Twitter Bars Center for Immigration Studies from Using Phrase "Illegal Alien," Claiming It's Hate Speech;<br>Later, Under Pressure, Reverses Its Ban

Twitter Bars Center for Immigration Studies from Using Phrase "Illegal Alien," Claiming It's Hate Speech;
Later, Under Pressure, Reverses Its Ban

1/ Twitter is not allowing us to promote any tweets including the phrase "illegal alien(s)", citing it as Hateful Content. However, the phrase "illegal aliens" has been used in both federal law and by the Supreme Court.
— Center for Immigration Studies (@CIS_org) September 11, 2018

Here are their tweets about this latest Twitter censorship:

1/ Twitter is not allowing us to promote any tweets including the phrase "illegal alien(s)", citing it as Hateful Content. However, the phrase "illegal aliens" has been used in both federal law and by the Supreme Court.
2/ From Arizona v. United States (2012): "There is no reason Arizona cannot make it a state crime for a removable alien (or any illegal alien, for that matter) to remain present in Arizona."

3/ Title 8 of the United States Code, Section 1365: "The Attorney General shall reimburse a State for the costs incurred by the State for the imprisonment of any illegal alien or Cuban national who is convicted of a felony by such State"
4/ US District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, 2015: "There is a certain segment of the population that finds the phrase 'illegal alien' offensive. The court uses this term because it is the term used by the Supreme Court in its latest pronouncement pertaining to this area of the law."
5/ Code of Federal Regulations: "Illegal alien means any person who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States or who has not been authorized by the Attorney General to accept employment in the United States."
PRESS RELEASE: Yesterday Twitter rejected four Center for Immigration Studies tweets for use in the Center's Twitter Ads campaign, alleging hateful content.

Twitter has now reversed its ruling here, but only because of pressure.

Waiting for National Review to shriek that private monopolies can do whatever they want.

Oh, here, the wait is over before it began:

Yes, the social-media giants treat conservatives unfairly, but that doesn't mean the government should get involved. https://t.co/lx3O5NPml4 pic.twitter.com/EfT61lrT9a
— National Review (@NRO) September 12, 2018

That's Kevin D. Williamson, of course, who should really Learn To Code if his only suggestion is "start your own tech-giant monopoly if you don't like the current tech-giant monopolies who can easily squelch all start-up competitors."

I don't suggest reading it. It's more of the same.

There is an implicit claim being made here -- that the special laws regarding monopolies are illegitimate and should be repealed or silently repealed and just ignored until they are dead-letter.

Ultra-Corporatists like Williamson, French, and Goldberg should be made to explain their feelings on this and defend them. The whole idea of the wisdom of markets determining the proper winner of market competition assumes market competition in the first place -- do these Ultra-Corporatists dispute this? Do they think that monopolies contain the seeds of their own destruction?

Even if that is the case -- what do we do in a nonfunctional monopolized market for the 10-40 years while we wait for the monopoly to implode due to its own internal contradictions?

Can they actually argue for and defend their unstated pro-monopoly assumptions instead of just asserting them by stealth?

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:02 PM

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1 Twitter is run by twat-waffles. Delenda est.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:05 PM (S3u/T)

2 And Kev-boi there just needs to eat a bag of dycks.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:06 PM (S3u/T)

3 At the very least, Twitter et al should be forced to state their agenda and political bias openly.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at September 13, 2018 06:06 PM (qUahL)

4 I'll go get the Corgis

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:06 PM (S3u/T)

5 I can make my own Google the same way the Dems can make their own SCOTUS justices.

Posted by: Moron Robbie is monkeying with his signature at September 13, 2018 06:06 PM (JTUFF)

6 I'm just glad Twitter folded on this one.

I'll take my victories where I can find them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 13, 2018 06:06 PM (bcbK8)

7 NRO..ban us last!

Posted by: Ha at September 13, 2018 06:07 PM (h9UgD)

8 Illegal Alien is far to harsh a descriptor.

We should use the term. "Immigration Criminal" instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:07 PM (2K6fY)

9 So Twitter again admitted how they're editors, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie is monkeying with his signature at September 13, 2018 06:07 PM (JTUFF)

10 The Cucks keep talking endlessly about principles, but the only real principle you can derive from their behavior is a love of losing.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 13, 2018 06:08 PM (C2er1)

11 Jasper spins in his doggie grave.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 13, 2018 06:08 PM (bcbK8)

12 Dammit. Could've been first.

Never reading content again.

Posted by: Golfman at September 13, 2018 06:08 PM (0qsEU)

13 National Review has reached the point where it is a parody of itself.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (QkF23)

14 Ace deconstructing the many layers of fraudulent corporate-conservatism is a good education for the nation.

Posted by: zombie at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (c+2jX)

15 Which part of the English language is hateful? Illegal, or alien?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (oVJmc)

16 Serious question.....how many people actually read the national review these days?

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (JUOKG)

17 What part is offensive? The truth?

Illegal = unlawful.

Alien = a person who is not a national of a given country.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (5jVnA)

18 Never reading content again.

Posted by: Golfman at September 13, 2018 06:08 PM (0qsEU)

Be a proper Moron!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (qUahL)

19 We should use the term. "Immigration Criminal" instead.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:07 PM (2K6fY)

Going straight to my "get banned from Twitter" effort.

Posted by: Golfman at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (0qsEU)

20 Well Twitter can do this as they are effectively a publisher.

But..

If they were regulated as a utility, public accommodation or common carrier they would not be able to do this.

So...

Posted by: Kreplach at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (kT3/m)

21 Is this the Kevin W. who said people in small rural towns with no industry should just deal with it or learn to write code and move to urban areas?

Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (a0IVu)

22 from Using Phrase "Illegal Alien," Claiming It's Hate Speech;

Try something really incendiary, like "We, The People" or "The Right To Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed"

Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (Ry8mf)

23
Illegal alien is a dog whistle.

It covertly tells me to hate Mexicans and to visit Golden Palace .com.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (rrDmX)

24 when krikorian speaks, people listen.

Posted by: concrete girl at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (Tm+wy)

25 *giggles*

I read the content and still got #1 and #2

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (S3u/T)

26 If they were regulated as a utility, public accommodation or common carrier they would not be able to do this.

They would love to be made part of the government. I'm opposed.

Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (Ry8mf)

27
Anyone remember that?

Boxers would wear "golden palace .com" as a paid advertisement.

Are they still in business? And what is their business?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (rrDmX)

28 Big Kev misstates the issue in play.
Goggle, Twatter, Et Al are protected by common carrier rules but want to play "editor" which means they are by definition then not common carriers.
Nuke 'em from orbit there is no "they have the right" involved.

Posted by: sven at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (qt4GF)

29 Serious question.....how many people actually read the national review these days?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (JUOKG)

Just Ace. They're an evergreen source of stupidity.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (T71PA)

30 To think I used to subscribe to National Review. I feel like such a chump.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (MX7xj)

31 so given the behavior of lots of illegal immigrants here, and having watched both the alien and predator movies I suggest that we stop referring to illegal immigrants as "illegal aliens" and start referring to them as "illegal predators."

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (MTjB1)

32 Shatter Google into sub-units. Though that maybe creating many heads to the same hydra.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (S3u/T)

33
I call then foreign invaders because that's what they are.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (rrDmX)

34 A Google censor knows more about correct speech than 240 years of Supreme Court Justices.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (UsCnO)

35 Avoid Twitter.

Avoid Facebook.

Use Duck Duck Go.

Posted by: LASue at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (Z48ZB)

36 I think our betters are telling us that we're supposed to substitute "HappyFun Vacationers" for "illegal aliens".

Posted by: Captain Obvious at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (bZ76Y)

37 Dorsey really does have a very punchable face.

Posted by: Under Fire at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (r9UYA)

38
Either that or we just submit to the idiotic idea that there are 6 billion "undocumented Americans" out there.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 13, 2018 06:13 PM (rrDmX)

39 They would love to be made part of the government. I'm opposed.
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (Ry8mf)

Declare them a cupcake store and allow them to be sued privately and through the civil rights commission.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:13 PM (2K6fY)

40
Goggle, Twatter, Et Al are protected by common carrier rules but
want to play "editor" which means they are by definition then not common
carriers.

Precisely. And their stock price is based on being able to play it both ways.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:13 PM (oVJmc)

41 I like to think people who said "just start your own oil monopoly" during the Standard Oil era would have been put to death on general principles.

I miss those days.

Posted by: trev006 at September 13, 2018 06:13 PM (+wxDg)

42 I don't care what you call them twitter.

they still have to go back.

Posted by: x at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (nFwvY)

43 iggles*

I read the content and still got #1 and #2
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:11 PM (S3u/T)

I have trouble with comprehension. It takes me several tries.

Posted by: Golfman at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (0qsEU)

44 We should use the term. "Immigration Criminal" instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:07 PM (2K6fY)

Try little brown slaves. They love that.

Posted by: Scheidermen at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (5jVnA)

45 It's time to give Williamson, Goldberg and the rest of the EverChumper Brigade the same response as any Democrat. "Fuck you idiot."
Arguing with them is mental masturbation. They are just propaganda disguised as reasoned thinkers.

Posted by: Mega at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (uEbPt)

46 @26
So what's your solution Einstein?

I'll be over here drinking my third Gin Gimlet waiting for your response.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (kT3/m)

47 21 Posted by: IC, now with extra super elite at September 13, 2018 06:10 PM (a0IVu)

No this is the Big Kev who said "die like Garbutt."
If he were drowning I would move with ferocious speed.....to throw him an anchor.

Posted by: sven at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (qt4GF)

48 The trolling on NRO's tweet is glorious. It's high time real conservatives flee that site in droves. Even the one or two good writers left there will either be purged or turned.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (Agn5J)

49 No human is illegal!!!

Posted by: Lefty Lefterson: Lefty Pundit at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (jDF8P)

50 Soon to be banned by Twitter as "Hate Speech":

1. "Founding Fathers."
2. The lyrics to Tom Jones' "What's New, Pussycat?"
3. Any word starting with "neg-" or "nig-" -- e.g. negative, niggardly, etc.
4. The Lyrics to Peter Tosh's "Maga Dog."
5. "From Sea to Shining Sea."

Posted by: zombie at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (c+2jX)

51 In 2016, Google had 88% of the smartphone* market.

(AKA, 'surveillance device.')

When y

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (oVJmc)

52 "Boxers would wear "golden palace .com" as a paid advertisement."
__________________

I think they got some chubby ditz to tattoo it on her forehead for cash.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (C2er1)

53 When the SHTF, it's getting hard to determine whether I visit leftist or fake conservatives. Right now I'm leaning toward fake conservatives.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:15 PM (pw+jk)

54
Wait.

Einstein comments, here?

The Einstein?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at September 13, 2018 06:15 PM (rrDmX)

55 It's no fun

Posted by: Genesis at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (IqV8l)

56 49 No human is illegal!!!
Posted by: Lefty Lefterson: Lefty Pundit

Whew!

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (c+2jX)

57 ...When your 'alternative' is a far-higher priced closed hardware system like iPhone, I'd call 88% market share a monopoly.

And now they're leveraging that to control political speech.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

58 18 Be a proper Moron!

that's one of them thar oxymoron thingies, like "jumbo shrimp" or "military intelligence", innit?

Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (NmR1a)

59 "There is a certain segment of the population that finds the phrase 'illegal alien' offensive.
_______________

Yes, the illegal aliens themselves, and their accomplices (i.e., media, Hollywood, Dim party).

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (fqUgw)

60
Wait.

Einstein comments, here?

The Einstein?

Bob Einstein.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

61 I think our betters are telling us that we're supposed to substitute "HappyFun Vacationers" for "illegal aliens".
Posted by: Captain Obvious at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (bZ76Y)

Hmm, that might work:

"
HappyFun Vacationer Accused of Shooting Florida Police Officer in the Head"

"
HappyFun Vacationer Accused of Sexual Misconduct: 'Can You Just Send Me to Mexico?'"

No, that feels better somehow.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (2K6fY)

62 He who controls speech controls the world

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (T4oHT)

63 When the SHTF, it's getting hard to determine whether I visit leftist or fake conservatives. Right now I'm leaning toward fake conservatives.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 201

Don't worry yourself.

They'll both be dead.

Posted by: Golfman at September 13, 2018 06:17 PM (0qsEU)

64 Man oh man I got cucked so hard when I tried to transition to that liberal rag!

I still can barely sit down!

It was so great!

Posted by: Kevin Williamson at September 13, 2018 06:17 PM (4ErVI)

65 The only good part about this story is Donald Trump broke NRO's collective brains. It's hilarious watching Goldberg and company twist themselves into knots while trying to explain their irrational positions.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 13, 2018 06:17 PM (Agn5J)

66 Wonder what they'd do with 'Third World Colonist'

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at September 13, 2018 06:17 PM (RKQ/v)

67 I'm a skeptic about government regulation, but it does have its place, and I'm 99 percent convinced we need it for internet giants.

I'll just note that my heavily-regulated electric and water providers have never threatened to turn off my utilities because I don't vote the right way or hold the right opinions.

But I'm sure National Review is working on making that happen.

Posted by: Ex-liberal at September 13, 2018 06:17 PM (R1mDg)

68 no, no, regulate them as publishers, then they are liable for the content on their site. now they are treated as carriers with no responsibility for the content.

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:17 PM (MTjB1)

69 if we try we could make them ban the word Nike

Posted by: x at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (nFwvY)

70 Shatter Google into sub-units. Though that maybe creating many heads to the same hydra.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR)

That is the biggest problem. They'll have a journ-o-list thing between them to keep the talking points common.

Kind of like NBC, CBS, CNN, NYT, etc etc.

Hell, that's already true. Didn't everyone deplatform InfoWars on the same day? Big coincidence, there...

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (P1f+c)

71 50
Soon to be banned by Twitter as "Hate Speech":

1. "Founding Fathers."

2. The lyrics to Tom Jones' "What's New, Pussycat?"

3. Any word starting with "neg-" or "nig-" -- e.g. negative, niggardly, etc.

4. The Lyrics to Peter Tosh's "Maga Dog."

5. "From Sea to Shining Sea."

Posted by: zombie at September 13, 2018 06:14 PM (c+2jX)

Wait! Wut? No more of James Bond's "Octopussy?"

I have some rope here, and we can use those lamp posts right over there.............

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (UsCnO)

72 49 No human is illegal!!!
Posted by: Lefty Lefterson: Lefty Pundit
____________

And nothin' we do is illegal either, amigo!

Posted by: Kate Steinle's killer at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (fqUgw)

73 I guess it isn't so fun.....

Posted by: Phil Collins at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (oFsfu)

74 62 He who controls speech controls the world
Posted by: Skip

Please report to your nearest Re-Education Camp as punishment for using the pronoun "He" instead of the correct "Xhe."

Posted by: zombie at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (c+2jX)

75 Has Kevin learned to code yet?

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (CE6iV)

76 The leftist media managed to never have black associated with a criminal. But there are telltales such as first names, the lack of the word "white", and that most crime is done by blacks.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:19 PM (pw+jk)

77 the responses to that NRO tweet were hilarious.

Gadsden flags everywhere.

Posted by: dIb at September 13, 2018 06:19 PM (VJOLZ)

78 National Review has reached the point where it is a parody of itself. Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (QkF23)

William F Buckley, RIP. A brilliant man whose legacy is being destroyed by sycophants in elephant's clothing.

"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." --The Notorious WFB

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (hvf9s)

79 The Einstein?

Bob Einstein.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM (oVJmc)

Damn, they know my name

Posted by: Bob from NSA at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (oFsfu)

80 Y'all can continue to fight for ownership of the term "conservative", I've given up on it.

The current crop of pundits have tarnished it even more than the GOPe that dusts off their bona-fides every election cycle, and that's quite a thing to say.

Fuckemall. Especially Williamson.

Posted by: The Dude at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (z79tQ)

81 Annna youre Google idea to me last thread.

I'm in.

Oh and after this cry, fear fest at Google the ops chick gets up and says that some conservatives have come to her and said they don't feel comfortable basically "coming out" as conservatives. So she gives a one sentence "please be kind" bullshit and on with the fear fest. My God....ok, that'll do it. Lol.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (3SzRC)

82 Yes, the progressive left is a criminal, anti-American enterprise, but that doesn't mean the government should get involved.

Go shit in your hat, NRO.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (1T8y6)

83 Twitter is a small fry, who enjoys inflated numbers due to Trump as a user.

Google is the monster. Worked with Obama's pentagon and DOD to spy on citizens. Eric Schmidt is a marxist top gun.

Trump should his new AG to go anti trust on Google, and make facebook, San Fran , and California shit in their pants.

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (HrSJb)

84 "We should use the term. "Immigration Criminal" instead.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:07 PM (2K6fY)"

Yes. Why mince words ?

Immigration Felon ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they are gaslighting us 24/365 at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (58Au8)

85 Smoking that choom makes you think stupid.

Posted by: torabora at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (Y274z)

86 And the whole "Why don't right wing wing nuts just start your own tech companies to compete!!"

The companies own substantial IP and patents for the way content is distributed, disseminated and inter-operated.

They would simply sue a startup, buy the startup or refuse to interoperate with the startup.

If gab starts to catch on do you think they will allow gab to link to their content, allow users of their system to link to gab content or allow any cross interoperablilty accross any of the other social media platforms?

I think you all know the answer to that question.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (kT3/m)

87 75 Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (CE6iV)
NRO Fonzie has goat pix of Jonah Goldberg or something.
He doesn't have to learn to code.

Posted by: sven at September 13, 2018 06:21 PM (qt4GF)

88 Is it me or do these fake conservatives coming out of the closet have the most punchable faces ever?

Posted by: Regular joe at September 13, 2018 06:21 PM (7PllL)

89 How about we call them "those lovable little brown people who make that food I like?" Yeah?

Posted by: Mr. Tibbetts at September 13, 2018 06:21 PM (//voU)

90 This will NOT be discussed on the Lido Deck, in the hot tub, or in the steam room!

🚢 ⛴ 🚢 ⛴ 🚢 ⛴

Posted by: Cap'n Bill at September 13, 2018 06:21 PM (ctuyM)

91 Amazon and Bezos wanted to buy CBS, but were allegedly told by Trump's FCC that ain't gonna happen

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:22 PM (HrSJb)

92 The cuckservatives would be all in our faces if google, twitter, and fecesbook were censoring leftists, because that is who they are... leftists.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:22 PM (pw+jk)

93
We don't always allow more masculine males to impregnate our wives ... well, actually, we do.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 13, 2018 06:22 PM (pNxlR)

94 Beat their fucking brains out!

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at September 13, 2018 06:22 PM (FTPVM)

95 How about on the Lipo Deck?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:22 PM (S3u/T)

96 Illegal Alien and/or Criminal Foreigner
Please use these interchangeably

Posted by: Archer at September 13, 2018 06:23 PM (gmo/4)

97 The government should never have broken up Ma Bell. All those whiners should have just started their own phone companies.

Posted by: wooga at September 13, 2018 06:23 PM (rXFv5)

98 I'd be more willing to allow foreign nationals to remain in the country if they signed a ten year letter of commitment to fill potholes in our county fucking roads.

Doing the jobs Americans won't do. Bitches.

Posted by: Fritz at September 13, 2018 06:23 PM (Z9C5C)

99 figuratively, of course /

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at September 13, 2018 06:23 PM (FTPVM)

100
Oooh, Cap'n Bill's got a fleet!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 13, 2018 06:23 PM (pNxlR)

101
If gab starts to catch on do you think they will
allow gab to link to their content, allow users of their system to link
to gab content or allow any cross interoperablilty accross any of the
other social media platforms?

I think you all know the answer to that question.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (kT3/m)

I read that Google, who is the gab.ai platform, has already started to censor their content.

The Cold War against a Free America continues.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (UsCnO)

102 66 Wonder what they'd do with 'Third World Colonist'
_________________

The Dalai Lama said that Europe belongs to the Europeans, and that the refugees should go back to their own countries and rebuild them.

How long before he gets branded a raaaaaacist h8ter and celebs start disowning him?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (fqUgw)

103 Back in the National Review glory days when WFB was still alive, I seriously thought doing one of their cruises would be the coolest thing ever. Glad I'm poor and could never make it work out! Nowadays only fool and their money are booked on an NRO cruise. Dodged a regret bullet.

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (hvf9s)

104 What is the code for a U-boat?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (S3u/T)

105 The good news is the NFL is likely to set a new record low for viewership of a Thursday Night Football broadcast, tonight.

Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (AkSKU)

106 89 How about we call them "those lovable little brown people who ~~make~~shit in that food I like?" Yeah?

Posted by: Mr. Tibbetts at September 13, 2018 06:21 PM
(//voU)

FIFY

Posted by: Chipotle customer at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (CE6iV)

107 Is criminal invader verboten?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (pw+jk)

108 I wish my Jewish mom politically important like Lucianne Goldberg.

Then I could just coast through life making glib, shallow assertions and talking about my favorite foods. And eating those foods until I swelled up into a corpulent pustule. And then I could jam my tubby ass into some made-up "Chair of This-n-That" that someone gave me as a gift to mommy. Just like my job. And my book deals. And my whole fucking useless, shitty g-ddamn life.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (AzW6q)

109 Back in the National Review glory days when WFB was still alive, I seriously thought doing one of their cruises would be the coolest thing ever. Glad I'm poor and could never make it work out! Nowadays only fool and their money are booked on an NRO cruise. Dodged a regret bullet.
Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (hvf9s)

would have hated yourself for sure

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2018 06:25 PM (bUjCl)

110 In the Fall of 2014, both Byron York and Jonah Goldberg told my local conservative radio, that GOP would not gain seats in the Senate due to the Generic Ballot and low GOP turnout. Also would lose a few seats in the House.

Of course we won 9 seats and the Senate. these clowns along with pigs like Erik Erickson and Cernovich are predicting doom again

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:25 PM (HrSJb)

111 It is high time to break the Bay Area

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at September 13, 2018 06:25 PM (FTPVM)

112 The twitter responses are great.

Posted by: LASue at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (Z48ZB)

113 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

US gun owners are holding the country hostage - and I fear for my family's safety
https://bit.ly/2QrCj2W

Friends and family in the UK often ask me: "What do you hate most about living in America?" My answer is always the same: "Guns". The horrific epidemic of mass shootings. The ludicrously easy access to firearms. The ridiculous power of the National Rifle Association (NRA)

It's politically incorrect, though, to point out that the fear expressed by gun-owners is racially tinged. Guns have long been seen as protection for white folks against black and brown folks - yesterday's Apaches and Sioux are today's Mexicans and Muslims. "Be careful what you say about guns," American friends of mine often warn me. "Remember what happened to Piers Morgan?"

Foreigners in the US are frequently told to defer to the constitution and the hallowed second amendment and its right to "bear arms"; they're reminded of how guns are part of America's founding story and inextricably linked to the country's rugged individualism and "frontier spirit"; they're supposed to recognise how Americans, in the words of the US historian Garry Wills, proudly demonstrate "our fealty, our bondage, to the great god Gun".

Yet this is misinformation, plain and simple. Let's be clear: US gun culture is built on myths and lies; on propaganda pumped out by the NRA, Fox News and gun manufacturers. Here are the facts about the country's fabled gun culture: almost four out of five American adults (78 per cent) do not own a firearm. In fact, just 3 per cent own half of all the guns in the US, with the other half held by only 19 per cent. The average American gun-owner has eight firearms; the average American owns none. Polls suggest three out of four Americans believe gun laws should be stricter than they are now, while nine out of ten support background checks for all gun-buyers.

The truth is that a small fraction of Americans - aka gun-owners - are holding the vast majority - aka non-gun-owners - hostage. They neither know, nor care, that the rest of the industrialised world doesn't live like this; they don't live in fear of mass shootings.

Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and New Statesman contributing editor. He is based in Washington, DC

Posted by: Trigger Warning at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (kO+z3)

114 I read that Google, who is the gab.ai platform, has already started to censor their content.

The Cold War against a Free America continues.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at September 13, 2018 06:24 PM (UsCnO)

Google refused the gab.ai platform access to the Google play store. Then, gab.ai's host told them to take a hike shortly thereafter. Purely coincidental, I am sure.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (5jVnA)

115 off sock

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (CE6iV)

116 It is high time to break the Bay Area

San Andreas is overdue... and I doubt Snake Pliskin will surf the tsunami

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (S3u/T)

117 The leftist media managed to never have black associated with a criminal. But there are telltales such as first names, the lack of the word "white", and that most crime is done by blacks.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

-

That is so fun sometimes.

"Police are looking for a man driving a car."

Posted by: Moron Robbie is monkeying with his signature at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (JTUFF)

118 109. Hugh Hewitt will be on the cruise. Guy had Lurch Kerry on his radio show, and had a orgasism. RINO

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:27 PM (HrSJb)

119 Proscription worked well for me. Just saying...

Posted by: Lucius Cornelius Sulla at September 13, 2018 06:27 PM (FTPVM)

120 89 How about we call them "those lovable little brown people who make that food I like?" Yeah?
Posted by: Mr. Tibbetts
_______________

And sure, they'll occasionally diddle a kid, or rape and murder your daughter, or take out a family of five while driving drunk -- but hey, that's just the price we have to pay to get delicious burritos!

Posted by: Mollie Tibbetts' idiot father at September 13, 2018 06:27 PM (fqUgw)

121 I rather approve of these lads Williamson, French, and Goldberg. Do they have a newsletter to which I can acquire? I need more dancing monkeys.

Posted by: John D. Rockefeller at September 13, 2018 06:27 PM (6eEQ+)

122 Williamson, French, and Goldberg are alumni of Kevin Spacey's basement.

Posted by: Under Fire at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (r9UYA)

123
Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and New Statesman contributing editor. He is based in Washington, DC
Posted by: Trigger Warning at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (kO+z3)
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We should invite them to the Sunday Gun Thread.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (MVjcR)

124 >>Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and New Statesman contributing editor. He is based in Washington, DC

Go fuck a goat, Hadji.

Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (AkSKU)

125 shucks, and I was ready to use "La Migra H8rs R Us" to get around the ban.

Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (kD8Fh)

126 Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and New Statesman contributing editor. He is based in Washington, DC
=====
Everything that guy just wrote is bullshit.

Posted by: Cousin Vinny at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (pw+jk)

127 Here are the facts about the country's fabled gun culture: almost four
out of five American adults (78 per cent) do not own a firearm. In fact,
just 3 per cent own half of all the guns in the US, with the other half
held by only 19 per cent. The average American gun-owner has eight
firearms; the average American owns none. Polls suggest three out of
four Americans believe gun laws should be stricter than they are now,
while nine out of ten support background checks for all gun-buyers.

---

Neat.

Now do abortion.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (JTUFF)

128 Mehdi Hasan? Funny, he doesn't look English.

Posted by: Archer at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (gmo/4)

129
75 Has Kevin learned to code yet?
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 13, 2018 06:18 PM (CE6iV)

Nah. He's holding out for a plum position upgrading insulation in mobile homes.

You can take the boy out of the trailer, but you can't take the trailer out of the boy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (pNxlR)

130 >>> Hugh Hewitt will be on the cruise. Guy had Lurch Kerry on his radio show, and had a orgasism. RINO

Never once questioned Kerry about his treason with Iran. Hewitt is a POS, more content to cater to the left than conservatives. Fuck him and everyone who looks like him.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (Agn5J)

131 Mehdi Hasan... any relation to Hasan Chop!

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:29 PM (S3u/T)

132
Que Street.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:29 PM (JTUFF)

133 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

US gun owners are holding the country hostage - and I fear for my family's safety
https://bit.ly/2QrCj2W

Hey, I have a suggestion: Go the fuck home, then.

Twat.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 13, 2018 06:29 PM (xPJvm)

134 Some of the language on this blog is disappointing.

Posted by: Michael Medved at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (r9UYA)

135 @114
Because gab's host was probably just a middle man for Google's massive server and cloud storage eco system.

It seems a lot of people simply do not understand the magnitude of all of this, what's going on and what's at stake.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (kT3/m)

136 Mehdi Raza Hasan is a British political journalist, broadcaster
and author.
Mehdi Hasan is the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and the
political editor of the UK version of The Huffington Post. He is the
presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Caf�, Head to Head and
UpFront

Posted by: Archer at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (gmo/4)

137 Jonah: "Hugh Hewitt will be on the cruise..."

What, did he hear Mitt Romney needed an oil boy?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (6eEQ+)

138 What kind of American only has 8 guns?

Posted by: rammajamma at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (nkCeM)

139 Some of the language on this blog is disappointing.

Posted by: Michael Medved at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (r9UYA)

Fucking-A, Mikey.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (xPJvm)

140 >>133
A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Are you sure it wasn't a Canuck?

Posted by: Under Fire at September 13, 2018 06:30 PM (r9UYA)

141 Hewitt also never brought up his treason after Vietnam. Hugh is also a Chuck Todd butt kisser

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:31 PM (HrSJb)

142 Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and New Statesman contributing editor. He is based in Washington, DC
Posted by: Trigger Warning at September 13, 2018 06:26 PM (kO+z3)

It's the New Statesman, the replacement for the Morning Star.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 13, 2018 06:31 PM (ujg0T)

143 National Review has reached the point where it is a parody of itself. Posted by: Dave in Fla at September 13, 2018 06:09 PM (QkF23)

William F Buckley, RIP. A brilliant man whose legacy is being destroyed by sycophants in elephant's clothing.

"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." --The Notorious WFB
Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:20 PM (hvf9s

I remember when WFB was active and, for as brilliant as he was, there was something overly snotty about his sycophants that always drove me away to the Weekly Standard (that worked out well) or American Spectator. Plus I thought the writing at NR was pretty fucking boring, except for Rob Long. I wasn't surprised by the elitest turn nearly as much as by Rear Admiral Billyboy.

Posted by: Captain Hate at September 13, 2018 06:31 PM (y7DUB)

144
Trump generated this hurricane to distract from the bombshell Kavanaugh revelations.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:31 PM (LsBY9)

145 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

US gun owners are holding the country hostage - and I fear for my family's safety

How about stop being a pussy and take responsibility for your own family's safety instead of mewling about it like a whipped dog, assmunch?

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:31 PM (5jVnA)

146 Oooh, Cap'n Bill's got a fleet!
Posted by: Krebs
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Yeah, as in Fleet enema.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2018 06:31 PM (9rIkM)

147 Baby Huey Hewitt is another Salem Sellout. Dennis Prager still has honor, but the rest of them can get lost.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 13, 2018 06:32 PM (ujg0T)

148 124 >>Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and New Statesman contributing editor. He is based in Washington, DC
________________

British Expat my Tibetan ass.

Go home and rebuild your own country! Stop sponging off Europeans (and Americans)!

Posted by: The Dalai Lama at September 13, 2018 06:32 PM (fqUgw)

149 OT, I left my jerky in the dryer too long. Damn. But I like the recipe, and hell just a little dry is all.

So I'm flush with jerky forr another week.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:32 PM (3SzRC)

150 I spent the Fall of 2012 listening to Medved say that Romney would beat Obama. Then in the Fall I listened to the mensch say that Trump would lose badly

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (HrSJb)

151 We went shooting with a Birt and as we started pulling out all of the weapons (about 35) that ranged from shotguns, ARs, AKs, 9s, 45s, and .22s he seriously got white as a ghost. The mere presence of guns scared the shit out of him. So a friend says, "Hey what's the matter?" The Brit takes a bit to respond and says "What are you afraid of?" Pretty mush all of said simultaneously "Nothing."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (pw+jk)

152
106 89 How about we call them "those lovable little brown people who ~~make~~ shit in that food I like?" Yeah?

We're talking about "conservative" pundits, right?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (pNxlR)

153 I left my jerky in the dryer too long

Uh phrasing? And do we want to know who it was?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (S3u/T)

154 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture
======================
That's an evergreen media topic. Brit journalists love to wax poetic about the American savages who love their guns. The theme goes all the way back to the American Revolution. Funny, that.

Posted by: mrp at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (Pqytn)

155 Mexaliens, El Salvaliens and Honduraliens.

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (2NqXo)

156 What if I told you...that there are non gun owners who strongly support the second amendment?

I choose, for a number of reasons, not to own a firearm. I strongly support the second amendment.

Posted by: Max Power at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (q177U)

157
A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

He needs to stay out of cities. Then he'll be bewildered and lost. "Is there an Au Bon Pain anywhere here?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (LsBY9)

158
So I'm flush with jerky forr another week.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:32 PM (3SzRC)
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WeaselDog will be your best friend!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (MVjcR)

159 147. Gallagher is steadfast Pro Trump on Salem, and very solid in 2016. Prager is a good man. I like Hannity, but he is a doomer

Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (HrSJb)

160 The Paolo, his jerky is never too dry.

Posted by: Archer at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (gmo/4)

161 144
Trump generated this hurricane to distract from the bombshell Kavanaugh revelations.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Breaking:

Kamala Harris announces that she has evidence of Kavanaugh's secret Hurricane Machine, which he uses to kill minorities and distract the media.

Posted by: zombie at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (c+2jX)

162
When was young and foolish, back in college and later in my '20s, I sort of flirted with Ayn Rand's objectivism, and some hard-core, anarcho-capitalist stuff. There are some differences, and I never went all the way to AnCap.

But I remember one of the first things I didn't like about Objectivism was the position on monopolies. They claim a "true coercive monopoly" cannot exist in a truly free market.

That's absolute bunk. These corporatists aren't Objectivists or anything close to it, mind you, just shills for their masters.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (8O3HH)

163 127 Here are the facts about the country's fabled gun culture: almost four
out of five American adults (78 per cent) do not own a firearm. In fact,
just 3 per cent own half of all the guns in the US, with the other half
held by only 19 per cent. The average American gun-owner has eight
firearms; the average American owns none.

lol. who's the boss?

Posted by: x at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (nFwvY)

164
Polls suggest three out of
four Americans believe gun laws should be stricter than they are now

Polls suggest?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (IqV8l)

165 Can they actually argue for and defend their unstated pro-monopoly assumptions instead of just asserting them by stealth?

Or can we just let Trump beat them with The Big Stick?

Posted by: DaveA at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (FhXTo)

166
Anyway, Europeans are so cute when they complain about America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (LsBY9)

167 >>>What kind of American only has 8 guns?<<<

Obviously the kind who is out shopping for number nine.

Posted by: Fritz at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (Z9C5C)

168 Slash H-1Bs.

Hit all these a-holes where they live.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (oVJmc)

169 Moron Robbie: "That is so fun sometimes.

'Police are looking for a man driving a car.'"

Is that insufficient? I tell ya, this job is sooo demanding.

Posted by: Chief Clarence Wiggum, Springfield PD at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (6eEQ+)

170 Pretty mush all of said simultaneously "Nothing."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (pw+jk)

And that is the essence of American.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (5jVnA)

171 In fact, just 3 per cent own half of all the guns in the US, with the other half held by only 19 per cent

---

That's probably about right, although I suspect he's wrong about the single gun moms and pops who aren't part of "gun culture" but know it takes the cops 30 minutes to get to their house to fill out the paperwork. Here in the South there are LOTS of households out there with one gun.

Regardless, it's pretty badass that 20% of the nation can protect the other 80% as well as we do.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (JTUFF)

172 But I remember one of the first things I didn't like about Objectivism was the position on monopolies. They claim a "true coercive monopoly" cannot exist in a truly free market.

That might actually be true, but only in theory.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (NWiLs)

173 Wait.

Einstein comments, here?

The Einstein?

Bob Einstein.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM

---

Nope.....Frank Einstein.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (JUOKG)

174 If it was Sergei Eisenstadt, I would be impressed.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (S3u/T)

175 Kamala Harris announces that she has evidence of Kavanaugh's secret Hurricane Machine, which he uses to kill minorities and distract the media.
----

Yeah, Trump is using HAARP to kill Republican voters in Republican states.

That makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: shibumi at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (QKV7o)

176 153 I left my jerky in the dryer too long

Uh phrasing? And do we want to know who it was?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (S3u/T)

Lol. We should probably just drop it.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (3SzRC)

177
Kamala Harris announces that she has evidence of Kavanaugh's secret Hurricane Machine, which he uses to kill minorities and distract the media.

Willie Brown's whore, I believe you mean.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (pNxlR)

178 who the fuck listens to hugh hewitt? i heard deranged drunks sitting at the end of a bar have more coherent thoughts than anything that bilge piss swabbing, sea monkey, spewed forth from his cankerous piehole.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (KP5rU)

179 176 153 I left my jerky in the dryer too long

Uh phrasing? And do we want to know who it was?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:33 PM (S3u/T)

Lol. We should probably just drop it.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (3SzRC)

Five second rule!

Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:36 PM (NWiLs)

180 Never once questioned Kerry about his treason with
Iran. Hewitt is a POS, more content to cater to the left than
conservatives. Fuck him and everyone who looks like him.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at September 13, 2018 06:28 PM (Agn5J)

But he did make sure to ask him if he had read The Looming Tower, right? And acted incredulous when he was told no?

(I think Hewitt gets a percentage on sales, personally)

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (2K6fY)

181 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

He needs to stay out of cities. Then he'll be bewildered and lost. "Is there an Au Bon Pain anywhere here?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (LsBY9)

Easier solution, have him stay the F out of the US.

If you like England's and the EU's way of life so much, STAY THERE!

Posted by: Don Q at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (NgKpN)

182 In fact, just 3 per cent own half of all the guns in the US, with the other half held by only 19 per cent

---

That's
probably about right, although I suspect he's wrong about the single
gun moms and pops who aren't part of "gun culture" but know it takes the
cops 30 minutes to get to their house to fill out the paperwork. Here
in the South there are LOTS of households out there with one gun.

Regardless, it's pretty badass that 20% of the nation can protect the other 80% as well as we do.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM

---

Concur. There isn't a house, car or truck here in Texas that doesn't have a gun of some sort in it, legal or not.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (JUOKG)

183 Willie's squeeze box?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (S3u/T)

184 I bet that more than 3% of all Americans have a hunting license. So I call bullshit on the british muzzie's lies.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (pw+jk)

185 155 Mexaliens, El Salvaliens and Honduraliens.
_________

Guatemaliens

Haitialiens

Chinaliens

. . . . . . .

Still needs the very necessary qualifier of ILLEGAL first.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (fqUgw)

186 Well it's jerky, ten second rule

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (S3u/T)

187 so kavanaugh wears a rug?

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (MTjB1)

188 Wait.

Einstein comments, here?

The Einstein?

Bob Einstein.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM

---

Nope.....Frank Einstein.
==

Bubba Einstein

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (bUjCl)

189 If a utility company cut off power to people who complained about their service, or rates, should the government sit idly by??

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (ffWPP)

190 173 Wait.

Einstein comments, here?

The Einstein?

Bob Einstein.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:16 PM

---

Nope.....Frank Einstein.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 13, 2018 06:35 PM (JUOKG)

That's FRONK en steen...

Posted by: Don Q at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (NgKpN)

191
Muslim expat is worried someone may shoot back.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (LsBY9)

192 >> That might actually be true, but only in theory.

The thing is, you need the rule of law to maintain a true free market. If there is no way to enforce the rules, then the strongest will just take over and use force to bully everybody else.

Protecting the "true free market" is one of the basic just powers of the state.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (8O3HH)

193 If we make Google into a legal utility, then every time you type a query, it will add a $1 line-item to your monthly Google utility bill. Plus eight or nine taxes, like your phone bill.

Posted by: gp at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (mk9aG)

194 Polls suggest?
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Polls suggest that most Americans want a Democrat president with a Democrat run house and sentate until the end of time. Americans also want open borders, Islam as our national religion, $100 per hour minimum wage and legalized pedophilia.

Posted by: CNN at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (QKV7o)

195 Did that gun survey account for households. E.g. Gun in name of father/dad who has eight, but accessible to all

Same happens with cars

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (02Uau)

196 Told you.

Posted by: Giorgio Tsoulakos at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (NWiLs)

197 >>A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

If your momma got no clit, you don't know shit.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (AkSKU)

198 Mehdi Hasan - Sounds like a Iranian Expat, posing as a British Expat.

Not that's there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: rcocean at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (mX6ZJ)

199 184
I bet that more than 3% of all Americans have a hunting license. So I call bullshit on the british muzzie's lies.

I agree. After Obama I would say it's closer to 30 percent.

Posted by: Under Fire at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (r9UYA)

200 so he did his article on guns, now where is the article on clitorectomies?

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (MTjB1)

201 OT, I left my jerky in the dryer too long.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

At first, I was all "you mean 'dehydrator', right?"

Then I remembered where I was, and I'd be unsurprised to find out there's a Moron way of making jerky in a clothes dryer.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (P1f+c)

202 The thing is, you need the rule of law to maintain a true free market. If there is no way to enforce the rules, then the strongest will just take over and use force to bully everybody else.

Protecting the "true free market" is one of the basic just powers of the state.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (8O3HH)

Of course, a government that truly protects and maintains a "true free market" exists only in theory.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:40 PM (NWiLs)

203 If a company started paying its employees in company scrip, only used by the company, what should a government do??

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:40 PM (ffWPP)

204 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Sod off, pussy.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:40 PM (oVJmc)

205
Alert: After careful examination we have determined that the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl, based on total yardage gained...

AND

Hillary Clinton is the winner of the 2016 Presidential election, based on total votes cast...

AND

Puerto Rico suffered the second largest number of historical deaths from a hurricane. Based on *mumble, mumble, mumble*

Please adjust your records accordingly.

Posted by: Statistical Analysis Department of Puerto Rico at September 13, 2018 06:40 PM (LOgQ4)

206
Polls suggest 75% of people want to be given $100,000 a month, tax free.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:40 PM (LsBY9)

207 1 percent of Americans account for 100% of the decliting.

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:41 PM (MTjB1)

208 Posted by: CNN at September 13, 2018 06:38 PM (QKV7o)

You need to poll more than your own Board of Directors.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2018 06:41 PM (P1f+c)

209 201 OT, I left my jerky in the dryer too long.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob

At first, I was all "you mean 'dehydrator', right?"

Then I remembered where I was, and I'd be unsurprised to find out there's a Moron way of making jerky in a clothes dryer.
Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (P1f+c)

If it gets too tough just throw a Bounce sheet in there.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:41 PM (NWiLs)

210 National Review's been secretly bought out by Google and Amazon.

It all makes sense, now.

Posted by: rcocean at September 13, 2018 06:41 PM (mX6ZJ)

211 Guy is lying about prevalence of guns--more like 42% of folks polled in 2017 which is about what it has been since the 2000's. The whole polling on gun laws is a bit more of an issue depending on which polling questions are asked.

Gallup polls summary of the issue including time series data
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y8dsjhmx

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2018 06:41 PM (jWFXC)

212 Wouldn't be funny if some deplorables complained to twitter, etc about Williamson, French and Goldberg and twitter, etc. banned them. LOL

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at September 13, 2018 06:42 PM (hKi6n)

213 WeaselDog will be your best friend!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (MVjcR)

Word. Doing some volunteering for a horse riding therapy outfit. Cowboy is shoeing the horses and has a Border named Marty. yeah, Marty dug the jerky. Kept me company the whole time i painted.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:42 PM (3SzRC)

214 a british expat. yeah, i give a fuck what he thinks about anything. a british expat is like a lost kamala harris stool sample.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 13, 2018 06:42 PM (KP5rU)

215 Sorry Puerto Rico... your 'guesstimate' total is pure scat. And if true, would still place your 'death' toll after the 1780 hurricane (21,000+ dead) and Galveston.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:42 PM (S3u/T)

216 Apparently the FBI rolled their collective eyes at the Kavanaugh accusation, and just sent the letter to the White House.

F. f. s. Forever.

Posted by: Shopgirl at September 13, 2018 06:42 PM (kcuQL)

217 Eh, I agree with National Review. Govt. doesn't and shouldn't get involved. The customer base holds the power. As long as "conservatives" continue to use Twitter, GOOGLE, Facebook...they deserve every injustice and biased decision they get.

This "thank you may I have another" mentality is mind boggling.

Posted by: Orson at September 13, 2018 06:42 PM (NKimS)

218
"Shouldn't you get your teeth fixed first?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (LsBY9)

219 Soon the name Alex Jones will be forbidden on all social platforms. People are referring to him as AJ out of fear of the ban hammer from the Marxists.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (hECVl)

220
Polls suggest that most Americans want a Democrat president with a Democrat run house and sentate until the end of time. Americans also want open borders, Islam as our national religion, $100 per hour minimum wage and legalized pedophilia.
Posted by: CNN
__________________

And marriage rights for groups, animals, and groups of animals, plus free sex change operations for everybody!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (fqUgw)

221 Someone's in the dryer with jerky...is it Dinah or is she still in the kitchen?

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (2NqXo)

222 Florence has totally changed her attitude.

looks like she lost a lot of steam, and the rain area has shrunk, but what is that dog leg up to my neck of the woods? What does the red "L" mean?

https://tinyurl.com/y7prkcjt

Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (kD8Fh)

223 >>> >>>A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Honestly, I get it. I was afraid of them as a kid and teen because of the culture of the place I grew up in. Icky, murdery, splodey things.

It took moving to a red state where they are ubiquitous, seeing the nicest guys and girliest girls alike love them, realizing it was an irrational bias I needed to ditch, and shooting them myself before I got over that fear. But it can happen!

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (hvf9s)

224 >>Kept me company the whole time i painted

Why would you paint a horse?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (/tuJf)

225 Mehdi Hasan

he has to go back twice.

Posted by: x at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (nFwvY)

226 Concur. There isn't a house, car or truck here in Texas that doesn't have a gun of some sort in it, legal or not.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at September 13, 2018 06:37 PM (JUOKG)

---

Yep, both of my grandmothers had a pistol where they could get to it. One of them was a f*cking crack shot, too. 70 or so years old and I saw her shoot a racoon stumbling around in the daytime at 40 or so yards with her .38.

Not the least bit interested in guns, but both knew they were essential tools just like a lawnmower, fire extinguisher, or a pressure cooker for canning, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (JTUFF)

227 If one company owned everything, would it be the "Free Market"?

Posted by: rcocean at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (mX6ZJ)

228 The Ds are desperate on Kavanaugh, more to placate their.base by being savage than from thinking they can stop his nomination

Now what's the worst thing they can invent to smear him. I'm going with he knocked up a girl who then needed an abortion

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (02Uau)

229 What's up with all the gas main explosions?

Muzzies?

Posted by: Republican Leader at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (UbZ3V)

230
At first, I was all "you mean 'dehydrator', right?"

Then I remembered where I was, and I'd be unsurprised to find out there's a Moron way of making jerky in a clothes dryer.
Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2018 06:39 PM (P1f+c)

If it gets too tough just throw a Bounce sheet in there.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:41 PM (NWiLs)

Lol. yeah was too lazy to type out deydr.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (3SzRC)

231 224 >>Kept me company the whole time i painted

Why would you paint a horse?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (/tuJf)

Because it was Old Paint.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:44 PM (NWiLs)

232 I bet that more than 3% of all Americans have a hunting license. So I call bullshit on the british muzzie's lies.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

There are more armed hunters in Michigan than there are men in the Canadian army.

Just a little factoid.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at September 13, 2018 06:44 PM (S6Pax)

233 Kept me company the whole time i painted

Why would you paint a horse?

=

to resell as a Zebra ! exotic animal , see

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (bUjCl)

234 224 >>Kept me company the whole time i painted

Why would you paint a horse?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (/tuJf)

Palomino needed a touch up.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (3SzRC)

235 The horse was a paint?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (S3u/T)

236 As a private company, the Atlantic was quite right to fire me. Or to require me to commit seppuku. Which the didn't, proving that they are Very Good People.

Still hurts back there, though. A good kind of hurt.

Posted by: Kevin D. Williamson at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (zCyNd)

237 What does the red "L" mean?

Licentious.

Posted by: Hester Prynne at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (++cZF)

238 >>Why would you paint a horse?

He wanted a horse of a different color.

Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (AkSKU)

239 publius: "They claim a 'true coercive monopoly' cannot exist in a truly free market."

In the abstract I guess that could be argued... possibly. But there is no "truly free market". That is the fiction of sand upon which these hypothetical foundations rest.

There's Dr. Philip Barbay's version of economics and then there's Thornton Melon's version. Guess which is the actual economy with real people, motivations, limitations, and pragmatics?

These overindulged eggheads love the abstract world in which no one lives but can only dream. It's also a world where no one can check their work... because it's imaginary.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (6eEQ+)

240 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

So tell him to go home and be terrified of Britain's Knife Cuture

Posted by: tu3031 at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (jDF8P)

241 Why would you paint a horse?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (/tuJf)

Why, Pintos of course.

Posted by: auscolpyr at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (oFsfu)

242 Usually a red L just means a low pressure system.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (S3u/T)

243 There are more armed hunters in Michigan

=

this makes me so sad !

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (bUjCl)

244
The horse was a paint?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (S3u/T)

---

Now things are getting a bit too percheron.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (JTUFF)

245
Soon the name Alex Jones will be forbidden on all social platforms. People are referring to him as AJ

Dy-No-Mite!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (IqV8l)

246 Eh, I agree with National Review. Govt. doesn't and shouldn't get involved. The customer base holds the power. As long as "conservatives" continue to use Twitter, GOOGLE, Facebook...they deserve every injustice and biased decision they get.

This "thank you may I have another" mentality is mind boggling
**************************
I still feel FCC & FEC needs to get involved.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (hECVl)

247 240 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

So tell him to go home and be terrified of Britain's Knife Cuture
Posted by: tu3031 at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (jDF8P)

And acid throwing culture, and muslim gang-raping culture.

Oh wait, he probably took part in those.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (ujg0T)

248 241 Why would you paint a horse?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (/tuJf)

Why, Pintos of course.
Posted by: auscolpyr at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (oFsfu)

Ok. Now we're just beating our heads against a dead horse...

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (3SzRC)

249 Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM

The L stands for Low. ??

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (2NqXo)

250 Now what's the worst thing they can invent to smear him.

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (02Uau)

Live boy/dead girl. Well, maybe not the first one....

Posted by: Gov. Miklos Edwards at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (zCyNd)

251 The Brit enjoys Aloha Snackbars on his breaks.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (ctuyM)

252 Ace on corporatist rightists is the best Ace. Damn.

Posted by: Ten at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (Xlssn)

253 239 publius: "They claim a 'true coercive monopoly' cannot exist in a truly free market."

In the abstract I guess that could be argued... possibly. But there is no "truly free market". That is the fiction of sand upon which these hypothetical foundations rest.

There's Dr. Philip Barbay's version of economics and then there's Thornton Melon's version. Guess which is the actual economy with real people, motivations, limitations, and pragmatics?

These overindulged eggheads love the abstract world in which no one lives but can only dream. It's also a world where no one can check their work... because it's imaginary.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 13, 2018 06:45 PM (6eEQ+)

"True capitalism has never been tried."

Watch Commies' heads explode. Figuratively speaking, of course.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with an added spark of divinity at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (YqDXo)

254 Here is this expat's cow patty type data which he got off of the web apparently
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yaodw88o
From a debunked Harvard PH study.

Better data,
Pew Research Data
"Two-thirds of gun owners say they own more than one gun, including 29% who own five or more guns. About seven-in-ten say they own a handgun or pistol (72%), while 62% own a rifle and 54% own a shotgun. Among those who own a single gun, most (62%) say that gun is a handgun or pistol, while far fewer say they own a rifle (22%) or a shotgun (16%)."
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybon6z3q

There are many transparent lies by the gun control movement out there primarily from Public Health researchers.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (jWFXC)

255 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

---

Seriously, though, this is just outright admitting to racism, isn't it?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (JTUFF)

256 What does the red "L" mean?

Center of the low pressure or eye of the storm would be my guess.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (5jVnA)

257 Twitter has banned all named crimes

rape
murder
robbery
arson
kidnapping
child abuse

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (JFO2v)

258 I'm terrified by British Culinary Culture

Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (AkSKU)

259 So where are we on the ace spectrum again?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (S3u/T)

260 Soon the name Alex Jones will be forbidden on all social platforms. People are referring to him as AJ

---

David Stewart on YouTube was discussing the YT banning of saying Alex Jones out loud and demonetization.

Posted by: auscolpyr at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (oFsfu)

261 Anyone who doesn't line horses is no pal 'o

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (ctuyM)

262 I think the way to approach the Media issue is by treating them as monopolies.

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (ffWPP)

263 >> The customer base holds the power. As long as "conservatives" continue to use Twitter, GOOGLE, Facebook
--------------------

We don't like you. So we're gonna cut your power off. Don't like it, well, start your own electric company to compete with us.

What's the whining about you need it? Live like your great-great-grandfather.

Posted by: Your Power Co. at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (8O3HH)

264 >>> Gallagher is steadfast Pro Trump on Salem, and very solid in 2016.

The watermelon smashing will be epic!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxls1KnKCA4

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (hvf9s)

265 I'm terrified by British Culinary Culture
Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (AkSKU)

You don't say, you got.

Posted by: Brit Twit at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (oFsfu)

266 Now what's the worst thing they can invent to smear him. I'm going with he knocked up a girl who then needed an abortion

Posted by: Ignoramus at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM (02Uau)

It is just despicable what they are doing to a truly good and decent man. Brett is so squeaky clean it hurts me to look at him.

He came with the highest recommendations from anyone who has known him professionally. There are no stories of peccadilloes over the years such as existed with Roy Moore. The commietards' dirty tactics just *may* alienate a GOPe squish or two who always jaws about comity.

I'll bet Justice Thomas has already called Brett in support.

Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (kD8Fh)

267 Zyklon B is made by a private company. So what's the big deal?

- National Review in 1943

Posted by: #neverskankles at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (ok6mB)

268 witter has banned all named crimes

rape
murder
robbery
arson
kidnapping
child abuse
Posted by: rhennigantx at September

not heresy or apostasy?

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (MTjB1)

269 Percheron?

Does it look like a Cataphract?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (S3u/T)

270 looks like she lost a lot of steam, and the rain area has shrunk, but what is that dog leg up to my neck of the woods? What does the red "L" mean?

https://tinyurl.com/y7prkcjt
Posted by: kallisto

Right after it makes landfall, it will drop down to a Tropical storm, as it will lose the energy it gets from being over water.

A lot of rain and the storm surge, but it is thankfully not going to be the dreaded killer storm the Media was hoping for. Those people are sick.
There are real people down there in the Carolinas, and I hope that not too many will have their lives upset by all this.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (S6Pax)

271 Any dude whose name is Alex Jones will be banned. Cool.

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (bUjCl)

272 What the Cuckservatives refuse to recognize is that Goolag et al are already government actors of their own volition. Those sumbitches work with and for authoritarian administrations, such as TFG (piss be upon him) and Merkel to shape or suppress speech in conformance with the government agenda.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (NWiLs)

273 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

I'm terrified by Britain's Knife Culture.

Also, its Muslim infestation.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with an added spark of divinity at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (YqDXo)

274 243
There are more armed hunters in Michigan

=

this makes me so sad !

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 13, 2018 06:46 PM (bUjCl)

Some of them even have side arms.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (5jVnA)

275 30 To think I used to subscribe to National Review. I feel like such a chump.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (MX7xj)

No reason to feel like a chump. National Review used to be a much higher quality publication. These things change over time, and that particular magazine hasn't worn well.

Posted by: Ace's liver at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (h2Bdk)

276 258 I'm terrified by British Culinary Culture

Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2018 06:48 PM (AkSKU)

But Nigella though.

And Two Fat Ladies

Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (kD8Fh)

277 so, kavanaugh was an anal surpriser in hs?

Posted by: yankeefifth at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (MTjB1)

278 113 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Then go back! fixed TADA

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 06:51 PM (JFO2v)

279 Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (S6Pax)

Thanks for the explanation. So glad that Flo wimped out.

Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:51 PM (kD8Fh)

280 i use the term "illegal alien(s)" all the time, or just "illegals"...

it's accurate, descriptive and, best of all, pisses off all the right people.

"criminal alien(s)" w*rks too.

F them and their open border nonsense.

Posted by: redc1c4 at September 13, 2018 06:51 PM (rjbMC)

281 Kavanaugh update.

https://mobile.twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1040354405764276224

Posted by: Ha at September 13, 2018 06:51 PM (MAstk)

282 The only way to get the left to back down on the size and reach of government is to give it to the them, hard. Make them whine for for the salad days of benign neglect. Remind them that fascism can be a two way street.

Same concept with illegal voting, they won't stop cheating until we do it better.

Posted by: Jean at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (j0Mw7)

283 Some of them even have side arms.
Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (5jVnA)

I hate you !

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (bUjCl)

284 Lots of monopolistic companies grew unfettered during Clinton, Bush, Obama.... and I doubt not that vast numbers of politicians nests were feathered while it all took place.

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (ffWPP)

285 Pictures of Brett Kavanaugh reveal him in High School cafeteria using....a plastic straw.

Trump should pull this nomination NOW.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (oVJmc)

286 A farewell to arms Michelle?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (S3u/T)

287 What's up with all the gas main explosions?

Posted by: Republican Leader at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM

One should always insist on a gas range in the kitchen. Because having your house blow up is infinitely preferable to having an electric range.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (LOgQ4)

288 to Kevin: Yes, private companies can do what they want. But so can private citizens do what they want, and if they want to exert pressure on a company with bad policy, why, they can do it. The rules still allow real conservatives a voice. For now.

Posted by: Reine at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (MfStn)

289 National Review used to be a much higher quality publication. These things change over time
Posted by: Ace's liver

The exception to O'Sullivan's Law does not always apply.

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (P1f+c)

290 Eh, I agree with National Review. Govt. doesn't and shouldn't get
involved. The customer base holds the power. As long as "conservatives"
continue to use Twitter, GOOGLE, Facebook...they deserve every injustice
and biased decision they get.

---

I don't know that the government needs to get involved with managing them, but I suspect that they have probably donated a trillion or so dollars in campaign contributions as services over the last decade, and that definitely needs to be addressed.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (JTUFF)

291 No reason to feel like a chump. National Review used to be a much higher quality publication. These things change over time, and that particular magazine hasn't worn well.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (h2Bdk)

Yah, once upon a time the National Review was great. Now it is going the way of the American Mercury.

The American Spectator had a bit of a problem when futurist dreamer George Gilder took it over, but they are back on track I think.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 13, 2018 06:53 PM (ujg0T)

292 David Stewart on YouTube was discussing the YT banning of saying Alex Jones out loud and demonetization.
Posted by: auscolpyr

Alex Jones is to become an unperson.

Isn't this kind of amazing, in its own way?

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at September 13, 2018 06:53 PM (S6Pax)

293 i use the term "illegal alien(s)" all the time, or just "illegals"...

it's accurate, descriptive and, best of all, pisses off all the right people.

"criminal alien(s)" w*rks too.

F them and their open border nonsense.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September

I'm good with wetback

Posted by: Jean at September 13, 2018 06:53 PM (j0Mw7)

294 So Alex Jones is Beetlejuice now??

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:53 PM (ffWPP)

295 >>> A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Well I'm terrified by his wussy culture, where you can no longer get bacon or ham at a national sandwich chain because muh muslim feels! He can kiss his traditional English breakfasts goodbye if that nonsense keeps up.

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (hvf9s)

296 159 147. Gallagher is steadfast Pro Trump on Salem, and very solid in 2016. Prager is a good man. I like Hannity, but he is a doomer
Posted by: Jonah at September 13, 2018 06:34 PM (HrSJb)[/i

Good to know. Gallagher's show (no, not the comedian) was always on tape delay at night and not live where I live, so i didn't listen to it.

Is Hannity on Salem? I thought he was on Fox. (yes, I know he has a radio show too)

Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (ujg0T)

297 A farewell to arms Michelle?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (S3u/T)

You stop that, or I am going to tell Ben Shapiro !

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (bUjCl)

298 Illegal wetback has a certain ring.

Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (0OmEj)

299 30 To think I used to subscribe to National Review. I feel like such a chump.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 13, 2018 06:12 PM (MX7xj)

No reason to feel like a chump. National Review used to be a much higher quality publication. These things change over time, and that particular magazine hasn't worn well.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (h2Bdk)
+++++
I think it really began it's decline in earnest after it saw it's cuck cruises as a more important (and fun!) revenue source than it's subscribers.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (2sCft)

300 A lot of rain and the storm surge, but it is thankfully not going to be the dreaded killer storm the Media was hoping for. Those people are sick.
There are real people down there in the Carolinas, and I hope that not too many will have their lives upset by all this.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (S6Pax)

---

Lives so devoid of meaning, they take pleasure in the misery of others.

Posted by: SMH at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (St5qb)

301 They LOVED Alex Jones when he was pushing Trooferism.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (oVJmc)

302 297
A farewell to arms Michelle?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:52 PM (S3u/T)

You stop that, or I am going to tell Ben Shapiro !

Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (bUjCl)

He's probably had more armed hunters in them than men in the Canadian Army.

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (5jVnA)

303 If a company started paying its employees in company scrip, only used by the company, what should a government do??
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:40 PM (ffWPP)

Per FLSA if the script cannot be freely exchanged elsewhere, within the community, it is a violation of federal law.
It is a part of the law to combat the whole company town/store thing, and sharecropping issues.

If you have to shop in company stores at company prices, you are vulnerable to exploitation.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (2K6fY)

304 Why would you paint a horse?
=
to resell as a Zebra !

That's a Tijuana donkey.

Posted by: wooga at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (rXFv5)

305 Sexual misconduct in High School would include my entire class!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (JFO2v)

306 Illegal means....well.....somebody....did something.....like.....illegal.

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (zLDYs)

307 Ok. Now we're just beating our heads against a dead horse...

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (3SzRC)

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i herd that...

Posted by: redc1c4 at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (rjbMC)

308 We should be allowed to comment in old threads without fear of retribution.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (MVjcR)

309 Percheron?

Does it look like a Cataphract?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at September 13, 2018 06:49 PM (S3u/T)

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Beautiful horses. Huge draft animals. I suspect they were war horses at one time.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (JTUFF)

310 The consensus here seems to be coalescing around the term "Illegal Wetback". Is that what I'm understanding??

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (2sCft)

311 305
Sexual misconduct in High School would include my entire class!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (JFO2v)

You're a high school teacher?

Posted by: flounderbot, rebel, vulgarian, deplorabot, winner at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (5jVnA)

312 AWK!
Illegal alien
Illegal alien
Illegal alien
AWK!

Posted by: Macacathe Republican Parrot at September 13, 2018 06:56 PM (ICWiF)

313 A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Damn. Now how are we ever going to get the Limeys to finish the damn job and burn the rest of Washington?

Posted by: Miklos, motivational commenter at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (zCyNd)

314 Is beaner a proscribed term???

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (ffWPP)

315 I don't know that the government needs to get involved with managing them, but I suspect that they have probably donated a trillion or so dollars in campaign contributions as services over the last decade, and that definitely needs to be addressed.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

In kind contributions to the Democrat Party. And some guy with Goolag also had an office in the Obama West Wing.
They had CONSTANT input within the Obama Regime.

And I would wager that people with Goolag also helped to write the algorithms that the Chinese government is using in their pursuit of scoring your social conformity.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (S6Pax)

316
A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Has no problem with Britain's acid in the face culture.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (IqV8l)

317 That's a Tijuana donkey.
Posted by: wooga at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (rXFv5)

was in TJ about 25 years ago. My Daughter then 7 said Man there are alot of zebras in mexico!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (JFO2v)

318 Williamson does not understand that government is already involved.

Big corporations need big government to kill the potential economic competition, and in return those corporations help the political elite kill political competition. How is that good for a well functioning constitutional republic or free marker economy.

Posted by: William Eaton at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (MuTTO)

319 I'm good with wetback

Posted by: Jean at September 13, 2018 06:53 PM (j0Mw7)

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i use mojado when i'm talking directly at the cerotes...

Posted by: redc1c4 at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (rjbMC)

320 Why would you paint a horse?
=
to resell as a Zebra !
++++

What's next? Fake Gnus??

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (2sCft)

321 316
A British Expat is Terrified by America's Gun Culture

Has no problem with Britain's acid in the face culture.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (IqV8l)

Or knife culture

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (JFO2v)

322
He can kiss his traditional English breakfasts goodbye if that nonsense keeps up.

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 06:54 PM (hvf9s)

He'll be one of the ones doing the banning. Because nothing gets a leftist angry faster than someone enjoying eggs, sausages, black pudding, baked beans, mushrooms, potatoes and toast.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (LsBY9)

323 RCA reached 114 and and its market cap was about 65% of total US annual GDP. By 1932 it sold at $2.

Apple and AMZN combined are about $2.1 trillion market cap, GOOG another $0.85T. That's something like 15% of total US GDP, but huge in terms of how many stocks there are now, and the growth of America.

And do they have real earnings, or could being so political cut the rug out from under them quickly, as other competitors are more easily "the next new thing" in the digital realm.

Easy Money government policy let AMZN drive others out of business by losing money on every book sold, for 20 years. And certain go-go momentum stocks were bought due to momentum.

lots could change quickly ... hopefully not till after the election. And the anti-trust issue and free speech issues are just a couple of the big questions.

Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (Cus5s)

324 If you have to shop in company stores at company prices, you are vulnerable to exploitation.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (2K6fY)

Heh.

Posted by: ObamaCare, also the VA at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (zCyNd)

325 A local radio personality, Jay Severin, got kicked off the air here in Boston for continuing to use the term 'criminaliens' which bothered so many of tolerant left in Massachusetts.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (nWc4E)

326 Do you really want to scare a British Expat?

DENTIST!

I understand I have now committed a Hate Crime and will be banned from The Twitters. It's probably for the best.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 13, 2018 06:58 PM (6eEQ+)

327 291 No reason to feel like a chump. National Review used to be a much higher quality publication. These things change over time, and that particular magazine hasn't worn well.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 13, 2018 06:50 PM (h2Bdk)

Yah, once upon a time the National Review was great. Now it is going the way of the American Mercury.

The American Spectator had a bit of a problem when futurist dreamer George Gilder took it over, but they are back on track I think.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at September 13, 2018 06:53 PM (ujg0T)

What I find depressing isn't the political magazines, but the supposedly non-political magazines that have jumped into politics with both feet. Scientific American, for instance. I used to wait by the mailbox for my Sciam to show up. Now it's just like Popular Science with a specialization in Global Warming.

Posted by: Ace's liver at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (h2Bdk)

328 Update on the gas explosions in Northern Mass.

39 confirmed fires/explosions in three cities, Lawrence, Andover, North Andover. Caused by overpressure in the lines.

Columbia Gas was doing "safety enhancements" in the area at the time. (But not doing them very well apparently)

FDs from Eastern Mass, NH, and Maine heading for the area.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (jDF8P)

329
I'm sticking with Que Street. Subtle but still abrasive.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (JTUFF)

330 IG Farben, zykon B, Sarin and Bayer aspirin.

Posted by: Archer at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (gmo/4)

331 Guy on FBN just called Kerry a war hero.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (IqV8l)

332 I'm terrified by his wussy culture, where you can no longer get bacon or ham at a national sandwich chain because muh muslim feels! He can kiss his traditional English breakfasts goodbye if that nonsense keeps up.

The Brits allowed Muslim complaints to dictate whether Piglet of Winnie the Pooh could be displayed in the workplace. Piglet!

You can't overstate how ingrained into the native British psyche Winnie the Pooh is, and yet they gave that up to appease Muslims.

As a culture, the natives of the UK are walking zombies who don't know they're already dead.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (9qZ3S)

333 Didnt Ginsburg get confirmed something like 96-4?
The GOP. Sigh.

Posted by: #neverskankles at September 13, 2018 07:00 PM (ok6mB)

334 UK is gone

You sold your virgin 12 year olds for political correctness. Adios mutha fukers!

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 07:00 PM (JFO2v)

335 Don't do a search on Tijuana donkey.

Posted by: runner at September 13, 2018 07:00 PM (bUjCl)

336 I had Popular Mechanics and Popular Science subscriptions continuously since I was 13 or 14, and cut them off a decade or so ago. It got so irritating for everything to be politically motivated and so anti-science.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 07:01 PM (JTUFF)

337 >>>Now what's the worst thing they can invent to smear him. I'm going with he knocked up a girl who then needed an abortion

Is that a federal crime? Because now the FBI is involved.

Posted by: Max Power at September 13, 2018 07:01 PM (q177U)

338
A fresh nood has been served.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2018 07:02 PM (LsBY9)

339 249 Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 06:43 PM

The L stands for Low. ??

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at September 13, 2018 06:47 PM (2NqXo)

oh good I thought maybe another hurricane was forming, like L for "Louie".

checked forecast for next week, just rain thank goodness.

Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2018 07:02 PM (kD8Fh)

340 There were 16 million hunting licenses issued in the US in 2017. That's 5% -- so the UK idiot is an idiot.

Posted by: Octopussy at September 13, 2018 07:02 PM (zVNID)

341 nood

Posted by: hogmartin at September 13, 2018 07:02 PM (y87Qq)

342 Does the FBI still come and get you for public showings of rented movies?

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2018 07:02 PM (MVjcR)

343 If you have to shop in company stores at company prices, you are vulnerable to exploitation.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (2K6fY)

No shit.

Posted by: Tennessee Ernie Ford at September 13, 2018 07:02 PM (oFsfu)

344 UK is gone

You sold your virgin 12 year olds for political correctness. Adios mutha fukers!
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2018 07:00 PM (JFO2v)

+++
Yes, this whole rape gang grooming scandal over in the UK is beyond comprehension. Why would any responsible adult who knew about this allow it to go on unexposed. And why is Tommy Robinson in prison for reporting on it. The UK is done for.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 13, 2018 07:03 PM (2sCft)

345 Read the headlines on BB about theKavanaugh Follies Review.... did not even click them... sign I may not be entirely gone....

Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 07:03 PM (ffWPP)

346 The Brits allowed Muslim complaints to dictate whether Piglet of Winnie the Pooh could be displayed in the workplace. Piglet!

You can't overstate how ingrained into the native British psyche Winnie the Pooh is, and yet they gave that up to appease Muslims.

As a culture, the natives of the UK are walking zombies who don't know they're already dead.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (9qZ3S)

To be fair, the Chinese don't allow Winnie the Pooh either. Though for a much more hilarious reason.

Posted by: Ace's liver at September 13, 2018 07:04 PM (h2Bdk)

347 If you have to shop in company stores at company prices, you are vulnerable to exploitation.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2018 06:55 PM (2K6fY)

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LOL!

i went to w*rk for Ralphs, the local Kroger chain, and they gave me an employee discount loyalty card... like the regular card, but with additional discounts available.

for a variety of reasons, i almost never shopped at their stores back then, because the other chains were easier to get to, into, and out of, and their prices were better too.

a couple weeks into my unpleasant 6 months with them, i got called in t the bosses office for some updates and taskings, then on the way out, i caught grief for not using the card.

i politely explained why the local stores didn't w*rk for me, and was told that they expected me to spend my paycheck at their stores to buy my groceries...

that was the 2nd major indicator that i never should have taken the position.

Posted by: redc1c4 at September 13, 2018 07:04 PM (rjbMC)

348 >>> Because nothing gets a leftist angry faster than someone enjoying

Hah, hadrian, that is it in a nutshell! Like Larry Correia says, leftists hate people "having fun wrong." It is, of course, based on their definition of wrong, not ours.

Posted by: LizLem at September 13, 2018 07:05 PM (hvf9s)

349 Posted by: tu3031 at September 13, 2018 06:59 PM (jDF8P)

I wondered what all the sirens were for. Those poor people.

Posted by: plum at September 13, 2018 07:05 PM (v89S1)

350 314 Is beaner a proscribed term???
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2018 06:57 PM (ffWPP)
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Probably, but it's not a good sub for illegal alien.
"Wetback" is better because it at least refers to crossing the border.

But I like "illegal alien" because it is more INCLUSIVE and embraces the glorious DIVERSITY of the invaders, be they from Meso-America, Africa, or Asia!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 13, 2018 07:06 PM (0jtPF)

351 Mr. Limbaugh suggested circumventing Twitter's ban on using the phrase "illegal aliens" by calling them "undocumented Democrats".

Posted by: Emmie at September 13, 2018 07:13 PM (4HMW8)

352 280 i use the term "illegal alien(s)" all the time, or just "illegals"...

it's accurate, descriptive and, best of all, pisses off all the right people.

"criminal alien(s)" w*rks too.

F them and their open border nonsense.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 13, 2018 06:51 PM (rjbMC)

Someone takes umbrage at "illegal aliens," I reply, "OK, I take your point. 'Wetbacks' it is, then. Happy now?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with an added spark of divinity at September 13, 2018 07:14 PM (YqDXo)

353 336 I had Popular Mechanics and Popular Science subscriptions continuously since I was 13 or 14, and cut them off a decade or so ago. It got so irritating for everything to be politically motivated and so anti-science.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 13, 2018 07:01 PM (JTUFF)

Same thing with Scientific American, which is neither, having been bought by some Brits and made into a socialist soapbox.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara, now with an added spark of divinity at September 13, 2018 07:16 PM (YqDXo)

354 Eh, I agree with National Review. Govt. doesn't and shouldn't get involved. The customer base holds the power. As long as "conservatives" continue to use Twitter, GOOGLE, Facebook...they deserve every injustice and biased decision they get.

This "thank you may I have another" mentality is mind boggling.
Posted by: Orson

I agree government intervention may not be the best course *, but a discussion about the companies efforts to silence the RIght needs to be had and pushed into the national frame.

/Eeyore mode_On
US conservatives are a small slice of their customer base, I'm afraid, in particular those that really are aware and politically active. I don't think the companies will care very much. You could get every single Trump voter to stop using Google search, for example, and nothing would change.

Name and shame and ridicule activism and host of other efforts will be needed. I dont' know how that's to come about.

Leaving all internet interaction entirely is a death sentence for the Right. If you think you can get 63 million conservatives to become IT experts overnight, prepare to be disappointed.

*Outside of enforcing all existing laws to an unusual degree when it comes to the social companies' interference in elections, HIPAA violations, H1B violations, etc. If they want more big government, we should give them the full measure.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 13, 2018 07:16 PM (c07y/)

355

Ok. Now we're just beating our heads against a dead horse...

Bessie The Dead Horse says, "A little lower and to the left. Now up a bit. Oh yeah, right there..."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 13, 2018 07:22 PM (HaL55)

356 354/ Screw the high-school level Lazziez Faire argument about private business. All individuals and business are in fact drowning in regulations, so why the hell should Social Media get a free pass?

Further, a strong argument can be made that the fundamental rights, like freedom of speech, are now in mortal jeopardy because of Facebook, Google and Twitter which are undeniably the modern-day street corner and they are suppressing political speech -- which receives the highest level of protection from Supreme Court when it comes to Government action.

Yes, they are private parties. But manipulating news and suppressing political view points while promoting others -- to an audience in the billions -- is new territory. And it's mortally dangerous to the principle that free speech demands a free and open marketplace of ideas. CLEARLY needs regulation because of the abusive tactics of these companies.

Silly. Because they could have avoided it by just being really really good at search engine and really really good at providing a public forum. All of their concerns about "unsafe spaces" could be instantly fixed via technology by just letting users ban other users.... or let users ban certain hastag search terms.

If an Individual wants to seal themselves in a left-wing bubble, then great. But it's a serious problem when Google et. all try to seal ME off into THEIR liberal bubble. Intolerable. Must be addressed.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at September 13, 2018 07:58 PM (db5dt)

357 And it's not just suppression of speech and people. It's also manipulation of search terms -- manipulation of knowledge itself.

Google: "American Inventors." Boom.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at September 13, 2018 08:06 PM (db5dt)

358 The plan, Ace, is for the giant info-monopolies to just "wither away."
Waiting. . . . .

Posted by: Beverly at September 14, 2018 12:57 AM (7yFaJ)

359 "...Ultra-Corporatists like Williamson, French, and Goldberg..."
You forgot The Screamer, Levin.

Posted by: dad29 at September 14, 2018 09:25 AM (7Kti7)

360 16
Serious question.....how many people actually read the national review these days?

VDH, Andy McCarthy and Dinesh D'Souza are doing fine work, on balance. Most of the rest of it is worse than TepidAir.

Posted by: Sunflower at September 14, 2018 11:16 AM (nHY+3)

361 171
In fact, just 3 per cent own half of all the guns in the US, with the other half held by only 19 per cent

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"That's
probably about right, although I suspect he's wrong about the single
gun moms and pops who aren't part of "gun culture" but know it takes the
cops 30 minutes to get to their house to fill out the paperwork. Here
in the South there are LOTS of households out there with one gun.

Regardless, it's pretty badass that 20% of the nation can protect the other 80% as well as we do."

Odd, there's Pareto again. Imagine that.

Posted by: Sunflower at September 14, 2018 12:04 PM (nHY+3)

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Twitter Bars Center for Immigration Studies from Using Phrase "Illegal Alien," Claiming It's Hate Speech;
Later, Under Pressure, Reverses Its Ban