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Update: John McCain Says He's Ready to Go Nuclear
Well that's kind of a given.
I mean he's ready to go nuclear as far as the Democrat filibuster of Gorsuch. He says he feels he has "no choice" but to push the delete key on the filibuster given Democrats' irrational, partisan obstructionism.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2017 05:33 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: jrg at April 03, 2017 05:34 PM (PIPMd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2017 05:34 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: jrg at April 03, 2017 05:34 PM (PIPMd)
Posted by: t-bird at April 03, 2017 05:35 PM (2z74n)
Don't worry, he'll still stab you in the back when you pat him on his.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 05:35 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2017 05:36 PM (QCc6B)
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Yeah, these last twenty-five years have been hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Benji Carver at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Mordineus at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (u4xKN)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (4e+hS)
Posted by: Dubya at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: joe, no that other one at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (QFnhZ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (4XN7s)
Bring on the total repeal of Obama care, straight up.
Enough of this pussy footing around.
Leslie is in, his pimp, McLame told him to vote with his party.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (FhXTo)
Br'er McCain - don't throw me in that briar patch, hobbits.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (ZFUt7)
This is time for President Trump to get on the plane and go to Missouri, and then go to Montana.
And then tweet about how Anus King is no "independent."
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (4XN7s)
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This is the type of concert that needs a cattle prod up the ass.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (Nwg0u)
I sense a secret backroom deal brewing.
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (4XN7s)
Dunno, I have a really good feeling about the Washington Generals this season.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (8nWyX)
McCain doesn't care about pissing off Trump, but does care about not pissing off McConnell who is personally invested in this.
Posted by: Benji Carver at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (KGH7Z)
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There must already be three GOPe folks on board with the filibuster, so they can let everyone else take seat saving votes.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (3Liv/)
2. BUILD THE DANG FENCE!!!
Posted by: John McCain's To-Do List at April 03, 2017 05:39 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at April 03, 2017 05:40 PM (UBzPO)
Posted by: garrett at April 03, 2017 05:40 PM (J43x4)
Bring on the total repeal of Obama care, straight up.
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Nah, dude.
We have to keep the filibuster for things that *matter*
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 03, 2017 05:41 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: redbanzai at April 03, 2017 05:41 PM (FTXAT)
The filibuster is fabulous with an F.
Posted by: Lindsay Graham at April 03, 2017 05:41 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 05:41 PM (PY9jH)
He is really upset that he cannot snatch Defeat from the jaws of Victory one more time.
Posted by: rd at April 03, 2017 05:42 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 03, 2017 05:42 PM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 05:42 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 03, 2017 05:42 PM (ATQUV)
Posted by: Hopalong Lindsey at April 03, 2017 05:42 PM (oVJmc)
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Or he's received reassurances that Gorsuch is another Roberts.
Posted by: Methos, back to Let It Burn, and also, done with Trump at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (3Liv/)
Posted by: Juan McLame at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (nmtVp)
Call me, fellasshhh.
Posted by: John McCain, Media Tool at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (NOIQH)
It doesn't mean they are bad people, but rumor has it they might be light in the loafers. Especially Scott.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (pvwwD)
Again.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (5VlCp)
but can they butt fumble it?
Posted by: Mark Sanchez at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (FZYNt)
Also, he gets to be on all of the Sunday spin shows AND MSNBC in one week. Where he should always be because...STATESMAN.
Senator Swing Vote. He's so thoughtful and bi-partisan. Gravitas. The Arbiter of All That is Fair.
Posted by: Skunky Choom at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (u/p7K)
Posted by: Benji Carver at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (GgzGa)
Posted by: Benji Carver at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (OD2ni)
The troublesome twins can do what they like so long as a t least 50 R's and Pence are available.
So do we tell the Senate now or wait til afterwards to tell them that they just blew the "we need 60 votes" repeal vote bushwa out of the water?
Posted by: redbanzai at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2017 05:33 PM (IqV8l)*
Wait, PDT killed the Dead Sea!?
Posted by: tbodie at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (gPTe0)
Hmm, that reminds me, we are going to need a bigger nuclear arsenal.
Posted by: John McCain at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (eSx+E)
* A hunch. I think the man wants to have an ample life in retirement.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (iRVXG)
THAT'S NOT FUNNY!!!
Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (OD2ni)
We haven't reached the height of absurdity until sexta and septagenarian Senators start forming "gangs"
Posted by: Kreplach at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (J7u/u)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (SIY7D)
Is it me or does Susan Rice have that stupid look on her face in every picture. Kind of like Jay Cutler.
Posted by: Benji Carver at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (OD2ni)
Too much anal.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (pvwwD)
Just a simple little bit of human spontaneous combustion would be good enough.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (zc3Db)
It doesn't mean they are bad people, but rumor has it they might be light in the loafers. Especially Scott.
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Is this humor sometimes I can't tell.
Posted by: Seems legit at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (U+nHb)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (NOIQH)
Posted by: WisRich at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (hdpay)
Pioneering electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre has said he wants to use an all-night concert at the Dead Sea to highlight what he sees as the anti-environmental policies of US President Donald Trump.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2017 05:33 PM (IqV8l)
Love to see pictures of the concert area after all the kind, caring devoted environmentalists have left on their CO2 spewing jets.
Posted by: rd at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 05:46 PM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2017 05:33 PM (IqV8l)
Yeah ... never heard of the guy.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 05:46 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 03, 2017 05:46 PM (MZcWR)
Senator Swing Vote. He's so thoughtful and bi-partisan. Gravitas. The Arbiter of All That is Fair.
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Remember when he became the epitome of reich wing extremist extremists? Oh yeah that was from shortly after he won the Republican nomination in until shortly after he gave his concession speech...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 05:46 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: WisRich at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (4XN7s)
Posted by: T at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (IKdzI)
That's how bad.
Also wow the Dodgers are dolphin taking the Padres right now holy crap.
Posted by: alexthechick - so not For The Children at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (dEQP3)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 05:46 PM (zc3Db)
Now you have. Concert canceled. Mission accomplished.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Seems legit at April 03, 2017 05:45 PM (U+nHb)
NO
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (rUIbB)
remember JAN BRADY MICHAEL VINCENT PRICE?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (4XN7s)
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Let's just say an eye for an eye and a nuke for a nuke.
Goodbye Damascus!
Posted by: John McCain at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 05:48 PM (KlI/a)
Also wow the Dodgers are dolphin taking the Padres right now holy crap.
Posted by: alexthechick - so not For The Children
is "dolphin taking" what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (FZYNt)
Posted by: redbanzai at April 03, 2017 05:44 PM (FTXAT)*
Let's wait. No reason to ruin the surprise.
Posted by: tbodie at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (gPTe0)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (4e+hS)
Good article. Depressing and scary.
Posted by: Max Power at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (QCc6B)
Pioneering electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre ...
remember YANNI?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (4XN7s)
Yanni? What a fag.
Posted by: Zamfir at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (0mRoj)
Rice was sending around classified information about Trump since way back. Nunes says what he saw had no connection to Russia. Are these the same data sets?
But the second FISA warrant only got issued in October, the first was denied back in June.
So how did Rice get what she circulated? Was it from the Brits, as Judge Napolitano says?
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (SIY7D)
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Isn't the current governor of ME a Trump style Republican?
How is pissing off Trump style Republicans going to help get her elected there?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 05:50 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 05:50 PM (97XyN)
It doesn't mean they are bad people, but rumor has it they might be light in the loafers. Especially Scott.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:43 PM (pvwwD)
Thank you for your concern. I am sure you are a life long Republican. NOT
All I care about is their political positions and if they will keep them after they are elected.
Like that evil, evil President Donald Trump is doing.
Posted by: rd at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (Nwg0u)
Bomb, bomb the Fillibuster.
Posted by: Juan McCain at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (J43x4)
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (/f1mm)
LePage is polling horribly in Maine.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (FZYNt)
Well, it's what I'm saying when there's some vigorous emfuckening of dubious consent occurring.
Posted by: alexthechick - so not For The Children at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (dEQP3)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 05:50 PM (97XyN)
Actually that is EXACTLY what I expect the Dems to do..."For the good of the Senate" and let Gorsuch thru...because can they really be that stupid and generous to us to let us nuke the 60 vote threshold?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Hikaru at April 03, 2017 05:52 PM (Vevy5)
Posted by: Philip Glass at April 03, 2017 05:52 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 03, 2017 05:52 PM (4XN7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 05:51 PM (Nwg0u)
I have no problems with that. There are a lot of countries out there that are really in a dire need of nuking.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 05:52 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2017 05:52 PM (kTF2Z)
Well, it's what I'm saying when there's some vigorous emfuckening of dubious consent occurring.
Posted by: alexthechick - so not For The Children
oh ok, gotcha, cause the Dodgers are ass fucking the Padres right noe
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 03, 2017 05:52 PM (FZYNt)
Sorry for the yelling, but this looks good. He's sitting in for Bret Baier.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 05:53 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Joe Mama at April 03, 2017 05:53 PM (M5NPS)
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On second thought...I ran into Gorsuch in the halfway and he told me he LOVES little people so...uh...we are cancelling this whole filibuster thing, ok everyone?
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at April 03, 2017 05:53 PM (eSx+E)
The only exception I know is Thomas who got 52, IIRC. So Gorsuch will be in good company
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 05:53 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (sqpGi)
Maybe McCain had a mini stroke or something, and it switched his brain
180 so now he will vote and speak about issues in a beneficial way to
Trumps agenda.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
The earth's magnetic fields switch polarity more quickly.
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (LAe3v)
I don't think the Padres are there for the baseball.
Posted by: garrett at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (J43x4)
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at April 03, 2017 05:38 PM (4XN7s)
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Like maybe a deal to confirm a leftist for the next opening?
Posted by: Javems at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (yOqwj)
I have no problems with that. There are a lot of countries out there that are really in a dire need of nuking.
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Peruvia your time has come.MUHAHAHAHA
Posted by: John McCain at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (eSx+E)
The smart move for Schemer now would be the ol' 180 to preserve the
fillibuster for the next nominee. I don't expect he'll do the smart
thing, though.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 05:50 PM (97XyN)
The really smart move would be a behind-the-back OK to enough red-state Dems to get over 60 and preserve the filibuster, to use on a less-qualified nominee where they might pull a few R's, and then said red-state Dems will be able to campaign on how independent of Schumer they are and how they voted to preserve the filibuster. That won't happen until the roll call, though.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 05:54 PM (LAe3v)
The Dems have no reason to oppose Gorsuch except he's not one of them.
Eff em.
Posted by: mallfly the expert at April 03, 2017 05:55 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 05:55 PM (SIY7D)
Update: John McCain Says He's Ready to Go Nuclear
McConnell probably convinced McCain that Gorsuch is actually a city in Russia
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 05:55 PM (lKyWE)
Hard to say, but we know for an absolute fact that spying on Americans has been going on using FISA as a cover.
Shit is rotten all up and down the chain.
Nunes is on to something and I would suggest he go nowhere near Fort Marcy Park.
Posted by: Kreplach at April 03, 2017 05:55 PM (J7u/u)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 05:55 PM (gbWkA)
Oh boy do I hope Schmuck Choomer goes through with it this time. It will make cramming a conservative down their throats for a communist judge so much easier.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (cOHS7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (PY9jH)
Schumer said he was going to the mattresses. His base wants the fight.
If Schumer folds now, he looks like a weak lying scumbag
**insert "not the hill to die on" quip here**
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Ignoramus
And that would be inaccurate, how?
Posted by: Joe Mama at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (M5NPS)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (4e+hS)*
Happy Hour ain't over, yet.
Posted by: tbodie at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (gPTe0)
Posted by: tintex at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (/2wdq)
The smart move for Schemer now would be the ol' 180 to preserve the
fillibuster for the next nominee. I don't expect he'll do the smart
thing, though.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 05:50 PM (97XyN)
Shhhhhhhh... never interrupt the enemy when he is destroying himself.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 05:55 PM (SIY7D)
He is a weak lying scumbag
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (KlI/a)
They have a lot of seats to defend. A 50/50 split of the competitive seats would give the Republicans 57 seats. A 2014 style wave would give them 63.
I would presume the Democrats would really want to save the filibuster.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (eSx+E)
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And he was going strong lying scumbag.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 05:57 PM (Nwg0u)
I would presume the Democrats would really want to save the filibuster.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 05:56 PM (eSx+E)
So would I. I keep thinking they can't really be that stupid?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 05:57 PM (KlI/a)
Posted by: "Sandy" Fluke at April 03, 2017 05:58 PM (MINbv)
I would presume the Democrats would really want to save the filibuster.
...for them.
They want their own rules.
Posted by: garrett at April 03, 2017 05:58 PM (J43x4)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 03, 2017 05:59 PM (JO9+V)
Why? McConnell can nuke it now or during the next nomination.
Schumer is a box and he knows it. There is no win for Dems here.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 05:59 PM (/tuJf)
We won't filibuster now (when it's a conservative for conservative) if you promise not to eliminate the filibuster on future nominees (when it's a conservative for a liberal).
Posted by: WisRich at April 03, 2017 05:59 PM (hdpay)
Posted by: Skunky Choom at April 03, 2017 05:59 PM (u/p7K)
If he folds, it's proven. Including to his base.
You have to be careful riling your base.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:00 PM (SIY7D)
Didn't that cock sucker ever hear of Harry Reid?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 06:00 PM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 05:57 PM (KlI/a)
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Their base is not aware that they are no longer in charge, so they have to act like they still are. It boggles the mind.
Posted by: Flyboy at April 03, 2017 06:00 PM (IkRpa)
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:00 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 03, 2017 06:00 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 03, 2017 06:00 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at April 03, 2017 06:01 PM (+FSld)
BUT OBAMA DIDN'T WIRETAP TRUMP!!!!!
(just people talking to Trump's people, then used that to listen in on Trump's people to push their Fake News Russian Conspiracy).
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 06:01 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Very Irredeemably Undude at April 03, 2017 06:01 PM (2X7pN)
SenatorReid
Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to consider filibuster reform. It had to be done.
Posted by: EVLINC! at April 03, 2017 06:02 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: John McCain at April 03, 2017 06:02 PM (lIZQs)
Posted by: mallfly the expert at April 03, 2017 06:02 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (4e+hS)
He feels oh, so pretty.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 03, 2017 06:02 PM (hdBlY)
Schumer is a box and he knows it. There is no win for Dems here.
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Gorsuch aced his congressional gauntlet run. There is no guarantee future nominees will do so well. Also, getting him on the SC still leaves it at 3 conservatives, 2 "moderates" and 4 liberals.
Presume that Thomas retires and one of the liberal 4 dies/retires/etc
If the Dems let Gorsuch go, and let Thomas's replacement go and THEN filibuster the RBG/Kennedy/etc replacement they can make an argument that might win over voters...who don't get the difference between replacing a conservative with a conservative vs replacing a liberal with a conservative.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (eSx+E)
I will not hold my breath
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (KlI/a)
We won't filibuster now (when it's a conservative for conservative) if you promise not to eliminate the filibuster on future nominees (when it's a conservative for a liberal).
Take that deal now.
Then stab them in the back next time.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (oVJmc)
Well, gonna take a lot of covered wagons to get the diesel generators out there...
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (cALhI)
Posted by: The Replacements at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (J43x4)
Yes, that's the strategy! Make them do it the old style, where they actually have to stand there and talk forever. Let them go on for a couple of weeks.
Then Reid (nuke) their ass.
By the way, even Graham is on board with the Reid option. This is why McConnell is confident. He holds all the cards.
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Typical Leftie at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: arbitrary turn-back at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (fJQAI)
"I'm really trying here to screw over the Republicans" is McCain's middle name.
I think he sees the Democrats as enemies, but the Republicans as Traitors...insofar as any disagreement with him equals treason.
Posted by: Hillbilly Xirannosaurus at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (g2bcB)
Then stab them in the back next time.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (oVJmc)
What they should say:
"You f***ed up. You trusted us. "
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 06:06 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at April 03, 2017 06:06 PM (MQ57H)
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 03, 2017 06:06 PM (4XN7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:06 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Lucy at April 03, 2017 06:07 PM (2X7pN)
You're old, that's how.
Think of how Vic feels!
Posted by: garrett at April 03, 2017 06:07 PM (J43x4)
Doubtful. Poll after poll showed that the SC was amongst the biggest if not the biggest issue this past fall. They spoke pretty loudly on that count.
Trump is the person who picks the SC nominee, not the Senate and if he keeps picking from his list then there isn't a RINO in sight. And I don't think he gives a good wet fart about liberal seats or conservative seats, particularly after he get screwed by the 9th over the travel ban. Twice.
If RBG goes, I expect another conservative to be nominated and put on the Court. All of this polarization on SC picks is relatively new, since Bork. And I don't think Republicans have ever forgotten or forgiven and they know how important it is to have a Court that isn't a Super Legislature which is what liberals want.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:07 PM (/tuJf)
We won't filibuster now (when it's a conservative for conservative)
if you promise not to eliminate the filibuster on future nominees (when
it's a conservative for a liberal).
>>>
Take that deal now.
Then stab them in the back next time.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 06:03 PM (oVJmc)
That would be *rips off sunglasses* karmic poetic retribution justice.
Posted by: Yeeaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgghhhh!! at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (JO9+V)
He came across as Mister Rogers, FFS. Being "not scary" is an asset. Gorscuh is also from the sleepy Tenth, so less chance of being involved in controversy.
Bork lost because he looked weird, and was made to appear weird and had a more extreme version of Originalism, IIRC
Posted by: Typical Leftie at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (cOHS7)
This allows the Republicans lament that they didn't really want to do this, but the Democrats left them no choice, so with a heavy heart towards the tradition of the Senate... BIG-BADDA-BOOM!
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (rUIbB)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (0x/TW)
So CNN is saying "unmasking" is not "leaking."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (PY9jH)
Great so the umaskers can go public and let us now who they are then.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (MF/hn)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (gbWkA)
Sorry for the disruption to the thread.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2017 06:09 PM (/Gc1I)
rational Democrat Senators to vote for cloture.
The problem is there are not Eight rational Democrats in the senate or out.
Posted by: rd at April 03, 2017 06:09 PM (iT57s)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (lKyWE)
Greta's guests on MSLSD are saying "unmasking" goes on "all the time."
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (PY9jH)
Yep.
I wonder if Schumer understands actuarial tables.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Zamfir at April 03, 2017 05:49 PM (0mRoj)
Me a fag? Screw you, you towel-head, and those faggoty pipes you like to blow, too. I used to bang Linda Evans like a screen door in a hurricane while you were still chasing sheep in the desert.
Eat me.
Posted by: Yanni at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (hdBlY)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp
The day is young.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (GgzGa)
Posted by: VOX Splainer at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (cOHS7)
Pathetic.
ginsburg, kagan, and sotomayor combined aren't equal to Neil Gorsuch.
But since the Republicans are shits, he'll be confirmed by a bare majority.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at April 03, 2017 06:11 PM (4XN7s)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 03, 2017 06:11 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (3myMJ)
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Number 4 WILL LITERALLY BLOW YOUR MIND
Posted by: Buzzfeed at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (SIY7D)
In a just world, Schumer would be waiting on tables.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (hdBlY)
Let that sink in.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (PY9jH)
They keep walking down this trail.
Shit will get real when the leaker(s) are identified.
I've been worried that there are too many suspects, so that a specific leaker can't be identified. I'm getting more confident that this is not the case, because the Trumpsters war-gamed this weeks ago.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Donald Trump at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (n3hky)
By the way, even Graham is on board with the Reid option.
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Graham?! That cracker?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:06 PM (Nwg0u)
I thought she was on the Lenny Kravitz video.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 06:13 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (PY9jH)
No, it's just using the surveillance state against innocent citizens because they're political opponents.
So it could be leaked to the press as a political propaganda campaign.
And that's so much better.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 06:13 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:13 PM (Rburd)
Posted by: Hillary's food taster at April 03, 2017 06:13 PM (reHDr)
And boy do commie/fascists hate it when you use their tactics against them.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 03, 2017 06:14 PM (cOHS7)
Posted by: John Ossoff at April 03, 2017 06:14 PM (FqgrG)
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And if there were, the base would vote them out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:14 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 06:14 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 06:14 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Typical Leftie at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (SIY7D)
Don't forget he fired Archibald Cox when the AG and Deputy AG both resigned rather than fire him during the Watergate investigations. The D's never forgot.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 06:14 PM (jK8Z7)
Lindsey Graham: "We Have No Other Choice But to Go Nuclear With Gorsuch"
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:15 PM (3myMJ)
162
By the way, even Graham is on board with the Reid option.
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Graham?! That cracker?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:06 PM (Nwg0u)
That must mean that Gorsuch is another Roberts. ABORT!...ABORT!!
Posted by: Zombie Antonin Scalia at April 03, 2017 06:15 PM (n3hky)
If they filibuster Gorsuch now, the Dems are saying, essentially, that you can never have a Republican SC justice.
The voting populace will see this as unreasonable.
If McCain and friends tell the Dems they will nuke the filibuster now, it lets the Dems know they can't win this fight and they need to back down.
If they do backdown, the filibuster is saved and can be used when the balance of the court is actually being changed...
Or McCain is really just pissed at Schumer for stabbing him in the back.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 06:15 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Donald Trump at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (n3hky)
Yup....at the last minute Chuck U Schumer will ask Johnny if he would like to play some solitaire.
Never trust that bastard.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 06:15 PM (5VlCp)
It's the President's choice in the first instance, not the Senate's.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:16 PM (SIY7D)
So it could be leaked to the press as a political propaganda campaign.
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NTTAWWT
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:16 PM (Nwg0u)
Yep.
I wonder if Schumer understands actuarial tables.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:10 PM (SIY7D)
He does but if any Dem cooperates with Trump they will have a Primary Challenger because Trump is a NAZI
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2017 06:16 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Howell Heflin at April 03, 2017 06:16 PM (97XyN)
Bork lost because the Democrats controlled the Senate. Simple as that.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (/tuJf)
You're thinking the Gladys Kravitz video. Abner! Abner!
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (MF/hn)
the filibuster now, it lets the Dems know they can't win this fight and
they need to back down.
If they do backdown, the filibuster is saved and can be used when the balance of the court is actually being changed...
Or McCain is really just pissed at Schumer for stabbing him in the back.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 06:15 PM (eSx+E)
This is what's going to happen. When they go to a roll call vote on cloture, enough red state D's will peel off and "show their independence from Schumer" to break 40.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: wooga at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (3I7wr)
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:13 PM (Rburd)
That's why you got Trump.
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:17 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: JackStraw
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They also controlled it when Scalia was confirmed. And it was unanimous.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:18 PM (Rburd)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 06:19 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: alexthechick - so not For The Children
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If you're not up for "squeeeeeek, chrip, squeeeeeek" whatcha doing in the water?
Posted by: The Dolphins at April 03, 2017 06:19 PM (vfC/C)
Yep. After Bork there was a shit ton of blowback and they played nice for a while.
Now we are back to the mattresses.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:19 PM (/tuJf)
No, it's just using the surveillance state against innocent citizens because they're political opponents.
There are no innocent citizens
Posted by: The Deep State at April 03, 2017 06:19 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at April 03, 2017 06:20 PM (cOHS7)
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Well, there's lies and graft.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:20 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Lee at April 03, 2017 06:21 PM (PUmCo)
... he's ready to go nuclear as far as the Democrat filibuster of Gorsuch.
Kim Phat Un not sweating (actually he is, always, but not because of this).
Posted by: Arbalest at April 03, 2017 06:21 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 03, 2017 06:08 PM (0x/TW)
.............
Knew I shouldn't have eaten that Hot Pocket.
Posted by: Juan's McStain at April 03, 2017 06:21 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:23 PM (Nwg0u)
Does ANYONE ever say, boy am I glad I ate that Hot Pocket?!?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 06:23 PM (vXgAG)
Yep. After Bork there was a shit ton of blowback and they played nice for a while.
Now we are back to the mattresses.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Reagan eventually had to nominate Kennedy (a moderate), so their little stunt worked.
And it's why we have gay marriage now.
Bork should have been better coached and vetted. And made to shave that ridiculous beard.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:24 PM (Rburd)
The oh so smug liberals she has on aren't having any of it and I think she realizes she's in enemy territory in her workplace.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:24 PM (PY9jH)
Let that sink in.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:12 PM (PY9jH)
But does John McCain like ABBA?
Posted by: rd at April 03, 2017 06:24 PM (iT57s)
So Schumer, McCain, and Cruz go to a bar.
Bartender says: "Ted, you know better than to bring those assholes in here."
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 06:25 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Scooter at April 03, 2017 06:25 PM (lIZQs)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:26 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:26 PM (uuwor)
Does ANYONE ever say, boy am I glad I ate that Hot Pocket?!?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 06:23 PM (vXgAG)
My Golden Retriever
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 06:27 PM (lKyWE)
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You know who else is a big ABBA fan? G. Gordon Liddy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:28 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:24 PM (Rburd) "
Kennedy was the 3rd pick - Douglas Ginsburg withdrew for the unpardonable sin of once having been in the same room as a joint.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:28 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: Miss Lindsey at April 03, 2017 06:28 PM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Smitty27 at April 03, 2017 06:28 PM (g9d8D)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 06:28 PM (vXgAG)
Where does confirmed bachelor Lyndsey Graham stand on going nuclear?
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 03, 2017 05:37 PM (4e+hS)
"Bachelor" or not. Where one goes so goes the other. Graham especially never stands alone.
Posted by: gracepmc at April 03, 2017 06:28 PM (OU4q6)
darling can't you hear me
S.O.S.
The love you gave me
nothing else can save me
S.O.S.
*whistles tune as plane crashes*
Posted by: Juan's McStain at April 03, 2017 06:29 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:29 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean
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That's why I said "eventually"
But I don't think Democrats really paid a price for their Bork stunt, look at what they got.
It paid off dividends for decades.
That's why you NEVER screw up SC picks. You always go to the mat.
Maybe our side has finally turned the corner with going nuclear for Gorsuch.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (Rburd)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (PY9jH)
I also predicted that Gorsuch would get over 60 votes.
That prediction is still alive but on shaky ground.
There's your earworm for the day, no charge.
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (3myMJ)
We won't filibuster now (when it's a conservative for conservative) if you promise not to eliminate the filibuster on future nominees (when it's a conservative for a liberal).
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Exactly but once the Gimmedats agreed and allow cloture to happen then would say, "oh sorry, I didn't mean it cause I had my fingers crossed". And nuke'em all.
Posted by: Wasn't me at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (+ldAm)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:31 PM (uuwor)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:26 PM (PY9jH)
ROWRRRRRRRR!!!!
*tackles Jane D'oh*
Ugh. That is revolting. And it puts me off my food!
On the other hand, I do feel a little peckish.
*eats Jane D'oh's face off*
*Negan retreats*
Posted by: Surprise(!) Tiger at April 03, 2017 06:31 PM (9q7Dl)
Local coffee shops to charge women less for Equal Pay Day
Don't expect DD or other suburban coffee shops to do this, probably just in the heavily Democratic city.
Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2017 06:31 PM (odQZE)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (Sfs6
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No Hot Pockets in the freezer?
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (Ivjge)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (PY9jH)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>That's not what the puke in your shoe says.
Or that puddle of runny orange diarrhea on the carpet.
Posted by: Smitty27 at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (g9d8D)
Posted by: Eric at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (LiN1N)
Zip. Nada. Zilch
I tripped over an article at PBS from last week. More "I couldn't make this up if I tried":
"Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice pushed back Wednesday against President Donald Trump's claim that he was wiretapped by the Obama administration during the 2016 election.
"Nothing of the sort occurred," Rice told PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, in her first interview since stepping down as national security adviser when President Barack Obama left office.
"Rice also took aim at the Trump White House in a Washington Post op-ed Wednesday. "False statements from the White House are part of a disturbing pattern of behavior that poses real and potentially profound dangers to U.S. national security," Rice wrote."
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (SIY7D)
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Hamburgers on the grill tonight at Fort Weasel!
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 06:33 PM (Sfs6o)
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The Left is still so outraged that Obama didn't get the Scalia pick, they had to show their base they did everything humanly possible.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:33 PM (Rburd)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (RrhD2)
Hamburgers on the grill tonight at Fort Weasel!
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 06:33 PM (Sfs6o)
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Never wrong.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (Ivjge)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (GPaiX)
Maybe our side has finally turned the corner with going nuclear for Gorsuch.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:30 PM (Rburd) "
I think for most voters the particulars of the SCOTUS is a little too inside baseball. They care about it in the abstract, but how often does a party win or lose elections based solely on procedural fights over the Supreme Court?
Even recently, the Dems tried to paint blocking Garland as some incredible miscarriage of justice and the voters either weren't buying it or didn't care.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:26 PM (uuwor)
Thomas' hearings were worse.
The only reason he got by was because Southern Dem Senators didn't want to vote against a Black man for the Supreme Court or vote against a conservative in increasingly conservative states.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (rUIbB)
That's not what the puke in your shoe says.
Or that puddle of runny orange diarrhea on the carpet.
Posted by: Smitty27 at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (g9d8D)
That doesn't mean he wasn't glad he ate it
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (GPaiX)
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I have never been tempted to eat a Hot Pocket. I used to buy them for my kids though.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:35 PM (Ivjge)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:32 PM (SIY7D)
From the movie 1984...."sir, I have this article here that disputes what I have heard.....Supervisor, I don't see any article...zap, into the disposal."
Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2017 06:36 PM (odQZE)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 03, 2017 06:36 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (uuwor)
It matters to the base. It is the hill to die on now.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:36 PM (rUIbB)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:36 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (gbWkA)
If McConnell even responds he's out of his mind. Gorsuch has been voted out of committee. It's time to vote or filibuster. It's a Wynn-Wynn. Early Night.
Let's go.
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (3myMJ)
Even recently, the Dems tried to paint blocking Garland as some incredible miscarriage of justice and the voters either weren't buying it or didn't care.
Posted by: broseidon king
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I think "our side" is decently educated on it and cares.
Had Scalia not died and there wasn't that vacancy, I dont think Trump would have won. It made most Republicans fall in line.
But low info voters don't care, and most rank and file Democrats (like minorities) could probably not name a single SC member.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (Rburd)
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (Ivjge)
Just say no to Dougs!
Posted by: torquewrench at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (noWW6)
My mother gave me a Hotpocket once. Once.
Posted by: Danny Vermin at April 03, 2017 06:38 PM (ppaKI)
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (Ivjge)
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The weather looks like it's trying to spoil my plans - need to check the radar, the sky looks awfully dark!
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 06:38 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 06:38 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 06:38 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Crom's Dirty Underpants at April 03, 2017 06:39 PM (1AKq0)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (RrhD2)
ROWRRRRRR!!!
*sniffs*
Dear God, Banana Splits Guy smells like he's made out of sweaty socks, belly button lint, and liverwurst!
*tackles The Political Hat*
*eats his face off*
*Negan retreats*
Posted by: Surprise(!) Tiger at April 03, 2017 06:40 PM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:36 PM (rUIbB) "
Oh, I definitely agree that the ends matter - voters are very concerned about having a SCOTUS that is ideologically sympathetic. It was probably one of the 3 biggest winning issues for Trump - even if you hated him, he stops Hillary from having 2 or 3 SCOTUS picks. I'm just not convinced voters care much about the means - the sausage making of confirmation battles and procedural arcana. I'm just spitballing, though - I have no polling to pack that up, it's just a hunch.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM (uuwor)
You're about to hear a lot more about "Fake News" and that's all the coverage this is going to get.
It's going to take an indictment to get things moving on this one.
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM (gbWkA)
Recall that they had a plan for the one of the holdover Acting AGs to appoint a special prosecutor, before Sessions got in, to go after Trump over Russia
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM (SIY7D)
I always figured Lindsey had a preference for Peaches and Herb.
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 06:42 PM (MF/hn)
It's called 'counting noses', Paul -- Please make a note of it.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2017 06:42 PM (wTwJ2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 06:43 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Jim Gaffigan at April 03, 2017 06:43 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 06:38 PM (HiDrR)
Yup....and let's hope charges are brought against Rice and others so we can have all the dirt come out in the pre-trial depos and evidence gathering.
You never know who might sing or what may turn up then.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 06:43 PM (5VlCp)
And Liberace, and show tunes.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2017 06:44 PM (wTwJ2)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:44 PM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:44 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 03, 2017 06:44 PM (4ErVI)
But low info voters don't care, and most rank and file Democrats (like minorities) could probably not name a single SC member.
Posted by: Maritime at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (Rburd)
Agreed. A lot of folks held their noses and voted against Hillary, not for Trump, and the Supreme Court was a big reason.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 06:45 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:36 PM (uuwor)
I have less than half my life left to live, to a virtual certainty.
I play video games, and I eat hot pockets. Sue me.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 03, 2017 06:46 PM (yL25O)
Seemed cool enough to eat. It wasn't. Burned the F*** out of the top of my mouth.
Plus it tasted so processed I wondered if anything I was eating wasn't created in a lab.
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 03, 2017 06:46 PM (+aCe4)
Posted by: Jim Gaffigan at April 03, 2017 06:46 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 03, 2017 06:46 PM (4ErVI)
:::fires SuperSoaker full of urine at Surprise Tiger:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 06:46 PM (RrhD2)
Just say no to Dougs!
Posted by: torquewrench at April 03, 2017 06:37 PM (noWW6)
He would have been a decent justice.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:47 PM (rUIbB)
Once again, it was the Dems and Joe Biden in particular who instituted this rule about no new nominees during the last year of a President's term.
Democrats seem unaware of the very real possibility of the stupid shit they do coming back and landing on their heads like an ACME anvil.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:47 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:47 PM (gbWkA)
*eats his face off*
*Negan retreats*
Posted by: Surprise(!) Tiger at April 03, 2017 06:40 PM (9q7Dl)
?
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:48 PM (rUIbB)
Oh, I definitely agree that the ends matter - voters are very concerned about having a SCOTUS that is ideologically sympathetic. It was probably one of the 3 biggest winning issues for Trump - even if you hated him, he stops Hillary from having 2 or 3 SCOTUS picks. I'm just not convinced voters care much about the means - the sausage making of confirmation battles and procedural arcana. I'm just spitballing, though - I have no polling to pack that up, it's just a hunch.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM (uuwor)
Optics and perception matter. They lay the groundwork for future actions.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:49 PM (rUIbB)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (GPaiX)
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I have never been tempted to eat a Hot Pocket. I used to buy them for my kids though.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:35 PM (Ivjge)
I love Hot Pockets. Haven't eaten any in a while but I used to live off of them.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 06:49 PM (zc3Db)
Too Democrat, and illegal.
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 06:49 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 06:49 PM (KP5rU)
Greta shouda had a clue about that before she signed her contract.
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 06:50 PM (jm1YL)
Was there ever a doubt once McCain committed? That shadow will never abandon his love.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 03, 2017 06:50 PM (1CroS)
If anyone in the federal judiciary should be impeached and removed, it's John "Obamacare is constitutional 'cause it's a tax, even though they swore it wasn't a tax" Roberts.
Over his illegally adopted Irish children. Who were very likely used to blackmail Roberts into changing his Obamacare vote at the last minute. A change which there's ample textual evidence.
Replace him, with, say, Chief Justice John Yoo.
It's said that the Krakatoa explosion in 1883 was audible on the other side of the planet. Imagine the sounds of *this* explosion.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 03, 2017 06:51 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:47 PM (gbWkA)
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Thanks o'lot for ruining that song for me.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:51 PM (Ivjge)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (KP5rU)
On the other hand, if you're grabbing a Hot Pocket on your way out to the car, you're already not the kind of person who's inclined to wait patiently for it to reach its optimum temperature for the ideal Hot Pocket dining experience.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Meremortal, mirth metal. at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM
~~~~~
I sure hope so. I am sick of these criminals getting away with everything.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 06:53 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 06:54 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 06:41 PM
~~~~
Yes! I had forgotten about that.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 06:54 PM (HiDrR)
He had a pocket sandwich in a hanger in some country I can't spell on his way to Afghanistan (they had to land due to a blizzard). Said it was okay, but later learned it was horse meat.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:54 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: torquewrench at April 03, 2017 06:51 PM (noWW6)
I settle for someone on the court who isn't a milquetoast squish.
Alito seems ok. I don't know though maybe I missed something. We need someone young and with a black heart.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 03, 2017 06:55 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 06:55 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 06:56 PM (cPsPa)
A.B. Stoddard really screwed the pooch tonight. She said this, among many other stupid lies. I'm surprised. She's usually the semi-rational lefty on the panel.
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 06:56 PM (LAe3v)
Say what you will about Fox.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:56 PM (PY9jH)
I'm sure that Urban Dictionary wouldn't be of any help.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:57 PM (/tuJf)
How the fck did Alaska elect the cnt ? Injuin vote?
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (pvwwD)
====ever heard of immigration? happens everywhere at once.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2017 06:57 PM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:57 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 06:57 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (PY9jH)
Yeah it kinda is... and neither can happen without intelligence being illegally gathered or illegally kept on American citizens.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 03, 2017 06:57 PM (FTXAT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 06:58 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:49 PM (rUIbB) "
It's a push and pull and with the Court I think getting a good Justice is worth a heap of bad optics. Of course I'm not sure if the Garland block was bad optics or needed red meat for the base.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:58 PM (uuwor)
of the stupid shit they do coming back and landing on their heads like
an ACME anvil.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:47 PM (/tuJf)
It's remarkable, isn't it? Their impulse control and ability to defer gratification is on par with an 8-year old.
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 06:58 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (8nWyX)
..............
You could put it in the ashtray for a minute to cool off.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 06:59 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 06:59 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 06:59 PM (cPsPa)
After the last 8 years I care as much for their feelz as they do for mine.
I have gone fairly "Who - Whom" lately, because War.
Now if only the Complicit Party of Fail would start to see it that way ....
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 06:59 PM (KGH7Z)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:54 PM (PY9jH)
I've had some Horse Pocket in my day.
Posted by: Andrew Mendoza at April 03, 2017 06:59 PM (8nWyX)
I've got to start dinner. Husband is finally heading home.
Every time I type her name I'm reminded of the sound my cat makes when she harfs up a hairball.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:04 PM (PY9jH)
Right. First you unmask, THEN you leak.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: goatexchange at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (YFnq5)
What a maroon. There was no Russian election theft. Shep is on board that crazy train I see.
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 06:56 PM (cPsPa)
Ummmmm..Yes.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (5VlCp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 06:56 PM (cPsPa)
Yes.
Posted by: Pudding cups at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (X1QN0)
Posted by: JackStraw
well, there are two tracks in the cia hiring process, one for competent people, the other for affirmative action hires.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Strobe at April 03, 2017 06:47 PM (gbWkA)
+++
Thanks o'lot for ruining that song for me.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 06:51 PM (Ivjge)
I'm picturing the beach scene in From Here to Eternity.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (hJrjt)
You could put it in the ashtray for a minute to cool off.
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 06:59 PM (HgMAr)
I would buy a car that had an integrated hot pocket cooking slot in the dash.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (8nWyX)
Sorry, bro, but there is NO "Ideal Hot Pocket experience"!!
NONE!!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (br2jI)
As stupid (or careless or arrogant) as you want if you think your own have already fixed the game sufficiently to deny your targets access. Obama/Clinton et al. were so confident of winning that there never should have been any worries of repercussions. It's history that surely would have been buried had Trump not won.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: JackStraw
well, there are two tracks in the cia hiring process, one for competent people, the other for affirmative action hires.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (cPsPa)
Well you don't have to be a hamburger to work at McDonalds.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 06:26 PM (uuwor)
Thomas' hearings were worse.
The only reason he got by was because Southern Dem Senators didn't want to vote against a Black man for the Supreme Court or vote against a conservative in increasingly conservative states.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 06:34 PM (rUIbB)
++++
They were all set to block him and then he gave his "high-tech lynching" statement. He was outraged and he showed it. The Dems were used to playing the race card, but not at having to defend against it. Biden was chair of the judiciary committee and you could see it on his face when Thomas was making his statement that he knew it was a lost fight.
So, they folded up their circus act and let him through.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (HgMAr)
Food, now - can I enjoy a Hot Pocket with your mom?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (RrhD2)
That is true. The former is not necessarily a crime, though if you could document the claimed pattern of politically-oriented snooping you could at least make...well, it's hard to make Rice look any sleazier.
The latter is a felony, right?
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (GPaiX)
343 They hate us. They want to rule us. They view compromise as unacceptable, and as a loss. They don't care about our views, they don't respect our values, nor our lives. There is no common ground, everything is in play, everything is fair game, nothing is to be conceded, cheating and playing unfairly is required.
Posted by: goatexchange at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (YFnq5)
THIS.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: TexasDan at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (yL25O)
THEN, Tom Cruise takes your virginity!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (br2jI)
What she didn't count on was her party going apeshit over Trump/Russia.
Rice seems to be a product of her own making.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (/Gc1I)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel
yeah, you are right, though that makes the thought that these were the people running things for eight years even more terrifying. what's the downside? what could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (cPsPa)
which one is Burt Lancaster and which is Deborah Kerr?
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Two man conga line.
Posted by: Aviator at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (/Nite)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (cPsPa) "
Thought you were going to say there were two reasons Harf got as high as she did - which would have been correct.
Posted by: broseidon king of the brocean at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (uuwor)
Posted by: Dang at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (Li0hQ)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Buzzfeed at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (FqgrG)
I'm picturing the beach scene in From Here to Eternity.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (hJrjt)
++++
Aaaand another one.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 07:04 PM (Ivjge)
Technically, that's true... which makes it even worse. There was unmasking AND there was leaking.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 03, 2017 07:04 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:04 PM (GPaiX)
I know a guy who has a permanent scar shaped like a cheese drip on his chin from a thermonuclear hot pocket. Scarred for life!
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 07:04 PM (MF/hn)
which one is Burt Lancaster and which is Deborah Kerr?
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (jm1YL)
I think we all know who's on the bottom.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 05:47 PM (pvwwD)
She was appointed to the Senate by her daddy held the Senate seat before becoming Governor (before he was defeated by Palin before Palin went full Palin).
She literally is a Senator because her Daddy made her a Senator.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (rUIbB)
Ok. That's info I didn't need to know.
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 06:52 PM (8nWyX)
.............
Is that with candles and formal wear?
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (KgpWR)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (FqgrG)
impeached and removed, it's John "Obamacare is constitutional 'cause
it's a tax, even though they swore it wasn't a tax" Roberts.
Over
his illegally adopted Irish children. Who were very likely used to
blackmail Roberts into changing his Obamacare vote at the last minute. A
change which there's ample textual evidence.
Replace him, with, say, Chief Justice John Yoo.
It's
said that the Krakatoa explosion in 1883 was audible on the other side
of the planet. Imagine the sounds of *this* explosion.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 03, 2017 06:51 PM (noWW6)
Roberts has been a YUGE disappointment...
and his adoptions were blatantly illegal. Irish adoption laws require foreigners who are adopting to live in Ireland for three years before they are eligible to adopt Irish children. To break that law and still get babies, he and his wife had the pregnant Irish women flown to Brazil to give birth.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (FTXAT)
Will you be bringing your own kneepads or do you need government issue?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Tami at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (cPsPa)
yankeefifth: "how stupid do you have to be to leave a paper trail of your unmasking?"
As stupid (or careless or arrogant) as you want if you think your
own have already fixed the game sufficiently to deny your targets
access. Obama/Clinton et al. were so confident of winning that there
never should have been any worries of repercussions. It's history that
surely would have been buried had Trump not won.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (1CroS)
Consider this: Despite multiple Congressional investigations, we still don't know what Obama was doing during Benghazi, and no one in the Obama White House has ever spilled the beans. We would never have known that the NSA was spying on the Trump campaign.
Here's a thought: What if it wasn't just the Trump campaign? What if they were spying on all the Republicans?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (jK8Z7)
Wish it were this:
https://youtu.be/Sq_HtgGOIfE
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (TppKb)
343 They hate us. They want to rule us. They view compromise as unacceptable, and as a loss. They don't care about our views, they don't respect our values, nor our lives. There is no common ground, everything is in play, everything is fair game, nothing is to be conceded, cheating and playing unfairly is required.
Posted by: goatexchange at April 03, 2017 07:00 PM (YFnq5)
THIS.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (TdMsT) "
Yes.
These.
WAR.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:06 PM (KGH7Z)
CNN is saying "unmasking" is not "leaking
Technically, that's true... which makes it even worse. There was unmasking AND there was leaking.
Unmasking in this context is the same as leaking.
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 07:07 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:07 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (R+30W)
Yup...and while this was going on "Sexual her-ass-meant" cases exploded across the country.
Every can of coke, every burp, fart or a held open door became a basis for a case.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 07:07 PM (5VlCp)
Posted by: Fire the drones up! at April 03, 2017 07:07 PM (hbjWJ)
Unmasking in this context is the same as leaking.
You would have to prove that the unmasking was done to facilitate leaking.
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (vRcUp)
That is true. The former is not necessarily a crime, though if you could document the claimed pattern of politically-oriented snooping you could at least make...well, it's hard to make Rice look any sleazier.
The latter is a felony, right?
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (TppKb)
******************
Well I keep remembering something that Nunes said about --one of the targets--that he was surprised by the target and something to the effect that it was a low bar.
So--the problem with Rice "unmasking" is compounded when and *if* the target wasn't all that legitimate.
I keep wondering who was the target.
Maybe Nigel Farage.
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (fi5nC)
Quite the opposite. Hot Pockets come with special foil covers to brown int he microwave.
I know a guy who has a permanent scar shaped like a cheese drip on his chin from a thermonuclear hot pocket. Scarred for life!
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 07:04 PM (MF/hn)
Yeah ... I've burned my mouth a few times on superhot hot pockets. But not more often than I've done with hot pizza.
Hot Pockets are pretty much what they serve in Heaven. That and hot dogs.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (zc3Db)
He think Rice will have serious legal problems.
I like The Stache but I think absolutely nothing will happen to Rice.
Posted by: Tami at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (HgMAr)
Fork and knife, tablecloth, sommelier, the works.
http://dimlylitmealsforone.tumblr.com/
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:09 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 07:09 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (GPaiX)
Alabama or European?
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:09 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Annoying as shit mechanical bird at April 03, 2017 07:09 PM (Li0hQ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (zc3Db)
+++
Then I'm not going.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 07:09 PM (Ivjge)
Tami - Your thoughts on Hot Pockets?
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (GPaiX)
It's where I put my singles....why?
Posted by: Tami at April 03, 2017 07:09 PM (Enq6K)
You would have to prove that the unmasking was done to facilitate leaking.
Posted by: JEM
Has anyone, even the Dems, advanced a reason explaining why this unmasking was not a leak?
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon"
Good point.
I' think it's a safe bet, even.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (KGH7Z)
Posted by: Memo to dems and media at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (hbjWJ)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 03, 2017 07:02 PM (R+30W)
Yup...and while this was going on "Sexual her-ass-meant" cases exploded across the country.
Every can of coke, every burp, fart or a held open door became a basis for a case.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 07:07 PM (5VlCp)
Looking too long and not being rich, handsome or both: HARASSMENT! And probably RAAAAAPE!!!!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: happyfeet at April 03, 2017 07:11 PM (mLfQi)
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:11 PM (pvwwD)
I've burned my mouth on things called Pizza Pockets. Are they the same as hot pockets?
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:11 PM (hJrjt)
FYI:
The Senate confirmed Scalia to be a Supreme Court Justice in September 1986.
At that time, the GOP held a 53-47 advantage in the Senate.
The Senate elections in November 1986 were disastrous for the Republicans, who lost 9 of 10 open seats.
This gave the Democrats a 55-45 advantage going into the Bork nomination.
Posted by: NCC at April 03, 2017 07:11 PM (4vOyb)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 03, 2017 07:03 PM (br2jI)
Then you have to join the Scientologist.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:12 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 07:12 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (TppKb)
*************
You could prove the motivation behind the unmasking to be political--particularly if the target was not a national security problem.
Say Nigel Farage is the target and Susan Rice asks to unmask Eric Trump--what is *her* national security reason--for doing so?
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:12 PM (fi5nC)
-
Da da da dada da da daa
Do the hustle!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 07:12 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at April 03, 2017 07:12 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 06:54 PM
~~~~~
That would be Kyrgyzstan. My son was there for six months and it was the stopover for everyone going to and from Afghanistan. Tell him the "pizza" was no better--it was covered in corn.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 07:12 PM (HiDrR)
"I'm picturing the beach scene in From Here to Eternity.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (hJrjt)
++++
Aaaand another one."
Now picture Barry and Reggie as Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (jm1YL)
Marvel executive says emphasis on diversity may have alienated readers
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kaoqs5u
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (oVJmc)
I've burned my mouth on things called Pizza Pockets. Are they the same as hot pockets?
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:11 PM (hJrjt)
+++
Yeah, I'm sure they are but with a whole lot more substance. And I think Pizza Pockets are pretty much the same as Hot Pockets.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (Ivjge)
If he is onboard with Gorsuch, he is getting something. This morning he and Trump were both arguing for a larger Navy . They disagreed on it's composition , Trump is carrier-centric vs McCain's sub/destroyer- centric.
Maybe Trump negotiated something?
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (KgpWR)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (GPaiX)
You would have to prove that the unmasking was done to facilitate leaking.
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (TppKb)
Ben, fcking, Rhodes got the intel. Does ANYONE believe he wouldn't leak anything?
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Gonad The Clintonian at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (PqqkK)
"I'm picturing the beach scene in From Here to Eternity.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:01 PM (hJrjt)
++++
Aaaand another one."
Now picture Barry and Reggie as Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (jm1YL)
Shudder
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (hJrjt)
Bring it on!....
That's why they need to pull the
trigger on the Harry Reid Option (I refuse to call it the nuclear
option - we need to make the Democrats OWN THIS) now rather than waiting
for the next SC pick. Bottom line is that Gorsuch just replaces Scalia
so there is no existential fight.
The next replacement does tip the
balance and it will be bloody enough as it is. No need to add fuel to
the fire by pulling the Reid Option then. Make it a fait accompli and
let the Dems fight this as old news.
Posted by: LGoPs at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (FoTxO)
Posted by: wth
And if the ashtray is full of ashes the flavor of the Hot Pocket will be greatly improved.
Posted by: Aviator at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (/Nite)
I' think it's a safe bet, even.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (KGH7Z)
I am wondering if Trump is just the tip of the iceberg, and what is going to unfold over the next several months is that there was a coordinated oppo research activity, led out of the White House, that involved what would otherwise seem to be ordinary and legal collection activities. I wonder who else Rice unmasked?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (zc3Db)
=======
With ketchup. As God intended.
Posted by: Flyboy at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (DjR3c)
Posted by: Memo to dems and media at April 03, 2017 07:10 PM (hbjWJ)
************
Well Rice for one.
Trump should take a look at the security footage from the cameras at the Benghazi Consulate that were suddenly classified as top secret shortly after Issa found out about their existence.
Probably proves that the attack wasn't a protest over youtube videos that spontaneously became violent.
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (fi5nC)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (zc3Db)
=======
With ketchup. As God intended.
Posted by: Flyboy at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (DjR3c)
Testify, brother!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (0mRoj)
I don't consider that to be even speculation. The "paper trail" for Trump is the longest because he was the winningest, but I'd bet it was guaranteed that dossiers have been built on every non-Democrat candidate/politician and vary only in thickness. Obama and his underlings weaponized government.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon"
~~~~~
They were probably spying on every single Republican candidate in the primary. I read in one report that Rice started her shenanigans in the summer of 2015---that's long before Trump became the nominee.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: Valerie Plame at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:11 PM (hJrjt)
The Pizza Pockets are bite-sized things, right? Hot Pockets are larger. Things like ham and cheese. They're pretty awesome. I'm sure Hot Pockets have pizza pockets, too ... but I can't vouch for their taste. I was mostly into the ham and cheese ones - I didn't get too exotic in my Hot Pocket tastes. All day, every day for a while. They are pretty addictive.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (jm1YL)
Shudder"
Here's looking at you kid.
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (/Gc1I)
Lifetime Hot Pocket Meal Completions = 0
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (vRcUp)
Posted by: Flyboy at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (DjR3c)
Save some ketchup for the well-done steak.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 03, 2017 07:05 PM (KgpWR)
Spit my iced tea onto my iPad. Thanks!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (GPaiX)
Ben, fcking, Rhodes got the intel. Does ANYONE believe he wouldn't leak anything?
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (pvwwD)
************
Or that creepy Tony Blinken. Looks like he goes to the same hairdresser as Sid Blumenthal.
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (fi5nC)
Posted by: Flyboy at April 03, 2017 07:14 PM (DjR3c)
Save some ketchup for the well-done steak.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (8nWyX)
That's where I draw the line. You go too far, sir, too far!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (0mRoj)
Trump should take a look at the security footage
from the cameras at the Benghazi Consulate that were suddenly
classified as top secret shortly after Issa found out about their
existence.
Probably proves that the attack wasn't a protest over youtube videos that spontaneously became violent.
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:15 PM (fi5nC)
This and Obama's fake birth certificate and his Columbia transcripts.
Plenty of time to mine the gold, FIRST purge the Obama people.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: West at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (EblJC)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (FqgrG)
truly a worm
Posted by: happyfeet
Well! You'll be hearing from our lawyers.
Posted by: United Worms Local 1123 at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (/Nite)
Are hot pockets the same thing as those Welsh pasties miners would take to work?
I believe those are Cornish pasties
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (lKyWE)
Some flavors are a decent compromise between prep time and edibility.
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (jm1YL)
Shudder"
Here's looking at you kid.
-
This time it's, "Here's looking at your dick."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (/Gc1I)
Tahiti here I come
Posted by: S Rice at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: concrete girl at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (gihfI)
Posted by: Sam
You mean besides jizz out of my ass?
Posted by: Ben Rhodes at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (/Nite)
If your dog likes the taste of ass, give him a Hot Pocket. I believe their motto is Tastes Just Like Ass.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:16 PM (8nWyX)
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So.....pistols at dawn?
Posted by: Flyboy at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (DjR3c)
And then Hillary would double and triple down on this abuse and make sure no Republican ever comes within 10 miles of the White House ever again.
And they dare call us Fascists????????
Posted by: LGoPs at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (FoTxO)
Does ANYONE ever say, boy am I glad I ate that Hot Pocket?!?
Some flavors are a decent compromise between prep time and edibility.
Posted by: JEM at April 03, 2017 07:18 PM (TppKb)
Only if you haven't taken a shit in a week.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (lKyWE)
Or Yooper. They're all the same afaik.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Embedded deep state at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:17 PM (pvwwD)
***********
They're going to need a bigger boat.
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:19 PM (fi5nC)
Posted by: right on at April 03, 2017 07:20 PM (qgJK7)
McCain gets the future USS McCain and Graham gets his name on its dinghy.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 03, 2017 07:20 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: JackStraw
well, given dogs senses of taste and smell are thousands of time more sensitive than ours, you should be wondering what you are missing out on, especially if he is licking his ass while you are eating dinner.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: YIKES! at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (yfObW)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (Sfs6o)
The unmasking went hand-in-hand with the rules changes in information-sharing to make sure it was more widely distrubuted.
Coordinated actions are evidence of conspiracy.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (vRcUp)
CNN is saying "unmasking" is not "leaking
Technically, that's true... which makes it even worse. There was unmasking AND there was leaking.
Unmasking in this context is the same as leaking.
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2017 07:07 PM (LAe3v)
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No. If you downloaded the smear report on Trump, most of the people described were "masked". That is, instead of their names, they would be described, like, "Subject A, the manager of a hotel frequented by Americans". Then anyplace that person was referred to in the report, he would be Subject A.
Intelligence reports do this frequently. Obviously, some people get the reports without the masking, but more people get the report with certain people masked out. Rice, for some unknown reason, requested the unmasked reports for some of Trump's people. She may have then leaked then herself, or more likely, did it so that someone else could do the leaking. Since the media won't give up their sources, we can't know who the leaker was.
Unless, DOJ puts the whole thing in front of a grand jury and starts asking some reporters questions. Then we'll see if they are willing to go to jail to protect the leakers.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (R+30W)
I wonder if the starving children in China eat hot pockets?
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (Sfs6o)
Fried with noodles
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:21 PM (Sfs6o)
Ummmm...No. They are too busy in the State Plastic Factory #201 making them to eat them.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 03, 2017 07:23 PM (5VlCp)
Quite the opposite. Hot Pockets come with special foil covers to brown int he microwave.
I know a guy who has a permanent scar shaped like a cheese drip on his chin from a thermonuclear hot pocket. Scarred for life!
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 07:04 PM (MF/hn)
Yeah ... I've burned my mouth a few times on superhot hot pockets. But not more often than I've done with hot pizza.
Hot Pockets are pretty much what they serve in Heaven. That and hot dogs.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:08 PM (zc3Db)
The last Hot Pocket I ate, which was in college, I cooked in New microwave and did not adjust the time in or out of the microwave before eating. I melted the skin off the roof of my mouth. It peeled for two weeks. I had to go to the ER the next day for IV antibiotics, they gave me morphine to take home and more antibiotics, and a lidocaine solution with unlimited refills to swish. Only water for two days. Then milkshakes and ice cream for two weeks.
You cannot tell how hot they are inside.
Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 03, 2017 07:23 PM (ATQUV)
UNC sucks, but I am not cheering for a commie school in WA. I am going to cheer for a commie school in NC.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Kim Jong Un at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (FqgrG)
At least the GOPe waits for the ACME catapult. Then they launch themselves further over the border.
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: LGoPs at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (FoTxO)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (KGH7Z)
Posted by: Karma's sweet sweet chode at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (hbjWJ)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: Fritz at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (MF/hn)
Posted by: Hillary at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Meremortal, sans socks at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (3myMJ)
Unless, DOJ puts the whole thing in front of a grand jury and starts asking some reporters questions. Then we'll see if they are willing to go to jail to protect the leakers.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
unless you are arguing that rice improperly requesting the reports be unmasked and then reading the unmasked reports herself is leaking they are in no way the same thing.
why confuse the issue? improperly unmasking is a violation , leaking is a violation.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (PqqkK)
Seems a rather hollow topic for discussion
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (/Gc1I)
Posted by: DC Elites at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (ATQUV)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: DaveA at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (jm1YL)
Shudder"
Here's looking at you kid.
We'll always have Man Country..
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: mc at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (hz7qA)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (KGH7Z)
Aw, hey, thanks; it's nice to hear that. Whether there's another is really up to the cobs, I just suggested it months ago and finally got off my ass and typed something up and sent it in.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Karma's sweet sweet chode at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (hbjWJ)
I'm not done watching you suffer quite yet. It amuses me.
Posted by: God at April 03, 2017 07:27 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2017 07:27 PM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (GPaiX)
...............
Order them online and get free delivery in 6 to 8 weeks!
Posted by: wth at April 03, 2017 07:27 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Hillary at April 03, 2017 07:27 PM (oVJmc)
And whine they will with the full force of the MFM behind them.
Posted by: I'm Tucker Carlson and I will destroy you at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM (jzwRg)
Posted by: Tuna at April 03, 2017 07:13 PM (jm1YL)
Shudder"
Here's looking at you kid.
We'll always have Man Country..
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (qJhUV)
The Germans wore gray, you wore goo.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM (Sfs6o)
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but, but Rick doesn't get Ilsa....
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM (PqqkK)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (PqqkK
*pushes steak and eggs away and leaves the table*
Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM (ATQUV)
Speaking of ordering, I ordered some gun parts from Midway USA yesterday and got shipping confirmation within four hours. Very impressive.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 07:29 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2017 07:22 PM (PqqkK)
Sliced salami.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 03, 2017 07:29 PM (0mRoj)
I guess she is so stupid, she is a punching bag?
Going to make Juan look intelligent? ha ha, that will be hard work.
Posted by: Sam at April 03, 2017 07:30 PM (pvwwD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (cPsPa)
***************
Did you mean to say improperly unmasking is *not* a violation?
Posted by: Holmes at April 03, 2017 07:30 PM (fi5nC)
why confuse the issue? improperly unmasking is a violation , leaking is a violation.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2017 07:25 PM (cPsPa)
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I'm only saying that unmasking and leaking are two different things. We know Rice requested unmasked reports. We don't know what justification she gave when she made those requests. We also don't know that she was the leaker or even that the reports that were provided to her were the ones that were leaked. Obviously, whoever provided her with the unmasked reports could have leaked them themselves. Or maybe there were others who were also given the unmasked reports and then they leaked them.
I think there is good reason to suspect that Rice was up to no good. But, there is no smoking gun. Yet.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 03, 2017 07:30 PM (R+30W)
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I've never done any scientific analysis on the matter, but whenever I order from Midway I feel like they gouge me on shipping.
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:31 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2017 07:31 PM (c6/9Q)
I guess she is so stupid, she is a punching bag?
Going to make Juan look intelligent? ha ha, that will be hard work.
"Marie, how many feet in a yard?"
"It depends on how many people are standing in it!"
Posted by: tu3031 at April 03, 2017 07:32 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 07:29 PM (97XyN)
I used to get a lot of stuff from Midway. I like them a lot. Seem like good folks running that place. The only problem was that their shipping rates used to be pretty high.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:32 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Your Media Betters at April 03, 2017 07:32 PM (3myMJ)
I believe the pizza roll predates the hotpocket
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 07:32 PM (lKyWE)
Hubby and I started watching The Americans on Amazon fire a few weeks ago. We're into season 2 (kept hoping it would get better). Is it just me or is this show stupid? And it's in it's 8th season?!
There's not one character I like or care what happens to. Ok, maybe the kids. Other than them....I hope everyone dies.
Posted by: Tami at April 03, 2017 07:33 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:33 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM (Sfs6o)
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They just put the broccoli in there to make you feel good. You know that, right?
Posted by: bluebell at April 03, 2017 07:33 PM (RZA9I)
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 07:32 PM (lKyWE)
One could say that the stromboli is the original hot pocket.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:33 PM (zc3Db)
It differs from the Hot Pocket in that a calzone is actually good.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 07:34 PM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:34 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Joshua K. at April 03, 2017 07:34 PM (oCZ4e)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:35 PM (GPaiX)
They just put the broccoli in there to make you feel good. You know that, right?
Posted by: bluebell at April 03, 2017 07:33 PM (RZA9I)
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I only ate the broccoli because it was slathered in cheese product.
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:35 PM (Sfs6o)
I've ordered from Brownell's but not the others. I'll have to try them.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 03, 2017 07:35 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:35 PM (Sfs6o)
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And encased in pastry.
Posted by: bluebell at April 03, 2017 07:36 PM (RZA9I)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:36 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: bluebell at April 03, 2017 07:33 PM (RZA9I)
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I only ate the broccoli because it was slathered in cheese product.
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:35 PM (Sfs6o)
I wouldn't eat anything that had even touched broccoli at some point.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:37 PM (zc3Db)
And encased in pastry.
Posted by: bluebell at April 03, 2017 07:36 PM (RZA9I)
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Next to ham.
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:37 PM (Sfs6o)
Is this a metaphor for fat chicks with the clap?
Posted by: wooga at April 03, 2017 07:37 PM (MMIZa)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:28 PM
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Pepperidge Farm made them. They were good. And they had a mushroom one too.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 03, 2017 07:38 PM (HiDrR)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 03, 2017 07:38 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hbjWJ)
I like them well enough but too much crust relative to filling.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 07:34 PM (/tuJf)
And pasties and samosas and bao and tamales and gyoza and spring rolls...
If there was a society that never discovered the secret to putting food in other food, we've never heard of them. Because they didn't survive.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:40 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hbjWJ)
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I reload for rifle and pistol. It's not hard to learn but you can blow yourself up if you aren't paying attention.
What are your questions?
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:40 PM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hbjWJ)
My step son blew up our kitchen while he was in the process of reloading. There was no serious injuries but $23,000 worth of damage to the house.
It led to a beautiful remodelling project funded by insurance. So, it was great.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:41 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: tu3031 at April 03, 2017 07:41 PM (qJhUV)
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, pressed, smoked, innards.
Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 03, 2017 07:41 PM (IqV8l)
I'm sure if we go back far enough we'll find the hotpocket is a cultural appropriation by the whiteman
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 03, 2017 07:42 PM (lKyWE)
If you get the leaker, then you have Rice in a conspiracy to leak.
Proving a case against the leaker is easy if you can identify him specifically.
Posted by: Ignoramus at April 03, 2017 07:43 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2017 07:43 PM (c6/9Q)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:43 PM (hbjWJ)
Posted by: tu3031 at April 03, 2017 07:41 PM (qJhUV)
I think I understand the reasoning; however, I've always felt the Olympics hockey tournament has always been a spectacular showcase for the sport and possibly the best team event going.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:43 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Meremortal; sans serrif at April 03, 2017 07:43 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hbjWJ)
Weasel does, I had long ago, it wasn't hard but I and my then partner had a quality reloader. I am casting bullets and it is easy but doubt your at that point yet.
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:44 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2017 07:44 PM (VRsLi)
"Hot Pockets were invented by Paul Merage and David Merage in the 1970s originally under the name Chunk Stuffers."
If whoever changed the name is not still in prison, there is no justice.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:44 PM (8nWyX)
541 Couple questions for you gun toting morons. Do any of you reload? Is it hard to learn?
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hbjWJ)
Yup. It's not particularly difficult if you're just making practice ammo, but there are a lot of steps to go through. So the big thing is attention to detail. Honestly, I find it enjoyable as a hobby in and of itself.
First thing, get a good book on reloading. I started with The ABCs of Reloading. And pick up a couple of the manufacturer's loading manuals (Speer, Hornady etc).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2017 07:44 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 03, 2017 07:44 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: runner at April 03, 2017 07:44 PM (c6/9Q)
Martha called a quick BS and said you can't pretend you cared about human rights if you did the Iran deal.
Nicely done.
Posted by: George Tirebiter at April 03, 2017 07:45 PM (/zyrl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 03, 2017 07:45 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2017 07:45 PM (/Gc1I)
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I have loaded tens of thousands of rounds and never had an accident thank goodness, but then I am obsessive about doing everything slowly and consistently and without any distractions. Part of that is because I'm usually reloading precision match rifle ammunition.
It's a really fun honey in and of itself, and I enjoy it, you just have to be very careful and follow some basic rules.
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:46 PM (Sfs6o)
Before there was a Hot Pocket there was a calzone.
It differs from the Hot Pocket in that a calzone is actually good.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2017 07:34 PM (/tuJf)
Long, long ago when I was in an institution where we had to make our own entertainment, one Saturday night I ate 3 calzones in a race against another guy in the company dayroom. The whole company was in there watching and cheering. I was a boxer, so I understood the mental component of this fight, which he didn't. The next year, I defended the title easily against a guy named "Moose" who everyone thought would smoke me.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 07:46 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:46 PM (Sfs6o)
It led to a beautiful remodelling project funded by insurance. So, it was great.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:41 PM (hJrjt)
How was your son not injured?
Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 03, 2017 07:46 PM (ATQUV)
Yes I'll second that, it was a fascinating thread and I hope it continues. After a few more of them, I might even take the plunge and learn Morse (something I've been meaning to do for decades)!
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 03, 2017 07:47 PM (gwPgz)
.......
We've always been at war with Eastasia, too.
Snark aside, it never ceases to amaze me that none of these bastards bats a eyelash about ignoring the Constitution, laws, etc. but somehow parliamentary rules are somehow inviolable.
Tell you what, Senator. When Hillary is charged and imprisoned for her egregious violation of laws that plenty of little people have had their security clearances revoked, lost their jobs, etc. and are occupying fed pen cells for far less... then maybe I'll listen to your blather about rules.
Posted by: Damiano at April 03, 2017 07:47 PM (cOiub)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 03, 2017 07:47 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2017 07:47 PM (GPaiX)
Posted by: Mr.Sulu at April 03, 2017 07:47 PM (IqV8l)
You do NOT want to know about "foot bread."
Happily, he was vaccinated for every disease on earth before he deployed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2017 07:47 PM (PY9jH)
If whoever changed the name is not still in prison, there is no justice.
Posted by: hogmartin"
True dat !
Sounds like something to so not look up on Urban Dictionary.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:48 PM (KGH7Z)
Posted by: Meremortal engl at April 03, 2017 07:48 PM (3myMJ)
Posted by: Barack Obama, In Some Tahitian Bar at April 03, 2017 07:49 PM (97XyN)
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I have loaded tens of thousands of rounds and never had an accident thank goodness, but then I am obsessive about doing everything slowly and consistently and without any distractions. Part of that is because I'm usually reloading precision match rifle ammunition.
It's a really fun honey in and of itself, and I enjoy it, you just have to be very careful and follow some basic rules.
Posted by: Weasel at April 03, 2017 07:46 PM (Sfs6o)
He knocked a canister a canister of gun powder over onto a burner on the stove. The explosion shifted the island over a couple of feet--blew out a window and turned glasses in the dishwasher into powder.
He burned his arm and damaged an ear drum. We ended up getting a new kitchen out of it.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:49 PM (hJrjt)
503 OT, but hey hogmartin, cool ham radio thread yesterday ! Didn't get to read it until this morning, unfortunately. Hope you do another one !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 03, 2017 07:24 PM (KGH7Z)
Aw, hey, thanks; it's nice to hear that. Whether there's another is really up to the cobs, I just suggested it months ago and finally got off my ass and typed something up and sent it in.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:26 PM (8nWyX)
I saw several good comments on your thread yesterday, so I went and read it and all the comments! So interesting. And it appeared that many lurkers came out of hiding.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at April 03, 2017 07:50 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at April 03, 2017 07:50 PM (Tyii7)
Martha called a quick BS and said you can't pretend you cared about human rights if you did the Iran deal.
Nicely done.
Posted by: George Tirebiter at April 03, 2017 07:45 PM (/zyrl)
Heh. She cut her co-worker and let her bleed out on the air. Nice!
She has always come off as somebody you would not want to play as dumb or weak.
Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 03, 2017 07:52 PM (ATQUV)
It led to a beautiful remodelling project funded by insurance. So, it was great.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:41 PM (hJrjt)
How was your son not injured?
Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 03, 2017 07:46 PM (ATQUV)
He managed to throw the gunpowder into the sink while simultaneously falling to the floor. The explosion was above him.
My wife and I were coming home from a banquet when we saw the garage jammed with our kitchen furniture.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:52 PM (hJrjt)
OK I gotta ask the stupid question.... WTELF was he doing with a hot burner while reloading?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2017 07:52 PM (VRsLi)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:39 PM (hbjWJ)
I reload pistol rounds. It's very easy to learn. I am extra careful in my reloading, though. You can start out pretty cheaply with a Lee handheld press, Lee dies, and a cheap jeweler's scale (I weigh my loads individually ... sort of slow but not awful and much more accurate than anything). I get bullets from Xtreme - nice plated hollowpoints very reasonably priced. And I really like Sillouhette powder for my 9mm and .40.
I prefer my ammo to any factory stuff.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 07:53 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2017 07:52 PM (VRsLi)
Making foot bread!
Posted by: cicero Kaboom! kid at April 03, 2017 07:54 PM (X1QN0)
OK I gotta ask the stupid question.... WTELF was he doing with a hot burner while reloading?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2017 07:52 PM (VRsLi)
It's a longish story but he was reloading downstairs when he decided he needed some tea. Instead of leaving the canister downstairs he took with him upstairs. And then shit happened. And, yes, he was sober. It was just a brain fart that could have been truly disastrous.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 07:56 PM (hJrjt)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at April 03, 2017 07:50 PM (TdMsT)
{blushes}
Yep, that part was really gratifying, lots of new names with cool stories.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 03, 2017 07:57 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:57 PM (hbjWJ)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at April 03, 2017 07:58 PM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at April 03, 2017 07:58 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2017 08:00 PM (VRsLi)
Posted by: Bitter clinger at April 03, 2017 07:57 PM (hbjWJ)
My pleasure. When I started reloading I bought a whole bunch of shit that I never needed and have never used.
The one thing that you have to be aware of is to double check powder measures that you find in load listings. I have seen mistakes in some load tables.
It is really easy to learn but you just have to always do it very methodically and carefully. All in all you can get started for about $140 - hand press, dies (one set per caliber), scale, funnel, caliper, primer insertion tool. You will probably want a bullet extractor, too (a hammer thing for a few bucks) so that you can take apart rounds that have been misloaded or the bullet pushed too deep.
It's worth doing, even though ammo prices have come down. You can have much more choice as to what you're shooting if you do your own loads.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 03, 2017 08:11 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2017 08:00 PM (VRsLi)
I understand this thread dead but I'll comment anyhow.
I gather he was fortunate the canister was open. I believe it was have turned into a major bomb if it would have been closed. We could have come home to a house without a roof and a critically-injured son.
Posted by: Northernlurker at April 03, 2017 08:15 PM (hJrjt)
Just did 100 rounds of 30 carbine, it so happens.
My approach was (is) to be unbelievably, insanely *cheap* about every part of it - buying most of the equipment used (much of it like new), buying components in bulk and on sale mostly, maximizing use of everyday items where possible. Only thing I don't do is cast my own lead bullets. That would bring my $/round numbers down even more.
But I probably save a minimum of 50% on the cost of loaded ammo (and up to 70%, in some calibers). One of the internet's oldest, most tedious, and boring debates is whether you're *actually* "saving" $$$, because the time spent in reloading. Simple truth is you'll save plenty on $$, and as TPOP said you also can customize your ammo in a way not possible when buying factory stuff. And if you like "making things", it's mostly sort of fun, too.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2017 09:01 PM (+wjl1)
I wonder if most of the left thinks Scalia was murdered but they just are ok with it.
Posted by: Shiggz at April 03, 2017 10:24 PM (X8Fea)
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