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Thanksgivingmanship: Your Guide to Surviving The Progressive Imbeciles Who Have Spent a Week Cramming on How to Survive You
Oxford Don Stephen Potter introduced the world to the principles of Gamesmanship, the way to win at games by resort to cheap ploys which were very close to cheating without being technically cheating. He later expanded his inquiries into the general field of "Lifemanship," the discipline of embracing life in a dickish and hostile spirit, sabotaging social rivals without quite breaching social etiquette.
Given that the progressive elder-children-yet-not-quite-adults you'll be encountering this Thanksgiving (who I will henceforth refer to as "grownchildren") will be armed to the teeth with Vox explainers and Obamacare propaganda, I herewith humbly submit these first sketches of a new branch of Lifemanship I call "Thankgivingmanship," which I define as the gentle art of insulting the stupid without alerting them to the fact that they've been insulted at all. It is the goal of the dedicated Thanksgivingman, then, to achieve the sublime art of giving offense without offense being taken. My basic strategy is thus: It would be as rude of you as it is rude of your cretinous grownchildren kin to allow a Thanksgiving dinner into a stupid game of Rachel Maddow Talking Points and their rebuttals. So, rather than confront the unemployed idiots who will be assailing you, I propose instead to superficially avoid conflict and engagement on their dummy mouthflappings, and appear instead to agree with them. But -- and here is the point -- a skilled Thanksgivingman will only appear to agree with the grownchildren to feeble intellects, such as those possessed by the grownchildren themselves. Instead of disagreeing with them -- which will cause argument and anger -- you will instead claim to agree with them, while in fact contradicting them, subverting them, of baffling them with statements that nearly, but do not quite, make sense. Our definitions and mission now established, we turn to the first of our three primary Thanksgivingmanship gambits: The Neutral or Nonsensical Statement Disguised as Agreement.Progressives do not process language the same way human beings do; they chiefly adduce meaning from tone and body language, like dogs. This means that you can say many things which are either irrelevant, nonsensical, or otherwise not in agreement with the progressive subcreatures you're temporarily amidst so long as you deliver your words with a warm smile and a lot of nodding. You may also use uptalk to express an insincere solidarity. As with dogs and babies, progressives find artificially high-pitched vocal tones to be soothing and possibly a prelude to Walkies and Snackies. Whenever a progressive grownchild says something stupid and ignorant, which will be always, do not engage on the merits. Progressive grownchildren will become highly emotional and agitated at the slightest show of disagreement, and may wet the floor or claw at the furniture. Instead, say something which is either neutral or nonsensical (which successfully communicates your true beliefs to other real human beings capable of deciphering obvious meaning) while deploying smiling, nodding, and uptalk to falsely convey agreement with to the more-stunted intellect of the grownchild.For example, if a progressive grownchild says, "Rachel Maddow is just so amazing," you can respond by nodding and saying "Absolutely, Rachel Maddow is without doubt a mammal." (Or: "A mammal...?") Possible responses to common grownchild mouthchatter include: "Well I see that the 'Faux Noise Machice' has gotten everyone riled up about so-called 'terrorism' again." "Doubtless! Terrorists only win when allow them to make us afraid, or dead." (Or: "Afraid, or dead...?") "Can't people see that stupid cons are doing Just What ISIS Wants us to do?" "It's so obvious-- the attacks in Paris weren't just an attack on human lives. They were an attack on our shared human capacity to be alive." ("To be alive, and stuff...?") This is a very simple one, which can be deployed in a variety of contexts: "None of this is Obama's fault -- he's doing the best he can to keep America out of another War of Choice." "Boy that Obama-- he is really something, isn't he?" As the evening wears on, and you are preparing to depart, you may become somewhat more blatant in your stealth insults, like so: "I just read an explainer about this on Vox." "Today's world is so remarkable! When I was young, we had to read books and derive our own thinking for ourselves. What a time to be alive, when sounding vaguely informed is no longer a luxury of the intellectual, but a cheaply assembled ware available to the common man!" Fake Statistics. It was my old friend Boston Irish who alerted me to this ticklish little trope, when he observed that no matter how absurd the statistic you proposed to a progressive, if that statistic seemed to call attention to whatever bugaboos xhe was excited about, xhe would respond with a gushing "I know, right?!" He demonstrated this to me at a party by interrupting a couple of liberals talking, and announcing to them: "You know, based on current statistics, in ten years, the entire state of California will be homeless." "Right! I know!" came the response. By the way, that is not schtick. That is not a joke written for this blogpost. I was really there, he really said that, that really happened. After having secured the agreement to his obviously-crank "statistics," he turned to me with a slightly arched eyebrow and sipped his beer in quiet triumph. This propensity of grownchildren to agree to whatever fantastical "studies" and "statistics" you propose to them can be exploited for much private merriment at the holidays. Other gambits include: * "You know, the average family of four pays more in ATM fees to the Big Banksters than they spend on rent." * "By the year 2030, global warming predicts that the entire North American landmass will be flooded by seawater and wolves." * "99.4% of the world's wealth is controlled by six-tenths of a single person." * "More people are killed every year by shooting accidentally shooting themselves than who died in all the wars in the world combined, except for the Korean War." You need to throw that "Except for the Korean War" in at the end because the claim, on its face, is too preposterous, so you deduct out Korean War deaths to bring it into the real of the plausible. (Plausible, that is, for progressive grownchildren.) It makes like you've done the math and just have to make this one little adjustment to get the numbers to work. You may follow Boston Irish's trope of the obviously-crank "liberal study" claim, or you can try your hand at claims which are simply baffling nonsense: * "Studies have proven that if you have a gun in your house, you are more in danger of being struck by lightning than being bitten by a rattlesnake. Think about it." A minor variation of the Fake Statistic ploy is the Fake Profundity gambit, in which you propose some ludicrous "deep thought" which derives not from social science, but from your own personal philosophical inquiry. For example, this one is best delivered with chin uplifted, Obama-style, and a metaphysical glaze of the eye: * "For what is it that gives the terrorists power -- their weapons, or our primitive, irrational fear that they will kill us with their weapons?" It is generally a useful practice to prefix such bits of nonsense with faux-biblical language, such as "For what..." or "Lo" and "Thus and so." Fake Quotes. Progressives love fake quotes -- they just love dressing up whatever passes for this week's SJW Conventional Wisdom and attributing it to some historic figure. Generally, these historic figures are very well known, because progressives don't know any historic figures except the very well known. Thomas Jefferson is always a popular choice. For "bad sounding quotes," Hitler is preferred. Napoleon and Marcus Aurelius may be deployed as well, but be prepared for some confused looks as to who it is you're talking about. Offering a ridiculous quote can bring you and any other lively minds at the table great amusement. Your target will probably not notice the quote is fake, because he is an imbecile, and also because you'll have a serene, self-satisfied smile on your face as you say it, which he will read as "A Fellow Progressive in Discursive Mode." This minor camouflage will permit you to smuggle huge amounts of nonsense in the guise of Wisdom of the Ancients. Feel free to subvert your noddingsmiles with messages that are blatantly mottos of the NRA, if only the grownchild could understand simple words, which they cannot. For example: "Wasn't it Mahatma Gandhi who said, 'It is not necessarily the first man to shoot who wins the battle, but it is always the last man shooting who wins the day'?" "As Gertrude Stein said" -- and I should say here that this gambit works best when you pronounce this name, for no particular reason, in an outrageous German accent, as Gaertruude Schteinn. So, let's begin again: "As Gaertruude Schteinn observed, 'The man who is slowest to arm himself is quickest to savor the bounties of Heaven.'" Another gambit is to offer up the following quotes, which are applicable in a wide range of situations. "I forget which scientist said it, maybe Neil DeGrasse Tyson, but it's worth repeating: 'Wars of religion always make me laugh because basically you're fighting over who has the best imaginary friend.'" Or: "A great philosopher, Gaertruud Von Schteinn, once said, 'Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true'?" You will get big nods for these Aphorisms of the Sages. You yourself can take pleasure in the knowledge that both quotes are from the movie Point Break, delivered by Johnny Utah (Keanu Reaves) and Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), respectively. If you get any verbal expressions of agreement, a "hear-hear" or an "amen," you can extend the joke by saying, "In the words of the spiritual master Boddhisatva, 'You can do what you want, and make up your own rules. Why be a servant to the law, when you can be its master...?" or "Six seconds and we're going to be meat waffles.'" Make this trope your own. Have fun with it. If you want to claim that it was Niccolo Machiavelli who first advised, "Sweep the leg, Johnny," go with it, but try to get your more subtle Fake Quotes in before "going big" like that. A Final Word. At some point, even an experienced Thanksgivingman will go too far, and give his game away. At that point, there will be sulks and silences, and the Thanksgivingman will have actually failed at his goal, which is to give offense without offense being taken. In such straits, the Thanksgivingman, in order to be the polite person he wishes to be, will have to apologize -- it is the verminous grownchildren who have come to bicker and strife, after all, not the well-mannered Thankgivingman. However, for the zealous Thanksgivingman, even an apology can be exploited for further Thanksgivingmanship points. For example, if the childanimal you are speaking with declares: "You're micro-aggressing me." ...then be sure to respond, "Ah, then please sincerely accept my most micro apologies."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 24, 2015 04:34 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Rino sanctuary at November 24, 2015 04:34 PM (+TwI8)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 24, 2015 04:34 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Rino sanctuary at November 24, 2015 04:36 PM (+TwI8)
Posted by: Lea at November 24, 2015 04:36 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2015 04:36 PM (b+df9)
**********
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Could I say-- MANamal?
Posted by: Danube River Guide at November 24, 2015 04:37 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: Yo! at November 24, 2015 04:37 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Zombie Georgia O'Keefe at November 24, 2015 04:37 PM (fCzIg)
Posted by: Yo! at November 24, 2015 04:38 PM (GwIKd)
Uh oh. Gamesmanship and Lifemanship brings back memories of a distant post that if memory serves did not go over well.
"Mouthchatter" has the potential to be a thing.
Off to get a shower since I picked up a metric ton of leaves. I'll read the rest after.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 24, 2015 04:38 PM (4ErVI)
This is utter genius and I am not at all bitterly jealous that you wrote this and I didn't.
*seethes*
*plots in corner*
Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at November 24, 2015 04:38 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2015 04:39 PM (e3bId)
Agreed.
"Fvck you. My house, my food. GTFO"
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 04:40 PM (hQt/L)
Thank God, there will only be conservatives here. I'd hate to have a afternoon/evening of gamesmanship over politics,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2015 04:40 PM (No/ki)
*********
Even Barbra Streisand?!1!
Posted by: Danube River Guide at November 24, 2015 04:40 PM (mcm0N)
Easily the best comeback to the "microaggression" meme that I have heard anywhere.
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 24, 2015 04:40 PM (bZ7mE)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 04:41 PM (NOIQH)
Did you know that George Stephanopolous is really Scandinavian?
Posted by: kathysaysso at November 24, 2015 04:41 PM (3MG12)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 04:41 PM (2d71x)
Posted by: Joe Louderback at November 24, 2015 04:41 PM (R/X0B)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 24, 2015 04:42 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 24, 2015 04:42 PM (+YMhA)
ROTFL
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 04:42 PM (NOIQH)
He lives in NYC.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 04:43 PM (2d71x)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 24, 2015 04:43 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at November 24, 2015 04:43 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at November 24, 2015 04:43 PM (qSIlh)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 04:43 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 04:43 PM (2d71x)
ace probably does Friendsgiving.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (AkOaV)
When it's no longer correct to say it, the terrorists have won.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (hQt/L)
How did they resolve the virgin into the volcano subplot after that?
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Dave S. at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (mhkbv)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (Xo1Rt)
Posted by: William Teach at November 24, 2015 04:45 PM (Nyq7O)
Also, if a grownchild attempts to use fakestistics or improfundities against your position, accuse them of being insensitive to your needs (or culturally imperialistic, as appropriate).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 24, 2015 04:45 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 04:46 PM (NOIQH)
"Fuck you asshole, get out of my face"
And that's to close family members...What i say to strangers is even better.
My give a shit about other people's feelings is empty
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 04:46 PM (DUoqb)
!!
Posted by: Yo! at November 24, 2015 04:46 PM (GwIKd)
**********
I don't know why faux German cracks me up.
Posted by: Danube River Guide at November 24, 2015 04:46 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 24, 2015 04:46 PM (bLnSU)
And one you dislike in general but have to show up for.
In other words, you don't care if you're invited next year or not.
or is it; all family allowed?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (Xo1Rt)
Point & yell, "You cultural approbate!"
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (hQt/L)
Well, if he sat in his room alone he could play both parts-stupid leftist making dumb comments and sharp conservative making clever comebacks-without ever having to worry about his blood pressure rising.
Why don't people say "Let's put a moratorium on politics for the four hours we're together?".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (No/ki)
Posted by: Syracuse1989 at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (6r2Z/)
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at November 24, 2015 04:47 PM (UhRGU)
Posted by: Randy HelicopterSalesman at November 24, 2015 04:48 PM (0AQcb)
Ace, you magnificent varmint...
I read your Post!
Posted by: Garrett at November 24, 2015 04:48 PM (fCzIg)
I want to know what Thanksgiving dinner would be like at Ace's house. I mean what would he cook and/or serve us? Entertaining the Ace of Spades way!
Drinks?
appetizers?
First course?
Main course?
Desert?
apertifs?
Posted by: Mustapha Kunt -- With a Wang! at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: chiefjaybob at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (0AQcb)
Posted by: Rino sanctuary at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (+TwI8)
That oughta nip that shit in the bud.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 24, 2015 04:44 PM (AkOaV)
Ha.
Posted by: Lea at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (qSIlh)
Because some will never abide by the rules.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (hQt/L)
Once when I was a bartender, I was rattling off the beers on tap which included Spaten which I pronounced Spot-in. An annoying pajama boy type corrected me "Actually, its schhhpaten". He was not served another drink.
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 24, 2015 04:50 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Roy at November 24, 2015 04:50 PM (VndSC)
===
Stab em with your fork
Make eye contact with them and chew with your mouth open.
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 24, 2015 04:51 PM (X+nFp)
tells Sean Hannity that hed hate to use Congress power of the purse to block Obamas refugee resettlement program. Hed prefer to opt for Speaker Rep. Paul Ryans
plan, which would allow the President to resettle 85,000 or more refugees this year from countries including Somalia, the Congo and Syria.
What? Is he fuckin kidding. Is it April 1st? And someone is supporting that lying prick?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 04:51 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 04:51 PM (tfM+W)
"Well I see that the 'Faux Noise Machice' has gotten everyone riled up about so-called 'terrorism' again."
"You bet! And isn't about time we stopped shaming terrorists, and said something good about terrorism? Besides which, [insert liberal city here, preferably where the interlocutor lives] is so crowded! A little terrorism could help traffic congestion, and that would help fight global warming. Because that's the real threat."
The hard part being, of course, to keep a straight face, and to deliver the lines with a convincing demeanor.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 04:51 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:51 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Benji Carver
And YOU get a luge in your beer, and YOU get a..
Posted by: Bruce at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (8ikIW)
"How is that job search progressing?"
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (GFR/U)
Because they know I might be there
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (h53OH)
Posted by: x at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (57fhp)
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (3ZtZW)
A lot of them don't know that everything they say is somehow political. It's all pervasive. They can't even talk about food without going into GMO, free range, organic, factory farms, pesticides, blah, blah, blah. And that always segues into climate change.
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (2d71x)
97% of liberal jihadist recognize Barack Obama, but only 74% recognize Secretary of State Howdy Doody as a man of honor and trustworthiness.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (OiFtZ)
"How is that job search progressing?"
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (GFR/U)
" did you get accepted at Ditch digging School yet"?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Carol at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (sj3Ax)
I don't you understand the psychology: they want to have a row. It's their payoff. Then they can go back to Hipsterville and use the argument to score hip points with the other baristas.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Mustapha Kunt -- With a Wang! at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (iQIUe)
Nope. Spay-ten.
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers"
Oh, so in addition to being an a-hole, he was wrong. I'm glad I cut his ass off. Thanks.
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (OD2ni)
I saw an ISIS, he was trangendered.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (WrPMG)
Your not suppose to do that? Now your going to tell me burping and farting are out?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (DUoqb)
"How is that job search progressing?"
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (GFR/U)
A well-timed awkward question of that sort, delivered with a wide-eyed Pollyanna-like demeanor, can definitely put a pin in a hipster's balloon.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 04:54 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Judge Schmales at November 24, 2015 04:54 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 24, 2015 04:54 PM (YFFpo)
"Let's take this outside, bitch".
Posted by: Soona at November 24, 2015 04:54 PM (Fmupd)
Kid noticed it snowed and he's all We gotta get a TREE Dad! We. Gotta. Get. A. Tree.
He's cute. But the glint in his eyes ....disturbs me.
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:54 PM (3ZtZW)
Shoulda pulled the Alternate Universe Nick from It's A Wonderful Life on him.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 04:55 PM (Wckf4)
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM
.........I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's...His hair was perfect!
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 04:55 PM (Z46PQ)
We got a big laugh out of that. What we did not realize is those babies all grew up to be progressives. I think Pajama Boy was one of them.
Posted by: Xerxes at November 24, 2015 04:55 PM (Uq9ly)
Oh, so in addition to being an a-hole, he was wrong. I'm glad I cut his ass off. Thanks.
===
Oh Hell, I was just fkn around. Might be he was right
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:55 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Bill H at November 24, 2015 04:55 PM (Baojj)
Posted by: Bigby's Chicken Fingers at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 04:55 PM (oKE6c)
I like a way you talk. Uh huh
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (X+nFp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (No/ki)
and she DID end up looking like picasso's portrait of her! amazing.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (zOTsN)
"How is that job search progressing?"
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 04:52 PM (GFR/U)
A well-timed awkward question of that sort, delivered with a wide-eyed Pollyanna-like demeanor, can definitely put a pin in a hipster's balloon.
A cousin Eddy question.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (hQt/L)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Rino sanctuary at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (+TwI8)
One would think that you would get some national play on a timely article like this.
Who's your publicist?
Posted by: jwest at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Bruce at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Carol at November 24, 2015 04:57 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 04:57 PM (Z46PQ)
Heh. I would like to see someone accuse Nick of committing a micro-aggression. "Out you go, pixie."
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 24, 2015 04:57 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 24, 2015 04:57 PM (tPxcP)
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 04:57 PM (zOTsN)
That oughta nip that shit in the bud.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 04:49 PM (Wckf4)
Burn out the source: shitcan Facebook.
Problem solved.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 04:57 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 04:58 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: JBrother at November 24, 2015 04:58 PM (1yRRq)
Posted by: Roy at November 24, 2015 04:58 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 24, 2015 04:59 PM (tPxcP)
I saw an ISIS, he was trangendered.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 04:53 PM (WrPMG)
And yet, it always seems to be somebody else at the party claiming that conservatives make those comparisons, while actual conservatives sit there rolling their eyes and hoping the subject passes back into polite party conversation...
Posted by: Lea at November 24, 2015 04:59 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 24, 2015 04:34 PM (AkOaV)
####
Can you post a link.
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 24, 2015 05:00 PM (bGG6f)
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM (GFR/U)
You forgot the part where he stares off into the distance pensively.
Time to go watch Being There.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM (kGrwF)
"Ah, but Karl Marx in his essay "[made up name here] explicitly taught that [you're full of shit]."
"So you disagree with Fidel Castro on the homosexual question?"
"Not many liberals have the temerity to disagree with Chairman Mao. I salute your intellectual independence!"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Mustapha Kunt -- With a Wang! at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM (iQIUe)
Heh. I learned during a tour of the Chandon winery in Napa valley (Moet and Chandon co.) that the Moet family was German, and it's pronounced "moe-ette" not "moe-ay". I've never corrected anyone, though - it's just fun to hear a wine snob mispronounce it.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 05:02 PM (zOTsN)
lol
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 24, 2015 05:02 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2015 05:02 PM (xodPA)
That'll shut them up.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (+eR2D)
Survive them? LOL. If a lefty runs away from the Thanksgiving table in tears then it's been a productive holiday. Extra points for catching it on video.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 24, 2015 04:59 PM
I'm not sure if it's any better in the original "Du hast ein schoenes Mund..."
Posted by: Bill H at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (Baojj)
You really need to start recording your interactions with leftist academics ad posting them.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (Wckf4)
Oh, I think that train left the station some time ago...
Posted by: tu3031 at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 05:03 PM (Wckf4)
OT but, come on:
Just weeks before he leaves office, the governor of Kentucky on Tuesday issued an executive order that will immediately grant the right to vote to about 140,000 nonviolent felons who have completed their sentences.
The order by Gov. Steven L. Beshear, a Democrat.....
Schifosa.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (kdS6q)
"So you disagree with Fidel Castro on the homosexual question?"
"Not many liberals have the temerity to disagree with Chairman Mao. I salute your intellectual independence!"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM (oKE6c)
________
Well done. I'll have to remember these.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 04:58 PM (0LHZx)
That's a good one.
How about "Goldman Sachs contributed so much money to the Democratic Party in an attempt to buy influence? But it didn't, did it? The Democrats stood strong, refusing to be swayed by that $100 million dollars. You gotta be impressed!"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: scoville at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (0adl+)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (2d71x)
From your nic, you must have one about Che murdering homosexuals.
I was explaining what an evil dude Che was to my son recently, and it's only because he was pretty and had the famous photo taken of him that he is considered a "cool" revolutionary by young dummies.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:05 PM (NOIQH)
*********
Ace didn't say she was German--he said for no particular reason use an outrageous German accent. Steiner.
Posted by: Danube River Guide at November 24, 2015 05:05 PM (mcm0N)
The order by Gov. Steven L. Beshear, a Democrat.....
Schifosa.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (kdS6q)
__________
Can't the new gov sign an EO saying FUCK YOU to the old EO?
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:05 PM (0LHZx)
Had to let one of these slide this summer, couldn't remember anything other than MadCow to refute.
Posted by: DaveA at November 24, 2015 05:05 PM (DL2i+)
Nope. Spay-ten.
This reminds me of a Thanksgivimans Gambit of my own:
This works well with the Quotes and names that others make a point of pronouncing in ANY of the faux Languages or affected accents.
"I am pretty sure the 'S' (pick any letter that isn't silent) is silent."
Posted by: Garrett at November 24, 2015 05:05 PM (fCzIg)
Posted by: Buzzion at November 24, 2015 05:06 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: lucky not to have to deal with progs at Thanksgiving at November 24, 2015 05:06 PM (REdlt)
Like, the Grownchild will say, "I think we should at least have some reasonable restrictions on guns."
And you say, "I agree, only movie stars and their children should be allowed to own guns."
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 24, 2015 05:06 PM (fQ/0p)
reply "right, here's a toast to knowingly putting ourselves in the indian's shoes"
"ug, they're native americans!"
"actually, they were iroquois. makes you think, doesn't it"
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 05:06 PM (WrPMG)
Posted by: simplemind at November 24, 2015 05:06 PM (JTwsP)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (2d71x)
_________
Do one better. Serve everything cold to them, after all think of all the global warming that's created heating food.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:07 PM (0LHZx)
Oh, that is good!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:07 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:04 PM (0LHZx)
Nah, just make 'em as you go. That's half the fun. Nobody has ever read all that shit (especially Marx, who is unreadable), and so you have a free fire zone to make up whatever statement you need to discomfit your interlocutor. Just don't do it in four-square contradiction to his position, because that will give the game away, but rather make the quote imply he's out of line.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:07 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 05:07 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 05:07 PM (2d71x)
It's how I've been tsugjt to deal with idiots -- a smile and a pat on the head so they can go bother someone else.
Posted by: Dancing Queen at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (wmyHK)
Posted by: Mustapha Kunt -- With a Wang! at November 24, 2015 05:01 PM
..................I'm not such a precious snowflake that I can't handle my side getting skewered once and a while. Sometimes it can be funny. But when it's not meant to be funny but used more as a political sledgehammer than it's time to turn it off. That's why Colbert's ratings are tanking. He's not even funny. At least SNL manages to have a few chuckles once or twice a year. Oh, which reminds me, it's time for me to build my annual present for Mrs. Minnfidel. "Dick in a box!"
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (Z46PQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (No/ki)
replies?
"right, it must suck to only watch shows and read things that you agree with"
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (WrPMG)
Especially Safety Dance and Relax
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 04:56 PM (zOTsN)
####
As The Bogwhon Rashneesee is fond of saying, "Everybody have fun tonight. Everybody wang chung tonight."
Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (bGG6f)
Posted by: dantesed at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: Yo! at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM (GwIKd)
Posted by: Reggie at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (DL2i+)
***
nice
and don't forget that "it sounds like you're letting fear divide us"
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (WrPMG)
Both the good and the bad. *look at them then*
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (Xo1Rt)
And you say, "I agree, only movie stars and their children should be allowed to own guns."
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 24, 2015 05:06 PM (fQ/0p)
"Yes, we should take guns away from people ... (hesitate meaningfully, waiting for the mark to agree enthusiastically)
... and give them to the oppressed minorities in the ghetto, so they can defend themselves against the white power structure."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (dULJN)
Doulbe flight miles if it goes up on Fb or YouTube
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (hQt/L)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:10 PM (Ypc8j)
Ask them: Why arent you out on the streets feeding the poor?
Posted by: Mustapha Kunt -- With a Wang! at November 24, 2015 05:10 PM (iQIUe)
Though I think it was King Edward the VII who said it best. "Thanksgiving is a great time to celebrate home and hearth, now who is going to help me bang this French whore?"
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:10 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Danube River Guide at November 24, 2015 05:10 PM (mcm0N)
***
mention buffalo jumps
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at November 24, 2015 05:10 PM (WrPMG)
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (GFR/U)
Literally no other leader would make those choices
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (Z46PQ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (ODxAs)
*horse whinnies*
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (493sH)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:09 PM (oKE6c)
heh. I deployed that the other day. It was beautiful.
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (t06LC)
I
was explaining what an evil dude Che was to my son recently, and it's
only because he was pretty and had the famous photo taken of him that he
is considered a "cool" revolutionary by young dummies.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:05 PM (NOIQH)
Of course. Few leftists are aware of that fact.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: DaveA at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (No/ki)
Normal Person: I agree. Machine guns should be illegal. Felons shouldn't be allowed to buy guns. And nobody under 18 should be allowed to own a handgun. If you got that much would you shut the fuck up about guns already?
Hilarity ensues
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:11 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: dantesed at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM
...........No that was Rachel Corrie.
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (Z46PQ)
Posted by: Carol at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (YFFpo)
Even I couldn't stand the rancid bitch.
As Marx said in "Pejoratives In Power," "The sexual politics of the day made the male-female power dynamic an unstable and Bourgeois one."
Posted by: Alice B. Toklas at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (Zu3d9)
Of Bobbin on Nobbin?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (hQt/L)
It makes them so mad.
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (Ypc8j)
I'd go with manimal
Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 24, 2015 05:13 PM (493sH)
**Shakes head with remorse**
'But, alas, the letter from Hiro came too late.'
Posted by: Garrett at November 24, 2015 05:13 PM (fCzIg)
Posted by: chemjeff at November 24, 2015 05:13 PM (uZNvH)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2015 05:13 PM (xodPA)
*********
Even Barbra Streisand?!1!
Don't think I'm going to let you take pictures of my cardboard box or my shopping cart.
Posted by: Barbara at November 24, 2015 05:13 PM (c7vUv)
You: 'That is so true! I've always wanted to experience the freedom of running around barefoot, in soaking wet underwear, holding a metal flagpole with an American flag, during a lighting storm. I mean, if you don't do that it's almost like saying, "We're not better than that!'
Posted by: free range jihadist at November 24, 2015 05:14 PM (7v/r5)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:14 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2015 05:14 PM (WHVu+)
"I didn't get a harumph out of him"
Posted by: Bruce at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (2d71x)
Posted by: dude at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (Kfrql)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (xodPA)
"Right! I know!" came the response.
By the way, that is not schtick. That is not a joke written for this blogpost. I was really there, he really said that, that really happened.
In fairness, given the tax situation, and other liberal policies, that is probably not far off from reality.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (kGrwF)
He's got them where he wants them
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (zOTsN)
Maybe you could talk about other ideas you have on your podcast?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (kCfMX)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 24, 2015 05:15 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Chris at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (P/L8t)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (Wckf4)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:14 PM (0LHZx)
Bonus points will be added if you put in "to a native American family so that they may enjoy the bounty from the land that we stole. Luckily most casinos have turkey buffet today."
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (t06LC)
Of Bobbin on Nobbin?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (hQt/L)
*****
Slobbenbobbinonnobbin.
Posted by: Danube River Guide at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (mcm0N)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (0LHZx)
This reminds me of that dude that posted on daily kos actual quotes out of obama's book and said they were from Palin's book, and watched the lefties make fun of them. Unfortunately he fessed up way too soon.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (ODxAs)
Mom and I are sharing the table with a lefty academician who, while a wonderful conversationalist, will inevitably compare us to Europe and find us wanting. Tsunamihadgis, economic argy-bargy, CommieNazis and goose-stepping turkeys aside, they do have their shit together...
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (8519N)
Posted by: Carol at November 24, 2015 05:17 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: brak at November 24, 2015 05:17 PM (xwPSp)
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at November 24, 2015 05:17 PM (qSIlh)
For example, if the childanimal you are speaking with declares:
"You're micro-aggressing me."
...then be sure to respond,
"Ah, then please sincerely accept my most micro apologies."
That's one way to go, sure. Me, I'm a fan of "That's because you're such a micro-dick". Potato, potahto.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:17 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 05:18 PM (Z46PQ)
Phrenology, the science of learning about a person by reading the bumps
on his head.
Still makes more sense than Marxism.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 05:18 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 05:18 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Alice B. Toklas at November 24, 2015 05:12 PM (Zu3d9)
Beautiful. Well done. A classic of the genre.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:19 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:19 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at November 24, 2015 05:19 PM (qSIlh)
"Rachel Maddow....."
Take her out into to the garage and feel her up like she was a second cousin.
Because some Thanksgiving family traditions still matter....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 24, 2015 05:19 PM (kdS6q)
Phrenology, the science of learning about a person by reading the bumps
on his head.
Still makes more sense than Marxism.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 05:18 PM (oVJmc)
Bonus points if you get the leftist to let you give him some more bumps on his head.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 04:40 PM (hQt/L)
A much more Thanksgivingship response would be...
"Thanksgiving dinner at Denny's is $25.95, shutting up is free"
Posted by: kbdabear at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (GrXXa)
"I believe it was Marx who said that humans capable of great compassion and great violence."
Or maybe it was Optimus Prime?
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (NOIQH)
I love this thread sexually.
Have had two additional smug, sullen hipster college student friends of smug, sullen, hipster daughter of friends thrust upon us.
And they're all smug vegetarians who will lecture us about meat being "mean" and how it's aiding climate change.
Husband said, "Don't worry. I'll handle the idiots." Son says he can't wait for the entertainment.
Gah.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (FsuaD)
I always thought it was Ray Chelmaddow.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM
.........................Or as another Ace would say. Ray Finkle!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (Z46PQ)
About the Syrian refugees and illegal aliens. Do we really mean to hurt them, do we really mean to make them cry? ....
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 05:21 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (Ypc8j)
Good
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:21 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 05:21 PM (GFR/U)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (Ypc8j)
Unless its all a ploy to get fired by the browns because being unemployed is way better than being their starter
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:21 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 05:21 PM (zOTsN)
What ever makes them go home faster
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (DUoqb)
American community to contain mass shootings like those 17 shot in New Orleans at the school playground block party as a start.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (xodPA)
Liberal: blah blah blah red state dumb, blue state smart
Then say: oh wait, you know maybe I have it backwards, the study in question said it was 51% of liberals who didn't know the earth went around the sun (and pull it up on the iphone to show)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (ftVQq)
It is then that the liberal grown child, will have increased blood supply to its digestive system thereby shuntingblood away from its feeblebrainthat you can fake quote obnoxious actors with impunity. You must not deploy fake Sean Penn quotes after coffee has been served. Its. just. too. much.
Posted by: simplemind at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (JTwsP)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (FsuaD)
---
I'm expecting a blow-by-blow account of the evening, Jane. Do not disappoint me.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (8519N)
state bound to defend the equal protection of the laws must not involve
them in any public sphere." and "Classification and
distinction based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in
our society. They are contrary to our Constitution and laws."".
Oh wait, he really did say that. Never mind.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:23 PM (LAe3v)
kos actual quotes out of obama's book and said they were from Palin's
book, and watched the lefties make fun of them. Unfortunately he fessed
up way too soon.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:16 PM (ODxAs)
I did that once on the Net with a lefty who maintained that the GOP had moved far right, and disputed that the Democrat Party had in fact moved far left.
I attributed a series of quote to Rush Limbaugh, inducing the predictable snorting derision ("typical of that fat right-wing nutjob")
Until I told him they were JFK quotes, and gave him the link.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:23 PM (oKE6c)
"I believe it was Marx who said that humans capable of great compassion and great violence."
Or maybe it was Optimus Prime?
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (NOIQH)
I don't know.... I think that being Optimus actually gives it a little more philosophical heft.
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:23 PM (t06LC)
"I was explaining what an evil dude Che was to my son recently, and it's only because he was pretty and had the famous photo taken of him that he is considered a "cool" revolutionary by young dummies.--------Lizzy"
A must read book:
Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 24, 2015 05:24 PM (0x/TW)
Boy George took the line "I'm a man without conviction, a man who doesn't know" from a Thomas Jefferson memoir.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:24 PM (ODxAs)
ignore their conversational gambit, and blatantly change the subject...
if they continue, do it again...
ie, "Bruceete Jenner is the bravest person in the world"
Me: 'so how about the Raiders this year...' or 'my this stuffing sure is good, new recipie?'
If they continue.. ie don't take the hint... then be blunt (and Yes, I HAVE actually said this before)....
'Are you here to start a fight?, or are you just being rude?'
Allowing them to continue to blather is what they want... they WANT to control the agenda, and conversation, and are using OTHERS good manners to do so....
Years ago I gave up on the idea that I had to be uncomfortable because some idiot wanted to force me into some agreement with them, due to a self imposed social obligation...
And if its the Host? or Hostess? using the door is always an option.
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 05:24 PM (qh617)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
I can give you one of my evening.
Posted by: Charlie Sheen at November 24, 2015 05:24 PM (c7vUv)
Husband said, "Don't worry. I'll handle the idiots." Son says he can't wait for the entertainment.
Gah.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:20 PM (FsuaD)
Said with a mouthful of succulent turkey, "Hey, how's the tofu?"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:24 PM (oKE6c)
This is the kind of shit that makes me despair.
Our adversaries are knuckle-dragging, booger-eating idiots.
And yet we lose to them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2015 05:25 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2015 05:25 PM (b+df9)
You know, Hitler was a vegetarian. You know that, right?
Posted by: tu3031 at November 24, 2015 05:25 PM (YFFpo)
As the late Tom Hanks said "do whatever you can to better the world today, for there's no way to know if you have a tomorrow".
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew
Poser. That wasn't Hanks, that was Jeff Goldblum.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:25 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2015 05:26 PM (WHVu+)
Posted by: simplemind at November 24, 2015 05:26 PM (JTwsP)
Talk about right wing idiocy, eh?
Oh yeah it was the famous JFK speech in 1961 right before he cut taxes by a shit ton.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:26 PM (0LHZx)
It's always possible. In Cleveland there was a Halloween display in someone's yard that was a graveyard for all of the Browns starters over the last decade with the years they started on the tombstones. There were a lot.
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:26 PM (Ypc8j)
OK, you have to have at least one reply to livestock causes Climate Change nonsense, maybe something like "I agree, the world would be a better place if we could just eliminate bovine flatulence."
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (NOIQH)
As the late Tom Hanks said "do whatever you can to better the world today, for there's no way to know if you have a tomorrow".
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew
Most of the human race are idiots. Take pride in your exclusion from the club.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (LAe3v)
"Thank you, but no.
"Did you know that this year alone 100,000 acres of old growth forest will be burned in Ecuador to make room for Cranberry Bogs?"
Posted by: Garrett at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (fCzIg)
Jefferson cribbed it from Brian Dennehey.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (8519N)
"I'm totally down with Nancy Pelosi's statement that unemployment stimulates the economy. In fact, I think we should rack unemployment up to around 25%, to really boost the economy into the stratosphere."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (WHVu+)
Posted by: che at November 24, 2015 05:28 PM (cfFyD)
Posted by: Lizzy
It wasn't me, racist.
Posted by: Moochelle, FLOTUS at November 24, 2015 05:28 PM (/oy1S)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 24, 2015 05:28 PM (kTF2Z)
Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do.
Posted by: Bruce at November 24, 2015 05:28 PM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 24, 2015 05:28 PM (kTF2Z)
_________
Soh-crates. What a dude!
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:29 PM (0LHZx)
causes Climate Change nonsense, maybe something like "I agree, the
world would be a better place if we could just eliminate bovine
flatulence."
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (NOIQH)
"I heard that to combat global warming the new Prius will run livestock flatulence. They're working right now on hooking up collection devices to all of the livestock."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:29 PM (oKE6c)
Well, that didn't work out. It was supposed to be:
This is the kind of shit that makes me despair.
Our adversaries are knuckle-dragging, booger-eating idiots.
And yet we lose to them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Most of the human race are idiots. Take pride in your exclusion from the club.
Guess I'll go join the other side.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:29 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: x at November 24, 2015 05:29 PM (57fhp)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:29 PM (Ypc8j)
OK, you have to have at least one reply to livestock causes Climate Change nonsense, maybe something like "I agree, the world would be a better place if we could just eliminate bovine flatulence."
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:27 PM (NOIQH)
I prefer to point attention that the most dangerous greenhouse component is really dihydrogen monoxide, and in its gaseous form is a major contributor to cloud cover. Also, it is directly responsible for more deaths a year than all other gasses combined in its various states.
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: ThunderB at November 24, 2015 05:21 PM
Leftist people always tell me that's a step too far.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (pLwjI)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:26 PM (0LHZx)
The best JFK quotes concern the Cold War, the USSR, and Communism. Real red meat.
Hard to believe now that they came from the Democrat.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: typo dynamofo at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (ZY2zO)
LOL.... Vegetarians.... easy fix...
Here's what I'm fixing... eat it or go hungry.... you are a guest in my house, not the Master of it...
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Roy at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: dantesed at November 24, 2015 05:08 PM
...........No that was Rachel Corrie."
Rachael Ray said "Where's the buffet?"
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 24, 2015 05:31 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2015 05:31 PM (xodPA)
flatulence. They're working right now on hooking up collection devices
to all of the livestock."
The Germans at VW already did it. It was called fahrtvergnugen.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:32 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Minnfidel at November 24, 2015 05:18 PM (Z46PQ)
I was always partial to JFK's threat to incinerate every man, woman, child, and pet in the Soviet Union if Cuba lobbed a nuke at French Guiana.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:32 PM (zc3Db)
Hard to believe now that they came from the Democrat.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (oKE6c)
Prior to the new left, yeah, I can see it. We've just been up against true commies in our lifetimes.
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:32 PM (t06LC)
undercover moron: "For what is it that gives the terrorists power -- their weapons, or our primitive, irrational fear that they will kill us with their weapons?"
moron: "Well, to be honest, I think a weapon confers a certain kind of power..."
undercover moron: "You're a moron, aren't you?"
moron: "I beg your pardon...?
undercover moron: "You know" *winks* "a moron."
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 05:33 PM (ZdSzs)
Posted by: Garrett at November 24, 2015 05:33 PM (fCzIg)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:33 PM (Ypc8j)
I thought they had all been found dead in a pool or something.
Or Maybe I watch too much Inspector Lewis....
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at November 24, 2015 05:33 PM (LWu6U)
And yet we lose to them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2015 05:25 PM (Zu3d9)
It's because they appeal to emotion, and herd identity, and we appeal to reason. The elder Guevara is very conservative, and intellectual, and tended to produce tables, charts, and graphs to support GOP candidates when he worked for them here.
I pointed out that nobody will read those. You need bumper sticker type quotes, etc. to reach most people.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:33 PM (oKE6c)
This has the makings of a classic.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 05:18 PM (48QDY)
I had to stop two paragraphs down. Like a delicious slice of cheesecake, it's best not to rush.
I had an 'Ace type' character in my high school. Would arrive to 'English' class ten minutes late. Sit at the back of the classroom, disheveled and unkept, reeking of fresh cigarette smoke. The last test would get passed out and everyone groaned. Except for one person.
Posted by: free range jihadist at November 24, 2015 05:34 PM (7v/r5)
Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (WHVu+)
I read the article. With regards to the number of refugees quoted, author Julia Hahn pulled a number out of a hat to further her own agenda. Moreover, looking at the Fox News transcript, she pulled Rubio's quote without including the context. (Start at "Well, I don't understand.") Ultimately, her piece is more editorial than news article because it is based on her own assertions rather than actual facts.
Transcript of Rubio's Interview with Sean Hannity: http://fxn.ws/1IeKtQS
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (YjDyJ)
That's nice
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (DUoqb)
Don't forget the ever-popular "ah, we don't need a ah night watch, what, are you afraid we'll be run over by a ah Jap destroyer, you ah pussy"?
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (LAe3v)
----
A Manimal reference in a thread that mentioned Point Break?
My life is complete!
*slams shot*
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (bA+CL)
By the year 2025 everybody will wear dresses and makeup, except professional basketball players and <strike>pimps</strike> pumps (red).
Fixed the typo. Because Patriarchy!
Posted by: Modern Man at November 24, 2015 05:36 PM (nSW/N)
Jane, you are going to video tape this are you not?
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 24, 2015 05:22 PM (ftVQq)
I'll be so busy I'd have to wear a GoPro on my head.
Actually, I'm taking ace's post to the ATL as notes for husband's lib/prog sibs' "Christmas Day" gift exchange/cocktail party/bring all your own food party.
Biggest bunch of panty-wetting, Obama-worshiping douchebags in the world.
Happily, most of them are all Feel the Bern! which is sweet.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:36 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: x at November 24, 2015 05:36 PM (57fhp)
by the way, I recall reading that rice paddies and wetlands are both major sources of methane, a very potent greenhouse gas, so shurrup you face and pass the stuffing. Damn I hate when Stovetop is on sale, I could eat a whole box for a snack sometimes.
Posted by: Satan of Cloggenstein Vt at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (qSIlh)
That's nice
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (DUoqb)
I saw where one group of Bear bombers were being escorted by a flight of F-14s. Iranian F-14s.
I had to send that to my flight instructor. He used to fly tomcats and phantoms in the Navy.
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (t06LC)
"Think it was [great thinker] who said: 'There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to solve'"
Optimus Prime (again)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (NOIQH)
Is there a Secret Ace that is only visible to those members with the proper credentials? Not that I care to join an exclusive Secret Ace club; I wouldn't want to join a secret club that would accept me as member.
But what was that? A glitch in the Matrix?
Posted by: THDeering at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (GFR/U)
Hard to believe now that they came from the Democrat.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (oKE6c)
Third: It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union. -- JFK threatening the USSR on national TV
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (zc3Db)
Putin has moved Anti-Aircraft Cruisers nearer the Turkish and Syrian
Coast and issued shot to kill orders for any threat to Russian Planes
and has suspended all military cooperation with Ankara. And All Russian
bombers will be escorted by Russian Fighters.
That's nice
Posted by: Nevergiveup
And yet, somehow, it's all George Bush's fault.
Posted by: pep at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (LAe3v)
'Are you here to start a fight?, or are you just being rude?'
Stealing that.
When handed the opportunity, always go full Ted Cruz.
Posted by: scoville at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (0adl+)
causes Climate Change nonsense, maybe something like "I agree, the world would be a better place if we could just
make cows extinct. Why do you hate cows?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 05:38 PM (hQt/L)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at November 24, 2015 05:39 PM (ZdSzs)
Archiving. Now.
Now if I could remember the link to the classic of something like "I Love Fall". I have it at work but alas.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 05:39 PM (48QDY)
question, like how can we put a man on the moon but not afford Obamacare
for illegals:
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:37 PM (NOIQH)
Thoughtful expression: "You know, that gives me an idea. If we put illegals on the moon ..."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:39 PM (oKE6c)
Yum. Long pig.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:39 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: che at November 24, 2015 05:39 PM (cfFyD)
Lets see how the guests react.
Posted by: Hipster at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (WHVu+)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (4ErVI)
If Warren Buffet gave away over $30 billion a couple of years ago, to much fanfare and self-congratulation, why is it still counted as "his" when they list the richest people? SHouldn't his net worth have dropped by $30 billion? Or is Indian-giving tres cool? (The last part is Thanksgiving specific)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (xodPA)
And on page 17 of script.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (7MJMR)
Turkey is vegetarian. It's grain and veggies that have been eaten by a turkey and transformed into turkey meat.
It's biologically improved vegetables.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (1xUj/)
There's hope though...
Posted by: bananaDream at November 24, 2015 05:41 PM (vLk7c)
Posted by: eman at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (mR7Es)
And on page 17 of script.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2015 05:40 PM (7MJMR)
We can't do that. I saw the movie where Hitler already had a Nazi base on the moon. There's no way that we can put fascists AND communists there.
Posted by: Jollyroger at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (t06LC)
probably like Direct TV 2 which only celebrities and the rich get. for free. and it has more channels. in higher definition.
Posted by: x at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (57fhp)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (oKE6c)
(You can insert any lefty icon's name.)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (NeFrd)
Nearly brought them all to rage tears.
It was a thing of beauty.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (FsuaD)
That's nice
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:35 PM (DUoqb)
And very predictable.
Unlike the current US... Russia has a very long history, and remembers it...
We are about to allow Viet Nam, a country which blatantly broke a treaty with us less than 40 years ago... the one that said they would NOT invade South Viet Nam.... yet now we are going to TRUST them in the Trans Pacific Trade stuff, which allows THEIR workers free access to jobs in the US...
Russia and Putin however, remember the long History they have with Turkey... the wars they fought in the past...
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 05:43 PM (qh617)
Research shows that Thanksgiving was actually first celebrated when they agreed to give up all ancestral land rights to the United States. This is where the term Indian Giver started.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:43 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 24, 2015 05:43 PM (/f6Nd)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 05:43 PM (ZdSzs)
Posted by: vivi at November 24, 2015 05:44 PM (11H2y)
Sing along, everybody!
Posted by: scoville at November 24, 2015 05:44 PM (0adl+)
Posted by: A Dog at November 24, 2015 05:44 PM (7Kbxu)
Yum. Long pig.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:39 PM (FsuaD)
Cannibalism could work. Some of the real chubbos waddling around probably have some very nicely marbled meat.
And why is PETA cannibal-shaming?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:44 PM (oKE6c)
Is there any establishment republican you don't shill for?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:45 PM (DUoqb)
Or just say, "I guess you're not having any of the high-protein pumpkin pie then Jamie?"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 05:45 PM (NeFrd)
"I never though the 'oceans of tomorrow' that Palin was promising us would look like this!!"
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:45 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 05:45 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 05:46 PM (hQt/L)
Posted by: A Dog at November 24, 2015 05:46 PM (7Kbxu)
(You can insert any lefty icon's name.)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 05:42 PM (NeFrd)
IIRC, Eldridge Cleaver did exactly that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:46 PM (oKE6c)
"You bet! And isn't about time we stopped shaming terrorists, and
said something good about terrorism? Besides which, [insert liberal city
here, preferably where the interlocutor lives] is so crowded! A little
terrorism could help traffic congestion, and that would help fight
global warming. Because that's the real threat."
xxx
True story:
I was speaking to my aunt, who was in her mid 70's at the time. We were speaking about Hamas; I said they were terrorists.
She looked at me with the utterly confused look that only a gray haired upper middle class liberal can muster and said, "But they do so much GOOD. They build hospital and schools."
I looked at her coldly and said, "Yes, of course they do. And they store weapons there and use them when they're firing off rockets and such."
She, of course, did not believe me, and continued to give me the deer/headlight gaze.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at November 24, 2015 05:46 PM (9JJgN)
Not if sharknado has anything to say about it.
Posted by: dogfish at November 24, 2015 05:47 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: A Dog
You uncle Fido. We have to do demeaning tricks for our snackies but cats get theirs for nothing. #EndSnackiesPrivilege
Posted by: #BlackLabsMatter at November 24, 2015 05:47 PM (/oy1S)
Reports say the packages were making their way to the United States through London.
Ahram.org reports: The source at the airport said that the parcels, weighting about 10kg, were going through security procedures when the explosive substances were detected by the X-Ray scans.
The two parcels underwent further examinations which confirmed the existence of explosives.
Weasel Zippers
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:48 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at November 24, 2015 05:48 PM (pldrX)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 05:48 PM (ZdSzs)
Hard to believe now that they came from the Democrat.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:30 PM (oKE6c)
__________
Used to be Dems and Reps weren't that different. They had minor disagreements but generally they all wanted what was best for the country. And then somewhere around 2000ish the Dems just went full blown communist.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:48 PM (0LHZx)
Moron: You're saying we should deny them what they want?
Special Snowflake: Yes, they want us to fight them.
Moron: We should withold the one thing they want?
Special Snowflake: Yes.
Moron: That's very stingy of you.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 24, 2015 05:48 PM (9YDUz)
Posted by: Mr.KnowItAll at November 24, 2015 05:49 PM (uJK1E)
Posted by: che at November 24, 2015 05:49 PM (cfFyD)
She looked at me with the utterly confused look that only a gray haired upper middle class liberal can muster and said, "But they do so much GOOD. They build hospital and schools."
__________
Didn't Hitler build really good highways? How could he possibly have done anything evil?
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:49 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 24, 2015 05:46 PM (hQt/L)
Feather. Buffet hates dots. He ordered his secretary to end all sentences with commas. Then he bought the Chicago Style Manual and changed the rules to make it all legal.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:49 PM (zc3Db)
He still can't stop making jokes about Sarah Palin.
I'm thinking of saying, "Hey, did you hear that idiot Palin said there are 57 states? LOL! Oops, my bad. That was Obama. How about how she pronounced corpsman? 'Corpseman!' What a dumb ass! Oops, um, that was Obama, again."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:50 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:50 PM (NOIQH)
would drastically improve if only we further increased the amount of
funding they receive. They also like to claim that low test scores are
caused by "lack of materials"/inequality.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 05:50 PM (YjDyJ)
What do you think John?
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:51 PM (0LHZx)
Most extra funds end up in union coffers and they damn well know it.
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:51 PM (Ypc8j)
They had minor disagreements but generally they all wanted what was best
for the country. And then somewhere around 2000ish the Dems just went
full blown communist.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:48 PM (0LHZx)
Yep. I've told my boys that. It's hard to believe that the Dems featured JFK, Scoop Jackson, and even LBJ, who provoked the Tonkin Gulf incident just to get involved in a war to fight Communism.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:52 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 05:52 PM (NOIQH)
would drastically improve if only we further increased the amount of
funding they receive. They also like to claim that low test scores are
caused by "lack of materials"/inequality.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 05:50 PM (YjDyJ)
__________
LA gave an ipad to every kid in the school district. And yet amazingly enough even with all that fancy new technology, the vast majority still can't read or write above a 1st grade level.
Solution: 2 ipads I guess.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:52 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:52 PM (FsuaD)
Daily Mail has the story that confirms everything we said about those 2 teenage girls who left Austria to go join isis. Both dead as we all said would happen.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 24, 2015 05:52 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: che at November 24, 2015 05:53 PM (cfFyD)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:49 PM (0LHZx)
Not only the autobahn, but that torch relay that people love so much to open the Olympics .... Nazis came up with that for the '36 games.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:53 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Don't forget his triumphant state visit to Peruvia.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at November 24, 2015 05:54 PM (/oy1S)
In a world where 94% of all children go to bed hungry every night, THIS is obscene. We must find this six-tenths of a person and STOP HIM/HER/XER NOW.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 05:54 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 24, 2015 05:54 PM (ej1L0)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 05:54 PM (NeFrd)
Ok Let's see?
But again what ever the Cop did, the "Kid" was hardly a Saint apparently?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 05:55 PM (DUoqb)
Then I got myself educated about current events in Turkey. Things are a little different now-a-days.
Those f*ckers don't care if they start WWIII. They need a swift kick out of NATO and the EU.
Posted by: free range jihadist at November 24, 2015 05:55 PM (7v/r5)
Yeah, Nazis and Big Torch. They worked hand-in-glove.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 05:55 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at November 24, 2015 05:55 PM (1ijHg)
Late to the thread, but so on topic:
Feminist blogger boldly makes bread with yeast from her own vagina
http://mashable.com/2015/11/23/blogger-bread-vagina-yeast/
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 24, 2015 05:56 PM (kdS6q)
"We're taking the leftovers down to the homeless shelter, do you want to donate your piece of pie, Jamie?"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 05:50 PM (YjDyJ)
The really sad part is that the people who have the lowest test scores of all are ... EDUCATORS!! The Education departments are the bottom of the barrel at every university cursed with their useless existences and those going to grad school in Education have the lowest test scores of anyone. They even score lower on the math sections than the sociologists and English grads, which is pretty friggin low. The dumbest people in society are those in K-12 Education, bar none.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (oVJmc)
idiot Palin said there are 57 states? LOL! Oops, my bad. That was Obama.
How about how she pronounced corpsman? 'Corpseman!' What a dumb ass!
Oops, um, that was Obama, again."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 05:50 PM (FsuaD)
I'd suggest leaving Obama out of it. Just attribute the quotes to Palin, and let that one tick away. At some point, when he repeats it, someone will correct him, and he'll be embarrassed retroactively.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (oKE6c)
Daily Mail has the story that confirms everything we said about those 2 teenage girls who left Austria to go join isis. Both dead as we all said would happen.
What did they expect the IS to be like?! Their promotional materials are revolting.
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (ZdSzs)
It's due to their unique genetic gift of being able to transform old rusted automobiles into useful nutrients.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (8ZskC)
Those f*ckers don't care if they start WWIII. They need a swift kick out of NATO and the EU.
Posted by: free range jihadist at November 24, 2015 05:55 PM (7v/r5)
Yup.... they shot down a Russian Aircraft, that was over the soil of Syria, their ally....
But the US Admin and Media keep saying it was in 'Turkish Airspace'...
How is it Turkish Airspace, when you shoot down an aircraft over SYRIAN soil?
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 05:58 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 05:59 PM (8ZskC)
I'm always amused when poor old Mr. Jefferson is dragged from his grave to give witness to some Liberal point or another. At one time he was the Last Word in all things Liberal. But Liberals have, well, changed.
He has lost some traction in late years because Slaver!, and the unproven 'certainty' of Sally Henning's children. In spite of that, it is possible to introduce him into the conversation as a standard against which to compare current political thought/philosophy.
One tack is to mention his 'deism', which immediately will prompt good feelings among any Progressives present, and cause them to assume that you are a Fellow Traveler. It also assists in purchasing an indulgence for Mr. Jefferson.
After a lapse in time, you can toss 'Bernie' (Hillary! will work as well) out as a topic, and see if anyone rises to the bait. When the populist nature of his (her) support is mentioned, it is time to casually quote Jefferson: "Ah, yes, the swinish multitude".
Actually, that works anytime that mob mindset is asserted as justification for anything.
Jefferson, btw, signed a proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2015 05:59 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (NeFrd)
Or set a four or five extra places, and when asked, say "We're all going to go down to the homeless shelter and bring back some poor unfortunates."
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:59 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at November 24, 2015 05:59 PM (vgIRn)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at November 24, 2015 05:59 PM (1ijHg)
Daily Mail has the story that confirms everything we said about
those 2 teenage girls who left Austria to go join isis. Both dead as we
all said would happen.
How many times do I have to tell you people?
Posted by: Chuck Darwin at November 24, 2015 06:00 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: tu3031 at November 24, 2015 06:00 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 05:51 PM (Ypc8j)
Fixed for accuracy.
Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2015 06:00 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 24, 2015 05:56 PM (kdS6q)
breadwinner
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 06:00 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 24, 2015 04:45 PM
Sesquipedalianism and circumlocution: the hallmarks sure to give away "intelectual" prog nonsense.
Sounds better than "Yeah, well I'm batshit crazy! Pfffft!
Posted by: jow at November 24, 2015 06:01 PM (LNTlg)
Those who cannot teach, become school teachers through Teach for America to polish the ol' CV.
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 06:01 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Charlie Sheen at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (8ZskC)
30 years old, and still no actual paid employment. Awesome.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Mr.KnowItAll at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (uJK1E)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Stuff Jefferson Didn't say at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (z/Ubi)
Dinner parties however can be icky
but when i do barbecues with lots of likker can be downright scary.
although i do try to use honey instead of vinegar if it is brought up.
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:03 PM (xpPRn)
Solution: 2 ipads I guess.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at November 24, 2015 05:52 PM (0LHZx)
For God's sake, man, don't give them ideas!
Of course, there was the small matter of kickbacks to the school district bureaucrats ... so with providing subvention for hard-left Apple, this was kind of a liberal trifecta.
Posted by: Chuck Darwin at November 24, 2015 06:03 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: jow, now that's ironic at November 24, 2015 06:03 PM (LNTlg)
Back in the day, Mom and Dad had a solution to this at Thanksgiving: only invite people over you know are not going to be @ssholes. There were never any arguments, never any drama.
And if your relatively are all libtards? Don't accept their invitation. Go to a freaking buffet by yourself, take a book and revel in the fact that your other relatives are too stupid to avoid the holiday like you just did.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at November 24, 2015 06:03 PM (9JJgN)
The road to hell is paved with...
ME.
Wait, what?
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at November 24, 2015 06:03 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:04 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: vivi at November 24, 2015 06:04 PM (11H2y)
Bi-curious and homo aren't the same thing, knuckledragger.
Posted by: Charlie Sheen at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (8ZskC)
If you're blowing a dude, bi-curious went running out the door the moment you got on your knees.
Posted by: Stuff Jefferson Didn't say at November 24, 2015 06:04 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Cheri at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (oiNtH)
I'm pretty sure Koko the gorilla could be trained to do that, but I don't add that fact.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (9JJgN)
"Ya know, I'm finding myself in support for retroactive abortions..."
The Moon-eyed, long faces are priceless...
Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (s3I9l)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:06 PM (EwgGJ)
Ok Let's see?
But again what ever the Cop did, the "Kid" was hardly a Saint apparently?
Posted by: Nevergiveup
-------------------------
Lots of outrage.
The murdered pregnant wife of the minister in Indy, not so much.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2015 06:06 PM (9mTYi)
work she did teaching frisbee to the "Palestinian" yutes this summer.
Maybe ask her if it helped them with their aim when throwing ricks at IDF?
Because, well-done if that's the case. Not.
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 06:06 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 06:06 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:07 PM (NeFrd)
work she did teaching frisbee to the "Palestinian" yutes this summer.
Tell her that an imam just issued a fatwa declaring frisbees haram.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 06:07 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 06:07 PM (tfM+W)
I thought that was Maimonides.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 06:05 PM (8ZskC)
Ba-ram-bam. *cymbal crash*
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (zc3Db)
I've told this before, but on the eve of son's deployment to Afghanistan, we spent what probably could have been his last Christmas on earth with husband's prog family.
30 year-old unemployed niece told him, loudly, in front of other younger cousins, "I just want you to know. I don't support your service. Are you going to enjoy killing people?!?" Son was shocked and hurt.
We didn't hear about it until we had left her idiot life coach mom's house. When my husband angrily told his late dad and his mom about it, they refused to believe our son.
They can all go fuck themselves. I put up with them for one day a year. Sadly, it's my favorite holiday, Christmas.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: #BlackLabsMatter
I know, right? Fight the power!
Posted by: Seigfried and Roy's tiger at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (LAe3v)
Sourdough or...bitterdough?
*****
Pump 'er nickel.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (NeFrd)
Bi-curious and homo aren't the same thing, knuckledragger.
Posted by: Charlie Sheen at November 24, 2015 06:02 PM (8ZskC)
If you're blowing a dude, bi-curious went running out the door the moment you got on your knees.
Posted by: Stuff Jefferson Didn't say at November 24, 2015 06:04 PM (z/Ubi)
Charlie Sheen blew Karl Marx?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 06:09 PM (8ZskC)
That's when you throw a pie in their face.
Posted by: buzzion at November 24, 2015 06:09 PM (z/Ubi)
themselves than who died in all the wars in the world combined, except
for the Korean War."
My all time favorite wild bullshit, pulled-out-of-the-air statistical factoid:
"Since 1965, the 'War on Poverty' with the expanded welfare state has cost America more money than every single one of the military wars America has ever fought, from Iraq and Afghanistan going back all the way to the Revolutionary War, *combined*."
Oh. Wait. That particular statistical factoid is actually true.
Never mind.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 24, 2015 06:09 PM (noWW6)
Every day I see more instances in which the center-right has not only accepted but embraced moral relativism with as much enthusiasm as liberals and Hahn's article is yet another example of that. First, there is no way of knowing how many refugees would be able to pass through a stronger system without actually implementing said system, yet Hahn places the number at 85,000. She never says where she got 85,000 but we are to assume it as fact. Second, I read the transcript of the interview in question and Rubio mentioned the House bill as an example. He is also differentiating between refugees who are not are enemies (e.g., "a Chaldean priest from the Middle East") versus those that are. Confusingly, Hahn's article sometimes refers to all refugees, then randomly switches to Syrian refugees, and so on an so forth. Finally, Hahn falsely assumes that all Syrian refugees- regardless of religion and age- are necessarily future terrorists. Branding all (not some, but all) of them as terrorists is avoiding a discussion of the real immigration problem here, which is lack of assimilation due to sharia law.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 06:09 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:09 PM (NeFrd)
asked me why i don't like him, i just said he is a detestable liar and agitator . go read his book and speeches since, look at the division of our society that He and his administration has encouraged.
a President is 2 terms at most but his hateful rhetoric pitting citizens against citizens will last decades
i said what is to like about that? You like the citizenry being stirred up against eachother? we that were proud of our melting pot
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:10 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 06:10 PM (E5UB0)
Sourdough or...bitterdough?
*****
Pump 'er nickel.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (NeFrd)
Italian Herb and Cheese.
Posted by: buzzion at November 24, 2015 06:10 PM (z/Ubi)
Oh, she'll make some
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 06:10 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:10 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 24, 2015 05:24 PM (oKE6c)
Or, "Enjoying your lawn clippings?"
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 24, 2015 06:10 PM (vIdH4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Ugh, awful Jane. Progs would gladly have conservatives killed or rounded up in re-education camps and they always project their hatred onto others.
Posted by: Cheri at November 24, 2015 06:11 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 06:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:12 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 24, 2015 05:56 PM (kdS6q)
Perfect for when you're hankerin' for a vegan fish sandwich!
Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2015 06:12 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:12 PM (xpPRn)
^^^^^
I believe this falls under the "misery loves company" thing.
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at November 24, 2015 06:12 PM (KkVB6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 06:09 PM (8ZskC)
I wasn't sure anyone would catch it. Too tribal
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 05:58 PM (qh617)
Unfortunately, I don't think there's any 'challenge flag' and instant replay in the Age of Obama.
The Turkeyians (sic) can boo the Parisian deaths while chanting Allhua Akbar all they want. They need to be out of NATO.
Posted by: free range jihadist at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (7v/r5)
That fine young man was literally "turning his life around" _at that very moment_ when the racist cops opened fire.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (EwgGJ)
Handle the raw turkey.
On the upside, even though I love turkey, after being "intimate" with its innards, I lose my appetite.
I typically lose 4-5 lbs. over the holiday. So, yaay.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (FkBIv)
Posted by: vivi at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:14 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2015 06:14 PM (KSdzX)
Are they Southerners, Jane?
If not, what are they doing living there in decidedly unprogressive Georgia? Shouldn't they be in Vermont or Madison or Berkeley?
Posted by: Keef Richards at November 24, 2015 06:14 PM (P8951)
*****
Get back to me when she can put mushrooms on a pizza.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:15 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM (FkBIv)
And brave beyond words ... having been a national personality and then shifting to undercover FBI work.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:15 PM (zc3Db)
I've
told this before, but on the eve of son's deployment to Afghanistan, we
spent what probably could have been his last Christmas on earth with
husband's prog family.
30 year-old unemployed niece told him,
loudly, in front of other younger cousins, "I just want you to know. I
don't support your service. Are you going to enjoy killing people?!?"
Son was shocked and hurt.
We didn't hear about it until we had
left her idiot life coach mom's house. When my husband angrily told his
late dad and his mom about it, they refused to believe our son.
They can all go fuck themselves. I put up with them for one day a year. Sadly, it's my favorite holiday, Christmas."
Sorry to hear that Jane - Some people are just intollerable, and have the social graces of a thrown brick. Take heart, such 'compassion' would mount a waterfall if ever in danger, longing for rescue.
I'd cut the cable just before entering into the chopper... If I recognized her...
My retort to said darling cousin would have been - "yep, its not a job, its an adventure!" or humming the Megadeath tome "Killing is my business..."
Or, an upturned middle finger. Its hard to choose, lost in the moment.
Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at November 24, 2015 06:15 PM (s3I9l)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (EwgGJ)
although i do try to use honey instead of vinegar if it is brought up.
Posted by: willow
Good idea. Cover them in honey and stake them out over a fire ant hill.
Posted by: Aviator at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (c7vUv)
I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence...
as are some others of his suggesting force of arms. Seems to contradict some of his other pronouncements but I admit to knowing his work about as well as any lib knows most of their historical references, ie: not well.
Posted by: jow, now that's ironic at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (LNTlg)
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please tell me this is b.s?
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:15 PM (NeFrd)
Sounds like a performer I saw in Thailand. Except she was using a banana.
Posted by: Country Singer at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (GUBah)
The female members of the Horde are not given to following oddball lefty fads, but in this case, if one did, would the result be a bagu-'ette?
Posted by: torquewrench at November 24, 2015 06:17 PM (noWW6)
Handle the raw turkey.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:13 PM
==========
Here, let me help.
http://tinyurl.com/httudkf
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 24, 2015 06:17 PM (c/3OG)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 24, 2015 06:17 PM (P8951)
personally, I think this would work best for the grandparent era, since they're not supposed to have any clue about microggressions.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at November 24, 2015 06:17 PM (9JJgN)
---
please tell me this is b.s?
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (xpPRn)
If she serves chocolate macaroons ... just say "No".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (zc3Db)
Indeed, but if funding alone determined how well a child will be educated then our children should be outperforming the rest of the world. Same goes for supplies and materials. I find they get rather upset if you point-out that, generally-speaking, children were once far more knowledgeable than they are now despite lower funding and fewer materials. For example, one of my great-grandfathers was pulled out of school after third grade, IIRC, yet he could spell far better than some modern college graduates.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (YjDyJ)
From what I have read... they may have flown briefly over Turkish Land... while bombing the Turkish supported Turkoman Rebels...
Question is did the Turkish F-16 then enter Syria to shoot down the Russian?
Pulling the trigger over foreign soil, is way different than pulling the trigger over your own soil... at least under the 'old' rules we used to sort of play by....
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Aviator at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (c7vUv)
i like this. but i will have to find plausible deniability with this tactic.
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (xpPRn)
not that we're having guests over anyway.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (7+yyM)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 06:19 PM (NOIQH)
If not, what are they doing living there in decidedly unprogressive
Georgia? Shouldn't they be in Vermont or Madison or Berkeley?
Posted by: Keef Richards at November 24, 2015 06:14 PM (P8951)
They (most of them) are so-called Southerners. The ones in Georgia live in progressive Atlanta, or as those of us on the coast call it, Federally Occupied Atlanta. Heh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:19 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 05:57 PM (oVJmc)
Karl not only never worked a day in his life but spent most days in his local library smelling up the place and did suffer from boils constantly during his life so hopefully he suffered tremendous pain while he lived the nasty bastard.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 24, 2015 06:19 PM (ej1L0)
But how does she get the big wood spatula in and out without getting splinters?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 24, 2015 06:19 PM (8ZskC)
personally, I think this would work best for the grandparent era, since they're not supposed to have any clue about microggressions.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at November 24, 2015 06:17 PM (9JJgN)
LOL.... so gonna steel that...
but add in... 'warning, you are violating my safe zone!'....
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 06:19 PM (qh617)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (zc3Db)
if she makes ANYTHING, it will accidentally hit the floor, how do i know she washes her hands if she is so insane?
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (xpPRn)
464 Good idea. Cover them in honey and stake them out over a fire ant hill.
Posted by: Aviator at November 24, 2015 06:16 PM (c7vUv)
i like this. but i will have to find plausible deniability with this tactic.
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (xpPRn)
"You know how they start doing Wierd things like that after a few wine coolers."
Posted by: Buzzion at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (NeFrd)
ThanksgivingMan will be no help.
Prayers for Windy City Morons.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (48QDY)
Instead of bundt cake, she makes...
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (KSdzX)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 24, 2015 06:21 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:21 PM (EwgGJ)
"You know how they start doing Wierd things like that after a few wine coolers."
Posted by: Buzzion at November 24, 2015 06:20 PM (z/Ubi)
true, but i'm usually the designated straight woman.
so i would srsly have to have a good reason to not show up for that.
like another run for more likker!
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:22 PM (xpPRn)
ISWYDT
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
------------------------------------------
Just weird that they would have thought of those sorts of nicknames way back in those days. Like Bennifer or Gronk.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 06:22 PM (E5UB0)
Uncle Seamus: "As my former histology professor used to say, 'Here's the same sample magnified by a power of 10."
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:22 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:23 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2015 06:23 PM (e3bId)
From what I have read... they may have flown briefly over Turkish Land... while bombing the Turkish supported Turkoman Rebels...
Question is did the Turkish F-16 then enter Syria to shoot down the Russian?
Pulling the trigger over foreign soil, is way different than pulling the trigger over your own soil... at least under the 'old' rules we used to sort of play by....
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 06:18 PM (qh617)
No you miss my point. That peninsula that Turkey claims as it's own was seized from Syria in 1939.. Syria does not recognize that Peninsula as Turkish, but claims it for it's own.. THAT was my point.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 06:24 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:25 PM (xpPRn)
front of other younger cousins, "I just want you to know. I don't
support your service. Are you going to enjoy killing people?!?" Son was
shocked and hurt.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM
Damn, Jane, I remember you telling the story but I don't remember the quote being that viscous. Just...damn.
Posted by: jow at November 24, 2015 06:25 PM (LNTlg)
One of the reasons why that is the case is because far too many Schools of Education emphasize education credits over field of study. Some of the education courses required are absolutely ridiculous. For instance, during my brief stint (a year), we had to take a class about how to make good posters and things for your classroom. Now posters can be a useful guide but actually studying how to "properly" make a poster?
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 06:25 PM (YjDyJ)
Wow. Your son is a saint. I didn't serve but reading that makes my blood boil. How could anybody be that rude especially to a family member?
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 06:26 PM (Ypc8j)
They can all go fuck themselves. I put up with them for one day a year. Sadly, it's my favorite holiday, Christmas.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:08 PM (FsuaD)
Uh.... except for self imposed social obligation.... why put up with it on your favorite day?
No is also a viable answer to invitations... and you can always pick a different day of the year to put up with their crap...
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 06:26 PM (qh617)
Sovereignty over the province remains disputed with neighbouring Syria, which claims that the province was separated from itself against the stipulations of the French Mandate of Syria in the years following Syrias independence from the Ottoman Empire after World War I. Although the two countries have remained generally peaceful in their dispute over the territory, Syria has never formally renounced its rights to it. Its provincial capital is the city of Hatay.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 06:27 PM (DUoqb)
Church potlucks are, after all culturally appropriative of the Squamish.
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:28 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: Naes at November 24, 2015 06:28 PM (Ypc8j)
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 24, 2015 06:22 PM (E5UB0)
Somebody needs to tell the rappers to stop their cultural appropriation and just use their regular names. After all, most of them have regular names that are retarded enough for the rap stage, anyway.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:28 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 24, 2015 06:24 PM (DUoqb)
ah.... got it....
Whole thing just reeks...
/obligatory Admiral Painter quote... "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. "
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 06:28 PM (qh617)
Posted by: People who hate people at November 24, 2015 06:28 PM (FkBIv)
Every recipe I've ever consulted suggests that dough needs to be 'punched down' at a certain point.
I guess I'll just sit in the 'time out' corner over here and ponder my microaggression until I figure it out.
Posted by: free range jihadist at November 24, 2015 06:28 PM (7v/r5)
We can only hope. This scrunt certainly should not reproduce.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 24, 2015 06:29 PM (P8951)
God Bless you Jane. I'd smack a bitch.
Invite them to your Memorial Day celebration.
Shame their dumb ass.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 06:29 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 24, 2015 06:30 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Fritz at November 24, 2015 06:30 PM (3tjn4)
****
That's the last thing we knead.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:30 PM (NeFrd)
about how to make good posters and things for your classroom."
The Derek Zoolander Institute For Teachers Who Can't Make Posters Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 24, 2015 06:30 PM (noWW6)
There's a reason for this ... but I won't go into it right now.
Some of the education courses required are absolutely ridiculous. For instance, during my brief stint (a year), we had to take a class about how to make good posters and things for your classroom. Now posters can be a useful guide but actually studying how to "properly" make a poster?
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 06:25 PM (YjDyJ)
This is true. Education Departments are playgrounds for imbeciles. The fact that anyone lets these idiots actually opine (let alone decide) about school curricula is pathetic.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 06:32 PM (zc3Db)
Uh.... except for self imposed social obligation.... why put up with it on your favorite day?
No is also a viable answer to invitations... and you can always pick a different day of the year to put up with their crap...
Posted by: BB Wolf at November 24, 2015 06:26 PM (qh617)
Husband wants to spend how ever many Christmases he can with his 92 y.o. mother. I don't blame him.
He's promised once she's gone, we'll spend holidays here. Son really, really wants to stay here, as well.
She's a healthy and tough old bird. Will probably easily make it to 100+.
*sigh*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:32 PM (FsuaD)
I considered.
Turned out I deferred to a superior.
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 06:32 PM (48QDY)
Example:
"I believe it was Spinoza who said, 'The collective wisdom of the people can be condensed into the love of a strong leader.'"
Posted by: logprof at November 24, 2015 06:32 PM (vsbNu)
"Elmer's or Velcro--You Make The Call"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:32 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Little red feminist hen at November 24, 2015 06:32 PM (FkBIv)
for their friends. perhaps do that at Your home 'family rules' if you are expected to host.
might as well if they are going to be uncouth.
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:33 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:33 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 24, 2015 06:33 PM (48QDY)
I confess that I intend to appropriate that.
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 06:34 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 24, 2015 06:34 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:35 PM (EwgGJ)
There's bacon fat in the crust.
Suck it, smug hipster vegetarians. I'm not telling.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 24, 2015 06:35 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Stuff Jesus Said at November 24, 2015 06:35 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:36 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 24, 2015 06:30 PM (kTF2Z)
-------------
OTOH, I believe it was Mediocrities who said "persevere in all endeavors."
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 24, 2015 06:36 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 06:37 PM (tfM+W)
We also had to read William Ayers. Of course the education professors never mentioned his radical background. Only my adviser (associate history professor) understood why I disliked reading his material.
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at November 24, 2015 06:37 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:37 PM (EwgGJ)
Posted by: Charlie Sheen wants a new thread at November 24, 2015 06:38 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: willow at November 24, 2015 06:38 PM (xpPRn)
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 24, 2015 06:38 PM (OWndX)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 24, 2015 06:36 PM (T/5A0)
I thought Mediocrities said, "always start what you can not finish"
Posted by: USA at November 24, 2015 06:39 PM (tfM+W)
Posted by: logprof at November 24, 2015 06:39 PM (vsbNu)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 24, 2015 06:40 PM (EwgGJ)
"prevent animal cruelty - save a horse, ride a cowboy...."
Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at November 24, 2015 06:47 PM (s3I9l)
Hahahahahahahaha!!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 24, 2015 06:49 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
all of the inanities of Point Break make sense when you realize the same writer wrote Varsity Blues. like Moxon leading his team to playoffs only to state 2 seconds later in the voiceover he never played football again
Posted by: x at November 24, 2015 06:54 PM (57fhp)
Posted by: Ben Ghazzara at November 24, 2015 06:55 PM (9gw14)
Posted by: PJ at November 24, 2015 06:59 PM (cHuNI)
Boy, Obama sure does have the courage of his convictions, doesn't he? Except that he has no convictions. Arrests, yes, but no convictions.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 24, 2015 07:00 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Kat Von Clawswits at November 24, 2015 07:00 PM (adx2S)
Puis-je le regarder? (Can I watch it?)
i'm not sure if you can drop the "le." I'm not good at knowing which verbs always have to take an object.
Posted by: Not Real Donald Trump at November 24, 2015 07:01 PM (dciA+)
"We just signed up with MediShare so we don't pay $15,000 a year for insurance we can't use. Oh...MediShare is religious based. Got a problem with that?"
Posted by: keninnorcal at November 24, 2015 07:02 PM (3OTR8)
claims as it's own was seized from Syria in 1939.. Syria does not
recognize that Peninsula as Turkish, but claims it for it's own.. THAT
was my point.
Posted by: Nevergiveup
And,,,,will George Clooney make a stupid and pointless movie about it?
Well, in a manner of speaking, what difference will it make at that point?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...a rube in America at November 24, 2015 07:03 PM (+1T7c)
Y'know, you cannot spell terrorist without 'error', and boy, howdy, did those ISIS chaps make a huge unforced error by testing Obama's backbone.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 24, 2015 07:04 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Not Real Donald Trump at November 24, 2015 07:01 PM (dciA+)
Sweep the "le"!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 24, 2015 07:04 PM (zc3Db)
Long before Turkey came into being, it was the Byzantine Empire and was known far and wide for its mosaics. Just think of the diverse and rich mosaic the Syrians would contribute to our country.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 24, 2015 07:07 PM (BK3ZS)
"Progressives do not process language the same way human beings do; they chiefly adduce meaning from tone and body language, like dogs."
But then I remember Trump is doing fairly well with a segment of the base.
Posted by: Purple at November 24, 2015 07:18 PM (k47e3)
Posted by: TYCapitalism at November 24, 2015 07:20 PM (cbe8v)
Posted by: wilbeforce at November 24, 2015 07:21 PM (C59A6)
Having English cousins, I have always enjoyed the "Manglo Relations" section of Potter On One-Upmanship.
"The basic gambit, of course is to praise. And the basic , because slightly annoying, thing thing for U.S.-Men to praise in Britain is its charm."
Chose something particularly modern in England that you English host is rather proud of and say "love it because it's quaint".
It is slightly annoying to the English to be told that their English accent is 'perfect' or 'sweet' or 'cute,' since the Englishman rightly believes that he alone has no accent whatever."
Posted by: Bill Lever at November 24, 2015 07:24 PM (l3M2g)
Posted by: Ben Ghazzara at November 24, 2015 07:28 PM (n02lQ)
Posted by: Caliban at November 24, 2015 07:30 PM (3GFMN)
And Malcolm X himself pointed out the need for honor: "If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me and you'll be armed."
Posted by: Captain Comic at November 24, 2015 07:36 PM (9jyUF)
Posted by: Y-not at November 24, 2015 07:54 PM (t5zYU)
The best pie crust (mine) is made with lard for shortening. The best gravy (obviously) and the best stuffing - whether cooked in the bird, or in a separate pan because demand is so high - is made with minced giblets. Whether to tell the vegetarians that all the pies and all the out-of-turkey stuffing have meat in them before or after they eat some is a matter of taste.
Which reminds me: 40+ years ago my then 40-something dad was in grad school (EE at ODU) and invited over a couple of Indian students for Thanksgiving, since they had nowhere else to go. I was in college then and my classmates said "How appropriate!" until I explained they weren't that kind of Indian. As I recall, their names were Mahesh and Patel. Anyway, my dad hadn't thought to ask, and it turned out one of them was a vegetarian. Poor guy dined on mashed potatoes with butter, not gravy, and cranberry sauce. The other guy ate some of everything, but said if his poor mother ever found out she'd have a heart attack.
Posted by: Dr Weevil at November 24, 2015 08:09 PM (nX1i+)
When someone asks, "Are you going to enjoy killing people?!?", the correct answer is "I only enjoy killing complete and total assholes." See how long it take them to figure out that that's a clear but entirely deniable implied threat. Deniable because you can say "What, why do you assume I would think you're an asshole?"
Posted by: Dr Weevil at November 24, 2015 08:20 PM (nX1i+)
I believe it was the Greek philosopher Hypotenuse who said, "All angles aren't right, neither are all arguments."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 24, 2015 08:37 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Bill Lever at November 24, 2015 07:24 PM (l3M2g)
I found the English to be very accent conscious among themselves - it's a class marker over there. Cockneys don't sound like Oueen Elizabeth. Liverpudians don't sound like people from Devon. Their accents are more standardized than they were 200 years ago, when Englishmen had completely different accents than the ones living 50 miles away but they're still more varied than American ones. That's remarkable when you consider how much bigger the US is.
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 24, 2015 09:13 PM (P8951)
There are 3.5 million homeless
There are 4.9 'empty' homes for every homeless person.
Now, why doesn't Hillary's Wall Street friend help these people?
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 24, 2015 09:55 PM (e8kgV)
'Thanksgivingman' is the most fresh newism I've heard to date.
Now let's all go out there and make our flaccid kin cry for our entertainment.
Posted by: Corona at November 24, 2015 10:43 PM (ragzU)
I keep trying to read your words but the basic typos and grammatical mistakes just fuckin' take me out of it man!
Perhaps this is intentional (I hope not!)
If it is an attempt to be all "meta" or deconstructive, then Piss on You!
If you can't actually be arsed to spell, or create a coherent sentence anymore then woe betide the Moron Horde!
Fuck this bullshit!
Twitter is for losers!
Posted by: Deety at November 25, 2015 02:37 AM (EmfUD)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2015 06:10 AM (BK3ZS)
Right! I know!
Posted by: John Fembup at November 25, 2015 08:59 AM (nDkpl)
Posted by: KS at November 25, 2015 11:08 AM (GBwNw)
Posted by: Rebecca at November 25, 2015 12:42 PM (a9sI8)
Posted by: Jim at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (FLLbI)
Posted by: jasonj at November 25, 2015 07:23 PM (Uvbw9)
Posted by: Obama's Bitch at November 26, 2015 01:32 AM (ppgXQ)
And women.
Posted by: Kathy Kinsley at November 26, 2015 06:56 PM (P1Mfe)
Posted by: Wendy Thies at November 27, 2015 02:22 AM (eytMs)
And then, funnily enough, those liberals are pretty damn quick to agree with science, facts, and reality
Posted by: Andrew Berwick at December 02, 2015 06:05 PM (JBLY/)
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