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The New York City Subway System Is Falling Apart, And The Real Culprit Is Andrew Cuomo
It is surprising to no one who has paid any sort of attention to New York politics that Andrew Cuomo is a sleazy power broker whose most fervent desire (aside from becoming President) is to be in the limelight. That he is making political hay out of his own failing is typical.
How Andrew Cuomo broke the New York subway is a damning indictment of the Governor.Cuomo has been directly responsible for the subway for over six years. It has been obvious since he took power that something like this would happen and he's done nothing but make it worse. The crisis is a clear result of his incompetence, his abysmal politics, and his odious personality.
Let's be honest, there are other players in this rapidly growing catastrophe. Michael Bloomberg and Bill De Blasio were well aware of the damage that deferring capital spending and maintenance on the subway system would cause, but pet projects like destroying traffic flow in Manhattan for the sake of some silly pedestrian malls and CitiBikes for virtue-signalling douchebags, or in De Blasio's case, allowing unfettered construction to appease his real estate industry masters, was more important than the largest public transportation system in the country. Yet it is a microcosm of the Leftist approach to social engineering. They want us to move to the cities, where we can ditch our cars and lawns and live packed in like sardines, riding their wonderful mass transit systems and voting Democrat for the rest of our lives. But they can't even get us to work, because as usual, every concrete plan the Left has foisted on us has failed. They spend our money on things that do nothing for the quality of life of their constituents, then come hat in hand for more money when the trains stop running and commerce grinds to a halt because of their abject failure to do the minimum required of them: keep stuff running.
A quality leader would have seen the problem approaching (or listened to the experts who have been shouting about it for years), and proposed a crash program to upgrade, modernize, and expand the subway. Tackling the maintenance backlog would reduce delays and forestall expensive repairs from failures. Upgraded technology would reduce train headways, which together with more trains and stations would allow for enhanced throughput -- now a critical necessity in downtown especially. And tackling the cost problem would enable everything else, as dollars could be stretched much, much further.
Instead of doing this, Andrew Cuomo pushed for free college tuition! And he got it.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GOULD at July 02, 2017 11:58 AM (1nOGM)
Posted by: GOULD at July 02, 2017 11:59 AM (1nOGM)
Posted by: GOULD at July 02, 2017 12:01 PM (1nOGM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:02 PM (+5p15)
Posted by: Andy Coomo at July 02, 2017 12:03 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: t-bird at July 02, 2017 12:03 PM (/wWB4)
One that never, ever, ever rides the New York City subway.
Posted by: Andrew Cuomo at July 02, 2017 12:03 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2017 12:05 PM (QGoUX)
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:05 PM (jm1YL)
Damage?! How can creating the emergency need for an entirely new system- funded by you, controlled by us- be called damage?
Posted by: Every City and State politico at July 02, 2017 12:06 PM (/wWB4)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:04 PM (sdi6R)
It's a regional transit authority, and that actually makes a a fair amount of sense.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 12:06 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2017 12:06 PM (mpXpK)
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"We roll our eyes at Trump's ridiculous tweets, but you know what, silence, silence in the face of continuous, unrelenting, (and false) attack, is a whole lot worse."
These words are an excellent capsule summary of where I come down on this. Took the liberty of adding two words.
Posted by: RM at July 02, 2017 12:07 PM (U3LtS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:07 PM (+5p15)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:09 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 12:10 PM (Or0c2)
___________________________________
"We roll our eyes at Trump's ridiculous tweets, but you know what, silence, silence in the face of continuous, unrelenting, (and false) attack, is a whole lot worse."
These words are an excellent capsule summary of where I come down on this. Took the liberty of adding two words.
Posted by: RM at July 02, 2017 12:07 PM (U3LtS)
Yep, Bush's approach did not work. I love seeing Trump going on offense against the media.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:10 PM (sdi6R)
You have to admit that "trumpeting" to your public about another freebie you are handing down; ahem, "trumps" explaining to them why there are going to be some costs and inconveniences associated with fixing the subway.
Posted by: RM at July 02, 2017 12:10 PM (U3LtS)
And not giving a flip for NYC's issues. You own it boys and girls - bought and paid for.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2017 12:10 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at July 02, 2017 12:11 PM (WmgTn)
Posted by: The New York Times, you paper, Man at July 02, 2017 12:11 PM (aT+Bx)
You see here's where I respectfully differ. I think PDT knows exactly what he's doing with every little tweet.
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:11 PM (jm1YL)
silence, silence in the face of continuous, unrelenting, (and false)
attack, is a whole lot worse."
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I think gentlemanly silence worked well for me.
Posted by: GW Bush, Obama supporter at July 02, 2017 12:12 PM (aT+Bx)
The first time I was physically in NYC, I was just passing through - I flew into Newark to spend Christmas 1990 with my girlfriend and her family upstate in Red Hook. We drove over the GW bridge and through the Bronx. On the side of the highway were completely stripped carcasses of automobiles, some burned. I actually reached over and locked my door, as traffic was stop-and-go right there and I was a little worried, being a middle-class white boy from the (relatively safe) hinterlands of Seattle. It was everything I was told and shown NYC was in the 70's and 80's.
The next time I was in NYC was a little less than 10 years later, at the 2000 International Naval Review. The difference couldn't have been more striking. I never felt unsafe, even on the subway, which was free for us in uniform. Times Square and environs (Hell's Kitchen, Broadway, even Greenwich Village), where we spent most of our time, never felt dangerous. I even had the opportunity to drive over the GW again, and there were nothing on the side of the road. The City had turned a corner.
*That's* the difference Giuliani made, in only a few short years. And his successors are pissing it away.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 02, 2017 12:13 PM (17QyB)
"Where else am I gonna get a pastrami sandwich at 3 in the morning?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 12:13 PM (Or0c2)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2017 12:16 PM (mpXpK)
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What are you referring to here; how did "unfettered construction" interfere with maintaining the subway system? I might agree with you if I knew what you were referring to, but just going by the language, it sounds like lefty bs. Generally, I think construction is a good thing, and those who try to stop it are frequently lefty idiots who interfere with new construction on one hand and then bemoan the high cost of housing on the other.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 02, 2017 12:16 PM (FUu/Z)
You see here's where I respectfully differ. I think PDT knows exactly what he's doing with every little tweet.
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Agree 100%
My theory:
Trump is not a WASP. If you look into Trump's background, it would appear that he is a WASP... but he's not. At all.
IMHO, Trump is blue collar all the way, and handles things the way a teamster would. And almost ALL of our politicians and MSM are WASPs, and not used to anyone who is not of their "class."
Attack him? Fine. He'll rip off your head and sh*t in your neck.
Tweets are a really simple way to do this.
Trump: Eye of the tiger, mouth of a teamster.
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:17 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 02, 2017 12:18 PM (6n332)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at July 02, 2017 12:18 PM (ILitO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 02, 2017 12:19 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 02, 2017 12:19 PM (OlNRF)
Corruption ran rampant at Bronx hospital before shooting
http://tinyurl.com/y8l3lco6
Posted by: tu3031 at July 02, 2017 12:20 PM (qJhUV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2017 12:20 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2017 12:21 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at July 02, 2017 12:18 PM (ILitO)
Yes, I think that's true of politicians all over the country.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:21 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:17 PM (aT+Bx)
Now that's a bumper stick i'd buy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:21 PM (hcyUh)
What might Sherman have twitted about the media?
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:22 PM (Sgood)
"You see here's where I respectfully differ. I think PDT knows exactly what he's doing with every little tweet."
I DO think he is far more cunning and intelligent than any of his enemies and even some of his supporters give him credit for. He often seems to be pretty masterful at redefining the rules of a given conflict so as to require playing the game to fit his agenda. And the pols and media are disadvantaged because he brings a totally different perspective to the narrative (streetfighting NYC developer vs. "elite" left media/political complex).
Sort of like an Antifa protestor pushing over a Hells Angels' motorcycle at some Bikers for Trump rally. You are apt to receive a very aggressive education the like of which you didn't even know existed.
Posted by: RM at July 02, 2017 12:22 PM (U3LtS)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:22 PM (sdi6R)
Jonah of NRO lost his shit last night 'replying' to a Trump tweet.
@JonahNRO 16h
Jonah Goldberg
I'm SMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHTTTTTT.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2017 12:23 PM (udajc)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:22 PM
can you just imagine Patton's twitter feed?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2017 12:23 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 12:24 PM (kTF2Z)
But who will pay for Paradise if all the businesses leave?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
They paid paradise and put up a parking lot.
Posted by: Johnny Mitchell at July 02, 2017 12:24 PM (IqV8l)
Speaking of:
Jonah of NRO lost his shit last night 'replying' to a Trump tweet.
@JonahNRO 16h
Jonah Goldberg
I'm SMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHTTTTTT.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2017 12:23 PM (udajc)
Jonah lost his shit long ago.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2017 12:24 PM (mpXpK)
I say... GOOD! Screw the office. Let's knock "The Presidency" down a peg. It's not the elected god-emperor of the American Expanse. It's just the chief executive, for four years. Eight tops. Go ahead and "demean the office". If it means no more styrofoam pseudo-greco columns, I'm in.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:24 PM (hcyUh)
Tweets are a really simple way to do this.
Trump: Eye of the tiger, mouth of a teamster. "
Yup. Playing the long game. I sent him a message via the White House site to keep on tweeting. Told him they make my day.
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:26 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:26 PM (OmhcY)
I say... GOOD! Screw the office. Let's knock "The Presidency" down a peg. It's not the elected god-emperor of the American Expanse.
Was it a person to be worshiped before FDR?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 12:27 PM (IqV8l)
Ohmigod - Patton! Yes, yes, yes. Might be threadworthy - historical persons on Twitter.
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:27 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:22 PM
can you just imagine Patton's twitter feed?
OMG. That would be so entertaining. We know what Sherman thought of the media of his day. Probably would loved to have made cannon fodder out of all of them.
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:28 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at July 02, 2017 12:29 PM (BsGS1)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:26 PM (OmhcY)
I'm not aware of any conservative republicans who have any leverage or power or influence over anything that goes on in DC, so...
If that's only a hypothetical, my answer would be "stop pissing tax money up a rope on silly bullshit, and hire some contractors to fix it."
In fact, that kinda works for most problems, in most cities... a bit overly simplistic, but hell, it's the internet.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:29 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 02, 2017 12:30 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:30 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Andrew Jackson's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:31 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Classic'56 at July 02, 2017 12:31 PM (v3krw)
At least the city was willing to fix it, but on the taxpayers' dime.
Posted by: stace, all out of bubblegum at July 02, 2017 12:31 PM (zzUT1)
Posted by: xnycpeasant at July 02, 2017 12:31 PM (BsGS1)
Corruption ran rampant at Bronx hospital before shooting
http://tinyurl.com/y8l3lco6
Posted by: tu3031 at July 02, 2017 12:20 PM (qJhUV)
Wholly unsurprising.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 12:32 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Classic'56 at July 02, 2017 12:31 PM (v3krw)
Replace "goosed" with "pantsed", and that's my mental image.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:32 PM (hcyUh)
( snicker, snicker, snicker)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:32 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: George Rogers Clark's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:33 PM (kTF2Z)
General George S. Patton
@Rommel you magnificent bastard! I read your tweets
#pwned
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2017 12:33 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:33 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 12:33 PM (dGSft)
Posted by: Wm "Vanguard" VonDeBlasio at July 02, 2017 12:34 PM (BsGS1)
Posted by: Classic'56 at July 02, 2017 12:35 PM (v3krw)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:35 PM (hcyUh)
*That's* the difference Giuliani made, in only a few short years. And his successors are pissing it away.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer
Ed Koch spent a considerable amount of energy denouncing Rudy Giuliani. He wrote a book "Nasty Man" all about what a turrible! person Rudy was. This had a certain amount of traction in the late 90's, even though Rudy and his police commissioner were fixing a lot of the city's crime (and other) problems.
9/11 came along, and Rudy became a lot better thought of.
But the Democrat Left in NYC never forgets (and never learns, either).
New York City is a fascinating place to visit, and frankly, a lot of New Yorkers are very nice people. Contrary to the image they cultivate, it takes a lot of personal courtesy to keep the place from blowing itself apart. But it would be a nightmare to live there, unless you were very rich.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 02, 2017 12:35 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 12:33 PM (dGSft)
What?
Posted by: Redleg (ret) at July 02, 2017 12:36 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: George Custer's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:36 PM (kTF2Z)
A hat Trick isnt achieved by a hockey player by scoring and getting 2 assists on the same play, so by the token one cannot get a "Hat Trick" on the same thread.
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:36 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: torabora at July 02, 2017 12:36 PM (CvkLk)
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:37 PM (jm1YL)
Report incidents of bias to the NYC Bias Hotline.
Posted by: NYC Subway Shiny New Ad in lieu of conducting needed repairs. at July 02, 2017 12:38 PM (BsGS1)
Posted by: The Tuna
If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast- William Tecumseh Sherman.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 02, 2017 12:38 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 12:33 PM (dGSft)
They outlawed all the good shit in Florida a long time ago. I'm still pretty pissed off about it.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 12:38 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (udajc)
"Where'd all this snow come from? Can't see a thing. Damn it's cold. Gonna find a hut to warm up in."
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: This...is CNN at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (qJhUV)
But they can't even get us to work, because as usual, every concrete plan the Left has foisted on us has failed. They spend our money on things that do nothing for the quality of life of their constituents, then come hat in hand for more money when the trains stop running and commerce grinds to a halt because of their abject failure to do the minimum required of them: keep stuff running."
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The influence of Agenda 21 is real. But as noted above, once we've given up everything, they won't keep their end of the bargain.
In Los Angeles, the money collected for roads is not spent on the roads, which are crumbling. Lanes of major roads are being shut down for bike lanes and green space. Besides simply stealing the money to buy votes with Free Shit, the objective also appears to be, to make automobile travel so odious, that commuters will be driven onto public transportation. You know, public transportation -- like a subway for example.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (t5m5e)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (2qHjF)
Posted by: Chris Cuomo at July 02, 2017 12:41 PM (ANIFC)
A hat Trick isnt achieved by a hockey player by scoring and getting 2 assists on the same play, so by the token one cannot get a "Hat Trick" on the same thread.
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:36 PM (Ot7+c)
I think getting the first 3 posts on a thread is a hat trick. Getting the first 5 makes you an ace. I did that twice last weekend.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:41 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:26 PM (OmhcY)
I'm not aware of any conservative republicans who have any leverage or power or influence over anything that goes on in DC, so...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:29 PM (hcyUh)
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It is the federal district, Congress is responsible for the federal district, the federal government provides funding for the subway system, and the conservative Republicans control Congress. That is all.
But what could they possibly do?
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (OmhcY)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (dGSft)
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:17 PM (aT+Bx)
Now that's a bumper stick i'd buy.
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LOL. I stole it from The Simpsons.
There's an episode where Lisa becomes a hockey goalie, and Homer utters "Eye of the tiger, mout of a teamster."
But really, it fits Trump pretty well I think.
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:41 PM (sdi6R)
Was it Country Boy who had the 10-fer the other day?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Robert E Lee's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (kTF2Z)
It appears that my so-called "friends" have been holding out on me.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 02, 2017 12:43 PM (7oUUT)
What famous historical figures might have tweeted would make a fun thread
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We killed you in your sleep on Christmas.
Posted by: George Washington at July 02, 2017 12:43 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 02, 2017 12:16 PM (FUu/Z)
Traffic in NYC has gotten significantly worse in part because of the uncontrolled construction going on pretty much everywhere. In Manhattan, crosstown streets are narrowed to one lane all over midtown because the construction crews take over one lane for various things.
I have no issue with construction, but in a dense city it needs to be managed more effectively so that automobile traffic is impacted less than it is in NYC. All of those people who would normally use cabs and Ubers and buses and drive themselves are now taking the subway, which adds volume to an already maxed-out system.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM (wYseH)
Was it Country Boy who had the 10-fer the other day?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (hcyUh)
I believe so. I'm not sure what to call that.
I did it once, BTW.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM (sdi6R)
According to many including AoSHQ management, Trump is incapable of this because he's a buffoon. So it must all be Bannon
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM (y/M+h)
Boy is Allah going to be cheesed with that 'martyr'...
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM (+5p15)
( Have done it twice)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM (Ot7+c)
But what could they possibly do?
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:42 PM (OmhcY)
I mean this to sound snarky and pissy towards them, not you, but:
Their f'ing jobs.
Subway systems screwed up (in any city)? Hire contractors to fix it. Can't afford contractors? Stop shoving the money into your own pockets for once. They don't need to be experts in civil engineering.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:45 PM (hcyUh)
In Los Angeles, the money collected for roads is not spent on the roads, which are crumbling. Lanes of major roads are being shut down for bike lanes and green space. Besides simply stealing the money to buy votes with Free Shit, the objective also appears to be, to make automobile travel so odious, that commuters will be driven onto public transportation. You know, public transportation -- like a subway for example.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 02, 2017 12:39 PM (t5m5e)
And this is the reason they need to jack up the gas tax, they spent the money on other shit, they money that was supposed to be dedicated to roads.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 02, 2017 12:45 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:45 PM (Sgood)
I know, surprising right?
Now it's inciting violence against the media.
I doubt anyone needs Trump for that. That'll happen because of the filth pouring out of these lying fuckers' mugs.
Oh and James Woods tweeted a pic of Psycho Joe's dead intern yesterday so we could be hearing about that from Donald soon.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 12:46 PM (4ErVI)
Go f*** yourself.
Posted by: Dick Cheney at July 02, 2017 12:46 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 02, 2017 12:47 PM (d3wbb)
( Have done it twice)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM
I thought you had to put up 5 shelves in one day.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 12:47 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:48 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: @WinstonChurchill at July 02, 2017 12:48 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 02, 2017 12:47 PM (d3wbb)
Take away their statehood until they get their finances under control.
Which also means no representation in Congress.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 12:48 PM (4ErVI)
project fails in the private sector either resources are put elsewhere
or the enterprise goes out of business. When a public project fails the
answer is SPEND MOAR MONEY ON IT!
Posted by: xnycpeasant at July 02, 2017 12:29 PM (BsGS1)
As failed Enron adviser and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman has stated, that is because certain economic inefficiencies are acceptable when they are advocated and realized for public benefit.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2017 12:48 PM (mkDpn)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:48 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 12:47 PM (DMUuz)
I did that on Friday! (True Story!)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:49 PM (hcyUh)
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Trump is an incompetent buffoon and an evil genius.
Just like GW Bush.
And Reagan.
And Nixon.
And whatever Republican came before Nixon, that was a long time ago and we don't feel like having our intern googling it.
Posted by: The MSM, all Hail Lord Obama at July 02, 2017 12:49 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: The MSM, all Hail Lord Obama at July 02, 2017 12:49 PM (aT+Bx)
hehe
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:50 PM (hcyUh)
or the enterprise goes out of business. When a public project fails the
answer is SPEND MOAR MONEY ON IT!...
As failed Enron adviser and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman has stated, that is because certain economic inefficiencies are acceptable when they are advocated and realized for public benefit. "
There is a difference between inefficiency and active harm.
Posted by: Zombie Milton Friedman at July 02, 2017 12:51 PM (BsGS1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:51 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 12:48 PM (Ot7+c)
Good chance Lee was a babtist, so he was technically, but in reality, only those little bottles of vodka before noon.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 02, 2017 12:51 PM (P/kVC)
Universal employment!
Posted by: Zombie Milton Friedman at July 02, 2017 12:52 PM (BsGS1)
Oh lord I hope so. He described Mika as being as "dumb as a rock" yesterday. I laughed out loud. People in the grocery store check out line must have wondered what what was so funny on my watch.
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:52 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Robert E Lee's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:52 PM (kTF2Z)
There's a story at ZeroHedge about the Trump/ Cnn/WWF tweet.
Once again, Trump tiggered CNN.
Lots of Trump support over there on this.
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:53 PM (aT+Bx)
And I need to scoot, work and all that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:54 PM (+5p15)
Posted by: Zombie Milton Friedman at July 02, 2017 12:54 PM (BsGS1)
Posted by: The Tuna at July 02, 2017 12:54 PM (jm1YL)
And I need to scoot, work and all that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:54 PM (+5p15)
@JohnnyReb
Yo phone dead. Gotta go get charged. BBL.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 12:55 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: George Pickett's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:55 PM (kTF2Z)
The rest of the state can be satisfied with a guardrail along their stretch of highway. Oh, and cough up some more money to support our thriving metropolis. We need more subways to keep up our cosmopolitan image. And we hear CA is putting in some high speed rail thingy, so give us one of those too. It'll make it easier to get to DC so we can get money from the whole country.
Posted by: Sjg at July 02, 2017 12:55 PM (gDSJf)
Posted by: josephistan at July 02, 2017 12:55 PM (ANIFC)
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I worked backstage in local tv for years.
They choose anchors because they can read out loud and are pretty.
Some might happen to be intelligent, but really, the female demographic skews to "decorative" not "thoughtful."
And yes, I knew some who fit that description.
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 12:56 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Counter Point at July 02, 2017 12:56 PM (8Ix/3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2017 12:56 PM (+5p15)
Now ... let me tell you about my new plan for a "Pedestrian Tax" ... because all these walkers are clogging up our sidewalks ...
Posted by: Lord Cuomo at July 02, 2017 12:57 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 12:57 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Robert E Lee's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 12:52 PM (kTF2Z)
That is perfection.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 02, 2017 12:57 PM (7oUUT)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 12:58 PM (IDPbH)
Which will take the NYS Thruway Commission 3 years to put up, with lane closures and gridlock for the entirety including the 90% of the time there's no work actually being done.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 02, 2017 12:59 PM (ul9CR)
So what are the conservative Republicans going to do about DC's deferred subway maintenance?
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:26 PM (OmhcY)
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Point and laugh?
Posted by: Javems at July 02, 2017 01:00 PM (yOqwj)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:01 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:01 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 12:58 PM (IDPbH)
I didn't see that show, but a couple weeks ago the WSJ had a color supplement featuring high-end real estate listings. It was fun to look at. There are NYC apartments that have more square footage than my suburban house.
(My boss gets the WSJ at work and I sometimes read it during lunch.)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 01:02 PM (sdi6R)
"Transgender women who were born male should be given womb transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS doctors have told The Mail on Sunday.And fertility experts say taxpayers should fund such transplants for those who identify as women, on the basis of equality enshrined in the law."
So... once grandma and grandpa get old, they're cool with withholding treatment and letting them die, even if it's not necessary. "Liverpool Care Pathway." And cancer, a disease that impacts millions, can wait, and people can die. And they aren't OK with people taking their terminally ill child out of the hospital and paying for alternative treatments out of their own pocket; the child definitely should die.
But "womb transplants", financed by the public, are a priority. Because men who think they're women should be able to give birth. Because of equality.
What about women who can't have children? Are they eligible for womb transplants? Just wondering.
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 01:02 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: josephistan at July 02, 2017 12:55 PM (ANIFC)
Yes, Lee attended our still popular downtown Episcopal church when he was stationed here in San Antonio with the US Army.
Posted by: stace, all out of bubblegum at July 02, 2017 01:03 PM (zzUT1)
Posted by: JFK's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 01:03 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: IC at July 02, 2017 01:03 PM (gcme+)
EZ Pass - a limerick
Through the years I have gained some seniority
On using subway coins I'm an authority
But most people pay
With their cell phones these days
Leaving me as the token minority
Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 01:04 PM (mvenn)
Your hate speech is duly noted.
Your rights to State healthcare are hereby suspended pending your self-denunciation: to be entered and posted at goodthinkgov.com.
Have a nice day.
Posted by: The New National Health Service at July 02, 2017 01:04 PM (BsGS1)
I thought "A woman was more than her uterus!"
Oh, right, I forgot, they're just barbarians in search of power, and couldn't actually give half a second-hand crap about women (cis or trans).
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:06 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Lt Thomas Chamberlain at July 02, 2017 01:06 PM (JO9+V)
$3000 to $4000 a sq/ft. I have to say though , seeing how the mega rich live in NYC is very interesting. The brokers / agents also make hundreds of thousands selling these properties. Making them very wealthy also.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:07 PM (IDPbH)
*****
If I were eligible I would request an upgrade to a womb with a view.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 01:07 PM (mvenn)
Would love to have PDT ream them when they beg to the Feds for a bailout.
After all, he does know New York.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at July 02, 2017 01:07 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:07 PM (dpZsE)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:08 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedys Twitter Feed at July 02, 2017 01:09 PM (qJhUV)
One sign of NYC's dysfunction is that they announced just last week that they were reopening a subway line that was flooded during Sandy, 5 freakin' years ago.
I wonder if they pre-graffiti'ed the cars to save time?
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 02, 2017 01:10 PM (6jaju)
Posted by: Col Paul Tibbets at July 02, 2017 01:10 PM (JO9+V)
And whatever Republican came before Nixon
NPR was complimenting Eisenhower the other day because (they say) he attempted to institute national health insurance. He would have succeeded if not for the greedy doctors who fought against it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 01:11 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:11 PM (dpZsE)
Which will take the NYS Thruway Commission 3 years to put up, with lane closures and gridlock for the entirety including the 90% of the time there's no work actually being done.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 02, 2017 12:59 PM (ul9CR)
Traveling the Taconic Parkway during a snowy winter night was one of the most intense times in my life. The mention of guardrail made me remember that night. The guardrail was the only thing between me and death.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:12 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 01:13 PM (dGSft)
Posted by: The MSM, all Hail Lord Obama at July 02, 2017 12:49 PM (aT+Bx)
Eisenhower, who bungled his way to victory in Europe.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 01:13 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 01:13 PM (dGSft)
Or a back bench, inner-city state representative.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:14 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: General MacArthur at July 02, 2017 01:14 PM (JO9+V)
Money well-spent.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 01:15 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 01:15 PM (dGSft)
Posted by: Muldoon
.....groan......
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 02, 2017 01:15 PM (S6Pax)
Money well-spent.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 01:15 PM (SRKgf)
I mean, does it even work that way? Is that even possible? Just cram a womb up in there and hope for the best? These are presumably doctors talking about this, right?
Yeesh.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:16 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 02, 2017 01:16 PM (FQKBL)
New Yorkers get what they voted for.
Would love to have PDT ream them when they beg to the Feds for a bailout.
After all, he does know New York.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at July 02, 2017 01:07 PM
It would be a rerun of "Ford to City : Drop Dead" headline from 1975.
http://tinyurl.com/y9pd4c9n
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 01:16 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:16 PM (Sgood)
Turkey trots to water QQ Where, repeat where, is Task Force 78 RR The world wonders
I think that was the actual message. The comms clerk failed to remove the bit after "RR", which, like the part before "QQ", was padding added to make messages harder to decrypt.
Halsey famously went berserk, thinking the ever-genial Nimitz was being sarcastic, in his stateroom on the USS Iowa.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:16 PM (QDnY+)
But "womb transplants", financed by the public, are a priority. Because men who think they're women should be able to give birth. Because of equality.
Posted by: shibumi at July 02, 2017 01:02 PM (aT+Bx)
Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBOQzSk14c
It was a bleeding comedy sketch, not an instruction manual!
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 01:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The MSM, all Hail Lord Obama at July 02, 2017 12:49 PM (aT+Bx)
Eisenhower, who bungled his way to victory in Europe.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 01:13 PM (SRKgf)
Always thought he leaned Left and was a Republican only because he was in the military. He didn't want to confront the Soviets, he came clean on what he thought of our military procurement and favored social programs. I will give him credit for not pushing a lot and instead playing golf during his tenure.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:17 PM (IDPbH)
transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS doctors have
told The Mail on Sunday.
It was a long time ago, but remember when 9 out of 10 doctors recommended Lucky Strikes for their smooth taste and great flavor?
Posted by: tu3031 at July 02, 2017 01:17 PM (qJhUV)
given womb transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS
doctors have told The Mail on Sunday.
Money well-spent.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 01:15 PM (SRKgf)
I mean, does it even work that way? Is that even possible? Just
cram a womb up in there and hope for the best? These are presumably
doctors talking about this, right?
Yeesh.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:16 PM (hcyUh)
Stan/Loretta is still on about this? Thought we hashed it out 2,000 years ago.
Posted by: Reggie, Peoples Front of Judea at July 02, 2017 01:18 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 01:18 PM (dGSft)
Posted by: rhomboid
Halsey did a fuckhead thing, running off the chase the Japanese Northern Force.
His job #1 was protecting the northern flank of the invasion fleet. If the Japanese middle force had a little more balls, the whole invasion could have been turned into a disaster.
Halsey is lucky he wasn't relieved, or even court-martialed.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at July 02, 2017 01:19 PM (S6Pax)
Yes. Of course I'm a doctor.
Igor, the saw!
Posted by: Dr. Frankenstein at July 02, 2017 01:19 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: I'm Tucker Carlson and I will destroy you at July 02, 2017 01:20 PM (kAldi)
Next stop for Jonah -- The View.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 02, 2017 01:21 PM (6jaju)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:21 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:21 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 01:21 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 01:23 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Dr. Frankenstein's maid at July 02, 2017 01:24 PM (mvenn)
I was just thinking band name. Or song name. Mechanical Womb.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 02, 2017 01:24 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 01:24 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:25 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:25 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: Gonad Joldberg at July 02, 2017 01:25 PM (ul9CR)
Fortunately Halsey's error was matched by Kurita's multiple errors, which usually are explained as a result of poor communications and the incredibly valorous ferocity of the American units at Leyte - but which still don't make sense, given that the whole operation was basically a suicide mission.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:25 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Adm Yamamoto's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 01:27 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:21 PM (IDPbH)
And then we wouldn't need all those icky women.
Posted by: The Muslims at July 02, 2017 01:27 PM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Hamilton at July 02, 2017 01:28 PM (sCjDS)
According to many including AoSHQ management, Trump is incapable of this because he's a buffoon. So it must all be Bannon
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 02, 2017 12:44 PM (y/M+h)
Who in AOSHQ management is calling President Trump a buffoon, pray tell?
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:28 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:11 PM (dpZsE)
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He tried. That particular battle was on Culp's Hill. He failed. It's what the battle on Little around Top was about too. Also fail.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:28 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Marko Ramius at July 02, 2017 01:29 PM (gDSJf)
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:29 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: #TheRealGeorgeCuster at July 02, 2017 01:29 PM (Mouru)
Actually I thought the Trump support was starting to sound cultish. Yesterday people were saying Trump > Reagan.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:30 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:31 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:30 PM (IDPbH)
Remains to be seen.
They're different people for different times. Reagan wouldn't be elected today and Trump definitely wouldn't have been elected in the 1980s.
Reagan toppled the Evil Empire. Trump's Evil Empire is the media. I hope he's as successful as Reagan was.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 01:32 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Amelia Earhart at July 02, 2017 01:32 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 01:32 PM (kTF2Z)
That's what Portland is like. In fairness, they made a major attempt with the bike trails, to connect them into throughfares that can get you across town. And their goal was to have major services like grocery stores within a 20 minute ride of the communities. I think they did a decent job of that.
The problem is that freight comes in by semi. And they've limited highway construction and have those stupid commuter lanes on the freeway to make traffic worse during rush hour
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2017 01:33 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: #GeorgeDonner at July 02, 2017 01:33 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:30 PM (IDPbH)
I agree on that... And I'm pretty much a rabid pro-Trump, he can do no wrong in my eyes sort of person, but i've noticed that the slightest whiff of anything anti-Trump gets shouted down immediately around here.
Not really complaining, honestly, I'm fine with that, just agreeing that that happens.
Also, I might actually be persuaded that Trump>Reagan. Give it time...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:34 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:34 PM (Fmupd)
I can't tell you how many times I thought, "I wish somebody would tell the media, GOP, democrats, globalists to... oh look Trump already said that."
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at July 02, 2017 01:35 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:30 PM (IDPbH)
Remains to be seen.
They're different people for different times. Reagan wouldn't be elected today and Trump definitely wouldn't have been elected in the 1980s.
Reagan toppled the Evil Empire. Trump's Evil Empire is the media. I hope he's as successful as Reagan was.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 01:32 PM (4ErVI)
Agree on all counts.
Reagan had a much more formed political philosophy than Trump does. Trump could never have given Reagan's epic "A Time for Choosing" speech.
But then again, that speech didn't get Goldwater elected.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 01:35 PM (sdi6R)
Now ... let me tell you about my new plan for a "Pedestrian Tax" ... because all these walkers are clogging up our sidewalks ...
Posted by: Lord Cuomo at July 02, 2017 12:57 PM (rZ+mb)
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 01:35 PM (auHtY)
Actually I thought the Trump support was starting to sound cultish. Yesterday people were saying Trump > Reagan.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:30 PM (IDPbH)
What other elected official has pushed back on the gas-lighting of the right? Not one. The GOPe has bowed and crawled to the left in an absolutely useless attempt to be loved and validated.
I no longer care how "in presidential" Trump appears. His pushback on the leftist bullhorn needs to continue apace.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:35 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:35 PM (QDnY+)
If the phrase "bag 'o dicks" ever appeared on Trumps timeline, I might actually lose my mind from delirious joy...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:36 PM (hcyUh)
He'd probably just use "BOD." More presidential, you know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 01:37 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:37 PM (TdMsT)
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I'm not sure Trump will be more effective than Reagan, but I think people are excited about him because he's the closest thing we've had since Reagan and the exact opposite of Bush.
I will always be grateful to Trump for ending the insufferable Bush-Clinton dynasty.
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at July 02, 2017 01:38 PM (+dsLj)
Crazy George asked to come smoke peace pipe. I told him no. He was still bleeding from recent scalp lift. #CrazyGeorge #LittleBigHorn
Posted by: Sitting Bull's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 01:38 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at July 02, 2017 01:38 PM (JO9+V)
So an EU court tells parents they can't take their kid to the US to get treatment. The child has to die but men who are mentally unbalanced should be able to pretend they are women and can have children. Oh and cue Reg from Life of Brian
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 01:39 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:39 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:39 PM (QDnY+)
Also, I might actually be persuaded that Trump>Reagan. Give it time...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:34 PM (hcyUh)
In many ways, Trump has a much higher hurdle against the fascist left than did Reagan.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:40 PM (TdMsT)
Lovely night we're having at Ford's Theat
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 02, 2017 01:40 PM (rl8+h)
Posted by: @Gen.Custer at July 02, 2017 01:41 PM (K2T58)
#realAbeLincoln - Mary wants me to go to a play tonight. FML, someone just shoot me
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 01:41 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: NCKate at July 02, 2017 01:41 PM (dGSft)
He'd probably just use "BOD." More presidential, you know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 01:37 PM (Mouru)
Eat this bag of White House Bag of Dicks! (They are left from the previous occupant. They even have the 'Seal of the President Elect' on them!)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 02, 2017 01:41 PM (ycWCI)
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I went there once, saw a bunch of hippies and gays trolling the streets. Once was enough for me.
About the only appeal is not Portland but its proximity to Fort Hood and other amazing landmarks.
Posted by: Gaylord Farkemall at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (+dsLj)
previous occupant. They even have the 'Seal of the President Elect' on
them!)
I'm surprised he left any.
Posted by: tu3031 at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (qJhUV)
If I seem cultish in my discussion of him, it's because of my belief in this. Plus, I identify with him. He's said and done much that's amazed me, so far. Having him as President is like Christmas.
some of my faith in the country's future has been restored. That's because of the damn damage done by the jug eared F.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (dpZsE)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:40 PM (TdMsT)
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Very very true.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:44 PM (Sgood)
Lovely night we're having at Ford's Theat
*****
@Abe Lincoln Have you lost your mind?
Posted by: Andrew Johnson's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 01:44 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 01:44 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: @TheImpaler at July 02, 2017 01:45 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Noah's wife at July 02, 2017 01:46 PM (vO2v4)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 01:40 PM (TdMsT)
I have been having the thought a lot lately that Trump and Trump-ism are not just fighting "The Left" (whatever you take that to be), but a massive, entrenched culture of civic ignorance, on a global scale. Not only are the great unwashed ignorant of civics, the people wielding the levers of power are flat out stupid as well.
Reagan had to deal with a relatively specific threat from commies and fellow travelers. Trump has to deal with a pervasive, all-encompassing, juvenile hive-mind of screaming garbage babies with no discernible ideology other than "I'M BETTER THAN YOU, DAAAAD!". How do you fight that? What single ideology can you embrace, other than just "being an adult for pete's sake"?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:46 PM (hcyUh)
I'm thinking barely legal anything is doubtful
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 01:46 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 01:46 PM (mvenn)
Watched the broader GOP/congressional behavior when Reagan was there up close. Of course back then even the Dems were a different animal - at this point the party has been purged, effectively, and at the national level is a freak-show (essentially something that's a secret to their NPR-level base, who are tribal/default voters). Yes, Harry Reid back then was a doctrinaire western/mountain state Democrat, making him more "conservative" than about 50% of today's GOP.
Trump is essentially alone, as the last 6 months illustrate.
And it's important to note that the press if much, much worse than it was in Reagan's day. Hard to explain and illustrate in a comment, and yes some apples/oranges stuff going on, but again direct personal experience confirms the huge difference - for the worse - between Reagan's and Trump's media environments.
Don't know if Reagan's approach of co-opting and outflanking his congressional obstacles will work for Trump. To date his WH has shown no hint of even thinking this way. It has looked, on the surface, like a pretty lame "get me a win!" approach, without much concern for substance (e.g. O-care repeal). This may be changing. We'll see.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:47 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 02, 2017 01:47 PM (dpZsE)
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#realAbeLincoln - Mary wants me to go to a play tonight. FML, someone just shoot me
Had I been drinking anything, it would have come out my nose.
Hat tip to you good sir!
Posted by: browndog at July 02, 2017 01:47 PM (bGMOs)
If I seem cultish in my discussion of him, it's because of my belief in this. Plus, I identify with him. He's said and done much that's amazed me, so far. Having him as President is like Christmas.
some of my faith in the country's future has been restored. That's because of the damn damage done by the jug eared F.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (6Xf+s)
The Bible is chock full of seemingly impossible situations in which a troublemaker or a malcontent or someone who no one would ever think could accomplish anything is suddenly raised up and triumphs.
The least among us becomes elevated in his sight.
His ways are not our ways, etc.
I don't know if that is what happened, but I felt something incredible happening during the election.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 01:48 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:48 PM (IDPbH)
Posted by: @JuliusCaesar at July 02, 2017 01:49 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 01:49 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Col. Joshua Chamberlain at July 02, 2017 01:49 PM (vP09u)
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NBC Decries Rise of Conservative Media for Creating Polarized Country
The MBM has a sadzz because they can no longer lie anybody they want into or out of the White House. Bad news, fellas, your butthurt is like a chorus of angels singing Heavenly music to me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 01:49 PM (Nwg0u)
are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now, man! No food. No water. No shelter. All banged up pretty bad. That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? #INeverFlyWithHerAgain
Posted by: Fred Noonan at July 02, 2017 01:50 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 01:50 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:46 PM (hcyUh)
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Trump is a Nationalist fighting decades of entrenched Globalism, including both Bush's.
Had Hillary won, the march toward globaism would have been complete. Pretty scary to think about how close we came to that.
Posted by: GOULD at July 02, 2017 01:50 PM (1nOGM)
The Senate is providing the lunch. Brutus is bringing the cutlery.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:50 PM (dpZsE)
Posted by: Col. Joshua Chamberlain at July 02, 2017 01:49 PM (vP09u)
And the SAS will still fuck up some ISIS.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 01:51 PM (0mRoj)
last chance for our Republic. One last stand against the socialist
takeover the previous president tried.
If I seem cultish in my discussion of him, it's because of my belief
in this. Plus, I identify with him. He's said and done much that's
amazed me, so far. Having him as President is like Christmas.
some of my faith in the country's future has been restored. That's because of the damn damage done by the jug eared F.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 01:43 PM (6Xf+s)
God looks out for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 02, 2017 01:51 PM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 01:48 PM (4ErVI)
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Me too.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:51 PM (Fmupd)
*nods head*
buttload of butthurt
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 02, 2017 01:51 PM (6jaju)
The Senate is providing the lunch. Brutus is bringing the cutlery.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:50 PM (dpZsE)
The Senate et, then Brutus et too.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 01:51 PM (0mRoj)
If it wouldn't result in a bunch of dead babies I'm tempted to let them have what they want because they *won't* like it at all. That Y chromosome means their body isn't going to make the necessary adjustments (pelvic widening and such).
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (rp9xB)
Posted by: The Muslims at July 02, 2017 01:27 PM
Like Trump, you're just saying this to get our goats.
Posted by: The MSM at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (DMUuz)
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I'm not saying Trump is like David with his slingshot but . . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: @Buffalo Bills at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:48 PM (IDPbH)
FWIW, I was born in late '81. Don't directly remember Reagan much except as "the old guy on TV", and didn't start thinking seriously about politics until well into the Clinton era. So in my case at least, you're right.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:48 PM (IDPbH)
FWIW, I was born in late '81. Don't directly remember Reagan much except as "the old guy on TV", and didn't start thinking seriously about politics until well into the Clinton era. So in my case at least, you're right.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (hcyUh)
You will please to be vacating my lawn
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 01:53 PM (0mRoj)
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Or maybe Daniel in the lions' den.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Nwg0u)
Why is this their problem *now*, now that liberal Democrats have fucked it up?
Take your shit elsewhere.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (LTHVh)
@FrenchArmy - Stupid Boche will never get through the Maginot Line. Between that and the Ardennes the French border is impregnable.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (LTHVh)
His protege was a child murderer.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 01:56 PM (0mRoj)
Well said.
Everyone (understandably) focuses on leadership, and leadership personalities - but for a long time, including here, I have focused on what makes the jaw-dropping nonsense possible. That is, the electorate, and the collapsed institutions (intact in form, often hollowed out in substance, and standards).
So while Trump was a god-send (said in an agnostic way), and at least a speed bump on the precipitous downward slope, in some respects, whether he's any more is questionable, given the degradation Warai-toko notes.
As recently as 2008, even in CA, state-wide ballot measures that were stupid (tax increases on "the rich" who already pay almost all of the state's taxes, for example) were easily defeated. And recall that marriage redefinition met perhaps its most humiliating rebuke (in its near unbroken record of rejection by the actual culture and society, at the ballot box) in CA - Prop 8.
Since then? Some sort of disastrous frontier was crossed. Bullet trains, plastic bag bans, ludicrous infringement on 2A rights, you name it - anything that would pass the Burlington VT town council will now be approved by CA voters. Can't dissect it for you - though many will jump in with simplistic explanations like illegal migration or Prop 187, etc. - but it's a striking change.
Anyway, Trump (or any leader) may be part of the solution, but the problem is much bigger.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:56 PM (QDnY+)
Will never get tired of Brooklyn Decker.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Fmupd)
Oh God, that's a *terrible* movie.
*Nobody* has a SWO *and* ESWS pin at the same time.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (17QyB)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/01/ solar-panels-generate-300-times-more-toxic-waste-than-nuclear-reactors/
Summary:
Solar is the most polluting of all energy sources. And it even increases greenhouse gas output significantly.
Ooops!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: @TheRealFuehrer at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (Mouru)
Will never get tired of Brooklyn Decker.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Fmupd)
Oh God, that's a *terrible* movie.
*Nobody* has a SWO *and* ESWS pin at the same time.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (17QyB)
You mean it's not a documentary?
Posted by: josephistan at July 02, 2017 01:58 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: @MeinFuhrer at July 02, 2017 01:58 PM (K2T58)
all possible, never fight an enemy that has overwhelming terrain
advantage.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:34 PM
Neigh. You're just horsing around, right?
Posted by: The Greeks at July 02, 2017 01:58 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 01:59 PM (Nwg0u)
Will never get tired of Brooklyn Decker.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Fmupd)
Married to Andy Roddick. Bastard living my dream life.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 02, 2017 01:59 PM (IDPbH)
Will never get tired of Brooklyn Decker.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Fmupd)
Oh God, that's a *terrible* movie.
*Nobody* has a SWO *and* ESWS pin at the same time.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret)
The presence of the Mighty MO makes it ok to watch
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 01:59 PM (K2T58)
When they overturn Prop 13 - when, not if - that's when the Rubicon is crossed and CA is truly fucked.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 01:59 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: Jerry Glanville at July 02, 2017 01:59 PM (JO9+V)
Ooops!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (DQ4Fv)
I brought this very thing up the other day with some friends of mine who brought up the whole "yay, solar!" thing. They didn't believe me at first, but I went into the details about how most optoelectronic devices are fabricated, and what's involved in both production and disposal, and by-products, waste chemicals, etc...
They honestly didn't know any of that. And why would they? You can't blame them for that. But they know now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:00 PM (hcyUh)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/01/ solar-panels-generate-300-times-more-toxic-waste-than-nuclear-reactors/
Summary:
Solar is the most polluting of all energy sources. And it even increases greenhouse gas output significantly.
Ooops!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (DQ4Fv)
But it puts graft in the right pockets, and that's what really matters.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 02:00 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 02, 2017 01:44 PM (4ErVI)
THIS! I shrieked this at my television throughout the campaign.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:00 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2017 02:00 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Jerry Glanville
Long live the Prevent Defense
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 02:00 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis
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Agreed.
And it seems to me PDT's voters aren't even very PO'd yet (as a group). The Horde, I believe, is not representative of the general Trump voters.
But, if this horseshit keeps up, they will be.
And that's when the real fight started your honor.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2017 02:01 PM (tr2D7)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/01/ solar-panels-generate-300-times-more-toxic-waste-than-nuclear-reactors/
Summary:
Solar is the most polluting of all energy sources. And it even increases greenhouse gas output significantly.
Ooops!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (DQ4Fv)
Link is dead, Zombie.
So, is it long tail pipe emissions- like mining for the materials that does it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 02, 2017 02:01 PM (ycWCI)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:56 PM (QDnY+)
Votes by illegal immigrants. Take it to the bank.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:01 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 02, 2017 02:02 PM (rl8+h)
And who wouldn't want a 20 minute bike ride in the rain to do grocery shopping, followed by another 20 minute bike ride back with full paniers?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 02:02 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 01:53 PM
Not until you say "I like Ike" and have the original button to back it up.
Posted by: The Greeks at July 02, 2017 02:02 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:02 PM (TdMsT)
....
Kinky Friedman, of all people, said about Trump before the election, "Jesus rode in a jackass" and "we don't know who the hero is until the ship sinks".
I was very late to the Trump train but became a big supporter. He still gets on my nerves, but I overlook that for the big picture. That said, no politician should be beyond criticism--even Ann Coulter has ripped him for being slow to build the Wall and get rid of DACA.
Im no cultist, but I'm reluctant to criticize him too much while he's in a cage match to the death with foul evil forces.
Posted by: stace, all out of bubblegum at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (zzUT1)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:56 PM (QDnY+)
Votes by illegal immigrants. Take it to the bank.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:01 PM (TdMsT)
And dead people, ineligible voters and voters casting ballots in multiple precincts.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 01:56 PM (QDnY+)
Votes by illegal immigrants. Take it to the bank.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:01 PM (TdMsT)
The basic, fundamental problem is the MSM. Take them out, and all else follows.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (DQ4Fv)
Luckily, that doesn't matter, at all.
Don't ever lend any credibility to the idiotic global warming tripe by citing anything about "greenhouse gases".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2017 02:04 PM (tr2D7)
But I think, perhaps optimistically, that the impact would be so horrendous that they will shy away from that. The gas tax pushback currently is a small hint of what would happen if they tried to mess with Prop 13.
Prop 13 going away would devastate many tribal mindless Dem voters (school teachers, unionized public employees, minorities who have started their climb up the ladder) to such an extent that I think it won't happen.
Of course, I also could not believe that Obama could possibly be elected (McCain being nominated was a respectable second to that "couldn't effing happen" prediction).
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 02:04 PM (QDnY+)
@realMehmetIV - We'll soon be in Vienna. No need to worry about the Polish they will probably get lost getting here. LOL!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:04 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: The Greeks at July 02, 2017 02:02 PM (DMUuz)
You mean that guy who slapped that singer lady around?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:04 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Astros Fan at July 02, 2017 02:05 PM (vP09u)
Colonel Johann Rall's twitter feed, December 25th, 1776
Posted by: josephistan at July 02, 2017 02:05 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM (17QyB)
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This pisses me off to no end. Can producers not hire a military advisor to make sure they get these details right? Hey, fuckheads, the anchor points in on the collar of dress blues.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 02:05 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (0mRoj)
But even that is a consequence of the corruption of the MSM. Any attempt to deal with that problem leads to howls of "racism" and "there is no voter fraud" by the MSM.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 02, 2017 02:06 PM (SRKgf)
Don't ever lend any credibility to the idiotic global warming tripe by citing anything about "greenhouse gases".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (rZ+mb)
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Agree 100%. The whole premise is horseshit from beginning to end.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:06 PM (Fmupd)
Yeah. This.
Exactly.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 02:06 PM (Mouru)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:04 PM (auHtY)
@JanSoFresh
How many polacks does it take to thwart an invasion?#PolishJokes
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:06 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
If it jams their talking points, go right on ahead...
Posted by: Brother Cavil at July 02, 2017 02:06 PM (66CWr)
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Same could be said of George S. Patton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 02, 2017 02:02 PM (rl8+h)
"Just pulling into Lakehurst NJ after another uneventful crossing."
Posted by: Captain of the Hindenburg at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (SRKgf)
FWIW, I was born in late '81. Don't directly remember Reagan much except as "the old guy on TV", and didn't start thinking seriously about politics until well into the Clinton era. So in my case at least, you're right.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 01:52 PM (hcyUh)
I was born in '58, so I was well aware of Reagan. I was a lefty at the time, so I hated him. Many years passed before I realized what a great President he was. I'm happy to have been proven wrong.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Remove the space in the URL. Link works fine, then.
I always insert spaces in URLs, to defend the margins.
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at July 02, 2017 02:06 PM (66CWr)
Not sure, but I believe the lawyers call that "Stipulation".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:08 PM (hcyUh)
Will never get tired of Brooklyn Decker.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (Fmupd)
Oh God, that's a *terrible* movie.
*Nobody* has a SWO *and* ESWS pin at the same time.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret)
The presence of the Mighty MO makes it ok to watch
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 01:59 PM (K2T5
IDAF if it's a Sci-Fi military shot-em-up, I love those. With all the obvious Navy support, they could have gotten *that* right. Also that the John Paul Jones (DDG 52) doesn't have a helo hangar. Those started at DDG 79.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:08 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: Captain of the Hindenburg at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (SRKgf)
Incredible speed this trip. I think the switch to hydrogen will work out just fine. #ZeppelinOnFire!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 02, 2017 02:09 PM (Mouru)
>>but for a long time, including here, I have focused on what makes the jaw-dropping nonsense possible. That is, the electorate, and the collapsed institutions (intact in form, often hollowed out in substance, and standards).
>>So while Trump was a god-send (said in an agnostic way), and at least a speed bump on the precipitous downward slope, in some respects, whether he's any more is questionable, given the degradation Warai-toko notes.
and here's the difficult part for me to say. America's founding was as a place where believers in Jesus Christ could study the Bible together without being burned at the stake by Catholic and State (Anglican) power.
America's greatness coincides with a majority of the populus who believed in Jesus Christ. America's light dimming has a lot to do with the atheism of its citizens.
To turn the corner truly would take what Christians call Revival. more people hearing and believing the Gospel, and more believers studying and applying the Word on a daily basis. the "salt of the earth" principle from the story of Lot coming out of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:09 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 02, 2017 02:04 PM (tr2D7)
Same to you!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:09 PM (TdMsT)
Jesus rode in ON a jackass
Posted by: stace, all out of bubblegum at July 02, 2017 02:10 PM (zzUT1)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:10 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 02, 2017 02:11 PM (rl8+h)
Posted by: Catherine The Great at July 02, 2017 02:11 PM (JO9+V)
Libs love them some batteries, but battery manufacture is about as dirty an industry as there is.
Innocuous, unreactive compounds just aren't that useful for storing and later releasing energy. To do that with any energy/volume/weight efficiency, you need the bad boys of chemistry.
Posted by: Captain of the Hindenburg at July 02, 2017 02:12 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:08 PM (17QyB)
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Ah, who cares. Did you know that Brooklyn Decker is pretty hot in this movie?
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:12 PM (Fmupd)
In fairness, the Iowa doesn't still carry live 16" shells and propellent bags either.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:13 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Audie Murphy at July 02, 2017 02:13 PM (ycWCI)
The earth's atmosphere/troposphere is not a greenhouse, nor has it been shown that it acts like one. That is the whole question.
The only logical, scientifically defensible formulation would be "gases that might have a greenhouse effect, other things being equal and all dynamics set aside, but that hasn't been demonstrated to any level of conficence".
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 02:13 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:14 PM (LTHVh)
Battery makers are trying desperately to figure out how to reach 450 Wh/kg (Watt-hours / kilogram) of specific energy. (Gasoline offers12,000 Wh/kg.)
Earlier this week, several outlets reported a study from the Swedish Environmental Research Insitute that the "carbon footprint" of electric car battery production was equivalent to driving for 8 years. (This ignores the 'carbon footprint' of recharging the batteries for the life of the car.)
Every kilowatt-hour of storage capacity in the battery generated emissions of 150 to 200 kilos of carbon dioxide at the factory. (A Nissan Leaf's battery is about 30 kWh, and the Tesla Model S's about 100 kWh.)
Thus, even before buying the car, emissions occurred corresponding to approximately 5.3 tons and 17.5 tons of Carbon Dioxide.
As a comparison, a trip for one person round trip from Stockholm to New York by air causes the release of more than 600 kilograms of carbon dioxide, according to the UN organization ICAO calculation. A Leaf's battery manufacture corresponds to 8 trips; a Tesla S's about 26 round trips.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 02:14 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:13 PM (LTHVh)
Oh yeah, *I know.*
I got problems with Under Siege, too. That type of CIWS won't shoot down an aircraft flying the way it did.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:15 PM (17QyB)
Do I need to add a '/s' tag??
I believe its been a couple of months since the last fire. and derailment. Actually this Safe Track thing they've been doing for over a year has done some good. WMATA is still overpriced and the service is still garbage but its 'safer'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 02, 2017 02:16 PM (HbBXZ)
But that assumes that propulsion tech is identical to military tech. Also that our physical weakness is the same as their physical weakness.
Maybe some alien species gets really good (or really lucky) about finding out how to travel long distances efficiently, but they never had a need for anything much more complex than a slingshot to kill each other.
Now imagine, from their eyes, you came all this way, in a grand fleet that is the pride of your species, to find these primitive, non-space-faring monkeys on this resource-rich planet, ripe for the taking... And after a few days of flinging pebbles at them ineffectually, most of your fleet gets vaporized by nuclear weapons.
"HOLY SH*T, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!!!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:16 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: steevy at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: @ErichVonManstein at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (Mouru)
Good message, booknlass; I'm praying for revival!
My message today was on "liberty in Christ" and the passage was from Galatians 5
I ended my sermon with this quote from Henry Foster,who was a 19th century Christian doctor who started a sanitarium for sick teachers and missionaries and ministers:
The highest liberty one can ask for in this world is ours when we come into the mind of Christ and are baptized with the Spirit of Christ. When we are introduced into that mind and Holy Spirit, we begin to feel the divine impulse in the depths of our being; we find our liberty there expressed in doing jut what we want to do. That is the liberty of a Christian, to do what he has a mind to do. Our whole being is reaching every day after the welfare of somebody, after the good of somebody. When were are ready with the highest pleasure and to love to sacrifice, bear, and endure, that thing, whatever it is can be accomplished.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (soOgU)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (JkSZW)
@realLouisXVI - I keep telling my wife. They're just a bunch of peasants. We need to keep calm and not lose our heads
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (Nwg0u)
Solar is the most polluting of all energy sources. And it even increases greenhouse gas output significantly.
Ooops!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 01:57 PM
NPR claims solar power works TOO well!
http://tinyurl.com/yaxkgfao
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:12 PM
A smart military blog like this one revels in empirical precision. So, what are you really saying, a one on the ScoggDog Scale?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 02:17 PM (DMUuz)
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I must disagree with this. Lee was successful in defensive battles, largely due to his engineering background. He was not successful when he went on the offensive, Antietam and Gettysburg.
The third day of Ghettysburg will be debated forever. When I stood at the statue of Meade on Seminary ridge and looked out across the field Pickett's division had to cross I had one question. General Lee, what were you thinking? Personally, I think that his health was deteriorating and he was tired of fighting. He wanted it to end there. However, that is the subject of much debate.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 02:18 PM (kTF2Z)
Every kilowatt-hour of storage capacity in the battery generated emissions of 150 to 200 kilos of carbon dioxide at the factory. (A Nissan Leaf's battery is about 30 kWh, and the Tesla Model S's about 100 kWh.)
Thus, even before buying the car, emissions occurred corresponding to approximately 5.3 tons and 17.5 tons of Carbon Dioxide.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 02:14 PM (DMUuz)
Luckily, carbon dioxide is not a real problem, so it's all good.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 12:26 PM (OmhcY)
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Point and laugh?
Posted by: Javems at July 02, 2017 01:00 PM (yOqwj)
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Why is this their problem *now*, now that liberal Democrats have fucked it up?
Take your shit elsewhere.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 02, 2017 01:55 PM (17QyB)
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Same as the border wall then.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 02, 2017 02:19 PM (OmhcY)
Posted by: RI/NH Red. at July 02, 2017 02:19 PM (rl8+h)
I have to commute into Manhattan every day, and it's been getting incredibly shitty lately. As in, it seems 40% of the rides have massive delays. I'm surprised there haven't been any mutinies.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 02, 2017 02:20 PM (xAvrH)
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:12 PM (Fmupd)
All the stupid coulda fixed it shit took me right out of the show.
Same thing happens with JAG and NCIS. My wife can't stand it when I point shit out.
Why is it a Chief is the bad guy?
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:21 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: steevy
Its a shame Rowdy Roddy Piper is dead. I would most certainly watch The Evening News in PIPERS PIT!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (HbBXZ)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:19 PM
So now we're the bad guys?
Posted by: The Cows at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's twitter feed at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (kTF2Z)
Shockingly, yesterday at the shootin' match, I actually saw a Chevy Volt parked in the remote lot. Famous for its "external combustion engine" (one of my favorite lines).
One nice, if materially marginal, thing during the Trump era would be removal of federal subsidies so that the idiotic electric car thing could writhe in agony and probably collapse. The recharging parking spots at all the newest CA buildings would be a lasting bit of mockery of this histrionic demonstration of economic and scientific illiteracy.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.etc. at July 02, 2017 02:23 PM (OdK9v)
But it hasn't worked out that way.
Posted by: Oschisms at July 02, 2017 02:23 PM (70QTT)
Anyone hear back from those guys with the boats? We're dying for a curry over here. Hope they don't forget the naan. #SlowestIndianTakeoutEver
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:23 PM (hcyUh)
I have wondered why, knowing the amount of ground to be covered while under artillery fire, they didn't send 12 thousand me with fixed bayonets crawling across the field during the night and then just have them all stand up and charge at some point in the predawn light when they are 100 yards away.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:23 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 02:18 PM (kTF2Z)
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Even some of his own generals were going, "You out o' yo fucking mind, man!"
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:24 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:21 PM (17QyB)
What movie/show has a Chief as the bad guy?
Posted by: stace, all out of bubblegum at July 02, 2017 02:24 PM (zzUT1)
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:21 PM
IIRC, they rectified that issue with Mr. Segal's promotion in Under Siege 2 ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 02:24 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:19 PM
So now we're the bad guys?
Posted by: The Cows
Uh -- yes. Seriously, radical vegans do indeed declare cattle to be the world's #1 problem and villain. Farts cause global warming, protein production uses up all the water, etc.
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:24 PM (DQ4Fv)
@TheBeatles - John just introduced us to his new girlfriend. I'm sure we'll all get along just great
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:25 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:22 PM (Sgood)
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Should have said Lee was largely successful in defensive battles. Of course it didn't hurt that the Army of the Potomac had incompetent leadership for most of the war.
Posted by: Thomas at July 02, 2017 02:26 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Piper? A mere cub wrasler.
Now get off my lawn.
Posted by: Zombie BoBo Brazil at July 02, 2017 02:27 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 02:28 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:28 PM (LTHVh)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Piper? A mere cub wrasler.
Now get off my lawn.
Posted by: Zombie BoBo Brazil
You pencil neck geek
Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at July 02, 2017 02:29 PM (K2T58)
I have wondered why, knowing the amount of ground to be covered while under artillery fire, they didn't send 12 thousand me with fixed bayonets crawling across the field during the night and then just have them all stand up and charge at some point in the predawn light when they are 100 yards away.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:23 PM (LTHVh)
I think 12,000 men crawling on their bellies across an open field would have been hard to conceal, even if they did it at night.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:29 PM (sdi6R)
In my ignorance I know of none.
Seems to me that would have required true 'out-of-the-box' thinking.
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:29 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Zombie Abraham Lincoln at July 02, 2017 02:30 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 02, 2017 02:23 PM (LTHVh)
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It'd be interesting to see what phase the moon was in. A stealth night advance might have been impossible too.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:30 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: @RedSox at July 02, 2017 02:31 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
They just had the "soft opening" of a new light rail system in the Bay Area -- the "SMART" train, from Marin to Sonoma County.
As a public transit rider, I was initially intrigued and excited. Until I learned that:
-- The new train EXACTLY DUPLICATES an existing bus route (Golden Gate Transit #101).
-- The train COSTS MORE than the bus.
-- The train runs LESS FREQUENTLY than the bus.
-- The train has FEWER STOPS than the bus.
-- The train TAKES LONGER than the bus.
Light rail!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:31 PM (DQ4Fv)
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That's how they voted for Hill.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 02:31 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: stace, all out of bubblegum at July 02, 2017 02:24 PM (zzUT1)
Watch an ep of NCIS or JAG where a Chief is involved - he's always the bad guy.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:31 PM (17QyB)
@realJimmahCarter - I'm running against the guy from the Bonzo movie. LOL! Second term, here I come!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:31 PM (auHtY)
A friend planned to take BART to SFO to catch a flight.
I advised against it. Advice unheeded. End result: missed flight due to "system delays".
(Note: extending BART to the airport was one of those huge boondoggles that cost over a billion bucks a mile, where this quite affluent area stuck the rest of you with the tab via federal grants.)
Posted by: torquewrench at July 02, 2017 02:32 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:21 PM
IIRC, they rectified that issue with Mr. Segal's promotion in Under Siege 2 ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 02, 2017 02:24 PM (DMUuz)
Yeah.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:32 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 02:33 PM (K2T58)
In my ignorance I know of none.
Seems to me that would have required true 'out-of-the-box' thinking.
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:29 PM (Sgood)
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But wasn't out-of-the-box thinking what Lee was revered for? Seems he abandoned that at Gettysburg.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:33 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: @J.RandomMoron at July 02, 2017 02:33 PM (DMUuz)
Senior Chief, that's because without Chiefs nothing as detail oriented as running a warship gets done right. The bad guy in a Hollywood plot must have gravitas, skills and opportunity.
You could have a messcrank SA striking for Boson Mate be the bad guy, but that is not credible. Same way as a non-LDO Ensign. An Ensign as a bad guy -- please.
FWIW, good chiefs and LPOs are always the heroes in my book.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2017 02:34 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 02:34 PM (Nwg0u)
had the technology to come all this way, but didn't have the firepower
to squash us in one maneuver? Sure..."
But that assumes that propulsion tech is identical to military tech.
Also that our physical weakness is the same as their physical weakness.
Maybe some alien species gets really good (or really lucky) about
finding out how to travel long distances efficiently, but they never had
a need for anything much more complex than a slingshot to kill each
other.
Now imagine, from their eyes, you came all this way, in a grand
fleet that is the pride of your species, to find these primitive,
non-space-faring monkeys on this resource-rich planet, ripe for the
taking... And after a few days of flinging pebbles at them
ineffectually, most of your fleet gets vaporized by nuclear weapons.
"HOLY SH*T, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!!!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:16 PM (hcyUh)
Hmmm, sounds like a great idea for a story!
Posted by: Harry Turtledove at July 02, 2017 02:34 PM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:34 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:35 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Harry Turtledove at July 02, 2017 02:34 PM (Tnhbr)
Anyone wants to use that idea, go for it! I'm sure it's been done before anyway.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:35 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2017 02:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: @sandiegochargers at July 02, 2017 02:36 PM (89T5c)
But wasn't out-of-the-box thinking what Lee was revered for? Seems he abandoned that at Gettysburg.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:33 PM (Fmupd)
That's what I always thought. Lee was famous for maneuvering and surprise attacks. A direct frontal assault seemed out of character for him.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:36 PM (sdi6R)
(in which it becomes apparent that Warai-otoko is not, how should we put it... "well-read")
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:37 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Captain of the Hindenburg at July 02, 2017 02:07 PM (SRKgf)
Incredible speed this trip. I think the switch to hydrogen will work out just fine. #ZeppelinOnFire!
*****
@Hindenburg- Air in N.J. is really muggy tonight. #OhTheHumidity
Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 02:38 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 02, 2017 02:38 PM (FLlZ6)
Posted by: @JFK at July 02, 2017 02:38 PM (K2T58)
Notice how most of the weakest Hall of Fame members are from - you guessed it - New York teams?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 02:38 PM (F+xB2)
@AdmiralYamato - We're going to finish off the Americans for good #Midway
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:38 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Higgs at July 02, 2017 02:39 PM (DMUuz)
My son once had to write an essay on what he thought was the most important battle of the war. I asked him how many students were in his class. 30, he said. Then your teacher will get 30 Ghettysburgs. Try something different. Had Buell not landed his Corps at Pittsburgh Landing, two very consequential officers would have been killed or captured. As I recall, Grant and Sherman played significant roles in the latter stages of the war.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 02:40 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2017 02:40 PM (soOgU)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:40 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:35 PM (hcyUh)
That was a joke. Harry Turtledove wrote a series whose plot is about alien invaders who scout earth in the Medieval era, and return to invade it... in the middle of World War 2. They're shocked that humanity advanced so quickly since their own species took tens of thousands of years to reach the same point.
He also wrote a short story about an alien race that invades Earth in the 2050s. They are equipped with the most advanced weaponry that their race has to offer: muskets and swords. It turns out that hyperdrive and antigravity are ridiculously easy to create, and so most species discover it sometime around the iron age.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 02, 2017 02:40 PM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2017 02:40 PM (u82oZ)
you quoted: The highest liberty one can ask for in this world is ours when we come into the mind of Christ and are baptized with the Spirit of Christ.
Yes! just as the Apostle Paul said, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, FREEDOM!"
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:41 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:36 PM (sdi6R)
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Stuart was the key to Lee's overall plan. If I were Lee, I would have shot Stuart on sight after he showed up after the battle.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:41 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 02:41 PM (F+xB2)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 02, 2017 01:24 PM (ul9CR)
And the drunk said, "since when did any of you ever hear an elephant fart?"
Posted by: just the punch line at July 02, 2017 02:41 PM (XUcIQ)
******
@CaptainAhab - Call me (212) 555-1234.
#Ishmael
Posted by: Muldoon at July 02, 2017 02:42 PM (mvenn)
I don't think Lee was all that innovative - just incredibly daring and super aggressive when Union Generals were not.
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:42 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: Twitter from Hiroshima at July 02, 2017 02:42 PM (IqV8l)
Bosun's Mate.
Ship's Bosun.
Three different things.
-
Bosom
Two of the same thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at July 02, 2017 02:42 PM (Nwg0u)
It was Bobby Beatherd. Fucker came to San Diego to surf. It sure wasn't to build a franchise.
Posted by: JAS at July 02, 2017 02:44 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: @MeredithHunter at July 02, 2017 02:44 PM (K2T58)
And this positively infantile preoccupation with bosoms. In all my time in this wretched, godforsaken country, the one thing that has appalled me most of all is this preposterous preoccupation with bosoms. Don't you realize they have become the dominant theme in American culture: in literature, advertising and all fields of entertainment and everything. I'll wager you anything you like: if American women stopped wearing brassieres, your whole national economy would collapse overnight.
Posted by: Algernon Hawthorne at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (Tnhbr)
Yes! just as the Apostle Paul said, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, FREEDOM!"
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:41 PM (6Xf+s)
Wherever two or three are gathered--there am I in their midst.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (TdMsT)
I'd probably turn gay for Kurt. Not that this seems likely.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (u82oZ)
I have a sick sense that there were some unreconstructed rebels naming the streets.
Posted by: JAS at July 02, 2017 02:47 PM (UnDQI)
-- The train COSTS MORE than the bus.
-- The train runs LESS FREQUENTLY than the bus.
-- The train has FEWER STOPS than the bus.
-- The train TAKES LONGER than the bus.
Light rail!
Posted by: zombie at July 02, 2017 02:31 PM (DQ4Fv)
Have no fear! I, with some help from my top advisers, have come up with a solution to this. I give you:
HIGH-SPEED Light Rail!
(We'll need you suckers to approve 50 billion in bonds next election)
Posted by: Gov. Brown at July 02, 2017 02:47 PM (gDSJf)
I'll wager you anything you like: if American women stopped wearing brassieres, your whole national economy would collapse overnight.
Posted by: Algernon Hawthorne at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (IqV8l)
I can't really dispute that.
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:47 PM (sdi6R)
i'm just gonna leave that there.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:48 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2017 02:48 PM (dnWSK)
Posted by: Zombie Howard Hughes at July 02, 2017 02:48 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:49 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2017 02:34 PM (u82oZ)
Ha Ha, Thank you.
Still, that shit pisses me off.
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at July 02, 2017 02:49 PM (17QyB)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
and so, here He is.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:50 PM (6Xf+s)
I'd probably turn gay for Kurt. Not that this seems likely.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 02, 2017 02:45 PM (ujwCG)
Okay. I feel better.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:50 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (hcyUh)
brassieres, your whole national economy would collapse overnight."
If women stopped wearing bras, *something* would collapse.
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (FQKBL)
Wherever two or three are gathered, gathered IN MY NAME, There am I in their midst.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (TdMsT)
Why did they march in tight lines into artillery and rifle fire? Tactics did not keep pace with the advancement of weapons technology, a problem that lasted even into WWI.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: @SharonTate at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (K2T58)
And the Bay Area's already existing light rail is operated in a dangerously incompetent manner as things stand, by its unionized public sector workforce.
http://tinyurl.com/ybrvsgpl
Posted by: torquewrench at July 02, 2017 02:52 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: Commander of The Light Brigade at July 02, 2017 02:52 PM (OdK9v)
i'm just gonna leave that there.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:48 PM (6Xf+s)
Well. Bless his heart.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:53 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (TdMsT)
I have a hunch the savior would be down for a gun thread every now and then...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 02:53 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Hitler at July 02, 2017 02:53 PM (OdK9v)
If successful, it will be the third Falcon 9 launch in 9 days, and the fastest-ever turnaround for LC-39A. Here is an informative article:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yd5cdkez
Posted by: rickl at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (TdMsT)
I have a hunch the savior would be down for a gun thread every now and then...
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I have seen his creation. God is defiantly a boob fan
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM (K2T58)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
I recognized your reference. It's all good!
Then just now I turn to Breitbart, and what's the headline:
"Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago, America always affirmed that liberty comes from our creator." --President DJT.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 02, 2017 02:55 PM (hi5+T)
Posted by: Ens. Benson at July 02, 2017 02:55 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (X6uB+)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
I recognized your reference. It's all good!
Then just now I turn to Breitbart, and what's the headline:
"Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago, America always affirmed that liberty comes from our creator." --President DJT.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM (6Xf+s)
Thank you, President Trump!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (TdMsT)
My dad got me started on nit-picking films and TV.
Like IJN biplanes in Wake Island. He was an LDO in the last part of his Navy career.
I agree, it accentuated the unreality of movies and TV.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 02:38 PM (F+xB2)
Oh...bullshit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 02:57 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:51 PM (TdMsT)
I have a hunch the savior would be down for a gun thread every now and then...
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I have seen his creation. God is defiantly a boob fan
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM (K2T5
But of course.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:57 PM (TdMsT)
@MrCreosote - Just ate a huge dinner. Waiter offered me a mint. Why not. It's only wafer thin
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:57 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:57 PM (6Xf+s)
Don't ever lend any credibility to the idiotic global warming tripe by citing anything about "greenhouse gases".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 02, 2017 02:03 PM (rZ+mb)
The fact is, though, solar panels are embraced by the Greentards entirely because they are supposed to displace fossil fuel use, and thereby reduce "greenhouse gases". So, if reducing "greenhouse gases" were to be a valid goal, and I reject that entirely, adopting solar panels is not the way to achieve that. Ironically, the best way to reduce "greenhouse gases" would be to embrace nuclear power to replace combustion-fueled power plants.
Posted by: just the punch line at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (XUcIQ)
1) you never see a bike in them and 2) they narrow the driving lanes to
accommodate them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (X6uB+)
And NYC has added dozens of CitiBike racks that take up a full lane of traffic. It is idiotic in the extreme.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (wYseH)
Withdrawing from the Paris Accord IS an act of leadership. We are not following the lemmings, despite their protests.
Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (X6uB+)
Chicago has turned streets barely passable due to bike lanes and the assholes on bikes still ride in the street and block cars
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (auHtY)
Then just now I turn to Breitbart, and what's the headline:
"Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago, America always affirmed that liberty comes from our creator." --President DJT.
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM (6Xf+s)
And nothing formed against me shall stand. He holds the whole world in His hands.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 02:56 PM (wYseH)
"Sure, he should be in the Hall. He played for the Yankees/Giants/Dodgers, didn't he?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 03:00 PM (//Lhm)
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 03:00 PM (Sgood)
Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (jw2Xw)
I'd only quibble to say, it *will* be an act of leadership when the first few countries follow our lead.
Til then, it's an act of not-being-a-useless-tit-on-the-world-stage. Which is fine enough for me!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 03:01 PM (hcyUh)
Who was Steiner, anyway?
Remember HEARTBREAK RIDGE when they sicced the "Swede" on their new gunny Clint Eastwood?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrVYS7S5N5Y
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at July 02, 2017 03:01 PM (FLlZ6)
Posted by: Hate has No Homo
the Dog eater is just doing his profane job, repeating the lie, to preserve "opposite world" and lift up his boss, the Father of Lies.
Lies = truth
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 03:01 PM (6Xf+s)
Posted by: concrete girl at July 02, 2017 03:01 PM (EqvVS)
And nothing formed against me shall stand. He holds the whole world in His hands.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 02:58 PM (TdMsT)
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And he loves the little children of the world.
Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2017 03:02 PM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 02, 2017 02:54 PM
Let's not put artificial limits on omnipotence here.
Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at July 02, 2017 03:02 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 03:04 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: Colin at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (miUc8)
As long as we're refighting Gettysburg and someone mentioned Turtledove,
my favorite book of his is 'Guns of the South. The cover pic of Lee
holding and AK-47 is magnificent.
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at July 02, 2017 02:49 PM (Sgood)
I have that book. Great book.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2017 03:00 PM (//Lhm)
Just watch your step around these parts.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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No kidding. I had chili with beans last night.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.etc. at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (OdK9v)
that reminds me. must pray for his safety ...
Posted by: booknlass at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (6Xf+s)
Like their father, the children of Mario the Pious are worthless fooks.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (EaVwv)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 03:06 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 02, 2017 03:04 PM (wYseH)
I see no nood.... maybe i got the power plug on my time machine in upside-down....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 02, 2017 03:06 PM (hcyUh)
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If that's a typo it's my new favorite way of expressing the sentiment. If it's not a typo it's my new favorite way of expressing the sentiment.
Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 02, 2017 03:06 PM (hi5+T)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 02, 2017 03:07 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 02, 2017 03:07 PM (hi5+T)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2017 03:07 PM (kTF2Z)
Impeachment rally's in NYC today, be there, or be square...Millions will
probably be there...Damn I missed it, it was from 1100am to 200 pm..
.Rally's all over the country in major cities...
Posted by: Colin at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (miUc
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WTF? Over what?
And don't they know "impeached" doesn't mean sh*t? Their favorite President Clinton was impeached and still served out his term.
Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 02, 2017 03:08 PM (hi5+T)
Posted by: astronaut achmed at July 02, 2017 03:09 PM (XZGD9)
And don't they know "impeached" doesn't mean sh*t? Their favorite President Clinton was impeached and still served out his term.
Posted by: Hate has No Homo at July 02, 2017 03:08 PM (hi5+T)
Because hes a "meanie"
Posted by: Colin at July 02, 2017 03:15 PM (miUc8)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 02, 2017 03:05 PM (EaVwv)
Just like the trash Kennedys except dagos.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 02, 2017 03:17 PM (y7DUB)
They have theirs. The End.
All they care about is keeping theirs. Cuomo loves this. He'll be able to blame Trump for it, and the dog whistle will work like it always does. YES! YES! THIS IS TRUMP'S AMERICA!
Maybe he'll blame DeBlasio, since he hates him. It really depends upon which way the wind is blowing at that moment.
But "care?" Are you crazy? Why would Cuomo care about the people of New York? He doesn't even LIKE the people of New York.
Now, look at "our" leaders. In 12 months, Ryan and McConnell will be passing legislation like there was no tomorrow. Obamacare, the Wall, and everything else. Why not this year? Because it's not an election year, and the leaders only pretend to care when there is something in it for them. If their own positions are threatened, then they'll do something. Maybe. It really depends upon the back deals, too, which we won't know about.
This year? This year will be drama and kvetching for the media. Next year? Next year, when the lights are on, "leadership" will prevail.
Cuomo. Ryan. McConnell. DeBlasio. They are all the same person.
Posted by: RobM1981 at July 02, 2017 03:22 PM (VVBN7)
Now, get off my lawn!
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2017 03:23 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: mIKE at July 02, 2017 03:51 PM (swJ7s)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 02, 2017 04:08 PM (5Yee7)
Pretty much looks like raw DhimmiKKKrap infighting going on. Expect it to end up with everything being done to change the clique in charge in Albany and nothing done to fix the subways in NYC.
Posted by: Sam at July 02, 2017 04:21 PM (jHN2F)
Posted by: concealedkerry or submit at July 02, 2017 04:39 PM (kHv/o)
State legislatures, city councils, and increasingly, HOAs have the power to ban thunder with a flick of the wrist. Soon you'll be seeing black and white traffic signs at city limits and state lines that will read "NO THUNDER - $10,000 FINE". Government IS God, you see.
Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at July 02, 2017 05:26 PM (udFiS)
Posted by: Budman at July 02, 2017 05:37 PM (TuHHZ)
Posted by: Egd at July 02, 2017 11:03 PM (VJZsd)
Posted by: Jacketch at July 03, 2017 09:48 AM (5Tn5R)
But the Unions will thrive.
Remember: Dems campaign using Union money.
So we can't touch the Unions.
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