garnered the votes.

So he's blitzing the clerisy and winning, much like an American: in a way he isn't supposed to.

Why?

What will he do once in office?

Why is he doing this?

Sorry I'm willing to let myself hope he's serious.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 09:58 AM (xuouz)

467 >>And they have been remarkably and terrifyingly successful in doing so.

No kidding! It is shocking to see people blithely declare that a mother should've killed her Downs baby to spare him/her the miseray of a challenged life and act as if *they're* a much more caring person than the mother who cherishes her child.

WZ linked to a Mother Theresa speech at a Clinton era Prayer Breakfast a few days ago, and what she was was so spot on:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hkj3wzw

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:00 AM (NOIQH)

468 I guess it's pensive Friday here on the 'Q

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:01 AM (xuouz)

469 Trump didn't occur in a vacuum.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 09:43 AM (326rv)

Trump is a symptom of a much larger and dastardly disease. The cure is going to be bitter and ugly. I can't help but see even more division and distrust of our neighbors as the veils of civility fall away. Hell it happens here at AoS, more and more. We are mostly all on the same team but the infighting and arm twisting (pun intended) is worse than I can recall it being in the six or so years I've been around.
I think we as a country have let ourselves become so self absorbed and self involved that we actually believe without question the stories we are told and the images we see. I pondered this earlier today. We all know people that will find an error in a news report or article, point out the error and maybe even chastise the writer. Then they will go on reading or watching just assuming the next article or segment is without a doubt, the truth.
Nobody is perfect, but what happened to seeing obvious propaganda and political gamesmanship for what it really is. What happened to calling it out and drawing the line? How did we get to tolerate the GOPe and accept the say one thing, then do the opposite that has become their trademark?
I don't mean to infer that everything is a conspiracy, only that we could have prevented this by paying closer attention and tolerating it less.

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 10:01 AM (aQQbl)

470 "the federal Environmental Protection Agency"

That should have read ..

"the Obama Environmental Protection Agency"

I'm sure that anytime anything in the federal government fails, Mr Obama blames George Bush, but it's time for Mr Obama to "wear big boy pants" and take responsibility for what goes on in his Administration.

Posted by: Earl Butz at March 18, 2016 10:01 AM (e8kgV)

471 What is wrong with wanting to fix things that you believe have gone wrong?

You seem to be thinking I am opposed to his brand and what he stands for. I'm not criticizing supporters, I'm analyzing Trump's campaign technique. Whether you like him or not is irrelevant here.

What he's representing himself as and presenting himself as, I happen to appreciate and agree with. What I'm saying is that he's not doing the usual stump speech of x, y, and z policies, he's not doing the standard old political campaign. He doesn't have his list of things he's pushing. He's doing a more stream of consciousness association campaign: come in with me and be a part of this.

That doesn't mean people are stupid or emotionally manipulated by the guy, it means he's just reaching people differently than politicians used to.

President Obama did the same thing, but he did it with a semi-hypnotic droning sophistry, with a rich baritone voice. He said things that sounded really smart and impressive, but ultimately meant nothing, which made his listeners feel like they were part of something smart, and his brand was one of progressivism and moving away from the past.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:02 AM (39g3+)

472 Quite aside from what Trump may or may not do, part of the rise I think demonstrates how conservativism, as such, is collapsing. And a fair amount of ugliness is associated with that, unfortunately.

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 10:02 AM (cGcTh)

473 Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
Apart from Trump, all the candidates are just the same old politicians.
Therefore, voting for Trump is the sane choice.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 10:03 AM (cbfNE)

474 Sorry I'm willing to let myself hope he's serious.

Yes, but why are you doing so? That's what I'm considering here. Is it because he's delivering such compelling, convincing factual analysis and lists of policy concepts? Is it because he gives such compelling speeches that you find yourself persuaded by his arguments and logic?

Or is it because he has created a brand that associates him with all the stuff you feel and want, against all the stuff that pisses you off, and delivers it in an effective, often entertaining way?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:06 AM (39g3+)

475 471 ... Interesting. I must ponder this.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 10:06 AM (zfvHs)

476 469 Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 10:01 AM (aQQbl)

Eh...the Palin wars were just as intense...

come to think on it it was just as bad during "shutdown theater"....

I love the people here...

pretty much across the spectrum and including people that an outsider might think are "blood enemies" WRT inside GOP baseball like Jack Straw...

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:06 AM (g8Hfr)

477 Ann Coulter is as subtle as a brick to the head.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has the Asbestos Undershorts You Need for Your Internet Flame-Wars! at March 18, 2016 10:07 AM (hLRSq)

478 and take responsibility for what goes on in his Administration.

Posted by: Earl Butz at March 18, 2016 10:01 AM (e8kgV)

Are you here all week? Should I try the veal

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 10:08 AM (mEZce)

479
Meanwhile in California, taking it right in the neck:

San Francisco wants Airbnb hosts to pay taxes on beds, stoves and cutlery

Next week the city will notify hosts using services like Airbnb and HomeAway/VRBO that they must submit an itemized list of all the furniture, appliances, supplies, equipment and fixtures used in their rentals, specifying the cost and acquisition date. After the assessors office calculates depreciation, this business personal property will be subject to a tax of slightly over 1 percent of its value.

For rental hosts, the items to report could range from the furniture and linens in a single bedroom to the entire contents of their house, depending on whether they rent just a room or the whole house. Even folks who rent out their home only a couple of weeks a year must report the cost of every single stick of furniture, appliance, sheet and towel, including items whose purchase predated the homes use as a vacation rental. Theres no break for renting infrequently. Personal property taxes are not prorated.

http://tinyurl.com/hdhwqzz

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 10:08 AM (kdS6q)

480 478 Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has the Asbestos Undershorts You Need for Your Internet Flame-Wars! at March 18, 2016 10:07 AM (hLRSq)

Part of her "charm" that said that article is dead on correct.

The 2012 autopsy was essentially "we're not that into YOU and we're gonna import a class of people to ensure donkey power en perpetual."

Newsflash for the CoC Suc*ers...

I'm allowed to have political representation too.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:08 AM (g8Hfr)

481

Posted by: the constitution at March 18, 2016 10:08 AM (ioqGj)

482 >>And all the evidence that he's lying, that he's running a stalking horse campaign, is founded on confirmation bias just as much as his supporters hopes for him are.

QED.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:08 AM (Bdeb0)

483 If Berdahl was a schizo, why was he allowed to serve in the first place? Did Nidal Hassan do the psych evaluation? I think they should be put in the same cell and their conversation secretly monitored.

Posted by: Mrs. Daesh at March 18, 2016 10:09 AM (3EerS)

484 ... pondering complete.

I think Chris is onto something here.

Part of Trump's appeal IS his refusal to get "lost in the weeds". Is that by design or just a result of a lack of knowledge or intent ? Hell ... I don't know.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 10:09 AM (zfvHs)

485 Once you accept that there is no good outcome of any kind possible in this election, and I think it's pretty easy to make that case, then it becomes easy to support Trump. I'd rather see D.C. nuked than see Hillary have the presidency.

and that's not an exaggeration, probably because I'm to the point that I'd like to see D.C. get nuked just on general principle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2016 10:10 AM (/jecC)

486 >>What does Hillary Clinton know about Fast & Furious?

seeing as she was mouthing off about U.S. guns ending up with drug cartels before Fast & Furious was outted, I'd say she was in on the vast left wing conspiracy to overturn the 2nd amendment known as Fast & Furious.

Posted by: x at March 18, 2016 10:11 AM (nFwvY)

487 Christopher Taylor is right. Trump is riding a wave election.
Obama did too.

That does not mean they will both be similar presidents.

Obama was always a lazy person who talked big but didn't deliver.

Trump has always been a hard-working, driven, ambitious man. He'll do stuff. I tend to think he'll deliver on his major promises because he'll want to gave that legacy.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 10:12 AM (cbfNE)

488 485 Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2016 10:10 AM (/jecC)

One nice byproduct of the majority of "sunny day at 2 am scenarios" is the opfor will literally be removing their aiders and abettors.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:12 AM (g8Hfr)

489 Speaking of modern day slavery: Scientology. That HBO documentary that came out last years was bananas! Now the Scientology leaders dad is publishing a book about him:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/z93ao49

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:13 AM (NOIQH)

490 If it were solely brand name, Trump would not have succeeded to the same degree. He's offering, I guess, a third way republicanism. Not conservative and not establishment. You can see voters had been looking for that previously with Ron Paul and libertarian tendencies, and now populism. If it's denied, what is next?

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 10:13 AM (cGcTh)

491 I had blocked out the Palin Wars.. yes, that was ugly stuff.

I still think the bottom is coming up to meet us quicker than we realize. I don't want to infer there's a civil war brewing, but the boundaries of what is and is not acceptable behavior on the right, the left, and in middle will continue to shift. I'm discouraged at what I've seen otherwise rational and intelligent people say and do in the last few months. I don't mean just in the media but friends and family members too, it's incredible the hate and bile spewing from them.

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 10:14 AM (aQQbl)

492 What he's representing himself as and presenting himself as, I happen to appreciate and agree with. What I'm saying is that he's not doing the usual stump speech of x, y, and z policies, he's not doing the standard old political campaign. He doesn't have his list of things he's pushing. He's doing a more stream of consciousness association campaign: come in with me and be a part of this.

That doesn't mean people are stupid or emotionally manipulated by the guy, it means he's just reaching people differently than politicians used to.

It's an 'outsider election year'. And he's about as way out as they come, politically speaking.

Is he of the establishment? Yes.

Is he in many ways, of the ruling class? Certainly.

But he alone isn't an active part of the DC beltway. And he talks differently from them all.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:14 AM (326rv)

493 485 488 ... Time it with a Northeasterly Wind, and we catch Baltimore with the fallout ...

... a two-fer.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 10:15 AM (zfvHs)

494 Just babbling at this point...

Though my level of enthusiasm for him is currently registering near -70 on the GAF meter, I would still prefer Cruz over Trump.

That said, the more shrill the anti-Trump rhetoric becomes, the more quadrants it emanates from, and the more it seems to be a monolith planted in the ass of the GOP, the more I am inclined to pull the lever for him.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at March 18, 2016 10:16 AM (4ng05)

495 I think Clinton was involved in Fast and Furious, and that her involvement is probably in the emails she attempted to "wipe".

State is in charge of ITAR violations. Simply shipping AR parts to foreign nationals is an ITAR violation. Ignorance of the law is not a legal defense, and State had full authority to investigate F&F.

The SoS should have been furious that an operation like F&F took place without her knowledge, since it was a violation of Mexican sovereignty. And she would have the full avbility to investigate.

However, at least three separate departments were involved in F&F: DOJ, DHS, and Treasury (at least one IRS agent). Was State in the loop?

Posted by: DonS at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (Q2pWM)

496 Trump I think, represents part of the former ruling class, the industrialists and manufacturers, who have been shut out of poker by the global financial class. They've been hurting too, and this may be their chance to get back in.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (cbfNE)

497 Geebus!

St. Paul Man Assaulted; Wife Scares Off Attackers With Gun

http://tinyurl.com/jtgrxtl

What would you do if you came home and there were 20-30 yoots gambling in your driveway?

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (KCQo0)

498 #474

Yes, but why are you doing so? That's what I'm considering here.
Is it because he's delivering such compelling, convincing factual
analysis and lists of policy concepts? Is it because he gives such
compelling speeches that you find yourself persuaded by his arguments
and logic?

Or is it because he has created a brand that associates him with all
the stuff you feel and want, against all the stuff that pisses you off,
and delivers it in an effective, often entertaining way?
===============

Why, it just possibly could be BOTH!

He's a fighter. People love a good fight. And to beat Hillary, Barry, and the MSM we're gonna have to hire the meanest, toughest, fightinest SOB in the field. And Ted Cruz ain't it.

All this handwringing going on while Barry's on the phone, calling every deep-pocket Dem and telling them to support Hillary. At least that's what I read.

Posted by: mrp at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (JBggj)

499 492 Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:14 AM (326rv)

This is different than the Divine Julius marketing himself as "Julius Smith not Caesar friend of the Plebs" how?

It is a story as old as the concept of Republican government itself.

Caesar sold this lie despite him being in the end wealthier than Pompey abetted by Crassus.

The Triumvirs gave the plebs pennies while imbibing millions.

Sounds like the "largesse" Searchlight Stalker has gained for his pet AmerInds...

the wheel turns....

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (g8Hfr)

500 Things such as securing the border and deporting invaders and making better trade deals, etc. are specific policies.
.....
NumbersUSA lowered Trump's grade from A- to B+, and they give Cruz an A.

Mark Krikorian says Trump is weak on immigration. Lord only knows what Trump told the NYT on immigration, but he's been running to the left of Rubio on that issue lately.

Posted by: stace at March 18, 2016 10:18 AM (ozZau)

501 >>Speaking of modern day slavery: Scientology. That HBO documentary

Got Lawrence Wright's audiobook, "Going Clear" (yardwork listening)--wow.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:18 AM (Bdeb0)

502 the more it seems to be a monolith planted in the ass of the GOP

Posted by: the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey at March 18, 2016 10:18 AM (ioqGj)

503
Meanwhile over at RedState, the wonder of a young girl's first menses:

I Will Never Vote for Trump, and if He Loses to Hillary it Will be His Fault, not Mine

By:Leon "Snappin' Turtle" Wolf

http://tinyurl.com/j759m3c

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 10:19 AM (kdS6q)

504 496 Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (cbfNE)

In part.

We are in the throes of the global credit class and IT guru class trying to dictate what everyone else can do.

It is a testament to the power/willful blindness of the media that the American public cannot grasp the mules are asses and elbows deep in bed with both.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:19 AM (g8Hfr)

505 �doesn't mean people are stupid or emotionally manipulated by the guy, it means he's just reaching people differently than politicians used to.�

====

How much of that do you think is a kind of rejection of the bitter right/left battles? Not merely outsider but outside of that particular kulturkampf? One of the appeals is his unorthodox approach, anti pc speech.

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 10:19 AM (cGcTh)

506 Harry Potter and the Ass-Planted Monolith

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:20 AM (Bdeb0)

507 lol LDC, brutal.

The first rule of snapping turtles is, stay away from snapping turtles.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:21 AM (xuouz)

508 I hear the Ass Planted Monolith is the new black.

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 10:21 AM (aQQbl)

509 What does Hillary Clinton know about Fast & Furious?

seeing as she was mouthing off about U.S. guns ending up with drug cartels before Fast & Furious was outted, I'd say she was in on the vast left wing conspiracy to overturn the 2nd amendment known as Fast & Furious.
Posted by: x

"empress, do you believe that the deaths of three Mexican policemen were caused by:

a. Boooooosh
b. A YouTube video
c. Boooooosh making a You tube video?

And are the families of these policemen lying when they say tat they are dead?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:21 AM (326rv)

510
Also at RedState, more complaining:

I've Got a Problem With Ted Cruz
By: Susan "If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be" Wright

http://tinyurl.com/jra6pd9

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2016 10:22 AM (kdS6q)

511 How much of that do you think is a kind of rejection
of the bitter right/left battles? Not merely outsider but outside of
that particular kulturkampf? One of the appeals is his unorthodox
approach, anti pc speech.

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 10:19 AM (cGcTh)
__________
Have to say that most of the anti-pc stuff seems to me just an excuse for rudeness. So sue me, I'm a midwesterner, and long, cold winters value courtesy.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 10:23 AM (MIKMs)

512 I saw Ass-Planted Monolith open for Spinal Tap at the Exhibition Grounds in '88.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:24 AM (ioqGj)

513 I use Mrs Daesh on all my falafel.

The official spice of the terrorist group Hummas.

Careful, don't spill any or ... Hezbollah!!

Gesundheit.

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2016 10:25 AM (DL2i+)

514 >>However, at least three separate departments were involved in FF:
DOJ, DHS, and Treasury (at least one IRS agent). Was State in the loop?

ATF, too.

I agree with others that it is very likely Hillary was in on it. She was using the false stats about Mexicans killed by US guns stats in speeches around that time - this was a big push by Obama to start restricting guns.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:26 AM (NOIQH)

515 511 Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 10:23 AM (MIKMs)

Yes b/c political correctness is at its heart all about "good civic virtue politeness and magnanimity."

Sorry, agree to disagree and I'll sir or ma'am you to death on personal comportment.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:26 AM (g8Hfr)

516 492 Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:14 AM (326rv)

This is different than the Divine Julius marketing himself as "Julius Smith not Caesar friend of the Plebs" how?

In some ways, not much.

No one here would listen to a snake oil salesman for even a minute. We know that they have nothing useful to sell, and we have available many other, useful, healthier options.

Why is anyone spending even a minute listening to Trump?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:26 AM (326rv)

517

Ouch, ouch-ouch... It really hurts my arm when I wipe my cooter...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 10:27 AM (HSmrB)

518 I just don't see how you could be a 75-year-old plane-crashin' whip-crackin' action star and not work an Ass-Planted Monolith into your new movie somewhere.

Got to have either "Search for" or "of Doom," though.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2016 10:27 AM (xq1UY)

519 The issue isn't whether the Constitution is clear.

Advice = Don't bother sending a name.
Consent = No.

Aren't the left all about consent?

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2016 10:27 AM (DL2i+)

520 P.M. Justin Trudeau goes Michelle Fields on conservative woman reporter while in NYC during U.N. visit:
https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/710370478716628992

When will the brutality end?

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:27 AM (ioqGj)

521 Ann Coulter's article is on the money.

Posted by: dogfish at March 18, 2016 10:28 AM (SSeCw)

522 I just don't see how you could be a 75-year-old plane-crashin' whip-crackin' action star and not work an Ass-Planted Monolith into your new movie somewhere.

Got to have either "Search for" or "of Doom," though.
Posted by: Stringer Davis

Indiana Jones and the Roto-tiller of Doom!

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:29 AM (326rv)

523 remember when ANN COULTER called JOHN EDWARDS a faggot and then French-kissed CHRIS CHRISTIE?

good times

Posted by: lancewing plover at March 18, 2016 10:29 AM (u0s1P)

524 516 Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:26 AM (326rv)

A cynic(and I am guilty as charged) would look at the Trump phenomena and say, "now there is an electorate that is finally resigned that all politicians are at heart lying shitweasels so why not hire the best?"

Once one accepts horribly IMHO that American politics and the media will no longer call out evil and no longer reward decency on a personal level it becomes time to move on and ruthlessly focus on getting your laundry list addressed and building the 51% coalition needed to beat the other 49% into submission.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:29 AM (g8Hfr)

525 OK, looked at the delegate #s

Trump only needs to win 250 more delegates to keep Cruz from the magic 1237. That is going to happen. So Cruz is only gaming for a brokered convention.

Cruz/Kasich needs to win 512 delegates to keep Trump from the magic 1237. That is not going to happen.

I gave Cruz all the delegates in caucus states, all closed and open winner take all small states (Cruz has only won small states, except for home state Texas) AND half the delegates in proportion NE states (being very generous there). The result is 407 delegates.

Cruz will have to hinge his hopes on winning California over Trump. Not going to happen.

It's time for Cruz to pull out (and Kasich too). There is just no path victory, not even a brokered convention.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 10:30 AM (LXJ1e)

526 >>I've Got a Problem With Ted Cruz

a/k/a I've Got a Problem with Successful Republican Candidates

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:30 AM (NOIQH)

527
Sorry, agree to disagree and I'll sir or ma'am you to death on personal comportment.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:26 AM (g8Hfr)
________
Thank you. I will contribute that most of the PC nonsense would be easily handled by a little Miss Manners. That was my personal recommendation to my previous company on instituting 'sensitivity' training. One of the big bosses snorted pop out of his nose and had the company library buy five copies.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 10:30 AM (MIKMs)

528 Be careful, Blue Hen. If you insult yourself too much while arguing with yourself in the comments, you might get banned!

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:30 AM (ioqGj)

529 ;

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:30 AM (ioqGj)

530 Ann Coulter's article is on the money.
Boy is Harriet Tubman gonna be pissed.
Who'd they kill off, Hamilton or Jackson?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2016 10:30 AM (xq1UY)

531

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:31 AM (ioqGj)

532 >>No one here would listen to a snake oil salesman for even a minute.

Speak for yourself. I find an overwrought sales-pitch interesting to listen to. Maybe you lack curiosity or imagination. What an arid life. Consider hemlock.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:31 AM (Bdeb0)

533 I'd like to see D.C. get nuked just on general principle.

Remember - Relatives, Friends and Morons.
Deep cleansing breathes - Om, Om.

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2016 10:31 AM (DL2i+)

534 Oh, no, man! I just got really "small".

Oooooh, the colours!

Oh! Oh! Make it stop!!! Make it stop!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:32 AM (ioqGj)

535 Quite aside from what Trump may or may not do, part of the rise I think demonstrates how conservativism, as such, is collapsing. And a fair amount of ugliness is associated with that, unfortunately.

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 10:02 AM (cGcTh)

I don't think it's conservatism that dying.

As this article from Insty points out:

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/229424/

There was a perfectly respectable, bourgeoisie, polite, American-style response to all of the the Obama-DNC -GOPe nonsense-

this was called the Tea Party and it was roundly shat on by "our betters", destroyed and locked out of power.

In this election cycle-

again, there has been a perfectly respectable, polite, bourgeoisie candidate championing the illegal immigration, and the H1B issue along with other conservative issues-

his name is Ted Cruz, who has roundly been shat on by the GOPe-MFM-DNC-Obama crowd and locked out of what could've been a relatively easy win for someone still traditionally under the GOP banner.

But, yeah, fuck him...he made The Turtle cry bourbon-scented tears.

So, now, they get Trump, who's loud, proud, and owes the GOPe nothing.

He is running on the most important issue in this election- border security and illegal aliens.

If you look at the Coulter article above, she points out that -

the only two candidates in the race who are running on border security-illegal aliens (hint:Trump and Cruz)-

are garnering 77% of the primary vote between them.

That's why I'm perfectly at peace with Trump.

I'd prefer Cruz, but Trump's fine.

And I wish, Trump and Cruz could come to an understanding early but if that looks like an impossibility - and Cruz can't make it a clean victory

i suggest a vote for Trump to get it over quickly and avoid another GOPe flunky like Kasich.

Becuz that means the GOPe wins and fuck them roundly.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2016 10:32 AM (2rmvw)

536 Once one accepts horribly IMHO that American politics and the media will no longer call out evil and no longer reward decency on a personal level it becomes time to move on and ruthlessly focus on getting your laundry list addressed and building the 51% coalition needed to beat the other 49% into submission.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:29 AM (g8Hfr)

--------------------------------

Yes. And what are we giving up to achieve that? Open trade and open borders. Two policies that are not popular and have done much harm our nation.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 10:33 AM (LXJ1e)

537 It's time for Cruz to pull out (and Kasich too). There is just no path victory, not even a brokered convention.

_______

SURRENDER DOROTHY

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 10:33 AM (MIKMs)

538 Be careful, Blue Hen. If you insult yourself too much while arguing with yourself in the comments, you might get banned!
Posted by: andycanuck

I am? Am I winning?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:34 AM (326rv)

539 Stupid people in FL may have their car windows broken

"Smashing Car Windows Is Now Legal In Florida To Save Pets"

Moving target practice welcome

Posted by: derit at March 18, 2016 10:34 AM (OC+TJ)

540 >>No one here would listen to a snake oil salesman for even a minute.
>Speak for yourself. I find an overwrought sales-pitch interesting to listen to. Maybe you lack curiosity or imagination. What an arid life. Consider hemlock.
Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:31 AM (Bdeb0)

"Shut up. I love snake oil. You're dumb. Your life is boring. Kill yourself."

Sorry, I had to port that comment into appropriate grade-level diction for my low IQ to fully enjoy it.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:35 AM (xuouz)

541 Ms. Southern doesn't seem to know the definitions of "body-slamming" and "literally." Has she never seen a hockey game?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:35 AM (NOIQH)

542 Trump I think, represents part of the former ruling class, the industrialists and manufacturers, who have been shut out of poker by the global financial class. They've been hurting too, and this may be their chance to get back in.

I think this is more true than anything. And I suspect as time goes on, more and more of these folks are going to realize this and Trump's backing is going to get pretty impressive. They're signed on to the Chamber of Commerce GOP right now, but will they remain as Trump talks and the GOP plots?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:36 AM (39g3+)

543 536 Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 10:33 AM (LXJ1e)

Not tooting my own horn, and not claiming all or perhaps even most of my posts are as cogent as my recent offerings but I have literally posted the equivalent of several war and peace sized volumes of posts on that very matter here.

Obama is the first "Post American President" BUT the current political parties are quite contentedly conspiring to create a "Post American America."

I do not accede.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:36 AM (g8Hfr)

544 No one here would listen to a snake oil salesman for even a minute.

Speak for yourself. I find an overwrought sales-pitch interesting to listen to. Maybe you lack curiosity or imagination. What an arid life. Consider hemlock.

Posted by: General Zod

heh.

Sorta like checking out what the latest Nigerian Prince has to offer?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:36 AM (326rv)

545 "It's time for Cruz to pull out (and Kasich too). There is just no path victory, not even a brokered convention."

You want Cruz.
You don't want Trump.
You'll get Kasich (or Romney).

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 18, 2016 10:36 AM (r1fLd)

546 Ms. Southern doesn't seem to know the definitions of "body-slamming" and "literally." Has she never seen a hockey game?
Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:35 AM (NOIQH)

She's joking. Check the replies.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:36 AM (xuouz)

547 Season 2 of Daredevil on Netflix today! I have an actual hangover for the first time in years (rum and Cokes), think I'm gonna sit here all day and watch 5 or 10 episodes.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2016 10:37 AM (2cS/G)

548 Morning all. I see nothings changed ..... On a sort of different note, does anyone here really believe Bernie is actually running against Hillary!? I mean He basically ceded a State that he had "won" by not asking for a count... he had a decent lead till the end when it "miraculously" changed in Hillarys! favor.. Odd that....

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:37 AM (/dSsq)

549 Fail to heed the wisdom of Machines For Sale at your own peril

Posted by: derit at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (OC+TJ)

550 What is best in life, Conan?

Ruthlessly getting your laundry list addressed. Driving your laundry before you. Hearing da lamentations of da laundry-vimmin.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (Bdeb0)

551 You want Cruz.
You don't want Trump.
You'll get ~~Kasich (or Romney)~~ Hillary.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 18, 2016 10:36 AM (r1fLd)

FIFY

Posted by: jwb7605 at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (DofIg)

552 I'm allowed to have political representation too.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:08 AM (g8Hfr)

It would be new and interesting to have national politicians who cared more for the well-being of citizens than they do for foreigners.

Membership - citizenship - should have its privileges.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has the Asbestos Undershorts You Need for Your Internet Flame-Wars! at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (hLRSq)

553
So..... no thoughts on the white powdery substance sent to Eric Trump and the threatening letter that accompanied??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (8XRCm)

554 WZ linked to a Mother Theresa speech at a Clinton era Prayer Breakfast a few days ago, and what she was was so spot on:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hkj3wzw

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:00 AM (NOIQH)

Mother Theresa may have been anti-abortion, but she was one sick monster of a woman.

Pain, suffering and poverty were "gifts from god".

She would let people who could have easily been helped die horrible, painful deaths so that they could more closely experience the joy of being with Jesus.

This is an example of a sadistic freak with great public relations.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 10:39 AM (Zs4uk)

555 Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at March 18, 2016 07:18 AM

Vdare has been around a long time. There is a difference between addressing the very real erosion of Anglo cultures for the sake of multi-culturalism and white supremacy groups who claim some superiority. I *think* Vdare falls into the former category. One can see how supremacy groups would draw to that sight but not be bright enough to tell the difference.

Posted by: dogfish at March 18, 2016 10:39 AM (SSeCw)

556 Morning all. I see nothings changed ..... On a sort of different note, does anyone here really believe Bernie is actually running against Hillary!? I mean He basically ceded a State that he had "won" by not asking for a count... he had a decent lead till the end when it "miraculously" changed in Hillarys! favor.. Odd that....
Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:37 AM (/dSsq)

I'm afraid Hillary is going to draft him onto the ticket.

I'm hopeful that Berniebots, for all their socialist fervor, will see that for the insult that it is and abandon the democrat party.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:39 AM (xuouz)

557 >>Nigerian Prince has to offer?

If you haven't checked out 419eater.com, you really haven't lived.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:39 AM (Bdeb0)

558 The best part of Obama's Presidency is all the healing

Posted by: Earl Butz at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (e8kgV)

559 Moms Demand Action members posted, 'Do[n]'t arrest them just shoot them, these people are crazy,' 'Time to use an assault weapon on this trash,' 'Just shoot them all...' and 'Mow them down.' Another added, 'a**hats. no one has taken your guns. you are the ones causing problems. [P]lease just shoot each other.'

http://tinyurl.com/hfztce4

Kind of glad libs are so hoplophobic. I wouldn't trust these nutters being able to carry.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (mEZce)

560 So, now, they get Trump, who's loud, proud, and owes the GOPe nothing.

Excellent point. We tried and got knives in our back every time. FY, war.

How much of that do you think is a kind of rejection of the bitter right/left battles?

I don't know. I think people are tired of the division, that's for sure. And Trump does represent himself as being the guy that makes America great again, which people can fill in the blanks however they wish (might include "we all get along").

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (39g3+)

561
Ms. Southern doesn't seem to know the definitions of "body-slamming" and "literally." Has she never seen a hockey game?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:35 AM (NOIQH)
______________________________

Or has she ever been to a Trump rally?

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (HSmrB)

562 I am? Am I winning?
That depends. Are you the Blue Hen that's white on the right side of your body and black on the other half, or the other way around?

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (ioqGj)

563 sight - site. bugger.

Posted by: dogfish at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (SSeCw)

564 "It's time for Cruz to pull out (and Kasich too). There is just no path victory, not even a brokered convention."

This kind of crap is what gets these threads so off any discernable path.

If 1237 do not vote for any one guy on the first round, the shit show starts. In that, any of these guys can come out as the anointed one.

So stating that a brokered convention will not result in the very result brokered conventions exist to do is ludicrous.

this topic is hard enough without making shit up.

If you had stayed with, neither one can bring 1237 with them to Cleveland, your position would be sound.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (326rv)

565 So..... no thoughts on the white powdery substance sent to Eric Trump and the threatening letter that accompanied??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (8XRCm

you mean like, it was expected, no almost predicted, we'd get to this point?

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 10:41 AM (aQQbl)

566 #541 That was sarcasm on her part, Lizzy.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:41 AM (ioqGj)

567 Morning all. I see nothings changed ..... On a sort of different note,
does anyone here really believe Bernie is actually running against
Hillary!? I mean He basically ceded a State that he had "won" by not
asking for a count... he had a decent lead till the end when it
"miraculously" changed in Hillarys! favor.. Odd that....
===========

Heh. Just wait until the DNC convention finale when unindicted Hillary and Bernie stroll on to center stage with beaming smiles, holding hands, while waving to the crowd.

Posted by: mrp at March 18, 2016 10:41 AM (JBggj)

568 554 ... The same thought I've had since last Friday.

I'll be mildly surprised if Trump lives through November. And that shit the media constantly plays about the "peaceful transition of power" every fourth January ?

Not this time.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (zfvHs)

569 I am? Am I winning?
That depends. Are you the Blue Hen that's white on the right side of your body and black on the other half, or the other way around?
Posted by: andycanuck

Weeeeeeeelll,

In the summer, I tan kinda dark, but my pasty Irish ass can turn the rays of the Sun into a killing weapon.

Does that help?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (326rv)

570 no thoughts on the white powdery substance sent to Eric Trump and the threatening letter that accompanied??

First I've heard of it. I hope its nothing serious and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Mild, compared to what we'll see. I hope Trump wears body armor.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (39g3+)

571 Heh. Just wait until the DNC convention finale when unindicted Hillary and Bernie stroll on to center stage with beaming smiles, holding hands, while waving to the crowd.
Posted by: mrp at March 18, 2016 10:41 AM

While Our Convention will be under siege from inside and out....

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (/dSsq)

572 Membership - citizenship - should have its privileges.

They do come to your hometown and lie directly to you in English (mostly).
Them %^* foreigners just jibber-jabber on the radio.

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (DL2i+)

573
So..... no thoughts on the white powdery substance sent to Eric Trump and the threatening letter that accompanied??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (8XRCm)
___________________________________

It was flakes off the plaster cast on my arm...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 10:43 AM (HSmrB)

574 but my pasty Irish ass can turn the rays of the Sun into a killing weapon.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (326rv)

Go on....

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 10:43 AM (aQQbl)

575 So..... no thoughts on the white powdery substance sent to Eric Trump and the threatening letter that accompanied??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 10:38 AM (8XRCm)
___________________________________

It was flakes off the plaster cast on my arm...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 10:43 AM

Thank You for the laugh...

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:43 AM (/dSsq)

576 >>She's joking. Check the replies.

Phew!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:44 AM (NOIQH)

577 It was flakes off the plaster cast on my arm...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 10:43 AM (HSmrB)

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OK... thread winning right there....

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 10:45 AM (8XRCm)

578 Perhaps the art thread must have gone on a spiritual retreat for Lent. It's missed!!

Anyway, here's a Brooklyn Tabernacle devotional.�"Renew a steadfast spirit within me.":

http://www.brooklyntabernacle.org/devotional

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 10:45 AM (w4NZ8)

579 At least I see a ray of hope. Obama is going to be "actively" campaigning... We all know how well that usually goes.....

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:45 AM (/dSsq)

580 >Speak for yourself. I find an overwrought sales-pitch interesting to listen to. Maybe you lack curiosity or imagination. What an arid life. Consider hemlock.
...

Learn the big secret that corporations don't want you to know! Click here and enlarge your penis, correct male pattern baldness, and get rid of belly fat with this one weird trick!

*turns on camera hacking app to see how long it takes to figure out that there's no link to click*

Posted by: Damiano at March 18, 2016 10:46 AM (XItbt)

581 If it's okay to kill Hitler, it's okay to kill Hitler's son.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:46 AM (ioqGj)

582 First I've heard of it. I hope its nothing serious and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Mild, compared to what we'll see. I hope Trump wears body armor.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (39g3+)

He does.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:46 AM (xuouz)

583 The turnout for the New York primaries will be interesting. If more voters turnout for Trump than Hillary, he might have a good chance of flipping that state if he is the nominee.

Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 10:46 AM (a0IVu)

584 That Michelle Fields bitch gets all the attention anymore.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 18, 2016 10:46 AM (zfvHs)

585

Sorry,, I couldn't help it...

Posted by: Kudzu King (aka Michelle Fields) at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (HSmrB)

586 P.M. Justin Trudeau goes Michelle Fields on conservative woman reporter while in NYC during U.N. visit:

https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/710370478716628992

When will the brutality end?

The video is even more damning when you speed it up!

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (0IhFx)

587 He does.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:46 AM (xuouz)

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Im pretty sure he carries too. Maybe not on the stage. I wonder what the Secret Service protocol is for a principal that wants to carry.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (8XRCm)

588 MIRROR UNIVERSE PAUL RYAN, what are you shav, wait...don't answer that.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW PI at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (m3iiU)

589 If 1237 do not vote for any one guy on the first round, the shit show starts. In that, any of these guys can come out as the anointed one.

So stating that a brokered convention will not result in the very result brokered conventions exist to do is ludicrous.

this topic is hard enough without making shit up.

If you had stayed with, neither one can bring 1237 with them to Cleveland, your position would be sound.
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (326rv)

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Add them up! There is no way for Cruz to accumulate enough delegates to deny Trump 1237.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (LXJ1e)

590 579 At least I see a ray of hope. Obama is going to be "actively" campaigning... We all know how well that usually goes.....

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:45 AM (/dSsq)

Yeah, but this time it means not indictment for Hillary.....

Can't make the boss look bad... campaigning for a felon and all...

Posted by: Don Q at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (RK8AH)

591 LOL, Sticky Wicket.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:48 AM (ioqGj)

592 The turnout for the New York primaries will be interesting. If more voters turnout for Trump than Hillary, he might have a good chance of flipping that state if he is the nominee.
Posted by: IC

Turnout in primaries isn't indictative of the winner in the general. If turnout for one is vastly higher than the other, there's a chance. But in a blue state like NY, the disparity would have to be massive to cause a shift.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 10:48 AM (326rv)

593 586 Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (0IhFx)

Speed it up to 22x and Justin "Lesser" Trudeau knocks her out with a savate kick combo to her liver...

//Michelle Fields Boyfriend

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 10:48 AM (g8Hfr)

594 We all know how well that usually goes.....

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:45 AM (/dSsq)

Yeah, but this time it means not indictment for Hillary.....

Can't make the boss look bad... campaigning for a felon and all...
Posted by: Don Q at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (RK8AH)

That's the first thing I thought when I read it...

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:49 AM (/dSsq)

595 Does that help?
Well, as long as neither side is a "Herbert", ace probably won't ban either of you.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:50 AM (ioqGj)

596 Very good Cruz article here that people need to read.

http://slate.me/1OlxZtp

Posted by: Kenja Time at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (Qpuel)

597 Or has she ever been to a Trump rally?

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 10:40 AM (HSmrB)

I went to a Trump rally and a hockey game broke out!

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has the Asbestos Undershorts You Need for Your Internet Flame-Wars! at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (hLRSq)

598 Add them up! There is no way for Cruz to accumulate enough delegates to deny Trump 1237.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 10:47 AM (LXJ1e)

California is not winner take all... each Congressional District gets three votes... and then there are 10 for whoever wins the State...

Without County by county polls... its impossible to predict any result.

Posted by: Don Q at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (RK8AH)

599 First I've heard of it. I hope its nothing serious and it doesn't
surprise me in the slightest. Mild, compared to what we'll see. I hope
Trump wears body armor.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:42 AM (39g3+)

________

At least two of the other R candidates' HQs were shut down for similar.

Hope all are very careful.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (MIKMs)

600 I finally posted my book review.

It's by libertarian (I think, she could be conservative) writer Gen LaGreca

Escape from Asteron

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 10:52 AM (cbfNE)

601 >>Im pretty sure he carries too. Maybe not on the stage.

More's the pity. Trump Bickle would be...well, it'd be something.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 10:53 AM (Bdeb0)

602 It was plaster flakes off my cast...

Posted by: Amy Shumer at March 18, 2016 10:54 AM (RK8AH)

603 It was pancake mix!

Posted by: zombie rachel corrie at March 18, 2016 10:55 AM (ioqGj)

604 Very good Cruz article here that people need to read.
http://slate.me/1OlxZtp
Posted by: Kenja Time at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (Qpuel)

Thanks man, I didn't get a chance to read much Saletan this week, which I usually try to do so I know what kind of liberal horseshit I'll be seeing for the next fortnight.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:55 AM (xuouz)

605 So what happened to the pretty pictures?

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 10:56 AM (/dSsq)

606 It was el flako from my cast!

Posted by: Carlos Mencia at March 18, 2016 10:56 AM (39g3+)

607 California is not winner take all... each Congressional District gets three votes... and then there are 10 for whoever wins the State...

Without County by county polls... its impossible to predict any result.
Posted by: Don Q at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (RK8AH)

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OK, give Cruz half of California. He still can't stop Trump.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at March 18, 2016 10:57 AM (LXJ1e)

608 Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's plan was perfect .. he would sacrifice himself for his buddies.

Only problem .. when he sacrificed himself, his buddies were no where nearby.

Posted by: Audie Murphy at March 18, 2016 10:57 AM (e8kgV)

609 So are the comments still small for everyone or at least those using Win 8.1 and Pale Moon/Firefox?

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 10:57 AM (ioqGj)

610 Hey guys! Read this article from slate.

Sincerely,
A Real Conservative of Ye Highest Qualitie.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 10:57 AM (xuouz)

611 Recall that the usual suspects promised violence, riots, and shutting down the GOP convention last time, too. It amounted to like six guys and one group that tried to set a bomb with parts provided them by the FBI.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 10:57 AM (39g3+)

612 And here's a devotional from Rabbi Ecktein; It's from several days ago, but I liked it, "Fortify With Faith":

http://preview.tinyurl.com/h9dndw2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 10:58 AM (w4NZ8)

613 Trump Bickle? With that hair?

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 10:58 AM (cGcTh)

614 The Arizona primary on Tuesday should provide clarity on whether Cruz can gain on Trump, and what effect Kasich will have by hanging in. The most recent poll may not be accurate, as it had a lot of undecideds and overlapped with Rubio dropping out.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 18, 2016 10:59 AM (r1fLd)

615 Fenelon - thanks for that devotional. Speaking of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, here's their choir singing "Worthy Is the Lamb".

http://bit.ly/1Rpasyw

I'd like to hear them in person some day.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 10:59 AM (dFi94)

616 I wonder what the Secret Service protocol is for a principal that wants to carry.
Posted by: fixerupper
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Duck!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 10:59 AM (9mTYi)

617 Very good Cruz article here that people need to read.

http://slate.me/1OlxZtp
Posted by: Kenja Time at March 18, 2016 10:51 AM (Qpuel)

Meh.

Saletan is a particularly stupid leftist Obamatard.

I think I'll disregard his take on things.

But, thank you for your concern.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2016 10:59 AM (2rmvw)

618 Oddly enough, the "Rake's Progress" is my favourite set of Hogarth etchings.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 11:00 AM (ioqGj)

619 I generally agree about Slate. And I don't know much about the author. His analysis of Cruz is quite good though, very detailed historical breakdown of his track record on amnesty. Hard to argue with facts.

Posted by: Kenja Time at March 18, 2016 11:00 AM (Qpuel)

620 Someone at Hot Air linked to an article at Reason that traced all this Donald Trump craziness back to its source:

Sarah Palin.

I knew it would only be a matter of time before the writing elite would connect the dots.

Why do I get the feeling that we (especially those here at AoSHQ) won't be hearing the last of this.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (Zs4uk)

621 Trump either carries a H&K .45 or a .38 S&W.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (mEZce)

622 Unless he updated.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (mEZce)

623 >>Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's plan was perfect .. he would sacrifice himself for his buddies.

Yeah, that includes stuff like jumping on a grenade, not wandering off to join the enemy (and telling them about your team) so that a bunch of them can be killed looking for you.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 11:02 AM (NOIQH)

624 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (Zs4uk)

All craziness can be traced back to Sarah Palin's uterus.

Posted by: Andick Sullivan at March 18, 2016 11:02 AM (cbfNE)

625 621 Trump either carries a H&K .45 or a .38 S&W.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (mEZce)

Come on.... we know all Violent Fascists carry Lugers!

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 11:03 AM (RK8AH)

626 Hey Fen

Was thinking about Kasich and his belief system. Every once in awhile I get the impression he's doing a kind of purpose driven politics. .. like he doesn't so much have a goal but feels led. Aimless but having a kind of logic. Any thoughts? He's episcopal if that helps. "Heal the world " and all that.

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 11:03 AM (cGcTh)

627 Trump either carries a H&K .45 or a .38 S&W.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (mEZce)
________________________

Yeah,, that's what he shot me with...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 11:03 AM (HSmrB)

628 >>Trump Bickle? With that hair?

Yeah, you right.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 11:04 AM (Bdeb0)

629 Trump either carries a H&K .45 or a .38 S&W.

And I bet it's gold plated.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 18, 2016 11:04 AM (PFy0L)

630 Hard to argue with facts.

Posted by: Kenja Time at March 18, 2016 11:00 AM (Qpuel)

Hm. You must be new around here.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:04 AM (cbfNE)

631 Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 11:01 AM (Zs4uk)

That's one, and away we go.....
remember kids, say her name three times and she appears

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 11:04 AM (aQQbl)

632 Ogabe turns at least 1/2 the stuff he touches into 24k dung.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 18, 2016 06:23 AM (g8Hfr)

If he were a James Bond villain, he'd be Fecal Turdfinger.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2016 11:04 AM (/i7Ua)

633 Ace really tied one on. What happened to the early new and improved Ace?

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:05 AM (iQIUe)

634 Reagan carried, I think. SS ought to have team training with the principal lol

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 11:05 AM (cGcTh)

635 Here's a nice photo of sun rising through the mist in Dorset, England from the Daily Telegraph paper:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hmr5cbf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:05 AM (w4NZ8)

636 What happened to the early new and improved Ace?

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:05 AM (iQIUe)
==============================

Last I heard, he was in prison.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:06 AM (dFi94)

637 And I bet it's gold plated.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 18, 2016 11:04 AM (PFy0L)

Really really classy let me tell ya.

http://tinyurl.com/lfnkw9w

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:06 AM (mEZce)

638 Going to see Tulane in the pouring rain with kidlets. Be Breitbart

Posted by: ThunderB at March 18, 2016 11:06 AM (DQlcX)

639 I'd forgotten Andrew Sullivan's demented fixation with Sarah Palin's girl parts. So alien and frightening.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:07 AM (39g3+)

640 I AM SHITWEASEL...
DESTROYER OF BEAGLES!

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 11:07 AM (ioqGj)

641 Reagan carried, I think. SS ought to have team training with the principal lol
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice
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Barky's carry would be a Poptart, crudely chewed into the shape of what he thinks a gun looks like.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:07 AM (9mTYi)

642 Sullivan has really dropped off the face of the earth. Bet he never realized his career was entirely dependant on Palins

Posted by: ThunderB at March 18, 2016 11:08 AM (DQlcX)

643 Took a 1/2 day.

Drinking Lamp Status: Lit.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 11:08 AM (zfvHs)

644 NUT OF NUTZ
WINGDING OF WINGDINGS!

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 11:08 AM (ioqGj)

645 And for the dog lovers, a cute picture of Boxer from the recent Cruft's show which is the big dog show in England:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jltnjn7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:09 AM (w4NZ8)

646 Has MUMR taken over Andy canucks nic

Posted by: ThunderB at March 18, 2016 11:09 AM (DQlcX)

647 Here's a nice photo of sun rising through the mist in Dorset, England from the Daily Telegraph paper:
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The sheep look nervous. Probably muzzies in the neighborhood.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:09 AM (9mTYi)

648 ♪ Listen to the rhythm of the pourin' Tulane ♫

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 11:10 AM (ioqGj)

649 Barky's carry would be a Poptart, crudely chewed into the shape of what he thinks a gun looks like.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:07 AM (9mTYi)

Yeah, but it would be weed flavored

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:10 AM (cbfNE)

650 633
Ace really tied one on. What happened to the early new and improved Ace?

I am worried that he might have tried meditating and running and hit a tree.

Posted by: Mortimer at March 18, 2016 11:10 AM (11bUm)

651 I just noticed in the side-bar story about Hucksterbee - 'pubic'

Say what?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 11:10 AM (tzULn)

652 No, ThunderB, I'm just making fun seeing as he's just being weird this time and not offensive.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 11:10 AM (ioqGj)

653 I'm a get a sammich.

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at March 18, 2016 11:10 AM (cGcTh)

654 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:09 AM (w4NZ

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That poor poor pitiful me look is meant only to disguise the crazy that is lurking underneath.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:11 AM (dFi94)

655 And thank God not everyone in England is Muslim yet:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zt93akk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:11 AM (w4NZ8)

656 Tinsley Ellis - Tulane

https://youtu.be/qW3QBkCtf40

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:12 AM (39g3+)

657 And I bet it's gold plated.

Those are ivory handles, dammit. Only a pimp in a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl handled revolver. --MG GS Patton

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2016 11:12 AM (xq1UY)

658 Didn't realize Todd Palin was so messed up.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2016 11:12 AM (qUNWi)

659 Ace was exploring his Irish heritage last night.
He's part leprechaun, actually.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (cbfNE)

660 Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:11 AM (dFi94)

Are Boxers crazy? I though they were pretty good natured dogs-if rather energetic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (w4NZ8)

661 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?

Posted by: Mr Wizard at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (X/2ij)

662 And thank God not everyone in England is Muslim yet:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zt93akk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:11 AM (w4NZ

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Very nice. There's a fair amount of Christian music coming out of Great Britain these days.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:14 AM (dFi94)

663 Posted by: Mr Wizard at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (X/2ij

Nah. I can fix your IRS problems. Just email me your credit card number.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:15 AM (cbfNE)

664 >>Ace was exploring his Irish heritage last night.
He's part leprechaun, actually.

Well, at least he feels it when he's wearing the festive suit he's sewn from their skins.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2016 11:15 AM (z6DVm)

665 The IRS will never phone you, Mr Wizard. And you should only trust Nigerian former cabinet ministers.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 18, 2016 11:15 AM (ioqGj)

666 Are Boxers crazy? I though they were pretty good natured dogs-if rather energetic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (w4NZ

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Good natured for the most part, but you can't really tell with all the bouncing off the walls and smashing thru the screen door and such.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:15 AM (dFi94)

667 He's part leprechaun, actually.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (cbfNE)

ace and AtC are related???

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:16 AM (mEZce)

668 Didn't realize Todd Palin was so messed up.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2016 11:12 AM (qUNWi)
_________________________

That ain't nothing,, have you not seen my arm?!!??!!?

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 11:16 AM (HSmrB)

669 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:07 AM (39g3+)

One of the funniest thing to come out of that campaign season was "Sarah's pain's uterus" blog posts written by-yes, Sarah Plains uterus. ;^) I don't know was responsible for the amusing snaky replies to Andrew Sullivan, but the posts were very funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:16 AM (w4NZ8)

670 Any word on Humanitarian, yet?

Has he checked in from the recovery room?

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2016 11:16 AM (z6DVm)

671 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?
Posted by: Mr Wizard
--------------
Well, we're gonna need your SSN to verify that...

Posted by: Scammers at March 18, 2016 11:17 AM (9mTYi)

672 Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:14 AM (dFi94)

That's good to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:17 AM (w4NZ8)

673 Ahhhhhh.... love it....

Merced Sun Star, todays edition....

FBI: No Islamic State link to UC Merced stabber

They then in that article tell how he went to Islamic sites, and now say self radicalized....

But the HEADLINE is misleading... it makes it look like Islam had nothing to do with it if you just take a quick glance.

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 11:18 AM (RK8AH)

674 There's a fair amount of Christian music coming out of Great Britain these days.

A lot of modern "Christian music" is made by pop artists who know an easy sell when they see it. Just throw together some soft pop, some vaguely spiritual songs and a few lines from a psalm and they'll line up to sing it next Sunday.

I'm sorry to sound so cynical but that's just about exactly a quote from a music industry magazine in the 90s. I'm a bit tired of boomers forcing their taste in music played in the van on the way to the store into church services.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:18 AM (39g3+)

675 Has he checked in from the recovery room?
Posted by: garrett
----------------

Last message I got read:

"Gkjhkrrrg plehg rugga lith."

He may have still been groggy....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:18 AM (9mTYi)

676 661 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?

Posted by: Mr Wizard at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (X/2ij)

Here is a vid of a guy that actually called them back.

'The finest spammers that side of the Indian shore working hard to rip the anonymous intellect runs into Twin Peak, WA in a fact meets fiction meets friction meets fantasy.'

http://tinyurl.com/jzqskwu

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:18 AM (mEZce)

677 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?-------Mr Wizard

Only if the IRS is located in India.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW PI at March 18, 2016 11:18 AM (m3iiU)

678 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?
Posted by: Mr Wizard
--------------
Well, we're gonna need your SSN to verify that...
Posted by: Scammers

We'll need Ms. Wizard to enter these numbers into the laptop.....in the shower.

Posted by: The I. T. guy at March 18, 2016 11:19 AM (326rv)

679 Oh goody, Google maybe putting Boston Dynamics up for sale.

If they had only concentrated on the robo-nurse concept. Or the sexaroid market niche. They would be swimming in moolah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 11:19 AM (tzULn)

680 @649 votermom "Yeah but it would be weed flavored".

That made me spit coffee. Thanks for the laugh.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at March 18, 2016 11:19 AM (cCxiu)

681 Attacked and sunked: There were allegedly 20 men, 5 women and 15 children on board the dinghy that was attacked by the Turkish coast guard

Say what you will about refugees but drowning them???

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 07:05 AM (iQIUe)

If it can hold 40 people, it's not a dinghy. I would draw the upper limit of "dinghy" at about 12 feet, and no way could you crowd 40 people on a 12 foot boat, even if half of them are kids.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2016 11:20 AM (/i7Ua)

682 The IRS called me once. My acct had reversed a number in my SS#. I called them back and verified my correct number. It was above board though it did seem strange that the agent had a heavy Indian accent.... /s

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:20 AM (iQIUe)

683 666
Are Boxers crazy? I though they were pretty good natured dogs-if rather energetic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (w4NZ
==============================================

Good
natured for the most part, but you can't really tell with all the
bouncing off the walls and smashing thru the screen door and such.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:15 AM (dFi94)
________
Don't have a boxer (no patience), but for all my dogs, cats, and kids I have always had my screens installed on the top so they don't just push through and hard mesh for those screens I can't change.
You, FS and GW, got the 666.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 11:20 AM (MIKMs)

684 no way could you crowd 40 people on a 12 foot boat, even if half of them are kids.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2016 11:20 AM (/i7Ua)

Their are Cubans that would disagree.

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 11:21 AM (aQQbl)

685
Flint water

The 26 homes with more than 150 ppb of lead came from 3,972 tested since the last week of December, 3,726 of which were at or below 15 ppb of lead, the level that triggers action from the federal government.

(One sample) The highest lead reading registered 4,000 ppb of lead, (we don't know why one house out of 25,000 had such a high level)

Quanika Thomas, 32, said she never trusted full protection from her faucet filter, one of nearly 100,000 distributed in the city , and she never installed it.

"I heard the filters didn't work so I didn't even install it," said Thomas, a mother of two. "We have been drinking bottled water for a long time."

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zj99sga

Although residents can continue to drink tap water if it has been tested and found to be below the action level for lead, Lurie said "out of an abundance of caution, pregnant women and children under the age of 6 should use bottled water for drinking and preparing food until the EPA finishes the additional testing and we know more."

OMG! OMG!!! OMG !!! OMG !!!! OMG!!! There is lead in the water in Flint. OMG OMG OMG we're all going to die of lead poisoning OMG OMG OMG

Oh, by the way, there is lead in Maine drinking water, and other places. More money is needed for testing, and more money is needed to replace pipes, and more money is needed to keep our children safe, and more money is needed because that is what governments do, keep us safe with our money, so we need more money, more money, more money because there is lead in the drinking water of 5 houses in Flint.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zempdvq

(Damnit, now I can't find the one article about monitoring data that shows out of 25,000 homes in Flint, five, (five had levels above 150 ppb.)

This is a manufactured crisis by the leftists agitators, the news media. Sure, if one house has very high levels of lead, then find out why that one house has lead in the water. No need to panic 300 million people because one house had high levels of lead, one time.

Posted by: Donnie Brook at March 18, 2016 11:22 AM (QoRpZ)

686 I got a call from some nut claiming to be a DEA agent. He said they were going to serve a search warrant on me. He later claimed it was an arrest warrant and then a bench warrant. LOL

Unfortunately, they scammers were using the name of an actual agent who had recently died. How scuzzy.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:22 AM (iQIUe)

687 682 The IRS called me once. My acct had reversed a number in my SS#. I called them back and verified my correct number. It was above board though it did seem strange that the agent had a heavy Indian accent..

The IRS usually sends a certified letter..... Don't ask how I know....

Posted by: donna at March 18, 2016 11:22 AM (/dSsq)

688 You can still find the Sarah Palin's uterus blogspots on the internet, and part of one posting made me laugh:

"Dear God. I hope Sully doesn't believe I'm actually a uterus. I don't even have fingers."

)Apparently Sullivan considered someone posing as a typing uterus and making fun of his derangement as a stalker.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:22 AM (w4NZ8)

689 The perpetrator could not have been Bill, Chelsea or Huma, otherwise Hillary would not have barked.

Posted by: Sherlock Holmes at March 18, 2016 11:23 AM (3EerS)

690 Last message I got read:

"Gkjhkrrrg plehg rugga lith."

He may have still been groggy....

Wait, I have my AoSHQ Platinum Membership Decoder Ring handy. Let me see..."You are to immediately ban..."

...heh, well whaddya know, probably butt-texted! Happens to us all...

/burns message and flees

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 11:23 AM (9krrF)

691 >> no way could you crowd 40 people on a 12 foot boat, even if half of them are kids.

I think the Cuban record is 42.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2016 11:23 AM (z6DVm)

692 I am being sued by the IRS....

here's the number 818-532-2021

do you think it's legit?

--

Do you really think that the IRS is going to use a pre-recorded message to tell you they are suing you?

Unless you have used a credit card to donate to Cruz or Trump......

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2016 11:24 AM (Qvgg/)

693 Hillary! of the Baskervilles by Xer FUPA Doyle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 11:24 AM (tzULn)

694 "The dream to awaken our world..."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2016 11:24 AM (AroJD)

695 If it can hold 40 people, it's not a dinghy. I would draw the upper limit of "dinghy" at about 12 feet, and no way could you crowd 40 people on a 12 foot boat, even if half of them are kids.

You've obviously never seen us

Posted by: Dheli bus riders at March 18, 2016 11:24 AM (39g3+)

696 The best was when RS McCain threaten to expose one of the Palin uterine bloggers as the wife of a prominent OB. She deleted her blog immediately.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:25 AM (iQIUe)

697 Posted by: Donnie Brook at March 18, 2016 11:22 AM (QoRpZ)

In the 70s everybody had blood lead levels of around 30 micrograms/deciliter (IIRC).

Nowadays you'll be instantly hospitalized and given chelation therapy if your blood Pb level exceeds 10 micrograms/deciliter. (Again, IIRC).

Are people smarter now than then?

It's a rhetorical question, obviously.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 18, 2016 11:26 AM (oKE6c)

698 no way could you crowd 40 people on a 12 foot boat, even if half of them are kids.

I think the Cuban record is 42.
Posted by: garrett

In a navalized De Soto.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 11:26 AM (326rv)

699 A lot of modern "Christian music" is made by pop
artists who know an easy sell when they see it. Just throw together
some soft pop, some vaguely spiritual songs and a few lines from a psalm
and they'll line up to sing it next Sunday.

I'm sorry to sound so cynical but that's just about exactly a quote
from a music industry magazine in the 90s. I'm a bit tired of boomers
forcing their taste in music played in the van on the way to the store
into church services.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:18 AM (39g3+)
================================================

You'll hate my wedding reception then. (Watch for your invitation in the mail. And remember, we specifically ask that you wear flip-flops.)

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:26 AM (dFi94)

700 >>They then in that article tell how he went to Islamic sites, and now say self radicalized....

So...any info about the shooter's family, immigration status and original country of origin, what his dad does, etc.?

IIRC, the only personal info we heard about the guy was comments from a HS friend saying he was totes nice and, hey, weird how he went and did this, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 11:26 AM (NOIQH)

701 Okay. The walls of words are starting to show up about favorite candidates. I'm out.

P. S. Keep it simple, people.

Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2016 11:27 AM (Fmupd)

702 The funny thing about Andrew Sullivan is he was Bush's #1 superfan, it was something close to what a teenage girl has for a boy band member, and then went to absolutely hating him and anything "conservative" all because of the issue of gay marriage.

Amazing how people can flip their entire ideology on one issue, especially since at the time basically every Democrat was also opposed to gay marriage, at least publicly.

Posted by: Baldwin at March 18, 2016 11:27 AM (b/5nT)

703 Man....Cuse is crap.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2016 11:28 AM (qUNWi)

704 >>
A lot of modern "Christian music" is made by pop

artists who know an easy sell when they see it. Just throw together

some soft pop, some vaguely spiritual songs and a few lines from a psalm

and they'll line up to sing it next Sunday.

Same w/Country - see: Allen Jackson's "They've Gone Country"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si-ja75bFvI

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 11:28 AM (NOIQH)

705 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?

Pro tip: if the IRS sues you, you get the notice by printed postal mail. This phone call is a bunch of Indians trying to pretend they're American; LOLs can be had if you call them back and fuck with them.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2016 11:28 AM (KUTP5)

706 Mary Did You Know is a pretty good modern religious song.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:29 AM (iQIUe)

707 You'll hate my wedding reception then.

I'm not overly fond of the music but I don't care what people play for something like that. But a worship service?

Posted by: Dheli bus riders at March 18, 2016 11:29 AM (39g3+)

708

This thread smells old and is getting too long for the phone...

Posted by: Bitchy at March 18, 2016 11:29 AM (WdXB6)

709 "Didn't realize Todd Palin was so messed up"

Broken ribs, clavicle, shoulder, leg fractures, collapsed lung.

It was a good one.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 18, 2016 11:30 AM (LA7Cm)

710 IRS only sends letters.

Never ever calls

Posted by: ThunderB at March 18, 2016 11:30 AM (DQlcX)

711 But a worship service?

Posted by: Dheli bus riders at March 18, 2016 11:29 AM (39g3+)
==============================================

Heck yeah! One of many reasons I have for reluctantly becoming Lutheran. Maybe I can do Lutheran-Light.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:30 AM (dFi94)

712 Sidebar: Even if it's a Dem that beats John McCain this year, it will be cause for celebration. Seriously, Arizona, what is your malfunction? [krak/t]

FYI: McCain has a primary challenger this year. Maybe we should focus on that, first.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM (dH97I)

713 Heck yeah! One of many reasons I have for reluctantly becoming Lutheran. Maybe I can do Lutheran-Light.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:30 AM (dFi94)

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No... you cannot leave the pineapple out of the lime jello.

Core Tenets.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM (8XRCm)

714 Man....Cuse is crap.
Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2016 11:28 AM (qUNWi)

Yeah Dayton is running circles around them.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM (xuouz)

715 If Ryan does what Boehner did at the last convention it's a done deal:

Motion to allow only Jeb! on the ballot is before us...all in favor? opposed? In the opinion of the chair the aye's have it, motion to reconsider laid on the table.

Please distribute the ballots.

Posted by: doug at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM (Y7fRE)

716
Well, they called me and I called them back. This was in 2000. I suspect they no longer do it or it was a one off.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:32 AM (iQIUe)

717 No... you cannot leave the pineapple out of the lime jello.

Core Tenets.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM

Put pineapple in any kind of jello and it won't set.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:32 AM (bzd8I)

718 Can WWIII start please!!

http://tinyurl.com/gwgln4t

Guys Are Decorating Their Beards with Flowers to Celebrate Spring's Arrival

*I don't see a male anywhere in that article

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:32 AM (mEZce)

719 You will have a stale thread until I leave for lunch, its been that way all week. With or without Ace, who I hope is just sleeping it off in an alley and not out bartering hobo pelts for hot coffee. Again.

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (aQQbl)

720 Put pineapple in any kind of jello and it won't set.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:32 AM (bzd8I)

----

Goddamned Catholics.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (8XRCm)

721 Sidebar: Even if it's a Dem that beats John McCain this year, it will be cause for celebration. Seriously, Arizona, what is your malfunction? [krak/t]

FYI: McCain has a primary challenger this year. Maybe we should focus on that, first.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack

I'm an AZ voter, and I plan to vote for McCain's challenger and then vote Democrat if McCain skates through again.

His challenger has a shot, but usually what McCain's people are able to do is get more than 1 person in there and it splits up the opposition in the primary.

Posted by: Baldwin at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (b/5nT)

722 I get weird calls and dont answer them. I then google the number to see what is the latest scam. These days I dont answer any number I dont recognize.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (iQIUe)

723 Hi, Christopher

I don't really listen to a lot of modern Christian music. I'm a hymnal or classical music person and I like Gregorian chants. However I like the music of the fellow Grammie Winger has put up-Fernando Ortega (?) and this was a fellow whose music I posted a while back. It's his take on "Because He Lives" and I think it's beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJXKBqeNvDk

It doesn't sound to me like what came out of a van. :^)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJXKBqeNvDk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (w4NZ8)

724 Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 11:26 AM (NOIQH)

Only thing in the article is his parents were Pakistani immigrants, and he was born in the US.

Local Mosques all say they did not know him at all.

Local Sheriff is saying its a good thing he was not connected to any 'group'.... but somehow can't make the leap that Islam, is a 'group'...

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (RK8AH)

725 No... you cannot leave the pineapple out of the lime jello.

Core Tenets.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM (8XRCm)
============================================

Oh gosh. The majority of regulars at this particular church are in their 60's and above. One woman is 98 and still drives. I can just see the potlucks now. Creamed corn and spam casseroles.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (dFi94)

726 This is a manufactured crisis by the leftists agitators, the news media.
--------------

Similar: Voter ID. After searching, they managed to find ONE little old lady in NC, who had been through a couple of marriages without registering name changes:

"“Mrs. Eaton, who was born at home, has a current North Carolina driver’s license, but the name on her certified birth certificate does not match the name on her driver’s license or the name on her voter registration card,” the lawsuit notes. “Mrs. Eaton will incur substantial time and expense to correct her identification documents to match her voter registration record in order to meet the new requirements.”"

The consequence is that the DoJ has filed a suit against NC. 'Disparate Impact', and 'Hardship', because black female. Note that race played absolutely NO part in her problem. In point of fact, she hasn't even been denied the right to vote.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (9mTYi)

727 *Tips hat to Lizzy*

Also like Murder on Music Row.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (zfvHs)

728 Okay. The walls of words are starting to show up about favorite candidates. I'm out.
P. S. Keep it simple, people.
Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2016 11:27 AM (Fmupd)

We're developing immunity! There was a rash of long talky posts about candidates and then we all moved on, to anally planted monoliths and how much Andrew Sullivan sucks!

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 11:34 AM (xuouz)

729 720 Put pineapple in any kind of jello and it won't set.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:32 AM (bzd8I)

Unless you use shredded carrots.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 11:34 AM (Zs4uk)

730 Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:29 AM (iQIUe

Yes, that;'s very nice. It' has some substance to it. I get kind of bored with repetitive praise choruses, but not all Christian music is like that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:35 AM (w4NZ8)

731 Cracks me up how much merchandising pulls in suckers. Some English crisp (potato chip) company put out a "sour cream and shamrock" flavored crisp. What does shamrock taste like? Grass?

Put pineapple in any kind of jello and it won't set.

My mom pulls it off, somehow.

Posted by: Dheli bus riders at March 18, 2016 11:36 AM (39g3+)

732 These days I dont answer any number I dont recognize.
Posted by: Bruce
---------------

Nor do I. That means that people calling on their cell phones don't get answered. No recognized caller ID, no answer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:36 AM (9mTYi)

733 Guys Are Decorating Their Beards with Flowers to Celebrate Spring's Arrival Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:32 AM (mEZce)

If you're at an outdoor festival, and you're in an altered state of mind, and a hot girl wants to put flowers in your beard, and you let her.

You're still a pussy and probably a fag, too.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 11:37 AM (xuouz)

734 "What does shamrock taste like?"

Pretty much like green food coloring.

Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 11:37 AM (Zs4uk)

735 Put pineapple in any kind of jello and it won't set.

My mom pulls it off, somehow.

I think it is only the lime jello that is funky with pineapple. I've seen pineapple in red and orange and it is fine.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2016 11:37 AM (MIKMs)

736 >>P. S. Keep it simple, people.

Low-information reader.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (Bdeb0)

737 Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM

So you are saying that all those people who told us that anecdotal data wasn't valid for reaching conclusions were lying to us? If the anecdote supports leftist policy than it's perfectly valid to form a conclusion based on one incident?

Who knew?

Posted by: Donnie Brook at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (QoRpZ)

738 "What does shamrock taste like?"
--------------

It's the distinction between Harp, and green Harp.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (9mTYi)

739 The shredded carrots are the rebar of the jello world.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (qUNWi)

740
If Mrs. Eaton tried entering the DoJ building without ID, they would throw her out on her head, or shoot the shit out of her.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (326rv)

741 Nor do I. That means that people calling on their cell phones don't get answered. No recognized caller ID, no answer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:36 AM (9mTYi)

IRS scammers got my 67 year old Brother in Law to the tune of about $2500.... Sister was PISSED...

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (RK8AH)

742 "I'm an AZ voter, and I plan to vote for McCain's challenger and then vote Democrat if McCain skates through again. "

This will happen everywhere this November if Trump is denied the nomination. Last time they were warned with Romneycare that the anti-establishment voters would just stay home. This time they will ACTIVELY support every democrat up and down the ticket just to spite the establishment. The dems will have a supermajority in nearly every statehouse and congress. If that is what it takes to get rid of those fuckers from DC to our own statehouses, it must be done.

Posted by: doug at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (Y7fRE)

743 So you are saying that all those people who told us that anecdotal data wasn't valid for reaching conclusions were lying to us? If the anecdote supports leftist policy than it's perfectly valid to form a conclusion based on one incident?

Who knew?
Posted by: Donnie
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Yup, that's The Rule.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:39 AM (9mTYi)

744 The Dheli bus has stopped

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:39 AM (39g3+)

745 738 "What does shamrock taste like?"
--------------

It's the distinction between Harp, and green Harp.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (9mTYi)

It tastes just like the Shamrock shake at Mickey D's of course...

duh....

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 11:39 AM (RK8AH)

746 Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (dFi94)

As long as she's not going 30 miles an hour and is still driving safely that's wonderful. And at 98 that she still wants to come to church. That's a reason to celebrate!. Now, I know you weren't making fun of people in their 60's :^)

We have one man in the church I serve; who's 92. He's blessing. I'm not there every week, (because I go other places) but he always gives me a hug and says "Hello, pastor."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:39 AM (w4NZ8)

747 If you're at an outdoor festival, and you're in an altered state of mind, and a hot girl wants to put flowers in your beard, and you let her.

You're still a pussy and probably a fag, too.

If she wants to put flowers in my beard, I wanna put 'flowers' in hers too.

Posted by: Every Moron with a beard at March 18, 2016 11:39 AM (326rv)

748
One of my fondest childhood memories is red strawberry jello with sliced bananas in it with the little white marshmallows on top.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:40 AM (8XRCm)

749 If Mrs. Eaton tried entering the DoJ building without ID, they would throw her out on her head, or shoot the shit out of her.
Posted by: Blue Hen
---------------

There you go again... using comparative logic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:40 AM (9mTYi)

750 Speaking of religious music ...

... Been working on a blues version of Will the Circle be Unbroken. Man, it's really fun to play.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 18, 2016 11:40 AM (zfvHs)

751 Mmm. Deli bus.

Posted by: homer simpson at March 18, 2016 11:40 AM (ioqGj)

752 Doh!

Posted by: homer simpson at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (ioqGj)

753 Goddamned Catholics.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM

Orthodox. :-P

Put pineapple in any kind of jello and it won't set.

My mom pulls it off, somehow.

Posted by: Dheli bus riders at March 18, 2016 11:36 AM

Let me amend that to "too much" pineapple.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (bzd8I)

754 'put flowers in her'

?????

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Aykut-Aydogdu-5.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (tzULn)

755 Why don't we have art threads anymore?

Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (a0IVu)

756 Mmm. Deli bus.
Posted by: homer simpson

It was great, until the trip went arye.

Posted by: Every Moron with a beard at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (326rv)

757 OK...I called the IRS back and gave them the address and local number of an IRS Revenue Officer....

Posted by: Mr Wizard at March 18, 2016 11:42 AM (X/2ij)

758 Why don't we have art threads anymore?
Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (a0IVu)

The undeserving masses get nothing. Where's RDB been anyway?

Posted by: IP at March 18, 2016 11:42 AM (aQQbl)

759 We have one man in the church I serve; who's 92.
He's blessing. I'm not there every week, (because I go other places) but
he always gives me a hug and says "Hello, pastor."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:39 AM (w4NZ

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

Soon-to-be mister had a man in his congregation 101. Still lived in his own house. I don't know how he did it. The last couple of years he couldn't make it to church so almost-mister had to go out to him to serve him the Lord's Supper. Passed away not too long ago. A hundred and one - imagine all the changes he witnessed in his lifetime.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (dFi94)

760
*queues up Scott McKenzie, 'San Francisco'*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (9mTYi)

761 "I'm an AZ voter, and I plan to vote for McCain's challenger and then vote Democrat if McCain skates through again. "

This will happen everywhere this November if Trump is denied the nomination. Last time they were warned with Romneycare that the anti-establishment voters would just stay home. This time they will ACTIVELY support every democrat up and down the ticket just to spite the establishment. The dems will have a supermajority in nearly every statehouse and congress. If that is what it takes to get rid of those fuckers from DC to our own statehouses, it must be done.
Posted by: doug

Well, I'm not doing it over Trump, McCain is just such a disgusting pol, every 6 years he pretends to be a border hawk.

Last time, his ad series was "Build the Dang Fence!" (literally) and then as soon as he's elected he tries to shove an amnesty bill down people's throats. Same with Jeff Flake.

I honestly believe pro-amnesty Republicans are more dangerous than garden variety Democrats, and McCain has been a leader on this issue and he will never give up.

But I had no issue voting for Mitt Romney over Obama, I'm spiteful, but not that spiteful.

Posted by: Baldwin at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (b/5nT)

762 >>Why don't we have art threads anymore?

Because you must be denied to maintain karmic balance.

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (Bdeb0)

763 >>>>Similar: Voter ID. After searching, they managed to find ONE little old
lady in NC, who had been through a couple of marriages without
registering name changes:

.
.
.I'm sorry but any first year law student can tell that she has no standing to sue because she has yet to be denied anything, so that's why the DOJ sued on her behalf.

Additionally a criminal lawsuit could perhaps be brought against her for falsifying State documents when she renewed her drivers license using a different name and got her voter registration card in addition to voting under a "false name" multiple times, assuming she has voted, using an incorrect name.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (iONHu)

764 So Obama's pledge, now carried out by the EPA, to bankrupt the coal industry is termed "tougher regulation."

The media are the enemy.

Posted by: PJ at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (cHuNI)

765 Is this the gun thread?

Posted by: tu3031 at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (YFFpo)

766 I like Christian pop music

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (cbfNE)

767 Art you say?

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/neoclassical-thierry-bansront-5.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (tzULn)

768 "What does shamrock taste like?"
Pretty much like green food coloring.
Posted by: jwest at March 18, 2016 11:37 AM (Zs4uk)

You guys never ate the shamrock-flavoered marshmallows in the lucky charms?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at March 18, 2016 11:44 AM (xuouz)

769 Mmm. Deli bus.
Posted by: homer simpson

It was great, until the trip went arye.
Posted by: Every Moron with a beard at March 18, 2016 11:41 AM (326rv)

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When it comes to sammich puns.... youre my gyro.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:44 AM (8XRCm)

770 Why don't we have art threads anymore?
Posted by: IC
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Because we are Bad People.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:44 AM (9mTYi)

771
Sooooo.....

We're going to get to 1000 out of sheer boredom eh??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:45 AM (8XRCm)

772 I think there's a difference between fresh and canned pineapple in jello. The heat of canning kills the enzymes dissolving power.

Posted by: irright at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM (XfEYT)

773 Additionally a criminal lawsuit could perhaps be brought against her for falsifying State documents when she renewed her drivers license using a different name and got her voter registration card in addition to voting under a "false name" multiple times, assuming she has voted, using an incorrect name.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
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Problem: The State Attorney General is a Democrat. He is part of the cabal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM (9mTYi)

774 Maybe we don't have art threads because I mocked the trees everyday. Maybe it was the mocking.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM (dFi94)

775 So...how about that Trump guy, huh?

Posted by: tu3031 at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM (YFFpo)

776 767
Art you say?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (tzULn)
That's pretty nice AP, but I don't get how that cloth is staying up. BTW, I am excited to read your book when I'm on vacation next week.

Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM (a0IVu)

777 Why don't we have art threads anymore?

Because you don't appreciate something until it's gone.

Posted by: Donnie Brook at March 18, 2016 11:47 AM (QoRpZ)

778 Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:43 AM (dFi94

Yep; That same church had a woman who died at 102. Still had her wits about her and I brought her communion. I visited her in a rehabilitation facility once and she said, "Getting old is no picnic" I thought to myself . If she thinks 101 is "getting" old I wonder what she thinks "old" is. Our next to oldest member was 99 and she came every week she could. She lived alone until very recently and lived across the street.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:47 AM (w4NZ8)

779 >.One of my fondest childhood memories is red strawberry jello with sliced
bananas in it with the little white marshmallows on top.

Heh. Our version for church potlucks was lime jello w/chopped apples and pecans.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 11:47 AM (NOIQH)

780
Ace is licking his wounds cuz he picked ARIZONA to win the National Championship in his bracket.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:47 AM (8XRCm)

781 Heh. Our version for church potlucks was lime jello w/chopped apples and pecans.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016
- - - - -
That stuff was vile!
I'd pray someone wouldn't bring it and that's when I learned that some prayers don't get answered.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2016 11:49 AM (r65B3)

782 no way could you crowd 40 people on a 12 foot boat, even if half of them are kids.

-
Those crazy college kids and their flag pole sitting, goldfish swallowing, and phone booth cramming!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 11:50 AM (Nwg0u)

783 Sea World to phase out all Orca Whales
WHAT!?
Great. And you humans think YOUR job prospects are bleak.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW PI at March 18, 2016 11:50 AM (m3iiU)

784 We're going to get to 1000 out of sheer boredom eh??

Hey, I'd much rather people talk about the pros and cons of canned vs. fresh pineapple then the political slugfests. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 11:51 AM (w4NZ8)

785
Rd has lots of beautiful art on his twitter feed. I suspect he didnt appreciate the stomping.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:51 AM (iQIUe)

786 Sea World to phase out all Orca Whales

#BlackFishMatter

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 18, 2016 11:51 AM (oKE6c)

787 My worse potluck memories were creamed chicken over something something, and a dish that resembled goulash but completely made with substitute ingredients. Fond memories of Immanuel Baptist Church circa 1963.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (dFi94)

788 If that is what it takes to get rid of those fuckers from DC to our own statehouses, it must be done.

Posted by: doug at March 18, 2016 11:38 AM (Y7fRE)

Wait, what? You're saying if Trump doesn't win the nomination, you're voting Democrat?

Hold on there, Hoss. It's possible Trump won't have the requisite votes needed for the nomination--and I say 'requisite' because those are the rules. It's also (remotely) possible Cruz will have the requisite votes, in which case he wins outright.

So Trump supporters: either there are rules or there aren't. You are demanding that I vote for your piece-of-shit, two-bit demagogue if he wins the nomination. Okay, fine, but a deal is a dealand that also means that you don't go all batshit crazy Ron Paul and stay home and pout or go out there actively promote voting for Democrats, either. Quid pro quo, pal.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (UWlp+)

789 I think there's a difference between fresh and
canned pineapple in jello. The heat of canning kills the enzymes
dissolving power.

Posted by: irright at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM

Yep. Cooking destroys bromelain. The things you learn here....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (bzd8I)

790 ONT over night thread

EMT early morning thread

and now.........

ADT all day thread

Posted by: seamrog at March 18, 2016 11:53 AM (2EC0k)

791 Hey, I'd much rather people talk about the pros and cons of canned vs. fresh pineapple then the political slugfests.
Great timing, FS.

Posted by: homer simpson at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (ioqGj)

792 I got one if those IRS calls a month ago on the machine. I pondered reporting it to the IRS, but their online form asks me for my info, and I realized that as a rightwing blogger the last thing I want is to call the IRS' attention to myself in any way.
That's the fascism we live in right now.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (cbfNE)

793 "Where's RDB been anyway?"

Dunno. Nothing in the sidebar from him in a while.

Vacay?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (LA7Cm)

794 Yep. Cooking destroys bromelain. The things you learn here....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (bzd8I)

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Yeah.... but that cuts both ways.

Ive learned things here that have horrified me.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (8XRCm)

795 Glenn Reynolds has a post :http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/229424/

about Trump, but I didn't read it. Well, ok, it's about Mel Brooks who wrote something about Trump in the Times

ok, maybe it was David Brooks, who I don't bother to read either, but it generated 134 comments at Insty which I didn't read either.

Just a curiosity, in case you missed it.

Posted by: Donnie Brook at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (QoRpZ)

796 Hold on there, Hoss. It's possible Trump won't have the requisite votes needed for the nomination--and I say 'requisite' because those are the rules. It's also (remotely) possible Cruz will have the requisite votes, in which case he wins outright.

How cute; you think that we'll abide by rules. While we're dragging katshit along.

Posted by: GOPe at March 18, 2016 11:55 AM (326rv)

797 I got one if those IRS calls a month ago on the machine. I pondered reporting it to the IRS, but their online form asks me for my info, and I realized that as a rightwing blogger the last thing I want is to call the IRS' attention to myself in any way.
That's the fascism we live in right now.
Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (cbfNE)

I tell them they are calling a DOD Cell phone and then all I hear is CLICK

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 11:55 AM (mw8Dm)

798 Rd has lots of beautiful art on his twitter feed. I suspect he didnt appreciate the stomping.

I miss those. Not enough to return to Twitter, though.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at March 18, 2016 11:55 AM (9krrF)

799
REPORT: #ISIS #jihadi behind #Paris attacks captured alive in Brussels...

I prefer them dead.

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:56 AM (iQIUe)

800
Well, ok, it's about Mel Brooks who wrote something about Trump in the Times
ok, maybe it was David Brooks

Foster Brooks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 18, 2016 11:56 AM (FkBIv)

801 Old people are like rich people: the only people who are old are older than you, the only people who are rich are the ones who have more money than you.

Posted by: Chupacabra at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (W2YA6)

802 Hey,

Ya know the rule about politicians at least pretending to live in the states they claim to represent?

We wiped our asses with that one. And we dragged him over the finish line.

Posted by: GOPe at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (326rv)

803 Sea World to phase out all Orca Whales

-
Are they going to go with robot orcas?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (Nwg0u)

804 So those damn mormons are making more trouble in Belgium ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (mw8Dm)

805 Our version for state dinners was lime jello with Everclear

*hic*

-H

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (mEZce)

806 Ive learned things here that have horrified me.
Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM (8XRCm)

Let me guess - you ignored the "don't Google that" warning.

Happened to me once.
*shudder*

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (cbfNE)

807
So, Ace got lucky on his date with Fields last night? Erin-go-braless?

Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang! at March 18, 2016 11:57 AM (iQIUe)

808 How cute; you think that we'll abide by rules. While we're dragging katshit along.

Posted by: GOPe at March 18, 2016 11:55 AM (326rv)

Cui bono for Kasich's inexplicably ongoingcampaign? Donald Trump, not the GOPe.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 11:58 AM (UWlp+)

809 REPORT: #ISIS #jihadi behind #Paris attacks captured alive in Brussels...

I prefer them dead.
Posted by: Bruce With an O'Wang!

the last I heard, the French Intelligence services aren't squeamish. They are likely to wring this guy out.

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 11:58 AM (326rv)

810 To bad they don't use the Guillotine in France anymore. They don't do they?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 11:58 AM (mw8Dm)

811 Yeah.... but that cuts both ways.

Ive learned things here that have horrified me.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM

True, dat. Some things cannot be unlearned. *shakes fist at Urban Dictionary*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:58 AM (bzd8I)

812 "Foster Brooks? "

Y....y.....you......ru......ri.....(hic) rang.....ed?

Posted by: Foster Brooks at March 18, 2016 11:58 AM (LA7Cm)

813 I refuse to click through the HotAir link...but are they at all mentioning McCain's primary challenger, or are they assuming it will be McCain/Kirkpatrick?

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the 'Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat' label at March 18, 2016 11:59 AM (eytER)

814 Ace got lucky on his date with Fields last night? Erin-go-braless?

With that rack she better strap the girls in well

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 11:59 AM (39g3+)

815 Why don't we have art threads anymore?

We have come full circle; it appears we are going to have to start over:

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

- John Adams

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2016 11:59 AM (ODxAs)

816 Grammie or Fenelon or whoever posted the Brooklyn Tab Choir link, thanks for that! It was nice to hear some older songs that my beloved church is too cool to play for worship.

Worthy is the Lamb
My Help

Awesome.

I like contemporary gospel. I find their songwriters are better than the ones that wrote the pop church music. Plus the music is much better.

Not a fan of traditional gospel though.

(Black gospel, I mean.)

Posted by: chique d'afrique at March 18, 2016 11:59 AM (3hIZX)

817 REPORT: #ISIS #jihadi behind #Paris attacks captured alive in Brussels...

I prefer them dead.

-
Donkeyface will rehabilitate him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 11:59 AM (Nwg0u)

818 811 Yeah.... but that cuts both ways.

Ive learned things here that have horrified me.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 11:54 AM

True, dat. Some things cannot be unlearned. *shakes fist at Urban Dictionary*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:58 AM (bzd8I)

'Sounds' like you need a 'docking' to.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 12:00 PM (mEZce)

819 773 Additionally a criminal lawsuit could perhaps be brought against her for falsifying State documents when she renewed her drivers license using a different name and got her voter registration card in addition to voting under a "false name" multiple times, assuming she has voted, using an incorrect name.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
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Problem: The State Attorney General is a Democrat. He is part of the cabal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM (9mTYi)

Not only that... but its possible the current President of the US ran under a false name.

He was adopted, which is a legal name change, and there is no documentation that his name was ever legally changed back.

Posted by: Don Quixote at March 18, 2016 12:00 PM (RK8AH)

820 Heck yeah! One of many reasons I have for reluctantly becoming Lutheran. Maybe I can do Lutheran-Light.

Posted by: grammie winger

Gerald Kieschnick wanted to push the LCMS into that direction, but there was a yuuuuge backlash, similar to the GOP base revolt we are now witnessing.

They ended up electing Matt Harrison (the 'stache) to head the LCMS. Listen to some Todd Wilken (Issues, etc.) or some tabletalk radio podcasts. They consider worship music content to be a significant theological issue, so it's not adiaphora, as it is with evangelicals.

Posted by: Lex Luther at March 18, 2016 12:01 PM (3EerS)

821 Our version for state dinners was lime jello with Everclear
=========================================

Oh shoot! I forgot all about the bottle of Everclear on the top shelf of my closet! I keep it separate from the other bottles on the bar so as to present a better picture of myself to anyone who happens to drop by.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 12:01 PM (dFi94)

822 We have come full circle; it appears we are going to have to start over:

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

- John Adams

----

Yeah... but at that point some assholes come along that force us to study politics and war all over again.

I always thought that quote of Adams was a stupid one.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 12:01 PM (8XRCm)

823 'Sounds' like you need a 'docking' to.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 12:00 PM

Will. Not. Look. Up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 12:02 PM (bzd8I)

824 Posted by: Lex Luther at March 18, 2016 12:01 PM (3EerS)
==========================================

That's good information, Lex. Thanks for that. I need all the help I can get, so I appreciate your input.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 12:02 PM (dFi94)

825 Oh shoot! I forgot all about the bottle of Everclear on the top shelf of my closet! I keep it separate from the other bottles on the bar so as to present a better picture of myself to anyone who happens to drop by.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 12:01 PM (dFi94)

L.M.A.O.

Truly the moron lifestyle

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM (mEZce)

826
I thought my point was that the assholes have forced us to study war all over again.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM (ODxAs)

827 Yeah, my retort to that Adams quote is "sheep get shorn".

Posted by: Chupacabra at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM (W2YA6)

828 Will. Not. Look. Up.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 12:02 PM (bzd8I)

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Not unless you like shoving AAA batteries up your dickhole.

**saunters off**

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM (8XRCm)

829
Looks like they caught the last terrorist from the gang that shot up France.

Posted by: Ed Anger at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM (RcpcZ)

830 FYI: McCain has a primary challenger this year. Maybe we should focus on that, first.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at March 18, 2016 11:31 AM (dH97I)

If the "right" were at all serious, they'd be organizing at the national level to support McCain's opponent (as well as trying to remove other traitorous GOP establishment figures).

Posted by: Zombie Walter Duranty at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM (wYnyS)

831 Bifurcated penii

Now go. Go search.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 12:04 PM (mEZce)

832 Out damn sock!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2016 12:04 PM (wYnyS)

833 Listen to some Todd Wilken (Issues, etc.)

I like his stuff but I preferred it better with his predecessor but I can't remember his name now

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 12:04 PM (39g3+)

834 Not a fan of Adams.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (cbfNE)

835 Bromelain may help treat urinary tract infections.

Posted by: Hillary's bladder at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (3EerS)

836 How cute; you think that we'll abide by rules. While we're dragging katshit along.

Posted by: GOPe at March 18, 2016 11:55 AM (326rv)

Cui bono for Kasich's inexplicably ongoingcampaign? Donald Trump, not the GOPe.

The GOPe isn't interested in abiding by any rules.

That's why they wheeled out Romney, and why he campaigned for katshit. it's why Boehner is announcing that ALL of the survivors running should be ignored at the convention.

I'm not a trump supporter.

The idea that anyone, partiucularly the GOP, demands loyalty now is absurd.

Should there be loyalty for 'build the dang fence'McCain?
Why should any republican voter feel loyalty or a sense of being bound by anything, to anyone?

Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (326rv)

837 Bromelain may help treat urinary tract infections.
Posted by: Hillary's bladder at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (3EerS)

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So.... it I shove pineapple up my dickhole.... Im going to be OK??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (8XRCm)

838 I am being sued by the IRS....
here's the number 818-532-2021
do you think it's legit?

Posted by: Mr Wizard at March 18, 2016 11:13 AM (X/2ij)

The IRS sends letters, they do not contact through e-mails or the phone. There have been some of these scams going around based on people's fear of the IRS.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has the Asbestos Undershorts You Need for Your Internet Flame-Wars! at March 18, 2016 12:06 PM (hLRSq)

839 I think there's a difference between fresh and

canned pineapple in jello. The heat of canning kills the enzymes

dissolving power.

Posted by: irright at March 18, 2016 11:46 AM

Yep. Cooking destroys bromelain. The things you learn here....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (bzd8I)

Thanks for the info, brochip!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2016 12:07 PM (JO9+V)

840 McCain sees himself and the dems as part of the elite ruling class. Sure they have a few minor disagreements, but in the end they're part of the same exclusive country club.
Who cares what the serfs want?

I was livid the last time he had a Republican opponent and won.
People who voted for him said they didn't like J.D. Hayworth either. And because he was younger he'd be in office for a long time. Besides they argued, what's the worst McCain could do in his last term?

Posted by: Tilikum KAW PI at March 18, 2016 12:07 PM (1JqUE)

841 So.... it I shove pineapple up my dickhole.... Im going to be OK??

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (8XRCm)

Fresh, not canned.

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 12:07 PM (mEZce)

842 Not unless you like shoving AAA batteries up your dickhole.

**saunters off**

Posted by: fixerupper at March 18, 2016 12:03 PM

O_o

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 12:09 PM (bzd8I)

843 >>So Trump supporters: either there are rules or there aren't. You are demanding that I vote for your piece-of-shit, two-bit demagogue if he wins the nomination. Okay, fine, but

This is the part where you whine (again, for the 57th time) about going home and taking your ball with you. As you've done in every other petulant, attention-begging post you've made on the topic.

Nobody's demanding anything of you, champ. Got any other cookies in the bag?

Posted by: General Zod at March 18, 2016 12:09 PM (Bdeb0)

844 725 Oh gosh. The majority of regulars at this particular church are in their 60's and above. One woman is 98 and still drives. I can just see the potlucks now. Creamed corn and spam casseroles.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at March 18, 2016 11:33 AM (dFi94)

Did someone say, "spam?"

Posted by: a Viking at March 18, 2016 12:11 PM (u9OP6)

845 Got any other cookies in the bag?

I hope there are none of those circus animals frosted animal crackers. That's the only sweet I used to be unable to stop eating. Something weirdly addictive about the strange things.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 12:12 PM (39g3+)

846 Heathen!

Absolutely nothing wrong with Spam in any form!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Blah, blah,blah at March 18, 2016 12:12 PM (WVsWD)

847 Will. Not. Look. Up.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2016 12:02 PM (bzd8I)

Wise choice.

So who broke the blog? Is it going to stay morning forever?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (TOk1P)

848 People who voted for him said they didn't like J.D. Hayworth either.

-
Yeah, those "do you have a structured settlement but need money now?" commercials are pretty annoying.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (Nwg0u)

849 So those damn mormons are making more trouble in Belgium ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
-----------

It's the underwear. It binds, making 'em cranky.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (9mTYi)

850 There is a possibility the GOP race might come down to California; I'm partly excited, horrified and anxious about this scenario.

Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (a0IVu)

851 s it going to stay morning forever?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (TOk1P)

At least it's Friday and not Monday, so stop bitching and moaning!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 12:14 PM (mw8Dm)

852 Got any other cookies in the bag?

I hope there are none of those circus animals frosted animal
crackers. That's the only sweet I used to be unable to stop eating.
Something weirdly addictive about the strange things.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 12:12 PM (39g3+)

Yes, those cookies are like crack cocaine. Question: Are fig newtons properly classified as cookies?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2016 12:14 PM (JO9+V)

853 There is a possibility the GOP race might come down to California; I'm partly excited, horrified and anxious about this scenario.
Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (a0IVu)

Is CA an open or closed Primary?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 12:15 PM (mw8Dm)

854 Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2016 12:05 PM (326rv)

The GOPe's permutations and posturing remind me of The Simpson's when Homer has a BBQ and Lisa pushes the pig down a steep hill. Homer and Bart chase the pig, Homer yelling "It's still good! It's still good!" as the pig goes through mud, dirt, water, etc. until finally it launches into the air out of sight and Bart says "It's gone, Homer."

They keep working out all of the plans, each more complicated and ridiculous than the next as to how they are going to deny Trump* the nomination. It's irritating because the wailing and bargaining and deal-making within themselves is annoying to have to watch and listen to. It's unseemly, it's like having the guy next to you at the bar start going on about his misery and then cry - who wants to hear that?

*If they can deny it to Trump by these maneuvers they can deny the nomination to Cruz - and those two have something like 70% of the primary/caucus votes.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet has the Asbestos Undershorts You Need for Your Internet Flame-Wars! at March 18, 2016 12:15 PM (hLRSq)

855 OK, ace is awake.

Posted by: HH at March 18, 2016 12:15 PM (DrCtv)

856 Nood folks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2016 12:15 PM (iHjB5)

857 I think caramel corn is addictive. My husband can eat almost an entire bag during a movie at home.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2016 12:16 PM (w4NZ8)

858 If you slice spam really thin then heat them in a frying pan until they're crunchy it is almost as good as bacon. No lie.

Posted by: @votermom at March 18, 2016 12:16 PM (cbfNE)

859 Bifurcated penii
---------------

See: Rugby

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2016 12:16 PM (9mTYi)

860
So who broke the blog? Is it going to stay morning forever?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 18, 2016 12:13 PM (TOk1P)
___________________

Trump did,, he breaks everything...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 18, 2016 12:18 PM (HSmrB)

861 Everclear ... keep it separate from the
other bottles on the bar so as to present a better picture of myself ...
Posted by: grammie winger,

Put it in the garage next to the WD-40 for emergency carbuerator cleanups.

Posted by: DaveA at March 18, 2016 12:18 PM (DL2i+)

862 Is CA an open or closed Primary?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2016 12:15 PM (mw8Dm)
Closed, I think.

Posted by: IC at March 18, 2016 12:20 PM (a0IVu)

863 Are fig newtons properly classified as cookies

I dunno but they are darn tasty. In fact, you can do without the newton and just get figs and they are really good.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 18, 2016 12:21 PM (39g3+)

864 Which Ann Coulter are we talking about? The one who said Mitt Romney was a sure loser, or the one who swore he was a sure winner?

Posted by: DriveBy at March 18, 2016 12:23 PM (C9Vc8)

865 St. Paul Man Assaulted; Wife Scares Off Attackers With Gun

http://tinyurl.com/jtgrxtl

What would you do if you came home and there were 20-30 yoots gambling in your driveway?

Posted by: RWC - Team TTBTFW at March 18, 2016 10:17 AM (KCQo0)

Race of yutes not mentioned, meaning probably s0malians?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2016 12:24 PM (/i7Ua)

866 To bad they don't use the Guillotine in France anymore. They don't do they?

---

No, they stopped in the 1970s

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2016 12:28 PM (Qvgg/)

867 When Coulter's WRONG, she's really, really wrong.

When she's RIGHT, she's really, really right.

This one is the latter. She summarizes with:

"Now the only question for voters is, which one is more electable: a Holy Roller preacher, or a brash alpha male billionaire?" The biggest opponent ant Republican faces is the ubiquitous propaganda machine of the media, and those guys ever decide that Cruz is a threat, those wonderful "vs. Hillary" poll numbers you guys like to flaunt will drop like a rock.

The thing the more sensible Republican pundits are politely leaving out is that Hillary's only real Ace in the Hole is the establishment wing of the Republican party, who are establishment first and Republicans second, who say they're "true conservatives" and "true Republicans" but only get off their asses when somebody ELSE tries to actually act like one, in which case they OPPOSE and outright RIDICULE them.

Posted by: Optimizer at March 18, 2016 12:32 PM (/q6+P)

868 Ms. Southern doesn't seem to know the definitions of "body-slamming" and "literally." Has she never seen a hockey game?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2016 10:35 AM (NOIQH)

"A Trump administration will ensure that every American, no matter how poor, will have a sarcasm detector in their computer. A yuuuge, luxurious sarcasm detector."

/do I have to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2016 12:35 PM (/i7Ua)

869 After Eugene McCarthy nearly beat LBJ in NH in 1968, RFK joined the race late. That was March 16, 1968. LBJ quit the race on March 31, 1968.

I point this out because if Romney really thought that Trump is the Antichrist and Romney had any balls , he would have joined the race before now. If he won a majority of votes and delegates from here to the end, he could have taken the crown in an open convention and even Donald would concede that it was fair. Romney was the 2012 candidate and could credibly claim that he could beat Hillary when he wasn't able to beat Obama.

But he didn't. Which is why the GOPe have now f*cked themselves.

Romney didn't want to get schlonged by Trump the way that Jeb did.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 18, 2016 12:36 PM (r1fLd)

870 So Trump supporters: either there are rules or there aren't. You are demanding that I vote for your piece-of-shit, two-bit demagogue if he wins the nomination. Okay, fine, but a deal is a dealand that also means that you don't go all batshit crazy Ron Paul and stay home and pout or go out there actively promote voting for Democrats, either. Quid pro quo, pal.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (UWlp+)

Sorry, just didn't make my point well. What I meant, is if the small number of donor class and elected establishment folks pull out all the stops to get one of theirs the nomination - then I and others will actively support the enemy of my enemy.

Cruz? While I don't want a European socialist hidden VAT tax loving lying POS trial lawyer as President, at least the Cruz variety of that is non-establishment. And while he has ZERO senatorial accomplishments he did manage quite well to defend giving stimulus dollars to retired teacher union members while lawyering so he is accomplished in some ways other than just saying "no".

Posted by: doug at March 18, 2016 12:47 PM (Y7fRE)

871 @854 "... *If they can deny it to Trump by these maneuvers they can deny the nomination to Cruz - and those two have something like 70% of the primary/caucus votes."

That has occurred to me as well. That just couldn't end well.

I happened to catch Hannity's show last night and this seems weird to say about that kind of show in general and about Hannity's in particular, but I found it to be kind of "spectacular". He had a full constellation of highly-respected Republicans who were all extraordinarily well-spoken and inciteful.

I swear I could listen to Newt speak all day long, and I don't think I'm even on board with him on a great many things. He gave an excellent, and very fair and unbiased assessment of where things stand and when we can expect it to go, as of function of the choices we might make.

To summarize Laura Ingram's take, to paraphrase, "I've never gotten MY choice of who the nominee is either, but at the end of the day, you put your Big Girl pants on, weigh the alternatives, and support your party's choice. If you don't, and if you work to tear down your own party's choice, you're functionally working for Hillary, plain and simple." She said "at some point" - I'd say that point was ... Tuesday.

Cruz still has a path, and has to be given his shot, but the guys with these nutty conspiracies to try to undermine the whole process or go after the likely nominee are the Benedict Arnolds of the party AT THIS POINT, plain and simple.

Posted by: Optimizer at March 18, 2016 01:00 PM (/q6+P)

872 So Trump supporters: either there are rules or there aren't. You are demanding that I vote for your piece-of-shit, two-bit demagogue if he wins the nomination. Okay, fine, but a deal is a dealand that also means that you don't go all batshit crazy Ron Paul and stay home and pout or go out there actively promote voting for Democrats, either. Quid pro quo, pal.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2016 11:52 AM (UWlp+)

Perhaps you should be giving that speech to the legion of Trump-haters who have vowed to sit out the election if he is the nominee. Sauce for the goose, and all that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2016 01:03 PM (/i7Ua)

873 Phased out Orca whales......so the SHE... pant suited it outta town....

Posted by: saf at March 18, 2016 01:23 PM (qKiBT)

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