Surprise! Chief Justice Roberts Is an Increasingly Reliable Member of the Court's Liberal Bloc

Chief Justice John Roberts has made common cause with the Supreme Court’s liberal bloc as late, breaking with his conservative colleagues on cases relating to abortion, the death penalty and President Donald Trump’s revised rules for asylum seekers.
Whether Roberts's recent maneuvers reflect a substantive change in his approach to cases remains to be seen. In isolation, it's difficult to know what to make of the chief's votes.

So obviously we should have elected Hillary Clinton, as some Moral Paragons Who Are Also Unrivaled Geniuses argued ~~so eloquently~~ on Twitter.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 05:55 PM

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Posted by: redc1c4 at March 15, 2019 05:55 PM (rf8q9)

2 Thanks, W.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 05:56 PM (gC2IV)

3 Firstus?

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 15, 2019 05:56 PM (dm05u)

4 Spoon!

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 15, 2019 05:56 PM (LWu6U)

5 meeeh

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 15, 2019 05:56 PM (dm05u)

6 and fuck that sorry ass traitorous shitbird in particular.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 15, 2019 05:56 PM (rf8q9)

7 He's no Harold Stassen.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 15, 2019 05:56 PM (oVJmc)

8 ITS A TAXXXXX

Posted by: Somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 15, 2019 05:57 PM (M+Lyo)

9 and naow to go play with chainsaws until beer-30.

BBL.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 15, 2019 05:57 PM (rf8q9)

10 Perhaps we can get Gorsuch and Kavanaugh to bitch-slap him. Even if it doesn't work, it will be gratifying.

Posted by: pep at March 15, 2019 05:57 PM (T6t7i)

11 It's all just one fucking big game isn't it?

Posted by: MAGA at March 15, 2019 05:57 PM (I5LRE)

12 I like hanging with the babes of SCOTUS.

Posted by: John Roberts at March 15, 2019 05:57 PM (QLvwG)

13 Sorry, but Ruthie has to go... We can not count on Roberts

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 05:58 PM (O2RFr)

14 Murderers! Assassins!

Posted by: Archer at March 15, 2019 05:58 PM (gmo/4)

15 Remember how he didn't say one damned word bad about Obama, yet he was able to rouse himself to criticize Trump?

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 15, 2019 05:58 PM (TN1P5)

16 It's all just one fucking big game isn't it?

Posted by: MAGA at March 15, 2019 05:57 PM (I5LRE)

Like the party game, Naked Oiled Twister!

Posted by: John Roberts at March 15, 2019 05:58 PM (QLvwG)

17 We will all float down here.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (Hk+Y0)

18 13
Sorry, but Ruthie has to go... We can not count on Roberts

Agreed. Well, except for the "sorry" part.

Posted by: pep at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (T6t7i)

19 "In isolation, it's difficult to know what to make of the chief's votes."

An excellent and pertinent observation.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (JUOKG)

20 Roberts is making Kennedy look like a conservative

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (O2RFr)

21 Just more failure theater. Roberts was fine voting with the conservatives when he knew it would fail. Well, except for the Obamacare debacle.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (gC2IV)

22 An excellent and pertinent observation.

Cromulent, even.

Posted by: pep at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (T6t7i)

23 Very taxing.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (li5xl)

24 He Taxes Me!

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (GpV8E)

25 Boy, those photographs of Roberts must be doosies.

Posted by: Archer at March 15, 2019 05:59 PM (gmo/4)

26 Sexbots are good to go in this thread.

Posted by: mikeyG at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (LL1Be)

27 Sorry, but Ruthie has to go... We can not count on Roberts

Agreed. Well, except for the "sorry" part.

Right f**k it Ruthie has to go

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (O2RFr)

28 OT: It turns out that the two missiles Hamas fired at Tel Aviv a couple of days ago were fired by a low-level Hamas member by mistake, who "messed with" the rocket launcher.

A couple of months ago, lighting triggered off a launch of Hamas missiles at Beersheba and into the ocean off of Tel Aviv.

If only they had nukes...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (I2/tG)

29 24
He Taxes Me!

Posted by: garrett

He taxes me, and I will have him.

Posted by: pep at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (T6t7i)

30 Never Trumper on the Supreme Court.

Wonderful. Hey thanx W!

Posted by: eleven at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (NLLmE)

31 Roberts' one overpowering principle is to be considered in high esteem by the legal community and what he believes will be his legacy. Thus, he's easily manipulated on most topics by the apparent consensus of the legal community (like with the ACA).

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (39g3+)

32 Title should read "Chief Hawaiian Justice Roberts".

Posted by: Surfperch at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (tVQUs)

33 Really, after the barrycare case, there was no excusing the man.

To be honest, I never trusted him since before the nomination the only thing that seemed to recommend him is that he was a careerist - Everyone in DC liked him and thought highly of him.

We need justices who aren't afraid to piss people off. In fact, we need presidents, leaders, and pundits that are not afraid to piss people off.

In the real world, in business, you piss people off all the time. Usually people who want to harm you, or who are idiots, or who are in the way. "This is not a game of cricket!" (Colonel Saito)

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (LWu6U)

34 I liked GWB as a person, but he was a terrible president. Bush was definitely preferable to Gore, but honestly, this pick - and nominees like Miers - were terrible.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (bkUtD)

35 Roberts did something sneaky when he adopted his kids, and they're blackmailing him with it.

Posted by: Iblis at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (OXWT4)

36 >>OT: It turns out that the two missiles Hamas fired at Tel Aviv a couple of days ago were fired by a low-level Hamas member by mistake,

when the goat he was fucking accidentally bumped the trigger.

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (GpV8E)

37 Hey Achmed, what does this button do?

Posted by: Low level Hamas guy at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (gC2IV)

38 Here's to at least two more members of the liberal bloc croaking like frogs in the wind so Trump can give the biggest fuck you legacy to the demoshits.

A shame I have to hope for these fucks to drop dead than simply await them to be term limited out or constitutionally required to retire after a certain age, but there it is.

Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (+dsLj)

39 35
Roberts did something sneaky when he adopted his kids, and they're blackmailing him with it.

Posted by: Iblis

How old are they?

Posted by: pep at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (T6t7i)

40 *makes McCauley Culkin shocked face*

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 15, 2019 06:01 PM (xPJvm)

41 And note how he is bending over to allow Ginsburg to stay even though we all know she isn't even coherent.

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (TN1P5)

42 Wait til you see what I do with the national emergency case.

Tee hee

Posted by: ROBERTS at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (MAstk)

43 Chief Justice Never Trumpus

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (dm05u)

44 NSA spied on everyone ... not just Trump.

whether that explains Roberts making friends with Ruthy, no idea. Coulter warned about Roberts in advance ... supposedly "they" are more careful now, But maybe not, idk.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (Cus5s)

45 35 Roberts did something sneaky when he adopted his kids, and they're blackmailing him with it.

I think they are 18 and 19

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (O2RFr)

46 Gotta hand it to Roberts - once he's been blackmailed, he stays blackmailed.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (I2/tG)

47 OT: It turns out that the two missiles Hamas fired at Tel Aviv a couple
of days ago were fired by a low-level Hamas member by mistake

For the last time, finger OFF the trigger, Senator Omar!

Posted by: mikeyG at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (LL1Be)

48 Roberts did something sneaky when he adopted his kids, and they're blackmailing him with it.
Posted by: Iblis

Or maybe they are just beard-props.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 15, 2019 06:02 PM (li5xl)

49 Yeah, we all knew one of them was going to grow in office, I was just hoping it wouldn't be the actual freaking Chief Justice. Well, let's hope Ruthie's replacement is reliable.

Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (RD7QR)

50 I knew it was a bad sign when he sailed through confirmation

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (dm05u)

51 >>>Roberts' one overpowering principle is to be considered in high esteem by the legal community and what he believes will be his legacy.

I've been in law enforcement for nearly 25 years. Never landed a sweet, prestigious gig at a special unit, and never detailed to the FBI, but I do my job, quickly and quietly. I could not give a damn about my legacy. I know what I did and how I did it. No one else's opinion matters. Shouldn't matter to Roberts either.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (bkUtD)

52 Don't worry, everybody. Local activism will fix this mess.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (j/h1f)

53 If PDT truly decides to go to war over the Russiagate debacle, Roberts could be in his sights as he in his role as CJ of SCOTUS oversees the apparently corrupt FISA courts. I want justice for all this crap.

Posted by: Jmel at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (OeWgo)

54 And to think: This was W's second choice, after his personal lawyer

Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (TN1P5)

55 Dude got him some James Comey-itis.

Posted by: golfman at March 15, 2019 06:04 PM (OE84+)

56 I liked GWB as a person, but he was a terrible president. Bush was definitely preferable to Gore

Yeah I think the same way. Bush did some good stuff, but overall he was very damaging as a president.

And the blackmail stuff while fun to speculate on, is absurd. His kids are not going to be deported or something, they're college age at this point. What, exactly, do you think someone is holding over him that makes a supreme court justice dance on strings? Its ridiculous to even say that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:04 PM (39g3+)

57

They got to Roberts... never should have killed those kids, delicious though it was. Allegedly.

Posted by: Beto Kelly at March 15, 2019 06:04 PM (Z2d1O)

58 Roberts wants the left leaning legal cabal to "like" him

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:04 PM (O2RFr)

59 Don't worry, everybody. Local activism will fix this mess.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:03 PM (j/h1f)

Eventually.

Posted by: golfman at March 15, 2019 06:04 PM (OE84+)

60 UniParty Uber Alles.

Posted by: John Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:05 PM (sy5kK)

61
heh heh heh

'Strategery!'

Posted by: Chimpy McBushitler at March 15, 2019 06:05 PM (LL1Be)

62 Huh.
Real shocka, this.

So another deep cover demonrat, just like 90 % of every other crock of bullshit that's been selling itself to us as "conservatism".

Yeah, conserving demonrat victories.

Goddamn all Quisling-assed fifth columnists. Time for a purge.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 15, 2019 06:05 PM (wA4OO)

63 They flipped him. This was clear when he awkwardly reworded his opinion to permit Obamacare.

He'll be David Souter 2.0

Posted by: Bill Mcgill at March 15, 2019 06:05 PM (nJ1/f)

64 58 Roberts wants the left leaning legal cabal to "like" him

....

He's a man of principle.

Posted by: FLAKE at March 15, 2019 06:05 PM (MAstk)

65 No one else's opinion matters. Shouldn't matter to Roberts either.

Particularly for a man in his position, you're right. He's set for life, and has achieved the highest possible point for his career.

But his entire life has been one of constant care for his reputation and the esteem of his peers. Its the one constant in his biography and his downfall. He has no higher principles or believe, no honor that will guide him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:06 PM (39g3+)

66 Shocking. WE see a Supreme Court; Mr. Roberts sees a High School Student Council. And he sees his role, in a tip of the hat to a world renowned Canadian poet and percussionist as a simple one: "conform or be cast out".

Mr. Roberts values how he is seen by the cool kids in DC (Leftists all of course) above all else. If that means he overturns the entire bloody Constitution and helps along the United States turning into a lawless police state: so be it.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 15, 2019 06:06 PM (Dhzw9)

67 Hey Achmed, what does this button do?

This has been described by Israeli military sources as "something out of Monty Python". Israel started massive air strikes on the Gaza Strip to retaliate for the strike on Tel Aviv, and relented only when it became evident that the missile launch was the result of Palestinian incompetence.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 15, 2019 06:06 PM (I2/tG)

68 OT: Attorney General Barr defends President Trump re: National Emergency

great clip over at CTH if you haven't seen it yet.

Posted by: wth at March 15, 2019 06:06 PM (v0R5T)

69 >>>Particularly for a man in his position, you're right. He's set for life, and has achieved the highest possible point for his career.

Agreed. Lifetime appointment, so what's the problem?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (bkUtD)

70 Doubtful that "they" have anything on Roberts.

Simplest explanation is that he's one of them. He hates us as much as they do.

Posted by: Hands at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (786Ro)

71
Low level Hamas guy: Now, don't push this button.

Elenor Holmes Norton: This button?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (gC2IV)

72 Plus at this point I think its a huge ego boost to be considered The Decider like Kennedy was.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (39g3+)

73 When he's burning in hell for eternity for the innocent infant lives he voted to snuff, Satan can explain to him the hell doesn't have tortured Obama souls and tortured Trump souls. Hell just has tortured souls screaming for an eternity.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (YA914)

74 Leftists knew working on him would change him.

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (BbGew)

75 68 OT: Attorney General Barr defends President Trump re: National Emergency

great clip over at CTH if you haven't seen it yet.

Yes , I was pleasantly surprised... Now on to the Hawaiian Judge, then Roberts.... great

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:07 PM (O2RFr)

76 OT: For Breaking News!!!!

The title of the new James Bond flick is-

"Shatterhand"

Title Song by Shirley Bassey

*dramatic flugelhorn*

*sings*

Sha-tter-Haaaaand!
He's the man
The man with the shattered hand!
No! he hasn't shattered his foot
Or even his pineal gland!
When women come round for a grope
His fingers like five strands of rope
Satisfaction eludes hope
From Mr Sha-tter-Haaaaaand!
His hand is shattered his Haaaaaaand!
He shattered his HAAAAAAAAAAND!!!

*dramatic piccolo*

Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2019 06:08 PM (CRRq9)

77 I knew he wasn't right when he called Ocare a tax.

Posted by: freaked at March 15, 2019 06:08 PM (UdKB7)

78 Bush's legacy has been whittled down to a short speech and one hell of a fastball after 9/11.

And beating Gore.

Posted by: The Invisible Hand at March 15, 2019 06:09 PM (YpRda)

79 Or maybe RBG challenged Roberts to arm wrestling. Loser had to vote with the winner's bloc.

Posted by: Hands at March 15, 2019 06:09 PM (786Ro)

80 I knew he wasn't right when he called Ocare a tax.

Yup, we all pretty much knew it was over after that

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:09 PM (O2RFr)

81 Makes it that more important to have Aunt Ruthy call it a career asap.

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2019 06:09 PM (BbGew)

82 Makes it that more important to have Aunt Ruthy call it a career asap.

Yes

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:09 PM (O2RFr)

83 This robed clown lost me with his ruling on healthcare taxes. Stay out of my wallet, Bitch!

Posted by: Fritz at March 15, 2019 06:10 PM (LuPts)

84 I've never been blackmailed.

I have just completely changed my moral compass, all on my own.

Posted by: John Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:10 PM (sy5kK)

85 77 freaked is right, him saving O-care was the biggest clue.

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2019 06:10 PM (BbGew)

86
Murderers! Assassins!
Posted by: Archer

Cut back on the cordrazine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (aKsyK)

87 This has been described by Israeli military sources as "something out of Monty Python".
---

The report said news of rocket sirens blaring in Tel Aviv broke as Yihya Sinwar and other Hamas leaders were meeting with an Egyptian delegation trying to mediate eased Israeli economic restrictions on Gaza.

"You're meeting with us at the same time as you're firing on Tel Aviv?" the Egyptians reportedly asked Sinwar in fury.

He told them he knew nothing about the matter, went to check, and established what had happened, the report said.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (I2/tG)

88 Bush's legacy has been whittled down to a short speech and one hell of a fastball after 9/11.

He did take out the 4th largest army in the world and a terrorist supporting, terrorist training, terrorist harboring horrible dictator, and was very good on abortion.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (39g3+)

89 78 Bush's legacy has been whittled down to a short speech and one hell of a fastball after 9/11.

...

It was a little outside.

Posted by: Euker at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (MAstk)

90 Edith Jones and Mike Luttig would have both been better than Roberts. Sad!!

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (fYi9j)

91 .

Posted by: Hands at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (786Ro)

92 Oh,oh... barrel time

Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (O2RFr)

93 You can tell Roberts isn't being controlled because on topics that aren't a big hot button issue, he's reasonable. Its just the stuff that big Lawyer cares about that he gets stupid on, because he's worried they'll talk smack about his legacy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (39g3+)

94 Reading the content here, Boss!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (DMUuz)

95 "Miss me yet?" -- GWB

Posted by: ShainS -- 2020 Dem candidate promising free hookers and blow to all! at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (QeEWv)

96 de-italicizing here, boss !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (wA4OO)

97 Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (YA914)

98 Hard to know?

He is a back stabbing anti-American traitor.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (pw+jk)

99 Chief Justice Roberts?

The Cuck of American Justice? Led around by the nose by Democrats?

Chief Justice Stockholm Syndrome is more like it.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (CRRq9)

100 What does this button do?

Sends you to the Barrel. Don't touch it.

Posted by: Hands at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (786Ro)

101 Makes it that more important to have Aunt Ruthy call it a career asap.

Yes
Posted by: It's me donna at March 15, 2019 06:09 PM (O2RFr)

I'm available.

Posted by: Aunt Becky at March 15, 2019 06:13 PM (OE84+)

102 *dramatic piccolo*
Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2019 06:08 PM (CRRq9)

The villain, sharterhand, is played by hillary, who attempts to rig the DNC again in 2020, with threats of a weaponized Depends.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 15, 2019 06:13 PM (t6MX/)

103 He did take out the 4th largest army in the world and a terrorist supporting, terrorist training, terrorist harboring horrible dictator

Thanks for the assistance, suckers!

Posted by: Iran at March 15, 2019 06:13 PM (I2/tG)

104 The ARC of History! will be splashing down in The Barrel.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 15, 2019 06:13 PM (DMUuz)

105 Weaponized ?
Is that what they're calling it these days ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 15, 2019 06:14 PM (wA4OO)

106 "Local activism will fix this mess."

I got my county to vote 70% Trump ... need the rest of you slackers to get to work ... /s

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2019 06:14 PM (Cus5s)

107 The Arch of the Barrel is glorious!

Posted by: Fritz at March 15, 2019 06:14 PM (LuPts)

108 Welp, time to take the training wheels off my skateboard.

Posted by: Beto! at March 15, 2019 06:14 PM (786Ro)

109 So pretty much everything, Bush the Lesser did hurt America. Maybe even fatally. Perhaps Gore would not have been so bad... comparatively.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:14 PM (pw+jk)

110 Chief Cuck Roberts is a stellar example of a man with no balls, no spine and a taste for Beltway caak.

I always looked like a douche bag to me.

Screw him.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 15, 2019 06:15 PM (Z+IKu)

111 87 This has been described by Israeli military sources as "something out of Monty Python".

In monty python, when something like this would happen a giant foot would stomp on everything to make it stop.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 15, 2019 06:15 PM (LWu6U)

112 What happens you don't get yourself right after a night in The Box?

You spend the night in The Barrel. You don't wanna spend the night in The Barrel

Posted by: Carr The Floorwalker at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (0Ntuf)

113 93 You can tell Roberts isn't being controlled because on topics that aren't a big hot button issue, he's reasonable. Its just the stuff that big Lawyer cares about that he gets stupid on, because he's worried they'll talk smack about his legacy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:12 PM (39g3+)
____

Being that concerned with what people think of you is, in fact, the surest way to make everyone have contempt for you.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (VaN/j)

114 And to think: He wanted Harriet Miers, amnesty, and brought us the TSA.

Alito, and keeping us out of Kyoto and the International Court are his political achievments, and of course he did well after 9/11...for a year or two anyway.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (fYi9j)

115 we do not need lefties to get lefty judges. even Regan gave us Kennedy. Rare to get Thomas. Our message should be: for Ginsburg, you got Roberts. we put in a true Originalist.

Posted by: thrint in hiding at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (1XtI9)

116 Bush's legacy has been whittled down to a short speech and one hell of a fastball after 9/11.

He did take out the 4th largest army in the world and a terrorist
supporting, terrorist training, terrorist harboring horrible dictator,
and was very good on abortion.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:11 PM (39g3+)

===
Bush the Lesser should have never gone into Iraq. That counts as a double minus.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (pw+jk)

117 Our choices in 2000 were Gore, Bush, or McCain. It's no wonder we ended up with Roberts. We have no party.

Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (UOBq3)

118 Roberts seems to be just another in a line of so-called conservative jurists who actually aren't, but don't show it until it's too late.

Funny how GOP success at getting actual constitutional originalists runs around 50% but the Dems get Leftist jurists each and every time.

Funny, indeed.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (z79tQ)

119 Being that concerned with what people think of you is, in fact, the surest way to make everyone have contempt for you.

I agree, in the end, everyone despises you if you have no principles or honor.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (39g3+)

120 His official title is Obama Judge John Roberts.

Posted by: House Music All Night Long at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (vtd+q)

121 Alito, and keeping us out of Kyoto and the International Court are his political achievments, and of course he did well after 9/11...for a year or two anyway.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (fYi9j)

Don't forget TARP and the Tea Party.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 15, 2019 06:17 PM (t6MX/)

122 OT: It turns out that the two missiles Hamas fired
at Tel Aviv a couple of days ago were fired by a low-level Hamas member
by mistake, who "messed with" the rocket launcher.

A couple of months ago, lighting triggered off a launch of Hamas missiles at Beersheba and into the ocean off of Tel Aviv.

If only they had nukes...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 15, 2019 06:00 PM (I2/tG)

He was a low-level staffer in the Ohio office. This incident has been noted on his permanent record and he has been counseled for additional training.

Posted by: Hamas at March 15, 2019 06:17 PM (QLvwG)

123 Bush might seem like he wasn't a very effective conservative president, but he did oversee the largest expansion of medicare in US history, and created the Dept. of Homeland Security to read all your emails and listen to all your phone calls.

Wait, what point was I trying to make?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2019 06:17 PM (YA914)

124 The simplest explanation is that Roberts is one of the DC elite culturally and morally.

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 15, 2019 06:17 PM (dm05u)

125 This has been described by Israeli military sources as "something out of Monty Python".
---

The report said news of rocket sirens blaring in Tel Aviv broke as Yihya Sinwar and other Hamas leaders were meeting with an Egyptian delegation trying to mediate eased Israeli economic restrictions on Gaza.

"You're meeting with us at the same time as you're firing on Tel Aviv?" the Egyptians reportedly asked Sinwar in fury.

Posted by: The ARC of History!

That is priceless.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 15, 2019 06:18 PM (Mb5QW)

126 Roberts was compromised during the 0bamaCare debacle and is still compromised.

He should be impeached and removed from the bench as he cannot be impartial and compromised at the same time.

Posted by: Al Swearengen at March 15, 2019 06:18 PM (BQMR+)

127 "oopsie, fired off more rockets! Golly why does this keep happening to us? So sorry!"
--Hamas, giggling

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:18 PM (39g3+)

128 Bush didn't keep us out of Kyoto, the senate was full of rational thinkers.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:18 PM (pw+jk)

129 128. I will happily stand corrected.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 15, 2019 06:19 PM (fYi9j)

130 After he got a taste of my honey pot, he'll do anything I tell him to do!

Posted by: RBG at March 15, 2019 06:19 PM (gC2IV)

131 Brain bleach, anyone?

Posted by: RBG at March 15, 2019 06:20 PM (gC2IV)

132 RBG once bench pressed Justice Roberts AND his kids, with one arm.

Posted by: Hands at March 15, 2019 06:21 PM (786Ro)

133 Meanwhile unemployment continues to plunge and earnings continue to rise. But Orange Man Bad somehow!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:21 PM (39g3+)

134 All any normal , red-blooded , American male needs to do is see the faggotty , forced-smile look on Roberts' face to know that he's a proper catcher, catching for the Proggy team.

I despise them.

Posted by: The Charlie Daniels of the Torque Wrench at March 15, 2019 06:21 PM (Jj+59)

135 Bush appointee, confirmed by the GOP of course he sucks.

Posted by: nip at March 15, 2019 06:21 PM (DfGpI)

136 Brain bleach, anyone?
Posted by: RBG

Not guilty!

Posted by: Jussie at March 15, 2019 06:21 PM (786Ro)

137 I've never been blackmailed.
.........

Extorted, bribed, handy, blowie, that's another story.

Posted by: Johnny Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:22 PM (v0R5T)

138 W gets a stop on the piss on your grave tour.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 15, 2019 06:22 PM (89T5c)

139 John, come over here and get some of dis! Buoy!

Posted by: Notorious RBG at March 15, 2019 06:23 PM (LuPts)

140 Bush the Lesser should have never gone into Iraq. That counts as a double minus.

Did you think so at the time? I'd wager that pretty much everyone here was a hawk at the time. We needed to punch someone and Saddam was acting as if he had WMD.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 15, 2019 06:23 PM (fuK7c)

141 Johnny usually does me 5 times before breakfast!

Posted by: RBG at March 15, 2019 06:23 PM (gC2IV)

142 RBG once bench pressed Justice Roberts AND his kids, with one arm.

Posted by: Hands at March 15, 2019 06:21 PM (786Ro)
........

pffft.

Posted by: Inspector Krogh at March 15, 2019 06:23 PM (v0R5T)

143 ( !Jeb! ) : "I think someone should run just because Republicans ought to be given a choice," Bush said. "It's hard to beat a sitting president, but to have a conversation about what it is to be a conservative - I think it's important."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 15, 2019 06:24 PM (Hk+Y0)

144 138 W gets a stop on the piss on your grave tour.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 15, 2019 06:22 PM (89T5c)

We should charter a party bus.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 15, 2019 06:24 PM (t6MX/)

145 F*** Roberts. Traitor.

Posted by: Anonymous Gerbil at March 15, 2019 06:24 PM (ySk/c)

146 About a year ago:

Tnuza Jamal Hassan, a college student from Minneapolis, has been charged with intentionally setting four fires at St. Catherine's University in St. Paul to "protest" against President Trump.

The Daily Mail reports the teenager was also quoted as telling police and arson investigators: "You guys are lucky that I don't know how to build a bomb because I would have done that."

http://tinyurl.com/y5q7nfbq

Unthinkable anyone might have a problem with that kind of behavior

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:25 PM (39g3+)

147 After he got a taste of my honey pot, he'll do anything I tell him to do!
Posted by: RBG

Brain bleach, anyone?
Posted by: RBG

No. But dinner has been rescheduled.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 15, 2019 06:25 PM (Mb5QW)

148 "Local activism will fix this mess."

I got my county to vote 70% Trump ... need the rest of you slackers to get to work ... /s
Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2019 06:14 PM (Cus5s)

That's pretty good for Illinois. You are in Illinois, yes?

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:25 PM (j/h1f)

149 55 Dude got him some James Comey-itis.

Thought this read -- JAMES COMEY TITS!11!!

I'm like, Dude, Ben Shapiro got the moobs, not Comey.

Posted by: The Charlie Daniels of the Torque Wrench at March 15, 2019 06:26 PM (Jj+59)

150 Oopty.

Posted by: Hamas rocket launcher tech at March 15, 2019 06:26 PM (v0R5T)

151 143 ( !Jeb! ) : "I think someone should run just because Republicans ought to be given a choice," Bush said. "It's hard to beat a sitting president, but to have a conversation about what it is to be a conservative - I think it's important."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 15, 2019 06:24 PM (Hk+Y0)

"No one is inspired by Jeb Bush." Killer's Manifesto.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 15, 2019 06:26 PM (t6MX/)

152 Did you think so at the time? I'd wager that pretty much everyone here was a hawk at the time. We needed to punch someone and Saddam was acting as if he had WMD.

And, of course, he did. But not as many as feared. A little detail people rewriting history like to ignore.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:26 PM (39g3+)

153 Posted by: Anonymous Gerbil at March 15, 2019 06:24 PM (ySk/c

Is that you Richard Gere?

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at March 15, 2019 06:27 PM (//pYR)

154 >>And, of course, he did. But not as many as feared.

After we dragged our feet for 2 years 'working with' our allies at the UN.

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2019 06:27 PM (GpV8E)

155 Ace Tomato Company strikes again!

Posted by: Spies Like Us at March 15, 2019 06:27 PM (QLvwG)

156 The insane thing to contemplate is that any GOP challenger would have to run to Trump's left because they couldn't run to his right.

"True conservatives are for open borders and endless overseas war!"
--Jeb Bush

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (39g3+)

157 Just goes to show... as bad as things are now, it isn't as bad as 12 years ago (we just didn't know it).

Posted by: House Music All Night Long at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (vtd+q)

158 118 Roberts seems to be just another in a line of so-called conservative jurists who actually aren't, but don't show it until it's too late.

Funny how GOP success at getting actual constitutional originalists runs around 50% but the Dems get Leftist jurists each and every time.

Funny, indeed.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 15, 2019 06:16 PM (z79tQ)
_____

Really it's about 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 for us. Those are real conservatives, pure leftists, and squishes. The last includes Kennedy and O'Connor. So far, Roberts is one. It's creepy to consider, but his turning into Kennedy is the upside for us.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (VaN/j)

159 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Posted by: Lord Comey at March 15, 2019 06:29 PM (LuPts)

160 Honestly, I feel like a filthy street corner whore thinking back on all of these GOP sellout cucks I've supported over the years.

I've argued with people and told them that they should support Bush the Old, McCain, Romney, Bush the Lesser, Bob Dole.

Looking back, I think the only proper presidential votes I've ever made were Bo Gritz in 1992 and Donald Trump in 2016.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2019 06:31 PM (YA914)

161 OT
One of my favorite ways to spend a Friday afternoon is at the local cattle auction surrounded by like minded men, most of whom are packing heat and drive pickups. A building full of deplorables. Funny. I never feel like I need to watch my back when I'm here.

Posted by: Drc at March 15, 2019 06:31 PM (FE+I8)

162 After we dragged our feet for 2 years 'working with' our allies at the UN.
Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2019 06:27 PM (GpV8E

We then had troops on Iran's eastern and Western borders and did shit.

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at March 15, 2019 06:31 PM (zLLRi)

163 "True conservatives are for open borders and endless overseas war!"
--Jeb Bush
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (39g3+)
------------------
Please Clap?

Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs, still needs a new Nic! at March 15, 2019 06:31 PM (/u3X2)

164 I don't need conservatives to win... and lose $180 million and get 3 delegates. I are smaht.

Posted by: Jeb Bush at March 15, 2019 06:31 PM (pw+jk)

165 "That's pretty good for Illinois. You are in Illinois, yes?"Posted by: Emperor Country Boy

yes, but almost all of "downstate" is R. Chicago runs the state. The previous Dem gov only won 3 (maybe 4) counties, but won by like 5%. 3 county Quinn, was the nickname.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2019 06:32 PM (Cus5s)

166 Really it's about 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 for us.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (VaN/j)

Why quibble? The point is when D's put up a jurist, you can bet your house they're a loyal player.

No such "luck" on the other side.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 15, 2019 06:32 PM (z79tQ)

167 Thomas and Kavanaugh should get Roberts super drunk, take him out to the country, and get him to have sex with a farm animal.

Then tell him he's not going to be in the fraternity after all and just leave him there.

Posted by: Morris Dees at March 15, 2019 06:32 PM (0OWcv)

168 IMO, the trouble with Iraq wasn't the invasion, which was fine. It was the asinine Wilsonian nation-building. I remember citing a P J O'Roarke column, at the time, the the correct way to handle it was go in, depose the current Maximum Leader For Life, and tell them we can always come back if they piss us off enough.

It worked for the Brits for a long time.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:33 PM (VaN/j)

169 The previous Dem gov only won 3 (maybe 4) counties, but won by like 5%.

Sure, that's how it is in Oregon. Win two to three counties and you take the state because its Portland and Eugene and they are about half the population of the entire state and far left.

The rest of the state thinks its awful but our opinions mean nothing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:33 PM (39g3+)

170
*dramatic harpsichord*

Geee-ooooor-gguh Double Yeeeeew!
He's the Bush
The Bush like the one on your taint!
He ain't no saint.
That George Double Yeeeeww!
He invaded Iraq not Saudi
Or the Emirates where terrorist fleas
Got their money for their 911 dreams
Mister George Double Yew!
He's Double Yeeeeewwwwww!
A Bush double Yeeeeeewwwww!
A big stinky Bu-s-s-s-s-s-shhh!!!

*dramatic oboe!

Posted by: Miss Shirley Bassey Sings for You at March 15, 2019 06:33 PM (CRRq9)

171 We got a nice veto today and the market was up.

Posted by: Ha at March 15, 2019 06:34 PM (MAstk)

172 He's trying to impress the Little Pink-haired Girl.

Posted by: Burger Chef at March 15, 2019 06:34 PM (RuIsu)

173 I remember citing a P J O'Roarke column, at the time, the the correct way to handle it was go in, depose the current Maximum Leader For Life, and tell them we can always come back if they piss us off enough.

Yeah, unfortunately that's how it has to be. Americans will not put up with or support a long-term deal any more. We did after WW2, but not today. The treasonous left will do anything whatsoever to get back in power, even encouraging and aiding our enemies in war time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:34 PM (39g3+)

174 Has a liberal justice ever "evolved" in office to become conservative?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 06:34 PM (gC2IV)

175 Roberts cucking is... expected. The final nail in the Bush coffein, but expected.

The problem for the Uniparty is that if Kav went full Kennedy, that would be it for the Supreme Court. The Republicans would never put effort into defending its nominees again, and they would run the serious risk of a Jackson revolt. RBG's death, assuming it hasn't happened already, would force the issue. That's setting aside Donald Trump's reaction to personal betrayals.

Posted by: trev006 at March 15, 2019 06:35 PM (Dij39)

176 166 Really it's about 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 for us.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (VaN/j)

Why quibble? The point is when D's put up a jurist, you can bet your house they're a loyal player.

No such "luck" on the other side.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 15, 2019 06:32 PM (z79tQ)
____

The last decent judge we got from them was when JFK appointed White. Since then, we got Blackmun, Stevens, and Souter, who were indistinguishable from Warren and Brennan who were already there.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:35 PM (VaN/j)

177 167 Thomas and Kavanaugh should get Roberts super drunk, take him out to the country, and get him to have sex with a farm animal.

Then tell him he's not going to be in the fraternity after all and just leave him there.

You forgot the part about the videorecording, dude.

Hint: you need 16GB.

Posted by: FBI, Aunt Becky Division at March 15, 2019 06:36 PM (8erNz)

178
He's being strong-armed. Too bad he's a lifer.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 15, 2019 06:36 PM (vEIlU)

179 174 Has a liberal justice ever "evolved" in office to become conservative?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 06:34 PM (gC2IV)
_____

You can argue that Frankfurter did.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:36 PM (VaN/j)

180 Has a liberal justice ever "evolved" in office to become conservative?

The only time a leftist "evolves" into a conservative is when they are disconnected from the left's coccoon, usually by being dumped into an urban area or facing extreme hardship which requires reevaluating values and what they think are important. Captains Courageous is an example.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:36 PM (39g3+)

181 > IMO, the trouble with Iraq wasn't the invasion, which was fine. It was the asinine Wilsonian nation-building.

Agree 100%.

The Marshall Plan crapola worked with Japan and Germany because Japan and Germany were basically civilized countries to begin with.

Ain't going to work with backwards tribesmen.

The only thing that works in that situation is to kick the shit out of them then leave them to bleed. Repeat as necessary.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 15, 2019 06:37 PM (0OWcv)

182 "That's pretty good for Illinois. You are in Illinois, yes?"Posted by: Emperor Country Boy

yes, but almost all of "downstate" is R. Chicago runs the state. The previous Dem gov only won 3 (maybe 4) counties, but won by like 5%. 3 county Quinn, was the nickname.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2019 06:32 PM (Cus5s)

That kinda proves my local activism point from earlier. Chicago is in control. Thus the Dems are in control. And there is no local activism that's gonna fix Chicago. Chicago vs. Downstate is what we're facing when the Dems take over again someday.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:37 PM (j/h1f)

183 I actually voted for Bush the Dead, Bush the Child, McCain the Songbird and Willard Moroni.

I feel the need for a hot shower all of a sudden.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 15, 2019 06:37 PM (Z+IKu)

184 depose the current Maximum Leader For Life, and tell them we can always come back if they piss us off enough.

It worked for the Brits for a long time.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:33 PM (VaN/j)

The problem is that Americans needed to apply that to Barack Obama before any other leader. I don't believe Donald Trump will succeed at preventing a massively bloody war, but I do believe he is the man best equipped to doso.

Posted by: trev006 at March 15, 2019 06:38 PM (Dij39)

185 It's an empanada tax.

Posted by: Chief SJW Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:38 PM (Tyii7)

186 Ruthy! I'm home!

Posted by: Johnny Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:38 PM (LuPts)

187 >> It's an empanada tax.

Boooo!

Hissss!

Posted by: Ana Navarro at March 15, 2019 06:39 PM (GpV8E)

188 I actually voted for Bush the Dead, Bush the Child, McCain the Songbird and Willard Moroni.

I prefer Kraft Moroni and Cheese.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2019 06:39 PM (CRRq9)

189 I worked with this old school sales guy. He take clients to strip clubs, get drunk with them, party all the time and get all the orders.

So in typical corporation tradition the uppers thought "Gee this guy makes too much money." (commissions) and set out to get him fired. First I never understood that thinking because if a salesman is making a lot of money he is selling a lot of equipment and making the company a lot of money.

Anyway, corporate sends out a straight laced guy and asshole to "Get Ben" and get him fired. Well first night in LA Ben takes the corporate guy out gets him drunk, goes to strip club and Ben and his partner take all kinds of incriminating pictures with corporate guy. Next morning Ben shows corporate guy the pictures. Ben never had any problems from corporate again. Oh and he still sold shit loads of equipment.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:39 PM (pw+jk)

190 183 I actually voted for Bush the Dead, Bush the Child, McCain the Songbird and Willard Moroni.

In the land of the blind the one-eyed is king.

When you look at the warmist and crooked filth the Democrats fielded as opposition, I'd have voted for Any Random Earthworm in opposition.

Posted by: JEM, would-be writer of the upcoming musical 'Condo Conversion' at March 15, 2019 06:40 PM (8erNz)

191 The Marshall Plan crapola worked with Japan and Germany because Japan and Germany were basically civilized countries to begin with.

Japan pre-WW2 and Iraq were pretty equivalent, but Japan was utterly and totally terrified and humiliated, destroyed almost to the roots. Plus Americans were more willing to stick it out for the long haul, and the opposition party at the time was not utterly treasonous trying to regain power.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:40 PM (39g3+)

192 Oh oh...

Posted by: JEM, would-be writer of the upcoming musical 'Condo Conversion' at March 15, 2019 06:40 PM (8erNz)

193 >>> >> It's an empanada tax.

Sometimes its a fetus, sometimes its a tax.

Posted by: Roberts on Roe at March 15, 2019 06:41 PM (YA914)

194 save

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 15, 2019 06:41 PM (fuK7c)

195 embarreling

Posted by: Chief SJW Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:41 PM (Tyii7)

196 We're gonna need a bigger Barrel.

Posted by: Chief Brody at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (786Ro)

197 Guards! Guards! Take him to the Barrel!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (YA914)

198 Barrel. We saw it .

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (Hk+Y0)

199 Pay toilets on the graves of TFG, W, and Hanoi Jane = retired National Debt in 15 years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (DMUuz)

200 I'll blow the margins. Wait...never mind.

Posted by: Chief SJW Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (Tyii7)

201 196 We're gonna need a bigger Barrel.
Posted by: Chief Brody at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (786Ro)

More fun than a barrel of moronkeys.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at March 15, 2019 06:43 PM (t6MX/)

202 The acoustics in the barrel are great for Jem to sing in, though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:43 PM (39g3+)

203 Aren't his kids old enough by now that if something shady happened with respect to their adoptions (as often has been posited) that it shouldn't much matter any more?

Posted by: corn and beans at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (tkNkP)

204 Robert's wants to continue the charade that the court is not political. Hes more a chamber of commerce judge than a conservative judge anyway.
When RBG does leave the court, if Trump replaces her with another conservative, watch for Roberts to re-join the conservative side and assign the opinion to himself so that its narrow.
The court shouldn't be political, but it is, we all know it is, and the Democrats-- if they ever get a real majority-- will use the court to remake the nation. The burden of "seeking consensus" never lies with them, for some reason.

Posted by: Revenant at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (bD2Jh)

205 It's an empanada tax.

Posted by: Chief SJW Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:38 PM (Tyii7)
.........

It's a Honduran tortilla tax.

Posted by: Roberts on the border at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (v0R5T)

206 It's never too early to begin Spring cleaning in the barrel. Chop Chop!

Posted by: Fritz at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (LuPts)

207 FUN FACT: The barrel was made in Israel.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (pw+jk)

208

Somebody else broke the italics this time. I'm seeing if it stops. I don't understand why it happens only sometimes, not always, though.

Both Germany and Japan were really convinced they'd win. By the Bushes' day, nobody thought they could beat us. And of course both countries had long traditions of obedience to the law; longer and stronger than we Anglos ever did.

I voted each of the above named GOP bums, once each. By 92 and 04, I was fed up with the Bushes. In 92 I voted Libertarian, in 04 I didn't bother to vote.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (VaN/j)

209 Given the typical light commenting on the Friday ONT, and the higher level of decorum on the AoSHQ Weekend threads, it's likely the emBarrelees will be there through Monday, if not longer.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (DMUuz)

210 You people should know that as of a little while ago, I'm on vacation, and I'm hightailing it to the farm in the morning for a week!

Posted by: Weasel at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (MVjcR)

211 The Marshall Plan crapola worked with Japan and Germany because Japan and Germany were basically civilized countries to begin with.

That was why West Germany could fix East Germany in the 90s, but nobody could fix the ex-USSR. East Germany had once been part of a normal country and it still had things to fall back on.

Stalin had engineered interdependence in the Soviet Union so that the various republics and regions had to rely on each other. Belarus was the assembly workbench, Ukraine was the breadbasket, somewhere did the heavy industry.

When that fell apart there was nothing to fall back on because none of those places had been regular countries in the first place.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (fuK7c)

212 The Marshall Plan crapola worked with Japan and Germany because Japan and Germany were basically civilized countries to begin with.

Japan pre-WW2 and Iraq were pretty equivalent, but Japan was utterly and totally terrified and humiliated, destroyed almost to the roots. Plus Americans were more willing to stick it out for the long haul, and the opposition party at the time was not utterly treasonous trying to regain power.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:40 PM (39g3+)

Well, America also broke the back of Shinto Militarism.

With George "Islam means Peace" W Bush at the helm insuring that Islamic Jihadism remained in place.

There was zero chance of success.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 15, 2019 06:45 PM (CRRq9)

213 See you for the ONT, maybe I'll have a producer by then.

Posted by: JEM, would-be writer of the upcoming musical 'Condo Conversion' at March 15, 2019 06:45 PM (8erNz)

214 The barrel was made in Israel.

Yes. It was invented shortly after the weather machine.

Posted by: Chief SJW Roberts at March 15, 2019 06:45 PM (Tyii7)

215 Roberts is yet another scam pushed on us by the Bushes.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at March 15, 2019 06:45 PM (qDqtS)

216 Some idiot on the SR panel thinks that Trump needs to give a speech denouncing anti Muslim bigotry. FFS.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 06:46 PM (gC2IV)

217 freaked: "I knew he wasn't right when he called Ocare a tax."

Bingo. THAT is Roberts' legacy. He needs do nothing more for the rest of his life.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 15, 2019 06:46 PM (6eEQ+)

218 You people should know that as of a little while ago, I'm on vacation,
and I'm hightailing it to the farm in the morning for a week!

My envy meter just ticked up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, still grinding at March 15, 2019 06:46 PM (Z216Q)

219 Damn, you really get bang for your buck when you "influence" Court justices. Much better odds.

Posted by: George Soros at March 15, 2019 06:46 PM (n/eZB)

220 More hot takes incoming:

@goodinohio 7m

CNN Guest Connects Trump to Mosque Shooting in New Zealand

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (Hk+Y0)

221 211: It was a centrally-planned economy. it just doesn't work.

Posted by: Revenant at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (bD2Jh)

222 Chief Justice John Roberts has made common cause with the Supreme Court's liberal bloc as late

Wait, wut? He's lying in state?

Posted by: t-bird at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (n/eZB)

223 The think someone has something on him. The way he changed his vote regarding Obamacare was really suspicious.

Posted by: Daniel J Kunkle at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (r7jLD)

224 Sponge

Posted by: FIRST!!!!! at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (C1NyB)

225 Dear Lord, please bless us with a silly post so we can make stupid jokes and have fun again. Sincerely,

Friday Nite

Posted by: Caliban at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (QE8X6)

226 158----.....Those are real conservatives, pure leftists, and squishes. The last includes Kennedy and O'Connor. So far, Roberts is one.....
Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:28 PM (VaN/j)
------------------------
Kennedy was not a squish at all, not at all like Roberts.

Like the leftists, he was guided by ideology rather than Constitutionalism. But his ideology was anti-theist LIBERTARIAN so his vote depended on the issue at hand.
"So-con" issues --- he'd vote with the Left.
Other stuff, like Heller or Obamacare, he'd vote right.

IOW, his principles were firm and his votes were predictable.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (Rxduq)

227 204 Robert's wants to continue the charade that the court is not political. Hes more a chamber of commerce judge than a conservative judge anyway.
When RBG does leave the court, if Trump replaces her with another conservative, watch for Roberts to re-join the conservative side and assign the opinion to himself so that its narrow.
The court shouldn't be political, but it is, we all know it is, and the Democrats-- if they ever get a real majority-- will use the court to remake the nation. The burden of "seeking consensus" never lies with them, for some reason.
Posted by: Revenant at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (bD2Jh)
___

Well said, except for the last sentence. You fail to understand that they ARE the consensus. By definition. It's actually baked into the liberal mind, and has been at least since Mill.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 06:48 PM (VaN/j)

228 That Ruthie is still alive and kicking is ...sigh.. disappointing.

Posted by: IC at March 15, 2019 06:48 PM (a0IVu)

229 So....somebody found pictures of Roberts???

Posted by: Diogenes at March 15, 2019 06:48 PM (0tfLf)

230 The barrel was made in Israel.

I'd heard that before.

Someone said it was made by a Yiddish Moyel who lined the interior with foreskins he had collected over the years

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 15, 2019 06:48 PM (YA914)

231 I appreciate all of your Birthday salutations today. As I'm putting in a sixth WOD after a half-marathon training run, please be patient, as it will take me a few days to catch up with personal replies.

Toodles!

Posted by: Ruth B-G at March 15, 2019 06:49 PM (DMUuz)

232 You people should know that as of a little while ago, I'm on vacation, and I'm hightailing it to the farm in the morning for a week!
Posted by: Weasel at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (MVjcR)

Enjoy!!

But first......

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:49 PM (j/h1f)

233 Those kids he adopted must be 18 now.
If Roberts changed his Obamacare vote because of that, ....

Well, if he did, THAT in itself would be blackmail material, wouldn't it?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (Rxduq)

234 Who WOULDN'T want to see me dance on a table?

Posted by: Beto at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (QE8X6)

235 "199 Pay toilets on the graves of TFG, W, and Hanoi Jane = retired National Debt in 15 years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 15, 2019 06:42 PM (DMUuz) "

Don't forget the profits from the beer concessions !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (wA4OO)

236 180: I knew of one who, after leaving law school, started working at the Public Defender's office. She got to see -- up close and personal -- who her "clients" were, and started to trend conservative.
A couple years in, she left to work part-time at a bullshit non-profit. Her family told me they were very happy she made the move, because it turned her back into a liberal.

Posted by: Revenant at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (bD2Jh)

237 Conservatism's great friend, Jake Tapper, trying to blame President Trump for Christchurch...
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/
1106655919339757568

We're so lucky having an ally like him in the MSM.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (Dh1wo)

238 Re 204,
Revenant, Chief Justice Burger used to try to pull that trick. The other members of the court, liberal and conservative, were pretty much united in hating his guts for crap like that. What happened is that in some cases, Burger's draft opinions flopped and the majority threatened to simply dispense with his draft in favor of someone else's. As the Obamacare decision shows, the final vote is when the opinion is published.

Posted by: whig at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (Kvi3C)

239 > Someone said it was made by a Yiddish Moyel who lined the interior with foreskins he had collected over the years

Best part: when you start cramming stuff into it, it automatically gets bigger.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 15, 2019 06:51 PM (0OWcv)

240 So....somebody found pictures of Roberts???

Posted by: Diogenes at March 15, 2019 06:48 PM (0tfLf)
.........

What happens on Old MacDonalds farm, stays on Old MacDonalds farm

Posted by: wth at March 15, 2019 06:51 PM (v0R5T)

241 But first......
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:49 PM

* sigh *

I can't remember the last time he did that for me ...

Posted by: The Margins at March 15, 2019 06:51 PM (DMUuz)

242 Find out what the FBI, or whoever, has on him from the 0bama years and bust his ass. We can replace him with better.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 06:51 PM (Dh1wo)

243 Harriet Meyers in disguise.

Posted by: Z Ryan at March 15, 2019 06:52 PM (pzjcc)

244 Given the typical light commenting on the Friday ONT, and the higher level of decorum on the AoSHQ Weekend threads, it's likely the emBarrelees will be there through Monday, if not longer.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 15, 2019 06:44 PM (DMUuz)

I think Insom and nurse should check in tonight for an update. That'll put the snark in high gear.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:52 PM (j/h1f)

245 Aren't his kids old enough by now

Yep, that's so long ago it can't possibly matter. He's made a choice, for whatever reason, that doesn't include the Constitution.

Posted by: t-bird at March 15, 2019 06:52 PM (jOEDM)

246 This a picture shows prane that dropped bomb. It was called the Enora Gay. And it was frown by monsters who dropped bomb that day. DOHFIN and WERIU!
-Emperor Akihito

Posted by: Archer at March 15, 2019 06:52 PM (gmo/4)

247 Who WOULDN'T want to see me dance on a table?

Posted by: Beto at March 15, 2019 06:50 PM (QE8X6)
........

Take video. If one of the legs breaks off while you're dancing, get back to me.

Posted by: wth at March 15, 2019 06:53 PM (v0R5T)

248 Have fun out at the farm, Weasel !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 15, 2019 06:53 PM (wA4OO)

249 Remember wasn't it jast after a SotU speech where Jug Ears publicly worked him over?

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2019 06:53 PM (BbGew)

250 But first......
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:49 PM

* sigh *

I can't remember the last time he did that for me ...
Posted by: The Margins at March 15, 2019 06:51 PM (DMUuz)

Quitcherbitchin', you get blown a lot more than most of us.

Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at March 15, 2019 06:53 PM (j/h1f)

251 Someone told GWB there are a billion Muslims in the world, and the Aussies have a shit ton of them just north of their continent, so he construed those warnings to mean "be nice, and don't rile them". It shows both a complete lack of understanding of Muslim culture, which is fascist and militaristic, and a misreading of the war strength of a billion poorly armed, unmotivated and poorly led Muslims.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, still grinding at March 15, 2019 06:54 PM (Z216Q)

252 189 I worked with this old school sales guy. He take clients to strip clubs, get drunk with them, party all the time and get all the orders.

So in typical corporation tradition the uppers thought "Gee this guy makes too much money." (commissions) and set out to get him fired. First I never understood that thinking because if a salesman is making a lot of money he is selling a lot of equipment and making the company a lot of money.

Anyway, corporate sends out a straight laced guy and asshole to "Get Ben" and get him fired. Well first night in LA Ben takes the corporate guy out gets him drunk, goes to strip club and Ben and his partner take all kinds of incriminating pictures with corporate guy. Next morning Ben shows corporate guy the pictures. Ben never had any problems from corporate again. Oh and he still sold shit loads of equipment.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 15, 2019 06:39 PM (pw+jk)

Ben got the steak knife set, and the first cup of the freshly brewed pot of coffee.

That's what the closers get this month, you know.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 15, 2019 06:54 PM (sy5kK)

253 BTW, there was a school shooting in Sao Paulo on the 13th a couple of days ago. Anyone hear about that in the MFM? Eight dead if anyone GAF.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 06:55 PM (Dh1wo)

254 238: You're right, but you gotta have 5 solid votes. Let's see how Kavanaugh develops.

Posted by: Revenant at March 15, 2019 06:55 PM (bD2Jh)

255 I wonder what have on him?

Got's to be major-pervy.

Posted by: Paladin at March 15, 2019 06:56 PM (JDw72)

256 Wait, Weasel bought the farm? That's a shame. He was a good guy.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 06:56 PM (gC2IV)

257 East Germany had once been part of a normal country and it still had things to fall back on.

Well, and it was full of Germans. Who, for all their faults are definitely hard working and productive people. You give them half a chance and they will get their economy roaring again. Russians, not so much.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 06:56 PM (39g3+)

258 Oh, and has anyone called dibs on Weasel's gun collection? Dibs!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 15, 2019 06:57 PM (gC2IV)

259 The only thing that works in that situation is to kick the shit out of them then leave them to bleed. Repeat as necessary.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 15, 2019 06:37 PM (0OWcv)

And as you leave, you say over your shoulder, "That's for nothing. Now try something."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 15, 2019 06:57 PM (gHApq)

260 Pre-Planned 10 minute hold on ULA launch. Watch the live launch here:
https://tinyurl.com/y53rcycl
Goes to ULA website

Posted by: Old Blue at March 15, 2019 06:58 PM (gEvQ8)

261 They never go the other way.

Why is that?

Posted by: blaster at March 15, 2019 06:58 PM (ZfRYq)

262 220 More hot takes incoming:

@goodinohio 7m

CNN Guest Connects Trump to Mosque Shooting in New Zealand
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 15, 2019 06:47 PM (Hk+Y0)

Is this the second shift of Trump haters?

Someone else made the connection on CNN earlier in the day.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 15, 2019 06:59 PM (sy5kK)

263 whoever has the pics of Roberts, or info on his illegal adoption ... we need to get copies and release it now. If he resigns, Trump can replace, if not, at least his worries are over.

the old joke ... "hey mom, you know that lamp you always worry I might break? ... well your worries are over"

Posted by: illiniwek at March 15, 2019 06:59 PM (Cus5s)

264 Pre-Planned 10 minute hold on ULA launch. Watch the live launch here:

OK, I went there. For novices, what is ULA?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 15, 2019 06:59 PM (fuK7c)

265 Flicking past channels, ABC news has a chiron "BREAKING: Trump Says There Should Be No Mueller Report" like it's a Saturday Night Massacre...

Also "GOP Joins Dems to Call For Report's Release"

From the outside, it's easy to see how people get so misinformed.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 15, 2019 07:00 PM (oVJmc)

266 Apparently at least some of the gymnasts molested by the sick pig Olympic trainer are suing the US Olympic committee for protecting him. Go for it girls. And look at the International Committee while you're at it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 07:00 PM (39g3+)

267 Iow how many children do they have Roberts on film with?

Posted by: Hereogar at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (eQ0LF)

268 Hi Peeps!

Posted by: fluffy at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (AYbh1)

269 BTW, 32 Christians massacred in a church in Nigeria on the 4th. Anyone hear about that??

Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (Dh1wo)

270 >>Apparently at least some of the gymnasts molested by the sick pig Olympic trainer are suing the US Olympic committee for protecting him. Go for it girls. And look at the International Committee while you're at it.

First time I ever saw that Bella Carolli guy, I thought to myself - 'Self. That guy bad touches little girls.'.

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (GpV8E)

271 BREAKING: Trump Says There Should Be No Mueller Report

Which is a flat out lie, he said there should have been no Meuller investigation to MAKE a report.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (39g3+)

272 170. Miss Shirley Bassey, I'm dying here!

Posted by: kallisto at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (OxYQ1)

273 Trump was the only prominent Republican to call out John Roberts, and he did it repeatedly during the campaign. Especially when the "cons" (lol) acused him of working for Hillary, appointing his liberal sister to the SC etc. - and I applauded loudly every time he did.

It's how I knew for certain he was the real deal. And you bet your ass they (Kristol et al) did too.

Posted by: ... at March 15, 2019 07:02 PM (uEbPt)

274 So Orangemanbad is now responsible for everything bad thing that happens anywhere, at anytime, in the world. That's a lot of power.

When will his power expand to any time in history?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion Urkers everywhere at March 15, 2019 07:03 PM (JgA4k)

275 Jihad watch is filled with Muzzy atrocities you never heard of

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2019 07:03 PM (BbGew)

276 Oh a happy note I have just ordered some more cookbooks for interested parties.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2019 07:03 PM (j9bhg)

277 First time I ever saw that Bella Carolli guy, I thought to myself - 'Self. That guy bad touches little girls.

Yeah I got a bad vibe off him too. I felt sorry for all those eager little bouncing gymnasts desperate to make it in the Olympics having to put up with his hands on them. I only do this to steady you! I have to put my hand there!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 07:03 PM (39g3+)

278 246 This a picture shows prane that dropped bomb. It was called the Enora Gay. And it was frown by monsters who dropped bomb that day. DOHFIN and WERIU!
-Emperor Akihito
_____

And if we hadn't done that, you'd never had a movie industry. Don't give me that Kurasowa shit. No one but homos watch Japanese movies unless a monster attacks Tokyo. Or bewbs, those always sell.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 15, 2019 07:04 PM (VaN/j)

279 ULA is United Launch Alliance. It was a merger between Boeing and Lockheed. The US allowed the merger only if both groups launch businesses were disconnected from the parent companies and became a completely independent entity. I knew several people from LM who went over to ULA.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 15, 2019 07:04 PM (gEvQ8)

280 Spaceflightnow.com for your 7:11 Delta 4 rocket launch news.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 15, 2019 07:04 PM (1g7ch)

281 They never go the other way.
Why is that?

Posted by: blaster at March 15, 2019 06:58 PM (ZfRYq)
Oh we do. We do!!!

Posted by: Barry McFuckstick at March 15, 2019 07:04 PM (uEbPt)

282 265 Flicking past channels, ABC news has a chiron "BREAKING: Trump Says There Should Be No Mueller Report" like it's a Saturday Night Massacre...

Also "GOP Joins Dems to Call For Report's Release"

From the outside, it's easy to see how people get so misinformed.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 15, 2019 07:00 PM (oVJmc)

It's like ABC and the others actually pay people to misinform.

That could never happen, right?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 15, 2019 07:04 PM (sy5kK)

283 I am sure someone has already said this: his blackmailers did a great job with O-care, and are ramping up the threats.

Not that the guy was ever an originalist.

Posted by: Flyover at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (B5K06)

284 >>Yeah I got a bad vibe off him too.

I was like 12. How did everyone else miss that?

Posted by: garrett at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (GpV8E)

285 Hey, Northern Lurker. Canada's federal flags all at half-staff over this massacre but none of the other recent ones. (A bombing in Pakistan too that, frankly, I don't give a shit about.)

Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (Dh1wo)

286 OK, I went there. For novices, what is ULA?

The remnants of Lockheed and Boeing defense related launch capabilities, costing about 3x what SpaceX and Blue Origin charge per launch, and used primarily for military launches.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, still grinding at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (Z216Q)

287 So Orangemanbad is now responsible for everything bad thing that happens anywhere, at anytime, in the world. That's a lot of power.
-------------
Replaced Boosh quite well.

And of course NOTHING was ever Obama's fault. Just some rogues in the Ohio office.

Posted by: ... at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (uEbPt)

288 A ULA Delta IV rocket is getting ready to launch an Air Force satellite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNU46m8Hi6Q

They are currently in a built-in hold, and I'm not sure of the exact launch time. The window is a couple hours long.

Posted by: rickl at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (sdi6R)

289 It seems pretty obvious that Dred Justice Roberts is compromised. Is there no way to get him off the Court?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 15, 2019 07:06 PM (IDhUW)

290 Oh, and has anyone called dibs on Weasel's gun collection? Dibs!
Posted by: Duke Lowell
-------
That boat sailed a long, long time ago so get in line buddy!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at March 15, 2019 07:06 PM (UUBmN)

291 285 Hey, Northern Lurker. Canada's federal flags all at half-staff over this massacre but none of the other recent ones. (A bombing in Pakistan too that, frankly, I don't give a shit about.)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 07:05 PM (Dh1wo)

Grrr

Posted by: N.L. Urker, champion Urkers everywhere at March 15, 2019 07:07 PM (JgA4k)

292 Flyover, exactly what do you suppose they are blackmailing him with? Not that I disagree with you.

Posted by: Eromero at March 15, 2019 07:07 PM (qBNEP)

293 That boat sailed a long, long time ago so get in line buddy!!!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 15, 2019 07:06 PM (UUBmN)

I thought it was a canoe.

Posted by: blaster at March 15, 2019 07:07 PM (ZfRYq)

294 253 BTW, there was a school shooting in Sao Paulo on the 13th a couple of days ago. Anyone hear about that in the MFM? Eight dead if anyone GAF.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 15, 2019 06:55 PM (Dh1wo)

Let's go read the London Daily Mail and find out.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 15, 2019 07:07 PM (sy5kK)

295 Day after OCare decision I thought Roberts had been threatened. But now I *know* he's just your typical libcuck pretender country club asshole shitdick.

Posted by: ... at March 15, 2019 07:07 PM (uEbPt)

296 Is there no way to get him off the Court?

Only 4 ways to get him off the court:
1. Retirement
2. Death
3. Utter collapse of the government/SMOD
4. Impeachment for "conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

No supreme court justice has ever been removed from office.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 15, 2019 07:08 PM (39g3+)

297 289 It seems pretty obvious that Dred Justice Roberts is compromised. Is there no way to get him off the Court?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 15, 2019 07:06 PM (IDhUW)

Video, pictures, and written notes are all acceptable.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 15, 2019 07:09 PM (sy5kK)

298 274, Dontcha know that Orangeman Bad caused the fall of the Roman Empire, Caesar's assassination, Alexander the Great's broken heart, the Saxons to lose at Hastings in 1066, and the Hundred Years War. He capped it off by causing Napoleon's rise and WWI and II. This is not opinion, this is historical fact.

Posted by: whig at March 15, 2019 07:09 PM (Kvi3C)

299 Blackmail... when does it end?

Never.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (3H9h1)

300 288 put it up, just got a message crew is working on a issue, more info will become available

Posted by: Skip at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (BbGew)

301 290 Oh, and has anyone called dibs on Weasel's gun collection? Dibs!
Posted by: Duke Lowell
-------
That boat sailed a long, long time ago so get in line buddy!!!
Posted by: lin-duh at March 15, 2019 07:06 PM (UUBmN)

Is that the boat that tipped over?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (sy5kK)

302 They are currently in a built-in hold, and I'm not sure of the exact launch time.

I was just there. I wouldn't call the hold built-in. There's something going on with helium pressure in a science thingie and there's no set liftoff time until they figure it out.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (fuK7c)

303 The USSC sold the country out early in the 1900's.

Posted by: torabora at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (Y274z)

304 Rickl, always appreciate your space updates.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (IDhUW)

305 Eight antifa fascists show up at TuCa house dresses as giant yellow dicks.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 15, 2019 07:11 PM (1g7ch)

306 That f'n Trump comes up on our front porch at night and digs around in the potted plants and leaves little turds there.
Asshole.

Posted by: freaked at March 15, 2019 07:11 PM (UdKB7)

307 #50 They knew then didn't they.

Posted by: torabora at March 15, 2019 07:11 PM (Y274z)

308 Beep beep!

Posted by: Justice Roberts PT Cruiser at March 15, 2019 07:12 PM (J6XDt)

309 274 So Orangemanbad is now responsible for everything bad thing that happens anywhere, at anytime, in the world. That's a lot of power.

Finally, a viewer who gets it!

Posted by: ABCBSNBCNN at March 15, 2019 07:12 PM (sy5kK)

310 296 Is there no way to get him off the Court?

Only 4 ways to get him off the court:
1. Retirement
2. Death
3. Utter collapse of the government/SMOD
4. Impeachment for "conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

No supreme court justice has ever been removed from office.
-----
I recommend that he retire then!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 15, 2019 07:13 PM (IDhUW)

311 freaked, How is Scout?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 15, 2019 07:13 PM (j9bhg)

312 Sunset at the Cape is at 7:31 pm, so if the launch is delayed longer than that we will get a twilight launch, which are always the best.

Posted by: rickl at March 15, 2019 07:14 PM (sdi6R)

313 Deep thoughts on nood

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 15, 2019 07:14 PM (1g7ch)

314 Helium pressure tank. Still in a hold. Alarm on the tank.

Posted by: Old Blue at March 15, 2019 07:15 PM (gEvQ8)

315 296 Is there no way to get him off the Court?

Only 4 ways to get him off the court:
1. Retirement
2. Death
3. Utter collapse of the government/SMOD
4. Impeachment for "conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

No supreme court justice has ever been removed from office.

Let us share some fine polonium tea and talk about it!

Posted by: it was always the Russians, dammit at March 15, 2019 07:15 PM (sy5kK)

316 Well, I am thankful to have made it through this past week, whcih was hellacious. The martini shaker is calling my name. I can hear it. Oddly, it's also saying "Hurray, hurray it's the First of May. Outdoor fucking starts today!"

I think it's built-in calendar needs a reboot, but I appreciate the sentiment.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, still grinding at March 15, 2019 07:16 PM (Z216Q)

317 296, No, but some have resigned such as Abe Fortas from doing dubious things such as an undisclosed stipend on salary from a dude that had cases before the court. Fortas might have been impeached and certainly was not going to become Chief Justice in 1968 after that was revealed.

William Douglas resigned because his fellow justices were sick of him and his drunken anti social antics and they told him that they would support his removal via impeachment if necessary. Also believe that dislike by colleagues led Warren Burger to step down to head the Constitutional Bicentennial Commission. Goldberg resigned to become Delegate the UN because LBJ wanted him out and crony Abe Fortas in. Would not be surprised that LBJ played dirty to get what he wanted.

Most of the Four Horsemen on the Court resigned more or less after the switch in time that saved nine after FDR's court packing scheme during 1937.

Posted by: whig at March 15, 2019 07:16 PM (Kvi3C)

318 302
I was just there. I wouldn't call the hold built-in. There's something going on with helium pressure in a science thingie and there's no set liftoff time until they figure it out.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 15, 2019 07:10 PM (fuK7c)

The hold at T-4 is built-in to the countdown and nominally lasts for about 10 minutes. It can be extended as circumstances demand.

Posted by: rickl at March 15, 2019 07:17 PM (sdi6R)

319 If you can't do your job because you are being blackmailed, you need to resign, so someone can do the job.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 15, 2019 07:17 PM (IDhUW)

320 "How is Scout?"

He's fine and happy. We have added some fancy no grain kibble to supplement his diet because Mrs f'd says he's too skinny. He get's some of that in the mornings.

Posted by: freaked at March 15, 2019 07:18 PM (UdKB7)

321 314 Helium pressure tank. Still in a hold. Alarm on the tank.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 15, 2019 07:15 PM (gEvQ

I see you beat me to it tonight. I just got home about 7:00. (I already knew the launch was delayed from the originally announced time of 6:56.)

Posted by: rickl at March 15, 2019 07:18 PM (sdi6R)

322 gets

Posted by: freaked at March 15, 2019 07:18 PM (UdKB7)

323 So W got just about everything wrong during his Presidency except having a highway named after him in Dallas. What a wanker.

Posted by: David J at March 15, 2019 07:40 PM (T2uZP)

324 I done tole you to stay out' da Bushes

Posted by: Al Sharpton at March 15, 2019 08:08 PM (0V/8D)

325 Why is it so hard to find real conservatives in power?

Posted by: Ben (the original) at March 15, 2019 09:03 PM (WSfSy)

326 Clarence Thomas is the ONLY good thing a Bush ever did.

Like their buddies the Clintons, they must be barred forever from power.

Posted by: Valiant at March 16, 2019 12:54 AM (f9jtK)

327 Who will reign in these unelected tyrants? I suggest taking a flamethrower to one and all.

Posted by: I am not corey Booker at March 16, 2019 12:55 AM (nRj4F)

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