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Aged Senator Thad Cochran Announces Resignation, Set for April 1

Tea Party types nearly primaried this guy out, but in the run-off, Thad Cochran appealed to Democrats to cross over to keep him as the Republican candidate. The Establishment supported this, because obviously.

I think for many people this was either the last straw or the next-to-last straw which is how you Got Trump.

Now he'll be vacating the seat, and that seat will come open for election in 2018,
I'm thinking, instead of 2020, when the seat would have been up for election,
absent this resignation.



I don't think the Establishment are necessarily bad people. But they have way, way outsized influence compared to their actual numbers, and they often wield this power pretty blatantly instead of occasionally thinking, "Say, we're in a political partnership with these 'Hobbits' in the Tea Party. Perhaps we'll be good partners and let them have this one, maybe, instead of provoking a revolt by steamrolling over them every single time."

If you try to win every dispute in a marriage, you will soon find yourself divorced.

Jordan Peterson had an interesting insight on the Adam Carolla podcast: he noted that children learn what "fair competition" is. Basically, a very strong child will learn that he has to let the weaker child "win" in about 30% of all wrestling matches, or else his weaker competitor will just give up and stop wrestling with him altogether.

Sort of an intuitive, instinctual Mercy Rule that most well-socialized children understand, even if they couldn't explain why they're allowing themselves to lose on occasion when they could, if they wanted, almost always win.

The Establishment never seemed to understand this -- that just because you can steamroll the Tea Party doesn't mean it's in your long-term political interests that you should -- and were subsequently semi-deposed.

And they still don't understand why. And they continue not understanding why as they simultaneously ball their fists and shriek and cry that they're the political professionals who really understand politics.

Pro-Tip: People who really understand politics don't get themselves deposed.

People who understand politics understand the give-and-take necessary in a political marriage and realize that sometimes you lose one to win more in the future.

By the way, the Jordan Peterson/Adam Carolla interview is fascinating. I never even thought about very-young socialization in children and the huge effects that has later in life.

Posted by: Ace at 06:50 PM




Comments

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1 Stomp

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 05, 2018 06:44 PM (UKN6+)

2 Yay?

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2018 06:45 PM (hZ+us)

3 Don't let the door......

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2018 06:45 PM (O2RFr)

4 Appropriations He was a big dog.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2018 06:46 PM (hZ+us)

5 whoa...read some . Huh.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 05, 2018 06:47 PM (70cRb)

6 Top ten?

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 06:47 PM (y+SdL)

7 Bye Bye Felicia!

Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at March 05, 2018 06:47 PM (0OmEj)

8 I don't think the Establishment are necessarily bad people.

++++

Disagree. They are all bad people. They may not have all started out that way, but they are the horrible now.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 05, 2018 06:47 PM (pvjTE)

9 I thought that he had died.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 05, 2018 06:47 PM (yQpMk)

10 One of the poster boys for term limits.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (gC2IV)

11 Never ever trust anyone named "Thad."

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (42M22)

12 This is the guy that the GOPe went balls to the wall to save during the last election.
Nice work, guys. Couldn't even eke out one more term.

Posted by: navybrat at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (w7KSn)

13 Thad

Posted by: Daffy at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (vDqXW)

14 "If you try to win every dispute in a marriage, you will soon find yourself divorced."


I mean but just once though ...maybe for my gift next birthday.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (70cRb)

15 thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh

Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

16 You loved your Senator. You named it Thad.

Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (NWiLs)

17 Not quite carried out in a pine box, but close

Posted by: Jean at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (MS0+a)

18 It's about power anymore, raw unfiltered power.

No one gives a fat shit about any other consideration.

Posted by: kallisto at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (kD8Fh)

19 I don't think Thad is sentient enough to have written that.

Posted by: huerfano at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (EtMVh)

20 Top twenty

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (fIn37)

21 I see he's 80. I don't understand why politicians resist retiring. The country does not need them.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (aCNZ6)

22 Suck it, McTurtle. And take a hint, McRINO.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (y7DUB)

23 I'm resigned to his resignation, if that helps ...

Posted by: Adriane the Political Critic ... at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (AoK0a)

24 "Say, we're in a political partnership with these 'Hobbits' in the Tea Party. Perhaps we'll be good partners and let them have this one, maybe, instead of provoking a revolt by steamrolling over them every single time."

Lust for power corrupts. Period.

If they had some interest in maintaining a moral structure to the Federal merry-go-round, they'd vacate office and DC after 5-6 years.

Washington D.C. should not be a career for anyone.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (KXVP7)

25 Worthless pile of shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (89T5c)

26 Jeez, Insomniac, that's some funny stuff at #16.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (y+SdL)

27 Too late for Judge Moore to move to Mississippi?

Posted by: Golfman with no apostrophes at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (R5bX9)

28 12 This is the guy that the GOPe went balls to the wall to save during the last election.
Nice work, guys. Couldn't even eke out one more term.
Posted by: navybrat at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (w7KSn)

Kept that malodorous extreme right wing Tea Party hobbit out, and that was all that mattered.

Posted by: random lurker commenter at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (Jbnel)

29 People who understand politics understand the give-and-take necessary in a political marriage and realize that sometimes you lose one to win more in the future.

18 referred to this quote

Posted by: kallisto at March 05, 2018 06:51 PM (kD8Fh)

30 see the bits I added -- pretty good stuff, and a good link to Jordan Peterson.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:51 PM (8rNrN)

31 Is McCain dead yet?

Posted by: Jean at March 05, 2018 06:51 PM (MS0+a)

32 John McCain, white courtesy phone. John McCain to the white courtesy phone please.

Posted by: wth at March 05, 2018 06:51 PM (HgMAr)

33 Say what you will, but his catchy tune "Life is a Highway" was a monster hit.

Posted by: wait, what? at March 05, 2018 06:51 PM (YCr3w)

34 It seems like all these "GOP" senators want more GOP seats up for grabs.

Posted by: Axebot at March 05, 2018 06:51 PM (vDqXW)

35 I sure hope this isn't an April fools joke.

And unlike me, his Senate career stays dead.

Posted by: Jesus at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (wjryW)

36 Jordan Peterson had an interesting insight on the Adam Carolla podcast:
he noted that children learn what "fair competition" is. Basically, a
very strong child will learn that he has to let the weaker child "win"
in about 30% of all wrestling matches, or else his weaker competitor
will just give up and stop wrestling with him altogether.


Except that they want us to give up and stop wrestling them.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (LrbFI)

37 26
Jeez, Insomniac, that's some funny stuff at #16.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (y+SdL)

Wait! Insomniac was funny!?
*jumps up to #16*
I cannot resist...

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (70cRb)

38 Haley controls the governor, who'll appoint the interim. Expect the gov to appoint himself per Haley's instructions. The gov (Phil Bryant) is cornpone enough to pass as a tea-partier even though Haley pulls his strings.

Posted by: Haley's Buttery Biscuit at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (Nw8mx)

39 Test

Posted by: Surfperch at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (D7HXY)

40 On the brightside, this will leave Thad more time for pig fucking.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (yQpMk)

41 The GOPe does not get it yet. I am not sure its possible to get them to understand, if this hasn't yet. They simply do not understand.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (39g3+)

42 Marriage advice at AoSHQ? It never ends well.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (QLvwG)

43 The Establishment is the UniParty.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (Eu5eZ)

44 I want to know what Ali and Hassan behind the Grand Ayatollah of Iran's Twitter feed think about this before I offer an opinion.

Posted by: Wokish Roguish at March 05, 2018 06:52 PM (BRpqW)

45 >>>33 Say what you will, but his catchy tune "Life is a Highway" was a monster hit.


bit of trivia: That guy, Tom Cochran, was actually pretty much the whole "band" called Red Rider, which put out the huge hit "Lunatic Fringe" they used to play before every basketball and hockey game.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (8rNrN)

46 You have to let kitteh catch the mouse on a string some of the time.
All the time - she gets bored.
Never - she gets annoyed.
Pull it away and hurt a claw - you feel guilty.

They don't fell guilt and don't care if we're annoyed.

Posted by: DaveA at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (FhXTo)

47 15 thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh

Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

++++

Does your tumor have its own presence on social media? I'd like to send it my best wishes.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (pvjTE)

48 Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (aC6Sd)

49 The Establishment never seemed to understand this -- that just because you can steamroll the Tea Party doesn't mean it's in your long-term political interests that you should -- and were subsequently semi-deposed.
---
Perhaps it's because they're actually a wing of the Democratic party, and Dems don't understand much.

Posted by: Axebot at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (vDqXW)

50 APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!

Posted by: Thad Cochran at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (D7HXY)

51 46
You have to let kitteh catch the mouse on a string some of the time.
All the time - she gets bored.
Never - she gets annoyed.
Pull it away and hurt a claw - you feel guilty.

They don't fell guilt and don't care if we're annoyed.


Posted by: DaveA at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (FhXTo)

Are we talking about marriage again?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (70cRb)

52 The asshole has been in office since 1978.....

1978.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (EoRCO)

53 11 Never ever trust anyone named "Thad."

I agree. It's right up there wit "Thom."

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (Dn4Uq)

54 Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (y+SdL)


Thanks, I try.

Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (NWiLs)

55 >>>50 APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!

you know, I thought of that, but I don't think people announce april fools pranks in advance.

Also, I don't think Senators would prank their resignation for health reasons.

But I did roll through that possibility in my brain.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (8rNrN)

56 25 Worthless pile of shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


You seem blocked -- unable to express yourself emotionally. Let it out -- let it all out! Tell me your real feelings.

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (42M22)

57 The thing is, we don't need the GOPe to understand. We just need them out of the way, so we have to keep fighting to replace these turds.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 06:55 PM (39g3+)

58 Apropos of nothing, the greatest rule ever made was: One person cuts the thing, the other person gets first pick.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 05, 2018 06:55 PM (yQpMk)

59 "I don't think the Establishment are necessarily bad people. "

Yep, first thing the devil did was to convince them he didn't exist.

Posted by: gNewt at March 05, 2018 06:55 PM (b1sBE)

60 Who lets opposition win 30% of the time?

Posted by: PhilDirt at March 05, 2018 06:55 PM (0PYT3)

61 One of the poster boys for term limits.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (gC2IV)


When Noot won control of the House in 94 with the Contract With America, the RINOs quickly ditched the term limits portion and hated Gingrich for calling them out on it. I should have realized that it was part and parcel of the GOPe's willingness to blatantly lie to the base in campaigns over promises they had no intention to honor.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (y7DUB)

62 52 The asshole has been in office since 1978.....

1978.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy


AD or BC?

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (42M22)

63 Probably one of the fucking Alzheimer's patients.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (89T5c)

64 Oops -- off "1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard" sock.

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (42M22)

65 Jordan Peterson had an interesting insight on the Adam Carolla podcast: he noted that children learn what "fair competition" is. Basically, a very strong child will learn that he has to let the weaker child "win" in about 30% of all wrestling matches, or else his weaker competitor will just give up and stop wrestling with him altogether.

I learnt this when I was about ten years old playing dungeons * dragons with the younger brother.

I was the DM and also had a character in this party, because I was ten years old and stupid. Inevitably his character died and mine didn't. So he left. I figured out immediately the game isn't fun when there's only one dude in it.

So after that I was the DM; and muh bro ran all the characters, except for explicit NPCs. He did get TPKed (total-party-killed) once after that, but that was okay, because the decisions he made were all on him, and he had a laugh about that.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (6FqZa)

66
Yes to term limits. One and done. These fuvkers have figured out how to put their boot on the head of the middle class and shove them down forever by all their little back-room deals.

One term of graft is all they need.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (LOgQ4)

67 >>>60 Who lets opposition win 30% of the time?


Don't think of it as "opposition," think of it as "friends and family you play games with."

Enemies you can beat 100% of the time, if possible.

But if it's friends and family -- you don't do that.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (8rNrN)

68 Off damn sock!!!

Now I need some Miltown.

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM (42M22)

69 I too am sick of politicians who think they should die in office. That seat is not meant to be forever, you're not supposed to spend your life in it like one of those fat people in Wall-E. Serve your time and get the hell out. You are not indisposable.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (39g3+)

70 Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (42M22)
---
???

Posted by: Dyke with a van at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (vDqXW)

71 Baa.

Posted by: the sheep at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (6FqZa)

72 Someone's resigning?

Who?

Posted by: Thad Cochran at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (398bZ)

73 15 thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh
Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

FgcrybGd dFsseyokljJtRQ SxDCvbnMhJbbb uuhpQllVmnN dfGtrjqH redbjk.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (D7HXY)

74 What if - and believe me this is a hypothetical - but what if you were
offered some kind of a stock option equity sharing program. Would that
do anything for you? Would you then let your husband win a fucking argument once in a fucking blue moon?

Posted by: Bob the marriage counselor at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (QLvwG)

75 do check out that Peterson/Carolla link when you have the chance. I promise, it's hellainteresting.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (8rNrN)

76 Are we talking about marriage again?

No, I can barely get along with the cat.

Posted by: DaveA at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (FhXTo)

77 15 thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh
Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

FgcrybGd dFsseyokljJtRQ SxDCvbnMhJbbb uuhpQllVmnN dfGtrjqH redbjk.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (D7HXY)




Ya ah bah.

Posted by: Gabby Giffords at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (yQpMk)

78 bit of trivia: That guy, Tom Cochran, was actually pretty much the whole "band" called Red Rider, which put out the huge hit "Lunatic Fringe" they used to play before every basketball and hockey game.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:53 PM (8rNrN)

When Red Rider was big I lived within the broadcast range of all the Ontario stations and they played the everlovin' crap out of their hits. Canadian content law and all.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (Dn4Uq)

79 April Fools!!!. I've decided to stay in the Senate till they carry me out in a pine box!!!!!!!

Posted by: Thad Cochran at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (8+Ozj)

80 Oops -- off "1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard" sock.

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard
________

I'd like to explore your fascination with 1950s psychologists with Van Dyke beards. Tell me more. I'm not going to judge.

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (y+SdL)

81 Flashing back to Captain Kangaroo
Wake up grandfather clock!

Posted by: Guam Tipper at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (/DvFd)

82 When Noot won control of the House in 94 with the Contract With America, the RINOs quickly ditched the term limits portion and hated Gingrich for calling them out on it. I should have realized that it was part and parcel of the GOPe's willingness to blatantly lie to the base in campaigns over promises they had no intention to honor.

I thought the Contract shouldn't have made the term-limits pledge in the first place, without corresponding rules against the permanent civil-service.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (6FqZa)

83 "I never even thought about very-young socialization in children and the huge effects that has later in life."

Guess that's why I always received those vacant looks when I said pre-school day care was the worst thing that could be done to a child.

That's when they learn the basics of discrimination.

Posted by: gNewt at March 05, 2018 06:59 PM (b1sBE)

84 >>>
When Red Rider was big I lived within the broadcast range of all the Ontario stations and they played the everlovin' crap out of their hits.

you seem to have used the plural for some reason...

ah well, I guess they had some """"""hits""""" (as many sneer quotes as I can use in one post) in Canada.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 06:59 PM (8rNrN)

85 Dick Van Dyke had a beard? But he fathered all those children. I had no idea.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 06:59 PM (Dn4Uq)

86 Never ever trust anyone named "Thad."
Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2018 06:48 PM (42M22)
Or Jon.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 06:59 PM (aCNZ6)

87 Whether establishment people are good or bad varies, is mostly unknowable, and entirely irrelevant.


It's their policy and political preferences, instincts, and beliefs that are stupid, pernicious, and need to be excluded from any influence.


Boring, but true. Like so much else.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (QDnY+)

88 AD or BC?
Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard


OMG, this was funny.

Pity Cochran was so improperly mummified or else he could have given us some valuable information about the Egyptian Middle Kingdom

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (6FqZa)

89 N pea foty fi

Posted by: Maxine the Bitch at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (89T5c)

90 84 you seem to have used the plural for some reason...

ah well, I guess they had some """"""hits""""" (as many sneer quotes as I can use in one post) in Canada.


Exactly, chief.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (Dn4Uq)

91 BTW speaking of Canadian "Rock"...

I listened to Bryan Adams' whole album Reckless this weekend.

I forgot the song "IT's Only Love" with Tina Turner in duet. Totally forgot.

the only good songs are that one, Somebody, and Long Gone. Maybe another one but I forget.

Posted by: ace at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (8rNrN)

92 The asshole has been in office since 1978.....



1978.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (EoRCO)


Camaros with T-Tops! Bitchin!!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (QLvwG)

93 70 Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (42M22)
---
???
Posted by: Dyke with a van


I can cure you of your unnatural urges -- but not before we lock you in a gothic Connecticut all-female insane asylum with several sexy fellow inmates.

Only after this curative experience will we apply the electroshock therapy.

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (42M22)

94
Oops -- off "1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard" sock.
Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 06:56 PM



Try, try again

Posted by: Hands at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM (EzdLW)

95 Hate to disagree but the gopE are bad people, very bad people.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (3BFzK)

96 I agree. It's right up there wit "Thom."

I read the name "Johnathan" with the otiose 'h' as "My Mom Can't Hebrew".

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (6FqZa)

97 Hey let's find a candidate that dated 3-year-old Corgis, 'cause in dog years the're really 21.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (UKN6+)

98 ???
Posted by: Dyke with a van


Hillary? Is that you?

The only Red Rider song I can remember is Lunatic Fringe, but Boy Inside the Man was a great Cochran song they did first.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (39g3+)

99 But if it's friends and family -- you don't do that.

As long as the .3*.3=.09 1% for the Democrats comes out of the GOPe's 30% I'm good with it.

Posted by: DaveA at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (FhXTo)

100 Nobody's going to pay for a one term Senator. When these guys get bought it's for a long term ROI.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (LQTFG)

101 Bad people ? Not bad people ?
I've quit giving a crap about that.
You want me dead, or disenfranchsed ? Gonna take my rights away ? But for the best of reasons, or the greater good ?

That makes you my enemy, no matter the intentions behind it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/365 at March 05, 2018 07:01 PM (e11dj)

102 Johnny Cochran is resigning? I thought he was dead.

Posted by: Thad Cochran at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (398bZ)

103 Ace is right, I knew how not to be deposed your see your Democrat learned my ideas on media relations and the importance of who is a responsible enough citizen to be allowed firearms.

Posted by: Joe Stalin at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (F9322)

104 I'm worn out.

Posted by: Zombie's Sock at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (vDqXW)

105 I listened to Bryan Adams' whole album Reckless this weekend.

As annoying as Bryan Adams was, that was a good album. Huge seller for a reason. And as we all know from the South Park movie, Canada did apologize for Bryan Adams.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (39g3+)

106 >> thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh
Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

FgcrybGd dFsseyokljJtRQ SxDCvbnMhJbbb uuhpQllVmnN dfGtrjqH redbjk.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (D7<<<



Tthhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh we much.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (wjryW)

107 can't the establishment find a nice "I lament that my party is full of dumb weirdos who think science is reading the bible during rain storms and really wish I could get the Lena Dunham crowd to think I am cool" type? What's huntsman or kasich doing?

how about zombie john mccain?

Posted by: zibbly wibbly at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (V3U1L)

108 Is a Van Dyke the same as a goatee, AKA chin mullet?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (aCNZ6)

109 1978? I think he was in the HOR for 6 years before the senate. That makes it 1972.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (3BFzK)

110 Never trust a guy named Cochran either. Bet Thad likes carrots in his chili too.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (lKs2v)

111 You can trust me. Just like Joe Isuzu.

Posted by: A guy named Thad at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (EzdLW)

112 Fans of term limits, please review CA's case. I dunno if other states adopted term limits.


Anyway, executive summary: didn't change anything important.


Didn't slow or change in any way the bizarre, disastrous evolution of CA into a failing one-party state (state with population the size of a medium-large European country, with actual diversity in its populace, culture, and economy to rival anything anywhere - and one political party either literally or effectively available to vote for).


People are always looking for rules, structural gimmicks, and the like to do what actual voting and responsible citizenship by the electorate hasn't done or won't do. "Just this one weird trick" is exactly as real in governance of a representative sort as it is in online ads .....

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (QDnY+)

113 I'm all for term limits. If a politician won't step down after 2 maybe 3 terms there should be, say, A 10% chance of poisoning or some other mysterious death.(additive every year they persist in office) I am in no way advocating violence. Just Karma. They would not like me if I were king.

Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (0OmEj)

114 Camaros with T-Tops! Bitchin!!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 05, 2018 07:00 PM


I used to do some computer work for a car dealer, and I'll never forget saying, "T-Top? What the fvck is that?"

Yeah, I was pretty clueless.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (LOgQ4)

115 108 Is a Van Dyke the same as a goatee, AKA chin mullet?
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem


Van Dykes are pointier. Goatees are more rounded.

No self-respecting 1950s psychologist would be found dead with a beatnik goatee.

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 07:04 PM (42M22)

116 Is a Van Dyke the same as a goatee, AKA chin mullet?

Van Dyke is a goatee with the beard not connected to the moustache, and usually pointed. Great for Dutch painters and Southern gentlement.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:04 PM (39g3+)

117 Its cute how you all think McCain has brain cancer.

Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (AwPyG)

118 Groups like Max Webster, the Barenaked Ladies, The Tea Party, The Tragically Hip etc. got so much airplay in America's Hat you would have thought they were The Beatles or Led Zeppelin.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (Dn4Uq)

119 Is a Van Dyke the same as a goatee, AKA chin mullet?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (aCNZ6)

No, but I helped Brian Wilson with lyrics to Smile, the unfinished album.

Posted by: Van Dyke Parks at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (QLvwG)

120 Ow my head.

Posted by: Sen. Drooling John (R) at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (HgMAr)

121 BTW speaking of Canadian "Rock"...

Posted by: ace
________

What's with the sarcastiquotes?

Have you no love for The Guess Who? Aldo Nova? Triumph? Kick Axe?

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (y+SdL)

122 Great for Dutch painters and Southern gentlement.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


...and 1950s psychologists.

Posted by: 1950s psychologist with a Van Dyke beard at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (42M22)

123 Its cute how you all think McCain has brain cancer.
Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (AwPyG)

What do you think is going on?

Posted by: Thad Cochran at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (8+Ozj)

124 Van Dykes are kinda ghey.

Posted by: Reba McEntire at March 05, 2018 07:06 PM (398bZ)

125 Highlights of Sen. Cochran career
1. Election
2. Resignation

Posted by: Guam Tipper at March 05, 2018 07:06 PM (/DvFd)

126 I watched a video with Peterson and Jonathan Haidt over the weekend and some of what they discussed had to do with early childhood development and how lack of free play and helicopter parenting has led to today's snowflake syndrome.

Pretty interesting.

Posted by: Holier than Thou Asshole Bot at March 05, 2018 07:06 PM (SkuXa)

127 Is a goatee a passive receiver for a goat?

....

Posted by: Confused Muslim at March 05, 2018 07:06 PM (vDqXW)

128 All these assholes are expendable.

I like my state congresscritter. But, expendable.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2018 07:06 PM (89T5c)

129 Triumph is a sad example of a band with several monster, awesome hits and a raft of utter crap. Even their best of album is 40% "WOW THAT WAS GREAT" and 60% "...that was lame"

But Canada did give us Rush and April Wine too. And they had some great stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (39g3+)

130 Van Dykes are kinda ghey.
Posted by: Reba McEntire at March 05, 2018 07:06 PM (398bZ)
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Watch it, bitch!

Posted by: Dyke with a van at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (vDqXW)

131 >> thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh
Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

FgcrybGd dFsseyokljJtRQ SxDCvbnMhJbbb uuhpQllVmnN dfGtrjqH redbjk.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (D7

Tthhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh we much.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at March 05, 2018 07:02 PM (wjryW)

*gargle, gargle, gargle, gargle, gargle*

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (HgMAr)

132 I thought the Contract shouldn't have made the term-limits pledge in the first place, without corresponding rules against the permanent civil-service.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (6FqZa)]/i]

Those are two different animals and, even though I agree with the desirability of the civil service one, term limits can be self imposed. Whether or not they should have made the term limit pledge, once it was done as a national campaign idea any local heretics should've made their opposition clear. But that would have required honesty and integrity usually in scant supply in the Repuke ranks.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (y7DUB)

133 A ghoti is a fish.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (fuK7c)

134 I'm afraid the comment waaay up above may be right. MS is an Establishment cesspool for the GOP (as evidenced by the primary debacle ace recalls above). Unlikely to be a "pick-up" for ..... well, can't really say GOP, not sure what term to use. Unlikely to be a pick-up for the cause of getting a Senate that will be worth anything beyond judicial appointments.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (QDnY+)

135
Have you no love for The Guess Who? Aldo Nova? Triumph? Kick Axe?
Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM



And Loverboy! Can't forget Mike Reno's headband.

Posted by: A guy named Thad at March 05, 2018 07:08 PM (EzdLW)

136 Aldo Nova has shows that draw dozens of fans.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 05, 2018 07:08 PM (4ErVI)

137 A ghoti is a fish.

Posted by: Bandersnatch
________

No tiot?

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 07:08 PM (y+SdL)

138 The funny thing is, it is only in the movies of the 1950s that psychologists usually have Van Dyke beards. Such beards had stopped being trendy decades earlier. Real psychologists of the era instead had leather elbow-patches. But for Hollywood (especially B-movies), "Van Dyke beard" was the stock character-look to indicate "psychologist," because it reminded people of Sigmund Freud.

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (42M22)

139 Have you no love for The Guess Who? Aldo Nova? Triumph? Kick Axe?
Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (y+SdL)


And what about Rush.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (fIn37)

140 112 Fans of term limits, please review CA's case. I dunno if other states adopted term limits.

Anyway, executive summary: didn't change anything important.

Didn't slow or change in any way the bizarre, disastrous evolution of CA into a failing one-party state (state with population the size of a medium-large European country, with actual diversity in its populace, culture, and economy to rival anything anywhere - and one political party either literally or effectively available to vote for).

People are always looking for rules, structural gimmicks, and the like to do what actual voting and responsible citizenship by the electorate hasn't done or won't do. "Just this one weird trick" is exactly as real in governance of a representative sort as it is in online ads .....
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:03 PM (QDnY+)



I will say that term limits in CA state offices makes for "political musical chairs", where the state controller becomes the secretary of Cali state becomes the state insurance commissioner becomes the lieutenant governor.

But what really did Cali in, besides the end of the Cold War and demographics (thanks Hispandering fools!), was the "Top Two Open Primary", which will just about always shut GOP candidates out, unless and until the Party learns to have "pre-Primaries" or "straw polls" in advance where they all get behind the candidate they want to finish second in the Open Primary.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (ujg0T)

141 Its cute how you all think McCain has brain cancer.

Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (AwPyG)
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if that asshole actually had a brain tumor, it would have starved to death by now.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (uS008)

142 What is this let the other guy win nonsense? Not if you're serious you don't.

Posted by: Louis IX at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (D/ooL)

143 Camaros with T-Tops

Had a Grand National with T-Tops, the vibrations helped me keep it under a hundred most of the time.

Posted by: DaveA at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (FhXTo)

144 i think the establishment gop are in fact for the most part bad people.

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (0O7c5)

145 I like Aldo Nova, but he didn't have a real broad range of hits. Kind of cool stuff though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:10 PM (39g3+)

146 *throws Thad sock out of the barrel*

Posted by: Hands at March 05, 2018 07:10 PM (EzdLW)

147 And what about Rush.


I think of him more as an entertainer than political thinker, but he does get a lot of love around here.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 05, 2018 07:10 PM (fuK7c)

148 There was a fantastic 1970s Canadian rock trio not named Rush called FM.

Their debut album, Black Noise, is a mind-blowingly cool admixture of pop, Prog, fusion and new-wave with a sci-fi bent. Source of their minor hit "Phasers on Stun."

Their next album was recorded live in the studio straight to a wax master: Headspace Direct-to-Disc is pretty damn cool as well.

They had a violin/electric mandolin player named Nash the Slash who performed wrapped up head to foot like a mummy. I am not making this up. He went on to solo fame in Canada.

But FM is worth checking out on the yootoobs. Black Noise. The title track especially. It rules. Hard.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:10 PM (Dn4Uq)

149 April Wine too. And they had some great stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (39g3

Wow. Flashback there.

Posted by: Golfman with no apostrophes at March 05, 2018 07:11 PM (R5bX9)

150 Highlights of Sen. Cochran career
1. Election
2. Resignation


The Delta House has a long tradition of... er, existence: to itself, AND to the community at large!

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 07:11 PM (6FqZa)

151 'Health reasons'?! What does your health have to do with anything?

Posted by: Hillary! at March 05, 2018 07:11 PM (jTKIp)

152 But Canada did give us Rush and April Wine too. And they had some great stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (39g3+)

Andy Kim.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 05, 2018 07:11 PM (EoRCO)

153 127 Is a goatee a passive receiver for a goat?

....
Posted by: Confused Muslim


"A goater shall enter the gates of Paradise alongside the martyrs, blessed with houris fo eternity. But a goatee is an accursed man and shall dwell with Shaitan forever."
--Sura 17:12

Posted by: Mohammed at March 05, 2018 07:11 PM (42M22)

154 A ghoti is a fish.



Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (fuK7c)


Ma. Ma! Maaa! The hair gel!

Posted by: Growing Up Ghoti at March 05, 2018 07:11 PM (QLvwG)

155 I think of him more as an entertainer than political thinker, but he does get a lot of love around here.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 05, 2018 07:10 PM


Of course. He just steals the best comments here.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (LOgQ4)

156 *throws Thad sock out of the barrel*

Man, I think there are fragments of the Necronomicon on this one

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (6FqZa)

157 I've brought it up before, but will again because I think it was such a clear, distilled example of what the country is up against.


In the run-up to 2010 - one of, if not *the*, biggest partisan wave election in history when you go down below federal level - the House GOP (the party leadership, at that point) was dragged, almost literally kicking and screaming, to put out *some* kind of agenda, theme, ya know, a reason to actually elect them vs. the other side. They were furious. They just wanted to sit there and let the election come to them, without making any icky commitments or setting specific goals.


So that was the "opposition" party. Which showed its true colors when it came time to redeem their central specific promise of years' standing - repealing O-care.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (QDnY+)

158 @140

And the occasional race with a dozen Dems and one Republican in a Dem "safe seat". IIRC there's one of those this year, though I can't remember which district.

Those are always hilarious.

Posted by: junior at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (PzKK9)

159 I don't think the Establishment are necessarily bad people.

They don't seem to care for me much as a Citizen. They've got more of a Serf thing in mind. And they would appreciate it if I'd just shut and subordinate myself to their vision of The State.

Yeah. They're bad people. Congenial ? Sure. Polite ? Absolutely.

Bad People all the same.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (BEMJs)

160 if that asshole actually had a brain tumor, it would have starved to death by now.

I feel bad I laughed at that.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (dUJdY)

161 the top two thing became possible here in #Failifornia because a RINO who was termed out traded his vote for a favor...

IIRC, to get the next cush position he wanted, instead of having to w*rk for a living. what we need are term limits that say you can't hold any other governmental position for a period equal to the time just spent in office. call it the "Get a J*b, Assholes" Law.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (uS008)

162 Benji Carver, are you here? I have a link to share with you that might help you with the problem you outlined with your church in the last thread.

Posted by: bluebell at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (oMtOd)

163 But FM is worth checking out on the yootoobs. Black Noise. The title track especially. It rules. Hard.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:10 PM (Dn4Uq)
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I've listened to Black Noise earlier this year. Great album.

Posted by: Axebot at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (vDqXW)

164 Would R2D2 have let Chewbacca win that hologram chess-type game 30% of the time?

Posted by: C3PO at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (EzdLW)

165 Look, we'll apologize for Nickelback, but not any of those other bands, eh.

Posted by: Canadia at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (wjryW)

166 Highlights of Sen. Cochran career
1. Election
2. Resignation
Posted by: Guam Tipper


Quit embellishing things!

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (OnpLR)

167 If some people don't think McCain has a brain tumor-what do they think is really going on with him?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (8+Ozj)

168 Never ever trust anyone named "Thad."

I agree. It's right up there wit "Thom."

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 06:54 PM (Dn4Uq)



Stuff it, peasant.

Posted by: Thutmose I at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (Mouru)

169 April Wine

https://youtu.be/4ohq2xImvUU

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (39g3+)

170 April Wine.

"Just Between You and Me."

Yeah, I got lucky with that song playing a LOT! Part of it is sung in French. Maybe that made the girls get friskier.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:14 PM (Dn4Uq)

171 Look, we'll apologize for Nickelback, but not any of those other bands, eh.

How about Celine Dion? When do we get our apology for her???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (39g3+)

172 Best Canadian band no one's ever heard of:
Doug & The Slugs

Posted by: Hands at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (EzdLW)

173 If some people don't think McCain has a brain tumor-what do they think is really going on with him?

Anndd... we're off to the races.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (dUJdY)

174 141 Its cute how you all think McCain has brain cancer.

Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:05 PM (AwPyG)
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if that asshole actually had a brain tumor, it would have starved to death by now.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 07:09 PM (uS00

It's interesting how you never see any zombies in D.C..

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (aCNZ6)

175 April Wine is also one of my favorite Canadian bands.

Just between you and me, I like to Rock.

Posted by: Axebot at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (vDqXW)

176 There was a fantastic 1970s Canadian rock trio not named Rush called FM.

So someone else has heard of them. They used to get some airtime on Greg Stone's "Stone Trek" show in the Bay Area back in the 80's.

Posted by: American Crossbow Association at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (IcT7t)

177 Posted by: Thutmose I at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM (Mouru)

Don't ever change your IP address.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (y87Qq)

178 I've listened to Black Noise earlier this year. Great album.
Posted by: Axebot at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (vDqXW)

Nice to see another fan- High five!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (Dn4Uq)

179 Klaatu

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (4ErVI)

180 How about Celine Dion? When do we get our apology for her???
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (39g3+)
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Not to mention Justin Bieber.

Posted by: bluebell at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (oMtOd)

181 More April Wine, courtesy What?3

https://youtu.be/MmgIIDkWr1o

Not their best song but every band needs a power ballad

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (39g3+)

182 161 the top two thing became possible here in #Failifornia because a RINO who was termed out traded his vote for a favor...



IIRC, It was voted by initiative, and the GOP Duffers like "Duf Sundheim" (yes, that's his real name) and Ah-nold got behind it.

"Ah-nold, Incorporated" turned out to be a disaster for the Cali GOP, from global laming to wasteful bond initiatives to stabbing Tom McClintock and some other Republicans in the back.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (ujg0T)

183 Jeff 'Mountain Dew' Sessions needs to retire. He's senile and ineffective.

Posted by: Under Fire at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (r9UYA)

184 Anndd... we're off to the races.
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (dUJdY)

Was I not supposed to ask that? I get the feeling some people think this is a big ruse-but if so, I don't see the point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (8+Ozj)

185 An open Senate seat in a red state. How will the GOPe fuck this up?

Posted by: josephistan at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (ANIFC)

186 Did he finally get caught dating 14 year olds 49 years ago? That's okay in Mississippi yo.

Posted by: torabora at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (AhPGR)

187 My hash reminds me of judge Judy.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (dUJdY)

188
Klaatu
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM



Gesundheit

Posted by: Hands at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (EzdLW)

189 I always liked "Turn Me Loose" by Saga. It 80s-tastic!

Posted by: FireHorse at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (y+SdL)

190
If some people don't think McCain has a brain tumor-what do they think is really going on with him?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:13 PM


Oppositional defiant disorder. I'll let Muldoon provide the appropriate ICD-10 code.

Somewhat rare among children. Extremely rare among grown adults.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (LOgQ4)

191 Do we get credit for The Band?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (aCNZ6)

192 So someone else has heard of them. They used to get some airtime on Greg Stone's "Stone Trek" show in the Bay Area back in the 80's.
Posted by: American Crossbow Association at March 05, 2018 07:15 PM (IcT7t)




What happened to him? I missed his Prog Rock show, if only because it broadened the stale "Classic Rock" playlist a little.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (ujg0T)

193 I did not know Loverboy was Canadian, I figured they were LA for sure with that look.

My favorite video by them, a late hit:

https://youtu.be/6AeRtYEtRX8

(caution scantily clad 80s MTV girls)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (39g3+)

194 Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (LOgQ4)

You don't die of ODD. You're just a PITA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (8+Ozj)

195 Curmudgeon and junior, the "jungle primary" thing is quite recent, and mostly just put the finishing touches on the one-party de facto state. There had not been any upsets or shocking D losses to R in ages. IIRC, in 2010 - as noted above the greatest wave election, at all levels, in our national history - I believe 1 - one, uno, odyin, ein - CA incumbent was unelected. In a state with about 354 districts and a huge population. And unemployment in some of those districts was 30-40% at the time.



Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (QDnY+)

196 Was I not supposed to ask that? I get the feeling some people think this is a big ruse-but if so, I don't see the point.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM (8+Ozj)

Not at all Fen.. I just know this group. Your question was an invitation for all kinds of silly responses that's all.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (dUJdY)

197 this doddering, old soup spilling, relic should never have been elected to begin with. unless, he was going for strom thurmonds' record for most sleep filled days in the senate.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (KP5rU)

198 So I've been on the stand for 18 hours now in 2 days. Cross just ended. I was so frustrated and exhausted for the 6 years of abuse and treated like a subhuman I had a Trump moment on the stand. My ex was questioning me and it's obvious lies and bukkshit. She was braving about her teaching job and holding it down during the 10 years straight of high conflict with both husbands.

I said yeah, because you have a job where you literally have to get caught banging a student to get fired.

Moving onto day 5 to be continued.. Longest temporary hearing in history,

Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (vGJ7N)

199 April Wine

Dammit, New Order stole that one for "Who's Joe"

youtube.com/watch?v=FB3WLcCMiNM&t=118

That's depressing, to have a song you like, and find out the "author" stole it. Like Duran Duran's 'Do You Believe In Love' stole from 'Suzie Q' Like 'Ghostbusters'...

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (6FqZa)

200 "Basically, a very strong child will learn that he has to let the weaker child "win" in about 30% of all wrestling matches, or else his weaker competitor will just give up and stop wrestling with him altogether."

there's that - and also, when you know you can win anytime you want, it's not a big deal to let yourself lose once in a while. it's a measure of your confidence in yourself. You can afford to lose without your self esteem getting dinged.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (V2Yro)

201 I always play to win. That's why my kids don't play chess with me anymore.

Posted by: a pirate at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (UdKB7)

202 So that was the "opposition" party. Which showed its true colors when it came time to redeem their central specific promise of years' standing - repealing O-care.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (QDnY+)

GOPe was fine with O care, just as long as they could blame it on the dems, which, oddly enough, they are still doing.

Posted by: random lurker commenter at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (Jbnel)

203 Posted by: Jewells45 at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (dUJdY)

Silly responses here???!! Surely you jest. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (8+Ozj)

204 Sadly it looks like Vevo heavily edited the original video for Notorious which was a lot hotter.

A LOT.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (39g3+)

205 185 An open Senate seat in a red state. How will the GOPe fuck this up?
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They kind of did that when they renominated Thad. They knew he wouldn't last the term.

Posted by: Guam Tipper at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (/DvFd)

206 yeah, it might have been a proposition... maybe it came out of the Legislature, and i'm remembering how it got passed?

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (uS008)

207 I just think it's mighty convenient cancer--just when his involvement in the Steele dossier came out. And he should be dead by now, if the diagnosis was as advertised.

Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (AwPyG)

208 Was I not supposed to ask that? I get the feeling some people think this is a big ruse-but if so, I don't see the point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke


Let's put it this way. Aluminum chapeaus are big with them.

Posted by: pep at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (LAe3v)

209 arg

Posted by: a pirate at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (UdKB7)

210 I'm sure there will be because you would be in jail coming up the next day in the future.

Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (vGJ7N)

211
Oh, No! Fen used a curse word in an acronym.

WWJD?

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (LOgQ4)

212 Silly responses here???!! Surely you jest. ;^)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (8+Ozj)

Stop calling us Shirley.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (aCNZ6)

213 Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who are the only well-known Canadian bands worth a damn.

I suppose there could be the occasional prog rock band that's decent -- but then you'd have to listen to prog rock, which is on my "Remember Not to Do This" list.

Posted by: Mohammed at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (42M22)

214
An open Senate seat in a red state. How will the GOPe fuck this up?
Posted by: josephistan at March 05, 2018 07:16 PM



McConnell's candidate (to be endorsed by PDT, unfortunately )
-vs-
The pro-Trump / Tea Party / conservative candidate
-vs-
The kooky candidate
-vs-
A prospect to be named later


What could possibly go wrong? Has Doug Jones any relatives in MS?

Posted by: Hands at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (EzdLW)

215 Do we get credit for The Band?
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (aCNZ6)

Ummmmm.....No.

RIP Levon.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (EoRCO)

216 Washington D.C. should not be a career for anyone.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 06:50 PM (KXVP7)

But then how would all the incompetent imbeciles become multi-millionaires?

I'm seeing the likes of Maxine Waters, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Jojo Biden, even Lisa fucking Murkowski, for heaven's sake.

These are people who are too stupid to dig ditches, and they make more money than God peddling influence.

I wouldn't hire even one of them to clean my sewers.

So, it's a sort of affirmative action for the intellectually challenged.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (7UW64)

217 Hmmm -- so Mohammed likes BTO??

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (42M22)

218 What happened to him? I missed his Prog Rock show, if only because it broadened the stale "Classic Rock" playlist a little.

You can find old recordings on the net. I don't think he fit the more corporate radio formats that took over. He's got a facebook page.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (IcT7t)

219 Well at least they won't be rolling him into the chamber in his hospital bed ala O2 tanks to vote.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (LQTFG)

220 An open Senate seat in a red state. How will the GOPe fuck this up?
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They kind of did that when they renominated Thad. They knew he wouldn't last the term.
Posted by: Guam Tipper

you can thank that paragon of the Republican Party Establishment, Haley Barbour. He's still around. My money is on his son being the chosen replacement for Cochran.
And then, hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (vcOmj)

221 BTO was really, really good I agree. And early Rush is great, up to around Hold Your Fire. Kinda went downhill after that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (39g3+)

222 my hash changes too often for me to get attached to any one of them... although it's always a treat when i get one that's been banned before i got it.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (uS008)

223 Hmmm -- so Mohammed likes BTO??
Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2018 07:21 PM (42M22)
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Takin' care of business.

Posted by: Mohammed at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (vDqXW)

224 Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:19 PM (vGJ7N)

I'm sorry. It sounds exhausting. You are in a divorce case or involving custody or something else?. Sorry if that's too personal a question.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (8+Ozj)

225
WWJD?

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (LOgQ4)

He'd make a whip and drive your sorry ass outta the temple, that's what.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 05, 2018 07:23 PM (7UW64)

226 Do we get credit for The Band?

I give Canada partial credit for The Band.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:23 PM (39g3+)

227 Silly response: McCain's tumor got a tumor that is slowly killing it. Thus McCain continues to live.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 05, 2018 07:23 PM (4ErVI)

228 My friendsh, we'll also legislate the dang term limits.

Posted by: Johnny McDrool at March 05, 2018 07:23 PM (bJ0w+)

229 Moving onto day 5 to be continued.. Longest temporary hearing in history,

Posted by: Yo!



Yeah, I know we talked about the Bertram 28 but I think we can go ahead with the 32 footer now.

Posted by: Yo's Lawyer at March 05, 2018 07:23 PM (fuK7c)

230 A pharmacist was interviewed just down the road from Capitol Hill. He said he filled Alzheimer medication for members of Congress. Guess who for? Oh, and Palsi.

Posted by: Izapole at March 05, 2018 07:24 PM (oUkrT)

231 you can thank that paragon of the Republican Party
Establishment, Haley Barbour. He's still around. My money is on his son
being the chosen replacement for Cochran.

And then, hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (vcOmj)

Yeah, I think that's probably the plan. If it comes to pass, I think they'll lose the seat. Just how stupid can one party be?

Posted by: pep at March 05, 2018 07:24 PM (LAe3v)

232 Sheets Byrd is the gold standard.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2018 07:24 PM (89T5c)

233 207 I just think it's mighty convenient cancer--just when his involvement in the Steele dossier came out. And he should be dead by now, if the diagnosis was as advertised.

Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (AwPyG)

He's been dead for years. They just prop him up and ventriquise some nonsense once in a while.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 05, 2018 07:25 PM (7UW64)

234 Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:20 PM (LOgQ4)

He'd make a whip and drive your sorry ass outta the temple, that's what.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 05, 2018 07:23 PM (7UW64)
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Pretty extreme for forgetting a nic.

Posted by: Thomas at March 05, 2018 07:25 PM (vDqXW)

235 Yeah, I think that's probably the plan. If it comes to pass, I think they'll lose the seat. Just how stupid can one party be?
Posted by: pep

That's a trick question, right?

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at March 05, 2018 07:25 PM (vcOmj)

236 Funny thing about the CockRing. I was just talking to my dad yesterday, saying how corrupt and pathetic our politicians are. I remarked that I am genuinely surprised that the powers-that-be let Pelosi out in public. She is severely addled, is clearly given talking points, which she struggles mightily to remember, and just ends up puking out buzz phrases like "bipartisanship". Then I wondered "Has Cochran even been seen in public for, like, years?....and he's a freakin' Senator"

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 05, 2018 07:25 PM (oAY8z)

237 B-b-b-baby, you ain't seen nothin' yet. *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at March 05, 2018 07:25 PM (Tyii7)

238 And he should be dead by now, if the diagnosis was as advertised.

So should Magic Johnson. But some are more equal than others and if you're rich and powerful or celebrity you get treatments and care ordinary people have little to no access to.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:26 PM (39g3+)

239 I guess he doesn't want to end up as a hanging Thad in the next election.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2018 07:26 PM (ewxPW)

240 The link says that a possible replacement for Cochran is Delbert Hosemann. You know, if I had a name like that, I think I'd consider another line of work.

Posted by: pep at March 05, 2018 07:26 PM (LAe3v)

241 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:22 PM (8+Ozj)

Custody. I have 4 experts backing me on sole custody. Which is rare with dads. I'm an asshole and have no talents but I'm a dedicated grreat dad. And the longer this drags out the better for my kids and getting both parents healthy in there lives.

I may stroke out or have a heart attack before hand though.

Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:26 PM (vGJ7N)

242 "And he should be dead by now, if the diagnosis was as advertised."

In all seriousness, I believe he's pretty damned close.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2018 07:26 PM (V2Yro)

243 @MrAndyNgo 19hr

Coalition of student groups (socialist, black, women, minority, immigrant, Jewish) demanding "known fascist" @CHSommers be no-platformed tomorrow at Lewis & Clark Law School ahead of her PSU talk.

4hr
Okay, protesters are trying to shut down @CHSommers at Lewis and Clark Law School.

3hr
Protesters start singing song against @CHSommers: "No platform for fascists" - at Lewis & Clark Law School

...

2h
Activists brought in speaker to try and drown out @CHSommers with music. - at Lewis & Clark Law School

2hr
Emotional exchange when protester accuses @CHSommers of approving sexual assault. "That's what you just said!" - at Lewis & Clark Law School

In addition to protesters in the room, a crowd of demonstrators chanted outside at various points. - at Lewis & Clark Law School
Verified account

Protesters try to disrupt @CHSommers lecture. They demand that she take questions now.

***

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 07:27 PM (KXVP7)

244 The future is that the leading conservative will be accused of... something.

Posted by: Great Reagan's Deplorable Ghost at March 05, 2018 07:27 PM (56GKt)

245 No, ace, I think you're wrong. I've "lost" arguments with family and friends because I've valued those ties and I just said "ok, you have a point" even when I thought they didn't. I allowed them to "save face". I subtly humored them. But that shouldn't apply in politics. We need to have people of integrity. We can't allow Thad Shitstains to cheat us out of elections and humor us - they need to get primaried.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 05, 2018 07:27 PM (/qEW2)

246
If it comes to pass, I think they'll lose the seat. Just how stupid can one party be?
Posted by: pep at March 05, 2018 07:24 PM



There's no limit. Just watch us.

Posted by: The GOP at March 05, 2018 07:27 PM (EzdLW)

247 New Order, 'I'll Stay With You'
youtube.com/watch?v=qAMNZMCTkZ0

I'm glad Hook and Sumner agreed to release this one

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 07:28 PM (6FqZa)

248 221 BTO was really, really good I agree. And early Rush is great, up to around Hold Your Fire. Kinda went downhill after that.

They lost me at the same point, with the snoozefest Hold Your Fire. Roll the Bones and Vapor Trails had their moments though. But their final (?) album Clockwork Angels was a real return to form. Really a shockingly great album from the old geezers. If it does end up their last, as it appears it will, they went out on a high note. Which is nice.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:28 PM (Dn4Uq)

249 Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:26 PM (vGJ7N)

Sounds very stressful. I will pray for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:28 PM (8+Ozj)

250 I will be losing my most reliable vote.
Say "aye" Thad.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 05, 2018 07:29 PM (/DvFd)

251
Triumph is a sad example of a band with several monster, awesome hits and a raft of utter crap. Even their best of album is 40% "WOW THAT WAS GREAT" and 60% "...that was lame"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:07 PM (39g3+)






Oh God, yes. That's exactly who I was thinking of. I was a rabid Triumph fan back in the day. Rabid, I say.

Did a listen to all their big albums a few months back after not hearing them for close to 20 years. I was surprised to find that most of it sucked donkey balls. Even some of the big hits flirted with donkey-suck territory.

*sigh*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 05, 2018 07:29 PM (eXA4G)

252 Never forget Comrade Hrothgar's Rules of Practical Politics:

A. All Establishment politicians are not on your side (unless you are the apparent alpha dog player/donor)!

B. Almost all politicians are Establishment politicians, because where else can corrupt, stupid, lazy and ugly people have a chance to get their hands in the publicly funded till for DECADES without being prosecuted!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at March 05, 2018 07:29 PM (gwPgz)

253 Checked out FM's Black Noise video. Looked like a two piece band with the keyboardist using his synthesizer to play the drum track.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 05, 2018 07:29 PM (fIn37)

254 So that was the "opposition" party. Which showed its true colors when it came time to redeem their central specific promise of years' standing - repealing O-care.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:12 PM (QDnY+)


I can still remember Hewitt in November 2010 telling Eddie Munster he had a mandate to cut spending and cut BIG. If you listened closely you could hear Tom Donohue jerking Ryans strings.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 05, 2018 07:30 PM (y7DUB)

255 193 I did not know Loverboy was Canadian, I figured they were LA for sure with that look.

My favorite video by them, a late hit:

https://youtu.be/6AeRtYEtRX8

(caution scantily clad 80s MTV girls)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:18 PM (39g3+)

Good thing Traci Lords kept her clothes on in that video or it would be illegal.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 05, 2018 07:30 PM (dKiJG)

256 I played countless thousands of hours of ping pong growing up, mostly with my neighbor Joe. Joe was sort of like a big brother and was better at everything, but not by so much that I wouldn't try to catch him.

Anyway, if I were up say 16-8 in a game I'd slack off or start playing right handed to give him or whomever a chance to make it a game. (A girlfriend called that an only-child thing). So I'd lose some of those games.

If Joe could beat me 21-0 it made him happier than winning 21-1. I thought it was his form of competitiveness but when I asked him about it years later he said, "no, I was just trying for mechanical perfection on every shot".

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 05, 2018 07:30 PM (fuK7c)

257 Dude got elected after making a non-joking comment about having sex with livestock

Think about that shit

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 05, 2018 07:30 PM (oAY8z)

258 I feel like I'm in the Mouth of Madness right now. Everybody is frustrated as hell and wants this to end but the ex. I'm doing great but I can't stop laughing about shoioting her down about her job by saying because you literally have be banging a student to get fired.

I'm full Trump punching back twice as hard with facts and stats about bias and double standards and flipping everything.

Instead of homelessness I may wind up in a paded room after this ;

Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:31 PM (vGJ7N)

259 Oh, boy. Here we go again...

Posted by: The Chicken at March 05, 2018 07:31 PM (Tyii7)

260 The Cochran-McDaniel primary was the point at which I stopped calling myself a Republican. The GOPe in this state is pathetic; I only vote for them because the Dems are worse. Having both seats open now should be very, very interesting.

Posted by: Miss Sippi at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (XSBtr)

261 There's no limit. Just watch us.

Posted by: The GOP at March 05, 2018 07:27 PM (EzdLW)


Hold my Mint Julep and watch this!

Posted by: B. Itch McConnell at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (gwPgz)

262 Platinum Blonde.

Now there was a Canadian band.

https://tinyurl.com/y82g92xz

What dorks. They were like a new-wavier Loverboy only there were less of them so more dorkitude per person.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (Dn4Uq)

263 Sounds very stressful. I will pray for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:28 PM (8+Ozj)

That'd kind. I appreciate any and all prayers.

Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (vGJ7N)

264 Delbert Hoseman, Esq.

Serving your gigological needs since 1983.

All major credit cards accepted.

Posted by: Delbert Hoseman, Esq. at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (398bZ)

265 You know how I know you were an amateur?

Posted by: Table Tennis Snob at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (2DOZq)

266 I, Thad.

Posted by: Thad Cockring at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (Mouru)

267 257 Dude got elected after making a non-joking comment about having sex with livestock

Think about that shit
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 05, 2018 07:30 PM (oAY8z)

Is there a point to this?

Posted by: muslim men everywhere at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (ANIFC)

268 Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:31 PM (vGJ7N)

Try not to have a stroke or die or get in a padded room. Your Kid(s? need you.

When are things supposed to wrap up?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (8+Ozj)

269 In all seriousness, I believe he's pretty damned close


I dunno--note that no one has ever questioned him, even though he was plenty well enough to vote against Obamacare, and that was months and months ago (didn't he have just weeks to live?). And his daughter is not exactly attending his bedside. I guess I'm cynical, with good reason.

Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (AwPyG)

270 So, why hasn't that tumor killed John McCain yet? Professional Courtesy.

Posted by: An Observation at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (tqvV2)

271 Oppositional defiant disorder. I'll let Muldoon provide the appropriate ICD-10 code.

Somewhat rare among children. Extremely rare among grown adults.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:17 PM (LOgQ4)

F91.3 Oppositional defiant disorder

Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (NWiLs)

272 Bye!

Posted by: Thursby at March 05, 2018 07:34 PM (WVn9a)

273 262 Platinum Blonde.

Now there was a Canadian band.

https://tinyurl.com/y82g92xz

What dorks. They were like a new-wavier Loverboy only there were less of them so more dorkitude per person.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (Dn4Uq)

Ten seconds into it and my T levels just went over a cliff.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 05, 2018 07:34 PM (4ErVI)

274 253 Checked out FM's Black Noise video. Looked like a two piece band with the keyboardist using his synthesizer to play the drum track.


I've seen that - that was an early performance, not the LP version.

On the album it was Cam Hawkins on vocals, keys, bass pedals and bass, Nash the Slash on violin, electric mandolin, glockenspiel and bkg vocals, and Martin Deller on drums and percussion.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 05, 2018 07:34 PM (Dn4Uq)

275 Lovey, I think I'll throw my hat in the ring.

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at March 05, 2018 07:35 PM (Mouru)

276 Yeah Platinum Blonde. They were trying to be Duran Duran but couldn't pull it off without looking gay as a rainbow unicorn

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:36 PM (39g3+)

277 Do we get credit for The Band?

I give Canada partial credit for The Band.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
--------------

You're dupes of Big Pink.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 07:37 PM (y3sT9)

278 Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:32 PM (vGJ7N)

You might consider sending it to Slapweasel who's the prayer list custodian for the group here. His address is homemadegravy71@ yahoo thingy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:37 PM (8+Ozj)

279 Bye!
Posted by: Thursby


I don't care who loves who!! I won't play the sap for you. I won't walk in Thursby's - and I don't know how many other's - footsteps.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 05, 2018 07:37 PM (39g3+)

280 ace: "Basically, a very strong child will learn that he has to let the weaker child "win" in about 30% of all wrestling matches..."

And so that explains how the once-great Detroit Red Wings, who are now officially a Shit Team, manage to win about 30% of their games.

Gah. The draft can't come soon enough.

Posted by: Pastafarian at March 05, 2018 07:37 PM (sgHEm)

281 That's right: Hoseman. Delbert Hoseman. Esquire.

Posted by: Delbert Hoseman, Esq. at March 05, 2018 07:37 PM (398bZ)

282 The aged senator sounds like something Dickens would write.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:38 PM (aCNZ6)

283 Where is Mississippi anyway? Have they ever had an experienced female senator? Do they want one?

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at March 05, 2018 07:38 PM (Mouru)

284 Mister Metokur on Facebook's asking, 'Should adults be allowed to ask children for pornographic images using Facebook?'

https://youtu.be/91GYL73OOjA

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 07:38 PM (fA1SL)

285 Find "The Truck Got Stuck" by the Canadian band Corb Lund.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at March 05, 2018 07:38 PM (UKN6+)

286 Oh joy, I cant wait to see how the GOP screws this up.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 05, 2018 07:39 PM (iz7pP)

287 279. Not an injudicious thing to do, sir. - C. Gutman.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 07:39 PM (fA1SL)

288 Mister Metokur on Facebook's asking, 'Should adults be allowed to ask children for pornographic images using Facebook?'

https://youtu.be/91GYL73OOjA
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 07:38 PM (fA1SL)

Should adults be able to ask children their opinions about gun control?

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 05, 2018 07:40 PM (aCNZ6)

289 Mike Huckabee was kicked off the board of the CMA after being elected the same day.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2018 07:40 PM (LQTFG)

290
I'm full Trump punching back twice as hard with facts and stats about bias and double standards and flipping everything.

Instead of homelessness I may wind up in a paded room after this ;
Posted by: Yo!


Never been involved in any precipitous negotiations like that, but Trump's not a role model. Just sayin', unless you have a few million to blow on lawyers.

Good luck, but another tact might yield better results. Something like a stone-cold zen monk. YMMV.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 07:40 PM (KXVP7)

291 Capt. Hate, I still recall Hewitt losing his cool for the only time that I heard on the air. Right after that mid-term. Details vague, but basically Dem arrogance and incompetence had put them over a barrel about appropriations and other matters, and Senate GOP actually held a veto of sorts. Astonishingly, they wrote a letter saying nothing would happen in the Senate until the crucial budget matter (??) was worked out in the House.


Instead of delaying action til the last minute of the waning lame-duck Congress - thus denying the Dems the chance to do any more vandalism before they lost the House, and basically Politics 101 - the f***king House leadership folded instantly. A few senators blasted them, and Hewitt was apoplectic. For one show. Next day, back to semi-shill for the GOP, whatever it did.


Of course since the GOP screwed up, the Dems got to take up bad stuff and pass it in the final minutes of their control of all Congress. IIRC, Moscow Treaty on nukes, DADT legislation, a few other disasters.


Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:41 PM (QDnY+)

292 When are things supposed to wrap up?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (8+Ozj)

I have no idea. The ex asked for the temporary to be final and the Judge shot it down and said she wants to see how things ajust, which signals a big change of circumstances being tried out.

That's the only positive I got out of it. That and redpilling that men and fathers can be victims of abuse too and we are people but have no laws and counseling to help.

I'm not holding back. I'm using great tactics the elder members of the Horde have taught me when dealing with SJWs and Commies.

Thanks for letting me vent. I can't stop laughing about the smart was comment concerning teachers.

I'm so tired.

Night Horde.

Posted by: Yo! at March 05, 2018 07:41 PM (vGJ7N)

293 288. Heh.....this stuff is purely sub-political depravity.

That said, I'd suggest that children's opinions be neither noted in deliberation, nor even solicited, for any matter of graver importance than a dinner menu.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 07:42 PM (fA1SL)

294 Fuck. The Leafs never recovered from trading Frank Mahovlich.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2018 07:43 PM (ewxPW)

295 Oh joy, I cant wait to see how the GOP screws this up.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 05, 2018 07:39 PM (iz7pP)



Fear not, I am sure McConnell has a cunning plan!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at March 05, 2018 07:43 PM (gwPgz)

296 Nood - flake

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 07:43 PM (fA1SL)

297 How 'bout them Eye-talian elections.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 07:43 PM (QDnY+)

298 Good night, Yo!. And have faith and patience.

My son is going through something kind of similar. (Goddamn I'm old.)

Posted by: Pastafarian at March 05, 2018 07:43 PM (sgHEm)

299 Nood.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at March 05, 2018 07:44 PM (di1hb)

300 OT Trump said today he was presented with an estimate last week of 1 Billion to build an embassy in Jarusslem. He said no way and the staff will move into temp quarters for now for $250,000.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 05, 2018 07:45 PM (I0LRN)

301 "Mike Huckabee was kicked off the board of the CMA"

Anyone so intolerant as to hold some sort of objection to the loveliness of homo dicksucking just has no place in country music.

Posted by: Mayor Megan Barry at March 05, 2018 07:45 PM (398bZ)

302 Good thing Traci Lords kept her clothes on in that video or it would be illegal.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 05, 2018 07:30 PM


I've read that Traci of Lords only produced one XXX video when she was of legal age.

Therefor my inventory of T of L videos is [null set].

I'm not going to PMITA prison for that skank.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 05, 2018 07:45 PM (LOgQ4)

303 A drunk Jon Lovitz impersonator is on CNN rambling on about Trump

Posted by: REDACTED at March 05, 2018 07:45 PM (VWsDy)

304 115 108 Is a Van Dyke the same as a goatee, AKA chin mullet?
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem


? Me thought real pirates wear mutton chops?

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 07:46 PM (qBA+q)

305 I guess this is why commenting on a dead thread is a banning. Trump calls himself dictator, comment 403, 20 minutes after thread dies calls out Ace for hypocrisy.

Posted by: The Real Bruce at March 05, 2018 07:47 PM (aLzsz)

306 Who's the pimp on Martha's show ??

Posted by: REDACTED at March 05, 2018 07:47 PM (VWsDy)

307
I dunno--note that no one has ever questioned him, even though he was plenty well enough to vote against Obamacare, and that was months and months ago (didn't he have just weeks to live?). And his daughter is not exactly attending his bedside. I guess I'm cynical, with good reason.
Posted by: artemis at March 05, 2018 07:33 PM (AwPyG)

Who ever said "weeks"? I don't like him any better than you do, but if you've ever been around terminal cancer you'd know you can't set your calendar by these things. Individual responses very greatly.

Posted by: stace at March 05, 2018 07:48 PM (6HFDU)

308 250 I will be losing my most reliable vote.
Say "aye" Thad.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at March 05, 2018 07:29 PM (/DvFd)

Aye!

Posted by: William Thad Cochran at March 05, 2018 07:48 PM (D7HXY)

309 Tea Party was smaller/weaker in DC, but they were representing the coming tidal wave of anger. The anger got greater over time, but tea party even at lower levels of outrage, still (probably) represented the majority opinion.

Establishment was governing on behalf of the minority that gave them big bucks, the donor class. And they usually represented the globalists which were selling out America to some "global governance".

So yeah, they were bad people with power representing the donor class, not the real majority. The tea party (broadly) is the sleeping giant even now. (borders, trade, sovereignty, anti-spying, anti-censorship, anti-DCmafia)

Posted by: illiniwek at March 05, 2018 07:48 PM (bT8Z4)

310 I guess this is why commenting on a dead thread is a banning. Trump calls himself dictator, comment 403, 20 minutes after thread dies calls out Ace for hypocrisy.
Posted by: The Real Bruce


New threads are up anywhere between 20 min. and 2 hours, if that constitutes 'hypocrisy,' maybe you aren't here for the fishing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 07:49 PM (KXVP7)

311 I'm listening to this Jordan Peterson thing - it's depressing. Maybe if I learned not to be a sociopath, I'd be happier.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 05, 2018 07:53 PM (/qEW2)

312 15 thhhhttt mrrrrrrrrrrkkkk derrpppppp unghhh
Posted by: John McCain at March 05, 2018 06:49 PM (4ErVI)

FgcrybGd dFsseyokljJtRQ SxDCvbnMhJbbb uuhpQllVmnN dfGtrjqH redbjk.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 05, 2018 06:57 PM (D7HXY)

Ya ah bah.

Posted by: Gabby Giffords at March 05, 2018 06:58 PM (yQpMk)

I got a squirrel laying eggs in my head!

Posted by: Maxine Waters at March 05, 2018 07:55 PM (BR6SG)

313 The aged senator sounds like something Dickens would write.

I was thinking Edgar Allan Poe. The Aged Senator

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2018 08:01 PM (XA9IT)

314
Time for the foetid puss gut, Haley Barbour, to step forward and claim his own (or his kid's, nephew's, whatever). He needs a firm punch in the mouth.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2018 08:09 PM (pNxlR)

315
You know who else resigned from the Senate onnEaster Sunday?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2018 08:10 PM (pNxlR)

316 There is an old saying, dance with the one the brought ya. That is to say, if you are taken to a party, then you had better plan on dancing with the person who brought you, or expect, at best not to be invited back, and at worst, to walk home with your shoes in your hand.

For some bizarre reason, the establishment has convinced themselves that THEY were the ones bringing US to the party, not vice versa. So they dance around with whomever they please, whenever they please, confident that we will wait patiently while they screw around, and even invite them back to the next dance.

Someone needs to tell them, we paid for the dance, and have the car keys in our pocket.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at March 05, 2018 08:10 PM (fftfA)

317
Dearest Cornhole Cornyn: The cockroach is your future, retire voluntarily before we force you out.

Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson's rapey banana at March 05, 2018 09:14 PM (1L9V9)

318 yes yes he's (belatedly) demonstrating he has gobs more class and dignity than John McCain

not a high bar but it's not nothing

Posted by: happyfeet at March 05, 2018 09:42 PM (mLfQi)

319 Ace: "<i>I never even thought about very-young socialization in children and the huge effects that has later in life.</i>"

"Give me four years to teach the childrenand the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."

"Give us the child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever."

"Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world."
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/vladimir_lenin_383393
Some guy named Lenin had this figured out a long time ago. It's what animates the Left in their view of contemporary education. Or hadn't you noticed?
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/vladimir_lenin_153238Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/vladimir_lenin_153238Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/vladimir_lenin_153238

Posted by: Anonymous at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (v5uOx)

320 I'll bet Cochran is in no where near as bad health as Pelosi. Of course you know which one demorats favor and which they think is unfit for office.

Posted by: ron n. at March 06, 2018 01:19 AM (MBrFx)

321 * Seconds 26 * 16 > Thread Winner!

Posted by: nevah at March 06, 2018 05:43 AM (rv12I)

322 This is wrong. The problem is that the Left funds the establishment. Why fundraise constantly when you can just cash the check from the Chamber of Commerce. The word comes down to the GOPe, roll those fu***rs and do it now!

Posted by: KK at March 06, 2018 06:00 AM (zpstI)

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