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Barbara Bush Dead at 92
This follows swiftly upon her decision to forgo additional treatment for her illnesses and instead only receive comfort care.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:23 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 17, 2018 08:23 PM (ARxcJ)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:23 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 17, 2018 08:23 PM (ARxcJ)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:25 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 17, 2018 08:26 PM (dUJdY)
It's not a bad thing when they say it. At least you know and can move on to the next thing...which is unpleasant but was inevitable anyway.
In other news Pompeo met directly with Lil Kim.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 08:26 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at April 17, 2018 08:23 PM (ARxcJ)
A pensive look at a ventilator?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 08:27 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 08:26 PM
The rapper? Hip Hop summit?
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile
Something tasteful. Maybe one taken from behind of him staring at a sunset.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable - Now with a Dangerous Body! at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (9Hjhc)
This really is the question, isn't it? A picture of him by a shrub, metaphorically a Bush in his mind? Him standing and looking at the Lincoln Memorial?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (l4l/z)
Posted by: weew at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (Dol4k)
Did she get knighted before she died? The queen likes to knight every tom, dick, and harry she sees.
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (0h21v)
Posted by: LASue at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (Z48ZB)
"I copyrighted that, he better not!!"
--Comey, Super special agent for the FBI
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (kLBhp)
Maybe Pence will be asked to do the honors? POTUS conveniently out of the country?
Posted by: jmel at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (OeWgo)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (vWMNq)
I'm guessing she doesn't have a lot of control over that, or she wouldn't be knighting Beatles.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:27 PM
Yep. I mean she was 92. At some point. My Grandmother was 86, Gramps was gone when she got word of cancer. She asked for nothing except prayers.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:30 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:30 PM (vWMNq)
Nancy trumped them all though. That one made me cry.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:27 PM (39g3+)
Yup.... at a certain point you just say... 'enough'...
Moms 89 and just had a Masectomy for Breast Cancer... 45% chance of coming back if she does nothing.... 25% chance with Chemo and other drugs....
Chemo basically ages you 10 years....
So she has chosen (IMO correctly), to forgo chemo...
How you end your life, while not as important as how you lived your life..... is still important...
Posted by: Don Q. at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (y3aQB)
Posted by: lin-duh at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (39g3+)
The Beatles, sure, but Herman's Hermits get nothing above Groom of the Stool.
Posted by: QE II at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (kLBhp)
That was his official portrait.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:30 PM
See, a picture with a bush. Tweet it Reggie!
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2018 08:32 PM (Z+R1t)
Same thing happened with my grandpa and his wife. He decided at 88 not to treat his lymphoma (the chemo almost killed him the first time around). He passed, my stepgrandma passed 15 days later. She just didn't have the will to live without him.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at April 17, 2018 08:32 PM (SRarZ)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (vWMNq)
I think that that was his grandmother, the "typical white woman." You know, the person who took him in and raised him when everyone else treated him like something they'd scrape off their shoe.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:32 PM (4o+ea)
She draws the line at Madness, no title for them
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:32 PM
If she'd only been a wise Latina.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: lin-duh at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (kufk0)
*shudders*
Kill me now.
Posted by: Wild Bill at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM (Dp6qK)
Posted by: weew at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM (Dol4k)
Posted by: lin-duh at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (kufk0)
*shudders*
Kill me now.
Posted by: Wild Bill at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM
Please.
Posted by: Mrs. Bill at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: SicSemperTyrannus at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (K4tPE)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (PUmDY)
73 years is a long time to be married.
My wife's godmother just passed away at 97. She was widowed for over 40 years.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (vWMNq)
Can you imagine a real knight, say Sir Galahad, meeting "Sir" Ringo Starr??
*was Galahad a real person, or fiction?
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (0h21v)
Posted by: weew at April 17, 2018 08:33 PM (Dol4k)
Probably went right back to skeeving on 15 year old girls on instagram.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2018 08:35 PM (pUDQf)
Posted by: SicSemperTyrannus at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM
Ah hem. I'm right over hear bitch!
Posted by: Moochelle at April 17, 2018 08:35 PM (CiRJp)
And now it's time for her to rest with the Lord.
And I fear you all are right that Pappy will not tarry long on this earth without her.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 08:35 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 08:35 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2018 08:35 PM (Ymy4N)
Posted by: SicSemperTyrannus at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (K4tPE)
She can't hold a candle to Nancy Reagan.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2018 08:35 PM (pUDQf)
My guess is probably based on a real person, or a bunch of different people combined into one myth. Sort of an ideal knight that they created from stories of knights.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:36 PM (39g3+)
I expect G.H.W Bush won't last long. My M-i-L lasted just 4 days after she comprehended her husband of just shy of 70 years was gone.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at April 17, 2018 08:36 PM (l7Kbv)
Didn't he blow off seeing his own mother in hospital?
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:29 PM (vWMNq)
Well she was just a white woman
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 08:36 PM (SiINZ)
*was Galahad a real person, or fiction?
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (0h21v)
You could ask the same question re Ringo Starr.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:36 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: SicSemperTyrannus at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM
OK, what's the punchline ??
Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (Ymy4N)
In the words of Barry, the Worst....A composite knight.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: f'd999,999 at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (UdKB7)
My guess is probably based on a real person, or a bunch of different people combined into one myth. Sort of an ideal knight that they created from stories of knights.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:36 PM (39g3+)
So ... a composite?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (4o+ea)
The most gracious First Lady in my lifetime
Look up her remarks on Palin. I was fooled until then.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: T at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (MmeCn)
Posted by: QE II at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (kLBhp)
David Clark Five: Luxury
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 08:38 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: willow at April 17, 2018 08:38 PM (eaoOY)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 08:38 PM (EyPfd)
The Beatles, sure, but Herman's Hermits get nothing above Groom of the Stool.
Posted by: QE II at April 17, 2018 08:31 PM (kLBhp)
But Herman's Hermits had a hit about Henry VIII.
Different royal dynasty, I guess.
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 08:38 PM (sdi6R)
Another of the old generation passes.
I can't say I even disagree with her decision. Everyone gets to pick how they go, ideally.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at April 17, 2018 08:38 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (Ymy4N)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (EyPfd)
Should read "Barry, the Wurst."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (ppaKI)
I wish someone would tell my FIL that.
I'll burn in hell for that, I know.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (SRarZ)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (4o+ea)
Like Barry's girlfriends except based in some fact of actual persons
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (SiINZ)
Reggie is SO jealous.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: LASue at April 17, 2018 08:28 PM (Z48ZB)
I don't think it was fast. I think she made her peace and said her good-byes to everyone before she left. She had been sick and receiving treatment for awhile.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (XVgpK)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM
Atta girl!
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (NTM5E)
coming back if she does nothing.... 25% chance with Chemo and other
drugs....
For some types of breast cancer there are chemo treatments that have almost no side effects. My mother was on Fareston for years without apparent bad effects. It wasn't breast cancer that got her at 96.
Posted by: An Observation at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (KdlDE)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (EyPfd)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (4o+ea)
Like Barry's girlfriends except based in some fact of actual persons
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 08:39 PM (SiINZ)
Barry's a composite American.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (4o+ea)
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (EyPfd)
Ow.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 17, 2018 08:41 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 08:40 PM (NTM5E)
Wow. What an impressive guy.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:37 PM (vWMNq)
The Bushies always rely on the forgetfulness of the unwashed
Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (Ymy4N)
Let us just avoid the scene from yesterday morning where our fire-eaters were saying very unkind things about Mrs. Bush, and just let her pass, mourned by her family and loved ones. I think the Horde can show more class than the usual fever swamps over on the Left side.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Free Sonobi With Purchase of Grumbling Gadgets at the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (0QYMt)
Posted by: MoJoeTee at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (qqi3j)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: T at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (MmeCn)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:43 PM (CiRJp)
Such class. Such ass.
I'm going dark again for a while; this is beyond stupid ridiculous.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Free Sonobi With Purchase of Grumbling Gadgets at the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2018 08:44 PM (0QYMt)
Hey, he and his rich donors should have gone with her gut instinct.
But of course she supported him once he decided to run.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 17, 2018 08:44 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 17, 2018 08:41 PM (yQpMk)
Found dead in his house by the police. Must've been a wellness check, maybe?
I'm guessing heart attack unless he had a hidden drug problem.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 08:44 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:45 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2018 08:45 PM (UiRxW)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Free Sonobi With Purchase of Grumbling Gadgets at the Outrage Outlet! at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM
Been there myself, my condolences to you and agreed. Well put.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:45 PM (CiRJp)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:42 PM (4o+ea)
Toughest old coot you could imagine. When he was 85 he was tilling the garden with a gas powered tiller. It got away from him and the blade gashed his calf. Cleaned it up, said "I'm fine" and refused to go to the hospital. Finished tilling 2 days later. They don't make them like him anymore.
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 08:45 PM (NTM5E)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:46 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 17, 2018 08:47 PM (SO4me)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:41 PM (39g3+)
It is better but it's still no picnic. The people I know who have had it have been super-weak, often unable to eat, get bleeding in their mouths, etc. Cancer is hell.
Posted by: T at April 17, 2018 08:47 PM (MmeCn)
And now it's time for her to rest with the Lord.
And I fear you all are right that Pappy will not tarry long on this earth without her.
She appeared to be the backbone of that family. It must feel like losing part of himself for GHB. They were married so long, shared so much. And he has been so ill himself. It is quite common for one spouse not to live long after losing their mate.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 08:48 PM (XVgpK)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 17, 2018 08:48 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 17, 2018 08:49 PM (Dp6qK)
Stories like this are becoming more and more rare.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 08:49 PM (2wOtx)
Remember her springer Millie, the one that had puppies in the WH?
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 17, 2018 08:50 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2018 08:50 PM (bytnS)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 08:41 PM (39g3+)
Newer approaches like immunotherapy don't have the same kinds of side effects as traditional chemotherapy. They can have different side effects, though.
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 08:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2018 08:50 PM (PB/yJ)
During these types of things, I always wonder which is the best way to go. I had four grandparents that I knew all the way into my teens (and I was lucky to know them, all some of the best people I have ever known.)
My grandfather on my Mom's side was the first. He just dropped of a heart attack. It was hard. Very rough.
The other three lingered. That was also rough.
The only thing I got out of that whole deal, no matter how I go, I want to keep my mind. If that means foregoing palliative treatment, so be it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:51 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:51 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 17, 2018 08:52 PM (gm9yG)
Posted by: T at April 17, 2018 08:52 PM (MmeCn)
Posted by: zombie at April 17, 2018 08:52 PM (42M22)
To make her decision, though, I'll bet she lived with a lot of pain for a long time.
Certain people live seemingly forever because they're evil and are afraid of Hell. Others seem like they do it from duty.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2018 08:53 PM (UiRxW)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:53 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:53 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: T at April 17, 2018 08:52 PM
Yep.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:53 PM (CiRJp)
Barbara Bush
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Michelle Obama
Posted by: zombie at April 17, 2018 08:52 PM (42M22)
Logarithmic scale.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:53 PM (4o+ea)
What language is your numbering in? All I'm seeing is funny little boxes.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:54 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: I'm Tucker Carlson and I will destroy you at April 17, 2018 08:55 PM (7iMTj)
Melania Trump
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Jackie Kennedy
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Rosayln Carter when she was young
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Barbara Bush
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Lady Bird Johnson
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Michelle Obama
Posted by: zombie at April 17, 2018 08:55 PM (42M22)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 08:53 PM (4o+ea)
That's what I was thinking, with a Limit approaching infinity for Mrs Bush.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:55 PM (6b22r)
I don't mean that in a shitty way but he's an older guy who's been through the ringer and just lost the love of his life.
Despite my deep issues with that family I pray they find peace.
Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at April 17, 2018 08:55 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Rihar at April 17, 2018 08:55 PM (+PABY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2018 08:56 PM (bytnS)
She was a fine First Lady though.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 17, 2018 08:56 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: Ian S. at April 17, 2018 08:56 PM (gm9yG)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 17, 2018 08:56 PM (KxbBq)
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 08:57 PM (CiRJp)
That's an unfortunate juxtaposition.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (vWMNq)
She was a fine First Lady though.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 17, 2018 08:56 PM (0jtPF)
That is one thing I wonder if the WWII generation does not get, and no fault to them. They came of age and lived when most everyone loved America. It was the default, not the exception. I do not think they realize the foe, and what their goals are.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: An Observation at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (KdlDE)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Off the reservation
It the secret code for the numeral representing the number "50" from the early days of the Roman Republic and the Latin language, before they even invented the "L = 50" symbolism.
Seriously!
I just use it because it resembles a downward arrow in comments.
Posted by: zombie at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (42M22)
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Well, in a way, it was Dubya that upset the streak. Jeb was supposed to end up in the White House, not George W. And Dubya's time in the White House probably made it less likely that Jeb would eventually get the job. While Dubya definitely had his flaws, I've got a gut feeling that he was better than his brother would have turned out to be.
In any case, condolences to the family at this time.
Posted by: junior at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (zEEao)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2018 08:59 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: zombie at April 17, 2018 08:55 PM (42M22)
I understand Martha Washington was considered quite a hottie when she was young.
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)
Dang. Got a little dusty in here.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)
Well, she was married to one of the most decent and honorable men to have ever lived. That adds a few points, even on the Scogg scale.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 09:01 PM (NTM5E)
Posted by: zombie Mary Todd Lincoln at April 17, 2018 09:02 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)
Ask Vic about that in the morning...
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 09:02 PM (NTM5E)
I never heard what it was. Cancer?
I thought I read that somewhere but the family statement when she left hospital did not say anything more than "a life threatening illness".
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 09:03 PM (vWMNq)
Whenever I want to really piss off my leftist shithead friends on FB every time they post some stupid fawning shit about the Mooch I just upload a pic of her with that "bulge" in her dress. I'm too easily amused.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:03 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 08:59 PM (sdi6R)
Well, she was married to one of the most decent and honorable men to have ever lived. That adds a few points, even on the Scogg scale.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (6b22r)
Daniel Parke Custis?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 17, 2018 09:03 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Timon at April 17, 2018 09:02 PM (NTM5E)
She was probably a bit too young for his tastes...
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:03 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:04 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: zombie at April 17, 2018 09:04 PM (42M22)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 17, 2018 09:03 PM (yQpMk)
Nice! I had to look him up. Thanks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:04 PM (6b22r)
Barbara Bush patted my lad on the head when he was in 3rd grade. He got to see her four times.
Posted by: MathMom at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (dU+m0)
Yet the quote I most remember was her calling bullshit on President Clinton. "Men remember who gave them oral sex." or words to that effect.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (nBBdT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (EZebt)
Ummmmm.....No.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (EoRCO)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (Ymy4N)
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 09:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: mpfs at April 17, 2018 09:06 PM (79p/O)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 17, 2018 09:06 PM (+Dllb)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 17, 2018 09:06 PM (uDcBt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 17, 2018 08:59 PM
*******
I think Barbara Bush was diagnosed with "AFU"... That's a professionally recognised medical abbreviation, not an insult!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 17, 2018 09:06 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 17, 2018 09:07 PM (laUZs)
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Must be someone else, Grover was I think 50 or thereabouts and married a 21 year old while in the White House, despite being a fat bastard, which is why he's my hero.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:07 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: f'd1M at April 17, 2018 09:07 PM (UdKB7)
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I think it was Cleveland. Though it might have been Taft. And iirc, she'd been his ward up until then.
Evidently that sort of thing was more or less accepted back then. Today people would go ballistic.
Posted by: junior at April 17, 2018 09:08 PM (zEEao)
heh.
Barbara was a 'ette!
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:09 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: junior at April 17, 2018 09:08 PM (zEEao)
*sigh*
Posted by: Roy Moore at April 17, 2018 09:09 PM (Dp6qK)
Posted by: THIS is CNN at April 17, 2018 09:09 PM (BsGS1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 17, 2018 09:00 PM (EZebt)
Michelle Obama and Eleanor Roosevelt. Not even the biggest masochist would want those two
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 09:09 PM (SiINZ)
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Must be someone else, Grover was I think 50 or thereabouts and married a 21 year old while in the White House, despite being a fat bastard, which is why he's my hero.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:07 PM (+dsLj)
That's probably what I was thinking of. She was definitely way under the "half his age plus seven" rule.
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2018 09:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2018 09:11 PM (UiRxW)
Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2018 09:11 PM (q177U)
As Wretchard once wrote, watching that generation pass away is like watching a vast army of people marching down a road together, away from us, and with the last few turning and waving before they disapear around a bend, hidden from our sight forever. All that we know for certain is that we'll all be following them down that same road some day.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:12 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 09:12 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2018 09:12 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:12 PM (FJXGr)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:13 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 09:14 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (6b22r)
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Yep.
I think that's been true of many of them.
Oh, they'll see things like burning the flag or kneeling at the anthem and they'll hate that. But they don't make the connections. They can't grasp that the poison has entered major institutions, that, say, a major party or a POTUS could actually be anti-American.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 17, 2018 09:14 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: rickl
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Heh.
Posted by: Strom Thurman at April 17, 2018 09:15 PM (FJXGr)
Barbara Bush was a great First Lady. She spoke her mind, but didn't try to steamroller the world. She always conducted herself with dignity leavened with humor. She didn't let herself be used by any one for any thing. I truly enjoyed her years in the White House.
My deepest sympathy to her family.
Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at April 17, 2018 09:16 PM (BOdUR)
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Apparently Dubya's tongue bathing of Obama while breaking his silence to braaavely attack Trump wasn't enough quell the mob. Who would have thunk.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:16 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 17, 2018 09:16 PM (wSC8T)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:12 PM (V2Yro)
It makes me cry, bcz the army coming up is not anything like the one we are losing. The values aren't there, along with all the other things I feel are vanishing as the Greatest Generation fades out.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:16 PM (XVgpK)
Life partner. Better half.
We all should be so lucky.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:17 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:16 PM (+dsLj)
Well, his Mom just died, so maybe that is enough punishment.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:17 PM (6b22r)
Even though I disagreed with a number of things her husband and son did while in office, she had quite a good run.
RIP, Barbara Bush.
Posted by: Sasquatch the Original trans-Wookie at April 17, 2018 09:17 PM (xxG/v)
Her name is on a hospital in Maine for a reason.
She was a blessing to us.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 17, 2018 09:17 PM (Ike10)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 09:18 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2018 09:14 PM (39g3+)
They hate God. Why would the vile bastards give Barbara Bush a break? Although, I'm sure the self-righteous wonders of twatter will zap them for doing that, right?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 09:18 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 09:18 PM (4ErVI)
Was she a heavy smoker? I realize she probably smoked at some time in her life, but I do not remember it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:19 PM (6b22r)
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I'm inclined to think she might have been our version of Margaret Thatcher had she run for office.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:19 PM (+dsLj)
>>>What picture of himself will Obama tweet? <<<
My guess would be a casual mid-swagger of himself on his way into the bathhouse.
Posted by: Fritz at April 17, 2018 09:19 PM (bJ0w+)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:20 PM (GdWl+)
They won't even give their own a break. And the vile stuff started before she passed.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 09:20 PM (vWMNq)
Class act all the way.
Posted by: trev006 at April 17, 2018 09:20 PM (jRA31)
Riess befriended the 59-year-old woman after meeting her at a bar in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., and then shot her dead in an attempt to steal her identity, according to police.
She seems nice.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 09:20 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 17, 2018 09:20 PM (+y/Ru)
Damn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:21 PM (6b22r)
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My favorite quote from her in recent times was when she commented that if the ground didn't kill her husband after he went skydiving, she would.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:21 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 17, 2018 09:22 PM (KxbBq)
Talking about Barbara.
American Mom.
Mission Accomplished, lady.
Go with grace to your reward.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:22 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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That describes every older Liberal that I know. They aren't stupid, but they believe that the Democrats are the Democrats of Harry Truman. And, their sources of news are usual three-letter networks where the corruption is covered up, and conservatives are vilified.
They also suffer the damaged psyches that all Left/Lib/Progs do...they are incapable of intellectually assimilating any data or facts that contradict their perspective, it just never makes it past their eyes or ears. Their brains refuse to consider it.
Posted by: Strom Thurman at April 17, 2018 09:22 PM (5OO3x)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:22 PM (5OO3x)
As Wretchard once wrote, watching that generation pass away is like watching a vast army of people marching down a road together, away from us, and with the last few turning and waving before they disapear around a bend, hidden from our sight forever. All that we know for certain is that we'll all be following them down that same road some day.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:12 PM
That almost sounds like the Twilight Zone episode "The Passersby."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passersby
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2018 09:23 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 17, 2018 09:23 PM (yTnCT)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 09:24 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:24 PM (5OO3x)
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:21 PM (+dsLj)
For all her jokes, you get the feeling that she would definitely cut a bitch if anyone tried to bring a war to her husband. Or her son, for that matter.
Posted by: trev006 at April 17, 2018 09:24 PM (jRA31)
https://tinyurl.com/y7fd6b87
Seems like a Good Lady.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:25 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:25 PM (2wOtx)
Hey Babs, divest my pesky anal leakage, you conservative white christian nazi racist!
Uhh, before I send you to the camps, can you wash my teddy? I cried on him last night when the NRA monster under the bed whispered mean things in my dreams...
Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:25 PM (M1/RY)
Posted by: t-bird at April 17, 2018 09:26 PM (9tO1t)
In the end, she was simply Bushed.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2018 09:26 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:19 PM (+dsLj)
I bet you are right. Every marriage has one partner who is stronger. I think it was her. They both picked well in who they married, and stayed loyal to each other. If for no other reason, I respect them for that. But, IMHO, he was the last President of Honor. Nothing to do with his politics or whether I agreed with him or not. But that is for another day.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:26 PM (XVgpK)
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:27 PM (XVgpK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:19 PM (6b22r)
Not sure. Maybe it's a case of getting it without doing anything wrong.
My mother had lung cancer and smoked a sum total of maybe a year when she was a teenager. The oncologist said he was almost certain that had nothing to do with the cancer.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 17, 2018 09:27 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:27 PM (PUmDY)
A neighbor did the same at 88. She wanted everyone to know that it wasn't a tragedy and that she'd done everything she'd wanted to.
Posted by: t-bird at April 17, 2018 09:28 PM (nBBdT)
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:27 PM (XVgpK)
I think that is someone trying to be funny.
The one up thread is not.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:28 PM (6b22r)
Mr. H would agree with that.
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:30 PM (YYn2L)
Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2018 09:11 PM (q177U)
I think you perceive time as a fraction of the time you've lived.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 09:30 PM (4o+ea)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at April 17, 2018 09:30 PM (wSC8T)
I loved it when she told George to get that silver spoon out of his mouth. Good ole slap at Ann Richards.
Posted by: jazzuscounty at April 17, 2018 09:31 PM (7LWeC)
Posted by: TN VOLUNTEER at April 17, 2018 09:31 PM (NDRcc)
Posted by: DeploraBOT at April 17, 2018 09:31 PM (y3aQB)
I must have not seen that one.
And I guess my sense of humor is on the fritz bcz 209 didn't seem funny to me.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:31 PM (XVgpK)
RIP
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:32 PM (hMwEB)
Sometimes it seems that life is one missed opportunity after another.
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:33 PM (YYn2L)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:34 PM (hyuyC)
PDGGC, you didn't get it because you are a genuinely nice and sweet person. No sarc. Truly a nice Moron. Unlike most of the rest of us, who are deplorable filth. And revel in it!
Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:34 PM (M1/RY)
So far, so good!
I keed, I keed.
I actually want to go before any of my immediate family. I hate losing people.
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:35 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 17, 2018 09:20 PM (vWMNq)
Social media is a pox on humanity. As are the digital cabal that run it.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:36 PM (XVgpK)
dang
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:36 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at April 17, 2018 09:35 PM (hMwEB)
That's where my MIL is right now. She is the only one left, her brothers are all gone, her parents, her spouse. It's very sad for her.
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:36 PM (YYn2L)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:36 PM (PUmDY)
Barbara said, welcome, this is your house. One thing though, we make our own beds.
Posted by: Minnfidel at April 17, 2018 09:37 PM (L3YlV)
Hang in there. We will miss you, along with your family.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:37 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2018 09:37 PM (Ymy4N)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 17, 2018 09:38 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:34 PM (M1/RY)
I have my moments of dropping the f-bomb and losing it. I didn't take enough time to look at your post & nic & and my eyes were swimming with tears a bit. So I jumped the gun. No pun intended. Ha.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:39 PM (XVgpK)
Posted by: bluebell at April 17, 2018 09:39 PM (oMtOd)
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:36 PM (XVgpK)
I dunno, people are people. Any group large enough is going to have a few rotten apples.
Look at it this way, I think the internet is a net positive:
-I can look up anything. Sure it may not be true, but that was also the case when I looked things up in the student library at IU- with a lot less walking. (Although, to be fair, I really enjoyed finding old books way up on various floors, in the back and imagining whether I was the first person to touch them in decades.)
-We have the Horde. Being able to talk to others who share a common worldview is extremely beneficial, especially given the left's chosen tactics going back a century.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:39 PM (6b22r)
My wife and I think about that when watching my father in law fade, who's now 94. He's always been incredibly healthy, and now it's almost a curse because there is no one thing particularly wrong with him, but everything seems to be wearing out at about the same time. And even he says he's lived too long.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:40 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:40 PM (M1/RY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:39 PM (6b22r)
Honestly, I do not know how I would have made it through Zero's reign of error without you guys.
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:41 PM (YYn2L)
Posted by: Blake at April 17, 2018 09:41 PM (WEBkv)
The Astros posted a tribute to her on their website, including a photo of her wearing an Astros shirt and cap.
https://tinyurl.com/yafy24y2
I'm glad she got to see her 'Stros win the WS last year.
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 17, 2018 09:42 PM (3C9q2)
Yeah, my great uncle was the same way. A great guy who always looked 20 years younger than he was (my mom is the same way- good genes on that side of the family.) He just got to a point where his body was just wearing down. Still was taking classes at UTEP up until the very end. Always something new to learn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:42 PM (6b22r)
My wife swears that she'll kill me if I die before she does.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:42 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: ghost of kari at April 17, 2018 09:42 PM (eY/ez)
Sometimes it seems that life is one missed opportunity after another.
Posted by: ALH
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Ahhh. But, that makes a lot of HUGE assumptions about those opportunities. As a for-instance, I have always regretted not going to graduate school. BUT...what if while at graduate school, I was struck by a bus while crossing the street?
We always imagine that life might have been better if we had only done this or that, but we also assume a positive outcome, we rarely consider how it might have gone very, very wrong.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:43 PM (y3sT9)
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It's sad because in the beginning everything was awesome until the left touched it. Online dating back before 2000 was awesome, Twitter itself surprisingly was awesome from 2007 to 2009 (at least for me), other startup social media networks were equally awesome.
And then the moral decay, censorship and wanton fascism by the left set in and that was the end of that.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:43 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:41 PM (YYn2L)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:43 PM (6b22r)
I've been through a lot of crap in my life.
I can't wait to ax The Big Guy exactly what I did to piss Him off at me before I was born.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at April 17, 2018 09:44 PM (GdWl+)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 17, 2018 09:38 PM (RuIsu)
Me too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghj5V5cUo1s
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 17, 2018 09:44 PM (EoRCO)
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:41 PM (YYn2L)
Ditto that. This is an unusual experience. metaphorically kept me from eating a bullet numerous times.
I stress: metaphorically.
And Rest in Peace, Mrs. Bush.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at April 17, 2018 09:44 PM (Mkuv2)
You guys keep it up, and I'm going to tell you about walking our aging dog this evening.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:45 PM (y3sT9)
Posted by: LASue at April 17, 2018 09:45 PM (Z48ZB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:43 PM (y3sT9)
Then you would have died happy with the thought, "At least I went to grad school."
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2018 09:45 PM (lF8td)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:43 PM (y3sT9)
Yeah, but do you ever play the "What if I knew then what I know now?" game? I do. One of the things age gives is perspective. It is not just wanting to do things differently, but now knowing what was really important and what wasn't.
May not be productive, but I certainly understand the allure.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:46 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Taqyia2Me at April 17, 2018 09:46 PM (Ftuf+)
ALH
Ace and the Horde saved my sanity while pbho was in office.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:46 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2018 09:46 PM (a3OL0)
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I agree. It's a dehumanizing poison.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:46 PM (y3sT9)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2018 09:47 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 17, 2018 09:47 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: backbeat lurker at April 17, 2018 09:47 PM (xj3h0)
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I dropped out of going to law school but always wondered if I had committed myself to being one of the few conservative lawyers out there where would I be today? The answer is obvious, I'd be under investigation by Mueller.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:47 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:48 PM (2wOtx)
My bunghole is rapidly aging. I got two to three years tops being a community bank for rich progtards. After that I'll just have to adv re t on Grinder for university faculty, b-listers and Starbucks BBC baristas...
Posted by: Twinkenfueher Hogg at April 17, 2018 09:48 PM (M1/RY)
Of course there were things I wished I would have tried (although it's mostly "I wish I knew then what I know now") but on the other hand, I know there were some Roads Not Taken that I am very glad I left alone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:48 PM (V2Yro)
They are deliberately unlearned, focused on power, and irrational. I wish I did not have to suffer when they screw things up.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:48 PM (hyuyC)
Come on, folks. There's nothing inherently wrong with social media.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2018 09:49 PM (lF8td)
... I wish I'd skipped college entirely, and just flown helicopters.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 17, 2018 09:49 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Infidel
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Life doesn't seem to have much regard for us.
I try to be grateful for the good things in my life. It's a struggle to remember that at times.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:49 PM (y3sT9)
...
Absolutely.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:48 PM (2wOtx)
Are we riffing on the Illuminati or the Jews?
Wait, does the Illuminati include the Jews by default?
j/k (which it seems sad to have to include- but I have read comments too long.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:49 PM (6b22r)
Come on, folks. There's nothing inherently wrong with social media.
...
Or cancer. Just doing what it takes to survive.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:50 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:50 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:48 PM (V2Yro)
Agreed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:50 PM (6b22r)
His last few years his body just started getting... old. I know it sounds funny... he was over 90, so yeah "old" but he never had anything really wrong with him, so it was sad to see.
He passed away 5 years ago at 95.
I've had a lot of family members (aunts, uncles, great-grandparents, great-greats of all sorts, etc) live to be over 90. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Posted by: Ann at April 17, 2018 09:51 PM (bmVV7)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2018 09:49 PM (lF8td)
That's true. It's just a tool. You can use it to keep in touch with friends and family, or you can use it to do terrible things.
Posted by: ALH at April 17, 2018 09:51 PM (YYn2L)
Kind of sums up the axiom: If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at April 17, 2018 09:51 PM (Mkuv2)
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at April 17, 2018 09:51 PM (H5knJ)
Cancer is because we live too long. It primarily is a disease of cell replication errors.
Juvenile cancer is because of immune system issues.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:51 PM (hyuyC)
Posted by: ScoggDog
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"The great thing about a college education is, if things go bad, at least you don't say to yourself "Things would have been different if only I had gone to college." - Mark Vonnegut
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:52 PM (y3sT9)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2018 09:52 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at April 17, 2018 09:51 PM (H5knJ)
*Fistbump*
People show you who they are.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:52 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2018 09:52 PM (y3sT9)
That's pretty damn funny. Thanks.
Things ain't even "bad". I'm just bored. I've been bored for about five years.
Still beats dead.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 17, 2018 09:53 PM (fiGNd)
"I admire LeBron James," Comey said in a live interview. "He's about to find out I used to talk about him all over the FBI. He illustrates what the endless pursuit of excellence looks like."
"Every offseason, I've read, he tries to find a part of his game to make better, which is crazy because he's already better than everyone else," Comey said.
Jimmy should be writing for Tiger Beat
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2018 09:52 PM (a3OL0)
I have noted, with sadness, your father's issues. I just have not been able to find something to say. I hope things get easier.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: X-ray at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (TGrKk)
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Well yes and no, if it was A TRULY neutral platform maybe, but elements of it are purposely designed to create addictive behavior and other disturbing pathologies.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (+dsLj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 17, 2018 09:40 PM (V2Yro)
I see that Prince Phillip is 94 and just had hip replacement surgery. It seems that if you make it into your 90s, then it is about things wearing out, and your desire to stay in the mortal world decreases too. That is why we celebrate those who make it past 100.
I feel about Queen Elizabeth & her husband like I do about the people we are losing. The last of a generation that held us steady, and the ones coming up are not up to their standard. Not even close.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (XVgpK)
~~~~~
I dunno. My Mom lived to 88. Smoked 2 packs/day until the last week of her life when she was hospitalized.
One of her sisters died at the age of 38 from lung cancer. Never smoked in her life.
Posted by: IrishEi at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (HiDrR)
Come on, folks. There's nothing inherently wrong with social media.
Se-na-tor, You should LISTEN to this hu-man.
Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at April 17, 2018 09:55 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 17, 2018 09:30 PM (4o+ea)
Yeah, like a sliding scale that's always changing. A fulcrum of time. Leverage.
Posted by: Max Power at April 17, 2018 09:56 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Fritz at April 17, 2018 09:56 PM (bJ0w+)
Yet, here I am.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 17, 2018 09:56 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (XVgpK)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (SiINZ)
He would spend hours on his bed, dreamily kicking his feet, listening the Shaun Cassidy 45s, writing in his diary, dotting his I's with little hearts...
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (Mkuv2)
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (+dsLj)
Huh?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (lF8td)
...
That is a perfect description of Twitter.
Posted by: Tanner Boyle at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (2wOtx)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (PUmDY)
Any insanity that reportedly comes out of that mental midget's piehole, I pretty much take as a given these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 09:54 PM (SiINZ)
He would spend hours on his bed, dreamily kicking his feet, listening the Shaun Cassidy 45s, writing in his diary, dotting his I's with little hearts...
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (Mkuv2)
Can't imagine what he's written on his Trapper Keeper.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: Eromero at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (zLDYs)
RIP.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (84Sfd)
James Comey is trying to be the twittiest upper-class twit.
I trust you are doing well, after all your adventures?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (hyuyC)
bbl.
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (a3OL0)
bbl.
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2018 09:58 PM (a3OL0)
Here's one from amazon:
https://tinyurl.com/ydevwbhd
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 10:00 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 09:57 PM (PUmDY)
The lack wits at Yahoo posted this:
Former FBI director James Comey, on a book tour to promote "A Higher Loyalty," his scathing takedown of the Trump presidency, cited an unexpected role model Tuesday morning on "Good Morning America": LeBron James.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2018 10:01 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 10:01 PM (6b22r)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 17, 2018 10:01 PM (PUmDY)
find out I used to talk about him all over the FBI. He illustrates what
the endless pursuit of excellence looks like."<<<
If LeBron James was Kobe Bryant and Jim Comey was a 19 year old girl in Colorado, the NBA and FBI would be even more popular than they are now.
Posted by: Fritz at April 17, 2018 10:01 PM (bJ0w+)
Posted by: Slapweasel (Cold1) (T) at April 17, 2018 10:01 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: IrishEi at April 17, 2018 10:01 PM (HiDrR)
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It was mentioned in the Facebook hearings but there's other articles on the subject, that neurologists or experts in neurology were hired precisely to help in creating a platform that promotes addictive behavior through dopamine releases or some such thing (Im drawing from memory here). The same concept is applied to gaming but in my view it's more nefarious when it comes to social media.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 17, 2018 10:02 PM (+dsLj)
That is one thing I wonder if the WWII generation does not get, and no fault to them. They came of age and lived when most everyone loved America. It was the default, not the exception. I do not think they realize the foe, and what their goals are.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 17, 2018 08:58 PM (6b22r)
My 85 year old mother and I talk regularly about how the Leftist/Globalist power structure has eliminated the traditional Democrat party of FDR, Truman, JFK, Scoop Jackson, Mike Mansfield, etc.
She was for Reagan in 1976, when Ford won. And in 1980, she got involved at the local level for Reagan.
She was a big Trumpster from the beginning of the primaries. She really disliked Trump's horndog tendencies, but she sluffed that off saying her 5 brothers who all were Marines were just as bad.
But she also was the first person I knew personally to say she wasn't voting for Trump to be her priest, but her president. And any American president had to be a badass in a previous life, because that is what it takes.
We still talk about how slimy the Trump haters act against him. And we talk about the slimy press who only push the anti-USA, pro-Globalist agenda.
We also talk about how classy Melania is as our First Lady.
I wish the Bush family peace, and thought the world of Barbara. I hope they go back into oil or pro baseball and away from politics.
Her husband was head of the CIA, for gosh sakes, so I am guessing she knew more than she let on about Globalists, and I would bet she kept her mouth shut because most women kept in bounds of their traditional leanings back then.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 17, 2018 10:07 PM (UsCnO)
Posted by: Yobobbyb at April 17, 2018 10:18 PM (zCVRT)
Posted by: Shopgirl at April 17, 2018 10:59 PM (DefRK)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 17, 2018 11:26 PM (v3DL/)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 17, 2018 11:44 PM (l9m7l)
Condolences to the family.
Posted by: Corned Beef and Chlorine at April 18, 2018 12:50 AM (pFgKC)
Not for nothing, but my only experience of being around hospice workers during my late father's hospice leads me to believe that they are angels who walk the earth.
Posted by: Action Jackson is my name. Bold adventure is my game. at April 18, 2018 02:02 AM (0SPyv)
Same thing happened with my father. He decided to stop treating his emphysema on a Monday and he was dead on Wednesday. Saw the same in the hospital I worked in. When people decide they want to go, they just go.
Posted by: RobertM at April 18, 2018 02:21 AM (H2FoK)
My dumb ass was working for the McCain camp in 1999 . There were several Republican debates that year between Alan Keyes , Gary Bauer, George
W. Bush , John McCain and Steve Forbes. Governor George W. Bush
wouldn't join the group until the third debate, which took place in
Manchester, NH on December 2. That day it was my job to make sure our
people and their McCain placards were evenly spread and make sure our
people and placards looked like they outnumbered the Bush people for
the photo op that evening. Seven hours I worked to get our people in
place. I was the last to place myself somewhere, but where? Guerrilla
theater works for me so I placed myself in with five Bush supporters
who were holding their Bush signs and they were not very pleased to see
I was going to hang with them. Well, I had my way them as I ran my
mouth book and verse on all the crap we had on Bush at the time. I
KILLED IT!!! One of them flipped out on me and started screaming. Bush
supporter: " YOU *%*^**^%$*ker! ~ YOU +#@%#%! Is there anything you like
about the Bush family?!" Me: "YES! Barbara Bush and Millie the dog!"
Bush supporter: "@#^E^^$@%^$! ~ ^#^!@ YOU!! ~ *@$#$% YOU!
Posted by: sherpa_K2 at April 18, 2018 03:22 AM (QAFyR)
Posted by: SicSemperTyrannus at April 17, 2018 08:34 PM (K4tPE)
And she really, really loved her husband.
Posted by: m at April 18, 2018 08:05 AM (U6XUk)
Posted by: Kim Jong-fu at April 18, 2018 01:14 PM (artIV)
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