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Mid-Morning Open Thread (What Time Is It?) [CBD]
Astronomical Movement Clock
(probably) Jeremias Metzger 1568
Movement by Michael Nouwen, or Nouen 1600-1610
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 09:56 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: grammie winger at June 01, 2016 09:57 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 09:57 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 09:58 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 01, 2016 09:58 AM (U+nHb)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 01, 2016 09:58 AM (Pby3z)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 09:59 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: grammie winger at June 01, 2016 10:00 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:01 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 01, 2016 10:01 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: General Zod at June 01, 2016 10:01 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:02 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at June 01, 2016 10:02 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2016 10:02 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:02 AM (tu/2g)
Information on the bottom piece says it is gilded brass, the dial is gilded brass with a blued steel hand. The movement is gilded brass and iron. Made in London.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (Pby3z)
Posted by: OregonMuse
*****
I was trying to craft a response, but you have self-responded better than anything up with which I was coming.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: The Antikythera Mechanism at June 01, 2016 10:04 AM (evdj2)
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And the oppression of the cis-normative white male.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:04 AM (Nwg0u)
Thank goodness cthulhu is asleep on the left coast - last time I asked him that q uestion, he went into 45 minute dissertation on how to build a clock.
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 10:04 AM (ko4zy)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 10:04 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:04 AM (mvenn)
Without something of known size next to it, like a quarter, there is no telling just how big or small it really is.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:05 AM (tu/2g)
Posted by: William Kristol at June 01, 2016 10:05 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 01, 2016 10:05 AM (2cS/G)
http://www.bookwormroom.com/
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 10:05 AM (NOIQH)
Is this real life, or is it just fantasy?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:05 AM (tu/2g)
Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in Art, like
tears...in...rain. Art to die."
Posted by: General Zod at June 01, 2016 10:06 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (Pby3z)
Does anyone really know what time it is
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 10:06 AM (zp+j1)
Posted by: kids today at June 01, 2016 10:07 AM (LcKAY)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (Pby3z)
Does anyone really know what time it is
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 10:06 AM (zp+j1)
We're getting dangeriously close to bullshit- I mean philosophy - territory.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 10:07 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 01, 2016 10:07 AM (tf9Ne)
Grammie, who was that Scottish preacher you were listening to yesterday, Sinclair Ferguson or Alistair Begg?
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (UHKOQ)
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I listen to Alistair Begg everyday, but the pastor I was listening to last night is Pastor Colin Smith of the Orchard Church (what used to be the Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church). I used to know a lot of folks at his church, and he's a very good systematic Bible expositor. But in my humble opinion, Alistair Begg is just quite wonderful, isn't he?
I get a daily devotional from him by email every morning, and soon-to-be-mister and I are going through his marriage CDs.
Posted by: grammie winger at June 01, 2016 10:08 AM (dFi94)
1,037 Syrian Refugees Admitted in May: Two Christians, 1,035 Muslims
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:09 AM (iQIUe)
Years ago we were having a huge charades throw down during a ski weekend. Needless to say, alcohol was involved.
It was neck and neck during the final round when a teammate was giving clues for wristwatch. In the heat of battle, I shouted out ARM CLOCK!
I take shit for that to this day.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2016 10:10 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:10 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (mvenn)
Yeah, and I was going to use my superpowers to delete the comment, but on second thought, it's better served as an example to others, i.e. "Kids, don't write stupid stuff like this."
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:10 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Stonecutters at June 01, 2016 10:12 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Flight of the Concords at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 10:06 AM (zp+j1)
Dionne Warwick?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (voOPb)
- Billy Joel
Never been a big fan of Billy Joel, but he's damn right on that.
Much of the entertainment industry should be so smart.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (LcKAY)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 01, 2016 10:14 AM (TPimP)
Bloodletting and stiches resulted , and that cemented my admiration at the works from centuries ago like these. It really is an incredible talent.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 10:15 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 01, 2016 10:03 AM (Pby3z)
Does anyone really know what time it is
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 10:06 AM (zp+j1)
We're getting dangeriously close to bullshit- I mean philosophy - territory.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 10:07 AM (KUaJL)
Only in "chicago"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 10:15 AM (zp+j1)
There goes HuffPo's business model.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 01, 2016 10:13 AM (T/cxb)
Vox, Salon & Slate terribly hurt you left them out of the conversation
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 01, 2016 10:15 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 01, 2016 10:15 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:02 AM (UHKOQ)
Or one of those douchey Lexus commercials.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 10:16 AM (TOk1P)
It got me invited the the White House.
Posted by: Clockmed at June 01, 2016 10:16 AM (ko4zy)
Grraahhhggghh!
In another tab I'm at another forum arguing with a bunch of lefties about Hillary's emails.
Yeah, nice bling, grumble grumble.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:16 AM (pC96u)
Yikes. Guess I'll just cross woodworking off the ol' bucket list.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 01, 2016 10:16 AM (WlGX+)
Does anybody really know what Art it is?>>>
John Moses Browning did.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 01, 2016 10:07 AM (tf9Ne)
That would be a good topic for a future thread - the art of weaponry. Every major art museum has an Arms & Armor collection.
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: alexthechick - All The Whatever Hands at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mvenn)
Toadys, shilling for The Man.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 10:18 AM (cJswI)
It got me invited the the White House.
Posted by: Clockmed>>>
You forgot to make the circuit board guilded.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 01, 2016 10:18 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Nurse Ratched at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (lSIkQ)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:10 AM (UHKOQ)
"But if you do, don't be bogarting the weed, man. That's just not cool."
Posted by: alexthechick - All The Whatever Hands at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (mf5HN)
****
The badder two see Jew wit.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (mvenn)
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Didja see Salon's latest headline? Hillary is not Darth Vader, she's Princess Leia.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM
probably a variant of someone having their "clock cleaned", but I gots nothin' beyond that
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 01, 2016 10:20 AM (ZQfW9)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:20 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2016 10:21 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mvenn)
Or "cleaning their clock." I've wondered that myself.
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (Nwg0u)
So she needs a man to save her.
*vapors
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (/CXhS)
Didja see Salon's latest headline? Hillary is not Darth Vader, she's Princess Leia.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Who is her Obi Wan?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: alexthechick
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Have you ever studied Faberge eggs?
Amazing little mechanical works of art.
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (ko4zy)
Toadys, shilling for The Man.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (evdj2)
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Apologists like you wouldn't believe. How is "She was too inept to use email" a statement of support? How is "The rules were too complicated for a person of her age" a reason to trust her and make her president?
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (pC96u)
I take shit for that to this day.
Posted by: JackStraw
As you should. Arm clock. Sheesh!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (tu/2g)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (Nwg0u)
No, they claim she's "General" Leia. SJW virtue-signalling courtesy of the "new" Star Wars.
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (7HtZB)
Someone mentioned about how amazing it is was people used to make with the most basic tools. What is equally amazing to me (and disappointing) is that even with all our tools and technology today, we cannot make things like people did centuries ago with basic tools.
Posted by: Damiano at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (71OEY)
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (O2RFr)
to Spain, where she will be travelling the St. Ignatius Pilgrimage Route
for 2 weeks. Doing research on the chapels, churches, icons, etc. along
the way. As always when she goes overseas I'm anxious, but Spain isn't
as bad as some of the places she could go.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 01, 2016 10:05 AM (2cS/G)
I have been thinking of doing that sort of thing since some friends went and had a great time.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (ry34m)
Or "cleaning their clock." I've wondered that myself.
Posted by: josephistan
And who got the clock dirty in the first place?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: John Holmes at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 01, 2016 10:24 AM (dkNy/)
Didja see Salon's latest headline? Hillary is not Darth Vader, she's Princess Leia.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Who is her Obi Wan?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (k4M/B)
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Who's her Han Solo? I mean, who stuck her with a kid and went flying off to have further adventures?
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:24 AM (pC96u)
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
But it weighed not a pennyweight more
It was bought on the morn on the day that he was born
It was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
- Henry Clay Work
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 01, 2016 10:24 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (O2RFr)
Dammit. Well, that is gonna clash like hell with all the orange I plan on wearing tomorrow.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:25 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:25 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:24 AM (pC96u)
Leia had a kid?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:26 AM (/CXhS)
I've always thought it had to do with timing of a sports event. It's still common to talk about "clocking" someone or something when they race as in "Secretariat was clocked in blah, blah for a quarter mile."
So cleaning someone's clock or clocking them was beating them.
That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2016 10:26 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mvenn)
_____________________________
a little light googling led me to the old Australian slang word for face was "clock".
Outside that, no idea...
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 10:26 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mvenn)
Or "cleaning their clock." I've wondered that myself.
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (7HtZB)
The flat numbery part of the clock is called its "face".
So, basically refers to a punch in the face.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2016 10:26 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA>>>
Or Pistols.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/j24lhu6
Link to engraved Colt single action Army revolver up for auction.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 01, 2016 10:27 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:27 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (LcKAY)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (tu/2g)
Posted by: vivi at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (11H2y)
Well onto happier topics.
Wanting to know what time it is and pulling that thing on the bottom out of your silk-lined velvet jacket pocket. Now look around and see what else is in the room. What will be served for tea?
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
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This phrase is not as old as you think. It was first used by secret service agents in a field report describing an incident at the White House back in 1993.
"Then she clocked him. Threw that thing across the room and beaned him right in noggin."
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (ko4zy)
By the Timex company.
Just like the clock John Cameron Swayze displayed
Last night on the old TV.
Oh it works under water so perfectly,
And still makes a ticking sound.
Which my grandfather tried only this afternoon,
And that's how the old man drowned.
Posted by: Zombie Allan Sherman at June 01, 2016 10:29 AM (0cMkb)
Posted by: Tire Fired Iron Belts at June 01, 2016 10:29 AM (e8U/R)
Leia had a kid?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:26 AM (/CXhS)
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Have you seen the latest Star Wars?
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:29 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: Semi-engaged scroller at June 01, 2016 10:29 AM (LQLeS)
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There is nothing like playoff/Stanley Cup hockey, even IPspouse is a fan now.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 10:29 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:30 AM (UHKOQ)
The Penguins killed the penalty clock for the last two minutes of game 1 with the Sharks the other night. It was wild.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (LcKAY)
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Well, there's something about a clock, so it's marginally on topic.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:30 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:24 AM (pC96u)
We know. Those idiots still think of Pedo Billy Jeff as the cock of the walk. Now that Hussein Obama has disappointed them so, they're ready to lay there and be Mandingoed from the original First Black President.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 10:31 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 01, 2016 10:32 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:23 AM (7HtZB)
Well, that's a relief. For a moment there, I thought they meant "metal bikini" Leia.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:32 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Semi-engaged scroller at June 01, 2016 10:32 AM (LQLeS)
His father told a Houston TV station that Garza was troubled by what he saw in Afghanistan.
His first deployment there - December 2009 to November 2010 - coincided with Afghanistan's deadliest year for American troops. Almost 500 were killed in 2010, according to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, which monitors military deaths there and in Afghanistan. Four of the five worst months ever for U.S. forces since the start of the war in 2001 were that year- June, July, August and November - when about 233 soldiers were killed.
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:32 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 01, 2016 10:33 AM (voOPb)
http://www.ufunk.net/en/artistes/van-gogh-tilt-shift/
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:33 AM (D46NL)
It becomes truly awe inspiring if you first look at some modern art and/or dog poop first, then take a comparitive look at the beauty and craftsmanship of a clock like that
Posted by: TeamRawDog at June 01, 2016 10:34 AM (10hEu)
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 10:28 AM (ko4zy)
I just love technical jargon.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:34 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Sven10077 at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (T2Zv1)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mvenn)
Or "cleaning their clock." I've wondered that myself.
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:22 AM (7HtZB)
The flat numbery part of the clock is called its "face".
So, basically refers to a punch in the face.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2016 10:26 AM (0cMkb)
I'm sure that's part of it, but it's a variation on having one's bell rung. In boxing, if you get hit hard enough you stiffen and shake, like a rung bell. Being clocked would be not just that effect, but having the count be like the chimes of a great clock, tolling to 10.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (TOk1P)
That would make for some awkward teevee.
https://tinyurl.com/jh7lvaq
Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (D46NL)
Posted by: Sven10077 at June 01, 2016 10:36 AM (T2Zv1)
Why isn't the press all over this?
I bet this guy was on a VA wait list
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:36 AM (zOTsN)
Oh the horrors. Show that to the Arab world.
I don't think they're that "fussy"... see:goat love...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:36 AM (O2RFr)
Oh the horrors. Show that to the Arab world.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (D46NL)
They don't hate us enough already?
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (nIGPZ)
Posted by: Achmad the Muslim Genius Biy at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (iQIUe)
______________________________
Can't tell if that's rhetorical or a joke setup.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 10:38 AM (aQQbl)
Why isn't the press all over this?
Trump supporter?.... They will be...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:38 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:36 AM (zOTsN)
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Shit.
Can't find my shocked face.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:38 AM (rlfds)
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary! 2016 Barking For Us at June 01, 2016 10:38 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: JTB at June 01, 2016 10:38 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (iQIUe)
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Blackmail?
Posted by: Serenity Now! at June 01, 2016 10:39 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at June 01, 2016 10:39 AM (QHgTq)
It's rather hard not to be aware. The love that won't shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 10:39 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (iQIUe)
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Blackmail?
Publicity stunt.. She's running for His old seat...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:39 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:39 AM (D46NL)
Before I answer, let's see the goat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 10:40 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: IC at June 01, 2016 10:40 AM (a0IVu)
Hope you had an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend.
I was out of town, and it was very nice indeed.
Now it's back to the grind.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:41 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:39 AM (O2RFr)
_______________________________________
and he's running for hers....
Hey oh! I'm here all night folks..
Posted by: The Hudson Falls Comic at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (0mRoj)
Le sigh... alright, let's get this over with.
Pitcher or catcher? Shut up! I said let's get this over with!!
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: runner at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (KZRN8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (D46NL)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - PROUD LGBT - Loves Guns, Beer and Tatas at June 01, 2016 10:43 AM (jxbfJ)
It's rather hard not to be aware. The love that won't shut the fuck up.
So Bathhouse Barry ordains a month to honor certain groups of people for their sexual "preferences? "It should be LGBTH month then... H= Heterosexual...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:43 AM (O2RFr)
Customers were complaining about the odor permeating through the store and office along with his coworkers.
Of course, he is now suing the store owners(his wife worked there also and she quit due to her husband being discriminated against.)
Why would anyone want to start a business today that employs anyone but themselves? I'll bet this guy will win something because he will claim his weight and gastric bypass are disabilities , along with his non stop farting, and he cannot be fired.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 01, 2016 10:44 AM (uMGjt)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:42 AM (zOTsN)
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No wonder I was getting strange looks while wearing my "Dysfunctional Veterans" cap at the HEB.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:44 AM (rlfds)
Probably derived from 'ringing one's bell.'
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 10:45 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:17 AM (mvenn)
Onomatopoetic description of hitting someone in the head.
YES! FINALLY! I HAVE JUSTIFIED MY LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE!!@!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2016 10:45 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 10:29 AM (pC96u)
Yes. Thoroughly forgetful movie.
I guess she had one.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:46 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:46 AM (zOTsN)
Will the Nerd Proms during a Trump presidency be like hockey fights, or would Trump just cancel?
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 10:46 AM (LcKAY)
Telling someone 'what time it is.'
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 10:47 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 01, 2016 10:47 AM (LA7Cm)
Would you rather have sex with a goat once, or have sex with nobody but Lena Dunham for the rest of your life?
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:37 AM (0mRoj)
Screw a pig and you are a pig f***er forever.Take the goat instead.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - PROUD LGBT - Loves Guns, Beer and Tatas at June 01, 2016 10:47 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:47 AM (zOTsN)
I missed this on last night's ONT, but I want to heartily uptwinkle the Salamander's recommendation of Occupied.
It popped up as a Netflix recommendation a while back, so Mrs. Muse and I started watching it. First episode, I thought it was going to be a joke. Occupied looks *extremely* low budget, like the old TV shows that were shot on video tape rather than film. And the dialog is a curious mix of English and sub-titled Norwegian (also Russian), but the writing is good, as is the complex plot.
So yeah, watch it. There are 8 or 10 episodes available, and I hear they're going to be filming Season 2.
Also, that Amazon is going to be filming their own version if it. Which I'd like to see, as well.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:48 AM (UHKOQ)
Before I answer, let's see the goat.
Posted by: Cicero
So there's still a chance!
-Lena
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:49 AM (tu/2g)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2016 10:49 AM (ry34m)
That's one of the islands I want to hit when I do my Hawaiian trip one day.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 01, 2016 10:49 AM (LA7Cm)
Oh the horrors. Show that to the Arab world.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (D46NL
Darn chunks caught in the back of my throat.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 01, 2016 10:50 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 10:46 AM (LcKAY)
Also called him "a sleaze." This is the kind of press conference that Republicans should be having all the time.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:50 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:50 AM (D46NL)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2016 10:49 AM
piss off
Posted by: Mr. Linkletter at June 01, 2016 10:50 AM (ZQfW9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:50 AM (D46NL)
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Ever hear of Cynthia Stafford? She won 112 mil in 2007 and declared bankruptcy in Jan.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (iQIUe)
Brit Hume did not like how Trump handled the media.
The rest of the media spun yesterday's presser as Trump's angry tirade -- no mention of the actual facts of the issue that he discussed.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 01, 2016 10:49 AM
piss off
Posted by: Mr. Linkletter at June 01, 2016 10:50 AM (ZQfW9)
You invented chain mail, right?
Posted by: josephistan at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (7HtZB)
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Sounds like she should run for President.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (iQIUe)
How the hell do you manage to do that?!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (LUG6K)
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Graduate of the Barack Obama College of Fiscal Responsibility
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (Nwg0u)
A bark came out and dogged at me
So I rocked up a pick
And blocked his knock off.
/Seamus' mom
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (iQIUe)
http://tinyurl.com/zwn77vd
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (rlfds)
__________________________________________________
Seems like a risky click to me...
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (iQIUe)
How the hell do you manage to do that?!
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You start by giving 50% to the government, then ...
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 10:55 AM (gmeXX)
Why would anyone want to start a business today that employs anyone but themselves? I'll bet this guy will win something because he will claim his weight and gastric bypass are disabilities , along with his non stop farting, and he cannot be fired.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 01, 2016 10:44 AM (uMGjt)
Article also said he's 70 years old, which is past the normal retirement age. His "problem" is self-inflicted. He ate too much, and became a fat slob. And the drastic surgery he had to "fix" his problem turned his guts into a chemical warfare lab.
Since his job is crunching numbers, no reason he can't work from home, permanently. I'd say the company was more than accommodating, but eventually he became unbearable to have around.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 01, 2016 10:55 AM (dkNy/)
On the plus side she is still alive, unlike that poor Florida dude named Abraham who had won a lottery.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 10:55 AM (D46NL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 10:55 AM (dkNy/)
http://tinyurl.com/zwn77vd
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (rlfds)
You just made the ScoggDog list.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:56 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:56 AM (zOTsN)
The media wants everyone to know Trump takes everything so very personal.
They accused the man of defrauding veterans charities to the tune of $6M and they cant undersand why Trump took it personally.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 10:56 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (iQIUe)
How the hell do you manage to do that?!
Posted by: Colorado Alex
Coke, hookers asses & a deviated septum.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 10:56 AM (tu/2g)
It's June, the empress of months, finally!
Posted by: SarahW at June 01, 2016 10:56 AM (3fTXW)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:53 AM (rlfds)
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FUPA FUPA FUPA-DEE-DO
Ive got a little flubber for you.
FUPA FUPA FUPA-DEE-DEE
Ive got a penis Id like you to see.
Posted by: Meat Loaf at June 01, 2016 10:56 AM (8XRCm)
off off Bat out Of Hell sock.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 10:57 AM (8XRCm)
I can't imagine why Trump thinks he is biased
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 10:57 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 10:55 AM (gmeXX)
Even then, you'd have $50 mil to live off of. What the hell was she spending it on?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2016 10:57 AM (LUG6K)
Judge Mega Tsunami
Circuit Judge Vaporization
Justice Blast Wave
Chief Justice Molten Ejecta
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:58 AM (UHKOQ)
When you fill out the application for ISIS, they ask you if you want to become a suicide bomber. LOL
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:58 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 10:19 AM (Nwg0u)
She's Darth Maul - looks like she's formidable but gets sliced in half by a kid.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Bargain Days - 50% Off Used Candidates, Slogans! at June 01, 2016 10:58 AM (hLRSq)
Judge Mega Tsunami
Circuit Judge Vaporization
Justice Blast Wave
Chief Justice Molten Ejecta
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01
Certainly preferable to what Hillary! would choose...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 10:58 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Colorado Alex
____________________________________
I don't know but I think I'd like a shot at trying it, you know, for SCIENCE and shit.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 10:59 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (iQIUe)
How the hell do you manage to do that?!
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You start by giving 50% to the government, then ...
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 10:55 AM (gmeXX)
They just go nuts, buying up houses and cars and boats and shit, living absurdly lavish lifestyles like the money won't ever run out, then they run out of money. Some of them get conned along the way too. Same thing that happens to a kid from the 'hood who gets a professional sports contract for several million, then ends up in bankruptcy in a few years.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:59 AM (0mRoj)
Judge Mega Tsunami
Circuit Judge Vaporization
Justice Blast Wave
Chief Justice Molten Ejecta
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01
Certainly preferable to what Hillary! would choose...
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I look forward to the confirmation hearings.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 10:59 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 10:58 AM (UHKOQ)
Perfect. Porn. Name.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at June 01, 2016 10:59 AM (Pby3z)
Judge in the Trump Umiversity case is a La Raza board member
I can't imagine why Trump thinks he is biased.
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Tell any liberal what La Raza translated to English means and you get that drooling thousand yard stare....
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:00 AM (8XRCm)
Victims - 0
.gov like efficiency.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (/CXhS)
You gotta use 'em before they exceed their "best before" date. See what happens when you don't.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:00 AM (dkNy/)
America 1776: Liberty!
America 2016: Actually, we'll take death.
SMOD: Damn right you will.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:00 AM (UHKOQ)
No bias there, no. Trump is racist calling out this obvious bias
Posted by: ThunderB at June 01, 2016 11:00 AM (zOTsN)
Moi?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (rlfds
Damn! That was totally uncalled for. Brain bleach needed
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 01, 2016 11:00 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (D46NL)
Moi?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:54 AM (rlfds)
Didn't want to do this SMFH....
http://tinyurl.com/zmdbt24
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (cJswI)
I smell sloppy joes!
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (iQIUe)
http://tinyurl.com/zmdbt24
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (ATVNj)
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Well...... THATS going to come up years later in therapy.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (8XRCm)
Same thing that happens to a kid from the 'hood who gets a professional sports contract for several million, then ends up in bankruptcy in a few years.
Yeah, where did Mike Tyson's 300 million dollars go?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (LUG6K)
Well I guess we now know why Cheryl Mills wanted the video of her deposition kept confidential. Her attorney object over 250 times and Mills claimed she forgot over 220 times.
That would make for some awkward teevee.
https://tinyurl.com/jh7lvaq
Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2016 10:35 AM (/tuJf)
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Can you imagine the Youtube where they're all strung together?
(Actually, you could make that Youtube anyway, with some old clips of her and some audio/video editing software.) (It's not a gilt clock, but it might be a work of art.)
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (pC96u)
The. sub shop across the street is making Sloppy Joes.
Whens the last time you had SLOPPY JOES?!?!
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:03 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:03 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2016 11:03 AM (D46NL)
Yes. Thoroughly forgetful movie.
I guess she had one.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 10:46 AM (/CXhS)
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Excuse status: 100% accepted.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:03 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:03 AM (iQIUe)
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ok, if that's real then I laughed way to hard and will need extra church on Sunday for it.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:04 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:00 AM (8XRCm)"
As Victor Davis Hanson likes to point out, it means the same as Das Volk.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at June 01, 2016 11:05 AM (QHgTq)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (iQIUe)
I dunno. If I came into that much money, I can't fathom why I'd live in LA. Buy a plot of land in the middle of the country and build your dream home for much less cost.
Heck, you could literally live the rest of your life on a cruise ship and never run out of 50 million.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:05 AM (KUaJL)
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ok, if that's real then I laughed way to hard and will need extra church on Sunday for it.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:04 AM (aQQbl)
But he was a prince of a guy!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (dkNy/)
Yeah, where did Mike Tyson's 300 million dollars go?
Shitload went to his "entourage".
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (tu/2g)
Tell 'em their motto and they stick their fingers in their ears and start with the lalalalalalalalalal
Posted by: JackStraw at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (/tuJf)
Now I want a sloppy joe.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (mvenn)
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ok, if that's real then I laughed way to hard and will need extra church on Sunday for it.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:04 AM (aQQbl)
But he was a prince of a guy!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (dkNy/)
Bet she cleaned his clock when she found out.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (tu/2g)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (tu/2g)
same thing happened to mc hammer....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (aQQbl)
They meet on the Internet?
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (0mRoj)
Let's see, $50 million.
Twenty percent on property. Ten percent on "toys" (guns, ammo, shit.) Pay off all family debt.
Sock away $35M and live a nice, quiet, private life.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (LA7Cm)
same thing happened to mc hammer....
Probably why He's doing dumb commercials now...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:03 AM (pC96u)
And thanks for not calling out my use of 'forgetful' instead of 'forgettable.'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:06 AM (mvenn)
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No.... but the coroner office is implied.
The official title for a suicide bomber is "Report Delivery Specialist".
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 10:59 AM (0mRoj)
There's an organization called "The Sudden Money Institute" or some name like that, that provides help and advice for people who win lotteries or suddenly get a big inheritance and who have never handled the vast amounts of money they now possess. If you don't realize how much having all that money changes your life, you can simply piss it all away.
Some people just can't handle money. They spend every dime they get and max out all of their credit cards. Being naturally a tightwad, I've never understood this mentality. I suspect all of the lottery winners who declare bankruptcy are probably like this to begin with.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (Nwg0u)
They didn't accuse Trump of defrauding Veterans of six million but
that's the exaggeration Trump uses. Always the victim , always crying
wolf. So when he has a legitimate beef, no one listens except his
supporters. Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (cJswI)
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There was a great Simpsons episode with Betty White being the PBS enforcer of pledges.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:02 AM (8XRCm)
I get a cut of the physicians fees
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:09 AM (/CXhS)
Twenty percent on property. Ten percent on "toys" (guns, ammo, shit.) Pay off all family debt.
Sock away $35M and live a nice, quiet, private life.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 01, 2016 11:07 AM (LA7Cm)
Now you're talking.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - PROUD LGBT - Loves Guns, Beer and Tatas at June 01, 2016 11:09 AM (jxbfJ)
Twenty percent on property. Ten percent on "toys" (guns, ammo, shit.) Pay off all family debt.
Sock away $35M and live a nice, quiet, private life.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
Twelve 3 million dollar annuities paying once a year, stepped every month. Interest alone after the first two years would surpass the original.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:10 AM (tu/2g)
Man, last minute penalty kills in the NHL playoffs are one of the most exciting things in sports. Always edge-of-the-seat.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 01, 2016 11:10 AM (WlGX+)
Last time we were there I had a bad cold and couldn't taste a thing.
Gonna walk from the Metra station up Wacker and recross the river to get up to N. Clark where the restaurant is. Will we be safe on the streets of Rahm Emmanuel's Chicago?
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 11:11 AM (LcKAY)
sports contract for several million, then ends up in bankruptcy in a
few years.
Heard an interview w/an NFL who wrote a book about this and now holds financial planning classes for new NFL players. IIRC, after this guy signed his NFL contract his dear, sweet mum handed him an invoice for all of the costs related to raising him. Nice.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:12 AM (NOIQH)
Tell any liberal what La Raza translated to English means and you get that drooling thousand yard stare....
You mean, like the Indy 500?
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 01, 2016 11:12 AM (k4M/B)
****
They'll put you in charge of regional distribution.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:12 AM (mvenn)
****
They'll put your career on a whole new trajectory.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:13 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (UHKOQ)
You're probably right. I'm very frugal as well, so I just don't get people who spend every penny and then some like it was their mission in life.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:13 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 01, 2016 11:11 AM (LcKAY)
_____________________________
You should be alright in the city during daylight. Like any other big city, keep the girl on your inside away from the curb, smile as passers by, and be alert.
Oh, and enjoy your lunch.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:13 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:14 AM (7lVbc)
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Where do you see yourself in five years?
Scattered in little pieces all over Baghdad.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 11:14 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:14 AM (iQIUe)
Amazing coincidence. You're here, and we're talking suicide bombers (did anyone see the bit bout 30+ splodey-dopes getting offed in Eye-raq without inflicting any casualties? at least that's what the Eye-rakis claim).
The other day, in the EZ Dog Journal, there was a reference to "suicide squads".
In Italy? In 1944? Germans, I take it? Just curious. Were there fanatical SS units in that sector, doing the German version of banzai charges?
Had never heard that before, just seeking clarification.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:15 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:13 AM (0mRoj)
Being able to delay gratification is a wonderful skill to have. It keeps you out of so much trouble.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2016 11:15 AM (LUG6K)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 11:15 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:14 AM (iQIUe)
Talk about shitty parents. Like those parents of child actors who steal all their money.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (rlfds)
http://tinyurl.com/zo92eyv
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 11:08 AM (Nwg0u)
"You are not authorized to download this attachment."
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (evdj2)
Had never heard that before, just seeking clarification.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:15 AM (QDnY+)
If I remember my history correctly, suicide squads are usually run by some weird tatooed dude who wears a bunch of face paint.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:10 AM (tu/2g)
At today's interest rates? Don't count on it.
Me? I'd diversify. Put some in money market funds, some in blue-chip stocks, but none in lefty-run companies like FB or Twatter. Some in gold, in portable form, like coins, to physically hold. And other "precious metals", heh. Park some offshore. A bunch in reals estate, again, diversified in locality.
Maybe put a big investment in the Bussard Polywell fusion project. If that ever became a reality, it would be like buying a big chunk of General Electric in the early 20th Century.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:17 AM (dkNy/)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016
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Says the crack dealer. I've foiled you however, I made it through the entire Book Thread and only ordered one book.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 01, 2016 11:17 AM (9mTYi)
Yeah, if they don't show you the workings, it's just clock-teasing.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 01, 2016 11:17 AM (PLnZs)
Posted by: Not-Art (Not-a-Tool) at June 01, 2016 11:17 AM (Jyf9X)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (evdj2)
Being poor forces you to think about it, but even then a lot of poor are stuck that way because they can't stop themselves from spending money when they have it.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2016 11:18 AM (LUG6K)
****
They'll put your career on a whole new trajectory.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:13 AM (mvenn)
They'll tell you this job requires you to travel.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:18 AM (UHKOQ)
1. Palestinian suicide-bomber instructor to his students: "Guys, pay attention, I'm only going to show you this once"
2. Old Palestinian guys, sitting on park bench in Gaza, fingering their beads, smoking, watching young Palestinian boys marching past, with "shaheed" head-bands: "awww ....... they blow up so fast".
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:18 AM (UHKOQ)
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They neglected to mention at what velocity.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 11:20 AM (Nwg0u)
A National Review writer!
Yep, that's the ticket. Exactly what America needs!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at June 01, 2016 11:20 AM (4YUWF)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (KUaJL)
Sounds like a Mad Max movie
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:20 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (PLnZs)
Or as I call it, being poor.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (evdj2)
It does force the issue, I suppose. I was in a position where I was making decent money, but my now ex wife thought it was her job to spend it all and rack up consumer debt like there was no tomorrow. So there's definitely a mindset involved - mine was earn and build, hers was waste and destroy.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
______________________________________
We didn't mean multitasking when we said you'd be running all over..
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
"You'll love working for us! You're going to have a blast!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (dkNy/)
A National Review writer!
Yep, that's the ticket. Exactly what America needs!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at June 01, 2016 11:20 AM (4YUWF)
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Well he is at least going outside his own publication.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (gmeXX)
A lot of them start out great but turn out to be a flash in the pan.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:18 AM (UHKOQ)
Must have:
-Excellent people skills
-No prior experience required.
-Willingness to try new things.
-Enjoy working in stressful situations.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (KUaJL)
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But... how do you send text with it?
Posted by: Millennial at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (9mTYi)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
"You'll love working for us! You're going to have a blast!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (dkNy/)
"We expect you to really put yourselves into your work!"
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:15 AM (QDnY+)
******
Interesting question. I think I just sort of elided right over that in my reading. I guess I kind of envisioned futile small scale counteroffensives without really considering the specific nature of it. Maybe not so much voluntary suicide missions as troops ordered to make a hopeless advance as a delaying tactic for covering withdrawing German troops. Things were moving pretty fast as I understand it.
But I can't answer your question.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (sl+zA)
Many just burn out.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (KUaJL)
"This is a high-stress, high-demand job and we want instant results."
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
"You'll love working for us! You're going to have a blast!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (dkNy/)
"We expect you to really put yourselves into your work!"
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The pension plan is lousy, but you won't really need it.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
"You'll love working for us! You're going to have a blast!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (dkNy/)
"We expect you to really put yourselves into your work!"
Posted by: Insomniac
Careful, or you'll be just a flash in the pan.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (tu/2g)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (0mRoj)
_________________________________
Got it Boss, you can count on me, I'm all over it.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (aQQbl)
This cat will be great during the burning times.
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (Fmupd)
Boy ya gotta give them boys in the Senate Credit ha? Ya got to get up mighty early in the AM to get anything by them ha?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (zp+j1)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (cJswI)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 10:52 AM (iQIUe)
Ever hear of Hillary Clinton? She misplaced $6 Billion dollars and nobody gives a shit.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (4ng05)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (gmeXX)
Benefits look good on paper, but they turn out to be rather immaterial.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (rlfds)
Anybody know that Take Beer! means? The jihadis are always yelling, Take Beer!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (iQIUe)
They expect you to cover a huge territory in a short amount of time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (sl+zA)
Really just a shocking example of anti-LGBTXYZFU imperialist, racist vegan militaristic art nouveau theft on the grandest scale.
For shame.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (J6XDt)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Jihadi at June 01, 2016 11:24 AM (9mTYi)
For me, I would keep 25 million.
Take the balance of 25 mil and divide in half - 12.5 mil and divide that between my son and daughter - 6.25 mil each.
Of the remaining 12.5, I would take half of that - 6.25, and divide that between my brother and sister (wife has no siblings), for 3.175 each.
Take the remaining 6.25 and divide in half for 3.175 and divide among 3 nephew/nieces for 1.058 each.
Remaining 3.175 is divided by 2 for 1.5875 and is divided among 5 cousins for $317,500 each.
The balance goes into a account for contingencies.
Posted by: jwest at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (dkNy/)
****
On your first day on the job we're going to ask you to cover a lot of territory.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:23 AM (gmeXX)
And no need to worry about catastrophic health care..
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (O2RFr)
The secretary was not only transitioning, there had been a --- we had
lost our first ambassador in quite some time, and we were stepping
through the sets of issues associated with that. And she, too, had
fallen ill, and there --- and there had been a period of time where we
were obviously navigating a whole set of issues in that space," Ms.
Mills said. "So I don't know that this was something that I focused on,
and certainly I wish I had."
"stepping through the sets of issues associated with that" = undertaking a massive document purge on weekends in the basement of the State Dept HQ
"navigating a whole set of issues in that space" = trying to get Hillary mentally competent enough to ID where every incriminating doc was
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (NOIQH)
****
They want you to hit the ground, running.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (mvenn)
Really, All they are is dust in the wind.
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (ko4zy)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (0mRoj)
Family doc seemed bemused at my lack of interest in getting a mammogram.
Breast cancer's just not a thing I've heard anyone in my family get yet. We get heart disease, strokes, diabetes, asthma and on my dad's side lymphoma so I guess maybe it's possible.
I keep waiting for the bra-shaped mammogram machines to arrive but nooo, it's still squish the bewbies in a Xerox copier style
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 11:26 AM (sl+zA)
A National Review writer!
Yep, that's the ticket. Exactly what America needs!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at June 01, 2016 11:20 AM (4YUWF)
From SMOD 2016:
The first Twitter confrontation between David French and Elizabeth Warren shall be known as the "French and Indian War"
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:26 AM (UHKOQ)
https://twitter.com/smod2016"
Turns out SMOD has a great sense of humor! Example:
BREAKING: States rush to pass transgender bathroom laws in a last ditch effort to protect their residents from Bruce Springsteen's music.
Posted by: Ripley at June 01, 2016 11:27 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:27 AM (mvenn)
You have to be willing to take the project from inception all the way to completion.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:27 AM (KUaJL)
...Barack H. Obama.
After all, he's alleged to be a "Constitutional scholar." He even has eight years of experience in the highest office of the nation.
That's the reason he's buying a house in the DC area. Nice bonus: his youngest daughter will get to stay (and graduate from) the high school she's currently in.
Posted by: SMOD Spotter at June 01, 2016 11:27 AM (Wy2EO)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:25 AM (7lVbc)
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I get the feeling that whoever invented that was someone who enjoyed making copies of his ass.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:27 AM (rlfds)
There had already been banzai charges in the Pacific theater by this time (and isolated apparent/presumed cases of suicide actions by a few Japanese pilots). And the largest such charge of the war, in Saipan, was a few weeks after that diary entry.
But I don't know what busy troops hunkered down in action in Italy would have heard about things in the Pacific.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (cJswI)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (0mRoj)
You'll go far.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Bargain Days - 50% Off Used Candidates, Slogans! at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: rld77 WAY down south at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (+oXKv)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Bargain Days - 50% Off Used Candidates, Slogans! at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (hLRSq)
The job's got a lot of upward mobility.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (zp+j1)
...Barack H. Obama.
After all, he's alleged to be a "Constitutional scholar." He even has eight years of experience in the highest office of the nation.
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Would actually not be the worst choice. We could expect that he would give the Court the same attention to detail that he gave to the Presidency.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (UHKOQ)
Aaaand in case you needed a reminder that Clinton and crew are awful people: Cheryl Mills blames delay in turning over email on....Benghazi.
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Really? Every McDonald's crew knows how to multitask and call in backup when necessary. The restaurant doesn't close down or let orders go unfilled for 3 hours.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:19 AM (rlfds)
"You'll love working for us! You're going to have a blast!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:21 AM (dkNy/)
"We expect you to really put yourselves into your work!"
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:22 AM (0mRoj)
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..... and business is BOOMING.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (9krrF)
First step is to donate it all to the Votermom Global Initiative
Then start paying myself & family salaries.
Also start fund raising for the good work we do
(What work? We'll think of something good, don't worry)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (7lVbc)
That's the reason he's buying a house in the DC area. Nice bonus: his youngest daughter will get to stay (and graduate from) the high school she's currently in.
Posted by: SMOD Spotter at June 01, 2016 11:27 AM (Wy2EO)
And he's a gradgewit of Hahvahd Law, so he be smart, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (dkNy/)
Posted by: Achmed the premature at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (k4M/B)
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (gyKtp)
Dammit, my curiosity got the better of me.
That is so, so wrong...and so funny.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:16 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:30 AM (/CXhS)
Hello, we've been using the 'give the bonus to their family' approach for decades.!
Posted by: Iran, Saddam Hussein's Ghost at June 01, 2016 11:30 AM (NOIQH)
*****
The job offers plenty of opportunity to expand your horizons.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:30 AM (mvenn)
You could get better suicide bombers if you just paid them a bonus for being successful at their job.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:28 AM (cJswI)
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But that's the cool thing for employers of suicide bombers: the bonus is the responsibility of another payor.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:30 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:31 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:31 AM (rlfds)
Nothing worse than a watery sloppy joe.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 01, 2016 11:29 AM (9krrF)
You know, "French letter" used to be a slang term for a condom.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (dkNy/)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (/CXhS)
Where's the RWC link?
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:31 AM (7lVbc)
http://tinyurl.com/zmdbt24
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:01 AM (ATVNj)
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Here ya go....
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Jihadi at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (9mTYi)
I like your plan, but maybe you should get one of the Left's favorite key words in there to avoid an IRS audit or MSM exposure?
Something like "Votermom Institute for a New America" or "Votermom's Environmental Peace Institute for Justice" - too wordy?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (evdj2)
No mention whether Islam is a religion of peace or not.
Probably an oversight.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (4ng05)
Nothing worse than a watery sloppy joe.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (rCQo0)
Old coworker thought that Sloppy Joe's came in a can. That's it. Don't add anything to it.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (/CXhS)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (NOIQH)
*****
"Yeah, I can get you on day shift, but it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg."
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (cJswI)
What's "smh" stand for?
And NGU, I assume "FAB" stands for what I'm guessing it stands for, involving indelicate anatomical and gender references?
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (8XRCm)
____________________________________
YES!
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (aQQbl)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:31 AM
NO! For the love of your retinas! Noooo!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (bzd8I)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: CrustyB at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (GvSpB)
And NGU, I assume "FAB" stands for what I'm guessing it stands for, involving indelicate anatomical and gender references?
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:34 AM (QDnY+)
Shaking my head
Fat Ass Bitch - NGU doesn't use the bitch's name anymore.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (/CXhS)
RWC, that's like making hamburgers with Hamburger Helper and nothing else.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (sl+zA)
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (pC96u)
Something like "Votermom Institute for a New America" or "Votermom's Environmental Peace Institute for Justice" - too wordy?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (NOIQH)
Lizzy, you're my first non-family hire when I get that $50M
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (7lVbc)
A suicide bomber walks into a bar. The bartender says "Get out. I told you last night, after you got blind drunk and molested the cocktail waitresses that you're not welcome here anymore!!"
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (NOIQH)
Starring - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Co-Starring Bernie Sanders, Brian Denehy with David French as "The Stooge"
A Bill Kristol Production
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Bargain Days - 50% Off Used Candidates, Slogans! at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (gmeXX)
Nope...it does not take much effort or intellect to just vote "No" or "Yes"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (zp+j1)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: Art Garfunkel, under a bridge at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (mXXEx)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:37 AM (NOIQH)
WTF is a Maid Rite? Never heard of it.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:37 AM (rCQo0)
RWC, that's like making hamburgers with Hamburger Helper and nothing else.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (rCQo0)
Yep. He was a young guy but still we laughed our asses off for a long time about it.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:37 AM (/CXhS)
Nothing worse than a watery sloppy joe.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 11:32 AM (rCQo0)
Old coworker thought that Sloppy Joe's came in a can. That's it. Don't add anything to it.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (/CXhS)
A literal soup sandwich.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:37 AM (0mRoj)
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Votermom's For The American Way
Votermom's For a Democratic Society
Votermom's for Progress
Votermom's for World Peace
That last one would work well, because, you know, who can oppose anything to do with world peace.
Posted by: Left Memes at June 01, 2016 11:37 AM (9mTYi)
Word.
Posted by: Vince Young, UT lackey/gofer at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (mXXEx)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:31 AM
Can't say I wasn't warned.
On the bright side, now I can skip lunch.
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (7lVbc)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:35 AM (gmeXX)
Nope...it does not take much effort or intellect to just vote "No" or "Yes"
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The liberal vote is already baked in the cake.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (rlfds)
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Ah, the space time continuum.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: The Votermom Popular Front for A Just Environmental Peace at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (sl+zA)
*****
We're looking for someone to be in charge of a new parts distributorship.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (gmeXX)
yeah which is why he would be a catastrophy on the Court
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (zp+j1)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (rlfds)
*****
We're looking for someone to be in charge of a new parts distributorship.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (mvenn)
And we've got market position for rapid, dynamic expansion.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:40 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 11:40 AM (W2YA6)
I notice She hasn't given any press conferences or interviews lately.... Hiding out hoping to ride Her broom to the nomination...
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:38 AM (gmeXX)
yeah which is why he would be a catastrophy on the Court
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I was saying compared to any other liberal. The vote is already there no matter which liberal takes it. If that is the case, I want someone who will be a lazy writer and lousy at persuading other justices. Obama strikes me as such a person.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (gmeXX)
You ok?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (rlfds)
Yes, it was pretty funny. I can just imagine the pap smear appointment.
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (7lVbc)
As Andrew McCarthy nice put it after one of the Roberts debacles, the "liberals" are there to vote, not to judge, not to reason.
Jeebus look at the language of the decisions on any of the landmark lawless buckets of nonsense just in the last few years.
But a lazy, and not that bright, Obama on the court would be no less harmful than the other authoritarian drones, or the mental cases (Kennedy), or the fragile little mediocrities (Roberts).
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (aQQbl)
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:42 AM (cJswI)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM
To be fair, his options were limited. After all, her own head is up her ass...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2016 11:42 AM (bzd8I)
OK.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:39 AM (mvenn)
And we've got market position for rapid, dynamic expansion.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 01, 2016 11:40 AM (0mRoj)
Just sit over there and look busy.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (4ng05)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (zp+j1)
387 Thanks Libertarian's, guess I have to change my registration again.
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 11:40 AM (W2YA6)
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Let's face it. Independent is probably as good as it will ever get.
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (7lVbc)
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It was FABULOUS!
Posted by: Hillary's FUPA aka Trump at June 01, 2016 11:44 AM (rlfds)
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 11:44 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 11:40 AM (W2YA6)
I understand libertarianism, small l, I don't understand anyone taking that Party seriously.
Until they can clearly demonstrate otherwise, I think it's safe to dismiss the Libertarian Party (big L) as the guys who want to smoke dope.
Is that fair? I don't care if it's fair or not.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 11:44 AM (TOk1P)
*****
We're looking for someone who will give their all for the firm. Can you show us you've got the guts for this job?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:44 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:45 AM (dkNy/)
OK.
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Yes, I do. The liberals will all vote in block anyway - right? Some liberals are better at persuasion than others. I prefer the liberal court members to be intellectually weak and lousy at persuasion.
Now to be fair, I prefer less liberal members, but to the extent that they are on the Court, I do not want intellectual heavyweights (to the extent they exist).
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:45 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:36 AM (zp+j1)
"Present."
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (UHKOQ)
he is a piece of work...blames the white working class for all sorts of
shit..AND AND AND is very anti-trump
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (zp+j1)
Hey, have YOU won a Bronze Star for fabulous paperwork?
I didn't think so.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: rd at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (v0YLX)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (W2YA6)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (cJswI)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:33 AM (mvenn)
***
Twenty years of madrassah,
They put you on the day shift.
- Robert al-Dylani
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (lutOX)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Bargain Days - 50% Off Used Candidates, Slogans! at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: rd at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (v0YLX)
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So flipping the bird is considered talking now?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (rlfds)
A suicide bomber walks into a bar. The bartender says ' why the long vest?'
BAM,, I've done it once again. How do I come up with all these fantabulous jokes? I amaze me....
Posted by: Amy Schumer at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 11:44 AM (TOk1P)
It's fair. Screw 'em. The LP is a joke. They got nothing.
Except weed.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:48 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (zp+j1)
A Kevin D. Williamson type, eh?
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at June 01, 2016 11:48 AM (0mRoj)
They are far more upset at something like porn being blocked at the library's computer than they are ObamaCare.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 11:48 AM (H8A77)
Posted by: PJ at June 01, 2016 11:49 AM (cHuNI)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:49 AM (gmeXX)
And by "minus" I mean "minus the hot cosplay chicks."
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 11:49 AM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (cJswI)
If he hops in the arena he is fair game. It is much safer to be outside watching and punditing.
BTW - why doesn't Bill Kristol just jump right in there himself? What's up with that?
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Bargain Days - 50% Off Used Candidates, Slogans! at June 01, 2016 11:49 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:47 AM (cJswI)
Hardly necessary. He seems to be working to that end himself.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:49 AM (dkNy/)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (mvenn)
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Heh.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (rlfds)
Cheryl Mills has talked to the FBI...
Posted by: rd at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (v0YLX)
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Wait, what? In addition to Judicial Watch?
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (mvenn)
At least the contributions vest immediately.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at June 01, 2016 11:51 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (gmeXX)
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Contrary to popar belief, justices do not query or discuss cases with other justices. Their decisions are their own.
Fredo woud be a disaster in the SCOTUS just as he is as president.
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 11:51 AM (Fmupd)
What do you call an American suicide bomber?
Third-party candidate.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 01, 2016 11:51 AM (9krrF)
Cheryl Mills has talked to the FBI...
Posted by: rd at June 01, 2016 11:46 AM (v0YLX)
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Wait, what? In addition to Judicial Watch?
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:50 AM (pC96u)
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Never mind, what am I saying? That was a while ago.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:51 AM (pC96u)
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How so? How would he be different from the other liberals on the court? Other than the fact, that I doubt he would devote as much time and effort as they do.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:52 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: SarahW at June 01, 2016 11:52 AM (3fTXW)
Now to be fair, I prefer less liberal members, but to the extent that they are on the Court, I do not want intellectual heavyweights (to the extent they exist).
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:45 AM (gmeXX)
What about the act of writing opinions? Some liberals justices will at least take the care to rule narrowly. Do you think Obama would do that? If a case about 2A came to a court where Obama sat on, I could see his majority opinion stating that the amendment does not actually protect any individual's right to own any weapon.
Just because he's intellectually lazy, doesn't mean that he wouldn't have the capacity to deal great damage.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (zp+j1)
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According to Breitbart, he also hangs out with a "renegade Jew."
Whether or not its a good idea for French to run, everything I've seen indicates he's a far, far better person then Trump or Hil - a low bar, to be sure. The rush to destroy what would be a fringe-y candidate in any case doesn't help downplay the whole "Cult of Personality" thing around Trump.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (mFkVC)
Posted by: Soona
And is there ever really going to be any political party that lines up 100% with someone's views?
This meme that "I won't compromise my principles!!!" when it comes time to vote seems so juvenile to me.
Either Trump or Hillary is going to be our next President. It's not hard for me to roll the dice on Trump, even though I think he's a thin-skinned ego maniac (like every man that decides to run for President or even be in politics)
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (H8A77)
Contrary to popar belief, justices do not query or discuss cases with other justices. Their decisions are their own.
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They don't deliberate, but they do circulate their draft opinions among each other and adjust/respond/ignore/whatever.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (pC96u)
>> he is a piece of work...blames the white working
>> class for all sorts of shit..AND AND AND is very anti-
>> trump
A David French candidacy would prove to the world just how small the hardcore National Review voter base is.
If Kristol and co stop to think for a minute, that's something they really can't afford to do. They will destroy their own influence in trying to take Trump down.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at June 01, 2016 11:53 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Hairy Reid, art collector at June 01, 2016 11:54 AM (/m8T6)
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No I don't, and in doing so, he may lose votes he has. If Obama were to push for a big win, others may say that is too far and not agree with him, thus turning a small liberal victory into defeat.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:54 AM (gmeXX)
They ask you if you're interested in assisting them with virgin quality control in a remote office.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:55 AM (NOIQH)
Of course he's fair game if he runs which I don't think he will but it's not fair game to disparage is military service which is the thing that prompted my comment.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:55 AM (cJswI)
******
The guy who had the job before you left a big hole.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:55 AM (mvenn)
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As you say, that group includes everyone not actually in prison (for Hill specifically), in a mental hospital or taking up arms against the United States.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at June 01, 2016 11:56 AM (/m8T6)
******
The guy who had the job before you left a big hole.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:55 AM (mvenn)
Going to be real difficult to fill his shoes.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at June 01, 2016 11:56 AM (0mRoj)
People already know what you are going to say before you say it. You could save yourself some time by simply not saying it.
I only offer this as one piece of advice. You do what you want. I don't much care, because this is the last time I will acknowledge your existence.
Bye now.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 11:56 AM (TOk1P)
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Raising the question, why some feel it necessary to destroy the man who seemingly is a very decent and conservative person but who has the temerity to be anti-Trump.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:56 AM (gmeXX)
******
The guy who had the job before you left a big hole.
Imam Crater, call your mosque.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 01, 2016 11:57 AM (9krrF)
...if you want an opportunity to rise quickly within the company.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 11:57 AM (NOIQH)
Fredo woud be a disaster in the SCOTUS just as he is as president.
Posted by: Soona
That's not really true, the majority collaborates on the final draft of the opinion that is written
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (H8A77)
>> It's not hard for me to roll the dice on Trump, even though
>> I think he's a thin-skinned ego maniac
You have to have a pretty tough hide to get up there and take the shot, and while there's unquestionably ego at play the one thing you get with Trump is HIM. You're not dealing with someone who's got Susan Rice's or Ben Rhodes' or Karl Rove's arm up his ass making his lips move.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 11:55 AM (cJswI)
My understanding is that he was a military lawyer. Never was shot at, or shot any of the enemy. Just another cog in the non-productive bureaucracy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (dkNy/)
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 11:51 AM (Fmupd)
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My experience is different than yours, at least with regard to ObamaCare cases.
Posted by: Chief Justice "Beat to hell" John Roberts at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (/m8T6)
******
The guy who had the job before you left a big hole.
No sense in trying to fill it. You will too.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (tu/2g)
Gonna be a long election cycle.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 11:59 AM (4ng05)
*****
It's truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 11:59 AM (mvenn)
Suicide bomber. The only career where 401k refers to the number of body parts.
KA-BOOM!!! I'M ON A ROLL!! `whew` I'm gonna have to take a break after that one. That level of comedy don't come natural, not even for me....
Posted by: Amy Schumer at June 01, 2016 11:59 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at June 01, 2016 11:59 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 01, 2016 12:00 PM (RwwCT)
...if you want an opportunity to rise quickly within the company.
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... if you want a career where you can make an impact.
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 12:00 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 12:00 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: SH
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Because he's decided to be a stalking horse for Hillary Clinton.
That's the plan here, to make sure Hillary beats Trump. The primary is the place to make your case.
Unless he's insane, he has no delusions that he's actually going to win. He can't even appear on the ballot in certain states like Texas.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:01 PM (H8A77)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2016 12:00 PM (mvenn)
I can make you stop
Posted by: suicide vest trigger at June 01, 2016 12:01 PM (7lVbc)
Never was shot at, or shot any of the enemy. Just another cog in the
non-productive bureaucracy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2016 11:58 AM (dkNy/)
Who sports a unit-wide issued Bronze Star. And as far as I know, he's not said anything publicly about what he did to earn it.
Lots of REMFs fly into theaters of operation, stay long enough to get awards, because it's good for their careers.
People who do the actual fighting don't think much of such awards.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:52 AM (gmeXX)
You don't seem to get it? A 100% permanent left vote is devastating, not to mention some of the far left wing language the scumbag would use. Changing the language is how the left tries to change society
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (zp+j1)
This is where the racists who produced this movie made a mistake.
All the slaves a the Virginia plantation look well fed, well clothed, nobody in chains (except Toby), all reasonably happy (for slaves).
When Kunta runs away and is captured, all the master wants is for him to acknowledge his new name (and his new circumstances). As he is getting filleted with a whip (complete with nails and glass), he continually refuses to say his new name.
Instead of the admiration of his dignity, this scene brings out a feeling of "say your name, you obstinate idiot".
Afterward, the overseer tells the slaves to go home and for those from other plantations to go back to their homes.
Slaves from other plantations just visiting on their own? Sure thing.
Given that Kunta could have ended up a slave in Arab North Africa, or on a sugar plantation in the West Indies or Brazil, he certainly seems to have hit the lottery on places to be.
Posted by: jwest at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 11:41 AM (gmeXX)
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But that's after their own decisions have been written. That's why Scalia and Thomas were so angry with Roberts when he "changed his mind" on fredocare.
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 11:43 AM (zp+j1)
I thought French made some valid points and that the Breitbart piece was a bunch of whiny crap, mostly. French is a decent guy, and while I don't wnt him running for President I don't get the "we need to destroy him" thing that Breitbart is doing.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:03 PM (rCQo0)
Posted by: Jihadi at June 01, 2016 12:03 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (UHKOQ)
IF he tries to run as a 3rd party and tilt the election to THE FAB, then he is a fair target and deserves what he gets.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:03 PM (zp+j1)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
I keeeeeel you!
-Achmed The Dead Terrorist
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 12:04 PM (tu/2g)
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Again, compared to another liberal. The 100% permanent left vote is there already.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:04 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 12:04 PM (7lVbc)
Malcom Forbes was also rumored to be a fruit.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:03 PM (rCQo0)
Is there a point?
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (4ng05)
>> the man who seemingly is a very decent and conservative
>> person but who has the temerity to be anti-Trump.
My position is this: there are consequences to being anti-Trump.
The MOST a French candidacy can do is knock a couple percent off Trump's vote, and maybe take back a few of the more principled NeverTrumpers from Hillary or the Libertarians.
It may affect the outcome.
It will not put a conservative in the White House.
It may put Hillary in the White House, which to my mind is the WORST of all possible outcomes. She is pretty much as guilty as Nixon was of the kinds of crimes that forced his resignation. There is no principled basis for putting a felon in the White House.
To my mind if you are a principled NeverTrumper you ought to be registered as a Democrat and ought to be beating the bushes for Bernie.
Bernie may be many bad things but he's at least as honest as the average Senator. And that in itself makes him vastly more qualified than Hillary.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (o+SC1)
That's the plan here, to make sure Hillary beats Trump. The primary is the place to make your case.
Unless he's insane, he has no delusions that he's actually going to win. He can't even appear on the ballot in certain states like Texas.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:01 PM (H8A77)
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Or maybe he thinks there should be someone in the race advocating for Conservatism. At the moment, their is no candidate who stands for entitlement reform, smaller government, individual liberties, social conservatism, Constitutionalism - any of the values usually associated with Conservatism. It may be valuable to have someone out there making the case for those ideas.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (mFkVC)
don't get the "we need to destroy him" thing that Breitbart is doing.
Agreed, I have nothing against French as a person, just his attempt at spoiling Trump for the sake of party purity. I would imagine the Breitbart attacks are an effort to convince him this is a match he shouldn't butt into.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (NOIQH)
Breitbart piece was a bunch of whiny crap, mostly. French is a decent
guy, and while I don't wnt him running for President I don't get the "we
need to destroy him" thing that Breitbart is doing.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:02 PM (UHKOQ)
The Breitbart website is of the same cloth that is NRO. I don't have any use for either. I don't care if they want to bicker on their little webzines.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:06 PM (TOk1P)
I'm not saying I like it or agree with it, but it's a lawfare world.
Posted by: Country Singer at June 01, 2016 12:06 PM (uiwCw)
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 12:06 PM (Fmupd)
My understanding is that he was a military lawyer. Never was shot at, or shot any of the enemy. Just another cog in the non-productive bureaucracy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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So, you're saying that it wasn't "real" service to his country? Wow.
I don't know or care one bit about this guy, but ...
Meh. I'll just bug out for a while.
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 12:07 PM (ko4zy)
Why does that military service deserve to be diminished or made fun of? He was part of the 'bureaucracy' in Iraq. We don't disparage NGU's service. Well at least most of us
. Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 12:07 PM (cJswI)
Raising the question, why some feel it necessary to destroy the man who seemingly is a very decent and conservative person but who has the temerity to be anti-Trump.
Posted by: SH
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Because he's decided to be a stalking horse for Hillary Clinton.
That's the plan here, to make sure Hillary beats Trump.
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Yup.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 12:07 PM (pC96u)
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Let me try this another way. Between Merrick Garland and Obama - who would you prefer on the Court. I think you can make the case, that Obama would actually do less damage, because Garland's whole career has been using the courts to move to the left. Obama's is not. And for Garland being elevated to the Court will be his highest honor and he will do everything possible to advance his position. Whereas Obama will just be lazy. They would both vote the same way, but Garland may be a little more strategic where Obama would not.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:07 PM (gmeXX)
There kinda was with Ted Cruz. He lost to Trump.
The time to enter the race was back when the rest of the people did: before the primaries.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 12:07 PM (NOIQH)
I earnestly hope the Trumpsters treat him with the respect he has earned and fully deserves, because he isn't so much a serious threat to Donaldo as he a Rorschach test for Trump supporters. He cannot possibly get on ballots, so he is zero threat to Donald, and probably will not even run.
If people react well, including of course Donald Trump, then they look good to conservatives. If Trump people begin demeaning this good man, then it will illustrate how bad Trump and his core supporters are for the country.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at June 01, 2016 12:08 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Uncle Achmed's One Stop Jihad Shop Training Guide at June 01, 2016 12:08 PM (9krrF)
I don't know or care one bit about this guy, but ...
Meh. I'll just bug out for a while.
Posted by: Chi at June 01, 2016 12:07 PM (ko4zy)
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If you support Trump, you are on real shaky ground attacking French's military service.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:08 PM (mFkVC)
>> ought to be registered as a Democrat and ought to be
>> beating the bushes for Bernie.
Alternatively, you can pray for an indictment and/or a palace coup within the Democrats that nominates Biden or Kerry or someone of that ilk who is 'conventionally bad' to paraphrase PJ O'Rourke's description of Hillary.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:08 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (o+SC1)
Oh yeah. Bernie as the better option. Comedy gold.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 12:09 PM (4ng05)
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 12:09 PM (Fmupd)
Bernie may be many bad things but he's at least as honest as the average Senator. And that in itself makes him vastly more qualified than Hillary.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (o+SC1)
The one positive development for the pro-Trump GOP from all the Gary Johnson/Weld "I'm a socialist who hates the GOP" stuff is that it seems to be a determined play for the Bernie crowd. To that end, the more Johnson crows about how bad the GOP is, the more votes he potentially keeps from consolidating under Hillary.
Posted by: Cody's Feed Bag at June 01, 2016 12:09 PM (XiVKO)
Posted by: Country Singer at June 01, 2016 12:06 PM (uiwCw)
It most certainly is.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:09 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:08 PM (o+SC1)
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Biden and Kerry would be just as bad as Hil - Biden might be even worse.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:10 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: person
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Why is it "valuable" to have a spoiler candidate do these things? Can't he simply advocate them as an opinion writer or activist?
The strategy here is to make sure Hillary wins, nobody takes issue with a figure like French or Kristol advocating for their brand of conservatism.
FWIW, Trump is better at advocating conservative issues than many former Republican Presidents like Nixon, Ford, HW Bush, etc.
Republicans like Nixon were advocating wage and price controls and yet somehow many of these same NeoCons were working for him and weren't advocating spoiler candidates, but apparently Trump is just too liberal and needs to be stopped.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:11 PM (H8A77)
If people react well, including of course Donald Trump, then they look good to conservatives. If Trump people begin demeaning this good man, then it will illustrate how bad Trump and his core supporters are for the country.
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I'm not sure why he can't get on ballots? Tough - yes, but possible.
But on your final point I agree.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:11 PM (gmeXX)
French is being touted as an Iraq War veteran, thus giving the impression he was in combat.
Is this true or not?
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:11 PM (rCQo0)
It's better for French to get a taste now, so he knows what Kristol is trying to rope him into.
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (7lVbc)
And not one mention of Clockboy Ahmed.
Sad.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (/CXhS)
GOPe is just gonna GOPe.
Always gonna be trying to save their status quo...
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (aQQbl)
Anyone who thinks any differently is fooling themselves.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (9krrF)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Cody's Feed Bag
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I agree with that and I hope Libertarians continue to make a play for disgruntled socialists.
I could easily see the Libertarian Party being a bigger headache for Hillary than Trump.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:13 PM (H8A77)
Anyone who thinks any differently is fooling themselves.
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I think differently, so I guess I am just fooling myself. FWIW, I think it will survive both of them.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:13 PM (gmeXX)
But on your final point I agree.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:11 PM (gmeXX)
Texas deadline has already passed, other states are rapidly approaching. Someone with more knowledge than I can check to see when the deadlines for places like... oh, I don't know, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania are. That might tell us more about this guy's intentions.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:13 PM (TOk1P)
>> be even worse.
I would argue that of the Bernie, Biden, Kerry, Hillary list Biden's probably the best option.
He's an old schmoozer, and unless his experience at VP and watching Obama hammer the GOP majority with no consequences has 'adjusted' his outlook on the Executive, he's likely to be a much more 'cooperative' President.
I would probably take Bernie next. I'm inclined toward deep mistrust for Kerry over his role as Obama's puppet in the Iran deal, and I'm NeverHillary for the reasons I've outlined.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:14 PM (o+SC1)
There kinda was with Ted Cruz. He lost to Trump.
The time to enter the race was back when the rest of the people did: before the primaries.
Posted by: Lizzy
What was that the #NeverTrumpers screamed at us about the primaries? Oh yeah.
"Learn the fucking rules!"
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 12:14 PM (tu/2g)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 12:14 PM (W2YA6)
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 12:15 PM (W2YA6)
not one mention of Clockboy Ahmed.
Sad.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (/CXhS)
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He's somewhere in the 100s or 200s.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 12:15 PM (pC96u)
"Learn the fucking rules!"
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 12:14 PM (tu/2g)
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So which rules is French breaking by considering a run?
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:16 PM (mFkVC)
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (mFkVC)
BULLSHIT..rationalize all you want if makes you feel better, all a candidacy like French's does is help put a far left winger in the White House...all the rest is just intellectual masturbation and fucked up FUBAR
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:16 PM (zp+j1)
Who the FUC-.......THAT'S MY WATCH!
Posted by: Prince William of Orange, Stadtholder at June 01, 2016 12:17 PM (Jesl+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 12:17 PM (Nwg0u)
502 Wouldn't know this French guy from Adam's house cat, but even with NRO in his references, he isn't worthy of me to investigate further. It's a nevertrump distraction.
GOPe is just gonna GOPe.
Always gonna be trying to save their status quo...
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (aQQbl)
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All this is is Bill Krystal trying to prove his relevance to the political world.
This election is killing the relevance of many of the so-called "conservative political punditry".
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 12:17 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 12:17 PM (aQQbl)
If French is going to help Clinton win the WH, then he is an asshole. Immigration and the USSC in donk hands will kill the gop and devastate this country.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 01, 2016 12:18 PM (iQIUe)
I think differently, so I guess I am just fooling myself. FWIW, I think it will survive both of them.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:13 PM (gmeXX)
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The movement might survive, but in a vastly outnumbered political minority.
Posted by: iforgot at June 01, 2016 12:18 PM (pC96u)
Bash French but just leave out the military service.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 12:18 PM (cJswI)
One simple question:
1. What's the point of David French running for president?
And spare me the bullshit about doing it on principle.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:18 PM (rCQo0)
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:05 PM (mFkVC)
There were 16 other candidates that ran. NOT ONE OF THE SO CALLED CONSERVATIVES advocated for the above ideals.
NOW you want one to? Too fucking late.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 12:19 PM (tu/2g)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:19 PM (zp+j1)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 12:12 PM (7lVbc)
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It's exactly this kind of reaction that Trump supporters should carefully avoid. For French to get on even a few ballots will take enormous expense and rapid action, and no one so far has talked at all about raising money or organizing rapid movements for ballot petitions. They are already late for some states and soon will be for most states. French is no threat to Trump at all.
The whole purpose is to demonstrate to conservatives that Trump and his supporters are ugly, mindless extremists who will throw mud first and think later, even at a truly honorable man.
Don't give in to temptation. If Trump has even the slimmest dreams of attracting conservative votes, treat French well. Speak respectfully. Your candidate will win more support that way.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at June 01, 2016 12:19 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Cody's Feed Bag at June 01, 2016 12:19 PM (XiVKO)
The idea that an ideology "dies" when a Republican President does something "non conservative" is based on what exactly?
The Tea Party basically sprang up in response to TARP and the corporate bailouts that Bush signed into law.
Even after securing the nomination, most of what I'm hearing from Trump is WAY more conservative than what I usually hear from Republican Presidential candidates at this stage.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (H8A77)
If the best day of his life were election day, from here French might be able to garner 5 votes in a hundred. Probably not that much because from here, people with even an ounce of reason, would know that their vote would be thrown away.
But yeah. Go French, you Francophiles.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (4ng05)
They shot George Wallace.
They try to look human but the Politicians and their hanger-ons are monsters.
Ross Perot was the idea. Only steal from the R candidate. And they didn't treat him particularly nice and he ended up with 10%. Before that it was Bull Moose and kept-us-out-of-war Wilson was elected.
What will kill French is he threatens sinecures by opposing Trump. Most of his peers have decided Trump is a fart that has a span of 8 years or less and that their sinecures are secure with him. Trump just announced he isn't going to go after McConnell or Ryan. Now that he has the nomination Trump is assuring everyone that he won't go after their sweet federal money. Trump wants to win. Ask W about medicare part D and the $400 tax rebate before you go off on Trump. Also Hasterd, McConnell, Bush.
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (j2xmV)
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Rick - that's preposterous. Ted Cruz advocated for all those things.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (gmeXX)
Bill Kristol's butthurt over the Neocon Eclipse.
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (o+SC1)
http://tinyurl.com/zwn77vd
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 10:
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What the HELL did we ever do to you!
*guzzles brain bleach*
You're going on the list.
*scribbles furiously*
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (3Mimg)
Bash French but just leave out the military service.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 12:18 PM (cJswI)
he did not insult all POWs. THAT shot, and it was a low blow, was direct directly at McCain and only McCain. And it came after more than a few low blows by that senile ofl Bastard from AZ anyway.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:21 PM (zp+j1)
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Excuse me, Combat Duty Pay.
Posted by: Chupacabra at June 01, 2016 12:15 PM (W2YA6)
Considered by whom? There have always been strutting peacocks who pop onto the battlefield (figuratively, from a safe distance) to try to glom onto the glory. It's been happening since the days when cavemen were throwing sticks and rocks at each other.
These days, it is a well-known tradition for non-combat personnel, mostly officers, to fly into the theater, stay long enough to get their "combat" awards, then fly out again.
As I said before, nobody who has actually been shot at considers that to be combat duty.
Now, I have no idea if this French guy has been shot at or not. It would be nice if he would come out and talk about what he did to earn that Bronze Star he wears.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:21 PM (TOk1P)
Now, if you'll excuse us, there's a "Death to America" cocktail-party over at the DNC, and we dasn't be late and upset our friends!
Posted by: The Notorious GOPe at June 01, 2016 12:21 PM (Jesl+)
This again? It was aimed at McCain, and hit him squarely. Was it overkill, yes it was, and tacky too, but don't play the lefts "but he insulted all of us!" bullcrap games.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 12:22 PM (aQQbl)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:03 PM (zp+j1)
I agree. If he consents to be Bill Kristol's sock puppet, he'll deserve the ridicule he gets.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:22 PM (UHKOQ)
So our choices are the unindicted ringleader of the most successful (if unintentional) espionage master in decades, the Socialist, the 73% Socialist stoner, and the Reality Show Star with a moral compass that spins like a top. We are a firmly unserious country. [krak/t]
Yep.
Some other wise man said "there's a lot of ruin in a country", and he's right, but that is with the usual societal decay of entropy and apathy.
When all but one of the contenders will without a doubt enact policies that will speed up the process ala Venezuela, that ruin could come faster than they realize.
I say they because I truly believe that the Left thinks America is unbreakable.
They are wrong.
p.s. The caveat is that those pulling the levers know full well what damage they do, and I refer to the average American leftist, aka LIVs
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 01, 2016 12:22 PM (kKHcp)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (rlfds)
I agree that it would be best if Trump supporters just point and laugh at Kristol and Anton he nominates, but I don't think anyone controls the crowd at this point.
They are all fed up.
Kristol is playing with fire.
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (Nwg0u)
As long as I can opt-out of socialism, you guys go on ahead. I don't have all the answers.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: JEM at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity
Nope, I'd rather see him get a taste now, we're not going to pretend what he's doing is anything but self-serving and destructive.
The idea that we placate spoiler candidates that try and help Hillary win is exactly the sort of "conservatism" that I want to extinguished.
99% of the heat against French is that he's a spoiler candidate, which is 100% true and if he can't handle that, tough shit.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (H8A77)
Posted by: @votermom at June 01, 2016 12:23 PM (7lVbc)
Up to the point where he came down with a bad case of TDS, I thought he was one of NRO's finest writers.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (UHKOQ)
One simple question:
1. What's the point of David French running for president?
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Kristol is setting up a Rorschach test designed to show how bad the Trump core supporters are. French isn't so much "running for president" as he demonstrating that Trump will not treat conservatives well and should not be supported.
Resist the temptation to slime David French, and defeat the Kristol plan by attracting conservatives instead of driving them away.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:21 PM (TOk1P)
Does not matter, at least to me. He served and that is good enough for me...I will not attack his service one bit. The rest is fair game
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (zp+j1)
Posted by: SH
Srsly? Smaller government? Constitutionalism? What departments did he say he was going to eliminate unless they were authorized by The Constitution?
Was that before or after he handed out teddy bears at the border?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (tu/2g)
Posted by: CK at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (0Bt+2)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (qCMvj)
More pitiful spin and excuse making just like the Left. He said what he said and you want to defend it by saying it's not what he meant. Just like the Left's bull crap.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at June 01, 2016 12:25 PM (cJswI)
I agree. If he consents to be Bill Kristol's sock puppet, he'll deserve the ridicule he gets.
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:22 PM (UHKOQ)
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Amen!
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 12:25 PM (Fmupd)
My goodness persons. Trump is threatening their way of life and their sinecures!
Also Soros or equivalent is probably using their polling or lobbying company.
Trump might harpoon the Soros Whale!
"Warning Warning Warning Bill Kristol. Trump threatening NWO", said Robot.
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:25 PM (jN+3o)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 01, 2016 12:25 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:19 PM (zp+j1)
*snort* So what??!? The right of every "severely conservative" Republican to attend every Washington Social Event shall NOT be infringed!
Posted by: The Notorious GOPe at June 01, 2016 12:26 PM (Jesl+)
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IRS
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 01, 2016 12:26 PM (+FSld)
Posted by: Soona at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (Fmupd)
What a drooling idiot. Since when has there *ever* been "voluntary" socialism, an oxymoron if there ever was one.
He needs to put the weed down.
"Voluntary socialism." ( *rolls eyes* )
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (UHKOQ)
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (jN+3o)
I had to escort a soldier to see a JAG officer in Taji back in 2006, and the guy had his body armor still in wrapped in plastic collecting dust.
He got a BS BS.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (rlfds)
Posted by: donna at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (O2RFr)
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at June 01, 2016 12:28 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: CK at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (0Bt+2)
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It's attitudes like this that are total setups. The idea here is to whip up the lowest emotions, and prove to conservatives that Trump and his supporters are just mindless POS. This guy is proving the point, but hopefully others here are smarter.
Posted by: MTF, Amity and Enmity at June 01, 2016 12:28 PM (/m8T6)
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:28 PM (H8A77)
Her people say it is because all the press is covering Trump.
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:28 PM (jN+3o)
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IRS
Eliminate or restructure? No income tax or flat or fair?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2016 12:29 PM (tu/2g)
Now, I have no idea if this French guy has been shot at or not. It would
be nice if he would come out and talk about what he did to earn that
Bronze Star he wears.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:21 PM (TOk1P)
Does not matter, at least to me. He served and that is good enough
for me...I will not attack his service one bit. The rest is fair game
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:24 PM (zp+j1)
There is a wide margin between attacking his service, and asking what he did to deserve his Bronze Star.
I would really like to know where he falls within that margin.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:29 PM (TOk1P)
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Voluntary socialism? Yeah, that'll work.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 01, 2016 12:29 PM (+FSld)
I had to escort a soldier to see a JAG officer in Taji back in 2006, and the guy had his body armor still in wrapped in plastic collecting dust.
He got a BS BS.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (rlfds)
yeah I hear ya and in my opinion Awards are all fucked up, but it is as it is, and he did volunteer for what ever reason...We know what Awards mean and don't mean and I can live with that
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:30 PM (zp+j1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 01, 2016 12:31 PM (Nwg0u)
Even after securing the nomination, most of what I'm hearing from Trump is WAY more conservative than what I usually hear from Republican Presidential candidates at this stage.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:20 PM (H8A77)
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A president - and, to a lesser extent, a candidate - determines the ideological direction of the party. Bush was a neocon, and since his election Neo-Conservatism has been the dominant strand in Conservatism.
Neo-Conservatism is, for the most part, a foreign policy school of thought that emphasizes the role of America as a beacon of democracy - an aggressive beacon. On domestic issues, it hews fairly closely to Movement Conservative orthodoxy.
The change Trump is trying to make to the party is far, far more radical. He is remaking the GOP as a European-style nationalist party, a party that supports enlarging government. In the process, he is co-opting supposedly "Conservative" outlets such as talk radio and Fox.
Essentially, Trump is taking away Conservative's electoral vehicle and media voice. Hil could never, never do this. She is an attacking outsider, and Conservatives would almost certainly coalesce against her. Trump will - and is - eating the movement from within.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:31 PM (mFkVC)
30% thinks swift-boating is telling truth to power and 30% claims that swift-boating is a smear.
I agree with both since telling the truth about a lying weasel is smearing a not-worth-a-sh*t name.
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:31 PM (j2xmV)
I cant think of a single thing Bill Kristol has ever done to advance Conservatism. His magazine is certainly not conservative as I understand conservatism.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:31 PM (rCQo0)
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"I am campaigning on a flat tax that would allow every American to fill out his or her taxes on a post card that allow us to abolish the IRS." -- Ted Cruz, 4/2015
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at June 01, 2016 12:32 PM (+FSld)
I would really like to know where he falls within that margin.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 01, 2016 12:29 PM (TOk1P)
He did not do anything dishonorable to get it...The Army gives those out like candy. So take it for what it is worth, but no need to critisize him for that. That is just the way it works and he volunteered and he was on thearter and that is A OK with me
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 01, 2016 12:32 PM (zp+j1)
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Well said. I'm not going along for the ride.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:32 PM (gmeXX)
I had to escort a soldier to see a JAG officer in Taji back in 2006, and the guy had his body armor still in wrapped in plastic collecting dust.
He got a BS BS.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 12:27 PM (rlfds)
I wonder if those who support the Precious would be going after this line of attack if French had bucked the NRO orthodoxy and come out in favor of Trump.
Posted by: Cody's Feed Bag at June 01, 2016 12:33 PM (XiVKO)
Posted by: Weasel at June 01, 2016 12:33 PM (6xtq3)
Not gonna play word games with you, context is and was everything. Folks can shriek about how they were all offended, but that's an emotion, not a fact.
You can hear it your way if you feel you have to, but don't say I defend him. I hate the idea of Trump, but if it's the choice over Hillary then so be it.
French is nothing more than a distraction to keep the current bunch of hogs at the trough.
Posted by: IP at June 01, 2016 12:34 PM (aQQbl)
Sorry, I don't care how hot she is, if it's wrong for a Catholic priest to prey on 13 year old boys, it's wrong for their teacher to prey on them, too.
And now she's having an 8th grader's baby - sick.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 12:34 PM (NOIQH)
I think you mean George Bush the elder's Compassionate Conservatism.
I hadn't realized it had already had to change names.
Cronyism and vote buying smells just as corrupt under any other name.
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:34 PM (j2xmV)
Paul Ryan is called a conservative. He calls himself a conservative. He's not a conservative. Bill Kristol is a conservative like Paul Ryan is a conservative.
Is David Frenxh a Paul Ryan conservative or is he a bona fide conservatve?
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:35 PM (rCQo0)
Dang, I knew we really wanted Jeb to be our candidate - he would have voiced our conservative values so hard, you guys!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 12:36 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:34 PM (j2xmV)
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You hate cronyism but are enthusiastically pro-Trump.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:36 PM (mFkVC)
Fact is this, BSs and MSMs were handed out like candy if you were above a certain rank.
*shrugs*
Like NGU said, he volunteered and served.
He's still a FOBBIT.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at June 01, 2016 12:36 PM (rlfds)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2016 12:36 PM (NOIQH)
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Yup, Jeb and Trump were the only candidates in the primary. That's how we're going to remember it.
Posted by: person at June 01, 2016 12:37 PM (mFkVC)
Now, I have no idea if this French guy has been shot at or not. It
would be nice if he would come out and talk about what he did to earn
that Bronze Star he wears.
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Guess it is time to remind the horde how much lawfare is a part of the modern military. I think there is a guy right now sentenced to life for killing an Afghani 'civilian'. Having a JAG corps guy around is a gain for the regular shooting-type soldier.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 01, 2016 12:37 PM (MIKMs)
Posted by: person
Bush was actually nominated and won election as advocating against that type of intervention, it was after 9/11 that he co opted the NeoCon nonsense that Kristol advocated and left us with 8 years of Obama.
McCain was the nominee on a very extreme NeoCon platform, yet now we have Trump as the nominee. So this can easily flip on a dime.
Most of this "we have to stop Trump for the sake of conservatism!!!" is just sour grapes and rooted in personality conflicts with the candidate himself.
Posted by: Maritime at June 01, 2016 12:38 PM (H8A77)
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Or genuine ideological differences to go along with his temperament. Some of us really do hold his past statements and support against him as who he really is.
Posted by: SH at June 01, 2016 12:39 PM (gmeXX)
Female hormones? Or poor training in morals?
Be five years before he has to pay child support. I wonder if a judge will throw him in jail if he can't pay and if he will have to pay back all the WIC and EBT payments from 13 to 17?
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:39 PM (jN+3o)
I never served so I'm wary of any criticism of what appears to be a perfectly honorable career. French chose to serve and he didn't turn down a medal that he may or may not have done anything special to earn. Unlike Kerry, he doesn't appear to do anything more than state it as part of his overall biography. If part of supporting Trump means that French has to be torn down on that basis, it's another reason I don't think I can vote for him.
Posted by: Cody's Feed Bag at June 01, 2016 12:44 PM (XiVKO)
Vote for Hillary. :-)
Its your fault for being born in a country that had liberty and let it slip away before you were born. (This is a common theme in satire. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy explored this multiple times.)
Can't win.
Can't break even.
Can't quit the game.
Someone who honestly believes the 3 lines above and still is considered a good person that people want to be around and ask for advice and help epitomize "soldier on".
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 12:46 PM (j2xmV)
Posted by: Weasel at June 01, 2016 12:53 PM (6xtq3)
Because of time in service. GOPe engineered his path to victory quite a little better than the Dems have Hillary.
GOPe tried to fine tune their process and Trump figured out a way to use it to his advantage. Cruz won all the caucus and convention states and maneuvered to turn delegates and boom! Trump destroyed him with PR. boo hoo Trump didn't play by the GOPe rules. He used PR! Without asking our sugar daddys first or using approved vendors.
Posted by: huh? at June 01, 2016 01:00 PM (j2xmV)
1. What's the point of David French running for president?
And spare me the bullshit about doing it on principle.
Posted by: Misheard Lyrics Guy at June 01, 2016 12:18 PM (rCQo0)
After NR's "Never Trump" issue Trump still got through to the nomination. They did not have enough influence to stop that. If Trump goes all the way and wins the office, what sort of influence do you think they will have in the future? What sort could NR then claim? What sort could any of the authors of those articles claim?
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