The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

This is a few weeks old, but it seems like a harbinger of things to come, or at least the leading edge of an all-too-disturbing trend. Cops in NYC are pelted with water and garbage and assaulted in the subways and probably much worse stuff that de Blasio is hiding. And law enforcement all across the nation are either passive in the face of resistance to their lawful authority (Portland, Berkeley, etc) or are vilified, often with no justification for their actions.

As many of you know, I am no defender of law enforcement behavior, and at least part of this growing disrespect for the law is a direct result of the growing militarization of the police, and their self-imposed isolation from the communities they guard.

Whether the response by the Oregon State Police is appropriate remains to be seen, but part of me is smiling. The idea that Oregon State University will be better served by the Kampus Kops rather than a presumably professional organization is laughable.

State Police to pull out of Oregon State after being attacked over arrest: "You're on your own now"

The agency made the announcement Wednesday, just two days after state police officials released the arresting officer’s body cam video footage showing an Oregon State Police campus officer’s arrest of a black, female student.
The video itself was in excess of 30 minutes and showcases everything from the cited traffic related infraction and subsequent arrest for failure to comply with a lawful order.

Obviously the race-obsessed lunatics who scream "You will respect ma color authoritah!" when they get parking tickets will be emboldened, as will the Antifa types and BLM and a host of others who revel in any breakdown of civil society.

Another rational note in the cacaphony of lunacy that is Oregon is the Clackamas County Sheriff telling the city of Portland to pound sand, that his deputies will not be responding to routine calls within the city, because it's just too nuts!

We are already pretty close to colander masks and assless chaps in Portland, so this might not even be noticed, but then again, eventually the protesters and professional rabble-rousers will attack the wrong (or right) person, and there will be a few masked antifa scum bleeding out on the street.

Then it will get sporty.

[Hat Tip: Bitter Clinger]

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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Posted by: Jane Cobb at November 07, 2019 11:01 AM (10bW0)

2 2nd

Posted by: Jane Cobb at November 07, 2019 11:01 AM (10bW0)

3 3rd

Posted by: Jane Cobb at November 07, 2019 11:01 AM (10bW0)

4 Monkey!

Posted by: Roland THTG at November 07, 2019 11:01 AM (88+cf)

5 4th

Posted by: Jane Cobb at November 07, 2019 11:01 AM (10bW0)

6 Still behind Enemy Lines.

Posted by: USMC 8541 at November 07, 2019 11:02 AM (NmR1a)

7 Top 10.

Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at November 07, 2019 11:03 AM (9g3um)

8 Morning, Monkey time is the best time of the morning, after JJ's MR of course.

Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at November 07, 2019 11:03 AM (X+a7J)

9 Atlas Shrugged

Posted by: dagny at November 07, 2019 11:03 AM (nRWPy)

10 Have the state police tried a wooden badger yet?

Posted by: henry at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (JMDly)

11 Couldn't pay me enough to be a cop.

Posted by: BignJames at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (X/Pw5)

12 Hurrah.

Posted by: Someguy at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (O+iVW)

13 to be fair, shouldn't Oregon State usenlocal PD rather than Staties?

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (G546f)

14 To me, Portland is no longer part of America. Let it burn - but do an emergency evacuation of Powell's. Then let it all burn.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (Kpl3J)

15 Gradually
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and then suddenly

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (KUaJL)

16 9 Atlas Shrugged
Posted by: dagny at November 07, 2019 11:03 AM (nRWPy)

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Commenting from Galt's Gulch, I see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Just All about the Billy Wilder movies at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (q80AH)

17 Chicago Police Department is in fetal mode, refuses to put own lives on the line for a city that hates them.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (Vy7tf)

18 I've said it before too that some thug group is gonna pull thier BS with the wrong person and all hell is gonna break loose.

Posted by: IP at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (w9UC1)

19 Dial 911 students and ..... no one's gonna respond! Self inflicted

Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (X+a7J)

20 History is clear that where there is no legitimate law enforcement, there will be vigilantism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (+y/Ru)

21 Oregon State needs to contract out to the Cartel's for their Security Needs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (Kpl3J)

22 13
to be fair, shouldn't Oregon State usenlocal PD rather than Staties?

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM (G546f)

It's a state university and falls under state police jurisdiction. Every campus PD I've heard of were branches of the state police.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (CQ3Qb)

23 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (arJlL)

24 The reason there hasn't big a blow-up yet is because people still think - at least to some degree - that laws are a thing and that the cops respond to lawbreaking.

The more examples we have from places like Portland, Seattle, Berkeley, etc. of cops standing idly by while one team breaks laws like they're going out of style, but brutally enforcing the laws against the other team, the closer we get to vigilantism and anarchy.

More cerebrally but less viscerally, the more examples we see from Washington and New York of cops bending over backwards to exonerate and not prosecute one team while inventing fictions and responding with extreme prejudice against the other team, the closer we get to rejection of law as a concept.

Sporty indeed. And it will be like going bankrupt - slowly at first, then all at once.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (I2dne)

25 The thinner blue line.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (+y/Ru)

26

Fox News cocksuckers repeating the Fake News lie about the president asking Barr to hold a press conference and affirm the president's innocence, which Barr refused to do.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (z60vo)

27 This warms my cold, dark heart. Good for the State police, and good for that sheriff. If Oregon State wants lawlessness, they just got it.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:07 AM (VWp7G)

28 History is clear that where there is no legitimate law enforcement, there will be vigilantism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (+y/Ru)

Hence the need to stockpile weapons and ammo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2019 11:07 AM (cEsBM)

29 Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena

Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena

Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena

Heeeeey, Epstein didn't kill himself.

Posted by: Los del Clinton at November 07, 2019 11:07 AM (Hi8cV)

30 The Surprise Wooden Badger is one of my favorite moves.

Posted by: Matt Plauer at November 07, 2019 11:07 AM (EgshT)

31 All Iowa university police officers were given the same authority as State Police some years ago. No longer are they mere Kampus Klowns, they have their own Tactical Teams. I'm not sure how I feel about that, they coexist with city police and answer to the state. Seems odd somehow.

Posted by: IP at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (w9UC1)

32 to be fair, shouldn't Oregon State usenlocal PD rather than Staties?

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:04 AM

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I would think the same thing. Not sure how the SP came to be their law enforcement provider. Possibly it has to do with jurisdictional issues. The State University is State property kind of thing.

I know in Kentucky the State Police don't patrol the UK grounds. I have seen them there, especially during tailgating season, but the Lexington PD are the ones they call for any issues.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (JUOKG)

33 slowly at first, then all at once.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (I2dne)

Nods slowly!

Posted by: Archduke Ferdinand at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (BiNEL)

34 Fox News cocksuckers repeating the Fake News lie about the president asking Barr to hold a press conference and affirm the president's innocence, which Barr refused to do.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (z60vo)

Yup

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (cEsBM)

35 Whether the response by the Oregon State Police is appropriate remains to be seen, but part of me is smiling.

Agreed. It's Oregon - they voted for this. Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (77WPm)

36 20, The first vigilantes that strike back at Antifa will get the Bernie Goetz treatment. The issue is like in Cicero during Capone's days or in some areas of the South during the Klan days--the law is on the side of Antifa as an institution.

Take this more like Venezuela where the Chavinistas unofficially punished the opponents of the regime while being covered from any consequences by that regime. Plausible deniability is a thing.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (MItID)

37 How else are the people of color at Oregon State gonna get social justice if the racist police are there? But we can solve all this perceived problems if the university will just donate to my PAC.

Posted by: Rev. Al Dullton at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (10bW0)

38 Following the Noods

The chimpanzee speaks
Sketches of Spain fills the air
Hordes of corgis yap

Posted by: mindful webworker - hookah? hooker? haiku! at November 07, 2019 11:09 AM (5Ev1l)

39 I am going to side with the student, you have a 5th amendment right not to answer questions.

I think you do have to provide an drivers ID and proof of Insurance if you are driving a car, unless you don't want a ticket.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:09 AM (dKiJG)

40 28 History is clear that where there is no legitimate law enforcement, there will be vigilantism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:05 AM (+y/Ru)

Hence the need to stockpile weapons and ammo."

Mexico, Libya, and Syria are the real world examples of what places with no legitimate law enforcement become.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:09 AM (Kpl3J)

41

Lawanda Page and Jimmy Page....oh wait... there aren't any pictures today

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 07, 2019 11:09 AM (kw5n8)

42 Every campus PD I've heard of were branches of the state police.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (CQ3Qb)

Uh...that's not even remotely accurate. Ever hear of UC police?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (wYseH)

43 Usually I don't bother with these videos. But this one is a *little* different, in that the girl seemed relatively well-spoken rather than being the type who starts screaming immediately a cop talks to her.

That said: Compliance (tm) is the new miracle drug, sweetie. It almost always works to prevent cops from wrestling you to the ground. And you don't need a prescription, either.

Like CBD I am no fan of the militarization of cops. But these seemed quite reasonable, warned her what the consequences of her resistance were going to be, and then executed those consequences without undue violence.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (Ejm1K)

44 I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, "Epstein didn't kill himself"

Posted by: Pseudo - Toto at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (Hi8cV)

45 Fox News cocksuckers repeating the Fake News lie about the president
asking Barr to hold a press conference and affirm the president's
innocence, which Barr refused to do.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (z60vo)

The "news" blocks of FNC are virtually indistinguishable from CNN or MSDNC now.

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (77WPm)

46 32, Campus police usually prefer that local police handle arrests since no campus to my knowledge has a jail and it upsets the university community if the arrest is made for the "wrong" reasons or of the "wrong" person. Better to pass that hot potato off to the local cops.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:11 AM (MItID)

47 I love the smell of anarchy in the morning!

Posted by: Guzalot at November 07, 2019 11:11 AM (prSvo)

48 38 Following the Noods

The chimpanzee speaks
Sketches of Spain fills the air
Hordes of corgis yap

===

Epstein didn't kill himself

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:11 AM (G546f)

49 Great news. Let them go feral and let's see how that works out.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)

50 36 20, The first vigilantes that strike back at Antifa will get the Bernie Goetz treatment. The issue is like in Cicero during Capone's days or in some areas of the South during the Klan days--the law is on the side of Antifa as an institution."

An examination of urban warfare suggests that the tactics used by the jihadi's against American Military patrols in Afghanistan and Iraq would be the most effective.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:11 AM (Kpl3J)

51 Mexico, Libya, and Syria are the real world examples of what places with no legitimate law enforcement become.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:09 AM (Kpl3J)

You only need a legitimate law enforcement system if you want a sustainable civilization.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at November 07, 2019 11:11 AM (BiNEL)

52 My recommendation is for everyone to form their own 'militia' within their circle of friends and relatives. At the minimum have a tentative plan within that group of how to communicate in the event of a catastrophe or civil unrest.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (Q5ALd)

53 The American left is creating dozens of little Lebanons.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (E+OcO)

54 " I am going to side with the student, you have a 5th amendment right not to answer questions. "

Not only do you have the right, it is almost always the best idea.
They don't ask "So, where are you heading?" because they like making small talk.

Posted by: mrshad at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (IJsa1)

55 The most effective law enforcement agency in the country is the TSA

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (flINI)

56 An opportunity for fraternities here

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (G546f)

57 But these seemed quite reasonable, warned her what
the consequences of her resistance were going to be, and then executed
those consequences without undue violence.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (Ejm1K)

Yup...and the lack of support for what seems like a reasonable police action is disturbing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (wYseH)

58 I like big buns, and I do not lie

You other brothers can't deny

Epstein didn't kill himself

Posted by: Senator Mix-A-Lot at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (Hi8cV)

59 I know in Kentucky the State Police don't patrol the
UK grounds. I have seen them there, especially during tailgating
season, but the Lexington PD are the ones they call for any issues.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 07, 2019 11:08 AM (JUOKG)

From the UK Police Dept web site:
"UKPDand the Kentucky State Police both provide law enforcement services
to the University community within, and outside of Fayette County. It
is not uncommon to encounter representatives from both organizations
working together to solve criminal cases on University affiliated
property throughout the Commonwealth. The Kentucky State Police are also
available to assistUKPDwithin Fayette County at major events and
incidents affiliated with the University of Kentucky and its interests."

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:13 AM (CQ3Qb)

60 The reaction by OSP is entirely appropriate. I applaud them.

Police shouldn't have to militarize, and they shouldn't want to, just to impose order on a region that does not want it.

They did the right thing here. Good on them.

Posted by: Militant Thug Civilian at November 07, 2019 11:13 AM (DurKO)

61 Oregon State's teams are known as the Beavers. A better headline would have been: State Police pull out, leave Beavers empty.

Posted by: 40 miles north at November 07, 2019 11:13 AM (o2vOl)

62 Getting sick of all these harbingers. Someone needs to open a can of whup-ass on the left.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:14 AM (xfb67)

63 My recommendation is for everyone to form their own 'militia' within their circle of friends and relatives. At the minimum have a tentative plan within that group of how to communicate in the event of a catastrophe or civil unrest.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:12 AM (Q5ALd)

You'll get your very own FBI informant.

Posted by: BignJames at November 07, 2019 11:14 AM (X/Pw5)

64 Welcome to Mega City 1.

Posted by: Judge Dredd at November 07, 2019 11:14 AM (UzH4+)

65 Iowa State PD holds college offenders at the city jail until the transport to County shows up to take them for booking and processing. Sorry kids, you're gonna be detained a while.

Posted by: IP at November 07, 2019 11:14 AM (w9UC1)

66 Mark Halperin's 'How to Beat Trump' Sells 502 Copies in First Week

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And that's not how to beat Trump.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:14 AM (+y/Ru)

67 >>>Yup...and the lack of support for what seems like a reasonable police action is disturbing.

That's more common than you think, at least in my division. I've told people they won't be arrested or get a ticket if they just showed me their license and registration, and they still gave me a F.U.

Now I'm giving you a ticket, because you couldn't give me the courtesy of showing your license.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:15 AM (VWp7G)

68 46: We have the county jail approximately 10 blocks from the George Mason U campus. Over the past couple of months, we've had four alerts that an escaped prisoner was on campus, and both the campus police and the county/state police worked with them to locate the escapees.

It seems the campus police have precedence on campus, but because there are no detention facilities, have to remand the suspect to county/state authorities.

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:15 AM (mFoNl)

69 I will say this for the Left. Racism was 99% dead and gone in America before Bobo, but, they have managed to drag its stinking corpse across every issue. Don't agree with them passionately on something, well, then you are a hatey McRacist meany pants who doesn't want to listen to the wisdom of Beyoncé Knowles, Snoop Dog, and LeBron and should therefore lose everything.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto at November 07, 2019 11:15 AM (kXoT0)

70 i didn't get into the trolololo last thread. time to moot commenter registration again?

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (zO+RE)

71 Ward, weren't you a little hard on the Beaver of color last night?

Posted by: Zombie June Cleaver at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (EgshT)

72 Stupid Beavers

Posted by: LASue at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (Ed8Zd)

73 47 I love the smell of anarchy in the morning!

Posted by: Guzalot
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LOL - Apocalypse Now Redux is playing in the background.. and Robert Duval literally just said that.. Smells like victory.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (Fgc0C)

74 For the record OSU is in otherwise placid Corvallis, not to be confused with wretched Eugene or downtown Portland. So if this race baiting crap has gotten down to places like Corvallis, then nowhere in the nation is really safe from it.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (ujg0T)

75 Remember back in the day, it was don't trust anyone over 30?

Now, it's don't trust anyone under 40.

These yutes are gonna have to learn the hard way, and woe behold anyone caught in the blast radius, so to speak.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (RU4sa)

76 Uh...that's not even remotely accurate. Ever hear of UC police?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (wYseH)

I could understand California being an exception given it's size and number of schools.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (CQ3Qb)

77 I am going with the Student, she was on her bike and she was pulled "over" for failure to maintain her lane. I just think it was a BS.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (dKiJG)

78 Well I heard some peopke talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you'll soon find out it's true
That Epstein didn't kill himself

Posted by: The Smeagles at November 07, 2019 11:17 AM (JCUjl)

79

Mark "Sex Offender" Halperin?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:17 AM (z60vo)

80 That's more common than you think, at least in my division. I've told people they won't be arrested or get a ticket if they just showed me their license and registration, and they still gave me a F.U.

Now I'm giving you a ticket, because you couldn't give me the courtesy of showing your license.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:15 AM (VWp7G)

There's a scene towards the beginning of "The Fifth Element", always cracks me up. The future police are looking for Bruce Willis (Corbyn Dallas) so he puts his nametag on his scummy neighbors door. Police knock, scummy neighbor screams "F. U.!!!!", Willis mutters "wrong answer", next scene shows scummy neighbor being dragged out in a bag.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

81 Around my parts, the police lately have been nothing more that revenue collectors for the state. They like to pull over---can I say this?--white people for minor infractions because they know people will pay the exorbitant fines right away.

Illegals and cars full of blacks, no thanks.

Posted by: JoeF. at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (CqE5x)

82 The first vigilantes that strike back at Antifa will get the Bernie Goetz treatment. The issue is like in Cicero during Capone's days or in some areas of the South during the Klan days--the law is on the side of Antifa as an institution."

An examination of urban warfare suggests that the tactics used by the jihadi's against American Military patrols in Afghanistan and Iraq would be the most effective.
Posted by: Tom Servo

At distance. From under concealment.
One and done. Move.
Rinse, repeat.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (GWDdA)

83 Completely reasonable.

How long before this happens in CA?

Posted by: G. Gnome at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (al6UK)

84 The composition of campus police and their authority varies, obviously, by state. However, is is common where they exist for their authority to be comparable to municipal or county authorities.

Here is a portion of the Indiana code pertaining to university police departments in that state.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxltkb4x

Posted by: Undocumented at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (5NMZN)

85 40, I think this situation is distinguishable--what you have is more like discriminatory policing where the local police know that Antifa is supported by the local and probably state Dem party along with the elected prosecutors. Syria, Libya, and so on are in active rebellions where the central government lacks the ability, even if it wanted to, to enforce any sort of order.

By contrast, Antifa is state sponsored terrorism against the state's ideological opponents which either leads the removal of their opponents or their silent submission to the ruling regime.

Firearms only work against true anarchy or when they are used in a true rebellion rather than fighting a dominant political and social structure. From all indications, Oregon is that way because a majority wants it to be so or at least doesn't care what happens to the opposition.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (MItID)

86 Since when do you need an ID for riding a BIKE?

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (dKiJG)

87

I'll bet that lie originated from Barr's office.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (z60vo)

88 Now I'm giving you a ticket, because you couldn't give me the courtesy of showing your license.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:15 AM (VWp7G)

I am all for exercising every single one of my rights. But if that comes into conflict with lawful behavior on the part of the policeman, well, I have to accept the consequences.

And if that means being detained...fine. But I sure as shit am not stupid enough to give the cops a ration of shit. Thy have guns and batons and tasers and strength in numbers. I will lose.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (wYseH)

89 There's a scene towards the beginning of "The Fifth
Element", always cracks me up. The future police are looking for Bruce
Willis (Corbyn Dallas) so he puts his nametag on his scummy neighbors
door. Police knock, scummy neighbor screams "F. U.!!!!", Willis
mutters "wrong answer", next scene shows scummy neighbor being dragged
out in a bag.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

=========

That movie had waaay too much Chris Tucker.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (IttZ7)

90 >>>Police knock, scummy neighbor screams "F. U.!!!!", Willis mutters "wrong answer", next scene shows scummy neighbor being dragged out in a bag.

It's hilarious. The guy thinks nothing's going to happen, then boom, literal dragnet.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (VWp7G)

91 Maybe it goes back to many years of carrying, regardless, in an urban environment, but I have always held the idea that if I ever had to shoot in self-defense if at all possible I would E&E out of there ASAP rather than stick around to discuss matters ... and I gotta say, These Modern Times are keeping me thinking that way even though I have a little laminated card from the government that legitimizes my possession of a weapon on the street.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (JwHjN)

92 Knock knock
Who's there?
Ob V. Us
Ob V. Us who?
Obvious Epstein didn't kill himself

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (+y/Ru)

93 BTW, since I have been mostly gone, has the AoSHQ covered the Monique Worthy story ? She is a Transgender Black "woman" running as a Republican who loves Trump for the 13th Congressional seat in Texas. She literally checks all the boxes to make the Left explode.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (kXoT0)

94 Drove through Oregon and Washington a decade ago when I lost my mind and decided to be an OTR driver.

Pretty scenery, batfuck insane peeps in the big cities.

Normals in the rural areas.

Pretty much like everywhere else in the US.

Solution:

Build a wall around these cities.

John Carpenter had it right.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (RU4sa)

95 (checks to see if the thread is at 100 yet)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Everything's $1 at the Jesus House and Gun Store at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (4KWXE)

96 From the prev:

Rudy Giuliani has said he has proof of payments from Burisma to Hunter Biden totaling over $3 million that went from Ukraine to Latvia to Cyprus to Biden.

Incidentally, Danske is a Danish bank and this scandal has rocked the Danish economy. Denmark owns Greenland.

Just throwing that out there for no particular reason.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:07 AM (ZLI7S){/i]

I know a guy who does a lot of invisible government contracting business. I'm not saying it's Skynet, but it's Skynet. He's married to a Ukranian and they spend a lot of time in Cyprus doing their banking.

He keeps telling me that if I can get to Cyprus he's got some hot Ukranian women who are just dyin' to meet you.

Now, when the Greenland thing came up all the whiners on BBC were going on about the indigenous peoples and the whatever and mistreatment.

The Inuit got there after the Vikings. The Vikings got there around 850 AD, I think. They didn't run into Inuits for a couple of hundred years, and that was only in the seal hunting season (summer) when they made expeditions way north. The Vikings left, but the Inuits are as indigenous as the filthy Scandis.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (gd9RK)

97 Coon skin caps are a necessary accouterment needed to balance assless chaps and colanders. Otherwise you will just look funny.

Posted by: Puddin Head at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (yRAFu)

98 86
Since when do you need an ID for riding a BIKE?

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (dKiJG)

If I'm going to be taxed for bike lanes to be added that totally screw up roads and neighborhoods then bike riders should be paying license and registration fees. Insurance too. DUI checkpoints, the whole nine yards. It's been a disaster in New Orleans.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (CQ3Qb)

99 I have a question:

why is it that the expressions
"Boy, oh boy!" and
" Man oh man"
denote opposite feelings?

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (G546f)

100 The Fifth Element had just the right amount of everything. One of the last good, straight-up fun movies to be made.

And Epstein didn't kill himself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (AzW6q)

101 An examination of urban warfare suggests that the tactics used by the jihadi's against American Military patrols in Afghanistan and Iraq would be the most effective.
Posted by: Tom Servo

On a similar note, I've seen a lot of anti-2A memes along the lines of "These stupid rednecks think they can take on the military with just their AR-15s lolz"

It's amazing how little the progs actually know about things.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (N4xQB)

102 https://moniqueworthy.com/

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (RU4sa)

103 I'll bet that lie originated from Barr's office.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (z60vo)

Or Trump/Barr planted it with someone they expected was a leaker, who will probably be sent packing within the next 24-hours or so.

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (77WPm)

104 i didn't get into the trolololo last thread. time to moot commenter registration again?

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (zO+RE)

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VIP status and make people pay to post that Epstein didn't kill himself.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Everything's $1 at the Jesus House and Gun Store at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (4KWXE)

105 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_13th_congressional_district

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (RU4sa)

106 I could understand California being an exception given it's size and number of schools.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:16 AM (CQ3Qb)

Lots of universities have their own PDs that are independent of the state police.

Ever hear of Tulane University? They have an independent PD.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (wYseH)

107 Maybe it goes back to many years of carrying, regardless, in an urban environment, but I have always held the idea that if I ever had to shoot in self-defense if at all possible I would E&E out of there ASAP rather than stick around to discuss matters ... and I gotta say, These Modern Times are keeping me thinking that way even though I have a little laminated card from the government that legitimizes my possession of a weapon on the street.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

If loading your magazines with gloved hands is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (GWDdA)

108 57 But these seemed quite reasonable, warned her what
the consequences of her resistance were going to be, and then executed
those consequences without undue violence.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (Ejm1K)

Yup...and the lack of support for what seems like a reasonable police action is disturbing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019

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If this had happened in too many neighborhoods around here, the onlookers would have been hopping up and down and screaming. Here, at least, they make comments, but are fairly civil.

The girl's lawyer is going to have a hard time claiming "racism" when one of the two cops was black.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (Ejm1K)

109 >>>And if that means being detained...fine. But I sure as shit am not stupid enough to give the cops a ration of shit. Thy have guns and batons and tasers and strength in numbers. I will lose.

I've been lucky. I've never had a violence complaint and only hit someone one time with a baton - he was grabbing for my partner's gun - but I'll almost always give the benefit of the doubt to a working stiff. In patrol, I rarely gave tickets, because it's a money grab.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (VWp7G)

110 103 I'll bet that lie originated from Barr's office.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (z60vo)

Or Trump/Barr planted it with someone they expected was a leaker, who will probably be sent packing within the next 24-hours or so.
Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (77WPm)

THIS. Gaslighting the gaslighters.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (ujg0T)

111 That movie had waaay too much Chris Tucker.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (IttZ7)

But it was the Best Show he Ever Did!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (Kpl3J)

112 The Fifth Element is one of the few movies I've watched multiple times.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (xfb67)

113 Ever hear of Tulane University? They have an independent PD.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (wYseH)

Yes I've heard of it. It's a private university, not a state university.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (CQ3Qb)

114 >>>The Fifth Element had just the right amount of everything. One of the last good, straight-up fun movies to be made.

"We're sending in a negotiator!"

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (VWp7G)

115
... but I'll almost always give the benefit of the doubt to a working stiff. In patrol, I rarely gave tickets, because it's a money grab.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (VWp7G)
+++++++++++++
I assume you never worked in Morrison, CO.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2019 11:23 AM (I2dne)

116
Ever hear of Tulane University? They have an independent PD.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019

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Right -- it's a private institution, not a state school. As I understand it, the TUPD are trained alongside the NOPD; they're not just rent-a-cops.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:23 AM (Ejm1K)

117 Since when do you need an ID for riding a BIKE?

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (dKiJG)

If I'm going to be taxed for bike lanes to be added that totally screw up roads and neighborhoods then bike riders should be paying license and registration fees. Insurance too. DUI checkpoints, the whole nine yards. It's been a disaster in New Orleans.
Posted by: Brian

Cyclists up here ride in traffic, and expect vehicles to respect their presence in the flow of traffic, as opposed to bike lanes, yet they blow through stop signs, don't signal, and don't get out of the way if they are moving more slowly than regular traffic flow. IF they want to be treated the same in the road, then they can have an ID as well, especially when they run over pedestrians because they don't want to break their rhythm.

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:23 AM (mFoNl)

118 Don, Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are in the witch's den on The View.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:23 AM (ptqGC)

119 from previous thread:

Trump - Batman

Nadler - Penguin

Giuliani - Alfred Pennyworth or Commissioner Gordon?

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (G546f)

120 Pretty much like everywhere else in the US.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:19 AM (RU4sa)

I know.

The thing is, I think it's always been this way. The crazy always comes from the cities.

Can't be a coincidence that the powers that be want to herd everyone back into the city.

Posted by: Militant Thug Civilian at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (DurKO)

121 >>>I assume you never worked in Morrison, CO.

No, thankfully. I prefer meth addicts to potheads.Potheads talk way too much.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (VWp7G)

122 Since when do you need an ID for riding a BIKE?

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:18 AM (dKiJG)

If I'm going to be taxed for bike lanes to be added that totally screw up roads and neighborhoods then bike riders should be paying license and registration fees. Insurance too. DUI checkpoints, the whole nine yards. It's been a disaster in New Orleans.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (CQ3Qb)

If a cyclist is using the road same as automobiles, then they should be prepared to provide identification, the same as any driver. And yes, cyclists on the roads can be dangerous, especially if drunk or distracted. They fail to stay in their lane, weave through traffic, blow through intersections, etc.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (wCmLp)

123 "100 The Fifth Element had just the right amount of everything. One of the last good, straight-up fun movies to be made.

And Epstein didn't kill himself.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (AzW6q) "

This is spot-on.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (JwHjN)

124 This is priceless.

You go girl, LOL.

https://tinyurl.com/y6yt73rc

That sound you hear is lefty brains popping.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (RU4sa)

125 Everyone always calls for "more training" for cops.
How about the DA's office sends some people over to "train" students on how to lawfully comply with police directives during a detention and/or arrest?

Oh I forgot, they're Soros-backed radicals trying to Cloward-Piven the system. My bad.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (koNhm)

126 Yesterday on The View Joy accused Tulsi Gabbard of being a useful idiot for Russia.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (ptqGC)

127 42 Every campus PD I've heard of were branches of the state police.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:06 AM (CQ3Qb)

Uh...that's not even remotely accurate. Ever hear of UC police?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 07, 2019 11:10 AM (wYseH)

In fairness, aren't the UC campus cops California State Employees? (Although I would have to look into who they answer to; I know it is not the CHP (State Police) in Sacramento).

Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (ujg0T)

128 In patrol, I rarely gave tickets, because it's a money grab.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (VWp7G)

What's your badge number?

Posted by: Jim Kenney at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (wYseH)

129 "Boy, oh boy" is Bill Clinton calling Obama over to get some coffee for him.

Posted by: The Secret Storm at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (fOjVv)

130 24>>>

And when Vigilantism comes, it won't just be criminals who get slaughtered.

"You look like a potential bad influence" will soon follow.

Posted by: Allie at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (DGBrj)

131 @126
No one would ever accuse Joy Behar of being useful.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (koNhm)

132 Can't be a coincidence that the powers that be want to herd everyone back into the city.
Posted by: Militant Thug Civilian at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (DurKO)

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Yeah, they can miss me with that.

I like living in a town with no stoplight.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (RU4sa)

133 -
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I have a question:

why is it that the expressions
"Boy, oh boy!" and
" Man oh man"
denote opposite feelings?
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM

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Let me explain...

Posted by: Harry Reid at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (aSKRB)

134 >>>What's your badge number?

Get bent, drunky!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (VWp7G)

135 ruh roh

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 07, 2019 11:26 AM (gd9RK)

136 In fairness, aren't the UC campus cops California
State Employees?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (ujg0T)

Well yeah...it's a state institution. But they, like many university PDs, are independent departments.

Posted by: Jim Kenney at November 07, 2019 11:26 AM (wYseH)

137 http://bit.ly/2NUbqUS
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The Epstein Story Is A Giant Rats' Nest That Needs Dogged Investigation

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at November 07, 2019 11:26 AM (BqBId)

138 Cyclists up here ride in traffic, and expect vehicles to respect their presence in the flow of traffic, as opposed to bike lanes, yet they blow through stop signs, don't signal, and don't get out of the way if they are moving more slowly than regular traffic flow. IF they want to be treated the same in the road, then they can have an ID as well, especially when they run over pedestrians because they don't want to break their rhythm.

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:23 AM (mFoNl)

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Cyclists are just like feminists. They want equal rights when equality works in their favor and special privileges when it doesn't.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at November 07, 2019 11:26 AM (N4xQB)

139 Campus cops rarely ever shoot your dog

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 07, 2019 11:26 AM (HpOiO)

140 122

cut, jib, newsletter

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:26 AM (mFoNl)

141
ruh roh

Posted by: Bandersnatch

Care to elaborate?

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (77WPm)

142 126 Yesterday on The View Joy accused Tulsi Gabbard of being a useful idiot for Russia.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:24 AM (ptqGC)

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Cannot stand that that bitch has my middle name.

'Joy' is more of an oxymoron for that bint than it ever was for me.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (RU4sa)

143 Get bent, drunky!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:25 AM (VWp7G)

Hah!

I go to Philly 3-4 a year, and I love the food and some of the neighborhoods, but damn! It needs some work.

Posted by: Jim Kenney at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (wYseH)

144 100 The Fifth Element had just the right amount of everything. One of the last good, straight-up fun movies to be made.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:20 AM (AzW6q)

Zorg has to be one of my favorite movie villains.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (J+mig)

145 114 >>>The Fifth Element had just the right amount of everything. One of the last good, straight-up fun movies to be made.

"We're sending in a negotiator!"
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (VWp7G)

Bruce Willis last good movie?

I also love that they used the same Actor that was selling Noodles to Harrison Ford in Blade Runner, Sold Bruce Willis his noodles as a little nod to Blade Runner.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (dKiJG)

146 I was thinking that being a drug dealer disguised as a hard core cyclist would be the perfect cover.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (xfb67)

147 She is a Transgender Black "woman" running as a Republican who loves Trump for the 13th Congressional seat in Texas. She literally checks all the boxes to make the Left explode.

Here in Maryland, a pro-MAGA Nigerian woman named Roxy Ndebumadu won a city council seat in ultra-liberal Prince George's County. I figure the idiot libs voted for the most-ethnic sounding name without noticing the (R).

Posted by: Ian S. at November 07, 2019 11:28 AM (ZGrMX)

148 Hah!

I go to Philly 3-4 a year, and I love the food and some of the neighborhoods, but damn! It needs some work.
Posted by: Jim Kenney at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (wYseH)

I wish Jim Kenney only came here 3-4 times a year lol

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at November 07, 2019 11:28 AM (N4xQB)

149 Our hyper-Progressive city council has told the police that they can no longer conduct a search of a person without written consent from that person.

We currently have no chief of police, the city council having made a series of hires based on checking-the-PC-boxes. Either 3 or 4 now over the last couple of years.

In each case, the selected person was inept or incompetent. Over the last 10 years, we have been without a chief of police for more time than we have had one. How in the hell are we going to get someone who is genuinely good to step into a situation where their (and their officer's) hands are bound by f*cking SJW idiots?

It's worse than that, of course, virtually every hire they have made in the last 10 years or so for any municipal position has been a SJW-oriented outsider.

The local Gannett rag recently asked, "Why is Asheville so difficult to manage?" I just about exploded when I saw that. The answer is "Because it has been made difficult to manage".

/rant

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2019 11:28 AM (CDGwz)

150 >>I go to Philly 3-4 a year, and I love the food and some of the neighborhoods, but damn! It needs some work.

South Philly is great, as is most of Center City. Far Northeast is nice - that's my haunt - and the food is mostly terrific. Four more years and I can retire and move way, way south.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:28 AM (VWp7G)

151 Here in Maryland, a pro-MAGA Nigerian woman named Roxy Ndebumadu won a city council seat in ultra-liberal Prince George's County. I figure the idiot libs voted for the most-ethnic sounding name without noticing the (R).
Posted by: Ian S. at November 07, 2019 11:28 AM (ZGrMX)

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LOL

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (RU4sa)

152 146
I was thinking that being a drug dealer disguised as a hard core cyclist would be the perfect cover.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (xfb67)

It kills me when they dress up in the spandex suits like they're in the Tour de France.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (CQ3Qb)

153 I left Portland for good back in the 90s. It wasn't just the crazy people....it was how feminine the "men" were

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (dMj0Q)

154 >>>I go to Philly 3-4 a year, and I love the food and some of the neighborhoods, but damn! It needs some work.

Seconded.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (VWp7G)

155
Cyclists are just like feminists. They want equal rights when equality works in their favor and special privileges when it doesn't.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter

That is an excellent analogy. Which is weird because virtually all of the cyclists around us are men, in those ugly clingy spandex things with the bike shoes and water bottles, and massive attitude.

They probably stand around after biking and measure their calves.

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (mFoNl)

156 "If loading your magazines with gloved hands is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:21 AM (GWDdA) "

Truth, in a nutshell.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (JwHjN)

157 Posted by: Bandersnatch

Care to elaborate?

I messed up a close tag and thought I might be headed for the place with the tentacles and the sludge and the things which aren't spoken of but are not a surprise.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (gd9RK)

158 >>Now, when the Greenland thing came up all the whiners on BBC were going on about the indigenous peoples and the whatever and mistreatment.

The DOJ has had an active investigation into Danske for a couple years. Danske is the largest bank in Denmark by a pretty wide margin. The scandal has really done a number on the Danish economy.

You don't suppose that had anything to do with Trump wondering out loud what it would take to buy Greenland from Denmark, do you?

Nah.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)

159 118 Don, Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are in the witch's den on The View.
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JMO, but our side needs to stop legitimizing that coven of craven whores.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (l1lYR)

160 67 >>>Yup...and the lack of support for what seems like a reasonable police action is disturbing.

That's more common than you think, at least in my division. I've told people they won't be arrested or get a ticket if they just showed me their license and registration, and they still gave me a F.U.

Now I'm giving you a ticket, because you couldn't give me the courtesy of showing your license.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019

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Unfortunately the attitude of cops here is rarely that reasonable. Of course the city and state are desperate for money, and so fines, expensive and alive-on-Saturday parking meters, and tickets are considered normal procedures by local LEO.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:30 AM (Ejm1K)

161 Zorg has to be one of my favorite movie villains."

I... am... VERY... DISAPPOINTED!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:30 AM (Kpl3J)

162 The function of ANTIFA are to be martyrs.

They will escalate their violence while the so called authority fails to reign them in. This is deliberate. In the communities ANTIFA operates the politicians and the police are complicit with them.

Once the people react with violence those actions will be deemed excessive and the crack down will result in all citizens rights being removed.

ANTIFA and their media allies want dead bodies.

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at November 07, 2019 11:30 AM (+BOMm)

163 >>>Zorg has to be one of my favorite movie villains.

Gary Oldman rarely gives a bad performance. His role in The Professional is outstanding. Yes, ti was over the top, but he was excellent.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:30 AM (VWp7G)

164 "****
The Epstein Story Is A Giant Rats' Nest That Needs Dogged Investigation ****

sic Conan on CNN's studio when Anderson Cooper is live on air? or whatever pretty monkey is reading the script and pretending to understand the content.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:30 AM (zO+RE)

165 Meggie Mac ripping into Don, Jr., calling him Mr. Trump and calling him out about his character.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (ptqGC)

166 Back in the 80's I had a campus cop pull his weapon on me and my friends. Granted , I probably caused it by running from him in my car because after all he was just a campus cop.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (Q5ALd)

167 Our hyper-Progressive city council has told the police that they can no longer conduct a search of a person without written consent from that person.

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So if a cop pulls someone over for speeding, smells weed, he has to wait for the driver to write out, "Pleeze search me"?

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (RU4sa)

168 I left Portland for good back in the 90s. It wasn't just the crazy people....it was how feminine the "men" were
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (dMj0Q)

I miss Portland sometimes, but then I hear horror stories from family still there and I'm glad I only go back once every couple of years.

Columbus, OH reminds me a bit of Portland twenty or so years ago. Quirky, leftist, but not in-your-face weird.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (wCmLp)

169 That is an excellent analogy. Which is weird because
virtually all of the cyclists around us are men, in those ugly clingy
spandex things with the bike shoes and water bottles, and massive
attitude.

They probably stand around after biking and measure their calves.

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (mFoNl)

What, you don't put on a firesuit and racing helmet when you drive to the store?

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (CQ3Qb)

170 The entire fucking college world -- everything about it -- needs to be razed to the ground, eradicated. It's a blight, a cancer. The university once had a mission to create educated, responsible, enlightened citizens of the Republic. Almost every Ivy League institution was in fact originally religiously based. Today they're petri dishes for the cultivation of bacteria to undermine and ultimately vandalize and overthrow our traditions and historic values.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (H8QX8)

171 82, And such will be treated as the return of the DC Sniper with national and state law enforcement mobilized. The dead Anti-fa will be immortalized like the dead Communists in Greensboro, NC and so on.

If anyone is suggesting urban warfare, then you are positing where authority has been destroyed--in Afghanistan, it was the Soviet Union that destroyed the community while in Iraq, we destroyed Saddam's government. In both case, no authoritative government existed as did the withdrawal of royal officials in the colonies during the American Revolution. Absent such conditions, the state will win. Most rational folks are terrified of disorder and will support suppressive measures to end it.

A pretty good read of what it takes (in a fictional world) to raise a successful rebellion is discussed in the Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein or the real life actions of the Sons of Liberty. Both took advantage of a distant central authority that could not act quick enough to stem it. Both actions though took place under existing grievances among more or less a majority of the population. Such does not seem to exist in Oregon for example. Mack Bolan reads better in fiction that someone like him would function in the real world.

The one thing about revolutions, no one is really able to predict exactly how it comes off. You might get the best case, the American Revolution, or you might get the French, Russian, or Chinese Revolutions. Better to avoid that by engaging in the political system as even Winston Churchill said during the Cold War, it is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (MItID)

172 165 Meggie Mac ripping into Don, Jr., calling him Mr. Trump and calling him out about his character.
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He should just keep referring to her as "the fat ass"

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (l1lYR)

173 "pro-MAGA Nigerian woman named Roxy Ndebumadu "

#justice4jussie

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (zO+RE)

174 148 Hah!

I go to Philly 3-4 a year, and I love the food and some of the neighborhoods, but damn! It needs some work.
Posted by: Jim Kenney at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (wYseH)

I wish Jim Kenney only came here 3-4 times a year lol
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at November 07, 2019 11:28 AM (N4xQB)

Governor Wolfe is barely in Pennsylvania 3-4 times a year

Posted by: josephistan at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (7HtZB)

175 Bruce Willis last good movie?

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:27 AM (dKiJG)

Fifth Element came out in 1997.

After that, you had The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Sin City, and Looper.

I feel like you probably have to consider at least one of those a good movie.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (KUaJL)

176 Gary Oldman played a midget once and totally pulled it off.

I can't remember the name of the movie, but Kate Beckinsale is in it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (xfb67)

177 165 Meggie Mac ripping into Don, Jr., calling him Mr. Trump and calling him out about his character.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (ptqGC)

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As a man named Eddie once said, she needs to have a coke and a smile and STFU.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (RU4sa)

178 145 114 >>>The Fifth Element had just the right amount of everything. One of the last good, straight-up fun movies to be made.

"We're sending in a negotiator!"
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:22 AM (VWp7G)

Bruce Willis last good movie?

I also love that they used the same Actor that was selling Noodles to Harrison Ford in Blade Runner, Sold Bruce Willis his noodles as a little nod to Blade Runner.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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I liked Glass, Unbreakable, and Death Wish and might see Motherless Brooklyn but it has Alec fucking Baldwin in it whom I detest with a thousand suns...

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (Fgc0C)

179 The McCain family has so much more character than the Trumps.

Okay, Meggie.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (ptqGC)

180 I messed up a close tag and thought I might be
headed for the place with the tentacles and the sludge and the things
which aren't spoken of but are not a surprise.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (gd9RK)

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Baltimore?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (IttZ7)

181 Posted by: Bandersnatch

Looks like you're OK. This could be a "walks away, whistling" moment!

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (77WPm)

182 The entire fucking college world -- everything about it -- needs to be razed to the ground, eradicated. It's a blight, a cancer. The university once had a mission to create educated, responsible, enlightened citizens of the Republic. Almost every Ivy League institution was in fact originally religiously based. Today they're petri dishes for the cultivation of bacteria to undermine and ultimately vandalize and overthrow our traditions and historic values.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (H8QX

++++++++++++
I read a story once (I think it was Philip K Dick) and one facet was that they had just walled off the Universities and made them no-leave zones. Anyone who wanted to could go in, but you were never allowed to come back out into society again.

I think it was seen as a bad thing. It strikes me differently...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2019 11:33 AM (I2dne)

183 Hi, Wyatt Earp! Thank you very much for your efforts to locate me recently. Yes, I did have someone watching the house, feeding my cat, and bringing me mail when I was in the hospital.

Posted by: rickl at November 07, 2019 11:33 AM (yQlY7)

184 yeah I am going to listen to the author of Humid Sticky Politics about the level of political discourse in this country. go back to Playboy, Meggie.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:33 AM (zO+RE)

185 162 The function of ANTIFA are to be martyrs.

They will escalate their violence while the so called authority fails to reign them in. This is deliberate. In the communities ANTIFA operates the politicians and the police are complicit with them.

Once the people react with violence those actions will be deemed excessive and the crack down will result in all citizens rights being removed.

ANTIFA and their media allies want dead bodies.
Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at November 07, 2019 11:30 AM (+BOMm)

Do the brain damaged children at the front lines of Antifa realize this?

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at November 07, 2019 11:33 AM (Uu+Jp)

186 162 The function of ANTIFA are to be martyrs.

==

they're doing it wrong

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (G546f)

187 >> I messed up a close tag and thought I might be
headed for the place with the tentacles and the sludge and the things
which aren't spoken of but are not a surprise.

Like the back of a Volkswagen?

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (vOiHe)

188 170, I suggest a modest proposal for universities and colleges, that they get the Johnson Amendment treatment of churches--in order to keep their non-profit status on income, they must not engage in open political advocacy. Treat professors or administrators in their official duties just as you would a pastor advocating voting for one or the other candidates where the IRS comes and investigates you for violating your non-profit status and give bounties to anyone reporting such behavior of any of the fines garnered.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (MItID)

189

CNBC Breaking News!! Vindman is back on Capitol Hill today. I wonder why he's not in uniform to impress us with what a super patriot he is?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (kw5n8)

190 Meggie Mac ripping into Don, Jr., calling him Mr. Trump and calling him out about his character.

Well, as the Venn Diagram of 1) people who watch The View and 2) people who would never, ever vote for Trump are pretty much concentric circles she's pretty much just preaching to her fat, drunk-by-noon choir

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (77WPm)

191 This is priceless.

You go girl, LOL.

https://tinyurl.com/y6yt73rc

That sound you hear is lefty brains popping.

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That's great. How come she gets it and our super smart elite betters don't?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (+y/Ru)

192 as even Winston Churchill said during the Cold War, it is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war.
Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (MItID)

Except when it's not, of course.

There are lines that cannot be crossed without severe consequences.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at November 07, 2019 11:34 AM (J+mig)

193 Cyclists are just like feminists. They want equal
rights when equality works in their favor and special privileges when it
doesn't.

Posted by: Biggs Darklighter

That is an excellent analogy. Which is weird because virtually all
of the cyclists around us are men, in those ugly clingy spandex things
with the bike shoes and water bottles, and massive attitude.

They probably stand around after biking and measure their calves.

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (mFoNl)

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I place suburban Houston cyclists into two stereotypes:1. The piss poor/suspended license/unlicensed day laborers who are not very obnoxious though they seem unaware of the existence of signals.2. the obnoxious spandex things

Posted by: Undocumented at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (5NMZN)

194 A pretty good underrated movie was State of Grace.

Oldman was at his best .

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (Q5ALd)

195 Whoopi: "Part of being president is having a pair."

Said to Don, Jr.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (ptqGC)

196
What, you don't put on a firesuit and racing helmet when you drive to the store?
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans a

I am a 29 year old woman, and I know better. Besides, my neurosurgeon banned me from: bikes, roller skates, pogo sticks, horseback riding, 12 gauge shot guns, .357 magnums, M-16's, shoulder held grenade launchers and 50 cals.

The fact that he said each and every one of those things to me gave me pause. What the hell do you think I do?

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (mFoNl)

197 >>>Hi, Wyatt Earp! Thank you very much for your efforts to locate me recently. Yes, I did have someone watching the house, feeding my cat, and bringing me mail when I was in the hospital.

You're very welcome. You need anything, I'm in Northeast Philly about three miles away.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (VWp7G)

198 I messed up a close tag and thought I might be
headed for the place with the tentacles and the sludge and the things
which aren't spoken of but are not a surprise.

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I see. And where can someone find this tentacle place? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (7HtZB)

199 I liked Looper but Willis wasn't asked to act in it. it belonged to that kid who was playing young Willis.

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (zO+RE)

200 The Epstein Story Is A Giant Rats' Nest That Needs Dogged Investigation ****

sic Conan on CNN's studio when Anderson Cooper is live on air? or whatever pretty monkey is reading the script and pretending to understand the content.

IT's really creepy that this monster had a hand in building the town I live in. Wexner had him in charge of buying up all this Land Disney style so he could build a town Wexner wanted to live and raise his kids. I think I might have event Met him at one of the Functions Wexner had at his Home or at the Country Club.

The one thing I did notice that the Country Club had some very good looking girls that drove the beer carts around the Golf Course.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (dKiJG)

201 If a cyclist is using the road same as automobiles, then they should be prepared to provide identification, the same as any driver. And yes, cyclists on the roads can be dangerous, especially if drunk or distracted. They fail to stay in their lane, weave through traffic, blow through intersections, etc.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile

Should also be taxed whatever the vehicle tax is.
Per bike.

I'm taxed on every trailer that is connected to my truck whether it's loaded or not. Connect. As "as an extension of".

Not a separate conveyance.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (GWDdA)

202 I wonder why he's not in uniform to impress us

Maybe he got a little something something spilled on the front?

Posted by: IP at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (w9UC1)

203 Moki is a Scythian warrior princess!

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (zO+RE)

204 Brother Maynard on man hugs:
Man hugs, Chapter two, Verses nine through twenty-one-

And
the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou hug whilst firmly patting the
man's shoulder blade. Then shalt thou pat to three, no more, no less.
Three shall be the
number thou shalt pat, and the number of the pats shall be three.

Four shalt thou not pat, neither pat thou two, excepting that thou

then proceed to three. Five is right out.

Once the number three, being
the third number, be reached, then break from the hug and stepest back.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (q1Pj5)

205 Don just threw "rape rape" at Whoopi.

The shrieking and yelling is unreal.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (ptqGC)

206 A pretty good read of what it takes (in a fictional world) to raise a successful rebellion is discussed in the Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein or the real life actions of the Sons of Liberty. Both took advantage of a distant central authority that could not act quick enough to stem it. Both actions though took place under existing grievances among more or less a majority of the population. Such does not seem to exist in Oregon for example. Mack Bolan reads better in fiction that someone like him would function in the real world.

The one thing about revolutions, no one is really able to predict exactly how it comes off. You might get the best case, the American Revolution, or you might get the French, Russian, or Chinese Revolutions. Better to avoid that by engaging in the political system as even Winston Churchill said during the Cold War, it is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (MItID)

The states will remain intact initially, it is the central government that will lose control.

Posted by: Someguy at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (O+iVW)

207
It kills me when they dress up in the spandex suits like they're in the Tour de France.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:29 AM (CQ3Qb)

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LOL, come to the front range of CO. It's a place where professional cyclists come to train. As a result, every bike dork in Denver dresses up like Lance Armstrong and comes out to places like Lookout Mountain and Hilldale Pines to pretend their pros.

It makes me laugh every time I see a gaggle of these dinguses. Also, they're incredibly rude and stupid.

Once, I saw some of these goons riding four abreast down Hwy. 285, blocking traffic completely - which is an extremely dangerous highway for anyone in any vehicle. I got mad for a minute, until I realized - these people are going to be dead within a couple of hours.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (AzW6q)

208 205 Don just threw "rape rape" at Whoopi.

The shrieking and yelling is unreal.

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (6XlcD)

209 183 Hi, Wyatt Earp! Thank you very much for your efforts to locate me recently. Yes, I did have someone watching the house, feeding my cat, and bringing me mail when I was in the hospital.
Posted by: rickl at November 07, 2019 11:33 AM (yQlY7)

Since you guys & Biggs are here, there was talk yesterday of a PA/Philly MoMe in the future if you all are interested

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (7HtZB)

210 Do the brain damaged children at the front lines of Antifa realize this?
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at November 07, 2019 11:33 AM (Uu+Jp)

They're playing chicken. As long as the other guy turns first, it's all fun and games.

It will end with a head-on collision at some point.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (J+mig)

211 The McCain family has so much more character than the Trumps.

Okay, Meggie.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (ptqGC)

I guess she completely forgot about the Keating Five and her father's serial adultery.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (Q5ALd)

212 Once the people react with violence those actions will be deemed excessive and the crack down will result in all citizens rights being removed.

ANTIFA and their media allies want dead bodies.
Posted by: Parker Longbaugh

Do the brain damaged children at the front lines of Antifa realize this?
Posted by: N.L. Urker

No. Like all kulaks, they think THEY will be doing the skull cracking.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (GWDdA)

213 So if a cop pulls someone over for speeding, smells weed, he has to wait for the driver to write out, "Pleeze search me"?
Posted by: SMH
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Precisely. That's probably the least of the cases.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (xSo9G)

214 >>We are already pretty close to colander masks and assless chaps in
Portland, so this might not even be noticed, but then again, eventually
the protesters and professional rabble-rousers will attack the wrong (or
right) person, and there will be a few masked antifa scum bleeding out
on the street.

Is it me, or does it seem like blue city leaders *want* things to get sporty?-- Hinder police--New laws to minimize crimes, no longer hold people pending trial (such as NYC)--Allow rampant homelessness--sanctuary city/invite in invaders--legalize drugs + needle exchanges, etc.
What else could to goal be except chaos??

Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (bDqIh)

215 cut off all their government sponsored loans, while we're at it. Their little SJW communes only survive on easy money, which lasts till they figure out they will be debt slaves perhaps for a lifetime. Last I heard, even bankruptcy does not cancel a student loan. Quite a racket.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (Cus5s)

216 >>>Since you guys & Biggs are here, there was talk yesterday of a PA/Philly MoMe in the future if you all are interested

I hear East Mount Airy is beautiful this time of year.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (VWp7G)

217 I liked Looper because I got to be on the set. Not when they were filming or anything, I just drove through it on my daily commute.

Same block was used in one of the Planet of the Apes movies. The one with Gary Oldman, weird.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (xfb67)

218 >>The shrieking and yelling is unreal.

Like a bunch of chickens.

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (vOiHe)

219 Okay, folks. I watched and reported on this shit fest so the rest of you wouldn't have to.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (ptqGC)

220 Off, tentacle pron enthusiast sock

Posted by: josephistan at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (7HtZB)

221 219 Okay, folks. I watched and reported on this shit fest so the rest of you wouldn't have to.

Bless you

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (6XlcD)

222 I am a 29 year old woman, and I know better. Besides, my neurosurgeon banned me from: bikes, roller skates, pogo sticks, horseback riding, 12 gauge shot guns, .357 magnums, M-16's, shoulder held grenade launchers and 50 cals.

The fact that he said each and every one of those things to me gave me pause. What the hell do you think I do?
Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:35 AM (mFoNl)

He didn't say anything about Kalashnikov's, .308s, or .40s, so there's still a lot of fun you can have.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (J+mig)

223 Funniest thing I remember in my freshmen dorm - at the end of the semester, a lot of us were done with finals and we lived in a four story boys dorm, and a party started and it went wild. Some of my friends and roomies and (I may have been involved) aggravated things by filling a 55 gallon trash can with water from the showers, and then leaning it against the elevator doors as they close, and sending it down to the first floor.

So, the Kampus Kops got called, and they came charging in, looking for the culprits, left their car running out front, they were in such a big hurry. Well they had just started when someone looked out the window and said "hey look there goes your car!!!" So they ran back out. (and never made it back to the dorm that night, thankfully)

The police car disappeared for a couple hours, but then someone saw it at a local gas station which had some coke and snack machines in public place, and they called and wondered why a cop car was repeatedly ramming the coke machines and trying to get stuff out of them. So a chase began, and the car took off into a huge muddy field, and he got stuck in the mud, and all the cops chasing him got stuck in the mud, and in the dark the driver bailed out and disappeared into some nearby woods and was never caught.

A couple years later I met a guy who told me some really interesting details about how the driver escaped, that no one except the driver would have known. heh.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (Kpl3J)

224 The Fifth Element is a Christmas movie. Change my mind.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

225 When did Ace redecorate the sidebar?

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (vOiHe)

226 Boulder, I wish!!!

Posted by: Moki at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (mFoNl)

227 I hate political dynasties. Won't vote for another Bush.

But screw it - Don Jr. has my vote. We'll just have to agree to disagree on some stuff. He's an American. We're running short on those.

Posted by: Militant Thug Civilian at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (DurKO)

228 I thought Red and Red 2 were excellent movies.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (Q5ALd)

229 Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then break from the hug and stepest back.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (GWDdA)

230 LOL, come to the front range of CO. It's a place where professional cyclists come to train. As a result, every bike dork in Denver dresses up like Lance Armstrong and comes out to places like Lookout Mountain and Hilldale Pines to pretend their pros.

It makes me laugh every time I see a gaggle of these dinguses. Also, they're incredibly rude and stupid.

Once, I saw some of these goons riding four abreast down Hwy. 285, blocking traffic completely - which is an extremely dangerous highway for anyone in any vehicle. I got mad for a minute, until I realized - these people are going to be dead within a couple of hours.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019

*
*

The cyclists were swarming like roaches even when I lived there 1997-2001. On the plus side, they were slim. On the negative, every one of the women had skin that looked like a leather saddlebag from being in the CO sun without protection.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (Ejm1K)

231 There are a great many idiots masquerading as serious people. That majestically stupid mayor of Portland leads the pack.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (Boy/L)

232 Don Jr. ought to call her Meggie Mac & Cheese

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (BqBId)

233 >>Don just threw "rape rape" at Whoopi.

The shrieking and yelling is unreal.

LOL!Are they letting him and Kimberly talk, or are they talking over them as they often do with conservative guests?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (bDqIh)

234 Antifa needs to be called out as fascistic on every possible occasion by everyone who realizes that.
The lie that they are anti fascist needs to be broken.

Yeah, it will never happen.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (Uu+Jp)

235 The raison d'etre of police is that they are supposed to deal with rotten people so you don't have to.

When the police go away, you have to deal with rotten people yourself.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (O7MnT)

236 A pretty good underrated movie was State of Grace.

Oldman was at his best .

Yes! That's an awesome movie. Even Sean Penn is good. And so are Robin Wright's tits.

We should have a thread of Movies That Don'T Get Memed Enough.

I vote for Thank You For Smoking.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (gd9RK)

237 Don, Jr. held his own at the unfriendliest show on TV. And it's still going on.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (ptqGC)

238 Maybe it goes back to many years of carrying, regardless, in an urban
environment, but I have always held the idea that if I ever had to shoot
in self-defense if at all possible I would EE out of there ASAP
rather than stick around to discuss matters ... and I gotta say, These
Modern Times are keeping me thinking that way even though I have a
little laminated card from the government that legitimizes my possession
of a weapon on the street.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez---

Pssst. Cameras are everywhere, especially in an urban environment. Just sayin........

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (JUOKG)

239 219>>>

Should be great when Mr. Reagan makes a video about it.

Posted by: Allie at November 07, 2019 11:41 AM (DGBrj)

240 The McCain family has so much more character than the Trumps.

Okay, Meggie.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (ptqGC)

I guess she completely forgot about the Keating Five and her father's serial adultery.
Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (Q5ALd)

Does Trump have a daughter who mentioned in public that she's "strictly dickly"? Because that's straight up class there.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (y7DUB)

241 Tom Servo, excellent story! Daniel Day from Animal House lives on

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (zO+RE)

242 Now Don is attempting to put the coven some knowledge about Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (ptqGC)

243 The function of ANTIFA are to be martyrs.

Speaking of, there's a hilarious video going around Twitter of someone standing in front of a bunch of cars when an orange traffic cone comes flying from off camera and hits them in the head. It somehow gets funnier every time you see it.

https://tinyurl.com/y44e6wst

Posted by: Ian S. at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (ZGrMX)

244 >>LOL, come to the front range of CO. It's a place where professional cyclists come to train. As a result, every bike dork in Denver dresses up like Lance Armstrong and comes out to places like Lookout Mountain and Hilldale Pines to pretend their pros.

Obviously you have never ridden more than 20 miles at a stretch on a bike.

The silly clothes are a necessity. Like Camo Waders for a Duck Hunter.

Now. No reason to ever be caught in them and be more than 2 feet from your bike.

But I see retards in Camo in every store I go into, too.

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (vOiHe)

245 Any shot Don Jr. throws in an EDKH?

Posted by: Allie at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (DGBrj)

246 What else could to goal be except chaos??
Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (bDqIh)

They have convinced themselves that they will be able to put a saddle on Chaos and ride it into power.

Chaos, for its part, is acting docile and friendly until they bring it out of its pen. Then it will start its rampage by eating them first.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at November 07, 2019 11:43 AM (J+mig)

247 Cyclists are just like feminists. They want equal
rights when equality works in their favor and special privileges when it doesn't.

--

I'd love to know how much additional wear and tear cyclists put on stretches of road* as well as additional fuel consumed needing to drastically change speeds to account for their presence.

* A 4000 lb car on a section of pavement for three seconds is surely more damaging than a 4000 lb car on a section of pavement for 1/2 a second.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Everything's $1 at the Jesus House and Gun Store at November 07, 2019 11:43 AM (4KWXE)

248 I hope they create a pay per view of California and Washington State for all the lawlessness.

Nice Snake Pliskin theme. Make it a game show. Parachute in, survive one week while filming. 100k prize.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 07, 2019 11:43 AM (pUDQf)

249 oh man, if this show keeps up Don Jr will have dog collars on these bints, Gor style

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:43 AM (zO+RE)

250 On the negative, every one of the women had skin that looked like a leather saddlebag from being in the CO sun without protection.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (Ejm1K)

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Yeah, people don't realize how intense the sun at high-altitude really is. Even on cool days it'll burn you up. I know this from growing up at 9000ft, so my skin is still good, as I take precautions. A lot of transplant women don't realize this until it's too late.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:43 AM (AzW6q)

251 Rudy Giuliani has said he has proof of payments from Burisma to Hunter Biden totaling over $3 million that went from Ukraine to Latvia to Cyprus to Biden.

Incidentally, Danske is a Danish bank and this scandal has rocked the Danish economy. Denmark owns Greenland.

Just throwing that out there for no particular reason.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:07 AM (ZLI7S){/i]

Deciphering your clues and following your trail of crumbs is my favorite pastime lately.

Posted by: LASue at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (Ed8Zd)

252 171 82, And such will be treated as the return of the DC Sniper with national and state law enforcement mobilized. The dead Anti-fa will be immortalized like the dead Communists in Greensboro, NC and so on.

If anyone is suggesting urban warfare, then you are positing where authority has been destroyed--in Afghanistan, it was the Soviet Union that destroyed the community while in Iraq, we destroyed Saddam's government. In both case, no authoritative government existed as did the withdrawal of royal officials in the colonies during the American Revolution. Absent such conditions, the state will win. Most rational folks are terrified of disorder and will support suppressive measures to end it.

A pretty good read of what it takes (in a fictional world) to raise a successful rebellion is discussed in the Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein or the real life actions of the Sons of Liberty. Both took advantage of a distant central authority that could not act quick enough to stem it. Both actions though took place under existing grievances among more or less a majority of the population. Such does not seem to exist in Oregon for example. Mack Bolan reads better in fiction that someone like him would function in the real world.

The one thing about revolutions, no one is really able to predict exactly how it comes off. You might get the best case, the American Revolution, or you might get the French, Russian, or Chinese Revolutions. Better to avoid that by engaging in the political system as even Winston Churchill said during the Cold War, it is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war.
Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:31 AM (MItID)

I have predicted violent attacks on ICE and CBP agents and facilities, particularly after Trump is reelected in a year. The inauguration will be the site of much sportiness.

I see the devolution of the big cities into a situation much like Afghanistan or Lebanon, where the city government controls maybe 50% of the city and various gangs/militias de facto control the remainder and are constantly at war with each other. Atr some point it becomes impossible to enforce the laws in certain districts and the gangs/militias will rise to become the effective government for the people who live there.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (jK8Z7)

253 There's a handful of Trump supporters in the audience.

Whoopi keeps yelling at him.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (ptqGC)

254 The McCain family has so much more character than the Trumps.

Okay, Meggie.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (ptqGC)

I guess she completely forgot about the Keating Five and her father's serial adultery.
Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (Q5ALd)

No Trump has ever set fire to an aircraft carrier.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (Boy/L)

255 The function of ANTIFA are to be martyrs.

I still get a smile when I think about the Phoenix PD martyring that Antifa goon's balls with a pepper ball.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting. at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (SchxB)

256 Once, I saw some of these goons riding four abreast down Hwy. 285, blocking traffic completely - which is an extremely dangerous highway for anyone in any vehicle. I got mad for a minute, until I realized - these people are going to be dead within a couple of hours.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Just enforce the law. Every street & road have minimum speeds. Some minimums are posted. Some aren't. Usually it's 20 or thirty less than the posted speed.

If they are in a 55 mph zone, do you know how hard it is to keep up 25 or 35 mph on a bike without dropping below it? As soon as they do, stop and ticket them.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (GWDdA)

257 Is it me, or does it seem like blue city leaders
*want* things to get sporty?-- Hinder police--New laws to minimize
crimes, no longer hold people pending trial (such as NYC)--Allow rampant
homelessness--sanctuary city/invite in invaders--legalize drugs +
needle exchanges, etc.
What else could to goal be except chaos??

Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:37 AM (bDqIh)

Pretty apt description of Boston 2019. Idiot mayor, stupider city counselors, Soros bought-and-paid local judges and prosecutors. In 10-years, Boston will look indistinguishable from SanFranpsycho today.

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (77WPm)

258 cut off all their government sponsored loans, while we're at it. Their little SJW communes only survive on easy money, which lasts till they figure out they will be debt slaves perhaps for a lifetime. Last I heard, even bankruptcy does not cancel a student loan. Quite a racket.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 07, 2019 11:38 AM (Cus5s)
++++++++++++
The student loan bankruptcy reform was a damn disaster. As always, government's *only* solution is to throw money at the problem.

College is expensive? Throw money at it. College gets more expensive because of inflation? Throw more money at it.

This is easy enough to fix, but no one will because it is a YUGE sacred cow:
1) No more government money for higher ed. No grants, no scholarships, no subsidies.
2) Government is forbidden from writing student loans.
3) Bankruptcy reforms are reversed, allowing student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy.

If this were to happen, there would be a LOT of effects. At least:
* Student debt interest rates will probably go to or exceed credit-card levels. Demand will plummet.
* Student lenders are suddenly going to care - a lot - about choice of major and performance and the prices will match.
* Enrollment will drop, perhaps catastrophically, for a couple of years
* Many colleges are going to go bankrupt and get liquidated and sold. Many will be turned back into colleges, except on a rational basis.
* College costs will collapse. So will college luxuries (elaborate dorms and gyms, programs for everything, etc.).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (I2dne)

259 >>The cyclists were swarming like roaches even when I lived there 1997-2001.

Dates back to at least the 70's when Celestial Seasonings started it's own staged bicycle race (a US version of the Tour de France), the Red Zinger Classic that later became the Coors Classic. Lasted through the 90's and then grew too big/got mismanaged, IIRC.
Had a childhood friend who co-founded the kid version, the Red Zinger Mini-Classic which got a lot of local kids interested/involved in bike racing.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (bDqIh)

260 Nice Snake Pliskin theme. Make it a game show. Parachute in, survive one week while filming. 100k prize.

Stay off the roads in my neck of the woods in NorCal... Too many drunk "Migrants"

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (6XlcD)

261 A couple years later I met a guy who told me some
really interesting details about how the driver escaped, that no one
except the driver would have known. heh.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (Kpl3J)

I was an RA at an LSU dorm once that had 13 floors. All the windows had pad-locks on them due to a long history of people throwing stuff out, but it wasn't uncommon to see one open (you could see an open window from a mile away). So this meant that the padlock had been cut, which was a $10 fine. We always had to call a campus PD officer first before knocking on the door to issue the fine. So the campus cop comes and we go knock on the door. Voice inside says "Come in!". So we did, and found the kid smoking a joint with the window open.... while cleaning his pistol.
I was surprised he got expelled as his father was a very prominent NO radio personality.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019 11:45 AM (CQ3Qb)

262 Now Don is attempting to put the coven some knowledge about Hunter Biden.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:42 AM (ptqGC)

Are they all going SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE in unison?

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 07, 2019 11:45 AM (y7DUB)

263 Speaking of, there's a hilarious video going around Twitter of someone standing in front of a bunch of cars when an orange traffic cone comes flying from off camera and hits them in the head. It somehow gets funnier every time you see it.

https://tinyurl.com/y44e6wst

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I'd have preferred an orange cinder block but beggars can't be choosers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at November 07, 2019 11:45 AM (+y/Ru)

264 We're at the part, where if was on The View, where'd I tell fatso "your father sucks cocks in hell."

If I were on The View.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (vg8iE)

265 Riding Abreast on anything is illegal and should be ticketed.

As should ALL rules of the road. Speeding on a rural hwy is not nearly as dangerous as breaking other rules through town.

Yet they only ever give out speeding tickets.

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (vOiHe)

266 The cyclists were swarming like roaches even when I lived there 1997-2001. On the plus side, they were slim. On the negative, every one of the women had skin that looked like a leather saddlebag from being in the CO sun without protection.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (Ejm1K)

The women are still like that. Leather skin, bleach blonde hair, skin and bones.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (wCmLp)

267
On the negative, every one of the women had skin that looked like a
leather saddlebag from being in the CO sun without protection.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (Ejm1K)

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Yeah, people don't realize how intense the sun at high-altitude
really is. Even on cool days it'll burn you up. I know this from growing
up at 9000ft, so my skin is still good, as I take precautions. A lot of
transplant women don't realize this until it's too late.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:43 AM (AzW6q)

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Ohhhhh, I see. I originally inferred they got pregnant riding.

Posted by: Undocumented at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (5NMZN)

268 Meggie Mac looks like she's furious that Don and Kimberly are there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (ptqGC)

269 >>>State Police to pull out of Oregon State after being attacked over arrest: "You're on your own now"

I love this.

Posted by: m at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (hnjoD)

270 I liked Glass, Unbreakable, and Death Wish and might see Motherless Brooklyn but it has Alec fucking Baldwin in it whom I detest with a thousand suns...

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 07, 2019 11:32 AM (Fgc0C)

I liked the idea of "Motherless Brooklyn", but the audience reviews convinced me that it would be a better cable experience.

Apparently, it's.....very......s-l-o-w....at 2.5 hrs.

Even some of the positive reviews say that.

Some scenes are shot and way too long to...make...sure...that...you...understand...the...politcal ....points the movie's trying to make.

And your enjoyment will depend on how you respond to Ed Norton cartoony Tourette's voice. It didn't bother me on the trailer but YMMV.

On the plus side, Bruce Willis actually shows up to act in the brief time he's on screen.

Probably, check out the trailer then decide.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (kauXV)

271 >>Pretty apt description of Boston 2019. Idiot mayor, stupider city
counselors, Soros bought-and-paid local judges and prosecutors. In
10-years, Boston will look indistinguishable from SanFranpsycho today.

This a.m. on Fox they did a story on steep rise in homeless, drug-addicts and crazies on Boston Common this year. Coincides with pot legalization, though I bet the new Soros-backed Suffolk Cty DA has helped this happen, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (bDqIh)

272 About 2 years ago, I had a case for a big Russian bank (one y'all know) and part of the tail end of the case was trying to locate bank assets that an oligarch had absconded with. All roads led to Cypress. But I was told by many, many PIs that once the money was there, it was almost impossible to track.

Posted by: LASue at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (Ed8Zd)

273 I still like the one of the Antifa loser catching a pepperball with his nutsack.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (xfb67)

274 Meggie Mac looks like she's furious that Don and Kimberly are there.
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Nah - someone made a McDonald's run and didn't ask her if she wanted anything.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (vg8iE)

275 Antifa needs to be called out as fascistic on every possible occasion by everyone who realizes that.
The lie that they are anti fascist needs to be broken.

Yeah, it will never happen.
Posted by: N.L. Urker
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It's part of their well known MO.

A couple of examples of such: 'People for the American Way', 'Southern Poverty Law Center'.

I mean, who could oppose groups with names like that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (xSo9G)

276
Hence the need to stockpile weapons and ammo.

And peanut butter!

Posted by: Jasper at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (XXaRO)

277 I see the devolution of the big cities into a situation much like Afghanistan or Lebanon, where the city government controls maybe 50% of the city and various gangs/militias de facto control the remainder and are constantly at war with each other. Atr some point it becomes impossible to enforce the laws in certain districts and the gangs/militias will rise to become the effective government for the people who live there.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (jK8Z7)
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So, like Mexico is right now?

Posted by: Boots at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (oGBso)

278 It's over. Dear sweet jeebus.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (ptqGC)

279 Graduated from Oregon State in '85.

That's all I got.

Wait. When growing up in Eugene, OR, home of the U of O (Ducks), whenever we traveled to Corvallis (OSU) for a track or cross country meet, we always sang a little ditty as we rolled into town.

It goes:

"Oh Es You our pants are off to you!

Beaver bastards sonsabitches, too!

Beat off with the band!

Beat off with either hand!

Oh Es You FUCK YOU!"

Little did I know at the time I would end up going to school there.

Ahhh, good times. Good times.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (U50PB)

280 192, I would agree to a point. The historical and social question is when does a critical mass feel this to be so and whether alternatives have been explored. In this case, the obvious way is to use laws that were passed to fight the Klan by the national government to go after Antifa and its supporters via law enforcement.

The existing laws are sufficient to put a serious hurt on antifa street theater and lead back to its funders and political supporters via civil and criminal liabilities.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (MItID)

281 Obviously you have never ridden more than 20 miles at a stretch on a bike.

The silly clothes are a necessity. Like Camo Waders for a Duck Hunter.

Now. No reason to ever be caught in them and be more than 2 feet from your bike.

But I see retards in Camo in every store I go into, too.
Posted by: garrett

I don't wear camo. All my hunting is done after dark with a spotlight so camo is useless.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (GWDdA)

282 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (Kpl3J)

LOLOLOL

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (G546f)

283 Re Fifth Element

Not to be "That Guy" but it is Leeloo that puts the card on the other guys door making it completely random (or not, if she really is the "supreme being") that causes the F.U.! guy to be popped.. (seen the movie too many times, super green?)

Posted by: catman at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (4HMlb)

284 >>>It's over. Dear sweet jeebus.

Trump Jr wins by TKO?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (VWp7G)

285 I just had a mental image of garrett in spandex shorts and threw in my mouth.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (ZLI7S)

286 Obviously you have never ridden more than 20 miles at a stretch on a bike.

The silly clothes are a necessity. Like Camo Waders for a Duck Hunter.

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Nah. I don't ride as an adult, but I used to as a kid with my dad. Long rides. Jeans and a t-shirt for him, me, and my bro. That was the common thing twenty years ago. The "spandex for regular people" thing is a pretense that came about recently.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (AzW6q)

287 Whistleblower attorney allegedly has YouTube channel featuring 'likes' for videos about Disney girls.

https://tinyurl.com/y6jaztnc

I think there was a kid pro quo.

Posted by: Monty James at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (Zqz9o)

288 >>Pretty apt description of Boston 2019. Idiot mayor, stupider city

counselors, Soros bought-and-paid local judges and prosecutors. In

10-years, Boston will look indistinguishable from SanFranpsycho today.

This
a.m. on Fox they did a story on steep rise in homeless, drug-addicts
and crazies on Boston Common this year. Coincides with pot legalization,
though I bet the new Soros-backed Suffolk Cty DA has helped this
happen, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 07, 2019 11:46 AM (bDqIh)

The Suffolk DA, in particular - straight-up Bolshevik. She'd put any and all of us in a Gulag in a heartbeat.

Posted by: DocJ at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (77WPm)

289 I didn't think anyone biked anymore. I thought it was all Peloton now.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (Q5ALd)

290 >>I don't wear camo. All my hunting is done after dark with a spotlight so camo is useless.

You'd fit right in on the Indian Reservation up here.

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (vOiHe)

291 I just had a mental image of garrett in spandex shorts
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Pics or it didn't happen!

Posted by: Mayor Buttplug at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (vg8iE)

292 : JackStraw

So the Estonia thing is from Rudy? Do you think anyone will believe him?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 07, 2019 11:48 AM (6XlcD)

293 250
On the negative, every one of the women had skin that looked like a
leather saddlebag from being in the CO sun without protection.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:40 AM (Ejm1K)

It's a little know fact that Rosa de Lauro looked like Sophie Marceau in her younger days. Yup. Colorado sun.

Posted by: pep at November 07, 2019 11:49 AM (T6t7i)

294 I thought Red and Red 2 were excellent movies.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (Q5ALd)

Those were great. I like the one scene in the end after john malkovich plugs the bad guy and says "wanna get pancakes?" lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 07, 2019 11:49 AM (9Om/r)

295 Atr some point it becomes impossible to enforce the laws in certain districts and the gangs/militias will rise to become the effective government for the people who live there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (jK8Z7)

Isn't that true for a significant part of Chicago already? And Baltimore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:49 AM (Kpl3J)

296 I'll vote for Don, Jr. in 2024 for his standing up to those vile bitches alone.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 07, 2019 11:49 AM (ptqGC)

297 >>I don't ride as an adult, but I used to as a kid with my dad. Long rides. Jeans and a t-shirt for him, me, and my bro. That was the common thing twenty years ago. The "spandex for regular people" thing is a pretense that came about recently.

Not really. It started with wool in the early 1900s.

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:49 AM (vOiHe)

298 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 07, 2019 11:39 AM (Kpl3J)

That was a hoot!

Posted by: creeper at November 07, 2019 11:50 AM (fE1wp)

299 Speaking of, there's a hilarious video going around Twitter of someone standing in front of a bunch of cars when an orange traffic cone comes flying from off camera and hits them in the head. It somehow gets funnier every time you see it.

https://tinyurl.com/y44e6wst

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You're right!

It does!

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:50 AM (RU4sa)

300 >> I just had a mental image of garrett in spandex shorts

Sadly. There are 3 of those.

Posted by: garrett at November 07, 2019 11:50 AM (vOiHe)

301 I don't wear camo. All my hunting is done after dark with a spotlight so camo is useless.

You'd fit right in on the Indian Reservation up here.
Posted by: garrett

Y'all got hog problems up there?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 07, 2019 11:51 AM (GWDdA)

302 The people of Portland elected Wheeler and the council. They get what they deserve.

New York City is headed in the same direction. I suggest that the emergency number should be changed from 911 to 1-800-SHARPTON.

Posted by: mercenary13 at November 07, 2019 11:52 AM (ScSU3)

303 Meggie Mac looks like she's furious that Don and Kimberly are there.

She must know a little about her father. A little more than she's told the rest of the coven.

Posted by: t-bird at November 07, 2019 11:52 AM (Ydn2k)

304 The "spandex for regular people" thing is a pretense that came about recently.

It's been a long time since I rode seriously but it was less about the spandex per se than about the padding down in the boys' area when the saddle was hard leather.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 07, 2019 11:52 AM (gd9RK)

305 The people of Portland elected Wheeler and the council. They get what they deserve.
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Just like how Lewiston, ME elected a Somali "refugee" to city council.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at November 07, 2019 11:52 AM (vg8iE)

306 So everything is going as planned. Once the police pull out the brown shirts can organize their own attack mobs to enforce progressive lunacy.

Posted by: Max Power at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (q177U)

307 Nood.

Posted by: Flyguy at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (3sOO0)

308 even money if Don Jr tweets a link to Spinal Tap' s "Bitch School" in the next hour

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (zO+RE)

309
I love The Orange Cone of Justice.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (kauXV)

310 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 07, 2019 11:49 AM (9Om/r)

Never thought I'd say this again. I'm getting the pig !!

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (Q5ALd)

311 Pretty apt description of Boston 2019. Idiot mayor, stupider city counselors, Soros bought-and-paid local judges and prosecutors. In 10-years, Boston will look indistinguishable from SanFranpsycho today.
Posted by: DocJ
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I'm sure you are already aware of the newly-elected DA, and I link to this with some regularity, but here, again:
http://tinyurl.com/y28a3o82

What could go wrong?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (CDGwz)

312 Sticking it to the man, brah!

Posted by: Fritz at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (2Mnv1)

313 I love The Orange Cone of Justice.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 07, 2019 11:53 AM (kauXV)

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So do I.

Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 07, 2019 11:54 AM (RU4sa)

314 Voice inside says "Come in!". So we did, and found the kid smoking a joint with the window open.... while cleaning his pistol.
I was surprised he got expelled as his father was a very prominent NO radio personality.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 07, 2019

*
*

I'mma hazard a guess. Did his father's (and, I presume, his) last name rhyme with "moronette"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 07, 2019 11:54 AM (Ejm1K)

315 >>So the Estonia thing is from Rudy? Do you think anyone will believe him?

No, Rudy says he has proof of Ukraine to Latvia to Cyprus to Biden. He claims to have bank records and if so that would be hard to refute.

But the implication is pretty clear in the world of money laundering we live in. Estonia was the hub but money came in from a bunch of eastern European countries with Latvia being one of the largest sources of laundered money.

You know who else was into money laundering? Someone who didn't kill himself in jail.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:55 AM (ZLI7S)

316 Problem is that the university will be fine with the cops pulling out and with installing campus security that it controls. These agitator students are aided and encouraged by the administration, who undoubtedly would love to have campus cops who are under its thumb. As usual, the only people who will suffer are the normies.

Posted by: bear with asyymmmetrical balls at November 07, 2019 11:55 AM (iys0/)

317 So, like Mexico is right now?

Posted by: Boots at November 07, 2019 11:47 AM (oGBso)

Definitely. @Tom Servo, I'd say parts of Chicago and Baltimore (and many other big cities) are low-intensity conflict areas, but still within the governance paradigm. The shift occurs when people look to the gang rather than the city as their primary source of protection. The gangs aren't big enough or have enough income to be able to do that . . . yet.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 07, 2019 11:56 AM (jK8Z7)

318 * Enrollment will drop, perhaps catastrophically, for a couple of years

* Many colleges are going to go bankrupt and get liquidated and
sold. Many will be turned back into colleges, except on a rational
basis.

* College costs will collapse. So will college luxuries (elaborate dorms and gyms, programs for everything, etc.).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM

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The current higher education system in this Country can't exist without virtually unlimited student loans. It would literally collapse the minute the spigot was turned off.

Our Credit Union still does some student loans but they charge 5.99% and that's with a Tier I credit rating.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 07, 2019 11:56 AM (JUOKG)

319 252
And such will be treated as the return of the DC Sniper with national and state law enforcement mobilized. The dead Anti-fa will be immortalized like the dead Communists in Greensboro, NC and so on.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 07, 2019 11:44 AM (jK8Z7)

Or like Horst Wessel.

Posted by: rickl at November 07, 2019 11:57 AM (yQlY7)

320 252, You would find parallels in the Whisky Rebellion attacking "revenuers", incidents in Reconstruction, the draft riots of NYC during the Civil War, etc. Truth is that cities have always been on the edge of governance and the biggest cities attract the biggest rats.

That being said, economics providing private sector jobs and investment that improve the lives of those living in the cities are a better way to tame the cities rather than force because once you let slip the dogs of war, no one's life, liberty, or property is safe.

For that reason, we should do everything possible to avoid violent conflict by fighting peacefully within the existing political system and not make civil war an inevitability. One example is that state governments can act against recalcitrant cities to restore order as Gov. Abbott is doing in Austin by eliminating the overpass druggie settlements. Israel has another good example of fighting the Antifada over the decades now.

Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:58 AM (MItID)

321 It's a little know fact that Rosa de Lauro looked like Sophie Marceau in her younger days. Yup. Colorado sun.

Exidor LIVES!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy does whatever his television tells him at November 07, 2019 11:59 AM (HaL55)

322 Speaking of, there's a hilarious video going around Twitter of someone
standing in front of a bunch of cars when an orange traffic cone comes
flying from off camera and hits them in the head. It somehow gets
funnier every time you see it.

https://tinyurl.com/y44e6wst

Oh God. I have to show that to Mr. MWR. He will piss himself laughing.

Posted by: MWR, The Public Intellectual (aka Beth) at November 07, 2019 12:00 PM (rP4OC)

323 Someone who didn't kill himself in jail.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2019 11:55 AM (ZLI7S)

Who?

Posted by: said no one alive today at November 07, 2019 12:02 PM (sI15f)

324 For that reason, we should do everything possible to avoid violent conflict by fighting peacefully within the existing political system and not make civil war an inevitability. One example is that state governments can act against recalcitrant cities to restore order as Gov. Abbott is doing in Austin by eliminating the overpass druggie settlements. Israel has another good example of fighting the Antifada over the decades now.
Posted by: whig at November 07, 2019 11:58 AM (MItID)

Agreed. I hate to say it because it's actually racist, but the minority group mayors and police chiefs the cities are electing and appointing these days are better-positioned to do that in a way that's acceptable by the population than white counterparts would be. But things are going to get really sporty this summer, and especially after PDT wins reelection.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 07, 2019 12:03 PM (jK8Z7)

325 Then things will get Western.

Posted by: Octopus at November 07, 2019 12:43 PM (A2KHh)

326
The states will remain intact initially, it is the central government that will lose control.
Posted by: Someguy at November 07, 2019 11:36 AM (O+iVW)

If it all stays political without any shooting then yes, the nation will become a confederation eventually.

If there's shooting all bets are off of what comes out at the end.

Posted by: Sooner at November 07, 2019 12:45 PM (Fs5vw)

327 The popular theme about the militarization of police seemed to start with Radley Balko, who was highly biased towards legalizing drugs. Here in So Cal, I see cops and deputies mostly driving around alone in patrol vehicles or on motorcycles; not in groups or in heavily armed vehicles like in the military.

Yes, during critical incidents I have seen SWAT teams heavily armed and sometimes with an armored vehicle.

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