Monday Morning News Dump (5/16/16) [Mis. Hum.]

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1 *stretches*

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, twice as smug as you at May 16, 2016 07:59 AM (rwI+c)

2 g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2016 08:00 AM (ZQfW9)

3 Publius. Left you a message on the EMT. Don't want to cut and paste to this thread for fear of breaking the blog.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 16, 2016 08:02 AM (3hIZX)

4 Ooops. ONT not EMT

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 16, 2016 08:02 AM (3hIZX)

5 RALEIGH, N.C. Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere
vowed defiance and other conservative states could follow suit after the Obama administration told public schools across the U.S. on
Friday to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms
that match their gender identity.

Yes, his illegal extortion is the direct result of Scalia dying.

The federal government's guidance was met with tearful praise from parents of transgender students.

Yes, both of them in NC and maybe the other 3 or 4 nationwide. Funny this liberal rag names no names.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:03 AM (vvmPQ)

6 Off to Fayetteville NC for a business meeting; so help me if one more person says "Make sure you use the right bathroom... ha ha ha..." I'm going to kirk.

BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?

Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2016 08:05 AM (O7MnT)

7 There are so many laws in this country nobody can keep count of them.

"land of the free" .............riiiight

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 16, 2016 08:05 AM (CzhL0)

8 You know what I hate? Public restrooms at ball games.

When I go to games, I want to self-identify as a rich guy, so I can use the swanky ones they have in their luxury suites.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 08:06 AM (Dj0WE)

9 >>BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?

The bathrooms.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 08:06 AM (/tuJf)

10 The Obama-era gun surge finally is receding, according to the latest
government statistics that show the total number of firearms
manufactured in the U.S. dropped in 2014 for the first time during this
administration.

99% probability with a 99% confidence factor that this is yet another Obamanite lie.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:07 AM (vvmPQ)

11 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:08 AM (V/InG)

12 Michigan has spent millions to pay officials and government workers
scrambling to provide water, filters and other resources after lead
contaminated Flint's water, according to a document obtained by The
Associated Press.

No mention of the rampant corruption in Flint's Democrat controlled government that caused this mess. But the taxpayers of MI must bail them out while MI itself is not doing all that well.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:09 AM (vvmPQ)

13 Ah, yes, the anti petroleum activists. In their parkas and life vests made of petroleum, their kayaks and paddles made of petroleum. Why didn't you chop down an 8 ft diameter cedar and dig it out to make your canoe, like in the old days?

Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 16, 2016 08:09 AM (/WPPJ)

14 Off to Fayetteville NC for a business meeting; so help me if one more person says "Make sure you use the right bathroom... ha ha ha..." I'm going to kirk.

BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?

The bathrooms?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 08:10 AM (ckrhB)

15 Yes, his illegal extortion is the direct result of Scalia dying.

The federal government's guidance was met with tearful praise from parents of transgender students.

Yes, both of them in NC and maybe the other 3 or 4 nationwide. Funny this liberal rag names no names.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:03 AM (vvmPQ)

There was a boy in a wig, wearing makeup about a year ago around here. Haven't heard much of him since. I don't know if he graduated or not.

At the time all I could think was "good grief, one kid, mixed up, and all you adults can do is spend weeks and hours stroking his insanity."

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 08:10 AM (Dj0WE)

16 Good morning, everybody.

PSA for RightlySouthern, if you are reading here: Mindy ("Emmie") was looking for you in the open thread yesterday evening. She has been trying to reach you via phone and email without success. She would like you to call her with the phone number you already have, re your upcoming trip to Colorado.

Posted by: bluebell at May 16, 2016 08:12 AM (2WwbN)

17 Bad driver denied gun permit in New Jersey

Blatantly illegal lawfare by a corrupt Communist State led by the fat man who is no supporter of the second amendment.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:13 AM (vvmPQ)

18 Can't that f***ing idiot even make a simple commencement speech and stick to the usual time tested and honored format. Every time he opens his mouth in public he has to lecture the world. It has obviously never crossed his mind there may be people in the audience that don't worship him and disagree with his BS. He always falls back into he community organizer mode at every opportunity. I wonder if he ever considered that many of parents of the students in attendance hate his guts and it might be a good idea to not say things that would insult them? (i.e things are so much better than they were 30 years ago and/or before I became president)

Posted by: Ripley at May 16, 2016 08:13 AM (1BQGO)

19 6 Off to Fayetteville NC for a business meeting; so help me if one more person says "Make sure you use the right bathroom... ha ha ha..." I'm going to kirk.

BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?
Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2016 08:05 AM (O7MnT

Trees

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 16, 2016 08:15 AM (voOPb)

20 Jews invented the Temple Mount lie

Organization representing Palestinian religious leaders praises the UNESCO denial of Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.

And AGAIN the UN only fucks up the works

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:15 AM (V/InG)

21 19
6 Off to Fayetteville NC for a business meeting; so help me if one more
person says "Make sure you use the right bathroom... ha ha ha..." I'm
going to kirk.

BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?

Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2016 08:05 AM (O7MnT

Trees

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 16, 2016 08:15 AM (voOPb)

Golf if you play

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:16 AM (vvmPQ)

22 Can't that f***ing idiot even make a simple commencement speech and stick to the usual time tested and honored format.

Bathhouse Barry is the political equivalent of an internet troll so, no, he cannot.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, twice as smug as you at May 16, 2016 08:17 AM (rwI+c)

23 20 Jews invented the Temple Mount lie Organization representing Palestinian religious leaders praises the UNESCO denial of Jewish ties to the Temple Mount. And AGAIN the UN only fucks up the works
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:15 AM (V/InG) If only there was some sort of book which documented Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 16, 2016 08:17 AM (22uju)

24 Todays imperial decree is . . .

well, how am I suppose to beat "Let Pedos In All The Bathrooms"

Posted by: Tranny Granny at May 16, 2016 08:18 AM (/m8T6)

25 Good Monday morning, Morons!

Monday morning polling...

The big change in the RCP average is the entry of the Gravis poll into the RCP mix. Gravis has historically been an odd duck, often varying wildly from the other polls. This poll is no exception, finding Clinton leading Trump 48-46. This is a very very good result for Trump, since it is at least 5 points higher than his support in any other poll.

It is also odd in that it is showing significant support for Trump from hispanics, very much counter to the results in all other polls, which generally show him losing this demographic around 30-70.

We will wait and see if Gravis has caught the start of a trend, or if it is an outlier.

The RCP average is now Clinton +5.7%.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 16, 2016 08:20 AM (owhbK)

26 un should be moved to someplace nice, like detroit. urban revitalization for a failing city and nice bit of real estate free of garbage. win win

Posted by: runner at May 16, 2016 08:23 AM (c6/9Q)

27 UPS tracking is telling me I'll get the seatbelts back today for the project car.

Now, all I have to do is remember how to put them and trim back together...

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 08:23 AM (Zs4uk)

28 Todays imperial decree is . . .

well, how am I suppose to beat "Let Pedos In All The Bathrooms"

I'm having a blast letting libs know just what that decree means besides the obvious "trans" issue. You know, all the unintended consequences that libs never think of. With supporting evidence.

They quickly say, "but that's still illegal for a man to be in a woman's restroom!"

I get this sick pleasure of pointing out, NOT ANYMORE YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
Oh, by the way, you have a daughter don't you? Enjoy what you voted for.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 08:24 AM (ckrhB)

29 Good morning all!

From this date in 1944- The EZ Dog Journal

May 16, 1944
Goums on the other front have progressed 8-10000 yds in front of every one else. II Corps is moving steadily. Lots of PW's being taken. Polish Corps unable to move far. The 8" guns came in. They will need a few days in ordnance before being ready to fire.

Though Dad rarely talked about the war, I do remember stories around the campfire on Scout trips telling of the mysterious Ghoums. These Moroccan fighters, renowned for nighttime operations were rumored to creep into tents, dagger in hand, and gently feel for the sleeping occupants' dog tags. If they failed to feel dog tags they assumed "enemy" and would slit the sleeping man's throat.

Gulp!!

Maybe that's why I never slept soundly on camping trips...

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 16, 2016 08:26 AM (NeFrd)

30 So after the progs have shoved transgendered restrooms in schools down the nations throat, what is next? (A SJW's work is never done, people are just in need of so much change). I'm looking for schools starting to identify kids that ought to be using the other bathroom. Yes, they will root out kids that have repressed their inner tranny and need help expressing their true identity. No need to advise the parent of this as they are most likely the cause for the repressed feelings. They might need some counseling of heir own but that can be addressed at work with tolerance sessions.

You know it's coming

Posted by: Ripley at May 16, 2016 08:27 AM (1BQGO)

31 24 Todays imperial decree is . . .

well, how am I suppose to beat "Let Pedos In All The Bathrooms"
Posted by: Tranny Granny at May 16, 2016 08:18 AM (/m8T6

The age of consensual sex is 13

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 16, 2016 08:27 AM (voOPb)

32 Give me your tired, your poor, your porn site upskirt dudes who perv out in the girls bathroom....

The Age of Stupid.

It abides.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 08:27 AM (659DL)

33

DAY 1,287

176 to go (249 to Inauguration Day )

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mario's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, McKesson's, Mizzou malefactors, mewling mattress-myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 08:27 AM (p4UlV)

34 Drudge is reporting that this "Meeting" between FB and "Conservatives" is really a meeting between FB and all Anti-Trump "Conservatives"...LMAO

It never ends

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:29 AM (V/InG)

35 At least Polanski had his day in court.

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 08:29 AM (L7t0A)

36 All right, Hardee's and SuperWalMart it is, then.

Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2016 08:30 AM (O7MnT)

37
At the time all I could think was "good grief, one kid, mixed up, and all you adults can do is spend weeks and hours stroking his insanity."

In pursuit of a political goal, no less.

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 08:30 AM (L7t0A)

38
Ernest Michel, whose flawless penmanship spared him from the gas chamber at Birkenau, has passed away at 92.

Yivo-rechecah-Adonai-hamvorecha.

Rest In Peace.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/nyregion/

ernest-michel-who-survived-auschwitz-and-led-

jewish-charities-dies-at-92.html

(close up the spaces)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 08:31 AM (p4UlV)

39 28 Oh, by the way, you have a daughter don't you? Enjoy what you voted for.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 08:24 AM (ckrhB)

They both go to an expensive private school.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:31 AM (vvmPQ)

40 If I had a son, you know which bathroom he'd be using! And I'd make his Secret Service detail cross-dress to join him.

Forward!

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 16, 2016 08:32 AM (mxCgt)

41 It's May 16 and here in Upstate SC, I've got the door open to my screened in porch and I'm freezing. Very chilly the last 3 mornings, actually. Al Gore to the courtesy phone...

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 16, 2016 08:32 AM (+FSld)

42 NYT: Hear him whip the women just around midnight

NYT has a hit piece on Trump based on extensive interviews, "Crossing the Line: How Trump behaves with women in private."

The big reveal: Trump got laid a lot. What got buried in the story is that he promoted women in his business when others in his industry didn't.

Now the woman that leads the story says she was misquoted and that Trump was always a gentleman.

The dog that didn't bark: No date rape allegations. No rape rape allegations. No "you ought to put some ice on that."

Bill Clinton to be hardest hit.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 16, 2016 08:33 AM (bQxkN)

43
It is also odd in that it is showing significant support for Trump from hispanics, very much counter to the results in all other polls, which generally show him losing this demographic around 30-70.

So, about what Romney did?

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 08:35 AM (L7t0A)

44
BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?

Posted by: V the K at May 16, 2016 08:05 AM (O7MnT)

Women's bathrooms.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 16, 2016 08:35 AM (L8Jnu)

45 NYT has a hit piece on Trump based on extensive interviews, "Crossing the Line: How Trump behaves with women in private."

--

Surely, they'll follow up this piece with how Hills behaved in private with the Secret Service agents while serving as First Lady. Right?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 16, 2016 08:35 AM (+FSld)

46
I would not mind a "hit piece" on Donald Trump if there were equally hard pieces on Clinton and Sanders.

I believe that would be called "journalism."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 08:37 AM (p4UlV)

47 I'm looking for schools starting to identify kids that ought to be using the other bathroom.

How about Tranny Day? Where the kids cross-dress for a day "just to feel what their transgender brethren go through every day!"

Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2016 08:38 AM (mxCgt)

48 Voxday on Trump
https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/05/nobody-cares-anymore.html

We really don't care about his myriad flaws. If Trump stripped naked in front of television cameras at the Washington monument, did a little pole dance, confessed to a daily cocaine-and-call-girl habit, then promised to put every Congressman and Senator on trial, he'd gain five points in the polls. Maybe ten.

Posted by: @votermom at May 16, 2016 08:39 AM (7lVbc)

49 I'm loving that interview snippet from Daryl Hall in the sidebar, btw. If you haven't seen it, it's worth the click.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 16, 2016 08:40 AM (+FSld)

50 Trump has been living his life in the limelight in the media and tabloid capital of the world for 40 years if there was real dirt on him it would have been revealed long ago.

They got nothing on him.

Skankles on the other hand, she and her decrepit husband have been tip toeing through the rain drops of their corruption and lawlessness for 40 years.

They both belong in jail.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 16, 2016 08:42 AM (amBbh)

51 Organization representing Palestinian religious leaders praises the UNESCO denial of Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.

And AGAIN the UN only fucks up the works

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:15 AM (V/InG)

If only there was some historical record of Jews ever being in Jerusalem...

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2016 08:42 AM (wYnyS)

52 What's the point of seizing factories? They still cant run them with out the materials and/or electricity? And with reduced work weeks, who has the cash to buy anything?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 08:43 AM (iQIUe)

53 48

Isn't Vox Day one of the spiritual leaders of the alt-right? I'm not sure his support is something to trumpet.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 08:45 AM (mFkVC)

54 Bill Clinton to be hardest hit.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 16, 2016 08:33 AM (bQxkN)

I was going to say, but only if the media reports it, but then I remembered the media's rules might not count for so much with the Donald!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2016 08:45 AM (wYnyS)

55 I suppose they will go for the sports thing next. A tranny waving a hockey stick around seems like it's right up Obama's alley.

Posted by: jsg at May 16, 2016 08:45 AM (gs8be)

56 denial of Jewish ties to the Temple Mount

Also, Japanese ties to Mount Fuji, Egyptian ties to the Pyramids, Alabama ties to Bear Bryant, and Cajun ties to whatever is cooking on the stove.

You cannot mock this stuff hard enough.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 08:46 AM (659DL)

57 Today is National Sea-Monkey Day.

Huzza!

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 08:47 AM (Bdeb0)

58 50

Oh, I don't know, the connections between Trump and Putin might be quite rich and revealing.

The Epstein material could also be compelling, but given the degree to which that touches the Clintons, I don't think we'll hear much about that.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 08:47 AM (mFkVC)

59
It's May 16 and here in Upstate SC, I've got the door open to my screened in porch and I'm freezing. Very chilly the last 3 mornings, actually. Al Gore to the courtesy phone...

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 16, 2016 08:32 AM (+FSld)

NE PA here. It snowed last night, ice on the ground this morning. The only warming I'm experiencing is from the heater, which has been on for the last several days.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 16, 2016 08:47 AM (L8Jnu)

60 #6, V the K, the Airborne and Special Operations Museum , the 82nd Airborne Division Museum, the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center Museum, and some of the best secondhand gear shops in the Army.

You will need a visitor pass onto Bragg for the second two museums, but not hard to do.

Posted by: Colonel Kurtz at May 16, 2016 08:47 AM (bZwzw)

61 Connection between trump and putin?

Yeah that Trump Tower in moscow is fabulous?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:48 AM (V/InG)

62 The story on gun manufacturing being down is a "chocolate rations are up" newspeak lie. If you read it carefully they talk about demand being down (after NSSF adjustments). Yeah and employment is up too.

Posted by: An Observation at May 16, 2016 08:48 AM (3nknU)

63 Today is National Sea-Monkey Day.

Huzza!

Kids! For just .49 cents & two box tops......

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 08:49 AM (ckrhB)

64 Connection between trump and putin?

Shhhh. He's rollin'.

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 08:49 AM (L7t0A)

65 What's the point of seizing factories? They still cant run them with out the materials and/or electricity? And with reduced work weeks, who has the cash to buy anything?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 08:43 AM (iQIUe)

'In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die." '

Posted by: Zombie R Kipling at May 16, 2016 08:51 AM (wYnyS)

66 >>Connection between trump and putin?

Best hair. Chest bare.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 08:51 AM (Bdeb0)

67 For those lurkers at the HQ who haven't made up their minds yet about holding your noses and voting Trump, or literally voting for Hillary, or figuratively voting for Hillary by staying home or writing-in e.g. Ted Cruz, here's a thread from the weekend that I suggest you read in its entirety.

Judge for yourselves who sounds deluded (or insane) and who sounds realistic and rational; and then make up your own minds on who you want to support through this summer leading to November along with supporting conservatives down-ticket.

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=363235

Posted by: an immodest proposal at May 16, 2016 08:52 AM (PLnZs)

68 Kids! For just .49 cents & two box tops......

--

Sea Monkeys and Mexican Jumping Beans. What. Are. They?

At least, it sure mystified my kid-mind back in the day...

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 16, 2016 08:54 AM (+FSld)

69 I suppose they will go for the sports thing next. A tranny waving a hockey stick around seems like it's right up Obama's alley. Many people suspect that Reggie Love is more up his alley.

Posted by: An Observation at May 16, 2016 08:54 AM (3nknU)

70 "I am of a different time," Thomas told the graduates. "Today there is much more focus on our rights as citizens and what we are owed, it is not often that one hears of our obligations or duties as citizens. "

With all due respect, that is false. The productive are told they have a "duty" to pay their fair share. Legal citizens are told they have a "duty" to allow in unvetted illegals. Only the human locusts are whipped into a state of perpetual grievance and told only about what they are "owed" at other peoples' expense.

Posted by: angela urkel at May 16, 2016 08:56 AM (wF15t)

71 You seize the factories to keep the workers from having a point to organize around.

Posted by: Jean at May 16, 2016 08:56 AM (Doh4+)

72 61

Well, we know that Trump has praised Putin. We know that he has reacted to attacks on Putin by drawing a moral equivalency between America and Russia that would embarrass a leftist college sophomore. We know that the Russian state media is lavishing praise on Trump.

We know that Trump is pushing for a foreign policy that would further Putin's plans to reclaim the territory lost by the USSR - particularly in relation to withdrawing America from NATO.

We also know that Paul Manafort, Trump's primary adviser, was also a chief adviser to Yanukovych, the tremendously corrupt Putin-puppet tyrant of Ukraine who worked to squash his people's desire to move closer to western democracies. We know he worked with Yanukovych when he was ousted and Putin used the incident as an excuse to invade a neighboring nation. And we know that several of Trump's odd collection of foreign policy advisers are very pro-Russian and championed the invasion of Ukraine.

We also know that when Trump was asked if he spoke with Putin, he refused to answer.

So yeah, that would be interesting.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 08:58 AM (mFkVC)

73
Is that Sea Monkeys or Semen Monkeys?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 09:00 AM (p4UlV)

74 Isn't Vox Day one of the spiritual leaders of the alt-right? I'm not sure his support is something to trumpet.
Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 08:45 AM (mFkVC)

Isn't he a libertarian? All I know about I'm is that he heads Rabid Puppies.

Also, I really have no idea what alt-right and cuck stuff is all about. I started to lay off Twitter when the primary wars started. I have no clue who is on what side and what it us all about and I think I'm happy with that.

Posted by: @votermom at May 16, 2016 09:01 AM (7lVbc)

75 http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=363235

Posted by: an immodest proposal at May 16, 2016 08:52 AM (PLnZs)

matt salmon az is retiring.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2016 09:01 AM (0O7c5)

76 51 Organization representing Palestinian religious leaders praises the UNESCO denial of Jewish ties to the Temple Mount.

And AGAIN the UN only fucks up the works

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 08:15 AM (V/InG)

If only there was some historical record of Jews ever being in Jerusalem...
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2016 08:42 AM (wYnyS)

". . .This hour of the Farfour the Mouse Show is brought to you by the Stalin Airbrush Company."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 09:01 AM (p4UlV)

77 Trump will sell us out to Xur and the Kodan Armada.

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 09:02 AM (L7t0A)

78 66
>>Connection between trump and putin?

Best hair. Chest bare.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 08:51 AM (Bdeb0)
putin should purchase a trump toupe

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2016 09:02 AM (0O7c5)

79 Posted by: an immodest proposal at May 16, 2016 08:52 AM (PLnZs)

Don't know about you, but I want a seasoned political campaigner, with lots of gravitas, that understands how politics really works in a one party system and is willing to compromise so we can continue to GET.THINGS.DONE in Washington, mostly for the children, but I expect that somehow what's good for the children will also be very very good for all the campaign donors and their families, because after all they have children too!

Posted by: Senator Hrothgar (R-BS) at May 16, 2016 09:03 AM (wYnyS)

80
Council bans Union Flag from bin lorry because it's 'too political'

http://goo.gl/FYa7Sc

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:03 AM (iQIUe)

81
If you think ISIS blowing up ancient archaeological sites is bad, wait until the history departments at all the universities start burning books.

Then people.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 09:03 AM (p4UlV)

82 25 years ago the GOP took Russia's empire from her. Now it's working to give it back.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:05 AM (mFkVC)

83 72 61

"Well, we know that Trump has praised Putin."

I've praised Putin too. He was exactly what Russia needed after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

People in Russia are still going through a traumatic experience, going from a superpower to a second rate country. They needed a strong, nationalistic leader to keep things together and restore a sense of pride.

Only idiots still believe that Russia is the same enemy we faced in the Cold War days. Russians have embraced capitalism in a way I wish democrats would. They love all things American and want to transform their country to mimic the U.S.

When Putin talks tough, it's to give their citizens the feeling that Russia still matters. They will operate in their best interest, just as we will operate in our own best interest.

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:07 AM (Zs4uk)

84 Dogs and cats together, mass hysteria....

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 09:07 AM (L7t0A)

85 If I had a son, he would use the ladies' room just like my daughters.

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 16, 2016 09:07 AM (UwQ7q)

86 Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:03 AM (iQIUe)

Let's replace the Stars and Stripes flag with the LGBTQERTY flag and see if anyone notices!

Posted by: Hrothgar, HOA President for Life at May 16, 2016 09:08 AM (wYnyS)

87 Yes, both of them in NC and maybe the other 3 or 4 nationwide. Funny this liberal rag names no names.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 08:03 AM (vvmPQ)

They always quote the "parents" who utter the proper shibboleths. I refuse to call people who encourage mentally unstable kids to continue in their unhealthy behaviors parents.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 16, 2016 09:08 AM (Ee2nz)

88 I'm looking forward to Trump being elected if only for the four years of apoplexy, seizures and cases of non compos mentis it's going to cause.

As it settles in with some Democrats their candidate is truly that bad/unlikable she probably won't get elected (or will be indicted/ recommended for indictment first), that people HATE Washington more than anything and that Trump is gaining so much in popularity he might just get elected- they are losing their shit.

I spent part of the weekend with some friends who are hard core Dem's and they just don't like The Hag and stated they are not voting this election.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 16, 2016 09:09 AM (O0lVq)

89 inre Vox Day, I'm actually very skeptical of any claims by the legacy media as to what movements he "spiritually leads," given that the legacy media has a very real motive to want to shut him up.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at May 16, 2016 09:09 AM (PFy0L)

90 On the other hand-

The Khaleesi's bare sweet boobage returned last night on "Game of Thrones".

So, we got that workin' for us.

Posted by: naturalfake the Optimist at May 16, 2016 09:09 AM (oU3Bb)

91 They love all things American and want to transform their country to mimic the U.S.

...

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:07 AM (Zs4uk)

They really like the Kleptocracy part of American Structure!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2016 09:11 AM (wYnyS)

92 >>Trump has been living his life in the limelight in the media and tabloid capital of the world for 40 years if there was real dirt on him it would have been revealed long ago.

That's certainly one way of looking at it.

Another way of looking at it is that because Trump has lived his life in the tabloids for 40 years all his issues, stuff that would have sunk ordinary candidates up until this cycle, has already been baked into the cake. Honestly, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his supporters would not care.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 09:12 AM (/tuJf)

93 90 CGI ,somebody else's tits.

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2016 09:12 AM (B48dK)

94 "They really like the Kleptocracy part of American Structure!"

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 16, 2016 09:11 AM (wYnyS)

The thieving is just a little more blatant there than here just now.

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:12 AM (Zs4uk)

95 85 If I had a son, he would use the ladies' room just like my daughters.
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 16, 2016 09:07 AM (UwQ7q)

. . . and drink out the 'terlit?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 09:12 AM (p4UlV)

96
I spent part of the weekend with some friends who are hard core Dem's and they just don't like The Hag and stated they are not voting this election.
Posted by: Marcus T

I would very much like that to be true, but we've all seen the exact same people not only ignore, but revere violent criminals and return them to office. Assholes in taxachoosits are a prime example, followed by Chicago.

I'll believe it when I see it. The best we could hope for is low turnout. Which is why the MFM will fire up the hate generator. They called Ann Romney a nazi; they'll have no problem going worse on trump or whomever.

Posted by: Wildfire Labs at May 16, 2016 09:13 AM (326rv)

97 83

Putin is a tyrant. He murders political opponents, including members of the press. He is working to enrich himself and his cronies - witness the Panama papers - at the expense of the Russian people. In general, he seeks to further his own interests, not the interests of Russia.

He is also actively working to reclaim territory he claims is his - for instance, Ukraine and the Baltic states. He regularly engages in acts of provocation against the Baltics (kidnapping border agents), America, Britain, and other nations.

He sees neighboring nations as his to control, just as did the USSR and czarist Russia before it. He is a massive danger to international stability.

There is nothing praiseworthy about Putin. If that is the type of leader you want, I sincerely hope you don't get it.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:13 AM (mFkVC)

98 >>Trump being elected...if only for the four years of apoplexy, seizures and cases of non compos mentis it's going to cause.

Zod prays for this day to come.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 09:13 AM (Bdeb0)

99 "25 years ago the GOP took Russia's empire from her. Now it's working to give it back."

we have other problems to worry about, than putin's attempts to secure his borders. like the corrupt chicom empire that has most of our money, or the islamic caliphate empire that has spread into every nuke and cranny on the globe

Posted by: runner at May 16, 2016 09:14 AM (c6/9Q)

100 Honestly, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his supporters would not care.
Posted by: JackStraw

Sooooooo, they act the same way the GOP demands we should act regarding them. Got it.

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2016 09:14 AM (326rv)

101 93 90 CGI ,somebody else's tits.

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2016 09:12 AM (B48dK)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

But, they still won't CGI the floppy weiners, right?

Posted by: naturalfake the Optimist at May 16, 2016 09:14 AM (oU3Bb)

102 81
If you think ISIS blowing up ancient archaeological sites is bad, wait until the history departments at all the universities start burning books.

Then people.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 09:03 AM (p4UlV

Do we get to return fire, pew, pew pewpew?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 16, 2016 09:15 AM (voOPb)

103 >>Sooooooo, they act the same way the GOP demands we should act regarding them. Got it

I fail to see how emulating a group you claim to hate is a win for you.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 09:15 AM (/tuJf)

104 102 Do we get to return fire, pew, pew pewpew?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 16, 2016 09:15 AM (voOPb)

Inshalla.

/s

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2016 09:17 AM (p4UlV)

105 99

Putin is as much a threat - and is intimately interconnected with - the danger from China and Islamic terrorism.

Also, "attempts to secure his border" - what a nice way to speak of his invasion and and murder of a neighboring people who have suffered horribly at the hands of the Russians for centuries. Who, pray tell, was threatening Putin's borders?

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:17 AM (mFkVC)

106 Sooooooo, they act the same way the GOP demands we should act regarding them. Got it

I fail to see how emulating a group you claim to hate is a win for you.
Posted by: JackStraw

You fail to realize that the smear isn't nearly as effective as it should be.

These people have been told to ignore everything the GOP says and does, and just give money and vote. That included this primary cycle.

Now the complaint is that trump supporters ignore everything that he says and does.

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2016 09:18 AM (326rv)

107 >>Honestly, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his supporters would not care.
Posted by: JackStraw

Every knee shall bend.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 09:18 AM (Bdeb0)

108 What's the point of seizing factories? They still cant run them with
out the materials and/or electricity? And with reduced work weeks, who
has the cash to buy anything?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 08:43 AM (iQIUe)

My opinion? The seizure is just one of those things that were planned a long time ago and it is a handy time to do them now. Sort of an occupational therapy for those who need something to do.

On the other things that are more important, the declaration of emergency in response to widespread, low-level revolt, the gangs getting out of hand, the rise of vigilante justice on the streets that could spark into a serious riot at any time, and the military getting nervous, I am worried the Maduro is going to go full Jim Jones on us.

Maduro's only option is to win. All other options include light poles or locks.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2016 09:18 AM (ry34m)

109 So I see the left wing sent out it's talking points today and the subject is Putin.

I guess when the other stealth dems check in we will hear the same thing. They all goose step together

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:19 AM (V/InG)

110 Honestly, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his supporters would not care.

Depends on who he shoots.

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 09:19 AM (L7t0A)

111 25 years ago the GOP took Russia's empire from her. Now it's working to give it back.
Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:05 AM (mFkVC)

Remember how the left HATED Kissinger's Realpolitik and DESPISED leaving tyrants and bloody handed murderers in power?

Yeah. So much for that.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2016 09:20 AM (ry34m)

112 Honestly, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his supporters would not care.

well not in front of Trump Tower...i mean no need to stain the sidewalk outside...

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:20 AM (V/InG)

113 the GOP took Russia's empire from her. Now it's working to give it back.

LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:21 AM (V/InG)

114 109

Well, since I'm not a Dem, I wouldn't know.

Oh, and by the way my dismissive chum, you're the one supporting a Dem and "goose stepping" along with the GOPe as it sacrifices the principles it claimed to hold dear.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:21 AM (mFkVC)

115 Trump will give you a canker sore.

Trump double-dips his chip.

Trump pick his nose and wipes it off under the desk.

Posted by: Tranny Bathroom Attendant at May 16, 2016 09:22 AM (L7t0A)

116 I learned this weekend bow ties are actually "in fashion", at least among certain youth in my area.

I find this puzzling, as to my knowledge this is the first time in the span of my years bow ties were ever fashionable.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 09:22 AM (9krrF)

117 the GOPe as it sacrifices the principles it claimed to hold dear.

They have some? Who knew?

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2016 09:23 AM (326rv)

118 >>Now the complaint is that trump supporters ignore everything that he says and does.

That's not true. You just ignore the inconvenient things like his support for government healthcare, his desire for a door in his yuuuge wall to "let the good ones back in", his support for the tranny bathroom law, etc., and on and on.

That's your call but telling those of us who aren't sold on Trump to shut up and get in line isn't going to convince us anymore than you claim the dreaded GOP (who Trump is busily trying to suck up to) got you to fall in line. I heard this a lot the last few cycles when I was assured it was impossible for a non-GOP candidate to ever win the nomination.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 09:23 AM (/tuJf)

119 Bow ties.... blame Dr Who

Posted by: FCF at May 16, 2016 09:23 AM (kejii)

120 117

Nah, they never did.

But they kinda pretended to. Sometimes. When they could be bothered.

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:23 AM (mFkVC)

121
"There is nothing praiseworthy about Putin. If that is the type of leader you want, I sincerely hope you don't get it."

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:13 AM (mFkVC)

Everything you said about Russia and Putin could be said about the U.S. and Bill Clinton.

You wanted George Washington to step in after the USSR breakup, but not only was he unavailable, but he was the wrong person for the job.

Russian respond to the type of personality Putin has. When a country is going through turmoil and transition, you don't need a civil rights spokesman, you need a strong leader. Just like a lot of other countries in the world, sometimes populations are just not ready for a full-on Jeffersonian democracy.

There are dozens of countries that would benefit from a monarchy or dictatorship right now. It's only because we have a pack of uninformed, pie-in-the-sky liberals who believe everyone is ready to run to the voting booth that the U.S. has basically forced "democracy" on countries that have no business ruling themselves.

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:23 AM (Zs4uk)

122 Never trust a man in a bow tie.

Posted by: George Will at May 16, 2016 09:24 AM (kTF2Z)

123 oabam is pulling a classic alinksy tactic in his last few months of office right on schedule. Shove as much $hit as you can at the system and hope it breaks at some point.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 16, 2016 09:24 AM (iONHu)

124 Actor Wendell Pierce was arrested over the weekend at an Atlanta hotel after reportedly attacking a woman who professed her support for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:24 AM (V/InG)

125 oabam is pulling a classic alinksy tactic in his last few months of office right on schedule. Shove as much $hit as you can at the system and hope it breaks at some point.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 16, 2016 09:24 AM (iONHu)

Yup

And while a Republican could reverse alot of it since they are "only" executive and agency actions, you know damn well hillary will NOT. And that enough should determine your vote in November

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:27 AM (V/InG)

126 jwest is my best campaigner evah!

Posted by: Tranny Granny at May 16, 2016 09:27 AM (/m8T6)

127 Will we get a thread today about the Kristol/Erickson/Friend Of The Blog Rick Wilson movement to run a third-party candidate? Not holding my breath.

Posted by: tsj017 at May 16, 2016 09:28 AM (4YUWF)

128 Now the complaint is that trump supporters ignore everything that he says and does.

That's not true. You just ignore the inconvenient things like his support for government healthcare, his desire for a door in his yuuuge wall to "let the good ones back in", his support for the tranny bathroom law, etc., and on and on.

That's your call but telling those of us who aren't sold on Trump to shut up and get in line isn't going to convince us anymore than you claim the dreaded GOP (who Trump is busily trying to suck up to) got you to fall in line. I heard this a lot the last few cycles when I was assured it was impossible for a non-GOP candidate to ever win the nomination.
Posted by: JackStraw

1. Yes, it is quite true. We're being told now that the GOP stands for us when last week they gave JEF $216M more than he asked for.
2. I'm not ignoring anything, and I don't support him, and didn't want him.
3. Your complaint was that trumps supporters wouldn't care if he shot something. Blind allegience. That's exactly what the GOP has been demanding.

Then this blowhard comes along and talks about a wall, not unlike McCain a few years ago. And it worked. Kinda like for McCain a few years ago.

A solo clown act defeated a clown car. You didn't cause trump and neither did I. And the GOP was the one driving the clown car.

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 16, 2016 09:28 AM (326rv)

129 121

"Everything you said about Russia and Putin could be said about the U.S. and Bill Clinton."

This is absolutely untrue. It is the kind of moral equivalency that Republicans are supposed to be fighting but seem to be increasingly willing to accept. The US is not routinely murdering reporters and opponents of the regime, for one thing.

And what determines which nations have "business ruling themselves?"

Conservatives used to believe that the US provided a model for the world - a "shining city on the hill." When did we decide we agree with the left that American Exceptionalism is a terrible thing?

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:28 AM (mFkVC)

130 An activist in Omaha is asking a federal court to ban balloon releases at University of Nebraska football games, the latest skirmish in a nationwide battle over whether the soaring spectacles exact a heavy toll on the environment.

Randall Krause filed suit in the states federal court alleging the release of thousands of bright red balloons by Cornhusker fans following the first touchdown of home games violates national environmental laws. He likens the balloons to flying garbage that endangers wildlife and even children when they eventually fall to the earth.

Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:28 AM (V/InG)

131 The only thing I'm wondering is how long before the Democrats start feeding on each other like zombies? Because I may need more 5.56 to keep them off my driveway.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 16, 2016 09:29 AM (O0lVq)

132 This is absolutely untrue. It is the kind of moral equivalency that Republicans are supposed to be fighting but seem to be increasingly willing to accept. The US is not routinely murdering reporters and opponents of the regime, for one thing.

Vince Foster unavailable for comment.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:29 AM (ckrhB)

133 "Also, "attempts to secure his border" - what a nice way to speak of his
invasion and and murder of a neighboring people who have suffered
horribly at the hands of the Russians for centuries. Who, pray tell,
was threatening Putin's borders?"

just because ukraine preferred a euro puppet to a russian puppet is not enough reason for US to get involved. suffering horribly does not involve those "neighboring people" joining the third reich by chance does it ? and then pretending it did not happen ?

Posted by: runner at May 16, 2016 09:30 AM (c6/9Q)

134 130 Yeah,this is not the first attempt to end that iirc.

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2016 09:30 AM (B48dK)

135 >>Your complaint was that trumps supporters wouldn't care if he shot something. Blind allegience. That's exactly what the GOP has been demanding.

You do realize those are Trump's own words, right?

And if you aren't supporting Trump, you are doing one hell of an impersonation.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 09:30 AM (/tuJf)

136 Randall Krause filed suit in the states federal court alleging the release of thousands of bright red balloons by Cornhusker fans following the first touchdown of home games violates national environmental laws. He likens the balloons to flying garbage that endangers wildlife and even children when they eventually fall to the earth.

Run children! Balloons!!!!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:30 AM (ckrhB)

137 BBC Apologizes For Being Too Christian, Promises More Islamic Content

Weasel Zippers

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:31 AM (V/InG)

138 Hmm,never heard of the BBC described as " too Christian" before.

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2016 09:32 AM (B48dK)

139 Vince Foster unavailable for comment.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:29 AM (ckrhB)

what difference does it make?......../

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2016 09:32 AM (0O7c5)

140 133

Just so we're clear, you're defending Stalin's treatment of Ukraine?

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:33 AM (mFkVC)

141 trump challenged the new mayor of london to an IQ test challenge. the mayor refused. loser.

Posted by: runner at May 16, 2016 09:33 AM (c6/9Q)

142
That poor little duck in Cincinnati was almost killed by a balloon.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:33 AM (iQIUe)

143 Hmm,never heard of the BBC described as " too Christian" before.
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2016 09:32 AM (B48dK)

Sure you have? haven't you ever said about the BBC: " Christ what kind of bullshit are they pushing now"?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (V/InG)

144 ....endangers wildlife and even children when they eventually fall to the earth.

*****

And roof damage. Don't forget the roof damage caused by hundreds...thousands...hundreds of thousands of falling balloons. And standard homeowner's insurance doesn't cover it.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (NeFrd)

145 This rhetorical excess goes to '11'.

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel on 'Firing Line' at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (L7t0A)

146 The Putin wars are a nice change of pace from the Trump wars.

5 rubles on the bear!

Posted by: @votermom at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (7lVbc)

147 132

So the argument is that Vince Foster makes America the moral equivalent of a nation that murders the politically inconvenient regularly?

Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (mFkVC)

148 Bow ties.... blame Dr Who

Troy Dungan - WFAA Weather

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (ckrhB)

149 You're all Nazis.

Posted by: The Guy Who Cuts to the End of the Argument at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM (L7t0A)

150 Some people/persons here are so far of the reservation, I hope they have a good map to find the way back?

LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM (V/InG)

151 >>If you think ISIS blowing up ancient archaeological sites is bad, wait
until the history departments at all the universities start burning
books.
Then people.

*AHEM*

Posted by: Confederate Monuments at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM (NOIQH)

152
"Witnesses say when the creature transforms, its upper body is more wolf than man -- similar to the beast in the American Werewolf films."

Think it wears pants?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM (iQIUe)

153 Just so we're clear, you're defending Stalin's treatment of Ukraine?
Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:33 AM (mFkVC)

Historical comparisons are like food.

Some people won't get it

Posted by: Joseph Stalin at May 16, 2016 09:36 AM (ry34m)

154 Some people/persons here are so far of the reservation, I hope they have a good map to find the way back?

LMAO
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Sounds like Average Joe.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (ckrhB)

155 150
Some people/persons here are so far of the reservation, I hope they have a good map to find the way back?

LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM (V/InG)
some have difficulty deciding what restroom to use.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (0O7c5)

156 Trump > Hitler > Putin > Stalin > Xenu

Posted by: David Miscavige at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (L7t0A)

157
Top policewoman suspended after 'argument with colleague over who had the best breasts'

http://goo.gl/EeJLcr

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (iQIUe)

158 Just a couple of quick questions:

Were safe spaces set up at Hillsdale College for the Special Snowflakes? An onslaught of conservative ideas from Justice Thomas must have been too much to bear for some of them.

Is Google allowed to write off the cost of providing Yoga instruction to their highly stressed employees?

Posted by: Hank at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (E1yZq)

159 "And what determines which nations have "business ruling themselves?"

It has to be one way or the other.

Either we, as the world's sole superpower, accept the responsibility to see that people throughout the world don't starve to death, aren't slaughtered by their own governments and hundred other basic rights, or we stay the fuck out of their business.

If we are willing to sit by and let genocide occur and mass starvation, then that's what we should do. Let them solve their own problems.

However, if it's the collective will of the U.S. to intervene, we should recognize that a number of populations do not have the cultural background, infrastructure, education or will to adopt our way of government along with our help.

Dictatorships and monarchies don't need to be brutal, evil things. Sometimes, you need a single entity in charge to make the changes needed and to take responsibility for the outcome.

The world is a tough place that can't always run with up-twinkles or down-twinkles.

Reality is a bitch.

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (Zs4uk)

160 So the argument is that Vince Foster makes America
the moral equivalent of a nation that murders the politically
inconvenient regularly?
Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:34 AM (mFkVC)

no, the Clintons murder people regularly.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2016 09:38 AM (ry34m)

161 Some people/persons here are so far of the reservation, I hope they have a good map to find the way back?

LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM (V/InG)

or smoke signals

Hey anyone see Elizabeth Warren?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:38 AM (V/InG)

162 >>Hmm,never heard of the BBC described as " too Christian" before.

IIRC, Christopher Hitchens marveled at the Muslim-friendly offices and anti-Christian attitudes of the BBC personnel when he visited, and he died how many years ago?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 09:38 AM (NOIQH)

163 "Some people/persons here are so far of the reservation,....."

That is either racist or cultural appropriation. Quite possibly both. Could we get a ruling from the referee(s) please.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. (insert something witty here) at May 16, 2016 09:38 AM (WVsWD)

164 >>no, the Clintons murder people regularly.

Yep, just ask Amb. Stevens. Or the survivors, saved by rogue CIA annex personnel, after being left for dead by Hillary and Obama to save their careers.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 09:39 AM (NOIQH)

165 The bottom line for me is I will vote for whomever has the best chance against Hillary. That won't be the weed candidate or "my dog". Staying home gains me exactly nada.

Posted by: NCKate at May 16, 2016 09:40 AM (bi3cd)

166 >>children when they eventually fall to the earth.

Children can only fly for so long before their little arms tire and they plummet, screaming, to their deaths.

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 09:40 AM (Bdeb0)

167
That is either racist or cultural appropriation. Quite possibly both. Could we get a ruling from the referee(s) please.

FUCK YOU!!!*

*I'll be appearing at the Buckchester County Fair June 6-8!

Posted by: Daryl Hall at May 16, 2016 09:40 AM (L7t0A)

168 "Some people/persons here are so far of the reservation,....."

That is either racist or cultural appropriation. Quite possibly both. Could we get a ruling from the referee(s) please.

In cases of being so right you couldn't be more on point with an electron microscope, we'll allow it.
-The Refs

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:40 AM (ckrhB)

169 Don't know why I'm expecting it to be warm out

It's only May.

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at May 16, 2016 09:41 AM (bQrBp)

170 If we're going to be intervening all over the place, there better be something to offset the costs. Because the old way doesn't pas muster any longer.

We've been the most ass-backwards empire ever to span the globe. Blood for nothing is a fool's bargain.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 09:41 AM (9krrF)

171 "Witnesses say when the creature transforms, its
upper body is more wolf than man -- similar to the beast in the American
Werewolf films."

Think it wears pants?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:35 AM

Who can say? But I bet its hair is perfect.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 16, 2016 09:41 AM (bzd8I)

172 164 >>no, the Clintons murder people regularly.

Yep, just ask Amb. Stevens. Or the survivors, saved by rogue CIA annex personnel, after being left for dead by Hillary and Obama to save their careers.

Or Ron Brown.....

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:41 AM (ckrhB)

173 Top policewoman suspended after 'argument with colleague over who had the best breasts

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (iQIUe)
No pics?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 16, 2016 09:41 AM (ry34m)

174 Finding a restroom is thankfully not a problem we ever have to deal with.

Posted by: the EPA, Denver branch at May 16, 2016 09:42 AM (zYhdB)

175 Speaking of children and Putin's cannibalism, I recently saw a news piece that talked about Hispanic kids crossing the border illegally, without their parents. They were referred to in the piece as "unaccompanied alien children."

"My parental units have abandoned me. Take me to your leader."

Posted by: General Zod at May 16, 2016 09:42 AM (Bdeb0)

176 Yes,I very much need to see this "Top policewoman".

Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2016 09:43 AM (B48dK)

177 170 "If we're going to be intervening all over the place, there better be something to offset the costs. Because the old way doesn't pas muster any longer. "

Armies used to be profit centers for governments.

We need to get back there.

Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:43 AM (Zs4uk)

178 >>I'm loving that interview snippet from Daryl Hall in the sidebar, btw. If you haven't seen it, it's worth the click.

That is awesome!!
Why don't more people do that - "who said that? who do they write for? what are their credentials?"

Don't let them get away with their "Some people say blah blah blah" crap to push the latest SJW line of thinking.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 09:44 AM (NOIQH)

179 it sounds like "what's your vector hector" trying to keep the vitriol under wraps.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2016 09:44 AM (0O7c5)

180
Just so we're clear, you're defending Stalin's treatment of Ukraine?

You don't see pogroms like that any more.

Posted by: The Boogeymen in Your Head at May 16, 2016 09:45 AM (L7t0A)

181 Squatters in Las Vegas:

https://tinyurl.com/jdmynot

Soon, squatting will be the next new civil right.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 16, 2016 09:46 AM (4ng05)

182 Just so we're clear, you're defending Stalin's treatment of Ukraine?

You don't see pogroms like that any more.
Posted by: The Boogeymen in Your Head at May 16, 2016 09:45 AM (L7t0A)

Whenever I'm from time to time depressed
And a trauma wells and swells
Within my breast
I find some pride deep inside of me
And I fondly walk down the lane of memory
I see Bonaparte
A mean one if ever I've seen one
And Nero fiddlin' thru that lovely blaze
Antionetts, dainty queen, with her quaint guillotine
Ha ha ha ha
Those were the good old days

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:48 AM (V/InG)

183 I've been thinking that maybe we ought to install those TSA body scanner things at public restrooms. Not enough detail for pornographic depictions, but enough to do an "equipment" screen and then direct the individual to the correct restroom.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 16, 2016 09:48 AM (NeFrd)

184 Soon, squatting will be the next new civil right.

They'll decide what bathrooms they get to use, and good luck getting them to leave.

Posted by: The Boogeymen in Your Head at May 16, 2016 09:48 AM (L7t0A)

185 The TA was actually AI. *Skynet claps it's little virtual hands*
http://tinyurl.com/gooogcf

Posted by: goon at May 16, 2016 09:48 AM (WCaSy)

186 >>I've been thinking that maybe we ought to install those TSA body scanner things at public restrooms.

In other news, sales of adult diapers are skyrocketing as women avoid pub;id bathrooms in droves.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 09:49 AM (NOIQH)

187 Good morning, Morons, Moronettes and Morons who identify as Moronettes.

I've decided that I'm going to start running. Went out and got some running shoes. They got me fitted and had me run on a treadmill for a little bit to find a pair that would work for me. I've got 2 weeks to take them back for a refund if I decide they're not working out. Goal is to do a 5k sometime this year, which doesn't seem too difficult since I figure I'm already in decent shape with the amount of walking I do. Wish me luck.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2016 09:50 AM (KUaJL)

188 I've been thinking that maybe we ought to install those TSA body scanner things at public restrooms.

In other news, sales of adult diapers are skyrocketing as women avoid pub;id bathrooms in droves.
Posted by: Lizzy

It depends.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:50 AM (ckrhB)

189 I would humbly suggest that, in regards to Cavil's comment regarding Global Intervention at 170 ...

... That the American instinct to rush in and "fix things" for failed nations has been part of the problem. People, en masse, are stupid. They don't learn from books. They don't learn theory. They DO react to suffering.

We tried to ease the pain of all the bad examples. But bad examples are the only thing that could ever pursuade most Americans from trying the same stupid policies here.

But no ... We couldn't stand, as a society, to see people hurting on the evening news. So, we'll get to see the same thing outside our windows.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 16, 2016 09:51 AM (/Fy5y)

190 >>>>>Armies used to be profit centers for governments.

We need to get back there.
.
.
.
.We funded an Empire with ours.

Posted by: Rome at May 16, 2016 09:51 AM (iONHu)

191 Hillary Clinton will put Bill in charge of revitalizing the economy

LMAO

I guess Viagra sales will go up

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:51 AM (V/InG)

192 Good mornin 'rons and 'ettes.
Any motorcyclists out there? I rode both days this weekend, and it got me thinking. Not that swilling Val-U-Rite isn't a good time, but I'm curious if there are any of you that are...

1. In Central Iowa
2. Want to do an HQ ride? (maybe for a Veterans org or charity)

Let me know by sending an electronic mail to iowamorons- at- the gmail place.

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2016 09:51 AM (aQQbl)

193 I guess the drive by AM trolling is over till chem class is over

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:52 AM (V/InG)

194 Hillary Clinton will put Bill in charge of revitalizing the economy

He'll begin by telling us to 'kiss it.'

Posted by: The Boogeymen in Your Head at May 16, 2016 09:52 AM (L7t0A)

195 "Presidential trans-bathroom decrees meeting with opposition"

-----

I can't say this enough: THEY DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, and now they're in a purple-faced rage over it!

Every "cause" that leftists have is like a drama class exercise: "OK, I'm going to pull a subject out of this hat, and I want to see you fly into a shrieking, palsied fit over it, and insist that you've always, always, ALWAYS been fighting for it... Alright... let's see... here it is... 'gender specific bathrooms'... Aaaaaaannnnnd... GO!"

Posted by: RKae at May 16, 2016 09:52 AM (rHSaG)

196 Goal is to do a 5k sometime this year, which doesn't seem too difficult since I figure I'm already in decent shape with the amount of walking I do. Wish me luck.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously

Wow. Good luck! Running 5,000 miles sounds extreme, but hey!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 09:52 AM (ckrhB)

197 Did we run off our Moral Indignation Monitor?

Posted by: The Boogeymen in Your Head at May 16, 2016 09:52 AM (L7t0A)

198 Wendy's starts the ball rolling. Minimum wage fairness advocates are not thrilled that their shit ideas don't work on planet Earth.
http://tinyurl.com/hudm8av

Posted by: goon at May 16, 2016 09:54 AM (WCaSy)

199 As for those enviro-nuts getting arrested in WA:

OF COURSE they have to "call attention" to climate change!

...The climate certainly won't call attention to it!

Posted by: RKae at May 16, 2016 09:55 AM (rHSaG)

200 Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:33 AM (mFkVC)

take your grievances to the ICJ, they may listen

Posted by: runner at May 16, 2016 09:55 AM (c6/9Q)

201 Also, "attempts to secure his border" - what a nice way to speak of his invasion and and murder of a neighboring people who have suffered horribly at the hands of the Russians for centuries. Who, pray tell, was threatening Putin's borders?
Posted by: person at May 16, 2016 09:17 AM (mFkVC)

Russian history for the win. You can't just look at today and say "See why are they so paranoid?" The Russians have spent their history being invaded. It's made them paranoid about their borders. In the past 200 years, they've been invaded at least three times in ways that threatened their existence. Then after the Soviets collapsed we started bringing all of the bordering countries into NATO and the EU. That was a mistake. We should have encouraged and worked on having the Balkan/Eastern European countries from an independent buffer coalition. That would have made the Russians less paranoid.

Would you feel comfortable with the Russians bringing Mexico into their influence and then stationing a couple of divisions there? We almost had a nuclear exchange when the Russkies put missiles in Cuba.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 16, 2016 09:55 AM (Ee2nz)

202 191 Hillary Clinton will put Bill in charge of revitalizing the economy

--

Honey-Do list?

Just last week she was denouncing his NAFTA.

Posted by: @votermom at May 16, 2016 09:56 AM (7lVbc)

203
Hmm,never heard of the BBC described as " too Christian" before.

If you aren't sufficiently anti-Christian then you must be "too Christian." Sounds somewhat familiar.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 09:57 AM (k4M/B)

204 The world is a tough place that can't always run with up-twinkles or down-twinkles.

Reality is a bitch.
Posted by: jwest at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (Zs4uk)
***
But hashtags - those get the job done. - Psaki and Harf.

(And let me go ahead and call 'dibs' on the anthem for the aftermath of the next Islamist outrage - "Shake It Off," by whichever bubble-head it is who sings it - because it is (so I am informed) "totes catchy and upbeat," and the kids seem to dig that shit, and it would point out perfectly the utterly insane vapidity of people standing around and singing some stupid pop song in response to clear evidence that their lives are in peril.)

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2016 09:57 AM (lutOX)

205 Excuuuuse me! I'm changing here. Can we please not call attention to it!

**pulls privacy curtain closed**

Posted by: The Climate, at the Gap at May 16, 2016 09:58 AM (NeFrd)

206 Posted by: goon at May 16, 2016 09:54 AM (WCaSy)

I saw this last night, and I'm honestly surprised it's taken so long. Even at the current federal minimum wage, each employee at a fast food joint represents an expense on the order of 2-3 thousand dollars a month. I can't imagine that a touchscreen attached to a credit card swipe device is that expensive.

Seems like these sort of things should be profitable pretty much immediately, and it's not like there's much to go wrong with them. I guess there's got to be some sort of hidden cost for maintenance/repairs that I'm not considering?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2016 09:59 AM (KUaJL)

207 Just blow up condoms. Planned Parenthood can supply them. My lips won't touch sheepskin - latex only.

Posted by: Cornhusker Cornholer at May 16, 2016 09:59 AM (gwG9s)

208 You do realize when those balloons go high enough the burst - only to come crashing down to earth like the Hindenburg - Oh the humanity.

Posted by: An Observation at May 16, 2016 10:00 AM (3nknU)

209 He likens the balloons to flying garbage that endangers...children when they eventually fall to the earth.

*****

Billy! You were supposed to let go of the balloon!

Posted by: Distraught Husker parent at the stadium at May 16, 2016 10:02 AM (NeFrd)

210 I find this puzzling, as to my knowledge this is the first time in the span of my years bow ties were ever fashionable.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 09:22 AM (9krrF)
=====
Depends on your social circles. Engineers and Architects wore a lot of bow ties to keep them out of the way of drawings.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:02 AM (MIKMs)

211 Zippy had the nerve to speak about other's anti-intellectualism. The bs he believes couldn't be any more anti-intellectual!

Posted by: Pimping for Paradise at May 16, 2016 10:03 AM (2X7pN)

212 I find this puzzling, as to my knowledge this is the first time in the span of my years bow ties were ever fashionable.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 09:22 AM (9krrF)
=====
Depends on your social circles. Engineers and Architects wore a lot of bow ties to keep them out of the way of drawings.
Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:02 AM (MIKMs)

Kentucky Derby et. al. is always a popular venue for the bowtie.

Posted by: naturalfake the Optimist at May 16, 2016 10:04 AM (0cMkb)

213 Of course, Nebraska college students aren't noted for their great intelligence. Most of them think the "N" on the helmet stands for 'Nowledge.

**ducks**

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 16, 2016 10:05 AM (NeFrd)

214 Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 16, 2016 09:55 AM (Ee2nz)
***
This, as the youngsters say...

Bingo. Russia isn't entering into alliances with out neighbors. Russia didn't pour money into the phoney-baloney and murderous Euro-Maidan bullshit. Russia didn't cut off utilities and supplies to the Donbass and use artillery and air-power to make the rubble bounce.

We've been sold a bill of goods about the whole thing.

Doubt it? Ask yourself why the boogey-man 'alt-right' and jihadists are sending militias to back a Soros-funded coup, supported enthusiastically by the SCOAMF and his State Department, and then ask why you trust what this wretched man and his cronies are telling you about it.

And, as long as you're wondering, ask why Putin enjoys such popularity among the rather substantial Muslim minority within his borders.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2016 10:06 AM (lutOX)

215 Just blow up condoms. Planned Parenthood can supply them. My lips won't touch sheepskin - latex only.

Frosty Jim?

Posted by: Pimping for Paradise at May 16, 2016 10:06 AM (2X7pN)

216 Hmmmm...is this timely?
May 16, 1771
The Battle of Alamance
The final battle of the War of the Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control was fought.

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2016 10:06 AM (aQQbl)

217 ... Seems like these sort of things should be profitable pretty much immediately, and it's not like there's much to go wrong with them. I guess there's got to be some sort of hidden cost for maintenance/repairs that I'm not considering?

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 16, 2016 09:59 AM (KUaJL)

You can be sure that they have run the numbers, even for the not-so-nice neighborhoods, and are slapping themselves for not doing it sooner.

Posted by: goon at May 16, 2016 10:06 AM (WCaSy)

218 Some think I wear I string tie when actually that is my stick figure body.

Posted by: Colonel Sanders at May 16, 2016 10:06 AM (gwG9s)

219 Hello Horde. What are we punning about today?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 16, 2016 10:06 AM (wOKJp)

220 The Morons are quietish this morning.

Did I miss a Hatefest/Bannination slaughter over the weekend?

Posted by: naturalfake the Optimist at May 16, 2016 10:07 AM (0cMkb)

221 Goon I saw that article about Wendy's. There's your minimum wage, kids.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 16, 2016 10:08 AM (wOKJp)

222 I just realized something (from the story of Democrat violence in Nevada) and that is while Islam is the Religion Of Peace, Democrats belong to the Party Of Peace.

Posted by: Tranny Granny at May 16, 2016 10:11 AM (/m8T6)

223 The story about Madeline LeBeau reminds me of how the cast from Casablanca was a veritable Who's Who of European cinema stars who became refugees that fled to the US due to the Nazis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:11 AM (ItHJp)

224 I guess Viagra sales will go up
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:51 AM (V/InG)

Close, but no cigar

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 16, 2016 10:12 AM (voOPb)

225 221 Goon I saw that article about Wendy's. There's your minimum wage, kids.
Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 16, 2016 10:08 AM (wOKJp)
***
The minimum wage is a myth; the maximum wage for a given task, however is exactly one cent less than the cost of automation.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2016 10:12 AM (lutOX)

226 Curious about the Jake Tapper video clip: Was this actually broadcast, or a CYA podcast?
"Yeah, we covered that a year ago, old news..."

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 16, 2016 10:12 AM (SeD0w)

227
MO gun rights.

I live in Missouri. As CC Permit Holder and an avid hoplophyte, I cant possibly imagine living in a second ammnedment hostile state like Illinois or California.

Also, as a Misouri citizen, Jay Nixon can FOAD. I could amost support that Conservative Democrat, right up until he fumble fucked on Ferguson.

Now he's dead to me.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2016 10:13 AM (8XRCm)

228 Did I miss a Hatefest/Bannination slaughter over the weekend?

You can always catch the next one in an hour or so.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:13 AM (9krrF)

229 Of course, Nebraska college students aren't noted for their great intelligence. Most of them think the "N" on the helmet stands for 'Nowledge.

**ducks**
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 16, 2016 10:05 AM (NeFrd)

-----

You must be a Sooner fan, where the "O" stands for Honesty.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2016 10:14 AM (8XRCm)

230 Bill Kristol is on the Charlie Sykes show in Milwaukee right now, discussing all the potential "Independent" candidates he's talking with. What a weasel.

Give it up Bill, too late.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 16, 2016 10:15 AM (/pOl7)

231 That Washington state article on the protestors reminded me of this -

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/selection-du-weekend-192-58.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:15 AM (ItHJp)

232 6 Off to Fayetteville NC for a business meeting; so help me if one more person says "Make sure you use the right bathroom... ha ha ha..." I'm going to kirk.

BTW: Anything worth checking out while I am in Fayetteville?

Posted by: V the K

The public washrooms at the courthouse are pretty nice. Make sure you use the right one tho. Ha ha ha

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 16, 2016 10:15 AM (kfcYC)

233 You can always catch the next one in an hour or so.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:13 AM (9krrF)

Oh yeah?

*sharpens comment club*

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified sidebar at May 16, 2016 10:15 AM (wOKJp)

234 >>>>If you think ISIS blowing up ancient archaeological sites is bad, wait

until the history departments at all the universities start burning

books.
Then people.

Sounds like it's already been started here - and note that the suggestions for "training" professors sounds like re-education camps:

...students at the Matteo Ricci School of Humanities took over the Dean's
office and demanded that the Dean be fired and all of their demands be met:

Chief among their demands is an order for the school to
adopt a new curriculum that "decentralizes Whiteness and has a critical
focus on the evolution of systems of oppression such as racism,
capitalism, colonialism, etc." The curriculum should be taught by "professors of color and queer professors" and should place particular
emphasis not on traditional educational concepts but instead on "racism,
gentrification, sexism, colonialism, imperialism, global white
supremacy, and other ethical questions about systems of power."

And note this activist's name and tell me Islamists haven't completely merged with SJWers:

One of the protesters, 22-year-old Fiza Muhammad, told The
Stranger this demand was necessary to undermine Matteo Ricci's current
focus on the Western canon, which she dismissed as the work of old, racist, sexist white men.

http://www.michellesmirror.com/

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 10:16 AM (NOIQH)

235 Bill Kristol is on the Charlie Sykes show in Milwaukee right now, discussing all the potential "Independent" candidates he's talking with. What a weasel.

-----

Yeah, he as arrogant elitist ass..... but he was great in Running Scared and Thorw Mama From the Train.... but those were a while ago.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2016 10:17 AM (8XRCm)

236 Lots of crazy here today. Putin is hated by Muslims within his borders because tyrant. He is loved by Iranians, our sworn enemy, because weapons supplier. He makes alliances with Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela, because those are the only "neighbors" (remotely defined) willing to do so. If Canada or Mexico were willing, he'd dive right in.

Putin is a desperate man, a man who murders his opponents within and without with nary a worry, who wants nothing more than to impoverish and enslave any and all countries who oppose him (like the US), and anyone who thinks differently is hallucinating.

Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2016 10:17 AM (/m8T6)

237 Palpatine: Putin cut off natural gas to Ukraine lots of times. He's a partner with Erdogan in herding half the population of Syria towards Western Europe. He has armed Iran and Hezbollah. They got and turned on their S-300s this last week, BTW. I'm tired of hearing about how we will supposedly be getting back at the EU and the homofascists by acquiescing to the sale of Ukraine and the Baltic States to Putin.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:18 AM (a4YoY)

238 Delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University in New Jersey today, President Barack Obama told the graduates that "the good old days weren't that good" and that both America and the world are better than they were "even eight years ago."
. . .

"In fact," he said, "by almost every measure, America is better and the world is better than it was 50 years ago or 30 years ago or even eight years ago."

-
Obozo says the presidency isn't a reality show. I just wish he knew it wasn't Fantasy Island.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 16, 2016 10:18 AM (Nwg0u)

239 So, would a new cold war be a shot in the arm to the economy?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:18 AM (k4M/B)

240 22 Can't that f***ing idiot even make a simple commencement speech and stick to the usual time tested and honored format.

Bathhouse Barry is the political equivalent of an internet troll so, no, he cannot.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, twice as smug as you at May 16, 2016 08:17 AM (rwI+c)

I wonder if Obama is going to force Man's Country to allow women in the sauna? I understand he's going to boycott it until they do, or the day after inaugural day, whichever is sooner.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 16, 2016 10:19 AM (kfcYC)

241 239 So, would a new cold war be a shot in the arm to the economy?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:18 AM (k4M/B)

Yes. But even better than a cold war would be an actual war.

Posted by: Paul "Krugtron" Krugman at May 16, 2016 10:19 AM (KUaJL)

242 An online petition to rename the U.S.S. Zumwalt to the U.S.S. ScrappyMcScrapmetal?

Gotta have something to do pass the time.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. (insert something witty here) at May 16, 2016 10:20 AM (WVsWD)

243 Re: BBC: Looking forward to the Saturday morning Mohammed cartoons.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 16, 2016 10:21 AM (kfcYC)

244 "In fact," he said, "by almost every measure, America is better and the world is better than it was 50 years ago or 30 years ago or even eight years ago."

The Man? is delusional... I bet all the good little Comrades at the graduation were wetting their pants in awe over their hero....

Posted by: donna at May 16, 2016 10:21 AM (O2RFr)

245 >>Lots of crazy here today

Indeed. Take a trip to Poland or Romania or Latvia or any other country that has been invaded by Russia over the decades and ask them about poor Russia and their paranoia.

There's a reason that just this weekend ground was broken in Poland, days after ground breaking in Romania, on a new NATO missiles shield. Nobody forced the Poles to take it and they were pissed when Obama abandoned the idea when he took office and hit the reset button.

The idea that Putin took Crimea because he was afraid of being invaded is silly. He took it for his own strategic reasons.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 10:21 AM (/tuJf)

246 Bill Kristol

He passed Fred Barnes as the Replublican-pundit-most-in-need-of-a-Pusser-stickin' back in 2012 or so.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:21 AM (659DL)

247 Don't know how this happened in Illinois, but a civil suit by a VA whistleblower is proceeding -- against Duckworth. For a long time, I have mentioned Duckworth and Obama as being central to VA failures (especially in Illinois). With all due respect to Duckworth's service and sacrifice, the VA is a cesspool and she has been intimately involved. Hat tip to Insty writers for mentioning the suit.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:22 AM (MIKMs)

248 So, would a new cold war be a shot in the arm to the economy?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.

----

Like that robust economy of the 1970s?

Posted by: RKae at May 16, 2016 10:22 AM (rHSaG)

249 I'm glad they're expanding gum rights in MO. Juicy Fruit is pretty good, and you shouldn't need a "permit" just to carry a gum.

Posted by: Emily Litella at May 16, 2016 10:23 AM (eI19q)

250 The Man? is delusional... I bet all the good little
Comrades at the graduation were wetting their pants in awe over their
hero....

Posted by: donna at May 16, 2016 10:21 AM (O2RFr)

If there was only one....'You lie!'

Posted by: A dude in MI at May 16, 2016 10:23 AM (0LQ4f)

251 Whilst talking about Russian paranoia over invasion...

https://youtu.be/5F6e9mI1bGU

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:23 AM (ItHJp)

252 This, as the youngsters say...

Bingo. Russia isn't entering into alliances with out neighbors.
Russia didn't pour money into the phoney-baloney and murderous
Euro-Maidan bullshit. Russia didn't cut off utilities and supplies to
the Donbass and use artillery and air-power to make the rubble bounce.

We've been sold a bill of goods about the whole thing.

Doubt it? Ask yourself why the boogey-man 'alt-right' and jihadists
are sending militias to back a Soros-funded coup, supported
enthusiastically by the SCOAMF and his State Department, and then ask
why you trust what this wretched man and his cronies are telling you
about it.

And, as long as you're wondering, ask why Putin enjoys such
popularity among the rather substantial Muslim minority within his
borders.

[Clipped your name because Pixy doesn't like it] --------------------------------------------

The left accused W and his peeps of having nefarious motives for invading Iraq, and doing all the other things they did. I don't buy most of that, but it's not necessarily traitorous to the Republican Party to say those goofs had no idea what they were doing, and were incredibly naive to think it would work.

Putin and Co., for all their faults, at least have adult thoughts, and adult motives. They know a thing or two about balance of power, buffer zones, and finding an enemy of my enemy, and calling him friend... with consequences.

Meanwhile, here in the good ol' US of A, I dare you to find me one prominent person who is speaking of our overall strategy, and talking about goals regarding this ever increasingly futile War on Terror.

Nobody really knows who our allies are, and frankly, I'm at the point where I think it's safer to assume anyone Russia is backing is more likely to be "good" guys, than any other entity anyone else is backing.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:23 AM (TOk1P)

253 241 239 So, would a new cold war be a shot in the arm to the economy?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:18 AM (k4M/B)

Yes. But even better than a cold war would be an actual war.
Posted by: Paul "Krugtron" Krugman at May 16, 2016 10:19 AM (KUaJL)

With space aliens, don't forget. Space. Aliens.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at May 16, 2016 10:23 AM (m5xM0)

254 Bill Kristol

He passed Fred Barnes as the Replublican-pundit-most-in-need-of-a-Pusser-stickin' back in 2012 or so.

Heh, they were lamenting "how we got to this point" with conseratives. Look in the mirror, buddy.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 16, 2016 10:24 AM (/pOl7)

255 100 Honestly, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his supporters would not care.
Posted by: JackStraw

Sooooooo, they act the same way the GOP demands we should act regarding them. Got it.

Posted by: Blue Hen

Not quite. The GOP feels like they could shoot someone on 5th Avenue, and the victim and her relatives would still vote for them. The victim would obviously survive given the GOP are the gang who couldn't shoot straight.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 16, 2016 10:24 AM (kfcYC)

256 "Would you feel comfortable with the Russians bringing Mexico into their influence and then stationing a couple of divisions there? We almost had a nuclear exchange when the Russkies put missiles in Cuba."

Are you comfortable that Venezuela is using Russian tanks to oppress their own people? Tanks that he "sold" them on credit while they were on the edge of default?

Heck, we are supposed to pretend he is some sort of great enemy of Obama while Obama paid for the Iranian/Russian campaign in Syria. He released the funds to Iran and the offensive started two weeks later.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:24 AM (a4YoY)

257 49 I'm loving that interview snippet from Daryl Hall in the sidebar, btw. If you haven't seen it, it's worth the click.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 16, 2016 08:40 AM (+FSld)

It is positively bracing, like a stiff sea breeze. Mis. Hum. should've have made it one of his "Feel Good Story of the Day" items.

Posted by: OregonMuse at May 16, 2016 10:25 AM (BbOP8)

258 >>Did I miss a Hatefest/Bannination slaughter over the weekend?

You can always catch the next one in an hour or so.
Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:13 AM (9krrF)

Is chemjeff still around? I saw an article about Applebees and thought of him!

Posted by: Lea at May 16, 2016 10:25 AM (lIU4e)

259 Tammy Duckworth sold her soul to become a measly weasely mewling quim of an Apparatchik.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (ItHJp)

260 The idea that Putin took Crimea because he was afraid of being invaded is silly. He took it for his own strategic reasons.

If only there were something like a...1,000-year historical record, let's call it, of Russia's geopolitical policies towards its neighbors that could be used to explain Putin's motivations. He is a mystery, I tell you.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (659DL)

261 Putin is a desperate man, a man who murders his opponents within and without with nary a worry, who wants nothing more than to impoverish and enslave any and all countries who oppose him (like the US), and anyone who thinks differently is hallucinating.
Posted by: MTF at May 16, 2016 10:17 AM (/m8T6)
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Look, Russia has a substantial domestic Muslim population - always has, always will - and the vast majority are patriotic citizens. Chechen forces fought alongside Russians in Chechnya and are doing so today in Western Ukraine, not as muslim holy warriors, but as Russian patriots.

Putin rules a large and dangerous country, and manages to hold it together by - admittedly - iron-fisted methods. Yes, he recognizes that Russian interests do not always align with American interests, but Putin's Russia is not a threat to anyone who isn't a threat to them.

He backs Iran as a counter-balance to the influence of the Sunni wahabbists - i'm not crazy about that, but it is what it is, and if he's found a way to get ISIS and Hezbollah to slaughter each other, I tip my hat to the man's brilliance.

But, there's always the fall-back position, I suppose, the one we've heard non-stop from the Western media and, strangely enough, the jihadist scum dying in Russian air-strikes. I do want to know, however, why anyone who knows we've been systematically lied to by the State Department and Barry about EVERY SINGLE DAMNED THING should credit their testimony when it comes to Russia.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (lutOX)

262 "Nobody really knows who our allies are, and frankly, I'm at the point where I think it's safer to assume anyone Russia is backing is more likely to be "good" guys, than any other entity anyone else is backing."

That includes Iran and Maduro BTW. Just so you know.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (a4YoY)

263 No frack! No balloon! No!

Posted by: MATT DAMON at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (gwG9s)

264 You know, with all the shit happening in this world, a patriotic and nationalistic POTUS sounds like a wise choice.

Posted by: eman at May 16, 2016 10:28 AM (MQEz6)

265 Putin's Russia is not a threat to anyone who isn't a threat to them.

Just...wow.

Let's ask the Baltic states about your statement there.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:29 AM (659DL)

266 263 No frack! No balloon! No!
Posted by: MATT DAMON at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (gwG9s)

Do they speak English in MATT DAMON!?

Posted by: Jules Winnfield, Bad Mother Fucker at May 16, 2016 10:29 AM (m5xM0)

267 Let's face it; the Rus people have been screwed so many times in the past, their motto is now - "Screw First"

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:30 AM (ItHJp)

268 but Putin's Russia is not a threat to anyone who isn't a threat to them.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (lute)

We agree.

Posted by: Russian Journalists, under no threat of being defenestrated whatsoever at May 16, 2016 10:31 AM (m5xM0)

269 No frack! No balloon! No!
Posted by: MATT DAMON at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (gwG9s)

Do they speak English in MATT DAMON!?
Posted by: Jules Winnfield, Bad Mother Fucker

MATT DAMON says MATT DAMON!
Posted by: MATT DAMON

Posted by: rickb223 at May 16, 2016 10:32 AM (ckrhB)

270 Tammy Duckworth sold her soul to become a measly weasely mewling quim of an Apparatchik.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (ItHJp)
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That is about right. Between her and Obama (on the VA committees, etc), the nastiness continues at an accelerated rate. Who was the other VA apparatchik? Shinseki. All primarily based in Hawaii-Illinois. Very quiet senatorial election here in Illinois. Durbin (D) and most likely, Duckworth (D).

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:33 AM (MIKMs)

271 That includes Iran and Maduro BTW.

On behalf of Mrs. Circa and her remaining family in Venezuela, piss off.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:33 AM (659DL)

272 "I do want to know, however, why anyone who knows we've been systematically lied to by the State Department and Barry about EVERY SINGLE DAMNED THING should credit their testimony when it comes to Russia."

I believe that Barry is only pretending to fight Russia just like he's pretending to fight Islamism by shoveling money at Iran.

Put another way, Maduro didn't suddenly become morally right to run over protesters with Russian tanks just because Obama makes a few insincere statements about how bad it is.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:33 AM (a4YoY)

273 Putin is a bad motherfucker, it's true.

Same thing with the Chicoms.

We can rely on one thing with the both of them: they respect power and the will to use it.

Right now we have plenty of power and no will to use it.

Posted by: eman at May 16, 2016 10:34 AM (MQEz6)

274 Maduro and every other bad actor in the world is running over people because they know Gaylord Merkin Focker the Wurst will do nothing to stop them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:34 AM (ItHJp)

275 >>He backs Iran as a counter-balance to the influence of the Sunni wahabbists - i'm not crazy about that, but it is what it is, and if he's found a way to get ISIS and Hezbollah to slaughter each other, I tip my hat to the man's brilliance.

As Hannibal Lecter would say, study your Marcus Aurelius. Of each thing, what is it's nature?

Russia is a gas station. That's what it is. I't no big surprise that Putin used to be head of Gazprom. Medvedev too. That's where all the power in Russia is located.

They are making alliances with Iran, Turkey, Syria and are attempting to gain influence in Iraq. Why? Look at a map.

I can understand the admiration for Putin when he appears to love his country as opposed to the asshole who currently runs our country but he is a murderous thug who is absolutely our single biggest international foe.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (/tuJf)

276 158
Were safe spaces set up at Hillsdale College for the Special Snowflakes? An onslaught of conservative ideas from Justice Thomas must have been too much to bear for some of them.

Posted by: Hank at May 16, 2016 09:37 AM (E1yZq)
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Hillsdale accepts no federal or state money, directly or indirectly. It therefore does not have to cater to the Left by having a myriad of "diversity" administrators whose primary job is to coddle snowflakes and whip up sh*tstorms.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (T/5A0)

277 It's mid-May. Have the Clintons been indicted yet?

Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (UzPAd)

278 Are you comfortable that Venezuela is using Russian
tanks to oppress their own people? Tanks that he "sold" them on credit
while they were on the edge of default?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:24 AM (a4YoY)

I'll take "I don't give a flying fig what Venezuela does to their own people for $1000, Alex."

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:36 AM (TOk1P)

279 It's mid-May. Have the Clintons been indicted yet?
Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (UzPAd)
_____________________________________

Any day now, be patient....

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2016 10:37 AM (aQQbl)

280 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:37 AM (ItHJp)

281 Hillsdale accepts no federal or state money,
directly or indirectly. It therefore does not have to cater to the Left
by having a myriad of "diversity" administrators whose primary job is
to coddle snowflakes and whip up sh*tstorms.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (T/5A0)
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In the 70s, there were three such colleges -- no federal loans, scholarships, etc. Now there is only one. To borrow a phrase: Sad!

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:37 AM (MIKMs)

282
It's mid-May. Have the Clintons been indicted yet?
Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (UzPAd)
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The case is expected to wrap up in the coming weeks.

Posted by: Post-minimum wage Answerbot at May 16, 2016 10:39 AM (pC96u)

283 Trouble in transit
got through the roadblock
we blended in with the crowd

plunka plunka plunka

I've lived in a brownstone
lived in the ghetto
I've lived all over this town

plunka plunka plunka

why go to college
why go to night school
I work for Bernie Sanders now

plunka plunka plunka

you want a beat down
go to the convention
you get paid for it now

plunka plunka plunka

Join with the brown shirts
get your arm bands
we're gonna burn it all down

plunka plunka plunka

Posted by: Vugar Rasim at May 16, 2016 10:39 AM (Xo2Vn)

284 Another nice story. Bridesmaid dives into lake to save gosling being drowned by swan. As long as she's not some militant vegan or something ,she may get dates from this. She's young and she's obviously a kind hearted and not a prissy woman:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jgv2fzu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 10:39 AM (w4NZ8)

285 "Where wolf?"

"There wolf."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:40 AM (ItHJp)

286
"Nobody really knows who our allies are, and frankly, I'm at the point
where I think it's safer to assume anyone Russia is backing is more
likely to be "good" guys, than any other entity anyone else is backing."

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That includes Iran and Maduro BTW. Just so you know.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:26 AM (a4YoY)

So you're saying Putin's peeps are bad guys.

Great! So... who are the "good" guys?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:40 AM (TOk1P)

287 Putin is not the problem.

The USA is the problem.

The USA shifts from moderately wimpy and dumb to turn the dial to eleven wimpy and dumb.

Domestic politics and social destruction and erosion is making the USA a superpower on paper only.

Posted by: eman at May 16, 2016 10:40 AM (MQEz6)

288 "It's mid-May. Have the Clintons been indicted yet?"

Hillary should have her cup of coffee with Comey any day now. Then it gets interesting. Don't see how Comey's people at the FBI don't recommend charges, but then it goes to AG Lynch to make the call on an indictment. But also can't see how it doesn't leak that there was an FBI criminal referral if AG Lynch doesn't act.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 16, 2016 10:41 AM (r1fLd)

289 "On behalf of Mrs. Circa and her remaining family in Venezuela, piss off."

Why? Is she a Maduro supporter who doesn't want to face that he gets support from Putin or are you a supporter of Putin who wants to deny that he's provided material support to the communists running over her countrymen with tanks?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:41 AM (a4YoY)

290 Does anyone think Trump WON"T go bare-knuckled against Herself, when things heat up?

Like in-person-in-her-face at any debates?

Who among those other fifteen or more Republicans that ran, would do it as Trump says he will.

Or will he, really. He has a habit of talking tough first and then going limp.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 16, 2016 10:42 AM (U6f54)

291 Teacher turns desks into notes of encouragement before big exam:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/je89qe9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 10:42 AM (w4NZ8)

292 Great! So... who are the "good" guys?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:40 AM (TOk1P)
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Let's ask McCain's newest sweet young thang with faked credentials. She'll tell us!

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:42 AM (MIKMs)

293 Breaking: Scalia loss felt again. SCOTUS refuses little Sisters of The Poor case, sends it back to lower courts.

http://fxn.ws/1Ow6wLj

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 16, 2016 10:42 AM (vvmPQ)

294
"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

1984 was a cautionary tale. Not a damned how to manual.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 16, 2016 10:42 AM (8XRCm)

295 Are you comfortable that Venezuela is using Russian
tanks to oppress their own people? Tanks that he "sold" them on credit
while they were on the edge of default?

Oh no! Whatever shall we do? Some third world shithole dictators are acting like third world shithole dictators.

Posted by: GMan at May 16, 2016 10:43 AM (sxq57)

296
"Where wolf?"

"There wolf."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:40 AM

"There castle."

Posted by: Eyegore at May 16, 2016 10:43 AM (bzd8I)

297 I'm not a fan of Trump, but You gotta love Him calling Warren Pocahontas. LIEawatha would be better but still...

Posted by: donna at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (O2RFr)

298 Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 10:41 AM (a4YoY)

I obviously misread your comment as being pro-Maduro. Apologies.

However, unlike some say, we should care when a country in this hemisphere starts rolling tanks over its own people.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (659DL)

299
Another nice story. Bridesmaid dives into lake to save gosling being drowned by swan. As long as she's not some militant vegan or something ,she may get dates from this. She's young and she's obviously a kind hearted and not a prissy woman:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jgv2fzu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 10:39 AM (w4NZ

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Nice story, but I'm curious: is gosling-murder a common thing among swans? Is it like a cat killing a mouse? There's only so much people can (and maybe should) do to divert the cruel course of nature.

Posted by: Post-minimum wage Answerbot at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (pC96u)

300 "Where wolf?"

"There wolf."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 16, 2016 10:40 AM

"There castle."

I thought You wanted to talk this way... Suit Yourself...

Posted by: donna at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (O2RFr)

301 Hillary should have her cup of coffee with Comey any day now. Then it gets interesting. Don't see how Comey's people at the FBI don't recommend charges, but then it goes to AG Lynch to make the call on an indictment. But also can't see how it doesn't leak that there was an FBI criminal referral if AG Lynch doesn't act.

That DoJ lawyers called a perfectly legitimate FBI question out of bounds in an interview with Cheryl Mills tells you the fix is in at DoJ.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (PFy0L)

302 According to news media headlines, we need some of those Russian tanks on the US southern border to take on the narco terrorists who seem to be moving to Colorado.

plunka plunka plunka

Posted by: Vugar Rasim at May 16, 2016 10:45 AM (Xo2Vn)

303 Mayor cuts his own pay by 50% to help ease budget problems. Too bad elected officials wouldn't consider this:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jkl5q8x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 10:45 AM (w4NZ8)

304 Trump has already twisted Hillary's titties.

Same for Jeb, Dondi, Teddy Bear, etc.

Posted by: eman at May 16, 2016 10:46 AM (MQEz6)

305
I actually kind of like this sock. Hmm, wonder if I should make the change permanent.

Posted by: Post-minimum wage Answerbot at May 16, 2016 10:46 AM (pC96u)

306 However, unlike some say, we should care when a country in this hemisphere starts rolling tanks over its own people.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (659DL)

Why?

Because James Monroe said so?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:46 AM (TOk1P)

307 I actually kind of like this sock. Hmm, wonder if I should make the change permanent.
Posted by: Post-minimum wage Answerbot at May 16, 2016 10:46 AM (pC96u)

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Dont.Do.It

Posted by: Regretful Caitlyn Jenner at May 16, 2016 10:47 AM (8XRCm)

308
Great! So... who are the "good" guys?

Wasn't that a stereo store?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:47 AM (k4M/B)

309
301 Hillary should have her cup of coffee with Comey any day now. Then it gets interesting. Don't see how Comey's people at the FBI don't recommend charges, but then it goes to AG Lynch to make the call on an indictment. But also can't see how it doesn't leak that there was an FBI criminal referral if AG Lynch doesn't act.

That DoJ lawyers called a perfectly legitimate FBI question out of bounds in an interview with Cheryl Mills tells you the fix is in at DoJ.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (PFy0L)

Lynch will be Hillary's OJ jury.

Posted by: eman at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (MQEz6)

310

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 09:12 AM (/tuJf)

You need some new insults.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (3myMJ)

311 Anna Puma,

This is off-topic, but I'm rarely awake when you're on a thread so never sure of reaching you. A few weeks back you asked about writing workshops. Did you know about Brandon Sanderson's? He's in your genre, isn't he? SFF? He teaches a course in writing it each year at Brigham Young, and makes it available on You Tube. It's low-key and fun. He tosses gummy bears to people in the class who ask good questions. People from all over comment at You-Tube, and if they have questions, he frequently answers. Plus, well. free.

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (pZEKq)

312 A noted Princeton University professor has attacked the very notion of transgenderism, saying that the belief that a woman can be trapped inside a mans body is ludicrous and superstitious, with no basis in medical fact.
Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, sent out a tweet late Sunday evening questioning the science behind the transgender movement, in reaction to the Obama administrations threatening letter to educators mandating accommodation of gender-confused teenagers.

Brave Guy....I hope he has a night job

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (V/InG)

313 So, would a new cold war be a shot in the arm to the economy?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:18 AM (k4M/B)

Yes. But even better than a cold war would be an actual war.

-
I understand the PKK shot down a Turkish aircraft so we're on the right track.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (Nwg0u)

314 is gosling-murder a common thing among swans?
________________________

Yep, In fact pairs swans are usually put in place to keep Canada Geese from taking over ponds and devouring the landscaping.
(And the pairs are usually of the same sex. - NTTIAWWT)

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (aQQbl)

315 Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:44 AM (659DL)

Why?

Because James Monroe said so?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:46 AM (TOk1P)

Meanwhile, Mexico blackmails us, and we take it up the sphincter from them, with neither political Party showing the slightest inclination to do anything about THAT. But sure, let's go to war. In Venezuela.

Let's do some nation-building. It'll work. This time.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (TOk1P)

316 Let's face it; the Rus people have been screwed so many times in the past, their motto is now - "Screw First"

I'm rapidly reaching the point of supporting adoption of said motto here.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (9krrF)

317 Happy late morning Monday horde

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (mEZce)

318 "That DoJ lawyers called a perfectly legitimate FBI question out of bounds in an interview with Cheryl Mills tells you the fix is in at DoJ."

I wouldn't read too much into anything that's getting leaked right now. Yes, letting Cheryl claim attorney-client privilege is dubious but it's only a single data point and it's not clear who leaked this and why. Cheryl has a lot of exposure.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (r1fLd)

319 >>Oh no! Whatever shall we do? Some third world shithole dictators are acting like third world shithole dictators.

Do you really think that when third world shitholes go tits up there is no blowback on us? If so, a trip to the Mexican border might interest you. It's not just Mexican's looking to pick fruit coming across that border.

People are fleeing Venezuela in droves. Just like they are from Cuba and other failed states.

Putin is doing the same thing with people fleeing Syria and Iraq and other Muslim countries.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (/tuJf)

320 Oh no! Whatever shall we do? Some third world shithole dictators are acting like third world shithole dictators.

I'm really trying not to go ballisitic on you guys.

Chavez, Maduro, and their criminal conspiracy have destroyed the lives of millions of good, decent people. Callously dismissing their plight is...I don't even have the word for it. It goes much further than "disappointing."

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:49 AM (659DL)

321
Brave Guy....I hope he has a night job
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (V/InG)

Permanent tenure. It's why conservatives are blacklisted in academia.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at May 16, 2016 10:49 AM (m5xM0)

322 Swan gangs. Swim-by drowning.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:50 AM (k4M/B)

323 Thar be new'd poat, dead ahead matey!

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:50 AM (9krrF)

324 When I was a kid I really thought the term was weird wolf. Made sense at the time.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 16, 2016 10:50 AM (NeFrd)

325 312 A noted Princeton University professor has attacked the very notion of transgenderism, saying that the belief that a woman can be trapped inside a mans body is ludicrous and superstitious, with no basis in medical fact.
Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, sent out a tweet late Sunday evening questioning the science behind the transgender movement, in reaction to the Obama administrations threatening letter to educators mandating accommodation of gender-confused teenagers.

Like Conservatives and Republicans, this guy doesn't know anything about "Science." I wonder how He got a job....

Posted by: donna at May 16, 2016 10:51 AM (O2RFr)

326 Callously dismissing their plight
_________________________

Personally, I think we have a plight of own own that needs some attention.

Posted by: IP at May 16, 2016 10:51 AM (aQQbl)

327 Brave Guy....I hope he has a night job
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 10:48 AM (V/InG)

Permanent tenure. It's why conservatives are blacklisted in academia.
Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at May 16, 2016 10:49 AM (m5xM0)

Yeah I know but they can still make his life miserable

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 10:52 AM (V/InG)

328 But sure, let's go to war. In Venezuela.

Yeah, I said go to war. SARC TAG GOES HERE.

You isolationist nitwits have trouble distinguishing friend from foe. I can't tell if its a character flaw or hardwired into your thought process.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:52 AM (659DL)

329
Let's do some nation-building. It'll work. This time.
Posted by: BurtTC

Just like socialism. If you just have the right people...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 16, 2016 10:53 AM (k4M/B)

330
Do you really think that when third world shitholes go tits up there is no blowback on us? If so, a trip to the Mexican border might interest you. It's not just Mexican's looking to pick fruit coming across that border.

No shit. We've got to get our border actually under control.
But we've got our own problems to deal with here right now (starting with said border), and need to fix our own shit. Part of the reason we're in the state we are is because we've *tried* to fix everything for everyone else. We seem to make it worse, not better and while that's going on, things here, at home are getting worse.

Posted by: GMan at May 16, 2016 10:53 AM (sxq57)

331
Cuba sent all these medical doctors to Venezuela and other latin american countries but when it was time to come home, they sought asylum. Unfortunately, since medicine is so behind in Cuba, the cuban doctors could not pass licensing exams in the countries they are now living. But the left wants people to think that medical care in Cuba is the best.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 16, 2016 10:53 AM (iQIUe)

332 "Lynch will be Hillary's OJ jury."

Highly possible, but like OJ she can lose in the court of public opinion.

Independents are breaking for Trump but there's still a lot of undecideds. If it becomes known that Lynch gave Hillary a pass for political reasons then the undecideds will either vote for Trump or stay home, for a net Trump gain. There are many registered Ds who will also stay home.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 16, 2016 10:53 AM (r1fLd)

333
Yeah I know but they can still make his life miserable
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 10:52 AM (V/InG)

Join us up on the roof.

Posted by: Big Head and the other ostracized engineers at May 16, 2016 10:53 AM (m5xM0)

334 So I went up to the church I am serving as an interim pastor for until the end of June. I was really tired because that was the third visit I had made up there is a week and its 45 minutes from my home each way. It sounds like nothing for people who make much longer commutes but I'm not used to it.

Anyway, when I got there I saw a beautiful, huge woodpecker called a pileated woodpecker. One of the guys in the church told me official its name yesterday I felt rejuvenated just by seeing it! Hers's a little video of what one looks and sounds like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw1TCg63Dcw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 10:53 AM (w4NZ8)

335 I wouldn't read too much into anything that's getting leaked right now. Yes, letting Cheryl claim attorney-client privilege is dubious but it's only a single data point and it's not clear who leaked this and why. Cheryl has a lot of exposure.

The question that was being asked revolved around how State handled FOIA requests. A perfectly legitimate question and one she will be asked under oath.

There's also the violation of the DoJ rule that prohibits multiple representation. It creates a clear conflict of interest.

I have no issue with Comey - I think he's playing this straight. DoJ, on the other hand, including having a party hack like Benjamin Mizer involved in this, has betrayed their intention to fix this for Clinton.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at May 16, 2016 10:54 AM (PFy0L)

336 Personally, I think we have a plight of own own that needs some attention.

And again, I've been commenting on this blog since nigh the beginning. Go back look. I am well aware that the United States has troubles.

Holy crap, this gets tiresome.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:54 AM (659DL)

337 Interesting article over at JihadWatch.

Huffpo is calling on Christians to embrace Islam and accept Mo as a profit.

So... liberals hate Christianity, but love Islam? Interesting.

/hoping the Pope doesn't read that article, it will only give him ideas...

Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at May 16, 2016 10:55 AM (AHDxb)

338 I'm really trying not to go ballisitic on you guys.

Chavez, Maduro, and their criminal conspiracy have destroyed the
lives of millions of good, decent people. Callously dismissing their
plight is...I don't even have the word for it. It goes much further
than "disappointing."

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:49 AM (659DL)

Then you're getting upset for the wrong reason. Millions of good people all over the world suffer. It's the nature of the world. What is NOT the nature of the world is going into all these places where bad stuff is happening, and fix it. You can't.

You need to refocus your existential compass, and concentrate on your own internal strife, your own borders, because WE as a nation, cannot help anybody else right now. We're not capable of it, and indeed, you have two political Parties led by soulless, evil bastards, and neither of them is capable of making morally sound choices, internationally, right now. So even if nation-building worked, which it clearly doesn't, you would trust that these monsters in Washington will do the right thing. I don't know how anyone can think that way.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 10:55 AM (TOk1P)

339 When do we go after Roman Polanski? I'm not sure, but he'll be welcome in women's bathrooms in America.

Posted by: CrustyB at May 16, 2016 10:55 AM (GvSpB)

340 Circa, i believe most of us do care, The question becomes would we want to do more than some underground support. We see how with the change of the season (our political party in charge) how our institutional support can go for our men and woman, let alone the country we supported can end up.

maybe?

Posted by: willow at May 16, 2016 10:55 AM (cJDvr)

341 A solo clown act defeated a clown car. You didn't cause trump and neither did I. And the GOP was the one driving the clown car.

Who knew the squeeky horn wasn't going to be funny this year. And the shoes - The shoes always worked before.

Posted by: DaveA at May 16, 2016 10:57 AM (DL2i+)

342 nood

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2016 10:57 AM (ZQfW9)

343 275----I can understand the admiration for Putin when he appears to love his country as opposed to the asshole who currently runs our country but he is a murderous thug who is absolutely our single biggest international foe.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 10:35 AM (/tuJf)
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Yeah, I get admiring the patriotism thing. All of us are tired of the constant, apologetic anti-Americanism we get from Obama & Co.

But you know who was an even greater patriot than Putin? Hugo Chavez.
Who can forget how he loved to sing all the old Venezuelan folk songs, how his eyes filled with tears at the playing of the anthem, how he bowed his head and kissed the flag, how he named his revolution for the hero Bolivar?

And who can forget how he fought with every fiber of his being to protect HIS country's borders against the wicked United States, the international Zionist conspiracy, and the "Israel of Latin America," Colombia?

Of course, he left his country in a shambles --- and his personal bank account stuffed with billions of dollars.

He loved Venezuela, I believe, but he loved Hugo Chavez a whole lot more. In any case, his love for Venezuela was sentimental and almost an abstraction. It didn't really include a love for actual, living Venezuelans.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 16, 2016 10:57 AM (T/5A0)

344 Fox just said trump is in trouble being attacked by assholes trying to form a third party, Fredo, and the MSM???

Trouble? That wil give him at least 5% point more in the polls, They still don't get it. LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 10:57 AM (V/InG)

345 or shorter, everyone is a little burnt about vietnam, iraq, afghanistan, syria, yemen, georgia, etc etc..
which way the political winds can shift on a dime, without any regard for those who died to fight

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Posted by: willow at May 16, 2016 10:57 AM (cJDvr)

346 Let's ask the Baltic states about your statement there.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:29 AM (659DL)
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He hasn't invaded, has he? He's not violated their territorial integrity.

And, yeah, he's a thug and not at all the sort of man anyone would want to run these United States. But for Russia as it is just now, he's the man for the job.

And, yes, he is trying to strengthen and consolidate his own, and Russian, wealth and power and influence, at home and abroad. That's sort of what the leader of a great power does, or used to do, once upon a time.

And I'll see your Maduro and raise you a
Poroshenko.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 16, 2016 10:57 AM (lutOX)

347 You need to refocus your existential compass, and concentrate on your own internal strife, your own borders, because WE as a nation, cannot help anybody else right now.

You mean away from the 800,000 barrels a day of oil we buy from Maduro?

That kind of thing? Connections. They matter.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:58 AM (659DL)

348 >>No shit. We've got to get our border actually under control.
But we've got our own problems to deal with here right now (starting with said border), and need to fix our own shit. Part of the reason we're in the state we are is because we've *tried* to fix everything for everyone else. We seem to make it worse, not better and while that's going on, things here, at home are getting worse.

We do need to fix our own problems. What some don't seem to realize is that Putin is one of those problems.

Here is an article featuring US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, the NATO Supreme Commander, claiming that Putin is working with Syria to "weaponize" the Syrian immigrant crisis in an attempt to overwhelm Europe and eventually us.

Of course Obama is a problem. He's allowing Putin to get away with all this shit. But that doesn't mean Putin isn't a murderous thug who works against our interests whenever possible.

We can walk and chew gum. Done it for along time.

http://tinyurl.com/htqn8xs

Posted by: JackStraw at May 16, 2016 10:58 AM (/tuJf)

349 I'm curious: is gosling-murder a common thing among swans?

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You call them swans. I call them feathered choice advocates.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 16, 2016 10:58 AM (Nwg0u)

350 Anyway, when I got there I saw a beautiful, huge woodpecker called a pileated woodpecker.

That's the species Woody Woodpecker is based on.

My mother could do his laugh dead on. I miss it.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:58 AM (9krrF)

351 >>Huffpo is calling on Christians to embrace Islam and accept Mo as a profit.
So... liberals hate Christianity, but love Islam? Interesting.

I think it's Liberals love islam because they hate Christianity.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Useful idiots.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 11:00 AM (NOIQH)

352 You isolationist nitwits have trouble distinguishing
friend from foe. I can't tell if its a character flaw or hardwired
into your thought process.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:52 AM (659DL)

Now you're just being dumb. You should stop being dumb.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 11:00 AM (TOk1P)

353 We can walk and chew gum. Done it for along time.

We *used* to be able to walk and chew gum. I'm not very confident that we still can.

Posted by: GMan at May 16, 2016 11:00 AM (sxq57)

354 Circa ... It's like this ...

... our Govt., as long as I've been alive, has blundered from one foreign adventure to another. The shit never turns out well - for one reason or another.

So yes, I'm for staying the hell out of South American politics, and keeping our borders closed to their asylum seekers.

It's a shitty world.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 16, 2016 11:01 AM (/Fy5y)

355 You mean away from the 800,000 barrels a day of oil we buy from Maduro?

That kind of thing? Connections. They matter.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 10:58 AM (659DL)

Don't care. Next.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 11:01 AM (TOk1P)

356 Huffpo is calling on Christians to embrace Islam and accept Mo as a profit.

The profit you'd get some MO is whatever you'd get from plunder after beheading and crucifying people and taking over their property. Oh, yes you;d get a pat on the back from the religion for doing all of this. What a person won't get is the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians5) or the indwelling Holy Spirit. I'll stick with Jesus-Prophet and Lord.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 11:01 AM (w4NZ8)

357 Fox just said trump is in trouble being attacked by assholes trying to form a third party, Fredo, and the MSM???

Trouble? That wil give him at least 5% point more in the polls, They still don't get it. LMAO

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TRUMP/LOOSE CANNON 2016

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 16, 2016 11:01 AM (Nwg0u)

358 He hasn't invaded, has he?

If he did, we could not do a damned thing about it right now.

And don't believe for a minute that he does not know that.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 11:01 AM (659DL)

359 "Don't care" is a fucked up way to view the world.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 11:03 AM (659DL)

360 Posted by: Brother Cavil at May 16, 2016 10:58 AM (9krrF)

The guy who told me the name of the woodpecker laughed when I said it looks like Woody Woodpecker. The parishioner must be his 70s or older and knew who Woody Woodpecker is. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 16, 2016 11:03 AM (w4NZ8)

361 The idea that Putin took Crimea because he was afraid of being invaded is silly. He took it for his own strategic reasons.

Being the head murdering crook of a gang does requires a periodic demonstration of evil so it's more of a requirement than a strategy.

Posted by: DaveA at May 16, 2016 11:04 AM (DL2i+)

362 Circa: sorry I got upset too. I used to have friends in Venezuela; the family basically split apart along political limes with the sane ones up here in TX and the chavistas still in Puerto la Cruz.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 11:04 AM (a4YoY)

363 Don't care" is a fucked up way to view the world.

It's not so much as "don't care". It's more, there's *nothing* we can do about it.

Further, I'm *currently* more concerned with the bullshit going on *here* than there. *Here* affects my family more immediately and urgently.

Posted by: GMan at May 16, 2016 11:05 AM (sxq57)

364 http://lawnewz.com/crazy/police-officer-arrested-5-times-in-one-year-still-on-the-force/

Speaking of hot faux-blondes, that GoT kiln-dweller did NOT use a body double.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 16, 2016 11:05 AM (VdICR)

365 109 So I see the left wing sent out it's talking points today and the subject is Putin.

I guess when the other stealth dems check in we will hear the same thing. They all goose step together
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 09:19 AM (V/InG)

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Was reading the comments and that was exactly what I was thinking also.

Posted by: Soona at May 16, 2016 11:06 AM (Fmupd)

366 "Don't care" is a f***ed up way to view the world.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2016 11:03 AM (659DL)

Then by all means, care.

And let your impotent fury eat you up. You'll be no good to anybody.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 16, 2016 11:06 AM (TOk1P)

367 Why do you think the rest of the world is falling apart? Partly because America has abandoned leadership and other forces are duking it out trying to step in.

America needs to focus on being a global power again, economically and militarily. That way we can throw our weight around diplomatically and be listened to.

We don't have to be interventionist. We just have to be the biggest harass in the room.

Posted by: @votermom at May 16, 2016 11:08 AM (7lVbc)

368 Harass = badass

Posted by: @votermom at May 16, 2016 11:08 AM (7lVbc)

369
I think it's Liberals love islam because they hate Christianity.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Useful idiots.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 16, 2016 11:00 AM
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I read an article the other day that basically said that.

The left is against anything that the right supports.

Killing gays? Totes OK. No women's rights? Not a problem.

One can only hope that some liberals- essentially gays and females- will understand that they're... disposable in regards to the cause.

Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at May 16, 2016 11:09 AM (AHDxb)

370 "What is NOT the nature of the world is going into all these places where bad stuff is happening, and fix it. You can't. "

Except for those three times we did it in Germany, Italy, and Japan. OK, maybe not so much Italy. But except those, it's never ever been done. Except by the Romans, but you gotta salt the earth first. But yeah.

Posted by: WTP at May 16, 2016 11:10 AM (V40IZ)

371 "Vince Foster unavailable for comment."

Nor was Donald Young, Chicago church choirmaster and former close friend o' barky...

Posted by: Cap City Daydrunk at May 16, 2016 11:11 AM (O50yS)

372 In the 70s, there were three such colleges -- no federal loans, scholarships, etc. Now there is only one. To borrow a phrase: Sad!

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 16, 2016 10:37 AM (MIKMs)

I believe Thomas Aquinas College, which teaches the Great Books Program, also refuses any fed money.

It is literally more Catholic than the Pope.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at May 16, 2016 11:13 AM (u0lmX)

373 367 ... votermom, the problem with the US having a "bad ass" ability to project power has become pretty simple to me ...

Given that power, Republicans withe some Democratic support will ALWAYS want to flex that power internationally. A solution looking for a problem.

And Democrats, with some Republican support, will always want to flex it domestically.

Limited Government combined with Big Federal Armies, regardless of their name, will just never fvcking work.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 16, 2016 11:16 AM (/Fy5y)

374 @Jackstraw and others-If you are interested where these Trump supporters get their Putin love, take a listen to that nut job Michael Savage. They repeat verbatim what he spews daily here.

Posted by: JROD at May 16, 2016 11:16 AM (TXCu+)

375 Fired MSNBC Race Baiter And Wake Forest Professor Melissa Harris-Perry Says Shes Sewing Seeds In Hopes Of Future Harvest

Errr, sowing.

Weasel Zippers

She is right. WHEN are we going to fight back

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 16, 2016 11:17 AM (V/InG)

376 Fen: meh to saving a gosling. The park by my house is infested with those Canadian shit machines (no, I'm not talking about the Trudeau family). Their disgusting, disease laden feces force me to practically hopscotch down the path to avoid getting green crap in my sneaker treads.
And they are as mean as swans.

I hate the things. That girl should have let nature take it's course.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at May 16, 2016 11:21 AM (u0lmX)

377 291 Teacher turns desks into notes of encouragement before big exam:

That's fine. But even more useful would be encouragement to study. Having a great attitude during the exam will not magically inject knowledge into your mind.

Posted by: Captain Oblivious at May 16, 2016 11:22 AM (UwQ7q)

378 I actually kind of like this sock. Hmm, wonder if I should make the change permanent.
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Posted by: bender bending rodriguez, sr. at May 16, 2016 11:27 AM (PLnZs)

379 Burt, while you were being apathetic about Venezuela Putin picked a side and backed it.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 16, 2016 11:28 AM (a4YoY)

380 Isn't Vox Day one of the spiritual leaders of the alt-right? I'm not sure his support is something to trumpet.

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Sen. McCarthy to the white courtsey phone.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at May 16, 2016 11:43 AM (3Mimg)

381 "Presidential trans-bathroom decrees meeting with opposition"

It occurs to me that Bill Clinton may end up with free run of all the White House bathrooms.

Posted by: Super Genius at May 16, 2016 03:46 PM (LKYbQ)

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