Kim Foxx's Top Ethics Officer and Conviction Integrity Officer Resign in Wake of Corrupt Smollett Whitewash

The article doesn't say they resigned in protest of that corrupt swindle-- but it's hard to avoid that conclusion.

Two officials have resigned from their positions in the office of Cook County, Illinois, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx in the wake of her decision to drop charges against disgraced "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett.
April Perry, Foxx's chief ethics officer, and Conviction Integrity Director Mark Rotert have both tendered their resignations and will serve their last days on the job in May.
...
Perry, Cook County's first ethics officer, initially encouraged Foxx to recuse herself from the Smollett case after learning that she had spoken about the case to members of the actor's family

Of course, she did not recuse herself. She merely told the public that she was recusing herself, while retaining authority over the case (and meddling in it).

She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 03:04 PM

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1 They have ethics, when did this happen?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:06 PM (ycWCI)

2 I have to say, the whole idea that there are all these "ethics" adviser positions drives me nuts. I mean, think about it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:06 PM (mTGg+)

3 "Ethics."

Posted by: huerfano at April 19, 2019 03:06 PM (6e1eX)

4 Chicago ethics.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 19, 2019 03:07 PM (oVJmc)

5 'Colloquial' seems like an odd choice of words. Or I guess it could mean I am just going to use the term, but here in Chicago, it means the opposite.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:07 PM (ycWCI)

6

In other words, Foxx has her "fall guy". Case closed.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 03:07 PM (ah86I)

7 She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.

Or grammatically.

She must be an Ivy Leaguer.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:07 PM (mTGg+)

8 Samantha Foxx>>>>>>>>>>>>Kim Foxx

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:08 PM (AjVAj)

9 Just curious, are there still people who think Smollett didn't do this to himself?

Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:09 PM (xptlg)

10 Everytime I see a clip of Kim Foxx, it makes me think that LaKeesha the Hairdresser is havin' fun playing at being DA for a week.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 19, 2019 03:09 PM (k1TUh)

11 is there going to be a friday afternoon document dump?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 19, 2019 03:09 PM (d7Ww2)

12 I'm having trouble with the idea of there being "Ethics Officers" and "Conviction Integrity Officers" in Chicago. Sort of like claiming chastity in a brothel.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:09 PM (VaN/j)

13 Kim Foxx's Top Ethics Officer and Conviction Integrity Officer Resign

I'm sure they'll have no problems getting hired again with THOSE posts on their resumes!

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (CE5C/)

14 I had me some "ethics officers".

Posted by: Zombie Al Capone at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (0Ntuf)

15 9 Yes,check Youtube.But than there are also people who believe the earth is flat and that no person has ever set foot on the moon....

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (AjVAj)

16 She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.
________

Of course it exists. It's her truth. And as a woman of color her truth is truer than ours.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (VaN/j)

17 Samantha Foxx>>>>>>[ >>>Red Foxx>>>>> ]>>>>>>Kim Foxx

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:08 PM (AjVAj)

Expanded.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (mTGg+)

18 9 Just curious, are there still people who think Smollett didn't do this to himself?
Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:09 PM (xptlg)

My guess is yes. My real guess is it does not matter to some people whether or not it is true. For them it just comes down to whether or not they like and agree with the guy. It has always been thus.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (ycWCI)

19 ...in the parlance of our times.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:11 PM (WgAJo)

20 Cook County Ethics Officer is an oxymoron.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 19, 2019 03:11 PM (ufFY8)

21 Every time I see Kimmm Foxxxx I cringe like Jon Lovitz in "A League of Their Own" when he sees Marla Hootch for the first time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 19, 2019 03:11 PM (xPJvm)

22 Really if Chicago burnt to the ground and salt was spread over it a foot thick the world would be as better place probably.

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 03:12 PM (BbGew)

23 Its kind of funny that Chicago has ethics and integrity officers on the payroll. Fuck.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:12 PM (2LelM)

24 Some people did something, colloquially, in your mouth.

Posted by: tachyonshuggy at April 19, 2019 03:12 PM (zPHra)

25 You know Kim Foxx is bad news because she spells her last name the way a porn star would.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (H5knJ)

26 Ethics Officer ...

I think we need that post quoting Walter Sobchuk about national socialism, again.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (mTGg+)

27 ... if Chicago burnt to the ground and salt was spread over it a foot thick the world would be as better place probably.

RIP - Abe Froman

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (WgAJo)

28 I have it on good authority that the resignations came as a result of Ms Foxx's heinous flatulence.

Posted by: Phil Hartmark F/K/A Truck Monkey at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (flINI)

29 FWIW, rumor on CDAN is that Foxx is working on a dismissal of R Kelly's crimes now.
(CDAN posted about Smollet getting off with a wrist slap before it happened, too)

If true, yeah, those ethics people should get out before that happens. .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (W+vEI)

30 17 Samantha Foxx>>>>>>[ >>>Red Foxx>>>>> ]>>>>>>Kim Foxx

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:08 PM (AjVAj)

Expanded.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (mTGg+)

Sorry Redd. I was going to fight for you, but then I binged Samantha Foxx for a refresher. Sorry man. I am sure you understand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (ycWCI)

31 20 Cook County Ethics Officer is an oxymoron.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 19, 2019 03:11 PM (ufFY

Cook The Books County...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (zBaqJ)

32 "Resigned" has a different meaning in Chicago I would assume.

So does "ethics"

Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (0Ntuf)

33 So when does Kim claim her ethics and integrity officers tried to throw bleach on her and affix a noose? Fucking Rainbow Nuance is a thing.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (2LelM)

34 But first...

On second thought, I'm gonna call Bob Kraft.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at April 19, 2019 03:14 PM (WgAJo)

35 Jussie wuz jus' tryin' to stick it to da man, yo.

Posted by: Odell Jefferson Washington Hamilton at April 19, 2019 03:14 PM (w7KSn)

36 "I don't know what you mean by 'glory'," Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't- till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"

"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean- neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master-that's all."

Posted by: Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:14 PM (VaN/j)

37 Sorry Redd. I was going to fight for you, but then I binged Samantha Foxx for a refresher. Sorry man. I am sure you understand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (ycWCI)

I was wondering about that right before I hit "Post" ... but then I said "Fvck it".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (mTGg+)

38

When I hear "Cook County Ethics Officer" I think of a cop who shoots people in warrantless raids on homes, because he suspects the occupants might, maybe, have done the right thing at some time in their life.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (5aX2M)

39 Eeyore - the Chastity Enforcement Officer at a brothel

Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (BbGew)

40 22 Really if Chicago burnt to the ground and salt was spread over it a foot thick the world would be as better place probably.
Posted by: Skip at April 19, 2019 03:12 PM (BbGew)

Has anyone seen pictures of the vast swaths of abandoned Detroit? Pity no farmer or rancher can move in and reclaim the land.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (ujg0T)

41 32 "Resigned" has a different meaning in Chicago I would assume.

So does "ethics"
Posted by: kbdabear at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (0Ntuf)

They only colloquially resigned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (ycWCI)

42 Imagine what she can do now withOUT ethics and integrity!

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 03:16 PM (NpvYf)

43 How much do you want to bet her take for freeing Jussie and R. Kelley will not buy one mid size house in Chicago. You can't fix stupid. But you can easily get them elected.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:16 PM (2LelM)

44 25 You know Kim Foxx is bad news because she spells her last name the way a porn star would.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 19, 2019 03:13 PM (H5knJ)
________

So, may we assume that Jimmie Foxx's name referred to his bat?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:16 PM (VaN/j)

45

This reminds me of seeing Meatloaf in movies. And iI'm like hey is that Meatloaf? And then I'm like yeah that's Meatloaf.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 03:16 PM (ah86I)

46 Ahoy! Colloquially, that is.

Posted by: Little Admiral Kristol at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (vtcmf)

47 Jon Lovitz in "A League of Their Own"

.....

I'd like to see some all-male remakes of some of those gal movies to counter some of things like Gal-Ghostbusters.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (VycSd)

48
Has anyone seen pictures of the vast swaths of abandoned Detroit? Pity no farmer or rancher can move in and reclaim the land.
-------------------
That would take a whole lot of heavy equipment to clear that land. You can knock down a house but removing its concrete footer is a bitch.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (2LelM)

49 I was wondering about that right before I hit "Post" ... but then I said "Fvck it".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (mTGg+)

A SFW example:

https://tinyurl.com/y2nh5ga8

There are numerous NSFW as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (ycWCI)

50 Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (ycWCI)

I remember Samantha Foxx. I was talking about the "Redd".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:18 PM (mTGg+)

51 You can buy houses in Detroit for a dollar.
Good luck with the local taxes, tho'

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at April 19, 2019 03:18 PM (w7KSn)

52 In the words of that sack of potatoes, ' what difference does it make? '

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:18 PM (a/9Wy)

53

What the heck is a Conviction Integrity Director?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 03:19 PM (aKsyK)

54 What the heck is a Conviction Integrity Director?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 03:19 PM (aKsyK)

Usually a councilman's kid.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:19 PM (mTGg+)

55 They only colloquially resigned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:15 PM (ycWCI)

Well, they are Chicago public employees and will probably start receiving a "pension" larger than the salary they have now.

Posted by: Official Bribery Ethics Officer at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (tv7DV)

56 47 Jon Lovitz in "A League of Their Own"

.....

I'd like to see some all-male remakes of some of those gal movies to counter some of things like Gal-Ghostbusters.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (VycSd)

=========

A League of their Own would be hilarious to do that with because the gender swap would make literally no sense.

It'd be so obviously pointless and counter-productive to the point of the story.

I'd pay to watch that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (aFMSC)

57 I remember Samantha Foxx. I was talking about the "Redd".
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:18 PM (mTGg+)

*fistbump* I was not sure myself after posting, but also said 'fuck it'. I looked it up. Two 'D's are correct.

For Samantha Foxx too. *rimshot*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (ycWCI)

58
Sadly, Chet Coppick passed away.

He was well-known in Chicagoland.

https://tinyurl.com/y3n53gq5

But hilariously, the Diamondbacks let a
pop fly hit the ground to let two Cubs score. Four guys within
ten feet of where the ball landed. LOL, happened three minutes ago.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (ufFY8)

59 51 You can buy houses in Detroit for a dollar.
Good luck with the local taxes, tho'
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Good luck living there.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (2LelM)

60 48
Has anyone seen pictures of the vast swaths of abandoned Detroit? Pity no farmer or rancher can move in and reclaim the land.
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That would take a whole lot of heavy equipment to clear that land. You can knock down a house but removing its concrete footer is a bitch.
Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:17 PM (2LelM)

I suppose, but i do see the grasses and trees growing up rapidly.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (ujg0T)

61 Heh , The Miracle Mile is now a No Go Zone.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (a/9Wy)

62 What the heck is a Conviction Integrity Director?

Head bribe taker.

Posted by: JT at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (RPJEK)

63 the vast swaths of abandoned Detroit? Pity no farmer or rancher can move in and reclaim the land.

You couldn't pay me enough or offer me enough police protection.

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (lK7fO)

64 I think I left my MAGA hat in the colloquially.

Posted by: Little Lupe at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (vtcmf)

65 RIP - Abe Froman

The Sausage King is mort?

Posted by: Grump928(C) Of Girth at April 19, 2019 03:21 PM (D1R6o)

66 51 You can buy houses in Detroit for a dollar.
Good luck with the local taxes, tho'
Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at April 19, 2019 03:18 PM (w7KSn)

============

Or putting on a new roof, new insulation, and all the missing copper wiring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 03:21 PM (aFMSC)

67 >>You can buy houses in Detroit for a dollar

You can buy Newsweek for a dollar.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:21 PM (WgAJo)

68 When I grow up I want to be a Chief Colloquial Ethics Officer.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (hjaPQ)

69 Tetelestai.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (+4/lE)

70 59 51 You can buy houses in Detroit for a dollar.
Good luck with the local taxes, tho'
---------------------
Good luck living there.
Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (2LelM)

The only way I could see living there would be:
1. Private schools for the kids
2. a gated community with corner watchtowers, as well as the normal security guardpost at the front entrance.
3. Armed guards at said posts.

Sort of like Israel's walled border parts, no?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (ujg0T)

71 Actually it is Samantha Fox with just the one X....

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (AjVAj)

72 So...had to step away for a bit. I've been colloquilizing.
What did I miss?

FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (0tfLf)

73 Kim Foxx will dither on placidly, chewing her cud and watching the traffic go by on the road outside the fence. Eventually she'll be loaded onto a special truck and taken away to the processing plant.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (/KIp3)

74

Listen, and understand.

I'm out there.

I can't be bargained with.

I can't be reasoned with.

I don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear.

And I absolutely will not stop, ever, until all ethical people are dead.

Posted by: Cook County Ethics Officer at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (5aX2M)

75 'd like to see some all-male remake

I can see it now, an all-gay soiboi remake of "League of Their Own". With Jim Nance narrating and Joe Buck calling the games.

Posted by: t-bird at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (NpvYf)

76 15 9 Yes,check Youtube.But than there are also people who believe the earth is flat and that no person has ever set foot on the moon....
Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM (AjVAj)
===

*raises hand* Yo!

Posted by: Eddie Bravo at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (BDZWU)

77 There's a segment of activist black America that really doesn't care if everyone else hates their guts.

Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (8erNz)

78 I suppose, but i do see the grasses and trees growing up rapidly.
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The growing season is limited and you have to clear the ground for a plow to make it through. If you run cattle you have to make sure there are no holes and whatnot that can break you cows legs. This is frontier living with a predatory tribes raiding your homestead daily. Best to nuke it from space and reclaim the land in a century or two.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (2LelM)

79 Talk about your overworked jobs. Kimm Foxx's Ethics Officer is busier than Nancy Pelosi's botox injector.

Posted by: Ted K. at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (FJYfm)

80 Detroit ought to rent out the city to film crews making zombie movies and other apocalyptic fare. No need to hire extras; actual zombies and cannibal mutants are included.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (H5knJ)

81 I couldn't persuade Satan that he was doing the wrong thing, so I resigned.

Posted by: fallen angel #79439 at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (P1f+c)

82 Looks to me like everyone surrounding Kimmy is running for cover.

Posted by: FROMNJ at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (sCjDS)

83 Hmmm according to her bio on IMDB Samantha Fox is a "proud bisexual woman"

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:24 PM (AjVAj)

84 FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (0tfLf)
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Considering it was politicians who caused the advent of the "no flush" toilet, I foresee a long program of castration and smoldering timber.

Would you care for some help?

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 03:24 PM (WEBkv)

85 82 Looks to me like everyone surrounding Kimmy is running for cover.

Maybe the Feds are actually asking the right questions?

Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2019 03:24 PM (8erNz)

86 Samantha Fox is a "proud bisexual woman"

You go, girl!

Posted by: Little Lupe at April 19, 2019 03:24 PM (vtcmf)

87

Obviously they are only resigning because they are racists. In about 10 seconds Crimesha will probably say the same thing

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (qH/Sb)

88 Downtown Detroit is a wonderful revitalized area between 8:00 am and 6:00pm. They bus the workers in and out. After that it's Mad Max thunderdome.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (a/9Wy)

89 >> Kim Foxx

You big dummy.

Posted by: Redd Foxx at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (NMAzL)

90 I remember one geezer in particular who claims that not only were the moon landings faked but ALL manned spaceflight.The radiation in space would kill anyone you see.

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (AjVAj)

91 She will be a side piece for Obama

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (h0Zh0)

92 It's hard to call this corruption. She just kept her promise to equalize the ratio of white to black convictions.

Either by increasing the number of white convictions...
Or decreasing the number of black convictions.

Since there seems to have been blow back when she did the first method, I guess that just means she'll have to jack up the number of white convictions, justified or otherwise.

So I guess we have that to look forward to.

Posted by: Taco Shack at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (C+qQ0)

93 Hmmm according to her bio on IMDB Samantha Fox is a "proud bisexual woman"

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:24 PM (AjVAj)

It's okay with me if she wants to bring her friend along. Makes it even easier when I don't feel like talking.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (mTGg+)

94
That Foxx dame on the other hand, ethics-wise, she's a little shaky.

Posted by: Zombie Johnny Caspar at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (veoSD)

95 15 9 Yes,check Youtube.But than there are also people who believe the earth is flat and that no person has ever set foot on the moon....
Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:10 PM
============

Yeah, I forgot about Youtube. You can almost anything there.

Posted by: Murrican Ninja War Eeyore at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (xptlg)

96 >>Downtown Detroit is a wonderful revitalized area between 8:00 am and 6:00pm. They bus the workers in and out. After that it's Mad Max thunderdome.

Ah...the Newark NJ plan.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (WgAJo)

97 "Racism". Is there anything it can't do?

Posted by: Homer J. at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (uEbPt)

98 FTSB - Dave Reaboi via Twitter: "David French continues his ORANGE MAN BAD primal scream--and, get this, he's still a Russian collusion truther."

Heh.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Of Girth at April 19, 2019 03:26 PM (D1R6o)

99 FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.
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I couldn't agree more. I made the mistake of ditching my commode when I remodeled the bathroom. After I got wise to the scam, I picked up an old commode from someone else who was remodeling their bathroom so I'd have a commode that would flush a turd.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 19, 2019 03:26 PM (hjaPQ)

100
FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.
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This is true. The fix is Canada or Mexico sells full flush toilets. Or you can pick one out at any dump in the US and clean it up. All you need to install it with is a wrench and maybe a screwdriver.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:26 PM (2LelM)

101 Oh no they didn't....

Posted by: Thulsa Doom Foxx at April 19, 2019 03:26 PM (Z+IKu)

102 Rotert, meanwhile, told the Chicago Sun-Times that the Smollett controversy "had absolutely zero percent to do with my decision."

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"It was all the other fucked up things that she did," he explained.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 19, 2019 03:26 PM (/KIp3)

103 78 I suppose, but i do see the grasses and trees growing up rapidly.
-----------------------
The growing season is limited and you have to clear the ground for a plow to make it through. If you run cattle you have to make sure there are no holes and whatnot that can break you cows legs. This is frontier living with a predatory tribes raiding your homestead daily. Best to nuke it from space and reclaim the land in a century or two.
Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (2LelM)

The idea of using surplus B-52s in a "carpet bombing" pattern there is appealing.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:27 PM (ujg0T)

104 so I'd have a commode that would flush a turd

They have those? *hic*

Posted by: Ready For Hillary!!11!! at April 19, 2019 03:27 PM (vtcmf)

105 The idea of using surplus B-52s in a "carpet bombing" pattern there is appealing.

Instant stock ponds.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Of Girth at April 19, 2019 03:27 PM (D1R6o)

106
Detroit ought to rent out the city to film crews making zombie movies and other apocalyptic fare. No need to hire extras; actual zombies and cannibal mutants are included.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 19, 2019 03:23 PM (H5knJ)

East St Louis isn't gonna like the competition.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 19, 2019 03:27 PM (veoSD)

107 I call them "flush twice" toilets.

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at April 19, 2019 03:28 PM (w7KSn)

108 She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.

-
She recused herself fictionally.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 03:28 PM (+y/Ru)

109 Rotert, meanwhile, told the Chicago Sun-Times that the Smollett controversy "had absolutely zero percent to do with my decision."

"zero percent". Who the fvck talks like that?

Holy shit, these are some illiterate bastards. I can only imagine what they were like in law school ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:28 PM (mTGg+)

110 84 FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.

Nah. Low-flush toilets vary GREATLY in their capabilities.

We have a Geberit in-wall setup in our master bathroom, where the tank is two feet up in the wall above the bowl. Geberit tank, Duravit bowl.

We have a Toto thing in one of our other bathrooms, more conventional floor-mount with integral tank.

In fifteen years the Duravit has plugged...maybe twice, and a second flush usually clears it.

The Toto plugs basically once every five times it's used.

I'm not necessarily saying all Totos are bad, but we're about to remodel another bathroom and, aside from staggering the wall studs to minimize sound transmission out of the bathroom, it's gonna get another wall-hung Duravit.

Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (8erNz)

111 Low Flush Toilets is why San Franciscans shit in the road.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (2LelM)

112 In defense of new commodes, I have to say they work just as well as new gas cans.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (hjaPQ)

113 The idea of using surplus B-52s in a "carpet bombing" pattern there is appealing.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:27 PM (ujg0T)
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WD did a gardening thread way back that involved the use of BUFF's.

It was hilarious.

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (WEBkv)

114 Isn't that Air force base in Nebraska under water?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (h0Zh0)

115 FTSB - Dave Reaboi via Twitter: "David French continues his ORANGE MAN BAD primal scream--and, get this, he's still a Russian collusion truther."

Heh.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Of Girth at April 19, 2019 03:26 PM (D1R6o)

There is no changing French and his ilk like Cuck Kristol. They are so smugly superior. Let them continue along their pathetic way and each Trump win will send them further over the edge

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (qH/Sb)

116 Brit Hume @brithume
2h
It is one of the wonders of modern media that this man, who is a convicted felon who served time for obstruction of justice, is now taken seriously as a news analyst. He was an architect of the Watergate coverup and of the ITT-scandal coverup that preceded it.
*****
On John Dean

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (BqBId)

117 "There's a segment of activist black America that really doesn't care if everyone else hates their guts"Posted by: JEM

and another segment that are more fulfilled when they intentionally make people (especially the other tribes) hate them. Haters gonna hate.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (Cus5s)

118 For Samantha Foxx too. *rimshot*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 19, 2019 03:20 PM (ycWCI)
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One minute you're just remembering Samantha Foxx as a couple video hit wonders from the 80's and then you hit the Bing and holy moly. Didn't get Page 3 in FL back in the 80s.

Posted by: jhawk90 at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (Xvo1a)

119 She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.

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She recused herself fictionally.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 03:28 PM (+y/Ru)

I had my fingers crossed behind my back.

Psych!!

Posted by: Kim Foxx, Esquire at April 19, 2019 03:30 PM (mTGg+)

120
There is Samantha Fox, and then there is Samantha Foxx.

The latter's "film" credits include titles such as "The 4-Finger Club", "MILF Does a Body Good", and "Cumback Pussy 25: Sink the Pink!"

Posted by: Redd Foxx at April 19, 2019 03:30 PM (NMAzL)

121 You guys that didn't know about Samantha Fox and her ginormous sweater puppies,you're welcome.

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:31 PM (AjVAj)

122 72

FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 19, 2019 03:22 PM (0tfLf)

I blame Al Gore. I'm not sure he was actually responsible, but that's who comes to mind every time I look down and see half a load of shit circling the bowl. Two Flush Al.

Posted by: Iowa Bob at April 19, 2019 03:31 PM (tu3iY)

123 Colloquially is her sister, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:31 PM (WgAJo)

124 I believe Quicken Loans is the corporation who started the downtown Detroit revitalization.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:31 PM (a/9Wy)

125 Now I will say that ghettoes like Detroit COUND gentrify--if somehow the surrounding real estate became so expensive that normal middle class people moved in because they could not find ANYthing else affordable nearby. See Oakland and Los Angeles. Or even non-normal people--see San Francisco.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:32 PM (ujg0T)

126 My movie idea:

A ruthless, skullcracking railyard bull named Ace goes to San Francisco after his roustabout childhood friend is murdered by gangsters.

While trying to track them down, he contracts Strep A from stepping on a poo-covered needle, and is eaten alive by the germs, only to be resurrected as a cyborg by an unscrupulous robotics firm... becoming "Hobo-Cop," and reclaiming the streets of SF for polite society.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:32 PM (5aX2M)

127 Pron is banned in the UK July 1

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:32 PM (h0Zh0)

128 90
I remember one geezer in particular who claims that not only were the
moon landings faked but ALL manned spaceflight.The radiation in space
would kill anyone you see.

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:25 PM (AjVAj)
++++Reminds me of the flat-earthers. Why aren't they taking all of the used plastics and mountains of other garbage and just sweeping it all over the edge? Seems like a solution.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 03:33 PM (aWjrD)

129 Ace's ad monster beneath the top thread is advertising Christie Brinkley in the musical Chicago. Quite appropriate. Anybody else getting that or am I the only one whose sexual.preference is being questioned?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 03:33 PM (+y/Ru)

130 120 Those are good but not classics like Hot Latina's Eat Pink Tacos

Posted by: steevy at April 19, 2019 03:33 PM (AjVAj)

131 ANARCHY IN THE UK

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

Posted by: SEX PISTOLS at April 19, 2019 03:33 PM (WgAJo)

132 AOC resigned from Facebook.

Facebook is FREE!!!!

WTH?

Posted by: torabora at April 19, 2019 03:33 PM (Y274z)

133 "Kim Foxx, ethics, and integrity."

"What are three terms you'd never expect to see in the same sentence, Alex?

Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (Gy1nV)

134 We have a bunch of Soros-funded people like Foxx who have decided to unlearn Giuliani's Broken Window approach to crime by instead, reducing the prosecution/punishment for lesser crimes --- for "fairness" and "justice."

We have one like Foxx here in Boston. She's a peach.

Fun times ahead in the big, blue cities!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (W+vEI)

135 The latter's "film" credits include titles such as "The 4-Finger Club", "MILF Does a Body Good", and "Cumback Pussy 25: Sink the Pink!"

Posted by: Redd Foxx at April 19, 2019 03:30 PM (NMAzL)

.....

I think she played in the all-male remake "A League of Their Bone".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (VycSd)

136 Pron is banned in the UK July 1

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:32 PM (h0Zh0)

They're going to have so much unused bandwidth they won't know what to do.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (mTGg+)

137 114 Isn't that Air force base in Nebraska under water?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:29 PM (h0Zh0)

Offutt? Only if the rest of greater Omaha is too.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (ujg0T)

138 Oh ya, I'm going to register with the govt to watch pron, the UK is done

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:36 PM (h0Zh0)

139 The Atlantic says Joey Choo-Choo is running and will officially announce next Wednesday.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 19, 2019 03:36 PM (hjaPQ)

140 >Sadly, Chet Coppick passed away.

He was well-known in Chicagoland.

We all called him Chet Chit-Chat.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 19, 2019 03:37 PM (sjdRT)

141 FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.

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Whoooaaa... Just gear down there, Big Shifter. Let's not be too hasty.

Posted by: Thomas Tinycrapper at April 19, 2019 03:37 PM (5aX2M)

142 134 We have a bunch of Soros-funded people like Foxx who have decided to unlearn Giuliani's Broken Window approach to crime by instead, reducing the prosecution/punishment for lesser crimes --- for "fairness" and "justice."

We have one like Foxx here in Boston. She's a peach.

Fun times ahead in the big, blue cities!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (W+vEI)

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May the citizens of these cities who voted in these nice people who want criminals on the streets get what they voted for, nice and hard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 03:37 PM (aFMSC)

143 Oh ya, I'm going to register with the govt to watch pron, the UK is done

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:36 PM (h0Zh0)

You never know. The Brits love to be surveilled by their government. It makes them feel wanted.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 19, 2019 03:37 PM (mTGg+)

144 They're going to have so much unused bandwidth they won't know what to do.

"Ian, do you think Amazon and Netflix and 'Game of Thrones' will drive enough business for ISPs to do well without pr*n?"

"Oh, I'm not sure, Nigel, we're probably there but we can't be certain."

"What the hell, let's try it..."

Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2019 03:38 PM (8erNz)

145 stepping on a poo-covered needle,

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I saw a headline to the effect the poop problem in San Fran is exploding. Exploding poop?! Geez, I thought it was bad before!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 03:38 PM (+y/Ru)

146 Psalm 55

My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

And I say, O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, I would hasten to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.

Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it, ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.

It is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me - then I could hide from him.

But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

We used to hold sweet converse together; within God ' s house we walked in fellowship.

Posted by: simplemind at April 19, 2019 03:38 PM (luFzW)

147 "April Perry, Foxx's chief ethics officer, and Conviction Integrity Director Mark Rotert"

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Here we have good examples of no show, patronage jobs in Chicago.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (Vu4cn)

148
Don't worry, there will be tons of ways around the block. VPNs, proxies, etc, etc. This probably spur people to create new methods to get around it.

Posted by: Redd Foxx at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (NMAzL)

149 I don`t see any rush to file federal charges against that special little racist fucker either!

Posted by: Tentotwo at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (yhf6w)

150 >A ruthless, skullcracking railyard bull named Ace goes to San Francisco
after his roustabout childhood friend is murdered by gangsters.

This reminds me of something. Everyone probably already knows about this but me. Motorhead has a metal song called Ace of Spades. I'm not a fan so I had no idea. Is Ace a fan?

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (sjdRT)

151

Funny to see qite a few of these weird prog politicians get hung up on corruption charges...

Like that fat oaf Blassio, misplacing billions.

Misplaced my ass. He's a crook just look at him.

But no, he's a PROGRESSIVE so he's good.

Dallas DA doesnt GAF about thefts under 750. Why the hell is that.

Watch Philly, that was another weird Soros installation...totally anti-crime.

You know, these people are anti-crime...does that tell us a little about how they view crime and morality? Sure does.

It isn't long before a big time lefty gives away what they are all about in truth. Whatever a prog assails you can be damn sure they are doing.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Joe Biden at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (NR8M5)

152 But what about Trump obstruction of justice?

Posted by: CNN at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

153 Re: David French - watched a few minutes of Morning Joe, and like French, they are now very, very concerned about the insight into the WH that the Mueller report shows. It's chaos and bad 'n stuff. now THIS is why Orange Man must go.

Isn't it amazing how these jerks can switch gears on the "why" for hating Trump?
"25th amendment - no, Russia, wait, he can't manage, no he really is crazy, but also character because Stortmy, and. . . "

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (W+vEI)

154 Is it ethical for me to drink beer at work this afternoon?
Cuz I've got a six-pack in the mini fridge.

Posted by: wth at April 19, 2019 03:41 PM (v0R5T)

155 >154
Is it ethical for me to drink beer at work this afternoon?

Cuz I've got a six-pack in the mini fridge.

Posted by: wth at April 19, 2019 03:41 PM (v0R5T)

Only if you share.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 19, 2019 03:41 PM (sjdRT)

156 >>May the citizens of these cities who voted in these nice people who want criminals on the streets get what they voted for, nice and hard.

Oh, it will happen. This has been proven again and again: you let lesser offenses go, then things escalate. You cannot virtue-signal away human nature. Sad.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (W+vEI)

157 Sadly, Chet Coppick passed away.

He was well-known in Chicagoland.

We all called him Chet Chit-Chat.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 19, 2019 03:37 PM (sjdRT)

I saw the story about Coppick dying in a car accident. RIP Chet. Chet Chit Chat was a Bruce Wolf spoof of Coppick and another sports guy

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (wyUIQ)

158 LA has 55,000 homeless, soon to implode

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (h0Zh0)

159 Of course, she did not recuse herself. She merely told the public that she was recusing herself, while retaining authority over the case (and meddling in it).

So she couldn't just let it go at being corrupt and peddling in influence. She had to lie to boot.

Got it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (6b1dn)

160
Motorhead has a metal song called Ace of Spades. I'm not a fan so I had no idea. Is Ace a fan?
Posted by: Muad'dib

It's the opening music to the movie Zombie Nightmare.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (aKsyK)

161 FWIW, who ever invented the low flush toilet needs to be castrated with a rusty knife and his sac nailed to a smoldering timber in ND.

--------

Whoooaaa... Just gear down there, Big Shifter. Let's not be too hasty.

Posted by: Thomas Tinycrapper at April 19, 2019 03:37 PM (5aX2M)
........

I don't care, I'm still gonna destroy the place.

Posted by: Captain Splatter at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (v0R5T)

162 If you mean drink in the colloquial sense, then it's perfectly ethical.

Posted by: Kim Foxx at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (H5knJ)

163 I'm not a fan so I had no idea. Is Ace a fan?
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (sjdRT)

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If not, he should become one. As should all people.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (5aX2M)

164 Isn't it amazing how these jerks can switch gears on the "why" for hating Trump?
"25th amendment - no, Russia, wait, he can't manage, no he really is crazy, but also character because Stortmy, and. . . "
Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (W+vEI)

They are like the female character in corny old romances who habe a hundred reasons to hate and despise the hero because they want to cover up the fact that they are secretly hot for him.

TL;DR Media is waiting and wanting Trump to ravish them

Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (dm05u)

165 It is one of the wonders of modern media that this man, who is a convicted felon who served time for obstruction of justice, is now taken seriously as a news analyst. He was an architect of the Watergate coverup and of the ITT-scandal coverup that preceded it.
*****
On John Dean

-
When Dean sued G. Gordon Liddy for defamation, Liddy's attorneys got him to admit under oath that no only did Dean not write his best seller Blind Ambition, he never even read it. That's journalism!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (+y/Ru)

166 Apparently Flynn was under FBI investigation *before* the transition calls? Did anybody inform the incoming WH staff?

https://tinyurl.com/y46stysh

Probably not. Fuckers.

Posted by: The Institute at April 19, 2019 03:44 PM (nGsFZ)

167 Lemmy died by death

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:45 PM (h0Zh0)

168 131 ANARCHY IN THE UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZHyPsbP_lI
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So good I had to play Iggy Pop's Lust for Life.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:45 PM (2LelM)

169 IN a way I sympathize with her complaint about it being different for a black person. I mean, she sees white guys in Chicago being corrupt and breaking the law to help and protect their friends all the time, but she can't?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:45 PM (39g3+)

170 158 LA has 55,000 homeless, soon to implode
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (h0Zh0)

Am I the only one who bristles at the term "homeless?" It suggests Ozzie and Harriet living comfy middle class lives, and then losing their homes through no fault of their own, i.e., people who deserve compassion.

When the reality is that the "homeless" are in fact largely vagrants, bums, parasites and assorted ne'er-do-wells who are mentally ill, alcoholic, drug addicts, or some combination thereof.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:46 PM (6b1dn)

171 Isn't it amazing how these jerks can switch gears on the "why" for hating Trump?

Its because they leap to a conclusion based on emotion and worldview, then scramble to try to find some justification or basis for it. I hate trump now let me find a reason why...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (39g3+)

172 Motorhead is metal

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (h0Zh0)

173 Trump is the sweetest retort to the Bake Me a Cake crowd.

Posted by: Puddin Head - CNN at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (2LelM)

174 Lemmy died by death
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:45 PM (h0Zh0)

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One of the few times in formal writing where passive voice is appropriate:

"Lemmy WAS KILLED by death."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (5aX2M)

175 You cannot virtue-signal away human nature. Sad.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (W+vEI)

THIS TIME it will be different!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 19, 2019 03:48 PM (wYseH)

176 >>Motorhead is metal

We can thank them for all that sweet, sweet double bass drumming!

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:48 PM (WgAJo)

177 171 Isn't it amazing how these jerks can switch gears on the "why" for hating Trump?

Its because they leap to a conclusion based on emotion and worldview, then scramble to try to find some justification or basis for it. I hate trump now let me find a reason why...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (39g3+)

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"Trump is a Republican. I did not want him to win the presidency. I will latch onto literally anything to try and justify why he should not be president."

I expect that from partisans everywhere. It's just tiresome when it's literally the only thing that the culture of an entire country seems to be able to say.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 03:48 PM (aFMSC)

178 Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 19, 2019 03:34 PM (VycSd)
*******
How about that Mega Hit "Saving Ryan's Privates" ?

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at April 19, 2019 03:48 PM (BqBId)

179 Motorhead is metal
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (h0Zh0)

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It's funny... Lemmy said he never saw it as a metal band, but as punk rock. Nobody else saw it that way, but whatever you say, dude.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (5aX2M)

180 156 >>May the citizens of these cities who voted in these nice people who want criminals on the streets get what they voted for, nice and hard.

Oh, it will happen. This has been proven again and again: you let lesser offenses go, then things escalate. You cannot virtue-signal away human nature. Sad.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (W+vEI)

This.

It's like they never heard of the "broken windows" hypothesis.

Next stop: Bartertown.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (6b1dn)

181 After hunting ethics in Chicago, April Perry took the much easier job of finding rain forests in the Sahara.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (Z4rgH)

182 >>Lemmy said he never saw it as a metal band, but as punk rock.

First Maiden Album is pretty much PRock, too.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (WgAJo)

183 Detroit ought to rent out the city to film crews making zombie movies and other apocalyptic fare.

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Dresden: Helluva Valentine's Day

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 03:51 PM (+y/Ru)

184 When the reality is that the "homeless" are in fact largely vagrants, bums, parasites and assorted ne'er-do-wells who are mentally ill, alcoholic, drug addicts, or some combination thereof.

Yeah. I mean there are genuine casualties of disaster, real people who lost their homes because things went terribly wrong out of their control. Fire, financial collapse, horrendous illnesses, etc. There are vets out there without a home because they can't make that transition back to the world quite right.

But the vast majority are addicts, retards, and lunatics. I dealt with homeless a lot when I was younger and clerk ta a downtown convenience store (bodega, for the New Yorkers). Most of them were nice enough people and fine to get along with but they were all damaged and troubled people. Most of them were in and out of prison or mental hospitals. Even the nicest, kindliest ones would rip you off in an instant.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (39g3+)

185 You know you love mototorhead even if you didn't

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (h0Zh0)

186 170
158 LA has 55,000 homeless, soon to implode

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (h0Zh0)

Am I the only one who bristles at the term "homeless?" It suggests
Ozzie and Harriet living comfy middle class lives, and then losing their
homes through no fault of their own, i.e., people who deserve
compassion.

When the reality is that the "homeless" are in fact largely
vagrants, bums, parasites and assorted ne'er-do-wells who are mentally
ill, alcoholic, drug addicts, or some combination thereof.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:46 PM (6b1
+++My mother pointed this out to me years ago - how just one word like "homeless" changes the entire meaning, like you say they are druggies, alcoholics, bum, hobos, illegals, vagrants, etc. and combos. Calling them "homeless" makes them sound much more helpless and pitiful.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (aWjrD)

187 It's funny... Lemmy said he never saw it as a metal band, but as punk rock. Nobody else saw it that way, but whatever you say, dude.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (5aX2M)

First problem is Lemmy didn't dress the part.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (a/9Wy)

188 If Mitt was at a shindig with Kim in attendance, you think he would have a spin around the floor with her ??

Hell fucking yeah

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (DPjeO)

189 First Maiden Album is pretty much PRock, too.
Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (WgAJo)

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I say (as a punk fan) that both bands were WAY too talented to be punk.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (5aX2M)

190 And Diogenes thought he had it tough.

Posted by: April Perry at April 19, 2019 03:52 PM (Z4rgH)

191 I can see it now, an all-gay soiboi remake of "League of Their Own". With Jim Nance narrating and Joe Buck calling the games.
Posted by: t-bird

Okay, that actually sounds hilarious. A bunch of prancing queens, trying to play baseball.
"Darling these uniforms are sooo unpretty. Can we not just add some sparkles?"
"I've got it! I've got it!" Baseball hits him. "Owwie, that really hurts. And it broke my nail!"
"Run? Run? RUN? Have you lost your mind? I can't run, it would make me ...... I might sweat! I feel sick , I just can't even!

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 19, 2019 03:53 PM (myjNJ)

192 I say (as a punk fan) that both bands were WAY too talented to be punk.

Yeah, that's kind of the dividing line; punk is deliberately awful because its a thumb in the eye of squares and the music scene at the time of the late 70s. That's why bands like The Clash barely qualify: they were just too good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:54 PM (39g3+)

193 175 You cannot virtue-signal away human nature. Sad.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (W+vEI)

THIS TIME it will be different!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at April 19, 2019 03:48 PM (wYseH)

Buttplug raises another issue: there's a reason why the Bible inveighs against perversions generally. No need to invoke any mystical or religious origin for that. It's because the Bible represents the distillate of a lot of human experience on how to live, and over the eons humans had noticed that perversions spread disease, just as adultery, theft, bearing false witness (yeah, I'm looking at the MSM here) and murder all weaken society.

Engaging in any of those behaviors is a recipe for misery, sooner or later. As we are seeing today.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:54 PM (6b1dn)

194 If I were a mayor I would outlaw panhandling. You have to force people into help.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (a/9Wy)

195 What is rock?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (h0Zh0)

196
Motorhead is metal
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:47 PM (h0Zh0)

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It's funny... Lemmy said he never saw it as a metal band, but as punk rock. Nobody else saw it that way, but whatever you say, dude.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (5aX2M)

I always laughed at his description of Motorhead, where if they moved next door to you, your lawn would die.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (veoSD)

197 Can't we get Bevin to primary Blow bitch Mitch ??

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (DPjeO)

198 >>It's like they never heard of the "broken windows" hypothesis.

Next stop: Bartertown.
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The Soros people want chaos.
I could guess a number of reasons why, but it's not important: they are intentionally sowing chaos here and in Europe with refugees, paid protests, defining down criminality, etc.

I do wonder about people like Foxx, Kamal, etc. -- are they really that dumb, or do they see chaos as a win, too? Puts them in change with a side of "FU, whitey," I guess?

This al so weird and destructive.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (W+vEI)

199 When the reality is that the "homeless" are in fact largely
vagrants, bums, parasites and assorted ne'er-do-wells who are mentally ill, alcoholic, drug addicts, or some combination thereof.

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There are plenty of good "homeless" types.

You know who they are? The decent hard-timers who take advantage of America's many state, private, and church sanctioned programs to help people in their situation.

They want help, not a life on the street. And they get it. They don't have to look far and wide for it.

The guys you see living rough on the streets are there because they want to be, or are insane, or hooked on the shit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (5aX2M)

200
This.

It's like they never heard of the "broken windows" hypothesis.

Next stop: Bartertown.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I've heard lefties come right out and say they were tired of people following the "broken windows" idea. And of course it was racist.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (aKsyK)

201 Don't care what people think, I'm a pop punk fan.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (a/9Wy)

202 Yeah. I mean there are genuine casualties of disaster, real people who lost their homes because things went terribly wrong out of their control. Fire, financial collapse, horrendous illnesses, etc. There are vets out there without a home because they can't make that transition back to the world quite right.

Everyone has sympathy and compassion for such people, who really ARE victims, and suffer through no fault of their own.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (6b1dn)

203 200
This.

It's like they never heard of the "broken windows" hypothesis.

Next stop: Bartertown.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

I've heard lefties come right out and say they were tired of people following the "broken windows" idea. And of course it was racist.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (aKsyK)

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I keep thinking of the broken window fallacy from Bastiat.

It's probably racist too, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (aFMSC)

204 194
If I were a mayor I would outlaw panhandling. You have to force people into help.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (a/9Wy)

+++What is the punishment, jail? 3 hots and a cot, as they say. Fines? A black mark on their records?

Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (aWjrD)

205 What is rock?

Yeah that's the million dollar question. Today it covers everything from Christopher Cross to Metallica, from Paul Revere and his Raiders to Rage Against the Machine. Is Yes really rock? Is Dire Straits? Is the Police? Is Kid Rock?

For me rock and roll is its origins: 1950s rock and roll, what is often called rockabilly now. Other forms of music developed from that, but they're not rock any more than soul is blues.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (39g3+)

206 sounds to me like someone didn't get their cut.

because otherwise, you have to believe that there were at least two people in ShitCloggedHole city government who weren't corrupt, and that seems unlikely, nigh unto impossible.

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (ER1jH)

207 I've heard lefties come right out and say they were tired of people following the "broken windows" idea. And of course it was racist.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (aKsyK)

Proof positive that the concept is sound.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:58 PM (6b1dn)

208 Can't we get Bevin to primary Blow bitch Mitch ??
Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (DPjeO)

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Unfortunately Mitch brings home too much pork to the state, and has been smart enough to have very good constituent service. He would be very difficult to primary.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 03:58 PM (Vu4cn)

209 I don't have anything sophisticated to say on the subject, but I can't see Motorhead or early Maiden as punk. To me, Dead Kennedys was punk. I can't see what those bands have in common (possibly because I am simple or ignorant).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 19, 2019 03:58 PM (H5knJ)

210 >>The Soros people want chaos.
I could guess a number of reasons why

They want to Immanentize the Eschaton.

Achieve/force a dynamic equilibrium shift that will usher in a new era of History where they have all of the control and you have to eat their shit.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:59 PM (WgAJo)

211 I've heard lefties come right out and say they were tired of people following the "broken windows" idea. And of course it was racist.

The problem is that it violates their emotional sense of how things should work and how we should treat people. It feels racist and lacking compassion because their entire understanding of love is based on how they want to be treated (never tell me I'm wrong and give me everything I want) rather than real love which will stop someone from doing wrong to themselves and others.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:59 PM (39g3+)

212 +++What is the punishment, jail? 3 hots and a cot, as they say. Fines? A black mark on their records?
Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (aWjrD)

A date with Joe Arpaio. A tent in the desert, bologna sandwiches for all three meals, hard manual labor.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:59 PM (6b1dn)

213 I've said that because he held the camera backwards, we missed some 60s Batman level of fighting action.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (xJQgL)

214 I hope to outlive you, liver cancer seems be a factor

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (h0Zh0)

215 Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (aWjrD)

Arrest and release. They'll get tired of it soon enough.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (a/9Wy)

216 >>What is rock?

WHAT IS HIP?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8pWdZhVaM

Posted by: TOWER OF POWER at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (WgAJo)

217 The weird thing is that the Go-Go's started as punk. Their first album was just thrash punk. Then they turned into America's sweethearts, which cracked them up no end.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (39g3+)

218 The guys you see living rough on the streets are there because they want to be, or are insane, or hooked on the shit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (5aX2M)

+++My daughter-in-law's brother. His father offers him a beautiful home, food, clothing, alcohol, hell, even weed. He would rather live on the freeway under a tarp, he is that addicted and has been since he was a young teenager. In and out of rehab, I've lost count.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (aWjrD)

219 Old: State's Attorney Kim Foxx

New: Colloquial Attorney Kim Foxx

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (6eEQ+)

220 211 I've heard lefties come right out and say they were tired of people following the "broken windows" idea. And of course it was racist.

The problem is that it violates their emotional sense of how things should work and how we should treat people. It feels racist and lacking compassion because their entire understanding of love is based on how they want to be treated (never tell me I'm wrong and give me everything I want) rather than real love which will stop someone from doing wrong to themselves and others.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:59 PM (39g3+)

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So, related thought.

I was flipping through Youtube idly earlier, and a video defending the Star Wars reaction guy came up. It was 15 minutes long, so I decided to not watch it. Instead I opened it and went straight to the comments. Everyone was defending the guy from bullying.

I mean, it's just all kinds of awesome that a grown adult has an emotionally unhinged reaction to a corporate product, right? That was literally their argument.

Twas weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (aFMSC)

221 203
I keep thinking of the broken window fallacy from Bastiat.

It's probably racist too, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 03:57 PM (aFMSC)

Bastiat was white, so yeah.

Posted by: rickl at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (xjiRE)

222 219 Old: State's Attorney Kim Foxx

New: Colloquial Attorney Kim Foxx
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (6eEQ+)

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Newest: Illinois Governor Kim Foxx

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (aFMSC)

223 Colloquially, I did not have sex with that woman.

Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (DMUuz)

224 211 I've heard lefties come right out and say they were tired of people following the "broken windows" idea. And of course it was racist.

The problem is that it violates their emotional sense of how things should work and how we should treat people. It feels racist and lacking compassion because their entire understanding of love is based on how they want to be treated (never tell me I'm wrong and give me everything I want) rather than real love which will stop someone from doing wrong to themselves and others.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 03:59 PM (39g3+)

But why "racist?" I don't get the connection.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 04:01 PM (6b1dn)

225 Hey are you gonna scoop what your dog just left or what?

Posted by: San Fran Hobo squatting and pooping in the street at April 19, 2019 04:02 PM (xJQgL)

226 What is rock?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 03:55 PM (h0Zh0)

He was an actor, popular in the 50s and 60s. He died of AIDS

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 04:02 PM (Gh0Kp)

227 7 She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.

Or grammatically.

She must be an Ivy Leaguer.
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Not even close. She went to Southern Illinois University, for both undergrad and law school. The law school accepts @ 80% of all applicants (and probably 100% of the black ones), so hardly exclusive.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 19, 2019 04:02 PM (k4dH2)

228 There are plenty of good "homeless" types.

You know who they are? The decent hard-timers who take advantage of America's many state, private, and church sanctioned programs to help people in their situation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 03:56 PM (5aX2M)

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There's a book, "Scratch Beginnings" where a young man decided to see if he could actually get off the street through using services readily available. Not surprisingly, he succeeded.

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 04:03 PM (WEBkv)

229 227 7 She would later explain that she recused herself "colloquially," which is not a thing that actually exists.

Or grammatically.

She must be an Ivy Leaguer.
_____________

Not even close. She went to Southern Illinois University, for both undergrad and law school. The law school accepts @ 80% of all applicants (and probably 100% of the black ones), so hardly exclusive.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 19, 2019 04:02 PM (k4dH2)

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I wonder how she passed the bar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 04:03 PM (aFMSC)

230 Smollett walks free, but anyone connected with helping him will eventually be unemployed. It's like the universe spreading his punishment around. Someone owes karma two dollars and it doesn't care who pays.

Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at April 19, 2019 04:03 PM (Nwk7M)

231 217 The weird thing is that the Go-Go's started as punk. Their first album was just thrash punk. Then they turned into America's sweethearts, which cracked them up no end.

I don't remember a first album, but I do remember (and have) early EPs.

They decided to make money. The Bangles were the Bangs before they decided to throw over and go for the bucks, got their early 45s too.

Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2019 04:04 PM (8erNz)

232 The not-so-soft bigotry of low expectations.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 19, 2019 04:04 PM (koNhm)

233 TheJamesMadison: Newest: Illinois Governor Kim Foxx

Yeah, probably.

So,

Fuckedupidest: Illinois

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at April 19, 2019 04:04 PM (6eEQ+)

234 This might be more apropos for the gardening or food threads, but since it's Good Friday, here's some Notre Dame news: the beehives on the roof survived the fire.

http://tinyurl.com/y4hzb6pw

Posted by: Bert G at April 19, 2019 04:04 PM (OMsf+)

235 A date with Joe Arpaio. A tent in the desert, bologna sandwiches for all three meals, hard manual labor.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 03:59 PM (6b1dn)

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And, from what I understand, Sheriff Joe's recidivism rate is remarkably low.

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (WEBkv)

236 But why "racist?" I don't get the connection.

Because it almost always is in poor neighborhoods where this is implemented. Stop the graffiti, littering, small scale drug dealing, prostitution etc. You know how it works. And those areas are usually heavily minority communities. So you're targeting minorities, facist!!!!

I mean, it's just all kinds of awesome that a grown adult has an emotionally unhinged reaction to a corporate product, right? That was literally their argument.

Yeah that was the spaz who basically orgasmed watching the new Star Wars teaser. Most of the comments were "leave him alone!!!!!!" like the Britney Spears guy. Shut up. He's acting like an ass and broadcast it to the world, that's open season. If you're like that by yourself, fine more power to you but if you smear your stupid or insane all over the internet, then you have it coming.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (39g3+)

237 Or we could take the more cynical, and realistic, approach and say they resigned to get ahead of the coming investigation, charges and/or firings.
In the deep blue city of Chicago in the deepest blue state of Illinois, there are nothing even resembling republican or conservative public officials. Anybody appointed or elected to anything is going to be a far left antifa BLM activist. They are most certainly Foxxies little Dem toadies to have those jobs in the first place.

So are they resigning out of some sense of duty or decency? Ummm....no dude.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (O4obU)

238 Not even close. She went to Southern Illinois University, for both undergrad and law school. The law school accepts @ 80% of all applicants (and probably 100% of the black ones), so hardly exclusive.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 19, 2019 04:02 PM (k4dH2)

Years ago I worked with a guy who went to SIU. He was dumber than dog shit but thought he was smarter than everyone else because he was a liberal. I nick named him Private Pyle

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (p+3oP)

239 Bob Krafts tape "accidentally" "leaked". Prosecutor needs to be disbarred. Police chief needs to go to jail.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (dNzKv)

240 How many of us are living paycheck to paycheck?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 04:06 PM (h0Zh0)

241 Unfortunately Mitch brings home too much pork to the state, and has been smart enough to have very good constituent service. He would be very difficult to primary.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 03:58 PM (Vu4cn)

Then Bevin should run as an independent, insuring Blow Boy's loss in the general.

This guy may be an affable old fool in DC but he's not up to the job.

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2019 04:06 PM (DPjeO)

242 The Atlantic says Joey Choo-Choo is running and will officially announce next Wednesday.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at April 19, 2019 03:36 PM (hjaPQ)

May the full force of Obamas lying and spying fall squarely in his lap.

And then hell sniff it.

Posted by: LASue at April 19, 2019 04:06 PM (1pZw2)

243 +++My daughter-in-law's brother. His father offers him a beautiful home, food, clothing, alcohol, hell, even weed. He would rather live on the freeway under a tarp, he is that addicted and has been since he was a young teenager. In and out of rehab, I've lost count.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 04:00 PM (aWjrD)

I suspect that people who really are struck down by cruel fate typically get back on their feet in fairly short order. My wife's cousin married an abusive drunken asshole, then she got leukemia, at which point the asshole bailed out and she had to live in a shelter and was on welfare.

But then she went back to school, completed a nursing degree, now has a good job, a new good husband, and a good life.

But I suspect the converse is also true. People who create their own problems will continue to do so - no matter what - until they change themselves. The difference between, e.g., Christina Onassis or any of the Kennedys and the bums and vagrants boils down to the former have a lot of money, but otherwise they're pretty much the same.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 04:07 PM (6b1dn)

244 There's a book, "Scratch Beginnings" where a young man decided to see if he could actually get off the street through using services readily available. Not surprisingly, he succeeded.

Yeah its possible, but you have to want to and be willing to do what it takes, and that's where the blockage starts. They have to clean up, get work they don't want to do, lay off the drugs and booze, etc. And that's stuff they won't do.

You can tell the ones who are willing because they get off the streets. There's tons of help out there available, both private and public. This isn't Victorian London where you're living in Seven Dials and have no hope.

Hell even back then there were charities and churches and private people helping.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:07 PM (39g3+)

245 OMG, Gowdy. Dat hair, bruh. You look like Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 04:07 PM (5aX2M)

246 236 I mean, it's just all kinds of awesome that a grown adult has an emotionally unhinged reaction to a corporate product, right? That was literally their argument.

Yeah that was the spaz who basically orgasmed watching the new Star Wars teaser. Most of the comments were "leave him alone!!!!!!" like the Britney Spears guy. Shut up. He's acting like an ass and broadcast it to the world, that's open season. If you're like that by yourself, fine more power to you but if you smear your stupid or insane all over the internet, then you have it coming.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (39g3+)

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"I wish I was that enthusiastic about Star Wars!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 04:08 PM (aFMSC)

247 I have a step daughter who is the same way. If there is a poor life choice to be made, she will make it. Finally stopped bailing her out.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 19, 2019 04:08 PM (dNzKv)

248 here's some Notre Dame news: the beehives on the roof survived the fire.

Yeah I'm amazed by that. They probably were all in deep sleep and the fire didn't reach that part or something. Smoke puts bees to sleep.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:09 PM (39g3+)

249 The weird thing is that the Go-Go's started as punk. Their first album was just thrash punk. Then they turned into America's sweethearts, which cracked them up no end.

I don't remember a first album, but I do remember (and have) early EPs.

They decided to make money. The Bangles were the Bangs before they decided to throw over and go for the bucks, got their early 45s too.
Posted by: JEM at April 19, 2019 04:04 PM (8erNz)

I drove the Go Gos around to the radio stations for interviews when they were in town for a concert my college was sponsoring . I had it in my mind I was going to charm Belinda into using me as a groupie. I tried but failed.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 04:09 PM (a/9Wy)

250 >>They want to Immanentize the Eschaton.

Achieve/force a dynamic equilibrium shift that will usher in a new era of History where they have all of the control and you have to eat their shit.
- - -

Well that makes sense.
Depressing AF.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 04:09 PM (W+vEI)

251 249
The weird thing is that the Go-Go's started as punk.
So did the Beastie Boys. Alot of people don't know that either.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at April 19, 2019 04:10 PM (O4obU)

252 241 Unfortunately Mitch brings home too much pork to the state, and has been smart enough to have very good constituent service. He would be very difficult to primary.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 19, 2019 03:58 PM (Vu4cn)

Then Bevin should run as an independent, insuring Blow Boy's loss in the general.

This guy may be an affable old fool in DC but he's not up to the job.

Posted by: REDACTED at April 19, 2019 04:06 PM (DPjeO)

I will give Turtle some credit for getting judges through, and for the wifey. Otherwise.....

But seriously, I come from a state that has not had a decent Senator since Hayakawa.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 04:10 PM (ujg0T)

253 there's a reason why the Bible inveighs against perversions generally. No need to invoke any mystical or religious origin for that. It's because the Bible represents the distillate of a lot of human experience on how to live, and over the eons humans had noticed that perversions spread disease, just as adultery, theft, bearing false witness

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In the prologue to Milton's Paradise Lost, he says, paraphrasing, he wrote it to explain the ways of God to man. I think he got backwards, or at least sideways. In mythology, Hera hated Hercules because he was Zeus' illegitimate son and so she sent two snakes to kill him in his crib. Perhaps her hatred was not logical, or divine, but it sure was human. The Bible, too, explains the ways of men to men. And no amount of Communist Manifesto will change that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 04:10 PM (+y/Ru)

254 Because it almost always is in poor neighborhoods where this is implemented. Stop the graffiti, littering, small scale drug dealing, prostitution etc.

Yeah, it's amazing how little graffiti, littering, drug dealing, and prostitution take place in Beverly Hills, La Jolla, Pacific Heights, etc.

Well, maybe high-end prostitution, but not crackhead skank on the street corner-type prostitution.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 04:11 PM (6b1dn)

255 I saw the story about Coppick dying in a car accident. RIP Chet. Chet Chit Chat was a Bruce Wolf spoof of Coppick and another sports guy

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 03:42 PM (wyUIQ)

Chuck Swirsky. That was the other sports guy who Bruce Wolf based Chet Chit Chat on

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 04:11 PM (p+3oP)

256 Yeah I'm amazed by that. They probably were all in deep sleep and the fire didn't reach that part or something. Smoke puts bees to sleep.
______________

Or perhaps because the fire happened during the daytime, in the spring, the bees were out working, instead of lying around the hive watching t.v.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at April 19, 2019 04:11 PM (k4dH2)

257 >>So did the Beastie Boys. Alot of people don't know that either.

A lot of the Beastie Boys shows I went to were straight up PRock shows.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 04:11 PM (WgAJo)

258 I will give Turtle some credit for getting judges through, and for the wifey. Otherwise.....

But seriously, I come from a state that has not had a decent Senator since Hayakawa.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 04:10 PM (ujg0T)
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Yes, I have to give Mitch a pass on a lot of things because he's getting judges confirmed. Right now, that's where the battle is being fought, and lost, because the Dems packed the courts.

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (WEBkv)

259 240 How many of us are living paycheck to paycheck?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 04:06 PM (h0Zh0)

A hell of a lot of people are, sadly. The idea of building up a savings cushion is beyond them. They just live in the month to month and do not think things out longer term.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (ujg0T)

260 I had it in my mind I was going to charm Belinda into using me as a groupie. I tried but failed.

Any of them, really but especially Belinda. Jane Wiedlin was super cute too but really weird.

I have wondered in the past what girl groups do about groupies, I mean... you know they have tons of applicants. How do they decide?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (39g3+)

261 Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 03:49 PM (WgAJo)
*****
Because Paul Di'Anno was the Singer not Bruce Dickinson

Posted by: Deep State is in DEEP SHIT at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (BqBId)

262
Yeah that was the spaz who basically orgasmed watching the new Star Wars teaser. Most of the comments were "leave him alone!!!!!!" like the Britney Spears guy. Shut up. He's acting like an ass and broadcast it to the world, that's open season. If you're like that by yourself, fine more power to you but if you smear your stupid or insane all over the internet, then you have it coming.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:05 PM (39g3+)

Mark Hammil tweeted him to let him know it's okay to be a pathetic loser

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (p+3oP)

263 Unfortunately Mitch brings home too much pork

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Incumbents are always a tough challenge. An incumbent in a leadership position at the top of the pork-barrel, from a poor state, is Mission: Impossible.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 04:13 PM (5aX2M)

264 If I lived my life as a mule skinner, would I be happy?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 04:14 PM (h0Zh0)

265 I have wondered in the past what girl groups do about groupies, I mean... you know they have tons of applicants. How do they decide?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (39g3+)

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Ruler?

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 04:14 PM (WEBkv)

266 In the prologue to Milton's Paradise Lost, he says, paraphrasing, he wrote it to explain the ways of God to man. I think he got backwards, or at least sideways. In mythology, Hera hated Hercules because he was Zeus' illegitimate son and so she sent two snakes to kill him in his crib. Perhaps her hatred was not logical, or divine, but it sure was human. The Bible, too, explains the ways of men to men. And no amount of Communist Manifesto will change that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 19, 2019 04:10 PM (+y/Ru)

Good point. The Greek tragedies provide more examples in the recurring theme of man brought low by his intrinsic flaws.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 04:14 PM (6b1dn)

267 >>Because Paul Di'Anno was the Singer not Bruce Dickinson

Partly. Also artly because they hadn't settled into the dual guitar melody lines yet, too. It was raw. PRock is straight up Candor. Musical style doesn't matter as much...or, talent.

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (WgAJo)

268

nood

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (ah86I)

269 The Bible, too, explains the ways of men to men.

Yeah, I mean the overall story is God's redemptive work in history, but mostly its how we behave and ought not to, and how that can be addressed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (39g3+)

270 Belinda is a les, or, at the very least, Bi...

i say the Go-Go's at the Wiltern back in the 90's, and she was calling out for the leather queens to dome up to the stage.

Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (ER1jH)

271 Isn't it amazing how these jerks can switch gears on the "why" for hating Trump?
"25th amendment - no, Russia, wait, he can't manage, no he really is crazy, but also character because Stortmy, and. . . "
Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 2019 03:39 PM (W+vEI)

They are like the female character in corny old romances who habe a hundred reasons to hate and despise the hero because they want to cover up the fact that they are secretly hot for him.

TL;DR Media is waiting and wanting Trump to ravish them
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at April 19, 2019 03:43 PM (dm05u)

You're not far off. It's not hard to imagine someone like Nicole Wallace or Mika or--pick 'em--getting a private closed-door meeting with Trump and immediately begin crying hysterically, "I hate you! I hate you!" as they beat his chest with both fists.
Then Trump waves his security detail off as the hysterical woman drops to her knees in front of him....

Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (NFEMn)

272 >>I have wondered in the past what girl groups do about groupies,

I guess they just...sort of...scissor?

Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 04:16 PM (WgAJo)

273 253
there's a reason why the Bible inveighs against perversions generally.
All religions and cultures develop these taboos, for the most part. Mores are born of biological necessity and common sense with the good of the society at large in mind.

Posted by: Agent Cooper at April 19, 2019 04:16 PM (O4obU)

274 258 I will give Turtle some credit for getting judges through, and for the wifey. Otherwise.....

But seriously, I come from a state that has not had a decent Senator since Hayakawa.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 04:10 PM (ujg0T)
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Yes, I have to give Mitch a pass on a lot of things because he's getting judges confirmed. Right now, that's where the battle is being fought, and lost, because the Dems packed the courts.
Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (WEBkv)

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From what I understand, it's more than that.

Conservatives lost law schools decades ago, and with that loss we lost an organizational structure to develop conservative lawyers and (by extension) justices. This lack of an organizational structure led to a certain atrophy in conservative legal thought.

Something like 25 years ago, that began to change. I think The Federalist Society is one of the earliest examples of the new conservative legal organization fostering conservative lawyers now, but it took a long time to get them in a place where they could be highly influential in the same league as places like Harvard Law and Yale Law naturally exist.

Now, with Trump using The Federalist Society to staff the judiciary, a massive tide is turning within the 3rd branch of government. It goes way way beyond SCOTUS. Originalism is likely to become the dominant legal theory on constitutional matters for a few generations because of the combination of The Federalist Society, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 04:16 PM (aFMSC)

275
Nood.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy says #PurgeProgressivismBAMN at April 19, 2019 04:16 PM (HaL55)

276 Belinda is a les, or, at the very least, Bi...

i say the Go-Go's at the Wiltern back in the 90's, and she was calling out for the leather queens to dome up to the stage.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (ER1jH)

You trying to make me feel better on my failure?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 19, 2019 04:16 PM (a/9Wy)

277 Because Paul Di'Anno was the Singer not Bruce Dickinson

Partly. Also artly because they hadn't settled into the dual guitar melody lines yet, too. It was raw. PRock is straight up Candor. Musical style doesn't matter as much...or, talent.
Posted by: garrett at April 19, 2019 04:15 PM (WgAJo)

Just for the record--that "dual guitar melody" thing Maiden had going was pioneered by Wishbone Ash and perfected by Thin Lizzy.

Posted by: JoeF. at April 19, 2019 04:17 PM (NFEMn)

278 Incumbents are always a tough challenge. An incumbent in a leadership position at the top of the pork-barrel, from a poor state, is Mission: Impossible.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 19, 2019 04:13 PM (5aX2M)

Hold my Moscato

Posted by: Tom Daschle at April 19, 2019 04:18 PM (DPjeO)

279 Ever see Flo and Eddie in concert? They were with the Turtles.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at April 19, 2019 04:18 PM (h0Zh0)

280 I don't go into Portland often, because. One time last year I was driving in the downtown area and there must have been hundreds of homeless amassed in one section just standing or walking around. They couldn't have looked closer to those zombies on the t.v. show if they tried. It is really a jolt to see this many humans in this ongoing condition.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 19, 2019 04:18 PM (aWjrD)

281 Isn't it amazing how these jerks can switch gears on the "why" for hating Trump?
"25th amendment - no, Russia, wait, he can't manage, no he really is crazy, but also character because Stortmy, and. . . "
Posted by: Lizzy at April 19, 20

The next hot take-we thought collusion was bad! But this (fill in the blank) is even worse!!!

Posted by: LASue at April 19, 2019 04:19 PM (1pZw2)

282 A hell of a lot of people are, sadly. The idea of building up a savings cushion is beyond them. They just live in the month to month and do not think things out longer term.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at April 19, 2019 04:12 PM (ujg0T)

In industry the company once caused uproar by saying it would pay Christmas bonuses the paycheck after the traditional one. I had direct reports who were incensed by this, because they'd been counting on the bonus to pay their bills. I was astonished: these people were making six figure salaries, and most had Ph.D.s. Yet they were living hand-to-mouth in a city with a low cost of living.

Amazing.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 19, 2019 04:19 PM (6b1dn)

283 Now, with Trump using The Federalist Society to staff the judiciary, a massive tide is turning within the 3rd branch of government. It goes way way beyond SCOTUS. Originalism is likely to become the dominant legal theory on constitutional matters for a few generations because of the combination of The Federalist Society, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Read Some Movie Thoughts at April 19, 2019 04:16 PM
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Imagine, a billionaire developer, for some reason, deciding that, just perhaps, an out of control judiciary is a problem. I wonder what happened to bring the president to that conclusion?

Posted by: Blake - used vacation salesman at April 19, 2019 04:21 PM (WEBkv)

284 @72 Diogenes...Word on the street is the same A hole that designed the low flush toilets came up with those EPA gas cans that spill gas all over the place.

Posted by: Presstitutes are too Fk'n Stupid to learn to code at April 19, 2019 04:30 PM (cCxiu)

285 Hey FBI agents, that's what integrity looks like. You worthless sacks of shit.

Posted by: Iblis at April 19, 2019 04:52 PM (OXWT4)

286 I sense an Old Machine versus New Machine war going on in Chi-town. Rahm didn't have the balls of Mayor Daley(s) to hold it all together.

Posted by: pj at April 19, 2019 05:05 PM (qlTN9)

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