Monday Morning News Dump (4/25/16) [Mis. Hum.]

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1 Morning.

Posted by: HH at April 25, 2016 07:57 AM (DrCtv)

2 O course Sanders has been treated bad by the Clintonistas.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 07:58 AM (vvmPQ)

3 My brother will have to put up with teh O while in Japan...he already had Kerry and his crew prior...

Posted by: KWDreaming at April 25, 2016 07:59 AM (vvQF4)

4 Three Pinocchios??? Everything out of Scankles' pie hole is a lie.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 08:00 AM (vvmPQ)

5 RE: Cruz and Kasich team up

Can we please now drop all pretense of a "principled conservative" opposition to Trump?

Posted by: Foul Harold at April 25, 2016 08:00 AM (FGvan)

6 Notice in the prom shooting article that the gunman never entered the building "because of the police presence at the event."

So armed men prevented the possibility of a much worse outcome.

Interesting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 08:01 AM (Zu3d9)

7 "Everything out of Scankles' pie hole is a lie."

She's not even good at it.

Posted by: Bitch McConnell with a Dick In His Mouth at April 25, 2016 08:01 AM (eHpnh)

8 Tsunami buoy off Fire Island triggered?Somebody probably made a homophobic slur...(sidebar)

Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 08:02 AM (B48dK)

9 So Obama lies about the AGW scam as well. The rest of the world has given up on this scam as the people who started it have openly admitted it was a wealth transfer scheme to begin with. IOW a communist plot.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 08:04 AM (vvmPQ)

10 Number ten

Posted by: French Jeton at April 25, 2016 08:04 AM (WMvHw)

11 When I get to Antigo / Peshtigo, I know I'm about halfway to the cabin. I'm glad that those kids are going to be okay.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at April 25, 2016 08:05 AM (dFi94)

12 The tsunami alert for Fire Island was probably a wave from NC.

Posted by: NCKate at April 25, 2016 08:06 AM (O46jc)

13 That Daily Mail column should be reworded to Mooch bows to Gaystapo and says there is no religious freedom.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 08:06 AM (vvmPQ)

14 Cruz/Kasich team up

reposted:

That weird. Because I have been told repeatedly that Kasich was a
dirtbag being paid by Soros/Clintons/Rothschilds/Aliens to play spoiler
and deny Cruz delegates.

Any port in a storm, I guess?

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 08:06 AM (Bbsg+)

15 I do not identify as a buoy.

Posted by: Transgender Tsunami Person at April 25, 2016 08:07 AM (ovJ4P)

16 Lots of fiber in da dump.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 08:07 AM (nbrY/)

17 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 25, 2016 08:08 AM (ZQfW9)

18 A tsunami warning buoy of the Fire Island? So what does that give like 30 seconds notice? Not a lot of high ground or straight people on Fire Island

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2016 08:08 AM (V/InG)

19 Gird your loins boys,Obama is going to troll us all good and hard down the stretch.(I mean even worse than he already has)

Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 08:08 AM (B48dK)

20 Yeah, I'm still not gonna say nice things about that son of a mailman regardless of who he's teamed up with.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 08:09 AM (nbrY/)

21 Rising sea levels are also a scam. Data taken along the shoreline of the East Coast show absoluttwly no change in sea level over the past ten years but you will not find that fact on any of the alphabet networks or US newspapers.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 08:09 AM (vvmPQ)

22 Gird your loins boys,Obama is going to troll us all good and hard down the stretch.(I mean even worse than he already has)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 08:08 AM (B48dK)

You expected any less?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2016 08:09 AM (V/InG)

23 small meteor triggered buoy?...gearing up For SMOD?

Posted by: KWDreaming at April 25, 2016 08:10 AM (vvQF4)

24 Vic I'd love to see a link to AGW scammers admitting it's a scam, as far as I know everyone's still insisting sea levels are rising and have also moved the goal posts to the next big thing: ocean acidification. Save the pH!

Posted by: Phone of kari at April 25, 2016 08:12 AM (XcZpa)

25 22 No,of course not.

Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 08:12 AM (B48dK)

26 "RE: Cruz and Kasich team up. Can we please now drop all pretense of a 'principled conservative' opposition to Trump?"

There are a few rare birds who never believed in said 'principled' opposition, and who have also never believed that Trump is himself anything other than an unprincipled opportunist.

(Note the comments from his new chief strategist Manafort last week about how all of Trump's campaign statements and positioning up till now have been "an act", to be modified or jettisoned at need.)

Yet another Turd Sandwich versus Giant Douche election. No acceptable alternatives anywhere, and no likelihood that any will emerge. Yay America. Go team.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2016 08:13 AM (noWW6)

27 Morning

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 08:13 AM (3ZtZW)

28 Might the buoy have been triggered by Cthulu rising?One can hope.

Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 08:13 AM (B48dK)

29 "Might the buoy have been triggered by Cthulu rising?"

Morning wood.

Is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 08:16 AM (ptqRm)

30 Hi guys - reposting this from the end of the ONT (got willowed). Thanks for all your help and encouragement:
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Good morning, everyone! Mr. Bluebell and I finally installed our new garbage disposal yesterday! We even did the hard wiring! And we are still alive! And still married!

We almost lost confidence at the electrical part because we had to take out the perfectly lovely plug that came already installed, but we did it. Of course, we both have hair like Einstein now, and the lights in the room turn on by themselves whenever we walk in, but hey.

Thanks to all the morons who gave me advice a few weeks ago, which I collected into a "Moron Tips and Tricks" (TM) document. Specifically, I have billygoat, Stringer Davis, Vic, and Hrothgar on the list, and there were probably more.

Posted by: bluebell at April 25, 2016 08:16 AM (2WwbN)

31 28
Might the buoy have been triggered by Cthulu rising?One can hope.

Posted by: steevy

herald of SMOD?

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 08:18 AM (Bbsg+)

32 Yet another Turd Sandwich versus Giant Douche election.

Who loves ya baby?

Posted by: The DC Uniparty at April 25, 2016 08:19 AM (Bbsg+)

33 24
Vic I'd love to see a link to AGW scammers admitting it's a scam, as far
as I know everyone's still insisting sea levels are rising and have
also moved the goal posts to the next big thing: ocean acidification.
Save the pH!

Posted by: Phone of kari at April 25, 2016 08:12 AM (XcZpa)

One of the original UN founders of the AGW scam posted an essay saying it was a scam to transfer wealth from the rich West to poor countries. I posted a link to that months ago. Also I posted a link last week to an article that the originator of the Weather Channel wrote saying that the whole thing was a scam. TWC since being bought out by comcast is all into the AGW scam.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 08:20 AM (vvmPQ)

34 Congrats bluebell!

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 08:21 AM (nbrY/)

35 @30 Bluebell, yay and congrats. Now, onward to the Heathkit supercomputer!

I whole-heartedly agree, y'a'll, that if Cthulhu were to rise, Fire Island is where.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 08:22 AM (xq1UY)

36 "Rising sea levels are also a scam."

Well, they *are* rising.

At an average rate of something like 3.2 plus or minus 0.4 millimeters/year.

On a century-long time frame, this implies a total inundation of ankles. Oh noes!

As for the idea that Faceplantbook might have its headquarters inundated by the encroaching waters, their HQ is in the old Sun Microsystems buildings known back in the day as "Sun Quentin", by analogy to the grim old state prison, San Quentin, on the northern reaches of SF Bay.

The residential neighborhoods adjacent to Sun Quentin have been there for ages. Long preceding Facefuckbook, long preceding Sun. They're classic post-WWII suburban sprawl (the stuff we're supposed to hate). They're not at any appreciably higher elevation than the Farcebook complex itself. Why haven't they been long since drowned and driven out? Could it be that this entire proposition is complete bullshit?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2016 08:24 AM (noWW6)

37 Yet another Turd Sandwich versus Giant Douche election. No acceptable alternatives anywhere, and no likelihood that any will emerge. Yay America. Go team.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2016 08:13 AM (noWW6)

Fundamentally flawed societies do not produce moral, competent leaders. And with its descent into secular progressivism and temporal decadence America has become a profoundly dysfunctional society. "Embrace the suck". "Enjoy the decline". Whatever you want to call it. I reached that conclusion years ago and try to unplug from all this as much as possible lest I be swept away along with it. Look after those closest to you whom you trust and those who share your values. Keep connected with others of like mind far and wide. That's the best we can do at the moment in my opinion.

Posted by: Foul Harold at April 25, 2016 08:25 AM (FGvan)

38 36 At an average rate of something like 3.2 plus or minus 0.4 millimeters/year.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2016 08:24 AM (noWW6)

I posted a link to an article that sid East Cost seal lvel measurement over ten years said essentially no change in sea level. Some went up slightly, some went down slightly. This iindicated there was essentially no change over ten years.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 08:26 AM (vvmPQ)

39 Why haven't they been long since drowned and driven out? Could it be that this entire proposition is complete bullshit?
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2016 08:24 AM (noWW6)

Because they do not have the same clout as F*ckerberg has. Why build in a flood plain anyway?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2016 08:26 AM (voOPb)

40 15 I do not identify as a buoy.
Posted by: Transgender Tsunami Person at April 25, 2016 08:07 AM (ovJ4P)

Me, either.....

Posted by: Gender Confused Sonar Bouy at April 25, 2016 08:27 AM (rbPBV)

41 So running a large-scale illegal marijuana business out of your home puts you at risk. Who knew?! /s

All the public assistance and charity programs in this country, but that Piketon family decided to become the Hillbilly Gotti crime family. My sympathy is no higher than it is for the gang-bangers selling drugs out of their inner city hovels in front of their kids.

Now they've left three orphans. SMDH

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at April 25, 2016 08:28 AM (09tFn)

42 Perhaps a simpler explanation.

As Hank the genius pointed out with his concerns about Guam....

As we continue to build along the edges of the continent, perhaps North America is beginning to tip into the ocean?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 08:29 AM (ptqRm)

43 BTW, in the pix I've seen of the victims, they all look stoned. But none of their friends or family knew. Riiiiiight.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at April 25, 2016 08:30 AM (09tFn)

44 Now they've left three orphans. SMDH
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at April 25, 2016 08:28 AM (09tFn)

At least the kids weren't murdered.

Pretty sure that if it were a similar Mexican drug cartel killing, no kids would be left alive.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 08:30 AM (nbrY/)

45 Good morning everyone.

The move to the new house is now mostly complete! There's only a bit of stuff remaining at the old place, and some cleaning to finish up, and we're done. Internet is on...and it sucks. The price one pays for moving to a more rural area, I guess. It's DSL, limited to 7.5 Mbps, with a ridiculously low monthly data allowance, (something like ten GB...so yeah, I could install one game from Steam, and easily go over my allotment of ones and zeros). Needless to say, I'm looking for decent alternatives to Verizon....which means almost any alternative.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 25, 2016 08:31 AM (tborC)

46 Infierno fresco

Posted by: Phone of kari at April 25, 2016 08:32 AM (XcZpa)

47 @45
I hear ya'. Cost of living here in my semi-rural locale is good, except for cable/internet. Paying through the nose for lousy service. Few options.

I'm on Time Warner. Wouldn't recommend it.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at April 25, 2016 08:33 AM (09tFn)

48 Damn fine job Officer Scaglione

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 08:33 AM (6TLl6)

49 Posted by: Foul Harold at April 25, 2016 08:25 AM (FGvan)

Human society has always tipped rocked back and forth between extremes of decadence and virtue, much like the rocking of an old sailing ship at sea. The analogy holds, because these things can become too top-heavy and tip over, and the only question left is whether we're going over, or we're going to start swinging back the other way even more forcefully.

Unfortunately, we're top heavy to an extent that, to complete the ship analogy, resembles the Vasa. Too many chiefs.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 25, 2016 08:34 AM (J+mig)

50 In "my" part of the Eastern seaboard sea level rises 10' per day. Twice a day, even.

Of course it also drops 10' twice a day.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 08:35 AM (1xUj/)

51 50
In "my" part of the Eastern seaboard sea level rises 10' per day. Twice a day, even.

Of course it also drops 10' twice a day.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 08:35 AM (1xUj/)

Don't tell anybody. The Cult of Climate Science would conveniently forget to measure the drop, and then go on screaming about how we're all doomed.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 25, 2016 08:36 AM (J+mig)

52 My stopwatch is ticking; it won't be the end of the day before some NORML types run up the notion that if marijuana were only legal in Ohio, these deaths would not have happened. And maybe so: if the state cartel of producers proposed by Guess-Who's administration had passed, they'd have all been under arrest (yeah right) for unlicensed untaxed production. That is if Ohio's state police weren't all busy protecting Guess-Who out on his carefully-chosen campaign trail. I'm surprised there were enough state police left to begin an investigation.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 08:36 AM (xq1UY)

53 Islamic State duking it out with al Qaeda in Syria

High time for me to be boldly neutral and negotiate Peace In Our Time!

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 25, 2016 08:37 AM (oFSUK)

54 RWC, saw your note about your mom on the ONT and will pray for her.

Posted by: bluebell at April 25, 2016 08:37 AM (2WwbN)

55 Don't say the E-word.

****

I knew it!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 08:38 AM (NeFrd)

56 54 RWC, saw your note about your mom on the ONT and will pray for her.

Posted by: bluebell at April 25, 2016 08:37 AM (2WwbN)

Thanks bluebell! Much appreciated

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 08:38 AM (6TLl6)

57 The Reuters article on the Koch brothers omits a key quantitative assertion by Charles Koch that appeared in the original interview, to wit, that discretionary domestic spending under George W. Bush went up 2.5 times faster than its rate of increase under Bill Clinton.

It really says a lot about the post-Reagan era that the exemplar of restraint in federal government spending during that era was... a Democrat.

But, but, but, splutter the GOP establishment shills, Clinton had to work with a Republican congress! So they forced restraint upon him despite his unwillingness!

Sure thing. Last I looked, Dubya only had to deal with a Democratic congress for the last two of his eight years in office. What's the excuse there?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2016 08:39 AM (noWW6)

58 Only one party stands for opposing the coming left totalitarian state. Only one.

Every reduction in the size and scope of the federal government is entirely due to the Republican Party.

Yeah, baby.

Posted by: Bitch McConnell with a Dick In His Mouth at April 25, 2016 08:39 AM (eHpnh)

59 52 My stopwatch is ticking; it won't be the end of the day before some NORML types run up the notion that if marijuana were only legal in Ohio, these deaths would not have happened.
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Undoubtedly.

Look, greed is greed. Legalizing marijuana is not going to change the fact that some people can't be bothered to work w/in the system... not when there's a profit to be made. They always think the laws apply to others.

It infuriates me that adults would put their kids at risk this way, but that appears to be the case with this family. There's NO FARKIN' EXCUSE.

Frankly, I have more sympathy for someone who sticks up a liquor store to get money to support their family than I do for people who engage in this sort of organized crime.

It appears this Piketon family was no worse than the thugs in the inner cities... except in a way they WERE worse b/c they weren't surrounded by gang-bangers and they had a support system in the form of a local church that they stopped attending.

Something about this story just enrages me.

Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at April 25, 2016 08:41 AM (t5zYU)

60 Global Warming is nothing more than the children's story that the sky is falling.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (CzhL0)

61 Good morning Horde!

No new polls have been released, though PPP is due to release something soon. Their poll in the RCP average is over a month old now.

No changes, GOP nominee in waiting continues to lose to future President Hillary Clinton by a 9.3% average. The Dems are likely to take control of the Senate picking up at least 3 seats. Paul Ryan will remain the only GOP leader in Washington, as the Dems take between 12 and 22 seats in the House, but not enough to take control.

A few random thoughts from the last few days.

1) We talk a lot about Trump being made of Teflon, but he is nothing compared to Hillary Clinton. Unlike Trump's hypothetical "kill someone on 5th avenue", she actually did cause the death of 4 Americans without any consequence or drop in support from her core supporters. The same can be said for her blatant commission of felonies. The voters don't care.

2) Conservatism is now a marginalized philosophy, much like libertarianism. Rush has said for years "Conservatism wins every time it is tried". Well that turns out to be bullshit. The GOP has said for several election cycles "If we could just run a conservative!" Well here we are with an actual conservative in a position to win the nomination, and the GOP looks at the situation and says "Naw, Bro, let's pick the bullshitter instead."

3) Preliminary polls out of the remaining states show that as we hit the end of the cycle, enough people are going to vote for Trump to get him the nomination. It looks like he will win enough in PA, Indiana, and CA to get a first ballot win.

4) The quest to "break the establishment" has failed. Breaking them requires picking a nominee who will have the ability to win and put people into the positions to change the culture. This is why we are still dealing with Bush people a decade or two later. Trump will get lip service during the election and the GOP establishment will just retreat and wait for the next election cycle under Hillary. The messages that Trump has been running on are now off the table, because nothing kills an election message faster than a landslide defeat. For historical precedent look what happened to tax increases as a Dem policy position after Mondale's defeat. Border control is going to be a dead issue for a generation. The messenger matters.

5) Rush and Hannity have lost a lot of credibility this cycle. They have spent years pumping up their brand as "Mr. Conservative", but in the end they didn't do enough to stand up for conservatism as a set of guiding principles. For whatever reason, they let Trump slide without challenging him. They will own this disaster as will quite a few others who have spent a lot of time claiming to be conservatives. But it probably doesn't matter. See point 1, "conservative" is just a word without meaning to many any more.

6) If you are a Trump supporter, you are going to be very frustrated during the next 6 months. The rest of the country has determined Trump=Bigot. After you lift your head from rooting for him to finally squash that gnat, Cruz, you are going to find that the rest of the country has already made up their mind regarding Trump and his supporters. If you dare to put a Trump sticker on your car, or a Trump sign in front of your house, you WILL be called a racist.

7) By the same token that conservatism is dead, so is libertarianism. Many (most) of the young Ron Paul libertarians are supporting Bernie. This means they never understood libertarianism to begin with, and sure as hell don't know what socialism is.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (o7qMm)

62 As we approach tomorrow's Primary, B'More political ads are about to reach a crescendo of anti-gun advertising.

And yet today, almost one year to the day from the death of Freddy Gray, not a single NRA member has been implicated in, let alone charged with the shooting of any black male in the city of Baltimore.

So I wonder who is doing all the shooting.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (ptqRm)

63 @Four Harold-It is MY principled conservatism that is opposed to Trump. Trump is a Democrat. Trump supporters support a Democrat.

Posted by: JROD at April 25, 2016 08:43 AM (wnwJC)

64 That feel good story of the day really did make me feel good! If there are any morons here who would like to be a blessing to someone else, look up a Go Fund Me for Joe Rodriguez. He is a stroke victim, and his 15 year old son is trying to hold the family together financially. They are from my neck of the woods, and really in need. TIA

If I had a clue how to link it, I would.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 25, 2016 08:44 AM (A22Ea)

65 NORML types run up the notion that if marijuana were only legal in Ohio

===

Open borders and legal druggin'
Wanna be free to get stoned
Legalize weed cuz we're bummin'
8 dead in O-Hi-O

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 08:47 AM (3ZtZW)

66 Something about this story just enrages me.
Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at April 25, 2016 08:41 AM (t5zYU)
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I agree, Y-not. When the story first broke I thought there must be a lunatic member of the extended family who just lost it and went round killing them all. Then the marijuana part came out, and I couldn't believe it. Talk about a family business. Those poor little babies who were mercifully not killed - what's going to happen to them? One of them is less than a week old. My heart breaks for those wee ones.

Posted by: bluebell at April 25, 2016 08:48 AM (2WwbN)

67 7) By the same token that conservatism is dead, so is libertarianism. Many (most) of the young Ron Paul libertarians are supporting Bernie. This means they never understood libertarianism to begin with, and sure as hell don't know what socialism is.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (o7qMm)

It seems a number of these young fools think socialism means making those evil 1%'s pay their fair share. Which means they pay for stuff that "I" (young fools) want. Which means, sugar daddy. These dumbasses don't comprehend that the socialism in a family doesn't extend to the rest of the world-no one else truly cares nor do they have the responsibility to give you stuff for nothing. And after a certain point, neither does your family. but schools have been pounding this idea that someone else "owes" you something into these kids heads, and they have latched onto it.

Forgive me if I think the zombie apocalypse could actually be a beneficial correction.

Posted by: Moki at April 25, 2016 08:49 AM (ezHMO)

68 The Ohio drug killin's appear to have occurred only 15 or so miles from where Bob'n'Tom comedian Drew Hastings (R) is mayor, and under fire for putting his trash in the town dumpster once last year. Surely there's a way to involve him.

I studied journalism "oncet." I know how news works.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 08:49 AM (xq1UY)

69 pretty sure kayaking is cultural appropriation

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 25, 2016 08:49 AM (dBmVV)

70 If you are a Trump supporter, you are going to be very frustrated during
the next 6 months. The rest of the country has determined Trump=Bigot.

Thanks for that fact-filled, unbiased text wall, Dave.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 08:49 AM (Bbsg+)

71 "No changes, GOP nominee in waiting continues to lose to future President Hillary Clinton by a 9.3% average. "

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (o7qMm)

This is absolutely accurate, if...

Democrat enthusiasm increases tremendously to the 2012 levels.

Blacks embrace Hillary in exactly the same proportions as they did Obama.

Everybody who was excited about Bernie suddenly switches 180 degrees and gets excited about Hillary.

The country discovers that they actually like Hillary instead of what every poll says.

Yes, Hillary is going to win in a landslide if everything happens exactly how it did in 2012. These pollsters are geniuses.

Posted by: jwest at April 25, 2016 08:50 AM (Zs4uk)

72 The bomb threat guy is not a teen -- he's 20 years old. I've noticed more and more news stories working over time to minimize criminal acts.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 08:50 AM (iQIUe)

73 Solar plane passenger: "That was a very smooth flight across the ocean. Thank you."

Solar plane pilot: "No problem ma'am. Now if you just wait here I'm going to go back and get your husband."

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 08:51 AM (NeFrd)

74 "pretty sure kayaking is cultural appropriation"

I know, right?

Want a Blubber Pop?

Posted by: The Eskimos at April 25, 2016 08:51 AM (ptqRm)

75 It's DSL, limited to 7.5 Mbps, with a ridiculously
low monthly data allowance, (something like ten GB...so yeah, I could
install one game from Steam, and easily go over my allotment of ones and
zeros). Needless to say, I'm looking for decent alternatives to
Verizon....which means almost any alternative.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 25, 2016 08:31 AM (tborC)

Actually 7.5 Mbps is okay unless you have lots of recievers on at once. I have not problem with Netflex and Amazon.... BUT...I have unlimited monthly data. I didn't realize anyone had a limited allotment anymore.

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 08:51 AM (6IZ5e)

76 Cruz and Kasich teaming up, completely destroys whatever anti-establishment credentials Cruz had.

Cruz is the establishment. And so are you.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (2kjDY)

77 >>That feel good story of the day really did make me feel good! If there are any morons here who would like to be a blessing to someone else, look up a Go Fund Me for Joe Rodriguez. He is a stroke victim, and his 15 year old son is trying to hold the family together financially. They are from my neck of the woods, and really in need. TIA

If I had a clue how to link it, I would.
Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell

This should work:
http://tinyurl.com/zswwxhu

Posted by: Aviator at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (c7vUv)

78 @57

I often post this fact nugget but it bears repeating as often as possible.

At the end of this congress the GOP will have controlled the house for 18 of 22 years, the senate for 12 of 22 years and the presidency of 8 of 22 years.

In that time the debt has risen from just under 5 to just under 20 trillion. The goveremt has expanded, freedoms have eroded and the country has been fundamentally changed.

The vast majority of the problem has been the GOP banding together with the Donks to form a uniparty.

The GOP is a fraudulent party it needs to die and be replaced.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (OtqMl)

79 This means they never understood libertarianism to begin with, and sure as hell don't know what socialism is.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (o7qMm)

They're knee-jerk anti-establishment types without understanding *why* they're anti-establishment. They've accept just about any other offering at face value, go "sounds good!", and run with it. When you have a deeper understanding of why the establishment sucks goat balls, you become one of us.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (J+mig)

80 Obama still refers to ISIS as ISIL. Probably the only person that does.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 08:53 AM (iQIUe)

81 It is MY principled conservatism that is opposed to Trump. Trump is a Democrat. Trump supporters support a Democrat.

Posted by: JROD at April 25, 2016 08:43 AM (wnwJC)

That's all well and good. Let's also just stop pretending shall we that Ted Cruz is an unsullied Constitutionalist who is above the fray.

Posted by: Foul Harold at April 25, 2016 08:53 AM (FGvan)

82

If I had a clue how to link it, I would.
Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell

This should work:
http://tinyurl.com/zswwxhu
Posted by: Aviator at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (c7vUv)

Thank you, sir! You are a scholar and a gentleman.

Posted by: TX ette, resigned to accept the fresh hell at April 25, 2016 08:54 AM (A22Ea)

83 "The GOP is a fraudulent party it needs to die and be replaced."

Oh, come on. Give us patriotic, God-fearing Conservatives just one more chance...

Posted by: Bitch McConnell with a Dick In His Mouth at April 25, 2016 08:54 AM (eHpnh)

84 The vast majority of the problem has been the GOP banding together with the Donks to form a uniparty.

The GOP is a fraudulent party it needs to die and be replaced.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (OtqMl)

I am in full agreement, and have advocated the establishment of a new party since the tail end of the Bush administration. I was arguing even then that the damage to the Republican name and Conservative brand (taken from a business major's perspective of public relations) would make any fight under those banners an uphill struggle.

I hate being right all the time.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at April 25, 2016 08:54 AM (J+mig)

85 >>Conservatism is now a marginalized philosophy, much like libertarianism. Rush has said for years "Conservatism wins every time it is tried". Well that turns out to be bullshit.

It didn't turn out to be bullshit, it was always bullshit. If you run as a Ted Cruz conservative in NY or MA or any of a number liberal dominated states you will lose. Period.

That doesn't mean there aren't conservatives in those areas, it means they have to temper their message if they hope to have any chance of winning.

And I've been fishing on the same reef for as long as I can remember. At high tide, the reef is a few feet underwater. At low tide, about 6-8 inches are exposed. Nothing has changed.

The sea level is not rising.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 08:54 AM (/tuJf)

86 "If you are a Trump supporter, you are going to be very frustrated during
the next 6 months. The rest of the country has determined Trump=Bigot.

Thanks for that fact-filled, unbiased text wall, Dave."

Oh I've never claimed to be unbiased regarding Trump. However, that point you quoted is God's truth. I've seen it play out a dozen times already in suburban neighborhoods. I'm just stating a fact.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 08:56 AM (o7qMm)

87 Meanwhile, here on K Street life is good.

Suck it, bitches.

Posted by: John Boehner in Assless Chaps at April 25, 2016 08:57 AM (eHpnh)

88 The sea level is not rising.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 08:54 AM (/tuJf

Yes, I enjoy rubbing Ted Danson's nose in this like a bad doggy's nose in the peed on carpeting.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2016 08:57 AM (voOPb)

89
"pretty sure kayaking is cultural appropriation"

Writing is OURS, losers.

Posted by: Babylonians at April 25, 2016 08:59 AM (Bbsg+)

90 >Something about this story just enrages me.

For me it's that 3 grow operations at 3 locations are being reported now as if they are a complete surprise and only discovered due to "execution-style murders".

Posted by: cind at April 25, 2016 08:59 AM (nRbbW)

91 Hillary Clinton is not going to win against anyone who actually puts up a fight.

McCain and Romney were disgraceful pussies who let the Obama walk over them.

Trump will not let the witch walk all over him.

Oh well polls are polls why have an election better yet let's nominate Kasich/Rubio who are guaranteed to not offend anyone and is a team that moderates, independents, unmarried single woman and Latinos can get behind.

Fucking pussy parties gonna pussy.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 25, 2016 08:59 AM (OtqMl)

92 " The sea level is not rising. "

Do not deny me!

Posted by: Moon's gravitational pull at April 25, 2016 08:59 AM (ptqRm)

93 "If you dare to put a Trump sticker on your car, or a Trump sign in front of your house, you WILL be called a racist. "

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 08:42 AM (o7qMm)

It's hard to imagine how anyone can get this so wrong...

As far as the left and media are concerned, there was always a question whether Trump was a bigot. There was never any question about Cruz.

In their eyes, Cruz is the UberConservative, which equals a card-carrying KKK, cross burning, snake handling, leave-nooses-on-the-doorknob crazy.

Trump is from Manhattan, so there was always a geographical exemption from racism for him. Only when he grew in the polls was there any attempt to southernize him.

You should know this. On the racist scale, Trump is at or below Kasich. Cruz is at eleventy.

Posted by: jwest at April 25, 2016 08:59 AM (Zs4uk)

94 Call it lifestyle appropriation? Over the centuries, well couple of them anyway, the idea of "internal improvements" led the nation to extend roads, then paved roads, postal service, electricity, and telephone lines to rural areas, under notions of general improvements in commerce, the need to unite the nation, or alleviation of poverty. Now it's internet, and, high-speed internet.

At each juncture, with each new technology, many have said that rural life is something different, there is nothing about the choice of rural living that entitles a person to being provided with all the conveniences. AFAIK, not one "improvement" has actually been left for the market to serve. In every case, at one or another point government, and other peoples' tax money, has shown up.

Water is the big one, and largely ignored. When an ambitious county or city official wants very badly to bring rural freeholders under his control and taxation, he will attack their groundwater quality with all the science the state can provide, and sooner or later they get convinced that it will be cheaper for them to come into incorporation and get "city water" rather than bring their springs and wells into compliance. It was a good argument when cholera was rife. Now they're as likely to be poisoned by their water plant and piping. Civilization's discontents.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 08:59 AM (xq1UY)

95 I've seen it play out a dozen times already in suburban neighborhoods. I'm just stating a fact.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:00 AM (Bbsg+)

96
Trump signs appeared over the weekend in a neighbor's yard. Who knew?

At least all the airwave pollution will end on Tuesday.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 25, 2016 09:01 AM (BK3ZS)

97 If Trump had some styrofoam columns he could be a real threat.

Posted by: Barky McDicklick, Leader of the Free World at April 25, 2016 09:02 AM (eHpnh)

98 The Eskimos eat whale meat and blubber.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:05 AM (NeFrd)

99 Come to think of it, I'd blubber too if all I had to eat was whale meat.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:05 AM (NeFrd)

100 It appears this Piketon family was no worse than the thugs in the inner cities... except in a way they WERE worse b/c they weren't surrounded by gang-bangers and they had a support system in the form of a local church that they stopped attending.

===

They were suppliers, most likely to persons in Cincinnati, who could have very well been gang-bangers. The 3yo would've been killed if there was a likelihood he/she could ID the killers, who were obvsly well-known to the entire family.

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 09:06 AM (3ZtZW)

101 Cruz is the establishment. And so are you.

Posted by: Just Sayin' at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (2kjDY)

That is patently ridiculous. The fact that Cruz is being vilified by the establishment would suggest that he is not welcome at its cocktail parties.

If you don't like Cruz....fine. But making silly statements about him and his supporters doesn't do anything but create more vitriol.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:06 AM (Zu3d9)

102 Pennsylvanians, has anybody seen a poll on the PA primary?

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:06 AM (OkKDg)

103 Arr, truth be told - the Ferry was cruising the Island for Buoys and found one he thought he could pick up, but only pulled on his chain and tickled his bells.

Posted by: Pirate Percy at April 25, 2016 09:07 AM (CUk0C)

104 We see that kind of grow and transport operations stuff in NYS a lot.

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 09:07 AM (3ZtZW)

105 "Why You Probably Shouldn't Say 'Eskimo'"

Well, this is going to put a kink into Christian Slater's plan to deal with those Heathers.

Posted by: V the K at April 25, 2016 09:07 AM (O7MnT)

106 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:05 AM (NeFrd)

I know....right! Don't be blue about it though, I hear that LauraW is coming back, humpback and all!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:07 AM (Zu3d9)

107 That is patently ridiculous. The fact that Cruz is being vilified by the establishment would suggest that he is not welcome at its cocktail parties.

If you don't like Cruz....fine. But making silly statements about him and his supporters doesn't do anything but create more vitriol.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:06 AM (Zu3d9)

Trolls and the circular firing squads tend to come out MOnday AMs. Sigh

Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:08 AM (V/InG)

108 On the racism thing, at least Trump has some grassroots black supporters, like those two youtubers Diamond & Silk.
I think he has a chance to split off some black support, specially by driving into the obvious wedge between black and Hispanic.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:08 AM (nbrY/)

109 "Why You Probably Shouldn't Say 'Eskimo'"

I nu it. I knew it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (1xUj/)

110 107 That is patently ridiculous. The fact that Cruz is being vilified by the establishment would suggest that he is not welcome at its cocktail parties.

If you don't like Cruz....fine. But making silly statements about him and his supporters doesn't do anything but create more vitriol.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:06 AM (Zu3d9)

Trolls and the circular firing squads tend to come out MOnday AMs. Sigh
Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:08 AM (V/InG)

If The Donald sweeps tomorrow it will be insufferable here.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (OkKDg)

111 >>You should know this. On the racist scale, Trump is at or below Kasich. Cruz is at eleventy.

Right. Trump got canned by NBC for being a bigot. Lost his business relationship with Univision for being a bigot. Had his relationship with Macy's cancelled for being a bigot. Got slammed by the Mexican government for being a bigot. And on and on and on.

But Ted Cruz, the only person in the race who isn't lilly white, is the bigot.

Good call.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (/tuJf)

112 re: ocean levels rising

Anybody want to bet that Facebook will still be operating (much less operating out of the same at-risk-of-flooding building) in 25 years (much less 100 years)?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (NeFrd)

113 *shrug*

If I'm wrong, I'll be happy to be wrong. But I'll be reminding everyone of my predictions in August and November if I'm right.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 09:10 AM (o7qMm)

114 Circular firing squads come out every day.They are our specialty!(along with puns and dick jokes,titty and gun discussions...)

Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 09:10 AM (B48dK)

115 The Eskimos eat whale meat and blubber.

They also made needles from the bones to sew sealskin kayaks to paddle onto the ocean to kill more whale ass.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:10 AM (Bbsg+)

116 PA poll's - Trump has a large lead but most delegates on the ballot are GOP apparatchiks.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:11 AM (nbrY/)

117 Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (1xUj/)

****

ahem!

Posted by: comment #55 at April 25, 2016 09:11 AM (NeFrd)

118 "If The Donald sweeps tomorrow it will be insufferable here."

It will be pretty surprising if he doesn't.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 09:12 AM (o7qMm)

119 The Eskimos eat whale meat and blubber.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:05 AM (NeFrd)

and they beat the living shit out of baby seals

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 25, 2016 09:12 AM (dBmVV)

120 Right. Trump got canned by NBC for being a bigot. Lost his business relationship with Univision for being a bigot. Had his relationship with Macy's cancelled for being a bigot. Got slammed by the Mexican government for being a bigot. And on and on and on.

But Ted Cruz, the only person in the race who isn't lilly white, is the bigot.

Good call.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (/tuJf)

I see no evidence that Trump is a bigot. A guy who says inartfull things yeah. A guy who has no filter between his brain and his mouth, Yeah. But a Bigot, no...at least no more than anyone else

Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:12 AM (V/InG)

121 NPR, the schoolteacher's station. Whatever you're saying is wrong.
Despite the fact that "Eskimo" comes from a French word pronounced "Eskimo" and means "stringer of snowshoes," it now has such racist connotations that It May Not Be Spoken. We have decided.

And when Quinn the Inuit gets here,
Everything is going to be all right.

(Another stopwatch running: time until some NPR intellectual finds that Inuit really means "squaw-whore" or "he who beats priest's head against igloo.")

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:13 AM (xq1UY)

122 But making silly statements about him and his supporters doesn't do anything but create more vitriol.

*cough*

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:13 AM (Bbsg+)

123 ahem!
Posted by: comment #55 at April 25, 2016 09:11 AM (NeFrd)

mumble grumble.

otoh, your hash spells "nerfed". sort of.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 09:13 AM (1xUj/)

124 What I'm saying is while the media and the Left (but I repeat myself) and the GOP establishment (repeating myself again) are painting Trump as an anti-Hispanic bigot, he has an opportunity to use that as a way of attracting more black support.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:13 AM (nbrY/)

125 But Ted Cruz, the only person in the race who isn't lilly white, is the bigot.

Good call.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:09 AM (/tuJf)

Do you think that, aside from a few people on this website, anyone in the country thinks Cruz is Hispanic?

There are people who came over on the Mayflower who are viewed as more ethnic than Cruz. He's whiter than George Zimmerman.

Posted by: jwest at April 25, 2016 09:13 AM (Zs4uk)

126 >>I see no evidence that Trump is a bigot. A guy who says inartfull things yeah. A guy who has no filter between his brain and his mouth, Yeah. But a Bigot, no...at least no more than anyone else

That wasn't the point. The assertion was made that Trump is being portrayed as mainstream while Cruz is being portrayed as a bigot because he is a conservative.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:14 AM (/tuJf)

127 116 PA poll's - Trump has a large lead but most delegates on the ballot are GOP apparatchiks.
Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:11 AM (nbrY/)

Love ya votermom but that assertion doesn't tell us anything. Are the delegates bound? Is there a multitiered process like in Colorado? Have Trump's people bothered to figure it out or are they just winging it?

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:14 AM (OkKDg)

128 Right. Trump got canned by NBC for being a bigot. Lost his business relationship with Univision for being a bigot. Had his relationship with Macy's cancelled for being a bigot. Got slammed by the Mexican government for being a bigot. And on and on and on.

Here, let me fix this for you:

Trump got canned by NBC for running as a republican.
Lost his business relationshiop with Univision for running as a republican. Had his relationship with Macy's cancelled for running as a republican. Got slammed by the Mexican government (and who the actual fuck cares about the mexican government anyhow), for running as a republican. And on and on.

It's not that TRUMP is a racist. It's that in the minds of many people ALL "republicans" are racists. That means you, by the way, no matter what you do or say.

Posted by: GMan at April 25, 2016 09:15 AM (sxq57)

129 SInce Kasich starting running, how many mass murders and similar events have taken place in Ohio? He should stop bragging about how much he 'fixed" Ohio.

Posted by: vivi at April 25, 2016 09:15 AM (11H2y)

130 The dope family must of crossed someone big time if the murderers went from location to location murdering everyone. I'm surprised the baby survived since whe was left unattended for a couple of days.

When I think of this type of violence, I think of cartels.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 09:15 AM (iQIUe)

131 121 NPR, the schoolteacher's station. Whatever you're saying is wrong.
Despite the fact that "Eskimo" comes from a French word pronounced "Eskimo" and means "stringer of snowshoes," it now has such racist connotations that It May Not Be Spoken. We have decided.

And when Quinn the Inuit gets here,
Everything is going to be all right.

(Another stopwatch running: time until some NPR intellectual finds that Inuit really means "squaw-whore" or "he who beats priest's head against igloo.")
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:13 AM (xq1UY)

To his credit the writer of the story bothers to mention that the Yupik call THEMSELVES eskimo, and don't mind at all if you call them that.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:15 AM (OkKDg)

132 Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 08:54 AM (/tuJf)

It would be more accurate to say conservatism has been successful everywhere it has been tried. Prime example is NYC. At least fiscal and law and order conservatism.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 09:16 AM (EWRow)

133 Sarah Palin hates Ice People.

Posted by: Quinn the Eskimo West at April 25, 2016 09:16 AM (7cqHD)

134 otoh, your hash spells "nerfed". sort of.

***

I put the 'eff' in 'nerd'.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:16 AM (NeFrd)

135 Votermom just said what I was going to say.

I am NOT saying Trump or his supporters are bigots. I know for a fact that they are not. I am saying that they have already been painted as such by the rest of the world that lives outside of the GOP circle.

I work and socialize with a very large community of "non-GOP". The fastest way to ignite a firestorm is to post a picture of Trump.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 09:17 AM (o7qMm)

136 >>It's not that TRUMP is a racist. It's that in the minds of many people ALL "republicans" are racists. That means you, by the way, no matter what you do or say.

Why don't you try reading the original comment at 93 which asserts that Trump is being portrayed as mainstream like Kasich. Might save you some time and snark.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:17 AM (/tuJf)

137 Joncelli, only 17 delegates in PA are bound. 54, the ones the voters elect, are unbound.
There are at least 2 districts where Trump has no delegates who have promised to support him no matter what.
I don't know what the Cruz situation is, but I have heard he may have less.
Don't know what Kasich has - officially none, but geographically he may have ties.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:17 AM (nbrY/)

138 ...yes, #132, at least until the next Democratic administration - barring Ed Koch, of course. The city was an absolute shithole during the Dinkins administration. This idiot we have in office now was Dinkins' chief of staff. and it shows.

Posted by: vivi at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (11H2y)

139 OT

Maybe I'm not supposed to ask this on here. I know that most of you are not doctors, but does anyone know of a good OTC allergy medication? The season is supposed to be terrible and some folks in the family are already experiencing it big time. I've used Zyrtec but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick now.

Thx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (w4NZ8)

140 Trump should have slightly more than 1000 delegates after tomorrow.

I predict he will get to 1247 when all is said and done.

When all of the acrimony of the primary is over I hope we can get a Trump/Cruz unity ticket, unifying the outsiders against the insiders and generally giving Mitch "Muppet Head" McConnel and Paul "Totally CON-servative" Ryan as well as the assorted GOPe fucktards a sad.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 25, 2016 09:19 AM (OtqMl)

141 Target petition up to 490k

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 09:19 AM (KCQo0)

142 "The assertion was made that Trump is being portrayed as mainstream while Cruz is being portrayed as a bigot because he is a conservative. "

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:14 AM (/tuJf)

Haven't you ever listened to the media or any liberals?

First liberal: "John is a conservative"

Second liberal: "No, he can't be. He didn't seem racist."

Especially to younger people, conservatism equals racism. The republican party started and is still for slavery. Without democrats, the Cruz's of the country would have all the blacks back on plantations.

Posted by: jwest at April 25, 2016 09:19 AM (Zs4uk)

143 Trolls and the circular firing squads tend to come out MOnday AMs. Sigh

===

All will be at Peace once we surrender to Cruzlam.

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 09:20 AM (3ZtZW)

144 Why don't you try reading the original comment at 93 which asserts that Trump is being portrayed as mainstream like Kasich. Might save you some time and snark.

Yeah, I read it, so what. I'm saying it does not matter. You nominate kasich, suddenly he's a racist douche that can't be allowed to win. You nominate cruz, same thing.

It doesn't matter.

Posted by: GMan at April 25, 2016 09:20 AM (sxq57)

145 Allowing idiots to be recruit from the US and UK to join ISIS may not be such a bad idea. We at least get rid of them. Of course, if they return, they may be embolden.

I'm amazed that one of the ISIS guys who held French kidnapped victims hostage turned up in Belgium and bombed the airport. Not exactly in hiding.

The smart thing is to barr entry from any muslim who comes from or visits those countries. Trump is right.

I do have to laugh how all these aholes claim they went to these jihadi terrorist spots to "study" or do "charity" work. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 09:20 AM (iQIUe)

146 Joncelli - 2/3 of PA delegates are unbound. The PA winner only gets 17 delegates. 50 some are unbound.

The trick is figuring out who those 50 will vote for on the first ballot. Many of the ones likely to win tomorrow are saying "for the state winner" or "for the district winner". There is a good chance that Trump will get most PA votes, even if most are unbound.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 09:20 AM (o7qMm)

147 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (w4NZ

Know some folks who swear by Claritin D.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 09:20 AM (6TLl6)

148 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (w4NZ

***
I'll second that request. I'm in Central TX, and between the oak pollen and the freakin' mold, I find myself draining so bad I have to vomit a few times every morning before I get in the car.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at April 25, 2016 09:20 AM (lutOX)

149 137 Joncelli, only 17 delegates in PA are bound. 54, the ones the voters elect, are unbound.
There are at least 2 districts where Trump has no delegates who have promised to support him no matter what.
I don't know what the Cruz situation is, but I have heard he may have less.
Don't know what Kasich has - officially none, but geographically he may have ties.
Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:17 AM (nbrY/)

Okay, very helpful, and I appreciate the information. So that means that the unbound delegates can make their own choices.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:21 AM (OkKDg)

150 Whether the victims were bad people and brought this on themselves, we have to treat this like 9/11. I said this a year ago when the Mexican cartels first carried out assassinations on American soil which they intentionally avoided in the past . This is not a local issue. This is war and can't be ignored.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 09:21 AM (EWRow)

151 That wasn't the point. The assertion was made that Trump is being portrayed as mainstream while Cruz is being portrayed as a bigot because he is a conservative.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:14 AM (/tuJf)

Yeah I know...what I said had nothing to do with you or what you said...it was just easier to pull what you said as a lead in to what I was saying. Sorry, poor way to do that I guess

Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:21 AM (V/InG)

152 >>Haven't you ever listened to the media or any liberals?

No. I live in a bubble.

Your assertion that Trump is not being portrayed as a racist bigot by the msm is patently ridiculous. It is the central complaint against him by the liberal press.

That doesn't mean that they won't hammer Cruz and any other Republican, they will, but Trump has earned more scorn on this topic than all the other candidates combined.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 25, 2016 09:22 AM (/tuJf)

153 When I lived in Fairbanks the natives told my wife that the place known as Anaktuvik Pass means "place of the caribou droppings".

I think they were pulling her leg.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:22 AM (NeFrd)

154 All will be at Peace once we surrender to Cruzlam.

*snort*

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:22 AM (Bbsg+)

155 Actually 7.5 Mbps is okay unless you have lots of
recievers on at once. I have not problem with Netflex and Amazon....
BUT...I have unlimited monthly data. I didn't realize anyone had a
limited allotment anymore.

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 08:51 AM (6IZ5e)

Two smart TV's. Four laptops. Two tablets. Five cell phones. Two kindles.
We're a connected family, and 7.5 Mbps, (which isn't even considered broadband), is not enough. We can still live it though...but it's the data limits that rankle me.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 25, 2016 09:23 AM (tborC)

156 I swear half the actors on FTWD are non Americans. What's up with that?

Junky kid - Brit
Cute Asian Girl - Kiwi
Travis - Kiwi

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 09:23 AM (iQIUe)

157 And not regular Claritin, Claritin D. May have to show ID for it.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 09:23 AM (6TLl6)

158 I'm laughing at the Hillary Gun story. She says most of the guns used in crimes in New York come from Vermont.

Funny - it was just a few months ago that Virginia was blamed, which gave Bloomberg a reason to try and buy the VA senate elections.

I don't think they know what the fuck they're talking about.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 25, 2016 09:23 AM (eytER)

159 140 Trump should have slightly more than 1000 delegates after tomorrow.

I predict he will get to 1247 when all is said and done.

When all of the acrimony of the primary is over I hope we can get a Trump/Cruz unity ticket, unifying the outsiders against the insiders and generally giving Mitch "Muppet Head" McConnel and Paul "Totally CON-servative" Ryan as well as the assorted GOPe fucktards a sad.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 25, 2016 09:19 AM (OtqMl)

That will be hard. There has been an unprecedented level of vitriol. If Trump and his supporters win then many Republicans are sitting this one out, out of sheer spite.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:23 AM (OkKDg)

160 yes, #132, at least until the next Democratic
administration - barring Ed Koch, of course. The city was an absolute
shithole during the Dinkins administration. This idiot we have in office
now was Dinkins' chief of staff. and it shows.

Posted by: vivi at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (11H2y)
I went to college during the Dinkins administration. Dinky, I called him, as that was the kind of mayor he was. The parks were taken over by the homeless and others. Grand Central had an area for the homeless on the main concourse....It truly was a shithole!

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 09:24 AM (6IZ5e)

161 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (w4NZ

There are a few different OTC allergy medications. If Zyrtec isn't working, try another one.

But I think you have to use them for at least a few days before they begin to work, so be patient.

Fexofenadine
Loratadine
Cetirizine (Zyrtec)

There may be more, but I can't think of any.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:24 AM (Zu3d9)

162 Fenelon -- the only OTC allergy stuff that works with me is Sudafed and the generic formulation. The post-nasal drip is what kills me -- I can live with dripping eyes and itchy skin, but the nasal drip just turns into secondary infections like bronchitis/pneumonia with me.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 25, 2016 09:24 AM (MIKMs)

163 153 When I lived in Fairbanks the natives told my wife that the place known as Anaktuvik Pass means "place of the caribou droppings".

I think they were pulling her leg.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:22 AM (NeFrd)

Maybe not; the eskimo name for Point Barrow is "Place Where We Hunt for Owls" so anything is possible.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:25 AM (OkKDg)

164 just killing time until the art thread....

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 25, 2016 09:26 AM (dBmVV)

165 Solar airplane flies at 24 knots. There are sailboats that will do twice that.
I'm getting a glimpse of the future here, and the label says "Cutty Sark."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:26 AM (xq1UY)

166 Fen

It is compared to Zyrtec, but it works for us.

http://tinyurl.com/jxqjp5v

And if you look around amazon, they carry generic equivalents for just about everything out there.

Posted by: Moon's gravitational pull at April 25, 2016 09:26 AM (ptqRm)

167 will be at Peace once we surrender to Cruzlam.

More projection than a marathon showing of the Exorcist at a 100 screen metroplex.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 09:26 AM (EWRow)

168 Be off, you lunar sock!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 09:26 AM (ptqRm)

169 Flonase is OTC now.
It worked for us.

Posted by: @votermom at April 25, 2016 09:28 AM (nbrY/)

170 Good lord, I'm with mortimer on the coughing fit. And I think all the candidates suck ass.

Posted by: NCKate at April 25, 2016 09:28 AM (O46jc)

171 Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 25, 2016 09:26 AM (dBmVV)

Art's not here....he was choked in yesterday's Food Thread.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:28 AM (Zu3d9)

172 Maybe I'm not supposed to ask this on here. I know
that most of you are not doctors, but does anyone know of a good OTC
allergy medication? The season is supposed to be terrible and some folks
in the family are already experiencing it big time. I've used Zyrtec
but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick now.

Thx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2016 09:18 AM (w4NZ

We use Benadryl seems to work well.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 09:28 AM (vvmPQ)

173 sorry , guess I should have included PBUH.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:29 AM (Bbsg+)

174 Chicago = "Place of the wild onions."
Refreshing honesty in Native American place naming.
Why do you ask, Two Dogs...?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:31 AM (xq1UY)

175 Fen....
We use this one in place of Loratadine as well.

http://tinyurl.com/hsvuzt4

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 09:31 AM (ptqRm)

176

Kasich voters

can anyone tell me how his positions are ANY different than Clintons

as far as Cruz teaming up with Kasich, heck why not team up with Clinton

whats the difference

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:33 AM (zOTsN)

177 Nah just saying it wouldn't end even if we did

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at April 25, 2016 09:33 AM (dU/fR)

178 Another in the continuing series, "Why you are fucked and likely to stay that way:"

YOU would go to jail, because you don't have the money to buy your way out:

https://tinyurl.com/hfg5vct

Goldman Sachs et.al., on the other hand, have plenty of money - they can print their own 'get out of jail free' cards.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at April 25, 2016 09:34 AM (4ng05)

179 174 Chicago = "Place of the wild onions."
Refreshing honesty in Native American place naming.
Why do you ask, Two Dogs...?
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:31 AM (xq1UY)

I'm pretty sure the indian name for Detroit was "Place of the Future Shithole."

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:34 AM (OkKDg)

180 as far as Cruz teaming up with Kasich, heck why not team up with Clinton

whats the difference
Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:33 AM (zOTsN)

She probably will not take his calls

Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:34 AM (V/InG)

181
Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:21 AM (V/InG)

Ngu, check your nic, unless this ain't you...

Posted by: Spun and Murky at April 25, 2016 09:35 AM (dDUXP)

182 Well, I spelled it wrong. Anaktuvuk Pass.

And apparently it does mean place of caribou droppings.

That or they're also pulling Wikipedia's leg.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:35 AM (NeFrd)

183 My prediction ...

... doesn't matter if Trump get's over 1247 or not. Enough of them will be magically "unbound" to bring on the second ballot.

And actually exercising the penalties prescribed for delegates that do so will be decried as "not who we are".

It's gonna' be a show.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 25, 2016 09:35 AM (RKJF2)

184 allegeries

zyrtec or claritan PLUS nasal spray. Have to do both

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:35 AM (zOTsN)

185 US President Barack Obama said on Monday at a trade fair in Hannover, Germany, that this is the most peaceful and prosperous era in human history.

I am sure that thought the same thing in 1936

Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:35 AM (V/InG)

186 180 as far as Cruz teaming up with Kasich, heck why not team up with Clinton

whats the difference
Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:33 AM (zOTsN)

She probably will not take his calls
Posted by: Navergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:34 AM (V/InG)

He's probably taking her money already. Why talk to your prostitute when the day of the tryst is already established?

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:35 AM (OkKDg)

187 I'm still amazed how Amazon carries so many different brands of almost everything and with Prime, delivers so fast...Of course I don't live in one of those zip codes that some are accusing Amazon of blacklisting and not offering second day delivery. Oh the humanity of it all.

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (6IZ5e)

188 Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at April 25, 2016 09:34 AM (4ng05)

So who should go to jail for this egregious affront to all that America stands for?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (Zu3d9)

189 Allergies?

Just rub some Tussin on it.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (6TLl6)

190 Thanks fat fingered my NIC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (V/InG)

191 I live in a place called, by two different Shawnee derivations, "Beautiful River, Beautiful River." By accident of politics, there is a river here. Useful river, historically. It is not nor has it ever been beautiful. I blame real estate men, mostly.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (xq1UY)

192 I'm in a nasty mood today. My only consolation is that Bernie's supporters hate Hillary almost as much as Trump's supporters hate Cruz. Maybe we can get all the particularly nasty ones to have a fistfight in a cornfield somewhere.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:38 AM (OkKDg)

193 I like the fact that the English word for parakeet -- budgie -- comes from budgariar (or similar), the aboriginal Australian word for "good to eat".

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 09:39 AM (1xUj/)

194 Nothing wrong with a little "fat fingering".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 25, 2016 09:39 AM (RKJF2)

195

d'Etroit

a French word not a native one

meaning A Straight

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:39 AM (zOTsN)

196 I live in a place called, by two different Shawnee
derivations, "Beautiful River, Beautiful River." By accident of
politics, there is a river here. Useful river, historically. It is not
nor has it ever been beautiful. I blame real estate men, mostly.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (xq1UY)

Native American real estate salesmen back then...could be....

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 09:40 AM (6IZ5e)

197 191 I live in a place called, by two different Shawnee derivations, "Beautiful River, Beautiful River." By accident of politics, there is a river here. Useful river, historically. It is not nor has it ever been beautiful. I blame real estate men, mostly.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (xq1UY)

Just like the Vikings calling an ice-capped island with only a fringe of livable land "Greenland."

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:40 AM (OkKDg)

198 I voted for Cruz in the primary but teaming up with Kasich does not endear him to me. What was the deal, the price for this cooperation? You lie down with dogs you get up with fleas

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:41 AM (zOTsN)

199 No matter how you feel about John Oliver, this bit on Puerto Rico is good. Between the lines, he points out how the politicians and the government fuck people all the time in favor of their benefactors and fellow plutocrats:

https://tinyurl.com/zmob729

Look, I already know that it avoids any mention of self responsibility and native corruption that is as natural as breathing in Puerto Rican politics, but you're smart enough to infer that yourselves.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at April 25, 2016 09:41 AM (4ng05)

200 195

d'Etroit

a French word not a native one

meaning A Straight
Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:39 AM (zOTsN)

I'm pretty sure it had a proper Indian name before the Frogs got there.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:41 AM (OkKDg)

201 Just like the Vikings calling an ice-capped island with only a fringe of livable land "Greenland."

That was Erik. His kid was more descriptive.

Posted by: Helluland, Markland, and Vinland at April 25, 2016 09:41 AM (1xUj/)

202 I voted for Cruz in the primary but teaming up with Kasich does not endear him to me. What was the deal, the price for this cooperation? You lie down with dogs you get up with fleas

A place on the VP short list?

I'm kind of curious/nauseated at the spectre of a Cruz/Kasich ticket.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at April 25, 2016 09:42 AM (PFy0L)

203 "Just like the Vikings calling an ice-capped island with only a fringe of livable land "Greenland."

Some places just seem to attract stupid names.

Posted by: Baltimore, aka Charm City at April 25, 2016 09:42 AM (ptqRm)

204 Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:40 AM (OkKDg)

Are you calling me a liar?

Posted by: Erik The Red at April 25, 2016 09:42 AM (Zu3d9)

205 Elizabeth Warren's name comes from a mash-up of two Cherokee words meaning (rough translation) "smells like" and "crab salad".

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (NeFrd)

206 I heard the vikings gave Iceland its name to deter people from coming. The weather is mild and they wanted to keep it for themselves. People they wanted to get rid of they sent to the misnamed Greenland, which is much less mild than Iceland

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (zOTsN)

207 I've just been robocalled by Ivanka Trump...whoring for her daddy... my phone feels so violated.

*sigh* Need coffee.

Posted by: Phil at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (PTq8m)

208 Iceland is covered with volcanic springs. Very mild

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (zOTsN)

209 Trump has fought the GOP and is winning. Just like you can't try to score three touchdowns on one possession, he has focused on that battle and will focus on the battle against the democrats when it begins.

Allegations that he is a liberal are as unsubstantiated as allegations that Cruz is Canadian, and based on the exact same type of reasoning.

Get your ego out of the equation. And I don't hate Cruz, joncelli. I hate one thing: the church of global socialism.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 09:44 AM (xuouz)

210 Inuit supposedly have umpteen words for "snow." Italian has 20-some different names for "assassin's knife." Certainly every word in French can mean some form of "shithole."

People downstream of Detroit wish to Christ they had a shithole. They're flushing it straight down the river, and the whole government tsk-ing machine has been aimed at the Lake Erie basin to cover for it. Not a [word about Detroit. (D).

Governor of Michigan leaves today on major Euro trade mission. Headline? He won't be drinking Flint water while in Europe.

Been to Europe? Nobody in Europe drinks the water. Nobody.
Solution? Make European bottled water all trendy in the U.S.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 09:45 AM (xq1UY)

211 207 I've just been robocalled by Ivanka Trump...whoring for her daddy... my phone feels so violated.

*sigh* Need coffee.
Posted by: Phil at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (PTq8m)

You say "Ivanka" and "whoring" and don't provide pictures? I mean, dude.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:45 AM (OkKDg)

212 I've just been robocalled by Ivanka Trump...whoring for her daddy... my phone feels so violated.
*sigh* Need coffee.
Posted by: Phil at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (PTq8m)

Trump so vulgar, omg. He's unfit for the white house.

Oh and I just got a call from his WHORE DAUGHTER.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 09:45 AM (xuouz)

213 Damn, talk about a May-November romance

http://cbsloc.al/1Wlza2T

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 09:46 AM (ptqRm)

214 Having spent lots of time in Colorado and Alaska I would venture to say that English-speakers also had a sense of irony about place names.

I have never once caught a fish on a stream named "Trout Creek" and have never seen a moose at a stream named "Moose Creek".

Brush Creeks on the other hand always seem to live up to their name. Funny, that.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:46 AM (NeFrd)

215 Some on the left are all excited that Hillary may call on "smells like and crab salad" to be her VP pick...

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 09:47 AM (6IZ5e)

216 "Teach Your Inner Child"-

A Holy Land Moments devotional:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zm4ct35

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 25, 2016 09:47 AM (w4NZ8)

217 RE: Cruz and Kasich team up

Can we please now drop all pretense of a "principled conservative" opposition to Trump?

Posted by: Foul Harold at April 25, 2016 08:00 AM (FGvan)

It seems #NeverTrump buys all of their Trump-stopping plans and equipment from Acme.

Acme - Coyote Tested - Road Runner Approved

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Indulge Your Neuroses with a Custom Complaint from the Outrage Outlet! at April 25, 2016 09:47 AM (hLRSq)

218 Any politician that calls me before noon is unfit for office., kari. Thanks for playing along.

Posted by: Phil at April 25, 2016 09:47 AM (PTq8m)

219 209 Trump has fought the GOP and is winning. Just like you can't try to score three touchdowns on one possession, he has focused on that battle and will focus on the battle against the democrats when it begins.

Allegations that he is a liberal are as unsubstantiated as allegations that Cruz is Canadian, and based on the exact same type of reasoning.

Get your ego out of the equation. And I don't hate Cruz, joncelli. I hate one thing: the church of global socialism.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 09:44 AM (xuouz)

Nominating Trump will give it to us, either in the form of Hillary or whoever else survives the Dem primary. Sorry, you can't go around calling your opponent Lyin' Ted and expect his supporters to rally to your guy.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:48 AM (OkKDg)

220 "I would venture to say that English-speakers also had a sense of irony about place names. "

perhaps this is the reason that so many trailer parks have "Estates" in their name.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 09:49 AM (ptqRm)

221 Assuming Cruz and Kasich are out of the picture, who would Trump nominate for VP?

Possible boxes he'd look to check:
-Southern
-Woman
-Minority
-Politician (he's stated as much)
-Household name

Pick three.

I'd like to see either:
Peyton Manning
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Just kidding. Or am I.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 09:49 AM (xuouz)

222 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:46 AM (NeFrd)

Mooseknuckle too.....

http://tinyurl.com/h79ptoe

NSFW....or after eating

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:49 AM (Zu3d9)

223 214 Having spent lots of time in Colorado and Alaska I would venture to say that English-speakers also had a sense of irony about place names.

I have never once caught a fish on a stream named "Trout Creek" and have never seen a moose at a stream named "Moose Creek".

Brush Creeks on the other hand always seem to live up to their name. Funny, that.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:46 AM (NeFrd)

They're also brutally realistic: There's a Dead Horse in Alaska and a Dead Mule in California.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:49 AM (OkKDg)

224 So who should go to jail for this egregious affront to all that America stands for?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 09:36 AM (Zu3d9)

I don't know... You could as the one (yes there was only one guy) guy who went to jail for RBMS crap that nearly destroyed the world economy. He went to jail for doing something that was common place among the big banks. They got away with stealing and destroying trillions in wealth. They used other people's investment money to buy their way out of any accountability. I know that the government created the environment where this shit could happen and that the banks just took advantage of it. But this is a gigantic exclamation point on the cooperation between certain businesses and government in scratching each others' backs at the expense of "hard working American" (and all of the other condescending platitudes that politicians use to refer to us peasants).

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at April 25, 2016 09:50 AM (4ng05)

225 Twitter: Calls to Gang-Rape a Women is Totes Acceptable

No talent hack Azealia Banks called for Sarah Palin to be shaved bald like a NAZI's French whore, and then gang raped by Black men. Why? A fake interview.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11517

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 25, 2016 09:50 AM (vBeA5)

226 Boy, you hit Monday with a roundhouse swing, OB. Great links.

Posted by: creeper at April 25, 2016 09:51 AM (DdR3x)

227 "America is leading the fight against climate change," Obama said.

... but Washington desperately needs some climate change.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 25, 2016 09:51 AM (e8kgV)

228 225 Twitter: Calls to Gang-Rape a Women is Totes Acceptable

No talent hack Azealia Banks called for Sarah Palin to be shaved bald like a NAZI's French whore, and then gang raped by Black men. Why? A fake interview.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11517
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 25, 2016 09:50 AM (vBeA5)

People of Color get to call people anything they want because guilty liberal whites are too racist to hold them to standards. Film at 11:00.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:52 AM (OkKDg)

229 English-speakers also had a sense of irony about place names.

The 'Driveway/Parkway Dichotomy'.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:52 AM (Bbsg+)

230 no fan of Trump but UNI PARTY will not be stopped. Not a hairs bit of difference between Kasich and Clinton on policy. Not that I can find. I wish I knew what deal Cruz got from Kasich for this partnership, and visa versa

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:52 AM (zOTsN)

231 I've already used up my quota of angry vitriol for the day. Time to be useful.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:53 AM (OkKDg)

232 perhaps this is the reason that so many trailer parks have "Estates" in their name.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 09:49 AM (ptqRm)

Hey, don't knock Chesapeake Homes.....I have a relative who has a double wide in one of their "Estates"....hates the place....

Posted by: Colin at April 25, 2016 09:53 AM (6IZ5e)

233 Cruz and Kasich teaming up, completely destroys whatever anti-establishment credentials Cruz had.

Cruz is the establishment. And so are you.
Posted by: Just Sayin' at April 25, 2016 08:52 AM (2kjDY)

If it works to stop the lying Democrat Trump and enable a real conservative who actually has a record of fighting the establishment to get the nomination, then it's the right thing to do.

Stopping Trump became a hair-on-fire emergency weeks ago. They should have done this earlier. This stunt candidacy never should have gotten this far.

He even now admits he's been lying to his cult, but they don't care.

Posted by: stace at April 25, 2016 09:53 AM (ozZau)

234 Nominating Trump will give it to us, either in the form of Hillary or whoever else survives the Dem primary. Sorry, you can't go around calling your opponent Lyin' Ted and expect his supporters to rally to your guy.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:48 AM (OkKDg)

Trump is as unelectable now as he was in August. Meaning, he's apparently electable by wide margins across demographics and in every region in the country.

It's headache-inducing that every speculative assertion about Trump is put forward as a given, and every cast-iron election result is a fluke that won't translate to the general.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 09:54 AM (xuouz)

235 Allegations that Trump is Liberal? Trump's own words aren't good enough for you?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 09:54 AM (EWRow)

236 oh good Lord

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:54 AM (Bbsg+)

237 Elizabeth Warren's name comes from a mash-up of two Cherokee words meaning (rough translation) "smells like" and "crab salad".

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM

There's a Nirvana joke in there somewhere...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2016 09:55 AM (bzd8I)

238 Shrillary! Klintoon: "I ain't no ways tarred......"

Mrs. Michael "Sasquatch" 0Bola: "I find it extraordinarily distressing that you privileged Caucasian-Americans don't allow us to eviscerate you, utterly, with no complaints!"

Posted by: WTF-Over at April 25, 2016 09:55 AM (k7X5a)

239 BTW, Today is ANZAC day.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 25, 2016 09:56 AM (vBeA5)

240 explain to me how Obamacare and medicaid expansion loving Kasich is a conservative

the guy who said last week that we need to adopt some of the democrats policy positions

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:56 AM (zOTsN)

241 compare -
Sorry, you can't go around calling your opponent Lyin' Ted and expect his supporters to rally to your guy.

contrast -
He even now admits he's been lying to his cult

Not really seeing the 'high road' being taken here.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM (Bbsg+)

242 Who here has ever said Kasich is conservative?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM (EWRow)

243 Kasich, vote for me, I'm Clinton without the FBI investigation!

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM (zOTsN)

244 BTW, Today is ANZAC day.

It is also World Penguin Day.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM (1xUj/)

245 He even now admits he's been lying to his cult, but they don't care.

===

Cruzlims, Trumpfidels

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM (3ZtZW)

246 209

At this point you are simply lying, albeit eloquently. Trump's liberalism has been pointed out to you again and again. You refuse to acknowledge it and return to your "aesthetics" and "ego" thesis.

Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 09:58 AM (mFkVC)

247 He even now admits he's been lying to his cult, but they don't care.
Posted by: stace at April 25, 2016 09:53 AM (ozZau)

Is Paul Manafort a fork-tongued K-street corruptocrat or is he revealing the Trump playbook in a presser? Please pick one.

Is Trump an insane bigot (as was asserted upthread) who will deport every mexican family, or is he a two-faced democrat who will push through amnesty on his first day in office?

I don't even know what race anyone is talking about anymore. Godspeed horde.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 09:58 AM (xuouz)

248

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at April 25, 2016 09:58 AM (evdj2)

249 World Penguin Day

===

And I forgot my Tuxedo!

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 09:59 AM (3ZtZW)

250 explain to me how Obamacare and medicaid expansion loving Kasich is a conservative

He has been cleansed by the healing touch of Ted?

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 09:59 AM (Bbsg+)

251 Detroit's original name was Fort Pontchartrain du D�troit. It was shortened to simply Detroit when the US took possession of it from the British.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 09:59 AM (vvmPQ)

252 BTW, Today is ANZAC day.

It is also World Penguin Day.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM (1xUj/)

Ah yes, those brave penguins who gave their life at Galipoli along side Mel Gibson...

Posted by: The Penguin Hat at April 25, 2016 09:59 AM (vBeA5)

253 so lemme get this straight

we agree that Kasich is not a conservative and in fact is really dem light

and Cruz is teaming up with dem light Kasich to stop dem light Trump and must have given up something to get Kasich to cooperate with him

am I getting this straight

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:00 AM (zOTsN)

254 "Fort Pontchartrain du Detrait."

And with all those letters, you still can't spell "Shithole"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 25, 2016 10:01 AM (ptqRm)

255 234

Are you aware of the difference between the "primary" and the "general" election? Romney and McCain did a lot better, percentage wise, in the primaries then Trump - how'd that work out?

Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 10:01 AM (mFkVC)

256 #247 you've summed up Trump pretty good. If you go by his own words this election he has taken all sides of a position. If you go by a lifetime of statements and actions by Trump, he is nothing more than a egotistical limousine liberal.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 10:01 AM (EWRow)

257 D'Etroit means "the straight" in french

the french owned it

when the british took it they called it Detroit

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:01 AM (zOTsN)

258 >>>234 Nominating Trump will give it to us, either in the form of Hillary or whoever else survives the Dem primary. Sorry, you can't go around calling your opponent Lyin' Ted and expect his supporters to rally to your guy.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:48 AM (OkKDg)

Indeed! Just because we called youTea-Partiers a bunch of low-brow idjits or wacko-birds doesn't mean you should ignore the McCain & Romney Presidencies that we gave you! Then again, you rednecks don't remotely appreciate the rolling back of 0BamaCare and conservative Supreme Court Justices we did on your behalf, either......

Posted by: The Notorious GOPe at April 25, 2016 10:02 AM (k7X5a)

259 At this point you are simply lying, albeit eloquently. Trump's liberalism has been pointed out to you again and again. You refuse to acknowledge it and return to your "aesthetics" and "ego" thesis.
Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 09:58 AM (mFkVC)

This is my thesis: I don't know what he is. I know he's not GOPe and I know he's not a socialist. That appears to be the best we can do. I'll take it.

EITHER he can't beat the democrats OR he'll be a disaster in office. Anti-Trumpers need to pick one argument or the other.
EITHER he's a reckless air-headed billionaire who's gonna try to build a wall and will fumble all over the place on foreign policy OR he's a lying democrat who will be equivalent to an Obama/Hillary presidency.

You don't get to just spray indignation everywhere and act like you're making a good point. You don't like Trump, and you'll say anything to prove it. I'll take Trump, and I try to be honest about it.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:02 AM (xuouz)

260 The French believed in honesty in place names.

Posted by: Grand Tetons at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM (1xUj/)

261 I think the Cruz/Kasich team up is a sign that Trump probably has this sewn up. The theory was that Not-Trump was large enough to stop him, but Trump's support is high enough in key remaining states to inch over the threshhold needed for the first ballot win.

It is a last gasp effort because there is no choice left.

I'm a little surprised though, I thought Kasich was playing to be Trump's VP pick. This move will likely not help that. Might be that he got the word that Trump isn't going to pick him.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM (o7qMm)

262 BTW, Today is ANZAC day.

It is also World Penguin Day.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, Opus/Bill the Cat 2016 at April 25, 2016 09:57 AM

Also for us Orthodox Morons, Holy Monday. AKA, the day my mother reads Matthew 21:18 at her fig trees as a not-so-subtle hint. :-P

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM (bzd8I)

263 Cruzlims, Trumpfidels

Reminds me of the comedian in the 80's discussing the Iran-Iraq War.

"It's spelled with an 'N' " *machine gun rat-tat-tat-tat* !"

"No, it's spelled with a 'Q' " *screaming missile, explosion *

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM (Bbsg+)

264 Oh and guess what: having what amounts to a 5 year old in the Oval Office would be in all ways superior to more democrat/global socialist treason.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM (xuouz)

265 D'etroit means "The Strait" in French.
The "straight" part is still in question.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 25, 2016 10:04 AM (xq1UY)

266 I think this means Kasich thinks he will take it at the convention

even though he has only won 1 state.

I will not vote for Kasich

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:04 AM (zOTsN)

267 Reminds me of the comedian in the 80's discussing the Iran-Iraq War.

"It's spelled with an 'N' " *machine gun rat-tat-tat-tat* !"

"No, it's spelled with a 'Q' " *screaming missile, explosion *

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM

Which comedian suggested that the two be combined into one big country called "Irate".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 25, 2016 10:05 AM (bzd8I)

268 Considering the amount of electricity the mj growers in Ohio were using, no one tipped off the cops?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 10:05 AM (iQIUe)

269 so lemme get this straight

we agree that Kasich is not a conservative and in fact is really dem light

and Cruz is teaming up with dem light Kasich to stop dem light Trump
and must have given up something to get Kasich to cooperate with him

am I getting this straight Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:00 AM (zOTsN)
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Kasich's campaign manager is, oh so conveniently, a member of Black, Manafort, Stone somebody. Gee, I wonder where that rumor got started?

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 25, 2016 10:05 AM (MIKMs)

270 Indeed! Just because we called youTea-Partiers a bunch of low-brow idjits or wacko-birds

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Don't forget Hobbits!

BTW, we've got this Ring...

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 10:05 AM (3ZtZW)

271 Also for us Orthodox Morons, Holy Monday. AKA, the day my mother reads Matthew 21:18 at her fig trees as a not-so-subtle hint. :-P

OK, I didn't know that passage.

And I know it's dangerous to start theological debates, but wasn't He being a wee bit bitchy there?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 25, 2016 10:07 AM (1xUj/)

272 207 I've just been robocalled by Ivanka Trump...whoring for her daddy... my phone feels so violated.

Posted by: Phil at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (PTq8m)

You should have asked for for a date.

Posted by: OregonMuse at April 25, 2016 10:07 AM (wdivZ)

273 "Is Trump an insane bigot (as was asserted upthread)"

That was never asserted. What was asserted is that he has already been painted as that outside the GOP. There is a big difference.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:07 AM (o7qMm)

274 273 "Is Trump an insane bigot (as was asserted upthread)"
That was never asserted. What was asserted is that he has already been painted as that outside the GOP.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:07 AM (o7qMm)

Inside the GOP, too.

Posted by: OregonMuse at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (wdivZ)

275 I a Tea Party Patriot. I am a Texan. I am a conservative. I am an American. In that order.

Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (zLDYs)

276 Here are links to PA delegate information. My boss' wife sent them to me over the weekend.

http://touch.mcall.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-86674310/

Trump slate: https://tinyurl.com/hcjpelh

Cruz slate: https://tinyurl.com/jbn5uqb

Posted by: rickl at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (zoehZ)

277 Kasich is betting both Cruz and Trump go down in flames at the convention and he will triumph

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (zOTsN)

278 It's headache-inducing that every speculative assertion about Trump is put forward as a given, and every cast-iron election result is a fluke that won't translate to the general.

Let's look at the results of the New York Primary
http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us/home.aspx

Republican Results All Counties (Active Enrolled Republicans: 2,554,996)

Trump 528,792

Democratic Results All Counties (Active Enrolled Democrats: 5,268,431)

Clinton 1,057,347

Hillary lapped Trump in primary votes cast.

I think skepticism of primary results translating to general election victories is warranted. Maybe a million Democrats will cross over on election day, but that's just speculation.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (evdj2)

279 i don't know who will want to be Trump's running mate . I had previously thought he would attempt to get a non declared party person with a favorable military record. Now I think they will attempt to get a female running mate. I say that without having even a guess as to the pool of potential candidates.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (EWRow)

280 I've just been robocalled by Ivanka Trump...whoring for her daddy... my phone feels so violated.

Posted by: Phil at April 25, 2016 09:43 AM (PTq8m)

You should have asked for for a date.

Posted by: OregonMuse at April 25, 2016 10:07 AM (wdivZ)
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But not smart enough to register as R to vote for her daddy?

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 25, 2016 10:08 AM (MIKMs)

281 What was asserted is that he has already been painted as that outside the GOP.

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Ummmm..... that probably why he's winning.....

Most folks want somebody "outside the GOP".

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:09 AM (8XRCm)

282 "Inside the GOP, too."

Fair point.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:09 AM (o7qMm)

283 To me, these political slugfest aren't even meaningful anymore. Whoever flops their way into the White House is not going to turn the tide. Some will hasten America's demise, and contribute to the downfall of Western Civilization at a faster rate. Others might go the little Dutch boy route and slow down the speed of the tsunami to only 300 miles per hour instead of 500 mph. Either way, we are losing what we once had and once cherished. Because not enough people love and cherish it anymore. In fact, they would prefer that we die. Some have made that their aim in life. How do you get freedom back when totalitarianism is the predominant philosophy of the day. People are standing in line to destroy Western Civilization. You see anyone running for office who can turn that around? I do not.

That's my optimistic comment of the day.

Posted by: grammie winger, waiting for the trumpets at April 25, 2016 10:10 AM (DLIpz)

284 Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 09:59 AM (vvmPQ)

The British called it "Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit?"

Probably not.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 10:10 AM (Zu3d9)

285 The rest of the country has determined Trump=Bigot.

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Yeah... not asserted at all.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:10 AM (8XRCm)

286 That was never asserted. What was asserted is that he has already been painted as that outside the GOP. There is a big difference.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:07 AM (o7qMm)

Okay, let's let the Left dictate who can run as a Republican. Anyone that they criticize is right out.

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:11 AM (2Ocf1)

287 anyone agreeing to be Trumps veep will go to the GOP to get their blessing first. Im looking at you Susanna Martinez. No way anyone in the GOP will agree to be his running mate without it. They aill ruin their "careers" and all em them are not self funding and need the GOP apparatus for cash

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:11 AM (zOTsN)

288 The rest of the country has determined Trump=Bigot.

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Yeah... not asserted at all.

How is that an assertion that Trump is a bigot?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:12 AM (o7qMm)

289 259

Trump can BOTH be likely to lose AND promise to be a disaster should he get into office. These are in no way mutually exclusive.
He can also be BOTH a disastrously inept political actor AND a liberal by instincts. Trump has no real core principles beyond Trump. This makes him inordinately vulnerable to flattery, particularly from people he thinks are "strong." He also has absolutely no intellectual curiosity, no desire to learn. Minus external factors, such as the need to con a GOP electorate, he will retreat to the easiest intellectual position (since he has absolutely no interest in defending any particular principles), the position that, as a New Yorker, has been "common sense" his whole life, the position most likely to win him praise from the media.

You don't try to be particularly honest in your debating. You use your passive-aggressive "aesthetics" argument to denigrate and ignore opposing viewpoints while seeming to maintain a moral high ground. It's a well-conceived insult.

Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 10:12 AM (mFkVC)

290 I'm a little surprised though, I thought Kasich was playing to be Trump's VP pick. This move will likely not help that. Might be that he got the word that Trump isn't going to pick him.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:03 AM (o7qMm)

This works in Kasich's favor as a VP pick or, better as a "compromise (GOPe) Prez candidate" should Trump fall short.

Kasich can say hey, look my numbers are rising and I've won more states now. I'm on a roll and will bring in the most voters.

While he can point at Cruz and say, "See his numbers are falling or have flattened out. Cruz is getting all the votes he's going to get in the general election."

Cruz is still going to rely on his organization to get the nom (or VP slot) in a Brokered Convention.

Cruz/Kasich makes a lot of sense from the GOPe perspective-

they give the conservatives Cruz and get Kasich on the back end to undo all the good work Cruz does.

They'd like Kasich/Cruz or Kasich/Mario even more because they get all they want from amnesty to "Improving" Obamacare to green energy graftorama.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 25, 2016 10:13 AM (0cMkb)

291 Okay, let's let the Left dictate who can run as a Republican. Anyone that they criticize is right out.
Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:11 AM (2Ocf1)

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Continues to amaze me that people make political decisions based on what other people who hate them will say about them.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:14 AM (8XRCm)

292 The British called it "Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit?"

Probably not.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 10:10 AM (Zu3d9)

Count Ponchartrain was the French Navy Minister, and the French navy was the department the colonies were run from. Cadillac named the place after his boss, which is what smart explorers do.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Indulge Your Neuroses with a Custom Complaint from the Outrage Outlet! at April 25, 2016 10:14 AM (hLRSq)

293 Trump will make Hillary spend money in New York. What other Republican can do that?

Trump can win New Jersey. He can win Pennsylvania. He can win Florida.

Name the Obama voting states that Cruz can flip.

If Cruz gets a zillion votes in Texas it doesn't really help.

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:14 AM (2Ocf1)

294 ... all of this bigot bullsh*t seems all so familiar ... hmm where have I seen this before? ... oh right , remember that's what the MSM, GOPe ... etc used to try and destroy the Tea Party .... so predictable. If you can't beat them label them as racist. spit!

Posted by: E.T. at April 25, 2016 10:15 AM (c+7Ko)

295 Okay, let's let the Left dictate who can run as a Republican. Anyone that they criticize is right out.

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:11 AM (2Ocf1)

Saturday it was argued that we should pick our candidate based on whether that person would provoke the Left. The problem I see with that strategy is that Eugene Debs is dead.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Indulge Your Neuroses with a Custom Complaint from the Outrage Outlet! at April 25, 2016 10:15 AM (hLRSq)

296 How is that an assertion that Trump is a bigot?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:12 AM (o7qMm)

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Oh fuck Dave.... you make constant posts about how the world thinks Trump is a bigot and that putting a bumpersticker on a car will get you called racist ...

... but you maintain that your not asserting that Trumo is racist.

You argue like a Clinton.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:16 AM (8XRCm)

297 But we need more immigrants!!

http://tinyurl.com/hbdla7e

LONDON - Marathon organizers and runners are outraged as a mob looted bottles of water minutes after the London Marathon started. The video was recorded in south-east London near Deptford.

Outraged......but didn't do a damn thing to stop them.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 25, 2016 10:16 AM (/CXhS)

298 Had a semi-serious talk with Mrs M last night about what country we should move to. Of course, there isn't one.

Thinking the Cruz/Kasich team up could be GOP engineered effort. I recall that something similar happened with Reagan being "strongly encouraged" to pick GHW Bush as his running mate in '80. I don't like it but there really aren't any good, pure choices at this point. Manafort telling the GOPe that Trump has been putting on an act for the rubes doesn't exactly inspire confidence either.

Posted by: Commissar M at April 25, 2016 10:16 AM (vcIHi)

299 If Cruz gets a zillion votes in Texas, we've GOT to look at Voter ID Laws.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 25, 2016 10:16 AM (RKJF2)

300
(sidebar) I see Melissa, ClickBaiter for Race, continues not to understand how menacing a reporter does not qualify her for SJW Victimhood status.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 25, 2016 10:16 AM (BK3ZS)

301 Whoaaa ....

According to the RCP polling index, Trump is surging in every major state primary except Indiana, where he has a 5%-6% percent lead.

California, NJ, CT, MD, PA. Even little RI.

Posted by: mrp at April 25, 2016 10:16 AM (JBggj)

302 Dave in Fla, check >111 which is what I was referencing. Yes JackStraw is talking about the electorate's impression of the candidates. Trump's "vulgarianism" is a problem because it presumably turns off voters who perceive it as bigotry. This criticism when leveled by the right thus leads to the same place as the actual race card attack by the left. I won't say the a-e-s-t-h-e-t-i-c word, but, that's what "bigot" means in our day and age. You play into the power of the leftist "raaacist" play when you just toss those accusations out and give them weight. It's disingenuous.

Is he going to turn off voters that way, as I've been repeatedly told? Or will he lead a leftist resurgence when that off the record NYT interview is revealed and the left rallies to his liberal democrat cause?

There are a billion things to criticize Trump for. These smug accusations of liberalism, after he's stirred up the base with red meat for 8 months, are ludicrous.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:17 AM (xuouz)

303 279

Trump is a media personality who caters to the media. He will pick a VP that will make a splash, get him coverage. this means he will either pick

a) a Democrat moderate like Webb
b) a media personality with some political experience - think Scarborough (joke answer: Jerry Springer)

Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 10:17 AM (mFkVC)

304
You argue like a Clinton.

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Honestly! Who throws a shoe?!

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 10:17 AM (3ZtZW)

305 they give the conservatives Cruz and get Kasich on the back end to undo all the good work Cruz does.

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I don't really understand this statement. VPs are not the sure route to the Presidency that we think they are. I think even less so in this day and age - for many reasons.

If Kasich as VP is a necessity to get Cruz at the top of the ticket, that would be fine with me. And if Kasich is able to deliver OH - that would be great.

I can't worry myself of some future in 8 years where Kasich may become President.

Posted by: SH at April 25, 2016 10:18 AM (gmeXX)

306 Mr Open Blogger: Please please PLEASE show at least the actual headline that goes with your link-comment!

Posted by: Duke of URL at April 25, 2016 10:18 AM (uZ5iT)

307 Posted by: person

Your psychic powers are amazing.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:19 AM (Bbsg+)

308 The British called it "Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit?"

Probably not.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 10:10 AM (Zu3d9)

A Frenchman named it when it was founded. The British took possession of it during the French and Indian War and that is when the name was shortened to Detroit.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 25, 2016 10:20 AM (vvmPQ)

309 Same Crap, Another Day

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 25, 2016 10:20 AM (V/InG)

310 302

So your contention is that liberals are biologically incapable of saying conservative things in order to gain power?

Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 10:20 AM (mFkVC)

311 Politics sucks.

Nekkid Wiminz Art Threads do not suck.

Come on cobs. Make it happen.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 25, 2016 10:20 AM (RKJF2)

312
Haven't read the comments, so don't know if it's been noted:

Billy Paul, singer of Me and Mrs. Jones, won't be coming down for breakfast:

http://goo.gl/QtfLJy

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 25, 2016 10:21 AM (X6fMO)

313 I think that the GOP is trying to commit suicide with this Cruz-Kasich lashup. Neither of them can win. They only want to spoil. I think people get that.

The GOP, if it were smart, and its not, that's how we got here, should start coalescing around Trump now. He is going to win. Keeping the fight going until July is a bad idea. The thought is that the fight can be taken to July and THEN a new face will be introduced? Someone who has yet to raise money? Or it will be Cruz? Or Kasich?

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:21 AM (2Ocf1)

314 Trump will not win NY or NJ. That is not real He will win the primary in those states, but no way in the general. No way

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:21 AM (zOTsN)

315 'Biologically incapable'.

Today's phrase that pays!

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:22 AM (Bbsg+)

316 STOP THE PRESSES AND CHECK THE SIDEBAR.

Melissa Click is being oppressed!

I've got popcorn for a quarter, coke for a dollar, nips of Admiral Nelson 3 for 5 bucks.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:22 AM (xuouz)

317 Oh fuck Dave.... you make constant posts about how the world thinks Trump is a bigot and that putting a bumpersticker on a car will get you called racist ...

... but you maintain that your not asserting that Trumo is racist.

You argue like a Clinton.

So you deny that outside the 30% of the electorate that we live in that Trump has not been (erroneously) labeled as being a bigot because of his anti-immigration proposals? Maybe I don't post enough that people notice, but I agree with Trump on immigration. But I also see enough of that 70% to know how he has been branded. Whether or not it is fair is not the point. Romney didn't deserve the 47% or "binders full of women" labels either. But they were political reality. Outside the GOP circles, Trump=Bigot. That is political reality. I'm not saying it is true that he is, or that his supporters are bigots. If that were true, then I would be a bigot too for wanting strong borders.

It is the game the left and media play, and they are very good at it. They have succeeded quite well this time.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:23 AM (o7qMm)

318 surging in primaries in deep blue states that he will not carry in the general

Posted by: ThunderB at April 25, 2016 10:23 AM (zOTsN)

319 @314 - I am not saying Trump could win NY in the general. But he can make Hillary spend money there. That has value. But I think he can win NJ. The only other Republican who could contest NJ is Christie - and he has endorsed Trump.

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:23 AM (2Ocf1)

320 Trump will not win NY or NJ. That is not real He will win the primary in those states, but no way in the general. No way
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The year is still young! And the Powerball jackpot is yuuuuuge!

Posted by: mrp at April 25, 2016 10:23 AM (JBggj)

321 I can't worry myself of some future in 8 years where Kasich may become President. Posted by: SH at April 25, 2016 10:18 AM (gmeXX)
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He's in the cranky 'oldsters' crew anyway. That is really one of my big beefs with this election, how freakin' old they all are -- intellectually as well as physically.

Posted by: mustbequantum at April 25, 2016 10:23 AM (MIKMs)

322 I think the Cruz/Kasich team up is a sign that Trump probably has this sewn up.

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I don't know if it is a sign that he has it wrapped up, but it does look like he is getting back some momentum and there is strong concern that he could win on a first ballot.

Time will tell if this strategy works.

Posted by: SH at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (gmeXX)

323 Bleargh.

Sitting with dad. Lying in wait for the doc so I can get questions answered. The words "congestive heart failure " have been floating around.

Bleargh.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (UugAp)

324 Was listening to Tom Gresham on the radio yesterday while driving. He talked about attacks similar to the one at the Wisconsin school, mentioning the 'death clock' which starts ticking at the first shot/first 911 call. The 911 call goes like this- 'Somebody with a gun is killing people here and we need you police with guns to stop that somebody.' Meanwhile, the body count increases until said somebody with a gun is stopped by police with a gun. Or,,,if an armed citizen is nearby, they can stop that somebody with a gun. Thereby stopping the the 'death clock'. And the body count.

Posted by: Eromero at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (zLDYs)

325 Dave in Fla Romney was called a bigot.

Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (2Ocf1)

326 So your contention is that liberals are biologically incapable of saying conservative things in order to gain power?
Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 10:20 AM (mFkVC)

Imagine a world where a non-ideological capitalist businessman said liberal things in order to gain power.

Would you play a game with no rules?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (xuouz)

327 Posted by: Brother Cavil

Really sorry, man.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:25 AM (Bbsg+)

328 It is the game the left and media play, and they are very good at it. They have succeeded quite well this time.

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Perhaps they wouldnt be quite so successful with it if "conservatives" like you stop rolling over for it.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:25 AM (8XRCm)

329 C'mon down to Inuit Joe's!

Posted by: PC Advertising at April 25, 2016 10:25 AM (VAsIq)

330 He's in the cranky 'oldsters' crew anyway. That is really one of my big beefs with this election, how freakin' old they all are -- intellectually as well as physically.

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No doubt. I'm ready for the Boomer generation to retire from politics. They have done enough.

Posted by: SH at April 25, 2016 10:25 AM (gmeXX)

331 Dave in Fla Romney was called a bigot.
Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (2Ocf1)

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Fuck, were all called bigots.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:26 AM (8XRCm)

332 Can't we all just get along, Teabaggers?

Posted by: Paul Ryan, Refusing the Nomination at April 25, 2016 10:26 AM (eHpnh)

333 Starting to see 'Billionaires can't buy Bernie' bumper stickers.

Of course not.

All 'their' money already really belongs to the government. Nothing to do but tax it to where it belongs.

Posted by: ISIS at April 25, 2016 10:27 AM (oGRue)

334 @332

I lol'd.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:27 AM (Bbsg+)

335 Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:25 AM (8XRCm)

Perhaps if Trump wouldn't say dumbass shit that would help also.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 10:28 AM (EWRow)

336 Detroit? You can't handle Detroit!!

Posted by: Nathan "Pontchartrain" Jessup, COL, USMC at April 25, 2016 10:28 AM (lHb9q)

337
He's in the cranky 'oldsters' crew anyway. That is really one of my big beefs with this election, how freakin' old they all are -- intellectually as well as physically.

I said this some months ago - it is time for baby boomer politicians to get their asses off the stage, you've done enough damage already.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 25, 2016 10:28 AM (BK3ZS)

338 That sucks Brother Cavil

Posted by: Dave in Fla at April 25, 2016 10:28 AM (o7qMm)

339 Dave in Fla Romney was called a bigot.
Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (2Ocf1)

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Fuck, were all called bigots.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:26 AM (8XRCm)

We cause people to have cancer.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Indulge Your Neuroses with a Custom Complaint from the Outrage Outlet! at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (hLRSq)

340 Be strong, Cavil

Posted by: Bigby's Scuttling Claws at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (3ZtZW)

341 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot, Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 25, 2016 10:28 AM (BK3ZS)

Great. So we get their retard kids instead?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (Zu3d9)

342 "You don't try to be particularly honest in your debating. "

Posted by: person at April 25, 2016 10:12 AM (mFkVC)

I think you might want to review your own positions before saying others are not honest in their debate.

That aside, you simply don't understand the reason for Trump.

Trump is someone who measures success in terms of what gets accomplished, not in how many political points are scored.

There are problems in this country that need solutions and action, not hashtags and meaningless committees. We've tried democrat and republican administrations who follow traditional political methods for decades and the problems still persist.

So of us have come to the realization that the status quo can't continue. To this end, we believe Trump will initiate change.

Why Trump? Because he is ego-driven.

The desperate need to be seen as the most competent, most able deal maker and project manager will drive him, day and night, to cut through the bureaucracy and special interests to actually accomplish something.

Problems that long ago were co-opted by a social spending industry to deal with the symptoms will have a chance of being solved. Programs that have been perpetuated to facilitate party loyalties can be eliminated. The very basis of the federal employment system that prevents any expectation of performance can be changed.

Only Trump brings the hope of common sense to the government. Cruz, Kasich, Hillary and the rest all need to perpetuate the current system to survive.

That's why we're with Trump.

Posted by: jwest at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (Zs4uk)

343 Gnu'd.

Art.

Posted by: Mortimer at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (Bbsg+)

344 Perhaps if Trump wouldn't say dumbass shit that would help also.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 10:28 AM (EWRow)

Is Trump a dumbass who can't win the white house because he won't stop saying dumbass shit?

Or is America a nation of dumbasses that have finally found a Republican candidate they can identify with?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (xuouz)

345 Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (UugAp)

That is incredibly difficult, but you are there, which is a good thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2016 10:30 AM (Zu3d9)

346 We cause people to have cancer.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Indulge Your Neuroses with a Custom Complaint from the Outrage Outlet! at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (hLRSq)

If our last name is Reagan we cause people to have AIDS

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:30 AM (xuouz)

347 Art is up.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 25, 2016 10:31 AM (kTF2Z)

348 Nude Lincoln Thread

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at April 25, 2016 10:31 AM (evdj2)

349 330 ... No shit. Boomers really are the "Go along to get along" generation.

Of course, Millennials are looking like the "Get along to the camps" generation ... so we may be screwed regardless.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 25, 2016 10:31 AM (RKJF2)

350 Would you play a game with no rules?

Of course!

Posted by: Calvin and Hobbes at April 25, 2016 10:32 AM (JO9+V)

351 Dave in Fla Romney was called a bigot.
Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (2Ocf1)

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Fuck, were all called bigots.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:26 AM (8XRCm)

True, Cruz is also being called a racist, and he's a frickin' minority. Not much can be done about this.

Posted by: stace at April 25, 2016 10:32 AM (ozZau)

352 Sorry BC, prayers and stay strong. Your dad is lucky to have you with him.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at April 25, 2016 10:33 AM (xuouz)

353 Eh, all GOP front-runners bumble-rumble their lines. Remember the "Bushisms" of yesteryear? The MSM hilites every GOP spoonerism and goofball ad-lib for the amusement of their political bedfellows. Eff 'em.

Posted by: mrp at April 25, 2016 10:33 AM (JBggj)

354
24 killed after eating poison sweets in Pakistan, official says

http://goo.gl/fdgWha

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at April 25, 2016 10:35 AM (iQIUe)

355 That's why we're with Trump.
Posted by: jwest at April 25, 2016 10:29 AM (Zs4uk)

That moron doesn't even know what branch of government does what, and it took him this long to figure out delegate rules that were set last year. he doesn't even know his own positions on the issues.

he's a good marketer and tv star though.

Posted by: stace at April 25, 2016 10:36 AM (ozZau)

356 Sorry to be rude, but this nonsense has gone on way too long, and apparently will continue for awhile. It needs to be stepped on hard.

Posted by: stace at April 25, 2016 10:39 AM (ozZau)

357 That's my optimistic comment of the day.
Posted by: grammie winger,

And a feel good story of the day to send us out into the world!

Just funnin' with you. Hope you day is fabulous!!!

Posted by: AmeriDan at April 25, 2016 10:46 AM (Lj6uo)

358 Barry Obama singlehandedly saved the world economy?

Even Commander McBragg says, "Goddamn man, have some pride and show some self respect. You're laying it on too thick."

Posted by: Fritz at April 25, 2016 10:48 AM (UzPAd)

359 Perhaps if Trump wouldn't say dumbass shit that would help also.

That's naive. Of course it wouldn't help. Want to stop illegal immigration? Then you're racist and horrible and it *doesn't matter* how or what you say.

Want to appeal to white working class folks? That's racist and horrible, and it doesn't matter how or what you say.

Posted by: GMan at April 25, 2016 10:49 AM (sxq57)

360 331 Dave in Fla Romney was called a bigot.
Posted by: blaster at April 25, 2016 10:24 AM (2Ocf1)

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Fuck, were all called bigots.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 25, 2016 10:26 AM (8XRCm)

That's Mr. Bigot to you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2016 10:53 AM (voOPb)

361 he's a good marketer and tv star though.
Posted by: stace at April 25, 2016 10:36 AM (ozZau)

The King of Douchebags

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2016 10:55 AM (voOPb)

362 Want to stop illegal immigration? Then you're racist and horrible and it *doesn't matter* how or what you say.

I actually think it's easier to argue for a complete immigration hiatus, legal as well as illegal. We've easily taken in 50 million foreigners in lifetime. We should digest them before taking in any more.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie! at April 25, 2016 10:55 AM (evdj2)

363 Posted by: GMan at April 25, 2016 10:49 AM (sxq57)

Just more excuses for Trump.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at April 25, 2016 11:11 AM (EWRow)

364 Nominating Trump will give it to us, either in the
form of Hillary or whoever else survives the Dem primary. Sorry, you
can't go around calling your opponent Lyin' Ted and expect his
supporters to rally to your guy.

Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at April 25, 2016 09:48 AM (OkKDg)

You really have no idea why he is being called "Lyin' Ted" do you?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 25, 2016 12:24 PM (T78UI)

365
22 Gird your loins boys,Obama is going to troll us all good and hard down the stretch.(I mean even worse than he already has)
Posted by: steevy at April 25, 2016 08:08 AM (B48dK)

You expected any less?

Posted by: Nevergiveup

I would like references to my loins and Obama not to appear in the same sentence. Same goes for paragraph, page and chapter.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at April 25, 2016 12:59 PM (kfcYC)

366 59 52 My stopwatch is ticking; it won't be the end of the day before some NORML types run up the notion that if marijuana were only legal in Ohio, these deaths would not have happened.
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Undoubtedly.

...

Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom)

That is incorrect. The deaths would still happen but probably on after another 20 or 30 years. If they were actually grow sites, then give them another 20-30 weeks or months.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at April 25, 2016 01:03 PM (kfcYC)

367 >>Hillary Clinton's Million Dollar Professional Internet Troll Army << http://tinyurl.com/zsjl7p7

Here it comes...

Posted by: Marcus T at April 25, 2016 01:24 PM (O0lVq)

368
>>Hillary Clinton's Million Dollar Professional Internet Troll Army <<

Hillary didn't leave four to die in Benghazi, she left forty to die in Benghazi.
THAT takes real leadership.
Vote Hillary!

Posted by: Burnt Toast at April 25, 2016 01:42 PM (T78UI)

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