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Reductio Ad Absurdum; Or How To Make Leftists Defend The Indefensible

This is exactly the sort of thing that conservatives should be doing...using the rhetoric and flawed reasoning of the left against them.

This state senator is a Democrat who is pro gun-rights, although this is Vermont, which may be the nuttiest state in the union, so it's not surprising.

Bill would ban cellphone use for those under 21

The bill was introduced by Sen. John Rodgers, D-Essex-Orleans. Rodgers said Wednesday he introduced the bill to make a point.

“I have no delusions that it’s going to pass. I wouldn’t probably vote for it myself,” he said.

He said he’s a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and the Legislature “seems bent on taking away our Second Amendment rights.”

He said, based on the information presented in the bill, a cellphone is much more dangerous than a gun.

Read the article and you will see why Vermont is a bit odd. Gun rights are hugely important to many Vermonters, but then so is "establishing an office of child advocate."

But the point stands. Extend Democrat demands to the point of absurdity. The classic and well-used example is the minimum wage. If $15 is good, then $50 must be great!

Here's one: drowning is the most common cause of death among children one to four years of age. Obviously the only solution is to ban children from pools and lakes and the oceans until they are five years old!

Posted by: CBD at 12:15 PM




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1 No way.

Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at January 12, 2020 12:18 PM (377Zs)

2 Hello - Anyone home?

Posted by: Screw 'Em at January 12, 2020 12:18 PM (pI2Ct)

3 Are they still on about 'oo xim'd 'oo below?

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:18 PM (4Pkdw)

4 Tad later than I expected

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 12:19 PM (ZCEU2)

5 Crap! Coulda been first. Figgered I wasn't and read content. I was mistaken.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at beautiful Chancre del Diablo ranch at January 12, 2020 12:19 PM (QJ/23)

6 Sink or swim

Posted by: henry at January 12, 2020 12:19 PM (J3Rfi)

7 When I was four, I think I would have been perfectly happy if they had banned me from having to take a bath.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:19 PM (hku12)

8 If you are an avid 2A supporter, yet still identify as democrat - you might be a dumbass.

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:20 PM (4Pkdw)

9 Goes to show Leftist nanny state is working minds overtime

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 12:20 PM (ZCEU2)

10 They have been called.

Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at January 12, 2020 12:20 PM (377Zs)

11 Read the article
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You seem to forget where you are.

Posted by: bluebell at January 12, 2020 12:21 PM (/669Q)

12 What I find odd, when some of these Democrats point out how absurd their Party is, is the fact that they remain Democrats.

The nutjobs in their Party think Republicans are worse that Hilter, but many of these officeholders, in state offices and Congress, have to know their own leadership is exponentially more dangerous to their so-called values and positions.

So why do they remain Democrats?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:21 PM (hku12)

13 The bill was introduced by Sen. John Rodgers

Sounds like he at least took a sip of redpill.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 12, 2020 12:21 PM (Z4rgH)

14 This is only going to get worse.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 12, 2020 12:21 PM (F2S+V)

15 Ban water.

Posted by: BignJames at January 12, 2020 12:21 PM (X/Pw5)

16 i enjoy watching idiots shit all over themselves. great entertainment. i'll never tire of it.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 12:21 PM (KP5rU)

17 They should require Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom type colorful tracking collars for children under the age of 26 in lieu of cell phones.

* if they arent adult enough to by their own health insurance, they are still children.

Posted by: henry at January 12, 2020 12:23 PM (J3Rfi)

18 I know a few Dems who acknowledge the party is too far left but they aren't going to rock the boat. The corruption starts early and often.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2020 12:23 PM (axyOa)

19 Pfff. They're already in mourning for Soleimani, you can't get more reductio than that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at January 12, 2020 12:23 PM (gz5MT)

20 No doubt this law maker would want 16 year olds to vote though

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 12:23 PM (ZCEU2)

21
But lower the voting age to 16.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 12:23 PM (13CQC)

22 I can't read linked article. Are they saying teen drivers get into driving while texting accidents? The lady who ran into me while she texted was 38.

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (4Pkdw)

23 If you want to know one big reason Vermont is so whacked take a look at Bernie Sanders. Vermont is full of NY refugees, aka flat landers, and other transplants.

Beautiful place but nutty as a fruitcake.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (ZLI7S)

24
Ha, Skip!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (13CQC)

25 We should limit the processing an update speeds of twitter and face book and goggle because the founders could not have imagined how the first amendment would be used in the electronic age.

There...how'd I do?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (9dzlp)

26 We need a national conversation about common-sense bucket regulation.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (NWiLs)

27 Why are fruitcakes nutty but nutcakes aren't fruity?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 12:25 PM (NWiLs)

28 So the fine State Senator doesn't think it will pass and states that he wouldn't vote for it himself. Why then the self immolation?

Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at January 12, 2020 12:25 PM (377Zs)

29
The lady who ran into me while she texted was 38.
Posted by: kallisto

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When precisely did this happen? I need to know so I can blame the particular action Trump had taken to make her rage-tweet instead of focusing on the road. If Trump wasn't president at the time, I'll find another Republican.

I hope you weren't hurt.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 12:26 PM (13CQC)

30 We need a national conversation about common-sense bucket regulation.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (NWiLs)
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Do to buckets what they've done to gas cans!

Posted by: Captain Obvious at January 12, 2020 12:26 PM (gz5MT)

31 It's all for the chirruns. *hic*

Posted by: Wine Moms at January 12, 2020 12:26 PM (EgshT)

32 Obesity is a national health problem. We need common-sense fork reform.

Posted by: DB at January 12, 2020 12:28 PM (iTXRQ)

33 Require water owners to keep it in a locked container and make sure they are required to take water ownership training and are registered with the government.

Posted by: ERF at January 12, 2020 12:28 PM (NxG7K)

34 Ban everything!!! Something must be done!!! *hic*

Posted by: Wine Moms at January 12, 2020 12:28 PM (EgshT)

35 12. Some say they stay democrat because it's how their daddy voted and his daddy before him all the way back to Adam and Eve. The rest are too dependent on the graft/grift infrastructure that supports them.

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:28 PM (4Pkdw)

36 100% of people alive today will die at some point in their lives

WE MUST ACT NOW

Posted by: DB at January 12, 2020 12:30 PM (iTXRQ)

37 34. OK. International Wine ban now in effect.

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:30 PM (4Pkdw)

38 Ban everything!!! Something must be done!!! *hic*
Posted by: Wine Moms at January 12, 2020 12:28 PM (EgshT)


I've got your back.

Posted by: Nanny Bloomburg at January 12, 2020 12:30 PM (aS1PU)

39 37 34. OK. International Wine ban now in effect.
Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:30 PM (4Pkdw)

Let us not be, how you say, too hasty.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 12, 2020 12:31 PM (NWiLs)

40 There are plenty of worse things under aged kids can do legally that are more risky.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 12:31 PM (ZCEU2)

41 > Some say they stay democrat because it's how their daddy voted and his daddy before him all the way back to Adam and Eve


that was my dad- grew up during the Depression- to him and his family, FDR saved the world-

he continued to vote D even though he disagreed with almost everything they did, because family tradition

Posted by: DB at January 12, 2020 12:32 PM (iTXRQ)

42 i'll spend a billion to beat trump.

some soda banning midget from new york. judge judy's dancing, little, monkey boy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 12:32 PM (KP5rU)

43 I am thankful for The Matrix and their scriptwriters for introducing redpill to the vernacular.

And the choice of colors, red and blue, cannot be a coincidence.

red = reality
blue= whatever you choose to believe

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (Z4rgH)

44 Pool manufacturers should be held liable

Posted by: Sam at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (ud9p9)

45 The lady who ran into me while she texted was 38.
Posted by: kallisto

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When precisely did this happen? I need to know so I can blame the particular action Trump had taken to make her rage-tweet instead of focusing on the road. If Trump wasn't president at the time, I'll find another Republican.

I hope you weren't hurt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 12:26 PM (13CQC)


I had my car totaled by a 16 year old driver who slammed into me from behind, while I and everyone in front of me was at a dead stop.

I don't KNOW that she was on her phone, but it's the only explanation I can think of.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (hku12)

46 Here's one: drowning is the most common cause of death among children one to four years of age. Obviously the only solution is to ban children from pools and lakes and the oceans until they are five years old!

That's revisionist thinking, kulak. No, we must ban water for everyone.

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (T6t7i)

47 My local Dem mayor of one of Washington State's medium sized cities is off the South Africa on a fact-finding tour, taking an entourage of supporters, donors and a few business folks to provide legitimacy. Just WTF does South Africa have to teach about how to properly run a city?

Gawd I hate politicians.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (axyOa)

48 100% of people alive today will die at some point in their lives

WE MUST ACT NOW
Posted by: DB at January 12, 2020 12:30 PM (iTXRQ)


n.b. coming at the statement in a different way, this is actually a pretty good starting point for living one's life.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (t+qrx)

49 18 to 21 year olds can't be bothered with the state taking away their liberty to smoke, vape, drink, etc.; they're to busy fighting for Trans rights, limiting speech, the elimination of fossil fuels, free everything, etc.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (4thlk)

50 just ban children. easy peasy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 12:34 PM (KP5rU)

51 29. it happened last Wednesday, so yep - Trump's fault - IMPEACH!

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:34 PM (4Pkdw)

52 >n.b. coming at the statement in a different way, this is actually a pretty good starting point for living one's life.
Posted by: hogmartin



I meant to do that

Posted by: DB at January 12, 2020 12:35 PM (iTXRQ)

53 I had my car totaled by a 16 year old driver who
slammed into me from behind, while I and everyone in front of me was at a
dead stop.



I don't KNOW that she was on her phone, but it's the only explanation I can think of.


Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM

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Could be any number of things. other than cell phones We got rear ended at a stop sign by a 16 year old girl before cell phones were around. She was alone in the car and claimed she did not see us stopped at the sign. My neck was sore for months after that one.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 12, 2020 12:36 PM (JUOKG)

54 35 12. Some say they stay democrat because it's how their daddy voted and his daddy before him all the way back to Adam and Eve. The rest are too dependent on the graft/grift infrastructure that supports them.
Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:28 PM (4Pkdw)


Yeah, people do mindless things all the time, all of us. I just think if we're going to introduce reason into the discussion, as this state senator seems to be intent on doing, perhaps they could point some of that reason and logic at themselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:36 PM (hku12)

55 I"m not certain what fraction of the voters in VA live in what are now 2A sanctuary counties, but I think a reasonable MINIMUM guess for how many will be negatively affected by these proposed laws is at least half. I'd really like to know what Northam thinks is going to happen. Prediction: nothing good for him or the Dems.

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 12:37 PM (T6t7i)

56 45 - my bro and I went to Mass this morning, there was an H3 parked right at the entrance. I told him, 'That's my next car.'

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:37 PM (4Pkdw)

57 sock off

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 12, 2020 12:37 PM (aS1PU)

58 Our legislators need to worry about reducing the overreach and over-funding of the government mafia at all levels instead of taking away our God given and Constitutional rights.

But democrats gotta democrat.

A man can dream.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2020 12:38 PM (Z+IKu)

59 Remain calm. All is well.

Posted by: The Nanny State at January 12, 2020 12:38 PM (EgshT)

60
ban children from pools and lakes and the oceans until they are five years old!
Posted by: CBD


There have been proposals to ban five gallon buckets for the sake of the children.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2020 12:38 PM (aKsyK)

61 "Just WTF does South Africa have to teach about how to properly run a city"




Well they do have some policies about letting blacks beat and murder white people while the police look the other way they might be interested in.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 12, 2020 12:38 PM (4thlk)

62 n.b. coming at the statement in a different way, this is actually a pretty good starting point for living one's life.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (t+qrx)

Great point. This has been a source of much regret and consternation for me. If you "delay gratification" long you enough, you're dead before you ever get it.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 12:38 PM (NWiLs)

63 I like the thinking and it could be a great strategy -- but liberals have neither an irony gland nor a humor gland.

Example: "President Putin, if you're listening, can you find Hillary's missing 30,000 emails?"

The libs have taken this as prima facie evidence of Trump colluding with Putin.

Posted by: FloridaMan at January 12, 2020 12:40 PM (qvAoh)

64 I had my car totaled by a 16 year old driver who
slammed into me from behind, while I and everyone in front of me was at a dead stop.

I don't KNOW that she was on her phone, but it's the only explanation I can think of.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM

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Could be any number of things. other than cell phones We got rear ended at a stop sign by a 16 year old girl before cell phones were around. She was alone in the car and claimed she did not see us stopped at the sign. My neck was sore for months after that one.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 12, 2020 12:36 PM (JUOKG)


I've been hit from behind a number of times. At stoplights/signs, even once when someone was turning left in front of me, and I was stopped in the middle of the road, waiting.

I get it, those split second situations, if you take your eyes off the road for a moment, things happen.

In this case though, there was a mile of traffic in front of us, all at a dead stop. It would have been hard to miss for the 15 seconds or so before it was our turn to stop.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:40 PM (hku12)

65
Wine has caused all of America's troubles by means of introduction into the shrivelled brains of Whole Foods and Trader Joe's shoppers...

I hereby propose nationwide common-sense wine reform, including federal subsidies for boxed-bourbon, a safer alternative.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice... EJEXIT: If Not Now, When? at January 12, 2020 12:41 PM (uKj5K)

66 this is Vermont, which may be the nuttiest state in the union,

Posted by: CBD at 12:15 PM

Hold my beer.

Posted by: Maine at January 12, 2020 12:41 PM (oAXUX)

67 Any time they want to introduce logic and reason, I'll be happy to keep doing what I have been doing. Until then they get mockery.

"I support Elizabeth Warren and would like to speak to the manager."

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2020 12:42 PM (LxTcq)

68 Culling. It has to happen.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 12, 2020 12:43 PM (F2S+V)

69 Who's your daddy?

Posted by: Big Gub'mint at January 12, 2020 12:44 PM (EgshT)

70 just ban children. easy peasy.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 12:34 PM (KP5rU)

This.

Posted by: Childfree Millennials Everywhere at January 12, 2020 12:44 PM (oAXUX)

71 Yanno, when I first saw all those cutesy slogans on gift shop items about how woman's mainstay in life was vino, I didn't think it would grow into a political movement.

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:45 PM (4Pkdw)

72 Most car accidents with children in the car happen 2 miles or less from home. Make it illegal to drive kids any distance less than 2 miles. This will ALSO help end the childhood obesity epidemic.

*I made up the distance but they used to use something like that in the buckle your seatbelt, use the carseat PSAs.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 12, 2020 12:45 PM (n4y+3)

73 Just WTF does South Africa have to teach about how to properly run a city?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (axyOa)

Trust me, they have a great Constitution.

Posted by: RBG at January 12, 2020 12:46 PM (oAXUX)

74 Ban children under five from beaches statewide...Pass that on to California. It would be a great leap forward into public safety
JWM

Posted by: jwm at January 12, 2020 12:46 PM (rFdMQ)

75 And since we're on this subject, as I'm sure this came up here during the week, when I was not around, I find it interesting that lots of people are criticizing Ricky Gervais.

The word is, he wasn't saying anything particularly incendiary, that he was doing it from a position of safety for him, as they weren't going to bring him back to host in the future anyway. And of course, Gervais keeps telling everyone he's a lefty liberal himself, so...

What was so BOLD about what he did? I don't know from bold, but I bet the audience for that insipid awards show, the one Tim Cook was attending, a high percentage of them have NEVER HEARD that Apple employs slave labor to manufacture their devices.

So perhaps Gervais wasn't talking to the assembled pompous assholes, and indeed was trying to speak to the audiences at home/on the internet. The ones who are never reached by the so-called mainstream media.

Maybe if they hear things like Apple employs slaves, it'll sink in. Just a little.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:49 PM (hku12)

76 The Left's insistence that all their bad policy proposals are "for the children" while they stand athwart history shouting "GO," to divorce, homosexuality, child murder and mutilation smacks of "we had to burn the village in order to save it."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice... EJEXIT: If Not Now, When? at January 12, 2020 12:49 PM (AFw0k)

77 Ya know, I don't think we need the govt interference, but our nation would probably be better off if no one under 21 had a cell phone.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 12, 2020 12:51 PM (r+sAi)

78 part of me wants those politicians to get caught up in some riot over there and get beat to death with pipes, chains,table legs, etc.

No more junkets.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 12, 2020 12:52 PM (F2S+V)

79 @70 No effin shit.
Your plan is to blame 50 years of childlessness...on the millennials?
Jesus you suck.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 12, 2020 12:53 PM (oRpiG)

80 Most car accidents with children in the car happen 2 miles or less from home. Make it illegal to drive kids any distance less than 2 miles. This will ALSO help end the childhood obesity epidemic.

*I made up the distance but they used to use something like that in the buckle your seatbelt, use the carseat PSAs.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 12, 2020 12:45 PM (n4y+3)


Why are kids in the car anyway? Usually, it's coming or going to/from school.

And where do most kids first get introduced prematurely to sex and violence? At school.

Where do kids first learn about illicit drug and alcohol use? From peers at school.

Hell, where do kids first hear about rayciss rayciss from the cisnormative white Christian male patriarchy?? AT SCHOOL!!

The answer is simple: ban school.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:54 PM (hku12)

81 The answer is simple: ban school.

Not a bad idea.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 12, 2020 12:55 PM (EgshT)

82 Jesus you suck.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 12, 2020 12:53 PM (oRpiG)


Ok, boomer.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:55 PM (hku12)

83 Ya know, I don't think we need the govt interference, but our nation would probably be better off if no one under 21 had a cell phone.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 12, 2020 12:51 PM (r+sAi)


Somehow, someway, humanity existed for decades, nay, even centuries without cell phones.

None of us need them. All of us would be better off without them.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:57 PM (hku12)

84 How do those of you with children handle the cell phone dilemma? One one hand you want your child to be able to contact you 24-7, OTOH it's a virtual gateway drug.

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:57 PM (4Pkdw)

85 Ya know, If it saves just one life, it'll all be worth it...

Posted by: Falsecast at January 12, 2020 12:57 PM (u0lUh)

86 Your plan is to blame 50 years of childlessness...on the millennials?
Jesus you suck.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 12, 2020 12:53 PM (oRpiG)

The millennials are the ones who made it a movement religion.

Posted by: Surfperch at January 12, 2020 12:58 PM (oAXUX)

87 easiason is here? holy shit!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 12:58 PM (KP5rU)

88 How do those of you with children handle the cell phone dilemma? One one hand you want your child to be able to contact you 24-7, OTOH it's a virtual gateway drug.
Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 12:57 PM (4Pkdw)


I think the simple answer would be, give them a cell phone. Not a handheld computer.

It's not the phone calls that are causing such sociological problems. It's this damned infernal internet thingy.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:59 PM (hku12)

89 Can't ban everything, so ban bans.

Did I mention that I do know what the problem is, but I won't tell.

Maybe posthumously. Not sure yet.

Posted by: klaftern at January 12, 2020 12:59 PM (RuIsu)

90
it happened last Wednesday, so yep - Trump's fault - IMPEACH!
Posted by: kallisto

======

Perfect! Excepting some pesky contrarians like BurtTC and Mr. Scott who insist WITH NO EVIDENCE that they were hit by teens in non-Trump circumstances, we can devise another article of impeachment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:00 PM (13CQC)

91 Can't ban everything, so ban bans.

Did I mention that I do know what the problem is, but I won't tell.

Maybe posthumously. Not sure yet.
Posted by: klaftern at January 12, 2020 12:59 PM (RuIsu)


Saran wrap?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:01 PM (hku12)

92 86 Your plan is to blame 50 years of childlessness...on the millennials?
Jesus you suck.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 12, 2020 12:53 PM (oRpiG)

The millennials are the ones who made it a movement religion.
Posted by: Surfperch at January 12, 2020 12:58 PM (oAXUX)

To be fair, that started way before millienials were born.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:02 PM (NWiLs)

93 Laughing all the way to StyxHexenhammer. Young man is so happy since he got married, but he has always had a very hard eye on government power.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 12, 2020 01:02 PM (MIKMs)

94 Can we ban stupid ?

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:02 PM (zr5Kq)

95 OTOH it's a virtual gateway drug.

I was at a family gathering over the holidays and it was rather disheartening to see the young'uns all hunched over their cells the entire day. Almost impossible to get their attention, let alone carry on a conversation. *obligatory lawn reference here*

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 12, 2020 01:02 PM (EgshT)

96 Millennials walking around like they rent the place.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2020 01:03 PM (LxTcq)

97 96 Millennials walking around like they rent the place.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2020 01:03 PM (LxTcq)

All the time. They're everywhere. Walking around like regular people. And they don't even know Tide Pods aren't food.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:04 PM (NWiLs)

98 My bf has no cell phone. This makes him the subject of endless haranguing and harassment at work. The one guy was nice to him though and reminded him there are no such things as pay phones anymore, and when your truck breaks down do you feel comfortable walking up to a stranger's house to use their phone?

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 01:04 PM (4Pkdw)

99 Millennials walking around like they rent the place.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2020 01:03 PM (LxTcq)


What's walking?

Posted by: Uber, Uber Alles at January 12, 2020 01:04 PM (hku12)

100 94 Can we ban stupid ?
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:02 PM (zr5Kq)


Personally, I say no

Posted by: REDACTED at January 12, 2020 01:04 PM (rpxSz)

101 Gen Z is the wurst.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:04 PM (zr5Kq)

102 In less than 50 years...

"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

To not even being able to do a Tweet.

Well done, Dems.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 12, 2020 01:05 PM (JCrfD)

103 As long as we're passing absurd laws for the children why don't we just require that alls members of the legislature be under 17 years of age. Mandatory retirement at 17. Let them make all the decisions.

Oh, and judges have to be pre-teens.

Governor can be an adult.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:05 PM (m45I2)

104 Typo..60 years.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 12, 2020 01:05 PM (JCrfD)

105 Nanny PeeLousy is claiming victory in her impeachment circus in which everybody else in the universe thinks she made an ass out of herself.



https://tinyurl.com/qkag9fe

Posted by: Vic at January 12, 2020 01:05 PM (mpXpK)

106 "Can we ban stupid ?"

Yes but it wont help.

Posted by: freaked at January 12, 2020 01:07 PM (Tnijr)

107 Nanny PeeLousy is claiming victory in her impeachment circus in which everybody else in the universe thinks she made an ass out of herself.

Welcome to nonfiction Sunset Boulevard.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 12, 2020 01:07 PM (JCrfD)

108 Will no one speak for the Gen X-ers??

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 01:07 PM (4Pkdw)

109 71 million millenniums, 41 million Gen X, Gen Z - 23 million.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:07 PM (zr5Kq)

110 106 "Can we ban stupid ?"

Yes but it wont help.
Posted by: freaked at January 12, 2020 01:07 PM (Tnijr)

Then all you get is a thriving black market in stupid.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:08 PM (NWiLs)

111 Can we ban stupid ?

That would be unfair.

Posted by: Little Lupe at January 12, 2020 01:08 PM (EgshT)

112 Boomers (extedned count yy 46-65) 82 million.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:09 PM (zr5Kq)

113 Mitch should use the analogy of an assayer


The Senate is the assayer

The house is the prospector

the assayer is there to analyze the ore you bring him not to mine your claim

Posted by: REDACTED at January 12, 2020 01:10 PM (rpxSz)

114 My bf has no cell phone. This makes him the subject of endless haranguing and harassment at work. The one guy was nice to him though and reminded him there are no such things as pay phones anymore, and when your truck breaks down do you feel comfortable walking up to a stranger's house to use their phone?
Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 01:04 PM (4Pkdw)


What's a house phone? What's a "tow" truck?

Incidentally, at a company Christmas party, one of my colleagues got a little drunk. He was gonna call an uber.

I sez, I said, "hey there, fella, how's about I just give you a ride home, save you the trouble of calling an uber."

He declined.

Did I mention this fella is a Millennial?

Need I even specify, he's got a long beard and is gay? I guess not. That would be redundant.

Posted by: Uber, Uber Alles at January 12, 2020 01:10 PM (hku12)

115 Oh yeah the Gaslight talking point is that Nanzi achieved a Messaging Victory. It's all about the Narrative yo!

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 01:11 PM (4Pkdw)

116 This is the way I argue. No one wants to argue with me anymore as a result. Tge only tactic the left uses anymore is name callong and insults.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:11 PM (flINI)

117 Stupid farms; stupid raised in secrecy in basements under unnatural glow of LED lights.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:11 PM (zr5Kq)

118 Goddamn phone

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (flINI)

119 117 Stupid farms; stupid raised in secrecy in basements under unnatural glow of LED lights.
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:11 PM (zr5Kq)

Dark Web purveyors of stupid.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (NWiLs)

120 As long as we're passing absurd laws for the children why don't we just require that alls members of the legislature be under 17 years of age. Mandatory retirement at 17. Let them make all the decisions.

Oh, and judges have to be pre-teens.

Governor can be an adult.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:05 PM (m45I2)


I'm almost 17! How DARE you!!!

Posted by: Greta Thumbskull at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (hku12)

121 25
We should limit the processing an update speeds of twitter and face book
and goggle because the founders could not have imagined how the first
amendment would be used in the electronic age.

There...how'd I do?


Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 12, 2020 12:24 PM (9dzlp)

Ban Facebook! Of course the Left would never go for it but ONLY because it's not conservative-owned. If it was helping us, they would be on it every day like flies on sh*t. Russian disinformation! Spreads too fast! Take it down! Not what the Founders intended!

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (rUoFb)

122 Goddamn phone
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (flINI)

Throw it away.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (zr5Kq)

123 Pro Tip: Whenever the Left starts going on about Patriotism and "The Founders" and the Constitution... fucking run.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:13 PM (rUoFb)

124 The US culture has gone down hill since women got the right to vote. The only solution is to take away women's right to vote.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 12, 2020 01:14 PM (r+sAi)

125 How about we pass a law against Leftists?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:14 PM (zTNbv)

126 Stupid farms; stupid raised in secrecy in basements under unnatural glow of LED lights.
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:11 PM (zr5Kq)

Dark Web purveyors of stupid.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:12 PM (NWiLs)

Chinese stupid knockoffs. Defective of course.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:14 PM (zr5Kq)

127 Can we ban stupid ?


*******


Maybe just redefine it. Grade on the curve. Give extra credit for breathing on one's own.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:14 PM (m45I2)

128 Oh yeah the Gaslight talking point is that Nanzi achieved a Messaging Victory. It's all about the Narrative yo!
Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 01:11 PM (4Pkdw)


The US House of Representative and the Mullahcracy of Iran.

Both achieved "messaging victories" over the dread Trump. Whilst Trump achieves victory victories over them.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:14 PM (hku12)

129 123 Pro Tip: Whenever the Left starts going on about Patriotism and "The Founders" and the Constitution... fucking run.
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:13 PM (rUoFb)


"Don't question my patriotism!"

"I don't bother questioning things that don't exist. It's why I don't wonder about Sasquatch's dietary habits."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:16 PM (YqDXo)

130 The answer is simple: ban school.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 12:54 PM (hku12)

Brilliant! Government skools are a waste anyways and no one would miss them except the fat, mentally ill teachers and their union.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2020 01:16 PM (Z+IKu)

131 Banning stupid would create an anti-intellectual vacuum. Roombas wouldn't like it.

Posted by: klaftern at January 12, 2020 01:17 PM (RuIsu)

132 Roombas for Congress

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:18 PM (zTNbv)

133 125


When the country splits it will be in our new Constitution.

Posted by: Ha at January 12, 2020 01:18 PM (NSFCQ)

134 Going out to enjoy this mild weather while it's still daylight. Later!

Posted by: kallisto at January 12, 2020 01:19 PM (4Pkdw)

135 Stupid springs eternal from an unending supply beneath the crust of the earth, cascading endlessly like a perpetual motion machine.

Oh, no. Wait. My mistake. That's the Chocolate Fountain at Golden Corral.

But you get the idea.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:19 PM (m45I2)

136 When the country splits it will be in our new Constitution.



We would have write a new Constitution ? That's a lot of work.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:19 PM (zr5Kq)

137 Yep, that's what I was doing - reductio ad absurdum. As long as I'm going to support those Muslim countries over us, I might as well literally embrace the 6 year-olds

Posted by: Paul Krugman at January 12, 2020 01:20 PM (xPYsj)

138
Oh yeah the Gaslight talking point is that Nanzi achieved a Messaging Victory. It's all about the Narrative yo!
Posted by: kallisto

======

It will be an indelible stain on his presidency.

He has to wake up every morning knowing that he has been impeached.

He pretends he doesn't mind, but it's clear that Nancy lives rent-free in his head.

He is only the third president in our nation's loooooong, glorious, and tumultuous history to evah have undergone this devastating and extremely significant action by our hallowed institution established by our sacred Constitution, the duly-elected Congress.

Indications suggest that this just might be the thing that potentially could influence the thinking of possible swing voters. (ominous music)

DAY 26 IN POST-IMPEACHMENT AMERICA. 300 DAYS TO THE ELECTION IN WHICH THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IMPEACHED. HISTORY IS BEING MADE.

I listen to this stuff so you don't have to.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:20 PM (13CQC)

139 I think everyone is missing the point... he proposed this bill in answer to the absurdity of the new gun laws passed in the state, (i.e. a 21 year age limit on buying/possessing a weapon). His point is that cell phones have been proven to be MOR dangerous, and when some one screams "That's absurd!" then he points back to the laws about actual weapons. This isn't real... he himself admits it... he's trying to make a point that gets lost b/c his political affiliation ends with a "D" and everyone on the right points and screams that he's a leftist loony toon. Methinks a lot got lost in translation on this one...

Posted by: Big Country at January 12, 2020 01:20 PM (KeKzY)

140 The Golden Corral chocolate fountain is probably more sanitary than Leftism.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:21 PM (zTNbv)

141 98
My bf has no cell phone. This makes him the subject of endless
haranguing and harassment at work. The one guy was nice to him though
and reminded him there are no such things as pay phones anymore, and
when your truck breaks down do you feel comfortable walking up to a
stranger's house to use their phone?

Posted by: kallisto



There is a reasonable compromise. He can get one of the old, cheap flip phones with no internet or screen to speak of. Seniors like them because they're easy to understand. He wouldn't even have the temptation to look at the phone every 10 seconds, because there's nothing to see. It's just a nice tool for emergencies.

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 01:22 PM (T6t7i)

142 I listen to this stuff so you don't have to.



And I appreciate it. Really. Somebody here needs to tell us when they all start moving to Canada en mass.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:22 PM (zr5Kq)

143 >>Oh yeah the Gaslight talking point is that Nanzi achieved a Messaging Victory. It's all about the Narrative yo!

If someone has to explain they achieved a messaging victory they didn't.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2020 01:22 PM (ZLI7S)

144 140: my ass is more sanitary than leftism.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 01:22 PM (KP5rU)

145 I doubt I would go near a GC chocolate fountain

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:23 PM (ZCEU2)

146
he's trying to make a point that gets lost b/c his political affiliation ends with a "D" and everyone on the right points and screams that he's a leftist loony toon. Methinks a lot got lost in translation on this one...
Posted by: Big Country

=======

Oh my. Well that does make a difference. The trouble once again is... parody or actual leftism?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:23 PM (13CQC)

147 64 clear sky but breezy

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:23 PM (ZCEU2)

148 145 I doubt I would go near a GC chocolate fountain
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:23 PM (ZCEU2)

Better have all your shots first.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:24 PM (NWiLs)

149 chocolate fountain. is that like after a meal at chipotle?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 01:25 PM (KP5rU)

150 OT: Bat Masterson just drew his pistol, fanned the hammer about 8 times on his six-shooter and killed three men, including Dr. McCoy. They don't make TV shows like that any more.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:25 PM (m45I2)

151
Somebody here needs to tell us when they all start moving to Canada en mass.
Posted by: runner

======

*puts on rose-colored glasses*
*squints*

Not yet, sorry. They're all busy buying multi-million dollar homes in the global warming flood zone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:25 PM (13CQC)

152 Who doesn't think an overwhelming Trump victory in 2020 will lead to another foreign interference charge?

They can't go to that well again? You bet they can. What else can they do? Accept reality? I expect they'll pressure Barr to appoint another Mueller.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 12, 2020 01:26 PM (H8QX8)

153 If I go back a hundred generations in my family tree I suppose I may find a duke or a king. I have twice as many grandparents as parents, so among the thousands of great^100 one of them is likely to be noble. The food he ate wasn't as good as what I eat. His entertainment and education was not nearly as good as mine.

So sitting in this particular place of luxury, above my parents who did not grow up with air conditioning, a drastic change in a very long line of not-easy living, I am unable to be indifferent. It is impossible even if I wanted to. I can either be grateful, or I can be spiteful and say to hell with it all. There is no avoiding the fork in the road.

The liberal bastard has chosen hell, and inflicts his neurotic bad advice on everyone he meets. In Africa they call it "the western disease".

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2020 01:26 PM (LxTcq)

154 I'm dead, Jim.

Posted by: Zombie Bones McCoy at January 12, 2020 01:26 PM (EgshT)

155 Since I am one of the few not addicted to the internet at work I have a prepay phone. As most of my work calls are Verizon they are still free. My bill killer is texting which also gets used for work.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:28 PM (ZCEU2)

156 I tell people that I talk to that every crime carries with it the legally justified penalty of death.

If I shoot off fireworks, I have broken the law in my area. If the cops cite me to court and I don't show up because I disagree with the law, they swear a warrant out for me. If I refuse to go willingly when they serve the warrant, the cops are free to shoot me, without trial.

Failure to comply with any law is punishable by death, without a jury, without a judge, without a conviction.


Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:28 PM (3S5Yp)

157 Stupid springs eternal from an unending supply beneath the crust of the earth, cascading endlessly like a perpetual motion machine.

Oh, no. Wait. My mistake. That's the Chocolate Fountain at Golden Corral.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:19 PM


In the end, there can be only one.

Posted by: Second Law Of Thermodynamics (SLOT) at January 12, 2020 01:28 PM (0CPEj)

158 140 The Golden Corral chocolate fountain is probably more sanitary than Leftism.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:21 PM (zTNbv)

That is a terrifying thought.

Posted by: Infidel at January 12, 2020 01:29 PM (MTxDQ)

159 I doubt I would go near a GC chocolate fountain
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:23 PM (ZCEU2)

Better have all your shots first.



Good point. Waitress? A round of Val-U-Rite for the table!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 12, 2020 01:29 PM (SchxB)

160 That darn Gutenberg!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2020 01:29 PM (aKsyK)

161
whoa whoa whoa

I think Richard Engel of the MSM just said that the Iranian gov't has lost its window of shutting down the protests and getting back to brutality as usual. This Iran thing might be too big for them to ignore (so they're probably working on a narrative right now).

I'll help, kidz: Trump is building on the groundwork laid by Obama. None of this could have happened without... (consult with Ben Rhodes to finish the sentence.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:30 PM (13CQC)

162 First day of taking Apple Cider Vinegar. Didn't taste bad at all. I was expecting so much worse

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:30 PM (flINI)

163 I think everyone is missing the point... he proposed this bill in answer to the absurdity of the new gun laws passed in the state, (i.e. a 21 year age limit on buying/possessing a weapon). His point is that cell phones have been proven to be MOR dangerous, and when some one screams "That's absurd!" then he points back to the laws about actual weapons. This isn't real... he himself admits it... he's trying to make a point that gets lost b/c his political affiliation ends with a "D" and everyone on the right points and screams that he's a leftist loony toon. Methinks a lot got lost in translation on this one...
Posted by: Big Country at January 12, 2020 01:20 PM (KeKzY)


No, everyone around here got it.

You may have missed that point.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:31 PM (hku12)

164 Its so nice out felt li ke I should do something out, chopped uplogs toget rid of, filled tire pressure, put some tools and stuff intruck for work, cleaned out cat's litter box.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:31 PM (ZCEU2)

165 Posted by: Big Country at January 12, 2020 01:20 PM (KeKzY)

I think CBD was pretty clear on it. He was saying these are the tactics we should be using. I haven't read every comment though. Who does that?

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:32 PM (rUoFb)

166 BAN THE PATRIARCHY!

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at January 12, 2020 01:32 PM (kGemO)

167 He is only the third president in our nation's loooooong, glorious, and tumultuous history to evah have undergone this devastating and extremely significant action by our hallowed institution established by our sacred Constitution, the duly-elected Congress.

Indications suggest that this just might be the thing that potentially could influence the thinking of possible swing voters. (ominous music)

DAY 26 IN POST-IMPEACHMENT AMERICA. 300 DAYS TO THE ELECTION IN WHICH THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IMPEACHED. HISTORY IS BEING MADE.

I listen to this stuff so you don't have to.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:20 PM (13CQC)


But seriously though, I think there's a very good chance, moving forward, whenever there's a Congress of one party, and a President of another, they're going to be impeached, more often than not.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:33 PM (hku12)

168 162 First day of taking Apple Cider Vinegar. Didn't taste bad at all. I was expecting so much worse
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:30 PM (flINI)

I put a capful in a glass of cold water with a dash of stevia sweetener. It's a terrific thirst quencher in the summer.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 12, 2020 01:33 PM (H8QX8)

169 I read my horoscope for the year of the rat. It says my year will suck. I rely on all of you to help me through this tumulus, unlucky year predicted by the Chinese astrologists.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:34 PM (zr5Kq)

170 First day of taking Apple Cider Vinegar.



SHould I ask why you are drinking vinegar ?

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:35 PM (zr5Kq)

171 Tea leaves for the Mullahs - murky

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:35 PM (zTNbv)

172 Who doesn't think an overwhelming Trump victory in 2020 will lead to another foreign interference charge?



They can't go to that well again? You bet they can. What else can
they do? Accept reality? I expect they'll pressure Barr to appoint
another Mueller.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 12, 2020 01:26 PM (H8QX

Hell, they've already accused him of interfering in the 2020 election.

I thought all along that was a significant part of the shampeachment strategy. To give themselves something to latch onto and pass everyone's time for the next five years. It's not like they can credibly bring forward another Stormy or something from his past that only magically came to light after being president for four years. Not that that would stop them, mind you. But the Narrative needed a current, or even better, a future crime.

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:36 PM (rUoFb)

173 I put a capful in a glass of cold water with a dash of stevia sweetener. It's a terrific thirst quencher in the summer.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at January 12, 2020 01:33 PM (H8QX

********

It is supposed to be good for Blood sugar and blood pressure. Also, weight loss

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:36 PM (flINI)

174 I doubt I would go near a GC chocolate fountain
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:23 PM (ZCEU2)

Better have all your shots first.
------------------------

Good point. Waitress? A round of Val-U-Rite for the table!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 12, 2020 01:29 PM (SchxB)


Speaking of which, I don't understand why they have "watiresses" at Golden Corral. Everyone gets the buffet.

In the hierarchy of waitressing, I assume GC is lower than Denny's, which is lower still than Hooters.

So when I've been at the Corral, I've tipped the "waitress" more than she probably gets most of the time, even though she didn't actually do squat.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (hku12)

175
Who doesn't think an overwhelming Trump victory in 2020 will lead to another foreign interference charge?

They can't go to that well again? You bet they can. What else can they do? Accept reality? I expect they'll pressure Barr to appoint another Mueller.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice

=======

It'll be one fantasy or another, perhaps yours, perhaps whatever they can make of Durham's work if it produces charges, scandal, irrefutable facts, etc. (hollow laughter just in case)

i.e., Trump has switched from the Russians to flat-out jailing his political opponents, suppression, dangerous times, he's learned from his North Korean buddy, etc.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (13CQC)

176 SHould I ask why you are drinking vinegar ?

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:35 PM (zr5Kq)

.....

Prolly weight loss.

Studies conducted show that participants drinking two tbsp of ACV a day over 3 months lost an average of 3.7 pounds with other changes to diet.

Researchers attribute it to increased blood flow and ACV may act as an appetite suppressant, IIRC.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (3S5Yp)

177 Ridiculous ends, I prefer 'em
Specious arguments, I like to inter 'em
To make sure they all falls
Just put on some balls
And argue reductio nad absurdum

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (NWiLs)

178 I thought Reductio Ad Absurdem was those silly Weight Watcher commercials with the 'before' and 'after' pictures.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (m45I2)

179 without*

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (3S5Yp)

180 Meet me at the chocolate fountain.

Posted by: Jerry "Comedy Gold" Nadless at January 12, 2020 01:38 PM (EgshT)

181 170 First day of taking Apple Cider Vinegar.



SHould I ask why you are drinking vinegar ?
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:35 PM (zr5Kq)

To supplement the piss.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:38 PM (NWiLs)

182 155 I have a prepay phone.
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:28 PM (ZCEU2)

Me, too. And the ringtone turned to vibrate.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 01:39 PM (KXX3K)

183 But seriously though, I think there's a very good
chance, moving forward, whenever there's a Congress of one party, and a
President of another, they're going to be impeached, more often than
not.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:33 PM (hku12)

Nah this is just the bullshit Democrats do. What you should get used to is that precedent doesn't matter and these assholes will do anything they can marginally get away with. The next R probably won't be impeached, the FBI will just arrest him or some shit.

Regardless, the next time a Democrat needs impeaching and is caught up to the elbows in all the worst possible shit imaginable, the Narrative will be that any impeachment is simply "revenge" for what they did to Trump. It will be a year of "Republicans just can't get over what was done to Donald Trump when he committed all those crimes".

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:39 PM (rUoFb)

184 Note "with other changes in diet". I think this whole drinking vinegar is BS.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:39 PM (zr5Kq)

185 I decided over the weekend that i need to drop 4 stone by the end of summer. I think I can do it. Tired of feeling like shit all the time.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 01:39 PM (flINI)

186 I have a prepay phone.


I wanted a preppy phone in salmon and green with a soft collar, but they don't make them any more.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 12, 2020 01:40 PM (gd9RK)

187 Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:39 PM (zr5Kq)

....

Corrected at 179

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:40 PM (3S5Yp)

188 Prolly weight loss.

Studies conducted show that participants drinking two tbsp of ACV a day over 3 months lost an average of 3.7 pounds with other changes to diet.

Researchers attribute it to increased blood flow and ACV may act as an appetite suppressant, IIRC.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:37 PM (3S5Yp)


...with other changes to diet.

Here, take this pill. Studies show, if you take this pill every day, with healthy diet and exercise, you'll lose weight!

You know how else people lose weight? With healthy diet and exercise!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:41 PM (hku12)

189 Corrected at 179
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:40 PM (3S5Yp)

all right, all right. you all go ahead and drink vinegar.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:41 PM (zr5Kq)

190
But seriously though, I think there's a very good chance, moving forward, whenever there's a Congress of one party, and a President of another, they're going to be impeached, more often than not.
Posted by: BurtTC

======

Will be interesting to see if Republican Congresses do that to Dem prezzes. From here forward, Democrat congresses vs Republican prezzes will definitely make impeachment talk the ambient sound in DC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:42 PM (13CQC)

191
I decided over the weekend that i need to drop 4 stone by the end of summer. I think I can do it. Tired of feeling like shit all the time.
Posted by: Truck Monkey

=======

4 stone?

What are you, British?

But go for it. Let us know of your progress.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:44 PM (13CQC)

192 But seriously though, I think there's a very good
chance, moving forward, whenever there's a Congress of one party, and a
President of another, they're going to be impeached, more often than
not.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:33 PM (hku12)

Nah this is just the bullshit Democrats do. What you should get used to is that precedent doesn't matter and these assholes will do anything they can marginally get away with. The next R probably won't be impeached, the FBI will just arrest him or some shit.

Regardless, the next time a Democrat needs impeaching and is caught up to the elbows in all the worst possible shit imaginable, the Narrative will be that any impeachment is simply "revenge" for what they did to Trump. It will be a year of "Republicans just can't get over what was done to Donald Trump when he committed all those crimes".
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2020 01:39 PM (rUoFb)


I'm expecting Republicans to be no better than Democrats.

The manner of their perfidy, I can only guess at.

In general I assume our national political "dialog" to continue to deteriorate, until we're at full Lord Of the Flies mode.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:44 PM (hku12)

193 all right, all right. you all go ahead and drink vinegar.
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:41 PM (zr5Kq)


Totally, irrevocably, pointless.

One word: homeostasis.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:44 PM (YqDXo)

194 Just put on some balls
And argue reductio nad absurdum
Posted by: Insomniac

********

You're On Your Own, Fellas - a limerick

Best response to a crummy pick-pocketer?
Or a scam by a vile telemarketer?
It's good for your health
If you speak for yourself
And as for the rest? Ipse loquitur

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:45 PM (m45I2)

195 4 stone , ( counting on fingers.........)
Have you tried taking them out of you pocket first?

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:45 PM (ZCEU2)

196 Should not that be,

Bill would ban cell phone use for those CHILDREN under 21?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 12, 2020 01:45 PM (1g7ch)

197 Corrected at 179
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:40 PM (3S5Yp)

all right, all right. you all go ahead and drink vinegar.
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:41 PM (zr5Kq)


Yes yes, I'm gonna stick with eating more veggies and hitting the gym once in a while.

Vinegar is for cleaning stuff.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (hku12)

198 All I have to look for is this totally sucky year of the rat, and even I don't feel like drinking vinegar.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (zr5Kq)

199
Note "with other changes in diet". I think this whole drinking vinegar is BS.
Posted by: runner

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Good ol' Rock Soup.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (13CQC)

200 I'm not advocating for drinking ACV, just saying that's what clinical studies have shown.

The appetite suppressing nature is believe to stem from the idea that ACV improves your body's blood sugar regulation and insulin sensitivity, which then curbs your appetite and reduces your caloric intake.


Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (3S5Yp)

201 There are chocolate coated things in the Golden Corral chocolate fountain.

Posted by: H. P. Wonka at January 12, 2020 01:47 PM (Tnijr)

202
I'm expecting Republicans to be no better than Democrats.

The manner of their perfidy, I can only guess at.

Posted by: BurtTC

=======

This much for sure.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:47 PM (13CQC)

203 I would go as far that from here forward if Democrats hold the House and any Republican President isn't following their every whim it will lead to impeachment.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:47 PM (ZCEU2)

204 I wanted a preppy phone in salmon and green with a soft collar, but they don't make them any more.


*******

I think you can still special order them from LaCoste.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:48 PM (m45I2)

205 One word: homeostasis.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:44 PM (YqDXo)


What's gay temperature gauges got to do with anything?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:48 PM (hku12)

206 Good ol' Rock Soup.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (13CQC)


Well, that was a BC's typo. Still, my summation stands.

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:48 PM (zr5Kq)

207 I will never understand leftists. There is just something wrong with them. Not one of them is tweeting out any support for the Iranians wanting to rid themselves or the Iranian regime. Orangemanbad, he's a dictator! A warmonger blah, blah freaking blah. I can't stand it anymore. I am not supposed to hate them, my faith tells me that. But I do. They are my enemy. I will pray that they see the light but that's all I can muster anymore. If you haven't seen the video of the Rep from Florida Brian Mast, go to Powerline. He lost both his legs in Iraq from bombs Sulemani helped out with. It's only 2 min. but Wow, he hit the nail on the head.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2020 01:49 PM (hLKSS)

208 There are quicker ways to lose weight.

Chopping off a leg comes to mind.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:50 PM (3S5Yp)

209 I've been calling Biden Dead Candidate Walking. Schweitzers book and Giuliani's evidence will come out soon and will show widespread Biden family corruption. He's no Hillary and can't survive it

So where does the black vote go?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 12, 2020 01:50 PM (JM3qO)

210 60


ban children from pools and lakes and the oceans until they are five years old!

Posted by: CBD



There have been proposals to ban five gallon buckets for the sake of the children.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2020 12:38 PM (aKsyK)

Don't forget toilets. Lots of children drown in toilets, and sometimes not even in their parents' home. Toilet locks mandated for every toilet, even public ones. (just like gun locks for guns).

Posted by: jim at January 12, 2020 01:50 PM (DF+pC)

211 ...Ipse loquitur
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 01:45 PM (m45I2)


I don't get it, cuz I don't speak french.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:51 PM (hku12)

212
Well, that was a BC's typo. Still, my summation stands.
Posted by: runner

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No no, I'm just citing the fairy tale analog. Rock Soup or Stone Soup as it's also called.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:52 PM (13CQC)

213 Don't forget toilets. Lots of children drown in toilets, and sometimes not even in their parents' home. Toilet locks mandated for every toilet, even public ones. (just like gun locks for guns).
Posted by: jim at January 12, 2020 01:50 PM (DF+pC)


Red toilet laws. Take away shitters from anyone who's ever said something mean to their wife and/or expressed a disdain for this world.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:52 PM (hku12)

214 BTW Rep. Mast wore shorts for full effect so you could see his prosthetic legs. God Bless him.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2020 01:52 PM (hLKSS)

215 I'm not advocating for drinking ACV, just saying that's what clinical studies have shown.

The appetite suppressing nature is believe to stem from the idea that ACV improves your body's blood sugar regulation and insulin sensitivity, which then curbs your appetite and reduces your caloric intake.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (3S5Yp)


Biomedical research is shit. Largely because most of the people doing it don't have a clue on how to do research, how to design experimental protocols, and are insufficiently skeptical.

I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed biomedical research will support this idea.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:52 PM (YqDXo)

216 Texas Pete hot vinegar, on the other hand, is known to lead to weight gain, by making delicious foods even deliciouser

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at January 12, 2020 01:54 PM (YqED9)

217 Prager's general thought is Leftism is part group think and part feelings that your doing good for mankind and not really having to do much of anything personally.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:54 PM (ZCEU2)

218 191


I decided over the weekend that i need to drop 4 stone by the end of
summer. I think I can do it. Tired of feeling like shit all the time.

Posted by: Truck Monkey


You know who else had a stone that never dropped?

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 01:54 PM (T6t7i)

219 Oh and for the leaders a big power grab.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:55 PM (ZCEU2)

220 213
I remember when my first kid was small and we had a toilet locks on our toilets. The Mrs. had the runs and couldn't be bothered with the lock (was having a hard time getting the lid open), so she tore the damn thing off, and that was the end of toilet locks in my home.

Posted by: jim at January 12, 2020 01:55 PM (DF+pC)

221 I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed biomedical research will support this idea.



Apropos of nothin', did you see yesterday's garden thread ?

Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:55 PM (zr5Kq)

222 Apropos of nothin', did you see yesterday's garden thread ?
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:55 PM (zr5Kq)


Nope. I'm not a gardener, so ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:55 PM (YqDXo)

223 A yam jam?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:56 PM (zTNbv)

224 On with George S this morning, Nancy was gleeful saying three times "Trump is impeached for life!"

From hells depths I spit at thee!

She's fucking nuts. Crazy demeanor.

Agree with Blond Morticia. Left is in cahoots with Media to win the news cycle of the day, but are losing the bigger war

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 12, 2020 01:56 PM (JM3qO)

225 Red toilet laws. Take away shitters from anyone who's ever said something mean to their wife and/or expressed a disdain for this world.

It is, after all, much safer to shit in the streets.

Posted by: SF Mayor London Breed at January 12, 2020 01:56 PM (8erNz)

226 I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam
up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed
biomedical research will support this idea.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara


There are lots of people doing that, but AFAIK, they aren't interested in curing what ails them, they just like it.

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 01:56 PM (T6t7i)

227 Prager's general thought is Leftism is part group think and part feelings that your doing good for mankind and not really having to do much of anything personally.
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2020 01:54 PM

Everything they advocate involves everyone else doing what they won't do. They are lazy and all worthless.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2020 01:56 PM (hLKSS)

228 ... sticking a yam up your butt will cure what ails you.

*******

A yam?


What?????

A yam?!

Posted by: Popeye at January 12, 2020 01:57 PM (m45I2)

229 Yesterday's movie thread just got linked at Insty. Congrats to JM (I think) on the coming deluge.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 12, 2020 01:57 PM (87EdW)

230 All I have to look for is this totally sucky year of the rat, and even I don't feel like drinking vinegar.
Posted by: runner at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (zr5Kq)

1972 was also The Year of The Rat.

North Vietnam "invaded" South Vietnam that year. Now they make Swiffer Wet Jets in Hanoi.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2020 01:57 PM (Z+IKu)

231 Lol.

Just drank a tbsp of ACV, just because everyone says it doesn't help.

I'll let someone else volunteer for the yam plan.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:58 PM (3S5Yp)

232 Ram that yam, fam!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:58 PM (NWiLs)

233 Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:46 PM (3S5Yp)

Biomedical research is shit. Largely because most of the people doing it don't have a clue on how to do research, how to design experimental protocols, and are insufficiently skeptical.

I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed biomedical research will support this idea.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:52 PM (YqDXo)


All research tends to confirm what we're looking for, because humans are biased, even when doing so-called hard sciences.

And given how political ALL science is becoming, that bias is going to be greater as we go forward, so that human ignorance will grow exponentially.

Or look at it this way, if we could sum up all that is "known" and compare that to all that is not known, it would be the proverbial sand speck in the ocean. So even if what we're looking at is being studied and measured accurately, we're creating bias, simply by studying THAT particular thing, and not the millions and billions of other things we COULD be studying instead. Or looking at it from an infinite number of different angles.

So yeah, Scientism is just as much a religion as all others.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 01:58 PM (hku12)

234 The Easter Offensive, the NVA got their head handed to them

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 12, 2020 01:58 PM (zTNbv)

235 I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam
up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed
biomedical research will support this idea.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Sounds like something Gwenny Paltrough would advocate in her goop thingy. And they would all start shoving yams up their cram hole. They are all so dumb.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2020 01:59 PM (hLKSS)

236 62 n.b. coming at the statement in a different way, this is actually a pretty good starting point for living one's life.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (t+qrx)

Great point. This has been a source of much regret and consternation for me. If you "delay gratification" long you enough, you're dead before you ever get it.

Posted by: Insomniac

2 choices, either get busy living, or get busy dieing.

Publishers Clearing House isn't going to knock on anyone's door with perfect new parents/siblings or a faultless new wife or a flawless new job that lasts forever or a thankless job that goes from $15 an hour to $50, or even $5000 a week for life, it's all the same wishful thinking (delaying), all the while wasting what precious days are allotted to each of us.


Posted by: Alice McD at January 12, 2020 01:59 PM (E+yET)

237 235 I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam
up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed
biomedical research will support this idea.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Sounds like something Gwenny Paltrough would advocate in her goop thingy. And they would all start shoving yams up their cram hole. They are all so dumb.
Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2020 01:59 PM (hLKSS)

They're already sticking jade eggs in their hoohas.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 12, 2020 01:59 PM (NWiLs)

238 Whoa Fat Betty
Ram-a-Yam

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:59 PM (3S5Yp)

239 I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam up your butt will cure what ails you. I'm sure some hopelessly flawed biomedical research will support this idea.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 01:52 PM (YqDXo)

Which is why the nether region is called a "Yam Chute".

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2020 02:00 PM (Z+IKu)

240 Sounds like something Gwenny Paltrough would advocate in her goop
thingy. And they would all start shoving yams up their cram hole. They
are all so dumb.

Posted by: Minnfidel


What would it smell like?

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 02:01 PM (T6t7i)

241 when you can no longer shit in the street, the terrorists have truly won.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:01 PM (KP5rU)

242 224 On with George S this morning, Nancy was gleeful saying three times "Trump is impeached for life!"

Nancy, where were you when William Jefferson Clinton was impeached?

And of course, not convicted, went on to serve out his term and will...I hate to say this...probably go down in history as the only adequate President we had between Reagan and Trump?

Not great, but in the panoply of American executive ineptitude, a bit above the median?

Posted by: JEM at January 12, 2020 02:01 PM (8erNz)

243 What would it smell like?
Posted by: pep at January 12, 2020 02:01 PM

Don't care to find out.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2020 02:01 PM (hLKSS)

244 I remember when my first kid was small and we had a toilet locks on our toilets. The Mrs. had the runs and couldn't be bothered with the lock (was having a hard time getting the lid open), so she tore the damn thing off, and that was the end of toilet locks in my home.
Posted by: jim at January 12, 2020 01:55 PM (DF+pC)


I had a similar incident. But it involved the cabinet lock on the cookie shelf.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:01 PM (hku12)

245 Speaker of the Horse Nancy Palsi: I have proof McConnell is covering up Trump's crimes against the earth !!!!!!! I will release that evidence after the crickets get tired after I ask AOC what I should do..............

Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at January 12, 2020 02:02 PM (qM84C)

246 A yam jam?

Or-ange Betty
Wham-ba-lam!
Or-ange Betty
Wham-ba-lam!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 12, 2020 02:03 PM (SchxB)

247 /sock

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 02:03 PM (m45I2)

248 Red toilet laws. Take away shitters from anyone who's ever said something mean to their wife and/or expressed a disdain for this world.
------------------------
It is, after all, much safer to shit in the streets.
Posted by: SF Mayor London Breed at January 12, 2020 01:56 PM (8erNz)


Butt seriously, I predict a genuine effort to ban toilet paper will happen this year.

And if I'm wrong, I'll eat a whole roll.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:03 PM (hku12)

249 American Sweet Potato Pie?

Posted by: JEM at January 12, 2020 02:04 PM (8erNz)

250 Now they make Swiffer Wet Jets in Hanoi.


We won the VietNam war, we just weren't there when it happened.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 12, 2020 02:04 PM (gd9RK)

251 If you bother to read some history, every well known Tyrant started by disarming his own populace.

Mao, Hitler, Stalin, Cambodia (French did it), Modern Venezuela, modern Iran.

And now the Left wants to disarm us.

Some assembly required.

Posted by: Don Q at January 12, 2020 02:05 PM (NgKpN)

252 Couldn't you just keep your toilet on the top shelf, safely out of reach of toddlers, but readily accessible for emergencies?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 02:05 PM (m45I2)

253 "This state senator is a Democrat who is pro gun-rights, although this is Vermont, which may be the nuttiest state in the union, so it's not surprising."

I've lived in Vermont. Gun rights there are considered the third rail of politics. Even Howard Dean was pro-gun rights while he was there. It was only when he decided to go national that he adopted the DNC line.

Posted by: nerdbert at January 12, 2020 02:05 PM (mayVJ)

254 All research tends to confirm what we're looking for, because humans are biased, even when doing so-called hard sciences.

Not true. Good researchers "lean into the wind," i.e., do their best to destroy their hypotheses, and exhibit reluctance to accept them, requiring powerful evidence before they do so. If your hypothesis can be destroyed, it SHOULD be destroyed.

Shitty researchers - and here I include all social "science" types, and most biomedical researchers - look to validate their hypotheses, not crush them. This is because they are poorly trained in research, if they are trained at all, and therefore fall prey to the natural human tendency to believe one's own bullshit. Beating that out of graduate students, and making them skeptical and analytical, is the essence of graduate school.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:07 PM (YqDXo)

255 Now they make Swiffer Wet Jets in Hanoi.

----------------
We won the VietNam war, we just weren't there when it happened.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 12, 2020 02:04 PM (gd9RK)


I wouldn't say we "won" the Vietnam war, but I know the commies sure didn't either.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:07 PM (hku12)

256 My kids are 15, 19, and 23. The two oldest don't live in the Casa de Monkey anymore. I STILL have the cabinet locks in the kitchen. I miss my little kids

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 12, 2020 02:07 PM (flINI)

257 I wouldn't say we "won" the Vietnam war, but I know the commies sure didn't either.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:07 PM (hku12)

We won the War.

North Viet Nam won the US Congress.

Posted by: Don Q at January 12, 2020 02:08 PM (NgKpN)

258 I've lived in Vermont. Gun rights there are considered the third rail of politics. Even Howard Dean was pro-gun rights while he was there. It was only when he decided to go national that he adopted the DNC line.


This is what's brilliant about our federal system. We want to protect abortion rights for our free range gay cows but we also want our guns.

There's no other state like that, but they get to be that way. Yay America.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 12, 2020 02:09 PM (gd9RK)

259 The new head of the FISA court acted indefensibly yesterday, and appointed an Obama/Holder loyalist to oversee the clean up of the FISA process at the FBI. David Kris may even have been involved in the coup itself, acting in his NatSec capacity at the Obama DOJ.


This insane action only emboldens the swamp dwellers and adds fuel to the fire that needs setting at the DOJ/FBI and FISC. This court needs to go. I would add that the President needs to appoint a clean-up overseer for the FBI. The present Director has no clue what he's about.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2020 02:09 PM (NVYyb)

260 What time is the Patriots game?

Posted by: Burn Unit at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (FhXTo)

261 All research tends to confirm what we're looking for, because humans are biased, even when doing so-called hard sciences.
-----------------------
Not true. Good researchers "lean into the wind," i.e., do their best to destroy their hypotheses, and exhibit reluctance to accept them, requiring powerful evidence before they do so. If your hypothesis can be destroyed, it SHOULD be destroyed.

Shitty researchers - and here I include all social "science" types, and most biomedical researchers - look to validate their hypotheses, not crush them. This is because they are poorly trained in research, if they are trained at all, and therefore fall prey to the natural human tendency to believe one's own bullshit. Beating that out of graduate students, and making them skeptical and analytical, is the essence of graduate school.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:07 PM (YqDXo)


Would make for a good study, in and of itself: Measuring the bias in studies from various disciplines.

I suspect your bias regarding the so-called hard sciences wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.

But hey, I'm willing to admit I COULD be wrong.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (hku12)

262 That's not poi.

Posted by: H. P. Wonka at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (Tnijr)

263 Here, take this pill. Studies show, if you take this pill every day, with healthy diet and exercise, you'll lose weight!

You know how else people lose weight? With healthy diet and exercise!

Posted by: BurtTC


Hawthorne Effect on Line One... Hawthorne Effect on Line One.

I assume there was no placebo in the "study", since drinking not-vinegar would taste different than drinking vinegar.

Posted by: mikeski at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (P1f+c)

264 no state is as insane as virginia. that state is fucked. nobody laughs at west virginia anymore.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:11 PM (KP5rU)

265 264 no state is as insane as virginia. that state is fucked. nobody laughs at west virginia anymore.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:11 PM (KP5rU)

Here, hold my Chardonnay!

Posted by: California at January 12, 2020 02:12 PM (NgKpN)

266 TJM got a movie link at Insty. Last night's post.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 12, 2020 02:12 PM (N3JsI)

267 265: you're not really a state anymore.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:13 PM (KP5rU)

268 Couldn't you just keep your toilet on the top shelf, safely out of reach of toddlers, but readily accessible for emergencies?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 02:05 PM (m45I2)


Putting things on the top shelf just creates more desire from the kid, and eventually, all kids learn how to climb up there.

You have to create something other than lack of access, to encourage your children to not want what is otherwise bad for them.

Me, I put poison up on the top shelves, and told the kids they couldn't have any.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:13 PM (hku12)

269 What time is the Patriots game?
Posted by: Burn Unit at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (FhXTo)

They play Dallas at 4:15.

But first, a few rapes in the pre-game warm up while we watch all the transgender and gurl power commercials.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 12, 2020 02:13 PM (Z+IKu)

270 What time is the Patriots game?
Posted by: Burn Unit at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (FhXTo)


Heh.

Same time as the Rams game.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:15 PM (hku12)

271 Iranian VP just resigned.

WWIII is taking a toll.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2020 02:15 PM (ZLI7S)

272 "Participants were 155 obese Japanese adults and divided into three random groups. Each group ingested either a placebo drink, 15 ml (a teaspoon) or 30 ml (2 teaspoons) of liquid Apple Cider Vinegar mixed into in their drinks. The study followed their weight, BMI, visceral fat, waist circumference and triglycerides.

The study lasted for 12 weeks. In addition, the participants did not make any changes to their diet or daily exercise habits. They were strictly monitored for the duration of the study.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 02:16 PM (3S5Yp)

273 271; trump's fault. must impeach.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:16 PM (KP5rU)

274

Failure to comply with any law is punishable by death, without a jury, without a judge, without a conviction.


Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 01:28 PM (3S5Yp)



And that right there is why it is illegal to park next to a fireplug, or engage in partisan politics on the job if you are an employee of the FBI.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 12, 2020 02:16 PM (1g7ch)

275 Iranian students refuse to step on us or israeli flags. Taunt those who do. Chant "Our enemy is not in America. Our enemy is in Iran"

https://m.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iranian-protesters-refuse-to-walk-on-US-Israeli-flags-613944

Posted by: WTP at January 12, 2020 02:17 PM (WQfDg)

276 You have to create something other than lack of access, to encourage your children to not want what is otherwise bad for them.

Posted by: BurtTC

**********

Since we're talking about incentivizing particular behaviors, perhaps a better solution would be installing pay toilets at home. If the kids have to choose whether to spend their hard-earned allowance money versus "holding it in" they will develop increased bowel and bladder capacity, which should serve them well when they are out on their own.

Bonus: Helps maintain your whiskey and cigar fund.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 02:18 PM (m45I2)

277 273 271; trump's fault. must impeach.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:16 PM (KP5rU)


No, but seriously, I'm gonna guess we'll be treated to "news" stories from the usual suspects, telling us this fella was a reformer, was a counterweight to the hardliners, and Trump just made things worse.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:18 PM (hku12)

278 201
There are chocolate coated things in the Golden Corral chocolate fountain.

Posted by: H. P. Wonka at January 12, 2020 01:47 PM (Tnijr)


Now now now, is that anyway to talk about Congressman Nadler?

Posted by: Bob in Houston at January 12, 2020 02:18 PM (IC7R4)

279 Mao, Hitler, Stalin, Cambodia (French did it), Modern Venezuela, modern Iran.

And now the Left wants to disarm us.

Some assembly required.
Posted by: Don Q at January 12, 2020 02:05

It really is their end game. They want to control everything. Want us defenseless.

Posted by: Infidel at January 12, 2020 02:19 PM (MTxDQ)

280 OT-So it was a great day until we left church to go out to lunch. Our son was a few cars ahead of us in his/our car. Some lady was driving erratically weaving out of traffic from a way back even crossing onto the left hand side of the road (I didn't see that) but ahead of us I see son's car. Lady with little girl in back drove into this left back side-side pushing into wheel.( It's not drivable and had to be towed) drove someone else into the embankment and their car is not driveable. Then she drove someone else off the road and they got a flat. Son had left his license at home, although the registration and the insurance were in the glove compartment The cop didn't give him a ticket for not having his license, but the crazy driver got three. So now I have to either let him use my car to go to school which starts the 21st or take him myself.
This is the second accident he's had coming home from church, but neither were his fault.

Can I do this day over?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 12, 2020 02:20 PM (WI7YS)

281 I suspect your bias regarding the so-called hard sciences wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.

But hey, I'm willing to admit I COULD be wrong.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (hku12)


To be fair, there are some shitty researchers in the hard sciences, too. The difference from the other fields is the relative ease of falsifying a hypothesis definitively.

Lousy researchers, in my limited experience, talk about "proving" their hypothesis, and are rarely surprised by their results. If surprised (i.e., discomfited by the results), they tend to come up with some exculpatory explanation (like the Warmageddon types talking about heat lurking in the deep ocean).

I was surprised all the time. It's one of the things that made doing research fun. But the essence of good research is requiring the data to impel one toward a conclusion, rather than the converse.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:21 PM (YqDXo)

282 You have to create something other than lack of access, to encourage your children to not want what is otherwise bad for them.

Posted by: BurtTC

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Since we're talking about incentivizing particular behaviors, perhaps a better solution would be installing pay toilets at home. If the kids have to choose whether to spend their hard-earned allowance money versus "holding it in" they will develop increased bowel and bladder capacity, which should serve them well when they are out on their own.

Bonus: Helps maintain your whiskey and cigar fund.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 12, 2020 02:18 PM (m45I2)


Hmmm, I'm thinking if we'd used this method and trained our Millennials right, they'd be spending their money on housing needs, rather than videogames, beard oils, and craft IPA beers.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:21 PM (hku12)

283 44 Pool manufacturers should be held liable
Posted by: Sam at January 12, 2020 12:33 PM (ud9p9)

I agree!!!!!!!

Posted by: John Edwards at January 12, 2020 02:22 PM (kSq2k)

284 Will be interesting to see if Republican Congresses do that to Dem prezzes. From here forward, Democrat congresses vs Republican prezzes will definitely make impeachment talk the ambient sound in DC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 01:42 PM (13CQC)


F'it.
If Repubs take the House they should individually impeach every Dem member for "high crimes and misdemeanors" (literally the full text of the motion) and call for

Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 12, 2020 02:22 PM (1g7ch)

285 Fruity Cheerios look and taste a lot like Fruit Loops.

Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2020 02:23 PM (MVjcR)

286 Good ol' Rock Soup.
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Missing the Book Thread, but wasn't it 'Stone Soup'?

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 12, 2020 02:24 PM (MIKMs)

287 Cell-phone ban probably has the teacher vote.

Posted by: Random Name at January 12, 2020 02:24 PM (c+bIC)

288 Lousy researchers, in my limited experience, talk about "proving" their hypothesis, and are rarely surprised by their results. If surprised (i.e., discomfited by the results), they tend to come up with some exculpatory explanation (like the Warmageddon types talking about heat lurking in the deep ocean).

That was my all time favorite quote.

Posted by: tbodie at January 12, 2020 02:24 PM (NJ+n1)

289 They were strictly monitored for the duration of the study.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger


Which is enough. The Hawthorne experiments in worker productivity:

Increase the amount of light in the room. Productivity goes up!

OK, now decrease it, and we'll see productivity go... up again?

Shorten the workday by 30 minutes. Productivity goes up!

Put it back the way it was. Productivity goes... up again?

Knowing they were being monitored improved peoples behavior, regardless of what changes were made.

Maybe the people in the ACV experiment just kept a better sleep schedule, even if they didn't exercise any more. Or managed stress better. There are a ton of things that affect the body's weight management beyond exercise and eating.

Posted by: mikeski at January 12, 2020 02:25 PM (P1f+c)

290 I suspect your bias regarding the so-called hard sciences wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.

But hey, I'm willing to admit I COULD be wrong.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (hku12)

To be fair, there are some shitty researchers in the hard sciences, too. The difference from the other fields is the relative ease of falsifying a hypothesis definitively.

Lousy researchers, in my limited experience, talk about "proving" their hypothesis, and are rarely surprised by their results. If surprised (i.e., discomfited by the results), they tend to come up with some exculpatory explanation (like the Warmageddon types talking about heat lurking in the deep ocean).

I was surprised all the time. It's one of the things that made doing research fun. But the essence of good research is requiring the data to impel one toward a conclusion, rather than the converse.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:21 PM (YqDXo)


You're right of course, about the purpose of research, and I suspect my "hypothesis" is not really correct. There probably IS more shoddy research in the various biopsychosocial fields.

However, it should also be pointed out, most GOOD researchers in those fields are quite aware that their methods are not going to be as reliable as the "hard" sciences, and all those pesky ethical considerations, as well as their inability to control for all relevant variables... these are KNOWN factors. However, the alternative is NOT good science (as opposed to their bad science), it's no science at all!

And if you've read enough of these studies, as I have, it's generally acknowledged, something to the effect of "the research POINTS in this direction, however we know there are too many variables we can't control here, so....."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:25 PM (hku12)

291 I'm trying to promote the idea that sticking a yam up your butt will cure what ails you.

Phew, just missed me.

Posted by: The Sweet Potatoe at January 12, 2020 02:26 PM (FhXTo)

292 And Fen, sorry to hear that.

Posted by: tbodie at January 12, 2020 02:26 PM (NJ+n1)

293 "Participants were 155 obese Japanese adults and divided into three random groups. Each group ingested either a placebo drink, 15 ml (a teaspoon) or 30 ml (2 teaspoons) of liquid Apple Cider Vinegar mixed into in their drinks. The study followed their weight, BMI, visceral fat, waist circumference and triglycerides.


So, lessee ... did they establish a dose-response curve? Why apple cider vinegar? Why not a dilute solution of pure acetic acid? (To determine if the effect, if any, of the vinegar was due to something besides the acetic acid.) What about other vinegars? What was the placebo drink? (Pretty hard to disguise the taste of vinegar.) What about real-time monitoring of their vital signs?

And most importantly, what was their hypothesis regarding the mechanism of action? Or were they just pretty much on "yam in the butt" plan, i.e., no idea, just thought they'd try it?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:27 PM (YqDXo)

294 260 What time is the Patriots game?
Posted by: Burn Unit at January 12, 2020 02:10 PM (FhXTo)

That's not funny.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:27 PM (KXX3K)

295 Fruity Cheerios look and taste a lot like Fruit Loops.


Fruity Kaboom are round.

Posted by: Kaboom, Embracing Mediocrity Since 1961 at January 12, 2020 02:27 PM (gd9RK)

296 Trump is interfering with the future? Can't wait to see what happens next!

Posted by: klaftern at January 12, 2020 02:28 PM (RuIsu)

297 271 Iranian VP just resigned.

WWIII is taking a toll.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2020 02:15 PM (ZLI7S)

wow

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:28 PM (KXX3K)

298 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:21 PM (YqDXo)


You're right of course, about the purpose of research, and I suspect my "hypothesis" is not really correct. There probably IS more shoddy research in the various biopsychosocial fields.

However, it should also be pointed out, most GOOD researchers in those fields are quite aware that their methods are not going to be as reliable as the "hard" sciences, and all those pesky ethical considerations, as well as their inability to control for all relevant variables... these are KNOWN factors. However, the alternative is NOT good science (as opposed to their bad science), it's no science at all!

And if you've read enough of these studies, as I have, it's generally acknowledged, something to the effect of "the research POINTS in this direction, however we know there are too many variables we can't control here, so....."
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:25 PM (hku12)


And to take it one step further, the real crime in many of these "soft" sciences, is often not the frivolous claims and biases of the researchers, but the idiocy of the practitioners who tend to take conclusions from the science as "settled," when of course the researchers said nothing close to that.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:29 PM (hku12)

299 277 273 271; trump's fault. must impeach.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 12, 2020 02:16 PM (KP5rU)

No, but seriously, I'm gonna guess we'll be treated to "news" stories from the usual suspects, telling us this fella was a reformer, was a counterweight to the hardliners, and Trump just made things worse.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:18 PM (hku12)

So jaded! I mean, you're probably right, but.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:29 PM (KXX3K)

300 Iranian VP just resigned.

WWIII is taking a toll.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2020 02:15 PM (ZLI7S)
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Is that one of those resignations where your head gets chopped off?

Posted by: Weasel at January 12, 2020 02:29 PM (MVjcR)

301 Posted by: tbodie at January 12, 2020 02:26 PM (NJ+n1)

Thanks

Then I started a fire. Unfortunately, I was a little distracted and the burner I turned on-which was not the correct one had some paper towels on it which got every charred and smoky.

I think I shall go back to bed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 12, 2020 02:30 PM (WI7YS)

302 What time is the Patriots game?

*snort

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 12, 2020 02:31 PM (dUJdY)

303 Iranian VP just resigned.
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Which one? The have like 12 of them.

Posted by: WTP at January 12, 2020 02:31 PM (WQfDg)

304 However, it should also be pointed out, most GOOD researchers in those fields are quite aware that their methods are not going to be as reliable as the "hard" sciences, and all those pesky ethical considerations, as well as their inability to control for all relevant variables... these are KNOWN factors.

This is certainly true, but the way to deal with uncontrollable potentially relevant variables is through increasing the statistical power of the study.

Now a practical consideration is the expense that that may entail, but that would be the ideal. Instead, in my limited experience, the tendency is to attribute mutually exclusive results (A>B, A

That is unacceptable.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:31 PM (YqDXo)

305 302 What time is the Patriots game?

*snort
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 12, 2020 02:31 PM (dUJdY)

; (

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:32 PM (KXX3K)

306 Sorry to hear about your travails, Fen.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 12, 2020 02:32 PM (rvWat)

307 >>Is that one of those resignations where your head gets chopped off?

Sounds like the life expectancy of Iranian leadership is taking a dip.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2020 02:32 PM (ZLI7S)

308 "Participants were 155 obese Japanese adults and divided into three random groups. Each group ingested either a placebo drink, 15 ml (a teaspoon) or 30 ml (2 teaspoons) of liquid Apple Cider Vinegar mixed into in their drinks. The study followed their weight, BMI, visceral fat, waist circumference and triglycerides.

The study lasted for 12 weeks. In addition, the participants did not make any changes to their diet or daily exercise habits. They were strictly monitored for the duration of the study.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 12, 2020 02:16 PM (3S5Yp)


Ok, now I know you're just making stuff up.

There AREN'T 155 obese Japanese adults in the whole of Japan.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:32 PM (hku12)

309 nood NYC bail $

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:33 PM (KXX3K)

310 Iranian VP just resigned.

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Link?

Posted by: WTP at January 12, 2020 02:33 PM (WQfDg)

311
Missing the Book Thread, but wasn't it 'Stone Soup'?
Posted by: mustbequantum

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Yes, see #212. I like rocks. They're more colloquial.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 12, 2020 02:34 PM (13CQC)

312 There AREN'T 155 obese Japanese adults in the whole of Japan.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:32 PM (hku12)


LOL! I thought that too.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 12, 2020 02:34 PM (YqDXo)

313 https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9171931392/
h54C04AE9/mink-%D0%B3%D0
%BC-%D0%BDit-otter-down

Posted by: DaveA at January 12, 2020 02:35 PM (FhXTo)

314 This is the second accident he's had coming home from church, but neither were his fault.

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If it is any consolation (probably not), the only two tickets I have had in my life were in my 20s, coming home from church, and on the way to pick up by grandmother. Small town and she heard that I was pulled over before I got to her house. One of the cops, when they realized that they pulled the wrong person over spent a lot of time explaining how I could ask for probation rather than pleading guilty.

I got rid of that car, although I loved it, because two tickets.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 12, 2020 02:36 PM (MIKMs)

315 Sumo are not fat - that is soft muscle tissue.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at January 12, 2020 02:36 PM (1g7ch)

316 No, but seriously, I'm gonna guess we'll be treated to "news" stories from the usual suspects, telling us this fella was a reformer, was a counterweight to the hardliners, and Trump just made things worse.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:18 PM (hku12)

So jaded! I mean, you're probably right, but.
Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:29 PM (KXX3K)


I just pulled up Googler Nooz, to see what they say. The story is not there, but instead I was treated to stories about the Defense Sec saying he "didn't see" the evidence from Trump about the imminent embassy attacks, that Congress is losing faith in Trump's handling of Iran, and there's a poll saying the country is not behind him.

So yeah, I'm sure Orangemanbad, when it comes to Iranian Veep action.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:38 PM (hku12)

317 316 I just pulled up Googler Nooz, to see what they say. The story is not there
Posted by: BurtTC at January 12, 2020 02:38 PM (hku12)

I haven't found the story yet, either.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2020 02:45 PM (KXX3K)

318 Kids drown in 5 gallon buckets ...unfortunate. So ban the buckets.

Posted by: torabora at January 12, 2020 06:50 PM (Y274z)

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