Open Thread for Politics

To keep the book thread on topic. Here is something below the fold for your morning schadenboners:

"...what it truly means to be an American"? Seriously? When did they ever care about that?

I think it's absolutely *adorable* how progressives are now wrapping themselves in the flag. They're all patriotic and shit.

Update: Billionaire George Soros has ties to more than 50 ‘partners’ of the Women’s March on Washington. In the NY Times, no less.

(h/t 'Wenda (sic)' for the NY Times piece)

Posted by: OregonMuse at 08:57 AM

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No this is not possible could it be I am actually.... First?

Posted by: Put that kid back where it came from or So Help Me at January 22, 2017 09:05 AM (HPNqc)

2 Curses! Foiled again! Damned phone!

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 22, 2017 09:06 AM (kCXBt)

3 Well, the EMT was a perfectly serviceable open thread for discussing politics. But for some reason I've never been able to fathom, it usually dies as soon as the book thread goes up.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:07 AM (sdi6R)

4 3 Well, the EMT was a perfectly serviceable open thread for discussing politics. But for some reason I've never been able to fathom, it usually dies as soon as the book thread goes up.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:07 AM (sdi6R)

I agree. I shouldn't have to put up a thread like this, but there you are.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 22, 2017 09:09 AM (zlieN)

5 Happy Nobama Day!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 22, 2017 09:11 AM (DMUuz)

6 What is the process to follow for President Trump to decertify/eradicate the federal government employees' union?

Posted by: Concerned citizen at January 22, 2017 09:12 AM (g2MPR)

7 What is the process to follow for President Trump to decertify/eradicate the federal government employees' union?
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Well, he has a pen and a phone.

Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2017 09:15 AM (3Liv/)

8 Kellyanne Conway was on fire with F. Chuck Todd on Meet the Press.

God bless that woman.

Posted by: WisRich at January 22, 2017 09:17 AM (OAlmw)

9 Is that a real cover? What's wrong with these people? Not that they feel that way but that they are so clueless that they are everything they accuse their opponents of being. It's real insanity.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 09:17 AM (IDPbH)

10 from a design perspective, never mind the content, that cover sucks.
why does it look like a drop down menu? because Trump uses Twitter? and what's with the what i presume is the upward trending financial line? part of the menu?

so it's dropdown menu that has a bunch of text instead of menu items?

looks like design by committee, or maybe the beginning of a different design before some editor decided to throw in a hit piece

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at January 22, 2017 09:18 AM (RKQ/v)

11 Keep burning in your own irrelevance, Rolling Stone.

Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 09:24 AM (7qAYi)

12 Chris Wallace's panties were in a big wad this morning over Sean Spicer. Very upset that Sean had called a special press conferenceto rip into the media for their coverage of the inauguration and the Churchill bust

Posted by: Jen the original at January 22, 2017 09:26 AM (ZVnh6)

13 Nothing made me more happy than watching gimps McConnell and Ryan squirm during Trump's speech. I soiled my shorts.

Posted by: MIL-DOT at January 22, 2017 09:27 AM (X+rUO)

14 Hillary Clinton is not, and never will be, president of the United States!

Posted by: Very Irredeemably Undude at January 22, 2017 09:29 AM (2X7pN)

15 I don't remember who linked this yesterday, but the gigapixel panoramic image of the inauguration is amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/jp6lp9e

You can pan around and zoom waaaay in. There are thumbnails at the bottom that will take you to various VIPs, but I like just looking around at the various facial expressions. Some of them are smiling, some are listening with rapt attention, some are talking to their neighbors, and some are shooting daggers out of their eyes.

The only thing that would make it better is if I could zoom in on one face and link that specifically. For example, right behind the Supreme Court justices is a black man in a plaid cap. I feel like I should recognize him, since he's up there on the platform, but I'm very bad with names and faces. Dig the look on the face of the woman to the left of him. Yikes!

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:30 AM (sdi6R)

16 Mish March.

Try to use this in a sentence at least once a day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2017 09:30 AM (J+eG2)

17 I see that the NYT is running a piece saying "Inaugural speech dims GOP hopes for conservative agenda".

HA! As if the NYT can tell people what is "conservative" or not.

Maybe a real headline would have been "Inaugural speech dims neo-con Rhino's hopes for the same ol, same ol."

NYT can't admit it, and maybe the GOP-e still can't either, but that speech and those ideas he laid out are EXACTLY what we voted for. None of the mamby pamby GWB stuff about "i want to make everyone happy no matter what".

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2017 09:31 AM (V2Yro)

18 I have said this before. Why did Fox News give Juan Willams a job?

Posted by: Paladin at January 22, 2017 09:32 AM (wsnJh)

19 4
I shouldn't have to put up a thread like this, but there you are.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 22, 2017 09:09 AM (zlieN)

Oooh! Shiny!

*corgis scamper off*

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:33 AM (sdi6R)

20 The arrogance of that RS bullshit is breathtaking.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at January 22, 2017 09:34 AM (Pd7Sl)

21 I saw one guy in the crowd who looked like a potential assassin. That guy gave off all kinds of creepy vibes, and he didn't look the least bit happy.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:37 AM (sdi6R)

22 I don't know if this is off-topic since it's an open thread, but I thought you all might like to read an article that just went up on Lucianne. It's by a Muslim woman, Asra Q. Nomani, who looked into and lists the number of organizations at the Mish March who are sponsored by George Soros. (Many.)

And it appears in the New York Times.

I'd try to post the article, but the only place I can see that leading is the barrel.

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at January 22, 2017 09:38 AM (Kr0FZ)

23 21 I saw one guy in the crowd who looked like a potential assassin. That guy gave off all kinds of creepy vibes, and he didn't look the least bit happy.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:37 AM (sdi6R)

Timothy Kaine?

Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 09:40 AM (7qAYi)

24 I remember a similar gigapixel image of Obama's inauguration. They're made up of probably hundreds of photos stitched together. Here and there you can see a face that was on the boundary of two photos. It will have an extra nose or mouth due to the different camera angles.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:41 AM (sdi6R)

25 "The time has come for voters to decide what it truly means to be an American"

No, the time has gone. They decided that on Election Night.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 22, 2017 09:45 AM (Ndje9)

26 23 21 I saw one guy in the crowd who looked like a potential assassin. That guy gave off all kinds of creepy vibes, and he didn't look the least bit happy.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:37 AM (sdi6R)

Timothy Kaine?
Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 09:40 AM (7qAYi)

It was someone in the crowd. I couldn't find him again if I tried. But it reminded me of the photo of Lincoln's second inaugural that showed Booth in the audience.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:48 AM (sdi6R)

27 rickl, did you try a zoom in on what you want then take a screenshot?

Posted by: flyover at January 22, 2017 09:56 AM (SVz6E)

28 I'd try to post the article, but the only place I can see that leading is the barrel.
Posted by: Wenda (sic) at January 22, 2017 09:38 AM (Kr0FZ)

She says she's a "lifelong liberal feminist who voted for Donald Trump".

That ought to make some heads explode.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 22, 2017 09:57 AM (zlieN)

29 It was someone in the crowd. I couldn't find him
again if I tried. But it reminded me of the photo of Lincoln's second
inaugural that showed Booth in the audience.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:48 AM

Guy with a beard , arms crossed, wearing a brown coat? Left of center standing next to a women in a pink coat.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at January 22, 2017 09:59 AM (FIrEF)

30 Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:48 AM

Where's Waldo?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 22, 2017 10:00 AM (IcN+T)

31 Looks like Rolling Stone doesn't mind a business model that alienates 0.01% of their readers.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 10:06 AM (wPiJc)

32 27 rickl, did you try a zoom in on what you want then take a screenshot?
Posted by: flyover at January 22, 2017 09:56 AM (SVz6E)

That would work, but I didn't think of it.

Anywho, here is a website that discusses the existing photos of Lincoln's second inaugural:

https://boothiebarn.com/2012/05/31/booth-at-lincolns-second-inauguration/

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:06 AM (sdi6R)

33 when in charge, we are despicable as we are not inclusive of all their depravities. when we are in charge, they wrap themselves in our most base morality and yell at us that we are not true to what they just slipped on for disguise. we need a coordinated couple hour work stoppage to show them who can stop this country. I felt like them all during #44. But not being a baby, I did not wine, cry, yell, burn, break, hit, (whatever tantrum) like them. getting tired of their smugness attached to baby behavior.

Posted by: talgus da deplorable at January 22, 2017 10:07 AM (fJQAI)

34 It will have an extra nose or mouth due to the different camera angles.

*****

I found a guy with two noses and two mouths, one of the trumpet players (with the six-foot-long trumpets) high left, front of the balustrade overlooking the main dais. I bet he can blow a mean double fanfare.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 10:08 AM (wPiJc)

35 I may be the only one but I appreciate this thread because it lessons the amount of scrolling I have to do, the to the way this cheap phone refreshes.
Wasn't going to drop $500 on an S5, with the S7's coming out the next day, when my S2 died.
And not going to sign another contract that will increase my mo payment to get an upgrade either.
I know. Dial 1-800-cheap-old-guy.

Posted by: teej at January 22, 2017 10:08 AM (iMDvh)

36 The guy I saw was way out in the crowd, and certainly nowhere near as close to Trump as Booth was to Lincoln.

And I'm 99.9% sure it was just my imagination, and the guy is completely harmless.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:09 AM (sdi6R)

37 Has become totally predictable, they now care about the constitution, and individual rights...
well not really but they sure like to use it when They are out of power.
the only thing I can believe after the last 8 years of trying to strip half the country of any rights is they Never thought they Might lose their power again and lose any....
dummies...

Posted by: willow at January 22, 2017 10:09 AM (R7cwD)

38 21 I saw one guy in the crowd who looked like a potential assassin. That guy gave off all kinds of creepy vibes, and he didn't look the least bit happy.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:37 AM (sdi6R)

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

It's the look most every man has after an argument with the wife.

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2017 10:10 AM (Fmupd)

39 That picture is pretty cool. You can also see all the people on the sidelines. I glanced through quickly but I saw a group of protesters on one of the side areas, looking out toward the reflection pools to the right side.

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 10:13 AM (JNDQi)

40 Schumer said on MTP that he's prepaired to keep the SCOTUS seat open.

I don't know how many more signals the Republicans need before they pull the filibuster.

Posted by: WisRich at January 22, 2017 10:13 AM (OAlmw)

41 She says she's a "lifelong liberal feminist who voted for Donald Trump".

That ought to make some heads explode.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 22, 2017 09:57 AM (zlieN)

Heh!!! Try this one:

Jesse Jackson: Trump's inauguration speech was "full of hope and inclusion".

0.0

http://tinyurl.com/hueyz7x

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at January 22, 2017 10:13 AM (Pd7Sl)

42 It also made me curious about all the people on the main platform. Some were senators/representatives and family. There seemed to be little rhyme or reason to the seating beyond the first row. It looked like totally random people mixed in with ex-presidents and such. Very interesting. Make me REALLY curious about who all the unknown people are and why they were chosen to have those special spots within feet of Trump. Hm??????????

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 10:18 AM (JNDQi)

43 If I couldn't asked the most purposely annoying partisan hack questions that only beltway throne sniffers care about, I wouldn't be useful to progressive twinks!

Posted by: Fuck Todd at January 22, 2017 10:19 AM (2X7pN)

44 So who is that dark-haired woman next to the black guy in the plaid cap? They both must be fairly prominent, to have such prime seats on the platform.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:20 AM (sdi6R)

45 Looks like the Times is attempting to morph themselves into having a semblance of journalistic inquiry again to mollify the new powers that be. Dunno if they can pull it off though - the willful stupidity and complicity are thoroughly ingrained habits at this point.

Posted by: coelacanth2 at January 22, 2017 10:21 AM (FDZmz)

46 I did not. Ogle. That woman--Ms. Trump. Not a single time.

Posted by: Billy Bob Clinton at January 22, 2017 10:23 AM (97XyN)

47 What better place to denounce #FakeNews Agit/Prop than at the CIA? They fight it all the time. The hundreds of CIA officers who gave Trump a standing ovation didn't dishonor those stars on the wall.

The comments by former Communist and failed CIA Director John Brennan are themselves "disgraceful", unprecedented, and only prove why Trump needs to push back.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 22, 2017 10:28 AM (Ndje9)

48 Bill and Hillary Clinton and George and Laura Bush are sitting next to each other, but Michelle Obama is sitting in the row behind Barack. Interesting.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (sdi6R)

49 just a nice reminder

https://twitter.com/GodLovingVet/status/823184845186670592

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (Om16U)

50 So on the way out the door an order was issued by the US Fish and Wildlife director banning lead based ammo on most federal lands, effective immediately...........

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (JNDQi)

51 lindafell- were there really 50,000 in Austin?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (Xpw10)

52 but the gigapixel panoramic image of the inauguration is amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/jp6lp9e

I was asking yesterday what the large structure on the far end of the mall is.

Turn, zoom down mall towards Washington Monument. Spans the width of the mall, glass front, right in front of obelisk.

Posted by: DaveA at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (8J/Te)

53 Actually the press idiot from Time was intentionally trying to sow division and agitate the black community by reporting that MLK's bust was removed.

It wasn't a simple mistake, it was enemy action.

Fuck these whores, they are Democrats with byline, Trump know this, they know this, now make sure the people know this.

It looks like Trumps team has well internalized Breitbarts maxim...

Fuck You, WAR!!!

Posted by: Kreplach at January 22, 2017 10:30 AM (+lv+r)

54 Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:30 AM (sdi6R)

Plaid hat - James Clyborn?

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:30 AM (48QDY)

55 I just found this in a CBS news story from November 6th; a quote from Frank Luntz (bear with me):

These two candidates, the way they fight, the way they yell at each other, the way they make it personal, it's like having your parents get divorced, and you don't want to live with either of them. And the judge sits there and says, "Pick one or the other." And you say, "How about the jury? Can I-- can I go there?"

I think that's pretty funny.

Posted by: m at January 22, 2017 10:30 AM (3jGss)

56 link to CBS News Steve Kroft interview of Frank Luntz

http://tinyurl.com/jyjo4vp

Posted by: m at January 22, 2017 10:31 AM (3jGss)

57 Turn, zoom down mall towards Washington Monument. Spans the width of the mall, glass front, right in front of obelisk.
Posted by: DaveA at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (8J/Te)

Media tent, IIANM.

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:33 AM (48QDY)

58 Steve Kroft is no Jim Henson, that's for sure.

Posted by: Barney at January 22, 2017 10:33 AM (97XyN)

59 wrapping themselves in the flag - did you guys see the posters of hijab flag? ugh

https://twitter.com/FiveRights/status/823157502967771136

although the sight of pro abortion wymyn holding sharia inspired posters is also deeply funny

(sharia forbids abortion after 4 months, forbids in cases of rape, and I'm pretty sure final say is up to a man)

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 10:34 AM (Om16U)

60 49 just a nice reminder

https://twitter.com/GodLovingVet/status/823184845186670592
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (Om16U)

Heh.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:34 AM (sdi6R)

61 My incoherent partisan hack ramblings are only exceeded by my inane metaphorical parables! Plus I crap my pants several times a day to distract from the verbal diarrhea that constantly flows from my mouth!

Posted by: Pissy Matthews at January 22, 2017 10:36 AM (2X7pN)

62 My favorite video of George Soros was of him in a courtroom when his former live-in walked by him and thumped him on the back of his head as she passed by.

Posted by: Sean Penn : We're gonna need more tape! at January 22, 2017 10:38 AM (SJ184)

63
First the burn the flag, now they wrap themselves in the flag.

Suggestion: Wrap yourself in it and then burn it. Meh, just burn yourselves.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2017 10:38 AM (mbhDw)

64 As for the Rolling Stone boys, girls and transgender weenies---Sod Off Swampy!

Posted by: Comanche Voter at January 22, 2017 10:38 AM (Sda6L)

65 So who is that dark-haired woman next to the black guy in the plaid cap? They both must be fairly prominent, to have such prime seats on the platform.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:20 AM (sdi6R)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Interactive seating link...
http://nyti.ms/2k4dJoF

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:38 AM (48QDY)

66 58 Steve Kroft is no Jim Henson, that's for sure.
Posted by: Barney at January 22, 2017 10:33 AM (97XyN)

When the Muppets make a black crack whore puppet, Steve can drink champers off its thighs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2017 10:39 AM (mbhDw)

67 54
Plaid hat - James Clyborn?
Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:30 AM (48QDY)

I don't recognize that name at all. I was thinking maybe James Earl Jones, but I have no idea. Like I said, I'm really bad with names and faces. There have been occasions when I didn't recognize a friend, if I ran into them in an unexpected place.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:39 AM (sdi6R)

68 Ben Had,
I have no idea. I gave the whole thing the attention it deserved, none. It's AUSTIN and UT is in session so it's quite possible. I know I live here but I'm on the very edge and don't go downtown much so I usually have very little inkling of local events and politics.....I'm trying to reduce stress.
The last local news that was significant was when the newly elected Travis county sheriff, sally Hernandez, said that she wouldn't turn illegals over to the Feds and Greg Abbott said, he'd cut funding if she did that.

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 10:40 AM (JNDQi)

69 15 I don't remember who linked this yesterday, but the gigapixel panoramic image of the inauguration is amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/jp6lp9e

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:30 AM (sdi6R)

Cool. Thanks.

Posted by: m at January 22, 2017 10:40 AM (3jGss)

70 Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:39 AM (sdi6R)

House member from SC. Father of Filet Mignon of the FCC. One of Vic's favorites.

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:41 AM (48QDY)

71
I thought I saw James "father of RumpRoast" Clyburn there, but he's such a strident leftist, I thought for sure he would boycott.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2017 10:41 AM (mbhDw)

72
Trump "appropriated" the black power salute. Brilliant!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2017 10:41 AM (mbhDw)

73 I noticed that the two Secret Service Guys behind and left of Barky are eyeballin Melania, and the Secret Service guy with the suitcase is just like "FML; can we just go back inside?"

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 22, 2017 10:42 AM (IcN+T)

74 72
Trump "appropriated" the black power salute. Brilliant!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2017 10:41 AM (mbhDw)

****++*==*#*******

I get the feeling more and more that nothing he does is by accident. The layers of planning astonish me. It's fun to watch.

Posted by: Molly's Mom at January 22, 2017 10:44 AM (EwGtF)

75 Interactive seating link...
http://nyti.ms/2k4dJoF
Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:38 AM (48QDY)

...............

Thanks, that was pretty cool. I notice Patty Murray didn't get any favors when good looks were passed out. Yikes!

Posted by: Molly k. at January 22, 2017 10:46 AM (9H4KE)

76 Another disgusting display of unhealthy adoratiion on SNL last night.They sang "To Sir,with love" for Obama.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2017 10:46 AM (r/0kC)

77 Damn, it's windy a hell here!!!

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 10:47 AM (JNDQi)

78 Posted by: Molly k. at January 22, 2017 10:46 AM (9H4KE)

Sheldon Adelson sure did though. About 10 rows back, on the aisle.

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:47 AM (48QDY)

79 Turn, zoom down mall towards Washington Monument. Spans the width of the mall, glass front, right in front of obelisk.
Posted by: DaveA at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (8J/Te)
---
Pan toward the wooded area and you can see the snipers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2017 10:47 AM (EnKk6)

80 ace - maybe you should tweet some of the info about obama desecrating the hallowed wall and MSM silence to CHris Wallace's show right now. Some jerkoff is blathering about 'desecration."

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 10:47 AM (11H2y)

81 65 So who is that dark-haired woman next to the black guy in the plaid cap? They both must be fairly prominent, to have such prime seats on the platform.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:20 AM (sdi6R)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Interactive seating link...
http://nyti.ms/2k4dJoF
Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:38 AM (48QDY)

Great link! It says she's a Republican, but she didn't look very happy in the panoramic photo.

...still, I'd give her a 1 on the binary scale.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:49 AM (sdi6R)

82 I'm gonna start calling Melania Melancholia from now on. Her sour puss face is annoying.

Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at January 20, 2017 01:38 PM (mZGNr)

I'm debating what to do with my facebook page. Now, even my marginally sane, politically moderate friends have lost their minds.

Since there are no pussy marches today, they are now caterwauling about how the Senate passed the Obamacare repeal with NOTHING to replace it, and when the House votes the same, then everyone will be left without insurance. Yes, your insurance that you have signed up for as a contract for the next year will fall apart immediately and you will die next week. You wont be able to see a doctor or be admitted to a hospital, on and on. If you have cancer, your insurance will be cancelled and you wont be able to get new insurance, that you will have to start paying for your own contraception,etc.

I cannot believe how stupid people are. Additionally, this DOES highlight the GOPe biggest fears that EVERYONE wants their free stuff and once you start a program, you can't delete it or you will be drummed out of office.

People shrieking about this are not just the twenty something protestors, I currently have retired military, and 50 year old plus well off individuals who are terrified.

A lot of this country has become so dependent on someone else for their life, and it is frightening.

Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 10:49 AM (+dgPH)

83 Damp, light rain but relatively warm.
So George Snuffleupagus arguing with Kelly Ann finally relized the job of journalists is to call out lies.
What hit you up side the head and woke you up George?

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 10:50 AM (yx0Ld)

84 They can keep loving up Barak, he isn't coming back, Ever!

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 10:51 AM (yx0Ld)

85 but she didn't look very happy in the panoramic photo.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:49 AM (sdi6R)

I wouldn't want to sit beside that clown, Clyborn, either.

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:53 AM (48QDY)

86 My personal FB feed is calm. No politics exceept for some foreign frends who post about their politics.
My fake FB feed is all right-wing ppl so it's good.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 10:53 AM (Om16U)

87 82, Jen, I deactivated mine because of the same thing. The stupidity of people I otherwise thought were fairly intelligent and reasonable was disturbing. And frankly was giving me too much angst...it's not just ignoring their posts by unfollowing them (which I did), but I couldn't post anything without having them jump on it and make snarky comments. Typical intolerance.

Posted by: IC at January 22, 2017 10:53 AM (gcme+)

88 Probably will guest host SNL multiple times though.I can just imagine the skits with him and "Trump" played by fathead Baldwin.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2017 10:53 AM (r/0kC)

89 86 Mine too.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2017 10:54 AM (r/0kC)

90 "Suggestion: Wrap yourself in it and then burn it. Meh, just burn yourselves."

Then arrest them for waving a firearm.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 22, 2017 10:54 AM (Ndje9)

91 72
Trump "appropriated" the black power salute. Brilliant!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2017 10:41 AM (mbhDw)

I noticed that!

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:55 AM (sdi6R)

92 I don't know who was down on Sean Spicer yesterday, or why, but I thought he was awesome.

Only improvement I would make for the future is for him to come out dressed as the Humongous.

Posted by: blaster at January 22, 2017 10:56 AM (HV1LS)

93
Heh. Krispy Kreme is WAAAAY back, about 15 rows.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2017 10:57 AM (LuZz8)

94 EVERYONE wants their free stuff and once you start a program, you can't delete it or you will be drummed out of office.

*****

We have given DJT a fulcrum on which to place it, now we shall see if his lever is long enough.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2017 10:58 AM (wPiJc)

95 oh although I do have one childhood friend who posted something nice about Obama (like thank you best President ever) and then her husband replied with something nice about Trump.
I almost died laughing.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 10:58 AM (Om16U)

96 We took Mrs. Franpsycho's uber-rich uber-liberal cousins to dinner last night to thank them for hosting Thanksgiving.

They had spent the day at the local anti Trump march.

Cousin told me he felt it was all so "surreal." I said happily "yeah, I know!" He was pleased thinking we agreed. I said, "no, we both think it's surreal, but for entirely different reasons. There is no intersection between my surreality and yours!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2017 10:58 AM (EZebt)

97 "The time has come for voters to decide what it truly means to be an American"

It means being an immigrant with hope in his heart, like Dzhokar Tsarnaev our coverboy, only to have his hopes cruelly dashed by Islamophobia, and feel compelled to take drastic action.

Posted by: Trolling Stoned at January 22, 2017 11:00 AM (rH4JY)

98 Is Jane ok?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 11:00 AM (4ErVI)

99 87, It's breathtaking. My newsfeed has become a constant parade of anti Trump , anti conservative, fake news. Mixed in with at least half a dozen save this dog, rescue this or that animal, find the people who did this to this animal, and then ads for the latest Mercola health fad.

I'm going to start first by removing a ton of people out of my newsfeed who seem to need to run to facebook and post something every hour.
It will be quite the task but hopefully it will restore some sanity to my experience there(I use facebook to maintain contact with relatives, etc who are out of town)

That doesn't work, I may need to go the deactivation route.

Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 11:01 AM (+dgPH)

100 Yeah, Jen, I may need to prune my FB feed as well.

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 11:02 AM (11H2y)

101 Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 11:01 AM (+dgPH)

When I get off my ass and actually get my site running, you can add me. You won't see any fake news or anti-Trump stuff coming from me!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 11:02 AM (4ErVI)

102 I don't know who was down on Sean Spicer yesterday, or why, but I thought he was awesome.

****

One small criticism on my part. I don't understand why he spent so much time trying to explain any attendance numbers in comparison to Obama. The left is all about delegitimizing Trump (he didn't win the popular vote, he didn't have as many attendees at the inauguration, we had more protesters in the streets, etc.). I would have preferred Spicer said something along the lines of, "That is an interesting but ultimately irrelevant observation. Donald Trump is the duly elected President of the U.S. and he is eager to get to work."

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:02 AM (wPiJc)

103 The arrogance of that RS bullshit is breathtaking.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at January 22, 2017 09:34 AM (Pd7Sl)

Right? There is nothing...nothing in the leftist mind, ideology, or deeds that is remotely American.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2017 11:04 AM (aMlLZ)

104
I'm going to start first by removing a ton of people out of my newsfeed who seem to need to run to facebook and post something every hour.

you can add my fake fb account if you like
it's mostly just bookhorde updates, some memes
vigila mulier

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 11:05 AM (Om16U)

105 Mrs VIA has a better understanding of the true personalities of some of her Pretendian friendians on FaceBook.

And a better grasp of the meaning of "The masks have fallen".

On the plus side, many of the young daughters of our friends are really against the whole Mish March movement.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2017 11:05 AM (J+eG2)

106 Oh, the Gigapixel inauguration picture is very cool, and very worth a few moments to click on..

Posted by: Max Power at January 22, 2017 11:05 AM (QCc6B)

107 Chuck Schumer saying investigations on Trump staffers and Russian connections is continuing

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 11:05 AM (yx0Ld)

108 Sheldon Adelson sure did though. About 10 rows back, on the aisle.
Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 10:47 AM (48QDY)
.........

Oh my!

Posted by: Molly k. at January 22, 2017 11:06 AM (9H4KE)

109 "There is no intersection between my surreality and yours!"

*****

Nice turn of phrase! I shall borrow that for likely future use.

Missus Muldoon and I speak frequently of the intersection or overlap (or lack of) between people's worlds. Her favorite line is, "Well, that may be so, but in my world..."

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:06 AM (wPiJc)

110 One small criticism on my part. I don't understand why he spent so much time trying to explain any attendance numbers in comparison to Obama. The left is all about delegitimizing Trump (he didn't win the popular vote, he didn't have as many attendees at the inauguration, ...
Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:02 AM (wPiJc)

True. And none of the media is ever objective or observant enough to realize the inauguration was held in a Metro area that probably went 85-95% for the loser.

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 11:06 AM (48QDY)

111 Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:02 AM (wPiJc)

I think maybe because it was simply the most recent example of FSM dumbassery and is so easily refuted.

I get the impression Trump's administration is gonna be calling the FSM out every chance they get if anything, to simply drive the wedge deeper. Eventually the FSM will cleave off and become irrelevant.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 22, 2017 11:07 AM (IcN+T)

112 111 Yeah,Trump is not going to allow even a minor lie to pass.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2017 11:08 AM (r/0kC)

113 They can keep loving up Barak, he isn't coming back, Ever!

Posted by: Skip

We're still basically capitalist. Barry the salesman spent 8 years showing us his socialist wares, and in the end we were like, "nah, not interested".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 22, 2017 11:08 AM (rH4JY)

114 I imagine the turnout to Trump's inauguration were comparable to most inaugurations. obamama's was the outlier, because of the "historic" nature of his election & given that there was & is nothing short of a cult following of him.

Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 11:09 AM (7qAYi)

115 112 111 Yeah,Trump is not going to allow even a minor lie to pass.

==

I like that

Little lies grow into big lies

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 11:09 AM (Om16U)

116 Trump going straight to the CIA and giving the speech he did is another example of how he is always several steps ahead of where I expect him to be. He has clearly done a ton of strategic thinking here and plans a bunch of "outside of the box" maneuvering. Time to warm up the popcorn.

Posted by: Max Power at January 22, 2017 11:10 AM (QCc6B)

117 The main criticism of Sean Spicer was that he often stumbled over reading his prepared text. It didn't bother me; it was his first day on the job and he can only get better.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 11:10 AM (sdi6R)

118 Chuck Todd trying to beat on Kellyanne Conway is a performance that will be repeated every week for the next eight years.

The MFM is the opposition party.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 22, 2017 11:11 AM (U6f54)

119 you can add my fake fb account if you like
it's mostly just bookhorde updates, some memes
vigila mulier
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 11:05 AM (Om16U

Thanks!

Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 11:11 AM (+dgPH)

120 Inauguration turnout?

It was interesting to hear one of the talking heads on Friday pretty much say that you would have to travel fifty miles in any direction from Washington D.C. to find the closest county to have gone Republican on election night.

Pretty much any attendee had to travel a great distance in order to attend.

Which is why the Metro also did not get swamped either, yet the Mish March did.

Trump supporters = out of towners

Mish March = a huger percentage of DC/Baltimore locals.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2017 11:12 AM (J+eG2)

121 >>>One small criticism on my part. I don't understand why he spent so much time trying to explain any attendance numbers in comparison to Obama.

It's some kind of voodoo strategy to get the press to defend and concentrate on the small stuff. I don't quite get it. Often his "blunders" make sense in the long term as some kind of sideways plan that involves multiple objectives.

Posted by: Max Power at January 22, 2017 11:13 AM (QCc6B)

122 Watching ABC right now. I'd like to jump into the TV and ask them if I can keep my health care plan, and my Dr. All they're talking about is Presidential lies. Let's go back a few years and explore where they were then.

I loathe these people.

Posted by: Pete Seria at January 22, 2017 11:13 AM (lJW6d)

123 As long as the Trump administration can chew gum and pass policy at the same time , I'm not concerned about their focus on responding to every little dig no matter how petty.

Whether this focus will effect those policy change efforts is still to be determined.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:13 AM (IDPbH)

124 I am looking forward to the day, which I suspect is coming soon, when I can start behaving like the left does today. I can say with certainty that my methods of expressing displeasure will not involve wearing funny hats and carrying signs with crude slogans.

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 11:15 AM (Sfs6o)

125 We have given DJT a fulcrum on which to place it, now we shall see if his lever is long enough.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2017 10:58 AM (wPiJc)

My lever is YUUUGE! Luxurious!

Posted by: DJT at January 22, 2017 11:16 AM (tHwdc)

126 AttendanceGate Alt169 biggest talking point of Leftist, biggest lie since George Bush was President

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 11:16 AM (yx0Ld)

127 121 >>>One small criticism on my part. I don't understand why he spent so much time trying to explain any attendance numbers in comparison to Obama.

It's some kind of voodoo strategy to get the press to defend and concentrate on the small stuff. I don't quite get it. Often his "blunders" make sense in the long term as some kind of sideways plan that involves multiple objectives.
Posted by: Max Power at January 22, 2017 11:13 AM (QCc6B)
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I think they wanted to throw down the gauntlet on day one with the press and that's what they had to go with. More about tone than substance..

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 11:17 AM (Sfs6o)

128 No they need to be called out on every little thing and constantly.

Not to the expense of getting the agenda passed, but it does need to happen.

Attack, attack, attack.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 11:17 AM (4ErVI)

129 And Spicer's presser shows that is exactly what they are going to do imo.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 11:17 AM (4ErVI)

130 Watching George Snuffleupagus and blood is starting to boil

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 11:18 AM (yx0Ld)

131 "Not to the expense of getting the agenda passed, but it does need to happen.

Attack, attack, attack."

Sometimes it can be the equivalent of someone posting an online screed full of "Facts", and the short reply of:

Link?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2017 11:19 AM (J+eG2)

132 129 And Spicer's presser shows that is exactly what they are going to do imo.

Which is why most Sunday shows has the MSM clutching their pearls. It actually is quite funny.

Posted by: Pete Seria at January 22, 2017 11:19 AM (lJW6d)

133 >>>I think they wanted to throw down the gauntlet on day one with the press and that's what they had to go with. More about tone than substance..

OK, that makes sense. They are setting the tone. Wow.

Posted by: Max Power at January 22, 2017 11:19 AM (QCc6B)

134 114 I imagine the turnout to Trump's inauguration were comparable to most inaugurations. obamama's was the outlier, because of the "historic" nature of his election & given that there was & is nothing short of a cult following of him.
Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 11:09 AM (7qAYi)

There was also a gigapixel image of Obama's first inauguration, although I don't know how to find it. It would be interesting to compare the two.

But the weather would be a big factor in turnout, too. On January 20, 2017, it was cool but not unseasonably cold, and rainy. I don't remember what the weather was like on January 20, 2009.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 11:20 AM (sdi6R)

135 I think Trump and McConnell are going to have a come-to-jesus talk soon if McConnell allows the footdragging to continue on Trump's cabinet picks. I think Trump has the ability to make McConnell's political life very uncomfortable with his contituints.

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2017 11:20 AM (Fmupd)

136 Was wondering same thing Max but may be Weasel is right. The crap is just continuing from before the inauguration but its a new clean slate so they couldn't go back before that.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 11:20 AM (yx0Ld)

137 Personally, I didn't care that it wasn't as well attended as Obama's. So what.

Trump didn't have 14 inaugural balls being played by current pop and rap artists. Just like Hillary's Beyonc� rallies, etc. people were coming to see celebrities, just as much or not more than to see the Obamas. There were 14 soirees for people to choose from when he was inaugurated. Trump , of all people, thought that was extreme and a waste of money and declined to support that many.

And as has been pointed out, 90% of DC is liberal Democrat. Very easy to spend time and money to see the home team play.

Not only that, but we have been hearing for the past two weeks about how these swarms of protestors and anarchists were coming to riot and be physically violent. People who actually have something to lose in life are going to make decisions to attend an inauguration with that information in mind. Especially if you were going to take kids to this.

Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 11:21 AM (+dgPH)

138 More about tone than substance..

Posted by: Weasel

*****

You may be right, there.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:22 AM (wPiJc)

139 Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2017 11:20 AM (Fmupd)

I think it'll happen sooner than later.

Can't imagine McConnell thinks he's going to derail the Trump Train.

*looks at mountain of bodies left behind Hurricane Trump*

Good job with that, dude.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 11:22 AM (4ErVI)

140 Lots of trash at the Mish Mash. Luckily a Trump supporter is there to clean it up:

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/video-trump-supporter-cleans-trash-left-behind-womens-march/

Or:

https://tinyurl.com/zqq7fo3

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2017 11:22 AM (EnKk6)

141 Just saw a good cell phone commercial. Little girl at Lemonade stand where a glass is $1.00. Sells a glass to a man and says that will be $2.37. He's says the sign says a $1.00. The little girl goes on to list the added fees. .22 standing in line fee, .38 poison prevention fee, etc.

Heh

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:23 AM (IDPbH)

142 124
I am looking forward to the day, which I suspect is coming soon, when I can start behaving like the left does today. I can say with certainty that my methods of expressing displeasure will not involve wearing funny hats and carrying signs with crude slogans.

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 11:15 AM (Sfs6o)

****

I suggest we all wear hats with frickin' laser beams on them.

Posted by: Dr. Evil at January 22, 2017 11:23 AM (NqQAS)

143 140 Lots of trash at the Mish Mash. Luckily a Trump supporter is there to clean it up:

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/video-trump-supporter-cleans-trash-left-behind-womens-march/

Or:

https://tinyurl.com/zqq7fo3
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2017 11:22 AM (EnKk6)

In fairness, I do remember one of the speakers yesterday telling the attendees to pick up their trash.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 11:24 AM (sdi6R)

144 I have a friend who was in the press briefing room yesterday. Normally these kinds of matters are handled in private with a phone call or by calling the bureau chief into the press secretary's office for an ass chewing. The fact that on day one they went very public was a fucking throw down, no doubt about it.

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 11:25 AM (Sfs6o)

145 Good luck with that I should say.

RE: George Will.

Any critique of our president by George Will going forward should be immediately answered with, "He's not a member of the Republican party. He's irrelevant."

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 11:25 AM (4ErVI)

146 In fairness, I do remember one of the speakers yesterday telling the attendees to pick up their trash.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 11:24 AM (sdi6R)

Was she saying that to Madonna's handlers?

Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 11:26 AM (7qAYi)

147 I suggest we all wear hats with frickin' laser beams on them.
Posted by: Dr. Evil at January 22, 2017 11:23 AM (NqQAS)
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OK! Dr. Evil is in charge of uniforms!

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 11:26 AM (Sfs6o)

148 I always liked Tri-corner hat girl

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2017 11:27 AM (J+eG2)

149 >>>60 49 just a nice reminder

https://twitter.com/GodLovingVet/status/823184845186670592
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 10:29 AM (Om16U)

Heh.
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 10:34 AM (sdi6R)

Must-see, in case anybody hasn't, yet.

Posted by: m at January 22, 2017 11:27 AM (3jGss)

150 I had to chuckle at the protesters who were wearing the little vagina facemasks- (I think I saw it on Watter's World). Some type of pink fabric doohickey surrounding their face. Several thoughts occurred to me.

1. The ultimate retreat into a safe space. (never mind the irony that fetuses are not safe in that particular space.

2. Curled up in the fetal position?

3. Talk about a womb with a view.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:27 AM (wPiJc)

151 "In fairness, I do remember one of the speakers yesterday telling the attendees to pick up their trash."

No one goes home alone!

Posted by: Mish With A Wish at January 22, 2017 11:30 AM (BO/km)

152 Living in Texas is a double edged sword for war times because I'm somewhat shielded from the Left and can't get that 'battle field' experience.

I feel like a REMF.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:32 AM (IDPbH)

153 I think you can devour a book.

Posted by: Mish With A Wish at January 22, 2017 11:34 AM (BO/km)

154 This article (and the comments) at CTH are a must read regarding the media lies about the inauguration turnout. IMO it's a big deal and President Trump had to call them out on it. I'm so glad he did.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/gltnd5c

Posted by: Molly's Mom at January 22, 2017 11:34 AM (EwGtF)

155 152 Living in Texas is a double edged sword for war times because I'm somewhat shielded from the Left and can't get that 'battle field' experience.

I feel like a REMF.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:32 AM (IDPbH)

Shit, in that case I'm like a Green Beret... I've been dropped into a third world Country to try to train up the opposition? (Central Valley Calif.).

Must a Third World Country.... everyone speaks Spanish around here...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 11:35 AM (qf6WZ)

156 152 Living in Texas is a double edged sword for war times because I'm somewhat shielded from the Left and can't get that 'battle field' experience.

I feel like a REMF.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:32 AM (IDPbH)

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

Spend a weekend in Austin.

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2017 11:35 AM (Fmupd)

157 >>>Cousin told me he felt it was all so "surreal." I said happily "yeah, I know!" He was pleased thinking we agreed. I said, "no, we both think it's surreal, but for entirely different reasons. There is no intersection between my surreality and yours!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2017 10:58 AM (EZebt)

hahahaha
I'm going out to dinner with people like that tonight. I'm using that.

Posted by: m at January 22, 2017 11:38 AM (3jGss)

158 155 152 Living in Texas is a double edged sword for war times because I'm somewhat shielded from the Left and can't get that 'battle field' experience.

I feel like a REMF.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:32 AM (IDPbH)

Shit, in that case I'm like a Green Beret... I've been dropped into a third world Country to try to train up the opposition? (Central Valley Calif.).

Must a Third World Country.... everyone speaks Spanish around here...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 11:35 AM (qf6WZ)
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Come to Northern Virginia if you want to experience life behind enemy lines!

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 11:38 AM (Sfs6o)

159 So I saw a Rolling Stone magazine the other day...little bitty pamphlet sized thing.

Like a comic book.

Posted by: eleven at January 22, 2017 11:38 AM (qUNWi)

160 159 So I saw a Rolling Stone magazine the other day...little bitty pamphlet sized thing.

Like a comic book.
Posted by: eleven at January 22, 2017 11:38 AM (qUNWi)

Gonna see my smiling face
On the cover of the rolling stooooneeee

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 11:43 AM (qf6WZ)

161 >>>Living in Texas is a double edged sword for war times because I'm somewhat shielded from the Left and can't get that 'battle field' experience.

Kinda funny how people the furthest back talk the most about war. That is REMFy right there.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 11:45 AM (HDrMi)

162 In any big public event, there will always be trash left behind.

If everybody took care of their own trash, there wouldn't be any trash left. Sounds pretty simple and straightforward, but alas, that doesn't seem to be the case.

I used to go to Grateful Dead concerts, and despite many of the concert-goers being environmentally-friendly and all, there was an appalling amount of trash left behind.

Some people who really were concerned about the environment took matters into their own hands, and went around picking up other people's trash after the shows. I started carrying trash bags myself, and cleaned up the area around my car afterwards. It wasn't really a sacrifice, since it was just downtime that I would otherwise spend sitting in my car waiting for the traffic to clear. I'd pile up cans and bottles separately, since the local homeless people wanted to collect them to turn in for a little cash.

To this day, after a concert or a movie, I make a point of picking up my own trash and at least one other item that isn't mine on the way out.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 11:45 AM (sdi6R)

163 I had to chuckle at the protesters who were wearing the little vagina facemasks- (I think I saw it on Watter's World). Some type of pink fabric doohickey surrounding their face. Several thoughts occurred to me.

1. The ultimate retreat into a safe space. (never mind the irony that fetuses are not safe in that particular space.

2. Curled up in the fetal position?

3. Talk about a womb with a view.

Posted by: Muldoon

I thought that too "a baby's head coming down the birth canal", and I'm not even an obstetrician.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 22, 2017 11:46 AM (rH4JY)

164 Living in Texas is a double edged sword for war
times because I'm somewhat shielded from the Left and can't get that
'battle field' experience.

I feel like a REMF.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2017 11:32 AM (IDPbH)

We could do a housing exchange. I live 25 miles from the White House and am surrounded by liberals.
You game? I would love to be surrounded by like-minded people for once in my life. Where in Texas are you?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 22, 2017 11:47 AM (tHwdc)

165 Okay. Roast is browned well and in the crockpot along with potatoes, carrots and onions.
I'll have a few good dinners ahead of me for a change.

Posted by: teej at January 22, 2017 11:47 AM (iMDvh)

166 Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 11:45 AM (sdi6R)

Exception that makes the rule?

TEA Party protests... pictures who the sites being cleaner when they finished, than when they started...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 11:48 AM (qf6WZ)

167 What's the Horde opinion on crowd size comparisons? I think the White House was incorrect and that Obama's in-person crowds were bigger but I'd be open to any evidence to the contrary.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 22, 2017 11:51 AM (qgUJH)

168 If the press doesn't want team Trump coming after them there is something very simple they can do; don't lie about him. Notice Trump didn't go after anyone when the Access Hollywood tape appeared.

He is not like Barack Obama - who went after Sharyl Attkisson when she published the true story of the Fast and Furious scandal. Of course lying about Republicans is what the press is all about - if they are reduced to the truth what are they going to write; that Melania looked beautiful stylish and elegant?

Posted by: An Observation at January 22, 2017 11:51 AM (s5gFo)

169 from @IsraelHatzolah

BREAKING: President of the United States Donald Trump will announce tomorrow move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem - (Channel 2).

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 11:53 AM (Om16U)

170 BREAKING: President of the United States Donald Trump will announce tomorrow move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem - (Channel 2).

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 11:53 AM (Om16U)
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Well... that was quick. Only took how many Presidents to accomplish this?

Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 22, 2017 11:55 AM (qgUJH)

171 Sky News is reporting Trump will move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/KayBurley/status/823196404273258497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

If true that is how you do it. Be decisive and firm...

This is also a message aimed at the so called "international community". Americans decide where our embassy should be, not the UN, or France, or the Pope, or Mecca. Same goes for anything else related to America.

Posted by: William Eaton at January 22, 2017 11:55 AM (MuTTO)

172 There was a picture posted by NY times I think showing bigger in screen audience at Barak's, which was sunny but don't know the temperature. As was pointed out its easy to get a home team crowd. Its all speculation I take it on croud size. But its not the biggest scandal that the Leftists are making it out to be.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 11:56 AM (yx0Ld)

173 There was a picture posted by NY times I think showing bigger in screen audience at Barak's, which was sunny but don't know the temperature. As was pointed out its easy to get a home team crowd. Its all speculation I take it on croud size. But its not the biggest scandal that the Leftists are making it out to be.
Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 11:56 AM (yx0Ld)
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It seems to me that Obama would have an easier time drawing a crowd in DC since everyone that lives there is a supporter.

Yeah, it isn't a big deal either way. Just don't understand why the WH came out so vigorously on that point when it didn't really have any evidence.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 22, 2017 11:58 AM (qgUJH)

174 Wish I could scream YES as long as that scrunt did her no. The pali's are shitting bricks now.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2017 11:58 AM (Xpw10)

175 President Trumo will need a new chair at the oval office - bigger and steel-reinforced to accommodate his yuge brass ballz

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 11:59 AM (Om16U)

176 This photo popped up on my message board this morning.

See if it reminds you of anything.

http://tinyurl.com/h8v57b8

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 11:59 AM (kzHgm)

177 Billionaire vs. Billionaire. I would like to see Trump kick the sh*t out of Soros in a cage fight.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 22, 2017 12:00 PM (rH4JY)

178
Well... that was quick. Only took how many Presidents to accomplish this?
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 22, 2017 11:55 AM (qgUJH)

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

Too many. All they did was continue the conflict. Trump on the other hand starting the process to decisively end this nonsense for good.

Posted by: William Eaton at January 22, 2017 12:00 PM (MuTTO)

179
A lot of this country has become so dependent on someone else for their life, and it is frightening.
--

Many people like being dependent, since it means no decisions and consequently, no personal responsibility.

Also... "lazy."

I know a number of people-- more than a handful-- that have been on unemployment EVERY year since the 1980's due to the "lack of work" clause.

They like that because it gives them time to work on their hobbies and their music.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 22, 2017 12:01 PM (J5mC3)

180 166
TEA Party protests... pictures who the sites being cleaner when they finished, than when they started...
Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 11:48 AM (qf6WZ)

Just saying that that idea predated the TEA Party. I also used to go to the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and I would go around picking up individual cigarette butts in my area before leaving.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 12:02 PM (sdi6R)

181 http://tinyurl.com/h8v57b8
Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 11:59 AM (kzHgm)

She's gonna be our Duchess Kate in terms of style

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 12:03 PM (Om16U)

182

How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown, like the Rolling Stone

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 22, 2017 12:03 PM (IqV8l)

183 TEA Party protests... pictures who the sites being cleaner when they finished, than when they started...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 11:48 AM (qf6WZ)

Mr D and I attended the Glenn Beck 9/12 event in DC and there was nothing left to pick up.
Such virtue-signalling! LOL

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 22, 2017 12:04 PM (tHwdc)

184
Yeah, it isn't a big deal either way. Just don't understand why the WH came out so vigorously on that point when it didn't really have any evidence.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at January 22, 2017 11:58 AM (qgUJH)

Simple...

It was up on every news agency, as headline news...

It was a coordinated propaganda move to delegitimize the incoming Administration.

And WAS flat out Propaganda from the Press... THEY don't know... they have no proof of their allegation.... yet ran it everywhere...

Same with the 'MILLIONS of protesters who are protesting the Trump administration' Headline which is STILL up on MSN.... which is most probably false, as Millions means more than 2 Million...

If you don't call them on their propaganda from the outset... from the very beginning.. you will lose....

If they are fighting all the time, and you only fight half the time.... you lose.

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 12:05 PM (qf6WZ)

185 177 Billionaire vs. Billionaire. I would like to see Trump kick the sh*t out of Soros in a cage fight.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 22, 2017 12:00 PM (rH4JY)Passing thought:

I remember a while back they (you know who "they" is...) made the story-of-the-week be how Trump isn't really all that rich, he's lying about his net worth, blah blah blah...

And I thought, "Yeah, true. he's a 'blue collar' billionaire. Not like Slim, or Steyer, or Soros, or F*ckerberg, who have real money."

And all that storyline seems to have done for them is blunt the attack against Trump that he's an out of touch rich guy.

Once again, Donny boy's Trump-Fu is too much for their Lie-kwon-do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2017 12:06 PM (sK2fh)

186 What's the Horde opinion on crowd size comparisons?
-------------------

It is a distraction to take you off the main point which is the war with a poisonous political ideology.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at January 22, 2017 12:06 PM (4SqSK)

187 BREAKING: President of the United States Donald Trump will announce
tomorrow move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem - (Channel 2).
---
Tuesday, he'll return the Ark from area 51.

Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2017 12:07 PM (3Liv/)

188 LOL Methos!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 22, 2017 12:08 PM (tHwdc)

189 "It was a coordinated propaganda move to delegitimize the incoming Administration."

Yes. It's become so ingrained with American consumers of propaganda, that most people don't notice the blatant bias of it.

I hope the new administration pounds the shit out of the media all day every day and never fucking stops.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 22, 2017 12:10 PM (97XyN)

190 187 BREAKING: President of the United States Donald Trump will announce
tomorrow move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem - (Channel 2).
---
Tuesday, he'll return the Ark from area 51.
Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2017 12:07 PM (3Liv/)

Yeah.... We told your President Nixon that humans are not allowed outside of Earth orbit in 1972.

You are too dangerous.

Trump has called us in to renegotiate....

Posted by: Little Grey Alien at January 22, 2017 12:10 PM (qf6WZ)

191 You'd think the first thing you'd learn in the media business is that paper burns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAysTWjML1U

Posted by: DaveA at January 22, 2017 12:11 PM (8J/Te)

192 She's gonna be our Duchess Kate in terms of style
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 12:03 PM (Om16U)

Study the photo a little closer.

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:11 PM (kzHgm)

193 IsraelHatzolah
BREAKING: President of the United States Donald Trump will announce tomorrow move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem - (Channel 2).

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 12:13 PM (y3aQB)

194 Tuesday, he'll return the Ark from area 51.

will Indiana Jones Be there too?

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 12:15 PM (y3aQB)

195 Study the photo a little closer.

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:11 PM (kzHgm)
John- John

Posted by: MAC-SOG at January 22, 2017 12:15 PM (QPdNE)

196 Daily Mail sez the 230 cretins arrested in DC for Inauguration Day hijinks face felony rioting charges. If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $25k fine. I hope that's true. The little darlings have been indulged in their temper tantrums for far too long.

Posted by: JuJuBee at January 22, 2017 12:17 PM (dargh)

197
What's the Horde opinion on crowd size comparisons?
--
As a female, I would not have attended the inauguration or the crazy chick protest. Too many nut jobs, way too much of a chance that something bad could happen.

I have to think that a lot of people stayed home because of the threat of violence. So to some extent, their threats by the left worked.

However... at what cost?

Right now, a lot of conservatives are looking at the co-workers, neighbors and relatives in a different light, especially if they participated in violance.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 22, 2017 12:17 PM (J5mC3)

198 https://tinyurl.com/gutrtqq

What the HELL

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 12:18 PM (y3aQB)

199 195 Study the photo a little closer.

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:11 PM (kzHgm)
John- John
Posted by: MAC-SOG at January 22, 2017 12:15 PM (QPdNE)

Hopefully, if he decides to become a pilot, he'll take instrument rating seriously.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 12:18 PM (sdi6R)

200 195 Bingo

Check the Naval Officer in the background.

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:19 PM (kzHgm)

201 The interactive photos from CNN posted by a moron earlier in the thread is well worth looking at. It shows the crowd at it's peak and it's well into being close to if not equal to Obamas.

The WH has pointed out in various ways that many of the photos being published that purport to show a much smaller crowd were taken when the crowd was trying to get to the event and was standing on the covered areas of the mall. The Mall was covered in some kind of white textured material to lessens slip and falls and it shows up very well in less crowded areas. Early in the day, when less people were in place, the white ground makes an obvious visual statement that no one is standing there.

Look at the CNN interactive photo and the white ground is totally covered.

Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 12:20 PM (+dgPH)

202 https://tinyurl.com/zxs6nln

Pic Of Clinton Inauguration crowd

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 12:20 PM (y3aQB)

203 My girlfriend went to the convocation of withered clams, and all I got was this lousy tshirt...

Posted by: Tortillapete at January 22, 2017 12:20 PM (Np4nS)

204 Y'know, I love Trump but the guy has a pathological need to bullshit about irrelevant stuff, probably stemming from a half century in real estate. In his remarks to the CIA, he claimed the sun came out during his speech, and it was "really sunny". This simply was not true. Now, Trump bullshitting is nothing new, so it came with him, so why am I going to double down defending every word he says? He exaggerates, he bullshits, he overstates. No, crowd size wasn't the biggest ever. Who cares?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:21 PM (HDrMi)

205 200 195 Bingo

Check the Naval Officer in the background.
Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:19 PM (kzHgm)

Not to knit pick... She's Enlisted... no Gold on the Cover...

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 12:23 PM (qf6WZ)

206 Not sure if anyone has seen this, but definitely promising. Not gonna put up with this shot any more... and its about time...

Many Arrested Inauguration Day Protesters Will Face Felony Rioting Charges, Prosecutors Say

http://tinyurl.com/h2npmeg

Posted by: I Smell Something Rotten at January 22, 2017 12:23 PM (ctO3Z)

207 If you really want to hurt the MSM, just make a note of who is buying commercial time and ad space and don't buy their products or services. And make it a point to tell them why.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 22, 2017 12:24 PM (IcN+T)

208 Who cares?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:21 PM (HDrMi)

The Enemy... ie the media, who made it a headline on every major News outlet.

Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 12:24 PM (qf6WZ)

209 If you really want to hurt the MSM, just make a note of who is buying
commercial time and ad space and don't buy their products or services.
And make it a point to tell them why.

THIS.

I'm not a member, but the American Family Association is really good at doing effective boycotts.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 22, 2017 12:25 PM (J5mC3)

210 The Glorious Highlight of the Inauguration:

"That shit stops... Right here... Right now."

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:25 PM (kzHgm)

211 Not sure if anyone has seen this, but definitely promising. Not gonna put up with this shot any more... and its about time...

Many Arrested Inauguration Day Protesters Will Face Felony Rioting Charges, Prosecutors Say
---

I posted a story yesterday about some Canadians that were coming to protest.

They were delayed for hours, and, in the end, not allowed in.

New Sheriff in Town.

Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 22, 2017 12:26 PM (J5mC3)

212 82
Since there are no pussy marches today, they are now caterwauling
about how the Senate passed the Obamacare repeal with NOTHING to replace
it, and when the House votes the same, then everyone will be left
without insurance.

The most recent idiocy I'm seeing is shrieking about how Obamacare is blameless because, after all, it was the insurance companies that raised rates, not the government.

Posted by: Anachronda at January 22, 2017 12:26 PM (Oi5b2)

213 Many Arrested Inauguration Day Protesters Will Face Felony Rioting Charges, Prosecutors Say
---
Just taking pieces off the board.

Let's see who wants to sing for a reduced sentence.

Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2017 12:28 PM (3Liv/)

214 the media is trivial, prog propaganda machine, and they are treating it with trivial BS they deserve; pearls before swine sort of thing

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2017 12:28 PM (c6/9Q)

215 Who cares?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:21 PM (HDrMi)

The Enemy... ie the media, who made it a headline on every major News outlet.
Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 12:24 PM (qf6WZ

Exactly. And because GWB NEVER fought back, never corrected anything, just ignored it to the point of telling Dana Perino that she must forgive former administration jerks who wrote tell all books that were derogatory toward Bush , that we all are now, 8 years later, dealing with a huge segment of the population that believes everything that comes from the msm or internet and who don't know anything about how government or the constitution, courts etc. are supposed to work. And those assholes are the ones marching , rioting and voting for this crap.

The only way to effectively fight this and to begin to educate people is to stop these jackals with as much force as possible.

Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 12:29 PM (+dgPH)

216 Thankfully Trump did not say "That shit stops here".
I gather some people like the brawling loudmouth nature of Trump; I like that he's combative. I think at an inauguration I would prefer my President not to use four letter words so I'm glad he didn't..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2017 12:30 PM (tOcW/)

217 >>>The Enemy... ie the media, who made it a headline on every major News outlet.
Posted by: Don Q. at January 22, 2017 12:24 PM (qf6WZ)

Ok, the response if the media says blablabla crowd size is to say who cares, not say oh no crowd size was the hugest ever. At least for me. Trump can say what he wants, I'm just saying I've never felt a need to defend every statement he makes. Sometimes he's just being Trump.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:30 PM (HDrMi)

218 Let's see who wants to sing for a reduced sentence.
Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2017 12:28 PM (3Liv/)

Excellent point.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 22, 2017 12:32 PM (kqtMD)

219 I would almost like to think this is Trump going SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! to keep the media focused on irrelevancies while the executive orders start to stream out and the Senate confirms his Cabinet and the media looks around and goes 'what happened?'

But is he really that disciplined? Uh...

Posted by: JEM at January 22, 2017 12:32 PM (TppKb)

220
The only way to effectively fight this and to begin to educate people is to stop these jackals with as much force as possible.
Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2017 12:29 PM (+dgPH)

I love you.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 12:33 PM (sdi6R)

221 216

'Twasn't Trump.. 'Twas Spicer.

It wasn't actually what he said, but that's what I heard.

Heh,heh,heh

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 12:34 PM (kzHgm)

222 I hope the Trump administration not only prosecutes these retards, but cuts deals only if it leads up the funding food chain.

The sole purpose is to get Soros on conspiracy charges.

Might need to make sure you've got Trump appointed prosecutors in place to make it happen.

Reince, where is that thing I gotta sign to replace the federal attorney generals?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 12:34 PM (4ErVI)

223 But is he really that disciplined? Uh...

Posted by: JEM at January 22, 2017 12:32 PM (TppKb)

I think not.

Those around him, on the other hand...

Posted by: Golfman at January 22, 2017 12:34 PM (48QDY)

224 Many Arrested Inauguration Day Protesters Will Face Felony Rioting Charges, Prosecutors Say

I'm guessing the prosecutors are having a little pressure applied to them on this.

Posted by: JEM at January 22, 2017 12:35 PM (TppKb)

225 One of Ace's Tapper tweets made it to Breitbart.

http://tinyurl.com/helvm86

Posted by: Flyboy at January 22, 2017 12:35 PM (UHquB)

226 Did we ever get an update from the Moron whose girlfriend went to the bitchfest yesterday? Did he nail her sister or what?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:35 PM (kTF2Z)

227 Democrats' 6 Stages Of Grief-

I think this is a good and an accurate political cartoon by Gary Varvel:

http://tinyurl.com/jqwt229

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2017 12:37 PM (tOcW/)

228 Jared Kushner has also been cleared to serve as President Trump's special advisor on ME affairs. I understood that to mean Kushner will be the lead negotiator for the talks between Israel and the fakestinians. This effectively bypasses all the Arabists in the State Dept.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2017 12:40 PM (Xpw10)

229 Somebody take this bag of potato chips away from me

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 12:41 PM (yx0Ld)

230 Trump Doctrine: always hit back twice as hard, and below the belt.

I know some people aren't comfortable with that. Too bad.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 12:41 PM (Om16U)

231 After a democratic election, how is insisting Trump "cannot be" President not a call to violence?

Posted by: xnycpeasant at January 22, 2017 12:42 PM (OhTOr)

232 So I had an interesting perspective presented to me today but the lovely young woman who's the seminary student I work with. She said this in church today: "I went to a womans' march yesterday. It was not anti Trump" (She did not go to the one in NYC, but in NJ somewhere) Apparently she read the website for what the march was supposed to stand for (but we know that what marches are supposed to stand for is often progaganda-is not necessarily what the participants bring to it.) Anyway, she wanted a sense of hope for her daughter and she felt it was a very moving experience. I tried to not make any faces in church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2017 12:42 PM (tOcW/)

233
Kinda funny how people the furthest back talk the most about war. That is REMFy right there.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 11:45 AM (HDrMi)

Relax.

When the war comes to your neck of the woods, we'll be there too.

Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 22, 2017 12:43 PM (kqykU)

234 Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 12:41 PM (yx0Ld)

Out of Dip?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Red County Rebel at January 22, 2017 12:43 PM (d76uN)

235 I have said this before. Why did Fox News give Juan Willams a job?
After NPR/PBS fired him over his evil anti-Islamic comment, Fox figured he had learned his lesson on p.c. crap and would modify his behaviour even if he remained in favour of big government programs.

Posted by: andycanuck at January 22, 2017 12:44 PM (lJXY3)

236 I'll take your chips, Skip. Here, have a beer.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:45 PM (kTF2Z)

237 I was devouring a bag reading comments in the thread with 1 more handful, 1 more handful, 1 more handful.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 12:47 PM (yx0Ld)

238 >>>When the war comes to your neck of the woods, we'll be there too.
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 22, 2017 12:43 PM (kqykU)

What fantasy war are you talking about?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:47 PM (HDrMi)

239 What he means BSG is that if the shtf, he will be where he is needed. Whether it's in his neck of the woods or yours.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois Red County Rebel at January 22, 2017 12:50 PM (d76uN)

240 Hokay!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:51 PM (HDrMi)

241 No women's marches today? Good. Make me a sammich

Posted by: Ralph Kramden's angst at January 22, 2017 12:51 PM (iQChX)

242 HeeHee, by Trump/Spicer blasting the media for the small attendance blather the media will probably be forced to put energy into showing what the numbers were. Which will probably show something like the historic first conman had bigger #s in 2008 but that was the only time they can make their case. And in the meantime while the FNM is chasing trivia to cover for their condescending sneer about the "low attendance" Trump's team is working on real goals.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 22, 2017 12:51 PM (Jen0I)

243 I can just imagine what those rioters are thinking right now. What do you mean prosecution? That's never happened before. You should have splained it to us that you were serious this time! No fair!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:51 PM (kTF2Z)

244 Trump Doctrine: always hit back twice as hard, and below the belt.

I know some people aren't comfortable with that. Too bad.
---
My favorite motivational poster is the one of Washington croosing the Potomic with the caption:

America
We will kill you in your sleep
On Christmas

We need more of that attitude.

Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2017 12:52 PM (3Liv/)

245 Yep, just checked out the gigapixel photo while Trump was giving his speech.

The press has lied to us again. The photo that is on all the MSM websites does not represent the true size of the crowd. Looks like it was taken earlier.

Really outrageous.

Posted by: WisRich at January 22, 2017 12:52 PM (OAlmw)

246 Heh. The online store that I order flags from has a new t-shirt available: https://tinyurl.com/j57vot4

Very Moron-esque.

Posted by: Country Singer (BertG @Gab.ai) at January 22, 2017 12:52 PM (GUBah)

247 Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 12:41 PM (yx0Ld)

My Kryptonite.

Especially plain ol' Lays, or BBQ or Sweet Southern Heat Lays. But any will do, really.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 22, 2017 12:53 PM (kqtMD)

248 Hey Sean and Rance, here are your talking points for any further crowd size comparisons:

1. there's no way to accurately count the number of attendees depending on the picture angle, time of day, and how it's cropped.

2. That said, if Obama's crowds were bigger, and that's if, the nearest Trump county is fifty miles away; his supporters needed at least a car or train trip. Obama supporters had a shorter commute. .

3. Trump supporters have heard or experienced violence at the hands of Obama and Clinton supporters, and one report revealed organized plans to harm them. They wouldn't want to expose their families, children or property to the largely under reported violence Obama/Clinton supporters constantly inflict on Trump supporters. Throughout the campaign, the Democrats were almost totally silent about this violence, by the way, and the media never asked a single Democrat about that violence.

4. I question the utility of the MSM comparing the turnout between the two inaugurals. What was that information meant to achieve for an event designed to celebrate national unity?

5. MSM Delenda Est. FYNQ.

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 12:55 PM (11H2y)

249 Had plain Lays ruffles.
Short artical on crowd size at Powerlineblog, its all interpretation

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 12:56 PM (yx0Ld)

250 A while back I was on prednisone for Crohn's. One of the side effects is I MUST EAT ALL OF THE THINGS and plain Lays and sour cream & onion dip. Put on 20 pounds. It didn't work either.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:57 PM (kTF2Z)

251 Posted by: Country Singer (BertG @Gab.ai) at January 22, 2017 12:52 PM (GUBah)

If you like t-shirts like that, also check out http://rangerup.com/men ! I think I own half their inventory....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 22, 2017 12:57 PM (kqtMD)

252 248 also a weather difference

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 12:58 PM (yx0Ld)

253 Meant to say that Lays and dip were my go to.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:58 PM (kTF2Z)

254 Tammy, Ranger Up is great as well. I've got some of their stuff, some of which I need to lose weight to get back into.

Posted by: Country Singer (BertG @Gab.ai) at January 22, 2017 12:59 PM (GUBah)

255 Potato chis are legalized crack.

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 12:59 PM (11H2y)

256 255 Potato chis are legalized crack.
Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 12:59 PM (11H2y)
-------
Chips and French onion dip
Fritos and bean dip
Tortillas and queso dip

This is what we'll be fighting for, people!

Posted by: Weasel at January 22, 2017 01:01 PM (Sfs6o)

257
Yeah.... We told your President Nixon that humans are not allowed outside of Earth orbit in 1972.

You are too dangerous.

Trump has called us in to renegotiate....

Posted by: Little Grey Alien at January 22, 2017 12:10 PM (qf6WZ)

*****

We need to bring back the Weekly World News to cover this.

I can just imagine the cover headlines and picture of Trump giving his "thumbs up" pose with space aliens!

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at January 22, 2017 01:02 PM (NqQAS)

258 Trump supporters have heard or experienced violence at the hands of Obama and Clinton supporters, and one report revealed organized plans to harm them. They wouldn't want to expose their families, children or property to the largely under reported violence Obama/Clinton supporters constantly inflict on Trump supporters. Throughout the campaign, the Democrats were almost totally silent about this violence, by the way, and the media never asked a single Democrat about that violence.

And THAT is really the gist of the issue, isn't it?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 22, 2017 01:02 PM (IcN+T)

259 Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:57 PM (kTF2Z)

Nah, they got Big Boy sizes, don't go getting too skinny!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 22, 2017 01:04 PM (kqtMD)

260 https://tinyurl.com/go3r3mo

Asian Press Reporting US has Withdrawn from the TPP

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 01:05 PM (y3aQB)

261 Yeah people were being blocked from attending the Inauguration by protesters/rioters

Posted by: MAx at January 22, 2017 01:05 PM (/RZxG)

262 Give me salsa or give me death!

Damn the carbs, full snack ahead!

We shall snack on tortilla chips! We shall snack on queso! We shall snack on potato chips! We shall never give up!

My only regret is that I have only one bowl of dip to give for my party!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 01:06 PM (kTF2Z)

263 Meant to say that Lays and dip were my go to.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:58 PM (kTF2Z)

When ace and someone else recommended pork rinds and onion dip, I thought that sounded gross.

Until I tried it yesterday. Spectacular. I ate the whole bag.

Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 22, 2017 01:06 PM (mm1o5)

264 Philadelphia a Transgender woman otherwise probably known as a man was beaten by young black guy, no doubt a Trump supporter, or a hard core Leftist.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 01:06 PM (yx0Ld)

265 Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 12:57 PM (kTF2Z)

Do they not prescribe good ol' Cort(isone) enemas any more?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 22, 2017 01:06 PM (kqtMD)

266 All of these jack booted thugs are so use to rioting without any consequences. Hell, burning down and destroying large areas of cities. If these people are actually charged and have to serve time and pay large fees then maybe it will make people think twice about serving real time. No more slaps on the wrist.

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 01:07 PM (JNDQi)

267 Not a big onion dip fan, more cream cheese and chives kind of guy.

Posted by: Skip at January 22, 2017 01:07 PM (yx0Ld)

268 https://tinyurl.com/glujsen

Obama Allies Working to Undermine Trumps National Security Team

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 01:08 PM (y3aQB)

269 Baha..just watched Kellyanne demolish Chuck Todd. I thought he was going to cry!

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2017 01:09 PM (p0fBx)

270 In the interactive picture of the Inauguration standing in back of Ivanka'a husband and next to Tiffany Trump is a blond woman wearing a maroon outfit. She isn't named in the version of the picture I can see, any idea who she is?

Posted by: An Observation at January 22, 2017 01:10 PM (s5gFo)

271 One small criticism on my part. I don't understand
why he spent so much time trying to explain any attendance numbers in
comparison to Obama. The left is all about delegitimizing Trump (he
didn't win the popular vote, he didn't have as many attendees at the
inauguration, we had more protesters in the streets, etc.). I would
have preferred Spicer said something along the lines of, "That is an
interesting but ultimately irrelevant observation. Donald Trump is the
duly elected President of the U.S. and he is eager to get to work."

Posted by: Muldoon at January 22, 2017 11:02 AM (wPiJc)

I haven't read all the comments on this from yesterday and today, but I think it was to kill two birds with one stone.
First, it was the National Park Service that tweeted out the comparison photos of Obama/Trump crowds that the media ran with. After that tweet, a cease and desist order of all twitter accounts to every department was issued, but the damage was done.
I don't know if anybody here saw it, but much, much later yesterday evening, the NPS offered up an apology that basically said, "Ooops, our bad, we're so, so sorry. Hee-hee-hee."

Second, the Martin Luther King bust being removed tweet. Like somebody else here said, it was retweeted thousands of times but the apology/correction was virtually ignored.
So I think the Spicer lecture was pretty much a gigantic blanket statement putting everybody on notice that this shit will not be tolerated, no matter who you are. The best way to go as far as I'm concerned. And I hope that NPS employee is put on lawn duty until his or her retirement.

As far as that comparison picture, you can totally tell they were taken at different times of the day by the shadows on the buildings.

Posted by: Joanne at January 22, 2017 01:11 PM (t+/Ew)

272 266 All of these jack booted thugs are so use to rioting without any consequences. Hell, burning down and destroying large areas of cities. If these people are actually charged and have to serve time and pay large fees then maybe it will make people think twice about serving real time. No more slaps on the wrist.
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 01:07 PM (JNDQi)

Yes, the line between "exercising our First Amendment right of peaceful protest" and "wanton destruction of private and public property" seems to have been blurred over the years. Time to sort it out.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 01:12 PM (sdi6R)

273 In the interactive picture of the Inauguration standing in back of Ivanka'a husband and next to Tiffany Trump is a blond woman wearing a maroon outfit. She isn't named in the version of the picture I can see, any idea who she is?
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Probably Marla Maples. Both Ivana and Marla attended the inauguration.

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 01:14 PM (JNDQi)

274 So there's no more room to Destroy?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 01:14 PM (kTF2Z)

275 Try pork rinds and plain sour cream.

It is the yum, and zero carbs.

Posted by: blaster at January 22, 2017 01:15 PM (HV1LS)

276 The definitive inauguration crowd pic:

https://twitter.com/TheDogOG/status/822955651466952708

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 22, 2017 01:16 PM (gTQoY)

277 Pig skin is for footballs, not for consumption. And no beans in chili either!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 22, 2017 01:18 PM (kTF2Z)

278 https://tinyurl.com/hr8sv26

Hours After The Inauguration, Kellyanne Conway Makes A Stunning Confession

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 01:20 PM (y3aQB)

279 Sam's Club has a nice tub of spinach dip that I like.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 22, 2017 01:20 PM (gTQoY)

280 276 The definitive inauguration crowd pic:

https://twitter.com/TheDogOG/status/822955651466952708

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 22, 2017 01:16 PM (gTQoY)

Bottom line, this is the one that really counts!

Posted by: Molly's Mom at January 22, 2017 01:20 PM (EwGtF)

281 No! No! No! Sour cream, jalapeno, and habanero.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 22, 2017 01:22 PM (dJlNt)

282 Trump Doctrine: always hit back twice as hard, and below the belt.

I know some people aren't comfortable with that. Too bad.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 12:41 PM (Om16U)

I can deal with it, and in some cases make the family watch.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2017 01:23 PM (aMlLZ)

283 258 - yep. I sent that talking point to the whitehouse.gov. There are all kinds of ways to play offense.

Now I'm going to buy a bag of chips. I hear Frito Lays is introducing a Roast Beef flavor.

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 01:24 PM (11H2y)

284 He exaggerates, he bullshits, he overstates. No, crowd size wasn't the biggest ever. Who cares?

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at January 22, 2017 12:21 PM (HDrMi)

Because he is announcing that no lie is too small to escape his laser-like attention. Why let any lies remain standing only to be used like a thousand papercuts against him.

Posted by: Joanne at January 22, 2017 01:25 PM (t+/Ew)

285 OK. I have figured out that the left - which at this point includes virtually all liberals, moderate or not - has but one thing on its mind. And that is to destroy Trump and his voters.

They are going to put every bit of their energy for the next four years into this, because, see, they are not SUPPOSED to lose. They HAVE to take this back.

This means they will obstruct everything there is, and scream their heads off whatever Trump does or says. He could cure cancer and bring Elvis back from the dead and they will NOT relent.

They care about destroying him (and us) far, far more than they care about the country. To me, this bodes ill for the future, as they seem to be the ones determined to foment civil war.

Of course, I could be wrong about that. I hope so. But in any case, we are in for a very long haul of shenanigans worse than any shenanigans they ever perpetrated before. And constant and unrelenting.

Posted by: Alana at January 22, 2017 01:25 PM (9jPBF)

286 To all the womyns that marched yeasterday, two words:
KELLYANNE CONWAY.......drops mic, walks away.....

Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 01:29 PM (JNDQi)

287 Trump has a book written with another guy. It is called Think Big: Make It Happen In Business and Life.

There are bullet point summaries of the chapters. Here are the bullet points from the chapter titled Revenge:

When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.

Forgive good people, but never forgive someone who is bad.

When someone attacks you publicly, always strike back.

If you want to stop a bully, hit them right between the eyes. They will think twice about doing it again.

Even some of the toughest top athletes are schmucks who let people steal from them and are afraid to get even.

Always have a good reason to get even.

Go for the jugular so that people watching will not want to mess with you.

If someone knows they made a mistake and they apologize, forgive them and move on, but never trust them again.

Trump is not mysterious.

Posted by: blaster at January 22, 2017 01:31 PM (HV1LS)

288 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgTzlXdviWk

I love this.

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 01:35 PM (11H2y)

289 It's humorous, and disturbing that just about every rant from the Left about Trump uses the word "democracy" to describe how the country is supposed to work.

IT'S A FREAKIN' R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C OF STATES YOU JOHNNY COME LATELY, OPPORTUNISTIC ASSHOLES!!! WE DO NOT, AND NEVER HAVE LIVED IN A DEMOCRACY. NEVER... NOT ONCE...

Posted by: Orson at January 22, 2017 01:35 PM (yuPAr)

290 The leftist agitator who shot someone at Milo's event has been let go - he thought he was shooting a Trump supporter, so it's cool.

http://tinyurl.com/z7lj4e4

Posted by: josephistan at January 22, 2017 01:35 PM (7qAYi)

291 286 To all the womyns that marched yeasterday, two words:
KELLYANNE CONWAY.......drops mic, walks away.....
Posted by: lindafell de spair deplorable xenophobic redneck at January 22, 2017 01:29 PM (JNDQi)

I know, right? I sent the link from the article about her that was posted here to my sis. My thoughts:

This made me cry- she is a hero! It's so horrid that millions of idiots marched yesterday to complain about our "misogynistic" president while completely ignoring that in the most important hiring decision of his life he chose a WOMAN and gave her the opportunity to do a thing no other woman has ever done. And now she holds a top position in his administration and she is out there every day fighting for the things we believe in. And she is obviously a Christian. I didn't know that.

https://tinyurl.com/hr8sv26

Posted by: Molly's Mom at January 22, 2017 01:42 PM (EwGtF)

292 Kansas City Royals confirming the death of Yordano Ventura who died in a car accident yesterday in the Dominican Republic. I'm devastated.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at January 22, 2017 01:42 PM (CNHr1)

293 What do the Democrats hope to accomplish? An uprising against the American electorate? Do they realize this only serves to delegitimize them?

Posted by: LastWord at January 22, 2017 01:45 PM (W8sy+)

294 I think votermom is correct.

It's time to push back hard. We're not going to have this chance again.

We're where we are currently at because too many among us said, "You can't do that! Someone might get angry!"

For those of a certain age, we remember what happened when we threw a screaming tantrum at the store. Mom or Dad or both acted like adults and punishment was swift and severe. They weren't worried about You can't do that! because they knew if they didn't deal with the childish behavior the child would grow into a monster.

We let these people grow into monsters because too many people allowed themselves to be shamed by the You can't do that! crowd. So we did nothing and the child has become a monster. By the millions. There was never any push back, which only served to reinforce the bad behavior.

Now here we are.

Grandpa Donald Trump, however, has decided the children need a good thrashing, and he's not about to listen to the You can't do that! crowd because Grandpa Trump knows what happens when you encourage outrageous behavior.

Get on the Trump train or get out of the way because we're doing this.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2017 01:47 PM (4ErVI)

295 Trump's was on Friday. Some of us had to work. Obastard's worshippers don't.

Posted by: CMU VET at January 22, 2017 01:50 PM (C+wjz)

296 Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at January 22, 2017 01:42 PM (CNHr1)

Andy Marte' died to in an accident

Posted by: EVLINC! at January 22, 2017 01:54 PM (y3aQB)

297 osted by: blaster at January 22, 2017 01:31 PM (HV1LS

I gotta blog that book

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 22, 2017 01:54 PM (Om16U)

298 69
15 I don't remember who linked this yesterday, but the gigapixel panoramic image of the inauguration is amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/jp6lp9e

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2017 09:30 AM (sdi6R)

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Comparing this photo of the mall with the NYT one I can see why the Trump people were pissed.

Posted by: Javems at January 22, 2017 01:56 PM (yOqwj)

299 WE DO NOT, AND NEVER HAVE LIVED IN A DEMOCRACY. NEVER... NOT ONCE...

Posted by: Orson at January 22, 2017 01:35 PM (yuPAr)
And most of our elected officials have trouble understanding that

Posted by: MAC-SOG at January 22, 2017 01:57 PM (QPdNE)

300 Nood MisHum

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2017 01:58 PM (EnKk6)

301 My feelz are hurt and I haz teh sadz.

Posted by: Chuck U Schumer at January 22, 2017 01:59 PM (Tyii7)

302 You know, I don't think the Democrats really know what they're up against. This is a guy who's been the punchline of jokes for the last 20 years, who was openly laughed at by liberal sages and pundits and politicians and press... who decided to become POTUS and DID.

It's really unbelievable and a little scary.

Right now, if the press is busy quacking about the size of inaugural crowds and Sean Spicer and pussy prancing....what is Trump doing that he doesn't want them to talk about?

Posted by: Gem at January 22, 2017 02:08 PM (uaHyk)

303 The Dems and the media (birm) constantly denigrate conservatives, hoping to pound home by simple repetition what they cannot convince people of through fair debate.

Given the damage they have already done to the critical thinking abilities of many Americans, the only way forward for us is to get in their faces about every lie they tell, which means getting in their faces pretty much continuously. And when they complain, laugh in their faces and mock their weakness. It is the only way.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 22, 2017 02:15 PM (LeUrG)

304 http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/confidential-david-brock-memo-defeat-trump-impeachment/

True comment:
If you ever need proof that the left is mentally, morally, and genuinely unfit to possess any power, you only need to read this article. They are depraved, debauched, and unfortunately very determined. They actually believe that they have a right to rule over the rest of us. It will be a daily battle to fight their evil intentions. While I believe President Trump has what it takes to defeat them, I am not sure our squishy Republicans have the wherewithal to fight them or even hold the line against them. Pray for the President and everyone willing to take the fight to these fascists. If we fail to understand that they are deadly serious and respond accordingly, there is no way we can restore this country. This is war. The left declared it the day after the election and we must be prepared to answer them. Buckle in, it is going to be a bumpy ride, but if we are victorious, it will all be worth it. Never forget or doubt that they will do ANYTHING to defeat Trump. Anything.

Posted by: franksalterego at January 22, 2017 02:16 PM (kzHgm)

305 ...what is Trump doing that he doesn't want them to talk about?

He is winning over the intel community that the Dems thought they could use against him, but who can recognize a patriot when at last they finally see one. Brilliant move. Even NPR this morning mentioned his visit to the CIA, including the warm reception. Of course they churlishly claimed a lot of the enthusiasm might have come from White House aides he brought along! What asswipes.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 22, 2017 02:24 PM (LeUrG)

306 When ace and someone else recommended pork rinds and onion dip, I thought that sounded gross.

Until I tried it yesterday. Spectacular. I ate the whole bag.

Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 22, 2017 01:06 PM (mm1o5)

It was I. It was me. And yes, it's teh awesome.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 22, 2017 02:53 PM (tHwdc)

307 http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/confidential-david-brock-memo-defeat-trump-impeachment/

That's really chilling. I personally would contribute to a fund dedicated to reward money for a photo or other proof of this Brock guy with a dead hooker.

Posted by: vivi at January 22, 2017 03:51 PM (11H2y)

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