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Can A Mayor Run A Town Without The Support Of The Police?
It looks like we're going to find out in New York.
Maybe. I submit that the mayor of New York cannot govern the city without the support of the police. Does Bill de Blasio have that support? Consider this exchange, overheard yesterday at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn: De Blasio: “We’re all in this together.”Former Governor of New York George Pataki took to twitter to say:
Unnamed police officer: “No we’re not.” This was after police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, shot by a crazed black Muslim named Ismaaiyl Brinsley, had been pronounced dead but before the mayor and his entourage made their way through a hospital corridor jammed with police who turned their backs on the mayor, shunning him.
Sickened by these barbaric acts, which sadly are a predictable outcome of divisive anti-cop rhetoric of #ericholder & #mayordeblasio. #NYPD
— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) December 21, 2014Video of Police officers turning their back on De Blasio as he enters the hospital.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: toby928(C) at December 22, 2014 09:00 AM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Y-not, evil Hobbit at December 22, 2014 09:01 AM (9BRsg)
Posted by: Jane at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (rDidp)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (nFdGS)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:03 AM (2Ojst)
Posted by: olddog in mo at December 22, 2014 09:03 AM (Dlyk2)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:04 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Jane at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (rDidp)
She is now gone after more crap came out about her, her criminal son, and her criminal live in fuck mate
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2014 09:04 AM (Zmw74)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 22, 2014 09:04 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 09:05 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2014 09:05 AM (OCcU9)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 22, 2014 09:05 AM (659DL)
So we're revisiting the 60s-70s New York huh?
What's the line about history repeating, first as a tragedy, then as a farce?
Posted by: nnptcgrad at December 22, 2014 09:05 AM (wrS2o)
Oh, and the love their union campaign donations, too.
Will be interesting to see how this gets resolved. I hope no other cops lose their lives.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:05 AM (ABcz/)
Why does his wife have a chief of staff? What staff could she have, besides maybe a personal assistant or secretary?
Posted by: Secundus at December 22, 2014 09:07 AM (U50+B)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 22, 2014 09:08 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Secundus at December 22, 2014 09:07 AM (U50+B)
Much like Jarrett the Ferret, his wife runs NYC along with sharpton
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2014 09:08 AM (Zmw74)
Posted by: major major major major at December 22, 2014 09:09 AM (O2EUr)
>>>>>What's the line about history repeating, first as a tragedy, then as a farce?
It'll be interesting to find out what kind of form the racially violent takeover of Brooklyn in that era will take.
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 09:09 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:10 AM (2Ojst)
Interesting. Haven't heard much about her except the former lesbian stuff. So were they both 60's/70's radicals like Obama? Read they honeymooned in Cuba???
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:10 AM (ABcz/)
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Sure seems to me that, right out of the box, these deBlasios were pretty corrupt, disgusting people. And far be it from me to know the machinations of the office of the mayor of NYC. But is it customary to have the wife have her own freaking chief of staff?
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2014 09:11 AM (tsGZY)
Posted by: t-bird
He is counting on blind obedience because he is "
da mayor".
Mayor can't count.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:11 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: rfichoke at December 22, 2014 09:12 AM (xZEwe)
Good for them. They should keep doing it, too, everywhere he goes. And they should never respond to him when he addresses them, either individually or as a group. He's betrayed them too often and too easily.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:12 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: toby928(C) at December 22, 2014 09:12 AM (rwI+c)
Message: Report on your parents, lil' comrades!
Because IIRC, some pediatricians ask their patients about guns in the house.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:12 AM (ABcz/)
He's a commie, he'll go with the rabble, but he's got to piss on a liberal constituency at the same time, the union cops.
This is left-on-left conflict.
I can't see him resigning, but I can't see him winning in this, either.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (FcR7P)
Maybe he's counting on the support of the criminals, not the cops.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (FcR7P)
He's buddy-buddy with Sharpton, so yeah, pretty much.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Lester at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (2UPXV)
Don't know how, but it'll just be the people of NYC that do the losing. Predictions? Garbage strike in solidarity, and City plowing, then...
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (3ZtZW)
I remember there was a Simpsons episode where they went to New York. Homer hated New York because it was, well, a sh!thole where he was assaulted multiple times. Marge and the family loved it because hey it's clean and safe now! It was played for laughs, but I bet a lot of New Yorkers have forgotten what life was like back then, and are still thinking it won't happen to me.
I mean, traffic jams due to protesters are inconvenient, and okay so a couple of cops were shot... But it will all settle down and my life will not be bothered in the slightest.
Posted by: nnptcgrad at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (wrS2o)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2014 09:14 AM (2cS/G)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:15 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:15 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2014 09:15 AM (CAJL/)
Because, frankly, I'm not sure we're going to make it that long.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at December 22, 2014 09:16 AM (mf5HN)
If it involves the Native Americans foreclosing and kicking everyone else out I'd be all for it. The looks on everyone's faces as they land in NJ and the tribes set up the mother of all casinos on Manhattan Island would be priceless.
'Mornin Horde. I have rum at home and must reload on eggnog (which went away before appropriate additives were obtained). Too bad it waits for the weekend, too much long-distance driving to be done and I actually kinda want to get there alive...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 09:16 AM (DT3rQ)
NYC turned out something like 18% of registered voters during the last election. I know de Blasio won easily but a lot of that had to do with how few people actually bothered to vote.
If this follows the arc of the 60s and 70s, the city will descend further into the abyss until some new Rudy comes along to break a few eggs and clean up the mess. And then the cycle will repeat.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 09:16 AM (g1DWB)
I doubt it.
I think the best NYC can do in the near future is elect a middle-of-the-road Democrat who has some management skill and a good relationship with the cops and the middle class.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 09:16 AM (Zu3d9)
Current Governor Andrew Cuomo, who always is running his mouth, has nothing to say.
NOTHING TO SAY WITH TWO EXECUTED POLICE OFFICERS!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 22, 2014 09:16 AM (iAUf+)
Posted by: Ian Deal at December 22, 2014 09:17 AM (QgD01)
Conversely, open a new Studio 54
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 09:17 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (FcR7P)
He's buddy-buddy with Sharpton, so yeah, pretty much.Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:13 AM (4df7R)
That would include his wife's staff. When did mayor's wives' start getting publicly paid staff and for what? My mayor's wife has her own job and business as she is a very popular and successful optometrist. I know that seems crazy but she seems to like it.
Posted by: Lester at December 22, 2014 09:18 AM (2UPXV)
It'll be interesting to find out what kind of form the racially violent takeover of Brooklyn in that era will take.
Reedy-voiced hipster will fight back with their legions of penny farthing-mountrf cavalry, powered by craft brews.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 22, 2014 09:18 AM (/dvmK)
Posted by: Roy at December 22, 2014 09:18 AM (fWLrt)
.
.
.
.And who do you think he would lay off first?
Which actually might work out to their advantage.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 22, 2014 09:19 AM (4oSLk)
possible, MOVE. Get as far away from the city proper as you can. It's
about to get all 1972 all up in that bitch.
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My brother is an is an air marshal, basically a flying cop. He lives in NYC, is young and was a lib. I think reality started hitting him smack in the face like a wet rag. He wants out of New York so bad he can't stand it. He makes a great salary, but barely gets by because taxes are so high. He had deBlasio's number back when he started running, and he's been posting FB stories on the cop murders. It's amazing what reality can do to an indoctrinated, young, impressionable person when reality comes a callin'.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2014 09:19 AM (tsGZY)
This is a really bad time to live in a Metro area.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 09:20 AM (ViF0c)
Essex is doing a 28mm miniatures line as we speak
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 09:20 AM (3ZtZW)
Mayor JJ Sefton.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:20 AM (SaOs3)
If the police start refusing to move in a smaller group than four officers, life in NYC will get a lot more dangerous.
Posted by: fluffy at December 22, 2014 09:20 AM (Ua6T/)
Maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that New Yorkers are starting to look around and realize that a can of great big ugly worms has just been opened, and that it's not closing for a while.
And, yes, Mayor Deblahblahblah deserves his fair share of the blame for this. The MFM deserves more. Had they reported "just the facts, ma'am" in both the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, neither would have gained anywhere near the sympathy it did.
Instead, they supported thugs whose skin melanin content happens to comport with that of a racial grievance group and portrayed them as innocent victims of police violence.
And the hypocrisy on this is astounding. When a Muslim takes over a dozen people hostage, the MFM immediately tells us not to "rush to judgement" because they just know- KNOW- that White Males are barely restrained balls of hate and rage which will lash out at minorities at the slightest provocation. Yet when their "bad guy" *is* a white male or some "part of the system" then they do everything they can to portray their selected victim- and not just him, but all White Males and/or "parts of the system" as only evil all the time.
Which has predictable consequences.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:20 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:21 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Commie Chameleon at December 22, 2014 09:21 AM (nlQae)
This is a really bad time to live in a Metro area.
Posted by: ScoggDog
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For something like 50 years
Posted by: Poor bastard in Deeetroit at December 22, 2014 09:21 AM (fWLrt)
You have a time machine? That doesn't sound feasible these days.
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:21 AM (FcR7P)
Predictions? Garbage strike in solidarity, and City plowing, then...
THis.
Downstate NY is a lost cause if you ask me. They have radical muslim training centers in Westchester/Rockland counties that LE has known about for years. They do nothing. They are fucked.
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 22, 2014 09:21 AM (XzRw1)
After weeks of trashing the police, now they want the police to be the only ones with guns.
Methinks the middle 'A' is for Asinine.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 09:21 AM (e8kgV)
Speaking of crime...did you see that idiotic gun control ad, where some
teenage kid steals his mother's pistol, takes it to school with him, and
gives it to his teacher, saying "Can you take this? I don't feel safe
with a gun in my house"? Great message - hey kids, you're not supposed
to like guns, and if you don't like guns, steal them from your parents,
take them to school, and thereby commit a felony or three in the
process!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:10 AM (2Ojst)"
Look up Pavlik Morozov.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 09:22 AM (PD6iL)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:10 AM (2Ojst)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKHeXC7L85s
If you're going to make TV ads about guns, at least make them funny
Somewhat NSFW
Posted by: Secundus at December 22, 2014 09:22 AM (uG374)
I would have been just fine with not reliving the 60's. Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 09:05 AM (g1DWB)
Paraphrasing Insty, I would say that "repeating the 60's" is now a best-case scenario. I personally think it will be worse this time around. Much worse.
It's not just because "leaders" are fomenting (either directly or indirectly) these events, it's also the deafening SILENCE from any voices of reason. I wonder if there are enough sane grown-ups left in our nation to counteract this morass.
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at December 22, 2014 09:22 AM (H8u6z)
I live in a town of 200k, which wouldn't be so bad except it went minority-majority not that long ago, the schools suck, and crime is starting to get bad. I'd like to get myself and dad out of here but economy, yo.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 09:22 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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The tent is big and warm over here.
Posted by: Libertarians with guns and ammo at December 22, 2014 09:23 AM (fWLrt)
Posted by: Commie Chameleon at December 22, 2014 09:23 AM (nlQae)
There's a great deal of truth in that throw away line - to the entire nation, not just NYC.
For those of us in Vic's age group, we could (hell, have) told all of the great disconnect between what was said in officialdom and the reality on American streets - sadly, though, the officialdom became history, and the reality was forgotten.
As always, we get to relive much of our youth in society at large.
Never means that second time is any better...
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:23 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 22, 2014 09:24 AM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 22, 2014 09:19 AM (tsGZY)
So goeth the old aphorism: "A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:24 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: toby928(C) at December 22, 2014 09:12 AM (rwI+c
Reread post 23 for your answer.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 22, 2014 09:25 AM (uSAVP)
The police unions versus De Blasio?
Liberal statists cannibalizing each other.
"...things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."
Posted by: Ed at December 22, 2014 09:25 AM (Xv7f/)
don't like guns, steal them from your parents, take them to school, and
thereby commit a felony or three in the process!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:10 AM (2Ojst)
The reality is that kid would turn over that gun to the teacher, the teacher would report the kid to the principal, the kid would be expelled for bringing a weapon to school, and everyone would end up fucked.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:25 AM (4df7R)
The drill is about What if there were an outbreak of X and we had to get meds to the general public? And the POD is whatever local high school they're telling everyone to go to to get RXd.
Great in theory. Everyone and their brother lines up and gets a shot or pills, etc. They never include legions of cops or body bags or even adequate parking in their scenarios, though.
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 09:25 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:26 AM (/jpU8)
How you doin'?
Posted by: zombie Ed Koch at December 22, 2014 09:26 AM (DT3rQ)
George Pataki
Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2014 09:27 AM (v5UtH)
Posted by: President Precedent at December 22, 2014 09:27 AM (cK6ro)
Posted by: dIb at December 22, 2014 09:28 AM (HYAmq)
As long as they are out there working the Mayor owns them and he does not give a shit about which way they face.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 09:28 AM (MQEz6)
this. The MFM deserves more. Had they reported "just the facts, ma'am"
in both the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, neither would have
gained anywhere near the sympathy it did.
This. In the constant rush to be FIRST! with the breaking news, they are always wrong, with details filled in by the narrative. Then all of the retractions and corrections can't fix the first narrative that sets in the minds of the LIVs.
Posted by: chiefjaybob at December 22, 2014 09:28 AM (+rx1r)
Through his bashed and bleeding mouth the kid probably wishes Dad had never left Winnetka.
Posted by: Radeaminit at December 22, 2014 09:28 AM (Xv7f/)
The police unions versus De Blasio?
Liberal statists cannibalizing each other.
And I agree with you for the most part, except that in a fight between the Mayor's office and the police, it's the law-abiding citizens who are going to get shafted; HARD.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:28 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (ee9LE)
Great in theory. Everyone and their brother lines up and gets a shot or pills, etc. They never
factor in panic, confusion, .......
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (SaOs3)
elect a middle-of-the-road Democrat who has some management skill and a good relationship with the cops and the middle class.
How you doin'? Posted by: zombie Ed Koch at December 22, 2014 09:26 AM (DT3rQ)
How YOU doin'?
Posted by: Rudy Guiiani (yeah I know - I'm a "Repub") at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (h4UbF)
Never piss off who provides your bodyguards.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: RedDish at December 22, 2014 09:29 AM (5eXg1)
Hi. I'm Leonard Bernstein, and I'm hosting a party this Wednesday...
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (Zmw74)
Liberal statists cannibalizing each other.
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Police officers have basically nothing to gain from a leftwing administration (at any level). The union leadership does.
So now we will get to see how responsive the leadership is to its members...and hopefully the individual police officers themselves will notice.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (cK6ro)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Trade Your Tale of Woe for Genuine Sympathy at the Outrage Outlet! at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (hLRSq)
Wait Wut????
How the HELL does one get a honeymoon in CUBA???
Travel bans.... how do they work???
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Captain Undeur at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (HKvMD)
No problemo! Advocating violent felonies with weapons is downright ypright!
Posted by: Delaware's own Joe Biden at December 22, 2014 09:31 AM (Spluw)
I keep saying this f'ing century feels like a James Bond story where somebody forgot to put James Bond in.
No wonder we flock to the hero of the moment, we're starved for heroes with a profusion of villains about.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 09:31 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 22, 2014 09:19 AM (4oSLk)
True that. But the dip (or plunge since I am not sure what percentage of revenue is brought in by police enforcement) would be felt immediately and layoffs of cops would take a while and be political suicide. I'm looking forward to repairmen refusing to go into the projects without police protection which isn't available so the lights and water go without repair. Sit in the cold and dark without water and then threaten the cops idiots. It all goes to hell fast.
Posted by: Lester at December 22, 2014 09:31 AM (2UPXV)
I remember a video linked from the ONT to a documentary to the Terminal
Bar in New York. This was when prostitution and other crime was rampant.
All the comments were complaining how New York lacks such rough charm.
All the slum diving liberal hipsters are too young to remember what it
was like, and romanticized this past like they do the depression. Well
have fun getting mugged hipster douches.
Posted by: dIb at December 22, 2014 09:28 AM (HYAmq)
It's the same reason the leftists are all aflutter worrying about Havana losing it's "ghetto chic" charm if it's suddenly flooded with American tourists and commerce. They want to have somewhere they can visit to get a taste of a third world hellhole, or a dystopian, crime-riddled metropolis, but which they can leave behind when they return home to their loft apartments in Cambridge or Seattle.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:31 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (3ZtZW)
If the teacher took the gun, she'd be arrested, fired, etc. To avoid that, she couldn't take the gun and instead would have to have the student arrested.
Which would be kinda justified, since thinking that taking a gun to school is safer than leaving the damn thing alone is pretty dumb.
Posted by: Mama AJ at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Mob's your uncle at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (KG1MP)
This.
Also, I see we've added a new title. I like it.
But back to the topic at hand...
I hate the hypocrisy of the gun grabbers. They are only able to cry about private citizens owning guns... because of private citizens owning guns. Yet that thought never once occurs to them. If they *really* had what they think they want, they'd be crushed under the authoritarian bootheel, too. They have the freedom (including the time) to cry and whine about "guns kill people" because private citizens took up arms and threw off a tyrannical government. Our own government has not yet become the worst of tyrannies because private citizens could still take up arms.
But they never even acknowledge those facts.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (kff5f)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
/breaths
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Man, you crack me up with that...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (DT3rQ)
I'd say I was joking if I was sure he wouldn't do it.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (MMC8r)
Only if he's white. If not, it would be swept under the rug because Holder's crusade against "unfair" punishment of minorities in public schools. They are under tremendous pressure to not appear unfair, which means they cover up a lot of actual shenanigans while making a courageous stand against pop-tart guns and imaginary grenades:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/06/ schoolteacher_responds_to_schools_sinister_war_on_guns.html
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (ABcz/)
We have this tradition in the US of constantly swinging to extremes only to miss the middle each and every time.
So we've reached what I'll call "peak cop" after the crimewave of the 80s. And now, tiring of that, the Balko/Reason contingent (who I sometimes agree with even) will rule the day and order will be maintained by cops with water pistols.
Then crime will break out and we'll arm up the cops again, until we tire of it.
Frankly, I'm sick of both extremes. Balko and his crowd are naïve beyond all comprehension. But I don't want to live in a country where police are omnipresent either.
Sadly, we'll never find the sweet spot.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (HDwDg)
Oddly enough, no. There's very little "firstest" in the mainstream press these days (witness the behind the times performance of CNN/MSNB/etc) on breaking stories).
"Journalists" now "break" stories based on "what story can I tell or support" (the so called "narrative"), thus being an actual beat behind the day's headlines...
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (/jpU8)
***
Got that right.
Posted by: Zach Emmanuel at December 22, 2014 09:33 AM (Xv7f/)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (kff5f)
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Umm..... since when do "facts" matter in any issue with the left???
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 09:33 AM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 09:33 AM (PD6iL)
Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2014 09:34 AM (v5UtH)
"If we just elected a purer liberal, it'd work." Well, you've got him. The ultimate populist divorced from any practical constraint. Now you get a city that's already climaxed is being brought back to earth at an ever-quickening pace by his partisan rhetoric and mismanagement.
The only people who want to go to that city are top-tier grads from top-tier schools who make a buck and a half straight out of school on the low end and aren't worried about saving yet. Luckily, the internets have made it such that we don't have to be on Wall Street to trade or practice effectively any longer. Those of us who to whom still applies are much more drawn to affordable cities where we can do the same work without the insane markups and inescapable smell of piss.
Smart people are fleeing the upper-crust liberal utopias. Eventually there's not going to be a big enough pay differential to lure idiots in to come get robbed by government and gangbangers alike. While many smaller cities still lean blue, at least one can still live in them affordably.
The cycle of greatness is a funny thing. New York, Chicago, and many of California's metropolises have sneered at smaller cities in flyover country for the better part of a generation. But we'll see it flip again in the next generation. The limits of city pride get strained when tax rates and crime skyrocket. Producers have no place in these liberal hellholes.
Posted by: 0302 at December 22, 2014 09:34 AM (N6eLE)
#6 The Nine West shoe ad ragefest:
Nothing inflames a feminist more than the idea that women primarily want to be wives and mothers. So when Nine West launched a series of ads for stilettos over the summer with such slogans as "starter husband hunting" and "first day of kindergarten," feminists clutched their pearls so tightly over the supposed damage to women's "self-esteem" that they nearly decapitated themselves.
... ROFL
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 09:34 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: ---
I'm on it.....You're all under arrest.
Posted by: Gen Shabazz of the New (and improved!) Black Panthers at December 22, 2014 09:34 AM (Spluw)
NYC 1964 - 1994
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:35 AM (/jpU8)
Possible. But the period of late 60s into the 70s was pretty fucking bad. We were living in the NY/NJ metro area and lots of areas in the cities were no go zones. Not just NYC but the big cities of NJ were also semi war zones.
We moved to NJ when I was in middle school in the late 60s and the high school in my town was closed multiple times for race fights. Not just fist fights, knife fights and the like. My own middle school was a constant battle zone based on race. We even had two principals, one for the white kids and one for the black kids. None of the geniuses in charge could figure out why this was a tremendously bad idea.
And it wasn't just NY. Watts burned, Detroit was Detroit, Kent State, the Weather Underground bombings, Black Panthers doing all sorts of violence including Joanne Chesimard gunning down a NJ State Trooper and then fleeing to Cuba where she was supported by the Ayers clan.
I think what we are living through now is the violent left of the 60s and 70s now with the reins of power. If we don't get our shit together soon it could very well be worse than last time.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 09:35 AM (g1DWB)
113 The left loves the " genuineness" of poverty and suffering...as long as it is other people.
Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2014 09:34 AM (v5UtH)
Other people who stay in their place... which is as far away from their back yards as possible.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 22, 2014 09:35 AM (/dvmK)
Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at December 22, 2014 09:37 AM (HEa5q)
You are correct - and what frightens me is that the younger set (hello Ace?) has no clue as to what they're in for...
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:37 AM (/jpU8)
There's "ways to work" and then there are "ways to work".
As others have said, fines revenue stream dries up because cops quit writing tickets.
The mayor's close friends no longer get "special" consideration.
Among many other things.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:38 AM (SaOs3)
Actually, I disagree with that. Or, perhaps better said, I don't know that it has been proven.
The "retractions and corrections" always run on page 18f in 4-point font. No one ever sees them. If the NYT ran an article: "New Evidence: He Was a Thug" then a very large number of the LIVs *would* hear that and would change their minds.
But, like The Duke in The Shootist, most people "have a paper delivered every single day, and never get the full use outta one."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:38 AM (kff5f)
I think what we are living through now is the violent left of the
60s and 70s now with the reins of power. If we don't get our shit
together soon it could very well be worse than last time.
... the last Battle of the 60's Radicals before they go on Social Security and Medicare
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 09:38 AM (e8kgV)
Because IIRC, some pediatricians ask their patients about guns in the house.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:12 AM (ABcz/)
That too. I've been training my kids on this. It is nobody's business - NOBODY'S, not your doctor, not nobody - whether there are guns in the house.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:38 AM (2Ojst)
---
You just described what happens every time public employee unions and Democrats (but, I repeat myself) do business.
See, for example, Detroit. Illinois.
Posted by: Ed at December 22, 2014 09:39 AM (Xv7f/)
Posted by: Null at December 22, 2014 09:39 AM (xjpRj)
I know that to the left Asians are just "China white", but with a name like Wenjian Liu it's kind of hard to call him a white guy.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:39 AM (4df7R)
... I'll counter that's because we're too big a country for just one "sweet spot" - for ANYTHING. Appropriate policing levels in NYC won't be the same as my little patch in Mayberry, IN.
Of course, we COULD go back to letting areas pick for themselves - and often picking foolishly and/or against outside wishes.
But what do I know. I'm just a Federalist with strong Libertarian leanings. Not fit to even be allowed inside the house.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 09:40 AM (ViF0c)
Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2014 09:40 AM (v5UtH)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Vaginassassin
For you perhaps. Be a good peasant and polish my pulitzer, would you?
Posted by: zombie Walter Duranty at December 22, 2014 09:41 AM (Spluw)
The Greater NY Metro area was a blast back then, wasn't it?
(PS 26/JHS 104/Stuyvesant HS)
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:41 AM (/jpU8)
If only the Constitution had not granted the Federal Government Police Powers... oh, wait...
The fact is that Mayberry doesn't *have* to accept those funds and guns from the Feds. They choose to do so.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:42 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:43 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 22, 2014 09:43 AM (3jmxp)
My understanding it is some dame who is so far to the left she makes DeBlasio look like Rush Limbaugh.
It may be Letitia James, but I'm not 100% sure. Nobody who would count as an improvement, but it would only be interim and they'd have to have a special election.
Posted by: jocon307 at December 22, 2014 09:43 AM (lkDsm)
Posted by: sixteenth assault on precinct repelled by queens at December 22, 2014 09:44 AM (KG1MP)
Never a dull moment. As much as we bitch about the way things are now, if we go back to that stuff a lot of people who didn't live through it are in for an eye opening experience.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 09:44 AM (g1DWB)
We are witnessing the end result of tolerating cultural "Broken Windows".
If I can at least watch these worthless f***s burn while I fade out, I can go with a smile.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 09:45 AM (DT3rQ)
Posted by: Zombie Mayor Michael Bilandic at December 22, 2014 09:45 AM (fWLrt)
Posted by: steevy at December 22, 2014 09:45 AM (v5UtH)
The bluer the state and city, the worse will be the race riots.
Behold, two Kennedy Democrats, loyal and true, in hand-to-hand combat, circa 1976:
http://tinyurl.com/ndualq
Posted by: Ed at December 22, 2014 09:45 AM (Xv7f/)
New York deserves this.
You don't see any of this unrest down in Texas, do you?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:46 AM (Kpl3J)
Yeah! Who needs plowed streets?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:46 AM (SaOs3)
New York deserves this.
You don't see any of this unrest down in Texas, do you?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:46 AM (Kpl3J)
The assholes who voted for him deserve this, but not those who didn't.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:47 AM (2Ojst)
My family left there in 1969, when my father was transferred. Our neighborhood wasn't bad, though it was changing from Irish/German/Italian to Greek. That was also nice, if very different. I heard that it's in the process of changing again.
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 09:48 AM (Spluw)
We've had recent protests in the Galleria in Houston and have a grand jury decision pending on a police shooting of an unarmed black kid who was resisting arrest similar to Brown. So it's coming.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 22, 2014 09:48 AM (3jmxp)
Posted by: NJRob at December 22, 2014 09:49 AM (5oi29)
Posted by: RolandTHTG at December 22, 2014 09:49 AM (QM5S2)
New York is a f*cking liberal shithole that is leading the campaign to take this country down. Anything that destroys the power, prestige, and influence of NYC is directly to my personal good, as is the downfall of any of my enemies.
No, New Yorkers are NOT my countrymen. That is one of the strongholds of my enemies. Just like the middle east - let it burn. The good ones can leave and come to someplace that will appreciate them, and the bad majority can go straight to hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:49 AM (Kpl3J)
Sorta like the 48% that DIDN'T vote for Obola, but have to suffer with him anyway.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: Fritz at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (dVmLD)
If they've taken enough of my money to "grant" it back to my community contingent upon my behavior - then they've taken too much.
But watch Allen ... you'll get a staunch GOPer talking up the merits of Block Grants sooner rather than later - for "efficiency".
Screw efficiency. Fascism was efficient. I want LESS government. Not more EFFICIENT government.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (ViF0c)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (PD6iL)
Posted by: Erowmero at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (go5uR)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (3jmxp)
That's why I don't bitch about the way things have been recently - we've had it good the past couple of decades or so, and I'm very, very sorrowful to see Heinlein's bad luck hitting us full force.
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (/jpU8)
Because here is what would happen if they tried:
"I Can't Breathe!"
"Well, then, you'll stop talking soon enough, won't you?"
"We'll Riot!"
"Come and take it." (sounds of various weapons being loaded and readied)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:51 AM (kff5f)
Posted by: Marge at December 22, 2014 09:51 AM (6shz8)
of the strongholds of my enemies. Just like the middle east - let it
burn. The good ones can leave and come to someplace that will
appreciate them, and the bad majority can go straight to hell.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:49 AM (Kpl3J)
Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 09:51 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (3jmxp)
Is that an option?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:51 AM (kff5f)
I would imagine She herself was the one who paid and organized those "protests", but in the end they'll just be a flash in the pan. They were just a cross dressing quasi-hispanic rent a mob.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:52 AM (Kpl3J)
"We said we would ask something," Mujica said in his radio address President Speaks. "We do this for money or material things, but we have no qualms in saying that you please ask the US government to make it possible for those two or three Cuban prisoners that many years ago that are there, they find a way to free them, because that is also a disgrace. "
Mujica concerns five Cuban agents arrested in 1998 and convicted of espionage in Florida, and considered in the island "anti-terrorist heroes", of which three are still in prison.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 09:52 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 09:52 AM (Spluw)
of the strongholds of my enemies"
Go to hell, troll.
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:52 AM (/jpU8)
Obviously we need local control, but that doesn't mean this county doesn't have trends at a broad level.
And to that end we went from "too much crime" to "too much police."
Now the "community policing" nuts are out there, so we'll go to "neutered police" and "too much crime" again.
Fuck it all, if the talking heads class can't figure out nuance, I hope they reap what they sow on this one.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 09:52 AM (HDwDg)
After weeks of trashing the police, now they want the police to be the only ones with guns.
Methinks the middle 'A' is for Asinine.
No, it's all part of the plan. The ultimate goal is for agents of the state to have a monopoly on the use of force. An armed and self reliant population threatens the plans of statists. But a population is easily controlled when docile and trusting in agents of the state to keep the peace.
An armed populace is essential to liberty because a taxpayer funded defense force will always turn on the people in the end. The tendency to leap to the defense of (what have historically been culturally conservative) authority figures will be our downfall before long.
The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.
Posted by: rfichoke at December 22, 2014 09:52 AM (xZEwe)
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2014 09:53 AM (lPB7F)
First, his family's car was *stolen* during the vigil - WTF?
Second, no update on the driver. Here's how the Denver Post phrased it: "A car ran up onto a sidewalk, hitting the bicycle officers."
And then the vary last lines of the article:"Christopher Booker,
41, was driving the car that hit the officers, and police said at the
time they believed the crash was caused by a medical incident."
So really, no new info in the 3 weeks since the crash?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 09:53 AM (ABcz/)
I'd say to Pataki--hit him again, harder!
Posted by: Comanche Voter at December 22, 2014 09:53 AM (wdHk6)
---
Being in a state that has created more jobs than the rest of the country combined in the last six years tends to have a calming effect.
Plus, One Riot, One Ranger.
But mostly the Ranger.
Posted by: Ed at December 22, 2014 09:53 AM (Xv7f/)
So you want Austin to burn too?
Posted by: Bob Belcher
Moscow on the Colorado?
Thinking.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:53 AM (SaOs3)
How about Dallas? They relatively recently elected all Dem judges.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (3jmxp)
Is there anyone who doesn't think this is all being engineered by our Community Organizer president and his Department of Social Justice?
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (MMC8r)
New York deserves this.
You don't see any of this unrest down in Texas, do you?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:46 AM (Kpl3J)
The assholes who voted for him deserve this, but not those who didn't.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:47 AM (2Ojst)
Then LEAVE. (Many of us already have.) Those who produce in these cities are directly funding the radicalism that attacks them. Get over the "first city" arrogance and pick up your job outside of NY, IL, CA, DC, etc. Believe it or not, people do in fact do things and make money outside of these areas.
You do deserve it, because you're the only one feeding the beast. The people voting for the beast, they can't feed it. The only thing that keeps the beast significant is the taxpayer.
Posted by: 0302 at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (N6eLE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (Kpl3J)
I'd say I was joking if I was sure he wouldn't do it.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (MMC8r)
Im your huckleberry!
Posted by: TSA at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (uSAVP)
No. It's not.
See my comment above about a normal Texan's response to "I Can't Breathe!" and rioting. Even given the (relative, for Texas) Liberal S-Hole that is Houston, I don't see massive race riots on the horizon.
And if someone stopped traffic on I-10 through Houston... how would you tell?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (kff5f)
New York deserves this.
You don't see any of this unrest down in Texas, do you?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:46 AM (Kpl3J)
The assholes who voted for him deserve this, but not those who didn't.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:47 AM (2Ojst)
Very low turn-out.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (MQEz6)
Elections have consequences, you NYC commie-loving morons.
Posted by: Chickens, Coming Home to Roost at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (nEi/F)
Posted by: Cyrus, President, Gramercy Rif at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (CAJL/)
Posted by: Chilling the most at December 22, 2014 09:55 AM (wWs6x)
feeding the beast. The people voting for the beast, they can't feed it.
The only thing that keeps the beast significant is the taxpayer.
Posted by: 0302 at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (N6eLE)
We have a far left president, better get going to Canada. Your taxes are feeding the beast.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 09:55 AM (/Mxso)
Agreed.
I was born in the early 60's and live in rural Ohio about an hour from KSU. My (reliable) memories of political events basically start with the Watergate era in the early 70's, during which time I remember my family basically steering clear of any of the Ohio urban areas (especially Cleveland) because of the high incidence of violent crime, riots, etc.
Normally in the past, when evil elements appeared in a community, the rest of the community banded together to oppose them. I don't see that happening now. Communities are devolving into ever smaller disjointed groups seeking they're own interests (good or bad), and are not linking together to oppose the evil elements. I this occurred in the 60's and continues now to an even larger extent. And as the old saying goes, "all it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing."
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at December 22, 2014 09:56 AM (h4UbF)
Actually, it "turns" to support itself - the people be damned.
"The tendency to leap to the defense of (what have historically been culturally conservative) authority figures will be our downfall before long."
I've long suspected that "Empire America" is the next step - sometime in the next 250 years or so...
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:56 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now!
You're absolutely right. It's code for, "we want a certain result". Screaming about grand jury results, or Constitutional seperation of powers all indicate tat it's a power grab.
Unless they're defending obamacare.
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 09:56 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Chickens, Coming Home to Roost at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (nEi/F)
Yup and most large cities are now dominated by the inner city low information voters and race baiters. There is really no other way of saying it.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2014 09:56 AM (Zmw74)
Women compose a little over 50% of the vote.
How many NYC women do you suppose buy into all the listed crazy here:
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-top-
10-feminist-fiascoes-of-2014-20141219-
story.html#page=1
And, here's the important part-
Still buy into it. 90%? 95%? 99.9999999%?
Then add together all the NYC "men" who buy into fymynyst/leftist/racist/social/commie krazee-
who's left to vote for the stable, well-ordered, healthy, supportive of individual's dreams, capitalistic environment-
-that the leftards require to fund their some of their less nutball schemes.
No one.
Everyone of those fucks would rather play outraged revolutionary and burn down "the Man" even when they are "The Man".
Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2014 09:57 AM (KBvAm)
I am wondering when the next Eric Garner/Michael Brown protest will be held. Those bridges won't block themselves.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 09:50 AM (PD6iL)
Not until after the spoiled brat libtard white upper crust libtards return to their dens of academic iniquity following their mid-year mandated Non-Denominational Holiday Sojourn. Fifi and Pookums have to get their new Keurig machines and $1000 checks from grandmama, or else they'll have to get a JOB to afford their organic, locally sourced wheat germ smoothies, like some common PLEBEIAN.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:57 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:57 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Fritz at December 22, 2014 09:57 AM (dVmLD)
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 09:58 AM (/jpU8)
I'm only slightly sadden that I'll never be able to see New York.
Mostly because it's not going to be safe enough in my lifetime to go there.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 09:59 AM (HDwDg)
http://tinyurl.com/khgmwrx
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 09:59 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Chilling the most
What web browser are you using?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 09:59 AM (SaOs3)
Or you can stand with Cruz.
This far left tyrant is weak, and he is about to topple.
As Nietzche said, anything ready to fall deserves to be pushed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 09:59 AM (Kpl3J)
Canada = more conservative/libertarian than the US
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 10:00 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: Always Throw Momma from Elevated Trains at December 22, 2014 10:00 AM (KG1MP)
http://tinyurl.com/khgmwrx
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 09:59 AM (om3D0)
Snow White?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (3jmxp)
They did. But I'm not kidding about Texan response to riots. Forget "one riot, one Ranger" anymore. The Rangers would come in to clean up the mess.
The Dallas chapter of Racial Grievance Industry, Inc is much more focused on Racial Grievance as a means toward money. There's not as much daylight between a Dallas Republican and a Dallas Democrat as there is between (say) a NYC Republican and a NYC Democrat.
And riots are bad for business. Something that the Perots, Basses, Vandergriffs, and other big-money families in the DFW Metroplex would make very, very clear.
Seriously, I think it's going to take a lot more shit-stirring (and most it very targeted AT Texas) to get Texas anywhere near the same level as Ferguson, MO, or NYC.
Even among those who thought that Zimmerman was probably in the wrong in the Trayvon Martin case, the general consensus among those around me (Liberal and Conservative) was, "...so don't mess with a man who might have a gun."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (kff5f)
Mostly because it's not going to be safe enough in my lifetime to go there."
I'm even more upset that I'll have a difficult time going back.
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (/jpU8)
feeding the beast. The people voting for the beast, they can't feed it.
The only thing that keeps the beast significant is the taxpayer.
Posted by: 0302 at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (N6eLE)
We have a far left president, better get going to Canada. Your taxes are feeding the beast.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 09:55 AM (/Mxso)
Cute, but I'm not bitching about "the other guys" in my city ruining it for me. I'm happy. I don't have a De Blas in my life, Barack's leaving soon enough, and the parts of the country where we don't have an occupy camp outside every office building pretty well socked him in the mouth at the voting booth just last month.
Posted by: 0302 at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (N6eLE)
I think that's a good way to put it. There's been a seemingly endless well of compassion for the "disadvantaged" in this country for some time now.
Compassion fatigue is setting in.
It'll get ugly before it gets better, but at some point society is going to have had enough.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (TOk1P)
You people constantly talk about moving like it's the easiest fucking thing in the world to do.
Trust me, I have no "first city delusions"
My City barely pushes the top 50 list.
It's still fucking hard to sever ties and move.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at December 22, 2014 09:57 AM (4df7R)
How now, I only partially resemble that remark (the no job part.)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: Fritz at December 22, 2014 10:02 AM (dVmLD)
The state dept. has confirmed the story.
http://tinyurl.com/mumfgbz
Not only is our government arranging prisoner swaps and making sure the prisoners are receiving things such as invitro fertilization, but they have also managed to created a catfight between Rubio and Rand Paul over this.
I can only picture Jan Psaki preening and prancing around about this.
Posted by: Jen the original at December 22, 2014 10:02 AM (cPPlg)
.
.
.There was a time when Firemen wouldn't respond to fires without police escorts. Might be time for that to happen again in NYC.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at December 22, 2014 10:03 AM (4oSLk)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Obsidian-Disney-illustration-4.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:03 AM (om3D0)
Want to have a sensation of the 70s in NYC? Watch that flick every night for a week... and then realize it's a cleaned up version of reality.
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 10:04 AM (/jpU8)
George Steinbrenner's Yankee Silver Shield Foundation has, for 32 years, provided for the education of the children of New York City cops, firefighters and Port Authority employees who were killed in the line.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 10:04 AM (e8kgV)
But of course, the racist LIVs wouldn't draw the appropriate lesson. They'd just turn harder to the Sharptons and Jacksons.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 10:05 AM (zF6Iw)
Something else to note.
The big money families here actually have a vested interest in the chaos.
It's bad for business...unless you're business is milking government for all you can.
In which case stirring a lot of tension, then using it to reset the various municipalities (and possibly pushing a city/county merger in the process) opens new avenues of graft.
Namely what would probably be region's largest TIF pot.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:05 AM (HDwDg)
Earth to New Yorkers: what the f--k did you dumba**es think you were voting for?
And let's face it... it's not like the NYPD didn't overwhelmingly vote for this jerk-off too.
No sympathy for anyone in NY.
Posted by: Sam In VA at December 22, 2014 10:05 AM (Q52VH)
Posted by: BurtTC
I'm still concerned that we're going the way of Europe. There, parties that voice concerns the ruling classes hate are vilified and marginalized. What the left here is seeking is the status quo in Europe; reports indicating violence perpetrated by Muslims is suppressed, because the result was unpalatable. People being prosecuted for free speech.
Gay wedding cakes turn out to be serious shit. Go figure.
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 10:05 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: 1bulwetweft at December 22, 2014 10:06 AM (h4UbF)
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:06 AM (ViF0c)
Posted by: Sam In VA
Many NYPD don't live in NY, but NJ. But your general point is valid. Once this clown got the demnomination, that's pretty much it.
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 10:07 AM (Spluw)
Word. I'd have decamped for employment opportunities if nothing else, but family obligations are kinda squelching that for the time being.
(Conundrum: Had I seen to that years ago, I'd have been better off...in theory...but nobody would have been in place for dad this year. It's enough to drive you to distraction if you allow it.)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 10:07 AM (DT3rQ)
No. We talk about it like it can be made a priority and can be done.
I have this same argument with my B-i-L in Michigan. Actually, more I have a discussion with him, he'd love to move. His wife is the one married to Michigan.
And there will *always* be reasons not to move. You family is where it is. Your friends are there. In many cases (maybe not *yours*
) your job is there.
But you have to accept that's a choice you make. Proximity to your family and your current friends is a higher priority to you than moving to escape the racial/political climate.
And I won't say that's not a legitimate choice. But it *is* a choice.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 22, 2014 10:07 AM (kff5f)
82% didn't vote.
This is what happens when you rely on someone else to do the right thing: It doesn't get done.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 10:08 AM (DT3rQ)
Twitchy has people complaining that they aren't paying for Garner's kids.
I guess we need to value our black marketeers.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:09 AM (MMC8r)
Once Rudi made NYC fairly bearable, NYC reverted back to stupid.
All this has happened before and will happen again.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 10:10 AM (MQEz6)
George Steinbrenner's Yankee Silver Shield Foundation has, for 32 years, provided for the education of the children of New York City cops, firefighters and Port Authority employees who were killed in the line.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 10:04 AM (e8kgV)
Yup. Goerge Steinbrenner was many things, but he was a STRONG supporter of The Police, The Military, The US Olympic Teams, and America.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2014 10:10 AM (Zmw74)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at December 22, 2014 10:10 AM (OsWis)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:10 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Chilling the most
What web browser are you using
I am ashamed to say I don't know. I am computer ills rate.
Posted by: Chilling the most at December 22, 2014 10:10 AM (wWs6x)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 22, 2014 10:11 AM (Zmw74)
Twitchy has people complaining that they aren't paying for Garner's kids.
I guess we need to value our black marketeers.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:09 AM (MMC8r)
Eric Garner worked for the City of New York as a fireman, policeman, or port authority employee?
I marvel at how stupid people are at times.
Posted by: Jen the original at December 22, 2014 10:11 AM (cPPlg)
82% didn't vote.
This is what happens when you rely on someone else to do the right thing: It doesn't get done.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 10:08 AM (DT3rQ)
It's too bad the GOP doesn't have a set of Rudi-like folks to present and it's too bad New Yorkers won't vote for one yet anyway.
Not yet.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 10:12 AM (MQEz6)
So what's to stop them from creating their own fund to pay for this?
I know, they just want to b#tch and protest, not actually *do* something. Make someone else pay for their issues is always the Left's solution.
But they could at least ask Sharpton and other protest leaders to start a fund if they're so butthurt about it.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:12 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:13 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Cast an eye askance to Snow Apes at December 22, 2014 10:13 AM (KG1MP)
As noted previously - the NYC "Illiterati" embraced the hate decades ago - and were surprised (!) to find the hate impacting them...
"Kinda wet"
And kinda see through... yum.
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 10:13 AM (/jpU8)
>>>Don't know how, but it'll just be the people of NYC that do the losing
They voted for it. Eff them.
Posted by: LibertarianJim at December 22, 2014 10:14 AM (CMbMd)
I would appear for the foreseeable future my job is as follows:
1) Care for [Name of child still secret]
2) Finish dissertation as fast as possible. (Brother graduates from same university in 2016, wonder if we can double up.)
So that's wherever life takes me I guess. But the wife is far to tied to an industry that exists only in 2 places: here and DC. Maybe KC if she tries to get into private industry receivers (but that's not where her skill set lies. Also KC is worse than here.)
I confess though I'm blessed to have these choices. Most people wouldn't be able to stay home 4 days a week and care for their kid.
And even less would be in a position where the career effects will be somewhat minimal.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:14 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:14 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: physics geek at December 22, 2014 10:15 AM (MT22W)
But they could at least ask Sharpton and other protest leaders to start a fund if they're so butthurt about it.
Hey, that's what Sharpton pays taxes for--!!!!
Oh, wait.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:16 AM (MMC8r)
Mostly because it's not going to be safe enough in my lifetime to go there."
>>I'm even more upset that I'll have a difficult time going back.
I was back in the NY town I spent my early years in last year for a wedding. I had been back many times to visit family over the years but this last trip was the first time in over a decade. My little town is quickly being gobbled up by metro sprawl. Turns out I really couldn't go home again.
There really isn't anything like NYC on the planet. Sure, there are lots of big cities but none that contain the racial and ethnic diversity of NYC in such a relatively small area. I am a firm believer that the only way this melting pot (or powder keg, pick your metaphor) keeps from going off is through strong law and order enforcement. The center won't hold unless there is some force making it so and social justice ain't it.
Sure, the risk of cops going too far is always a concern but we are about to witness what happens when we have too little. I don't think most people will like the outcome.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 10:16 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien at December 22, 2014 10:16 AM (Sd++4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at December 22, 2014 09:16 AM (mf5HN)
Alex, you're not the only one worried about that. Frankly, if this country avoids major collapse and bloodshed within the next decade or so, I will be -happily- surprised.
Posted by: physics geek at December 22, 2014 10:17 AM (MT22W)
A neighbor of mine was a smartass from NYC, and his entire take on Chicago's obsession with mayoral politics was "In New York City we don't care who the mayor is".
I guess he was right.
Posted by: Boots at December 22, 2014 10:17 AM (l9mF2)
236 NYC chose Rudi, eventually.
And Rudy was called a fascist throughout for his trouble.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:14 AM (MMC8r)
That's how the cycle works.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 10:17 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:17 AM (zOTsN)
my city ruining it for me.
Posted by: 0302 at December 22, 2014 10:01 AM (N6eLE)
Me either. I'm also not bitching about US cities being full of enemies and should burn like the middle east. While, I'll certainly be moving from here when I can, a little perspective goes a long way.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 10:18 AM (/Mxso)
Of course that happening would de-chain us from my wife's job.
Forcibly.
So, if the US gov't collapses, I'm heading to Texas
.
Hey Allen, do you have a guest house?
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:18 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: American Airlines, ca. 1967 at December 22, 2014 10:18 AM (8rl/J)
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:19 AM (ViF0c)
"...so don't mess with a man who might have a gun."
THAT is enlightenment.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:19 AM (SaOs3)
I repeat: If you're relying on someone else (other voters, the parties, etc.) to do the right thing...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 10:19 AM (DT3rQ)
One of the NYC cop killing gangs assisting VagISISL to strike back at all the killer pig cops. VagISISL slips in their dirty bomb.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:20 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 10:16 AM (g1DWB)
I'd be very surprised if we don't see a severe round of "Blue Flu" shortly.
For maximum effect, it should be this week.
Then see how New Yorkers like their "Holidays on Fire".
Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2014 10:20 AM (KBvAm)
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 10:17 AM (MQEz6)
All cycles end eventually, because entropy. They never end well.
Posted by: troyriser at December 22, 2014 10:20 AM (CAJL/)
Deserve ain't got nothin' to do with it.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 10:21 AM (DT3rQ)
I'd say I was joking if I was sure he wouldn't do it.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 09:32 AM (MMC8r)
There is this overriding fantasy of, well, the left and associated useful idiots in the West that feels certain that were Satan seated on the Throne of God, he would behave as God does.
From this the idea is that if various groups with an announced agenda of theft, murder, mayhem, genocide, and destruction of everything were given the levers of power to use without limit they would become rational and responsible because the have this power.
That this has led to such wonderful things like the bad Caesars, the French Terror, Nazi Germany and Pol Pot's Cambodia is completely besides the point.
Which means these people are completely unfit to guard over a burnt out match much less run for elected office, or any position of responsibility.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2014 10:21 AM (t//F+)
We're Balkanizing ... pure and simple. For all the Diversity shoved
down our throats, I think we're self-sorting more than ever. Not based
entirely on race or religion - but on what we want society to look like
day to day.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:06 AM (ViF0c)"
In the days of the founders, the country was pretty well balkanized at the beginning. What did Massachusetts, which required membership in the Congregational Church to vote or hold office have in common with patrician, slave holding Virginia or Catholic dominated Maryland?
That is why the founders wrote the Constitution to set up a Federal system where most decisions happen at the state level. Starting with the Progressives in the early 20th century and getting into high gear with Woodrow Wilson, power was gathered from the states into the central government. That process accelerated under FDR and even more so under LBJ.
The way to allow a balkanized country to survive is to devolve power from Washington DC back down to the states. Naturally, the megalomaniacs who have been drawn to DC due to their quest for power over other people will resist any attempt to pry their fingers from the levers of power. Party affiliation is less important than desire for concentrated power in the central government.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 10:21 AM (PD6iL)
Here's the thing, so can the shmucks who voted for DeBlasio. As many morons have experienced in their own happy state, your home turf can be invaded by Lefty hordes, such as Californians, fleeing the state they f'ed with their politics. Those of use in CO can attest to that.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:22 AM (ABcz/)
Did I mention that I killed a groundhog and PETA loves me for it?
Posted by: Hizzzoner Diblah at December 22, 2014 10:22 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien at December 22, 2014 10:23 AM (Sd++4)
Well put.
However the NYC we both grew up with is gone.
It has been replaced by the Disneyland version drawn from the fetid imagination of Bloomberg.
Unfortunately it's just a facade.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 10:24 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:24 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Penfold at December 22, 2014 10:25 AM (Fbt5B)
But I think we split. It's not only DC that can't leave everyone else alone. Americans of the Left and Right can't leave each other alone. We're a Nation of Busybodies.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:25 AM (ViF0c)
Posted by: maddogg at December 22, 2014 10:25 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: Euclid kept the t-shirt at December 22, 2014 10:26 AM (KG1MP)
Posted by: toby928(C) at December 22, 2014 10:26 AM (rwI+c)
They have split us into groups, so one group can hate another....
They chose groups 'safe' to attack at first... Raaaaacists, which is of course, all White People... the Heterosexuals... then Christians... and Men... all groups who had been trained in their schools NOT to fight back....
Hell... because of inherent discipline, they were even able to target the Military, by taking legal command and telling them to 'shut up'.
Now however, they targeted the Police... the group who within the US, we gave the Legal Monopoly on violence to...
ie... the very definition of an UNSAFE group to target.
Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at December 22, 2014 10:26 AM (qh617)
How much did you pay for your hash?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 10:26 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: zombie groundhog at December 22, 2014 10:27 AM (Spluw)
Just like the Fluck O Meter.
I think folks are just fed up with all the weight social services and entitlement has put on the average person.
Sorry for their loss in NYC.
This does not happen in Copper Harbor MI and we all know why.
Posted by: Bone Head Phi Betcha at December 22, 2014 10:27 AM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 10:21 AM (PD6iL){/i]
That's one reason i really liked Perry for Prez last go round.
His big selling point was to return as much power to the states as possible.
And honestly, that's the best way-
if New Yorkers for instance want to pay their citizens to layabout all day...well, why not?
Just as long as they aren't forcing Texans to do the same.
And vice-versa.
I just wonder if the new and improved Perry this go round has been homogenized into the GOP statist Borg complex yet.
Or if he holds true to his stated beliefs?
Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2014 10:28 AM (KBvAm)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:28 AM (zOTsN)
down our throats, I think we're self-sorting more than ever.
-----------------------------
The 'Diversity' push is largely *responsible* for promoting divisiveness. The 'celebrate our differences' meme is BS which results in less unity. It promotes multiculturalism and the idea that any one culture is the moral/social equivalent of another.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:29 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: The Barrel at December 22, 2014 10:29 AM (ViF0c)
---
Oh FFS...... seriously???
Piss on them.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 10:30 AM (NaV4z)
Posted by: The Barrel at December 22, 2014 10:30 AM (ViF0c)
Posted by: ThunderB
Supposedly he vistied them in the hospital, and made a big deal about "praying over the bodies". That's when the video footage of the cops turning their backs on this vermin occurred.Funny, I remember hearing from the left how policy makers even mentioning such icky things as prayer or Godwere eeeeeeevvvvviiiiillll. I guess that they were lying about that too.
Posted by: zombie groundhog at December 22, 2014 10:31 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:31 AM (om3D0)
In fairness, neither was he.
Posted by: toby928(C) at December 22, 2014 10:32 AM (rwI+c)
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:25 AM (ViF0c)
----
CS LEWIS:
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 10:32 AM (NaV4z)
Posted by: fixerupper
They have a point here.
Posted by: Gen. Mayhem FSA at December 22, 2014 10:32 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:33 AM (zOTsN)
In fairness, neither was he.
Posted by: toby928(C) at December 22, 2014 10:32 AM (rwI+c)
Oh the upside-
He left them a fortune in loosies.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: naturalfake at December 22, 2014 10:33 AM (KBvAm)
Posted by: Barack I, Rex at December 22, 2014 10:33 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2014 10:33 AM (t//F+)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 22, 2014 10:33 AM (4+IgA)
I'm shocked that this nation is in such turmoil.
*sips coffee*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:34 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: t-bird at December 22, 2014 09:02 AM (FcR7P)
Well, he IS a Democrat, so he's currying favor with his base.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 10:34 AM (oKE6c)
Has street crime been rising since the change?
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 22, 2014 10:34 AM (N3zZa)
Meh. Chicago was the same way.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizarro World at December 22, 2014 10:35 AM (UtwNa)
Eh, I got no problem "celebrating differences."
We aren't the borg after all.
My problem is when we decide that those "differences" deserve special treatment.
By all means, make your cultural food, throw your cultural party, but know that the law is enforced equally.
Setting aside the anarchists and the socialists coopting these protests for second. The remainder wants special treatment. They won't simply stop at equality.
They want exemption from drug laws, from traffic violations, etc.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:35 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: fixerupper
They have a point here.
Posted by: Gen. Mayhem FSA at December 22, 2014 10:32 AM (Spluw)
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*taps finger*
*types*
*deletes*
Ok.... entertain me. Make the point that the NY Yankees has any obligation to Mr Garners kids whatsoever.
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 10:35 AM (NaV4z)
Wipe. Them. Out. Now. Seriously, declare them terrorists, arrest them, kick the shut out of them and take all their assets. We fought wars to prevent having socialists in our midsts.
When it appears you are heading towards one of those points in history where there has to be some head knocking and German Shepherds to get your point across you might as well get about it. Waiting only increases the scope of the problem.
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (bS6uW)
as for visiting the families? Look at the NYPost headline
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (c056A)
Want to have a sensation of the 70s in NYC? Watch that flick every night for a week... and then realize it's a cleaned up version of reality.
Posted by: anon a mouse at December 22, 2014 10:04 AM (/jpU
Well, the NYC residents won't even have to stream this via Netflix soon. They can just look out of their windows.
Posted by: physics geek at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (MT22W)
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2014 10:37 AM (P/IO2)
Which I why I think the ultimate response to all this bullshit will be MORE cop, not less.
Those of you who think you'll like more Law and Order ... won't. There'll be plenty of Order - not near as much Law, at least as you and I know it.
Think Judge Dredd, not Andy Taylor.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:37 AM (ViF0c)
Damn good thing I go out of New York before THIS...
Posted by: Snake Plisken at December 22, 2014 10:37 AM (qh617)
Posted by: fixerupper
I am a sock. Nothing more.
Posted by: Gen. Mayhem FSA at December 22, 2014 10:38 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Penfold at December 22, 2014 10:25 AM (Fbt5B)
Called "work to rule" in the UK. Do absolutely everything punctiliously by the book, in which case of course virtually nothing gets done.
Very Alinsky.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 10:38 AM (oKE6c)
"Because Steinbrenner made his money off of us - we bought his Yankees swag, we went to the games, etc. He didn't build that all by himself. He is obligated to give back to the community." - The Left
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:38 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Snake Plisken
------------------
Possible thread winner.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:39 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Mike at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (c056A)
some of us just want to watch it .... burn...
Posted by: The Joker at December 22, 2014 10:39 AM (qh617)
As opposed to Frozen
http://tinyurl.com/kcqkdoj
Or Alice
http://tinyurl.com/n3orhua
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:39 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:40 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Mike at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (c056A)
But conversely, are there any good criminals?
No.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 10:40 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: fixerupper
#1. It was a sock with serious sarcasm.
#2. Because. Fainess! /s
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:40 AM (SaOs3)
Rudy did a great job of bringing law and order back to NYC. You could walk the streets of the city at night without having to keep your head on a constant swivel and no, I never felt afraid of the cops. Of course, I wasn't looking to burn the place down either.
A balance can be maintained. It's been done before.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 10:40 AM (g1DWB)
Which reminds me.
As I said, there's a shit ton of nuance in these whole situations.
But I lost my shit at a friend the other day when he simply couldn't understand why selling "loosies" was a crime.
He kept insisting "well the taxes were paid."
I finally just launched at him, telling him "I know you've never worn a blue collar a day in your life, and that the seedy underbelly of the world is something you think exits only to set the stage for fiction..." and explained, loudly: that's now how taxes work.
Part of the problem is that many of the people railing against this issue (and I think there are a myriad of problems here) simply don't understand what's actually going on.
They don't understand how excessively taxed cigarettes give rise to a black market (which consists of cigarettes legally purchased in another area).
They don't understand how this black market competition hurts businesses playing by the rules.
It's absurdity.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:40 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: Dorcas Blimline from Brattleboro, Vermont at December 22, 2014 10:41 AM (5f5bM)
Does he attend a church/synagogue/mosque?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:41 AM (ABcz/)
Even I would not take on the entire New York City Police Dept...
Posted by: Chuck Norris at December 22, 2014 10:41 AM (qh617)
Wipe. Them. Out. Now. Seriously, declare them terrorists, arrest them, kick the shut out of them and take all their assets. We fought wars to prevent having socialists in our midsts.
When it appears you are heading towards one of those points in history where there has to be some head knocking and German Shepherds to get your point across you might as well get about it. Waiting only increases the scope of the problem.
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (bS6uW)
We're on it.
Posted by: The Freikorps at December 22, 2014 10:41 AM (oKE6c)
good luck getting anyone to respond to a call there as long as de Blasio is mayor
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:41 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Peter King (R-NY) at December 22, 2014 10:42 AM (XzRw1)
"Blue flu" is one possibility. I think you are more likely to see them
do everything, i mean everything by the book. If they are preparing a
form and make a mistake, they will not cross out but start the form all
over again. Be extremely thorough in their compliance with the NYPD
policies.
Posted by: Penfold at December 22, 2014 10:25 AM (Fbt5B)"
Another possibility is that NYC cops take jobs in other cities. I recall that in 1975 when flirting with bankruptcy, New York City fired 1500 police officers. They all had jobs elsewhere because of their training and experience as well as the selection process that they went through before hiring.
What happens when cops who are young enough that they do not have too many years invested in the pension plan and can start again elsewhere as well as cops who already qualify to retire decide to leave and work elsewhere?
Mayor deBlasio can use the opportunity to fill the NYPD with new recruits who are more suited to his taste. Is that likely to make NYC a better or worse place to live and do business?
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 10:42 AM (PD6iL)
1. It looks like the mayor's entourage consists of 30-40 people. Toadies?
2. Who is the 9 foot tall black woman who comes along towering head and shoulders over everybody in the room? That's not De Blasio's former lesbian wife is it?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 22, 2014 10:42 AM (NeFrd)
The "God" he creates in his own image.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 10:42 AM (zF6Iw)
http://tinyurl.com/kg9euol
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:42 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 22, 2014 10:43 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: fixerupper
#1. It was a sock with serious sarcasm.
#2. Because. Fainess! /s
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:40 AM (SaOs3)
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Alright alright alright already.....
I should have picked up on the sock.
On a side note..... it was actually put into my annual review that I "need to work on my tolerance for stupid people".
Heh.... I guess my boss is right huh....
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 10:43 AM (NaV4z)
We've decided to end the series with a bang... where we all get killed...
sooo... we're going to go take on the New York City cops...
Posted by: Cast Meeting, next Expendeples Sequel at December 22, 2014 10:43 AM (qh617)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:43 AM (MYCIw)
So...wonder who DeBlasio prays *to* when he prays for the victims?
Does he attend a church/synagogue/mosque?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:41 AM (ABcz/)
Satan? His disciple, Karl Marx?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 10:43 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:44 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:44 AM (zOTsN)
If you're a cop, you're "The Man."
If you're "The Man," you're "white."
If you're "white," you die.
Simple equation.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 10:44 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (5f5bM)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 22, 2014 10:34 AM (N3zZa)
Statistics has shown that it has, though it has been in mostly black areas that are generally no-go for white people. Many New Yorkers don't see street crime day to day because it happens to be localized.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:43 AM (MYCIw)
Put on your crazy hat to understand the "rationality" of that decision.
Anyone who puts on the blue, automatically gets washed of their ethnicity in the eyes of the crazy pants super racists.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (HDwDg)
It's not just the systems--those could be borne when it was invisibly taken through taxes--but now it's the required genuflecting, the walking on eggshells, the lost opportunities and flexibility. And you still might get mugged, and then told it's your fault for being what you are.
A healthy people only tolerates so much. That we still tolerate what we do makes me wonder if there's enough of this culture to start over with.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Unrepresented at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (DT3rQ)
Every year we're treated to her blathering on and on about how diverse and awesome NYC is. I'm 100% sure she and her husband voted for the commie mayor.
Hopefully, this year she'll keep her yap shut. And I hope she enjoys the suck when she goes back to Manhattan.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (FsuaD)
Just finished writing about 3,000 words of a plot synopsis as opposed to a plot outline.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: toby928(C) is convinced RevAl has the HIV at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (rwI+c)
Posted by: m at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (G891H)
If you're a cop, you're "The Man."
If you're "The Man," you're "white."
If you're "white," you die.
Simple equation.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 10:44 AM (zF6Iw)
Was one of them a 'White Hispanic'?
Posted by: George Zimmerman at December 22, 2014 10:46 AM (qh617)
>>>Dorcas Blimline from Brattleboro, Vermont
Somehow, I always end up reading the Epistle of St. Peter raising Dorcas from the dead. And I always have to suppress a chuckle when doing it.
Posted by: LibertarianJim at December 22, 2014 10:46 AM (CMbMd)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:46 AM (zOTsN)
Glad I don't have your boss.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:47 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:45 AM (om3D0)
I hate you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 10:47 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Jean-Paul Sartre at December 22, 2014 10:47 AM (rwI+c)
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Or..., listen incessantly to rap which promotes violence.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (F2IAQ)
Ditto.
Anna, if I give you an outline, how long to churn out a couple hundred page dissertation
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (HDwDg)
This is my shocked face: o_o
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (om3D0)
Amazon.com
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (NeFrd)
Anyone who puts on the blue, automatically gets washed of their ethnicity in the eyes of the crazy pants super racists."
Another way to keep anyone from reaching up to become a functioning member of society. Shame the good kids who want to protect their communities.
What a freaking mess.
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (MYCIw)
Anyone who doesn't know about the cigarette racket in NYC should read Wiseguy or the movie based on it, Goodfellas, which details how they would buy trailers full of them in NC, MD, etc, and bring them to NYC to sell out of car trunks.
Or look into the late WWF wrestler Dino Bravo who was executed for his dealings in the black market cigarette racket in Quebec.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (rj3Mq)
Posted by: Bernhard Goetz Marksmenship Center at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (XzRw1)
When these decisions were handed down, that money was supposed to be used to fund "antismoking" measures.
Of course that never happened. The money just disappears into the maw of government.
The taxes on tobacco products are huge and are designed to run big govt. Avoiding those taxes takes a serious bite out of govt's butt, and will not be tolerated.
Posted by: Boots at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (l9mF2)
Pray "the people" tolerate it for a while longer.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (SaOs3)
"Aloha Snack Bar" plowed his car into a group of people in France.
Let me guess...authorities motivation for the crime is unclear.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now!
This. I love pointing out "State Line Liquors". It's literally on the state line between Delaware and Maryland, very near Newark and the Univ of Del. The morons in Delaware keep jacking up the liquor taxes, and spawned this place years ago. It's like a shrine to asinine taxation policy.
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:47 AM (SaOs3)
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Actually..... best boss Ive ever had. He had to put *something* down for me to work on as the perfect employee.....
On another side note:
I wonder if Paper Lace is up for a reunion tour. "The Night New York Died".
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (F2IAQ)
Country music promotes moonshining and probably drinking and driving too.
And yet, I have no still and no DUI's.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (HDwDg)
****
tsrblke- That's a great idea! Crowd source your dissertation to the horde. We could each take a section. Heh heh...
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon, a solid man at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Lizzy
Schucks no.........workplace violence.
Posted by: MFM at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (uR8WS)
He was black. So I guess I'm racist.
I did ask him to reach something on a tall shelf, first.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (FsuaD)
not political
lone wolf
mentally ill
"Put wings on pigs" puts a severe dent in the meme. Like an iceberg below the waterline. People see that.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (SaOs3)
This is how Mayor for Life Barry destroyed the DC police dept., the neighborhoods of his supporters have never recovered.
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (/fJWB)
designed to run big govt. Avoiding those taxes takes a serious bite out
of govt's butt, and will not be tolerated.
Posted by: Boots at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (l9mF2)
Like most leftist ideas it's also an inherently flawed one. Raising the price of tobacco to ridiculous levels makes people quit and therefore generates less tax income, so they raise it more to make up the difference and more people quit.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (/Mxso)
Yet again, the socialist movement rears its ugly head. The signs, the
chant leaders, the violent mob leaders, the filth leading calls to kill
the police, a huge percentage of them are open socialists, many from
expressly violent organisations like SocialistUSA.
Wipe. Them. Out. Now. Seriously, declare them terrorists, arrest
them, kick the shut out of them and take all their assets. We fought
wars to prevent having socialists in our midsts.
When it appears you are heading towards one of those points in
history where there has to be some head knocking and German Shepherds to
get your point across you might as well get about it. Waiting only
increases the scope of the problem.
Posted by: Blacksheep at December 22, 2014 10:36 AM (bS6uW)"
Ready whenever you give the word
Posted by: Esquadrons de Muerte at December 22, 2014 10:52 AM (PD6iL)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:52 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Roadrunner at December 22, 2014 10:52 AM (D5R3C)
We're Balkanizing ... pure and simple.
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 10:06 AM (ViF0c)"
As was intended and orchestrated by the Comintern in the late 1940s. Read "School of Darkness" by Bella Dodd, a distaff version of Whitaker Chambers. The book is available free online, but here's the operative part (http://genus.cogia.net/chap13.php):
"Earl Browder at the convention of 1944 had insisted on the
elimination of a sense of difference among the foreign-born and had
moved to have them treated as part of the American labor movement. To
this Professors Berti and Donnini [two visiting Italians] offered strenuous objections. They
emphasized the importance of separate national organizations, of
encouraging the foreign-born to use their languages, and of circulating
foreign-language newspapers. They encouraged the organizing of the
different national groups almost as if these were foreign colonies. It
would strengthen the sense of nationalism among them, they asserted, a
necessary thing for the building of world communism.
These two Party functionaries found themselves on the carpet for
their unwelcome views. Plans were on foot to expel them. Then, suddenly,
came the amazing news that they were members of the Italian Communist
Party! Up to this point, like others, I had regarded them as honest but
misguided foreigners with a penchant for disputation.
Now I realized that nothing they said had been unpremeditated,
and that they were not speaking for themselves. They represented the
International Communist movement and it was clear that Browder's
approach to the national problem was in disfavor with some sections of
world communism."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 10:52 AM (oKE6c)
Duh.
Posted by: toby928(C) has a petard at December 22, 2014 10:53 AM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Ima choka sum bitchez.
Nope. No violence in there.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 10:53 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (HDwDg)
****
tsrblke- That's a great idea! Crowd source your dissertation to the horde. We could each take a section. Heh heh...
Seamus Muldoon, a solid man
More than one chapter on the mating habits of weasels and honey badgers?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:53 AM (om3D0)
There was also a cop murdered in Florida a few hours after the NYC shooting. Why hasn't there been as much coverage there?
It was in Tarpon Springs, outside Tampa. The killing not happening in NYC makes it unimportant to the media.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:53 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:53 AM (ABcz/)
.... and a man named Al Sharptone....
.... tried to make that town his own...
.... he called his gangs to war...
.... with the Forces of the Law.
Aaahhhhh heard my momma cry.......
Posted by: Paper Lace at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (NaV4z)
The kicker: this guy lived in IL for years.
But he never smoked. And the vast majority of his beer and liquor drinking occurred in MO, so he never really thought about the tax difference.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (HDwDg)
This is how Mayor for Life Barry destroyed the DC police dept., the neighborhoods of his supporters have never recovered.
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (/fJWB)
Yeah.... because nothing says Law and Order more than having a Guard Unit of Lesbian Amazons
Posted by: Herodotus at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (qh617)
Posted by: NYC Survival Handbook, copyright 1988 at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (uqV2n)
If you're old enough, think back to the days of Jimmy Carter. That goofball was the result of the social justice bullshit of the 60s and 70s and it was every bit as bad then as it is now. Actually, the violence was way worse. And the economy, well put a sweater on cause winter and stuff and stop bringing the malaise. That was the wisdom of the idiot from Plains.
And then the silent majority of the country woke up as it does when things go too far and we got Ronald Reagan. It feels an awful lot to me that we are on a similar trajectory.
Normal people, not us, don't live this stuff everyday. They go on with their lives and don't even feel the gradual drift toward anarchy until it punches them in the nose.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (g1DWB)
There was also a cop murdered in Florida a few hours after the NYC shooting. Why hasn't there been as much coverage there?
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:52 AM (MYCIw)
There's was also an attempted murder of a cop in the Bronx which I haven't heard much about. Apparently the criminal didn't load the weapon properly so when he put it to the cop's head and pulled the trigger it didn't fire.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (/Mxso)
Posted by: NYC Survival Handbook, copyright 1988 at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (uqV2n)
My dissertation is actually on animal research ethics.......
Not sure if that makes the joke funnier or sadder.
There's an asshole part of me that wants to throw up a gofundme or something just to see how much I could
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (HDwDg)
The Mafia did this forever.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (MMC8r)
Or..., listen incessantly to rap which promotes violence.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (F2IAQ)
Country music promotes moonshining and probably drinking and driving too.
And yet, I have no still and no DUI's.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:50 AM (HDwDg)"
On the other hand, now I own a pick up truck so you can't claim that there are no consequences.
Posted by: Esquadrons de Muerte at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (PD6iL)
Thank God for incompetent criminals.
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:48 AM (om3D0)
Oh, I don't really hate you, Anna. I just took a long, hard look at my boook over the weekend and realized that after the first 4-5 chapters, it goes completely off the rails. Add to that these new meds I'm on are completely erasing any desire I have to write, and there you have it.
Sorry to be O/T, folks.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (zF6Iw)
There's was also an attempted murder of a cop in
the Bronx which I haven't heard much about. Apparently the criminal
didn't load the weapon properly so when he put it to the cop's head and
pulled the trigger it didn't fire.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 10:54 AM (/Mxso)
Why the hell didn't the cop shoot his ass??
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: NYC Survival Handbook, copyright 1988 at December 22, 2014 10:56 AM (uqV2n)
...Sarah Palin for Gabby Giffords shooting
...Rush Limbaugh for the Oklahoma City bombing
How many others? Too many to track.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:56 AM (ABcz/)
Off duty cop either killed or injured in gunfire here same night as the NYC cops.
Although, honestly, given his location and the time, he may have been up to no good.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 10:56 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 10:52 AM (MYCIw)
Because all of the MSM LIVE in either New York, Washington, or Hollywood...
thus those are the ONLY places that matter...
Posted by: Wolf, Big Bad, Living in the woods at December 22, 2014 10:56 AM (qh617)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 10:56 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 10:56 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: NYC Survival Handbook, copyright 1988
This last part is quite corect. Crapping, peeing or vomiting on a public conveyence is illegal and unladylike
Posted by: Retards at the Univ of CO at December 22, 2014 10:57 AM (Spluw)
wtf does his wife have chief of staff?
why does any first lady?
Posted by: avi at December 22, 2014 10:57 AM (viqX2)
Because Shep Smith doesn't live in Florida?
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 22, 2014 10:57 AM (XzRw1)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (FsuaD)
Not sure, can't find the story anymore.
Posted by: Heralder at December 22, 2014 10:57 AM (/Mxso)
"Aloha Snack Bar" plowed his car into a group of people in France.
Let me guess...authorities motivation for the crime is unclear.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:49 AM (ABcz/)
Institutional racism
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 22, 2014 10:58 AM (W5DcG)
And yet the two biggest social justice stories of the last 2 years took place in Florida and Missouri.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 10:58 AM (g1DWB)
It's just as amazing as you'd imagine.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 10:58 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: toby928(C) has a petard at December 22, 2014 10:58 AM (rwI+c)
Posted by: T. Jeff. at December 22, 2014 10:59 AM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 10:59 AM (ABcz/)
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* ponders the rabbits Guillotined back at the lab *
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 10:59 AM (F2IAQ)
Police are out of control in many places. They violently and thoughtlessly act with impunity. Repeatedly we have seen them murder civilians or animals, arrest bystanders and over charge the innocent or low level miscreant. This along with prosecutorial misconduct and a lack of someone in charge of oversight of the police besides the police departments or Prosecutors office is the bases for the rising anti police attitude. And it's justified.
But it doesn't justify murder or assault or any other form of retribution against the Police. Simply a drive for oversight and justice now seems out of reach under any circumstance.
Now with a couple of bullets some mad black (and lucky) Muslim has derailed the tide that was swelling for some answers to be found for the problem of Police oversight and justice nationwide.
No politician with any instinct for self preservation will touch any sort of Police oversight or investigation. Nor will there be any sponsorship of laws investigating or panels to look into the problem.
Now it will only get worse and the people will be audience to further abuses with no justice or oversight and eventually that dam will burst against only with far greater likelihood of violence being the result. The Police will see themselves more and more as the target of any and every citizen they have interaction with and this will bring about more acts of violence and retribution by the Police and eventually by citizens who are not evil looking to destroy society but simple people pushed into a corner by an uncaring bureaucracy that has guns.
There does seem to be a Devil or some malignant daemon in the universe. And given Obama's latest speech, it's not him (or at least not him saying and inciting those who would do the most harm.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 22, 2014 10:59 AM (RZzX3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 11:00 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:00 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2014 11:01 AM (OCcU9)
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 22, 2014 11:02 AM (ViF0c)
Posted by: T. Jeff. at December 22, 2014 11:03 AM (/Ho8c)
I have some really Lefty cousins and they all freaked out one year when my mom sent them some high-end bacon for Xmas. It was weird.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 11:03 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2014 11:03 AM (fL/7/)
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2014 11:04 AM (xF71N)
Posted by: Lauren
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Michael Caine: "You failed to maintain your weapon.."
http://tinyurl.com/phc4lpu
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 11:04 AM (F2IAQ)
Eh, they actually caught a guy plagiarizing his comprehensive exam a few years back.
Then he lied about passing them and got a job. And apparently since the employer (a university) didn't do the due diligence properly it's was really hard to fire him (I think they finally got rid of him but it took over a year.)
I partially blame our school, we didn't expel him, they just failed his comps and wouldn't let him retake it. He actually was able to register for classes, and showed up acting like his plan was just to start the program over.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 11:05 AM (HDwDg)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 11:05 AM (zOTsN)
Nothing beats plain, old-fashioned butter.
Posted by: Marlon Brando at December 22, 2014 11:05 AM (XFu/1)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 11:06 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That
This wasn't likely beforehand. I'd agree that there are serious problems, and most are intractable. The stupidity of violent raids make sense......only where they make sense. Everywhere else, the police get the same, deserved reputation as the TSA. Many of the cases of abuse of women and innocent homeowners have been ignored, because the peasantry simply isn't represented in the justice system. Crime victims ave noted this for years. Strangely, vicious criminals get more representation and better treatment then vioent crime survivors and the wrongly accused.
That includes the celebrity status accorded to Mumia abu Jamal, while Office Daniel Faulkners' widow has to fight for the crime to even be remembered. Roman Polanski is even worse, in a way.
Posted by: Blue Hen at December 22, 2014 11:06 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:07 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: Soona
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The disease has spread, it has become endemic, even among civil people.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 11:07 AM (F2IAQ)
Recipe ?
Pretty please ?
Okay. It's labor intensive, so be prepared:
Saute one lb. of applewood smoked bacon (cut in 1" pieces) until the fat is rendered but the bacon is not crisp. Drain the bacon and fat with a fine sieve.
Saute one medium Vidalia onion in a tablespoon of bacon fat for about 10 minutes until translucent and beginning to brown.
Add three cloves of minced garlic, 1 tsp. dry rosemary, 1 tsp. red pepper flakes, 1/4 c. dark brown sugar, 1/4 c. freshly brewed strong coffee, 2 T. Coca-Cola, 1/4 c. balsamic vinegar, 1/4 maple syrup. Stir and bring to a light boil. Add the bacon and turn down to medium low. Keep a steady simmer and cook until the liquid is reduced. This can take as long as an hour.
After it's reduced, add 2 T. bourbon and let cool for 20 minutes.
And you have bacon jam.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:08 AM (FsuaD)
Mayor deBlasio can use the opportunity to fill the NYPD with new
recruits who are more suited to his taste. Is that likely to make NYC a
better or worse place to live and do business?
This is how Mayor for Life Barry destroyed the DC police dept., the neighborhoods of his supporters have never recovered.
Posted by: Jean at December 22, 2014 10:51 AM (/fJWB)"
It will also destroy the reputation of professionalism for the NYPD which means that NYC cops who want to get out should probably do so while the getting is good. A similar dynamic probably holds for NYC real estate. If you feel that deBlasio is a temporary blip, you probably want to wait out the storm. If you think that NYC is in for another multi-decade adventure like the period before Giuliani, you might want to sell now before the prices crater.
One difference between now and the previous period of NYC gone feral is that modern telecom makes it far less necessary for elements of the financial industry to be in physical proximity to each other. There is also the fact that Sarbanes-Oxley has sent a lot of the financial industry off to London.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole at December 22, 2014 11:08 AM (PD6iL)
Divisive speech directed against law enforcement isn't the cause, but it certainly acts as a catalyst.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 11:08 AM (Zu3d9)
I guess I should have added a /sarc tag there tsrblke
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 11:09 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:07 AM (SaOs3)
Professional courtesy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 11:10 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-Hole
You mean that other peoples' money doesn't last forever?
Posted by: leftist who hates Maggie Thatcher at December 22, 2014 11:10 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 22, 2014 11:10 AM (XzRw1)
How so? Do we have race riots with cities like LA burning? Are there more militant home grown groups like the WU and the Black Panthers doing random bombings and killing cops than there are now? Interest rates at 20%? A President removed from office for malfeasance? As bad as the wars in the Middle East are, are they worse than how our politicians let tens of thousands of young men die in Vietnam?
Sure, we have more debt now and its a real problem but the only thing I remember being better back then was the music. And it was a lot better.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 11:10 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 22, 2014 10:59 AM (RZzX3)
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Think again. He's been working toward this since he took office. He and his minions want chaos. They NEED chaos.
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2014 11:10 AM (xF71N)
Training was poor, of course. Mostly just here's how to use these scanners and forms with little in the way of what to do if there's no power. Because emergencies always take place in idyllic conditions.
I did find it interesting that, should the power go out and we were using paper forms, there was no preplanned method for determining who gets what kind of medication based on prior conditions. Trainer discussed using see-thru overlays on the form, which, I guess, is more or less what the computer was doiong anyway.
I created a 113yo pregnant male to see if the computer noticed. It didn't.
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:11 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 22, 2014 11:11 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 11:11 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: JackStraw
I love my fans.
Posted by: Toni Tenille at December 22, 2014 11:12 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:12 AM (3ZtZW)
How much bacon jam does that recipe make? I'm guessing about a pint?
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2014 11:13 AM (fL/7/)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:13 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:13 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 11:13 AM (ABcz/)
Good.
If our fucktard governor had acted more decisively maybe there wouldn't have been a prelude to the literal burning times.
(Although I'm to understand they're investigating some of the arsons as "self started" for insurance reasons.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 11:14 AM (HDwDg)
Disco FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:14 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: Citizen X at December 22, 2014 11:14 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Soona
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They rely on divisiveness to promote unrest, thus they they promote identity politics, and the stresses of Political Correctness.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 11:14 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2014 11:13 AM (fL/7/)
Not quite. It cooks way down (which made me sad). I may make another batch tonight to take to a friend's party Christmas Eve.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:15 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2014 11:15 AM (fL/7/)
Little Winger is up in Milwaukee now. I hope he can get out safely. He has to take one of the routes that's being blocked.
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 22, 2014 11:16 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:14 AM (SaOs3)
No shit, I was thinking the same thing. Disco and blowtown (Motown)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2014 11:16 AM (FMbng)
Paul/Sharpton pic just creepy on all levels, and I liked the fatter, greasier #PigSharpton better...
9:43 PM - 21 Dec 2014
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 11:17 AM (e8kgV)
The 70s also had disco and the singer-songwriter schmaltz (the likes of James Taylor)
You take the good with the bad.
Posted by: Citizen X at December 22, 2014 11:17 AM (7ObY1)
70s Disco = bad
Posted by: Citizen X at December 22, 2014 11:17 AM (7ObY1)
So the Mayor's office doubles down with this statement after the Police Union declared that the Mayor has blood on his hands:
"It is unfortunate that in a time of great tragedy, some would resort to irresponsible, overheated rhetoric that angers and divides people," De Blasio spokesman Marti Adams said in a statement following the Union Leaders' remarks.
Yes, they actually had the nerve to come out and blame others for what they themselves have done. Typical Marxist behavior. Guiliani and Pataki blasted these shitweasels.
Posted by: cheri at December 22, 2014 11:17 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 22, 2014 11:16 AM (dFi94)
Prayers for a safe trip. This is when one of those military humvees that the government is auctioning off would come in handy. Especially the turret on the roof.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:17 AM (FsuaD)
Fly out somewhere and drive from the other direction?
Hopefully y'all will get your state under control. If I'm to gather from how libtard-tastic Marquette has become, Milwaukee must be the second coming of Portland or something.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 11:18 AM (HDwDg)
Excelsior!
I are becoming tech genus.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizarro World at December 22, 2014 11:19 AM (UtwNa)
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:19 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Senator Rand Paul at December 22, 2014 11:19 AM (uqV2n)
Thanks Jane.
Posted by: grammie winger, joy to the world at December 22, 2014 11:19 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizarro World at December 22, 2014 11:20 AM (UtwNa)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:20 AM (MYCIw)
Now all of you, get off my lawn!
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 11:20 AM (g1DWB)
Share with the class!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 11:21 AM (Zu3d9)
doctors are seeing kids who received a booster three years ago getting
sick. Public health officials are considering an update to the
recommendations to account for the dip in immunity seen after three
years.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 11:21 AM (e8kgV)
http://youtu.be/sMyesUaMDc8
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 11:21 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 11:21 AM (oKE6c)
Jackstraw @ 430 - I agree with you. The 60s and early 70s were very turbulent and I believe much worse than what is going on at this point - however that could change.
Posted by: cheri at December 22, 2014 11:22 AM (oiNtH)
....and then someone will pipe up with how Pink Floyd is Teh Bestest Evar, never realizing they're essentially disco.
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:22 AM (3ZtZW)
That sounds delicious, Jane! And y'know, I have all those ingredients hanging around the house...
Your house will smell incredible, too. My husband came in from some last-minute shopping and swooned.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:23 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Meremortal at December 22, 2014 11:23 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 11:23 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2014 11:23 AM (wtvvX)
Given the drop in vaccination rates generally it may still not work.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 11:23 AM (HDwDg)
Disco isn't music, it's ear rape.
Posted by: maddogg at December 22, 2014 11:23 AM (xWW96)
* recalls segment of WKRP where Johnny Fever is throwing darts at a Barry Manilow poster *
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 11:25 AM (F2IAQ)
in related news, the JEF's approval rating in the military is
15%
I'm surprised it's *that* high. D'oh Boy says Preezy's biggest supporters in the military are officers with political aspirations. Among the enlisted and NCO's it's closer to 0.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:25 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Tmitsss at December 22, 2014 11:26 AM (1nj96)
I need someone to get that uppity midget in line.
Posted by: Aunty Entity at December 22, 2014 11:26 AM (Ua6T/)
Sure, we have more debt now and its a real problem but the only thing I remember being better back then was the music. And it was a lot better.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 11:10 AM (g1DWB)
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Even though there was a rift in the nation back then, it still wasn't as divided or socially degraded as it is now, especially the urban areas. We've had over 50 years of socialism and the constant undercurrent of purposeful agitation against non-blacks. The hatred has been stoked to eleventy! This time around.
MLK would have been laughed at and then totally rejected on today's streets. I'm looking at it much deeper than what's appearing on the surface.
Posted by: Soona at December 22, 2014 11:26 AM (xF71N)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 11:26 AM (zF6Iw)
"You can ring my bell, ring my bell
You can ring my bell, ring my bell
You can ring my bell, ring my bell
You can ring my bell, ring my bell"
Posted by: Anita Ward at December 22, 2014 11:26 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 11:27 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:27 AM (FsuaD)
**spit take**
Posted by: toby928(C) has a petard at December 22, 2014 11:27 AM (rwI+c)
Posted by: RolandTHTG at December 22, 2014 11:27 AM (QM5S2)
Posted by: RolandTHTG at December 22, 2014 11:27 AM (QM5S2)
Who? Was he, against advice, turning his life around?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 22, 2014 11:29 AM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anna
-------------------------
I continue to wonder about T9. He posted some warnings about the use of electronic communications, and seems to disappeared from the radar.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 22, 2014 11:29 AM (F2IAQ)
heh
We don't need no eduction is in 4/4, same as Staying Alive. Its a dance number.
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:29 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:29 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: cheri at December 22, 2014 11:29 AM (oiNtH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 22, 2014 11:21 AM (Zu3d9)
It's a modification of the hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc folder. I found a list of 127.0.0.1 addresses and added the ones for that google syndication bullshit. Then, you add sites you want to block in the Internet Explorer / Internet Options/ Privacy tab. You click on Sites and add each site you want to block. Works, so far.
I'll try to find the 127.0.0.1 file that I copied from the net.
I should have bookmarked it, but noooooo.....
This is for a Windows7 Desktop/Laptop using IE for a browser. Not sure about Chrome.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizarro World at December 22, 2014 11:30 AM (UtwNa)
Slit seams up to knees. Sew in triangular pieces of denim. Voila. Bell bottoms.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:30 AM (SaOs3)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 22, 2014 11:30 AM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:30 AM (MYCIw)
Posted by: maddogg at December 22, 2014 11:31 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: MTF at December 22, 2014 11:31 AM (YtZB9)
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:32 AM (3ZtZW)
Alan Colmes is like the heel in wrestling, and he's made a fortune doing it.
Posted by: toby928(C) has a petard at December 22, 2014 11:32 AM (rwI+c)
Going to try that out real soon !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 22, 2014 11:32 AM (OCcU9)
That dumb fuck needs to be the first one bounced out in the primaries.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 11:32 AM (MQEz6)
I don't want further violence, but I have no f#@$s to give for Sharpton's safety. Especially when he helped create the climate in which these so-called threats occurred.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 11:32 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 22, 2014 11:32 AM (XzRw1)
Do the Hustle.
Rubberband Man.
Disco Duck.
Slow it down for the 'ettes - Muskrat Love.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:33 AM (SaOs3)
Get your vaccine regardless of when you had your last booster.
Antibodies are transferred across the placenta via [lots of science].
they're also in breast milk (but in much lower quantities).
I've seen studies that antibodies can survive for upwards of 90 days, which gets one considerably closer to vaccination date.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) And father to be bascially any day now! at December 22, 2014 11:33 AM (HDwDg)
Great, now we're going to have to do the Godfather thing.
It insists on itself, you know.
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2014 11:33 AM (6Uap0)
Posted by: Bigby's Press-On Fingernails at December 22, 2014 11:29 AM (3ZtZW)
If I was to hook up a speedometer on the average Floyd album it would have cobwebs after the 10mph point. Hell, "one of these days" is practically speed metal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2014 11:34 AM (FMbng)
Did someone upthread say that Pink Floyd was disco? I'ma gonna walk out and walk back in again then see if that makes any more sense.
Disco on acid, maybe. And downers.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 22, 2014 11:34 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: cheri
It's true! I can vouch for him.
Posted by: Tawana Brawly at December 22, 2014 11:35 AM (Spluw)
Posted by: cheri at December 22, 2014 11:35 AM (oiNtH)
I was thinking last night that if you want one of the *worst* things the SCOAMT could do to this country...he could try to pardon all the "persons of color" currently serving time in any federal prison for any reason.
The sad thing is that I wouldn't put it past him.
Posted by: GMan at December 22, 2014 11:35 AM (sxq57)
Going forward, I want to know that I won't get a random $500 charge. I decided that I'm never going to access any of my financial accounts on my work computer ever again. If I need to do something urgently, I'll use my smartphone, or I'll go home and do it. It's not worth the risk.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 11:35 AM (e8kgV)
Yeah, that's the plan. I had a booster after the last baby was born because they weren't vaccinating pregnant women yet at that time, but this time around my doctor wants me to have it done in the 3rd trimester.
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:35 AM (MYCIw)
Leader of the Wasp network apparently got his wife, in Havana, pregnant even while in a US prison. And it seems the US assisted in getting the sperm to Cuba.
Article is from CNN - http://tinyurl.com/mnhbzbx
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 22, 2014 11:35 AM (om3D0)
Posted by: davidt at December 22, 2014 11:36 AM (fBxC6)
Didn't Holder already kinda do that when he changed the sentencing guidelines for drug charges? I forget the details - too many outrages since that particular maneuver...
Posted by: Lizzy at December 22, 2014 11:37 AM (ABcz/)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2014 11:37 AM (6Uap0)
Who? Was he, against advice, turning his life around?
Was a mentally challenged individual who was sleeping at or around Starbucks sidewalk.
Cops shooed him away several times that day.
New guy comes on shift, didn't know what was up. Roused up the subject and started frisking him. Subject went goofy and grabbed the cops baton and starts whacking the cop with it.
Cop emptied the mag on him.
Posted by: RolandTHTG at December 22, 2014 11:37 AM (QM5S2)
I was chatting with a buddy on FB about 3-4 days ago that said the exact same thing. It would appear that HQMC is rather ..
.....concerned about the whole issue.
Fuckin' A, right.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizarro World at December 22, 2014 11:37 AM (UtwNa)
Too bad it has once again descended into a cesspool like it was in the 70s
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 22, 2014 11:38 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Lea - Also Team Pacey! at December 22, 2014 11:38 AM (lIU4e)
BLASPHEMER!!!
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 11:38 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: ThunderB at December 22, 2014 11:38 AM (zOTsN)
Wait Wut????
How the HELL does one get a honeymoon in CUBA???
Travel bans.... how do they work???
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (NaV4z)
Go through Mexico. Back around 2000 or so, one of the bartenders in my normal hangout did a Cuba trip with a college group running through Mexico.
Nice guy, for a lefty. Died of a heroin OD about a year or so after the trip. Damned shame.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (TIIx5)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (e8kgV)
Maybe going forward...but I'm talking about a mass prisoner release.
Posted by: GMan at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (sxq57)
Pics
Posted by: Kmart at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (KG1MP)
Sure, if you like washed-out cinematography and soundtracks that must have been mixed inside a garbage can.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (zF6Iw)
They are desperate. You can smell their fear.
Posted by: Citizen X at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (7ObY1)
So much for the dreams of martial law, Barry.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Lauren at December 22, 2014 11:41 AM (MYCIw)
No but in NYC the Police can certainly run the town with out DeBloatio...
Ex:
Gary Cooper - High Noon
Posted by: High Noon at December 22, 2014 11:41 AM (/WmRg)
So much for the dreams of martial law, Barry.
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 11:39 AM (MMC8r)
1,867,531 members and growing strong...
Posted by: SEIU at December 22, 2014 11:41 AM (ZdA3v)
Posted by: Beer Ninja at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (FHT28)
Really Al? How did they get your PERSONAL number unless you gave it to them?
As a public figure, wouldn't you have two phones?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (SaOs3)
Since I'm way too lazy to read all these comments let me guess
The world is going to hell, blue flu, and the hell with NYC since they voted for the Commie is basically the right summary?
Posted by: NCJ rolling deep in his MRAP at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (MaUQj)
How the HELL does one get a honeymoon in CUBA???
Travel bans.... how do they work???
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (NaV4z)
My parents honeymooned in Cuba.
Of course, it was 1944....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (wtvvX)
...depending on how drunk I get.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizarro World at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (UtwNa)
Posted by: garrett at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (6Uap0)
And Darwin smiled.
Wonder where he got the idea that you could do whatever you wanted without consequences?
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2014 11:42 AM (Kpl3J)
Travel bans.... how do they work???
Posted by: fixerupper at December 22, 2014 09:30 AM (NaV4z)
The travel ban might be different now, but be sure to ....
TAKE toilet paper (Cuba is a bring your own toilet paper country)
along with any other toiletries (i.e. soap, shampoo, etc) you may need.
Simply, imagine you are going on a camping trip to Cuba in 1960
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 22, 2014 11:43 AM (e8kgV)
Shakedown Street is the result of too many drugs and too many cheeseburgers. I like to pretend it didn't really happen.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2014 11:45 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Barack The Omniscient at December 22, 2014 11:46 AM (onnpB)
Thanks, may your family have a nice Christmas and give my regards and thanks to D'oh Boy!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 22, 2014 11:48 AM (fL/7/)
Dial 1-900-THE-EWOK
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2014 11:54 AM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 22, 2014 11:55 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2014 11:56 AM (AbfZY)
It was by Glenn Reynolds or Glenn Thrush. I can't find it anywhere.
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at December 22, 2014 12:08 PM (vD8G0)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2014 12:15 PM (AbfZY)
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at December 22, 2014 12:15 PM (vD8G0)
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at December 22, 2014 12:15 PM (vD8G0)
Posted by: Jen at December 22, 2014 12:19 PM (msAGT)
Posted by: Jen at December 22, 2014 12:28 PM (msAGT)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 22, 2014 09:47 AM (2Ojst)
Very low turn-out.
Posted by: eman at December 22, 2014 09:54 AM (MQEz6)
I see this response far too often.
Everybody votes in every election.
Failure to take the time to cast a ballot at a polling station is still a vote.
These people, through their inaction, are implying that they are satisfied with the status quo and the resulting outcome of the election.
Posted by: PM Rich at December 22, 2014 12:29 PM (OxHMs)
Will i do?
Posted by: Snake Pliskin at December 22, 2014 12:32 PM (E1aoU)
I marvel at how stupid people are at times.
Posted by: Jen the original at December 22, 2014 10:11 AM (cPPlg)
I believe he did work for the Parks Department for a while, but quit because the work was too hard. heh
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 12:53 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: --- at December 22, 2014 10:55 AM (MMC8r)
But compared to hamas, the Mafia is respectable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2014 01:14 PM (gvtTX)
Posted by: regmodels.ru at December 22, 2014 07:44 PM (LxyDe)
Posted by: KaiserDerden at December 22, 2014 10:11 PM (hYYqD)
So NYC should go with a Mayor who thinks the 2nd Amendment doesn't apply within his demesne?
NYC should go with a Mayor who tries to use a terrorist attack to cancel an election?
NYC should go with a Mayor who prompts a massive increase in FOIA suits then conspires with his "Republican" successor to lock up his papers?
NYC should go with a Mayor who fires a succession of competent police commissioners until he finds one corrupt enough to just shut up and let the Mayor take all the credit?
And, perhaps the biggest with some people now questioning the "broken windows" theory of policing, NYC should go with a Mayor who based his whole program on that (plus judicious abuse of perp walks of course)?
I'm kind of baffled as to why people continue to think Giuliani was a conservative, or even a Republican.
Posted by: Sam at December 23, 2014 12:52 AM (mkv9z)
Can the Democrats run a campaign without the support of the lame stream media?
Posted by: Dave F at December 24, 2014 02:51 PM (jbvaB)
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