Another Hoax: Treasury Finds No Evidence of Political Retribution in Audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe

They were chosen for audits by random selection by a computer, as is normal, and as people told them and the various Democrat conspiracy theorists of BlueAnon.

Audits of two top former FBI officials who became political foes of former President Trump were not the result of any misconduct on the part of the IRS, according to a report released this week by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).
The TIGTA report found that the audit selection process in 2017 and 2019, which were the years that former FBI chief James Comey and his deputy Andrew McCabe received especially intense National Research Program (NRP) audits from the IRS, was random and carried out correctly.
"Our assessment of the original sample selection process concluded that the IRS randomly selected TYs [tax years] 2017 and 2019 tax returns for NRP audits," the TIGTA report found.
TIGTA said that IRS computer programs "categorized returns in the correct strata" and "correctly selected tax returns for audit." The IRS "did not include malicious code that would force the selection of taxpayers for an NRP audit."
Democratic lawmakers who had suspected that the audits received by Comey and McCabe were political retribution for not backing off the investigation into former President Trump's political ties with Russia expressed satisfaction with the inspector general's report.

Posted by: Ace at 01:01 PM

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1 First!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 02, 2022 01:03 PM (anj39)

2 Whoopsie! Nothing to see here.

Posted by: MSM fails again at December 02, 2022 01:03 PM (a/dOO)

3 Bwahahahaha!!!!

Ok, now for the content.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 02, 2022 01:03 PM (anj39)

4 not sponge

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:04 PM (LvTSG)

5 But, but, but.... Orange man bad!!!

Posted by: MSM fails again at December 02, 2022 01:04 PM (a/dOO)

6 Good. I hope it hurt anyway.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 02, 2022 01:04 PM (cPes0)

7 TRUMP HAD DINNER

Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:04 PM (YuGGP)

8 th!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:05 PM (Wnv9h)

9 Yeah, but this does not detract from the fact that Trump WANTED the audits. And if you really think about it, that is much worse.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:05 PM (+hI+T)

10 You know, with 87,000 more IRS employees, I would support a law that requires all elected officials in Washington DC and their staff to be audited annually. That way, there can be no accusation of political bias when this happens.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at December 02, 2022 01:05 PM (a/dOO)

11 Actually, let's expand it to all officials who receive Senate confirmation and all SES/GS-15 at agencies, too.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM (a/dOO)

12 So they investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong. This government is more corrupt than Venezuela.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM (bkUtD)

13 You know, with 87,000 more IRS employees, I would support a law that requires all elected officials in Washington DC and their staff to be audited annually. That way, there can be no accusation of political bias when this happens.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at December 02, 2022 01:05 PM

As long as we're dreaming, I'd like a pony.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM (Wnv9h)

14 The story fails to mention if any financial malfeasance was found.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM (lTGtQ)

15 I wish they had been political retribution.
But that only flows one way...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM (XvPQV)

16 >> You know, with 87,000 more IRS employees, I would support a law that requires all elected officials in Washington DC and their staff to be audited annually

Flat Tax for the people and release the IRS to snoop on the Gov.

Posted by: garrett at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (HF1PR)

17 a confused wise semi man once said "not everthing is about Trump"

Posted by: REDACTED at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (us2H3)

18 I'm sure the Treasury gets right on audits of republicans quickly too to demonstrate that they are all above board and just a result of random computer draw right.

Posted by: Buzzion at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (hSKtC)

19 They were chosen for audits by random selection by a computer, as is normal, and as people told them and the various Democrat conspiracy theorists of BlueAnon.

=========

Their conspiracy theories are unproven facts.

Our conspiracy theories (especially when true) are just misinformation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (LvTSG)

20 I wasn't even aware they had been audited let alone there were conspiracy theories about it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (eYoxG)

21 sometimes a ~~cigar~~ random number is just a ~~cigar~~ random number

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (v3pYe)

22 investigation into former President Trump's political ties with Russia
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*What* political ties with Russia? They are hilarious, you have to give them that.

Benghazi was a "phony scandal" but an investigation into political ties with Russia is an investigation into political ties with Russia.

If you want an object lesson in how to apply legs, wheels, wings and rocket engines to a quadriplegic burnt up lie, there it is.

Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (YuGGP)

23 Everyone knows McCabe and Comey were dirty, and yet the Deep State exonerated them anyway. We are no longer a serious country.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 02, 2022 01:07 PM (bkUtD)

24 >> So they investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong

Sounds Legit.

Posted by: garrett at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (HF1PR)

25 Trump fucked up my order at Arbys this afternoon!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (flINI)

26 Anyone see the vid of president dementia holding onto Macrons hand for a weirdly long time?

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (XRAfE)

27 So they investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong. This government is more corrupt than Venezuela.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM

Hell, I'm amazed no bureaucratic douche at the IRS told them that Trump personally ordered the audits.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (Wnv9h)

28 Who the ever loving fuck would believe for a second that a single living soul in the IRS would do a thing for Trump's benefit?!?!?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (6FeV1)

29 You know, with 87,000 more IRS employees, I would support a law that requires all elected officials in Washington DC and their staff to be audited annually. That way, there can be no accusation of political bias when this

Concur. I want that amended to include that if you advocate for higher taxes then you are required to submit a signed, blank Form 1040 to the IRS and the Service will complete your return for you. And yes, I am looking at you, Warren Buffet and Mark Cuban.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (fLVGo)

30 The military doesn't know where any of its money and shit is going. To the tune of billions.

No one knows where the billions landed that have been sent to Ukraine.

But if you make more than $600 on a side hustle the IRS will burn your ass.

America is fooked.

Posted by: Seems Legit at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (DcKNO)

31 Just so we're clear, everyone is aware there isn't going to be an R president (who is on our side) in 2025, correct?

Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (YuGGP)

32
12 So they investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong. This government is more corrupt than Venezuela.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM (bkUtD)

To be fair this would be one of those instances where they would have loved to provide proof of corruption by people connected to Trump targeting his political opponents and then giving them a nice payout as a thank you for fighting the bad orange man.

Posted by: Buzzion at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (hSKtC)

33 That kitten in the PsyOp meme looks a lot like my little Siberian.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (J2vNu)

34 28. Democrats will pretend they did, just ike the way they say the media "protects" conservatives. All an op

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (Zzbjj)

35 Who the ever loving fuck would believe for a second that a single living soul in the IRS would do a thing for Trump's benefit?!?!?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (6FeV1)

Ace

Just kidding, ace, you know I love you like I would a strange eccentric uncle.

Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:10 PM (YuGGP)

36 29 "You know, with 87,000 more IRS employees, I would support a law that requires all elected officials in Washington DC and their staff to be audited annually. That way, there can be no accusation of political bias when this"

Concur. I want that amended to include that if you advocate for higher taxes then you are required to submit a signed, blank Form 1040 to the IRS and the Service will complete your return for you. And yes, I am looking at you, Warren Buffet and Mark Cuban.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (fLVGo)

Warren Buffet has very low income(relatively) so I don't think he'd be too fussed.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:10 PM (eYoxG)

37 Anyone see the vid of president dementia holding onto Macrons hand for a weirdly long time?
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (XRAfE)

He thought it was Beau

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:10 PM (xhaym)

38 Check a US map of where the black population are largely concentrated, then overlay that with a map of where most IRS audits are conducted. Its almost identical, but yeah those 87,000 new agents will totes only go after the 1 percent

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at December 02, 2022 01:10 PM (VTu1l)

39 Trump fucked up my order at Arbys this afternoon!
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022

***
On the other hand, he produced my Chik-Fil-A order yesterday flawlessly!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:11 PM (J2vNu)

40 35 …, you forgot “cruel.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (Az2It)

41 Trump fucked up my order at Arbys this afternoon!

********

Your first mistake was going to an Arbys

Your second mistake was going to an Arbys

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (VTu1l)

42 33 That kitten in the PsyOp meme looks a lot like my little Siberian.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (J2vNu)

All cats know about PsyOps.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (XvPQV)

43 Just so we're clear, everyone is aware there isn't going to be an R president (who is on our side) in 2025, correct?
Posted by: ...
___

If Trump is the nominee, not only will that be true but down ticket races will be wiped out also.

Deep down, Trump supporters know this, I'm not even sure what the goal is anymore with his camp.

His most ardent supporters tell us over and over its all rigged, but for some reason, they want one more time to have Trump be a martyr in a rigged election?

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (PwNLq)

44 No one knows where the billions landed that have been sent to Ukraine.

But if you make more than $600 on a side hustle the IRS will burn your ass.

America is fooked.
Posted by: Seems Legit at December 02, 2022 01:09 PM (DcKNO)

There is a difference between "no one knows where the Ukraine billions are going" and "no one says where the Ukraine billions are going". Pretending it's just all too much to monitor is more benign for the administration and Mitch

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (Zzbjj)

45 Wolfus, I was gonna say that the kitteh looked like my mackeral tabby Misty.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (DBrN4)

46 If you're talking about more than one physical instance of the franchise, are they Arbies? Arbys?

Arbyses?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (6FeV1)

47 Conspiracy theories are now spoiler alerts.

*waves to ellipsis*

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (2bQyj)

48 "This leftover egg drop soup is gross. Do you want the rest of it?"
-Dolley to me, just now

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (LvTSG)

49 It's their rules for the game. It's about time they had a taste of it. You want to audit, subpoena and play games with grand juries? Turnabout is fair play.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (VF4WI)

50 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?

Aren't most "audits" just a letter asking about some specific thing and not a colonoscopy?

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (PwNLq)

51 So they investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong. This government is more corrupt than Venezuela.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 02, 2022 01:06 PM

So...the IRS be rayciss, then?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (Wnv9h)

52 While we're talking about the FBI ...

The recently announced results of the FBI’s investigation into bomb threats made in February targeting Historically Black Colleges and Universities effectively debunk the narrative that these threats were made by a malicious group of white supremacists.

On November 14 — six days after the midterm elections — USA Today reported a senior FBI official said the “bulk of the threats leveled against historically Black colleges earlier this year are believed to be linked to a single juvenile who has been prosecuted as a minor by state authorities.”

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (RHGPo)

53 you can imagine the fed as he/they put on its SWAT gear to raid another Trump associate saying to himself "Wow, I can't believe Trump would use criminal tools for purely personal political reasons."

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (MLrvz)

54 48 "This leftover egg drop soup is gross. Do you want the rest of it?"
-Dolley to me, just now
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:13 PM (LvTSG)

Are you a carrion crow?

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (Zzbjj)

55

Gestapo Clears SS of All Wrongdoing. Film at 11.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (x0n13)

56 Anyone see the vid of president dementia holding onto Macrons hand for a weirdly long time?
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (XRAfE)

***

And then he turned his back to the crowd and Macaroon had to remind him that the crowd was "that way". He's totally fine you guys... totally

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (flINI)

57 25 Trump fucked up my order at Arbys this afternoon!
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (flINI)

wut, too much titty ???

Posted by: REDACTED at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (us2H3)

58 Who the ever loving fuck would believe for a second that a single living soul in the IRS would do a thing for Trump's benefit?!?!?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (6FeV1)

BlueAnon, in the words of Ronaldus Magnus, believes many things that aren't true.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (ZGrMX)

59 He thought it was Beau

lol

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (Xrfse)

60 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?
___

Do po' people get audited?

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (2bQyj)

61 54 Are you a carrion crow?
Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:14 PM (Zzbjj)

=========

After nearly 11 years of marriage (our anniversary is in 15 days!), I think that's her assumption.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (LvTSG)

62 Arbyses sounds like some kind of forgotten, ineffectual Achaemenid king...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (6FeV1)

63 His most ardent supporters tell us over and over its all rigged, but for some reason, they want one more time to have Trump be a martyr in a rigged election?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (PwNLq)

Obligating them to steal twice in a row is better than the alternative. Because getting them to do something is better than not getting them to do something.

It's awful, it's not winning, but the choice is ... what's the term? ... binary.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (44ww/)

64 sometimes a cigar random number is just a cigar random number
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda
---------
Only God can make a random selection. -- Levy's Ninth Law

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (oeYLT)

65
Deep down, Trump supporters know this, I'm not even sure what the goal is anymore with his camp.

Kill the GOP.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (pVKYX)

66 Do po' people get audited?
Posted by: SMH
__
Most audits are people cheating on EITC, so yes. Most fraud occurs there.

That enrages liberals, they want all the audits on rich Republicans. But EITC is low hanging fruit.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (PwNLq)

67 aww, little kitteh wif tin foil cap

me wuv

Posted by: kallisto at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (dCxaZ)

68 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?
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My father.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (oeYLT)

69 I always do standard deductions, I think audits tend to skew towards those who itemize deductions so much it triggers an audit review, such as expensing payments for hookers and blow

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (VTu1l)

70 That's totally fake. Cats aren't worried about psyops. Cats are the ones conducting psyops.

Posted by: spindrift at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (h5TKJ)

71 Conspiracy theories are now spoiler alerts.

Ever since it turned out Alex Jones' gay frog thing was real, everything is on the table.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (ZGrMX)

72 If Trump is the nominee, not only will that be true but down ticket races will be wiped out also.

Deep down, Trump supporters know this, I'm not even sure what the goal is anymore with his camp.

His most ardent supporters tell us over and over its all rigged, but for some reason, they want one more time to have Trump be a martyr in a rigged election?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (PwNLq)

Thanks for the FUD.
I hear The Daily Wire pays well. True?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (XvPQV)

73 Let’s not have any fooyung around with egg drop soup.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (Az2It)

74 After nearly 11 years of marriage (our anniversary is in 15 days!), I think that's her assumption.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (LvTSG)

I call my son in law a carrion crow, the stuff the man eats without ill effect is astonishing.

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (Zzbjj)

75 The plural of Arbys is Arbi ... I believe

I tried the $8.50 Wagyu steakburger. It was a hamburger

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (flINI)

76 65
Deep down, Trump supporters know this, I'm not even sure what the goal is anymore with his camp.

Kill the GOP.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (pVKYX)

I would consider that a big success. Regrettably it's more likely the other way around, running Trump gives the GOP more time to figure out how to win the millions of voters who don't show up without him.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (eYoxG)

77 60 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?
___

Do po' people get audited?
Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM (2bQyj)

I actually had the IRS send me a letter once saying "We have no idea how, but you managed to screw up your taxes and gave us way too much. We put it back into your account. Do better."

I paraphrase.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (6FeV1)

78 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022 01:16 PM (XvPQV)

True

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (iUTWz)

79 Anyone thinking 87,000 new IRS agents were going to audit billionaires is an idiot. They're after you. The middle class.

Posted by: Seems Legit at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (DcKNO)

80 74 I call my son in law a carrion crow, the stuff the man eats without ill effect is astonishing.
Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (Zzbjj)

=========

"Are you eating that bread that's out of date?"
"There's no mold on it. Who cares?"
"You're going to die."
-a common conversation

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (LvTSG)

81 Kill the GOP.

********

I’m queasy about violence, cant we just write them a sternly worded letter?

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (VTu1l)

82 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?

Aren't most "audits" just a letter asking about some specific thing and not a colonoscopy?

I was audited when I was a postdoctoral fellow, because I didn't sign up for SS, which was not required for people on fellowships. Clearly, postdocs and their huge salaries need to be an IRS priority.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (eOEVl)

83 So is Lois Lerner telling us Trump is okay?

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (bA3Ln)

84 also related to how its bad for Republicans to have democrats imagine them using criminal processes for purely political reasons:

the 11th circuit held that Trump has no expectations to any right to his own shit, as long as some magistrate signed a fed's search warrant.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (MLrvz)

85 Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (flINI)

But was it tasty

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (iUTWz)

86 Are you eating that bread that's out of date?"
"There's no mold on it. Who cares?"
"You're going to die."
-a common conversation
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (LvTSG)

I thought so.

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (Zzbjj)

87 Do po' people get audited?

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:15 PM

They're more fun to screw with. They can't afford good lawyers.

Posted by: The IRS at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (Wnv9h)

88 62 Good call, Warai.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (Az2It)

89 26 Anyone see the vid of president dementia holding onto Macrons hand for a weirdly long time?

M. Le President Macron, how you say...enjoy zees

Posted by: kallisto at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (dCxaZ)

90 Now if those audits had lasted 4 years and ended up with bogus charges which had to keep getting overturned, then maybe those fucks would know what it's like to sing the blues.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (FCbAQ)

91 "Are you eating that bread that's out of date?"
"There's no mold on it. Who cares?"
"You're going to die."
-a common conversation
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Doesn't the mold count as protein?

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (bA3Ln)

92 Are you kidding. The audits were political theater. "Oh look, the IRS audited 'opponents of Trump'." The IRS is non-partisan. Horsecrud. I guarantee the audit consisted of reading the tax returns and saying...yup everything's fine here. No back-up, no analysis. Just a pass thru for theater.

Posted by: Actually Inside the Beltway at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (fMhOl)

93 86 I thought so.
Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (Zzbjj)

==========

That I'm addicted to carbs? Yes...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (LvTSG)

94 Expiration dates are for pussies.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (iziT8)

95 The 2023 IRS Form 1040.

1. How Much Did You Earn in 2022? $______.__

2. Send It In.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (e6UQI)

96 I am going to miss the ComiCon in Argentina again, this year.

Just not going to be able to swing the trip.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (xhaym)

97 But was it tasty
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM (iUTWz)

***

Meh. Red Robin is better.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:20 PM (flINI)

98 Ian Miles Cheong: "Watch Kayne West double down and change his name again to Yedolf Hitler."

Posted by: fly gal at December 02, 2022 01:20 PM (Yx7Hm)

99 They probably knew there was nothing to it, "just asking questions" so their supporters can temporarily sake their unquenchable thirst for confirmation bias.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 02, 2022 01:20 PM (F5ekr)

100 Trump gives the GOP more time to figure out how to win the millions of voters who don't show up without him.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

Vote for our shitstain, otherwise the Dems win! Does not work anymore. Maybe they could try, I dunno, being conservatives?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:20 PM (+hI+T)

101 That kitten in the PsyOp meme looks a lot like my little Siberian.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022
*
All cats know about PsyOps.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 02, 2022

***
The perceived wisdom is that cats are all planning to murder us. All I can say is, mine have failed utterly at that. I've outlived all but the current two. (So far so good.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:20 PM (J2vNu)

102 60 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?

Got flagged for an audit while living in TX, but we had moved back to AZ by the time we were notified (different IRS regional office). Our accountant said more than likely it would not be pursued by the new regional office. It never was.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at December 02, 2022 01:20 PM (OgrpQ)

103 Deep down, Trump supporters know this, I'm not even sure what the goal is anymore with his camp.

Kill the GOP.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
__

Do you think the Trump MAGA wing gets strengthened if has some election wipeout?

We saw what happened in the midterms. Trump basically got every single person he wanted nominated and it was a disaster.

Had a bunch of Trump cronies won, he would the defacto nominee. Now everyone is jumping ship from Trump.

Take the illusion away of Trump "you'll get tired of all the winning!" and he's a pathetic figure.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (PwNLq)

104 That kitten in the PsyOp meme looks a lot like my little Siberian.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Soon, we're all going to look like Siberians.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (VG0cN)

105 Kill the GOP.

********

I’m queasy about violence, cant we just write them a sternly worded letter?

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at December 02, 2022 01:18 PM

As long as it's delivered via artillery.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (Wnv9h)

106 94 Expiration dates are for pussies.
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (iziT

Grannies need lovin' too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (6FeV1)

107 101 The perceived wisdom is that cats are all planning to murder us. All I can say is, mine have failed utterly at that. I've outlived all but the current two. (So far so good.)

they're planning to trap you in your overconfidence

Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (v3pYe)

108 I am going to miss the ComiCon in Argentina again, this year.

Just not going to be able to swing the trip.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022

***
I hear the Blue Meanies have taken it over

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (J2vNu)

109 Expiration dates are for pussies.
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 01:19 PM (iziT

***

Milk enters the chat

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (flINI)

110 81 Kill the GOP.

********

McConnell's Twelve Traitors worked with The Democrats to:

block most trump appointments
pas gheyboi marriage
pas weapons ban
keep the Senate blue.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (MLrvz)

111 Squeaky clean.

Posted by: Eromero at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (/knpl)

112 I was once given Mopane Worms to eat. It was considered an insult to refuse them. They were actually good.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (VF4WI)

113 That kitten in the PsyOp meme looks a lot like my little Siberian.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Soon, we're all going to look like Siberians.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022

***
Barrel-bodied, with thick sturdy legs and cute faces? Sounds good to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (J2vNu)

114 100 Trump gives the GOP more time to figure out how to win the millions of voters who don't show up without him.

///

what's the point, they'll just shut down the polling stations on election day

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (MLrvz)

115 This is standard leftwing projection. They have hired more than 80,000 armed IRS agents to go after small donors to Republicans and conservative causes--a project McConnell and McCarthy fully support!--so Comey and McCabe were claimed to have been audited due to political retribution.

The fact neither of those guys will spend a day in prison let alone die there although it is richly deserved never gets mentioned, of course.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (kJLpK)

116 McCarthy took his mom as his date to the FJB/Macaroon Clownshow?

Why not just take Frank Luntz? Or that Brinton thing? Why try to hide teh ghey??

Posted by: Timur Lenk at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (aQTR0)

117 As long as it's delivered via artillery.

******

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (VTu1l)

118 If I had a son...

Posted by: Zombie Adolf at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (F5ekr)

119 Thanks for the FUD.
I hear The Daily Wire pays well. True?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

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Does spreading FUD on forums make one a FUD packer? Asking for a friend?

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (bDjBG)

120 98 Ian Miles Cheong: "Watch Kayne West double down and change his name again to Yedolf Hitler."
Posted by: fly gal

LOL

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (Kd4bG)

121 I actually had the IRS send me a letter once saying "We have no idea how, but you managed to screw up your taxes and gave us way too much. We put it back into your account. Do better."

I paraphrase.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM

Ditto. Minor error, but it increased my return.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (Wnv9h)

122 Refund, not return.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (Wnv9h)

123 74 I call my son in law a carrion crow, the stuff the man eats without ill effect is astonishing.

same when my brother was living with me.

I remembered I had to throw out some chicken that had been in the fridge a while...nope, too late, he ate it.

I was astonished that he didn't get sick. The chicken meat had little black dots on it.

Posted by: kallisto at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (dCxaZ)

124 14 The story fails to mention if any financial malfeasance was found.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Right?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (Kd4bG)

125 McConnell's Twelve Traitors worked with The Democrats to:

block most trump appointments
pas gheyboi marriage
pas weapons ban
keep the Senate blue.
Posted by: sockamster
__

Did McConnell get a single one of "his" candidates nominated? It was a complete Trump slate, and Trump didn't throw a dime at any of them.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (PwNLq)

126 We saw what happened in the midterms. Trump basically got every single person he wanted nominated and it was a disaster.

Because the establishment GOP pulled support and allowed the dems to cheat so long as they only took out MAGA candidates. Once again, they ceded easy victories to the dems because taking out trump, and creating this narrative that be is a disaster was more important.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (+hI+T)

127 Not even a hint of corruption.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (EbQy/)

128 dude, the GOP...I mean first of all fuckthemall.

but the GOP needs to have ballot harvesting ops in place where applicable.

but it doesn't matter, it fucking burns that Alaska GOP somehow worked with Mitch to keep Murkowski in the SEnate as a glorified democrat RINO. And chose a donk over Palin for Congreeman.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (MLrvz)

129 I have danced with the Milk Devil.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (iziT8)

130 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (DcKNO)

131 114 100 Trump gives the GOP more time to figure out how to win the millions of voters who don't show up without him.

///

what's the point, they'll just shut down the polling stations on election day
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:22 PM (MLrvz)

That'll be part of their countermeasures sure, but on balance it likely turns national collapse for the GOP into another evenish congress.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (eYoxG)

132 Did McConnell get a single one of "his" candidates nominated? It was a complete Trump slate, and Trump didn't throw a dime at any of them.
Posted by: Globe Trotte

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I guess your point is that Trump has his party and Mitch has his. and Mitch DGAF about anything else.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (MLrvz)

133 Milk with chunks is good for you.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (bA3Ln)

134 McConnell's Twelve Traitors worked with The Democrats to:

block most trump appointments
pas gheyboi marriage
pas weapons ban
keep the Senate blue.
Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (MLrvz)

But yet some people believe it's all Trump's fault. The election was clean as a whistle and PA loved Fetterman, the way AZ loved Katy Hobbs. It's baaaaaaad maga candidates otherwise they wouldn't cheat at all. There are some people who really are dense enough to believe that our elections and the GOP are honest.

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (Zzbjj)

135 I actually had the IRS send me a letter once saying "We have no idea how, but you managed to screw up your taxes and gave us way too much. We put it back into your account. Do better."

I paraphrase.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM
*
Ditto. Minor error, but it increased my return.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022

***
Happened to me too in '21. I'd entered the wrong standard deduction on the form. It was actually $1500 more, so my refund increased by a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (J2vNu)

136 The GOP already has ballot harvesting ops in place. They're run by the DNC.

You think the Washington Generals don't get a paycheck, too?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (6FeV1)

137 I tried the $8.50 Wagyu steakburger. It was a hamburger
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:17 PM (flINI)
________________

I like my hamburgers medium well done. I think the cheap stuff / 73% Beef - 27% Fat blend is best for my hamburgers. The extra fat makes for better flavor and keeps the burger from drying out. YMMV

Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (Z32m1)

138 Ace, please stop writing about this because it dings DJT and it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (24fqN)

139 Wait until the Democrats/ Marxists get a hold of DJT's tax files, they will leak all kinds of scams

The weekend is coming, the weekend is coming

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (dJLgh)

140 Liked the kitty in the foil hat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (vH/6k)

141 112 Marcus, sou-vide or with maple syrup?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (Az2It)

142 That'll be part of their countermeasures sure, but on balance it likely turns national collapse for the GOP into another evenish congress.
Posted by: R

Remember, it's not a threat to our democracy to have a president in the midst of alzheimers, a recession, a crime wave, a gas shortage and sub-40 approval ratings, while being sub-10 percent on every issue that is number 1 to voters to basically win his midterms.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (MLrvz)

143 "Planned Parenthood executive director, Bill Taverner, claims children are born 'sexual' - and advocates p-rn literacy lessons for older students and sex education from KINDERGARTEN."

https://bit.ly/3XPKau2

Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 01:25 PM (eyxn4)

144 The irs cannot legally collect your debt if it has been carried past ten years. I have a debt of a little over 6 grand on something my accountant and I did in 2012. The accountant is sending a letter in January telling the irs to cancel the debt. Does it all the time he says...

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (flINI)

145
Because the establishment GOP pulled support and allowed the dems to cheat so long as they only took out MAGA candidates. Once again, they ceded easy victories to the dems because taking out trump, and creating this narrative that be is a disaster was more important.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM (+hI+T)

Yes. But one of the book deal boys will run and save us from, the uniparty?

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (Zzbjj)

146 It's baaaaaaad maga candidates otherwise they wouldn't cheat at all.

///

remember, it's candidate quality that counts for the GOP. The left can run rotting logs.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (MLrvz)

147 143 "Planned Parenthood executive director, Bill Taverner, claims children are born 'sexual' - and advocates p-rn literacy lessons for older students and sex education from KINDERGARTEN."

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Another absolute evil psycho.

Posted by: Seems Legit at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (DcKNO)

148 I remembered I had to throw out some chicken that had been in the fridge a while...nope, too late, he ate it.

I was astonished that he didn't get sick. The chicken meat had little black dots on it.
Posted by: kallisto at December 02, 2022

***
Seasoning. Or maybe nascent penicillin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (J2vNu)

149 The Daily Daddario isn't being audited by the IRS at all:

https://tinyurl.com/3cp3dubs

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (LvTSG)

150 Take the illusion away of Trump "you'll get tired of all the winning!" and he's a pathetic figure.
Posted by: Globe Trotter

Mr FUD,
I will play your game. What do you call genius party leaders like Ryan and McConnell when they intentionally ditch races to the Dems just because they don't like icky choices by voters in their party? Ditto for most whale donors like Griffin of the Robin Hood and GameStop scandal trying to manipulate stock values for fun and profit or offshoring assholes that love them some Chinese slave workers.

Pathetic? Traitors? Assholes? I am waiting for a response. . .

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (bDjBG)

151 We saw what happened in the midterms. Trump basically got every single person he wanted nominated and it was a disaster.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:21 PM (PwNLq)

The GOP won the national popular vote handily. It's not a candidate quality issue, as exemplified by Fetterman and the dead guy. None of the issues the GOP face as a party can be fixed by just running different people.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (eYoxG)

152 82 I've never been audited.

Anyone here?

lol, more than you got fingers

Posted by: REDACTED at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (us2H3)

153 Milk with chunks is good for you.
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:24 PM (bA3Ln)

Keifer. Hopefully it is kiefer

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (xhaym)

154 Who the ever loving fuck would believe for a second that a single living soul in the IRS would do a thing for Trump's benefit?!?!?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Right? My first thought, too. WTF??

Or any other agency, up to and including the U.S. Armed Forces!

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (YJwUM)

155 130 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit

¯\_(ツ

_/¯

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (Kd4bG)

156 I mean first of all fuckthemall.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM

Yeah, I try to avoid it this time of year. Crappy parking and annoying people. Online shopping for me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (Wnv9h)

157 Seasoning. Or maybe nascent penicillin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (J2vNu)

It wasn't seasoning, because I'd cooked it and hadn't drowned it in black pepper. I think it's the second thing you said.

Hey! Maybe my expired chicken cured him of something

Posted by: kallisto at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (dCxaZ)

158 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

///

reminds me that Trump and GOP are very popular in former swing states that have secure voting while super unpopular in states with ballot harvesting.

weird. why would Trump do that?

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (MLrvz)

159 The Daily Daddario isn't being audited by the IRS at all:

https://tinyurl.com/3cp3dubs
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:26 PM (LvTSG)

You know what looks great? Fifteen flashbulbs going off at the same time!

Posted by: retarded photographer at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (h5TKJ)

160 ike Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit
___

Thats the difference between Trump and "someone else"

Trump supporters believe its hopeless, Id like to try "someone else" and see.

We tried Trump in the last 2 elections and we saw what happened.

Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (PwNLq)

161 155 130 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit

=========

Because we're human and we have to bicker about something.

Now...who is the best left-handed reliever in the history of the American League?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (LvTSG)

162 "I've never been audited. Anyone here?"

Not me, even though the IRS takes seven months to process my 34-page mailed-in paper return.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (24fqN)

163 I prefer the Globe Trotters who were from Harlem.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (vH/6k)

164 What makes Trump pathetic as a figure is that he was the guy who saw an opening, said "Fuck it, F1+F3" and charged into the breach, and turned around to see "his" army standing there and watching him get torn to shreds.

He's basically a latter day Custer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (6FeV1)

165 Pathetic? Traitors? Assholes? I am waiting for a response. . .
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:27 PM (bDjBG)

And worse, a party so treacherous that they reneged on every promise from 2017-19 and spent the time investigating the man who would have signed every single piece of legislation.

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (Zzbjj)

166 if only the GOP hadn't nominated charismatic people who talk well on camera but instead nominated sexually retarded religious weirdos who are only interested in helping Raytheon get us into a new war

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (MLrvz)

167 160 Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (PwNLq)

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Was Mitt Romney failing in 2012 not enough for you?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (LvTSG)

168 Nary a smidgen

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (UylZP)

169 Richard Nixon had an article of impeachment for trying to get the IRS to investigate.
It would be insanity for any President to try, except when you have "wink wink" friends.

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (RHGPo)

170 130 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit

Much easier than the discussion of what to do if voting no longer works. Much easier to focus on DeSatan or Orange Man. Sort of like how sports fans concentrate on various rivalries while society goes to shit around them. Passes the time when no one really knows what to do.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (bDjBG)

171 It would be neat if we could FOIA direct communications between the DNC and RNC. Maybe the NRCC and the DNCC.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (+hI+T)

172 143 "Planned Parenthood executive director, Bill Taverner, claims children are born 'sexual' - and advocates p-rn literacy lessons for older students and sex education from KINDERGARTEN."

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Another absolute evil psycho.
Posted by: Seems Legit

Geez, wait until they're ten, you pedos!

-- Gov. Ron Desantis

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (YJwUM)

173 To be fair, when the shoe was on the other foot and Lois Lerner or whoever said that conservative groups were only targeted because of a rogue operative in Cincinnati that was a giant fucking lie so I can't blame Blueanon for not trusting the IRS.

Posted by: Broseidon at December 02, 2022 01:29 PM (icI8A)

174 Is thus going yo be an every thread is a Trump thread day?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (Kd4bG)

175 I actually had the IRS send me a letter once saying "We have no idea how, but you managed to screw up your taxes and gave us way too much. We put it back into your account. Do better."

I paraphrase.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
___

Just before we left for the TXMoMee, we got a refund from, get this, the state of IL.
Seems the hub...overpaid the state when he sent them a check.

Only a hundred bucks, but you could've knocked us over with a feather.

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (2bQyj)

176 164 What makes Trump pathetic as a figure is that he was the guy who saw an opening, said "Fuck it, F1+F3" and charged into the breach, and turned around to see "his" army standing there and watching him get torn to shreds.

He's basically a latter day Custer.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (6FeV1)

Bannerlord's pretty alright these days.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (eYoxG)

177 11/15 - Ken Griffin endorses DeSantis for president for explicit purpose of making GOP more corporate-friendly

12/2 - DeSantis surrenders to Disney and prepares to give it back self-governing status

This is the same cowardice displayed by then-Gov. Pence when corporations pitched a fit over Indiana's religious freedom law, and the same as when Noem cravenly caved to the NCAA.

Sorry, boys, but DeSantis is GOPe business-as-usual.

Posted by: Brock at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (OpX6M)

178 "It would be neat if we could FOIA direct communications between the DNC and RNC. Maybe the NRCC and the DNCC."

Musk has those.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (24fqN)

179 The Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded in remarks on Wednesday that U.S. armed forces make “substantial and substantive cuts to its nuclear arsenal,” with the goal of ultimately ending America’s nuclear program.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian – a zealous “wolf warrior” diplomat known for spreading the unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that the Chinese coronavirus pandemic began as e-cigarette lung injuries in Maryland – demanded an end to the American nuclear program in response to a question on a Pentagon report revealing that the Chinese Communist Party is working to dramatically expand its own nuclear capabilities.

.. he is talking about the "semi-automatic" nuclear weapons ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (RHGPo)

180 He's basically a latter day Custer.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (6FeV1)

***

Did you know Custers Second to Last Stand sold warm lemonade?

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (flINI)

181 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit

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There's still a chance that F. Joe Beijing Biden accidentally nukes DC, which then creates a path to 270?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (uFr/c)

182 Hey vmom!

I hope not.

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (2bQyj)

183 Too bad, I wish these two shiteating cocksuckers were specifically targeted for audits. They target us, why not target them? I think it's well past the time to join em, because we sure as shit can't beat em.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

184 imagine how hard it would be for GOP candidates if the democrats were popular and had a record of accomplishments to run on? shit, candidate quality wouldn't even matter then.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (MLrvz)

185 Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (PwNLq)

Because voluntarily voting for Hugo Chavez to show those stupid mainstream Venezuelan parties has proved to be so incredibly successful for everyone in the Western hemisphere, and all the zoo animals and pets the former middleclass in Caracas have eaten in the last ten years, serves 'em right too.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:31 PM (xhaym)

186 I mean first of all fuckthemall.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:23 PM
*
Yeah, I try to avoid it this time of year. Crappy parking and annoying people. Online shopping for me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 02, 2022

***
The mall nearest to me (the first one I ever knew back in the '60s) now looks like downtown Nairobi. The other and still-thriving mall is a good 12 miles from me, and that wouldn't be bad, but! Too many people. We went to the Cheesecake Factory there on Xmas Eve a few years ago. I had to sell a toe to get a parking place. No joke. My word as an Aurelius.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:31 PM (J2vNu)

187
Was Mitt Romney failing in 2012 not enough for you?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
___

The same Mitt Romney that Trump endorsed?

That's always the false choice isn't it? It's either Trump or some satanic figure in the GOP.

I guess DeSantis is a GOpe stooge that actually got shit done instead of just tweeting about doing something.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:31 PM (PwNLq)

188 Bannerlord's pretty alright these days.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (eYoxG)

oh man, thanks... i realized just how not-universal that reference was after I posted it....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:31 PM (6FeV1)

189 177 12/2 - DeSantis surrenders to Disney and prepares to give it back self-governing status

Posted by: Brock at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (OpX6M)

=========

Unless there's more to this story than what I've found, it's a Financial Times report that quotes a low-level state legislator saying that they may be working to reverse things if Iger pulls back.

There's nothing in the story saying that DeSantis supports it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:31 PM (LvTSG)

190 The mopane were both dry/crispy and others were in some kind of garlic, peanut sauce. They were pretty damn good for overgrown worms.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 02, 2022 01:32 PM (VF4WI)

191 Musk bought Twitter to promote himself and his "products". He actually lives off the US and CHinese governments (carbon credits, SpaceX, slave Tesla labor). He couldn't care less about free speech, etc.

His new "Semi" truck will go 500 miles on a single charge! Leaving out a couple of big points. One, the battery weighs 26,000 pounds, compared to 2100 pounds for a fully fueled diesel semi. Fuel has far more energy storage than a battery.

That weight also means it has to haul about 24,000 pounds less than normal because of various state and federal weight limits.

So you're going to get far less product to people. You're going to get it with a 26,000 pound bomb that gets the same mileage in PERFECT conditions. What happens in the winter? Have you seen how long it takes to "fuel up" a Tesla semi?

I'm so tired of Musk being worshipped. He's a con man. Not too dissimilar than Trump.

Posted by: OneChinaPoricy at December 02, 2022 01:32 PM (tUfjF)

192 But I'm more than willing to jump into the fray if need be.😉

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:32 PM (2bQyj)

193 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

There will be cute animals at 7 PM.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 02, 2022 01:32 PM (YJwUM)

194 We tried Trump in the last 2 elections and we saw what happened.

Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (PwNLq)

now this a guy I could get behind

heh

Posted by: Mutt at December 02, 2022 01:32 PM (us2H3)

195 Is thus going yo be an every thread is a Trump thread day?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (Kd4bG)

I wish it wasn't. It is a pointless argument.

Posted by: WiNO at December 02, 2022 01:32 PM (+4D1M)

196 Satay will kill the flavor of anything.
I still prefer chicken

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (xhaym)

197 187 I guess DeSantis is a GOpe stooge that actually got shit done instead of just tweeting about doing something.
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:31 PM (PwNLq)

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I'd like to know how DeSantis is going to convince Mitch McConnell to shut down the Senate so he can do some recess appointments that the Uniparty doesn't like.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (LvTSG)

198 If you know how to code you know just how hard it is to get truly random numbers.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (tA1/w)

199 " .... " @22 beat me to it.

"the investigation into former President Trump's political ties with Russia"

"White supremacy"
"Authoritarian tendencies"
"political ties to Russia"

Things that don't exist, that yet are talked about as if they do - and matter. Oh - and the "investigation", involving massive abuse misconduct including likely criminal misconduct that discredited the top legal and national security institutions in the country? That has, and will, receive absolutely Zero pushback, fixing, punishment, or accountability. It actually continues, in different garb, with this jaw-dropping pursuit of a former president over definitionally baseless allegations of "classified" documents.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (OTzUX)

200 Was Mitt Romney failing in 2012 not enough for you?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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yeah, candidate quality struck again. Why pick a pretty boy Ivy League winner when what the country wanted was a rough and tumble aviator who always got into a little bit of trouble and never did his homework.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (MLrvz)

201
Now...who is the best left-handed reliever in the history of the American League?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Pepto Bismol

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (63Dwl)

202 Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?

You already failed, and Trump was the reaction to your failure.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (Bd6X8)

203 It wasn't seasoning, because I'd cooked it and hadn't drowned it in black pepper. I think it's the second thing you said.

Hey! Maybe my expired chicken cured him of something
Posted by: kallisto at December 02, 2022

***
I was picturing the penicillin AS the seasoning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (J2vNu)

204 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?
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270.

Moron Horde has some basis in fact, it's not just a cutesy club name.

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:33 PM (2bQyj)

205 See you in the morning, or maybe Sunday morning, or maybe I need a longer break. Bye, anyway

Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (Zzbjj)

206 12/2 - DeSantis surrenders to Disney and prepares to give it back self-governing status

Posted by: Brock

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Read the NY Post story and that appears to be what is happening in Florida but DeSantis is letting the Fla legislature take the lead here.

GA legislature did the same thing quietly a few years back after publicly trumpeting targeting Delta airlines tax breaks for attacking gun rights. A different type of failure theater but just the same as fake votes in the legislature bound for failure.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (bDjBG)

207 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?

Posted by: Seems Legit
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With Trump, it's completely unwinnable, on that I will agree.

Look at people like Youngkin in VA, I remember that being written off as "blue" forever. Then the whole slate of Republicans won statewide. Because Trump was told to stay away.

But keeping thinking figures like Dr Oz or Blake Masters were good candidates and waving the Trump flag is a vote getter.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (PwNLq)

208 The only way I would ever go to a mall again is to drive around to the place I need.

Never will go inside again.

Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (iziT8)

209 I knew some Mexican drug runners in CA from a cartel and they were pretty good at making shit up too.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (geVLo)

210 I always stay away from the gas station mopane worms.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (Az2It)

211 "If you know how to code you know just how hard it is to get truly random numbers."

Knuth wrote a book about it that everybody owns but nobody read.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (24fqN)

212 I should create a new product fad and start wearing on my head a tinfoil cat cap.

Out: Coontail Caps.
In: Tinfoil Cats.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (uFr/c)

213 Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:12 PM (PwNLq)

Great stuff. Please repeat it in multiple ways every day in every thread including the cooking thread and the one about fixing your engine or whatever.

Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (AveMB)

214 210 I always stay away from the gas station mopane worms.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (Az2It)

Mopane, mo' gain.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (6FeV1)

215 174 Is thus going yo be an every thread is a Trump thread day?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:30 PM (Kd4bG)

That's every day vmom. Rent-free!

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (eYoxG)

216 I want that amended to include that if you advocate for higher taxes then you are required to submit a signed, blank Form 1040 to the IRS and the Service will complete your return for you. And yes, I am looking at you, Warren Buffet and Mark Cuban.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 02, 2022 01:08 PM (fLVGo)

Another angle. If you advocate for higher taxes, you waive the right to claim any deductions on your personal and corporate returns.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (7ZnXa)

217 You already failed, and Trump was the reaction to your failure.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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You forgot about 2020 and 2022.

Trump shit the bed, he's dead on arrival now.

Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (PwNLq)

218 Hey vmom!

I hope not.
Posted by: SMH

Hi SMH!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (Kd4bG)

219 Great stuff. Please repeat it in multiple ways every day in every thread including the cooking thread and the one about fixing your engine or whatever.
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:35 PM (AveMB)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (2bQyj)

220 One thing I've learned from the sidebar over the years is that songs in the category of ace's musical interests didn't get much playtime in the Midwest. I recognize at most 10% of the songs. I didn't listen to mtv much so there's that too.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (+3jTj)

221 206 Read the NY Post story and that appears to be what is happening in Florida but DeSantis is letting the Fla legislature take the lead here.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:34 PM (bDjBG)

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I read the Financial Times article and it sounds like a group of soft-headed GOP in the legislature is being aggressively courted by Disney with promises that Disney's activism is behind them with the rise of Iger (the guy who initiated the whole kerfuffle when he felt like Chapek wasn't being woke enough in his response to the parental rights bill).

Taking from it the idea that DeSantis is about to actually sign a U-turn approach to the special status feels like a pretty big logical leap.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (LvTSG)

222 "Mopane, mo' gain."

My 63 Valiant was a great car.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (24fqN)

223
There's nothing in the story saying that DeSantis supports it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

NY Post has a bit more details. Apparently state legislature is going to take the lead on restoring some of Disney's perks and use the alleged effect of total removal of Reedy special district on Florida taxpayers as the reason.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (bDjBG)

224 Trump can't win. Need someone else who can. Got it.

This is going to be some two years.

Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (AveMB)

225 Globe Trotter makes less than Sarah

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (flINI)

226 Soeaking of hoaxes . . .

New York Slimes’ (Times) claim that hate speech is on the RISE on Twitter does NOT add up (thread)

https://bit.ly/3B4cgIm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (FVME7)

227 And worse, a party so treacherous that they reneged on every promise from 2017-19 and spent the time investigating the man who would have signed every single piece of legislation.
Posted by: CN at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (Zzbjj)

The GOP died at the national level during that period. It likely had been controlled opposition since at least the second Clinton term, but it wasn't so obvious then. To circle back to ace's post here, the IRS is about to deploy 84,000 freaking armed auditors to go after small fry and McCarthy only will do a few show boats and McConnell won't even do that much. Expect a lot of "we can't shut the government down blather" the next two years. It's who they are.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 02, 2022 01:37 PM (kJLpK)

228 217 You forgot about 2020 and 2022.

Trump shit the bed, he's dead on arrival now.
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (PwNLq)

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Joe O'dea probably should have done better in Colorado, then.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:37 PM (LvTSG)

229 223
There's nothing in the story saying that DeSantis supports it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

NY Post has a bit more details. Apparently state legislature is going to take the lead on restoring some of Disney's perks and use the alleged effect of total removal of Reedy special district on Florida taxpayers as the reason.
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (bDjBG)

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I still don't see how that leads to "DeSantis is going to sign whatever the legislature puts out."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (LvTSG)

230 If you know how to code you know just how hard it is to get truly random numbers.
Posted by: Next2Nothing
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See: 64

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (gJagN)

231 Great stuff. Please repeat it in multiple ways every day in every thread including the cooking thread and the one about fixing your engine or whatever.
Posted by: ...

Hey, Dude's gotta get paid--as Joe Pantaliona said in Risky Business--Don't ever fuck with a man's livelihood.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (bDjBG)

232 The only way I would ever go to a mall again is to drive around to the place I need.

Never will go inside again.
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022

***
The malls really lost me when they subscribed 1000% to the Sniffle Scare. I'd been bored with them for a long time before that -- no bookstores, no men's clothing shops, and nearly everything is hip-hop or urban wear, or stuff for women and children. Remember the This End Up furniture chain in the malls? I bought several pieces from them back in the '80s. The Glamour Shots photo studio, too. There were things to do and see in malls then and into the '90s.

Not now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (J2vNu)

233 Mr New Nic sure has things all figured out.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (PWvcU)

234 Propane, no pain.

Posted by: Hank Hill at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (FVME7)

235 224 Trump can't win. Need someone else who can. Got it.

This is going to be some two years.
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (AveMB)

There is no road to 270.

Posted by: IC - #FJB #MitchTheBitch at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (mnUzy)

236 BTW Johnny Newhandle proclaims you're an idiot and he's tired of you thinking what you think and Johnny Newhandle is here once and for all - or maybe again - to set you straight.

Posted by: Johnny Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (AveMB)

237 There have been multiple requests for anybody to come forward with a method to do 3D printing with Silicon-Carbide.
My understanding is that it would require a 30,000 watt laser

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (RHGPo)

238 224 Trump can't win. Need someone else who can. Got it.

This is going to be some two years.
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (AveMB)

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When DeSantis doesn't even announce by July, and we're in the middle of poll after poll of the race showing Trump up by at least 40 points over every other challenger, who will those who want anyone but Trump turn to?

"Just you wait until DeSantis announces!"?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (LvTSG)

239 100 years ago, everyone owned horses and only the rich had cars. Today, everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

The stables have turned.

(Sorry)

Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (9uCBG)

240 I wonder if Globe Trotter is from Harlem...

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (seGBU)

241 Much more entertaining. Harlem Globe Trotters video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMeQ4yRvGrc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (vH/6k)

242 The only way I would ever go to a mall again is to drive around to the place I need.

Never will go inside again.
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022

You could drive inside, Blues Brothers-style.

Posted by: spindrift at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (h5TKJ)

243 Hey! Stop horning in on my territory Johnny Newhandle. Everyone here knows that everyone here is an idiot, not just some of them!

Posted by: Jimmy Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (AveMB)

244 If like Dave in Florida says, there is no way to 260 (and I agree), why do we even bother with the back-and-forth arguing about who the R candidate will be?
__________

In that case, let's not put up a Republican candidate.

Let's endorse the Democrat, which automatically makes him a white supremacist because he is endorsed by the Republicans.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (lf83v)

245 Trump can't win. Need someone else who can. Got it.

This is going to be some two years.
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (AveMB)

Romney will save us

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (xhaym)

246 238 224 Trump can't win. Need someone else who can. Got it.

This is going to be some two years.
Posted by: ... at December 02, 2022 01:36 PM (AveMB)

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When DeSantis doesn't even announce by July, and we're in the middle of poll after poll of the race showing Trump up by at least 40 points over every other challenger, who will those who want anyone but Trump turn to?

"Just you wait until DeSantis announces!"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (LvTSG)

It'll be Egg McMuffin again.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (eYoxG)

247
I had to sell a toe to get a parking place. No joke. My word as an Aurelius.

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (63Dwl)

248 In: Tinfoil Cats.
----------------
Tinfoil cats, play clean as country water
Tinfoil cats, play wild as mountain dew
Tinfoil cats, been playin' since they's babies
Tinfoil cats, get work before they're two

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (bA3Ln)

249 If you know how to code you know just how hard it is to get truly random numbers.
Posted by: Next2Nothing
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I have used shot noise produced by a Zener diode.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (gJagN)

250 Given that democrats routinely use governmental offices to attack conservatives, it is only natural that liberals would expect the same treatment from republicans.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (lTGtQ)

251 I still don't see how that leads to "DeSantis is going to sign whatever the legislature puts out."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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DeSantis might even veto it but Disney is too powerful in Florida to be down long.

Dems and GOP in legislature are more than capable of overriding DeSantis and I doubt DeSantis would bother trying to whip the GOP legislature to kill any legislation. Sometimes you win by losing.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (bDjBG)

252 The stables have turned.

Posted by: rickb223

Heh

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (Kd4bG)

253 "Only God can make a random selection. -- Levy's Ninth Law"

This is why your RNG should be based on a decaying radioactive isotope, a hot resistor, or a tortured diode. Let God and let go.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (24fqN)

254 Trump shit the bed, he's dead on arrival now.

How many Trump endorsements won in 2022 vs how many lost? Pretty good record for someone who's DOA.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (Bd6X8)

255 100 years ago, everyone owned horses and only the rich had cars. Today, everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

The stables have turned.

(Sorry)
Posted by: rickb223
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Daughter has two horses, and her family is not rich, lol.

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (seGBU)

256 Mr New Nic sure has things all figured out.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (PWvcU)

Bet he can't play basketball worth a flip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (vH/6k)

257 This new, dim commenter might have been inspired by the regulars who are obsessive and pristinely misinformed (or, just dim). Impossible to say.

Just one more nic to skip, adding to the very long list.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (OTzUX)

258 Globe trotter seems to have a personal stake in this. Whose staff is he on?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (+hI+T)

259 You fucking cocksuckers... fuck you both.

Posted by: Brian "The New Guy" Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (AveMB)

260 100 years ago, everyone owned horses and only the rich had cars. Today, everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

The stables have turned.

(Sorry)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 02, 2022

***
You came a crupper

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:41 PM (J2vNu)

261 Nice pun, btw.

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:41 PM (seGBU)

262 251 DeSantis might even veto it but Disney is too powerful in Florida to be down long.

Dems and GOP in legislature are more than capable of overriding DeSantis and I doubt DeSantis would bother trying to whip the GOP legislature to kill any legislation. Sometimes you win by losing.
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (bDjBG)

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Meh. Unless DeSantis is determined to destroy his rock star status (definitely possible), I really don't see how this ends up playing out with Disney winning a U-turn play. His instincts are too good to think that winning by losing is a good thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:41 PM (LvTSG)

263 I hope you know what tinfoil does to a cats digestive tract, you imbeciles!

Posted by: Cat lady who's cat chews on foil once at December 02, 2022 01:41 PM (+oR7L)

264 The only way I would ever go to a mall again is to drive around to the place I need.

Never will go inside again.
Posted by: eleven

I can't recall the last time I was in a mall. Close to a decade, at least.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 02, 2022 01:42 PM (lTGtQ)

265 Holy shit what the hell happened to this place? When did everyone here get so dumb and short sighted. I am the ONE TRUE GENIUS!!!

Posted by: Elston Von Newhandle Jr. at December 02, 2022 01:42 PM (AveMB)

266 I got a letter from the IRS saying I don’t get my refund unless I verify my identity . Went to website and the want copy of DL and to take selfies for facial recognition. So they’ll have my biometrics. I didn’t do it. Anybody else have that?

Posted by: Big Alfredo at December 02, 2022 01:42 PM (7ooxj)

267 There is no road to 270.
Posted by: IC - #FJB #MitchTheBitch at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (mnUzy)

Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. My opinion is it doesn't matter. "installing the right people" won't fix anything unless they're installed everywhere, all at once. Our political problem isn't a staffing issue. It's endemic. Politics are broken because We The People are broken. Everybody (or enough of everybody) wants to fix everybody else's problems. That culture doesn't get fixed in one lifetime, and it doesn't get fixed without a whole lot of pain and bullshit until people learn that being a civic minded busybody means everything goes to shit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 02, 2022 01:42 PM (6FeV1)

268 I demand to see Comey's and McCabe's tax returns.

Posted by: No GOpe member ever at December 02, 2022 01:42 PM (BLVc0)

269 Globe Trotter's here to collect Soros checks and chew bubblegum.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 02, 2022 01:42 PM (ZGrMX)

270 The stables have turned.

Posted by: rickb223

Some of us poor folk have horses, and that is why we are poor.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (OgrpQ)

271 I have used shot noise produced by a Zener diode.

All I can say about that is if it's good enough for the NSA...

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (Bd6X8)

272 Whose staff is he on?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (+hI+T)

***

I'm not telling...
(in my best sing/song voice)

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (flINI)

273 Unless there's more to this story than what I've found, it's a Financial Times report that quotes a low-level state legislator saying that they may be working to reverse things if Iger pulls back.

There's nothing in the story saying that DeSantis supports it.

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DeSantis' camp hasn't denied it. In fact, they admitted a "plan is in the works and will be released soon."

If you parse their non-denial denial, the only thing they actually take issue with is the way it's being characterized, not the substance of the report.

Sounds like DeSantis impulsively moved to remove their self-governing status, created a logistical & political nightmare because FL taxpayers & localities were going to get left holding the bag, and now has backtracked and is looking to save face by a nominal tax increase on Disney in return for self-governing status.

Posted by: Brock at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (OpX6M)

274 >>> The only way I would ever go to a mall again is to drive around to the place I need.

Never will go inside again.
Posted by: eleven at December 02, 2022

You could drive inside, Blues Brothers-style.
Posted by: spindrift at December 02, 2022 01:39 PM (h5TKJ)

The newer places are mostly like this now. The "outlet" style malls where they're all separate buildings and shops all sharing one parking lot. Tanger is a big one. There's no "mall" part.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (+3jTj)

275 I'm glad it's Friday because I'm soooooo tired of every single post and comments becoming little more than Trump this or Trump that. My life does not revolve around Trump. I need a rest. Doesn't everyone else?

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

276 Son???

Posted by: Elston Von Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (AveMB)

277 DeSantis just got re-elected and if he has an itch to go for the President, there is nothing he would owe to roll over for Disney.

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (RHGPo)

278 Globe trotter seems to have a personal stake in this. Whose staff is he on?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:40 PM (+hI+T)

I suspect he is the same dipxhit that has been coming in to "torment the normies" for a while.
Tough, he is very tough.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (xhaym)

279 We just passed d 270 comments so here is a road

Posted by: Big Alfredo at December 02, 2022 01:43 PM (7ooxj)

280 > I knew some Mexican drug runners in CA from a cartel and they were pretty good at making shit up too.

Did you guys see the thing out of Nuevo Laredo? Apparently law enforcement captured some bigwig out of a Zeta Cartel offshoot. There were hours long gun battles afterward.

https://bit.ly/3uiQVXB

I have no idea why anyone vacations in that failed narco state. That "safe" resort you stay at is only safe because the local cartel allows it to be. All it takes is for someone in that cartel to decide they want to make a point.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 01:44 PM (eyxn4)

281 God does not play stochastic with the universe.

Posted by: Albert Einstein at December 02, 2022 01:44 PM (FVME7)

282 On the other hand, every single thing that McCabe and Pine-Scented Druid Philosopher Comey did related to Donald Trump from 2015 through 2020 was political and illegal, and should have resulted in their both dying in Federal PMITA Prison.

Amazing how nobody gives the tiniest shit that the entire Russia Russia Russia thing was a complete Hoax.

Nobody did more than McCabe and Comey to destroy faith on our system of government.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 02, 2022 01:44 PM (pKFK0)

283 The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year

Posted by: The Blues Brothers at December 02, 2022 01:44 PM (flINI)

284 The Florida legislature is totally Florida man if they cave this soon to Disney - put them on probation for at least 3 years dumbasses.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at December 02, 2022 01:45 PM (AaLDK)

285
Man, this mall has everything.

Posted by: Jake Blues at December 02, 2022 01:45 PM (+oR7L)

286 A real horse is actually around 1.4 horsepower

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at December 02, 2022 01:45 PM (OgrpQ)

287 When did AOS become NPR?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 02, 2022 01:45 PM (lf83v)

288 Comey, Clapper and Brennan
hanging from a tree
S-W-I-N-G-I-N-G

Posted by: wth at December 02, 2022 01:45 PM (v0R5T)

289 >>>My understanding is that it would require a 30,000 watt laser

>You might start with a 3-phase 480volt feeder.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 02, 2022 01:45 PM (geVLo)

290 "I have used shot noise produced by a Zener diode.

All I can say about that is if it's good enough for the NSA..."

Last I looked, PokerStars uses a thermal noise source. Which still doesn't explain why donks hit when they play for an inside straight flush, but I suspect shenanigans.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:46 PM (24fqN)

291 Whoa whoa whoa assholes. This is MY shtick.

Posted by: Johnny Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:46 PM (AveMB)

292 Bwa, ha, ha, ha!

Comey's an untouchable, involved long ago in the Whitewater investigation (the Clintons) and charging Martha Stewart. His daughter, Maurene Comey, is an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), and the lead prosecutor in the criminal case against G. Maxwell.

McCabe = loyal imbecile, punished the eve of his 50th birthday. (Why he got pension, related benefits.) No point in auditing as the IRS already knew his income, investments, etc.

Posted by: Lola at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (NIYa7)

293 "God does not play stochastic with the universe."

Noise is one of the ways He speaks to us.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (24fqN)

294 Johnny Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:46 PM (AveMB)

They get the joke, fade out already.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (ZSK0i)

295
Remember the This End Up furniture chain in the malls?

I still have a lot their stuff, love it. Found an outfit up in NYC that makes replacement cushions for a reasonable price. It's not living room stuff, more for den or family room casual. It still looks like new, which is kinda tough for a softwood like pine.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (enJYY)

296 I've been audited a couple of times.
So called "random compliance" audits.
One time I got a huge tax bill on account of some drone added a zero or two to a 1099 form I sent in. That took about a year to clear up.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, judgy as usual... at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (jTmQV)

297 Imagine winning a statewide tsunami resulting in a legislative supermajority and your first public utterance is to help your grooming political enemies.

Posted by: Not voting our way out at December 02, 2022 01:48 PM (HapqG)

298 There is some server that uses 100 lava lamps to generate random numbers.

if i want a random number chart, I just copy the phone book.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:48 PM (xhaym)

299 Last I looked, PokerStars uses a thermal noise source. Which still doesn't explain why donks hit when they play for an inside straight flush, but I suspect shenanigans.

It's always shenanigans. Why isn't it ever henanagins?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 02, 2022 01:48 PM (Bd6X8)

300 282 On the other hand, every single thing that McCabe and Pine-Scented Druid Philosopher Comey did related to Donald Trump from 2015 through 2020 was political and illegal, and should have resulted in their both dying in Federal PMITA Prison.

Amazing how nobody gives the tiniest shit that the entire Russia Russia Russia thing was a complete Hoax.

Nobody did more than McCabe and Comey to destroy faith on our system of government.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 02, 2022 01:44 PM (pKFK0)

It really was something. As I wrote at the time, it wasn't even a matter of the Congress wouldn't do anything. They COULDN'T do anything. Epstein didn't kill himself for no reason.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (kJLpK)

301 "It's always shenanigans. Why isn't it ever henanagins?"

It could even be an op.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (24fqN)

302 298 There is some server that uses 100 lava lamps to generate random numbers.

if i want a random number chart, I just copy the phone book.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:48 PM (xhaym)

I'm too much of an idiot to understand how the physical object translates into code.

Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (UnA8+)

303 When did AOS become NPR?

Turns up audio to listen for white people's jazz interlude.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (ppBhU)

304 Anyone see the vid of president dementia holding onto Macrons hand for a weirdly long time?
Posted by: Yo!

42 seconds. Awkward. Macron had to be the one to say "This way monsieur" to get Biden to unhand him and start walking. I think Biden needed to hold on to him for support and also to stare at him and try to remember who he was.

Posted by: Cheri at December 02, 2022 01:50 PM (oiNtH)

305 Thats the difference between Trump and "someone else"

Trump supporters believe its hopeless, Id like to try "someone else" and see.

We tried Trump in the last 2 elections and we saw what happened.

Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (PwNLq)

Well go ahead. Nobody is stopping you.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 01:50 PM (eoQWY)

306 >>> The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year
Posted by: The Blues Brothers at December 02, 2022 01:44 PM (flINI)

I had one of the last model Auroras with the Northstar V8. I liked it until it had too many fuel injection issues. I don't think it would have lasted quite as long as a 70s cop car though

Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (+3jTj)

307 "I'm too much of an idiot to understand how the physical object translates into code."

We live in a sim, so the code is already conveniently translated for you.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (24fqN)

308 I'm too much of an idiot to understand how the physical object translates into code.
Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (UnA8+)

Webcams and pattern recognization software

Posted by: Kindltot at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (xhaym)

309 42 seconds. Awkward. Macron had to be the one to say "This way monsieur" to get Biden to unhand him and start walking. I think Biden needed to hold on to him for support and also to stare at him and try to remember who he was.

Posted by: Cheri at December 02, 2022 01:50 PM (oiNtH)

could have been worse. Joe could have been holding on to Mrs. Macron's hand for 42 seconds.

Posted by: IC - #FJB #MitchTheBitch at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (mnUzy)

310 292 Bwa, ha, ha, ha!

Comey's an untouchable, involved long ago in the Whitewater investigation (the Clintons) and charging Martha Stewart. His daughter, Maurene Comey, is an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), and the lead prosecutor in the criminal case against G. Maxwell.

McCabe = loyal imbecile, punished the eve of his 50th birthday. (Why he got pension, related benefits.) No point in auditing as the IRS already knew his income, investments, etc.

Posted by: Lola at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (NIYa7)

Exactly. The whole nothingburger was projection kabuki. "Look a squirrel," they squealed as 87,000 armed IRS agents were set on the Deplorables in JANUARY 6, THE SEQUEL.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (kJLpK)

311 Warren Buffet has very low income(relatively) so I don't think he'd be too fussed.

He has capital gains. However, once you stop adjusting the basis then the entire sale of stock become income

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (fLVGo)

312 Eddie says that once the baby comes, I can quit one of my night jobs.

Anyway... we were saying about the GOP?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (+hI+T)

313 307 "I'm too much of an idiot to understand how the physical object translates into code."

We live in a sim, so the code is already conveniently translated for you.
Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (24fqN)

=========

This is like building a computer in Minecraft to play Minecraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BP7DhHTU-I&t=91s

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (LvTSG)

314 Isn't Macron one of the child leaders with an elderly wife? Maybe Biden was just captivated by his childlike scent.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 01:52 PM (ppBhU)

315 They get the joke, fade out already.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 02, 2022 01:47 PM (ZSK0i)

How DARE you.

Posted by: Greta Newhandle at December 02, 2022 01:52 PM (AveMB)

316 When did AOS become NPR?

Turns up audio to listen for white people's jazz interlude.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (ppBhU)

At least the fall fundraiser is over.

Posted by: golfman at December 02, 2022 01:52 PM (BLVc0)

317 When did AOS become NPR?
___

Nah bruh.

This is my playlist:

https://tinyurl.com/2xuaybxb

Posted by: SMH at December 02, 2022 01:52 PM (seGBU)

318 313 This is like building a computer in Minecraft to play Minecraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BP7DhHTU-I&t=91s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (LvTSG)

Keep in mind, I don't know ANYTHING about how to code.

I don't even know what language to start with, that people actually still use.

"Machine Code".

Y'all really expect that much out of me, huh?

Posted by: XTC at December 02, 2022 01:53 PM (UnA8+)

319

Trump made my cat lick his butt in front of the assistant pastor in the living room today!

Damn you Donald Trump!

Posted by: Some Dude at December 02, 2022 01:53 PM (MYB22)

320 Nobody did more than McCabe and Comey to destroy faith on our system of government.
Posted by: Sharkman

And Comey got a gig at William & Mary college teaching a course on ethical leadership.

Posted by: Cheri at December 02, 2022 01:53 PM (oiNtH)

321 When did AOS become NPR?
_____________

I sometimes read the comments in that NPR host whisper and it magically transports me to Dupont Circle.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 02, 2022 01:54 PM (lf83v)

322 If you know how to code you know just how hard it is to get truly random numbers.
Posted by: Next2Nothing
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See: 64
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 01:38 PM (gJagN)

You can't. Its called pseudo random number generator for a reason.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 01:54 PM (eoQWY)

323 The way to 270 requires a massive Mail In Ballot drops in MI, GA, PA and AZ. Print and deliver say 1 or 2 million ballots voting for Trump in each state and see what happens? Pretty much, do to them what they have done to you. Then we can talk about transparency and honesty and how voters are being disposessed. Basically, tell them Fuck You - Count Them or WAR.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:54 PM (bA3Ln)

324 President Biden@POTUS
United States government official
I just want to make a few things clear:
The Holocaust happened.
Hitler was a demonic figure.
And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.
Silence is complicity.

-
Chinese genocide is totes cool, though.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 01:55 PM (FVME7)

325 Trump made my cat lick his butt in front of the assistant pastor in the living room today!

..

I larfed.

Posted by: Not voting our way out at December 02, 2022 01:55 PM (HapqG)

326 297 Imagine winning a statewide tsunami resulting in a legislative supermajority and your first public utterance is to help your grooming political enemies.
Posted by: Not voting our way out at December 02, 2022 01:48 PM (HapqG)

Well that is standard GOP playbook.

Posted by: buzzion at December 02, 2022 01:55 PM (aRLgQ)

327 >>> When did AOS become NPR?

Turns up audio to listen for white people's jazz interlude.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 02, 2022 01:49 PM (ppBhU)

At least the fall fundraiser is over.
Posted by: golfman at December 02, 2022 01:52 PM (BLVc0)

I'm just waiting for my favorite show, Wait Wait Don't Shiv Me.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 01:55 PM (+3jTj)

328 The newer places are mostly like this now. The "outlet" style malls where they're all separate buildings and shops all sharing one parking lot. Tanger is a big one. There's no "mall" part.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022

***
In a climate like mine, that means with no A/C I won't go there except in December, January, and February. If then. And leave December out because of Xmas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (J2vNu)

329 30% of Republican Voters are Ride or Die with Trump. Do you know why?

Michael Moore, yes, that Michael Fucking Moore explained it in October 2016.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1598347313315037186

Like him or Not. Like the facts or not. How do you replace those 25 MILLION VOTES?

Posted by: rd at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (Z32m1)

330 275 I'm glad it's Friday because I'm soooooo tired of every single post and comments becoming little more than Trump this or Trump that. My life does not revolve around Trump. I need a rest. Doesn't everyone else? Posted by: Elric Blade
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Same with any other candidate fwiw. The invisible primary has already begun and it is boring to watch like paint dry because most of it is behind the scenes and political ops including causing exhaustion and infighting on the right. Just scroll past and you will be fine.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (bDjBG)

331
Who's the world-traveling gimp?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (n+4am)

332 Trying to ditch old sock.

Posted by: golfman at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (BLVc0)

333 And Comey got a gig at William & Mary college teaching a course on ethical leadership.
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Its W&M, its sort of a punishment and an obvious demotion. But Comey will suck any cock for dollars.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (bA3Ln)

334 311 "Warren Buffet has very low income(relatively) so I don't think he'd be too fussed."

He has capital gains. However, once you stop adjusting the basis then the entire sale of stock become income
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 02, 2022 01:51 PM (fLVGo)

He doesn't sell generally. Basis adjustment doesn't really come into play unless he dies, and I think they might be getting rid of that and also he had workarounds in place regardless.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (eYoxG)

335 My personal favorite RNG is actually deceptively simple. It's just photons travelling through a semi-transparent mirror. The photon will either reflect or transmit because physics, baby. If the receiver doesn't receive the transmission, that's a zero. If it does, that's a one.

Viola, a verifiable system that acts as a lovely source of random numbers. Just size the bit count according to the min/max values you want for your application.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 01:57 PM (eyxn4)

336 Then we can talk about transparency and honesty and how voters are being disposessed. Basically, tell them Fuck You - Count Them or WAR.
___________

How about the military ballots from the 200,000 U.S. military personnel fighting in the Ukraine War of Liberation and the 400,000 fighting in the War of the South China Sea in 2024?

Will those votes be counted?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 02, 2022 01:57 PM (lf83v)

337 Truth.

John Hayward@Doc_0
Spoiler alert: the endgame of the "electric vehicle revolution" is NOT the same number of people driving around, except using EVs instead of gas-fueled cars. The endgame is sharply restricting or eliminating personal transportation for the middle and lower classes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 01:57 PM (FVME7)

338 "Machine Code".

Runs on an emulator or virtual env nowadays. No 'machine code' ever touches bare metal anymore. If it ever does, nothing can save us.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 01:57 PM (24fqN)

339 William > Mary

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 02, 2022 01:58 PM (lf83v)

340 330 Same with any other candidate fwiw. The invisible primary has already begun and it is boring to watch like paint dry because most of it is behind the scenes and political ops including causing exhaustion and infighting on the right. Just scroll past and you will be fine.
Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 01:56 PM (bDjBG)

==========

We should be talking about how Jeanne Dielman has been named the #1 greatest movie of all time by the illustrious Sight and Sound poll done by the British Film Institute, instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 01:58 PM (LvTSG)

341 I had one of the last model Auroras with the Northstar V8. I liked it until it had too many fuel injection issues. I don't think it would have lasted quite as long as a 70s cop car though
Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022

***
I had 2 Olds Cutlass coupes in a row, one silver, one gold. I told people buying the second one was like remarrying your first wife, except she's changed her hair color and learned a few new tricks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2022 01:59 PM (J2vNu)

342 You just have to base part of the random number equation on a difficult to crack event, like mouse location when the button is clicked, or timestamp to the thousanth of a second.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:59 PM (+hI+T)

343 I don't believe Desantis is involved in this kiss butt of Disney effort. Iger making a couple of statements about pulling back from politics has to be matched by actual deeds. From the various videos I've seen of Disney thought leaders that's going to be a tall order

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 02, 2022 02:00 PM (mP+mW)

344 So when you blow the margins it just penetrates it instead of expanding. Intriguing [raises one eyebrow]

Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 02:00 PM (+3jTj)

345 The GOP died at the national level during that period. It likely had been controlled opposition since at least the second Clinton term, but it wasn't so obvious then. To circle back to ace's post here, the IRS is about to deploy 84,000 freaking armed auditors to go after small fry and McCarthy only will do a few show boats and McConnell won't even do that much. Expect a lot of "we can't shut the government down blather" the next two years. It's who they are.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 02, 2022 01:37 PM (kJLpK)

Probably Bush I / Clinton and no new taxes revoked was the start to wipe out the Reagan revolution. It was a setback when Billy got in pecker trouble and had to play Reagan Republican better than Bush did to stay in power, but good for the country. The response was to buy into China and gut domestic industry under the table.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 02:01 PM (eoQWY)

346 343 I don't believe Desantis is involved in this kiss butt of Disney effort. Iger making a couple of statements about pulling back from politics has to be matched by actual deeds. From the various videos I've seen of Disney thought leaders that's going to be a tall order
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 02, 2022 02:00 PM (mP+mW)

========

Iger's comments amount to, "I'm sorry that you thought we were political. We weren't political. We were just doing what was right in trying to cut off your kids' dicks."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 02, 2022 02:01 PM (LvTSG)

347 "You just have to base part of the random number equation on a difficult to crack event, like mouse location when the button is clicked, or timestamp to the thousanth of a second."

Use a lib function, and when it fails, you can blame the lib. That was always my go-to.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Obligation Information Packet at December 02, 2022 02:01 PM (24fqN)

348 nood

bugs

Posted by: banana Dream at December 02, 2022 02:02 PM (+3jTj)

349 Why not let "us" fail and then you can rub it in our faces?
Posted by: Globe Trotter at December 02, 2022 01:28 PM (PwNLq)

Well go ahead. Nobody is stopping you.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Don't be surprised that a lot of voters sit at home though and you lose by a landslide. Neither party offers much to the common voter anymore but the Dems go ahead and create ballots for them anyway so it is no longer a problem for them plus the FSA votes for whoever keeps the gravy flowing.

The GOPe spends its time demoralizing its own voters such as the odious Marriage Bill passed with plenty of GOPers signing on to fuck their own religious faith supporters. They will then turn around and fundraise off because the Biden administration and lawfare go after every institution of religious faith with lawsuits.

Death of the phoney GOP and its erstwhile white bread, light in the loafers, and fraudsters, is always an option. The Whig party for example died over the slavery issue. It appears that GOPe is ready to do the same with the GOP by allowing WEF types to enslave and kill its own voters.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 02:02 PM (bDjBG)

350 You just have to base part of the random number equation on a difficult to crack event, like mouse location when the button is clicked, or timestamp to the thousanth of a second.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 02, 2022 01:59 PM (+hI+T)

That helps, but given a seed the sequence is 100 percent deterministic while having a distribution like a random one.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 02:02 PM (eoQWY)

351 One other thing I'll add, I don't think it's a coincidence that Rufo & Walsh were out completely mischaracterizing that Iger interview as "Disney capitulating to DeSantis" just days before this report about DeSantis backing down emerges.

Seems clear like it was an effort by Pushaw/Redfern to try and get ahead of the impending DeSantis backs down story.

Posted by: Brock at December 02, 2022 02:03 PM (OpX6M)

352 Old and busted: Ye

New and cool: Yow!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 02, 2022 02:03 PM (FVME7)

353 "You just have to base part of the random number equation on a difficult to crack event, like mouse location when the button is clicked, or timestamp to the thousanth of a second."

Use a lib function, and when it fails, you can blame the lib. That was always my go-to.

I just pull from /dev/urandom and call it good.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 02, 2022 02:03 PM (Bd6X8)

354 346 yup. Iger is the one who green lighted the woke crap to begin with. As always , talk is cheap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 02, 2022 02:04 PM (mP+mW)

355 My personal favorite RNG is actually deceptively simple. It's just photons travelling through a semi-transparent mirror. The photon will either reflect or transmit because physics, baby. If the receiver doesn't receive the transmission, that's a zero. If it does, that's a one.

Viola, a verifiable system that acts as a lovely source of random numbers. Just size the bit count according to the min/max values you want for your application.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 01:57 PM (eyxn4)

what if the light bulb fails?

Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 02:04 PM (eoQWY)

356 Iger's comments amount to, "I'm sorry that you thought we were political. We weren't political. We were just doing what was right in trying to cut off your kids' dicks."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Heh. But the failure loving GOP eats that shit up.

Posted by: whig at December 02, 2022 02:04 PM (bDjBG)

357 3...2...1...some group will pop up or hatch (haha) to protest the exploitation of innocent bugs. We have to fight Big Bug!

Posted by: Lex at December 02, 2022 02:05 PM (t983B)

358 God does not play stochastic with the universe.
Posted by: Albert Einstein
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What are the odds?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 02, 2022 02:05 PM (VG0cN)

359 Hahahaha

Gavin Newsome's Reparation Committee just recommended handing out 223k to every descendant of slaves living in CA.

DOOOOO IT!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 02, 2022 02:06 PM (lphXC)

360

Trump made my cat lick his butt in front of the assistant pastor in the living room this morning!

Posted by: Some Dude at December 02, 2022 02:06 PM (mw8B7)

361 346 yup. Iger is the one who green lighted the woke crap to begin with. As always , talk is cheap
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 02, 2022 02:04 PM (mP+mW)

AND he gave an interview calling opposing DeSantis' bill a "moral issue" while not at Disney giving the woke staff the go-ahead to revolt and force the new guy to give in and fight the bill.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 02, 2022 02:06 PM (eoQWY)

362 A veteran and Paralympian tried for five years to get a wheelchair ramp installed at her home. She had TWO case workers assisting her, but they retired.

Some evil government drone responded to one of her requests by offering the retired Cpl medically assisted suicide. They said, "If it's too difficult for you to continue living, we can off you medical aid in dying."

This is "the public option" so many leftists in America are desperate for here.

https://bit.ly/3ul0ipR

Posted by: bonhomme at December 02, 2022 02:09 PM (eyxn4)

363 Given 359 given that California was never a slave state , this is the ultimate in virtue signaling. If I was a member of the legislature or even a Cali citizen I'd say if the tech billionaires and Hollywood types want to spend their money go right ahead just leave everyone else alone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 02, 2022 02:09 PM (mP+mW)

364 361 Iger frames it as right v wrong, not political. He thinks he's always right so not political. Sanctimonious prick

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 02, 2022 02:11 PM (mP+mW)

365 https://tinyurl.com/4p9jj2ay

Not a salted or roasted maggot in sight

Posted by: ron at December 02, 2022 07:31 PM (yVwLR)

366 I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I’ve been doing..
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