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Surprise: Hero of the Common Man Barack Obama Now Pocketing $400,000 Per Speech for Wall Street Crowds
"Doing well by doing good" is how progressives justify taking graft.
If you're saving the world, why shouldn't you make bank?Former President Obama is pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars giving speeches to Wall Street firms, according to a new report. Obama made $400,000 for a speech he gave to clients of Northern Trust Corp. last month, Bloomberg reported Monday. He gave a speech to Carlyle Group LP last week and is scheduled to headline Cantor Fitzgerald LP's healthcare conference next week.
A spokesman for Obama defended the former president, saying he has given speeches "true to his values."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 18, 2017 01:34 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:34 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:35 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: boniface ballers at September 18, 2017 01:35 PM (m/Gc2)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:36 PM (hcyUh)
And really, as Mr. obama once said -- at some point, you've earned enough money.
Right?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 18, 2017 01:36 PM (wmaTe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 01:36 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (wmaTe)
Posted by: Nobel Committee at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (duJXg)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (3NjrP)
The Fvck does that even mean?
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (XFue2)
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So he's telling people not to sin, then.
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (wmaTe)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (wmaTe)
Sure. In Iran. It's administered by Hezbollah, so you know it's legit.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (2Qiky)
You know who *else* gave speeches "true to his values"????
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Signal Your Virtue with The Denunciator Denouncing Device from The Outrage Outlet! at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (dCikz)
And those monies along with is taxpayer funded "retirement" are being used to take down the current administration.
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (jAZR9)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (duJXg)
"Uh, senor, when we said we would pay many American Dollars to see a fucking jackass...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (sMRk9)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (zO1cf)
You know who *else* gave speeches "true to his values"????
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (8XRCm)
Father Coughlin?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (NWiLs)
You know who *else* gave speeches "true to his values"????
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (8XRCm)
Ayman al-Zawahiri?
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (WDCYi)
Cocksucking, dope smoking, and lying for fun and profit?
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (tbOMB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (LjR2k)
I'll tell you when. - Barack
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Signal Your Virtue with The Denunciator Denouncing Device from The Outrage Outlet! at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: wooga at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (Y6En5)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Bored383 at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (70HTk)
Posted by: Barack 'Speechifier' Obama at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (RKQ/v)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (hcyUh)
They wanted to see a jackass fucking, but there was an error in translation.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (NWiLs)
If he'd be giving speeches true to his "value", he'd be paid in 3 dollar bills.
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (PccTh)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (dCikz)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (3NjrP)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (YxTUV)
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (mmRdz)
Because that's how White Supremacists roll, yo!
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Insomniac
His daddy?
Posted by: rickb223 at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (YxTUV)
Just so.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: blaster at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (GuzcK)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 18, 2017 01:39 PM (sMRk9)
c.f. Scientology.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (hcyUh)
I mean in the way where Obama is no longer the President and I do not have to give a single thought to what he does ever again if I don't want to do so.
Aaaaahhhhhhh. That's so nice.
That being said, it's completely fair to smack the Dems over the head about this hypocrisy. I know some people who were Bernie supporters and this kind of stuff is part of what drove them to Sanders.
I know, I know point out his third house and the like is like explaining the offside rule or how whatever direction I am facing is not, in fact, North to me.
Sekrit to grammie winger: I did see what you said and the only thing I'm upset at you about is the Cubs. *seethes and plots and plots and seethes*
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (lwiT4)
"Guilty as Charged, Your Honor."
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (WDCYi)
The Fvck does that even mean?
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (ul9CR)
It means the money was good.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Signal Your Virtue with The Denunciator Denouncing Device from The Outrage Outlet! at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (zO1cf)
This guy didn't even know the difference between comprehensive and liability-only auto insurance. He has not the slightest understanding or insight into any topic I can think of, certainly not insurance or finance. He's such a lightweight the lightweight Paul Ryan was able to school and humiliate him on basic policy matters at that idiotic "conference".
WhyTF would anyone want to hear him read his sophomoric lines from a teleprompter?
The cretinization of the country extends to the "elites" as well, apparently.
Trust me, he's not somebody most of us would even bother to talk to, for 2 minutes, given the chance. 400K?
Posted by: rhomboid at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (nN7Mo)
I believe him
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Gref at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (XFue2)
always is
they are all criminals
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (mbhDw)
Yeah, "values". Da former president had a lotta "values"...
Posted by: Willie Cicci at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (O5Q3r)
And everybody Corgi-Hustles over to here.
Like clockwork.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (mpXpK)
The Fvck does that even mean?
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (ul9CR)
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He was shilling for Communism, so it's all good.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (lwiT4)
"Guilty as Charged, Your Honor."
Posted by: Hikaru
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We have a winner.
Posted by: contest judge at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (R6eWF)
and the only thing I'm upset at you about is the Cubs. *seethes and
plots and plots and seethes*
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (mf5HN)
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Thanks alex, and FWIW, I think this may be your year. Wow-22 - unbelievable.
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Roy at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (7n4KQ)
Posted by: washrivergal at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (7m3t8)
Posted by: Gref at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (AMIL/)
Yes, but he had superior and well-established pay to play, graft and bribery systems in place so he could command far more money for appearances.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (fceHP)
Self-aggrandizement?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (SRKgf)
Access to the new political dynasty set to take power in the Democrat party.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/7 at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (Umfx1)
More than Hillary. Gotta make her blood boil even more.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (fceHP)
No more entertainment value with her. What else is there to see? We've seen her fall down, get thrown in the back of the truck like a sack of trash, and disparage +/- 50% of the population of the USA.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (jxbfJ)
Come to think of it, what sort of doofus makes a boatload of money, and then thinks an Obama speech is worth listening to?
Posted by: George V at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (LUHWu)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (QDnY+)
And everybody Corgi-Hustles over to here.
Like clockwork.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (EyPfd)
Right? It was just getting good too, with us baring our souls over ND stories.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (NWiLs)
Meanwhile back on the Menu
Corporations hire illegals to Work cheap
Mercedes, BMW, Tesla. Construction and the Coke Bros
Chain Smoke the rest...
Sanctuary and Labor Fraud
Who Knew?
Posted by: Schloss owner operator at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (S1WrL)
Doctors shouldn't profit from health care provision because that's a Right and it's making a buck off someone's misery
And education damn don't get me started
Posted by: Bedroom Eyes Meggie at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (ussOQ)
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I love the "Bubblicious vs Bazooka Joe" wars.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Cheri at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Hillary! at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (fceHP)
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ROTFL!!!!!!
Posted by: Gref at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (AMIL/)
I'm not sure. I thought he stuck to charity work, especially veterans' charities, painting, and staying out of the spotlight.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - Signal Your Virtue with The Denunciator Denouncing Device from The Outrage Outlet! at September 18, 2017 01:44 PM (hLRSq)
1) Hate Whitey
2) Make bank
3) Be a celebrity
4) Party with celebrities
5) Smoke Choom
6) Special time with hunky boys
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Locke Common at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (IfokU)
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Honestly, I'd watch that re-run. I would.
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (wIjCA)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 18, 2017 01:42 PM (mpXpK)
it's not the speech itself, it's the access and connections and "meet and greets"
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (XFue2)
So he should have no problem releasing his speeches to demonstrate the truth.
Oh who am I kidding. Its only one speech repeated over and over again. And he always has to read from the teleprompter.
Posted by: buzzion at September 18, 2017 01:45 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Gref at September 18, 2017 01:41 PM (AMIL/)
If the JEF were white, nobody would have ever heard of him and his astoundingly boundless mediocrity.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 01:46 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Cheri at September 18, 2017 01:46 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Mary Cloggesntein, Battleboro, VT at September 18, 2017 01:46 PM (aT+Bx)
Not necessarily because its Obama, it's just a bullshit waste of money.
I would say the same if the paid that fee to a former Republican President also.
I guess the reasoning is current Presidents see that fee and will want to "play ball" with financial institutions while in office to get that payday someday?
Posted by: Maritime at September 18, 2017 01:46 PM (lKmt3)
Yes I think W's book of portrait paintings would be great for the morning art thread. CBD are you listening?
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 01:46 PM (zO1cf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 01:46 PM (39g3+)
And the fact that a non-small number of us either own, or have an interest in a relatively unknown little pocket play toy from Poland.
No.....not that pocket play toy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (hCbo0)
/sock
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (ussOQ)
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And making bank is one of my core values!
Posted by: Barack Obama at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (eSx+E)
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So, he published the transcripts?
Posted by: RoyalOil at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (/9uFC)
Posted by: Reggie Love, the President's Consort at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Strobe at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (gbWkA)
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Plenty of mediocre white guys in DC
Actually that may be an insult to mediocracy.
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (R6eWF)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (QDnY+)
Meanwhile Trump is having the White House hold a conference on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) today, and will sign a proclamation declaring this HBCU Week.
Because that's how White Supremacists roll, yo!
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (SIY7D)
Breaking news: Trump pushes for segregated school campuses
Posted by: This is CNN at September 18, 2017 01:48 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Low Information Ex-President at September 18, 2017 01:48 PM (j+dfT)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:48 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 18, 2017 01:48 PM (Rpm7S)
Posted by: illiniwek at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (yKAUL)
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None of that makes any sense.
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (2Qiky)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (hCbo0)
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None of that makes any sense.
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (2Qiky)
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Unless youre bluebell pining for a cookbook thread.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (8XRCm)
remember when Cantor lost to Brat in Virginny 7th district?
That smarmy ass hat got a great parachute.
with a Boutique bank
If your not at the meeting your on the menu...
That said
Look at some of the clips when he lost to Brat...
He already took coin he needed to bank...
Posted by: Schloss owner operator at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (S1WrL)
That's the way you do it.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 18, 2017 01:48 PM (Rpm7S)
"Nothing like a '26 Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut motorboated off the reeking buns of an assistant crack whore. Ah! A fine bouquet!"
- - Steve Kroft
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (/qEW2)
hypocrite.
of course
also healthy foods, for the starving children..
mmm mmm mmm mmmm mmm
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (FKrah)
It's all boring.
Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 01:49 PM (hCbo0)
I'm sure the HotAir button on your computer still works.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (NWiLs)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) today, and will
sign a proclamation declaring this HBCU Week.
Because that's how White Supremacists roll, yo!
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 01:40 PM (SIY7D)
So Trump is now pushing segregated schools?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (mpXpK)
Eh...just like the White Walkers and the giants, those days of the gum thread are long gone.
Simply the tales of the old ones, and whispered stories around camp fires.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (fceHP)
And another $100 for every "uh."
Maybe another $200 for every "folks."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (HtLSE)
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Wow. Surefire way to kill ESPN dead as a door nail.
So that means there is a 99% chance the people running ES(jw)PN will do it.
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (9zhlk)
As to that, Bammy was heard to yell "Suck it Kafir!"
Posted by: Strobe at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (gbWkA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (39g3+)
A spokesman for Obama defended the former president, saying he has given speeches "true to his values."
And at 400 grand a pop he has a lot values
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: SCOAMF at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (PccTh)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (QDnY+)
sotto voce
Have you seen that Ruger has an integrally suppressed barrel for the 10/22 Takedown? I just became aware of this and thought it was pretty cool.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (NWiLs)
It's sad but funny - "why would he have amounted to anything? His business career? His community organizing, WTF that is? His state legislative accomplishments? His 100+ days as a senator?"
Blank uncomfortable looks. Of course a nation of people this clueless is exactly why we're where we are.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:48 PM (XFue2)
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May still happen, at least during the NCAA basketball and NBA playoffs next year (and maybe every year). Yuck.
Posted by: Gref at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Ex President Cock Curious at September 18, 2017 01:51 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:43 PM (lwiT4)
I'm just glad they broke the streak early enough that maybe the Baseball Gods will not seek revenge by making the Tribe crash out of the ALDS. Which I still assume will happen.
I'm hoping we get to 100 wins but at this point I just want people not have body parts fall off.
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (mf5HN)
Using their clients money to enrich a former president? Really?
Posted by: Marcus T at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (26uga)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (KUaJL)
Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (hCbo0)
No need. Just put them all on the same side of the island ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (XFue2)
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You know getting involved with government movers and shakers is not good for your career prospects...a real pain in the back of the head too.
Posted by: Seth Rich at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (39g3+)
Of course, he didn't make the claim that making too much money was evil, but still...
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (0ogQG)
or is the rest of us made to do that job?
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (2kngh)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (vlVF/)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (NWiLs)
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Yes. Yes it does.
Posted by: Reggie Love, the President's Consort
Wait. Is Reggie Obama's consort, or his concubine? He's too old to be a catamite. What do you call a male concubine?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (/qEW2)
I encourage him in the strongest possible terms to continue his career of golfing on faraway tropical islands.
Posted by: filbert at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (lwiT4)
It should be tied to campaign finance reform and/or make it grounds for removing a "public servants" pension.
If ex-President are going to make this kind of money on speeches, why exactly is the taxpayer also taking care of their retirement?
Posted by: Maritime at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (lKmt3)
remember when Cantor lost to Brat in Virginny 7th district?
That smarmy ass hat got a great parachute.
with a Boutique bank
If your not at the meeting your on the menu...
That said
Look at some of the clips when he lost to Brat...
He already took coin he needed to bank...
Posted by: Schloss owner operator at September 18, 2017 01:50 PM (S1WrL)
You know, an Attorney General might put out the message that any leaks or subterfuge on their part would mean a full blown investigation, so they had better just enjoy that lecture circut and get the hell out of Trump's way.
Wake up call for Mr. Sessions....
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (hCbo0)
No need. Just put them all on the same side of the island ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (SRKgf)
I told you! I TOLD you!
Posted by: Hank Johnson at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (NWiLs)
If he looked like you or me, he would have hoping to become an alderman. And probably failing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Happy-Go-Lucky Michelle at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (j+dfT)
and I have wine, i'll share along with ready to go boxes to be mailed.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (FKrah)
Think about it - a couple of $400,000 speeches with the payoffs he's already cashed in and he's long ago been set for life. He doesn't need the money personally anymore, not for his family, either. So why does he seek it, why do they pay it?
Because the destination is left wing political activism, of any kind, which he will finance, and the reason it is paid is because this is how you avoid having to report embarrassing political contributions to "less than sympathetic" groups, shall we say, and instead the money is just written off as a "business expense". (I guarantee you that no one at the IRS, even today, will raise an eyebrow at any amount of money directed towards their Living God)
AND THIS is how you completely circumvent all campaign finance regulations, all corresponding amount limitations, and all reporting requirements. While ALSO making it all tax deductible. And of course it is all perfectly legal.
This is also why ALL campaign finance regulation is total horseshit, and why we would all be better off with out it. Anyone with a lawyer and the smallest amount of experience can circumvent every legal requirement with ease. The laws have been written to explicitly make it hard on outsiders, and to make it easy for every insider to ignore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (lwiT4)
Get SWOLE!!!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe"
A Bing image search for Milana Vayntrub says otherwise.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (NWiLs)
Virtue signalling, performed by people who have no virtue.
Posted by: filbert at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (s5o+q)
Yea, mnw keeps lobbying for that. I don't get it. Why bother showing up.
I just ignore it, b/c I don't care.
Posted by: Honey Badger at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (Rpm7S)
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You're welcome in Battleboro, VT any time!
Posted by: Mary Cloggesntein, Battleboro, VT at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at September 18, 2017 01:52 PM (2kngh)
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No no no - Boob. Not boobies.
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (lwiT4)
Mr. Obama is to be exclusively referred to as:
Ex-Prez'nit Cock-Curious.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (dqdMO)
For who is more blessed than a man who can find employment doing what he loves to do?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Ramajamma at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (oAlzZ)
I'm hoping we get to 100 wins but at this point I just want people not have body parts fall off.
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Oh Sheesh!! Don't say that out loud.
*throws salt over shoulder, searches furiously for chicken to sacrifice*
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (GFbzG)
I'm pretty sure both are part of the "unwritten" rider.
Posted by: shibumi at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: Chilling the most at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (7K25Q)
shlooongs, peniii, dicks, johnsons, putz, schmekles..
we can keep going until we're all testy
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (NWiLs)
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Okay maybe you're not technically laughing. But you're smirking.
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (lwiT4)
yeah... fuck that streak
Posted by: Eric Hosmer at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (XFue2)
If ex-President are going to make this kind of money on speeches, why exactly is the taxpayer also taking care of their retirement?
Posted by: Maritime at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (lKmt3)
Just means-test their pensions by decrementing them by the amount made by giving speeches that exceeds what they made per speech BEFORE public office.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (vlVF/)
One of my favorites.
Posted by: Shep Smith at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (OD2ni)
AND THIS is how you completely circumvent all campaign finance regulations, all corresponding amount limitations, and all reporting requirements. While ALSO making it all tax deductible. And of course it is all perfectly legal.
This is also why ALL campaign finance regulation is total horseshit, and why we would all be better off with out it. Anyone with a lawyer and the smallest amount of experience can circumvent every legal requirement with ease. The laws have been written to explicitly make it hard on outsiders, and to make it easy for every insider to ignore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (k1TUh)
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a threadwinner!
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (ujg0T)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) today
Because being abused for being white is really boring, and diversity is good, why can't some HCBUs offer full immersion blackination? I mean, there are Things of Cultural Blackness other than hating whitey, and they're the sort of things that HCBUs used to be good at. Focus on those things, open up affirmative action for the transblack. That ought to be worthwhile, right?
Joking aside, I think the idea of African-American Studies isn't an illegitimate one, merely the most typical execution thereof.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (HtLSE)
The real story here is that in the minds of many people Wall Street is the friend of the eeeeevil Republicans. That's the real hoot!
Posted by: LGoPs at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (dhQyG)
Hillary blames Bernie for even raising this during the campaign.
Obama's will be different. He'll be trashing Trump most of the time.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (SIY7D)
Lilly!!
I want come back to life as one of the buttons on that blue shirt.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 01:53 PM (lwiT4)
Get SWOLE!!!
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Ok. That was funny.
Which one you "people" is going to start trying to talk grammie into taking creatine?
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (l0Zgz)
Mr. Obama is to be exclusively referred to as:
Ex-Prez'nit Cock-Curious.
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Really?
I always that it was "Ex Preezy Muslim JEF."
Posted by: shibumi at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (aT+Bx)
Posted by: tu3031 at September 18, 2017 01:57 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (vlVF/)
It's the safe bet, at least until there is actual, honest to Pete decimation in the bureaucracy.
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (vlVF/)
Are they? Just the sheer act of taking the Obamunist boot off of the throat of American business has caused record high stocks. Imagine what could happen if Trump really gets going, even if the cheap immigrant labor spigot is turned off.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (ujg0T)
A "Top".
Posted by: rickb223 at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (YxTUV)
I bet he has plans to make their foundation look like pikers.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (FKrah)
I always that it was "Ex Preezy Muslim JEF."
Posted by: shibumi at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (aT+Bx)
He still alternates between "Barack the Sun King" and "Pharaoh Obeyme" in my parlance.
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (rmVvL)
This is also why ALL campaign finance regulation is total horseshit, and why we would all be better off with out it. Anyone with a lawyer and the smallest amount of experience can circumvent every legal requirement with ease. The laws have been written to explicitly make it hard on outsiders, and to make it easy for every insider to ignore.
Posted by: Tom Servo
++++++
Or you write a book!!!
*cackle shart*
Posted by: hillary! at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (sT49r)
shlooongs, peniii, dicks, johnsons, putz, schmekles..
we can keep going until we're all testy
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (FKrah)
You forgot tallywhackers, John Thomases, wangs, peckers, pricks, purple headed warriors, cocks, meat missiles, pork swords, nether rods, wedding tackle, meat and two veg, and the bologna pony.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Barry Obama at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (PY9jH)
It would be good to put all the guns the boobs the GAINZZ together on an island... and then blow up the island. Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 01:47 PM (hCbo0)
For the love of God why would you want to destroy such a magical place?
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (vlVF/)
Posted by: Bathhouse Barry at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (oVJmc)
He's out of office, is not the leader of the Democrat Party, has no position and no power now.
I assume engaging him was a backdoor bribe, but to what purpose? At this point what can Obongo possibly do that would benefit them?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (SRKgf)
Yes, his real values. Not the public ones he claims to have.
He will never think he has enough money. I promise you that.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (Rpm7S)
Posted by: Eli Cash at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (a+WIL)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (FKrah)
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or teste
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (NWiLs)
A "body man".
Posted by: Ex President Cock Curious at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (O5Q3r)
$400K for a speech by Obama?
Done. One condition, though: He has to release his college transcripts and his medical records before the speech.
Posted by: Furious George at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (j+dfT)
"Body Man"
I read it in the NY Times!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (W+vEI)
Ah, well, it's a free market.
But the least we could do is cut out many of the benefits that TAX-PAYERS dole out for pensions, staff, and security.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:00 PM (FKrah)
It's no skin off my nose if wall street firms are paying him to hear his twaddle.
But what are they really buying?
Posted by: Kreplach at September 18, 2017 02:00 PM (2JcMg)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (SRKgf)
Warchest for a Mooch-elle McGreedypants run.
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:00 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:00 PM (FKrah)
good, why can't some HCBUs offer full immersion blackination? I mean,
there are Things of Cultural Blackness other than hating whitey, and
they're the sort of things that HCBUs used to be good at. Focus on those
things, open up affirmative action for the transblack. That ought to be
worthwhile, right?
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So... new curriculum for HCBUs would include:
1. Chitlins: what are they and how to cook them
2. Nation of Islam vs. Black Baptist
3. Ebonics: yes or no?
4.Are you a race traitor if you relax your hair?
5. Black vs Brown: Worldwide Pigmentation Studies
6. Income advancement through the NBA, NFL and gangbanging
/I denounce myself
Posted by: shibumi at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (aT+Bx)
Which one you "people" is going to start trying to talk grammie into taking creatine?
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 01:56 PM (l0Zgz)
Creatine? I'm talking HGH, D-bol and testosterone. Go all in, baby!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (NWiLs)
I assume engaging him was a backdoor bribe, but to what purpose? At this point what can Obongo possibly do that would benefit them?
Contacts? Make the right phone calls.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (YxTUV)
Posted by: Picric at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (uvAuw)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (LjR2k)
Fun fact: the President of the United States makes $400,000 per year (IIRC).
So our Dusky Savior made as much in an HOUR as he used to PER YEAR.
Nice work if you can get it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (SRKgf)
Reagan was never portrayed as the average everyman
Reagan never was a wealth-war hard leftist
Reagan never criticized people for making "too much" money or called for it to be redistributed.
Reagan was a great speech maker, not a carefully studied teleprompter reader.
Really no comparison at all. Being paid that much is idiotic, for anyone, but the problem isn't the pay so much as the stupid hypocrisy and the confusion anyone would pay that fool anything to say any words at all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (Rpm7S)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (FKrah)
NO. emphatically, NO!!!!
The laws were written this way BECAUSE they were written by the people who most intended to benefit by them. (And yes, I'm looking at you, John McCain!) They were NOT written to "clean up campaign finance", they were written to make it easy for insiders to raise as much money as they want from whomever they want, while at the same time setting traps for outsiders who won't know all of the ins and outs of a corrupt system.
THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE FIRST VERSION WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WRITE ANY FUTURE VERSIONS.
It is NOT reformable - and it never will be. Give up that false hope. Abolish ALL campaign finance regulations - seriously, those we do have are just a long running pathetic joke. Just make all of the records public, and let the public decide how much of the payoffs they want to put up with.
And admit to yourself that the payoffs are still going to happen no matter what laws you pass, and no matter who is in power.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (ussOQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (PY9jH)
These speeches are just pathetic assholes beclowning themselves to worship a simple human whom they have declared to be their god.
Posted by: Eli Cash at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (a+WIL)
shlooongs, peniii, dicks, johnsons, putz, schmekles..
we can keep going until we're all testy
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:55 PM (FKrah)
You forgot tallywhackers, John Thomases, wangs, peckers, pricks, purple headed warriors, cocks, meat missiles, pork swords, nether rods, wedding tackle, meat and two veg, and the bologna pony.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 01:58 PM (NWiLs)
Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis.
https://youtu.be/p9PiqCeLEmM
Posted by: buzzion at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (ussOQ)
point what can Obongo possibly do that would benefit them?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 01:59 PM (SRKgf)
Hey, Beavis, He said "backdoor". Hehehehehehhehhehehehheheheh...
Posted by: Butthead at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (O5Q3r)
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Relaxing the weight of government on business helps everyone.
Keeping it there hurts everyone except those that can buy influence to get special dispensation from it.
Basically do you want to pay the bribe so you automatically win the smaller pie, or fight on even terms for the bigger pie?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (eSx+E)
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:00 PM (WDCYi)
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This is the fourth bowl.
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 02:03 PM (lwiT4)
And Hillary did it.
And a black man taking money from The Man is always righteous.
And I need to pay for that multi-million dollar real estate on Martha's Vineyard so we can bring black justice and community organizing to the island.
And fuck you.
Just because.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 18, 2017 02:03 PM (ATVNj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:03 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: John Galt at September 18, 2017 02:03 PM (MelDg)
It's no skin off my nose if wall street firms are paying him to hear his twaddle.
But what are they really buying?
Posted by: Kreplach at September 18, 2017 02:00 PM (2JcMg)
1. Protection
B. Reputation
iii. Contacts
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 02:03 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (39g3+)
https://youtu.be/p9PiqCeLEmM
Posted by: buzzion at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (cAnNx)
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If women had a penis for a day
http://tinyurl.com/j743vjx
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (8XRCm)
The Fvck does that even mean?
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (ul9CR)
It means he'll read shit someone else wrote for him, for cash.
Posted by: the Butcher at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (KtAmr)
and I have wine, i'll share along with ready to go boxes to be mailed.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 01:54 PM (FKrah)
I stated why in the art thread. Though, to expand thereupon, it wasn't just last week. There's a certain subset of the Horde that engages in a specific behavior pattern of which I have had enough. This is not a new problem.
Though I do so enjoy being told by yankeefifth that I have to convince people why they shouldn't call me a pedophile. Yes, yankeefifth, I do not like being called a pedophile and I'm going to yell at people about doing so. I'm funny that way. That you think it is incumbent upon me to convince people to not call me a pedophile speaks desperately ill of you, not of me.
As I said, if you want to bait, you better be prepared for what you catch.
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (ussOQ)
The same reason he was elected: The Cachet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (ycWCI)
A sane, functioning and serious legislative body would have censured her by now for making such serious accusations against private citizens.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Kreplach
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This pattern of conduct is not lost on future wanna be ex presidents!!!!
Posted by: hillary! at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (dtl1l)
http://tinyurl.com/j743vjx
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (8XRCm)
OMG I'm choking to death here!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Strobe at September 18, 2017 02:05 PM (gbWkA)
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The couple has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for fostering more than 200 children, including refugees from Middle Eastern conflicts.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybue66mm
Chickens, roost, some assembly required.
Posted by: Bathhouse Barry at September 18, 2017 02:05 PM (oVJmc)
Reagan never was a wealth-war hard leftist
Reagan never criticized people for making "too much" money or called for it to be redistributed.
Reagan was a great speech maker, not a carefully studied teleprompter reader.
Really no comparison at all. Being paid that much is idiotic, for anyone, but the problem isn't the pay so much as the stupid hypocrisy and the confusion anyone would pay that fool anything to say any words at all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (39g3+)
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Reagan had something to say worth hearing.
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:05 PM (vlVF/)
Posted by: rickb223 at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (YxTUV)
Yeah, but Obama doesn't strike me as a wheeler and dealer politico. He was basically propelled to his former position through little of his own effort.
Now Bill Clinton was another story, and until Hillary's recent contretemps I could see the Clintons working the phone if they chose to, and hence being worth bribing.
But as this juncture, when Hillary is explicitly blaming Obama, and making clear that there's no love lost between them, and even some on the Left are beginning to murmur about him, I don't see what he has to offer. For example, who the hell engaged Jimmy Carter for cushy gigs after he got the boot?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:05 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:05 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:05 PM (LjR2k)
Obama a man of the poor and afflicted. While not sharing His own.
Obama screeching about the richhhhh. while not hsaring his own.
Obama stating , a point that 'others' have made enough. while not sharing his own.
Obama and michelle for that matter being a hypocrite from day 1 of his appearing on the political scene.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:06 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
______
Don't forget the sashay!
Posted by: Reggie Love at September 18, 2017 02:06 PM (j+dfT)
Always nice to hear the take of Club 85.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:06 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Eli Cash at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (a+WIL)
Well, as has been alluded to above by others better than me, It's about access to the lovecraftian leviathan tentacle monster that is the Deep State. Saint Mom Jeans of the Holy Girl's Bike may be out of office, but he's still the point man for money laundering and connections. They either know exactly where every penny of that $400k is going, or they know enough to know they don't want to know.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 02:07 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:07 PM (vg8iE)
Seriously, though. The things in your list are typically:
(a)stereotype, fair or unfair
(b)weird cultural focus, internally developed
(c)externally imposed cultural focus, or reaction thereto
(a) and (c) have real potential for people being hateful, but (a) and (b) often include things that an outside Person of Pallor will never *get*, not in a million years of "black history month". The simple fact of the matter is, black culture is *not* best approached through history of the Black Panthers or this or that activist.
There's a crying need for real scholarship of black America, and not based on what somebody disappeared up their own butthole on NPR thinks is important African-inspired artwork or chanting, or the history of this or that duBois acolyte.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 02:07 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:07 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 18, 2017 02:07 PM (duJXg)
And admit to yourself that the payoffs are still going to happen no matter what laws you pass, and no matter who is in power.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (k1TUh)
THE ONLY downside I see to this, as teh ghey leftists have shown, is to persecute those who oppose their agenda, as identified by their donations.
Of course, perhaps we on the Patriot Right should just fight back and reaffirm our support for those embattled people.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 02:07 PM (ujg0T)
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The couple has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for fostering more than 200 children, including refugees from Middle Eastern conflicts.
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doesn't matter, I'm more concerned about a backlash against all the Asians who want to become loyal british subjects. snort, haha
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: Jon Corzine at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (mcI77)
I wonder how deep in his pockets the JEF has reached to help out the hurricane victims in red states? Or, perhaps, like Bill Maher, he is gleeful over red staters' suffering?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (PY9jH)
Oh it is on now.
Let's pin this all on Zuckerberg.
Posted by: blaster at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (GuzcK)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (rmVvL)
Being at odds with his values.
He decides right and wrong, base on his own personal whims. He's defining himself literally as God here, declaring that he, and he alone is the final moral arbiter of his life.
Most people are not that honest about their self idolatry. That was when I realized that Obama was not Christian, not in any slightest shred of any manner. Maybe some day he'll see the light, but not today.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (39g3+)
You'll need another $100,000 and $1 to beat Bill's single-speech world record set at PutinBank in Moscow!
ps; It's your fault, too!
Posted by: Hillary Babushka Clinton, Uranium Saleswoman of the Year at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (Ndje9)
values
Grift unto others before they grift onto you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (iVOAv)
Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis.
If women had a penis for a day
Crap they stole my old pick up line
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (lKyWE)
than 200 children, including refugees from Middle Eastern conflicts.
I'm sure they're shocked about this. And probably chagrined.
Posted by: tu3031 at September 18, 2017 02:08 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (LjR2k)
Dammit. I just cleaned this monitor.
Posted by: cornbred at September 18, 2017 02:09 PM (E2GJf)
I like tabloid news.
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 02:09 PM (lwiT4)
Hey, they're just protecting the environment. Remember, in the past, the union thugs had to print 1000's of books to buy to pay off politicians.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 18, 2017 02:09 PM (XhN8Z)
yeah we have a propensity to spout off unthinkingly , often and enthusiastically
about .. well everything.
hugs - kisses and wine and unzips boots (setting up a nice foot massage)
even my jobs ax got gored here once.
I just try to laugh and know it's just non engaging brains rants and we all can fall into that.
but slides off boots,, rubs insole..
glances at wine on the table..
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:09 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:01 PM (k1TUh)
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Yep.
And if politicos had to play by ordinary truth-in-advertising rules, any Campaign Finance Reform bill should be immediately relabeled an Incumbent Protection bill.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 18, 2017 02:09 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (vlVF/)
There's something to ask her about on her book tour.
Which groups, in which cities, might be interesting to hear.
As well as how the money was laundered.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (oVJmc)
Obama a man of the poor and afflicted. While not sharing his own.
Obama screeching about the richhhhh. while not sharing his own.
Obama stating that 'others' have made enough. while not sharing his own.
Obama and michelle for that matter being a hypocrite from day 1 of his appearing on the political scene.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:06 PM (FKrah)
Obama didn't even hook up his half-brother with a few bucks, even though he had more in his wallet than the half-brother made in a year.
I especially grated my teeth when some race baiter said Obama was "up from poverty." (Much like SPLC, some equate "black" with "poverty.")
WTF? He was raised by his maternal grandmother who was a bank VP, and he attended a tony private school in Hawaii, then in college too (at Occidental and Columbia). It's not like he was a sharecropper's son.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (SRKgf)
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Me too!!! I know right!!!
*Hic shart*
Posted by: hillary! at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (8RxfD)
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Totally agree. That's why my first thought was "Consistent with his values? So he's going to preach on sin?"
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (lwiT4)
Keeping it there hurts everyone except those that can buy influence to get special dispensation from it.
Basically do you want to pay the bribe so you automatically win the smaller pie, or fight on even terms for the bigger pie?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 18, 2017 02:02 PM (eSx+E)
So is Wall Street with the Deep State or not? I know I am not, but I'm just some small time investor and day trader.
The Wall Street Journal types are The Deep GOP State Junkies, which would deregulate except for keeping that immigration door open for the cheap labor fix.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (ujg0T)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (sMRk9)
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 02:09 PM (lwiT4)
That's one of the perks of going to the hair salon. Stacks of tabloid magazines to peruse. Of course, they're all anti-Trump.....
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (XFue2)
They're going to take the Reverend Ike off of it?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 02:10 PM (ujg0T)
I don't think they're into deregulation as much as they're into regulatory capture.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (duJXg)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Low Information Ex-President at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (j+dfT)
9 I'm sure multi millionaire Obama is just taking the money to donate to starving children, widows and orphans. Don't be such haters!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 18, 2017 01:37 PM (wmaTe)
I saw him on some commercial (with Duyba, Billy Jeff and Mr. Peanut) urging US to donate to Irma victims. How much has he given?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (ZM2xo)
On this channel we have a trump hater, and on this channel another type of trump hater. And this media coverage is made up of other types of trump haters.
(on this shuttle flight, we have a mathmatician, another type of math dude, and yet a third math guy)
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (HtLSE)
Check out a list of top Goldman Sachs execs. Check out how many of them have worked at Treasury.
for the last 50 years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (FKrah)
Preach on being his brother's keeper!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (W+vEI)
Look, I hurl bricks harder than most others here so all that glass that's going through the walls is rightfully slicing me open.
But I never said I wasn't a hypocrite.
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (mf5HN)
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Like most piece of shit, degenerate "celebrities," their time spent in asking for the donation is the donation.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: J. Sessions at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (mcI77)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (rmVvL)
At least one time, French kids loved wearing UCLA sweatshirts and stuff, and they pronounced it "Ookla." Presumably that was the joke by Ookla's founder.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (SRKgf)
Sure. And I just slip the cash through the glory hole.
Posted by: Ex President Cock Curious at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (O5Q3r)
Hire our people for your administration, champion policies that benefit us, and you'll be taken care of after your term is complete.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (7/jt7)
Posted by: Insomniac
I believe I can make everyone happy.
Posted by: Reggie at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (/Nite)
because where will they find another G-d to top that b.s we watched halos and all for a decade?
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (FKrah)
based on what somebody disappeared up their own butthole on NPR thinks
is important African-inspired artwork or chanting, or the history of
this or that duBois acolyte.
--
I don't disagree with your premise re: black scholarship.
However, I don't see that it will ever be disengaged from liberalism, especially on the university level.
So, although wildly racist and stereotypical, there is a chance that, due to the precepts of liberalism and SJW professors, there would be insanely stupid classes like the ones I listed.
Posted by: shibumi at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (aT+Bx)
massaging toes, sliding hands to ankle..
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (FKrah)
Dayum, willow.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (PY9jH)
Check out a list of top Goldman Sachs execs. Check out how many of them have worked at Treasury.
for the last 50 years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (k1TUh)
Then check the FEC filings at OpenSecrets.org to see where Goldman Sachs directed their campaign contributions.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (SRKgf)
love
willo
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:12 PM (FKrah)
Glad I'm not wearing any pants. BRB...
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Low Information Ex-President at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (j+dfT)
=======================
I like the verse in Ruth that says "Men. You can't live with 'em and you just can't shoot 'em."
Posted by: grammie winger - heretic at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (NWiLs)
**********************
Corporatist they are.
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (vlVF/)
admit it!
my spouse melts when I do his feet.
I almost get jealous.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Mr. Hand at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (DIldH)
Posted by: shibumi at September 18, 2017 02:13 PM (aT+Bx)
Bingo. Get rid of the bogus studies departments. Any legit African American Anthropology, History or Sociology could be in--gasp--the Anthropology, History or Sociology departments.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (ujg0T)
It's obviously money for influence, but the question is how much influence TFG still has.
______________________
Yeah, that's a tough one....
Posted by: Michelle Obama 2020!!! at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (kKwi8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (wPiJc)
I almost get jealous.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (FKrah)
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Me too. Me too.
Posted by: Pot at September 18, 2017 02:15 PM (vg8iE)
***
wow, enough with the jesus talk, wingnut.
XXOO
some random HBO political commentator.
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (FKrah)
He also needs to pay the taxes on that Hawaii estate he purchased. And that other house in the city with the fence...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Bob Loblaw at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (XhN8Z)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (FKrah)
------
*pours willow a BIG glass of box wine*
Here.... now....where were you??
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (8XRCm)
WTF?
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:14 PM (vlVF/)
Very much so. They want to get theirs, then pull the ladder up so nobody else can follow. They can absorb the expensive burden of added regulatory and compliance costs that start-ups can't, so they spend big bucks to get the rules made in their favor to protect their positions.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (NWiLs)
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Do you really think that bunch of human debris actually pays their own way for anything?
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (vg8iE)
"Don't call my bluff!"
-Preezy O'Bama, smartest man in every room
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (39g3+)
Because apparently the left just can't get enough of her.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:17 PM (FKrah)
I saw him on some commercial (with Duyba, Billy Jeff and Mr. Peanut) urging US to donate to Irma victims. How much has he given?
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (ZM2xo)
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The tax returns he had from 3 years before running in 2008 showed ZERO charitable deductions until the last year, i.e., presumably at the point when he decided to run for higher office.
He gave lump sums to Jeremiah Wright's church and the Congressional Black Caucus. Period.
Anyone making 6 figures who has NO charitable dedux is bound to be a .......leftist.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Dick Morris and Rex Ryan at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (zO1cf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (KP5rU)
**************************
He's their toady.
This is their way of patting him on the head.
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (vlVF/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (LjR2k)
New Lamborghini engine?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at September 18, 2017 02:11 PM (ZM2xo)
I saw that ad on the teevee and started screaming FUCK YOU FUCK ALL OF YOU I DON'T CARE WHAT IT'S ABOUT FUCK ALL OF YOU COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY.
Bander, who was on the phone with me at the time, pointed out that it was for hurricane relief.
I stand by my initial reaction.
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (r5KeJ)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (1yVlF)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (fceHP)
A Democrat paying taxes?
Good one.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (FKrah)
What a deal.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (1yVlF)
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Seriously. Wait'll we get our cut.
Posted by: Cocaine Dealers and Lube Sellers Everywhere! at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Low Information Ex-President at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (j+dfT)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (RD7QR)
Hamster
Posted by: buzzion at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (cAnNx)
Think more carefully about what he said, and you will see the entire inspiration for today's Leftist "Value" System. (Especially Antifa's)
Statement: Sins are those thoughts and actions not consistent with "my values".
1st Rule: All those who are in Opposition to MY thoughts and values are Sinners, and deserve Punishment.
2nd Rule: All those who in thought agree with my "values", but whose actions in support of those "values" may seem problematic, are good hearted people deserving of my absolution and forgiveness. (ANTIFA)
Leftists of today have completed their transformation into a Religious Cult. They can only be understood and dealt with if you think about them on that level.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (LAe3v)
anyway , I didn't really get high, but I did get really tired and slept 6 hours straight, which was awesome!
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (mf5HN)
I had the same exact reaction. My husband was all, "C'mon, they're trying to raise money for the hurricane victims."
I told him I'd be impressed when I saw them actually pull out their checkbooks and write donations in that ad.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (RD7QR)
Lexus.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (SRKgf)
They are just trolling us now. This version of repeal keeps all the taxes and regulations but lets the states spend the money instead of the feds.
Barry is laughing his ass off while cashing the 400k checks. He should have gone for full govt takeover of health. Ryan and McConnel would not have stood in his way. He is probably kicking himself for not foung there.
Posted by: #neverskankles at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (BXxGC)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 18, 2017 01:38 PM (ul9CR)
That his speeches are full of empty platitudes, I'm sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (EkNES)
Celebrity matters.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:18 PM (LjR2k)
New Lamborghini engine?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (NWiLs)
Ann Althouse pre-lunch snack.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 02:16 PM (fceHP)
A Democrat paying taxes?
Good one.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (SRKgf)
that's my point
he's not
others are...
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (fceHP)
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (LAe3v)
What? And have the seas inundate us again?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (KP5rU)
258 /I denounce myself
Seriously, though. The things in your list are typically:
(a)stereotype, fair or unfair
(b)weird cultural focus, internally developed
(c)externally imposed cultural focus, or reaction thereto
(a) and (c) have real potential for people being hateful, but (a) and (b) often include things that an outside Person of Pallor will never *get*, not in a million years of "black history month". The simple fact of the matter is, black culture is *not* best approached through history of the Black Panthers or this or that activist.
There's a crying need for real scholarship of black America, and not based on what somebody disappeared up their own butthole on NPR thinks is important African-inspired artwork or chanting, or the history of this or that duBois acolyte.
_____________
If they ever do research on what was the growing Black Middle Class in the 1950's and 1960's, likely what they will find is they were religious, believed in education, nuclear families, work, and getting married before you have kids.
Bourgeois values, just like Ward and June Cleaver, and millions of people throughout the world have successfully used. But that goes against the narrative that Blacks have some unique culture different from "whitey."
Unfortunately, the culture assigned to them by our media and academia is pathological and destructive.
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (4dz1m)
Posted by: CRT
Now see, I was hoping to avoid breaking out my hyp-ocrisy waders. Maybe just get by with some rain boots. But no, looks like I need the full body suit. To summarize your points:
It's okay if our side does it, just because the motives are pure (greed is good). Our side should do this, because we believe in making a buck, but since the other side snipes at that, they should all live in penury.
Besides, I've never believed a word that ex-Preezy Cock Curious ever uttered; why would I start now?
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (0ogQG)
just want to say ,
be nice,
flashes that old stupid peace sign.
switches to miss manners.
if you don't have something nice to say. Shut up maybe.
ok she didn't say that, and if we did this room would come to a screeching halt.
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (FKrah)
Ice, lots of it
One part vodka
Two parts Cabernet Sauvigon
Orange Juice
Sparkling Lime water
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (vlVF/)
Good Lord, somebody named their kid Kia. I wonder if her brother is named Hyundai.
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (RD7QR)
Some baby mama here named her spawn Infiniti. Last name: Ford. Her mugshot is lovely.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:22 PM (LAe3v)
Say, how does one go about becoming a victim of racist white America? Is there like a class or something I could take?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not who we are.
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: cornbred at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (E2GJf)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
No, I don't believe there is. It's pure concentrated crystalline stupidity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: alexthechick - yup, fasto, ugly, victim, pedophile, lefty, you pegged it Horde at September 18, 2017 02:19 PM (mf5HN)
I had the same exact reaction. My husband was all, "C'mon, they're trying to raise money for the hurricane victims."
I told him I'd be impressed when I saw them actually pull out their checkbooks and write donations in that ad.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (PY9jH)
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May as well have Charles Manson ask for donations as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (FKrah)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (PY9jH)
I don't see what's funny.
Posted by: Diarrhea Washington at September 18, 2017 02:25 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
There are those who say we should starve children. I reject that.
Posted by: Barry Obama at September 18, 2017 02:25 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
*Ahem*
Posted by: Meggie McStain at September 18, 2017 02:25 PM (E2GJf)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
Scientologists.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 02:25 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: pete at September 18, 2017 02:25 PM (meg+g)
Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at September 18, 2017 02:20 PM (RD7QR)
Bet she has a cousin named Lexus or Mercedes?
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (4dz1m)
Ice, lots of it
One part vodka
Two parts Cabernet Sauvigon
Orange Juice
Sparkling Lime water
Posted by: gNewt
_________
Substitute the two parts Cabernet with two bottles of Everclear.
Pour the orange juice down the sink.
Put the sparkling lime water in the dog's water dish.
Enjoy!
Posted by: DistHillary at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (j+dfT)
So how does Colbert play this.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (SIY7D)
More cowbell, indeed.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (W+vEI)
anyway , I didn't really get high, but I did get really tired and slept 6 hours straight, which was awesome!
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:21 PM (FKrah)
Medical marijuana is legal here.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (SRKgf)
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Yes. I want a class on how to become as oppressed as Danny Glover (net worth, $40 million) and I also would like to do a workshop on How to Become as Poor as Hillary and Bill Clinton.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
Homeopathy is in a dead heat with Scientology, in my book.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
No, I don't believe there is. It's pure concentrated crystalline stupidity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (SRKgf)
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard, Still laughing his way to the bank at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (rmVvL)
Perhaps you should read what I typed again a few times before commenting again. You clearly didn't understand a thing I wrote.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Team America Ex Presidents Police!! at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (8RxfD)
But they're in on the joke, that's why they are there.
The joke is that YOU are paying for it. (and so am I, and so are we all) We're not only paying for them to buy access to the deep state, we're also paying them to do absolutely nothing while they get a 5 star meal and get drunk at the same time. Nothing that is said means anything to anyone - it never does, no matter who is up in front, so why would that be different now? That's not how this works, that's not how any of the things at that level work.
so who exactly are the idiotic trained seals?
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: Headhunt23 at September 18, 2017 02:28 PM (LDITg)
I'm just amused that anyone would want to hear from him, let alone at a
$400K price tag, after 8 years of him pontificating on everything from
Game of Thrones to NCAA brackets. What fresh material could he possibly
have?
He could stand up there and do the Nelson Mandela sign language guy, and they'd still pay him. It isn't about anything he has to say, it's what it's always been: graft and connections.
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:28 PM (LAe3v)
More cowbell, indeed.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 02:26 PM (W+vEI)
Maybe the title of his talk is "What Happened." I'd like to hear what the hell happened to this country myself.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:28 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: steevy"
That Leah Remini show is fascinating. And Leah is hot. Also, hilarious that David Miscavige is shorter than Tom Cruise.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 02:28 PM (OD2ni)
Yeah, at Yale.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 02:28 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (FKrah)
When they teleported, were they still themselves or were they essentially disintegrated and reformed as total clones with stored memories?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (duJXg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (dphqw)
How about we all look at the sidebar and choose a topic from that stories over there to talk about.
Posted by: buzzion at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 02:28 PM (OD2ni)
The dude's scary.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (8XRCm)
We're not only hard wired to believe in the Divine, we're also hard wired to rebel against the Divine.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (hcyUh)
I don't believe they are really paying for his talk, they are paying for his influence.
Posted by: willow
Bingo.
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (LAe3v)
Right like an interstellar traveling race would model their spacecraft after DC-9s.
Posted by: science fiction writers of america at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (16GzI)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (vlVF/)
Berkeley was the starting point of the "Free Speech Movement" back in 1964 - -the fuse that started the '60s leftoid revolution.
The concept is so embedded and sacred in the Berkeley mind that no one ever types out "Free Speech Movement" any more -- everyone just uses the acronym "FSM." If you ask anyone on campus aboutt he greatest thing ever to come out of Berkeley that most influenced the world, it would the FSM.
Sooooo....Now some conservatives are holding their own "Free Speech Week" at Berkeley, and WHAT is the official campus response to this??
Behold:
UC Berkeley professors urge campus boycott during ‘Free Speech Week’
"At UC Berkeley, 177 professors and graduate students have signed an open letter urging thousands of colleagues and classmates to boycott campus for four days this month to ensure their “physical and mental safety.”...
“As faculty we cannot ask students and staff to choose between risking their physical and mental safety in order to attend class or come to work in an environment of harassment, intimidation, violence, and militarized policing,” says the letter, adding that some students and employees are particularly at risk: “non-white, gender queer, Muslims, disabled, feminists” and others routinely singled out by the right....
But beyond personal safety, Blocker said, “we will do it massively — as a symbol. If they (the right-wing) are going to be handed the keys to this campus ... then academics will go elsewhere.”
Peter Glazer, an associate professor of theater, dance and performance studies who also signed, said the value of boycotting campus is also to “deny the invited speakers the audience, the trouble, and the kind of press they crave.”
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ UC-Berkeley-professors-urge-campus-boycott-during-12202096.php
Somewhere out in deep space, a supernova just became sad because the supernova of hypocrisy emanating from Berkeley surpassed it in intensity.
Posted by: zombie at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
No, I don't believe there is. It's pure concentrated crystalline stupidity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (SRKgf)
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
Posted by: Zombie L. Ron Hubbard, Still laughing his way to the bank at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (RD7QR)
I've heard the Hubbard cooked up Scientology on a bet that he could dream up a totally half-baked half-assed "religion" and actually convince idiots to subscribe to it.
No idea if that's true, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Sonobi Covfefe at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: zombie at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: science fiction writers of america
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Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night?
Posted by: Jimmie Dale Gilmore at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (j+dfT)
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Pay for my influence, Willow.
Posted by: Pot at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: buzzion at September 18, 2017 02:29 PM (cAnNx)
I just watched the one about the Walmart brawl (if Obama had sons) and started to watch the fapping one, and quit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (PY9jH)
Posted by: Tentotwo at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (yhf6w)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (dphqw)
Sure. The Romulan commander in The Enterprise Incident can have her way with me anytime.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:32 PM (X6fMO)
They already did that, it was called "Voyager".
That's why the ship had a giant Vagina in the front.
I saw a lot of that series and kept waiting for one of the aliens to dock with it. Writers missed a bet on that one.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:32 PM (k1TUh)
Oh, OK, as long as they got graduate students.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:32 PM (SRKgf)
I only gave one girl a foot massage and she didn't get all amorous, she just want to sleep.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
__________________
You're not doing it right...
Posted by: Paolo at September 18, 2017 02:32 PM (kKwi8)
Posted by: zombie at September 18, 2017 02:30 PM (DQ4Fv)
Free speech is only free once it's been screened, filtered, censored and redacted by the proper authorities, tovarisch!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:32 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 18, 2017 02:31 PM (PY9jH)
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....which begs the question.
Has anybody ever seen the end of a porno flick??
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (8XRCm)
so hedging their bets.
possible along with the influence
Posted by: willow at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (FKrah)
When they teleported, were they still themselves or were they essentially disintegrated and reformed as total clones with stored memories?
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy
basically The Prestige
Posted by: The Original REAL Galactic Lord Sir Sonobi Covfefe at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (nFwvY)
Posted by: Bill Cosby at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (duJXg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:27 PM (dphqw)
How about how to become a world class space travelling biologist in the Alien universe meanwhile retaining the ability to not give a damn about touching and prancing around in unknown fauna.
Top. Men.
*yeah, yeah. Redboxed Covenant over the weekend.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (1yVlF)
What if Saint Columba was really one of Gary Seven's people sent to Earth to help the people along?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: Northerlurker, Still Lurking After All These Years. at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (nBr1j)
I Mudd was on the other night and it foreshadowed the 2016 election. Hillary is Stella to most voters.
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
__________________
You're not doing it right...
Posted by: Paolo at September 18, 2017 02:32 PM (kKwi
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The hell he didnt.
Posted by: Bill Cosby at September 18, 2017 02:34 PM (8XRCm)
395 379 374 Is there anything stupider than Scientology?
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:23 PM (rmVvL)
No, I don't believe there is. It's pure concentrated crystalline stupidity.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:24 PM (SRKgf)
The story I heard was the L. Ron the science fiction author made a bet with Robert A. Heinlein that he could invent a new religion. He named it Dianetics after his wife.
No idea if the RAH connection is true. Diane was L. Ron's wife.
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:34 PM (4dz1m)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (1yVlF)
Sending two ghey dudes as part of a colonizing mission. So. Much. Dumb.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:34 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (8XRCm)
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Lost the VCR remote once, it took about six months before it rewound itself.
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:34 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: gNewt at September 18, 2017 02:34 PM (vlVF/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (dphqw)
Eh.
All of those women waiting all night to see Hillary are not looking for "influence." They're there for the same reason that others want to see Kim Kardashian.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (fA1SL)
The Naboo Royal Starship was modeled after the SR-71.
"Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night?"
Now that you mention it, yes, I have. Quite nice, especially downtown with all the lights.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (k1TUh)
439 I'm not sure how any company would justify laying out that kind of coin for an Obama speech. What would the gain be? Is it just be a form of cash political support.
Posted by: Northerlurker, Still Lurking After All These Years. at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (nBr1j)
Or Payoff for service rendered?
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (4dz1m)
It really is. In addition to being informative, it feels sort of like watching Remeni's therapy, watching her coming to terms with all she did as a Scientologist.
I just loved it when she detailed how Scientology trains people to aggressively attack critics and she said (paraphrasing), "Everything they taught me to be as a fighter I am now using to destroy them." You go, Leah!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (LjR2k)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (huf6/)
For another guy.
**looks at clock**
Another half hour before I can drink? This sucks.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (X6fMO)
Yeah, we don't want to put their mental safety at risk, as we all know what a beacon of mental health Berkeley is.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (8XRCm)
______
Lost the VCR remote once, it took about six months before it rewound itself.
Posted by: IP
Did you have to call the proctologist to recover the remote that you "lost" while watching the porn flick?
Posted by: zombie at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (DQ4Fv)
For another guy.
**looks at clock**
Another half hour before I can drink? This sucks.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (X6fMO)
Ain't it always the way?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: klaftern at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:33 PM (1yVlF)
Sending two ghey dudes as part of a colonizing mission. So. Much. Dumb.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:34 PM (NWiLs)
I heard that before watching. Maybe I wasn't paying attention but I didn't notice them.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (huf6/)
Posted by: zombie at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (DQ4Fv)
____
one in a million shot doc....
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (UmSfZ)
===============
There was a federal case some years ago where scientology sued somepeople over something.
I was in the law library looking for something and came across the reported appellate decision. The judges put into the opinion the supposedly top secret core truth's of scientology that you only get to know if you have been in the religion for decades and have contributed major bucks to the religion - Tom Cruise level. Printed them right out in a list.
its was worse than b grade sci fi. Embarrassing bullshit.
Posted by: simplemind at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (JhoBl)
*****
I think it worked sort of like a multidimensional Rubik's Cube.
Let me see, if I rotate this molecule here over to that side I'll have it...
...oh crap, that messed up the one on the other side. Hang on. I think I've got it.
(and if you can't get it reassembled correctly you just toss it in the back of the junk drawer in the kitchen)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (kfcYC)
His speech payers were from Japan. His usual speech fee was 50k. The Japanese overpaid for everything . Further appearance was huge in Japan and did add value domestically to those companies.
Though free capitalist Reagan getting a fee and Socialist Obama getting a fee is a difference regard to hypocrisy.
Considering you think what Moore did and Alcee Hasting did was the same I shouldn't expect much from you.
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (zO1cf)
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (4dz1m)
Yeah, like Wall Street wouldn't burn someone who'd already held up his half of the deal, and had no power to make them hold up their half.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: mnw at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (hCbo0)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:37 PM (huf6/)
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And bonus, they died.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (vg8iE)
The same reason he was elected: The Cachet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 18, 2017 02:04 PM
NOUN
1. the state of being respected or admired; prestige:
"no other shipping company had quite the cachet of Cunard"
synonyms: prestige · status · standing · clout · kudos · snob value · stature · [more]
2. a distinguishing mark or seal.
philately
a printed design added to an envelope to commemorate a special event.
3. a flat capsule enclosing a dose of unpleasant-tasting medicine.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (dphqw)
Should have for me as well. Covenant > Prometheus. But still not worth the time.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (huf6/)
(SFW)
https://tinyurl.com/ybbazycg
*I would have lost my lunch
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:36 PM (huf6/)
I. LOATHE. That. Show.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:39 PM (X6fMO)
Climate Change Believers... it really IS a religion for them.
Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at September 18, 2017 02:39 PM (jAZR9)
Yep, after saying religion was the biggest fraud of all.
The South Park episode with Tom Cruise in the Closet lays it all out. You have to climb many rungs in Scientology until you're told the LOL "secrets" about Zenu and the Thetans. South Park tells them all.
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 02:39 PM (SIY7D)
The shareholders of consequence know it. They approve heartily.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 18, 2017 02:39 PM (7/jt7)
Posted by: Dang at September 18, 2017 02:40 PM (8b+oT)
of scientology that you only get to know if you have been in the
religion for decades and have contributed major bucks to the religion -
Tom Cruise level. Printed them right out in a list.
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine?
Posted by: pep at September 18, 2017 02:40 PM (LAe3v)
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (4dz1m)
Yeah, like Wall Street wouldn't burn someone who'd already held up his half of the deal, and had no power to make them hold up their half.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
I'm sure he still has deep state contacts at the IRS that would audit them as a favor.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 18, 2017 02:40 PM (YxTUV)
A purely secularist take would say there's no metaphysical difference to note - as long as there's no duplication. Unless taking into account a philosophical distinction about what a disconnect in continuity and quantum effects up/down might have on a continuing personality.
Trouble is, Trek never could stand to stay completely secular as hard as they protested they were, so were constantly hinting at higher meanings, the existence of souls (?) and so on. Which means metaphysical questions of that nature *are* relevant. And were never answered worth crap.
"We duplicated Riker, but we did it offscreen and immediately picked one of the Rikers to deviate from Standard Riker Plan"
"We merged Tuvok and Neelix... ha ha, just kidding, this is an entirely new person we created, not a metaphysical joining, and nothing really remains of the original two, so now we have to kill him because they're dead dead dead until that happens"
Just... dumb shit.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (HtLSE)
Posted by: fixerupper at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (zO1cf)
It could split you in two. Or with a quick send you to a parallel world. But the worse was rematerializing as gelatinous goo.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 02:42 PM (XFue2)
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Though the two are seen hanging out together in the ship, it's not obvious they are definitely partners until Hallett inhales some spores which quickly leads to an alien bursting through his face (yuk). Lope witnesses this and grabs him in shock, while Daniels (Katherine Waterston) is telling him "there's nothing you can do". Lope whispers "I love you" before they have to leave him.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:42 PM (1yVlF)
So rather than risk lives, on a dangerous mission, why not use the transporter to make a duplicate and keep the original crewmember safely on the ship? The duplicate would know what was at stake, and would know that his body was on a suicide mission, but that his original copy was safe. He would also know that he had been created for this sole purpose, and that it was a one way trip no matter what happened.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:42 PM (k1TUh)
Good movie, and Kevin Costner's lack of emotion really works in it.
Posted by: Lizzy at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: garrett at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (WDCYi)
It could split you in two. Or with a quick send you to a parallel world. But the worse was rematerializing as gelatinous goo.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (dphqw)
For example: See the Galaxy Quest movie when they tried to beam up the pig looking beast.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (jxbfJ)
so hedging their bets.
possible along with the influence
Posted by: willow
I think this gets closer to the truth, as to why a company would pay that much for a few useless words. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been shaking down companies for years with the Organizing threat.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (0ogQG)
Issac Hayes voiced the Chef. He was also a Scientologist & quit b/c of it.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (Rpm7S)
Posted by: garrett at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (7DyCP)
You'd think they could get a volume discount.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:39 PM (X6fMO)
Have to ask why?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (1yVlF)
combining his already bastardized version of Islam with Scientology was
a good idea.
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM (WDCYi)
________
$$$$$
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (UmSfZ)
For another guy.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
__________________
And for this, the Paolo thanks you....
Posted by: Paolo at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (kKwi8)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 02:41 PM (zO1cf)
"Welcome... to Mindhead."
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: tu3031 at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (O5Q3r)
The Almighty, Ralph did not find it amusing.
Posted by: Re-Run at September 18, 2017 02:45 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: ShainS at September 18, 2017 02:45 PM (uI2Td)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 18, 2017 02:45 PM (yrE3y)
It turned Inside Out.
AND it Exploded!
Posted by: Malthazar at September 18, 2017 02:45 PM (k1TUh)
465 Or Payoff for service rendered?
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:35 PM (4dz1m)
Yeah, like Wall Street wouldn't burn someone who'd already held up his half of the deal, and had no power to make them hold up their half.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 18, 2017 02:38 PM (SRKgf)
Then the Wall Street geniuses will never get cooperation from the next grifting Democrat or Republican politician. Don't ever think that gossip doesn't get around in a company town like Washington DC. They all know what is going on, they just hide it from us hicks in the sticks.
It is no different from all those retired State Department hacks getting cushy university positions funded by Saudi Oil money.
Posted by: rd at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (4dz1m)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (XFue2)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: garrett at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (7DyCP)
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Puh-lease.
The operative word in all that is "you." He didn't say anything about "me."
Posted by: bicentennialguy at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 18, 2017 02:45 PM (yrE3y)
Still there. Keyword being "you've."
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (1yVlF)
The best thing about The Prestige is that the first time he tried it, it was *the target guy* who killed the source guy. Therefore, the result of "who's the real guy" is immaterial - either they both were genuine, or the "original" got killed either the first or second time the machine was used. Wow.
In addition to that, he could have duplicated himself *once*, and fallen back on the body double/twin paradigm. BUT, the same thing that drove him to kill himself the first time he tried it continued to be in play - the same reason he *had* to have the best version of the trick. "There's only room for one me". The twins were unselfish - but Angier's all-consuming selfishness drove him to prefer an ontological horror - not knowing who he was and whether he was going to be the one murdered by *himself* - to the idea that there could be two Angiers, or that he wasn't really teleporting. Inconceivable. He had the machine, he had the power, he had to use it.
The murderous selfish insanity of his downfall.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 02:47 PM (HtLSE)
I had a girlfriend in college who could achieve orgasm through a foot rub.
She was fun.
Posted by: garrett at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (7DyCP)
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Walking barefoot must have been a hoot too
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:47 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (KP5rU)
All churches want donations. I can't think of any who demand that you give them money or you're not welcome. You can go to Mass every Sunday without ever dropping a dollar in the collection basket.
Not only does Scientology demand that you cough up moola, you can't just up and leave either. I didn't darken the door of a church for 25 years and they didn't send out a squad of nuns to drag me back.
That's the difference between a religion and a cult.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (ZM2xo)
And logistics - let us say the copy returns. What then?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (fA1SL)
I had a girlfriend in college who could achieve orgasm through a foot rub.
She was fun.
Posted by: garrett at September 18, 2017 02:46 PM (7DyCP)
____
Walking barefoot must have been a hoot too
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:47 PM (UmSfZ)
There's a joke in here about pussyfooting...
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (ghofu)
"At Some Point" being the operative phrase.
"I AM A RIVER TO MY PEOPLE!!!" Anthony Quinn, as Auda in Lawrence of Arabia.
Of course, in this case "My People" = The Deep State.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (SIY7D)
Posted by: Colin at September 18, 2017 02:49 PM (PER5M)
Posted by: Hope Solo at September 18, 2017 02:49 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:49 PM (rmVvL)
Did she get married to Rex Ryan?
Posted by: Benji Carver at September 18, 2017 02:49 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (rmVvL)
Are the conservatives doing anything exhibitionistic? Like wear pussy hats?
Also, what are the odds that Prof. Glazer is a poofter?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at September 18, 2017 02:44 PM (1yVlF)
Because it isn't funny. It's four yukking yahoos trying to see who can degrade each other the most.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (p+Wdc)
Nothing. I was talking about you, not me. Racist!!
Posted by: Barry Obama at September 18, 2017 02:50 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Paolo at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (kKwi8)
Controversy over 11 year old mowing the White House lawn.
Oh the Humanity!
Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (ghofu)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (NWiLs)
That goes beyond "golf clap". That gets a standing ovation and a bouquet of roses thrown up on the stage.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (hcyUh)
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (HtLSE)
Like when Sulu is freezing to death on the planet, and the transporters are broken, and none of the big brains can figure out what to do about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (k1TUh)
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 02:48 PM (SIY7D)
It was also handy for getting Kirk out of trouble in a jiff - like when some green-skinned chick presented him with a court order for child support..
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (ZM2xo)
Posted by: Ignoramus at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (SIY7D)
Magic Eight Ball sez..."Entirely Possible".
Posted by: tu3031 at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (O5Q3r)
Controversy over 11 year old mowing the White House lawn.
Oh the Humanity!
Posted by: Skip at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (ghofu)
I read something about child labor....is that what they are all bent about?
Posted by: Colin at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (PER5M)
Posted by: blaster at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (GuzcK)
One Riker was too many. Most pointless, dull character ever invented. If he'd at least had some personality it would have worked, but they didn't want someone showing up the captain.
See his purpose was to be action boy who beamed down to the planet, so the captain wasn't perpetually putting himself into danger Kirk-style. But then they beamed the captain down anyway half the time and Riker could have been replaced with a blank cardboard cutout of a human and made no difference.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (39g3+)
"So why don't they just send down a shuttle?"
"Uhh..."
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:53 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: lyn5 at September 18, 2017 02:53 PM (4bPcS)
Her new name was Ass. Why? Because Ass was sassin Master.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:52 PM (39g3+)
I thought "Frame of Mind" was pretty OK, though.
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (WDCYi)
Maybe not ALL cardboard...
Maybe, just 5-7% Latex?
Posted by: Counselor Troi at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (k1TUh)
I think the explanation on that one was that the storm was so severe that even a shuttle couldn't pinpoint Sulu's location. Or something like that - I really don't remember.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (X6fMO)
Posted by: wth at September 18, 2017 02:55 PM (HgMAr)
Posted by: Holodeck Jizzmopper at September 18, 2017 02:55 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:56 PM (rmVvL)
Her new name was Ass. Why? Because Ass was sassin Master.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 02:54 PM (dphqw)
...one gets the impression Chalker should get some of the blame for all the Tranny-mania, maybe...
Posted by: Hikaru at September 18, 2017 02:56 PM (WDCYi)
Posted by: Jack Sock at September 18, 2017 02:56 PM (zO1cf)
Then they had to come up with all kinds of contrivances for why the transporter didn't work THIS time. Kind of like for cell phones now. They can work everywhere (middle of a ship, basement of a nuclear reactor, inside a faraday cage) unless they'd be rationally used to get out of trouble, then no signal/broken/battery dead.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:56 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 18, 2017 02:51 PM (k1TUh)
Given that he's shown himself to be a complete asshole on Twitter, they should have just left him there.
Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at September 18, 2017 02:56 PM (ZM2xo)
Why did they never build a transporter that could beam fifty guys at a time down to a planet? Only beaming four people at a time into a possibly hostile enviroment seems dumb.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at September 18, 2017 02:57 PM (lKyWE)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 18, 2017 02:57 PM (X6fMO)
See, I like Riker, but it has no legitimate basis on his writing as a character. Or it does, but for a peripheral reason.
See, Riker is suave. Implausibly suave. He is suave in this or that scene, despite how hokey or ridiculous the performance is, because the writing says he is suave and SHUT UP, YOU.
That, and stiff/braggadocious Boy Scoutishness mean that Riker is a completely hilarious plot device given flesh, and he's one the writers know how to write, but not how to integrate to the plot.
So, he's just one long beard-stroking Man of Mystery farce scene/Shakespeare's Dogberry in every single scene. And it rocks.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 02:57 PM (HtLSE)
We'll just re-route the signal through the Tachyon Emitter. That should fix it.
Posted by: garrett at September 18, 2017 02:58 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 02:58 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 02:58 PM (39g3+)
I thought it was 6 or 8 at a time, but I see your point. Also if the red shirt was to miss the coordinates by a bit and you're all up inside a rock.
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 02:59 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 03:00 PM (rmVvL)
I hate and love that the payoff of her implanted kill command was so extremely cheapened by that.
I also left out the whole thing at the end where "Ass" had been mind-wiped, and so was likely to get her memories restored from the version loaded on the prime dude. Because the memory-dickery was already complicated enough.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 03:00 PM (HtLSE)
Until his 3rd pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.
Then he gets all date rapey.
Posted by: Guinan at September 18, 2017 03:00 PM (7DyCP)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 03:01 PM (rmVvL)
Lets stick the main character in a new body. In the Well World books, you almost lose count of who is who. Downtiming the Dark Side Federal agent ends up female and in a time war. Identity Matrix, again aliens and the hero ends up in a female body. Changewind series more body swapping. Four Lords of the Diamond - ditto. About the only time he didn't do a body swap story was in A War of Shadows which is thriller about terrorists who infiltrate the US government, have government lab whip up some killer biologicals, all to take the country over.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 03:03 PM (dphqw)
I could be misremembering, but I think Jonathan Frakes directed a few episodes. Smoke that one.
Also, Michael Dorn is almost superhumanly dull in person, I've heard. A nega-conversationalist.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 03:03 PM (HtLSE)
Most of the ship was run on transporters, that's what all the food makers work: rebuilding base materials into food from transporter matrices.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 18, 2017 03:04 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: IP at September 18, 2017 03:04 PM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 03:04 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 18, 2017 03:04 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: steevy at September 18, 2017 03:05 PM (rmVvL)
There's kind of a Jack Chalker suite of nonsense/checklist. Body swap: check. Duplication: check. Uncontrolled mutation: check. Gender swap: check. Mind control/manipulation: check. Memory delete related to that: also check. Lesbionics: usually check.
Changewinds was... to put it mildly, a trainwreck. Midnight at the Well of Souls is on its own a pretty seminal work, if silly in spots, and the most natural working out of his silliness is probably Dancing Gods.
Lords of the Diamond is pretty good sci-fi for the most part. Leaving aside some Gor silliness and the last pages of the last book.
Posted by: Sporkatus at September 18, 2017 03:08 PM (HtLSE)
Also TOS think actually had six pads in the transporter room. Because some of the away teams were that big.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 03:08 PM (dphqw)
*taps head to reseat memory units*
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 03:11 PM (dphqw)
Posted by: arbitrary turn back at September 18, 2017 03:12 PM (8RQER)
fixt.
Posted by: Anachronda at September 18, 2017 03:13 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 18, 2017 03:16 PM (dphqw)
Issac Hayes voiced the Chef. He was also a Scientologist & quit b/c of it.
Posted by: Gumdrop Gorilla at September 18, 2017 02:43 PM
That Chef was one bad mutha ...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 18, 2017 03:17 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: notsothoreau at September 18, 2017 03:21 PM (JKNZq)
Well hell, why not? He could read the fine print off an instructional pamphlet for Tampax for all they care. Payola is payola.
Posted by: jbspry at September 18, 2017 04:45 PM (LtaK3)
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/160266438656/pre-bribing-a-president
Posted by: Jb at September 18, 2017 05:26 PM (xcF3W)
Posted by: David at September 19, 2017 12:43 AM (7ISIV)
Can no one rid us of this meddlesome jackanapes?
Posted by: Beverly at September 19, 2017 12:55 AM (T4W+8)
Posted by: Steven Tinel at September 19, 2017 07:02 AM (E4M8o)
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