The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

Was the entire state of California dropped on its collective head in the late 1990s? They went from George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson (two solid governors) to Gray Davis! And then it got worse!

Is there a more dysfunctional state and a more dysfunctional voting base than California? Yes...yes, Illinois and New Jersey are in the discussion, but for pure, unadulterated stupidity, and voting against self-interest, it is hard to beat California. Add in the unbelievably corrupt and monstrous state government, and California should retire the trophy for most f*cked up state.

But give the good voters of California their due. They do not rest on their laurels. They are charging into the fray, confident that they will not only retain their title, but cement it in history!

Poll Shows Kamala Harris as Frontrunner for California Governorship

Harris’s commanding lead in a hypothetical 2026 California gubernatorial race is likely partly due to her near-universal name recognition and elevated voter interest following the 2024 presidential race. “Nearly all voters in this state have an opinion of her, and that’s really the big advantage that she brings to an early poll,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of UC Berkeley’s IGS Poll. “None of the other candidates are as well known to the voting public.”

Is it possible that the absolutely spectacular failure of a presidential campaign that was fabulously wealthy, supported by the entire media and most of corporate America went unnoticed by California's voters? Was the surf particularly good this summer and fall? Maybe the Humboldt Gold crop was just fantastic?

Or...fuel and power is so expensive that the Golden State (hah!) saved money by not watching TV? It is difficult to understand that Chlamydia Harris is seen even by the amiable retards of California as a viable candidate for anything, much less governor. And of course the reality is that there are no other candidates because California's current idiot, Gavin Newsome, is term limited, and no lunatics have thrown their propeller beanies into the ring. So Harris is it...for now.

Obviously it is early, and it would be truly shocking if her abject failure as a vice president and then presidential candidate went unnoticed, even by California's LIVs. But there is a sort of delicious symmetry if she went from one failure to another. I guess it is possible that she could attract enough money to conduct a viable campaign. After all, there are plenty of stupid billionaires. But who would work on that campaign? Supposedly she stiffed her presidential campaign workers of their last paychecks, and the rumor mill is filled with stories of exactly how poorly planned and out of touch she and her campaign were.

My guess is that she will ride off into the sunset with some board memberships, maybe a no-show job at a major university, and after a cooling off period (it's called detox by most of us) onto the lecture circuit for some easy cash.

Come on California! Show us what you are made of...HARRIS 2026!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 I've called 'em.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (O7YUW)

2 Thank you, CBD

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (a1415)

3 California is raising their gas tax by seventy some cents in January. Tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (4PSdP)

4 Not first!

Posted by: lin-duh at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (SaTo/)

5 I'm in CA... Haven't we suffered enough ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (IyPmt)

6 It's the Nixon gambit.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (4PSdP)

7 My guess is that she will ride off into the sunset with some board memberships, maybe a no-show job at a major university, and after a cooling off period (it's called detox by most of us) onto the lecture circuit for some easy cash.

I look forward to seeing her signing books in Costco...with nobody waiting.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (xCA6C)

8 I think there's a very good shot that Kamala running for CA governor will end her entire political career.

She'll end up placing 4th in the jungle primary behind a Republican in third, or something.

It'll be hilarious.

But, she's hungry and got so close. She won't give up, but the Democrat electorate may be done with her.

Let it be done. For the lulz.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

9 Almost in young Kristi Noem territory. Almost. But she has a lot of makeup on.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (v6JzV)

Yes. Looks like Noem.
A Walmart version of Noem.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (ufFY8)

10 CNN says a "source" says that Trump nominated Gaetz as retribution.

I guess they are saying that like its a bad thing.

Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (xhfG9)

11 Failing "up" to CA governor isn't really "failing up" is it?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (Q4IgG)

12 CARB pretty much just banned RVs.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (Yj6Os)

13 I'm in CA... Haven't we suffered enough ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (IyPmt)

I lived there for a long time. I left because it went from being the greatest state to one of the worst in just 20 years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (d9fT1)

14 May Kumswalla win the Cali Governorship.

I can't think of anything more fitting for Kalifornia residents.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (OIPBq)

15 Arnold was and still is a huge disappointment. I had a lot of good expectations.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (D6PGr)

16 You can't keep a good woman from going down!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 14, 2024 11:05 AM (zUj2r)

17 While California is high on the list of stupidest States, what should have the resources to be an outstanding State...

I would nominate my former home State, Governed by one who will probably seek nomination for the 2028 Democratic Presidential candidate.

https://tinyurl.com/yy6v99k9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 14, 2024 11:05 AM (a1415)

18 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:05 AM (tjClK)

19 Watching ABC Australia 2024 election coverage is Hilarious, they can't believe it, Trump is a Dictator just like Putin.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (FCrpy)

20 Any word on the PA recount for Senator ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (IyPmt)

21 Yes. Looks like Noem.
A Walmart version of Noem.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (ufFY

Noem is the Walmart version of Noem.

Posted by: Shot Dog at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (QPCEj)

22 California voted to recall Newsom, then voted overwhelmingly to keep him as Governor.

That state is f*cking retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (tjClK)

23 Lecture Circuit? Who would pay to listen to Heels Up? Nobody is THAT stupid. Not even me.

Posted by: Amiable Retard at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (nS6qG)

24 Dildo, I think this poll was taken before the whore got fisted in the election, at the time when the left was sure she would beat Orange Hitler. So I'm not sure the poll would still be accurate. But this is CA, so who knows?

I do think the whore is done for any kind of major political office. There are at least two solid DEI hires in line ahead of her for the governorship. She could always get in line for a nice job sucking off truckers at the road stop.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (iFTx/)

25 I'm in CA... Haven't we suffered enough ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (IyPmt)
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My wife and I said, "Yes" and left. Bakersfield used to be pretty conservative but the LA rot was obviously seeping into the Central Valley when we left.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (tT6L1)

26 15 Arnold was and still is a huge disappointment. I had a lot of good expectations.
____

#MeToo

Posted by: The Maid at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (fs1hN)

27 CARB pretty much just banned RVs.

...and Ill,NY,NJ,Mass....followed suit.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (Yj6Os)

28 I'm old enough the remember when California was a reliably Republican state at the national level.

And then came GHWB and the peace dividend.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (aD39U)

29 I have been watching LA City Council meetings on Smoke N Scan for the hilarious lulz during public comment every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.

They are fucked up, even the 'normies' there.

I am sure this weirdness is infused, to some extent, into most of the state. At least in the urban areas.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (ufFY8)

30
Any word on the PA recount for Senator ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (IyPmt)

Any word on the overly illegal ballot harvest and delete for senator in Arizona?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (tjClK)

31 I mourn for the beautiful California that used to be bursting with the American Dream and I hate what the left has done to it. But now that it's theirs, they can burn it to the ground, the sooner the better.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (/y8xj)

32
My wife and I said, "Yes" and left. Bakersfield used to be pretty conservative but the LA rot was obviously seeping into the Central Valley when we left.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (tT6L1)

Our kids and Grandkids are here and we are "older" so moving is out

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (IyPmt)

33 I lived there for a long time. I left because it went from being the greatest state to one of the worst in just 20 years.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (d9fT1)

The Californians dismantled CO in less than 10. By the time they colonized us, they had perfected the art and science of political destruction.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (7oYYI)

34 Any word on the overly illegal ballot harvest and delete for senator in Arizona?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (tjClK)

Infuriating.. That and NV

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (IyPmt)

35 I'm in CA... Haven't we suffered enough ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (IyPmt)

I lived there for a long time. I left because it went from being the greatest state to one of the worst in just 20 years.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (d9fT1)

Since you both have direct experience there -- do you actually believe the voters are actually perpetuating this stupidity? Or is it the result of decades-long election fraud? I'm leaning toward the latter (as I fully believe is the case here in Maryland).

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (N0dT2)

36 Come on California! Show us what you are made of...HARRIS 2026!

She couldn't even win CA in the 2016 primary. Do it! End your career!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (kgE5c)

37 I do think the whore is done for any kind of major political office. There are at least two solid DEI hires in line ahead of her for the governorship.

She could always get in line for a nice job sucking off truckers at the road stop.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (OIPBq)

38 CA is still the most beautiful state over all. At least it’s got that going for them.

Ironic for me because I think Texas is the least attractive state.

If CA had Texas politics , attitude and cost of living, Hank Johnson would say the USA would flip over because everyone would be trying to move there.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (D6PGr)

39
Since you both have direct experience there -- do you actually believe the voters are actually perpetuating this stupidity? Or is it the result of decades-long election fraud? I'm leaning toward the latter (as I fully believe is the case here in Maryland).
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (N0dT2

A little of both

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (IyPmt)

40 Since you both have direct experience there -- do you actually believe the voters are actually perpetuating this stupidity? Or is it the result of decades-long election fraud? I'm leaning toward the latter (as I fully believe is the case here in Maryland).
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (N0dT2)
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A combination of fraud and generous vote buying by the CA legislature.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (tT6L1)

41 CARB pretty much just banned RVs.

...and Ill,NY,NJ,Mass....followed suit.
Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (Yj6Os)

Mainly because people have had enough of their local government overreach and were selling their homes and living on the road. It was costing the lib shitholes far too much sweet sweet tax dollars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (tjClK)

42 Arnold was and still is a huge disappointment. I had a lot of good expectations.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (D6PGr)
______

I think Ahnuld went in with good intentions and ambitions. He did start off pretty solid, IIRC. Then the CA state government and leftwing machine went full T1000 and crushed his balls in the industrial press. They broke him. He fell into line.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

43 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (i8nXt)

44 Texas weather takes some getting used to.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (aD39U)

45 >Harris’s commanding lead in a hypothetical 2026 California gubernatorial race is likely partly due to her ....
----

can see it now:

runs for President, loses
runs for governor of California, loses
gives speech, 'you won't have Kamala to kick around anymore'

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 11:10 AM (/7KEl)

46 I'm in CA... Haven't we suffered enough ?

Posted by: It's me donna

I'm sorry for you, and for VDH, but apparently not.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 14, 2024 11:10 AM (/y8xj)

47
Infuriating.. That and NV
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (IyPmt)

There need to be hangings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:10 AM (tjClK)

48 34 Any word on the overly illegal ballot harvest and delete for senator in Arizona?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (tjClK)

Infuriating.. That and NV
Posted by: It's me donna
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Add WI and MI. It's probable that the voters were cheated out of 4 of their choices. Possibly 5 if PA goes the way of legal shenanigans. I don't know why the new GOP leadership (Trump team) isn't making more noise on this.

Posted by: The Maid at November 14, 2024 11:10 AM (fs1hN)

49 Commenting present
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (i8nXt)

And now I'm hungry. You Pavlovian Moron!!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:11 AM (N0dT2)

50 Harris' whole modus operandi besides blowing powerful men is-

"I'm just a giiirrrrrllll. You need to help me. Tee-hee! *cackle*"

Not really stronk woman material.

Plus, being a total bitch on wheels with her underlings.

I think even the retards of CA will give her a pass after a short period of reflection.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2024 11:11 AM (eDfFs)

51 I miss CA but not enough to live there again. My folks retired out there and I just hope that they can live out their lives in peace.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 14, 2024 11:11 AM (NR6c1)

52 Texas weather takes some getting used to.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (aD39U)

Meh. Only July through August.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:11 AM (tjClK)

53 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (iFTx/)

She probably has enough money through political corruption ( Her campaign is in debt. She isn’t) that she doesn’t have to get a “job” giving oral sex to truckers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 11:11 AM (m8Msp)

54 I lived there for a long time. I left because it went from being the greatest state to one of the worst in just 20 years.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (d9fT1)

The Californians dismantled CO in less than 10. By the time they colonized us, they had perfected the art and science of political destruction.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (7oYYI)
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The fall of CO is due in large part to CA retarded locusts. But also there was a huge influx of illegals, and the college campuses got radicalized.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

55 I think Ahnuld fell victim to the usual fame disease: he wanted to be loved...by the Media. And the way to the Media's heart is to go leftwing.

Most politicians on the right do not realize that the Media will never, ever love them. But they pursue that love nonetheless.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2024 11:12 AM (WPL6O)

56 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (OIPBq)

Like dudes wearing crocs.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 14, 2024 11:13 AM (ufFY8)

57 You would think it would be a loss of face to go from vice president to governor. On the other hand, it really sint a loss of face. Dunno, I just think she would see it that way- same as Hillary.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2024 11:13 AM (mfUOU)

58 The fall of CO is due in large part to CA retarded locusts. But also there was a huge influx of illegals, and the college campuses got radicalized.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

Being the first to legalize recreational weed was the Rubicon in my opinion.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:13 AM (D6PGr)

59 The folks in Cali now know Cumala lied and covered up Biden's decline for over 3 years. If that doesn't have an impact we need to wall off the place and keep 'em out of our space.

Posted by: DanMan at November 14, 2024 11:13 AM (8uzBS)

60 Well, you would assume they would have the technique down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2024 11:13 AM (mfUOU)

61 Texas weather takes some getting used to.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (aD39U)

Well, even one of the state's most bad-ass musicians says it...
https://youtu.be/veOPrDAGLqE

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:14 AM (N0dT2)

62 Yes. Looks like Noem.
A Walmart version of Noem.
***

Well, Michelle Salzman is a former "exotic dancer" here in Pensacola, so the Walmart thing fits.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:14 AM (Y1sOo)

63 Thing is, if you talk to people who live in CA, they don't know just how much government is screwing them.

For instance, Californians believe electrical prices are sky high due to evil corporations. They've no idea CA imports something like 20% of the power they use. CA voters also don't know Diablo Canyon was slated to be shut down, which would have removed something like 10% of CA's electricity. I believe the FedGov had to step in and tell Newsom "no."

But, the brownouts and blackouts are due to corporate greed.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:15 AM (tT6L1)

64 Nice broad brush you have there. California is like all blue states, communism is contained mostly in the population centers.

Posted by: Connielu at November 14, 2024 11:15 AM (DHhE5)

65 Harris has been propped up by stronger political powers her whole career. I doubt she will have that while running for Gov. someone like Baccera* would be hard for her to beat.

*I know nothing of CA politics, so fill in your candidate there.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 14, 2024 11:15 AM (7PziG)

66 They gave use Cackles, let them have her. It would serve them well to go totally broke.

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2024 11:15 AM (i8nXt)

67 WA is also on its way to becoming a failed state. It's damn near a one-party state now with mail in ballots making it easier and easier to cheat.

I don't see any way of fixing it, either.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at November 14, 2024 11:15 AM (xcxpd)

68 Meh. Only July through August.

we were hitting 95 last week...

Posted by: DanMan at November 14, 2024 11:16 AM (8uzBS)

69 62 Yes. Looks like Noem.
A Walmart version of Noem.
***

Well, Michelle Salzman is a former "exotic dancer" here in Pensacola, so the Walmart thing fits.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:14 AM (Y1sOo)

*perks up*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at November 14, 2024 11:16 AM (xcxpd)

70 who is going to fund Kamala's campaign?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2024 11:16 AM (D7oie)

71 9 Almost in young Kristi Noem territory. Almost. But she has a lot of makeup on.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (v6JzV)

Yes. Looks like Noem.
A Walmart version of Noem.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (ufFY

I was thinking of Waffle House. 2am as the bars close.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 14, 2024 11:17 AM (N39Ws)

72
we were hitting 95 last week...
Posted by: DanMan at November 14, 2024 11:16 AM (8uzBS)

That's Mexico's fault.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:17 AM (tjClK)

73 The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee 15h
To Protest Coronation Of Aragorn, Orcs Announce Sex Strike
buff.ly/48N69aU

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 11:17 AM (hovnC)

74 Do not care. The Mrs., grew up in southern California, and even she would not go back. It is a beautiful state, having vacationed and traveled for work there, but will never go there again. California has been out of control for a long time, not sure if it could be salvaged?

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (TN5A0)

75 20 Any word on the PA recount for Senator ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:06 AM (IyPmt)

Elias is fighting to get ballots from non-residents, and even non-citizens counted.

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (UnA8+)

76 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one."

What if she takes her teeth out?

Posted by: Beverly at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (Epeb0)

77 55 I think Ahnuld fell victim to the usual fame disease: he wanted to be loved...by the Media. And the way to the Media's heart is to go leftwing.

Most politicians on the right do not realize that the Media will never, ever love them. But they pursue that love nonetheless.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2024 11:12 AM (WPL6O)

He's also spent his life in a bubble, worse than most other movie stars, even. First was the bodybuilding bubble, then the movie business bubble. He knows nothing about normal people, he's been insulated by fame and money for decades.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (xcxpd)

78 Well, Michelle Salzman is a former "exotic dancer" here in Pensacola, so the Walmart thing fits.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:14 AM (Y1sOo)

When I turned legal age in Pensacola, I went downtown to the strip bars. They had real exotic dancers, like ate fire and had animals in the acts. And Saigonese waitresses to sit in your lap taking your order.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (aD39U)

79 Meh. Only July through August.

we were hitting 95 last week...
Posted by: DanMan

State Fair weather coming in six weeks late.
Highs of 52/53 next Wednesday and Thursday.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (OIPBq)

80 Motor Voter in 1997...

Posted by: Fisht at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (BHEHK)

81 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (OIPBq)

Is that with or without dentures?

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at November 14, 2024 11:19 AM (N39Ws)

82 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (OIPBq)

HEY!! Don't knock it. Our slogan is , "We will gum you like you've never been gummed before!"

Posted by: Granny BJ Union International at November 14, 2024 11:19 AM (iODuv)

83 My bet doe Kamala's future is that it doesn't include Slugger Emhoff, wherever she herself lands.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 14, 2024 11:20 AM (IGBJf)

84 The first time I saw a naked dancer up on a table was at Trader Johns, and she was a customer.

Luckily she didn't bang her head on an airplane.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:20 AM (aD39U)

85 When I turned legal age in Pensacola, I went downtown to the strip bars. They had real exotic dancers, like ate fire and had animals in the acts. And Saigonese waitresses to sit in your lap taking your order.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:18 AM (aD39U)

I'm told she worked at Club Eden, which, judging by how it looks from the outside as I've driven by, isn't one of those places you describe.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (Y1sOo)

86 I’d let Elizabeth Hurley and Christie Brinkley give me as many hummers as they want.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (D6PGr)

87 86 I’d let Elizabeth Hurley and Christie Brinkley give me as many hummers as they want.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (D6PGr)

I call second

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (xcxpd)

88 If CA had Texas politics , attitude and cost of living, Hank Johnson would say the USA would flip over because everyone would be trying to move there.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (D6PGr)

That’s what happened in the 50’s and 60’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (pnaBz)

89 I for one, cannot wait for Kamala's autobiography to come out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (Aqu9a)

90 I once taught Russian in front of Pete Wilson at DLI.

It was during the BRAC years, and they were considering moving DLI to Utah. So the senior guys there were showing the Gov. and some BRAC members around and brought them to see my beginning Russian class. (I knew ahead of time that they were coming.)

I like to think that I'm the one who convinced them to keep DLI in Monterey.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (v6JzV)

91 I'm told she worked at Club Eden, which, judging by how it looks from the outside as I've driven by, isn't one of those places you describe.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (Y1sOo)

I am trying to remember the name of the bar with the Latina fireeater. It was on the corner of the same block with Trader Johns, diagonal from the Pink Pagoda.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:22 AM (aD39U)

92 That Cali poll is bullsh!t, the voting numbers are extra fake news, and Cali is nowhere as blue as is purported. It has blue long enough and key precincts have been under demofraud control so long that the steal machine is absolutely entrenched.

It will take national legislation to remedy the situation.

There's probably only a handful of states that really are blue.
Take away the fraud, we would have a nation that is center right, just like Rush always used to claim.

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:22 AM (dCxaZ)

93 Eldest kid lives in CA and has lived there twice. 11 years this go round and she and hubby two are itching to leave. They moved from the bay area to a rural town and she's biding her time til her calpers pension vests. Last conversation was about rising prices on everything; especially gas, fire insurance and HOA fees. I sent her the article on gas prices going up after she asked if PDT was going to lower the price. She's been a liberal, mostly influenced by her now ex-husband. Husband two is not a die hard lib. Not sure how they voted for President and won't ask. All you can do is educate them.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2024 11:22 AM (2NHgQ)

94 My first strip clump experience was when I was 17.

The fully nude stripper danced to Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff.

I have that song downloaded on my iPhone 😃

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:22 AM (D6PGr)

95 I’d let Elizabeth Hurley and Christie Brinkley give me as many hummers as they want.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (D6PGr)

Mostly agree. But I'd replace the word "they" with "I"

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:23 AM (N0dT2)

96 Is there a more dysfunctional state and a more dysfunctional voting base than California?

I would like to defend my former home from these outrageous assertions! ...but I can't.

Posted by: t-bird at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (CFrOc)

97 >> I for one, cannot wait for Kamala's autobiography to come out.
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That will need lots of padding, and not just the knee pad kind.

Posted by: electronic means at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (J4ZJk)

98 If CA had Texas politics , attitude and cost of living, Hank Johnson would say the USA would flip over because everyone would be trying to move there.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (D6PGr)

That’s what happened in the 50’s and 60’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (pnaBz)

I've seen the Riverside Freeway up close and in person...never been so happy to get back to my little town.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (Yj6Os)

99 That’s what happened in the 50’s and 60’s.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (pnaBz)

Even earlier.

Okies from Muskogee

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (D6PGr)

100 My kids and I went to a place in Pensacola to get a nice meal quite a few years ago. We sat there and sat there and were just about to leave when the owner came over, sat down and said, "How can I make this right?"

We wound up sitting and chatting with the owner for a bit while we waited for our food. I guess the place had just opened and the owner really didn't care to have people walk out.

We at there again a couple of years later when my youngest graduated her Navy school.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (tT6L1)

101 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (OIPBq)

HEY!! Don't knock it. Our slogan is , "We will gum you like you've never been gummed before!"
Posted by: Granny BJ Union International at November 14, 2024 11:19 AM (iODuv)

Enthusiasm >>> Youth

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (Aqu9a)

102 pensacola was scarboroughs territory, on the other end of the state,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (pGTZo)

103 28 I'm old enough the remember when California was a reliably Republican state at the national level.

And then came GHWB and the peace dividend.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
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You left out Reagan's shitty surrender on an amnesty. Reagan's second term had little to recommend it from a conservative standpoint other than not being the first term of Fritz Mondale.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (ctrM5)

104 Is that with or without dentures?
Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at November 14, 2024 11:19 AM (N39Ws)

Most women who are 60 do not have dentures, Bill , unless they screwed up their teeth with too much booze and cigarettes or had really bad dental hygiene or an accident affecting their teeth.

Posted by: FenelonPost at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (eMdFp)

105 Knowing my fellow Californians, it may be that they just think very highly of their own opinions. Kamala would have made an amazing president. That's why they voted for her. And she would make an amazing governor, because they voted for her.

The real problem with CA voting is that blacks and latinos always, always vote against self interest. Until someone can crack those blocs in LA the way Trump has cracked them nationally, they'll continue to follow the voting patterns of their leftist "betters".

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (hCzfy)

106 The first time I saw a naked dancer up on a table was at Trader Johns

***

I knew Trader John. Odd guy. Always wore mis-matching socks. I gave him my flight helmet to display in his bar when I left the Navy here and moved back to Michigan. Never knew if he ever displayed it.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (Y1sOo)

107 I would like to defend my former home from these outrageous assertions! ...but I can't.
Posted by: t-bird at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (CFrOc)
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Same. Heck, I was born there.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (tT6L1)

108 I saw Strip Clump open for Pussy Riot at The Kremlin in 2017.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (tjClK)

109 "Watching ABC Australia 2024 election coverage is Hilarious, they can't believe it, Trump is a Dictator just like Putin.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio"

If it means invading and bombing Canada to settle ongoing disputes I'm all for it. For example Machias Seal Island is undoubtedly and historically part of the USA. And that lighthouse is staffed by Americans. We must have justice!

Posted by: Ripley at November 14, 2024 11:25 AM (GUOwU)

110 "The Expert" Tom Nichols was on Morning Murderin' Joe this morning yakking about an article he's written for the Atlantic.

Tulsi Gabbard is a security risk! Because she works for Putin!

Mental illness is a thing.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (4tmpE)

111 American AF @iAnonPatriot 3h
BREAKING 🅱️
Democratic Board of Review Commissioner, Samantha Steele, has been arrested for a DUl.
👀
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Cook County official arrested, charged with driving while drunk in Chicago
Democratic Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested Sunday after she caused a crash in the 5000 block of North Ashland Avenue, police records show. Officers found an open bottle of wine in her car, and she refused a field sobriety check.
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Police and political records show Steele lives in Evanston. She represents the Board of Review’s District 2, which includes much of the North Side of Chicago and the northern suburbs.

Steele was first elected to the Board of Review — which has power to decide on property tax appeals — in 2022, defeating incumbent Michael Cabonargi in the Democratic primary after she had worked on Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s transition team.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (hovnC)

112 California politics went permanently bad when Ballot Harvesting was legalized. It sounds unbelievable, but Dem party operatives are allowed to go to large housing projects, etc, pick up hundreds of blank ballots mailed to people who suppose live there, and fill them all out and turn them in. That’s why they have Venezuela style elections now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (pnaBz)

113 We won in part because we're just more fun and have a better sense of humor.

https://is.gd/HrZoLv

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (xCA6C)

114 the demorats even lost voter share in
the Bidet's home state, Delaware. In 2020 he won by 59%, this year it was 57%

DE is one of those reliably blue states. But I have to say, as their next door neighbor, their blue agenda is not totally batsh!t like Cali and NYS.

even their plandemic restrictions were not terrible and off the wall.

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (dCxaZ)

115
California is like Ireland. Anyone intelligent and hard working leaves as fast as they can. The ones remaining congratulate themselves on how wonderful they are.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (EsZUh)

116 Here is a hint: California just spent 6 days counting ballots.

All fraud, all the time. Beat the fraud and it's off to the liberal courts. Then pass the proposition law; and full on majority rules democracy. Toss in a little ranked choice voting. Achieve third world shithole status.

Have not smelled human urine since I left.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (Z8Yh2)

117 "Chlamydia Harris"

Can a woman catch that from mere fellatio?

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (Q8V7a)

118 Kamala 2026: Because Things Aren't as Bad as They Could Be!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 11:27 AM (ExV1e)

119 Officers found an open bottle of wine in her car, and she refused a field sobriety check.

AWFL Wine Moms ftw!

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:27 AM (dCxaZ)

120 I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California… any morons here right now who are Cali Folk ? (Sometimes I think that the Lord will unleash fire from the heavens on the state).

Posted by: tubal at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (PCK5/)

121 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Is that with or without dentures?
Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton
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So, a Gum Control Bill.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (hovnC)

122 Mail in only is probably against some voting law. Clever attorneys might be able to bring it to the courts . Common sense - people need to have voting options, choice (see, pro-choice) and denying them that choice is denying them their right to vote. States must make accommodations. Simple, no ?

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (V13WU)

123 do you actually believe the voters are actually perpetuating this stupidity? Or is it the result of decades-long election fraud?

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (N0dT2)

Both. Plus the almost unimaginable wealth that CA generated for about 40 years made its residents fat and happy and complacent. That has ended, but they are too stupid to understand the reasons.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (d9fT1)

124 My father went on a temporary assignment to CA in the 60’s to work for Lockheed when they were closing the Lockheed operation in Louisiana and offered him a permanent position.

He turned it down. He really really hated hippies and didn’t want to raise me in that environment.

Always wonder if I would have turned out different.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (D6PGr)

125 Can a woman catch that from mere fellatio?
Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (Q8V7a)

Yes. Iirc, guys can be asymptomatic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (mfUOU)

126 Was the entire state of California dropped on its collective head in the late 1990s?

1987 amnesty of illegal immigrants.

Took ten years for the electoral effects to become apparent.

Worst thing Ronald Reagan ever did.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (uxCna)

127
I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California

Likely family and non-portable jobs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (EsZUh)

128 a poll in berkeley, shirley they can't be serious,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 11:29 AM (pGTZo)

129 You left out Reagan's shitty surrender on an amnesty. Reagan's second term had little to recommend it from a conservative standpoint other than not being the first term of Fritz Mondale.
Posted by: whig

His second term was when he triumphed over Gorbachev.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:29 AM (v6JzV)

130 127
I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California

Likely family and non-portable jobs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (EsZUh)

Yeah, that’s a couple I hear fairly often…

Posted by: tubal at November 14, 2024 11:29 AM (PCK5/)

131 Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (uxCna)

Leftists we’re moving to CA in droves. It would have happened no matter what.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (D6PGr)

132 Is there time to dump the term limit law? Is it possible?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (63Dwl)

133 67 WA is also on its way to becoming a failed state. It's damn near a one-party state now with mail in ballots making it easier and easier to cheat.

I don't see any way of fixing it, either.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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When the state money runs out as it is doing, then the left will lose its grip.

Same for Oregon and California. Illinois and New Jersey are in the same boat financially. Too much expenditures, too little coming in and California/Illinois have borrowed a bunch of money as well.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (ctrM5)

134 Was the entire state of California dropped on its collective head in the late 1990s?

1987 amnesty of illegal immigrants.

Took ten years for the electoral effects to become apparent.

Worst thing Ronald Reagan ever did.

Oh boy, is this great!

Posted by: Dondi, on hearing of Reagan's amnesty at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (xCA6C)

135 Or maybe it is women who can be asymptomatic. I do not remember.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (mfUOU)

136 >>Here is a hint: California just spent 6 days counting ballots.
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At least in this case it’s just Democrats defrauding other Democrats.

Posted by: electronic means at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (J4ZJk)

137 Have not smelled human urine since I left.

Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (Z8Yh2)

I have! I was in Philadelphia for about 30 hours, and got a snoot full on several blocks in center city.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (d9fT1)

138 I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California

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We had friends in IL who retired and moved to California. Because lower taxes and cost of living or something. Haven't heard from them in ages.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (4tmpE)

139
Electic kettles? Gay & Lame, or a nifty convenience?

These things are like $20 and supposedly boil water lickety split.

But do I really need another piece of chinese junk in the house? What do I need it for anyway? I don't drink tea or coffee.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (5GHxz)

140 California may have been dropped on its head but the biggest political deadweights I’ve seen are the

1) massive influx of legal and illegal immigrants that have been added to their voting pool and census counts . The pre-1990 citizenry are in a permanent minority.

2) the seizure of all statewide political offices by the Rats, most decisively the governor, attorney general and Secretary of State. This puts all vote counts in Rat hands. And they will guarantee Rat victories no matter what. California could have been electing Republicans the last 20 years for all I know. The only reason we believe that they didn’t is because some Rat said so.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (jbnUc)

141 > I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California… any morons here right now who are Cali Folk ?
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I moved my family from West Virginia to California due to a new job. It was one of the biggest culture shocks you can imagine. Lived there for over a decade before the madness was unbearable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

142 Here is a hint: California just spent 6 days counting ballots.

They're still counting in PA

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:31 AM (IyPmt)

143 Both. Plus the almost unimaginable wealth that CA generated for about 40 years made its residents fat and happy and complacent. That has ended, but they are too stupid to understand the reasons.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (d9fT1)

Yeah, that wealth can certainly mask the destruction caused by horrible leftist policies.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:31 AM (N0dT2)

144 That poll was done in Oct when she was still guaranteed to be president.

Posted by: anon2020 at November 14, 2024 11:31 AM (RqMDa)

145 Worst thing Ronald Reagan ever did.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Well that and accepting Bush Sr. as his running mate.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:31 AM (v6JzV)

146
Here is a hint: California just spent 6 days counting ballots.

They're still counting in PA
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:31 AM (IyPmt)

Meanwhile, Florida and Texas can do it the same day. Amazing, iddnit?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (EsZUh)

147 When the state money runs out as it is doing, then the left will lose its grip.

Same for Oregon and California. Illinois and New Jersey are in the same boat financially. Too much expenditures, too little coming in and California/Illinois have borrowed a bunch of money as well.

A hugely important, but overlooked, benefit of the Trump administration will be that those states will come with hat in hand (and yet still with an attitude), asking for bailout money, and Trump will say "no".

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (xCA6C)

148 Canada should use bacon as a currency.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (3i6NL)

149 135 I thought Chlamydia was the thing with the bugs. I dunno and I'm not gonna look it up. So there.

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (Q8V7a)

150 143 Both. Plus the almost unimaginable wealth that CA generated for about 40 years made its residents fat and happy and complacent. That has ended, but they are too stupid to understand the reasons.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (d9fT1)

Not all of Us.. Look at the County maps.. It's mostly red

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (IyPmt)

151 It wasn’t illegal immigrants who dismantled a billion dollar never /hardly used desalination plant and then complained about water rationing.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (D6PGr)

152 I just paid my property tax bill here in Chatham County, GA. Ugh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (4tmpE)

153
I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California…

The ocean and the weather and the ocean and the weather.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (63Dwl)

154 Said it elsewhere -- Lex Luthor had the best answer to California
https://youtu.be/WVLjkrWk_h8?si=TYCAVZ--9wNecrmt

Posted by: Aggravationicangetatwork at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (S3p3o)

155 We had friends in IL who retired and moved to California. Because lower taxes and cost of living or something. Haven't heard from them in ages.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (4tmpE)

I still have family in Illinois. They're looking to move to Texas as soon as it's feasible. Uncle retired, so that's part one. Aunt is looking for work in DFW, so as soon as that's found, they're out of that shithole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (tjClK)

156 Not all of Us.. Look at the County maps.. It's mostly red
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (IyPmt)

He who turns the sod, knows God.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (aD39U)

157 Electic kettles? Gay & Lame, or a nifty convenience?

These things are like $20 and supposedly boil water lickety split.

But do I really need another piece of chinese junk in the house? What do I need it for anyway? I don't drink tea or coffee.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (5GHxz)

Got one for my wife...tea drinker...loves it.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (Yj6Os)

158 What's really sad is CA could easily be a paradise. Drill for oil, nuclear power for desalination so there's plenty of water, plenty of minerals readily available for mining, farming.

CA should be fabulously wealthy beyond any state in the union.

Instead, it has to use accounting tricks to appear solvent.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (tT6L1)

159 Here is a hint: California just spent 6 days counting ballots.

All fraud, all the time. Beat the fraud and it's off to the liberal courts. Then pass the proposition law; and full on majority rules democracy. Toss in a little ranked choice voting. Achieve third world shithole status.

Have not smelled human urine since I left.
Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at November 14, 2024 11:26 AM (Z8Yh2)

You've not eaten any asparagus in a while, eh?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (Aqu9a)

160 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC 16h
Merrick Garland deployed the FBI like shock troops to hunt down pro-lifers and he did this in response to the overturning of Roe by SCOTUS.

Those actions alone warrant a life sentence. At least.

I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (hovnC)

161 I moved my family from West Virginia to California due to a new job. It was one of the biggest culture shocks you can imagine. Lived there for over a decade before the madness was unbearable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Is your last name Clampett, by any chance?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (fs1hN)

162 Did the voting base in CA change dramatically when Reagan granted amnesty to all the illegals at the time? That was before the time I started paying attention to politics, so I really don't know. Something to think about.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (Ij2uN)

163 WA is also on its way to becoming a failed state. It's damn near a one-party state now with mail in ballots making it easier and easier to cheat.

I don't see any way of fixing it, either.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

they cheated that Italian dude who won the governorship, and it's been downhill from there. All they need to do is fraud-win a couple key positions and the rest is history.

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (dCxaZ)

164 >>> 7
==
I look forward to seeing her signing books in Costco...with nobody waiting.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (xCA6C)

Will Costco provide the fake Oval Office?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (KcwUg)

165 I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California…

The ocean and the weather and the ocean and the weather.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The whole "you can go skiing and surfing on the same day" thing.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (v6JzV)

166 Said it elsewhere -- Lex Luthor had the best answer to California
https://youtu.be/WVLjkrWk_h8?si=TYCAVZ--9wNecrmt
Posted by: Aggravationicangetatwork at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (S3p3o)

Every time I hear Lex Luthor, I harken back to the Atari 2600 Superman game for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (tjClK)

167 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC 16h
Merrick Garland deployed the FBI like shock troops to hunt down pro-lifers and he did this in response to the overturning of Roe by SCOTUS.

Those actions alone warrant a life sentence. At least.

I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (hovnC)
__________

[Grins]

-- Matt Gaetz

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

168 She'll have to put her head down and get to work.

Posted by: It got her this far at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (DobEs)

169
Why even bother wasting time on CA politics?

Especially since none of You People even know the reason why harris got 4.5 million votes and the president got only 3 million.

The reason: Because 1million Californians didn't vote because they felt their vote didn't matter.

When you can convince those 1 million lazy idiots to vote, CA politics will change.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (5GHxz)

170 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (IyPmt)

171 It's damn near a one-party state now with mail in ballots making it easier and easier to cheat.

I don't see any way of fixing it, either.

Ban mail-in ballots.

Mail-in ballots eliminate the secret ballot - people can and are pressured to vote the way some other person wants.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (uxCna)

172
I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.

oh no, norms aren't gone. Norms exist, they just happen to be the new norms that the dems have established.

you live by the norm, you die by the norm

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (dCxaZ)

173 Not all of Us.. Look at the County maps.. It's mostly red

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (IyPmt)

If CA elected its representatives by county, then it would still be wonderful. But the coastal population got fat, dumb, and happy, and now they don't know what to do.

Just keep voting Democrat!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (d9fT1)

174 I still have family in Illinois. They're looking to move to Texas as soon as it's feasible. Uncle retired, so that's part one. Aunt is looking for work in DFW, so as soon as that's found, they're out of that shithole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:33 AM (tjClK)

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We were "only" there for six years. Six long, miserable years in the Chicago suburbs. When we were ready to leave, I told my husband there was no way I was going back to Atlanta. So we moved to red Savannah, which has now turned deep blue.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (4tmpE)

175 Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM (Ij2uN)

I'm one of your biggest customers! Your product makes great hats - of which I have crafted many!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (N0dT2)

176 Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Is your last name Clampett, by any chance?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

And do you have a hot daughter named Ellie May?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:36 AM (v6JzV)

177 abc is the commie aussie station,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 11:36 AM (pGTZo)

178 Bum arson by the freeway. Another California day ending in y.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 14, 2024 11:36 AM (amplj)

179
Harris is radioactive. She reeks of failure and humiliation. The next CA governor will be some other leftist shithead.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (L78T1)

180 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (IyPmt)

I'm old enough to remember when Barack Owebama told Romney "The 1980's called. It wants it's foreign policy back."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (tjClK)

181 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (IyPmt)

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They never quit. It's insane.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (4tmpE)

182 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (IyPmt)
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The usual suspects are going to screech about every single pick. which is a good sign. Any pick by PDT which doesn't draw ire from the usual suspects should be immediately discarded.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (tT6L1)

183 I don't know but I've been told
Something Something rigamarolled

https://is.gd/RYQprj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (zUj2r)

184 I'd like to see the expert guy sued into oblivion.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (kTd/k)

185 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (IyPmt)

She left the plantation. Nobody other than a puppet would do that.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (N0dT2)

186 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?

She posted a Tweet saying that Russia had a legitimate national interest in keeping Ukraine out of NATO.

Only someone completely subservient to Putin would think such a thing. /s

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (uxCna)

187 Maybe .. everything boils down to urban vs rural, with the “suburbs” being that contested no-man’s land. Nah, too simple, we will need to slather on endless qualifiers, exceptions, and nuances… That’s how Politics is made!!!

Posted by: tubal at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (PCK5/)

188 Those lips, that tongue.

Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (jgmnb)

189 LA is a one industry town, and it's in a dying field. SF is tech, but tech innovation is deader than disco without 0% interest capital. San Diego is the base for a failed military.
No future.
No future.
No future for yoooouuu.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (wBaIH)

190 BTW, The (Woke) Onion just bought what remains of InforWars.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (V13WU)

191 "Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet?"

Putin's more of a dancing bear kind of guy than a puppet guy.

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (Q8V7a)

192 they ran on amnesty in 1980 and 1984, that was baked in te cake,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (pGTZo)

193 I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.

oh no, norms aren't gone. Norms exist, they just happen to be the new norms that the dems have established.

you live by the norm, you die by the norm
Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (dCxaZ)

Mr. Peterson has left the building.

Posted by: Woody at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (Aqu9a)

194
Look at NY.

The president inspired so many New Yorkers to vote (for him) they voted even though they knew it was unlikely their candidate would win. And look at the results -- very close! Certainly a lot closer than the NY Democrats expected. And THAT will make an impact.

CA residents are lazy fucknozzles.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (5GHxz)

195 Is your last name Clampett, by any chance?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Clampetts moved from the Ozarks-Missouri.

The Real McCoys moved from Weat Virginny to Californy.

Posted by: TV Addict at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (nS6qG)

196 Those lips, that tongue.
Posted by: Eromero at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (jgmnb)

You might want to head to your bunk, brother!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (N0dT2)

197 190 Didn't see that coming.

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (Q8V7a)

198 Why even bother wasting time on CA politics?

Especially since none of You People even know the reason why harris got 4.5 million votes and the president got only 3 million.

The reason: Because 1million Californians didn't vote because they felt their vote didn't matter.

When you can convince those 1 million lazy idiots to vote, CA politics will change.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (5GHxz)
________

This is true in NY and NJ as well. The conservatives and right-leaning people do not vote because they think it's a waste of time. There is no functioning GOP party. No GOtV efforts.

I dragged my ass to vote in NY knowing I was jerking myself off but without the usual payoff.

But things change. FL and OH were once swing states. PA was once part of the infamous Blue Wall. I think NJ can be flipped, but it will take a lot of time, effort, and money. NY is probably out of reach.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

199 I have seen claims that Reagan's amnesty for illegals turned Cali into a one party state. (Separately, the Iraq war is purported to be a major cause of Europe's migrant problem.)

Posted by: Oglebay at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (ogTiX)

200
Is your last name Clampett, by any chance?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 11:34 AM

Amos McCoy

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (63Dwl)

201 In a country as large as the US, a place like California is inevitable. All the whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies... all the sick, venal ass wipes of society have to live somewhere. They all can't live in New York City.

Posted by: Travis Bickle at November 14, 2024 11:40 AM (5MA0f)

202 Amos McCoy
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (63Dwl)

"Whell dagnabbit!!! Imma comin' fer yer ass!!!"

- - - - - Jim Hatfield

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:40 AM (tjClK)

203 87
‘ I call second’

I don’t want to speak for Sebastian but he’ll probably want to stick with Christy and Liz.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 14, 2024 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

204 thrown their propeller beanies

You don't really throw a propeller beanie. It takes off on its own.

Posted by: DaveA at November 14, 2024 11:41 AM (FhXTo)

205 >>> 90 I once taught Russian in front of Pete Wilson at DLI.

It was during the BRAC years, and they were considering moving DLI to Utah. So the senior guys there were showing the Gov. and some BRAC members around and brought them to see my beginning Russian class. (I knew ahead of time that they were coming.)

I like to think that I'm the one who convinced them to keep DLI in Monterey.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (v6JzV)

When you are at the TX MoMee next year, ask me about DLI in Monterey.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:41 AM (KcwUg)

206 I can't wait to see the face of the Word Salad Spinner™ (seen on TV!) on the lecture circuit. Instant YouTube gold.

Posted by: bittergeek at November 14, 2024 11:41 AM (3SsGZ)

207 You're not .making satire better, your making journalism worse.

The Onion purchases Alex Jones's InfoWars at auction

https://is.gd/qFJyjL

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 14, 2024 11:41 AM (zUj2r)

208 They are always screaming some nonsense. No one is listening.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (V13WU)

209 All the whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies... all the sick, venal ass wipes

And Methodsists!

Posted by: Blazing Saddles at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (DobEs)

210 LA is a one industry town, and it's in a dying field. SF is tech, but tech innovation is deader than disco without 0% interest capital. San Diego is the base for a failed military.
No future.
No future.
No future for yoooouuu.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 14, 2024 11:38 AM (wBaIH)
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Yeah, CA just tried to shut down SpaceX launches at Vandenburg..noise, maybe? Thousands of jobs on the line and CA decides to go after Musk and you know it's entirely political.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (tT6L1)

211 I believe the FedGov had to step in and tell Newsom "no."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker

There's word that it was Navin Grusome that stepped in because of *coughlotsofmoneycough*.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (IG4Id)

212 When you are at the TX MoMee next year, ask me about DLI in Monterey.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

OK.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (v6JzV)

213 But do I really need another piece of chinese junk in the house? What do I need it for anyway? I don't drink tea or coffee.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (5GHxz)

If you don't drink tea or coffee it may not be worth getting. I do use mine when making soup as well. Boil the water while sauteing the veggies, add frozen stock, add boiling water. Saves time in getting the soup back up to temp.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (s9EYN)

214 Every single attorney within the DOJ that is not actively trying cases should be fired. They can re-apply. Time to repopulate with actual well meaning attorneys.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (7PziG)

215 11 Failing "up" to CA governor isn't really "failing up" is it?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

In truth, "Governor of California" is a job that nobody actually wants. Every single governor we've ever had is immediately hated and rejected, even by the people who voted for him.

The ONLY REASON anyone ever tries to become governor here is as a STEPPING STONE to the Presidency. The act of being governor is a boring distasteful waiting period before your presidential campaign is launched.

The problemztic part is that while you're "waiting" (i.e. while you're governor) your popularity inevitably plummets, as everyone begins to realize what an asshole you are.

If Kamala does indeed become CA governor, it's ony because she needs a chair to siit in while she strategizes comeback for the 2028 or 2032 presidential election.

Posted by: zombie at November 14, 2024 11:43 AM (pMi6S)

216 I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.

oh no, norms aren't gone. Norms exist, they just happen to be the new norms that the dems have established.

you live by the norm, you die by the norm
Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (dCxaZ)

Everybody got to deviate from the norm
- Zombie Neil Peart

https://youtu.be/knrfNifqzdU

*trigger alert to you Geddy haters*

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:43 AM (N0dT2)

217
As usual, it is worth remembering that not all CA voters are low-information dupes. Many of us oppose the idiocy, but are outnumbered.

Also, Democrats cheat.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 14, 2024 11:43 AM (L78T1)

218
Twitter experts...

Thousands of people on Twitter who Never heard of Pete Hesgeth before yesterday are now "experts" on Pete Hesgeth.

So who cares what they say about Tulsi or anyone

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:43 AM (5GHxz)

219 Catturd ™ @catturd2 5h
LOL.

Thomas Slabbers @Thomasslabbers 8h
The Guardian’s farewell to X: ‘We’re leaving but… we’ll still embed X content & reporters will keep using it.

There’s no news without X.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (hovnC)

220 But do I really need another piece of Chinese junk in the house?
Posted by: Soothsayer

Junks are handy little boats. You can always play with them in the bathtub or the pool.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (v6JzV)

221 Yeah, CA just tried to shut down SpaceX launches at Vandenburg..noise, maybe? Thousands of jobs on the line and CA decides to go after Musk and you know it's entirely political.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:42 AM (tT6L1)

Cali and noise. You fly out of John Wayne airport and you launch like a rocket, then level off for a bit and slow WAY down, then proceed as normal after a few minutes.

Because of the noise.

"YOU MOVED NEAR AN AIRPORT!!!!"

People suck......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (tjClK)

222 40% of CA voted for Trump. Basically every part of the state not in SF, LA, SD or Sacramento. Not all of my state is idiotic. The problem is there's a democrat supermajority, so they pass all kinds of idiotic mandates with no voter input. The only recourse then is to creat a ballot initiative which is a major big deal and get it worded fairly so people can vote it out.
Why so many dems in office? Because the Republican Party here is pathetic for starters.

Posted by: keena at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (d4X7t)

223 I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California…

The ocean and the weather and the ocean and the weather.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

Those who want the ocean are one of two people.
1. Have never lived near the ocean
Or
2. Never had to financially replace anything made of wood or metal.
Salt air destroys everything it touches. Sand is everywhere and you cannot keep it out of your cars or houses.
Thsnks but no thanks. Galveston was nice for the three years I lived there. Gulf Coast Cancer was just starting on my truck before I left.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (OIPBq)

224 One thing American has a ton of, is attorneys. Depopulating the DOJ and bringing in new talent should not be a problem, right ?

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (V13WU)

225 I like to think that I'm the one who convinced them to keep DLI in Monterey.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (v6JzV)

When you are at the TX MoMee next year, ask me about DLI in Monterey.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:41 AM (KcwUg)
***

You DLI guys.
When my daughter was a nurse at Madigan at Ft Lewis, she got tapped for a 90 day TDY to Monterey. She loved the area, but the job sucked. Every Monday was a line up of DLI students coming in for STD check ups.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (W/lyH)

226 82 60 yr old hummers? (shivers)
That's like asking someone's granny for one.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (OIPBq)

HEY!! Don't knock it. Our slogan is , "We will gum you like you've never been gummed before!"

Posted by: Granny BJ Union International at November 14, 2024 11:19 AM (iODuv)
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It does give 'Gummies' new meaning.

Posted by: Ciampino - chew the gum? at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (i0xsb)

227 >>> 123 do you actually believe the voters are actually perpetuating this stupidity? Or is it the result of decades-long election fraud?

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (N0dT2)

Both. Plus the almost unimaginable wealth that CA generated for about 40 years made its residents fat and happy and complacent. That has ended, but they are too stupid to understand the reasons.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:28 AM (d9fT1)

Bad luck.

Posted by: Zombie Robert Heinlein at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (KcwUg)

228 I mourn for the beautiful California that used to be bursting with the American Dream and I hate what the left has done to it. But now that it's theirs, they can burn it to the ground, the sooner the better.

==

As long as we can wall them all in...and of course, let out the normal people. I don't want those who have ruined that supremely beautiful and once-great state uprooting from the misery they created and moving to another state to start the process all over again.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (qBdHI)

229 Many of us oppose the idiocy, but are outnumbered.

Also, Democrats cheat.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 14, 2024 11:43 AM (L78T1)

Of course, but the coast is beyond redemption. They vote reflexively, and they are the problem.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (d9fT1)

230
Cassandra MacDonald
@CassandraRules

BREAKING: The Onion Purchases InfoWars at Auction, Plans to Turn it Into Satirical Version of Iconic Brand

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (TGPs7)

231 California, like Germany, is entering the “FO” part of their FAFO push to Carbon Free energy. Their last remaining oil refineries will be shut down soon, and that means 40 million people are going rely on gasoline supplies that come from refineries in Indonesia (they blocked the pipeline capacity that would have allowed supply from the Gulf Coast. Oh well the electric sockets in the wall will always have power, won’t they?

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (pnaBz)

232 Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (pZEOD)

233 Man declares himself to be Jesus, beats up several monks at Spanish monastery, killing one

-
Well, at least he can raise him from the dead. Then wine for everyone!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (zUj2r)

234 Yeah, CA just tried to shut down SpaceX launches at Vandenburg..noise, maybe?

No, the California Coastal Commission explicitly said it was because of Elon's politics.

Like with FEMA, things have progressed so far that the Left no longer sees anything wrong with openly announcing that they are engaging in political discrimination.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:46 AM (uxCna)

235 What if Trump's press sec'y revokes the PRIVILEGE of the briefing room pass from any and all outlets that told lies about him and never revoked and apologized?

Freedom of the press does not include the privilege of having a seat in the briefing room. You can still speak and print all the lies you want, short of slander.

But a seat in the room? No.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at November 14, 2024 11:46 AM (ZtgZZ)

236 My guess is that she will ride off into the sunset with some board memberships, maybe a no-show job at a major university, and after a cooling off period (it's called detox by most of us) onto the lecture circuit for some easy cash.

Lecture circuit? Did you type that with a straight face?

Posted by: mikeski at November 14, 2024 11:47 AM (3Gw7/)

237 Why have press briefings at all? Publish the Whitehouse talking points of the day on X.

If Trump wants to say something further he can just have a press conference or give an interview.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:47 AM (aD39U)

238 It was during the BRAC years, and they were considering moving DLI to Utah. So the senior guys there were showing the Gov. and some BRAC members around and brought them to see my beginning Russian class. (I knew ahead of time that they were coming.)

I like to think that I'm the one who convinced them to keep DLI in Monterey.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:21 AM (v6JzV)
***

I recall there was also a plan to move DLI to Huachuca and have the U of Arizona pick up a big part of the instruction. The former CG at Huachuca was tapped to be the Prevost, but like all things BRAC, it fell through.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 11:47 AM (W/lyH)

239 Good morning!
Posted by: Piper at November 14, 2024 11:45 AM (pZEOD)

Yo!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:47 AM (N0dT2)

240 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)

241 and that means 40 million people are going rely on gasoline supplies that come from refineries in Indonesia (they blocked the pipeline capacity that would have allowed supply from the Gulf Coast

California has a unique gasoline formulation that no one else uses, so they can't import gasoline from other states.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (uxCna)

242 Texas was purple/blue before 1994 though a different blue than CA. Amnesty didn’t turn Texas bluer.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (D6PGr)

243 Because of the noise.

"YOU MOVED NEAR AN AIRPORT!!!!"

People suck......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:44 AM (tjClK)
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My favorite idiocy: No matter the prevailing winds at LAX, take off and landing is over water at night. Noise reduction.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (tT6L1)

244 She seems to want to repeat Nixon with his losses in 1960 and '62.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (a/7LW)

245 ctHARRIS: looters, Libs and the LAWYERS who enable them.

ctHARRIS spent $200M on her campaign, while 3x that much $600M to the ctHARRIS-19 (look them up!). 19 LIB elite who will do as much with that moneys as did Uday&Qasam Hussein did in Gulf War I after robbing nearly as much from Bank of Iraq at the opening stages of Shock and Awe -- all thanks to George Tenet's reprise of Kelly's Heroes on Day 1.

Count on the LIBs to use every penny of that $600M to donate to America's opponents, Adversaries, and outright ENEMIES who will gratefully accept the LIB's historic sponsorship and active defense -- because they have NO intention of paying tax on their booty and never have (look them, and this up!)

Why shouldn't they decide who must be sacrificed so that they may live?

Biden's revenge (like Clinton's) will be another well-planned 9/11 month's the next term.
https://www.tinyurl.com/IceKingJoe

Want to stop them? Send in the MicroManagers NOW!
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords
Her famous last words: Time Index: 00:40s

https://youtu.be/EW98E6wYQcU?t=68
America Dodged a Bullet:: Dance to the ctHARRIS Policy Word Salad Wonk

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (lSmaf)

246 Musk is moving everything to Texas. Houston used to launch rockets.

He should move his launch to central Texas. SCREW California. They hate everything about him. He should return the favor by leaving and taking his tax base with him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (tjClK)

247
I do use [electric kettle] mine when making soup as well. Boil the water while sauteing the veggies, add frozen stock, add boiling water. Saves time in getting the soup back up to temp.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

Plus you never know when someone at the house is going to have a baby. TV taught me I need to boil water and have clean towels to deliver a baby at home.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (5GHxz)

248 and that means 40 million people are going rely on gasoline supplies that come from refineries in Indonesia (they blocked the pipeline capacity that would have allowed supply from the Gulf Coast

California has a unique gasoline formulation that no one else uses, so they can't import gasoline from other states.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

They can use Flaming Batteries.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (OIPBq)

249
New York Post
@nypost

Eva Longoria — who stumped for Kamala Harris — reveals she moved her family out of ‘dystopian’ US https://trib.al/EoEAJpw

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (TGPs7)

250 California has a unique gasoline formulation that no one else uses, so they can't import gasoline from other states.

Not to worry, California is seriously considering taking over the refineries that close, and having the State operate them.

Venezuela is the model, apparently.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (uxCna)

251
California, like Europe, generated its wealth on one set of values, then abandoned those values and indulged in wacko politics and schemes, thinking all the while that the wealth would always be there. Guess what? It won't be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:50 AM (EsZUh)

252 Alex Jones will start over. He'll be bigger and better than ever.

What they attempted to do to him should NEVER be allowed to happen again. All because of politics.

This country REALLY needs an enema.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:50 AM (tjClK)

253 Eva Longoria — who stumped for Kamala Harris — reveals she moved her family out of ‘dystopian’ US https://trib.al/EoEAJpw
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (TGPs7)

To the more utopian Mexico.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:50 AM (aD39U)

254 Speaking of...

@ConwayShow 5m
BEAR FRAUD: 4 men have been arrested for wearing fake bear costume to destroy their Rolls and collect insurance money.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 14, 2024 11:50 AM (IG4Id)

255 "I am always interested in the reasons people give for living in California"

I hear only good things about Bakersfield.

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:50 AM (Q8V7a)

256 He should move his launch to central Texas.

You need Vandenburg if you want to put things into polar orbits.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (uxCna)

257 @nypost

Eva Longoria — who stumped for Kamala Harris — reveals she moved her family out of ‘dystopian’ US https://trib.al/EoEAJpw
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (TGPs7)

I admire your integrity.

NEVER. COME. BACK.

However, where'd she go? To an ACTUAL distopia?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (tjClK)

258 Kamala for CA governor? Nah. Governors actually have to work. Legislature is more her speed.

Posted by: Rick Happ at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (Q3VBJ)

259
Texas was purple/blue before 1994 though a different blue than CA. Amnesty didn’t turn Texas bluer.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (D6PGr)

Texas Democrats back then were nothing like California Democrats now.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (EsZUh)

260 Lived in California from birth in 1965 until 1990. Moved to Oregon to get away from high crime rate after my BIL was murdered by a mentally ill homeless stranger. Also the housing prices were much lower in Oregon. And outside the major cities, Oregon is still less liberal than CA.

Posted by: MammaB at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (3kxh7)

261 I hear only good things about Bakersfield.
Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie

Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakum.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:52 AM (OIPBq)

262 You need Vandenburg if you want to put things into polar orbits.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (uxCna)

Then he should learn to launch off platforms in international waters off the coast of Cali.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:52 AM (tjClK)

263 California is raising their gas tax by seventy some cents in January. Tells you all you need to know.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (4PSdP)

There is no longer any need for non-Californians to enter California.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2024 11:52 AM (EhN0q)

264 Nevertheless, I'll still put in a vote for our Illinois governor, the Baron Harkonnen of governors, over the feckless leaders of California.

Posted by: Pussy Galore at November 14, 2024 11:52 AM (MB784)

265 And outside the major cities, Oregon is still less liberal than CA.

Outside of Portland's county, Oregon is a moderately red state.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:52 AM (uxCna)

266
Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸 CALIFORNIA TEACHER CALLS MAGA SHIRT A "HATE CRIME"

A Cerritos High School teacher stormed out of class after seeing a student wear a MAGA shirt, later sending an email blasting the attire as "intimidating" and a symbol of "hate."

In the message, she criticized the school's policy allowing political clothes for students but not teachers, calling Trump a "fascist."

The teacher, identifying as a Latina mother of an LGBTQ+ child, said the shirt represents "deep hatred" toward minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ communities.

The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

Source: Daily Mail

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (TGPs7)

267 Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (lSmaf)

Do the chickens have large talons ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (NtVYv)

268 97 >> I for one, cannot wait for Kamala's autobiography to come out.
———-
That will need lots of padding, and not just the knee pad kind.

Posted by: electronic means at November 14, 2024 11:24 AM (J4ZJk)
----
Easy. Go to a bookstore and buy a bunch of novels that are being sold by the pound, you know, the ones that end up under that wobbly table-leg? Then you plagiarize as much as fits and bob's your uncle/sugar-daddy.

Posted by: Ciampino - swallow the gum? at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (i0xsb)

269 Even though I have not been granted permission from Skip, I'm heading out for lunch. That's right. I'm a freakin' REBEL!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (N0dT2)

270 I hear only good things about Bakersfield.
Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:50 AM (Q8V7a)

Looks really good in the rear view mirror.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (W/lyH)

271 Cornyn "absolutely" wants to see the House Ethics report on Gaetz.

If you weren't sure how big of a turd Cornyn is, now you know. A huge turd.

Posted by: reason at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (yOuOm)

272 New Yorker here. What Cali does NY will soon follow in an even dumber way. They've got Newsom I raise you Hochul. They'll soon have Schiff, we've got Schumer. Sanctuary cities, environmental idiocy abortion until birth. The hope for the US is that the two collapse and take the stupid with them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (/y7Fe)

273
Red Kammie Reds the Room ~
"I wanna be gubernator!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (xG4kz)

274 257 @nypost

Eva Longoria — who stumped for Kamala Harris — reveals she moved her family out of ‘dystopian’ US https://trib.al/EoEAJpw
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:49 AM (TGPs7)

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Yeah, but did she surrender her US passport and renounce her American citizenship so she can't vote in future American elections?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

275 270 LOL

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (Q8V7a)

276 In the message, she criticized the school's policy allowing political clothes for students but not teachers, calling Trump a "fascist."

The teacher, identifying as a Latina mother of an LGBTQ+ child, said the shirt represents "deep hatred" toward minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ communities.

The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

Source: Daily Mail
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (TGPs7)

#BarrelMouthTrigger

I will pray for your soul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (tjClK)

277 269 Even though I have not been granted permission from Skip, I'm heading out for lunch. That's right. I'm a freakin' REBEL!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (N0dT2)

What! We don’t break rules here!

Posted by: Piper at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (pZEOD)

278 242 Texas was purple/blue before 1994 though a different blue than CA. Amnesty didn’t turn Texas bluer.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (D6PGr)

Around the 90s or so, a lot of Dems here became Republicans as more centrist and conservative Dems were chased out of that party, which decided to become much more like Dems at the national level. Terms like yellow dog and blue dog, you don't hear them anymore; I doubt anyone younger than me would recognize them. The same kind of dynamic appears to be happening among Hispanics (for lack of a better term) now.

Posted by: I Think at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (QPCEj)

279 Texas Democrats back then were nothing like California Democrats now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:51 AM (EsZUh)

Texas Democrats then and Texas GOP-e (CofC, etc.) are the same people.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (pnaBz)

280 Texas Democrats then and Texas GOP-e (CofC, etc.) are the same people.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (pnaBz)

True of Alabama, true of South Carolina.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:55 AM (aD39U)

281 Cornyn "absolutely" wants to see the House Ethics report on Gaetz.

If you weren't sure how big of a turd Cornyn is, now you know. A huge turd.
Posted by: reason at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (yOuOm)

Gaetz should open an investigation on Cornyn.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:55 AM (tjClK)

282 Why have press briefings at all? Publish the Whitehouse talking points of the day on X.

If Trump wants to say something further he can just have a press conference or give an interview.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:47 AM (aD39U)

pre recorded report /status, and no stupid gotcha questions

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 11:55 AM (V13WU)

283 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)
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Yes, I hope he can do it. There are a lot of right-leaning people in NJ suburbs but they don't vote.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

284 >>> 240 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)

I've seen this a couple times - do you happen to have a link? I'm curious which group(s) he wants to get registered to vote in NJ.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (KcwUg)

285 Do the chickens have large talons ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (NtVYv)

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*snort*

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (DRSnL)

286 271. Dude is out of leadership, likely forever. Wish he would just got be Amb to Nato or something.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (7PziG)

287 The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

Source: Daily Mail
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (TGPs7)

She seems nice and well-adjusted, emotionally.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (Aqu9a)

288
Wall Street Silver
@WallStreetSilv

Whoopi Goldberg threatens to withhold s3x from men if they don’t comply with their far left wing demands.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (TGPs7)

289 Our kids and Grandkids are here and we are "older" so moving is out
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (IyPmt)

It's never out. Sell your place, move to a Red state, and tell the kids and grandkids to follow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (EhN0q)

290 Even though I have not been granted permission from Skip, I'm heading out for lunch. That's right. I'm a freakin' REBEL!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (N0dT2)

What! We don’t break rules here!
Posted by: Piper at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (pZEOD)

"Don't Fear the Barrel."

- - - - - Blue Oyster Clot

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (tjClK)

291 I've seen this a couple times - do you happen to have a link? I'm curious which group(s) he wants to get registered to vote in NJ.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (KcwUg)

He's the Pied Piper of the Amish and Mennonites. Does NJ have those?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (aD39U)

292 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC 16h
Merrick Garland deployed the FBI like shock troops to hunt down pro-lifers and he did this in response to the overturning of Roe by SCOTUS.

Those actions alone warrant a life sentence. At least.

I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.
Posted by: andycanuck (

How many years is a life worth? How many dollars is a life worth.
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (7nGZ9)

293 California is raising their gas tax by seventy some cents in January. Tells you all you need to know.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (4PSdP)

If I read the report right, Washington State will be raising theirs by 21 cents/gal. Due to the bullshit Climate Initiative they passed (and in which they lied).
I am really starting to hate it here.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (W/lyH)

294 @WallStreetSilv

Whoopi Goldberg threatens to withhold s3x from men if they don’t comply with their far left wing demands.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (TGPs7)

PRAISE THE LORD!!!! We're SAVED!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (tjClK)

295 278 Around the 90s or so, a lot of Dems here became Republicans as more centrist and conservative Dems were chased out of that party, which decided to become much more like Dems at the national level. Terms like yellow dog and blue dog, you don't hear them anymore; I doubt anyone younger than me would recognize them. The same kind of dynamic appears to be happening among Hispanics (for lack of a better term) now.
Posted by: I Think at November 14, 2024 11:54 AM (QPCEj)

========

I suspect it has a lot to do with the general trend across the south which was older Democrats keeping their label but their next generation embracing the Republican label.

It's effectively what Newt was.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (GBKbO)

296 The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

Good. She's not mentally strong enough to be in public. Much less indoctrinating kids.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (OIPBq)

297
You reckon the requests for @fbi to "probe" the Republican Villain of the week are going to cease when Twitter Shitheads realize they lost control of obama's corrupt FBI?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (5GHxz)

298 The debates between Kamala and Nicole Shanahan for governor would be DELICIOUS. Plus Nicole will have better ads!

(Yes, I know I'm beating the Nicole for Guv idea to death. But if she doesn't want a cabinet position, that would be best.)

Also, CA Morons, I'm so, sorry. You don't deserve any of this.

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (Eng1Z)

299 Cornyn "absolutely" wants to see the House Ethics report on Gaetz.

If you weren't sure how big of a turd Cornyn is, now you know. A huge turd.
Posted by: reason at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (yOuOm)

Gaetz should open an investigation on Cornyn.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:55 AM (tjClK)

Cornyn's a huge turd in a 10 gallon hat.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (Aqu9a)

300 Why have press briefings at all? Publish the Whitehouse talking points of the day on X.
If Trump wants to say something further he can just have a press conference or give an interview.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 11:47 AM (aD39U)

I think it was Johnson's press secretary who would regularly come to the press briefings, and say "no news today guys" and walk out again.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (D7oie)

301 283 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 11:39 AM (iFTx/)

Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)

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Dumbass.

It should be Michigan. There's a senate race there in 26.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

302 How many years is a life worth? How many dollars is a life worth.
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Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (7nGZ9)

a. Whatever it takes.

b. All they have.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (tjClK)

303 Whoopi Goldberg ~~threatens~~ promises to withhold s3x from men
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Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (ksjMr)

304 https://trib.al/EoEAJpw

How clueless do you have to be to admit you have lived in a Leftist run CA your whole life and it has turned to crap but you’re leaving the US because of Donald Trump who is opposed to the things that made CA what it is today.

Holy crap that’s ludicrous level of no self-awareness .

And the complete lack of any ability to determine cause and effect.

She’s still a 1 though. Hey I’m a guy. Sue me.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (D6PGr)

305 266
Anti-Trump teacher storms out of classroom over student's MAGA shirt before sending epic email rant

https://mol.im/a/14080383

Posted by: Ciampino - keep away from children at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (i0xsb)

306 292 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC 16h
Merrick Garland deployed the FBI like shock troops to hunt down pro-lifers and he did this in response to the overturning of Roe by SCOTUS.

Those actions alone warrant a life sentence. At least.

I don’t want to hear a single thing about “norms” at the DOJ. Norms are gone.
Posted by: andycanuck (

How many years is a life worth? How many dollars is a life worth.
=====

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (7nGZ9)

Plenty of lamp posts on Pennsylvania Ave. Rope is pretty cheap.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (N39Ws)

307 "Add WI and MI. It's probable that the voters were cheated out of 4 of their choices. Possibly 5 if PA goes the way of legal shenanigans."

They just keep counting till they find/manufacture enough ballots to "win" ... or maybe just change the count without having the ballots. (and I guess they like to toss out R ballots as well).

Posted by: illiniwek at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (Cus5s)

308 305 266
Anti-Trump teacher storms out of classroom over student's MAGA shirt before sending epic email rant

https://mol.im/a/14080383
Posted by: Ciampino - keep away from children at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (i0xsb)

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"Ma'am, this was a math class."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

309 "Eva Longoria — who stumped for Kamala Harris — reveals she moved her family out of ‘dystopian’ US https://trib.al/EoEAJpw
Posted by: Mister Ghost"

The only specific complaint she could come up were taxes, homelessness and covid hysteria. All totally Trump/Republicans fault. Other that that is just something vague like atmosphere of hate. Yeah, sure.

Posted by: Ripley at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (GUOwU)

310 >>> 246 Musk is moving everything to Texas. Houston used to launch rockets.

He should move his launch to central Texas. SCREW California. They hate everything about him. He should return the favor by leaving and taking his tax base with him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (tjClK)

CenTex might be an issue; there's a reason NASA control is in Houston but launch is in Cape Canaveral. I doubt DeathSantis would mind if he wanted to build a similar set up and besides, then Dave in Fla wouldn't have to move (or at least not as far) to work for Elon.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (KcwUg)

311 She probably has enough money through political corruption ( Her campaign is in debt. She isn’t) that she doesn’t have to get a “job” giving oral sex to truckers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 11:11 AM (m8Msp)

But it is the only job for which she has both qualifications and experience.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (EhN0q)

312
Because that's what pervert creep john warmonger bolton just did -- wish the fbi would "look into" Tulsi & Gaetz.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (5GHxz)

313 Chris D. Jackson
@ChrisDJackson

So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?

Unbelievable. Just... wow.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (TGPs7)

314 I weep for humanity that there are actually men out there that are willing to have sex with Whoopsi.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (tjClK)

315 The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

Good. She's not mentally strong enough to be in public. Much less indoctrinating kids.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (OIPBq

Someone might want to warn her father.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (D6PGr)

316 Anne Richard’s was the last hurrah of Texas Democrats, and while she was personally popular, GWBush was able to stop her reelection because her administration was shamefully corrupt,’with scandal after scandal breaking. Worst I remember was the Governor’s office selling full pardons to convicted murderers for about 300k to 400k each.

After Anne Richard’s lost, most of the party switched sides and there has never been a Democrat elected to statewide office since. (30 years now)

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (pnaBz)

317 New GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune says it's time to "check the bureaucratic machine" by "taking a HATCHET to the regulatory apparatus."

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Seriously...Loper...hatchet away, GOP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (GBKbO)

318 Cornyn's a huge turd in a 10 gallon hat.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (Aqu9a)

big turd, no cattle

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (NtVYv)

319 Senate squabbles are minor inconveniences compared to what was accomplished on 11/5.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (V13WU)

320 >>> The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

The homemade shirt the kid wears the day the teacher comes back to school:

"Your feelings don't get to TRUMP my free speech"

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (Eng1Z)

321 CenTex might be an issue; there's a reason NASA control is in Houston but launch is in Cape Canaveral. I doubt DeathSantis would mind if he wanted to build a similar set up and besides, then Dave in Fla wouldn't have to move (or at least not as far) to work for Elon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (KcwUg)

It was pointed out up thread that my comment was batshit ignorant and I know jackshitt about rockets and orbit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:00 PM (tjClK)

322 312
Because that's what pervert creep john warmonger bolton just did -- wish the fbi would "look into" Tulsi & Gaetz.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (5GHxz)

The FBI needs to be swept into the dustbin of history much like Kamala's liquor expenses billed to her $1bn campaign slush fund.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 14, 2024 12:01 PM (N39Ws)

323 The school district is investigating the incident, and the teacher is reportedly taking mental health leave.

The homemade shirt the kid wears the day the teacher comes back to school:

"Your feelings don't get to TRUMP my free speech"
Posted by: LizLem

GOLF CLAP.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:01 PM (OIPBq)

324
Remember when Democrats INSISTED the SecDef be 100% Civilian?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 12:01 PM (5GHxz)

325 I'd put Illinois as less hopeless because it is horribly corrupt. Most of the people of Illinois DIDN'T vote for this crap.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 14, 2024 12:01 PM (N1DT3)

326 US businesses are salivating at the prospect that the regulatory apparatus that in many cases exists only for itself, will be "hatcheted".

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:02 PM (V13WU)

327 I weep for humanity that there are actually men out there that are willing to have sex with Whoopsi.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (tjClK)

Mr. Happy: Any port in a storm!

Me: What in the actual fuck is wrong with you?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 12:02 PM (Aqu9a)

328 >>> 281 Cornyn "absolutely" wants to see the House Ethics report on Gaetz.

If you weren't sure how big of a turd Cornyn is, now you know. A huge turd.
Posted by: reason at November 14, 2024 11:53 AM (yOuOm)

Gaetz should open an investigation on Cornyn.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:55 AM (tjClK)

Give Trump a chance to use the AOP solution - nominate Thune and Cornyn for Dep'ts of Energy and Education, then end the departments and fire they asses. And *then* announce the investigation has been going all along...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:02 PM (KcwUg)

329 "I weep for humanity that there are actually men out there that are willing to have sex with Whoopsi."

Depends on what she's asking for, and how much she's willing to pay. I'd *** ** *** for $10K.

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (Q8V7a)

330 Fun fact, Illinois had more R governors than Texas.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (V13WU)

331 326 US businesses are salivating at the prospect that the regulatory apparatus that in many cases exists only for itself, will be "hatcheted".
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:02 PM (V13WU)

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US corporations are weeping because they've used the regulatory apparatus to increase the cost of entry for potential competitors for decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

332
The cynical reason NASA control is in Houston is LBJ and Albert Thomas, but it turns out to be a bit more subtle than that. It was very nearly in Tampa.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (EsZUh)

333 328 Give Trump a chance to use the AOP solution - nominate Thune and Cornyn for Dep'ts of Energy and Education, then end the departments and fire they asses. And *then* announce the investigation has been going all along...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:02 PM (KcwUg)

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This was my idea....

*weeps bitterly but manfully*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

334 Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)

Interesting, I wonder what his reasoning is for targeting that state.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (V6W16)

335 Dumbass.

It should be Michigan. There's a senate race there in 26.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:58 AM (GBKbO)

Dumbass.

There is a governor race in NJ in 2025.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)

336 334 Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)

Interesting, I wonder what his reasoning is for targeting that state.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (V6W16)

========

Harris won it by 4.5%. It's technically entering swing state territory.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

337 CenTex might be an issue; there's a reason NASA control is in Houston but launch is in Cape Canaveral. I doubt DeathSantis would mind if he wanted to build a similar set up and besides, then Dave in Fla wouldn't have to move (or at least not as far) to work for Elon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (KcwUg)

Fag.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (tjClK)

338 Fun fact, Illinois had more R governors than Texas.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (V13WU)

Probably holds the record for most governors imprisoned too.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (SfhV1)

339 >>> GOLF CLAP.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:01 PM (OIPBq)

*takes a curtsey*

Some days the shrimp running on the little treadmills in my brain are firing on all cylinders!

(Also, the shrimp treadmill research WE paid for is more than enough proof DOGE is needed. Desperately. Screw the left's mewlings that Elon running DOGE is a conflict of interest. SHRIMP. TREADMILLS.)

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (Eng1Z)

340 You DLI guys.
When my daughter was a nurse at Madigan at Ft Lewis, she got tapped for a 90 day TDY to Monterey. She loved the area, but the job sucked. Every Monday was a line up of DLI students coming in for STD check ups.
Posted by: Diogenes

Heh. Yeah, a lot of boot-knocking went on there.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (v6JzV)

341 Wow.....that was a copy/paste fail.

Sorry, Helena......THIS is what it was SUPPOSED to be.....

*weeps bitterly but manfully*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

Fag.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:06 PM (tjClK)

342 Good lord........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:07 PM (tjClK)

343 My kingdom for an edit button.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:07 PM (tjClK)

344
Why that's just like an armadillo with a corn dog!

Posted by: Ann Richards, Popular Minstrel Texas Hick for the MSM at November 14, 2024 12:07 PM (eDfFs)

345 Wow.....that was a copy/paste fail.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:06 PM (tjClK)

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I couldn't tell if you were calling Helena, Dave in Fla, DeSantis, or Elon a fag. I was confused.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 14, 2024 12:08 PM (DRSnL)

346 Chris D. Jackson
@ChrisDJackson

So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?

Unbelievable. Just... wow.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 14, 2024 11:59 AM (TGPs7)
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So someone tell me, just what war has this 4 star won in, oh...say...the last 25 years?
Second request...how many corrupt DoD contracts ere cancelled under his leadership?

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 12:08 PM (W/lyH)

347 =====

I couldn't tell if you were calling Helena, Dave in Fla, DeSantis, or Elon a fag. I was confused.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 14, 2024 12:08 PM (DRSnL)

I haven't been drinking much this week. My brain is very confused by it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (tjClK)

348 US corporations are weeping because they've used the regulatory apparatus to increase the cost of entry for potential competitors for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

Give me an example of what you are talking about.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

349 It's SF Bay Area, LA basin, and Sacramento that want this. Unfortunately the rest of the state has to put up with their bullshit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (lUFok)

350 >>> 298 The debates between Kamala and Nicole Shanahan for governor would be DELICIOUS. Plus Nicole will have better ads!

(Yes, I know I'm beating the Nicole for Guv idea to death. But if she doesn't want a cabinet position, that would be best.)

Also, CA Morons, I'm so, sorry. You don't deserve any of this.
Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 11:57 AM (Eng1Z)

I kinda like the idea *if* we get a Voting Rights Act of 2025. Shanahan seems to prefer being more in the background vs RFK Jr buuuut in a close race, she might be able to win some AWFLs who don't like stepping in hobo poo, and I would love to see more governors supporting OrangeManBad.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (KcwUg)

351 Probably holds the record for most governors imprisoned too.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (SfhV1)

Maybe !

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

352 He can't hep it, he's just a possum on an airplane.

Posted by: Ann Richards at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (aD39U)

353 324
Remember when Democrats INSISTED the SecDef be 100% Civilian?
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 14, 2024 12:01 PM (5GHxz)

Apparently they don't.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (N39Ws)

354 I recall there was also a plan to move DLI to Huachuca and have the U of Arizona pick up a big part of the instruction. The former CG at Huachuca was tapped to be the Prevost, but like all things BRAC, it fell through.
Posted by: Diogenes

They were talking of moving it to Utah because the LDS Church teaches foreign languages to their missionaries. I think they were going to work the same kind of deal as you describe with the Univ. of Utah or Brigham Young.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (v6JzV)

355 The cynical reason NASA control is in Houston is LBJ and Albert Thomas, but it turns out to be a bit more subtle than that. It was very nearly in Tampa.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (EsZUh)

With the launch site at Canaveral, Tampa would have made a lot of sense. But LBJ was always big on making sure his supporters profited nicely, that was the key to his power. I’ve talked to older people from the LBJ era who said of course everyone knew he was one of the most corrupt politicians ever. But he kicked back so much money to his friends, allies, and supporters that they were ok with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (pnaBz)

356 @ChrisDJackson

So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?

MaleRectalIntrusion says what?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (tjClK)

357 Fag . . . geddaboutit?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 12:10 PM (Aqu9a)

358 Your Daily Atlantic:

How the Ivy League Broke America
By David Brooks
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

(Ivy league nepotism and rich snobbery is failing meritocracy, it's NOT meritocracy.)

The Democrats’ Electoral College Squeeze
By Jerusalem Demsas
In the future, even winning the former “Blue Wall” states won’t be enough for the party’s presidential nominees.

The Thing That Binds Gabbard, Gaetz, and Hegseth to Trump
By David A. Graham
The president-elect’s most controversial Cabinet picks share one crucial tie.

What to Expect From Elon Musk’s Government Makeover
By Marina Koren
Welcome to the "move fast and break things" administration.

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:10 PM (Eng1Z)

359
For those still wondering about whether CA voters are this stupid, the answer is YES.

The trouble is, there are some peaceful, prosperous, picturesque enclaves where people might grumble about prices, but that can all be put down to corporate greed and evil landlords. Distant lands like "Minnesota" that have burned-up cities are in need of the healing waters of love and racial harmony such as only a Black leader can pour. At this house, we believe!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (Xwngz)

360 Rush lacks the musicality of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Mmbahaha! Until we meet again!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (wBaIH)

361 Probably holds the record for most governors imprisoned too.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (SfhV1)

I think Illinois and Louisiana are in a tight competition for that crown.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (pnaBz)

362 Chris D. Jackson
@ChrisDJackson

So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?

Replacing a former four star general with an actual front line warrior.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (OIPBq)

363
I couldn't tell if you were calling Helena, Dave in Fla, DeSantis, or Elon a fag. I was confused.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 14, 2024 12:08 PM (DRSnL)
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I thought it was the new FIRST!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (tT6L1)

364 Don't try to tell me how much water I can have in my toilet!!

Posted by: Flushhead at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (DobEs)

365 They were talking of moving it to Utah because the LDS Church teaches foreign languages to their missionaries. I think they were going to work the same kind of deal as you describe with the Univ. of Utah or Brigham Young.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (v6JzV)

I always thought that was the better idea. Huachuca had the classroom space, but Utah had the instructors.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 12:12 PM (W/lyH)

366 Is there time to dump the term limit law? Is it possible?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2024 11:30 AM (63Dwl)

1. Assuming you're referring to Presidential term limits, it's a Constitutional Amendment so pretty unlikely.
2. Assuming you're referring to Presidential term limits, and as much as I love Trump, the guy isn't young.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

367 Rush lacks the musicality of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Mmbahaha! Until we meet again!
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (wBaIH)

RHCP hasn't been relevant in decades......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:12 PM (tjClK)

368 Chris Jackson, how sweet you think credentials matter over experience.

it's almost like you're prejudiced or something.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 12:12 PM (tT6L1)

369 @ChrisDJackson

Who?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (aD39U)

370 Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?

Posted by: Guys everywhere at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (DobEs)

371 >>> Welcome to the "move fast and break things" administration.

That's actually a really good tagline for Elon's whole brand, tbh.

I like government wheels grinding slowly...as long as they aren't corrupted. We have to get the gunk in the wheels changed in 4 years, so it can run efficiantly and smoothly... and yes, slowly again.

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (Eng1Z)

372 Give me an example of what you are talking about.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

try starting a paper mill, a new oil refinery, or a cement plant.
Hell, try building a bridge over a river anywhere here.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (D7oie)

373 Scott Pressler has announced New Jersey is next on his list of states to flip. I hope he has as good of security as Trump.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 11:48 AM (s9EYN)

Interesting, I wonder what his reasoning is for targeting that state.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (V6W16)

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Harris won it by 4.5%. It's technically entering swing state territory.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)
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I think two reasons: (1) NJ is entering swing-state territory and as I mentioned above there are a lot of right-leaning voters who don't bother to show up.

(2) If the GOP can flip NJ then it's total GAME OVER for Dums on the national level. High risk, high reward. I think that's why NJ is being targeted instead of, say, MI or WI. Although I don't see why those two states can't be fumigated at the same time. Trump won both. They are winnable.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

374 Meanwhile, Florida and Texas can do it the same day. Amazing, iddnit?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 11:32 AM (EsZUh)

Didn't Florida do it twice, just to make the point?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 12:14 PM (ExV1e)

375 "So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?"

=========

They think this is such a clever take.

Hey, how did the 4 Star General do on that Afghan withdrawal, Chris?!

Posted by: Jay in PA at November 14, 2024 12:14 PM (i7Q7S)

376 >>> 370 Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (DobEs)

*I* would buy one to drive around with feed and water.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:14 PM (KcwUg)

377 *I* would buy one to drive around with feed and water.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:14 PM (KcwUg)

It disappoints me greatly that Ford screwed up the Ranger and Maverick thing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:15 PM (tjClK)

378 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 11:56 AM (KcwUg)

He tweeted about it on Twitter a couple of days ago.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 12:15 PM (s9EYN)

379 So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?

---------------

In 2 years Ike went from unknown Lt Col to SCAEF bypassing a lot of useless people in the process.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 14, 2024 12:15 PM (sX1BW)

380 I think that's why NJ is being targeted instead of, say, MI or WI. Although I don't see why those two states can't be fumigated at the same time. Trump won both. They are winnable.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

WI could tipple at a moment's notice. We could use some fortification.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 12:15 PM (SfhV1)

381 For those still wondering about whether CA voters are this stupid, the answer is YES.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at November 14, 2024 12:11 PM (Xwngz)

Thanks to CARB, 6 states can longer sell diesel RVs - or any vehicles that have GCVW 8500+ lbs.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 14, 2024 12:16 PM (N39Ws)

382
I like government wheels grinding slowly...as long as they aren't corrupted. We have to get the gunk in the wheels changed in 4 years, so it can run efficiantly and smoothly... and yes, slowly again.
Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (Eng1Z)
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Patton's "Grease the tread of my tanks with their guts" springs to mind.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 12:16 PM (tT6L1)

383 El Gato Malo has a substack about what the government is in for with Elon and crew. And he says to them "you brought a dinosauer to a meteor strike"

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 14, 2024 12:16 PM (tvZAA)

384 I guess it is possible that she could attract enough money to conduct a viable campaign. After all, there are plenty of stupid billionaires.
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TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!

Posted by: Mark Cuban at November 14, 2024 12:16 PM (z0QHk)

385 The problem is that every time California does something stupid, 6-18 other states say "Well, if they did it, then we have to do it too!"

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 12:16 PM (UnA8+)

386 Silly boy! I've never tippled!

Posted by: Obligatory at November 14, 2024 12:16 PM (DobEs)

387 "So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?"

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Well, I wouldn't want to go up against Austin in a doughnut eating contest.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 14, 2024 12:17 PM (zUj2r)

388 Give me an example of what you are talking about.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

try starting a paper mill, a new oil refinery, or a cement plant.
Hell, try building a bridge over a river anywhere here.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (D7oie)

hair braiding licenses....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at November 14, 2024 12:17 PM (v6XNT)

389 Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ? Where are they getting that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:35 AM (IyPmt)

We have a madlibs tool for coming up with accusations to make but that asshole Derrick wrote "Putin's puppet" in ink. -- Democrats

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (ExV1e)

390 Sounds like the teacher yelling at the kid and calling security because kid was wearing a Trump hat, possibly didn’t like her job anyway and TDS sent her over the edge,. She was calling Trump. Pedophile?!!

“Legal Insurrection” has an article about the incident in the “quick takes” section
.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (joD2C)

391 Rush is just another 1980s one-named corporate band.
Mmbahaha!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (wBaIH)

392 Is there some reason that Vietnamese own the glamor nail industry?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (aD39U)

393 I find it interesting that now that the elections are over, there is a media upsurge in UFO stuff being reported. Almost like they are trying to hide how badly this election when for them.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (W/lyH)

394 348 US corporations are weeping because they've used the regulatory apparatus to increase the cost of entry for potential competitors for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

Give me an example of what you are talking about.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

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Are you doubting the existence of regulatory capture?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

Federal Communications Commission

"Legal scholars have pointed to the possibility that federal agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had been captured by media conglomerates. Peter Schuck of Yale Law School has argued that the FCC is subject to capture by the media industries' leaders and therefore reinforce the operation of corporate cartels in a form of "corporate socialism" that serves to "regressively tax consumers, impoverish small firms, inhibit new entry, stifle innovation, and diminish consumer choice"."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:19 PM (GBKbO)

395 nominate Thune and Cornyn for Dep'ts of Energy and Education, then end the departments and fire they asses. And *then* announce the investigation has been going all along...
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Excellent.

Posted by: reason at November 14, 2024 12:19 PM (yOuOm)

396 I miss Rush.

Posted by: Megadittos at November 14, 2024 12:19 PM (DobEs)

397 Is there some reason that Vietnamese own the glamor nail industry?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (aD39U)

Yes. Tippi Hedrin.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 12:19 PM (SfhV1)

398 I thought space launches were done on the coasts so the rockets went out over water in case of accidents?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:19 PM (OIPBq)

399 >>> They were talking of moving it to Utah because the LDS Church teaches foreign languages to their missionaries. I think they were going to work the same kind of deal as you describe with the Univ. of Utah or Brigham Young.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (v6JzV)

The missionary training centers with the foreign languages instruction are impressive. But they have them all over the world now, not just in Provo: Peru, Mexico, New Zealand, Ghana, England, Phillippines, South Africa. The Mexico one is in Mexico City I think.

Part of the reason the 2002 Olympics in SLC went so smoothly is we had thousands of free volunteers who spoke pretty much any language!

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (Eng1Z)

400 I miss Rush.
Posted by: Megadittos

Yeah. Rush for press secretary.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (OIPBq)

401 Is there some reason that Vietnamese own the glamor nail industry?
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

There is, but I can't remember what it is.

I think so many of them have barbershops because they grew up cutting GIs' hair during the Vietnam War.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (v6JzV)

402 > Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ?
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Like the word "racist" or the phrase "literally Hitler" the left has destroyed the actual meaning and relevance of many words and phrases.

Putin's no exception.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (Q4IgG)

403 Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?
Posted by: Guys everywhere

Yeah, no s*t.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (IG4Id)

404 "So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends?"

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Well, I wouldn't want to go up against Austin in a doughnut eating contest.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at November 14, 2024 12:17 PM (zUj2r)
***

Austin is a big guy. He would use his size to try and intimidate people. It was funny when it didn't work.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (W/lyH)

405 The ONLY way Democrats dominate CA politics the way they do is ELECTION FRAUD. Even Gavin had to cheat to avoid being recalled last election. While there are a lot of idiots in CA, there aren't THAT many.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (Da7Vv)

406 393 Too bad Jazz Shaw passed away. UFOs were his beat.

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (Q8V7a)

407 Is there some reason that Vietnamese own the glamor nail industry?

Tippi Hedren

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (lUFok)

408 402 > Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ?
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Like the word "racist" or the phrase "literally Hitler" the left has destroyed the actual meaning and relevance of many words and phrases.

Putin's no exception.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (Q4IgG)

========

Someone in the CIA leaked a rumor to the WaPo, and the rest is history!

If Trump isn't cleaning out the CIA, which is obviously working on American soil in contravention of its established parameters, he's leaving a lot of rot on the table.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (GBKbO)

409 Give me an example of what you are talking about.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

try starting a paper mill, a new oil refinery, or a cement plant.
Hell, try building a bridge over a river anywhere here.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM (D7oie)

Have you read what I posted ? It does not look like it. Or are you talking about a foreigner trying to start a cement plant, and that is your example in support of TheJamesM claim?

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (V13WU)

410 Part of the reason the 2002 Olympics in SLC went so smoothly is we had thousands of free volunteers who spoke pretty much any language!
Posted by: LizLem

Yes, I had forgotten about that.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (v6JzV)

411 Interesting, I wonder what his reasoning is for targeting that state.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (V6W16)

It went much more red this election than in past ones. Also, he's currently in PA and wouldn't have to move all that far.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 12:22 PM (s9EYN)

412
Austin is a big guy. He would use his size to try and intimidate people. It was funny when it didn't work.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (W/lyH)

No one fears the Sta-Puft marshmallow man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:22 PM (tjClK)

413 The president-elect’s most controversial Cabinet picks share one crucial tie.
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Toe fungus but there's this one weird trick to beat it??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 12:22 PM (hovnC)

414 Tippi Hedren made Vietnamese refugees into nail salon owner/operators.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 12:22 PM (SfhV1)

415 Give me an example of what you are talking about.

The example most people here know is that Amazon now has to charge state sales tax on purchases when they didn't used to. Amazon supported that because compliance with 50 (+DC/Guam/Puerto Rico) different sets of tax regulations is barely an inconvenience for them but would be near-fatal for any small startup. (Or at least cause them to need to hire a lot more lawyers).

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 12:22 PM (2ocoG)

416 Kali sucks politically. If the voter rolls were cleaned up, the gap would be quite a bit less, and some counties that are purple would turn back red. Some places, short of a nuclear explosion, would remain solid-blue to the core (like Marin county).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

417 409 Have you read what I posted ? It does not look like it. Or are you talking about a foreigner trying to start a cement plant, and that is your example in support of TheJamesM claim?
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:21 PM (V13WU)

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The idea that increased cost of business doesn't negatively affect smaller players in a business is silly. Regulations increase the cost of business.

Corporations write legislation and have a revolving door for personnel with the regulatory bodies that regulate them.

If corps aren't doing it, they're not that concerned with money, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (GBKbO)

418 This was my idea....

*weeps bitterly but manfully*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

And I gave you credit!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (uMqqN)

419 Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?
Posted by: Guys everywhere

Still have my 2007 Ranger. 191,000 miles. Still running stronk.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (OIPBq)

420 >>> 348 US corporations are weeping because they've used the regulatory apparatus to increase the cost of entry for potential competitors for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

Give me an example of what you are talking about.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:09 PM (V13WU)

I've mentioned a couple times in recent threads the vet in the dee cee 'burbs where I grew up who posted a list *with prices* of all the licenses and permits and what not required just for a building / parking lot expansion which was something like ~$200K ... back well before I was 29.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (KcwUg)

421 Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?
Posted by: Guys everywhere

Yeah, no s*t.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 14, 2024 12:20 PM (IG4Id)

have you TRIED to find a 2 door pickup with a standard bed and manual transmission?

talk about impossible...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (v6XNT)

422 She posted a Tweet saying that Russia had a legitimate national interest in keeping Ukraine out of NATO.

Only someone completely subservient to Putin would think such a thing. /s
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 14, 2024 11:37 AM (uxCna)

In fairness, several of us here were told that very thing when we said that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (ExV1e)

423 Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (Eng1Z)

I wonder what became of the 'Ette Jumbo Jogging Shrimp.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 12:24 PM (s9EYN)

424 US corporations are weeping because they've used the regulatory apparatus to increase the cost of entry for potential competitors for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:03 PM (GBKbO)

Give me an example of what you are talking about.

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Every business every where.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 14, 2024 12:24 PM (sX1BW)

425 >>> 402 > Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ?

They're working so hard to de-legitimize all his picks with slander. Forgetting this is EXACTLY what the people voted for.

Mandate, baby!

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:24 PM (Eng1Z)

426 416 Kali sucks politically. If the voter rolls were cleaned up, the gap would be quite a bit less, and some counties that are purple would turn back red. Some places, short of a nuclear explosion, would remain solid-blue to the core (like Marin county).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

There's also the jungle primary here. In the election we just had, I didn't vote for three spots, as two were one candidate (Dem) and the other was two candidates (Dem). What a choice! "Democracy" at it's finest!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

427 395
‘ nominate Thune and Cornyn for Dep'ts of Energy and Education, then end the departments and fire they asses’

Man, Alberta Oil Peon is smart. He doesn’t get enough credit.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (jbnUc)

428 Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:05 PM (Eng1Z)

I wonder what became of the 'Ette Jumbo Jogging Shrimp.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 12:24 PM (s9EYN)

AtC and her massive funbags was here during the election.....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (v6XNT)

429 two were one candidate (Dem) and the other was two candidates (Dem). What a choice! "Democracy" at it's finest!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

It's right there in the name!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (aD39U)

430 Wellness check on Ace?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (v6JzV)

431 Still have my 2007 Ranger. 191,000 miles. Still running stronk.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 12:23 PM (OIPBq)

1996 Ranger. 4-cyl. 5-spd. 203,000

1 timing belt, 1 power steering pump and just replaced the fuel pump. On Cat #3 and muffler #3.

Starts every day.

The new Flowmaster makes it sound hysterical.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (tjClK)

432 427 Man, Alberta Oil Peon is smart. He doesn’t get enough credit.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (jbnUc)

=======

*sighs heavily*

*holds up thumb to hitchhike like David Banner in The Incredible Hulk*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (GBKbO)

433 well thats why he sent Ratcliffe, the scam was given away in No WAy out, nearly 40 years ago, A President, has his CIA director who is controlled by a Powerful Senator played by Howard Keel, the director is feeding inflated intel estimates, to curry favor with the Senator,

the Costner part is crazy, except 30 years later there was a Russian speaking agent in the Special Forces, roaming the halls of the intel community,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (pGTZo)

434 334 Interesting, I wonder what his reasoning is for targeting that state.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (V6W16)

"Fight these bastards in the heart of their domain and make them lose."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (NR6c1)

435 With a name like "Jazz", I thought Jazz Shaw was a woman.

I guess he had to die for me to learn the truth.

Though to be fair, his writing wasn't all that masculine either.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (eDfFs)

436 Man, Alberta Oil Peon is smart. He doesn’t get enough credit.

He's smart enough not to buy things on credit.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (lUFok)

437 *fires up the ewok batsignal*

Posted by: Dark Elon at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (Eng1Z)

438 425 >>> 402 > Are they really saying Tulsi Gabbard is a Putin puppet ?

They're working so hard to de-legitimize all his picks with slander. Forgetting this is EXACTLY what the people voted for.

Mandate, baby!

Posted by: LizLem at November 14, 2024 12:24 PM (Eng1Z)

Did someone say a man date?--Trans Sec Petey

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:26 PM (ynpvh)

439 lol, John Bolton is pissed about Gaetz, that makes me love the choice even more.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (jyAD3)

440 Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?
Posted by: Guys everywhere at November 14, 2024 12:13 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Toyota HiLux at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (a3Q+t)

441 nood

Posted by: gp Feels So Smoochie at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (Q8V7a)

442 No Way Out. Mmmmmmmm...topless Sean Young...mmmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (v6JzV)

443 Interesting, I wonder what his reasoning is for targeting that state.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 14, 2024 12:04 PM (V6W16)

I saw him interviewed. He said he kept getting this overwhelming urge to go work in PA, so that's what he did.

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (dCxaZ)

444 NOOD

Ewok!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (KcwUg)

445 My guess is that she will ride off into the sunset with some board memberships, maybe a no-show job at a major university, and after a cooling off period (it's called detox by most of us) onto the lecture circuit for some easy cash.

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Harvard University is looking for a new plagiarizing DIE idiot for President.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM (HE6Dk)

446 429 two were one candidate (Dem) and the other was two candidates (Dem). What a choice! "Democracy" at it's finest!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

It's right there in the name!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:25 PM (aD39U)

Yeah, just like the People's Democratic Republic of Korea

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 14, 2024 12:28 PM (ynpvh)

447 Nude Amsterdam

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:28 PM (aD39U)

448 nood Euro Hamassholes

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 12:28 PM (hovnC)

449 NOOD ALERT

Posted by: Max Power at November 14, 2024 12:29 PM (+hny1)

450 Around the 90s or so, a lot of Dems here became Republicans as more centrist and conservative Dems were chased out of that party, which decided to become much more like Dems at the national level. Terms like yellow dog and blue dog, you don't hear them anymore; I doubt anyone younger than me would recognize them. The same kind of dynamic appears to be happening among Hispanics (for lack of a better term) now.
Posted by: I Think

That is when the parties flipped.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 14, 2024 12:29 PM (7nGZ9)

451 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:19 PM (GBKbO)

Oh, I see, so you agree with my point that removing/cutting back regulations that are empowering some agency that in turn is powering a monopoly is a good thing, but you want to expand on it. To point out that not everyone will be happy. But majority businesses will. And I took is as if you are trying to score some argumentation point. My bad.

Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:29 PM (V13WU)

452 Outnumbered posted some of the government waste Elon and Vivek will be attacking. The government workers at the IRS owe $50M in back taxes.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 14, 2024 12:30 PM (c82Pc)

453 Yes, Carmelia is played out. She should stay home and cook and hit the vino and play with the nieces and perhaps have a no show job at UC.

People in CA do not make a connection between their leaders and the chaos on the ground. Thus, L.A. folks voted out their Soros DA but enacted a new sales tax to fund homeless relief. After the last $25 billion did nothing except to double the size of the homeless population! Eva Longoria moved to Spain because of the taxes and crime but only after a Repub was elected president!

Posted by: PJ at November 14, 2024 12:30 PM (RRCAT)

454 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Toyota HiLux at November 14, 2024 12:27 PM

Yes. Yes, it is.

Posted by: Bert G at November 14, 2024 12:30 PM (VARTN)

455 424
‘ Every business every where.’
I don’t want to speak for runner but maybe if you gave a specific example, listed what the regulations are and how they prevent other competitors from entering the market, we would all understand.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 14, 2024 12:30 PM (jbnUc)

456 451 Oh, I see, so you agree with my point that removing/cutting back regulations that are empowering some agency that in turn is powering a monopoly is a good thing, but you want to expand on it. To point out that not everyone will be happy. But majority businesses will. And I took is as if you are trying to score some argumentation point. My bad.
Posted by: runner at November 14, 2024 12:29 PM (V13WU)

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Yeah.

Smaller players like cutting regulation.

Larger players write the regulation trying to keep the smaller players small or even to kill them.

Big Business is nothing I have anything against, until they start writing their own rules to keep out competition. Which they've been doing for decades through regulatory capture.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:31 PM (GBKbO)

457 "Can we have small pickup trucks again? With decent engines?

Posted by: Guys everywhere"

No. They all have to be designed for off road competitions, family road-trips, and looking good driving around town. Simultaneously. You have to go back to the 90's to find what you want.

Posted by: Ripley at November 14, 2024 12:33 PM (GUOwU)

458 Is there some reason that Vietnamese own the glamor nail industry?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 12:18 PM (aD39U)

An actress (Greer Garson?) got training in beauty care for a lot of the women when they were in refugee camps. They parlayed those skills into nearly complete control of the nail salon industry after coming to the US.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 12:33 PM (s9EYN)

459 455 424
‘ Every business every where.’
I don’t want to speak for runner but maybe if you gave a specific example, listed what the regulations are and how they prevent other competitors from entering the market, we would all understand.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 14, 2024 12:30 PM (jbnUc)

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Just think of any sort of licensing for a micro example.

You need a license to...open a business. So, you have to pay fees to the government. This increases the cost of opening a business.

Who can handle that burden easier? Someone already with money or someone without?

Now, apply that principle to a regulatory agency writing rules by people who will be working for Exxon in a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 12:33 PM (GBKbO)

460 University president is my prediction SLO or UC crazy seem like the most obvious choices , unless there's a So University of Crochet and Knitting

Posted by: LASue at November 14, 2024 12:36 PM (eAecb)

461 California is the most corrupt state but Illinois is breathing down their necks.
As far as corrupt cities go I would nominate Chicago as the Kings of Graft!

Posted by: Lars at November 14, 2024 12:37 PM (kJH1Z)

462 US corporations are weeping because ...

I would say that the famous "lead in chinese toys" would fit into this model. Some toys were found to have lead parts, so the govt mandated extensive testing for all toys, not just from China, but from every home crafter and small company in the country. They would have to hire someone to do the testing.

Later, the govt exempted Mattel because they could do their own testing, thereby protecting their position in the market. Sounds to bad to be true but that was the story back then.

Posted by: PJ at November 14, 2024 12:37 PM (RRCAT)

463 Wall Street Silver
@WallStreetSilv

Whoopi Goldberg threatens to withhold s3x from men if they don’t comply with their far left wing demands.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

How many men is she schtupping that their compliance would have any effect?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 14, 2024 12:37 PM (hB7mE)

464 Arguing against Trump's Sec Def pick on the basis of his rank or work after service is a false platform to stand on, imo.

He served his country and has worked as in media since leaving the armed forces. That's not an uncommon career path at all.

The fact that he was "only" a major is irrelevant. He is a civilian now. The military answers to the civilian government. So, spare me the "Generals won't like taking orders from a Major" nonsense. They won't be. They'll be taking orders from the civilian Secretary of Defense.

cry more

Posted by: Shenanigans at November 14, 2024 12:39 PM (pZ0Mr)

465 It disappoints me greatly that Ford screwed up the Ranger and Maverick thing.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

Just responding to government mandates...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 14, 2024 12:43 PM (hB7mE)

466
You need a license to...open a business. So, you have to pay fees to the government. This increases the cost of opening a business.
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I can top that. In my little Progressive burg it is necessary to pay a fee to go out[/] of business. It's like hyenas feeding on an animal that isn't dead yet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2024 12:44 PM (XeU6L)

467 Oops. Just missed the barrel, I think...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2024 12:44 PM (XeU6L)

468 Nood Hamas

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 14, 2024 12:45 PM (hB7mE)

469 120 why do we stay in California? Mostly because of family, I'd love to be in a lower COL area for the sake of the kids and grands. However, there is really no safe space, the problem is everywhere across the US and the rest of the West.

Posted by: Inisfree at November 14, 2024 12:46 PM (3g6r+)

470 Preznit Harris is still in play. The humiliation kink will be too great a temptation to resist. They will paint her green for swearing in.

Posted by: 80's music fan at November 14, 2024 12:50 PM (QSrLX)

471 157
We had an electric kettle everywhere I lived, Italy, East Africa, South Africa, except USA. Apparently we are not savvy enough to make immersion heaters that can be in actual contact with the water that needs heating. Everyone else manages okay. Now I do mention one caveat: at least since the 1960s most countries dropped the old wire fuses and went with the circuit breakers plus added what there is called 'earth leakage' and superseded by GFCI. We need to make every socket protected by GFCI.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm a children at November 14, 2024 12:50 PM (i0xsb)

472 CARB pretty much just banned RVs.
Posted by: BignJames

Yeah, you can't register existing RVs or sell new RVs in all 6 States that follow CA CARB rules.

Should be some good fire sales of RVs soon!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 14, 2024 12:53 PM (WJ5SF)

473 Since you both have direct experience there -- do you actually believe the voters are actually perpetuating this stupidity? Or is it the result of decades-long election fraud? I'm leaning toward the latter (as I fully believe is the case here in Maryland).
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:08 AM (N0dT2)

Yes there is a lot of election fraud here like any blue state, and there is a lack of any second party since the GOP allowed the jungle primary and castrated itself. The recall was launched by SoCal leftists and the NorCal leftists and fraud were able to beat it. Hollywood and normal leftist conformity pretty much tamp down any dissent.

Not much a voter can do when Dem A vs Dem B is the choice you have.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 14, 2024 01:43 PM (n7h9X)

474 Bum arson by the freeway. Another California day ending in y.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 14, 2024 11:36 AM (amplj)

The Power company burns more land that the bums and illegals. We should deport them too.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 14, 2024 01:55 PM (n7h9X)

475 Governor Kamala? Yes please. I mean, why the fuck not? What's the point anymore?

Posted by: El Mariachi at November 14, 2024 02:26 PM (nLFEI)

476 Good afternoon, good people. I've had such a big old grin on my face recently people are calling me Smiley. No more subornation of my country until it's unrecognizable, let her full glory be seen. This is going to require a bunch of hard work to accomplish, I understand.

So what? We're Americans, and as such the option of failure is denied us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 14, 2024 03:37 PM (hKoQL)

477 Most f'd up state? Minnesota has entered the chat

Posted by: Bhedrick at November 14, 2024 05:02 PM (ZNjJb)

478 "Is there a more dysfunctional state and a more dysfunctional voting base than California?"

Waves hand....

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