The Morning Rant: J.V. Edition

The only thing this puffed-up clown deserves is a big pile of poo thrown at him. Why do you people take him seriously?

If you need to be convinced of the fundamental unseriousness of the American media, look no farther than the recent CNN interview with LaVar Ball, a self-promoting buffoon who has nothing to say of any importance, but is more than willing to tout his sneakers and criticize the President.

LaVar Ball responds to Trump, wishes him a 'great Thanksgiving'

That was a 23-minute interview! To be fair to CNN, Don Lemon, their crack journalist was unavailable, so they dug Chris Cuomo out of the play room and threw him into the mix. You have to give credit to their makeup department too...there isn't a speck of paste on Cuomo's face, and the contents of his diaper are nowhere to be found on his suit.

******
And here we have Newsweek with some really important breaking news....
'Fake' Apollo Moon Landing Photo Claims to Show Proof the Mission Was a Hoax
At least the Weekly World News didn't pretend to be a serious news organization.
******
I hate to pick on Newsweek (that's a lie), but here is another moronic article that is also politically charged and offensive.
Don't Want to Feel Thankful? How to Have a Woke Thanksgiving and Wallow in Darkness This Year

Thanksgiving dinner conversations are notoriously difficult, and President Donald Trump’s first year in office hasn’t made it any easier: 58 percent of Americans “dread the thought of having to talk about politics at Thanksgiving dinner,” a new Marist poll shows, compared to 53 percent last year.
Media outlets have taken notice and are offering quick guidelines on how to best avoid stirring the pot on Turkey Day. But Thanksgiving offers a unique opportunity to civically engage with those closest to us. It’s the dirty work all democracies depend on. So, in an effort to promote thoughtful discussion, here’s Newsweek’s guide to having a conscious, or “woke”, Thanksgiving.

What the hell does that mean? "Civically engage?" Do they mean doing your civic duty, or is it bad writing and editing and do they really mean "civilly?"

This exposes one of the most unpleasant aspects of the progressive hive...they seem to internalize and take personally every political stance, and take it as a deeply emotional and personal affront if they are disagreed with.

What a bunch of party-poopers. They are pinch-faced scolds, and can't have the decency to shut the hell up even during festive family celebrations.

What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Posted by: CBD at 11:30 AM

Comments

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1 First?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 22, 2017 11:28 AM (/qEW2)

2 I only need to be woke through the turkey and mashed potatoes. After that I can sleep. Course I got moonshine and bourbon.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus (No Smoothies) at November 22, 2017 11:30 AM (4RH1F)

3 nd

Posted by: fixerupper at November 22, 2017 11:30 AM (8XRCm)

4 crap

Posted by: fixerupper at November 22, 2017 11:30 AM (8XRCm)

5 DENIED

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus (No Smoothies) at November 22, 2017 11:30 AM (4RH1F)

6 Surely "Lavaball" is the name of an 80s B-movie.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - carried over to a good chunk of the Russian population via Mongol rape at November 22, 2017 11:31 AM (8Zprg)

7 I heard snips of the Cuomo/Bell interview and was surprised Cuomo was challenging the ridiculous blowhard.

Posted by: kallisto at November 22, 2017 11:31 AM (kD8Fh)

8 What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Posted by: CBD at 11:30 AM

Uh..UH...UHHHH...INDIVIDUAL MANDATE!

Posted by: The Worse Sex Partner in History at November 22, 2017 11:32 AM (RD7QR)

9 Wasnt he the guy who wore an air cleaner for glasses on STNG?

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 22, 2017 11:32 AM (ksyA4)

10 Dread the thought of talking politics? Not hardly.
Both sides of the family are hard right.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 11:33 AM (f/e+k)

11 CuomoBall is a sport played among the mountain tribesfolk of Uzbekistan. With gorillas on leashes.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Nostrildamus (No Smoothies) at November 22, 2017 11:33 AM (4RH1F)

12
"Crack journalist". Is that a really good journalist or one on crack?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2017 11:33 AM (DdkMz)

13 Worst. That's what I get for rushing my snark out the door.

Posted by: joncelli, predenounced for your pleasure at November 22, 2017 11:33 AM (RD7QR)

14 They are pinch-faced scolds, and can't have the decency to shut the hell up"

Bbuutt that's what you right wingers are!

Snort

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 11:34 AM (MINbv)

15 This exposes one of the most unpleasant aspects of the progressive hive...they seem to internalize and take personally every political stance, and take it as a deeply emotional and personal affront if they are disagreed with.

Until the knives come out, don't take it personal.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 11:34 AM (f/e+k)

16 Hillary's Alien Boyfriend Found!

-Newsweak

Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 22, 2017 11:35 AM (3myMJ)

17 John Conyers would like to cervically engage a few young ladies this Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 11:35 AM (2TmvQ)

18 How bouts I take WOKE and shove it right up your ass?

Posted by: Slappypants Fogbottom at November 22, 2017 11:35 AM (uXEPm)

19 Crack journalist". Is that a really good journalist or one on crack"

Could be one with his head up his crack...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 11:35 AM (MINbv)

20 What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Posted by: CBD at 11:30 AM

Wife? Too heteronormative for Newsweak. Try "The exciting risks of anal sex provide the perfect segue into talkig to your partner about single-payer health care".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (p+Wdc)

21 Lavar Ball is placing a huge target on the backs of his sons.

He also provides constant propaganda that all fathers are bad for our Marxist MSM and culture.

Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (g4lFK)

22 58 percent of Americans "dread the thought of having to talk about politics" at Thanksgiving dinner
...........

Thankfully my brother and his 4th future ex-wife won't be there, their electric cars would probably set my Mom's house on fire.

Posted by: wth at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (HgMAr)

23 Wasnt he the guy who wore an air cleaner for glasses on STNG?

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 22, 2017 11:32 AM (ksyA4)

That would be Geordi "fram man" La forge

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (aMlLZ)

24
58 percent of Americans "dread the thought of having to talk about politics at Thanksgiving dinner," a new Marist poll shows, compared to 53 percent last year.

Criminy neds, then don't talk about politics at Thanksgiving dinner. Do I have to think of everything around here?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (DdkMz)

25 Until the knives come out, don't take it personal."

Nah. Now that's a knife!

*said as I bring out vintage Gerber blade*

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 11:37 AM (MINbv)

26 I have much to be thankful for, as I made sure to exorcise every fuckheaded leftist or globalist fuckwankle family member out of my life, leaving only us Deplorables left.

Our Thanksgvings are glorious and peaceful.

Posted by: Slappypants Fogbottom at November 22, 2017 11:37 AM (uXEPm)

27 I wonder what trade concessions Trump had to give up to get those dumbass basketball players home.

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 11:37 AM (2TmvQ)

28 What's next?
Posted by: CBD at 11:30 AM

If only it was the wives that needed convincing. Ladies in our neighborhood were all With Her. Their day-after meltdowns, shared around the neighborhood by group text and social media out of assumed political homogeneity, were wonderful. No, I'm quite convinced they hold out on the husbands until all the convincing is done.

Posted by: Bro Magnon at November 22, 2017 11:37 AM (wx6iv)

29 The NFL is rapidly approaching NBA parity. Hooray!

Posted by: Eromero at November 22, 2017 11:38 AM (zLDYs)

30 >>Media outlets have taken notice and are offering quick guidelines on how to best avoid stirring the pot on Turkey Day.

Hello! I recall many media outlets helpfully creating print-out talking points brochures to assist progressives in pitching the latest Obama policies to their "racist uncle." Think one was even a talking point place-mat.

So....No, you get no peace if you've used the last 8 Thanksgivings to hawk progressive policy.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:38 AM (W+vEI)

31 22 58 percent of Americans "dread the thought of having to talk about politics" at Thanksgiving dinner
...........

Thankfully my brother and his 4th future ex-wife won't be there, their electric cars would probably set my Mom's house on fire.
Posted by: wth at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (HgMAr)

Seems to me that once you hit ex-wife number two you should just give up and think about baseball.

Posted by: joncelli, predenounced for your pleasure at November 22, 2017 11:38 AM (RD7QR)

32 "Civically engage?"
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I think it has something to do with some variety of cat, and coffee beans.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 22, 2017 11:38 AM (9tO1t)

33 27 I wonder what trade concessions Trump had to give up to get those dumbass basketball players home.
Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 11:37 AM (2TmvQ)

He didn't trade 5 enemies of the state and shoplifting isn't desertion so don't sweat it, by contemporary standards we're still winning, and not tired of winning yet.

Posted by: Bro Magnon at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (wx6iv)

34 "Boy, I sure am glad that Trump is president now instead of that skinny, closeted, black fag. Could you pass the fucking potatoes please?"
How was that?

Posted by: tu3031 at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (O5Q3r)

35 >>> What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Stop giving them ideas!

Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (hvf9s)

36 The last few years my mom and I have gone to my nephew's girlfriend's family (we're closer than that sounds) for Thanksgiving. It's mostly serve yourself, find a seat, and eat. Very casual, no awkward conversations. I like it that way.

Posted by: josephistan at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (ANIFC)

37 Their day-after meltdowns, shared around the neighborhood by group text and social media out of assumed political homogeneity, were wonderful. No, I'm quite convinced they hold out on the husbands until all the convincing is done.

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THIGHS CLOSED FOR HILLARY!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (UPjBG)

38 LaVar Ball is an ungrateful dick. "Let's just stay in our lane"? Really? You were going to negotiate with China's government for the release of your son, you stupid fuck?

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (NWiLs)

39 Newsweek is for the leftist anti-America cult

They start with "we have to hate this"
and move to "some here are some reasons we have come up with"

e.g. "we have to hate American Exceptionalism"

so here are some reasons to doubt we really landed on the moon

Posted by: illiniwek at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (/aIFg)

40
Newsweak has gone around the bend and completely off the rails. It's basically the rantings of unhinged lefties.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 22, 2017 11:40 AM (SiINZ)

41 Okay if politics is a no-no how about football?...Oops....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 22, 2017 11:40 AM (O2RFr)

42 What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Posted by: CBD at 11:30 AM

What is this "making love" thing of which you speak.
That's not how we roll.

Posted by: H'wood&DC fappers, grinders, humpers and rapists local 666 at November 22, 2017 11:40 AM (z79tQ)

43 If Trump did bring the punks home on AF1, LaVar Bell would be bitching that Trump didn't let his boy fly the plane.

Posted by: josephistan at November 22, 2017 11:40 AM (ANIFC)

44 Wife? Too heteronormative for Newsweak. Try "The exciting risks of anal sex provide the perfect segue into talkig to your partner about single-payer health care".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2017 11:36 AM (p+Wdc)

Hmmm...what are the ICD-10 codes for rectal prolapse repair and HIV drugs?

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:41 AM (NWiLs)

45 Ooh baby, my love for you is never-ending, like the waiting list for an MRI in a socialist country.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at November 22, 2017 11:41 AM (RbBWO)

46 I wonder what trade concessions Trump had to give up to get those dumbass basketball players home.
Posted by: Votermom's phone

___________

Indeed.

I agree with Trump's sentiment on these ungrateful losers, but hopefully this is a lesson on the value of photo ops and short term news cycles.

Also, he may want to ask himself if the people he tries to help are Trump haters and will they simply use it as a platform to grand stand, see the crazy war widow for another example.

Posted by: Maritime at November 22, 2017 11:41 AM (lKmt3)

47
Thank God it's just Her Majesty and I at T-Day dinner. I'm almost totally anti-social now anyway.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2017 11:41 AM (BWL+E)

48 "Boy, I sure am ~~glad~~ thankful that Trump is president now instead of that skinny, closeted, black fag. Could you pass the fucking potatoes please?"
How was that?
Posted by: tu3031 at November 22, 2017 11:39 AM (O5Q3r)

Keeping it in the spurit of the holiday.

Posted by: tbodie at November 22, 2017 11:42 AM (I1MCJ)

49 Also, he may want to ask himself if the people he tries to help are Trump haters and will they simply use it as a platform to grand stand, see the crazy war widow for another example.

Right... That sure has dropped off the radar..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 22, 2017 11:42 AM (O2RFr)

50 I am truly looking forward to tomorrow. We feast at Mrs IMG's sister. Her boys got into military history when they were in HS. Now She and BIL are militaria collectors. House is a small museum.

The boys did WWII service uniforms. BIL started with bayonets. Then WWII battle rifles. He's working his way back. Springfield, Krag, Spencer, trapdoor. I told him to get on the stick and add some sidearms.

19 lb turkey going into the smoker in the wee hours.

Only lefty is other SIL's daughter, who spent a year at Cambridge (UK) and got corrupted. She avoids politics, as there's about a dozen folks who can intelligently challenge her indefensible positions. Heh.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at November 22, 2017 11:42 AM (di1hb)

51 LaVar Ball has been pulling this shtick for years. He criticizes everyone and everything except himself and has a ginormous ego.

He's currently criticizing the Lakers coaches for not doing a good job with his son after spending years criticizing the UCLA coaches for not doing a good job with him. He's a twat waffle who believes any press is good press in the name of making money.

Paying attention to him is all he cares about. I decline.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 22, 2017 11:43 AM (/tuJf)

52 Ok so tomorrow we ate turkey free

Gonna have beef, pork, salmon, mac & cheese for KTY, pies for the carb eaters, but no turkey.

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 11:43 AM (2TmvQ)

53 Just lie back and think of Obama.

Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at November 22, 2017 11:43 AM (dJiVp)

54
We're having lamb roast this year. Are we deplorable?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (BWL+E)

55 LaVar Ball is an ungrateful dick. "Let's just stay in our lane"? Really? You were going to negotiate with China's government for the release of your son, you stupid fuck?
Posted by: Insomniac

Wholesale for the bullets' cost.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (f/e+k)

56 I love dhte single comment so far on the Newsweek Thanksgiving screed: "There is always some useless, ignorant SJW fanatic in every family who takes [it] upon her miserable self to ruin the party. One of them wrote this article."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (f4Woz)

57 Oh baby, I want to empty my balls inside you the way the corrupt American medical-insurance complex empties the bank accounts of people with pre-existing conditions.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (RbBWO)

58 "He's a twat waffle who believes any press is good press in the name of making money."

So, a Lena,

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (cAXIk)

59 Seems to me that once you hit ex-wife number two you should just give up and think about baseball.

Posted by: joncelli, predenounced for your pleasure at November 22, 2017 11:38 AM (RD7QR)
..............

Third time's the charm... oh wait, 4th times the charm! Shit. 5th time...

Posted by: wth at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (HgMAr)

60 >>> What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

She convinced ME, other way around you misogynists!

Said we need to spread the wealth around with healthcare like we do in the bedroom. Makes sense. She's bringing over this new guy tonight to share in our privilege, I think his name's Paolo? Sounds nice.

Posted by: Woke Guy checking his toxic male privilege at November 22, 2017 11:44 AM (hvf9s)

61 We're having lamb roast this year. Are we deplorable?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You're baa aaad

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (f/e+k)

62 I read that as "a new Marxist poll"

Maybe I am hanging around here too much.

Posted by: Texican (ette) at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (CjE8v)

63 Wasnt he the guy who wore an air cleaner for glasses on STNG?

You can joke, but there in fact was an avalanche of people attacking LeVar Burton (the actor from STTNG) for being mean to Trump. LaVar Bell is not LeVar Burton people

Posted by: Ian S. at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (3J/LN)

64 I have always wondered just how awful of a family life these people have. I have never feared family conversation at Thanksgiving, even with members of the family that I may not be that fond of or those whom I disagree with politically.

First, we don't typically talk politics at the dinner table. Second, we all are able to have civil discussions. When someone does get riled up over a particular topic, we just walk away for a minute to cool off or change the topic to maintain a cordial air during a family holiday.

These folks writing about how awful Thanksgiving dinner conversation can be and how to maintain a civil discussion need to step back and reevaluate their interpersonal skills.

If you need someone to write you guide on how to engage with your family in civil and decent manner, you need are the one who has a serious problem, not your "evil" conservative family member.

Posted by: SGT Stumpy at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (P4k+S)

65 On a related note, it's apparently now a hate-crime to ask people to tell you what they are thankful for. Love how bent out of shape the WH press was about that - you'd think they never participated in a spirited question-and-answer exchange. Apparently only they can ask personal questions, eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (W+vEI)

66 There will only be three people at my TG dinner. My husband agrees with me on politics. I'm not sure what our son thinks, but if he disagrees he doesn't say much about politcs We won't talk much about politics. We will just thank God for our many blessings-particuraly over the last few difficult months and are thankful for the grace of God, our faith and people we love.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (8+Ozj)

67 43 If Trump did bring the punks home on AF1, LaVar Bell would be bitching that Trump didn't let his boy fly the plane.
Posted by: josephistan at November 22, 2017 11:40 AM (ANIFC)

I'd have let them all rot - because they deserved it - the way Obongo let the Marine rot in a Mexican jail, and he didn't deserve it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (YqDXo)

68
Only lefty is other SIL's daughter, who spent a year at Cambridge (UK) and got corrupted.

I spent a year and a half there as a postdoc. Went over as a mild internationalist type, came back a rabid superpatriot and isolationist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 22, 2017 11:46 AM (BWL+E)

69 I promise you that single payer will never do that thing in your mouth.

Posted by: Sporkatus at November 22, 2017 11:46 AM (HtLSE)

70 Posted by: SGT Stumpy at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (P4k+S)

Well said!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 22, 2017 11:46 AM (8+Ozj)

71 my cousin barely speaks to his mom or siblings because of the election. he says if they loved him they would not have voted for Trump and would support his impeachement, and he is serious. his social media comments during the election were so over the top I screenshot many of them, since I figured no one would believe me. the rants are so over the top, incoherent and childish. my cousin is a doctor by the way. eek

Posted by: Slinky Sally at November 22, 2017 11:47 AM (sBDDH)

72 If you need someone to write you guide on how to engage with your family in a civil and decent manner, you need are the one who has a serious problem, not your "evil" conservative family member.
Posted by: SGT Stumpy at November 22, 2017 11:45 AM (P4k+S)

I believe the "woke" (i.e., retarded) usage is "civical."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:47 AM (YqDXo)

73 Odd thing is that Bears aren't on regular antenna TV past few games. Bad infomercials instead. I'm trying to remember when Bears weren't shown locally (usually someone would buy the seats so it was 'sold out').

Youngest kidlet is planning on playing her new PS4 game. We used to spend it watching football. NFL, you did it to yourselves.

Posted by: mustbequantum at November 22, 2017 11:47 AM (MIKMs)

74 We're going to have tacos. This is, after all, California.

Posted by: Manuel Labor at November 22, 2017 11:47 AM (HgMAr)

75 Right... That sure has dropped off the radar.."

Exactly so. Bring the sunlight, and said twatwaffles evaporate. 180 degrees from the Rove "ignore it and it'll magically get better"

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 11:47 AM (MINbv)

76 Maybe I am hanging around here too much.

Posted by: Texican (ette)

Un. Possible.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017 11:48 AM (AM1GF)

77 I believe the "woke" (i.e., retarded) usage is "civical."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

You mean like a "civical cancer"?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017 11:48 AM (AM1GF)

78 Apparently there are growing calls for the fossilized Detroit corruptocrat and Sen Gropey McTongueRammer to resign - mostily coming from their ideological fellow-travelers (because Chester McTurtle apparently can't give a damn if it's not potential threat from his right getting accused).

So it seems we as a society in 2017 are willing to tolerate appalling levels of corruption at the highest levels of government but GET
CAUGHT playing a little grab-ass and under the bus you go

Look, I'm not defending sexual harassers but I'm only saying that it seems our priorities are waaaaaaaaaaaay out of whack

Posted by: DocJ at November 22, 2017 11:49 AM (NYS7S)

79 well, all of you have heard of the record sale of the leonard painting. you may not have heard of the other record set last week: the highest price for a piece of movie memorabilia, prop, etc. it was not:

the ruby slippers from the wizard of oz" ($600,000).

the maltese falcon ($4 million)

the marilyn monroe dress from "7 year itch" (4.5 million)

bond's aston martin db5 from "goldfinger" ($4.5 million)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 22, 2017 11:49 AM (AxFdW)

80 48 - that reminds me - one time I was using my phone's voice to text to answer my kids text msg

I said "In a minute, walking (dog's name)"

My phone helpfully transcribed that as "In a minute, f--king loser"

So glad I caught that before hitting send

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 11:49 AM (2TmvQ)

81 LaVar Ball is an ungrateful dick. "Let's just stay in our lane"? Really? You were going to negotiate with China's government for the release of your son, you stupid fuck?
Posted by: Insomniac

He was bringing to bear the full intellectual firepower of 85 IQ points.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:49 AM (YqDXo)

82 "Speaking of dried out birds, how is Hillary doing these days?

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 11:50 AM (326rv)

83 71 my cousin barely speaks to his mom or siblings because of the election. he says if they loved him they would not have voted for Trump and would support his impeachement, and he is serious.

In my family, coming out as a Republican was a risky business. I came out of the Republican closet in 1987 after being a secret Repub since 1980.

I have an ultra-Lib Uncle and a cousin (his son) who haven't spoken to me since then. 30 years now. The rest of my fam got over it long ago but it's still something that is not spoken of in polite company.

My gf is a righty though, and one of my Gen Z nephews is definitely as well.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 22, 2017 11:50 AM (ul9CR)

84 I promise you that single payer will never do that thing in your mouth.

Posted by: Sporkatus at November 22, 2017 11:46 AM (HtLSE)
..............

You will see a 3000% reduction in messy "accidents".

Posted by: wth at November 22, 2017 11:50 AM (HgMAr)

85 with regards to the UCLA basketball players, can't the sons tell their dad to STFU and say 'thank you'? Seriously, at some point these kids need to grow up. especially the one playing for the lakers.

Posted by: IC at November 22, 2017 11:50 AM (a0IVu)

86 >>These folks writing about how awful Thanksgiving dinner conversation can
be and how to maintain a civil discussion need to step back and
reevaluate their interpersonal skills.

Well said!!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:50 AM (W+vEI)

87 "Crack journalist". Is that a really good journalist or one on crack"

Yes.

Posted by: GlennThrush at November 22, 2017 11:50 AM (O5Q3r)

88 ... it was...

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 22, 2017 11:51 AM (AxFdW)

89 Besides eating more than you probably should, Thanksgiving is also known for watching football on the couch with some potato chips.

But if you're not going to boycott this NFL season, the least you could do is bring up the issue of concussions and head trauma among current and former NFL players.

========

Pestering people with statistics on CTE while they are trying to enjoy a game. That should go over well.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 22, 2017 11:51 AM (/qEW2)

90 my cousin barely speaks to his mom or siblings because of the election. he says if they loved him they would not have voted for Trump and would support his impeachement, and he is serious. his social media comments during the election were so over the top I screenshot many of them, since I figured no one would believe me. the rants are so over the top, incoherent and childish. my cousin is a doctor by the way. eek
Posted by: Slinky Sally

Easy cure for that.

Tell 'em that you wanted to vote for Hillary, but you were the victim of voter intimidation......madonna threatened you with a blow job.

My wife's family steered well clear of me after I launched that.

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 11:51 AM (326rv)

91 As we gird our loins for Thanksgiving, and the influx of relatives, both desirable and otherwise, it is good to remember that we DO NOT have to engage with the bughouse crazy Progressive flotsam around the table.
(After all, I don't want to have to read about you in the Police Beat, or fork over bail money....).

Posted by: kraken at November 22, 2017 11:52 AM (zSVEm)

92 Tell 'em that you wanted to vote for Hillary, but
you were the victim of voter intimidation......madonna threatened you
with a blow job.

My wife's family steered well clear of me after I launched that.

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 11:51 AM (326rv)
LMAO.

Posted by: IC at November 22, 2017 11:52 AM (a0IVu)

93 my cousin barely speaks to his mom or siblings because of the election. he says if they loved him they would not have voted for Trump and would support his impeachement, and he is serious.

Or,

"the reason I hate your fucking guts has nothing whatsoever to do with politics."

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 11:52 AM (326rv)

94 >>> He's a twat waffle who believes any press is good press in the name of making money.

I also think that in making the beef about him and Trump, he knows it takes the media heat off what should be the REAL focus of the story: his idiot son causing a PR kerfluffle on a goodwill tour to China by breaking Chinese law.

I have a feeling those 3 players learned nothing from this affair, and have NO clue what a charmed life they lead. I pity them their ignorance, I honestly do.

Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 11:53 AM (hvf9s)

95 1. Center the struggles facing Native American communities.3. Climate change is real, so don't waste food.
...
3. Climate change is real, so don't waste food.
...
4. The NFL hid the truth about concussion for decades. Don't let them get away with it.

Newsweek really should have titled it "How to be a pill on Thanksgiving."

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:53 AM (W+vEI)

96 You mean like a "civical cancer"?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017 11:48 AM (AM1GF)

No, dummy. That's "survical." Totally different.

Sheesh. Brush up on your woke. Ask any affirmative action English teacher.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:54 AM (YqDXo)

97 Saw a commercial yesterday on CNN (because I was somewhere I couldn't change the channel) for NeedToImpeach dot com or whatever Steyer's vanity campaign is called.

Yeah, it was as pedantic and silly as you probably think it is.

Posted by: DocJ at November 22, 2017 11:54 AM (NYS7S)

98 Here's a thought.Just shut up and love each other and eat!!!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at November 22, 2017 11:54 AM (nQHw/)

99 95 1. Center the struggles facing Native American communities.3. Climate change is real, so don't waste food.
...
3. Climate change is real, so don't waste food.
...
4. The NFL hid the truth about concussion for decades. Don't let them get away with it.

Newsweek really should have titled it "How to be a pill on Thanksgiving."
Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:53 AM (W+vEI)

5. Discuss the business acumen of Sidney Harman in buying that POS Newsweak for $1 and not even getting change back.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:55 AM (YqDXo)

100 The NFL hid the truth about concussion for decades. Don't let them get away with it.

So the left and right are boycotting the NFL? Yup, sign Goddell up to that $50 million contract and throw in the private plan too

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 22, 2017 11:55 AM (SiINZ)

101 98 Here's a thought.Just shut up and love each other and eat!!!
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at November 22, 2017 11:54 AM (nQHw/)

Or just hate each other in silence.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:55 AM (NWiLs)

102 with regards to the UCLA basketball players, can't the sons tell their dad to STFU and say 'thank you'? Seriously, at some point these kids need to grow up. especially the one playing for the lakers.
Posted by: IC

____________

That's what I don't understand, but obviously "kids" (adults really) stupid enough to shoplift anyway when they have so much going for them is probably high fiveing Dad for making a big stink about it s well.

Anyone with an ounce of class or humility would be deeply embarrassed for shoplifting and not want to draw more attention to it. And tell Dad to shut the hell up.

Trump should have never gotten involved, these weren't political prisoners. You think China's leaders gets involved if a Chinese citizen someone commits a crime in the US?

Posted by: Maritime at November 22, 2017 11:55 AM (lKmt3)

103 Chuck Schumer has a helpful chart that you can download and take to your TG dinner to make sure your family members get woke on how bad the GOP tax plan is.

Posted by: IC at November 22, 2017 11:55 AM (a0IVu)

104 This time last year, my pinhead BIL was waxing about the recounts and how wonderful Jill Stein was.

I must remember to ask him for an update on that. Followed by a special ed version of schoolhousse rock and the Electoral College.

Them venerating Delaware's own Joe Biden is also always a hoot.

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 11:56 AM (326rv)

105 ... (you're going to love this...)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 22, 2017 11:56 AM (AxFdW)

106
I'd have let them all rot - because they deserved it - the way Obongo let the Marine rot in a Mexican jail, and he didn't deserve it.
=====

There was another boy who took a poster, allegedly, who came home a vegetable.

Nasty job, whatever guy who is denigrating stupid crimes. Stupid carries different penalties in different countries. Lucky it wasn't in one of the sharia law countries -- can't play basketball without a hand.

Posted by: mustbequantum at November 22, 2017 11:56 AM (MIKMs)

107 >>>here's Newsweek's guide to having a conscious, or "woke", Thanksgiving.

Hehe. Good luck with that, suckers.

Posted by: Tryptophan at November 22, 2017 11:56 AM (/qEW2)

108 97 Saw a commercial yesterday on CNN (because I was somewhere I couldn't change the channel) for NeedToImpeach dot com or whatever Steyer's vanity campaign is called.

Yeah, it was as pedantic and silly as you probably think it is.
Posted by: DocJ at November 22, 2017 11:54 AM (NYS7S)

Pedantic and silly? I find it infuriating. Sanctimonious chiseling grifter preaching to us like he's Mother Theresa.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:56 AM (YqDXo)

109 No, dummy. That's "survical." Totally different.

Sheesh. Brush up on your woke. Ask any affirmative action English teacher.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I know someone who has survical cats. They tell me the coffee from the litterbox is overrated.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (AM1GF)

110 I had a colleague from Mongolia say she wasn't sure she was going to have turkey for Thanksgiving. I told her: menu is flexible; only requirement is giving thanks.

New Year's Day, on the other hand...

Posted by: Texican (ette) at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (CjE8v)

111 Only have about 3-4 dishes left to make...

Is it too early to have wine?

Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (Enq6K)

112 Lavar Ball is a media creation. ESPN began giving him unnecessary airtime about a year ago in order to create controversy that they could then "report on" for days at a time to create content. Another reason to hate pop media.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (UBzPO)

113 111 Only have about 3-4 dishes left to make...

Is it too early to have wine?
Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (Enq6K)

Yes. But not for hard liquor.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (NWiLs)

114 Trump should have never gotten involved, these
weren't political prisoners. You think China's leaders gets involved if
a Chinese citizen someone commits a crime in the US?

Posted by: Maritime at November 22, 2017 11:55 AM (lKmt3)
Yeah; but Chinese prisons are atrocious though..not quite No Ko levels but close enough. These kids were stupid but they very well could have died had they been jailed for years.

Posted by: IC at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (a0IVu)

115 I have a feeling those 3 players learned nothing from this affair, and have NO clue what a charmed life they lead. I pity them their ignorance, I honestly do.
Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 11:53 AM (hvf9s)

They'll end up in prison. It's only a matter of time.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (YqDXo)

116 The NFL hid the truth about concussion for decades. Don't let them get away with it.

I'm not so sure about using that, because it feels like a stepping stone towards "the military is too dangerous and should be abolished".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (3J/LN)

117 This is why, in the Penfold family, it is only the 4 of us to celebrate Thanksgiving. Christmas is always at Mrs. Penfold's parents. That is the one where I try to slip out and go to the adjoining hotel bar and get slowly drunk by myself so i have to deal with a majority of Mrs. Penfold's family and their friends while they air their grievances on Christmas Eve. Alas, last year I could not slip out and was a witness to the airing of their grievances. I had a schadenboner for like 10 hours because of their wailing and gnashing of teeth. I expect a repeat. Even Mrs. Penfold, who does not share my politics, finds them tiresome.

Posted by: Penfold at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (Fbt5B)

118 "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

That's just for foreplay, sex requires an affirming discussion on the wonderful liberating effect of abortion.

Posted by: geoffb at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (zOpu5)

119 116 The NFL hid the truth about concussion for decades. Don't let them get away with it.

I'm not so sure about using that, because it feels like a stepping stone towards "the military is too dangerous and should be abolished".
Posted by: Ian S. at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (3J/LN)

Meh. Despite what Goodell might think, the NFL isn't in the Constitution. National defense is.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (NWiLs)

120 Is it too early to have wine?
Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (Enq6K)

----

Only if the bottle has a screw lid... or better yet... resealable box.

Posted by: fixerupper at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (8XRCm)

121 >>So it seems we as a society in 2017 are willing to tolerate appalling
levels of corruption at the highest levels of government but GET

CAUGHT playing a little grab-ass and under the bus you go

You could view it as simply Step 1 in getting Congress to play by the rules/laws the rest of us are required to. Got to start somewhere, and this one is easy because: these Congressmen have already settled (which is acknowledgement of some kind of wrongdoing).

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (W+vEI)

122 113 111 Only have about 3-4 dishes left to make...

Is it too early to have wine?
Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (Enq6K)

Yes. But not for hard liquor.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (NWiLs)

Drank that before I asked about the wine...

Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (Enq6K)

123 "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?" I would not do it face to face!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (BtQd4)

124 Talking sense to liberals is the most wasteful use of one's time I can imagine.

They won't admit to being wrong even when they know it, why bother?

After winning plenty of arguments, only to watch the liberal involved refuse to admit the winning point and simply move on their next diatribe, I don't talk politics anymore.

Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (3myMJ)

125 Why would Thanksgiving be difficult? Eat food--be thankful.

Of course it's the Trump voters that are responsible for tension during the gathering. It's definitely not the brain damaged SJWs who insist upon politicizing everything.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (nBr1j)

126 Let me guess. Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (cAXIk)

127 Dread the thought of talking politics? Not hardly.
Both sides of the family are hard right.

We will be sitting on the porch drinking shine and comparing our weapons.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (QQ+il)

128 woke me up before you go go

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (BtQd4)

129 Yeah; but Chinese prisons are atrocious though..not quite No Ko levels but close enough. These kids were stupid but they very well could have died had they been jailed for years.
Posted by: IC

I believe the phrase you're looking for is "cautionary tale".

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (AM1GF)

130 I don't understand families that air grievances during holidays.

FFS does nobody believe in stiff upper lips and deeply buried grudges anymore?

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (2TmvQ)

131 That's just for foreplay, sex requires an affirming discussion on the wonderful liberating effect of abortion.

Remember, nothing turns on liberal women like dead babies!

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Moloch at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (3J/LN)

132 1. Center the struggles facing Native American communities.

Hopefully, the local "Native Americans" in Plymouth go easy on the firewater tomorrow so their National Day of Mourning parade doesn't turn into a brawl with the Staties and the local PD, which has been known to happen. The hoosegow would be a lousy place to celebrate your heritage.

Posted by: tu3031 at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (O5Q3r)

133 Look - the chicoms busted these guys as a negotiating tactic, and it blew up in their face. About time we had a President willing to use the bully pulpit...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (MINbv)

134 122 113 111 Only have about 3-4 dishes left to make...

Is it too early to have wine?
Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 11:57 AM (Enq6K)

Yes. But not for hard liquor.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 11:58 AM (NWiLs)

Drank that before I asked about the wine...
Posted by: Tami at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (Enq6K)

Well, if you're out of liquor, go for it.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (NWiLs)

135 No worries about political squabbles for me as we are staying home. Just us and the 4 kids, none of whom are politically nuts.

My poor brother is hosting the volatile ones ---namely, my moonbat sister and BIL, whose happiness is never complete without picking-picking-picking and baiting my ultra-conservative mother into a blow up. Fun!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (0jtPF)

136 If Newsweek were REALLY woke, they'd be calling the holiday what it is, Genocide Day.

Posted by: all thenSJWs at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (6HFDU)

137 "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?" I would not do it face to face!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Ahem

"What I'm doing to your squeakhole is an artists' rendition of conditions under socialized medicine."

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (326rv)

138 robby the robot from "forbidden planet"! (with mobility cart) $5.4 million.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (AxFdW)

139 Yeah; but Chinese prisons are atrocious though..not quite No Ko levels but close enough. These kids were stupid but they very well could have died had they been jailed for years.
Posted by: IC

_____

I don't think they would have allowed that to happen, way too much bad publicity for Chinese business interests. Maybe just twist in the wind for a while.

Still, it does show you what a joke our system is in that these clowns still feel like stealing thousands of dollars is just no big thing.

Posted by: Maritime at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (lKmt3)

140 I would say things that would get me the banhammer so...HAPPY THANKSGIVING horde.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (r9UYA)

141 136 If Newsweek were REALLY woke, they'd be calling the holiday what it is, Genocide Day.
Posted by: all thenSJWs at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (6HFDU)

Once there were mighty herds of Genos thundering across the plains...

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (NWiLs)

142 130 I don't understand families that air grievances during holidays.

FFS does nobody believe in stiff upper lips and deeply buried grudges anymore?
Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (2TmvQ)

I'm sure i'm not the only one here who immediately thought, "And now, the feats of strength!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 22, 2017 12:03 PM (AURKQ)

143 >>> Chuck Schumer has a helpful chart that you can download and take to your TG dinner to make sure your family members get woke on how bad the GOP tax plan is.

I am thankful this holiday season for Schumer spreading this fantastic advice...because this is how you get 8 years of Trump!

Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 12:03 PM (hvf9s)

144 "At least the Weekly World News didn't pretend to be a serious news organization."

Also, the WWN had the hilarious Ed Anger.

Posted by: Benji Carver at November 22, 2017 12:03 PM (OD2ni)

145 126: no fair, you peeked. ( i bet)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 22, 2017 12:04 PM (AxFdW)

146 130 I don't understand families that air grievances during holidays.

FFS does nobody believe in stiff upper lips and deeply buried grudges anymore?
Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:00 PM (2TmvQ)

Nah... it is all " feelings" now... like those execrable people who premise everything out of their pie- holes with " I feel that..." Sometimes I "feel like" taking a club to their empty heads...

Posted by: kraken at November 22, 2017 12:04 PM (zSVEm)

147 Chuck Schumer has a helpful chart that you can download and take to your TG dinner to make sure your family members get woke on how bad the GOP tax plan is.

ask for Chuckie's helpful chart on locating his protege.

Posted by: Blue Hen at November 22, 2017 12:05 PM (326rv)

148 I'm just guessing, but I would believe the guy who thinks the moon landings were fake, also believes in alien UFOs.

Mysterious 'booms' worldwide? Aliens from space.
Earth tremors in California? Aliens.

Posted by: Harmon Ne at November 22, 2017 12:05 PM (4XCge)

149 3. Climate change is real, so don't waste food.

"It's real! It really is! I can't believe how real it is, that's just how real we're talking about! It's real, real, real! Notice it's getting warmer in here? Climate change! Really!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:05 PM (YqDXo)

150 How stupid do you have to be to think that as a tall black guy in China you won't have a hundred eyes watching you at all times if only gor the novelty.

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (2TmvQ)

151 Is it too early to have wine? "

Hmmm. The words appear to be in English, but I don't understand the statement...

*looks at the already open bottle of prosecco*

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (MINbv)

152 "What I'm doing to your squeakhole is an artists' rendition of conditions under socialized medicine."

Ouch!
(Yeah. I know. "That's what she said!")

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (f/e+k)

153 Mysterious 'booms' worldwide? Aliens from space.
Earth tremors in California? Aliens.

Posted by: Harmon Ne at November 22, 2017 12:05 PM (4XCge)

What about chemtrails? Aliens?

What about lawns mysteriously mown? Aliens?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (YqDXo)

154 look at it this way, it's news you can use, a conversational bon mot at thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (AxFdW)

155 Just to note, things that have not been accused of sexual assault or sexual harassment this month include:

1. Confederate statues.
2. The Russians.
3. The NRA.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (ATVNj)

156 these Congressmen have already settled (which is acknowledgement of some kind of wrongdoing).

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (W+vEI)

-----------------------------------------------------
There are reasons to settle that don't include acknowledgement of wrongdoing particularly since it avoided negative publicity at the time.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (5NMZN)

157 152 "What I'm doing to your squeakhole is an artists' rendition of conditions under socialized medicine."

Ouch!
(Yeah. I know. "That's what she said!")
Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (f/e+k)

I was never really big on performance art, but I suppose I could make an exception...

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (NWiLs)

158 >>How stupid do you have to be to think that as a tall black guy in China you won't have a hundred eyes watching you at all times if only gor the novelty.

Well, they are students at UCLA...

Posted by: garrett at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (nizih)

159 148
Mysterious 'booms' worldwide? Aliens from space.
Earth tremors in California? Aliens.

Under Wife and I heard one Sunday afternoon. We thought a transformer blew somewhere or sonic boom.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (r9UYA)

160 with " I feel that..."

Arrrgggg. Contemplate violence every time I hear that idiocy.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (MINbv)

161 150 How stupid do you have to be to think that as a tall black guy in China you won't have a hundred eyes watching you at all times if only gor the novelty.
Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:06 PM (2TmvQ)

Lessee, 7 feet tall, that's 84 inches, so about one IQ point per inch.

Sounds a little high, but in the right ball park.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (YqDXo)

162 156 these Congressmen have already settled (which is acknowledgement of some kind of wrongdoing).

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 11:59 AM (W+vEI)

-----------------------------------------------------
There are reasons to settle that don't include acknowledgement of wrongdoing particularly since it avoided negative publicity at the time.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (5NMZN)

Settlement agreements always contain two things: a statement that no liability is being admitted, and a confidentiality clause.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (NWiLs)

163 I have many friends who I "argue" about politics with in good faith. It is possible.

These SJW "Let's Ruin All The Holidays!" people aren't looking to win an argument. They're looking to proselytize a convert.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (AURKQ)

164 Ideal scenario for Trump/UCLA hoop hoodlums would have been: face-to-face, tell Xi you'd like to run a little kabuki that would teach them a lesson, deliver a blow to the thug chic mentality of American sports, and in the bargain give China and Xi a PR win. Tell Xi to hold the players for a month or two (long enough to screw up their season and scare 'em good), then release them in a magnanimous gesture.

Trump then publicly says he has asked Xi to release them. Two months pass, then Xi makes his move. Trump has done what he could, the kids are out, the lesson applied.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (QDnY+)

165 >>> If Newsweek were REALLY woke, they'd be calling the holiday what it is, Genocide Day.

I felt bad for Mayim Bialik, when her innocent enough essay about modesty got her blacklisted by the woke elites.

Then I read her comment that she hates Thanksgiving because genocide and stuff. My feeling bad vanished pretty quickly.

Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (hvf9s)

166 159 148
Mysterious 'booms' worldwide? Aliens from space.
Earth tremors in California? Aliens.

Under Wife and I heard one Sunday afternoon. We thought a transformer blew somewhere or sonic boom.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (r9UYA)

I don't swing that way, earthling.

Posted by: Optimus Prime at November 22, 2017 12:09 PM (NWiLs)

167 If you do it right, you won't be woke after the meal, what with the turkey coma and all.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 22, 2017 12:09 PM (nBr1j)

168 Don't wanna talk politics at Thanksgiving?

Easy. Don't.

Don't talk politics. Eat, drink, be merry. Play some Bocci Ball, dominos or other pastimes.

Posted by: JAS at November 22, 2017 12:09 PM (Oj1RP)

169 How stupid do you have to be to think that as a tall black guy in
China you won't have a hundred eyes watching you at all times if only for the novelty.

They're lucky. If they did this in LA, the Roof Koreans would've picked them off before they went 10 feet.

Posted by: tu3031 at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (O5Q3r)

170 Hey, I am Thankful we won't have these Obama traditions this year (or ever again!):

-- USDA providing us helpful graphics instructing us to eat well on Thanksgiving, including suggestions of fruit salad for dessert instead of pie (!)

-- The Obama's telling us to make it a day of service and spend it cleaning an inner-city playground or somesuch

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (W+vEI)

171 When you are talking with liberals at Thanksgiving, ask them if the North Korean soldier was dodging bullets and defecting to join Bernie Sanders' socialist movement?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (ATVNj)

172 159 Under Wife?

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (2TmvQ)

173 Play some Bocci Ball, dominos or other pastimes."

We'll blow thru a bucket of .22

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (MINbv)

174 141 136 If Newsweek were REALLY woke, they'd be calling the holiday what it is, Genocide Day.
Posted by: all thenSJWs at November 22, 2017 12:01 PM (6HFDU)

Once there were mighty herds of Genos thundering across the plains...
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (NWiLs)

But now they've gone the way of the beloved Nauga, hunted to extinction for their hydes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (YqDXo)

175 Kid gets constantly asked to take pictures with Chinese people when he's out walking around with his buddy who is black. Black kid and lumberjack kid are both unusual to see in china

Posted by: NCKate at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (Jj68o)

176 Does Newsweek really not realize brain cells die whenever somebody glances at their fish wrap?

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 22, 2017 12:11 PM (nBr1j)

177 148
Mysterious 'booms' worldwide? Aliens from space.
Earth tremors in California? Aliens.
__________________________________________

Hillary face-planting on her worldwide book tour?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 22, 2017 12:11 PM (ATVNj)

178 -- The Obama's telling us to make it a day of service and spend it cleaning an inner-city playground or somesuch
Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (W+vEI)

Here's a thought: why don't the people who trashed the inner-city playground - I'll go out on a limb here and guess it was inner-city residents - clean up their own goddamned playground? You know, the way adults would.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:11 PM (YqDXo)

179 -- The Obama's telling us to make it a day of service and spend it cleaning an inner-city playground or somesuch
Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (W+vEI)

I got roped in to a service project like that a couple of times. I noted in the midst of things that it was just going to go right back to the way it was after we finished. Of course I was viewed as the asshole for saying so. I was also, of course, proven right when we made a return visit.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (NWiLs)

180 Don't talk politics. Eat, drink, be merry. Play some Bocci Ball, dominos or other pastimes.

People are saying good things about the Nintendo Switch these days

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (6FqZa)

181 The Basketball players should of had to plead guilty, be sentenced to a fine of 5 billion piastres or whatever the heathen use for money, and then deported as alien criminals.

Justice would have been served all around.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (QQ+il)

182 >>> Once there were mighty herds of Genos thundering across the plains...
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM (NWiLs)

Don't even get me started on the swarms of Homos we used to have...

Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (hvf9s)

183 Climate change is real, so don't waste food.

They don't even feel comfortable saying "Wasting less food can help reduce climate change". They must start off by asserting "Climate change is REAL! And don't you doubt it, comrade". Seems like they are a bit insecure.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (/qEW2)

184 >>
3. Climate change is real, so don't waste food.

Aaaand that's why eating T-Day leftovers is also a tradition, including pie for breakfast on Friday

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (W+vEI)

185 I watched Tron Legacy and the Matrix sequels back to back, and now I finally get how Russia hacked the election.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (rnAwa)

186 173 Play some Bocci Ball
_________________________________________

Leave them alone.

It's not funny anymore.

Posted by: Mr. Bocci at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (ATVNj)

187 172 159 Under Wife?
Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (2TmvQ)

This is the Paolo's frequent position, yes?

Posted by: Paolo at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (NWiLs)

188 Posted by: rhomboid at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (QDnY+)

Perfect.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (YqDXo)

189 I heard the booms last week. I think it was Tuesday and Wednesday in the TLH area. My guess was that one of the Air Force or Navy planes from nearby broke the sound barrier over the gulf. I know of several places wear fighters are kept connected to heaters and pilots are on call 24 hrs so they can get to anywhere in Gulf of Mex.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (BtQd4)

190 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?

Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (g4lFK)

191 186 173 Play some Bocci Ball
_________________________________________

Leave them alone.

It's not funny anymore.
Posted by: Mr. Bocci at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (ATVNj)

Old Man Balls indeed.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:14 PM (NWiLs)

192 Here's a thought: why don't the people who trashed
the inner-city playground - I'll go out on a limb here and guess it was
inner-city residents - clean up their own goddamned playground? You
know, the way adults would.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:11 PM (YqDXo)

------------------------------------------------
At least dogs have a legitimate excuse as to why they can't clean up their own shit. Well, when they don't eat it.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:14 PM (5NMZN)

193 Posted by: Mr. Bocci at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (ATVNj)

Old Man Balls indeed.
___________________________________________

Si!

Posted by: Mrs. Bocci at November 22, 2017 12:14 PM (ATVNj)

194
WTF is wrong with playing bocci ball??

Posted by: fixerupper at November 22, 2017 12:14 PM (8XRCm)

195 Sigh, botched my dumb joke. Running away to be productive before I do any more damage. Happy Thanksgiving day eve everyone!

Posted by: LizLem at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (hvf9s)

196 Balls

Posted by: Benoit at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (gs8be)

197 What is the currency of the heathen in Cathay?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (QQ+il)

198 178 -- The Obama's telling us to make it a day of service and spend it cleaning an inner-city playground or somesuch
Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 12:10 PM (W+vEI)

Here's a thought: why don't the people who trashed the inner-city playground - I'll go out on a limb here and guess it was inner-city residents - clean up their own goddamned playground? You know, the way adults would.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:11 PM (YqDXo)

Indeed. If they don't give a shit about the place where they live, why should anyone else?

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (NWiLs)

199 Who wants to civically engage my tongue? Happy Tonguesgiving.

Posted by: Frankentongue at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (2Mnv1)

200 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are
very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is
this true?

Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (g4lFK)

---------------------------------------------------------
Chinamen don't lose the tendency when they are not in mainland China.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (5NMZN)

201 Hey boulder, how did the interview go?

Posted by: moki at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (V+V48)

202 196 Balls
Posted by: Benoit at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (gs8be)

Very corpuscular.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:15 PM (NWiLs)

203 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?

Posted by: Monk

Asia is what the left claims the US is.

Seriously, visit any wikipedia page regarding any two of China, Korea, and Japan, and check the comments page...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (AM1GF)

204 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?

They are the Middle Kingdom. Between Heaven above, and Earth below.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (QQ+il)

205 There are reasons to settle that don't include acknowledgement of wrongdoing particularly since it avoided negative publicity at the time.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:07 PM (5NMZN)

Settlement agreements always contain two things: a statement that no liability is being admitted, and a confidentiality clause.
Posted by: Insomniac

Which means you are guilty as sin. Because if I am innocent I am not taking a rap for anyone.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (f/e+k)

206 Monk!
Is it the Van Helsing tv show with a female lead that you said was good?
Need new things to watch

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (2TmvQ)

207 Votermom. .. we adopted our girl spawn from China. We got to tour the forbidden city, the great wall, and the summer palace. Oh yeah and Tiananmen square. People we're coming up tot us asking to take pic because we are taller than anyone they had ever seen before. I am 5 ft 9 in. Those ball players were watched by everyone.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (yTnCT)

208 What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

---------

Angry political sex can be pretty hot. Just not if you're angry at the one you're having sex with.

Posted by: Atlantic Coast at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (hyZqB)

209 This whole bocci ball thing is so Kevin Spacey.

The point is to get your big balls next to a little ball.

Very pedophile.

Me no like.

Posted by: Mrs. Bocci at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (ATVNj)

210 Beijing residents don't seem to like Americans. Countryside and shanghai have been very good to the kid. Yuan is the currency I believe.

Posted by: NCKate at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (Jj68o)

211 What is the currency of the heathen in Cathay?

Remadi, I think. Remundi maybe. Reuni or something.

Posted by: Harmon Ne at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (4XCge)

212 I got roped in to a service project like that a couple of times. I noted in the midst of things that it was just going to go right back to the way it was after we finished. Of course I was viewed as the asshole for saying so. I was also, of course, proven right when we made a return visit.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (NWiLs)

Off spam turkey.

This. Some people shit where they eat.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:17 PM (VezBU)

213 my friends brought me a case of yuengling....i'm so very thankful

Posted by: phoenixgirl...beat the dodgers at November 22, 2017 12:17 PM (0O7c5)

214 190 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?
Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (g4lFK)

As far as I can tell, it's not just Chinese, but ALL Asians to varying extents, although "subhuman garbage" is a little strong.

Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the bruthas, unless you want to hear a diatribe that would get him kicked out of the KKK for racism.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:17 PM (YqDXo)

215 189 I heard the booms last week. I think it was Tuesday and Wednesday in the TLH area. My guess was that one of the Air Force or Navy planes from nearby broke the sound barrier over the gulf.

We are in western WA, near the penis sky writing NAS wing.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 22, 2017 12:18 PM (r9UYA)

216 Which means you are guilty as sin. Because if I am innocent I am not taking a rap for anyone.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (f/e+k)
----------------------------------
Have you held a high profile public position and been falsely accused of some embarrassing transgression?

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:18 PM (5NMZN)

217 Didn't the UCLA Ball get suspended from the team?

Great move, that shoplifting in China thing.

Posted by: JAS at November 22, 2017 12:18 PM (Oj1RP)

218 Great big beatdown on Twitter by Zinke our Sec Interior
http://tinyurl.com/y8nz3g4v

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 22, 2017 12:18 PM (BtQd4)

219 Single porker

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (IqV8l)

220 209 This whole bocci ball thing is so Kevin Spacey.

The point is to get your big balls next to a little ball.

Very pedophile.

Me no like.
__________________________________________

And then, to see who wins, some old Italian guys takes off his belt to measure the balls.

Very creepy.

Posted by: Mrs. Botchagaloop at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (ATVNj)

221 Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the bruthas, "

Or whilst in Japan. They'd make the grand wizard Byrd look like the naacp...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (MINbv)

222 >>>>>I got roped in to a service project like that a couple of times. I noted
in the midst of things that it was just going to go right back to the
way it was after we finished. Of course I was viewed as the asshole for
saying so. I was also, of course, proven right when we made a return
visit.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:12 PM (NWiLs)

.
.
.Same happened to us when we were stationed at Great lakes, IL. Get a group from the base to go out and clean some place up and within a few months it was a dump again. North Chicago was/is a cesspool.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (+Dllb)

223 214 190 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?
Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (g4lFK)

As far as I can tell, it's not just Chinese, but ALL Asians to varying extents, although "subhuman garbage" is a little strong.

Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the bruthas, unless you want to hear a diatribe that would get him kicked out of the KKK for racism.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:17 PM (YqDXo)

Asians are some racist mofos. Japanese, Chinese, Koreans...they don't think too highly of other races. Hell, they don't think too highly of each other.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (NWiLs)

224 Watermelon toothpaste is a big seller in Japan... with all the graphics that are associated with an earlier time in America... seriously....
And the phrase " dirty gaijin... does not mean howdy friend..,"

Posted by: kraken at November 22, 2017 12:20 PM (zSVEm)

225 Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the
bruthas, unless you want to hear a diatribe that would get him kicked
out of the KKK for racism.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:17 PM (YqDXo)
definitely as Asian thing. My family members in Malaysia still refer to blacks in rather derogatory terms. I've told them off a few times but ingrained habits.

Posted by: IC at November 22, 2017 12:20 PM (a0IVu)

226
Asians are some racist mofos. Japanese, Chinese, Koreans...they don't think too highly of other races. Hell, they don't think too highly of each other.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (NWiLs)

Yep. My Chinese students in Hong Kong had some choice things to say about the Japanese. Several of their grandmothers had been comfort women. Hatred does not begin to describe what they felt.

Posted by: moki at November 22, 2017 12:20 PM (V+V48)

227 As far as I can tell, it's not just Chinese, but ALL Asians to varying extents, although "subhuman garbage" is a little strong.

Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the bruthas, unless you
want to hear a diatribe that would get him kicked out of the KKK for
racism.
---
I think you're being a little judgey about Asian cultural differences.

Posted by: typical woke liberal asshat at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (XQvuQ)

228 207 Votermom. .. we adopted our girl spawn from China. We got to tour the forbidden city, the great wall, and the summer palace. Oh yeah and Tiananmen square. People we're coming up tot us asking to take pic because we are taller than anyone they had ever seen before. I am 5 ft 9 in. Those ball players were watched by everyone.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (yTnCT)

The now Mrs. Guevara and I visited rural Japan, and little children used to follow us around, astonished. She is tall for a woman, and I'm over six feet. I felt like Godzilla, and inspired a corresponding reaction from the locals.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (YqDXo)

229 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?
Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 12:13 PM (g4lFK)

I assume that any foreign culture has a ghastly hatred for anyone too different, or anyone too similar. I am occasionally pleasantly surprised to find that the assumption isn't true.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (rnAwa)

230 Hell, they don't think too highly of each other."

A fact that thoroughly flummoxes most SJW types.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (MINbv)

231 Have you held a high profile public position and been falsely accused of some embarrassing transgression?
Posted by: RioBravo

No. And if I was falsely accused, do you think I'd accept that? No. I want the accusers guts adorning my office wall.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (f/e+k)

232 Peggy Noonan: Just because something is understandable doesn't mean it's right. The charges against Mr. Moore are not only serious; they are completely credible.

If you read the original Washington Post story, you know it was rigorously reported, with great care and professionalism. Four women who did not seek out the press, who did not know each other, and who surely guessed going public would bring them nothing but grief, came forward and provided first-person details that established a pattern. Thirty people corroborated details. This is not attack journalism. It is great journalism.

FOAD

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (BoMuO)

233 226
Asians are some racist mofos. Japanese, Chinese, Koreans...they don't think too highly of other races. Hell, they don't think too highly of each other.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (NWiLs)

Yep. My Chinese students in Hong Kong had some choice things to say about the Japanese. Several of their grandmothers had been comfort women. Hatred does not begin to describe what they felt.
Posted by: moki at November 22, 2017 12:20 PM (V+V4

To be fair, the Chinese have a legitimate beef with the Japanese, like Armenians do with the Turks.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (NWiLs)

234
Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the bruthas, unless you want to hear a diatribe that would get him kicked out of the KKK for racism.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

But that guy on Tucker the other night said they are treated better in ANY other country than they are here!

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

235 211 What is the currency of the heathen in Cathay?

Remadi, I think. Remundi maybe. Reuni or something.
Posted by: Harmon Ne at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (4XCge)

"Renminbi" (or yuan) which is Mandarin for "this and two bucks will get you a cup of McDonald's coffee."

Posted by: joncelli, predenounced for your pleasure at November 22, 2017 12:22 PM (RD7QR)

236 My FiL (RIP) had a set of Bocci Balls. He lived in So. Cal. Generally, the weather was great for it. A park across the street with gentle rolling slope was perfect for it too.

Posted by: JAS at November 22, 2017 12:22 PM (Oj1RP)

237 218 Great big beatdown on Twitter by Zinke our Sec Interior
http://tinyurl.com/y8nz3g4v

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 22, 2017 12:18 PM (BtQd4)

Michael Savage, who recently converted to nutter douchebagism, got punked by that photo. I don't expect an apology.

Posted by: Under Fire at November 22, 2017 12:22 PM (r9UYA)

238 No. And if I was falsely accused, do you think I'd accept that? No. I want the accusers guts adorning my office wall.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (f/e+k)

-------------------------------
If it ever does happen be sure to update us on how you succeeded with the adornment.

Posted by: RioBravo at November 22, 2017 12:22 PM (5NMZN)

239 "Yuan is the currency I believe."

I'm pretty sure that's the loneliest number.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at November 22, 2017 12:23 PM (6xy6b)

240 Botchagaloop. Wow. Memories! Lol.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:23 PM (VezBU)

241 221 Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the bruthas, "

Or whilst in Japan. They'd make the grand wizard Byrd look like the naacp...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:19 PM (MINbv)

Yeah, I thought about including Japan. Remember when three black Marines raped a Japanese girl on Okinawa? I'm sure the Japanese just laughed that off.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:23 PM (YqDXo)

242 239 "Yuan is the currency I believe."

I'm pretty sure that's the loneliest number.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at November 22, 2017 12:23 PM (

Oh well done....

Posted by: kraken at November 22, 2017 12:23 PM (zSVEm)

243 There's a reason Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese hate each other.

By rights Filipinos should hate the Japanese too but they got over it pretty quick

Posted by: Votermom's phone at November 22, 2017 12:23 PM (2TmvQ)

244 At Bass Pro. I'm going in!
Posted by: Porkins

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (f/e+k)

245 "Bocci balls!" is what the park ranger at the Statue of Liberty yells when Darryl Hannah comes out of the water naked in Splash.

I always like thinking about that.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (gIRsn)

246
"Renminbi" (or yuan) which is Mandarin for "this and two bucks will get you a cup of McDonald's coffee."
Posted by: joncelli, predenounced for your pleasure at November 22, 2017 12:22 PM (RD7QR)

That was the word used after Mao took over- it means money of the people. Most of the people I worked with used yuan or dollars to describe money. But this was in 1987, so I wager that has changed dramatically.

Posted by: moki at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (V+V48)

247 232 Peggy Noonan...

FOAD

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 22, 2017 12:21 PM (BoMuO)

Soon.

Posted by: Grim Reaper at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (r9UYA)

248 Diversity will come to China/India/Koreas at the same time they agree to limit their CO2 and open their markets to (genuine) "free trade". Never.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (/aIFg)

249 "Beijing residents don't seem to like Americans. Countryside and shanghai have been very good to the kid. Yuan is the currency I believe.
Posted by: NCKate"

My brother lived in Shanghai for a few years and seemed to share your sentiments. He hated when he had to go to Beijing for work. I've only been to Hong Kong and was treated very well there. But, it's Hong Kong and not mainland China (yet).

Posted by: Benji Carver at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (OD2ni)

250 "I felt like Godzilla, and inspired a corresponding reaction from the locals."

Their voices got out of sync with their lips?

Posted by: Rob Crawford at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (6xy6b)

251 236 My FiL (RIP) had a set of Bocci Balls. He lived in So. Cal. Generally, the weather was great for it. A park across the street with gentle rolling slope was perfect for it too.

Posted by: JAS at November 22, 2017 12:22 PM (Oj1RP)

Thats guys got some set a bocci balls.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:24 PM (VezBU)

252 Asians are some racist mofos. Japanese, Chinese, Koreans...they don't
think too highly of other races. Hell, they don't think too highly of
each other.

Especially of each other...

Posted by: tu3031 at November 22, 2017 12:25 PM (O5Q3r)

253 " Does Newsweek really not realize brain cells die whenever somebody glances at their fish wrap?
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking"

I think leftists regard that as a feature rather than a bug. Makes the next dose of agitprop go down easier.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 22, 2017 12:25 PM (Ktb8D)

254 The truly sad thing about all of this rape that's been going on is the talent drain taking place in the media and Hollywood. A tragedy.

Posted by: Dylan Byers at November 22, 2017 12:25 PM (SkuXa)

255 How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"
--

That's a fantastic idea! We can spin it off into some of our other entities and do a whole series on it!

"How to convince your republican X [fill in the blank] of the rightness of Y [Important Democrat Policy] while doing Z [Typical White Activity.]"

"How to convince your republican boss of the rightness of a $15 minimum wage while riding in the elevator"

"How to convince your republican boyfriend of the rightness of abortion on demand while waiting for the results of your pregnancy test."

"How to convince your republican neighbor the rightness of gun confiscation while discussing the recent robbery that took place at their house."

This is effing Golden! Golden I tell you!

Posted by: Newsweek at November 22, 2017 12:25 PM (aT+Bx)

256 The best part about Lavar Ball shooting off his mouth is the fact that his son is choking it with the Lakers.

I can't believe that kid went in the 1st round.

Posted by: garrett at November 22, 2017 12:26 PM (1UV94)

257
Yuan Williams? Lonely? Can't harass any wymons at Fox TV?

Posted by: Harmon Ne at November 22, 2017 12:26 PM (4XCge)

258 253 " Does Newsweek really not realize brain cells die whenever somebody glances at their fish wrap?
Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking"

I think leftists regard that as a feature rather than a bug. Makes the next dose of agitprop go down easier.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 22, 2017 12:25 PM (Ktb8D)

A spoonful of sugar makes the agitprop go down!

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:26 PM (NWiLs)

259 In the film Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift., Sean Boswell and Twinkie were victims of overt Japanese racism.

Posted by: Monk at November 22, 2017 12:26 PM (g4lFK)

260 "Four women who did not seek out the press... established a pattern...This is not attack journalism"

The flying fuck? It's only attack journalism if somebody sought out the press, because journalists are blameless holy creatures without agenda? And "he dated young" x3 + corroboration thereof establishes a pattern with "he groped x1"?

Get Pegged, Peggy.

Posted by: Sporkatus at November 22, 2017 12:26 PM (HtLSE)

261 And the phrase " dirty gaijin... does not mean howdy friend..,"

The far left character that looks a bit like a greater than sign was the giveaway for "Japanese only" (and yes, I later learned a bit of the language)

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:26 PM (MINbv)

262 203 I've heard that the Chinese on mainland China are very racist and talk about foreigners like they are subhuman garbage. Is this true?

Posted by: Monk

Asia is what the left claims the US is.

Seriously, visit any wikipedia page regarding any two of China, Korea, and Japan, and check the comments page...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at November 22, 2017
*
*
Not only that, among themselves. One of our Chinese graduate students, when asked about the Japanese: [eye roll] "Oh, the Japanese! They stole everything from us."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 22, 2017 12:27 PM (f4Woz)

263 I see "Marist poll" and I read "Marxist poll". Probably close enough.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (oPNmq)

264 >>Pro tip: never ask a Korean his views on the
bruthas, unless you want to hear a diatribe that would get him kicked out of the KKK for racism.

Ask an actual Mexican the same thing and get ready...

Posted by: garrett at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (1UV94)

265 Benji, my kid hates Beijing where he is studying this semester. Last semester he studied in shanghai and lived it. And Hong Kong. He rode camels thru the desert for a month and all the people were friendly in the countryside.

Posted by: NCKate at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (Jj68o)

266 "243 There's a reason Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese hate each other."

I had no idea how true that was until I started travelling for work. And Koreans are not shy about sharing it with you after a couple of beers.

Posted by: Benji Carver at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (OD2ni)

267 Happy to get rid of them.

Posted by: China at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (HgMAr)

268 Peggy starts out by explaining how Alabamans don't like to be cast as backwards Christian hicks who are told by their northern betters how to think, then drops this paragraph:
I put it on the women because Republican men there right now are lost. They are busy playing to every stereotype every bigot ever held about them. They are busy comparing Roy Moore and his victims to St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary. They are busy leaving phone messages falsely claiming to be Washington Post reporter "Bernie Bernstein," offering big cash for dirt on Mr. Moore. They are busy saying they'd vote for any Republican over a Democrat. Gotta be loyal to your own.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 22, 2017 12:29 PM (BoMuO)

269 Ask an actual Mexican the same thing and get ready...

Posted by: garrett at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (1UV94)

Oh yeah. Brutal.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:30 PM (VezBU)

270
163 I have many friends who I "argue" about politics with in good faith. It is possible.

These SJW "Let's Ruin All The Holidays!" people aren't looking to win an argument. They're looking to proselytize a convert.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (AURKQ)

No. It's a sneaky, cowardly way to to call family members racists, reactionaries and subhumans to their face.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 22, 2017 12:30 PM (veoSD)

271 Beijing residents don't seem to like Americans. Countryside and shanghai have been very good to the kid. Yuan is the currency I believe.
Posted by: NCKate at November 22, 2017 12:16 PM (Jj68o)

The Paolo and Juan sees what you did there.

Posted by: Paolo at November 22, 2017 12:30 PM (g4lFK)

272 Botchagaloop

My Italican mom says it's a bastardization of boca culu - assmouth.

Don't know if it's true. But the mixed-up muddled-up Italian/Sicilian-American we heard and knew as kids was definitely botchagaloop.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 22, 2017 12:31 PM (ul9CR)

273 "Media outlets have taken notice and are offering quick guidelines on how to best avoid stirring the pot on Turkey Day."

Chief shit stirrers offer quick advice on how to stir up shit while claiming YOU'RE NOT THE ONE STIRRING THE SHIT.

Posted by: Abiss at November 22, 2017 12:31 PM (L6Zpd)

274 Assumptions of racism aside, I was in China meeting with engineers and they had a verbal tic. I am not sure if it was uh, um, kinda-sorta, or whats the term, but over and over they said nega nega. It got to the point where all the Americans were turning red from holding in the laughs.

Posted by: Downcast at November 22, 2017 12:32 PM (2p/I6)

275 What's next? "How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Y'know, it's kinda hard to have a conversation with my husband's wang in my mouth.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 22, 2017 12:32 PM (7UW64)

276 Ask an actual Mexican the same thing and get ready... "

Or distant relatives of the mouse family (who hail from SOTB)

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:33 PM (MINbv)

277 Didn't the Japanese soldiers eat the gentials of the Chinese in that war in the 1930's. If so, I could see why a grudge may be held to this day.

Posted by: Paolo at November 22, 2017 12:33 PM (g4lFK)

278 269 Ask an actual Mexican the same thing and get ready...

Posted by: garrett at November 22, 2017 12:28 PM (1UV94)

Oh yeah. Brutal.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:30 PM (VezBU)

Asians think that the opening scene of "2001: A Space Odyssey" was filmed on location in Compton with locally-recruited extras.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 22, 2017 12:33 PM (YqDXo)

279 "This is not attack journalism. It is great journalism."

WaPo proved that Moore was "chasing" street legal teens to snatch a kiss (but nothing more), and then WaPo mixed in the 14-year old and the alleged near rape, which is 40-year old He Said She Said.

It's another example of MSM Konflation as these things get purposefully lumped together in very misleading ways to say there are multiple, multiple instances of Moore molesting children.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 22, 2017 12:34 PM (cAXIk)

280 272 Botchagaloop

My Italican mom says it's a bastardization of boca culu - assmouth.

Don't know if it's true. But the mixed-up muddled-up Italian/Sicilian-American we heard and knew as kids was definitely botchagaloop.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 22, 2017 12:31 PM (ul9CR)

I remember Gavon (SP?)...used a lot to describe a low life.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:34 PM (VezBU)

281 Y'know, it's kinda hard to have a conversation with my husband's wang in my mouth.

Just sayin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 22, 2017 12:32 PM (7UW64)

God's sign that you're just supposed to be listening... (i keeeeed......)

Posted by: Abiss at November 22, 2017 12:35 PM (L6Zpd)

282 I once sold a car to a young Chinese woman. As she was picking up the car I learned that she hadn't learned how to drive yet.
I did some serious praying for the people along her path.
Unleashing a Chinese driver--aaand I guess I'm being racist.

Posted by: Northernlurker, the lurkingest lurker of the north. Still proudly lurking. at November 22, 2017 12:35 PM (nBr1j)

283 When my liberal mother starts babbling on about Evil Trump I educate her-- then end the session with: It's not my fault you are a low information voter Mom, if you continue to watch CNN you'll become dumber by the day. I insult CNN every chance I get, then I expose their fake news which really upsets her. I did show her how to block CNN at the remote to ensure she educate herself without the Stasi telling her how to think. She rarely mentions Trump anymore, because I no longer take the abuse from her.

Posted by: Rose at November 22, 2017 12:35 PM (30UCB)

284 OK. That is just asinine. Bass pro shops needs to put more people behind the gun counter when they are going to have sales. Three old man clerking, and about 100 people standing in line. Gun sales do not move fast because of all the forms that have to be filled out.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:35 PM (f/e+k)

285 I agree with Trump's sentiment on these ungrateful
losers, but hopefully this is a lesson on the value of photo ops and
short term news cycles.

Also, he may want to ask himself if the people he tries to help are
Trump haters and will they simply use it as a platform to grand stand,
see the crazy war widow for another example.

Posted by: Maritime at November 22, 2017 11:41 AM (lKmt3)

I think this episode pays off bigly for Trump. He "rescues" an ungrateful "athlete" from China's jailers, and "athlete's" asshole father further beclowns himself. There's no downside for Trump in that, and the Trump haters are further marginalized. LaVar Ball reveals himself as an asshole, and all the Trump-haters wear virtual T-shirts that read: "I'm With Asshole".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 22, 2017 12:35 PM (oPNmq)

286 274,
Or "jigga jigga". Same thing. Means "uh", or similar.

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at November 22, 2017 12:35 PM (MINbv)

287 "277 Didn't the Japanese soldiers eat the gentials of the Chinese in that war in the 1930's. If so, I could see why a grudge may be held to this day.
Posted by: Paolo"

I still remember my World War II Vet dad giving my sister shit for buying a Honda even in the early 80's. "You know what they did to our boys?"

Posted by: Benji Carver at November 22, 2017 12:36 PM (OD2ni)

288 Of course the Chinese are testy.

Imagine getting hungry every half hour.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 22, 2017 12:36 PM (oVJmc)

289 Regarding a Thanksgiving Dinner with SJW relatives - it's going to be a long eight years for those folks. Try not to laugh at them, at least where they can see you.

Posted by: ALH at November 22, 2017 12:36 PM (myWJh)

290 During their occupation of China in WWII, Japanes soldiers would pour gasoline on Chinese children and light them on fire, for shits and giggles.

There was also use of live POWs for live bayonet practice.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 22, 2017 12:37 PM (cAXIk)

291
These SJW "Let's Ruin All The Holidays!" people aren't looking to win an argument. They're looking to proselytize a convert.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 22, 2017 12:08 PM (AURKQ)

No. It's a sneaky, cowardly way to to call family members racists, reactionaries and subhumans to their face.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 22, 2017 12:30 PM (veoSD)

and they get away with it because of our OWN good manners...

I won't. Someone starts crap, I will look at them, and say 'Holidaze are not the time for politics'...

If they continue... I look to the Host... if they won't say anything...

I leave....

Posted by: Don Q. at November 22, 2017 12:37 PM (NgKpN)

292 >>"I put it on the women because Republican men there right now are lost.
...They are busy saying they'd vote for any
Republican over a Democrat. Gotta be loyal to your own."

OK, Peggy, now do women saying Al Franken should not resign because: he supports muh policies!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 22, 2017 12:38 PM (W+vEI)

293 "That is just asinine. Bass pro shops needs to put more people behind the gun counter when they are going to have sales."

Liquor store, Friday night, one clerk. Line for checkout reaches across the store.

Meanwhile, the "sampling booth" in the attached grocery store's beer department has six people working, and they have a line, too. You'd think they'd staff to meet the demand...

Posted by: Rob Crawford at November 22, 2017 12:38 PM (6xy6b)

294 Asians are some racist mofos. Japanese, Chinese, Koreans...they don't

think too highly of other races. Hell, they don't think too highly of

each other.
=====

Twenty swedes ran up the hill chased by one norweigian --

Like anyone could figure out who of the various irish/scandi types are whom. Yet we all hear stories.

Posted by: mustbequantum at November 22, 2017 12:39 PM (MIKMs)

295
277 Didn't the Japanese soldiers eat the gentials of the Chinese in that war in the 1930's. If so, I could see why a grudge may be held to this day.

Posted by: Paolo at November 22, 2017 12:33 PM (g4lFK)

Yeah, the Japs of the 1930s did shit that would make Josef Mengele puke. Not because of some soldiers running rampant, but as a matter of official government policy. Which is why I get pissed off from people whining about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

But the righteous anger over what the Japanese did to China in the 30s-40s is separate from the overt hatred they've had for each other as sub-humans for centuries, long pre-dating the Hirohito-era atrocities.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 22, 2017 12:39 PM (veoSD)

296 Butt hurt not nood alert

Posted by: Max Power at November 22, 2017 12:39 PM (QCc6B)

297 Trial Thanksgiving thanks for around the family table-

'I am truly thankful this year that the ugly Marxist and criminal cvnt, Hillary Clinton, is not President and never will be. Thanks be to God.'

Problematic?

Posted by: Under Fire at November 22, 2017 12:39 PM (r9UYA)

298 287 "277 Didn't the Japanese soldiers eat the gentials of the Chinese in that war in the 1930's. If so, I could see why a grudge may be held to this day.
Posted by: Paolo"

I still remember my World War II Vet dad giving my sister shit for buying a Honda even in the early 80's. "You know what they did to our boys?"
Posted by: Benji Carver at November 22, 2017 12:36 PM (OD2ni)

SORRY CAPS KEY FUCKED UP.

MY WWII MARINE UNCLE WENT BALLISTIC WHEN HIS YOUNGEST SON STARTED DATING AN ASIAN GAL.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'long pork, the gourmets choice' at November 22, 2017 12:39 PM (VezBU)

299 Nude

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2017 12:39 PM (f/e+k)

300 If liberals weren't off their rockers with rage, things would be bad.

So, things are good.

Posted by: Meremortal, no prosecutions, no peace! at November 22, 2017 12:40 PM (3myMJ)

301 FFS, the "Expert" Tom Nichols is now saying he is done with Repub party if Moore wins. I thought that smug asshole left after Trump won I'm not a big fan of Moore, but these freakin drama queens are making me root for him.

Posted by: Benji Carver at November 22, 2017 12:40 PM (OD2ni)

302 Willowed

Kind of like they ran with the grass clippings narrative on the near fatal assault on Rand Paul. Some of them actually find the attack funny, and they're pretty sure Paul deserved it somehow.
Posted by: stace at November 22, 2017 11:24 AM (6HFDU)

I'm surprised more people haven't been outraged by this. The reporting on this was dogshit from the get go, particularly since Paul was in the group Hodgkinson attacked. There was no professionalism exhibited in the coverage of this at all and is emblematic of why these poorly educated lazy turds are held in such low esteem.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 22, 2017 12:41 PM (y7DUB)

303 Help me, Monkey-Man! Monkey, man???
My ISP cut out on Sunday at 20:00 hours and when it reestablished, I couldn't comment so I guess the new i.d. number (whatever) is inadvertently banned. Using, ugh, Starbucks for this. No error messages when I try to comment. The page reloads as usual but the comment doesn't load; empty comment box when scroll down.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 22, 2017 12:42 PM (GABlk)

304 Once there were mighty herds of Genos thundering across the plains...

Posted by: Insomniac - Nobody in Particular at November 22, 2017 12:02 PM

Alas, they went the way of the noble prairie crab.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 22, 2017 12:43 PM (p+Wdc)

305 Unleashing a Chinese driver--aaand I guess I'm being racist.
Posted by: Northernlurker,

I've ridden in cars in China driven by Chinese.

Came close to having an accident several times.

Riding in a cab in Shanghai, the cab driver tried to wedge himself between two buses turning in an intersection, nearly killed all of us in the cab.

Surprised there aren't more people killed. Still not that many cars in China.
Currency: Yuan Reminbi (both words!!)

I found the Chinese to be pretty friendly (if they aren't in the government), especially if they are trying to sell you something.

Shanghai is a lot like NYC. Big city, always something happening.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at November 22, 2017 12:43 PM (S6Pax)

306 >>>>OK. That is just asinine. Bass pro shops needs to put more people behind
the gun counter when they are going to have sales. Three old man
clerking, and about 100 people standing in line. Gun sales do not move
fast because of all the forms that have to be filled out.
.
.
.Are you at the one in Grapevine? Because they never have enough people at the gun counter there. I go to the one Garland if they have something I want to look at.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at November 22, 2017 12:46 PM (+Dllb)

307 Politics is their religion. The must stop the heretics and condemn the blasphemies.

Posted by: Buford Gooch at November 22, 2017 12:56 PM (bOtTO)

308 "I still remember my World War II Vet dad giving my sister shit for buying a Honda even in the early 80's. "You know what they did to our boys?""

My dad said the same thing to my sister after she bought a 1972 Toyota Corolla. Pretty ironic since he bought a VW from his cousin's dealership in Louisiana.

Posted by: DanMan at November 22, 2017 01:02 PM (XTiHL)

309 News for sale
Who will buy?
Who would like to sample my supply?
Who`s prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise?
News for sale

Posted by: Shep Smith in a cocktail dress singing from atop a piano at November 22, 2017 01:04 PM (oVJmc)

310 "What's next? How to convince your wife of the rightness of single-payer health-care while making love?"

Oooh, that sounds rather kinky. An adult variation of playing doctor. I'll have to try that some night.

Posted by: Kimo Loka at November 22, 2017 01:17 PM (ZO1EW)

311 "This exposes one of the most unpleasant aspects of the progressive hive...they seem to internalize and take personally every political stance, and take it as a deeply emotional and personal affront if they are disagreed with."

Oooh, that's not just a progressive problem. It applied quite broadly across the political spectrum.
Right now I'm looking at those NeverTrumpers, specifically. But generally I find the more politically charged a person is, the more personal they take politics.

Posted by: Charles Ullyses Farleigh at November 22, 2017 01:46 PM (d0Hh+)

312 I don't hate these people. They are allowed their opinions; these people who have no skin in the game. They will always be with us, just like the poor. Remember to be thankful that they buy things.

Posted by: goon at November 22, 2017 03:11 PM (EaQ6/)

313 Mr. Trump should have just left those basketball players in China. He should have just left it at asking Xi "Did they get in contact with our embassy or our nearest consulate?" And as for Mr. Bell: he and his son need to sit down and read a bedtime story together. The bedtime story I have in mind is a U.S. passport, and what it says about being in foreign countries and being subject to their laws.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at November 22, 2017 03:31 PM (qXaZc)

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