Tuesday Morning News Dump (7/12/16) [Mis. Hum.]

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1 First!

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 12, 2016 07:47 AM (1ijHg)

2 Good old Cali. A gas tax of $0.75 per gallon and it's never enough.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 12, 2016 07:49 AM (1ijHg)

3 Hopefully, and it is a faint hope, sugerberg will lose big on that suit.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 07:50 AM (WVsWD)

4 2 Good old Cali. A gas tax of $0.75 per gallon and it's never enough.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 12, 2016 07:49 AM (1ijHg)

Time to tax your feet

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 07:50 AM (voOPb)

5

DAY 1,344

119 to go (191 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, malicious mosquitos, 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 July 12, 2016 07:51 AM (27m1/)

6 No happy hour in Mass. Big government at its worst.

Posted by: redenzo at July 12, 2016 07:51 AM (WCnJW)

7
Potential Trump veep Michael Flynn and Michael Ledeen on Levin last night, talking about their new book.

Worth a listen.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:52 AM (27m1/)

8 American lives matter.

Posted by: Blogforce one at July 12, 2016 07:52 AM (BpvWC)

9
Actually, all of Levin last night was well worth it. The first hour alone underscores and puts the exclamation point on the Marxist/terrorist/treasonous BLM movement - with guess-who as it's head.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:54 AM (27m1/)

10
Its, not it's.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:54 AM (27m1/)

11 g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 12, 2016 07:54 AM (ZQfW9)

12
If Louie Gohmert and Ted Cruz were majority leaders, they'd have the Democrat miscreants forcibly removed from the House and Senate.

Oh well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:56 AM (27m1/)

13 I noticed that USA Today has been featuring a neat little "Trump and the Law" logo on their front page the past few days. The logo accompanies their hit pieces on Trump's legal problems.

Funny though, how there's no "Hillary and the Law" logo.

Posted by: Pyrocles at July 12, 2016 07:56 AM (fVOPU)

14
So, what is the political affiliation of the drunken judge?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:57 AM (27m1/)

15 Oh well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:56 AM (27m1/)

That's exactly what I said after I held my nose, swallowed my bile, and pulled the lever for mitt back in aught twelve.

Ah the memory........

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 07:58 AM (WVsWD)

16 13 I noticed that USA Today has been featuring a neat little "Trump and the Law" logo on their front page the past few days. The logo accompanies their hit pieces on Trump's legal problems.

Funny though, how there's no "Hillary and the Law" logo.
Posted by: Pyrocles at July 12, 2016 07:56 AM (fVOPU)

I hope and pray that the MFM will have zero effect on Trump's supporters and more importantly people on the fence.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 07:58 AM (27m1/)

17 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 12, 2016 07:58 AM (zp+j1)

18 Good morning Horde. Hope your coffee is fresh and your hell isn't.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 07:59 AM (RD7QR)

19 right now, Chris Cuomo is interviewing a rapper named Q-Tip on CNN. "Every neighborhood is not the same." Quite a sharp mind.

Posted by: mallfly suPreme at July 12, 2016 08:00 AM (Dk9UP)

20 "So, what is the political affiliation of the drunken judge? '

It wasn't mentioned so let's just assume a donkey.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 08:00 AM (WVsWD)

21 ood old Cali. A gas tax of $0.75 per gallon and it's never enough.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 12, 2016 07:49 AM (1ijHg)

Time to tax your feet

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 07:50 AM (voOPb)

The real fun doesn't start until the rest of the country is forced to bail California out of the stinking mess of it's own making.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 08:01 AM (vqOWV)

22 What is this Pokemon shit? You follow your screen for something that isn't there?

WTF? More people walking the streets without looking where they're going?

I got a new game.. everyone in their cars and aim for Pokemon Go players! Highest score wins!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 12, 2016 08:01 AM (UpGcq)

23
Some new and pretty good posts at Cut Jib, if I say so myself. Give us a click.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:03 AM (27m1/)

24 I think the principle damage the ass clown and snark artist John Stewert has done is given birth to unrepentant deuschebag leftists like Seth Myers who have no business critiquing a serious man making a serious point as Giuliani was of BLM.

If you haven't seen it, it's as disgusting and revolting as you might imagine it to be.

Posted by: Kreplach at July 12, 2016 08:03 AM (jL9EW)

25 Funniest thing about the Pokemon stuff: Some people going to the Westboro Baptist Church location (in real life) and setting it up as a location for Clefairy.

And apparently the Westboro folks are fighting back with Jiggleypuff!

What a world, what a world.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:03 AM (Dj0WE)

26 19 Posted by: mallfly suPreme at July 12, 2016 08:00 AM (Dk9UP)

As I once heard a youth of unknown ethnicity say, "Dis ain't no nay-bah-hood! It a commun-ah-tee!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:04 AM (27m1/)

27 Weekend in Baltimore....went well....toured the city and you can see the divide between the black populations...Many areas are very poor and a mess, and some of the areas look very nice...saw the rebuilt CVS, that's in one of the areas that is a mess, crappy roads go with burned out row house areas, Good roads in the more upscale areas....

Posted by: Colin at July 12, 2016 08:05 AM (HQP2c)

28 "So, what is the political affiliation of the drunken judge? '

It wasn't mentioned so let's just assume a donkey.

Safe assumption. If he'd been an R, you'd already know it.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:05 AM (I1MCJ)

29 The real fun doesn't start until the rest of the country is forced to bail California out of the stinking mess of it's own making.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 08:01 AM (vqOWV)

Zombie Gerald Ford to California: Drop dead.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:06 AM (Dj0WE)

30 HAPPY HOUR DISCOUNTS?! THOSE ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE!

I WAS PART OF A DYNASTY!

HIC!

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy, screaming from the Outer Darkness at July 12, 2016 08:06 AM (rUc9h)

31 "Obama Administration, see no evil, hear no evil when it comes to Iran"

This headline, of course, is dishonest.

It's dishonest to say that the administration engineered our surrender to Iran.

The administration--with the 100% complicity of the Republican Congress--engineered our surrender to Iran. Have we forgotten Bob Corker's role in this?

The problem American citizens face is larger than Obama, the Democrats, and/or the Left.

If there's to be a solution to the problems we face, that must start by acknowledging that the GOP is part of the problem.

Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 08:07 AM (97XyN)

32 right now, Chris Cuomo is interviewing a rapper named Q-Tip on CNN.

Is he white?

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (I1MCJ)

33 "...a youth of unknown ethnicity..."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:04 AM (27m1/)

Professor of Ethnic Studies at Columbia?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (Zu3d9)

34 24 Posted by: Kreplach at July 12, 2016 08:03 AM (jL9EW)

I refuse to watch a mewling panty-waist propagandist. Now, if I had the opportunity to meet him face to face, I'd give him a "piece of mind" so to speak.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (27m1/)

35
The real fun doesn't start until the rest of the country is forced to bail California out of the stinking mess of it's own making.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 08:01 AM (vqOWV)

It's a race between them and Illinois. Although I would give the nod to CA.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (voOPb)

36 32 Is he white?
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (I1MCJ)

Is he fluffy?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (27m1/)

37 Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (I1MCJ)

He's giving him an earful!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 08:08 AM (Zu3d9)

38 As Tuesday's dawn breaks anew a grieving nation awaits the wisdom of The POTUS Teleprompter carnival show in Dallas.

Posted by: malignantly aggrieved and economically useless at July 12, 2016 08:09 AM (3ZttN)

39
WTF? More people walking the streets without looking where they're going?

I recall about two dozen years ago soneone with a Sony Walkman and wearing earphones while listening to music stepped out into traffic and lived Darwin's Law.

#StupidNeverSleeps

On the other hand, I did see a comment somewhere yesterday that Pokemon Go got more kids up and moving in one week than anything FLOTUS Scowly McScowlerson, self-assigned and world reknowned nutrition, exercise and weight loss expert, did in seven and a half years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 08:10 AM (fOgSR)

40 *hic*

Posted by: !Hillary at July 12, 2016 08:11 AM (THtDV)

41 Oh, and I'm not buying the faulty drug test/false convictions story. Just another lawyer money grab that doesn't pass the common sense test.

If you aren't using drugs, you aren't going to plea to a lesser charge.

If you ARE using drugs, and the test has some flaws in it, YOU plead guilty to something. YOU did that. Nobody got convicted falsely.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:11 AM (Dj0WE)

42 Ima gonna become a rapper.
Call myself Ko Tex.
Because I'm white, uptight, and outta sight!

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:12 AM (I1MCJ)

43 The real fun doesn't start until the rest of the country is forced to bail California out of the stinking mess of it's own making.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 08:01 AM (vqOWV)

I'll bet my home state goes before Cali. Every time even a small fix is passed by the Legislature, the Illinois SC declares it unconstitutional.

Mo money is always yea! Less money is always nay!!!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 08:12 AM (WVsWD)

44 On the other hand, I did see a comment somewhere yesterday that Pokemon Go got more kids up and moving in one week than anything FLOTUS Scowly McScowlerson, self-assigned and world reknowned nutrition, exercise and weight loss expert, did in seven and a half years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 08:10 AM (fOgSR)

And with Pokemon gyms being located in places like churches, who knows. Maybe kids find them some religion to boot.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:13 AM (Dj0WE)

45 38 As Tuesday's dawn breaks anew a grieving nation awaits the wisdom of The POTUS Teleprompter carnival show in Dallas.
Posted by: malignantly aggrieved and economically useless at July 12, 2016 08:09 AM (3ZttN)

Legitimize a terrorist organization by equating it with the suffrage and civil rights movements. Intentionally lie about history to confuse and confound opposition, make said opposition into an evil that must be destroyed and then foment total insurrection.

Mental midget which is not mutually exclusive to him being scum, evil, traitorous and tyrannical.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:13 AM (27m1/)

46 42 Ima gonna become a rapper.
Call myself Ko Tex.
Because I'm white, uptight, and outta sight!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:12 AM (I1MCJ)

Thread Winner.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:14 AM (27m1/)

47 One of the sheriff's departments in my area has felt the need to issue a public reminder that playing this Pokemon Go thing does not give one a free pass to trespass on private property. Which, apparently, has become a local problem: retarded adult children with smartphones wandering around outside churches, businesses, and private homes, often at night, in order to "find" Pokemon.

What a dumb time to be alive? Yes.

Posted by: Stu-22 at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (rUc9h)

48 G'morning, all.

Summer colds suck.

Mucus rivers out my nose, sinus pressure headache bad enough for my teeth to hurt.

And aching joints.

Maybe it's Zika.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (ptqRm)

49 "right now, Chris Cuomo is interviewing a rapper named Q-Tip on CNN. "

What about me?

Posted by: Generic Brand Cotton Swab at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (9ym/8)

50 Ima gonna become a rapper.
Call myself Ko Tex.
Because I'm white, uptight, and outta sight!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:12 AM (I1MCJ)

Thread Winner.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:14 AM (27m1/)

You don't want to pull that thread. Trust me on this.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (Dj0WE)

51 morning all

42/43 We were running to the grocery store yesterday, and almost hit two or three groups of kids, who were walking across the parking lot and looking at their phones, rather than the cars trying to park.

I have never seen ANY kids walking in that parking lot, unless they were carrying groceries for their moms.

So it's good that they are getting out, I just wish they would watch where they were going.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (ezHMO)

52
Pam Purrz

Also Ro Gaine, Ultra Sheen, Anna Sin, Ban Dade . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (27m1/)

53 50 You don't want to pull that thread. Trust me on this.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (Dj0WE)

Golf clap.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:16 AM (27m1/)

54 No rest for the weary, since Dallas cops will have to turn out to protect TFG as he sucks maximum publicity from the murders of so many of their colleagues.

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 08:16 AM (/m8T6)

55
Lyte Daze . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:16 AM (27m1/)

56 On the other hand, I did see a comment somewhere yesterday that Pokemon Go got more kids up and moving in one week than anything FLOTUS Scowly McScowlerson, self-assigned and world reknowned nutrition, exercise and weight loss expert, did in seven and a half years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 08:10 AM (fOgSR)

Don't worry...either she, or her lib sycophants will eventually credit Mooch for that.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 08:16 AM (vqOWV)

57 Happy The Twelfth

All you Irish Catholics suck it!

LOL

Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at July 12, 2016 08:16 AM (wmxwV)

58 "The POTUS Teleprompter carnival show in Dallas."

Oh God......

Posted by: Generic Brand Cotton Swab at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (9ym/8)

59 sorry-42, I meant 43/44. But your comment is gold.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (ezHMO)

60 HAH!

Local news guy just said this, I swear:

"Are you trying to stop your child from fucking? Uh-- thumb-sucking?"

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (g6yUI)

61 http://preview.tinyurl.com/zc4qxe9

Aaannndddd.......

My dear kirk......

When the election comes up, I'll be writing in my Wife's name for your Senate seat.

Right after I vote for Trump! for POTUS.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (WVsWD)

62 Is there a rapper named Kwell yet?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (27m1/)

63 Get away Cotton Swab!

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (9ym/8)

64 No rest for the weary, since Dallas cops will have to turn out to protect TFG as he sucks maximum publicity from the murders of so many of their colleagues.

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 08:16 AM (/m8T6)

We're going to get a lecture on race, which will last a couple minutes, then the rest of the time we'll be told by Obama how freaking awesome he is.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (vqOWV)

65 Good morning all.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 12, 2016 08:18 AM (6n332)

66 38 As Tuesday's dawn breaks anew a grieving nation awaits the wisdom of The POTUS Teleprompter carnival show in Dallas.
Posted by: malignantly aggrieved and economically useless at July 12, 2016 08:09 AM (3ZttN)

Sweet Jesus, haven't they suffered enough?

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 08:18 AM (RD7QR)

67 53 50 You don't want to pull that thread. Trust me on this.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (Dj0WE

No need, there are wings.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:18 AM (voOPb)

68 Michael Ledeen mentioned yesterday that more books were translated into Spanish in 2015 than have been translated into Arabic in the past 1,000 years.

Ho. Lee. Fook.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:19 AM (27m1/)

69 60 HAH!

Local news guy just said this, I swear:

"Are you trying to stop your child from fucking? Uh-- thumb-sucking?"
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (g6yUI

Unemployment rate to creep higher in your area

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:19 AM (voOPb)

70 Actually, Herbal Essence is would work as a rap name.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:20 AM (27m1/)

71
Positionally fluid comments again here, I see.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 08:21 AM (fOgSR)

72 69 "Are you trying to stop your child from fucking? Uh-- thumb-sucking?"
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (g6yUI

Even Ernie Anastos had an excuse for the chicken thing. I mean, there's an entire word before "sucking" so it had to be intentional.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:21 AM (27m1/)

73 HAH!

Local news guy just said this, I swear:

"Are you trying to stop your child from fucking? Uh-- thumb-sucking?"
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (g6yUI

Unemployment rate to creep higher in your area
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:19 AM (voOPb)

That awkward period between utterance and unemployment.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:21 AM (I1MCJ)

74 48 Maybe it's Zika.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 12, 2016 08:15 AM (ptqRm)

Less Zika, more Seka.

Jeez, I'm perseverating on that like whats-his-name with Winona.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:22 AM (27m1/)

75 63 Get away Cotton Swab!
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 08:17 AM (9ym/

Is that the B side of an Andy Williams record?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:23 AM (27m1/)

76 Less Zika, more Seka.

Less veg, more Aunt Peg.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:23 AM (I1MCJ)

77 76 Less veg, more Aunt Peg.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:23 AM (I1MCJ)

Not much of a fan of hers.

True story: I saw Veronica Hart breastfeed her kid right in front of me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:24 AM (27m1/)

78 Megyn Kelly intro'd Huckabee a year or so ago saying F*ckab...before catching herself and laughing. He laughed too, if memory serves.

If there was any justice in the world, the entirety of the Dallas PD would turn their backs on this jug-earred pr*ck during his speech. But I have no doubt he'll get their respect (feigned or not), when he deserves nothing of the kind.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (+FSld)

79 It's my opinion that people who are still using FaceBook, at least the ones who profess to believe in what this country was founded on, might possibly need to spend some time in introspection.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (4ng05)

80 What is up with the picture of the lady in the dress and the riot cops running up to her? It makes no sense.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (Ee2nz)

81 Less glaucoma more Winona!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (WEUYQ)

82 78 Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (+FSld)

Like what the NYPD did to DeBolshevik. Unfortunately in this instance, Texans are generally much more polite than us NY'ers.

I could be wrong.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:26 AM (27m1/)

83 81 Less glaucoma more Winona!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (WEUYQ)

You!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:26 AM (27m1/)

84 80 What is up with the picture of the lady in the dress and the riot cops running up to her? It makes no sense.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (Ee2nz)

It's easy to be brave when you know absolutely nothing is going to happen because you're showboating for the media.

I wish I could reanimate the guy from Tiananmen Square in front of a tank column long enough to have him spit in that slag's face.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:28 AM (27m1/)

85 If you let us moderate these posts there would be a lot less for smartphone users to scroll thru. Think of the time savings!

Posted by: Facebook at July 12, 2016 08:28 AM (OLNwX)

86
Fuck Fakebook. That is all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:30 AM (27m1/)

87 Bringing this over from the ONT:

And the Clueless Bitch Award goes to the ex-wife of the idiot who killed two deputies yesterday:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/hw2mcbj

Seriously, check out the stupid.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:30 AM (g6yUI)

88 Good morning all! It never occurred to me that there were places that happy hour was illegal. I thought it was bad enough here in Minnesota with our no liquor sales on Sunday b.s..

I grew up in N.J. We had Sunday Blue Laws as well. The hardware sections of the grocery store would be roped off because- no work done on Sundays! Was that a state or county thing?

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 08:31 AM (3yXfd)

89 Dr. Sandra Whitehouse is a consultant who serves as the Senior Policy Advisor for the Ocean Conservancy, where she focuses on the Smart Ocean Planning, Ocean Acidification and Trash Free Seas programs. For the past twenty years Dr. Whitehouse has used her marine science expertise to advise clients on a variety of environmental policy issues.

Posted by: Bill Ayers at July 12, 2016 08:31 AM (e8kgV)

90 So the Donks want to call out the Global Warming deniers on the Senate and House floors. They can't wait to control the energy spigot of the country. Rolling blackouts here we come.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at July 12, 2016 08:32 AM (Z4hTv)

91 Zuckerberg has a hard time identifying terrorist groups; Hamas, PLO, BLM...they are all good

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 08:32 AM (c6/9Q)

92 87 Seriously, check out the stupid.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:30 AM (g6yUI)

Dumb Lives Matter (not a whit).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:32 AM (27m1/)

93 Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (Ee2nz)

She feels that she's doing the work of God, and of course she's dressed beautifully-just the correct attire to be in a protest. My cynical guess-she was put up to it and paid, or as J.J. says, She's grandstanding on her own.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:32 AM (bpZlE)

94 Seriously, check out the stupid.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:30 AM (g6yUI)

I would say "stupid" is awfully polite.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:33 AM (voOPb)

95 "I thought it was bad enough here in Minnesota with our no liquor sales on Sunday b.s.."

Howdy!

Posted by: Texas at July 12, 2016 08:34 AM (9ym/8)

96 I just wish they (the MSM) would stop bombarding the airwaves with this story:

https://tinyurl.com/jofwvec

Muslim sexual assault cover-up in Idaho.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 08:34 AM (4ng05)

97 Suddenly, NBC poll (usually a dem-favoring outlier) shows the presidential race at MOE:

http://tinyurl.com/grczh4l

Hillary +3. A fluke, or fallout from the e-mail and acquittal scandals?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 08:34 AM (g6yUI)

98 Less glaucoma more ~~Winona~~ ~~Yoko~~ ~~Lena~~ Trigglypuff!

FIFY.

Posted by: The Horde's Aesthetic at July 12, 2016 08:34 AM (OF/aZ)

99 93 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:32 AM (bpZlE)

The cops appear to be stumbling backwards, contra the meme. Meh. Maybe she's got bad B.O.

B.O. SWIDT???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:35 AM (27m1/)

100 Sadly, my niece just went to work for Facebook (in her dream job, expanding web infrastructure). She hates reading these kinds of stories but I tell her: Love the job, not the company. No worries!

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 08:35 AM (/m8T6)

101
Trump's doing a rally today in Westfield, Indiana at 7:30 pm. He gave a darn good speech on Veterans' Reform yesterday in Virginia Beach, introducing his speech with a detour into the other brave men and women who serve in uniform (cops) and slamming the hell out of Hillary and making her part and parcel of the degradation of law and order. Promised an investigation of the V.A., the results of which would be laid before Congress to create new legislation on it. Also promised reform of the civil service rules that allow child molesters and armed robbers to keep their jobs at the V.A. and award bonuses to executives who ran hundreds of millions of dollars over budget.

Be nice if he could stay passionate AND on the rails for his appearance tonight.

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:35 AM (pC96u)

102 Dear AoSHQ deity,

Please have Paul Ryan lose his Primary. Please.

I'd ask for Hillary to lose the general, but I suspect her evil powers are beyond even you.

So lets start with a Ryan wrecking miracle first.

Your Loyal Buddy,
TeamRawDog

Posted by: TeamRawDog - eyes closed and on my knees at July 12, 2016 08:36 AM (10hEu)

103 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:35 AM (27m1/)

They were all struck by her beauty and serenity that they fell back in awe.

I really don't like being this cynical.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:36 AM (bpZlE)

104 101 Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:35 AM (pC96u)

He really needs to step it up and start attacking Tia Borracha and the Dog Eater for BLM.

Law and Order baby. Which as a theme can also be used against the unindicted felon Democrat candidate.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:37 AM (27m1/)

105 103 I really don't like being this cynical.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:36 AM (bpZlE)

Cynicism is the opium of the Horde.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:37 AM (27m1/)

106 Trump in Indiana ? who else is in Indiana ? Mike Pence ! just saying...

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 08:37 AM (c6/9Q)

107 "Was that a state or county thing?"

Here in Texas that was a state law thing. For many years growing up no retail, other than grocery stores or movie theaters, open on Sunday. And most places shut down at noon at Saturday. You got your ass to town and got everything you needed Saturday morning and no fooling around was tolerated.

Posted by: Texas at July 12, 2016 08:38 AM (9ym/8)

108 the polling seems to be settling in at a 3-4 point advantage for the Clinton Crime Lord nationally, and in Ohio and a bunch of battleground states Trump looks pretty strong.

Florida, though, is a serious problem. That's where the election is going to be fought, IMO, and he is solidly behind there.

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 08:38 AM (/m8T6)

109 I grew up in N.J. We had Sunday Blue Laws as well. The hardware sections of the grocery store would be roped off because- no work done on Sundays! Was that a state or county thing?

Had them in St. Louis growing up.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:39 AM (I1MCJ)

110
He really needs to step it up and start attacking Tia Borracha and the Dog Eater for BLM.

Law and Order baby. Which as a theme can also be used against the unindicted felon Democrat candidate.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:37 AM (27m1/)
----------------------

He was scathing. Said Tia Borracha is escaping justice in a system that she herself has rigged. You can catch the whole thing at RealClearPolitics. And yes, he's got to keep it up and stay focused.

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:40 AM (pC96u)

111 41 Oh, and I'm not buying the faulty drug test/false convictions story.
Just another lawyer money grab that doesn't pass the common
sense test.

If you aren't using drugs, you aren't going to plea to a lesser charge.

Posted by: BurtTC

I'm gonna disagree with you on this. Facing two years in prison vs. a 45 day stretch -- This is FREQUENTLY the kind of difference you face in sentencing risk you take when you turn down a plea deal and go to trial and lose. And the State rarely loses, cuz it has all the lawyer power it wants to tap, the expert 'witnesses', etc. and so forth. It takes money, and lots of it, to put on a good defense.

It's why 95% of cases are pleaded out; in fact, the system would crash if even 20% demanded a trial. So the plea terms are usually pretty lenient compared to 'the full force of the law'. And people facing charges are told by every defense lawyer that if they go to trial and lose, they will get hit much much harder than if they plea.

Because it's true.

And also keep in mind that some prosecutors and cops will bend or break the rules (ie hide exculpatory evidence, lie, etc.) to get a conviction.

This is why people plead guilty to charges they are not guilty of.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 08:40 AM (gyKtp)

112 I can't sock for shit today.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 08:41 AM (9ym/8)

113 "Be nice if he could stay passionate AND on the rails for his appearance tonight."

It would be nice if Trump was perfect in every way.

He's not.

That is what is attracting so many people to him.

What you get is what you get.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 08:41 AM (WVsWD)

114 110 Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:40 AM (pC96u)

Keep it up and stay focused.

- - Bob Dole approves this message.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:41 AM (27m1/)

115 Right Texas! Not being able to run to the store to get a bottle of wine last minute on Sunday is annoying. Not to mention where I live, we don't have liquor in the grocery stores. So a separate stop is needed for a bottle of wine. One good thing is we have nice wine shops with good selections, but still. The republicans keep trying to introduce Sunday sale bills, but they get shot down each time. Progress was made recently with the allowance of growler sales on Sunday for all the new breweries!

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 08:42 AM (3yXfd)

116 "Had them in St. Louis growing up."

St. Louis....!?!

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 08:42 AM (9ym/8)

117 It's easy to be brave when you know absolutely nothing is going to happen because you're showboating for the media.

I wish I could reanimate the guy from Tiananmen Square in front of a tank column long enough to have him spit in that slag's face.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:28 AM (27m1/)

I'm just confused about the cops. They look like they hit an invisible forcefield. Even a pair of plastic zip binders is loose and flying to the ground. What is going on? She's not too close to the police line. There has to be something behind her, not in the picture that is happening.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:43 AM (Ee2nz)

118 The feel good story made me really happy this morning. I'm glad that kid had a great day.

Posted by: IC at July 12, 2016 08:43 AM (KTFfX)

119 117 Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:43 AM (Ee2nz)

She has breath that can knock a buzzard off a shit wagon.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:44 AM (27m1/)

120 109 I grew up in N.J. We had Sunday Blue Laws as well. The hardware sections of the grocery store would be roped off because- no work done on Sundays! Was that a state or county thing?

Had them in St. Louis growing up.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 08:39 AM (I1MCJ)

We still have them in PA for liquor and, for some strange reason, cars: all showrooms, new and used, close on Sunday by law. (Shrug). Blue laws never made sense to me; it just meant that people would stock up on the banned acts/substances on Saturday, binge on Sunday, and then be useless on Monday.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 08:44 AM (RD7QR)

121 Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:43 AM (Ee2nz)

Possibly a cut and paste-cropped not to show what the were forced back against, because let's face it- the woman does not have some invisible ray like a repelling force field.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:46 AM (bpZlE)

122 At the risk of bashing our forefathers, the blue laws are hold-overs from our Puritan past.

Considering the state of our culture, where little girls practice fellatio as a form of friendship and guys chop their cocks off to become women, it really is a wonder that these laws are still in the books.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:48 AM (27m1/)

123 actually trump's new message - him being a "law and order" candidate is kind of brilliant - today's environment demands it , plus - hillary can't really campaign on it, can she.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 08:49 AM (c6/9Q)

124 121 Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:43 AM (Ee2nz)

Possibly a cut and paste-cropped not to show what the were forced back against, because let's face it- the woman does not have some invisible ray like a repelling force field.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:46 AM (bpZlE)

Her name is Zod. And the cops are merely kneeling.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:49 AM (27m1/)

125 The reason for blue laws is not so that you can drive a car or drink on Sunday.

It's so the working people can go to church. That was the thing. It was never about what they were selling. Nits about time off to worship

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 08:50 AM (zOTsN)

126 Good grief. More coffee

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (zOTsN)

127 We still have them in PA for liquor and, for some strange reason, cars: all showrooms, new and used, close on Sunday by law. (Shrug). Blue laws never made sense to me; it just meant that people would stock up on the banned acts/substances on Saturday, binge on Sunday, and then be useless on Monday.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 08:44 AM (RD7QR)

****

GA had statewide blue laws until about 5 years ago. After that, Counties voted individually whether to allow Sunday sales. Most chose freedom, but not all. Liquor store owners were the most opposed, as they would then have to be open for another day for no real bump in sales.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (V2+JX)

128 Caveat: I'm not anti-police, by and large, just like in any other situation, there are problems.

That said, police departments, local and state governments, could take a pretty significant step, in my humble opinion toward changing broad attitudes toward police - and corruption, in general, if they'd at least appear to put a stop to the blatantly corrupt practice of legalized, government sanctioned theft that is civil asset forfeiture. As long at that openly corrupt practice persists, people are not going to trust police. They just aren't.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (4ng05)

129
It would be nice if Trump was perfect in every way.

He's not.

That is what is attracting so many people to him.

What you get is what you get.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 08:41 AM (WVsWD)
------------------------

Hard to put my finger on exactly what I'd change. I definitely don't want him to be the conventional candidate that would fall to a monotonous pantsuited tank, but sometimes I wish his stream of consciousness ran a little smoother. Anyway, the general's gonna be fun and the debates I have no idea. Maybe they'll draw sabers.

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (pC96u)

130 "We still have them in PA for liquor and, for some strange reason, cars: all showrooms"

We have that here in MN as well. You would think that having a showroom open on the weekend would bring in more families.

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 08:52 AM (3yXfd)

131 121 Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:43 AM (Ee2nz)

Possibly a cut and paste-cropped not to show what the were forced back against, because let's face it- the woman does not have some invisible ray like a repelling force field.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:46 AM (bpZlE

Perhaps it was a Stay Fresh moment

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:52 AM (voOPb)

132 Hola!

Sale alert - Amazon Prime Day today.

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 08:52 AM (7lVbc)

133 Thousands convicted wrongly by unreliable drug tests

I failed one once when working a temp job, and I hadn't touched any drugs. Luckily, the results came in on my last day anyway, as I had already found regular employment.

I was driving a forktruck at an enormous plant that makes a very well-known brand of tires. 3 weeks into the gig, my boss says,"I still haven't sent you for your drug screening and the big bosses are on my ass, so you have to go tomorrow. You get paid for your time."

I said, "Um, I already told you that's my last day here because I start my new job on Monday."

He says "I know it's ridiculous red tape, but if you don't go I can get in trouble."

So I went for the screening, completely clean of any drugs. Because the lab is required to notify you immediately if you fail, I got a call that afternoon telling me I "failed." I laughed and said "Your test sucks and today was my last day there anyway."

But yeah, the tests are inaccurate. If that had been my real job I wouldn't have been laughing.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 08:52 AM (WlGX+)

134 Anyway

Blue laws are about the commandment "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy"

It's not about not drinking or not buying cars. It's about giving people Sunday off to worship

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 08:52 AM (zOTsN)

135 Cops stopping for chow at a NC Zaxbys were taunted and served with altered food:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/z4vdbqc

It seems to me that in the current environment for cops, eating out in uniform is a uniformly bad idea. I'm not at all defending the assholes doing it, but not burying your head in the sand does come into play.

Brown bag it for a while, officers.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 08:53 AM (gyKtp)

136 Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (V2+JX)

Bergen County NJ has Blue Laws, and it's great!

Exceptions are liquor, food, hardware. And that works perfectly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 08:53 AM (Zu3d9)

137 I still can't believe that sharia loving Theresa May is gonna be PM.

The Brits are just gonna meekly take this, aren't they?

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 08:53 AM (7lVbc)

138 129 Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (pC96u)

Trump was absolutely brilliant when he gave that telepromptered speech a few weeks ago in NYC. I think it helps him to stay focused on the issues, while still being able to address them in his own style.

Bottom line is being prepared and not off the cuff 100% of the time only helps him.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:53 AM (27m1/)

139 123 actually trump's new message - him being a "law and order" candidate is kind of brilliant - today's environment demands it , plus - hillary can't really campaign on it, can she.
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 08:49 AM (c6/9Q

She can, but from the other perspective

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:54 AM (voOPb)

140 OT: An NBC exec on not broadcasting the Rio Opening Ceremonies live: "The people who watch the Olympics are not particularly sports fans. More women watch the Games than men, and for the women, they're less interested in the result and more interested in the journey."

Cause, effect? Of course your viewers aren't sports fans because you don't show sports!

Posted by: t-bird at July 12, 2016 08:54 AM (w35Hj)

141 PA has the screwiest liquor laws I've ever dealt with. Last summer while we were at Gettysburg we hunted for hours for a bottle of wine. Never found it. Found a "beer barn", no hard liquor, no wine. And several of the places we ate at would fill up a to go growler for you if you had a growler. The beer barn we found was locked up and we had to wait for someone to escort us through it. Like we were buying crack or something.

Posted by: nckate at July 12, 2016 08:54 AM (tna7B)

142
Keep it up and stay focused.

- - Bob Dole approves this message.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:41 AM (27m1/)
------------------------

Is he endorsing Lasik now?

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (pC96u)

143 THC stays in the fatty tissues of regular users

A person who is a regular user may take up to a month to pee clean even if they stopped using

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (zOTsN)

144 >>Liquor store owners were the most opposed, as they would then have to be open for another day for no real bump in sales.

That's interesting. MA was one of the last holdout states for no liquor sales on Sunday. Some of the biggest opponents were liquor store owners in cities and towns near the border, particularly NH, where the liquor stores were open on Sundays. They claimed they were losing a lot of business to other states and the laws finally came down.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (/tuJf)

145 hillary can't really campaign on it, can she.

Are you kidding me? I'll make zillions of new laws and order you to follow them!

Posted by: Hillary! at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (w35Hj)

146 134
It's not about not drinking or not buying cars. It's about giving people Sunday off to worship
Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 08:52 AM (zOTsN)

I'd say it violates one's right to act as he or she pleases, but back then everyone went to church. Kind of makes the concept of a blue law sort of a waste of time even back then.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (27m1/)

147 142
Is he endorsing Lasik now?
Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (pC96u)

Third eye lasik.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:56 AM (27m1/)

148 Possibly a cut and paste-cropped not to show what the were forced back against, because let's face it- the woman does not have some invisible ray like a repelling force field.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2016 08:46 AM (bpZlE)

It has to be something like that. Possibly it's Photoshopped in some manner? There is nothing in the context of that picture that makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:56 AM (Ee2nz)

149
80 What is up with the picture of the lady in the dress and the riot cops running up to her? It makes no sense.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (Ee2nz)

To what picture or article does this refer?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 08:56 AM (fOgSR)

150 There aren't any laws against selling liquor on Sundays here in Wisconsin, because, Wisconsin. Car dealerships are closed though, and of course Hobby Lobby. There's a Hobby Lobby around the corner from my church, and I always think of something I need from HL when I'm there, but no. I'm glad of their big sign that says we are closed so our employees can go worship and spend time with their families, even when it inconveniences me.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 08:57 AM (dFi94)

151 Mike Pence serves the Chamber of Commerce, period. He would be a terrible choice for VP.

Our sales tax is higher than Illinios. Indiana is one of a handful of states that force you to pay sales tax on rebate amount when purchasing a new vehicle. His defense of religious freedom has been very, very lame. His administration favors legislation that usurps the decision making role of county government.

He a top-down guy and an attorney. Like we need more of those types in DC.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 08:58 AM (dlvSM)

152 150 Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 08:57 AM (dFi94)

Damn anti-semites!

/s I keed!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:58 AM (27m1/)

153 Oh, and here in Wisconsin you can buy liquor pretty much anywhere - gas stations, gift shops, grocery stores. Every place except Hobby Lobby.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 08:58 AM (dFi94)

154 Sharpton on MSNBC. He can't find anything to bitch about on Trump's statement so he whines that he expects a presidential candidate to say specifically how he's going to change things.

Joe Scarborough found his spine, thankfully, and reminded Sharpton that neither Obama or Hillary offered specifics in their statements. A point that Sharpton was forced to concede.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 08:59 AM (WlGX+)

155 151 Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 08:58 AM (dlvSM)

Better than Newt and Krispy, but far from ideal. General Flynn or the governor from Oklahoma seem much more intriguing and dynamic to me.

And of course the fantasy picks like al-Sisi, Allen West, Dave Clarke, etc.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:00 AM (27m1/)

156 News you can possibly use -- If you own a late model Ram pickup/Jeep, thieves have figured out to hack into your vehicle to steal it:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jub985y

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 09:00 AM (gyKtp)

157 >>>
PA has the screwiest liquor laws I've ever dealt with.<<<

This is to protect the livestock from the sex-crazed, drunken hillbillies.

Posted by: Fritz at July 12, 2016 09:00 AM (2Mnv1)

158
141 PA has the screwiest liquor laws I've ever dealt with.

There have been efforts for years to get PA state out of the liquor store business and turn sales over entirely to private businesses. These have been firmly opposed by - you guessed it - the unionized state employees of said state liquor stores.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 09:00 AM (fOgSR)

159 80 What is up with the picture of the lady in the dress and the riot cops running up to her? It makes no sense.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 08:25 AM (Ee2nz)

They look like they're doing some bizarre interpretive dance, while she channels an Egyptian princess.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:01 AM (WlGX+)

160 154 Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 08:59 AM (WlGX+)

It should be noted that Irreverend Sharpton promoted the killing of cops in '92, incited the deaths of people at Freddie's Fashion Mart and the Crown Heights Riots.

Banjo Boy Scarborough say anything about that?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:01 AM (27m1/)

161 "It's so the working people can go to church. That was the thing. It was never about what they were selling. Nits about time off to worship"

Yeah, I know. It was about keeping Sunday Holy and restful. The 24/7 world that began to develop in the last several decades began to render it out of date. Laws here changed sometime in the early 90s. Want a hamburger from the Dariy Queen 10pm on a Sunday night now, you got it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 09:02 AM (9ym/8)

162 Anyone ever go into Hobby Lobby, and when they play the overhead background music, you know all the words? And sometimes start singing them out loud?

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:02 AM (dFi94)

163 JJ you are still looking at it from the perspective of a consumer and not the person who then has to work on Sunday. It's an antiquated idea since fewer and fewer people go to church anymore, but the idea was to give all Christians the day off to worship. Same reason you go to an uber Jewish part of Brooklyn or Israel and the stores are closed on Saturday.

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (zOTsN)

164 Here is the picture.

http://tinyurl.com/zmqjym7

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (Ee2nz)

165 "It seems to me that in the current environment for cops, eating out in uniform is a uniformly bad idea."

Yet somehow you never hear of these sorts of things happening to cops who stop in for a meal at Chick-fil-A.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (noWW6)

166 162 Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:02 AM (dFi94)

I don't suppose it was the Mantovani version of "Highway to Hell."

Actually, many years ago, I was in a supermarket and heard the Muzak version of Aerosmith's "Dream On." At that point, I knew I was no longer young.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (27m1/)

167 >>>Bottom line is being prepared and not off the cuff 100% of the time only helps him.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 08:53 AM (27m1/)

I had a few commanders that could have used that advice.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (WEUYQ)

168 She can, but from the other perspective

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 08:54 AM (voOPb)

vote for me - no law will stop me !

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:04 AM (c6/9Q)

169 128 Caveat: I'm not anti-police, by and large, just like in any other situation, there are problems.

That said, police departments, local and state governments, could take a pretty significant step, in my humble opinion toward changing broad attitudes toward police - and corruption, in general, if they'd at least appear to put a stop to the blatantly corrupt practice of legalized, government sanctioned theft that is civil asset forfeiture. As long at that openly corrupt practice persists, people are not going to trust police. They just aren't.
Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (4ng05)

The big problem is unions protecting incompetent cops. If there was accountability, punishment, and a chance for removal, bad cops would eventually be weeded out (by and large; no system is perfect). But since unions exist to protect the most incompetent workers the cops who should be out stay in.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:04 AM (RD7QR)

170 163 Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (zOTsN)

I know, I know. Especially the latter.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:04 AM (27m1/)

171 155 J.J. Your fantasy list is good. Please add Nigel Farage. He is open for a job.

That 'ol Constitutional requirement is so last century. We now have precedence for non-US citizens in the WH. Culturally, pbho is not, nor has never been, an American. Nigel is a better fit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2016 09:05 AM (hyuyC)

172 It's the reason Jews eat Chinese on Christmas. They were the only restaurants that would be open on Christmas. At the time

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:06 AM (zOTsN)

173 CBD, Bergen County is where I grew up! I didn't realize they still had those laws.

Grammywinger, you don't have to rub it in that you 'Sconies are civilized. You are just far enough that we are not running over on Sunday

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:06 AM (3yXfd)

174 I don't suppose it was the Mantovani version of "Highway to Hell."
===============================================

Nah - they always play a mix of traditional hymns and contemporary Christian music. I've been known to stop in mid-purchase and say "Oh I love that one" and start singing in the check-out lane.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:06 AM (dFi94)

175 128 Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at July 12, 2016 08:51 AM (4ng05)

You're conflating 2 different issues. Politicians using, crafting or abusing laws for personal gain or political intimidation is one thing. The brainwashing of an entire group of people to think that they are being hunted down and victimized by law enforcement is quite another.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:06 AM (27m1/)

176 Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A today.

Posted by: bluebell at July 12, 2016 09:06 AM (805dc)

177 164 Here is the picture.

http://tinyurl.com/zmqjym7
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (Ee2nz)

It is a bit odd, in the sense that it looks like they ran up to her as if they needed to get control of her quickly. Why? She's obviously not a threat. Some context is missing here.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (RD7QR)

178 Our Hobby Lobby sits next to an absolutely ginormous, insanely busy Super Wal-Mart. When they're closed on Sundays, Wal-Mart shoppers park in their lot because it's still a closer walk than from the back of the WM lot.

I have to praise HL's customer service. I was once looking for something very specific in a pair of candle holders, and I found what I wanted there but they only had one in stock, but of course.

I talked to the manager and she told me she'd get me one right away and call me as soon as it came in. The amazing thing is, she actually did exactly what she said she'd do, a rare occurance there days. I had it 3 days later. And all for an 8-dollar candle holder.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (WlGX+)

179 And several of the places we ate at would fill up a to go growler for you if you had a growler.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a growler?

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (ezHMO)

180 You are just far enough that we are not running over on Sunday

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:06 AM (3yXfd)
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You should make the trip - it's nice here.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (dFi94)

181 It's crazy expensive to get a liquor license in NJ, so you see some very fine restaurants that do not have a liquor license. They will allow you to bring your own wine, and they will open it for you for a "corkage" fee. It's byob. It's the weirdest thing to me

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (zOTsN)

182 179 And several of the places we ate at would fill up a to go growler for you if you had a growler.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a growler?
Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (ezHMO)

The F-18 replacement for the EA-6B Prowler.

Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (7HtZB)

183 179 Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (ezHMO)

I believe it's a bottle with a resealable clip/cap a la the Grolsch beer bottle?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (27m1/)

184 They claimed they were losing a lot of business to other states and the laws finally came down.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2016 08:55 AM (/tuJf)

*****

At the time, and probably still the case, neighboring states also had blue laws. Bible Belt, dontcha know.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at July 12, 2016 09:09 AM (V2+JX)

185 Flowing dress lady was part of the group that was blocking the highway in ATL and would not clear

She isn't local. She is from NYC and a teacher of course

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:10 AM (zOTsN)

186 All together now:

Oh put your hand in the hand of the man that stilled the waters. Oh put your hand in the hand of the man that calmed the seas. Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently. Oh put your hand in the hand of the Man from Galilee.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:10 AM (WlGX+)

187 181 Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (zOTsN)

In NYC, and probably anywhere, the liquor license is gold. Restaurants don't make money on the food. It's the mark-up on the booze.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:10 AM (27m1/)

188 The big problem is unions protecting incompetent cops. If there was accountability, punishment, and a chance for removal, bad cops would eventually be weeded out (by and large; no system is perfect). But since unions exist to protect the most incompetent workers the cops who should be out stay in.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:04 AM (RD7QR)

Rather like the teacher's unions. They refuse to get rid of the deadwood and the incompetents, and the good ones suffer from guilt by association.

The Dallas massacre was one of those instances-the police chief was actually doing the aforementioned, and had really cleaned up the PD.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:10 AM (ezHMO)

189 Exactly JJ. Plus in NJ, the liquor license is tough to get and tough to keep and crazy expensive. Its a power wielding device

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:11 AM (zOTsN)

190 WOO-WOO!!!

New Polls

http://tinyurl.com/grczh4l

I heard Hillary gets PISSED when Huma reverts back to polling Olive & Bofa

Posted by: Trump Train - Haterz gonna Hate at July 12, 2016 09:11 AM (10hEu)

191 "I believe it's a bottle with a resealable clip/cap a la the Grolsch beer bottle?"

A *big* resealable bottle. Holds a couple of pints, typically.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 09:11 AM (noWW6)

192 Yet somehow you never hear of these sorts of things happening to cops who stop in for a meal at Chick-fil-A.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (noWW6)

Our local Chik Fil-A is probably the safest place to eat since cops always show up for lunch.

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:11 AM (7lVbc)

193 Moki a growler is a bottle 64 fl.oz that you can take away and then get refilled at the brewery.

Grammy Winger I would come visit you! We have a "cabin" in Burnett County. I wonder if it still there . They got about 10 inches of rain yesterday. Did you get the deluge?

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (3yXfd)

194 155 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:00 AM (27m1/)

I agree. He is better than those two although Newt would be decent in the role if Trump by some miracle managed to win.

Cotton would be a great choice, and if he agreed to run, it iwould in essence prove that he values the country over his long term political prospects because let's face it- running on a Trump ticket is risky for an up-n-comer.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (dlvSM)

195
the I Touch Myself is on the radio right now

Posted by: M Magoo at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (Bd14T)

196 187 Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:10 AM (WlGX+)

Ocean, 1971. One hit wonder.

*wistful sigh of youth gone by*

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (27m1/)

197 Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:11 AM (zOTsN)

Liquor licenses go for about $600k in my little town.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2016 09:13 AM (Zu3d9)

198 194 Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (dlvSM)

Newt sucking up to Elijah "Dick" Cummings is a non-starter. If the tongue bath he gave Pelosi about global warming a few years back wasn't enough.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:13 AM (27m1/)

199
The big problem is unions protecting incompetent cops. If there was accountability, punishment, and a chance for removal, bad cops would eventually be weeded out (by and large; no system is perfect). But since unions exist to protect the most incompetent workers the cops who should be out stay in.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:04 AM (RD7QR)

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

The union is a problem for us sensible morons, but I'm not sure is has anything to do with BLM.

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 09:14 AM (pC96u)

200 Oh put your hand in the hand of the man that stilled the waters. Oh put your hand in the hand of the man that calmed the seas. Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently. Oh put your hand in the hand of the Man from Galilee. Hawaii
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:10 AM (WlGX+)

That's what you meant, right?

Posted by: Barack Hussein O at July 12, 2016 09:14 AM (7HtZB)

201 >>>181 It's crazy expensive to get a liquor license in NJ, so you see some very fine restaurants that do not have a liquor license. They will allow you to bring your own wine, and they will open it for you for a "corkage" fee. It's byob. It's the weirdest thing to me
Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (zOTsN)

In NJ I went to dinner one night and brought in alcohol, the next night went to brewery (Village Idiot) and brought in food.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 12, 2016 09:14 AM (WEUYQ)

202
Beat It

What's it really about?

Billy Squier's Stroke Me?

Little Red Corvette is supposedly about bopping the bishopette. I dont see it.

Posted by: M Magoo at July 12, 2016 09:14 AM (Bd14T)

203
The F-18 replacement for the EA-6B Prowler.
Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (7HtZB)

Okay, I laughed.

I believe it's a bottle with a resealable clip/cap a la the Grolsch beer bottle?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:08 AM (27m1/)

Ahhh. In Riyadh, a particular type of sparkling apple cider was hugely popular and sold in all of the Safeways there (where you could also get Bluebell Ice cream, and every type of Rotel tomatoes. The Safeway manager was from Texas, God bless 'em.) The cider was horrid, at least to me, but the top was one of those ceramic and wire types, that could reseal. Saudis would cases of the stuff, and I thought it was because they loved the non alcoholic drink.

Turns out they would add yeast and make the cider into some really nasty hooch. But it would slip by the mutawwa, so they could get away with it.

It also explained some of the absolutely fantastic car wrecks on Thursday and Friday mornings.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:15 AM (ezHMO)

204 Orlanda victims (in sidebar), bad link.

good link:

http://tinyurl.com/gvpse3u

Posted by: m at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (/7Lfc)

205 Does anyone have any particular reason to believe anything Donald Trump says?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (97XyN)

206 Did you get the deluge?

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (3yXfd)
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No, we haven't gotten any rain in over a week, I think. I have to go to a Tball game tonight, and expect to come home covered in dust. The field was awful last week- like a sandstorm. I can't imagine what it will be like this week. And the grandson, who supposedly is the third baseman, mostly sits in the dirt and makes designs. He'll be a mess.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (dFi94)

207 177 164 Here is the picture.

http://tinyurl.com/zmqjym7
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 09:03 AM (Ee2nz)

It is a bit odd, in the sense that it looks like they ran up to her as if they needed to get control of her quickly. Why? She's obviously not a threat. Some context is missing here.
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Pretty good dress for getting arrested in, though. She looks good. Matching shoes too.

This was obviously a set up.

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 09:17 AM (/m8T6)

208 Video of woman in flowy dress
Looks like she was standing there and they lifted her away

https://youtu.be/K_4et-RLlpY

I think the protesters were instructed to stay on sidewalk.
Of course rules do not apply when you are in a beautiful dress.

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:17 AM (7lVbc)

209 Orlanda-->Orlando, bad spelling.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2016 09:17 AM (/7Lfc)

210 204 Orlanda victims (in sidebar), bad link.

good link:

http://tinyurl.com/gvpse3u
Posted by: m at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (/7Lfc)

That's just freaking vile.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:17 AM (RD7QR)

211 It is a bit odd, in the sense that it looks like they ran up to her as if they needed to get control of her quickly. Why? She's obviously not a threat. Some context is missing here.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:07 AM (RD7QR)

Definitely, something is missing or has been altered.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 09:18 AM (Ee2nz)

212 the riot cops in that picture should add a glowing circular light in the center of their chests. Go for the Iron Man look straight up.

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (/m8T6)

213 >>>31 "Obama Administration, see no evil, hear no evil when it comes to Iran"

This headline, of course, is dishonest.

It's dishonest to say that the administration engineered our surrender to Iran.

The administration--with the 100% complicity of the Republican Congress--engineered our surrender to Iran. Have we forgotten Bob Corker's role in this?

The problem American citizens face is larger than Obama, the Democrats, and/or the Left.

If there's to be a solution to the problems we face, that must start by acknowledging that the GOP is part of the problem.

Fuck the GOP.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 08:07 AM (97XyN)

________________

But Maaaaaaa

We only did it so we could blame the Dems when Iran nukes the USA.

Then we'll totes win an election among the survivors....

And then we'll finally be able pass amnesty!!!

Posted by: GOPe Brain Trust at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (10hEu)

214 Looks as though Dress Girl separated from the main body of the mob and began to walk towards the cops. Two cops advanced to head her off before she reached their lines. Then the mob behind her reacted to their action by rushing forward. Hence the startled expressions and postures of the two officers.

This is the sort of thing that lefty agents provocateur deliberately rehearse.

And _how_ convenient to have a photojournalist right in the perfect spot.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (noWW6)

215
Newt would be decent in the role if Trump by some miracle managed to win.
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I don't even want Newt in the administration. As I tirelessly chant, in high school he's the puffed-up all-American who's smoking behind the bleachers with the bad kids the minute he gets elected student body president by campaigning on his purity of heart.

Recently, he's been sympathizing with Van Jones -- VAN JONES -- over Black Lives Matter. Thomas Sowell reamed him out years ago for explicitly denouncing the "divisiveness" of Black conservatives and kissing up to Jesse Jackson.

He doesn't like you, you bore him, he can't wait to get away from you and use whatever power you give him to hang with the bad kids.

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (pC96u)

216 "Does anyone have any particular reason to believe anything Donald Trump says?"

Yes.
Half the time Trump isn't spouting communist rhetoric.

Contrast this to Hillary, Barry, and the GOPe. They are always spouting communist rhetoric. True believers.

Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (jN+3o)

217
Corrine Brown, grammar mangler and soon-to-be Federal inmate 3-141-59FL.

Stick to "GO GATE TA!", toots.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (fOgSR)

218 202 Posted by: M Magoo at July 12, 2016 09:14 AM (Bd14T)

Michael Jackson/Boy George duet:

"I'll Beat It For You"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (27m1/)

219 No, we haven't gotten any rain in over a week, I think. I have to go to a Tball game tonight, and expect to come home covered in dust. The field was awful last week- like a sandstorm. I can't imagine what it will be like this week. And the grandson, who supposedly is the third baseman, mostly sits in the dirt and makes designs. He'll be a mess.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (dFi94)

Awww, that is adorable. I remember my son's T-Ball games-I got one picture with the entire team playing in the dirt. The other team was batting and starting to run around the bases when they got interested in the dirt too. The coach/dads were red faced, trying not to scream at a bunch of 4 and 5 years, but all the moms were taking pics and thinking our babies were wonderful.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:20 AM (ezHMO)

220 "It's the reason Jews eat Chinese on Christmas. They were the only restaurants that would be open on Christmas. At the time"

No shit?

Is that where the Jewish/Chinese food love stereotype came from?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/8)

221 Does anyone have any particular reason to believe anything Donald Trump says?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (97XyN)
is there someone who you particularly believe ? just trying to get a sense of your baseline, there

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:20 AM (c6/9Q)

222 >>Exactly JJ. Plus in NJ, the liquor license is tough to get and tough to keep and crazy expensive. Its a power wielding device

Some people have gotten crafty here in RI, shut up, we have crafty people, and opened private clubs. Membership is pretty loose for some of them but you do have to be a member. It then allows the owner to operate as a normal bar for the members.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2016 09:21 AM (/tuJf)

223 203 Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:15 AM (ezHMO)

My niece had a 2 year Peace Corpse stint in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Made her own fruit wine to say sane.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:21 AM (27m1/)

224 "Does anyone have any particular reason to believe anything Donald Trump says?"

--

He hasn't backed down from his points when the media and the left scream at him.
That's more than any of the other politicians have done.
Supporters find that a promising sign.

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:21 AM (7lVbc)

225 222 Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2016 09:21 AM (/tuJf)

Same thing with smoking, hence the rise of the cigar clubs back in the late 90s.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:21 AM (27m1/)

226 "I don't even want Newt in the administration. As I tirelessly chant, in high school he's the puffed-up all-American"

Bruce Jenner?

Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:22 AM (rnH8X)

227 Is that where the Jewish/Chinese food love stereotype came from?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 12, 2016 09:20 AM (9ym/

****
Nu, from where else?

There used to be a glatt kosher Chinese place close by me in Brookline, and there was a Kosher Korean bbq joint just about three blocks over. The temple doors would open, and we'd line up for dinner....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 12, 2016 09:22 AM (/33sy)

228 I think the protesters were instructed to stay on sidewalk.
Of course rules do not apply when you are in a beautiful dress.
Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:17 AM (7lVbc)

Ah, thanks for the video. It makes sense now. The flying plastic cuffs are actually attached to the cop on the right. The cops are just stopping in mid-step to grab and arrest her.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at July 12, 2016 09:23 AM (Ee2nz)

229
My niece had a 2 year Peace Corpse stint in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Made her own fruit wine to say sane.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:21 AM (27m1/)

Gorgeous area, but kinda rough. We didn't have any Maghreb tours, we were mainly in the Gulf. And tried and tried for Israel but never could go. Closest was Jordan, which I didn't really care for. I loved the Jordanians, but the Palestinians made it difficult to live there.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:23 AM (ezHMO)

230 It's crazy expensive to get a liquor license in NJ, so you see some very fine restaurants that do not have a liquor license. They will allow you to bring your own wine, and they will open it for you for a "corkage" fee. It's byob. It's the weirdest thing to me
Posted by: ThunderB

They do it here in Texas in places. I guess the cost of a liquor licenses are so steep that smaller restaurants say fugg it and just put up a byob sign.
We used to have a bar that was that way. You paid a cover charge and a set-up fee. (Glasses, ice, soda, etc) They didn't need a liquor license and people had a place to go.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 09:23 AM (I1MCJ)

231 "Newt sucking up to Elijah 'Dick' Cummings is a non-starter. If the
tongue bath he gave Pelosi about global warming a few years back wasn't
enough."

The lineage of the policy concept that grew first into Romneycare and then into Obamacare traces back to a Gingrich brainstorm. Particularly the employer mandate part.

Just say no to Noots.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 09:24 AM (noWW6)

232 227 Nu, from where else?

There used to be a glatt kosher Chinese place close by me in Brookline, and there was a Kosher Korean bbq joint just about three blocks over. The temple doors would open, and we'd line up for dinner....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 12, 2016 09:22 AM (/33sy)

LA has Genghis Cohen and the one from Brooklyn I remember was Shang Chai.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:24 AM (27m1/)

233 >>Same thing with smoking, hence the rise of the cigar clubs back in the late 90s.

Yea, those are popping up in Boston. MA was the first state to go all in on the smoking ban.

Oddly enough, the only public building where the ban did not apply was the State House. Who could have predicted that?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2016 09:24 AM (/tuJf)

234 I remember my son's T-Ball games-I got one picture
with the entire team playing in the dirt. The other team was batting and
starting to run around the bases when they got interested in the dirt
too. The coach/dads were red faced, trying not to scream at a bunch of 4
and 5 years, but all the moms were taking pics and thinking our babies
were wonderful.

Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:20 AM (ezHMO)
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Yep. That's about it. God bless the coaches. They are so patient. Last night Coach said, "Hey - we're starting to look like a team!" I couldn't tell any difference, but apparently he is a positive thinker.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:25 AM (dFi94)

235 229 ". . .but the Palestinians made it difficult to live there."
Posted by: Moki at July 12, 2016 09:23 AM (ezHMO)

Have you read my essay at CJN? Link in nic.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:25 AM (27m1/)

236 "He hasn't backed down from his points when the media and the left scream at him."

I agree with your point but your point is off topic.
The person asked any reason to believe.

On real policy I don't know what Trump will do. I do believe that for real policy issues the current crew (Obama, Hillary, GOPe) is getting advice from Satan.

Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (jN+3o)

237
Bruce Jenner?
Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:22 AM (rnH8X)
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Maybe some character in Animal House, but I'm not sure which.

Posted by: iforgot at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (pC96u)

238 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:13 AM (27m1/)

Yep, Newt is an insider/ political opportunist as well. Just wanted to pass along that I've voted for Mike Pence every time he has appeared on my ballot- and he's disappointed me on every,,, single,,, occasion.

Trump should tap an outsider and thus be defined as an 'all outsider' ticket. Cotton being the lone exception given the resume and foreign policy chops.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (dlvSM)

239 News reports identify Ieisha Evans as the woman being arrested in the photo. She is 35 years old according to the reports and is from some place called Dunmore, Pa (next to Scranton in the northeast corner of the state).

I wonder why she was in Baton Rouge?

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (/m8T6)

240 210 204 Orlanda victims (in sidebar), bad link.

good link:

http://tinyurl.com/gvpse3u
Posted by: m at July 12, 2016 09:16 AM (/7Lfc)

That's just freaking vile.
Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:17 AM (RD7QR)

Thanks for the heads up

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (voOPb)

241 Grammy I hope you get some rain soon. Dust everywhere is a pain. Enjoy the game!

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (3yXfd)

242 "is there someone who you particularly believe ? just trying to get a sense of your baseline, there"

Among Republicans there are very few. I was planning to hold my nose and vote for Cruz in the primary, but Sessions endorsed Trump in Alabama, so I saw no point in voting.

It's just striking to me how blatantly Trump constantly promises things he can't possibly deliver. And no one seems interested in calling him on that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:27 AM (97XyN)

243 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (27m1/)

But it's nice that there was once a time when overtly Christian songs could be big hits. That was an era when The Edwin Hawkins Singers took their magnificent version of "O Happy Day" all the way to number ONE on the pop charts.

Imagine the Triggering that would cause today!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:27 AM (WlGX+)

244
but the Palestinians made it difficult to live there.

A truism that applies no matter where they are, including Palestine. What hurts more, losing your homes in '48 or having believed your superhero, all-conquering Arab brethren that you'd be back in them "real soon now"?

#twoweeks, you laughingstock of the ME

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 09:28 AM (fOgSR)

245 238 Trump should tap an outsider and thus be defined as an 'all outsider' ticket. Cotton being the lone exception given the resume and foreign policy chops.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (dlvSM)

The more I hear from General Mike Flynn, the more I like. He was on Levin last night with Mike Ledeen to promote their new book. A+ solid on foreign policy and a tough vocal critic of SCOMAF and Ketchup Kerry.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:28 AM (27m1/)

246 You, Theresa May, are no Maggie Thatcher. Oh wait, I'm a liberal.

Posted by: Lloyd Bentsen at July 12, 2016 09:29 AM (lpAP+)

247
rules do not apply when you are in a beautiful dress.
Posted by: @votermom

If I had a nickle for every time I've used that excuse at work.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 09:29 AM (kdS6q)

248 And, on the subject of Jews and Chinese, one of two old jokes on the subject.

Guy walks into a deli on the Lower East Side. Joint is packed, so he decides he'll have to share a table with strangers. He sees a spot, and goes over.

Fresh off the boat Jew, beard and earlocks and all, sitting with a Chinese man; an odd couple.

Guy asks to join, they agree. Jew stands up, says, 'How do you do? My name is Sean Ferguson.'

Chinese guy stands up, says, 'How do you do? My name is Sean Ferguson.'

Guy sorta does a double-take, but sits down. They chat a bit and he works up the nerve to ask the Jew about his name.

'Ellis Island, and I didn't know a word of English, but i'd memorized the order of the questions. When he asked for my name, I went blank and said: Ich hab schoen furgessen. So the idiot clerk writes down Sean Ferguson. And here I am.'

They share a laugh - he has part of the answer, but he HAS to know.

'Okay,' he says to the Chinese man, 'what's your story?'

'Well,' he says, 'I'm standing right behind this guy in line. The clerk says to me, What's your name? and I tell him Sam Ting.'

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 12, 2016 09:29 AM (/33sy)

249 243 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:12 AM (27m1/)

But it's nice that there was once a time when overtly Christian songs could be big hits. That was an era when The Edwin Hawkins Singers took their magnificent version of "O Happy Day" all the way to number ONE on the pop charts.

Imagine the Triggering that would cause today!
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:27 AM (WlGX+)

I consider their singing backup with Melanie on "Lay Down" a duet. Man that dame had pipes!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:29 AM (27m1/)

250 Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:26 AM (3yXfd)
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Thanks! So you're up by Hayward then? Pretty country. I have friend with a cabin up there. Very nice and remote.

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:30 AM (dFi94)

251 Morning horde. Happy Rapey Tuesday!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 12, 2016 09:31 AM (6TLl6)

252
Speaking of gospel music, there is a wonderful Danish film I saw about 10 years ago called "Oh Happy Day," about a Danish housewife who tries to make her church choir sing gospel. She meets an American gospel singer while he is on tour in her neck of the woods and they have an affair.

It really is a nice, uplifting movie but I'll be damned if I can find it anywhere.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:31 AM (27m1/)

253 I consider their singing backup with Melanie on "Lay Down" a duet. Man that dame had pipes!

Great vintage live versions of both of them on YouTube. That's how I got Ocean's song stuck in my head.

Watching "O Happy Day" brought on the goosebumps. Magnificent.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 12, 2016 09:31 AM (WlGX+)

254 Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:02 AM (dFi94)

Yep, all the time.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 12, 2016 09:32 AM (GDulk)

255 I'm leaving the house for the first time since I installed "Pok�mon Go" on my phone. Headed to the dog park, where I hope to see some of the virtual creatures I've been hearing so much about. So far I've only managed to snag a single Squirtle in my backyard.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 12, 2016 09:32 AM (2cS/G)

256
Theresa May has a wide stance:

https://goo.gl/6IAEsB

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:32 AM (iQIUe)

257
"Oh Happy Day" from IMDB listing:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381466/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:33 AM (27m1/)

258 >>The more I hear from General Mike Flynn, the more I like. He was on Levin last night with Mike Ledeen to promote their new book. A+ solid on foreign policy and a tough vocal critic of SCOMAF and Ketchup Kerry.

I'd rather see him as a candidate for NSA. He is sharp as hell on security issues but I've heard him asked a couple domestic policy questions and he either goes wildly off course or admits he has no ideas.

Not good for either the campaign or meeting the threshold of being ready to be CIC.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 12, 2016 09:33 AM (/tuJf)

259 I watched the video. It's not like they knocked her down and slapped on the cuffs, they just led her away. The photo is at just the right moment to make it look violent, when in fact it was just quick and professional. Whoever said it was arranged with a photographer for a staged moment is probably right.

Posted by: joncelli, Longbow Afficianado and Phalangist at July 12, 2016 09:33 AM (RD7QR)

260 "is there someone who you particularly believe ? "

My wife believes in people. I find it charming but unrealistic and makes lots of people try to avoid her.

People sometimes cluster around my wife like moths to a flame. Everybody wants someone to believe in them.

Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:34 AM (jN+3o)

261 It's just striking to me how blatantly Trump
constantly promises things he can't possibly deliver. And no one seems
interested in calling him on that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:27 AM (97XyN)

I just want to point out that you have no idea what would be possible to deliver. But to me personally it is what is likely to be delivered and that is : borders, supreme court and overall sanity, plus the business climate that is desperately needed. these are just a few things, aside from finally putting an end to obama's stalinist regime and its enablers.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:34 AM (c6/9Q)

262
Theresa May has a wide stance:

Wow. And they liked to say Thatcher looked frumpy.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 09:35 AM (g6yUI)

263 Zombie should look into that photo. Either there were violent people behind the woman or the picture has been photoshopped somehow. You don't get three officers falling backwards like bowling pins because a woman walks between them.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 12, 2016 09:35 AM (GDulk)

264 That looks interesting JJ

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:36 AM (dFi94)

265 You don't get three officers falling backwards like bowling pins because a woman walks between them.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 12, 2016 09:35 AM (GDulk)

Even if she was "not so fresh"?

Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 09:36 AM (7HtZB)

266
Re: a sidebar remark --

Stupid has neither a peak nor a glass ceiling. It is unique in the universe in those respects.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 12, 2016 09:37 AM (fOgSR)

267 Polling check the video I posted at 208
It was a big nothing

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:37 AM (7lVbc)

268 Obama took office in 2009.

He threw out all of the detainee cases at GTMO and told them to start over.

It has been 7 years and there has not been a single trial.

Not.

A.

Single.

Trial.

But he had released admitted members of Al Qaeda and other terrorists.

How many American soldiers died capturing those terrorists so Obama could simply release them for a press release?

Out-fucking-rageous.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:37 AM (4AVeu)

269 Polling = Polliwog

Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:37 AM (7lVbc)

270 They cropped the crowd out of the photo

This was Baton Rouge. The crowd was not peaceful

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:37 AM (zOTsN)

271 Armless, legless man breaks up fight:

https://goo.gl/XiXtqD

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:38 AM (iQIUe)

272
Theresa May has a wide stance

John has a long mustache

Posted by: Beeb at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (IqV8l)

273 Edwin Hawkins Singers sing "Oh Happy Day"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpXCm6U0H6s

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (dFi94)

274 "It's just striking to me how blatantly Trump constantly promises things he can't possibly deliver. And no one seems interested in calling him on that."

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:27 AM (97XyN)

Trump's success is the result of everyone else affiliatd with the GOPe pretty much sucking. People figure if he follows through on 10% of his promises, they're 10% ahead of the game.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (dlvSM)

275
An anti Brexit was voted PM by the anti Brexit MPs and the anti Brexit press.

This will not end well...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (iQIUe)

276 "I just want to point out that you have no idea what would be possible to deliver."

I think we do have an idea. Unless Trump has Stalin-like dictatorial power, he can't deliver on most of what he's promised.

And I would oppose giving him that power.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (97XyN)

277 Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 12, 2016 09:29 AM (/33sy)

I guess I was the only one that LOL'ed.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (WVsWD)

278 90 So the Donks want to call out the Global Warming deniers on the Senate and House floors. They can't wait to control the energy spigot of the country. Rolling blackouts here we come.
------------------------------

Those groups should turn it into a GoFundMe type event. Have people donate during the time that the Senator talks about that particular group. See who can raise the most money.

Posted by: Roy at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (VndSC)

279 Her arrest looked more like a police escort

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:40 AM (zOTsN)

280 My Personal Headline:

Jeb Bush speaks and reminds me why I support Trump

My Personal Sub Headline:

Bush family is still allied to Clinton Family

Posted by: William Eaton at July 12, 2016 09:40 AM (KhJh8)

281 >> The more I hear from General Mike Flynn, the more I like.

No concerns about him being a Democrat?

(not that there's much difference between the two sides any more, but still...)

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 09:40 AM (gyKtp)

282 242 Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:27 AM (97XyN)
============================

I saw Hillary talking about providing Medicare to everyone over 55 yesterday.

Medicare relies on taxes from current workers to pay for other peoples benefits, so consider the financial impact of what she just said. Today, workers pay Medicare taxes until they die or retire (call it age 65 for discussions sake), so about 40 years. She just said she wants to wipe ten years off that contribution side and add it to the cost side, so taxes would be collected for 25% fewer years and the cost side would expand significantly.

Cui bono?

Well, obviously the insurance companies who no longer pay costs of private medical insurance for that group win big.

Taxpayers get absolutely slammed, especially poor and middle class taxpayers. Medicare is already nearly bankrupt and now she wants to expand it by a huge number, meaning there will be a massive expansion in Medicare taxes, the most regressive tax we have.

This is one promise she is making to pacify the Bern-ers, and there is no single worse idea she could possibly have proposed. I wish somebody would call her on that!

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 09:40 AM (/m8T6)

283 reposting from my ont "clipboard"

in case you missed it

- JULY 11, 2016 -

FEDERAL COURT SIDES WITH GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS: RNC DELEGATES ARE BOUND TO FOLLOW ELECTION RESULTS

Delegates Remain Committed to Donald J. Trump;
Anti-Trump Effort Dealt Crippling Blow

http://bit.ly/29v4iIV

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:41 AM (qCMvj)

284 "Trump's success is the result of everyone else affiliatd with the GOPe pretty much sucking. People figure if he follows through on 10% of his promises, they're 10% ahead of the game."

Yeah, that makes sense to me. I get that we're in desperate straits. There really is something to be said for hoping against hope.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:41 AM (97XyN)

285

HARVARD STUDENTS PRESSURED TO DISASSOCIATE:

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ( FIRE ) released a video today covering Harvard University's announcement that it will start punishing students who join single-gender clubs. Economics professor and Harvard president emeritus Larry Summers; cognitive scientist and psychology professor Steven Pinker; and civil rights attorney, author, and FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate are among those who talked with FIRE for our latest video.

Check it out below and see FIRE's website for more coverage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfL5cxZCU70

instapundit

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:42 AM (qCMvj)

286 Top headline link in the sidebar is busted with a 404.

Maybe because of a 420?

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 12, 2016 09:42 AM (IzkpO)

287

DEMS IN DISARRAY: Anti-abortion Democrats fire back.

Anti-abortion Democrats are firing back at members of their party's platform committee for supporting language that would call for repealing a law preventing the use of federal funds for abortion.

The language inserted in the "reproductive health" section of the Democratic Party's draft platform for the first time calls for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, a pillar of the anti-abortion movement.

Sen. Bob Casey Jr., a Democrat from Pennsylvania who opposes abortion, was concerned enough about the change to write a letter to the DNC platform committee urging them to reconsider.

...

Another anti-abortion Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin ( W.Va. ), has also criticized the proposed change.

They're "anti-abortion Democrats," but they'll fully support Hillary.

instapundit/the hill

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:42 AM (qCMvj)

288 from therightscoop

NSFW

HILARIOUS Facebook video SLAMMING 'Black Lives Matter' anti-cop blacks goes Super-VIRAL!!

Matt from my Sooperpodcast sent this to me, and wow, it made me laugh so hard. So I'm gonna share it with you, but I must caution you, it has some graphic language, and most of the humor is... earthy.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did [explicit language!]:

http://bit.ly/29MePC9

At the time of publishing, it has been shared 187,000 times, and has over 3 MILLION views. Whoever this guy is, he's definitely got his head on straight as he puts all the petty racialist complaints of the "Black Lives Matter" movement into perspective.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:42 AM (qCMvj)

289 271 Armless, legless man breaks up fight:
____________________________

He used to swim at the YMCA.

All the lifeguards called him "Bob."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (4AVeu)

290 re: that contrived photo-op, has the name Rosa Parks come up yet?

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (eyEhC)

291
Seems to be official per Puffington Puffs:

Trump's Final 3 - Newt, Pence and General Flynn.

Go Flynn.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (27m1/)

292 213
We only did it so we could blame the Dems when Iran nukes the USA.

Then we'll totes win an election among the survivors....

And then we'll finally be able pass amnesty!!!
Posted by: GOPe Brain Trust at July 12, 2016 09:19 AM (10hEu)

The sad part is, you know that's exactly how they think.

Posted by: rickl at July 12, 2016 09:44 AM (zoehZ)

293 There ain'tno such thing as anti abortion Democrats.

Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 09:44 AM (B48dK)

294

So the Trump post is not true?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:44 AM (qCMvj)

295 Grammy, yes our place is just west of Hayward . It is just a hunk of land with a lake. We have no electricity or water, but we have the best view from the outhouse in all of WI!

Time to get the kids going. Have a good day everyone!

Posted by: SnowyBits at July 12, 2016 09:45 AM (3yXfd)

296
Bush family is still allied to Clinton Family
Posted by: William Eaton

You just know at some point those families are going to intermarry.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 09:45 AM (kdS6q)

297 Firearm homicides down? Uh of course they are because as President I am responsible for this positive statistic . Have I told you lately how I'm responsible for the low fuel prices?

Posted by: Obama at July 12, 2016 09:45 AM (7PXtO)

298 I just want to point out that you have no idea what would be possible to deliver. But to me personally it is what is likely to be delivered and that is : borders, supreme court and overall sanity, plus the business climate that is desperately needed. these are just a few things, aside from finally putting an end to obama's stalinist regime and its enablers.
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:34 AM (c6/9Q)

===========
Good answer.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:45 AM (iQIUe)

299 My wife believes in people. I find it charming but unrealistic and makes lots of people try to avoid her.

People sometimes cluster around my wife like moths to a flame. Everybody wants someone to believe in them.

Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:34 AM (jN+3o)

these people are rare and should be cherished - cynics mostly these days. realists at best.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:45 AM (c6/9Q)

300 There ain'tno such thing as anti abortion Democrats.
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 09:44 AM (B48dK)

I think there are plenty, but they are so skewed about what a conservative is, or they have one other hot button issue, or they believe the propaganda spewing from the MSM 24/7, or... they want to make money and schmooz with the elite.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:46 AM (qCMvj)

301 289
271 Armless, legless man breaks up fight:

____________________________

He used to swim at the YMCA.

All the lifeguards called him "Bob."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (4AVeu)

When he tried to water ski they called him Skip.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 09:46 AM (eyEhC)

302 287 Sen. Bob Casey Jr., a Democrat from Pennsylvania who opposes abortion, was concerned enough about the change to write a letter to the DNC platform committee urging them to reconsider.

...

Another anti-abortion Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin ( W.Va. ), has also criticized the proposed change.

They're "anti-abortion Democrats," but they'll fully support Hillary.
--------------------------------------------------------

It's election season. They aren't really anti-abortion, they just represent anti-abortion constituencies and have to look the part as November approaches.

Posted by: MTF at July 12, 2016 09:46 AM (/m8T6)

303 I dont know if Zuckerberg is still refusing to remove those awful graphics of a cop getting his throat slit but I heard on the radio some knucklehead NFL player has put it up on his instagram account. jackass.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:47 AM (iQIUe)

304 "The Senate is off to its best year since 1990 by at least one measure, with more than 30 of its bills having been signed into law by President Obama."

GOPe getting ready for a Trump Presidency.

Posted by: Ok at July 12, 2016 09:47 AM (jN+3o)

305 Go Flynn.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (27m1/)

I saw a horrible take down of Flynn a few days ago. That he's full blown Democrat. But, I have no idea. Don't know him.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:47 AM (qCMvj)

306 There is a good column by Bruce Abrahamson about AIPACs failure to recognize that the Democratic Party is antisemetic and their failure to punish Dems who supported the Iran deal

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:47 AM (zOTsN)

307 297 Firearm homicides down?
____________________

Because of better EMS. There are lot of EMTs who were combat corpsmen and medics in Iraq and A-stan who can dress GSWs in their sleep.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:48 AM (4AVeu)

308 Yeah,a "good" year means passing more legislation.Fuck that,sometimes(most times),gridlock is best.

Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2016 09:49 AM (B48dK)

309 I dont know if Zuckerberg is still refusing to remove those awful graphics of a cop getting his throat slit but I heard on the radio some knucklehead NFL player has put it up on his instagram account. jackass.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:47 AM (iQIUe)

they've gone nuts protecting Hillary (see breitbart), so they won't mess with some of this stuff because they want to keep pushing their own agenda and not p*ss off the base

I want to believe this isn't true, but we see silly things and comedic things taken down about Hillary that are nowhere near as horrid as what the left put up.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:49 AM (qCMvj)

310
Armless, legless man breaks up fight:

https://goo.gl/XiXtqD

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:38 AM (iQIUe)

His name is Matt.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2016 09:49 AM (dJec7)

311 Trump promising things he can't deliver.

Screw it. Promise away.

Dems do it all the time.

Lie lie lie to keep that scrunt out of office.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 12, 2016 09:49 AM (6TLl6)

312 He might as well choose Flynn. It would at least provide some electoral upside in the match up with Scrunt and whatever establishment, leftist, POS she taps for VP.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 09:49 AM (dlvSM)

313 301 289
271 Armless, legless man breaks up fight:

____________________________

He used to swim at the YMCA.

All the lifeguards called him "Bob."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (4AVeu)

When he tried to water ski they called him Skip.
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 09:46 AM (eyEhC)

He hangs out in front of my front door. We call him "Matt."

Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 09:49 AM (7HtZB)

314 Armless, legless man breaks up fight:
____________________________

He used to swim at the YMCA.

All the lifeguards called him "Bob."

Art used to hang out at the museum.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 12, 2016 09:50 AM (I1MCJ)

315 When he tried to water ski they called him Skip.
______________________

He had a one-legged girlfriend.

Her name was Eileen.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:50 AM (4AVeu)

316 He fell in a hole. They called him Phil.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 09:51 AM (eyEhC)

317 "Trump's Final 3 - Newt, Pence and General Flynn."

Good grief. It's not even seven in the morning yet here, and I have the sudden urge to start drinking heavily. Three slots and three disastrous choices.

Posted by: torquewrench at July 12, 2016 09:51 AM (noWW6)

318 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:42 AM (qCMvj)
=========================================

That was a good video!

Posted by: grammie winger at July 12, 2016 09:52 AM (dFi94)

319 nud

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 09:52 AM (eyEhC)

320
290 re: that contrived photo-op, has the name Rosa Parks come up yet?

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (eyEhC)

The difference is that while both were staged, contrived events put up by professional activists, Rosa Parks actually had a very real injustice she was fighting.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2016 09:52 AM (dJec7)

321 303 I dont know if Zuckerberg is still refusing to remove those awful
graphics of a cop getting his throat slit but I heard on the radio some
knucklehead NFL player has put it up on his instagram account. jackass.

He's a Cleveland Browns player; gee, I'm wondering why the Browns haven't already fired him, and why the NFL hasn't permabanned him from playing anywhere in the NFL.

But I do have a pretty good suspicion as to why not.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 09:53 AM (gyKtp)

322
"A dog always returns to its vomit..." Proverbs 26:11

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 09:53 AM (iQIUe)

323 The California debt story at that link is three years old.

CA's current debt is not $127 billion, it's now more than $400 billion. But that debt is still only 17% of CA's GDP. Quite a few states have debt-to-GDP ratios as high as that or higher (Texas is about equal to CA, and New York tops the list at 24%).

Not sure about states, but with countries, debt supposedly doesn't start seriously dragging on the economy until it reaches about 70% of GDP.

Posted by: Erwin at July 12, 2016 09:53 AM (jd0O4)

324 Feel good story of the day

Beautiful.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:53 AM (qCMvj)

325 321 303 I dont know if Zuckerberg is still refusing to remove those awful
graphics of a cop getting his throat slit but I heard on the radio some
knucklehead NFL player has put it up on his instagram account. jackass.

He's a Cleveland Browns player; gee, I'm wondering why the Browns haven't already fired him, and why the NFL hasn't permabanned him from playing anywhere in the NFL.

But I do have a pretty good suspicion as to why not.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2016 09:53 AM (gyKtp)

And yet Curt Schilling isn't even allowed to call a damn Little League game.

Posted by: josephistan at July 12, 2016 09:54 AM (7HtZB)

326 Meanwhile, James Kirchick has written an article absolutely attacking Jared Kurshner, Trumps son in law. Kurshner wrote a column defending Trump and saying he was not anti Semitic

Kirchick is now saying Kurshner is from a crime family like the sopranos

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 09:54 AM (zOTsN)

327

nood

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at July 12, 2016 09:54 AM (qCMvj)

328 Posted by: @votermom at July 12, 2016 09:37 AM (7lVbc)

A still pulled from video would explain a lot. It qualifies under the "context we're not seeing" heading as that *particular* still giving the impression of officers falling back from the power of Black Womanhood was chosen, when the reality was quite different.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 12, 2016 09:54 AM (GDulk)

329 But I do have a pretty good suspicion as to why not.

Posted by: GnuBreed

Black Democratium?

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 12, 2016 09:54 AM (IzkpO)

330 And I would oppose giving him that power.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (97XyN)

In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but
beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger
than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!

Posted by: Hillary's Lidless Eye at July 12, 2016 09:54 AM (cmE8J)

331 hope it is not the general - a dem who follows orders - disaster. hope it is not newt - great mind, but old, tired and baggage.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:55 AM (c6/9Q)

332 Surely the Newt, Pence, Flynn talk is a three card Monty trick? Another card up the sleeve? GD Trump can't get out of his own way.

Posted by: Patrick Henry at July 12, 2016 09:55 AM (W2Rcw)

333 I think we do have an idea. Unless Trump has Stalin-like dictatorial power, he can't deliver on most of what he's promised.

And I would oppose giving him that power.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at July 12, 2016 09:39 AM (97XyN)
you are, of course are entitled to that opinion.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2016 09:56 AM (c6/9Q)

334 Re: Dress Woman:

It's a beautifully crafted image. It's got dynamism - the officers in motion - and stability. It's aligned properly, it has favorable aspect ratios, and generally obeys the classical rules of visual composition. A random shutterbug would focus more toward the middle of the frame, missing the context of the phalanx of police in front of her, and the empty street behind her, and would not be able to capture what the photo-artists call 'the decisive moment.' Yeah, whoever shot this knew his/her stuff, and was set up beforehand.

Digital age, so it was a digital imager - I refuse to call those gadgets 'cameras' - probably shot on a tripod. If I were doing it, I'd have it doing as many frames per sec as possible, to ensure I don't miss a thing, and might even consider layering a few of the images to attain the desired effect.

From the background, you can tell the photographer was shooting to capture and freeze the motion - he shot wide-open, as they say, to take advantage of a faster shutter speed. Someone shooting on the fly with one of those gadgets would set it to auto-focus, auto-exposure, etc., but this photographer didn't, it was set manual, with a limited depth of field from the aperture, requiring even more care. You can see that the sky to the left is over-exposed - auto mode wouldn't do that - aperture, like everything else, was a conscious, artistic decision.

Really masterful work in the service of a lie.

Such is life.....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at July 12, 2016 09:57 AM (/33sy)

335 You just know at some point those families are going to intermarry.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2016 09:45 AM (kdS6q)

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

Bill Clinton and a Bush Twin? Aristocratic families did all sorts of strange pairings back in the day. The child will have the last name "Clinton-Bush".

Posted by: William Eaton at July 12, 2016 09:59 AM (KhJh8)

336

My God. That Kirchick article is absolutely vicious

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 10:01 AM (zOTsN)

337 mornin' 'rons. Always appreciate the site and the opportunity for snark.

Posted by: willy at July 12, 2016 10:01 AM (Ffw22)

338 http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/207559/jared-kushner-shanda

Unreal

He goes after ivanka too

Posted by: ThunderB at July 12, 2016 10:02 AM (zOTsN)

339 Medicare relies on taxes from current workers to pay for other peoples benefits"

Hey, you know what? That sounds exactly like our social "safety net" that makes us so much better than you 'mericans.
Trouble is that I can't import enough "current workers" who will actually, you know, WORK.

/Angela Merk...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 12, 2016 10:03 AM (C9pBZ)

340 271 Armless, legless man breaks up fight:

____________________________

He used to swim at the YMCA.

All the lifeguards called him "Bob."

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 09:43 AM (4AVeu)

When he tried to water ski they called him Skip.

Third base!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 12, 2016 10:05 AM (g6yUI)

341 Hey, dont make fun of the disabled guy. He's making his way in the world by himself. He's not dependent on anyone.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 10:07 AM (iQIUe)

342 Clinton is badly underwater with young people in terms of honesty, and 56% of American think she should be charged.

That is bad news for her, much worse than general polls. She need enthusiastic young people to turn out and vote. Just as important, to volunteer in the GOTV stuff. This is the same problem she will have union folks because Obama keeps pushing TPP.

Turnout matters, not just how much donors you have. Bush proved that.

Posted by: William Eaton at July 12, 2016 10:08 AM (KhJh8)

343
The Tablet is disgusting. Their feature Trump Watch has a graphic making it look like 1930s Nazi Germany.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 12, 2016 10:11 AM (iQIUe)

344 As much as I wanted someone else, on this day especially, we do have Trump to thank for destroying Jeb Bush's candidacy.

Only thing more depressing than Clinton/trump is another Clinton/Bush.

Bad year to quit drinking, lol.

Posted by: Cooldawg at July 12, 2016 10:12 AM (dlvSM)

345 Why is the CA article from 2013?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 12, 2016 10:19 AM (AdoDe)

346 341 Hey, dont make fun of the disabled guy. He's making his way in the world by himself. He's not dependent on anyone.
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It's only a flesh wound. 'Tis but a scratch.

I've had worse. Come back here and take what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!

Posted by: The Black Knight at July 12, 2016 10:19 AM (4AVeu)

347 The best Vatican spokesman ever:

Father Guido Sarducci.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 12, 2016 10:20 AM (4AVeu)

348 In a just world, DPD would have the blue flu during dogeater's visit.

Posted by: artist at July 12, 2016 10:24 AM (TwnkX)

349 348 In a just world, DPD would have the blue flu during dogeater's visit.
Posted by: artist at July 12, 2016 10:24 AM (TwnkX)
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I wish they'd stand up, turn their backs, and file out of the room in an orderly fashion.

and leave SCOAMF in a state of stuttering bemusement

Posted by: willy at July 12, 2016 10:29 AM (Ffw22)

350 Bill Clinton greedy besides being a pervert

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He thinks "The 7 Deadly Sins" is a checklist.

Posted by: RKae at July 12, 2016 10:42 AM (YMIAU)

351 Posted by: willy at July 12, 2016 10:29 AM (Ffw22)

Let him experience his own little Ferguson effect.

Besides, he's black, wouldn't want all those scary police around.

Posted by: artist at July 12, 2016 10:45 AM (TwnkX)

352 Posted by: artist at July 12, 2016 10:45 AM (TwnkX)

And scary guns.

(If only) Trump could write an EO for the disarmament of TFG's security detail. Alinsky#4, let him live up to his own book of rules.

Posted by: willy at July 12, 2016 10:53 AM (Ffw22)

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