EMT 03/25/17

Look, I had as much intent to give you content this morning as Paul Ryan and the rest of the GOPe had to deliver an Obamacare ~~repeal~~, ~~replace~~, unlubricated anal rape-rape to all the proles.

But then that uppity Freedom Caucus got all up in my business, and dared me... hell, double dog dared me, man! to shit all over my ~~constituents~~ readers.

So you can understand why I don't give you any content this EMT.

Double dog dare, man. I mean, right?

Also, regarding Chelsea Clinton's backdoor Gainzzz thread: I'd just like to say that the backdoor apple probably doesn't fall far from the convict tree. I mean... the pre-plastic surgery nose knows.

I don't give her enough credit, I know. It had to be painful as hell to have a third of your nose and half your chin shaved off just so you would stop being such an obvious physical liability to your parent's political mythology.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:53 AM (GPaiX)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Saturday, March 25, 2017. On this day in 1199 Richard the Lionhearted was wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6. No, he did not go on to lead the revolt against his evil brother and pardon Robinhood after a big swordfight Nottingham. In fact, he spent very little time in England at all and it is said he did not even speak English.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

3 Supposedly Flynn discussed handing over that Turkish dissident to Erdogan while he was still in Washington. So what, I m sure they "discuss" a lot of shit that never happens.

http://tinyurl.com/l45ncwe

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

4 How about this load of crap from Fox.

It is hard to overestimate the damage the Freedom Caucus has done to the fledgling presidency of Donald Trump, and to the country. By blocking the American Health Care Act of 2017,

Who are they attacking here? Conservatives in congress or Trump, or both. How about this Fox; when are you going to publish what was in that POS Rynocare bill? There is a reason conservatives blocked that POS. Especially since the RNC promise was "repeal", not replace. I know, you love your RINOs and hate conservatives. As far as "damage" goes, that is also a load of crap.

http://tinyurl.com/lhtdkcv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

5 Shitty Schumer says Trump doesn't have the 60 votes to block his filibuster of Gorsuch. We knew that which is why McKonehead needs to invoke the Reid option.

http://tinyurl.com/lum9jll

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

6 Trump approved the Keystone Pipeline yesterday while everyone was concentrating on that BS in the House.

http://tinyurl.com/lql798j

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

7 I set the alarm awhile ago for 0630hrs, let everyone sleep in for a bit.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:55 AM (GPaiX)

8 We all know warmies are uneducated or liars, or both. But they are now really demonstrating how little they know about real science. They want to use balloons to spray ice into the atmosphere to cool the "overheated" earth. I guess they never heard of the second law of thermodynamics.

http://tinyurl.com/kkfqgsz

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

9 Conservative House member explains why he voted against Rynocare. Why isn't Fox carrying this?

http://tinyurl.com/lqbg8n6

That's it for today folks. Its all Rynocare today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

10 Call me at 5:00 to make sure I'm awake, Her Majesty says. But does she answer? Nooooo!

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 25, 2017 05:56 AM (m0mLh)

11 5 Shitty Schumer says Trump doesn't have the 60 votes to block his filibuster of Gorsuch. We knew that which is why McKonehead needs to invoke the Reid option.

http://tinyurl.com/lum9jll
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:55 AM (mpXpK)

And for Kennedy and Baader-Meinhoff too. To hell with the Marxists. Deny them the judiciary and deny them most of the power to illegally rule over us.

AND . . . Good morning!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 25, 2017 05:58 AM (mbhDw)

12 Predicting nuclear option is going to be used for Gorsuch, Leftists have totally broken the goverment over the what should be a slam dunk. Ruthy was affirmed almost unanimously

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:58 AM (GPaiX)

13 What really aggravates the shit out of me on the reporting for this Rynocare crap is that it is almost impossible to actually find a copy of that bill and what is in it. Everyone is just like Fox, oh mean conservatives prevent killing Obamacare.

We have no news site.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

14 12
Predicting nuclear option is going to be used for Gorsuch, Leftists
have totally broken the goverment over the what should be a slam dunk.
Ruthy was affirmed almost unanimously

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:58 AM (GPaiX)

They should have already used it. But I do not trust McKonehead.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:03 AM (mpXpK)

15 Looking forward to a day of Twister with a certain mister!

Posted by: Beach Barry Bingo at March 25, 2017 06:05 AM (bc2Lc)

16 13: Thats alright Vic. Even if you found a copy of the bill, it would be every bit as incomprehensible as Obamacare.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 25, 2017 06:05 AM (n+WwS)

17
The problem is not the Democrats. The problem is the GOP, whose sole mission is to preserver, protect and defend the Socialist Counter-American Revolution of the past 50-100 years.

Figure a way around that one and we're on the road to restoration.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 25, 2017 06:06 AM (mbhDw)

18 What I saw of those hearings was a farce. If we had an opposition Party that drooling idiot Franken would have been thrown out of the hearing.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:06 AM (mpXpK)

19 Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix is set, need to see if there is a rebroadcast later. Formula One seems to think now you need to give up all information to watch Timing and scoring live, not sure I am or not.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:07 AM (GPaiX)

20 16
13: Thats alright Vic. Even if you found a copy of the bill, it would be every bit as incomprehensible as Obamacare.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 25, 2017 06:05 AM (n+WwS)

In my 30 year career of fighting government bureaucrats I got pretty good at deciphering governmentese.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:09 AM (mpXpK)

21 19: How'd the Haas team do? They scored some points in last years race. Used to follow F1 pretty closely. Still keep an eye on it, just not as closely as I used to.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 25, 2017 06:09 AM (n+WwS)

22 Roman Grosjean is 6th

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:11 AM (GPaiX)

23 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 06:12 AM (J+eG2)

24 22: Ah, good. Went over to F1's site to see for myself. I forgot Honda was back and with McClaren. They are not doing so good.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 25, 2017 06:14 AM (n+WwS)

25 I do kind of like the response by Trump yesterday,

Sort of along the lines of letting nature take it's course on Obamacare.

One nice outcome to that would be at the ability to say "We didn't kill it. It died of natural causes"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 06:14 AM (J+eG2)

26 I put it at 104 years J.J.

Posted by: teej at March 25, 2017 06:18 AM (6CZio)

27 Gonna go look something up.

Posted by: teej at March 25, 2017 06:21 AM (6CZio)

28 In 3 minutes everyone should be here, give maybe 5 more minutes to get machines, phones or tablets up and running.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:21 AM (GPaiX)

29 I'm up having my pre-coffee shop coffee. I am my own snarky barista.

Will probably hit the trail later before the rain starts.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 06:26 AM (PhYV5)

30 Richard the Lionhearted, interesting how the real story about him isn't what the books tell us. We all know anything rewritten more than once gets distorted by the next writer for what ever reason....We all remember as kids whispering something to the next kid, and the next kid, soon the original story gets distorted, and almost unrecognized. Anyone who has seen some local event totally screwed up by the time the MSM reporter gets it in the news.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:29 AM (DLV/d)

31 Now is the time for Tom Price to go through Ocare and use every once of "the Secretary shall".

Price could gut a lot of things that would make a better landscape for a new bill.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 25, 2017 06:30 AM (AZS0V)

32 Romain Grosjean is 6th, team mate Keven Magnussen is down at 17th. Battle seems to be a Mercedes vs Ferrari match.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:30 AM (GPaiX)

33 "I am my own snarky barista. "

Did you write your name on your cup, with a cute little twist at the end?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 06:30 AM (J+eG2)

34 4 How about this load of crap from Fox.

It is hard to overestimate the damage the Freedom Caucus has done to the fledgling presidency of Donald Trump, and to the country. By blocking the American Health Care Act of 2017,

Who are they attacking here? Conservatives in congress or Trump, or both. How about this Fox; when are you going to publish what was in that POS Rynocare bill? There is a reason conservatives blocked that POS. Especially since the RNC promise was "repeal", not replace. I know, you love your RINOs and hate conservatives. As far as "damage" goes, that is also a load of crap.

http://tinyurl.com/lhtdkcv
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

Vic! So glad that you got the all clear on your health!

Regarding Fox, Perino and Shep were practically orgasmic covering the "devestating Trump loss" . They truly could not hide their glee. It was disgusting. In my nic is a link to Conservative Treehouse for their take on the vote. It's very interesting and informative.

Posted by: Chilling the most at March 25, 2017 06:32 AM (Cl52v)

35 "I am my own snarky barista. "

Did you write your name on your cup, with a cute little twist at the end?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 06:30 AM (J+eG2)

I like something like "I love your" "your the greatest" of course from a male barista..../sarc

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:34 AM (DLV/d)

36 30
Richard the Lionhearted, interesting how the real story about him isn't
what the books tell us. We all know anything rewritten more than once
gets distorted by the next writer for what ever reason....We all
remember as kids whispering something to the next kid, and the next kid,
soon the original story gets distorted, and almost unrecognized. Anyone
who has seen some local event totally screwed up by the time the MSM
reporter gets it in the news.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:29 AM (DLV/d)

The books are OK, its the movies that are all screwed up.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:34 AM (mpXpK)

37 Didn't get all the particulars but in Philadelphia today there is a rally pro Trump something with proper permits and all but mostly heard a there will be a counter protest from SJW 'not in our city you don't '.
Working down in city, could have gone today parked and did some work then taken bike and rode over the 10 blocks to see whats going on but opted to not to. Wouldn't have finished the work up anyway.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:35 AM (GPaiX)

38 >>>>Predicting nuclear option is going to be used for Gorsuch, Leftists

have totally broken the goverment over the what should be a slam dunk.

Ruthy was affirmed almost unanimously

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:58 AM (GPaiX)

They should have already used it. But I do not trust McKonehead.
.
.
.Well first they have to get him out of Committe to use the Nuke but I have no worries with McConnell invoking it. He did hold out for 7 months against obama, the msm and a bunch of Rino GOPe on the Garland issue.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 25, 2017 06:36 AM (le7jz)

39 Was pretty warm here already, around 50 ° when I went out earlier, going up to high 60's.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:38 AM (GPaiX)

40 30 Richard the Lionhearted, interesting how the real story about him isn't what the books tell us. We all know anything rewritten more than once gets distorted by the next writer for what ever reason....We all remember as kids whispering something to the next kid, and the next kid, soon the original story gets distorted, and almost unrecognized. Anyone who has seen some local event totally screwed up by the time the MSM reporter gets it in the news.
Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:29 AM (DLV/d)
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The first time I read about the real-ish Richard Coeur de Lion as a teen was when I found a copy of the novelization of Robin and Marion, the Robin Hood flick with Sean Connery, and it was less than flattering.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 06:39 AM (PhYV5)

41 I do get the impression Gorsuch is going to get the nomination come hell or high water. The crap all judges are 51 votes except the Supreme Court rule from the Democrats is garbage. They f'ed that rule up.

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 06:41 AM (GPaiX)

42 Some people who I talk to love Obama care, because they get it nearly free.
Are on Medicaid, and in an area where it works well. Any change scares them, that they might loose something. Isn't that true with all entitlements, once enacted, they have a life of their own. And the Democratic politicians depend on this.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:45 AM (DLV/d)

43 34 Vic! So glad that you got the all clear on your health!

Regarding Fox, Perino and Shep were practically orgasmic covering
the "devestating Trump loss" . They truly could not hide their glee.
It was disgusting. In my nic is a link to Conservative Treehouse for
their take on the vote. It's very interesting and informative.

Posted by: CTM at March 25, 2017 06:32 AM (Cl52v)

I am about to go in and try for the rocking chair again today. No bouts of nausea this morning so maybe I can have some brown for the first time in months.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:45 AM (mpXpK)

44 @34- Chilling
Followed the link. Very good.
Funny how the names like Donahue, Brennan, Clapper and others always pop up when you start digging.
Funny how they are always "around" no matter which "party" is in power at the time.
Gee, I wonder if there is some link between them. Some group or affiliation they all have in common.
Naw, that's crazy conspiracy talk.

Posted by: teej at March 25, 2017 06:46 AM (6CZio)

45 42
Some people who I talk to love Obama care, because they get it nearly free.
Are
on Medicaid, and in an area where it works well. Any change scares
them, that they might loose something. Isn't that true with all
entitlements, once enacted, they have a life of their own. And the
Democratic politicians depend on this.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:45 AM (DLV/d)

Killing Obamacare should have no impact on Medicaid

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:47 AM (mpXpK)

46 I hate that Gorsuch has to run through the idiot gauntlet but it does give him a venue to politely backhand them and expose their moronitude. And the longer they grill him, the more he has an opportunity to expound. So perhaps it's not such a bad thing?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 06:48 AM (PhYV5)

47 How about this load of crap from Fox.

It is hard to overestimate the damage the Freedom Caucus has done to
the fledgling presidency of Donald Trump, and to the country. By
blocking the American Health Care Act of 2017,

Who are
they attacking here? Conservatives in congress or Trump, or both. How
about this Fox; when are you going to publish what was in that POS
Rynocare bill? There is a reason conservatives blocked that POS.
Especially since the RNC promise was "repeal", not replace. I know, you
love your RINOs and hate conservatives. As far as "damage" goes, that is
also a load of crap.

http://tinyurl.com/lhtdkcv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 05:54 AM (mpXpK)

Yeah... how DARE that Freedom Caucus stop Ryan from anally raping us without even a courtesy reach around. Just who do they thing they are? Principled conservatives?!?

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 06:49 AM (FTXAT)

48 Killing Obamacare should have no impact on Medicaid

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:47 AM (mpXpK)

Its mostly the politicians who use that as a scare tactic. Gov. Cuomo here in NYS is a master at that....Along with Schummer and others.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:50 AM (DLV/d)

49 46
I hate that Gorsuch has to run through the idiot gauntlet but it does
give him a venue to politely backhand them and expose their moronitude.
And the longer they grill him, the more he has an opportunity to
expound. So perhaps it's not such a bad thing?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 06:48 AM (PhYV5)

All those hearings do is give the polls a chance to preen in front of the cameras. The votes for that committee were already decided long before the first day. The rest is just kabuki. We should go back to no televised hearings and that shit will at least slow down.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:51 AM (mpXpK)

50 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 06:48 AM (PhYV5)

He's also getting a real life lesson about the true geniuses we have sent to Washington.

He just thought the retards that came before him in court were mouth breathing idiots.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 25, 2017 06:52 AM (IUgma)

51 We should go back to no televised hearings and that shit will at least slow down.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:51 AM (mpXpK)

With the press only being allowed to takes notes in crayon.

Posted by: RickZ at March 25, 2017 06:52 AM (hkdnQ)

52 Some people who I talk to love Obama care, because they get it nearly free.
Are

on Medicaid, and in an area where it works well. Any change scares

them, that they might loose something. Isn't that true with all

entitlements, once enacted, they have a life of their own. And the

Democratic politicians depend on this.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 06:45 AM (DLV/d)

Killing Obamacare should have no impact on Medicaid

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:47 AM (mpXpK)

Actually, it might roll back Medicaid expansion (or, more correctly, make states pay for their Medicaid expansions all on their own).

I am fine with that. It was cheaper for taxpayers to pay for people being bums and not paying the emergency rooms than it is to have them on Medicaid.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 06:53 AM (FTXAT)

53 51 With the press only being allowed to takes notes in crayon.

Posted by: RickZ at March 25, 2017 06:52 AM (hkdnQ)

Big chalk crayons like kids use for the sidewalks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:53 AM (mpXpK)

54 Big chalk crayons like kids use for the sidewalks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:53 AM (mpXpK)

Yes, with matching colored paper. (Can I say 'colored paper' anymore?)

Posted by: RickZ at March 25, 2017 06:54 AM (hkdnQ)

55 Well sun is coming up. Gonna go try again

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:54 AM (mpXpK)

56 "Big chalk crayons like kids use for the sidewalks. "

And using them to write on 3x5 index cards to take the notes..

While wearing mittens.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 06:54 AM (J+eG2)

57 Yes, with matching colored paper. (Can I say 'colored paper' anymore?)

Posted by: RickZ at March 25, 2017 06:54 AM (hkdnQ)

"Paper of color"?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:55 AM (mpXpK)

58 "(Can I say 'colored paper' anymore?)"

Of course you can.

It's superior to that raycist white paper.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 06:55 AM (J+eG2)

59 Predicting nuclear option is going to be used for Gorsuch, Leftists

have totally broken the goverment over the what should be a slam dunk.

Ruthy was affirmed almost unanimously

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:58 AM (GPaiX)

They should have already used it. But I do not trust McKonehead.
.
.
.Well
first they have to get him out of Committe to use the Nuke but I have
no worries with McConnell invoking it. He did hold out for 7 months
against obama, the msm and a bunch of Rino GOPe on the Garland issue.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 25, 2017 06:36 AM (le7jz)

I would be just fine with the filibuster being nuked for Gorsuch... it would kill their excuse for not being able to do Ocare repeal or any other thing because "they need 60 votes".

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 06:56 AM (FTXAT)

60 Help me here with an explanation on filibustering. When Rand Paul filibustered, he talked until his bladder said stop. Why can't McConnell tell Chuck Scummer to get up there and talk till he's gotta pee and then we will vote.

What am I missing here?

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:01 AM (kiSdp)

61 Some where in the Chicago Tribune with all the Trump failures, they say that 1 shot 11 wounded, wait until warmer weather!

Baltimore at about74 dead, impressive, unknown shot....Baltimore so far is going to be the winner, if everything cont. on this path...

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 07:02 AM (DLV/d)

62 Help me here with an explanation on filibustering.
When Rand Paul filibustered, he talked until his bladder said stop. Why
can't McConnell tell Chuck Scummer to get up there and talk till he's
gotta pee and then we will vote.

What am I missing here?

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:01 AM (kiSdp)

Watching the Senator Schummer us one of those plastic urinals on TV...as the senator reads War and Peace.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 07:04 AM (DLV/d)

63 "Baltimore so far is going to be the winner, if everything cont. on this path..."

We have actually been beating Chicago in Per-Capita for several years now.

We're just the little city that keeps punching above our weight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 07:04 AM (J+eG2)

64 What am I missing here?
Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:01 AM (kiSdp)
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NASA diapers. A game-changer.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 07:04 AM (PhYV5)

65 Help me here with an explanation on filibustering.
When Rand Paul filibustered, he talked until his bladder said stop. Why
can't McConnell tell Chuck Scummer to get up there and talk till he's
gotta pee and then we will vote.

What am I missing here?

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:01 AM (kiSdp)

McConnell absolutely could require that they actually filibuster if they want to hold debate open.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:05 AM (FTXAT)

66 My prediction is that McConnel will not use the nuclear option a will just let Gorsuch languish like he's allowed the donks to slow roll Trumps appointments.

I also predict the GOP will fuck up tax reform and pretty much everything else on Trumps agenda because they are duplicitous fucktards with no desire to advance an agenda that runs counter to the donks desires.

They have it all and can't govern.

The GOP is an illigitimate political party.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 25, 2017 07:07 AM (+lv+r)

67 Ah yes.
Once again the three monkeys effect.

Posted by: teej at March 25, 2017 07:11 AM (6CZio)

68 McConnell absolutely could require that they actually filibuster if they want to hold debate open.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:05 AM (FTXAT)

THEN DO IT! Scummer is about 70 years old, right? He and my idiot Senator, Dummy Stabenow can pee in their diapers, fall asleep in the filibusterin' room,then go vote.

What is so f' ing difficult about this?

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:13 AM (kiSdp)

69 Watching Senator Schummer us one of those plastic urinals on TV...as the senator reads War and Peace.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 07:04 AM (DLV/d)

That's assuming that the great Senator can find his little pee pee on the Senate floor, which I doubt.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 07:16 AM (DLV/d)

70 McConnell absolutely could require that they actually filibuster if they want to hold debate open.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:05 AM (FTXAT)

THEN DO IT! Scummer is about 70 years old, right? He and my idiot
Senator, Dummy Stabenow can pee in their diapers, fall asleep in the
filibusterin' room,then go vote.

What is so f' ing difficult about this?

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:13 AM (kiSdp)

My point exactly to everyone who keeps nattering that "they need 60 votes" as if Senate rules were handed down with the 10 Commandments never to be changed. Fine, don't change the damn rules. Make the Democrats actually follow them, make them talk til they drop and then hold the damn vote over their unconscious bodies.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:17 AM (FTXAT)

71 Good morning all y'all.

Strong storms in the ARK-LA-TX, but we're still standing.

Had a little roof damage. Power blinked a couple times.

Stories of more damage at ksla.com.

And it's 365 days til I'm the mom of 3 teenagers.

Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 25, 2017 07:18 AM (gTQoY)

72 Paul Ryan resign as speaker yet?

More coffee.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 25, 2017 07:18 AM (5VlCp)

73 And it's 365 days til I'm the mom of 3 teenagers.

Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 25, 2017 07:18 AM (gTQoY)

Sorry to hear that! Stay in there, things will get better someday.....

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 07:22 AM (DLV/d)

74 And it's 365 days til I'm the mom of 3 teenagers.
Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch yet at March 25, 2017 07:18 AM (gTQoY)
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Don't rule it out. You may need extradimensional assistance.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 07:23 AM (PhYV5)

75 Off to the trail. Hopefully no coywolves!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 25, 2017 07:25 AM (PhYV5)

76 @70

But we already know McConnel isn't going to do that.

More than likely McConnell is going to offer up some "grand bargain" or a corruption of Senators is going form a "gang" to try to lift the impasse.

It's all fucking game to these assholes.

McConnell, Ryan, Graham, McCain, etc. and the rest of the GOP fucktards are simply and intentionally wasting this once in a lifetime opportunity to advance a conservative agenda and destroy leviathan.

You think they FUBAR'd Obamacare repeal?

Wait till they get to taxes or the budget.

When the donks shutdown the government in a couple of months over the budget it's going to be a shit show, and the GOP will give away the farm, as usual.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 25, 2017 07:26 AM (+lv+r)

77 >>>>Help me here with an explanation on filibustering. When Rand Paul
filibustered, he talked until his bladder said stop. Why can't
McConnell tell Chuck Scummer to get up there and talk till he's gotta
pee and then we will vote.

What am I missing here?
.
.
.Each dem Senator can get up and speak as long as they want to.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 25, 2017 07:27 AM (le7jz)

78 Lol, youse guys.

And I'm only going for niceness for Lent.

Then back to my normal self.

Well, maybe a little bit of it will stick around.

Just a little.

Posted by: Mama AJ, nice person, not a witch at March 25, 2017 07:28 AM (gTQoY)

79 Hey, on the plus side, Baltimore's Democratic Mayor veto'd the bill to raise the city's minimum wage to $15.00 an hour.

I think I may wind up refreshingly surprised by her.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 07:29 AM (J+eG2)

80 Help me here with an explanation on filibustering. When Rand Paul

filibustered, he talked until his bladder said stop. Why can't

McConnell tell Chuck Scummer to get up there and talk till he's gotta

pee and then we will vote.

What am I missing here?
.
.
.Each dem Senator can get up and speak as long as they want to.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 25, 2017 07:27 AM (le7jz)

But only twice in a senate "day" which can last from now til Kingdom come since it is from gavel in to gavel out rather than 24 hours. It is entirely possible to break a filibuster by just holding a session open for days...or weeks if the codgers don't keel over sooner... until everybody has used all their turns and, therefore, their right to hold open debate.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:33 AM (FTXAT)

81 .Each dem Senator can get up and speak as long as they want to.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 25, 2017 07:27 AM (le7jz)

Until he has to pee, right? Let 'em talk till they're blue in the face. They're all old. They will look like fools not heroes. Sack up and win. Jeez do I need to go there and show them what winning looks like?

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:35 AM (kiSdp)

82 We shart in your general direction.

Posted by: The GOPe at March 25, 2017 07:36 AM (Tyii7)

83 Skip, I should have a vid of F1 qualifying shortly (getting ready to convert it now) from a sling.TV capture.

I can put it up on a file share for you if you'd like.

Posted by: nuke it from orbit at March 25, 2017 07:36 AM (559UZ)

84 Ah OK Redbanzai answered it. I knew there was a limit on it besides bladder capacity.

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:37 AM (kiSdp)

85 Ah OK Redbanzai answered it. I knew there was a limit on it besides bladder capacity.

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:37 AM (kiSdp)

Bladder capacity plays in too... they cannot leave the Senate floor for any reason when they are talking or that "turn" ends. Like I have been saying, make them filibuster til they drop then hold the votes over their unconscious bodies.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:40 AM (FTXAT)

86
Bladder capacity plays in too... they cannot leave the Senate floor for any reason when they are talking or that "turn" ends. Like I have been saying, make them filibuster til they drop then hold the votes over their unconscious bodies.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 25, 2017 07:40 AM (FTXAT)

Do they all have to be in there at the start of the filibuster? If so, and they cannot errrrr trickle into the room, that makes the filibuster even shorter.

Jeez we need a repeal of the 17th Amendment to get rid of these idiots easier.

Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:45 AM (kiSdp)

87 And I'm only going for niceness for Lent.�

Lent story. A young, newlywed couple when confronted with Lent and the desire to prove their love and devotion, decided to forgo intercourse during the 40 days and nights of Lent.

After the first few nights things became somewhat difficult and the decision was made to sleep in separate locked bedrooms.

The weeks dragged by until at last Easter Sunday morning the young woman was awokened by an incessant 'Boom, boom, boom' at her door.

'I know what you're knocking for', the young woman said sweetly.

'Yeah, but you don't know what I'm knocking with', was the reply.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 25, 2017 07:50 AM (ZFUt7)

88
Chelsea, the Little Marionette That Could Take Up the Grifter Lifestyle and Grub for Baksheesh as Well as Her Yet-To-Be-Indicted Parents

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 25, 2017 07:51 AM (v1g1+)

89 Line up a murderers of legislation, then tease Schumer with the nuclear option. Make him beg for it.

Posted by: Jean at March 25, 2017 07:51 AM (zZb/S)

90 I was testing opera vpn on my iPad and was getting posts zapped

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2017 07:52 AM (HV1LS)

91 Cool, now they stay.

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2017 07:53 AM (HV1LS)

92 @VIA I would bet that if a Dem mayor is opposed to 15 dollar min wage, she's on the take from the owner of a string of franchises.

I know, Ballmer, what are the odds.

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2017 07:54 AM (HV1LS)

93 Ouch!

Your snark, it burns!

Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at March 25, 2017 07:55 AM (pYtna)

94 @83 how would one capture sling?

Asking for a friend who misses DVR capability

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2017 07:55 AM (HV1LS)

95 Morning y'all.

How is everyone this fineish morning

Posted by: TickledPink at March 25, 2017 07:57 AM (smD62)

96 John Nolte keeps pounding the drum on what I have been saying for a while now: the Flynn situation makes Trumps wiretap tweets objectively true.

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2017 07:58 AM (HV1LS)

97 8 They want to use balloons to spray ice into the atmosphere to cool the "overheated" earth. I guess they never heard of the second law of thermodynamics.

====

When I was about 10 years old my cousins and I had the same thought. We threw ice cubes off a 20th story balcony in the Bronx. Cops came looking and were not pleased with us.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2017 07:59 AM (pYtna)

98 "@VIA I would bet that if a Dem mayor is opposed to 15 dollar min wage, she's on the take from the owner of a string of franchises. "

Oddly enough, she had spoken openly about how he Cities employee union pay scales are tied to the minimum wage, and the hidden yet automatic pay raises that city workers would receive if the new wage went into effect. And how that pay raise would negatively effect the budget.

Like I said, somewhat refreshing to hear.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 08:00 AM (J+eG2)

99 @83 low tech: using OBS to record the sling.TV window... at least that's what my friend says

Posted by: nuke it from orbit at March 25, 2017 08:00 AM (559UZ)

100 13 What really aggravates the shit out of me on the reporting for this Rynocare crap is that it is almost impossible to actually find a copy of that bill and what is in it. Everyone is just like Fox, oh mean conservatives prevent killing Obamacare.

We have no news site.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 25, 2017 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

===

Marcus T to the white courtesy phone, please!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2017 08:01 AM (pYtna)

101 Help... how much ibuprofen can someone take safely? My poor daughter is in tears with bad cramps. She took 4 200 mg at 5 this morning and it hasn't helped at all! She has training at 9:00. Poor thing.. I don't know what to do

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 25, 2017 08:01 AM (CNHr1)

102 When I was about 10 years old my cousins and I had
the same thought. We threw ice cubes off a 20th story balcony in the
Bronx. Cops came looking and were not pleased with us.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 25, 2017 07:59 AM (pYtna)

Back in the 70's they had a plan to spray coal dust on the arctic to keep the planet from going into an ice age...Science is always settled, not.

Posted by: Colin at March 25, 2017 08:02 AM (DLV/d)

103 @98 what what what?

That sounds like awareness of fiscal reality!

To be against both min wage and against unions, though? I am going to go with on the take.

Isn't this the same mayor that gave the rioters safe spaces to riot?

Posted by: blaster at March 25, 2017 08:02 AM (HV1LS)

104 Asking for a friend who misses DVR capability
Posted by: blaster

There are inexpensive DVR's on Amazon - I believe they call them PVR's. About one hundred bucks.

No way as full featured as what you get from the cable companies, but if you just want to digitally record something once in a while they're fine.

As a cable cutter saving about a thousand bucks a year, I don't consider it an extravagant purchase.

The bonus is I can save music, photographs, and movies to it.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 25, 2017 08:03 AM (ZFUt7)

105 @conncarroll @GPollowitz Leadership self imposes a deadline over a bs binary choice that 0 members ran on, and that's HFC's fault? Absolute bs.

This is how I think about it. Ryan made it sound like it was this or nothing. Why? Change the effing bill.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 25, 2017 08:05 AM (U+nHb)

106 Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 25, 2017 08:01 AM (CNHr1)

I know some people think tylenol comes from the devil.

However, you can alternate between that and ibuprofin every two hours. Not to exceed daily doses.

And here come the attacks.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 25, 2017 08:06 AM (IUgma)

107 NOOD EMT

Posted by: IrishEi at March 25, 2017 08:07 AM (HiDrR)

108 Errr....Weird News Dump

Posted by: IrishEi at March 25, 2017 08:07 AM (HiDrR)

109 "Isn't this the same mayor that gave the rioters safe spaces to riot?"

Nope.

That was Rawlings-Blake, who didn't even bother to run for re-election.

This is the new Mayor, Catherine Pugh.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 25, 2017 08:07 AM (J+eG2)

110 Jeez we need a repeal of the 17th Amendment to get rid of these idiots easier.
Posted by: F.N.G. at March 25, 2017 07:45 AM (kiSdp)

Amen.

Maybe then the Senators would represent their States instead of the Party

Posted by: Batterup at March 25, 2017 08:08 AM (mtGE/)

111
Isn't this the same mayor that gave the rioters safe spaces to riot?

Nope. New one sworn in 12/06/16.

They held an election where, among others, DeRay, Viscount Ferguson, got his smarmy ass handed to him with only 2% of the vote.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 25, 2017 08:08 AM (v1g1+)

112 @101

Has she ever done the Midol thing?

I used to be against Midol, because I thought it was a scam, and that painkillers would do me fine.

Then, I tried it and honestly, for me at least, it really does help better than Tylenol or Advil or whatever.

But, sometimes, those cramps are so terrible, nothing will make it better.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 25, 2017 08:09 AM (smD62)

113 I don't know what to do
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 25, 2017 08:01 AM (CNHr1)

She can take some tylenol also, heating pad and hot bath might help, both my girls suffer horribly with cramps.

Posted by: spypeach at March 25, 2017 08:09 AM (u/r83)

114 Help... how much ibuprofen can someone take safely?�

Since menstrual cramps are more muscular in nature my wife swears by naproxen. Every woman that she has recommended naproxen to has come back afterward and thanked her. It's the only thing that helps certain women.

Aleve is one of the otc names.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 25, 2017 08:09 AM (ZFUt7)

115 I'm fine with tylenol but we don't have any in the house right now. I just wondered if she could hang in there til 8 and took 2 more if that would be okay. Christ you hate seeing your kid in pain. But don't want her in the ER either.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 25, 2017 08:09 AM (CNHr1)

116 what about aspirin?

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 25, 2017 08:10 AM (CNHr1)

117 I intended to repeal this before I wrote it. So screw it.

Posted by: KentAllard at March 25, 2017 08:13 AM (TQw9b)

118
Something else which often helps muscular cramping is magnesium.

I know (as a male) if I let my magnesium level drop I get horrible cramps in legs, back, or knees. So bad I have sometimes had to use crutches to walk. A few hours after upping magnesium cramps disappear.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at March 25, 2017 08:25 AM (ZFUt7)

119 101 Help... how much ibuprofen can someone take safely? My poor daughter is in tears with bad cramps. She took 4 200 mg at 5 this morning and it hasn't helped at all! She has training at 9:00. Poor thing.. I don't know what to do

The best thing for cramps is jogging. It sounds crazy, but it works! As a teen on the soccer team , my BFF had nauseating cramps and as soon as we had to run laps her cramps disappeared- every single time.

Good luck!

Posted by: Ruth Ruben at March 25, 2017 08:47 AM (RR9wF)

120 Oh, and note ibuprofen until 4 hours later , your daughter is maxed out.

Posted by: Ruth Ruben at March 25, 2017 08:48 AM (RR9wF)

121 Note = no more

Stoopid auto correct

Posted by: Ruth Ruben at March 25, 2017 08:51 AM (RR9wF)

122 CLINTON

Usually, "She bit off her nose to spite her face." She persisted - in deception. As to sacrifices one makes? 1/3 Nose + 1/2 Chin offering the parts you didn't want anyway to any god is an affront, by account.

["It had to be painful as hell to have a third of your nose and half your
chin shaved off just so you would stop being such an obvious physical
liability to your parent's political mythology."]

Posted by: maverick muse at March 25, 2017 09:28 AM (hCdMd)

123 My thought as well. No telling what ALL Flynn said about it, and the full context. Only that the topic was brought up. And that Woolsey wants to top off the dog pile on the rabbit.

The US should not offer official asylum to a political dissident and then rescind asylum at the drop of a Hitlerian hat.

Placating Erdogan does no one fighting Sharian Terrorism any good since he's all about self righteousness and death to infidels and opponents while en route to recreating what was the Ottoman Empire reborn as the Erdogan Global Caliphate.

As for implicit trust in "the intelligence community"? pfft

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. " William Casey, CIA Director (1981)

#3 Vic
Flynn discussed handing over that Turkish dissident to Erdogan while he
was still in Washington. So what, I m sure they "discuss" a lot of shit
that never happens.

http://tinyurl.com/l45ncwe

Posted by: maverick muse at March 25, 2017 09:38 AM (hCdMd)

124 Thank you, sir, may I have another?

Posted by: MeMyselfandI at March 25, 2017 09:44 AM (M9mAn)

125 Double dog dare, man. I mean, right?

The Old Double Dog Dare. Urban Dictionary describes it as a sex position in which....Don't look it up. Once looked up, it can't be unlooked up.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at March 25, 2017 09:51 AM (iWW0H)

126 4 How about this load of crap from Fox.

It is hard to overestimate the damage the Freedom Caucus has done to the fledgling presidency of Donald Trump, and to the country. By blocking the American Health Care Act of 2017,

Who are they attacking here? Conservatives in congress or Trump, or both. How about this Fox; when are you going to publish what was in that POS Rynocare bill? There is a reason conservatives blocked that POS. Especially since the RNC promise was "repeal", not replace. I know, you love your RINOs and hate conservatives. As far as "damage" goes, that is also a load of crap.

http://tinyurl.com/lhtdkcv

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

The more terrible they say blocking this is and what a humiliating failure and damaging episode it is to the Trump presidency, the more I'm certain the Freedom caucus did the right thing and that it prevented much worse damage later.

Basically GOPe was going to adopt the Obamacare death spiral but put it off until three years into Trump's first term. What a bunch of a-holes.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at March 25, 2017 09:55 AM (iWW0H)

127 5 Shitty Schumer says Trump doesn't have the 60 votes to block his filibuster of Gorsuch. We knew that which is why McKonehead needs to invoke the Reid option.

http://tinyurl.com/lum9jll

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

Everyone knows that the reasons the Reid rule didn't include SCOTUS picks is 1, there wasn't a vacancy at that time for the Dems to ram through, and 2 they knew the GOPe would approve any leftwing lunatic that Obama nominated anyway. The GOP always brings a greased rectum to a dick fight.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at March 25, 2017 09:58 AM (iWW0H)

128 14 12
Predicting nuclear option is going to be used for Gorsuch, Leftists
have totally broken the goverment over the what should be a slam dunk.
Ruthy was affirmed almost unanimously

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2017 05:58 AM (GPaiX)

They should have already used it. But I do not trust McKonehead.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

They need to make sure that it looks like the Dems forced them to use it and it was used reluctantly, and that it saddens them deeply to use it.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at March 25, 2017 10:00 AM (iWW0H)

129 Paul Ryan's professional experience is BOOK KEEPING. So this guy might
well know where all the bodies are buried. But he definitely knows why
the numbers were stacked against American citizenry in HIS insurance
exploitation bill to abuse our health along with our finances. Two birds
with one corporatist stone.

RYANCARE only damaged Paul Ryan, proving best to dump him from House Speaker now. Not later. He's bent on extending Obama's administration another 4-years on our backs as though Trump isn't POTUS.

The last of the trio GOP YOUNG GUNS lost at the OK Corral, the bully coward Paul Ryan. He demanded the shoot-out, and tucked tail hiding behind his GOTTA VOTE IT INTO LAW BEFORE YOU CAN READ IT Pelosi shadow.

No voter constituency ever wanted Paul Ryan as Boehner's replicate.

Dear Republican House Caucus:
Ditch him. Don't torment us with four years to life of Paul Ryan passing legislation bent to appease neoliberalism. Before Ryan monopolizes your House record 2017-2020, boot him from leadership. On the record, Ryan is untrustworthy. He made RyanCare all about Paul Ryan at every taxpayer's massive expense.

Posted by: maverick muse at March 25, 2017 10:16 AM (hCdMd)

130
I saw Chelsea Clinton's Backdoor open for King Missile at the Cow Palace back in '94.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 25, 2017 12:08 PM (cuZZW)

131 While the D's are filibustering can R's decant water into glasses so the dribbling noise is audible?

Posted by: torabora at March 25, 2017 12:57 PM (LbWUK)

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