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Mid-Morning Open Thread
The Death Of Socrates
Jacques Louis David
Accused by the Athenian government of denying the gods and corrupting the young through his teachings, Socrates (469-399 B.C.) was offered the choice of renouncing his beliefs or dying by drinking a cup of hemlock. David shows him prepared to die and discoursing on the immortality of the soul with his grief-stricken disciples. Painted in 1787 the picture, with its stoic theme, is perhaps David's most perfect Neoclassical statement. The printmaker and publisher John Boydell wrote to Sir Joshua Reynolds that it was "the greatest effort of art since the Sistine Chapel and the stanze of Raphael."That's a tad too much hyperbole. The four Stanze in the Vatican are Raphael's greatest works, and grand in a way that even David couldn't compete with.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:29 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 06, 2017 09:30 AM (UOr6C)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:30 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 09:30 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 06, 2017 09:30 AM (UOr6C)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:30 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Corona at April 06, 2017 09:30 AM (3/A/K)
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 06, 2017 09:31 AM (xMu63)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 09:32 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Corona at April 06, 2017 09:32 AM (3/A/K)
"Hey, you, wake up! I'm about to drink hemlock here!"
Seriously though always loved this painting ~ and its meaning.
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 06, 2017 09:33 AM (UOr6C)
In the White House, they have a copy of this hanging, but altered to give them all medium-big hands.
It's true, I saw some reporter tweet it.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:33 AM (tewYv)
Little known fact... Jacques David had an affinity for painting well groomed metrosexuals.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 09:33 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Has Got it, Yeah Baby It's Got It at April 06, 2017 09:33 AM (hLRSq)
Netflix officially moved over to the thumbs rating system on their streaming service.
I already hate it and will refuse to use it.
The DVD service seems to still use their 5 star system. I hope this remains.
There's absolutely nothing more important going on in the world, right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (ELUpj)
Every time a democrat is control of the White House, the end result is a gutted U.S. military.
Weasel Zippers
Only three of 58 Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) would be available to respond to an enemy attack if one hypothetically happened tonight, according to the vice chief of staff of the Army.
Of the BCTs that are ready, only three could be called upon to fight tonight in the event of a crisis, Gen. Daniel Allyn told the House Committee on Armed Services during a hearing Wednesday.
A BCT usually numbers anywhere between 4,400 to 4,700 soldiers, meaning only approximately 13,500 troops would be ready to fight an enemy in the event of an emergency.
And the situation is pretty much like that across the board.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (KlI/a)
Everyone is naked. Under their clothes.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (UOr6C)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (c6/9Q)
06/04/17 09:38
#BREAKING House intel chairman to step aside from Russia probe
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The Stupid Party
Posted by: EVLINC! at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Raplh at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (kREqP)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at April 06, 2017 09:35 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:35 AM (/tuJf)
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The Stupid Party
Jeebus.
Can't anybody here play this game?
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:35 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 09:36 AM (vRcUp)
Man slain in vehicular attack was Golani combat soldier
Sgt. Elchai Teharlev, 20, of the West Bank settlement of Talmon was killed by a Palestinian terrorist one year his senior at a bus stop near Ofra on Thursday morning. His mother is a psychologist, and his father is a rabbi and educator who supports religious female enlistment to the IDF.
Teharlev was a corporal at the time of his death. As is standard in the IDF, he was posthumously promoted one rank immediately after his death. His funeral was scheduled for 6:30pm on Thursday in Israels national cemetery on Mount Herzl.
His father, Rabbi Ohad Teharlev, is the head of MIdreshet Lindenbaum, a Jewish educational institution in Jerusalem. He is one of the leading rabbis who encourage religious women to enlist in the IDF. His mother, Avital Teharlev, is a psychologist.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:36 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 06, 2017 09:37 AM (7ZVPa)
Or, since we know now that the Deep State is real, and spectacular, one wonders what they have on him.
Because you know that is coming next, right?
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:37 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 06, 2017 09:38 AM (vRcUp)
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (c6/9Q)
A rhetorical question, no doubt. You hand them the house, the senate and the presidency and they fuck it up. They wake up on the front lawn covered in feces and they have the nerve to blame US!
Posted by: Max Power at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (r/0kC)
His claim is that a few leftwing groups have filed ethics charges against him for his handling of intel on WH grounds before going the committee with the info and he doesn't want to get in the way of the investigation but he is staying on the committee and this is only temporary.
Sounds like maybe Gowdy is taking over temporarily. This is escalating fast.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 09:40 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:40 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 06, 2017 09:37 AM (7ZVPa)
Shut your whore mouth.
[ah...fvck. We did. I got lazy and didn't check.]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 09:40 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (/tuJf)
Great. Gowdy.
Now things will get done.
Insert rolleyes emoticon here.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:40 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 09:40 AM (ul9CR)
Budweiser? Feh!!!
Gimme a good boutique brewery beer every time.
Now, pass me that goblet of Athenian Acres' "Hemlock Happiness Double IPA".
There's a good lad.
Posted by: Socrates at April 06, 2017 09:41 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2017 09:41 AM (r/0kC)
Morning all. Having computer problems. So we'll see if this works. And on top of that I lost my HnR Block software will have to download another copy to wife's computer since they no longer support XP.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 09:42 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 09:34 AM (FZYNt)
The finest single-malt hemlock, aged 18 years in sherry casks.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 09:42 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2017 09:41 AM (r/0kC)
Ain't that the truth!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:42 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 09:42 AM (mpXpK)
That's his wife leaving in the background. If I remember right, Plato is the old guy at the end of the bed.
Posted by: Kris at April 06, 2017 09:42 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Mark Rothko at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)
So, Congressman Nunes, you think the Lefties are going to drop their ethics charges?
You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line!"
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (tewYv)
Yes, maybe, but have seen all those new fangled doodads, gewgaws, and shiny brass badges the high command has deployed on their Class A's?
That aught to impress isis more than bullets and bombs.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (d76uN)
WTF have they been waiting for? For him to ripen?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Vizzini at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)
"I owe a cock to Aesclapius."
Sumbitch sure looks like he owed cock to somebody.
FWIW, there is a historical Socrates, and then there is the character created in those wordy and clever drawing-room comedies by the playwright, Plato.
Not the same guy at all. And Socko was guilty, as charged, and admitted it.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: JackStraw
Might as well be Tim Conway
fuckin' joke
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (Enq6K)
The problem is that the Republican Congress does not accept Trump or his agenda as legitimate and worthy of support.
Every one of those nickelfucking Cub Scout molesters (thanks MPPP!) thinks that they should be the ones leading not following their President's lead.
Damn them all.
Posted by: Mortimer, FINISH HER! at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (+n6qf)
Posted by: Kris
So she was there for one last gang bang?
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at April 06, 2017 09:45 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (Enq6K)
I am sure this will be confidence building.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:45 AM (tewYv)
(facepalm)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 09:39 AM (ul9CR)
So stupid, republicans suck at politics. They hate winning.
Posted by: spypeach at April 06, 2017 09:45 AM (u/r83)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 09:40 AM (ul9CR)
That is all you will get and like it!
Posted by: MAC-SOG at April 06, 2017 09:45 AM (QPdNE)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is preparing to deploy the nuclear option to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 09:45 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:46 AM (Enq6K)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is preparing to deploy the nuclear option to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 09:45 AM (mpXpK)
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And may RBG decide to retire at the very moment the rule change happens.
If we pray hard enough, can we make it happen?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 09:46 AM (ELUpj)
"Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."
Posted by: Independent George at April 06, 2017 09:47 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 09:47 AM (MIKMs)
"Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."
Posted by: Independent George at April 06, 2017 09:47 AM (BDZWU)
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Spoken by the philosopher, as I call him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 09:47 AM (ELUpj)
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold...."
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:47 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Things Liberals Think Socrates Said at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (ndGCC)
I should look like Melania by now but I still got a beard. What's wrong with those damn hormone shots?"
Posted by: JEM at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (TppKb)
Vic - was worried about you. Missed your noos last couple days.
You doing ok? And Mrs. Vic?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 06, 2017 09:43 AM (jxbfJ)
Rocking chair had me but have Dr's appointment tomorrow so have to dry out..
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Bill S. Preston, Esquire at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (le7jz)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (X6fMO)
Doesn't anyone on this team know how to play baseball?!?
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (7HtZB)
Dammit. Why does our side keep taking a pet hamster to a knife fight?
Posted by: Furious George at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (j+dfT)
"Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."
Posted by: Independent George
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nope
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (c6/9Q)
When I was in Paris, the tomb of Napoleon made me want to barf. He's depicted in a multiple of statues as a god-like Cesar bestowing blessings on the poor, children, etc. The scale of his statue versus theirs is noticeably larger, like he should have been six feet tall.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (G8B7r)
Posted by: Kris at April 06, 2017 09:49 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: BignJames at April 06, 2017 09:49 AM (x9c8r)
What is it with Washington that makes other, relatively normal or even mildly smart people turn into idiots when they are elected as republicans?
Why is it so hard for them to understand that if they buckle under pressure from the liberal press, they will always lose?
Fuck.
Posted by: jwest at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (7HtZB)
No.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (d76uN)
Ryan: We have made some real progress this week. Added high risk pools amendment that will get premiums down.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:46 AM (Enq6K)
Probably go up for my wife then.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (X6fMO)
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Maybe because Greek history is a bit scant.
More detail, that is completely lost to time, might have changed that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Socrates at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (0mRoj)
The donks have their scalp, there will be more.
The GOP is an illigitmate politcal party.
Useless cunts.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 09:51 AM (s1SXz)
A dead Marat is a good Marat, of course.
The Napoleon-on-horseback thing is phony as a three-dollar bill. Dramatic, but phony.
Posted by: JEM at April 06, 2017 09:51 AM (TppKb)
>>Doesn't anyone on this team know how to play baseball?!?
There is another way to view this. All the Democrats had was to go after Nunes for "improperly" viewing and releasing info on the probe to the WH. And they have been, endlessly. They no longer have that weapon.
The investigation isn't ending and Nunes isn't leaving the committee, he's just stepping aside as the chairman temporarily.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:51 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at April 06, 2017 09:51 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Larry Geiger at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (QpgDv)
More detail, that is completely lost to time, might have changed that.
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I told them to go digital, they wouldn't listen
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Tommy Campaign Bus Driver Vietor at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (FqgrG)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (c6/9Q)
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"We like our tablets analog, thank you very much."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: jwest at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (Zs4uk)
Let me know when the Dems play that way.
No, the weapon they have now is that Nunes was tainted and the whole investigation is tainted and Obama is awesome!
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (tewYv)
You may be interested (not really) in Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington, then. Modeled after a statue of Zeus, it was rejected by the people who ordered it. LOL. Hero worship is a helluva thing.
Posted by: Kris at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (nwqNw)
Dude has a few too many men in togas hanging around in his bedroom not to be gay.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (JZdsf)
Got a problem with free-ballin'?
Posted by: Scottsmen in kilts everywhere at April 06, 2017 09:53 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 09:53 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:53 AM (Enq6K)
They all look like they just got back from the gym.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 09:53 AM (R5V4T)
Let me know when the Dems play that way.
No, the weapon they have now is that Nunes was tainted and the whole investigation is tainted and Obama is awesome!
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM (tewYv)
Yep. I'm tired of the GOP being a bunch of pussies.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 09:53 AM (0mRoj)
They all be hanging around in bed sheets and togas.
Don't even have pockets.
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 06, 2017 09:54 AM (QM5S2)
favor, and now the focus will be on Numb-nuts stepping down.
>>Doesn't anyone on this team know how to play baseball?!?
There is another way to view this. All the Democrats had was to go
after Nunes for "improperly" viewing and releasing info on the probe to
the WH. And they have been, endlessly. They no longer have that weapon.
The investigation isn't ending and Nunes isn't leaving the committee, he's just stepping aside as the chairman temporarily.
.
.
.Yep, he is taking away the only weapon they have right now. I am not saying they won't go and make up more $hit, but he just pulled the rug right out from underneath of them.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2017 09:54 AM (le7jz)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:54 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 06, 2017 09:54 AM (JZdsf)
I don't expect them to play fair or smart. They never do.
But the genie is out of the bottle in regard to Rice and spying by the Obama WH and nothing they can say or do is going to stop that. All this does is remove an avenue of attack they had.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:46 AM (Enq6K)
They did something that accomplishes nothing
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (FZYNt)
Ryan now taking questions from the press.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:53 AM (Enq6K)
he's on a quest to find a consensus....
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (0O7c5)
The Daniel Greenfield piece linked in Sefton's Morning Report post earlier today is must reading.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:54 AM (c6/9Q)
I know. Socrates is all famous, and who ever heard of this Aristotle nobody?
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 09:55 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Socrates at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (nN3W/)
Alexander? GREEK!
Ptolemy? GREEK!
Cleopatra? GREEK!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
I knew a hooker once that did Greek
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (7HtZB)
CNN says "nanananana I can't hear you!"
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (tewYv)
Hear me, Tinnitis.
Be not rash, Syphilis!
Nor irritated, Epidermis.
Posted by: Socrates at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (4AVeu)
Golf clap.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 09:48 AM (7HtZB)
We should play politics like Bob Gibson played Baseball. High Hard and Inside!
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:57 AM (c6/9Q)
Nunes a 'distraction' wants to 'clear himself' per Ryan.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 09:57 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: Dang at April 06, 2017 09:57 AM (8b+oT)
Posted by: JEM at April 06, 2017 09:51 AM (TppKb)
Check out the one by Paul Delaroche. Painted as a direct response to David's propaganda.
Posted by: Kris at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (nwqNw)
Oh, screw you. Now I've got that stupid Tom Petty song running through my head.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (J+eG2)
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Ok . But why isn't anyone calling for crazed radical Schiff to step down?
I know Hannity abuse is a popular sport here, played it myself, but he was calling for it last night - and no one else is.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (0DkDf)
We talking about the artist or wine?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 09:44 AM (H5rtT)
S: I say, Demetrius!
D: Yes, Socrates.
S: Why is your bum like a chicken coop filled only with hens?
D: Why is my bum like a chicken coop filled only with hens???
S: Yes. Why, I queried you, is your bum like a chicken coop filled only with hens?
D: I don't know, Socrates. Why is my bum like a chicken coop filled only with hens?
S: (raises index finger) Because it needs a cock in it!
*applause*
*standing ovation*
Posted by: Witty Socrates - A Play by Plato at April 06, 2017 09:58 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Max Power at April 06, 2017 09:59 AM (QCc6B)
Ryan finished. Speaking, that is.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 09:59 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: Fritz at April 06, 2017 09:59 AM (2Mnv1)
Oh, screw you. Now I've got that stupid Tom Petty song running through my head.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke
♪ Freeeeeee-ballinnnnn
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 10:00 AM (R5V4T)
>>I know Hannity abuse is a popular sport here, played it myself, but he was calling for it last night - and no one else is.
According to Nunes, leftwing activists filed ethics charges against him and he wants to clear those up before retaking the chairmanship so as not to be a distraction to the investigation.
Anyone can file ethics charges not just Congressman. So who's going to the Ethics Committee to file charges?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:00 AM (/tuJf)
Be not rash, Syphilis!
Nor irritated, Epidermis.
Posted by: Socrates at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (4AVeu)
Old joke: a man walks into a Greek tailor shop and holds up a torn pair of pants. He asks, "Eumenides?"
"Yes," the tailor replies. "Euripides?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:00 AM (X6fMO)
The investigation isn't ending and Nunes isn't leaving the committee, he's just stepping aside as the chairman temporarily.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 09:51 AM (/tuJf)
You can put JackStraw down as not know how to play the game.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at April 06, 2017 10:00 AM (WVeiZ)
http://tinyurl.com/kk2ltkv
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:01 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Fritz at April 06, 2017 09:59 AM (2Mnv1)
That's the wife. She's waving at you.
Posted by: Kris at April 06, 2017 10:01 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:01 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 10:01 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at April 06, 2017 10:01 AM (zRZaJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 10:02 AM (R5V4T)
Posted by: steevy at April 06, 2017 10:02 AM (r/0kC)
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I know, that is why I like it. Irony can be a thing. Socrates and the Tennis Court are too earnest -- almost juvenile.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 10:02 AM (MIKMs)
Nunes stepping aside is a mistake, it give the MSM and donks an avenue of attack and affords them an opportunity to deflect on Susan Rice and the other spying conspirators.
This has all the earmarks of "leadership" giving in to pressure and forcing Nunes aside.
Again this is stupid.
Also I notice that the only bit of legislation that's been signed into law by Trump is a bill to let your browsing history to be sold.
And the debt ceiling hits on April 28th and congress is taking most of April off, returning on the 25th so you know what that means....
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 10:02 AM (s1SXz)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:01 AM (c6/9Q)
You just can't get Tsaganaki here.
Go to a Greek diner, they don't have.
But you want some stuffed grape leaves? That they got.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:02 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 06, 2017 10:03 AM (HiDrR)
Well, that isn't true.
Actually there has been some good legislation passed and he signed it.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:03 AM (tewYv)
Father Cornford did what he could to take the jokes out. But they're in there.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:04 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2017 10:04 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 10:04 AM (s1SXz)
Dude ... I haven't said a word.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:05 AM (BHaRb)
And now that's the story.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 06, 2017 10:05 AM (tVWQB)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 06, 2017 10:05 AM (zQ1pD)
recused themselves over the 'Russia hacked the elections' nonsense."
Plus, Trump abruptly sacked Bannon from the NSC, because precious princess Ivanka and her husband think Bannon is a big meanie who is ruining everything.
Furthering the narrative of "an administration in severe internal turmoil, unable to govern", to the absolute delight of the wing of the Democratic Party called the news media.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:05 AM (noWW6)
I had hoped that spirit would spread to the GOPe.
I should have my head examined for even hoping.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 10:05 AM (ul9CR)
Starting from right to left (which is the way Greek text was read) you see the subjects engaged in denial (far right), anger, bargaining (Socrates himself), depression (guy with the bowl of hemlock) and acceptance (old guy who appears dead at foot of bed.)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 06, 2017 10:06 AM (4AVeu)
April off, returning on the 25th so you know what that means....
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The (R) Budget Guru will broker another continuing resolution that blows up any semblance of a budget and fiscal responsibility.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 10:06 AM (MIKMs)
Yes, yes. You found me out.
Will you be enjoying the Senate going nuclear and putting Gorsuch on the Court is that GOPe water carrier/insider babble?
Sometimes it actually helps to follow what's going on instead of living in a perpetual state of rage. But you do you.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:06 AM (/tuJf)
Go to a Greek diner, they don't have.
But you want some stuffed grape leaves? That they got.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:02 AM (tewYv)
did you try'em ? how'd they taste ? rich ? filling ?
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:07 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 06, 2017 10:07 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Henny Socrates at April 06, 2017 10:07 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:08 AM (H5rtT)
Father Cornford did what he could to take the jokes out. But they're in there.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:04 AM (H5rtT)
I guess that's no surprise.
Aristophanes is one of my faves...as anyone who's read "Wearing the Cat" could probably tell you.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 06, 2017 10:08 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:08 AM (BHaRb)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 06, 2017 10:09 AM (nN3W/)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 06, 2017 10:09 AM (zQ1pD)
princess Ivanka and her husband think Bannon is a big meanie who is
ruining everything.
"[Obama administration National Security Adviser] Susan Rice operationalized the NSC during the last administration," Bannon said in a statement. "I was put on to ensure that it was de-operationalized. [National Security Adviser] General [H.R.] McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function."
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 10:10 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 06, 2017 10:10 AM (zQ1pD)
But let's take a look at how the game is played.
Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey was the Dems lead to call for an investigation of the Trump tweets about wiretapping.
You remember Senator Menendez. The Senator who is under indictment right now for corruption.
Yeah, that Senator Menendez. Who has recused himself from NOT. ONE. THING.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:10 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Corona at April 06, 2017 10:11 AM (3/A/K)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 06, 2017 10:11 AM (HiDrR)
Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (2x9LM)
AWKWARD!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (JZdsf)
I am so sick of these republican a-holes.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 06, 2017 10:03 AM (HiDrR)
The gutless party strikes again. Meanwhile the Dems could run for office in jail and get elected
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (493sH)
So today I hear in the news that Jeb Bush is bidding to buy the Florida Marlins. Sorry, the Miami Marlins.
Can't wait to see what he'd do as an owner. "Letting the other team steal bases on you is an act of love."
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (hNNJ5)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (nN3W/)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:07 AM (c6/9Q)
Didn't want stinking dolmades, want some tsaganaki!
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: ¡Jeb! at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (vRcUp)
He can be "Clappy," the mascot.
Please clap.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:13 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (tewYv)
tsaganaki is not ready, but we have a sample of some very good young Santorini white..
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:13 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (nN3W/)
He hasn't read JackStraw's post yet. Once he does, he will realize that he has no weapons, and will have to concede.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:13 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at April 06, 2017 10:14 AM (vRcUp)
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Hey the Science was settled and Socrates was being a denier, what can we say?
Posted by: The Athenian government at April 06, 2017 10:14 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:13 AM (c6/9Q)
Would rather hemlock than that friggin retsina and Coke.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:14 AM (tewYv)
According to Nunes, leftwing activists filed ethics charges against him and he wants to clear those up before retaking the chairmanship so as not to be a distraction to the investigation.
Anyone can file ethics charges not just Congressman. So who's going to the Ethics Committee to file charges?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017
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So yet another fork in the road of endless show trials. Will we ever get inside their OODA loop?
Trump is sifting through intel to decide if we are justified in spilling American blood to repair Barky's Syrian Fuckup , and our feckless self pitying Congressional fucktards can't be bothered to cover his back in a bullshit investigation, predicated on bullshit, soaked in bullshit and producing more bullshit as it squat-lurches ever onward to pointlessness.
And then McCain. I'd rather lose the majority in theSenate than have that asshole "on our side".
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 06, 2017 10:14 AM (0DkDf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aECqkALa8rI
Thug pulls out ar-15 on Trump supporter
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 10:15 AM (HTdUD)
de-operationalized. [National Security Adviser] General [H.R.] McMaster
has returned the NSC to its proper function."
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 10:10 AM (Enq6K)
This is a great talking point to explain it, but shockingly, the MSM has ignored it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 10:15 AM (rF0hx)
Nunes hasn't recused himself from the committee, he just temporarily stepped aside as chairman and handed it over to another Republican.
Won't really have any affect on the investigation, just removes a club from the Democrats hands. Now they can't say the investigation is being led by someone under the cloud of multiple ethics complaints. That is what is known as playing the game.
Tell me, what has Menedez accomplished lately cause I haven't heard much noise from him since he went after Obama over Cuba.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:15 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:12 AM (c6/9Q)
FIFY
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:15 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (mpXpK)
So today I hear in the news that Jeb Bush is bidding to buy the Florida Marlins. Sorry, the Miami Marlins.
Can't wait to see what he'd do as an owner.
All the players will be from south of the border.
They are more fertile hitters.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:14 AM (tewYv)
how 'bout some lovely Mavrodaphne ?
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (c6/9Q)
That fucker needs a hot sandpaper enema.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (X6fMO)
Anyone can file ethics charges not just Congressman. So who's going to the Ethics Committee to file charges?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:00 AM (/tuJf)
As I understand it, he is not relingushing the Chairmanship, just recusing himself from the Russian thing
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (KlI/a)
So. The left.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (R5V4T)
And then Socrates said "I drank what???"
Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (B+qrE)
Yep.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (/tuJf)
Won't really have any affect on the investigation, just removes a club from the Democrats hands.
From their left hand to their right hand.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 06, 2017 10:16 AM (mpXpK)
That Tom Edison. Freakin' crook, right Vic?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (X6fMO)
No you wouldn't..If we did not have the majority, as useless as it seems sometimes, we could not go nuclear on Gorsuch. And for the record McStain is supporting going Nuclear for what it is worth
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (KlI/a)
I know, right?
Posted by: Zombie Marion Barry at April 06, 2017 10:17 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 09:56 AM (7HtZB)
THIS.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at April 06, 2017 10:18 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:18 AM (c6/9Q)
Donks out crowing, demanding more blood.
Tailor made excuse to focus coverage on Nunes and away from Rice.
Fucking brilliant move GOPe, fucking brilliant.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 10:18 AM (s1SXz)
And when the next Chairman comes up and gets manufactured ethics complaints, he'll have to step down.
One thing I've learned over the years...if you let someone else dictate your personnel, you aren't in control of much of anything.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 06, 2017 10:18 AM (PFy0L)
My favorite ouzeria in Athens made a magnificent tsaganaki, and bekris medze. And a gorgeous shrimp dish with tomatoes and feta, broiled.
Mercy, now I'm hungry.
Posted by: moki at April 06, 2017 10:19 AM (wuzmq)
Okay kids, you know what to do.
Adam Schiff, California, Ranking Member
Jim Himes, Connecticut
Terri Sewell, Alabama
André Carson, Indiana
Jackie Speier, California
Mike Quigley, Illinois
Eric Swalwell, California
Joaquin Castro, Texas
Denny Heck, Washington
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (tewYv)
Ahh, that is something. It's Trump vs. the establishment all over again.
Posted by: Max Power at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (QCc6B)
Remember he was about 70 when he was sentenced so Athens had long been ok with his beliefs and methods.
What had changed is that Athens lost the Peloponnesian war, and had a Spartan friendly government enforced on them. And Socrates was more of a fan of the Spartan method of government and culture then the Athenian...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (aZq03)
operationalized the NSC during the last administration,' Bannon said in a
statement. 'I was put on to ensure that it was de-operationalized.'"
Bannon also said that it was "nonsense" that he had reportedly threatened to quit over being let go from his NSC seat. At the very same time that Bannon backers are being quoted by name on the newswires describing him as having been furious and ready to quit.
ADMINISTRATION IN CHAOS! FILM AT ELEVEN.
To repeat an obvious point, the newshounds have to be rolling on the floor in absolute glee over what this White House is doing to itself every day.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Neal Tyson, But You Can Call Me Ashley at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (97XyN)
Posted by: Sterling Archer at April 06, 2017 10:21 AM (FqgrG)
Posted by: Max Power at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (QCc6B)
yes. just look at who had to step aside
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:21 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at April 06, 2017 10:21 AM (XsvhI)
For me, souvlaki and fries, and tsaganaki.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:21 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Neal Tyson, But You Can Call Me Ashley at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (97XyN)
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"Sign my tits! Your such a genius!"
-Very smart college student who's struggling with their core classes but acing that gender studies course
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 10:22 AM (ELUpj)
This sends a message. If you dig too deep, if you insist on rocking the boat, we'll freeze you out.
This is a sweet little set-up they've got going. Dems throw the bombs with no fear of reprisal - while Establishment Repubs let selected ones through to get rid of party rivals. Just a different version of the game that was played the last eight years.
My guess ... they just keep this up until Trump is totally surrounded by Establishment Players. Then he either succumbs to their influence ... or he's out.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:23 AM (BHaRb)
The very notion of Jackie on an intelligence committee is one of those fundamental contradictions in terms. She makes Babs Boxer appear deeply cerebral by comparison.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:23 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Fritz at April 06, 2017 10:23 AM (2Mnv1)
the newswires describing him as having been furious and ready to quit.
Exactly who are these 'Bannon backers' that are being quoted on the newswires.
Besides, he still has his clearance and can sit in any time he wants.
Newswires.....
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 10:24 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Neal Tyson, But You Can Call Me Ashley at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (97XyN)
"Bleach keeps you young so I've been told
'Cause no one who drinks it lives to get old"
The Dead Milkmen
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:24 AM (7HtZB)
What had changed is that Athens lost the Peloponnesian war, and had a Spartan friendly government enforced on them. And Socrates was more of a fan of the Spartan method of government and culture then the Athenian...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2017 10:20 AM (aZq03)
I.F. Stone wrote an essay about that. I want to say J.J. Sefton linked it, but I don't remember. But the article said in a nutshell that Socrates was basically helping to overthrow the Athenian government, and advocated killing to get it done. I think that the usual consequence for treason is the death penalty, hence the hemlock. But "historians" have ignored that bit of history, and whinged about a poor philospher/educator being executed for his conscience."
Plus ca change, plus ca le meme.
Posted by: moki at April 06, 2017 10:24 AM (wuzmq)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:21 AM (tewYv)
whole Bass (or Snapper, whatever they caught that day) over charcoal. no ouzo - that stuff is wicked !
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:25 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at April 06, 2017 10:25 AM (XsvhI)
Plus ca change, plus ca le meme.
Posted by: moki at April 06, 2017 10:24 AM (wuzmq)
Just like Ozzy.
Posted by: Bill & Ted at April 06, 2017 10:25 AM (7HtZB)
Friend of mine got a third-degree burn on her arm, flaming a plate of cheese in the middle of a crowded dining room. Not enough lemon, and she Would.Not.Put.The.Flaming.Cheese.Down.
Almost wish I'd been there, because beautiful woman, head back, screaming, with limbs on fire is right out of "Troades." But then, glad I wasn't, too.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:25 AM (H5rtT)
Trump needs to take his entire cabinet, the Republican members of Congress, and all the appointed executive officials on a long retreat named "Learning to Play this Fucking Game".
To set the right mood, it should kick off with the ritual castration of Nunes, using rusty garden shears.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 06, 2017 10:26 AM (LeUrG)
My guess ... they just keep this up until Trump is totally surrounded by Establishment Players.
ala Schwarzenegger
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:26 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Moron Pundit at April 06, 2017 10:27 AM (xeeHA)
Posted by: runner's Greek Taverna at April 06, 2017 10:27 AM (c6/9Q)
The problem is that the Republican Congress does not accept Trump or his agenda as legitimate and worthy of support.
The problem is not understanding that "the Left" includes parts of the Republican Congress, especially in leadership.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 06, 2017 10:27 AM (9krrF)
New and Cromulent: *dither and handwring* It doesn't look good. I'm breaking off.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 06, 2017 10:27 AM (JO9+V)
For me, souvlaki and fries, and tsaganaki.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:21 AM (tewYv)
Opa!
Every three months, the consulate would get back adjustments from the INS-lists of people who were sent over on B1/B2 tourist visas, who adjusted their status to immigrant. The consular officer with the highest adjustment status had to buy souvlaki for the entire consulate. (45 or so people then, '89-90) I can proudly say that I never had to buy. There was a reason I was known as the bitch at window three.
Posted by: moki at April 06, 2017 10:27 AM (wuzmq)
I did see that Gowdy is gonna "assist." This might have been the plan all along...
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 10:28 AM (O2RFr)
ISTR that's because he was, at least for a time. It was a thing thr Athenians did -- citizens serving in the military, and not making it their career.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 06, 2017 10:28 AM (fV8mV)
No Mr. Socrates, I expect you to die!
Posted by: Auric Goldfinger
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 10:28 AM (R5V4T)
Fucking useless cunts.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 10:29 AM (s1SXz)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:29 AM (c6/9Q)
According to the "Women Helping Girls" website,
there will be a VIP reception held at 5:00 p.m. followed by a moderated
conversation at 6:00 p.m. They say that to get tickets you can purchase
them at the location. The website adds that you can contact
cheryl.mckeiver@gmail.com. The website says tickets cost $25 per person.
I think I can pass, I wonder how much they have to pay her to come and give this talk?
Posted by: Colin at April 06, 2017 10:30 AM (RS7vk)
Posted by: Hack at April 06, 2017 10:31 AM (WuqzM)
The left and media are like the ocean against a rock. Doesn't matter what rock it is. Give them long enough and they wear it down.
At least the Supreme Court will be okay for a while. A nice, calming reprieve before the country goes all the way off the cliff.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at April 06, 2017 10:31 AM (xeeHA)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:31 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 07:28 AM (X6fMO)
This is a carryover from the previous thread, but it stirred some memories for me, as someone who has been around for a while. I'm retired now, but from 1970 until 2015 I was out in the real world, the working world, interacting with people of every race, creed, color and hat size.
To answer MPPPP's question, yes, the "race hatred" has always been there, particularly among the black, hispanic and Asian segments of the population. And it has always been there, ever since I was a kid. On top of that, white American has had this whole "whites are all e-vil racists" rammed down it's collective throat by the popular media since the 1960s, and it's never stopped.
However, the fact that blacks, Hispanics and Asians are every bit as racist, indeed moreso, than the whites have ever thought of being, is NEVER mentioned. What has changed now, thanks to Obama, is that now these groups feel more free to openly express their racism than they were in the past.
One huge irony is that each other aforementioned groups hate each other as much as they hate the whites, but the "gringo/honky/gwai-lo" segment are an easy target and a convenient enemy.
I have always chalked this up to being an unfortunate aspect of human nature; the whole "us vs them", "rejection of the Other", etc, that has always been part of the human condition, regardless of race or ethnicity.
So yes, it has always been there, simmering below the surface perhaps, but present nevertheless, in EVERY racial group. But thanks to Obama, now it is out in the open.
And never mind that it was those e-vil white European immigrants, and no one else. who created this country, established the government and civilization, with all its comforts that we all now enjoy. The whites are now the bad guys, the evil ones, no matter how bigoted the other racial groups really are. We are on the hot seat, and you might as well get used to it, because thanks to the Democrat/left flooding the country with people from cultures that hate us, there is no stopping it.
Posted by: The Oort Cloud - No-Longer-Deplorable Source of all SMODs at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (T1H5V)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (c6/9Q)
Rebekah Mercer. Says she had to urge him to not immediately resign from the administration.
"Besides, he still has his clearance and can sit in any time he wants."
We can all rest safely assured that fine-grained, nuanced details of this sort will lodge in the public mind after the huge media carnival of DANGEROUS LOOSE CANNON BANNON UNCEREMONIOUSLY FIRED FROM IMPORTANT NATIONAL SECURITY POST dominates the next four news cycles.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (noWW6)
double face palm
Posted by: Max Power at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: troyriser at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (nN3W/)
Other names for the real hemlock herb?
Woomlick, beaver poison, poison parsley, bunk, hever, caise, devil's flower,
gypsy flower, break-your-mothers-heart, lady's lace, and, scabby hands.
How history might have changed, with better toxonomy.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (H5rtT)
I wonder if she's going to bust out her Dindu Nuffin accent again.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (FZYNt)
We might have to face the facts that, as a group, we're too fucking stupid to field players on side who can play the game at a level sufficient to win.
No matter how well we do at the ballot box, the people we end up with in office just can't seem to realize what the rules are and how they need to join with their team members to make the big plays.
The other side's back bench routinely beats our star players.
I'm pretty sure they're fucking our cheerleaders too.
Posted by: jwest at April 06, 2017 10:33 AM (Zs4uk)
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That fucker needs to be in prison.
Or sharing a shallow trench with Ben Rhodes.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:33 AM (8XRCm)
I can see the narrative now ...
GOPe Shill: We've got a real chance to get this done now !!! Not like when Obama controlled the AG. So we gotta' do this right, see ? Gowdy's a good guy. A real prosecutor. So give him time.
And then Gowdy does just enough to get a few public hearings for political advantage ... and nothing more.
Players ... place your bets.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:34 AM (BHaRb)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 06, 2017 10:34 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 06, 2017 10:35 AM (wH8rX)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 10:35 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:35 AM (H5rtT)
Tea made from hemlock tree needles not only won't kill you, it's chock full of vitamin C. It's so safe it's listed in my wild foods books.
Same goes for Spruce needles, but some varieties of spruce needles taste funky.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 06, 2017 10:35 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Hillary! at April 06, 2017 10:35 AM (97XyN)
I think I can pass, I wonder how much they have to pay her to come and give this talk?
Posted by: Colin
$20.00 a ticket.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 10:35 AM (R5V4T)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:36 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: troyriser at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (Fw5cQ)
He must have used the markers they used to map the veins in my legs.
Posted by: BignJames at April 06, 2017 10:36 AM (x9c8r)
____________________
Yeah, I ingested beaver poison in my late 20s, developed an acute case of matrimony and have been dying a slow death ever since.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 06, 2017 10:36 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:36 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Stringer Davis
ever heard of anorexia, bitch?
Posted by: Zombie Dana Plato at April 06, 2017 10:36 AM (FZYNt)
And then Gowdy does just enough to get a few public hearings for political advantage ... and nothing more.
Players ... place your bets.
Posted by: ScoggDog
Sucker bet. Not taking it.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 10:37 AM (R5V4T)
Posted by: AL SHARPTATO at April 06, 2017 10:38 AM (9dKbG)
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Any investigation might have a better chance here where there are real and documented paper trails to follow. The unknown unknowns of past investigations have really shown us that one. After the report is written, ooops, we found another few thousand e-mails, etc.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 10:38 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: ScoggDog
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I dunno.
Im torn between "those assholes ALWAYS get away with it" and "Jeff Seesions is gonna light your ass on fire".
I think Im leary of getting my hopes up.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:39 AM (8XRCm)
The main philosophical difference is those who are leftist/progressive are collectivist and those who are conservative/originalist are individualist.
Given this dynamic it's hard to organize effective resistance and advance a coherent agenda.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 10:40 AM (s1SXz)
"Exactly who are these 'Bannon backers' that are being quoted on the newswires."
Rebekah Mercer. Says she had to urge him to not immediately resign from the administration.
"Besides, he still has his clearance and can sit in any time he wants."
We
can all rest safely assured that fine-grained, nuanced details of this
sort will lodge in the public mind after the huge media carnival of
DANGEROUS LOOSE CANNON BANNON UNCEREMONIOUSLY FIRED FROM IMPORTANT
NATIONAL SECURITY POST dominates the next four news cycles.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:32 AM (noWW6)
That quote from Mercer being repeated in the various 'newswires' all seems to stem from Politico. So I'm suppose to run around with my hair on fire because of a Politico story?
Next time use more CAPS and throw in a few !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 10:40 AM (Enq6K)
Bannon to associates: "I love a gunfight"
all but dad are done with Bannon and his politics.
Posted by: EVLINC! at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (y3aQB)
Huge mistake. The only response to all the Fake MSM and Dem concerns. should have been FU. Republicans have learned nothing and seem determined to lose.
If the Dems ever get Trump to resign but it won't be from their temper tantrums. It will be from his allies lack of resolve.
Posted by: Ripley at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (1BQGO)
it's a future set space detective thriller assassin type novel
Link in nic
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (hMwEB)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: jwest at April 06, 2017 09:50 AM (Zs4uk)
NSA archives.
Posted by: Not James Angleton at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (tQSaB)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (tewYv)
Well, it's true I traded the cow for a couple of beans, but they're *magic* beans, honestly, that's what the guy told me.
::: dried rat turds :::
Posted by: torquewrench at April 06, 2017 10:42 AM (noWW6)
GE is for sale (the light bulb part), to...guess who.
GE invented LED's, but, Immelt. "Mature product line. No future."
The other big old light bulb companies, Philips, etc, already Chinese.
Sunoco just sold out to 7-11. The good news? They're Japanese.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2017 10:42 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:42 AM (7HtZB)
Holy shit.
I havent seen the much Moby moping since King Putt beats Romney by a nose.
Buck it up buttercups
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:43 AM (8XRCm)
You and I share the same opinion of Sessions ... he seems to be a serious cat.
Which I think is why he was one of the very first pushed to the side. I'll be very surprised if we hear much out of him.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:43 AM (BHaRb)
Posted by: dananjcon at April 06, 2017 10:43 AM (WLK0w)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:42 AM (7HtZB)
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That was AtC.
BSG had no clue what bukkake was....
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:44 AM (8XRCm)
Huge mistake. The only response to all the Fake MSM and Dem concerns. should have been FU. Republicans have learned nothing and seem determined to lose.
If the Dems ever get Trump to resign but it won't be from their temper tantrums. It will be from his allies lack of resolve.
Posted by: Ripley at April 06, 2017 10:41 AM (1BQGO)
The surrender party learned nothing from Trump's campaign. You can't give into them for anything
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 10:44 AM (493sH)
So, It was Socrates who was the first Rock & Roller?
Posted by: The Left at April 06, 2017 10:45 AM (1Rgee)
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My hope is that since he is out of the way of the main hair on fire contingent now, he can accomplish some substantive reforms.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 10:46 AM (MIKMs)
seems to stem from Politico. So I'm suppose to run around with my hair
on fire because of a Politico story?
Next time use more CAPS and throw in a few !!!!!!!!!!!
.
.
.I read an article yesterday about that very thing. One site starts an anti Trump story and everyone jumps on the band wagon citing only the original story and soon it is being reported all over the msm as the latest scandal.
All smoke and mirrors with zero substance, and those stories usually start with politico or some other left leaning web site.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 06, 2017 10:46 AM (le7jz)
He will disappoint us eventually but lets never forget all the winning at the beginning, the EPA and immigration changes that are massive and most important stopping Hillary. We will always have Paris....
Posted by: Max Power at April 06, 2017 10:46 AM (QCc6B)
There's a joke about having to have things hit you right in the face before you understand, but I'm not making it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:46 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Eros at April 06, 2017 10:46 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:42 AM (7HtZB)
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That was AtC.
BSG had no clue what bukkake was....
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:44 AM (8XRCm)
Oh. That's not quite as funny as him mistaking kabuki for bukkake.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
And yet it was Trump who pushed back on House Republican's attempt to gut the crazy ethics committee that was set up under Pelosi.
Trump's twitter giveth and taketh away.
http://tinyurl.com/gpljy4h
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 10:48 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
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Better than hibachi I guess.
That would an awkward BBQ.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:49 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 06, 2017 10:40 AM (s1SXz)
It's about shared goals. The Left knows what it wants. The Right is all over the map.
Posted by: troyriser at April 06, 2017 10:49 AM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: EVLINC! at April 06, 2017 10:50 AM (y3aQB)
Posted by: JoeF. at April 06, 2017 10:50 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 10:51 AM (kTF2Z)
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Nanzi Pelosi and Peter Singer, ethicists.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 10:51 AM (Nwg0u)
BBL.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 10:51 AM (X6fMO)
Oh. That's not quite as funny as him mistaking kabuki for bukkake.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
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Better than hibachi I guess.
That would an awkward BBQ.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:49 AM (8XRCm)
Avoid the potato salad at those.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 06, 2017 10:51 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:47 AM (7HtZB)
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Better than hibachi I guess.
That would an awkward BBQ.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:49 AM (8XRCm)
Might make dinner at Benihana's more interesting.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:52 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 10:51 AM (kTF2Z)
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What's your safeword??
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:52 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 10:52 AM (kTF2Z)
Or maybe we learned nothing.
The phrase came up here constantly ... if someone wanted to dismantle the US, what would they do any differently than Obama ? It's a good question. A hell of a method to figuring out someone's motivations.
So let me ask ... if a political faction wanted to solidify their control of a political party ... what would they do any differently than the GOP Establishment since the Tea Party wave of 2010.
At least for me ... it explains a ton of the actions of Boehner, McCain, Ryan, etc ...
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:53 AM (BHaRb)
Socrates sure had fabulous abs for an old man. No greasy Greek diner fare for him....
Posted by: JoeF
Cheeburger cheeburger cheeburger hemlock.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:53 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 10:51 AM (kTF2Z)
Odds on when they change the name due to the racial undertones of hosting "Masters" in a former slave state?
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 10:53 AM (7HtZB)
Also, the left is manic schizophrenics, while the right are all suicidal depressives.
Really, I'm about to just chuck it all and find a cave to live in, the way this keeps going.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 06, 2017 10:53 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 10:28 AM (O2RFr)
Saw that too. Hoping.
But in the end will it matter. Laws are for some and not for others.
Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (2x9LM)
Socrates sure had fabulous abs for an old man. No greasy Greek diner fare for him....
Posted by: JoeF
Cheeburger cheeburger cheeburger hemlock.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 10:53 AM (IqV8l)
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I have no idea why, but this popped a scifi concept into my mind:
A drug that gives you the instant idealized body, but kills you moments later.
It could have potential...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (ELUpj)
Next time use more CAPS and throw in a few !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 10:40 AM (Enq6K)
Yes you are supposed to do that because this is the HQ and the day ends with a 'y'.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Has Got it, Yeah Baby It's Got It at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (hLRSq)
But in the end will it matter. Laws are for some and not for others.
Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (2x9LM)
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You could say that some animals are more equal than others.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Has Got it, Yeah Baby It's Got It at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (hLRSq)
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Do you know what else ends in Y???
ELEVENTY
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:56 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 06, 2017 10:57 AM (fV8mV)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 06, 2017 10:57 AM (FZYNt)
You may be interested (not really) in Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington, then. Modeled after a statue of Zeus, it was rejected by the people who ordered it. LOL. Hero worship is a helluva thing.
Posted by: Kris at April 06, 2017 09:52 AM
I saw that! It is hilarious because Washington himself would probably have found it pretentious. Also, there was a video game several years ago that featured the statue because he and Jefferson were worshipped as gods by a future nation called Columbia.
248 "Socrates is built like a soldier."
ISTR that's because he was, at least for a time. It was a thing thr Athenians did -- citizens serving in the military, and not making it their career.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 06, 2017 10:28 AM
You are correct. But I know a couple gents retired from service who work out every day and still didn't look like this Socrates at 70! Ha ha,
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 06, 2017 10:57 AM (G8B7r)
SC House just passed Constitutional Carry.
Apparently the hopes of getting it through the State Senate are not terribly high.
I should call my state senator...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 10:58 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Robert Crawford
Fixed. Don't have the patience for this today. Out. Laters.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 06, 2017 10:58 AM (9krrF)
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Yeah..... but his link to the IRS using deposit rules to steal legitimate business cash was a good story...
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 10:58 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (2x9LM)
A Citizen-State is not what most people want. They want Comfortable Serfdom.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:58 AM (BHaRb)
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:59 AM (BHaRb)
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was been awarded Indian contracts in the sum of almost $2 billion, considered to be "the largest defense contract in Israel's Defense Industries' history."
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:59 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 10:59 AM (BHaRb)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Has Got it, Yeah Baby It's Got It at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (hLRSq)
Every day ends in the Y.
Posted by: Barry at April 06, 2017 10:59 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (ELUpj)
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All the pigs are all lined up...
Posted by: Moron Pundit at April 06, 2017 11:00 AM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 06, 2017 10:57 AM (fV8mV)
See my #325.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Has Got it, Yeah Baby It's Got It at April 06, 2017 11:00 AM (hLRSq)
Who was the guy who got accused of breaking all the dicks off the herms around Athens? The Greek busts we think of tended to be from herms, which were the subject's head on a block of stone with a cock carved on it a foot or so below the neck.
No, I don't get it either.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 06, 2017 11:00 AM (fV8mV)
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was been awarded Indian contracts in the sum of almost $2 billion, considered to be "the largest defense contract in Israel's Defense Industries' history."
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 10:59 AM (KlI/a)
Second look at the Lavi?
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:01 AM (7HtZB)
I'm getting so sick of this shit.... When the Democrats lose they win. When the Republicans win they lose...
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:01 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:01 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 06, 2017 11:02 AM (vrLK3)
Posted by: Barry at April 06, 2017 10:59 AM (8nWyX)
And for you they begin in the 'A'.
So to speak.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Has Got it, Yeah Baby It's Got It at April 06, 2017 11:02 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:02 AM (fD1ST)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 10:55 AM (ELUpj)
In the animal world (not counting humans at this time) The bigger animals eat the smaller animals. Of course the animal world has grass eating animals, (and they are fair game for everyone) So the bigger you are, the less hungry you will be....Hawks/eagles probably never go hungry, with so many little birds to pick and choose from.Must be an lesson for all of us is their somewhere. Life is not fair!
Posted by: Colin at April 06, 2017 11:03 AM (RS7vk)
"Ethics charges. The Sarah Palin playbook resurfaces."
The playbook was written by Rep. David Bonior.
Posted by: geoffb5 at April 06, 2017 11:03 AM (d3wbb)
It's all they've got.... Everyone one of them running around yelling "The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming."It's a distraction from the real story of obama spying on the other political parties candidate to take him down .
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:04 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:02 AM (fD1ST)
Is Benghazi playing 3rd base for the Mets?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:04 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 11:04 AM (Enq6K)
Which is why it's a good idea to remove whatever issues they can use as a distraction when it costs you nothing.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:05 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:05 AM (KlI/a)
The Democrats look at how popular Reagan is. They see him talking about the Soviets a lot. They also didn't believe the Soviets were a threat.
So now they don't believe the Russians are a threat, but a really popular President talked about them a lot as if they were...so they'll use them as threats in their rhetoric.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 06, 2017 11:06 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 06, 2017 11:02 AM (vrLK3)
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You guys who play baseball will know the feeling when you recognize that hanging curveball isnt going break and your know its going over the fence even before you hit it.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:06 AM (8XRCm)
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This is the real problem. Right now is our last best hope of maintaining our liberty without blood flowing in the streets. The phony Russia crisis is moving full speed ahead while Obama's Gestapo tactics are written off as Republican racism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 06, 2017 11:06 AM (Nwg0u)
So...I should really pay more attention to state politics:
SC House just passed Constitutional Carry.
Apparently the hopes of getting it through the State Senate are not terribly high.
I should call my state senator...
That would be awesome. Especially since non-residents can't get a CCW license there - unless you own property in the state.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 06, 2017 11:06 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 11:06 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: geoffb5
From Wiki: 'known for his tenacity in opposing Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, against whom Bonior filed more than seventy-five ethics charges'
What a POS.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 11:07 AM (HTdUD)
sometimes allies -- just like every other country.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:01 AM (MIKMs)
Huh?
The Russians are our adversaries for many reasons. They are very different than most of the rest of the developed world because they want regional hegemony and are willing to do anything to get it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 11:07 AM (rF0hx)
You forgot about their fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 06, 2017 11:07 AM (PFy0L)
Must be an lesson for all of us is their somewhere. Life is not fair!
Posted by: Colin
And the trees were all made equal by hatchet, ax and saw. And government.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2017 11:07 AM (IqV8l)
Because you get to seize control internally. When Dems are in charge, you get to do it with the willful co-operation of pro-State Republicans.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 06, 2017 11:08 AM (BHaRb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:05 AM (KlI/a)
They don't have anything else and Trump is the one that holds all of the files and the logs. Scream and distract and hope for the best seems to be their game plan.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Abhorrent Abominations Abound at the Outrage Outlet! at April 06, 2017 11:08 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 06, 2017 11:08 AM (nN3W/)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:01 AM (MIKMs)
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I keep repeating it, but Russia preferring Trump over Hillary, aside from some personal pique which I'm sure played a part since Putin apparently hates Clinton, doesn't make all that much sense.
In terms of Russia's goals, it seems like they'd rather have someone in the White House willing to strangle American oil production with over regulation and taxation instead of a president who has promised to open up lands and push fracking's interests in government.
So, either Putin looked at the Russia's finances and decided that helping his government go bankrupt was worth destroying someone he personally hates, or he was trying to weaken the assumed president, ifhe did anything at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:08 AM (ELUpj)
The Russians are our adversaries for many
reasons. They are very different than most of the rest of the developed
world because they want regional hegemony and are willing to do anything
to get it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 11:07 AM (rF0hx)
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Germany.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:09 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: mrp at April 06, 2017 11:10 AM (Pqytn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:04 AM (KlI/a)
I Don't Know
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 11:10 AM (493sH)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2017 11:11 AM (KGH7Z)
That doesn't sound very GOPeish.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:11 AM (/tuJf)
Other big surprise story of the day:
Yankee Pitching sucks
Stay tuned for more breaking news?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:11 AM (KlI/a)
I agree 100% I know it's probably not popular here but I think Nunes had no choice.. If you read his statement, he says he wants to meet with the ethics committee as soon as possible to prove this bogus .
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (O2RFr)
reasons. They are very different than most of the rest of the developed
world because they want regional hegemony and are willing to do anything
to get it. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 11:07 AM (rF0hx)
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Germany.
Posted by: mustbequantum
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Russia is a European Union problem - they want their gas cheep. it is always about the resources in resource poor Europe. the only country that is resource rich is Russia, therefore a push into Ukraine, the Caucuses
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (c6/9Q)
It's all they've got.... Everyone one of them running around yelling "The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming."It's a distraction from the real story of obama spying on the other political parties candidate to take him down .
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:04 AM (O2RFr)
Everybody to get from street!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (0mRoj)
That doesn't sound very GOPeish.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:11 AM (/tuJf)
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Comity is slowly dying in the Senate, and it seems like most Republicans have given up on the defibrillator.
I'm sure one or two will come back to try CPR soon enough, but it will be to no avail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Colin at April 06, 2017 11:03 AM (RS7vk)
Somebody didn't watch Zootopia!
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (tewYv)
There was an interesting poll of Olympic athletes on this subject.
:::rummages in links:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (vrLK3)
The man who never lied
They weren't so grateful as you'd think
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried
And handed him the poisoned drink
How honest was the people's noble son
The world however didn't wait
But soon observed what followed on
It's honesty that brought him to that state
How fortunate the man with none
How fortunate the man with none
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:13 AM (TOk1P)
There was an interesting poll of Olympic athletes on this subject.
:::rummages in links:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (vrLK3)
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Seems like the idea could have the level of merit that a short story could hinge on...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:13 AM (ELUpj)
Before the Revolution he, David, held up men of action, acts of violence, victories made by men who feared nothing except dishonor. These are his calls to moral action. But once the Revolution and then the Terror began he was fulfilled, he had his heroes before him.
I think his greatest painting is his most odious, the Death of Marat, with Marat deified like a new Christ. Marat, the perfect inage of the age, a man who kills hundred, thousands, remotely and capriciously merely by using their names is visibly holding a final list of names. That list Charlotte Corday used to lure him to death. That the list is utterly fraudulent and a ruse is perfect since even in death Marat's supreme will will have them murdered.
David is the painter that every worshipper of death that followed wanted and needed.
(Btw, this is why every accusation of Trump as fascist is so odious and repellent. Trump wants no one's death, he abhors war, he obviously sees conflict as waste. He wants to get up every morning and build stuff, get stuff done, to see actual progress, and then maybe get a little remote adulation, and then have sex and eat a delicious burger and go to sleep. Sure he wants to be strong, but only because he knows being strong is a way of avoiding wasteful conflict.
At the worst you could sat Trump wants to be Pharoah, but a good Pharoah like the one in Genesis 37-50, who has the dream and makes Joseph his vizier, top men after all. This pharoah wants his people to prosper and he wants to make Egypt great again.
Posted by: Roy CT at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (wdHQo)
Didn't someone point out that Clarence Thomas was confirmed with 52 or so votes? What's different now?
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (fD1ST)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (fD1ST)
They did not fillurbuster his vote...the left let him be voted upon
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (KlI/a)
Didn't someone point out that Clarence Thomas was confirmed with 52 or so votes? What's different now?
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (fD1ST)
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More than 60 voted for cloture on Thomas, but only 52 voted for the actual approval.
Cloture is stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (fD1ST)
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The vote for cloture and the actual vote for appointment are two different things.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (8XRCm)
There was an interesting poll of Olympic athletes on this subject.
:::rummages in links:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (vrLK3)
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Seems like the idea could have the level of merit that a short story could hinge on...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:13 AM (ELUpj)
It could. Maybe extend it to 24 hours. Perfect appearance, body, mind, strength, vitality. The pinnacle of the human ideal. But you die in exactly one day.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Roy CT at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (wdHQo)
Great. Now they'll say Trump is pro-slavery and anti-Semitic.
Oh, wait.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (tewYv)
That's hilarious.
What does he think is going to happen to the next chairman? I give him a week before ethics charges are filed against him.
And this is how you derail an investigation if you are the democrats. They know exactly how to remove a Republican, simply run to the press and accuse them of being racist, homophobic, or being unethical. Bring up some ridiculous example, such as Nunes used a WH scif instead of one at another building, and keep intimating that he did so to inform the president to begin covering up his Russia connections.
Poof, the republicans, whose reputation as being clean as the wind driven snow means more to them than the job they were sent to Washington to do, will immediately go into an apologetic, cowering , please forgive me , I want to set an example posture.
And the wolves smile.
Posted by: Jen at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (OBjuz)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 11:16 AM (c6/9Q)
Didn't someone point out that Clarence Thomas was confirmed with 52 or so votes? What's different now?
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:14 AM (fD1ST)
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That was me. His was the most narrow confirmation of a supreme court justice ever.
Posted by: Independent George at April 06, 2017 11:16 AM (BDZWU)
Best News since PDT was elected
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:16 AM (KlI/a)
Russia is a far more than an EU only problem and their expansion goes far beyond Ukraine and the Caucuses.
They are backing Iran and Syria for a reason and it's not humanitarian. Iran is sitting on an assload of oil with limited means to distribute it. Syria has warm water ports that give ready access to Europe.
While their might be short term issues we can work with Russia they are few and far between. They have their own agenda and they are much more focused on getting it done. Dictatorships are fun like that.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (0mRoj)
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20-30 pages could cover it...
I'm going to file this away and get to it as soon as I'm done with draft 1 of book 4.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (ELUpj)
sometimes allies -- just like every other country.
They are more frequently adversary and there is a much smaller spectrum of ally than many other countries. Otherwise your statement is just a banality. (Not a banana inanity either, because those are the BEST)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (vrLK3)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Roland THTG at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (oR5ks)
Best News since PDT was elected
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 06, 2017 11:16 AM (KlI/a)
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I'm still hoping that RBG retires the second the rule change happens.
The timing would be good enough for Hollywood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:18 AM (ELUpj)
How about instead of pearl clutching y'all round on your Rep and Sen with your complaint?
Not really intending sarcasm with the above, but THEY need to hear you holler.
Repeatedly, but do it with a modicum of courtesy.
Convincing me that their approach is useless preaching to the choir.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 06, 2017 11:18 AM (S/hVx)
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:12 AM (O2RFr)
and the Dems on that committee will stall as long as possible. Say they don't have enough information, then Congress will recess, then when they come back, the Dems will say Nunes didn't file his papers correctly, then someone will be ill and can't attend a meeting, etc.
Posted by: Jen at April 06, 2017 11:18 AM (OBjuz)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Abhorrent Abominations Abound at the Outrage Outlet! at April 06, 2017 11:18 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (/tuJf)
I've spent much of the last several years not giving a damn what Russia does or does not do.
I keep waiting for something to happen that will give me some indication why I should give a damn what they do.
I haven't seen it.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:19 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (0mRoj)
That could be a Philip K. Dick story.
You'd have to have some lifespan greater than a day to make the tradeoff.
Or if you really want to make it fun, make it based on some genetic thing that can trades off your telomeres at a 100:1 rate. So if your lifespan is genetically only going to be a year, you get 3.6 days.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:20 AM (tewYv)
>>I haven't seen it.
Keep your eye on Iran and Syria. An indication is coming up soon.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:20 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:13 AM (ELUpj)
It could. Maybe extend it to 24 hours. Perfect appearance, body,
mind, strength, vitality. The pinnacle of the human ideal. But you die
in exactly one day.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:15 AM (0mRoj)
Would this be a luxury tourist resort for people attracted to those who are beautiful, smart and witty but will be dead soon? Is there a market for that?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:20 AM (tHwdc)
LOL, probably right! But meanwhile the investigation goes on...
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:21 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 11:21 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 11:17 AM (kTF2Z)
I don't know about the Democrats, but it makes ME feel better to think of a young Demi Moore when she was so damned hot, even Elmo couldn't touch her.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:21 AM (TOk1P)
Katie Genevieve Bigby born yesterday at 530pm 6lbs whatever ounces
Mom and baby doing fine. Dad running around like a headless chicken.
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (eCG8/)
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No ..... the Russia thing is real.
Where do you think the Long March Thru The Institutions, Alger Hiss, The Rosenbergs, The Organized Labor Movement and most of the 20th Century Anti War Movement came from??
Russian Influence.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (ELUpj)
>>I haven't seen it.
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Keep your eye on Iran and Syria. An indication is coming up soon.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:20 AM (/tuJf)
Nope. Don't care what happens to Iran/Syria.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (TOk1P)
Why the 30 hours? Just effin' vote.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (Enq6K)
Cloture vote was 55 Yes, 45 Nay. I wonder if all the Republicans were on board?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (493sH)
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Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf4_WglzWA
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:23 AM (7HtZB)
Would this be a luxury tourist resort for people attracted to those who are beautiful, smart and witty but will be dead soon? Is there a market for that?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:20 AM (tHwdc)
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Don't you think that in today's narcissistic and short sighted culture that there would be a bunch of people to fall over themselves for this just so they can have that perfect Instagram photo that will go viral as soon as the world finds out that they're dead?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:23 AM (ELUpj)
But best part - you don't know.
(Harrison Ford voiceover) Who does?(end voiceover)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:24 AM (tewYv)
You should. They care about you.
Why exactly do you think we are having this huge issue with Syrian refugees? Why do you think Russia was buys arming Iran before the ink on the UN SC deal to kill the sanctions was dry?
It is dangerous to think that what happens in other parts of the world doesn't affect us. It does.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:24 AM (/tuJf)
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Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf4_WglzWA
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:23 AM (7HtZB)
Heh. I was expecting this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-3djUYgebU
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 06, 2017 11:24 AM (zQ1pD)
Cloture vote was 55 Yes, 45 Nay. I wonder if all the Republicans were on board?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (493sH)
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They were.
52 plus Manchin, Donnelly, and Bennet
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:25 AM (ELUpj)
Rosenbergs, The Organized Labor Movement and most of the 20th Century
Anti War Movement came from??
Russian Influence.
=====
You could make the same argument against Germany and the German influence, especially in the Academy. Where do you think all those Russian 'leaders' trained?
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:25 AM (MIKMs)
Mom and baby doing fine. Dad running around like a headless chicken.
Congrats to you!
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:26 AM (O2RFr)
who are beautiful, smart and witty but will be dead soon? Is there a
market for that?
A one night stand you never have to worry about boiling bunnies later? Yeah, there's a market for that.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 06, 2017 11:26 AM (YEelc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2017 11:26 AM (KGH7Z)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (8XRCm)
Soviet, Soviet influence. That was ideology and world proletariat unite. Russian concerns are different now, and the resources are not there to influence every dissatisfied punk on the street to overthrow eveil capitalists and install glorious communism.
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 11:26 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (e1mEI)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:24 AM (/tuJf)
Funny, when we had that little post this morning about rotten old Woodrow Wilson coercing us into WWI...
No, I don't care. Let them all die. Let Russia take what they want, and kill everybody they want.
I don't care.
If it helps the rest of y'all, feel free to draw whatever lines you want on a map, tell Russia to stay out of THOSE places, and leave me the hell alone unless and until they cross those lines.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (TOk1P)
Joss Whedon apparently believes that Trump is going to kill gay people, literally.
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (ELUpj)
Katie Genevieve Bigby born yesterday at 530pm 6lbs whatever ounces
Mom and baby doing fine. Dad running around like a headless chicken.
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM
Congratulations, Bigby!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 06, 2017 11:28 AM (p+Wdc)
short sighted culture that there would be a bunch of people to fall over
themselves for this just so they can have that perfect Instagram photo
that will go viral as soon as the world finds out that they're dead?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:23 AM (ELUpj)
A preferable pathway to fame than being a mass murderer, I suppose.
People are so stupid.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:28 AM (tHwdc)
Joss Whedon apparently believes that Trump is going to kill gay people, literally.
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (ELUpj)
Start posting rumors on FB & twitter that your gay BFF disappeared. Watch the panic ensue. These people are so easy to gaslight.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (7HtZB)
I think it is a good analysis, but one quibble, relies on rational actors and not so sure Syria has many.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (tewYv)
Why the 30 hours? Just effin' vote.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (Enq6K)
Probably some stupid rule. But they can sure try to milk all the drama possible before they leave tomorrow night.
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (uKRys)
A preferable pathway to fame than being a mass murderer, I suppose.
People are so stupid.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:28 AM (tHwdc)
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It doesn't help that the dominant culture encourages the stupidity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (nN3W/)
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (ELUpj)
*starts stopwatch*
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at April 06, 2017 11:30 AM (K9oqL)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (7HtZB)
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"I made fun of Whedon when he said this would happen, but no one's seen Gerald in two weeks. He's not responding to texts. Please, if you know anything..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:30 AM (ELUpj)
strength, vitality. The pinnacle of the human ideal. But you die in
exactly one day.
Posted by: Insomniac
that would be one busy day ...
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2017 11:30 AM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM (Enq6K)
Probably some stupid rule. But they can sure try to milk all the drama possible before they leave tomorrow night.
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (uKRys)
Yes there is a 30 hr debate rule. Insty had a link, they are thinking of changing that to 8.
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:30 AM (tewYv)
Posted by: blaster at April 06, 2017 11:30 AM (tewYv)
=================
So many lower court appointees...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:31 AM (ELUpj)
Joss Whedon apparently believes that Trump is going to kill gay people, literally.
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (ELUpj)
I don't understand the OMG TRUMP IS GOING TO EXTERMINATE TEH GHEYZZZ thing. It was going around well before the election. It's beyond insane.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (0mRoj)
Of course I'm going to be in and out, lots to do. Probably more settled down in a week or so. Next is out of town relatives
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (eCG8/)
Posted by: JEM at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (TppKb)
You done fucked up Chuckie Schumer.
Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruz.
Its coming. .... and you cant do shit about it.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (DeO5Y)
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (ELUpj)
I don't understand the OMG TRUMP IS GOING TO EXTERMINATE TEH GHEYZZZ thing. It was going around well before the election. It's beyond insane.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (0mRoj)
Beyond insane = normal for the left
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (493sH)
52 plus Manchin, Donnelly, and Bennet
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:25 AM (ELUpj)
Heitkamp too. McConnell voted no for procedural reasons related to the pending nuking.
Posted by: T at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (IKdzI)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (7HtZB)
================
"I made fun of Whedon when he said this would happen, but no one's seen Gerald in two weeks. He's not responding to texts. Please, if you know anything..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:30 AM (ELUpj)
I would almost consider creating a fake twitter account just to do this.
"Marcus said he didn't care there was a Trump rally going on, he had to get to work, and he had to go through that area. The thing is, somebody found and turned in his phone to the police, but the police don't care! Marcus would NEVER go anywhere without his phone!!!"
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:34 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (0mRoj)
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Yeah...the guy who built a new golf course because another golf course wouldn't allow gay people specifically because Trump wanted to play golf with some gay guys...
He totally hates them.
These people have become completely unhinged from reality.
Hey, you know how publications are writing articles wondering why Republicans believe things that are patently false like the wiretapping? How about an article about how progressives "know" that Trump hates gay people?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:34 AM (ELUpj)
Joss Whedon apparently believes that Trump is going to kill gay people, literally.
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
---------------------------
It's amazing how much some people believe they matter to others.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 06, 2017 11:34 AM (vg8iE)
EXTERMINATE TEH GHEYZZZ thing. It was going around well before the
election. It's beyond insane.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (0mRoj)
They're fizzing with rabies. Rationality was never their strong suit before Trump anyway.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (tHwdc)
You done fucked up Chuckie Schumer.
Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruz.
Its coming. .... and you cant do shit about it.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (8XRCm)
================
Not just SCOTUS justice Cruz, but Cruz in RBG's seat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (ELUpj)
Don't you think that in today's narcissistic and short sighted culture that there would be a bunch of people to fall over themselves for this just so they can have that perfect Instagram photo that will go viral as soon as the world finds out that they're dead?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:23 AM (ELUpj)
I'm too lazy to look it up, but apparently there's a Robert Redford movie coming out where he plays a scientist who definitively establishes that there is an afterlife, and people begin killing themselves to get there.
I expect it to be gratuitously anti-religion.
And I'd take that pill. In a fucking heartbeat.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Infidel at April 06, 2017 11:29 AM (uKRys)
The stupid rules in the Senate is directly proportional to the number of stupid senators.
Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: A Turtle-Like Mammal at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (fLMbU)
52 plus Manchin, Donnelly, and Bennet
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:25 AM (ELUpj)
Heitkamp too. McConnell voted no for procedural reasons related to the pending nuking.
Posted by: T at April 06, 2017 11:33 AM (IKdzI)
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McConnell voted no?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
He must be punished!!!!!!!!
Rage above all!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (ELUpj)
>>Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruz.
>>Its coming. .... and you cant do shit about it.
Can't be. I've been told the GOPe would surrender on this issue for weeks now.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (/tuJf)
Joss Whedon apparently believes that Trump is going to kill gay people, literally.
When it doesn't happen, I'm sure Joss will apologize and rethink his basic assumptions.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:27 AM (ELUpj)
I don't understand the OMG TRUMP IS GOING TO EXTERMINATE TEH GHEYZZZ thing. It was going around well before the election. It's beyond insane.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (0mRoj)
It's not insane. I was going to meet my gay BFF Julio for a soy latte at Starbucks the other day & he never showed up. He's not answering my texts, he hasn't posted anything on facebook - I think he may have been taken to the Trump camps.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 11:36 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Josss Weeding at April 06, 2017 11:36 AM (vtcmf)
Posted by: T at April 06, 2017 11:36 AM (IKdzI)
Posted by: It's Me donna at April 06, 2017 11:37 AM (O2RFr)
EXTERMINATE TEH GHEYZZZ thing. It was going around well before the
election. It's beyond insane.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 06, 2017 11:32 AM (0mRoj)
They're fizzing with rabies. Rationality was never their strong suit before Trump anyway.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (tHwdc)
Trump's election put a lot of stress on a structure that wasn't up to code to begin with.
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:37 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Baracrates Obama at April 06, 2017 11:37 AM (2Mnv1)
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It's nothing more than a dramatic device to whip up Leftist hysterics. These people are mentally and emotionally unstable and why more people don't see it is a fucking mystery to me.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 06, 2017 11:38 AM (vg8iE)
Supreme Court Justice Ted Cruz.
Its coming. .... and you cant do shit about it.
Posted by: fixerupper
Pray hard.
Because I'm on an anti-incumbent tear next couple election cycles. And yes, Cruz is included. So he'd best take it if offered.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2017 11:38 AM (R5V4T)
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I should have been more clear. I meant the Russian hacking of the election thing. Trying to cope with the loss of the election.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 11:38 AM (kTF2Z)
"Comity is slowly dying in the Senate, and it seems like most Republicans have given up on the defibrillator.
I'm sure one or two will come back to try CPR soon enough, but it will be to no avail."
Constitutional Carry 4 Congress Comity or Comedy will return.
Posted by: geoffb5 at April 06, 2017 11:38 AM (d3wbb)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:38 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Agent Cooper at April 06, 2017 11:39 AM (1zARK)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 06, 2017 11:39 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at April 06, 2017 11:39 AM (xiapr)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 06, 2017 11:39 AM (zQ1pD)
I expect it to be gratuitously anti-religion.
And I'd take that pill. In a fucking heartbeat.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (X6fMO)
I want somebody to go there and come back first. Tell me what the work hours are like, and how often we get breaks.
And the average ambient temperature of the job site, as well as some word on whether the overseers carry pitchforks or not.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 06, 2017 11:39 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: josephistan at April 06, 2017 11:35 AM (7HtZB)
Start mailing pink triangles to Joss. I went to my friend's place and this was all I found there!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 06, 2017 11:39 AM (493sH)
Posted by: blaster
That is a good take. It's logical.
Islamists have a long history of making shit up. It's even endorsed policy in their war manual/holy book.
Those who do not learn from history are destined to annoy me.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 06, 2017 11:40 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2017 11:38 AM (kTF2Z)
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I know.
I just think its ridiculous that the modern day leftists are concerned about Russian Influence.
Their entire movement is rooted in Russian influence.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 06, 2017 11:40 AM (8XRCm)
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I'm betting on Mike Lee.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:41 AM (MIKMs)
Morning, Glories, what's left of it.
Just went back and read the EMT, links (some of them) and comments.
And yet we're still on the Ahrt Threade?
In the words of Richard Dreyfuss, "this means something!" (e.g. Needs gravy.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - slow, but slow at April 06, 2017 11:41 AM (bF/TV)
I saw a trailer for that.
Was of the opinion that the idea is that people are all het up to get to the afterlife, without considering that if there's a heaven, there might also be a hell, and which one do you end up in?
Maybe that was my mistaken take on it though, or maybe I'm thinking of a different movie...
Posted by: GMan at April 06, 2017 11:41 AM (sxq57)
Posted by: DaveA at April 06, 2017 11:41 AM (FhXTo)
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I'm betting on Mike Lee.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:41 AM (MIKMs)
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I would be good with that.
Hell, I'd be good with a Kennedy clone replacing RBG.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at April 06, 2017 11:42 AM (ELUpj)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 06, 2017 11:43 AM (fD1ST)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:43 AM (DeO5Y)
Posted by: goodluckduck at April 06, 2017 11:43 AM (yqvys)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 06, 2017 11:44 AM (DeO5Y)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:44 AM (PqqkK)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:01 AM (MIKMs)
The way I see it is that Putin and Trump are both nationalists. The globalist Davos crowd really, really don't want to see us cooperating or collaborating in any way, shape, or form. Heck, if both countries were to be crippled or destroyed by a war, that would remove a couple of major roadblocks to World Government.
Posted by: rickl at April 06, 2017 11:45 AM (xjiRE)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 06, 2017 11:44 AM (PqqkK)
I thought they were giving him the drink to prepare for his colonoscopy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 06, 2017 11:47 AM (SRKgf)
It's almost time to take a second look at the actions of the British in 1812.
Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2017 11:47 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 06, 2017 11:09 AM (MIKMs)
Germany is a democracy, and not actively pursuing domination of its neighbors.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2017 11:52 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2017 11:56 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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It would be a tough call.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2017 11:57 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: goon at April 06, 2017 12:06 PM (EaQ6/)
Katie Genevieve Bigby born yesterday at 530pm 6lbs whatever ounces
Mom and baby doing fine. Dad running around like a headless chicken.
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at April 06, 2017 11:22 AM
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That's wonderful! Much love and good wishes to the Bigby family.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 06, 2017 12:10 PM (HiDrR)
Long loverdue shipment of Fuck You just arrived. From 1987.
Who'd like to sign for it?
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Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)