The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

The vast, unimaginable waste of the American taxpayer's money by every department of the Federal government is a disgrace, and if President Trump's policies are reducing that waste then I am all for it! That these policies are also having a salutary effect on the previously uncontrolled flow of illegal, uneducated, backward, disease ridden and in many cases criminal aliens across our borders is another wonderful byproduct of the President's actions.

I am immensely pleased by this sort of news, and it is a testament to the President's fortitude and tenaciousness that we are getting this sort of result, in spite of the concerted efforts of hundreds of thousands of deeply embedded anti-American activists throughout our federal government.

Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect

Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid.
No more.
“You had to arrive at 3 in the morning, and it might take you until the end of the day,” he said, pointing behind the office in the Maryvale neighborhood to show how long the lines got.
But no one lined up one recent weekday morning, and there were just a handful of people inside.

It is fascinating that The Deep State^TM has become so pervasive that we require a "crackdown" to force the government drones to administer the laws and regulations of our country faithfully, instead of acting according to their personal political beliefs. It is insulting in the extreme to be told that it is in any way complicated to vet welfare applicants.

"Are you a citizen...yes or no?

"Yes? Okay, prove it."

"What? No. I don't speak Spanish. Speak English please."

"A passport or birth certificate is a good start."

"You don't have one?"

"Next!"

[Hat Tip: Jay Guevara]

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 Lotto here I come!

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 25, 2020 11:01 AM (GC07d)

2 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 25, 2020 11:01 AM (q80AH)

3 Monkey!

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:01 AM (SUJyY)

4 It's that time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 25, 2020 11:02 AM (kxgFI)

5 Corgis on their way

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 25, 2020 11:02 AM (GC07d)

6 Happy Tuesday, Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 25, 2020 11:02 AM (a4EWo)

7 Throw ALL the illegals out.

Visa Overstays, Fence Jumpers and their Spawn.

ALL of them.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (vk0KP)

8 On the plus side, showing up at 3 am and waiting all day shows initiative of a certain sort.

Or a willingness to accept whatever the government hands you.

Or both.

Posted by: pep at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (T6t7i)

9 No habla El Spanisho.

Posted by: Allie at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (5Fjva)

10 Every bit helps.

Posted by: Someguy at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (qexAi)

11 Hey, standing in line to get freebies is hard work!

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (X/Pw5)

12 oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Acreage and an off the grid log cabin in Alaska.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (d7Ww2)

13 everybody gots their hands in my fucking pockets

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2020 11:04 AM (JFO2v)

14 http://bit.ly/2VjGPW6
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Yahoo Japan Just use a Translator
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Kim Jong-Un successor story

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at February 25, 2020 11:04 AM (BqBId)

15 At some point you do the math and decide the benefits and liabilities of being a citizen.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (laQKO)

16 Mega MAGA, or Powerballer?
decisions...

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (GC07d)

17 The federal employees who refuse to properly execute the requirements of said job should be summarily dismissed by the federal government and rendered unemployable by them in perpetuity.

Posted by: Pissed off Patriot at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (JNTt1)

18 For those who want to understand why PDJT's immigration policies are good things, this post is a good start. Laws enforced (don't like that? CHANGE the laws, don't just stop enforcing them), so respect for law is underscored. Less Federal benefit costs, thanks to enforcing those self-same laws (which prohibit illegal aliens from receiving benefits). Finally, Senator Romney, now there will be more control over immigration and borders so Americans will be willing to welcome more legal immigration (which is what you say you want!).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (NVYyb)

19 I always preferred the short line.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (aKsyK)

20 15 At some point you do the math and decide the benefits and liabilities of being a citizen.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (laQKO)

Bernie wants 40% if you leave. 60% if net worth >$1M

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (JFO2v)

21 Hablo espanol, pero solamente espanol castellano, no espanol de shit hole countries. Lo siento.

Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (nRWPy)

22 13 everybody gots their hands in my fucking pockets
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2020 11:04 AM (JFO2v)

When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change, just say "What? A third of my salary isn't fucking enough for you? Here's Bernie's cell number. Give him a call."

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (SUJyY)

23 19 I always preferred the short line.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

or the short bus....

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (d7Ww2)

24 Thanks CBD.

Maryvale. Yup. Now go into the public schools here and clean them out.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob '"Heidi says 'no licking the ettes' at the MOME" at February 25, 2020 11:06 AM (Orx/W)

25 In early

Posted by: FrodoB,
because PHDNKH at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (veJcn)

26 >> I always preferred the short line.

I'd rather take the Circle Line.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (vk0KP)

27 23 19 I always preferred the short line.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

or the short bus....
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (d7Ww2)

I rode the short bus!

Posted by: Greta at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (JFO2v)

28 12 oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Acreage and an off the grid log cabin in Alaska.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (d7Ww2)

With a good run of steelhead !

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (GC07d)

29 8 On the plus side, showing up at 3 am and waiting all day shows initiative of a certain sort.

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FUN FACT: Thomas Edison got his start getting in line at 3 a.m. to apply for government benefits.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (XVuno)

30 Also, since the World Health Organization (or is it 'Organisation', plus international) has declared a worldwide emergency, TGE has international law on his side to call in the National Guard to help out.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 25, 2020 11:08 AM (ykYG2)

31 My santuarcy city is upping the tax rate, the sanitation charge and the sewer fees to pay for affordable housing for illegals and schools for illegals.

Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:08 AM (nRWPy)

32 22 13 everybody gots their hands in my fucking pockets
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2020 11:04 AM (JFO2v)

When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change, just say "What? A third of my salary isn't fucking enough for you? Here's Bernie's cell number. Give him a call."
Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (SUJyY)

Do not try that wife your wife!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2020 11:08 AM (JFO2v)

33 I want some of Bernie's trillions, Dammit!

Posted by: Fritz at February 25, 2020 11:08 AM (2Mnv1)

34
I rode the short bus!
Posted by: Greta

Stay on the bus. Forget about us.
Put the blame on me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:08 AM (aKsyK)

35 oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Acreage and an off the grid log cabin in Alaska.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (d7Ww2)

With a good run of steelhead !
Posted by: Heirloominati at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (GC07d)
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And all the magnets you can use.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 25, 2020 11:08 AM (PD1/H)

36 Great rant, now to go back up and actually read it

Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (X+a7J)

37 Here's Bernie's cell number. Give him a call.

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (SUJyY)

You really got that #?....can I have it?

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (X/Pw5)

38 Buh...buh....muh poor wretched refuse yearning to get a handout!

And the cushy civil service jobs for muh constituents yearning to give free handouts to the wretched refuse!

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (e284m)

39 > On the plus side, showing up at 3 am and waiting all day shows initiative of a certain sort.

Don't worry. Under Bernie, you won't have to go through this arduous process. You'll be able to sign up by mail, and there won't be any of those racist ID requirements.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (lbYzk)

40 Here's Bernie's cell number. Give him a call.

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (SUJyY)

You really got that #?....can I have it?
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020

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Just give the panhandler the cell no. of the biggest lefty or Bernie Bro you know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (4c+5M)

41 oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Acreage and an off the grid log cabin in Alaska.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (d7Ww2)

A complete physical and wardrobe makeover.

One hundred acres of land somewhere warm.

This house:

https://tinyurl.com/vd9omya

Nobody around me but my dogs.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (Ki5SV)

42 You really got that #?....can I have it?
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (X/Pw5)

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867-5309

Wait. That's Jenny. Never mind.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (XVuno)

43 If we deport the deep state, we can fix the illegales.

Posted by: henry at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (JMDly)

44 So non-profits sucking on the Government tit get slapped too. Good. Here they sign the illegals up for every single "entitlement" that they aren't fucking entitled to.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob '"Heidi says 'no licking the ettes' at the MOME" at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (Orx/W)

45 18 For those who want to understand why PDJT's immigration policies are good things, this post is a good start. Laws enforced (don't like that? CHANGE the laws, don't just stop enforcing them), so respect for law is underscored. Less Federal benefit costs, thanks to enforcing those self-same laws (which prohibit illegal aliens from receiving benefits). Finally, Senator Romney, now there will be more control over immigration and borders so Americans will be willing to welcome more legal immigration (which is what you say you want!).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (NVYyb)

Almost as if he & Rudy chatted about broken windows, or some such.

Posted by: Heirloominati at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (GC07d)

46 New AOSHQ guidelines require that all regular commenters be represented by an intermediary, apprentice, lackey, minion, consigliere, thug, sidekick or stooge...

...or the equivalent.

Please make the appropriate adjustments.

Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (m45I2)

47 I'd rather see how deep we can bury the deep state.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (e284m)

48 > Bernie wants 40% if you leave. 60% if net worth >$1M

That's when I convert all my assets into cash, throw one HELL of a party, and then sneak into Mexico.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (lbYzk)

49 >>oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Two Chicks at the same time.

Posted by: Lawrence at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (vk0KP)

50 Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid.
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So, what's the over/under on legal status for this crowd of people? Legal immigrant or illegal alien? If illegal alien (wouldn't shock me), then how and why? I know there are sanctuary policies lots of places (I don't know about Phoenix), but if you're applying for *federal* benefits (e.g., SNAP) and you don't posses legitimate paperwork indicating your legal status, why do you get benefits? Hell, why are you allowed to even walk out the door? Why isn't there a drunk tank attached to every one of these offices? If you speak with an accent and don't have your paperwork, in you go to wait for ICE to investigate and deport you as applicable.

I know I am making a leap that a fair number of these people are illegals, but it seems to me that a great way to catch these people and get them processed out is at the point of service - the welfare office, the hospital, the school registrar, etc. If you try to use services but aren't legal, out you go.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (hYcqw)

51
You really got that #?....can I have it?
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (X/Pw5)

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867-5309

Wait. That's Jenny. Never mind.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) [/i

1-877-Kars 4 Kids

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (aKsyK)

52 There's some bleeding heart lib who hands out gallon ziplock bags full of food and toiletries to the panhandlers by the on-ramp light. You can see them left in the dirt by the highway scrub.

Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (nRWPy)

53 Please clap.

Posted by: Low Energy JEB! at February 25, 2020 11:12 AM (2Mnv1)

54 New AOSHQ guidelines require that all regular commenters be represented by an intermediary, apprentice, lackey, minion, consigliere, thug, sidekick or stooge...

...or the equivalent.

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Oops. You're going to hear from the henchmen's union about this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:12 AM (XVuno)

55 My computer background is this very simple kitchen with open shelving. I actually found a house with a kitchen like it in St Maries, ID. But I don't want to move to ID.

Posted by: notsothoreau at February 25, 2020 11:12 AM (JKNZq)

56 Ha! Muldoon.
I'm my very own dreg. What more can you ask?

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at February 25, 2020 11:12 AM (3vrTU)

57 Mouthpiece?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:12 AM (XVuno)

58 FUN FACT: Thomas Edison got his start getting in line at 3 a.m. to apply for government benefits.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:07 AM (XVuno)

In the dark...badda bing! Light bulb!

Posted by: Cannibal Blob '"Heidi says 'no licking the ettes' at the MOME" at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (Orx/W)

59 Shorter lines!

Winning!

Posted by: Bruce at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (vd8XM)

60 My lottery dream: quit my job and move to a modest home on the outskirts (or just beyond) of a decent small city. Take up some hobbies like building a nice model railroad. Get a dog.

My dreams aren't that ornate.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (hYcqw)

61 For Presidential administration after administration, the D.C. uniparty has run a con-game on us. A "build the dang fence" con-game, where they pretended to control our borders and we pretended to accept their faithlessness. OOPS!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (NVYyb)

62 What is wrong with you people! Are you trying to put me out on the street!
Why do you hate me!
Why do you want my poor children to starve and freeze to death!
Why do you want to push me over a cliff in my government funded wheel chair!

Posted by: Matthew Lesko - FREE MONEY! at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (e284m)

63 It occurs to me that when Biden says "if not for me, vote for the other Biden" he's probably thinking of Beau Biden, the good son who won a couple of races for Delaware Attorney General. Of course Beau died 5 years ago.

If this is who Joe thinks is still running with him, this whole story just becomes incredibly sad, even pathetic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (Kpl3J)

64 Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (QzF6i)

65 does Bernie have the balls to take Biden out tonight ?

doubtful

Take out Warren ?

most assuredly

Posted by: REDACTED at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (rpxSz)

66 ZOD.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (ZS9TG)

67 I rode the short bus!
Posted by: Greta

High speed short busses for everyone!

...Uncle Joe...

Posted by: Bruce at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (vd8XM)

68 Don't judge me monkey!

Posted by: Black Star Ninja at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (GcvBb)

69 Open kitchen shelving is a magazine fantasy. Looks great until you live it.

Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (nRWPy)

70 I dream of the day when I attain elite "Renfield" minion status. I'll never make Igor, of course. I'm a realist.

Posted by: pep at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (T6t7i)

71 oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Acreage and an off the grid log cabin in Alaska.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (d7Ww2)

A complete physical and wardrobe makeover.

One hundred acres of land somewhere warm.

This house:

https://tinyurl.com/vd9omya

Nobody around me but my dogs.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020

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MPPPP, that house might hard to air-condition without tearing it up inside. Otherwise, beautiful place.

For me, the dream would be GETTING OUTTA HERE to someplace higher, drier, and cooler, buying a house and outfitting it with proper climate control (warm or cool as the season requires), the latest Internet, and a kitchen with room enough that I'm not continually moving stuff from one counter to the next just to toast bread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (4c+5M)

72 Keep up the good work.

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (We5+z)

73 Obama lied. Dreams died.

Posted by: Delurked Again at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (W4M6f)

74 Oh, and this car:

https://tinyurl.com/ue8fskr

But I still want to be alone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (Ki5SV)

75 Funny how all those illegals have the energy and motivation to sign up for our handouts, but they can't reform their own shitholes.

It's way past time to get the word out to the rest of the world: why come here when you can have freedom and prosperity in your own country? You get that by demanding it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (HaL55)

76 > Why do you want to push me over a cliff in my government funded wheel chair!

You know, I don't actually have a problem with helping legitimately disabled people (like someone who genuinely needs a wheelchair).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (lbYzk)

77 70 I dream of the day when I attain elite "Renfield" minion status. I'll never make Igor, of course. I'm a realist.
Posted by: pep at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (T6t7i)

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That's Eye-gore

Posted by: Eyegore at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (XVuno)

78 11
Hey, standing in line to get freebies is hard work!

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (X/Pw5)

________

There's also a lot of welfare fraud among U.S. citizens and legal aliens. I remember being stunned about a decade ago overhearing the son of a next-door neighbor and his friends in Orange County, CA -- all attending community college and children of middle-to-upper-middle class parents whom they still lived with -- talking about how they needed to get up early in the morning to go get their food stamps.
An-f*cking-believable ... I'm guessing they were selling them for drugs or something, but they didn't need any food stamps.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (WqPYg)

79 If this is who Joe thinks is still running with him, this whole story just becomes incredibly sad, even pathetic.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I blame "Dr." Jill. She's evil if she's the one behind this run, and I think she is.

Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (nRWPy)

80 64
Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (QzF6i)

Well, it's Trump's fault you know.
First, he caused that virus in China.Then he allowed those people to get on the plane without protecting anyone from their virus.Then he tanked the economy that Barack Obama worked so hard to fix, even AFTER he left office.Trump.
And his Russian friends!

Posted by: DNC at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (e284m)

81 46 New AOSHQ guidelines require that all regular commenters be represented by an intermediary, apprentice, lackey, minion, consigliere, thug, sidekick or stooge...

...or the equivalent.

Please make the appropriate adjustments.
Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (m45I2)

Still shakin' it over here, Boss.

Posted by: Heirloominati, grasshopper wannabe to Master Miklos at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (GC07d)

82 >>Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Stupid people.

The Computers will continue to check the meat sacks until after the 1st of March.

If China is unable to bring the supply chain / production back online, there may actually be some real movement.

Until then, it's all speculation based on emotion.

Posted by: Lawrence at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (vk0KP)

83 If this is who Joe thinks is still running with him, this whole story just becomes incredibly sad, even pathetic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (Kpl3J)

Beau was supposed to run for governor in 2016, which would have positioned him to run for President in 2020. Joe is running because he thinks this should have been Beau's year.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (wCmLp)

84 New AOSHQ guidelines require that all regular commenters be represented by an intermediary, apprentice, lackey, minion, consigliere, thug, sidekick or stooge...

...or the equivalent.

You're gonna love my war time consigliere.
I guarantee it!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (Xr3y2)

85 Lottery. Move somewhere where men are still men and women are still women. and a boat, on the ocean. and another ukulele.

Posted by: Cannibal Blob '"Heidi says 'no licking the ettes' at the MOME" at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (Orx/W)

86 If I won millions of dollars, I'd pay off my family's debts, get some property in the country and move my mom onto it with a full time caregiver, and be able to pay for editors and cover artists for my books. Maybe even find a doctor who could figure out what the hell is wrong with my metabolism.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (KZzsI)

87 Having a birth certificate is racist.

Posted by: Chris M at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (eAZVt)

88 MP4

A cup of tea on that porch in the afternoon sounds delightful. If I only stay for one cup and promise to bring cookies, may I?

Posted by: Nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (FkWqS)

89 > I dream of the day when I attain elite "Renfield" minion status. I'll never make Igor, of course. I'm a realist.

Sauron was the most successful henchman in all of fiction.

Originally he was just Melkor's flunky.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (lbYzk)

90 I think I'm going to go back to bed. This day can't bring anything good.

See you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (Ki5SV)

91 41
oooo, a lottery dream thread.

Acreage and an off the grid log cabin in Alaska.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:03 AM (d7Ww2)

A complete physical and wardrobe makeover.

One hundred acres of land somewhere warm.

This house:

https://tinyurl.com/vd9omya

Nobody around me but my dogs.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020 11:10 AM (Ki5SV)

Or perhaps this? Montana. 35 acres, waterfront.
https://bit.ly/2PnX68Q

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (N39Ws)

92 Congratulations to Zombie for getting some good sidebar.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 25, 2020 11:17 AM (1CjJc)

93 I've been on line since 3 a.m. to get tickets for the Menudo concert!

Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:17 AM (m45I2)

94 The weather is changing.

My sinuses are acting up.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 25, 2020 11:17 AM (PD1/H)

95 >>Open kitchen shelving is a magazine fantasy. Looks great until you live it.

Dust. Get some cabinets. If you want to see your dishes on display, I suggest glass in the doors.

Posted by: Lawrence at February 25, 2020 11:17 AM (vk0KP)

96 It is a disgrace that illegal aliens get any benefits, this is a good start.

Next up, force the courts to admit that illegal aliens have no constitutional rights whatsoever, since they are not citizens.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (YslsA)

97 New AOSHQ guidelines require that all regular commenters be represented by an intermediary, apprentice, lackey, minion, consigliere, thug, sidekick or stooge

My cat does all of my typing

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (KZzsI)

98 >>Having a birth certificate is racist.

You didn't earn that!

Posted by: John Rawls - Retard at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (vk0KP)

99 46 New AOSHQ guidelines require that all regular commenters be represented by an intermediary, apprentice, lackey, minion, consigliere, thug, sidekick or stooge...

...or the equivalent.

Please make the appropriate adjustments.
Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (m45I2)

Do you know how hard it is to get a decent hamfisted lackey in a good economy?

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (RD7QR)

100 MP4

A cup of tea on that porch in the afternoon sounds delightful. If I only stay for one cup and promise to bring cookies, may I?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (FkWqS)

Of course, dear lady. I'm a misanthropist, but not too much of a misogynist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (Ki5SV)

101 >>>FUN FACT: Thomas Edison got his start getting in line at 3 a.m. to apply for government benefits.
<<<

Alberto Einstein crossed the border into Alamagordo, MN and the rest is history!

Posted by: Fritz at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (2Mnv1)

102 60 My lottery dream: quit my job and move to a modest home on the outskirts (or just beyond) of a decent small city. Take up some hobbies like building a nice model railroad. Get a dog.

My dreams aren't that ornate.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (hYcqw)

I know just the place!
But, OPSEC

Posted by: Heirloominati, living the dream at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (GC07d)

103 64
Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (QzF6i)

_________

The U.S. and international media will be doing a full-court hysteria press to collapse the American economy before the election in hopes of Trump losing. Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste ...

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:19 AM (WqPYg)

104 You know, I don't actually have a problem with
helping legitimately disabled people (like someone who genuinely needs a
wheelchair).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (lbYzk)
Ah, and there's the rub - legitimately.
Like the 'handicapped' guy who jumps out of his 4x4 F350 parking in the handicapped spot right there in front of the grocery store entrance and then hops in the little electric go-cart to do his shopping.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 25, 2020 11:19 AM (e284m)

105 Maybe I could hope to find a nice girl to love if I wasn't broke and with crappy health, too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:19 AM (KZzsI)

106 Beau was supposed to run for governor in 2016, which would have positioned him to run for President in 2020. Joe is running because he thinks this should have been Beau's year.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM (wCmLp)
++++++++++
Joe is running because he is deranged and on the defensive due to his crimes. He's losing his mind and should never have started down this road. His family should intervene but won't because they're all terrified of their perfidy becoming known and, heaven forbid, prosecution.

It's a grotesque, pathetic farce.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:19 AM (hYcqw)

107 It is a disgrace that illegal aliens get any benefits, this is a good start.

Next up, force the courts to admit that illegal aliens have no constitutional rights whatsoever, since they are not citizens.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada

Fuck that shit. Bounce their asses right the fuck outta here, toot sweet. They shouldn't even be here.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:19 AM (Xr3y2)

108 Who is Ace's consigliere?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (laQKO)

109 98
>>Having a birth certificate is racist.

You didn't earn that!

Posted by: John Rawls - Retard at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (vk0KP)
Do you have a photo-id on the birth certificate?!!!!!

Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (e284m)

110 As for buying another car with my lottery $$$$, well, I wouldn't mind having something that will handle snow better than my FWD sedan -- though of course, living where I am stuck, I haven't tested the Buick in the white stuff. Maybe some snow tires would be enough.

For fun in warm weather, yes, a Mercedes SL, say one of the models from 1963-1970, the W113.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (4c+5M)

111 >>Maybe I could hope to find a nice girl to love if I wasn't broke and with crappy health, too.

At the very least you can find one to take advantage of you until something better comes along!

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (vk0KP)

112 Willowed.....

497
I should have explained this yesterday when someone said they wanted a
minion. Toadies and minions are just brown nosing betas destined to
always serve a master. An apprentice on the other hand hopes to learn
from the master in order to climb the ladder and become a master.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (QzF6i)

113 My husband wanted to set up funds to help people. And we also planned to set up a special fund to hire the meanest lawyers in the state for anyone that wanted to fight the state DNR.

My dream houses are pretty simple and in the country.

Posted by: notsothoreau at February 25, 2020 11:21 AM (JKNZq)

114 Like the 'handicapped' guy who jumps out of his 4x4 F350 parking in the handicapped spot right there in front of the grocery store entrance and then hops in the little electric go-cart to do his shopping.

those are people I want to beat senseless. My mom NEEDS one of those carts, because she can barely walk 20 feet even using two canes. And we get to the store, half the time all the carts are out. Usually its some double wide piece of crap using a cart because waddling around to buy more pastries might make them lose weight.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:21 AM (KZzsI)

115 But I still want to be alone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 25, 2020 11:14 AM (Ki5SV)

You and Greta Garbo.

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:21 AM (X/Pw5)

116 FUN FACT: Thomas Edison got his start getting in line at 3 a.m. to apply for government benefits.

Funny. So did Tesla. The car company.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:21 AM (Xr3y2)

117 101
>>>FUN FACT: Thomas Edison got his start getting in line at 3 a.m. to apply for government benefits.

<<<

Alberto Einstein crossed the border into Alamagordo, MN and the rest is history!

Posted by: Fritz at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM (2Mnv1)

________

Werhner von Braun braved the Atlantic Ocean on a raft, washing up on Florida, and the rest of NASA is history.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (WqPYg)

118 My lottery dream: quit my job and move to a modest home on the outskirts (or just beyond) of a decent small city. Take up some hobbies like building a nice model railroad. Get a dog.

My dreams aren't that ornate.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (hYcqw)

I know just the place!
But, OPSEC

Posted by: Heirloominati, living the dream at February 25, 2020 11:18 AM

Heeeyyy!!!

I got dibs on Coeur d'Alene!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (axyOa)

119 108 Who is Ace's consigliere?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (laQKO)

---------

Not Tom. He's out.

Posted by: Michael Corleone at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (XVuno)

120 Who is Ace's consigliere?

I'ma gonna guess LauraW. All she asks for in return is the occasional night spent together in the kiddie pool full of pudding watching the Democrat debates while he shaves her hump.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (HaL55)

121 FTR -

Rawls Theories can't differentiate between Ants, Bees and People.

For him, they are all one and the same and equally qualified for personage.

Guy was an absolute buffoon.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (vk0KP)

122 There's also a lot of welfare fraud among U.S.
citizens and legal aliens. I remember being stunned about a decade ago
overhearing the son of a next-door neighbor and his friends in Orange
County, CA -- all attending community college and children of
middle-to-upper-middle class parents whom they still lived with --
talking about how they needed to get up early in the morning to go get
their food stamps.
An-f*cking-believable ... I'm guessing they were selling them for drugs or something, but they didn't need any food stamps.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (WqPYg)

Maybe they were food insecure?

Posted by: Count de Monet's sidekick, Bernaise at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (q1Pj5)

123 116
FUN FACT: Thomas Edison got his start getting in line at 3 a.m. to apply for government benefits.

Funny. So did Tesla. The car company.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:21 AM (Xr3y2)

_________

Heh.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (WqPYg)

124 So, what's the over/under on legal status for this crowd of people? Legal immigrant or illegal alien? If illegal alien (wouldn't shock me), then how and why? I know there are sanctuary policies lots of places (I don't know about Phoenix), but if you're applying for *federal* benefits (e.g., SNAP) and you don't posses legitimate paperwork indicating your legal status, why do you get benefits? Hell, why are you allowed to even walk out the door? Why isn't there a drunk tank attached to every one of these offices?"

I'm assuming these are all rhetorical questions, right?
as to numbers in Phoenix, i found an article last year, written by someone who was trying to say that the problem was getting better, no need to to do anything, and who's numbers are probably way low, but still: he claimed that there were 210,000 illegal aliens living in Phoenix last year, which was much much improved over the 2007 count which found that 400,000 illegals were living in the city.

logistics is the simplest, but not the primary, reason not much is done. Ever wonder how many cops it would take to arrest 200,000 people? And that's just one city, and that count is probably only 1/2 to 1/3 of how many there really are in Phoenix.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Kpl3J)

125 If I suddenly came into Bill Gates money, I'd start up a production company to make long-form TV shows about various great books that have been ignored in the past, or overlooked. I'd hire an ensemble cast of young, hungry talent and have them do a show a year, letting go any that got popular and wanted more money.

And I'd start up a foundation to fund legal challenges to unconstitutional and insane legislation throughout the country, to get that crap off the books.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (KZzsI)

126 If I won the lottery, I would buy a decomissioned aircraft carrier and turn it into an Air Museum on the Philly waterfront, to compliment the USS New Jersey & USS Olympia. There's a few small local air museums that together would make a great collection of exhibits.

Posted by: josephistan at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Izzlo)

127 My dream houses are pretty simple and in the country.
Posted by: notsothoreau

Wife and I are planning a "Barndominium" on family land for retirement.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Xr3y2)

128 An apprentice on the other hand hopes to learn
from the master in order to climb the ladder and become a master.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (QzF6i)

---------

And together we will bring order to the galaxy.

Posted by: Darth Vader at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (XVuno)

129 The Leftists now rejoicing over the fall in the stock market and hoping for a coronavirus pandemic in the United States that will sweep Bernie into office, haven't considered Bernie's chances of surviving a coronavirus infection, given his fragile health status.

Be careful what you wish for.

Already, Netanyahu is no longer shaking hands with people, on the advice of the Israeli health ministry.

I can only imagine the steps the Chinese are taking to keep Xi isolated.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:24 AM (I2/tG)

130 Lottery? Yacht. Hookers. Blow. Booze.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 25, 2020 11:24 AM (NWiLs)

131 Maybe they were food insecure?

Posted by: Count de Monet's sidekick, Bernaise at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (q1Pj5)

________

Judging by all the pot they smoked, alcohol consumed, and frequent fast-food wrappers thrown in my yard ... I'd have to say "No." [Should have included this fact in my anecdote.]

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:24 AM (WqPYg)

132 I think we need to take care of our Vets, our elderly, our mentally ill and our physically disabled CITIZENS first.

And we need to recognize that PRIDE in supporting yourself without any kind of government hand out is a GOOD THING.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:24 AM (FkWqS)

133 120 Who is Ace's consigliere?

I'ma gonna guess LauraW. All she asks for in return is the occasional night spent together in the kiddie pool full of pudding watching the Democrat debates while he shaves her hump.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (HaL55)

That's disturbingly specific.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 25, 2020 11:24 AM (RD7QR)

134 >>and then hops in the little electric go-cart to do his shopping.

Funner.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (ZS9TG)

135 logistics is the simplest, but not the primary, reason not much is done. Ever wonder how many cops it would take to arrest 200,000 people? And that's just one city, and that count is probably only 1/2 to 1/3 of how many there really are in Phoenix.
Posted by: Tom Servo

So because it's hard we don't do anything?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (Xr3y2)

136 There's also a lot of welfare fraud among U.S. citizens and legal aliens. I remember being stunned about a decade ago overhearing the son of a next-door neighbor and his friends in Orange County, CA -- all attending community college and children of middle-to-upper-middle class parents whom they still lived with -- talking about how they needed to get up early in the morning to go get their food stamps.
Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (WqPYg)
++++++++++++
SSDI fraud is endemic, too. States *love* SSDI fraud and many have people on the payroll who will help you do it. Anyone on the welfare rolls (state funded) that can be moved to "disability" (federal funded) is a net gain. The states are highly incentivized to help their residents commit disability fraud and many do so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (hYcqw)

137 Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (QzF6i)

ask the computers that issue buy and sell orders 10 times per second.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (Kpl3J)

138 An apprentice on the other hand hopes to learn

from the master in order to climb the ladder and become a master.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (QzF6i)

---------

And together we will bring order to the galaxy.

Posted by: Darth Vader at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (XVuno)

Just don't take on a mouse as an apprentice wizard. Chaos ensues.

Posted by: Count de Monet's sidekick, Bernaise at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (q1Pj5)

139 Coronavirus will force closing of the borders eventually if the bodies start stacking up.

Posted by: Guzalot at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (prSvo)

140 There's also a lot of welfare fraud among U.S.
citizens and legal aliens.

The United States is just a paradise for fraud!

We could never manage this in our home countries!

Posted by: Russians And Somalis! at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (I2/tG)

141 I'ma gonna guess LauraW. All she asks for in return is the occasional
night spent together in the kiddie pool full of pudding watching the
Democrat debates while he shaves her hump.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (HaL55)

That's disturbingly specific.

++++Also disgusting

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (QzF6i)

142 Can we tax remittances to Mexico and other shitholes? Maybe like 2% or something?

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (VNfwt)

143
It is a disgrace that illegal aliens get any benefits, this is a good start.

Next up, force the courts to admit that illegal aliens have no constitutional rights whatsoever, since they are not citizens.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada

I am informed by leftists that NO illegals receive any government benefits.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (aKsyK)

144 I mean like this house:

https://tinyurl.com/vcxlytg

Note the encyclopedias by the fireplace.

Posted by: notsothoreau at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (JKNZq)

145 logistics is the simplest, but not the primary, reason not much is done. Ever wonder how many cops it would take to arrest 200,000 people? And that's just one city, and that count is probably only 1/2 to 1/3 of how many there really are in Phoenix.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Kpl3J)
++++++++++++
Logistics is a huge problem, but having a holding cell at every point of government service would ease that. Try to con me and take benefits as an illegal? Get in the tank and wait for ICE to come get you.

This misses everyone who isn't trying to commit fraud, but one thing at a time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (hYcqw)

146 63 It occurs to me that when Biden says "if not for me, vote for the other Biden" he's probably thinking of Beau Biden, the good son who won a couple of races for Delaware Attorney General. Of course Beau died 5 years ago.

If this is who Joe thinks is still running with him, this whole story just becomes incredibly sad, even pathetic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (Kpl3J)

Didn't he push a claim that his son urged him to run for president on his deathbed?

Posted by: Buzzion at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (G2zl5)

147 So because it's hard we don't do anything?
Posted by: rickb223
========================

It's a built in excuse.

Posted by: Guzalot at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (prSvo)

148 >>The states are highly incentivized to help their residents commit disability fraud and many do so.

I know a shit ton of 'Disabled' California Cops who live up here and spend their days hunting and fishing.

Some are even working as Guides...

Disabled ex-cops that will pack out your elk.

Fucking Union leaches.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (vk0KP)

149 And we need to recognize that PRIDE in supporting yourself without any kind of government hand out is a GOOD THING.

This is the main thing. A change in culture where there's shame at being a leech off others, and praise for making it on your own. A culture where people view problems as an opportunity to accomplish something and defeat it on their own instead of looking to government to fix it with a new law. A culture that sees richer people as an encouragement that you can do it too, not rivals or cruel people abusing others.

That kind of society would reject big government solutions, handouts, and pandering.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (KZzsI)

150 "Can we tax remittances to Mexico and other shitholes? Maybe like 2% or something?"

Si se puede!

Posted by: Chris M at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (eAZVt)

151 129 The Leftists now rejoicing over the fall in the stock market and hoping for a coronavirus pandemic in the United States that will sweep Bernie into office, haven't considered Bernie's chances of surviving a coronavirus infection, given his fragile health status.

Be careful what you wish for.

Already, Netanyahu is no longer shaking hands with people, on the advice of the Israeli health ministry.

I can only imagine the steps the Chinese are taking to keep Xi isolated.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

The Left seems to think they'll be immune to the coronavirus. I'm not surprised they think that. Reflecting on possible consequences and common sense is in short supply with them.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (vN4+Q)

152 Insom!

I thought you got seasick.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (FkWqS)

153 Can we tax remittances to Mexico and other shitholes? Maybe like 2% or something?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (VNfwt)

--------

No. It would be unconstitutional, and possibly impeachable.

Posted by: Chief Justice J. Roberts, A Solid Conservative Pick at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (XVuno)

154 Just don't take on a mouse as an apprentice wizard. Chaos ensues.
Posted by: Count de Monet's sidekick, Bernaise at February 25, 2020

*
*

"What are we gonna do tonight, Brain?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Plan to take over the world!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (4c+5M)

155 152 Insom!

I thought you got seasick.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (FkWqS)

Yachts are stabilized. Plus, Dramamine.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (NWiLs)

156 >>That's disturbingly specific.

++++Also disgusting

True that.

Hirsute Humps, FTW!

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (vk0KP)

157 I am informed by leftists that NO illegals receive any government benefits.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (aKsyK)
++++++++++
Yet in the sentence, they talk about the need to make sure we hurl enough money at schools and hospitals to manage the load of their sanctuary policies...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (hYcqw)

158 I am informed by leftists that NO illegals receive any government benefits.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

Then there's no reason to not trim down the programs, huh?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (Xr3y2)

159 This post x1000

Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (a4qVe)

160 60
My lottery dream: quit my job and move to a modest home on the outskirts
(or just beyond) of a decent small city. Take up some hobbies like
building a nice model railroad. Get a dog.

Done. I'm retired and live in a modest home near a small Ohio city. My Choc Lab and I are building that model RR. I must be in heaven! ( With the lovely Mrs.)

Posted by: Tired "Nam Vet at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (VS2JQ)

161 I think Bernie Sanders is a criminal. He's advocating taking money from productive people, at the point of a gun, and giving it to his wastrel supporters.

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (Uu+Jp)

162 Can we tax remittances to Mexico and other shitholes? Maybe like 2% or something?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski

80%.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (Xr3y2)

163 52 There's some bleeding heart lib who hands out gallon ziplock bags full of food and toiletries to the panhandlers by the on-ramp light. You can see them left in the dirt by the highway scrub.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (nRWPy)

I wouldn't call him bleeding heart, that's a man who's sincere about his desire to help them for real. They say they need money for food, so he gives food and other things they need.

Of course they really just want money for drugs, just about all panhandlers do, which is why they throw his help away. But that's not the giver's fault - he does his best to help them, and in a way that will NOT support their drug habits, which actually is also helping them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (Kpl3J)

164 Guy was an absolute buffoon.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (vk0KP)

Soft socialism made pretty with words that soccer moms like. He was indeed an ass.

Besides, he was always in the shadow of his more successful brother....

https://youtu.be/Tu0mzwM9yP4

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (dLLD6)

165 153 Can we tax remittances to Mexico and other shitholes? Maybe like 2% or something?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (VNfwt)

I think Trump needs to directly ask Bernie if that is a part of his plan to cover the free shit. Hilarity should ensue.

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (SUJyY)

166 Done. I'm retired and live in a modest home near a small Ohio city. My Choc Lab and I are building that model RR. I must be in heaven! ( With the lovely Mrs.)
Posted by: Tired "Nam Vet at February 25, 2020 11:28 AM (VS2JQ)
+++++++++++
Awesome. May I ask which part of Ohio?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (hYcqw)

167 Oh, and please close the educational visa program too. A LOT of issues with that one.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (a4qVe)

168 Sundown Joe thinks he's running for the Senate.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (ykYG2)

169 True that.

I always take Lou's word over John's.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM (vk0KP)

170 Of course they really just want money for drugs, just about all panhandlers do, which is why they throw his help away. But that's not the giver's fault - he does his best to help them, and in a way that will NOT support their drug habits, which actually is also helping them.

Yeah that kind of gift actually pisses them off because they want money for a fix, a bottle, etc. They don't WANT food and toiletries.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM (KZzsI)

171
Already, Netanyahu is no longer shaking hands with people, on the advice of the Israeli health ministry.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Paul Harvey used to suggest replacing hand shaking with a "snappy" salute.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM (aKsyK)

172 I can only imagine the steps the Chinese are taking to keep Xi isolated."

The Masque of the Red Death!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM (Kpl3J)

173 Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (QzF6i)

ask the computers that issue buy and sell orders 10 times per second.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (Kpl3J)

Everything I learned in undergrad, grad school and the CFA program is out the window. It's all algorithm trading and hysteria.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM (kw5n8)

174 Sundown Joe thinks he's running for the Senate.

The people around him, his family? They are evil people abusing a senior.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (KZzsI)

175 Lottery Dream: house near/on the beach. That's kinda it.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (a4qVe)

176 >>163
52 There's some bleeding heart lib who hands out gallon ziplock bags
full of food and toiletries to the panhandlers by the on-ramp light. You
can see them left in the dirt by the highway scrub.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2020 11:11 AM (nRWPy)

Zod has been known to keep an extra pair of gloves in the car to hand to such at stoplights in winter. Cold hands suck.
ZOD COMPASSION.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (ZS9TG)

177 The Left seems to think they'll be immune to the coronavirus.

Hey, the coronavirus will kill all the old Trump voters, and usher in The Revolution!

Posted by: Bernie Bros! at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (I2/tG)

178 European women never shave their humps. It's disgusting.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (ZLI7S)

179 Everything I learned in undergrad, grad school and the CFA program is out the window. It's all algorithm trading and hysteria.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM (kw5n

I always flash back to the scene in Airport with the reporters and the row of phonebooths.

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (SUJyY)

180 Hey, the coronavirus will kill all the old Trump voters, and usher in The Revolution!
Posted by: Bernie Bros! at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (I2/tG)
+++++++++++
The MFM Style Guide mandates "credulous boomer rube."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (hYcqw)

181 Sidekick isn't a bad gig. You get to bask in the reflected glory of the main hero without doing aany real work, get to tag along to social events, usually have a cool uni, and at the same time don't have to answer pushy reporters' questions.

Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (m45I2)

182 Lottery Dream: house near/on the beach. That's kinda it.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 25, 2020 11:31 AM (a4qVe)

---------

Don't ignore the stark reality of sand crabs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (XVuno)

183 I want to live somewhere warm enough and close enough to the ocean that my only clothing decision is which bathing suit to put on.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (QzF6i)

184 60
My lottery dream: quit my job and move to a modest home on the outskirts
(or just beyond) of a decent small city. Take up some hobbies like
building a nice model railroad. Get a dog.

Northeast Ohio-South by Sw of Cleveland.

Posted by: Tired at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (VS2JQ)

185 >>Don't ignore the stark reality of sand crabs.

And tourists.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (ZLI7S)

186 Paul Harvey used to suggest replacing hand shaking with a "snappy" salute.

CDC employees have been using the elbow bump for years as a replacement for handshaking.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (I2/tG)

187 134 >>and then hops in the little electric go-cart to do his shopping.

Funner.
Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (ZS9TG)

Caltrops...
FTW

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (BiNEL)

188

I won I WON I am first in line. I'll have the BIG YELLOW BEAR and Bernie's lakeside cottage please.

Posted by: saf at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (5IHGB)

189 Sidekick isn't a bad gig. You get to bask in the reflected glory of the main hero without doing aany real work, get to tag along to social events, usually have a cool uni, and at the same time don't have to answer pushy reporters' questions.

Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (m45I2)

Babalooie!

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (X/Pw5)

190 That's disturbingly specific.

++++Also disgusting

We should not question the ways of Ewok culture. To do so would be all xenophobic and shit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (HaL55)

191 I am informed by leftists that NO illegals receive any government benefits.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:26 AM (aKsyK)

Tell them to come on by, I'll give them a tour of the local schools here.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (NgKpN)

192 >> I want to live somewhere warm enough and close enough to the ocean that my only clothing decision is which bathing suit to put on.

PRO TIP : Go with the One Piece.

Posted by: Christine Blasey-Ford at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (vk0KP)

193 BOOM!

President @realDonaldTrump slams Acosta in India:

"You're record (CNN & Acosta) is so bad you Ought to be ashamed of yourself, you probably have the worst record in the history of broadcasting"

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (BqBId)

194 86
Maybe even find a doctor who could figure out what the hell is wrong with my metabolism.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:16 AM

CRT,
Have you looked into Functional Medicine? The IFM has a search engine to find a local practioner. Originated in the Cleveland Clinic.

Posted by: Heirloominati, exploring other options at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (GC07d)

195 I'm with Lawrence. Two chicks at the same time.

Posted by: Count de Monet's sidekick, Bernaise at February 25, 2020 11:33 AM (q1Pj5)

196 I can only imagine the steps the Chinese are taking to keep Xi isolated.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:24 AM (I2/tG)

I recall that a few months ago he went off to some Island.

Posted by: Surfperch at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (EFiUo)

197 112
Willowed.....

497

I should have explained this yesterday when someone said they wanted a

minion. Toadies and minions are just brown nosing betas destined to

always serve a master. An apprentice on the other hand hopes to learn

from the master in order to climb the ladder and become a master.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:20 AM (QzF6i)

A/K/A, minions with delusions of grandeur.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (1CjJc)

198 Paul Harvey used to suggest replacing hand shaking with a "snappy" salute.

---------

You know who had a snappy no-contact salute?

*eyes Poland longingly*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (XVuno)

199 Like desperadoes waiting for a train.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (FDYO5)

200 Pete Buttgag swiping Obama lines and delivery

https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1232147023983456259

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (KZzsI)

201 Have never actually reached into a shopping go-kart basket and removed an item before.
"If you want this back, you must chase Zod in the scooter. The race begins....NOW."

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (ZS9TG)

202 I wouldn't call him bleeding heart, that's a man who's sincere about his desire to help them for real. They say they need money for food, so he gives food and other things they need.

Of course they really just want money for drugs, just about all panhandlers do, which is why they throw his help away. But that's not the giver's fault - he does his best to help them, and in a way that will NOT support their drug habits, which actually is also helping them.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I wouldn't call him a bleeding heart.

I would however call him clueless. Dude, after the third day of seeing all your shit that you give out being discarded, Get. A. Clue.

These people don't want your help. Just your cash.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (Xr3y2)

203 Northeast Ohio-South by Sw of Cleveland.
Posted by: Tired at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (VS2JQ)
+++++++++++++
I don't love northern Ohio. Southwestern Ohio, though - one of those small cities near Cincinnati - I like a lot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:35 AM (hYcqw)

204 I want a hatchet man.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru)

205 Have you looked into Functional Medicine? The IFM has a search engine to find a local practioner. Originated in the Cleveland Clinic.

I'm guessing they expect to get paid.

I think the Roman chest thump salute is the best salutation. Ave! *thump*

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:36 AM (KZzsI)

206 Non citizens should absolutely not get any welfare of any sort. Including healthcare or schooling. If they can't bother to get citizenship they are entitled to nothing. And should not be eligible to even get a job. STFD and STFU and GTFO or become a permanent non resident (green card) and eventually become a citizen.

No government cheese.
No drivers license.
No nada none.
Get out.
Go home.
End birthright citizenship Your mother or Father is a citizen or you are not. If you are born to noncitizens you are not a citizen.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 25, 2020 11:36 AM (0OmEj)

207 I want a hatchet man.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru)

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Al 'Chainsaw' Dunlap at February 25, 2020 11:36 AM (q1Pj5)

208 PRO TIP: Don't bring a hatchet man to a gun fight.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:36 AM (XVuno)

209 I want to live somewhere warm enough and close enough to the ocean that my only clothing decision is which bathing suit to put on.

Pro tip:
Don't own anything metal.
"Gulf coast cancer" is real.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (Xr3y2)

210 Buttplug is done, isn't he?

Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (VNfwt)

211 210 Buttplug is done, isn't he?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (VNfwt)

===========

He was never much more than a media creation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (q80AH)

212 Maryvale. Yup. Now go into the public schools here and clean them out.
__________

Can't do that without a constitutional amendment or a radical turn-about by the SCOTUS, thanks to a 1982 Supreme Court case called Plyler v. Doe, in which the SCOTUS struck down a Texas state law that withheld state tax funds from school districts that used them for illegal alien students. The Supreme Court said that the law violated the Equal Protection rights of illegal aliens under the Fourteenth Amendment.

It would be interesting to see another state challenge this ruling today. In Plyler, the court said that illegals are entitled to 14th Amendment protections, and since the state of TX could not prove that the TX law served a "compelling state interest," then TX could not deny illegal alien kids the right to an education.

There are a lot more illegal aliens in TX (and every other state) today than there were in the 1980's, and they are costing U.S. taxpayers significantly more to educate, since many of them don't speak English and a lot of them are behind grade and need remedial help. The Plyler court said that illegal alien kids have the right to an education, but the fact is that every country these kids are coming from has schools of its own, so these kids could get educated in their home countries, if they had remained there.

Why do illegal alien kids have a "right" to be educated in the U.S., at the expense of U.S. taxpayers? And why is it not "a compelling state interest" to enforce our laws and not incentivize more illegal immigration to the U.S., which is what allowing illegal alien kids to get "free" public school educations in the U.S. does.

And why is it not "a compelling state interest" to save American state taxpayers the billions of extra dollars they are forced to pay out every year educating the children of illegal aliens who are breaking our laws, and in many cases, working off the books and not obeying our tax laws or paying taxes themselves? It would be difficult to think of a reason for a law that is more "compelling" than enforcing the rule of law, and preventing American taxpayers from being screwed out of billions of dollars every year.

But anyway, unless or until another state decides to challenge Plyler, we're stuck paying to educate half the Third World's kids.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (k4dH2)

213 Pete Buttgag swiping Obama lines and delivery
=====

Saw that on Powerline this am. Perfect Petey Pet performance.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (MIKMs)

214 I recall that a few months ago he went off to some Island.
Posted by: Surfperch at February 25, 2020 11:34 AM (EFiUo)]

SKULL ISLAND!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (Kpl3J)

215 Non citizens should absolutely not get any welfare of any sort. Including healthcare or schooling.

I'm okay with legal non-citizens getting schooling if they are working and paying taxes, while working toward becoming a citizen.

And my solution to birthright citizens is to deport them and their parents until they are 21. Then they can come back if they want to, once they are old enough to be on their own.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (KZzsI)

216 I'm with Lawrence. Two chicks at the same time.
Posted by: Count de Monet's sidekick, Bernaise at February 25, 2020

*
*

I wouldn't mind that. But they would probably object to schlepping out from the nearest big city to my casa way beyond the 'burbs.

Oh, wait, I'm thinking *small*. Gotta think big. Limo, of course!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (4c+5M)

217 If I was a sultan I'd have an entire department full of satraps.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (XVuno)

218 Market was up this morning on good economic news and now, down almost 300 points. What the hell?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:13 AM (QzF6i)

ask the computers that issue buy and sell orders 10 times per second.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM (Kpl3J)

I'm predicting another 2000 point drop over the next couple of weeks.

The market was way too hot. Moved up way too fast, so some correction was inevitable.

But governments are starting to panic over the coronavirus, and closing borders.

Which with world spanning supply chains, creates huge problems.

Its almost like making your own shit and growing your own food makes it so you don't have to depend on third world shit holes.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (NgKpN)

219 Got my marching orders for work finally. But I have to fly to KC via Charlotte from Greenville SC, to pick up my company truck and trailer. I'm hoping the early flight time will mean the plane is fairly empty.

I'm not too paranoid, but my better half is. She has an autoimmune disease called Shogrens Disease and obviously she can't be around anyone who is sick. If the grandkids or daughter is sick with a cold, they can't come to visit. If I were to come home sick, I'd have to get a hotel room or go stay with my brother until I got over it.

Should I worry?

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (aPtRq)

220 I am informed by leftists that NO illegals receive any government benefits.

Oregon is starting to let the mask drop. The State now officially pays for medical care for the children of illegals - I guess they figure that kids are too photogenic to criticize the program.

Unofficially, the State pays for Spanish-speaking health clinics around the state - I'm sure those clinics are very scrupulous in demanding proof of legal residence. /sarc

The Oregon House just passed a proposed amendment to the state constitution "establishing the obligation of the State to ensure every resident of the State access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care."

Guess who that includes?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (I2/tG)

221 From what I understand in good old CA, it's illegal to ask most illegals if they're illegal for silly stuff like welfare benefits. Even voter registration at the DMV is on the honor system, no "proof" required.

When I was at the PO yesterday, there was a line of non-English speakers getting passports. I heard in passing "are you a citizen of the United States?" I'm guessing the answer was "si" and that's as much as the Hispanic lady behind the counter was required to ask. So he and his familia all get passports. Hurra!

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 11:38 AM (8B6Ng)

222 Gulf coast cancer" is real.

+++++East Coast then. or Keys? Like the Keys.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 25, 2020 11:39 AM (QzF6i)

223 Paul Harvey used to suggest replacing hand shaking with a "snappy" salute.

-
Or a simple Heil Bernie straight arm salute.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2020 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

224 210 Buttplug is done, isn't he?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (VNfwt)

Joe and the Squaw certainly are. Bootygig will last a little longer as the designated alternative to Bernie, but it will be over after Super Tuesday.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 25, 2020 11:39 AM (RD7QR)

225 Buttplug is done, isn't he?

Who the hell knows. Democrats are scared and desperate, nobody is worth a damn but they keep trying this one, then that one, hoping somehow they will turn out better than they seem, or just that they seem less awful than the alternatives (how Klochubar got a win).

Robert Francis O'Rourke should have stayed in the race, he could have had a big comeback by now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:39 AM (KZzsI)

226 "You can't deport EVERY illegal immigrant, so you'll just have to amnesty all of them!"
"You can't build a continuous wall across our Southern border so you might as well not even build one new mile!"
"You can't be so cruel as to deny services to our neediest new arrivals!"

Funny how all these things we've been told by the DC swampies "You can't do that!" are getting done, and the only difficulty is from the DC swampies fighting it overtly and covertly.

What they really mean is: "We won't ALLOW that to happen, serfs, so suck it up."

Posted by: James Hodgkinson at February 25, 2020 11:39 AM (bDqIh)

227 Everyone here already knows my lottery dream: to purchase Ginger Island, stock it with gorgeous bikini-clad gingers who'll form a bucket brigade of sorts passing me drinks in coconuts with the little umbrellas in them. For breakfast.

Travel would be via a C-130 that contains an exotic European supercar plus a heavily armored recreational vehicle.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (HaL55)

228 Ugh - off sock!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (bDqIh)

229 SSDI fraud is endemic, too. States *love* SSDI fraud
and many have people on the payroll who will help you do it. Anyone on
the welfare rolls (state funded) that can be moved to "disability"
(federal funded) is a net gain. The states are highly incentivized to
help their residents commit disability fraud and many do so.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2020 11:25 AM

Look up eric conn from Kentucky. He was a lawyer who "helped" thousands of people from Appalachia defraud SSDI for hundreds of millions.

It was so bad they suspended SSDI payments to thousands in Kentucky when they finally caught the guy while they were trying to sort it all out. Some of them killed themselves after they were found out to be frauds.

He got 25 years in prison at his trial but fled the Country while out on appeal. They caught him in Honduras and brought him back and added another 15 years to his sentence.

And he was just a bit player in one small State.

I met one of his minions at the VFW State convention and he was a disgusting piece of $hit. Claimed he had personally doubled the GDP of Harlan County because of his "work" with SSDI.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (JUOKG)

230 213 Pete Buttgag swiping Obama lines and delivery

What comes around goes around ... TOGETHER WE CAN!!!!!

Posted by: Deval Patrick, THE Dem candiate for Prez at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (RzUqr)

231 The only "right" you are entitled to if you are illegal, is the right to be deported.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (Xr3y2)

232 logistics is the simplest, but not the primary, reason not much is done. Ever wonder how many cops it would take to arrest 200,000 people? And that's just one city, and that count is probably only 1/2 to 1/3 of how many there really are in Phoenix.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Kpl3J)

Deny them all government benefits. Arrest/fine anyone who hires them. They'll leave on their own.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (muI26)

233 139
Coronavirus will force closing of the borders eventually if the bodies start stacking up.

Posted by: Guzalot

Horse, open barn door, assembly already completed.

Posted by: pep at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (T6t7i)

234 Of course they really just want money for drugs, just about all panhandlers do

A big thing in Portland is for junkies to buy cheap bottled water with their EBT cards, pour the water out, and then return the bottles for the ten cent deposit.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (I2/tG)

235 224 210 Buttplug is done, isn't he?
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (VNfwt)

Joe and the Squaw certainly are. Bootygig will last a little longer as the designated alternative to Bernie, but it will be over after Super Tuesday.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 25, 2020 11:39 AM (RD7QR)

==========

Then he will go back to Indiana where he will run for the Senate in 2022 and lose again. This will be his resume for a second run at the presidency in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 25, 2020 11:41 AM (q80AH)

236 I met one of his minions at the VFW State convention and he was a disgusting piece of $hit. Claimed he had personally doubled the GDP of Harlan County because of his "work" with SSDI.

Well, that and Raylan had killed half the population

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:41 AM (KZzsI)

237
I blame the market tanking on Morgan Brennan not wearing cleavage revealing clothes lately. That's enough to depress anyone or anything. In the immortal words of Max Bialystock,If you've got it baby, flaunt it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 25, 2020 11:41 AM (kw5n8)

238 And why is it not "a compelling state interest" to save American state taxpayers the billions of extra dollars they are forced to pay out every year educating the children of illegal aliens who are breaking our laws, and in many cases, working off the books and not obeying our tax laws or paying taxes themselves?

--

If we reversed that ruling and threw the illegals out of the schools, I imagine the savings would be enough to cover the deficit. It would at least be enough to eliminate the public pension deficits, which is another selling point.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 25, 2020 11:41 AM (YslsA)

239 But anyway, unless or until another state decides to challenge Plyler, we're stuck paying to educate half the Third World's kids.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (k4dH2)

Every time this comes up, I have to say that I actually knew Jim Plyler, who was always somewhat amused that his name had become so famous. He was the Superintendent of the School System that was sued in this case, and Supreme Court custom dictates that the name of the head of any governmental body is used when that body is sued. So he had very little to do with the actual case, but his name lives on in Legal Lore because of it. He was a great guy, btw.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:42 AM (Kpl3J)

240 203 Northeast Ohio-South by Sw of Cleveland.
Posted by: Tired at February 25, 2020 11:32 AM (VS2JQ)
+++++++++++++
I don't love northern Ohio. Southwestern Ohio, though - one of those small cities near Cincinnati - I like a lot.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

NE Ohio towns are lovely. Youngstown, Hubbard, Warren, all have interesting night lives!! (snicker)

In all seriousness, Salem Ohio is a very nice town I'd consider living in or near. Nice farm country around there. Good golf courses too. The towns I mentioned above are,,,uh,,,not recommended.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 25, 2020 11:42 AM (vN4+Q)

241 >>Buttplug is done, isn't he?

He raised the most donations of any candidate from Silicon Valley and Hollywood, and he seemed to have an "in" with the DNC via his caucus vote-counting app.
Will these insider supporters keep him going?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 11:42 AM (bDqIh)

242
The Supreme Court said that the law violated the Equal Protection rights of illegal aliens under the Fourteenth Amendment.

The constitution really is a suicide pact.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2020 11:42 AM (aKsyK)

243 A big thing in Portland is for junkies to buy cheap bottled water with their EBT cards, pour the water out, and then return the bottles for the ten cent deposit.

-

HAHAHAHAHA
(snort!)
HAHAHAHAHA
(gasp)
HAHAHAHAHA
(wheeze)
HAHAhaha... oh jeez.

Can you sum up government "helping" the poor any better than that?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:42 AM (FDYO5)

244 Its almost like making your own shit and growing your own food makes it so you don't have to depend on third world shit holes.

That would make sense, so we can forget it. The Deep State Swamp Things will never allow that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:43 AM (HaL55)

245 How many dims have dropped out? 19-20?

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:43 AM (X/Pw5)

246 Pete Buttgag swiping Obama lines

*********

I don't want to know what he thinks is the most beautiful sound in the world.

Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:43 AM (m45I2)

247 logistics is the simplest, but not the primary,
reason not much is done. Ever wonder how many cops it would take to
arrest 200,000 people? And that's just one city, and that count is
probably only 1/2 to 1/3 of how many there really are in Phoenix.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Kpl3J)

Deny them all government benefits. Arrest/fine anyone who hires them. They'll leave on their own.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM

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Make E-verify mandatory for all employment. Most will self deport.

There will still be some who stay and work off the books though. We are never going to get rid of every one of them.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)

248 Pete Buttgag swiping Obama lines and delivery

Pickup lines on guys?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 25, 2020 11:44 AM (kw5n8)

249 ...she is steering people to private sources of aid, like food banks and church-run clinics.
Great idea! Why don't all the rich people who love illegal immigrants and abortion and the like start a foundation and pay for it all. Why should I have to pay for things I think are immoral, or for people to get stuff for free that I have to pay for myself?

Posted by: PJ at February 25, 2020 11:44 AM (qlTN9)

250 >>A big thing in Portland is for junkies to buy cheap
bottled water with their EBT cards, pour the water out, and then return
the bottles for the ten cent deposit. Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:40 AM (I2/tG)

One junkie with a will to power, time, and about a dozen enforcers could become Bottle Godfather.

"We started with a stolen shopping cart and a plan...."

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:44 AM (ZS9TG)

251 If we reversed that ruling and threw the illegals out of the schools, I imagine the savings would be enough to cover the deficit.

--

Heck, I'd wager just the non-educational savings alone (free lunch, HVAC energy costs, additional building/staff requirments, etc.) would do the trick.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:44 AM (FDYO5)

252 236 I met one of his minions at the VFW State convention and he was a disgusting piece of $hit. Claimed he had personally doubled the GDP of Harlan County because of his "work" with SSDI.

Well, that and Raylan had killed half the population
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:41 AM (KZzsI)

I started rewatching Justified. Loved it the first time, but this second viewing, I am picking up lots of bits of content I missed the first go-round. A show that has that good of writing is an increasing rarity anymore.

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (90T4r)

253 >>Throw ALL the illegals out.

Visa Overstays, Fence Jumpers and their Spawn.

ALL of them.
- - - -

THIS. You are not welcome if you can't even obey the first law that pertains to you: get legal permission to be here. NEXT!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (bDqIh)

254 East Coast then. or Keys? Like the Keys.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)

East & west coast cancers.

The salt air will literally eat anything metal. And it does a number on leather goods too. I lived in Galveston for three years. If was common to see vehicles that looked like they came from Michigan.

Tourists thought it was fun and romantic to ride horses in the surf. Sure it was. Sucked to be the one replacing the leather straps and metal hardware.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (Xr3y2)

255 The truth is it's not the taxpayer's money that's being wasted, it's borrowed money; that will have to be repaid, by taxpayers yet to be born.

Assuming they're not aborted first.

Posted by: Ernst Schreiber at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (xmKbk)

256 I met one of his minions at the VFW State
convention and he was a disgusting piece of $hit. Claimed he had
personally doubled the GDP of Harlan County because of his "work" with
SSDI.

Well, that and Raylan had killed half the population

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:41 AM

---

Well there is that.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (JUOKG)

257 >>Why should I have to pay for things I think are immoral, or for people to get stuff for free that I have to pay for myself? Posted by: PJ at February 25, 2020 11:44 AM (qlTN9)

Because you are a prole.
Resume your toil.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (ZS9TG)

258 Who is Ace's consigliere?

I'ma gonna guess LauraW. All she asks for in return is the occasional night spent together in the kiddie pool full of pudding watching the Democrat debates while he shaves her hump.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy's new band is called The Swinging Epsteins at February 25, 2020 11:22 AM (HaL55)

So, the hump is actually a hiding spot for the guns?

Posted by: SturmToddler at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (8D42x)

259 Can you sum up government "helping" the poor any better than that?

Buying bottled water with your EBT card and pouring out the water and returning the bottle for the ten cent deposit is even stupider than the Appalachian tradition of buying flats of soft drinks with your EBT card, and then reselling the soft drinks at 50% off.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:46 AM (I2/tG)

260 The Supreme Court said that the law violated the Equal Protection rights of illegal aliens under the Fourteenth Amendment

I'm gonna go to my grave saying this: the 14th amendment is the poorest written, most problematic part of the US Constitution and needs to be amended to fix it so it makes sense.

It literally makes any law that treats anyone differently from everyone else UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The only reason any of these laws are still on the books is because nobody has challenged them yet.

Like voting age: unless due process removes that right, everyone at every age should be able to vote, based on the crap wording of the 14th amendment. Just wait until the youth movement catches on to this. Its a matter of time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:46 AM (KZzsI)

261 Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 11:37 AM (k4dH2)

Yup, whole thing was flawed because somehow something given to you by Man, somehow became a RIGHT.

Education is not a RIGHT. Especially state run education. It was not created by Nature, nor God, it is inherently created by man.

Hell, even the vote is not a Right. Its a power, or privilege. It can't be a right because it is dependent on your form of Government.

By calling it a Right when they passed that amendment, they diluted the definition of what a right was, to the point where now anything can be called a right, including forcing others into virtual slavery, to give YOU stuff.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 11:46 AM (NgKpN)

262 The hump is against the wall.

Posted by: eleven at February 25, 2020 11:46 AM (Qf83p)

263 The salt air will literally eat anything metal. And it does a number on leather goods too. I lived in Galveston for three years. If was common to see vehicles that looked like they came from Michigan.

Tourists thought it was fun and romantic to ride horses in the surf. Sure it was. Sucked to be the one replacing the leather straps and metal hardware.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020

*
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Two more reasons (as if I needed two more) to get away from the Gulf Coast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 25, 2020 11:46 AM (4c+5M)

264 A big thing in Portland is for junkies to buy cheap
bottled water with their EBT cards, pour the water out, and then return the bottles for the ten cent deposit.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

They should have government jobs!
Spend a dollar to make a dime.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:47 AM (Xr3y2)

265 This'll make for an awesome movie

https://tinyurl.com/sz3z8w3

Posted by: Joey "Choo Choo" Biden at February 25, 2020 11:47 AM (NVYyb)

266 That kind of society would reject big government solutions, handouts, and pandering.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:27 AM (KZzsI)

For conservatives ("liberals", really), one's economic condition is a state, not a property. You can be in a state of poverty, but no one is truly a "Poor Person" in their very being.

For the progressives and totalitarians, your class is your being. You are not just in poverty, you ARE a poor person.

To the progressive, that shame is seen as directed against The Person, and is considered wrong.

To the conservative, that shame is seen as directed against the condition, and is considered correct.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 11:47 AM (Ct55T)

267 212, Plyer v. Doe is an example of court overreach due to alleged compassion to the "other". Like Bastiat mentions though in his broken windows fallacy, that money spent on illegal immigrants is then not being able to be spent on citizens. The seen is that illegal immigrant children were not able to go to school at the public's expense. The unseen is that resources were diverted from the education of citizens, often at the expense of the poorest citizens, to educate illegals. The increased tax burdens were also unfairly laid upon citizens which can prevent and delay future family formation.

What the Court believed would happen is that the federal government would pick up the tab which they did not. That is why the court should leave policy to elected branches and stick to constitutional law as it is written.

Effectively, what has resulted is an inversion of the 14th where illegals are more important as a suspect class than citizens which is in effect evil. This is reflected in treating illegal criminals better than domestic criminals in terms of release, charges filed, etc.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and the Courts have added quite a few paving bricks themselves.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 11:47 AM (EUDB2)

268 >You can't deport EVERY illegal immigrant, ...
"You can't build a continuous wall

how do we know unless we try

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (iTXRQ)

269 To the progressive, that shame is seen as directed against The Person, and is considered wrong.

To the conservative, that shame is seen as directed against the condition, and is considered correct.

Great analysis, very good point. The left is unable to separate the state from the person because they do not see individuals, only the collective.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (KZzsI)

270 @CBS_Herridge 1 minute ago

#DEVELOPING: Source close to the matter tells @CBSNews briefer challenged over Russia election meddling assessment, with request for ODNI to provide underlying records including so-called "Red Team analysis" to back up Russia/Trump findings. ODNI declined comment records request.

Posted by: Tami at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (cF8AT)

271 >>A big thing in Portland is for junkies to buy cheap
bottled water with their EBT cards, pour the water out, and then return the bottles for the ten cent deposit.

I think this was part of Obama's Recovery and Reinvesment Act.

Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (vk0KP)

272 Two more reasons (as if I needed two more) to get away from the Gulf Coast.

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I took my favorite knife with me on a fishing trip down there when I was a kid. I've still got that rusty, useless old piece of trash in a box somewhere.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (FDYO5)

273 271 >>A big thing in Portland is for junkies to buy cheap
bottled water with their EBT cards, pour the water out, and then return the bottles for the ten cent deposit.

I think this was part of Obama's Recovery and Reinvesment Act.
Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (vk0KP)

Hovel-ready jobs.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 25, 2020 11:48 AM (NWiLs)

274 205 Have you looked into Functional Medicine?

I'm guessing they expect to get paid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:36 AM

Yes. Yes, they do.
Alas.

If it interests you, run a DuckDuckGo on Chris Kresser. Very good site, lotsa info, embedded links.
Dare I say edumicational. Hope you find relief.

Posted by: Heirloominati, and a machine that goes PING at February 25, 2020 11:49 AM (GC07d)

275 257 >>Why should I have to pay for things I think are immoral, or for people to get stuff for free that I have to pay for myself? Posted by: PJ at February 25, 2020 11:44 AM (qlTN9)

Because you are a prole.
Resume your toil.
Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:45 AM (ZS9TG)

Peasant, not prole.

Peasants usually owed their Lord one day of labor per week (about 17%). For that, the Lord was supposed to defend them, and in times of need, help them.

Sounds a whole hell of a lot like an income tax, doesn't it?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (NgKpN)

276 They should have government jobs!
Spend a dollar to make a dime.

You could solve the problem by making bottle deposits ineligible for EBT, but that would be oppressing the poor or something.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (I2/tG)

277 To the progressive, that shame is seen as directed against The Person, and is considered wrong.

To the conservative, that shame is seen as directed against the condition, and is considered correct.

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We went to Atlanta recently and I saw a billboard admonishing people to not call drug users druggies because "WORDS HURT!!!"

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (FDYO5)

278 Can you sum up government "helping" the poor any better than that?

Buying bottled water with your EBT card and pouring out the water
and returning the bottle for the ten cent deposit is even stupider than
the Appalachian tradition of buying flats of soft drinks with your EBT
card, and then reselling the soft drinks at 50% off.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 25, 2020 11:46 AM

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I avoided Wal Mart at the first of the month when we lived in KY. They would haul pallets of soda to the front of the store for them to buy with their EBT cards and take it to the "Pop warehouse" in Lexington to get 50 cents on the dollar cash.

Sad thing is that everyone knows what is going on but the State won't touch it because they say it's a Federal issue and the Fed says, nope, it's a State issue.

WKYT did a big story on it some years back called the Kentucky Pop Train.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (JUOKG)

279 Two more reasons (as if I needed two more) to get away from the Gulf Coast.

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I took my favorite knife with me on a fishing trip down there when I was a kid. I've still got that rusty, useless old piece of trash in a box somewhere.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I have a dive knife that is titanium for that very reason.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (Xr3y2)

280 >>The road to hell is paved with good intentions and the Courts have added quite a few paving bricks themselves. Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 11:47 AM (EUDB2)

The road to Ulaanbaatar is paved with skulls and the goats have added quite a bit of dung themselves.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (ZS9TG)

281 You could solve the problem by making bottle deposits ineligible for EBT, but that would be oppressing the poor or something.

Be easier and more sensible to just say you cannot buy bottled water with EBT except in emergencies. Its not like water is hard to come by in America.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (KZzsI)

282 Hawaiian judge is going to be mighty unhappy with the hit his island tourism is taking with fewer illegal alien tourists.

Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (DwLwB)

283 I avoided Wal Mart at the first of the month when we lived in KY. They would haul pallets of soda to the front of the store for them to buy with their EBT cards and take it to the "Pop warehouse" in Lexington to get 50 cents on the dollar cash.

--

"Hold my beer."

- Insulin testing strips

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (FDYO5)

284 Maryvale. Yup. Now go into the public schools here and clean them out.

I live in an area of CA where there's still many agricultural areas nearby. When my mother's dementia started getting worse, she started falling or having other accidents. My first trip, foolishly was driving her to the nearest hospital to our South barely 7 minutes away. I was in the ER with her for nearly 8 hours to sew up her leg.

The illegals were literally out the door. Entire families filled both waiting rooms. Any female between 15 and 40 was pregnant, had a baby in their arms and kids ran up and down the corridors. They were all there not for any emergency care, but colicky babies, sore throats, cuts, bruises etc. All of them with room temperature IQ's, each one would take 20 minutes to have somebody explain to them in Spanish ebonics not to leave the baby in the car overnight next time. I swear, some of them even drinking 40's sitting there, because it was nice and cool inside.

I was indignant, and had to wait hours to get a 90 year old lady's leg attended to.

The next time such an occasion arose, I drove the 50 minutes North (against the commute traffic, luckily) to Mountain View, was met at the door by an attendant with a wheelchair, and mom was whisked right into a room. Funny how all the Tesla driving, latte sipping lefties have managed to shoo those pesky workers away up here! This crap has got to stop. I don't see how the hospitals can stay in business - at least the ones not in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (8B6Ng)

285 I'm not too paranoid, but my better half is. She has an autoimmune disease called Shogrens Disease and obviously she can't be around anyone who is sick. If the grandkids or daughter is sick with a cold, they can't come to visit. If I were to come home sick, I'd have to get a hotel room or go stay with my brother until I got over it.

Should I worry?
Posted by: Traveling Man&&&&

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I don't know about worry but be smart. My wife has similar issues so, for us, no plane travel, avoid big crowds, lots of hand washing, stay away from sick grandkids, wipe down everything with hydrogen peroxide wipes, etc. Not paranoid but trying to avoid unnecessary risks.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (Y4EXg)

286 Where I work is above-board, but I really wish ICE would take a look at some of the plants around here. There's plenty of people who would love to have the jobs that are currently occupied by illegals, but until ICE cracks down on the ag plants, being a citizen is a disadvantage.

Posted by: pookysgirl, jane of all trades at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (nMMes)

287 You don't have to round up and deport every person here illegally.

Just check citizenship/alien status in every gov't encounter. Getting a job. Buying property. Submitting any kind of gov't paperwork (DMV, etc.). Getting pulled over by police.

You get caught here illegally? You get deported. Immediately.

You get caught subverting that policy? (Hiring illegals, making fake IDs, etc.) Then YOU get penalized very, very heavily. If you're a corporation? Your charter gets revoked. Private person? Fines and jail time.

Make it so that illegal aliens simply cannot function in society, and they will stop trying to get in.

You know... the way most of the rest of the world does it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (Ct55T)

288 It is not " WalMart" down there. It is " The WalMart".

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (90T4r)

289 The hump has a long mustache.

Posted by: davidt at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (l3+k2)

290 I have a dive knife that is titanium for that very reason.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (Xr3y2)

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Yeah, it was a harsh but useful lesson. I still go and still take stuff I enjoy using, but now I know to rinse and oil as needed.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (FDYO5)

291 Be easier and more sensible to just say you cannot buy bottled water with EBT except in emergencies. Its not like water is hard to come by in America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (KZzsI)

Wait until that 55 gallon rule kicks in in California.

Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (SUJyY)

292 Everything I learned in undergrad, grad school and the CFA program is out the window. It's all algorithm trading and hysteria.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 25, 2020 11:30 AM

..and municipal & gov't bonds are the most safe investments because they are guaranteed by The Government!

BWAAAhahahahha

Posted by: Heirloominati, andne that goes PING at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (GC07d)

293 So much this! My grandparents and aunts and uncles had to sign documents promising not to apply for government assistance for a minimum of 10 years after they were granted the unimaginable dream of being allowed to enter the US to try to improve their lives.

Posted by: the Butcher at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (DIosY)

294 Sad thing is that everyone knows what is going on but the State won't touch it because they say it's a Federal issue and the Fed says, nope, it's a State issue.

WKYT did a big story on it some years back called the Kentucky Pop Train.
Posted by: Mr. Scott

Whose money are they using? If the money comes from the Feds, even through a state grant or program, it's a federal issue.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (Xr3y2)

295 "Hold my beer."

- Insulin testing strips

********

You got THAT right!

/Bodega selling Sam's Club Tide laundry soap.

Posted by: Muldoon's factotum at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (m45I2)

296 Funny how the gubmint told Bernie about supposed Russian meddling in his campaign but never told Trump about his.
Strange...

Posted by: PJ at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM (qlTN9)

297 I'm gonna go to my grave saying this: the 14th amendment is the poorest written, most problematic part of the US Constitution and needs to be amended to fix it so it makes sense.

It literally makes any law that treats anyone differently from everyone else UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The only reason any of these laws are still on the books is because nobody has challenged them yet.

I agree with you completely. And Constitutional scholars, when you can get them to be honest and not on the record, often classify the 14th Amendment as the Amendment that rewrote the entire Constitutions on it's image.

The biggest, and most subtle problem, is that the enabling clause appears to contradict much of the Bill of Rights, leading to a situation where only the Supreme Court can make a ruling as to which of the Amendments is going to apply in any given situation. And that is what has led us to where we are today - Ruled by the Judiciary, not the Legislature.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:53 AM (Kpl3J)

298 I hate SSDI frauds being on SSDI myself. The fraudsters hurt all of us. I question myself all the time and feel guilty even accepting it even though I have no choice. The problem being that if you look at me without knowing I have a disability you would be hard pressed to tell that anything is wrong with me. I would give anything to be able to work. Gah! Life sucks then you die.

FML.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at February 25, 2020 11:53 AM (0OmEj)

299 Dairies around here hire illegals for milking jobs, etc. Its really low-skill labor. They always get paperwork claiming the guys are legally here but... everyone knows they are illegal. They barely speak any English, etc.

But they work hard, and if they cannot make it to work, they have a Padron, usually an elder in the family, who will provide a cousin or brother who can fill in that day. And American young people? Don't work very hard. Don't show up some day without any explanation and don't offer someone to fill in on the days they skive off to go hang out or something.

Illegals annoy me for sneaking into my home without asking or using the front door but they usually are hard working guys.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 11:54 AM (KZzsI)

300 It really is disgusting that the GOP has allowed this for like the last 30 years.

I honestly thought something like this was already being enforced.

Dubya really thought mexicans would become conservatives all because his brother married a Latino.

Posted by: Blago at February 25, 2020 11:54 AM (sjTfF)

301 Prayer list note:

Please send your prayer requests, praise reports or updates to me by 5:00 tonight EST. I will not be posting tomorrow as it is Ash Wednesday so I need to send it to OM tonight. In addition, the prayer list will just contain requests from January 22nd and ff unless I know of a long term need. If you don't see your request tomorrow please let me know. While it may seem as if I am here all the time that is not the case, and so unless someone tells me of a need I may not see it. It's fine, obviously, to ask for prayer from the people who happen to be with you on the board at the time without contacting me, but any info yoi send me about your real name is kept confidential.

Send to fenelondirection18 at sign gmail.com
Keep calm and pray on!

Also, I am looking for someone to prayerfully consider taking responsibility for the prayer list as of April. Health needs will preclude me from doing it after that. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 11:54 AM (WI7YS)

302 You get caught subverting that policy? (Hiring illegals, making fake IDs, etc.) Then YOU get penalized very, very heavily. If you're a corporation? Your charter gets revoked. Private person? Fines and jail time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko

I've said it for years. If you are going to take a john's family car because he got busted for getting a bejeer from a hooker, take a business that hires illegals.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:55 AM (Xr3y2)

303 TheQuietMan,
most people can't even say hi, hye, hypothecation!

Posted by: Heirloominati, I shall do better, Master at February 25, 2020 11:55 AM (GC07d)

304 283 I avoided Wal Mart at the first of the month when we lived in KY. They would haul pallets of soda to the front of the store for them to buy with their EBT cards and take it to the "Pop warehouse" in Lexington to get 50 cents on the dollar cash.

--

"Hold my beer."

- Insulin testing strips
Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (FDYO5)

I have seen hand- lettered signs stuck along the road saying that " they" will pay cash for testing strips, and a phone #. Bet it's a Burner.
The Free Shit Army is alive and well and growing, and I am afraid that they get overlooked in our Trump euphoria. These people are For Sale, and November is coming.

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 11:56 AM (90T4r)

305 RAS at 52% today. Hasn't gotten much notice.

Posted by: mnw at February 25, 2020 11:56 AM (Cssks)

306 I've said it for years. If you are going to take a john's family car because he got busted for getting a bejeer from a hooker, take a business that hires illegals.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:55 AM (Xr3y2)

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RICKB223 in 2024!

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 11:56 AM (FDYO5)

307 >>Also, I am looking for someone to prayerfully
consider taking responsibility for the prayer list as of April. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 11:54 AM (WI7YS)

You will give the keys to the car to Zod. He will not wreck it.
He promises.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:56 AM (yvnmY)

308 >>The illegals were literally out the door. Entire families filled both
waiting rooms. Any female between 15 and 40 was pregnant, had a baby in
their arms and kids ran up and down the corridors. They were all there
not for any emergency care, but colicky babies, sore throats, cuts,
bruises etc. All of them with room temperature IQ's, each one would take
20 minutes to have somebody explain to them in Spanish ebonics not to
leave the baby in the car overnight next time. I swear, some of them
even drinking 40's sitting there, because it was nice and cool inside.

I was indignant, and had to wait hours to get a 90 year old lady's leg attended to.
- - - -

I had the same experience in Northern VA. Had to take my toddler son to the ER on a Friday night due to a complication with a heart cath he had in the same hospital early that morning. Must've been 100 people in the waiting area and overflowing into hallways, outside. No one spoke English, and the drama kings/queens with a bad case of the "Ai-yi-yi's" got to the front of the line. Took my parents, who were in town for support during the medical stuff, freaking out (like Terms of Endearment) on the intake nurses to get him in.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 11:57 AM (bDqIh)

309 #278
The South Vietnamese army would sometimes hurl artillery rounds at the jungle so they could recycle the brass.

A small army of bureaucrats could earn their keep just overwatching our government for waste fraud and abuse. They should start with Nanzi Pelosi who commissioned Impeachment pens when all she needed was one .35 cent us government retractable black ball point pen.

Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 11:58 AM (DwLwB)

310 261, Romeo13,
I absolutely agree with your post. What the Left has done is take the idea of the family where literally the organization is Marxian--the parents provide for their children and try to extend that to the population at large. What they do not get is that the family ties and family progeneration is ideally done with familial love which is impossible to extend to the entire population.

The left, and I include libertarians in that btw, believe that mankind is perfectible and naturally good. Thus, they support policies repeatedly that have demonstrated failures in the past by the argument that this time we will do it right. What is wrong is that they try to impose their reasoning on nature rather than reasoning in accordance with nature and culture. Thus, the leftists require coercion for the person's own good and the libertarians are dumbfounded that people can be selfish, evil, and self interested.

A true conservative that is educated in history, culture, and human behavior, grounds their policies and expectations in empirical evidence of how people really behave rather than "principles". Show me is a conservative value because it relies on wisdom accumulated through humanity's tragic history but is open to a better way if it can be done safely.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 11:58 AM (EUDB2)

311 When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change, just say "What? A third of my salary isn't fucking enough for you? Here's Bernie's cell number. Give him a call."
Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM (SUJyY)

"sorry. all my money is tied up in ready cash."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2020 11:58 AM (KY5iq)

312 Hawaiian judge is going to be mighty unhappy with the hit his island tourism is taking with fewer illegal alien tourists.

Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 11:50 AM (DwLwB)

One of the first things you'll notice in the islands (my work used to take me there frequently) is zero latinos. At least for me, not hearing Spanish all day comes as a bit of a shock, and takes some adjustment. At least Pigeon English is English, and I grew up with that anyway. Sure, the islands have their own particular set of issues and deadbeats.

I always figured if I hit hard times, I'd make sure to save enough $ for a ticket to the big island, because one could live in a tent, fish and pick fruit, while only needing a blanket, t-shirt, shorts and flip flops. In fact, some do it and they're not even homeless!

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 11:58 AM (8B6Ng)

313 *frantically begins fabricating "Zod For Prayer List 2020" lapel buttons*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 11:59 AM (Ct55T)

314 As someone who went through the immigration process with my now wife from fiancee visa all the way through citizenship, it really irritates me how much immigration law us ignored throughout the govt. I mean we had to jump through all kinds of hoops, and it still took almost a year from applying for the fiancee visa until she received it. I mean, really, they wouldn't even let her visit while her fiancee visa was pending, which is understandable. But to see how of the law has been ignored really burns us up. We are relieved as a family that someone is finally taking this at least somewhat serioisly. Go Trump!

Posted by: Mishdog at February 25, 2020 11:59 AM (x5rxy)

315 Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (Ct55T)

Actually, a STATE could get rid of almost all illegals within their borders.

Just enforce the ID Laws. Almost all illegals have a fraudulent ID, because they can't get a Social Security Number legally.

The Real ID law was supposed to help with this, but is still being ignored by some States.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 11:59 AM (NgKpN)

316 #308 I'm your huckleberry

Posted by: Coronavirus at February 25, 2020 11:59 AM (DwLwB)

317 When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change, just say "What? A third of my salary isn't fucking enough for you? Here's Bernie's cell number. Give him a call."
Posted by: Roy at February 25, 2020 11:05 AM

I just say. Nope.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 25, 2020 12:00 PM (lBeMA)

318 Every time this comes up, I have to say that I actually knew Jim Plyler, who was always somewhat amused that his name had become so famous.
Posted by: Tom Servo
____________________

Yep, TX (and my state of AZ) tried mightily for a long time to stem the tide of illegal immigration, because they saw what was coming. But to no avail, thanks in large part to the Supreme Court and dumb rulings like this one.

But I think it's high time another state took a run at the Plyler case, because a lot has changed since that case was handed down. There were probably only a few thousand illegal aliens enrolled in TX public schools back then; today there are hundreds of thousands of them, and the cost to educate them is quite steep for state taxpayers. That is certainly true here in AZ too, where my property taxes get jacked up every year because "we need more ESL teachers" and "we need more Spanish-speaking remedial teachers for all the immigrant students who are behind grade level" and "we need to build more schools because the ones we have now aren't enough to hold all the new immigrant students moving into the district" and so on.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 12:00 PM (k4dH2)

319 Bloomberg's comments about farmers being dumb: what an arrogant twit!

Posted by: mnw at February 25, 2020 12:00 PM (Cssks)

320 "...his brother married a Latino."

Latina.

Posted by: attila the thrilla at February 25, 2020 12:00 PM (w7KSn)

321 >>311
When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change

"No, I have no spare change. I do have a bottle of Night Train, cheap cigarettes, and some narcotics. Good day to you, sir."

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 12:00 PM (ZS9TG)

322 Criterion sale.

How much wrath do I risk from Dolley...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 25, 2020 12:01 PM (q80AH)

323 Thank you for foisting the diversity crowd and other idiots into the Wall Street arena. Make no mistake, they are driving the fake Coronavirus Market adjustment.

New cases are down, a vaccine came out today and fewer people are dying from it, especially people who don't have compromised immune systems.

But yeah, keep driving that market down because global growth is in a meltdown mode or something.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2020 12:02 PM (VpIIl)

324
But yeah, keep driving that market down because global growth is in a meltdown mode or something.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2020 12:02 PM (VpIIl)

I call moments like this "A Sale".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:02 PM (Ct55T)

325 "Are you a citizen...yes or no?

Oh, si.

"Yes? Okay, prove it."

No tengo papeles.

"What? No. I don't speak Spanish. Speak English please."

Ay yi yi. Dios mio!

Posted by: wth at February 25, 2020 12:02 PM (v0R5T)

326 Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 11:58 AM (8B6Ng)

I live in Calif. Central Valley. Took a road trip last summer and drove to Wisconsin to stay in a cabin.

I was gone two weeks, and the ONLY time I heard Spanish spoken was in a Walmart in Nevada.

I'd forgotten what it was like to feel like I was in America.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 12:03 PM (NgKpN)

327 I do not honestly understand how illegals get work. Every state I've worked in required like 5 pieces of ID and proof of your citizenship to even be hired. I had to show my birth certificate to get an ID card in Oregon. How do these people get away with it?

decades ago, I tried to sign up my 60 year old mom with epilepsy, mitral valve prolapse, a thyroid condition, chronic fatigue syndrome, GERDS, and other conditions to get welfare benefits. The judge told her to get a job. How the hell do people do it???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 12:03 PM (KZzsI)

328 The bigger the government, the bigger the budget, the greater the opportunity for graft. Unprincipled grifters are attracted on both sides of the government give away system, the takes and those distributing the hand outs.

Posted by: IanDeal at February 25, 2020 12:04 PM (vgGyZ)

329 "I call moments like this "A Sale".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:02 PM (Ct55T)"

Truth. I am buying. Let them keep driving down the 10Y

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2020 12:04 PM (VpIIl)

330 The panhandlers who annoy me most are the ones with a big dog. I understand why though, because there are more than a few saps who see it and go "AWWW PUPPY" and give him money for dog food.

If you are so destitute you cannot feed yourself, you shouldn't have a dog.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 12:04 PM (KZzsI)

331 "What? No. I don't speak Spanish. Speak English please."

Yo quiero Taco Bell?

Posted by: wth at February 25, 2020 12:04 PM (v0R5T)

332 262
The hump is against the wall.

john has a large mustache.
repeat: john has a large mustache.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 25, 2020 12:04 PM (sGtp+)

333 Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 12:00 PM (k4dH2)

Need to take a run at the affirmative action case as well.

It has created much more harm, than good, IMO.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 12:05 PM (NgKpN)

334 Took my parents, who were in town for support during
the medical stuff, freaking out (like Terms of Endearment) on the
intake nurses to get him in.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 11:57 AM (bDqIh)

Oh Lizzy, so sorry to hear about that. I know I think I'm unique in CA, but know the cancer has spread to other states, certainly. I haven't been to VA for almost 15 years, no doubt it's very different. Hope everything is good with your son now!
These moron pols are so insulated (like the Mountain View Hospital) they've got not clue one what it's like for the rest of the country. Not that they'd want to know. Just set foot in one of these ER's and tell us this is ok. I wonder what the toll is in reality? While one of these idiots gets priority for the tortilla iron burn, while some poor person is hemorrhaging with ticket number 273?

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 12:05 PM (8B6Ng)

335 I live in eastern PA, but I was in Texas for a bit recently. I was surprised that I could understand all the spanish speaking people perfectly.

(Because they all spoke English perfectly, too.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:05 PM (Ct55T)

336 decades ago, I tried to sign up my 60 year old mom with epilepsy, mitral valve prolapse, a thyroid condition, chronic fatigue syndrome, GERDS, and other conditions to get welfare benefits. The judge told her to get a job. How the hell do people do it???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Favored groups. If you're in one, you get the loot. If you're not, you're the one getting looted. Simple as that.

Posted by: Brother ~~Cavil~~ Tim at February 25, 2020 12:05 PM (OUMaO)

337 There are "WalMart" people in every state. Being from a labeled 'poor" southern state, I am shocked at the literal redneckness of Northern State people, who are apparently blind to their own Walmart-ness. If you don't notice the People of WalMart in your neighborhood, you are a Person of WalMart.

Posted by: a woman at February 25, 2020 12:05 PM (sI15f)

338 The Real ID law was supposed to help with this, but is still being ignored by some States.
_______________

How much you want to bet that the October 2020 deadline for that gets pushed back at least a year? I keep seeing people bitching about it online and state agencies saying that there is no way they can ensure compliance, and predicting all sorts of disasters if the deadline doesn't get extended.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 12:06 PM (k4dH2)

339 299:Illegals annoy me for sneaking into my home without asking or using the front door but they usually are hard working guys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

The Undocumented sneak into my home and pleasure my wife for hours. It's a Blessing of Liberty.

Posted by: David French at February 25, 2020 12:06 PM (vN4+Q)

340 Sad thing is that everyone knows what is going on
but the State won't touch it because they say it's a Federal issue and
the Fed says, nope, it's a State issue.

WKYT did a big story on it some years back called the Kentucky Pop Train.

Posted by: Mr. Scott

Whose money are they using? If the money comes from the Feds, even through a state grant or program, it's a federal issue.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 11:52 AM

---

The feds claim enforcement is up to the States.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 12:06 PM (JUOKG)

341 >>Bloomberg's comments about farmers being dumb: what an arrogant twit!

Right? It's like saying "I can teach someone to write a book: just open up the laptop and type the words!" or "I can teach someone to trade stock, just login to the portal and make the purchases or sales!" or "I can teach someone to win the World Weries: you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball!"

Confusing the (very simplified reduction of) physical tasks required with being competent/successful at a profession is maybe 5th grade level logic.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 12:06 PM (bDqIh)

342 Criterion sale.

How much wrath do I risk from Dolley...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, 003 with a License to Kill at February 25, 2020 12:01 PM (q80AH)

--

Do they ever do any type of complete / box set sale? I'd love to get Wes Anderson's stuff from them but am in no big hurry.

FWIW the prices seem as good or better than Amazon, so that's pretty impressive.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 12:07 PM (FDYO5)

343 Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 11:56 AM (yvnmY)

You wouldn't want my car. It is a beat up Honda from 2003, and I'm guessing you wouldn't want to coordinate the prayer list-although The Holy Spirit might be working with you if you really want to handle it,

although the request seems a trifle odd. Why would you consciously want to mess up a prayer list? Sometimes I do it myself without trying. However, an Atheist handling a prayer list seems more of a bureaucratic function (Get those reports in!!) than anything else. C.S. Lewis says in his book "The Great Divorce" that hell is made up of grim bureaucrats in dark cubicles passing information around where nothing gets done. It sounds rather like parts of the Federal Government.

And no, I obviously don't think you're humorless

and the analogy about Hell is not making a judgement on your final end.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 12:07 PM (WI7YS)

344 339 299:Illegals annoy me for sneaking into my home without asking or using the front door but they usually are hard working guys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

The Undocumented sneak into my home and pleasure my wife for hours. It's a Blessing of Liberty.
Posted by: David French at February 25, 2020 12:06 PM (vN4+Q)

*looks at French's cell phone videos*

Oh, it looks like they're documented, all right

*shudders*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:07 PM (Ct55T)

345 But I think it's high time another state took a run at the Plyler case, because a lot has changed since that case was handed down. There were probably only a few thousand illegal aliens enrolled in TX public schools back then; today there are hundreds of thousands of them, and the cost to educate them is quite steep for state taxpayers. That is certainly true here in AZ too, where my property taxes get jacked up every year because "we need more ESL teachers" and "we need more Spanish-speaking remedial teachers for all the immigrant students who are behind grade level" and "we need to build more schools because the ones we have now aren't enough to hold all the new immigrant students moving into the district" and so on.

I'd guess in many districts in California the illegals and their anchor babies (which I guess are citizens) number at LEAST 30% of the students, in many cases their language skills in ANY language are so poor that they get assessed as 'special needs' and get a county IEP and a whole lot of specialized teaching, and how much in property taxes do you think their families are contributing?

Next time some parent asks why their formerly prosperous middle-class suburb can't fix a pothole or fund a school music program, you have the answer, whether you're willing to say it or not.

Posted by: JEM at February 25, 2020 12:07 PM (8erNz)

346 "...his brother married a Latino."

Latina.

Posted by: attila the thrilla

It's 2020. No telling.

Posted by: Brother ~~Cavil~~ Tim at February 25, 2020 12:07 PM (OUMaO)

347 "Illegals annoy me for sneaking into my home without asking or using the front door but they usually are hard working guys.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor"

That's mostly a myth in Nuevo Yorko. I found that out when renewing my driver's license on a day off. They were all at DMV getting their new illegal immigrant driver's licenses, courtesy of Governor Homo.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2020 12:07 PM (VpIIl)

348 327, They network. They pass around employers that are amenable to off the books work, they pass around stolen identification, they are enabled by supportive "community organizers" working for non-profits and churches, etc. The first movers then feel an obligation to help bring others to their community which then builds an alternative society. Most areas that immigrants are coming from today have weak and corrupt governments so social networking remedies the lack of government. They bring that with them.

Same story repeated over and over again in history.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM (EUDB2)

349 Serious question. What does Criterion peddle? Looked the word up on DDG, and saw a movie channel.

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM (90T4r)

350
>If you are so destitute you cannot feed yourself, you shouldn't have a dog.

or you could eat the dog
but that's just a temporary fix

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM (iTXRQ)

351 312
At
least Pigeon English is English, ...

pidgin

Posted by: coo coo cachoo at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM (sGtp+)

352 I can't remember it but mom has a degenerative nerve disorder as the result of taking epilepsy medicine for 40+ years. It started at her feet, tingling then numbness. Its all the way up her legs now. She can walk more or less but sometimes its like a newborn giraffe. She never worked a full time job in her life, she married my dad and he took care of her. And this piece of trash thought she could even FIND a job let alone do it?

Then Bennie McImmigrant is out there living off the government at age 30 with perfect health? That just infuriates me.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM (KZzsI)

353 When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change
.......

Say: "No hablo Ingles."

Posted by: wth at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM (v0R5T)

354 When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change

--

I ask what it's for. If they say they're hungry I'll say no. If they say they want some booze I'll give them a couple of dollars.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 12:09 PM (FDYO5)

355
In all seriousness, Salem Ohio is a very nice
town I'd consider living in or near. Nice farm country around there.
Good golf courses too. The towns I mentioned above are,,,uh,,,not
recommended.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 25, 2020 11:42 AM (vN4+Q)
Salem is great plus they have a Hot Dog Shoppe I visit regularly. Lots of open country and a good hospital too.

Posted by: Tired "Nam Vet at February 25, 2020 12:09 PM (VS2JQ)

356 decades ago, I tried to sign up my 60 year old mom with epilepsy, mitral valve prolapse, a thyroid condition, chronic fatigue syndrome, GERDS, and other conditions to get welfare benefits. The judge told her to get a job. How the hell do people do it???

Well-funded MALDEF pro-bono attorneys.

Posted by: JEM at February 25, 2020 12:09 PM (8erNz)

357 The Real ID law was supposed to help with this, but is still being ignored by some States.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 25, 2020 11:59 AM (NgKpN)

My driver's license expired end of last month and I have to get a new REAL ID one. Unknown to me, my BC wasn't in the file it should be in. I've sent away to Jeff City for a new one earlier this month. Still waiting. I think I'm going to have to go someplace to get a new BC. Ugh...

Posted by: Tami at February 25, 2020 12:10 PM (cF8AT)

358 if all those people were able to stop taking services overnight, maybe they weren't really all that dependent on them in the first place.

Posted by: West at February 25, 2020 12:10 PM (o+4vj)

359 >>>The feds claim enforcement is up to the States.

Until the states start to enforce fed immigration law.

Obamao made a special trip to Arizona to stop Gov Jan Brewer from doing it.

Posted by: davidt at February 25, 2020 12:10 PM (l3+k2)

360 >>Oh Lizzy, so sorry to hear about that. I know I think I'm unique in CA,
but know the cancer has spread to other states, certainly. I haven't
been to VA for almost 15 years, no doubt it's very different. Hope
everything is good with your son now!

Thanks, he's great now, this was in 2003 -- it's got to be much worse now.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 12:10 PM (bDqIh)

361 >When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change

I say 'Yes. Yes I do.' and keep walking

Posted by: DB- just DB at February 25, 2020 12:11 PM (iTXRQ)

362 There is a difference between illegals that came from the city and those that came from the country. The ones from the country are the hard workers. The ones from the cities are not.

Posted by: notsothoreau at February 25, 2020 12:11 PM (JKNZq)

363 How the hell do people do it???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
__________________

You should have had your mom say "no hablo ingles" to the judge.

Then he would not have dared say "get a job" to her. That would have been considered raaaaaacist.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 12:11 PM (k4dH2)

364 342

There's no Anderson box set so you have to buy them individually. Free shipping on orders over $50. Box sets are included.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 25, 2020 12:12 PM (thC24)

365 42 You really got that #?....can I have it?
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 11:09 AM (X/Pw5)

---------

867-5309

Wait. That's Jenny. Never mind.

Jenny Bros are entirely different from Bernie Bros.

Posted by: tsj017 at February 25, 2020 12:12 PM (ZiGm9)

366 Like the 'handicapped' guy who jumps out of his 4x4 F350 parking in the handicapped spot right there in front of the grocery store entrance and then hops in the little electric go-cart to do his shopping.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at February 25, 2020 11:19 AM (e284m)

Well, he might have something invisible like COPD or heart disease, and really needs to use that scooter.

What's needed is some way to keep the handicap privilege system honest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2020 12:12 PM (KY5iq)

367 The only reason Real ID is necessary is because states were passing out drivers licenses to illegals like confetti, while registering them to vote at the same time.
Look upon CA as a prime example of this widespread fraud, emanating from Motor Voter Act, 1997.
Gee, who was President then?

Posted by: attila the thrilla at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (w7KSn)

368 If you are so destitute you cannot feed yourself, you shouldn't have a dog.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 25, 2020 12:04 PM (KZzsI)

Funny you should mention this - that very thought crossed through my mind a couple of days ago. My town had nearly zero homeless just 5 years ago. But now that Silicon Valley is jumping, the Latte Teslas are building like mad and invading, and bringing with them all the detritus they bring everywhere.
So, homeless have invaded many areas, and literally set up camp anywhere they want. Since this used to be rural, there's lots of lawns and stuff in front of say, Burger King. And right there was a homeless encampment, each and every one of them had either a chihuahua or a pit bull. How much food does that big dog eat? And how is it you're sitting there, mid 20's, with your guitar, dog and iPhone?
Heck it's even hard to be a decent Christian (so I don't try). As I was taking my mom to church last Sunday, some idiot, drunk on a bike rides right in front of me and stops right in the handicapped parking spot. So, I wait for him to get off his bike (holding a tall can of malt liquor) move his sorry ass so I can get my mom into her wheelchair. Of course, he went into the church, and brought out as many sandwiches as he could carry (yes, he set down his beer and backpack). Sadly, the church has lots of food available, so the homeless descend on it every week.

Really makes the tithes extra painful.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (8B6Ng)

369 don't know about worry but be smart. My wife has similar issues so, for us, no plane travel, avoid big crowds, lots of hand washing, stay away from sick grandkids, wipe down everything with hydrogen peroxide wipes, etc. Not paranoid but trying to avoid unnecessary risks.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2020 11:51 AM (Y4EXg)

I guess I'll just have to bring a couple of N95 masks with me. I doubt my company will spring for a one way car rental seeing as how it's about 400 bucks with the added drop off fee of 340 bucks.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (aPtRq)

370 A funny story. When my family came over from Finland, my Dad and Uncles had some old , possibly McGuffy readers to pass the time on the boat and learn a little English. They also had people waiting for them who would guarantee employment. And they were all pretty healthy. Actually, there's nothing funny about common sense.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (C1Lsn)

371 Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid.

That's not possible. Every SJW will tell you "undocumented immigrants" use zero social services.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (9t0Zz)

372 >>Then Bennie McImmigrant is out there living off the government at age 30 with perfect health? That just infuriates me.

Also, the refugees get a ridiculous monthly stipend from the government - just think of all those Iraqi and Afghani "interpreters" getting thousands per month (and multiples of that depending on how many kids they brought) while the rest of us work and pay taxes.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (bDqIh)

373 357 Tami, Most departments of vital statistics that handle birth certificates have walk up service at their state level office. Might be quicker to simply visit them at their hq and get multiple copies while you are there. Then, if you lose one here or there, you have duplicates.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (EUDB2)

374 >>362
There is a difference between illegals that came from the city and those
that came from the country. The ones from the country are the hard
workers. The ones from the cities are not. Posted by: notsothoreau at February 25, 2020 12:11 PM (JKNZq)

Get a country Aztec to run your crew of city Aztecs, and you're set.

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (ZS9TG)

375 When a panhandler asks if you have any spare change
.......

Say: "No hablo Ingles."

Posted by: wth at February 25, 2020 12:08 PM

***

Southbound on I5 Friday south of Tacoma at a rest stop. Some woman there with a little dog with a sign saying she is pregnant and needing money for a bus ticket to get home.

Northbound on I5 just north of Kelso WA at a rest stop (Mrs D doesn't have the range she did before she turned 29)...same woman...same dog...same sign.

How do you say "Where is the bus terminal?" in Spanish?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (axyOa)

376 77-year-old Joe Biden told a South Carolina crowd on Monday night that he's the "Democratic candidate for the United States Senate."

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (3aI0K)

377 So PDT ripped acosta and cnn another hole?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (nRk/c)

378 China worked hard to control the supply chain for the world, and WallStreet was glad to take profit (and bribes) from the China slave market. Trump has aggressively fought China/WallStreet as he tries to rebuild America.

So as Coranavirus exposes our dependence on China for all things that make life here good, Trump has a good case against WallStreet selling us out for their bottom dollar (anti-Liberty) greed, avoiding the costs of Liberty and profiting off China slavery.

"Free Trade" without morality ... Liberty has a price, we let WallStreet sell America out to communism ... slavery and pollution and all sorts of abuse/genocide/corruption were fine as long as "FreeTraderGamblers" got rich (and wars and policy was set to serve them, not American Liberty).

Bannon does a good rant on this in his interviews ... "CCP are gangsters". We can never again let China or others control our supply chains ... they have been at war against US via the economy and schools ... the "reset" won't be easy ...

https://tinyurl.com/ulkumxj

Posted by: illiniwek at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (Cus5s)

379 373 357 Tami, Most departments of vital statistics that handle birth certificates have walk up service at their state level office. Might be quicker to simply visit them at their hq and get multiple copies while you are there. Then, if you lose one here or there, you have duplicates.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (EUDB2)

Yeah, I just discovered today that there is one for this county one town over. May run in there today.

Posted by: Tami at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (cF8AT)

380 #297 agreed. 14th A is a mess.

Leave it to Congress to invert and inside out a simple concept. And the courts do that too.

The self correcting feature of the Constitution doesn't work.

Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (DwLwB)

381 327 I do not honestly understand how illegals get work. Every state I've worked in required like 5 pieces of ID and proof of your citizenship to even be hired. I had to show my birth certificate to get an ID card in Oregon. How do these people get away with it?

You need to be applying for those jobs that pay cash only, day rate, no benefits, no documentation for either side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (Kpl3J)

382 300
...Dubya really thought mexicans would become conservatives all because his brother married a Latino.
Posted by: Blago at February 25, 2020 11:54 AM (sjTfF)
-----------------------------------------
Heh.
I doubt that he gave much thought to anything but the immediate benefits to business.
I doubt that he cared much about "conservatism."

Or maybe he was stupid enough to believe the new hordes of illegals would magically morph into the traditional TexMex middle-class --- even though the whole assimilationist patriotic culture has been destroyed.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (M/9m0)

383 358 if all those people were able to stop taking services overnight, maybe they weren't really all that dependent on them in the first place.
_____________

Here in AZ, and probably other states as well, the illegals sign up for all the "free" shit they can get even if they have jobs that pay reasonably well, because they figure "why not?" They know nobody gets prosecuted for the fraud, and it gives them extra money to send back to the family in Mexico.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 12:15 PM (k4dH2)

384 >>So PDT ripped acosta and cnn another hole?

It was fabulous.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (bDqIh)

385 376 77-year-old Joe Biden told a South Carolina crowd on Monday night that he's the "Democratic candidate for the United States Senate."
Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (3aI0K)

Is this Elder Abuse? Could the Deep State, and the family, be charged?

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (90T4r)

386 Panhandlers around me are usually fairly nice, never very obnoxious, but this one piece of shit moved in for a bit a few years ago.... One day I had a crapload of keys and tools and other stuff in my pockets, jangling all over... but no change.

She beelines at me on the street and says, "Gimme some of your change." (A demand, not a request). I said I didn't have any. She calls me out, saying she could hear it.

I pull all the keys out of my pockets and say "Fuck off, asshole".

She never bothered me again, and she left town shortly thereafter. I think the police ran her out of town.

And she had a shitty little neglected dog she dragged around, too. Hope they took it and put it in a shelter.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (Ct55T)

387 >>>Bloomberg's comments about farmers being dumb: what an arrogant twit!<<<

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to Mini Mike's directives on cabinetry and shelving.

Posted by: Fritz at February 25, 2020 12:17 PM (2Mnv1)

388 Posted by: a woman at February 25, 2020 12:05 PM (sI15f)

I don't know what a "Walmart person" is. I go to Walmart sometimes because it is cheaper and has items I can't get at the local market. Nobody has been in a fight while I've been there. They don't look much different than some people at my local market.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 12:17 PM (WI7YS)

389 368, Clutch Cargo, imho, that is not compassion that churches are doing enabling drug addicts and the mentally ill to live on the streets, that is enabling evil.

Far better use of resources is to spend that money on tithing for substance abuse counseling and training for jobs to restore them to society and community. Handouts won't do it.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2020 12:17 PM (EUDB2)

390 That's not possible. Every SJW will tell you "undocumented immigrants" use zero social services.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM

This!
Everyone knows they are hanging out at the Hoe Depot looking for that next shovel ready job!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (axyOa)

391 Is this Elder Abuse? Could the Deep State, and the family, be charged?

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (90T4r)

New Rush theory....Hunter is making Joe run so he can pardon him.

Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (X/Pw5)

392 385 376 77-year-old Joe Biden told a South Carolina crowd on Monday night that he's the "Democratic candidate for the United States Senate."
Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (3aI0K)

Is this Elder Abuse? Could the Deep State, and the family, be charged?
Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (90T4r)

I joke about it but that's essentially what's going on here. Joe's hangers-on want the train to keep rolling for the money but it's just a form of abuse and has gotten shameful now.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (RD7QR)

393 >>She beelines at me on the street and says, "Gimme
some of your change." (A demand, not a request). I said I didn't have
any. She calls me out, saying she could hear it. Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (Ct55T)

"Here is my change, all of it. Give me your clothes, all of them."

Posted by: Zod at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (ZS9TG)

394 fuckie chuckie is blaming PDT for the virus

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (nRk/c)

395 390
Everyone knows they are hanging out at the Hoe Depot looking for that next shovel ready job!

not sure whether typo for "home" or "ho".

Posted by: Anachronda at February 25, 2020 12:19 PM (sGtp+)

396 More on tangential Constitution issue.

Justice Thomas argued recently that one of his earlier decisions reasoning is wrong. He wanted a case on point to be heard by the court so they could revisit the issue.

The court refused.

Now that is a wrong without a remedy.

Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 12:19 PM (DwLwB)

397 Take two pennies out of your pocket and throw them in the street.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 12:19 PM (FDYO5)

398 This!
Everyone knows they are hanging out at the Hoe Depot looking for that next shovel ready job!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM

Crap!
Home Depot...HOME Depot.

Stoopid keyboard.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 12:19 PM (axyOa)

399 logistics is the simplest, but not the primary, reason not much is done. Ever wonder how many cops it would take to arrest 200,000 people? And that's just one city, and that count is probably only 1/2 to 1/3 of how many there really are in Phoenix.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:23 AM (Kpl3J)

100 cops, each arresting one illegal per day, 5 days a week = 26000 per year. And you and I both know that one per day is a low bar. Catch one, there's likely 2-3 more with him, or her.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2020 12:19 PM (KY5iq)

400 I don't know what a "Walmart person" is. I go to Walmart sometimes because it is cheaper and has items I can't get at the local market. Nobody has been in a fight while I've been there. They don't look much different than some people at my local market.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 12:17 PM (WI7YS)

There are viral videos about the People of Walmart. Those are the ones I was referencing. I don't go to Walmart in my city...not because of the people, but its just a hassle.

Posted by: a woman at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (sI15f)

401 The self correcting feature of the Constitution doesn't work.

Posted by: torabora

Sigh. REPEAT AFTER ME: The Constitution is not a clockwork machine. It requires people to follow it to work.

Posted by: Brother ~~Cavil~~ Tim at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (OUMaO)

402 New Rush theory....Hunter is making Joe run so he can pardon him.
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (X/Pw5)

Heh. You know who REALLY has all the dirt on Joe Biden's corruption?

Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (Ct55T)

403 Hey... Where's our poll troll? Trump is up to 52% today on Rasmussen.. I know.. poll

Posted by: It's me donna at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (6XlcD)

404 "Are you a citizen...yes or no?

Oh, si.

"Yes? Okay, prove it."

No tengo papeles.

"What? No. I don't speak Spanish. Speak English please."

Ay yi yi. Dios mio!
Posted by: wth

No papers? Andele! Andele! Boardo aeroplano! Stat!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (Xr3y2)

405 Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the
Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using
government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a
state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for
food stamps and Medicaid.

That's not possible. Every SJW will tell you "undocumented immigrants" use zero social services.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM

---

I have a left leaning buddy that lives in New England. He claims that illegals are a net positive for the economy, they do not use any welfare programs and are generally "law abiding".

I talk with him on the phone occasionally and regale him with the tale of the latest illegal who killed somebody while drunk driving and will spend 2 years in State prison, get deported to Mexico and be back a month after that.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (JUOKG)

406 Since having a CHCL (Arkansas for CCW) I have only laid my hand on my weapon, not drawing it, in the case of an aggressive panhandler. He retreated, after giving me the finger in the chest and saying he knew I had money to give him.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at February 25, 2020 12:20 PM (C1Lsn)

407 394 fuckie chuckie is blaming PDT for the virus
Posted by: Nevergiveup

I'd knew they'd get around to doing so. How did Corrupt Chuck square that circle?

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 25, 2020 12:21 PM (vN4+Q)

408 I have a left leaning buddy that lives in New England. He claims that illegals are a net positive for the economy, they do not use any welfare programs and are generally "law abiding".
======

I get so sick of the "law abiding" trope. It's total bullshit.

Their very presence here is a violation of the law. They are in constant violation of the law.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 25, 2020 12:21 PM (vg8iE)

409 and I include libertarians in that btw

You must have met an actual person once who claimed to be a libertarian.
That person owes you a refund.

For a hundred years, "conservatives" like you kept turning over personal and family responsibilities, and the oversight of individual rights, to government committees, and you were fine with that as long as they were staffed by good Christians of your denomination, and matched your taste in facial hair.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 25, 2020 12:21 PM (8IOEj)

410 My license expiring last week, I rounded up all of the required documents for a Real ID license. The guy at the office was super friendly when he found out that I am Vet, which is also noted on the license. Turns out he is too.

He had me review a digital image of the new license, and asked if everything was correct, "Yes, I replied, except, who the hell is that old guy in the picture?"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (xSo9G)

411 I am a People of Walmart!

Posted by: Spartacus at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (l3+k2)

412 Kung Flu has reached South America. 260 suspected cases in Chile.

There are 260 people suspected of coronavirus in #Chile, Minister of Health Jaime Ma�alich

https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeB14ck/status/ 1232338442853347328

Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (fRokw)

413 I do not honestly understand how illegals get work. Every state I've worked in required like 5 pieces of ID and proof of your citizenship to even be hired. I had to show my birth certificate to get an ID card in Oregon. How do these people get away with it?
___________________

Ever go into a hospital to get an operation? You have to show up a few days in advance and spend several hours with the bureaucrats in the financial office, and show them your insurance cards, your tax returns, bank statements, and sign multiple documents basically agreeing they can take your house, your car, and your first-born child if you fail to pay any part of the deductible or co-pays.

If you're an illegal alien, you just say "no hablo ingles" and they move you right through and provide whatever procedures or meds you require, no questions asked and no payments required.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (k4dH2)

414 I'd knew they'd get around to doing so. How did Corrupt Chuck square that circle?
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 25, 2020 12:21 PM (vN4+Q)

Square peg.

Round hole.

Big hammer.

Drool bib.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (Ct55T)

415 Is Hunter dipping his beak into Dad's campaign funds as a campaign consultant or some such drivil?

Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (DwLwB)

416 The idea that you are in the country illegally and can function at all is ludicrous.

The idea that you are in the country illegally and can participate in any social welfare programs is an abomination and must be stopped.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2020 12:22 PM (FVrDO)

417 and are generally "law abiding".

--

Sure, if you don't count three to five individual instances of breaking multiple federal laws every time they take work and/or leave and come back to a job.

They commit hundreds of millions of crimes a day, but otherwise "generally" law abiding.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (FDYO5)

418 The feds claim enforcement is up to the States.
Posted by: Mr. Scott

Bullshit. They don't hesitate to throw their weight around when it comes to a law enforcement or fire protection grant.

Deep state just doesn't want to. Federal money ALWAYS comes with strings.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (Xr3y2)

419 Y'know, internet weirdness aside, I've been coming here, and commenting, for fifteen years, and I know I don't really know any of you all that well, but I do treasure the cross-comments, and all the time we've spent together.

Lent, yeah, not gonna be here again for the next six weeks, but I do love the horde, and I just wanna say that for the record.

*raises his glass until Easter*

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (+oVP5)

420 410 Same thing here, Mike. "Whats that on the neck?".

Posted by: bill in arkansas at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (C1Lsn)

421 fuckie chuckie is blaming PDT for the virus
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (nRk/c)

The glee that these miscreants take over suffering people so that it may tank the economy and cause Trump losing a second term is disgusting.

As Trump pointed out whether he asked for more money or less Schumer would complain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (WI7YS)

422 I always thought it funny to see "Deportes" in the Spanish language newspapers.

Posted by: Chris M at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (eAZVt)

423
#DEVELOPING: Source close to the matter tells @CBSNews briefer challenged over Russia election meddling assessment, with request for ODNI to provide underlying records including so-called "Red Team analysis" to back up Russia/Trump findings. ODNI declined comment records request.
Posted by: Tami

=======

So, the briefer (wasn't it Joe Maguire?) who told the House Intel Committee that Russia was trying to get Trump elected again was challenged to provide evidence from the ODNI. The ODNI had no comment on any records request?

Catherine Herridge can be a bit terse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (M9ntN)

424 Look upon CA as a prime example of this widespread fraud, emanating from Motor Voter Act, 1997.

Gee, who was President then?

Posted by: attila the thrilla at February 25, 2020 12:13 PM (w7KSn)

Also, CA passed AB-60 back in 2015, to hand out those DL's. Keep the roads safe don't you know. BTW, they're IDENTICAL to the regular DL with one very small letter change.

At first, the DMV and state were all excited and posted data on how many DL's they handed out. But they wised up a couple of years ago and bury the data. Last I saw, they had surpassed 1M DL's. With a 50% failure rate. So, if you do the math (not here, that's a barrel penalty) the elderly those who don' need no stinking license or the zillions of youngsters - well the entire 11-12M illegals supposedly in the country are right here.

I got a dashcam a year ago because it's getting so insane out there. I've dodged fences and lawnmowers and garbage cans on the freeway. They buy throw away cars, and simply leave them after an accident. No need to register or insure a $300 2004 honda civic. Crash and walk. I can't tell you how many 2017 registration stickers I see (we have different colors each year) It's almost a game with me. That and Teslas. Like slug-bug only different.

I opted to NOT get the real ID when renewing a couple months back, did it by mail. Sure wasn't going to sit in DMV for hours (I tried for an appointment, they were 3 months out) with all the illegals. I figure my Passport will function well enough if I travel.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (8B6Ng)

425 392 385 376 77-year-old Joe Biden told a South Carolina crowd on Monday night that he's the "Democratic candidate for the United States Senate."
Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2020 12:14 PM (3aI0K)

Is this Elder Abuse? Could the Deep State, and the family, be charged?
Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:16 PM (90T4r)

I joke about it but that's essentially what's going on here. Joe's hangers-on want the train to keep rolling for the money but it's just a form of abuse and has gotten shameful now.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (RD7QR)

Somebody needs to take that poor man by the hand and put him in a home.
Does the MSM every acknowledge Joe's mental slippage?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 25, 2020 12:24 PM (Uu+Jp)

426 All illegals should be deported, and forced to take a number, in the country they are deported to, in order to get back in. Law breaking American businesses hardest hit. And the scale of these businesses run the whole gamut.

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:24 PM (90T4r)

427 No one saw this coming. A female inmate in IL claims she was raped by a transgender who sued and was moved into the female unit at the Logan Correctional center.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 25, 2020 12:24 PM (JUOKG)

428 Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 25, 2020 12:23 PM (+oVP5)

A blessed Lent to you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 25, 2020 12:24 PM (WI7YS)

429 If the flu is more widespread and more dangerous than corona virus, why are we not quarantining flu victims?

Posted by: IrishEi at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (sGotD)

430 Now that Iran is way up on the COV19 scorecard I wonder how many Iranian scientists visited the Wuhan Biological lab?

Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (e5f4b)

431
Biden is like Mr Magoo but instead of being blind he's brainless.

Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (J/v97)

432 OK

cdc did a coronavirus update an hour ago
they said community spread will.happen in USA
time to prepare is now

Posted by: vmom 2020 v13 at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (G546f)

433 (nods at Walter)

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (FDYO5)

434 Doesn't it say "neither borrower nor lenter be?"

*chugs coffee, lights cigarette*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 25, 2020 12:26 PM (Ct55T)

435 427 No one saw this coming. A female inmate in IL claims she was raped by a transgender who sued and was moved into the female unit at the Logan Correctional center.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS)

IT'S A BLESSING OF LIBERTY!!!

Posted by: The French Davidians at February 25, 2020 12:26 PM (vN4+Q)

436 I'd knew they'd get around to doing so. How did Corrupt Chuck square that circle?
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 25, 2020 12:21 PM (vN4+Q)

PDT has not asked for enough money and not soon enough and not enough safe guards on the money so that evil PDT cannot divert the money. Bad Orange Man

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 25, 2020 12:26 PM (nRk/c)

437 I get so sick of the "law abiding" trope. It's total bullshit.

Their very presence here is a violation of the law. They are in constant violation of the law.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 25, 2020 12:21 PM

I just tell my lib friends (I actually have a couple) that the law abiding ones are the ones who came here legally.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 12:26 PM (axyOa)

438 Did everyone see that video of the 6 year old girl being arrested and handcuffed in Orlando? Apparently, she had a fit earlier in the day, but was sitting quietly in the office when the cops showed up to arrest her.

If this was my granddaughter, I would lose my shit.

There needs to be some common sense applied to the law.

Posted by: jwest at February 25, 2020 12:26 PM (U6f/q)

439 cdc did a coronavirus update an hour ago
they said community spread will.happen in USA
time to prepare is now

Posted by: vmom 2020 v13 at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (G546f)

--

Yeah, it's not a bad time to grab some masks before you can't find them anymore.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at February 25, 2020 12:27 PM (FDYO5)

440 NOOD Butt-edge-edge

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2020 12:27 PM (qaSBO)

441 fuckie chuckie is blaming PDT for the virus

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 25, 2020 12:18 PM (nRk/c)

Gee, who could have guessed? As I mentioned a couple of days ago, my biggest fear is this could be the October surprise. You just know there's been nonstop meetings on how to spin this as Trump's fault. If they can just get rid of that pesky Canada/China connection. It'd be so much better if this was developed in a Russian lab so Trump could kill all the blacks and gays. Still, if there's a full-blown pandemic going on, who knows how people's judgement will be if they're scared to death.

The government will save you. Bernie promises.

Posted by: clutch cargo at February 25, 2020 12:27 PM (8B6Ng)

442 438 Did everyone see that video of the 6 year old girl being arrested and handcuffed in Orlando? Apparently, she had a fit earlier in the day, but was sitting quietly in the office when the cops showed up to arrest her.

If this was my granddaughter, I would lose my shit.

There needs to be some common sense applied to the law.
Posted by: jwest at February 25, 2020 12:26 PM (U6f/q)

From the folks that will shoot the family Labradoodle because they felt threatened?

Posted by: tubal at February 25, 2020 12:27 PM (90T4r)

443 Hey... Where's our poll troll? Trump is up to 52% today on Rasmussen.. I know.. poll
Posted by: It's me donna
-------

Ggreg? I kind of enjoy his visits, so long as they are brief. Wrong, I know, to feed the trolls, but that does not preclude undirected counter-facts.

Rainmandodo seems to have disappeared. The other night on the ONT, he posted what appeared to be the ramblings of a schizophrenic off of their meds. Bizarre.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 25, 2020 12:28 PM (CDGwz)

444 And she had a shitty little neglected dog she dragged around, too. Hope they took it and put it in a shelter

Poor doggo.

Posted by: Floridachick at February 25, 2020 12:28 PM (wStGL)

445 439
Yeah, it's not a bad time to grab some masks before you can't find them anymore.

yeah. better stock up before the hoarders get to 'em.

Posted by: Anachronda at February 25, 2020 12:29 PM (sGtp+)

446 everyone see that video of the 6 year old girl being arrested and handcuffed in Orlando? Apparently, she had a fit earlier in the day, but was sitting quietly in the office when the cops showed up to arrest her.

If this was my granddaughter, I would lose my shit.
======

Gotta make them submit to govt authority while they're young to keep them from getting uppity.

Posted by: Guzalot at February 25, 2020 12:29 PM (fskAX)

447 I suspect those paper masks are a waste of time. Virus.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 25, 2020 12:29 PM (vFo9d)

448 "Confusing the (very simplified reduction of)
physical tasks required with being competent/successful at a profession
is maybe 5th grade level logic." Posted by: Lizzy

right ... and he thinks the programmers are so brilliant ... and they are good at what they do, but the power of Google or Amazon is partly in the market dominance ... Amazon was a "go-go" momentum stock, with the nation buying "the internet" via the AMZN proxy (and a few others ... see Google Archipelago).

So AMZN could drive competitors out of business since they could get buy with losses for 20 years, as they had American "investors" believing in the dream. Much of market gains poured into a few stocks (FAANGS) ... and those few bought out competitors.

Anti-trust was thrown out the window ... America threw money at the perceived winners, DC gave theme immunities, academia funded much of their research ... now we look at the whirlwind and wonder WTF happened to our liberty ... how are these 20 somethings controlling our free speech, Google manipulating election outcomes via contrived search results?

Bloomie made his money off China and markets ... Trump built things and was speaking against the globalists back around 1990 ... saying tax policy was driving globalist profit ... he was right then and now ...

Posted by: illiniwek at February 25, 2020 12:30 PM (Cus5s)

449 Crap!
Home Depot...HOME Depot.

Stoopid keyboard.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2020 12:19 PM (axyOa)
........

Home Cheapo

Posted by: wth at February 25, 2020 12:30 PM (v0R5T)

450 I wouldn't call him bleeding heart, that's a man who's sincere about his desire to help them for real. They say they need money for food, so he gives food and other things they need.

Of course they really just want money for drugs, just about all panhandlers do, which is why they throw his help away. But that's not the giver's fault - he does his best to help them, and in a way that will NOT support their drug habits, which actually is also helping them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2020 11:29 AM (Kpl3J)

I'd say that behavior is almost definitional for "bleeding heart". Someone sincere in their wish to help, but so incredibly naive that it is humorous.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2020 12:30 PM (KY5iq)

451 I suspect those paper masks are a waste of time. Virus.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 25, 2020 12:29 PM (vFo9d)
~~~~~

N95 masks are what is needed. You can get a pack of 10 on Amazon for about $35.00, with a shipping charge of $99.00

Posted by: IrishEi at February 25, 2020 12:30 PM (sGotD)

452 Markets are cyclical. Ours has been due for a major correction since 2015-2016. About every 7 years. Also, inflated stock and asset prices only means that central banks are pumping them up with cheap and free money, which makes everyday goods and services increase. We have inflation, the government just calculates it to look like we don't. Same as it ever was since around 1994.

Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at February 25, 2020 12:31 PM (fRokw)

453 nood!

Posted by: attila the thrilla at February 25, 2020 12:34 PM (w7KSn)

454 126 If I won the lottery, I would buy a decomissioned aircraft carrier and turn it into an Air Museum on the Philly waterfront, to compliment the USS New Jersey & USS Olympia. There's a few small local air museums that together would make a great collection of exhibits.

--

The USS John F. Kennedy is still docked down at the Philly Navy Yard. Not museum quality but not too far to tow it for your purposes....

Posted by: Matt Hooper at February 25, 2020 12:36 PM (t8hbk)

455 Tell me more about Hoe Depot, please

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at February 25, 2020 12:40 PM (l4C/z)

456 cdc did a coronavirus update an hour ago
they said community spread will.happen in USA
time to prepare is now

Posted by: vmom 2020 v13 at February 25, 2020 12:25 PM (G546f)

It is getting to be that time of the year when Influenza Type Illnesses begin to sharply trend lower so having the trend continuing to increase would be difficult to explain at this point.

Posted by: Ahwoo Flu at February 25, 2020 12:45 PM (fRokw)

457 ILLEGAL immigrants. AKA Illegal Aliens. Not "immigrants whether legal or illegal", please.

Posted by: Sister Lurkalot at February 25, 2020 12:50 PM (1zVZz)

458 The reason that the ERs are full and not the Urgent Cares is that the ER is free and urgent care has a co-payment. So in CA they don't even bother to get insurance.

Posted by: PJ at February 25, 2020 01:12 PM (qlTN9)

459 I remember being stunned about a decade ago overhearing the son of a next-door neighbor and his friends in Orange
County, CA -- all attending community college and children of middle-to-upper-middle class parents whom they still lived with--talking about how they needed to get up early in the morning to go get
their food stamps.
An-f*cking-believable ... I'm guessing they were selling them for drugs or something, but they didn't need any food stamps.

Posted by: ShainS at February 25, 2020 11:15 AM (WqPYg)
________________

In California you can use that magic EBT card to withdraw cash from conveniently located ATMs. Seems a lot like enabling.

Posted by: FoodWaterAmmo at February 25, 2020 01:34 PM (MP9/9)

460 99.9% yes. Why 99.9%? Well ...

Back in the 80's I taught polsci at a Big 10 school -- wasn't like it is now. I had given a short mention of "private bills" in congress and how they were used to grant citizenship, usually to athletes and dissidents from certain countries without making them stand in line.

After class a young woman anxiously asked me what else I knew about them, which was not much. I asked why. Turns out her parents got out of Cuba when she was an infant and illegally into the US. They raised her as an anglo (she presented as WASP as anyone at that school) and never told her where she or they were from. She didn't know until she had to supply proof of citizenship for a scholarship application. and her parents finally told her.

She was scared to death. Now, I had done military service and private sector work before doing this teaching thing, and while a certain percentage of the students fancied themselves expert liars, none of them really were. I also had some familiarity with the kind of bare fear she was showing.

I'm not saying that she _couldn't_ have been a psychopath-level liar (I heard a credible story about one of those in the military), but in a case like that I'd like to see someone passed up the chain somehow. Yes, they'd try to game that too, but I like to think we could screen for that, and would do so pretty strictly. I'd also question how much of a "safe country" Cuba was. :I

But the point is not that this is a true story (though it is), or that I myself am not a pathological liar (I'm not), but that such a thing is at least possible, and should be allowed for, even despite the gaming that would be attempted.

That said, I do in fact favor the kind of deportations we had under Eisenhower in the 50s. Round 'em up and send 'em home. Finish the Wall (I served in Berlin, that one would do for a start, though I read that Israel's is better). MY papers are in order (RealID and DoS passport card, native-born).

Posted by: nomen nescio at February 25, 2020 04:11 PM (dIyyA)

461 They should start with Nanzi Pelosi who commissioned Impeachment pens when all she needed was one .35 cent us government retractable black ball point pen.
Posted by: torabora at February 25, 2020 11:58 AM (DwLwB)

Skillcraft forever!

Posted by: Fox2! at February 25, 2020 05:40 PM (MhYfz)

462 ::waves to Walter Freeman::
I'm taking off for Lent too. Hope you have a peaceful and blessed one.
To the rest of the horde, I will miss you, but I'll be back in six weeks.

Posted by: Annalucia at February 25, 2020 07:52 PM (S6ArX)

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