Thursday Morning News Dump (5/19/16) [Mis. Hum.]

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1 Good Morning Horde!

Today we have some honest to God, no bullshit, good news for Trump fans in the polling department.

That is assuming that polls this far out matter *wink*

Fox released their latest results in their polling series, and for the first time in months we are seeing a genuine trend of increased support for Trump. In this poll he leads Clinton 45-42.

The important thing in polling this race this year is to ignore Clinton's variability and focus on Trump's number. As I have been pointing out, he has been at a remarkably stable level of support around 40% for months now. A few days ago the Gravis poll came out of nowhere and showed him with a 46% level of support. Well Fox is confirming that this appears to be a real trend, finding him at 45%.

The most important thing is that this is movement WITHIN the polling series. Last month this same poll showed him losing to Clinton 48-41. That is a 4 point increase in his level of support in a month, and matches the results of Gravis. With all caution, I would read this as a real trend and not an outlier.

We should be seeing more polls this week from Battleground and Suffolk, so will get a few more data points to see if this is real movement.

The key change in the internal results in this poll is a big improvement in Trump's numbers with Republican women. He picked up 10 points in support in this demographic. He is still underwater with women overall, but not as bad as before.

The overall RCP average shows Clinton leading 3.9%, but I would not put too much stock in that number. The trendlines in the averages have shown gradual improvement for Trump and worsening for Clinton for the last month. I expect those numbers to continue to change as new polls are released this week.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 19, 2016 07:48 AM (jHGhs)

2 Ha! and first!

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 19, 2016 07:48 AM (jHGhs)

3 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 19, 2016 07:50 AM (ZQfW9)

4 Good morning, Ace-Ville.
Clinton = RICO.

Posted by: Taqyia2Me at May 19, 2016 07:53 AM (sJuKe)

5 First order of business after the Egypt Air crash: Declaration about how Islam is a religion of peace, followed by emphasis on majority of Muslims being peaceful and how a relative few actually blow themselves up in order to murder 10's and 100's.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 07:55 AM (4ng05)

6 It's nearly summer. Time for Joe Biden to chime in on the "economy", a subject he's never once in his life had to learn squat about.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 07:56 AM (/m8T6)

7 Question: who are better at detecting counterfeit cash, bank tellers or strippers?

Posted by: Tmitsss at May 19, 2016 07:56 AM (sUvQQ)

8 In re: IDF amnesty month. I would have advised the people to keep it all, especially the grenades. You never know when a grenade might come in handy.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 07:59 AM (/m8T6)

9 Roberts said he received assurances from the administration in private discussions that the clock has run out on moving detainees to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Well, if the Obama administration said it, then it must be true.

Posted by: Ozwerd Heredolpher at May 19, 2016 07:59 AM (Eo9CU)

10 Once King Putt leaves office, will the GOPe be too fearful to free the economy from all his ridiculous, economy killing regulations? The smart money says "derp!"

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:00 AM (/m8T6)

11 So are all the people who plan everything around polls going to admit their critics were right?

So far Scott Adams, dilbert.com (who is fulfilling the role of Thomas Paine in this revolution?), has been correct.

Also Scott Adams wants you to buy his book. :-)
Scott Adams has hypnotized me.

Posted by: huh? at May 19, 2016 08:01 AM (HSAmh)

12 Obama extends overtime pay to 4.2 million Americans

Up the minimum wage and King Barry waves his dainty hand to extend overtime pay. Wow, that ought to create 20 gazillion new jobs

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 19, 2016 08:01 AM (45oDG)

13
Good morning, all.

Posted by: iforgot at May 19, 2016 08:02 AM (5o5ek)

14 If I were a young black American, part of the huge numbers of unemployed young black Americans...I'd be furious at TFG's latest shenanigans to pour million$ into employing "refugees."

But they won't be, and will likely still deify their g*d. And continue forevermore voting D.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 19, 2016 08:02 AM (+FSld)

15 Question: who are better at detecting counterfeit cash, bank tellers or strippers?

If it spends, it's not counterfeit.

I've passed a lot of twenties that had red dye on them.

Nobody cares except the secret service or the FBI and they don't get the case until the money counting machine at the bank spits the tainted bills out, and by then it's too late to track.

Posted by: Ozwerd Heredolpher at May 19, 2016 08:02 AM (Eo9CU)

16 Of course NAACP goes after the R governor and not the shitheel D's that caused it.

Good morning horde. Happy Thors Day.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 08:02 AM (mEZce)

17 Has the NAACP sued Illinois over gang shootings in Chicago?

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 19, 2016 08:04 AM (I0sxh)

18 I love the top sidebar article trying to promote the "accomplishment" of the GOP congress on spending.

The rationalizing and excuse-making of the GOPologists are a sight to behold.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:05 AM (Wckf4)

19 "will the GOPe be too fearful to free the economy from all his ridiculous, economy killing regulations?"

Their is no evidence the GOPe wants to free anything. Their is ample evidence that Obama embodies the GOPe's values.

Get rid of build-their-dam-fence McCain. Get rid of bailout Ryan. Get rid of amnesty Rubio. Don't know if you can get rid of Miss Lindsey Graham. Surly Orin Hatch can be outmaneuvered. Then the GOP might do something worth while.

Posted by: huh? at May 19, 2016 08:05 AM (HSAmh)

20 I've passed a lot of twenties that had red dye on them.

Nobody cares except the secret service or the FBI and they don't get the case until the money counting machine at the bank spits the tainted bills out, and by then it's too late to track.
Posted by: Ozwerd Heredolpher at May 19, 2016 08:02 AM (Eo9CU)
***
That you, D.B. Cooper?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 08:06 AM (lutOX)

21 Hey man, can you turn that shirt down? It's too loud.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 19, 2016 08:06 AM (NeFrd)

22

DAY 1,290

173 to go (246 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 19, 2016 08:06 AM (p4UlV)

23 I love the fact Time Warner's poor customer service has killed the brand and driven it essentially out of business, via being acquired by a different, better-run management.

Someday maybe the Federal government will earn the same fate.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:07 AM (/m8T6)

24 I'm getting the hate crime hoaxes confused and hadn't even heard about Iowas City (I think). FBI should put together a Fake Hate Crime National Registry for easy reference.

Posted by: Ripley at May 19, 2016 08:07 AM (1BQGO)

25 That sidebar item makes me laugh. The Obama federal monster... our wonderful Gopes only grew it just a little after they gained control.

Yippee.

Next thing you know they'll claim credit for only letting in slightly more illegal mexicans than before.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 19, 2016 08:07 AM (Dj0WE)

26 "Has the NAACP sued Illinois over gang shootings in Chicago?"

Not yet. Good chance though since he has an R by his name. The Dems could say R's are Pirates R...R...R...

Posted by: huh? at May 19, 2016 08:08 AM (HSAmh)

27 At the end of this Congress, the GOP will have controlled the house for 18 of 22 years or in other words, the power of the purse.

In that time the debt has gone from just under 5 trillion to just under 20 trillion, so who ever wrote that article in the sidebar can go suck a bag of dicks.

And the fiscally "CON-setvative" GOP congress just gave the stumble fuck in chief 250 million more than he asked for.

That's a shit ton of walking around money the administration can divert to pet projects, phone pen initiatives and to the various thugs and reprobates on the Donk payroll to alter the outcome of the election.

Fuck the GOP, they need to be destroyed.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 19, 2016 08:08 AM (o9lYR)

28 Thanks for the dump MisHum, and thanks for including the Cardinal Sarah story. I really like and admire him. I wish he were our pope.

Posted by: bluebell at May 19, 2016 08:11 AM (2WwbN)

29 EPA wants more ethanol in gasoline

Wonderful. The owner's manual of the car I purchased new less than two years ago specifies a maximum blend of 10% ethanol, which is where we are now.

Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 08:12 AM (sdi6R)

30 "Obama extends overtime pay to 4.2 million Americans"

WH claims women will be the biggest beneficiary. I don't how how they ever came up with that BS (probably Ben Rhodes) but what it means to me, even if it is true, is that any gains will be coming out of the hides of men. I'm sure they will be delighted at the smaller raises they have coming.

Posted by: Ripley at May 19, 2016 08:12 AM (1BQGO)

31 This is the first time I've clicked the list of Trump possible SCOTUS nominees and I saw DON WILLETT of Texas.
I don't know anything about him except how funny he is on twitter, where he is hilarious. That would bevgreat if he were on SCOTUS.

Posted by: @votermom's phone at May 19, 2016 08:13 AM (7lVbc)

32 From the US Merit Systems Protection Board website, I bring you their board members:

1. Susan Tsui Grundmann was nominated by President
Barack Obama on July 31, 2009 to serve as a Member and Chairman of the
Merit Systems Protection Board. Previously, Ms. Grundmann served as General Counsel to the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)

2. Mark A. Robbins was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 5, 2011 to serve as a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. At the time of his nomination, Mr. Robbins was the General Counsel of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

Now lets see if pixy will allow me to post these "long, annoying strings of text".

Posted by: Post Toaster at May 19, 2016 08:14 AM (eI19q)

33 "being acquired by a different, better-run management. Someday maybe the Federal government will earn the same fate."

Lets Pray not.

We have all these retirees. We have all these people on disability (mostly mental), SNAP, WIC.

Lets fire all the Government workers and require all the people on alphabet-soup-programs to do the nominal work. Volunteer Government. Just like Community Service is mostly volunteer. Give the Post Office and teachers unions same treatment. All volunteer. Probably worse than what we have now but considerably cheaper. Lets have Lois Learner cleaning public toilets and picking up trash in National Parks.

Posted by: huh? at May 19, 2016 08:15 AM (j2xmV)

34 28 Thanks for the dump MisHum, and thanks for including the Cardinal Sarah story. I really like and admire him. I wish he were our pope.
Posted by: bluebell at May 19, 2016 08:11 AM (2WwbN)

Good morning bluebell. Thank you. As a conservative Lutheran I have a difficult time with your Pope. Now Cardinal Sarah on the other hand seems like a good man.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 08:15 AM (voOPb)

35 Watching the video of the cool, calm, classy Ivanka Trump vs. the sneering leftist witch Norah O'Donnell.

It just enrages me that nobody in the MFM would ever in a million years dare to grill Princess Chelsea about HER father's ACTUAL crimes against women.

(This being beside the fact that O'Donnell was basing her attack on the dishonest, discredited Slimes hit piece.)

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 19, 2016 08:15 AM (HMt16)

36 Peaceful Islamic reflection of the day: Allah is a kind, merciful albeit, powerful god who only orders his followers to commit murder out of mercy and kindness and while powerful, prefers not to get his hands dirty by doing the icky murdering stuff himself, ergo the need for sexually frustrated, goat violating followers. Oh... and mohammed is his psycho child predator preacher.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 08:16 AM (4ng05)

37 Ben and Jerry releasing Empower Mint flavor which is an ice cream about transgender bathroom policies.

Let that one sink in.

Posted by: blaster at May 19, 2016 08:17 AM (SmPBN)

38 I'm a big fan of Ivanka Trump's poise and grace.

Posted by: @votermom's phone at May 19, 2016 08:17 AM (7lVbc)

39 31 This is the first time I've clicked the list of Trump possible SCOTUS nominees and I saw DON WILLETT of Texas.

It' a damn good list. Exactly what I was hoping against hope for. 3 former clerks for Justice Thomas on that list too.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 19, 2016 08:17 AM (HMt16)

40 By the way, you have to love Don Willet's way of celebrating his new-found celebrity. He went out for BBQ with Iowahawk and a cute Aussie chick who writes a wonderful blog on the many ways to eat various meats. She's partial to BBQ.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:17 AM (/m8T6)

41 I'm a big fan of Ivanka Trump's poise and grace.

She was smiling and happy and O'Donnel looked like a bitter shrew sucking a sour persimmon.

Posted by: Ozwerd Heredolpher at May 19, 2016 08:19 AM (Eo9CU)

42 Morning, all!

If you'd like to see an epic push back to the Obama administration, read this letter from Texas to the Doe/DoJ pointing out four glaring inconsistencies in their new bathroom "guidance":

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hnqyvej

My favorite one: you say that no student should have special privileges, yet you're saying boys can only use the boys room, girls can only use the girls room, but transgenders can use either one depending on what they're identifying as.

You'd think some intrepid Republican or journalist might note this, but no...PC y'all!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 08:19 AM (NOIQH)

43 SCOTUS needs an Iowahawk BBQ buddy.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 19, 2016 08:20 AM (jHGhs)

44 38 I'm a big fan of Ivanka Trump's poise and grace.

She really is something. And compared to Chelsea's phoney-baloney "jobs" Ivanka has been learning her father's business since childhood and has been very successful both in her own right and in co-running Trump's business empire with her brothers. I just love her.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 19, 2016 08:20 AM (HMt16)

45 The left likes the word 'sustainable'. You know what's not sustainable?

Using food to make fuel. We are importing beef from China now because they don't use food for fuel. And I'm sure we can trust the China raised beef to be of the highest quality - hardly any noticeable taint at all.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 08:20 AM (4ng05)

46 So why did Owens make up the hate crime story? According to one account, he was afraid to tell his parents he was injured during multiple drunken fights he had provoked. A race hoax story, he figured, would be easier for them to swallow.
-----

He was turning his life around multiple times in one evening.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 08:20 AM (mEZce)

47 @31. There are some good names on the list.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 19, 2016 08:21 AM (I0sxh)

48 I'm a big fan of Ivanka Trump's poise and grace.

--

Same here. This woman has it all. And I'm not referring to her $ really. She is extremely level-headed, classy beyond reproach, intelligent, well-spoken and grounded. And she's beautiful, which certainly doesn't hurt. It's hard not to admire her. She's an excellent spokesman for Donald Trump. Actually, as is Melania.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 19, 2016 08:21 AM (+FSld)

49 27 Fuck the GOP, they need to be destroyed.
Posted by: Kreplach at May 19, 2016 08:08 AM (o9lYR)

The GOP is, in fact, dead. I am now convinced that it's only reason for being is to obstruct, confound and sabotage any effort by what is still a majority of Americans from forming an effective political movement to block and reverse the Progressive Democrat and Republican counterrevolution.

A third party is useless since it would only water down our vote and ensure a victory by the Statists.

How we in fact kill the GOP - and I mean really destroy it - is a mystery to me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:21 AM (p4UlV)

50 Time-Warner's customer service - while not that great - was still head and shoulders above CommieCast.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 08:21 AM (O7MnT)

51 38 I'm a big fan of Ivanka Trump's poise and grace.

Posted by: @votermom's phone at May 19, 2016 08:17 AM (7lVbc)

Poise and grace.

Ummm, yeah, that's what I call them too.

But seriously, I agree. Class act.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 08:22 AM (mEZce)

52 47 @31. There are some good names on the list.
Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 19, 2016 08:21 AM (I0sxh)

There are great names on that list. But is Trump for real or is it a head fake to mollify us? Levin had a good conversation about this with callers and an expert who gave a pretty good thumbs up to all on that list.

Again, does he really intend to fight for any of these people if he wins?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:22 AM (p4UlV)

53 How we in fact kill the GOP - and I mean really destroy it - is a mystery to me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:21 AM (p4UlV)

Rome was not built in a day

Hey I got dragged to ChinaTown last night- long story- took us 2 hours to get there from my Office.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:23 AM (V/InG)

54

Obvious terrorism + NO claim of responsibility = Iran

Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (zOTsN)

55 45 ". . . hardly any noticeable taint at all."
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 08:20 AM (4ng05)

The Chinese save the taint for themselves. It's a delicacy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (p4UlV)

56 53 Hey I got dragged to ChinaTown last night- long story- took us 2 hours to get there from my Office.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:23 AM (V/InG)

Did you get any fried taint wontons?

(see my at 55)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (p4UlV)

57 Again, does he really intend to fight for any of these people if he wins?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:22 AM (p4UlV)

Well we know hillary will NOT

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (V/InG)

58 >>Again, does he really intend to fight for any of these people if he wins?

No, in keeping with precedent.

Posted by: General Zod at May 19, 2016 08:25 AM (Bdeb0)

59 MisHum, I'm not a fan of my pope either, and that really saddens me, as a lifelong devout Catholic. I remember literally crying with happiness when we got BXVI after JPII. This time, I was not thrilled, and I get less so as time goes on. Really saddens me.

Posted by: bluebell at May 19, 2016 08:25 AM (2WwbN)

60 THE LIST is a good one. In particular I love the inclusion of Diane Sykes. Her ex, Charlie, is going to have to tie himself in knots explaining this on his show today. Any one interested he's on wtmj.com, starting at 8:30 CDT.

BTW, we've had Charter Spectrum forever, due to the monopoly in our area. By and large, they've been a good provider, with only minor, sporadic outages that are quickly resolved. Their service is quite fast (over 60 mps) and there's no problem having 10+ devices running in our home concurrently.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (/pOl7)

61
EgyptAir flight disappears from radar

Gary Burghoff Killed In Egypt!

Posted by: Free Associated Press at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (v9gSJ)

62 Did you get any fried taint wontons?

(see my at 55)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (p4UlV)

Went with my family and a Chinese associate of mine- she ordered, I just ate

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (V/InG)

63 CDG security missed something

Posted by: runner at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (c6/9Q)

64 And I'm sure we can trust the China raised beef to be of the highest quality - hardly any noticeable taint at all.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 08:20 AM (4ng05)
***
No, we not see your cat - why you keep asking?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (lutOX)

65 Hey I got dragged to ChinaTown last night- long story- took us 2 hours to get there from my Office.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:23 AM (V/InG

Heh. Thought you naval dentists were a tough lot. Dragged???

////

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (voOPb)

66 57 Well we know hillary will NOT
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (V/InG)

We already had this conversation Tuesday evening.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (p4UlV)

67 But I wouldn't know about Cable TV. We cut the cord last year. Never looked back.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 19, 2016 08:27 AM (/pOl7)

68 65 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (voOPb)

Don't mess with NGU. He's now leaner, meaner and just had Chinese food.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:27 AM (p4UlV)

69 Hey I got dragged to ChinaTown last night- long story- took us 2 hours to get there from my Office.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:23 AM (V/InG)

'You stay now! You only been here for two hour.'

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 08:28 AM (mEZce)

70 62 Went with my family and a Chinese associate of mine- she ordered, I just ate
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:26 AM (V/InG)

Basement of Wo Hop? 2 hours is a LONG trip.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:28 AM (p4UlV)

71
The 16-month-old toddler getting cuddled by the EMT in that one feel-good story is probably getting the only fatherly hug of his life.

Posted by: iforgot at May 19, 2016 08:28 AM (5o5ek)

72 Don't mess with NGU. He's now leaner, meaner and just had Chinese food.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:27 AM (p4UlV

And he'll be hungry in 20 mintues

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 08:28 AM (voOPb)

73
But I will say that fried chicken we had and those homemade rolls were killer! Too bad it was a sad occasion.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:29 AM (p4UlV)

74 Took two hours to get there....

Classic Pub crawl.

I had a car like that once. Had to use a raccoon to get the damn thing started.

Posted by: Ozwerd Heredolpher at May 19, 2016 08:29 AM (Eo9CU)

75
Okay gang. Gotta finish a paid assignment. Be back later on.

Didi Mao! Or is it Didi Conn?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:30 AM (p4UlV)

76 54

Obvious terrorism + NO claim of responsibility = Iran
Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:24 AM (zOTsN)

Go over the passenger list -- the Iranians aren't shy about killing many to get at one.

Posted by: joncelli, Political Tractor Pull Fan at May 19, 2016 08:30 AM (3hIZX)

77 Hey... you'd want to become a mass murderer too if the only way you had to unwind after a hard day at the suicide vest factory was to settle down to a nice beverage made from fermented camel piss. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 08:31 AM (4ng05)

78 On the transgender stupidity, I told my wife last night that I look forward to winning a few of the women's age group awards in races coming up. She asked if she needed to buy me some running skirts. I told her no, that on race day I self identify as a woman who prefers to dress like a man. Since that is my own personal version of reality, it must be respected and honored. The following day I might self identify as a man who dresses like a man.

Is the problem with leftists that they can't comprehend that people game the system?

Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 19, 2016 08:31 AM (jHGhs)

79 Basement of Wo Hop? 2 hours is a LONG trip.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:28 AM (p4UlV)

Terrible traffic all over. Canal street and all the side streets were at a standstill. Lucky I was a passanger and was not driving

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:31 AM (V/InG)

80 >>> According to the mandate, 'refusal to use a transgender employee's
preferred name, pronoun, or title may constitute unlawful gender-based
harassment.'<<<

Bwahahaha! NYers are insane.

Posted by: Fritz at May 19, 2016 08:32 AM (UzPAd)

81
Is the problem with leftists that they can't comprehend that people game the system?

Or they don't care/plan to do it themselves.

Roughly, anything that brings more upheaval or anarchy is the Leftist's goal.

Posted by: Free Associated Press at May 19, 2016 08:32 AM (v9gSJ)

82 Hmmm. Interesting take on Matthew 28 there, Pope. Never saw the Great Commission as a call to "convert or die", but then, I never went to seminary. "Go and Preach and Teach and Baptize, plus show them you're a Christian by your love" = "Not a Muslim? Off with your head!" would make for an interesting sermon. One of these things is not like the other.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 08:33 AM (dFi94)

83 According to the mandate, 'refusal to use a transgender employee's
preferred name, pronoun, or title may constitute unlawful gender-based
harassment.'

I remember when Xer Royal Highness Daphne was just Irving.

Posted by: Free Associated Press at May 19, 2016 08:33 AM (v9gSJ)

84 We're Egypt Airlines something special in the ocean...

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:34 AM (g8Hfr)

85 Speaking of Willets and Iowahawk, there was this little gem on Iowahawk's twitter TL. It's the old Carrolla/Kimmel bit about how dumb voters really are (ending women's suffrage).

http://tinyurl.com/zgn429r

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:34 AM (/m8T6)

86 According to the mandate, 'refusal to use a transgender employee's
preferred name, pronoun, or title may constitute unlawful gender-based
harassment.'

I'd just call everyone sugar tits and I'd be safe

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:34 AM (V/InG)

87 82 Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 08:33 AM (dFi94)

Dope Frank is not so much into the Xian faith...he is WAY into SJW wish fulfillment.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:35 AM (g8Hfr)

88 Pierre Salinger is reporting a military missile brought down the Egyptian Air plane

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:35 AM (V/InG)

89 86 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:34 AM (V/InG)

"you dumbass" works just as well...is non-gender denotative and sums up all snowflakes pretty well.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:36 AM (g8Hfr)

90 3 security officers on a plane flying over night.

For who. Who were they guarding. Only 56 people on that big aircraft. Why were they there

Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:36 AM (zOTsN)

91 88 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:35 AM (V/InG)

from 12 years beyond the grave...

we are never spared the moonbat's sermons.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:37 AM (g8Hfr)

92 ..does he really intend to fight for any of these people if he wins. J.J. Sefton

I think he will. Thing is, he may have to replace two more.

You KNOW what Hillary would put in.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at May 19, 2016 08:37 AM (I0sxh)

93 88 Pierre Salinger is reporting a military missile brought down the Egyptian Air plane
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:35 AM (V/InG)

Ohh, there's an oldie.

Posted by: joncelli, Political Tractor Pull Fan at May 19, 2016 08:37 AM (3hIZX)

94 90 Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:36 AM (zOTsN)

Circles within circles man...

no in all candor there *is* a cold civil war going on in Egypt... I could see Barry's MB buddies killing "sane" Egyptian officials.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:38 AM (g8Hfr)

95 90 3 security officers on a plane flying over night.

For who. Who were they guarding. Only 56 people on that big aircraft. Why were they there
Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:36 AM (zOTsN)

Whoever it was, that was the target.

Posted by: joncelli, Political Tractor Pull Fan at May 19, 2016 08:39 AM (3hIZX)

96 88 Pierre Salinger is reporting a military missile brought down the Egyptian Air plane
------------------------------------------------

It's the AoS time machine again. TWA is back in business.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:39 AM (/m8T6)

97 Do otherkins and furries in public schools get to pee and poop outside on the school lawn in public?

Do headspace people (look it up) get to take up multiple bathroom stalls at once?

Why discriminate against them while going all out for the trannies?

There is truly no justice in this world.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (Mt8T4)

98 That stupid NYC diktat about gender pronouns and quarter million dollar fines are a fine example of how the SJWs are winning and winning big.

They're making their bullshit law while our side just has some snark.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (Wckf4)

99 96 Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:39 AM (/m8T6)

I'm young and hot and Bronko Bama is an underachieving asshole from the Windy City again...

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (g8Hfr)

100 I'd just call everyone sugar tits and I'd be safe

This being de Commio's NYC, I think 'comrade' could work as an all-purpose pronoun.

NYC once again poses the question, "Why in fucking fuck would any sane person live there?"

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (O7MnT)

101
If I were a young black American, part of the huge numbers of unemployed young black Americans...I'd be furious at TFG's latest shenanigans to pour million$ into employing "refugees."

If you were a young black American, you would have (presuming you survived the abortionist and presuming you didn't get two in the hat from a gangsta drive-by) grown up in a toxic stew of racism and deliberate, inculcated ignorance, aided by a dysfunctional school system designed to miseducate and / or confine you and an at-home atmosphere of resentment at any show of "acting white." You would only be angry because you weren't getting your "fair share" of cracka's money, not angry at the amoral diabolic narcissists flooding your streets with third-world trash.

Expecting more than the minutest handful of young blacks to revolt against the Democrats is like putting a typewriter in front of the one monkey who can write Shakespeare; it can be done, but you'd have to wait a long, long time to do it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (X6fMO)

102 Dad Shares His Top 10 Observations After Shadowing His Daughter's Kindergarten Class For A Day

http://tinyurl.com/h6yet5r

1. The day started with a fire drill. Followed by a 'lock down drill,' which we didn't have when I was in school. All four classes piled into a single classroom and had to be absolutely quiet and still while the lights were off and the doors were locked. Scary to think about, but necessary in today's pre-Trump world.
------

*balls up article. Throws in trash.

**Never mind the absolute stupidity of putting everyone in one location during a 'lock down.'

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (mEZce)

103 If it's a military missile we will know. Interesting it happened after the hand off to Egyptian ATC. Whoever did it knew when and where that hand off happens. I don't think it was a missile. We would know ASAP if it were.

Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (zOTsN)

104 >>>Obama extends overtime pay to 4.2 million Americans

I predict about 4 million salaried Americans are going to get a salary cut that's equal to their overtime pay very quickly.

Posted by: x at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (nFwvY)

105 There is truly no justice in this world.
Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (Mt8T4)

For Justice, we must go to Don Corleone

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (V/InG)

106 98 Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (Wckf4)

We mustn't upset the apple cart or be enraged at the newsies....

it is unseemly...never mind that the SJWs would not be in this position with an unbiased press.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (g8Hfr)

107 I'd just call everyone sugar tits and I'd be safe
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 08:34 AM (V/InG)

Not if they were Saccharin Tits.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (voOPb)

108 "Had to use a raccoon to get the damn thing started. "

I gotta admit, I'm not familiar with this technique.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 08:42 AM (ptqRm)

109 The Department of Justice is on guard! We will be watching for backlash against muslims all day today.

Posted by: Loretta Lynch at May 19, 2016 08:42 AM (/m8T6)

110 Reality is no longer a defense.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:42 AM (Wckf4)

111 86 According to the mandate, 'refusal to use a transgender employee's
preferred name, pronoun, or title may constitute unlawful gender-based
harassment.'

--

Also, to accommodate anorexics, we should call them "fatass"

Posted by: @votermom at May 19, 2016 08:42 AM (7lVbc)

112 Basement of Wo Hop? 2 hours is a LONG trip.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:28 AM (p4UlV)
=========

My go-to place when I was a kid. 17 Mott St, right?

Yeah, there's plenty of Chinese food in SF, just not as good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 19, 2016 08:42 AM (EZebt)

113 "I predict about 4 million salaried Americans are going to get a salary cut that's equal to their overtime pay very quickly."

The Administration said that the President felt that they should either get paid for that time at the overtime rate, or have more time to spend with their families.

Immagonna go with the latter.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 08:44 AM (ptqRm)

114 99 Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:40 AM (g8Hfr)
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very tempting to write something about how violent Chicago southsiders could have done the world a solid...

Posted by: Loretta Lynch at May 19, 2016 08:44 AM (/m8T6)

115 113 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 08:44 AM (ptqRm)

"By 'spend more time with the family' I mean at basketball games giving R Love esq handjobs through his pants...."

//Bronko "Down Low" Obama

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:45 AM (g8Hfr)

116 There are great names on that list. But is Trump for real or is it a head fake to mollify us? Levin had a good conversation about this with callers and an expert who gave a pretty good thumbs up to all on that list.

Again, does he really intend to fight for any of these people if he wins?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:22 AM (p4UlV)

I share your skepticism. To me, this is just another list other people put together for him that he will later say he changed his mind on if he gets any pushback or if he woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day?

Will King Dealmaker fight hard for these guys when the Dems say hell no? Or will he salivate over the opportunity to make a tremendous deal?

Doesn't look good based on past history.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:45 AM (Mt8T4)

117 I think it's our new ally, our new regional partner

Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 08:46 AM (zOTsN)

118 Geebus.

Zimmerman's Kel-Tec went for over $120k.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 08:46 AM (mEZce)

119 Damn, I cannot stand Loretta Lynch and have to remember to change socks right after use.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:47 AM (/m8T6)

120 I love how a president who has never even run a lemonade stand in his whole life or really, done much productive work and before he became a senator just knows exactly what the best things for businesses are.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:47 AM (Mt8T4)

121 I am not still drunk from yesterday. I'll have you know I've been drinking today. So there.

Posted by: Hillary at May 19, 2016 08:47 AM (gwG9s)

122 Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:41 AM (g8Hfr)

I'm not sure whether I blame the media more or academia. I tend to go with academia.

Lenin knew exactly what seeds to plant.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:48 AM (Wckf4)

123 116 Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:45 AM (Mt8T4)

Hillary's list looks a little different...

maybe we can resurrect Zombie Marshall and get true stalwarts of justice...

here on Earth we have *a chance* at decent Judges with Duh Donald and no chance with Grammy H.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:48 AM (g8Hfr)

124 >> I told her no, that on race day I self identify as a woman who prefers to dress like a man.

Exactly. You can even cite "pregnant man" Thomas Beattie as an example - that person who transitioned to a man, but before having the sex change (or did he ever?) had *3* children. With trans they can have their cake and eat it too - so grow out a magnificent beard and dare them to tell you you're nit a woman!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 08:48 AM (NOIQH)

125 So...Rasmussen today.

BAM!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 08:49 AM (ptqRm)

126 If Trump promises to put some of those folks on SCOTUS I'll think about voting for him. If he promises to make Allen West Secretary of the Army, I'll definitely vote for him.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 08:50 AM (/m8T6)

127 7 Question: who are better at detecting counterfeit cash, bank tellers or strippers?

Posted by: Tmitsss

Tellers in theory but strippers in practice because tellers don't have the benefit of having bills shoved up their ass. A lot of strippers have had Bill's shoved up their ass as well, which benefi's everyone.

Posted by: Slick Willie at May 19, 2016 08:50 AM (kfcYC)

128 Ivanka Trump is impressive. Like Sarah Palin and Phyllis Schlafly, she's a happily married working mom, or as they must call them in feminist circles, unicorns. Their shtick is to tell women that you don't need a man or kids to be happy - in fact, those will make you unhappy and damage your career.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 08:51 AM (NOIQH)

129 Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:45 AM (Mt8T4)

The list is a starting point in negotiation, as always with Trump. I like that it is a pretty long list, so the Senate even if Dem controlled, can't just say they are all unacceptable without looking vengeful, and I like that it includes non-Trump supporters.

Posted by: @votermom at May 19, 2016 08:51 AM (7lVbc)

130 You wanted overtime pay for 30 hours of your 70 hour workweek.

You'll settle for $15 an hour.

You'll end up with 29 hours total.

Transformed!

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:51 AM (Wckf4)

131 The Administration said that the President felt that they should either get paid for that time at the overtime rate, or have more time to spend with their families.

Immagonna go with the latter.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

these are salaried people. I don't think their employers are just going to pay them 25% more. and I don't think they are going to just let them work 25% less for the same salary. I think they will get an Obama caused 25% cut in salary to offset their new Obama overtime pay of about the same amount because it's the simplest way to maintain the status quo. of course the administration did not mention this most obvious possibility because they think everyone is stupid.

Posted by: x at May 19, 2016 08:52 AM (nFwvY)

132 Hillary's list looks a little different...

maybe we can resurrect Zombie Marshall and get true stalwarts of justice...

here on Earth we have *a chance* at decent Judges with Duh Donald and no chance with Grammy H.
Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:48 AM (g8Hfr)

Clearly. But my comment was about Trump and his list.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:52 AM (Mt8T4)

133 122 Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:48 AM (Wckf4)

Yeah well the GOP won't do shit about the NEA or Commie Core either.

Essentially they worrry about the trough that's it.

The GOP "saved or created" a theoretical 4.4% rate of growth reduction in the budget as well...

*psst* the national debt is still growing.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:53 AM (g8Hfr)

134 >>The Administration said that the President felt that they should either
get paid for that time at the overtime rate, or have more time to spend
with their families.

Sec. of Labor Perez mentioned a third option: ...or they'll find "clarity"
WTH does he even mean by that?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 08:53 AM (NOIQH)

135 ***"If he promises to make Allen West Secretary of the Army, I'll definitely vote for him."***

That might get me off my ass to vote for him.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:53 AM (Wckf4)

136 132 Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:52 AM (Mt8T4)

Correct Chique....snitting that you don't trust Duh Donald which while acceptable and logical belies the fact you can ABSOLUTELY Trust Grammy H....

to do precisely the opposite of what you want.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:54 AM (g8Hfr)

137 130 You wanted overtime pay for 30 hours of your 70 hour workweek.

You'll settle for $15 an hour.

You'll end up with 29 hours total.

Transformed!
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:51 AM (Wckf4)

As a salaried employee there are a lot of perks. Sure there are weeks that are long. But there are also weeks that are short. Not to mention leaving early for a doctors appointment etc.

Government the killer of wet dreams.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 08:54 AM (voOPb)

138 ***"Yeah well the GOP won't do shit about the NEA or Commie Core either."***

Of course not. That's the reason I dropped the GOP after 2012: I got tired of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:55 AM (Wckf4)

139 Posted by: x at May 19, 2016 08:52 AM (nFwvY)

Or replace the long time employee (who works overtime for free because he's gotten steady raises in the past) with two part-timers at minimum wage who don't get benefits.
Increased employment, comrade!

Posted by: @votermom at May 19, 2016 08:55 AM (7lVbc)

140 45 The left likes the word 'sustainable'. You know what's not sustainable?

Using food to make fuel. We are importing beef from China now because they don't use food for fuel. And I'm sure we can trust the China raised beef to be of the highest quality - hardly any noticeable taint at all.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean

I'm pretty sure the taint goes in the hotdogs along with the snouts.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 19, 2016 08:56 AM (kfcYC)

141 The list is a starting point in negotiation, as always with Trump. I like that it is a pretty long list, so the Senate even if Dem controlled, can't just say they are all unacceptable without looking vengeful, and I like that it includes non-Trump supporters.
Posted by: @votermom at May 19, 2016 08:51 AM (7lVbc)

I'm quite a bit more skeptical than you, but that's ok. We're not fortune tellers (at least, not that I know of

).

I do think you misunderestimate the perfidy of the Dems in Congress and the media.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 08:56 AM (Mt8T4)

142 >>The day started with a fire drill. Followed by a 'lock down drill,'......Scary to think about, but
necessary in today's pre-Trump world.

So I guess the guy has been living under a rock since 9/11?
They've been doing that since then - and as a parent in the DC area in the early 2000's, that was something I grilled each daycare and school about: what are your procedures should there be another attack?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 08:56 AM (NOIQH)

143 I'm a Trump supporter, who would have gladly voted for Cruz, or pretty much any of the other candidates should they have made it to the nomination, (I'd have had to really mix up a few cocktails before going in to vote for another Bush).

I know there are a lot of bad feelings on Trump side, on the Cruz side, the #nevertrump folks, these "renegade" Bill Kristol types, etc.

But damn if Ted Cruz doesn't deserve high accolades for seeing the writing on the wall and stepping aside... look at this glorious chaos on the left. We ignored most of their side show in favor of our own, but they are even less unified then we are, and I believe it will stay that way. I don't know if Ted decided to step aside, or the RNC twisted his and Kasich's arms to get out, but it was the right call.

I think the healing in the party is ahead of schedule, and maybe we'll have a smallerish faction sit out, or go third party, or vote for (shudder) HRC. But we'll have a smaller group of defectors than the democrats.

They were dancing with glee on how fractured we were... look at them.

Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at May 19, 2016 08:56 AM (n/ogz)

144 Sec. of Labor Perez mentioned a third option: ...or they'll find "clarity"
WTH does he even mean by that?

Posted by: Lizzy

salary cut to go along with new overtime pay

Posted by: x at May 19, 2016 08:56 AM (nFwvY)

145 That was a fast 15 minutes. If even that.

Posted by: Faux Hate Cake at May 19, 2016 08:57 AM (gwG9s)

146 of course the administration did not mention this most obvious possibility because they think everyone is stupid.

--

The point is, he'll get to say he extended OT to the people 'cause he's such a swell guy and cares so much about workers. It won't matter what the consequences to his actions are. He just put another feather in his cap.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 19, 2016 08:57 AM (+FSld)

147 these are salaried people.

And salaried people are exempt and were hired as exempt. They don't have an hourly rate. Doesn't make any sense, which means we absolutely must do it!

Posted by: t-bird at May 19, 2016 08:57 AM (oFSUK)

148 "or they'll find "clarity"
WTH does he even mean by that?"

Clarity is suddenly understanding what SCOAMF stands for.

Lots of people gonna suddenly gain clarity in the coming months.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 08:57 AM (ptqRm)

149 145 Posted by: Faux Hate Cake at May 19, 2016 08:57 AM (gwG9s)

The hate felt real to me...

//OKC Barrister and the Glitter Gulch Jug Band

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 08:58 AM (g8Hfr)

150 salary cut to go along with new overtime pay

And 70 hours every damned week if you want to bring in your old salary.

Thanks, Massa Obama!

Posted by: t-bird at May 19, 2016 08:59 AM (oFSUK)

151 "I'm pretty sure the taint goes in the hotdogs along with the snouts."

Think Scrapple.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 08:59 AM (ptqRm)

152 Well, I see Google is celebrating the 94th B-day of some Japanese-American Marxist Maoist inspired SJA.
And yet, they can't do Easter or Christmas in any non-secular way.

Posted by: Sal at May 19, 2016 08:59 AM (MRX6w)

153 It's tough for me to generate a whole lot of pearl-clutching for what Pope Francis says. Jesus didn't get crucified because he told the Jews how wonderful they were and the Romans and Gentiles sucked; he got crucified because he told the Jews and Pharisees that they needed to raise their game and be better. Anyone who expects the Pope to go Lord Humungus on Muslims and the Islamic faith is delusional.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 08:59 AM (DbyYo)

154 Every time a plane goes down, people's first thought is terrorism. More than 9 times out of ten, it turns out to be something else. (I've watched every episode of "Air Crash Investigations" at least twice; much to my spouse's chagrin. "How can you watch a show that tells you everything that can go catastrophically wrong on an airplane flight?") And incidents that are thought to be terrorism almost never turn out to be terrorism. (Except in Italy, where they thoroughly botch every crash investigation, apparently.)

A plane with 66 people on board doesn't seem like a big enough target to be attractive for a terrorist. The sudden maneuvering (if it happened; early reports are often wrong) could have been a response to a failure in the engines or control surfaces.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:00 AM (O7MnT)

155 Well, may God bless the Egyptair victims and their poor families. Despite our Progressive leadership thinking differently, I hope we can manage some small backlash against the agents of evil behind the attack.

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 09:00 AM (/m8T6)

156 ***"I do think you misunderestimate the perfidy of the Dems in Congress and the media."***

Exactly what I thought when I read the line:

"so the Senate even if Dem controlled, can't just say they are all unacceptable without looking vengeful..."

There have quite obviously been two sets of rules for a few decades now with regards to the D's and R's, and I'm not sure why anyone would think the media would cast the Donks in a negative light over that.

When the Donks do it, it's Fighting For The People. When the R's do it, it's Failing To Govern.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 09:01 AM (Wckf4)

157 Well, I see Google is celebrating the 94th B-day of some Japanese-American Marxist Maoist inspired SJA.

--

Yesterday, they were celebrating some international transgender acceptance crud with links to such on their search screen.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at May 19, 2016 09:01 AM (+FSld)

158 153 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 08:59 AM (DbyYo)

Right, Jesus would absolutely draw false equivalence between Jihadi Jim's faith and the one he was laying out the tech specs for.

Jesus was all about speaking unpleasant truths TO POWER not making excuses for power.

Dope Frank will apologize for the guy before him dulling Abdul's blade....

"yeah you are acting JUST like Paul of Tarsus Abdul...so no hard feelings."

//Dope Frank

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:01 AM (g8Hfr)

159 Sec. of Labor Perez mentioned a third option: ...or they'll find "clarity"
WTH does he even mean by that?

Unemployment

Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 09:01 AM (/m8T6)

160 Sec. of Labor Perez mentioned a third option: ...or they'll find "clarity"
WTH does he even mean by that?
____________________________

It means they'll finally realize what a f*cking incompetent, clueless, stupid, malevolent, Commie dumbass Obama is (and Tom Perez is too, BTW).

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 19, 2016 09:02 AM (BNs9e)

161 or they'll find "clarity"
WTH does he even mean by that?

--

Many he meant charity, which they will need after they get replaced by cheaper part timers

Posted by: @votermom at May 19, 2016 09:03 AM (7lVbc)

162

They were dancing with glee on how fractured we were... look at them.
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at May 19, 2016 08:56 AM (n/ogz)

Feh.

Healing, shmealing.

The gope is not healing. It is stunned.

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 09:03 AM (MQEz6)

163 GOP bailout for Puerto Rico?
______

Paul Ryan - Seriously Serious Budget Hawk (TM) - supports another bailout??? Unpossible!

Posted by: Dixie Wetsworth, (Cruz2020) at May 19, 2016 09:03 AM (DGoK2)

164 When it comes to aviation...airliners.net is one of my go-to places.

Missing Egyptair thread

http://tinyurl.com/zdpawyw

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:04 AM (ptqRm)

165 Love Cdl. Sarah.

The best way to deal with Pope Francis is to keep an eye on him, test what he says, do not wast energy ranting about it and go on about your orthodox business.
Office, not man.

Posted by: Sal at May 19, 2016 09:04 AM (MRX6w)

166 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 08:59 AM (DbyYo)

Sven already replied to this, but I'd just like to add: Yeah? Well, the Pope ain't Jesus.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 09:04 AM (Wckf4)

167 Trump's tweets are a study in stupid.

His latest is a remark about the missing Egypt air flight, and the last phrase (as always, it ends with an exclamation point) exclaims "great hate and sickness!"

Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 19, 2016 09:05 AM (U6f54)

168 155 Posted by: MTF at May 19, 2016 09:00 AM (/m8T6)

154 Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:00 AM (O7MnT)

If this was a terrorist attack there will be no "backlash" b/c the White House is in the "aid terrorists" business.

V the K, the Airbus design paradigm means pilots are in direct control of the airplane for ~20 minutes of a flight tops...

we'll see....that low a number of people doesn't preclude focused terrorist activity, if the target was important enough to the malefactor.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:05 AM (g8Hfr)

169 The power of words

Yesterday FenelonSpouse and I went to our son's final track meet. Spouse was driving a school bus for one of the opposing teams and I went because often the meets are a distance and I haven't attended very many. (I did better when he was on Cross Country and the meets were closer.)

At any rate, as mostly everybody on here knows, our son is on the autism spectrum (high functioning) and is rather quirky. He sits with people at lunch, but he's never really mentioned andy friends which he has. They don't do anything together if he has any.

Our son was competing in the 800 meter race. As he took off there was a blonde slim boy wearing the team sweatshirt-obviously on the team two or three people down from us who yelled out, "Go ________!" (Our son's name). It made us happy that someone said that. Now maybe the team supports each other. but when you have a kid who keeps to himself it felt really good!

It made me think what power our words have either-as the Bible says-to be a blessing or a curse. We were blessed!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2016 09:06 AM (w4NZ8)

170 Paul Ryan - Seriously Serious Budget Hawk (TM) - supports another bailout??? Unpossible!

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

"Hey! Don't call it a bailout. It's not a bailout. It's a 'restructuring' that the Government is going to impose on Puerto Rico's debtholders so that Puerto Rico doesn't have to pay back the money they borrowed. See! Not a bailout at all."

Posted by: Paul Ryan at May 19, 2016 09:06 AM (O7MnT)

171 Mexico has a new and interesting concept in immigration control

http://www.weaselzippers.us/?p=272258

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:06 AM (ptqRm)

172 I heard Hugh Hewitt on the radio this morning. He said he supports McCain's re-election, because "we need him on the Armed Services Committee".

The GOPe and its enablers can't die soon enough.

Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 09:08 AM (zoehZ)

173 Thanks again for the analysis Dave in Fla!

Posted by: TeamRawDog at May 19, 2016 09:08 AM (10hEu)

174
172 I heard Hugh Hewitt on the radio this morning. He said he supports McCain's re-election, because "we need him on the Armed Services Committee".

The GOPe and its enablers can't die soon enough.
Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 09:08 AM (zoehZ)

gope gotta gope, yo

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 09:09 AM (MQEz6)

175 116 There are great names on that list. But is Trump for real or is it a head fake to mollify us? Levin had a good conversation about this with callers and an expert who gave a pretty good thumbs up to all on that list.

Again, does he really intend to fight for any of these people if he wins?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 19, 2016 08:22 AM (p4UlV)

I share your skepticism. To me, this is just another list other people put together for him that he will later say he changed his mind on if he gets any pushback or if he woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day?

Will King Dealmaker fight hard for these guys when the Dems say hell no? Or will he salivate over the opportunity to make a tremendous deal?

Doesn't look good based on past history.

Posted by: chique d'afrique

I would take a 10 percent chance getting one from Trump's list over 100 % chance of getting one off Hillary's. I think we're all agreed that the chance that Trump picks from that list is over 90 %.

Both of your concerns relate to a situation where the Democrats have influence in the Senate. Not sure what Trump can do about that, what with all the sookie babies planning to stay home and let Dems be elected.

Trump should expect that the Republican's will use whatever option, nuclear or otherwise, to eliminate the filibuster and get stuff done particularly the SCOTUS nominees.

Plus I would rather have Trump negotiating than the GOPe if the last 30 years are anything to go by. I think he will come out on top and I think the these picks are something he would work to get.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 19, 2016 09:09 AM (kfcYC)

176 V the K, the Airbus design paradigm means pilots are in direct control of the airplane for ~20 minutes of a flight tops...

Airbuses have gone down for all kinds of reasons, even in cruise.

A Russian A300 went down in Siberia because a pilot let his kid take the controls. Another went down in Asia because it flew too high, too slow, and stalled. And then there's the Air France flight that belly flopped into the Atlantic after its pitot tubes froze over.

Posted by: Paul Ryan at May 19, 2016 09:09 AM (O7MnT)

177 Dumb question.

Who do you think that the Kremlin would rather see as our next President, Hillary or Bernie?

Show your work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:10 AM (ptqRm)

178 172 Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 09:08 AM (zoehZ)

I'm pretty sure that any Senator can fuck up military procurement as wonderfully as McCain has overseen.

The F-35...paying billions to buy defacto SIg or H and K shit when Glock -17s would work just as well...

"Smaht Procurement"

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (g8Hfr)

179 Of course the Pope isn't Jesus. Way to miss the point that Jesus Himself didn't take a whip to Pontius' house, but to the Temple. That's why the Romans didn't give a shit about crucifying him. Jesus exhorted his own people to be better and that's why they wanted him killed. Shit, Jesus admonished his own disciples. If your idea of a Pope is some two-fisted Man O'God whupping shit out of the heathens, you need to go back and reread the Gospels.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (DbyYo)

180 Sock off

There are great names on that list. But is Trump for real or is it a head fake to mollify us? Levin had a good conversation about this with callers and an expert who gave a pretty good thumbs up to all on that list.

I will stipulate that these are good jurists. I will further stipulate that Trump will actually nominated from the list.

But at the end of the day, Trump is still a Big Government New York Liberal who ran a guttertrash campaign, and I won't be a part of it.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (O7MnT)

181 Every time there is a terrorist attack, no matter the details, Iran should get hit with a dozen cruise missiles.

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 09:12 AM (MQEz6)

182 177 Dumb question.

Who do you think that the Kremlin would rather see as our next President, Hillary or Bernie?

Show your work.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:10 AM (ptqRm)
***
Depends in large part on what one thinks are Russia's interests and goals, seems to me.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:12 AM (lutOX)

183 176 Posted by: Paul Ryan at May 19, 2016 09:09 AM (O7MnT)

Right, modern pilots are not "pilots" in the sense that Pilots in the 70s and 80s were.

A good Jet Pilot in the 70s likely had Turboprop experience and was a defacto engineer....

these guys are pilots in the sense the Philly Derailment guy was "an engineer."

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:12 AM (g8Hfr)

184 "Every time there is a terrorist attack, no matter the details, Iran should get hit with a dozen cruise missiles. "

A motion has been made......
Do I have a Second?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:13 AM (ptqRm)

185 Show your work.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:10 AM (ptqRm)

Bernie. Cuz he will give away for free what hillzebub will charge $$$ for.

Cheaper that way.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 19, 2016 09:13 AM (WVsWD)

186
Trump's tweets are a study in stupid.

Unless you're a genius in snark like Iowahawk or Ace, nobody looks smart tweeting, and I agree that Trump should stay the hell off social media.

But I do like that, when Fauxcahontas Warren kept shrieking at him on twitter, Teh Donald noted she certainly seemed to spend a lot of time on twitter for a senator who's supposed to be, you know, working.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 19, 2016 09:13 AM (X6fMO)

187 >>>I'd just call everyone sugar tits and I'd be safe<<<

That's more like an west coast thing. I would figure fuckface would be better on the east coast.

Posted by: Fritz at May 19, 2016 09:13 AM (UzPAd)

188 It made me think what power our words have either-as the Bible says-to be a blessing or a curse. We were blessed!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2016 09:06 AM (w4NZ8

Thats a wonderful story.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 19, 2016 09:13 AM (voOPb)

189 179 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (DbyYo)

I must have missed Dope Frank whipping the Communard Wing of the RCC.

My mistake you have any links?

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:14 AM (g8Hfr)

190 Who do you think that the Kremlin would rather see as our next President, Hillary or Bernie?

Show your work.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:10 AM (ptqRm)
***
Depends in large part on what one thinks are Russia's interests and goals, seems to me.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:12 AM (lutOX)

I think that question depends on the nature of the classified material (and other leverage) that they got from Hillary's email server.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 19, 2016 09:14 AM (KUaJL)

191
If your idea of a Pope is some two-fisted Man O'God whupping shit out of the heathens, you need to go back and reread the Gospels.

**Spock eyebrow**

Posted by: Pope Urban II at May 19, 2016 09:15 AM (X6fMO)

192 If your idea of a Pope is some two-fisted Man O'God whupping shit out of the heathens, you need to go back and reread the Gospels.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (DbyYo)
***
Not Catholic, nor even Christian, but I think you're probably right about the Pope and his role.

That said, it might be nice if his admonitions to the flock weren't accompanied by encomia and flattery of people who want them all dead.

Still, the Pope is not a temporal ruler, nor is he a defender of the faith, and he has an undeniable place.

Of course, so does Vlad Tepes....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (lutOX)

193 PS Personally liked John Paul and Benedict more than Francis, but that strikes me as shallow as people who like Francis more than they liked Benedict. So I take what he says as what in it can make me a better person and don't get the vapors about the rest. YMMV

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (DbyYo)

194 >>Who do you think that the Kremlin would rather see as our next President, Hillary or Bernie?

Hillary. Less nutty, more predictably and competently greedy and calculated. You can work with Hillary, she's got it down to a science thanks to the foundation and her SoS gig. Putin knows which buttons to push to get the desired reaction.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (NOIQH)

195 191 Posted by: Pope Urban II at May 19, 2016 09:15 AM (X6fMO)

Indeed.

//Pope Pius II

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (g8Hfr)

196 "If your idea of a Pope is some two-fisted Man O'God whupping shit out of the heathens, you need to go back and reread the Gospels."

Not being catholic myself, is there a Job Description for the Pope?

Real question.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (ptqRm)

197 But at the end of the day, Trump is still a Big Government New York Liberal who ran a guttertrash campaign, and I won't be a part of it.
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (O7MnT)

****

Yes, he absolutely should have run a more dignified, Statesman like campaign like Presidents McCain and Romney.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (2tLz4)

198
In the early 90s, I flew out of Paris alot and would see the Russian jets flying out. They looked so sad, always filthy. No one would wash them.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:17 AM (iQIUe)

199 193 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (DbyYo)

You don't notice a recurring pattern of undermining the safety and security of the Christian Faith, the western civ economic model, and general supplicant butt thrusting to evil?

Ok my bad....I mean his foot bathing is awesome and all but I think Dope Frank would benefit immensely from multiple cups of STFU.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (g8Hfr)

200 Putin knows which buttons to push to get the desired reaction.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (NOIQH)

Normally I would agree. Now though, Russia doesn't have a whole lot of cash to throw around.

Advantage: Bernie.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (WVsWD)

201 Trump deleted his tweet that ended in the exclamation, "great hate and sickness!"

He was remarking about the Egypt air flight.

Why?

Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (U6f54)

202 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (DbyYo)

Speaking of missing the point, Jesus also didn't blame his disciples for the evils of outside groups.

Instead of the Gospels, I'd like recommend you review fundamental logic.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (Wckf4)

203 WOO-WOO!!!

Posted by: Trump Train at May 19, 2016 09:19 AM (10hEu)

204 >>I will stipulate that these are good jurists. I will further stipulate that Trump will actually nominated from the list.

It's a good list. But Trump did not commit to picking from the list. Here is the actual press release, note that all he talks about is using this list as a guide.

http://tinyurl.com/zok78nv

I will also stipulate that Trump has never heard of 90% of these people before the list was put in front of him to announce. But at least he's being influenced in the right direction.

Still don't trust him.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 19, 2016 09:19 AM (/tuJf)

205 Is the increase in ethanol content to help the environment or spur the sell of new cars and trucks that can handle the higher ethanol content? All of those used cars and trucks that can't handle the higher ethanol content can't be resold. One way or another, you will be buying a new car or truck.

Posted by: scrood at May 19, 2016 09:19 AM (3b9U4)

206 180 Sock off

There are great names on that list. But is Trump for real or is it a head fake to mollify us? Levin had a good conversation about this with callers and an expert who gave a pretty good thumbs up to all on that list.

I will stipulate that these are good jurists. I will further stipulate that Trump will actually nominated from the list.

But at the end of the day, Trump is still a Big Government New York Liberal who ran a guttertrash campaign, and I won't be a part of it.

Posted by: V the K

I think its funny that you don't think you are a part of it. You'll have to eat the cooking same as everyone else. The remaining question is would you prefer Hillary's cooking to Trump's. And if the answer is Hillary's, then by all means stay home.

As a wise guy once said, "You might not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 19, 2016 09:19 AM (kfcYC)

207 he got crucified because he told the Jews and Pharisees that they needed to raise their game and be better.
=============================================

He did tell the Pharisees they needed to be better, but that's not what got Him crucified. What got Him crucified was that He claimed to be God, which was blasphemy in their eyes. A charge punishable by death. He told them the only hope they had of getting better was not through works of righteousness and keeping the law, rather it was admitting that they could not keep the law at all, and as a result of that, they needed to turn to Him, the Lamb of God who takes away sin.

Some of the Pharisees did become followers of Jesus, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimithea (the one who provided the tomb for the crucufied Christ) are a couple we know about.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:20 AM (dFi94)

208 GOP bailout for Puerto Rico?

Doesn't anyone here know how to play this game?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Soothie!, with purchase of commentor of equal or greater value at May 19, 2016 09:20 AM (evdj2)

209 202 Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (Wckf4)

Quite.

Jesus sensing the evil in Rome punches Saint Thomas in the nuts.

//Things I missed in the Bible

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:20 AM (g8Hfr)

210 The Pope is a Leftist enemy of Western Civilization.

He's on the other side.

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 09:20 AM (MQEz6)

211 "201 Trump deleted his tweet that ended in the exclamation, "great hate and sickness!"

He was remarking about the Egypt air flight.

Why?
Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (U6f54)201 Trump deleted his tweet that ended in the exclamation, "great hate and sickness!"

He was remarking about the Egypt air flight.

Why?
Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 19, 2016 09:18 AM (U6f54)"

Looks like it's still there to me, maybe he fixed a typo or something.

Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at May 19, 2016 09:21 AM (n/ogz)

212 Also, Hillary because maybe she's already been working with Putin?
Per the Panama Papers:

Russia's biggest bank uses The Podesta Group as its lobbyist in
Washington, D.C. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known
inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO is Tony Podesta, one of
the best-connected Democratic machers in the country. He founded the
firm in 1998 with his brother John, formerly chief of staff to President
Bill Clinton, then counselor to President Barack Obama, Mr. Podesta is
the very definition of a Democratic insider. Outsiders engage the
Podestas and their well-connected lobbying firm to improve their image
and get access to Democratic bigwigs......

It should be noted that Tony Podesta is a big-money bundler for the
Hillary Clinton presidential campaign while his brother John is the
chairman of that campaign, the chief architect of her plans to take the
White House this November.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 09:21 AM (NOIQH)

213 191
If your idea of a Pope is some two-fisted Man O'God whupping shit out of the heathens, you need to go back and reread the Gospels.

**Spock eyebrow**
Posted by: Pope Urban II at May 19, 2016 09:15 AM (X6fMO)

Can I get an "Amen"?

Posted by: Pope Innocent XI at May 19, 2016 09:21 AM (7HtZB)

214
Where's the puppehs this place promised me?

Where are the safe space kittehs?

I want my money back!!!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:21 AM (iQIUe)

215 Can retired Military be promoted? If so give "captain" juanny his Admiral Star and tell him to go away. That's all he ever wanted anyway.

Imagine going through your whole life being jealous of your own father and grand father.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 19, 2016 09:22 AM (WVsWD)

216 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:11 AM (DbyYo)

Pope Frankie Baby's moral equivalence of islam and Christianity is patently stupid and, I assume, based in massive ignorance of both the Koran and the Bible.

I'll be willing to bet that he has never read the Koran nor any of the hadiths.

Like a lot of South American Catholics of his generation, he had a full immersion in Liberation Theology, which is to say, his apparent god is Marx.

Imagine if you will, Winston, a retarded monkey smashing a copy of "Das Kapital", with a Bible coverslip disguising that book, onto a human face forever.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2016 09:22 AM (oU3Bb)

217 Nope, found it.

Trump's "great hate and sickness!" tweet about Egypt air.

We'll see if he's right.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 19, 2016 09:22 AM (U6f54)

218 I do not like Pope Groovy.

Posted by: Free Associated Press at May 19, 2016 09:22 AM (v9gSJ)

219 Our son was competing in the 800 meter race. As he
took off there was a blonde slim boy wearing the team
sweatshirt-obviously on the team two or three people down from us who
yelled out, "Go ________!" (Our son's name). It made us happy that
someone said that. Now maybe the team supports each other. but when you
have a kid who keeps to himself it felt really good!

It made me think what power our words have either-as the Bible says-to be a blessing or a curse. We were blessed!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 19, 2016 09:06 AM (w4NZ

=============================================

Love this.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:23 AM (dFi94)

220 215 Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at May 19, 2016 09:22 AM (WVsWD)

John "Enemy Ace" McCain KNOWS those Stars were his birthright.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:23 AM (g8Hfr)

221 You're a busy boy, MisHum.

Nice ONT and even better EMT. Thanks a bunch.

Posted by: creeper at May 19, 2016 09:24 AM (5RW7F)

222
Dying old man wanted to apologize to Muslims because of Donald Trump. Reciprocity not required. [Mis. Hum.]

=============
So, after the next terrorist attack, we can piss on his grave??

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:24 AM (iQIUe)

223 201 Trump deleted his tweet that ended in the exclamation, "great hate and sickness!"

He was remarking about the Egypt air flight.

Why?

Posted by: the littl shyning man

A lot of people equate "great", with "fabulous ,and wonderful" as a compliment or a very good thing, especially the way Trump's been using the word since the campaign started. That may be it.

"Did you hear? Trump thinks it's great the Egyptian plane was blown up".

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 19, 2016 09:25 AM (kfcYC)

224 222 Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:24 AM (iQIUe)

He was a nice guy, and a good man.

That is why he was not needed in the Senate anymore.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:25 AM (g8Hfr)

225 U h8ters don't get it! There are no hoaxes - only lessons in awareness. It's called progress. U ppl r so stupid!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at May 19, 2016 09:25 AM (gwG9s)

226 Too much darkness for my mood these days. I'm going to listen to Sibelius and pretend the world away.

Posted by: joncelli, Political Tractor Pull Fan at May 19, 2016 09:25 AM (3hIZX)

227 The stripper started getting suspicious when he was bragging about his three houses on Broadwalk and his hotel on Baltic Avenue

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 19, 2016 09:28 AM (H16R5)

228 People thought the Messiah was going to come down and whip the shit out of everyone. But you don't get the Messiah you want, you get the Messiah you need. Jesus was the Lamb of God - the Sacrificial Lamb - who was stripped and forced to wear a crown of thorns and beaten and marched up a hill with the cross He was to be nailed to on His back. That is the Son if God, that is God's plan. Whipping ass was mans plan. So getting pissed because the Pope is not the Pope you wanted seems to me to be as pointless as getting pissed that you didn't get the Messiah you wanted. Let go of your expectations .

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:28 AM (DbyYo)

229 Another article on Venezuela

https://fee.org/articles/venezuelas-slow-motion-apocalypse/

Posted by: Kindltot at May 19, 2016 09:28 AM (ry34m)

230
Sibelius for joncelli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66kw5QznC0

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:28 AM (dFi94)

231 226 Too much darkness for my mood these days. I'm going to listen to Sibelius and pretend the world away.
Posted by: joncelli, Political Tractor Pull Fan at May 19, 2016 09:25 AM (3hIZX)

You think listening to the speeches of Katherine Sibelius will make you feel better?
/sarc

Posted by: josephistan at May 19, 2016 09:28 AM (7HtZB)

232 The rationalizing and excuse-making of the GOPologists are a sight to behold.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 19, 2016 08:05 AM (Wckf4)

It basically comes down to the GOPe reduced some of the spending increases against the 2009 inflated baseline where the budget increased around 750 billion. Yeah team for reducing the speed towards the cliff!!!

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 19, 2016 09:29 AM (Ee2nz)

233 Yes, he absolutely should have run a more dignified, Statesman like campaign like Presidents McCain and Romney.

I guess my expectation that a presidential candidate ought to be able to make his case without middle-school name-calling and juvenile tantrum-throwing is out of step in the age of the "Ow! My Balls" reality-show politics.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:29 AM (O7MnT)

234 But you don't get the Messiah you want, you get the Messiah you need.
==========================================

Beautifully put.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:30 AM (dFi94)

235 198
In the early 90s, I flew out of Paris alot and would see the Russian jets flying out. They looked so sad, always filthy. No one would wash them.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:17 AM (iQIUe)
***
Part of Putin's appeal and popularity is the stinging memory and shame of those days. People seem to think that the collapse of the USSR just sort of happened, and then along came Putin and the billionaire oligarchs, some of whom are his allies, some of whom are his enemies.

People forget the sad spectacle of that drunken idiot yeltsin, who had to be locked in his rooms at night to keep him from making a bigger ass of himself. People forget that the US air-lifted hundreds of millions of dollars in actual cash to help keep the Russian economy from collapsing under the weight of its final failure. People forget seeing Russian army units who hired themselves out as field-hands in order to eat, because the government had no money to pay them. People forget military installations with the electricity disconnected for non-payment. People forget seeing the streets of every city full of desperate people begging for a few kopeks to stave off death another day.

Most people forget this, but Russians do not. And they credit Putin in large measure for relieving their distress.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:30 AM (lutOX)

236 228 Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 19, 2016 09:28 AM (DbyYo)

Dope Frank has lived down to my every expectation.

I decided long ago the Papacy had NOTHING I needed anymore.

SO did Martin Luther, upon reflection after much soul-searching and sense.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:30 AM (g8Hfr)

237 Just curious...

I wonder how many muzzies are out praising the great snackbar over the plane crash today.

Pretty sure the candy is flowing in Gaza.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at May 19, 2016 09:31 AM (4ng05)

238 Donald Trump has now grown his lead over Hillary Clinton in Rasmussen Reports first weekly White House Watch survey.

Trump earns 42% support to Clintons 37% when Likely U.S. Voters are asked whom they would vote for if the presidential election were held today. But Rasmussen Reports latest national telephone survey finds that 13% prefer some other candidate, while seven percent (7%) are undecided.

Drudge

Just food for thought

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 09:31 AM (V/InG)

239 "I guess my expectation that a presidential candidate ought to be able to make his case without middle-school name-calling and juvenile tantrum-throwing is out of step in the age of the "Ow! My Balls" reality-show politics.

It don't work that way no more.

Posted by: Dwayne Hector Macho Camacho at May 19, 2016 09:32 AM (ptqRm)

240 234 Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:30 AM (dFi94)

.........

Yeah downright eloquent....because what the world is short of is people with religious fervor followings advocating Free Shit economics.

Dope Frank is not God's "this is what Earth needs" 9-line phone call.

He is the result of a SJW putsch in the Vatican.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:32 AM (g8Hfr)

241 The Pharisees dindu nuffin. Srsly. The Jews who collaborated with the Romans were the Temple elite who were the Sadducees. The Pharisees hated them too and the Mishna preserves some of their arguments.

IIRC the Sadducees crucified a bunch of Pharisees during the Maccabean era. So, no love lost there.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 19, 2016 09:33 AM (H16R5)

242 In a sane world I would point out that D'CommieO's gender speech law is an obvious violation of:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of grievances."

And because of the doctrine of Federal primacy that any smaller governmental body (state, city, HOA etc.) is also prohibited from doing so.

But this is not a sane world - so deuces and one eyed jacks wild.

Posted by: An Observation at May 19, 2016 09:33 AM (XsnoL)

243
233 Yes, he absolutely should have run a more dignified, Statesman like campaign like Presidents McCain and Romney.

I guess my expectation that a presidential candidate ought to be able to make his case without middle-school name-calling and juvenile tantrum-throwing is out of step in the age of the "Ow! My Balls" reality-show politics.
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:29 AM (O7MnT)

Trump is an example of getting what you need rather than what you want.

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 09:33 AM (MQEz6)

244 I have to drive down to Illinois today and visit my mother. I don't like driving to Illinois. It feels communist to me. I can always tell when I cross the state line. Smooth roads turn to potholes and bumps.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:34 AM (dFi94)

245 It don't work that way no more.

Indeed. It seems like elections are decided on the basis of vacuous bumper-sticker slogans. "Make America Great Again" is just "Hope and Change," just older and whiter.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:34 AM (O7MnT)

246 Pope Frankie is still not as bad as... um... *thinks* Leo X. The Church survived some stinkers in the past and will get through this tool

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 19, 2016 09:35 AM (H16R5)

247
John Schindler

Twitter provides daily lessons in how the #NeverTrump brigade simply can't get -- or accept -- that they are talking basically to themselves

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:35 AM (iQIUe)

248 Drudge is running the +5 headline in red.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:35 AM (ptqRm)

249 Trump is an example of getting what you need rather than what you want.

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 09:33 AM (MQEz6)
***
I saw her today at the reception,
A glass of wine in her hand.....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:35 AM (lutOX)

250 244 Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:34 AM (dFi94)

You get a bailout and YOU get a bailout and YOU GET A BAILOUT TOO!

//Paul "Frugal" Ryan to PR, CA, IL, etc etc

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 09:36 AM (g8Hfr)

251 "Make America Great Again" is just "Hope and Change," just older and whiter.
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:34 AM (O7MnT)

No not really. Fredo and "Hope and Change" was intended, is intended to destroy all American values and make us a third world toilet

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 09:36 AM (V/InG)

252 I heard Hugh Hewitt on the radio this morning. He said he supports McCain's re-election, because "we need him on the Armed Services Committee".

The GOPe and its enablers can't die soon enough.
Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 09:08 AM (zoehZ)

Because in a country of over 300 million people, no one is capable of replacing an 80-year old crusty invasion happy bastard.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 09:37 AM (Mt8T4)

253 Well, I better go pack my suitcase. I'm blessed to still have my mother. Wish she lived in a non-communist state.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 19, 2016 09:38 AM (dFi94)

254 Debris found in the Med.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:38 AM (mEZce)

255 I guess my expectation that a presidential candidate ought to be able to make his case without middle-school name-calling and juvenile tantrum-throwing is out of step in the age of the "Ow! My Balls" reality-show politics.
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:29 AM (O7MnT)

Have you SEEN the American electorate?

Posted by: @votermom at May 19, 2016 09:38 AM (7lVbc)

256 Too much darkness for my mood these days. I'm going to listen to Sibelius and pretend the world away.Posted by: joncelli, Political Tractor Pull Fan at May 19, 2016 09:25 AM (3hIZX)I don't care for Sibelius, but I'd dearly love to hide away for a while.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 19, 2016 09:39 AM (X6fMO)

257 "Indeed. It seems like elections are decided on the basis of vacuous bumper-sticker slogans. "Make America Great Again" is just "Hope and Change," just older and whiter."

For some....yes.

These ar the Low Information Voters.

And typically, it is not just a low level of information of candidates.

These are people with a low level of knowledge of many topics of which they hold unswayable opinions on.

For example in real life, the idiot having her Prius towed because it stopped running.

"Are you out of gas?"

"It's a hybrid...it doesn't use gas!!!"

"Well, alrighty then, good luck"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:39 AM (ptqRm)

258 I doubt Obama would let a muslim fly Air Force One...

Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2016 09:41 AM (B48dK)

259 If you can't be
with the one you love
love the one you're with

Posted by: Bubba Clinton at May 19, 2016 09:41 AM (UzPAd)

260 Fredo and "Hope and Change" was intended, is intended to destroy all American values and make us a third world toilet

Yeah, and that this was the plan all along was not surprising.

The degree of cooperation from the alleged opposition party was what was surprising.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:41 AM (O7MnT)

261 Staten Island Woman Who Wore Anti-Trump Hat To Work Claims She's Received Death Threats

http://tinyurl.com/jl8tngf

Her hat isn't anti-Trump, it's anti-America.

"America Was Never Great."

How the F could you think that would be appropriate at work. And why the hell did Home Depot allow it.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:41 AM (mEZce)

262 If your idea of a Pope is some two-fisted Man O'God whupping shit out of the heathens, you need to go back and reread the Gospels.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy

This is bullshit.

The point was His Holiness comparing mohammadism with Christs' call to Go Forth.

The only one who spewed the crap above was you.

Posted by: Papist Bograt at May 19, 2016 09:42 AM (326rv)

263 I doubt Obama would let a muslim fly Air Force One...
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2016 09:41 AM (B48dK)

Well he might when the mooch goes somewhere on her own? Of course it would not be called Air Force One on those flights

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 09:42 AM (V/InG)

264
I guess my expectation that a presidential candidate ought to be able to make his case without middle-school name-calling and juvenile tantrum-throwing is out of step in the age of the "Ow! My Balls" reality-show politics.

Yes. It's sad, but true. Considering that Mitt Romney had to spend his campaign fighting off utterly baseless smears that he gay-bashed in high school, gave a man cancer and was a pet abusing, tax-cheating wymyn-hater, Democrat smears need to be met with fire.

This isn't the age of Lincoln-Douglas. This is the age of "Hardcore Pawn," like it or not, and we need to battle on that field.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (X6fMO)

265 260 Yes,really opened my eyes.

Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (B48dK)

266 Have you SEEN the American electorate?

Not lately. I canceled cable and stopped shopping at WalMart a couple of years ago.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (O7MnT)

267 And why the hell did Home Depot allow it.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:41 AM (mEZce)
***
Look out on the edges of the parking lot early some morning. There's your answer, senor.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (lutOX)

268 No offense to Catholic morons, but I'm glad I'm not Catholic with this particular Pope in power. One who cannot tell the difference between the Great Commission and jihad.

SMH for real.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 09:44 AM (Mt8T4)

269 Look out on the edges of the parking lot early some morning. There's your answer, senor.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (lutOX)

And INS says they don't know where to find illegals?
LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 09:44 AM (V/InG)

270 'We appreciate and understand the concerns of our loyal customers,' company spokesman Stephan Holmes told SILive.com. 'In terms of the message, our associates are not permitted to wear items that reflect political statements.'

Holmes continued, 'Unfortunately, no one on our management team saw her wearing the hat - otherwise, they would have had her remove it immediately.'

-----

Sure they would

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:44 AM (mEZce)

271 Pope Francis probably thinks Allah and the Christian Trinitarian God are the same being.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 09:44 AM (Mt8T4)

272 No offense to Catholic morons, but I'm glad I'm not Catholic with this particular Pope in power. One who cannot tell the difference between the Great Commission and jihad.

SMH for real.
Posted by: chique d'afrique

Understood. This guy is doing a bit similar to, "but the crusades!!!"

Posted by: Papist Bograt at May 19, 2016 09:45 AM (326rv)

273 Her hat isn't anti-Trump, it's anti-America.

Yup.

I wouldn't care what year it was or if we had Jeb! running as candidate.

That hat is flat out ugly anti-Americanism and would probably earn it's wearer a "Go Fuck yourself" from me.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2016 09:45 AM (oU3Bb)

274
D.C. police have charged a security guard at a Giant grocery store with simple assault after a transgender woman said the guard forced her out of the women's restroom.

Ebony Belcher, 32, said she went to the Giant in northeast D.C. with a friend to pick up a delivery from the Western Union.

http://goo.gl/ydtWpE

================

They've charged it as a hate crime. smh

Notice how they always have names like Ebony, Caitlyn, Carly?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:46 AM (iQIUe)

275 Lady with the hat needs a kick in the cooch.Not that I advocate violence mind you.

Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2016 09:46 AM (B48dK)

276 Look out on the edges of the parking lot early some morning. There's your answer, senor.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (lutOX)

My Home Depot and Lowes rarely have people hiding in the shadows around them. Now the 7-11 I go to in Alexandria weekly... I can have about 11 futbol teams at any given time.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:47 AM (mEZce)

277 Considering that Mitt Romney had to spend his campaign fighting off utterly baseless smears that he gay-bashed in high school, gave a man cancer and was a pet abusing, tax-cheating wymyn-hater, Democrat smears need to be met with fire.

And the whole, "Mitt Romney will outlaw tampons thing" that millions of leftists believed.

I still think it's possible for an intelligent man to make his case without sinking to the level of trash.

And it's one thing to attack Democrats fiercely; quite another to attack honorable men and women of one's own party as "Lyin' Ted the Canadian with the ugly wife," "Little Marco with the tiny dick," or "Carly Fiorina is too ugly to be president."

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:47 AM (O7MnT)

278 Lady with the hat needs a kick in the cooch.Not that I advocate violence mind you.
Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2016 09:46 AM (B48dK)

You mean the Home Depot bitch?
Damn Straight
Mooch's cousin?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 19, 2016 09:47 AM (V/InG)

279
Understood. This guy is doing a bit similar to, "but the crusades!!!"
Posted by: Papist Bograt at May 19, 2016 09:45 AM (326rv)

Sadly, he seems to be a post-Catholic Pope much as obamama is a post-American President.

Posted by: josephistan at May 19, 2016 09:48 AM (7HtZB)

280 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (X6fMO)

Do you think Cruz was not capable of that?

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 19, 2016 09:48 AM (V8uX9)

281 My Home Depot and Lowes rarely have people hiding in the shadows around them. Now the 7-11 I go to in Alexandria weekly... I can have about 11 futbol teams at any given time.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:47 AM (mEZce)
***
Oh, they aren't hiding; it just makes picking the,m up more convenient if they stay by the roads. Also, the shrubbery and such gives them a place to relieve themselves of the combined effects of endemic intestinal parasites and cheap-ass cerveza.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:49 AM (lutOX)

282 "My Home Depot and Lowes rarely have people hiding in the shadows around them. "

You stand in the shadows, nobody can see you to pick up for day-hire.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:49 AM (ptqRm)

283 Let's see how many things Obama can do for Herself when her lead disappears and it seems as if Trump might win.

How many more exec orders can he throw to gin up the left's turnout?

Posted by: the littl shyning man at May 19, 2016 09:49 AM (U6f54)

284
I still cant believe Google was honoring a woman who thought the Shining Path, Mao, Pol Pot, etc. were great. Really sick shit.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:49 AM (iQIUe)

285 Air Bus aircraft aren't the problem. It's the areas they are being operated in, the buyers neighborhood

VIA

I second your motion. This smells like Iran. President Choom going to have a hard time with this one

Posted by: ThunderB at May 19, 2016 09:50 AM (zOTsN)

286 Nood.

Posted by: steevy at May 19, 2016 09:51 AM (B48dK)

287 >>They've charged it as a hate crime. smh

How can it be a hate crime to not discern a person's sex identity? This charge assumes he could assess it properly before taking action - while Ebony was showing characteristics of *both* sexes, right?

Have the *laws* changed to make it legal for a person with a dick (that's a "man") to use the women's room - or are we now basing "hate" on someone not keeping up with this year's new definition of sexual identity, per some parts of popular culture?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 09:51 AM (NOIQH)

288 Oh, they aren't hiding; it just makes picking the,m up more convenient if they stay by the roads. Also, the shrubbery and such gives them a place to relieve themselves of the combined effects of endemic intestinal parasites and cheap-ass cerveza.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at May 19, 2016 09:49 AM (lutOX)

The hiding comment was tongue in cheek

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 19, 2016 09:51 AM (mEZce)

289 >>I still cant believe Google was honoring a woman who thought the Shining
Path, Mao, Pol Pot, etc. were great. Really sick shit.

That assumes the little juicebox techies know history.
Doubt they've ever heard of Shining Path, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 19, 2016 09:52 AM (NOIQH)

290 I'm currently in a city called Canton in GA, apparently short for Cantonista. They are standing at every gas station and parking lot in this little downtown area. All signage is in Spanish. Not much in the shadows here.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 19, 2016 09:52 AM (2tLz4)

291 Replica firearm.

A term we sometimes see in the news.
Looks exactly like a real firearm...but doesn't do anything.
This has caused me to come up with some new terms, along the same lines.

Replica Parents
Replica President

And so on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:53 AM (ptqRm)

292 I still think it's possible for an intelligent man to make his case without sinking to the level of trash.

And it's one thing to attack Democrats fiercely; quite another to attack honorable men and women of one's own party as "Lyin' Ted the Canadian with the ugly wife," "Little Marco with the tiny dick," or "Carly Fiorina is too ugly to be president."
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:47 AM (O7MnT)

I couldn't agree with you more, but it appears we are in the minority.

Trump has done nothing so far to address the fundamental problems that caused me to finally decide not to vote for him in the general, which is his right. As it is my right not to vote for him. I am no longer a Republican anyway so he's not "my guy".

Having no one to root for in this particular game, I have decided to watch Politics as entertainment. And I look forward to Trump beating the Clintons like a redheaded stepchild, metaphorically of course.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 09:53 AM (Mt8T4)

293 You know the funny part about the bathroom wars? I was in North Carolina Monday and Tuesday for business meetings. The airport had unisex bathrooms as well as Men and Women room. The business where we had the meeting had only unisex bathrooms.

This is not the modern equivalent of Selma.

I also met a cool Army guy who told me about the time he did a Dukes of Hazzard jump and got an uparmored HUMVEE fully airborne while chasing Hajis. Military guys have the best stories.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:54 AM (O7MnT)

294 247
John Schindler

Twitter provides daily lessons in how the #NeverTrump brigade simply can't get -- or accept -- that they are talking basically to themselves
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at May 19, 2016 09:35 AM (iQIUe)

There is another blog where I was a regular for 10 years, but left a couple of months because the TDS was over the top. I checked in last week, and if anything, it's gotten worse. It's like an echo chamber. Sad.

Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 09:54 AM (zoehZ)

295 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 19, 2016 09:43 AM (X6fMO)

Do you think Cruz was not capable of that?
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 19, 2016 09:48 AM (V8uX9)

No, he wasn't because he didn't.

Again Cruz couldn't win the Rep. primary season and his numbers were falling by the end of it.

That is not a successful retail politician.

Cruz will have another shot but he really needs to learn how to communicate to the average Joe and Jane.

Not just spout red meat for conservatives. He needs to learn how to connect his philosophical/political ideas to their concerns.

Trump just didn't call other candidates names, he spoke directly to their concerns.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 19, 2016 09:55 AM (oU3Bb)

296 Trump has done nothing so far to address the fundamental problems that caused me to finally decide not to vote for him in the general, which is his right. As it is my right not to vote for him. I am no longer a Republican anyway so he's not "my guy".

Yeah, neither Trump nor his supporters have been very gracious in victory. Unless, "Suck it, losers," is the new epitome of graciousness.

Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:56 AM (O7MnT)

297 "Unless, "Suck it, losers," is the new epitome of graciousness."

Worked well for "I Won" Obama

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:58 AM (ptqRm)

298 Posted by: rickl at May 19, 2016 09:54 AM (zoehZ)

There is no TDS on the Right. Derangement Syndrome requires a derangement based on false information or history. The opposition to Trump is based on his history, lies and inconsistencies.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 19, 2016 09:59 AM (V8uX9)

299 196
Not being catholic myself, is there a Job Description for the Pope?

Real question.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:16 AM (ptqRm)

Break out your bible and read the fifth chapter of the New Testament; "The Acts of The Apostles".
The Pope is theoretically the successor to Peter in who Jesus said was the rock in which his church would be built. The church's bishops are supposed to be the successors to the apostles and the Pope is their leader.
And no I am not Catholic myself.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 19, 2016 10:01 AM (vvmPQ)

300 Indeed. It seems like elections are decided on the basis of vacuous bumper-sticker slogans. "Make America Great Again" is just "Hope and Change," just older and whiter.
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:34 AM (O7MnT)

Adams makes a great point about slogans. They are there to define at a very high level what the campaign is about. What is Hillary's slogan? But anyways, Adams points out that Trump's slogan is great for two reasons, nostalgia and repeatability. Nostalgia is obvious, but repeatability is interesting. How many people now use Make X Great Again? If you do, it makes you think of Trump's slogan. I did it just this weekend before reading Adams' post. It's a great insight.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 19, 2016 10:01 AM (Ee2nz)

301 Figures, NOOD

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 19, 2016 10:01 AM (vvmPQ)

302 There is no TDS on the Right. Derangement Syndrome requires a derangement based on false information or history. The opposition to Trump is based on his history, lies and inconsistencies.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 19, 2016 09:59 AM (V8uX9)

May I disagree a little? I don't think anyone on this blog has TDS, but it is real. See: the late AmishDude.

But I think too many are too ready to conflate substantive disagreements with Trump, of which there are many, with TDS. Some expect us to fall in line because he has an R after his name and WINNIG!

No thanks.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 10:03 AM (Mt8T4)

303 "Unless, "Suck it, losers," is the new epitome of graciousness."

Worked well for "I Won" Obama
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 19, 2016 09:58 AM (ptqRm)

Ah, it's refreshing that the "right" is now gladly taking on attributes of the left.

Posted by: chique d'afrique at May 19, 2016 10:05 AM (Mt8T4)

304 There is no TDS on the Right. Derangement Syndrome requires a derangement based on false information or history. The opposition to Trump is based on his history, lies and inconsistencies.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at May 19, 2016 09:59 AM (V8uX9)

There is when you go beyond Trump's flaws and lot on the establishment Right did.

- Trump is Hitler
- Look at the violence Trump encourages and of his supporters
- Trump supporters are racists and so is Trump
- A host of statements taken out of context as supposed contradictions that with a fair reading weren't.

Most of the Trump supporters here have been fairly gracious with Trump winning. The most you get is the standard "We must all now unite behind the nominee." We would be hearing the same thing if Rubio or some other GOPe candidate won.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 19, 2016 10:07 AM (Ee2nz)

305 296 Trump has done nothing so far to address the fundamental problems that caused me to finally decide not to vote for him in the general, which is his right. As it is my right not to vote for him. I am no longer a Republican anyway so he's not "my guy".

Yeah, neither Trump nor his supporters have been very gracious in victory. Unless, "Suck it, losers," is the new epitome of graciousness.
Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:56 AM (O7MnT)

How so?

Posted by: eman at May 19, 2016 10:07 AM (MQEz6)

306
A possible solution to NYC's gender pronoun issues--do a Walter on them.

"Hi there. Welcome to_______--get your shit and get out."

No discrimination expressed or implied.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 19, 2016 10:11 AM (X35Yt)

307 Did I break the blog

Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2016 10:15 AM (Doh4+)

308 He won, you suck. Simple. The new normal.

Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2016 10:16 AM (Doh4+)

309 "Most of the Trump supporters here have been fairly gracious with Trump winning. The most you get is the standard "We must all now unite behind the nominee." We would be hearing the same thing if Rubio or some other GOPe candidate won.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at May 19, 2016 10:07 AM (Ee2nz)"

This is true, which is why I don't think #nevertrump really gets who the supporters actually, we're the same people that voted for Bush, McCain, and Romney. We have some new temporary republicans coming from the left. We have a very loud but not influential social media contingent, that is unfortunate. #nevertrump is also much louder than they are influential, and the influence seems to be waning by the hour, as people wake up to the fact that Trump is actually capable of winning.

Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at May 19, 2016 10:18 AM (n/ogz)

310 308 Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2016 10:16 AM (Doh4+)

You didn't break the blog, and it is more complicated than that.

"I won" is the necessary predicate to accomplish what politics is about in the end, "getting your agenda enacted."

It sucks, and in a sane Republic that cleaved to its Constitution "just win baby" wouldn't be so vital.

We are not a sane Republic.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 10:20 AM (g8Hfr)

311 309 Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at May 19, 2016 10:18 AM (n/ogz)

Indeed, I am simply doing what I have done my entire voting life.

Backing the GOP nominee.

Posted by: sven10077 at May 19, 2016 10:21 AM (g8Hfr)

312 Trump has done nothing so far to address the
fundamental problems that caused me to finally decide not to vote for
him in the general, which is his right. As it is my right not to vote
for him. I am no longer a Republican anyway so he's not "my guy".

Yeah, neither Trump nor his supporters have been very gracious in
victory. Unless, "Suck it, losers," is the new epitome of graciousness. Posted by: V the K at May 19, 2016 09:56 AM (O7MnT)
=====

I always think of the element mercury -- beneficial while well-contained but toxic in larger quantities. Cleaning up bits and pieces of mercury when the thermometer containment is broken is difficult to impossible.

Style is not quite as important as the documented mutability.

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