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John Kasich: I STAND WITH FRANCE
Of coruse, the Son of a Mailman (Had you heard?) John Kasich can't wait to march under a foreign flag.
French President Emmanuel Macron's thinly-veiled shots at President Trump over the weekend won at least one hearty American "oui" -- from Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Mr. Kasich, a frequent critic of Mr. Trump, took to Twitter to second Mr. Macron's attack on "nationalism" at a speech Sunday marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. "@EmmanuelMacron is right," Mr. Kasich tweeted, going on to quote what the French leader said in front of Mr. Trump, who has taken much criticism as racist for calling himself a "nationalist."
As Trump pointed out -- probably correctly -- Macron is probably trying to increase his pitiful 26% approval rating (71% disapproving) by picking a fight with a foreign leader even less popular in France than he is. But that doesn't stop Katshit from moving quickly to endorse a foreign impotentate. Seems like Katshit is running for the Bill Kristol's Last Remaining Donors primary. Ahoy -- or as they say in French, ohe'.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at November 13, 2018 06:59 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Germany at November 13, 2018 07:00 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 13, 2018 07:00 PM (LzJN3)
Posted by: navybrat, has no evidence that my bathroom scale is accurate at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (w7KSn)
btw, I just coined a fantastic phrase for the Democrats stealing elections this year:
The November Surprise
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo, Digitally Remastered at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (H0qMa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (LzJN3)
Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: John-Boy Kasich at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (pnMCv)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (TsX0v)
Posted by: mailmen everywhere. at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (0OmEj)
I hate the idea of Kasich getting a whole post of his own.
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (aSpXp)
What do you call it when Democrats "find" thousands of ballots long after the polls close?
A November Surprise.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo, Digitally Remastered at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (H0qMa)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: eleven at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (NLLmE)
And he probably smells like Band-Aids.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (bvAwo)
Posted by: eleven at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (NLLmE)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (TsX0v)
I hate the idea of Kasich getting a whole post of his own.
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yeah it could have, i almost added it.
Posted by: ace at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: concrete girl at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (9ORmh)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (hKi6n)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 13, 2018 07:04 PM (I/iGu)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at November 13, 2018 07:04 PM (uDcBt)
Posted by: Tuna at November 13, 2018 07:04 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: dems everywhere at November 13, 2018 07:04 PM (LOq4H)
CNN International and CNN.
Posted by: ShainS - Kavanaugh Shitshow Survivor at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Tamaa Bird 1000 Voices at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at November 13, 2018 07:03 PM (hKi6n)
Like the corporate bad guy in Time Chasers whose office is the mezzanine of a shopping mall.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (m45I2)
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo, Digitally Remastered at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (H0qMa)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (aSpXp)
My suspicion is concern-trolling. I heard from many, many 'former Republicans' in this county who loved them some Flake and McCain. Or pretended to.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at November 13, 2018 07:05 PM (SRarZ)
Posted by: wth at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (HgMAr)
Having said that, he's got the backbone of a chocolate eclair. Elect this guy and before you know it China will be landing troops in Hawaii and the Russians will be marching through the Baltic states. He'll be perceived as someone weaker than Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (TsX0v)
Posted by: Tuna at November 13, 2018 07:04 PM (jm1YL)
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It was Bill Kristol's weiner. John leaned back too far.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (bvAwo)
Maybe, but Kasich's got 100% name recognition in the coveted "voters with mailman fathers" demographic.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (I/iGu)
Who is John Kasich?
***say most people in this country***
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at November 13, 2018 07:04 PM (uDcBt)
The cheese eating surrender monkey postman from Ohio. He tried to surrender Ohio to the Canadians, but they wanted no part of it.
Posted by: Old Blue at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (gEvQ8)
btw, I just coined a fantastic phrase for the Democrats stealing elections this year:
The November Surprise
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo, Digitally Remastered at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (H0qMa)
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And soon they'll be finding and counting Dem votes in December -- so I'll call first dibs on an eventual The December Surprise.
Posted by: ShainS - Kavanaugh Shitshow Survivor at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (ujg0T)
The Vel' d'Hiv Roundup was a Nazi-directed raid and mass arrest of Jews in Paris by the French police, code named Opération Vent printanier, on 16 and 17 July 1942.
Posted by: The ARC of History at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (oVJmc)
Isn't there a point at which a grown man admits to himself that he has no national future?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (H5knJ)
but I prefer to only do a slight sneer in passing at his egotist b.s.
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (Clxcy)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (m45I2)
Posted by: naturalfake drinking absinthe while wearing a beret at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (9X624)
Posted by: Runway Hitchhiker at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (vtd+q)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (pnMCv)
Elect this guy and before you know it China will be landing troops in Hawaii
Hmmm, I might just vote for him now!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (aKsyK)
not surprised.
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (aSpXp)
Weird how that works out.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:08 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2018 07:09 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
That and he married his mom.
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:09 PM (yfrnQ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2018 07:09 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 13, 2018 07:09 PM (9X624)
ISWYDT
Posted by: JEM at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (8erNz)
Kasich le pere should have gone postal on his son when he had the chance.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (H5knJ)
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Not this guy. He has actually talked about primarying PDT.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (TsX0v)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (T4oHT)
French fries, Belgium Waffles, Taco Bell, - this guy powers thru meals like an oceanic Arctic icebreaker.
Posted by: Fritz at November 13, 2018 07:10 PM (Z9C5C)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at November 13, 2018 07:11 PM (FMfWp)
-said no one, ever.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:11 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at November 13, 2018 07:11 PM (5RXy6)
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 13, 2018 07:11 PM (UsCnO)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (T4oHT)
Posted by: Smoked Surfperch at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (UCeCl)
Posted by: JEM at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (8erNz)
I loaded Mint on a W7 machine in a dual boot configuration, but the @#$%^&* Mint did not play nice. It screwed up inter alia my network settings, so a lot of things no longer worked in W7. Took me most of an afternoon to find and fix all the things Mint had changed.
I have two big problems with Linux.
1. Any time I want to do a non-standard thing, I try the obvious thing, Linux breaks, and it takes me a week of research to find the super-cryptic CLI command to fix it. I hate that.
2. Linux is a hodge-podge of design philosophies written by a ton of enginerds who have no interest, experience, or talent at design.
There's a reason Apple products "just work" for Apple people. That reason is Apple has a unified design philosophy and anyone who has used Apple for a while will feel like any unknown piece of software is INTUITIVE. It's not really intuitive, it's simply conformant to Apple design philosophy. The end result is Apple people can try a few things that have worked for similar problems in the past and the solution will probably be in those places they will think to look.
Linux is nothing like this.
Linux-heads can spit out "closed source" and "walled garden" and "Apple peeps are told how to think" arguments all they want, but at the end of the day, having an intuition for how to solve problems in a new piece of software is both comforting and extremely productive. CLI commands with archaic command flags and extremely forgettable executable names simply do not compare.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (9qZ3S)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 13, 2018 07:07 PM (H5knJ)
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I heard he and Captain Bill are plotting to set him up on a "Unity Ticket" with John Hickenlooper. No kidding.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (bvAwo)
And the ones who are no longer in office should just be quiet and find other things to do. That goes for political appointees too. John Brennan, I'm looking at you.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:13 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (bvAwo)
Khrushchev and Mao, together at last!
Posted by: Smoked Surfperch at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (UCeCl)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (TsX0v)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:12 PM (T4oHT)
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I hope it's one of those judges who go all sarcastic and then throw the thing out with prejudice.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (U5tDi)
I think this is the sideshow. The main tent has Macron saying "oh, we won't bother paying our share in NATO but we'll build an independent European army".
Merkel has given it limited endorsement and there are already non-NATO military cooperations between them.
Trump's tweet about how France has had to worry about Germany twice last century was childish, but maybe it takes childish.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:13 PM (U5tDi)
But not for too long, or you'll creep yourself out and have to sleep with all the lights on.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (t+qrx)
Of course the worlds citizens are more cute.
must like those exotic chicks hey Kasich?
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:15 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2018 07:15 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 13, 2018 07:15 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 13, 2018 07:15 PM (tSXzq)
There was a huge outpouring of anti-war books, poems, articles, novels, etc. after WWI, which launched the way the modern left still thinks.
Macron was re-iterating the feeling that emerged in 1918 -- a feeling which is now ludicrous and irrelevant. Kasich is equally a century out of date, trapped in Belle Eppch utopian fantasyland.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:15 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at November 13, 2018 07:11 PM (FMfWp)
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I've seen this theory floated here before. I haven't read what Macron actually said. But people sure seem to think it's Trump he's talking about. Has Macron made any further comments?
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:15 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:16 PM (W3lnd)
Posted by: direwolf at November 13, 2018 07:16 PM (BmTFY)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:14 PM (t+qrx)
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He's buried in sand up to his neck. He can't hurt me.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:16 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Son of Catshit at November 13, 2018 07:16 PM (TAmPV)
Not eat the substance out of it.
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:16 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:16 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (ptqGC)
80/20. "Apple People" have certain fairly easily satisfied expectations, and Apple satisfies those.
Posted by: JEM at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (8erNz)
- French fries
- French toast
- French vanilla ice cream
etc...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (c+2jX)
Why yes, yes they do! And they are fine students.
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 13, 2018 07:18 PM (UsCnO)
Nationalist and "racist" just conflated casually, perfect example of the toxic illiteracy and distortion that make up most of today's "journalism".
Well, off to see a great monument to American nationalism serving mankind, the America, Fuck Yeah! Ass-Kicking Museum, AKA the "peace museum" in Nagasaki.
Did you know the Musashi had 6,050,000 rivets? Learnt that yesterday at the very cool Mitsubishi shipyard museum.
Posted by: Rhomboid at November 13, 2018 07:18 PM (L5WdC)
In contrast - Michigan kept all ballots segregated in the original ballot boxes.
Hah - to impede any possibility to detect any 'compromised' ballot boxes of course.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at November 13, 2018 07:18 PM (1g7ch)
Well said, and certainly better than I could.
As you say, the French are out of date and out of tune with modern realities.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 13, 2018 07:18 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:18 PM (aSpXp)
me I only like the French kisses?
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:19 PM (aSpXp)
But seriously folks, I love French cuisine. In particular:
- French fries
- French toast
- French vanilla ice cream
etc...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (miE9U)
- French toast WITH MAPLE SYRUP!!!
FIFY
Posted by: NC Ref at November 13, 2018 07:19 PM (nmwc5)
https://youtu.be/Y_ggEKWB8-E
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at November 13, 2018 07:19 PM (5RXy6)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2018 07:20 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Cisco Kid at November 13, 2018 07:20 PM (6PlZp)
Nationalist and "racist" just conflated casually, perfect example of the toxic illiteracy and distortion that make up most of today's "journalism".
Well, off to see a great monument to American nationalism serving mankind, the America, Fuck Yeah! Ass-Kicking Museum, AKA the "peace museum" in Nagasaki.
Did you know the Musashi had 6,050,000 rivets? Learnt that yesterday at the very cool Mitsubishi shipyard museum.
Posted by: Rhomboid
I HIGHLY recommend you visit the Poison Gas Museum on Okunoshima Island. it is unique in Japan -- shows how diabolical they really were. Hard to get to (you have to take a ferry), but worth a visit, if you're into WWII history!
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:20 PM (c+2jX)
I've noticed he always runs up to engage the women shoppers and gushes over their children while unerringly goes out of his way to avoid the men shoppers.
Don't know what it means but it is interesting.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2018 07:20 PM (9rIkM)
I still get a bit of my TV news from the France24 english-language broadcasts and, according to those folks, La Belle France's unemployment has been stuck at around 8% since MAcron ascendency and last quarter's GDP broke through the 0.5% barrier and shot all the way up to 0.6%
Way to go Frenchies !!!
Posted by: 11B40 at November 13, 2018 07:20 PM (evgyj)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:20 PM (XZ3Gp)
Posted by: Runway Hitchhiker at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (vtd+q)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (gNCcC)
It is the natural order of things.
Posted by: Dis Lexic, Night Shift at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (hrcfq)
Posted by: Cory at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (7LlrA)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (UsCnO)
haha of course it's the money that makes it so easy.
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (aSpXp)
-said no one, ever.
Hey! I helped secure naval and military help from France during the Revolution and negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Just to tweak Kasich, I was also the United States' first Postmaster General.
Posted by: Zombie Ben Franklin at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (yfrnQ)
Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2018 07:01 PM (4HMW
I think you misspelled "delusion".
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: buzzion at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (WaxcS)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Lane's Mom at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (gC2IV)
Lookit, I just wanna say, that you just cant do that! In this day and age, we have kids watchin tv, and when you have kids watchin tv, you need to set a good example, and this just isnt doin it.
You got kids aht there withaht families, that are livin on the streets, basically unfed and not even wearin any clothes. It's baht time we have leaders that stand for common decensy and what is good in our country, and this just aint doin it.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Raniere at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (z8c2c)
https://youtu.be/Y_ggEKWB8-E
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at November 13, 2018 07:19 PM (5RXy6)
Great I'll give it a look.
That guy cracks me up. He's like a mash up of Dennis Miller and Denis Leary.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (4ErVI)
- French fries
- French toast
- French vanilla ice cream
etc...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (miE9U)
- French toast WITH MAPLE SYRUP!!!
...
Posted by: NC Ref at November 13, 2018 07:19 PM (nmwc5)
Catherine Deneuve
Posted by: Cisco Kid at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (6PlZp)
haha of course it's the money that makes it so easy.
Posted by: willow
The old a bo-dee-oh-dough.
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (yfrnQ)
Posted by: It Ain't Elmers at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (mN40J)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (NWiLs)
Eggs are in French Vanilla, but only the finest free-range surrender monkey go in BlueBell French Vanilla.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (W3lnd)
Posted by: The people across the aisle want us silenced at best,dead at worst at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (FUJZT)
Posted by: Captain Obvious at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (XXadE)
Posted by: JT
It's like regular vanilla, except it doesn't use deodorant and day-drinks overpriced wine.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at November 13, 2018 07:23 PM (5RXy6)
Posted by: kallisto at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (rpZ5G)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (gNCcC)
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Pretty sure Jeff Flake is gonna try this as well.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: buzzion at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (WaxcS)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: Ktgreat at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (f8ilN)
Posted by: NC Ref at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (nmwc5)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:22 PM (fuK7c)
Been known to.
🤣
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Mailmen at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (l/bC6)
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (PEcU2)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (T4oHT)
- French fries
- French toast
- French vanilla ice cream
etc...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (miE9U)
- French toast WITH MAPLE SYRUP!!!
FIFY
Posted by: NC Ref at N
french tickler
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (yfrnQ)
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It doesn't fight back when you try to put it in the bowl.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: db at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (6OGdZ)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (MVjcR)
Not as funny, but the former uses an egg custard base.
If you want more, you probably need to wait for this weekend's food thread.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (lD3vL)
Blue on blue pr0n baby.
Lol
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (W3lnd)
Posted by: ryukyu at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (vKhgw)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (XZ3Gp)
folks, I love French cuisine. In particular:
- French fries
- French toast
- French vanilla ice cream
etc...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:17 PM (miE9U)
- French toast WITH MAPLE SYRUP!!!
FIFY
Posted by: NC Ref at N
french tickler
French Lick, IN
Posted by: Larry Bird at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (UsCnO)
So they freely admit that the current residents are unemployable.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: JAS at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (3HNOQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (XZ3Gp)
Cousins.
Posted by: buzzion at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (WaxcS)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:26 PM (MVjcR)
and they preach instead, open borders...the western world needs to end nationalism by letting in every other nation on earth. and this sooo not because commies want to use numbers to gain power.
Posted by: yo quiero retardo dicko slingero at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (7J5t2)
Posted by: NC Ref at November 13, 2018 07:24 PM (nmwc5)
ManBrows?
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (W3lnd)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
Really? Did they leave some other word back in the place that baiser used to fill?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: runner at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (yfrnQ)
(see: the movie, The Hunger)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:25 PM (MVjcR)
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My father put himself through engineering school (at Villanova) by being a postal distribution engineer. Back in the 50s though, when he walked his route with a big leather pouch.
I have never tried to run for office on being the daughter of a mailman though.
But I suppose I could!
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (U5tDi)
392 Nationalism is people of every different race and religion united in one nation they love. It is as appropriate as families are. Do you parents want to live in a commune where your beliefs, traditions, child rearing styles, and family history become a generic meaningless blend of 29, 000 other families? Of course not. You value your family roots and traditions and history and you do it without devaluing anyone elses.
If you thought Nationalism had anything to do with white supremacy or hate its time to walk away from the mainstream news and dunk your head in a vat of dumbass remover.
p.s. for Pete's sake, study American history and learn why there is so much to protect and be proud of here. Enjoy your life here. Or continue to walk around an amazing country being outraged with every damn thing it does but being unable to articulate why (in which case, please refer to vat mention in paragraph 2).
Carry on.
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From My Cousin on FB
Posted by: MSM is the Deep States Mentally Ill Girlffriend at November 13, 2018 01:52 PM (+om3e)
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"Dunk your head in a vat of dumbass remover" gets my vote for phrase of the year.
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: DaveA at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (FhXTo)
Corker is lucky he wasn't run out on a rail.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (kQs4Y)
https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1062427730157989895
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (XZ3Gp)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (PEcU2)
Posted by: paulnjax at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (nbaBy)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (KEr/t)
But I suppose I could!
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:27 PM (U5tDi)
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I'd vote for you!!
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: willow at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (aSpXp)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: runner at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (UsCnO)
They beat them, of course. Especially those wearing MAGA caps.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: Old Blue at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (gC2IV)
For example, Levin disagreed with Trump's declaration of being a nationalist, but unlike Kasich, Levin is fair with his criticism and at least backs up his position somewhat logically. Even when I disagree with Levin, it's not a grating, supremely annoying experience.
It also helps that Levin will turn right back around and defend Trump against the many ridiculous claims and abuses. It's obviously not a personal grudge - compared to Kasich who comes across as a bitter little worm.
Posted by: ElKomandante at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (kwM4p)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 13, 2018 07:30 PM (hyuyC)
The debates will be epic.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:30 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:30 PM (PEcU2)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 13, 2018 07:30 PM (rGIJb)
When my big sister started making some serious bucks, she called the clan and took us all to a fancy French restaurant for a celebratory dinner.
My father and I went for the venison but when the entrées arrived the venison looked like silver dollar pancakes. So, my father says to our waiter, "I came here to eat your food, not look at your crockery!!!"
Posted by: 11B40 at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (evgyj)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (m45I2)
Posted by: Peaches at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (14URa)
Haven't been to France since 1988.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 13, 2018 07:30 PM (hyuyC)
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Thank you Salty, and you too, Weasel. I'll let you know if dogcatcher comes up on the ballot any time soon.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (U5tDi)
Bon voyage, douchebag. I'll pack you sandwiches.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (KEr/t)
They have some killer sandwiches in France, don't bother.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Buddy at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (Dhcvl)
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (3C9q2)
ANd PDT is not happy with Macaroon.
Posted by: golfman at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (If3tB)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (m45I2)
That would leave the GOP at a razor thin 51-49.
Then the Donks start going after GOP senators in blue states to see if they can Roy Moore them to get them to resign, with the GOP being a pack of neutured cucks I can see that easily happening.
An voila Donk majority in the Senate with the Donks in control of the apparatuses of GA and Florida they will affect Trumps ability to win in 2020.
With them in control of the Senate, no judges get confirmed and virtually everything comes to a standstill except for their persecution of Trump.
Book it.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (qxq6t)
Just to tweak Kasich, I was also the United States' first Postmaster General.
Posted by: Zombie Ben Franklin at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (3C9q2)
That was before our boys pulled the Frenchy-French's ass out of the fire not once, but twice.
Posted by: Antisocialist at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (2shuf)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (DwXGb)
yes, his HS teacher, who was married with three young kids when she started porking Macron
His parents begged her to leave him
she is 25 years older than him
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (XZ3Gp)
Posted by: Old Blue at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (gEvQ
You mispelled his name. It is "Maricon."
And Trump should've pimp-slapped him for mouthing off.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (YqDXo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs_X4qL-z4c
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (t+qrx)
Yeah, but it's a long row over.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (KEr/t)
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (MVjcR)
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Perfect. You can also be my "muscle." I want you to wear guns in every holster you have, all at the same time.
I think I could win that election.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: zombie at N
they were not united under the ottoman empire simply controlled.
ottomans ruled by rape, plunder, and pillage.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Peaches at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (14URa)
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM (U5tDi)
You can't be the dog catcher if your dad was a mailman. People will think you're just out for revenge.
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (t+qrx)
If you need someone to disappear, well I'll say no more.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (/tuJf)
Well, I don't know if there was a reason to use the word "nationalist" but it is essentially a synonym of "patriotic" and I don't really see the issue with it.
We weren't against the Nazi's because they were patriotic and happy to be German, we were against the Nazi's because they invaded the rest of Europe.
Their being nationalist had very little to do with, well, anything.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (GBteo)
Amazon announced 25k high paying jobs.coming to NYC. Reaction from the
"community" is omg this is horrible because rich people will move to
Queens.
Blue on blue pr0n baby.
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Hahahaha.
Because none of them in a million years think that they could qualify for one of those high-paying jobs.
It shows us how far gone the Left is, that they never consider working and improving their lot in life. Nope, just protest and hit people with bike locks, and the government will protect us!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (UsCnO)
Dipshit.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (qxq6t)
Posted by: freaked at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (UdKB7)
George, Nicholas, and Willie were all lookalike cousins.
https://brook.gs/2qRayos
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (TsX0v)
That would leave the GOP at a razor thin 51-49.
Then the Donks start going after GOP senators in blue states to see if they can Roy Moore them to get them to resign, with the GOP being a pack of neutured cucks I can see that easily happening.
An voila Donk majority in the Senate with the Donks in control of the apparatuses of GA and Florida they will affect Trumps ability to win in 2020.
With them in control of the Senate, no judges get confirmed and virtually everything comes to a standstill except for their persecution of Trump.
Book it.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (qxq6t)
Don't forget the Special Election in MS.
And if the ProgMob can intimidate Doug Douchey into appointing a Demoncrat to replace Kyl...
Well, hellllloooooo, Dolly.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (t+qrx)
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Ha! Probably true. Oh well, there go my political aspirations. It was fun while it lasted.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (hjaPQ)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (GBteo)
I think I could win that election.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (U5tDi)
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Only if I can wear some backwards like a bandito.
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:29 PM (c+2jX)
On the other hand, one could say that a having a Sultan/Caliph kept the muslims in line. After WWI, the muslim world was once again set free to prey upon the world at large
Posted by: josephistan at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (Izzlo)
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (U5tDi)
Tell me more!!!
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (6OGdZ)
Oui!
(For kicks, Google Maria's current pictures. She went from super-cute to... Eurgghh.)
Posted by: Maria Schneider at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (mN40J)
How bad? I'm talking, "people openly crying at their desks" bad. Not a joke.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (/tuJf)
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I just dropped out of the race but I will keep you in my rolodex because this might come in very useful. Verrrrrrrrry useful.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (U5tDi)
Tell me more!!!
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (6OGdZ)
Glocks, not cocks.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (NWiLs)
I'd argue the same for Linux people. I can't tell you how many times I've asked a Linux-head dev in exasperation how to do something in Linux, only to be pointed to a dead-code project that only gets me 65% of the way there. And can anyone explain to me why Linux's desktop environment in 2018 is still complete shit? (Yeah, yeah, Linux is the kernel, blah blah blah)
I've tried Gnome, KDE, Enlightenment, they all suck.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (9qZ3S)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (DVvHX)
Syphilis was known as the "French disease" in the sixteenth century because the first major outbreak of syph in Europe occurred when French troops invaded Italy in 1494.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (DwXGb)
Yep. She was one of his teachers.
Posted by: Antisocialist at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (2shuf)
Posted by: josephistan at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (Izzlo)
On the other hand, the Muslims have a Final Solution for about half of the Sexual Deviants out there.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (pgXNG)
Just to tweak Kasich, I was also the United States' first Postmaster General.
Posted by: Zombie Ben Franklin at November 13, 2018 07:21 PM (3C9q2)
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If Kasich was playing with as much French pussy as Franklin did, I'd have a lot more respect for him.
Ben Franklin: Original PUA.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Weasel
And get some dingleberries for your sombrero.
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (yfrnQ)
at each others' throats in internecine battles for a solid century.
Which I personally regard as A Good Thing. Better that than a unified
Muslim world -- which is what both Al Qaeda and ISIS tried to resurrect.
Posted by: zombie at N
and then the black Messiah, Barky 'O Fuchstick, appeared, and sent them 1.5 Billion Dollars in Cash.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (UsCnO)
I always wondered why Kasich kept on referring to himself as a son of a mailman. Was there some stigma as to be a son of his mother? Or was he always called a bastard and a consultant recommended the mailman thing as a way to not lie but get people to think differently? (ref "The Postman Always Rings Twice")
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (MVjcR)
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Of course. We'll get you lots of medals to wear, too. Might as well do it up right.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (DwXGb)
Yep. She was one of his teachers.
Posted by: Antisocialist at N
hew was smart to marry her while she was in her 40s, before she lost her looks.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (MTjB1)
https://brook.gs/2qRayos
Posted by: Bandersnatch
Those little brats never could get along.
Posted by: Grandma Vic at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (5RXy6)
Posted by: josephistan at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (Izzlo)
On the other hand, the Muslims have a Final Solution for about half of the Sexual Deviants out there.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (pgXNG)
Which is something the left overlooks.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (GBteo)
It carries a different meaning in Europe because their political architectures (and cultures) are all distinctly different from ours.
In America, we never even used the word - except for people who wanted more centralized power to try and turn our federal government into a national one. The only reason it was even introduced in this last campaign was because of the Eurotrashphile America-hating lefties, here. But it's really a European concept and has no real analogue here.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (KEr/t)
How bad? I'm talking, "people openly crying at their desks" bad. Not a joke.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (miE9U)
When we talk about "Amazon Employees", are we talking Warehouse Grunts, or are we talking IT/Coding?
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (9qZ3S)
Ah, there's the problem. Those aren't mature and stable yet.
Have you tried twm?
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (t+qrx)
I've noticed he always runs up to engage the women shoppers and gushes over their children while unerringly goes out of his way to avoid the men shoppers.
Don't know what it means but it is interesting.
Posted by: Tonypete
He shops at Kroger's doesn't he?
I shop at Meijer's across the street
He lives on the street a block over from me.
In the year we moved into the new house, my neighbors would hit golf balls from their front yard into the undeveloped land next door, down the street, and send their daughters to fetch golf balls (they were about 10 and 12 at the time). So Kasich is about a par 3 from my house.
Some years ago, we went out to eat at Wendell's, and he and his buds were in the booth next to us. I was literally about 12 inches from his back, on the adjoining booth. And there was a plain clothes State Trooper sitting at the bar, as his security.
He actually is pretty goofy, close up. I used to admire him as a congressman, but he's gone off his rocker.
His wife is a nice person, though. He has twin daughters that I think are 20 now.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (S6Pax)
When I left NY a little over a decade ago I live in Astoria which is up the road from LIC where the new Amazon headquarters is....
Average price of a decent 1 bedroom was $1200, today it's $1800.00 when Amazon moves in and you have that many people scrambling for apartments, studios will be going for $2k.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (qxq6t)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at November 13, 2018 07:02 PM (kQs4Y)
Eris, I think you misspelled "Flatulence".
Posted by: RI Red at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (9pTdO)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at N
so you are saying his mom was not fucking their mailman?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (aKsyK)
And get some dingleberries for your sombrero.
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (yfrnQ)
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Already sportin' a pretty fancy buzzard feather, courtesy of Ben Had!
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (MVjcR)
Their ideas of what "is" American, and what appeals to Americans, is, from what I can tell, only slightly less crazy than what the Japanese think of us.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (PEcU2)
How bad? I'm talking, "people openly crying at their desks" bad. Not a joke.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (miE9U)
These snowflakes say that about all of the tech companies.
Because they're very merit based -- if you don't hit your metrics, you eventually get fired
Yes, that can be stressful if you suck at your job or don't put in the hours.
But then again, you're also getting paid very, very well, and if you don't like your "work-life balance," you are free to take a pay cut and work somewhere else.
I have several friends at Amazon (and other tech companies) who bitch and moan about these snowflakes (mostly women) who are constantly whining about how demanding their jobs are.
Like, yeah, you're making $250,000 a year. You're expected to work more than 40 hours a week. That's kind of a given at that salary level.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (GBteo)
This is out of 430,000 votes.
Even with the fraud happening in Broward there is no way they can "find" 13,000 votes in a recount.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (DwXGb)
Hmmm...are they hot?
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:37 PM (NWiLs)
Oh no they don't.
They're counting on it.
They're only to happy to have the Muslims around to take care of that little LGBT "problem" once they've got enough votes to not need them anymore.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (pgXNG)
Levin disagreed based on the word being borrowed from collectivists in the past who used "nationalism" as a justification for collectivism.
In any case, I think I got what Trump was saying and understood what Levin was saying... Not a big deal to me. Just a matter of semantics as I took it.
Kasich though just bumbles and stumbles around like a loudmouthed asshole when he's not shoveling barrels of food down his maw.
Posted by: ElKomandante at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (kwM4p)
Not warehouse flunkies.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JT
It surrenders to the German chocolate.
Posted by: Aviator at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (2cuLk)
Dipshit.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (qxq6t)
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Election Supervisor is an elected position. Scott could not fire them.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: klaftern at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (RuIsu)
Because they're very merit based -- if you don't hit your metrics, you eventually get fired
Yes, that can be stressful if you suck at your job or don't put in the hours.
But then again, you're also getting paid very, very well, and if you don't like your "work-life balance," you are free to take a pay cut and work somewhere else.
I have several friends at Amazon (and other tech companies) who bitch and moan about these snowflakes (mostly women) who are constantly whining about how demanding their jobs are.
Like, yeah, you're making $250,000 a year. You're expected to work more than 40 hours a week. That's kind of a given at that salary level.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at N
yeah, that hit finance years ago.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (MTjB1)
His parents begged her to leave him
she is 25 years older than him
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (XZ3Gp)
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Hence why I call him the piano teacher's catamite.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (bvAwo)
On the other hand, one could say that a having a Sultan/Caliph kept the muslims in line. After WWI, the muslim world was once again set free to prey upon the world at large
Posted by: josephistan at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (Izzlo)
Actually, no. When the Ottoman Empire fell, the Muslims were disunited and hopelessly outclassed by Western Civilization. The Muslim world became a forgotten backwater.
It was the influx of oil money after WWII that enabled them to regain strength and start harassing the Western world.
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (sdi6R)
They pay very well, but you will forget that you have a family and a home.... and you will develop a nasty drug habit - meth to work and barbiturates to sleep.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (pgXNG)
Like Night of the Long Knives? Eh...not getting that vibe.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:28 PM (DwXGb)
Yep. She was one of his teachers.
Posted by: Antisocialist at N
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I don't see anything at all wrong with marrying a teacher, so long as she's worth at least four hundred million fuckin' dollars. Heh!
Posted by: John Kerry at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (hjaPQ)
Sounds like he won't have to worry about being chased out of a restaurant by Antifa goons.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: eleven at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (NLLmE)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (NWiLs)
But nobody gives a fuck about them.
It's the coders people care about, because at least that takes some level of skill and/or education.
I don't necessarily agree, but it is what it is, and I don't want to look like a bleeding heart.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (yfrnQ)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (NWiLs)
True. But I think it works similarly -- they get paid well (for the work) and have incentive pay for hitting metrics and if you work hard, you like the extra cash. If you just want to phone it in, youre in constant fear of being fired.
But, yes, I'm sure it's much less stressful and easier to work a cash register at the local gas station.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Aviator at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (2cuLk)
Clever, you are!
Posted by: db at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (6OGdZ)
It worked for a good long while ... until 2003 when the EU decided to play around with Turkey and told them that they had to take supreme power away from the secular military, in their constitution, in order to be considered for EU membership (though the EU never intended to ever allow Turkey in, for good reason). But they just had to get their kicks screwing Turkey up and allowing the islamists to gain political power, again. yay!!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (KEr/t)
sixteenth century because the first major outbreak of syph in Europe
occurred when French troops invaded Italy in 1494.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:36 PM (3C9q2)
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Great line from"Last of the Mohicans":"Kindly inform Major Heyward that he has little to fear from this General
Marquis de Montcalm in the first place; and scant need of a colonial
militia in the second because the French haven't the nature for war.
Their Gallic laziness combines with their Latinate voluptuousness with
the result that they would rather eat and make love with their faces
than fight."
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at N
that is silly. lots of people work long hours and just suck it up and get it done without drugs.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (MTjB1)
Amzn has created thousands of millionaires via stock options. That's why people go to work there. And yeah it is competitive but so is every other tech company.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (NWiLs)
I feel like Lefties have too much of an existential Ennui for that to really be the case.
It's more detached. "Eh, we don't need their votes, but we still need yours, and we know you want to clean this mess up."
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (pgXNG)
To deliver packages? It's not like they are storming the beaches of Normandy, what's all the stress about?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (/tuJf)
On the other hand, one could say that a having a Sultan/Caliph kept the muslims in line. After WWI, the muslim world was once again set free to prey upon the world at large
Posted by: josephistan at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (Izzlo)
Actually, no. When the Ottoman Empire fell, the Muslims were disunited and hopelessly outclassed by Western Civilization. The Muslim world became a forgotten backwater.
It was the influx of oil money after WWII that enabled them to regain strength and start harassing the Western world.
Posted by: rickl
PRECISELY.
Aramco, I'm looking at you. (Glowers)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (TAmPV)
Posted by: Insomniac
Yeah, his wife is pretty, and the daughters resemble her.
They're a year younger than my youngest son.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Neil Young, nasally whining out another shitty song at November 13, 2018 07:43 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Mr. Buckeye Special Delivery at November 13, 2018 07:43 PM (MuTTO)
Posted by: klaftern
Do you want the long answer or the short answer?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at November 13, 2018 07:43 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 13, 2018 07:43 PM (+l3Yc)
Posted by: golfman at November 13, 2018 07:32 PM (If3tB)
Odd. I can't find the vid I saw on the twitters of PDT dissing Macaroon. I don't understand why.
Posted by: golfman at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (If3tB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (aKsyK)
Gnome is 19 years old.
KDE is 22 years old.
Enlightenment is 21 years old.
Why is it taking so long for these projects to mature and stabilize?
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (9qZ3S)
Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2018 07:31 PM
Eeet ez ze sammich makers zat le belle France ez most famous for.
Posted by: Brigette Bardot at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (yjmRY)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (sdi6R)
It was later, when we let them steal (forceably nationalize) the oil fields in the 50s and 60s (and the Suez) when they started to get enough money to make themselves threats to the West and the whole world.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (KEr/t)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (MTjB1)
Yeah, I worked in tech sales for a while -- 60-80 hours a week (plus commuting), but healthy six figure salary.
Probably drank more than should have (sales, and all that), but no drugs involved.
And yeah, obviously I didn't love it or I'd still be doing it.
But I know a lot of people who still work there and are very happy to work 80 hours a week when they're making $200-$400k a year
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:39 PM (NWiLs)
True. But I think it works similarly -- they get paid well (for the work) and have incentive pay for hitting metrics and if you work hard, you like the extra cash. If you just want to phone it in, youre in constant fear of being fired.
But, yes, I'm sure it's much less stressful and easier to work a cash register at the local gas station.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:41 PM (GBteo)
While I don't want to be as sneering about it, I sort of agree.
If you're not a tech/IT/coder type, and your only way into Amazon is through the Warehouse...
...you already know that Amazon cracks the whip like no other.
You know this when you apply for the job.
So if you can't handle having the whip cracked and being worked into the ground, why are you applying?
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (pgXNG)
What the hell is wrong with Ohio?
Posted by: klaftern
Do you want the long answer or the short answer?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at November 13, 2018 07:43 PM (S6Pax)
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Ohio is a great place to be from.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (cfSRQ)
Does Kasich have a son?
Son of a son of a mailman?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 13, 2018 07:30 PM (rGIJb)
Well his wife probably has some kids.
Posted by: buzzion at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (WaxcS)
Posted by: John Kerry at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (8END/)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (9qZ3S)
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Because they won't get kicked off their parents' insurance until they are 26 and have to fend for themselves.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Anachronda at November 13, 2018 07:45 PM (xGZ+b)
Don't like ling hours? Don't work in tech. Simple solution.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:45 PM (DwXGb)
Nationalist and "racist" just conflated casually, perfect example of the toxic illiteracy and distortion that make up most of today's "journalism".
Well, off to see a great monument to American nationalism serving mankind, the America, Fuck Yeah! Ass-Kicking Museum, AKA the "peace museum" in Nagasaki.
Did you know the Musashi had 6,050,000 rivets? Learnt that yesterday at the very cool Mitsubishi shipyard museum.
Posted by: Rhomboid at November 13, 2018 07:18 PM (L5WdC)
If someone asks you what you are contemplating as you stand there, you can always say "Was two nukes enough?"
Posted by: Germany at November 13, 2018 07:45 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:45 PM (cfSRQ)
Astoria which is up the road from LIC where the new Amazon headquarters
is....
Average price of a decent 1 bedroom was $1200, today it's
$1800.00 when Amazon moves in and you have that many people scrambling
for apartments, studios will be going for $2k.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (qxq6t)
Pretty much exactly what happened in Seattle when Amazon started expanding to the monstrosity they are now.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2018 07:45 PM (UsCnO)
Freud could have used Macron as a case study of the Oedipus complex.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:45 PM (3C9q2)
If you're not a tech/IT/coder type, and your only way into Amazon is through the Warehouse...
...you already know that Amazon cracks the whip like no other.
You know this when you apply for the job.
So if you can't handle having the whip cracked and being worked into the ground, why are you applying?
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:44 PM (pgXNG)
I'm not trying to be sneering about it, sorry if I came off that way.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:42 PM (/tuJf)
No.
To Code the Back End.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (T4oHT)
Probably drank more than should have (sales, and all that), but no drugs involved.
And yeah, obviously I didn't love it or I'd still be doing it.
But I know a lot of people who still work there and are very happy to work 80 hours a week when they're making $200-$400k a year
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at N
my first job out of college I was not out of the office for more than 8 hours for the first year and change. 7 days a week.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (MTjB1)
https://tinyurl.com/y8wwwqfa
According to the story, in 2003, Jeb Bushed shit canned Snipes predecessor, because reasons, and appointed Snipes.
With Snipes being charged with election imporprites from previous elections he could of easily have shit canned her, but cucks gotta cuck and cuck may have cucked himself out of a Senate seat.
But something is unseemly about a Governor trading in his Governorship for a Senator gig.
I hope he wins if nothing to protect Trump.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (qxq6t)
His wife is a nice person, though. He has twin daughters that I think are 20 now.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative
Actually at Giant Eagle.
Yeah, his wife is nice and the girls are too. One more Katshit story - years ago I was working for as a appliance repairman. Get a call for an *exploded* dishwasher. Show up at the call and Katshit answers the door. His wife was traveling and he decided to surprise her and do his own dishes in the DW. Well, the dumbass puts regular liquid dish soap into the DW and, of course, the entire kitchen filled with suds as a result. I got to give him my *you are a dumbass* look.
The idiot can't even do dishes without making a hash of it.
Btw, vinegar will kill soap suds on the rampage.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2018 07:47 PM (9rIkM)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at N
well, supply and demand, would your rather be detroit?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:47 PM (MTjB1)
Apologies. Warehouse drones are slaves because they can be replaced by the machines developed and programmed by the well compensated engineers.
Amazon rules the Cloud world because they are constantly improving their service. It takes some serious engineering skills to produce what they have to offer.
I suspect the NYC and DC locations are there so that Amazon consultants can be proximate to the growing FinTech and Regulative industries.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:47 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (PEcU2)
Posted by: Mr. Buckeye Special Delivery at November 13, 2018 07:43 PM (MuTTO)
Only if its their weekend to have custody of the Carrier...
Posted by: Don Quixotic... at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (NgKpN)
One part that never thought of before a article pointed out Nov 11 is
since the break up of the Ottoman Empire is it's former components have
been thorns in the world's side. Insteasd of 1 caliphate we have a dozen
trouble makers.
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (T4oHT)
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I'm not so sure about that.
Iran was never part of the Ottoman Empire and they've been world-class pricks all on their own.
Plus, the Ottoman Empire was falling apart all by itself. Seriously, T.E. Lawrence needed a camel, a rifle and a box of gold coins and he tore the thing in half.
Not exactly resilient.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:34 PM (/tuJf)
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I just dropped out of the race but I will keep you in my rolodex because this might come in very useful. Verrrrrrrrry useful.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2018 07:35 PM (U5tDi)
Possums can and will chew through bone. I've toured JackStraw's possum farm. Dude sells the shit out of raw possum milk.
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (W3lnd)
The coder types are worked hard at amzn too. But it's worth it for the salary, options and also the value of having that job on a resume. 2 years at amzn (or Google) is equivalent to 10 years experience somewhere else.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: klaftern at November 13, 2018 07:40 PM (RuIsu)
It's high in the middle and round at both ends
Posted by: josephistan at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (Izzlo)
Go on...
Posted by: Marco Rubio at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (NWiLs)
Well, if you're good with people and can smooth talk all day, technology sales is the place for you.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:38 PM (PEcU2)
OK, go on.
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (UsCnO)
Amazon rules the Cloud world because they are constantly improving their service. It takes some serious engineering skills to produce what they have to offer.
I suspect the NYC and DC locations are there so that Amazon consultants can be proximate to the growing FinTech and Regulative industries.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at N
who knows, but that location is because they want to be on the same side of the river as all of the creative and tech sorts that are in dumbo and brooklyn.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (MTjB1)
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Yep 80 a week minimum for me at that age. And it barely paid more than minimum wage. If you're pulling down six figures I don't want to hear bitching.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (bvAwo)
Not that I want to submit to Kevin Williamson, but I suck at self-teaching, and am willing to learn if someone has the patience...
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (yfrnQ)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (GBteo)
I am neither. I apparently couldn't sell water to a man dying of thirst in the middle of the desert.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:47 PM (lD3vL)
Yup... they need to already in place infrastructure to MOVE the vast amounts of data... so closer to customers, the faster. They are betting on an East Coast Strategy.
Posted by: Don Quixotic... at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (NgKpN)
To Code the Back End.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:46 PM (pgXNG)
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Someone tell Kevin Williamson. I'm sure he's obsessed with learning the code to the back end.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (cfSRQ)
Hah. I did that once. Lesson learned.
Posted by: eleven at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (NLLmE)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (DwXGb)
Yeah, I have friends who work both in channel sales and on the engineering side at Amazon.
They all love their jobs as far as I can tell.
But yes, they work a lot.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (Evws/)
Well, if you're good with people...
*sits back and watches*
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (fuK7c)
Btw, vinegar will kill soap suds on the rampage.
Posted by: Tonypete
White or apple cider ?
Posted by: JT at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (yfrnQ)
Balsamic.
Posted by: Peaches at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (14URa)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: Basement Cat
I don't think there are any "antifa" goons in this neck of the woods.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....lost in America at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Shep! at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:49 PM (GBteo)
So...what is the exact opposite of technology sales?
Posted by: eleven at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (NLLmE)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (NWiLs)
Oh. well then maybe not sales.
Why not do wills, trusts & estates? Those guys are usually pretty dour.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: FireHorse at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (aaDlx)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (o7l6R)
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 13, 2018 07:52 PM (v3DL/)
341 So, any coders willing to teach me how to code?
step 1: buy a trs-80 model i 4k with level i basic
step 2: it's all downhill from there
Posted by: Anachronda at November 13, 2018 07:52 PM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz!
That's because "socialist" was already a curse word.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:52 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:48 PM (DwXGb)
Yeah, I have friends who work both in channel sales and on the engineering side at Amazon.
They all love their jobs as far as I can tell.
But yes, they work a lot.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at N
well, you have to remember that the amazon employees are competing in the global market, against workers and companies in other countries. they have to work hard because they are competing against others that will work as hard or harder for less than half as much.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:52 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Peaches at November 13, 2018 07:33 PM (14URa)
I saw that and wondered about it. Was it payback for Trump brushing dandruff off of Macron that last time?
On the other hand, in my limited experience, every time I have been around French people, they were "grabby."
Posted by: Emmie at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: eleven at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (NLLmE) "
Blogging.
Posted by: goon at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (PEcU2)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (XZ3Gp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (MTjB1)
341 So, any coders willing to teach me how to code?
step 1: buy a trs-80 model i 4k with level i basic
step 2: it's all downhill from there
Posted by: Anachronda at November 13, 2018 07:52 PM (xGZ+b)
I insist on starting from C++
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (pgXNG)
341 So, any coders willing to teach me how to code?
step 1: buy a trs-80 model i 4k with level i basic
step 2: it's all downhill from there
Posted by: Anachronda
First, get a stack of IBM punch cards and a sharp pencil.... Then plug in the Wang.....
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: Old Blue at November 13, 2018 07:06 PM (gEvQ
I can at least understand that urge, after going for TFG twice. And Clinton twice. And Carter. And Katshit in the 2016 primary.
And the rejection. As the canucks like to say "We've got 40 problems, but Ohio ain't one of 'em."
*picking on Ohio, cuz CA and NY get too big a share of the grief around here*
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (yQpMk)
But today's 25 year old wants the money and promotions while working 25 hours. Hence why Amazon is evil and shit.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (DwXGb)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:47 PM (lD3vL)
Too bad they're fixed at the hip with the USPS. Weakest link and all.
Posted by: John Kasich at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (If3tB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 13, 2018 07:52 PM (MTjB1)
yeah. And it's more than just the money -- it's exciting to be on the cutting edge, to be good at your job, and to know you're one of the best [whatevers] in the world.
On the flip side, for the bottom 10% of people at Amazon, I'm sure it sucks to know that you're not that good at your job, and you're not one of the best [whatevers]. AND to have to work 80 hours a week on top of that sucks too, I'm sure.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: zombie
So, we're not doing phrasing tonight?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (9rIkM)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 13, 2018 07:51 PM (o7l6R)
International Commies seized power after WWII and rebranded it as glabalism.
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:55 PM (W3lnd)
And of course I had to answer in the affirmative.
My high school did not offer programming classes.
Posted by: Hikaru at November 13, 2018 07:55 PM (pgXNG)
Posted by: zombie
And that's how we got hanging Chads...
Posted by: Insomniac at November 13, 2018 07:55 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Start punching those holes! A good alphabetization program should look like a squirrel eating an acorn, if you squint.
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:55 PM (c+2jX)
Posted by: zombie at November 13, 2018 07:53 PM (c+2jX)
That's what SHE said!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (nmwc5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Weasel at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: John Kasich at November 13, 2018 07:54 PM (If3tB)
Yes and no.
Amazon is building out an air fleet, a trucking fleet, and uses every major worldwide cargo carrier.
They use USPS for last mile deliveries because they get a crazy cheap rate (ahem, subsidized by tax payers), but they can also use FedEx and UPS
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (T4oHT)
Posted by: concrete girl at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (9ORmh)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (fuK7c)
Lost in the news about DC and New York was that Nashville was announced
as being a mini headquarters with about 5,000 jobs going there and not
warehouse jobs actual corporate White Collar jobs
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (DwXGb)
Probably logistics. Amazon has already started their own delivery airline, competing with FedEx and UPS.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (UsCnO)
ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:56 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 13, 2018 07:50 PM (Evws/)
Richard Spencer will storm the beaches any day now...
Posted by: literally serious at November 13, 2018 07:57 PM (W3lnd)
Posted by: irright at November 13, 2018 07:57 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Comanche Voter at November 13, 2018 07:57 PM (Sda6L)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:57 PM (T4oHT)
That part I can believe. I worked in sales for a certain Bay area router and switch company you might have heard of in the early days of the internet. My customers were the original backbone providers of the internet and they built it on the fly.
It was going so fast they got their own code development team at HQ and new code was recompiled on a weekly basis, sometimes more, just to support the changes from the constantly changing demand.
It was a hoot and I got to see some incredible things and meet some amazing people but the pace was like nothing I've seen before or since. And I've done a bunch of startups since.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 07:57 PM (/tuJf)
French translations of Shakespeare's plays are pretty funny too. Voltaire tried his hand at it in the eighteenth century, and really stuck his foot in it when he commented, "Shakespeare boasted a strong, fruitful genius. He was natural and sublime, but he had not so much as a single spark of good taste, or know one rule of Drama. I will now hazard a random, but, at the same time true reflection, which is, that the great merit of this Dramatic Poet has been the ruin of the English Stage."
More on other French translations of the Bard at the link:
https://tinyurl.com/ydx6mt6f
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 07:57 PM (3C9q2)
Yeah, but it will take ten years off of your life.
I was heavily recruited by Amazon and was offered some serious coin as an architect to do integrations with their suppliers.
I remember touring the workplace and saw the third world working conditions. Bright fluorescent lights and the crappiest hardware on what appeared to be outdated Ikea furniture. Stuffed into a room with the desks organized in strict rows. Window blinds down.
To get back into that area, there was this depressing lobby. The building is new, but they managed to get a decorator that was skilled in Impoverished Freshman Dorm Room decor. The lifeless souls with dead eyes behind the lobby desk was depressing. The turnstyles between the lobby and the work area that had a fat TSA drop-out making sure that all thirty cameras scattered around the room would fully record your presence.
So you make a lot of cash but spend 90% of your waking hours in that depressing place surrounded by others condemned to a work-only lifestyle.
There is a quality of life issue that overrides all of that. I declined and they acted shocked.
(they still keep trying to recruit me back)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 07:58 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2018 07:58 PM (T4oHT)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at November 13, 2018 07:59 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 07:59 PM (miE9U)
You worked for Cisco? Did not know that.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 07:59 PM (GBteo)
The impression I have is that Cisco makes all the stuff no one else wants to. Unglamorous stuff like wires, connectors, etc etc.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 08:00 PM (miE9U)
Yes, you can make much more money at Amazon. But the stress must be through the roof and you constantly have to worry about not making your targets and getting fired.
You don't make as much money at a small business. But if you find a place where your personality meshes with the owner and your co-workers, nothing can beat it. There is a real sense of "we're all in it together" and if you can learn your job well enough to become indispensable, you need never worry about being fired. You might have to sweep the floor or clean the toilet now and then.
Small businesses used to be the backbone of the American economy, but I see them dying away as corporations and/or government swallow up everything in their path.
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 08:00 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 08:00 PM (/tuJf)
So that's where Biden learned to be handsy.
Posted by: Basement Cat at November 13, 2018 08:01 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Stormy Daniels at November 13, 2018 08:01 PM (bUjCl)
The impression I have is that Cisco makes all the stuff no one else wants to. Unglamorous stuff like wires, connectors, etc etc.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2018 08:00 PM (miE9U)
Cisco is still the major player in the switch / routing field. I worked for one of the many Cisco resellers and made a lot of money from selling Cisco.
You wanna see stress? They invented it.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2018 08:00 PM (/tuJf
Yeah, I can imagine.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 13, 2018 08:01 PM (GBteo)
Posted by: runner at November 13, 2018 08:02 PM (bUjCl)
I did do a gig out in Kabul working as a consultant. Had an amazing team with outstanding camaraderie. It was like a finely tuned machine where we each knew what the other was doing and each was great at their jobs.
The pay was better than AMZN, but it came with spending almost 100% of one's time on a compound with (at the time) Blackwater security detail, wearing body armor in an up-armored Toyota SUV for those occasional trips out.
If I was single, I would do it again.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at November 13, 2018 08:06 PM (lD3vL)
Yeah, Macron had that Stormy Daniels description of the war cock translated, something about champignon magnifique !1!!1!!
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at November 13, 2018 08:06 PM (Jj+59)
What item wasn't at the first Thanksgiving dinner that is now? It's not a food item.
Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2018 08:10 PM (SzQWn)
I was at one of those dot.coms that went up like a rocket and came down like the Challenger.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 13, 2018 08:11 PM (fuK7c)
What item wasn't at the first Thanksgiving dinner that is now? It's not a food item.
Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2018 08:10 PM (SzQWn)
Forks?
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 08:13 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2018 08:15 PM (SzQWn)
Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2018 08:19 PM (SzQWn)
If you don't like working at a company, look for another. In Trump's America there are plenty of jobs out there.
Posted by: MAGA at November 13, 2018 08:19 PM (/8RAd)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork
Forks were in widespread use in Italy in the 1400s, but they didn't become popular in England until the 1700s, which was after the Pilgrims.
Posted by: rickl at November 13, 2018 08:22 PM (sdi6R)
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Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 13, 2018 08:26 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: ccoffer at November 13, 2018 08:28 PM (SfJU8)
Posted by: Another Guy at November 13, 2018 08:29 PM (G9Y8y)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 13, 2018 08:36 PM (Pg+x7)
There is a spot near Marietta where George Washington camped.It's the only time George Washinton was ever in Ohio.Know what he was doing in Ohio?He was TAKING IT AWAY FROM FRANCE. That's what.
Posted by: An Actual Postmam at November 13, 2018 08:48 PM (8ZmvG)
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