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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:40 AM (9P3OG)

2
Kelli Ward on the bottom of hour 3 on Levin. She impresses mightily.

DUMP McSTAINS.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:41 AM (9P3OG)

3
Larry Sabato calling for Oma Panzersuit to wipe out Trump in a landslide.

Make of that what you will and leave me out of it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:43 AM (9P3OG)

4 Good morning!

My blog post is up.

Promoting a blog talk radio show a couple of friends are starting.

Also a new Horde writer goes on "The List"

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom at August 12, 2016 07:43 AM (7lVbc)

5
I hope that Attorney General Giuliani hurls a RICO investigation against the Clinton Foundation AND Soros' operations.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:44 AM (9P3OG)

6 I keep seeing American leftists claiming that Venezuela is not a failure of socialism, but just a circumstance of the collapse of oil prices. But I don't see massive food shortages in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or Nigeria.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 07:44 AM (O7MnT)

7
Kelli Ward describes McStains' ideology perfectly:

Invade the world and Invite the world.

Perfect.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:45 AM (9P3OG)

8 Also, I read where Venezuela's socialist Government has made it illegal for companies to go out of business. Employees are literally being laid off, and then arrested for being laid off.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 07:47 AM (O7MnT)

9 2nd link. Gross injustice. Who is the government to decide if one's expression of their religious beliefs is "important" enough to be exercised? Shame on the cowardly PC Marines who decided this was a battle to be fought. Stick to your mission, not to the destruction of the 1st Amendment. I hope she wins on appeal.

This isn't the first time the military has tried to squash religious expression. Some do fight back. I know a Puerto Rican Catholic priest who tore up orders to curtail his preaching and watch what he said in Mass. He tore the papers up. During Mass.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 07:47 AM (dFi94)

10 I just noticed this on ont:
Vic the Hobbit does the opposite. I am hungry ALL the time since I quit smoking. Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

You went cold turkey? No vap?

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 07:48 AM (ZnIt3)

11
Fuck Jonathan Pollard. Full disclosure: Sefton has the Joo cooties.

That said, considering who's in office now, he's about 30 years too early.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:48 AM (9P3OG)

12 I saw a picture of a fridge on Pinterest. The caption read, "Is your refrigerator running? If so, I'll vote for it."

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 07:50 AM (dFi94)

13 Mornin' 'rons.

despicable harry reid is going to force McTrutle to bend over on SCOTUS..or is mitch the bitch a willing accomplice...

In my fantasy world, I envision real republican leadership who would force reid to do all manner of things conservative.

Posted by: willy at August 12, 2016 07:51 AM (Ffw22)

14 Posted by: @votermom at August 12, 2016 07:43 AM (7lVbc)

That reminds me...I need to get a review up of the second installment of "Wearing the Cat". I didn't gobble that one up like I did the first. I savored every chapter.

Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2016 07:52 AM (x2V6c)

15 There's a lot more to the story of that Marine Sterling than just bible verses. She was a shitbag who on multiple occasions disobeyed lawful orders.

She also admitted that when she was told to take down the verse she had posted she did not tell anyone it was a bible verse. She didn't have the book and chapter on it so that anyone who saw it would know where it was from.

In the end, she was a fuckup who got what she deserved.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=67400

Posted by: Instinct at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (S7Hj+)

16 13 Posted by: willy at August 12, 2016 07:51 AM (Ffw22)

If Reid is crowing about "forcing" McCocksickle to vote, that means the kabuki script was written weeks ago.

One. Party. Amerika.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (9P3OG)

17 I keep seeing American leftists claiming that Venezuela is not a failure of socialism, but just a circumstance of the collapse of oil prices.

More likely Venezuela was always a failure and was only propped up by oil.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (nIGPZ)

18 In my fantasy world, I envision real republican leadership who would force reid to do all manner of things conservative.

Posted by: willy at August 12, 2016 07:51 AM (Ffw22)
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I'm waiting for the fairy godmother to turn my pj's into a ballgown. The chances are about the same.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (dFi94)

19 If we let military personnel tape Bible verses to their computers, Mormons will be shooting Muslims in the streets and calling it religious freedom.

Posted by: Gary Johnson, Alleged Liberatiran at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (O7MnT)

20 Thailand bombers another unknown group with unknown motives.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 07:54 AM (mpXpK)

21 Hairy Reed is FOS.

Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2016 07:54 AM (x2V6c)

22
Arizona Morons:

www.KelliWard.com

Early voting is now, the primary is August 30th.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:54 AM (9P3OG)

23 Obama admin blocked FBI probe of Clinton Foundation corruption

MFM: Story? What story?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2016 07:56 AM (auHtY)

24 So - a Sikh soldier is allowed to keep his turban and beard but a Christian Marine can't have a few scraps of paper with Bible verses on them at her desk. Why, you'd almost think the powers that be have a special hatred for Christianity or something.

(To his credit, the Sikh signed the petition defending the Christian Marine)

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 12, 2016 07:56 AM (P8951)

25 She also admitted that when she was told to take down the verse she had
posted she did not tell anyone it was a bible verse. She didn't have
the book and chapter on it so that anyone who saw it would know where it
was from.
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I'm looking at two canvas art pieces on my wall right now that each have a Bible verse on them, each without Scripture references. Do not see the significance of Chapter and Verse citations necessary in order to be proven as Biblical expressions of faith.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 07:57 AM (dFi94)

26 I feel sorry for that Marine who is being shat on by her superiors but I have a feeling there is more to this case than what we are seeing here.

But it has always been that people serving in the military have "restricted constitutional rights". That is why they fall under the UCMJ instead of normal law.

She should have obeyed the order to remove the material and then went up the line, starting with her chaplain to get him on her side. of course then she would have had to get a transfer to another unit.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 07:58 AM (mpXpK)

27 I see Hector has crawled out from his abode under the outhouse early today to slander Christians. Go back to nest in the shit you live in.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 12, 2016 07:58 AM (P8951)

28 J.J., did Kelli Ward give any indication how she's doing in the polls next to that decrepit, old RINO geezer?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 07:59 AM (+FSld)

29 then went up the line, starting with her chaplain to get him on her side.
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The sad truth is that chaplains are being muzzled as well.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 08:00 AM (dFi94)

30 One of these days, it'll come down to Joint Task Force Gurkha-Sikh-Roof-Korean.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 12, 2016 08:00 AM (4EKP/)

31 Happy Birthday to my fellow Leo, Lady in Black!

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 12, 2016 08:00 AM (P8951)

32 So the corrupt State Department is illegally throwing away $400K dollars on an unallocated expense for the AGW scam.

Ho-hum Republicans will do nothing.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:01 AM (mpXpK)

33 15 Posted by: Instinct at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (S7Hj+)

Round up the Jews and shoot them was also a "lawful order."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:01 AM (9P3OG)

34 Hairy Reed is just a nasty old satyr. The things he is saying though, they have a purpose, which I don't care enough about to figure out.

Bottom line is: If Teh Donald is elected, Garland won't be on the Supreme Court. If Hillory is, he gets his hearing/confirmation in a lame duck session.

None of the barking Hairy is doing makes any difference.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 12, 2016 08:01 AM (Pz4pT)

35 Thank you, Donna!! *Leo fist bump*

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:01 AM (+FSld)

36
The Palo Alto resignation letter and comments are chock full of blythe unawareness that what they desire in terms of a place to live is exactly why they got what troubles them. Uppity serfs!

These people are vectors for the urban planning disease and will take it with them whereever they decide to infest next.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2016 08:01 AM (BK3ZS)

37 So Nidal Hasan could have "Soldier of Allah" on his military business cards but that Marine couldn't have a Bible verse on her desk?

Okay then.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:02 AM (805dc)

38 28 J.J., did Kelli Ward give any indication how she's doing in the polls next to that decrepit, old RINO geezer?
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 07:59 AM (+FSld)

She said that she thought she was doing well. For what it's worth, she had an anecdotal story about many people sending her pics of their early ballots with her name marked.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:02 AM (9P3OG)

39 Macy's'. I read an article yesterday where the CEO said people's house's didn't need repair and they didn't need a new car so they have money to spend at Macy's. They are anticipating so much business that they are closing 100 stores.

Posted by: freaked at August 12, 2016 08:03 AM (BO/km)

40 Happy Friday, Horde.

I hope Ace's post about honest conversation yesterday had a cleansing effect for commenters.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 12, 2016 08:03 AM (KUaJL)

41 Lady in Black, happy birthday! Listen to some Frankie Valli and enjoy your day.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:03 AM (805dc)

42 40 Happy Friday, Horde.

I hope Ace's post about honest conversation yesterday had a cleansing effect for commenters.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 12, 2016 08:03 AM (KUaJL)

It was a great post. Not sure that it was aimed at anyone here necessarily. My take was that it was more aimed at the media. But what do I know? Still, an excellent read.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (9P3OG)

43 Is it your birthday. Lady in Black? Happy Happy! Quick - find some cake and eat it now. Then later do the same thing with a bottle of Merlot.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (dFi94)

44 Listening to the liberals this morning on cable news...

They're pretty upset we're going to waste the time and money to have an election in November, considering the polls show Hillary is sure to win.

When you think of it, the last few polls are all they have.

What Trump has going for him is:

1) It's a change election.
2) The same polls show the country is on the wrong track.
3) Historically, after a two term election the people vote for the opposite party.
4) Trump raised 80 million in small donations that can be tapped again and again.
5) Enthusiasm at rallies for Trump - none for Hillary.
6) He's in a surprisingly good position in the polls considering he hasn't spent any money on ads yet.
7) He has the ability to saturate the media with ads in the final weeks.

He can make a surprise appeal to blacks/Hispanics.
9) There is a high probability of blockbuster negative news about Hillary - emails, Clinton Foundation, etc.
10) High probability of some sort of terror attack here or abroad.

Trying to be objective, I think I would rather be Trump right now instead of Hillary.

Posted by: jwest at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (Zs4uk)

45
Lady In Black: Happy happy joy joy!

And cake.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (9P3OG)

46 Love the video of the baby born in the amniotic sac. Newborn babies are a wonder to behold.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (805dc)

47 Thank you bluebell! I've got house cleaning today, but think I just might bring some Frankie along with me on my iPod.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:05 AM (+FSld)

48 It was a great post. Not sure that it was aimed at anyone here necessarily. My take was that it was more aimed at the media. But what do I know? Still, an excellent read.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (9P3OG)

Yeah, I don't think it was intentional, but I spent a while last night reading through the comments, and it was one of the most constructive arguments I've seen in a long while here (as far as an argument on the internet can actually be constructive, anyway).

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at August 12, 2016 08:06 AM (KUaJL)

49 Reid: Dems could force Senate vote on Garland

Force them just like the young boys in his basement

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2016 08:06 AM (auHtY)

50 Yes, it appears that Palo Alto has another CA overheated housing boom waiting for yet another collapse.

The last time I checked the small houses on postage stamp lots in the Castro Valley, CA neighborhood where I used to live were going for $500K. These are 500 SQFT houses on lots less than 1/2 acre. They were built in the 50s but still had lots so small you could pee out your bedroom window and hit the house next door.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:06 AM (mpXpK)

51 If only that Marine had declared herself a intersex pagan lesbian, all this could have been avoided.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:06 AM (nIGPZ)

52 Lady, Lady, Lady - no one should be cleaning their house on their birthday! Wish I could come over and do it for you.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:06 AM (805dc)

53 Thanks much, grammie and J.J.! I'm trying out Ace's intermittent fasting, so no cake for me until noon! Then all bets are off.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:07 AM (+FSld)

54 If Harry Reid is talking about forcing a Supreme Court vote, he must be worried.

The Media, as always, will tell us nothing of value.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2016 08:08 AM (AroJD)

55 http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=67400
Posted by: Instinct at August 12, 2016 07:53 AM (S7Hj+)

Honestly, with some of the losers who end up in uniform, and our modern ways of protecting protected classes of people, I'm surprised they were able to get her out of the military.

I would assume most people who enlist in the Marine Corps know others like this, and are glad when they ARE able to force them out.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 12, 2016 08:09 AM (Pz4pT)

56 45
Lady In Black: Happy happy joy joy!

And cake.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:04 AM (9P3OG)

And pie, dont forget the pie

Posted by: Mis. Hum. at August 12, 2016 08:09 AM (voOPb)

57 6
I keep seeing American leftists claiming that Venezuela is not a failure
of socialism, but just a circumstance of the collapse of oil prices.
But I don't see massive food shortages in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or
Nigeria.
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The delusion power, it is strong with them. remember, Socialism has never failed, Communism has never failed, it just has never been implemented properly.

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:10 AM (ry4ab)

58
UPI Headline w/o comment --

Pregnant buffalo rescued from roadside cable well

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2016 08:10 AM (BK3ZS)

59 There is no way Reid will win a vote for a precedent breaking appointment of another liberal scum judge with only a few months left in his term.

That is unless he lines up a bunch of scum DIABLOs to vote with him. And he can't use the "nuclear option" because he doesn't control the floor or the committees.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:10 AM (mpXpK)

60 Trying to be objective, I think I would rather be Trump right now instead of Hillary.

Well yeah, because if I were Trump, I could focus on 3-4 major issues that voters buy into, attack Hillary's corruption non-stop, and stop saying stupid shit.

*I* could do these things. Apparently, he can't.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:11 AM (O7MnT)

61 "The last time I checked the small houses on postage stamp lots in the Castro Valley, CA neighborhood where I used to live were going for $500K."

40 years ago, my great uncle had a small (12 unit) motel in Castro Valley. It was populated with aging hippies, drug addicts and Vietnam vets. Nobody paid the rent on time.

Bet that property is worth millions today.

Posted by: jwest at August 12, 2016 08:11 AM (Zs4uk)

62 That is unless he lines up a bunch of scum DIABLOs to vote with him.

IOW, it's a done deal.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:12 AM (O7MnT)

63 Lady, Lady, Lady - no one should be cleaning their house on their birthday! Wish I could come over and do it for you.

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Take a right at the light, turn left when you get to the...j/k!

You are too sweet. Trust me, I won't do much. But I'm a Felix Unger type and my 2 kitties have gotten into mischief while I was away for a few days. Mostly shedding (why do I have to dislike hairless cats?) and leaving paw prints on tables.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:13 AM (+FSld)

64 However, as an antidote to sad reality...
ROGUE ONE TRAILER!!!
Star Wars does a WW II commando movie, yeah baby yeah.

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:13 AM (ry4ab)

65 59 There is no way Reid will win a vote for a precedent breaking appointment of another liberal scum judge with only a few months left in his term.

That is unless he lines up a bunch of scum DIABLOs to vote with him. And he can't use the "nuclear option" because he doesn't control the floor or the committees.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:10 AM (mpXpK)

I can guarantee Collins, Ayotte, Kirk, Cochran, McStains and Hatch. Because, bipartisanship!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:13 AM (9P3OG)

66 The objectionable Bible verse: No weapon formed against me shall prosper.

Wow. What an offensive thing for a Marine to have at her desk.

If she had told them it was from the Koran, and somebody still objected, CAIR would be all over it like stink - excuse me, like Hector on shit.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 12, 2016 08:14 AM (P8951)

67 The last time I checked the small houses on postage stamp lots in the Castro Valley, CA neighborhood where I used to live were going for $500K.

I honestly don't understand the impulse to spend nigh on a million dollars to live in a blue shithole.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:14 AM (O7MnT)

68 62 That is unless he lines up a bunch of scum DIABLOs to vote with him.

IOW, it's a done deal.
Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:12 AM (O7MnT)

Collins
Kirk
Toomey
Flake
Im sure there are others

Posted by: Mis. Hum. at August 12, 2016 08:14 AM (voOPb)

69 Trying to be objective, I think I would rather be Trump right now instead of Hillary.Posted by: jwest

She's blowing through a pile of cash and not gaining ground, while it looks like Trump is learning quickly to avoid the quicksand.

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans want to know if she's even healthy enough to climb a flight of stairs unassisted. Yeah, I wouldn't want to be a democrat right now.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 08:15 AM (ZnIt3)

70 "Well yeah, because if I were Trump, I could focus on 3-4 major issues that voters buy into, attack Hillary's corruption non-stop, and stop saying stupid shit.

*I* could do these things. Apparently, he can't."
Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:11 AM (O7MnT)

This latest "Obama/Hillary founded ISIS" thing is brilliant.

All the media argument yesterday was that no, even though they are responsible for creating ISIS by pulling out all the troops, they technically didn't "found" ISIS.

So the public, as stupid as they are, are either believing Obama and Hillary founded ISIS or were at least responsible for creating it. No downside for Trump.

Posted by: jwest at August 12, 2016 08:15 AM (Zs4uk)

71 My 20 year old son is about to boomerang back into the household after failing to make a go of it out west.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:15 AM (O7MnT)

72
If I had the money, every time a sell-out happens in Congress, I would buy a shit ton of airtime and attack the usual suspects with it.

Waiting for election season and they all turn into the second coming of Reagan and Coolidge while attacking opponents as "whack-o bird hobbits."

Fuck that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:16 AM (9P3OG)

73 71 My 20 year old son is about to boomerang back into the household after failing to make a go of it out west.
Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:15 AM (O7MnT)

I did the same thing. Except I was 32. So cheer up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:17 AM (9P3OG)

74

In

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:17 AM (8PrS9)

75 Pollard gets 30 years for sharing docs labeled secret and top secret.

HRC gets to run for pres... wtf?

Posted by: redneckbitterclinger at August 12, 2016 08:18 AM (jAZR9)

76 Collins
Kirk
Toomey
Flake
Im sure there are others

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Just as sure as another terrorist attack is on the horizen, I can count on my senator Lindsay Graham to be "bipartisan" as well. IOW, he will and already has voted to confirm the worst SCOTUS picks.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:18 AM (+FSld)

77 But I'm a Felix Unger type and my 2 kitties have
gotten into mischief while I was away for a few days. Mostly shedding
(why do I have to dislike hairless cats?) and leaving paw prints on
tables.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:13 AM (+FSld)
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I had a hairless cat. One of my most favorite cats that I've had. Very kitten-like up into her advanced years. No shedding to speak of (they are covered with a very fine soft down) but alas, still paw prints. I don't suppose there is much you can do about that.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 08:18 AM (dFi94)

78
Collins
Kirk
Toomey
Flake
Im sure there are others

I am pretty sure every Republican in the senate except for Mike Lee, Ben Sasse, and "Lyin' Ted" are DIABLO scumbags.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:18 AM (O7MnT)

79 If Reid is saying that, then he either is close or is opening another political front

He's an ass but he isn't politically stupid.

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 08:18 AM (0o/oP)

80 That PA 4th offense DUI guy is damn lucky he is not in SC. He can get up to 7 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. In addition his license would be automatically revoked for life.

IOW, welcome to the DUI bike (motor scooter) when you get out of jail.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:18 AM (mpXpK)

81 > IOW, welcome to the DUI bike (motor scooter) when you get out of jail

Here's it's a riding lawnmower.

Posted by: redneckbitterclinger at August 12, 2016 08:20 AM (jAZR9)

82 Oh, also Rand Paul... not a DIABLO. Fuckin' love that guy.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:20 AM (O7MnT)

83 12 I saw a picture of a fridge on Pinterest. The caption read, "Is your refrigerator running? If so, I'll vote for it."

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 07:50 AM (dFi94)
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I love this. I'll bet there's a ham sandwich in there too.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:20 AM (805dc)

84

In this thrad we complain aboot the heat

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:20 AM (8PrS9)

85 Kelli Ward on the bottom of hour 3 on Levin. She impresses mightily.

I don't want to get my hopes up, but does she have a chance to beat him?

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 12, 2016 08:21 AM (SeD0w)

86 71 "My 20 year old son is about to boomerang back into the household after failing to make a go of it out west."

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:15 AM (O7MnT)

You might want to offer a set amount for certain period to help him stay independent somewhere else. At 20, he's probably learned from the first experience and quite possibly could make it on the second try.

Once he's back in, it might be hard to make the break again.

Posted by: jwest at August 12, 2016 08:21 AM (Zs4uk)

87 It's not that I mind my son moving back in, it's just that he's kind of a douche.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:21 AM (O7MnT)

88 For those celebrating birthdays, I have a tip.

Switching from white wine to red mid-celebration is not a good idea.

Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2016 08:22 AM (x2V6c)

89 ...they technically didn't "found" ISIS.

How do we know that? They are not the most loyal and truthful people, very far from it.

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at August 12, 2016 08:22 AM (SXa8W)

90
Their knowitall-ness peaks at 20.

College sophomores know everything. Just ask them. No, wait, theyll just tell you.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:24 AM (8PrS9)

91 I see The Fickle Finger of The Religion of Pieces has landed on: Thailand! Self radicalized? Lone wolf? Local news story? They are targeting tourist areas, get the most bang for your buck, as it were.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 12, 2016 08:24 AM (SeD0w)

92 "I don't want to get my hopes up, but does she have a chance to beat him?"

Admiral McCain's son will win by at least 20 points. Just the way it is.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at August 12, 2016 08:24 AM (WVsWD)

93 It's not that I mind my son moving back in, it's just that he's kind of a douche.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:21 AM (O7MnT)
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I'm sorry, but that made me laugh

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 08:24 AM (dFi94)

94 If Harry Reid is talking about forcing a Supreme Court vote, he must be worried.

The Media, as always, will tell us nothing of value.

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Of course. The job of the media is twofold:
Cover Republican scandals.
Cover-up Democrat scandals.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at August 12, 2016 08:25 AM (/XV2Z)

95 I hope you are right, jwest, I really,really do. However, I'm tired of hearing crowd size touted as a reason Trump will win.

Palin drew big crowds too. The Dems know their voters don't have to be excited about Hil - they only have to be so afraid of Trump they'll turn out for Scankles. An unenthusiastic vote for Hill counts just as much as a passionate vote for Trump. (Of course, any Dem vote counts 5 or 10 times more than any vote for the GOP, especially in the environs of Philadelphia.)

Hence their hysterical fear mongering.

What I'm hoping is that a large segment of the generally non-voting population will turn out to vote for Trump.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 12, 2016 08:25 AM (P8951)

96 I had a hairless cat. One of my most favorite cats that I've had.

--

No kidding? I've always thought it would be like cuddling up with a plucked, raw chicken. My creep factor was strictly rooted in aesthetics, but I have no doubt they're just as loving as any other kitty. So glad yours was a sweetie.

*hangs head in shame at hairless cat bigotry*

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

97 10 You went cold turkey? No vap?

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 07:48 AM (ZnIt3)

Yep, cold turkey no aids other than being in the hospital after a heart attack for 5 days.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:25 AM (mpXpK)

98
At 20 they figured out that grown ups are dumb and the way grown ups do everything is dumb.

If you ever watch The Daily Show or Family Guy it is spwcifically aimed at the 20yr old knowitall smug childish-adult.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:26 AM (8PrS9)

99 I might be wrong about this, but didn't some emails that were released indicate that the Obama administration and Hillary were giving money and weapons to the people that would eventually became ISIS in places like Libya and Syria?

Posted by: Independent George (Or the commenter formally known as Serenity Now!) at August 12, 2016 08:26 AM (BDZWU)

100 America has its first ever repeat gold medalist in Judo. Did she get any coverage? But some bitch that sucks with a sword gets talked about because she wears a symbol of female subjugation.

Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2016 08:26 AM (bMG0w)

101 What I'm hoping is that a large segment of the generally non-voting population will turn out to vote for Trump.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V (whitely waiting for the ballgame) at August 12, 2016 08:25 AM (P8951)

Has anyone here been to a Trump rally? Do they do voter registration, etc., there, or just hope everyone can figure it out for themselves come November?

Posted by: josephistan at August 12, 2016 08:27 AM (7HtZB)

102 ...they technically didn't "found" ISIS.

How do we know that? They are not the most loyal and truthful people, very far from it.

Woke up this morning thinking that the people who toppled two secular regimes (one ally!) to hand them over to the Muslim Brotherhood, who wouldn't even say a word of support for the Green Revolution against the Mullahs in Qom, and who gave a Sharia State the bomb, would not have even a slight problem with a group like ISIS taking over.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:27 AM (nIGPZ)

103 58

UPI Headline w/o comment --

Pregnant buffalo rescued from roadside cable well
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Was this cable well located next to a Wal-Mart?
(In line at a Wal-Mart this week at 11 PM, behind two buffalo cows in the cart-chairs. And the snacks and cabbage, God help me, the snacks AND cabbage...)

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:27 AM (ry4ab)

104 This is an all new shag vs hardwood debate

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 08:28 AM (0o/oP)

105 Over the last 5 years Ive seen dozens of my friends leave Palo Alto and often leave the Bay Area entirely. Ive seen friends from other states get job offers here and then turn them down when they started to look at the price of housing.

Gotta say, around the same time I took the job in Ohio, I got a chance to interview for a dream job in San Diego. After living near DC for 12 years, I figured housing costs there would be bad, but within the range of bad I was used to.

Aw, hell no. The price of a decent house in the DC suburbs would barely pay for a shithole in southern California.

So, I moved to Ohio and bought a 4,000 SF 100 year old church with hardwood floors and yuge stained glass windows for $200K.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:28 AM (O7MnT)

106 Lady in Black - my hairless cat was extremely affectionate. As in, all the time wanting to sit on my head affectionate. But I know what you mean about the creep factor. One time the Time Warner Cable guy came to my house and screamed out loud. He shouted - Lady! There's a big rat in here!

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 08:28 AM (dFi94)

107
There is a business near me called Analogic.

I wonder if Beavis or Butthead is the CEO of this tech firm.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:29 AM (8PrS9)

108 It's also those know-it-all 20-somethings that are the Red Guard SJWs. 'A little knowledge' as they say...

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:30 AM (nIGPZ)

109
Perhaps it's a proctology device maker,

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:30 AM (8PrS9)

110 If you ever watch The Daily Show or Family Guy it is spwcifically aimed at the 20yr old knowitall smug childish-adult.

Family Guy, IMHO, redeemed itself in this two-minute bit that revealed that Brian -- the Mary Sue characters for smug liberals -- is a complete douchebag.

https://youtu.be/lIQL3YJzChY

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:31 AM (O7MnT)

111 So yesterday at work, all active duty soldiers on my post were ordered to not show contempt publically for elected officials or other govt organizations. The LT General did this so don't be surprised if soldiers are quieter on facebook about the FBI and others.

Posted by: Draki at August 12, 2016 08:31 AM (SKk/g)

112 85 Kelli Ward on the bottom of hour 3 on Levin. She impresses mightily.

I don't want to get my hopes up, but does she have a chance to beat him?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 12, 2016 08:21 AM (SeD0w)

Yes. I think Arizonans, unless I am way off, have had enough. I hope so. Arizona is on the front lines of the invasion route so I would think they'd be desperate to get rid of a chief aider and abettor of it.

"Invade the world, then INVITE the world."

Great anti McStain slogan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:31 AM (9P3OG)

113 90

Their knowitall-ness peaks at 20.

College sophomores know everything. Just ask them. No, wait, theyll just tell you.

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Yes, that was me, the know it all liberal liberal arts sophomore at age 20. Now I am a know it all conservative crank at age 47 (last Friday). I suppose it's progress of sorts!

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:32 AM (ry4ab)

114 any Dem vote counts 5 or 10 times more than any vote for the GOP

Does anyone know about (like really know), about the trustworthiness/hackability of electronic voting machines? I don't think going to a paper ballot would change much; the can trash it as easily as delete or multiply electronic votes.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 12, 2016 08:32 AM (SeD0w)

115 No one's made a Hope Solo / Analogic joke? It's like I don't even know who you people are anymore.

Posted by: josephistan at August 12, 2016 08:32 AM (7HtZB)

116
Didn't Mrs Slocombe have a hairless pussy?

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:32 AM (8PrS9)

117 73 71 My 20 year old son is about to boomerang back into the household after failing to make a go of it out west.
Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:15 AM (O7MnT)

I did the same thing. Except I was 32. So cheer up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:17 AM (9P3OG)
====

I went out west almost 30 years ago. There is no way I would ever advise anyone to come here now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2016 08:33 AM (EZebt)

118 If you ever watch The Daily Show or Family Guy it is spwcifically aimed at the 20yr old knowitall smug childish-adult.

Isn't the Daily Show and Family Guy really the story of Obama?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:33 AM (9P3OG)

119 61 40 years ago, my great uncle had a small (12 unit)
motel in Castro Valley. It was populated with aging hippies, drug
addicts and Vietnam vets. Nobody paid the rent on time.

Bet that property is worth millions today.

Posted by: jwest at August 12, 2016 08:11 AM (Zs4uk)

That's about how long it has been since I lived there. BTW, that should have been 1000 sqft houses.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:33 AM (mpXpK)

120 65 I can guarantee Collins, Ayotte, Kirk, Cochran, McStains and Hatch. Because, bipartisanship!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:13 AM (9P3OG)

That is still not enough.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:34 AM (mpXpK)

121 Why did I make a 9 am nail appointment? What was I thinking? Now I have to go get dressed I suppose.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 12, 2016 08:34 AM (dFi94)

122 Yep, cold turkey no aids other than being in the hospital after a heart attack for 5 days. Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

Oh, so this wasn't recently then?

Yeah, without the nasty taste of cigarette smoke or nicotine in the mouth food just *has* to taste better. So I'm gonna do a bunch of months of vapping before I back the nicotine level down.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 08:34 AM (ZnIt3)

123
40 years ago...

Star Trek had been canceled for 7 years.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:35 AM (8PrS9)

124 Obama founded ISIS.

So much for his Nobel Peace Prize.
Does he have to give the medal and money back?

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at August 12, 2016 08:35 AM (SXa8W)

125 I love this. I'll bet there's a ham sandwich in there too.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:20 AM (805dc

Even with a little mold it would be better

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 12, 2016 08:36 AM (voOPb)

126 Let's say that McCain loses the primary. What are the Arizona laws? Can he run on the ballot as an independent? Can he mount a write-in campaign? If he loses I fully expect him to try either tactic. And if the law says no, I expect him to sue to get it anyways.

Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2016 08:36 AM (bMG0w)

127 81
> IOW, welcome to the DUI bike (motor scooter) when you get out of jail

Here's it's a riding lawnmower.

Posted by: redneckbitterclinger at August 12, 2016 08:20 AM (jAZR9)

George Jones found out that doesn't fly, at least not in TN.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:37 AM (mpXpK)

128 100
America has its first ever repeat gold medalist in Judo. Did she get any
coverage? But some bitch that sucks with a sword gets talked about
because she wears a symbol of female subjugation.
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Blondie judoka is a local heroine around here, so Cinci-area news hung out with her family to get the scoop on them watching the win. Her, Phelps the son of Poseidon, and the best gymnasts EVER are all the talk of the town. Loser hajib-woman fencer is an unknown out here.

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:37 AM (ry4ab)

129 120 That is still not enough.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:34 AM (mpXpK)

Yeah, but that was off the top of my head minimum. When you have them, and when you have McCocksucker working you over in a back room somewhere, the votes magically appear.

If they can completely abrogate their Article I powers and in effect surrender a winning hand to Obama for Iran, they can surely do something as trivial as a SCOTUS appointment.

/s

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:37 AM (9P3OG)

130 WOW...I just watched that video Vic posted in the ONT about the baby in its amniotic sac. That was just an[]incredible sight. One thing I wondered, if the baby was still all balled up like that upon being born, his/her momma must've been....sore, to say the least.

ICYMI: http://bit.ly/2aHka05

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:38 AM (+FSld)

131 123
40 years ago...

Star Trek had been canceled for 7 years.
Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 08:35 AM (8PrS9)

If I had to make a guess, I'd say it had more viewers in syndication by orders of magnitude in its first 3 years of syndication than it did when it was a first-run show.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:39 AM (9P3OG)

132 Wow, wow, wow! More than 70 republicans are trying to hijack the party back from Trump with a harshly worded letter! This is revolutionary.

Posted by: Fritz at August 12, 2016 08:39 AM (2Mnv1)

133
120 65 I can guarantee Collins, Ayotte, Kirk, Cochran, McStains and Hatch. Because, bipartisanship!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:13 AM (9P3OG)

That is still not enough.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:34 AM (mpXpK)

Cornyn probably too. And Graham. Probably Portman as well. He's useless.

Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2016 08:39 AM (bMG0w)

134
Having no idea who Hope Solo is, I looked her up. Brightened my morning, for sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:40 AM (9P3OG)

135 Free range et al -

Quit the sticks over a year ago. Vaping, lozenges when I can't vape, and the occasional pinch of nasal snuff.

I'm a nicotine junky - the antifatigue meds make it really enjoyable, and nicotine potentiates the meds. A lovely sort of feedback.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 12, 2016 08:40 AM (4EKP/)

136 Track ass on nbc sports.

Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2016 08:40 AM (bMG0w)

137 Frigging repubs are urging Priebus to cut funding for Trump. Looks like the repubs are committed to committing suicide.

http://tinyurl.com/joxpy6w

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (TPimP)

138 Wow, wow, wow! More than 70 republicans are trying to hijack the party back from Trump with a harshly worded letter! This is revolutionary.

Dear A-holes:

You're not trying to get it back from Trump, you're trying to get it back from voters. So up yours.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (nIGPZ)

139
I'm sure Reid and McCocksucker are holding back the SCOTUS sell out until after August 30th. That is Arizona Primary day and then either way, McStains will vote to confirm.

Bastards.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (9P3OG)

140 ABC Live poll with over 55,000 votes has Trump at 70% and Clinton at 5%
I am concerned that Dems have nominated a crook that no one likes

Posted by: one name guys that is concerned at August 12, 2016 08:42 AM (r1QH4)

141 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 12, 2016 08:42 AM (ZQfW9)

142 I watched a video yesterday where a doc recommends drinking a glass of water with 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, three times a day.

I am trying to gag it down now. Yuck, yuck, yuck. I feverishly tore apart my kitchen to find a straw, and that helps somewhat, but still - yuck.

Only two more to go (and most of this one) today!

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (805dc)

143 The Palo Alto story could apply to lots of area towns, from San Francisco itself on south. Zoning laws are being using in extreme NIMBY fashion to prevent the natural development of housing stock all over the Bay area (well, the peninsula side anyway) and it's ridiculous.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (/m8T6)

144
Frigging repubs are urging Priebus to cut funding for Trump. Looks like the repubs are committed to committing suicide.

http://tinyurl.com/joxpy6w

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (TPimP)

This just in: the GOPe has a new theme song

http://tinyurl.com/6ywlaux

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (LuZz8)

145 Family Guy, IMHO, redeemed itself in this two-minute bit that revealed that Brian -- the Mary Sue characters for smug liberals -- is a complete douchebag.

https://youtu.be/lIQL3YJzChY

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:31 AM (O7MnT)

Thanks for the link. Loved it.

Posted by: Draki at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (SKk/g)

146 If I had to make a guess, I'd say it had more viewers in syndication by orders of magnitude in its first 3 years of syndication than it did when it was a first-run show.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:39 AM (9P3OG)
=====

It was a daily struggle with little sister 1973-1976 about whether we would watch Star Trek on Ch. 11 or I would have to sit in sullen silence while she watched Brady Bunch on Ch. 5.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (EZebt)

147 Which GOP noodle head was saying the other day that we needed to basically surrender to Hillary and get some concessions (when she's president) for agreeing to doing so?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:44 AM (+FSld)

148 Frigging repubs are urging Priebus to cut funding for Trump. Looks like the repubs are committed to committing suicide.

Cut funding for the nominee, drive down turnout, down ticket suffers bigtime.

That's not a letter, it's a suicide note.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:44 AM (nIGPZ)

149 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:40 AM (9P3OG)

I thought you loved ME!

sniff sniff

Posted by: Hypatia L at August 12, 2016 08:45 AM (WVsWD)

150 Bluebell - what on earth for? What is the benefit of such a concoction supposed to be??

Posted by: PonyTail at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (Za6CI)

151 146 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (EZebt)

Original Trek lasted for probably close to 15 years in syndication. Brady Bunch not so much, although it had a new life for a while on Nick at Nite/TV Land.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (9P3OG)

152 136 Track ass on nbc sports.
_____________________

Of course it is. Google has a strawberry running against an apricot (or a benign tumor) wearing a headband on their webpage.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (4AVeu)

153 139 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (9P3OG)
==========================

Of course they've made a deal. Why else has TFG not withdrawn the Garland nomination? He doesn't even seem worried. The fucking GOP is obviously going to confirm just as soon as the election heat is off.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (/m8T6)

154 149 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:40 AM (9P3OG)

I thought you loved ME!

sniff sniff
Posted by: Hypatia L at August 12, 2016 08:45 AM (WVsWD)

A bit sensitive, aren't we.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:47 AM (9P3OG)

155 Looks like Daily Beast is trying to be the next Gawker.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 12, 2016 08:47 AM (6FqZa)

156
Which GOP noodle head was saying the other day that
we needed to basically surrender to Hillary and get some concessions
(when she's president) for agreeing to doing so?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:44 AM (+FSld)

Concessions? Sure, you can have anything you want. Anything. I totes won't fuck you over by changing my mind 3 years from now. Totes.

Posted by: Frau Gruppencankles at August 12, 2016 08:47 AM (LuZz8)

157 111
So yesterday at work, all active duty soldiers on my post were ordered
to not show contempt publically for elected officials or other govt
organizations. The LT General did this so don't be surprised if
soldiers are quieter on facebook about the FBI and others.
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A Lt General had to tell the ranks to STFU, huh. I do declare there is dissension in the ranks. As if the citizens in arms think their leaders up to the White House are unworthy?

Yeah, that is why Obummer has the FDA SWAT team, the Army is at levels of surly not seen since the mutinies of 1780-81.

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:47 AM (ry4ab)

158 122
Yep, cold turkey no aids other than being in the hospital after a heart attack for 5 days.Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

Oh, so this wasn't recently then?

Yeah, without the nasty taste of cigarette smoke or nicotine in the
mouth food just *has* to taste better. So I'm gonna do a bunch of months
of vapping before I back the nicotine level down.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 08:34 AM (ZnIt3)

No it was in 2006. But it isn't the "taste" of cigarette smoke. You actually get more hungry and eat a lot more.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 08:47 AM (mpXpK)

159 153 139 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (9P3OG)
==========================

Of course they've made a deal. Why else has TFG not withdrawn the Garland nomination? He doesn't even seem worried. The fucking GOP is obviously going to confirm just as soon as the election heat is off.
Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (/m8T6)

So if Ted Cruz leads a filibuster, it will be very interesting, and enlightening, to see who blasts him.

Very enlightening indeed.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:48 AM (9P3OG)

160 134
Having no idea who Hope Solo is, I looked her up. Brightened my morning, for sure.
___________________

She belongs in the women's boxing event.

Sponsored by Xanax.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2016 08:48 AM (4AVeu)

161 Bluebell - what on earth for? What is the benefit of such a concoction supposed to be??

--

There are numerous health properties of ACV (the Braggs kind), as well as lemon. I've used both in my drinking water. You can add a bit of honey to make it more palatible. Also, ACV mixed with a small amount of water is one of the best home remedies for bad coughs I've ever had.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:49 AM (+FSld)

162 137
Frigging repubs are urging Priebus to cut funding for Trump. Looks like the repubs are committed to committing suicide.

http://tinyurl.com/joxpy6w

One word: WHIGS!!!

Posted by: exdem13 at August 12, 2016 08:50 AM (ry4ab)

163 Since I was at work every day last month putting in 70 hour weeks, I basically get to Michelle Obama it for the next couple of weeks at the office. If only I had the $300K salary and the ability to turn away poor people from medical treatment.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:50 AM (O7MnT)

164 150 Bluebell - what on earth for? What is the benefit of such a concoction supposed to be??
Posted by: PonyTail at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (Za6CI)
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I don't know if you've been following ace's health threads, but there have been recommendations for apple cider vinegar there. Also, it's something I've seen for years being touted as beneficial.

Most people use it for losing weight. This doctor said yes, it's good for that, because what it does is balance your body's pH. And - this is what really made me want to try it - he says when that happens, it can relieve the stiffness and soreness from arthritis. I have it in my knees and I hate it, so I'm willing to try this blasted concoction.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:50 AM (805dc)

165 Which GOP noodle head was saying the other day that we needed to basically surrender to Hillary and get some concessions (when she's president) for agreeing to doing so?

----

I read that. Hysterical.

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 08:51 AM (0o/oP)

166 There are numerous health properties of ACV (the Braggs kind), as well as lemon. I've used both in my drinking water. You can add a bit of honey to make it more palatible. Also, ACV mixed with a small amount of water is one of the best home remedies for bad coughs I've ever had.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:49 AM (+FSld)
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*runs off to find some honey*

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:52 AM (805dc)

167 Ahhhh, thanks Lady in Black, had no idea.

And Happy Birthday!

Posted by: PonyTail at August 12, 2016 08:52 AM (Za6CI)

168 Has Hillary apologized for founding ISIS yet?

Has she apologized to all the rape victims in Europe for the million Muslim invasion?

The msm and GOPe are too busy castigating Trump for saying any sentence that is "giving them a chance" to attack him.

Still time ... have to time the surge for later.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 08:53 AM (l6e0e)

169 JJ, dad relented at some point at bought a 2nd TV so that particular struggle went away. The only Brady Bunch I remember was the one Marcia got smacked in the face with a football. Which was awesome!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2016 08:53 AM (EZebt)

170 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:40 AM (9P3OG)

You're leaving me for a butt slut?

Me?

I do girl girl stuff and you would rather watch this $&&%$$!!! squeeze out the tightest turtle head ever????

sniffffffffffffffffff........................wah.............

Posted by: Hypatia L at August 12, 2016 08:54 AM (WVsWD)

171 Whigs dissolved more because they made themselves irrelevant to the issues of the day. GOP is actively shitting on it's members and has become a fifth column.

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 08:55 AM (0o/oP)

172 Okay, I put about a quarter teaspoon of raw honey in there and it's somewhat better. Thanks, Lady.

For a bad cough, our pediatrician last year recommended a spoonful of raw buckwheat honey. It's amazing how well that works. Really coats the throat and the coughing just comes to a complete halt.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (805dc)

173 151 146 Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2016 08:43 AM (EZebt)

Original Trek lasted for probably close to 15 years in syndication. Brady Bunch not so much, although it had a new life for a while on Nick at Nite/TV Land.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (9P3OG

Brady Bunch was on TV this morning. I fell asleep last night watching MeTV I think it was during the Rockford Files

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (voOPb)

174 In RE: The hackable Tesla

I remember seeing commercials about unlocking your front door with your phone and thinking that was a capital bad idea. Hackable self-driving cars (any car able to be contacted by wireless) is a bad idea. Unfortunately, I think we are there.

In RE: First Amendment and the Military. The military has always been restricted in its First Amendment rights, by nature of military service.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (hLRSq)

175 And Happy Birthday!

--

Thank you, PonyTail!

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (+FSld)

176 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:48 AM (9P3OG)
--------------------------------------------

Right on. You know who will blast him obviously; it'll be the uniparty. McVain will make some nasty little mean-girl remark, while Bitch will very publically condemn him and look hard at his committee assignments. Susan Collins will announce she didn't vote for him in the Maine primary. John Cornyn will make some whiny little comment about the harm to Texas voters and that whiny little high-voiced shit from Tennessee will do his whiny little thing...

You could go on and on with these uniparty clowns.

Posted by: MTF at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (/m8T6)

177 These GOP statesmen had better realize that the opposite of #NeverTrump is #OnlyTrump, where lots of voters go in to vote for Donald and NONE of the downticket races.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (nIGPZ)

178 Thanks, too bluebell - I'll look into it -

I don't need to lose any weight, but have been feeling lousy lately for no real reason I can see.

Posted by: PonyTail at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (Za6CI)

179 Wow, wow, wow! More than 70 republicans are trying to hijack the party back from Trump with a harshly worded letter! This is revolutionary.

Posted by: Fritz
________

Oh noes! Moar than 70?

Posted by: FireHorse at August 12, 2016 08:57 AM (qTDWl)

180 Oh, my nose!

/replay

Posted by: Marcia at August 12, 2016 08:57 AM (0o/oP)

181 Obama is the Chief Gravedigger for the Republic of the United States of America. HRC will wrap it in a tarp, toss it in, and tamp down the earth. It will be a Banana Republic without the bananas.

Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2016 08:57 AM (11H2y)

182 >>*hangs head in shame at hairless cat bigotry*
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:25 AM (+FSld)

I think they're creepy too. Know a girl who spent a thousand bucks a piece on two! And she wasn't rich. Weird.

My cat was free, just wandered up to the house.

Posted by: Lea at August 12, 2016 08:58 AM (lIU4e)

183 We'd like to take this opportunity to caution against backlash over this afternoon's attacks

Posted by: C.A.I.R at August 12, 2016 08:58 AM (ZQfW9)

184
Well, off to the Apple store to see if they can upgrade my laptop, now approaching 7 years old.

Positively ancient but still works.

Later kids. Keep on keeping it IS-real.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 08:58 AM (9P3OG)

185 14 Posted by: @votermom at August 12, 2016 07:43 AM (7lVbc)

That reminds me...I need to get a review up of the second installment of "Wearing the Cat". I didn't gobble that one up like I did the first. I savored every chapter.

Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2016 07:52 AM (x2V6c)

Thanks, creeper!

Reviews are always much appreciated!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 08:58 AM (HGtd0)

186 180 Oh, my nose!

/replay
Posted by: Marcia at August 12, 2016 08:57 AM (0o/oP)
---------------

Hmmmmph.

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.

Posted by: Jan at August 12, 2016 08:59 AM (805dc)

187 Surprised the rascally Republicans weren't faulted.

In Palo Alto? Blaming a youtube video would have been more believable.

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2016 08:59 AM (oFSUK)

188 For a bad cough, our pediatrician last year recommended a spoonful of raw buckwheat honey. It's amazing how well that works.

--

Ohhhh, I will definitely make a note. Ever since I was little, if I get a cough, it usually is very bad. Like, 'bruise your ribs' bad. I'll put raw buckwheat honey in my arsenal.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at August 12, 2016 08:59 AM (+FSld)

189 177 These GOP statesmen had better realize that the opposite of #NeverTrump is #OnlyTrump, where lots of voters go in to vote for Donald and NONE of the downticket races.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (nIGPZ)

A house divided...............

You can not cut off the "head" of the ticket and expect the lower "extremities" to survive.

For example here in WI, if Clinton wins, Sen. Johnson goes down to Russ The Sleazing Fvcking Snake Shit Weasel Feingold.

Johnson is no Mike Lee, but he is no Orin Hatch either.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 12, 2016 08:59 AM (voOPb)

190 I watched a video yesterday where a doc recommends drinking a glass of water with 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, three times a day.

I am trying to gag it down now. Yuck, yuck, yuck. I feverishly tore apart my kitchen to find a straw, and that helps somewhat, but still - yuck.

Pinch your nose shut while drinking it.

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 12, 2016 08:59 AM (UYkjZ)

191 Wow, wow, wow! More than 70 republicans are trying to hijack the party back from Trump with a harshly worded letter! This is revolutionary.

Did you read the list? A bunch of has-beens and never was's, including Vin Weber who longs for the days when Republicans were a quiet 130 seat minority in the house and Chris Shays with a lifetime ACU rating of 48%

You all know I'm not voting for Trump, but this letter (and a lot of the #NeverTrump movement) seems like a way for liberal, establishment Republicans to get some media stroking. Am I right?

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:00 AM (O7MnT)

192
Oh noes! Moar than 70?

And the Lord said, "Gatherest thou more than seventy names, yea even unto seven times seventy names and thou mayest mike drop."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2016 09:00 AM (BK3ZS)

193 Also, happy birthday to all the today and recent birthday people.

Posted by: Lea at August 12, 2016 09:00 AM (lIU4e)

194 With medals in six consecutive Olympics, I think it's safe to say the shooting world will never again see the likes of Kim Rhode.

What a fantastic athlete.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 12, 2016 09:01 AM (97XyN)

195 It will be a Banana Republic without the bananas.

Posted by: vivi
________

Remember when Global Warming (or some such foolishness) was going to eradicate bananas? Something climate something, and banana trees will all die off and become forever extinct? This was maybe 5 years ago, give or take.

Posted by: FireHorse at August 12, 2016 09:01 AM (qTDWl)

196 HRC will wrap it in a tarp, toss it in, and tamp down the earth. It will be a Banana Republic without the bananas.Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2016 08:57 AM (11H2y)

Oh, there will be plenty of bananas to see, hanging out In the 'ladies room'.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:01 AM (ZnIt3)

197 Pinch your nose shut while drinking it.
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 12, 2016 08:59 AM (UYkjZ)
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Just tried that and almost busted my eardrums! Ha!

The combo of the little bit of honey and the straw are doing the trick. For the second and third cups later today, I'm debating the merits of less water (to make it go down quicker, albeit grosser) or more water (for the reverse).

First world problems, I know.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 09:02 AM (805dc)

198 "Frigging repubs are urging Priebus to cut funding for Trump. Looks like the repubs are committed to committing suicide. "

Don't think Preibus will do it.

It's been amazing to watch. National Review going completely down the tubes along with Redstate (where I never went but had at least heard of), the Weekly Standard, etc.

I didn't want Trump because I thought he could lose to Hillary, these various twits are good with showing everyone that they're just in politics for the insider dough. Then they yell, "principles"-----which they've failed to identify.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:03 AM (eSQgj)

199 I could see Hillary giving the old Robespierre. "tyranny of virtue" a go round. Hell, half of the Conservatives would be on board for that.

"..virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is impotent. Terror is nothing but prompt, severe, inflexible justice; it is therefore an emanation of virtue. It is less a special principle than a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country's most pressing needs."

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 09:03 AM (0o/oP)

200 Thanks, creeper!

Reviews are always much appreciated!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 08:58 AM (HGtd0)
You're welcome. Review's up, FWIW. I found it difficult to review. Hard as I tried, the only thing I could come up with was several versions of "This book is hilarious. Read it!"

Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2016 09:04 AM (x2V6c)

201 "Frigging repubs are urging Priebus to cut funding for Trump. Looks like the repubs are committed to committing suicide. "

I was planning to sit out this election, but these assholes have just about convinced me to vote Trump.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 12, 2016 09:05 AM (97XyN)

202 "The msm and GOPe are too busy castigating Trump for saying any sentence that is "giving them a chance" to attack him."

That would be any sentence at all.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 12, 2016 09:06 AM (hLRSq)

203 dagny, NRO was my go-to for a long time, but I can't deal with it anymore. I even get the dead tree edition but can't bring myself to open it.

I honestly don't know what they want us to do. Andy McCarthy is about the only one I still read.

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

204 >>>And the Lord said, "Gatherest thou more than seventy names, yea even unto seven times seventy names and thou mayest mike drop."<<<

Yea, and the party of stupid concedeth the race unto Satan lest she be banished back to hell.

Posted by: Fritz at August 12, 2016 09:08 AM (2Mnv1)

205 22
Arizona Morons:

www.KelliWard.com

Early voting is now, the primary is August 30th.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2016 07:54 AM (9P3OG)

My early ballot will be mailed on Monday, McStain will not get my vote. Fuck him!

Posted by: Killerdog at August 12, 2016 09:08 AM (TBmsQ)

206 Bigby -

Heh......in this intellectual climate, three quarters of the people who actually heard it would not comprehend.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 12, 2016 09:08 AM (4EKP/)

207 Cloyd,

I would always vote against Hillary, but I was initially bitter about having to vote Trump to do so. HOWEVER, after being exposed to the aholes on National Review and the ahole commenters and "virtue signalers" they have actually made the task much more pleasant. They are being SUCH sleazeballs that I'm now to the point I vote for him happily just because I don't want to be like them, screaming: "I have "principles" (selfish undefined obscure sanctimonious principles!).

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:09 AM (eSQgj)

208 164 150 Bluebell - what on earth for? What is the benefit of such a concoction supposed to be??
Posted by: PonyTail at August 12, 2016 08:46 AM (Za6CI)

I remember back in high school telling girls that the reason other girls had such great, shiny hair was that swallowed "protein".

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

209 My early ballot will be mailed on Monday, McStain will not get my vote. Fuck him!Posted by: Killerdog

My friends, you don't have to be afraid of John McCain in the Senate again.

*hides football behind back*

Posted by: John McCain at August 12, 2016 09:10 AM (ZnIt3)

210 I was planning to sit out this election, but these assholes have just about convinced me to vote Trump.
...
I wonder how many people are like this? Is there a chance that the GOPe has overplayed their hand and their shenanigans are actually going to drive more DT voters to the polls? I dunno.
I do know that the overriding theme of this election has been that people, folks, what have you...on both sides...are sick and tired of the "establishment". Don't know if there are enough of those to drown out the sheeple.

Posted by: ajmojo at August 12, 2016 09:10 AM (1H9ox)

211 The Pollard stuff was interesting to the degree that a Judge accepted the representations on national security of a perjurer like James Clapper, who should have been indicted.

Posted by: ejo at August 12, 2016 09:10 AM (il4FI)

212 I hear you, dagny - loved NRO for so long and now, ugh. The smugness and spittle is just too much.
VDH and McCarthy though are still sane and good reads.

When Kevin W referred to Trump's sons as Uday and Qusay, well...

Posted by: PonyTail at August 12, 2016 09:10 AM (Za6CI)

213
I remember back in high school telling girls that the reason other girls had such great, shiny hair was that swallowed "protein".

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

Didn't work for you either, hmmm? Nice to know I'm not alone.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2016 09:11 AM (xxSK3)

214 Senator McVain, you're one of us!

Posted by: Arizona Democrat Party at August 12, 2016 09:11 AM (/m8T6)

215 189 177 These GOP statesmen had better realize that the opposite of #NeverTrump is #OnlyTrump, where lots of voters go in to vote for Donald and NONE of the downticket races.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:56 AM (nIGPZ)

All of these geniuses suffer from what I like to call "The Wile E. Coyote Vietnam Victory Plan".

In short, they think that they can titrate victory by calibrating ju-u-u-u-ust the right incentives versus disincentives over a huge group of people who may or may not share their same values and thinking.

Which, of course, completely ignores 5000 years of recorded human history.

i know JJ loves him some Mark Levin but right now he's one of the prime geniuses using the WECVVP.

I tune in for a bit yesterday and every single talking point he was using against Trump could've come straight of NPR or CNN or MSNBC-

Every. Single. Talking. Point.

Just bizarre.

Then he has the interview with Kelli Ward.

This is Underwear Gnome thinking at it's finest.

Yes, by all means, continue titrating victory as that has always worked and always will.

Just like Vietnam.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 09:11 AM (HGtd0)

216 I honestly don't know what they want us to do. Andy McCarthy is about the only one I still read.

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

Yeah, they're insane now. Even McCarthy has made an ass of himself on twitter. VDH and Deroy Murdock are worthwhile but they are now associated with aholes too deep to bear.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:11 AM (eSQgj)

217 We could call him John McSkidmark, it does fit.

Posted by: Killerdog at August 12, 2016 09:12 AM (TBmsQ)

218 bluebell, I tried just tossing back a shot of ACV for a while. Follow that with a pull on something you like. It was OK; just hard to remember to do it "before every meal." Supposedly, ~~slows carbohydrate absorption~~ cancels out pasta.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 12, 2016 09:13 AM (tIja6)

219 Hillary ain't winning shit, the polls are bullshit and everyone is falling for the MSM two step and typical crap.

What's really hurting are all of the Benedict Arnold/Brutus GOP and #nevertrump shit heads.

Hillary Clinton is an Extinction Level Event, she must never be allowed to be president.

So shut the fuck up, get in line and get on board the Trump Train or go fuck someplace and die.

Because if Hillary becomes President, ITS OVER.

You hear me you stupid pukes??

ITS OVER!!

Posted by: Kreplach at August 12, 2016 09:13 AM (qQkQd)

220 I remember back in high school telling girls that the reason other girls had such great, shiny hair was that swallowed "protein". Posted by: jwest

That's shameful. You deprived so many young women of the opportunity to either prevent or cure acne.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:14 AM (ZnIt3)

221 >>I didn't want Trump because I thought he could lose to Hillary, these
various twits are good with showing everyone that they're just in
politics for the insider dough. Then they yell, "principles"-----which
they've failed to identify.

Yeah, the principles seems to be: "I keep my cushy job of failure theater, which ensures I'm powerful enough to by wined and dined by lobbyists, but not too powerful that this Lefty town shuns me from all the cool parties."

Posted by: Steve Kroft at August 12, 2016 09:15 AM (NOIQH)

222 218 bluebell, I tried just tossing back a shot of ACV for a while. Follow that with a pull on something you like. It was OK; just hard to remember to do it "before every meal."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 12, 2016 09:13 AM (tIja6)
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Stringer, I tried that once a few weeks ago, and almost died. I just don't think I could voluntarily do that three times a day.

I'm thinking maybe I should start with one teaspoon of acv in the water, then build up to two.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 09:16 AM (805dc)

223
Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war!
You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But
somebody wouldn't let us win! And I come back to the world and I see all
those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting. Calling me baby
killer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh? Who
are they? Unless they've been me and been there and know what the hell
they're yelling about!

Posted by: Hope Solo's Squeekhole at August 12, 2016 09:16 AM (2Mnv1)

224 Need to also tell Trump to stop talking about that he's okay with losing.

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 12, 2016 09:16 AM (+P27u)

225 So who was the judo gal who got the gold?
I'm going to find that on demand...

Posted by: Steve Kroft at August 12, 2016 09:16 AM (NOIQH)

226 Long time Levin listener ... but turned him off about a month ago.

Thought I was the only one.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 12, 2016 09:17 AM (vM/v3)

227 Anyone know why Thunderb is MIA?

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:17 AM (8PrS9)

228 Ugh, off sock.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2016 09:17 AM (NOIQH)

229 Magoo, she's not usually on the morning threads, is she?

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 09:18 AM (805dc)

230 #219 gave me severe 2012 deja vu.

The polls are rigged. Romney's got this.

If Obama wins a second term, IT'S OVER.

Sorry, but yelling at me to "get on the Trump Train" isn't persuasive. And it's not up to me. It really isn't. My one vote won't decide this election.

To win this election, Trump has to convince millions of people that he is a better choice than Hillary. That's his job.

If he sucks at that job, there's nothing I can do about it.

So stop yelling, it's not effectual.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:18 AM (O7MnT)

231 Charles Cooke was on Red Eye last night. He generally has some insight but always seems to twist the knife a little on Trump.

He said Trump has made race relations worse. It seems clear that just because the race card is played constantly as a non-argument against border control and America First, it doesn't mean Trump is the cause.

Hillary said America has to put themselves in the shoes of minorities that face "systemic racism". Demanding non-minorities (whites) are all racist while minorities are all victims is what makes racism worse.

Refusing to admit to "white privilege" does not make it worse. Hanging innocent cops in Baltimore would not make race relations better ... it would only make it worse, for civilized America.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 09:18 AM (l6e0e)

232 @219 Kreplach-Dude it's comments like this and then reading you Trump faithful hypocrisy in Ace's post yesterday that make people like me absolutely despise you and your bullshit. Why don't you take your own advice in your comment.

Posted by: JROD at August 12, 2016 09:18 AM (wnwJC)

233 Oh I'm sure the language would be updated.

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 09:19 AM (0o/oP)

234 dagny, one more NRO question. I know they went to Facebook comments some time last week or so. I can't even see the comments when I go to the website. Is it going the way I think it is (i.e., a la Hot Air)?

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 09:19 AM (805dc)

235

bluebell Im not sure but I dont think Ive seen her at all for a few days

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:19 AM (8PrS9)

236 Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 09:11 AM (HGtd0)

I said Levine lost his mind months ago. I don't usually listen to him because his accent, like Savage's, grates on my ears, but I didn't used to object to his content and would listen in the car if it was that time of day. Then one day he was in full rant about this whole mess and I could tell he'd lost it.

You can't 'downballot' only, that's idiocy. The REASON that we win midterms and not downballot in the midterms is that the lower the info voter the less likely they are to turn out for any election that isn't president. To counteract that on the lefty-stupid side, you have to not denigrate the top of the ticket.

In Virginia, the democrats financed and ran a fake libertarian, Tom Sarvis. He drew off enough votes in TWO elections, governor and senator so that the Clinton mchine/left won. Pushing third party esp the stupid fake libertarian nuts who run is a disaster for the right. What happened down ticket? The left swept because that's who turned out after the top of the ticket was trashed. They had to do a recount for Attorney General it was so close with the lefty of course winning. Day One, he gave illegals in-state tuition.

This "I'm too good for Trump because pure" is going to get the worst leftism since the Commies killed the Romanovs.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:20 AM (eSQgj)

237 231 "Charles Cooke was on Red Eye last night. "

I'm sorry I missed that...

You know how much I love the opinions of that insufferable twit.

Posted by: jwest at August 12, 2016 09:20 AM (Zs4uk)

238 I actually used the term Squeakhole at work

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 09:20 AM (0o/oP)

239 * I meant "not downballot in the general"

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:21 AM (eSQgj)

240 Hillary said America has to put themselves in the shoes of minorities that face "systemic racism". Demanding non-minorities (whites) are all racist while minorities are all victims is what makes racism worse.

All whites must feel collective shame over slavery, forever.

No Mohammedan must ever be made to feel shame for terrorism... ever.

Does this make sense to you?

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:21 AM (O7MnT)

241 What the Clinton gang is getting away with; what the Obama administration is doing to aid and abet the Clinton gang in what they are getting away with; what the media is doing in providing cover for the Clinton gang;

IS IN YOUR, MY, OUR, FACES

They are rubbing our faces in it, at this point. They are communicating to us that we will comply and that there is not one damned thing that we can do to prevent it.

I guess we could call this a Mexican-American standoff.

Not only are they rubbing our faces in this for what they are going to do to us - while we are standing her watching - but they are telegraphing to us that if this is what they are going to do to us in our face before the election, they are giving us fare warning of what they intend to do to us after Hillary is installed.

Nice touch. Wouldn't you agree?

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 12, 2016 09:22 AM (4ng05)

242 Geez, nope. Will put eyes out with those... *thud*

http://www.e2046.com/p/25680

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2016 09:22 AM (LTMJL)

243 I want people who think we can win down ballot while electing Hillary to meditate on Obama's first two years. He had the house and the senate and that's how we got Obamacare.

Do that with Hillary and you can kiss your guns goodbye, tolerate a huge tax increase, open your basement to syrians, etc.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (eSQgj)

244 Sorry, but yelling at me to "get on the Trump Train" isn't persuasive.

---

Jesus fucking Christ vote how you want. I can't give a fuck anymore.

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (0o/oP)

245 >>>>>Hillary ain't winning shit, the polls are bullshit and everyone is falling for the MSM two step and typical crap.

What's really hurting are all of the Benedict Arnold/Brutus GOP and #nevertrump shit heads.

Hillary Clinton is an Extinction Level Event, she must never be allowed to be president.

So shut the fuck up, get in line and get on board the Trump Train or go fuck someplace and die.

Because if Hillary becomes President, ITS OVER.

You hear me you stupid pukes??

ITS OVER!!
.
.
.
.The LA Times poll has hillary at +1 over Trump as of yesterday. Rasmussen has them within the MOE with hillary at +3 over Trump. Whatever bump she got post Convention is gone.

The polls are changing back to a dead heat and to me it is astonishing that they aren't even worse for Trump with the 24/7 negative media hate they are heaping on him.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (iONHu)

246 @238 You're...a proctologist?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (tIja6)

247 This "I'm too good for Trump because pure" is going to get the worst leftism since the Commies killed the Romanovs.

If I was sure of that, I'd vote for Hillary! Twice.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (vM/v3)

248 Hackable self-driving cars (any car able to be contacted by wireless) is a bad idea.

That's not actually what happened here though; they used foam and other materials to mess with the sensors so the self-driving car couldn't see them. In Russia, where insurance scams are the national sport, that could really be a problem.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2016 09:24 AM (zjvRa)

249 Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!!!

Posted by: Roland [OMITTED] at August 12, 2016 09:26 AM (QM5S2)

250 Need to also tell Trump to stop talking about that he's okay with losing.Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck

I suppose it could be truncated into 'okay with losing' but here's the actual words...

"All I do is tell the truth, and if at the end of 90 days I’ve fallen short because I'm somewhat politically correct, even though I'm supposed to be the smart one, and even though I’m supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it's ok, you know, I go back to a, a very good way of life. It's not what I'm looking to do I think we're going to have a victory, but we'll see."

I think he meant politically 'incorrect' though.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:26 AM (ZnIt3)

251 No stringer. Public health.

Posted by: Bigbys Olive Fingers at August 12, 2016 09:26 AM (0o/oP)

252

Do you work for Analogic?

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:26 AM (8PrS9)

253 I actually used the term Squeakhole at work

I almost created an ELE at work and called a truly insufferable bint "sugartits".

(ELE - extinction level event)

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 12, 2016 09:27 AM (UYkjZ)

254 Those wacky Japanese, who knew a battleship could surf.. wow

http://www.e2046.com/p/25652

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2016 09:27 AM (LTMJL)

255 "systemic racism".

_____________________

A devious invention of the left. Since they can longer can prove individual racism, they have to invent a false "system" and indict it.

Since there is no definable "system," there is no way to defend it and therefore liberals win the argument.

It is unnerving.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 12, 2016 09:28 AM (4AVeu)

256 253 I actually used the term Squeakhole at work

I almost created an ELE at work and called a truly insufferable bint "sugartits".

(ELE - extinction level event)
Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 12, 2016 09:27 AM (UYkjZ)

The Horde is a bad influence.

Posted by: josephistan at August 12, 2016 09:28 AM (7HtZB)

257
I tune in for a bit yesterday and every single talking point he was using against Trump could've come straight of NPR or CNN or MSNBC-

So what is Levin (and the other pundits) going to achieve by piling on Trump? Lower turnout? Not a recipe to rescue what you can from this election cycle, quite the opposite.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 09:28 AM (nIGPZ)

258 I wish we could have a primary do over but we can't . None of this is unexpected .

Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at August 12, 2016 09:28 AM (+P27u)

259 189: why can't puss feingold just buy a silver dildo and just pleasure himself and leave us serfs alone. fucking toad screwing piece of shit. maybe him and mcstain have another phoney piece of shit bill to write. scumbag bug fucker.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 12, 2016 09:29 AM (KP5rU)

260 Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 09:19 AM (805dc)

What happened to Hot Air? I haven't been there in years because the commenters were too stupid to breath and Allahpundit irritates the hell out of me. Once Malkin bailed, it went to shit.

I wandered over once and only once and they had 8 comments on a story that would have garnered 2000 because they had to throw-in with Zuckerberg. Just that move shows their race to the left.

Their managing editor is a complete effete little d-bag called Jason Lee Steorts. He is the one responsible for getting in a public battle with Mark Steyn over a very mild "fruit cordial" joke meant to illustrate how times had changed and Steyn leaving in a huff.

Looking back I think many of them, the writers, flipped over the gay marriage extravaganza thing, ie manhattan opinion trumped constitutional conservatism. I loved David French until he showed his "moral superiority" credentials and lost his mind. He did that because the 4chan fake nazis freaked him out and he decided that was Trumpism. All 10 adolescents playing World of War at his expense.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:30 AM (eSQgj)

261 "I'm too good for Trump because pure"

No, purity doesn't even enter into it.

Dude: "Since we've been together, you've slept with eight of my friends, stolen my credit card, and killed my dog. I'm breaking up with you."

Psycho Girlfriend: "Oh, so you're one of the purists who wants a traditional submissive wife. Well, fuck you."

That pretty much sums up how I feel when a Trump supporter calls me a purist.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:30 AM (O7MnT)

262 Hillary ain't winning shit, the polls are bullshit and everyone is falling for the MSM two step and typical crap.

What's really hurting are all of the Benedict Arnold/Brutus GOP and #nevertrump shit heads.

Hillary Clinton is an Extinction Level Event, she must never be allowed to be president.

So shut the fuck up, get in line and get on board the Trump Train or go fuck someplace and die.

Because if Hillary becomes President, ITS OVER.

You hear me you stupid pukes??

ITS OVER!!

Posted by: Kreplach at August 12, 2016 09:13 AM (qQkQd)

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Head completely buried in the sand. Your guy, and quite frankly his supporters (you) who wish to help him win, need to seriously change strategy.

Breitbart, BREIT. BART. just released a poll of Georgia with Trump up........1.

Now I shouldn't have to tell you what the electoral map will look like on election night if Trump and Hilary basically tie in Georgia, do I?

I get the instinct to just cover your ears and scream "lalala" but it won't result in a victory. You could get every single never trump person on your side and he'd still be on track to lose this election.

Posted by: Rich at August 12, 2016 09:31 AM (ygBCA)

263 It's pretty clear, I think, that Clear Channel has put pressure on their talent to jump on the band wagon or lose their jobs. Rush is probably big enough that he doesn't care. The rest are just following orders and that makes them no better than the treacherous politicians.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 12, 2016 09:31 AM (4ng05)

264
I often forget McCain partnered up with that fascist phony Russ Feingold.

A couple of jerkoffs, the two of them.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:31 AM (8PrS9)

265 Love the fact that the best idea the #neverTrump GOP turds have is a strongly worded letter.

After all, those strongly worded letters have sure brought Obama to heal . . . .

Posted by: RoyalOil at August 12, 2016 09:31 AM (77emZ)

266 I just say, "Belief in systemic racism is false consciousness."

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 12, 2016 09:31 AM (97XyN)

267 The polls are changing back to a dead heat and to me it is astonishing that they aren't even worse for Trump with the 24/7 negative media hate they are heaping on him.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (iONHu)

Most of the news coverage I am seeing is of the Olympics. The only people paying attention to politics are those paid to do so and those who find it a great spectator sport.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 12, 2016 09:32 AM (hLRSq)

268 258 I wish we could have a primary do over but we can't . None of this is unexpected .

You could do it over as many times as you want. It'll be the same result. Because Rubio and Bush would still be party shills, and Cruz would still have zero charisma thanks to his inborn sneer.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 12, 2016 09:32 AM (vM/v3)

269 All whites must feel collective shame over slavery, forever.

No Mohammedan must ever be made to feel shame for terrorism... ever.

Does this make sense to you?
Posted by: V the K at

So elect Hillz and soak in it!!

Posted by: rickb223 TEXIT at August 12, 2016 09:32 AM (UYkjZ)

270 240
All whites must feel collective shame over slavery, forever.

No Mohammedan must ever be made to feel shame for terrorism... ever.

Does this make sense to you?

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:21 AM (O7MnT)

I have never owned a slave. I have never voted for a slave owner. No current black born in the US has ever been a slave. I am not ashamed at all.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 09:33 AM (mpXpK)

271
btw, Jeb Bush also said a while back that obama created ISIS

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:33 AM (8PrS9)

272 Hillary's mysterious handler found?
Dr. Oladotun Okunola, neurologist

http://preview.tinyurl.com/gqrra9o

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2016 09:33 AM (NOIQH)

273 Breitbart had a story up yesterday about how Obama came on and told everyone, after the $400 million money laundering illegal payment to Iran, that the rest of the $1.7 billion had been paid off.

How did they get the money? Where was congress in all of this? Why the fuck aren't the Republicans saying one damned word about this?

We are just sooo screwed.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 12, 2016 09:33 AM (4ng05)

274 264: jerkoffs, yes. but, too lazy toeven finish that job. just clown fuckers. both of them.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 12, 2016 09:34 AM (KP5rU)

275 271
btw, Jeb Bush also said a while back that obama created ISIS

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:33 AM (8PrS9)

I bet today he thinks that statement is the worst thing ever.

Posted by: buzzion at August 12, 2016 09:34 AM (bMG0w)

276 "That pretty much sums up how I feel when a Trump supporter calls me a purist."

That would make sense if you didn't move our to move directly in with Charles Manson and the Tsnarev Brothers as your replacement boyfriends.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:35 AM (eSQgj)

277 I wonder if I should state interest in this figure kit, see how many people can be scandalized ...

http://www.e2046.com/p/25591

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (LTMJL)

278 Hey Horde! Ever type out a long, profane rant to get it out of your system and delete it rather than post it because you felt it was actually pointless and contributed nothing?

I just did. And I strongly suggest some of you jackasses adopt the second half of that for a while.

Seriously. The dueling Grand Inquisitors are past old, y'all.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (9krrF)

279 btw, Jeb Bush also said a while back that obama created ISIS
Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:33 AM (8PrS9)

And The Left, INCLUDING THE FAB, said many times Trump is ISIS's biggest recruiter...so let's move on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (Ozsfq)

280 "Love the fact that the best idea the #neverTrump GOP turds have is a strongly worded letter."

Worked for Hans Brix!

Step over dere, Hans...

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (hLRSq)

281 70 "Well yeah, because if I were Trump, I could focus on 3-4 major issues that voters buy into, attack Hillary's corruption non-stop, and stop saying stupid shit.

*I* could do these things. Apparently, he can't."
Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 08:11 AM (O7MnT)

This latest "Obama/Hillary founded ISIS" thing is brilliant.

All the media argument yesterday was that no, even though they are responsible for creating ISIS by pulling out all the troops, they technically didn't "found" ISIS.

So the public, as stupid as they are, are either believing Obama and Hillary founded ISIS or were at least responsible for creating it. No downside for Trump.

Posted by: jwest

Agreed.

"Founded ISIS" is a soundbite.

The punditry want a 5000 word borefest stroll down memory lane on how Obama and Hillary's various actions and policies enabled ISIS to gain important footholds and blah blah blah.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (kfcYC)

282
The Republicans report on obama and his ISIS was also a joke.

They just couldnt bring themselves to use the word L-I-E. Republicans are just useless simps.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (8PrS9)

283 That pretty much sums up how I feel when a Trump supporter calls me a purist.
Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:30 AM (O7MnT)

Yep. Self-indulgent self-righteousness. You captured it perfectly.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 12, 2016 09:37 AM (4ng05)

284 "All whites must feel collective shame over slavery, forever.

No Mohammedan must ever be made to feel shame for terrorism... ever.

Does this make sense to you? " V the K

no, no it does not.

But how long does it take to un-program two generations that had diversity rituals forced on them? How many blacks do we have to advance beyond their level of competence to prove we are "fair"?

Obama said reparations would not go far enough, but what is Hillary's excuse for stealing the Haiti relief money?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 09:37 AM (l6e0e)

285 Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 08:58 AM (HGtd0)

You're welcome. Review's up, FWIW. I found it difficult to review. Hard as I tried, the only thing I could come up with was several versions of "This book is hilarious. Read it!"

Posted by: creeper at August 12, 2016 09:04 AM (x2V6c)

*bows deeply*

Domo arigato gozaimasu, creeper-san!

Thank you so much for the nice review.

I get what you're saying. The plot/story of WTC is a long arc but I believe everything comes together and all will be revealed in the stunning finale!

Since we're at the midpoint of WTC, I'm hoping that readers can't tell exactly where things are going and will be surprised and, hopefully delighted by the end.

Anyway, enough artsy-fartsyness.

Thanks again.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 09:37 AM (HGtd0)

286 Fuck that shit about feeling collective guilt over slavery.

If I have to feel collective guit then blacks damn well be made to feel collective indebtedness for what has been done to help them.

No race of people has done more to atone for the sins of the past - NONE!

If I could go back in history and give warning, it would be that the importation of blacks into the US was going to be the single most catastrophic development the nation would face and that the development of peanut butter and jazz music would not be worth the trouble.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 12, 2016 09:37 AM (qQkQd)

287 So elect Hillz and soak in it!!

Hillary's election is irrelevant to this particular issue. The media and academic elements of the culture are all firmly controlled by people who believe in the #BlackLivesMatter race narrative. Business will go along with it to avoid stirring the pot.

Few on the right are willing to make the intellectual case against the narrative --- Milo Yainnopolous is one of the few. The Republican Party is too cowardly to stand up to it. Donald Trump either doesn't get it or doesn't understand how to oppose the narrative.

Really, whether Hillary is elected or not, the #BlackLivesMatter narrative of racism in America isn't going to stop.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:38 AM (O7MnT)

288 "Since we've been together, you've slept with eight of my friends, stolen my credit card, and killed my dog. I'm breaking up with you."

No wonder you bought an abandoned church. She'd probably spontaneously combust upon crossing the threshold.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:38 AM (ZnIt3)

289 Brother Cavil, you mean the monkeys on the thread hurling nuclear poo at each other? Notice I'm no longer bothering to even care?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2016 09:38 AM (LTMJL)

290 Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:30 AM (eSQgj)
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Hot Air went to Facebook comments and now they barely get any comments at all, except for the "my sister-in-law makes $9k a month blah blah blah!" scam stuff. And yes, I got tired of them a while back too.

I know all about Steorts - I am a huge Steyn fan and had plenty to say about all that at the time (different nic). That was the beginning of the end for me with NRO.

I didn't comment there all that much but I got my account right when they started taking comments.

I was just wondering if anyone bothers to comment now that they've gone Facebook. I can't even view the Facebook comments (don't have FB) although I can view the FB comments at Hot Air.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2016 09:38 AM (805dc)

291
Yeah it's okay for the Democats to say Bush created Al Qaeda, and say Bush was Al Qaeda's best recruiter.

The Democrats said "Bush creates terrorists." That was okay, tho.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:38 AM (8PrS9)

292 Fuck that shit about feeling collective guilt over slavery.

Since my ancestors were immigrant Midwestern dirt farmers in the 1850s, I'm not feeling the guilt.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 09:39 AM (nIGPZ)

293 Collective guilt over slavery? Fuck that shit.

Hey how about collective guilt over the crime in the ghettos?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2016 09:39 AM (Ozsfq)

294 Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (9krrF)

Internet fights are the most pointless of all times.

Nearly as pointless as wishing after might-have-beens.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 12, 2016 09:39 AM (hLRSq)

295 The polls aren't shit right now and most have been rigged. But the latest RCP poll from GA has Trump up by +4. Atlanta and Macon have not imported enough locusts from Detroit yet to override the rest of the State.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 09:40 AM (mpXpK)

296 The punditry want a 5000 word borefest stroll down memory lane on how Obama and Hillary's various actions and policies enabled ISIS to gain important footholds and blah blah blah.

If the punditry knew anything worth knowing about how to handle things we wouldn't be in this damned mess. They can fuck off into space for all I care.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:40 AM (9krrF)

297 Fuck that shit about feeling collective guilt over slavery.

Oh, and on this:

Slavery has been ended in white-dominated cultures.

Who ended slavery in the US? Hint: It wasn't Django.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 09:40 AM (oVJmc)

298
Democrats also said Reagan created the Taliban...and Al Qaeda.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:41 AM (8PrS9)

299 Hot Air went to Facebook comments and now they barely get any comments at all

NRO went to Zuckerberg's Personal Data Aggregator, and now they hardly get any comments. And most of what they do get are from liberal trolls.

Liberals have less to fear from being exposed on Facebook than conservatives do. Because tolerance.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:41 AM (O7MnT)

300 Internet fights are the most pointless of all times.

Nearly as pointless as wishing after might-have-beens.

It's the old rule: Arguing on the Internet is like the Special Olympics. Even if you win...

Seriously, 27 years on the Internet, I've seen nothing change in that regard. Truly, September never ended.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:41 AM (9krrF)

301
Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:41 AM (8PrS9)

302 I've said it before and I'll say it again:

IF National Review (and any of the other self-important "conservative" publications) were worth one damned thing, then name me one policy issue they took the lead on and pushed through to realization.

The truth is, every single damned one of them is good for one worthless thing:

Talk.

Never action.

Never results.

Talk.

There is not one politician, not one policy that any of them can point to and say, "we birthed this, we pushed this and now it is success."

Then, look over at Kos--how much money have they raised for candidates and causes? You know: Action, not just words.

Posted by: RoyalOil at August 12, 2016 09:43 AM (77emZ)

303 Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.

And bin Ladin.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 09:44 AM (nIGPZ)

304 Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.

It's funny, I was just thinking about that last night--how everything the Dems said about Iran-Contra and arming the Mujahadeen has been true of Libya and Syria under the O-tards.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:44 AM (9krrF)

305 I saw Nuclear Poo open for Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Filmore East in '76.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 09:44 AM (HGtd0)

306 >>"Founded ISIS" is a soundbite.

Exactly. Trump, for all his faults, is amazingly good at getting the Dems and MSM to talk about substantive issues. Yeah, yeah, he also says stupid stuff that bumps it off the rails. He also has A LOT of assistance now that the MSM/entertainment industry is focused in tarring him as worse than Hitler.

Who here thinks that if the GOP candidate were Jeb or Rubio we would instead be talking about amnesty (how much! how fast!), #BLM, #WarOnWomen, transgender bathroom rights, and free college?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2016 09:44 AM (NOIQH)

307 The punditry want a 5000 word borefest stroll down memory lane on how Obama and Hillary's various actions and policies enabled ISIS to gain important footholds and blah blah blah.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 12, 2016 09:36 AM (kfcYC)

Donald Trump is playing a marketing game - political elections are about marketing. Like with that Hugh Hewitt interview where Trump concludes with they wouldn't be talking about your words, but they are talking about mine and Hewitt concedes the point.

The media wouldn't cover what Trump said if he was nice and bland; they cover the outrageous statements, hold them up, repeat them, wanting people to get outraged and angry like they are - and end up repeating Trump's message.

Will this work? God knows, but it is interesting to watch.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Know Your Place! The Outrage Outlet has Official DNC Oppression Hierarchy Cards! at August 12, 2016 09:44 AM (hLRSq)

308 L'art, c'est CBD

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2016 09:44 AM (LTMJL)

309 Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.Posted by: M Magoo'

While simultaneously believing that Joe Smith, some democrat, was responsible for pushing the Russians out of Afghanistan. (Which restored the Taliban to power)

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:45 AM (ZnIt3)

310 Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.

Also AIDS.

And crack.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:46 AM (O7MnT)

311 Trump on his campaign strategy:

"At the end it's either going to work or I'm going to, you know, I'm going to have a very, very nice long vacation," he added.

Confidence. It's what's for dinner.

Donald says he ain't changing his twitter campaign for no one.

I hope he's right, but right now the only thing that looks likely to stop a Hillary win is Julian Assange.

And before the troll comments or nevertrumper comments, I WANT him to win. I just think his strategy is shit.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 12, 2016 09:47 AM (2PHKP)

312 >>Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.

Don't forget, Reagan created AIDS because he hated gays.
And Bush masterminded 9/11.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2016 09:47 AM (NOIQH)

313
Did they make a movie about Joe Smith?

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:47 AM (8PrS9)

314 If slavery is what made America an economic powerhouse, then why isn't Brazil the richest nation on Earth? They had slavery from roughly 1500-1888, a 100 years before America was settled, and a generation after our Civil War ended.

Posted by: josephistan at August 12, 2016 09:47 AM (7HtZB)

315 I also saw Fuck Off Into Space open for Crack the Sky at the Armadillo HQ in Austin in '85.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 09:48 AM (HGtd0)

316 You mean Joe Wilson?

And for you non-Francophones, art thread up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2016 09:48 AM (LTMJL)

317
titled Someone's War??

Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:48 AM (8PrS9)

318 While simultaneously believing that Joe Smith, some democrat, was responsible for pushing the Russians out of Afghanistan. (Which restored the Taliban to power)
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:45 AM (ZnIt3)

I think you mean Charlie Wilson and he was an OK guy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2016 09:48 AM (Ozsfq)

319
Don't forget, Reagan created AIDS because he hated gays.
And Bush masterminded 9/11.

And Poppy Bush set up Gulf War I by sending his ambassador to wink-wink. nudge-nudge Saddam into invading Kuwait.

Posted by: V the K at August 12, 2016 09:48 AM (O7MnT)

320 312 >>Democrats said Reagan created AND trained the Taliban, if I remember rightly.

Don't forget, Reagan created AIDS because he hated gays.
And Bush masterminded 9/11.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2016 09:47 AM (NOIQH)

And made Hurricane Katrina with his weather machine. All while being a retarded chimpanzee.

Posted by: josephistan at August 12, 2016 09:48 AM (7HtZB)

321 I think Trump should start a theme of cleaning up DOJ and IRS (eliminate even better) both of which, like almost all the media and much of the judiciary--including SCOTUS-- have been completely corrupted and will just do partisan Democrat bidding. They've even done a rise repeat on the Military.

It's even worse than that because even if Trump wins, what's to stop Obama from just staying in the Presidency--you know as an emergency measure to protect against an 'unfit POTUS"? You know he wants to.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 12, 2016 09:49 AM (kfcYC)

322 313
Did they make a movie about Joe Smith?
Posted by: M Magoo's at August 12, 2016 09:47 AM (8PrS9)

The South Park guys made a musical about him.

Posted by: josephistan at August 12, 2016 09:49 AM (7HtZB)

323 If slavery is what made America an economic powerhouse, then why isn't Brazil the richest nation on Earth? They had slavery from roughly 1500-1888, a 100 years before America was settled, and a generation after our Civil War ended.

They were actually on track to be a first-rank nation before they got derailed by political instability and dumb bread-and-circuses giveaways. Ditto Argentina.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:49 AM (9krrF)

324 It kills me that the parents and grand parents of the current group of (for lack of a better term) agitators were famously anti-conformists.

Their children now, on the other hand, militantly agitate against anyone who does not conform to their enlightened view of the world.

How do they square this circle?

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 12, 2016 09:49 AM (4ng05)

325 The whole "systemic racism" meme isn't about actual racism or about reparations, etc. It's merely about creating "guilt" so that the government can take steps to accomplish income/wealth redistribution, ie equaling or "communism." That has always been the case.

There were several studies done on global warming by Stanford and East Anglia. People were asked a series of questions and then they were given "carbon meters" for two months. At the end of the time period they were told that they were creating a far bigger carbon footprint than their peers. Some were even given colored bracelets and told that gave them a "carbon rank" and they were to wear them to show their level. THEN they were given the questions again. Guilt made them change their answers to the intial questions about what they were willing to sacrifice and do; ie vote for more regulations and PUBLIC accomodations to stem "global warming."

The "systemic racism" works the same way. Make people feel bad and they will not vote to give their own money away but they WILL vote to force everyone to redistribute wealth out of guilt.

It's just another way to move toward the communist model of complete "equality" of income.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:50 AM (eSQgj)

326 It kills me that the parents and grand parents of the current group of (for lack of a better term) agitators were famously anti-conformists.

Their children now, on the other hand, militantly agitate against anyone who does not conform to their enlightened view of the world.

How do they square this circle?

Their problem wasn't conformism, it was that they weren't dictating what was conformed to.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 12, 2016 09:51 AM (9krrF)

327 The punditry want a 5000 word borefest stroll down memory lane on how
Obama and Hillary's various actions and policies enabled ISIS to gain
important footholds and blah blah blah.
========
Recall Romney's 97 point plan to fix the economy?*

Real barn-burner that one.

Much more memorable than 9-9-9.

*It really was 97 points, wasn't it? I'm not misremembering a joke, am I?

Posted by: RoyalOil at August 12, 2016 09:51 AM (77emZ)

328 Serfs! More vodka! Huma, rub my feet.

Posted by: Hillary 2016! at August 12, 2016 09:52 AM (gwG9s)

329 >>And made Hurricane Katrina with his weather machine. All while being a retarded chimpanzee.

Oh, right, the best one!
Apparently Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol angered Gaia and caused Katrina!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2016 09:52 AM (NOIQH)

330 ========
Recall Romney's 97 point plan to fix the economy?*

Real barn-burner that one.

Much more memorable than 9-9-9.

*It really was 97 points, wasn't it? I'm not misremembering a joke, am I?

Posted by: RoyalOil at August 12, 2016 09:51 AM (77emZ)

All I remember of it was Point 88:

"More and better Grilled Cheese Sandwiches - Mayonnaise not Butter!"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2016 09:53 AM (HGtd0)

331 That's what I get for not googling the name. Yeah it was Charlie Wilson.

Joe Wilson yelled, 'You lie' during an Obama speech.

Though, you'll get hits on 'Joe Wilson's War'.

Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 12, 2016 09:54 AM (ZnIt3)

332 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2016 09:54 AM (mpXpK)

333 "the #BlackLivesMatter narrative of racism in America isn't going to stop. " V the K

Trump got some support from black ministers, he has a few black groups supporting him, I see a lot of you-tube or facebook rants, or reasoned support from blacks.

Maybe it is just because social media has exploded, but there seems to be more black support for Trump than others. BLM has made many blacks flee the extremism, and Obama does nothing but make Chicago killings worse.

But the media is working very hard to make Hillary a saint and Trump a racist. But can they really pull that off ... with such terrible person as Hillary? They have to snuff out any signs of the BLM hate dying down, using Soros funding I guess.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 09:55 AM (l6e0e)

334 omg......not only is dagny back......she's more awesome than before!!!!!!! ((((dagny))))

Posted by: phoenixgirl you must fight for independence EVERYDAY at August 12, 2016 09:56 AM (0O7c5)

335 Allau Snackbar every 84 hours on average people die in terrorist attack writ small and large somewhere. That's B+rry's legacy.

Posted by: torabora at August 12, 2016 09:56 AM (X6SXf)

336 "I was just wondering if anyone bothers to comment now that they've gone Facebook. I can't even view the Facebook comments (don't have FB) although I can view the FB comments at Hot Air."

I went over to see what was going on, I have a fake-Fakebook account and their lead story had 8 comments. It was some stupid "Kevin Williamson has had a psychotic break" article. There is an alternative site set up by the previous mods which uses disqus here: http://tinyurl.com/hpg6kuy to try to keep the community together and it has more comments per article than the real site.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:59 AM (eSQgj)

337 ((((((phoenixgirl))))))) Saw you yesterday, you still rock baby.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 10:00 AM (eSQgj)

338 263
It's pretty clear, I think, that Clear Channel has put pressure on their
talent to jump on the band wagon or lose their jobs. Rush is probably
big enough that he doesn't care. The rest are just following orders and
that makes them no better than the treacherous politicians.

Posted by: Mr Macca Bean at August 12, 2016 09:31 AM (4ng05)
Clear Channel doesn't need to put pressure on anyone. The radio hosts are smart enough to see the trends in their ratings when they take particular positions. Levin is on the anti-Trump bandwagon now, but when he sees his ratings slipping in a couple of months, because he's not delivering what his customers want to hear, he will change his tune to all anti-Hillary all the time and ignoring Trump's faults, and then everyone will flock back to him.

This is rather the problem with political discourse nowadays, both on the left and the right. People want to be fed info that makes them stroke out in rage, so every issue is ZOMG'ed up into maximum rage-inducing hysteria, and the truth is left somewhere behind.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 12, 2016 10:05 AM (uAvJJ)

339 "The "systemic racism" works the same way. Make people feel bad and they will not vote to give their own money away but they WILL vote to force everyone to redistribute wealth out of guilt.
It's just another way to move toward the communist model of complete "equality" of income. " dagny

yeah, I think "The Naked Communist" and Critical Theory have been a commie/Soviet backed subversive plan going back to WW2 even (or long before?), that they manage to implement far better than "conservatives" managed to stop it.

Most of our forefathers fought the Nazis, never had slaves but maybe lost people in that war (and most came here after that), have done far more for blacks than any other nation does ...

But the narrative survives because the "commies" made their long march through the institutions while "we" middle people were busy working.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 10:07 AM (l6e0e)

340 "But the narrative survives because the "commies" made their long march through the institutions while "we" middle people were busy working."

1930s literature and opinion is chock-a-block with the concept and assertions that blacks are ripe to be used for a communist revolution. "Commie" wasn't all that dirty a word then, the government and hollywood were full of them and so were the religious/political/literary/art scenes. Of course, that is still true, they just use different words.

The idea was that blacks had the most to gain from a communist revolution and that they could easily be convinced of their need to participate in the revolution. BLM, this "systemic racism" bit, fomenting racial unrest by the DoJ, on and on and on in every democrat policy provision all has the identical goals.

But somehow people are STILL blind to it.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 10:13 AM (eSQgj)

341 138
Dear A-holes:

You're not trying to get it back from Trump, you're trying to get it back from voters. So up yours.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2016 08:41 AM (nIGPZ)

^^THIS.

Posted by: rickl at August 12, 2016 10:15 AM (zoehZ)

342 This time in '88 Dukakis up by 16 points. And who could forget Jimmah's fantastic summer lead.

It will close by fall (RCP already closing w LAT and Ras in MOE). Fundamentals ALL favour Trump. Trump will take it in a landslide.

You heard it from Charles.

Posted by: charles at August 12, 2016 10:25 AM (ZQiyP)

343 Need to also tell Trump to stop talking about that he's okay with losing.
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The Trump comment is being reported as:

"All I do is tell the truth," Trump responded, "and if at the end of 90 days, I've fallen short because I'm somewhat politically correct [sic--andyc], even though I'm supposed to be the smart one, and even though I'm supposed to have a lot of good ideas, it's OK. I go back to a very good way of life. It's not what I'm looking to do. I think we're going to have a victory, but we'll see."

BTW, the "truth" reference was to Obama founding ISIS and related criticisms that seemed to cover most of the interview from what I've read.

There's video that I haven't watched because I don't like watching e.g. 10 minutes of video when it would take 2 minutes to read a transcript of same if you want to look for yourself.

So I think I'll wait for a full transcript including all of the questions and his remarks before and after opining on whether he was either surrendering or is a ringer for Hillary.

To take the comment as it appears, first let's pretend we comprehend English and see that he's pretty clearly saying he will retire to private life (like Cincinnatus!) and not stick around in the political sphere (maybe hinting at Romney's actions and as Obama will definitely do in the future) and not that he's giving up (a view supported by the next two sentences).

And you can tell us how he should have responded to a question that I'm guessing was something like "What will you do if you do happen to lose?" because I'm pretty sure that if he had answered something like "But I'm not going to lose", he'd be accused of hubris etc.

Or if he said something like, "I'd fight on for the Little Guy", it probably would have been reported as "Trump Won't Accept Election Loss: Hints at coup attempt???" judging by the phoney b.s. over his 2nd Amendment answer the other day.

So get bent, Joe, especially as I don't recall any of the pro-Trump or EverTrump people saying they'd vote for Crooked Hillary the way you did even if you did say you'd changed your mind on that.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 12, 2016 10:28 AM (LdMbv)

344 "1930s literature and opinion is chock-a-block with the concept and assertions that blacks are ripe to be used for a communist revolution."

My Dad (that I barely ever knew) was way into Reinhold Niebuhr back in the 40's -50's, but I was given part of Niebuhr's name so feel I need to understand him a little. heh

Beck sorta denounced him as helping water down the church with social justice type crap. I haven't waded through it all yet, but I hear Niebuhr is used in theology schools even now.

"Moral Man and Immoral Society" 1932
... I read some. Wiki says "The thesis of the book is that people are likelier to sin as members of groups than as individuals."

This has sorta been my theme on religion, including the PC religion. Self Reliance should be more dominant than submission to the group. But man is social/tribal by nature, and so it goes. Submission to "white guilt" is easier than resisting ... "resist we much".

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 10:29 AM (l6e0e)

345 For the Marine and the bible verse, there is more to the story.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=67400

Posted by: ejazzyjeff at August 12, 2016 10:34 AM (yZNq9)

346 andycanuck ... yeah, all this effort to make Trump change. I think he says they are not going to break him, he is a strong person that doesn't need this for his own ego.

Newt and others attack Trump for any hint of "off message" comment. He does hit the Hillary stuff, but the emails are so bad it might be fine if he doesn't pile on too much.

And I think staying with "Obama/Hillary founded ISIS" is one case where hyperbole works out well. It moved that Overton Window to debating just how responsible they were, with their MB connections, bad decisions. "let's have that debate"

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2016 10:39 AM (l6e0e)

347 286 Fuck that shit about feeling collective guilt over slavery.

If I have to feel collective guit then blacks damn well be made to feel collective indebtedness for what has been done to help them.

No race of people has done more to atone for the sins of the past - NONE!

If I could go back in history and give warning, it would be that the importation of blacks into the US was going to be the single most catastrophic development the nation would face and that the development of peanut butter and jazz music would not be worth the trouble.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 12, 2016 09:37 AM (qQkQd)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND, Jim Goad has made his way to AoS.

Posted by: Hikaru at August 12, 2016 11:05 AM (WDCYi)

348 I won't comment much till next year, but here's a few things that have become obvious.
1. Trump suckered his supporters. He doesn't care about anything they believe in. He's being outspent $50M to 0 on TV because he's going back to his comfortable lifestyle after shoving a hefty portion of donated dollars into his business empire for "campaign expenses" (including renting his own house, and a salary for himself). You can bet he's going to show a profit on this dumpster fire.
2. Trump was always going to lose badly, no matter what NeverTrumps did after his nomination. He had practically the worst general polling numbers ever, he was never rated better than a 2:1 longshot (now 5:1), and every day he says something that makes him unfit to be President. His billions in free MSM "look at the crazy Republican!" coverage may have won him the primary but now that same coverage is destroying him in the general, not least because it lets the media ignore everything awful Hillary is doing.
3. The GOP cannot be the party of Drudge and Hannity and Coulter. They will follow the MSM in promoting the "crazy Republican" because it means ratings and book sales for them. When large numbers of Republicans keep saying Trump is their strongest candidate in the same polls that have him at sky-high unfavorables, you have a serious information dissemination problem.
4. The GOP cannot allow this to happen ever again. The "establishment" may suck, but they don't suck as badly as the anti-Trump wave coming in November. The party needs a superdelegate system dominated by the Tea Party, the fetishization of democracy in the primary system leaves them too vulnerable to shameless opportunists.

Posted by: TallDave at August 12, 2016 12:02 PM (74ZYB)

349 Do that with Hillary and you can kiss your guns goodbye, tolerate a huge tax increase, open your basement to syrians, etc.

Posted by: dagny at August 12, 2016 09:23 AM (eSQgj)

I have room in my crawlspace for syrians

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