CNN's Jeff Zucker on the Network's Increasing Ratings: "We May Have Been A Little Too Liberal In the Past"

Really?

So we weren't insane when we said so?

Posted by: Ace at 04:37 PM

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1 Hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: NCKate at May 02, 2016 04:39 PM (/ygaY)

2 Don't trust them for a minute.

Posted by: LGoPs at May 02, 2016 04:39 PM (OcRm7)

3 Wait --- did he just confirm that liberal media bias is not a myth?

Uh oh, someone's off the reservation....

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:40 PM (NOIQH)

4 Wait...."increasing"?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:40 PM (FsuaD)

5 My stated reason for them catching Fox was that Fox has moved left and they have the airport and waiting lounge monopoly. Judging by their internet news they are just as liberal and Democrat slanted as always,

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 02, 2016 04:41 PM (vvmPQ)

6 Damn it. Gave captain Ed traffic.

Posted by: NCKate at May 02, 2016 04:41 PM (/ygaY)

7 Somewhere in Hell, Adolf Hitler admits he may have gotten 'a little pushy.'

Posted by: Kasichs NeckWattle at May 02, 2016 04:41 PM (3hIZX)

8 I'm sure he meant liberal as in something like:

"Liberal... with allowing contrarian viewpoints"
or
"Liberal... with giving air time to those rightwing h8rs"

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 02, 2016 04:41 PM (KUaJL)

9 It's like New York State advertising for businesses to move to their "business friendly climate" and then in the next breath the governor says that people with conservative values have no place in New York.

Never trust anything a libtard says. Ever.

Posted by: LGoPs at May 02, 2016 04:41 PM (OcRm7)

10 What's sad is Anderson Cooper's coverage of an issue can sometimes seem less biased than Fox. Up is down, black is white, yadda yadda yadda.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:42 PM (NOIQH)

11 If it's weren't for airports, bus stations and dentist offices, CNN would have no ratings at all.

Zero point zero.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 04:42 PM (evdj2)

12 Dang, I hope the polls are wrong... They have Hillary beating both Cruz and trump in Florida..

Posted by: donna at May 02, 2016 04:43 PM (O2RFr)

13 Captain Obvious.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 02, 2016 04:43 PM (8ZskC)

14 Exactly why is Fox News now considered left of center?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (6qmBU)

15 cnn liberal? nah, couldn't be

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (voOPb)

16 Translation: Trump.

Empty Trump Podium gets ratings above their own staff.

Posted by: Harun at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (UBBWX)

17 A little too liberal compared to what - The Workers' Daily?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (Qvgg/)

18 >>We have added many more middle of the road conservative voices to an already strong stable of liberal voices

Middle of the road conservatives versus a strong stable of liberals. So biased they don't even see it.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (/tuJf)

19 You know, now that I think about it, I may have been just a tad too tough on the Russian people.

Posted by: Joe Stalin at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (oKE6c)

20 Zucker + everyone at his network + enuff pineapples

some assembly required

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:44 PM (FsuaD)

21 Maybe just a tad Liberal.... just a teeny bit in the tank... Is Zucker a Brit?

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 04:45 PM (zuTLp)

22 Ace:

"So we weren't insane when we said so?"

No, we were. It's kooky when we say it. It becomes sane when liberals own up to it. Remember: Truth depends on who tells it.

Posted by: JPS at May 02, 2016 04:45 PM (fb5xB)

23 >>My stated reason for them catching Fox was that Fox has moved left

This, and also, can be crappier during crisis coverage. The Fox coverage immediately following the Belgium bombings was awful. They were talking, talking, talking without identifying basic facts, like *where* the bombs went off (just kept repeating "multiple bombs in Belgium). Meanwhile, CNN was on top of it with the details.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:45 PM (NOIQH)

24 I may have been a tad brutal to those unborn babies. Just a tad.

Posted by: Kermit Gosnell at May 02, 2016 04:45 PM (FsuaD)

25 Uh oh, someone's off the reservation....

ummm...I *think* that's kind of a racisty racist comment. Only Sir Edmund Hillary! gets away with that shit.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 02, 2016 04:45 PM (SeD0w)

26 12 Dang, I hope the polls are wrong... They have Hillary beating both Cruz and trump in Florida..
Posted by: donna at May 02, 2016 04:43 PM (O2RFr)

Just look at sidebar post from NDH. It's just getting going with anti-trump commercials

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 02, 2016 04:45 PM (voOPb)

27 If it's weren't for airports, bus stations and dentist offices, CNN would have no ratings at all.

And we're killing them in the dentists's offices.

Posted by: Highlights for Children at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (8ZskC)

28 No no no. He misspoke. He just meant that the stupid rubes in flyover country just can't appreciate the correct opinion. So they're going to dumb down to the audience a little.

This isn't to say that they're biased, you just aren't smart enough to realize that they're right. Duh.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (KUaJL)

29 Well, maybe Trump has succeeded in moving CNN "right."
Or Fox "left." Or something.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (rmyPY)

30 And while I dislike Trump, he is somehow fascinating to watch. So I get that.

CNN maybe attempting to tack a bit "right" for this election to keep those Trump ratings going, or it may be a longer strategy.

TV viewers are getting older, and older. Old people get more conservative. Some of these shows have average age of 50+.

Posted by: Harun at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (UBBWX)

31 They shouldn't get too excited. Part of their gain has no doubt been attributable to FNC's losses. Even CNN, at times, appears more "fair and balanced" and that ain't good for Fox.

However, they have added some really terrific shows as of late. The new 'United Shades of America', particularly the first episode, was spellbinding. And the only fault I could find with their 'Race to the White House' series is that the episodes were too short. They could easily have gone another hour with the Lincoln/Douglas epi and I wouldn't have batted an eye.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (SEXy3)

32 We have added many more middle of the road conservative voices to an already strong stable of liberal voices

Translation: "middle of the road conservative voices" --> tame token conservatives

Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (oKE6c)

33 So why is he admitting this now ... ?

A non-liberal shift is coming?

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (uURQL)

34 Squirel stuffing nuts in a broken clock. Or something

Posted by: That Guy at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (viHRI)

35 >>Is Zucker a Brit?

Nope.
Prior to CNN he was an executive at NBC for many years. He's always been an uber-progressive.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:46 PM (NOIQH)

36 I may have been a little too liberal in my rapey attacks on numerous women.

Posted by: Billy Jeff at May 02, 2016 04:47 PM (FsuaD)

37 I'm helping, probably see CNN more these days, Trump's not on 24/7 there.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2016 04:47 PM (PFZvJ)

38 There was a time when I was addicted to HLN. You never see anyone's head splattered by a cinderblock like a squashed grape on Fox. You would on HLN.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 04:47 PM (evdj2)

39 Yeah, you're a little too liberal and Trigglypuff is a little too heavy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 02, 2016 04:47 PM (Nwg0u)

40 "Dang, I hope the polls are wrong... They have Hillary beating both Cruz and trump in Florida.."

They are not wrong, but maybe Trump can do what he did to Ted: lie about someone often enough on TV and it sticks.

This was Trump's big strength. We'll see if it works for Hillary. Lord knows she provides enough targets.

Posted by: Harun at May 02, 2016 04:47 PM (UBBWX)

41 23--you're right. FOX is lousy with breaking news stories. CNN has better and more reporters all over.
Breaking news is FOX weakness, and it always has been.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 02, 2016 04:47 PM (rmyPY)

42 Also, what this means is that Megyn Kelly can write her own check at CNN if she jumps ship, and she may.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (SEXy3)

43 Prior to CNN he was an executive at NBC for many years. He's always been an uber-progressive.

An uber-progressive is a limousine liberal who doesn't own his own car.

Posted by: Soledad O'Brien's Earpiece at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (8ZskC)

44 Is this the same Zucker that slowly came out against Obama?

Posted by: Harun at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (UBBWX)

45 He also admits Wolf Blitzer may be 'a little dim.'

Posted by: Kasichs NeckWattle at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (3hIZX)

46 to an already strong stable of liberal voices

And what are stables full of, besides horses? Yes, horseshit. Horseshit is what they are full of.

Posted by: LGoPs at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (OcRm7)

47 When fully half your audience hates the candidate your pushing it's going to move the numbers.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (PFZvJ)

48 They've actually had the most even-handed coverage of the various primaries and are getting better ratings in result, hence the noodling over "jeez, maybe we were too hasty"

I don't know if its more people are turning off Fox or are moving to CNN or what.

Posted by: Bigby's Hobo Gloves at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (3ZtZW)

49 Its really hard to like any network these days. CNN has an opportunity to be the more middle of the road network, but I'm not sure the country wants it. I default to Fox even though I'm not much of a fan of anyone there. I like some of the guests, but they are not given enough time for my taste.

If CNN were smart, they would give Mark Steyn a nightly show. Though he may not want that.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (T2aky)

50 23--you're right. FOX is lousy with breaking news stories. CNN has better and more reporters all over.
Breaking news is FOX weakness, and it always has been.

***

I've lost my mind a number of times about FNC's failure to cover actual breaking news, such as the plant explosion in Texas. They were hours behind the others in covering it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (SEXy3)

51 I hate myself for this, but when I tune in to morning "news," it's usually Morning Joe.

The stupidity that is Fox and Friends hurts my brain.

Steve Doocy, commenting of a woman seeing "Jesus on the cross" in her uterus, said last week,

"Well, we all grew up with them on the walls of our homes."

Um, no, Doofuss. Not everyone in America is Catholic. Or even Christian.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (FsuaD)

52 They knew what the "problem" was all along, but since no one cared whether they were bleeding out money they didn't address it. Now, post 2012 election and no need to break the bank to support the boyfriend, they're looking at the bottom line.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Hire Instigators, Inc. to Spice Up Your Formal Dinner! An Outrage Outlet subsidiary. at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (hLRSq)

53 OK gotta go

Posted by: Bigby's Hobo Gloves at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (3ZtZW)

54 CNN. Heh.

When will Target and ESPN get the message?

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 04:50 PM (48QDY)

55 They've actually had the most even-handed coverage of the various primaries and are getting better ratings in result, hence the noodling over "jeez, maybe we were too hasty"

****

IMHO Anderson Cooper has been, hands down, the best moderator of any townhall event.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:50 PM (SEXy3)

56 What does it say about current events that I'm nostalgic about the bad old days of monolithic press corps denialism?

Actually I think it says that a lot of nostalgia isn't about the past being the best, it's about knowing how it turned out.

The strong liberals / middling conservatives part is funny, though.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 02, 2016 04:50 PM (wB8Tg)

57 Steve Doocy, commenting of a woman seeing "Jesus on the cross" in her uterus, said last week,

====

Doocy is proof that Fox hates your fkn guts.

Posted by: Bigby's Hobo Gloves at May 02, 2016 04:50 PM (3ZtZW)

58 42 Also, what this means is that Megyn Kelly can write her own check at CNN if she jumps ship, and she may.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (SEXy3)

put her up, head to head, against Ted Baxter. Now that would be awesome.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 02, 2016 04:50 PM (voOPb)

59 I like the term "middle-of-the-road conservative".
This essentially means RINO/Democrat lite, right?

Why not just plan "conservatives" to go with your "liberals" (no qualifiers) you mentioned, Mr. Zucker?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:51 PM (NOIQH)

60 Being involved in combating human trafficking it *really* annoys me that CNN, HuffPo, and freaking Al-Jizz all appear to do a better job of covering cases than more conservative or faith-based options. Now, that could be that these are the articles that get passed on while alt-periodicals don't have the traction, but I hate that CNN pretty much has to be a go-to source.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 02, 2016 04:51 PM (GDulk)

61 "Steve Doocy, commenting of a woman seeing "Jesus on the cross" in her uterus, said last week,

"Well, we all grew up with them on the walls of our homes."

I didn't grow up with any uteri on the wall.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2016 04:51 PM (0mRoj)

62 You know who this helps?

Posted by: Huge Hewitt at May 02, 2016 04:51 PM (k4M/B)

63 Ailes' genius was seeing how far the other networks were to the left, and then occupying all the ground to the right. That doesn't necessarily make Fox a good soapbox for the right. It's a mixed bag actually, and Fox is rarely good at investigative journalism and doing hard follow-up.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2016 04:51 PM (r1fLd)

64
I didn't grow up with any uteri on the wall.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 02, 2016 04:51 PM (0mRoj)

I knew that was coming.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (FsuaD)

65 Also, what this means is that Megyn Kelly can write her own check at CNN if she jumps ship, and she may.

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Probably so. I'm not much of a fan of hers, but she is still much better than O'Reilly or Hannity.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (T2aky)

66 put her up, head to head, against Ted Baxter. Now that would be awesome.

****

Ohhhhh! I just peed a little.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (SEXy3)

67 This new One America News, OAN, is more conservative than Fox, and coming on strong. Not a blip on the charts yet, though. They have not advanced to the "staff of commentators in revealing clothes" so it will be awhile before the Morons notice it.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (xq1UY)

68 The Trump haters on this site (I'm not exactly a Trump-lover) don't want to hear it, but Trump has something to do with CNN's ratings. And the anti-Trump bias at FOX too.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (rmyPY)

69 >>put her up, head to head, against Ted Baxter. Now that would be awesome.

That would be epic.
I do not get O'Reilly's popularity.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (NOIQH)

70

So things are going to change, eh?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette Leicester wins... at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (qCMvj)

71 It's Crump on all the stations, all the time. It's ratings, the flavor of the day. It's giving the masses what they want, and dammit if they don't know what they want we'll damn well make them want what we're shovelling.
They're basically all the same shit, and as far as I'm concerned their differences are not real distinctions.
News channels are bullshit manipulation, and people are easy to manipulate.
"Where's the Tylenol????..."

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (zuTLp)

72 I believe Zucker just returned from a gathering in The Hamptons where he got the inside scoop on the uni-party system. (He was tipped off when he saw Boner playing grab ass with Washerman-Schultz in the pool cabana.) Realizing he could bonus up if he hit an 8% share, he thought, meh...why not go full establishment.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (SeD0w)

73 This is why Trump is winning because people believe he is managing and/or defeating the Liberal media.

We will see if the tables turn.

Posted by: Chris Christie Wants Your Puttanesca! at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (mcm0N)

74 Probably so. I'm not much of a fan of hers, but she is still much better than O'Reilly or Hannity.

***

She isn't perfect (who is) but I do believe she has tons more integrity than almost anyone else on the air today.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (SEXy3)

75 I do not get O'Reilly's popularity.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (NOIQH)

But...he's there for The Folks.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:53 PM (FsuaD)

76
He also admits Wolf Blitzer may be 'a little dim.'
................

and Fareed Zakaria a bit smug.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 04:53 PM (HgMAr)

77 >>It's a mixed bag actually, and Fox is rarely good at investigative journalism and doing hard follow-up.

Actually, that's one area I think they do pretty well. Were it not for Fox we wouldn't have heard much if anything about Benghazi, F&F, the IRS scandal or any other Obama scandal.

The other outlets have barely mentioned any of these issues.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2016 04:53 PM (/tuJf)

78 She isn't perfect (who is) but I do believe she has tons more integrity than almost anyone else on the air today.

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I do think she would be better at CNN. If she switched, I think she would be a little more serious - which I think would benefit her. But maybe that is just me.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (T2aky)

79 That video of Cruz and Trump supporters sums it up. We are fucked.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (6qmBU)

80 I do not get O'Reilly's popularity.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (NOIQH)

He's always years behind the news.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette Leicester wins... at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (qCMvj)

81 Also O'Reilly's act--and his format--has gotten old.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (rmyPY)

82 He also admits Wolf Blitzer may be 'a little dim.'

***

I want to fly into a rage every time they give him a moderating spot.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (SEXy3)

83 Were it not for Fox we wouldn't have heard much if anything about
Benghazi, FF, the IRS scandal or any other Obama scandal.

THIS

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (FsuaD)

84 I'm pretty sure CNN will eat their own lunch and his-- to elect Hillary.

Posted by: Chris Christie Wants Your Puttanesca! at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (mcm0N)

85 I may have gotten a little over-enthusiastic about getting that last merit badge in knot-tying.

Posted by: Eagle Scout David Carradine at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (pMGkg)

86 I do think she would be better at CNN. If she switched, I think she would be a little more serious - which I think would benefit her. But maybe that is just me.

***

She could land as anchor at one of the Big 3 networks as well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (SEXy3)

87 I do not get O'Reilly's popularity.

To understand Oreilly's popularity, you must first know that he grew up in Levittown.

Did I mention he was from Levittown?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (SeD0w)

88 I hate myself for this, but when I tune in to morning "news," it's usually Morning Joe.

I love Morning Joe. I love the format, rotating people sitting around a desk talking.

And MSNBC has got a lot better in the last couple of months. They've jettisoned almost all of their brand name presenter time slots and they just have news on. The segments are called "the place for politics" or "MSNBC live".

They're not pushing liberal celebrities as their brand anymore and their quality has greatly improved.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (1xUj/)

89 On Twitter, T. rump thanks "Bobby Night" for his support.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (Nwg0u)

90 Fox is unwatchable.

Drama Queen in the Afternoon
Some quasi news
Gretta - meh
The Bloviator
The I hate Trump hour
The I love Trump hour

Lather, rinsed penis, repeat

Posted by: Drill at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (viHRI)

91 I didn't grow up with any uteri on the wall.

All this time I thought it was the Sacred Heart bleeding up there.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (evdj2)

92 I do not get O'Reilly's popularity.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (NOIQH)

But...he's there for The Folks.

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I'd summarize his popularity this way. He was fresh and original when Fox debuted. He had interesting guests on and benefitted from no conservative competition. Fox has been able to dominate in the ratings. And now he hangs on the same way Friends hung on. People are just comfortable. You may not like him, but you know what you are going to get.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (T2aky)

93 "they have the airport and waiting lounge monopoly"

It'd be a natural for CNN to insert flight delay updates into the chyron crawl.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (noWW6)

94
To understand Oreilly's popularity, you must first know that he grew up in Levittown.

Did I mention he was from Levittown?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (SeD0w)

Has O'Reilly ever mentioned he's from Levittown?

He's such a gas bag.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (FsuaD)

95 We need to get back to what we do best... missing plane/black hole stories!

Posted by: CNN at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (H9MG5)

96 I'm still focused on Andrea Tarantos's...

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (O0lVq)

97 >>Were it not for Fox we wouldn't have heard much if anything about

Benghazi, FF, the IRS scandal or any other Obama scandal.

Yup, Bret Baier has done some good 1 hour specials, such as interviewing the guys who saved the Benghazi consulate occupants, and an in-depth look at Clinton's financial shenanigans based on the book "Clinton Cash."

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (NOIQH)

98 This might not matter much except on a micro level but the graphics are better on CNN

Posted by: JoeF. at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (rmyPY)

99 Speaking of FOX News investigative reporting, nothing on Hillary and the FBI has been leaked to Catherine Herridge in over three weeks.

Recent puff piece in Newsweek on Huma, the next Valerie Jarrett, peace be unto her. We're meant to take away that Huma is like the Anne Hathaway character in The Devil Wears Prada, the perfect alter ego assistant, but even more of a "Black Belt" level enabler. We're told that everyone in the know knows that to reach Hillary you have to get through Huma first. These days, Bill doesn't always make the cut: "She's taking a nap." Concerns over her ties to the Muslim Brotherhood are dismissed as "risible."

Huma should be a central figure in the FBI investigation. She simultaneously drew checks from State, the Foundation and Bill, which suggests she was the point on co-ordinating pay for play. She probably did some or all of the retransmission of secure e-mails from the government system to Hillary's home brew server.

So what's in the 50,000 e-mails that Hillary said she wiped clean, but Comey and the FBI have presumably recovered?

Developing .....

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2016 04:57 PM (r1fLd)

100 Were it not for Fox we wouldn't have heard much if anything about
Benghazi, FF, the IRS scandal or any other Obama scandal.

THIS

***

I haven't completely turned away from FNX, but as opposed to how they were once the backdrop to my life, always playing on a tv somewhere in the house, I am now particular about what I view.

Cavuto - Sometimes

The Five - Less and less. Bolling is destroying it for me

Special Report - Nightly

Kelly File - Almost nightly

That's about it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:57 PM (SEXy3)

101 Gender Ambiguous cat is a cutie.

Posted by: rickl at May 02, 2016 04:57 PM (zoehZ)

102 I bet someone keys his car tonight. Story at 6:00PM.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2016 04:57 PM (O0lVq)

103 Oh, and the Fox News Reports series. Those are always very good.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:58 PM (SEXy3)

104
I do not get O'Reilly's popularity.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 04:52 PM (NOIQH)
.....................

Might have something to do with pithiness or being waggish

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 04:58 PM (HgMAr)

105 He's always years behind the news.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette Leicester wins... at May 02, 2016 04:54 PM (qCMvj)

That sounds like Spin.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 02, 2016 04:58 PM (voOPb)

106 This might not matter much except on a micro level but the graphics are better on CNN

***

FNC's graphics now take up a third of the screen

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:58 PM (SEXy3)

107 101
Gender Ambiguous cat is a cutie.

Our kittehs have the same witch's hat, and a set of devil horns. They LOOVE it when you make them wear them.

*examines scars on arms*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (FsuaD)

108 ...lie about someone often enough on TV and it sticks.
This was Trump's big strength. We'll see if it works for Hillary. Lord knows she provides enough targets.

I think, in Hillary's case, he should just tell the truth.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (GgxVX)

109 CNN. When you're stuck in an airport, doctor or dentist's waiting room and have no choice but to watch.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (O0lVq)

110 He's always years behind the news.

He's lagging for the folks.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (evdj2)

111 I like Baier a lot. I'd dump Wallace for more of him.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (T2aky)

112 96 I'm still focused on Andrea Tarantos's...
Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2016 04:56 PM (O0lVq

Eye brows?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (voOPb)

113 >>Might have something to do with pithiness or being waggish

Heh. Killing O'Reilly - wanna buy some O'Reilly swag???

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:00 PM (NOIQH)

114 I miss the good ol days of Red Eye.

Posted by: Lauren at May 02, 2016 05:00 PM (pEHSp)

115 "We may have been a little too liberal in the past"

Isn't that a microaggression?

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2016 05:00 PM (O0lVq)

116 Is there a missing link for Jurassic sidebar? or am I just not getting a joke?

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 05:00 PM (DL2i+)

117 I don't get the Greta hate. She was all over getting our Marine freed from Mexico, even while the DOD ignored the poor guy.

She does a lot of good work.

Now, if Shep would go to MSLSD, I'd be thrilled.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:01 PM (FsuaD)

118 CNN. When you're stuck in an airport, doctor or dentist's waiting room and have no choice but to watch.

*Ahem*

Posted by: Internet Pr0n at May 02, 2016 05:01 PM (8ZskC)

119 You know what? We haven't looked at Zucker's taxes in a while. Maybe it's time to do that.

Posted by: L. Lerner at May 02, 2016 05:01 PM (TOk1P)

120 MSNBC: "They're not pushing liberal celebrities as their brand anymore and their quality has greatly improved."

Agreed. Love me some Hallie Jackson in the AM.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2016 05:01 PM (r1fLd)

121 CNN. When you're stuck in an airport, doctor or dentist's waiting room and have no choice but to watch.

Step into the airport Starbucks for a handjob.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:02 PM (evdj2)

122 I don't get the Greta hate.

She's always very clear.

Posted by: L. Ron Hubbard at May 02, 2016 05:02 PM (8ZskC)

123
"We may have been a little too liberal in the past"

So now we'll just try to bait non-liberals with ambiguous, inconsequential stories so we can propagandize on those which really matter.

Right?

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2016 05:02 PM (O0lVq)

124 It's not polite to mention narratives that are past their sell date. No wonder you don't get invited to the right parties.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 02, 2016 05:02 PM (R+30W)

125
89 On Twitter, T. rump thanks "Bobby Night" for his support.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 02, 2016 04:55 PM (Nwg0u)

Shirley you jest.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:03 PM (48QDY)

126 Dudes.

Ace is live-blogging a movie in the sidebar.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 05:03 PM (SEXy3)

127
T. rump thanks "Bobby Night" for his support.

Batman's new sidekick.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 02, 2016 05:03 PM (k4M/B)

128 Is there a missing link for Jurassic sidebar? or am I just not getting a joke?

***

He's liveblogging the movie

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 05:04 PM (SEXy3)

129 True confession. Have not watched any TV news in nearly 4 years. And yet I still know that Obama is a malignant narcissist. Hillary is an unindicted incompetent. The Middle East is Thunderdome. The country is fragmenting. Our borders are overrun.
How did I learn this?
News shows.... maybe not so important.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:04 PM (zuTLp)

130 I'm just checking in after a couple of days.

Has anyone mentioned the WH "nerd prom" and the "host" calling the President of the United States his n****h? I'm still gobsmacked.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:04 PM (FsuaD)

131 I thought it was funny how he said he wanted "middle of the road" and "moderate" conservatives to counter the "strong" liberal voices of CNN.

Posted by: Iblis at May 02, 2016 05:05 PM (9221z)

132 VNN > all others

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 02, 2016 05:05 PM (/CXhS)

133 >>Ace is live-blogging a movie in the sidebar.

LOVE it!!

Can't wait 'till he gets to the part where the terrible park director spends most of the movie running around in freakin' high heels. No.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:05 PM (NOIQH)

134 VNN & MH Dump I should say.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 02, 2016 05:06 PM (/CXhS)

135 Ace is live-blogging a movie in the sidebar.

Oh, wait til he sees Corporal TitsnHeels double down on the recruitment with volunteer Naval assistance.

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 05:06 PM (DL2i+)

136 Helppppp meeeeee!

Posted by: The SideBar at May 02, 2016 05:06 PM (evdj2)

137 I'm still gobsmacked.

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I'm not. We live in a serious time but are governed and reported on by unserious people - which serves an unserious electorate right I guess.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:06 PM (T2aky)

138 "I think, in Hillary's case, he should just tell the truth."

Yes. No need to lie about her, or even stretch the truth.

Its unbelievable she could be president.

FBI sure is taking their time.

They want to have it all happen after she wins the nom, or maybe even after that...December seems possible now.

Posted by: Harun at May 02, 2016 05:07 PM (UBBWX)

139 I wouldn't get too optimistic.

Liberals know they are alienating people by not even pretending to be even handed any more, but most simply don't care.

The problem is, even if they lose half their audience, the MSM still commands an outsized influence and that's what they care more about than shareholder returns.

A conservative philanthropist should buy up the dinosaur media instead of throwing away money on TV ads every election cycle.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:07 PM (cq125)

140 Ace is live-blogging a movie in the sidebar.

Oh, bless his furry balls!

I watched a lot of that recently because I spend a lot of time on the phone with a ginger midget whose favorite movie that is.

My main reaction to everyone in Jurassic World was, "dudes! Have you ever seen Jurassic Park?"

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:07 PM (1xUj/)

141 Ace is quite the multi-tasker.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:07 PM (FsuaD)

142 OT: Jackstraw, saw that momma has laid an egg! Whoohoo!

Posted by: Cheri at May 02, 2016 05:07 PM (oiNtH)

143
CNN. When you're stuck in an airport, doctor or dentist's waiting room and have no choice but to watch.

Step into the airport Starbucks for a handjob.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value
.......................

That'll be $2.45 for a Venti.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:07 PM (HgMAr)

144 Ever notice that the dinosaurs eat the fat people first?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:08 PM (evdj2)

145 Its unbelievable she could be president.

-----------

Its unbelievable that Trump could.

Or maybe it is very believable.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:08 PM (T2aky)

146 >>My main reaction to everyone in Jurassic World was, "dudes! Have you ever seen Jurassic Park?"

Heck, that one control center guy is wearing the vintage Jurassic Park shirt.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:08 PM (NOIQH)

147 Our kittehs have the same witch's hat, and a set of devil horns. They LOOVE it when you make them wear them.

*examines scars on arms*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 04:59 PM (FsuaD)

This one is much more fey, but the coloring is the same as one of my boys. No witch hat/horns needed, he's perfectly evil (in the sweetest way) all by himself.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2016 05:08 PM (TOk1P)

148 It's Chaos Theory all up in the sidebar!

Posted by: Dr. Ian Malcolm at May 02, 2016 05:09 PM (H9MG5)

149 I watched the first Jurassic Park movie because my parents had just gotten surround sound, and we were trying it out. I didn't like it, but it may have something to do with my Sam Neill hate. The best part was the venom spitting dinosaur that ate Newman.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2016 05:09 PM (GgxVX)

150 144
Ever notice that the dinosaurs eat the fat people first?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:08 PM (evdj2)

Actually in the first one, the lawyer was eaten first, then the fat guy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:09 PM (FsuaD)

151 WHCD is a canary in the coal mine.

Politics is now celebrity driven.

Presidential candidates must be good at stand up comedy.

LIV rule.

Posted by: Harun at May 02, 2016 05:09 PM (UBBWX)

152 In the dark olden days we called CNN the Clinton News Network because they were so far in the tank for Bill.

Posted by: RM at May 02, 2016 05:09 PM (U3LtS)

153 "I like Baier a lot. I'd dump Wallace for more of him."

Agreed.

I stand by my statement that FOX doesn't do much investigative journalism. Hardly anyone does.

Where's the reports tracking how a 30-year old illegal immigrant "child" from Honduras, comes through Mexico, and gets delivered to Honesdale PA at government expense, and never shows for his extradition hearing. That there are millions like him.

How about connect the dots with Frank Giustra, the friend of Bill behind the uranium sale, who's a front hiding the names of 1,000 donors to the Chelsea Legacy Foundation?

How about an expose on what Benhgazi was really about, a black ops to deliver Libyan arms to proto-ISIS?

Etc. etc,. etc.

Fox mostly repackages what's out there,

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (r1fLd)

154 >>OT: Jackstraw, saw that momma has laid an egg! Whoohoo!

Did she? Damn, I've had a busy couple weeks and haven't been checking regularly. I'll have to check in.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (/tuJf)

155 and yet the dinosaurs never actually eat children.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (evdj2)

156
Its unbelievable she could be president.

FBI sure is taking their time.
................

They're still looking for their car keys.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (HgMAr)

157 artisanal 'ette Leicester wins

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Heh, Leicester is my home town, my best friends have been season ticket holders for 40 years, this is their year.

Posted by: flmomof4 at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (bEXWJ)

158 Showing women running in high heels is a micro aggression and misogynist. Showing them beating the crap out of a 259lb thug is impowering.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:11 PM (6qmBU)

159 Dinosaurs eat the fat ones first cause slower, plus the marbling shows selective taste.
Why they eat lawyer is a mystery though.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:11 PM (zuTLp)

160 True confession. Have not watched any TV news in
nearly 4 years. And yet I still know that Obama is a malignant
narcissist. Hillary is an unindicted incompetent. The Middle East is
Thunderdome. The country is fragmenting. Our borders are overrun.

How did I learn this?

News shows.... maybe not so important.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:04 PM (zuTLp)

Yep. As I am fond of saying, my last exposure to teevee nooz (other than background noise controlled by others/locations) was all the cannibalism occurring in the Superdome after Katrina.

Since then I don't even think any television I own even KNOWS what channels the nooz orgs occupy.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2016 05:11 PM (TOk1P)

161 Empowering. Where the freak is auto correct when you need him. It's just screwing with me now.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:12 PM (6qmBU)

162 VNN > all others
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA

This... is... VNN...

Agree 100%

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:12 PM (hg60H)

163 Why they eat lawyer is a mystery though.

You would think that profession courtesy among scavengers would prevent it.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:12 PM (evdj2)

164 and yet the dinosaurs never actually eat children.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (evdj2)

Raptors are smart. Kids- germ factories, plus parasites...

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:13 PM (zuTLp)

165 I mentioned this a couple of days ago, but son and his vet organization triggered another special snowflake on campus last week.

They were horsing around in their offices, throwing crap at each other, yelling "Allah Ackbar!" and laughing.

They gave the young lady a skeered and got a talking to.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:13 PM (FsuaD)

166 main reaction to everyone in Jurassic World was, "dudes!

You'll get dinopoop on that hamsterball.

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 05:13 PM (DL2i+)

167 >>>and yet the dinosaurs never actually eat children.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (evdj2)<<<

What do you think we are... monsters like Planned Parenthood?

Posted by: the rampaging dinosaurs at May 02, 2016 05:13 PM (H9MG5)

168 Can you imagine what the political environment would be if we truly had a "fair" media?

Even the "liberal" media 20 years ago seems downright conservative compared to today.

The election with Al Gore Vs Bush in 2000 was probably the last election where they were still at least pretending to air both sides.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:13 PM (cq125)

169 CNN's Jeff Zucker on the Network's Increasing Ratings: "We May Have Been A Little Too Liberal In the Past"

--
Just a tad.
Not a smidgen more.

Posted by: @votermom at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (nbrY/)

170 Years ago when Greta jumped from CNN to Fox she was stunned at the time (don't know what the rules are now) that she was able to say what she wanted, no guidelines, not scripted like CNN.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (CFc5L)

171 Ace nailed why I did not bother with the latest Jurrassic Park.
People do something incredibly stupid. Result of stupidity runs amok killing people.
Sequel = more of the same.

Posted by: Fox News at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (+aCe4)

172 >>Showing women running in high heels is a micro aggression and misogynist.

The actress chose that - she thought it was appropriate for her character - smarty-pants feminist park director - to maintain her work uniform. Problem is, it bugged me through the whole movie.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/glfc56z

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (NOIQH)

173 Its unbelievable she could be president.

FBI sure is taking their time.
................

They're still looking for their car keys.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (HgMAr)

They're still trying to figure out what it means that Martha the secretary is married to a KGB agent*. These things take time.

Reference, see: Americans, The. (c)2016

Posted by: BurtTC at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (TOk1P)

174 VNN & MH Dump I should say.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA

Oops, agree 100% more with your breaking update.

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (hg60H)

175 And I really never wanted a separate state...just the U.N. money

Posted by: Yassir Arrifat at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (3r/F9)

176 Has anyone mentioned the WH "nerd prom" and the "host" calling the President of the United States his n****h? I'm still gobsmacked.

Yeah, Obumbles honestly thinks he's one of the cool kids. He isn't now, and never was. look at that file photo of him, the one where he's sporting the Panama hat, stoned out of his gourd. That looks like a kid who thinks he's cool, therefore NOT cool., because one huge component of being cool is not thinking you're cool. He's just a stoned punk wearing out of style clothes.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (SeD0w)

177 Off Faux sock

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 02, 2016 05:15 PM (+aCe4)

178 Joe Hallenbeck, #79:

"That video of Cruz and Trump supporters sums it up. We are fucked."

Yeah, I thought I was going to enjoy it but I didn't. I'm not a fan of smug douchebags of any political flavor, and watching that particular one look so pleased with himself each time he yelled "Lyin' Ted!", as if he'd just landed a devastating blow, was just boring. Cruz was at a double disadvantage trying to be respectful and logical.

I don't even like Cruz much, so it's not that I'm hurt because someone is being mean to my candidate.

Posted by: JPS at May 02, 2016 05:16 PM (fb5xB)

179 A Joo and a Mick walk up to the bar...

Posted by: Prez'nit Pupkin at May 02, 2016 05:16 PM (Dwehj)

180 An uber-progressive is a limousine liberal who doesn't own his own car.
Posted by: Soledad O'Brien's Earpiece at May 02, 2016 04:48 PM (8ZskC)

Posted by: @votermom at May 02, 2016 05:16 PM (nbrY/)

181 I really think when the "cool kids" slam Obama it really hits him hard.

You could just see him crumbling at that WH dinner.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:16 PM (cq125)

182 It will be interesting to see what changes, if any, our masters in the media will go though when Hillary is POTUS.

Like Obama she will be an Historic!!!First!!! But the chick card isn't nearly as valuable as the race card and no one likes her much.
Plus that, there's nothing remotely glamorous, much less new and shiny, about the bitch.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 02, 2016 05:17 PM (T/5A0)

183 If only CNN were a network back in the day, I'd still be in charge and bankrupting the country.

Posted by: Eva Peron at May 02, 2016 05:17 PM (3r/F9)

184 FBI sure is taking their time.
................

They're still looking for their car keys.

When the #agents falls behind #perpetrators including current and former POTUS, etc. the whole business gets sticky.

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 05:18 PM (DL2i+)

185 I may have been a little overambitious when I ordered the Imperial Japanese Navy to attack Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Hideki Tojo at May 02, 2016 05:18 PM (rznWS)

186 They gave the young lady a skeered and got a talking to.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Have mercy! How dare they bring real world satire based on real world events into the soft, cuddling embrace of academia!

/s

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:18 PM (hg60H)

187 Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:14 PM (NOIQH)

I read that but didn't prevent the SJW from making it an issue. I can though imagine it bothered most women as being experienced with high heels. Although I did have a lady in our office who continued to where high heels after a alleged injury with her ankle wrapped and using a cane. Hilarious.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:18 PM (6qmBU)

188 I believe their idea of "balance" would be a point counterpoint with Michael Moore and John Boehner.

Soon followed by axing Boehner for espousing values too far removed from "who we are".

Posted by: RM at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (U3LtS)

189 I believe we'll all always remember where we were the day Ace hijacked his own sidebar for a live movie review.

*wipes away tear*

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (1xUj/)

190 Joe Hallenbeck, #79:

"That video of Cruz and Trump supporters sums it up. We are fucked."

Yeah, I thought I was going to enjoy it but I didn't.

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Agreed.

I am a Cruz fan. I'm really not sure what Cruz could have done in that situation.

I think he should have just said - "You sir are dumb as shit." And walked away.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (T2aky)

191 People do something incredibly stupid. Result of stupidity runs amok killing people.

Sequel = more of the same.

Wait, are we talking about dinosaurs or Obama?

Posted by: pep at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (LAe3v)

192 I may have been a little reckless playing chicken with that iceberg.

Posted by: First Officer William Murdoch at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (rznWS)

193 Like Obama she will be an Historic!!!First!!! But the chick card isn't nearly as valuable as the race card and no one likes her much.
Plus that, there's nothing remotely glamorous, much less new and shiny, about the bitch.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 02, 2016 05:17 PM (T/5A0)

Well there's her daughter to parade around, doncha know? Ugh. I just made myself sick.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (CFc5L)

194 He just carries it around like a pocketbook.

*********

Ace sounds like my grandma.

Posted by: Chris Christie Wants Your Puttanesca! at May 02, 2016 05:20 PM (mcm0N)

195 Why they eat lawyer is a mystery though.

***

They lost a bet?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 05:20 PM (SEXy3)

196 181 I really think when the "cool kids" slam Obama it really hits him hard.

You could just see him crumbling at that WH dinner.
Posted by: Bally

In the end, he's just an effeminate little sissy-boy, who wanted the Top Job to be Somebody.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:20 PM (zuTLp)

197 So Leicester City Football Club are the champs of England. They were a 5000:1 shot at the beginning of the metric football year.

I'm guessing that the bloke who plunked-down 20-quid on LCFC back in Aug 15 thinking he just pissed away a couple pints is pretty happy right about now - even after the tax-man takes his cut, that is.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted by: DocJ at May 02, 2016 05:20 PM (NYS7S)

198 I really think when the "cool kids" slam Obama it really hits him hard.

I'll bet he gots lots of wedgies and swirlies when he was younger.

Posted by: pep at May 02, 2016 05:20 PM (LAe3v)

199 I may have been a little reckless playing chicken with that iceberg.

Posted by: First Officer William Murdoch at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (rznWS)

Sometimes I go in, guns a-blazin', without fully assessing the situation. It can be a bit of a problem.

Posted by: Zombie George Custer at May 02, 2016 05:21 PM (TOk1P)

200 Don't worry men, we've got the high ground and have them just where we want them.

Posted by: George Armstrong Custer at May 02, 2016 05:21 PM (3r/F9)

201 Wait, are we talking about dinosaurs or Obama?--------pep

Holy crap, good point.
Started with dinosaurs, but Obama fits quite well.
(insert Reggie joke here)

Posted by: Tilikum KAW at May 02, 2016 05:22 PM (0x/TW)

202 193---Well there's her daughter to parade around, doncha know? Ugh. I just made myself sick.
Posted by: washrivergal at May 02, 2016 05:19 PM (CFc5L)
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Yep, it's a problem when the most exciting thing you have going for you is a dishrag-dud like Chelsea!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 02, 2016 05:22 PM (T/5A0)

203 That any of the capitalistic, corporate media in this country is considered "leftwing" shows how the meaning of the word "leftwing" is distorted by reactionary forces to manipulate the public and uphold the status-quo!

Posted by: SocialJusticeRevolution at May 02, 2016 05:22 PM (ti3lq)

204 Ever notice that the dinosaurs eat the fat people first?

I notice that when the pteranodons start buzzing the Midway, everybody runs around, but no one goes inside the buildings.

Posted by: Kasichs NeckWattle at May 02, 2016 05:22 PM (QlyN5)

205 See, Chealsea can tell us more about how she's tried to concern herself with money matters, but just can't do it.
She's probably got some very good tips on how to avoid worrying about money.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (CFc5L)

206 Guess who they enlisted to fight for them? Hint: His name rhymes with Shmyrannosaurus Schmex.

But T. Rex has little T. Rex arms and Godzilla has long arms.

That's not fair.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (1xUj/)

207 We may have been a little too Animation-centric in the past.

Posted by: Cartoon Network at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (2cS/G)

208 >>I notice that when the pteranodons start buzzing the Midway, everybody runs around, but no one goes inside the buildings.

I know, right?
Go in the gift shop --- and pick out some new shoes while you're in there!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (NOIQH)

209 Shmyrannosaurus Schmex.

Wait for it.

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (DL2i+)

210 I was reading a link from Drudge the other day that led to HuffnPuff.

Jeebus. The Obama love is frightening. They're like a cult.

Several of the cult members were already talking "President Malia!!!!"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (FsuaD)

211 and yet the dinosaurs never actually eat children.
Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:10 PM (evdj2)

Raptors are smart. Kids- germ factories, plus parasites...
Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:13 PM (zuTLp)

Gotta let them age a little bit, put some meat (and tasty tasty fat) on them bones.

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (uURQL)

212 So Leicester City Football Club are the champs of England

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It's looking that way though I think there's 2 games to go. Tottenham need to win all their remaining games to be spoilers. I'm cynical, I'm from Leicester.

Posted by: flmomof4 at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (bEXWJ)

213
Why they eat lawyer is a mystery though.
..................

It does shut them up pretty quick after the initial screaming.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (HgMAr)

214 >>Why not just get those two little Japanese girls in the clamshell and summon Mothra?

LOL

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (NOIQH)

215
Posted by: Zombie George Custer at May 02, 2016 05:21 PM (TOk1P)

200
Don't worry men, we've got the high ground and have them just where we want them.

Posted by: George Armstrong Custer at May 02, 2016 05:21 PM (3r/F9)

IMPOSTOR!

Posted by: Zombie George Custer at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (TOk1P)

216 Go in the gift shop --- and pick out some new shoes while you're in there!

Running shoes.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 02, 2016 05:25 PM (evdj2)

217 Several of the cult members were already talking "President Malia!!!!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (FsuaD)

Another planet. I've got to get to another planet.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 02, 2016 05:25 PM (CFc5L)

218 For Obama to be cool you would have to scrub every evidence of him bowling, throwing a baseball, shooting a basketball, him wearing high waters with a bike helmet, mom jeans and any operation of an umbrella.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:25 PM (6qmBU)

219 That lawyer I ate sure was a crappy meal.

Posted by: the T-rex at May 02, 2016 05:25 PM (H9MG5)

220 Did you see where Obama's kid is going to Harvard?

Wouldn't you love to see her SAT scores?

I'd love to see all of the Obama's academic transcripts.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:25 PM (cq125)

221 You know, Hillary Clinton might have been a little too criminal.

Posted by: Al Capone at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (/m8T6)

222 >>Ever notice that the dinosaurs eat the fat people first?

I don't need to outrun the raptor, I just need to outrun you tubby.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (/tuJf)

223 212, It's looking that way though I think there's 2 games
to go. Tottenham need to win all their remaining games to be spoilers.
I'm cynical, I'm from Leicester.

Posted by: flmomof4 at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (bEXWJ)
Going to wish you good luck! Liverpool fan here (yeah, sucks) but I'm glad the hated Man U ain't getting it.

Posted by: IC at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (a0IVu)

224 Ace sounds like my grandma.
Posted by: Chris Christie Wants Your Puttanesca!

Ahem, I believe you mean...Abuela.

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (hg60H)

225 I guess we should really come clean about how we've really kinda pushed Trump a little more than we should have.

Posted by: FOX news at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (3r/F9)

226 It's looking that way though I think there's 2 games to go. Tottenham need to win all their remaining games to be spoilers. I'm cynical, I'm from Leicester.

Posted by: flmomof4 at May 02, 2016 05:24 PM (bEXWJ)

Nope - it's over. Suprs had to win-out their last 3-games and they drew with Chelsea today.

Posted by: DocJ at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (NYS7S)

227 The Progressives might have been a little too totalitarian.

Posted by: Vlad Lenin at May 02, 2016 05:26 PM (/m8T6)

228 220
Did you see where Obama's kid is going to Harvard?

Wouldn't you love to see her SAT scores?

I'd love to see all of the Obama's academic transcripts.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:25 PM (cq125)

*breathless* But she's taking a gap year! And she worked as an intern last summer on "Girls!"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:27 PM (FsuaD)

229 https://www.bing.com/search?q=Muppet-Felter

actually returns non-obscene images.

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 05:27 PM (DL2i+)

230 Several of the cult members were already talking "President Malia!!!!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (FsuaD)

Sure, why not? They voted for Idiot-in-Chief.... the kid has His Petulance, and Mom's glower, so a natural for them.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:27 PM (zuTLp)

231 In the end, he's just an effeminate little sissy-boy, who wanted the Top Job to be Somebody.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:20 PM

Yep. But thanks to the American electorate and guilty white people who tried to prove they weren't racist, he will be the former President of the US. Forever.

Let that sink in.

Meanwhile a co-worker went to Pigeon Forge TN last week. He was told they didn't like people from NC. Guess why?

Transformed, bitchez.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:27 PM (48QDY)

232 >> So Leicester City Football Club are the champs of England

Doesn't make soccer any less gay.

Posted by: garrett at May 02, 2016 05:27 PM (vhmHt)

233 "That video of Cruz and Trump supporters sums it up. We are fucked."

Yeah, I thought I was going to enjoy it but I didn't. I'm not a fan of smug douchebags of any political flavor, and watching that particular one look so pleased with himself each time he yelled "Lyin' Ted!", as if he'd just landed a devastating blow, was just boring. Cruz was at a double disadvantage trying to be respectful and logical.

I don't even like Cruz much, so it's not that I'm hurt because someone is being mean to my candidate.
Posted by: JPS at May 02, 2016 05:16 PM (fb5xB)

I watched about half of it, before getting stymied by the inability to rewind and rewatch parts.

One thing that stood out to me was Cruz saying Trump hates guns ... When I know Trump has said other stuff that make his 2A stance acceptable.

What Trump said was that he hated the concept of guns, but the bad guys have them ... thus making the case they are a necessary evil.

Smooth delivery, Cruz, but I'd rate that particular statement a lie.

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 05:28 PM (uURQL)

234 OMG, I'm going to incorporate "Yippie ki yay, Muppet Felter" into my every day lexicon.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2016 05:28 PM (GgxVX)

235 I wonder how Choom Boy plans to celebrate Quatro de Mayo?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:29 PM (FsuaD)

236 and yet the dinosaurs never actually eat children.-------Grump928(c)

Bad form old chap. Tisn't sporting.

Posted by: Raptor at May 02, 2016 05:29 PM (+aCe4)

237 Gee that Kool-Aid needs a little something, it just doesn't taste right

Posted by: Jim Jones at May 02, 2016 05:29 PM (3r/F9)

238 I get my daily news here where the Moron Horde is on both sides of every issue.

Fair and balanced.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 02, 2016 05:29 PM (KPcL5)

239 *breathless* But she's taking a gap year! And she worked as an intern last summer on "Girls!"

Posted by: Jane D'oh

If colleges continue to get taxpayer financing, conservatives should really push to open the admissions process up to more scrutiny.

It is absurd that celebrities get Ivy League placement at the drop of a hat.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:29 PM (cq125)

240 I guess the epilogue didn't rate any livesidebarring.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 02, 2016 05:29 PM (9krrF)

241 In other news, House Republicans announce "we might have been a little bit too ineffective...."

Posted by: blaster at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (2Ocf1)

242 218 For Obama to be cool you would have to scrub every evidence of him...

The weight lifting video pretty much obliterates the notion all on its own.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (GgxVX)

243 >> T. Rex is walking away, beaten but unbroken, like he's fucking Rocky.
Like, we were all just rooting for him to go the distance.

Apparently only the dinos where the evil scientists invented (genetically modified stuff is bad!)the purer ones that were simply supplemented with w/frog dna are now the good guys.
Because: evil men!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (NOIQH)

244 What Trump said was that he hated the concept of guns, but the bad guys have them ... thus making the case they are a necessary evil.

Smooth delivery, Cruz, but I'd rate that particular statement a lie.

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I don't know if he hates guns or not. But like many liberals, I suspect Trump would be ok with certain restrictions. I also think he would be ok with limits on others that do not apply to himself.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (T2aky)

245 Just imagine listening to Hillary for 4-8 years. Add to that her wizened, perv of a "husband" and the dullard Chelsea.

Posted by: Cheri at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (oiNtH)

246 and yet the dinosaurs never actually eat children.

They're looking to preserve the hunting stock for future generations. It's good to see such dedication to conservation.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (9krrF)

247 *breathless* But she's taking a gap year! And she worked as an intern last summer on "Girls!"

Posted by: Jane D'oh

During the filming of an episode when Brian Williams' daughter enjoyed a same sex tossed salad, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (hg60H)

248 Nope - it's over. Suprs had to win-out their last 3-games and they drew with Chelsea today.

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Thanks I hadn't checked yet. Well I'm going to be hearing from a lot of excited friends from my home town. My best friends have been season ticket holders for 40 years, they must be beside themselves.

Posted by: flmomof4 at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (bEXWJ)

249 I sure as hell get a Lot of my news from the Dump here at AoS... and I double sure as hell trust Horde Analysis over any News Show....

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (zuTLp)

250 SCOAMF's kid got into Harvard?

Clever girl.

Posted by: zombie Robert Muldoon at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (H9MG5)

251 This is the first time I've ever hit F5 like a crack monkey to look for sidebar updates.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (1xUj/)

252 >>For Obama to be cool you would have to scrub every evidence of him...

>>The weight lifting video pretty much obliterates the notion all on its own.

Anyone ever see his golf scores?
I don't recall reports of him being a big golfer prior to being POTUS. It appears to be an outlet of another kind....?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:32 PM (NOIQH)

253
Meanwhile a co-worker went to Pigeon Forge TN last week. He was told they didn't like people from NC. Guess why?
Transformed, bitchez.
Posted by: Golfman

Dolly a tranny?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 02, 2016 05:32 PM (k4M/B)

254 I've lost my mind a number of times about FNC's failure to cover actual breaking news, such as the plant explosion in Texas. They were hours behind the others in covering it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 04:49 PM (SEXy3)

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Plants were exploding in TX? What sort of plants?

*eyes trumpeter vine suspiciously*

Posted by: Soona at May 02, 2016 05:32 PM (Fmupd)

255 I don't know if he hates guns or not. But like many liberals, I suspect Trump would be ok with certain restrictions. I also think he would be ok with limits on others that do not apply to himself.
Posted by: SH

People from blue states just have a very different relationship with guns.

Most of this moving forward will unfortunately be up to judges. We know what type of judges Hillary will appoint. Chelsea is out there telling people how awesome it will be when her mom can round up guns.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:33 PM (cq125)

256 245 Just imagine listening to Hillary for 4-8 years. Add to that her wizened, perv of a "husband" and the dullard Chelsea.
Posted by: Cheri at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (oiNtH)

And after we can look forward to the Chelsea Clinton administration! I guess it will be fun to see if Chelsea can be an even worse president then her mother. I'm betting on a big fat yes.

Posted by: Serenity Now! at May 02, 2016 05:33 PM (yC2RT)

257 Meanwhile a co-worker went to Pigeon Forge TN last week. He was told they didn't like people from NC. Guess why?
Transformed, bitchez.
Posted by: Golfman

Seriously, that part of TN is pretty right-wing. He must have found the only confused tranny in a 100 mile radius.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:34 PM (cq125)

258 Anyone ever see his golf scores?
I don't recall reports of him being a big golfer prior to being POTUS. It appears to be an outlet of another kind....?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:32 PM (NOIQH)

Well, a few years ago, Michael Jordan said Barry's golf game sucked.
Which led to Preezy Thin-Skinned to say something about how "hard" he has to work and doesn't have time to golf all the time like Jordan.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:34 PM (FsuaD)

259 Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (T2aky)

That's my prediction for first betrayal by Trump if he is fortunate enough to become President. I think the Dems will recapture Congress and eventually send some type of gun bill to Trump and he will sign it.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:34 PM (6qmBU)

260 People from blue states just have a very different relationship with guns.

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Agreed, which is why we should be suspicious of Trump's stance on guns.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:35 PM (T2aky)

261 I would love to see my daughter Chelsea and her fily move into the WH with Hillary and Bill. Obama's mother-in-law has been there 8 years.

Posted by: Zombie Webb Hubbell at May 02, 2016 05:35 PM (FXW24)

262 The Fox News The?

Posted by: Sideshow Bob at May 02, 2016 05:35 PM (H9MG5)

263 251 This is the first time I've ever hit F5 like a crack monkey to look for sidebar updates.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:31 PM (1xUj/)

You know, this "F5" thing y'all go on about... can't see it on my iPad keyboard, but there are emoticons, but they mean "internal server error", I guess.

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:35 PM (zuTLp)

264 I think the Dems will recapture Congress and eventually send some type of gun bill to Trump and he will sign it.

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I do have a hard time seeing the Dems retaking Congress if Trump wins - though I guess it could happen in 2018.

Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:36 PM (T2aky)

265 245 Just imagine listening to Hillary for 4-8 years. Add to that her wizened, perv of a "husband" and the dullard Chelsea.
Posted by: Cheri at May 02, 2016 05:30 PM (oiNtH)
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She might be easier to turn off than Obama. I can't see inserting herself into every Oscars, Superbowl, and American Idol that's out there.

I do wonder what Bill is going to do though. Heh.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 02, 2016 05:36 PM (T/5A0)

266
Several of the cult members were already talking "President Malia!!!!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (FsuaD)
.................

I thought it was supposed to be Chelsea's turn.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (HgMAr)

267 Gomer Pyle and dinosaurs?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (k4M/B)

268 Agreed, which is why we should be suspicious of Trump's stance on guns.
Posted by: SH

Okay, but compared to Hillary it's an easy choice.

If Trump wins, he will see the South put him in office and will know where his bread is buttered.

The people that are gung-ho about gun control are liberal, coastal states that Trump loses big.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (cq125)

269 She might be easier to turn off than Obama. I can't see inserting herself into every Oscars, Superbowl, and American Idol that's out there.

I do wonder what Bill is going to do though. Heh.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
___________

Don't worry. Bill will be inserting himself into any number of American idols.

Posted by: Furious George at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (Kl1Y6)

270 Posted by: SH at May 02, 2016 05:36 PM (T2aky)

Hope you're right.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (6qmBU)

271 >>I would love to see my daughter Chelsea and her fily move into the WH
with Hillary and Bill. Obama's mother-in-law has been there 8 years.

Yeah, there's been comments from anonymous Hillary people that they thought Huma and/or Chelsea would move in with her, as they are her closest advisors.

Hillary hasn't lived with Bill since 1999 (her mom lived with her in DC), and I think it's a safe bet Bill does not want the scrutiny of living in the WH.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (NOIQH)

272 Story on the front page of today's paper, says GA-based Mossberg shotguns is working on the finger identity technology Barry is pushing.

My question is, if this ever becomes reality, and we're in the middle of a revolution or zombie apocalypse, what happens when your friend, partner, or husband gets killed and you need the weapon?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (FsuaD)

273 Hey,where'd all those fuckin Indians come from?

Posted by: G Custer at May 02, 2016 05:38 PM (kTF2Z)

274 My hope is that every on air liberal dickweed at CNN is now avoiding going to their studio mailbox, for fear that there might be something pink in it.

Petrified In Pink

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 02, 2016 05:38 PM (gyKtp)

275 Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:35 PM (zuTLp)

F5= the little circle thing with the arrow to the right of your address bar.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:38 PM (48QDY)

276 Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (FsuaD)

You cut off their finger.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:38 PM (6qmBU)

277 I may have gotten a tad carried away with Amity Island.

Posted by: Shark from Jaws at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (kTF2Z)

278 what happens when your friend, partner, or husband gets killed and you need the weapon?

You use one of the 300 mm guns already in American hands and without the fingerprint thingies.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (1xUj/)

279 233 Smooth delivery, Cruz, but I'd rate that particular statement a lie.
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It's so interesting watching Trumpsters tease out a nuanced understanding of something Cruz, in order to conclude he's lying, when Trump himself lies semi-constantly, so often in fact that it no longer looks like pandering or lying about his positions, it just looks like another case of verbal spew.

So far, this election is weirder than weird. Is Trump to Hillary's left on foreign policy? Is he to Bernie's left on ObamaCare? I think it may be so.

Posted by: MTF at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (/m8T6)

280
SCOAMF's kid got into Harvard?
..................

Well, she's taller than Barry so maybe she got a basketball scholarship.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (HgMAr)

281 I do wonder what Bill is going to do though. Heh.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille

Oh how he will hate that! He has free range to slip off to Pedo Island and assorted places of ill repute now. As first lady, he'll have to be around for photo ops.

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (hg60H)

282 272 >> what happens when your friend, partner, or husband gets killed and you need the weapon?

Skin their trigger finger and put it on over yours. They won't mind a bit, Jane.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (gyKtp)

283 'Gap year'? Her grandmother had trouble with her gap.

Posted by: Typical White Woman at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (FXW24)

284
You use one of the 300 mm guns already in American hands and without the fingerprint thingies.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (1xUj/)

But, all of ours were lost in a tragic off-shore boating incident.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:40 PM (FsuaD)

285 Seriously, that part of TN is pretty right-wing. He must have found the only confused tranny in a 100 mile radius.
Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:34 PM (cq125)

Perhaps. But now emboldened enough to comment.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:40 PM (48QDY)

286 She might be easier to turn off than Obama. I can't see inserting herself into every Oscars, Superbowl, and American Idol that's out there.

I do wonder what Bill is going to do though. Heh.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 02, 2016 05:36 PM (T/5A0)

True. True. I guess we're all casting around for some good points.

Posted by: washrivergal at May 02, 2016 05:40 PM (CFc5L)

287 Story on the front page of today's paper, says GA-based Mossberg shotguns is working on the finger identity technology Barry is pushing.

Man, what a shame. All of those guns lost in canoe accidents sure would be worth a whole more when the new and improved guns hit the market.

Posted by: no good deed at May 02, 2016 05:40 PM (GgxVX)

288
Yeah, there's been comments from anonymous Hillary people that they thought Huma and/or Chelsea would move in with her, as they are her closest advisors.

I first read that as "closet" advisors.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 02, 2016 05:40 PM (k4M/B)

289 272 >> what happens when your friend, partner, or husband gets killed and you need the weapon?

Skin their trigger finger and put it on over yours. They won't mind a bit, Jane.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (gyKtp)

The proposed retinal scan system may be more problematic...

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:41 PM (zuTLp)

290
If you can hot wire a car, you can hot wire a shotgun.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 02, 2016 05:41 PM (KPcL5)

291 >>Story on the front page of today's paper, says GA-based Mossberg
shotguns is working on the finger identity technology Barry is pushing.

Aaaand does anyone think criminals won't find a way to bypass this?
This is about Barry stopping legal gun use.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:41 PM (NOIQH)

292 But, all of ours were lost in a tragic off-shore boating incident.

Posted by: Jane D'oh

Oh, you too?

Gah, coincidences abound.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:42 PM (1xUj/)

293 My question is, if this ever becomes reality, and we're in the middle of a revolution or zombie apocalypse, what happens when your friend, partner, or husband gets killed and you need the weapon?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (FsuaD)

Use your non-crippled gun made from before the ban.

Alternatively, pull the biometric battery out.

Alternatively, short the biometric circuit.

Alternatively ...

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 05:42 PM (uURQL)

294

THE BUTTHURT, IT WILL BE EPIC.
Posted by: MUMR at May 02, 2016 05:42 PM (XzRw1)

Quit using such a large dildo on yourself silly.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:43 PM (6qmBU)

295
You use one of the 300 mm guns already in American hands and without the fingerprint thingies.
Posted by: Bandersnatch

Sounds like a battleship gun.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 02, 2016 05:43 PM (k4M/B)

296 Well, this is unexpected. Trump will be on Hannity tonight.

Did not see that one coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 02, 2016 05:43 PM (/tuJf)

297 >>My question is, if this ever becomes reality, and we're in the middle
of a revolution or zombie apocalypse, what happens when your friend,
partner, or husband gets killed and you need the weapon?

Easy, just hop in your electric, self-driving car and then....oh, wait.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:44 PM (NOIQH)

298 I thought it was supposed to be Chelsea's turn.
Posted by: wth

Yep, if Hillary wins, it's Chelsea's time. They probably have the next Senate seat they can swoop in and buy/cheat/steal picked out so she can be "experienced".

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:44 PM (hg60H)

299
Several of the cult members were already talking "President Malia!!!!"
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:23 PM (FsuaD)
.................

I thought it was supposed to be Chelsea's turn.
Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:37 PM (HgMAr)
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This is part of my delight over the prospect of Obama committing Murder by Comey on the Clinton machine. Not only were Hillary and Bill supposed to be sailing serenely out to billionaire status by now; Chelsea was supposed to be squarely in line for a Senate seat or some big appointment.

If Obama allows the FBI to take down the Clinton Foundation (and not just Hillary's White House prospects), he'll be handing Chelsea's prize to his own daughters. WINNING. (Then there's Ivanka...)

Posted by: iforgot at May 02, 2016 05:44 PM (pC96u)

300 Quit using such a large dildo on yourself silly.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 02, 2016 05:43 PM (6qmBU)

See see, Joe, what happens, when you cut and paste MU... you know who? Follow you, he will, like Gollum after his Precioussss...

Posted by: kraken at May 02, 2016 05:45 PM (zuTLp)

301 Again, it's not gun control but safety and education. I should know: my uncle is a corrupt politician and my humor is about my vag. You hicks don't get it.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at May 02, 2016 05:45 PM (FXW24)

302
I do wonder what Bill is going to do though. Heh.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
...................

Besides die slowly in front of our eyes? He can barely talk right now.

Posted by: wth at May 02, 2016 05:46 PM (HgMAr)

303 Seriously, that part of TN is pretty right-wing. He must have found the only confused tranny in a 100 mile radius.
Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:34 PM (cq125)

Perhaps. But now emboldened enough to comment.
Posted by: Golfman

Liberals have been pretty obnoxious about their politics for a while now.

It's funny how easily they lump everyone into one group, yet that's supposed to be the worst thing a human can possibly do.

If I was a wealthy conservative, I'd put "bathroom" issues on every state ballot I could. I bet they would easily pass in even blue states.

Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:46 PM (cq125)

304 nood

Posted by: Lizzy at May 02, 2016 05:47 PM (NOIQH)

305 Aaaannnd Eric Bolling is drooling over Malia going to Harvard.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 02, 2016 05:48 PM (FsuaD)

306 "Smart guns" are several generations away from practicality. Current technology is indescribably unreliable.

An unreliable gun is worse than useless. It would need to "fail-dangerous" to be useful, at which point the "smart" part is pointless.

Would not touch that with a ten-meter cattle prod.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 02, 2016 05:49 PM (wB8Tg)

307 Hillary hasn't lived with Bill since 1999 (her mom lived with her in DC), and I think it's a safe bet Bill does not want the scrutiny of living in the WH.
Posted by: Lizzy

Have no links, but have read several articles paving the way, that Huma will be living in the WH if Hillary! is elected.

Closest advisor *wink* don't cha know?

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:49 PM (hg60H)

308 I had to liveblog it, it just got too dumb and terrible to not do it.

plus, not really a good day for news.

I'm glad some of you liked it!

Posted by: ace at May 02, 2016 05:49 PM (dciA+)

309 I first read that as "closet" advisors.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.

Same thing, really.

Posted by: AmeriDan at May 02, 2016 05:51 PM (hg60H)

310 Posted by: Bally at May 02, 2016 05:46 PM (cq125)

Yep. See the end of krak's post up now.

I suspect some interlopers from Asheville oddly enough.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:51 PM (48QDY)

311 it was so dumb. the asian guy who played Kim in the Interview plays the Evil Scientist Guy, and see, the Super Raptor/Rex Hybrid escaped by hiding because it was 1, invisible, 2, invisible to INFRARED, and the asian scientist guy goes "oh of course it is, we used some cuttlefish dna in it to help fill in the gaps, they can camouflage themselves," and the other guy's like WHAT ABOUT THE INFRARED CAMERA CLOAKING, and he's like "Well we used some tree frog dna, they can modify their infrared signatures (??????!!!!!), we used the tree frog DNA to help it with the explosive growth rate we gave it" and I'm like HOLY FUCK THIS IS A LOST ARK OF DUMB

Posted by: ace at May 02, 2016 05:52 PM (dciA+)

312 Posted by: ace at May 02, 2016 05:49 PM (dciA

Golf clap ace.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:52 PM (48QDY)

313 The only excuse that I can think of for O'Reilly is time slot, habit and lack of competition. Particularly the first and last parts.

There is absolutely nothing else to watch at that time that resembles news and everyone is home at that time with the TV on.

Prior to dropping cable, he was on and I cursed at my TV for him being on every night. Post cable, background noise is now music and my life has immeasurably improved.

Posted by: Damiano at May 02, 2016 05:52 PM (71OEY)

314

"Well of course we gave it rocket-wings, the rocket-wing DNA helps it resist temperature changes at night"

Posted by: ace at May 02, 2016 05:54 PM (dciA+)

315
"Obviously we gave it a second Tiger head, and then a third Vampire head... multiple heads are a genetic advantage in oxygenating the blood"

Posted by: ace at May 02, 2016 05:56 PM (dciA+)

316
"Say, given that this a a Theme Park where people come to see dinosaurs and all, do you think there's any downside to making your giant mutant dinosaur INVISIBLE?"

"Nah, i'm good with it... it'll give the attraction a sense of *mystery* otherwise lacking in our other exhibits"

Posted by: ace at May 02, 2016 05:57 PM (dciA+)

317 new one up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 02, 2016 05:57 PM (SEXy3)

318 Somebody's on a roll.

Posted by: Golfman at May 02, 2016 05:57 PM (48QDY)

319 I may not have been 100% accurate when I told President Kennedy that Texas loved him.

Posted by: Nellie Connally at May 02, 2016 05:57 PM (rznWS)

320 Is Jurassic World the one where Daenerys takes her kit off?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 02, 2016 05:58 PM (1xUj/)

321 @319: Don't feel bad, I wasn't 100% accurate, either.

Posted by: Lee Harvey Oswald at May 02, 2016 06:00 PM (rznWS)

322 Were still doing this over here.
OT:
the asian guy who played ... 1, invisible, 2, invisible to INFRARED,

Sooo, NinjaSaurus.

Posted by: DaveA at May 02, 2016 06:00 PM (DL2i+)

323 We could start an invisible dino park in my backyard and then just kill the children and say the new invisible T-Rex, call him Casper, did it.

Posted by: spongeworthy at May 02, 2016 06:02 PM (mrfTe)

324 It's so interesting watching Trumpsters tease out a nuanced understanding of something Cruz, in order to conclude he's lying, when Trump himself lies semi-constantly, so often in fact that it no longer looks like pandering or lying about his positions, it just looks like another case of verbal spew.

So far, this election is weirder than weird. Is Trump to Hillary's left on foreign policy? Is he to Bernie's left on ObamaCare? I think it may be so.
Posted by: MTF at May 02, 2016 05:39 PM (/m8T6)

In the context of that interview, Cruz is making the case that our 2A rights are suspect under a president Trump, and that's because he has said "I hate guns". (IIRC, hate lack of transcripts for this sort of thing)

If I have the right source, Trump said "I hate the concept of guns."
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/03/tv-ad-distorts-trumps-gun-position/

He then uses that as the springboard to bring up the liberal case for gun control ... and eviscerates it as unworkable, and concluding guns need to be accessible to the good guys.

"You know what, if everybody would just give it up, the bad ones, the good ones and everybody in the middle, no guns, I love it - but it's not going to happen. The good ones, you go into a licensing - the good ones are going to - are they going to do everything by the book? They get rid of the guns. So now the good folks are sitting out there with no protection, and the bad guys have the guns. I don't like that. So I am in favor of the ability to have a gun."

Do you think Cruz is honest to use that to hammer Trump on the 2A? (Assuming I found the right source)

I don't.

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 06:08 PM (uURQL)

325 Don't worry. They'll go back to full time Clinton Network News for the general election.

Posted by: PC at May 02, 2016 06:16 PM (VtB3b)

326 Do you think Cruz is honest to use that to hammer Trump on the 2A? (Assuming I found the right source)

I don't.

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 06:08 PM (uURQL)
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I find it hilarious that people are deemed "dishonest", because they dont buy into Trumps current, self-serving positions on all the issues he has flip-flopped on.

The guy supported the lefts orwellian idea of an "assault weapons" ban, for gods sake. There is no reason whatsoever to give him the benefit of the doubt on the 2A.

Posted by: Dixie Wetsworth at May 02, 2016 06:22 PM (WoLH7)

327 I find it hilarious that people are deemed "dishonest", because they dont buy into Trumps current, self-serving positions on all the issues he has flip-flopped on.

The guy supported the lefts orwellian idea of an "assault weapons" ban, for gods sake. There is no reason whatsoever to give him the benefit of the doubt on the 2A.
Posted by: Dixie Wetsworth at May 02, 2016 06:22 PM (WoLH7)

It's dishonest to quote the "I hate guns" sentence from that interview as evidence that Trump wants to ban guns.

The correct evidence to use, if any, is the past support of an assaults weapons ban that you just cited.

But that's superceded by the recent words, and can reasonably be explained as a change in mindset over time, rather than a lying flip-flop to get past the primary season.

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 06:37 PM (uURQL)

328 You think genetically modified dinosaurs are bad, you should see what I invented in my laboratory.

Posted by: Doctor Yakoob at May 02, 2016 06:39 PM (esol0)

329 327 Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 06:37 PM (uURQL)
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Of course Trump is anti second amendment. He's been consistent on the topic all his adult life, up until this election that is. Read his tweets in the sidebar. Read his Reform Party-era interviews.

He's also pro-Single Payer health insurance, and he wants to cover any procedure people want (right up to partial birth homicides). He will abandon our allies, befriend Russia and our enemies, take away our guns and expand the surveillance state. These are all policies Trump has spoken in favor of at some point in the past (or present!).

Be as thoughtful as you want to be, but you're about to elect a Democrat as GOP standard bearer, and-- soon -- he will make us all regret it.

Posted by: MTF at May 02, 2016 08:14 PM (/m8T6)

330 Facism has always been a big hit for those who imagine they're learning something important and somehow participating in democracy by watching talking heads read prepared and fully vetted versions of preselected "news" events.

CNN's numbers are up, and Scar and the Meat Puppet's too, because Trumpees don't trust Fox this cycle. They think that by 'voting' against Fox they're participating in something revolting - which is, in fairness, true.

Posted by: Adolf Advaark-Rundle at May 02, 2016 09:13 PM (lqeGC)

331 Posted by: MTF at May 02, 2016 08:14 PM (/m8T6)

None of what you typed there has any bearing with the very specific point I made - Cruz made a dishonest statement about Trump.

You do not dispute the facts, instead referring to uncited examples of tweets proving that Trump is anti-gun. None of that changes the dishonesty of using that quote against Trump. Did I get the wrong interview? Yet no one is correcting me.

I take that as a concession that it was a lie. I am starting to see why "Lyin' Ted" is sticking. He says lots of things that sound great to conservatives ... but he makes these kind of statements which are dishonest and turn people off.

Posted by: HopefulMonster Bravely supporting kittens at May 02, 2016 09:36 PM (uURQL)

332 Fucking fake contrition.

Posted by: torabora at May 02, 2016 10:40 PM (92QQ4)

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