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AoSHQ Podcast: Guest, @KatTimpf

National Review's Katherine Timpf joins Ace, John and Drew to discuss a couple of stories from her You Can't Be F'n Serious! beat, including:

Wesleyan Now Offering LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM Housing (Not a Typo)

and

Actually, Red-Carpet Reporters Should Ask What You’re Wearing

But before that, Washington Free Beacon Digital Managing Editor and AoSHQ Special Hillary Correspondent Andrew Stiles drops in for a long-overdue Clinton update.

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1 and so it begins

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at February 27, 2015 04:13 PM (evdj2)

2 You guys need to bring lauraW back.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:14 PM (B7PYR)

3 Actually, Red-Carpet Reporters Should Ask What Youre Wearing

....underneath that dress

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:14 PM (V+kmg)

4 What kind of name is Timpf?

Posted by: Marie Harf at February 27, 2015 04:15 PM (ntuyY)

5 WASTF

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 04:16 PM (2Ojst)

6 I want to say it was Mary Katherine Hamm who commented that if someone has spent months looking for the right dress and working (and starving) her ass off (literally) to get into it, hell to the yes you better ask about the dress.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:16 PM (mf5HN)

7 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:17 PM (M1uf/)

8 I wasn't done cussing in the other fucking post!

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:17 PM (MNq6o)

9 What kind of name is Timpf?
Posted by: Marie Harf at February 27, 2015 04:15 PM (ntuyY)


A hater one than Harf

Jus sayin

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (V+kmg)

10 You may have noticed that this week has finally broken me.

I just don't give a fuck about my language anymore.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (M1uf/)

11 Damn you autocorrect

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (V+kmg)

12 "Show us your knickers!"

No, not you, Ace . . .

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (h6Mpm)

13 You may have noticed that this week has finally broken me.

I just don't give a fuck about my language anymore.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (M1uf/)



I, for one, am glad to have you here on the Dark Side.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (V+kmg)

14 You may have noticed that this week has finally broken me.

I just don't give a fuck about my language anymore.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (M1uf/)


We, the damned.

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (h6Mpm)

15 I just don't give a fuck about my language anymore.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon

I did fucking notice that.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (MNq6o)

16 I don't think you're supposed to call them knickers anymore.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (ntuyY)

17 I did fucking notice that.
Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (MNq6o)


There were multiple fucking opportunities to notice that fucking shit this week.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (V+kmg)

18 I don't think you're supposed to call them knickers anymore.
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 27, 2015 04:19 PM (ntuyY)


Snickers?

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:20 PM (h6Mpm)

19 LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM


Stick a fork in the US. We're done.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:20 PM (FsuaD)

20 That Glen Campbell song should have won the oscar. Just sayin.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 27, 2015 04:20 PM (ODxAs)

21 New York has a team called the Knickers.

Posted by: Joey Bidin at February 27, 2015 04:20 PM (MNq6o)

22 A hater one than Harf

Jus sayin
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:18 PM (V+kmg)


Hater?

Crappity. Now I have the Pinky ampersand The Brain theme song in my head again.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (mf5HN)

23 Creeping Out Sara - NOFX

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PDQZQMuahtg

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (B7PYR)

24 I just don't give a fuck about my language anymore.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon

-----

Watch the mouth, buster. These are now *public* interwebs and you **will** mind your Ps and Qs.

Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (NaV4z)

25 Crappity. Now I have the Pinky ampersand The Brain theme song in my head again.
Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (mf5HN)


Your Honor, I plead autocorrect.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (V+kmg)

26 @19
Read aboutthat particular acronym. And then ragestroked.

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (k8xvx)

27 You may have noticed that this week has finally broken me.

I lost count of how many times AtC has had to hide under her desk recently thanks to you and your ranty rants.

But, yeah, we noticed.

Don't sweat it, my friend. It's What We Do Here at the HQ.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (0HooB)

28 Watch the mouth, buster. These are now *public* interwebs and you **will** mind your Ps and Qs.
Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (NaV4z)


Fucking Cocksucker Commission?

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (h6Mpm)

29 Watch the mouth, buster. These are now *public* interwebs and you **will** mind your Ps and Qs.
Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (NaV4z)


The Fucking Communications Commission???

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (V+kmg)

30 It is with great restraint that I have kept my Profanity Laced Rants to the comments section here, rather than on that blog I don't have.

Because I don't think that would be... helpful.

On the other hand, this week has about convinced my wife that I'm right about the government (she never thought I was actively wrong, just that I was overreacting).

So that's nice. Not that we can do much about it right at the moment, but it's nice to be on the same page.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (M1uf/)

31 12
"Show us your knickers!"


http://tinyurl.com/mgl62cb


Oh, you said "knickers"......sorry.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (H8u6z)

32 28 Watch the mouth, buster. These are now *public* interwebs and you **will** mind your Ps and Qs.
Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (NaV4z)

FuckingFascist Cocksucker Commission?
Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (h6Mpm)

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (2Ojst)

33 Since the Internet is now owned by the Government can we $hit in the hallway now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:22 PM (ntuyY)

34 There were multiple fucking opportunities to notice that fucking shit this week.

Posted by: Sean Bannion

Fuckin' A, mother fucker. Fuckin' fuckin' A.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:23 PM (MNq6o)

35 Now?

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:23 PM (evdj2)

36 4
What kind of name is Timpf?


Posted by: Marie Harf at February 27, 2015 04:15 PM (ntuyY)

I thought he was your ghey lover?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 27, 2015 04:23 PM (0FSuD)

37 "Show us your knickers!"

No, not you, Ace . . .


Those aren't knickers...

and that's not a zipper pull, either.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:23 PM (0HooB)

38 Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:23 PM (evdj2)

I wondered what that smell was.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:23 PM (M1uf/)

39 Words to live by in the Brave New World to come:

Malicious Compliance.

(Driving the exact speed limit in the left lane . . . that sort of thing . . .)

Just a thought.

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:24 PM (h6Mpm)

40 3
Actually, Red-Carpet Reporters Should Ask What Youre Wearing



....underneath that dress

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:14 PM (V+kmg)

Magic underwear baby!

Posted by: Mitt at February 27, 2015 04:24 PM (0FSuD)

41 Re "P t B"I just realized that "Biden the 'Bama" is the malevolent, evil version of Pinky the Brain.

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:24 PM (k8xvx)

42 Grrr. "Biden the 'Bama" Keyboard fail.

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (k8xvx)

43 Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:24 PM (k8xvx)

&&&

Here, you dropped these.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (M1uf/)

44 can we $hit in the hallway now?


Posted by: Boss Moss


No. But you can shit in the hall. But don't wipe your ass on the chairs in the break room. That's gross.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (MNq6o)

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (k8xvx)

46 ~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (ntuyY)

47 Okay....no ampersands. I shall go to the Barrel now.

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (k8xvx)

48 I should get another shot here @ AoS. Nimoy, Net Neutrality evaporated what should have been my time. Y'gotta admit 'Twilight' is a helluva painting.

Posted by: George Inness, 'Twilight' (c. 1860) at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (gwG9s)

49 Remember Post article Ace linked day after Election Day? Quite a few Demoncrats were ticked that the SCOAMT wouldn't give $$ to help them use for their reelection campaigns.
I'm hoping more turn on him & one goes to tell him what Rockefeller (?) told Nixon. It is time to resign.

I believe it was Rockefeller. I learned that here.

Posted by: Carol at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (sj3Ax)

50 >>What kind of name is Timpf?


Dutch.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (B7PYR)

51 test

Posted by: Meremortal at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (lBkn1)

52 ~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by: Boss Moss


I feel like I'm at the ocean...

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (MNq6o)

53 Podcast neutrality.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (W5DcG)

54 I think I lost my ampersand privileges.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (ntuyY)

55 Sure, now you effing work.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (lBkn1)

56 Y'gotta admit 'Twilight' is a helluva painting. Posted by: George Inness, 'Twilight' (c. 1860) at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (gwG9s)

Was Kristen Stewart nekkid?

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (H8u6z)

57 #BringBackOurLlamas

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (B7PYR)

58 Dutch.
Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (B7PYR)


Was sorta hopin for Greek.

IYKWIMAITTYD

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (V+kmg)

59 Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (k8xvx)

You don't have them because the javascript in charge of comments strips them out.

Chrome will let you have ampersands natively (I guess the script doesn't work with input from Chrome?), and in FireFox (or PaleMoon, which is the same thing, but not evil) you can download the NoScript add-on (which, consequently, will also speed up the HQ significantly), and that will let you use them again.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (M1uf/)

60 *drops newspaper over the pile*

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (evdj2)

61 From the previous thred (this IS "open," amirite?):

The only reason Nixon was forced to resign is because Republicans turned on him. Democrats will never turn on Obama. Never.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 27, 2015 04:17 PM


This is a statement that kinda bugs me. The Republicans didn't "turn" on Nixon, so much as they found his activities during the Watergate mess indefensible. His "dibbling and dabbling, shillying and shallying" (to quote my own hero, Barry Goldwater) was dishonest and self-serving. The man lied, repeatedly, simply because he wanted to remain in power.

Again and always, he was a complete amateur at the Game of Lies compared to Choom Boy, and his motives were pure by comparison. Nixon didn't want to destroy the country; he wanted to lead it.

There was a time when the majority of both parties in Congress was made up of patriotic, honorable and reasonably honest people. It didn't end all that many years ago, but it sure as hell bears little relation to0 what we have now.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (P8YHq)

62 >What kind of name is Timpf?


Sounds like someone farted.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (MNq6o)

63 I think I lost my ampersand privileges.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (ntuyY)



&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (V+kmg)

64 Yup. Still there

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (V+kmg)

65 conservative women are always the hottest.

Posted by: SpeciousImplausibility at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (7Sht4)

66 Oh boy...

LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM

Am I the only one who had the word "FAG" in the middle of all of that jump out at me?

Why not just use that as the all-inclusive term now? Or is it offensive again?

I get confused. I know saying "queer" was once okay, then was a sign of homophobia, and now is now, once again, okay.

Too much to keep up with...

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (AkOaV)

67 &&&

Here, you dropped these.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:25 PM (M1uf/)

----

Actually.... you will give him 2 more &'s.

New rule. .... . for fairness.


Listen up people!!!! Those you that have ampersands will be forthwith compelled to share said ampersands with those among you not fortunate enough to have ampersands. There WILL BE NO THROTTLING OF AMPERSANDS ON THE PUBLIC INTERWEBS.

This is your FINAL warning.

Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (NaV4z)

68 57
#BringBackOurLlamas



Did anyone else hear what that idiot Shep said yesterday? "Well, they *had* to catch the black one first."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (FsuaD)

69 this country is 30 years past its out date. Where do we move to?

Posted by: Some Dude at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (lbgjb)

70 Am I the only one who had the word "FAG" in the middle of all of that jump out at me?

Yes.

Would you like to share something?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (M1uf/)

71 What am I wearing? Aveeno.

Posted by: Jennifer Aniston at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (VAsIq)

72 Posted by: mynewhandle at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (AkOaV)

I thought the same thing. The middle 3 letters say it all.....

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (H8u6z)

73 After Net Neutrality we will all have ampersands.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (ntuyY)

74
I found out what kind of name Timpf is.

It's from ScreenDoorHurricaneTopia.

http://bit.ly/17Egdml

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (JtwS4)

75 When ampersands are outlawed only outlaws will have ampersands.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (B7PYR)

76 After Net Neutrality we will all have ampersands.

#twoweeks

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (M1uf/)

77 After Net Neutrality we will all have ampersands.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (ntuyY)

----

Damned stright skippy.

Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:29 PM (NaV4z)

78 Umlaüts.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:30 PM (evdj2)

79 You may have noticed that this week has finally broken me.

I just don't give a fuck about my language anymore.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon

---

Well, that's good, because Spanish is going to be the official language now.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at February 27, 2015 04:30 PM (VAsIq)

80 I don't watch the awards ceremonies & don't care what they wear or say.
Especially what they say, they are actors, most aren't & just look good lying.

Posted by: Carol at February 27, 2015 04:30 PM (sj3Ax)

81 There was a time when the majority of both parties in Congress was made up of patriotic, honorable and reasonably honest people.
Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:27 PM (P8YHq)


Wait. Wut?

Posted by: Boss Tweed at February 27, 2015 04:30 PM (V+kmg)

82 Did anyone else hear what that idiot Shep said yesterday? "Well, they *had* to catch the black one first." Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM

Tell me you're kidding. Please.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (P8YHq)

83 The left forgets that this country was founded by religious dissenters and criminals shipped over by the Brits. They really should stop inviting the country to become lawless by making the government itself clearly law.

Once americans tap into those deep roots there will be havoc and the little gub'mint teat suckers will be the first to get sucked into the whirlpool and go under.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (dkExz)

84 "this week has finally broken me".

Went through that once or twice before already. Rage, impotence, depression, gallows humor, WTF, WTH.

Now I'm just patiently waiting for the end times.

Posted by: Economics Loo at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (UYVd+)

85 @43 and 59

Thanks, AllenG!

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (k8xvx)

86 I believe it was Rockefeller. I learned that here.

Posted by: Carol at February 27, 2015 04:26 PM (sj3Ax)

No it wasn't Rocky, it was Goldwater and others.

Nixon agreed to see Goldwater on the following day. But he insisted that
the top GOP congressional leaders accompany him. So Goldwater arrived
with Sen. Hugh Scott, Pa., the minority leader, while Scott's House
counterpart, Rep. John Rhodes, Ariz., came separately.

Posted by: Mitt at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (0FSuD)

87 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (M1uf/)

I'd like to share that I have acrophobia, which is a fear of large acronyms, and there was no trigger warning, and I panicked and looked longingly for a word -- ANY WORD -- to pull out of that mess of seemingly random letters.

I denounce myself publicly.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (AkOaV)

88 #BringBackOurLlamas

I HaVe Ur LLLamas. If U efFr Wnt tO sEe tHeM AgIn, leEaV 1 MilLlon UsmErIcN dOOlars aT THe gATe f tHe XOO.

Posted by: Retracto, the Correction Alpaca at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (0HooB)

89 Umlaüts.
Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:30 PM (evdj2)

-----

**squinty eyes**

What are **THOSE**???

Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (NaV4z)

90 All you people, flaunting your ampersands and umlauts.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (LA7Cm)

91 Tell me you're kidding. Please. Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (P8YHq)

No, it's true. He was trapped on the sidewalk as he couldn't pass up the crack.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (H8u6z)

92 Chrome will let you have ampersands natively (I guess the script doesn't work with input from Chrome?)

No idea, but all webkit based browsers seem to be able to use ampersands & stuff. (chrome/chromium are now built on a google fork of webkit, but they're still effectively webkit)

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (Q819Q)

93 "but I do wonder at what point people stop resisting fascist tyranny, and simply give in to it, when the out of control and frankly terrifying government demonstrates that it simply will not stop until it collects all political power into its hands."


Ace, there are a number of ways to "resist." We ain't gone there.

Yet.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (CMkNk)

94 Your Honor, I plead autocorrect.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:21 PM (V+kmg)


*taps chin*

Well, it is always autocorrect's fault.

I'll allow it.


Here. Llamas.

http://bit.ly/1AiPxhq

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (mf5HN)

95 "You **will** mind your Ps and Qs."

Well, to be quite literal about it Allen doesn't need either a "p" or "q" to spell the word "f----ing". ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (DXzRD)

96
I don't watch the awards ceremonies

I don't either. There are certain websites which will reliably show me if anyone falls out of her top.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (JtwS4)

97 When are you supposed to tilda?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (ntuyY)

98 After Net Neutrality I'll be able to sell my accordion music on iTunes right next to Taylor Swift's latest shit. I mean tits. Hits! Damn auto-erect. FUCK!

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (MNq6o)

99 Here. Llamas.

http://bit.ly/1AiPxhq
Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (mf5HN)


Those Llamas are looking a little....underpowered.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (V+kmg)

100 90 All you people, flaunting your ampersands and umlauts.....
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (LA7Cm

Thats all about to change with this Net Neutrality bullshit.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (F2IAQ)

101 FS said "f---ing"...?

*ducks under chair fearing lightning strike*

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (h4UbF)

102 I will shyly admit I find Timpf's voice on the podcast . . . attractive.

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (h6Mpm)

103 Après moi, le délugeUmlaüts

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (evdj2)

104 "You **will** mind your Ps and Qs."

Well, to be quite literal about it Allen doesn't need either a "p" or "q" to spell the word "f----ing". ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (DXzRD)

---

**adds FelonSpoke to the list**

We going to be here all day... arent we.....

Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (NaV4z)

105 Government clearly lawless. Damm I hate when I mess up the meaning of a post with a stupid mis-spell.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (dkExz)

106 Wait. Wut?

Posted by: Boss Tweed at February 27, 2015 04:30 PM


I said "majority." Half plus one a good bit of the time.

For years I regularly voted against some of them, mainly Democrats, because I opposed their policies. But I felt that many of those were sincere, if hugely misguided and way off-base.

Now, I'd be delighted to see 530 or so of them imprisoned. For long, labor-filled sentences.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (P8YHq)

107 Tell me you're kidding. Please.


Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (P8YHq)


Sadly, no. I was cleaning the powder room and had the TV on in the kitchen when the idiot said it. Gobsmacked, I was.


I wish MSNBC would hire his ass.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (FsuaD)

108 I will shyly admit I find Timpf's voice on the podcast . . . attractive.
Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:33 PM (h6Mpm)


I will shyly admit to wondering what she looks like....draped over the back of the sofa.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (V+kmg)

109 @81
Those times, as and to the extent that they existed, are long past. So very long past.

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (k8xvx)

110 Hypothesis:

The area controlled by the United States of America is simply too large for a single Federal Republic. Because it is functionally impossible for a normal person of normal means in (say) Texas, or Arizona, or Washington (the state), or Montana to take time off to go to the capitol just to get some face-time with his or her representative (let alone senator), those people are at a disadvantage when it comes to having their views represented.

While communication improvements such as phone, email, and even twitter have mitigated this to some extent, the very fact that most humans believe (of people they only speak to on the phone or (worse) converse with via email or twitter) "those aren't really people," it does not -and cannot- fix the issue.



Anyone see any major holes in that?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (M1uf/)

111 "Well, to be quite literal about it Allen doesn't need either a "p" or "q" to spell the word "f----ing". ;^)"


Need? No. Fun? Yes.


Absophuquinglutely.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (LA7Cm)

112 Llama profiling?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (ntuyY)

113 Posted by: Retracto, the Correction Alpaca at February 27, 2015 04:31 PM (0HooB)

*sniff*

I miss Retracto . . . and his/her/it's master . . .

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:35 PM (h6Mpm)

114 Absophuquinglutely.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (LA7Cm)


Well-played, sir, Well played.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:35 PM (V+kmg)

115 off mitt sock

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 27, 2015 04:35 PM (0FSuD)

116 "Thats all about to change with this Net Neutrality bullshit."



About. Time.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 27, 2015 04:35 PM (LA7Cm)

117 When are you supposed to tilda?

---

All I know is it takes two to tilde.

Posted by: Terrible Joke at February 27, 2015 04:35 PM (VAsIq)

118 Absophuquinglutely.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (LA7Cm)

----

ISWYDT

**adds Ricardo Kill to the list **

Posted by: THE F.C.C. at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (NaV4z)

119 Well, NY Slime still has Spock lead story.



Found IRS emails? Nothing.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (0FSuD)

120 AllenG, I was broken too, then I spent all day looking at hot, conservative chicks at CPAC. Usually, I just sit in the basement and reload.

Posted by: Jean at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (ztOda)

121 While communication improvements such as phone, email, and even twitter have mitigated this to some extent, the very fact that most humans believe (of people they only speak to on the phone or (worse) converse with via email or twitter) "those aren't really people," it does not -and cannot- fix the issue.

Anyone see any major holes in that?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (M1uf/)


Ummmm....the fact that all members of Congress have District offices in their home state?

Just spitballin there.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (V+kmg)

122
Those Llamas are looking a little....underpowered.

There were llamas in that picture?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (JtwS4)

123 When are you supposed to tilda?

Right after you waltz with her.

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

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (0HooB)

124 I don't either. There are certain websites which will reliably show me if anyone falls out of her top.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:32 PM (JtwS4)


*fistbump*

All I care about the Oscars is the pretty pretty dresses. That's it.

That and hauling Jared Leto aside and reminding him that Homeless Jesus is not a good look on anyone.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (mf5HN)

125 Anyone see any major holes in that?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (M1uf/)


Um. You used that word "federal." Care to elaborate?

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (h6Mpm)

126 Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM

I'm so happy not to have seen/heard Sheppy-poo for a number of years.

And I thought the incoherent, illiterate airheads on Channel Seven in Boston were the worst....

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (P8YHq)

127 69 this country is 30 years past its out date. Where do we move to?
____________________

That's the problem, isn't it? We who don't have the millions that the thieves named things like Obama and Zuckerberg have, who have purchased their own private islands or secluded and guarded mansions to retreat to, are stuck here. Those assholes don't ever have to live in neighborhoods overrun by illegal alien gang-bangers, or put their kids in public schools crammed full of disease-ridden, below-grade, non-English-speaking kids.

No, our corrupt "elites" have got plenty of money and plenty of other places they can go to escape the festering ruin they've created here.

The rest of us are not so lucky.

Posted by: Pissed Off American at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (Fnyc2)

128 "I just sit in the basement and reload."

Posted by: Jean at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (ztOda)

Euphemism alert.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (h4UbF)

129 I miss Retracto . . . and his/her/it's master . . .


Me too.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (/kI1Q)

130 adds FelonSpoke to the list*

What list am I on.? The "watch this person" list or the something else, because if it's the first list I've been on that since 2008 because Obama's not my messiah never has been and never will be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 04:38 PM (DXzRD)

131 I remember a time when we could post links and superscript in colors!

...and everyone had equal access to the umlauts and tildes.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (B7PYR)

132 Al Sharpton and I will be on MSNBC tonite.

Posted by: Llama of Color at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (gwG9s)

133 Been out for awhile... Any new non-scandals?

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (Bn6aD)

134 "I just sit in the basement and reload."

Posted by: Jean at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (ztOda)

Euphemism alert.




On so many levels.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (evdj2)

135 123 When are you supposed to tilda?

Right after you waltz with her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOOcDrxyCDA
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (0HooB)

Hey, that's not your tilda!

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (2Ojst)

136 I remember a time when we could post links and superscript in colors!

...and everyone had equal access to the umlauts and tildes.
Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (B7PYR)



And you also remember why the Horde can't have nice things because of what happened with that power.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (mf5HN)

137 I remember a time when we could post links and superscript in colors!

...and everyone had equal access to the umlauts and tildes.
Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (B7PYR)


And then we passed Blog Neutrality and only Platinum Members get that shit now.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (V+kmg)

138 Llamas in Scandinavia?
Blondes in Peruvia?

Where was that pitcher taken?

Posted by: Economics Loo at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (UYVd+)

139 When are you supposed to tilda?

----

... the midnight hour....

"Wait tilda midnight hour......"

Posted by: Wilson Picket at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (NaV4z)

140 131
I remember a time when we could post links and superscript in colors!



...and everyone had equal access to the umlauts and tildes.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM (B7PYR)


Me, too. I was here the Day the Blog Broke. Even ended up accidentally banned for a while. Good times.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (FsuaD)

141 ~Two weeks.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (ntuyY)

Posted by: Old Blue at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (AxABj)

143 Soros hack is still going in the Netfck thread.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (evdj2)

144 Tilda Swinton? Lemme get my Troy-Bilt.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (Q819Q)

145 little known fact...

Llamas, being part of the weasel species, are known to discriminate against llamas of color.

The darker the llama, the better chance it was a slave and/or a sexual minority.

If you watch the video closely, you'll see the white llama pushing the black llama around and trying to get it to do what it wants. Because of white cis-gender privilege.

Posted by: mynewhandle at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (AkOaV)

146 144 Tilda Swinton? Lemme get my Troy-Bilt.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 27, 2015 04:40 PM (Q819Q)

?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (2Ojst)

147 When are you supposed to tilda?

Right after you waltz with her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOOcDrxyCDA
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:36 PM (0HooB)

Hey, that's not your tilda!

Posted by: Insomniac

-------------------
You didn't tilde that!

Posted by: Pres'nt Obama at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (VAsIq)

148 144 She was asking for it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (ntuyY)

149 Ummmm....the fact that all members of Congress have District offices in their home state?

Which they visit precisely how often?

Having someone who says, "We'll pass him/her the message" is not the same as face-time with your representative.

Joe Barton has never... take that back, Joe Barton has met me. But just briefly and not in a setting where I actually got to speak with him much (his assistants liked me, though). So if he sees my name on an email, or a fax or letter, or whatever, he's going to think "Who's this?" and promptly forget my position.

Now, I'm not letting voters off the hook here. Voters need to be much more active in conversing with their Representatives. But even if they were- at the current moment- I do not believe it would make much difference.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (M1uf/)

150 Bourbon minus 18...

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (JtwS4)

151 A bit burdensome, but I have yet to find any symbol that this site won't translate into a postable form

http://www.unicodetools.com/unicode/convert-to-html.php

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (evdj2)

152 Just checking those buttons above the little posting window.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:42 PM (MNq6o)

153 Just checking those buttons above the little posting window.


Posted by: Dang

That don't do shit.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:42 PM (MNq6o)

154 If you watch the video closely, you'll see the white llama pushing the black llama around and trying to get it to do what it wants. Because of white cis-gender privilege.
Posted by: mynewhandle at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (AkOaV)

That llama was llooking a llittle llight in the lloafers.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 04:42 PM (2Ojst)

155 The night of the scrolling nicks.


At least the spacing has gone back to normal.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:42 PM (B7PYR)

156 69 this country is 30 years past its out date. Where do we move to?
Posted by: Some Dude at February 27, 2015 04:28 PM (lbgjb)


"We're getting murdered here. Let's go inland and get murdered there."

General Norman Cota, 29th Inf. Div., Omaha Beach

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 04:42 PM (CMkNk)

157 I remember a time when we could post links and superscript in colors!


...and everyone had equal access to the umlauts and tildes.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:39 PM


Me too. That was in the days of"cat filters" and "volvo filters" and "lace wigs."

Just when I was about to order a cat filter, Pixy made 'em go away.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 04:43 PM (P8YHq)

158 Which they visit precisely how often?

Having someone who says, "We'll pass him/her the message" is not the same as face-time with your representative.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:41 PM (M1uf/)


Most of them go back every other frickin weekend. At least on the House side.

I hear what you're saying but I don't buy the argument. And if your Rep or Senator doesn't make constituent service and meeting real people a priority then you have a recourse for that.

Never underestimate the power of bad press for a member of Congress.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:43 PM (V+kmg)

159 Ow my balls!

Posted by: American Voter at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (VAsIq)

160 I'm going to annoyingly post this again. :^) These are from some comments by Fr. Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit from PA who was arrested and sent to Lubyianka prison and then to the Gulags during the Stalin era and the later Soviet Union. He didn't give up and the only person he surrendered to it was God-every single day. One of his great books is "He Leadeth Me" and concerns this idea of surrender to God.

http://www.ciszek.org/Reflections.html

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (DXzRD)

161 Bourbon minus 18...

Posted by: Bandersnatch

Oooh. I got a little Bulleit Rye Whiskey left and there's perty snow outside...

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (MNq6o)

162 Just when I was about to order a cat filter, Pixy made 'em go away.

The buttweld flange wasn't worth the money I sent him.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (evdj2)

163 The rest of us are not so lucky.

Posted by: Pissed Off American at February 27, 2015 04:37 PM (Fnyc2)


You, sir or madam as the case may be, have Broken The Code.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (0HooB)

164 Never underestimate the power of bad press for a member of Congress.
---
Ha! Bad press is for little people and Republicans.

Posted by: Democrat Politician at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (VAsIq)

165 Ow my balls!

Posted by: American Voter

Lol'd.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:45 PM (MNq6o)

166

There once was a gaucho named Bruno,
who said "fucking" is one thing I do know.
All women are fine, and sheep are divine,
but Llamas are numero uno.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 04:46 PM (CMkNk)

167 We lost a lot of Pixxy Hamsters that day.

Posted by: Garrett at February 27, 2015 04:46 PM (B7PYR)

168 Wish ace would do a podcast with Greg Gutfeld.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:46 PM (FsuaD)

169 I'm going to admit, I didn't like Katherine Timpf. She didn't seem to mesh with the rest of the panel.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 27, 2015 04:47 PM (OiH3z)

170 @151 - this is one of those coal-fired steam sites where you have to shovel your own bits into the boiler without so much as a conveyor belt for assistance.

Posted by: JEM at February 27, 2015 04:47 PM (o+SC1)

171 Most of them go back every other frickin weekend. At least on the House side.

Hmmm... Many certainly do.

But, again, access remains an issue.

I'm not even blaming the representatives. I'm not. You work in one place, it's very hard to be in more than one place at once.

And, I'll further state, that I don't think there's a whole lot of difference at the moment, because I don't think even the reps in VA or MA are being particularly diligent in listening to their constituents.

But even if they were, if everyone were as fully involved in that sort of two-way communication as they could be, a person in, say, El Paso would have less access to his representative than someone in New York or Pennsylvania.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:48 PM (M1uf/)

172
Oooh. I got a little Bulleit Rye Whiskey left and there's perty snow outside...

I hadn't heard of Bulleit until a couple of days ago. Picked up a Bourbon. Nice.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:48 PM (JtwS4)

173 I hadn't heard of Bulleit until a couple of days ago. Picked up a Bourbon. Nice.

Posted by: Bandersnatch

Cool bottle, right?

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:48 PM (MNq6o)

174 I'm going to admit, I didn't like Katherine Timpf. She didn't seem to mesh with the rest of the panel.

Lack/absence of Valu-Rite?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:48 PM (0HooB)

175 Ow my balls!
Posted by: American Voter at February 27, 2015 04:44 PM (VAsIq)


We know what you need!

Ball Neutrality!

Posted by: superknowitall23 at February 27, 2015 04:49 PM (h6Mpm)

176
Cool bottle, right?

I just got a pint. It was an emergency.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 27, 2015 04:49 PM (JtwS4)

177 Anyone see any major holes in that?Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:34 PM (M1uf/)I'd say that it was worse back at the founding of our country. When the country was primarily agricultural you couldn't leave the farm for the weeks to travel to DC, nor could you call or email your rep.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (OiH3z)

178 See that last comment of mine? That's why I need a line editor for that book I didn't write.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (M1uf/)

179 Any y'all notice it's still kinda frickin' cold outside?

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (h6Mpm)

180
Me too. That was in the days of"cat filters" and "volvo filters" and "lace wigs." Just when I was about to order a cat filter, Pixy made 'em go away.
Posted by: MrScribbler




Looks like the b-l-a-z-e-r-s filter is still around.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (kdS6q)

181 Ball Neutrality!>>>

You want ball neutrality? Here have a drink.

Posted by: Hot Russian chick at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (81UWZ)

182 I don't even know what the letters after LGBT are except I suppose one "Q" is for Questioning. I don't want to know what the other letters are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (DXzRD)

183 Looks like the b-l-a-z-e-r-s filter is still around.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (kdS6q)


Yup. I tried to make a crack about a velvet b l a z e r the other day and could not figure out why it wouldn't post and then ooooohhh oh right.

Posted by: alexthechick - Jazz Hands Gojira at February 27, 2015 04:51 PM (mf5HN)

184 But even if they were, if everyone were as fully involved in that sort of two-way communication as they could be, a person in, say, El Paso would have less access to his representative than someone in New York or Pennsylvania.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:48 PM (M1uf/)


I completely agree with your basic principle, just not with the solution.

To me the solution is electing people who listen.

And then term limiting them.

I used to think that term limits were a bad idea because the federal govt is complex and you needed to be around a while to learn all the pressure points. We could eliminate 20 federal cabinet level agencies tomorrow and it would still be too complex.

But now....now I'm of the opinion that term limits are a great idea because rookies every two years sure as shit can't do any worse than the current clusterfuck known as the U.S. Congress.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 04:51 PM (V+kmg)

185 Looks like the b-l-a-z-e-r-s filter is still around.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 27, 2015 04:50 PM (kdS6q)

----

So is:

V e r a B a k e r

Posted by: fixerupper at February 27, 2015 04:51 PM (NaV4z)

186 Looks like the b-l-a-z-e-r-s filter is still around.

What a monument to a commenter wasted.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:52 PM (evdj2)

187 I don't even know what the letters after LGBT are
except I suppose one "Q" is for Questioning. I don't want to know what
the other letters are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's a word scrabble. Spells "DEGENERATES".

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:53 PM (MNq6o)

188 So Al Sharpton had a meeting with the SCOAMF in the WH.

Probably to explain why he hasn't paid the $4.5 mil. in taxes he owes.

/s

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:53 PM (FsuaD)

189 I don't even know what the letters after LGBT are

Your teachers really screwed up your ABCs, mang. That ain't how it goes at all.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 27, 2015 04:53 PM (Q819Q)

190 I hadn't heard of Bulleit until a couple of days ago. Picked up a Bourbon. Nice.

Posted by: Bandersnatch

The rye is excellent as well.

Posted by: Art Cognomen at February 27, 2015 04:54 PM (RwwCT)

191 But now....now I'm of the opinion that term limits are a great idea because rookies every two years sure as shit can't do any worse than the current clusterfuck known as the U.S. Congress.

And forces whoever is blackmailing them to rotate their efforts on a regular schedule.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:54 PM (0HooB)

192 LGBT

lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and Trans sexual... you know.... perverts..

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 04:54 PM (Bn6aD)

193 I completely agree with your basic principle, just not with the solution.

I hadn't pressed for any solution.

There's an array. But I do think people need to start thinking about the problem.

If that makes any sense.

Now, I'll state I *do* prefer Secession (RoT2: Electric Boogaloo), but there could be other answers that would work. As you mention- term limits are a good first step.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:55 PM (M1uf/)

194 Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Rascal Scooter Brigade at February 27, 2015 04:53 PM (Q819Q)

Hey. when I went to school back in the Middle Ages there wasn't any question of transexuals. IObviusly there were some who had gone through the process but we didn't discuss much less discuss what gender you think you are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 04:55 PM (DXzRD)

195 Increase the House of Representatives to 5000 members, like the meeting of The Old Republic in Star Wars. That will increase the number that have to be bribed while insuring that the representative is elected by their actual neighbors.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:56 PM (evdj2)

196 To me the solution is electing people who listen.

No-ooo . . .

The solution is to not let the bastards get that close to the power in the first place. That's why the U.S. government was designed in such a byzantine way in the first place.

The problem is that bastards suck up power like sponges absorb water.

I think the solution, when everything finally falls apart and we're at last able to try again, is to separate powers even more than the Constitution did.

The problem with THAT, of course, is you wind up with the Articles of Confederation.

Around and around we go.

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:56 PM (h6Mpm)

197 Jeb to Booing CPAC Activists: "I'm Marking You Down As Neutral"

http://tinyurl.com/qj2v4r9

Dozens of CPAC Attendees Walk Out on Jeb Bush

http://tinyurl.com/le892ww

Posted by: The Brazilian Hat: No Bush at February 27, 2015 04:56 PM (0Ew3K)

198 insure? ensure?

One of those.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:57 PM (evdj2)

199 So, who has ever heard of "wax" and "shatter" in terms of marijuana? I got quite an education this week in Colorado. Apparently nobody smokes weed anymore. They "vape" it in various forms like the above mentioned. All sorts of devices to inhale it, no ash, no lighter, very little "smoke". Lots of applications in Med mj, and certainly better than rolling joints behind the auditorium, but my, how times have changed.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 27, 2015 04:57 PM (2cS/G)

200 test


Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:57 PM (MNq6o)

201 1: Genetic exceptions are... exceptional.

2: If you were born with 2 sex chromosomes, you are not a genetic exception.

3: If you were born with 2 sex chromosomes, and one of them is a Y chromosome, you're a boy.

4: If you were born with 2 sex chromosomes, and neither of them are a Y chromosome, you're a girl.

Any questions?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 04:58 PM (M1uf/)

202 A two-spirit went into a LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM bar.

YAHTZEE! S/h/ee shouted.

It's a joke! Honk!

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 04:58 PM (h6Mpm)

203 With current technology all Congressmen and Senators should do all their govt business from their home state. No need to go to Washington vote from the office on video conference.

Posted by: Hot Russian chick at February 27, 2015 04:59 PM (81UWZ)

204 Dozens of CPAC Attendees Walk Out on Jeb Bush

Only dozens? After standing by his stance to give illegal aliens drivers' licences?

#WASTF

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:59 PM (0HooB)

205 ensure?



One of those.

Posted by: toby928(C)


Ensure is why old people's breath stinks. Especially the chocolate flavor.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 04:59 PM (MNq6o)

206 Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 04:59 PM (0HooB)

Sometimes I wish I drank.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 05:00 PM (M1uf/)

207 Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 04:53 PM

I'm sure both of 'em had a good laugh about it.

But mainly, they probably dressed in dashikis and talked about Taking It To The Man.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 05:01 PM (P8YHq)

208 197 Jeb to Booing CPAC Activists: "I'm Marking You Down As Neutral"

http://tinyurl.com/qj2v4r9

Dozens of CPAC Attendees Walk Out on Jeb Bush

http://tinyurl.com/le892ww
Posted by: The Brazilian Hat: No Bush at February 27, 2015 04:56 PM (0Ew3K)

There was a really snotty piece about Phil Robertson there...

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 05:02 PM (2Ojst)

209 I know what LBGT stands for-just not the rest.

I think it's ridiculous to discuss what gender you think you are. There might be people who at birth are hermaphrodites but that's a small number. Unless you really want to wear women's clothes in public why would you need a sex change. Couldn't you feel comfortable enough in your own skin that if you felt more nurturing than other males you just accept that. or if you only liked to wear pants and loved playing softball that you were still a woman? I knew of a guy-very bright, very articulate, and had some high paying job and position. He spent lots of money becoming a woman and then lived with another woman. I never could wrap my mind around why the need to do that. Im phrasing this badly but if seems to me a shame that you can't be your own person and still keep the sex organs you were born with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 05:02 PM (DXzRD)

210 &&&&&

Posted by: Old Blue at February 27, 2015 05:02 PM (AxABj)

211 198 insure? ensure?

One of those.
Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 04:57 PM (evdj2)

You seem...unsure.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (2Ojst)

212 The people who walked out on Jeb were chanting for Rand Paul.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (FsuaD)

213 Holy Crap! I have ampersands! &&&&&&

Posted by: Old Blue at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (AxABj)

214 212 The people who walked out on Jeb were chanting for Rand Paul.

Not much of an improvement in my book...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (Bn6aD)

215 212 The people who walked out on Jeb were chanting for Rand Paul.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (FsuaD)

*headdesk*

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 05:04 PM (2Ojst)

216 213
Holy Crap! I have ampersands!

Posted by: Old Blue at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (AxABj)


Did you bring enough to share with the horde?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:04 PM (FsuaD)

217 *headdesk*

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 05:04 PM


Dude. They could have been chanting for Krispy Kreme.

Is it true his campaign slogan is going to be "praise the lard?"

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 27, 2015 05:05 PM (P8YHq)

218 test

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:05 PM (FsuaD)

219 216 213
Holy Crap! I have ampersands!

Posted by: Old Blue at February 27, 2015 05:03 PM (AxABj)

Did you bring enough to share with the horde?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:04 PM (FsuaD)

Here: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 05:05 PM (2Ojst)

220 Is it true his campaign slogan is going to be "praise the lard?"

Fatist!

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:06 PM (Bn6aD)

221 @212
*headdesk* *facepalm* *headdesk*
I shouldn't be so surprised really. The Paulites tend to be more the ones for such overt displays.

Posted by: Lurkingestlurker at February 27, 2015 05:06 PM (k8xvx)

222 Did the McConnell DHS capitulation plan get voted down in the House?

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 27, 2015 05:06 PM (i55o+)

223 There was a really snotty piece about Phil Robertson there...

Posted by: Insomniac at February 27, 2015 05:02 PM (2Ojst)

I didn't find it snotty, just honest.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 27, 2015 05:06 PM (0FSuD)

224 222 Did the McConnell DHS capitulation plan get voted down in the House?

I read they were still trying to scare up votes.... Need Dems...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:06 PM (Bn6aD)

225 Poor Juan Williams. Bless his heart.

I'll bet family dinners are a blast with his conservative son.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:07 PM (FsuaD)

226 225 Poor Juan Williams. Bless his heart.

I'll bet family dinners are a blast with his conservative son

You mean the smart one in the Family?

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:08 PM (Bn6aD)

227 Funding DHS to March looks like it's going to fail.

Posted by: Carol at February 27, 2015 05:08 PM (sj3Ax)

228 Funding DHS to March looks like it's going to fail

The Jef is gonna be mad...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:08 PM (Bn6aD)

229 You mean the smart one in the Family?

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:08 PM (Bn6aD)


Yeah. Apparently the crowd loved him at CPAC.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 27, 2015 05:08 PM (FsuaD)

230 Im phrasing this badly but if seems to me a shame
that you can't be your own person and still keep the sex organs you were
born with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

They are mentally ill. But we're told that's cruel to say. But people tell them they can be anything they want to be - as long as it doesn't include being happy. Drugs, alcoholism, suicide... that's what they usually get. It's messed up.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 05:08 PM (MNq6o)

231 And they're STILL slapping around Net Neuterers over in the previous post's comments.

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 05:09 PM (h6Mpm)

232 231 And they're STILL slapping around Net Neuterers over in the previous post's comments.

There's nothing to slap around it's a piece of shit...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:10 PM (Bn6aD)

233
Fukin chickenshit John Ellis Bush and his Hannity informercial bullshit. Yeah he did okay, my ass.

Posted by: please dont squeeze the soothie at February 27, 2015 05:11 PM (hbvPW)

234 #231,
Yeah, it's fun making them squirm.

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 27, 2015 05:12 PM (/jpU8)

235 Donna,
It will shut down. 15% of DHS, if that. Most are essential or considered essential.
Separate I.C.E. From it like it used to be.

Posted by: Carol at February 27, 2015 05:12 PM (sj3Ax)

236 Funding DHS to March looks like it's going to fail.

Which, of course, means the "clean funding bill" will be passed. Because heaven forbid that the Republicans find their collective nut-sacks and tell the Jug Eared Fuck to go fuck himself.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 05:13 PM (M1uf/)

237 235 Donna,
It will shut down. 15% of DHS, if that. Most are essential or considered essential.
Separate I.C.E. From it like it used to be.

Yup....

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:13 PM (Bn6aD)

238 @110, Allen: Only that it worked rather well up until that shitheel FDR.

So, the problem is not the size of the country, it's what has changed.

The government had gotten bigger and there are way more people.

Posted by: royaloil at February 27, 2015 05:13 PM (Bek89)

239 202 Yea & 222 Nay. 50 Republicans votes against.

Posted by: Carol at February 27, 2015 05:13 PM (sj3Ax)

240

I've gone through this past 2 weeks even more determined to keep on struggling to effect change for the better in MY country.

No letup at all.

I realize that my effort may be seen as insignificant--no matter. It is what I can do as an individual.

All this is taking place at the local level, where I CAN make that difference.

School board meetings,local candidates--it begins at this level. Get this right and the state and national part is so much easier.

Probably my life span won't see the results of the labor and I don't really care. Enough that I gave back for the privilege of living in and protecting the most exceptional country on the planet.

You can laugh at or agree with the above, it will change nothing.

But y'all are welcome to join in.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 27, 2015 05:14 PM (jeCnD)

241 Yeah, it's fun making them squirm.

Posted by: anon a mouse

Soros must be paying them by the hour. I can only stand so much of their bullshit. Ignoring when they have their arguments shot down, they just keep blabbering their talking points.

Posted by: Dang at February 27, 2015 05:15 PM (MNq6o)

242 You can laugh at or agree with the above, it will change nothing.

But y'all are welcome to join in.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 27, 2015 05:14 PM (jeCnD)


:::: sends irongrampa a 55-gallon drum of bourbon ::::

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 05:15 PM (V+kmg)

243 Wow.

I just commented on Ace's new post and he immediately took it down.

I think I am insulted.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 27, 2015 05:16 PM (Zu3d9)

244 243 Wow.

I just commented on Ace's new post and he immediately took it down.

I think I am insulted.

Me too

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:16 PM (Bn6aD)

245 I just commented on Ace's new post and he immediately took it down.

I think I am insulted.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 27, 2015 05:16 PM (Zu3d9)


It's because you're a Joo.

Jus sayin

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 05:16 PM (V+kmg)

246 It will shut down. 15% of DHS, if that

A good start?

Posted by: filbert at February 27, 2015 05:17 PM (h6Mpm)

247
Nood Putin thread just got net neutralized!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 05:17 PM (CMkNk)

248 246 It will shut down. 15% of DHS, if that

A good start?

Will the "clean" bill now pass in the Senate?

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 27, 2015 05:17 PM (Bn6aD)

249 I just commented on Ace's new post and he immediately took it down.

I think I am insulted.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 27, 2015 05:16 PM (Zu3d9)

I got the Baretta P-4 Storm Compact

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2015 05:17 PM (nzKvP)

250
a.k.a. Queer House

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lambda Lambda Lambda at February 27, 2015 05:18 PM (hbvPW)

251 249 I got the Baretta P-4 Storm Compact
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2015 05:17 PM (nzKvP)

With the Robert Blake/cockatoo sight?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 05:18 PM (CMkNk)

252 The government had gotten bigger and there are way more people.

Well, yes. There's that, too.

We haven't had a "Federal" Government since at least FDR. And possibly before that. We've had a "National" Government.

And the proper technical terms for geo-political regions like Texas or Massachusetts is no longer "State" but "Province."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 27, 2015 05:19 PM (M1uf/)

253
Queeeeeeeeeeer Hoooooouuuuuuse!!

Posted by: Dean Wormer at February 27, 2015 05:19 PM (hbvPW)

254 Major Opponent of Vladimir Putin, Get This, Gunned Down In the Street

Republican cuts to DHS claim another victim.

Posted by: toby928(C) at February 27, 2015 05:19 PM (evdj2)

255 With the Robert Blake/cockatoo sight?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 05:18 PM (CMkNk)

Ya mean my wife shouldn't sit in the car outside a restaurant waiting for me?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2015 05:19 PM (nzKvP)

256 Nood Putin thread just got net neutralized!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 27, 2015 05:17 PM


In Putin's Russia, blog posts you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 27, 2015 05:20 PM (h4vJk)

257 Wesleyan Now Offering LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM Housing

________



Hey, wait, they omitted my predilection!


(You didn't think that that was possible, did you?)

Posted by: Some Pervert at February 27, 2015 05:20 PM (oKE6c)

258
No, really, McConnell needs to go.
We have to do something.

McConnell isn't at all working with Boehner. McConnell is working with reid and obama, though.

Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at February 27, 2015 05:21 PM (hbvPW)

259 Wesleyan Now Offering LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM Housing


Probably harder to get a good blow job than when i went to college 40 years ago

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2015 05:21 PM (nzKvP)

260
in b4 Don't Do The Crime If You Can't Do The Time!

Posted by: Soothsayer is S.I.G. at February 27, 2015 05:22 PM (hbvPW)

261 Wesleyan Now Offering LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM Housing


Probably harder to get a good blow job than when i went to college 40 years ago
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2015 05:21 PM (nzKvP)

I mean from a girl or a reasonable facsimile

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 27, 2015 05:22 PM (nzKvP)

262 Queeeeeeeeeeer Hoooooouuuuuuse!!

Posted by: Dean Wormer at February 27, 2015 05:19 PM


May I have 10,000 anal beads, please?

Posted by: Flounder at February 27, 2015 05:22 PM (h4vJk)

263 Ahh, Ace with the keys to TB3K. That's why the new thread got nuked.

Priorities. Five O'clock Charlie is here.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at February 27, 2015 05:23 PM (0HooB)

264 OK, it's not even 5:30 yet. Who let MUMR out of his cage?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 27, 2015 05:24 PM (h4vJk)

265 Nood

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 27, 2015 05:24 PM (V+kmg)

266 Putin rival assassinated in Moscow.

http://tinyurl.com/opahxrf

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 27, 2015 05:24 PM (ppaKI)

267 I'm really enjoying Katherine Timpf. Her NR articles are great and uncover all sorts of crazee.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 27, 2015 05:35 PM (shFKH)

268 Posted by: irongrampa at February 27, 2015 05:14 PM (jeCnD)

You always bring a good word, brother. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 27, 2015 05:38 PM (DXzRD)

269 How about Ace clearly flushing the toilet at about 17:30. Hope that's not a video conference.

Posted by: discobolus at February 27, 2015 05:48 PM (GF2XF)

270 I am so listening to this as soon as I get out of the airport. I have so much to catch up on from missing today on a plane, but Katherine Timpf! What a pleasure. Great humor, really good writer and, of course, hot librarian look perfected.

Posted by: MTF at February 27, 2015 06:54 PM (FCsIb)

271 If we made a film of the recent Republican dominance of Congress, is would be aptly named "Ineptocracy".

Posted by: West at February 27, 2015 07:10 PM (fFLZP)

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