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Mid-Morning Open Thread [CBD]
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
Raphael
The face of a man at peace, knowing that all of his enemies are dead. -- Grampa Jimbo
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Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 09:48 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 09:49 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 09:50 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2016 09:51 AM (B48dK)
Is that gray stuff fur? This looks like another display of unimaginably luxurious clothes. I want those clothes. I'd wear them.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 09:51 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2016 09:51 AM (B48dK)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at July 20, 2016 09:52 AM (PjWy4)
Is that gray stuff fur? This looks like another display of unimaginably luxurious clothes. I want those clothes. I'd wear them.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 09:51 AM (pC96u)
Weasel pelt.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2016 09:52 AM (T6P0y)
Posted by: IC at July 20, 2016 09:53 AM (KTFfX)
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at July 20, 2016 09:53 AM (WoTr5)
He was a political master, so I may be misreading his face.
It looks like a "you come to me on the day of my daughter's wedding to ask a favor?" face.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 09:54 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 20, 2016 09:54 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 20, 2016 09:54 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 09:54 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 20, 2016 09:55 AM (8gTsX)
So why was Castiglione bald assed?
When were assless chaps invented?
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 09:55 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 09:56 AM (Fol9S)
Posted by: Patrick Henry at July 20, 2016 09:56 AM (XUVfZ)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at July 20, 2016 09:56 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at July 20, 2016 09:56 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at July 20, 2016 09:57 AM (0O7c5)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 09:57 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 20, 2016 09:57 AM (dBmVV)
Kinky is when you use the fur.
Disturbed is when you use the whole damn animal.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 09:58 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: Baldassare Castiglione at July 20, 2016 09:58 AM (8gTsX)
Posted by: Sphynx at July 20, 2016 09:58 AM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Fritz at July 20, 2016 10:00 AM (2Mnv1)
Posted by Open Blogger at 09:45 AM Comments -CBD
As Rush has pointed out, Politics is Hollywood for Ugly People.
Such as it ever was perhaps.
Successful politicians know how to rub shoulders, how to look concerned, when to point and smile, etc.
They usually have very good command of their facial expressions, so their face can support the lies coming out of their mouths.
So that look on Castiglione could easily be saying "I feel your pain."
Or, it could also mean "Sorry. You fucked up and will be found in a ditch tomorrow, sans head."
Nice portrait at any rate.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 10:00 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2016 10:01 AM (T/cxb)
Is that Robert Reich ?
Posted by: Sphynx at July 20, 2016 09:58 AM (OZmbA)
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Paul Giamatti.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:02 AM (pC96u)
This work is from a Raphael period I call his "paints like a fag and his shit's all retarded with beards". Am disappoint!!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 10:02 AM (3nMWC)
Amateurs might ask that. What they'd be unlikely to realize is that Castiglione is very bald, and there's a misshapen, PacMan-like hole in the wall behind him that leads into a nearly perfectly black room.
Posted by: General Zod at July 20, 2016 10:02 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 20, 2016 09:54 AM (mpXpK)
He was a teenage mutant ninja turtle.
alternative comment: Really? You probably went to school with his dad.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 10:03 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 20, 2016 10:03 AM (fcqmr)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (iONHu)
The portraits are fabulous, but the others are more forced.
I suppose that is a function of telling the story, and I am sure his patrons would have found the idea that a painting says "pretty mill, quiet snow all is ok" as opposed to "victory of archangel Michael over the demon showing the power of God" to be a sore waste of paint.
Of course the idea that art should look pretty or should be about something is a long argument. It is the question of craft versus art, and if there really is a valid distinction.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (ry34m)
I'm sure he's wearing that fur ironically.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (nIGPZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:05 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Bigbys Cellphone at July 20, 2016 10:05 AM (WoTr5)
I don't see 'friendly' looking at this. He strikes me as capable, intelligent, and could be a tough customer if needed. I wonder how SJW would respond to this work since Castiglione looks very masculine.
Posted by: JTB at July 20, 2016 10:05 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: General Zod at July 20, 2016 10:05 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (iONHu)
You type too slow.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 10:05 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Baldassare Castiglione at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (8gTsX)
Baldassare Castiglione looks like Medieval Hipster Douche.
I'm sure he's wearing that fur ironically.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (nIGPZ)
I wonder what the ironic beer was at the time?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (4+VII)
I'm sure he's wearing that fur ironically.
Matches his fur thong. Hence the smirk.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: Raphael at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (WoTr5)
I read that as "Baddass" but that can't be right... He's wearing a Snuggie, and his expression looks like he wants one.
Posted by: jwpaine, otherized for your protection at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (wKcQA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:07 AM (1ZOkK)
Yeesh. Brain bleach, please.
HA! ALL HARDWOOD!
SUCK IT, DRUDGE!
Posted by: 90-proof Hillary at July 20, 2016 10:07 AM (nIGPZ)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 10:07 AM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:08 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:09 AM (THZvf)
From the sidebar, I'm saddened by the passing of Garry Marshall. He was a solid TV and film director (creator of "Happy Days" and director of "The Flamingo Kid" and "Pretty Woman" most notably).
Kept his politics to himself, from what I gather, although his sister Penny Marshall was at one time married to Meathead.
RIP and thanks for the memories, Garry Marshall.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:09 AM (27m1/)
Heh. How creepy is Giamatti on "Billions," eh?
Of the two leads I'm rooting for the other guy because at least he can admit to himself why he's doing what he's doing, while Giamatti's out-of-control US Attny doing it for his own ego and absolute hatred of all on Wall St. while claiming he's representing the people
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:09 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: jwpaine, otherized for your protection at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM (wKcQA)
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You're not the only one. I think I've been hanging out here too long. Sheesh.
Posted by: bluebell at July 20, 2016 10:09 AM (805dc)
He wanted everyone to call him Baddassery, but when you try to pick your own nickname it always backfires.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (1xUj/)
I suppose he should know.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:08 AM (1ZOkK)
Bill Maher and Anne Coulter. Sort of like the colorless, loveless version of Dudley Moore and Susan Anton.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (27m1/)
34 years ago today, the terrorist IRA planted a bomb killing 4 members of the Queens Lifeguards, injuring 12 soldiers, 6 civilians, and killing 7 horses.
And 45 years later, they are prosecuting soldiers who ambushed an IRA terrorist while IRA terrorists go unpunished.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Baldassare Castiglione at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (1ZOkK)
I'm sure he's wearing that fur ironically.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (nIGPZ)
Nah, it is just at that level of Italian diplomacy and power politics, the thought of any blade near your throat is distasteful
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (ry34m)
Without the beard, he looks a bit like James Spader.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:11 AM (27m1/)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:11 AM (THZvf)
Bill Maher and Anne Coulter. Sort of like the colorless, loveless version of Dudley Moore and Susan Anton.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (27m1/)
Well, they *did* used to date. {{shudder}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:11 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 10:11 AM (nIGPZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (1ZOkK)
And this is detrimental in what way?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:12 AM (27m1/)
#boycotttwiter
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:12 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2016 10:12 AM (Zu3d9)
Says the guy who hangs out a Playboy mansion.
Really, anyone in Hollywood making accusations or jokes about someone's perceived indecency/moral degeneracy is rich. Woody Allen? Roman Polanski? Bryan Singer?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:12 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:11 AM (1ZOkK)
He's her third breast, once removed.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:12 AM (27m1/)
With it, as said above, looks like Willie Robertson.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:12 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 20, 2016 10:04 AM (iONHu)
You type too slow.
.
.
.Missed it by two.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 20, 2016 10:13 AM (iONHu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2016 10:13 AM (JO9+V)
34 years ago today, the terrorist IRA planted a bomb killing 4 members of the Queens Lifeguards, injuring 12 soldiers, 6 civilians, and killing 7 horses.
And 45 years later, they are prosecuting soldiers who ambushed an IRA terrorist while IRA terrorists go unpunished.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (iQIUe)
And it should be noted that the IRA and PLO were once (and probably still are) like this >
Also, Peter King is unavailable for comment. Rat bastard.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (27m1/)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (nIGPZ)
And Don Jr. Wow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (WlGX+)
Or, it could also mean "Sorry. You fucked up and will be found in a ditch tomorrow, sans head."
or "You better put some ice on that."
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Convention Closeout! All Dramatic Poses 50% Off! at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (hLRSq)
Yeesh. Brain bleach, please.
HA! ALL HARDWOOD!
SUCK IT, DRUDGE!
.
.
.
.It wasn't too long ago that she was ahead by 20. As I and others have said, the more the people see of her the worse she does.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (iONHu)
Wonder if they were his descendants.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (WlGX+)
Friend of mine dated an Italian chick with that name, Madon, what a body! But she talked like Judy Holliday.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (27m1/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:06 AM
________
Citta del Ferro.
It was an early Italian version of Iron City Beer. It contained actual iron.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (fC4Vg)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (iQIUe)
It's a barrier to Milo reaching a lot of non-conservatives to open their eyes to an alternative to progressivism. They have to do this, they can't risk Milo getting at Hillary voters.
He'll find another way, but this was an easy-access tool for constantly communicating non-PC, anti-progressive ideas and reaching hundreds of thousands of followers (and more w/retweets?).
At least he still has his college tours...
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (NOIQH)
Also, he appears to have slimmed down a bit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Max Power at July 20, 2016 10:16 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: MTF at July 20, 2016 10:16 AM (/m8T6)
Police in Brussels surround man wearing "long coat and wires"
No further info on what happened.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (iQIUe)
Versace.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:16 AM (27m1/)
Drudge says Milo has been banned from Twitter for life.
A certain candidate, well-known as a man with mucho bux, could run with this, and announce he'll be setting up a social platform for people like Milo who "speak truth to power." A certain candidate could also forcefully tell people they ought to boycott a certain left-wing social platform.
And a certain candidate could hint that the left-wing, censoring platform might want to reconsider its standards, lest they find themselves on the wrong end of an audit, RICO suit, sexual harassment case and any other federal government hammer such a candidate could get his hands on.
Were there only such a candidate. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:17 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: DaveA at July 20, 2016 10:17 AM (8J/Te)
I only count 3 ninjas in that picture.
Posted by: Max Power at July 20, 2016 10:16 AM (QCc6B)
If you look carefully, there's one dead sniper.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:17 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:14 AM (WlGX+)
________
There were Castigliones in my town, too. They pronounced it CAST-a-line (as opposed to Cas-tig-lee-OH-nee).
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 10:17 AM (fC4Vg)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 10:17 AM (Lyh9/)
Twitter shut him down just before he went on at the Gays for Trump rally.
They know Milo Tweets up a shitstorm after every fabulous thing he does. Twitter didn't want to give a forum to a gay conservative. So they silenced him.
Pure politics, Soviet-style.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:18 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2016 10:18 AM (Zu3d9)
"To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, to hear the lamentations of their women . . .
and this hat . . .
and this remote . . .
and this Labradoodle puppy . . .
and . . . "
Posted by: Sharkman at July 20, 2016 10:18 AM (CS7jF)
The Leftist bastages will be going above and beyond trying to get to her.
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 10:19 AM (Fol9S)
So son is hoping he'll still come and they'll find a venue off campus.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:19 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 20, 2016 10:20 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:18 AM
Since I was Willowed last thread:
349 Hey Horde, all of social media and not just Twitter has pledged support to progressive fascism, and they're willing to do so despite knowing it will affect them economically.
Remember in the spring when Hellarys minions went to the west coast and had a meeting with the heads of social media? They said it was a fundraiser, but word got out that they had pledged to help shape the narrative between then and the election.
So Twitter is just one. Yes they are paying the price but don't care. Those in the know have moved assets away from harm, no doubt. After it sells, after the election, they'll claim some renewed commitment to free speech and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 09:51 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 10:20 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (iQIUe)
From the sidebar, I'm saddened by the passing of Garry Marshall. He was a solid TV and film director (creator of "Happy Days" and director of "The Flamingo Kid" and "Pretty Woman" most notably).
Kept his politics to himself, from what I gather,...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:09 AM (27m1/)
He drops dead the day after Chachi speaks at the RNC? I think that's a tell!
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (7HtZB)
We were mostly Calabrese in my 'hood, so it was pronounced "cast-ill-ee-OWN." Calabrians tend to drop the last vowel.
Don't know how to show it phonetically but the "igli" is like the "illi" in the word "millionaire."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (WlGX+)
I'm reading the NYT story about Milo and Twitter and the Ghostbusters girl whose feelings are hurt.
I don't get it. How is he a "troll"?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (1xUj/)
He isn't. It's pure politics. Especially since the people who have tweeted real death threats to Milo remain on Twitter in good standing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2016 10:23 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 10:24 AM (GYSvp)
Ivanka is learning who her true friends are, too.
The tweet pic of the Kennedy family July 4th party w/Trump pinata included Bloomberg's daughter, a friend of Ivanka's. Nice to see a friend participating in that, huh? Other long-time friends of hers, like the Johnson and Johnson heir, are joining in the publicly hate DJ Trump train. Must be enlightening for her.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:24 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:24 AM (1ZOkK)
I don't get it. How is he a "troll"?
He dares to disagree with a woman.
He dares to disagree with a black.
He dares to leave the gay plantation.
He dares to exist.
Shall I go on?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:24 AM (X6fMO)
FWIW, I love these posts. I'm a big fan of realism generally and the masters in particular so they're right up my alley.
If you haven't done so already, would you consider posting Daniel in the Lions' Den by Rubens sometime?
I have some thoughts I'd like to share about that painting but will defer until it's actually up for discussion.
Of course, if I am late to the game with my request please consider it withdrawn.
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:25 AM (8/DeP)
Mostly a threat to their credibility. The Left must keep the echo chamber neat and tidy.
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 10:25 AM (Fol9S)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 10:25 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (WlGX+)
________
My famiglia has a lot of Italians.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 10:25 AM (fC4Vg)
Ivanka is learning who her true friends are, too.
The
tweet pic of the Kennedy family July 4th party w/Trump pinata included
Bloomberg's daughter, a friend of Ivanka's. Nice to see a friend
participating in that, huh? Other long-time friends of hers, like the
Johnson and Johnson heir, are joining in the publicly hate DJ Trump
train. Must be enlightening for her.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:24 AM (NOIQH)
I wonder if she and Chelsea are still friends? And I wonder if Chelsea is speaking at the DNC?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:25 AM (1ZOkK)
Heh. SHE rested a beer on HIS head during the oral.
Bran bleach indeed.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 20, 2016 10:26 AM (CS7jF)
-- Grampa Jimbo
LOL, that's pretty funny.
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:26 AM (8/DeP)
Don't know how to show it phonetically but the "igli" is like the "illi" in the word "millionaire."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat?
The Italian Military had difficulty with regional dialects in WWII. Units from different parts of the country could not effectively communicate with others.
When I spent some time there in the early '80s I was struck by how much Italy was a collection of individual states rather than a single unified country.
I wonder if that is slowly passing away due to modern communications.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 20, 2016 10:26 AM (MLfDH)
The guy is wearing a bulletproof vest now due to the death threats, and he gets shut down over a spat with the black ghostbuster.
smh.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:27 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 10:27 AM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 20, 2016 10:28 AM (adTme)
Will be interesting to see if he pursues a career in politics.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:28 AM (T2aky)
Arby's has a secret menu item - The Meat Mountain.
http://tinyurl.com/j6zyvwq
Chicken Tenders form the solid base of this mountain which is then topped with Roast Turkey, Ham, and then Swiss Cheese. But it doesn't end there, the rest of the sandwich is composed of Brisket, Corned Beef, Angus Steak, Cheddar Cheese, and finished off with their deliciously crispy Bacon.
*did my good deed for the day
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 20, 2016 10:29 AM (ATVNj)
I read a book by this guy Mark Rotella, (The Stolen Figs) who is very fluent in "official" Italian. He went to Calabria to visit his remaining relatives there and he could hardly understand a word anybody spoke.
I read the book because his family is from the same small town as mine came from.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (WlGX+)
Leslie Jones did receive some ugly tweets - referring to her as a monkey, etc. Twitter really is a cesspool and this happens to all celebrities (and non-celebrities, too). Jones started tweeting them back and reporting them.
However, Milo sent some provocative tweets to her re: the movie being bad, though nothing that broke the rules or overtly offensive. Now he's been accused of inciting all of the other tweets (so he's blamed for all ugliness, not just his own words) as a convenient way to cancel his account.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (NOIQH)
Will be interesting to see if he pursues a career in politics.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:28 AM (T2aky)
Full speech.
*haven't watched it yet. Going to now.
http://tinyurl.com/z7rjcam
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (ATVNj)
Posted by: bluebell at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (805dc)
I spent a summer falling in love with Flavia Di Stefano and never really recovered, the little vixen ....
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (8/DeP)
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (PzkZb)
http://tinyurl.com/You-re-An-Eggplant
Never gets old, IMHO.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (CS7jF)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (1xUj/)
Because calling him a fascist doesn't work, and the term "revanchist" is too long and passe.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (ry34m)
Who is the guy who said he wanted to punch Pat Smith? Did he say it on Twitter? He needs to spend about five minutes with Marcus Luttrell.
Well, as I've said before, D-Lamp was a prophet without honor. And as others have said, you get more of what you subsidize. In Obamerica, hatred against the right is subsidized by the DNC/MFM/FedGov cabal, and there is no consequence for actions.
GQ is not going to fire this "writer," and even if they're not high-fiving him, they certainly approve of what he said. They also know that the right has no fight in them, and that all they have to do is wait until the next outrage squirrel comes along and the storm will pass.
D-Lamp made the point, and I totally agree - until people feel actual, real-world consequences for their actions and speech, they will continue to push the envelope to out-and-out physical violence. I know what my response would be. I know what Pat Smith's response ought to be. And until that is the immediate, go-to response, nothing will change.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:32 AM (X6fMO)
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Arby's has a secret menu item - The Meat Mountain.
http://tinyurl.com/j6zyvwq
Chicken Tenders form the solid base of this mountain which is then
topped with Roast Turkey, Ham, and then Swiss Cheese. But it doesn't end
there, the rest of the sandwich is composed of Brisket, Corned Beef,
Angus Steak, Cheddar Cheese, and finished off with their deliciously
crispy Bacon.
Good grief. I hope my husband doesn't hear about this. He's doing low-carb, and thinks it means he can eat copious amounts of meat. *sigh*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:32 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: ajmojo at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (1H9ox)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-York-Legs-Stacey-Baker-3.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (GYSvp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (xVgrA)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (WlGX+)
No further info on what happened.
It was electrifying!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (THZvf)
I've had the same experience. My FIL speaks the Calabrian dialect and when my wife and I took her parents to Rome he tried to speak to the locals. They oftentimes had no idea what he was trying to say.
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:33 AM (8/DeP)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at July 20, 2016 10:34 AM (22uju)
*haven't watched it yet. Going to now.
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Thanks I'll try to watch it sometime today.
As someone who has been critical of Trump and who is not a fan of his (as GOP nominee - I have stated that I have always liked him otherwise), I will say this - he does seem to have a good family, particularly for who their father is, his glam, his divorces, etc.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:34 AM (T2aky)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:32 AM (1ZOkK)
It doesn't????
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (mEZce)
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (8/DeP)
That sound you heard was my nice new doctor fainting.
I had my first physical in three years yesterday (IPspouse came preloaded with a benefits app) and when he asked about my diet I said it "varied", but it's not a real salad with out bacon and a steak chaser.
Yep.
Fasting Blood Test will be drawn on Monday.
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (Fol9S)
re: the movie being bad, though nothing that broke the rules or overtly
offensive. Now he's been accused of inciting all of the other tweets (so
he's blamed for all ugliness, not just his own words) as a convenient
way to cancel his account.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:31 AM (NOIQH)
BB said he was banned because of her complaint about his bad review of that flop Ghost Busters movie.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:32 AM (X6fMO)
I agree with every word of that comment.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 10:36 AM (pY/ty)
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Mine too. Some nights I eat ribeye, others sirloin.
Some mornings I eat bacon, others ham.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:37 AM (T2aky)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 10:37 AM (pY/ty)
We were mostly Calabrese in my 'hood, so it was pronounced "cast-ill-ee-OWN." Calabrians tend to drop the last vowel.
Don't know how to show it phonetically but the "igli" is like the "illi" in the word "millionaire."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (WlGX+)
The Italo-American pronunciation, from my perspective as Brooklyn Jew, is Cas-TIG-lee-own. In Italy, it would be Cas-TEEL-yo-nee.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:37 AM (27m1/)
I saw a woman at Walmart with grayish blonde dreads and those boots on. She was probably in her mid fifties, white, with a normal dude. 'Twas a very strange sight. Probably trying to get her picture on people of Walmart.
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 20, 2016 10:37 AM (xVgrA)
It's a great painting, and I am sort of embarrassed that I haven't posted it yet.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 20, 2016 10:38 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2016 10:38 AM (JBggj)
On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns were guillotined one by one for refusing to renounce their vows. 22 English Benedictine nuns watched, knowing they were next. However, the Terror ended 10 days later and they were spared.
The Carmelite nuns, and over a thousand other victims of the Terror, are buried in a private cemetery in the center of Paris.
Sheesh the French were nuts...
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:38 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:38 AM (27m1/)
Posted by: IP
It can be done, but gerbils work best.
Posted by: Richard Gere. at July 20, 2016 10:39 AM (kfcYC)
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The secular left has been after Catholics for a long time.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:39 AM (T2aky)
Yep.
Fasting Blood Test will be drawn on Monday.
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 10:35 AM (Fol9S)
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And you know what? If you're eating mostly salad with steak and bacon, your bloodwork is probably going to be just fine.
The real demons on that Meat Mountain are all the bread, breading, and the sheer volume.
Posted by: bluebell at July 20, 2016 10:40 AM (805dc)
They ban Milo within hours but it takes hundreds of complaints over days to get an ISIS account banned and they come back immediately. So Fck twitter.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:40 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (VndSC)
On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns were guillotined one by one for refusing to renounce their vows. 22 English Benedictine nuns watched, knowing they were next. However, the Terror ended 10 days later and they were spared.
That was the subject of the 1956 Poulenc opera Dialogues des Carmelites.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (X6fMO)
So yeah I can imagine quite easily what you describe.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (GYSvp)
I recommend Tobias Jones' "The Dark Heart of Italy" to anyone who wants to understand the place.
One of his theses is that it's never been a country and it's still a collection of city-states.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (T2aky)
Posted by: SH
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Salad should be devoured quickly by a rabbit. Then, you can cook and eat the rabbit, with gravy.
Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2016 10:43 AM (VndSC)
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Now apply this to Europe as a whole and the EU.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:43 AM (T2aky)
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 20, 2016 10:43 AM (xVgrA)
to get an ISIS account banned and they come back immediately. So Fck
twitter.
Yup. Their "Truth and Safety Council" is packed w/SJWers, such as feminists who instigated the Gamergate nonsense. They're much more concerned with Milo and RS McCain than ISIS. Only the former threaten to expose them as the idiots they are.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 20, 2016 10:43 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: SH
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Salad should be devoured quickly by a rabbit. Then, you can cook and eat the rabbit, with gravy.
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Probably true. Better to eat the animal that ate the salad than eat the salad directly. Let them do the early digestion work.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:44 AM (T2aky)
Posted by: bluebell at July 20, 2016 10:40 AM (805dc)
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That's what I told him, it always has been varied.
At mt last test my "bacon grease" level was 119.
I have moved to smaller portions over the years, but overall I eat what I want, when I want. BTW... Right now I want a dozen White Castles with cheese, but the closest shack is almost 300 miles away
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 10:44 AM (Fol9S)
To their credit, (grudgingly, I admit) Mika and Scarborough called it from the beginning, and all throughout, when just about every other pundit was wrong.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:44 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 10:44 AM (GYSvp)
I had one of their "Market Fresh" turkey and bacon sandwiches the other day. Not bad at all.
Posted by: jwest at July 20, 2016 10:45 AM (Zs4uk)
Thank you-putting it in my next Amazon order.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:45 AM (WlGX+)
It wasn't too long ago that she was ahead by 20. As I and others have said, the more the people see of her the worse she does.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at July 20, 2016 10:15 AM (iONHu)
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Here it is again, from a Latino guy for Trump:
HILARY'S FAILURE TO GAIN VOTERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQrLi1zptc
Essentially, Hillary maxes out the moment she announces. She has never gained in popularity -- only lost.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:46 AM (pC96u)
complaints over days to get an ISIS account banned and they come back
immediately. So Fck twitter.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!
It's an elaborate game, to first pretend you can belong to a group, and then to take it away from you on the flimsiest pretext.
It's like the in crowd and the out crowd in high school. Nothing more elaborate than that. I can see where Twitter could be funny and interesting to be part of (I never was and never will be), but it's a game for people that want to be "joiners". Look, I can join this and have fun and belong!
No, the silly mean girls who run Twitter are just messing with you.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at July 20, 2016 10:46 AM (RFeQD)
https://i.redd.it/vfk9zeg9cdax.jpg
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:46 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:46 AM (T2aky)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 10:47 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:46 AM (T2aky)
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With pretty pictures in the morning
Posted by: IP at July 20, 2016 10:47 AM (Fol9S)
Posted by: Roy at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (VndSC)
LOL. That's how I found out about it. A fellow 'ron made a remark about a deep fried beef and cheddar on a stick. I went to search for it and came across the Meat Mountain.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 20, 2016 10:47 AM (mEZce)
Though Silicon Valley has well-known problems with diversity in its work force, people here pride themselves on a kind of militant open-mindedness. It is the kind of place that will severely punish any deviations from accepted schools of thought -- see how Brendan Eich, the former chief executive of Mozilla, was run out of his job after it became public that he had donated to a campaign opposed to gay marriage.
... so they "punish any deviations" from "open-mindedness"
Posted by: Steve Jobs at July 20, 2016 10:47 AM (e8kgV)
complaints over days to get an ISIS account banned and they come back
immediately. So Fck twitter.
I have a dream that Twitter and the like get grilled and drilled over their clear support for terrorist groups. Seeing Fuckerberg go up the river on a RICO rap would fill me with delight.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:47 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at July 20, 2016 10:48 AM (Pby3z)
On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns were guillotined one by one for refusing to renounce their vows. 22 English Benedictine nuns watched, knowing they were next. However, the Terror ended 10 days later and they were spared.
That was the subject of the 1956 Poulenc opera Dialogues des Carmelites.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (X6fMO)
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I'm surprised they would sentence to death English citizens though they werent exactly on good terms with England. Most of the victims of the Terror were guilty of only "thought crimes."
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:48 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2016 10:49 AM (3ZoRf)
It sucks? You hate it? You wish you could be anywhere in the world but there?
Just from experience.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 10:49 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 20, 2016 10:50 AM (xVgrA)
Now that Trump is officially the nominee, Mike Barnacle has to buy Morning Mika a pickup truck to settle his bet with her.
Knowing Barnacle, he'll steal somebody else's truck and pass it off as his.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:51 AM (X6fMO)
But then there's the guy who runs the Heart Machine Tweeting the world is ending because of the Muslims and LIV crowds and the Sons shut him down for telling the truth while they keep partying.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 10:51 AM (GYSvp)
Can you get that deep-fried?
You will once the Texas State Fair rolls around.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:51 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: William Eaton at July 20, 2016 10:51 AM (KhJh8)
http://tinyurl.com/gtt5pfs
Amazing place, especially since it's open to the elements.
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:52 AM (8/DeP)
I sometimes have Morning Joe on as I get dressed as it's a good window into the left. Mika and Joe were on the Trump bandwagon early, but got off it weeks ago. Joe has become insufferable to listen to. Mika has glimmers of wanting to call Hillary to account.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2016 10:52 AM (r1fLd)
Posted by: Colin at July 20, 2016 10:52 AM (HQP2c)
Hard on that'd cut diamonds.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:52 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: fly gal at July 20, 2016 10:53 AM (8TdcF)
and drilled over their clear support for terrorist groups. Seeing
Fuckerberg go up the river on a RICO rap would fill me with delight.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:47 AM (9krrF)
Maybe they can get the same charge and time as Dinesh d'Souza at the same institution.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 10:53 AM (ry34m)
If Hillary's poll numbers go underwater, I wonder if there will even be debates.
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2016 10:38 AM (JBggj)
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If she goes underwater, the rescue antics should be epic.
btw, I kept predicting that Obama wouldn't debate Romney.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:54 AM (pC96u)
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Now apply this to Europe as a whole and the EU.
Posted by: SH at July 20, 2016 10:43 AM (T2aky)
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What's worse, we can even start applying it to the U.S.
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 10:55 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:41 AM (X6fMO)
I never liked the music, but I do say he makes a decent light-use chainsaw
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 10:55 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at July 20, 2016 10:56 AM (NuElX)
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 20, 2016 10:56 AM (xVgrA)
Arby's has a secret menu item - The Meat Mountain.
Can you get that deep-fried?
You will once the Texas State Fair rolls around.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:51 AM (THZvf)
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Texas is doing just fine, thank you.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/McDonalds-reveals-its-Texas-exclusive-Lone-Star-8323726.php
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:57 AM (pC96u)
btw, I kept predicting that Obama wouldn't debate Romney.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:54 AM (pC96u)
Its going to be epic what the MSM can come up with, Trump from the day he was born to now, every bankruptcy will be highlighted, etc, etc. etc.
Posted by: Colin at July 20, 2016 10:57 AM (HQP2c)
What I meant was, they called it that he would be the nominee. They've couched it all along in terms that made it very clear they didn't like it. But from a punditry perspective, they called it.
There's a great clip on youtube where Mika said on the air, mere days after Trump announced, "If Trump is the nominee, the Democrats are in big trouble."
Let's hope she was right about that as well!
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:57 AM (WlGX+)
It sucks? You hate it? You wish you could be anywhere in the world but there?
Tell me about it. If it wasn't for the fact that I need the money, I'd walk out right now and get drunk.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:57 AM (X6fMO)
If it wasn't for the fact that I need the money,
I'd walk out right now and get drunk.
Split it. Just get drunk at your desk.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 10:58 AM (THZvf)
Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing: I was thinking of Paula Prentiss' sister, the one who died in prison. What a strange story. It seems obvious that she was mentally ill so why did they send her to the big house? Sure her crimes were serious but it seems like it would have been better to handle it differently.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:58 AM (iQIUe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQrLi1zptc
Essentially, Hillary maxes out the moment she announces. She has never gained in popularity -- only lost."
This may explain why.
Most high level politicians are extroverts. Some like Obama are not, but know how to fake it. Hillary is a misanthrope -- she hates people -- and she can't always hide it.
When Hillary runs she tries to keep herself in a bubble. But if you run you can't always hide.
Once again, I can't think of anything that will happen between now and November that will help Hillary but can think of a lot of things that can happen that will hurt her. Obama won't be a help, as Hillary will get blamed while Obama gets the pass he always does. e.g. BLM .
Hillary instincts are bad. She continues to act like she's running to be governor of a Deep Blue state. So positions on things like BLM and gun control will pile up votes in states like MA and MD she was going to win anyway, but will hurt her elsewhere.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2016 10:58 AM (r1fLd)
btw, I kept predicting that Obama wouldn't debate Romney.
After the first time, Romney didn't debate Obama.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:58 AM (X6fMO)
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What's worse, we can even start applying it to the U.S.
As conceived, under both the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. should be a somewhat loose confederation of independent "states." The Federal government was conceived for the common defense and international representation of those semi-independent states. Produce a common currency. Safeguard some basic individual liberties. That's it.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: 11B40 at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (evgyj)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Fritz at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (2Mnv1)
Knowing Barnacle, he'll steal somebody else's truck and pass it off as his.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 10:51 AM
He could drive it in with Joe Biden, Fareed Zakaria and Doris Kearns Goodwin riding in the back.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (GYSvp)
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:54 AM (pC96u)
And you were right.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (VdICR)
And a reminder:
Melania said it better.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (9krrF)
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She meant it.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (pC96u)
btw, I kept predicting that Obama wouldn't debate Romney.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:54 AM (pC96u)
And you were right.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (VdICR)
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Actually, I got it backwards.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (pC96u)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 20, 2016 10:26 AM
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Around 1960, the Italian government started requiring students to learn a standard Italian language.
Before that, Italian dialects were so different that they were (as you said) like foreign languages to one another.
At the same time, Italian immigrants in America refused to speak Italian because their old-country dialect would betray everything about their backgrounds. A lot of people didn't want that. Many insisted on only English at home not so much to assimilate as Americans but to put their old lives behind them.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:01 AM (fC4Vg)
http://tinyurl.com/gtt5pfs
Amazing place, especially since it's open to the elements.
Posted by: Blacksheep at July 20, 2016 10:52 AM (8/DeP)
An odd thing about visiting Rome: Movies and photos do not give you a proper sense of scale.
I was surprised (although this is not the right word, bemused?) at the scale of:
Pantheon
Coliseum (this one especially. You get the idea from movies that it is larger than most sports coliseums today. Nope.)
The buildings that really seemed far larger? The Churches. St. Peter's and the square in front are just gigantic. Almost too massive to really grasp. St Paul Outside the Walls is also huge, but it is deceptive because compared to most of the other churches in town, it is an exercise in minimalism.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2016 11:01 AM (3ZoRf)
On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns were guillotined one by one for refusing to renounce their vows. 22 English Benedictine nuns watched, knowing they were next. However, the Terror ended 10 days later and they were spared.
The Carmelite nuns, and over a thousand other victims of the Terror, are buried in a private cemetery in the center of Paris.
Sheesh the French were nuts...
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 10:38 AM (iQIUe)
That would be the Picpus cemetery in which Lafayette & his wife are interred. There are over 1300 victims of The Terror buried there, including the mother & sister of Lafayette's wife.
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2016 11:01 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2016 11:01 AM (EZkQC)
"How still we see thee lie."
Posted by: vivi at July 20, 2016 11:02 AM (11H2y)
https://i.redd.it/vfk9zeg9cdax.jpg
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:46 AM (9krrF)
I don't know why, but this reminded me of a media story about 10 years ago.
'Experts Agree. Osama Bin Laden is either alive or dead!'
Posted by: JackS at July 20, 2016 11:02 AM (hgwL9)
Before that, Italian dialects were so different that they were (as you said) like foreign languages to one another.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:01 AM (fC4Vg)
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I think television helped.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:02 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 20, 2016 11:02 AM (MLfDH)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (27m1/)
Susan Anton? Now *there's* a name I haven't heard in a long time...
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 20, 2016 11:03 AM (maoCu)
Love it, but I think the chinchilla shoulder wrap might have too much.
Well painted and very appealing overall, but a man in chinchilla?
Kinky is when you use the fur.
Disturbed is when you use the whole damn animal.
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I thought it was:
Erotic is with a feather.
Kinky is with the whole chicken.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 11:03 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:04 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:54 AM (pC96u)
Might need to rethink making predictions. Only Dick Morris can get away with this.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 11:04 AM (3nMWC)
Common wisdom is that the electoral map favors the Ds, but it actually gives more voting power to flyover states. IIRC, a vote in Wyoming in worth more than 2 votes in CA. Hillary can win the popular vote like Gore did, but still lose.
If you look into the polls, there's already a strong momentum shift to Trump. I don't see this changing.
Expect Hillary's convention to be lackluster, even if the likes of Beyonce show up. It'll be like a forced visit to see that elderly aunt that everyone hates.
If Trump doesn't do stupid stuff, it's his to lose.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2016 11:05 AM (r1fLd)
I have it on good authority that Hillary loves puppy dogs and kittens and little children.
Blended together into a smoothie she calls the "Glenn Reynolds".
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Convention Closeout! All Dramatic Poses 50% Off! at July 20, 2016 11:05 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 20, 2016 11:06 AM (IqV8l)
Who knew there were benefits to being a loner?
Posted by: Insomniac at July 20, 2016 11:06 AM (0mRoj)
Two acronyms that explain why she probably won't need help:
LIVs
FSA
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2016 11:06 AM (EZkQC)
btw, I kept predicting that Obama wouldn't debate Romney.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 10:54 AM (pC96u)
Might need to rethink making predictions. Only Dick Morris can get away with this.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 11:04 AM (3nMWC)
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I still make predictions -- I've just stopped making bets.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 11:06 AM (pC96u)
LIVs
FSA
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2016 11:06 AM (EZkQC)
You forgot the most important one:
MSM
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 20, 2016 11:08 AM (maoCu)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:08 AM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: Jean at July 20, 2016 11:09 AM (Doh4+)
Tonight's jackpot is worth an estimated $250.3 million cash*
*before taxes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 11:09 AM (GYSvp)
And a reminder:
Melania said it better.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 10:59 AM (9krrF)
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She meant it.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 11:00 AM (pC96u)
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We're going to see a full-scale media and #nevertrump war against the whole Trump family. They are way to pretty, handsome, poised, intelligent, and articulated for the leftists and DC elites.
It's going to get really ugly. And, unfortunately, many (yeah, even here on this blog) will start to believe it. It's a shame that something good can't be allowed to exist in this country anymore.
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:10 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Yo! at July 20, 2016 11:10 AM (GwIKd)
If Trump doesn't do stupid stuff, it's his to lose.
If the campaign is smart (which I wonder about), they'll have already arranged that, when polls close and Teh Donald walks on stage to announce that Scankles has conceded, Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead! will come blasting out of the hall speakers at ear-splitting volume.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 11:11 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:11 AM (Lyh9/)
103 There were Castigliones in my town, too. They pronounced it CAST-a-line (as opposed to Cas-tig-lee-OH-nee).
We were mostly Calabrese in my 'hood, so it was pronounced "cast-ill-ee-OWN." Calabrians tend to drop the last vowel.
Don't know how to show it phonetically but the "igli" is like the "illi" in the word "millionaire."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 10:21 AM (WlGX+)
The Italo-American pronunciation, from my perspective as Brooklyn
Jew, is Cas-TIG-lee-own. In Italy, it would be Cas-TEEL-yo-nee.
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We have a street here near the racetrack named that, after the famous chess champion, I'm told. Probably nobody who lives around there now can pronounce it in any fashion; this is a town that pronounces the street name "Socrates" as "SO-Krats." Before you know it, Castiglione Street will probably get renamed for Cap'n Kenya himself.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 11:11 AM (txdEq)
Zod. And Roy Orbison.
Posted by: General Zod at July 20, 2016 11:12 AM (Bdeb0)
LIVs
FSA
How to defuse that:
(Shows Trump in his home, with Melania)
"I'm Donald Trump. I'm rich as fuck, and in my America, you can be too!"
Game. Set. Match.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 11:13 AM (9krrF)
Here is an article on diversity, tolerance, regionalism, the French revolution, and the Left's desire for leveling socialism
https://mises.org/blog/unique-evil-left
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2016 11:13 AM (ry34m)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:02 AM
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Definitely. Now that I think about it, the two go hand in hand: Teach a standard language, then broadcast it, which helps people to learn it, which makes it easier to broadcast it more.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:13 AM (fC4Vg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 20, 2016 11:13 AM (GYSvp)
148 Well, dog got a flea bath.
Damn in-laws dogs.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 10:36 AM (pY/ty)
Wait! Wut?!?
Posted by: Spun and Murky at July 20, 2016 11:13 AM (4DCSq)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:14 AM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: lindafell- TEXIT!! at July 20, 2016 11:14 AM (xVgrA)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 11:14 AM (nIGPZ)
It's called "BBC English" for a reason.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 11:14 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:14 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2016 11:16 AM (88xKn)
And in more MFM subtle propaganda:
If you have their "news" service as a main page, you'll see a story titled: "What we learned from Day 2 of the GOP convention." The picture? A view of the stage, with the jumbotron reading "Over The Top."
Cute, MFM. Real cute.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 11:17 AM (X6fMO)
Either Bill Clinton dies and/or Hillary comes out.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 11:18 AM (nIGPZ)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 11:18 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 11:18 AM (3nMWC)
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The finale is arguably the most dramatic in all of opera.
The best version I've seen so far is from the Met's 1987 season with Jessye Norman. The first drop of the knife was so percussive that the chorus physically jumped.
Poulenc had his Carmilites sent off with his "Salve Regina", but the Carmelites of Compegnie departed this world singing the Gregorian chant "Veni Creator Spiritus".
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2016 11:19 AM (JBggj)
Wait! Wut?!?"
Sorry. I use the term loosely. Niece's husband's dogs.
*what the Hell do you even call that?*
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:20 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 20, 2016 11:21 AM (fcqmr)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 20, 2016 11:21 AM (8gTsX)
Neither of which would actually surprise anybody.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:21 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:22 AM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 11:18 AM (3nMWC)
You know she'll announce Friday, so that will be all anyone will talk about over the weekend, instead of Trump's acceptance speech the night before.
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2016 11:22 AM (7HtZB)
She picks a white & Trump's campaign commercials write themselves.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 11:23 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: donna at July 20, 2016 11:23 AM (O2RFr)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 11:18 AM (3nMWC)
It all depends on what her internal poling is telling her. Thus far, she has not acted like someone who has sewn up the nomination for her party. On the other hand, she could feel from Obama's example that she does not need the center or any from the right, and hence just needs to boost her turnout. Expect her to either try to mitigate her strategy by picking a 'safe' pick, or going further into it by picking a minority candidate. In short, who the hell knows, but it is fun to speculate.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2016 11:23 AM (3ZoRf)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:23 AM (Lyh9/)
Nice.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 11:23 AM (kKHcp)
We're going to see a full-scale media and #nevertrump war against the whole Trump family. They are way to pretty, handsome, poised, intelligent, and articulated for the leftists and DC elites.
It's going to get really ugly. And, unfortunately, many (yeah, even here on this blog) will start to believe it. It's a shame that something good can't be allowed to exist in this country anymore.
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:10 AM (Fmupd)
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MSM is watching the Trump family and searching for just the right shade of Palinization.
Posted by: iforgot at July 20, 2016 11:24 AM (pC96u)
You know she'll announce Friday, so that will be all anyone will talk about over the weekend, instead of Trump's acceptance speech the night before.
Trump should say 'it would be a mistake to pick Kaine.'
If she picks Kaine, Trump's already called it a mistake.
If she doesn't pick Kaine, he can say she was going to and he put her off it.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 11:25 AM (nIGPZ)
Sorry. I use the term loosely. Niece's husband's dogs.
*what the Hell do you even call that?*
Not sure. Probably something to do with "once or twice removed".
Posted by: Spun and Murky at July 20, 2016 11:25 AM (4DCSq)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 20, 2016 11:25 AM (8gTsX)
As I've said in this space before, Kaine looks uncannily like the guy who played Baltar in the original Galactica. Slightly oily, porcine, pocked, surreptitious.
Posted by: General Zod at July 20, 2016 11:25 AM (Bdeb0)
Given the level of haplessness seen of late, it will be announced 10-15 minutes before the next high-profile atrocity sucks all the oxygen out of the room.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 11:26 AM (9krrF)
I always thought that name hinted at a colorful, somewhat aristocratic ancestry.
Posted by: JoeF. at July 20, 2016 11:26 AM (chgjp)
I think Dem convention will be closer to Gore/Lieberman or Kerry/Edwards.
I'm hoping against hope that one of the "grieving" mothers will let loose a fully-ebonic, spittle-flecked "kill whitey!" scream before the MFM can hit the escape button.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 20, 2016 11:27 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 20, 2016 11:21 AM (fcqmr)
If the situation were not so serious, it would almost have been worth the price of admission.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 20, 2016 11:27 AM (3ZoRf)
Which Gustav Mahler used to great effect in the first movement of his 8th symphony (the second movement is a treatment of Goethe's "Faust").
I adore that symphony. Have never seen it performed though, which, while a huge expense, would be magnificent.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 20, 2016 11:27 AM (aW5/6)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 20, 2016 11:27 AM (WTSFk)
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Fortunately The Donald knows how to handle them: exasperation. "Gimme a break!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2016 11:22 AM (7HtZB)
Not a bad thing. Rioters have to behave or they overshadow her announcement. Makes it even worse if she does pick a minority veep - looks like appeasement, mobilizes one minority and turns off everyone else. Trump's acceptance speech quietly disappearing is not bad either - notice how his low profile has helped his numbers. Suddenly the idea of him as major party candidate doesn't seem so crazy. It's all a sale, and he's slowly making it...
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (3nMWC)
The left has...
A new report released Wednesday detailed the charges filed against Leslie McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother.
The report says Brown's grandmother was 'repeatedly struck in the back of the head' by an 'unknown subject' and 'knocked to the ground.'
The report adds that Leslie McSpadden 'then ran up and punched (grandma).'
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (mEZce)
Well? Did ya?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at July 20, 2016 11:14 AM
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Ha! Never heard that term.
We have that here, too. One of the most widespread American dialects is Inland North (aka the Great Lakes accent) which is spoken from roughly Milwaukee and along the US shores of the Great Lakes and down New York state's Mohawk River valley almost to Schenectady.
Except for Erie, PA.
Erie is just about the same distance from Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. But when it comes to television, it gravitates to Pittsburgh. It makes sense because the other two cities are in different states - who wants to hear about Ohio or New York happenings when you live in Pennsylvania, right?
As a result, the prevalent accent in Erie has evolved to resemble Pittsburgh's.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (fC4Vg)
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:28 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:29 AM (Lyh9/)
Those turds needed beating down repeatedly for Europe to be rid of them, even temporarily.
Of course now we're supposed to be PC and denounce the Crusades and get off our high horse, but not me.
I've always liked my high horse.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 20, 2016 11:29 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: dantesed at July 20, 2016 11:16 AM (88xKn)
I'm sure the Olympics will give us one long before then.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Convention Closeout! All Dramatic Poses 50% Off! at July 20, 2016 11:29 AM (hLRSq)
http://goo.gl/gVDh2O
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:29 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2016 11:29 AM (bn3z1)
Nice family. Mystery how the son turned out a rotten apple.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:30 AM (pY/ty)
Dude spoke 98% perfect English. Just an occasional vowel here and there gave it away. I asked him how he came to be so fluent.
He said, "Well, we're all required to learn English in school, and we learn it from TV. But mostly TV."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:30 AM (WlGX+)
Heh. My mother is big on the distinctions between second cousin and first cousin once removed and suchlike.
I am fairly certain that no one cares, but that doesn't stop me from giving her a glass of wine at Thanksgiving and asking her to explain it to the grandkids.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:30 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: donna at July 20, 2016 11:30 AM (O2RFr)
Not now, but have before. Something wrong in your text. Black diamond? Bad link?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:31 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 20, 2016 11:31 AM (wYRTH)
That's not such a bad thing right? Unless I'm reading it wrong . Surprised the Left would report such negative news about BLM.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 20, 2016 11:31 AM (fcqmr)
282: John Colicos! Aka Kor on Star Trek: TOS and DS9! Had less of a porcine/oily vibe on those shows.
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I don't see John Colicos, but Kaine (as well as having a rather Klingon-esque name) does remind me of some character actor from the Sixties or Seventies. It'll come to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 11:31 AM (txdEq)
The funny thing is neither wrote their speech, and the phrases in question are stock, generic phrases that have been said a million times. Michelle Obama wasn't the first person to craft those words in that way.
But no, we have to keep this story alive until every LIV imbecile thinks that the rich white bitch "stole" from our glorious FLATUS.....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 20, 2016 11:32 AM (chgjp)
Is it just me, or do you see the resemblance?
Posted by: General Zod at July 20, 2016 11:32 AM (Bdeb0)
Not now, but have before. Something wrong in your text. Black diamond? Bad link?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:31 AM (pY/ty)
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Nope. Just suddenly couldn't post.
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:33 AM (Fmupd)
"So, Melania and Michelle Obama were raised with the same values......wait, what was your problem again?"
The Mooch-worshipping MFM, pwned.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:34 AM (WlGX+)
But a friend did. Which hurts.....
Posted by: JoeF. at July 20, 2016 11:34 AM (chgjp)
They are all gonna have to be careful not to use words that have been used before.....anywhere.....Gonna be nice and quiet...
Posted by: donna at July 20, 2016 11:34 AM (O2RFr)
One of our local TV news propagandists got a teacher to say that
Melania's speech would not get a passing grade because of the
"plagiarism" I really wish I could make that lying teacher and
reporter fear for their jobs. . . .
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Has anybody posted this? A vid comparing Obama's use in 2007 of exact phrases that Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick used when running in 2006. Plagiarism, baby!
http://tinyurl.com/h4e6wzo
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 11:34 AM (txdEq)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:30 AM
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A long time ago I heard that a lot of Japanese exchange students (high school and college age) would make it a point every day to Sesame Street.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:35 AM (fC4Vg)
That's not such a bad thing right? Unless I'm reading it wrong . Surprised the Left would report such negative news about BLM.
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 20, 2016 11:31 AM (fcqmr)
Not bad at all (for us)
And that's an old news report. But it happened. And she is speaking at the convention.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at July 20, 2016 11:35 AM (mEZce)
They are all gonna have to be careful not to use words that have been used before.....anywhere.....Gonna be nice and quiet...
Posted by: donna at July 20, 2016 11:34 AM (O2RFr)
CNN is nothing but an extension of the DNC
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 20, 2016 11:35 AM (zp+j1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:36 AM (pY/ty)
"His name is 'titty-an'! I swear to God: "titty-an'!"
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 20, 2016 11:36 AM (aW5/6)
Oh, I didn't know it was called that. I've always thought of it as the Great Lakes Vowel Shift.
(You know, when you go to work at your jab).
I'm sort of liberal huggy feely inclusive everyone is valid and I'm inclusive about everything, but that accent drives me right up a wall.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:36 AM (1xUj/)
The funny thing is neither wrote their speech, and the phrases in question are stock, generic phrases that have been said a million times. Michelle Obama wasn't the first person to craft those words in that way.
But no, we have to keep this story alive until every LIV imbecile thinks that the rich white bitch "stole" from our glorious FLATUS.....
When that's all they have ..........
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 11:37 AM (THZvf)
You forgot trophy wife and Bimbo...
Posted by: donna at July 20, 2016 11:38 AM (O2RFr)
Just tell them no reasonable prosecutor would indict.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 20, 2016 11:38 AM (nIGPZ)
"Camping cannot be recommended, due to the abundance of land mines."
Also had to watch yourself at view-points along major highways - lots of evidence of their former role as "strong points" controlling stretches of road, including discarded old ammo etc. But still a great trip.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 20, 2016 11:38 AM (QDnY+)
Heh. Like the Buffalonians who cook with pats and pans.
And yet I was born and raised in WNY, and while I definitely have the nasal vowels to a degree, I don't say jabs and pats for jobs and pots.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:39 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:30 AM (WlGX+)
Used to know a girl who told me she had a pen pal (hey, remember pen pals?) in Alabama. He finally got a chance to come out to California and meet her, and they started talking about accents, because his Southern drawl was rather pronounced. He referred to his hosts as "TV talkers" and they didn't know what he meant until they realized that most of the television seen in this country comes out of Los Angeles, and to him, that's what they all sounded like, i.e the people he watched on TV.
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 20, 2016 11:39 AM (maoCu)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 11:37 AM (THZvf)
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They didn't really have anything on Palin, but look what they did to her.
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:39 AM (Fmupd)
I think we can all agree that this is a terrific picture of a broad on a couch.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:40 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:36 AM
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That's my accent. Good thing you can't hear me in these threads.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:40 AM (fC4Vg)
that the rich white bitch "stole" from our glorious FLATUS....."
I'm already seeing ample that the MSM have pretty much succeed in this, and in only about 24 hours. It's like the LIV's brains have a black hole that sucks in any leftists misinformation and talking points floating anywhere near them, sucks it in and none ever escapes their heads. Mission accomplished
Posted by: Ripley at July 20, 2016 11:40 AM (1BQGO)
So, they have grenades, guns, and hot Argentinian models in Guatemalan jails. Who knew?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:42 AM (iQIUe)
CNN won't let go of the "plagiarism" thing. It's as if they believe that
Melania, being a dumb bitch who speaks English with an accent, simply
copied Michelle's speech word-for word.
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Eh, it's all they've got. Politics-wise, it's pure high school bs. I remember the 2008 convention, when the MSM went 24/7 in the days before convention opened on Palin's then-pregnant daughter Bristol and how that would impact the campaign and ... hypocrisy. Which led to an all-time audience for a VP acceptance speech. Which led to one of the greatest convention speeches in modern US history. Which led to a brief surge in poll ratings for McCain.
So, gas on, MSM ...
Posted by: mrp at July 20, 2016 11:42 AM (JBggj)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:42 AM (pY/ty)
What's this now?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:43 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: exdem13 at July 20, 2016 11:43 AM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Fritz at July 20, 2016 11:43 AM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:44 AM (fC4Vg)
So, they have grenades, guns, and hot Argentinian models in Guatemalan jails. Who knew?
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Somebody make this movie!!
Posted by: exdem13 at July 20, 2016 11:44 AM (ry4ab)
it's quite different than the portrait of lorenzo di medici in his finery and hauteur christies sold a few years ago. it was bought at par-bernet in 1968 as by anonymous and the owner, the american art dealer ira spanierman, researched it had it cleaned etc over the decades and it is undisputedly a lost raphael.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 20, 2016 11:44 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 10:10 AM (1ZOkK)
Barring tragedy, I think Milo will be around a lot longer than Twitter.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 11:44 AM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 11:44 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: FireHorse
I'm sorry. I try to be a better person. There are just a couple of prejudices I haven't been able to shed yt.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Lauren at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (FooCX)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (8gTsX)
And Milo gets banned for life.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (WlGX+)
http://tinyurl.com/hdpqs5y
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (7HtZB)
Weasel Zippers
Fuckin assholes. Can you imagine if a Right Wing paper had said that about a left wing President? If I said that about any President, being in the Military, I'd be thrown right out.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (zp+j1)
I need some Cokes. Dr. Pepper, please.
I'll give you money when you get back.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at July 20, 2016 11:46 AM (pY/ty)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 20, 2016 11:46 AM (WTSFk)
http://goo.gl/nWQZXQ
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:47 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Howie Feltersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:47 AM (5M3xB)
Posted by: Soona at July 20, 2016 11:47 AM (Fmupd)
- Grampa Jimbo
So it's Erdogan dressed in some attire from hundreds of years ago.
That man looks too peaceful to be so evil that he think he can kill all his enemies or needs to.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2016 11:47 AM (bpZlE)
Melania was set up. Trump, being the guy who hires the best people and all, should go scorched earth on his writing team.
Posted by: Lauren at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (FooCX)
I heard on Fox last night that some female "friend of the family," a ballet teacher/dancer no less, "helped" with the speech. His hired speech writers totally overlooked the speech after she "helped."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 20, 2016 11:47 AM (1ZOkK)
Posted by: chiefjaybob, who hates everyone at July 20, 2016 11:48 AM (69cHf)
So that look on Castiglione could easily be saying "I feel your pain."
Or, it could also mean "Sorry. You fucked up and will be found in a ditch tomorrow, sans head."
or "You better put some ice on that."
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"So, please tell me Guido, why have you not yet secured the 15,000 florins that Hanse Solo owes me for that shipment of cloves and pepper?"
Posted by: exdem13 at July 20, 2016 11:48 AM (ry4ab)
Melania should start answering questions in the 4 other languages she knows. "Oh, you don't know Slovenian? Well, what about French then? Don't know that either? Italian? No?"
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 11:48 AM (u0lmX)
Weasel Zippers
Fuckin assholes. Can you imagine if a Right Wing paper had said that about a left wing President? If I said that about any President, being in the Military, I'd be thrown right out.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (zp+j1)
The left has given up any pretense of fair play, or equal treatment. We are the "other." We are evil and must be eradicated, or at the very least, muzzled so we don't infect others with our thoughtcrimes.
Stalin must be laughing his ass off in hell right now.
Posted by: Moki at July 20, 2016 11:48 AM (ezHMO)
True. But at least Palin was running. They have even less now.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 11:48 AM (THZvf)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at July 20, 2016 11:49 AM (fcqmr)
So, they have grenades, guns, and hot Argentinian models in Guatemalan jails. Who knew?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:42 AM (iQIUe)
You're watching old Andy Sidaris movies again, aren't you?
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2016 11:49 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:50 AM (iQIUe)
Nein! Nein! Nein!
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at July 20, 2016 11:51 AM (THZvf)
A coup would mean a lot of leftys in prison and strapped on guernies. Go for it!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at July 20, 2016 11:52 AM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:52 AM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 20, 2016 11:52 AM (WTSFk)
Got to go to the store to get some hayum and some melk.
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Noo Awlins people, at least the suburbanites who came from or are still in the working class, sound like Brooklyn cab drivers in 1940s movies -- "dese" for "these," "hawt" for "heart," and so forth. Here it's called "Nint' Ward," or "Yat" (from the favored expression "Where y'at?" for "How are you?"). Watching the old Bowery Boys comedies as a kid, I sort of learned Brooklynese/Yat as a second language.
But then, this is a town which pronounces "Burgundy" the street as "Bur-GUN-dee," not like "BUR-gun-dee" the wine, and "Melpomene" the street as "Mel-po-meen."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 11:54 AM (txdEq)
(Enough already, dudes, with the Grizzly Man beards and weird facial hair. It's old.)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 11:55 AM (u0lmX)
Haven't changed my diet one bit since I was a Ranger lo those many decades ago. Steaks and greasy burgers galore. So I had high triglycerides. Doc started me Omega-3 gel caps. Dropped those numbers by 2/3.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at July 20, 2016 11:55 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 11:58 AM (Lyh9/)
310: If I squint, yeah, Battlestar era maybe. With those eyebrows, he
reminds me more of the defecting Romulan in the 3rd Season TNG episode
"The Defector" (Verrry good TNG ep. BTW)
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Maybe a little, though that actor, James Sloyan, reminded me more of the mature Laurence Olivier. Kaine, at least in the pics Ixquick Images presents, has a "goofy next-door neighbor" look in a lot of his photos.
And yes, a particularly fine episode.
Picard: "You already betrayed your people, Admiral! You've made your choices,
sir! You're a traitor! Now, if the bitter taste of that is unpalatable
to you, I am truly sorry. But I will not risk my crew because you think
you can dance on the edge of the Neutral Zone. You've crossed over,
Admiral. You make yourself comfortable with that."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 12:00 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM
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If you want to overcome this particular prejudice, I recommend "Bewitched." When that show was made, the Great Lakes accent was considered to be the normal way of speaking American English, and Elizabeth Montgomery pulled it off quite well.
Besides, that was an entertaining show.
Also: Even if you can't stand the way Samantha Stephens sounds, she's very easy to look at.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 12:03 PM (fC4Vg)
368: Aka, "Yat's". There's a subtle difference one can pick up, though. There's a vague Cajun hint to their accent.
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I lived in Lafayette, LA, in the late '70s -- the "big city" to the Cajuns, I guess. The main thing I picked up on with them was their tendency to reaffirm a declarative sentence ("I got a good deal at K-Mart, yah") or to reinforce the pronoun ("I am a proud coon-ass, me" or "Charlie is a proud coon-ass, him"). Not a lot of that among Noo Awlins suburbanites. But you're right, there are probably differences between the classic "Brooklynese" and Yat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 12:04 PM (txdEq)
What, does this disqualify her from boning the president in the whitehouse?
When will Democrats stop this terrible war on women??
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2016 12:05 PM (pUDQf)
"Bewitched." When that show was made, the Great Lakes accent was
considered to be the normal way of speaking American English, and
Elizabeth Montgomery pulled it off quite well.
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I always imagined Elizabeth was speaking General American, the kind of speech prevalent on TV in those days. So the Great Lakes dialect is very widespread thanks to TV?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 12:06 PM (txdEq)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 20, 2016 10:26 AM
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Around 1960, the Italian government started requiring students to learn a standard Italian language.
Before that, Italian dialects were so different that they were (as you said) like foreign languages to one another.
At the same time, Italian immigrants in America refused to speak Italian because their old-country dialect would betray everything about their backgrounds. A lot of people didn't want that. Many insisted on only English at home not so much to assimilate as Americans but to put their old lives behind them.
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 11:01 AM (fC4Vg)
My doctor is from Milan. He was born in 1960. He told me that when he was around 19 he took some time to travel around Italy. He said the further south he went the harder it was to understand people. By the time he got to Sicily, it was like being in a foreign country.
It's funny because he gets these elderly Italian-Americans patients who want to speak the language of "the old country" with him. Because most Italian-Americans are descended from people from the south of Italy, he can't understand them.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 12:08 PM (u0lmX)
Italian-Americans patients who want to speak the language of "the old
country" with him. Because most Italian-Americans are descended from
people from the south of Italy, he can't understand them.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 12:08 PM (u0lmX)
Same problem in Alabama. Start in Huntsville, you get proper, queens' english. As you move south to Mobile, you get Cajun gibberish.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2016 12:09 PM (pUDQf)
374: It's a subtle difference in inflection, not so much syntax. Easy to miss.
Posted by: Jackal at July 20, 2016 12:13 PM (Lyh9/)
Posted by: Yuimetal at July 20, 2016 11:45 AM (8gTsX)
However, in 2012 we didn't have some horrific terrorist attack or shooting of cops every few days (that's what it seems like now). I might be wrong but when people get worried about safety, they're not going to think so much about stupid shit like "binders of women."
In short, I think the Dems will use their 2012 playbook. Will it work? With the blacks and silly single women, sure. With other D's? I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 12:14 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 20, 2016 12:09 PM (pUDQf)
I know a French guy who traveled to Louisiana. He is interested in the history of the Cajuns and wanted to talk to them, but when he actually met "French speaking" Cajuns, with the best will in the world, he said, he understood maybe 1 word in every 10.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at July 20, 2016 12:16 PM (u0lmX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 20, 2016 12:06 PM
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Not any more. "Generic" American English nowadays is more Midwestern. Companies with call centers like to put them in Iowa. Tom Brokaw is from North Dakota.
As an aside: Hillary Clinton has the Great Lakes accent, bad. When she speaks like a calm, normal person, she sounds like any woman from the town where I grew up. But when she starts that yelling and shrieking, she sounds like any woman from the town where I grew up.
*cringe* (I don't miss that place.)
Posted by: FireHorse at July 20, 2016 12:18 PM (fC4Vg)
Posted by: Locke Common at July 20, 2016 12:29 PM (Mnnri)
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