CNN Thumb Chris Cillizza: The Left Has Pushed Two Racial-Arson Hoaxes. The Right, Meanwhile, Has Criticized the Left For Pushing Two Racial-Arson Hoaxes. As You Can See, Both Sides Are Equally to Blame.

Both the left and the right got Covington wrong, and then got Smollet wrong. They just got it wrong in different ways -- the left got it wrong by getting it wrong, and the right got it wrong by noticing the left had gotten it wrong.

You're everything we've come to expect from CNN "analysis."

The point is that, once again, the left and right were not engaged in the same project. One side was running full speed with confirmation bias and got the story wrong. The other side looked at the actual facts (as provided by the videos) and successfully argued the truth was other than it first appeared. The "counterattack" wasn’t of the same nature as the initial attack. Why can't Chris Cillizza see those differences?

He's a paid shill for a political party. You might just as well ask "Why can't Cory Booker see that Cory Booker is a dummy?"

Meanwhile, the "right wing" is really going to "seize" and "pounce" on this: Nigerian brothers testify before grand jury, says Chicago reporter.

GRAND JURY MET ON JUSSIE SMOLLETT according to @CharlieDeMar pic.twitter.com/bzhVXEpo47
— Nick Monroe (@nickmon1112) February 19, 2019

Am I doing exactly what the leftwing CNN shill-media is doing in promoting actual facts instead of hoaxes?

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:02 PM

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Posted by: AOC at February 19, 2019 06:01 PM (LfsrN)

2 It's not a hoax if you believe it!

Posted by: Goog...er, Alphabet at February 19, 2019 06:02 PM (6qErC)

3 Oy.

Stupid time to be alive ...

Posted by: Adriane the FORTRAN Power User Critic ... at February 19, 2019 06:03 PM (LPnfS)

4 This mountain is pure Snow!

Posted by: Charles De Mar at February 19, 2019 06:03 PM (Vs14/)

5 Go, Grand Jury, go...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 06:04 PM (bcbK8)

6 Toe thumb?

Posted by: steevy at February 19, 2019 06:04 PM (BXMxN)

7 How dare you tell the truth! HOW DARE YOU!

Posted by: Various potatoes and thumbs at February 19, 2019 06:04 PM (RD7QR)

8 empty headed food trough wiper

go and boil your bottoms

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2019 06:04 PM (d7Ww2)

9 Go, Grand Jury, go...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Do you like my hat???

Posted by: Elegant Poodle in a Fashionable for Racing Hat ... at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (LPnfS)

10
Racial Arson. Sounds like Rachel Carson. Same diff...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (zBaqJ)

11 Grand Jury Pounces!

Posted by: CNN at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (GTKWb)

12 Bag. of. Hammers. Dumb.

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (gmo/4)

13 Cue the Jake Tapper Prison Rape Jokes.

Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (Vs14/)

14 9 Go, Grand Jury, go...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Do you like my hat???
Posted by: Elegant Poodle in a Fashionable for Racing Hat ... at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (LPnfS)

I, uh...what?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (bcbK8)

15 Grand jury rumor go debunked. Nigerians were meeting with prosecutors, but did not testify before any grand jury today.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (I/iGu)

16 In another twenty years, Chris Cilliza's lower lip will be drooping so badly he'll be forced to wear a drool cup.

Sad!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (ptqGC)

17 I keep hearing that the brothers are american citizens by birth. Not sure what family connections they have in Nigeria, they must have some if they were going to fly there as the hoax unraveled and I thought I heard the CPD picked them up at O'Hare.

Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (eASYU)

18 This can still be saved for the media. They just need to start calling the Nigerians "white African Americans."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (Mouru)

19 It's for the greater good, though.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (t6MX/)

20 Stupid thumb needs the hammer treatment.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (gEvQ8)

21 True bill? I'll show you a true Bill!

Posted by: Rear Adm. Bill "Cucky" Kristol at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (Mouru)

22 http://www.hemmerlaw.com/blog/
for-truth-for-justice-for-nicholas/

$250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.
Thwack.

Posted by: navybrat on a mission from Odin at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (w7KSn)

23 Keep pushing those caricature lies, lefties. I'm sure one day you'll get one of these hoaxes to stick.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (/UEI7)

24 I'm more of a Professor Fate fan than a Great Leslie fan.

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (gmo/4)

25 I'd say the truth was pretty much as it first appeared; that these were obvious hoaxes. they all are. every last one. and the media weren't fooled. they knowingly joined in the hoaxes thinking they could gaslight everyone because everyone they know is as dumb as they are.

Posted by: x at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (nFwvY)

26 Seizing and pouncing is good exercise.

Posted by: Weasel at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (MVjcR)

27 13 Cue the Jake Tapper Prison Rape Jokes.
Posted by: garrett at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (Vs14/)

All right, stop me if you've heard this one.

Jake Tapper gets arrested for fraud, libel AND slander and gets put in a prison full of extremely affectionate twitter followers of him...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (bcbK8)

28 Facts contrary to the Narrative are counterrevolutionary and must be eliminated.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (NWiLs)

29 About Bernie.....What interesting times in which we live. Looks like we will find out pretty soon whether a majority of our fellow citizens are willing to go full-commie in the United States. Can't believe we're here and books will be written explaining how it came to be that after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States decided to likewise collapse itself and destroy the unique democracy that surpassed all others before it on every category you want to mention.

After becoming the prime mover on the major inventions in human history, including economic policy, monetary policy, actual "stuff" inventions, like the light bulb, automobile and the computer among countless others, and including the invention of the very best form of government itself, a representative democracy with guaranteed rights of freedom to individual citizens, 1/2 of the citizens of the United States decided to throw it all away to copy the form of government of countless failed states throughout the world and throughout history.

America 2019, Fuck yea!

Posted by: RichardWindsor at February 19, 2019 06:08 PM (db5dt)

30 All this focus on a silly hoax just ignores The Larger Story here.

Posted by: The MSM, Now With 22% More Truthy Goodness at February 19, 2019 06:08 PM (Mouru)

31 This is going to be a schlonging.

Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 06:08 PM (wxZSX)

32 Remove sodomite!

Posted by: Tulsi 2020 at February 19, 2019 06:08 PM (QSnbM)

33 31 This is going to be a schlonging.
Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 06:08 PM (wxZSX)

32 Remove sodomite!
Posted by: Tulsi 2020 at February 19, 2019 06:08 PM (QSnbM)

This, right here, why I love this site

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 06:09 PM (bcbK8)

34 the right is wrong ... for criticizing the left's lies and propaganda?

That doesn't even make sense. But he is really just saying that it was a mistake for the left to run with an obviously fake story, but evil and "wrong" for those evil ones on the right to criticize the beyond reproach MFM.

The really believe The Media is some higher order, allowed, or required, to produce the preferred social narrative, that is necessary to move society to their higher place. Fake but real ... The (their) Narrative serves the nation, even when fake and racist.

No thanks, save Orwell for the dystopian novels, not real life.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2019 06:09 PM (Cus5s)

35 Interesting to see if the Trump-appointed judges make their presence felt by revisiting Sullivan.

Of course, Sullivan won't save the WaPo. They weren't public figures and were minors. Bezos better open up the half of the checkbook he has left...

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:09 PM (cfSRQ)

36 Learn To Code.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (pw+jk)

37 Jake Tapper is talking about his favorite diversion, Veterans, isn't he.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (/UEI7)

38 "Cory Booker is a dummy."

Cory Booker is no dummy. I have it on solid lefty authority - which is to say, no authority at all - that he is merely a coked-up, cocked-up man whore, who will read anything you put in front of his drug-addled bug eyes.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (t6MX/)

39 CNN Thumb Chris Cillizza
.......

almost as stupid and ovoid as Tater.

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (v0R5T)

40 I don't get the worry over Bernie. He's a loser. What has he ever done for the "people"?

Posted by: freaked at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (UdKB7)

41 Should we be calling the brothers "brothers"? It seems racially insensitive to me. Perhaps "Related Persons of Color" would be better.

Posted by: Weasel at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (MVjcR)

42 Both brothers were hiding under hoods. Surrounded by what appeared to be law enforcement

I'm sure I've seen this very scene in Blazing Saddles, but there was only one black guy under a hood.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:11 PM (Mouru)

43 Classic case of Middle Minded. I learned that phrase here, a long time ago. But nobody mentions it anymore.

If the average crumb-cruncher is just going to assume "the truth is somewhere in the middle", why not just go for broke and get your pound of flesh ? There's no payoff for being "reasonable". Whichever side goes to the greatest extreme is going to come out ahead of the game - if public opinion, formed by people who's intellect only slightly outpaces a cow chewing it's cud, will always default to somewhere in the middle ?

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:11 PM (YrmEf)

44 Never mind #learntocode. Try #learntobehonest.

Posted by: davidt at February 19, 2019 06:11 PM (MI74Q)

45 I din't think "analysis" means what they think it means.

Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 19, 2019 06:11 PM (sMKe4)

46 Jake Tapper is talking about his favorite diversion, Veterans, isn't he.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 19, 2019 06:10 PM (/UEI7)

Besides himself, Jake tapper admires veterans the most.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:11 PM (Mouru)

47 Reminiscent of Homer Simpson's great line. It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to be lied to.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 19, 2019 06:12 PM (+y/Ru)

48 Thank goodness that you've explained it so even I can understand.

Posted by: Sandy Occasional-Cortex at February 19, 2019 06:12 PM (64PZ4)

49
http://www.hemmerlaw.com/blog/

for-truth-for-justice-for-nicholas/

$250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.

Thwack.

Posted by: navybrat on a mission from Odin at February 19, 2019 06:07 PM (w7KSn)

======
Schadenboner status: sentient at 3:17 PST.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:12 PM (pw+jk)

50 Changing my name to Pouncey McPouncerson.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:12 PM (PpJSb)

51 I.Smullet May get to do some jailhouse rock.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (JtBPN)

52 Seizing and pouncing is good exercise."

Diet and Exercise are a sound plan for weight loss.

Or something.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (6qErC)

53 $250M lawsuit against the WaPo filed just now.
Nick Sandman lawyers.
Posted by: navybrat

Thank you! The only way this one sided harassment stops is with consequences. I want Smollett to do some time for this.

Posted by: Cheri at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (oiNtH)

54 Bernie told CBS' John Dickerson he'll need the media's help to sell socialism.

And I'm sure he'll get it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (ptqGC)

55 The pounce thing is basically the leftwing version of snowflake, isn't it? They keep using the word 'cause they think it provokes unhinged emotional reactions.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (I/iGu)

56 If a Republican falls for our lies, that proves he's unfit for office.

Posted by: The MFM at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (dBiBP)

57 42 Both brothers were hiding under hoods. Surrounded by what appeared to be law enforcement

I'm sure I've seen this very scene in Blazing Saddles, but there was only one black guy under a hood.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:11 PM (Mouru)

If one of them turned to the press and said, 'Where the white women at?', I'd vote to acquit.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (bcbK8)

58 "Seizing and pouncing is good exercise."

ROWR!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (d7Ww2)

59 $250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.
---
Democracy Dies In Tort Law

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (hjaPQ)

60 Shot of penicillin.
Clean that cilliza right up.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (LL1Be)

61 ...also if he calls out our lies, because that's undermining Democratocracy.

Posted by: The MFM at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (dBiBP)

62 I'm kind of a big deal.

Just ask me.

Posted by: Jake Tapp-Tapp Tapper at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (pw+jk)

63 Cillizza seems to be saying that 'seizing' on the facts that have come out is the same as the left accepting Smollett's claims as gospel from the beginning sans any evidence.

Apparently an English degree from Georgetown doesn't mean much.

Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (GTKWb)

64 We're supposed to let them endlessly attack us, but pointing that out is horrible and unfair.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (oVJmc)

65 Schadenboner status: sentient at 3:17 PST."

Skynet whimpers off into the night...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (6qErC)

66 Bernie told CBS' John Dickerson he'll need the media's help to sell socialism.

"No problem! Barely an inconvenience..."

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (dBiBP)

67 Freaked, I ask myself that all the time. I remember in 2008 when it was McCain and Obama, my SIL said ewww.. how can you vote for the old white guy? Now old white guys are in vogue again.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (dUJdY)

68 34
the right is wrong ... for criticizing the left's lies and propaganda?

That
doesn't even make sense. But he is really just saying that it was a
mistake for the left to run with an obviously fake story, but evil and
"wrong" for those evil ones on the right to criticize the beyond
reproach MFM.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2019 06:09 PM (Cus5s)

---
It's a common psychological mechanism. Someone does something stupid and you point it out. Then they get really, really angry, because even if you had to point it out, you shouldn't have pointed it out *that way* or using *that tone of voice* etc.

The current media has the emotional state and mental ability of a middle-school mean girl.

They literally cannot help themselves.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (cfSRQ)

69 Chris Cillizza: What is it exactly that you do here?

I mean, the whole point of your exulted position is to sort the wheat from the chaff, to use your knowledge and experience to sort the obvious hoaxes from the real news.

You really should be BETTER at this than little 'ol me.

Problem with these hoaxes is YOU and the MEDIA keep falling for them, while ME and the rest of us NORMALS don't. That is super embarrassing, because sorting this out is kinda like your only job. Me, I got other shit on my plate. Yet in my spare time I seem to do a much better job than you do in your full time.

So again, Chris, what is it you would say your job is around here? Walk me through your busy day....what is the purpose of you, exactly?

Posted by: Inspector Kemp at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (AJj50)

70 Seizing and pouncing is good exercise.
----
It's pounce first, THEN seize, dammit!

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (Hx3Yn)

71 58 "Seizing and pouncing is good exercise."

ROWR!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 19, 2019 06:13 PM (d7Ww2)
-------
Forgive me. I didn't realize that's what you kids are calling it these days.

Posted by: Weasel at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (MVjcR)

72 The brothers in 'D' block are going to do a little 'pouncing' of their own on that Juicy ass!

Posted by: Tentotwo at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (yhf6w)

73 Tapper? I hardly knew her.

wock-wocka-wocka

Posted by: Jake Tapper at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (Mouru)

74 Bernie told CBS' John Dickerson he'll need the media's help to sell socialism.

Because facts, math, and history get in the way.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (PpJSb)

75 Either WaPo settles or this goes to SCOTUS, methinks.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (oVJmc)

76 Cillizza? You mean dat big lizard dat stomps on Tokyo and dem Japs?

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (gmo/4)

77 envy is a powerful emotion Richard. And its not 1/2 of the citizens ready to throw away our democratic republic. Roughly half are thinking "meh, slowly with the Rs or quickly with the Ds, I'm not even going to flip that coin" Of voters, a good chunk of those 'pulling the lever' for the commies are in their graves and being helped out by the DNC or non citizens. But for the fraction that are choosing communism. Its either envy or artificial guilt that the commie teachers and news readers have drilled into soft headed fools.

Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (eASYU)

78 250M lawsuit against the WaPo filed just now.

Expensive month for Bezos.

At this rate, he's going to need a GoFundMe soon.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (b1lU3)

79 We're supposed to let them endlessly attack us, but pointing that out is horrible and unfair."

Well of course.

That's been the Right/GOP play since Lee Atwater passed on...

They're surprised that we're punching back.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (6qErC)

80 70 Seizing and pouncing is good exercise.
----
It's pounce first, THEN seize, dammit!
Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (Hx3Yn)
-----
I'm ambidextrous!

Posted by: Weasel at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (MVjcR)

81 59
$250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.

---

Democracy Dies In Tort Law

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 06:14 PM (hjaPQ)

I followed a WaPo link and got the immediate please give us your money popover. Like the Sally Struthers of democracy, I guess democracy can be saved for the mere cost of a cup of coffee a day.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (t6MX/)

82 Bernie told CBS' John Dickerson he'll need the media's help to sell socialism
=====

That's ripe for a campaign ad. If only there was a political party interested in exposing Democrat/media collusion and their plans for everyone.

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (JcXHH)

83 You guys don't really think Juicy is gonna do actual time do you? He's not.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (dUJdY)

84 Schadenboner status: sentient at 3:17 PST.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:12 PM (pw+jk)

---
I just contacted the Navy to let them know they can use mine as a fleet carrier if the need arises.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (cfSRQ)

85 You know - it's the same stupid shit my step-mom's mother used to say, in this completely fucking stupid sage-like tone ...

"It takes two to fight".

Well - it only takes one to kick the other's ass. I had a hard time telling when that woman went senile. There wasn't much of a discernible difference.

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (YrmEf)

86

Is seizing the same as seizuring? I forget. Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Hitlery at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (n2qRY)

87 LOL Nick Sandmann is suing the WaPo for $250M+

Posted by: IrishEi at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (NtglE)

88 http://www.hemmerlaw.com/blog/
for-truth-for-justice-for-nicholas/

$250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.
Thwack.
Posted by: navybrat

Its a little light, I would have gone in for that - for each kid.

Posted by: Jean at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (25Dt7)

89 Can we lynch him now?

Posted by: Tortillapete at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (vLyzw)

90 Back in my reportering days people wrote letters. Some were critical of me; some pointed out specific mistakes. And, yes, I made mistakes.

It never crossed my mind to suggest it was wrong for readers to disagree or point out errors.

The contemporary media is stupid and insane.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (eAMlh)

91 The Corsican Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (gmo/4)

92 250M lawsuit against the WaPo filed just now.

Expensive month for Bezos.

I heard that he's already assigned Manservant No. 211 to scour the sofa cushions for spare change.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (Mouru)

93 Anyone named Chris Cillizza has GOT to be a sipper of penis.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 06:18 PM (JtBPN)

94 I heard that he's already assigned Manservant No. 211 to scour the sofa cushions for spare change.

Well his half of the sofa , anyway.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (LL1Be)

95 OK, time to go for my run today.

Getting back in fighting trim... things are getting sporty.

Posted by: Don Q at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (NgKpN)

96 Bernie told CBS' John Dickerson he'll need the media's help to sell socialism.

They will have to hold back on the full bore Communist International agenda until after the election.

Posted by: Jean at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (25Dt7)

97 $250 meeleeeeon? that will leave a mark!

Posted by: DanMan at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (XTiHL)

98 I followed a WaPo link and got the immediate please give us your money popover. "

Wait for Alexa to start demanding payments...

"Alexa, turn on the lights"

"That'll be 25 cents, plz"

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (6qErC)

99 Jussie...call me!

Posted by: Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (NLLmE)

100 Like the Sally Struthers of democracy, I guess democracy can be saved for the mere cost of a cup of coffee a day.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (t6MX/)

What does she weigh now, anyway? I'm guessing around 250 or so.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (b1lU3)

101 Where my Jamaican Indian cock holster at?

Posted by: Willy Brown at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (pw+jk)

102 $250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.
Thwack.
Posted by: navybrat

It seems a little high but the WaPo told deliberately lies specifically designed to destroy their lives. So fair I think.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (eAMlh)

103 Like the NYT, the WaPo is a functional arm of the Deep State.

Sandmann's family won't see one thin dime from them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (AzW6q)

104 That's ripe for a campaign ad. If only there was a political party interested in exposing Democrat/media collusion and their plans for everyone.

We need Jeff Sessions in charge of all that. "J'recuse!"

Posted by: t-bird at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (gHCnG)

105 83 You guys don't really think Juicy is gonna do actual time do you? He's not.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (dUJdY)

He'd enjoy it too much

Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (Izzlo)

106 OT: has this been mentioned today?

Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military Space Force

https://www.space.com/
president-trump-space-force-directive.html

"President Donald Trump signs Space Policy Directive-4 in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 19, 2019. SPD-4 directs the Pentagon to establish a Space Force"

Congress still has to approve the creation of new branch of military. But still, Space Force lives.

Posted by: Hands at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (786Ro)

107 Jewells, there's a report that a federal grand jury has been impounded and has issued subpoenas over the threatening letter Juicy sent. He might do federal time for that.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (hjaPQ)

108 Great....those feel the bern bumper stickers are relevant again....

Posted by: lin-duh at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (kufk0)

109 The contemporary media is stupid and insane."

Nah.

As was previously pointed out, they're still kids in skool...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (6qErC)

110 Like the Sally Struthers of democracy, I guess democracy can be saved for the mere cost of a cup of coffee a day.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 06:16 PM (t6MX/)

What does she weigh now, anyway? I'm guessing around 250 or so.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (b1lU3)

Them kids wouldn't be so damn hungry if Sally would just friggin' share.

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (YrmEf)

111 Because facts, math, and history get in the way.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:15 PM (PpJSb)
.........

What are these things you speak of?

TOGA PARTY

Tapper Kegga Bru

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (v0R5T)

112 Sandmann's family won't see one thin dime from them.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 06:19 PM (AzW6q)

I dunno about that. The publicity is bad for WaPo. I could see them settling just to get this out of the news spotlight.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (b1lU3)

113 93
Anyone named Chris Cillizza has GOT to be a sipper of penis.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 06:18 PM (JtBPN)

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How many reporters are there in the US? Lots and lots. Does anyone really think that the ones on the cable channels are the absolute best and brightest and that they got where they are by virtue of merit?

If you do, pull the other finger.

No, these people have gotten to where they are because their skill set meets the needs of the people over them.

You know, people who have remote controls for the lock on the office door.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (cfSRQ)

114 I will sip no penis before its time.

Posted by: Chris Cillizza at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (pw+jk)

115 What does she weigh now, anyway? I'm guessing around 250 or so.

three fiddy

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (PpJSb)

116 You know - it's the same stupid shit my step-mom's mother used to say, in this completely fucking stupid sage-like tone ...

"It takes two to fight".

Well - it only takes one to kick the other's ass. I had a hard time telling when that woman went senile. There wasn't much of a discernible difference.
----
Eowyn of Rohan would have made short shrift of he.

"It takes but one to start a war, not two, and those who have not swords can still die upon them."

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (Hx3Yn)

117 Smollet should be condemned to doing dinner theater deep in flyover country. That would be punishment for him.

Posted by: josephistan at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (Izzlo)

118
These people have algorithms instead of intellects.

Push the lever, get the food pellet.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (S6lpt)

119 Cory Booker is no dummy! He went to Yale!

Posted by: Cory Booker at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (QZIW8)

120 Memo: To: All 2020 Presidential Hopefuls

A meeting has been called to assist you in the arduous task ahead of you. To that end, please accept this invitation by the Clinton Family Foundation which has the best interests of the party and people in mind.
Time: 2: AM
Place: Ft Marcy Park.

Be there or be square

Hillary

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (vVLnV)

121 Them kids wouldn't be so damn hungry if Sally would just friggin' share.

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (YrmEf)

I used to think that, too. "No wonder they're hungry. Somebody's getting plenty to eat. Dial that shit back a bit, Sally!"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (b1lU3)

122 116 You know - it's the same stupid shit my step-mom's mother used to say, in this completely fucking stupid sage-like tone ...

"It takes two to fight".

Well - it only takes one to kick the other's ass. I had a hard time telling when that woman went senile. There wasn't much of a discernible difference.
----
Eowyn of Rohan would have made short shrift of he.

"It takes but one to start a war, not two, and those who have not swords can still die upon them."
Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (Hx3Yn)

It takes two to fight..

But only ONE to make a victim.

Posted by: Don Q at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (NgKpN)

123 I got Willowed in the last thread.

I was attempting to tell you guys that you were wrong and that it was Joey Bishop as the voice of the aardvark.

Wrong.

It was John Byner doing his dead-on Jackie Mason impression.

https://imdb.to/2NdFrhX

Posted by: SandyCheeks at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (tGSHk)

124 I saw on that twitter feed that the story about Jussie being seen in an elevator with the two brothers was "unfounded." Not surprising, it didn't really fit into the rest of the story very well.

I know that's something that drives cops crazy, and it seems to get worse and worse each year - no matter what happens, there's always a couple fools who show up and claim they saw this, or they saw that, and they are just making shit up off the top of their heads. Are they really that desperate for attention?

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (Kpl3J)

125 Smollet should be condemned to doing dinner theater deep in flyover country. That would be punishment for him.

I could get behind that.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (dUJdY)

126 The technically correct term for the Chris Cillizza's of the world is "dipshit". And to be very precise it should be "dumb dipshit".

Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (WRSbt)

127 Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (cfSRQ)

As someone who used to be (dramatic music stab) IN THE MEDIA--trust me, it ain't full of MENSA members.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (PpJSb)

128 119 Cory Booker is no dummy! He went to Yale!
Posted by: Cory Booker at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (QZIW

Where he was severely heterosexual, amirite?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (b1lU3)

129 Be there or be square

Hillary

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at February 19, 2019 06:21 PM (vVLnV)

I'd welcome her settling family business.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (t6MX/)

130 Look on one side you have testimony and evidence that suggests this was a hoax and on the other side you have the claims of one guy with nothing corroborating them.

That's like totally the same thing duh!

Posted by: Chris Cillizza at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (GTKWb)

131
I dunno about that. The publicity is bad for WaPo. I could see them settling just to get this out of the news spotlight.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:20 PM (b1lU3)

---
They'll have to apologize, though. That's going to be the part they hate.

A fulsome, abject apology. Watch them try to wriggle off that hook.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (cfSRQ)

132 >>You might just as well ask "Why can't Cory Booker see that Cory Booker is a dummy?"

That was beautiful, man.

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (QE8X6)

133 You guys don't really think Juicy is gonna do actual time do you? He's not.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (dUJdY)

----------

Of course he's not.

The courts are not going to suddenly start serving up justice to the #Resistance.

That might discourage the next thug who wants to commit a crime on behalf of the State.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (AzW6q)

134 You guys don't really think Juicy is gonna do actual time do you? He's not.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (dUJdY)

----------------------

Nope. Been saying all along the worst he will get is a fine. Way too much intersectionality with this one.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 19, 2019 06:23 PM (ffYR/)

135 $250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.

Thwack.

Posted by: navybrat

====
Punitive damages of $750 million for a cool billion.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:23 PM (pw+jk)

136 Smollet should be condemned to doing dinner theater deep in flyover country. That would be punishment for him.

Prison acting troupe.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:23 PM (b1lU3)

137 This country could not go far wrong by reducing the number of "celebrities" by 90 percent or so

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2019 06:23 PM (m45I2)

138 I wonder if CNN management will finally catch on to the obvious fact: It is their on-air staff most gullible in every one of these hoaxes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, the afternoon matinee at February 19, 2019 06:23 PM (QZIW8)

139 it takes two to tango ... it takes (at least) two to argue/debate.

But in the realm of nations and propaganda networks, and the mass of viewers, and 100 (fabricated) identify groups ... the equation is much more complex. Fake news tells a fake story contrived by fake victims, and a whole class of people get blamed, as fake conservatives argue over how white people should best show their contrition.

The real "conservatives" are never even at the dance. They were banned and demonetized.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (Cus5s)

140 he bugs me.

Posted by: trapper's girl at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (nUGtg)

141 The technically correct term for the Chris Cillizza's of the world is "dipshit". And to be very precise it should be "dumb dipshit".
----
When does a dipshit graduate to being an asswipe? Or is it the other way around?

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (Hx3Yn)

142 They'll have to apologize, though. That's going to be the part they hate.

A fulsome, abject apology. Watch them try to wriggle off that hook.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (cfSRQ)

"We agree mistakes were made, and if anyone took offense, it is surely regretted. By whomever made them."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (b1lU3)

143 250 mil - after lawyerfees, City, State, Local and Federal taxes are assessed and other assorted legalized government financial rape is complete, Nick might have enough left to pay off mom and dad's place, State U tuition and a nice 4 wheel drive truck.

I say go for 500.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (LL1Be)

144 If there is a God, someone will make viral videos of the aardvark in Bernie's voice.

Posted by: eleven at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (NLLmE)

145 The Corsican Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: Archer at February 19, 2019 06:17 PM (gmo/4)
........

Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (v0R5T)

146 Cory Booker is no dummy! He went to Yale!"

And his name there was Yohn Yohnson?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (6qErC)

147 They'll have to apologize, though. That's going to be the part they hate.

They could compromise and agree to change their masthead slogan from, "Democracy Dies In Darkness" to "Gee, Aren't We A Pack Of Blithering Idiots"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (Mouru)

148
You got neck-grease on the heel of my boot!

-Collectivist Tool

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (S6lpt)

149 As someone who used to be (dramatic music stab) IN THE MEDIA--trust me, it ain't full of MENSA members.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (PpJSb)

---
I'm not disagreeing with you, merely pointing out that intelligence and basic competence are NOT what got these people where they are today.

A willingness to be locked in the office with the boss, on the other hand, is definitely a career boost.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (cfSRQ)

150 I agree CM.. he'll pay a fine, that's it.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (dUJdY)

151 this all reminds me of a South Park episode in which the boys break a beaver dam resulting in a nearby town being flooded.
"We are reporting that over a thousand people have drowned here today" the on the spot reporter says, and when the news anchor at the station says "Is that how many people drowned?" the guy on the scene says "no, but that's what we're reporting/"
CNN: we report, and then we didn't say we believe it, so shut up.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (ZqRa6)

152 Punitive damages of $750 million for a cool billion.

Posted by: Jukin

Wait.
Is that real? Because HAY -ELL YES!

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (LL1Be)

153 Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (6qErC)

154 Maybe the white men should sue Jussie for defamination. Seems like a class action lawsuite to me. Not a lawyer btw.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (JtBPN)

155 117 Smollet should be condemned to doing dinner theater deep in flyover country. That would be punishment for him."

With some bored fat kid sitting at a table playing a handheld video game very loudly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (Kpl3J)

156 Juicy Fruit screwing around with that letter may be his big downfall. One would never think it, but the USPS Inspectors are extremely tenacious. They've been brought on in RICO cases when all else failed, and get convictions.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (xzqr4)

157 I think smollet can plead insanity. He has spent his entire life explaining "No, it's Jussie, J-U-S-S-I-E like Jessie, but with a U instead of E. Yeah, that was my moms idea, yeah, she wanted to be different. Anyway....".

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (dNzKv)

158 I really wish they were going after spittle flecked Nicholas Frankovich. Something about his brand of lunacy really pisses me off.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (eAMlh)

159 http://www.hemmerlaw.com/blog/

for-truth-for-justice-for-nicholas/

$250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.

Thwack.

Posted by: navybrat

Filed in the northern district of Kentucky. A good place for the case.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, the afternoon matinee at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (QZIW8)

160 CNN Thumb Chris Cillizza: The Left Has Pushed Two Racial-Arson Hoaxes. The Right, Meanwhile, Has Criticized the Left For Pushing Two Racial-Arson Hoaxes. As You Can See, Both Sides Are Equally to Blame.

They call shooting yourself in the head "gun violence" so ... just par for the course for the left.

Have I mentioned how I fvcking hate commies. HATE!!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (zK7qR)

161 Filed in the northern district of Kentucky. A good place for the case.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, the afternoon matinee at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (QZIW

Better and better.

The Reds can't squawk, since Covington is in Kentucky.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (b1lU3)

162 Smollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (pw+jk)

163 Are they really that desperate for attention?"

Did you really ask that?

/heh

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (6qErC)

164 153 Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers
Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM (6qErC)

Duffer Brothers > Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (NWiLs)

165 They'll have to apologize, though. That's going to be the part they hate.

They could compromise and agree to change their masthead slogan from, "Democracy Dies In Darkness" to "Gee, Aren't We A Pack Of Blithering Idiots"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (Mouru)

Staff required to wear dunce caps in perpetuity.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (eAMlh)

166 I agree CM.. he'll pay a fine, that's it.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 19, 2019 06:25 PM (dUJdY)

--------

That sounds about right.

I mean, it's not the kind of heinous crime that gets you really serious time like 30 days in jail.

Like grievously wounding a sitting US Senator in an unprovoked attack.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (AzW6q)

167 Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers
-----
The Brothers Karamazov > The Brothers Nigerianski

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (Hx3Yn)

168 Smothers Brothers > Duffer Brothers > Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (6qErC)

169 Smollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (pw+jk)

And that skank from Georgetown with the need for free rubbers. Fluke.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (zK7qR)

170 If a year ago you'd asked me, "what do Jussie Smollett and Andrew McCabe have in common?", Grand Jury is an answer I never would've come up with.

Posted by: Hands at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (786Ro)

171 116 You know - it's the same stupid shit my step-mom's mother used to say, in this completely fucking stupid sage-like tone ...

"It takes two to fight".

"Yeah, well it only takes One to put you in the Home, Old Lady." That'd shut her up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (Kpl3J)

172 "We agree mistakes were made, and if anyone took offense, it is surely regretted. By whomever made them."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 06:24 PM (b1lU3)

---
The interesting part in all this is how editors no longer handle the business end of the paper. They're entirely idealogues trying to score political points.

No one expects papers to be profitable, just to make noise.

What this does is make editors absolutely immune to financial pressure - hey, they aren't the ones paying the bills! The deep-pocketed owner can come up with the cash!

And this is exactly the ground where the owner WON'T demand firings to reduce liability, because they're equally committed to the cause. Bezos is a True Believer, so he's going to be sympathetic to fighting it out.

This is why the Covington kids seems have amassed the libel Dream Team in their corner. These guys see easy marks and are ready to take them to the cleaners.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (cfSRQ)

173 Jussie was traumatized by the racist anti-gay patriarchy! His PTSD made him lie!

Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (VHyQa)

174 Drinking Bacardi straight up, listening to Schumann #4 REALLY LOUD (Klemperer), and reading Ace comments for the jokes. What the hell is wrong with me? And where is Grammie Winger?

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (QE8X6)

175 Small, but significant problem:

Jussie's gonna have to confess if he wants to avoid jail time.

No sign he's willing to do so yet.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (I/iGu)

176 The technically correct term for the Chris
Cillizza's of the world is "dipshit". And to be very precise it should
be "dumb dipshit".
Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 19, 2019 06:22 PM (WRSbt)

Yeah ... but there is a shit-pot of them.

I've seen it ... time and time again ... there comes a point with most people, after Little Johnny nut-punches the kid next to him for the umpteenth time - that Teacher hates the nut-punched kid for crying out more than Little Johnny for punching the nuts.

Little Johnny ain't gonna' stop. And Teacher just wants shit to be quiet. So she moves that hate where, in the back of her mind, she thinks it might bring some quiet.

There's no damn long-term win in not fighting back. "Being the Better Man" is largely a myth that people tell themselves when the fight is more distasteful than they can bear.
Cillizza just wants some fucking peace and quiet. Like shit used to be.

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (YrmEf)

177 So is Cory Booker a 'Rhodes Scholar' or a 'Roads Scholar' i.e. used to work for New Jersey Transportation?

Posted by: East Bay Jay at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (Lg/Uq)

178 Chang and Eng Brothers > Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (v0R5T)

179 Although it would be great if Smollett got jail time, the bigger part is that it has established the truth of a Social Justice Hate Crime Hoax in the mind of the public.

It will always be "Is this fake, like with that Empire guy?"

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:29 PM (oVJmc)

180 Driver Brothers > Duffer Brothers > Howler Brothers > Farmer Brothers > The Nigerian Brothers

also brings things full circle

Posted by: x at February 19, 2019 06:30 PM (nFwvY)

181 169 Smollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (pw+jk)

And that skank from Georgetown with the need for free rubbers. Fluke.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (zK7qR)

That will definitely not lead him to heterosexuality.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:30 PM (eAMlh)

182 (Klemperer)

Werner?

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:30 PM (6qErC)

183 #FreeJuicy

Posted by: Donkey Chompers at February 19, 2019 06:30 PM (Tyii7)

184 162 Smollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious

That is just cruel. He'd be begging for the sweet release of the cold, emptiness, of Death with in a week.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (WNAuL)

185 181 169 Smollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:27 PM (pw+jk)

And that skank from Georgetown with the need for free rubbers. Fluke.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 19, 2019 06:28 PM (zK7qR)

That will definitely not lead him to heterosexuality.
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:30 PM (eAMlh)

Spelunking, maybe.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (NWiLs)

186 Every one of these stupid fuckers argues like ex-wife after she fucks up royally again:

"Well WE are ALL TO BLAME now aren't WE?"

Gaslighting bullshit.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (LL1Be)

187 (Klemperer)

Werner?
-----
His dad. Otto.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (Hx3Yn)

188 perhaps Smollett's parents were inspired by Minelli singing "it's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S"

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (ZqRa6)

189 In a country where innocent high school students defamed, libeled and harassed with death threats or the open free press run by leftists, I choose an open free press run by leftists.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (pw+jk)

190 Hate crime hoaxes are the logical consequence of Old White Men inhabiting Planet Earth!! Bastards.

Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (VHyQa)

191 When I seize, Huma pounces.

Posted by: Hillary! at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (786Ro)

192 (Klemperer)

Werner?
-----
His dad. Otto."

HOGAN!

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (6qErC)

193 186 Every one of these stupid fuckers argues like ex-wife after she fucks up royally again:

"Well WE are ALL TO BLAME now aren't WE?"

Gaslighting bullshit.
Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (LL1Be)

Oh fuck me, that's a bad flashback right there.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (NWiLs)

194 The left lies in weight, while the right pounces from the gate.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (pUDQf)

195 Can I at least hope Smollet gets knifed in the men's room of a public park after propositioning an outlaw biker?

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (bML9A)

196 mollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life.

*******

Well, if he wasn't gay before, THAT just might push him over the finish line.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2019 06:33 PM (m45I2)

197 This is close to 'it's the right's fault Jussie was compelled to tell a little lie because Trump'.

Almost there! You can do it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:34 PM (pUDQf)

198 mollett should be condemned to doing Lena Dunham for life. "

He's gonna need more flour...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:34 PM (6qErC)

199 So CNN is openly admitting that they have joined the Hoaxy Party. They're such Smarties.

Not.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (8WSy/)

200 Oh fuck me, that's a bad flashback right there.
This is the kind of shit that makes a National Divorce seem almost preferable...
and then you remember that she gets HALF.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (LL1Be)

201 Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (QE8X6)

202 Can I at least hope Smollet gets knifed in the men's room of a public park after propositioning an outlaw biker?
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM (bML9A)

Looks like you can. Good luck !!!

Posted by: Steve Borden at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (YrmEf)

203 #BreadLineBernie

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (4e+hS)

204 The Thumb isn't the only one. Kinda funny that the msm have decided the way to defend is to say "yeah, but you noticed".

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (r+sAi)

205 You never know. Jussie might be turned on by thighs that look like pantyhose filled with cottage cheese.

Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned at rgICo at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (JtBPN)

206 201
Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?

Skull and Bones Club. Naked in a coffin, whacking it.

Posted by: Hitlery at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (n2qRY)

207 Per sources : Nicholas Sandman is suing the Washington Post for.......$250 million.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (4e+hS)

208 Can I at least hope Smollet gets knifed in the men's room of a penitentiary after propositioning an outlaw biker?
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at February 19, 2019 06:32 PM

FIFY

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (/rm4P)

209 I can't tell CNN commentators apart. They all look alike to me. Is there something wrong with me?

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (eAMlh)

210 Will all White males kill themselves so Jussie can get himself a Subway hoagie in sub zero weather in peace, without having to manufacture a hate crime complete with noose and Clorox goodness??

Posted by: kallisto at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (VHyQa)

211 Seriously, if the postal inspectors get into the fray with Jussie the liar, the shit will hit the fan. Those guys have even more power than game wardens and if he did that it broke several laws. At the very least he will be on the No Fly list.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (pw+jk)

212 John Sexton -- This Cilliza Humongless, he seems a reasonable fella, I'll meet with him halfway.

It read like Chris was being debunked by a kindergarden teacher. "Now Chrissy, you seem to have a few things wrong on your art project."

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (Z4rgH)

213
187 (Klemperer)

Werner?
-----
His dad. Otto.

well known as the inspiration for the futurama character "klemps".

Posted by: Anachronda at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (sGtp+)

214 204 The Thumb isn't the only one. Kinda funny that the msm have decided the way to defend is to say "yeah, but you noticed".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (r+sAi

Right up there with "it's not a crime if you don't get caught!"

Mental spaghetti.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (pUDQf)

215 205 You never know. Jussie might be turned on by thighs that look like pantyhose filled with cottage cheese.
Posted by: Xipe Totec still banned

Don't Judge!! There is a fetish for everybody.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (WNAuL)

216 What this does is make editors absolutely immune to financial pressure - hey, they aren't the ones paying the bills! The deep-pocketed owner can come up with the cash!"

The ultimate irony is that because they think they're immune to financial pressure, they've actually opened themselves up to it. By not deeming it worthy of consideration, they keep taking bigger and bigger risks and thinking it's all good - and then suddenly one day they end up like Gawker.

Richard Fernandez, over at Belmont Club has written a good bit about "design margin". Healthy structures and healthy organizations have a large built in "design margin" where things can go very badly, and the structure, or organization will still survive. BUT when people take over who don't understand what the original designers understood, they start taking bigger and bigger risks, and think they're so smart for "getting away with it" - but they're eating into the design margin. Eventually, they run things down to where there is no design margin left at all, and in the next big crisis after that - and there always is one - the entire edifice comes crashing down in failure, and everyone is Shocked, Shocked, Shocked, because that Never Happened Before. But the outcome was guaranteed by the way they had acted - it was just a matter of timing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (Kpl3J)

217 Corey Booker at Yale

Skull and Bones Club

*******

Numbskull and T-Bone Club

Posted by: Muldoon at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (m45I2)

218 In a country where innocent high school students
defamed, libeled and harassed with death threats or the open free press
run by leftists, I choose an open free press run by leftists.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at February 19, 2019 06:31 PM (pw+jk)

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Funny, earlier today I out-of-nowhere remembered the ravings of Louise Mench and the web site she ran into the ground. Heat Street, wasn't it?

How's she doing these days? I thought Trump was going to be removed from office by the Supreme Court in March, 2017. Did that happen?

Let's see: Heat Street, Weekly Standard, massive purge of Red State, the Blaze having to cling to CRTV for life - am I missing anyone? How's Hot Air doing? Anyone know who's paying their utility bill?

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (cfSRQ)

219 Running for president is quite lucrative

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (QK70D)

220 Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (QE8X6)
........

_?_

0 0

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (v0R5T)

221 The tears here will be epic when President Sanders is sworn in. Power to the People!

Posted by: No at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (cc0Ep)

222 209 I can't tell CNN commentators apart. They all look alike to me. Is there something wrong with me?
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:37 PM (eAMlh)

Pasty androgynous leftists start looking alike after a while, especially when they spend a lot of time close together.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (NWiLs)

223 >>Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?

Skull and Bones Club. Naked in a coffin, whacking it.
Posted by: Hitlery at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (n2qRY)

OMG!!! Guess I won't be sleeping tonight.

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (QE8X6)

224 206 201
Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?

Skull and Bones Club. Naked in a coffin, whacking it.
Posted by: Hitlery

This is horrible but I laughed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (WNAuL)

225 209 I can't tell CNN commentators apart. They all look alike to me. Is there something wrong with me?

you, sir, are clearly racist against npc.

Posted by: :^| at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (sGtp+)

226 207 Per sources : Nicholas Sandman is suing the Washington Post for.......$250 million.
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (4e+hS

Smiling here, boss!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (pUDQf)

227 Juicy?

he finna wait tables at Denny's for 5 to 10, noparo.

Posted by: Sandy Occasional-Cortex at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (64PZ4)

228 I'm thinking WaPo might want to settle rather than risk a new standard for libel being set.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (oVJmc)

229 Chris Cillizza is another product of the 'War on Boys' American education/propaganda system.

Feminized. Emasculated. Bitchy.

Posted by: mikeyG at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (LL1Be)

230 Pasty androgynous leftists start looking alike after a while, especially when they spend a lot of time close together.

Their mental menstrual cycles synchronize...

Posted by: Mr. Soylant Greenjeans at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (n2qRY)

231 Will I ever know the touch of a woman?

Posted by: No at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (GTKWb)

232 Do you like my hat???
Posted by: Elegant Poodle in a Fashionable for Racing Hat ... at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (LPnfS)

I, uh...what?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

https://www.amazon.com/ Dog-Read-Myself-Beginner-Books/dp/0394800206

Posted by: Elegant Poodle in a Fashionable for Racing Hat ... at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (LPnfS)

233 So how many packs of lawyers are chewing on Bezos and his companies?

Should I buy more popcorn?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 06:40 PM (8WSy/)

234 Colonel Sanders is sworn in."

Yum.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:40 PM (6qErC)

235 209 I can't tell CNN commentators apart. They all look alike to me. Is there something wrong with me?
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable?

Eh, they're all just NPC's anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2019 06:40 PM (WNAuL)

236 So how many packs of lawyers are chewing on Bezos and his companies?

Should I buy more popcorn?"

"Alexa, send more popcorn"

Posted by: Anon a mouse at February 19, 2019 06:40 PM (6qErC)

237 228 I'm thinking WaPo might want to settle rather than risk a new standard for libel being set."

It's pretty interesting that just today, Clarence Thomas went on record as saying that Sullivan was wrongly decided, and needs to be looked at. That outta scare the shit out of the WaPo.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 06:41 PM (Kpl3J)

238 Posted by: No at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (cc0Ep)
----
Speaking of someone whacking it...

Posted by: Captain Obvious at February 19, 2019 06:41 PM (Hx3Yn)

239 >>As You Can See, Both Sides Are Equally to Blame.

I believe the word you are looking for is "culpable."

Posted by: George Will at February 19, 2019 06:41 PM (QE8X6)

240 @229: "Feminized. Emasculated. Bitchy."

Judging by his Tony Kornheiser Show persona, I was gonna say Cillizza is not a sipper of penis as suggested upthread, but he likely enjoys watching other men fuck his wife.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2019 06:41 PM (I/iGu)

241 Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?

Skull and Bones Club. Naked in a coffin, whacking it.

Posted by: Hitlery at February 19, 2019 06:36 PM (n2qRY)

====
Just when I thought I could keep dinner down. Thanks a hell of a lot.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:41 PM (pw+jk)

242 I would also like to see Cap'n Bill's cruise ship docked up his ass.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:42 PM (eAMlh)

243 Ace did you see the updates from Monroe? DeMar now sez the brothersand their lawyer were not meeting with the grand jury, but with prosecutors.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2019 06:42 PM (Z4rgH)

244 These cases are not 'confirmation bias'.

Smellet, Covington, or Ford, etc. Treyvon...

They were all claims that bordered if not went into the real of literally incredible. Someone sheltered from most of the facts (cloudy and contradictory as they may seem) may suffer from confirmation bias, but anyone exposed to most of the claims and interested in finding the true facts, no they would have a hard time establishing that the event occurred in the way propagated by the MSM. The people pushing the MSM perspective are mostly knowingly pushing a false narrative.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 19, 2019 06:42 PM (1g7ch)

245 242 I would also like to see Cap'n Bill's cruise ship docked up his ass.
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:42 PM (eAMlh)

So would he.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 19, 2019 06:42 PM (NWiLs)

246 We don't wanna know what it it is that is being whacked in the coffin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 06:43 PM (8WSy/)

247 Today, I'm thrilled to sign a new order taking the next step to create the United States Space Force!
.......

Love this president.

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:43 PM (v0R5T)

248 Have the Hate Mongols been extradited from Nigeria yet?

Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 06:43 PM (wxZSX)

249 If I would have said it was black men attacking me, people would have believed it.

Posted by: Jussie the Pussie at February 19, 2019 06:44 PM (r+sAi)

250 Pasty androgynous leftists start looking alike after a while, especially when they spend a lot of time close together.
====
Easy there. My penis is still visible when I stand up and I just found a boil on its head. So there.

Posted by: Chris Cillizza at February 19, 2019 06:44 PM (pw+jk)

251 220 Cory Booker at Yale. Can't you just picture it?
Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:35 PM (QE8X6)
........

_?_

0 0
Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:38 PM (v0R5T)

YES! Now put him in the front row with that Million Dollar Smile.

Posted by: Caliban at February 19, 2019 06:44 PM (QE8X6)

252 Could all the conservatives defamed and endangered by the media launch a class action suit? Somewhat of a serious question.

Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 19, 2019 06:45 PM (eAMlh)

253 It's pretty interesting that just today, Clarence
Thomas went on record as saying that Sullivan was wrongly decided, and
needs to be looked at. That outta scare the shit out of the WaPo.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2019 06:41 PM (Kpl3J)

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That won't apply here, though. Sandman was not a public figure, but in fact a minor child.

One of the lawyers was pointing this out when they were hired on that these two factors pretty much destroy normal libel defenses.

Hence all the top-shelf libel lawyers piling on for the easy payday.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:45 PM (cfSRQ)

254 So the left has zero problem with the US defending satellites with the new Space Force but flips out about defending Americans from foreign criminals.

If only a reporter bothered to ask questions.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:45 PM (pUDQf)

255 Let's see: Heat Street, Weekly Standard, massive purge of Red State, the Blaze having to cling to CRTV for life - am I missing anyone?

Payless Shoe Source

Posted by: Hands at February 19, 2019 06:45 PM (786Ro)

256 one, two, three, four
I declare thumb war!

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at February 19, 2019 06:46 PM (RKQ/v)

257 Go, Grand Jury, go...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Do you like my hat???
Posted by: Elegant Poodle in a Fashionable for Racing Hat ... at February 19, 2019 06:05 PM (LPnfS)

I, uh...what?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 19, 2019 06:06 PM (bcbK

+++++
A referrence to the great classic of children's literature, "Go, Dog, Go!" ??

Posted by: SteveOReno, I proudly self-identify as a Moron at February 19, 2019 06:46 PM (2sCft)

258 Andy Rooney once had some nice things to say about Dan Rather regarding the TANG Memos -

Rather knew damn well those memos were fake didn't even pretend to be unbiased like we used to.

That's the substance of it.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 19, 2019 06:47 PM (1g7ch)

259 I hope the Covington kids sue Savaaaanah Guthrie all the back to a Georgia cotton field.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:47 PM (2TTOn)

260 So will this grand jury indite Jussie's Subway sub as an accessory?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 19, 2019 06:47 PM (8WSy/)

261
https://www.amazon.com/ Dog-Read-Myself-Beginner-Books/dp/0394800206

Posted by: Elegant Poodle in a Fashionable for Racing Hat ... at February 19, 2019 06:39 PM (LPnfS)

My favorite book as a kid. I have a newer copy. The wife was buying books for her nieces kids, and came home with a current copy. I had her get me one. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 19, 2019 06:47 PM (9Om/r)

262 Yes. No early dismissal of MAGA hat kids lawsuit.

Hence discovery! You get to WaPos internal notes etc

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2019 06:47 PM (nsAUg)

263 Morons, we have a winner. The law firm Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, PLLC is going to exact more damage on the mainstream media than any that came before it. Links above to the firm's website where you can read the initial complaint against WaPo for $250M. This is what a top-shelf law firm looks like, my friends.

For those discussing the amount of claimed damages, the attorneys state in the complaint that they choose $250M because that was how much Bezos paid for WaPo.

Further, they say expressly that more law suits are coming. Maggie Haberman, of NYT, is sure to be included, and god speed. That angry wench has had this coming for a long time, and so does her paper.

Before this over, I have no doubt that Sandman's attorneys will be asking for well in excess of $1B from multiple defendants. The fact that Sandman is a minor (16 yrs old, for Christ's sake) is going to be devastating for their legal defense, because duties to minor in the defamation area of law are heightened.

Get out the popcorn folks! This will be one of the great cases for the ages and actually has the potential to permanently change the way mainstream media reports news and uses social media. All good.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at February 19, 2019 06:48 PM (db5dt)

264 "The tears here will be epic when President Sanders is sworn in. Power to the People!"

LOL! Now that's funny.

Posted by: Chris M at February 19, 2019 06:48 PM (6XZdO)

265 WaPo: Democracy Dies in Defamation

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:49 PM (oVJmc)

266 Bezos will just write a check to Covington kids for 100 million.

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:49 PM (HrSJb)

267 My favorite is of all the vids is the chick who used to be the daughter on Roseanne talking about how people were questioning Jussie's story and just how terrible it was.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 19, 2019 06:49 PM (r+sAi)

268 Get out the popcorn folks! This will be one of the
great cases for the ages and actually has the potential to permanently
change the way mainstream media reports news and uses social media.
All good.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at February 19, 2019 06:48 PM (db5dt)

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Don't forget the jury drawn from northern Kentucky. Heh.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:50 PM (cfSRQ)

269 He won't be charged, so he will forever be known as Jussie Smollet, the African American actor who some on the right accused of faking his own hate crime attack in 2019.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 19, 2019 06:50 PM (dNzKv)

270 Bernie Sanders, wi' his wee, beady eyes!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:50 PM (oVJmc)

271 .

_?_

O O

uuu

Posted by: wth at February 19, 2019 06:50 PM (v0R5T)

272 So if Bezo's wife gets half, and MAGA gets 250 million, that's a nice start to chopping Bezos down to size.

Fucker will probably just raise the cost of Prime again.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:50 PM (pUDQf)

273 Five dollars for a footlong. Four thousand dollars for a tickle and rub.

Posted by: Fritz at February 19, 2019 06:51 PM (wxZSX)

274 266
Bezos will just write a check to Covington kids for 100 million.

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:49 PM (HrSJb)

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I think not.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:51 PM (cfSRQ)

275 Per sources : Nicholas Sandman is suing the Washington Post for.......$250 million.
Posted by: Dr Spank

1.) Identify as a teenager
2.) Get slandered by press outfit with deep pockets
3.) Payday! I can retire!

Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I ain't recommending shit at the moment at February 19, 2019 06:51 PM (lLeln)

276 The Sanders vs Trump debates will be fun to watch.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 06:51 PM (xyung)

277 Juicy was innocent until he proved himself guilty.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:51 PM (2TTOn)

278 The Washington Post
Nicolas Sandmann, Publisher

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 19, 2019 06:52 PM (oVJmc)

279 http://www.hemmerlaw.com/blog/

for-truth-for-justice-for-nicholas/

$250M lawsuit against the WaPo just filed.

Thwack.

Posted by: navybrat

Filed in the northern district of Kentucky. A good place for the case.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, the afternoon matinee at February 19, 2019 06:26 PM

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Just a heads up, but that area is basically a suburb of Cincinnati. It's not going to be a slam dunk like everyone thinks it will be.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 19, 2019 06:52 PM (JUOKG)

280 Innocent until poofed guilty.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 06:53 PM (xyung)

281 Hugh Hewitt is GopE, but he is spot on about judges not being confirmed since October. Hugh says there is a small group of Gop senators who refuse to change rules to speed up senate floor closure. 7 vacancies on 9th circuit is pathetic.

Cory Gardner has gone full left trying to save his seat, which he will lose anyways

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:53 PM (HrSJb)

282 I don't care what Bernie does, just no dick pics please.

A man can only take so much.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 19, 2019 06:53 PM (Z+IKu)

283 The lede is a variation on Homer Simpsons line to Marge: it takes two to lie. One to tell the lie. The other to call him on it. So theyre both lying

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2019 06:53 PM (nsAUg)

284 276
The Sanders vs Trump debates will be fun to watch.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 06:51 PM (xyung)

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Sanders will gain zero traction this time around. The only reason he lasted as long as he did was Hillary left him alone as the token opposition. Everyone who hated her necessarily had to rally to him.

But now there's plenty of alternatives, all the left of Karl Marx.

Plus, Bernie's a Jew. Not a popular ethnic group for Democrats these days.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:53 PM (cfSRQ)

285 Innocent until poofed guilty.

That's boofed.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:54 PM (PpJSb)

286 O/T 74 years ago today, US Marines landed on Iwo Jima.

Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (gEvQ8)

287 272. Hollywood insiders say that Amazon is getting its ass kicked on streaming by netflix

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (HrSJb)

288 As Omar would say- Indeed!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (2TTOn)

289 Bezos will just write a check to Covington kids for 100 million.

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:49 PM

Plus free one-year subscription to Amazon Prime*

*subscription autorenews after one year unless Sandmann household specifically contacts Prime to cancel before anniversary date

Posted by: Hands at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (786Ro)

290 286. Greatest Generation

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (HrSJb)

291 Plus, Bernie's a Jew. Not a popular ethnic group for Democrats these days.

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I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they manage to not talk about it at all and turn it into a non-issue. Heck, most Americans, and especially (D) voters, couldn't point to Israel on a map.

Or maybe Bernie will come out against Evil Jews and win their support that way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 06:56 PM (xyung)

292 O/T 74 years ago today, US Marines landed on Iwo Jima.

I mean, I've been shot at...but that's a whole other kind of shot at.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:56 PM (PpJSb)

293 I'm sorry but even after last weeks betrayal of the GOPe, this is the best year ever!!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:56 PM (pw+jk)

294 Republicans push old ladies out from in front of buses. Democrats push them in front of moving buses.

Clearly, both parties like to push old women around.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2019 06:57 PM (yQpMk)

295 What will be fun is Twitchy breathlessly documenting the many ways Ben Shapiro will DESTROY each and every one of these candidates with SICK BURNS using FACTS and LOGIC.

And after each BRUTAL TWEET, nothing will have changed, and no one will be BURNED or DESTROYED.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:57 PM (cfSRQ)

296 286 O/T 74 years ago today, US Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (gEvQ

----
Thanks Old Blue.

Posted by: Weasel at February 19, 2019 06:57 PM (MVjcR)

297 https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/17/autopsy-of-a-dead-coup/
VDH's history overview of this mess we are in

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2019 06:57 PM (/rm4P)

298 284. Well said . Chicago Marxist nazis are in remorse that governor fat boy in Illinois is Jewish too

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (HrSJb)

299 Or maybe Bernie will come out against Evil Jews and win their support that way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 06:56 PM (xyung)

Speaking as an Evil Jew, fuck that asshole.

Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (t+qrx)

300 Innocent man and wife and their dog killed in a no-knock raid. The husband shot four cops with a revolver before he was killed.

The cop (Gerald Goines) who wrote the warrant has been a problem cop for over twenty years.
_'92 shot in the jaw, altercation - pissing on private citizen's tree
_'97 road rage (his), shooting; shot and killed the driver, was shot in arm and abdomen
He's also had problems with other warrants and misplaced evidence.

The undercover case agent (Gerald Goines) in the ... raid had been involved in multiple shootings, racked up a smattering of written reprimands, faced several lawsuits and is currently accused of fabricating a drug deal then lying about it in court...

http://tinyurl.com/y4gzrobt
http://tinyurl.com/yxpa4z8w

How many innocent deaths is this guy responsible for?

Posted by: Braenyard at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (ePWRo)

301 Hey Bezos: how did you become a billionaire?

Well, I started with $130 billion. Then I gave the ex $65 billion, and then I .....

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (nsAUg)

302 If only the Right wasn't concerned with truth and justice-

What a wonderful world it would be!!!

Posted by: Naturalfake at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (9X624)

303 @284: "Plus, Bernie's a Jew. Not a popular ethnic group for Democrats these days."

It's complicated. Secular communist Jew, so he's one of the good ones, and he just announced a Muslim campaign manager, which got a very supportive retweet from Linda Sarsour of all people.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (I/iGu)

304 287 272. Hollywood insiders say that Amazon is getting its ass kicked on streaming by netflix
Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (HrSJb)

Honestly, their streaming service sucks. Their movies are all B and C garbage. He only wants people to pay 5.99 to watch a movie from 1983.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (pUDQf)

305 Cory Gardner has gone full left trying to save his seat, which he will lose anyways

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:53 PM (HrSJb)

===
Like Pubio, we got conned by a lot of fake conservatives after 2008. I admit I was one of them. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at February 19, 2019 06:59 PM (pw+jk)

306
263 Morons, we have a winner. The law firm Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, PLLC ...

at last, we find out where they keep the nuclear wessels.

Posted by: Admiral Sulu at February 19, 2019 06:59 PM (sGtp+)

307 Why can't Corey Booker see that at the end of the Presidential primary Corey Booker will be standing there with his dick in his hand and that is all.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 19, 2019 06:59 PM (2TTOn)

308 What really is disgusting, is that pope Francis gave atheist sanders a private audience at the vatican

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 06:59 PM (HrSJb)

309 O/T 74 years ago today, US Marines landed on Iwo Jima.

I mean, I've been shot at...but that's a whole other kind of shot at.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 19, 2019 06:56 PM

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You ain't kidding. The wife's Uncle took a burst from a Japanese machinegun at Guadalcanal when he was 18. Stitched him from head to ankle. Spent the better part of a decade recuperating from that. He was never able to work after that.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 19, 2019 07:00 PM (JUOKG)

310 Unlike most, a $250 million tag still doesn't make Bezos azz pucker.

After all, he is going to pay something like $70 Billion for some 49 year old poon.

And he still has $70 Billion left, and oh, yeah, still owns and runs a big part of a giant company.

Bezos will spend that much defending his position, no matter how hollow it is.

it's his ego more than his money.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2019 07:00 PM (sy5kK)

311 nood - McCabe

Posted by: Hands at February 19, 2019 07:01 PM (786Ro)

312 If even the slightest bit of doubt entered the media's brain, all would crumble. These disgusting and pathetic slimes wanted the story to be true. But who would believe that would happen at 2 am in Chicago in the middle of winter to an actor?

Posted by: IanDeal at February 19, 2019 07:01 PM (4zQrR)

313 Payless Shoe Source

I'm going to miss them. They were my go-to source for discount boat shoes.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 19, 2019 07:01 PM (yQpMk)

314 Cory Gardner will go down like dean heller. Of course Rnc will give him millions in the lost cause, as Colorado is gone pothead far left

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 07:01 PM (HrSJb)

315 Should they be blogging about this, though?! Seems a little amateurish to me.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 19, 2019 07:01 PM (2fwWU)

316 at last, we find out where they keep the nuclear wessels.

Posted by: Admiral Sulu at February 19, 2019 06:59 PM (sGtp+)

You're stealing my shtick.

Posted by: Pavel Chekov at February 19, 2019 07:01 PM (v0R5T)

317 Us rep Byrne in Alabama to run and trounce Doug jones. A swap for Gardner loss

Posted by: Jonah at February 19, 2019 07:02 PM (HrSJb)

318 NOOD

Posted by: IrishEi at February 19, 2019 07:03 PM (NtglE)

319 Speaking as an Evil Jew...
Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2019 06:58 PM (t+qrx)
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Are you part of the Weather Control Division? Can you tweak it so I get the next two days off? I need to catch up on my shows.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at February 19, 2019 07:04 PM (kQs4Y)

320 I'm the new Willow!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at February 19, 2019 07:04 PM (kQs4Y)

321 Heck yeah, Hogmartin. SNOW DAY SNOW DAY SNOW DAY!!!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - ace, make a mirror liberal site for ad revenue at February 19, 2019 07:05 PM (xyung)

322 Couple of data points to keep in mind about the civil Sandman case:

(1) Civil Case in Kentucky: In a Kentucky State case, 5 of 6 jurors must vote in favor of Sandman. If WaPo removes to Federal Court in Kentucky (almost a certainty), 9 of 12 jurors must vote in favor of Sandman.

(2) Kentucky Burden of Persuasion: Sandman has to show by a preponderance of the evidence (i.e. "more likely than not") that WaPo committed all of the elements of his defamation claim.

(3) Presumptions: On this, I'm not sure. But in the case of a minor in a defamation and libel case, Sandman may be entitled to certain presumptions of evidence in his favor that switches the burden of proof to WaPo to prove, by a preponderance of evidence, that the presumption is not correct.

Posted by: RichardWindsor at February 19, 2019 07:08 PM (db5dt)

323 Sorry guys, I can't even get them to plow my street

Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2019 07:08 PM (t+qrx)

324 And after each BRUTAL TWEET, nothing will have changed, and no one will be BURNED or DESTROYED.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 19, 2019 06:57 PM (cfSRQ)

296 286 O/T 74 years ago today, US Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
Posted by: Old Blue at February 19, 2019 06:55 PM (gEvQ

UMSC knows how to burn and destroy

Posted by: Jean at February 19, 2019 07:11 PM (hV/3D)

325 Been outta town for 5 days.

This story is STILL going on?

I guess I was hoping he'd done a tearful apology by now.

...And maybe killed himself.

Posted by: RKae at February 19, 2019 07:13 PM (J+0CH)

326 Jussie wore the noose all the way to the hospital instead of taking it off. In fairness, he was busy eating his sub.

His two personal friends Corey Booker and Kamala Harris. who are running for president and trying to pass a federal anti-lynching law, instantly tweeted "this is a modern-day lynching". Weird, huh.

Why, its almost like--what's the word--collusion.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 19, 2019 07:15 PM (Ndje9)

327 295 What will be fun is Twitchy breathlessly documenting the many ways Ben Shapiro will DESTROY each and every one of these candidates with SICK BURNS using FACTS and LOGIC.

And after each BRUTAL TWEET, nothing will have changed, and no one will be BURNED or DESTROYED.

Posted by: A.H. Lloyd

So, he's a modern day 'conservative hero'. Weak, limp wristed, snarky, and wears a gimp suit with a 'door' to his ass.

Yay.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2019 07:19 PM (WNAuL)

328 Clinton's has a nuke scandal, and now Trump also has one. As you can see, both sides are to blame.

Posted by: Thirdtwin at February 19, 2019 07:21 PM (MMJ/U)

329 Clinton's??

That doesn't make sense. Clinton's ... what?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 19, 2019 07:33 PM (k1TRb)

330 Southside Chicago police submit detail report of man who pulled a MAGA hat on innocent armed carjackers.

Posted by: MSTisdale at February 19, 2019 07:35 PM (TRRTo)

331 Jussie wore the noose all the way to the hospital instead of taking it off.

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I hear Tawana Brawley still wears a trash bag covered with poop.

Only on special occasions, though.

She like to use the old cliche line "Oh, this old thing?"

And she's very proud that it still fits.

Posted by: RKae at February 19, 2019 07:36 PM (J+0CH)

332 and trying to pass a federal anti-lynching law, instantly tweeted "this is a modern-day lynching". Weird, huh.

Why, its almost like--what's the word--collusion.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives

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Words? If this was a "lynching," then words mean nothing. Why waste time with the definition of "collusion"?

Posted by: RKae at February 19, 2019 07:39 PM (J+0CH)

333 Sexton is doing good work at hot air.

Posted by: waelse1 at February 19, 2019 07:50 PM (+7KtG)

334 So, if Chris Cillizza is a douche and I figure out that Chris Cillizza is a douche, it's my problem ?

Posted by: Neo at February 19, 2019 08:27 PM (e8kgV)

335 pope Francis gave atheist sanders a private audience at the Vatican Posted by: Jonah

They're both True Believers.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 19, 2019 08:41 PM (Ndje9)

336 So, we need to use this golden opportunity to create a Label that will use Alinsky's Rule #13 for future stupidity of this nature:
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."

I submit "Smollettize", "Smollettization", "Smollettized".
What say you ??

Posted by: TXMarko at February 19, 2019 09:12 PM (VLuv1)

337 #336

A term that will live with Gruberism. Or Obamaista.

Posted by: I am not corey Booker at February 20, 2019 03:01 AM (nRj4F)

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