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Baseball At Night
Morris Kantor

This painting was the product of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), a New Deal government program that was an offshoot of the Federal Emergency Relief Act.

Thus was born the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), which in roughly the first four months of 1934 hired 3,749 artists and produced 15,663 paintings, murals, prints, crafts and sculptures for government buildings around the country. The bureaucracy may not have been watching too closely what the artists painted, but it certainly was counting how much and what they were paid: a total of $1,184,000, an average of $75.59 per artwork, pretty good value even then. The premise of the PWAP was that artists should be held to the same standards of production and public value as workers wielding shovels in the national parks. Artists were recruited through newspaper advertisements placed around the country; the whole program was up and running in a couple of weeks. People lined up in the cold outside government offices to apply, says George Gurney, deputy chief curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum..."They had to prove they were professional artists, they had to pass a needs test, and then they were put into categories -- Level One Artist, Level Two or Laborer -- that determined their salaries."


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1 First...or ninth, or whatever...

C'mon, people- this is not who we are!

Posted by: Twin City Daydrunk at July 28, 2016 09:52 AM (TSJEX)

2 Perspective. Who needs it in artwork?

Heh

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 28, 2016 09:52 AM (C9pBZ)

3 Some good stuff was produced through the WPA, but if there was no market demand for it, it should not have been subsidized. It was gov't busy work.

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 09:53 AM (7HtZB)

4 Love those colors, the composition and the subject. Thumbs up!

File this one under "Want".

Posted by: MTF at July 28, 2016 09:54 AM (/m8T6)

5 IOW an unconstitutional FDR program.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 09:54 AM (mpXpK)

6 yeah, they moved the mound back in the modern game

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2016 09:55 AM (oAY8z)

7 Kind of primitive

Posted by: @votermom at July 28, 2016 09:55 AM (hxJlk)

8 No basketball at night?! Racist!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2016 09:55 AM (bzd8I)

9 America's first dalliance with public financed art. Most was drivel just like now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 09:55 AM (1kFWI)

10 If you look closely you will see a vagina. And that is why you must vote for Hilary Clinton.

Posted by: Georgia O'Keefe at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (nhI+n)

11 That's a tiny baseball field.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (u0s1P)

12
Those bases are what..... ten feet apart??

Posted by: fixerupper at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (8XRCm)

13 What's lower than Laborer?

At least the snipers look realistic.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (kfcYC)

14 ... There was nothing secret in Hillary Rotten Clinton's deleted emails ...
... National Security is at risk if Russia releases those emails to the American public ...

Posted by: Ok at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (rnH8X)

15 The house in the background....looks like someone's being stabbed to death in the shower.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (1ZOkK)

16 Awfully small field.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (r1DzX)

17 Hello, Art.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (9ym/8)

18 The first base umpire is 12' tall.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 28, 2016 09:56 AM (8XRCm)

19 Perspective. How does it work?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 09:57 AM (1ZOkK)

20 OT, but...The Saga Continues:

The luxurious gilded RV rolls slowly down the highway, Legions of heavily armed Las Vegas showgirls and Beauty Pageant contestants following. From the loudspeakers comes a continuous press conference with the enthroned figure of Donald the Trumperor holding forth to all who shall listen. One intrepid reporter scales the sides of the RV and confronts him

"You have slandered Hillary the Encankled and have invited the Rooskies to commit crimes against our election! I, Katy Tur, Ace Reporter and News Babe accuse you!"

Donald the Trumperor looks her up and down as the Golden Scalp Weasel hisses. the Trumperor speaks saying "Five."
"I beg your pardon."
"I got an eye for the ladies. You're a solid five. It's a compliment."

The reporter draws herself up to her full height, towering over the Golden Scalp Weasel. "For that insult I shall make this slow - you are treasonous for you have asked a foreign power to hack into a computer and release sensitive documents! You are doomed Trumperor, you and your little pet!"

The Trumperor rises, and says "Hillary's server cannot be hacked because it is in the hands of the FBI and its director is an honorable man."
"Well, yes, but..."
"The deleted e-mails cannot be recovered says the FBI director who is an honorable man."
"Well, yes, but..."
"The deleted e-mails were only about yoga and wedding plans, says Hillary who is an honorable woman."
"Well, yes, but..."
"There is no national security information on that server says the FBI director, who is an honorable man."
"Well, yes, but..."
"We are assured if those deleted e-mails ever see the light of day they are completely innocuous, so says Hillary and the FBI director who are honorable people."
He pauses. "So what is the problem if the rest of us see them?"
"Will you stop with the Shakespearean parody! Why are you asking for the Russians to interfere in our election!"
"Stop interrupting me; I know you want to save Hillary for your agitation tells me all."
"I am not agitated!"
"You have failed, I have dominated the newscycle once more, I have stolen the limelight from Hillary once more. My shadow shall cover the land. Flee while you can."

The luxurious RV rolls onward.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Salute the DNC with Bang a Gong, Gotterdammerung! at July 28, 2016 09:57 AM (hLRSq)

21 "Those bases are what..... ten feet apart??"

Global Warming has caused modern baseball diamonds to expand over time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 28, 2016 09:57 AM (ptqRm)

22 What's lower than Laborer?



An FSA PFC?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 09:57 AM (r1DzX)

23 Awfully small field.

Posted by: rickb223

Ummm, It's cold out. Yeah, it's cold out.

Posted by: Bruce at July 28, 2016 09:57 AM (8ikIW)

24
Ewwww..... one of the on deck batters is dropping a deuce.

And its yellow.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 28, 2016 09:58 AM (8XRCm)

25 Read this, explains DWS & Kaine

https://twitter.com/daylynwashbae/status/758480695312453632

Posted by: @votermom at July 28, 2016 09:58 AM (hxJlk)

26 Who's on First?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 09:58 AM (zp+j1)

27 "An FSA PFC?"


O.K. ASAP.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 09:59 AM (9ym/8)

28 Perspective was not this artist's strong suit.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 28, 2016 09:59 AM (e8nnW)

29
This is where I have no idea. If someone told me it's charming naive art with deliberate distortions of perspective, I'd believe them. If someone told me it's a badly composed, unscienced excuse for an untalented, lazy craftsman, I'd believe that too.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Bingo at July 28, 2016 09:59 AM (pC96u)

30 Smashed the perspective there a bit, or else they had smaller fields then due to the Depression.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 09:59 AM (RD7QR)

31 LOL Mikey

Posted by: @votermom at July 28, 2016 09:59 AM (hxJlk)

32 It's beautiful how Trump keeps climbing and Hil' keeps falling. Magnificent.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:00 AM (9ym/8)

33 Cross your fingers, burn your joss, rattle those hobo bones - got a bid out on a paying photo gig.

By Gad, it's been a while. .....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:00 AM (fTFDL)

34 (Sees "Public Works Art Project", vomits in rage)

Posted by: Jackal at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (Lyh9/)

35 Buy my book???

http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (1kFWI)

36 "In the early days of baseball, the infield was much smaller than it is today..."

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (tSKyO)

37 33 Cross your fingers, burn your joss, rattle those hobo bones - got a bid out on a paying photo gig.

By Gad, it's been a while. .....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:00 AM (fTFDL)

I'll sacrifice a chicken for you. Or maybe something else to do with chickens.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (RD7QR)

38 Joncelli -

Tough times. I remember you couldn't get white onions, only those big yellow ones.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (fTFDL)

39 >>>This painting was the product of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), a New Deal government program that was an offshoot of the Federal Emergency Relief Act.<<<



The perspective's off? Meh. Close enough for government work.

Posted by: zombie Morris Kantor at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (H9MG5)

40 "In the early days of baseball, the players were much bigger than today's ballplayers. Some of them were 18 feet tall..."

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:02 AM (tSKyO)

41 You see, this notion that everyone should just randomly choose their occupation or we're communists is a false choice. It is mean-spirited, political rhetoric by those who would prefer to divide us.

Working together, assessing our talents and assigning appropriate job classifications is who we are as Americans.

Posted by: Man Above Politics at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (k8tEg)

42 The pitcher is winding up to throw, but the batter looks like he's leaning back to avoid an inside pitch. And he's not even looking at the picture.

Many of the attendees, especially in the lower right portion of the painting, are looking up as if at a pop-up. But again, the ball is in the pitcher's hand.

Where are the rest of the players on the team that is batting? One's at the plate, one is on first, one is on third, and three are along the first base line. Six players?

In all, a perfect example of the quality of non-military government work.

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (K254S)

43 So apparently one of the bereaved mothers from the jihadi massacre at the gay nightclub in Orlando spoke to the DNC yesterday.

Not about the menace of jihad on American soil -- of course not, silly rabbit! -- but about the pressing need to ban evil assault rifles. The gun that killed her son, she said in overwrought tones, fires _thirty bullets a minute_. Shock horror!

Well, lady, given that it took Miami PD a full two and a half hours to send SWAT into the club, the jihadi could practically have used a black powder muzzleloader. He was under no particular time pressure to finish his killing.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (noWW6)

44 Indoor baseball field with painted backdrops.

Posted by: Colin at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (6+jI3)

45 Can someone screenshot and save that Dudge photo of Hillary and Barky.

It might deserve some more looking into.

That sure looks like an enlargement of the right side of the neck as well as the sore on her tongue.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (ptqRm)

46 This picture does not make me happy. I will keep nothing near me that does not make me happy.

Posted by: King Haggard at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (3DSAh)

47 Posted by: @votermom at July 28, 2016 09:59 AM (hxJlk)

Mark Antony's speech in Julius Caesar - always borrow from the best.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Salute the DNC with Bang a Gong, Gotterdammerung! at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (hLRSq)

48 "In the early days of baseball, the infield was much smaller than it is today..."
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (tSKyO)


well, yeah, baseballs were made of cow dung and didn't travel nearly as far

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (oAY8z)

49 In other news, an Australian man wins an island with the purchase of a $49 raffle ticket.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (1kFWI)

50 I agree that public art isn't what the feds should be doing, but per the excerpt, this was for murals and stuff going in government buildings. I'll hold that the govt does have the authority to paint their own buildings however they want to.

Posted by: allenlou at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (m3iiU)

51 Think of all the crappy, unconstitutionally funded art we wouldn't have if that POS FDR had thought up EBT cards.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (7ZVPa)

52 Crowder has a really spot on impression of Cenk Uygur up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsVONO75utI

Posted by: Serenity Now! at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (BDZWU)

53 The spectators on the far left and far right both look like they really need to pee.

Posted by: db at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (9iFXr)

54
Can someone screenshot and save that Dudge photo of Hillary and Barky.

It might deserve some more looking into.

That sure looks like an enlargement of the right side of the neck as well as the sore on her tongue.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (ptqRm)
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All you have to do is right-click and select Open image in new tab. Then go to the new tab, right-lick on the image and select Save.

Anyways, I just did it so if anyone needs it, let me know.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Bingo at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (pC96u)

55 If you build it really small...they will come.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (qUNWi)

56 well as the sore on her tongue.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (ptqRm)

I'd bet it's a breath mint

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (zp+j1)

57 This neighborhood ballpark got night lighting about 50 years before Wrigley Field.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (7ZVPa)

58 There's no clubhouse at that field. Where did they bang chicks and snort coke in between innings?

Posted by: Daryl Strawberry at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (nhI+n)

59 @56
Or the tiny head of a demon screaming to escape the maw of Satan.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (k8tEg)

60 well, yeah, baseballs were made of cow dung and didn't travel nearly as far
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (oAY8z)

----

As a farm boy, who has struck cowpie with a baseball bat, it indeeed, does not go far.

Golf club fares no better either.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (8XRCm)

61 Breath mint or urinal cake...

What difference does it make?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (1kFWI)

62 The pitcher is winding up to throw, but the batter looks like he's leaning back to avoid an inside pitch. And he's not even looking at the picture.

Many of the attendees, especially in the lower right portion of the painting, are looking up as if at a pop-up. But again, the ball is in the pitcher's hand.

Where are the rest of the players on the team that is batting? One's at the plate, one is on first, one is on third, and three are along the first base line. Six players?





No numbers or names on the uniforms. Who's on first?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (r1DzX)

63
well as the sore on her tongue.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 28, 2016 10:03 AM (ptqRm)



I'd bet it's a breath mint

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (zp+j1)

Pretty low res pic of Hillary, so enlarging doesn't give much more detail...

Posted by: Colin at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (6+jI3)

64 Hillary At the Bat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (Nwg0u)

65 58 There's no clubhouse at that field. Where did they bang chicks and snort coke in between innings?
Posted by: Daryl Strawberry at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (nhI+n)

Why, in my day you had to snort coke and bang chicks out behind the barn, the way God intended! Kids these days...

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (RD7QR)

66 "I'd bet it's a breath mint"

That implies that earth's atmosphere can support her species.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (ptqRm)

67
I overslept! I woke up to see all the BS last nite, went back to sleep and over slept by 1.5 hrs. Hate that.

And someone owes a couple of people an apology for that crap last nite.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (iQIUe)

68 Breath mint or urinal cake...




Ahhhh. I see you have visited Texas A&M.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (r1DzX)

69 >>>This neighborhood ballpark got night lighting about 50 years before Wrigley Field.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (7ZVPa)<<<

Well, we can actually win a championship.

Posted by: the neighborhood team that got night lighting at July 28, 2016 10:08 AM (H9MG5)

70 Dah... in Soviet Union we also had Government mandated Art...

but in Soviet Russia... Art does YOU.... literally....

/rubs his backside with a sad look in his eye...

Posted by: Boris Badanov, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service at July 28, 2016 10:08 AM (qf6WZ)

71 Thees picture been berry berry good...


...to me!

Posted by: Chico Escuela, level 1 PWAP artist at July 28, 2016 10:08 AM (mvenn)

72 In the spring, a railway crew demolished and replaced the railroad bridge on the Gunnison right beneath DIL's family house. Her mom worked the event with doughnuts, fruit juices, and chat, in order to score some engineering bits from a genuine through-truss. Just laid out by the driveway, they look like high art.

Next week, the li'l old state-highway culvert down by the end of my road bites the dust. And I happen to know that cast into its concrete abutment is a plate reading "Works Progress Administration 1936." Just out of a spirit of family competition, I'm thinking about taking a case of beer down there...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:09 AM (tIja6)

73 Why, in my day you had to snort coke and bang chicks out behind the barn, the way God intended! Kids these days...
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Aficionado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:07 AM (RD7QR)


chicks/livestock, you know, whatever

Posted by: Thad Cochran at July 28, 2016 10:09 AM (oAY8z)

74 39: Hah, that's "Socialist Realism" for you. (Spits)

Posted by: Jackal at July 28, 2016 10:09 AM (Lyh9/)

75 Damn! Good thing they weren't using aluminum bats since the pitcher was 13 feet from the hitter!

Posted by: Samuel L. Fishburn at July 28, 2016 10:10 AM (arypP)

76
OT, but...The Saga Continues:
---------------------

I hope this happens on a regular basis.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Bingo at July 28, 2016 10:10 AM (pC96u)

77 You will notice the American flag behind home plate.


More flags than the DNC convention.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 28, 2016 10:10 AM (8XRCm)

78 The pitcher is winding up to throw, but the batter looks like he's leaning back to avoid an inside pitch. And he's not even looking at the picture.

Many of the attendees, especially in the lower right portion of the painting, are looking up as if at a pop-up. But again, the ball is in the pitcher's hand.

Where are the rest of the players on the team that is batting? One's at the plate, one is on first, one is on third, and three are along the first base line. Six players?





No numbers or names on the uniforms. Who's on first?


Your right...everywhere you look something different is happening.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:10 AM (qUNWi)

79 43
So apparently one of the bereaved mothers from the jihadi massacre at the gay nightclub in Orlando spoke to the DNC yesterday.

Not
about the menace of jihad on American soil -- of course not, silly
rabbit! -- but about the pressing need to ban evil assault rifles. The
gun that killed her son, she said in overwrought tones, fires _thirty
bullets a minute_. Shock horror!
------------------------

Yeah, I saw that. And the mother went on to say how much her son looooved Hillary.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 10:10 AM (1ZOkK)

80 chicks/livestock, you know, whatever
Posted by: Thad Cochran at July 28, 2016 10:09 AM


Goat make good friend. Loyal and caring.

Posted by: Mohammad Mohammad at July 28, 2016 10:10 AM (nhI+n)

81 49 In other news, an Australian man wins an island with the purchase of a $49 raffle ticket.


Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:04 AM (1kFWI)


does he get to keep the Chinese Airbase that's already on it?

Posted by: Boris Badanov, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service at July 28, 2016 10:11 AM (qf6WZ)

82 The luxurious RV rolls onward.

Please, moar. BTW, do you have copyright on "Golden Scalp Weasel"? I see a line of toys, maybe Golden Scalp Weasel cartoon series...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 28, 2016 10:11 AM (SeD0w)

83 I self-willowed below:


If that's really an ulcer on her tongue-

and related to cancer-

That could explain all the Mao uniforms and boxy Star Trek coats-

and cough.

She's wearing an infusion pump for chemo.


Lots of ifs though.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:11 AM (0cMkb)

84 Look, bitch all you want.

I could have made some abstract abomination by smudging paint all over a canvas, giving you a PWAP smear.

Posted by: zombie Morris Kantor at July 28, 2016 10:12 AM (H9MG5)

85 Going back to Drudge a second time to look at the picture reminds me of the time our dog vomited in the back of our van and nobody wanted to go in and clean it up so my wife offered any of the kids $10 to go in and clean it up and one of the boys took her up on the offer and held his breath and ducked into the van for 15-20 seconds at a time, mopping up the vile mess, then had to come back out gasping for breath and wait 5 minutes before he could stomach going back in. Toughest ten bucks he ever earned. What was I talking about?

Oh yeah, going back over to Drudge to re-examine that picture reminds me of that.

***Deep breath***

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 28, 2016 10:12 AM (mvenn)

86 the whole program was up and running in a couple of weeks.


There is no possible way that could happen now.

Posted by: alexthechick -Darth Sugartits at July 28, 2016 10:13 AM (mf5HN)

87 Can't wait for the soccer murals under Hillary!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:13 AM (NOIQH)

88 Thirty bullets a minute? This is not about machine guns.
I can beat that with a bolt action, and I'm not that good.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:14 AM (tIja6)

89 They're getting ready to do "The Wave"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 28, 2016 10:14 AM (mvenn)

90 "You have slandered Hillary the Encankled and have invited the Rooskies to commit crimes against our election! I, Katy Tur, Ace Reporter and News Babe accuse you!"

One of the talking heads in the O.J.: Made In America documentary is a reporter named Zoey Tur. He looks kind of old, I wonder if he's Katy's father.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (tSKyO)

91 The umpire is the bad guy in this pic -- He's the only one dressed in black.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (gyKtp)

92 This picture is pretty foul.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (7ZVPa)

93 Looks like that is a wiffleball field.

Perspective is broken, just like the economy was in the 19ought30's. So art reflects life.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (FtrY1)

94
I'll sacrifice a chicken for you. Or maybe something else to do with chickens.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:01 AM (RD7QR)








I just flashed back to Rome, when Pullo is promising a sacrifice to Forculus if he'll free him from the stockade.

"If you be the god for the business, I vow to sacrifice for you a fine white lamb, or if I can't get one at a decent price, six pigeons...."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (Ahy/3)

95 By the way have I said" Fuck Bloomberg" recently?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (zp+j1)

96 There is no possible way that could happen now.

"Tell us about it!" - 404Care programmers

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:15 AM (1kFWI)

97 Can't wait for the soccer murals under Hillary!


Oh man....I forgot about the f*cking murals.

F*cking socialism with the f*cking murals....

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM (qUNWi)

98 They say there's a Scank in the forest


A Scank that will give you a time


Come along with me to the Scankheart she


Come and piss on her name and ignore all the grime


They say if you vote for a commie


The one you've been holding for


Big taxes of shit into your pocket they'll pick


And you will be broke evermore


They say if you vote for a commie


The one you've been holding for


Big taxes of shit into you pocket they'll pick


And you will be broke evermore


Apologies to Zombie Henri Mancini

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM (mpXpK)

99 The spot on Hillary's tongue is actually a small Weyland-Yutani Corporation identification tattoo.

She has one on both heels as well, which were stamped when she received her first set of Weyland's "Mechani-cankles."

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM (K254S)

100 88 Thirty bullets a minute? This is not about machine guns.

I can beat that with a bolt action, and I'm not that good.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:14 AM (tIja6)


Hell, Lee Harvey Oswald beat that with that POS Carcano.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM (tSKyO)

101 Black men cannot be trusted to own guns!

Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at the DNC at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (nhI+n)

102
I'd bet it's a breath mint

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (zp+j1)

Pretty low res pic of Hillary, so enlarging doesn't give much more detail...
________________

looks red to me. Most breath mints are white. She has a lot of dental work, but her teeth still look like shit. Why doesn't she take some of her ill-gotten millions and get some shiny white veneers, like Obama did?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (NnYnv)

103 Say what you will about the WPA and most people who know about it have strong opinions that go either way, it did quite a bit of good, and it was better than just handing people an unemployment check like we do now.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (iONHu)

104 >>Oh yeah, going back over to Drudge to re-examine that picture reminds me of that.



Wow, she is one fat, ugly broad. I wouldn't be surprised if she's hiding some health issue under those knee-length Mao-coats....I just don't want to be the guy who finds it.

Exit question: The call Trump orange? What would that make Obama - tangerine?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (NOIQH)

105 Government art. Explains the shitty proportions and the elevation of the umpire to gigantic proportions.

Ras is fucking with us again in today's head-to-head.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (hqZPQ)

106 It would be very easy to hit the Ump with spitballs, no doubt. Also easy to kill someone with a line drive.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (2PHKP)

107 The on deck batter appears to have a bat inserted far into his rectum. Crowd appears unconcerned. Democrat ballgame

Posted by: Thad Cochran at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (oAY8z)

108 "I can beat that with a bolt action, and I'm not that good."




Yeah, if you got enough mags....or are a darn quick re-loader you can do that.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (9ym/8)

109 97 Can't wait for the soccer murals under Hillary!


Oh man....I forgot about the f*cking murals.

F*cking socialism with the f*cking murals....
Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM (qUNWi)

Eh, with certain exceptions, the number of murals in a city is directly proportional to its decrepitude.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (RD7QR)

110 Government emergency art was administered by the Treasury Dept, and resulted in some very hard-to-maintain Post Office lobbies.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (tIja6)

111 Col. Musgrove: Uh, now, what's that supposed to be coming out of there? **points to lines emanating from light towers**

Indiana Jones: Lightning ... fire ... power of God or something.

Posted by: Raiders of the Lost Ball Park at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (H9MG5)

112 the sore on her tongue.


*****


Chancre? I hardly knew 'er!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (mvenn)

113
Oh hell, that damn RCP average changes over the course of the day and Trump has gone DOWN .2. Was 1.1 over Hillary, is now .9 over her. Obsessing is a risky habit.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Bingo at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (pC96u)

114
New 'Reparations' Website Asks Whites to Pay Black People's Rent -- to Relieve Guilt...

============
I have no guilt to relieve.

Anyway, the Great Society, welfare, affirmative action, etc. has all been reparations - trillions and it's been going on for close to 50 years.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (iQIUe)

115 Relax, it's a tee-ball field and those are just very mature four year-olds. Probably All-Stars.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (5f5bM)

116 IllTemperedCur -

Heh. As the god of business, he'd appreciate that.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (fTFDL)

117 107 The on deck batter appears to have a bat inserted far into his rectum. Crowd appears unconcerned. Democrat ballgame
Posted by: Thad Cochran at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (oAY8z)

"Dave, did you know you've got a bat up your ass?"

"Sure Mike. Thought I'd give it a try and see what all the fuss is about."

"Well, okay Dave."

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:20 AM (RD7QR)

118 So I see this morning that SCOAMF plans on taking the whole month of October off to campaign for Hillary.


You know, those things you do when everyone knows your candidate is guaranteed to win because Historic First Woman.

Posted by: Azathoth at July 28, 2016 10:20 AM (Pson9)

119 >>One of the talking heads in the O.J.: Made In America documentary is a
reporter named Zoey Tur. He looks kind of old, I wonder if he's Katy's
father.


A. Yes
B. Xe prefers to be called Katy's "parent" now

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:20 AM (NOIQH)

120 I hardly think an honest court would agree that painting a mural was the same as painting a public building. Of course, we haven't had an "honest" court since Adams was President.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (mpXpK)

121 Eh, with certain exceptions, the number of murals in a city is directly proportional to its decrepitude.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (RD7QR)

After living in Baltimore for a couple of years, I can confirm. There are murals everywhere.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (KUaJL)

122 "it did quite a bit of good, and it was better than just handing people an unemployment check like we do now. "


I can agree. Lots of things wrong with FDR's policies but the WPA did at least produce some tangible items. We've got roads and a dam here built during the Depression by WPA. We've also got an outhouse built by the WPA in the 1930s at our cemetery that is still in use and good shape.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (9ym/8)

123 Baze ... boll ... been ... Berra Berra ... good ... to me.

Posted by: zombie Morris Kantor at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (rbMr9)

124 Hillary will get a bounce. But that's just a thumb on the scale.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (2PHKP)

125 One of the talking heads in the O.J.: Made In America documentary is a reporter named Zoey Tur. He looks kind of old, I wonder if he's Katy's father.


A. Yes
B. Xe prefers to be called Katy's "parent" now
Posted by: Lizzy a



C. Essence donor.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (r1DzX)

126 Exit question: The call Trump orange?

What would that make Obama - tangerine?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (NOIQH)



Why...yes!

A one. A two.

*Nelson Riddle Orchestra plays*

*sings*


Tangerine, she is all they claim
With her eyes of night and lips as bright as flame
Tangerine, when she dances by, senoritas stare and caballeros sigh
And I've seen toasts to Tangerine
Raised in every bar across the Argentine
Yes, she has them all on the run, but her heart belongs to just one
Her heart belongs to Tangerine

Tangerine, she is all they say
With mascara'd eye and chapeaux by Dache.
Tangerine, with her lips of flame
If the color keeps, Louis Philippe's to blame.
And I've seen clothes on Tangerine
Where the label says "From Macy's Mezzanine".
Yes, she's got the guys in a whirl, but she's only fooling one girl
She's only fooling Tangerine!

Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (0cMkb)

127 Willowed:
Just had some young little thing with a clipboard come to the door. Claimed to be from a non-partisan group. Asked me Trump or Hillary? Told her between those two, Trump. Asked what concerns I had. I told her, Second Amendment. She pretended that was important. Then asked me if I preferred Portman or Strickland. I told her I'd rather have neither. Then she told me a bunch of crap on why her organization has chosen Strickland, and started rattling off crap about Hillary, which I interrupted with "She's a felon." She gave me bs about she was investigated and they didn't find anything, and told her what Comey actually said. She gave me a couple of fliers, which promptly went in the paper recycling, which raises money for youngest Genius' high school.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (Scyqz)

128 Hell, Lee Harvey Oswald beat that with that POS Carcano.

No. No he didn't.

Posted by: Dude Behind the Grassy Knoll at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (SeD0w)

129 I'd bet it's a breath mint
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 10:05 AM (zp+j1)

It looks like a biopsy to me. As I posted below, I would guess Hillary was a smoker in her early days. Virginia Slims for that militant feminist look.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (Zz6ul)

130 Anyway, the Great Society, welfare, affirmative
action, etc. has all been reparations - trillions and it's been going on
for close to 50 years.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (iQIUe)

If you look at it objectively, those who feel they are entitled to reparations would actually be much worse off today if they lived in West Africa. Indeed, many of them wouldn't be even here today. If anything, the debt is owed in the other direction.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (5f5bM)

131 >>>Relax, it's a tee-ball field and those are just very mature four year-olds. Probably All-Stars.


Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (5f5bM)<<<

Cuban little leaguers. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Posted by: Jon Lovitz at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (H9MG5)

132 I'm gonna bounce on top of Huma all night long after my speech.

*hic*

Posted by: Madame President at July 28, 2016 10:23 AM (nhI+n)

133 114
New 'Reparations' Website Asks Whites to Pay Black People's Rent -- to Relieve Guilt...
============
I have no guilt to relieve.

Anyway, the Great Society, welfare, affirmative action, etc. has all been reparations - trillions and it's been going on for close to 50 years.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 10:19 AM (iQIUe)


We should ask whoever is running the 'Reparations' site how much us white guys have to pay in order for the debt to be considered settled. Not that I care, I just think it would be fun listening to their sputtering, incoherent non-answers and cries of racism.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:23 AM (tSKyO)

134 We've also got an outhouse built by the WPA in the 1930s at our cemetery that is still in use and good shape.

--

I'm assuming the nearby plots were sold at a discount?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:24 AM (7ZVPa)

135 Trump will probably go up by double digits after tonight's acceptance cackle

Posted by: x at July 28, 2016 10:24 AM (nFwvY)

136 103
Say what you will about the WPA and most people who know about it have
strong opinions that go either way, it did quite a bit of good, and it
was better than just handing people an unemployment check like we do
now.


Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 28, 2016 10:17 AM (iONHu)

It was yet another failed FDR program. Everything he did made the depression worse. In fact, some economists say that his actions took a normal economic downturn and turned it into a depression that lasted until WWII. So his lot of "good" was actually a lot of "bad".

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:24 AM (mpXpK)

137 Damn, tiny horses yesterday, tiny infields today, I sense an underlying theme here.....

And it's not yuge, it's very small, no good...

Posted by: Dirty Randy at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (jjaLl)

138 We've also got an outhouse built by the WPA in the 1930s at our cemetery that is still in use and good shape.

--

I'm assuming the nearby plots were sold at a discount?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:24 AM (7ZVPa




Because of the shitty location.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (r1DzX)

139 This painting, I assume, was a shovel-ready job.

Speaking of which, did anyone ever get a shovel-ready job as promised?

Liar from day zero.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (2PHKP)

140 83 I self-willowed below:


If that's really an ulcer on her tongue-

and related to cancer-

That could explain all the Mao uniforms and boxy Star Trek coats-

and cough.

She's wearing an infusion pump for chemo.


Lots of ifs though.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:11 AM (0cMkb

Mother Cactus but her tongue and then nuked it with a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide in true moron fashion. It killed all the healing cells. This was in May. She could not eat and barely get out of bed and could not talk. I took her to the doctor 7 times and finally it is healing but it may be cancerous.

Point is That is no ulcer. It looks like one of those Limitless pills Bardley Cooper took. I'm sure it is some illegal to the public illicit drug like a MMDA gel tab.

The woman is pure evil. I'm planning my escape route if she or Obama stay in office.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (Q9ugn)

141 "Hell, Lee Harvey Oswald beat that with that POS Carcano. "



A Carcano is a clanky hunk of shit but I have one that will absolutely shoot. And, yes, LHO could have done what he did with it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (9ym/8)

142 So I see this morning that SCOAMF plans on taking the whole month of October off to campaign for Hillary.


You know, those things you do when everyone knows your candidate is guaranteed to win because Historic First Woman.
Posted by: Azathoth at July 28, 2016 10:20 AM (Pson9)

I find myself torn on this one. On one hand, it's a middle finger to the US that he is going to spend an entire month campaigning for his third term instead of actually doing his constitutional duty as president. On the other hand, any time he is not in the WH is a good day for me.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (Zz6ul)

143 Cuban little leaguers. Yeah, that's the ticket.


Posted by: Jon Lovitz at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (H9MG5)

One of my kids played competitive club soccer and I swear some of the Hispanic kids from the east side were way too old for the league. Probably fit their "birth certificates," though.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 10:26 AM (5f5bM)

144 "I'm assuming the nearby plots were sold at a discount?"



You're dead. What does it matter?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:26 AM (9ym/8)

145 Eh, with certain exceptions, the number of murals in a city is directly proportional to its decrepitude.

I use a similar metric: graffiti.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 28, 2016 10:27 AM (SeD0w)

146 I find myself torn on this one. On one hand, it's a
middle finger to the US that he is going to spend an entire month
campaigning for his third term instead of actually doing his
constitutional duty as president. On the other hand, any time he is not
in the WH is a good day for me.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (Zz6ul)

I'm betting he manages to sneak in some golf.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 10:27 AM (5f5bM)

147 One of my kids played competitive club soccer and I swear some of the Hispanic kids from the east side were way too old for the league. Probably fit their "birth certificates," though.



Five o'clock shadow at age 11 is usually a tell.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:27 AM (r1DzX)

148

Most of the artists slipped in communist symbology in their works, particularly their murals

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (zOTsN)

149
118 So I see this morning that SCOAMF plans on taking the whole month of October off to campaign for Hillary.
-----------------------

I'm tellin' ya, the guy is campaigning for himself, not her. He wants to make her look like a mere shadow of Himself in comparison, to make the Dems pine for another 4 years, to do an inception in the public's mind that his presidency has been great and all Hillary can do is endeavor to imitate his example and write the gospels of the golden time when Obama walked.

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Bingo at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (pC96u)

150 >>So I see this morning that SCOAMF plans on taking the whole month of October off to campaign for Hillary.


President Obama taking the month off to battle Trump.
In terms that O would understand, that sure looks like "punching below his weight" to me!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (NOIQH)

151 128 Hell, Lee Harvey Oswald beat that with that POS Carcano.

No. No he didn't.

Posted by: Dude Behind the Grassy Knoll at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (SeD0w)


Oh that's right, I forgot: you were back there hiding and took him out with a phased plasma rifle (40 watt range).

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (tSKyO)

152 About the painting.

I did not know the base paths were 45.feet back than and the pictures mound was 36 feet.

Or Those players ate the spawns of The Fallen Ones who mated with the daughters of man.

Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (Q9ugn)

153 I've seen better art on boxcars, and not a dime of my tax money was spent on those.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (7ZVPa)

154 148




Most of the artists slipped in communist symbology in their works, particularly their murals

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (zOTsN)

Nothing to see here.

Posted by: Denver Airport at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (2PHKP)

155 So all of October, DERP Anti-Midas will be stumping.

How many terrorists and countries have just marked that month to get really frisky. To jab the Won-ton in the eye one last time and rub his face in how useless he is.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (1kFWI)

156 I'm betting he manages to sneak in some golf.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 10:27 AM (5f5bM)

At every campaign stop his sorry butt is being hauled to by the US taxpayer on Air Force One.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (Zz6ul)

157 I'll say this against WPA: it's a life cycle. It made grantsmanship a virtue, and that is how we do everything now. Many of the pretty-much good-looking things it created were turned over to cities to maintain, and they didn't, fostering the now-embedded notion that cities can't afford to maintain cities. Ergo, federal water systems for Flint and Toledo. So even out of some good, much evil arises.

That 1936 state highway bridge was a pretty good investment, though. Doubt much from Recovery Summer ($30mil worth of "Barack Obama, President" road signs) will be around and carrying traffic in 80 years.

Keynes gets maligned as gay-dad of the welfare state, but his original argument was for government-financed enterprise in hard times, instead of bread and soup lines he thought were morally corrosive. He also wanted that fund built back up during the high end of the cycle. We are all...not even Keynesians now.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (tIja6)

158 >>I'm tellin' ya, the guy is campaigning for himself, not her.

The Obama Legacy Preservation Tour (tm)

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (NOIQH)

159 I'm assuming the nearby plots were sold at a discount?>>>

Probably a premium. They were sold to people burying their Mother in law.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (aVYsC)

160 In terms of 30 rounds a minute, I seem to recall that that many aimed rounds a minute was at the high end of average for a rifleman with an SMLE in good working order.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (tebBw)

161 126 Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (0cMkb)


That should be Zombie Helen O'Connell who sang with Bob Eberly in the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra. I have the album.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (mpXpK)

162 I want to see an epic coughing bout tonight.

Posted by: artist at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (TwnkX)

163
My old South West Archeology professor ran a WPA progect, excavating archeology, of course. He said he really felt bad because one of hit laborers was an engineer.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (iQIUe)

164 @151 "Still got the shovel."

--Levon Helm deserved an Oscar for his 5 minutes in "Shooter."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:30 AM (tIja6)

165 The pic of Hillary on Drudge.

That pic of the chick from V eating a rat.

Separated at birth?

Posted by: blaster at July 28, 2016 10:30 AM (tewYv)

166 So with the start of the gummint fiscal year in October, all of the military units that will be press-ganged into service to provide protection for Hillary!, SCOAMF, and VP Muffley's events will blow through their entire budgets in time for election day.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:30 AM (hqZPQ)

167 >>I want to see an epic coughing bout tonight.

That would be epic!!
So how long do you think she will last? Trump set quite a precedent...

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (NOIQH)

168 >>We should ask whoever is running the
'Reparations' site how much us white guys have to pay in order for the
debt to be considered settled. Not that I care, I just think it would be
fun listening to their sputtering, incoherent non-answers and cries of
racism. Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:23 AM (tSKyO)

Or figure out some kind of amortization schedule for all the billions that have been pissed away on the Great Society, etc. since emancipation. I won't even ballpark a guess, but it may be the case that black lives not only matter, but are also in arrears.

Or see if there's a lump payout sum, where individuals can pay the bulk fee in return for a promise never to subsidize failure or hear squealing about racism again (or they can seek damages).

Posted by: General Zod at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (Bdeb0)

169 You're dead. What does it matter?

Yup...I'd rather just be cremated.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (qUNWi)

170 "I'll say this against WPA: it's a life cycle. It made grantsmanship a virtue, and that is how we do everything now."



Oh, it certainly had it low points and plenty of them.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (9ym/8)

171 Oh man....I forgot about the f*cking murals.



F*cking socialism with the f*cking murals....

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM (qUNWi)

Wait until Hillary has murals painted in the subways in NYC and Washington, going to be fabulous. Just like in Moscow and North Korea....

Posted by: Colin at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (6+jI3)

172 >>We've also got an outhouse built by the WPA in the 1930s at our cemetery that is still in use and good shape.

There's a very cool old baseball field in Newport where they play college summer league, Babe Ruth, high school and various other games. During WWII when a bunch of Major Leaguers were part of the war effort, pros who were stationed at the local Naval Base played there. Negro league games too.

It was first build around 1900 but was rebuilt out of stone and wood in the '30s as part of the WPA. When you enter there is a stone plaque that says 1937.

Best part, there is a sports bar down the right field line with a fenced in porch where you can eat and watch a game on a nice summer night. Very cool park.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (/tuJf)

173
Yeah, if you got enough mags....or are a darn quick re-loader you can do that.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:18 AM (9ym/








Lee-Enfield mad minute.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (Ahy/3)

174 I'm tellin' ya, the guy is campaigning for himself, not her.
_______________

I think he's worried that Trump might win in a Republican landslide, and that will likely mean the end of his "legacies" like open borders, Obamacare, etc.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (NnYnv)

175 I did NOT win powerball last nite. The nerve!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (iQIUe)

176 >>We should ask whoever is running the
'Reparations' site how much us white guys have to pay in order for the
debt to be considered settled. Not that I care, I just think it would be
fun listening to their sputtering, incoherent non-answers and cries of
racism. Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:23 AM (tSKyO)

$17,428.09 each at today's market open.

Posted by: General Zod at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (Bdeb0)

177 I'm assuming the nearby plots were sold at a discount?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:24 AM


Since it's not a pay outhouse, presumably the plops are free.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (rbMr9)

178 A Carcano is a clanky hunk of shit but I have one that will absolutely shoot. And, yes, LHO could have done what he did with it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:25 AM (9ym/


I've always believed that the Warren Commission got it pretty much right: LHO. Alone.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (tSKyO)

179 Speaking of which, did anyone ever get a shovel-ready job as promised?

Liar from day zero.


Posted by: AlaBAMA

They forgot to buy the shovels. We stood around with nothing to lean on.

Posted by: Bruce at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (8ikIW)

180 Considering Obama is going to continue living in DC when he is not golfing in Hawaii, or being whisked away to Brussels or NY to lecture the UN, or being treated to 5 star hotels in Abu Dhabi, he will be constantly lobbying members of congress, meeting with every kook DNC/marxist group on the Hill, and attending every party and liberal think tank meeting he can find that meets in the afternoon since he doesn't get up in the morning.

We think Jimmy Carter was an interfering asshole after his presidency? Obama is going to make him look like some peanut farmer from Georgia.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:33 AM (Zz6ul)

181
Most of the artists slipped in communist symbology in their works, particularly their murals
Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:28 AM (zOTsN)
----------------------

Read up on the story of Diego Rivera's mural in Manhattan for the Federal Art Project. Fun story, but I've got to get to work, hang it all.

(Beware of your sources. Naturally, the lefties have a different version of the story.)

Posted by: iforgot says God bless Bingo at July 28, 2016 10:33 AM (pC96u)

182 159: The WPA was the beginning of modern "Art". Once artists realized it was easy to bilk the govt. for grants the definition of art went from Rembrant, Picasso, Raphael, and Van Gogh to "Piss Christ". An episode of "Archer" had a gag that exploited just how f-cked up modern art has become.

Posted by: Jackal at July 28, 2016 10:33 AM (Lyh9/)

183 If I hear shouts of "Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!" and/or loud boos I will have to visit the hospital because my erection will last longer than four hours.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 28, 2016 10:33 AM (nhI+n)

184 O'Bama going out to campaign for Scankles shows you how worried the DNC and Scankles are about the black turnout.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (mpXpK)

185

The WPA arts program was infested by the Young Communist Alliance. They tried to shut the arts program down for that very reason in 1939.

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (zOTsN)

186 WPA would not work today...no one would do that, now that the free sh*t is where its at.

Posted by: Colin at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (6+jI3)

187 Speaking of the health of candidates, when is it customary for them to release health info? Not that I would expect an honest report.

Posted by: db at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (9iFXr)

188 >>> It's beautiful how Trump keeps climbing and Hil' keeps falling. Magnificent.
.....

Hillary's numbers have fallen some. Considering that Bernie supporters now have absolute proof that the the accusations of the DNC actively supporting her and marginalizing her opponents through the entirely of the farce of a primary, it's not a big surprise. The only surprise is that those numbers aren't lower, especially considering her favorables are at -17.2.

Well, it's a surprise that they're not lower if you fail to consider the alternative for disaffected Dems.

Trumps numbers have NOT been rising, if you look at them by themselves. It only appears to rise as a percentage 100% as Hillary's numbers have slipped. Generally, his numbers have been fairly flat- round 40% support overall. Not really a surprise, since 40% is about the best he did, on average, through the primaries. What is surprising is that he's failed to gain any significant support, despite having the nomination locked up for about 3 months and we're nearly a week past the convention.

Why aren't the angry Dems (or anyone else flocking to him) as an alternative to the proven lying, unindicted felon beast tha is Hillary, with her -17.2 favorable ating? His favorable rating is -21.1.

Oh...

But ignore all that. Let's look at the numbers that matter. It's about 3 months until Dooms Day. Who has the money, who is spending it, and who has the organization to win the swing states?

Trump just had his best fundraising period to date. About 24 million. Hillary had about an average (for her) period... of about 39 million. Who cares, rights. Trump has a fat check book.

Except, Trumps checkbook appears to be closed. Hillary is outspending him about about 2/3.

Trumps big advantage is all that experience hiring Top.Men and building stuff though, right? Apparently that does not extend to campaign organizations and state organizations, of which he has almost none, especially compared to Hillary who has been building for over 8 years.

Well, there is 3 months left. Surely in that time, Trump can overcome the 40% support cap he hasn't broken in nearly 2 years, raise enough money to overcome Hillary's fundraising organizations that have been in place since the 1990s and now included foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation, bolstered by 4 years of favors as SoS and her husbands relationships that go back to the 90s. I mean, the Clinton Foundation along has taken in over $2 billion since 1997. Donald Trump is supposed to be worth $7 billion... for his entire life... most of which is tied up in investments and he can't spend.

That's enough to swing Hillary's current tally of 322 electoral votes in his favor, right?
.....

Yeah. Let's ignore all that. Hillary lost .3 points in the poll, putting Trump up .9! Yay!

Oh... wait. About that Trump's rising polls? Yeah, he's down .9 today.

When does the winning so bigly that you won't believe it start?

Posted by: Damiano at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (71OEY)

189 This neighborhood ballpark got night lighting about 50 years before Wrigley Field.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:06 AM (7ZVPa)

Well, we can actually win a championship.
Posted by: the neighborhood team that got night lighting

Yip.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (326rv)

190 "I seem to recall that that many aimed rounds a minute was at the high end of average for a rifleman with an SMLE in good working order. "



Doing a "Mad Minute" if you had your clips all lined up and ready to go. And "aimed" is the other thing. Shooting into a general mass or "box."

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (9ym/8)

191 DNC, "Let us welcome the next President of the United States! Hillary! Rodham! Clintoooooonnnnn!!!!!!!"

*gasp* -cackle- *wheeze* THUD

DNC, "Lets here it for the next President of the United States! Joe Biden!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (1kFWI)

192 Most of the artists slipped in communist symbology in their works, particularly their murals

****

Reminds me of the paintings on the walls of the U.S. Army recreation area at Chemsee in Germany- a former German military facility. Portrayals of various "workers" as full of fortitude, rippling arm muscles, steely-eyed determination and giant hands. The hands were huge!! Almost as big as the heads.

The art of the National Socialist Party.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (mvenn)

193 I am going to say that the WPA and those other make work programs were, at least, make work and not just giveaways.

We supposedly have this $3T infrastructure hole. I know the unions would have a shit fit (feature not bug) but hiring a thousand guys to hang off a bridge chipping and painting every day would not be a terrible thing.

Posted by: blaster at July 28, 2016 10:35 AM (tewYv)

194

There is a huge Bas relief mural in bronze on the main floor of some NYC building lobby that is a tribute to communism, done by the WPA. Might even be the Rockefeller center

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:35 AM (zOTsN)

195 Just pointing out a fact that both of Obama's parents croaked pretty young, of course, with Barack Sr it was mostly self-inflicted. That probably explains his FIGMO approach to President'n for the last term of his term.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:35 AM (hqZPQ)

196 161 126 Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at July 28, 2016 10:22 AM (0cMkb)


That should be Zombie Helen O'Connell who sang with Bob Eberly in the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra. I have the album.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:29 AM (mpXpK)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBHx0UwMHLc


*takes a slug of Jack Daniels*


Boys, take this mook out back and rough him up a bit.

Not too much.

I'm fond of Helen myself.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at July 28, 2016 10:36 AM (0cMkb)

197 IllTemperedCur -

Yep. SMLE. Amazing bolt-gun.

Mine - Nigel - was made in 1918. Would that ammo weren't so spendy.....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:36 AM (tebBw)

198 40 "In the early days of baseball, the players were much bigger than today's ballplayers. Some of them were 18 feet tall..."
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:02 AM (tSKyO)

The New York Nephilim.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 28, 2016 10:36 AM (0mRoj)

199 So Mikey Bloomberg is the offspring of a Nephilim and what?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:37 AM (1kFWI)

200 One of the talking heads in the O.J.: Made In America documentary is a reporter named Zoey Tur. He looks kind of old, I wonder if he's Katy's father.

You are correct. Also, it used to be Robert Tur. I think you can connect those dots without my assistance.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 28, 2016 10:37 AM (9krrF)

201 LaGuardia airport mural done by the WPA has a communist message

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:37 AM (zOTsN)

202 157: In addition: try getting valuable things like bridges and dams done nowadays with programs like WPA. If the ecocommies had the power they enjoy today back in the 30's, the TVA, all those bridges, and all those campgrounds would have not been constructed.

Posted by: Jackal at July 28, 2016 10:37 AM (Lyh9/)

203 We were all proud of Presdent Obama last night, so proud. I bet the speech he gave last night generate at least 50,00 jobs and that ISIS group thing will not mess with us knowing that our Black Presdent is mad. I was disappointed that Presdent Obama did not call for the arrest of that war criminal Bush. Bush lied and the world died !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, Vt at July 28, 2016 10:38 AM (NuElX)

204 Or figure out some kind of amortization schedule for all the billions that have been pissed away on the Great Society, etc. since emancipation. I won't even ballpark a guess, but it may be the case that black lives not only matter, but are also in arrears.

Posted by: General Zod at July 28, 2016 10:31 AM (Bdeb0)


Good point. "Reparations? Dude, we've spent billions on welfare and affirmative action subsidies, *you* owe us!"

It would take a man with huge, clanking balls to make that argument in a public forum, and Donald Trump is that man.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:38 AM (tSKyO)

205 "Mine - Nigel - was made in 1918. Would that ammo weren't so spendy....."


1943 Maltsby here. And, yeah, .303 is getting harder to find and more expensive. All those war surpluses have run out.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:38 AM (9ym/8)

206 187
Speaking of the health of candidates, when is it customary for them to
release health info? Not that I would expect an honest report.

Posted by: db at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (9iFXr)

I think they did that during the primaries. I remember hearing that both Hilary and Bernie have hypothyroidism. That's about all - no mention of her being prone to seizures.....

Posted by: PAgirlinNC at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (/5WQL)

207 I think I could almost reach the plate if I threw out the first pitch!

Posted by: Barry O at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (h/uSM)

208 165 The pic of Hillary on Drudge.

That pic of the chick from V eating a rat.

Separated at birth?
Posted by: blaster at July 28, 2016 10:30 AM (tewYv)

MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (7HtZB)

209 New 'Reparations' Website Asks Whites to Pay Black People's Rent -- to Relieve Guilt...



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

I have no guilt to relieve.



Anyway, the Great Society, welfare, affirmative action, etc. has all
been reparations - trillions and it's been going on for close to 50
years.
===========
There's also the question of where do we get back the 600,000 white lives spent.

And who do we go to for our compensation for the ongoing infliction of what currently passes for music, i.e. rap?

Posted by: RoyalOil at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (77emZ)

210 I've always believed that the Warren Commission got it pretty much right: LHO. Alone.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:32 AM (tSKyO)



If you ever doubt it, read "Case Closed".

It was written by two guys who started out to prove there was a conspiracy and more than one rifle with science!

And wound up proving that it was LHO alone, with Science!.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (0cMkb)

211 Oh... wait. About that Trump's rising polls? Yeah, he's down .9 today.

When does the winning so bigly that you won't believe it start?
Posted by: Damiano at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (71OEY)

****

That's a whole lot of words just to tell us you are on the Gary Johnson VW Microbus.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (Ubfhb)

212 197: The best battle-rifle of WW1. I plan to buy an Ishapore 2A1 sometime soon. All the No.1 Mk. 3 goodness, but it eats .308/7.62x51.

Posted by: Jackal at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (Lyh9/)

213
164 @151 "Still got the shovel."

--Levon Helm deserved an Oscar for his 5 minutes in "Shooter."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:30 AM (tIja6)








Fuck, I hate that movie. Took a frickin' awesome book with a really good morally ambiguous villain and turned it into leftist twaddle. That character is a case in point. In the book, Swagger meets him as he's reading the New York Review of Books, and the old coot mentions that at his age he only has two vices: interesting rifles and reading the folly of idiotic New York leftists.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (Ahy/3)

214 @157 Stringer Davis

"We are all...not even Keynesians now."

Try moochers through a thieving government. Even that childless queer knew his theory was full of shit when he said, "in the long run we are all dead." Yeah, the next generation of others people's kids, not my selfish faggot ass, will be paying the consequences.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (E8UjU)

215 If yesterday does not stop the bleeding Hillary is finished.

Posted by: Czar Peter at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (bUskh)

216 If you ever doubt it, read "Case Closed".

It was written by two guys who started out to prove there was a conspiracy and more than one rifle with science!

And wound up proving that it was LHO alone, with Science!.
Posted by: naturalfake



Explain pristine bullet and 90 degree turn with science.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (r1DzX)

217 The New York Nephilim.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 28, 2016 10:36 AM (0mRoj)


Well played, sir.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (tSKyO)

218 And who do we go to for our compensation for the ongoing infliction of what currently passes for music, i.e. rap?


Posted by: RoyalOil


--
My understanding is that it is spelled 'Crap', with a silent 'C'

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 28, 2016 10:41 AM (7ZVPa)

219 Using the Gimp - I scaled up the Drudge picture to 4800 X 3600 pixels. That spot on her tongue is either a reset button or an impression left by one of Huma' piercings.


Posted by: An Observation at July 28, 2016 10:41 AM (HkRPJ)

220 Explain pristine bullet and 90 degree turn with science.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:40 AM (r1DzX)


Read the book.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:41 AM (0cMkb)

221 Beisball been berry berry good to me.

Posted by: Garrett Morris at July 28, 2016 10:42 AM (uLuPn)

222 Reminds me of the paintings on the walls of the U.S.
Army recreation area at Chemsee in Germany- a former German military
facility. Portrayals of various "workers" as full of fortitude,
rippling arm muscles, steely-eyed determination and giant hands. The
hands were huge!! Almost as big as the heads.



The art of the National Socialist Party.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 28, 2016 10:34 AM (mvenn)

With the swastika artfully painted out, I saw that at the US army base in Bavaria, a former Luftwaffe airfield, now used by the Bundeswehr...

Posted by: Colin at July 28, 2016 10:42 AM (6+jI3)

223 >>MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."


Well, time for another TRUMP STOMP then!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:42 AM (NOIQH)

224 Suddenly I have a craving for Sun Chips (TM).

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:42 AM (qUNWi)

225 >>and Donald Trump is that man. Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:38 AM (tSKyO)

...which is why Zod has pledged The Sun-In King his loyalty, his sword, his yurt, his kine, his Thermos, and whatever is left of his soul after Crom has taken His due.

Can somebody just step on the gas and do the election next Tuesday? Three months is a long time for Trump to shank it. Hillary Shelob Clinton is only gonna garner more support as the FSA stirs...

Posted by: General Zod at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (Bdeb0)

226 So will the MSM start playing "Springtime for Hillary!" to go with those pictures of a young Hillary!?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (1kFWI)

227 "And wound up proving that it was LHO alone, with Science!. "



If you ever visit Dealy Plaza the first thing will strike you is..........how small it is. How compact. There's a "X" on the street where the fatal shot took place. Maybe 75 yards straight-line from the window.


Nothing.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (9ym/8)

228 I don't think the polls mean a whole lot right now. Pray that the Donald can control himself during the debates.

As much as I'd like to see him call her a crooked corrupt political whore I don't know if that would help him nationally.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (nhI+n)

229 223 >>MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."



Do they show the flowers wilting in her wake?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:44 AM (0cMkb)

230 If you ever doubt it, read "Case Closed".
It was written by two guys who started out to prove there was a conspiracy and more than one rifle with science!
And wound up proving that it was LHO alone, with Science!.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (0cMkb)


Um 'Case Closed' was written by one guy, Gerald Posner. And I agree, it's a great book, but nothing like you described. I'd like to read the book you're talking about, though. I hope you can remember the title.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:44 AM (tSKyO)

231 I am going to say that the WPA and those other make work programs were, at least, make work and not just giveaways.

We supposedly have this $3T infrastructure hole. I know the unions would have a shit fit (feature not bug) but hiring a thousand guys to hang off a bridge chipping and painting every day would not be a terrible thing.

Posted by: blaster at July 28, 2016 10:35 AM (tewYv)


Remember, Obama as one of his first acts as president, removed the work requirement from welfare that the republican congress had managed to wring Bubba into signing and was kept throughout Bush's presidency. It has reduced the welfare roles significantly.

A side effect of a WPA type of program would be getting these people some kind of marketable skill. I don't care if it is only shoveling. Just being able to demonstrate to an employer that you have the ability to get up, show up for work, work all day would be a benefit to them and future employers.

However....today, the WPA would be so filled with work rules, safety rules, break rules, rules for transgender bathrooms, rules for child care, rules for vacation, rules for this and that, that a bridge or road would take decades to complete, if ever.

It took our county a year to replace a bridge over a little creek on a one lane dirt road. The actual work wasn't the problem. It was the environmental impact studies, design studies, arguments over whose budget(township, county, state grant, etc.) , needs for safety railing , size, etc.

Imagine the Federal gov......

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (Zz6ul)

232 Colin -

As Tom Lehrer sang:

Heil - hail -
The Wehrmacht,
I mean the Bundeswehr.....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (tebBw)

233
'Tis a shame WPAP is no longer with us, for we'll never have the natural partner for this work:

"Basketball at Night" (TM) The Clinton Global Initiative

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (BK3ZS)

234 @227 Ricardo Kill

I heard the same from guys who were vets. The target was moving at straight line away from with the longest shot taken at 81 meters. It wouldn't have taken neccssarily a skilled marksman to do the shots.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (E8UjU)

235 Coit Towers murals, also sponsored by the WPA, full of communist propaganda

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

236 What is that, like 20 feet between bases? Even Little League uses 60 feet.

Posted by: rickl at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (zoehZ)

237 Why doesn't that "reparations" website call for the old "40 acres and a mule?"

The federal government has millions of acres of vacant land.

And there are thousands and thousands of wild horses and donkeys on federal land.

And if we gave it to these "descendants of slaves," human nature being what it is, in 5 years all that land would be owned by actual productive people.

That's like a win-win.

Posted by: RoyalOil at July 28, 2016 10:47 AM (77emZ)

238 http://tinyurl.com/Zooanimalsstarve

More winning from the American Socialism Success story. Venezuela can't even feed it's zoo animals in Caracas. So they have starved to death.

Posted by: Charles at July 28, 2016 10:47 AM (0/WFv)

239 Trump oppo research needs to seek out mp3 files of Her singing "Daisy." It probably won't swing any votes, but I could rest easy knowing my theory that she's animatronic wasn't all wind in sails...

Posted by: General Zod at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (Bdeb0)

240 If you ever visit Dealy Plaza the first thing will strike you is..........how small it is. How compact. There's a "X" on the street where the fatal shot took place. Maybe 75 yards straight-line from the window.


Nothing.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (9ym/



Yup.

No great skill required.

It made me realize that pretty much anyone can kill anyone given a rifle and a small to medium distance shot.

And made me realize what a great stable, law-abiding country we live in, that that doesn't happen more often.

Well....until TFG and BLM....

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (0cMkb)

241 "In the early days of baseball, the players were much bigger than today's ballplayers. Some of them were 18 feet tall..."

----

I think I could work with that strike zone

Posted by: Mitch Williams at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (h/uSM)

242 "They had to prove they were professional artists, they had to pass a needs test, and then they were put into categories -- Level One Artist, Level Two or Laborer -- that determined their salaries."


The other career path in art was to "Draw Winky" and win a $375 art scholarship.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (/wm8n)

243 Oh man....I forgot about the f*cking murals.



F*cking socialism with the f*cking murals....

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:16 AM


Where do you think TFG learned the proper angle to elevate his chin and stare purposefully into the glorious future?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (bzd8I)

244 >>>So will the MSM start playing "Springtime for Hillary!" to go with those pictures of a young Hillary!?


Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (1kFWI)<<<

Is she wearing a bee costume, and is Blind Felon... er, I mean Blind Melon's "No Rain" accompanying them?

Posted by: already denouncing myself for unintended earworms at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (H9MG5)

245 >>> 215 If yesterday does not stop the bleeding Hillary is finished.
.....

Tell me how exactly. Show your work.

The current electoral count (no toss ups) is 322- Clinton/ 216 Trump. Clinton is trouncing Trump in fundraising, spending, and organizations on the ground in all the swing states.

Hillary will have the President of the United States and is current 55% approval rating, the Vice President, nearly all of Hollywood and the entirely of the media out campaigning for her every day for the next 3 months, even if she stayed home for the rest of the race.

Trump has Scott Bayo and his immediate family.

Posted by: Damiano at July 28, 2016 10:49 AM (71OEY)

246 So what is The Donald up to today? You know he's going to do something to draw attention away from Cankles big night.

Posted by: ALH at July 28, 2016 10:49 AM (uLuPn)

247 Read an article titled "Why Baseball Must Change or Die Out."

One of the things I think they should do to increase offense is eliminate those shifts. No more placing the 2B or SS on the opposite side of second base. If they want to keep the middle infielders playing in the outfield, that's fine, but the configuration stays the same. The NBA did that by eliminating zone defenses.

And then eliminate sex with groupies between innings.


Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:49 AM (hqZPQ)

248 It was written by two guys who started out to prove there was a conspiracy and more than one rifle with science!

And wound up proving that it was LHO alone, with Science!.

---

sure they did... he he he

Posted by: Raphael Cruz at July 28, 2016 10:49 AM (h/uSM)

249 More winning from the American Socialism Success story. Venezuela can't even feed it's zoo animals in Caracas. So they have starved to death.

Ughhh...why do idiots try to have zoos?

C'mon man...give it up.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:50 AM (qUNWi)

250 Let me correct my post. The work requirement for Welfare had reduced the welfare roles significantly. Obama's removal of that requirement, because it was racist or something, has resulted in the Welfare roles swelling to new highs.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:50 AM (Zz6ul)

251 Where do you think TFG learned the proper angle to elevate his chin and stare purposefully into the glorious future?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (bzd8I)


All that's missing is the red flag with the hammer and sickle logo.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:51 AM (tSKyO)

252 I heard the same from guys who were vets. The target was moving at straight line away from with the longest shot taken at 81 meters. It wouldn't have taken neccssarily a skilled marksman to do the shots.



Away AND down. Dealy Plaza (Elm Street) drops down to go under train tracks.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 10:51 AM (r1DzX)

253 MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."

---

not many would have the guts to dance while taking sniper fire

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 28, 2016 10:51 AM (h/uSM)

254 >>The federal government has millions of acres of vacant land.....That's like a win-win.


As a resident of a Western state where most of the lad is owned by federal and state entities: NO.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 10:52 AM (NOIQH)

255
If was 'treason' for Donald Trump to invite Russia to release Shrillary's totally innocuous emails, and interfere with our election, then what was it for Sir Golfsalot to have a WH-funded office that was interfering with the recent Israeli election?

Some dare call that treason.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 28, 2016 10:53 AM (BK3ZS)

256 And then eliminate sex with groupies between innings.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:49 AM (hqZPQ)


No! Don't mess with our time-honored traditions!

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:53 AM (tSKyO)

257 I see the trolls have given up on the Donald is in league with Russia line.

Posted by: Czar Peter at July 28, 2016 10:53 AM (bUskh)

258 Away AND down.

I thought it was "back, and to the left....back, and to the left...back, and to the left."

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:53 AM (hqZPQ)

259 228
I don't think the polls mean a whole lot right now. Pray that the Donald can control himself during the debates.



As much as I'd like to see him call her a crooked corrupt political whore I don't know if that would help him nationally.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at July 28, 2016 10:43 AM (nhI+n)

Pray that he forces them to air it live so that they can not to a "creative edit" the way they did for Palin.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:53 AM (mpXpK)

260 Level One Artist, Level Two or Laborer

Socialism and art do not mix.

Well socialism and ANYTHING do not mix, but you get my point.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 28, 2016 10:54 AM (s/EUv)

261 MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM


*singing*
"The hills are aliiiive....
Unlike my critics...."

Posted by: Hillary! at July 28, 2016 10:54 AM (bzd8I)

262

Tell me

If you are wiki leaks. And you have more stuff on Hillary. And she has her big speech tonight

You release more stuff. Yes, yes you do. You steal her thunder. You release some damaging stuff tonight

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:54 AM (zOTsN)

263 I see the Pope fell over during a mass he was presiding over in eastern europe.

It's those kitten heels we've talked about on here before. He needs to go to full stillettos.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:54 AM (Zz6ul)

264 255
If was 'treason' for Donald Trump to invite Russia to release Shrillary's totally innocuous emails, and interfere with our election, then what was it for Sir Golfsalot to have a WH-funded office that was interfering with the recent Israeli election?

Some dare call that treason.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 28, 2016 10:53 AM (BK3ZS)

Act of war.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 28, 2016 10:55 AM (0mRoj)

265 253 MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."

Is she naked?

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:55 AM (tSKyO)

266 235
Coit Towers murals, also sponsored by the WPA, full of communist propaganda

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

Well you sort of expect that in Commiefornia.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 10:55 AM (mpXpK)

267 I saw Person and The One Name Guys play last night at a neighborhood bar.

They must be sleeping in.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 28, 2016 10:55 AM (s/EUv)

268 You release more stuff. Yes, yes you do. You steal her thunder. You release some damaging stuff tonight
Posted by: ThunderB

Before? After? During?

With Trump, I think before, cause we KNOW that we will crush the ball.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at July 28, 2016 10:56 AM (326rv)

269
Um 'Case Closed' was written by one guy, Gerald Posner. And I agree, it's a great book, but nothing like you described. I'd like to read the book you're talking about, though. I hope you can remember the title.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:44 AM


How about Reclaiming History by Vincent Bugliosi?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 28, 2016 10:56 AM (IqV8l)

270 MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow,

That's a funny way to spell "grazing"

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 28, 2016 10:56 AM (s/EUv)

271 I thought it was Loretta Lynch who tried to wear those kitten heels, all in support of her Lena Dunham mass. There is a metaphor about Socialism buried in this and well never mind.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 10:56 AM (1kFWI)

272 >>One of the things I think they should do to increase offense is eliminate those shifts.


Won't work. Historically, shifts were employed. Albeit in a slightly different manner.

They might need to lower the mound, again.

Also, get rid of Replay Challenges.
Employ a seperate Ump to trigger replay.
Too often, Managers are using replay to slow down the game and give relievers a chance to warm up.

Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2016 10:56 AM (HJQI1)

273 Um 'Case Closed' was written by one guy, Gerald Posner. And I agree, it's a great book, but nothing like you described. I'd like to read the book you're talking about, though. I hope you can remember the title.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:44 AM (tSKyO)



Well...crap.

Memory fail.

At one point, I was planning to write a novel with the Kennedy assassination in the background. So, I read a bunch of books.

I'll try a remember the title. It was excellent.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:57 AM (0cMkb)

274 As a casual baseball fan I'm torn about rule changes.


I don't want them to ruin the game for true fans just to appeal to people like me. That seems wrong.

162 games is just too damn many games tho.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 10:57 AM (qUNWi)

275 " I see the trolls have given up on the Donald is in league with Russia line."



Have they now. New "boogeyman" now or just ignoring it?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 10:57 AM (9ym/8)

276 230 If you ever doubt it, read "Case Closed".
It was written by two guys who started out to prove there was a conspiracy and more than one rifle with science!
And wound up proving that it was LHO alone, with Science!.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM (0cMkb)

Um 'Case Closed' was written by one guy, Gerald Posner. And I agree, it's a great book, but nothing like you described. I'd like to read the book you're talking about, though. I hope you can remember the title.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:44 AM (tSKyO)

Vincent Bugliosi, the Manson prosecutor, recently wrote a mammoth book about the JFK assassination, as if he were the prosecutor.And when I say mammoth, I mean mammoth. It was well over 1,000 pages, of specially made thin paper to cut down on the weight, and a separate CD-ROM just for the footnootes & references. He believes he proved beyond a reasonable doubt that LHO was the assassin & was likely acting alone. I tend to agree.

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 10:58 AM (7HtZB)

277 253 MSN.com is highlighting "rare" pics of a young Hilary, dancing through a meadow, as "news."

---

how young?

Posted by: Roman P. at July 28, 2016 10:58 AM (h/uSM)

278 young Hilary, dancing through a meadow,


Is there an atomic bomb at the end? Bill Moyers would put a bomb at the end.

Young Hillary, if memory serves, was a Goldwater Girl.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (tIja6)

279 How 'bout that pic of Lena on WZ this morning?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (IqV8l)

280 Too often, Managers are using replay to slow down the game and give relievers a chance to warm up.

Posted by: garrett

Or do like we did when we played sand lot ball. Argue whether he was safe or out. Sometimes resulting in a glove being thrown and maybe a push. 2 minutes later, you're back playing ball

Posted by: Bruce at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (8ikIW)

281 "They had to prove they were professional artists, they had to pass a needs test, and then they were put into categories -- Level One Artist, Level Two or Laborer -- that determined their salaries"
****

Eees glorious, da comrades?

Posted by: Tilikum KAW- Skeet Surfing at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (+aCe4)

282

Last night the narrative was, believe it or not, vote for Hillary disaffected republicans. It was GOPe night. Every speaker talked about getting along with moderate republicans. Except Obama. They are trying to appeal to the pant crease loving David Brooks of the world. The TNR.

They will start advocating for her and argue she is better than Trump. And their trolling efforts will multiply

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (zOTsN)

283 250 Let me correct my post. The work requirement for Welfare had reduced the welfare roles significantly. Obama's removal of that requirement, because it was racist or something, has resulted in the Welfare roles swelling to new highs.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 28, 2016 10:50 AM (Zz6ul)

__________________

That's not the only requirement Obama did away with. They also don't require proof of U.S. citizenship now for welfare, food stamps, etc.

If you're going to open the borders to the third world's poor, you have to feed, clothe, shelter, and provide medical care for them too. Anything less would be raaaaaacist.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (NnYnv)

284 Won't work. Historically, shifts were employed. Albeit in a slightly different manner.

They might need to lower the mound, again.

Also, get rid of Replay Challenges.
Employ a seperate Ump to trigger replay.
Too often, Managers are using replay to slow down the game and give relievers a chance to warm up.

---

have a countdown clock between pitches. Batter has 8 seconds to get ready to hit. Or the pitcher can throw the ball while he's scratching his crotch

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 28, 2016 11:00 AM (h/uSM)

285 >>Or do like we did when we played sand lot ball. Argue whether he was safe or out. Sometimes resulting in a glove being thrown and maybe a push. 2 minutes later, you're back playing ball


Call it the Billy Martin Rule : Once the Manager turns his hat around and starts kicking dirt, the replay Ump can jump in and make the call.

Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2016 11:02 AM (HJQI1)

286 When's Trump's presser today? 8 p.m. primetime would be a little obvious.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at July 28, 2016 11:02 AM (U6f54)

287 279 How 'bout that pic of Lena on WZ this morning?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (IqV8l)

Yeah, a "2" is being nice.

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 11:02 AM (7HtZB)

288 If the trolls have given up the "Trump in League with Russia" meme, it's because it's not working, or making it worse for Skankles by keeping the e-mails in the spotlight.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:02 AM (sxOdv)

289 Every speaker talked about getting along with moderate republicans.

And we thought it was fabulous!

Posted by: Rick Wilson and AllahP. at July 28, 2016 11:02 AM (nhI+n)

290 Batter has 8 seconds to get ready to hit. Or the pitcher can throw the ball while he's scratching his crotch

Posted by: buzzsaw90

And redoing the straps on the batting gloves between..every..pitch

Posted by: Bruce at July 28, 2016 11:03 AM (8ikIW)

291 "the WPA did at least produce some tangible items. We've got roads and a dam here built during the Depression by WPA. We've also got an outhouse built by the WPA in the 1930s at our cemetery that is still in use and good shape. "

Chicago used to have a lot of sidewalks stamped "WPA 193x" - pretty good workmanship, most of them.
Now mostly replaced.
Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood was WPA work, also White Pines State Park near Oregon, IL.

Aahhh, the good ol' days when the taxpayers got something for their money .... even if (as pointed out above) there was an awful lot of Socialist Realism content in it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 28, 2016 11:03 AM (gUoN4)

292 >>Batter has 8 seconds to get ready to hit. Or the pitcher can throw the ball while he's scratching his crotch


Batter should never be allowed to leave the Box unless he is granted a time-out by the Home Plate Ump.

Once the at-bat starts, one foot needs to remain in the box the entire at-bat.

Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2016 11:03 AM (HJQI1)

293 Anybody who falls for that line of reasoning is a maroon

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:04 AM (zOTsN)

294 That picture of Dunham the Sister Molester at WZ...

Pizza Dough Legs



Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 28, 2016 11:04 AM (s/EUv)

295 How 'bout that pic of Lena on WZ this morning?>>>

Anyone doing the Intermittent Fasting Ace has been talking about. Can make it a lot easier if they copy that pic to view on fasting days.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 28, 2016 11:04 AM (aVYsC)

296 Last night the narrative was, believe it or not, vote for Hillary disaffected republicans...

They will start advocating for her and argue she is better than Trump. And their trolling efforts will multiply

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 10:59 AM (zOTsN)


I don't see this getting much traction. Other than a few GOPe shitbirds like Bill Kristol and David Brooks, there's not going to be a big rush of new Hillary! voters defecting from the GOP because they hate Trump.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:04 AM (tSKyO)

297 >>And redoing the straps on the batting gloves between..every..pitch

Nomahhhh Garciaparra was the absolute worst. Between every single pitch he would adjust his batting gloves repeatedly. It was beyond annoying.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2016 11:05 AM (/tuJf)

298 282, yes but how many "pants crease Brooks Republicans" are there? I'm not talking about your everyday RINO who may still vote for Trump when no one is looking.
Remember Brooks and others of his ilk already voted for Obama.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:05 AM (sxOdv)

299 GOPe doesn't realize that a virtue signal isn't a beacon. It doesn't attract

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:05 AM (zOTsN)

300 EBT is a locally administered program, and regardless of anything Obama has done SC still requires you to be either a US Citizen or a legal resident to get benefits. If you are not a US citizen you must show INS documents to prove you are legal.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 11:06 AM (mpXpK)

301 I have Aunts in their eighties who are more toned than Dunham.

Dunham gonna get The Beetus if she doesn't shape up.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 28, 2016 11:07 AM (s/EUv)

302 There was no joy in Donksville, mighty Hillary has struck out...

Nice angle and colors in the painting. I like!

Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 11:07 AM (hvf9s)

303 Did you guys read that Breitbart article about Bill Clinton and Kazakhstan? Local mayor who was going to provide documents proving corruption was found dead with two bullets in the chest and one in the head.
Officials ruled ot a suicide.

suicide by triple tap

Posted by: @votermom's phone at July 28, 2016 11:07 AM (7lVbc)

304 ...and someone needs to start beaning Big Papi. I am so fucking tired of watching him lean over the plate, wearing arm guards, and forcing the pitchers to throw him meatballs.


Knock that fat fucker down!

Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2016 11:07 AM (HJQI1)

305 >>Every speaker talked about getting along with moderate republicans.

Huh. Could these moderate Republicans hear it over the boos for the retired military guy and Leon Panetta?

I guess we should be happy they weren't telling us Hillary wants to take care of our children - or did the PP and/or NARAL ladies speak last night?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:07 AM (NOIQH)

306 282, yes but how many "pants crease Brooks Republicans" are there? I'm
not talking about your everyday RINO who may still vote for Trump when
no one is looking.

Remember Brooks and others of his ilk already voted for Obama.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:05 AM (sxOdv)
--Not many, but those that exist are typically in blue states. Middle/upper middle class republicans who must exist surrounded by liberals. Perhaps a problem if Trump is counting on winning states like New York, New Jersey or Connecticut (or, maybe, Pennsylvania, in the collar counties around Philly).

Posted by: Revenant at July 28, 2016 11:08 AM (3DSAh)

307 We love the New Deal. Prez'nit Obamavelt is awesome.

Posted by: Snowflakes Everywhere at July 28, 2016 11:08 AM (Tyii7)

308 During Trump's speech last week,there were times when he moderated his voice--I said he sounded like Christopher Walken. This is the voice he should use more, especially during the debates--if there are any.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:08 AM (sxOdv)

309 Morning all... I see we're still screwed...

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:09 AM (O2RFr)

310
Vincent Bugliosi, the Manson prosecutor, recently wrote a mammoth book about the JFK assassination, as if he were the prosecutor.And when I say mammoth, I mean mammoth. It was well over 1,000 pages, of specially made thin paper to cut down on the weight, and a separate CD-ROM just for the footnootes references. He believes he proved beyond a reasonable doubt that LHO was the assassin was likely acting alone. I tend to agree.


I liked Bugliosi's book, even though it took me the better part of six months to get through. Pity the guy just turned completely bugfuck nuts when it came to Dubya, though.

I've never read it, but I'm told Mortal Error - which speculates that one of the SS agents accidentally blew JFKs head off - is an interesting read.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:09 AM (X6fMO)

311 Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...

...and I'd say he was being generous.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:09 AM (tSKyO)

312 That's a warped perspective. Typical.

Posted by: cy.borg.robot.drifter at July 28, 2016 11:10 AM (iOBbC)

313 Oh, there's Trump - holding *3* rallies in Ohio today, critiquing the convention.

Love his moxie!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:10 AM (NOIQH)

314
Remember Brooks and others of his ilk already voted for Obama.
Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:05 AM


Both times or just in 2008?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 28, 2016 11:10 AM (IqV8l)

315
Vic

AFMCME union members staff the EBT offices


I suspect they are not as rigorous in the application of law as you think

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:10 AM (zOTsN)

316 I just found out my governor is in the new Sharknado movie, lol, batting away sharks from the window. Hilarious!

Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 11:11 AM (hvf9s)

317 Voter Mom, the guy in charge of the airport equipment where Ron Brown was supposed to land committed suicide.

So you never know when it comes to the Clinton Criminal Crony Party and their enforcers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:11 AM (1kFWI)

318 trolltastic new line, "trump is going to be awful, wont keep any of his promises, and he is a democrat anyway, they are both democrats, so vote hillary because #natolivesmatter #steadyhand "

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:11 AM (c6/9Q)

319 Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...

"Fat, doughy, and lumpy is no way to go through life, girl."

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:11 AM (tSKyO)

320 The NBA did that by eliminating zone defenses.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 28, 2016 10:49 AM (hqZPQ)



Then they eliminated defense entirely.

Posted by: BignJames at July 28, 2016 11:12 AM (9RGU3)

321 306, definitely a problem, but they can virtue-signal until the cows come home, but when they get in that booth, their liberal friends will never know they voted for Trump.
Besides, I have a hunch based on nothing, that if some of these guys are Wall Street guys or financial guys, more than a few harbor a bit of secret respect for Trump the "art of the deal" businessman.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:12 AM (sxOdv)

322 292 >>Batter has 8 seconds to get ready to hit. Or the pitcher can throw the ball while he's scratching his crotch


Batter should never be allowed to leave the Box unless he is granted a time-out by the Home Plate Ump.

Once the at-bat starts, one foot needs to remain in the box the entire at-bat.
Posted by: garrett at July 28, 2016 11:03 AM (HJQI1)

When I lived closer to St. Louis I would often have the Cardinals on the radio in the background, and this was the pet peeve of the junior announcer: when umpires would grant time-outs by default. "He doesn't have to grant the request for time-out!" the guy would often complain.

There are a lot of reasons why baseball games are longer and slower these days but I think this is one of them.

Posted by: Kevin DuBrow at July 28, 2016 11:12 AM (bMcUX)

323
I liked Bugliosi's book, even though it took me the better part of six months to get through. Pity the guy just turned completely bugfuck nuts when it came to Dubya, though.

I heard him on a radio interview calling for the execution of Bush over the Iraq war!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 28, 2016 11:12 AM (IqV8l)

324 Even my wattles have wattles.

Posted by: Lena Boneham at July 28, 2016 11:12 AM (Tyii7)

325 suicide by triple tap

----

Yeah, it's suicide to go against us all right!

Posted by: The Clintons at July 28, 2016 11:13 AM (h/uSM)

326 314, Im sure Brooks voted for Obama in '08. Not sure about '12.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:13 AM (sxOdv)

327 319 Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...

"Fat, tatted, doughy, and lumpy is no way to go through life, girl."
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:11 AM (tSKyO)

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 11:13 AM (7HtZB)

328 Don't flatter yourself Lena I've seen better bodies on a shop vac.

Posted by: cy.borg.robot.drifter at July 28, 2016 11:14 AM (iOBbC)

329 "Morning all... I see we're still screwed..."


Situation normal.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 28, 2016 11:14 AM (9ym/8)

330 Ok, which one of you Morons is at my Costco? I just came out to find the car next to me has Gadsen plates, with LIB (coiled snake which is a reasonable representation of an A) RAL with "Don't tread on me" below.

Posted by: bluebell at July 28, 2016 11:14 AM (0vAlh)

331 321, definitely a problem, but they can virtue-signal until the cows
come home, but when they get in that booth, their liberal friends will
never know they voted for Trump.

Besides, I have a hunch based on nothing, that if some of these
guys are Wall Street guys or financial guys, more than a few harbor a
bit of secret respect for Trump the "art of the deal" businessman.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:12 AM (sxOdv)
--I think that there is a shy tory vote. I wouldn't go the whole "unskewed polls" route, but tend to think that Trump's support is understated in the polls by a few points. Just a feeling.Like him or hate him, Trump has tapped into the emotions of the time. The Dems have fully rejected it, in their treatment of Bernie Sanders. I think that gives Trump the advantage, so long as he doesn't self destruct in the debates.

Posted by: Revenant at July 28, 2016 11:14 AM (3DSAh)

332 I became Manson's doppelganger.

Posted by: Vince Bugeyeosi at July 28, 2016 11:15 AM (Tyii7)

333 322 292 >>Batter has 8 seconds to get ready to hit. Or the pitcher can throw the ball while he's scratching his crotch

Wait, how about this rule?

If a batter gets hit by a pitch -- he's out!

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:15 AM (tSKyO)

334 When I lived closer to St. Louis I would often have the Cardinals on the radio in the background, and this was the pet peeve of the junior announcer: when umpires would grant time-outs by default. "He doesn't have to grant the request for time-out!" the guy would often complain.



Ever see a pitcher-batter duel where each one would settle in, then step out of the box/off the mound? Numerous times. Before one pitch even takes place.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 11:15 AM (r1DzX)

335 Hhmmm, yes or no?

http://www.shoebuy.com/cobb-hill-gabby-gladiator-bootie/768214/1621698

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:15 AM (1kFWI)

336
I heard him on a radio interview calling for the execution of Bush over the Iraq war!


And yet the nickefucker has never had one single word to say about Obama's various applications of the Constitution to his skinny, Reggie-approved ass.

I wonder why. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:16 AM (X6fMO)

337 >>definitely a problem, but they can virtue-signal until the cows come
home, but when they get in that booth, their liberal friends will never
know they voted for Trump.

Referred to as "secret Trump voters" by Hillary's pollster, who is converned about this.

She also calls them "downmarket" white, male blue-collar workers who don't like living near people of races. How many dog-whistles can you spot in that assessment?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:16 AM (NOIQH)

338 If you don't want to read the "Case Closed" book, Discovery Channel did a special a few years ago with the same name, if memory serves. They entirely recreated the event and showed that, yes, Oswald could have and did the deed all by himself. It puts the kibosh to the magic bullet theory. (Hint - it has something to do with the height of the jump seats vs. the height of the actual passenger seat in which Connelly was sitting.)

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 28, 2016 11:16 AM (vg8iE)

339 I'm 61 years old and my body looks better than Lena Dunham's.

Posted by: ALH at July 28, 2016 11:16 AM (uLuPn)

340 Votermom -

Got a few friends in Kazakhstan - and one former 'niece' - corruption is state policy there, and violence and death are just the way things get done.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 28, 2016 11:16 AM (fqEd+)

341 I remember the preference cascade that never came. He needs to be in front of her, by a lot

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:17 AM (zOTsN)

342 303 Did you guys read that Breitbart article about Bill Clinton and Kazakhstan? Local mayor who was going to provide documents proving corruption was found dead with two bullets in the chest and one in the head.
Officials ruled ot a suicide.

suicide by triple tap

Posted by: @votermom's phone at July 28, 2016 11:07 AM (7lVbc)


Wait, did he shoot himself in the chest twice, then finished himself off with a head shot, or did he shoot himself in the head first?

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:18 AM (tSKyO)

343 If you don't want to read the "Case Closed" book, Discovery Channel did a special a few years ago with the same name, if memory serves. They entirely recreated the event and showed that, yes, Oswald could have and did the deed all by himself. It puts the kibosh to the magic bullet theory. (Hint - it has something to do with the height of the jump seats vs. the height of the actual passenger seat in which Connelly was sitting.)

----------

There is no doubt in my mind that Oswald acted alone. However, I still find it fun to engage in the various conspiracy theories around the assassination. My favorite being that it was a mob hit. But in the end, the mob can be crazy, but not suicidal.

Posted by: SH at July 28, 2016 11:19 AM (gmeXX)

344 124 Hillary will get a bounce. But that's just a thumb on the scale.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2016 10:21 AM (2PHKP)


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

Looking at the LA Times/USC tracking poll, Hillary's support continues to drop even during the Dem convention.

Of course, it's just one poll, so it will be interesting to see what the others show in a few more days.

Posted by: Kevin DuBrow at July 28, 2016 11:19 AM (bMcUX)

345 To show how Hillary! is hip to current vibes and the 'average' person. She accept the nomination dressed as a Ghostbuster...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:20 AM (1kFWI)

346 331--I agree, and after 2012, I'm not buying the "skewed polls" thing ever again. But in this case--as you call it "shy" tory, or "the Bradley effect"--might very well make a difference.

And come on, this whole "First Womyn!!" festival has gotta be rubbing a lot of male voters the wrong way. My uncle--a life-long Democrat --is full straight ahead Trump this year, He actually said--this is a quote--"I don't want no girl president."
There must be more of them out there. But he is 76 years old.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:20 AM (sxOdv)

347 If a batter gets hit by a pitch -- he's out!

haha...I like that. Thunderdomeball.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 11:20 AM (qUNWi)

348 319 Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...

Someone much wittier than me said it 'on a scale of 3 -10, she is a 2'.

Posted by: IC at July 28, 2016 11:20 AM (a0IVu)

349 315


Vic



AFMCME union members staff the EBT offices





I suspect they are not as rigorous in the application of law as you think

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:10 AM (zOTsN)

Since SC is a right to work State I would be surprised if the SC Dep of Social Services is unionized.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 28, 2016 11:20 AM (mpXpK)

350 remember the preference cascade that never came. He needs to be in front of her, by a lot
Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:17 AM (zOTsN)

The problem with polling is the pollsters, as in, the impossibility of having neutral, objective, disinterested ( in the data preferences) polls.

Posted by: tubal at July 28, 2016 11:21 AM (d6TTt)

351 If Hillary falls off the podium tonight, she'll definitely get a bounce....

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:21 AM (sxOdv)

352 @343 - Say what you want, but one of my favorite movies is JFK. Regardless of Stone's leftist drivel, etc. the movie is really well made, in my opinion, and done remarkably well for a period piece, regardless of the veracity of the content. It's like a little time machine to me. I really feel like I'm there.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 28, 2016 11:21 AM (vg8iE)

353 338 If you don't want to read the "Case Closed" book, Discovery Channel did a special a few years ago with the same name, if memory serves. They entirely recreated the event and showed that, yes, Oswald could have and did the deed all by himself. It puts the kibosh to the magic bullet theory. (Hint - it has something to do with the height of the jump seats vs. the height of the actual passenger seat in which Connelly was sitting.)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 28, 2016 11:16 AM (vg8iE)

And the "magic bullet" didn't turn in mid-air. It ricocheted inside Gov. Conolly's body as it was exiting.

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (7HtZB)

354 Hillary needs to breakdance for the peeps.

Popnlock Hilldog!

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (qUNWi)

355 Obama: "No man or woman is more qualified to be President".

Me: "No man or woman was more 'qualified' than Nixon, either"

Posted by: JEM at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (o+SC1)

356 Sorting through the EBT requirements isn't easy. Some states make it easy to somehow qualify for benefits even for non-citizens....they list a long list of reasons why you might be eligible...many would fit into one of the reasons.

Posted by: Colin at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (6+jI3)

357 If Hillary falls off the podium tonight, she'll definitely get a bounce....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:21 AM (sxOdv)


Assuming The FAB does not fall THRU the podium!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (zp+j1)

358 how do these ugly women become famous?

Posted by: Yoko Ono at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (h/uSM)

359 Time to start priming the pump for this evening's most historic event evah!1! *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at July 28, 2016 11:23 AM (Tyii7)

360 >> If Hillary falls off the podium tonight, she'll definitely get a
>> bounce....

What, they put a trampoline on the stage? Or Lena Dunham's just going to sit under her?

Posted by: JEM at July 28, 2016 11:23 AM (o+SC1)

361 352 @343 - Say what you want, but one of my favorite movies is JFK. Regardless of Stone's leftist drivel, etc. the movie is really well made, in my opinion, and done remarkably well for a period piece, regardless of the veracity of the content. It's like a little time machine to me. I really feel like I'm there.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 28, 2016 11:21 AM (vg8iE)

I love the spoof they did of that on Seinfeld, with Kramer thinking Keith Hernandez spit on him.

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 11:23 AM (7HtZB)

362 133 We should ask whoever is running the 'Reparations' site how much us white guys have to pay in order for the debt to be considered settled. Not that I care, I just think it would be fun listening to their sputtering, incoherent non-answers and cries of racism.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 10:23 AM (tSKyO)

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The answer is always "more."

Exactly how high should your taxes be?
Higher than they are now.

Exactly what is the right temperature for the earth?
Cooler than it is now.

They'll know it when they see it.

Posted by: Kevin DuBrow at July 28, 2016 11:23 AM (bMcUX)

363 Probably noted here before, but has anyone Googled the treacle that Mooch spoke at the 2008 Dim convention to see how many times those exact words had been spoken at high school graduation ceremonies?

I'm guessing that Mooch "plagiarized" no fewer than 100 other speakers.

Posted by: Furious George at July 28, 2016 11:23 AM (57K5j)

364 So the JEF is going to be jetting around the entire month of October for the Hell Beast?

That' gonna be one hell of a carbon footprint.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:23 AM (1ZOkK)

365 Ever see a pitcher-batter duel where each one would settle in, then step out of the box/off the mound? Numerous times. Before one pitch even takes place.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 28, 2016 11:15 AM (r1DzX)


Right, and that's why baseball could use something like the 24-second NBA clock. Not sure how long, say, 15 seconds. That's how long a pitcher has to throw the ball. If the batter isn't ready, tough. It's a called strike (assuming it was in the strike zone).

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (tSKyO)

366 Ok, which one of you Morons is at my Costco? I just
came out to find the car next to me has Gadsen plates, with LIB (coiled
snake which is a reasonable representation of an A) RAL with "Don't
tread on me" below.





Posted by: bluebell at July 28, 2016 11:14 AM


That reminds me....the other day I saw a Prius covered in bumper stickers like that. In MA. My favorite was the "I drive a hybrid so I have more money for ammo" sticker. That must make heads explode around here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (bzd8I)

367 364 So the JEF is going to be jetting around the entire month of October for the Hell Beast?


Wow, He must really want Her to lose..

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (O2RFr)

368 Of course, it's just one poll, so it will be interesting to see what the others show in a few more days.

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I think fair to say that last night was a good night for Hillary. Unfortunately for her, she will speak tonight and probably undo all of it.

Posted by: SH at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (gmeXX)

369
Turkey is violating every HR law in existence and not a peep from Merkel. smh

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (iQIUe)

370 No esta listo para Hillary!

Posted by: Czar Peter at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (bUskh)

371 And come on, this whole "First Womyn!!" festival
has gotta be rubbing a lot of male voters the wrong way. My uncle--a
life-long Democrat --is full straight ahead Trump this year, He
actually said--this is a quote--"I don't want no girl president."

There must be more of them out there. But he is 76 years old.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:20 AM (sxOdv)

Scott Adams says that men are reacting hormonally to this and don't know why. "Men have left the building . . . that they built." I would copy and paste, but pixy doesn't like that and I would wind up in the barrel. Check it out here.

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/148050318231/selling-past-the-close

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 11:24 AM (5f5bM)

372 319 Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...

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and that still outscores her intelligence and soul

Posted by: Yoko Ono at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (h/uSM)

373 Mike Hargrove was known as "the Human Rain Delay" because of all the timeouts he took adjusting his gloves or whatever, before he'd get back in the box.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (Scyqz)

374 Hillary!, podium, and trampoline; now have scene of Boris the Bear from that Bugs Bunny cartoon...

Hillary! bounces over the podium and plants herself atop the biggest donors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (1kFWI)

375 So the JEF is going to be jetting around the entire month of October for the Hell Beast?

That' gonna be one hell of a carbon footprint.

Either way, with his track record , I'd say Trump's a sure fire winner.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (sxOdv)

376 This painting was the product of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), a New Deal government program
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The actual title is 'There Is No Joy in Mudville'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (9mTYi)

377 So I just went to Comcast homepage and everything is about the fashions that all of the Hollywood celebrities were wearing at the convention.

The DNC convention is just another opportunity for the elites to have another red carpet. It isn't even serious. It's just another opportunity for the elites of the left to get together and pat themselves on the back about how elite they all are in their designer fashions and how, because they are elite (and wear designer fashions) that bestows upon them the duty and the responsibility to know shit. Shit like how much better we'd all be if 1) we took note of and admired their designer fashions, and 2) if we just believe that, because they are elite and wear designer fashions, they know what is better for us.

Y'all need to come around now. Just because you aren't elite, doesn't mean you shouldn't be assimilating their elite wisdom.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 28, 2016 11:26 AM (4ng05)

378 I think fair to say that last night was a good night for Hillary. Unfortunately for her, she will speak tonight and probably undo all of it.

Well that and there is always a chance someone will drop a house on Her...

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:26 AM (O2RFr)

379 369


Turkey is violating every HR law in existence and not a peep from Merkel. smh



Haven't heard a peep from his BFF, Barry.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:26 AM (1ZOkK)

380 I think I could work with that strike zone

Posted by: Mitch Williams at July 28, 2016 10:48 AM (h/uSM)
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Oh my gosh. Wild Thing. I never knew if I would end up cheering or vomiting.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2016 11:27 AM (dFi94)

381 Either way, with his track record , I'd say Trump's a sure fire winner.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (sxOdv)

True dat.
Reminding everyone Hillary is Obama 2.0 is not a smart move. Their only hope is getting the Black vote out. Expect some race riots next week.

Posted by: Nip Sip at July 28, 2016 11:27 AM (F1iXz)

382 "Children are our future!"

Posted by: Happy-Go-Lucky Michelle at July 28, 2016 11:27 AM (57K5j)

383 372 319 Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...
and that still outscores her intelligence and soul
Posted by: Yoko Ono at July 28, 2016 11:25 AM (h/uSM)

Heh. Pillsbury Dough Girl.

Posted by: tubal at July 28, 2016 11:27 AM (d6TTt)

384
The last line in the description section strikes as pure commie thinking. Make people just cogs in a wheel.

I do like the painting though. Its odd, in a good way.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 28, 2016 11:27 AM (ODxAs)

385 Y'all need to come around now. Just because you aren't elite, doesn't mean you shouldn't be assimilating their elite wisdom.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 28, 2016 11:26 AM (4ng05)


Oh, come on. I always get my political advice from Meryl Streep.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (5f5bM)

386 And I like how the media and Democrats are going on about Barky's higher poll numbers and how they might help Hillary. Uh-uh. His numbers are rising because he's halfway out the door. People reason that he can't do very much more damage, so they are content to lie to the pollsters and say they like the guy.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (sxOdv)

387 >>I love the spoof they did of that on Seinfeld, with Kramer thinking Keith Hernandez spit on him.

Back and to the left.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (/tuJf)

388 Newsbusters is full of head 'splodey goodness.

Matt Lauer asking Chelsea, "Shouldn't the darkest days of the Clinton presidency be off limits?"

And Cher comparing Trump to Mao.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (1ZOkK)

389 Obama: "No man or woman is more qualified to be President".

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Scuze me? I can still be elected you know

Posted by: George Herbert Walker Bush at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (h/uSM)

390 379 369


Turkey is violating every HR law in existence and not a peep from Merkel. smh


Haven't heard a peep from his BFF, Barry.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:26 AM (1ZOkK)
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Trump praised him for his handling of the situation.

Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (mFkVC)

391 (Hint - it has something to do with the height of the jump seats vs. the height of the actual passenger seat in which Connelly was sitting.)


It's simple. The Magic Bullet Theory only works if Connolly and Kennedy were both sitting in regular car seats. They were not, because jump seat.

Put Connolly at the correct height and there's no magic bullet. Most of the Conspiracy Industry knows this, but just like the Magic "real murder rifle" on the TSD roof which was actually a freakin' shotgun that belonged to one of the officers, they choose to pretend otherwise.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (s/EUv)

392
Oh, come on. I always get my political advice from Meryl Streep.

And Lena Dunham...

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (O2RFr)

393 Obama: "No man or woman is more qualified to be President".

Me: "No man or woman was more 'qualified' than Nixon, either"

Posted by: JEM at July 28, 2016 11:22 AM (o+SC1)


Ahem. Nixon was an *excellent* statesman, unlike these two fools. And had a saintly character, in comparison.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (tSKyO)

394 Oh Bradley Cooper go go fuck himself also

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (zp+j1)

395 I do like the painting though. Its odd, in a good way.

The colors a good.

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (qUNWi)

396 390 379 369


Turkey is violating every HR law in existence and not a peep from Merkel. smh


Haven't heard a peep from his BFF, Barry.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:26 AM (1ZOkK)
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Trump praised him for his handling of the situation.
Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (mFkVC)

Trump praised Erdogan, that is.

Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (mFkVC)

397 There's this woman I work with who looks like Lena Dunham at 60 years old. Same body type, same hairstyle, same lumpiness. It's really uncanny. She really even closely resembles her in the face. There is one big difference however: my co-worker is a YUGE conservative.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (vg8iE)

398 Nixon was an *excellent* statesman, unlike these two fools. And had a saintly character, in comparison.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (tSKyO)


Yup

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (zp+j1)

399 Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be. *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (Tyii7)

400 Anyone doing the Intermittent Fasting Ace has been talking about. Can make it a lot easier if they copy that pic to view on fasting days.

Posted by: Buzzsaw
****

Or if poison has accidently been swallowed and there is a need to induce vomiting.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW- Skeet Surfing at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (0x/TW)

401 oh, crap. right on que

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (c6/9Q)

402 Do I hear a trool fly buzzing about the dugout?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (1kFWI)

403 I thought Obama gave a good speech last night - mostly because it was all lies and spoke about conservative stuff - so it sounded great. And I thought it was one of his better deliveries - not as condescending as normal. It still had all the hallmarks of an Obama speech - namely, I am awesome. But still I thought it effective. However, Drew made a good point last night. Obama has never been able to persuade anyone on anything other than voting for him. So it probably won't do any good for Hillary.

Posted by: SH at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (gmeXX)

404
MTV launches MTV Classic channel focusing on 1990s nostalgia

http://tinyurl.com/j67f8o4



The 1990s. Now long ago enough for "Happy Days"-style "nostalgia".

*sigh*

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (kdS6q)

405 So Lena Dunham stood up in front of the entire Democrat convention and talked about her body.

Who the hell OK'd that?

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (tSKyO)

406 Someone upthread mentioned Wrigley Field getting lights for night games. When that got approved, I cried. I can even remember where I was standing in my house when the news came out.


Obsessed? Who, me?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (dFi94)

407 And Cher comparing Trump to Mao.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (1ZOkK)

Well, if that skank says so, it's gotta be true.

Posted by: tubal at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (d6TTt)

408 Oh, come on. I always get my political advice from Meryl Streep.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (5f5bM)

Finally. An enlightened moron. Help me with the rest of these rubes.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (4ng05)

409 I'm ready to troll!1!

Posted by: people at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (Tyii7)

410 So the JEF is going to be jetting around the entire month of October for the Hell Beast?

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golf courses are full of registered voters

Posted by: George Herbert Walker Bush at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (h/uSM)

411 I thought Obama gave a good speech last night

According to Drudge He mentioned Himself 119 times...

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (O2RFr)

412 That's it, I'm done with one of the fashion blogs I read. Done. They posted an image of Lena at the DNC and everyone there is praising her to the skies, for huge improvement in not dressing like a toddler and looking so beaituful and put together. But she still looks ill fitting and awkward!

Dem rose colored glasses must be really awesome.

Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (hvf9s)

413 Obama: "No man or woman is more qualified to be President".

Me: "No man or woman was more 'qualified' than Nixon, either"

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The list of people more qualified (based on resume) is a long list and it includes Reagan and W.

Posted by: SH at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (gmeXX)

414 cue ?

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (c6/9Q)

415 Trump praised Erdogan, that is.
Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:29 AM (mFkVC)

As much as I usually disagree with 99% of what "person" says....Not much I can say about this one. Trump was way off mark and needs to be schooled on this one.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (zp+j1)

416 As much as I usually disagree with 99% of what
"person" says....Not much I can say about this one. Trump was way off
mark and needs to be schooled on this one.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (zp+j1)


Yep.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:32 AM (1ZOkK)

417
The list of people more qualified (based on resume) is a long list and it includes Reagan and W.

And ham sandwich... Don't forget ham sandwich...

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:32 AM (O2RFr)

418 I think fair to say that last night was a good night for Hillary. Unfortunately for her, she will speak tonight and probably undo all of it.

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I just hope she's not in no ways tiarrrd tonight

Posted by: George Herbert Walker Bush at July 28, 2016 11:32 AM (h/uSM)

419 Funny, after all of the efforts to humanize Hillary, they let her talk.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 28, 2016 11:32 AM (hKi6n)

420 412: Everything is political in libland. EVERYTHING.
Therefore:
Lena Dunham= Pretty
Ann Coulter= Ugly

Posted by: Jackal at July 28, 2016 11:32 AM (Lyh9/)

421 I think most anyone on this blog is more qualified to be President than Hillary. Okay, maybe not Ace.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2016 11:32 AM (dFi94)

422 BTW, think they'll do that Kristallnacht thing again? Ceiling. Windows. What difference does it make?

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 28, 2016 11:33 AM (hKi6n)

423
So the JEF is going to be jetting around the entire month of October for the Hell Beast?

That' gonna be one hell of a carbon footprint.



I have an EO list a mile long that I want President Trump to start issuing the moment he finishes his inaugural address. Sending crews to every office on the Hill to rip out their AC is right near the top.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:33 AM (X6fMO)

424 "Change maker" is to Hillary as "To Serve Man" is to Rod Serling.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 28, 2016 11:35 AM (hKi6n)

425 Funny, after all of the efforts to humanize Hillary, they let her talk.

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My advice, her speech should be short and serious. She should avoid folksy, snark, jokes, and smiling. Definitely avoid laughing. And get off the stage before the coughing spells start. Maybe take a few lozenges before speaking.

Posted by: SH at July 28, 2016 11:35 AM (gmeXX)

426 DNC Speaker Shouts She Had An Abortion, Crowd Goes Wild

Ghoulish to say the least.

Weasel Zippers

Another reason I hate the Left

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:35 AM (zp+j1)

427 There wasn't a single western/democratic leader schooling Erdogan, Europe, US, Israel all backed him for some reason

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (c6/9Q)

428 What's the difference between Hillary Clinton and a ham sandwich?

Anyone can indict a ham sandwich.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (hKi6n)

429 Speaking of movie news, as of Tuesday Ice Age 5:Collision Course has pulled in more money worldwide than Ghostbusters which has been in theaters a week longer.

$210 million to $128 million to be exact.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (1kFWI)

430
The list of people more qualified (based on resume) is a long list and it includes Reagan and W.


Franklin Pierce was more qualified than Scankles.

And he could hold his liquor better, too.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (X6fMO)

431 I have an EO list a mile long that I want President Trump to start issuing the moment he finishes his inaugural address. Sending crews to every office on the Hill to rip out their AC is right near the top.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:33 AM (X6fMO)


What Trump needs to do, first day on the job, is have one of his aides give him a list of every single EO issued by Barak Obama. Then issue his own set of EOs countermanding each one of Obama's.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (tSKyO)

432 scolding...sheesh, need stronger coffee

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (c6/9Q)

433
What's the difference between Hillary Clinton and a ham sandwich?


People like to eat ham sandwiches.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (X6fMO)

434
Franklin Pierce was more qualified than Scankles.

I mean seriously? Hillary is sooo qualified... Just look at the bang up job She did as SOS...

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (O2RFr)

435 Anyone can indict a ham sandwich.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (hKi6n)


But only if the ham sandwich has evil intent.

Posted by: James Comey at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (tSKyO)

436 That's it, I'm done with one of the fashion blogs I read. Done. They posted an image of Lena at the DNC and everyone there is praising her to the skies, for huge improvement in not dressing like a toddler and looking so beaituful and put together. But she still looks ill fitting and awkward!

Dem rose colored glasses must be really awesome.
Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 11:31 AM (hvf9s)

Why does she keep wearing those dresses with armholes that are too small for her arms so that those doughy white tattooed appendages look like they were glued onto her.

Not a huge fan of tattoos, but, I have to say, people, if your arms are squishy lumps of fat, staining that rough mottled skin with bright colors is just not that smart.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes Ima going long of popcorn and butter futures!! at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (kXoT0)

437 Perhaps this Erdogan fellow was a lying, phony sack of shit that managed to fool people into thinking he was not a murderous fundamentalist Muslim tyrant. Because he bathed and wore a suit and only had a little facial hair. Perhaps.

Posted by: tubal at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (d6TTt)

438 But only if the ham sandwich has evil intent.
Posted by: James Comey at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM

And don't think any of You other ham sandwiches are gonna get off!

Posted by: donna at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (O2RFr)

439 My favorite being that it was a mob hit.

My favorite: It was Johnson. Kennedy/Johnson HATED each other. It was worse than Clinton v Bumbles.
Who had the most to gain from JFK's untimely demise?
Johnson.
Where did it happen?
Texas.
I think that's all you need to know.
heh.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (SeD0w)

440 What Trump needs to do, first day on the job, is have one of his aides give him a list of every single EO issued by Barak Obama. Then issue his own set of EOs countermanding each one of Obama's.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (tSKyO)

*****

Just one big blanket EO.

"All EOs issued since 1/20/2009 are immediately null and void."

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (Ubfhb)

441 Oregon Muse, actually all Trump has to do is issue one EO that says - "All Executive Orders issued in the previous eight years are null and void. All personnel hired by the whim of the previous President are also fired."

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (1kFWI)

442 My advice, her speech should be short and serious.

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she could just read her 'to kill' list. At least the 'A's...

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (h/uSM)

443 DNC Speaker Shouts She Had An Abortion, Crowd Goes Wild



Ghoulish to say the least.



Weasel Zippers



Another reason I hate the Left



Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:35 AM (zp+j1)
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The (D) behind their names stands for death. They want dead people. Dead babies, dead old people that are in the way, dead military people, dead cops, dead disabled. Party of (D) is Party of Death.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (dFi94)

444 433What's the difference between Hillary Clinton and a ham sandwich?

People like to eat ham sandwiches.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:38 AM (X6fMO)


Actually, I've never particularly cared for ham sandwiches.

Posted by: Huma Abedin at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (tSKyO)

445 427 There wasn't a single western/democratic leader schooling Erdogan, Europe, US, Israel all backed him for some reason
Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (c6/9Q)
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They backed him during the coup, as it became clear it would fail. It was a cowardly thing to do, and it ticked me off.

Trump's praise came after the brutal purge began - after the purging of the education system, I believe, and after the suspension of all civil rights (I may be wrong on the latter).

Trump evaluates politics in terms of strength, not freedom or any other value. It's a worry.

Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (mFkVC)

446 Nothing like beaning a guy in the head with a hardball from 10 feet away.

Posted by: Corona at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (ragzU)

447 Don't watch baseball (sorry, paint drying has about as much interest), but Cubs pulled out a win 8-1 last night in Game2 of Crosstown. By default, I am the Cub fan in the family because my younger two are Soxers.

Football has a play clock where QB has 30 secs to throw, run or lay down. Heavens to Betsy, please please please, have something similar for baseball.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (MIKMs)

448 Speaking of movie news, as of Tuesday Ice Age 5:Collision Course has pulled in more money worldwide than Ghostbusters which has been in theaters a week longer.

Damn...that franchise is just printing money.

What is the appeal?

Posted by: eleven at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (qUNWi)

449 There wasn't a single western/democratic leader schooling Erdogan, Europe, US, Israel all backed him for some reason
Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (c6/9Q)


Well some more than others...but it is basically for 2 reasons

1) The Devil you know is better than the Devil you don't know

2) I don't think many thought the Military Opposition is really strong enough after all these years to actually over throw him and they are all hedging their bets.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (zp+j1)

450 Really like the painting. Thanks.

And today's "Holy land moments" devotional: "Live Boldly":

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ho4f3xk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (HXQyP)

451 Ham with evil intent, well there goes the Devil'd Ham sammich...

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (1kFWI)

452 Sorry, I was imagining a ham sandwich without cheese or mayo.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (hKi6n)

453 DNC Speaker Shouts She Had An Abortion, Crowd Goes Wild

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No better way to assuage one's guilt than by getting enthusiastic approval for one's actions.

Posted by: SH at July 28, 2016 11:41 AM (gmeXX)

454 What's the difference between Hillary Clinton and a ham sandwich?

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neither one is kosher

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 28, 2016 11:41 AM (h/uSM)

455 Troll's concern:

Noted.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:41 AM (1ZOkK)

456 >>Lib Actress Lena Dunham At DNC: "According To Donald Trump, My Body Is Probably, Like, A 2"...


Translation: "What's really important in this election is how Trump rates me sexually. Me me me me me me looooook at meeeeeeeeeee!!!!"

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:41 AM (NOIQH)

457 430
The list of people more qualified (based on resume) is a long list and it includes Reagan and W.


Franklin Pierce was more qualified than Scankles.

And he could hold his liquor better, too.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (X6fMO)

Time for a second look at James Buchanan?

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 11:42 AM (7HtZB)

458 "All EOs issued since 1/20/2009 are immediately null and void."
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (Ubfhb)
441 Oregon Muse, actually all Trump has to do is issue one EO that says - "All Executive Orders issued in the previous eight years are null and void. All personnel hired by the whim of the previous President are also fired."
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:39 AM (1kFWI)


OK,but I still think Trump should do it one by one. He should film it, and send the film to Obama. Or, invite Obama over and chat with him while he issues them. Obama can watch his legacy being slowly ripped to shreds before his eyes.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:42 AM (tSKyO)

459 Pat Paulson was more qualified than The FAB

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:42 AM (zp+j1)

460 Nood. Pole.

Posted by: johnd01 at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (ukNFU)

461 I can see the Vibram sole of enstomping descending, but:
I just snapped open the Drudge pic of Hillary, and it really looks like a round void in her tongue. That was my first impression; usually the best.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (SeD0w)

462 So Lena Dunham stood up in front of the entire Democrat convention and talked about her body.

Who the hell OK'd that?
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 28, 2016 11:30 AM (tSKyO)

It's her thing. It's part of the feminist propaganda that you can be an unattractive lump and still be FABULOUS and have everything you ever wanted--as long as you are a FEMINIST LIBERAL. If she were to change her politics tomorrow, she suddenly would be a hideous stupid unfunny bitch who was creepy to her baby sister.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes Ima going long of popcorn and butter futures!! at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (kXoT0)

463 >>What's the difference between Hillary Clinton and a ham sandwich?


Ham sandwich didn't screw the Haiti earthquake victims out of UN aid, or sell out US uranium mining rights to Russia?

Or is that...the ham sandwich smells good.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (NOIQH)

464 Odds that Hillary will take a chance and actually eat a live baby covered in Sriracha sauce in front of an altar to Moloch, while wearing nothing but ass-less chaps and a Viking helmet with single unicorn horn sticking up?

I'd lay the odds at 3 to 1 in favor.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (CS7jF)

465 Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (mFkVC)

they backed him before during and after. still are backing him. as far as freedom and trump, well there is nothing more freeing than ability to speak your mind, like when trump said "hey russia, if you are listening, help us find those deleted hillary emails". don't you agree ?

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (c6/9Q)

466 Time for a second look at James Buchanan?

Posted by: josephistan at July 28, 2016 11:42 AM (7HtZB)
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Or Eleanor Roosevelt?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (dFi94)

467 Erdogan is a scumbag, but the reason Barky, Merkel and everyone else in Europe--as well as Trump--is silent is because NATO.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:44 AM (sxOdv)

468 What is even more funny is Ice Age 5 was called a bomb because of how poorly it did on opening weekend. It opened against Star Trek which also opened that weekend.

Meanwhile Ghostbusters 2016 opened at #2 being beaten by Secret Life of Pets which was already in the theaters. But no one is daring to openly call Ghostbusters 2016 a bomb.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2016 11:45 AM (1kFWI)

469 Count me in among the Nixonites. The man was flawed, his presidency was flawed, but he was a patriot and a statesman--especially compared to what we have now.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:45 AM (sxOdv)

470 @ 447 By default, I am the Cub fan in the family because my younger two are Soxers.
__________

By default, I am a Cubs fan because of our Low Information President, Barack "Throws Like A Girl" Obama.

Posted by: Furious George at July 28, 2016 11:45 AM (57K5j)

471 211----That's a whole lot of words just to tell us you are on the Gary Johnson VW Microbus.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 28, 2016 10:39 AM
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When a doctor tells you that you have cancer, it doesn't necessarily mean that he WANTS you to have it.
And even if he does want you to have it, that has no bearing on the reality of whether you have it or not.

Damiano has a made an intelligent case for a pessimistic view of the election. You have not made an intelligent reply. Can you?

I don't think I can, except to note that 2016 may indeed be a strange year, that usual points of analysis may not hold up so well. Perhaps that is just hope overriding reason. I dunno. It's all I got.




Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 28, 2016 11:46 AM (T/5A0)

472 >>It's her thing. It's part of the feminist propaganda that you can be an
unattractive lump and still be FABULOUS and have everything you ever
wanted--as long as you are a FEMINIST LIBERAL. If she were to change
her politics tomorrow, she suddenly would be a hideous stupid unfunny
bitch who was creepy to her baby sister.



She was trolling.
What are people talking about? Lena's body.

Aaaand now she can play the victim and whine that the mean republicans are fat shaming her, belittling her strong feminist political voice by sexualizing her.

This is what she does. Avert your eyes and ignore.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:46 AM (NOIQH)

473 Can any redditors give me a summary of how the AMA with Trump went? Lefty places are saying it went wonky and was boring. But they are lefty, so. And it suspiciously got bumped from being seen easily?

Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 11:46 AM (hvf9s)

474 Nixon was also bright, well-read, could write and make a looooong speech without notes, never mind a teleprompter.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:46 AM (sxOdv)

475 >>Well some more than others...but it is basically for 2 reasons

A couple others. Turkey is a NATO member and like it or not Erdogan is the elected leader.

More importantly or at least more urgently, Turkey gave permission in 2014 for the coalition partners to use their military bases to go after ISIS. Thanks to Obama fucking up Iraq, we need those bases.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 28, 2016 11:47 AM (/tuJf)

476 Damn...that franchise is just printing money.

What is the appeal?

----

escapism from the horror of the global warming apocolypse

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at July 28, 2016 11:48 AM (h/uSM)

477 465 Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:40 AM (mFkVC)

they backed him before during and after. still are backing him. as far as freedom and trump, well there is nothing more freeing than ability to speak your mind, like when trump said "hey russia, if you are listening, help us find those deleted hillary emails". don't you agree ?
Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:43 AM (c6/9Q)
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I think you want me to get upset about the Trump quotation, but I'm going to disappoint you. It's not a big deal at all and the media hyperventilating is foolish.

That doesn't mean that Trump's opinions on Russia aren't a major concern. This whole kerfuffle is a distraction.

As to freedom to speak, it's great. If your impulse is to use that freedom to repeatedly praise despots and repressive government actions, that's a bit of a worry. It makes one wonder how a candidate might feel about others freedom to speak.

Posted by: person at July 28, 2016 11:48 AM (mFkVC)

478 >>Lefty places are saying it went wonky and was boring.


So...Trump didn't say anything outrageous for them to use to mock him?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:48 AM (NOIQH)

479 Can any redditors give me a summary of how the AMA
with Trump went? Lefty places are saying it went wonky and was boring.
But they are lefty, so. And it suspiciously got bumped from being seen
easily?

Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 11:46 AM (hvf9s)

votermon ( ?) had a link to table with qa. i looked in, lots of comments and excitement seemed to me.

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:49 AM (c6/9Q)

480 388 Cher comparing Trump to Mao.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM (1ZOkK)

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If that were the case, I would expect to see Mrs. Obama endorse Trump.

Posted by: Kevin DuBrow at July 28, 2016 11:51 AM (bMcUX)

481 Not that this is news to anyone here, but CNN is absolutely shameless in their naked, open cheer-leading for Clinton.

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:51 AM (sxOdv)

482 There's this...

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/28/donald-trump-reddit-ama/

Posted by: Lizzy at July 28, 2016 11:51 AM (NOIQH)

483 Why does anyone care what Cher thinks?

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:52 AM (sxOdv)

484 Why does anyone care what Cher thinks?

Posted by: JoeF. at July 28, 2016 11:52 AM (sxOdv)
========================================

Because they're going after the gypsies, tramps and thieves vote

Posted by: grammie winger at July 28, 2016 11:56 AM (dFi94)

485

Omg. So funny

The person injured at last night's protests was reported to be a woman whose dress caught on fire during a flag burning


It was a GUY in a dress

Bwhahahahahhhahaaaa

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:58 AM (zOTsN)

486

Silence in Erdogun is not NATO


He is credited with keeping two million refugees away from Europe


He will open the flood gates if they pressure him

Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 12:00 PM (zOTsN)

487 Thanks Lizzy! Sorry I missed Votermom's AMA link. The comments fly here, it's both a blessing and a curse...

Posted by: LizLem at July 28, 2016 12:02 PM (hvf9s)

488 It was a GUY in a dress

Bwhahahahahhhahaaaa
Posted by: ThunderB at July 28, 2016 11:58 AM (zOTsN)

Probably in bad taste for me to say that she was one hot woman!

Actually, I don't want people to be burned or hurt but if you burn American flags- which I don't approve of- I can't really feel too badly for the perp.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2016 12:03 PM (HXQyP)

489 How does it even make sense to prepare Trump to Mao. What is the logic behind that?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2016 12:04 PM (HXQyP)

490 The remarkable thing is that FDR knew this meddling was not going to fix anything. The meddling began under Hoover, who thought an engineering mentality was just as easily applied to people as construction projects. FDR specifically ran against Hoover's policies of unprecedented government interference in ordinary commerce. Yet when he took office FDR became Hoover on steroids, to the delight of observers like Mussolini, Hitler, and the Soviets. They took him to be one of the gang, remaking the world in their preferred image, trying to remake humanity as they felt it should be rather trying to make the best of what humanity actually is.

Posted by: Epobirs at July 28, 2016 12:18 PM (IdCqF)

491 And Cher comparing Trump to Mao.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 28, 2016 11:28 AM

===

So, they all agree to carry his book around??

Posted by: Lurkette at July 28, 2016 01:06 PM (PLmfk)

492 Pat Paulson was more qualified than The FAB
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 28, 2016 11:42 AM

===

I remember "Spock for President"

Posted by: Lurkette at July 28, 2016 01:12 PM (PLmfk)

493 There wasn't a single western/democratic leader schooling Erdogan, Europe, US, Israel all backed him for some reason

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2016 11:36 AM (c6/9Q)


I think, initially, they all thought it was an actual coup by more radical islamists. Now that the truth has come out, they are sheepish about having been fooled.


Here, many of us were hoping that the Kemalists in the military had finally gotten their poop in a group.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2016 01:17 PM (GSdpU)

494 I know this thread is kaput, but I just want to point out that there are a zillion heinous errors in that "Baseball at Night" WPA painting.

First off, obviously, the diamond is about 10% of normal size. The baserunners could go from base to base in about two strides. Everything is tiny and cramped and claustrophobic in the extreme.

Second, the batter, the catcher and the umpire are practically standing on top of each other, so closely pressed together that the catcher has to stand upright just to squeeze in. And if the batter actually swung his bat, he'd knock the catcher's head off.

Third, the perspective is all wrong outside the diamond, with klutzy foreshortening attempts and everything the wrong size and wrong curve.

Fourth, the third baseman is facing the wrong direction, and not prepared for fielding a ball, which he should be, because the batter is turned extremely to the left, meaning he's going to pull the ball toward third base.

Fifth, the first baseman no longer need to be guarding the bag during the pitch, and he'd be way way over halfway to second because of the batter's extreme stance previously mentioned. The other fielders would be shifted rightward too.

Sixth, the pitcher's windup is not a baseball windup at all -- in fact, it looks like he's a cricket bowler, not a baseball pitcher.

Seventh, why does the batting team have a first-base coach, an extremely unnecessary "position" that no team in a casual empty-lot game would have?

Eighth, there's a solid metal pole standing just adjacent to third base, in the base-running path, which would cause all sorts of disastrous accidents every inning if it really was allowed to remain there.

I could go on and on.

WPA? More like thrift-store painting.

Posted by: zombie at July 28, 2016 01:47 PM (jBuUi)

495 I'd call that painting "Baseball: the Mercator Projection Years."

Posted by: PaperworkNinja at July 28, 2016 03:49 PM (J991N)

496 Looks like shit. About what you'd expect government art to look like.

Posted by: Lamont Cranston at July 29, 2016 12:14 AM (Rtyzj)

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