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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com | The Morning Rant: J.V. EditionAll monkeys are equal, but some monkeys are more equal than others. And that's why I throw poo! Woman accuses United of giving her seat to Houston's Sheila Jackson Lee We started a revolution to change the world's paradigm that some people are better than others. But we have regressed to a 21st century version of royalty, and it disgusts me. This is one of the many things that must change before we return to a society more in tune with the one our founders envisioned. The idea that a member of congress is in any way more important than any other citizen of these United States is anathema to everything we stand for, fought for, died for, and strive to protect. And the cozy, disgusting, rent-seeking relationship between business and our ruling class is another thing that needs to end. Yes, that is my secret populist emerging again, but I can't think of another way to describe how I feel about it. We need to break the power of government officials, and we need to destroy the relationship between big business and government. How dare United Airlines favor a sleazy politician over a paying passenger? You know how? Graft. It's called bribery too. But whatever you call it, it has no place in our country. Kwanzaa: A Fraud Holiday, Created With A Racist Goal, By A Criminal Madman Arguably, this holiday raised by some to the level of Christmas has the totally opposite purpose. While Christmas is meant to unify, Kwanzaa is meant to divide. Or as the then 16 year old Rev. Al Sharpton explained the feast would perform the valuable service of "de-whitizing" Christmas.And another thing; the idea that Africa is a country rather than an extremely large continent with a bunch of wildly divergent countries and cultures is the height of bigotry. "Oh look, you have black skin, therefore I will lump you in with all of the other people with black skin, no matter where they are from." Bill de Blasio likens himself to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Mahatma Gandhi Yeah....any NYC Morons care to comment on De Blasio's chances of becoming president? The only reason he is mayor of NYC is that the turnout was awful, and New Yorkers are knuckleheads when it comes to politics. He is an awful mayor, probably crooked (he is in the pocket of big real estate developers), is screwing up pretty much everything in NYC, and is an unpleasant asshole to boot. Dear Colin Kaepernick, This is how it's done.
Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at December 27, 2017 11:27 AM (Ckg4U) 2
Edison was a self-absorbed fraud and a crook so, yeah.
Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 11:29 AM (r9UYA) 3
A prole should never have been in first class in the first place.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 27, 2017 11:29 AM (c8EhQ) 4
Trump went with the easy Kwanzaa wishes tweet. I was hoping he'd say "Happy Black Hanukkah!" or something like that.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2017 11:30 AM (7HtZB) 5
3. True. First class exists so our betters can avoid the foul stench of the many-headed.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 11:30 AM (fA1SL) 6
Talk about a rock and a hard place: On one hand, you've got a disgruntled passenger who can make the airline look bad or you can piss off a Congresscritter who's sanity is questionable on a good day
Posted by: Blake It's the airline's fault. They bumped the lady for SJL because SJL pitched a fit to be upgraded to first class. You "might" be able to butt dial someone. No way in hell you butt cancel a flight via an app. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 11:31 AM (0R8lo) Posted by: Harmon Ne at December 27, 2017 11:31 AM (KdDCu) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 27, 2017 11:31 AM (IBiyw) 9
DeBlasio invent anything besides a lie?
Posted by: BignJames at December 27, 2017 11:32 AM (0+nbW) 10
Someone mentioned yesterday that Gandhi was a pedo.
That would explain a lot about Wilhelm Jr., Kaiser of NYC. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 11:32 AM (CMbMd) 11
Not likely to be top 10 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:32 AM (pNxlR) 12
When it comes to narcissism, De Blasio is still an amateur compared to Obama.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 11:32 AM (/qEW2) 13
True. First class exists so our betters can avoid the foul stench of the many-headed.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine Who says the original passenger wasn't one of our "betters"? Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 11:33 AM (0R8lo) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 11:33 AM (IqV8l) Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 11:33 AM (fA1SL) 16
I hope the idiots who keep returning that heinous bitch to office are happy trading away their voting rights and influence so that someone with a black skin can fly first class. Not them, of course, but someone.
You get the political class you deserve. Posted by: pep at December 27, 2017 11:33 AM (LAe3v) 17
Bill de Blasio likens himself to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Mahatma Gandhi He intends to be dead, too? Go for it! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:33 AM (pNxlR) 18
12 When it comes to narcissism, De Blasio is still an amateur compared to Obama.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 11:32 AM (/qEW2) But they're both motivated entirely by Daddy Issues. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 11:33 AM (CMbMd) 19
No way in hell you butt cancel a flight via an app.
My thoughts exactly, now they are just flat out lying. Stop digging folks. Posted by: moon_over_vermont at December 27, 2017 11:34 AM (kUmUV) 20
13. Hmmmm....a blue-on-blue
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 11:34 AM (fA1SL) Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 11:34 AM (0R8lo) 22
16 year old REVEREND al sharpton? Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 11:34 AM (VHntQ) 23
The Hezbollah spice must flow.
Posted by: Obama Gesserit at December 27, 2017 11:34 AM (NF2Bf) Posted by: United Airlines at December 27, 2017 11:35 AM (LAe3v) 25
If I had a son who had washed out of the NFL, he would look like Colin Kaepernick.
Posted by: Low Information Ex-President at December 27, 2017 11:35 AM (j+dfT) 26
The One Thing I cannot do is get the Twitter Web Video to play.
I have enabled mu.nu, Twitter and Tw___.com. I refuse to enable Googleanalytics. ...nor do I enable Sonobi. Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at December 27, 2017 11:35 AM (Ckg4U) 27
Was sharpton also a "doctor" at 16 yrs old like he was/is a "reverend?" Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 11:35 AM (VHntQ) 28
Is this the same article that tried to say Deblasio has been a very successful mayor and this was only an unforced error on his part?
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 11:35 AM (2DOZq) 29
butt cancel a flight New "boy bands" are falling over themselves trying to snap up this name even as we finagle away the day here. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (pNxlR) Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (0R8lo) 31
SLAP! Feeling better?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (KP5rU) 32
Watched the video but, my vision sort of blurred. Dusty, you know?
Posted by: Blake at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (WEBkv) 33
"Who says the original passenger wasn't one of our "betters"?"
she paid for her own ticket so there's a clue Posted by: DanMan at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (XTiHL) 34
We started a revolution to change the world's paradigm that some people are better than others. But we have regressed to a 21st century version of royalty, and it disgusts me.
SJL doesn't even know what planet she's on and she's allowed to be anywhere near the levers of power? You can't tell me that her seat is safe. If we had such a thing as an opposition party, they could mount a very effective campaign against her using nothing but her inane quotes followed by "Is this who you really want to represent you in Washington?" #WASTF Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (tRaq7) 35
Gov Cuomo's primary ho created a Kwanzaa confection worthy of the manufactured holiday: Sandra Lee's famous Kwanzaa cake.
Posted by: kallisto at December 27, 2017 11:37 AM (80Uh3) 36
He definitely has all the bad parts of those gentlemen. Thief, anti Semitic and fraudulent.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 11:38 AM (2DOZq) 37
"SLAP! Feeling better?"
-Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (KP5rU) CHAVEZ! Not much. I'm going back to bed soon. Just checked-in to say "hi" to everyone. Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at December 27, 2017 11:38 AM (Ckg4U) 38
4 Trump went with the easy Kwanzaa wishes tweet. I was hoping he'd say "Happy Black Hanukkah!" or something like that.
The collard greens and ham hocks at Trump Tower Grill are the BEST! I Love African-Americans! Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 27, 2017 11:38 AM (ul9CR) 39
Henry Waxman may be physically ugly. But even he knew the bad optics of flying First Class. He would fly Business Class from LAX to Dulles.
Posted by: JAS at December 27, 2017 11:38 AM (7JbXq) 40
Or as the then 16 year old Rev. Al Sharpton explained the feast would perform the valuable service of "de-whitizing" Christmas.
Hmmm... if Kwanzaa encourages blacks to stop celebrating Christmas in order to opt for an alternative, that would make Christmas whiter, I'd think. Maybe he meant something else? Who can say? Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 11:38 AM (/qEW2) 41
Sheila gets us our free shit, at your expense.
Posted by: Sheila's Voters at December 27, 2017 11:39 AM (ToNUZ) 42
United Airlines can eat a big bag o dicks. Then they can lick Sheila Jackson Lees' sweaty taint. Never, ever fly on that shitshow again.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 11:39 AM (KP5rU) 43
Bradley honored the memory of Walter Peyton by his act, too. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:40 AM (pNxlR) 44
The only reason he is mayor of NYC is that the turnout was awful
He's mayor because this is what the citizens of NYC want. Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 27, 2017 11:40 AM (QQ+il) 45
16 year old REVEREND al sharpton?
If Al Not-So-Sharpton is a Christian, I'm a brain surgeon. And an astronaut, too. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 11:40 AM (tRaq7) 46
Can someone tell me what WPMOY is? Good on the winner.
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 27, 2017 11:40 AM (84F5k) Posted by: Fritz at December 27, 2017 11:41 AM (A1FgP) 48
"We need to break the power of government officials, and we need to destroy the relationship between big business and government."
I'd go broader and go after The Borg, the unholy alliance of BigGov, MSM, Academia and co-opted industries. Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 11:41 AM (cAXIk) 49
UAL requires me to believe a lot of frankly unbelievable things in order to accept their story.
In my opinion, what actually happened was Jackson Lee was pissed about having to sit in Economy Plus and started her Rosa Parks routine. UAL decided to knuckle under and do another of their famous random seat bumps. That Jackson Lee came out accusing the person of racism just reinforces my opinion. There are a lot of reasons I refuse to fly UAL, and this is just one more on the list. Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at December 27, 2017 11:41 AM (PFy0L) 50
That's a great story about Bradley Pinion. Thanks for that CBD.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 11:41 AM (/tuJf) 51
*does Forrest Gump wave at Slappy*
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 11:41 AM (tRaq7) Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (pNxlR) 53
United Airlines denied preferential treatment and told Fox News that their records showed that Simon canceled her flight from the mobile app after it was delayed for weather.
"As part of the normal pre-boarding process, gate agents began clearing standby and upgrade customers, including the first customer on the waitlist for an upgrade," the company said in a statement. Simon denied canceling her ticket. My hot take: United is lying. Again. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (+y/Ru) 54
"Is this who you really want to represent you in Washington?"
#WASTF Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (tRaq7) Her district is 7% white. Probably could get a Latino since they are more than 40%Blacks are 35% Posted by: MAC SOG at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (czkHE) 55
The Israelis are going to name a train station in Jerusalem in honor of Trump (b/c of his decision to move the embassy).
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (fqUgw) 56
Gov Cuomo's primary ho created a Kwanzaa confection worthy of the manufactured holiday: Sandra Lee's famous Kwanzaa cake. Posted by: kallisto Nobody doesn't like Sandra Lee. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (IqV8l) 57
Looking back B Hussein could throw poo with the best of them. You Republicans can come along, but ya gotta ride in the back!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (BtQd4) 58
Someone was talking in the thread below about the worst Congresspeople. In a combination of entitlement, cupidity and mean spiritedness are
Frederica Wilson ,Corinne Brown (She's a crook and is now gone from Congress, but still.....) and Shelia Jackson Lee. However, there are plenty of white people who can join that circle. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (8+Ozj) 59
we have over 530 in the legislative branch in DC. At least one should be able to fly when thrown out of an airplane or helicopter.
Posted by: Monk at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (g4lFK) 60
"Oh look, you have black skin, therefore I will lump you in with all of the other people with black skin, no matter where they are from." Okay, we're down with that. As long as you don't include those fucking heathen Tutsi. The Ibos and Bantu can fuck off as well. I guess we can include the Zulus, but mostly because they're more than 10 miles away. Posted by: The Hutus at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (A5aYW) 61
" If we had such a thing as an opposition party, they could mount a very effective campaign against her using nothing but her inane quotes followed by "Is this who you really want to represent you in Washington?" "
Boom. Exactly. What we've got are the Washington Generals; willing to barter away America and their own dignity for a cut of the proceeds of crime and treason. Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (oVWx5) 62
How dare United Airlines favor a sleazy politician over a paying passenger? You know how? Graft. It's called bribery too. But whatever you call it, it has no place in our country.
I'd love for Trump to issue an EO forbidding these worthless jackholes from flying anything but coach and call it the "Screw You Sheila Jackson Lee, You Worthless Race Pimp" order. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (kqsXK) 63
I sang in a Christmas program this year as a member of a choir - we covered the Christian portion and a group of kids from the local Jewish Day School covered the Hanukkah portion. There was also supposed to be a kwanzaa part but the Rabbi that accompanied the kids lost her mind after the little preamble that was given for kwanzaa and went on a very loud and epic rant about what a BS *holiday* kwanzaa was. Hit all the high points: murderer, tortured women, etc. I swear I heard her mutter *Oh for Christ's sake!*. They did not then sing.
She was the hit of the show. Thank you Rabbi. Posted by: Tonypete at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (tr2D7) 64
>>Can someone tell me what WPMOY is? Good on the winner.
Walter Payton Man of the Year. Payton did an enormous amount of community service during his career and the NFL honors players every year for their work in the community. Each team gets one nominee and then there is one eventual overall winner. Contrary to popular belief, there are some good guys in the NFL. They just get overshadowed by the current crop of SJW dunces. Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (/tuJf) 65
Trivia: kwanzaa is also the name of the worthless currency of Angola.
Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (5V1Kg) 66
55 The Israelis are going to name a train station in Jerusalem in honor of Trump (b/c of his decision to move the embassy). Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (fqUgw) Next stop: Donny Two Scoops Station Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (pNxlR) 67
Shit man, my bitch knows its kwanzaatime when I get the toaster!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 11:44 AM (BtQd4) 68
Oh answered at 43 by Krebs
Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at December 27, 2017 11:44 AM (84F5k) 69
You can't tell me that her seat is safe. If we had such a thing as an opposition party, they could mount a very effective campaign against her using nothing but her inane quotes followed by "Is this who you really want to represent you in Washington?"
#WASTF Posted by: BackwardsBoy ...have you seen the "voters" in those districts? I'm willing to bet she has Soviet-level approval numbers. Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at December 27, 2017 11:44 AM (AM1GF) 70
Walter
Peyton Man Of the Year - GALLUP: Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles... Excuse me. I've got a bad case of projectile vomiting. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 11:44 AM (+y/Ru) 71
61 Boom. Exactly. What we've got are the Washington Generals; willing to barter away America and their own dignity for a cut of the proceeds of crime and treason.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (oVWx5) And a seat at the table on a Sunday Show on NBC. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 11:44 AM (CMbMd) 72
Punk Monkey in da houze!
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at December 27, 2017 11:44 AM (Fgc0C) 73
60. But no Irish
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 11:45 AM (fA1SL) Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 11:45 AM (ks6bw) 75
kwanzaa hasn't exactly caught on in the AA community. BF dragged me to the mall Christmas Eve. The bruthas and sistas were out in force, and they weren't buying umoja candles.
Posted by: kallisto at December 27, 2017 11:45 AM (80Uh3) 76
Loathsome is as loathesome does...
Posted by: Forrest Gump at December 27, 2017 11:45 AM (clYld) 77
United Airlines denied preferential treatment and told Fox News that
their records showed that Simon canceled her flight from the mobile app after it was delayed for weather. --- Seems like the kind of thing that would come with a confirmation number. Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 11:46 AM (ks6bw) 78
Her fat ass probably could not fit in economy class.
Posted by: Monk at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (g4lFK) 79
.. I have bushels of corn!
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (QQ+il) 80
"He's mayor because this is what the citizens of NYC want."
It's more complicated than that. There's low turnout in the D primary, which now decides the election. DeB has the backing of key unions and Black churches, which is all that he needs in the primary. Most who work in Manhattan are commuters and can't vote. City is flush with cash right now. We'll have less than 300 murders for 2017; Baltimore already has 342. Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (cAXIk) 81
...and that, my friends, is the true meaning of Kwanzaa.
Posted by: UAL Holiday Special, narrated by Morgan Freeman at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (clYld) 82
>>>Graft. It's called bribery too.
That's what's puzzling. If you were a company who wanted to lobby congresspeople for legislation favorable to you, I'd think the last person you'd choose would be someone as braindead as Jackson-Lee. You wouldn't think there'd be a need to do her any favors. Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (/qEW2) 83
31 SLAP! Feeling better? Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (KP5rU) Your bedside manner sucks. Remind me which hospital you work at so I can be sure to divert to the nearest free clinic. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (A5aYW) 84
The Ibos and Bantu can fuck off as well. I guess we can include the Zulus, but mostly because they're more than 10 miles away.
Posted by: The Hutus --Hey dummies, you *are* Bantu. Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (5V1Kg) 85
70; Where did they poll? Peanut farms and mental institutions?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (KP5rU) 86
53 United Airlines denied preferential treatment and told Fox News that their records showed that Simon canceled her flight from the mobile app after it was delayed for weather.
"As part of the normal pre-boarding process, gate agents began clearing standby and upgrade customers, including the first customer on the waitlist for an upgrade," the company said in a statement. Simon denied canceling her ticket. My hot take: United is lying. Again. _____________________ Mine too. The woman was flying home (to D.C.) from Guatemala. She was in Houston, so only half-way home. Why the hell would she cancel her flight at that point, especially since she had used her FF miles (something like 140,000 of them) on United to book the 1st-class tickets in the first place? What was her plan? To camp out in the Houston airport waiting for another, even later flight, or try to get a first-class seat (that she'd have to pay for) on another airline? Doesn't make any sense. Posted by: TrivialPursuer at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (fqUgw) 87
and they weren't buying umoja candles.
--- I saw some of those at the Dollar Tree. Pretty tacky, but I guess popular with the yoots and cell-phone addicts. There was even one shaped like a pile of feces. Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (ks6bw) 88
Sounds like United is throwing shit against the wall and seeing what sticks. If it doesn't, they'll come up with new shit to throw.
So basically, they're the Clintons. Posted by: jsg at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (0+DvI) 89
63 I sang in a Christmas program this year as a member of a choir - we covered the Christian portion and a group of kids from the local Jewish Day School covered the Hanukkah portion. There was also supposed to be a kwanzaa part but the Rabbi that accompanied the kids lost her mind after the little preamble that was given for kwanzaa and went on a very loud and epic rant about what a BS *holiday* kwanzaa was. Hit all the high points: murderer, tortured women, etc. I swear I heard her mutter *Oh for Christ's sake!*. They did not then sing.
She was the hit of the show. Thank you Rabbi. Posted by: Tonypete at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (tr2D7) Back when I was in elementary school, every kid had to be in the chorus. Our Holiday Program was about 75% Hanukkah songs and 25% Christmas songs, I'd estimate. They'd make the school sit through an assembly about Kwanzaa, but covering Kindergarten through 12th grade, there were maybe, 7 black kids in the entire school (including half-white ones). And not a single one of them (including me) gave even an iota of a shit. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (CMbMd) 90
...have you seen the "voters" in those districts?
I'm willing to bet she has Soviet-level approval numbers. Posted by: Brother Cavil I'll bet, if you checked, 90% would be ineligible to vote for various reasons. Felonies, not registered, not a citizen, etc. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (0R8lo) 91
@63 - that is an awesome story, tonypete !
That kind of thing gives me hope for the eventual redpilling of enough people to stave off the death of our country and culture. Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (oVWx5) 92
I'm willing to bet she has Soviet-level approval numbers.
I bet her district is drawn in such a bizarre way that not even Picasso could recognize it. That's another thing that needs to be abolished: gerrymandering. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (tRaq7) 93
53 United Airlines denied preferential treatment and told Fox News that their records showed that Simon canceled her flight from the mobile app after it was delayed for weather.
"As part of the normal pre-boarding process, gate agents began clearing standby and upgrade customers, including the first customer on the waitlist for an upgrade," the company said in a statement. Simon denied canceling her ticket. My hot take: United is lying. Again. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (+y/Ru) Yup. If she had canceled her flight, then why did she go to the airport? It wasn't for the overpriced drinks & CNN on every TV. Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (7HtZB) 94
DeBlasio is an abject socialist turd with zero charisma. He is an awful administrator, could never, ever be confused with a leader of any kind, and is a morally bankrupt shill. He is a "hack" in every sense, who would have been perfectly at home in the Tammany Hall Machine, which he is, essentially, a byproduct of.
The thought that he could even entertain the notion of running for President is proof of his absolute lack of any sense of self awareness or political skill. A huge section of the population of New York City hates his guts and he only got elected because of the monolithic nature of the one party system of New York which has elevated ward boss politics to an art form ( hang that in the MOMA - hah!). Flyover country ( in this sense just about every place other than Los Angeles and maybe Chicago) would savage him without mercy . . so I hope the Democrats nominate him in 2020. I could not think of an easier candidate for even the squishiest of GOPe'rs to beat, let alone Trump, who would, essentially, whip him like the rented mule that he is. Likening himself to Ford, Edison and . . . . Gandhi? ( As Sesame Street used to say: " One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same."). This would, in any other person, be Exhibit "A" at his committal hearing but . . NY Democrat . . so totes OK. And the MSM will run with it as a lead story with some graphics and bullet points to chart out the "similarities" (Ford invented the mass produced automobile - De Blasio was once chauffered in an automobile! Edison invented the light bulb - De Blasio once turned on a light bulb. Gandhi once fasted? DeBlasio once ate fast food - see?!? The same!!!). I say run, DeBlaz, Run!!!!! Posted by: Publius Redux at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (Fb9aZ) 95
The video made me weep, and I'm a manly man.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (nvMvs) Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 11:50 AM (ks6bw) 97
>>Back when I was in elementary school, every kid had to be in the chorus.
Me too. And the choral director asked some of us not to sing but just to mouth the words. That would will never heal. Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 11:50 AM (/tuJf) 98
As Eric Garners daughter said to Heir Wilhelm
Just Cause You Love Black P*ssy Don't Mean You Love Black Lives Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 11:51 AM (BtQd4) 99
The Ibos and Bantu can fuck off as well. I guess we can include the Zulus, but mostly because they're more than 10 miles away. Posted by: The Hutus --Hey dummies, you *are* Bantu. Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (5V1Kg) *sharpens machete* Posted by: The Hutus at December 27, 2017 11:51 AM (A5aYW) 100
>>>And the choral director asked some of us not to sing but just to mouth the words.
At least he only asked you to mouth the words. Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 11:51 AM (bRk0o) 101
More like Sheila Jackass Lee.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton at December 27, 2017 11:52 AM (IG67O) 102
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kwanzaa hasn't exactly caught on in the AA community. That's the thing. Blacks DON'T celebrate it. Kwanzaa would never have even entered our consciousness but for earnest white liberals who wanted to show that they were down with the struggle. Again, idiots. Posted by: pep at December 27, 2017 11:52 AM (LAe3v) 103
The video made me weep, and I'm a manly man.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (nvMvs) It was wonderful.... Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 27, 2017 11:52 AM (wYseH) 104
97 Me too. And the choral director asked some of us not to sing but just to mouth the words.
That would will never heal. Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 11:50 AM (/tuJf) The music teacher (who was also the choral director) kept making me be the lead in every class musical, too (except in 1st grade, where she didn't know me at all). Ugh. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 11:52 AM (CMbMd) 105
and they weren't buying umoja candles. --- I saw some of those at the Dollar Tree. Pretty tacky, but I guess popular with the yoots and cell-phone addicts. There was even one shaped like a pile of feces. Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts Scented feces candle? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 11:52 AM (IqV8l) 106
There have been several SJL articles in conservative press these last few days, and the harsher version of 'scrunt' immediately springs to mind.
She's on the Judiciary committee and the Science and Technology committee, and I'll bet anyone a dollar she can't spell any of those words except maybe 'and'. I propose a literacy test for all candidates for public office. Then again, in NY they just threw out literacy tests for teachers, because 'racism'. And so it goes. Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2017 11:53 AM (0ogQG) 107
Back when I was in elementary school, every kid had to be in the chorus. Back in the day, in the later grades (fourth or fifth), every kid was issued a "symphonette" and taught to "play" it for music class. Heavenly and blissful music was not the outcome. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:53 AM (pNxlR) 108
If you don't give up your seat to a priveledged, inept, morally bankrupt, congresswoman, you're a fucking racist.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 11:53 AM (KP5rU) 109
It's the airline's fault. They bumped the lady for SJL because SJL pitched a fit to be upgraded to first class.
-------------------- And why did SJL pitch a fit? She darn well knew the airline would prefer to deal with the fallout from a disgruntled passenger over a vendetta from a congresscritter with far to much power and a long memory. I'm not excusing the airline for their actions since, but their actions, deplorable though they were on the day of, were entirely rational. Should a congresscritter have that much power? No. Should such a person even be in office? No. But, who's fault is it that SJL is still in office? Anyway, we're looking at two problems here: The day of, SJL did the "do you know who I am" crap and got her seat. Since the day in question, UA is doubling down and blaming the passenger when they should just shut up. Of course, UA doesn't dare say a thing against SJL. And SJL has joined in with the berating of the peasant. Anyway, it's another object lesson that I hope will wake a few more people up to how Washington, in general, thinks of the general population. Posted by: Blake at December 27, 2017 11:53 AM (WEBkv) 110
>> And the choral director asked some of us not to sing but just to mouth the words.
Nowadays she'd ask you to stay after class and mouth the alphabet. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 11:53 AM (AN9Ri) 111
If you DO give up your seat to a priveledged, inept, morally bankrupt, congresswoman, you're a f*cking racist.
Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 11:54 AM (ks6bw) 112
107 . . . Back in the day, in the later grades (fourth or fifth), every kid was issued a "symphonette" and taught to "play" it for music class. Heavenly and blissful music was not the outcome.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) _____________ Luxury! We had to use wax paper and our combs. Posted by: Furious George at December 27, 2017 11:54 AM (j+dfT) 113
98 As Eric Garners daughter said to Heir Wilhelm
Just Cause You Love Black P*ssy Don't Mean You Love Black Lives Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 11:51 AM (BtQd4) Was that the one that just died of a heart attack like her father? Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 11:54 AM (2DOZq) Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 11:54 AM (AN9Ri) 115
Do you know why your Founding Fathers wouldn't allow titles of nobility and things like the sales of coats-of-arms in the first place? Because they didn't want to monetize the escutcheon!
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2017 11:55 AM (QCX64) 116
>>Nowadays she'd ask you to stay after class and mouth the alphabet.
On the other hand I was also selected to play Linus in our Charlie Brown Christmas play. I'm not saying I was great but if I hadn't been afraid of all the non-consensual touching I would be a big star today. Posted by: JackStraw at December 27, 2017 11:55 AM (/tuJf) 117
Scented feces candle? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 11:52 AM (IqV8l) -- Different strokes for Kwanzaa folks. Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 11:55 AM (ks6bw) 118
>>Luxury! We had to use wax paper and our combs.
You had combs!? We just had our armpits and our hands. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 11:55 AM (AN9Ri) 119
The only reason he is mayor of NYC is that the turnout was awful
He's mayor because this is what the citizens of NYC want. Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 27, 2017 11:40 AM (QQ+il) ======== IIRC he won his first term because his opponent made some insensitive remark about cops (although ironically De Blasio showed himself to be the anti-cop guy afterwards). Not sure what happened with the second election. Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 11:55 AM (/qEW2) Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 27, 2017 11:56 AM (QQ+il) Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 27, 2017 11:56 AM (QQ+il) 122
She's on the Judiciary committee and the Science and Technology committee, and I'll bet anyone a dollar she can't spell any of those words except maybe 'and'.
--Didn't she go to Yale? Ye gods. So much for white privilege. Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 11:57 AM (5V1Kg) 123
I went to elementary school in the late 60's . Can't remember having a formal chorus group. All I can remember are anti drug films.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 11:57 AM (2DOZq) 124
Sorry Grump.
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 11:57 AM (AN9Ri) 125
Combs? We played our arm pits.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 27, 2017 11:56 AM (QQ+il) --- HOW DARE YOU!!! Posted by: Michelle Fields at December 27, 2017 11:57 AM (ks6bw) 126
GALLUP: Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles...
Excuse me. I've got a bad case of projectile vomiting. ------ Ha! I'm calling BS - who'd they poll - the cast of characters presented to us this morning on JJ's morning report? GTFOH with that non-sense. Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at December 27, 2017 11:57 AM (Fgc0C) 127
Then again, in NY they just threw out literacy tests for teachers, because 'racism'.
- At least we now know why Johnny can't read. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 11:58 AM (+y/Ru) 128
Since CBD was telling us in the earlier thread how much he enjoyed Negronis,
here's a Negroni variation I invented after receiving Ume Bitters as a Christmas gift. It's delicious and delightful and a new classic if I do say so myself: The Black Plum 1.5 oz gin 1 oz Carpano Antica sweet vermouth 1 oz aged umeshu 12 dashes of Ume Bitters (Miracle Mile) Shake thoroughly with ice. Strain. Drink. And contemplate the beauty of Life and the wonder of a well-designed cocktail. Posted by: naturalfake at December 27, 2017 11:58 AM (E3rQ4) 129
>>It's the airline's fault. They bumped the lady for SJL because SJL pitched a fit to be upgraded to first class.
This is SJL's shtick - she's notorious for harassing airlines and having ugly meltdowns at the boarding gate, after boarding ("Where's my special order food!!!"), etc. It would have been poetic justice of United, well-known for harassing innocent customers, actually applied that same treatment to a deserving customer. But, no. Like any bully, they know not to start stuff with a bigger bully. Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 11:58 AM (W+vEI) 130
"Woman accuses United of giving her seat to Houston's Sheila Jackson Lee"
True story: I once boarded a flight and found Jesse Watters in my seat. He put up a brief (albeit good-natured) protest that I was mistaken before moving over to the window seat. Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 11:59 AM (OD2ni) 131
69 You can't tell me that her seat is safe. If we had such a thing as an opposition party, they could mount a very effective campaign against her using nothing but her inane quotes followed by "Is this who you really want to represent you in Washington?"
... Her seat is one of the safest ones in US history, unless it gets redistricted, which would cause years of court fights. A good primary challenger would have a tiny chance, but there's no way in hell that a Repub would ever win that seat. It would be more likely that the Law of Gravity would be repealed. Her constituents do not give the tiniest fuck about her lack of intelligence or ethics. She's the Queen Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 11:59 AM (6HFDU) 132
123 I went to elementary school in the late 60's . Can't remember having a formal chorus group. All I can remember are anti drug films.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 11:57 AM (2DOZq) My grandparents decided it'd be a good idea to send me to the private school where all the kids from the families with "fvck you" money went. After 5th grade, when the administration realized that my family wasn't actually that wealthy and wouldn't ever be making a donation beyond the base tuition, I was asked not to come back. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 11:59 AM (CMbMd) 133
>>--Didn't she go to Yale?
Yale undergrad, UVA Law. These schools really need to be given more credit when SJL is in the news. Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 12:00 PM (W+vEI) 134
"Nowadays she'd ask you to stay after class and mouth the alphabet."
More capital 'T'! -- Sam Kinnison Posted by: Rob Crawford at December 27, 2017 12:00 PM (ydmUx) 135
I do see Black Santa decorations in the hood though. Traditional Christmas will always rule. Only paid commie instigators GAS about kwanzaa.
Posted by: kallisto at December 27, 2017 12:00 PM (80Uh3) 136
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GALLUP: Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles... -- Polling question phrased as: Who do you admire most, Obama or Hillary Clinton? Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 12:00 PM (ks6bw) 137
So, Prince Harry is a fucking douchebag.
Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 12:00 PM (r9UYA) 138
But, who's fault is it that SJL is still in office?
The Deep State's, the Giant Election Machine and her Proggie puppetmasters who tell her what to do, say and how to vote, because I have yet to see any indication that she knows how to do any thinking on her own. Again, a true opposition party could oust her without too much trouble if they were at all interested in the good of the country. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 12:01 PM (tRaq7) 139
Her constituents do not give the tiniest fuck about her lack of intelligence or ethics. She's the Queen
--- Fish have no concept of water being wet. Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 12:01 PM (ks6bw) 140
127 At least we now know why Johnny can't read.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 11:58 AM (+y/Ru) He can't read, but he can sure toss a salad. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:02 PM (CMbMd) 141
OT but I have never been seated next to a hottie or even a semi hottie. Odds say it should have happened at least once.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 12:02 PM (2DOZq) 142
"kwanzaa hasn't exactly caught on in the AA community.
That's the thing. Blacks DON'T celebrate it. Kwanzaa would never have even entered our consciousness but for earnest white liberals who wanted to show that they were down with the struggle. Again, idiots." The only people I ever see wishing a Happy Kwanzaa are white public school teachers. Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 12:02 PM (OD2ni) 143
They bumped the lady for SJL because SJL pitched a fit to be upgraded to first class.
"Could someone help this lady? She doesn't know 'who the fuck' she is." Posted by: UAL Holiday Special, narrated by Morgan Freeman at December 27, 2017 12:02 PM (clYld) 144
Art Mullen is in for Rush right now! Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:02 PM (VHntQ) 145
I'll bet, if you checked, 90% would be ineligible to vote for various reasons. Felonies, not registered, not a citizen, etc.
Posted by: rickb223 Since when has that stopped Democrats? Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (AM1GF) 146
But, who's fault is it that SJL is still in office?
Damn sure isn't mine. I can't vote for OR against her. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (0R8lo) 147
>>So, Prince Harry is a fucking douchebag.
Eh, both his parents are/were progressive twits, so it shouldn't be that surprising. His fiance is an SJWer, too: https://preview.tinyurl.com/y89znqd6 Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (W+vEI) 148
I'm still waiting for my three French hens.
Posted by: African Jesus at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (A1FgP) 149
I realize the picture of the chimp was intended to be extremely offensive. Just wish to let you know it was a resounding success. Posted by: irongrampa at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (S/hVx) Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (Ckg4U) 151
Re the little video: What an exceptional young man. Sniff, sniff.
Posted by: Tuna at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (jm1YL) Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2017 12:04 PM (QCX64) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:04 PM (+y/Ru) Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 12:04 PM (pNxlR) 155
148 I'm still waiting for my three French hens.
Posted by: African Jesus at December 27, 2017 12:03 PM (A1FgP) Not for nothing, but I STILL can't wrap my mind around the concept of Korean Jesus... Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:04 PM (CMbMd) Posted by: SaveFarris at December 27, 2017 12:05 PM (IzEsf) 157
90 ...have you seen the "voters" in those districts?
I'm willing to bet she has Soviet-level approval numbers. Posted by: Brother Cavil I'll bet, if you checked, 90% would be ineligible to vote for various reasons. Felonies, not registered, not a citizen, etc. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 11:48 AM (0R8lo) First-Hand Knowledge: If one happened to visit or get lost in her district, one would be endangered of property theft and life-threatening hazards. Not a place to be when the sun sets...The movie "I am Legend" would be a good analogous reference. SJL does, in fact, does have those Soviet-type support numbers...and there are numerous folks residing there with felonious intent. More fun-facts: The SJL model is copied from the corrupt Dallas area model. Posted by: texcat at December 27, 2017 12:05 PM (wf3RQ) 158
UA let the wookie win.
Posted by: Han Solo at December 27, 2017 12:05 PM (ToNUZ) 159
Electoral gold, Gerry Mander! Electoral gold!
Posted by: Kenny Banai at December 27, 2017 12:05 PM (QCX64) 160
Again, a true opposition party could oust her
without too much trouble if they were at all interested in the good of the country. Posted by: BackwardsBoy Based on what? The problem isn't the opposition party, it's her brain dead supporters. Posted by: pep at December 27, 2017 12:05 PM (LAe3v) 161
You know who gerrymanders the Senate and every seat therein, no less?
---- Ummmmm...... ...... nevermind. Its Snowflaketown. Posted by: fixerupper at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (8XRCm) 162
""We need to break the power of government officials, and we need to destroy the relationship between big business and government."
I'd go broader and go after The Borg, the unholy alliance of BigGov, MSM, Academia and co-opted industries. Posted by: Ignoramus I haven't noticed anyone talking about the recent Trump EO. It seemed too sensational at first, and too ignored by media. But Politico talked about it, and this link is zerohedge. https://tinyurl.com/yde37wmc it would seem to target the Clinton Foundation, but really could reach into any entity involved in human trafficking, and can seize and freeze assets. I've mentioned before HSBC being caught money laundering $2B for cartels and being let off (by Lynch, under insistence by international bank lawyers out of London) with a fine. But who else has been moving money for these cabals? The more "conspiracy" minded (informed?) seem to feel the "round up" is already underway. The BigBiz and BigGov illegal marriage does need to be broken, but even bigger (I guess) is BigCrime and the globalist shadow government that appears to tie "deep state" together internationally. can't wait for that report to come out Posted by: illiniwek at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (otAqJ) 163
About DeBlasio.
We had bad luck and Anthony Weiner to blame. Also after 20 years of mostly benevolent rule and a huge tax base, we got complacent. Wilhelm won the first time because, like the Bolsheviks, he had hard core of minority support that was enough to win the D primary: key unions like the teachers, and Brooklyn blacks, and select developers for their money. It should have been Colleen Quinn, the early favorite and a comparative moderate, but the Weiner circus sucked the air out of the room just when Colleen needed it. But on the other hand, Weiner was one of 20 things that cost Hillary the election. Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (cAXIk) 164
156 F***in Weiner.
Posted by: SaveFarris at December 27, 2017 12:05 PM (IzEsf) As if there's any other kind... Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (CMbMd) 165
That sounds justified.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (QCX64) 166
Could United caving to SJL have anything to do with her being on Transportation Committee? Hmmmmm?
Posted by: AnnaS at December 27, 2017 12:07 PM (l4l/z) 167
>>...it would seem to target the Clinton Foundation, but really could reach
into any entity involved in human trafficking, and can seize and freeze assets. And maybe...Soros? Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 12:07 PM (W+vEI) 168
167 And maybe...Soros?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 12:07 PM (W+vEI) There's no WAY that Carlos Slim isn't involved in human trafficking. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (CMbMd) 169
The BigBiz and BigGov illegal marriage does need to be broken, but even bigger (I guess) is BigCrime and the globalist shadow government that appears to tie "deep state" together internationally.
can't wait for that report to come out Posted by: illiniwek at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (otAqJ) the Banking industry, and treasury dept. should not be trading people back and forth... Posted by: Don Q. at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (NgKpN) 170
Again, a true opposition party could oust her without too much trouble if they were at all interested in the good of the country. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 12:01 PM (tRaq7) Not possible. See comment 131. Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (6HFDU) 171
So much fail in the world.
As for me, I am spending this week at a high school basketball tournament, watching my alma mater get a worse pounding than the Kwanzaa founder's poor girls. (Too soon?) It's a little thing, but such are the acts that preserve hometown pride and a sense of place, which in my opinion is at least half of what we're fighting for. Posted by: T at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (1XIkG) 172
"Eh, both his parents are/were progressive twits, so it shouldn't be that surprising. His fiance is an SJWer, too:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y89znqd6 Posted by: Lizzy" I think the funniest thing I ever heard in my life was years ago some English Howard Stern fan got through twice back to back to a radio call in show with Prince Charles and trashed him. The second call he stated "I apologize for that last caller, he certainly was no gentleman. But he forgot to mention that you are a buck toothed jackass." Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (OD2ni) 173
First-Hand Knowledge:
If one happened to visit or get lost in her district, one would be endangered of property theft and life-threatening hazards. Not a place to be when the sun sets...The movie "I am Legend" would be a good analogous reference. National Lampoon's Summer Vacation. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:09 PM (0R8lo) 174
141 OT but I have never been seated next to a hottie or even a semi hottie. Odds say it should have happened at least once.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol Do you happen to resemble Al Franken? That could explain it. Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2017 12:09 PM (0ogQG) 175
OT but I have never been seated next to a hottie or even a semi hottie. Odds say it should have happened at least once.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol ------ *squinty eyes* Posted by: Mrs. Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 12:10 PM (8XRCm) 176
166 Could United caving to SJL have anything to do with her being on Transportation Committee? Hmmmmm?
Posted by: AnnaS at December 27, 2017 12:07 PM (l4l/z) I doubt if the person who made the decision is that f*cking smart. The decision maker when oh shit, a black woman congress critter. This aint going to end well. And bumped the average citizen Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 27, 2017 12:10 PM (3/sUh) 177
Last time I was on a plane, I was seated between a mincing ponce of a homo and a family of muslims.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:11 PM (CMbMd) 178
More fun-facts: The SJL model is copied from the corrupt Dallas area model.
Ahhhh. The infamous "John Wiley Price" model. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:11 PM (0R8lo) 179
170
Again, a true opposition party could oust her without too much trouble if they were at all interested in the good of the country. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 12:01 PM (tRaq7) Not possible. See comment 131. Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (6HFDU) Seconded (unfortunately)... Posted by: texcat at December 27, 2017 12:11 PM (wf3RQ) 180
The only way to get rid of SJL is to have a local popular black Spanish speaking person run a negative campaign against her. It is not going to happen.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 12:12 PM (2DOZq) 181
But on the other hand, Weiner was one of 20 things that cost Hillary the election. Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 12:06 PM (cAXIk) Dicks what are they good for? Posted by: Zombie Edwin Star at December 27, 2017 12:12 PM (3/sUh) 182
Not possible. See comment 131.
Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 12:08 PM (6HFDU) --- A quick search shows ~30% of district is on welfare. Yeah, that's probably the safest seat in the entire nation. Posted by: Moron el-Robbie - Gluten Free Host Made In Facility That Sometimes Processes Peanuts at December 27, 2017 12:12 PM (ks6bw) 183
Not possible. See comment 131.
I've seen a lot of things happen politically in the past year that I once thought were impossible... Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 12:13 PM (tRaq7) 184
177 Last time I was on a plane, I was seated between a mincing ponce of a homo and a family of muslims.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:11 PM (CMbMd) The only thing missing was a BLT and popcorn Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 27, 2017 12:13 PM (3/sUh) 185
>>Could United caving to SJL have anything to do with her being on Transportation Committee? Hmmmmm?
Years ago, after causing a huge fuss every single time she flew home from DC to TX (which is often), Frontier invited her to use another airline. She's that bad - they decided they'd rather tell her buh-bye forever and risk legislative retaliation than deal with her every week. Posted by: Lizzy at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (W+vEI) 186
So, like John Conyers, on the strength on nothing but a high melanocyte count, SJL, too, is a "civil rights icon"? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (pNxlR) 187
Ahhhh. The infamous "John Wiley Price" model.
===== Don't know what he is going to do now that he is retiring, but Chicago's own Luis Gutierrez's district looks like the original 'Gerrymander'. Posted by: mustbequantum at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (MIKMs) 188
what a BS *holiday* kwanzaa was. Hit all the high points: murderer, tortured women, etc. I
I'm guessing your rabbi wasn't down with Ramadan, either. Posted by: t-bird at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (clYld) 189
Gorilla are a shy animal so here on Wild Kingdom we do our best to not frighten then as here, where we are hiding in the woods.
http://www.snappytv.com/tc/6679727 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (+y/Ru) 190
"156 Don't forget the #1 reason that Bill DeBlasio is mayor:
Anthony F***in Weiner. Posted by: SaveFarris" I lived in NYC during the reign of Dinkins, and it was basically a big Baltimore. Not enough current residents either lived through it or remember it to appreciate the amazing work Giuilani did. Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (OD2ni) 191
I've seen a lot of things happen politically in the past year that I once thought were impossible...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy For that to take place in this context, something would have to happen that I can't even describe without being accused of wanting something no sane person (myself included) would want to happen. Short that or a miraculous mass change of heart, she'll leave office feet first. Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (AM1GF) 192
Real friends don't give friends NFL tickets, and they sure as hell don't virtue-signal it from a 49'ers Twit(ter) account. The kid is a prop in their publicity program, that's all.
Posted by: Born Free at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (47PfO) 193
Ahhhh. The infamous "John Wiley Price" model.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:11 PM (0R8lo) If I had more than 2 fingers on each hand and more than half a good eye, I could type better and tell some stories about John Wiley and friends... Posted by: texcat at December 27, 2017 12:15 PM (wf3RQ) 194
I don't believe there are a lot of people who actually admire Hillary Clinton. There MIGHT be a lot people who think they are supposed to admire her.
Posted by: Northernlurker, am I lurking or am I skulking at December 27, 2017 12:15 PM (nBr1j) 195
Among the Sheila Jackson Lee airline incidents in the past is a recording of her demanding (in so many words) to be "treated like a queen". I have $20 that says somewhere in the process of removing an unsuspecting customer (to later be called racist because they will be unhappy with that treatment), a United employee was told to give SJL whatever she wants because no matter what it is, the customer fallout will still be better than dealing with the Congresswoman.
Posted by: Advo at December 27, 2017 12:16 PM (ekVHT) 196
Just saw that the NFL has canceled their last game of the season.
Yeah, they are going to be just fine... Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:16 PM (AN9Ri) Posted by: irongrampa at December 27, 2017 12:17 PM (S/hVx) 198
Someone was talking in the thread below about the worst Congresspeople. In a combination of entitlement, cupidity and mean spiritedness are
Frederica Wilson ,Corinne Brown (She's a crook and is now gone from Congress, but still.....) and Shelia Jackson Lee. However, there are plenty of white people who can join that circle. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (8+Ozj) ======== But white people can be openly criticized, while blacks are mostly given immunity to this. Wilson was criticized, but that is unique to this administration. I hope criticizing people because of behavior without respect to their skin will become the new norm. Also nice to see that Conyers is toast, although note the reluctance of it "He was a civil rights icon". Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 12:17 PM (/qEW2) 199
But can Sheila Jackson Lee parallel park a car as well as Eleanor Holmes Norton? OTOH, SJL probably demands a chauffeur everywhere she goes.
Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 12:18 PM (OD2ni) 200
Gorillas dont enjoy watching Emmett Otters Jugband Christmas because they cant relate to any of the characters.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 12:18 PM (bRk0o) 201
Somebody tell SJL that Pelosi got her own plane for a while.
Posted by: davidt at December 27, 2017 12:19 PM (ToNUZ) 202
"Pfft. Co-Pilot? My ass. Outta my seat, peasant. Don't tell me not to press this big red button! Do you know who I am!?!?! ----"
*fwooosh!* Posted by: Sheila Jackass Lee, (D)imwit at December 27, 2017 12:20 PM (T28di) Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:20 PM (0R8lo) 204
More accurate to say the NFL rescheduled the game to an earlier start time. It would have been interesting to see just how low the viewership would have been for the night game. Perfect storm of New Years Eve and this years boycott.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 12:20 PM (2DOZq) 205
Africa consists of 52 countries and more than 2000 languages. How Kwanzaa, started by an assaulting paranoid schizophrenic felon who is now an African studies prof at a Cal State university, is somehow a unifying holiday for all Africans is beyond me (and last time I checked, white South Africans are still Africans).
Posted by: jim at December 27, 2017 12:21 PM (gjGvH) Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at December 27, 2017 12:22 PM (3BFzK) 207
What percentage of congress critters and senators could fairly be classed as human garbage who would be living under a pier but for the voters?
Posted by: Northernlurker, am I lurking or am I skulking at December 27, 2017 12:22 PM (nBr1j) 208
A quick search shows ~30% of district is on welfare.
Yeah, that's probably the safest seat in the entire nation. Thank you LB-fucking-J. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2017 12:23 PM (kqsXK) 209
Luxury! We had to use wax paper and our combs.
Posted by: Furious George at December 27, 2017 11:54 AM (j+dfT You had combs?! Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 27, 2017 12:24 PM (z79tQ) Posted by: Acme Enterprises at December 27, 2017 12:24 PM (2FqvZ) 211
Who is Nick Sercy and why is he sucking on my radio?
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (AN9Ri) 212
"the Banking industry, and treasury dept. should not be trading people back and forth...
Posted by: Don Q. right ... and the IMF. I recall Robert Rubin bounced around between Goldman Sachs, IMF, treasury ... He'd be standing by Bush, then Obama elected and he has his arm around Obama. "Traders" used to "joke" that the White House was a branch office of Goldman Sachs. So many laws turned the Wall Street trading machines into "banks" (too big to fail/jail, see The Big Short), then into untouchable international banks, demanding their own international law have precedent over American law (under threat of "contagion"). It is the globalist "bankster" version of sharia. (sorta) yeah, Soros should be at the top of the list, and probably is. Perhaps him moving that $18B was an effort to protect it, but probably too late if the white hat dream team pulls off the rumored report and follow up round up of bad guys. Posted by: illiniwek at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (otAqJ) 213
I've seen a lot of things happen politically in the past year that I once thought were impossible...
... Very true, but again for a Repub to win that seat as its currently districted is literally impossible to the point it almost violates the laws of physics. Any money spent by the GOP in a district like that would be more productively used as fireplace kindling. That district is a Voting Rights Act district, but it also serves Repub interests in that it's gerrymandered as a "packed" district. The VRA in the end has become actually harmful to minorities. Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (6HFDU) 214
40 percent of voters in NYC have never voted for a Republican for any office, and that includes Giuliani and Bloomberg.
That's how you get Kaiser Wilhelm elected Mayor twice. Posted by: mercenary13 at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (wyUZs) 215
It would have been interesting to see just how low the viewership
would have been for the night game. Perfect storm of New Years Eve and this years boycott. ===== For the young man who got the SB tickets, it is still a once-in-a-lifetime chance. You know he probably follows his church friend every game and when he can express himself, he talks about his football friend. So very sad to see the loss of respect and fun playing a sport can give to both players and spectators. Posted by: mustbequantum at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (MIKMs) 216
196 Just saw that the NFL has canceled their last game of the season.
Yeah, they are going to be just fine... Posted by: garrett They canceled the last broadcast of Sunday Night football. It's been scheduled to play at the 3 pm timeslot instead. I guess they didn't want a ratings disaster, since it is NY Eve, and none of the candidate teams are in the playoff hunt. Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (0ogQG) 217
>>211 Who is Nick Sercy and why is he sucking on my radio?
I was just asking myself the same question?? Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 12:27 PM (r9UYA) 218
So Sheila Jacksoff Lee attended the same law school as Laura Ingraham.
Doe UVA have a Dummy Track? Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 12:27 PM (5V1Kg) 219
What percentage of congress critters and senators could fairly be classed as human garbage who would be living under a pier but for the voters?
Posted by: Northernlurker, am I lurking or am I skulking at December 27, 2017 12:22 PM (nBr1j) How many democrats are there? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 27, 2017 12:27 PM (aMlLZ) 220
No company that has employees on any kind of government assistance should get a tax cut!
Posted by: Matthew Dowd at December 27, 2017 12:27 PM (SkuXa) 221
Sheila Jackson Lee and her ilk seem bound and determined to prove that D.W. Griffith's portrayal of black legislators in The Birth of a Nation was the absolute truth.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2017 12:28 PM (kqsXK) 222
78 Her fat ass probably could not fit in economy class.
Posted by: Monk at December 27, 2017 11:47 AM (g4lFK) --- Do we really want her near anything with the word 'economy' in it? Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at December 27, 2017 12:28 PM (vChNs) 223
>>They canceled the last broadcast of Sunday Night football. It's been scheduled to play at the 3 pm timeslot instead.
>>I guess they didn't want a ratings disaster, since it is NY Eve, and none of the candidate teams are in the playoff hunt. The NHL should re-schedule an outdoor game to compete with the Superbowl this year. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:28 PM (AN9Ri) 224
Taxpayers should just get Lee her own Gulfstream. Because, if you don't, racist.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 12:29 PM (KP5rU) Posted by: The Jackhole Somewhere on fried to a crisp Ventura Highway at December 27, 2017 12:29 PM (M+Lyo) 226
yeah, Soros should be at the top of the list, and probably is. Perhaps him moving that $18B was an effort to protect it, but probably too late if the white hat dream team pulls off the rumored report and follow up round up of bad guys.
Posted by: illiniwek Big deal. A couple of FBI agents will get re-assigned or fired. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:29 PM (0R8lo) 227
>>Big deal.
A couple of FBI agents will get re-assigned or fired. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:29 PM (0R8lo) Zactly. Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 12:31 PM (r9UYA) 228
Doe UVA have a Dummy Track?
Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 12:27 PM (5V1Kg) They had to pass her or, racist Posted by: The Jackhole Somewhere on fried to a crisp Ventura Highway at December 27, 2017 12:31 PM (M+Lyo) 229
217 211 Who is Nick Searcy and why is he sucking on my radio?
A friend of ace's, and a Hollywood conservative. Posted by: GnuBreed at December 27, 2017 12:31 PM (0ogQG) 230
He's a conservative actor from the pro-cop Justified TV series; he's active on twitter and does some punditry.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2017 12:32 PM (QCX64) 231
#230 That said, I don't know how he's doing filling in for Rush today.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2017 12:32 PM (QCX64) 232
That district is a Voting Rights Act district, but
it also serves Repub interests in that it's gerrymandered as a "packed" district. The VRA in the end has become actually harmful to minorities. Posted by: stace This is exactly the problem. Now what you hear is that a) packing minorities into a district is bad, and 2) not packing minorities into a district is bad. The proposed solutions usually are along the lines of "enough minorities to guarantee a win, but not so many as to dilute the remaining minority vote any more than necessary". So much for equal under the law. Posted by: pep at December 27, 2017 12:32 PM (LAe3v) Posted by: JAS at December 27, 2017 12:33 PM (7JbXq) 234
No need to actually win SJL's seat.
Just have someone running ads of SJL's quotes and actions. Put SJL's absurdity front and center, where the media will feel compelled to defend her, but will end up accentuating her absurdity. Posted by: davidt at December 27, 2017 12:33 PM (ToNUZ) Posted by: Shopgirl: #ChiefsAFCWestChamps at December 27, 2017 12:34 PM (YHJrW) 236
SJL people request a spot for her in the St Patrick's Day parade in Houston every year. Has to be near the front. Sometimes she shows up and when she does she always has extras to ride with her.
She has no respect for the volunteer drivers that bring their classic convertibles to lead the deal. Her antics are legend and nobody wants to draw that straw. Posted by: DanMan at December 27, 2017 12:34 PM (XTiHL) 237
>>A friend of ace's, and a Hollywood conservative.
Wake Ace up and have him call in. Maybe he can save this wreck of a broadcast. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:34 PM (AN9Ri) 238
Last time I was on a plane I was trapped among 3 young women and their baby daddies and screaming babies. For some reason they all spent the entire flight from Denver to Chicago passing babies around. One of them kept taking his binky out of his mouth and flinging it at passengers.
I was never so glad to get off a plane. Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 27, 2017 12:34 PM (ul9CR) 239
234: The media and the people that consume it are beyond stupid. That kite don't fly, my friend.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 12:35 PM (KP5rU) 240
Sheila Jackass Lee: Sorry but I guess now you know what it's like to be flying while a black person. Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:35 PM (VHntQ) 241
211 Who is Nick Searcy and why is he sucking on my radio?
------- Call him and ask him. Today's a day you can get through. Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2017 12:35 PM (7HtZB) 242
But can Sheila Jackson Lee parallel park a car as well as Eleanor Holmes Norton? OTOH, SJL probably demands a chauffeur everywhere she goes.
Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 12:18 PM (OD2ni) She does, weasel zippers linked an article on how much of a beee-itch she is and how much a vulgar entitled queen bitch she is to her help. Posted by: auscolpyr at December 27, 2017 12:35 PM (pzA2L) 243
Justin Trudeau On Returning ISIS Fighters: They'll Be An 'Extraordinarily Powerful Voice' For Canada -WZ
Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 12:35 PM (r9UYA) 244
SJLs district includes the Houston Heights. Lots of Millennials frolic there.
Posted by: DanMan at December 27, 2017 12:36 PM (XTiHL) 245
Sheila Jackass Lee: I dint have nobody kicked off no airplane but even if I did it's okay because blacks like me get kicked off planes all the time. Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:37 PM (VHntQ) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:37 PM (+y/Ru) 247
Maybe he can save this wreck of a broadcast. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:34 PM Mark Steyn will be on tomorrow and Friday. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 12:38 PM (IqV8l) Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 27, 2017 12:38 PM (NKXpn) 249
Who's talking shit about Art Mullen?? Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:38 PM (VHntQ) Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:38 PM (AN9Ri) 251
SJL is legendary for abuse to staff. Every year, Capitol Hill staff vote on the worst member to work for and SJL heads up the list consistently. She wants to be treated like a "Queen" - her words. Staff have to run her personal errands and are berated continually if they don't please her Majesty.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 12:39 PM (oiNtH) 252
Who the fuck is Art Mullen?
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:39 PM (AN9Ri) 253
211 Who is Nick Sercy and why is he sucking on my radio?
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (AN9Ri) Should've stuck with Ken Matthews. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:39 PM (9TK8E) 254
I had no idea Retard Island was a monarchy.
Posted by: x at December 27, 2017 12:39 PM (nFwvY) 255
Nick's doing a great job. Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:40 PM (VHntQ) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (mbhDw) 257
In fairness, the Heights only connects Acres Homes (132% black) to the 5th Ward (175% black). At least that how they vote anyway.
https://jacksonlee.house.gov/about/our-district Posted by: DanMan at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (XTiHL) 258
A killer radio show would be Tucker & Steyn. They are fantastic together. Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (VHntQ) 259
Roc Ingersoll -- just to rub your nose in it:
I was once on a late night flight, with a young woman seated next to me. She was returning home after participating in a beauty contest. She asked if I minded if she changed into her pajamas. I replied that it was OK with me. She then stripped completely naked, and dug into her carry-on. Put on an over-sized T-shirt, curled up in her seat, and went to sleep. Sooo cute she was! Posted by: French Jeton at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (Fjvqd) Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (KRS8u) 261
237 >>A friend of ace's, and a Hollywood conservative.
Wake Ace up and have him call in. Maybe he can save this wreck of a broadcast. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:34 PM (AN9Ri) Rush didn't call me. His mistake. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (mbhDw) 262
Back when Continental Airlines existed, I read where a manager actually had the balls to tell SJL "NO" - they would not upgrade her and that they didn't appreciate her abuse of Continental staff. Also, if she didn't like it, they suggested that she use their competitor in the future.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (oiNtH) Posted by: Acme Enterprises at December 27, 2017 12:42 PM (2FqvZ) Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:42 PM (AN9Ri) Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 12:42 PM (r9UYA) 266
"Art Mullen" is the role Nick played in the TV show.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 27, 2017 12:42 PM (QCX64) 267
There are some really funny YT videos of the goings-on on Ghetto-er-Spirit Airlines planes. Don't care how cheap those flights are, I would never...
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 27, 2017 12:44 PM (ul9CR) 268
I find it plausible that SJL is the best and brightest in her community.
Posted by: x at December 27, 2017 12:44 PM (nFwvY) 269
Shitpostistan Under Siege, Film at 11.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:44 PM (9TK8E) 270
I was never so glad to get off a plane.
--- Going to Reno years ago, via Dallas. Drunk Texans itching to gamble. Delay while they work on mechanical stuff. Drunk Texans, who are all buddies, are getting MOAR drunk. Finally, we get in the air, and land in Reno. They rush to the slot machines at the airport to gamble. Because they just CANNOT wait. /not nearly as horrible as "babies" but still... kind of awful. Posted by: shibumi at December 27, 2017 12:45 PM (aT+Bx) 271
Hey, I can cure lesbianism! Top that, Edison!!
Posted by: Kaiser Wilhelm DiBlasio at December 27, 2017 12:45 PM (O5Q3r) 272
Geez, I was watching that video of the young man and his football friend, then suddenly someone started cutting up onions.
Sweetness would be proud. Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 12:45 PM (lwiT4) 273
Posted by: Publius Redux at December 27, 2017 11:49 AM (Fb9aZ)
I don't know if you saw it, but the "NY Post" had a pretty funny take on his comparisons to Ford, Edison and Gandhi, after a headline picture of a stupid looking Deblasio in a Gandhi like outfit. The headline was "Delusions of Gandhi" 1.) Edison napped on the job, and even kept cots in his lab so he could doze off-while former City Hall Staffers say the Mayor is known for his midday snoozes. in fairness to Edsion I think he worked quite hard, just had weird sleeping habits. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 12:45 PM (8+Ozj) 274
225 SJL looks just like Henrietta Hippo,
Anyone remember that character ? Posted by: The Jackhole Somewhere on fried to a crisp Ventura Highway at December 27, 2017 12:29 PM (M+Lyo) That reporter April Ryan sort of has a hippo-ish physiognomy. Or Shrek. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 12:45 PM (mbhDw) 275
Nick Searcy played the sheriff that annoyed Tommy Lee Jones at the site of the train wreck in the Fugitive.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 27, 2017 12:46 PM (yTnCT) 276
Hey, I can cure lesbianism! Top that, Edison!! Posted by: Kaiser Wilhelm DiBlasio Try passive resistance. Posted by: Randi Ghandi at December 27, 2017 12:46 PM (IqV8l) 277
"Big deal. A couple of FBI agents will get re-assigned or fired.
Posted by: rickb223 Zactly. Posted by: Under Fire well it could just be rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic sure. That would fit the norm of the last 50 years or so. But that EO is a BFD (potentially) and they did lose their Queen (Hillary). Certainly there have been some big tremors, so maybe the whole Yellowstone caldera is about to blow ... figuratively speaking. might as well have hope, while keeping the guns oiled. Posted by: illiniwek at December 27, 2017 12:47 PM (otAqJ) 278
276
Hey, I can cure lesbianism! Top that, Edison!! Posted by: Kaiser Wilhelm DiBlasio Try passive resistance. Posted by: Randi Ghandi at December 27, 2017 12:46 PM (IqV8l) Mrs. DeBolshevik is a carpet-muncher, for the record. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 12:47 PM (mbhDw) 279
it's the nostrils.
Posted by: x at December 27, 2017 12:47 PM (nFwvY) 280
NY Post take #2 in Bill DeBlasio
Like Henry Ford, Hizzoner is a big fan of motorcars-he rarely takes the subway, but frequently travels in a motorcade of SUV's on his regular jaunts to the Y. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 12:47 PM (8+Ozj) 281
Then economy is coming back because of Presdent Obama's policies and now Trump is taking the credit. Makes us sick !!!! Trump is an idiot and liar and should be impeached today !!!!!
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien at December 27, 2017 12:47 PM (u54O2) 282
Real friends don't give friends NFL tickets, and
they sure as hell don't virtue-signal it from a 49'ers Twit(ter) account. The kid is a prop in their publicity program, that's all. Posted by: Born Free at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (47PfO) ============================ Maybe you missed the part where they talked about being friends since the time they were both wee ones at their church. Or maybe you find it hard to believe that someone could genuinely love a retarded person. Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 12:48 PM (lwiT4) 283
Re the sidebar: 200 grams of TNT would not be a "huge" explosion. It would be a big bang, on the same order of magnitude as a hand grenade. Certainly enough to kill and injure people nearby, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 12:48 PM (d6iST) 284
If you want to see Nancy Pelosi really, really befuddled and at a loss for words, ask her when was the last time Sheila Jackson Lee said something lucid and useful in Congress.
Posted by: Gref at December 27, 2017 12:48 PM (AMIL/) 285
"NY Post" take on DeBlasio #3
Mahatma Gandhi famously fought for India's untouchables-and Bill Debasing seems to think that he, too, is untouchable. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 12:49 PM (8+Ozj) 286
Just saw a TV commercial for a new dating site, FarnersOnly.com.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:50 PM (+y/Ru) 287
284 If you want to see Nancy Pelosi really, really befuddled and at a loss for words, ask her when was the last time Sheila Jackson Lee said something lucid and useful in Congress.
Posted by: Gref at December 27, 2017 12:48 PM (AMIL/) Nasty Pelousy has been little more than an addlepated tapeworm since she did that bizarre "My favorite word is the word, and that says it all for us" speech. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:50 PM (9TK8E) 288
>>Re the sidebar: 200 grams of TNT would not be a "huge" explosion.
Unless it was used to trigger something else, likely no. Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:51 PM (AN9Ri) 289
286 Just saw a TV commercial for a new dating site, FarnersOnly.com.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:50 PM (+y/Ru) Its not new. Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2017 12:51 PM (cAnNx) 290
What's a farner?
Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (lwiT4) 291
>>Not for nothing, but I STILL can't wrap my mind around the concept of Korean Jesus...
Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:04 PM (CMbMd) "The children in each different place Will see the baby Jesus' face Like theirs, but bright with heavenly grace, And filled with holy light." Posted by: Caliban at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (vBGc/) Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (VHntQ) 293
Breaking news from The National Laughing Stock:
Washington Post@washingtonpost Perspective: Extreme poverty returns to America Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (+y/Ru) 294
Please accept this first class seat as our gift to you on Kwanzaa, Ms. Jackson-Lee!
Posted by: United Airlines at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (O5Q3r) 295
265 >>BREAKING:
EXPLOSION AT ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA SHOPPING MALL. see sidebar. Oh boy. Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 12:42 PM (r9UYA) There was also a shooting & hostage situation in Moscow earlier today. Haven't heard more about that. Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (7HtZB) 296
Hereticsonly.com Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (VHntQ) 297
286 Just saw a TV commercial for a new dating site, FarnersOnly.com. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, The Persistence! at December 27, 2017 12:50 PM (+y/Ru) Its not new. Posted by: buzzion Maybe it is, if it's farNers Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (IqV8l) 298
"The children in each different place
Will see the baby Jesus' face Like theirs, but bright with heavenly grace, And filled with holy light." Posted by: Caliban at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (vBGc/) ===================== I remember when Tennessee Ernie Ford used to sing that. Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 12:53 PM (lwiT4) 299
290. A farner is a person too stupid and corrupt to be born here.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Booking Agent, Aero Pinochet at December 27, 2017 12:53 PM (fA1SL) 300
281 Then economy is coming back because of Presdent Obama's policies and now Trump is taking the credit. Makes us sick !!!! Trump is an idiot and liar and should be impeached today !!!!!
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien it would be nice know what specific policies Obama's fans are referring to, so that we never use these slow acting 8 Year time release loser 1% GDP growth policies again. Posted by: x at December 27, 2017 12:53 PM (nFwvY) Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 12:53 PM (tRaq7) 302
The only dating site I belong to is BlackPeopleMeet dot com.
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:53 PM (AN9Ri) 303
Who is Nick Sercy and why is he sucking on my radio?
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:26 PM (AN9Ri) Needed more trace metals in his diet? ;^) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 12:53 PM (8+Ozj) 304
What's a farner? Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know The leader of Grand Funk Railroad Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 12:54 PM (IqV8l) 305
295 There was also a shooting & hostage situation in Moscow earlier today. Haven't heard more about that.
Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (7HtZB) That reminds me : Have we fried Joker Tsarnaev yet? Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:54 PM (9TK8E) 306
Anyone who is not an 'Murican is a filthy farner.
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:54 PM (AN9Ri) Posted by: josephistan at December 27, 2017 12:54 PM (7HtZB) Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 12:54 PM (0R8lo) 309
283 Re the sidebar: 200 grams of TNT would not be a "huge" explosion. It would be a big bang, on the same order of magnitude as a hand grenade. Certainly enough to kill and injure people nearby, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 12:48 PM (d6iST) Democrat logic: If it kills and/or maims or just one person... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 12:55 PM (mbhDw) 310
Who is Nick Sercy and why is he sucking on my radio?
Dude is awesome. Justified was one of the best shows ever. He's one of like three conservatives in the entertainment industry. Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 27, 2017 12:55 PM (vtcmf) 311
I love rereading that LA Times editorial from last May, where the MSM writer strongly made the case that Trump was a liar and a fool to say he could bring back 4% growth, since every economist and journalist knew that 3% was the absolute upper limit that today's economy could achieve. Because their economic theories and computer models told them so. And Obama did, too.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 12:55 PM (V2Yro) 312
306 Anyone who is not an 'Murican is a filthy farner.
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:54 PM (AN9Ri) "Say, what?" - - Bob Filthy Filner Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 12:56 PM (mbhDw) Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 12:56 PM (AN9Ri) 314
"Far"ner, because they're from far away.
Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 12:56 PM (9TK8E) 315
"286 Just saw a TV commercial for a new dating site, FarnersOnly.com. "
I landed 2 of my 3 wives using that site. Posted by: Donny Two Scoops at December 27, 2017 12:56 PM (OD2ni) Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 27, 2017 12:57 PM (vtcmf) 317
she paid for her own ticket so there's a clue
Posted by: DanMan at December 27, 2017 11:36 AM (XTiHL) With Frequent Flyer miles, apparently, so she flies a lot. Which might be work-related, so she gets a pass for that. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 12:57 PM (d6iST) 318
A vegan chef in Phoenix was arrested for murdering his estranged wife and two children.
So eating honey or eating ice cream is bad-but murdering humans ok? Posted by: Glenn John at December 27, 2017 12:57 PM (LilNs) 319
First time on the radio and he lands a spot subbing for Rush.
That is like going to the world series from tee ball. I am enjoying it, imperfect as he is. Posted by: navybrat at December 27, 2017 12:58 PM (w7KSn) 320
Rush needs a sub for his sub.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 27, 2017 12:58 PM (t+zXk) 321
I'd go broader and go after The Borg, the unholy alliance of BigGov, MSM, Academia and co-opted industries.
Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 11:41 AM (cAXIk) ======== We sustain a lot of these behemoths. Sometimes it isn't possible to avoid them, but still, now that they've decided to become the enemy... Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 12:58 PM (/qEW2) 322
Drunk Texans, who are all buddies, are getting MOAR drunk. /not nearly as horrible as "babies" but still... kind of awful. Posted by: shibumi at December 27, 2017 12:45 PM (aT+Bx) Lol, if you ever meet me, you'll see me as quiet and assuming, but several times I have BEEN one of those loud drunk Texans in a group on an airplane. Not to gamble, which bores me, but just traveling for fun. I don't know why we do it, but we do. The funniest is when you're changing planes and in the airport you keep running into the poor people who were disgusted by you on the first flight. Flight attendants have told me it's the return flights from Vegas to Texas that are worse--vandalized bathrooms, etc. Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 12:58 PM (6HFDU) 323
Trump was a liar and a fool to say he could bring back 4% growth, since every economist and journalist knew that 3% was the absolute upper limit that today's economy could achieve. Because their economic theories and computer models told them so. And Obama did, too.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 12:55 PM (V2Yro) Some people are just too stupid to use computers. Like the 'climate model' computer forecast which is also totally not working. Doesn't stop 'em or even slow them down, though. Persistent little fools. Posted by: Acme Enterprises at December 27, 2017 12:59 PM (2FqvZ) 324
Hey, white lady, just be glad we didn't beat your ass and just gave your seat to the congresswoman! So shut up!
Posted by: United Airlines at December 27, 2017 12:59 PM (O5Q3r) 325
How to win a race in SJL's district - first, promise Open Borders, and Amnesty for All, since it is 43% Hispanic (meaning poor mexican) Then, promise Reparations and Free Income for Life for all blacks (another 37% of the district) There's really no point for the remaining 20% of the district to even bother voting, except for statewide races.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 12:59 PM (V2Yro) 326
Two-time world's women's chess champion Anna Muzydik has decided to skip the world championship in Saudi Arabia rather than abide by the Saudi dress code. In the process she will lose her title.
I take it for granted the media and the SJWs are praising her to the heavens. They are, aren't they? Posted by: Northernlurker, am I lurking or am I skulking at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (nBr1j) 327
All Tofu and no Turkey make Vegan Chef go crazy.
Posted by: garrett at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (AN9Ri) 328
You can't understand Karenga and his US Organization (aka United Slaves) apart from Don Warden aka Khalid al-Mansour and the rivalry with the Black Panthers which cumulated in the murder of two Black Panthers in Jan. 1969 at the UCLA campus.
http://tinyurl.com/y7e635hj Karenga was instrumental in fostering the "revolution" as a cultural one which is what the left took up in mass in Community Organizing and extended by gaining control of education and the news and entertainment media. This was the idea that worked as opposed to the SDS and Black Panther model of armed revolution which didn't then though they do keep trying it out. Kwanzaa is of a piece with the cultural takeover. Warden, with his conversion to Islam and connection to an up and coming Saudi Prince al-Aweed brought money into the Black Power movement and radical Islamic influence and training for the cadres. This partnership has been relatively masked for all these years. Hidden in plain sight because no one cared to look and report it. Posted by: geoffb at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (zOpu5) Posted by: Professor Farnsworth at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (ks6bw) Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (vtcmf) 331
Her district is 7% white. Probably could get a Latino since they are more than 40%Blacks are 35%
Posted by: MAC SOG at December 27, 2017 11:42 AM (czkHE) So run a stealth Latino who runs to the left, but who will swing right, once elected. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (d6iST) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2017 01:01 PM (mbhDw) 333
Flight attendants have told me it's the return flights from Vegas to Texas that are worse--vandalized bathrooms, etc.
Posted by: stace WTF would anyone want to steal from an airplane shitter? Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 01:02 PM (0R8lo) 334
Russia would be a very bad place to be a terrorist I'd think. They'd be much more welcome in sunny Minneapolis or Detroit ... better welfare, courted by media and mayors ... family protected even after an attack ...
Posted by: illiniwek at December 27, 2017 01:03 PM (otAqJ) 335
Outlander/Auslander
Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 01:03 PM (gbWkA) 336
Back when Continental Airlines existed, I read where a manager actually had the balls to tell SJL "NO" - they would not upgrade her and that they didn't appreciate her abuse of Continental staff. Also, if she didn't like it, they suggested that she use their competitor in the future.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (oiNtH) --I have family who worked for CO, then UA. I flew CO whenever I had a choice. Every CO employee I talked to about it, ground and in flight, was bummed about the merger because they knew UA sucked and their staff was miserable. Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 01:03 PM (5V1Kg) 337
Flight attendants have told me it's the return flights from Vegas to Texas that are worse--vandalized bathrooms, etc. --- Hold my beer. Posted by: Oklahoma Sooners Made the Playoffs at December 27, 2017 01:04 PM (ks6bw) 338
Stealthy Mehacain
Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 01:04 PM (gbWkA) 339
Russia would be a very bad place to be a terrorist I'd think.
The Russkies don't mess around. When there's a hostage situation, there's no subtlety. And few survivors. Brutal, but it... Well, I'll just go with brutal. Deterrent, I suppose? Posted by: Lance McCormick at December 27, 2017 01:05 PM (hXeKX) 340
How dare United Airlines favor a sleazy politician over a paying passenger?
............ If they put her in with the paying passengers she might not have survived. Posted by: wth at December 27, 2017 01:05 PM (HgMAr) 341
"So run a stealth Latino who runs to the left, but who will swing right, once elected."
I think finding a unicorn that shits skittles and farts rainbows would be easier. Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 01:05 PM (V2Yro) 342
Along with sidebar on St Petersburg explosion link, was this:
"Every business in Parkend, Gloucestershire, has been forced to shut following 'trouble with people staying in village' on Christmas Day" It doesn't say who they are...could be gypsies I guess. But in general, Christmas is a time where people don't act in a manner that causes a whole town to close down, and cancel celebrations. Probably those pesky Buddhists. Posted by: Professor NY Chaos aka gg at December 27, 2017 01:05 PM (XVgpK) 343
Flight attendants have told me it's the return flights from Vegas to Texas that are worse--vandalized bathrooms, etc.
--- Hold my beers. Posted by: Georgia Bulldogs Made the Playoffs at December 27, 2017 01:05 PM (ks6bw) 344
If they put her in with the paying passengers she might not have survived.
She needs a one-way ticket to Mars to go get the flag. Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 27, 2017 01:06 PM (vtcmf) 345
"339 Russia would be a very bad place to be a terrorist I'd think."
I dunno, with a few breaks you could easily end up running the whole country. Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 01:06 PM (V2Yro) 346
The Never Trumpers are alive and well.
While I generally read Jonah - you can tell he's grasping at straws here - saying no one is giving props to Trump for the tax cut (it was rank and file and hm staying out of the way) as well as him giving leeway to "the generals" in defeating ISIS. Jonah - I think that's what people call leadership. It's over at HotAir - but basically asks - who deserves credit in Trump's administrations. Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 27, 2017 01:07 PM (bB4HN) 347
I take it for granted the media and the SJWs are praising her to the heavens. They are, aren't they?
Posted by: Northernlurker, am I lurking or am I skulking at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (nBr1j) ======== This is hilarious. The chess organization that does this forced the women's competition to be held in Iran last year, where they would have a dress code. Now they are rubbing women's noses in it again by holding it in Saudi Arabia. Maybe the progressive prince who let women drive will pull out an 11th hour statement and rescind the restriction. Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 01:08 PM (/qEW2) 348
How dare United Airlines favor a sleazy politician over a paying passenger?
............. Really. She should have been in the cargo bay in a cage. I denounce myself. Posted by: wth at December 27, 2017 01:08 PM (HgMAr) 349
Back in the day, in the later grades (fourth or
fifth), every kid was issued a "symphonette" and taught to "play" it for music class. Heavenly and blissful music was not the outcome. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 27, 2017 11:53 AM (pNxlR) The swynet is much easier to play, and cheaper, too. Haram, of course. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:08 PM (d6iST) 350
Hell, lookit look at all them russkies them Nazis killed off and they still wouldn't quit.
General Buck Turgidson Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 01:09 PM (gbWkA) 351
So ... what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 27, 2017 01:09 PM (ZX3uT) 352
Jackson Lee is the poster child for everything that is wrong with America.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 27, 2017 01:10 PM (vtcmf) 353
Jonah - I think that's what people call leadership.
Exactly. If Jonah doesn"t know that, he's an idiot. He could also be trying to get under Trump's skin. These never trumpers are a pathetic and pitiful bunch. Posted by: Professor NY Chaos aka gg at December 27, 2017 01:10 PM (XVgpK) 354
What is a "symphonette"? Can't seem to find it searching.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 01:11 PM (IqV8l) 355
How dare United Airlines favor a sleazy politician over a paying passenger?
............. Really. She should have been in the cargo bay in a cage. I denounce myself. Posted by: wth at December 27, 2017 01:08 PM (HgMAr) Even better if she was dropped off strapped to a pallet with a parachute. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 27, 2017 01:11 PM (aMlLZ) 356
The Thursday and Friday night flights from LA to Vegas are great flights to meet a wife.....so I've heard.
Posted by: Monk at December 27, 2017 01:12 PM (g4lFK) 357
325 How to win a race in SJL's district - first, promise Open Borders, and Amnesty for All, since it is 43% Hispanic (meaning poor mexican) Then, promise Reparations and Free Income for Life for all blacks (another 37% of the district) There's really no point for the remaining 20% of the district to even bother voting, except for statewide races.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 12:59 PM (V2Yro) Tax the Mexicans to give free income to the blacks. Watch the fun. I've long maintained that the way to fight identity politics is to make the various groups' interests mutually exclusive. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2017 01:12 PM (CoGpL) 358
What is a "symphonette"? Can't seem to find it searching.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 01:11 PM (IqV8l) An 'ette that plays in an orchestra maybe? Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 27, 2017 01:13 PM (aMlLZ) 359
354 What is a "symphonette"? Can't seem to find it searching.
i think that's the polite form of "symphonatrix". Posted by: Anachronda at December 27, 2017 01:14 PM (UPjBG) 360
Sheila Jackson Lee should be on the "no fly" list. Problem solved.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at December 27, 2017 01:14 PM (KP5rU) 361
--I have family who worked for CO, then UA. I flew CO whenever I had a choice. Every CO employee I talked to about it, ground and in flight, was bummed about the merger because they knew UA sucked and their staff was miserable.
Posted by: logprof at December 27, 2017 01:03 PM (5V1Kg) This just in: UA and the NFL have announced their merger, since their managements are equally incompetent. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2017 01:14 PM (CoGpL) 362
How dare United Airlines favor a sleazy politician over a paying passenger?
............ If they put her in with the paying passengers she might not have survived. Not seeing a downside here. Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at December 27, 2017 01:14 PM (IcT7t) 363
What is a "symphonette"? Can't seem to find it searching. ===== We had something called a 'tonette' -- subsequent grades got a regular recorder. I think we were the last group punished with that abomination. Posted by: mustbequantum at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (MIKMs) 364
So run a stealth Latino who runs to the left, but who will swing right, once elected.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:00 PM (d6iST) Yea but probably half of the Latino can't vote Posted by: MAC SOG at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (czkHE) 365
"So run a stealth Latino who runs to the left, but who will swing right, once elected."
I think finding a unicorn that shits skittles and farts rainbows would be easier. Posted by: Tom Servo at December 27, 2017 01:05 PM (V2Yro) ======== Yeah, starry eyed hopes of "they're natural social conservatives! They'll vote republican" don't seem to have panned out. Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (/qEW2) 366
i think that's the polite form of "symphonatrix".
I envision Our Empress in full regalia playing a harp with a cat-o-nine-tails. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (tRaq7) 367
How to put this without being called a Racy Racist McRacist... One of the truly infuriating things about a woman like Sheila Jackass Lee is how she seems to embrace soul-shocking arrogance as somehow a virtue, because it is the opposite of the supposedly "deferential" behavior that white racists require of blacks.
It's kind of like if a Quaker, tired of being put down for being pacifist, publicly announced that henceforth he was going to punch random strangers in the face every day, and demanded that you give him extra "respect" for that. And all of that coming from a person who would lower the average IQ of any race. Posted by: xnycpeasant at December 27, 2017 01:16 PM (W/SyC) 368
logprof - after my dad retired from the USAF, he worked for PSA out of San Diego. It was a blast while it lasted.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 01:16 PM (oiNtH) 369
So ... what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog What horde? You have too many Texans here that would tell someone to shove that stance up their ass. If I'm a paying customer, don't even think about bumping me. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 01:16 PM (0R8lo) 370
I envision Our Empress in full regalia playing a harp with a cat-o-nine-tails.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (tRaq7) Probably would sound like shit, but would be a joy to watch. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 27, 2017 01:17 PM (aMlLZ) 371
"Drunk Texans, who are all buddies, are getting MOAR drunk."
My rugby team flew to New Orleans to play the locals, on a morning flight otherwise filled with business men. To set the tone, mandatory tour dress of an Hawaiian shirt, ugly tie, Mardi Gras beads and ... a clown nose. Mandatory pre-boarding cocktails, of course. On-board songs, and other rituals. The businessmen were not amused. A few of the stewardesses were. Today, we'd be de-planed and jailed. My first time in the Big Easy. Most foreign American city? Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 01:17 PM (cAXIk) 372
Stewardess! There's a Sheila Jackson-Lee jumping around on the wing... I think it wants to break into the plane and steal my seat.
Posted by: William Shatner at December 27, 2017 01:17 PM (/qEW2) 373
So ... what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 27, 2017 01:09 PM (ZX3uT) ------------------- Maybe your stance. Certainly not mine. Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 27, 2017 01:17 PM (/0IRq) 374
262 Back when Continental Airlines existed, I read where a manager actually had the balls to tell SJL "NO" - they would not upgrade her and that they didn't appreciate her abuse of Continental staff. Also, if she didn't like it, they suggested that she use their competitor in the future.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 12:41 PM (oiNtH) --- *smirk* Yeah, they gone now, all right. Don't mess with the Queen. Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at December 27, 2017 01:18 PM (TwzNB) 375
NFL cancels Sunday Night Football to the last game of the year. Claims that its because they want all playoff impact games to occur at the same time.
More than likely it is because it's New Years Eve, and the last time they did that the ratings were bad, and the current climate will make it even worse. Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2017 01:18 PM (cAnNx) 376
318 A vegan chef in Phoenix was arrested for murdering his estranged wife and two children.
So eating honey or eating ice cream is bad-but murdering humans ok? Posted by: Glenn John at December 27, 2017 12:57 PM (LilNs) I assume he is from Jamaica. Vegan is not really a thing in the African American community . Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 01:18 PM (2DOZq) 377
Real friends don't give friends NFL tickets, and
they sure as hell don't virtue-signal it from a 49'ers Twit(ter) account. The kid is a prop in their publicity program, that's all. Posted by: Born Free at December 27, 2017 12:14 PM (47PfO) Does kind of look like damage-control, doesn't it? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:19 PM (d6iST) 378
Most asshole assholery of assholiness.
https://jalopnik.com/posh-d-c-residents-are-calling-police-on-people-for-si-1821599391 Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 01:19 PM (BtQd4) 379
"We need to break the power of government officials, and we need to destroy the relationship between big business and government."
I propose something simple and obvious - no law, monument, road, statue, sign, or other feature will be named after any person until a minimum of 50 years after their death. I'm frankly sick and tired of things being named, and renamed, after politicians. You are not allowed to build monuments to yourself. Posted by: Dean Wormer at December 27, 2017 01:19 PM (fftfA) 380
I wanted to kick United as well.
If you believe United, and why would you, that means that United's app let's you just tap tap cancel your flight. So the best case scenario for United is that United's app is a piece of shit and no one should use it. Let's not leave out the threat to the woman on the plane with the United personnel coming back and saying "We're not going to have a problem, are we?" Because that? That was a threat. Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. With Santa hat. Hopping all around. at December 27, 2017 01:19 PM (mf5HN) Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 01:19 PM (0R8lo) 382
351 So ... what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 27, 2017 01:09 PM (ZX3uT) The thing with Screamy Chinese Guy is that he originally agreed to get off the plane, THEN snuck back on and started making a scene, AFTER making a call to his lawyer. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 01:20 PM (XMDuf) Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at December 27, 2017 01:20 PM (ul9CR) Posted by: Disco Airlines at December 27, 2017 01:20 PM (IqV8l) 385
How to put this without being called a Racy Racist McRacist... One of the truly infuriating things about a woman like Sheila Jackass Lee is how she seems to embrace soul-shocking arrogance as somehow a virtue, because it is the opposite of the supposedly "deferential" behavior that white racists require of blacks.
She doesn't pause for a nanosecond to ponder how she'd feel if their situations were reversed. SJL is an embarrassment to the human race and our nation. Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 01:20 PM (tRaq7) 386
The thing with Screamy Chinese Guy is that he originally agreed to get off the plane, THEN snuck back on and started making a scene, AFTER making a call to his lawyer. ============= Screamy Chinese doctors always have their lawyers on speed dial. Posted by: simplemind at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (7KpwR) 387
I think that the difference is with cases where a passenger is already seated and gets bumped for whatever reason and refuses to leave the aircraft. Cops are called on board and passenger fights them while being hauled down the aisle. In that case, the person should have left before cops are called and then deal with the airline and make sure they include the media and possibly a lawyer.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (oiNtH) 388
Blacks have figured out if they always circle the wagons and scream "RACIST!" they will be placated and people will fear them.
So if anything, Sheila Jackson Lee's stunt probably endeared her to the black community. She got exactly what she wanted, she made the company terrified of her so they went so far as to take away someone else's seat rather than be called a racist. Then she called the woman who wanted her paid for seat a racist. It's actually incredibly effective as long as we play along. Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (uc45P) 389
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:19 PM (d6iST)
I am pretty sure he did it out of love for his friend but I am always wary of people who publicize their good deeds. It has never seemed like the right thing to do. Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (2DOZq) 390
I envision Our Empress in full regalia playing a harp with a cat-o-nine-tails.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (tRaq7) *shifty eyes* What a ludicrous idea! Who would ever think of doing anything like that! *shifty eyes* Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. With Santa hat. Hopping all around. at December 27, 2017 01:22 PM (mf5HN) 391
So ... what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 27, 2017 01:09 PM (ZX3uT) Prove. It. Posted by: buzzion at December 27, 2017 01:22 PM (cAnNx) 392
So ... what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog at December 27, 2017 01:09 PM (ZX3uT) ======== You're conflating two cases. That had to do with an airline overbooking because there are usually a lot of cancellations, but if cancellations do not materialize, having to get a few random people to reschedule. That's not based on race or political position. This has to do with a scummy worthless politician having someone kicked off a flight as if this society had a caste system based on race or political position. And then UA lying about it. Not the same thing at all. Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 01:22 PM (/qEW2) 393
"You are not allowed to build monuments to yourself."
Andy Cuomo snuck in a provision to recent legislation to rename the Tappan Zee replacement bridge to be the Cuomo Bridge, after his father. This angers me even more than it should. Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 01:23 PM (cAXIk) Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 27, 2017 01:23 PM (vtcmf) 395
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (oiNtH)
As in most things, you have to look at it case by case. Illogical comparisons always leads nowhere but trouble. It's one of the left's traits. Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 01:24 PM (2DOZq) 396
"You are not allowed to build monuments to yourself."
Andy Cuomo snuck in a provision to recent legislation to rename the Tappan Zee replacement bridge to be the Cuomo Bridge, after his father. This angers me even more than it should. Posted by: Ignoramus at December 27, 2017 01:23 PM (cAXIk) More than it should? The fucker should swing from that bridge. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at December 27, 2017 01:24 PM (aMlLZ) 397
I am pretty sure he did it out of love for his
friend but I am always wary of people who publicize their good deeds. It has never seemed like the right thing to do. Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (2DOZq) ======================== I see the flip side of that. What my brother wouldn't have given to be the star of a YouTube video (if they had YouTube back then). This is probably the highlight of his life. Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 01:24 PM (lwiT4) 398
Paul Krugman: If American democracy survives this terrible episode, I vote that we make pink pussy hats the symbol of our delivery from evil. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 01:25 PM (IqV8l) 399
The Walter Payton man of the Year award is awarded to Adam Pacman Jones who despite his numerous arrests for drugs and assault best exemplifies the thug life celebrated by the National Football League. Pacman could not be here tonight to accept the award since he could not make bail in time.
Posted by: Roger Goodell at December 27, 2017 01:25 PM (cTuj5) 400
what the Hell happened ? It wasn't very long ago that the Official Horde Stance on getting wrongly bumped by an airline was "shut up and do as you're told".
Posted by: ScoggDog ++++++++ I remember that as well, the majority was basically saying he should have gone quietly. Entitlement mentality, yada yada Obviously in that specific case the guy looked bad, but I could sympathize with him. Getting dragged out of your seat so an employee can take it deserves some pushback. Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:25 PM (uc45P) 401
Anyone started a "Boycott United" twitter hashtag?
I haven't flown airlines for years so I wouldn't be a help, but SJL's entitlement mentality needs a figurative smackdown. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 27, 2017 01:26 PM (8+Ozj) 402
SJL is so ignorant that she does not realize that she is a stereotype of herself.
Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 01:26 PM (gbWkA) 403
388 Blacks have figured out if they always circle the wagons and scream "RACIST!" they will be placated and people will fear them.
So if anything, Sheila Jackson Lee's stunt probably endeared her to the black community... Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (uc45P) Without a doubt, the above statement is 100% correct. Witnessed every day, if one is subjected to the area they rule. Posted by: texcat at December 27, 2017 01:26 PM (wf3RQ) 404
400 I remember that as well, the majority was basically saying he should have gone quietly. Entitlement mentality, yada yada
Obviously in that specific case the guy looked bad, but I could sympathize with him. Getting dragged out of your seat so an employee can take it deserves some pushback. Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:25 PM (uc45P) It was the entire sequence of events that lost him sympathy. He initially agrees and gets off the plane. Then he calls his lawyer, then changes his mind and sneaks back on without informing anybody. When they see he's snuck back on after having previously agreed to leave, THEN he makes a scene and has to be dragged off. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 01:27 PM (XMDuf) Posted by: Zombie Robert "Sheets" Byrd at December 27, 2017 01:27 PM (OD2ni) 406
Below the deepest whale crap in the Mariana Trench you will find Andrew Cuomo, placidly feeding.
Posted by: xnycpeasant at December 27, 2017 01:27 PM (W/SyC) 407
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We started a revolution to change the world's paradigm that some people are better than others. But we have regressed to a 21st century version of royalty, and it disgusts me. SJL doesn't even know what planet she's on and she's allowed to be anywhere near the levers of power? You can't tell me that her seat is safe. If we had such a thing as an opposition party, they could mount a very effective campaign against her using nothing but her inane quotes followed by "Is this who you really want to represent you in Washington?" *************************************** Her district is HEAVILY gerrymandered, probably 85%+ non-white, and encompass some of the worst, most poverty riddled, crime infested, crack-holes in the county. The last good rep there was representing that district was Barbara Jordan back in the 70s. It is impossible, IMHO, for a white or an R to get elected in that district. It is one of the safest D seats in the country. DAMMIT! Posted by: Bonecrusher at December 27, 2017 01:28 PM (JNTt1) 408
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Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (VHntQ) December Special! All hookups, half off. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:28 PM (d6iST) 409
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (ATVNj) Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (vtcmf) 411
Economist get morer wronger than ever on Brexit
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5212079/We-got-wrong-Brexit-gloom-economists-admit.html Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (BtQd4) 412
Blacks have figured out if they always circle the wagons and scream "RACIST!" they will be placated and people will fear them.
So if anything, Sheila Jackson Lee's stunt probably endeared her to the black community... Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (uc45P) Without a doubt, the above statement is 100% correct. Witnessed every day, if one is subjected to the area they rule. Posted by: texcat at December 27, 2017 01:26 PM (wf3RQ) Sticking it to whitey. Basically the raison d'etre of the dog-eating crackhead's candidacy. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (kqsXK) 413
The monthly RV generator run was successful. Started right up. Ran it for 20 minutes under load. Nice.
*pats self on back* Posted by: Under Fire at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (r9UYA) 414
Cheeky monkey.
Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (ywNoU) 415
The worst thing about this whole affair is that United had to dispose of the seat. It smelled of. . . Congress.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 27, 2017 01:30 PM (ATVNj) Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 01:30 PM (KRS8u) 417
SJL is an embarrassment to the human race and our nation.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 01:20 PM (tRaq7) ............... But she does have some awesome hairdos. Posted by: wth at December 27, 2017 01:30 PM (HgMAr) 418
Have there been any projections on whether US companies will be repatriating cash and/or HQs?
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Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (VHntQ) December Special! All hookups, half off. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:28 PM (d6iST) I always thought the song 'Footloose' was about lepers. Posted by: Acme Enterprises at December 27, 2017 01:30 PM (2FqvZ) 420
When I started reading the Morning Report, there was no monkey post. By the time I gave up on it, there's a chimp post with 400+ comments.
How's a fella s'posed to get in a hello, much less a word in edgewise? Hello. Word in Edgewise. Posted by: mindful webworker's blogged down at December 27, 2017 01:30 PM (ECLlc) 421
Busy day today. This is a good thing.
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Keep your nose out of other people's business.
Posted by: The other leper at December 27, 2017 01:32 PM (W/SyC) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 01:32 PM (IqV8l) 425
Her district is HEAVILY gerrymandered, probably 85%+ non-white, and encompass some of the worst, most poverty riddled, crime infested, crack-holes in the county. The last good rep there was representing that district was Barbara Jordan back in the 70s. It is impossible, IMHO, for a white or an R to get elected in that district. It is one of the safest D seats in the country. DAMMIT!
Posted by: Bonecrusher at December 27, 2017 01:28 PM (JNTt1) About a third live in poverty. Income is 54% of US Median. You would poor, dumb, and stupid would not be a fun way to got through life. Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 01:32 PM (BtQd4) 426
About a third live in poverty. Income is 54% of US Median. You would poor, dumb, and stupid would not be a fun way to got through life.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 01:32 PM (BtQd4) You get more of what you subsidize. Posted by: Insomniac - Bah humbug! at December 27, 2017 01:33 PM (ywNoU) 427
These comments have me stumped. Posted by: Father Damien at December 27, 2017 01:33 PM (2FqvZ) 428
Brother, lend me your ear.
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Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (VHntQ) December Special! All hookups, half off. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Snorted out load. At work. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 01:33 PM (0R8lo) 430
probably 85%+ non-white
______________________________________ Government gives us diversity. . . through non-diversity. Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 27, 2017 01:33 PM (ATVNj) 431
It was the entire sequence of events that lost him sympathy.
He initially agrees and gets off the plane. Then he calls his lawyer, then changes his mind and sneaks back on without informing anybody. When they see he's snuck back on after having previously agreed to leave, THEN he makes a scene and has to be dragged off. Posted by: Hikaru +++++++ How does a civilian passenger "sneak back onto a plane"? If the scenario you laid out is true, its the first I've heard of it and changes things. Not once have I ever heard that series of events. All the stories when it first broke and the actual video showed a buy being pummeled and pulled out of his paid for airline seat, with the company stating it was so their employee could take his seat. With something silly like a $500 voucher being offered, which is a pittance to have to spend the night somewhere and take a flight out the next day. Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:34 PM (uc45P) 432
Finger food and an ice cold keg
It won't cost you an arm and a leg Dance all night to a rotten band Come on, people, let's give 'em a hand Saturday night, it's the place to be Everybody cut footloose with me At the party at the leper colony Oh, there's a party at the leper colony - Weird Al Posted by: Archer at December 27, 2017 01:34 PM (gbWkA) 433
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Posted by: Soothie at December 27, 2017 12:52 PM (VHntQ) December Special! All hookups, half off. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Snorted out load. At work. ________________________________________ Yeah, well I laughed my ass off. It's over there in the corner. Posted by: Larry the Leper at December 27, 2017 01:35 PM (ATVNj) 434
Keep your nose out of other people's business.
Posted by: The other leper Pro tip: Never use a leper butcher. When he puts his thumb on the scale, it stays on the scale. Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 01:35 PM (0R8lo) 435
"I always thought the song 'Footloose' was about lepers.
Posted by: Acme Enterprises" They had to pause the leper hockey game since there was a face off in the corner. I'll let myself out. Posted by: Benji Carver at December 27, 2017 01:35 PM (OD2ni) 436
Her district is HEAVILY gerrymandered, probably 85%+ non-white, and encompass some of the worst, most poverty riddled, crime infested, crack-holes in the county.
Yep, I mentioned that upthread. Picasso wouldn't even recognize the shape of a lot of those districts. It's too bad that some enterprising group can't challenge gerrymandering on the basis that established counties and parishes are sufficient for all local elections, so why not for national elections too? We are united states, are we not? Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 27, 2017 01:35 PM (tRaq7) 437
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Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Fa La La La La La La FA LA LA LA LA LA LA at December 27, 2017 01:36 PM (KRS8u) 438
Pro tip: Never use a leper butcher. When he puts his thumb on the scale, it stays on the scale.
____________________________________ Never play hockey with a leper. When they say there's a face off in the corner, there really is a face off in the corner. Posted by: Larry the Leper at December 27, 2017 01:36 PM (ATVNj) 439
Yeah, starry eyed hopes of "they're natural social conservatives! They'll vote republican" don't seem to have panned out.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 27, 2017 01:15 PM (/qEW2) You are missing the "stealth" part. Find some truly Conservative latino, and groom him/her to act like a lefty loon to win the election. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:36 PM (d6iST) 440
About a third live in poverty.
There is no poverty in America. There are some people who have less than others, but as an operational measure, I would maintain that anybody who has a color TV and a cell phone is not impoverished. Those are discretionary purchases, not necessities. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2017 01:36 PM (CoGpL) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 27, 2017 01:36 PM (IqV8l) 442
Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:34 PM (uc45P)
instead of questioning the poster maybe you should look it up and then respond if appropriate. Posted by: Roc Ingersol at December 27, 2017 01:37 PM (2DOZq) 443
It was the entire sequence of events that lost him sympathy.
Actually, the sequence of events cost the airlines and credibility. The first event was them boarding the flight, and putting these people and their baggage aboard. Second was the oopsie bit where they try to get people to leave an aircraft they were told that they could board. Note that their luggage would still be there, which is supposedly a security no-no. After that, I don't much care what crap stunts that doctor got up to; it was like setting the stage for a slip-and-fall guy. Posted by: Blue Hen at December 27, 2017 01:37 PM (326rv) 444
I think that the difference is with cases where a passenger is already seated and gets bumped for whatever reason and refuses to leave the aircraft. Cops are called on board and passenger fights them while being hauled down the aisle. In that case, the person should have left before cops are called and then deal with the airline and make sure they include the media and possibly a lawyer.
Posted by: Cheri at December 27, 2017 01:21 PM (oiNtH) I've ranted enough about this in the past but since I like the sound of my own typing, I shall do so again. A. Adhesion contracts are not contracts. I don't care what legal scholars claim. I don't care that courts insist on the fiction that they are. They are not contracts and calling them such is an affront to linguistics. When one party retains all rights, particularly the unilateral right of determination as to when the other party's rights vest, it is, at best, a license. But it's not a contract. II. If we are going to play that the purchase of an airline ticket creates a contract, then at a certain point the passenger's rights must vest. The airlines want that moment to be when the plane is actually in the air, and, frankly, not even then. Do something that the crew doesn't like while in midair and the plane will land somewhere else and they will throw you off. It is my firm opinion that once my boarding pass has been scanned and I've walked down the jet way and I've stowed my carry on and I've sat in my seat, then my right to that seat has vested. I'm being very generous there because if we are going by contract law, then my rights vested the moment I paid. But I'll make a tiny bow to the reality of travel. It is absolutely reasonable that when a person is physically on a plane and in a seat for which that person has paid, then that person believes s/he has now a vested right to that seat that the airline cannot unilaterally alter. I want that enacted into legislation. Once I am on the plane and in the seat, then the airlines calling the police on me to throw me off is an assault on me, a breach of contract and, depending on jurisdiction, abuse of process. No, I should not have to get off the plane because the airline decided to play God and called the cops. Obligatory disclaimer for if the passenger is doing something which would be disruptive and warrants a safety hazard. But the airline wants the seats and won't pay to get people to jump off so the airline just picks and throws people off? Yeah, no. Trois. When the airline creates a situation where passengers must be bumped due to overselling a flight or due to weather issues requiring people to move to other flights or whatever other sob story the airline creates, then that is entirely on the airline, not on the passengers. I don't want to hear that an airline cannot get enough passengers to jump off. Of course an airline can. Offer enough and people will jump off. If you want the seat back, buy it back. That those are somehow controversial statements makes me throw up my hands in despair. Posted by: alexthechick - Ragebunny. With Santa hat. Hopping all around. at December 27, 2017 01:38 PM (mf5HN) 445
Economist get morer wronger than ever on Brexit
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5212079/We-got-wrong-Brexit-gloom-economists-admit.html Posted by: rhennigantx at December 27, 2017 01:29 PM (BtQd4) Went to the mag Economist during the Brexit vote and they were in meltdown with the commenters. Another reason we no longer trust our Elites & Experts. It's sad there are no legacy publications left with a lick of sense. It's outrage & group think all the time. Posted by: Professor NY Chaos aka gg at December 27, 2017 01:38 PM (XVgpK) 446
One wonders how Anthony Weiner is celebrating the Holidays?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 27, 2017 01:38 PM (YV+SU) 447
Don't forget Gov. Cuomo wants the Oval Office also. I can see his underlings parading him around his office humming "Hail to the Chief" like in Blazing Saddles...
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2017 01:40 PM (BY3d1) 448
we have over 530 in the legislative branch in DC. At least one should be able to fly when thrown out of an airplane or helicopter.
Posted by: Monk at December 27, 2017 11:43 AM (g4lFK) I like the cut of your jib and your ideas intrigue me. Would you perhaps have a flight schedule I might subscribe to? Posted by: Sharkman at December 27, 2017 01:41 PM (BfOXk) 449
About a third live in poverty.
There is no poverty in America. There are some people who have less than others, but as an operational measure, I would maintain that anybody who has a color TV and a cell phone is not impoverished. Those are discretionary purchases, not necessities. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at December 27, 2017 01:36 PM (CoGpL) Exactamundo. People hear poverty and pics of 3rd world countries pop up. In the US it means you make under a certain amount of income & qualify for benefits. Then there are all the safety nets. People come here to live on the dole, not to live in poverty. So the term is incredibly misleading. Posted by: Professor NY Chaos aka gg at December 27, 2017 01:41 PM (XVgpK) 450
I see the flip side of that. What my brother
wouldn't have given to be the star of a YouTube video (if they had YouTube back then). This is probably the highlight of his life. Posted by: grammie winger - It's cold in Wisconsin, just so you know at December 27, 2017 01:24 PM (lwiT4) I see the 49ers (and by extension, the NFL) exploiting that Down's kid to get some sorely-needed favorable publicity. Indeed, probably the gift was genuine, but somebody in management went, "woooah! we can use this!" Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 27, 2017 01:42 PM (d6iST) 451
WTF would anyone want to steal from an airplane shitter? Posted by: rickb223 at December 27, 2017 01:02 PM (0R8lo) They didn't steal, they just broke it. Ripped the seat off but left it there, I heard tell. Posted by: stace at December 27, 2017 01:43 PM (6HFDU) 452
DeBlasio, groundhog killer.
Posted by: OCBill at December 27, 2017 01:44 PM (df+Zi) 453
instead of questioning the poster maybe you should look it up and then respond if appropriate.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol ______ I did and I have never seen the series of events he described. I'm all for seeing a reputable account that he listed where the guy agreed to leave, got up and left the plane, called his lawyer, and then somehow snuck back on, bypassing the gate's security, in order to create an incident to get a lawsuit, knowing he would be punched out. Posted by: Apache at December 27, 2017 01:44 PM (uc45P) 454
Bill DeBlousio thinks all land should be owned by the government, basically. Wonder if that'll appeal to the Bernie contingent.
Posted by: Professor NY Chaos aka gg at December 27, 2017 01:44 PM (XVgpK) 455
I probably grew up in "Poverty" and didn't know it. My parents income was pretty low. But we lived in a very small town and most everyone else was the same, and we all helped each other. The area use to be a big farming area, but the small farm was mostly gone by then. I remember getting gov. cheese and I still lived without thinking I was poor.
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2017 01:44 PM (BY3d1) 456
>>>It's actually incredibly effective as long as we play along.<<<
It's too bad that United flight didn't have a spare golden parachute handy, IYKWIM. Posted by: Fritz at December 27, 2017 01:45 PM (A1FgP) 457
If you would like to have a good cry, read Ann Barnhardt's latest column wherein she recounts the story of Thomas Vander Woude, a man who drowned in a cesspool while rescuing his Down Syndrome son. The son had fallen through the cover and couldn't keep his head up out of the filth, so Thomas jumped in and held his son up from below for long enough for the son to be rescued, himself dying in the effort.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 27, 2017 01:46 PM (BfOXk) 458
455 I probably grew up in "Poverty" and didn't know it. My parents income was pretty low. But we lived in a very small town and most everyone else was the same, and we all helped each other. The area use to be a big farming area, but the small farm was mostly gone by then. I remember getting gov. cheese and I still lived without thinking I was poor.
Posted by: Colin at December 27, 2017 01:44 PM (BY3d1) I'd guess that a lot of people whose full-time jobs aren't keeping up with the cost of living are there because their unions are taking a massive chunk out of their paychecks. Posted by: Hikaru at December 27, 2017 01:47 PM (XMDuf) 459
One wonders how Anthony Weiner is celebrating the Holidays?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 27, 2017 01:38 PM (YV+SU) Undoubtedly furiously masturbating to Teen Vogue magazine in between shifts giving blumpkins to the other inmates in the prison shitter. Posted by: Sharkman at December 27, 2017 01:48 PM (BfOXk) 460
One wonders how Anthony Weiner is celebrating the Holidays? Posted by: Puddin Head at December 27, 2017 01:38 PM (YV+SU) He found work as a department store Santa and he got Harry Reid the gig as his elf. Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at December 27, 2017 01:49 PM (lKyWE) 461
"kwanzaa hasn't exactly caught on in the AA community."
Nothing smarter than a bunch of ex-drunks. Posted by: Sancho at December 27, 2017 01:54 PM (7QnCd) 462
"166 -- Could United caving to SJL have anything to do with her being on Transportation Committee? Hmmmmm?"
Her committees are Judiciary and Science & Tech. Posted by: RNB at December 27, 2017 02:26 PM (KAtv4) 463
>>>59 we have over 530 in the legislative branch in DC. At least one should be able to fly when thrown out of an airplane or helicopter.
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