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The Morning Rant
I would like to build on what CBD wrote yesterday and what I touched on a bit in Wednesday's rant. To do that, I'm going to have someone else do the heavy lifting, as I discovered a thread on Twitter that provided some anecdotal evidence of what's happening in our cities that the media is not really reporting. Spoiler: it's a lot worse than you think. Here is a link to the original thread, which content I extracted and reformatted:
Break: Whoops, it looks like ace pretty much covered this tweet thread yesterday, always a risk I take when I write my rants too far in advance. So you can read the whole thing there, if you haven't already. It's pretty grim. I'm old enough to remember the 1970s. Do you remember the 1970s? Do you remember the phrase "urban decay"? I do. I remember it being talked about as if it were an inevitable consequence of cities, like a tornado or earthquake or some other natural catastrophe that you really couldn't predict. You could only avoid the bad parts of town and hope for the best. Remember movies like Death Wish? The Warriors? The Panic in Needle Park? Or TV shows like Hill Street Blues? All of these show you what New York City was like 30-40 years ago, i.e. corrupt, dangerous, and decaying. And then Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor. And he proved that no, urban decay is *not* inevitable, and better than that, it can be reversed. And during his administration, he made New York city livable again. And to this day, there are progressives who call Giuliani (a moderate Republican and by no means any sort of a conservative ideologue) a racist and a fascist and dismiss his restoration of the city he governed as if it would have happened in any event. And after Bloomberg, they elected a rat bastard commie as mayor, and now look at what happened. All of that progress has been wiped out in less than 3 months. Hello, urban decay. Only it's not urban decay so much as it's urban destruction. 'Decay' implies a slow process, but there's nothing slow about what happened to Minneapolis. It happened in about a week. I will be honest with you all, I am feeling that there's something supernatural going on here. Those of you who aren't believers can ignore this, but as I remember the 1970s, I also remember 1989. That was when the whole Soviet Union/Iron Curtain/Evil Empire cargo cult/protection racket just kind of collapsed. And it was almost bloodless. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that the USSR would be forced off of the world stage by anything less than a nuclear war. And even though there were those who argued that the Soviet Empire was a hollow shell and its long term prospects were dim, nevertheless it fell apart awfully fast. Watching it happen in real time, as one Eastern bloc country after another declared its independence from the USSR, I just got a weird feeling that I was watching something supernatural happening right before my eyes. As if God had decided that he needed the USSR gone *right then* and He knew exactly what button(s) to push to accomplish this without it erupting into a major conflagration. And now I've got that feeling once again. The covid pandemic combined with the urban violence is producing a failure cascade that is still playing out. I'm no prophet in any sense of the word, so I don't know how it will eventually get sorted out. I'm hoping and praying that the Democrats are being teed up to get swatted with an extinction-level wipeout in November, but I don't know if that will happen. I do know that God is behind all of history, but sometimes it is more obvious than others. And to me, this just feels like one of those times. If 2020 was a movie, I think it's tagline would be this: "The 1970s are back, and this time, they're pissed."
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Listen, Fat:
Compare & Contrast:
Jamie Lee Curtis Is A Very Silly Person:
John & Yoko's Kid, On the Other Hand...
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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Wednesday's Who Dis: Former MMA star turned actress Gina Joy Carano teamed up with Channing Tatum, who, incidentally, has belts in Kung Fu and Gor-Chor Kung Fu, for the 2011 action film Haywire.
Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By: Blackened Chicken Sandwich With Bacon
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (7coXl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 11:14 AM (7coXl)
Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at August 14, 2020 11:14 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 14, 2020 11:15 AM (k/TB6)
I thought that was a screen shot of the scene in Man on Fire, where Creasey blew up the disco.
Posted by: browndog at August 14, 2020 11:15 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (rpbg1)
Still married. 33 years and counting.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:15 AM (zfI7P)
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: BlackOrchid_j9HX3 at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (j9HX3)
Biden raises $48m in 48 hrs.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:11 AM (Q3ZwH)
We should replace trump on the ticket now! He is doomed!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (ch6++)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (4thlk)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (E+OcO)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (kxZZD)
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (x1esJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Know Your Sheriff at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (99F6d)
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (X/Pw5)
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon -- married once, or still?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (rpbg1)
Scammed by Bernie Madoff.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (88+cf)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (XTyi0)
Another retired pastor friend of mine-who entered seminary in his 40's after doing something else-had to write for his ordination papers something on how he saw God working in the world. He wrote the fall of the USSR was one of those ways.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (WkPC9)
Not a typo.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
What for? - your guy isn't even campaigning.
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (w2LAm)
*Gorilla*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (EGyGV)
Posted by: Emmie at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (4JM5Y)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (t55/8)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (ZI4/t)
Not a typo.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
What for? - your guy isn't even campaigning.
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (w2LAm)
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VP announcement is one of the only major pieces of real news in an election year. Almost everything else is noise.
So, yeah, they raised a lot. Probably a lot from the tech giants in California who love Kamala and propelled her to power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Someguy at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (zNlHv)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM (rpbg1)
Still married. 33 years and counting.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020
*
*
In H'wood World, that's like 99 years. Amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (rpbg1)
I also feel there's something supernatural. I'm not sure it's from the right side, though.
I'm just hoping good is awake enough to fight back.
Posted by: Sarah Hoyt at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (gHpSW)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 14, 2020 11:17 AM (E+OcO)
The problem is, Kevin Bacon has been in so many movies, pretty much every other actor's bacon number is 1 or 2.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (zfI7P)
is he known as the son of baconator?
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (x1esJ)
I had to put the screw drivers in the fuse box. The fuses kept blowing. I got shit to do, man.
Well, at least you used a flathead and a Philips. Otherwise, it would've been really dangerous.
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (k/TB6)
Posted by: Boswell at August 14
Trump is campaigning.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (Q3ZwH)
Still has less money than Trump and Trump had a good haul after Biden picked Commie La. LOL.
And don't bother responding. That was your only luck in trolling. You caught me-briefly, but I'm taking to hook out of my mouth now.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (WkPC9)
Posted by: ibguy at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (4fdwv)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (zfI7P)
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Gotta use silent movie stars to get to 6 degrees.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: dingbat at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (0KPVR)
Not a typo.
Probably sourced by the same people who count COVID cases.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: vmom's dog at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (an7Mv)
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (v16oJ)
Torx and Allen both have too much resistance
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (k/TB6)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (t55/8)
Do we know anything about that mail truck? I mean, if I saw a mail
truck being towed, I would assume it had broken down, not that it was
being stolen.
Posted by: Emmie
To be fair, you aren't insane.
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (v16oJ)
I also feel there's something supernatural. I'm not sure it's from the right side, though.
I'm just hoping good is awake enough to fight back.
Posted by: Sarah Hoyt at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (gHpSW)
same uneasy feeling
Trump becoming President was miraculous
what's happening now though...
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (x1esJ)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 14, 2020
*
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Strangely, my younger brother looked a lot like him when they both were young. When I first saw Animal House, I wondered if Kevin *was* my brother.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (rpbg1)
Biden raises $48m in 48 hrs.
Not a typo.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
What for? - your guy isn't even campaigning.
broadband. gotta install fiber.
Posted by: Anachronda at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (Rvt88)
The Left is currently OBSESSED with the Post Office.
They are spinning conspiracy theories that Trump is plotting to steal the election by not properly funding USPS, and with his pick* of the new director or. . something like that. Jamie Lee Curtis is obviously in that particular twitter bubble/loop where all she's reading is stiff about ot.
This is mass hysteria. Social media creates mass hysteria.
*Trump, or any POTUS, does not pick who leads the USPS
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (bDqIh)
They have at least one daughter.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Buzzion at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (d0WgS)
Jamie Dipshit Curtis: Donald Trump is stealing every mail truck so we can't vote by mail!!!!11!!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (f0DDt)
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (JKNZq)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (XTyi0)
her and her hubby were some of the peeps that got severely scammed by Madoff
too bad, huh ?
Posted by: REDACTED at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (O+AcM)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (UAMe5)
"Damn fuses. Hey, look how small the wire in them is. Cheapskates."
"Let's replace it with something stronger. That way we won't be spending all of our time replacing fuses."
"Great idea!"
Posted by: People unclear on the concept at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (d/5jB)
Posted by: Zeera at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (zUdXR)
I do not get the feeling that Americans are the same as eastern Europeans, that is, not made of the same stuff, not anymore. We just keep taking it and liking it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (H8QX8)
Not a typo.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
What for? - your guy isn't even campaigning.
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:18 A
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Now maybe he will come out of his basement and actually take some questions from the press.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: GeorgeV at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (U2Tva)
Posted by: Concerned conservative who is concerned at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (dNzKv)
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (JKNZq)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
Nope, it's the Russians. Did you check to see if the lettering is in Cyrillic?
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (z8TLX)
If you're insane, we're sharing the same padded cell.
I also feel there's something supernatural. I'm not sure it's from the right side, though.
I'm just hoping good is awake enough to fight back.
Same here. BTW, good to see you here again, Sarah. I always check your posts over at that other blog thingy where you work. Good stuff.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
Nope, it's the Russians. Did you check to see if the lettering is in Cyrillic?
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What's Cyrillic?
Posted by: Jamie Lee Curtis at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (vuisn)
Although many people are in a time of great suffering and turmoil right now, I do think that they have the strength to survive, overcome, and even thrive once they have faced the challenges they are struggling through right now. It does take courage and faith.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (ZIoLS)
They are spinning conspiracy theories that Trump is plotting to steal the election by not properly funding USPS, and with his pick* of the new director or. . something like that. Jamie Lee Curtis is obviously in that particular twitter bubble/loop where all she's reading is stiff about ot.
This is mass hysteria. Social media creates mass hysteria.
*Trump, or any POTUS, does not pick who leads the USPS
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (bDqIh)
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One of their talking points is that the post office doesn't receive federal funding because everything is captured by fees.
Which is weird when they're freaking out that Trump is going to...cut their funding.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (UWqZJ)
They are spinning conspiracy theories that Trump is plotting to steal the election by not properly funding USPS, and with his pick* of the new director or. . something like that. Jamie Lee Curtis is obviously in that particular twitter bubble/loop where all she's reading is stiff about ot.
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Gee, if it's that much of a concern maybe we shouldn't have mail-in voting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (mht8P)
Everything he ever wrote is probably worth reading multiple times.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (z8TLX)
Posted by: SMH at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (RU4sa)
I guess we had "experts" back then too.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (pw+jk)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 14, 2020 11:22 AM (UAMe5)
Patrick McGoohan: Who is Number 1?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (f0DDt)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (XTyi0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (WkPC9)
Posted by: attila the annoying at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Fortcoins at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (kbOux)
Posted by: vmom's dog at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (an7Mv)
that's why you're not allowed in there!
I got doggeh a big ceramic water bowl
he loves to drink out of it
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (x1esJ)
The covid pandemic combined with the urban violence is producing a failure cascade that is still playing out. I'm no prophet in any sense of the word, so I don't know how it will eventually get sorted out. I'm hoping and praying that the Democrats are being teed up to get swatted with an extinction-level wipeout in November, but I don't know if that will happen. I do know that God is behind all of history, but sometimes it is more obvious than others. And to me, this just feels like one of those times.
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Same. I find I use the word "evil" a lot lately, but how else can you describe so many things that are happening?
Supernatural, demonic, evil. . . whatever it is, yes, it feels different, and much worse than anything I've ever witnessed in my *cough* 29 years.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (z8TLX)
Which is weird when they're freaking out that Trump is going to...cut their funding.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (UWqZJ)
Once they get up to speed they don't even try to process statements for coherency.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (WkPC9)
Posted by: Anachronda at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Concerned conservative who is concerned at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (dNzKv)
There are more than enough pretentious asses IRL and they've got the schtick down pat. Find something else to do.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (pNxlR)
Yeah, tell us more about Biden's incredible haul.
He'll spend half and the other half will be split between Kamala and Dr. Jill.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (WEBkv)
🎉🥂
Was it in the shop or somethin'?
Posted by: hogmartin at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Mookie at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (3vIkC)
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (88+cf)
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:21 AM (v16oJ)
Thank you. These days being sane can be quite lonely and when not many others see what I see, I start questioning my sanity.
Posted by: Emmie at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (4JM5Y)
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (XxJt1)
I thought Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM
he was a good friend of mine
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (pGWvi)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (WEBkv)
And third (or is it fourth) house for Bernie.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (H8QX8)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (XTyi0)
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The better reference is a plague preceded Athens fall. Don't piss off the Spartans should be tattooed on every hipster's forehead.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (z8TLX)
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (l5u9H)
Its a car wax.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (z8TLX)
It's a dessert topping.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: hogmartin at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (t+qrx)
Do we know anything about that mail truck? I mean, if I saw a mail
truck being towed, I would assume it had broken down, not that it was
being stolen.
Posted by: Emmie at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (4JM5Y)
My father was a postmaster many years ago. He took pride in servicing the postal vehicles. Always had them serviced, oil changed every 3,000 miles. Upper management came after him about those expenses. He tried to tell them it was cheaper to maintain them than to replace them. They wouldn't hear of it and told him to stop. See the picture of the flatbed with the mail truck and you know how this story ended.This is why the USPS needs to be gutted like a fish.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Anachronda at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (an7Mv)
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (JKNZq)
Also we have nukes, ports blowing up and we still have 70s move sequels.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (pB6Gt)
Biden raises $48m in 48 hrs.
*makes wanking motion with fist*
Trump found $50m of spare change kicked under the Resolute Desk the other day. Your point?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (EGyGV)
And to your point about God and the fall of the Soviet empire: As a Catholic I have to point out that in those days, we had as pope a hero and saint, someone who'd seen tyranny up close and person, and who fought it with every bit of his strength and guile and wisdom and faith. And now ... we don't. Speaking more broadly, there is no world leader who articulates the case for freedom and openness the way John-Paul II did; no one whose message of "Be Not Afraid" can cut through the media fog to move the hearts of millions. Trump has his virtues, but that is not one of them. That is one huge difference between then and now, and - God forbid! - it may prove crucial.
Posted by: Brown Line at August 14, 2020 11:29 AM (S6ArX)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:29 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (z8TLX)
It's a dessert topping.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (pNxlR)
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That's great bass!
Posted by: jhawk90 at August 14, 2020 11:29 AM (/ZYFC)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at August 14, 2020 11:29 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (MVR7y)
Posted by: Xenophon at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (z8TLX)
Except that didn't seem like God's hand.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (lgiXo)
I also feel there's something supernatural. I'm not sure it's from the right side, though.
I'm just hoping good is awake enough to fight back.
Posted by: Sarah Hoyt at August 14, 2020 11:19 AM (gHpSW)
There are two supernatural forces at work - one good, one evil. That's how it's always been.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (9Fy8T)
https://hooktube.com/ watch?v=i7P6t6xDJj4
Posted by: Chuck C at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (d/5jB)
I've had the odd feeling lately that something momentous is going to happen soon.
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (XTyi0)
Posted by: Mookie at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (3vIkC)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (X/Pw5)
I was in high school at the time, and German was what I chose for my foreign language courses. My teacher was a native German (born in East Prussia in the 1930s) and admitted to the class that he never thought the two Germanys would ever get back together short of another war. I also definitely thought there must have been some Devine intervention taking place to allow massive geopolitical change with little bloodshed.
I hadn't viewed recent events from that perspective, as you have described them in today's rant. Definitely something to think more deeply upon.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (ch6++)
Posted by: hogmartin at August 14, 2020 11:27 AM (t+qrx)
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Cylinder timing issue.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (WEBkv)
You are correct.
It's real, it's true.
Fear is not from God. Destruction is not from God. Lies are not from God.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (an7Mv)
The CIA were taken by surprise by the Soviets' fall.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (an7Mv)
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The CIA couldn't find its own ding-dong if Kate Upton was holding the mirror.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (mht8P)
@AOC
It's not just Trump that's destroying the US Post Office.
It's the entire Republican Party.
Senate and House GOP could easily override a Trump veto of postal funding and help oversight.
Republicans are working with Trump to destroy the USPS and sabotage the delivery of ballots.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (bDqIh)
Supernatural, demonic, evil. . . whatever it is, yes, it feels
different, and much worse than anything I've ever witnessed in my
*cough* 29 years.
Lots of the same bad things happening all over the world at the same time really makes you think there's something going on that's not of this world. And it doesn't look good.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (vuisn)
I don't think I can.
Don't know what I'd do though.
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (x1esJ)
The Bolshevik revolution also occurred during a pandemic.
Posted by: attila the annoying at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (w7KSn)
___________
And a World War. Instead of the "War to end all wars" World War I birthed the European movements of communism, fascism, and Nazism.
Wonder what an alternate fan-fic universe would look like absent those events?
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: andycanuck
In '89, all of the IC was saying that the Soviets were here to stay and is not collapsing. About a week later, the Berlin Wall fell. Our IC has been garbage for decades.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (MVR7y)
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (1Dmt5)
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (Rbu5d)
If you are unsure of your path, also remember this:
God does not whisper.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (9Fy8T)
Posted by: Picric at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (APtba)
Dolly Parton says she supports BLM.
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (XxJt1)
Every a**hole who says they support BLM needs to read the story on Cannon Hinnant and Jessica Doty. Then go read about Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. Each and every one of them were innocent to their death.The victims BLM trots out? Yeah, not so much.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (JKNZq)
Yeah I think she used it as a way to get it behind her to get to something she would rather talk about.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (y7DUB)
It's too bad their irrational hatred prevents them from composing a coherent post. That word salad shows the rot that invades when you hate for the sake of hating, I guess.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (kxZZD)
I've heard that so many times. "Looters will be shot on sight" etc. Was that ever a real thing? When was the last documented time in the USA that looters were shot on sight? Did it ever really happen?
It seems like a helluva good idea to me, but is it real?
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (qpX6U)
Not a typo.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
What for? - your guy isn't even campaigning.
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:18 A
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Now maybe he will come out of his basement and actually take some questions from the press.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 14, 2020 11:23 AM (JUOKG)
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Eh, I'm not that interested to hear what he found so enchanting about being Vice President.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (CAJOC)
Fear is not from God. Destruction is not from God. Lies are not from God.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (Rbu5d)
If you are unsure of your path, also remember this:
God does not whisper.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (9Fy8T)
He does have a sense of humor though.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Mookie at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (3vIkC)
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Cato, you must be a Zoroastrian.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (z8TLX)
Posted by: attila the annoying at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Buzzion at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (d0WgS)
What's Cyrillic?
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Its a car wax.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (z8TLX)
Dubstep musician.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (k/TB6)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (+y/Ru)
Yes; "The Thief comes to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10)
Keep on praying!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (WkPC9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (S+F2a)
You are correct.
It's real, it's true.
Fear is not from God. Destruction is not from God. Lies are not from God.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (Rbu5d)
Sodom and Gomorrah would like a word with you. Hell, the entire antediluvian population of the world - except for Noah and his immediate family - would like a word with you too.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (NWiLs)
must be getting close to lunch - talking about food
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (oAY8z)
Biden raises $48m in 48 hrs.
Then he hid it in a carton of Rocky Road Ice Cream at the back of his refrigerator for safekeeping, and then-
forgot where he hid it.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (dWwl8)
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Oh, Superfly
You're gonna make your fortune by and by
But if you lose, don't ask no questions why
The only game you know is Do or Die
Ah-ha-ha
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (z8TLX)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (XTyi0
She changed the name of her restaurant from Dixie Stampede to Stampede. She also referred to us as little white asses. DIAF Dolly.
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (l5u9H)
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (1Dmt5)
Posted by: Augustine at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (Alp4m)
Yeah, get it nice and wet....there ya go.
And a one, and a two......
Posted by: Zombie Lawrence Welk at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Emmie at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (4JM5Y)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (ifmtJ)
Supernatural, demonic, evil. . . whatever it is, yes, it feels different, and much worse than anything I've ever witnessed in my *cough* 29 years.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:26 AM (bDqIh)
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But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.
Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
--- 2 Timothy Ch. 3
Posted by: SMH at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (RU4sa)
If Dems pull off their massive fraud in Nov, will America calmly accept it?
I don't think I can.
Don't know what I'd do though.
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (x1esJ)
The left will still flood the streets with violence. We will be chastised, ostracized, ridiculed and perhaps even hunted.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (N39Ws)
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Umm, there were some clean up on aisle 9 that needed to be attended to.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (z8TLX)
It seems she later claimed that it was a joke...after a bunch of people pointed out that she was a loon.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (7coXl)
I believe you and in the force.
When something strange happens....There no message from sender.
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 14, 2020 11:35 AM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 14, 2020 11:36 AM (oAY8z)
I really liked her collaboration with Larry Correia and Monster Nation.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:36 AM (WEBkv)
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Black lives can't matter until all lives matter.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:36 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:36 AM (1Dmt5)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (vuisn)
They did a re-release at one of the theaters here two years ago. I don't think anyone besides me knew that you were supposed to dress up.
Posted by: hogmartin at August 14, 2020 11:36 AM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Kurt at August 14, 2020 11:36 AM (qb677)
birthed the European movements of communism, fascism, and Nazism.
Wonder what an alternate fan-fic universe would look like absent those events?
I often wonder what America would look like had we not been attacked from within. No abortion, low crime, no corruption, a smaller, less intrusive government run by people who aren't control freaks...
And a pony in every garage.
WASTF
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Brown Line at August 14, 2020 11:29 AM (S6ArX)
As a Protestant, I agree. JPII was a remarkable man, and his role in the collapse of the USSR by supporting the 'Solidarity' union in Poland should not be forgotten.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (zfI7P)
The latest Hair Sniffing Poll:
Biden: +50 trillion%
Trump: - 50 trillion%
It's going to be an early night!!!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (f0DDt)
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (XTyi0)
Supernatural, demonic, evil. . . whatever it is, yes, it feels different, and much worse than anything I've ever witnessed in my *cough* 29 years.
Posted by: Lizzy
Related in an earth-shattering kaboom kind of way:
Three Days of Darkness according to Blessed Padre Pio:
http://www.mgr.org/threedod_PadrePio.html
Ravings of a lunatic or prophet? Who knows but, how will we ever know until it is upon us?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (Rvt88)
It seems she later claimed that it was a joke...after a bunch of people pointed out that she was a loon.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas
That seems to be their go to move whenever their own stupidity and malignancy bite them in the ass. Time for some new material.
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (w2LAm)
And now I've got that feeling once again.
The covid pandemic combined with the urban violence is producing a failure cascade that is still playing out. I'm no prophet in any sense of the word, so I don't know how it will eventually get sorted out. I'm hoping and praying that the Democrats are being teed up to get swatted with an extinction-level wipeout in November, but I don't know if that will happen. I do know that God is behind all of history, but sometimes it is more obvious than others. And to me, this just feels like one of those times."
You and me both, OM.
I can only assume the hand of God is directing this madness or permitting it for his own reasons.
I've always assumed the United States had to be taken off the world stage for Biblical prophesy to happen. And...this is kinda the scenario that fits.
That said, gun up, buy ammo, die trying.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Gildersleeve at August 14, 2020 11:31 AM (FEcx+)
*makes wanking motion with fist again*
Get some new material.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (EGyGV)
That's got to be like 20 years ago.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020
*
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The man's been in movies since 1978 or so, when he did Animal House.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (XxJt1)
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No, she doesn't -- she was asked if black lives matter and she said "of course black lives matter, do you think only white lives matter?"
That's not the same things as supporting Black Lives Matter.
Posted by: Venus at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (iYXhj)
Early OT: Woot! I get my 686 back next Tuesday!
good to see big steam back on the rails:
The only known example of the 6-8-6 wheel arrangement is the experimental Pennsylvania Railroad S2 steam turbine locomotive.
Posted by: Anachronda at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (LBZrA)
Not a typo.
Posted by: LOL at August 14, 2020 11:16 AM (Q3ZwH)
What for? - your guy isn't even campaigning.
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:18 AM (w2LAm)
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The money people on the Left really want Harris in place. She has a history of jailing people and keeping them there. Particularly minorities.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (7coXl)
I suspect she's going to suffer some backlash from this, though. Her denial of supporting burning, looting and murder should be interesting.
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Jamie Lee Curtis at August 14, 2020 11:24 AM (vg8iE)
A type of clear plastic, like what your melon head should encased in.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Het Up Again at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:20 AM (axyOa)
Positives, false positives, doublly-counted postives, retested positives, positives from last month, and I-left-before-getting-tested positives.
Donation, false donation, doubly-counted donation, resubmitted donation, donation from last month, and I-donated-to-blm-and-it-got-directed-to-Joe donations.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (z8TLX)
It seems she later claimed that it was a joke...after a bunch of people pointed out that she was a loon.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas
She should of played it that way from the start. As a joke it's kinda funny. But only if the left laughs at themselves. But they never do.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (oAY8z)
Posted by: McCool at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (tWnED)
Posted by: Beckoningchasm Phone at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (HAw9E)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (dfRN6)
She has a face that should be attached to a wall plaque and sings "Don't Worry Be Happy" when you walk by.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Anachronda at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (sGtp+)
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If I had the money, you bet I'd have my own locomotive.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (WEBkv)
I've always assumed the United States had to be taken off the world stage for Biblical prophesy to happen. And...this is kinda the scenario that fits.
That said, gun up, buy ammo, die trying.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (ifmtJ)
Can't really have mass famine with a functioning and stable US. Although it may be argued that many of the series of events already occurred with Nero.
Posted by: Someguy at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (zNlHv)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2020 11:38 AM (dfRN6)
How about Myra?
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (X/Pw5)
https://tinyurl.com/yylljhp8
Posted by: McCool at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (tWnED)
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Wow.
Posted by: SMH at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (RU4sa)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (HmZuC)
Same with Dennehy.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (7coXl)
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BULLSHIT ! the second you put a Color in front of Lives Matter you are a racist ! Never Liked her music anyways, No big loss
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (1Dmt5)
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (w2LAm)
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And they don't even have the decency to pay the troll toll.
Posted by: Augustine at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (Alp4m)
Posted by: darles chickens at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (F7Xdn)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (CjFDo)
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (y7DUB)
That's why prominent Lefties and Democrats have been talking about "what if Trump refuses to accept the results and refuses to leave the WH - can we get the military to physically remove him?" They are already normalizing discussion of a physical coup (and 'talking past the sale').
I've seen mention that the Belarus election/color revolution is a test run for post-election action..
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Triple Troll at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM
No, He does not!
Posted by: Jorge of Burgos at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (d/5jB)
The station you say in the opening was the old Maxwell Street station, just west of the old market.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (vMGcs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (NWiLs)
"Yes! That's why it so evil, what Planned Parenthood is doing!"
Posted by: vmom 2020 Pinky Raised in Superciliousity at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (x1esJ)
Poll trolls always show up when things are going bad for them...its all
they got, that's why these polls are invented and sold to liberal news
outlets. Otherwise, they'd just put their heads in the deep fat fryer...
Posted by: Boswell at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (w2LAm)
Bobbing for fries
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (k/TB6)
That's got to be like 20 years ago.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020
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You've never seen Tremors? WTF! Its his defining role.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (z8TLX)
from within. No abortion, low crime, no corruption, a smaller, less
intrusive government run by people who aren't control freaks...
__________
Yes, the values, ethics, and wisdom with which most of us were raised -- to be immensely grateful for what we'd been given by those who came before and, more importantly, to strive to make it even better for those who would come after -- have been completely turned on its head now.
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (WqPYg)
The man's been in movies since 1978 or so, when he did Animal House.
He's from Phoenixville, PA, just north of Valley Forge.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas
That seems to be their go to move whenever their own stupidity and malignancy bite them in the ass. Time for some new material.
Posted by: pep
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It's the 'I was speaking colloquially' gambit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (GBHAb)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (z8TLX)
Loretta's awesome. She could whip so many feminist asses while holding a baby on her hip and cookin' supper on the stovetop
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (oAY8z)
Ahh, the hell with it, it's Friday, screw Soros. Lets get drunk and fuck!
Posted by: Triple Troll at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (d6DSt)
Best idea I've heard all week.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (NWiLs)
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So the f*** what?
Trump has been consistently outraising Biden by the double digit millions since the beginning of the year. Last month he outraised him by $25 million.
Biden got some big $ from Silicon Valley and Wall Street to bolster Kamala as VP (their pick).
Trump's $ is coming overwhelmingly from small donations -- more people, more individual votes.
And Hillary outraised and outspent Trump in 2016 6 to 1
Posted by: Venus at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (iYXhj)
Shrieking like a stepped-upon marmot is considered proper protocol when dealing with this species.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (vuisn)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo
Concur.
She's one of those who in one glance seems attractive and in the next makes you grimace.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: JT at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (z8TLX)
Not exactly. I'm a Christian that got lost and found my way back via Taoist philosophy. I don't believe the forces are truly equal, but evil can go a long way and do a lot of damage because of its insidious nature - but it can never stand in the open, in the light.
Evil - in the form of Satan and his legions, is the weaker of the two, and all it can do is corrupt, degrade, and destroy. It cannot create.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (9Fy8T)
Will anyone repeat what he was able to do or is NYC a lost city?
Posted by: Picric at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (APtba)
...
OM, have you seen any of the videos of Dana Coverstone sharing the dreams he's been having?
I'd be interested to hear from you or others of the horde who may have seen them.
Posted by: TexasDan at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (yL25O)
He (God) does have a sense of humor though.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM
No, He does not!
Posted by: Jorge of Burgos
And don't get me started on that Aristotle jerk.
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (v16oJ)
Person: I'm going to vote for president Trump.
Pollster: "OK so I'll put you down as voting for Biden then.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (pw+jk)
Posted by: Know Your Sheriff at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (u5vXD)
________
Do tell?
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (WqPYg)
Answer: Yes, but no more and no less than other lives.
That's the only correct reply.
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: attila the annoying at August 14, 2020 11:25 AM (w7KSn)
Yes. Yes, it did.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (Rbu5d)
The station you say in the opening was the old Maxwell Street station, just west of the old market.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (vMGcs)
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Simpsons theme combined with the Hill Street Blues song from the episode when Marge became a cop. Very easy on the ears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8C2O9fs3NA
Posted by: Augustine at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (Alp4m)
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (kxZZD)
Ummm, Hill Street Blues was set in Chicago.
The station you say in the opening was the old Maxwell Street station, just west of the old market.
That's what I thought too, but it's been so long I figured I had misremembered it.
Posted by: Mookie at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (3vIkC)
Posted by: Senator Mitt Romney at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (PiwSw)
She's about 80 and not in good health. You could just say "Hi" or that "You've had an incredible life and I wish you well" or something like that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (WkPC9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (wU6pI)
I've always assumed the United States had to be taken off the world stage for Biblical prophesy to happen. And...this is kinda the scenario that fits.
That said, gun up, buy ammo, die trying.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (ifmtJ)
Can't really have mass famine with a functioning and stable US. Although it may be argued that many of the series of events already occurred with Nero.
Posted by: Someguy at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (zNlHv)
Jah, some of Revelations has already happened.
It's a puzzle.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (ifmtJ)
https://tinyurl.com/yylljhp8
Posted by: McCool at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (tWnED)
The most important part is that they used strict scrutiny.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry
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Too early in the morning for me. Maybe for lunch.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (GBHAb)
https://tinyurl.com/yylljhp8
Posted by: McCool at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (tWnED)
The most important part is that they used strict scrutiny.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (xPl2J)
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It only took 40 years, but the 9th Circuit is finally recovering from the expansion under Carter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:44 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Triple Troll at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (d6DSt)
Best idea I've heard all week.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 14, 2020 11:41 AM (NWiLs)
So. How long you two been dating?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2020 11:44 AM (axyOa)
"I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen," Parton says. "And of course black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!"
She dropped the Dixie because she was told it was offensive to people. I am inclined to cut her slack. She spends hundreds of thousands to get books to poor kids. She's funding medical centers in her old home town and created Dollywood to provide jobs in that area.
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:44 AM (JKNZq)
He (God) does have a sense of humor though.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM
No, He does not!
Posted by: Jorge of Burgos
And don't get me started on that Aristotle jerk.
Posted by: pep at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (v16oJ)
He's a bugger for the bottle
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:44 AM (ifmtJ)
How about Myra?
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 11:40 AM (X/Pw5)
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Dunno, but a fun fact is that Anne Meara was not at all bad looking back in the day.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: blake
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You mean you'd START there. After a nice loco, you'd want some track, then - alot of track, then a roundhouse, and a depot, and a switching yard, and on and on it goes.
good luck!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (Rvt88)
Are there any hills in Chicago? The land near the lakefront slopes down a little bit, but hills?
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (qpX6U)
And his family had a place on a lake in the Adirondack's near friends of my folks. I met him when we were both kids.
Therefore, all of you are 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon. Sort of.
You're welcome.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (ZLI7S)
That's got to be like 20 years ago.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020
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You've never seen Tremors? WTF! Its his defining role.
Posted by: Puddin Head
That was in the 90's, brosef.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (XTyi0)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (ZI4/t)
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You mean you don't keep a pair of earplugs in your pocket?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (WD9ZA)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (9Fy8T)
C.S. Lewis made that point quite a lot in his writings.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (Kpl3J)
I hope you're right OregonMuse.
That is why people need to relax sometimes because things change on a dime. Has happened for decades.
But that is when we had an assimilated nation. That is when values were more or less aligned. There were always loud pockets of evil idiots, but now we have Billionaires funding these pockets and taking districts and placing marxists and evil dwellers.
I am seeing "some" of the evil remaining after elections. It's crazy. Out of spite? I don't think so. They are believers now.
That is why those that understand the American Dream and those veterans and those who work hard are being silenced and stamped out. They will vote against this.
The story about Laura Loomer being blocked by Comcast and her ISP in sending out emails and texts was one of the most disturbing things I have read recently. It is not stopping at social media or Google. Now it is reaching the ISP's and every single way we have at our disposal to communicate.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (rjE57)
wDOYc
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (WqPYg)
On it.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (zfI7P)
Thete's a game I own called 1989. It's the sequel to a game about the Cold War called Twilight struggle. And why is it called 1989?
The game is called 1989 because that's the year that the entire edifice of the Iron Curtain quite literally just up and vanished overnight. The final Pact country to remove its Communist dictator was Romania, which overthrew the Ceaucescus in the closing days of December.
Sadly, the other big anti-Communist event that year was crushed in Tianenmen Square.
Posted by: junior at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (V32cy)
Posted by: Puddin Head
Finest giant man-eating worm from outer space movie ever made.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Buzzion at August 14, 2020 11:46 AM (d0WgS)
I often think very similar thoughts as you, OM - this does seem to be shaping up that way ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 14, 2020 11:46 AM (vMGcs)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2020 11:46 AM (wU6pI)
Posted by: Puddin Head
Finest giant man-eating worm from outer space movie ever made.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (+y/Ru)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK7-tBuEoq4
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:46 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (WkPC9)
NYT -
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expected to plead guilty to altering Carter Page evidence to support FISA warrant.
Story broke by
@adamgoldmanNYT
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: gp
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I'm always mused when I pass through Richmond Hill, GA, which is on the coast. There isn't a hill within 300 miles.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (WD9ZA)
She's about 80 and not in good health. You could just say "Hi" or that "You've had an incredible life and I wish you well" or something like that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Nah...I think I would just scream like a little girl and stomp on her like she was a bug.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (XTyi0)
NYT: Ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expected to plead guilty in Durham probe
I hope to HELL this is not the Durham announcement!
Posted by: Tami at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020
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Twin 343s?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: WeBoned! at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (8k7U7)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (z8TLX)
Not exactly. I'm a Christian that got lost and found my way back via Taoist philosophy. I don't believe the forces are truly equal, but evil can go a long way and do a lot of damage because of its insidious nature - but it can never stand in the open, in the light.
Evil - in the form of Satan and his legions, is the weaker of the two, and all it can do is corrupt, degrade, and destroy. It cannot create.
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Understand your travels but Christianity is the smash up of Zoroastrianism and Judaism. Just check out Moses on Mt. Sinai (Horeb) with a burning bush and babbling spring on an arid dessert mountain. Fire and Water. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (z8TLX)
There are two supernatural forces at work - one good, one evil. That's how it's always been.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (9Fy8T)
Just remember they are not EQUAL forces.
God is supreme and Creator, Satan is a creature and in rebellion.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (Rbu5d)
NYT -
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expected to plead guilty to altering Carter Page evidence to support FISA warrant.
Story broke by
@adamgoldmanNYT
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (ZLI7S)
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I'd been told that the DOJ forgot that Clinesmith existed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (9Fy8T)
And this is exactly why I think progressivism is evil. Because it, too, cannot create anything. All it can do is take what others have created and corrupt, degrade or destroy them.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (zfI7P)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (/nZod)
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (Rbu5d)
So did the American revolution
Posted by: MAC SOG'''' at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (P4Pk9)
That was my first thought, Fenelon.
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (UWqZJ)
She's about 80 and not in good health. You could just say "Hi" or that "You've had an incredible life and I wish you well" or something like that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Nah...I think I would just scream like a little girl and stomp on her like she was a bug.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (XTyi0)
Smile and say "You have a lovely singing voice!"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes , the Housekeeper at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (PiwSw)
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expected to plead guilty to altering Carter Page evidence to support FISA warrant.
Story broke by
@adamgoldmanNYT
Posted by: JackStraw
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Wait...they prosecuted him?! WTH?
Posted by: Sandy Burglar at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (WD9ZA)
Why? It's the first indictment, not the last.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (Rvt88)
I guess I'd just say hi.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:37 AM (XTyi0)
I'd put on ear pro first.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (88+cf)
Posted by: nip at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (yoqcZ)
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You sound like you're a blast at parties.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (UWqZJ)
If she supports BLM then she supports a Marxist revolution. Talk about unintentional ignorance. That's a world pandemic we should be concerned about.
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (l5u9H)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (rjE57)
Got off the phone with a customer. She's in a rural area with few cases of the Wuflu. She has three kids, all of whom are supposed to be online with their teacher at the same time. The fastest speed we have up there is 5mb download. It's not gonna work. She's even gotten a hot spot for her cell phone, but that's problematic.Yet they expect this to work for her and her kids, without taking anything about available internet service into account.
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (JKNZq)
Wonder what an alternate fan-fic universe would look like absent those events?
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (WqPYg)
Communism wasn't a "European" movement. Stop lying.
Posted by: Know Your Sheriff
Was Karl Marx aware of that?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (MVR7y)
EVERY ONE knows this.
Karl Marx grew up in Antartica.
We can do this all day, ya know.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Kaiju66 at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (NzURT)
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (WqPYg)
Why? It's the first indictment, not the last.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (ZLI7S)
I hope it's not the last but the way this year is going, I'm not placing any bets.
Posted by: Tami at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Triple Troll at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Broseidon - Now A Scientist, Too at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (icI8A)
You know if the dice came up right, you'd get lucky. Not like some chicks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:51 AM (ifmtJ)
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Barr said the development was not "earth shattering" so what the actual f*** did you expect?
Posted by: Venus at August 14, 2020 11:51 AM (iYXhj)
Posted by: torabora at August 14, 2020 11:51 AM (Y274z)
Posted by: Broseidon - Now A Scientist, Too at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (icI8A)
And Wolf Blitzer
Posted by: Buzzion at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (d0WgS)
Posted by: Puddin Head
Finest giant man-eating worm from outer space movie ever made.
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There are certain movies I will watch again and again should I stumble into them with the Wheel of Fortuna Remote. Tremors is one of them. So is Joe Dirt, Braveheart, and Apocalypto. There are others.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (z8TLX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (+y/Ru)
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You sound like you're a blast at parties.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM (UWqZJ)
sounds like a really ugly person
they always are
angry at themselves
sucking on lemons
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (rjE57)
NYT -
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expected to plead guilty to altering Carter Page evidence to support FISA warrant.
Story broke by
@adamgoldmanNYT
*****
Adam is a deep State WHORE
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (1Dmt5)
Blah blah blah Karl Marx was of Jewish extraction, blah blah blah Jewish Bolshevism, yadda yadda yadda.
You've got to tie yourself in some pretty tight knots to make a political system that persecuted Jews around the world into a "Jewish" movement.
Try learning some history that didn't get filtered through Josef Goebbels, you fuckin' ignoramus. Might help you understand some things a bit closer to reality.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (/nZod)
God does not whisper.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (9Fy8T)
Mmm, Elijah (aka Elias) would disagree with that ;D
However, He is very plain and direct. Unconfusing. He produces peace and righteousness.
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Broseidon - Now A Scientist, Too at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (icI8A)
Ask if you can borrow one of his cars.
Road trip!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (ifmtJ)
EVERY ONE knows this.
Karl Marx grew up in Antartica.
We can do this all day, ya know.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (ifmtJ)
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And Karl Marx was half-Indian and half-Jamaican.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (UWqZJ)
Don't go wobbly. This is the beginning of the rollout.
As Barr said last night, today's news would be an indication of where things are headed and more significant announcements would be coming between now and election day.
You know, just as predicted.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (z8TLX)
Not exactly. I'm a Christian that got lost and found my way back via Taoist philosophy. I don't believe the forces are truly equal, but evil can go a long way and do a lot of damage because of its insidious nature - but it can never stand in the open, in the light.
Evil - in the form of Satan and his legions, is the weaker of the two, and all it can do is corrupt, degrade, and destroy. It cannot create.
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Understand your travels but Christianity is the smash up of Zoroastrianism and Judaism. Just check out Moses on Mt. Sinai (Horeb) with a burning bush and babbling spring on an arid dessert mountain. Fire and Water. Just sayin.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (z8TLX)
They're fairly distinct. There is an intellectual school of thought that tries to homogenize religions, but it's wrong. Zoroastrian theology is not terribly close to Christian theology. Confucius and Aristotle are much closer.
Posted by: Someguy at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (zNlHv)
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (kxZZD)
I say "I don't know what I would do if I ever met Yoko Ono. I guess I would just say hi".
And I get get two people instructing me that probably it would be best to just say hi.
Behold The Internet.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (XTyi0)
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (JKNZq)
Taking Chance. Seriously...watch it...bring tissues.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (7coXl)
Posted by: torabora at August 14, 2020 11:51 AM (Y274z)
I worked w/a guy that served on that boat...did you know him?
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (Bs26G)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - Cannon Hinnant #sayhisname at August 14, 2020 11:33 AM (N39Ws)
We are made in His image. They weren't talking about hands and feet. It's the left brain and right brain, being capable of both reason and inspiration - both traits required for creativity. The Creator made little creators.
Humor also requires creativity. This is why the Left's unimaginative, ideologically rigid Karen brigade can't meme.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (9Fy8T)
Posted by: Kaiju66 at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM (NzURT)
He's got all his life to live.
He's got all his love to give.
He will not crumble...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (xvZJc)
One of the photographic glass plates preserved from Shackleton's expedition shows an extra face in a portrait of his team. A scowling, petulant, soft, useless, bearded face.
Hmm.
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: lemons everywhere, minus don at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (y8o5x)
https://tinyurl.com/yylljhp8
Posted by: McCool at August 14, 2020 11:39 AM (tWnED)
The most important part is that they used strict scrutiny.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 14, 2020 11:43 AM (xPl2J)
Good. More please.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (Z+IKu)
One of the photographic glass plates preserved from Shackleton's expedition shows an extra face in a portrait of his team. A scowling, petulant, soft, useless, bearded face.
Hmm.
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (qXNVo)
Robert Reich?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes , the Housekeeper at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (PiwSw)
Much better movie than I thought it would be.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: torabora
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Clearly the work of a GM instead of an EM.
Or an officer now that I think about it.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (XTyi0)
Back in the 70's, when I was in basement bands, one of our guitarists was shredding, and a giant fist of smoke rose out of his amp. It was so frickin cool! Turns out the fuse holder was stuffed with Al foil. I fixed his amp for him. Back then, a giant power transformer cost only $60!
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Tofer732 at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (sVimD)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (UWqZJ)
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DING DING DING
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (1Dmt5)
Hmm.
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (qXNVo)
Rick Wilson.
Posted by: hogmartin at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (t+qrx)
But we (and even more so they) did not understand that although top-down centrally controlled systems liek that may appear very strong, they are also extremely Brittle. And by that, I mean that once a fracture appears in them, just like in a sculpture made of glass, any pressure causes that fracture to run in every direction and shatter the entire structure. That's what happened to the USSR - all it took was one deep fracture to shatter the entire system, and after that there was no way for anyone to put any of it back together again.
A similar process is playing out in NYC and other large Dem run cities - because they didn't know what they were doing, they've introduced the fatal fracture into what were in fact very delicately balanced and fragile social structures. Not only is their failure guaranteed, it is now accelerating daily.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: OregonMuse
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They *must* attach themselves to an existing institution. Their own corrupt philosophy cannot produce anything sustainable. They are parasites, which eventually kill the host.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (bk3Sg)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes , the Housekeeper at August 14, 2020 11:53 AM (PiwSw)
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I find his last name to be problematic and triggering. Therefore cancel Robert Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeich and put him in jail.
Posted by: Augustine at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (Alp4m)
Keep on praying!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 14, 2020 11:34 AM (WkPC9)
Yes, indeed, sister!
:$
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (Rbu5d)
Kyra Sedgwick is like a sort of poor man's Julia Roberts. Weird mouth, like she went to Tarantino's dentist.
And her and Bacon boy are braindead libs.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (s2VJv)
Channing Tatum really didn't have a large part in the movie and the only part of it that I remembered at all was the scene at her father's house.
Clearly they tried to do more realistic fight scenes, take advantage of her as a martial artist and all. I'm not certain that it's actually a good stylistic choice in movies. The 97 pound dancer beating the crap out of a 200 pound man is always stupid so it's nice that she's not *small* but it's okay to go with pretend movie physics a little bit.
Posted by: Synova at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (BD/yx)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM
So I guess today is one of those days that we trust that a quote has been truthfully reported and has not been maliciously edited to support some left wing cause and that we should attack the person quoted.
So a day ending in "Y"
Posted by: Chuck C at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (d/5jB)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:28 AM (XTyi0)
It means the troll that posted it has AIDS-related dementia.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (PID2n)
Wonder what an alternate fan-fic universe would look like absent those events?
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 11:32 AM (WqPYg)
Communism wasn't a "European" movement. Stop lying.
Posted by: Know Your Sheriff
Was Karl Marx aware of that?
Posted by: Puddleglum
Well, sure, the Martians are behind it. You didn't think humans came up with something so evil, did you?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (XxJt1)
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Seen it.
Not a movie I'd see again unless I want to dissolve into a puddle of tears.
Posted by: SMH at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (RU4sa)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (MVR7y)
You've never seen Tremors? WTF! Its his defining role.
Posted by: Puddin Head
Finest giant man-eating worm from outer space movie ever made.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (+y/Ru)
With Fred Ward, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire.
"Broke into the wrong rec room, didn't ya!"
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (k/TB6)
Posted by: Flyover at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (Rbu5d)
(Psst...That's SAINT Padre Pio. And John Paul II is SAINT John Paul II !)
Posted by: JT at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (l5u9H)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (AeaWc)
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Take it easy or you will miss the ending
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (1Dmt5)
Uh Christianity is about Christ.
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (l5u9H)
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I thought it was about the pot lucks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:56 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Broseidon - Now A Scientist, Too at August 14, 2020 11:50 AM
It's when you're two degrees or less from me that you're Top Tier.
Posted by: Kamala! 2021! at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (DMUuz)
I don't believe the forces are truly equal, but evil can go a long way and do a lot of damage because of its insidious nature - but it can never stand in the open, in the light.
Evil - in the form of Satan and his legions, is the weaker of the two, and all it can do is corrupt, degrade, and destroy. It cannot create.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (9Fy8T) "
This, wholeheartedly.
We all need to remember this, every day.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (vMGcs)
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (qpX6U)
It doesn't have any green rolling hills. They're only in West Virginia.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (lgiXo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (UWqZJ)
It's beginning to look like Scotch
...Everywhere I go Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:55 AM (ZLI7S)
Make sure you don't put your house on backwards.
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (qXNVo)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (XTyi0)
Napoleon Dynamite and Strange Brew
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes , the Housekeeper at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Concerned conservative who is concerned at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (XlGM6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (wU6pI)
The reason? The whole renaissance of American cities was based on an overwhelming fall in crime, due to smart policing and demographic factors.
White hipsters felt comfortable moving into neighborhoods that they previously would not have walked through in daylight.
This because viewed as the norm - that in most cities, outside a handful of bad neighborhoods, you were very safe. Without that, all the population and wealth flowing into cities would not have happened.
BLM and its supporters are destroying the underpinnings of the policing that made these cities safe. We'll see how long hipsters are willing to move into Bed-Stuy as the crime rate skyrockets.
On the bright side, they won't have to worry about gentrification any more.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: getting the banned back together at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (y8o5x)
Big news: Kevin Clinesmith, pleading guilty today, was the FBI "Resistance" figure who worried at the time of Trump's election that his anti-Trump spying actions would get him in legal trouble. It took way too many years, but they finally did.
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (1Dmt5)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
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Last I checked, Bobby was pulling down ~$400k/yr, for 'teaching' one class.
We just don't put enough money into education.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (cGzEU)
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Seen it.
Not a movie I'd see again unless I want to dissolve into a puddle of tears.
Posted by: SMH
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Yeah, couldn't finish it on first viewing - youngest son was still overseas at the time.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (Rvt88)
She's about 80 and not in good health. You could just say "Hi" or that "You've had an incredible life and I wish you well" or something like that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Nah...I think I would just scream like a little girl and stomp on her like she was a bug.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:47 AM (XTyi0)
Smile and say "You have a lovely singing voice!"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes , the Housekeeper at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (PiwSw)
Cop a feel? I denounce myself!
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (LBZrA)
This is why we need not panic. As Christians, anyway.
It's hard to do, day by day as the madness mounts, but in moments of clarity, the thought above brings such great peace.
"Be still my soul, your God will undertake
to guide the future, as he has the past..."
Posted by: lizabth at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 11:49 AM
So I guess today is one of those days that we trust that a quote has been truthfully reported and has not been maliciously edited to support some left wing cause and that we should attack the person quoted.
So a day ending in "Y"
Posted by: Chuck C
Yup. I'm totally on the warpath for Dolly now.
Let's get her guys!!!!!!
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (XTyi0)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (XxJt1)
You see, what we're talkin' about here is an organism that imitates other life-forms, and it imitates 'em perfectly. When this thing attacked our dogs it tried to digest them... absorb them, and in the process shape its own cells to imitate them.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (vuisn)
A good prosecutor, a thorough prosecutor, won't bring charges he knows he can't sustain in court, even in DC.
Sometimes this means taking more time. Sort of seems like it's worth it, no?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (ZLI7S)
in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cuz it took so long to bake it
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (oAY8z)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: JT
"It's a miracle!!"
I knew that as soon as I hit enter. *kicks dirt*
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Monty James at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (Zqz9o)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2020 11:58 AM (Rvt8
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I made the mistake of watching after coming back from a deployment.
Definitely wasn't the right time for me to watch.
Posted by: SMH at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (RU4sa)
Because the sentencing plea deal is probably attractive. Only loses 10% of his pension.
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (l5u9H)
A good prosecutor, a thorough prosecutor, won't bring charges he knows he can't sustain in court, even in DC.
Sometimes this means taking more time. Sort of seems like it's worth it, no?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (ZLI7S)
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But I wanted quickly brought charges that would satisfy me in the moment but fall apart within weeks because they weren't built well enough!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (UWqZJ)
No, Cat Asstrophy.
Like a regular pointed out when you guys were getting dragged around Joe Mannix's trolling chariot for the 2nd time in as many weeks, search the hashes...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (ptqGC)
@Techno_Fog
NYT -
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expected to plead guilty to altering Carter Page evidence to support FISA warrant.
Story broke by
@adamgoldmanNYT
*****
Adam is a deep State WHORE
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 14, 2020 11:52 AM (1Dmt5)
DISMISSED! MANDAMUS!
Posted by: Judge Sullivan McJerkface at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (fa1mM)
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 11:45 AM (qpX6U)
It doesn't have any green rolling hills. They're only in West Virginia.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (lgiXo)
Chicago is as flat as a pool table. As you head west towards the Mississippi you get some hills.
Ugly town. Evil.
Great food. Lots of trim.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Concerned conservative who is concerned at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (XlGM6)
Posted by: Cyberdyne Systems T-800 at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (k5f8h)
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (qXNVo)
One of the photographic glass plates preserved from Shackleton's expedition shows an extra face in a portrait of his team. A scowling, petulant, soft, useless, bearded face.
Hmm.
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020
*
*
Time to say "We could use a man like Ernest Shackleton again"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (rpbg1)
I'm wondering if this is the big announcement folks were saying that Barr was going to make today, or is there something bigger?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: Monty James at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (Zqz9o)
Does he get the Flynn treatment?
Posted by: BignJames at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (X/Pw5)
..
Watered down charges with no prison recommend?
Posted by: Not Voting Our Way Out Of This at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (Q3ZwH)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (Cus5s)
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Lot, Sodom and Gomorrah.
That's a lot of chutzpah, arguing with God.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: blake
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You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (bPH26)
You see, what we're talkin' about here is an organism that imitates other life-forms, and it imitates 'em perfectly. When this thing attacked our dogs it tried to digest them... absorb them, and in the process shape its own cells to imitate them.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (vuisn)
That....kinda fits
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: torabora at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (Y274z)
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon -- married once, or still?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 14, 2020 11:13 AM
Just looked it up. Wow, still married, since 1988.
And for both is their only marriage.
That has got to be a record for any celebrity.
One marriage for each and it has lasted 32 years?
Wow, that is truly impressive for anyone involved in Hollywood.
I still remember first seeing Kyra from one of my favorite movies, "Heart and Souls". She was so adorable and sweet in that movie. Was great in "Phenomenon" as well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (n6NN6)
340 Tremors and Office Space are both the best movie ever made.
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 11:54 AM (XTyi0)
Napoleon Dynamite and Strange Brew
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes , the Housekeeper at August 14, 2020 11:57 AM (PiwSw)
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Braveheart and Prometheus FTW!
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (9Fy8T) "
This, wholeheartedly.
We all need to remember this, every day.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
You bet. Look at the BLMers and antifa. What positive things are they doing? NOTHING.
They can only 'create' chaos and misery.
Even in their followers. A more malcontent group of people I've never witnessed.
Posted by: lizabth at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (L3Rsz)
You're right. It was a bowel movement. Created by, and for, psychopaths to murder millions of people in the past 100 years alone.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (HmZuC)
Posted by: Concerned conservative who is concerned at August 14, 2020 12:00 PM (XlGM6)
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His lips were moving.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (WEBkv)
Uh Christianity is about Christ.
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Correct. But the Messiah is know to the Zoroastrians 800 years before Moses as the Saoshyant. The Avesta, what's left of it, is a really interesting book. I should also point out that the Greeks were in awe of Zoroaster. Then there is Harry Potter.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (z8TLX)
Posted by: Cyberdyne Systems T-800 at August 14, 2020 12:01 PM (k5f8h)
You're thinking of Gwyneth Paltrow.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (ifmtJ)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (7coXl)
Posted by: eleven at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (XTyi0)
Like these guys, LOL
https://tinyurl.com/yy5w39r3
Posted by: Lizzy at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (bDqIh)
We've found our sacrificial lamb
Posted by: It's me donna at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (Zmnko)
The "Design Margin" is the safety factor engineers design into their creations; an engine may be certified to a certain point, but the "design margin" allows it to be revved past that without destroying it. Same things goes for stress tolerance in aircraft design and the like. Good engineers always build in a healthy "design margin" and so do healthy societies. In a system with a healthy design margine, a lot can go wrong and the System can still take it.
BUT - decaying societies take advantage of that design margin more and more - they don't punish crime like they should, they don't support employment like they should, etc., etc.. And they can get away with this for quite a while, because the original design margin still provides them enough stability to get away with this.
But because they are foolish, they being to think that the fact they got away with so much means they can get away with anything, and they push the limits more and more and more - and then they found out that they are just like the test pilot who pushed the limits of his aircraft until the wing snapped off in mid air. That's what's happening in NYC today, doesn't matter how hard they try to pull out of the dive now; they went so far past the design margin that both wings have snapped off, and there's no way left to go but down.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (Kpl3J)
For them, destruction is a feature, not a bug. Anarchy is the goal.
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (ZSK0i)
Disco gets a bad rap. Compared to what passes for dance music now, it's amazing. Real guitar, real bass, real drums, and no Auto-Tune.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (ZGrMX)
"No food...water is scarce. Ate dogs last week. No news from Crean's team...help seems remote...must make my peace....annoying German guy still talking at me....dialectic something....must....kill him first....then die"
Posted by: Zod at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (qXNVo)
-Bahrain and Kuwait sign peace deal with Israel
-Trump buys Greenland
-One of Trump's sons announces NYC mayoral run--won't win, but will allow a Staten island moderate to sneak in and win
-Saudi Arabia signs peace agreement with Israel
-Barr and Bull Durham start some shit
Posted by: JoeF. at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (7ixfo)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (vuisn)
LOL. Chicago has a "Ridge Road". If you stand a few blocks away from it, you will notice a very slight change in elevation upwards, if you squint hard.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 14, 2020 12:04 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: torabora at August 14, 2020 12:04 PM (Y274z)
Posted by: creeper at August 14, 2020 12:04 PM (XxJt1)
favorite movies, "Heart and Souls". She was so adorable and sweet in
that movie. Was great in "Phenomenon" as well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (Do5/p)
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She was very good in the TV series "The Closer" and viscerally made you want to hate her as the mother in "Second Hand Lions" -- the way Mary Tyler Moore made you hate her as the mom in the film "Ordinary People."
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 12:04 PM (WqPYg)
Communism is a boot stamping on a human face, forever.
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 12:04 PM (qpX6U)
My sense is that BOTH those prayers could be answered today with revelations from Durham's investigations.
God willing, today is Just the beginning.
Posted by: rld77 with coffee at August 14, 2020 12:05 PM (+sNfV)
It always comes down to on whether it's someone the morons like or not .
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 12:05 PM (l5u9H)
What Barr said last night was that today a significant but not earth shattering announcement would be made and it would be an indication of where the investigation is headed and more significant announcements would be coming before the election.
He never said it was a HUGE announcement and in fact went out of his way to keep expectations for today's announcement low.
If indicting a relatively senior FBI lawyer for altering evidence to get the Carter Page FISA which enabled all the spying on the Trump campaign is small potatoes I think we can expect more substantive things over the coming weeks and months.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 14, 2020 12:05 PM (ZLI7S)
Shit is good stuff.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 14, 2020 11:59 AM (ifmtJ)
Concur.
I don't often drink
...but when I do, it's Buffalo Trace.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 12:05 PM (zfI7P)
Amen, broski. We could use a hand right about now.
Also, Rudy and Trump are racists because they don't think black people should be forced to live in shitholes with failing schools, rampant crime and no hope for the future. What monsters!
Posted by: Botched_Lobotomy at August 14, 2020 12:05 PM (lRrON)
Hoarding all the mackerel.
Monopolizing the means of production.
Grrrrr.....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 14, 2020 12:06 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (qpX6U)
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Truly, if these idiots ever got what they said they wanted, they'd end up sitting on a pile of rubble, wondering if being king of a pile of ashes was worth it.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 14, 2020 12:06 PM (WEBkv)
And no TP
Posted by: torabora at August 14, 2020 12:06 PM (Y274z)
LOL. Chicago has a "Ridge Road". If you stand a few blocks away from it, you will notice a very slight change in elevation upwards, if you squint hard.'
Today's Chicago landscape is probably all artificial, all fill. Before settlement, it was a complex of wetlands, fens, bogs, wet prairies, etc. It was a naturalist's wet dream.
Posted by: gp, Chargay d'Affaires du Chat at August 14, 2020 12:06 PM (qpX6U)
Trump October Surprise(s)
-Bahrain and Kuwait sign peace deal with Israel
-Trump buys Greenland
-One of Trump's sons announces NYC mayoral run--won't win, but will allow a Staten island moderate to sneak in and win
-Saudi Arabia signs peace agreement with Israel
-Barr and Bull Durham start some shit
Posted by: JoeF. at August 14, 2020 12:03 PM (7ixfo)
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-Four members of the Supreme Court mysteriously die within days of one another.
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 12:07 PM (WqPYg)
National Data Progress Poll
Biden 52
Trump 40
That's a two point shift to Biden in less than two weeks.
Posted by: Gildersleeve at August 14, 2020 12:10 PM (pMr+7)
Posted by: ///// at August 14, 2020 12:05 PM
Whatever.
There is a difference between "Black Lives Matter!!!" and
"
Posted by: Chuck C at August 14, 2020 12:10 PM (d/5jB)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (n6NN6)
I hadn't considered the possibility of this being a Seldon Crisis, but if this is, in fact, a Seldon Crisis, then Donald Trump is The Mule.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 12:10 PM (zfI7P)
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Names please-- I want to be SURE it's the correct four.
Posted by: rld77 with coffee at August 14, 2020 12:10 PM (+sNfV)
The CIA were taken by surprise
fixed
Posted by: DB- just DB. at August 14, 2020 11:30 AM (iTXRQ)
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The CIA were taken by surprise . . .from behind, by an otter!
fixed and improved!
Posted by: Publius Redux at August 14, 2020 12:15 PM (Kx5f8)
more - they don't punish crime like they should, they don't support
employment like they should, etc., etc.. And they can get away with
this for quite a while, because the original design margin still
provides them enough stability to get away with this.
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Good point about "design margins", Tom Servo.
Heard somebody on a radio show yesterday refer to collectivism (socialism, communism, Marxism, et. al.) as a "luxury good" -- in the sense that it's the tremendous successes of free (or relatively free) market economies that make it possible (and seemingly affordable) for these spoiled, idiot utopians to agitate for it.
[That, and the fact that history, human nature, math, physics, and causation are racist social construct tools of the white patriarchy oppressor!]
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 12:17 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: rld77 with coffee at August 14, 2020 12:10 PM (+sNfV)
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Heh.
Posted by: ShainS at August 14, 2020 12:18 PM (WqPYg)
That's a lot of chutzpah, arguing with God.
Posted by: blake
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Being certain of the outcome, allows a great deal of latitude, and even amusement, when 'bargaining'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2020 12:19 PM (WZ5i4)
Am I the only one why physically flinched at that fuse box picture with the screwdrivers?
Or was my electrical safety training just incomplete?
Posted by: Parker at August 14, 2020 12:48 PM (zV/fi)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 14, 2020 11:42 AM (9Fy8T)
And this is exactly why I think progressivism is evil. Because it, too, cannot create anything. All it can do is take what others have created and corrupt, degrade or destroy them.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 14, 2020 11:48 AM (zfI7P)
In a similar way Jesus said he is the light of the world and the devil was the prince of darkness. You cannot really create darkness, but you can easily create light-and light destroys darkness.
Posted by: Chillin the most at August 14, 2020 12:50 PM (lonOK)
Posted by: MichiCanuck at August 14, 2020 12:02 PM (n6NN6)
I hadn't considered the possibility of this being a Seldon Crisis, but if this is, in fact, a Seldon Crisis, then Donald Trump is The Mule."
On the other hand, he may be Hober Mallow.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at August 14, 2020 01:10 PM (n6NN6)
He inspired and strengthened the brave Men who wrote and signed the Declaration.
He then again saved America in the War of 1812 so America could save the World--TWICE.
I am glad to read OregonMuse's thoughts on this as I have been having the same odd feeling myself. Something is brewing--we can only hope it is the destruction, for a LONG time, of the "Progressive" mindset and policies by granting PDT a Landslide and bringing the House/Senate along with him BUT THIS TIME, they cooperate with him unlike paulie ryano's reign.
Posted by: lbprouddeplorable at August 14, 2020 01:36 PM (yj+ui)
The US is undoubtedly supported by God; it's abundantly clear.
But, well, so was Israel in ye olden days. Until it wasn't, and God allowed the babylonians and Assyrians to invade and destroy and carry off a whole bunch of people.
Now, that was God's will (the scattering of Israel) but it sure sucked for those in Israel at the time.
My fear is that God is moving the whole Second Coming along, which requires, well, lots of evil first. Evil that perhaps would be resrained with a Superpower America throwing its weight around.
So while God loves America, 1) we are wicked and being punished and 2) It's time to destroy America and let things progress.
I hope I'm wrong... but afraid I might not be.
Posted by: Vance at August 14, 2020 02:47 PM (GdebO)
He is the best herbal doctor I have ever came across during my search for a cure,
Good luck to all the sick people out there, I love you all
Posted by: kam ray at August 17, 2020 09:58 PM (D9E0b)
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