The Morning Rant

Well looky here, folks, they just declassified a bunch of closed-door testimony before the House regarding the Russian collusion hoax, and guess what?

They've been lying.

I know you'll all shocked at this, but a bunch of former Obama admin officials were asked if they had seen any evidence that proved the Russians interfered with the 2016 election on Trump's behalf:

James Clapper: "I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was...conspiring with the Russians..."

Samantha Power: "I am not in possession of anything -- I am not in possession of anything and didn't read or absorb information that came out of the intelligence community..."

Susan Rice: "I don't recall... evidence to that effect."

Andrew McCabe: "We have not been able to prove the accuracy [of the Steele Dossier."

Everyln Farkas: "I didn't know anything." (she's running for Congress, by the way)

Remember these are the the officials who loudly proclaimed on CNN, MSNBC and other Democrat-friendly media outlets that they had *definite proof* that Trump was canoodling with Russian oligarchs, Vladimir Putin, or both. And this was in addition to getting peed on by Russian hookers.

This has been their incessant drumbeat for the past three years.

Politicians and public-facing government bureaucrats shade the truth and make deliberately misleading statements all the time, but this seems to me to be taking lying to a whole new level. There was a reason why every Republican on the House Intelligence Committee called for Adam Schiff's resignation. He knew full well that the private testimony directly contradicted what they were saying in public. And yet he continued to push the collusion hoax.

(And by the way, the reason Schiff released the transcripts was because DNI Grenell was about to release them, and so he needed to release them first to try to get out in front of the news cycle.)

I hope that after he leaves office in 2024, Donald Trump sets aside about a billion dollars of his own fortune and starts suing these guys. I would like to believe that some of this stuff is so flagrant and so outrageous that it has to be actionable. Of course, the fact that Trump ia a public official kind of muddies the water there, but on the other hand, let them be forced to defend their actions in a court of law.

I suspect Trump isn't going to be all "oh well, let bygones be bygones" once he leaves office.

How Dare He?

How It All Works:

Where We Are Today:

Holy Crap, Talk About Closing Speed:

Man. AG Barr has got some speed. Obamagate is going to be huge. pic.twitter.com/6EI6dbOa4h
— Derek Utley (@realDerekUtley) May 11, 2020

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Friday's celebs: I first saw British actress Amanda Pays in the short-run TV series Max Headroom which was A Thing briefly in 1987 (based, iirc, on the 1985 movie of the same name, Peter Weller is probably best known for Robocop, which you should watch because it holds up surprisingly well, and I'd buy that for a dollar. You don't need to bother with the superfluous sequels because they suck.

One of you morons came up with a surprising connection between Pays and Weller:

373 Pays and Weller were both in movies about head trauma victims brought back to life in non-human form...

Posted by: Gridlock at May 08, 2020 12:06 PM (cgESv)

That's not the one I was thinking of, but I'll allow it, and also award extra style points for creativity. They were both in the mediocre 1989 movie Leviathan. That's the connection I was thinking of, but I'll admit Gridlock's linkage was much better.

Today's Edition Of The Morning Rant Is Brought To You By:

Raising Cane’s chicken tenders pic.twitter.com/DufpYDmyKq
— Carlos (@ChuckeEChaves) May 8, 2020

Posted by: OregonMuse at 11:13 AM

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1 Yummy

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:13 AM (sX1BW)

2 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:14 AM (LvTSG)

3 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:14 AM (Pr4ah)

4
Agnes Moorehead and..

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (hjWzb)

5 OMG that Greta Schiff will haunt my dreams!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (bDqIh)

6 Raising Cane's is pretty good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (LvTSG)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (arJlL)

8 Theda Barrow and Vladimir Putin!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (Pr4ah)

9 @realDonaldTrump
The great people of Pennsylvania want their freedom now, and they are fully aware of what that entails. The Democrats are moving slowly, all over the USA, for political purposes. They would wait until November 3rd if it were up to them. Don't play politics. Be safe, move quickly!
******
Late last Thread

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (Lrula)

10 I love all the assholes being forced to admit they outright lied.

Perp walk, please.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (9oAtN)

11 time for a flapper?

sometimes i wish i had lived then. would have been interesting i bet.

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (+NdM9)

12 Willowed:
it is amazing how so many leftists think Texas is a

rural state. Its like do you people never fly through DFW? Do you not

know where Dell is based? Have you never seen a skyline shot of Houston?

They are such insular provincial people.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 11, 2020 11:09 AM

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My
buddy in CT is convinced we are a backward rural State no matter how
many times I tell him the DFW has more than twice the population of
Connecticut.

I haven't even mentioned San Antonio or Houston.

Their beliefs are intentional. It's self rationalization to a large extent I suspect.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (JUOKG)

13
Agnes Moorehead and Tim Holt. The Magnificent Ambersons

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (hjWzb)

14 Capucine and Joel McCrea

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (arJlL)

15 OMG that Greta Schiff will haunt my dreams!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (bDqIh)
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I know. I was trying to think if that's better or worse than seeing either of them individually. Two wrongs don't make a right, that's for sure.

Posted by: bluebell at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (/669Q)

16 Is the McCabe quote above goofed up?

Posted by: irright at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (RVcmP)

17
Zaxby's chicken is better.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (nw6Hr)

18 Blast from the past. This was their goal.

Feb 15, 2017

JohnSchindler
@20committee

Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail."

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)

19 It's almost like no one gives a shit about lying to Congress.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (9oAtN)

20 The running back on the police force is in the wrong profession. NFL material there.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (ymq7G)

21 Dang OM, have to love the tackle the asshoe vid.!

Posted by: Sock Monkey..safety off at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (grQ0q)

22 Agnes Moorehead and Tim Holt. The Magnificent Ambersons
Posted by: TheQuietMan

No shit? Endora?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (Pr4ah)

23 Raisin' Canes chikkums are super yummy, but I don't like their sauce. So I horde chik-fil-a sauce and eat it with the Canes. Mmmmmmmm

Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (Xt7n2)

24 I suspect, if the weather is good, a lot of people will be done with this come Memorial Day. I'm seeing near normal traffic on I-5

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (JKNZq)

25 18 Blast from the past. This was their goal.

Feb 15, 2017

JohnSchindler
@20committee

Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail."
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)

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"He" being Trump?

I don't think that worked

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (LvTSG)

26 OMG that Greta Schiff will haunt my dreams!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:15 AM (bDqIh)
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I know. I was trying to think if that's better or worse than seeing either of them individually. Two wrongs don't make a right, that's for sure.
Posted by: bluebell at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (/669Q)

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I find that picture curiously arousing....

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (nw6Hr)

27 13
Agnes Moorehead and Tim Holt. The Magnificent Ambersons
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (hjWzb)

You are correct, sir!

Put your pencils down, everyone, we have a winner.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (bCIQZ)

28 First lobster, now this. Look, I'm fucking fat enough as it is, ok?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (9CkBG)

29 Ahem, Amanda Pays and Peter Weller were my suggestion.

*burnishes fingernails on non-existent lapels*

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (WEBkv)

30 Theda Barrow and Vladimir Putin!
Posted by: rickb223

Theda had a brother named Wheel.....

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (arJlL)

31 Willowed: William Holden and Capucine in The Lion:

https://tinyurl.com/ya9cgc9s

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (2JVJo)

32 Jack Straw around?
Ezra Cohen Watnick returns to the Trump admin!
He's going to the Pentagon. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (bDqIh)

33
Agnes Moorehead

"The name is Bond. James Bond."

Posted by: The Great Lost James Bond Movie "Sunthumper" at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (z0XD8)

34 Monkey Time!

It is one thing to know they are liars, it is another to have proof.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (3 hours until my legal haircut) at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (5p7BC)

35 Who dis is Agnes Moorhead.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (2JVJo)

36
It's almost like no one gives a shit about lying to Congress.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (9oAtN)

Because it's like barking at dogs.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (88+cf)

37 There's a Raising Cane not far from here.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 11, 2020 11:19 AM (E+OcO)

38 good, who dis looks like Julie Andrews in a couple of those photos. anyone know who her mom was?

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 11, 2020 11:19 AM (+NdM9)

39 Buckaroo Banzai >> Robocop

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2020 11:19 AM (dfRN6)

40 I may be over 29 but those actors are a little before my time. No clue.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (EWRow)

41 It's almost like no one gives a shit about lying to Congress.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (9oAtN)

Because it's like barking at dogs.
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (88+cf)

There is no better way to describe it than this.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (ymq7G)

42 I just want to say I'm SO GLAD to see PA counties and towns finally fighting back against that Commie Wolf and Miss Transylvania!

and THANK YOU Mr President for noticing our pain here! A little pressure on Wolfie and he will fold and run back to Bermuda. I hope his plane crashes!

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (j9HX3)

43 Zaxby's chicken is better.
Posted by: fixerupper

Okaaaaayyyy.......

WHAR in da HAIL do ya get that ?

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (arJlL)

44 I think they may pick Harris for VP. She's the one they wanted anyway, but looking at that cartoon reminds me she is the nastiest of the lot.

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (uEbPt)

45 >>"He" being Trump?

He being Trump.

And remember what the repugnant Chuck Schumer said on one of the Sunday shows about Trump.

"You go after the Intelligence Community and they have 6 ways from Sunday to get back at you."

A particularly stupid and telling statement.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (ZLI7S)

46 I don't know who today's old timey hottie is, but I have a feeling Howard Chaykin has drawn her in stockings and a bustier at some point.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (ifmtJ)

47 >>Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail."

Before wasn't nuclear?
I hope Trump has doubled up on personal security.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (bDqIh)

48 Your human centipede is missing its Romney segment. Maybe just a small one, like a tick, planted to the backside of the Schiff/Nadler end.

Posted by: red speck at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (gS3OW)

49 I have hopes that Trump will HAMMER people on these lies.

But then, I hope Obama will see jail time.

I'm a hoper.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (ifmtJ)

50 "I suspect Trump isn't going to be all "oh well, let bygones be bygones" once he leaves office."

Yes. I'm afraid he's a big softie.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (H8QX8)

51 Middleaged Agnes Moorhead looks NOTHING like her young self -

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (MAsS4)

52 48 Your human centipede is missing its Romney segment. Maybe just a small one, like a tick, planted to the backside of the Schiff/Nadler end.

he's the dung beetle at the end slurping up the eventual poo

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (j9HX3)

53 @CNN

China has given a point-by-point rebuttal of the 24 "preposterous allegations and lies" that it said were fabricated by US politicians and media outlets to "shift the blame to China for their inadequate response to Covid-19."

CCP has direct deposit arrangements with CNN.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (cF8AT)

54 49 I have hopes that Trump will HAMMER people on these lies.

But then, I hope Obama will see jail time.

I'm a hoper.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (ifmtJ)

=========

Still hoping for Kate Upton's call?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (LvTSG)

55 Zaxby's chicken is better.
Posted by: fixerupper

Okaaaaayyyy.......

WHAR in da HAIL do ya get that ?
Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (arJlL)

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You can git Zaxbys Chicken at any Zaxby's Chicken Restaurant.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (nw6Hr)

56 Raising cane's does taste pretty good.

Posted by: Someguy at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (Zm+LZ)

57 >>Jack Straw around?
Ezra Cohen Watnick returns to the Trump admin!
He's going to the Pentagon. . .

Yep, saw that. Thanks.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)

58 I was pleased when Raising Cane's moved into this market, as I love good tasting chicken.

Still, at least for me, nothing compares to Bojangles which I fondly miss.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (ch6++)

59 I saw Canoodling with Russian Oligarchs open for The Kalob Griffin Band at the Bolshoi in 2009.

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (WYhTe)

60 The problem isn't that the government is corrupt. It's that corruption is the government. We're far enough past the tipping point that it can't be cleaned up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (5jaxN)

61 That Greta Schiff picture is horrifying.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (hYcqw)

62 Greta Schiff is hilarious! Plus they are both FOS.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (Xt7n2)

63 Dammit,
Looks like I'm having Raising Canes for lunch today.
good stuff

Posted by: Priapism at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (2cfUo)

64 Everyln Farkas: "I didn't know anything." (she's running for Congress, by the way)
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Any kin to Scut Farkas?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (bk3Sg)

65 >>Jack Straw around?
Ezra Cohen Watnick returns to the Trump admin!
He's going to the Pentagon. . .

Yep, saw that. Thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)

Who is this?

Posted by: Jen the original at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (ymq7G)

66 You can git Zaxbys Chicken at any Zaxby's Chicken Restaurant.
Posted by: fixerupper

Thanks for clearing THAT up !

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (arJlL)

67 Bojangles > Zaxby's

Fight me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (hYcqw)

68 Who Dat is RANDOLPH SCOTT

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (iTXRQ)

69 39 Buckaroo Banzai >> Robocop
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

*fistbump*

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (d7Ww2)

70 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)

71 4
Agnes Moorehead and..

anybody ever argued for less ?

Posted by: Priapism at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (2cfUo)

72 Tank Girl >> Buckaroo Banzi

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (9oAtN)

73 50
"I suspect Trump isn't going to be all "oh well, let bygones be bygones" once he leaves office."

Yes. I'm afraid he's a big softie.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (H8QX

That's what Viagra is for.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (N39Ws)

74 Agnes Moorehead and Robert Young

Posted by: abbynormal at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (I849g)

75 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)
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In the dumpster, where it belongs.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (WEBkv)

76 These people lie with impunity because they can. Very little if any of this will trickle down to the LIVs. They still think that Trump is "Bad" and mishandling the virus outbreak. They will gladly vote for Biden as they will not know of his corruption or his rape. They only know he was VP of an administration that did not have one "iota" of corruption in 8 years. The rest will be covered by unprecedented voter fraud.

Posted by: DitkaCA at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (kVjCi)

77 @10
What should worry us is that these depos were taken a long time ago. Meaning everybody knew it was a fraud, and no one did anything about it.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (AwPyG)

78 Theda Barrow and Vladimir Putin!
Posted by: rickb223

Theda had a brother named Wheel.....

He was the third child

Posted by: stumck at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (w9Wax)

79 Any kin to Scut Farkas?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (bk3Sg)

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Heh... A Christmas Story reference

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (nw6Hr)

80 McCabe quote:

Andrew McCabe: "We have to been able to prove the accuracy [of the Steele Dossier."

We have NOT been able . . . ?

Posted by: m at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (kGLPx)

81 60
The problem isn't that the government is corrupt. It's that corruption
is the government. We're far enough past the tipping point that it can't
be cleaned up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 11:22 AM (5jaxN)
Yeah, we aren't voting ourselves out of this.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (N39Ws)

82 Bojangles > Zaxby's

Fight me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Notice how this Covid shit didn't start until Popeyes started messing around with God's Own Chicken Sammich?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (Pr4ah)

83 The Vanity Fair writer David Kamp did a wonderful article on The Magnificent Ambersons in the January 2002 issue:

https://tinyurl.com/ybp4cn9c

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (2JVJo)

84 "What Lassie! Greta von Thule and Adam Schiff have fallen down the well?"

*makes dismissive hand gesture.*

"Nah, let them both stay there."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (W4zGS)

85 Tank Girl >> Buckaroo Banzi

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (9oAtN)

highly underrated film, imo. it was exactly what the comic was, goofy, irreverent, and outlandish.

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (+NdM9)

86 That Greta Schiff picture is horrifying.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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She is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I can’t look away.

Posted by: Art Patron at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (bk3Sg)

87 Still hoping for Kate Upton's call?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower

I'm hoping today will bring revelations that cause AtC
to post more Victory pics !

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (arJlL)

88 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)

That's the evil downside to Cain's.

Their cole slaw comes in little tiny micro-portions.

Served in a container like you'd use for ketchup of some such thing.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (z0XD8)

89 Bojangles > Zaxby's

Fight me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:23 AM (hYcqw)

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No....

Youre obviously disabled.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (nw6Hr)

90 83 The Vanity Fair writer David Kamp did a wonderful article on The Magnificent Ambersons in the January 2002 issue:

https://tinyurl.com/ybp4cn9c
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (2JVJo)

=========

The Criterion edition is really pretty.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

91 Robocop II is great if only for the line, "BEHAVE YOURSELVES!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (trdmm)

92 OregonMuse: what's the McCabe quote again? It's garbled.

Posted by: Beverly at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (SBMUk)

93 I wonder if it means anything, that three people who would normally attend the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting weren't there.

Head of Navy, Head of CIA, VP Pence.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (AwPyG)

94 Notice how this Covid shit didn't start until Popeyes started messing around with God's Own Chicken Sammich?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (Pr4ah

Coinky-dink? I think not

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (9oAtN)

95 Federal prosecutors are on the case. It's just a matter of time. They need to make sure all the t's are crossed and i's are dotted. The investigations are ongoing. Be patient .

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (EWRow)

96 so, I was on the beach with my boy last night hanging out and watching the sun set.

cops came by in a dragnet and hustled everyone off the beach.

apparently coronoavirus is worse at night.

I was cursing up a storm and my kid had to beg me to shut up so I wouldn't get arrested. you wouldn't believe the ease with which the beach was cleared. Seattle deserves whatever hell it gets.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (d7Ww2)

97 If COVID19 was an act of economic war by China wasn't the shutdown in effect instant surrender?

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (Uu+Jp)

98 42 - Mad Tranny is in full retaliation mode: first withholding PPE from U. of Pitt medical system, now threatening liability insurance of re-opening communities.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (MAsS4)

99 75 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)
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In the dumpster, where it belongs.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (WEBkv)

*upgrades standing*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (9CkBG)

100 75 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)
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In the dumpster, where it belongs.
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You're not from around here are you?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (s0rgF)

101 MFM then: "We must cover how much of a Soviet President Trump is! All other news is secondary!"

MFM now: "Why all the hoopla about Lt. Gen. Flynn? We should be covering how Trump infected the world with Covid-19 AND NOTHING ELSE!"

I get the feeling the industrial media has been lying to us.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (HhXSr)

102 "Of course, the fact that Trump ia a public official kind of muddies the
water there, but on the other hand, let them be forced to defend their
actions in a court of law."

idk, but what seems to be pursued, is Criminal Conspiracy. Individual Acts are covered up with 'mistakes were made', but put together the emails and actions and criminal leaking and the picture of lots of dots points to criminal intent of conspiracy to frame Trump, via forcing his people to tell lies (Manafort tortured in solitary, they kept bringing him back to see if had suffered enough to start telling their lies).

The spread of propaganda by those listed above (Farkas and the rest "we have definite proof") becomes criminal conspiracy ... or I hope it does. This is what RICO Act was about, I think. Or maybe just normal conspiracy law against organizing a coup, is enough, I have no real legal depth to say. But that is what I hear ... CONSPIRACY ... (Hillary's Resistance is also conspiracy, and the grifters are perhaps another level of conspiracy to commit fraud on the nation ... all these overlap ...)

Then once they are in prison, maybe Trump can go after assets of those that funded the personal attack on Trump and his family, by the DeepState mafia trying to make him die in prison. (not sure if that is what Jack Straw's source was referring to or not)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (Cus5s)

103 That Greta Schiff picture is horrifying.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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She is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I can't look away.
Posted by: Art Patron

Kinda like a train wreck.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (Pr4ah)

104 >>>Raising Cane's chicken tenders

I need those.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (kGLPx)

105 Of course, the fact that Trump ia a public official kind of muddies the
water there, but on the other hand, let them be forced to defend their
actions in a court of law.

___________

Second look at the Alien and Sedition Acts?

Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (WYhTe)

106 48 Your human centipede is missing its Romney segment.
Posted by: red speck at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (gS3OW)

Fair point.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (bCIQZ)

107 Robocop, which you should watch because it holds up surprisingly well,
and I'd buy that for a dollar. You don't need to bother with the
superfluous sequels because they suck.

interesting remark, because "i'd buy that for a dollar" is from robocop 2.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (sGtp+)

108 14 Capucine and Joel McCrea
Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (arJlL)

the rumor is that Joel pushed out the window

Posted by: REDACTED at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (tQbpU)

109 @82
Now, that is a very good point.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (AwPyG)

110 Late in her life Agnes Moorehead had a one-woman traveling show. She'd come out onto the stage with nothing but a book and a stool and she was absolutely thrilling for two hours.
Fantastic speaker and entertainer.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (axyOa)

111 17
Zaxby's chicken is better.

The Zaxby's in this area all went out of business

Raising Canes still standing tall and serving superior chicken.

Posted by: Priapism at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (2cfUo)

112 45
>>"He" being Trump?

He being Trump.

And remember what the repugnant Chuck Schumer said on one of the Sunday shows about Trump.

"You go after the Intelligence Community and they have 6 ways from Sunday to get back at you."

A particularly stupid and telling statement.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (ZLI7S)
I saw that the very day he said it and thought WTF....He's up to something. it was an insane open mic threat to PDT. He might as well yelled it form a bullhorn. What did Schumer know and when did he know it?
Same thing with Rice's email.

And when it is all said and done..PDT broke no laws.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (dkdmV)

113 107 Robocop, which you should watch because it holds up surprisingly well,
and I'd buy that for a dollar. You don't need to bother with the
superfluous sequels because they suck.

interesting remark, because "i'd buy that for a dollar" is from robocop 2.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (sGtp+)

========

Interesting remark, because "I'd but that for a dollar" was said multiple times in the original Robocop.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (LvTSG)

114 I was cursing up a storm and my kid had to beg me to shut up so I wouldn't get arrested. you wouldn't believe the ease with which the beach was cleared. Seattle deserves whatever hell it gets.
------------------------
Nurse, did you ever work at Salem State?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (s0rgF)

115 Whoever invented cole slaw should be tarred with honey and rolled around on any hill.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (9oAtN)

116 53 @CNN

China has given a point-by-point rebuttal of the 24 "preposterous allegations and lies" that it said were fabricated by US politicians and media outlets to "shift the blame to China for their inadequate response to Covid-19."

CCP has direct deposit arrangements with CNN.
Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:21 AM (cF8AT)

Owned by AT&T who own Time Warner. Who really want to make sure their dumb movies are allowed to run in China.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (G2zl5)

117 Robocop 2 is pretty good if for nothing other than the PC psychiatrist sleeping her way to the top while programming Robocop to be the perfect human through a zillion impossible to follow, conflicting commands based on motivational posters and pop psychology.

It thought it was pretty well done myself. The third one was terrible, though.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (KZzsI)

118 apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.

it is now an STD.

heh

heh heh

*snort*

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (d7Ww2)

119 Jackstraw....

I watched the Epoch Times video of Svetlana you posted yesterday.

JHC that poor woman!

If you wrote her story in a novel no one would believe it.

England has strict libel laws...she should sue her mentor, Chris Andrews and Halpern.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (cF8AT)

120 >>Who is this?

He is the guy who supposedly first spotted evidence the Obama administration had been spying on the Trump campaign back in 2017 when he was a member of the NSC. He was put on the NSC by General Flynn.

He then went to work for Sessions.

The guy I am looking to resurface is Adam Lovinger. He also was nominated by Flynn for a spot on the NSC but was then stripped of his security clearance and essentially fired because he was the whistleblower who turned in Stefan Halper.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)

121 Capucine and Joel McCrea
Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:16 AM (arJlL)

the rumor is that Joel pushed out the window
Posted by: REDACTED

She was so skinny, he coulda pusher her out a porthole.....

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (arJlL)

122 Morning all. Don't judge me but a local convenience chain, Kwik Trip, has some mighty tasty chicken tenders.

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zUdXR)

123 Andrew McCabe: "We have to been able to prove the accuracy [of the Steele Dossier."
We have NOT been able . . . ?
Posted by: m at May 11, 2020 11:25 AM (kGLPx)

Aargh.

Thank you, fixed it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (bCIQZ)

124 I wonder if it means anything, that three people who would normally attend the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting weren't there.

Head of Navy, Head of CIA, VP Pence.
Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (AwPyG)

China's making noises about Taiwan again.

Apparently, the "Chinese people are demanding that Taiwan be retaken now.".

You know that it's a real home grown, grass roots movement and not some CCP astroturf cuz it's all over the Chinese social media.

Interesting times.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (z0XD8)

125 19 It's almost like no one gives a shit about lying to Congress.

=====
Seems fair, we're not supposed to care about lying from
Congress.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (d6mdH)

126 Second look at the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Posted by: ShainS at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (WYhTe)

Yes. Without a fucking doubt, yes.

Which reminds me, what should I read next? Amity Shlaes' Coolidge or David McCullough's John Adams?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (2JVJo)

127 You are correct, sir!

Put your pencils down, everyone, we have a winner.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:18 AM (bCIQZ)

Thank you for the Who Dis. I enjoy them even the ones I have no clue on

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (hjWzb)

128 Will check out Tank Girl.

Flipping through the cast....yet ANOTHER Cusack sibling?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (dfRN6)

129 >>so, I was on the beach with my boy last night hanging out and watching the sun set.

cops came by in a dragnet and hustled everyone off the beach.
- - - -

Why are they doing this?
Think maybe it has to do with finding new revenue now that the usual stuff like traffic tickets, parking violations have got to be down?
I mean, in addition to tyrannically governors.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (bDqIh)

130 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

131 75 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)

Their coleslaw is bland. Famous Dave's is the bomb-dignity BEST!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (Xt7n2)

132 @realDonaldTrump 3 minutes ago

Donald J. Trump Retweeted Mollie

Because it was OBAMAGATE, and he and Sleepy Joe led the charge. The most corrupt administration in U.S. history!

@MZHemingway

Why Did Obama Tell The FBI To Hide Its Activities From Trump?

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (cF8AT)

133 The Cane's nearest to us sits on the corner of a busy intersection with a frontage road, and pre-'rona the drive thru line would snake all the way around the building. Now it spills onto the frontage road and goes 15-20 cars deep consistently, which happens to block the entrance to...KFC. It's pretty funny.

Posted by: jhawk90 at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (/ZYFC)

134 And remember what the repugnant Chuck Schumer said on one of the Sunday shows about Trump.

"You go after the Intelligence Community and they have 6 ways from Sunday to get back at you."

A particularly stupid and telling statement.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:20 AM (ZLI7S)

This is what happens when you have an aging, sclerotic codger party, aided and abetted by the clueless dunces in the GOP, that you lose any sense of things you just don't say in a high exposure setting.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (y7DUB)

135 Late in her life Agnes Moorehead had a one-woman traveling show. She'd come out onto the stage with nothing but a book and a stool and she was absolutely thrilling for two hours.
Fantastic speaker and entertainer.
Posted by: Diogenes

Phrasing ?

Posted by: JT at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (arJlL)

136 Murphy's superpower in Robocop was his Catholicism.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (G2zl5)

137 118 apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.

it is now an STD.

heh

heh heh

*snort*
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (d7Ww2)

Obama hardest hit.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (9oAtN)

138 122 Morning all. Don't judge me but a local convenience chain, Kwik Trip, has some mighty tasty chicken tenders.

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zUdXR)

Maybe so, but how's their sushi?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (bCIQZ)

139 I don't like Cane's.....

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (Zz0t1)

140 >>I watched the Epoch Times video of Svetlana you posted yesterday.

>>JHC that poor woman!

It's disgusting what they did to her. I hope she wins millions, she deserves it.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (ZLI7S)

141 >interesting remark, because "i'd buy that for a dollar" is from robocop 2.
Posted by: Anachronda

look again

Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (iTXRQ)

142 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)
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In the dumpster, where it belongs.
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You're not from around here are you?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (s0rgF)
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Cole slaw would be fine if it had a vinaigrette on it, rather than that grotesque crap it comes with.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (WEBkv)

143 I mentioned last thread that from Trump's tweets, it sure looks like he's winding up to go after the co-conspirators in the media. Hopefully, he has some FISA tapes, because to be liable for conspiracy, you have to know what the aim is, and commit one overt act.
I don't think Trump would tease it if it weren't going to happen--hold on to your hats.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (AwPyG)

144 Agnes Moorehead...what a rotten name.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (9Om/r)

145 Yeah "I'd buy that for a dollar" was the tagline used by the goofy TV show that was shown in little clips.

It was yet another one of Verhoven's "biting satirical movies" that no one on earth but him got the satire or what he was trying to skewer. Why someone picked him to do that film I'm not clear on, because his previous films were these slice of life homosexuals-in-Holland art films. And someone thought he'd be perfect for a big budget 80s action movie? but it worked really well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (KZzsI)

146 Apparently, the "Chinese people are demanding that Taiwan be retaken now.".

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Would be the perfect time to take Greenland. The American people are demanding it.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (sX1BW)

147
Whoever invented cole slaw should be tarred with honey and rolled around on any hill.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (9oAtN)

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Yeah.....

Lets take a salad...... chop it into itty bitty peices.

Now.... we add some milk. Some sugar.... and to top it off..... add some vinegar.

THATS what Ive be hungry for!!!!

*blech*

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (nw6Hr)

148 Apparently, the "Chinese people are demanding that Taiwan be retaken now.".

You know that it's a real home grown, grass roots movement and not some CCP astroturf cuz it's all over the Chinese social media.

Interesting times.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (z0XD

DJT ought to sell Taiwan some nukes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (LZcDP)

149 All the "I'd buy that for a dollar" clips from the 1987 Robocop?

https://youtu.be/EYdpy9ShoVU

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (W4zGS)

150 Yes, it's Agnes Moorehead and her adopted son, Craven.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (sWM8x)

151 "If COVID19 was an act of economic war by China wasn't the shutdown in effect instant surrender?"

it was not instant ... it is an ongoing process. Pritzker and some are determined to make it complete, I suppose their new world order will bail out the hopelessly indebted and corrupt kleptocracies.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (Cus5s)

152 The man that played Major Amberson is the father of the Bennett sisters

Joan, Connie and Babs

Posted by: REDACTED at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (tQbpU)

153 also the tenders n fries looks good
I would go thru that like Sherman thru Georgia

Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (iTXRQ)

154 Morning all. Don't judge me but a local convenience chain, Kwik Trip, has some mighty tasty chicken tenders.
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zUdXR)
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My dad swears the best Cuban sandwich he's ever had comes from Wawa.

Posted by: jhawk90 at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (/ZYFC)

155 92 yo FIL Bruce comes in with his latest observation...

"I'm so tired of this I'd even be glad to see the people that don't like me!"

as he sits isolated in his senior living compound

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:32 AM (XTiHL)

156 -
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Whoever invented cole slaw should be tarred with honey and rolled around on any hill.

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Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM -
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Kate Upton invented cole slaw.

Posted by: Any Hill at May 11, 2020 11:32 AM (RVcmP)

157 George Raft?

Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 11:32 AM (XxJt1)

158 Dang that cop was a fast runner.

Posted by: clutch at May 11, 2020 11:32 AM (9UmRs)

159 131 75 I like the chicken, but where is the cole slaw?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (s0rgF)

Their coleslaw is bland. Famous Dave's is the bomb-dignity BEST!
----------------------
Its pretty good. But so is Colonel Sander's slaw. The best slaw comes from eastern NC. The best BBQ comes from Lexington in the west. We need to get these two to come together and share a Cheerwine.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (s0rgF)

160 150 Yes, it's Agnes Moorehead and her adopted son, Craven.

and her daughter Gimmi

Posted by: Priapism at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (2cfUo)

161 Which reminds me, what should I read next? Amity Shlaes' Coolidge or David McCullough's John Adams?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (2JVJo)
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Having read them both, I recommend "Coolidge."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (WEBkv)

162 Now I think I would like some chicken tenders.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (2JVJo)

163 Late in her life Agnes Moorehead had a one-woman traveling show. She'd come out onto the stage with nothing but a book and a stool and she was absolutely thrilling for two hours.
Fantastic speaker and entertainer.
Posted by: Diogenes
----------

For some reason, the lyrics of 'Little Egypt' just popped into my head:

"Little Egypt came out strutting,
Wearing nothing but a button and a bow, wo wo, ..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (X22L5)

164 Whoever invented cole slaw should be tarred with honey and rolled around on any hill.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM (9oAtN)

I'm not a big coleslaw fan but Long John Silver's is the best I've had.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (EWRow)

165 A rerun but you're going to hear a lot a lot about this thru November:

Welp. right on cue:

"Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste" Mooch Battle Space Preparation Style

Here are the Democrat Talking Points for Michele's (or Biden's) Preezy Run

all predigested and nicely barfed out for your reading pleasure:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthtax-

breakingviews/breakingviews-fringe-taxes-will-go-

mainstream-when-lockdowns-end-idUSKBN22N19I

(remove extra spaces)

Read the whole thing cuz you're going to hear it a lot.

And circumstances(?) have conspired to give them a talking point which may resonate strongly with certain voters.

That is:

Since the gov't has already paid a "minimal living wage" to everyone during this crisis to save the economy-

why not do it all the time?

Then, of course, here come the "necessary" taxes.

Like I said it's all laid out.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 09:25 AM (z0XD

Yeah. Anything to squeeze more. They lead in with things like Warren's "wealth tax" (e.g., capital expropriation) but then the real point is woven in.

More taxes on real estate. Taxing investment gains as income. More estate taxes. The false concept of corporate taxes. Taxing "carbon." The list goes on.

So there's the "billionaire's tax" (which is not a tax at all and will likely raise zero revenue because billionaires can afford to avoid it), but it is just cover for everything that will crush the middle class further.

Own a house? Fuck you, pay me.
Have a bit saved for retirement? Fuck you, pay me.
Saved to pass something on to your kids? Fuck you, pay me.
Have a car? Ride in an airplane? Use "fossil fuels" for transportation or to heat your home? Fuck you, pay me.

This is a "destroy the middle class and make an underclass beholden to the billionaires via universal basic income" scheme. And nothing more or less evil than that.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 09:33 AM (hYcqw)

Enjoy the future Today!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (z0XD8)

166 We may or may not vote ourselves out of this. That remains to be seen. But we're still in the place - and it's a better place - of having to act as though we can still do so. And we need to pray that it can be so, because in prayer, there is hope.

Doom and gloom won't accomplish anything. It won't even help the part of you that has given up in order to soften the blow when it comes. It is wasted energy I think. There will be plenty of time for it if/when the truth of that doom actually arrives. Just my .02

Posted by: Abiss at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (Y8DtA)

167 I'm here.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (QzF6i)

168 @134
Heck, Schumer stood in front of the USSC and threatened Kavanaugh.
Both these things are a sign of desperation, I think.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (AwPyG)

169 What I can't understand is why the Dems on the committee voted to release the testimony. It was a unanimous vote, I recall. Did they think they could keep it all bottled up in classification review forever?

My working theory is that the Dems in general aren't very smart. They try what they think will be clever ploys, but they are really dumb and flawed. They are so used to having media cover that they never think through any "what ifs" in case their plan doesn't work.

So we end up with an administration that starts a domestic political spying program and never thinks about "what if the other guys win?"

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Never been so happy to spend $400 on brakes) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (5p7BC)

170 Don't put sugar in your slaw, that's the key. Use ranch dressing, but no sweetener. And I prefer it without carrot bits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (KZzsI)

171
So it all came down to Feelz?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (mht8P)

172 "There was a reason why every Republican on the House Intelligence Committee called for Adam Schiff's resignation. He knew full well that the private testimony directly contradicted what they were saying in public. And yet he continued to push the collusion hoax."

If Schiff cannot be removed from all committees henceforth (if not outright charged for some sort of abuse of power), then there's no point in having any sorts of "ethics" rules/laws for Congress. Just make a sign on the Hill that reads, "We'll fuckin' do what we want when we want and you won't!" and be done with the public pretense that Congress represents lawful activity.

If he isn't the worst member of Congress right now, I don't know who is... and we know there's a damn long list of bad actors.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (HhXSr)

173 98
42 - Mad Tranny is in full retaliation mode: first withholding PPE from
U. of Pitt medical system, now threatening liability insurance of
re-opening communities.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:27 AM (MAsS4)

Yes.... I am getting sense that the Gov is trying to make it so employees and customer's can sue businesses if you "catch Covid" while working or enjoying dinner out. Just a whiff of an undercurrent, but you can tell that the Mom and Pops are afraid. This Covid thing is really being used as a hammer to crush the life out of the self employed and middle class.
Married to a Billionaire Melida Gates...."Shelter in place plebe" is irksome.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (dkdmV)

174 OMG Raising Cane's is THE BEST. I know where I'm getting lunch today!

Posted by: Miss Issippi at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (sI15f)

175 Agnes Moorehead...what a rotten name.

I don't see why.

Posted by: Dick Trickle at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (XTiHL)

176 An artery clogged by just looking at that food. . .

Posted by: FIIGMO at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (Qf08A)

177 128 Will check out Tank Girl.

Flipping through the cast....yet ANOTHER Cusack sibling?
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (dfRN6)

Tank girl is awesome. Of course, I also like Buckaroo Banzi, SpaceHunters Adventures In the Forbidden Zone, and of course, Ice Pirates.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (9oAtN)

178 And Trump once mentioned, offhand, at a press briefing, "Schumer knows he's in trouble."

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (AwPyG)

179 @MZHemingway

Why Did Obama Tell The FBI To Hide Its Activities From Trump?
Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (cF8AT)
+++++++++++++
Nice rhetorical question

I propose a new law (well, modification to existing). I rarely do this, but I think it is justified.

Anyone found slow-walking a FOIA request, or who refuses a FOIA request that is subsequently permitted, gets 25 years without parole.

No more hiding. The government works for the people.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (hYcqw)

180 "If COVID19 was an act of economic war by China wasn't the shutdown in effect instant surrender?"

it was not instant ... it is an ongoing process. Pritzker and some are determined to make it complete, I suppose their new world order will bail out the hopelessly indebted and corrupt kleptocracies.
Posted by: illiniwek

Prtizker is trying to out France France.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (Pr4ah)

181 I just saw the Magnificent Ambersons last night.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (Dc2NZ)

182 Having read them both, I recommend "Coolidge."

Just set aside a few weeks, its a gargantuan tome.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (KZzsI)

183 Which reminds me, what should I read next? Amity Shlaes' Coolidge or David McCullough's John Adams?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (2JVJo)

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Having read them both, I recommend "Coolidge."
------------

I liked Adams. I haven't read Coolidge. Must say, I did not care for The Forgotten Man, so I'm relunctant to try another Shales book. Not sure why, but I could never get into TFM. I started many times, but finally gave up.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (sX1BW)

184 145 Yeah "I'd buy that for a dollar" was the tagline used by the goofy TV show that was shown in little clips.

It was yet another one of Verhoven's "biting satirical movies" that no one on earth but him got the satire or what he was trying to skewer. Why someone picked him to do that film I'm not clear on, because his previous films were these slice of life homosexuals-in-Holland art films. And someone thought he'd be perfect for a big budget 80s action movie? but it worked really well.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (KZzsI)

===========

What in Insomnia, Memento, or Following said that Nolan would do well with Batman?

What in Nomads said that McTeirnan would do well with an Arnold action/slasher mashup?

Sometimes, I think, it's just, "That guy has talent, and we have a script. Let's get those two together and make a baby."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

185 153 also the tenders n fries looks good
I would go thru that like Sherman thru Georgia

Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (iTXRQ)

If I ate all that, it would go through me the same way....

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (cF8AT)

186 Anyone see that the Ghidra thing (I'm not techy) will remove the redactions from the released declassified documents?

Has anyone installed it and tried it? I'm back at work today and unable to deep dive into it.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (sI15f)

187 Will check out Tank Girl.

Flipping through the cast....yet ANOTHER Cusack sibling?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2020 11:30 AM (dfRN6)

just don't take it too serious. but i like it but then i grew up on monty python, young ones, are you being served, hello hello, Fawlty towers, black adder, etc.

so my humor might be a bit off for some...

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (+NdM9)

188 Wow, that HR 6666 - TRACE Act link in the sidebar is real.

100 billion to continue the panic indefinitely.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (cqteU)

189 May a swarm of murder hornets decide Schiff's bug eyes are food.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (Uu+Jp)

190 Don't put sugar in your slaw, that's the key. Use ranch dressing, but no sweetener. And I prefer it without carrot bits.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (KZzsI)

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Ah.... a slad flavored malt.

NOW I get it....

*blech*

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (nw6Hr)

191 >>apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.

it is now an STD.
- - - -

OK, NOW maybe we can get the Left on board with the fight against intrusive "contact tracing"!?!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (bDqIh)

192 Cole slaw would be fine if it had a vinaigrette on it, rather than that grotesque crap it comes with.
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Sugar, mayo and vinegar and cabbage. That's it. The proportions matter though.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:35 AM (s0rgF)

193 I'm a Chicken Express guy, myself.

Red Serendipity salt in the white gravy is the shizznit.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

194
*blech*
Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:31 AM (nw6Hr)

And make it cold.

**shivers**

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (9oAtN)

195 >>What I can't understand is why the Dems on the committee voted to release the testimony. It was a unanimous vote, I recall. Did they think they could keep it all bottled up in classification review forever?

It was voted on back when Republicans were in the majority and Nunes was running the committee. That's how long this has been hung up.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (ZLI7S)

196 Its pretty good. But so is Colonel Sander's slaw. The best slaw comes from eastern NC. The best BBQ comes from Lexington in the west. We need to get these two to come together and share a Cheerwine.
Posted by: Puddin Head
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Are you hungry for lunch yet?
https://tinyurl.com/y85hu9ha

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (WD9ZA)

197 149
All the "I'd buy that for a dollar" clips from the 1987 Robocop?

https://youtu.be/EYdpy9ShoVU

hmm. my brain has that line tied to the drug plot of robocop 2. i guess i'll have to have a few stern words with my brain.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (sGtp+)

198 I'm here.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (QzF6i)

**hugs**

Another day in Maskachusetts.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (2JVJo)

199 Okay, the list of things that start wars has a new entry: Cole Slaw.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (WEBkv)

200
What I can't understand is why the Dems on the committee voted to
release the testimony. It was a unanimous vote, I recall. Did they
think they could keep it all bottled up in classification review
forever?

My working theory is that the Dems in general aren't very smart.
They try what they think will be clever ploys, but they are really dumb
and flawed. They are so used to having media cover that they never
think through any "what ifs" in case their plan doesn't work.

----------

Get the credit for the transparency with the belief that someone else will keep it locked up.

All politicians play this game. Expecting cover from someone / somewhere else.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (sX1BW)

201 Don't put sugar in your slaw, that's the key. Use ranch dressing, but no sweetener.

And I prefer it without carrot bits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Just like chili.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (Pr4ah)

202 169
What I can't understand is why the Dems on the committee voted to
release the testimony. It was a unanimous vote, I recall. Did they
think they could keep it all bottled up in classification review
forever?

My working theory is that the Dems in general aren't very smart.
They try what they think will be clever ploys, but they are really dumb
and flawed. They are so used to having media cover that they never
think through any "what ifs" in case their plan doesn't work.

So we end up with an administration that starts a domestic political
spying program and never thinks about "what if the other guys win?"

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Never been so happy to spend $400 on brakes) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (5p7BC)

They keep banking on Trump to fold and he doesn't and they go bust every time. They have no cards so they keep bluffing. More like the kid who plays checkers not to lose always blocking until you quit out of boredom and then claims victory.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (dkdmV)

203 156 -
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Whoever invented cole slaw should be tarred with honey and rolled around on any hill.

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Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:28 AM -
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Kate Upton invented cole slaw.
Posted by: Any Hill at May 11, 2020 11:32 AM (RVcmP)

I thought she invented the milk shake?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 11:37 AM (ifmtJ)

204 I can't believe I suck this bad at who dis. It is well played as it just a bit too old for the average 29 year old. At one point she looked like Olive Oil. I really suck at this and would own if you did the 70s and 80s. But then again, that would likely be most of us.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (hHxp2)

205 Tank girl is awesome. Of course, I also like Buckaroo Banzi, SpaceHunters Adventures In the Forbidden Zone, and of course, Ice Pirates.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (9oAtN)
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All classics. I think I have my next movie marathon lineup.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (Dc2NZ)

206 Sometimes, I think, it's just, "That guy has talent, and we have a script. Let's get those two together and make a baby."

I think sometimes an artsy director comes with a script and says "I want to do this" even when its out of their usual range. But having seen interviews of McTiernan, I cannot compehend why they picked him for Die Hard or why he wanted to make it. He is pretentious, thinks he's making art all the time, is all about being the grand auteur, he's really annoying and self-focused.

But he did a damned fine job on Die Hard, despite his pretensions.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (KZzsI)

207 92 OregonMuse: what's the McCabe quote again? It's garbled.

Posted by: Beverly at May 11, 2020 11:26 AM (SBMUk)

Should be fixed now.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (bCIQZ)

208 I thought the House finally quit holding up the release because DNI was going to do it anyway with or without them? That they wanted to synchronize with the press and get it out on their terms, since there was no avoiding it any more?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (hYcqw)

209 I just saw the Magnificent Ambersons last night.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (Dc2NZ)

TCM? I know they had it.

I still have Nickelodeon and Pennies From Heaven to watch.

Of course, I still have writing to do. Didn't do jack shit today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (2JVJo)

210 Crap Nurse.
The fascists are running wild there.

On a brighter note.
Saturday 5/16, there is an emergency PNW MoMe at a semi disclosed location. Naturally, social distancing will be fully pursued along with masks and PPE.
Alcohol, sunshine and booze will be involved.

Guns welcome.

Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (WFAUg)

211 Heck, Schumer stood in front of the USSC and threatened Kavanaugh.
Both these things are a sign of desperation, I think.
Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (AwPyG)

Even senile Laurence Tribe tore into that particular bit of dumbfuckery; reluctantly, of course, which just further emphasized how ignorant a thing to say it was.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (y7DUB)

212 138
122 Morning all. Don't judge me but a local convenience chain, Kwik Trip, has some mighty tasty chicken tenders.

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zUdXR)

Maybe so, but how's their sushi?

I'll never know. I don't eat bait.

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (zUdXR)

213
Agnes Moorhead and Rober Young.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (s2VJv)

214 It's the way Inslee is. He has that "how dare you disobey me" thing going. Bunch of folks from Portland went up in the Gorge while everything was locked down. So now, even though most things are open for day use, the Gorge is not.

And he has this ridiculous opening schedule, so it's three weeks before you can move to the next phase. He wants things restricted until July.

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (JKNZq)

215 There are few good chicken tenders spots here. Ezell/Heaven Sent is good.

Frankly, I end up buying Wendy's chicken nuggets.

And even Wendy's are getting hard to find now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (ifmtJ)

216 I'm here.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (QzF6i)
~~~~~

You're early!

Posted by: IrishEi at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (sGotD)

217 76 These people lie with impunity because they can. Very little if any of this will trickle down to the LIVs. They still think that Trump is "Bad" and mishandling the virus outbreak. They will gladly vote for Biden as they will not know of his corruption or his rape. They only know he was VP of an administration that did not have one "iota" of corruption in 8 years. The rest will be covered by unprecedented voter fraud.
Posted by: DitkaCA

This is what I am afraid of. All the blue gov's have to do is string out the lockdown 6 more weeks or so, and the economy won't have time to recover. The Dems didn't really engage in much fraud in MI or PA because they thought they had those states locked up -- they won't make that mistake this time, look for huge zombie votes in the cities to swamp all the other areas. Add that to the LIVs who think Trump "mishandled" the virus response, and I am really pessimistic. I mean, I will personally crawl over broken glass and volunteer and donate to Trump, but my optimism about Nov. is gone with this ridiculous hysteria over coronavirus.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (2NM9+)

218 hmm. my brain has that line tied to the drug plot of robocop 2. i guess i'll have to have a few stern words with my brain.

I think the guy showed up in 2 and the line was used there too.

Ah.... a slad flavored malt.

...you make a malt with ranch dressing??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (KZzsI)

219 If you're fortunate enough to live in Oklahoma you can get Charlie's chicken. And if you're not fond of coleslaw, try the broccoli with bacon salad.

Ask Emmie about that last. IIRC, she made three trips to the buffet. Yes, I was right behind her.

Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (XxJt1)

220
...
Alcohol, sunshine and booze will be involved.
...
Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (WFAUg)
++++++++++++
You said alcohol/booze twice...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (hYcqw)

221 Cole Slaw would be a pretty cool Western outlaw name. I always liked Cole Younger. I have a relative with the name too. It is a pretty baddass name for a guy.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (hHxp2)

222 I liked Adams. I haven't read Coolidge. Must say, I did not care for The Forgotten Man, so I'm relunctant to try another Shales book. Not sure why, but I could never get into TFM. I started many times, but finally gave up.
Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (sX1BW)
----------------

I can understand not getting into Shlaes. Her style appears to be a bit breezy at times.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (WEBkv)

223
I thought she invented the milk shake?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 11:37 AM (ifmtJ)

I thought she invented the spank bank deposit.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (Zz0t1)

224 All the "I'd buy that for a dollar" clips from the 1987 Robocop?

https://youtu.be/EYdpy9ShoVU

hmm. my brain has that line tied to the drug plot of robocop 2. i guess i'll have to have a few stern words with my brain.
Posted by: Anachronda

Robocop. Bixby Snyder: I'd buy that for a dollar!
Played by S. D. Nemeth.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (Pr4ah)

225 206 Sometimes, I think, it's just, "That guy has talent, and we have a script. Let's get those two together and make a baby."

I think sometimes an artsy director comes with a script and says "I want to do this" even when its out of their usual range. But having seen interviews of McTiernan, I cannot compehend why they picked him for Die Hard or why he wanted to make it. He is pretentious, thinks he's making art all the time, is all about being the grand auteur, he's really annoying and self-focused.

But he did a damned fine job on Die Hard, despite his pretensions.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:38 AM (KZzsI)

==========

I think there's a lot of meta stuff going on in both Die Hard and Predator.

Predator is a combination of the big action movie and the slasher flick, and it's a combo that works really well. McTiernan actually turned down Commando before agreeing to do Predator.

Die Hard takes the action movies of the time in a completely new direction by removing the superhuman like Arnold or Sly and replacing him with the everyman John McClane.

I think the arthouse feeling is pretty present in his films, but they tend to be about things outside the movies themselves.

I'm still trying to figure out the artistic side of Rollerball, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (LvTSG)

226 Tank girl is awesome. Of course, I also like Buckaroo Banzi,
SpaceHunters Adventures In the Forbidden Zone, and of course, Ice
Pirates.

What about Cherry 2000?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (W4zGS)

227 "They keep banking on Trump to fold and he doesn't and they go bust every
time. They have no cards so they keep bluffing. More like the kid who
plays checkers not to lose always blocking until you quit out of boredom
and then claims victory."
Exactly. It all seems so heavy handed, too. "Just you wait, evil Trump! This time for sure!"

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (AwPyG)

228 It's the way Inslee is. He has that "how dare you disobey me" thing
going. Bunch of folks from Portland went up in the Gorge while
everything was locked down. So now, even though most things are open
for day use, the Gorge is not.

And he has this ridiculous opening schedule, so it's three weeks
before you can move to the next phase. He wants things restricted until
July.
---------

Maybe I'm wrong, but I would guess he is basically a shill for Gates and Bezos, both of whom are pro-lockdown.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (sX1BW)

229 And I prefer it without carrot bits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Just like chili.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (Pr4ah)

*SIGH*

I'm going to murder AtC and CBD the next time I see them.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (9CkBG)

230 You said alcohol/booze twice...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (hYcqw)
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Repetition is always the key to making an important point.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (WEBkv)

231 apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM

Was this determined in a double-blind study or anecdotally? It seems to me that there would be plenty of direct and environmental ways to acquire a viral load in the normal way of that.

OTOH, I'm sure there would be a few volunteers for a lab study controlling for that as the only variable.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (DMUuz)

232 Trump just retweeted this:

@Techno_Fog

Developing...

The INITIAL Flynn/Kislyak leak was not to David Ignatius - it
was to WaPo reporter Adam Entous.

The leak came directly from "sources [who] saw a transcript and described it to [Entous]."

Thread unrolled: https://tinyurl.com/yb7yftan

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (cF8AT)

233 And he has this ridiculous opening schedule, so it's three weeks before you can move to the next phase. He wants things restricted until July.

Oregon's governor Brown is the same way.

And the individual cities and counties are saying "That's nice" and are opening up as they choose without regard to her stupid schedule.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (KZzsI)

234 I think some people put crumbled bacon into Cole Slaw. That might...might be a reason to at least try it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (9oAtN)

235 England has strict libel laws...she should sue her mentor, Chris Andrews and Halpern.
Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (cF8AT)

She is suing Halpern, I believe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (trdmm)

236 Rollerball?

Original or remake?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (W4zGS)

237 a pulled pork sandwich with some cole slaw on it is pretty good

Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (iTXRQ)

238 Cole Slaw would be a pretty cool Western outlaw name. I always liked Cole Younger. I have a relative with the name too. It is a pretty baddass name for a guy.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:39 AM (hHxp2)
+++++++++++
I did it better.

Posted by: Corn Pop at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (hYcqw)

239 Anyone here see Peter Weller's History Channel show? He apparently went back to school and worked on an advanced degree in History (not sure he got it), and then had a show for a short time. Not bad. Kinda fun that he wasn't merely narrating (as a voice actor) but working on the content as well.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (bDqIh)

240 Gov. Wolf also won't distribute CARES funding to PA counties who defy his diktat.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (MAsS4)

241 236 Rollerball?

Original or remake?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (W4zGS)

========

The remake.

Norman Jewison directed the original.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

242 hmm. my brain has that line tied to the drug plot of robocop 2. i guess i'll have to have a few stern words with my brain.

I think the guy showed up in 2 and the line was used there too.

Robocop and Robocop 3.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (Pr4ah)

243 239 Anyone here see Peter Weller's History Channel show? He apparently went back to school and worked on an advanced degree in History (not sure he got it), and then had a show for a short time. Not bad. Kinda fun that he wasn't merely narrating (as a voice actor) but working on the content as well.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (bDqIh)

==========

He got it. He's a Ph.D.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (LvTSG)

244 Shoestring fries > crinkle fries

Also Popeyes has the best fast food fries.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (EWRow)

245 As a movie mash-up don't think this would work - The Magnificent Amberson Seven.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (W4zGS)

246 Morning all. Don't judge me but a local convenience chain, Kwik Trip, has some mighty tasty chicken tenders.

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (zUdXR)

Kwik Trip has the best road food.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (88+cf)

247 Gov. Wolf also won't distribute CARES funding to PA counties who defy his diktat.
Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (MAsS4)
+++++++++++
Sounds like a quid pro quo to me.

IMPEACH!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (hYcqw)

248 I'm still trying to figure out the artistic side of Rollerball, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (LvTSG)

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The original one.... with James Caan???

Now THERE's a classic.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (nw6Hr)

249 Tank girl is awesome. Of course, I also like
Buckaroo Banzi, SpaceHunters Adventures In the Forbidden Zone, and of
course, Ice Pirates.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (9oAtN)

*Multiple fist bumps* Cue robot pimp from Ice Pirates. Hey blood, ya'll wanna see some titties? Best titties on Mythra.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (DjiZK)

250 Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
.@brianstelter is just a poor man's lapdog for AT&T!

-
Sit, Ubu, sit!

- Winnie the Poohbah

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (+y/Ru)

251 120
>>Who is this?

He is the guy who supposedly first spotted evidence the Obama
administration had been spying on the Trump campaign back in 2017 when
he was a member of the NSC. He was put on the NSC by General Flynn.

He then went to work for Sessions.

The guy I am looking to resurface is Adam Lovinger. He also was
nominated by Flynn for a spot on the NSC but was then stripped of his
security clearance and essentially fired because he was the
whistleblower who turned in Stefan Halper.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM (ZLI7S)

HAHAHAHAHA No wonder the dems were worried about retribution against Chiarfellawhocannotbenamed.
What a shit show.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (dkdmV)

252 it was Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda this past weekend at TCM. Watched "The Essentials" with Kirk Douglas from 1951. It is the story of today's media.

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (XTiHL)

253 Kwik Trip has the best road food.
Posted by: Roland THTG at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (88+cf)
+++++++++
Back when I was in that part of the country, Sheetz did well, too.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (hYcqw)

254 169 What I can't understand is why the Dems on the committee voted to release the testimony. It was a unanimous vote, I recall. Did they think they could keep it all bottled up in classification review forever?

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Never been so happy to spend $400 on brakes) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (5p7BC)

The reason Schiff released the transcripts was because DNI Grenell was about to release them, and so the Dems needed to release them first to try to get out in front of the news cycle.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (bCIQZ)

255 robocop was ok as I remember it. Tron was awful and anything related to dune was too. I liked Chuck Norris. Tell me Lone Wolf Mcquade did not school all of those. And for a legit pic, Uncommon Valor may be one of the most unheralded great films.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (hHxp2)

256 239 Anyone here see Peter Weller's History Channel show? He apparently
went back to school and worked on an advanced degree in History (not
sure he got it), and then had a show for a short time. Not bad. Kinda
fun that he wasn't merely narrating (as a voice actor) but working on
the content as well.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (bDqIh)

==========

He got it. He's a Ph.D.
-------------

That's DOCTOR Peter Weller you assholes.

Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (sX1BW)

257 Lot of great old names in the west. I had a relative who was named "Moses" Howard, but everyone called him "Moss" which is awesome. If I ever write a western, there will be a "Moss Howard" in there.

Love a lot of those old names that got abandoned over time. A lot of interesting women's names have been ditched as well because everyone associated them with old and old is bad, in modern culture. That's an old woman name!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (KZzsI)

258 apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM

Was this determined in a double-blind study or anecdotally?

Posted by: Duncanthrax

I volunteer to be blown by two blind chicks!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (Pr4ah)

259 If this Obamagate prosecution is to take, then they not only have to get rid of the IC people (most of whom who have lost their jobs and need to lose their liberty IYKWIM), but the MSM side as well. Otherwise, they keep the same leak channels/FusionGPS story planting open with new IC sources.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (bDqIh)

260 What about Cherry 2000?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (W4zGS)

That's why 80's movies were so fun. Nobody took it that seriously and everyone had fun as a result.

Then the grunge Gen x movement killed everything and next thing you know, it's all black, angsty bullshit.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (9oAtN)

261 robocop was ok as I remember it. Tron was awful and anything related to dune was too. I liked Chuck Norris. Tell me Lone Wolf Mcquade did not school all of those. And for a legit pic, Uncommon Valor may be one of the most unheralded great films.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (hHxp2)

....and THAT, officer, is when the fight started.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

262 >>What I can't understand is why the Dems on the committee voted to release the testimony. It was a unanimous vote, I recall. Did they think they could keep it all bottled up in classification review forever?

It was voted on back when Republicans were in the majority and Nunes was running the committee. That's how long this has been hung up.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (ZLI7S)

Back when Paul Ryan was approving ethics investigations into Nunes? Yes, absolutely shocking that the GOP House didn't make more headway under Eddie Munster's control.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (y7DUB)

263 I volunteer to be blown by two blind chicks!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (Pr4ah)
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Back off, Rickb. Blind chicks are my only hope of any action at all

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (hYcqw)

264 Rollerball is a good film and I can't imagine watching a remake. Corporations running the world.

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (JKNZq)

265 Joe Mannix
I did actually mean that.
At least two of us will be bringing bourbon.

Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (WFAUg)

266 257 Lot of great old names in the west. I had a relative who was named "Moses" Howard, but everyone called him "Moss" which is awesome. If I ever write a western, there will be a "Moss Howard" in there.

Love a lot of those old names that got abandoned over time. A lot of interesting women's names have been ditched as well because everyone associated them with old and old is bad, in modern culture. That's an old woman name!
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I'm fond of the name Rusty Sawzall.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (s0rgF)

267 *Multiple fist bumps* Cue robot pimp from Ice Pirates. Hey blood, ya'll wanna see some titties? Best titties on Mythra.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (DjiZK)

Hahaha. I also love when the robots 'crap' oil.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (9oAtN)

268 it was Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda this past weekend at TCM. Watched "The Essentials" with Kirk Douglas from 1951. It is the story of today's media.
Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (XTiHL)

I believe you mean Ace in the Hole.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (2JVJo)

269 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (MAsS4)

270 I liked Cherry 2000, its surprisingly better than it seems from the ads and trailer. But Tank Girl was just dumb and boring to me.

And I think Buckaroo Banzai is something you had to see at the time and enjoy because it doesn't hold up particularly well now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (KZzsI)

271 a pulled pork sandwich with some cole slaw on it is pretty good

sells in Arkansas. I asked for my slaw on the side and they knew I was from across the state line

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (XTiHL)

272 What about Cherry 2000?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (W4zGS)

That's why 80's movies were so fun. Nobody took it that seriously and everyone had fun as a result.

Then the grunge Gen x movement killed everything and next thing you know, it's all black, angsty bullshit.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (9oAtN)

that was a great flick. i missed the grunge and am glad of it. The first time I heard about Cobain was when he died. Sad for sure but I missed that whole thing. I think it was very late gen X.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (hHxp2)

273 268 it was Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda this past weekend at TCM. Watched "The Essentials" with Kirk Douglas from 1951. It is the story of today's media.
Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:42 AM (XTiHL)

I believe you mean Ace in the Hole.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (2JVJo)

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I think you mean The Big Carnival.

*buffs nails at obscure Billy Wilder trivia*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (LvTSG)

274 >>He got it. He's a Ph.D.

Cool, good for him.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (bDqIh)

275 The leak to Entous was one of the things referenced when the conspirators were using the Star Wars Commander on-line game comment section to communicate with each other.
Think of how they felt when this information dropped last week--that their conversations had been monitored all along.
Very similar to how they felt when Nellie Ohr's ham radio gambit was revealed as known by the good guys.
I think there's a good reason Trump seems confident.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (AwPyG)

276 264 Rollerball is a good film and I can't imagine watching a remake. Corporations running the world.
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Two I hope Hollywood stays away from are Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey. Some things cannot be topped.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (s0rgF)

277 Owned by ATT who own Time Warner. Who really want to make sure their dumb movies are allowed to run in China.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM

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China is their second largest market. If they lose access they are done.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (JUOKG)

278 Lot of great old names in the west. I had a relative who was named "Moses" Howard, but everyone called him "Moss" which is awesome. If I ever write a western, there will be a "Moss Howard" in there.

What about his brother Curly?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (2JVJo)

279 Rage is watching the f'n mailhole drive past your house and tag your package 'delivery attempt failed, held at post office at customer request'.

carryon

Posted by: BluesFish at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (WQZ1O)

280 Anyone here see Peter Weller's History Channel show? He apparently went back to school and worked on an advanced degree in History (not sure he got it), and then had a show for a short time. Not bad. Kinda fun that he wasn't merely narrating (as a voice actor) but working on the content as well.
Posted by: Lizzy

I liked it. He bitched about how cold his student apartment in Italy was.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (+y/Ru)

281 Back off, Rickb. Blind chicks are my only hope of any action at all
Posted by: Joe Mannix

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 11:46 AM (Pr4ah)

282 I believe you mean Ace in the Hole.

yep, you're right I got my movies mixed up. What a dreary movie though

Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (XTiHL)

283
This is what I am afraid of. All the blue gov's have to do is string out the lockdown 6 more weeks or so, and the economy won't have time to recover. "

Bad news no one wants to hear - it's already too late for the economy to recover by the election, we did far too much damage. It's going to take several years to recover, and some parts of it never will.

Now that does not mean all is lost, but it means we need to work that hard and ugly fact into the way we face the future. One hard thing - I think this summer, Trump has got to come out with some kind of insurance plan for the 20 million newly unemployed, or else the Dems will kill us with that in the fall. I know that's not very "conservative", but it's a huge bleeding wound on our side that must be addressed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (trdmm)

284 I liked Ice Pirates a ton, even though its dumb and silly, it just works. I think Robert Urich makes it work, but there's so much clever stuff in it, especially the 70s pimp robot. This be my bad chariot!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (KZzsI)

285
This release in unimportant next to everyone in Georgia dying because of Kemp's irresponsibility! And do you know how much Trump has mismanaged the economy??

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (mht8P)

286 282 I believe you mean Ace in the Hole.

yep, you're right I got my movies mixed up. What a dreary movie though
Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (XTiHL)

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I love that movie so much purely because of how well written the awful, awful people are.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (LvTSG)

287 I'm going to murder AtC and CBD the next time I see them.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM

Dude. You have achieved Moron Meme Pantheon status. Might as well embrace it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (DMUuz)

288 >>That's why 80's movies were so fun. Nobody took it that seriously and everyone had fun as a result.

See also: Earth Girls are Easy. LOL, a time capsule of 80's cheese.

Speaking of which, they've remade Valley Girl.
Why?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (bDqIh)

289 And he has this ridiculous opening schedule, so it's three weeks before you can move to the next phase. He wants things restricted until July.

Oregon's governor Brown is the same way.

And the individual cities and counties are saying "That's nice" and are opening up as they choose without regard to her stupid schedule.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM

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If the traffic around my place this weekend was any indication, then everyone seems to be blowing off the Guv's diktat.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (axyOa)

290 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'
Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (MAsS4)

Please tell me that's a joke.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (2JVJo)

291
Get a load of this fuckin' Karen...

A restaurant in Castle Rock decided to flout our tubby sodomite governor's orders, and to open for in-person dining on Mother's Day, in order to save their failing business.

Another restaurant owner in downtown Denver is being feted on our local Vremya broadcasts as some kind of civic hero for this tweet:

Chris Fuselier
@ChrisJFuselier
Hey C & C Breakfast + Korean Kitchen Owner, what you allowed today completely harms the Colorado Restaurant Industry! You may have won the battle but you will lose the war. The rest of us Owners will be watching what the State, Douglas County and Castle Rock will do to you!"

Well, Chris - here's the deal... I will never go to Blake Street Tavern again (assuming baseball season ever happens again). I also hope you get your penis caught in a paper shredder.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (5jaxN)

292 I do want to emphasize what a big deal a domestic political spying program is.

Those in the IC know how good the tools are, the thought of using them to spy domestically has been the "third rail" within the bureaucracy and congress for decades.

I know that it doesn't resonate with the average voter, and might not move the needle in an election.

But to a lot of people who understand and matter, people like Barr and people in the judicial system who aren't ideologue leftists, this is stepping over a very bright red line. And it includes the vanishing centrist Democrat too, because they know that if the IC is politically weaponized, then it can be turned on them. And the results won't be pretty.

Effectively it is line from Wargames, "The only way to win is not to play"

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Florida is open) at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (5p7BC)

293
Another day in Maskachusetts.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (2JVJo)

Boy, I need that hug today. All along I could not understand why things were so very bad here. We have one of the finest hospital systems ont he face of the earth,identified the cluster in Boston right off the bat. Yet, death rate and infection rate one of the highest in the country.
Read an article today that MA was the first state to demand Covid-19 patients be admitted, readmitted to nursing homes. They backed off apparently but I think the damage was already done. We are not being told how many of the now 5000 deaths in Ma are related to nursing homes.I am starting to be seriously concerned that there are going to be age cutoffs that will be justified under the guise of protecting those of us in the "age group". I am healthy, active, fit. I will live my life.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (QzF6i)

294 236 Rollerball?

Original or remake?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (W4zGS)

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The remake.

Norman Jewison directed the original.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (LvTSG)

I still remember the original. It was one of those films. You could not help but get emotional when they chanted Johnathan.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (hHxp2)

295 Can't say I know the guy, but she is Agnes Moorehead, best known as Samantha's mother in Bewitched.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (rpbg1)

296 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in
defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the
COVID 19 enemy.'
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That statement makes no sense at all, or as progressives put it, it's deep.

Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 11:49 AM (kOpft)

297 robocop was ok as I remember it. Tron was awful
and anything related to dune was too. I liked Chuck Norris. Tell me Lone
Wolf Mcquade did not school all of those. And for a legit pic, Uncommon
Valor may be one of the most unheralded great films.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (hHxp2)

....and THAT, officer, is when the fight started.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

lol, my bad. I get it is jmo.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:49 AM (hHxp2)

298 I liked Adams. I haven't read Coolidge. Must say, I did not care for The Forgotten Man, so I'm relunctant to try another Shales book. Not sure why, but I could never get into TFM. I started many times, but finally gave up.
Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:34 AM (sX1BW)
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I can understand not getting into Shlaes. Her style appears to be a bit breezy at times.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (WEBkv)

I think she has a dry, not particularly interesting way of narrating things. Too bad because The Forgotten Man was well researched but to paraphrase Big Mike it was a shtruggle to read.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 11, 2020 11:49 AM (y7DUB)

299 227 "They keep banking on Trump to fold and he doesn't and they go bust every
time. They have no cards so they keep bluffing. More like the kid who
plays checkers not to lose always blocking until you quit out of boredom
and then claims victory."
Exactly. It all seems so heavy handed, too. "Just you wait, evil Trump! This time for sure!"
Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:40 AM (AwPyG)

They haven't figured out that Trump is not playing by the old rulebook, the one where the GOP and conservatives cower in submission every time the Dems make an accusation. The progressives have done a lot of damage using conservative's sense of shame to their advantage. That's the way it always has been, and that is the way the Dems believe it still is.

But PDT is the ultimate Honey Badger.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:49 AM (bCIQZ)

300 yep, you're right I got my movies mixed up. What a dreary movie though
Posted by: DanMan at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (XTiHL)

Billy Wilder, despite his undoubted talent, was a crabbed, cynical man. Watch (or try to) his last movie, Buddy, Buddy and you'll want to take the gas pipe.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (2JVJo)

301 Kirk Douglas does a science fiction movie - Saturn 3

https://youtu.be/NENxIu02bvg

Talk about a failure of a movie even with Farrah Fawcett added to the cast.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (W4zGS)

302 apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 11:29 AM
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When someone gets around to studying this, I predict they won't have any problems finding subjects for the control group.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (sWM8x)

303 296 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in
defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the
COVID 19 enemy.'

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OFFS that's stupid.

Calm down, clown.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (jUVms)

304 Sounds as if Hawaii has fucked itself badly. Doing the We-Hate-Trump shutdown has killed their economy.

Hirono will blame Trump.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (+fPHo)

305 288 >>That's why 80's movies were so fun. Nobody took it that seriously and everyone had fun as a result.

See also: Earth Girls are Easy. LOL, a time capsule of 80's cheese.

Speaking of which, they've remade Valley Girl.
Why?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (bDqIh)

I'm guessing arrogant Directors who think they have a better 'vision'.

Can't wait for the Howard the Duck remake.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (9oAtN)

306 Middleaged Agnes Moorhead looks NOTHING like her young self -
Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020

*
*

If you look at her Endora, you'll see the ghost of the lovely woman she was in the '30s or '40s.

Same with Pelosi. There was an attractive young woman in there, before Pelosi's sociopathy strangled her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (rpbg1)

307 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'
Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (MAsS4)
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Is that bullshit real?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (hYcqw)

308 247. Never knew Gov. Wolf was such a drama queen. I guess Dr. Mad Tranny rubbed off on xim.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:51 AM (MAsS4)

309 284
I liked Ice Pirates a ton, even though its dumb and silly, it just
works. I think Robert Urich makes it work, but there's so much clever
stuff in it, especially the 70s pimp robot. This be my bad chariot!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (KZzsI)

Hey blood, ya'll wanna see some titties.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2020 11:51 AM (DjiZK)

310 295 Can't say I know the guy, but she is Agnes Moorehead, best known as Samantha's mother in Bewitched.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (rpbg1)

Heh. You're way late. Correct and complete answer is at #13.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 11:51 AM (bCIQZ)

311 Rollerball is a good film and I can't imagine watching a remake. Corporations running the world.
Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (JKNZq)

Remake is awful.

One big problem is that "athletes" in the world's most violent, toughest sport-

looks like they should be serving chicken fingers at Raising Cane's drive-up window.

Soyball is more like it.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:51 AM (z0XD8)

312 Can't wait for the Howard the Duck remake.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (9oAtN)
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The only way to make Howard the Duck weirder and way worse is to make it woke.

They've already green-lighted it, probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (hYcqw)

313 Another restaurant owner in downtown Denver is being feted on our local Vremya broadcasts as some kind of civic hero for this tweet

There is a very clear, bright line dividing America today and its largely, but not exclusively, along political lines.

There are the easily manipulated, credulous people who think with their emotions and watch the news/pop culture all the time, who are convinced we'll all die if you don't wear a hazmat suit in your car as you rarely drive to the market in a mist of lysol.

And then there are the people who either due to life experience, cynicism or just being fed up are blowing off all the restrictions and getting on with their lives. These are typically people who don't consume mass culture that much, don't watch a lot of news, and are annoyed at the Big Brother hammering of "social distancing in these trying times we're all in this together... apart" crap.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (KZzsI)

314 Is BCochran still upset over the carrots?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (W4zGS)

315 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'

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RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (+y/Ru)

316 Official letter from the DA stating the facts, evidence, and laws on the "jogger" case and why there was no arrest.

https://tinyurl.com/yam94xh2

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (p0Y1J)

317 311 Rollerball is a good film and I can't imagine watching a remake. Corporations running the world.
Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (JKNZq)

Remake is awful.

One big problem is that "athletes" in the world's most violent, toughest sport-

looks like they should be serving chicken fingers at Raising Cane's drive-up window.

Soyball is more like it.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:51 AM (z0XD

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Roger Ebert has a good line in his review.

The main character should look like he has to shave three times a day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (LvTSG)

318 Photos look to be young Agnes Moorehead and a young Robert Montgomery.

Posted by: Anthony D Clum at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (rTRO+)

319 >>Read an article today that MA was the first state to demand Covid-19 patients be admitted, readmitted to nursing homes. They backed off apparently but I think the damage was already done. We are not being told how many of the now 5000 deaths in Ma are related to nursing homes.I am starting to be seriously concerned that there are going to be age cutoffs that will be justified under the guise of protecting those of us in the "age group". I am healthy, active, fit. I will live my life.

I hadn't seen that - yikes!
I think the other reason Boston was hit so hard was the Biogen conference in late February - it was a tsunami of Wuhan flu spreading - something like 175 people from that conference tested positive, and it was held in a Boston hotel, Marriott Long Wharf, which means it was shared with all kinds of tourists and tourist-catering businesses.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (bDqIh)

320 264 Rollerball is a good film and I can't imagine watching a remake. Corporations running the world.
Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (JKNZq)

The original Rollerball (James Caan) is one of those rare sci-fi movies that end up looking more and more like Prophecy as the years go by.

Like, all hard copy libraries disappearing as all their content is digitized. And after that, any historical "information" that the Powers don't like just starts to disappear from the databases, and nobody knows why. Nobody even notices.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (trdmm)

321 314 Is BCochran still upset over the carrots?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (W4zGS)

Apparently. Not shocking for someone who puts carrots in chili though.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (9oAtN)

322 I'm guessing arrogant Directors who think they have a better 'vision'.

Can't wait for the Howard the Duck remake.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (9oAtN)

"HtD"'s a good remake prospect because the original blew chunks.

They've got nowhere to go but up.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (z0XD8)

323 My mother used to make a carrot salad with raisins in it. I was not very fond of it.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (s0rgF)

324 307. Yes Joe Mannix I just heard the looney tune on the radio.

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (MAsS4)

325 Billy Wilder, despite his undoubted talent, was a crabbed, cynical man.

He wasn't before WW2. He came back a changed man after working on the front lines making films about what was going on. I think he was part of the team that hit the concentration camps at the end of the war as well. That'll change a man.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (KZzsI)

326 322 I'm guessing arrogant Directors who think they have a better 'vision'.

Can't wait for the Howard the Duck remake.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (9oAtN)

"HtD"'s a good remake prospect because the original blew chunks.

They've got nowhere to go but up.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (z0XD

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The design they introduced in the Guardians of the Galaxy credits sequence looks good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (LvTSG)

327 apparently now the wuhan flu can be transmitted via blowjob.

Call me Typhoid Fairy!

Posted by: SHEP! at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (oVJmc)

328 Howard the Duck remake?

This time the viewer is subjected to Howard boinking an Earth girl in 8K Ultra Ultra Ultra High definition with THX-1138 sound.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (W4zGS)

329 Well, Chris - here's the deal... I will never go to Blake Street Tavern again (assuming baseball season ever happens again). I also hope you get your penis caught in a paper shredder.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (5jaxN)
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Businesses are struggling to survive, especially restaurants and someone says this?

Just tell him to change his name to "Tory Tavern" and be done with it.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (WEBkv)

330 Agnes loved to get it on!!

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (CLteG)

331 Dude. You have achieved Moron Meme Pantheon status. Might as well embrace it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (DMUuz)

*sigh*

I know. And it spread. I get it on twitter. On facebook. People that have no real connection to the HQ know the carrot chili joke.

*sigh*

Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (9CkBG)

332 "Bad news no one wants to hear - it's already too late for the economy to recover by the election, we did far too much damage. It's going to take several years to recover, and some parts of it never will."

Tom - I've said it before, I respect you a lot. But you are much to pessimistic on all of this. The Dow didn't go to 14,000. Our economy isn't not based on paper, but fundamental demand for good and services. Once business is allowed to operate, then the economy will bounce back faster than you expect.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Believe in the American Economy!) at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (5p7BC)

333
I think some people put crumbled bacon into Cole Slaw. That might...might be a reason to at least try it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:41 AM (9oAtN)

on top of a really good pulled pork sandwich.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (hHxp2)

334 My mother used to make a carrot salad with raisins in it. I was not very fond of it.

Posted by: Puddin Head
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Dear God. That sounds traumatic. I'm sure she meant well.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (sX1BW)

335 Agnes Morehead (She was hawt)
and Tim Holt (Treasure of the Sierra madre etc)

Posted by: Jonjo at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (2R3+J)

336 They've got nowhere to go but up.

Howard the Duck had exactly one saving feature: Lea Thompson in that negligee. Yum. Of course the cartoon/animatronic duck ruined the entire feel but she was lovely.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (KZzsI)

337 So we end up with an administration that starts a domestic political spying program and never thinks about "what if the other guys win?"
Posted by: Dave in Fla (Never been so happy to spend $400 on brakes) at May 11, 2020 11:33 AM (5p7BC
**********
And if, because of their perfidity, we suceed in jailing them it will have been at least some recompense for the Reign of Error.

Without that there is nothing to show for the previous eight+ years especially with the selling out to CHI nah.

Posted by: torabora at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (Y274z)

338 Roger Ebert has a good line in his review.

The main character should look like he has to shave three times a day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM (LvTSG)

Ha! That is a good line.

And yes! Exactly.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (z0XD8)

339 >>I'm guessing arrogant Directors who think they have a better 'vision'.

I blame Stranger Things generating 80's nostalgia, but there's no way they get it right.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (bDqIh)

340 It's nearly noon and the boss will probably stomp on this thread soon. So for those of us who, like me, are given to despair and anger, I am going to leave you with this quote from playwright Clifford Odets, on the necessity of living for the day:

"That miserable patch of events, that mélange of nothing, while you were looking ahead for something to happen, that was it! That was life! You lived it!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (2JVJo)

341 We actually went to a restaurant yesterday...and sat down...and ordered food...and no one there was wearing a mask.

It was a blast from the past.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (cF8AT)

342 325 Billy Wilder, despite his undoubted talent, was a crabbed, cynical man.

He wasn't before WW2. He came back a changed man after working on the front lines making films about what was going on. I think he was part of the team that hit the concentration camps at the end of the war as well. That'll change a man.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (KZzsI)

==========

Yeah, he has a short film about the Holocaust that he made for the Defense Department. Hard watch.

But his cynicism really ran before that. I mean, even The Emperor's Waltz, a frilly musical, is actually a cynical take on frilly musicals.

And he made Double Indemnity before the end of WWII and before he saw the death camps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (LvTSG)

343 My buddy is going to a pizza shop way hell-and-gone in South Denver today. Because they're open in defiance. I may do the same.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (hYcqw)

344 You wanted: Obama-Clinton to go to jailYou'll settle for: Obama-Clinton minions getting no govt. pension
You'll get : second wave shut-down

Posted by: Ripley at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (MxEKc)

345 This is what I am afraid of. All the blue gov's have
to do is string out the lockdown 6 more weeks or so, and the economy
won't have time to recover. "

Bad news no one wants to hear - it's already too late for the
economy to recover by the election, we did far too much damage. It's
going to take several years to recover, and some parts of it never will.

Now that does not mean all is lost, but it means we need to work
that hard and ugly fact into the way we face the future. One hard thing
- I think this summer, Trump has got to come out with some kind of
insurance plan for the 20 million newly unemployed, or else the Dems
will kill us with that in the fall. I know that's not very
"conservative", but it's a huge bleeding wound on our side that must be
addressed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM

---

That's not Trump's style so I doubt he is going to recommend anything like that.

Pretty sure he will go along with extended unemployment like we had after the 2008 crash. But I doubt he will recommend a Medicare for all type of plan.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (JUOKG)

346 We are not being told how many of the now 5000 deaths in Ma are related to nursing homes

-

Another moron suggested it and it's a good hypothesis.

Covid isn't killing the nursing home residents, but the people (family) who actually take care of them and help them exercise, eat, etc. are no longer allowed to enter.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fewer than 1,000 healthcare workers WORLDWIDE have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (L+kF6)

347 @313
I think that sums it up. I spoke to a 30s relative this weekend, and he was genuinely surprised that anyone would think this lockdown might have a political purpose.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (AwPyG)

348 https://mobile.twitter.com/Timcast/status/ 1259826280297459712

New Video appears to show Ahmaud Arbery inside the construction property on multiple occasions at night

(See link above to Tim Pool)

Its almost as if there was an ongoing string of robberies, B and Es, and trespassing in that neighborhood or something.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (p0Y1J)

349 Night of the Comet - great '80's movie..

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (gmo/4)

350 On repeat watching of Predator after a long time I didn't realize how short the portion of the film was of the interaction between Arnold and the Predator.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (EWRow)

351 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'
Posted by: kallisto
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Oh? I would describe Wolf as an REMF who has never set foot outside of a stateside command..

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (L47aO)

352 334 My mother used to make a carrot salad with raisins in it. I was not very fond of it.

Posted by: Puddin Head
--------------

Dear God. That sounds traumatic. I'm sure she meant well.
------------------
The trauma continued when she made Tuna Casserole. She only tried that once.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (s0rgF)

353 A lot of movies are being remade now because with the larger (read Chinese) foreign markets, producers are looking at older, successful material and saying "we can just update this and re-release stuff that they haven't seen before AND MAKE MILLIONS!!!"

Except most of them don't really work or make that much money because the remakes lose what made the original work, or they only worked because of the times.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:57 AM (KZzsI)

354 350 On repeat watching of Predator after a long time I didn't realize how short the portion of the film was of the interaction between Arnold and the Predator.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (EWRow)

==========

How much interaction did Laurie Strode and Michael Myers have in Halloween?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:57 AM (LvTSG)

355 I missed the posting of the Morning Rant again. Miss Linda dragged me out to the park across from my office to walk (i.e., look at swans and ducks). It's getting too hot here for that sort of thing, though normally it gets too hot in early April.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 11:57 AM (rpbg1)

356 Lean Thompson needs the work. She's game to do Howard again.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:57 AM (9oAtN)

357 I live around the corner from a Raising Caines. Drive-thru line has 30-40 cars running right out onto the street pretty much all the time. It's OK. I mean, the chicken fingers are good but they ain't all that. Great fresh-squeezed lemonade.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (+7yf7)

358 350 On repeat watching of Predator after a long time I didn't realize
how short the portion of the film was of the interaction between Arnold
and the Predator.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (EWRow)

==========

How much interaction did Laurie Strode and Michael Myers have in Halloween?
----------
How much interaction did Quint and the shark have in Jaws?

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (sX1BW)

359 ...
Bad news no one wants to hear - it's already too late for the economy to recover by the election, we did far too much damage. It's going to take several years to recover, and some parts of it never will.
...
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (trdmm)
++++++++++++
While I think this is true and we're not going to turn out however many points of GNP/GDP we've lost by November, I don't think it is as bleak as you do. Yes, we are probably 24 months out from breaking even on this mess (maybe more or less, I dunno - I'm throwing figures out there that are based on nothing) but I also don't know that it needs to fully recover by November to be effective.

I think we need to have turned the corner and be getting back to effective growth, with the unemployment rate coming down. Will it be as good as it was? No. We set the house on fire. But if it is moving meaningfully in the right direction, it won't be a death sentence either.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (hYcqw)

360 Tom - I've said it before, I respect you a lot. But you are much to pessimistic on all of this. The Dow didn't go to 14,000. Our economy isn't not based on paper, but fundamental demand for good and services. Once business is allowed to operate, then the economy will bounce back faster than you expect.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (Believe in the American Economy!) at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (5p7BC)

You should have seen Stuart Varney on Fox & Friends this morning. He was clearly worried, and he was walking back all of his optimistic talk of the last 2 months. He flat out admitted that we're headed to 20% unemployment, and it's going to stay there for a while.

I think we'll be lucky to get back down to 15% unemployment by the election. I'm not sure we can.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (trdmm)

361 350 On repeat watching of Predator after a long time I didn't realize how short the portion of the film was of the interaction between Arnold and the Predator.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (EWRow)

And it was awesome dialogue.

Arnold: Who the fuck are you?

Predator: Who the fuck are you?

Boom

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (CLteG)

362 ---The only way to make Howard the Duck weirder and way worse is to make it woke.

They've already green-lighted it, probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:52 AM
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All you need for a remake green light is this pitch: Woke (insert old movie title here)

Posted by: irright at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (RVcmP)

363 Howard the Duck remake?

This time the viewer is subjected to Howard boinking an Earth girl in 8K Ultra Ultra Ultra High definition with THX-1138 sound.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM

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That girl did have some nice tight panties on in that movie.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (JUOKG)

364 Matt Lewis@mattklewis
Ugh. The Chuck Todd/Bill Barr thing comes on the heels of the Jimmy Kimmel/Mike Pence thing.... We all make mistakes, but the media's zeal to push back on Trumpism is ironically reinforcing Trump's dangerous "fake news" narrative...

-
IT'S ~~FUNNY~~ DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (+y/Ru)

365 How much interaction did Bambi have with Godzilla?

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (gmo/4)

366 Leah Thomson in her panties on the bed in Howard the Duck - not quite Phoebe under the waterfall but still one of the 80s most fap-worthy scenes.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (+7yf7)

367 PA State Senator Doug Mastroianni called for Dr. Mad Tranny to resign. He said if the Looney Guv withholds CARES funds from non-compliant counties, the counties won't send tax money to Harrisburg. HA!

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (MAsS4)

368 OT:

Junior lost one of his two front teeth on top this weekend.

He looks like such a doofus now. Adorable. But a doofus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (LvTSG)

369 We are not being told how many of the now 5000 deaths in Ma are related to nursing homes

And how many are actually from Wuhan Flu. But yeah, nursing homes, how many stories have you -- personally from your family and friends -- have heard or told about how you had to go in and make sure the loved one was getting food and care? Now nobody can do that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:00 PM (KZzsI)

370 349 Night of the Comet - great '80's movie..
Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (gmo/4)

I had a crush on Catherine Mary Stewart.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 12:00 PM (9oAtN)

371 My mother's carrot salad with the raisins was one of my favorite side dishes as a kid.

And I love coleslaw. Pretty much any style.

Hate potato salad though.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Coleslaw fan) at May 11, 2020 12:00 PM (5p7BC)

372 Lot of great old names in the west. I had a
relative who was named "Moses" Howard, but everyone called him "Moss"
which is awesome. If I ever write a western, there will be a "Moss
Howard" in there.

Love a lot of those old names that got abandoned over time. A lot
of interesting women's names have been ditched as well because everyone
associated them with old and old is bad, in modern culture. That's an
old woman name!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:43 AM (KZzsI)

and they all pick the top ten in the baby magazines. It is shocking when roll is called and there are five of each. I won't say the names, we know them.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:00 PM (hHxp2)

373 He looks like such a doofus now. Adorable. But a doofus.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:59 AM (LvTSG)
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Takes after dad, does he?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:00 PM (WEBkv)

374
People that have no real connection to the HQ know the carrot chili joke.

------

We're NOT joking.

DONT put carrots in chili.

Joke. Do we amuse you. Like a clown???

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:01 PM (nw6Hr)

375 Does this ponytail make my melon look big?

Posted by: Adam Schitt at May 11, 2020 12:01 PM (EgshT)

376 371 My mother's carrot salad with the raisins was one of my favorite side dishes as a kid.

And I love coleslaw. Pretty much any style.

Hate potato salad though.
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Southern Potato Salad is good. German Potato Salad is to die for.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 12:01 PM (s0rgF)

377 Mary Catherine Stewart

Night of the Comet and The Last Starfighter. Skip Night Flyer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 12:01 PM (W4zGS)

378
My buddy is going to a pizza shop way hell-and-gone in South Denver today. Because they're open in defiance. I may do the same.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 11:55 AM (hYcqw)

--------

I hope it's Amore. They're the bomb. Be a shame if this shutdown killed their business. Also, a super-hot Polish chick works there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:01 PM (5jaxN)

379 334 My mother used to make a carrot salad with raisins in it. I was not very fond of it.

Please no.

Posted by: Your Colon at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (gAXBD)

380 Jobs, you see, are just like farming. You just put some stuff in the ground and voila!

Posted by: Mike Bloomberg at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (H5knJ)

381 How much interaction did Laurie Strode and Michael Myers have in Halloween?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 11:57 AM (LvTSG)

The Amity crew and the shark.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (hHxp2)

382 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'

This has got to be right up there in the top 10 stupid statements made by politicians during the Chinese Lung Aids Shamdemic. So obtuse it is breathtaking.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (CLteG)

383 Lea Thompson's film first major role in All The Right Moves (early Tom Cruise's first film, done before Risky Business but released after) was very pleasing to young me's eyes as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (KZzsI)

384 Arnold: Who the fuck are you?

Predator: Who the fuck are you?

Boom
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (CLteG)

----

You are one ugly mothah fuggah.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (nw6Hr)

385 "Daddy would've gotten us Uzis."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (W4zGS)

386 (See link above to Tim Pool)

Its almost as if there was an ongoing string of robberies, B and Es, and trespassing in that neighborhood or something.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (p0Y1J)

Don't waste good effort by trying to defend the shooters in this one, Pepe. Tim Pool is wrong because he has no understanding of Georgia's Felony Murder statute. It's very harsh, and seems cruel to many. Progressive states have dropped it, but most Southern states have it. And under that statute, this is a slam dunk felony murder conviction.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (trdmm)

387 36 "Because it's like barking at dogs."

Shit - now THAT'S funny! And insightful. That's why it's funny.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (3RyIp)

388 Unemployment and job losses are just the obvious things people see on the surface.

Wait until the lost tax revenues, hospitals hemorrhaging millions of dollars a week for a useless "flattening" after the virus was a known quantity, and 100M people no longer have health insurance.

It's going to be bad for a long time. Prepare accordingly.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fewer than 1,000 healthcare workers WORLDWIDE have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (L+kF6)

389 "Back when Paul Ryan was approving ethics investigations into Nunes?"

some hard evidence that Ryan was part of the Conspiracy would be satisfying ... take him away from his golden advisory board seats, drag him into some hard questions on his support for the coup by going after Nunes. Hope is a good thing, destruction of DeepState in essential to survival of the Republic ... since they clearly still operate from within.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (Cus5s)

390 Tom - I've said it before, I respect you a lot. But
you are much to pessimistic on all of this. The Dow didn't go to 14,000.
Our economy isn't not based on paper, but fundamental demand for good
and services. Once business is allowed to operate, then the economy will
bounce back faster than you expect.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Believe in the American Economy!) at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (5p7BC)

You should have seen Stuart Varney on Fox Friends this
morning. He was clearly worried, and he was walking back all of his
optimistic talk of the last 2 months. He flat out admitted that we're
headed to 20% unemployment, and it's going to stay there for a while.

I think we'll be lucky to get back down to 15% unemployment by the election. I'm not sure we can.

Posted by: Tom Servo
-------------

I'm not as pessimistic as Tom, but I am a realist. It will be bad, and it will take time. But I think the government will be out of the way to some extent. Trump has deregulated. Some states are deregulating through this. States will lay off staff. I expect eventually taxes to be lowered - again. We either believe this stuff stimulates the economy or it doesn't? I believe it. Now you have to first open it up before you can do anything else. I think Trump and certain states are going to use this crisis as our advantage. So while, we won't get to 3% unemployment for a while, structurally, there are going to be advantages in this "recovery" that normally do not exist.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (sX1BW)

391 We are not being told how many of the now 5000 deaths in Ma are related to nursing homes

And how many are actually from Wuhan Flu. But yeah, nursing homes,
how many stories have you -- personally from your family and friends --
have heard or told about how you had to go in and make sure the loved
one was getting food and care? Now nobody can do that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:00 PM

---

We had our first death in our County. A 78 year old Vet in the State VA home.

What I can't wrap my head around is why Texas is not seeing a huge increase in nursing home deaths like other States are having.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (JUOKG)

392 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'

The brave citizens are hiding under their beds, as ordered.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (CLteG)

393 And in the middle of it all, Trump goes after ATT.

Awesome.

Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (XxJt1)

394 @367
I love seeing the pols who have some gumption take the opportunity to highlight their disagreement with all the nonsense.. The OC Calif Sheriff is definitely looking for a political future, and good for him

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (AwPyG)

395 Bojangles > All the rest to the 3rd power.

Royal Farms and Casey's General Stores for best road food.

Hope the Pritzkers are enjoying their Florida vacay.

Posted by: Al Unsure at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (Jib4S)

396 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Bernie Sanders' Eyebrow Dandruff at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (gAXBD)

397 That thing in Predator where it would learn "animal calls" by listening to dialog and practicing them was really, really effective and creepy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:04 PM (KZzsI)

398 Speaking of old movies, I saw The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. Entertaining flick.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 12:04 PM (+y/Ru)

399 Jack Posobiec on Twitter this morning revealing how many of the badly hit states allowed and in some cases forced nursing homes to take recovering virus patients. They were not allowed to test these patients before admitting them. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan and California and initially Ma ordering nursing homes to accept rercovering virus patients. Florida, Washington State issued orders prohibiting this.

These Governors are responsible for pushing the death numbers. More than half of all deaths are in nursing homes. Imagine if this population had been protected. We would be in a completely different place if the death numbers were half of what they are. Reading Powerline, something like 80% of deaths are in nursing homes. This is just criminal that we are all paying the price for this obscene decision.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 12:04 PM (QzF6i)

400 A lot of movies are being remade now because with
the larger (read Chinese) foreign markets, producers are looking at
older, successful material and saying "we can just update this and
re-release stuff that they haven't seen before AND MAKE MILLIONS!!!"

Except most of them don't really work or make that much money
because the remakes lose what made the original work, or they only
worked because of the times.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:57 AM (KZzsI)

remakes are hot garbage. the last two I could stomach were 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit. I can't even fathom that they remade Red Dawn. It was almost already kitsch but still great. What is next, a remake of Airplane?

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:04 PM (hHxp2)

401 Andy Cuomo doing his daily presser, ranting an alternative reality. He's doing a great job, you see, because NY is coming down earlier than elsewhere

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (9TdxA)

402 OMG Wolf sounded like such an ASSHOE!

what a douche

KEEP THE PRESSURE ON HIM PA!!!!

he will give up and run back home to Bermuda

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (j9HX3)

403 388
Unemployment and job losses are just the obvious things people see on the surface.

Wait until the lost tax revenues, hospitals hemorrhaging millions of
dollars a week for a useless "flattening" after the virus was a known
quantity, and 100M people no longer have health insurance.

It's going to be bad for a long time. Prepare accordingly.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Fewer than 1,000 healthcare workers WORLDWIDE have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (L+kF6)

This. How long can blue state Govs hold their breath while they strangle their own economies."Sorry we put you out of business......We need to raise your taxes now. Enjoy the hyper inflation.! Orange man bad! Vote Blue in 20!"

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (dkdmV)

404 Powerline reference referring to Minnesota.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (QzF6i)

405 You are one ugly mothah fuggah.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (nw6Hr)

Forgot that line. Now I must rewatch it

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (CLteG)

406 Lea Thompson's film first major role in All The
Right Moves (early Tom Cruise's first film, done before Risky Business
but released after) was very pleasing to young me's eyes as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (KZzsI)

nce flick

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (hHxp2)

407 We had our first death in our County. A 78 year old Vet in the State VA home.

What I can't wrap my head around is why Texas is not seeing a huge increase in nursing home deaths like other States are having.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (JUOKG)

Texas didn't send infected people into nursing homes.

Texas didn't outlaw the "Trump cocktail."

Texas didn't immediately shove respirators down everyone's throat.

Just a guess, tho....

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)

408 400
remakes are hot garbage. the last two I could stomach were 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit. I can't even fathom that they remade Red Dawn. It was almost already kitsch but still great. What is next, a remake of Airplane?
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:04 PM (hHxp2)

==========

Just don't remake The Front Page, The Thing from Another World, Infernal Affairs, or A Star is Born.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (LvTSG)

409 Its okay to call it the NYC Flu?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (s0rgF)

410 I'm not as pessimistic as Tom, but I am a realist. It will be bad, and it will take time. But I think the government will be out of the way to some extent. Trump has deregulated. Some states are deregulating through this. States will lay off staff. I expect eventually taxes to be lowered - again. We either believe this stuff stimulates the economy or it doesn't? I believe it. Now you have to first open it up before you can do anything else. I think Trump and certain states are going to use this crisis as our advantage. So while, we won't get to 3% unemployment for a while, structurally, there are going to be advantages in this "recovery" that normally do not exist.
Posted by: SH

A lot of small to medium businesses won't be coming back.

They are filing bankruptcy left and right. Their bills didn't quit just because they had to cease operations.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (Pr4ah)

411 I had always suspected that Agnes Moorehead (who was always very heavily made-up in Bewitched) had to have been a pretty good-looking woman in her prime, but holy cow, that 2nd photo of her!! Her eyes look like they would burn right through your soul!! Quite the babe.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (wtvvX)

412 397 That thing in Predator where it would learn "animal calls" by listening to dialog and practicing them was really, really effective and creepy.

Kinda like the Columbia School of Journalism.

Posted by: Edward R. Murro at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (gAXBD)

413 >>>[23] Raisin' Canes chikkums are super yummy, but I don't like their sauce. So I horde chik-fil-a sauce and eat it with the Canes. Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 11:17 AM (Xt7n2)

Greetings, Cheriebebe ... Here is a DIY sauce I concocted for chicken wraps and nuggets. Always gets two thumbs-up from the grandkids! Another relative loves it for dipping fried pickles.

1 cup mayonnaise (Hellmans)
1 tbsp. dry ranch dressing powder (Hidden Valley)
1 tbsp. BBQ sauce (Sweet Baby Ray Sweet *n* Spicy)
1 tbsp. yellow hot dog mustard
1-2 tbsp. honey

Posted by: Kathy at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (qv3wo)

414 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (trdmm)

Would be nice though to get the proper context and the players involved. Right now it's two klan members that hunted and killed an innocent jogger that was a angel.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (EWRow)

415 Just don't remake The Front Page, The Thing from Another World, Infernal Affairs, or A Star is Born.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (LvTSG)
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Isn't "A Star Is Born" on remake number 4 or 5 by now?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (WEBkv)

416 The Remake of Total Recall was interesting and a pretty good story. It was decent sci fi, and well done. But it wasn't fun and adventuresome and the lead wasn't very charismatic -- in fact, if I was Chinese I would have a really tough time telling everyone apart in the film. If that had been the first one instead of the Arnie film, nobody would remember it except sci fi fans.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (KZzsI)

417 I can't believe I guessed Agnes Moorehead based on those first two very young pictures.

Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (O+I8R)

418 Tim Pool is a doofus on a good day. He's one of those guys who benefits from low expectations. "Hey, look, a non-conservative managed to say something not completely full of shit. Let's award him the medal of freedom." See Camille Paglia.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (H5knJ)

419 415 Just don't remake The Front Page, The Thing from Another World, Infernal Affairs, or A Star is Born.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:06 PM (LvTSG)
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Isn't "A Star Is Born" on remake number 4 or 5 by now?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (WEBkv)

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I think it's 5.

The Front Page has been made at least three times (once as His Girl Friday).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

420 remakes are hot garbage. the last two I could stomach were 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit. I can't even fathom that they remade Red Dawn. It was almost already kitsch but still great. What is next, a remake of Airplane?
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:04 PM (hHxp2)
+++++++++++++
We need to find a man who knows how to fly a plane and didn't have fish for dinner - and who has been practicing social distancing. And who is a minority transwoman.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (hYcqw)

421 What I can't wrap my head around is why Texas is not seeing a huge increase in nursing home deaths like other States are having.

hi! well the states like PA who ordered COVID positive patients (often young, btw) and employees to report to the nursing homes to infect the poor stuck elderly patients, ALSO banned the prophylactic or really ANY use of HCQ

Texas did not, and used HCQ liberally.

so that's why in TX (and Florida) the elderly were allowed to live, but here in PA they were murdered by our Governor and his little Miss Transylvania

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (j9HX3)

422 Don't waste good effort by trying to defend the shooters in this one, Pepe. Tim Pool is wrong because he has no understanding of Georgia's Felony Murder statute. It's very harsh, and seems cruel to many. Progressive states have dropped it, but most Southern states have it. And under that statute, this is a slam dunk felony murder conviction.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (trdmm)

Have you read the letter from the DA stating the facts, evidence, and laws backing the no charges decision? Here it is.

https://tinyurl.com/yam94xh2

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (p0Y1J)

423 392
Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business owners who open in
defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in the face of the
COVID 19 enemy.'

The brave citizens are hiding under their beds, as ordered.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (CLteG)

Yes.... the brave citizens report to the disintegration chamber quietly so we all don't die in the Great Covid wars. People who want to live like an "Essential" person are selfish.

Die quietly citizen.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (dkdmV)

424 If you count the Josie and the Pussycats movie plot, A Star is Born has been remade more than five times.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (W4zGS)

425 what's the movie where the guy says 'get to the chopper'

need something fun to watch today

Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (iTXRQ)

426 You are one ugly mothah fuggah.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (nw6Hr)

Forgot that line. Now I must rewatch it
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (CLteG)

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"I aint got time to bleed."

To bad that arguably the best line in the whole movie was wasted on such a pretentious douche nozzle.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (nw6Hr)

427 They need to remake Red Dawn.

Call it Red White And Blue Dawn. America invaded China and a rag tag group of Chinese State Officials hold off the Americans in the mountains until America realizes her mistake and succumbs to shame for all her nation building ways.

It'll make billions at the box office!!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (9oAtN)

428 416 The Remake of Total Recall was interesting and a pretty good story. It was decent sci fi, and well done. But it wasn't fun and adventuresome and the lead wasn't very charismatic -- in fact, if I was Chinese I would have a really tough time telling everyone apart in the film. If that had been the first one instead of the Arnie film, nobody would remember it except sci fi fans.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (KZzsI)

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I like the remake too. It's not great, but it's pretty solid.

Len Wiseman is an underrated action director.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

429 393 And in the middle of it all, Trump goes after ATT.

Awesome.
Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (XxJt1)

They own CNN. Gonna have to break it up all over again. Baby Bells, Part Deaux.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (CLteG)

430 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?

Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (XxJt1)

431 318 Photos look to be young Agnes Moorehead and a young Robert Montgomery.
Posted by: Anthony D Clum at May 11, 2020 11:53 AM (rTRO+)

Half credit. See #13 for correct answer.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:09 PM (bCIQZ)

432 I think Trump and certain states are going to use this crisis as our advantage. So while, we won't get to 3% unemployment for a while, structurally, there are going to be advantages in this "recovery" that normally do not exist.
Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 12:03 PM (sX1BW)

I agree with you there - and I also think we have great long term prospects from re-shoring manufacturing and bring it back from China. The problem their is that it's going to take years for that process to start impacting employment numbers. Meanwhile, there's about to be a new round of layoffs from those that tried to hang on, but didn't have the institutional stamina to do it. A *lot* of small schools and small colleges are about to close, as is a lot of the remaining print media.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:09 PM (trdmm)

433 I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Sally Yates was kind of a goddam hero in all this. The only one of the whole rotten pack that tried to stand up for the rule of law.

That infamous "e-mail to self" wasn't to cover her and their ass from what they were all doing, it was to cover her own ass against what they were doing.

I said a lot of shit about Yates. I believe I owe her an apology.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (+7yf7)

434 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?
Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (XxJt1)

There's very little you can take off the table when it comes to Trump, IMHO.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)

435 That #METOO cartoon is by DAVID HORSEY?!!

Are you shitting me?! I wonder... did he somehow mean it to be PRO-Biden? 'Cause it ain't. Dave

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (3RyIp)

436 425 what's the movie where the guy says 'get to the chopper'

need something fun to watch today
Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (iTXRQ)

Predator!!

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (CLteG)

437 433 I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Sally Yates was kind of a goddam hero in all this. The only one of the whole rotten pack that tried to stand up for the rule of law.

That infamous "e-mail to self" wasn't to cover her and their ass from what they were all doing, it was to cover her own ass against what they were doing.

I said a lot of shit about Yates. I believe I owe her an apology.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (+7yf7)

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Isn't she the one who refused to follow a lawful order from the president of the United States and became the first hero of the Resistance?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (LvTSG)

438 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?
Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (XxJt1)
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No. I think that is way outside the realm of plausibility.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (hYcqw)

439 Somebody needs to do a meme of Schiff as Judge Doom from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?".

Posted by: Sal at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (bo8pf)

440 Gives us just 15 days so we all can flatten the curve.

Posted by: Your Benevolent Governance at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (azLE8)

441 Yeah, a good indication of how corrupt Congress has gotten is the fact that they allowed a handful of companies to control all media, and thus all information given. We are seeing the effect right now.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (AwPyG)

442 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business
owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in
the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (MAsS4)

Wait going about their business is deserting but hiding at home is brave?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (W/gIX)

443 438 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?

No. There was no way he would have been able to imagine their perfidy, incompetence, and insanity.

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (j9HX3)

444 Let them hear Anthony's legions approach!

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (gmo/4)

445 MSNBC has busted this case wide open!

MSNBC Blames NRA, The 'Rise of Trumpism' For Ahmaud Arbery Murder

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (+y/Ru)

446 430 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?
Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (XxJt1)

we've discussed that before, the shutdowns were done by the Governors, not Trump. He made the political decision that it was better to get in front of it rather than be run over by it, so he agreed they were doing a good thing. (but outside of NYC, it was a huge mistake)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (trdmm)

447 A lot of small to medium businesses won't be coming back.

They are filing bankruptcy left and right. Their bills didn't quit just because they had to cease operations.

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No doubt, and that stinks. But assets and operations will be bought.
Some entrepreneurs will use this to shed debt and recapitalize.

Bankruptcy is a part of the creative destruction process. We don't expect them to arise because the government shuts down the economy, but that part is done. It will be a big part of the reopening.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (sX1BW)

448 very glad Trump mentioned PA
Eolf has been flying under the radar, shielded by Whitler and Fredo's awfulness

Posted by: vmom here's Gen Flynn's book at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (G546f)

449 Remember how Endora would always use the wrong name for Darren on Bewitched? It always was a name that started with "D".

I wonder if she ever called him "Dildo" but they edited it out?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (gAXBD)

450 >>> 401 Andy Cuomo doing his daily presser, ranting an alternative reality. He's doing a great job, you see, because NY is coming down earlier than elsewhere
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM

Dah, comrade. And we did a great job because radiation levels came down earlier in Chernobyl than elsewhere.

Posted by: USSR at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (l6b3d)

451 "You should have seen Stuart Varney on Fox & Friends this morning. He was clearly worried, and he was walking back all of his optimistic talk of the last 2 months."

The problem with the business media, including Varney, is they listen to the business media. And the the business media is very busy trying to talk down the economy, trying to explain why the Dow refuses to drop, and trying to give cover to the Blue governors and they close the economy until July BS.

"They" predicted that we would have a million deaths, they were wrong.

"They" predicted that the Dow would drop below 18K and stay there, they were wrong.

So I'm going to wait a little while before believing that "they" are correct on the fragility of the American economy. It survived 8 years of Obama, I'm pretty confident it can survive 8 weeks of Wuhan Flu.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (Coleslaw fan) at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (5p7BC)

452
MSNBC Blames NRA, The 'Rise of Trumpism' For Ahmaud Arbery Murder
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (+y/Ru)

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I blame construction site theft.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (nw6Hr)

453 352 334 My mother used to make a carrot salad with raisins in it. I was not very fond of it.
Posted by: Puddin Head
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Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (s0rgF)

Your mom probably got that carrot/raisin salad recipe from my mom. Or maybe my mom got it from your mom.

I would probably think it too sweet nowadays. She used Miracle Whip as the dressing.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (bCIQZ)

454 We need a woke Princess Bride.

/sarc

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (DMUuz)

455 Okay, the list of things that start wars has a new entry: Cole Slaw.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 11:36 AM (WEBkv)

RIB CRIB FTW.

Posted by: tbodie at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (D4SfS)

456
Isn't she the one who refused to follow a lawful order from the president of the United States and became the first hero of the Resistance?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (LvTSG)

That's why I'm trying to wrap my head around it!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (+7yf7)

457 430 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?
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Signs point to "No."

Posted by: Magic Eight Ball at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (sWM8x)

458 I don't think the government putting you out of business qualifies as creative destruction.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (H5knJ)

459 74 Agnes Moorehead and Robert Young
Posted by: abbynormal at May 11, 2020 11:24 AM (I849g)

Datsa what I taught too...

Posted by: browndog at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (gD6Ka)

460 Endora used Durwood a lot.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (+7yf7)

461 They're putting out good stuff on Yates to make her a credible flipped witness. She's less culpable than the others but she played a knowing role. She's the one who ran to the WH to force Flynn getting fired

She'll be a great narrative witness. Which is why Trump is previewing Obama and Biden being involved

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (9TdxA)

462 433 I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Sally Yates was kind of a goddam hero in all this. The only one of the whole rotten pack that tried to stand up for the rule of law.

That infamous "e-mail to self" wasn't to cover her and their ass from what they were all doing, it was to cover her own ass against what they were doing.

I said a lot of shit about Yates. I believe I owe her an apology.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (+7yf7)

The e-mail to self was done by Susan Rice.

Yates is the one that instructed DOJ and others to ignore Trump's travel ban.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (cF8AT)

463 454 We need a woke Princess Bride.

/sarc
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (DMUuz)

=========

Where Princess Buttercup is the best fighter in the herstory of fighters?

And the dread Pirate Roberts is now the dread Piratess Jessica?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (LvTSG)

464 442 Gov. Wolf statement: 'Politicians and business
owners who open in defiance of my order are cowards who are deserting in
the face of the COVID 19 enemy.'

Posted by: kallisto at May 11, 2020 11:45 AM (MAsS4)

good god, now he's playing the part of Juan Peron standing on the balcony, shouting at the troops.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (trdmm)

465 If you count the Josie and the Pussycats movie plot, A Star is Born has been remade more than five times.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 11, 2020 12:08 PM (W4zGS)

Josie hangs herself at the end!?!?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (z0XD8)

466 Oh, Jerry Stiller died. Made it 91, I think. A good life.

Dunno if it was brought up earlier

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 12:14 PM (ifmtJ)

467
Hmmmmmm. Im REALLY hungry.

I wonder if I took a box of raisins, some Miracle Whip, and shredded carrots and mixed them all together.

THAT sound just like what I need.

*blech*

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:14 PM (nw6Hr)

468 "Tim Pool is a doofus on a good day. He's one of those guys who benefits
from low expectations. "Hey, look, a non-conservative managed to say
something not completely full of shit. Let's award him the medal of
freedom."

Pool speaks the language of fellow Dem doofi ... so maybe he gets some credit for prying open their eyes, forcing them to consider "Orange Man only 78% Bad".

But yeah, "moderate" Dems in general occasionally catch a clue, but don't you dare be a "Climate Denier". They KNOW so many things that are just not so.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 11, 2020 12:14 PM (Cus5s)

469 453 352 334 My mother used to make a carrot salad with raisins in it. I was not very fond of it.
Posted by: Puddin Head
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Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 11:56 AM (s0rgF)

Your mom probably got that carrot/raisin salad recipe from my mom. Or maybe my mom got it from your mom.

I would probably think it too sweet nowadays. She used Miracle Whip as the dressing.
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Miracle Whip was never allowed in our house. Only Hellman's.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 12:14 PM (s0rgF)

470 @451
Yes, the "tell" was last summer, when Varney and almost all of them squawked like parrots about the "Trump rescession" that never materialized.

They're all on team blue.

Posted by: artemis at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (AwPyG)

471 >> I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Sally Yates was kind of a goddam hero in all this. The only one of the whole rotten pack that tried to stand up for the rule of law.

Susan Rice is the one who wrote a memo to herself.

Yates is the one who facilitated the get Flynn trap, and the refused to implement Trump's travel ban, becoming the first(?) #Resistance hero.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (bDqIh)

472 1 cup mayonnaise (Hellmans)
1 tbsp. dry ranch dressing powder (Hidden Valley)
1 tbsp. BBQ sauce (Sweet Baby Ray Sweet *n* Spicy)
1 tbsp. yellow hot dog mustard
1-2 tbsp. honey
Posted by: Kathy at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (qv3wo)

Thank you for posting this recipe, Kathy. I'm going to give it a try sometime.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (bCIQZ)

473
Dude. You have achieved Moron Meme Pantheon status. Might as well embrace it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (DMUuz)

*sigh*

I know. And it spread. I get it on twitter. On facebook. People that have no real connection to the HQ know the carrot chili joke.

*sigh*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 11, 2020 11:54 AM (9CkBG)

Heh.

Even ace has been through the same wringer. I remember when he was still getting pissed and telling people "knock it off with the Ewok shit".

And Horde being Horde, they just doubled down.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (EGyGV)

474 438 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?

Trump is navigating us to a point where he can engineer a comeback. The seeds have been sown. The hubris of the DNC/Media/Deep State complex will be it's downfall.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (CLteG)

475 463 454 We need a woke Princess Bride.

/sarc
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 11, 2020 12:12 PM (DMUuz)

=========

Where Princess Buttercup is the best fighter in the herstory of fighters?

And the dread Pirate Roberts is now the dread Piratess Jessica?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (LvTSG)

Vivid Video already made it. It's called Pirates and it's pretty damn hot.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (ifmtJ)

476 sn't she the one who refused to follow a lawful
order from the president of the United States and became the first hero
of the Resistance?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (LvTSG)

Yes. It was the terrorist immigration ban.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (88+cf)

477 "A majority of Washingtonians do NOT support lockdown protestors"

KING5 tv NBC affiliate.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (d7Ww2)

478 Lying cocksuckers who tell lies and suck cocks. Who'd athunk it?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (NWiLs)

479 Gives us just 15 days so we all can flatten the curve.
Posted by: Your Benevolent Governance at May 11, 2020 12:10 PM (azLE

Yeah. Yet another illustration of why the "lets be reasonable" crowd doesn't get it when dealing with the Progs.

You don't "compromise" with the Progs. You can only lose to the Progs - because they'll always follow up any compromise with a new demand.

And you don't pick your battles with the Progs. You only forfeit battles by not showing up.

Posted by: Old School Social Distancer at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (R/01c)

480 My instinct was close. first thought was "she played a witch," which sent me to Margaret Hamilton. Alas, Margaret was never not homely, though by all accounts a lovely person. I went down the rabbit hole a bit and found this from her 1985 obit (sweet):

"Ray Bolger, the last surviving featured player from the 1939 film, commented: 'She was a terrifying villain in the picture but an angel in life.'"

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (ZMwFa)

481
How much interaction did Quint and the shark have in Jaws?
Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 11:58 AM (sX1BW)

Just lunch.

Posted by: Bruce the Shark at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (EGyGV)

482 305 288 >>That's why 80's movies were so fun. Nobody took it that seriously and everyone had fun as a result.

See also: Earth Girls are Easy. LOL, a time capsule of 80's cheese.

Speaking of which, they've remade Valley Girl.
Why?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 11:48 AM (bDqIh)

I'm guessing arrogant Directors who think they have a better 'vision'.

Can't wait for the Howard the Duck remake.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 11, 2020 11:50 AM (9oAtN)

They remade Psycho.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (0nzky)

483 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?

Governors are supposed to govern and he's letting them. It's brilliant.

Posted by: t-bird at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (1fg6a)

484 Sally Yates is also the one who, during the Obama administration, decided that the National Security part of the DoJ was above IG review, thus ensuring the DoJ people who were up to no good with FISA warrants were never scrutinized.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (bDqIh)

485 You bring the carrot and raisins.

I'll bring the miracle whip.

Posted by: Madame BDSM at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (gAXBD)

486 430 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?
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Signs point to "No."
Posted by: Magic Eight Ball at May 11, 2020 12:13 PM (sWM8x)

He was limited regarding his ability to force states to shut down in the beginning because Federalism - even though the MSM was pushing for him to do that, so they can blame him for the economic fallout.

He is limited regarding his ability to open things back up because of Federalism, but he needed to remind everyone of that because they weren't paying attention the first time. As soon as he told everyone to open up, the MSM 'corrected' him to announce that he can't do that, because Federalism.

He didn't plan this - he was just being opportunistic, as well as correct on the Federalism stuff.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (iuFgi)

487 You don't "compromise" with the Progs. You can only lose to the Progs - because they'll always follow up any compromise with a new demand.

they are animalistic and irrational actors - you can't possibly compromise with that! they will take it as proof of your weakness and attack with more fury

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (j9HX3)

488 This. How long can blue state Govs hold their breath while they strangle their own economies."Sorry we put you out of business......We need to raise your taxes now. Enjoy the hyper inflation.! Orange man bad! Vote Blue in 20!"

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I guess they're counting on massive pressure on the Fed Govt for bailouts. The MFM will carry their water. If Trump doesn't bail them out, catastrophe! See, all his fault.

Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (O+I8R)

489 413 Kathy, Thank you!!! I will try making this later today, I love that sauce!!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (Xt7n2)

490 482 They remade Psycho.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (0nzky)

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I've read a theory that Gus Van Sant made that as a testament to the pointlessness of remakes.

It was shot for shot the same movie, but it didn't work nearly as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

491 What a world.

Posted by: eleven at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (Qf83p)

492 This. How long can blue state Govs hold their breath while they strangle their own economies."Sorry we put you out of business......We need to raise your taxes now. Enjoy the hyper inflation.! Orange man bad! Vote Blue in 20!"
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (dkdmV)

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Strategically, it makes good sense. Most of these governors hail from states that aren't going to flip red even if Jesus returns and says "Vote Trump for your eternal salvation."*

Meanwhile, their shutdowns have devastating follow-on effects for the rest of the economy.

I believe the hope is to spread enough pain and misery to red states to turn Trump voters against him in November.

*I mean that facetiously, not as intentional blasphemy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (5jaxN)

493 Damnit, now I want chicken tenders.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (J+mig)

494 "The Princess Bride" remade as "The Tranny Bride."

Hilarity and hijinks will not ensue as serious subjects, like OrangeManBad will be explored in this heartfelt film about science, science denial and overcoming evil deplorables.

Coming to a theater soon!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (WEBkv)

495 Howard the Duck remake?

Avenge me!

Posted by: Steve Gerber at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (oVJmc)

496 I love that sauce!!
Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (Xt7n2)

Phrasing...

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (NWiLs)

497 477 "A majority of Washingtonians do NOT support lockdown protestors"

KING5 tv NBC affiliate.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (d7Ww2)

I wonder who they asked?

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (Ez6QX)

498 494 "The Princess Bride" remade as "The Tranny Bride."

Hilarity and hijinks will not ensue as serious subjects, like OrangeManBad will be explored in this heartfelt film about science, science denial and overcoming evil deplorables.

Coming to a theater soon!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (WEBkv)

The evil Prince Trumperdink!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (NWiLs)

499 Agnes Moorehead set the standard for Bond girl names before there were Bond girls.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (gAXBD)

500 433 Guy Smiley, it was Susan Rice what wrote the "By the book" email. Sally Yates was the one that testified she first heard about the Flynn intercept straight from the mouth of the Mocha Messiah. May also be CYA, but it was under oath.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (3RyIp)

501 I wonder who they asked?
Posted by: Jordan61

seattle, bainbridge island and teachers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (d7Ww2)

502
"MSNBC has busted this case wide open!

MSNBC Blames NRA, The 'Rise of Trumpism' For Ahmaud Arbery Murder

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks"

Not to mention the 20-30 monthly tally of black men shot and killed by other black men in Chicago.

Posted by: Ripley at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (MxEKc)

503
You don't "compromise" with the Progs. You can only lose to the Progs - because they'll always follow up any compromise with a new demand.

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This.

"Bend the Curve" started out as lets not overwhelm our hospitals.

Hospitals are now so underwhelmed that many of them are laying off staff and closing entire wings.

Funny how that mutated into "we must remain quarrantined untill all the virus die."

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (nw6Hr)

504 In my surveying of the wreckage of this lockdown, this is what I am seeing:
- State / local budgets wrecked which will absolutlely require layoffs.- No appetite for any new taxes, in fact the appetite will be for more tax reductions.- Closed borders with less illegals.- Cheap credit- Reshoring of certain supply lines- Colleges (not Harvard - both many) wrecked which will require layoffs and shutdowns with people demanding lower tuition if online learning- Cheap energy- deregulation at federal level and in a lot of states

Structurally, the pieces are in place for a strong sustained recovery.

Of course, it hinges on Trump's reelection.

Posted by: SH at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (sX1BW)

505 Hello nurse!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (NWiLs)

506 I wasn't hungry til I started reading the comments. And I make a great cole slaw. Mayo, vinegar, dash of sugar, squeeze of lemon juice and important a sprinkle of dill seeds. I mix it into the mayo before adding to the cole slaw.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (QzF6i)

507 speaking of carrots where they don't belong, Campbell's Bean with Bacon has carrots in it

Posted by: Rudy Garcia at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (iTXRQ)

508 Sally Yates is no hero. She needs to be strung up with the rest of the traitors. Her CYA email is insufficient.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at May 11, 2020 12:20 PM (sI15f)

509 Gives us just 15 days so we all can flatten the curve.

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When the first wave of this thing finally hits we'll be ready.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 12:20 PM (ADuZP)

510 I get five Stars are Born by including NY, NY

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (9TdxA)

511
I doubt the "trump allowed it to give people a taste of their medicine" theory...

It would be a strange strategy to spike your admin's signature achievement directly before an election, and I'm also skeptical that Trump would deliberately harm so many regular people to make his point. At least I hope he wouldn't do that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (5jaxN)

512 We had our first death in our County. A 78 year old Vet in the State VA home.

What I can't wrap my head around is why Texas is not seeing a huge increase in nursing home deaths like other States are having.
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Is Texas deliberately sending covid positive patients into nursing homes like apparently all of the blue states?

Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (kOpft)

513
The evil Prince Trumperdink!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (NWiLs)
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Hah!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (WEBkv)

514 418 Tim Pool is a doofus on a good day. He's one of those guys who benefits from low expectations. "Hey, look, a non-conservative managed to say something not completely full of shit. Let's award him the medal of freedom."

Heh. Pool is the half-blind squirrel who occasionally trips over a nut.

See Camille Paglia.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (H5knJ)

Paglia is excellent in her field, i.e. an academic. She does actual scholarship, rather than use her position to push feminist activism. She is most needed exactly where she is.

I prefer simply to ignore anything she says about politics.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (bCIQZ)

515 This. How long can blue state Govs hold their breath while they strangle their own economies."Sorry we put you out of business......We need to raise your taxes now. Enjoy the hyper inflation.! Orange man bad! Vote Blue in 20!"

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 11, 2020 12:05 PM (dkdmV)
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Using Illinois as an example, where the governor is a Hyatt Hotel trust fund billionaire who has never worked a day in his life, and has homes all over the globe, he's perfectly fine choking the life out of the state because he has no idea what life is like for real people.

Along with all of the other corrupt-o-crats who run the state, they are planning on destroying the state economically. They have a measure on the fall ballot to raise the state income tax dramatically with a "progressive" tax instead of a flat tax as it currently is. Chicago is talking about doubling all of its current fees and taxes. And as yet, no government employees have been furloughed or taken a pay cut.

Posted by: Boots at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (oGBso)

516 477 "A majority of Washingtonians do NOT support lockdown protestors"

They've been sitting on their asses at home for decades.

But now, sitting on your ass at home is considered heroic.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (gAXBD)

517 Besides traffic another good thing about this Plandemic is the migration into Texas is drastically reduced.... bad part is because the jobs have dried up.

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue! at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (UUBmN)

518 I've read a theory that Gus Van Sant made that as a testament to the pointlessness of remakes.

It was shot for shot the same movie, but it didn't work nearly as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

There's even less point in doing a direct copy than a remake that changes things. At least in the latter, nobody knows exactly what they're going to get, and if the original was flawed, there's at least room for improvement.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (J+mig)

519 Remember how Endora would always use the wrong name for Darren on Bewitched? It always was a name that started with "D".

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Darwood.

Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (O+I8R)

520 @amber_athey

The @nytimes reports that Biden "has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models."

https://tinyurl.com/ycftzpq3

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (cF8AT)

521 Zaxby's and Rasin' Cain's copied Guthrie's. The OG chicken shack.

http://guthrieschicken.com/

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (p0Y1J)

522 Agnes Moorhead and Tim Holt
The Magnificent Ambersons

Posted by: David Groenier at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (DwnPl)

523 Funny how that mutated into "we must remain quarrantined untill all the virus die."
Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:19 PM (nw6Hr)

Yep. Give in to that - and we'll get "we must remain quarantined to keep it from coming back".

People need to get this into their heads.

Posted by: Old School Social Distancer at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (R/01c)

524 speaking of carrots where they don't belong, Campbell's Bean with Bacon has carrots in it

The center can not hold.

Posted by: eleven at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (Qf83p)

525 Strategically, it makes good sense. Most of these governors hail from states that aren't going to flip red even if Jesus returns and says "Vote Trump for your eternal salvation."*

NO

the worst treatment thru this has been by the D (and DeWine!) governors in the swing states that went for Trump!

WI, MI, OH, PA - we have had the most restrictions and essentially been persecuted by our Governors as punishment for our votes in 2016!!!

I live within a few miles of Very Blue states - NJ, DE, and MD. I go there to shop and stuff b/c they are NICE. the restrictions there are less! the people are being treated MUCH better than we are in PA! and all of those states have worse COVID situations than we do!

Please remember - the governors of OH, PA, MI and WI are working together in an Op! an op to CRUSH us so we don't "vote incorrectly" in 2020 - or worse, push us to mail in voting that will be CORRUPT

Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (j9HX3)

526
Agnes Moorehead died of cancer, it is said, because The Conquerer was filmed near a nuclear test site.* Of the 220 cast and crew, 91 later contracted cancer. For this reason, Hollywood needs to be locked down indefinitely.

* She was also a heavy smoker, as was John Wayne.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (mht8P)

527 The carrot salad with raisins was big back in Iowa till it got replaced by the one with onion, pepper, tomato soup and vinegar. Dunno what's on the farmers' salad menu these days.

Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (XxJt1)

528 452
MSNBC Blames NRA, The 'Rise of Trumpism' For Ahmaud Arbery Murder
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 12:11 PM (+y/Ru)

Wife and I watched some of "The Plot Against America." An alternate history 'what-if' had Lindbergh ran for pres in 1940 and won. The intro song is hauntingly similar to a Nazi rally march. After a lyric search, it turns out it came from Dick Powell and was used in the early 1930s FDR work recovery program. The 2nd vid I came across on YouTube even had the NRA banner with an eagle logo. My liberal wife thought it was Nat. Rifle Association. But then I remembered the National Recovery Administration. The show itself is a bit scary when many of the viewers arent up to the historical accuracy of that era.

Posted by: Rex B at May 11, 2020 12:22 PM (azLE8)

529 Have you read the letter from the DA stating the facts, evidence, and laws backing the no charges decision? Here it is.

https://tinyurl.com/yam94xh2
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (p0Y1J)

That DA is now being investigated by the Feds, and may go to jail himself, because the statement you helpfully provided a link to contains several clear untruths. For example, the claim that they were in "hot pursuit"; the shooters themselves have now admitted that was not true. The entire case for not charging them rests heavily on that lie. Also, the offense was NOT committed "in their presence", as that statement alleges, they have admitted that as well.

That statement is a fascinating example of a document that is guaranteed to permanently end the career of the official who wrote it. He might even go to jail for it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (trdmm)

530 ts pretty good. But so is Colonel Sander's slaw. The best slaw comes
from eastern NC. The best BBQ comes from Lexington in the west. We need
to get these two to come together and share a Cheerwine.

Posted by: Puddin Head

for sure the best slaw. We could argue the best que but I never had it in the west. I know a place in eastern NC that has the best slaw, que, stew and even fried chicken. The fried chicken was a revelation because that is not even fair. I never thought of having it but once I did I was ashamed that I had never ordered. it.

It would be a dick move at this point to not mention the place. Quint does not roll that way. And yes, I mentioned it before with the same plaudits ages ago. It is Parker's bbq in Wilson NC.

if you have any W., NC picks, I would love to hear about them. The thing I love about Parker's is it is the furthest thing from trendy you could imagine. Maybe it has changed over the years but for some reason I doubt it. It is in very old school NC tobacco country. The employees are friendly and treat you right. In some ways it is a throwback to a different age. i like everything about the place.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (hHxp2)

531 Trump may use it to teach some lessons about Socialism, but no he did not do this on purpose. He was forced into it once the entire world began shutting down.

Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (uEbPt)

532 Biden's real pick for a running mate is in kindergarten.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (gAXBD)

533 I need to go to KFC and get some coleslaw.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (Xt7n2)

534 @amber_athey

The @nytimes reports that Biden "has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models."
======

Wait'll you see me in a string bikini for September!

Posted by: Stacey Abrams at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (vg8iE)

535 518 I've read a theory that Gus Van Sant made that as a testament to the pointlessness of remakes.

It was shot for shot the same movie, but it didn't work nearly as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

There's even less point in doing a direct copy than a remake that changes things. At least in the latter, nobody knows exactly what they're going to get, and if the original was flawed, there's at least room for improvement.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (J+mig)

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That's why people should remake bad movies with great concepts instead of great movies.

I've always felt like Colossus: The Forbin Project probably fit the mold.

Another thing that can be done is to transplant stories into new cultural spaces, like the remake of Infernal Affairs that became The Departed. They're pretty much the same movie except Boston instead of Hong Kong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (LvTSG)

536 "And under that statute, this is a slam dunk felony murder conviction."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:02 PM (trdmm)

I'm not a lawyer, but I can't see how anything can be labeled "murder" if a death occurred without a motive or a crime.

The two white guys were trying to apprehend and detain a suspect in multiple break-ins in that neighborhood. One being a former law officer.

Apparently, while trying to keep the suspect from running away while the police were coming, Arbery struggled with the younger white guy over the gun. It went off and Arbery was killed.

Accidental death or, in the extreme, manslaughter.

Posted by: jwest at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (mrrpT)

537 Late in the thread, I'll report later if need be... did y'all see this, over the weekend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL7X1_3YHQM

American Thought Leaders, Jan Jekielek interviews Svetlana Lokhova, the supposed "Russian spy" with whom General Flynn met, years before Trump was elected.

Short story, she's not a spy. Never was, had no connection the Russian intelligence community. She's an academic, having written a book about Stalin era spy stuff, she met Flynn once. He was interested in her research, so she exchanged a few emails with him over the years.

Key point: If they really thought she was a spy, why is it she ONLY ever heard from reporters (the usual suspects), and never, not once, from anyone working in intelligence? Here or anywhere else.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (hku12)

538 Hi Insom!!! Happy Monday to ye!!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (Xt7n2)

539 Vivid Video already made it. It's called Pirates and it's pretty damn hot.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (ifmtJ)

Lots of surrendering the booty, I imagine.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (EGyGV)

540 majority of Washingtonians do NOT support lockdown protestors"

KING5 tv NBC affiliate.
Posted by: nurse ratched

More like Seattle and Olympia asshats.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (axyOa)

541 Never forget that most of the Cabal did what they did for career advancement not for idealogy

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:24 PM (9TdxA)

542 WHERE. ARE. THE. ARRESTS?

Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE CALVIN KLEIN at May 11, 2020 12:24 PM (Pzzpr)

543 Damn, that chicken fries, I think I could eat a whole container of those.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 11, 2020 12:24 PM (r+sAi)

544 Late in the thread, I'll report later if need be...

Posted by: BurtTC at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (hku12)

Repost. I'll repost later, if need by. I don't report; you don't decide.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (hku12)

545
We had our first death in our County. A 78 year old Vet in the State VA home.

What I can't wrap my head around is why Texas is not seeing a huge increase in nursing home deaths like other States are having.
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Is Texas deliberately sending covid positive patients into nursing homes like apparently all of the blue states?
Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM (kOpft)

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Texas also hasnt shoved its entire homeless population into a subway car to piss, shit, puke, and sleep everywhere and have all the essentials take it to work every morning.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (nw6Hr)

546 Zaxby's and Rasin' Cain's copied Guthrie's. The OG chicken shack.

http://guthrieschicken.com/

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That and Taco Casa (and maybe a huge cheap $5 Gumby's pizzas) are probably the only two restaurants I miss from my time in Tuscaloosa.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (ADuZP)

547 539 Vivid Video already made it. It's called Pirates and it's pretty damn hot.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 12:15 PM (ifmtJ)

Lots of surrendering the booty, I imagine.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (EGyGV)

And fine booty it is. I think it's the most expensive porno ever made, or one of the top two, depending on how you classify Caligula.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo. Yes, you. at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (ifmtJ)

548 John Wayne as Genghis Khan. How's that for type casting?

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (gmo/4)

549 534 @amber_athey

The @nytimes reports that Biden "has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models."

========

So, he's trying to give a compliment, equating his choice's political attractiveness to physical attractiveness, but it feeds his creepiness narrative very easily.

Yeah, this guy's gonna be a titan against Trump.

*jerk off motion*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (LvTSG)

550 We must remain in quarantine until those people who died from coronavirus get better.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (gAXBD)

551 499 Agnes Moorehead set the standard for Bond girl names before there were Bond girls.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 11, 2020 12:18 PM (gAXBD)

Lotta Moorpussy is my favorite Bond Girl.

She was in "James Bond Gets the Clap."

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (bCIQZ)

552
Wait'll you see me in a string bikini for September!
Posted by: Stacey Abrams

*covers mouth*
*runs to bathroom*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (mht8P)

553 529 Have you read the letter from the DA stating the facts, evidence, and laws backing the no charges decision? Here it is.

https://tinyurl.com/yam94xh2
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (p0Y1J)

That DA is now being investigated by the Feds, and may go to jail himself, because the statement you helpfully provided a link to contains several clear untruths. For example, the claim that they were in "hot pursuit"; the shooters themselves have now admitted that was not true. The entire case for not charging them rests heavily on that lie. Also, the offense was NOT committed "in their presence", as that statement alleges, they have admitted that as well.

That statement is a fascinating example of a document that is guaranteed to permanently end the career of the official who wrote it. He might even go to jail for it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (trdmm)

Wasn't it determined that the DA had some relationship to one of the shooting crew? I thought I heard or read that somewhere.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (cF8AT)

554 Twitter is busy taking down #Obamagate tweets so that it doesn't appear popular.

How pathetic.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (ZLI7S)

555 Ishtar?
Part II - Revenge Of The Camel

Posted by: banana Dream at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (l6b3d)

556 Vivid Video already made it. It's called Pirates and it's pretty damn hot.

--

Prepare to be boarded!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (ADuZP)

557 Biden's real pick for a running mate is in kindergarten.

-
From the Bee:

Biden Dismayed After Discovering The Minimum Age For Vice President Is 35

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (+y/Ru)

558
I assumed Bond always had the clap. Was that a prequel or something?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (5jaxN)

559 That Schiff/Scoldilocks mashup is the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (ejd/p)

560 554 Twitter is busy taking down #Obamagate tweets so that it doesn't appear popular.

How pathetic.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (ZLI7S)

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Damn...that means Barr and Durham won't be able to bring charges now.

Dastardly Twitter...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (LvTSG)

561 By the way, why is syphilis called 'the clap'? Where does that slang name come from?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (bCIQZ)

562 Wait'll you see me in a string bikini for September!
Posted by: Stacey Abrams at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM

Get in line, beyotch!!

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren, Michelle, & Hillary! at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (DMUuz)

563 548 John Wayne as Genghis Khan. How's that for type casting?

Dios mio!

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at May 11, 2020 12:27 PM (gAXBD)

564
That Schiff/Scoldilocks mashup is the stuff of nightmares.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (ejd/p)

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A hideous chimera. A lie-mera.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:27 PM (5jaxN)

565 If you find felony assault, then the felony murder rule in GA makes it murder

If you rob a bank and someone dies from a heart attack, it's murder in GA and several other states

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:27 PM (9TdxA)

566 Also from the Bee:

Christian Living
Charismatic Drive-In Service Requires All Cars To Have Hydraulics
May 11th, 2020

They'll be honking in tongues.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (+y/Ru)

567 559 That Schiff/Scoldilocks mashup is the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (ejd/p

Yeah, I knew all you morons would like it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (bCIQZ)

568 So obtuse it is breathtaking.
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth
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I'm torn between, 'vapid', and 'vacuous'. Think I'll go with 'vapid'. No, wait...'vacuously vapid'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (bk3Sg)

569 By the way, why is syphilis called 'the clap'? Where does that slang name come from?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM

"Clap on, clap off!"

Posted by: Penicillin at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (DMUuz)

570 Wait'll you see me in a string bikini for September!
Posted by: Stacey Abrams at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM

String? Honey, you're going to need mooring cables.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (ejd/p)

571 This is NOT good. The last time I scrolled past the ape I had a sudden, overwhelming urge to hug him. Big, cuddly guys have always been my downfall.

Posted by: creeper at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (XxJt1)

572 I dedicate this song to
Recession,
Depression,
and Unemployment.

This song's for you.

Kirk Franklin - I Smile (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyokFc_e8c

Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (RU4sa)

573 529 Have you read the letter from the DA stating the facts, evidence, and laws backing the no charges decision? Here it is.

https://tinyurl.com/yam94xh2
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 12:07 PM (p0Y1J)

That DA is now being investigated by the Feds, and may go to jail himself, because the statement you helpfully provided a link to contains several clear untruths. For example, the claim that they were in "hot pursuit"; the shooters themselves have now admitted that was not true. The entire case for not charging them rests heavily on that lie. Also, the offense was NOT committed "in their presence", as that statement alleges, they have admitted that as well.

That statement is a fascinating example of a document that is guaranteed to permanently end the career of the official who wrote it. He might even go to jail for it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (trdmm)

That's why I posted the letter. Sounds like It's going to be a shit show moving forward.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (p0Y1J)

574 I watched JoJo Rabbit a couople of nights ago. It was terrific. Completely unique. Just could not imagine pitch meeting. Well, it is about a little nazi kid whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler. Scarlet Johansen is also great. talk about a black comedy......

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (QzF6i)

575 It's gonnorhea that's the clap

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (9TdxA)

576 Is there any chance Trump engineered/allowed the shutdowns to happen so people would get a taste of the socialism lefties want to cram down our throats?

Governors are supposed to govern and he's letting them. It's brilliant.
Posted by: t-bird at May 11, 2020 12:16 PM (1fg6a)

Sorry but Trump gave the governors the basis and justification for starting the lockdowns and was in support of same. I like the strategy of subsequently putting it all on the governors but then he contradicted that by slamming Georgia.

I'm just a bystander at this point hoping that the economy can come back and that the Dems don't win the Presidency or Senate. Hope for the best prepare for the worst.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (EWRow)

577 By the way, why is syphilis called 'the clap'? Where does that slang name come from?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (bCIQZ)

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It's gonorrhea. And AFAIK, that's lost to the sands of time. Been called that for centuries.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (5jaxN)

578 561 By the way, why is syphilis called 'the clap'? Where does that slang name come from?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (bCIQZ)

I thought the clap was gonorrhea?

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (Ez6QX)

579 That's why people should remake bad movies with great concepts instead of great movies.

I've always felt like Colossus: The Forbin Project probably fit the mold.

Another thing that can be done is to transplant stories into new cultural spaces, like the remake of Infernal Affairs that became The Departed. They're pretty much the same movie except Boston instead of Hong Kong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:23 PM (LvTSG)

More than once, when Mike and Jay are reviewing a film, they'll note the bad choices they made, and will come up with ideas that, had the movie made them, it might have been watchable.

On occasion they've said they might do that. Remake something that is begging for a more intelligent process. If they had the scratch, that is.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (hku12)

580 Sally Yates can't dance.

Posted by: Zombie Lou Reed at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (EgshT)

581 >>>[472] [489] Thank you for posting this recipe.

You're welcome! Forgot to mention it can be thinned with a little canola oil, if desired.

Posted by: Kathy at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (qv3wo)

582 Boy, I sure hope they don't make a woke sequel of Guardians of the Galaxy......

Posted by: Archer at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (gmo/4)

583 574 I watched JoJo Rabbit a couople of nights ago. It was terrific. Completely unique. Just could not imagine pitch meeting. Well, it is about a little nazi kid whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler. Scarlet Johansen is also great. talk about a black comedy......
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (QzF6i)

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"I made a bunch of money for Marvel by saving Thor. I have a movie idea..."

"Here's the money."

"I haven't even told you what it was about."

"What part of here's the money don't you understand?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (LvTSG)

584 Yeah, if Endora looked like the young Agnes M. when Samantha's dad Maurice met her, you could understand why he'd be smitten.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 12:30 PM (rpbg1)

585 The clap = military doctors would slam books down on affected area to (ahem) treat the infection.

CLAP!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 12:30 PM (ADuZP)

586 Where does that slang name come from?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (bCIQZ)

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One of the earliest treatments was "clapping" your infected willy between two stout baords.... forcing the ejection of pus.

So.... who is up for some CHICKEN TENDERS?????

Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:30 PM (nw6Hr)

587 Nood.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 11, 2020 12:30 PM (0nzky)

588 https://youtu.be/eMH1JnRn2c4

"The Road Is Open Again" by Dick Powell. It starts out with that NRA logo and a snippet of the song.

Posted by: Rex B at May 11, 2020 12:30 PM (azLE8)

589
I assumed Bond always had the clap. Was that a prequel or something?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (5jaxN)

That's why M sent Bond to Shrublands in Thunderball. Where Bond immediately started infecting the nursing staff.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 11, 2020 12:30 PM (EGyGV)

590 The @nytimes reports that Biden "has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models."

He's looking for someone who would be a good fit.

So far he hasn't been able to put his finger on a candidate.

Posted by: Steve Gerber at May 11, 2020 12:31 PM (oVJmc)

591 It's gonnorhea that's the clap

And, how.

Posted by: Sandra Flook at May 11, 2020 12:31 PM (EgshT)

592 I believe Agnes Moorehead was also a staunch conservative.

Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 12:31 PM (O+I8R)

593 By the way, why is syphilis called 'the clap'? Where does that slang name come from?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM (bCIQZ)

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It's gonorrhea. And AFAIK, that's lost to the sands of time. Been called that for centuries.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 11, 2020 12:29 PM (5jaxN)

I always assumed it was the male-centric view of the thing. Roughly equivalent to having his d*ck caught in a vice.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 11, 2020 12:32 PM (hku12)

594 -
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@amber_athey

The @nytimes reports that Biden "has likened running-mate evaluation to deciding among calendar models."

https://tinyurl.com/ycftzpq3

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2020 12:21 PM
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I know it's beating the dead horse of a cliche of a tired trope, but imagine the reaction if Trump was picking a female veep and said this. Lefty's apoplectic fits would shoot their ovaries out on the floor.

Posted by: irright at May 11, 2020 12:32 PM (RVcmP)

595 WHERE. ARE. THE. ARRESTS?
Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE CALVIN KLEIN at May 11, 2020 12:24 PM (Pzzpr)

Best question you've ever asked.

The entire Owebama administration should be in shackles.

Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 11, 2020 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)

596 What I can't wrap my head around is why Texas is not seeing a huge increase in nursing home deaths like other States are having.

Maybe because the nursing home workers are driving their own cars to work in TX, instead of taking plague-infested mass transit.

Posted by: cool breeze at May 11, 2020 12:32 PM (UGKMd)

597
By the way, why is syphilis called 'the clap'? Where does that slang name come from?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor Social Distancing Professional at May 11, 2020 12:26 PM

Gonorrhea is the "clap". Origin theory involves an old French word for brothel: "clapier".

Posted by: Bert G at May 11, 2020 12:32 PM (OMsf+)

598 It is Parker's bbq in Wilson NC.

Quint-

I drive by Wilson twice a week on 264, so I look forward to giving it a try.

Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: stumck at May 11, 2020 12:33 PM (w9Wax)

599 Most really awful recipes from the past came from the brain of some over-worked hack who was told to come up with 80 new recipes for a business' new product or for a new ad campaign.

-OK Smedly, we're releasing a new package for Miracle Whip and we got a big ad push going on, you get me?

-Sure, sure, I follow

-And we are going to go full press on this, the works, the whole shooting match

-I don't like where this is going

-We need you to give us 80 new recipes involving miracle whip by Monday!

-EIGHTY? That's three days over the weekend, boss!

-They don't have to be any damned good, nobody is going to even see most of them.

-Well, okayy..

*Housewives get a new recipe book with the Miracle Whip jar* "Oooh, I have to try these out!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 12:33 PM (KZzsI)

600 liked Ice Pirates a ton, even though its dumb and silly, it just

works. I think Robert Urich makes it work, but there's so much clever

stuff in it, especially the 70s pimp robot. This be my bad chariot!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 11, 2020 11:47 AM (KZzsI)

Hey blood, ya'll wanna see some titties.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2020 11:51 AM (DjiZK)

I never heard of this film and thought about making a joke. But hey, Robert Urich from the greatest mini series ever filmed. i have to check this out.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:33 PM (hHxp2)

601 Welp, time to go do household chores in the outside.

Later.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 11, 2020 12:38 PM (WEBkv)

602 Texas also hasnt shoved its entire homeless population into a subway car to piss, shit, puke, and sleep everywhere and have all the essentials take it to work every morning.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 11, 2020 12:25 PM (nw6Hr)

Everything about the blue state lifestyle and mentality is just one giant viral vector.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at May 11, 2020 12:39 PM (J+mig)

603 Another satisfying day. Cali polititian tweets f-ck Elon Musk
Musk tweets back - message received. And of course there's #Obamagate that has the censors working mandatory overtime indefinitely. I almost want to drink, but it would hinder savoring every second of today. But of course I will have just a little.

Posted by: Menack at May 11, 2020 12:40 PM (buTO7)

604 530 ts pretty good. But so is Colonel Sander's slaw. The best slaw comes
from eastern NC. The best BBQ comes from Lexington in the west. We need
to get these two to come together and share a Cheerwine.

Posted by: Puddin Head

for sure the best slaw. We could argue the best que but I never had it in the west. I know a place in eastern NC that has the best slaw, que, stew and even fried chicken. The fried chicken was a revelation because that is not even fair. I never thought of having it but once I did I was ashamed that I had never ordered. it.

It would be a dick move at this point to not mention the place. Quint does not roll that way. And yes, I mentioned it before with the same plaudits ages ago. It is Parker's bbq in Wilson NC.

if you have any W., NC picks, I would love to hear about them. The thing I love about Parker's is it is the furthest thing from trendy you could imagine. Maybe it has changed over the years but for some reason I doubt it. It is in very old school NC tobacco country. The employees are friendly and treat you right. In some ways it is a throwback to a different age. i like everything about the place.
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Lexington has four or five great joints. My favorite is the BBQ Center. Western BBQ slaw is drizzled with pork drippings, which is not bad, but you want a clean sweet slaw to cleanse your palatte before eating more BBQ. They also have Cheer Wine in Western Carolina. Sun Drop, too.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 12:40 PM (s0rgF)

605 Interesting thread: Virus lockdown, Russia,Russia, Russia, cole slaw and chicken tenders, movie remakes, and venereal disease.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 11, 2020 12:40 PM (QzF6i)

606 I dedicate this song to
Recession,
Depression,
and Unemployment.

This song's for you.

Kirk Franklin - I Smile (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyokFc_e8c
Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:28 PM (RU4sa)

******

I like this one. Appropriate, too, for these times

https://youtu.be/rHf6b8LUYCw

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 11, 2020 12:48 PM (flINI)

607 Raising Cane's has started opening stores here..

I tried them once.. meh.. the chicken tenders were kinda dry.

And no BBQ sauce! Just that crappy Canes sauce..

I won't be going back..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 11, 2020 12:53 PM (CjFDo)

608 It is Parker's bbq in Wilson NC.

Quint-

I drive by Wilson twice a week on 264, so I look forward to giving it a try.

Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: stumck at May 11, 2020 12:33 PM (w9Wax)

do so on my recco. it is the real deal. People would say the same stuff I am saying 30 years ago.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 01:04 PM (hHxp2)

609 Lexington has four or five great joints. My favorite
is the BBQ Center. Western BBQ slaw is drizzled with pork drippings,
which is not bad, but you want a clean sweet slaw to cleanse your
palatte before eating more BBQ. They also have Cheer Wine in Western
Carolina. Sun Drop, too.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 12:40 PM (s0rgF)

sounds good, I need to hit up Lexington. I agree about slaw. Those that don't like it probably never had the good stuff and/or realized the entire point was to cut the fat from good bbq.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 01:22 PM (hHxp2)

610 TX has been experimenting with HCQ plus zinc and zpack when people in nursing homes are first diagnosed. They are losing very few of them

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 01:22 PM (JKNZq)

611 link on the TX nursing homes: https://tinyurl.com/y855o9nm

Dr Campbell put out a video that says HCQ is useless. They used it on people with moderate to severe HCQ and didn't add zinc plus zpack. Was interesting to read the comments calling them out. It needs to be used early and you gotta use the zinc too.

Posted by: notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 01:26 PM (JKNZq)

612
Raising Cane's has started opening stores here..

I tried them once.. meh.. the chicken tenders were kinda dry.

And no BBQ sauce! Just that crappy Canes sauce..

I won't be going back..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 11, 2020 12:53 PM (CjFDo)

I won't lie to you, I never do. Most chain fried chicken is just ok at best. Popeyes can be good, Roy Rogers can be good, but really they can never be great. i mentioned a place upthread and I realize it is off the beaten path for most, but not if you go up and down 95 on the reg. But the difference in the product is striking. There have to be other great fried chicken places. It would be a nice thread to discuss them and let people know.

"One last thing about Parkers's, i am talking the original location. I don't know about the new places. But also try the corn sticks. I hope it hasn't changed as i have not been there in years. It was always the same when I did frequent the place, and that is a good thing.

Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 01:29 PM (hHxp2)

613 How to tell the difference between a blunder and malfeasance.

A person is walking down the street, stumbles into an old lady knocking her down. Was it a blunder or malfeasance? If it was a blunder the person will be confused, surprised, apologetic, and try making up for their error. If it is malfeasance the person will have a plausible story to tell you - it will place the blame everywhere but upon him - somebody shoved him, there was a crack in the sidewalk etc. People who do things deliberately always have their asses covered.
Greg Abbott blundered in his response to the Whu Flu. In the case of Andrew Cuomo, he is either a psychopathic serial killer, or he was trying to run up the body count in nursing homes for political reasons when he ordered nursing homes to take Covid-19 patients; his actions were not blunders.

Posted by: An Observation at May 11, 2020 01:41 PM (oL9F3)

614 I so want to nom-nom-nom on those chicken platters.

Posted by: Captain Ned at May 11, 2020 02:13 PM (XIfux)

615 >>>Donald Trump sets aside about a billion dollars of his own fortune

***laughs so hard milk comes out nose***

A billion dollars?
Sure, pull the other one

Posted by: Esenirgneod at May 11, 2020 03:01 PM (WgI3h)

616 I'll take it!

Posted by: Gridlock at May 11, 2020 03:02 PM (/DLXk)

617 Me and the girlfriend enjoyed a Leviathan and Deepstar Six double-feature at home last month.

Posted by: Mech at May 11, 2020 03:55 PM (HPcI7)

618 Rollerball was based on a short story. Originally appeared in Esquire of all places:
https://classic.esquire.com/article/1973/9/1/roller-ball-murder

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at May 11, 2020 05:40 PM (FR+I0)

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