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Joe Biden, June 1992: The President Should Not Even Nominate a Replacement Justice to the Supreme Court "Once the Political Season [in a Presidential Year] Is Underway"

The only spin possible is that Joey Bidez said this in June of 1992, but Obama would be nominating someone in February or early March of this year.

But note that Biden said that President shouldn't even nominate anyone.

He was speaking earlier in the year, but he also wanted the process terminated - aborted, if you will -earlier in the gestation process as well.

Posted by: Ace at 02:13 PM




Comments

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1 Did Neil Kinnock say it first?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 22, 2016 02:14 PM (oVJmc)

2 CHOOO-CHOO!!!

Posted by: Joey Choo-choo at February 22, 2016 02:14 PM (INxoa)

3 Like that will make a difference?

Posted by: HH at February 22, 2016 02:15 PM (DrCtv)

4 In other words, Plugs wanted to pull the plug.

Posted by: db at February 22, 2016 02:15 PM (z4pSV)

5 The only spin is you're a racist.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 02:15 PM (/tuJf)

6 But it's different this time.

Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 02:15 PM (AqEbb)

7 Yes but since Obama is black it's racist to bring this up.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:16 PM (0LHZx)

8 that thinking is out dated .....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:16 PM (0O7c5)

9 If the GOP were smart - yes, I know - every time a reporter asked them about the topic, they would reply by playing this video. That's it. No opinion, no elaboration, just play the video.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:17 PM (0LHZx)

10 Because, in June 1992, Bush I was the guy doing the picking.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 22, 2016 02:17 PM (oVJmc)

11 Rules in Calvinball are fluid.

Posted by: Qoheleth at February 22, 2016 02:17 PM (iIzG7)

12 ...and the Republican response to this was? "constitution, gotta happen, harrumph!!!"

Both sides are playing stupid political games, its just a power play on both sides. There's no white hat or black hat here, there's no clear legal or moral precedent. Its just raw power.

So whoever wins, wins.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:18 PM (39g3+)

13 6 But it's different this time.
Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 02:15 PM (AqEbb)

Came here to post that.

Posted by: 0302 at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (wx6iv)

14 So we have finally found an abortion Dems are against?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (XtAzU)

15
These Supreme Court nomination fights started with Bork. As a matter of fact much of the left-right animosity and mistrust started with that torpedoing.

Fucking Zombie Ted Kennedy.... still screwing the country up from the grave.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (8XRCm)

16 Hah! Quick, to the time machine!

Posted by: Fritz at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (UzPAd)

17 Later?

Posted by: irright at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (zxnPQ)

18 I can't tell the context from the link.

Was there a SCOTUS vacancy in '92?

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (1xUj/)

19 Well, the "circumstances are different now".

At least that's what Schumer said lately when it was pointed out he stated almost precisely what Biden is saying here.


Posted by: Marcus T at February 22, 2016 02:19 PM (GGCsk)

20 Rules in Calvinball are fluid.

We're all Hobbes now.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2016 02:20 PM (ODxAs)

21 Oh come on....

I say stupid shit all the time! You guys are always pointing that out every chance you get!

But this time, whoooooooa, suddenly I'm some sort of political genius....

Seriously, it's one or the other, guys. Make up your minds, would ya?

Chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot pie!!

Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 02:20 PM (AqEbb)

22

preetttyyyy sure thats racist

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:20 PM (zOTsN)

23 My new political philosophy for this election cycle: Caedite eos; novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.

Posted by: Qoheleth at February 22, 2016 02:20 PM (iIzG7)

24 The words of Democrats cannot be used against them but any old thing can be used against a Republican. Those are the RULES.

Posted by: Journolista at February 22, 2016 02:20 PM (RD7QR)

25
Ohhhh...

Oh. Wait a minute.


I thought nominate meant fucking.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 22, 2016 02:21 PM (0cMkb)

26 Good ole Joe, always worth a chuckle.

Posted by: Lord Gulgoth at February 22, 2016 02:21 PM (bWvOd)

27 Like it matters. Grassley and Mitch The Bitch have already caved.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:22 PM (0LHZx)

28 At what point do we simply punch people in the throat for their lack of an honest argument which actually passes basic factual, intellectual scrutiny?

Posted by: Marcus T at February 22, 2016 02:22 PM (GGCsk)

29 MSM: "Republicans pounce on deceptively edited videos of Joe Biden'

Posted by: McCool at February 22, 2016 02:22 PM (nCSwS)

30 Remember Joey Choo-Choo's role in the Bork hearings. Joe is a nasty piece of work.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at February 22, 2016 02:22 PM (Eyx+b)

31 Remember Joey Choo-Choo's role in the Bork hearings

He's been richly rewarded for that, as well.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (39g3+)

32 Delaware should be so proud.

Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (RdP/w)

33 So whoever wins, wins.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:18 PM (39g3+)

----

You know why the Dems blocked Bork. Because they could.

Do you know why the Republicans are gonna shitcan whoever King Putt nominates. Because they can.

Elections have consequences. Barrack won his. But he also lost the midterms spectacularly. Barrack lost BOTH houses of Congress. Perhaps if he hadnt executive ordered this and executively deemed that, and thumbed his nose at the legislative body.... he MIGHT still have the Senate and all this would be moot.

But he doesnt. The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)

34 Short Joe Biden.

I'm rubber you're glue. Anything you say, bounces off me and sticks to you".

Posted by: Marcus T at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (GGCsk)

35 I think political dialogue has something in common with arguing with my ex-wife:

Rule Number Three: nothing I said more than five seconds ago can be used to argue against my stance on anything we're fighting about right now.

Posted by: Qoheleth at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (iIzG7)

36 wasnt he referring to the appointment of Clarence Thomas?

now

no. totally not racist

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (zOTsN)

37 Poor Joe. Now he just sits around the office, drooling and slapping his pud.

Posted by: Fritz at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (UzPAd)

38 23 My new political philosophy for this election cycle: Caedite eos; novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 22, 2016 02:20 PM (iIzG7)


Mine is now

oderint dum metuant

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (RD7QR)

39 Um. So?

Its an opinion. He's not the President, but only Vice, and at the time not even that. Everybody acknowledges he's functionally retarded. And also a political gutter-fighter. Anybody on the GOPe side can grow a pair and say the same thing if they want.

Posted by: Bigby's Oven Mitts at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (3ZtZW)

40 The GOPe will cave. Especially this year. It'll be a big "fuck you" to the base for not nominating Heb!.

Posted by: Soona at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (Fmupd)

41 That's toh-up. That's toh-up

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 02:25 PM (zxnPQ)

42 Come on, Ace. Nothing that comes out of Biden's mouth really means anything.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2016 02:25 PM (8ZskC)

43 But he doesnt. The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.



But they won't.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 22, 2016 02:25 PM (TUUTu)

44 You know why the Dems blocked Bork. Because they could.

Do you know why the Republicans are gonna shitcan whoever King Putt nominates. Because they can.


Exactly. Obama wasn't wrong when he said "I won" he was wrong in his delivery and attitude, no to mention what he was trying to accomplish and the fact that he campaigned on being this great uniter.

The winners call the shots. The losers complain about it. The only thing that's changed is that the media is all in on one side, win or lose.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)

45 Besides, have you seen the women Barack nominates - yikes.

Posted by: Joe "Hands off this time" B at February 22, 2016 02:25 PM (DL2i+)

46 The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)

______

Uhm, yeah about that stalling thing....we've been advised by our well paid consultants that the better move will be to unanimously approve Obama's nominee. Not the hill to die on.

PS: In order to fight Obama's radical agenda we need your help. Can you spate $25 or $50?

Posted by: GOPe at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (0LHZx)

47

Biden was awesome in his vetting of Clarence Thomas. Who isnt really black. Or even blackish. HE more really dark white.

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (zOTsN)

48 Dr. Jill Biden says it's time for Joe's therapeutic nappy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (8ZskC)

49 This could potentially be a game changer.

If we didn't have a SCOAMF in office who's in the "YOLO / Legacy-building" phase of his semi-retirement.

Posted by: Vyce at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (h4ZaE)

50 This could potentially be a game changer.

If we didn't have a SCOAMF in office who's in the "YOLO / Legacy-building" phase of his semi-retirement.

Posted by: Vyce at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (h4ZaE)

51 MSM: conventional wisdom holds that the moratorium on SCOTUS appointments only begins after the Vernal Equinox, which Republicans know full well, but pretend not to because they are racists who dont want our first Black President to have an appointment.

Posted by: McCool at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (nCSwS)

52 My political philosophy for this election cycle is maranatha. Soon, Lord. Please.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (39g3+)

53 As has been noted by others here, while we make jokes about Slow Joe eating paste and paint chips, it's good to keep in mind that in real life he really is a nasty POS.

Posted by: logprof at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (B1BZG)

54 But they won't.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 22, 2016 02:25 PM (TUUTu)

-----

The thought that all that stands between us and the Constitutional Destruction of the Republic is Mitch McConnell, terrifies the absolute ever loving shit out of me.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (8XRCm)

55 40
The GOPe will cave. Especially this year. It'll be a big "fuck you" to the base for not nominating Heb!.

Posted by: Soona at February 22, 2016 02:24 PM (Fmupd)
I'm afraid I agree with you. If it does happen, I'm curious to see what the impact is on the presidential election. Will it reinforce Trump? Will more republican voters stay home out of exasperation?

Posted by: Our Country Is Screwed at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (jxbfJ)

56 Again and again, we try to shame Demrats by bringing up what they so proudly and firmly proclaimed in the past.

But they have 0.000 shame in the tank. If they did they wouldn't be high level apparatchiks in a despicable and immoral political party.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (CbGSW)

57 The GOP still hasn't learned to read the electorate or doesn't care.

The Democrats know the Republicans will fold like a lawn chair in a windstorm after a little strong language and phony polls.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (GGCsk)

58 But he doesnt. The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)

*****

I will be happily shocked! if they actually sack up and do this.

Posted by: Tim in GA at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (+YEMl)

59 The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.

===

"Its a hill. They can't really die on it."

Posted by: Bigby's Oven Mitts at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (3ZtZW)

60 Delaware should be so proud.

Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early

it is. Another reason why I hate this pisshole. And why i get irked every time someone here tries, "at least I think that deep down, e loves this country".

he's an asshole that campaigned on his dead family, never held a real job and is a savage, underhanded liar.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 22, 2016 02:27 PM (326rv)

61 Wait wait wait


Hypocrisy?


Surely you jest

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 02:27 PM (fWAjv)

62 The press will never recall and the public will never hear about it and the Republican Senate will cave.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at February 22, 2016 02:27 PM (t2KH5)

63 Biden was awesome in his vetting of Clarence Thomas. Who isnt really black. Or even blackish. HE more really dark white.



He was SCOTUS' Historic First Burnt Siennese American justice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2016 02:27 PM (8ZskC)

64 pretty sure Joe Biden was the guy with the rope in the modern day lynching of Clarence Thomas


I hope people remember that when they are getting called racists for courtblocking

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:28 PM (zOTsN)

65 Feature, not a bug.
Puts the extra FU in Obama's nomination, don't you think?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 22, 2016 02:28 PM (NOIQH)

66 Very simply for Leftists - Anything for the Cause.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 02:28 PM (7Glk0)

67 don't forget, Biden graduated at the top of the bottom ten percent of his law school class

Posted by: mallfly at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (qSIlh)

68 >>The GOP still hasn't learned to read the electorate or doesn't care.

They are getting an abject lesson in the Presidential race right now. If any of them get wobbly they need only look at Trump to know that they are one vote away from being a civilian.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (/tuJf)

69 That was the brain tumor talking.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (evdj2)

70 The fact is, we OWE them a Bork. But to do that you have to have balls. Republicans were born w/o those.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (t2KH5)

71 I just want a level playing field!

Posted by: Joey "T-Tops" Biden at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (JO9+V)

72 I bought Summer's Eve... Didn't know what I was doing, ... and it was remarkable.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (zxnPQ)

73 #60.......

The last VP my state had was Agnew!!

Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (RdP/w)

74 >I will be happily shocked! if they actually sack up and do this.

Well, he is the President, we owe him the courtesy of an up or down vote.

-Turtle in about 3 weeks, probably.

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:30 PM (dnWSK)

75 Trying to get a leftist concerned about hypocrisy is like going up to the Jon Lovitz SNL character and saying, "See??? Here's proof Obama LIED about X, Y, and Z!!! Ya see?"

They are amoral swine, who are only interested in winning at all costs. That's why liberalism is an incurable disease. It can't be reasoned with, morally.

Posted by: angela urkel at February 22, 2016 02:30 PM (IDHFk)

76 They are getting an abject lesson in the Presidential race right now. If any of them get wobbly they need only look at Trump to know that they are one vote away from being a civilian.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 02:29 PM (/tuJf)

______

Well for those up for election in 2016, maybe. By 2018 or 2020 you plebes will have forgotten what we did this year.

Posted by: GOPe at February 22, 2016 02:30 PM (0LHZx)

77 None of this really matters. It's the Senate's decision whether to confirm or not, or even to let a nominee get a vote.

I don't care about anything that BiteMe or Barky or anyone else might have said or done about SCOTUS nominations; the context of a Scalia replacement is the issue and the Vichy GOP has but one job to do. Sadly, I think we all know that they won't do it, since it will get in the way of their gobbling Barky's knob.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 22, 2016 02:30 PM (zc3Db)

78 If any of them get wobbly they need only look at Trump to know that they are one vote away from being a civilian.

---

Ever after Eric Cantor, even after Weepy Boner runs away crying in the night.... even after TRUMP!!...... they still arent going to ever get it.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:30 PM (8XRCm)

79 But he doesnt. The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)

Wait a second... you do realize that the republicans won the senate right? Oh, reading back you do.
I think you just don't know the republicans very well.

Posted by: Jollyroger at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (t06LC)

80 I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!

Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (AqEbb)

81
Biden also falsely accused the truck driver that hit his family of being at fault (he wasnt) and that alcohol was involved (it wasnt).

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (iQIUe)

82 Opinions are like aholes. Some people say I'm a giant opinion.

Posted by: Vice PasteEater at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (xudgf)

83 Joe Biden?

What a maroon. What an ultra-maroon.

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (RFeQD)

84 "Remember Joey Choo-Choo's role in the Bork hearings"

The most utterly contemptible thing about the Borking was not the spectacle of Democrats savaging the reputation and invading the privacy of one of the nation's leading legal scholars.

It was that the Republicans (including from Ronald Reagan himself on down) mounted only the most brief and lukewarm defense of Bork before panicking and turning tail and running away from him.

Admittedly Bork did himself no favors. He presented to the public poorly, to the delight of the Democrats.

Should have shaved the weird beard. Should have said the obligatory boilerplate things about "serving the nation" when asked why he wanted to be on the Court, instead of talking about it being an "intellectual feast". Should have made more extensive prefatory statements to soften the blow before arguing that, e.g., there is no explicit Constitutional right to privacy.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (noWW6)

85 That was 1992 and a Democrat was going to be elected (thanks to a primary challenge from Buchanan and a general election challenge from Perot).

And since Democrats don't have principles but have circumstances, this is not hypocritical at all.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (Xd2w5)

86 Well, Joey regrets saying that.

Posted by: Xavier at February 22, 2016 02:31 PM (vOXzd)

87 CozMark

i saw below you were part of operation chaos......i totally forgot about that....still how did you stomach that vote?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (0O7c5)

88 I've already voted and my one rule this time, and going forward, is NO INCUMBENTS. Lamar Smith didn't get my vote. Some guy from Boerne, Tx did.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (CbGSW)

89 Biden now regrets saying this

Posted by: Captain Oblivious at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (UwQ7q)

90 It's different this because Deus vult.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (evdj2)

91 33 But he doesnt. The Senate will NOT stall his nominees. Because they can have no balls.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)


FTFY

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (t2KH5)

92 >don't forget, Biden graduated at the top of the bottom ten percent of his law school class

Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (dnWSK)

93 Bork and Ted Kennedy. Anyone ever read that scathing vitriol that Ted Kennedy actually stood on the Senate floor and read out loud?

It has to go on record as being the lowest point in his political career. Next to abandoning some young girl to drown In his Oldsmobile of course.

Posted by: mega machines at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (fbovC)

94 If the GOP had some balls, they'd release a statement saying "after reviewing our constitutional duty to advise and consent, we're advising Obama to fuck off and no we do not consent".

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:33 PM (0LHZx)

95 I think this whole battle helps Republicans in the next election.

Our side is much more in tune with the Supreme Court and what it means with the 2nd Amendment and other issues.

The only Republicans I could see this hurting are ones that represent really blue states like say Senator Kirk in Illinois. But Red State Democrats are probably far more scared about this battle

Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:33 PM (RzCu+)

96 >Biden now regrets saying this

Biden regrets nothing. He has no soul. He doesn't feel pain.

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:33 PM (dnWSK)

97 Nobody ever gets caramel hands.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 02:33 PM (zxnPQ)

98 Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?
Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (dnWSK)

Doctor

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:34 PM (0LHZx)

99 Dude, that was like more years ago than I can count.

Posted by: Tommy Veitor at February 22, 2016 02:34 PM (TxJGV)

100 But he doesnt. The Senate will NOT stall his nominees. Because they can have no balls.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)


FTFY
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (t2KH5)

-----

Perhaps I should have said "should" instead of "will"


I need a good bender.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:34 PM (8XRCm)

101 By the way, I never saw The Gestation Process open for anyone, but many women open after the gestation process.

Posted by: Captain Oblivious at February 22, 2016 02:34 PM (UwQ7q)

102 i consider anything he's said, past or present to be a bad acid flashback.

Posted by: concrete girl at February 22, 2016 02:34 PM (0KgAM)

103 Wrong side of history

Posted by: Adrienne at February 22, 2016 02:35 PM (lVcuh)

104 Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?

Jill?

Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 02:35 PM (AqEbb)

105 The four men, three in their 20s and one in his 40s, raped and beat up their 19 year old friend, who was then taken to hospital in serious condition.

===========

They need more no rapin' classes. Seriously, where the hell do they get this idea that it is permissible?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 22, 2016 02:35 PM (iQIUe)

106 he is an evil venal serial liar manipulator and user of people and a poor father. Dont let the fake home spun dumb guy stuff fool you. He disgusts me

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:35 PM (zOTsN)

107 Would it help to confuse Obama if we ran away more?

Posted by: Sir McConnell at February 22, 2016 02:35 PM (JO9+V)

108 Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?

An abortionist?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:35 PM (evdj2)

109 Admittedly Bork did himself no favors. He presented to the public poorly, to the delight of the Democrats.




Yea, Reagan and his team should have been better prepped. A good conservative justice could have been appointed instead of the worthless Kennedy had they got it right the first time.

Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (RzCu+)

110 They're getting a little lesbian cup that burps and spits.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (zxnPQ)

111 It's different this because Deus Marx vult.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (Nwg0u)

112 87
CozMark

i saw below you were part of operation chaos......i totally forgot about that....still how did you stomach that vote?


Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (0O7c5)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It hasn't been easy coming to terms with what I did on that dreadful day but I have with the help of Shiner Bock (pbut) and my feckless companion Woodstock T. Katt.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (CbGSW)

113 Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?>>>

Proctologist?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (XtAzU)

114 I think I know what Barky's strategy will be. He will threaten to veto the budget bill and the Republicans will be blamed for shutting down the government.

Or did they already also cave on that? After a while you lose count of how many time that drunk fell down.

Posted by: mallfly at February 22, 2016 02:37 PM (qSIlh)

115 The only Republicans I could see this hurting are ones that represent really blue states like say Senator Kirk in Illinois. But Red State Democrats are probably far more scared about this battle
Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:33 PM (RzCu+)

______

It won't hurt anyone, from any state. 20% of the population thinks Judge Judy is on SCOTUS. The number of people who will vote against a Republican senator simply based on him/her not confirming Obama's pick is miniscule. If that's your #1 worry, chances are you're already a full blown communist who would never vote GOP in the first place.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:37 PM (0LHZx)

116 This is a pretty good piece about McConnell and his position on this issue. There's a great quote from a former senior aide and campaign manager to McConnell basically saying McConnell knows exactly what's at stake no way in hell is happening. I would quote it but, well you know.

http://tinyurl.com/hfaaj4a

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 02:38 PM (/tuJf)

117 Joe Biden has the same integrity as a grifter going to towns after storms and taking money from old people to fake fix their roofs

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:38 PM (zOTsN)

118 or as Hillary said, we learn from our mistakes when it's convenient.

Posted by: mallfly at February 22, 2016 02:38 PM (qSIlh)

119
Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?

Jill?
Newwwwppppppe!
Not a medical doctor. A Phd in English.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 02:38 PM (JTwsP)

120 Bork Bork on the head.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (gyKtp)

121 >Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?

Jill?


Jill is an EdD who worked at Del Tech community college.

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (dnWSK)

122 Whoever gets nominated I hope there is a cute young female around the stage for me to massage.

Even not cute. Honestly, I'm open minded.

Or young. I can take older.

But female! I draw the line at female!

Posted by: Joey "Jazz Hands" Biden, talking to himself at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (TxJGV)

123 Biden regrets nothing. He has no soul. He doesn't feel pain.

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:33 PM (dnWSK)
But he does feel....
...up wives and daughters.

Posted by: KillianThyme at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (n2r4H)

124 108 Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?



---------------


Dumbass?

Posted by: Soona at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (Fmupd)

125 Delaware should be so proud. Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early

There was a reason so many credit card companies set up shop in Delaware. They all thought, 'we can roll the consumer, stick it directly up their butts, and this moron won't have a clue'.

Posted by: mega machines at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (fbovC)

126 >>> Rules in Calvinball are fluid.

The score is Q to 12!

What I want to know is whether Biden is going to be punished for his gaffe by being sent to the Pernicious Poem Place.

"We're all Hobbes now."

Calvin and Hobbes, the early sketches:

http://tinyurl.com/hujoc87

Posted by: torquewrench at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (noWW6)

127 "McConnell basically saying McConnell knows exactly what's at stake no way in hell is happening."

Yeah just like he was totes outraged at the EO on amnesty that he then fully funded 3 months later.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (0LHZx)

128 That was different because a white man was in the WH, and it's not possible to be racist against whites.

Posted by: NotCoach at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (rsudF)

129 109 Yea, Reagan and his team should have been better
prepped. A good conservative justice could have been appointed instead
of the worthless Kennedy had they got it right the first time.

Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (RzCu+)

They were not expecting that kind of an unmitigated attack on a highly qualified judge. It had never happened before and thanks to the swimmer they made it a new tradition for Democrats. Republicans still will not do it.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (t2KH5)

130 re 115: alright, what did you do with the real Moo Moo?

a ha, I amuse me.

Posted by: mallfly at February 22, 2016 02:40 PM (qSIlh)

131 That story about Black Lives Matter being told they can't hold meetings in public places if they exclude races is just hilarious to me. If there ever was one story that so totally encapsulated the reversals from the 60s that's the one.

You're not the oppressed other any more guys. You're the man.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:40 PM (39g3+)

132 PhD? My bad.

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:40 PM (dnWSK)

133 The thing about Bork was that he wasn't just one of the most respected Constitutional Scholars at the time. He was considered to be THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar not already on the court. Everyone expected the confirmation to be unanimous. Like 99-0 unanimous. (someone is always out that day)

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:40 PM (evdj2)

134
Well, he is the President, we owe him the courtesy of an up or down vote.

-Turtle in about 3 weeks, probably.

===

Already predicted this: We'll have a new Assoc. Justice by May.

Posted by: Bigby's Oven Mitts at February 22, 2016 02:41 PM (3ZtZW)

135 The Congress will cave, again, because Obama's machine has blackmail material on all of them.

Also, who wants to be the next to die of natural causes with a pillow over their face?

*adjust shiny Reynolds cap

Posted by: @votermom at February 22, 2016 02:41 PM (cbfNE)

136 Thank you, Joe! Not just for the ammo, no, but also for the object lesson for all of the people talking shit on social media. That stuff never disappears. Maybe Twitter is actually doing every conservative a favor by burning their tweets.

Posted by: goon at February 22, 2016 02:41 PM (gy5kE)

137
PhD? My bad.
Not really your fault. You NEVER hear the media clarify this. EVER.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 02:41 PM (JTwsP)

138 Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?




Coroner.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 22, 2016 02:41 PM (TUUTu)

139 Congress could get ahead of Obama and pass a resolution where whoever Obama nominates, unless they then vote to oppose by a two-thirds majority, it is an automatic confirmation.


Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 22, 2016 02:42 PM (T78UI)

140 re 126: I love Poem, especially The Raven. That was the basis for my favorite opera, Lucia di Ravenmoor.

Posted by: Joe Biden and not mallfly at all at February 22, 2016 02:42 PM (qSIlh)

141 His transcript was a "living document".

Posted by: t-bird at February 22, 2016 02:42 PM (J3phO)

142 >>Joe Biden has the same integrity as a grifter going to towns after storms and taking money from old people to fake fix their roofs
Posted by: ThunderB

Hey, that's my retirement business plan.

Posted by: Mitch at February 22, 2016 02:42 PM (c7vUv)

143 I read at American Thinker that the dems changed law in 1960 that presidents can't nominate SCOTUS Justices during an election year.
It's possible that it's been changed in 55 years.
I'll look for link.

Posted by: Carol at February 22, 2016 02:42 PM (sj3Ax)

144 The Democrats use asymmetric warfare. This includes non-transitive one-way logic. And they can never be hypocritical. Akin to how blacks can never be racist, nor women sexist.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 22, 2016 02:43 PM (r1fLd)

145 So whoever wins, wins.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:18 PM (39g3+)

Pick up your popcorn, junior mints, and a make america great again hat at the front desk Chris

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 02:43 PM (xuouz)

146 It hasn't been easy coming to terms with what I did
on that dreadful day but I have with the help of Shiner Bock (pbut) and
my feckless companion Woodstock T. Katt.


Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 02:36 PM (CbGSW)
it'd probably be best if you never mention it again.....thank God for Shiner

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:43 PM (0O7c5)

147 >There was a reason so many credit card companies set up shop in Delaware.

They used to have very favorable banking and corporate regulations and taxes. That is why so many set up Hqs there. Now the state is run by a bunch of f-the banks and f-the corporation leftists and the tax money is drying up. Now they are thinking of implementing a sales tax to balance the books.

Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:43 PM (dnWSK)

148 The Supreme Court is becoming the Supreme Coven.

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 22, 2016 02:43 PM (IeXP9)

149 I'm tired of the double standard.

F*ck Joe with a spork of Elmer's Paste.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2016 02:43 PM (RrDm2)

150 They were not expecting that kind of an unmitigated attack on a highly qualified judge. It had never happened before and thanks to the swimmer they made it a new tradition for Democrats. Republicans still will not do it.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party



But they should have, Nixon had also seen his nominees destroyed by the Democrats in the Senate.

truthfully, Bork was an odd duck and they should have seen that Democrats were always going to play nasty and take an opportunity they could at knocking Reagan down a notch.

Reagan could have picked a solid conservative that would have sailed through had they done their homework.

We're still paying the price for that hubris, Kennedy was the one who gave us gay marriage.

Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:44 PM (RzCu+)

151 It's hot. Mmm... I'd like to go eat po'boys and x-ray your pinky.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 02:44 PM (pMGkg)

152 Maybe Twitter is actually doing every conservative a favor by burning their tweets.

I was on the fence a while about Twitter, but those guys losing their verified status? Good bye. And really I don't miss it at all. I used Twitter as a parking place for the internet for me, a site that didn't beep at me or take up much bandwidth to sit at while I did other stuff.

No more. I'm not deleting my account because I don't want someone else to start posting with that name. But I'm gonna post one last ad for my books as a sticky and that's it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:44 PM (39g3+)

153 The opinions of Dems are like the Koran; the newest one overrules the others, and you are a horrible heathen person for bringing up outdated doctrine.

Time for a Borking! If the GOP has the guts to do it. (So probably not.)

Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 02:45 PM (hvf9s)

154 We're still paying the price for that hubris, Kennedy was the one who gave us gay marriage.
Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:44 PM (RzCu+

Harry Reid and Barack Hussein Obama let Bush 2 judicial nominees languish for 4 years without a vote. If McConnell only had a spine and a PR agent.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2016 02:45 PM (voOPb)

155 I read at American Thinker that the dems changed law in 1960 that presidents can't nominate SCOTUS Justices during an election year.

S.RES. 334. But that was really about recess appointments, not just in an election year.

http://is.gd/U3hx0m

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:45 PM (evdj2)

156 does it bother any of the all in for trump people that he doesn't finish a thought or a sentence? he is always interrupting himself....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:46 PM (0O7c5)

157 I've never tweeted or been on Twitter for any reason

if it dies and goes away, I wouldn't notice

much less care

Posted by: Feh at February 22, 2016 02:46 PM (8Vn+p)

158 Bork was an odd duck

He was THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar. THE.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:47 PM (evdj2)

159 Joe is what happens when you drink Detroit rainwater out of lead pant cans in your childhood years.

Posted by: Crom's Dirty Underpants at February 22, 2016 02:47 PM (H3ifI)

160 How does this asshole keep being able to post

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (mw8Dm)

161 @119 Her Phd is in Educational Leadership. Not in English.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (xq1UY)

162 What hasn't the ball-less Turtle led Republican Senate folded on since 2008?

I'll be back next week when you find an answer.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (GGCsk)

163 does it bother any of the all in for trump people that he doesn't finish a thought or a sentence? he is always interrupting himself....

Not using him for his brains.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (uURQL)

164 "He was speaking earlier in the year, but he also wanted the process terminated - aborted, if you will -earlier in the gestation process as well."

I love it -- a pro-life message can be found anywhere ;-)

Posted by: Cory at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (lH3eW)

165 Took me forever to find this political cartoon on the Clarence Thomas hearings. But find it I did on my blog.

Dead center before Justice Thomas is Joey Bidet who is flanked by that Lion of the Senate Ted 'The Swimmer' Kennedy.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hc5oqu3

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (7Glk0)

166 Bork was an odd duck

He was THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar. THE.
Posted by: Grump928(c)


Still, that beard

Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (RzCu+)

167 they screwed over Bork big time

he was apparently also a really gifted teacher

so some clerks tell me

Posted by: Feh at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (8Vn+p)

168 http://tinyurl.com/jtt42r7

1960 dem Resolution.

Posted by: Carol at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (sj3Ax)

169
He was THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar. THE.
Which is why he had to be torpedoed.
So, yeah, they play for keeps and we play nice.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (JTwsP)

170 *paint

Posted by: Crom's Dirty Underpants at February 22, 2016 02:49 PM (H3ifI)

171 Educational leadership? Is that like being the school union rep

Posted by: ThunderB at February 22, 2016 02:49 PM (zOTsN)

172 does it bother any of the all in for trump people
that he doesn't finish a thought or a sentence? he is always
interrupting himself....


Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:46 PM (0O7c5)


That is kinda disconcerting isn't it.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 02:49 PM (OrI3J)

173 does it bother any of the all in for trump people that he doesn't finish a thought or a sentence? he is always interrupting himself....


Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:46 PM (0O7c5)

What do you mean why just yesterday

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 22, 2016 02:49 PM (QPdNE)

174 ADHD symptom

just sayin

Posted by: Feh at February 22, 2016 02:49 PM (8Vn+p)

175 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:44 PM (39g3+)

Have you looked at MeWe ? A bunch of libertarian goodreaders are signing up for it. I might too.

Posted by: @votermom at February 22, 2016 02:49 PM (cbfNE)

176 Still, that beard


Heh. Fucking Heflin. At least I have the comfort of knowing he's sharing a threeway with Teddy and the Barbed Cock.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 02:50 PM (evdj2)

177 Time for a Borking! If the GOP has the guts to do it. (So probably not.)
Posted by: LizLem


Republicans? Guts? Surely you can't be serious.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 22, 2016 02:52 PM (FkBIv)

178
"does it bother any of the all in for trump people that he doesn't finish a thought or a sentence? he is always interrupting himself...."

I'm sorry, could you finish the thought? Just Kidding!

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 02:52 PM (JTwsP)

179 "The only spin possible is that Joey Bidez..."

is a high-functioning retard that no one should take seriously?

Posted by: Grimaldi at February 22, 2016 02:52 PM (DoTTH)

180 There was a reason so many credit card companies set up shop in Delaware. They all thought, 'we can roll the consumer, stick it directly up their butts, and this moron won't have a clue'.
Posted by: mega machines at February 22, 2016 02:39 PM (fbovC)

Well, that and banking laws that would shame a loan shark.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 22, 2016 02:52 PM (RD7QR)

181 "THE OCCULTATION BEGINS!"

if only you were amusing

Posted by: Feh at February 22, 2016 02:52 PM (8Vn+p)

182 Repeated from an earlier thread, cuz relevance -


Lifted from a quote at Insty, by a Beltway legal type, about Scalia's "legacy" at SCOTUS:


"He made the Supreme Court a more rigorous place - more precisely, he required the court and litigants to focus on the actual meaning of the Constitution and the statutes before the court."



Just savor that - it requires an extraordinary figure to pressure the court to ...... do its only job, within its actual authority, with some intelligence and integrity. Unsuccessfully (now knock on Scalia, obviously).


"Rule of law." Right.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 22, 2016 02:53 PM (QDnY+)

183 Trump has an onion tied to his belt, you say?

Posted by: Tilikum KAW Assholier Than Thou at February 22, 2016 02:53 PM (m3iiU)

184 Oh my. Some caller on Rush is claiming United Airlines person pulled his wife from boarding a flight because they overheard her calling Hillary a b****.

If true, hope they sue the daylights out of them.

Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 02:54 PM (hvf9s)

185 Newwwwppppppe!
Not a medical doctor. A Phd in English.


You mean Jill isn't a real doctor????

THAT BITCH HAS BEEN MAKING ME CALL HER DOCTOR EVER SINCE WE FIRST MET AND SHE'S NOT AN ACTUAL DOCTOR???!?!?

Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 02:55 PM (AqEbb)

186 "NO knock on Scalia, obviously"

Posted by: rhomboid at February 22, 2016 02:55 PM (QDnY+)

187 United Airlines you say? Bowlderdash! That fine organization is nothing but customer service first.

Posted by: I have a closed head injury from when the unsecured overheads popped open and dumped luggage on me. at February 22, 2016 02:56 PM (JTwsP)

188 @184 They probably broke her guitar, too.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 22, 2016 02:56 PM (xq1UY)

189 Nobody here should be on Twitter any longer. None of you. Leave it now, and don't look back.

I'll take a look at MeWe, I signed up for Ello but I can't figure it out.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:57 PM (39g3+)

190 Republicans? Guts? Surely you can't be serious.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 22, 2016 02:52 PM (FkBIv)

Well that's why I added the probably not aside at the end. And don't call me Shirley!

Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 02:57 PM (hvf9s)

191 161 @119 Her Phd is in Educational Leadership
---------------------------------------------------

Jill doesn't have a PhD.

Posted by: MTF at February 22, 2016 02:57 PM (TxJGV)

192 >>THAT BITCH HAS BEEN MAKING ME CALL HER DOCTOR EVER SINCE WE FIRST MET AND SHE'S NOT AN ACTUAL DOCTOR???!?!?
Posted by: Pedo Joey B

You dumb shit. You thought all those vegetables I stuck up your ass were part of a medical treatment.

Posted by: Jill Biden at February 22, 2016 02:58 PM (c7vUv)

193 If the Left cannot be held to our standards of behavior, neither should they be granted our standards of treatment.

...why yes, this is the exact same rule I apply to certain other hegemonic invasive cultures.

...why yes, I do believe this is a better idea than this suicidal hypertolerance feldergarb.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at February 22, 2016 02:58 PM (9krrF)

194 156 does it bother any of the all in for trump people that he doesn't finish a thought or a sentence? he is always interrupting himself....
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 02:46 PM (0O7c5)

I do that too, and I'm not proud of it. My son who's read up on it says it's a sign of ADD. Who knows?

This morning I read an interview with Trump in which at times came off like one of his Miss Teen USA girls answering a pageant question.

Posted by: stace at February 22, 2016 02:59 PM (ozZau)

195 He was THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar. THE.


THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar said the Amendment IX was a meaningless ink blot, or more precisely that the ink blot could only be interpreted by a mind such as his own.

Yeah, fuck that. Also the Saturday Night Massacre.

The Borking changed out polity for the worse, there's no question about that, but I won't defend Bork the man.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 02:59 PM (1xUj/)

196 Is this a seat? That's a pancake.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 03:01 PM (zxnPQ)

197 C'mon - Beardo the Weirdo had one of the best titles for any book EVAH!

Slouching Towards Gomorrah - top that!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 22, 2016 03:01 PM (lutOX)

198 189
Nobody here should be on Twitter any longer. None of you. Leave it now, and don't look back.



I'll take a look at MeWe, I signed up for Ello but I can't figure it out.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 02:57 PM (39g3+)
ok dad......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 03:01 PM (0O7c5)

199 Watching all three seasons of House of Cards again before season 4 comes out on March 4th. Amazing how prescient much of it is.

Posted by: Soona at February 22, 2016 03:01 PM (Fmupd)

200 THE preeminent Constitutional Scholar said the Amendment IX was a meaningless ink blot, or more precisely that the ink blot could only be interpreted by a mind such as his own.

Yeah, fuck that. Also the Saturday Night Massacre.

The Borking changed out polity for the worse, there's no question about that, but I won't defend Bork the man.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016

I'm curious as to the context of his comments on Title IX. Given what's been happening, it IS a menaingless blob and a bureacrats' delight

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 22, 2016 03:02 PM (326rv)

201 I can also fart on command.

Posted by: Joey, Joey, Joey -What? What? What? at February 22, 2016 03:02 PM (AA6QE)

202 And we're going back to Trump, I see. Rent free, I tell you.

Posted by: kraken at February 22, 2016 03:03 PM (sdxPm)

203
Twitter is the up twinkles and down twinkles of the internet.
Its positional warfare. At the occupoop crowds they put the firebreathers in the first 3 rows and those behind raise their up twinkles too because they think everyone else is doing it. No one sees the votes behind them.
Its a ploy to garner conformity buy using position to imply a greater uniformity of opinion.Like push polling.Main stream media. Its been going on for years, and now that the media is dead they are looking for a way toput the bitback into the horse's mouth.
Twitter has market penetration and is now moving to put their true believers in the front rows. Nobody looks behind them to see the people in the back row with their down twinkles. . .

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:03 PM (JTwsP)

204 I won't defend Bork the man.

Have you been asked to?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:03 PM (evdj2)

205 Obama will nominate a leftist, the GOPe Senate will confirm, and then the GOPe will campaign on the need to restore balance to the SCOTUS.

Posted by: davidt at February 22, 2016 03:03 PM (8aOqE)

206 I just think of a Justice Bork sitting in the seat currently occupied by Justice Kennedy and get depressed over what could have been.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat label at February 22, 2016 03:04 PM (PFy0L)

207 You dumb shit. You thought all those vegetables I stuck up your ass were part of a medical treatment.

it wasn't?

It sure made me feel better....

Posted by: Pedo Joey B at February 22, 2016 03:04 PM (AqEbb)

208
Trump! Trump! Trump! It's always Trump! on HotTrump. 24/7. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 22, 2016 03:04 PM (iQIUe)

209 The Powerball cash jackpot for Wednesday is $156 million.

Ginger Island is still for sale.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:05 PM (7Glk0)

210 If the Left cannot be held to our standards of behavior, neither should they be granted our standards of treatment.

The code of the gentleman always treated people who demonstrated they were without honor very differently than those who were honorable.

ok dad......

Don't you roll your eyes at me, young lady!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:05 PM (39g3+)

211 US sends 5,000 tons of ammunition to Germany 'to help NATO alliance'


Now THAT is an arsenal MSM

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:06 PM (/D5Lf)

212 I guess, like Obama, Biden has become more flexible after the election!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 22, 2016 03:06 PM (wYnyS)

213 Posted by: Soona at February 22, 2016 03:01 PM (Fmupd)

I remember watching season 3 for the first time and hearing Underwood making his case for welfare reform to his staff, and being shocked that they actually made a cogent case for rolling back some of the Federal Government.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 22, 2016 03:06 PM (34w2E)

214 197 C'mon - Beardo the Weirdo had one of the best titles for any book EVAH!

Slouching Towards Gomorrah - top that!
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 22, 2016 03:01 PM (lutOX)


---------------------


Just wait until you read my book, Twerking With Gonnorhea.

Posted by: Little Joey Biden at February 22, 2016 03:06 PM (Fmupd)

215 Of course Obama will nominate. His narcissim demands it. The odds of that nominee being confirmed.... fairly high all things considered.

Posted by: kraken at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (sdxPm)

216 Don't you roll your eyes at me, young lady!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:05 PM (39g3+)
you never let us do anything fun!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (0O7c5)

217 Bitchin' TransAm: My Whitehouse Years.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (evdj2)

218 Little bit off topic...

We all know about the R.S.McCain twitter goat fcuk.

But someone was saying over at Insty's place that Adam Baldwin is now being screwed with as well.
I don't know much about twitter, but I can only find a single tweet from him listed at his twitter homepage, or whatever it's called.

Can someone take a look and tell me what they think, is he being screwed with?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (ptqRm)

219 I won't defend Bork the man.
Have you been asked to?
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:03 PM (evdj2)

This is the #1 qualification for being elected (or in this case appointed) to higher office now, hadn't you heard?

If you're not a good person, I mean unanimously or at least largely considered a good person (according, of course, to more or occasionally less liberal-leaning criteria) then you're just not qualified to lead.

You'd just be a disaster. And we can't have a disaster in the WHITE HOUSE now can we?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (xuouz)

220 I'll get a couple of the girls... give us some back door relief. It's not good, but it's tight.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (pMGkg)

221 Still, that beard
Posted by: Lever Action at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (RzCu+)

I hate that sort of beard. Not a big fan of beards anyway, but, if you are going to grow a beard, don't do that stupid little fringe around your jawline. If you must do the silly fringe, grow a mustache to go with it, that way, it's no longer just a silly little fringe.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:08 PM (kXoT0)

222 "I've never tweeted or been on Twitter for any reason "


Had a Twitter account for a very short while. It got hijacked by some Turkish dude and even though I suspended and let Twitter know in just a few days he'd somehow gotten back into it and was using it again. So, gave up.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 22, 2016 03:08 PM (LA7Cm)

223 I just think its so strange that these social media sites pretty much all suicide after a certain point. I remember when ICQ was the hottest place ever to be, until they loaded the program up with so much worthless crap it didn't work and people just... left. Twitter is doing the same thing to its self. MySpace turned into pedo central and people bailed on it. Its like these guys that run companies are retarded.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (39g3+)

224 Nobody here should be on Twitter any longer. None of you. Leave it now, and don't look back.

Larry Correia just discovered that Twitter has been shadowbanning him for wrongthink.

Posted by: cool breeze at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (ckvus)

225 Jill has something called a "Doctor of Education" degree, which doesn't require any original scholarship and can be had part-time or even on-line. It's really sort of a professional certification for public school salary enhancement.

Many schools stopped granting the "Doctor of Education" degree at one point or another, because it was so controversial a title, but I don't know what Delaware did.

Posted by: MTF at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (TxJGV)

226 I used to be on Twitter and had close to a 1,000 followers at one point. Then one day the novelty wore off and my tweets became very rare. A year and a half ago deleted my account and don't miss it one bit. I'm tempted at times to delete my Facebook but I always soften and don't go through with it. Giving it up for Lent now, at least trying to.

Posted by: Serenity Now! at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (BDZWU)

227
Milo, McCain, Baldwin, just tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (JTwsP)

228 I deacitived my Twitface account this past weekend. Tens of followers hardest hit.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (evdj2)

229 >>> Nobody here should be on Twitter any longer. None of you. Leave it now, and don't look back.


Larry Correia just announced that he has been shadowbanned on Twitter. As has Adam Baldwin.

And Tim Tebow??? You are going to ban a man famous for his help to cancer kids because what, he's an outspoken Christian? I cannot imagine him posting anything hateful.

Twitter needs to stop their vindictive Orwellian panel before it kills the entire site. They won't, because they are idiots. What a horrible business model.

Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (hvf9s)

230 Had a Twitter account for a very short while. It got hijacked by some Turkish dude and even though I suspended and let Twitter know in just a few days he'd somehow gotten back into it and was using it again. So, gave up.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 22, 2016 03:08 PM (LA7Cm)

That bastard. And now those tricky ottomans have the gall to demand NATO stand with them.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (xuouz)

231 BTW, that recess appointment rule put in place in 1960 was to thwart Eisenhower. All the little quirks in place to control a SCOTUS appointment are Dim machinations. I would love to see the Dims get hoisted on their own petards, but, I do not plan to hold my breath waiting for it.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (kXoT0)

232 I just think of a Justice Bork sitting in the seat currently occupied by Justice Kennedy and get depressed over what could have been.

You wanna get depressed? Think about Justice Bork sitting with an alternate univerise Justice Souter and maybe even an alternate universe O'Connor.

Think about what the last 20 years would have been likr if that happened.

Just think about how many of our problems stem from not getting that right.

Posted by: AD at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (EvE3G)

233 it really doesn't matter. it's a tax as John Roberts says. Obumbo can't fuck it up any worse. As my wife says, voting doesn't count for shit.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (ucDmr)

234 I remember watching season 3 for the first time and hearing Underwood making his case for welfare reform to his staff, and being shocked that they actually made a cogent case for rolling back some of the Federal Government.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 22, 2016 03:06 PM (34w2E)


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I know. And they're democrats, which immediately makes it unbelievable. What's Underwood's solution? Another government solution. Now THAT was believable

Posted by: Soona at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (Fmupd)

235 But someone was saying over at Insty's place that Adam Baldwin is now being screwed with as well.

I don't know much about twitter, but I can only find a single tweet
from him listed at his twitter homepage, or whatever it's called.



Can someone take a look and tell me what they think, is he being screwed with?


I just checked - he has a tweet from 3 hours ago expressing solidarity with McCain, but that's the only tweet I'm seeing on his timeline.

And he's been quite prolific on Twitter. Very odd. I'm thinking yes, he's being screwed with.

This is night of the long knives shit.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat label at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (PFy0L)

236 The West has become too kind and civilized when it comes to warfare. More so than is stipulated in the post-WWII Hague Convention.

Under the Hague Convention, it is perfectly legal for a belligerent to destroy places of worship or of cultural significance if they are used to store munitions or to launch attacks.

But we never did that in Iraq. Even as mosques were used for both purposes.

If no one fears you or the consequences, then why should they respect you?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:10 PM (7Glk0)

237 Can someone take a look and tell me what they think, is he being screwed with?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2016 03:07 PM (ptqRm)

Probably is being screwed with. I see the one tweet in support of Stacy and nothing else.

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:11 PM (/D5Lf)

238 Congress could get ahead of Obama and pass a resolution where whoever
Obama nominates, unless they then vote to oppose by a two-thirds
majority, it is an automatic confirmation.
----

hahahahaha.

why would they do that?

we have a one party system.

the R wing of the D party will do NOTHING to obstruct their lord and master O.

Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at February 22, 2016 03:11 PM (7FH+T)

239 "Milo, McCain, Baldwin, just tip of the iceberg."

And someone just mentioned Larry Coreia as well

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2016 03:11 PM (ptqRm)

240 I'd bail on Facebook because Zuckerman is scum but its the only way I have of keeping in contact with lots of family members scattered across the country. And it has had a direct, traceable benefit to my book sales, where Twitter I couldn't see any.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:11 PM (39g3+)

241 President hillary clinton will nominate wendy davis with senate that will be democrat and wave the philbuster rule like they did for lower judges.

Posted by: ms davis at February 22, 2016 03:12 PM (23qK/)

242
So there is a tort called intentional interference with business relationship.
Corriea has a cause of action since he does a lot of book publicity etc via Twitter.
Somebody should try and circle up a class action and have a go at these people. File the case in Utah. Get yourself a panel of Mormons.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:12 PM (JTwsP)

243 Larry Correia just discovered that Twitter has been shadowbanning him for wrongthink.
Posted by: cool breeze at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (ckvus)

Yes, his gun wrongthink and his Sad Puppies wrongthink are just too much wrongthink to allow him to Tweet.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:12 PM (kXoT0)

244 If you have Netflix I would suggest watching the Average Britain version of House of Cards.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:12 PM (CbGSW)

245 re: Twitter and what is going on. Thought of a cool word that I guess could be used for other things.

Twitdafaust

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:13 PM (7Glk0)

246 Twitter has NUKED @AdamBaldwin's account. Only a single tweet remains.
----

So yep.

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:13 PM (/D5Lf)

247 I fear Biden more in the general than Hillary, especially if against a Rubio. Biden has a reptilian mind. Look what he did to Paul Ryan.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 22, 2016 03:13 PM (r1fLd)

248
Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?
Posted by: tdarrington at February 22, 2016 02:32 PM (dnWSK)
..........................

The only doctor in the neighborhood accepting ObamaCare.

Posted by: wth at February 22, 2016 03:14 PM (HgMAr)

249 How soon till the head Ewok gets's de-twitterfied for his wrong think tendencies?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2016 03:14 PM (ptqRm)

250 And someone just mentioned Larry Coreia as well

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2016 03:11 PM (ptqRm)

Tweets are there (some) so shadowbanned.

He is quitting twitter

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:14 PM (/D5Lf)

251 So its only a matter of time before Twitter screws with Ace . . .

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:14 PM (JTwsP)

252 So twitter is now moving to Daily Kos demographic. Enjoy the echo chamber twits.

Posted by: kraken at February 22, 2016 03:15 PM (sdxPm)

253 Look what he did to Paul Ryan.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 22, 2016 03:13 PM (r1fLd)



Joey showed Ryan the "pictures" while they were in the green room just before the debate!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 22, 2016 03:15 PM (wYnyS)

254 The thing is, conservatives pretty much dominated twitter. Once they all leave and Twitter suffers from the publicity and word of mouth, how much business will they really have? Almost all young people left twitter years ago. Do they really want yet another small leftist echo chamber?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:15 PM (39g3+)

255 I just think its so strange that these social media sites pretty much all suicide after a certain point. I remember when ICQ was the hottest place ever to be, until they loaded the program up with so much worthless crap it didn't work and people just... left. Twitter is doing the same thing to its self. MySpace turned into pedo central and people bailed on it. Its like these guys that run companies are retarded.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (39g3+)


Have you read SJWs Always Lie? It points out the principle of Social Justice convergence, where when the SJWs infiltrate an organization and repurpose it to doing Social Justice, the organization loses its ability to do its original mission.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:15 PM (uURQL)

256 So its only a matter of time before Twitter screws with Ace . . .

Or David Burge.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat label at February 22, 2016 03:15 PM (PFy0L)

257
Do you know what they call a med student who graduates at the bottom of his class?


The medicine talking dude at Pro Med.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (CbGSW)

258 Twitter needs to stop their vindictive Orwellian panel before it kills the entire site. They won't, because they are idiots. What a horrible business model.
Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (hvf9s)

The Twitter Twats would rather be admired by the rest of the Silicon Valley Socialists than to run their business in a sane and rational manner. If your business is speech, then restricting and restraining wrongthink speech is a chump move.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (kXoT0)

259 Attention all Moron writers.

https://www.masterclass.com/co-author

James Patterson is going to select one of his students to be the co-author to one of his books.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (7Glk0)

260 Does shadow banning send all their tweets to this darknet I keep hearing about on TV cop/investigator shows?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (XtAzU)

261 246 Twitter has NUKED @AdamBaldwin's account. Only a single tweet remains.
----

So yep.
Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:13 PM (/D5Lf)

Wow. I didn't know that. He's a solid conservative but not a bomb thrower. There's NO excuse for that (not that there is for the others, either.)

Posted by: stace at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (ozZau)

262 "So its only a matter of time before Twitter screws with Ace . . ."

That's gonna be a rough day here at the old HQ, when that happens.

Twitter is that one slut that Ace just can't quit.

The breakup is gonna be epic.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (ptqRm)

263 Slouching Towards Gomorrah - top that!

Just wait until you read my book, Twerking With Gonnorhea.


Or mine: "Slashing Toward Gamera"

Posted by: Godzilla at February 22, 2016 03:16 PM (z4pSV)

264 The IDF is rethinking its policy regarding letting soldiers take their guns with them when they go on leave - it took a tragedy for this to happen, however.

First Sergeant Tuvia Yanai Weissman, a combat soldier from the Nahal Brigade, was forbidden by his commanders to take his gun with him when he went on leave. He happened to be shopping at the Rami Levi supermarket in Sha'ar Binyamin last Thursday when terrorists went on a rampage with knives, and was stabbed to death.

Nahal Brigade Commander Col. Amos Hacohen gave orders Monday to conduct an inquiry following complaints by soldiers that their commanders refuse to let them take their weapons with them when they go on leave.

The complaints have become more forceful in the past few days, after it became clear that if First Sergeant Weissman had been allowed to take his gun with him, he probably could have shot the terrorists who murdered him.


Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 22, 2016 03:17 PM (mw8Dm)

265 Do they really want yet another small leftist echo chamber?

Yes.

Which is why we need new non-SJW systems.

Brave is a good starting point in the browser realm, and I hope we see more projects get on the ground this year.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:17 PM (uURQL)

266 If my gaydar while hearing them interviewed by Stern was working I think the Twitter creators are gay. Is that well known fact already?

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 03:18 PM (nS+hx)

267 So if I'm popping candy from loose women.... That can make someone tired. Like jumping in Cindy's fun barrel.

Posted by: Joey B. at February 22, 2016 03:18 PM (pMGkg)

268 I still can't believe that anybody thinks voting matters. They are all the same. Fuck em all

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2016 03:18 PM (ucDmr)

269 I am sure that Ace has already been shadowbanned, I never saw his tweets unless someone else reposts them or I go to his feed.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:18 PM (39g3+)

270 In fact, I just peeked in on Iowahawk - his twitter feed has had zero new tweets for the past two days.

Some really weird shit is happening.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat label at February 22, 2016 03:19 PM (PFy0L)

271 Once they all leave and Twitter suffers from the publicity and word of mouth, how much business will they really have?

I'm willing to bet there are thousands of ISIS accounts left unmolested by their thought police.

Posted by: cool breeze at February 22, 2016 03:19 PM (ckvus)

272
I am sure that Ace has already been shadowbanned, I never saw his tweets unless someone else reposts them or I go to his feed.
Hmmm. That's probably not going to end well.
Rocking self in corner of darkened room, jumbo bag of skittles and six pack of mountain dew . . .

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:20 PM (JTwsP)

273 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

Posted by: kraken at February 22, 2016 03:21 PM (sdxPm)

274 twitter: facefraud junior without the hipster ripoff artist. enjoy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2016 03:21 PM (ucDmr)

275 And I'm out of Twitter. @DStomper has tweeted its last. A shame...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at February 22, 2016 03:21 PM (9krrF)

276 I can see why people like Chistopher Taylor and Ace would have a need to post on Twitter.

But someone like me who has no need to promote their thing they do? I'm glad I never wasted a second on it. Twitchy is about as close as I got.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:21 PM (CbGSW)

277
Nice to know that when I referenced Twitter as "Twatter" all this time......I was right on the fucking money.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 22, 2016 03:22 PM (S7qKa)

278 I'm curious as to the context of his comments on Title IX. Given what's been happening, it IS a menaingless blob and a bureacrats' delight


I'm not finding good enough links. For fairness, here's Ramesh defending Bork:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/336142/judge-borks-ink-blot-ramesh-ponnuru

Here are two book excerpts addressing it:

http://bit.ly/21lGi0u


http://bit.ly/20QZiSq

It came from his confirmation hearings. Under questioning from Sen. DeConcini he said that he wasn't sure what Amendment IX meant and that it shouldn't be up to a judge to rule on things he couldn't understand. Basically, in effect, he was arguing against emanations and penumbras and Roe.

I haven't found the link, but I do recall him saying that the evaluation of what's under the ink blot is reserved for great minds like his.

Here's the text of IX: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

Now, the debate back in the day went something like this.

A: You know, if we write down a list of rights people will think that's all there are.

B: No, no, everyone knows that the rights come from the Creator, we just have to make sure that the government really doesn't mess with some big ones -- speech, guns, quartering of soldiers.

A: OK, but can we have a catch-all that says there are more rights?

B: Better, we'll do one (IX) that says there are more rights, and another (X) that says anything we didn't specifically ascribe to the federal government is reserved to the states and the people.

A: Well, great! There's no way our successors could fuck that up!





Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 03:22 PM (1xUj/)

279 Twitter is a dumb name, you just need something memorable and unique. It doesn't matter how retarded it is, because once it becomes familiar and accepted nobody notices. Getting too cute or clever can even hurt you by branding it before people get to know it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:22 PM (39g3+)

280 They should rename Twitter, Propagander.

What a disgrace. Yeah they support "free-speech", defined as "speech" they agree with.

Look at their 5 month price on the NYSE. It's sinking like a turd.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 22, 2016 03:22 PM (GGCsk)

281 Didn't ace quit twitter?

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (YqcVw)

282 -
273 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

Posted by: kraken at February 22, 2016 03:21 PM
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kibbitz

Posted by: irright at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (zxnPQ)

283 Also, since we're re-naming things to reflect accuracy, Reason should be re-named Rationalize.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (CbGSW)

284 It points out the principle of Social Justice convergence, where when the SJWs infiltrate an organization and repurpose it to doing Social Justice, the organization loses its ability to do its original mission.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:15 PM (uURQL)

It's why I uninstalled Mozilla. It's why I deleted my unused Twitter account.

A business like Mozilla, Twitter, Facebook should be politically neutral.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (kXoT0)

285
Yeah, but the people who cant quit twitter and who aren't the thought leaders will still be there-- not quite sure why the experience has changed . . .
It's like our Country has been taken over by soulless aliens out to mind control the populace becausemind control ismore efficient and cheaper than freeze rays.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (JTwsP)

286 Twitter needs to stop their vindictive Orwellian panel before it kills the entire site. They won't, because they are idiots. What a horrible business model.

Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 03:09 PM (hvf9s)


They need to continue what they're doing until they run themselves out of business, publicly and violently, with considerable loss of investment, so that the next company approached by a gang of SJWs looking to take over their PR can say "Well, thanks but no thanks, we decided we'd rather stay in business."

I only regret that I have no twit account to close.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 22, 2016 03:24 PM (bLnSU)

287
They need to continue what they're doing until they run themselves out of business, publicly and violently, with considerable loss of investment, so that the next company approached by a gang of SJWs looking to take over their PR can say "Well, thanks but no thanks, we decided we'd rather stay in business."

I only regret that I have no twit account to close.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 22, 2016 03:24 PM (bLnSU)







This.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (S7qKa)

288 I suppose I should cancel my twitter account but I don't recall my password. I wanted to follow Ace and a few other funny folks but not get distracted at work and I could never follow the flow when I went to the website 1x a day or so.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (dkExz)

289 So I'm hanging on to Twitter - namely to spam block and report every single promoted tweet that shows up on my timeline.

It's a very small thing. But it's something.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat label at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (PFy0L)

290 I think Bork's point about the 9th amendment is that its so vague and unspecific that its not really very useful for a judge in many ways and is something judges need to be very cautious using or ruling on.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (39g3+)

291 Calling Hitlery a b**** is an insult to female dogs.

Posted by: Geoffrey at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (LoRcb)

292
A business like Mozilla, Twitter, Facebook should be politically neutral.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (kXoT0)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
YEAH! Neutral like CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, NYT, TWP, and FOX.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (CbGSW)

293 It's actually pretty amazing to watch a company like twitter commit suicide.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (/tuJf)

294 Merovign, unfortunately the idiots who run a business into the ground seem to never suffer the monetary consequences of not having a pot to pee in. Thus the lesson goes unlearned.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:26 PM (7Glk0)

295 - not quite sure why the experience has changed . . .


Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (JTwsP)


They gave Anita Sarkeesian the keys

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:27 PM (mEZce)

296 It's like our Country has been taken over by soulless aliens out to mind control the populace becausemind control ismore efficient and cheaper than freeze rays.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (JTwsP)


Damit, they figured it out!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 22, 2016 03:27 PM (bLnSU)

297 Twitter stock was going for $50 last feb down to $18 today.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (XtAzU)

298 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

-
Kvetcher

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (e05Hb)

299 Twitter needs to stop their vindictive Orwellian panel before it kills the entire site. They won't, because they are idiots. What a horrible business model.

Its really amazing to me that they were so incredibly stupid to do this to begin with. What, exactly, did they think creating this censorship team of radical leftist harpies was going to do to help their company? Their board needs to give this CEO the boot along with this idiotic team of feminazis, before their stock price drops below Woolworth's

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (39g3+)

300 55 ---".... I'm curious to see what the impact is on the presidential election. Will it reinforce Trump? Will more republican voters stay home out of exasperation?"

Posted by: Our Country Is Screwed at February 22, 2016 02:26 PM (jxbfJ)
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If they confirm Obama's pick, I think it will cause many conservatives to stay home on election day. This is particularly true of the nose-grabbers, the ones who dislike the R nominee but would vote for him just to avoid letting Hillary appoint the usual leftist psycho.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (T/5A0)

301 I suppose I should cancel my twitter account but I don't recall my password. Posted by: PaleRider at February 22, 2016 03:25 PM (dkExz)

I didn't remember mine either, but, they sent me a reset link. I reset the password and then deactivated the account. Easy peasy.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (kXoT0)

302 Twitter is a dumb name

I think it's a perfect name, considering all the twits that are on it and run it.

Posted by: db at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (z4pSV)

303 If anyone ever watched They Live and Network, it was figured out long ago... mind control via idiot boxes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (7Glk0)

304 What, exactly, did they think creating this censorship team of radical leftist harpies was going to do to help their company?

Censoring badthink is its own reward.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (uURQL)

305
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of shareholder value, look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Posted by: Anita Sarkeesian, incoherently mixing literary metaphors at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (S7qKa)

306 ace still shows up in my timeline.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 03:29 PM (0O7c5)

307 Paraphrasing many here ...

... Twitter's house, Twitter's rules.

I, for one, have no sympathy for the Ewok. As a matter of fact, I appreciate the irony.

Posted by: Irony at February 22, 2016 03:30 PM (BHaRb)

308 It's actually pretty amazing to watch a company like twitter commit suicide.

So suddenly, and without any warning or preface. They were HUGE and now? Isn't it Fallon that has celebrities reading mean tweets? Bet that's gone within a year.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:30 PM (39g3+)

309 I don't know how Twitter makes money besides selling stock in Twitter.

I suspect, knowing absolutely nothing about it, they either sell ad space or gather up peoples meta data and sell that because Twitter is free, so the users are the actual product. Like Facebook.

Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:30 PM (CbGSW)

310 We keep forgetting (because it is counter to our nature) that Left/Liberal/Progressives have absolutely no devotion to, or respect for, character, integrity, or morality. They care about only one thing, winning , and the derivative exercise of power.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2016 03:31 PM (RrDm2)

311 Need some help here. What's that section in the Constitution that talks about the Conscience Lobotomy requirements for reps and Senators again?

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at February 22, 2016 03:31 PM (HKJwz)

312 "I'd bail on Facebook because Zuckerman is scum but its the only way I
have of keeping in contact with lots of family members scattered across
the country."

I somehow managed to stay in contact with my own widely scattered family before Farcebook, and in fact before the Internet. I should write a how-to book.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 22, 2016 03:32 PM (noWW6)

313 If anyone ever watched They Live

-
I came to ban bad mindthought and to chew gum and I'm all out of gum.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:32 PM (e05Hb)

314 cruz has asked for rick tyler's resignation

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 03:32 PM (0O7c5)

315 This is particularly true of the nose-grabbers, the ones who dislike the R nominee but would vote for him just to avoid letting Hillary appoint the usual leftist psycho

I'd like to believe that they know and understand this, but I wonder. They seem so utterly out of touch and completely blind to their own nation. Do they really understand that the only last gasp they possibly have is the "don't let them pick a supreme court justice" card? If they let Obama stack the court 5-3-Kennedy, then it doesn't even matter who wins the presidency on that basis.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:32 PM (39g3+)

316 now get rid of beck

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at February 22, 2016 03:32 PM (0O7c5)

317 Is it wrong for me to hope that what's happening to Twitter will soon happen to Facebook? Then I would have a great reason to get rid of it. Losing touch with friends and family keeps me from deleting it. And the fact that they don't send high school reunion invitations through the mail anymore. All through Facebook now.

Posted by: Serenity Now! at February 22, 2016 03:33 PM (BDZWU)

318 I don't know how Twitter makes money besides selling stock in Twitter.

All of social media has a questionable business model.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:33 PM (uURQL)

319 313 If anyone ever watched They Live

-
I came to ban bad mindthought and to chew gum and I'm all out of gum.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:32 PM (e05Hb)
***
Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Amsoc,
Think in Newspeak.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at February 22, 2016 03:33 PM (lutOX)

320
309 and yes. It is also intended as a tool to replace the consensus building MSM because nobody watches TV anymore.
People who have followers get paid to tweet. They tweet product placements.
Its advertising via word of mouth which has been impossible prior to computers. A product testimonial from someone you like is the holy grail of advertising.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:33 PM (JTwsP)

321 298 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.
____________________

Twatter.

Posted by: Hillary and Huma at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (YqcVw)

322 I, for one, have no sympathy for the Ewok. As a matter of fact, I appreciate the irony.


What's the irony? I guess I missed it.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (evdj2)

323 And what does it say about a business model that allows people to create and sell thousands of fake followers by people who are not part of the company?

So the meta data they sell is crap.


Posted by: CozMark at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (CbGSW)

324 298 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

-
Kvetcher

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (e05Hb)


Schtupper.

Posted by: Big McLargehuge Mk I at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (u9OP6)

325 Its really amazing to me that they were so incredibly stupid to do this to begin with. What, exactly, did they think creating this censorship team of radical leftist harpies was going to do to help their company? Their board needs to give this CEO the boot along with this idiotic team of feminazis, before their stock price drops below Woolworth's
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (39g3+)

Those of us who are rational do not understand the SJW universe. One of the many reasons that I retired was the increasingly bizarre and insulting diversity training required. Training that had to be passed by giving the correct answer on a mandatory test. Then a form had to be signed stating that I agreed to follow the precepts outlined in the training or be subject to immediate termination.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (kXoT0)

326 What? Are we supposed to be shocked, shocked, I tell you, that politicians are a bunch of lying hypocrites?

Posted by: kimoloka at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (Ra8VF)

327 I can never miss what I've never had.

Ace should join Periscope. I might sign up for that if he did. He can film himself making pancakes while discussing the finer points of political discourse.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (nS+hx)

328 Grumpy, it is conflating Ace's ban-hammer for being obnoxious arses with Twitter banning incorrect thought.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (7Glk0)

329 And the fact that they don't send high school reunion invitations through the mail anymore. All through Facebook now.

I'm a poor guy that went to a really rich school. The fifth year reuinion was too expensive for me to afford going to and its just gone up from there. I don't think its on purpose to exclude anyone, they just like nice places and can afford them. Not that I'd go anyway, I was glad to get out to begin with.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:35 PM (39g3+)

330 298 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

Puncher

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 03:35 PM (nS+hx)

331
298 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.


Kvetcher


Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (e05Hb)


Schtupper.>>>

Knockkers

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2016 03:36 PM (XtAzU)

332 Twitter needs to stop their vindictive Orwellian panel before it kills the entire site. They won't, because they are idiots. What a horrible business model.
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Let's rephrase that:

"The MSM needs to stop their vindictive Orwellian panel before it kills the entire site. They won't, because they are idiots. What a horrible business model. "

And yet, they succeed.
It is only necessary that the model capture a majority of the 'users' of that media, in order to dominate.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2016 03:36 PM (RrDm2)

333 Schwarnstuccker....

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:36 PM (7Glk0)

334 And another unforced error by Cruz dammit.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:36 PM (/tuJf)

335 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

Puncher


For each "Punch", an actual hippy is punched.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:36 PM (uURQL)

336 Grumpy, it is conflating Ace's ban-hammer for being obnoxious arses with Twitter banning incorrect thought.

Ah. Thanks.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:37 PM (evdj2)

337 "cruz has asked for rick tyler's resignation"


Well. Changing horses I guess. I wonder if he'll move away from the more Evangelical stuff.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 22, 2016 03:37 PM (LA7Cm)

338 >>We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

How about Fuck Off.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:37 PM (/tuJf)

339 Twitter stock was going for $50 last feb down to $18 today

Still plenty of room to sell it short if you really think this will kill their business.

I think it will just turn Twitter into another left wing echo chamber, but that's still a big enough market to survive. I wouldn't buy their stock, but I wouldn't short it either.

Posted by: cool breeze at February 22, 2016 03:37 PM (ckvus)

340 And what does it say about a business model that allows people to create and sell thousands of fake followers by people who are not part of the company?

So the meta data they sell is crap.


Yeah that one is a puzzler. Over half of Obama's followers? Fake. How does that impact the buyers of Twitter's data? Do they even know it?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:37 PM (39g3+)

341 335 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

Puncher

_______________________________

Count me out.

Posted by: Donkey at February 22, 2016 03:37 PM (YqcVw)

342 295 - not quite sure why the experience has changed . . .


Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:23 PM (JTwsP)


They gave Anita Sarkeesian the keys
Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:27 PM (mEZce)



And everyone she couldn't beat because they actually had a brain, she is going after.

Posted by: buzzion at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (z/Ubi)

343 And another unforced error by Cruz dammit.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:36 PM (/tuJf

What did I miss?

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (nS+hx)

344 I am sure that Ace has already been shadowbanned, I never saw his tweets unless someone else reposts them or I go to his feed.
Hmmm. That's probably not going to end well.
Rocking self in corner of darkened room, jumbo bag of skittles and six pack of mountain dew . . .

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:20 PM (JTwsP)

Arbitrage, people, arbitrage. I know there are some techies here. Git to work and we may even invest.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (OrI3J)

345 And another unforced error by Cruz dammit.

-
?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (e05Hb)

346 To point out the obvious, twitter, fb feel they are indispensible, so they have no qualms about treating users like shit. But they are just crappy blogging software with name recognition. Why can't we have a conservative /liberal polarization with conservative alternatives to fb and twitter, as we do with news sites?

Posted by: angela urkel at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (IDHFk)

347 A business like Mozilla, Twitter, Facebook should be politically neutral.

We don't care what flavor of leftist you are as long as the white man pays for it.

Posted by: The SJW band at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (DL2i+)

348 I would call a twitter-like product Nutt or Nugget. Or Soundbyte.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (evdj2)

349 Oh, and Glen Beck. Get the Hell away from him, Ted. God Almighty.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (LA7Cm)

350 335 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

Puncher

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JustSayin

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (kXoT0)

351 I would not buy it at 18 or 10 either. It'll be a penny stock eventually, because the technology isn't hard and it would be pretty easy to come up with a better platform that was content neutral.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (JTwsP)

352 Cruz asks spokesman to resign over 'inaccurate' Rubio video http://is.gd/c842kh (CNN)

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (evdj2)

353 Not Nutt but Nuts!

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (7Glk0)

354 >>What did I miss?

Cruz asked his communications director to resign (fired him) for the bogus tweet he put out about Rubio.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (/tuJf)

355 Heh Bernie Superdelegate is calling for redistribution of Hillary Superdelegates for fairness.

http://tinyurl.com/gl45g9e

Some are more equal than others, baby. Welcome to the down side of the left.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:40 PM (39g3+)

356 Dude, that was like in 1992.....sheesh!

Posted by: Cheri at February 22, 2016 03:40 PM (oiNtH)

357 Gab

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:40 PM (evdj2)

358 I suppose I should cancel my twitter account but I don't recall my password.


I'm staying because I'm hogging a Twitter handle that's sought after by some German political magazine and a couple of thug hip hop wannabes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2016 03:40 PM (8ZskC)

359 How a bout Twitsplanin?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 22, 2016 03:40 PM (XtAzU)

360 Bernie supporters protesting Hillary!, "Six legs bad! Two legs good!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:41 PM (7Glk0)

361 Some are more equal than others, baby. Welcome to the down side of the left.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Trotsky at February 22, 2016 03:41 PM (RrDm2)

362 Cruz asked his communications director to resign (fired him) for the bogus tweet he put out about Rubio.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (/tuJf)

No. It was for the video the campaign released.

Really stupid move.

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:41 PM (/D5Lf)

363
324 298 We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name.

-
Kvetcher

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:28 PM (e05Hb)

Schtupper.

Posted by: Big McLargehuge Mk I at February 22, 2016 03:34 PM (u9OP6)






Schlonger

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 22, 2016 03:41 PM (S7qKa)

364 I'm staying because I'm hogging a Twitter handle that's sought after by some German political magazine and a couple of thug hip hop wannabes.

You're Scheißhaus Ratte?!?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at February 22, 2016 03:41 PM (evdj2)

365 Bernie supporters protesting Hillary!, "Six legs bad! Two legs good!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:41 PM


Well played.

golf clap

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 22, 2016 03:42 PM (ZQfW9)

366 Or did he tweet the video?

Maybe that's what you meant.

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:42 PM (/D5Lf)

367 Kashich's comments about women leaving the kitchen to vote for him deserves a post.

A short post, but still, funny.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 22, 2016 03:42 PM (zgHLA)

368 It'll be a penny stock eventually, because the technology isn't hard and it would be pretty easy to come up with a better platform that was content neutral.

Well yeah, social media companies survive on name recognition and being famous, they have no product or appeal other than popularity. If they lose that, they lose everything. Investing in them is just... its not exactly stupid, but its Russian roulette with your money. When they die and how is almost random.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:42 PM (39g3+)

369 ok guys, this is all great stuff and we've had some fun being dark and brooding but seriously where's the good news?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:42 PM (xuouz)

370 >>Or did he tweet the video?

That's the way I understood it.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:42 PM (/tuJf)

371 Why can't we have a conservative /liberal polarization with conservative alternatives to fb and twitter, as we do with news sites?

Twitter and FB are different beasts. I don't understand all of what's going on with the Twitter and the shadowbanning.

As to FB, one of the greatest problems we have as a polity is that no one talks to each other. An insulated conservative FB would be useless. I use it to keep in touch with friends from many different parts of my life, most of whom would never dip a toe in the HQ.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (1xUj/)

372 Cruz asked his communications director to resign (fired him) for the bogus tweet he put out about Rubio.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (/tuJf)

If the tweet was truly bogus... the resignation is neither an error or unforced.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (OrI3J)

373 I'm a poor guy that went to a really rich school. The fifth year reuinion was too expensive for me to afford going to and its just gone up from there. I don't think its on purpose to exclude anyone, they just like nice places and can afford them. Not that I'd go anyway, I was glad to get out to begin with.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:35 PM (39g3+)

I went to a private parochial school. I wouldn't say it was a rich school though. It's my 10 year reunion this summer. There was a 5 year reunion but I didn't go because I noticed a lot of the people who said they were going were people I didn't really associate with.

Posted by: Serenity Now! at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (BDZWU)

374 We don't care what flavor of leftist you are as long as the white man pays for it.
Posted by: The SJW band at February 22, 2016 03:38 PM (DL2i+)

Yeah, I remember how P-R-O-U-D Social Media was when it was revealed that the Arab Spring mobs were using their platforms to "revolt'. Unfortunately, for SM, they forgot that in the Middle East, the new tyrants are always worse than the old tyrants. It's not like they didn't have Iran as an example.

They quickly shut up about their PRIDE when the rape reports started flooding onto the wires and when women were suddenly second class citizens again in Egypt.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (kXoT0)

375
but seriously where's the good news?
Ace will have to pay attention to us again.

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (JTwsP)

376 You're Scheißhaus Ratte?!?


Heh. Maybe I'll change my twitter name to Schwanstucker but keep @cicero.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (8ZskC)

377
Tell me about it.
Posted by: Trotsky

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Yeah, I feel for you Leon... well, as much as a headless zombie can feel.

Posted by: Robespierre at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (RrDm2)

378 Since Ae doesn't seem that us mind going OT in his threads, I won't feel bad about doing so. :^)

I sometimes listen to a fellow on Christian radio in the NYC area called Kevin McCullough. He is involved in a project where he is reading one psalm a day and reflecting on it. Over the weekend he was thinking about the Presidential race. People write to him and say, "We should pray that Trump becomes President so that he can be lead to Christ", which I agree with Mr. McCullough is a bad reason to pray that someone becomes President. Now obviously many fine evangelical Christians voted for Trump and that's their business. If that's what the church wants and that's what American citizens want that's what they may get. However, as I've said, ,he's not my first choice.

However, Mr McCulllough is reading a psalm a day and reflecting on the whatever particularly struck him. "The Aslan Roars" 9which is the title of the reflections) comment is that in the Narnia books what the people who believe in Aslan find comforting in his roar is not good a comforting roar to those that don't believe in him. At any rate, these are the words of hope for Mr. McCullough in this time of the life of America . Aslan is a figure for Christ, but the words of the psalm from the Hebrew Scriptures Psalm 56:11-13 are words of hope for any Jewish or Christian believer, because they talk about God being in charge. Here's the link:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zkqw2jw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2016 03:44 PM (w4NZ8)

379 >>If the tweet was truly bogus... the resignation is neither an error or unforced.

Not the way it works. If you are the candidate you are responsible for the people who work for you for good or bad.

Cruz has been getting hit for honesty more than policy by both Rubio and Trump. This is not helpful.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:45 PM (/tuJf)

380
Cruz asked his communications director to resign (fired him) for the bogus tweet he put out about Rubio.



Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:39 PM (/tuJf)


And I just looked at the story... it is unfortunate that the communications director went into lying territory but he needed to be fired.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:45 PM (OrI3J)

381 Woofer.

Posted by: Fritz at February 22, 2016 03:46 PM (UzPAd)

382 found some kid's pair of beats in my yard. really crappy headphones. can't believe anyone would buy these.

Posted by: nckate at February 22, 2016 03:46 PM (aA5gp)

383 Twitter would rather commit suicide thanallow their hated "enemies" a voice.

Posted by: Tilikum KAW Assholier Than Thou at February 22, 2016 03:46 PM (m3iiU)

384 As to FB, one of the greatest problems we have as a polity is that no one talks to each other. An insulated conservative FB would be useless. I use it to keep in touch with friends from many different parts of my life, most of whom would never dip a toe in the HQ.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 03:43 PM (1xUj/)

Exactly. The stigma of holding different opinions needs to be reduced so that people can talk and compromise and disagree without feeling viscerally attacked on a personal level. Further compartmentalization isn't going to help with that.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:47 PM (xuouz)

385 So Cruz asks his spokesman to resign for putting out a truthful video about doasIsaynotasIdobio? Lame.

Posted by: Geoffrey at February 22, 2016 03:47 PM (LoRcb)

386 By the way, not sure if you saw this or not folks, but in Norway, a family had their kids taken away for... teaching them Christianity.

http://tinyurl.com/zor4bej

This isn't some weird crank site, its World Magazine.

One of their daughters claimed the dad "shook" the baby and when pressed on it said, and this is a direct quote: "I am tired. I don't know what else to make up."

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:48 PM (39g3+)

387 But he doesnt. The Senate will stall his nominees. Because they can.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 22, 2016 02:23 PM (8XRCm)


Lucy pulls the football away as Charlie Brown goes to kick. Because she can.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 22, 2016 03:48 PM (afR/C)

388 If the tweet was truly bogus... the resignation is neither an error or unforced.



Not the way it works. If you are the candidate you are responsible for the people who work for you for good or bad.



Cruz has been getting hit for honesty more than policy by both Rubio and Trump. This is not helpful.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:45 PM (/tuJf)

Correction, Trump have been lying about Cruz's honesty. If he had not fired the guy, they would finally have a point.


Settle down, Nellie... Cruz did the right thing.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:48 PM (OrI3J)

389 Twitter would rather commit suicide thanallow their hated "enemies" a voice.

-
And they'll get their wish.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 22, 2016 03:49 PM (e05Hb)

390 "We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name."

Brainfart
Steamvalve
Pithyfit
Bonmot
Epicgram

Posted by: angela urkel at February 22, 2016 03:49 PM (IDHFk)

391 The stigma of holding different opinions needs to be reduced

Who's going to reduce whose stigma?

What ground is there between the baby killers and those who are not?

Not all opinions can have peaceful coexistence.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:49 PM (uURQL)

392 385 So Cruz asks his spokesman to resign for putting out a truthful video about doasIsaynotasIdobio? Lame.

Posted by: Geoffrey at February 22, 2016 03:47 PM (LoRcb)

Video wasn't truthful.

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:49 PM (/D5Lf)

393 Correction, Trump have been lying about Cruz's honesty. If he had not fired the guy, they would finally have a point.

/facepalm

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:49 PM (uURQL)

394 The vid that Tyler tweeted about could be misheard but the two people Rubio gave his snide remark to thought the same thing Tyler tweeted. I watched the video and because it could not be certain what Rubio said it would have been smarter to just let it go. What isn't in dispute is that Rubio is a dick for what his camp says he really said.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 03:50 PM (nS+hx)

395 None of Emerson's little hobgoblins on ol' Joey, eh?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 22, 2016 03:50 PM (NeFrd)

396
Cruz has been getting hit for honesty more than policy by both Rubio and Trump. This is not helpful.


I agree, the fact that the same day Rubio had to apologize for lying stuff sent out about Bush doesn't even matter. This plays into the Cruz is a Liar thing and probably kills the campaign because he can't seem to find a way to combat it.

I like the idea of "nugget" as a name for a site, but its probably already taken. In any case, the answer is not a "conservative social media site" its a "totally neutral social media site" which doesn't care if you disagree with the owners, as long as you aren't illegal or horrific about it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:50 PM (39g3+)

397
By the way, not sure if you saw this or not folks, but in Norway, a
family had their kids taken away for... teaching them Christianity.



http://tinyurl.com/zor4bej



This isn't some weird crank site, its World Magazine.



One of their daughters claimed the dad "shook" the baby and when
pressed on it said, and this is a direct quote: "I am tired. I don't
know what else to make up."

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:48 PM (39g3+)

See Ace's masthead quote for my reaction.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:50 PM (OrI3J)

398 Twitter - the MySpace of 2016.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks, proudly wearing the Andrew Branca Called You An Asshat label at February 22, 2016 03:50 PM (PFy0L)

399 "We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name."


****

Webvomit™

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 22, 2016 03:51 PM (NeFrd)

400 the technology isn't hard and it would be pretty easy to come up with a better platform that was content neutral.

Twitter used Ruby on Rails to great advantage. They stood up the website after only a year.

You are absolutely correct. The tech isn't hard.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2016 03:51 PM (jhqr1)

401 I like the idea of "nugget" as a name for a site, but its probably already taken.



Corn Nuggets.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 22, 2016 03:51 PM (TUUTu)

402 >>Settle down, Nellie... Cruz did the right thing.

Good call.

Donald J. Trump ago
Wow Ted Cruz falsely suggested Marco Rubio mocked the Bible and was just forced to fire his Communications Director More dirty tricks

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:52 PM (/tuJf)

403 Just remember Anna ... who does Twitter consider the obnoxious asses ?

That's right. Us.

Posted by: Irony at February 22, 2016 03:52 PM (BHaRb)

404 I agree, the fact that the same day Rubio had to
apologize for lying stuff sent out about Bush doesn't even matter. This
plays into the Cruz is a Liar thing and probably kills the campaign
because he can't seem to find a way to combat it.



I like the idea of "nugget" as a name for a site, but its probably
already taken. In any case, the answer is not a "conservative social
media site" its a "totally neutral social media site" which doesn't care
if you disagree with the owners, as long as you aren't illegal or
horrific about it.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:50 PM (39g3+)

I don't agree. What would play into the "Cruz is a liar" lie is if someone on Cruz's campaign did actually lie and Cruz didn't fire him.
The guy deserved to be canned and Cruz did the right thing by canning him.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:52 PM (OrI3J)

405 390 "We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name."

Brainfart
Steamvalve
Pithyfit
Bonmot
Epicgram


--
Freech

Posted by: @votermom at February 22, 2016 03:52 PM (D0Qc2)

406 IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot issued an order Monday according to which all soldiers who go on leave must take along their guns. The order was issued following a terror attack Thursday in which First Sergeant Tuvia Yanai Weissman was murdered when he tried to stop a terror attack barehanded.

To Late. Even a Country like Israel get's "ruined" by Liberals and Liberal values. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 22, 2016 03:54 PM (mw8Dm)

407 "Cruz has been getting hit for honesty more than policy by both Rubio and Trump. This is not helpful."

Find the weakness and hammer on it. Attack, attack, and attack,

When attacked, do not explain or defend - attack.

Politics is a blood-sport and the biggest winners are usually the biggest jerks. Emulate the masters and attack. The truth of the allegation is in the making of it, or as Lyndon Johnson said about spreading a rumor that a political foe took indecent liberties with a pig "I don't care if its true, I just want to hear the SOB deny it."

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Ace Brand Banhammers, an Outrage Outlet Exclusive! at February 22, 2016 03:54 PM (hLRSq)

408 "We need a new reinvented alternative to Twitter... something with a catchy name."

Stammer
brainleak
hatestagram
twaddle

I also advocate we build our own, dedicated AOSHQ social community so we can crowdsource hobo sightings and post pictures of the naked, emaciated socks and trolls, knee deep in the unspeakable filth of the barrel, shrieking at us to let them out for god's sake let them out.
We can call it acebook

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (xuouz)

409 By the way, not sure if you saw this or not folks, but in Norway, a family had their kids taken away for... teaching them Christianity.

Your average Reddit atheist believes having Christian beliefs is enough to disqualify you for any scientific position or public service position.

You can laugh at Reddit for being a hive of idiots. You're absolutely right to do so. Yet those idiots are the same ones who put Bernie Sanders in a position to defeat Hillary in the Democrat primaries.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (jhqr1)

410 I don't agree. What would play into the "Cruz is a liar" lie is if someone on Cruz's campaign did actually lie and Cruz didn't fire him.

List the campaign workers working for other candidates who were fired for lying.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (uURQL)

411 >>Find the weakness and hammer on it. Attack, attack, and attack,

>>When attacked, do not explain or defend - attack.

Trump's twitter is going after Cruz big on this right now.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (/tuJf)

412 The stigma of holding different opinions needs to be reduced

Who's going to reduce whose stigma?

What ground is there between the baby killers and those who are not?

Not all opinions can have peaceful coexistence.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely



So you have no one in your life who is pro-choice. No grounds for cordial relations with people who differ from you?

How strict are your criteria? Do you give friends and family a check-list for things like the rape and incest exemption?

Gah! What a tiny, tiny world you must inhabit.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (1xUj/)

413 Exactly. The stigma of holding different opinions
needs to be reduced so that people can talk and compromise and disagree
without feeling viscerally attacked on a personal level. Further
compartmentalization isn't going to help with that.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:47 PM


Which is why I never say anything political on FB, or respond to anyone else's political comments. Too many of my friends hold ultra-liberal views (because, in part, they are Teh Ghey), and almost every one goes batshit crazy and vicious as a starved timber wolf if corrected/questioned about what they post.

They make some of the diehard Screaming Cruzers here look like Sunday-school kids.

Far better to keep away from that. Besides, it doesn't really matter much to me. FB is not a good political forum.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 22, 2016 03:56 PM (D+xyy)

414 Schlonger

Posted by: Ed Anger at February 22, 2016 03:56 PM (RcpcZ)

415 Donald J. Trump ago

Wow Ted Cruz falsely suggested Marco Rubio mocked the Bible and was
just forced to fire his Communications Director More dirty tricks

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:52 PM (/tuJf)

Did you expect something different?
If Cruz hadn't fired him Trump would (rightfully) say Ted Cruz falsely suggested Marco Rubio mocked the Bible with no answer from Cruz.
Cruz has his character and his conservatism to recommend him. He is very protective of both.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 03:56 PM (OrI3J)

416 spreading a rumor that a political foe took indecent liberties with a pig


*****


It was just that one time at 4H camp.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 22, 2016 03:56 PM (NeFrd)

417 lolStatic

Posted by: Fritz at February 22, 2016 03:56 PM (UzPAd)

418 Well Israel has long had a very leftist core in it that wants to just give up and let the palestinians have everything etc. The problem for them is that people keep experiencing real life consequences of having them nearby. Every stabbing, every rocket, every suicide bomb that goes off reminds the people of Israel the truth of the situation so that the seductive lullaby of the left cannot truly take hold. Imagine living in a country where every few weeks, there's another 9/11. People get reminded by stuff like that what reality is.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:56 PM (39g3+)

419 Politics is a blood-sport and the biggest winners are usually the biggest jerks.

-------------

Yep. It is nice to think that it isn't this, but this is nothing new. Its always been this way to some extent. Certain periods of time are better and certain men are better.

Posted by: SH at February 22, 2016 03:57 PM (gmeXX)

420 The most dangerous speech act, or ideal type of dangerous speech, would be one for which all five variables are maximized:

a powerful speaker with a high degree of influence over the audience

the audience has grievances and fear that the speaker can cultivate

a speech act that is clearly understood as a call to violence

a social or historical context that is propitious for violence, for any of a variety of reasons,including longstanding competition between groups for resources, lack of efforts to solvegrievances, or previous episodes of violence

a means of dissemination that is influential in itself, for example because it is the sole or primary source of news for the relevant audience

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:57 PM (/D5Lf)

421 I'm just asking that the GOP follow the Constitution that they keep harping about. That is all I am doing. Is it because I am "different" than them that they don't? Some people are saying it is. [aside: "Sal, get me $harpton, the Black Lives Matter yahoos and a couple busloads of brothers and sisters up to the Senate Building with appropriate signs, STAT!"]

Posted by: Barky Teh Won And Only at February 22, 2016 03:58 PM (g1MTt)

422 Nood Ace about apple.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 22, 2016 03:58 PM (34w2E)

423 420 are the supposed 'guidelines' that the twitter 'Trust and Safety Council' (tell me that name isn't rather frightening) are using

Posted by: RWC-Team BOHICA at February 22, 2016 03:59 PM (/D5Lf)

424 So you have no one in your life who is pro-choice. No grounds for cordial relations with people who differ from you?

How strict are your criteria? Do you give friends and family a check-list for things like the rape and incest exemption?

Gah! What a tiny, tiny world you must inhabit.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (1xUj/)



I don't have any friends who spend their time advocating for baby killing, no. How many pro-pedophilia friends do *you* have?

Some opinions are simply right out.

We have enjoyed so much peace and prosperity, that we forget there is such a thing as an implacable enemy that there is no peace with.

Islam will school us otherwise in the next century.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:59 PM (uURQL)

425 >>Cruz has his character and his conservatism to recommend him. He is very protective of both.

And he's losing. What part of this is confusing? Cruz is running for the Presidency and he is getting hit on the thing he is running on more than anything else, his principles and his honesty.

Why do you think Trump and Rubio have been hitting on this angle for weeks now? It is biggest strength and they are trying to make it his biggest weakness.

It's also now the lead story on CNN.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:59 PM (/tuJf)

426 Besides, the little oinker was practically begging for it. The tease!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 22, 2016 03:59 PM (NeFrd)

427
"The most dangerous speech act, or ideal type of dangerous speech, would be one for which all five variables are maximized:

a powerful speaker with a high degree of influence over the audience

the audience has grievances and fear that the speaker can cultivate

a speech act that is clearly understood as a call to violence

a social or historical context that is propitious for violence, for any of a variety of reasons,including longstanding competition between groups for resources, lack of efforts to solvegrievances, or previous episodes of violence

a means of dissemination that is influential in itself, for example because it is the sole or primary source of news for the relevant audience"


So you're saying High School teachers then?

Posted by: simplemind at February 22, 2016 03:59 PM (JTwsP)

428 Your average Reddit atheist believes having Christian beliefs is enough to disqualify you for any scientific position or public service position.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (jhqr1)

I despise these unthinking loud and proud bigots. Talk about practicing what Ignoramus up in >144 called "non-transitive, one-way logic."

At least most of them don't like islam either.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 04:00 PM (xuouz)

429 "As to FB, one of the greatest problems we have as a polity is that no one talks to each other."

There are really goddamned good reasons for that. To wit:

Liberal: "Let's have a National Conversation On Race. You go first."

Conservative: "Okay, well, for starters..."

Liberal: "STOP!!!! Stop right there! I can't BELIEVE you just said that. You are unbelievably, horribly racist. You should be utterly ashamed of yourself. No decent person should have anything to do with the likes of you. This conversation is OVER!"

::: door slam :::

Posted by: torquewrench at February 22, 2016 04:00 PM (noWW6)

430 Your average Reddit atheist believes having Christian beliefs is enough to disqualify you for any scientific position or public service position.

one of the last things I saw on Twitter was a post by some knucklehead wondering why those wierd stupid Republicans keep talking about their stupid wierd religion and its so olllld.

I didn't respond, but the guy basically is arguing that 80% of the entire planet and 70% of his own country are loser idiots who should shut up. Not to mention that he has his own religion he's perfectly fine with talking about - secular naturalism.

These people are so utterly out of touch with reality and so confidently unaware of it that it becomes confusing and seductive. Maybe they're right, they're so sure of themselves...

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 04:00 PM (39g3+)

431 Nood. Apple.

Posted by: johnd01 at February 22, 2016 04:01 PM (ukNFU)

432 a lot of people have said a lot of things about nominations BUT no Congress has ever failed to confirm in the last year of a term, at least to my knowledge.
So as far as I am concerned anyone and everyone can SAY what ever they wish as long as in the end Congress does its job

Posted by: bubba at February 22, 2016 04:01 PM (pTY38)

433 I dunno' Bandy ... Shit like Partial Birth Abortion is a no-go for me. Got a sister I've disavowed because of it.

The way I see it - some opinions are the equivalent of holding a sign that says "Have fun in the camps".

No ... I will not associate freely with anyone like that. They're not friends. They're convenient acquaintances with really dangerous downsides.

Posted by: Irony at February 22, 2016 04:01 PM (BHaRb)

434 Yes I don't associate with pro choice people in my life outside the Internet. I consider my life very wide and full.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 04:02 PM (nS+hx)

435 This an alternative to Twitter:

https://quitter.se/main/public

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2016 04:02 PM (w4NZ8)

436 Twitter is far beyond my technical capability.

I wouldn't know how to access it, how to "tweet", who the person on the address is or where the tweet goes when sent.

I'll wait for the next big thing.

Posted by: jwest at February 22, 2016 04:03 PM (Zs4uk)

437 I don't agree. What would play into the "Cruz is a
liar" lie is if someone on Cruz's campaign did actually lie and Cruz
didn't fire him.



List the campaign workers working for other candidates who were fired for lying.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 03:55 PM (uURQL)

Which is part of the reason I am not voting for those other candidates.


It is unfortunate that Rick Taylor posted something without looking at the video himself to make sure his representation was accurate, but he did. He has also apologized for it but Cruz did the right thing nonetheless. When your opponents are falsely claiming you are a liar, you do not add legitimate fuel to the fire by actually continencing lies.


Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 04:03 PM (OrI3J)

438 @119 Her Phd is in Educational Leadership. Not in English.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 22, 2016 02:48 PM (xq1UY)


She had no choice. All the seats in Transgendered Eskimo Poetry were filled.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 22, 2016 04:03 PM (afR/C)

439 Exactly. The stigma of holding different opinions needs to be reduced so that people can talk and compromise and disagree without feeling viscerally attacked on a personal level. Further compartmentalization isn't going to help with that.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 03:47 PM (xuouz)

Plenty of people on FB are being all "If you vote for ____ I'm going to unfollow you." What a wonderful way to have a free and tolerant dialogue! So I think the non stigma ship on FB has sailed.

Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 04:03 PM (hvf9s)

440 a lot of people have said a lot of things about
nominations BUT no Congress has ever failed to confirm in the last year
of a term, at least to my knowledge.

So as far as I am concerned anyone and everyone can SAY what ever they wish as long as in the end Congress does its job

Posted by: bubba at February 22, 2016 04:01 PM (pTY3

Then your knowledge doesn't stretch back very far... not even back to 2007.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 04:05 PM (OrI3J)

441 Should have made more extensive prefatory statements to soften the blow before arguing that, e.g., there is no explicit Constitutional right to privacy.
___________________

The Republicans have had many chances to educate the general public about the fact that there is no right to privacy in the constitution (just as there is no right to abortion, or right to gay marriage in it either). Now, there could be such a right, if the requisite number of states decided to adopt a new amendment recognizing such a right. But the states (and the voters who populate the states) have never had the chance to vote on such an amendment, because the liberals on the Supreme Court have pre-empted them and created out of thin air a bunch of "new" constitutional rights, and they have been able to get away with this unconstitutional and un-democratic crapola using the ludicrous rationale that the constitution does not mean what it says, but instead is a "living" document that can be read to say whatever a majority of the Supreme Court feels it should say.

It's really not a difficult thing to explain, or to understand, and it is incredibly frustrating that the Republicans can't seem to make the simple case that the constitution means what it says, and if people don't like what it says, the way to change what it says is by the amendment process, not by having 5 un-elected and unaccountable judges, some of whom are outright nitwits, just start pulling new "constitutional rights" out of their asses.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 22, 2016 04:05 PM (df5V4)

442 Plenty of people on FB are being all "If you vote for ____ I'm going to unfollow you." What a wonderful way to have a free and tolerant dialogue! So I think the non stigma ship on FB has sailed.
Posted by: LizLem at February 22, 2016 04:03 PM (hvf9s)

Right, those people are wrong. And it certainly appears that twitter and facebook, in that they're adopting censorship outright, are fast becoming lost causes.

But the aspect of this issue, of maintaining civil discourse in our country, that we have the most control over is ourselves and how we behave. So I'll be keeping my hand open and outstretched, and I recommend we not cede the high ground, and guarantee further division and bad blood, by turning our backs on our countrymen, as hate-fueled and ignorant and misguided as they are.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 22, 2016 04:07 PM (xuouz)

443 >>>Puncher

i used to have a horse named puncher.
cow pony that came from nebraska.

Posted by: concrete girl at February 22, 2016 04:07 PM (0KgAM)

444 Which is part of the reason I am not voting for those other candidates.

So not having campaign workers so obviously dishonest that there is a need to fire them demonstrates that those candidates have less credibility.

/shrug

It's your credibility, do what you want with it.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:09 PM (uURQL)

445 Ginger Island is still for sale.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2016 03:05 PM (7Glk0)


Does it come stocked with gingers?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 22, 2016 04:09 PM (afR/C)

446 Does it strike anyone else as odd that this Twitter thing is happening just after Tepid Zephyr threw all its commenters under the bus?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 22, 2016 04:10 PM (EzgxV)

447 Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:09 PM (uURQL)

Both Trump and Rubio have lied about Cruz. No one is being fired.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 04:12 PM (nS+hx)

448 Cruz has his character and his conservatism to recommend him. He is very protective of both.



And he's losing. What part of this is confusing? Cruz is running for
the Presidency and he is getting hit on the thing he is running on more
than anything else, his principles and his honesty.



Why do you think Trump and Rubio have been hitting on this angle for
weeks now? It is biggest strength and they are trying to make it his
biggest weakness.



It's also now the lead story on CNN.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 22, 2016 03:59 PM (/tuJf)

No the lead story is that Cruz would not put up with his staff lying. He is prominently quoted as saying "I have made it clear that we will conduct this campaign with the highest standards and integrity." and also that Rick Taylor is a "good man" who made a mistake.

If Cruz had not responded as he did, the lead story would be that his staff lied and he did nothing about it... thus lending credence to the thus far false claims that he is a liar.

You will also notice that Trump is still lying himself given that the tweet was from Rick Taylor and not Cruz.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 04:12 PM (OrI3J)

449 I think I've seen every show but don't remember Ginger getting a spin off from Gilligan's Island.

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2016 04:13 PM (l+OuH)

450 Does it come stocked with gingers?

I asked that before, apparently not.

Comes will the lottery winnings if that's your method of payment.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:15 PM (uURQL)

451 So not having campaign workers so obviously
dishonest that there is a need to fire them demonstrates that those
candidates have less credibility.



/shrug



It's your credibility, do what you want with it.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:09 PM (uURQL)


Given that it is Trump and Rubio themselves that are lying about Cruz, it would be pretty hard to fire the responsible party in their campaigns.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 04:15 PM (OrI3J)

452 I'd bail on Facebook because Zuckerman is scum but its the only way I have of keeping in contact with lots of family members scattered across the country. And it has had a direct, traceable benefit to my book sales, where Twitter I couldn't see any.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 22, 2016 03:11 PM (39g3+)


Not true. If your family members are on Facebook, they undoubtedly also have e-mail addresses. Simply e-mail them. Address "general" e-mails to one, and cc the rest.


The postal service and telephone systems are also still operating.


What you really mean in that FB is the easiest way to keep your family in the loop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 22, 2016 04:17 PM (afR/C)

453 Both Trump and Rubio have lied about Cruz. No one is being fired.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at February 22, 2016 04:12 PM (nS+hx)


You're welcome to list the examples of workers who are as bad as Cruz's guy and who should be fired.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:17 PM (uURQL)

454 Given that it is Trump and Rubio themselves that are lying about Cruz, it would be pretty hard to fire the responsible party in their campaigns.

Changing the goalposts.

Firing a guy for lying is not a stellar example of an above-board campaign, because such a campaign wouldn't need to fire anyone in the first place.

If you're not going to say sensible things, the least you could do is not say anything at all.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:20 PM (uURQL)

455 I could build a very nice house at the apex of Wedgo bay, a nice two story with a large deck looking out over the bay. Picture windows along the whole side, the master bedroom and bath on one wing, dining room on other living area in middle.

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2016 04:21 PM (l+OuH)

456 You want another Scalia
You choose Trump
You get another Kennedy

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2016 04:22 PM (l+OuH)

457 You're welcome to list the examples of workers who are as bad as Cruz's guy and who should be fired.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:17 PM (uURQL)

Trump, Rubio... there is your list.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 04:22 PM (OrI3J)

458 Changing the goalposts.



Firing a guy for lying is not a stellar example of an above-board
campaign, because such a campaign wouldn't need to fire anyone in the
first place.



If you're not going to say sensible things, the least you could do is not say anything at all.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:20 PM (uURQL)

Toddle on back to Breitbart, troll.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 22, 2016 04:23 PM (OrI3J)

459 Eff it, I'm out for the afternoon.

Christ. At this rate I won't be back at all. This was a nice joint before everyone decided to get all damn venomous at each other.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at February 22, 2016 04:25 PM (9krrF)

460 Trump, Rubio... there is your list.

"Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has asked for the resignation of his communications director, Rick Tyler, following the distribution of a video that falsely depicted his rival Marco Rubio dismissing the Bible."

I shouldn't need to explain to you that you need to come up with something a tad more specific than calling the candidates liars.

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:27 PM (uURQL)

461 Pond point has possibilities if you are more into a sunset setting, overlooking South Bay.

Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2016 04:35 PM (l+OuH)

462 I like reading twitter because I'm ADD, but if all the people I like to follow quit it, there's no reason on earth for me to stay on there.

Posted by: stace at February 22, 2016 04:42 PM (ozZau)

463 You're welcome to list the examples of workers who are as bad as Cruz's guy and who should be fired.
Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:17 PM (uURQL)

Katrina Pierson, whom I used to like, has said some truly nutty things on Trump's behalf, but that makes her a perfect fit for his campaign, where they can literally say or do anything, and it only helps Trump.

Posted by: stace at February 22, 2016 04:46 PM (ozZau)

464 Katrina Pierson, whom I used to like, has said some truly nutty things on Trump's behalf

Could you please be more specific?

Is one of them a firing offense level of untruth that got a pass?

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at February 22, 2016 04:54 PM (uURQL)

465 Super awesome. We now have video of Obama saying the POTUS shouldn't pick a SCOTUS in his last year. Biden saying the same, Numerous high level Democrats saying the same.

So when do you expect the GOP to, you know, completely cave and capitulate in full to approving whatever nomination that Obama chooses?

Posted by: Drider at February 22, 2016 05:21 PM (6Xbsz)

466 Paste is a big f#*!ing deal. I've seen it.

Posted by: OneIronMacGuffin at February 22, 2016 05:52 PM (NjX7M)

467 Test.
Still autobanned?

Posted by: Chi at February 22, 2016 06:59 PM (oC2qH)

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