$1 Billion Defamation Trial Against CNN and Noted Twitter Addict Jake Tapper Begins

Florida jury. The media is seething. How dare these upstart peasants presume to judge us?!?!

U.S. Navy Veteran Zachary Young's legal team accused CNN of choosing "theater over truth" in a desperate attempt to drive ratings, which "destroyed the life of an American Patriot" on Tuesday during the first day of a high-stakes defamation trial.

Young believes CNN "destroyed his reputation and business" by branding him an "illegal profiteer" who exploited "desperate Afghans." 14th Judicial Circuit Court Judge William S. Henry, who is presiding over the trial in Bay County, Florida, has ruled that Young "did not act illegally or criminally" despite what the network reported on air.

"In August 2021, as American troops withdrew from Afghanistan under President Biden's orders, the world braced for the Taliban's return to power. Anyone watching the news at that time witnessed the chaotic situation that unfolded as millions of people attempted to flee the war-torn country," attorney Kyle Roche said to kick off the plaintiff's opening statement.

"But CNN reporters, sitting at their desks in Washington, D.C., wanted to tell Americans an even more sensational story," Roche continued. "They had received a tip that Zachary Young, a veteran and CIA-trained operative, was illegally preying on desperate Afghans in a black market operation."

CNN's lead counsel David Axelrod pushed back on Zachary Young's claims, insisting CNN's reporting was "tough and fair" but "accurate."

Roche told the jury of six women and two men, including alternates, there would be "nothing wrong" with CNN reporting that if it were true.

"The problem for CNN? It couldn't confirm any of the facts," Roche said.

"It tried to get evidence that Zach was charging Afghans but everyone it spoke to either said that they had never heard of Zach, or that Zach only worked with corporations like Bloomberg that wanted to pay professionals like Zach to get their people out of the country," he continued. "The facts didn't matter. CNN felt that they had a sensational story that would drive ratings, and they didn't care about the truth."

Roche said emails and behind-the-scenes video footage will confirm his argument because they "show that CNN took pleasure in casting Zach as the villain" in an effort to increase interest in the story. Roche then told the jury about internal communications in which CNN employees used profanities and disparaging language when privately discussing Young.

The trial judge earlier rejected CNN's attempt to have this lawsuit tossed out based on those emails, which show that CNN did in fact have "actual malice" against Young. They created the story in order to destroy him and they weren't bothering to hide that in emails between each other.

They conducted the voir dire over the past few days.

Young's lead attorney, Devin Freedman, asked prospective jurors during the selection process if they would balk at a $1 billion payout if evidence supports it. Only one expressed hesitation. A potential juror who previously worked for an ABC News affiliate said they "absolutely" would be willing to use a punitive damages judgment to send a message to CNN and other news outlets.
Only one potential juror admitted to "regularly" watching CNN, and only 2 out of roughly 40, or 5 percent, knew who Tapper was. Another said he couldn't be impartial because he believes "media outlets think they can say whatever they want" and then "pretend to be the victim when they're called on it." At least six raised their hands when Freedman asked if they believe CNN creates fake news.
Six jurors and two alternates were selected Monday evening, allowing the trial to move forward Tuesday morning.
Monday's selection marks the beginning of the trial that's been over two years in the making. Young filed suit against CNN in June 2022 over a segment on The Lead with Jake Tapper that ran roughly six months earlier.
The November 2021 segment centered on private contractors using an illegal "black market" and charging "exorbitant fees" to evacuate people from Afghanistan as the Taliban regained control during the Biden-Harris administration's chaotic 2021 withdrawal. The segment singled out Young, who was given only two hours to respond when CNN national security correspondent Alex Marquardt reached out for comment.
CNN removed the term "black market" from the online version of the segment and issued an on-air apology acknowledging Young had not broken any laws. But attorneys for the Navy veteran say the segment irreparably damaged his reputation and caused tens of millions of dollars in business losses.
CNN has already faced several setbacks. On Thursday, Judge William Henry ruled in favor of Young, allowing him to use Tapper's disparagement of Fox News in November 2023 at trial. At the time, Tapper referred to Fox News as a "cancer on the democracy we have" and accused Fox News of abrogating its "grave responsibility" to be "fair and honest" in its news coverage. Young sought to include Tapper's statements to show that the veteran newsman and CNN were keenly aware of the obligation to present fair and accurate information to viewers.

LOL.

Henry also ruled that Young's attorneys could present text messages the veteran says will show that CNN employees had an agenda to smear him as a war profiteer. In one, Marquardt, the lead reporter on the Tapper segment, told colleagues he wanted to "nail this Zachary Young mfucker." In another, CNN senior editor Fuzz Hogan called Young "a shit."

Nick Fondacaro of Newsbusters has been reporting on this Florida jury.

The pool of prospective jurors was over 40-people strong; several of which were openly hostile and disapproving of the news media industry and weren't shy about letting CNN's legal team know it.
Jury selection started hot with prospective Juror One telling the court that he would not be able to be impartial in the case because they strongly disliked the media.
Prospective Juror Two told the court that despite being a former employee for an ABC News affiliate, they could be an impartial juror. When asked by Vel Freedman, lead counsel for Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young, if they'd hesitate to issue a massive punitive damages judgement to "send a message" to CNN, no one raised their hand, including juror two.
When asked directly by Freedman, Juror Two said they "absolutely" could send a message to CNN and the rest of the media via a massive punitive damages judgement.
...
When it came to questions asked by Young's counsel and CNN's counsel Clifford Sanborn that alluded to key aspects of the case, the pool was largely in agreement.

When asked by Freedman if they thought it was "wrong" to "make money from evacuating people from a war zone," only two prospective jurors raised their hands. Others wanted clarification. One of the prospective jurors who raised their hand felt the motives of the corporation paying for the evacuation was the greater concern. They thought it was fine for a security contractor to make money because that's the job they were hired to do.
When asked "does anyone think the United States handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan well," no one raised their hand. One juror said it's hard for them to determine because they don't have all the facts.
When asked "if evidence supported it, would they hesitate to write a $100 million check to the plaintiff," no one raised their hand. One juror did express concern about excessive judgements in court cases, but they said they could be fair.
...
Prospective Juror 23 was arguably the most blunt with their distaste for the media. He told the court then couldn't be impartial because he holds the opinion that "media outlets think they can say whatever they want" and then "pretend to be the victim when they're called on it."

Jake’s just cranky because they played a segment from his show in CNN’s defamation trial today and he might have to testify. https://t.co/BPZyzhExNZ
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) January 8, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 I hope it bankrupts them.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 08, 2025 05:30 PM (2UnvF)

2 Second!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

3 nineth

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 08, 2025 05:32 PM (IG4Id)

4 In Panama City, Florida of all places!

Posted by: The OTHER Florida at January 08, 2025 05:32 PM (dg+HA)

5 Evening, all!

Posted by: Caf at January 08, 2025 05:33 PM (1dMg3)

6 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 08, 2025 05:33 PM (GYt5+)

7 That's what happens riding the high horse.
They picked on the wrong guy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 05:33 PM (P3VPf)

8 nooded

Posted by: andycanuck (iMpf5) at January 08, 2025 05:33 PM (iMpf5)

9 When you don't have the facts.... accuse them of RAPE.

Posted by: George Stephanopoulos at January 08, 2025 05:33 PM (krQz2)

10 Make libel law great again!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)

11 Break them.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (W/lyH)

12 Clown News Network.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (i0F8b)

13 Is the service for Jimmy Carter still on-going? If so, are they offering a shuttle between his service and the one for McCain?

Posted by: Crusader at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (azSra)

14 Defamation law will rise again!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)

15 I hope he bankrupts CNN.

Then has someone ass rape Tapper. Live.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (Q4IgG)

16 Scorched earth. Scatter the ruble. Repeat.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 08, 2025 05:35 PM (WXNFJ)

17 Meanwhile, I'm sure the DUmmies are aghast to find out lawfare works both ways and can get expensive in a hurry.

15 million to Trump and now this? Honestly, I'm surprised CNN hasn't settled because Billion with B is a large number, even for CNN.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 05:35 PM (tT6L1)

18 This Was CNN

Posted by: A dude in MI at January 08, 2025 05:36 PM (/6GbT)

19 I'm surprised the left hasn't blamed the fires on Trump just to get the Carter stuff off the news.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 08, 2025 05:36 PM (W/lyH)

20 Then has someone ass rape Tapper. Live.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

YooHoo!

Posted by: Bubba in SuperMax at January 08, 2025 05:36 PM (WXNFJ)

21 Tapper is a wimp.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 08, 2025 05:36 PM (W/lyH)

22 Has CNN found the plane yet?

Posted by: Just tuning in at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (dg+HA)

23 If CNN loses and has to pay up, maybe Musk can get them and MSNBC in a twofer.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (t/GD4)

24 That sanctimonious fraud, Tapper, has now been exposed as the phony he's been able to hide all these years.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (tT6L1)

25 OT:
Seen on X:
Man armed with knives and a machete arrested for trying to enter the Capitol building at the same time Trump was planning on viewing Carter’s casket. Another attempt?? Holy Smokes

Posted by: Jmel at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (bVhJi)

26 I'm surprised they didn't run out of jurors several times.

Attorney: What is your opinion on the media?

Juror: Hang 'em!

Attorney: Judge, I'd like to strike this one.

Judge: You're out of challenges.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (krQz2)

27 Throw tapper in the crapper and flush with a clapper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VwHCD)

28
Tap-a-tap-a-tap
they call him the Tapper.
Tap-tap-tap
you know what he's after!

Posted by: Brian "Sex Machine" Stelter at January 08, 2025 05:38 PM (a3Q+t)

29 WTF, there's an official "procession" for that old Jew-hater, Jimmah? And the taxpayers paid for a jet to fly his desiccated old corpse north?

Oh yeah, CNN. The funniest thing about the prospective juror pool is that more Jurors agreed CNN makes shit up and calls it "news" than had heard of Fake Jake Tapper.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 08, 2025 05:39 PM (aACSV)

30
"Man armed with knives and a machete arrested for trying to enter the Capitol building..."

Was that wrong?
Should I not have done that?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at January 08, 2025 05:39 PM (dg+HA)

31 As an aside:

Henrico VA is under advisement to boil their water before using today

Posted by: Blanco at January 08, 2025 05:39 PM (5jvsV)

32 >>Billion with B is a large number, even for CNN.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 05:35 PM

--

You misspelled "especially."

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 08, 2025 05:40 PM (amTrm)

33 Boo Hoo it sucks to be you Jake

Posted by: It's me donna at January 08, 2025 05:40 PM (VE6XX)

34 Only one potential juror admitted to "regularly" watching CNN, and only 2 out of roughly 40, or 5 percent, knew who Tapper was."

I think this percentage is roughly true for the general population. The vast majority have tuned out of regular news.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 08, 2025 05:40 PM (wyMQY)

35 Florida jury

Florida panhandle jury.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:41 PM (uxCna)

36 Is the service for Jimmy Carter still on-going? If so, are they offering a shuttle between his service and the one for McCain?
Posted by: Crusader at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (azSra)

Will we see McCain crash-land his killer rabbit on Carter's casket?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 08, 2025 05:41 PM (VNX3d)

37 36 Is the service for Jimmy Carter still on-going? If so, are they offering a shuttle between his service and the one for McCain?
Posted by: Crusader at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (azSra)

Tomorrow is the funeral

Posted by: It's me donna at January 08, 2025 05:42 PM (VE6XX)

38 Oh yeah, CNN. The funniest thing about the prospective juror pool is that more Jurors agreed CNN makes shit up and calls it "news" than had heard of Fake Jake Tapper.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 08, 2025 05:39 PM (aACSV)
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The only reason I know about Jake Tapper is because of AoSHQ.

I could not pick him out of a police lineup, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:42 PM (BpYfr)

39 crank e is best crank

Posted by: anachronda at January 08, 2025 05:42 PM (v3pYe)

40 Man armed with knives and a machete arrested for trying to enter the Capitol building at the same time Trump was planning on viewing Carter’s casket. Another attempt?? Holy Smokes
Posted by: Jmel

He could've been there for Carter to, you know, make sure. The dust off and nuke from orbit option was off the table.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 08, 2025 05:42 PM (t/GD4)

41 15 million to Trump and now this? Honestly, I'm surprised CNN hasn't settled because Billion with B is a large number, even for CNN.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 05:35 PM (tT6L1)

His actual damages are probably minimal.

So I don't think the plaintiff was interested in settling. This is about proving a point, I imagine. Especially with where this case was filed.

This is the kind of lawfare we need to engage in. Constantly and relentlessly. In friendly venues. Like the left does.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uCjyK)

42 If this isn't an instance of actual malice, there is no such thing.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (amTrm)

43 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uxCna)

44 28 Tap-a-tap-a-tap
they call him the Tapper.
Tap-tap-tap
you know what he's after!

maple syrup?

Posted by: anachronda at January 08, 2025 05:44 PM (v3pYe)

45 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uxCna)

ill bet the money is gone though

Posted by: Oldcat at January 08, 2025 05:44 PM (n7h9X)

46 Hopefully a win against the Communist News Network will shut down their lies and rhetoric

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 05:44 PM (fwDg9)

47 From Previous Thread:

211 201 Pacific Palisades fire burned all the way to the ocean.

Same thing happened in Laguna Beach in the early '90's.

If you're in or downwind from a canyon it's like a flame-thrower.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:30 PM (QGaXH)

I understand Biden ordered the firefighting airplanes grounded so he could fly in to have a photo op at a forestation with Newsom to tell the media how awesome the government's response has been?

I better not write any more.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (x0n13)

Nothing fire-fighting was flying for a while - the winds were too strong.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:45 PM (QGaXH)

48 If this isn't an instance of actual malice, there is no such thing.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (amTrm)

No kidding. You have people dumb enough to put in writing "let's get this guy." And yet there's a chance CNN wins because the bar for defamation is set so high.

Posted by: pookysgirl sees a need for reform at January 08, 2025 05:47 PM (dtlDP)

49 Tap-a-tap-a-tap
they call him the Tapper.
Tap-tap-tap
you know what he's after!

maple syrup?
Posted by: anachronda at January 08, 2025 05:44 PM (v3pYe)

Someone to use his head as a drum?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 08, 2025 05:47 PM (VNX3d)

50 Nothing fire-fighting was flying for a while - the winds were too strong.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:45 PM (QGaXH)

Whut?

Posted by: Hurricane hunters at January 08, 2025 05:47 PM (/6GbT)

51 Nothing fire-fighting was flying for a while - the winds were too strong.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:45 PM (QGaXH)

One reporter spoke of 2 CH-47's that were trying to dump water on some home fires - they gave up and sent them back to base because when they dropped water, it landed 300 feet away from what they were aiming at.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 08, 2025 05:48 PM (wyMQY)

52 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uxCna)
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There is a sort of dark irony if some of that money was squandered building new palaces for political actors, which are now nothing more than cinders.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:48 PM (BpYfr)

53 I understand Biden ordered the firefighting airplanes grounded so he could fly in to have a photo op at a forestation with Newsom to tell the media how awesome the government's response has been?

I better not write any more.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (x0n13)

Nothing fire-fighting was flying for a while - the winds were too strong.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:45 PM (QGaXH)
=========================
Wind bag politicians talking too much caused planes to be grounded, due to their hot air?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 08, 2025 05:49 PM (BgwYQ)

54 15 I hope he bankrupts CNN.

Then has someone ass rape Tapper. Live.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (Q4IgG)
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Do you want that done in an empty Congress room?

Posted by: Ciampino - so far left that he faces rearwards? at January 08, 2025 05:49 PM (i0xsb)

55 52 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uxCna)
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There is a sort of dark irony if some of that money was squandered building new palaces for political actors, which are now nothing more than cinders.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:48 PM (BpYfr)

And uninsured.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 05:49 PM (i0F8b)

56 52 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uxCna)
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There is a sort of dark irony if some of that money was squandered building new palaces for political actors, which are now nothing more than cinders.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:48 PM (BpYfr)

Hey now.... come on.... we did finally lay the first Rail of the High Speed Rail... the one that will go between Bakersfield and Merced... which is 2.5 hours on the Freeway.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 08, 2025 05:50 PM (QAkQ3)

57 Whatever they pay Tapper it’s 98% too much.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 05:50 PM (D6PGr)

58 ...which show that CNN did in fact have "actual malice" against Young.
_______

Why does he even have to show actual malice? Is he a public figure?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 05:51 PM (Dm8we)

59 Fake Jake is gonna pay real money.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 05:51 PM (RIvkX)

60
Saw a vid on X last night of somebody flying in to Las Angeles that looked like they were flying into Hell.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 05:51 PM (krQz2)

61 I better not write any more.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 08, 2025 05:34 PM (x0n13)

Nothing fire-fighting was flying for a while - the winds were too strong.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:45 PM

Correct, all aircraft were grounded earlier today due to the high winds. Some gusts were recorded in excess of 100mph.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 08, 2025 05:51 PM (Rcnd3)

62 Fuzz Hogan? Is CNN using Cheech and Chong movies as a staffing agency?

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at January 08, 2025 05:52 PM (B/m4p)

63 Fake Jake is gonna pay real money.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 05:51 PM (RIvkX)
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Jake from Fake Farm.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 05:52 PM (krQz2)

64 Big fires create and/or intensify big winds.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 05:52 PM (i0F8b)

65 27 Throw tapper in the crapper and flush with a clapper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VwHCD)
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Are we starting the copper clapper caper now?

Posted by: Ciampino - so far left that he faces rearwards at January 08, 2025 05:53 PM (i0xsb)

66 Semi sciency question . If you dropped a MOAB in the middle of the fire would it put most of it out?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 05:53 PM (D6PGr)

67 Tapper is as much a cipher as Kamala.

Neither of them have any idea how s/he became so prominent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 05:53 PM (RIvkX)

68 No kidding. You have people dumb enough to put in writing "let's get this guy." And yet there's a chance CNN wins because the bar for defamation is set so high.
Posted by: pookysgirl sees a need for reform at January 08, 2025 05:47 PM (dtlDP)
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They are basically goading the judge to find them guilty.

This stuff is basically a written confession to the offense.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

69 50 Nothing fire-fighting was flying for a while - the winds were too strong.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:45 PM (QGaXH)

Whut?
Posted by: Hurricane hunters at January 08, 2025 05:47 PM (/6GbT)

No helicopters/low level stuff. The commercial airports were open.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:54 PM (QGaXH)

70 Learn to blow leaves, assholes.

Posted by: Ripley at January 08, 2025 05:54 PM (PTDkx)

71 Freedom the Press - as originally written. You are free to write whatever you wish - as long as you can afford the ink and paper and rental time on the press.

And then ? Something happens. You're free to say whatever you wish. You're just not free from consequences - other than government raiding the printing press.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 05:54 PM (7dP0W)

72 15 million to Trump and now this? Honestly, I'm surprised CNN hasn't settled because Billion with B is a large number, even for CNN.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 05:35 PM (tT6L1)

I wonder if there was a threat by Tapper to start naming names of who was backing his jackassery

Posted by: Kindltot at January 08, 2025 05:55 PM (D7oie)

73 Throw tapper in the crapper and flush with a clapper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VwHCD)
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Are we starting the copper clapper caper now?
Posted by: Ciampino - so far left that he faces rearwards at January 08, 2025 05:53 PM (i0xsb)
====

And then the murders began...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 05:55 PM (RIvkX)

74 Gaffigan was all-in on vaccine mandates, too. That was where he lost me.

Yeah he was pretty funny even when making fun of me, but when he did that, he lost me. No dude. No.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 05:55 PM (2VST1)

75 Why does he even have to show actual malice? Is he a public figure?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Sullivan law protects the Media.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 05:55 PM (yruun)

76 Hey now.... come on.... we did finally lay the first Rail of the High Speed Rail... the one that will go between Bakersfield and Merced... which is 2.5 hours on the Freeway.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 08, 2025 05:50 PM (QAkQ3)

I’ll never forget how proud I was to be a Californian when they started building a train from Borden to Corcoran. In the distant future we’ll be able to see cows and a prison on the same day.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (r50HQ)

77 My cousin's family survived but mom said he probably lost his home. This one's going to, hopefully, spur some reckoning.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (KAi1n)

78 34 Only one potential juror admitted to "regularly" watching CNN, and only 2 out of roughly 40, or 5 percent, knew who Tapper was."

I think this percentage is roughly true for the general population. The vast majority have tuned out of regular news.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 08, 2025 05:40 PM

I can get about 90% of the gist of what is going on in the U.S. just by scanning AOS and the comments.

That takes much less time than the glacial pace that CNN uses to deliver the "news".

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (HlyYF)

79 Absence of Malice was a decent movie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (D6PGr)

80 35 Florida jury

Florida panhandle jury.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:41 PM (uxCna)

Florida Panhandle Jury = rural south Georgia/Alabama jury....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (QGaXH)

81 Saw a vid on X last night of somebody flying in to Las Angeles that looked like they were flying into Hell.
Posted by: Axeman

Live from Carter's funeral flight?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (yruun)

82 By my amateur reading, "Freedom of the Press," is the right to publish.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 05:57 PM (i0F8b)

83 56 52 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Californians have allowed an elite group of crooks to rule the state for decades. Every conservative bill voted up they allowed to be overturned by their supreme court. Every conservative politician they have voted for has lost by rigged vote count. They have been pacified by beautiful weather, scenery and easy money.
Maybe this fire will wake them into action.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 05:57 PM (P3VPf)

84 Throw tapper in the crapper and flush with a clapper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 08, 2025 05:37 PM (VwHCD)
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Are we starting the copper clapper caper now?
Posted by: Ciampino - so far left that he faces rearwards at January 08, 2025 05:53 PM (i0xsb)
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And then the murders began...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 05:55 PM (RIvkX)

Tapper strikes me more as a kleptomaniac, stealing copper and credit, than violent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 08, 2025 05:57 PM (VNX3d)

85 Remember, many CA residents don't have home insurance because the major insurers moved out of CA. Newsom wouldn't let them raise rates even though building/replacement costs were going through the roof.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at January 08, 2025 05:57 PM (g8Ew8)

86 The only reason I know about Jake Tapper is because of AoSHQ.

I could not pick him out of a police lineup, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:42 PM

Presumably, you were surprised to learn that Jake Fapper wasn't actually his real name!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 05:57 PM (HlyYF)

87 CNN needs somebody with a less rapey name.

It's not Jake Get-Consent-to-Tap-her.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 05:58 PM (krQz2)

88 Also, I would like kick Genius Ex-Mayor London Breed in the ass on her way out the door today.

Thanks for nothing. Good riddance. I better not bump into you, for your sake.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 05:58 PM (RIvkX)

89 56 52 BTW, Californians voted in 2014 to spend $7.5 billion on new water storage reservoirs.

Nothing has been built yet.

Blue state governance.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 08, 2025 05:43 PM (uxCna)
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There is a sort of dark irony if some of that money was squandered building new palaces for political actors, which are now nothing more than cinders.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:48 PM (BpYfr)

Hey now.... come on.... we did finally lay the first Rail of the High Speed Rail... the one that will go between Bakersfield and Merced... which is 2.5 hours on the Freeway.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 08, 2025 05:50 PM (QAkQ3)

Laying Pipe >>> Laying Rail

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 05:59 PM (QGaXH)

90 I could not pick him out of a police lineup, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 08, 2025 05:42 PM
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Lineup? Hey, she looked at least 16! How was I to know she was only 14!

Posted by: Jake Tapper Sooper Jeenus at January 08, 2025 05:59 PM (tT6L1)

91 15 million to Trump and now this? Honestly, I'm surprised CNN hasn't settled because Billion with B is a large number, even for CNN.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker

Young said he wouldn't Settle because he wanted this brought out in public court.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 05:59 PM (yruun)

92 If a earthquake hits Southern CA now I’ll be looking to see if people start disappearing. (Rapture)

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 06:00 PM (D6PGr)

93 I hope Jake Tapper will remember. A Southern jury don't need him round, anyhow.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at January 08, 2025 06:00 PM (zddDv)

94 Semi sciency question . If you dropped a MOAB in the middle of the fire would it put most of it out?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 05:53 PM (D6PGr)

No. Because at best, you're looking for an immediate burn of all oxygen ... one part of the combustion triangle.

With the winds blowing there ? Who cares ? You'd stop the oxygen source for what ? A second or two ?

They should be making massive fire breaks now. Doing a triage, if you will. But they won't. Because they'd have to write off massive amounts of Urban California.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:00 PM (7dP0W)

95 lolgf, with lots of zeros

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:01 PM (i24o9)

96 15 million to Trump and now this? Honestly, I'm surprised CNN hasn't settled because Billion with B is a large number, even for CNN.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker

Hush-Money!

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:01 PM (i0F8b)

97 Presumably, you were surprised to learn that Jake Fapper wasn't actually his real name!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 05:57 PM (HlyYF)

Jake Fapper was Jeffrey Toobin’s AOL screen name.

Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at January 08, 2025 06:01 PM (r50HQ)

98 7.5 billion for water...20 billion for graft, I mean, high speed rail.

Yeah, the people on the rail advisory board did well for themselves.

While shafting their fellow Californians.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:01 PM (tT6L1)

99 Has anyone heard of dimwit Jim Acosta lately? Is he even working any longer?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:01 PM (2VST1)

100 These images of Pasadena and Altadena are making me ill. All these familiar places up in smoke.

Posted by: InZona at January 08, 2025 06:02 PM (L/uqf)

101 They should be making massive fire breaks now. Doing a triage, if you will. But they won't. Because they'd have to write off massive amounts of Urban California.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:00 PM

At this point massive amounts of urban LA have already written themselves due to these fires. I suspect there has been about $10 BILLION in real estate already burned up with more to follow.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 08, 2025 06:02 PM (Rcnd3)

102 Young said he wouldn't Settle because he wanted this brought out in public court.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 05:59 PM (yruun)
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That I did not know.

Good for him.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:02 PM (tT6L1)

103 We need another American disaster so the Dems can send more money to Ukraine as a response.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (krQz2)

104 If a earthquake hits Southern CA now I’ll be looking to see if people start disappearing. (Rapture)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 06:00 PM (D6PGr)
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Dispensationalism is a 19th Century American heresy. No one else in the world believes in it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

105 I read a little about this case when it was filed. As I recall, Young went to CNN as a favor to ask if they needed any assistance getting any of their employees out of Afghanistan. It was a sales call. The person he talked to knew that one of the reporters was doing a story on the black market so they strung Young along until he figured out what they were up to. Then he stopped returning any calls or talking to them. That's when they did the first hit piece.

Also, Young got all his expenses and payments through sponsorship. He wasn't price gouging anyone.

CNN is going to pay heavy on this one. It won't be $1 Billion, but it will be expensive.

Posted by: Orson at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (dIske)

106
I know it's super-secret, but any guesses on the payout to the Covington kids after the last CNN spitefest?

Posted by: Auspex at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (j4U/Z)

107 103 We need another American disaster so the Dems can send more money to Ukraine as a response.
Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (krQz2)

I saw they sent another 100 million or so today

Posted by: It's me donna at January 08, 2025 06:04 PM (VE6XX)

108 Young said he wouldn't Settle because he wanted this brought out in public court.

That seems... unwise.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:04 PM (2VST1)

109 Hey now.... come on.... we did finally lay the first Rail of the High Speed Rail... the one that will go between Bakersfield and Merced... which is 2.5 hours on the Freeway.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 08, 2025 05:50 PM (QAkQ3)

I can’t wait to get shoved in front of a high-speed train by a mentally-ill homeless man!

Posted by: Public Transport Enthusiast! at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (FC8SQ)

110 Dispensationalism is a 19th Century American heresy. No one else in the world believes in it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)
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This is an argumentum ad populum.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (krQz2)

111 I can get about 90% of the gist of what is going on in the U.S. just by scanning AOS and the comments.

That takes much less time than the glacial pace that CNN uses to deliver the "news".
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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That and an aggregator like Citizen Free Press. ZeroHedge is not as attractive as it once was, something changed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (P3VPf)

112 LOL. There's a spambot at Insty's right now undoubtedly aimed at the conservo-libertarian market -- she's "Justy Trenton"!

Posted by: andycanuck (iMpf5) at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (iMpf5)

113 Dispensationalism is a 19th Century American heresy. No one else in the world believes in it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)
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Really? Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world believe in the Rapture.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:06 PM (tT6L1)

114 Jimmuh Cahddah Lies in Malaise in the Capitol Rotunda today.

He's the Cheshire Corpse. The last thing to go will be that horrid grin.

Actual Clowns were afraid of That GRIN.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 08, 2025 06:06 PM (Xo+UM)

115 They should be making massive fire breaks now. Doing a triage, if you will. But they won't.

Well, between budget cuts, DEI hiring, and incompetent leadership I doubt they CAN do that, even if they wanted.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:06 PM (2VST1)

116 >>>Young said he wouldn't Settle because he wanted this brought out in public court.

When he wins, Trump should give him a Presidential Medal of Freedom. And send CNN a fruit basket.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (i24o9)

117 They're evacuating major parts of Santa Monica.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (krQz2)

118 I can get about 90% of the gist of what is going on in the U.S. just by scanning AOS and the comments.
That takes much less time than the glacial pace that CNN uses to deliver the "news".
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

And a lot more entertaining.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (i0F8b)

119 Sullivan law protects the Media.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 05:55 PM (yruun)
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Yes, that was the initial goal, but it was a travesty, violating a long Common Law tradition that malicious speech was not protected.

Like so many other precedents, the Supreme Court decided to throw them all away because they were inconvenient to the liberal project. Society as a whole has suffered greatly from their hubris.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

120 Really? Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world believe in the Rapture.

Its pretty unknown outside the USA, to be honest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (2VST1)

121 ZeroHedge is not as attractive as it once was, something changed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM

One could say the same about Drudge. ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (a3Q+t)

122 76 I’ll never forget how proud I was to be a Californian when they started building a train from Borden to Corcoran. In the distant future we’ll be able to see cows and a prison on the same day.

hmmmmm. *scribbles note* cow prisons

can i have a grant?

Posted by: anachronda at January 08, 2025 06:08 PM (v3pYe)

123
One could say the same about Drudge. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It sure didn't take long to figure out that Drudge had sold... out.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 06:09 PM (yruun)

124
Really? Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world believe in the Rapture.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:06 PM (tT6L1)
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Okay, and the rest of Christianity doesn't. What's your point?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

125 hmmmmm. *scribbles note* cow prisons
can i have a grant?
Posted by: anachronda at January 08, 2025 06:08 PM

Only if you capture and neutralize all of the methane.

Posted by: Greta at January 08, 2025 06:10 PM (a3Q+t)

126 This is an argumentum ad populum.

Right, that doesn't make it wrong, just almost exclusively a US thing. I don't want to get into a theological argument here about the validity of pre-trib pre-millennial dispensationalism.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:10 PM (2VST1)

127 Really? Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world believe in the Rapture.

Never trust anyone so interested in the next world that they use this one as an audition.

I had kin - Southern Baptists - like that. The more suffering, the better. Puritans with Biscuits and Gravy.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:10 PM (7dP0W)

128 Ruby Red Panhandle. We shall see how CNN makes out.

Posted by: Ann at January 08, 2025 06:10 PM (4neFu)

129 Why does he even have to show actual malice? Is he a public figure?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Sullivan law protects the Media.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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That's my point. I believe the actual malice standard in Sullivan only applies to public figures.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:10 PM (Dm8we)

130 They're evacuating major parts of Santa Monica.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (krQz2)

I am still living with your ghost.

Lonely and dreaming of the west coast.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:11 PM (i24o9)

131 That and an aggregator like Citizen Free Press. ZeroHedge is not as attractive as it once was, something changed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (P3VPf)

Zero Hedge has become a "magazine" with much more analysis and filler pieces

Posted by: Kindltot at January 08, 2025 06:11 PM (D7oie)

132 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)

I won’t start a debate on what I think is heresy in Catholic teachings.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 06:11 PM (D6PGr)

133 I’ll never forget how proud I was to be a Californian when they started building a train from Borden to Corcoran. In the distant future we’ll be able to see cows and a prison on the same day.
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM (r50HQ)
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Lerdo Prison is across the street from a feedlot and next door to an orange grove. No train needed.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:11 PM (tT6L1)

134 This is an argumentum ad populum.
Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (krQz2)
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No, it's a fact. I mean, sure, all of orthodox Christianity, both Catholic and Orthodox, plus Lutheranism, Calvinism, and let's not leave out the Copts completely got this wrong, but the Schofield Study Bible figured it out.

Sounds plausible.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

135 Never trust anyone so interested in the next world that they use this one as an audition.

I liked Martin Luther's perspective (Calvin also). Someone asked him what he would do if he knew for certain Jesus would return tomorrow and he said "plant a tree." The idea is... we should always look forward to Jesus returning every moment and long to go home, but until then, to work and do our duty, love and honor God and our neighbor here and now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:11 PM (2VST1)

136 Really? Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world believe in the Rapture.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:06 PM (tT6L1)

It is the big sickle claws that sold me on the Raptors

Posted by: Kindltot at January 08, 2025 06:12 PM (D7oie)

137 Really? Millions of Evangelical Christians around the world believe in the Rapture.

Its pretty unknown outside the USA, to be honest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (2VST1)

I guess we know who won't be coming to the party. Heathens.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:12 PM (i24o9)

138 One could say the same about Drudge. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It sure didn't take long to figure out that Drudge had sold... out.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 06:09 PM

LOL, no $hit. It was like someone flipped a switch and the next day it was 99.64% anti Trump.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 08, 2025 06:12 PM (Rcnd3)

139
I remember reading stuff about California in the Before Time. The Way Before Time. There were men of vision and long term planning. They didn't just think of the next quarter, but thought about many quarters in the future. Hell, we're gonna grow. We're gonna need shit like water, power, and infrastructure. And they built it.

And that produced the hey day of Californ-eye-A. And then they stopped that. Along with the rest of the country. We're just cruising on a system built by the competent men of the past which is now aging and wearing out.

And then we've got the Eco-lunatics and DEI wackos and it's all just falling apart.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (w6EFb)

140 Okay, and the rest of Christianity doesn't. What's your point?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)
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You're the one who opened with the sneering condescension. I pointed it out. I don't pick on religion here as I think it's not a wise idea.

You may think differently.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (tT6L1)

141 Rapture was a big hit for Blondie.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (i0F8b)

142 Biden just summed up his entire life . At a press conference in Cali with Newsom he mumbled something and then said "the good news is I'm a great grandfather". Longest twelve days in USA history

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (c+GDc)

143 118 I can get about 90% of the gist of what is going on in the U.S. just by scanning AOS and the comments.
That takes much less time than the glacial pace that CNN uses to deliver the "news".
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

And a lot more entertaining.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (i0F8b)

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Agreed. If CNN had an anchor named Charlie Brown's Dildo, I might consider watching.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (zddDv)

144 do if he knew for certain Jesus would return tomorrow and he said "plant a tree." The idea is... we should always look forward to Jesus returning every moment and long to go home, but until then, to work and do our duty, love and honor God and our neighbor here and now.

Honestly - I like that too. Makes sense.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:14 PM (7dP0W)

145 And then we've got the Eco-lunatics and DEI wackos and it's all just falling apart.

Yeah, they tried really hard to get new water sources so the hydrants wouldn't run dry during a catastrophic firestorm, to pick something out of the blue. Newsome vetoed it to protect the Smelt.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:14 PM (2VST1)

146 I can get about 90% of the gist of what is going on in the U.S. just by scanning AOS and the comments.
That takes much less time than the glacial pace that CNN uses to deliver the "news".
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

And a lot more entertaining.

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:07 PM (i0F8b)

More boobs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:14 PM (i24o9)

147 Biden just summed up his entire life . At a press conference in Cali with Newsom he mumbled something and then said "the good news is I'm a great grandfather". Longest twelve days in USA history
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Did he mention anything about his own house burning down in the Great Delaware Fire of 95?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:15 PM (Dm8we)

148 "Never trust anyone so interested in the next world that they use this one as an audition. "

I think you must repeat that line at least once a day, Scogg.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2025 06:15 PM (5vV3u)

149 Dispensationalism is a 19th Century American heresy. No one else in the world believes in it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ZOv7s)
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This is an argumentum ad populum.
Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:05 PM (krQz2)
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Plus, it's a doctrinal difference, not a disagreement over a major article of the faith.

The thing about the rapture is, I don't have to believe it. If it happens, it happens when the Lord decrees.

If the Kingdom is now, as in amillennialism, then there will be no rapture. Nobody who thought there would be one needs to deny Jesus over it.

All the events come in the Lord's time. When and if the Lord wants.

You *do* have people who mistake them for articles of faith, but that's like making any mistake in understanding scripture, if it doesn't touch the main articles, the main thing it does is damage unity, but not touch the articles of faith.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:16 PM (krQz2)

150 147 Biden just summed up his entire life . At a press conference in Cali with Newsom he mumbled something and then said "the good news is I'm a great grandfather". Longest twelve days in USA history
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Did he mention anything about his own house burning down in the Great Delaware Fire of 95?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:15 PM (Dm8we)

When Beau sacrificed his life to save those orphans?

Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:16 PM (i0F8b)

151
More boobs.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

What are you talking about?
~Mexican weather girls.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 06:16 PM (yruun)

152 Jimmuh Cahddah Lies in Malaise in the Capitol Rotunda today.
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His staff insists he's still sharp, and that they have a difficult time keeping up with him.

Posted by: Crusader at January 08, 2025 06:16 PM (azSra)

153 The problem with bulldozing fire breaks is the terrain. This isn't a flat, level forest, those canyons are like little chimneys, and the fire can leap over the gaps.

It's why prevention should have been the singular focus, because once it gets going, there's no stopping it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

154 Its pretty unknown outside the USA, to be honest.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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It's in the book. The book is world wide.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (P3VPf)

155 More boobs.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:14 PM (i24o9)

Are you sure about that? CNN has lots of boobs.

Posted by: Emmie at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (Sf2cq)

156 I’ll never forget how proud I was to be a Californian when they started building a train from Borden to Corcoran. In the distant future we’ll be able to see cows and a prison on the same day.

When the first street car line was completed in Salem Oregon in the 1880's it went from downtown near the capitol building, east out past the rail line. The local paper extolled its virtues when it opened, mentioning that it allowed the interested traveler to spend the afternoon touring from the state capitol building out to the state mental hospital and the state penitentiary and back.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (D7oie)

157 >Did he mention anything about his own house burning down in the Great Delaware Fire of 95?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:15 PM (Dm8we)

Is that when Beau was killed?

Posted by: Scarymary at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (zddDv)

158 Are you sure about that? CNN has lots of boobs.
Posted by: Emmie

And you look at both.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 08, 2025 06:18 PM (yruun)

159 I talked to an Oregon smoke jumper about why they do not perform controlled burns in CA. He said the air quality agency (CARB?) will never approve it.

These idiots don't know that a little smoke a few days a year is MUCH better than massive smoke, massive property damage, and dead bodies, when you don't do any controlled burns.

I burn grass sections almost every year at our farm. Performed under proper conditions it is quite easy. (I once put out a fire without water using only back burns just to see if it could be done.)

The NWS even used to publish burn condition atmospheric data that showed when there was a high ceiling, and my smoke would go up 1800' before it would start to spread out. If CA burned on those days it would be safe and have very little smoke on the populace!

Of course, that would require that the politicians have even a thin slice of scientific knowledge.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 06:18 PM (HlyYF)

160 Machetes coupled with drip irrigation and this would never happen.
It's not like they can't afford it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:18 PM (P3VPf)

161 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 08, 2025 05:48 PM

They need bomb sights

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 06:19 PM (fwDg9)

162 You're the one who opened with the sneering condescension. I pointed it out. I don't pick on religion here as I think it's not a wise idea.

You may think differently.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (tT6L1)
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I saw Sneering Condescension open for the Verve Pipe at Pine Knob in '96. Great show!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

163 For certain scolds here - I'm thinking of "Never trust anyone so interested in the next world they pay no attention to this one" etched on my tombstone. Its mine. I wrote it.

"Don't piss down my back and tell me its raining" sadly was already taken.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:20 PM (7dP0W)

164 Did he mention anything about his own house burning down in the Great Delaware Fire of 95?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:15 PM (Dm8we)
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Did he beat the fire out with a chain?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

165 Are you sure about that? CNN has lots of boobs.

Posted by: Emmie at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (Sf2cq)

I wasn't counting Stetler.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (i24o9)

166 Is that when Beau was killed?
Posted by: Scarymary at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (zddDv)
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Storming the beaches in the south Pacific.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

167 The thing about the rapture is, I don't have to believe it. If it happens, it happens when the Lord decrees.

That's pretty much my approach to the end of days. Its in God's hands, He'll handle it how He wants to, and my worries or expectations won't change any of that. God Wins, that's all I need to know.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (2VST1)

168 Did he mention anything about his own house burning down in the Great Delaware Fire of 95?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:15 PM (Dm8we)

Is that when Beau was killed?
Posted by: Scarymary at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (zddDv)
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Probably.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (krQz2)

169 139
I remember reading stuff about California in the Before Time. The Way Before Time. There were men of vision and long term planning. They didn't just think of the next quarter, but thought about many quarters in the future. Hell, we're gonna grow. We're gonna need shit like water, power, and infrastructure. And they built it.

And that produced the hey day of Californ-eye-A. And then they stopped that. Along with the rest of the country. We're just cruising on a system built by the competent men of the past which is now aging and wearing out.

And then we've got the Eco-lunatics and DEI wackos and it's all just falling apart.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (w6EFb)

I believe you hit the nail on the head - we were once a nation of do-ers with big dreams and big ambitions. Settle the west ? Done! Build transcontinental railroads and highway system ? Done! Panama Canal? Done! Put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth - in the next ten years? Done!

Now....if you wanted to build the Golden Gate Bridge probably would take longer and cost more just to get the environmental impact statement approved

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (QGaXH)

170 Movable perimeter fencing and goats .

Posted by: Ben Had at January 08, 2025 06:22 PM (0wWvl)

171 As it is there is no water in the fire hydrants.
I wish no harm to any living thing, the property damage is a given the way they managed the land.
In common language, they were asking for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:22 PM (P3VPf)

172 Agreed. If CNN had an anchor named Charlie Brown's Dildo, I might consider watching.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM

Heck, if CNN had a cooking segment with a host named Charlie Brown's Dildo, then I might even watch for a few minutes at the airport.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 06:22 PM (HlyYF)

173 141 Rapture was a big hit for Blondie.
Posted by: davidt at January 08, 2025 06:13 PM (i0F8b)

Yea - I liked that one too....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 06:22 PM (QGaXH)

174 That's pretty much my approach to the end of days. Its in God's hands, He'll handle it how He wants to, and my worries or expectations won't change any of that. God Wins, that's all I need to know.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (2VST1)
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Memento Mori.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

175 Jury selection started hot with prospective Juror One telling the court that he would not be able to be impartial in the case because they strongly disliked the media

Bzzt. Sorry Hans, wrong guess.

The correct answer is "Yes I can be impartial. I rarely watch cable news" or "Although I have some dislike for the media, I can put that aside and be impartial"

Make the defense use all their peremptory challenges and make them wish they had more.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 08, 2025 06:23 PM (D0HYP)

176 do if he knew for certain Jesus would return tomorrow and he said "plant a tree." The idea is... we should always look forward to Jesus returning every moment and long to go home, but until then, to work and do our duty, love and honor God and our neighbor here and now.

Honestly - I like that too. Makes sense.
Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:14 PM (7dP0W)

Me too. The "Rapture" stuff smacks of Jim Jones type of mentality. No thanks.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at January 08, 2025 06:23 PM (g8Ew8)

177 Rapture was a big hit for Blondie.

First exposure a lot of people had to rap.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:23 PM (2VST1)

178 Heck, if CNN had a cooking segment with a host named Charlie Brown's Dildo, then I might even watch for a few minutes at the airport.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 06:22 PM (HlyYF)
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Not sure I want to explain what the chyron says to my grandkids, though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

179 @ 139, spot-on

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 08, 2025 06:24 PM (cY18j)

180 "Never trust anyone so interested in the next world they pay no attention to this one"

Aside from the fact that it's meaningless except to you

Adios.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2025 06:24 PM (5vV3u)

181
Dear Lord, I can't believe I'm asking this but please keep biden alive. Just for 12 more days. Amen.

*The Last Thing We Need/Want Right Now Is For That Old Ho to be Promoted to President*

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 08, 2025 06:25 PM (kjnCv)

182 The correct answer is "Yes I can be impartial. I rarely watch cable news" or "Although I have some dislike for the media, I can put that aside and be impartial"

Depends what your goal is, really.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:25 PM (2VST1)

183 Heck, if CNN had a cooking segment with a host named Charlie Brown's Dildo, then I might even watch for a few minutes at the airport.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
_________

"CNN host beats audience member within inch of life for maple syrup comment."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:26 PM (Dm8we)

184 I believe you hit the nail on the head - we were once a nation of do-ers with big dreams and big ambitions. Settle the west ? Done! Build transcontinental railroads and highway system ? Done! Panama Canal? Done! Put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth - in the next ten years? Done!

We were the last major nation-state with frontiers. That, in a nutshell, was American Exceptionalism.

Now ? You can't even post on the Internet without certain scolds out, day after day, to passive-aggressively try to censor you in their own self-assured well meaning way.

It won't change until we find another frontier. To let people get away from the comfortable scolds.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:26 PM (7dP0W)

185 https://tinyurl.com/bde85w24
20 Tweets from Bad Blue - Maelstrom

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 06:26 PM (fwDg9)

186 Nancy Pelosi's stock portfolio gained 71% in 2024, because she's just better than you.

https://tinyurl.com/2xhykzmn

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at January 08, 2025 06:26 PM (paSBy)

187 166 Is that when Beau was killed?
Posted by: Scarymary at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (zddDv)
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Storming the beaches in the south Pacific.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 06:27 PM (QGaXH)

188 after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 06:27 PM (QGaXH)
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Remember when FDR went on national television to reassure America? Joe sure does!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)

189 177 Rapture was a big hit for Blondie.

First exposure a lot of people had to rap.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:23 PM (2VST1)

I liked it. Too bad it was all downhill from there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 08, 2025 06:28 PM (wyMQY)

190 "CNN host beats audience member within inch of life for maple syrup comment."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:26 PM (Dm8we)
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Any chance the audience member is Tapper? Because I'd pay money to see that segment. Heck, put it on a loop so I can watch is several times.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:28 PM (tT6L1)

191 Me too. The "Rapture" stuff smacks of Jim Jones type of mentality. No thanks.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at January 08, 2025 06:23 PM (g8Ew

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I think you mean Hail Bop, since Jim Jones had no faith whatsoever.

And it's just a bunch of followers committing suicide and being forced a gunpoint to commit suicide.

Except, no act to do yourself in is needed in "The Rapture", as in the mainly-Marxist Jonestown or in the whacky Hail Bop cults.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:28 PM (krQz2)

192 183 Heck, if CNN had a cooking segment with a host named Charlie Brown's Dildo, then I might even watch for a few minutes at the airport.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
_________

"CNN host beats audience member within inch of life for maple syrup comment."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 08, 2025 06:26 PM

Let Steve Inman do background commentary over that segment and we are finally getting some "must see" TV!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 08, 2025 06:29 PM (HlyYF)

193 92 If a earthquake hits Southern CA now I’ll be looking to see if people start disappearing. (Rapture)

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 06:00 PM (D6PGr)

Or, maybe, they fell in Kalifornia's crack; it kills.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 08, 2025 06:29 PM (ynpvh)

194 169 139
Completing/clarifying the thought:

Now....if you wanted to build the Golden Gate Bridge probably would take longer and cost more THAN THE ORIGINAL just to get the environmental impact statement approved

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 06:29 PM (QGaXH)

195 > Rapture was a big hit for Blondie.

First exposure a lot of people had to rap.
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By a white girl, no less.

The ironic... it burns.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2025 06:29 PM (Q4IgG)

196 I liked it. Too bad it was all downhill from there.

A lot of the earliest rap stuff was great fun, its gangsta rap that took it down a bad path and its just gotten awful in the last 25 years or so. Sugarhill Gang was fun. Sir Mixalot was great fun, and flipped off the gangsta rappers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:30 PM (2VST1)

197 Rapture was a big hit for Blondie.

First exposure a lot of people had to rap.
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...and now he only eats guitars!

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:31 PM (krQz2)

198 Absence of Malice was a decent movie.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 05:56 PM

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I thought it was a little longish. But it did have a good scene of Wilford Brimley at his Brimleyest!

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 08, 2025 06:31 PM (amTrm)

199 A lot of the earliest rap stuff was great fun, its gangsta rap that took it down a bad path and its just gotten awful in the last 25 years or so. Sugarhill Gang was fun. Sir Mixalot was great fun, and flipped off the gangsta rappers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:30 PM (2VST1)
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I liked Run DMC to a degree.

Posted by: Axeman at January 08, 2025 06:31 PM (krQz2)

200 We , at least I never read a accounting of the Lahaina fire and how many died in that.

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 06:32 PM (fwDg9)

201 A lot of the earliest rap stuff was great fun, its gangsta rap that took it down a bad path and its just gotten awful in the last 25 years or so.

If you say. I like my sang poetry with more than drums. Maybe a I-IV-V chord progression. A minor key change now and then, if you really want to get crazy.

I'm odd like that.

Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:32 PM (7dP0W)

202 Nothing compared to the soon-to-be-had ctHARRIS/19 continuing to carpet-bag and buy-up property in Palisades/Malibu for pennies on the dollar. -- Biggest carpetbagger pre-fire, Lauren Jobs. true fact.

And when the mudflows start, they can then petition Nazi-Gavin to make their enclave locals-only exclusive and mark it up 10x.

LIBs hate the Man (or woman) that has a dollar more than them because they believe that dollar belongs to them. All these high minded notions and infighting between the wing leaves a world as lifeless and as useless as Mars -- Palisades/Malibu, Ca

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 08, 2025 06:32 PM (keQg+)

203 Settle settle settle.

CNN has no defense here, and they could lose the entire fucking network. Offer $20 million.

Then start chopping some of the heads in the newsroom. Make it clear losing such lawsuits will result in mass firings of the people responsible. Including Tapper.

This shit has to got to get cleared up.

Posted by: El Mariachi at January 08, 2025 06:33 PM (nLFEI)

204 We , at least I never read a accounting of the Lahaina fire and how many died in that.
Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 06:32 PM (fwDg9)

Lahaina was destroyed. Officially around 110 dead.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at January 08, 2025 06:33 PM (g8Ew8)

205 I liked Run DMC to a degree.

Some of it was okay, but they felt real "poppy" and not super creative to me. Beastie Boys always seemed super creative to me even if I wasn't a fan

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:34 PM (2VST1)

206 Just 11 months ago, LA had the most rainfall in the past 25 years, and several extra feet of snowpack in the Sierras. Since CA is too busy destroying dams to build new reservoirs, the majority of that precipitation drained into the ocean. Newsom's Democrats own this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:34 PM (P3VPf)

207 CNN is burned to the ground to the point Jake Tapper has to do "Man in the Street" interviews alongside Don Lemon.

Now that would be a hoot.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 08, 2025 06:35 PM (tT6L1)

208
"Don't piss down my back and tell me its raining" sadly was already taken.
Posted by: Taking Notice at January 08, 2025 06:20 PM (7dP0W)
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Taken by Judge Judy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2025 06:35 PM (RIvkX)

209
Has that little shit zelensky showed up yet to get a photo with carter's corpse?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 08, 2025 06:35 PM (kjnCv)

210 If you say. I like my sang poetry with more than drums. Maybe a I-IV-V chord progression. A minor key change now and then, if you really want to get crazy.

I mean, nobody is gonna accuse Sir Mixalot of being a musical genius, but then that's true of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley as well. Doesn't mean you can't enjoy something just because its not the finest ever. I like a grilled cheese sammich as well as Chicken Kiev.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 08, 2025 06:36 PM (2VST1)

211

noood

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 08, 2025 06:36 PM (kjnCv)

212 181
Dear Lord, I can't believe I'm asking this but please keep biden alive. Just for 12 more days. Amen.

*The Last Thing We Need/Want Right Now Is For That Old Ho to be Promoted to President*
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 08, 2025 06:25 PM (kjnCv)

At this point I could see just leaving things as-is, just like if old Joe was under anesthesia for twelve days....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 08, 2025 06:36 PM (QGaXH)

213 67
'Tapper is as much a cipher as Kamala.

Neither of them have any idea how s/he became so prominent.'

Probably the same way. IYKWIM

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 08, 2025 06:36 PM (3wi/L)

214 >>I liked it. Too bad it was all downhill from there.

Blondie was incredibly overrated.

And all the while, The Pretenders were right there. Kicking ass.

Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2025 06:36 PM (oLK8+)

215 Run DMC's first album was real good. Good beats and an almost rock like arrangement. Haven't bothered with rap since

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 08, 2025 06:37 PM (c+GDc)

216 Quick invent a new emoji

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 08, 2025 06:38 PM (QSrLX)

217 You can't even post on the Internet without certain scolds out, day after day, to passive-aggressively try to censor you in their own self-assured well meaning way.

Heh. I saw a Jacques Pépin cooking segment a few weeks ago. Top comment chastised him for touching the chicken and then getting a pinch of salt (from a bowl of salt expressly for that purpose) “as many chefs do. Not a safe practice.”

Yeah, I’m thinking that “many chefs” know something about ingredients and kitchen safety that you’re missing. You may want to stick to the McChicken Sandwich.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 08, 2025 06:39 PM (EXyHK)

218 It's why prevention should have been the singular focus, because once it gets going, there's no stopping it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:17 PM (ZOv7s)

Think about this - you have forest fire problem. meaning you need to reduce fuels. Why not collect the fuels and burn it in biomass power plants? Better than the current fucking stupid plan which is ...wait till everything burns to the ground.

Posted by: El Mariachi at January 08, 2025 06:39 PM (nLFEI)

219 Lahaina was destroyed. Officially around 110 dead.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at January 08, 2025 06:33 PM (g8Ew

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The Catholic parish was miraculously spared. Minimal damage.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 08, 2025 06:39 PM (ZOv7s)

220 Propaganda runs its course then is tossed aside for the next lies

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 06:39 PM (fwDg9)

221 How boned is CNN?

Panhandle jury = Matt Gaetz voters.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at January 08, 2025 06:39 PM (IQhz0)

222 liked it. Too bad it was all downhill from there.

Blondie was incredibly overrated.

And all the while, The Pretenders were right there. Kicking ass.
Posted by: garrett at January 08, 2025 06:36 PM (oLK8+)

Dreaming is a favorite (Great drum parts) and Call Me is a great driving song. Other than that I could take or leave Blondie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 08, 2025 06:40 PM (D6PGr)

223 Rick Caruso, billionaire real estate developer, called into LA local news:

“This is like a third world country… there is no water coming out of the fire hydrants.
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Burn it all to the ground.
Trouble is, they'll pick up their money and move to a neighborhood near you. With all the regulation no one can afford to build back.
Coastal CA will be all Watts littered with junkies and thugs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:41 PM (P3VPf)

224 By the by, IF CNN settles, as their lawyer, I would advise them to have MULTIPLE firings.

because next time they get sued they can say they take this shit seriously. Might save them in the next lawsuit.

Posted by: El Mariachi at January 08, 2025 06:42 PM (nLFEI)

225 >>>First exposure a lot of people had to rap.

Rapper's Delight FTW

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 08, 2025 06:42 PM (i24o9)

226 @225 followed closely by Rapture by Blondie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 08, 2025 06:43 PM (c+GDc)

227 It would be the greatest thing if he did not allow an NDA in the settlement that we all know is coming. If this happened, heads would explode at CNN.

Posted by: SteveF at January 08, 2025 06:43 PM (iM6iw)

228 Want to live in a pristine, natural area? You get what comes naturally.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 08, 2025 06:46 PM (P3VPf)

229 It's all the Church of Global Warming

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2025 07:20 PM (fwDg9)

230 Think about this - you have forest fire problem. meaning you need to reduce fuels. Why not collect the fuels and burn it in biomass power plants? Better than the current fucking stupid plan which is ...wait till everything burns to the ground.
Posted by: El Mariachi at January 08, 2025
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There's a 40MW one in Wendel, CA. I think the other 15 are shut down.

Posted by: torabora at January 09, 2025 12:47 PM (f8rQN)

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