The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

The New York Times. The Paper Of Record (cue angels singing). The Gray Lady.

They finally did it. This weekend their reflexive anti-American stances and aggressive multi-culti blather and their contempt for and hatred of all that makes America exceptional pissed off the older brat so much that he was almost literally spitting mad. And my mostly apolitical wife was just as offended.

Instead of a reflective and somber front page noting our national holiday that recognizes the supreme sacrifice that so many Americans have made in defense of our country, the Gray Lady (more like a $20 whore on 43rd St.) chose to whip up fear and uncertainty with a vile and disrespectful list of some who have died from Wuhan Flu. Of course one of the first names was incorrect...a murder victim!...but the truth has never deterred the NYT from its self-appointed task of manipulating public opinion to satisfy the Upper-West-Side elites who never met a real American they didn't hate.

That is nothing new. Let us cast our eyes on a fine, upstanding NYT correspondent and Moscow Bureau Chief named Walter Duranty, who had first-hand knowledge of the murder of millions in Ukraine. It even has a name...The Holodomor...but you would never know it if you read the NYT, because they never met a Stalinist they didn't love, in particular the first one.

So the NYT and Duranty hid genocide from America, all in service of their real masters; progressivism and anti-Americanism. A few years later they seemed curiously incurious about another unpleasantness in Europe...called The Holocaust.

For the last 20 years the newspaper has morphed into a caricature of itself, with one SJW or PC cause after another competing for space in their Arts and Style and Food sections and, increasingly, their front page, which no longer pretends to present the facts, but has become an extension of their socialist-lite editorial pages.

Every topic is viewed through the lens of LGBTQ or multiculturalism or all-encompassing central government or frank anti-flyover-state pomposity, all with the obvious goal of subverting the Constitution, states' rights, individual freedom and liberty, and for the last five years a rabid and chaotic push to de-legitimize the legally elected president of the United States.

But as of Sunday they will be doing it without my help. I cancelled, with some effort, our Friday-Sunday subscription, with the enthusiastic support of my apolitical wife!

And I won't miss it...at all.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Hello monkey thread!

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 26, 2020 11:00 AM (0nzky)

2 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:00 AM (LvTSG)

3 Corgis called.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 26, 2020 11:01 AM (0nzky)

4 #FuckTheNYT

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 26, 2020 11:01 AM (wtvvX)

5 Whoa

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 26, 2020 11:02 AM (Do5/p)

6 Top 10 ?

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at May 26, 2020 11:02 AM (KopDd)

7 Monkey Time is the best time. Morning HQ

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 26, 2020 11:02 AM (zUdXR)

8 Cool, not bad for a lurker.

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (KopDd)

9 One wishes the NYT would go bankrupt, but it won't happen. At least, not in our lifetime.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (2JVJo)

10 The gov of MN pretty much admitted masks do nothing but said people must wear them to show solidarity. Party of Science!! NYT will give him a nice pat on the head.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (kiC/Z)

11 Wish I had a NYT subscription to cancel. That'd show 'em

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (zUdXR)

12 They actually believe people will accept whatever they print as the truth.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 26, 2020 11:04 AM (Hcsoi)

13 How many dudes actually subscribe to the NYTs without a woman involved?

I did in college in correlation to a lady of whom I was fond.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (YaiCw)

14 The gov of MN is an idiot yet his approval goes up (according to MPR and the StarTribune)

Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (zUdXR)

15 Doesnt obamaphone billionaire mexican own NYT?

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (JFO2v)

16 Rookie mistake! read the content..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (CjFDo)

17 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.

Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (9CkBG)

18 11 Wish I had a NYT subscription to cancel. That'd show 'em
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (zUdXR)

Cancel your lefty neighbors!

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (JFO2v)

19
*Munkey*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (EGyGV)

20 I suppose it's lost on the Times that they wouldn't be able to print their crap w/o the sacrifice of the people they so disparage.

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:06 AM (X/Pw5)

21 17 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (9CkBG)

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Just like he listened to the Pharasees. You know, for research purposes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:06 AM (LvTSG)

22 13 How many dudes actually subscribe to the NYTs without a woman involved?

I did in college in correlation to a lady of whom I was fond.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (YaiCw)

I would read the NYT for a BJ!

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 26, 2020 11:06 AM (JFO2v)

23 TRUMP TO INFECT MILLIONS RAAWWK!

Posted by: Propaganda Parrot at May 26, 2020 11:07 AM (oVCvj)

24 Good for you CBD. As a native NYer, the NYT was the first paper I ever read. I did the crossword as a youngster with my mother and aunt, who were quite good at them. But I haven't read it for years.
My mom kept her on line subscription until she passed this year just to try and do the crossword to keep her mind sharp.
But she did not read it anymore.
It has had no useful journalistic purpose for decades.

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at May 26, 2020 11:07 AM (KopDd)

25 The gov of MN pretty much admitted masks do nothing but said people must
wear them to show solidarity. Party of Science!! NYT will give him a
nice pat on the head.
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MN 'nice' response: No, thank you.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 26, 2020 11:07 AM (MIKMs)

26 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (9CkBG)

Naw, i think Mary had him potty-trained in record time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:07 AM (doJlv)

27 "the lens of LGBTQ or multiculturalism or all-encompassing central government or frank anti-flyover-state pomposity"

I still have my healing power, AND I'm willing to be embraced, you know.

Posted by: And at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (DMUuz)

28 After their !619 Project is there any surprise?

They have openly attempted to rewrite the founding pf our country as a racist, genocidal hellhole. Can anything that comes from that, even 400 years later, be untainted by that smear?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (bDqIh)

29 I had a NYT subscription when I lived in NYC cuz all the cool kids had one. And my GF at the time would read it cover to cover and when she was over and didnt have it in the morning would whine about it.

This was late 90s and even then it was garbage but at least they sorta kinda pretended to be neutral. I was kinda meh about politics but even as a middle of the road Apolitical type I could see the bias clearly.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (kiC/Z)

30 OK, folks, I'm going to sign off and try to write, or failing that, sit on the porch.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (2JVJo)

31
Congratulations! FINALLY our side is accepting that you have to cut off ALL support to this Dem-Media-Tech establishment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (Kpl3J)

32
I suppose it's lost on the Times that they wouldn't be able to print
their crap w/o the sacrifice of the people they so disparage.

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:06 AM (X/Pw5)

They'll print it on locally sourced handmade newsprint, with vegan inks, delivered by electric vehicles.

That's how many of their readers see the world, so I am sure it will work just fine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (dLLD6)

33 28 After their !619 Project is there any surprise?

They have openly attempted to rewrite the founding pf our country as a racist, genocidal hellhole. Can anything that comes from that, even 400 years later, be untainted by that smear?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (bDqIh)

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Why would anyone want to live in America?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (LvTSG)

34
Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (9CkBG)

The NYT has an Aramaic edition?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (EGyGV)

35 Lincoln sent troops to quell rioting in NYC.
HELL
Hollywood bravely made a movie about the gangs there.

Also the Wolf of Wall Street
And Tammany Hall

10% of America lives in the environs
It's PDJT's hometown.

It's okay. It's America. Ride that horse.

Posted by: torabora at May 26, 2020 11:09 AM (UAMJE)

36 You mean you've had a subscription to the NYT up to this weekend?

Posted by: Sooner at May 26, 2020 11:09 AM (Fs5vw)

37 I would read the NYT for a BJ!

Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 26, 2020 11:06 AM (JFO2v)

I would PRENTEND to read the NYT for a BJ!

edited for clarity

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:09 AM (X/Pw5)

38 well he would fisk them something fierce, that's why the sadducees and pharisees both wanted him dead, he knew that's the way the story would go, re isiah,

Posted by: gaius martius at May 26, 2020 11:10 AM (hMlTh)

39 You mean their coverage of Duke lacrosse and the Jayson Blair crap and the 1619 lie wasn't enough to convince you?

Posted by: James OBrien at May 26, 2020 11:10 AM (G9ctU)

40 >>Why would anyone want to live in America?

Live?

They want to colonize.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:10 AM (bDqIh)

41 36 You mean you've had a subscription to the NYT up to this weekend?
Posted by: Sooner at May 26, 2020 11:09 AM (Fs5vw)

He does obliquely mention the wife as a prime factor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 11:10 AM (YaiCw)

42 hopefully enough people do actually see the truth. but i'm not sure if enough will.

both my to be step dau are very liberal, but have no base for those ideals beyond - gibme free stuff.

and they amount they don't know about current events is staggering. but then, they pretty much get their news from crap like the daily show and facebook fiends.

i weep for the future...

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 26, 2020 11:10 AM (8D42x)

43 The gov of MN is an idiot yet his approval goes up (according to MPR and the StarTribune)
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (zUdXR)
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I think I see the flaw with that.

There was an article the other day in the Red StarTrib about our high rate of nursing home deaths, and Walz was not mentioned once.

The Great and Powerful Walz will save us all, or some shit.

Posted by: jhawk90 at May 26, 2020 11:10 AM (OhQi4)

44 You mean you've had a subscription to the NYT up to this weekend?

Posted by: Sooner at May 26, 2020 11:09 AM (Fs5vw)

It wasn't my choice, but in the interest of marital harmony....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (dLLD6)

45 Print is dead.

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (iTXRQ)

46 I would read the NYT for a BJ!
Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 26, 2020 11:06 AM

We wouldn't respect you afterwards.

Posted by: The coven of The View at May 26, 2020 11:12 AM (DMUuz)

47 WHO tells us round 1 of the Chinese flu is not over yet!!! Run, run for your lives!

Posted by: It's me donna at May 26, 2020 11:12 AM (Zmnko)

48 >It wasn't my choice, but in the interest of marital harmony....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I get it. I was married to a girl who liked cats.

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:12 AM (iTXRQ)

49 from last thread:

347 345 Beth Wilkinson officially entered an appearance on behalf of Sullivan this morning.
Your move, appeals court.
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Do they have to respond?
Couldn't they just wait for the lawyer to give the response back, and then ignore stating that we asked for you (J. Sullivan) as Judge to give us a response, not your lawyer. Frankly we are unsure why you have a lawyer in the first place.
Alternatively, they could just say there is no reason for you to be represented here.
Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 10:55 AM (sX1BW)
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I want this to get contentious. I want that so bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 10:56 AM (LvTSG)

This is now impossible to predict, because it has already gone so outside of the bounds of *anything* I can think of that has ever happened before. My gut instinct is that the 3 judge panel will NOT be amused at Sullivan calling in his own advocate, when they told him to respond personally, BUT they also know how high profile this is, and they are going to be working as hard as they can to cover themselves and do everything as carefully as they can.

This is an incredibly complicated high stakes chess game being played here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:12 AM (Kpl3J)

50 It wasn't my choice, but in the interest of marital harmony....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (dLLD6)

Please accept my condolences on the passing of your wife's parakeet, CBD.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (doJlv)

51 The Bronx Zoo kept a black man as an exhibit in 1906.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (xfb67)

52 My perusal of new books has struck a rich vein this morning.

Unholy
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

-
It's because they're deplorable!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (+y/Ru)

53 I'm happy to say that I've never subscribed to the NYT's before it was cool.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (gmo/4)

54 that film was financed by a massive investment scam imdb fronted by goldman sachs, and promoted by khashoggi pbuh, with the brother of mifsuds associate in saudi intelligence, it helped topple the previous regime, that got back into parliament with all this wuflu kerfluffle

Posted by: gaius martius at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (hMlTh)

55

25,125.79 +660.63 (+2.70%)
As of 11:12AM EDT. Market open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (21Sa0)

56 53 I'm happy to say that I've never subscribed to the NYT's before it was cool.
Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 11:13 AM (gmo/4)

I didn't even notice they added a paywall on line either.

Posted by: Roy at May 26, 2020 11:14 AM (CU6X5)

57 49 This is now impossible to predict, because it has already gone so outside of the bounds of *anything* I can think of that has ever happened before. My gut instinct is that the 3 judge panel will NOT be amused at Sullivan calling in his own advocate, when they told him to respond personally, BUT they also know how high profile this is, and they are going to be working as hard as they can to cover themselves and do everything as carefully as they can.

This is an incredibly complicated high stakes chess game being played here.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:12 AM (Kpl3J)

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I feel like Sullivan knocked over the board when he didn't accept the dismissal. Or, at least, he put on a rook that had already been taken off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:14 AM (LvTSG)

58 Why would anyone want to live in America?

***

I live here and I am an American! I make where I live a damned nice place. Anyone doesn't like it, or me, they can take a flying leap at a rolling donut.

The real question is why would anyone want to read the NYT, or any paper for that matter?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2020 11:14 AM (axyOa)

59 When I worked at the Naval War College I used to go down to the cafeteria every morning and pick up papers for the department.

IIRC 6 NYT's and 2 Wall Street Journals. One day as I was delivering the papers one of the professors looked at me and asked me not to bring him the NYT anymore because it was just a bunch of leftist garbage.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (JUOKG)

60 Took you that long, huh?

Posted by: A West Schoenfuss at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (j0Esu)

61 Good for you, CBD! Why support people who hold you in contempt?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (Dc2NZ)

62 The real question is why did you subscribe in the first place?

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (CLteG)

63 Maybe I'll get a subscription...so I can cancel it.

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (X/Pw5)

64 Oh...
I forgot.

Morning Monkey.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (axyOa)

65 there's at least two good judges on that panel, the other was the one that clinton insisted on, he was douglas wilder's law partner, remember when he was the great black hope,

Posted by: gaius martius at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (hMlTh)

66 63 Maybe I'll get a subscription...so I can cancel it.
Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (X/Pw5)

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Do they offer free trials?

Get the free trial and then cancel before billing starts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (LvTSG)

67 You will be made to care.

Posted by: Federal Department of Emotional Engineering at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (DZsvp)

68 Unholy
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

OK Karen

Posted by: Vanya at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (BAsqb)

69 This is now impossible to predict, because it has already gone so
outside of the bounds of *anything* I can think of that has ever
happened before. My gut instinct is that the 3 judge panel will NOT
be amused at Sullivan calling in his own advocate, when they told him to
respond personally, BUT they also know how high profile this is, and
they are going to be working as hard as they can to cover themselves and
do everything as carefully as they can.

This is an incredibly complicated high stakes chess game being played here.
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That's my thinking, but like you - who knows. Judge Sullivan is not a party to any case, so not sure why he needs counsel. We can expect his counsel will (if allowed to be entered in) move to ask for additional time to give a response. So I guess I don't really care so long as the May 31 date is upheld.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (sX1BW)

70 67 You will be made to care.
Posted by: Federal Department of Emotional Engineering at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (DZsvp)

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

"We never voted for that. It's not our fault! Re-elect us!"
-Congress

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (LvTSG)

71 Many years ago, the NYT was attempting to remain financially above water by selling subscriptions out in flyover country. They called me in Cheyenne Wyoming to offer me a great deal...
I laughed right in the girls ear. What the hell would I want with that left wing propaganda crap?

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (EwCl0)

72 CBD I don't think anyone would question why you canceled. The thing I'm curious about is why did you not cancel years ago?. That's not a rhetorical jab against you. I'm honestly curious. Was there a part you still found worthwhile? For instance, I find a lot of what's in The Atlantic to be rubbish but some of their writing, mostly apolitical stuff, is superb and keeps me coming back.

So what kept you with a NYT subscription for so long?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (l6b3d)

73 >>Beth Wilkinson officially entered an appearance on behalf of Sullivan this morning.

Wilkinson (married to journalist David Gregory) is the one who was (amazingly) allowed to represent **4** of Hillary's closest aides during the email investigation (thus ensuring their stories could be coordinated and one or more could not be turned against the others).

Interesting development. Oh wait -- didn't Sullivan preside over the Clinton vs. Judicial Watch email case? Honestly asking - I think he did?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (bDqIh)

74 But as of Sunday they will be doing it without my help. I cancelled, with some effort, our Friday-Sunday subscription, with the enthusiastic support of my apolitical wife!

And I won't miss it...at all.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

Um, what took you so long? I won't ever knowingly post a link to any of their crap. Let alone hand them money.

I cancelled my local McClatchy rag scrip 15 years ago, after getting 'the paper' since I was a young adult.

Hell, I cancelled Scientific American in the 90s when I noticed their decidedly Left turn. I refuse to pay to be indoctrinated.

Anyhow, good decision CBD.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Z4rgH)

75 45 Print is dead.
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (iTXRQ)

I agree - I think over the next 12 months, most print news media in this country will go bankrupt. The only ones to survive will be the Vanity Projects which have billionaires funding them as personal playthings.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

76 It wasn't my choice, but in the interest of marital harmony....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (dLLD6)
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Good for Mrs. CBD. We'll get her yet!

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (/669Q)

77 Was the effort in cancelling your subscription due to your own reluctance, or was it due to the person on the other end of the phone mercilessly nagging you to change your mind?

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (TXy1K)

78 My mom is a Republican voter but also a lifelong reader of the NYT, particularly the Sunday Times. I've been telling her for years that the Times was highly biased and it didn't really qualify as news anymore in many cases let alone "the paper of record".

She kept reading, mostly out of habit I think, but the last few years have been a real eye opener for her. I speak with her quite often since my dad passed and I've been walking her through the truth of the Russia hoax while she would tell me what the Times told her.

She always knew they had a bias but she now knows that it goes way beyond bias. The Times just prints opinions masquerading as news.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (ZLI7S)

79 75 45 Print is dead.
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (iTXRQ)

I agree - I think over the next 12 months, most print news media in this country will go bankrupt. The only ones to survive will be the Vanity Projects which have billionaires funding them as personal playthings.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

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Like...the New York Times.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (LvTSG)

80 It wasn't my choice, but in the interest of marital harmony....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (dLLD6)

ahhh, it is more satisfying when the better half finally sees the light.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (CLteG)

81 So, as we come closer to the burning times, does the press, Academia or our Political Class deserve the first match?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (l4C/z)

82 Back in the Pre-Cambrian one could at least enjoy the arts, literature, and cooking sections, but even those little pleasures are to be denied us. Everything, including the fluffier sections, is viewed through the lens of race/class/gender.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (Dc2NZ)

83 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM

Only when I'm not preparing for the bowling league championships.

Posted by: Jesus at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (DMUuz)

84 Now cut your cable and stop paying CNN, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Fox. Stop paying them. I get newmax for free and OAN $5/mo, Netflix, Amazon, Philo, Hulu, Pluto.tv and I have more than I can watch but I do not pay for cable news propaganda

Posted by: Frankie Lee at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (7YqDN)

85 81 So, as we come closer to the burning times, does the press, Academia or our Political Class deserve the first match?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (l4C/z)

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I'm pretty sure it's White Christians who go to church and pay their taxes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

86 79 75 45 Print is dead.
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:11 AM (iTXRQ)

I agree - I think over the next 12 months, most print news media in this country will go bankrupt. The only ones to survive will be the Vanity Projects which have billionaires funding them as personal playthings.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

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Like...the New York Times.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (LvTSG)

Thought it was just Wapo.

Posted by: Someguy at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (Zm+LZ)

87 The desperation of the Left as evidenced by their media sites is noted. They don't got this in the bag. They can't nail their foe down with their usual accusations. The decades-long project may be in jeopardy. There, over the Crack of Doom stands a Golden Scalp Weasel ready to drop their item of power in and unmake it.

Sit back and open a beer, this is going to be a good one.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - A Time For Nagging - The Karen Chronicles now available at The Outrage Outlet! at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (eg2vB)

88 Is it Friday when judge Sullivan has to answer?

Posted by: RoyalOil at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (aO8Gd)

89 86 Like...the New York Times.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (LvTSG)

Thought it was just Wapo.
Posted by: Someguy at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (Zm+LZ)

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Carlos Slim owns something like 16% of the NYT and will probably end up buying more of it if required.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (LvTSG)

90 The real question is why did you subscribe in the first place?

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (CLteG)

Honestly? Inertia. And the crossword, which used to be fantastic, but it too decayed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (dLLD6)

91 I get the feeling that many of the DC politicians think the NYT is still a pretty big deal. Even the GOP'ers.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (xfb67)

92 I don't think I have room for a Trump alter. Perhaps my Saban Shrine can do dual service.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (21Sa0)

93 "Many years ago, the NYT was attempting to remain financially above water by selling subscriptions out in flyover country. They called me in Cheyenne Wyoming to offer me a great deal... "

New York City!?!?!?

- guy from the salsa commercial

Posted by: Chris M at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (eAZVt)

94 >>Is it Friday when judge Sullivan has to answer?

June 1st.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (ZLI7S)

95 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

*coughs* ahem? Race traitors? Hello?

Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (6uoMz)

96 88 Is it Friday when judge Sullivan has to answer?

You mean his Lawyer has to answer?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (Zmnko)

97 Back when I could walk into a coffee shop and sit down to enjoy my cuppa Joe, they would have a stack of papers to sell. Usually it consisted of the local rag, the Seattle Slimes, the WSJ and the NYT. The only one that sold regularly was the WSJ. The others just sat there.
I was as warming to me as the coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (axyOa)

98 And now Netflix is on a homosexual in your face rampage... CANCELLED!!!

Feels good.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (CLteG)

99 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor

pretty sure our Lord and Savior doesn't need to read the "so-called news"

Posted by: Rick in SK at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (FZYNt)

100 The desperation of the Left as evidenced by their media sites is noted.
They don't got this in the bag. They can't nail their foe down with
their usual accusations.
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They are about to launch a full scale attack on twitter because of Trump.

The left hates it when their "friends" don't go completely along with their delusions.

See Elon Musk.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (sX1BW)

101 Willard:

Judge Sullivan just broke the Fourth Wall.

For decades everyone has known yet only spoken of in whispers the fact that Judges usually don't write their own opinions, but rather their law clerks do. And those opinions have been deemed by all to be quite sufficient for purposes of merely ruling on a case.

But NOW something SUPER important has occurred: it's Sullivan's ass on the line, so suddenly we'd better get a seasoned attorney involved to write the response.

Hmmmm. Good thing it wasn't the litigants' butts in the sling.

Posted by: Sharkman

Posted by: Sharkman at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (YPTnD)

102 I agree - I think over the next 12 months, most print news media in this
country will go bankrupt. The only ones to survive will be the Vanity
Projects which have billionaires funding them as personal playthings.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

The loss of advertising due to the shutdown has been damaging to their second tier repeater megaphones. They are going to regret doing that much injury to themselves.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - A Time For Nagging - The Karen Chronicles now available at The Outrage Outlet! at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (eg2vB)

103 Back in the Pre-Cambrian one could at least enjoy the arts, literature, and cooking sections, but even those little pleasures are to be denied us. Everything, including the fluffier sections, is viewed through the lens of race/class/gender.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (Dc2NZ)
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I had to cancel the Washington Post years and years and years ago because of all the garbage my kids would see on the way to the Kids Post page at the back of the Style section. And the food section had gotten weirder and weirder, with no recipes that were in any way tempting to me.

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (/669Q)

104 Do they offer free trials?

Get the free trial and then cancel before billing starts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (LvTSG)

The flaw in your plan is having to give them your credit card or bank info before the free trials start.

You really want to trust that info in their hands?

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (Z4rgH)

105 Willowed from the art thread, but,

Speaking of art museums, there's a Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, MA, if you're into that sort of thing:

https://tinyurl.com/ybgdqd2f
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 26, 2020 10:10 AM

Been there a couple of times. Very good for an afternoon. It's mostly the owner's personal collection. You can often run into him walking around and talking to the visitors. I highly recommend it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (ejd/p)

106 So, as we come closer to the burning times, does the press, Academia or our Political Class deserve the first match?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (l4C/z)

Three on a match is unlucky... Oh, wait. Carry on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (doJlv)

107 CBD I don't think anyone would question why you canceled. The thing I'm curious about is why did you not cancel years ago?. That's not a rhetorical jab against you. I'm honestly curious. Was there a part you still found worthwhile? For instance, I find a lot of what's in The Atlantic to be rubbish but some of their writing, mostly apolitical stuff, is superb and keeps me coming back.

So what kept you with a NYT subscription for so long?
Posted by: banana Dream

A lot of people live for the NYT crossword puzzles.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (Ol/Jg)

108 My husband followed your lead after the disgraceful wuflu list. And it was a free subscription designed to make it look like there were plenty of subscribers.

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (ONvIw)

109 >>Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

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Gee, is it any wonder Democrat Governors are so Hellbent on keeping churches shut down?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (bDqIh)

110 This is now impossible to predict, because it has already gone so
outside of the bounds of *anything* I can think of that has ever
happened before.
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I got very busy and forgot to mention that local Fox (Chicago) was running a 'glamor' photo of Sullivan with their story about his brave and stunning response to questions -- of any kind. Woke me up and even groggy the picture shown was an anomaly: 3/4 portrait from behind, looking over his shoulder, like a glamor gal. Really odd.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (MIKMs)

111 Unholy
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

I think she defines worship differently than I do but that's understandable from someone who's god is the state.
And does she ask why black worship and serve the Democrats?

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (Uu+Jp)

112
That's my thinking, but like you - who knows. Judge Sullivan is not a party to any case, so not sure why he needs counsel. We can expect his counsel will (if allowed to be entered in) move to ask for additional time to give a response. So I guess I don't really care so long as the May 31 date is upheld.
Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (sX1BW)

I agree, and I would be shocked beyond belief if any extra time was granted. He's not a defendant - this is a Judge to Judge action, almost a kind of Employee Performance Review. This reminds of a cop who catches a burglar breaking into a house, who shouts out "Stop! Explain yourself!!" and the burglar replies, "Um, can I have a week to get back to you on that?"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (Kpl3J)

113 I get it, I really do. But i cancelled them during the surge in Iraq. Them and 2 local rags. Local reporters are like local cops.
My Old Man always said every patrolman wanted to be a sergeant, every lieutenant wanted to be chief.
Every journalist wants to end up at the NYT.
Asskissers are everywhere. We all are required to kiss some occasionally, but some people enjoy it.

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (DZsvp)

114
I agree - I think over the next 12 months, most print news media in this

country will go bankrupt. The only ones to survive will be the Vanity

Projects which have billionaires funding them as personal playthings.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Kpl3J)

The
loss of advertising due to the shutdown has been damaging to their
second tier repeater megaphones. They are going to regret doing that
much injury to themselves.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - A Time For Nagging - The Karen Chronicles now available at The Outrage Outlet! at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM

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Yep our County paper went from 12-14 pages down to 4-6 since the start of this. I doubt they will survive in their current form.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (JUOKG)

115 Good for you, CBD. Why any American would pay good money to read that rag is beyond me.

Posted by: creeper at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (XxJt1)

116 104 Do they offer free trials?

Get the free trial and then cancel before billing starts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (LvTSG)

The flaw in your plan is having to give them your credit card or bank info before the free trials start.

You really want to trust that info in their hands?
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2020 11:21 AM (Z4rgH)

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Get a VISA gift card, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (LvTSG)

117 Carlos Slim owns something like 16% of the NYT and will probably end up buying more of it if required.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (LvTSG)

Not quite. He owns Class A shares, but the family controls the Class B shares, which are the real voting shares.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (dLLD6)

118 A guy I used to work with would do the NYT crossword over the course of our shift and he'd get seriously pissed if any of us messed with it.

I once snuck in "Dirty Sanchez" and it was hours before he noticed it. It fit, seemed related to the hint, and even used the letters he had already filled it. It was a gag miracle.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (xfb67)

119 85 81 So, as we come closer to the burning times, does the press, Academia or our Political Class deserve the first match?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (l4C/z)

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I'm pretty sure it's White Christians who go to church and pay their taxes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

What if we identify as Pagan Black Apache Attack Helicopters? For legal reasons. And for the chicks.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (l4C/z)

120 C'mon now, the NYT is a foreign-owned propaganda outlet that should be tried under whatever renains of anti-sedition laws.

Better yet, let's make these bags of crap eat their own words and target NYC as the ecological disaster that it is and insist that it be returned to a "green zone" complete with prowling polar bears grown fat on heroin-addled hobos. Maybe move on to Houston from there.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (Lsu/B)

121 The gov of MN pretty much admitted masks do nothing but said people must wear them to show solidarity. Party of Science!! NYT will give him a nice pat on the head.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (kiC/Z)

It isn't the thing itself. It's the thinking behind it, and the thinking behind it is irrational to the point of insanity.

So tired of the crazy. Relentless derangement wears one down after awhile.

Posted by: troyriser at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (pr6Sg)

122 91 I get the feeling that many of the DC politicians think the NYT is still a pretty big deal. Even the GOP'ers.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (xfb67)
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In my office, citing a NYT article in conversation is a form of virtue-signaling but not worth many points since it's assumed that EVERYONE reads it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (dfRN6)

123
90 The real question is why did you subscribe in the first place?

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 26, 2020 11:15 AM (CLteG)

Honestly? Inertia. And the crossword, which used to be fantastic, but it too decayed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:19 AM (dLLD6)

Hmmm, what's a seven letter word for " cracker"?

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (bCLt0)

124 The Old Fey Lady.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (ysC0S)

125 Seriously no offense intended but it's strange to see reports by otherwise intelligent folk that it took until, for example, May 2020 to say, okay that's it - the NYT has finally crossed the line where I will no longer pay them to continue printing that filth. Particularly when the usual egregious example of why dates back almost 100 years ago and the trash writing has only piled on year after year since.

Posted by: Siewert at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (/lK+Y)

126 119 What if we identify as Pagan Black Apache Attack Helicopters? For legal reasons. And for the chicks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (l4C/z)

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So much cultural appropriation...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (LvTSG)

127 The Palm Beach Post used to toss an edition or two in our lane during circulation verification week. You wont believe how difficult it was tomake them stop.

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (DZsvp)

128 And, since we're now over post #100...

Boobs

Big, jiggly Beach Bunny brand bikini boobs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (l4C/z)

129 On another note, but media related, NBC just announced they're ending Bluprint (a craft site on which they have sold "forever" access to classes and patterns). They are still selling subscriptions and classes despite their plan to stop the site. NO plan was announced on how you can keep what you paid for. NBC is asshoe!

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (ONvIw)

130 I started reading the NYT 50 years ago when my parents decided that their teenaged son needed some culture and got a subscription. I loved Russell Baker and was able to gag my way through the Sunday Arts & Leisure section, but I had no interest in the rest of it, even though I religiously tried. They even managed to screw up the sports pages with their nose-up-the-ass prose and attempts to seem high-minded. In fact a large part of the appeal of the WSJ (for me) was that they seemed to go out of their way to write in plain, manly English. I 'spose that's because they were targeting businessmen instead of wannabe intellectuals.

Posted by: Caliban at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (QE8X6)

131 pretty sure our Lord and Savior doesn't need to read the "so-called news"
Posted by: Rick in SK at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (FZYNt)

You clearly aren't a real Christian. Jesus did all things in order to reach all people. We must behave in whatever way society deems appropriate in order to show we're just like them and then we can reach them to show how different Jesus can make them and then they can continue to act like everyone....wait...anyways. Wear a mask. Subscribe to the Times. Most importantly, click the link.

Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (9CkBG)

132 OT because I'm playing Morning Report catch-up, but Ann Coulter is quite the feckless bitch, isn't she?

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (bCLt0)

133 "Many years ago, the NYT was attempting to remain financially above water by selling subscriptions out in flyover country. They called me in Cheyenne Wyoming to offer me a great deal... "

New York City!?!?!?

- guy from the salsa commercial
Posted by: Chris M

Who in Wyoming purchased a NYT subscription would be an interesting list to have

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (4jTwp)

134 #129 you mean you can't give away content?

Ummm

Posted by: torabora at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (UAMJE)

135 So what kept you with a NYT subscription for so long?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 11:16 AM (l6b3d)

My wife liked a few of the fluffier sections, and I do the Sunday crossword about three times each year.

But I would often scream and yell and throw things when I saw the front page, and this weekend my wife began to feel the same way.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM (dLLD6)

136 Who in Wyoming purchased a NYT subscription would be an interesting list to have
Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (4jTwp)
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They would all live in Jackson.

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM (/669Q)

137 132 OT because I'm playing Morning Report catch-up, but Ann Coulter is quite the feckless bitch, isn't she?
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (bCLt0)

Not news. Post-menopausal psychosis, maybe?

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM (ONvIw)

138 111 Unholy
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

Posner has a LONG history of writing for left wing outfits. She hates Christians almost as much as she hates Jews. I last remember her popping up her misshapen head after the death of Gen'l Soleimani, in Iraq, when she said Trump had him killed as a part of a far right Christian-Jewish Zionist plot. Seriously, that's what she was claiming.

(saying that killing him helped stop a war that was about to begin in Iraq was just too far fetched for her, I guess)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM (Kpl3J)

139 So tired of the crazy. Relentless derangement wears one down after awhile.
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Da.

Posted by: Former Soviet Citizens at May 26, 2020 11:27 AM (vg8iE)

140 The gov of MN pretty much admitted masks do nothing but said people must wear them to show solidarity. Party of Science!! NYT will give him a nice pat on the head.
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (kiC/Z)

It isn't the thing itself. It's the thinking behind it, and the thinking behind it is irrational to the point of insanity.

So tired of the crazy. Relentless derangement wears one down after awhile.

Posted by: troyriser at May 26, 2020 11:23 AM (pr6Sg)

It's not simply madness, it's also murder. They are deliberately setting up the deaths of the vulnerable in the fall by preventing the formation of herd immunity.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (21Sa0)

141 132 OT because I'm playing Morning Report catch-up, but Ann Coulter is quite the feckless bitch, isn't she?
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (bCLt0)

Jah, my main man Razorfist just dropped a video on her.

She's still a One but I don't trust her. She's on the grift.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (l4C/z)

142 Ann Coulter is a skinny bitch; who is only a conservative as long as those checks keep rolling in, IMO.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (gmo/4)

143 >.I think she defines worship differently than I do but that's understandable from someone who's god is the state.

And does she ask why black worship and serve the Democrats?
- - - -

Heh, good question. I'm guessing no.

Reminds me of when Alexandra Pelosi did a documentary on that NJ governor who was caught in a homosexual affair, so he resigned, dumped his wife and became a minister. Alexandra didn't bother to ask him his conversion story. That's what happens when an atheist (oh, I'm sure she says she's Catholic) attempts to cover religion.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (bDqIh)

144 134 #129 you mean you can't give away content?

Ummm
Posted by: torabora at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (UAMJE)

Some lawyer, also a subscriber, has been very active. Seems there must be a way to give people their video classes. Maybe NBC has heard of DVDs.

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (ONvIw)

145 The Left is just evil. They must be stopped.

Posted by: Chris M at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (eAZVt)

146 I had to cancel the Washington Post years and years and years ago because of all the garbage my kids would see on the way to the Kids Post page at the back of the Style section. And the food section had gotten weirder and weirder, with no recipes that were in any way tempting to me.
Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:20 AM (/669Q)
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The Post used to be a great paper! Now it's like walking through a cow pasture to get to the good stuff.

The Freep here keeps pushing more and more vegetarian and vegan recipes and highlighting dredd-friendly restaurants.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (Dc2NZ)

147 She's still a One but I don't trust her. She's on the grift.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (l4C/z)

Sack of antlers, man. Sack of antlers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (doJlv)

148 111 Unholy
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

Why don't these brainless idiots simply acknowledge they don't have a clue about anything that falls outside their bubble?

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (Uu+Jp)

149 137 132 OT because I'm playing Morning Report catch-up, but Ann Coulter is quite the feckless bitch, isn't she?
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM (bCLt0)

Not news. Post-menopausal psychosis, maybe?
Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM (ONvIw)

Where she REALLY went over the edge this weekend was when she claimed that ALL of Trump's problems came from his firing of Comey, that if he had just left James Comey in charge of the FBI everything would have been just fine.

Seriously, she said that. She's all the way in with Bill Kristol and David French now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (Kpl3J)

150 The Palm Beach Post used to toss an edition or two in our lane during circulation verification week.

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 26, 2020 11:24 AM (DZsvp)

Lane?....that like a driveway?

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (X/Pw5)

151 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor

pretty sure our Lord and Savior doesn't need to read the "so-called news"
Posted by: Rick in SK

He makes news.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (Ol/Jg)

152 >> Who in Wyoming purchased a NYT subscription would be an interesting list to have

I assume it's people whose primary residence is in NYC or LA.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (bDqIh)

153 They would all live in Jackson.
Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM

You are too young to be so ~~cynical~~ wise.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (DMUuz)

154 Coulter dated Bill Maher.
End of argument.

Posted by: attilla the thrilla at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (w7KSn)

155 Sarah Posner's Christian-Baiting I am sure plays well in Urban areas, where the people think They are in charge. They don't read a lot of history, apparently.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (bCLt0)

156 147 She's still a One but I don't trust her. She's on the grift.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (l4C/z)

Sack of antlers, man. Sack of antlers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM (doJlv)

So we stick to doggie and cowgirl. All good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (l4C/z)

157 Did Sefton hit that Amy Cooper story out of NYC this morning? Fascinating to watch in real time. I'm going to follow it alllll day today.

Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta yo) at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (XOi3t)

158
Hell, I cancelled Scientific American in the 90s when I noticed their decidedly Left turn. I refuse to pay to be indoctrinated.

Anyhow, good decision CBD.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 26, 2020 11:17 AM (Z4rgH)

I canceled National Geographic in the 80's when they started their AGW death march.

Posted by: Sooner at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (Fs5vw)

159 Ms Posner seems to have the typical commie mindset of worshipping political leaders instead of God. Since they actually worshipped BHO they simply cannot understand that DJT supporters are choosing the best fallible human option we have, and praying for God to give DJT and his key staff wisdom.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (T9Hmo)

160 I assume it's people whose primary residence is in NYC or LA.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (bDqIh)

Starbucks coffee shops.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (doJlv)

161 You are too young to be so cynical wise.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2020 11:29 AM (DMUuz)
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And, we have friends who live there.

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (/669Q)

162
Asskissers are everywhere. We all are required to kiss some occasionally, but some people enjoy it.
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 26, 2020 11:22 AM (DZsvp)

Asskissers are a dime a dozen, but it's the tongue action that separates the men from the boys.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (EGyGV)

163 I'm still perplexed why the appellate judges would even entertain a response from an outside party.

They asked Sullivan to explain his decision and reasoning, not a third party to explain it for him.

This multi-act traveling road show of The Aristocrats must roll on I suppose.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (1vb+E)

164 OT because I'm playing Morning Report catch-up, but Ann Coulter is quite the feckless bitch, isn't she?

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:25 AM

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Trump broke her. She used to be halfway sane.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (JUOKG)

165 Sometimes, I feel like I married an alien.

I showed Dolley The 39 Steps last night, and she hated it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

166 Asskissers are a dime a dozen, but it's the tongue action that separates the men from the boys.
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I can attest to this.

Posted by: (Former) Mayor Buttplug at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (vg8iE)

167 Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump

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The conservative case for racial preferences based on paper bag tests and why thinking about what puts your children at an advantage is only good for folks with a tan.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (5p/zy)

168 They would all live in Jackson.
Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:26 AM

Is that the same Jackson Johnny Cash was planning to go to?

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (Uu+Jp)

169 I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed seeing old Joe wearing a mask being led around by Dr. Jill yesterday... Someone more clever than I said Joe came out saw his shadow and went back in....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (Zmnko)

170 CBD ***STILL*** had a sub? Wow.

Inertia is a powerful thing.

Posted by: ArthurK at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (68LnN)

171 Unholy
*********
https://bit.ly/3gm7869

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 26, 2020 11:32 AM (H22GW)

172 The press is destroying itself. First they went full Leftist, effectively cutting their potential audience in half. Now they're ginning up COVID hysteria, wiping out their own ad revenues. It would take a heart of stone not to find this funny.

Posted by: Caliban at May 26, 2020 11:32 AM (QE8X6)

173 The fat Mexican owns less tgan 20 percent. I hear theyre actually making money .Thanks to Trump.
Theres a youtuber bamed Styxhexenhammer666 who woke me to the game.
Its all about clicks. CNN plays it too. Outrage stories make you conservatives click stupid outrage shit, abd they get paid. The same outrage story causes the Proggie Left to click as confirmation .
Just dont click.
Theres conservative sites that have made tge same calculation.

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 26, 2020 11:32 AM (DZsvp)

174 Is that the same Jackson Johnny Cash was planning to go to?
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (Uu+Jp)

Jackson, MS.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:32 AM (doJlv)

175 Ann Coulter a One??? Only for those who have a fetish for Holocaust victims. I actually saw her once in person, seriously, it was like looking at Skeletor in drag, with lipstick.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:32 AM (Kpl3J)

176 I showed Dolley The 39 Steps last night, and she hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (LvTSG)
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Which version? The Hitchcock one? I like it, but maybe she doesn't like black and white movies?

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (/669Q)

177 Jackson, WY used to be a nice place until the late 1980's early 1990's.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (gmo/4)

178 @165

One of the best Broadway shows I've ever saw was a comedic spoof of 39 steps.

Literally the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (1vb+E)

179
I suspect that Coulter tried to get Trump to hire her on in the administration but he declined, so she went all bunny-boiler. Plus, she's smart enough to know who signs the checks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (EGyGV)

180 And I won't miss it...at all.***
Precisely how I felt canceling the Chicago Tribune and refusing to watch the so-called main stream news showgrams. I. Will. Never. Be. Back.

Posted by: Old Dude at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (LGXGf)

181 165 Sometimes, I feel like I married an alien.

I showed Dolley The 39 Steps last night, and she hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

It IS sorta slow paced. Show her North by Northwest and see if she bites on that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (l4C/z)

182 NYT wrote an editorial demanding Twitter ban Trump because he's a stain on America....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (Zmnko)

183 They asked Sullivan to explain his decision and reasoning, not a third party to explain it for him.

Time out! Time out!

Posted by: Andy Reid's Lawyer at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (XHrkn)

184 What's Coulter's dislike of Trump about? Her big thing was always illegal immigration and the border, and Trump has shown no sign of caving on that issue, so why would she find common cause with the likes of Kristol and French?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (CqE5x)

185 Coulter is right in that Trump should not have gone on NBC and said he fired Comey over Russia. He often is his own worst enemy.

She is also an attention white. But that doesnt negate her point about the Lester Holt incident.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (kiC/Z)

186 176 I showed Dolley The 39 Steps last night, and she hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (LvTSG)
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Which version? The Hitchcock one? I like it, but maybe she doesn't like black and white movies?
Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (/669Q)

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She's fine with black and white movies. She found it stupid, as she said.

The clever plotting, easy rapport between stars, exciting sequences, and travelogue through the UK was "stupid".

She'd rather watch The Bachelor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (LvTSG)

187 No surprise. The establishment media survives on rage-clicks.

Posted by: JebPilled at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (QUqEV)

188 Jesus would subscribe to the NY Times.
Posted by: Female Presbyterian Pastor in Charlotte at May 26, 2020 11:05 AM (9CkBG)

Unlikely; He didn't read or speak English.

Tsk! Tsk! I guess Presbyterian seminaries are not what the used to be.

Posted by: Female Non Presby. Pastor at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (+eVzC)

189 Not quite. He owns Class A shares, but the family controls the Class B shares, which are the real voting shares.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I thought he owned the building, and they're very far in rent arrears - so has defacto veto. Unless they're packed and ready to go virtual

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (3WVRx)

190 Its all about clicks.

-

What a weird trick.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (5p/zy)

191 Left to click as confirmation .
Just dont click.
Theres conservative sites that have made tge same calculation.
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at May 26, 2020 11:32 AM (DZsvp)

As I'm sure that Ace would tell you, the click based method of revenue generation is failing for just about everyone who's tried to depend on it. Especially with the coronavirus scare, the advertising bucks just aren't there the way they used to be.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (Kpl3J)

192 177 Jackson, WY used to be a nice place until the late 1980's early 1990's.
Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (gmo/4)

Progressive Flocking Behaviors would make an interesting scientific study. I think of them as starlings, myself.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (bCLt0)

193 181 165 Sometimes, I feel like I married an alien.

I showed Dolley The 39 Steps last night, and she hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

It IS sorta slow paced. Show her North by Northwest and see if she bites on that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (l4C/z)

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I tried that one a few years ago, and she hated it too.

It's weird.

I showed her The Trouble with Harry a couple of weeks ago, and she was just bored.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

194 I don't fishwrap-shame anybody. My coworkers used to bring in the occasional good article from the NYT or the WaPo.

They were older and perusing the paper was an ingrained habit from before The Dark Times.

Which is what I'd call my newspaper if I owned one. C'mon, who wants to bankroll my vanity paper? Moo-Moo?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (Dc2NZ)

195 Inertia is a powerful thing.

Posted by: ArthurK at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (68LnN)

Every few months I would hint at cancelling, and I would hear, "But I like the Style section and the weddings and..."

So I would shut up.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (dLLD6)

196 You guys cancelled 20 years too late.....have you weaned off 20 hours CNN binges yet.....

I canna stop Aces or I get the SHAKIES......

Posted by: saf at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (5IHGB)

197 Print is dead.
Posted by: Rudy Polanski

Yes, yes, Prints died of an OD.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (+y/Ru)

198 putting some things together...
in 2017 in testimony before the SSCI we had several high ranking members of Obama's administration testify to not having any direct knowledge of the Trump campaign coordinating with Russia.
The republican members heard the same testimony the democrats did.
for three years since that testimony the same people that didn't have any evidence of collusion have spouted off on MSLSD and XiNN they did have evidence, or knew of same.

Why didn't any of the repubs refute that?

I'm asking you directly John Cornyn.

Posted by: DanMan at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (XTiHL)

199 She's fine with black and white movies. She found it stupid, as she said.

The clever plotting, easy rapport between stars, exciting sequences, and travelogue through the UK was "stupid".

She'd rather watch The Bachelor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (LvTSG)

I was quite surprised, the first time I saw it. I thought it was going to be about a staircase.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (Kpl3J)

200 I suspect that Coulter tried to get Trump to hire her on in the administration but he declined, so she went all bunny-boiler. Plus, she's smart enough to know who signs the checks.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (EGyGV)

She makes more money selling her stupid books than she would being part of the administration.
I never trusted her anyway.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (CqE5x)

201 Woke me up and even groggy the picture shown was an anomaly: 3/4 portrait from behind, looking over his shoulder, like a glamor gal. Really odd.

Heh. Did you ever hear of Canada's one and only female prime minister, Kim Campbell? She had a portrait photo done of herself standing naked and holding lawyer's robes on a hanger in front of her to hide everything important. Caused quite a stir at the time.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (TXy1K)

202 Unholy

Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump

By: Sarah Posner

Why don't these brainless idiots simply acknowledge they don't have a clue about anything that falls outside their bubble?

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at May 26, 2020 11:28 AM

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My buddy from CT was saying that Trump is losing white evangelicals at an ever increasing rate.

I said, no he isn't and went right to the gallup poll site and read the latest poll to my buddy that said Trump was at 49% favoribility one point more than obama was at the same point in his presidency.

He kept countering with the decline with white evangicals based on one single poll from a polling outfit I have never heard of, Public Religion Research Institute and they don't give any breakdowns for that poll that I can find except it was a random sample of 1,008 adults.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (JUOKG)

203 I loved the 39 Steps and North by Northwest (Cary and James). Amazing films.

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:37 AM (ONvIw)

204 Ann Coulter a One??? Only for those who have a fetish for Holocaust victims.

I believe one of our more erudite Morons described her as "a bag of antlers".

Posted by: t-bird at May 26, 2020 11:37 AM (n/x6m)

205 193 181 165 Sometimes, I feel like I married an alien.

I showed Dolley The 39 Steps last night, and she hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

It IS sorta slow paced. Show her North by Northwest and see if she bites on that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:33 AM (l4C/z)

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I tried that one a few years ago, and she hated it too.

It's weird.

I showed her The Trouble with Harry a couple of weeks ago, and she was just bored.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

I was bored by that one too. Plus crazy commie lady was in it with her Karen haircut.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I tried all holiday weekend to get the wife to watch Silence of the Lamb. She refused. Just sat playing iphone games all day.

Sometimes you draw a bad hand. Sometimes you draw a REALLY bad hand.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:37 AM (l4C/z)

206 Why didn't any of the repubs refute that?

I'm asking you directly John Cornyn.
Posted by: DanMan at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (XTiHL)

C'mon, man, that's not who we are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:37 AM (Kpl3J)

207 >>She makes more money selling her stupid books than she would being part of the administration.
I never trusted her anyway.

She turns on everyone eventually. It's her shtick and she's made good money doing it for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:37 AM (ZLI7S)

208 Hey Mark, you have email!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (NWiLs)

209 I showed her The Trouble with Harry a couple of weeks ago, and she was just bored.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (LvTSG)
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Okay, that one is kind of weird.

And yes, I have probably seen nearly every Hitchcock movie made. We went through the catalog a few years ago.

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (/669Q)

210 Shit. I took Teddy to the recently reopened dog park earlier and missed the Dali discussion.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (y7DUB)

211 I showed her The Trouble with Harry a couple of weeks ago, and she was just bored.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (LvTSG)

Okay, try Harry and the Hendersons.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (Kpl3J)

212 The republican members heard the same testimony the democrats did.
for three years since that testimony the same people that didn't have any evidence of collusion have spouted off on MSLSD and XiNN they did have evidence, or knew of same.

Why didn't any of the repubs refute that?

I'm asking you directly John Cornyn.

Posted by: DanMan at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (XTiHL)

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I'm still interested in exactly why Meuller knew the Russia!!! story was BS right from the beginning and still wasted everyone's time and blew $35M on a nonsensical "investigation."

Show your work, Mueller.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (5p/zy)

213 Heh. Did you ever hear of Canada's one and only female prime minister, Kim Campbell? She had a portrait photo done of herself standing naked and holding lawyer's robes on a hanger in front of her to hide everything important. Caused quite a stir at the time.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 26, 2020 11:36 AM (TXy1K)
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Wasn't she PM for like six months?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (Dc2NZ)

214 Oh wow, CBD finally quit his subscription to the NYT. Next, will he be cutting back his donations to NPR?

Posted by: drerbrerard at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (/bA5j)

215 154
Coulter dated Bill Maher.

End of argument.

Posted by: attilla the thrilla at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (w7KSn)

Since she was mentioned, obligatory:
https://tinyurl.com/tf8vrau

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (ufFY8)

216 DanMa'am cancelled our Houston Comical subscription about 20 years ago. To lower my blood pressure.

There is no useful information to be gleaned from that paper. All pictures and memes now.

Posted by: DanMan at May 26, 2020 11:39 AM (XTiHL)

217 TJM, has she seen "Frenzy"? That's a fun one.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:39 AM (Dc2NZ)

218 White Evangelicals is such a vaporous term, IMO, that I discount it out of hand. Working class as a term has far more power for me.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:39 AM (bCLt0)

219 208 Hey Mark, you have email!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (NWiLs)

Thanks brother, let me go get it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:39 AM (l4C/z)

220 Which is what I'd call my newspaper if I owned one. C'mon, who wants to bankroll my vanity paper? Moo-Moo?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (Dc2NZ)
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I'm not rich enough to bankroll it, but I would like to be your first subscriber.

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:39 AM (/669Q)

221 If the toilet paper shortage got really out of hand I might have subscribed to the NYT.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 26, 2020 11:39 AM (9Om/r)

222 CBD ***STILL*** had a sub? Wow.

You say that like it's a Bad Thing.

Posted by: The Gimp at May 26, 2020 11:40 AM (DMUuz)

223 Next, will he be cutting back his donations to NPR?

Posted by: drerbrerard at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (/bA5j)

Let's not be hasty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 11:40 AM (dLLD6)

224 209 And yes, I have probably seen nearly every Hitchcock movie made. We went through the catalog a few years ago.
Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (/669Q)

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I'm doing everything, and I do mean every feature film he made from The Pleasure Garden to Family Plot.

I think my weekend movie post is going to be about his transition from silent films to sound films. His career is simply too big to do one post about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:40 AM (LvTSG)

225 Trump broke her. She used to be halfway sane.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:31 AM (JUOKG)

Threatening a good, cushy, well-paying gig is a guaranteed way to make people go crazy.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - A Time For Nagging - The Karen Chronicles now available at The Outrage Outlet! at May 26, 2020 11:40 AM (eg2vB)

226 "The 39 Steps" is a great film and I don't like all Hitchcock films.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (+eVzC)

227 Coulter is all about selling outrage and always has been. It's a schtick. Her core principles consist of getting paid.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (H5knJ)

228 I'm still interested in exactly why Meuller knew the Russia!!! story was BS right from the beginning and still wasted everyone's time and blew $35M on a nonsensical "investigation."

Show your work, Mueller.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM (5p/zy)

Because he's a jerkoff like all the rest of 'em. He was doing his part to get rid of Trump.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (CqE5x)

229 186

Im the same with old movies. Just something about them that bores me. Even the classics. Anything older than late 60s: or early 70s is a pass for me.

Bachelor can be fun if you go into it with the right mindset. I watch it with my wife and we laugh hysterically sometimes. It is really solid under rated comedy.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (kiC/Z)

230 226 "The 39 Steps" is a great film and I don't like all Hitchcock films.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (+eVzC)

One of the best, IMO.

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (ONvIw)

231 The b movie with A tits was The Hunters 2020. They used the word cucks. First time for me.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (pW/Ac)

232 TJM, I found Marnie absolutely creepy. Don't show Dolley that one.

Posted by: bluebell at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (/669Q)

233 I chased around the country a lot when I worked airline reservations. Got to be familiar with many newspapers. That's where we got comprehensive news back then. Dallas Morning News, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch, LA Times, Phoenix Sun, Denver Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, any yes, the NY Times...the papers that defined news then are (if they even exist any more) parodies of what they once were. It makes me wonder how large a part they've played in the disintegration of our culture.

Posted by: creeper at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (XxJt1)

234 226 "The 39 Steps" is a great film and I don't like all Hitchcock films.
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It is probably his best. The book is a hoot as well.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (b4jST)

235 "Wasn't she PM for like six months?"

Yes, she took over from a resigning PM, she wasn't elected by the people. Still, she was the PM, so she's there in the history books now.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (TXy1K)

236 215 154
Coulter dated Bill Maher.

End of argument.

Posted by: attilla the thrilla at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (w7KSn)

She must do drugs.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (CqE5x)

237 As I'm sure that Ace would tell you, the click based method of revenue generation is failing for just about everyone who's tried to depend on it. Especially with the coronavirus scare, the advertising bucks just aren't there the way they used to be.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:35 AM (Kpl3J)

Well, web sites should move to a sponsorship model instead of allowing those wretched adserver companies access. Buy a sponsorship, and you get to have a flat ad on the page for the duration of the contract. Flat ad can contain a link to sponsor's website, and that link can track back to the sponsored page. That way, the sponsor can gauge the effectiveness of his ad on a given site. But no trackers, nothing intrusive to the readers. Also no video ads, which can really mork up page load times.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (doJlv)

238 Because he's a jerkoff like all the rest of 'em. He was doing his part to get rid of Trump.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (CqE5x)

They got paid to do opposition research on all things Trump.

Posted by: CN at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (ONvIw)

239 15 Doesnt obamaphone billionaire mexican own NYT?
_________________

Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who got rich off the stupid taxes that our idiot government puts on every cell phone so that welfare queens and drug dealers can get multiple "free" phones at the expense of responsible people, owns a majority share in the NYT. I think it's something like 17%.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (k4dH2)

240 I binged watch a number of films this weekend...

The African Queen, not a good movie.

Also Blue Thunder while an awesome spectacle, has some major problems.

When Murphy crash lands the chopper on the roof of the construction trailer, the resulting NTSB investigation would have put him out of commission for at least four months.

He wouldn't be flying experimental military helicopters the next day.

The best thing about the film is the transfer I got, holy crap, stuff that was fuzzy and muted has been punched up spectacularly.

Next up is Grave of The Fireflies and The Triplets of Bellville.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (1vb+E)

241 >>Why didn't any of the repubs refute that?

>>I'm asking you directly John Cornyn.

Well Cornyn didn't see that testimony because it was in the House and it was classified.

But Republicans like Nunes, Ratcliffe and others did refute it but they didn't get nearly the traction that Democrats did for obvious reasons like the theme of this thread.

Remember, all of that testimony was classified thanks to Schiff. They couldn't release it and they didn't leak. Kind of what separates the good guy from the bad guys.

What's more interesting to me is that we now have proof that Schiff, Swalwell, Fat Nadler and the rest were flat out lying for 3 years and almost nobody in the media or even on the left is calling them out it at all. Hell, many leftists still think Russia collusion was real.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (ZLI7S)

242 She had a portrait photo done of herself standing naked and holding lawyer's robes on a hanger in front of her to hide everything important.

She covered her feet?????

Posted by: Quentin T. at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (DMUuz)

243 Anyone who takes Coulter seriously as an honest, thinking person is a dumbfuck. Coulter will say whatever gets you to repeat her name. She's a troll. Usually she gets the biggest reaction by trolling the left- but she doesn't care as long as her trolling gets a reaction. She's just as much of a fraud as the rest of the cuck cruise.

Posted by: drerbrerard at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (/bA5j)

244 I'm still interested in exactly why Meuller knew the
Russia!!! story was BS right from the beginning and still wasted
everyone's time and blew $35M on a nonsensical "investigation."

Show your work, Mueller.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according
to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 11:38 AM
(5p/zy)

Because he's a jerkoff like all the rest of 'em. He was doing his part to get rid of Trump.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM

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They really did think they could find something to hang Trump with. Problem is, Trump is not a dirty politician like they are.

He has had both the Fed and State of NY IRS up his a$$ for literally decades and they never found a single thing.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)

245 I'm still interested in exactly why Meuller knew the Russia!!! story was BS right from the beginning and still wasted everyone's time and blew $35M on a nonsensical "investigation."

Show your work, Mueller.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Fuck that. Pay the $35 million back.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (Ol/Jg)

246 Kanye West lives in Wyoming. Bet all those Slimes subscriptions belong to his in-laws.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (+7yf7)

247 The African Queen, not a good movie.
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Agree. The book is much better.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (b4jST)

248 Regarding Coulter dating Bill Maher, he (along with a host of others like Jon Stewart) wasn't an (obvious) a-hole back in the day.

Before 9/11, and especially pre-2004 when the Ergot Madness swept the media, they were pretty moderate liberals/libertarians.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (Dc2NZ)

249 She turns on everyone eventually. It's her shtick and she's made good money doing it for years.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:37 AM (ZLI7S)

She's very look at me. Probably had a weird upbringing or has just been uncommonly needy from birth.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (y7DUB)

250 I canceled National Geographic in the 80's when they started their AGW death march.

Posted by: Sooner at May 26, 2020 11:30 AM (Fs5vw)

Starting when I was probably 7 or 8 years old, I would read my Dad's National Geographics virtually cover-to-cover. I loved the science, physical geography, and maps. Hell, I had one of their big physical atlases from around 1972. And I would watch every National Geographic Special that came on CBS.

Then I noticed that the less filigree they had on their yellow border, the more disillusioned I became with their SJW bullshit. I finally quit reading it around 1985 or so.

I still have fond memories of my evenings reading it, but those days are sadly well into my rear-view mirror. What a horrible, horrible waste of a great legacy.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (wtvvX)

251 I'm still perplexed why the appellate judges would even entertain a response from an outside party.

They asked Sullivan to explain his decision and reasoning, not a third party to explain it for him.

This multi-act traveling road show of The Aristocrats must roll on I suppose.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Judges know only fools represent themselves

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (3WVRx)

252 234 226 "The 39 Steps" is a great film and I don't like all Hitchcock films.
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It is probably his best. The book is a hoot as well.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (b4jST)

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I think it's his first great film. The Man Who Knew Too Much from the year before was close, but had some stuff holding it back.

The early sound stuff was all wonky, but he had been developing strongly in the silent era, even in films that didn't match his later films. The Farmer's Wife, for instance, is actually a rather delightful little romantic comedy.

But it was The 39 Steps where everything came together for him in the most complete package.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:44 AM (LvTSG)

253 When do citizen arrests of NYT editors begin?

Posted by: Techie at May 26, 2020 11:44 AM (TnwAJ)

254 I chased around the country a lot when I worked
airline reservations. Got to be familiar with many newspapers. That's
where we got comprehensive news back then. Dallas Morning News,
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post
Dispatch, LA Times, Phoenix Sun, Denver Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune,
any yes, the NY Times...the papers that defined news then are (if they
even exist any more) parodies of what they once were. It makes me wonder
how large a part they've played in the disintegration of our culture.

Posted by: creeper at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM

---

The Dallas Morning news is still a fairly decent paper. We occasionally read it on Saturday and the breakfast place.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:45 AM (JUOKG)

255 If I still worked in corporate cubicle-land I would demand a larger cubicl for distancing. Also high walls to keep out floating death virus and loud, annoying personal conversations/phone call from coworkers.

OK, mostly to keep out the annoying conversations but never let a crisis go to waste.

Posted by: Ripley at May 26, 2020 11:45 AM (MxEKc)

256 I admit I was bored by "The Trouble with Harry". For me, it committed the most unpardonable sin of all; it was a comedy that wasn't funny, it was just dull. Oh look, we'll hide the body here, we'll hide the body there, isn't this funny? No, you're all idiots.

Arsenic and Old Lace did a much much better job with the body hiding jokes, so it can be done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:45 AM (Kpl3J)

257 "Marnie" is creepy. I like the acting of Jimmy Stewart but I found "Rear Window" really creepy as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2020 11:45 AM (+eVzC)

258 Bill Maher has dated 92% of all American women. Give it take.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM (kiC/Z)

259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars.

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM (X/Pw5)

260 It's possible that Coulter is tired of winning.

Unlike Fat Jonah and his ilk, who were never about winning.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM (oVJmc)

261 4 What's Coulter's dislike of Trump about? Her big thing was always illegal immigration and the border, and Trump has shown no sign of caving on that issue, so why would she find common cause with the likes of Kristol and French?
Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:34 AM (CqE5x)

Coulter has shown over the years to be a big promter of , Coulter. She hasn't practiced law for a couple of decades now, and makes her money being a harpy about something. Sometimes she is on the right side of things, but her schtick is to disagree with whatever seems prevalent at the time in an attempt to make herself look like she has brilliant and previously unseen insghts into public policy and comment.

She has to have something to caterwaul about to get invited( and paid) to appear on TV, Radio, and podcasts. And to get a publisher to give her an advance on yet another book. She cycles through this act about every six months.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM (KQuKx)

262 Why would anyone want to live in America?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 11:08 AM (LvTSG)

We could solve the immigration problem by exporting the New York Times.

Simply do that, and everyone will believe America is an irredeemable shithole and want to stay as far away as they can get.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (O4K4J)

263
Hmmm, what's a seven letter word for " cracker"?
Posted by: tubal

Saltine

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (aKsyK)

264 248 Regarding Coulter dating Bill Maher, he (along with a host of others like Jon Stewart) wasn't an (obvious) a-hole back in the day.

Before 9/11, and especially pre-2004 when the Ergot Madness swept the media, they were pretty moderate liberals/libertarians.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

And apparently he's hung like a horse

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (3WVRx)

265 So the NYT and Duranty hid genocide from America

Hey, the Soviet government gave me lots of women and cocaine in exchange for my Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting!

Posted by: Walter Durnaty, Burning In Hell! at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (I2/tG)

266 What did Biden forget and when did he forget it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (+y/Ru)

267 263
Hmmm, what's a seven letter word for " cracker"?
Posted by: tubal

Saltine
-----------------
Peckerwood?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (b4jST)

268 so Jackstraw, who among the gop house members heard the testimony? I'm guessing it occurred during Ryan's reign didn't it? Surely Ryan heard it.

Posted by: DanMan at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (XTiHL)

269 Judges know only fools represent themselves

Posted by: Jean

Apples and oranges. A lawyer needs a lawyer in a criminal proceeding because he's got a personal stake in not going to jail, and needs to think objectively. A judge shouldn't need a lawyer to explain the legal foundation of his decisions. That's his damn job.

Posted by: pep at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (T6t7i)

270 Redneck. It's redneck, isn't it?

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (+7yf7)

271 263

Hmmm, what's a seven letter word for " cracker"?

Posted by: tubal

Saltine

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (aKsyK)

Clinton?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (ufFY8)

272 trending on twitter:

#taketrumpofftwitter

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (iTXRQ)

273 Yes, she took over from a resigning PM, she wasn't elected by the people. Still, she was the PM, so she's there in the history books now.
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (TXy1K)

I was in an adjoining room in a WWII "hut" at UBC while an Associate Dean of Science was banging her on his desk. The walls were thin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (doJlv)

274 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I
thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't
veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For
that I'd give 4 stars.
-----------

I enjoyed it. You could watch it and think of Trump in some of the themes.

One thing I noticed was how they used blue states for the North and red states for the Confederacy - not the traditional gray.

I can't say if that was overt bias by the producers or just ingrained bias, that you now think of the south as red states.

Other than that, I didn't sense too much in political overtones. And sad that is how I watch things now.

But highly recommended.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:49 AM (sX1BW)

275 247 The African Queen, not a good movie.
--------------------------
Agree. The book is much better.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (b4jST)

========

I was surprised at how different the end of the book is the first time I read it. Forester could be a real jerk to his characters sometimes.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 26, 2020 11:49 AM (dfRN6)

276 Joe Biden is The Man Who Forgot Too Much.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 26, 2020 11:49 AM (+y/Ru)

277 All heads of state are exempt from normal Twitter rules. Learned that over the weekend. The public's right to know is considered paramount to the Twitter rules when it comes to heads of state.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 11:50 AM (+7yf7)

278 I want people like Coulter out there keeping Trump on his toes. She jumped the shark by calling him a regard and shit. But criticism of Trump from the right is a good thing. I mean legit criticism like on immigration where he has promised a lot but has not delivered much. H1Bs abuse has gone completely unchecked for his entire term. That has done more to hurt this country that illegal lawn care workers. And yet it is not even on Trumps radar.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:50 AM (kiC/Z)

279 Hmmm, what's a seven letter word for " cracker"?

Posted by: tubal

Whitey? Nah. That's only six.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 11:50 AM (Ol/Jg)

280 trending on twitter:

#taketrumpofftwitter
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (iTXRQ)

Twitter is unhappy about Trump's Scarborough tweets. Thinks he's advancing a fake conspiracy theory.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 26, 2020 11:50 AM (KQuKx)

281 O-f-a-y...nope only four.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (+7yf7)

282 275 247 The African Queen, not a good movie.
--------------------------
Agree. The book is much better.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:43 AM (b4jST)

========

I was surprised at how different the end of the book is the first time I read it. Forester could be a real jerk to his characters sometimes.
------------------
Yeah, the ending made more sense.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (b4jST)

283 @269

Exactly, it's akin to you getting someone from Initrode to explain to your boss why you didn't put a cover sheet on your TPS report.

It's bullshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (1vb+E)

284 Apples and oranges. A lawyer needs a lawyer in a criminal proceeding because he's got a personal stake in not going to jail, and needs to think objectively. A judge shouldn't need a lawyer to explain the legal foundation of his decisions. That's his damn job.
Posted by: pep

This is damn close to a criminal proceeding.

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (3WVRx)

285 259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars.
Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM (X/Pw5)

What kind of revisionism?? Asking this seriously, as a dilletante student of American history, 1830-1880.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (bCLt0)

286 When do citizen arrests of NYT editors begin?

Posted by: Techie at May 26, 2020 11:44 AM (TnwAJ)

When the shipment of ACME impalement poles and iron cages arrive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (9Om/r)

287 This is damn close to a criminal proceeding.

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In what way?

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (sX1BW)

288
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

We worship at the altar of the Almighty Bomb.

Posted by: Underground mutants at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (aKsyK)

289 She must do drugs.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM (CqE5x)

by the looks of her, either she's hooked on amphetamines or she's a hardcore anorexia nervosa gal. I mentioned that I saw her once, her wrist is about as big around as my thumb, and her hands looked more like a vulture's talons.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (Kpl3J)

290 The book and film version of the Big Sleep are similar but you can see where they re-wrote the movie to cash in on that Bogart and Bacall magic.

In the book, the General's older daughter is a cold bitch with no spark or chemistry with Marlowe. She's actually pretty easy to hate.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (l4C/z)

291 I was in an adjoining room in a WWII "hut" at UBC
while an Associate Dean of Science was banging her on his desk. The
walls were thin.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (doJlv)

Was she a screamer?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (ufFY8)

292 This is damn close to a criminal proceeding.

Posted by: Jean

He may view it that way. In fact, the lawyer sort of screams it.

Posted by: pep at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (T6t7i)

293 H1Bs abuse has gone completely unchecked for his entire term. That has done more to hurt this country that illegal lawn care workers. And yet it is not even on Trumps radar.

That's funny, because I saw this morning that a ton of tech CEOs signed a sternly-worded letter to Trump saying that limiting their ability to hire H1Bs and the like was racisty racist.

Apparently paying American citizens a competitive wage is racist now. Even when those citizens are black or Hispanic.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (ZGrMX)

294 288
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

We worship at the altar of the Almighty Bomb.
Posted by: Underground mutants at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (aKsyK)

well yeah, but it's mostly a C and E thing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (Kpl3J)

295 I wonder if Sullivan really thinks he is in the right or if he is thinking, "What the hell? If I get away with it, it sets a precedent that gives us judges that much more power."

Posted by: JB1000 at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (Kf5r9)

296 Bertram Cabot, FTW. Somebody else do one.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (bCLt0)

297 279 Hmmm, what's a seven letter word for " cracker"?

Posted by: tubal

Whitey? Nah. That's only six.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 11:50 AM (Ol/Jg)

Saltine?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (l4C/z)

298 Coulter? no thanks. I'll bet it feels ribbed for my displeasure

Posted by: x at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (nFwvY)

299 What kind of revisionism?? Asking this seriously, as a dilletante student of American history, 1830-1880.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (bCLt0)

Well for one...he wasn't queer...but there are 2 more episodes so, who knows.

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:54 AM (X/Pw5)

300 Apples and oranges. A lawyer needs a lawyer in a
criminal proceeding because he's got a personal stake in not going to
jail, and needs to think objectively. A judge shouldn't need a lawyer to
explain the legal foundation of his decisions. That's his damn job.

Posted by: pep

This is damn close to a criminal proceeding.

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM

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It may become a criminal matter if he doesn't do what his bosses tell him to do and continues to refuse to dismiss the charges against Flynn.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 11:54 AM (JUOKG)

301 259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars.
Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM (X/Pw5)

What kind of revisionism?? Asking this seriously, as a dilletante student of American history, 1830-1880.
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (bCLt0)

I also have a question about the series. The reviews for it repeatedly mention the graphic violence in it. I realize a lot of the it is taken up with the Civil War, but does the damn thing spend an inordinate amount of film highlighting people getting legs blown off, jaws broken off by butt stocks, etc.? I've seen just a couple trailers and thought it might be overboard on the realism for me. I don't do well with violence in movies.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 26, 2020 11:55 AM (KQuKx)

302 I chased around the country a lot when I worked
airline reservations. Got to be familiar with many newspapers. That's where we got comprehensive news back then. Dallas Morning News, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch, LA Times, Phoenix Sun, Denver Post, Minneapolis Star Tribune, any yes, the NY Times...the papers that defined news then are (if they even exist any more) parodies of what they once were. It makes me wonder how large a part they've played in the disintegration of our culture.

Posted by: creeper at May 26, 2020 11:42 AM

---

The Dallas Morning news is still a fairly decent paper. We occasionally read it on Saturday and the breakfast place.
Posted by: Mr. Scott

I'm so old I remember when Dallas had two newspapers. The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald.

DTH was liberal. Then the DMN ran them out of business.

Guess what? DTH writers started showing up in the DMN. Guess where the DMN started trending to?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 11:55 AM (Ol/Jg)

303 I wonder if Sullivan really thinks he is in the right or if he is
thinking, "What the hell? If I get away with it, it sets a precedent
that gives us judges that much more power."

-----------

I do think he (or the left or both) want to provoke a fight with the circuit court as a way of exerting lower court independence. The media will dutifully frame it that way.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:55 AM (sX1BW)

304 Saltine. tubal brain says.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:55 AM (bCLt0)

305 @295

The game is simply to keep Flynn lashed to The Wheel of Pain, once he's a free man, he talk as a free man.

And oh the tales he will tell.

That is if the Deep State doesn't go to DEFFCON: Sic Semper Tyranus.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (1vb+E)

306 Today's Special Guest Karen felt the need to one-up a Twitter post from a woman whose sister "has" COVID19 even though *the sister has tested negative five times.* Because the tests must be wrong, you see.

So, Karen number II jumped in with this Tale of the Dissolving Eye. COVID - what can't it do? Panic Porn ahoy!

@WendyLeighS

18h
Replying to
SherriSantosMSN

I had MILD #COVID19 around March 5th & felt OK. Then I got a nasty eye infection, lost vision, and within 9 total weeks discovered the vision loss is permanent.

COVID dissolved the protective film on my right eye. 7 doctors later...I'm accepting my new 39 y/o life.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (+7yf7)

307 One wishes the NYT would go bankrupt, but it won't happen. At least, not in our lifetime.

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

If there were the least danger of that, a plutocrat would step in as Jeff Bezos did with the Washington Post.

Posted by: Jerry Carroll at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (tSiV9)

308 Was she a screamer?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 26, 2020 11:52 AM (ufFY

More of a moaner.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (doJlv)

309
Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump
By: Sarah Posner

I'll wager she hasn't spit out Obama's cock since 2008.

Or probably FDR's since 1932.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (oVJmc)

310 >>so Jackstraw, who among the gop house members heard the testimony? I'm guessing it occurred during Ryan's reign didn't it? Surely Ryan heard it.

Mostly House Intel although I'm sure some others, likely including Ryan, saw them too.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (ZLI7S)

311 The game is simply to keep Flynn lashed to The Wheel of Pain, once he's a free man, he talk as a free man.

I'm a tree of woe man, myself.

Posted by: pep at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (T6t7i)

312 A judge shouldn't need a lawyer to explain the legal foundation of his decisions. That's his damn job.

--

Yep. The moment you get a lawyer you resign your position and forfeit any retirement or benefits.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (5p/zy)

313 Also, the NYTs had an op ed about the series in which the title exclamined, "Grant gives the finger to the Confederacy".

I didn't read any more of it, seemed like typical NYT's SJW drivel.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 26, 2020 11:56 AM (KQuKx)

314 299 What kind of revisionism?? Asking this seriously, as a dilletante student of American history, 1830-1880.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:51 AM (bCLt0)

Well for one...he wasn't queer...but there are 2 more episodes so, who knows.
Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:54 AM (X/Pw5)

Ah, thanks. Says it all right there. The same lot that cooked up the queering of Jesus. Bring back stoning, I say.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:58 AM (bCLt0)

315 >>Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars

I thought it was well done. Looking forward to the next 2 episodes.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 11:58 AM (ZLI7S)

316 I also have a question about the series. The reviews for it repeatedly
mention the graphic violence in it. I realize a lot of the it is taken
up with the Civil War, but does the damn thing spend an inordinate
amount of film highlighting people getting legs blown off, jaws broken
off by butt stocks, etc.? I've seen just a couple trailers and thought
it might be overboard on the realism for me. I don't do well with
violence in movies.

---------

Much of the violence is graphic. But as Sherman said, War is Hell.

One of last night's themes was Grant realizing this was going to be a bloody, bloody war, so maybe the violence was purposefully graphic. I suspect it will continue to be graphic.

But the battle scenes were fairly minimal.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 11:58 AM (sX1BW)

317 Because he's a jerkoff like all the rest of 'em. He was doing his part to get rid of Trump.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 11:41 AM (CqE5x)
Just think, if Mueller gotten away with it, he would never have to buy another drink at an A-List DC soiree again!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 26, 2020 11:58 AM (6wiwL)

318 Quite the insult to the hard working whores on 43rd Street. The union local will be in touch.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 26, 2020 11:58 AM (C1Lsn)

319 I had MILD #COVID19 around March 5th & felt OK. Then I got a nasty eye infection, lost vision, and within 9 total weeks discovered the vision loss is permanent.

But...were not testing for COVID on 3/5....

Posted by: runner at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM (zr5Kq)

320 I also have a question about the series. The reviews for it repeatedly mention the graphic violence in it. I realize a lot of the it is taken up with the Civil War, but does the damn thing spend an inordinate amount of film highlighting people getting legs blown off, jaws broken off by butt stocks, etc.? I've seen just a couple trailers and thought it might be overboard on the realism for me. I don't do well with violence in movies.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 26, 2020 11:55 AM (KQuKx)

More than is necessary, IMO, but I've seen worse. I think most people understand that war is a gruesome thing and don't need the constant reminders.

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM (X/Pw5)

321 Take Trump off Twitter, eh?

Ever notice these things seem to move like the breeze (or like a hyper-kinetic squirrel?)

As much as the people on the fence decry it, if it was really hurting him, the Left would not want to censor him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM (YaiCw)

322
Regarding Coulter dating Bill Maher, he (along with a host of others like Jon Stewart) wasn't an (obvious) a-hole back in the day.

Before 9/11, and especially pre-2004 when the Ergot Madness swept the media, they were pretty moderate liberals/libertarians.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Coulter/Maher shows up in a hilarious cameo in Max Brooks' book World War Z, screwing each other on the floor when other survivors break into the high class elites compound in Long Island. Figuring out all the famous people noted in the Mercenary's Tale is a hoot.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM (EGyGV)

323 I wonder if Sullivan really thinks he is in the right or if he is thinking, "What the hell? If I get away with it, it sets a precedent that gives us judges that much more power."
Posted by: JB1000 at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (Kf5r9)
-------------

Sullivan is looking for a way out, period. Someone has him by his genitals and he needs to be able to say, "See, nothing I could have done!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM (WEBkv)

324 Grant has to be one of the most uninteresting of any General of the War of Northern Aggression. He was a plodder and a mudder. He new one thing - he had more of everything than his adversary had - and he barreled ahead. The most interesting general of the war was Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, by far.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:00 PM (b4jST)

325 As the virus fades, The Karens are getting more and more desperate to on-up each others' Panic Porn.

"My sister has COVID even though she tested negative five times!"

"Oh yeah? COVID ATE MY EYE!"

There's going to be a lot of this, that's why I point it out. Karens do not have it in their natures to go quietly.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 12:00 PM (+7yf7)

326 >>Much of the violence is graphic. But as Sherman said, War is Hell.

Probably didn't help that Shiloh was one of the biggest parts of the episode.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (ZLI7S)

327 The most moving war images I have seen are some from the Civil War.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (bCLt0)

328 I wonder if Sullivan really thinks he is in the
right or if he is thinking, "What the hell? If I get away with it, it
sets a precedent that gives us judges that much more power."

Posted by: JB1000 at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (Kf5r9)

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

Sullivan is looking for a way out, period. Someone has him by his
genitals and he needs to be able to say, "See, nothing I could have
done!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM

---

I believe he thinks he is a "social justice warrior" for the left, that got marching orders from the leaked audio of obama. I don't think anyone has anything on him, but I could be wrong.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (JUOKG)

329 304
Saltine. tubal brain says.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 11:55 AM (bCLt0)

Cheezit

Posted by: Mikey NTH - A Time For Nagging - The Karen Chronicles now available at The Outrage Outlet! at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (eg2vB)

330 326 >>Much of the violence is graphic. But as Sherman said, War is Hell.

Probably didn't help that Shiloh was one of the biggest parts of the episode.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (ZLI7S)

=========

What bad could possibly happen at a placed named for peace?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (LvTSG)

331 323 I wonder if Sullivan really thinks he is in the right or if he is thinking, "What the hell? If I get away with it, it sets a precedent that gives us judges that much more power."
Posted by: JB1000 at May 26, 2020 11:53 AM (Kf5r9)
-------------

Sullivan is looking for a way out, period. Someone has him by his genitals and he needs to be able to say, "See, nothing I could have done!"
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 11:59 AM (WEBkv)

I found it interesting that it was last FRIDAY that the head of the FBI, Wray, finally said they will look into the Flynn situation and how it came to be.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (NgKpN)

332 I had MILD #COVID19 around March 5th & felt OK. Then I got a nasty eye infection, lost vision, and within 9 total weeks discovered the vision loss is permanent.

COVID shot my dog, cleaned out my bank account, and put that cocaine in my glove compartment!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (oVJmc)

333 Karens do not have it in their natures to go quietly.

as long as government is on their side, as it has been so far, this shall continue; they are a mob ready to pounce

Posted by: runner at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (zr5Kq)

334 Grant has to be one of the most uninteresting of any General of the War of Northern Aggression. He was a plodder and a mudder. He new one thing - he had more of everything than his adversary had - and he barreled ahead. The most interesting general of the war was Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, by far.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:00 PM (b4jST)

His autobiography is excellent for someone so uninteresting

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (CqE5x)

335 Sullivan is looking for a way out, period. Someone has him by his genitals and he needs to be able to say, "See, nothing I could have done!"

Posted by: blake

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Wait, you're suggesting a Democrat operative might have personal information that is being used as leverage against him unless he does as he's told?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (5p/zy)

336 Thanks for the replies about Grant. I love history, can go to museums and historical sites and have been to several batlefields, etc. I just can't watch graphic violence in movies, and shrug it off like many do. Bothers me intensely.

I read the book, LOL.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (KQuKx)

337
Fuck the Pulitzer Committee, in particular. Even other Western socialists considered Duranty a liar and disgrace. There are mountains of evidence against him, and none of it more damning than his very own admissions to the British Foreign Office that he lied for Stalin.

And yet, the Pulitzer commission said in 2003:

"In its review of the 13 articles, the Board determined that Mr. Duranty's 1931 work, measured by today's standards for foreign reporting, falls seriously short. In that regard, the Board's view is similar to that of The New York Times itself and of some scholars who have examined his 1931 reports. However, the board concluded that there was not clear and convincing evidence of deliberate deception, the relevant standard in this case. Revoking a prize 71 years after it was awarded under different circumstances, when all principals are dead and unable to respond, would be a momentous step and therefore would have to rise to that threshold."

No prize they've issued since this statement is valid, as far as I'm concerned. They're only standard is "loyal Communist," and nothing beyond.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (h6CJG)

338 I'm DVR'ing the Grant shows so I can watch them later. So no spoilers, don't tell me how it ends.

That's what ruined that Titanic movie for me.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (xfb67)

339
"My sister has COVID even though she tested negative five times!"

"Oh yeah? COVID ATE MY EYE!"

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 12:00 PM (+7yf7)

Luxury!

Posted by: Vanya at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (BAsqb)

340 As the virus fades, The Karens are getting more and more desperate to on-up each others' Panic Porn.

"My sister has COVID even though she tested negative five times!"

"Oh yeah? COVID ATE MY EYE!"

There's going to be a lot of this, that's why I point it out. Karens do not have it in their natures to go quietly.
Posted by: Guy Smiley

Covid ate my baby!
Posted by: Hector

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (Ol/Jg)

341
Grant has to be one of the most uninteresting of any General of the War of Northern Aggression.
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After watching the first episode, I'll probably buy Chernow's book on him. I like Chernow's writing, and Grant seems pretty interesting to me. I've never been a big Civil War buff, but in the past few years I've grown more interested in it. Perhaps a sign of the times.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (sX1BW)

342 MORE power for judges? They are already essentially Emperors of the US- who can only be overruled by other Emperors with nicer hats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (YaiCw)

343 What was the trouble with Harry?

Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (Qf83p)

344 334 Grant has to be one of the most uninteresting of any General of the War of Northern Aggression. He was a plodder and a mudder. He new one thing - he had more of everything than his adversary had - and he barreled ahead. The most interesting general of the war was Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, by far.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:00 PM (b4jST)

His autobiography is excellent for someone so uninteresting
Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (CqE5x)

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It's weird that Grant succeeded where McClellan failed with the same resources.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (LvTSG)

345 334

His autobiography is excellent for someone so uninteresting
Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (CqE5x)

A fine, fine piece of writing.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (bCLt0)

346 "Where she REALLY went over the edge this weekend was when she claimed that ALL of Trump's problems came from his firing of Comey"

It's because he's tall.

Posted by: Chris M at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (eAZVt)

347 327 The most moving war images I have seen are some from the Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (bCLt0)

The Civil War was horrific, no doubt, but most horrifying is still WWI in my book. Kind of like choosing between Hell and Hades though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (YaiCw)

348 MNN BREAKING NEWS: DOJ DROPS MURDER CHARGES AGAINST JOE SCARBOROUGH'S OFFICE DESK...Judge Sullivan Refuses to Dismiss Case, Appoints New Amicus Prosecutor, Judge Ethan Allen. "What am I, a potted plant?" asked Defense Attorney Otto Mann...Remodeling...

Posted by: Manufactured News Network: "We Offered Jim Comey $100k NOT To Speak!" at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (Ndje9)

349 341
Grant has to be one of the most uninteresting of any General of the War of Northern Aggression.
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After watching the first episode, I'll probably buy Chernow's book on him. I like Chernow's writing, and Grant seems pretty interesting to me. I've never been a big Civil War buff, but in the past few years I've grown more interested in it. Perhaps a sign of the times.
Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (sX1BW)

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Chernow's biography of Grant is great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (LvTSG)

350 I have no idea where that bra came from, honey--- it must be COVID!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (oVJmc)

351 What was the trouble with Harry?

He married the half-black Yoko Ono?

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (ZGrMX)

352 Thanks for the replies about Grant. I love history, can go to museums and historical sites and have been to several batlefields, etc. I just can't watch graphic violence in movies, and shrug it off like many do. Bothers me intensely.

I read the book, LOL.
Posted by: Jen the original

Any questions? Ask Vic. He was there.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (Ol/Jg)

353 324. I mean, that was the only fact relevant to the conflict, wasn't it? That Grant had access to unlimited supplies to beat a severely limited enemy.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (svbBD)

354 I had MILD #COVID19 around March 5th & felt OK. Then I got a nasty eye infection, lost vision, and within 9 total weeks discovered the vision loss is permanent.

COVID dissolved the protective film on my right eye. 7 doctors later...I'm accepting my new 39 y/o life.

Posted by: Guy Smiley

--

What are your thoughts on the path and level of proper retaliation towards China for this act of war?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (5p/zy)

355 343 What was the trouble with Harry?
Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (Qf83p)

He's dead, Jim!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (YaiCw)

356 Speaking of Karens...

I've been doing some drone flights over the weekend. Karen HOA Board Prez came by as I was flying to tell me "we've had some concerns about the drone flying overhead" and suggested that the HOA would prohibit such things.

Ah, it was fun.

Told her that the HOA Board does not override FAA authority over airspace and I had full FAA authorization to fly. She then said they could make it "illegal" to take off or land in the neighborhood, to which I said that since I'm on private property they really couldn't enforce that from my front yard.

Then she started bitching about the noise a drone 200 ft in the air generates...while my neighbor was mowing his lawn. I pointed out that if noise was a concern, would we outlaw lawn mowing next?

She left pissed. I'm looking forward to the next month.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (C+We0)

357 Oh, sorry *spoilers* for a movie that came out in 1955.

It's good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (YaiCw)

358 The violence shown on Grant last night was not graphic.

I do wish the fist episode spent a little more time about Grant before the war. Grant came from nothing, had a lot of failures in his life before the war. The way he handled failure and persevered shaped Grant into the success he became during the war.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (gmo/4)

359 I still take the Sunday Times, but only to do the crossword puzzle and (occasionally) to read the book review. The rest is unreadable leftist crap... even the sports section.

By the way, the Suncay crossword puzzle is much easier now than it was when I started doing them in the 1970s. Anyone else notice that?

Posted by: PAUL DAVID BAUER at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (ZRn68)

360

And apparently he's hung like a horse
Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 11:47 AM (3WVRx)

By his own account.....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (CqE5x)

361
Karens do not have it in their natures to go quietly.

as long as government is on their side, as it has been so far, this shall continue; they are a mob ready to pounce

Posted by: runner at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM

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Talked with a Cop buddy yesterday and he said they are fielding literally dozens of calls every day from the Karen's in our small rural town of 10,000. They don't respond to any of them they just say "we will look into it" and hang up.

And yes, most of them are frequent fliers.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (JUOKG)

362 A modest proposal -

1. Seal the New York Times building.
2. Pump in LSD in aerosol form.
3. Play Oh No Yoko music.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (1t3jS)

363 The gov of MN pretty much admitted masks do nothing
but said people must wear them to show solidarity. Party of Science!!
NYT will give him a nice pat on the head.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 11:03 AM (kiC/Z)

Hotgas, do you have a link you could post? My governor is about to engage in the same stupidity and I would like to be able to point toward his statement when I call Coonman's office (and then the offices of the Civil Rights division of the Justice department and the US attorney's... both of whom are fielding complaints about state overreach.)

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (nAiE/)

364 McClellan was pretty all in, on McClellan.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (bCLt0)

365 It's weird that Grant succeeded where McClellan failed with the same resources.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (LvTSG)

McClellan was a pimp. He never could have outfought Lee.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (YaiCw)

366 He's dead, Jim!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Harry's troubles are over.

Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (Qf83p)

367
259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars.

Lou Grant is no Ted Baxter.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (oVJmc)

368 I used to fight in the Twitter wars but had to give it up. It had become (to me) just rival troops of monkeys throwing their shit at each other.

so I unfollowed everybody except police fire rescue weather local government and traffic
and the kid who goes around petting dogs

the 'influencers' on Twitter don't seem to get that scores of millions of Americans do not follow Twitter

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (iTXRQ)

369 I mean, that was the only fact relevant to the conflict, wasn't it?
That Grant had access to unlimited supplies to beat a severely limited
enemy.

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I don't know. A lot of limited enemy's win in such scenarios when they wish to expel an aggressor out of their lands. A lot of lessons from the Civil War. But I certainly don't think the outcome was per-ordained due to the North's advantages.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (sX1BW)

370
Wait, you're suggesting a Democrat operative might have personal information that is being used as leverage against him unless he does as he's told?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (5p/zy)
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I know, the very thought that something like this could happen is astonishing, is it not?

Next, we'll find out that Obama was a worthless lazy bum and not the brilliant scholar he claims he is!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (WEBkv)

371 The most moving war images I have seen are some from the Civil War.
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:01 PM (bCLt0)

The Civil War was horrific, no doubt, but most horrifying is still WWI in my book. Kind of like choosing between Hell and Hades though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Civil War pictures were bad. WWII movies were real. Especially the War in the Pacific with flamethrowers.

"Geez, Joe. You're not supposed to cook sushi!"

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (Ol/Jg)

372 She left pissed. I'm looking forward to the next month.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (C+We0)

Well done

Posted by: Vanya at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (BAsqb)

373 >>It's weird that Grant succeeded where McClellan failed with the same resources.

It was interesting hearing Petraeus discuss what he claimed made Grant unique, his ability to assess a changing battlefield and make appropriate changes to his strategy on the fly where others would just plow ahead and not make adjustments.

That and his idea of terms, a complete and unconditional surrender. Don't want nothing, don't start nothing.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (ZLI7S)

374 Chernow's biography of Grant is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (LvTSG)

I haven't read that but if it's as good as his Hamilton, Rockefeller and Washington, I better check it out.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (CqE5x)

375 357 Oh, sorry *spoilers* for a movie that came out in 1955.

It's good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (YaiCw)

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Rosebud is a representation of Kane's lost innocence and the childhood he was deprived by being taken from his parents! An alternate path that Kane could have taken that he'll never know! All the material possessions in the world could not fill that hole!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

376 I actually spend real $ on the NYT and WP crossword collections. My own preference is for the Sunday format because I can work around if I don't get whatever EastCoastie precious references, and you can't do that with smaller formats.

Other than that, there is no reason for NYT or WP. Poor old Chicago Tribune was gone 15 years ago.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (MIKMs)

377 324 General Forrest was no doubt the most interesting. He and General Stuart proved the adage that the Confederate Army died of West Point. Whenever Confederate generals followed doctrine taught to them in a previous life, they had problems, and sometimes outright failure. This was due to logistics. Those that thought outside the box achieved remarkable success. One also can't forget General Jackson, and his "foot cavalry". West Point doctrine would have deemed it impossible to move large bodies of troops solely on the force march.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (C1Lsn)

378 I understand former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper is an evangelical Christian. I'm happy about that, but that's not why I supported him.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed active hostility toward Christians. I don't like that at all, but that's actually not why I won't vote for him.

The media doesn't seem capable of grasping that sort of thing.

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (Uu+Jp)

379 >>> 259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars.
Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM

His autobiography was a good read. It is in public domain now. No, he's not a great writer by any means. He doesn't present his life as an engaging story at all. But it is a good description of what was happening then. And I enjoyed his visceral hatred of the Democrats. His " old friends" from West Point.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (l6b3d)

380 Rush doesn't sound good.

Posted by: Underground mutants at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (aKsyK)

381 I don't actually have a Twitter account. Alex Berenson was tearing apart the "My sister has it because I say so" lady over on his feed and I saw that "COVID ATE MY EYE" response.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (+7yf7)

382 By the way, the Suncay crossword puzzle is much easier now than it was when I started doing them in the 1970s. Anyone else notice that?
Posted by: PAUL DAVID BAUER at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (ZRn6

Means the Times has had success in its mission to dumb down the populace.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (doJlv)

383 Grant was tenacious, recognized talent in other generals, and was loyal to the President.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (bCLt0)

384 Sullivan is a schnook

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (1t3jS)

385 By the way, the Suncay crossword puzzle is much easier now than it was when I started doing them in the 1970s. Anyone else notice that?
Posted by: PAUL DAVID BAUER

Yeah they've dumbed it down a bit. It seems like.

Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (Qf83p)

386 I'm tempted to send her the dB levels of my drone at 2 meters AGL in flight at about 10 feet away (60 dB) vs a lawnmower (over 90 dB).

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (C+We0)

387 379 >>> 259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night? I thought it meshed pretty well w/what I've learned about him. It didn't veer off into a bunch of revisionist bullshit like the Times would. For that I'd give 4 stars.
Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 11:46 AM

His autobiography was a good read. It is in public domain now. No, he's not a great writer by any means. He doesn't present his life as an engaging story at all. But it is a good description of what was happening then. And I enjoyed his visceral hatred of the Democrats. His " old friends" from West Point.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 12:08 PM (l6b3d)

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Mark Twain wrote it all!

(not really)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (LvTSG)

388 It took you THIS long to cancel? Has you head been up your ass this entire time?

Posted by: Chad Bigly at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (QHDGU)

389 I was in an adjoining room in a WWII "hut" at UBC while an Associate Dean of Science was banging her on his desk. The walls were thin.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 11:48 AM (doJlv)
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She literally loved science sexully!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (Dc2NZ)

390 the 'influencers' on Twitter don't seem to get that scores of millions of Americans do not follow Twitter

Every time something blows up on Twitter I'm reminded that Twitter was found to represent 6% of Democratic voters. The only reason anyone pays any attention is because most of that 6% are major MFM figures like Tapper and Tater.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (ZGrMX)

391
Lou Grant is no Ted Baxter.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

He hates spunk.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (aKsyK)

392 The Civil War was horrific, no doubt, but most horrifying is still WWI in my book. Kind of like choosing between Hell and Hades though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:04 PM (YaiCw)
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Yeah, 20th century weapons with 18th century tactics and medicine was a bad combination.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (WEBkv)

393 Talked with a Cop buddy yesterday and he said they are fielding literally dozens of calls every day from the Karen's in our small rural town of 10,000. They don't respond to any of them they just say "we will look into it" and hang up.

And yes, most of them are frequent fliers.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 26, 2020 12:06 PM (JUOKG)

No one is immune.

Posted by: runner at May 26, 2020 12:09 PM (zr5Kq)

394 Sometimes a sled is just a sled.

Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:10 PM (Qf83p)

395 the 'influencers' on Twitter don't seem to get that scores of millions of Americans do not follow Twitter

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Sorry, that is two characters too long. Can you shorten it so it will be more suitable for our attention span?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:10 PM (5p/zy)

396 I've been doing some drone flights over the weekend. Karen HOA Board Prez came by as I was flying to tell me "we've had some concerns about the drone flying overhead" and suggested that the HOA would prohibit such things.

Ah, it was fun.

Told her that the HOA Board does not override FAA authority over airspace and I had full FAA authorization to fly. She then said they could make it "illegal" to take off or land in the neighborhood, to which I said that since I'm on private property they really couldn't enforce that from my front yard.

Then she started bitching about the noise a drone 200 ft in the air generates...while my neighbor was mowing his lawn. I pointed out that if noise was a concern, would we outlaw lawn mowing next?

She left pissed. I'm looking forward to the next month.
Posted by: WitchDoktor

I bow to your mastery. I am not worthy.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 26, 2020 12:10 PM (Ol/Jg)

397 394 Sometimes a sled is just a sled.
Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:10 PM (Qf83p)

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It probably really tied the 14th bedroom together at Xanadu.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:10 PM (LvTSG)

398 After watching the first episode, I'll probably buy Chernow's book on him. I like Chernow's writing, and Grant seems pretty interesting to me. I've never been a big Civil War buff, but in the past few years I've grown more interested in it. Perhaps a sign of the times.
Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (sX1BW)

I think there's good evidence that Grant was somewhere on the Aspberger's Spectrum. He had a great deal of trouble "reading" people around him, he famously said he much preferred the company of dogs and horses to that of men. But he was also capable of incredible concentration and focus under the worst circumstances, and maintained an unattached, unemotional demeanor no matter what happened around him. All of it sounds like a high functioning Aspy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (Kpl3J)

399 >>She left pissed. I'm looking forward to the next month.

"Respect my HOA AUTHORITAY!"

Why not just admit that she wants to stop your drone because she doesn't like it, personally?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (bDqIh)

400 Grant also displayed something else, the ability to make a mistake and stop it from being completely catastrophic and taking his nerve.

Most of the Union Generals made a mistake, they focused on the mistake, then plowed ahead, then a mistake turned into a disaster- then they broke.

Grant might make the same kind of mistake (Cold Harbor is a good example) but he'd just acknowledge it and not let it derail him.

Hooker (especially), McClellan (who never really would commit to the point of making a mistake- and that in itself was a mistake. Never had any nerve to lose.) Burnside. Etc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (YaiCw)

401 Dennis Miller

My God, this country is soft. I can't believe we can't get up one day a year, grab our ID and go out to a polling place and vote. For all the blessings we have, we can't pull that together without half the country making it out to be Navy Seal training. The same half that'll cue up three days out for a new Star Wars movie or arrive five hours early to see a narcissist like James Comey pontificate at the 92nd St. Y. What exquisite, multi-carat, pharmaceutical grade bullshit.

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (j7aNt)

402 I actually spend real $ on the NYT and WP crossword collections.

I subscribe to the NYT crossword through their iPad app. It's a nice end-of-day wind-down most of the time, and the app will let you cheat if you get completely stuck.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (ZGrMX)

403 I lost my brother when he dropped the WSJ and picked up the NYT.

Many years ago.

They were awful.

Posted by: torabora at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (UAMJE)

404 344 334 Grant has to be one of the most uninteresting of any General of the War of Northern Aggression. He was a plodder and a mudder. He new one thing - he had more of everything than his adversary had - and he barreled ahead. The most interesting general of the war was Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, by far.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:00 PM (b4jST)

His autobiography is excellent for someone so uninteresting
Posted by: JoeF. at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (CqE5x)

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It's weird that Grant succeeded where McClellan failed with the same resources.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (LvTSG)

Grant had these weird swings where he'd be a plodder, then suddenly would break out into aggressive and effective leadership.

His generalship south of Vicksburg up to the siege was masterful.

He was also willing to fight and unwilling to retreat. Which is why he succeeded where McClellan failed.

Grant also had the confidence of Lincoln and, by the time he went east, was out from under the incompetent and jealous thumb of Halleck. Little Mac was never fully trusted, partly because he lacked moral courage and audacity.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (l4C/z)

405 Grant was not fixated on " one decisive battle", it seems. In modern times, I believe there has been a doctrine of destroying the enemies ability to wage war as the path to victory.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (bCLt0)

406 Oh wow, CBD finally quit his subscription to the NYT. Next, will he be cutting back his donations to NPR?

Where would he source his hemp totebags?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 26, 2020 12:12 PM (CVs5m)

407
I remember getting into a (small) argument with my mother when the Atlantic called her house to renew her subscription, and I picked up. Told' em to run their Leftist agitprop flat up their asses now, and forever.

She said I shouldn't have presumed. I said "Am I wrong, tho?"

She had to admit it was trash and she was probably going to cancel anyway.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2020 12:12 PM (h6CJG)

408 Why not just admit that she wants to stop your drone because she doesn't like it, personally?

--

That would give up her game. Push back on her personally and she shrinks like a dehydrated slug.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:12 PM (C+We0)

409 Witch Doktor

Avoid the temptation of leaving any dog poo way way atop HOA-hime's roof. In fact make sure her house is a no-fly zone least she accuse you of something.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:12 PM (1t3jS)

410 "Respect my HOA AUTHORITAY!"

Why not just admit that she wants to stop your drone because she doesn't like it, personally?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (bDqIh)

"Look, honey. You're nowhere near hot enough for me to be wasting my time shooting aerial video of you nude sunbathing."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 12:13 PM (doJlv)

411 I want to fly a drone that I can attach extremely powerful speakers to so that I can blast out Ride of the Valkyries. Stroke out all the Karens.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 12:13 PM (gmo/4)

412 Avoid the temptation of leaving any dog poo way way atop HOA-hime's roof. In fact make sure her house is a no-fly zone least she accuse you of something.

- -

I hadn't thought of doing such a thing.

Until now....

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:13 PM (C+We0)

413 By the way, the Suncay crossword puzzle is much
easier now than it was when I started doing them in the 1970s. Anyone
else notice that?

Posted by: PAUL DAVID BAUER at May 26, 2020 12:05 PM (ZRn6

Definitely.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (dLLD6)

414 "Respect my HOA AUTHORITAY!"

Some friends of mine that had that problem actually ran for running the HOA and won. It got a lot more permissive after that.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (ZGrMX)

415 Rosebud is a representation of Kane's lost innocence and the childhood he was deprived by being taken from his parents! An alternate path that Kane could have taken that he'll never know! All the material possessions in the world could not fill that hole!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

Wrong movie- but you did spoil it quite throughout.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (YaiCw)

416 Grant also had the confidence of Lincoln and, by the time he went east,
was out from under the incompetent and jealous thumb of Halleck. Little
Mac was never fully trusted, partly because he lacked moral courage and
audacity.
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Perhaps, it was inevitable that the future general of the army was going to come from the west. Away from Lee, away from Washington. Grant was allowed to build confidence. To make mistakes.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (sX1BW)

417 Rush talking about his treatment course and condition.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (7ZQe3)

418
Wait, you're suggesting a Democrat operative might have personal information that is being used as leverage against him unless he does as he's told?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:02 PM (5p/zy)

Reagan appointed Sullivan to the DC Superior Court in 1984. Bush 41 elevated him to the DC Court of Appeals in 1992.

That pretty much guarantees that his FBI file was in those boxes sent over to the Clinton White House at Cankles' request in 1993.

Posted by: fktheleft at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (I54dk)

419 "Look, honey. You're nowhere near hot enough for me to be wasting my time shooting aerial video of you nude sunbathing."

- -

She and her girlfriend (yep) take daily walks down the middle of the street.

I wonder if they would appreciate an escort....?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (C+We0)

420 Why not just admit that she wants to stop your drone because she doesn't like it, personally?

--

That would give up her game. Push back on her personally and she shrinks like a dehydrated slug.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:12 PM (C+We0)

That was masterful, Dok:-)

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (nAiE/)

421 I hadn't thought of doing such a thing.

Until now....
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:13 PM (C+We0)
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Beef rib bones, dogs, wait for crows.

Crows will pick up the bones, land on a neighboring roof, peck at what's left then leave the bones.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (WEBkv)

422 369 I mean, that was the only fact relevant to the conflict, wasn't it?
That Grant had access to unlimited supplies to beat a severely limited
enemy.

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I don't know. A lot of limited enemy's win in such scenarios when they wish to expel an aggressor out of their lands. A lot of lessons from the Civil War. But I certainly don't think the outcome was per-ordained due to the North's advantages.
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The template was the American Revolution. The Union played the role of the British Empire and the Confederacy were the Americans. The Confederacy needed the British Navy to weigh it to win. Gettysburg was the Confederacy's chance to demonstrate to the British that it could go on offense. Unfortunately, Britain's interest in in joining the war was cotton availability and Egypt had a bumper crop that year. This is what doomed them. No Navy to secure supplies and reinforcements.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (b4jST)

423 415 Rosebud is a representation of Kane's lost innocence and the childhood he was deprived by being taken from his parents! An alternate path that Kane could have taken that he'll never know! All the material possessions in the world could not fill that hole!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

Wrong movie- but you did spoil it quite throughout.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (YaiCw)

===========

Rick and Isla could never be together because the fight against fascism was too important! It was more important than their love which endured despite distance and another marriage! It is a beautiful love story! And the start of a beautiful friendship!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (LvTSG)

424 So, I have an inside pipeline at Cleveland Clinic. Very reliable person.

Guess how many COVID patients Cleveland Clinic admitted during all of this? (And I hope you're prepared to be outraged)

Seven

Posted by: Bicentennialguy at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (p8t39)

425 Crows will pick up the bones, land on a neighboring roof, peck at what's left then leave the bones.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (WEBkv)

I wonder of there is some bait you could leave on the roof to attract woodpeckers?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 12:16 PM (doJlv)

426 John Ratliffe being sworn in by Ric Grennell at 12:45 PM

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 26, 2020 12:16 PM (j7aNt)

427 Rick and Isla could never be together because the fight against fascism was too important! It was more important than their love which endured despite distance and another marriage! It is a beautiful love story! And the start of a beautiful friendship!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (LvTSG)

Ilsa was a lying skank who seduced and abandoned Rick.

I love Casablanca but it's despite Ilsa, not because of her.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (l4C/z)

428 Crows will pick up the bones, land on a neighboring roof, peck at what's left then leave the bones.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (WEBkv)

I wonder of there is some bait you could leave on the roof to attract woodpeckers?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 12:16 PM

- -

I wonder if it's possible to buy a small basket of termites....

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (C+We0)

429 Rick and Isla could never be together because the fight against fascism was too important! It was more important than their love which endured despite distance and another marriage! It is a beautiful love story! And the start of a beautiful friendship!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (LvTSG)

Dorothy could go home any time she wanted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (YaiCw)

430 Tokyo police now have an anti-drone squad after someone used a drone to drop off some radioactive material atop the official Prime Minister's residence.

Not sure how their giant nets are working though.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (1t3jS)

431 I always liked Wm T Sherman

'if nominated I will not run- if elected I will not serve'

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (iTXRQ)

432 I'm so damn proud of my homies at the Lake of the Ozark for stirring up the liberal outrage machine so much!

Well played! MORE!

Posted by: mnw at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (Cssks)

433 396 How to solve your Karen problem. Step 1. Hit lottery, bigly. Step 2. Buy an MQ9. Step 3. Tell Karen to step off your property, about 500 meters should work, and she can see a real drone. Step 4. You know what to do.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (C1Lsn)

434 Perhaps, it was inevitable that the future general of the army was going to come from the west. Away from Lee, away from Washington. Grant was allowed to build confidence. To make mistakes.
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The Anaconda Plan stipulated that the Union had to secure the Mississippi river before slicing into the Atlantic states. It was Winfield Scot that created that plan long before a shot was fired. Scot was from Petersburg, VA, BTW.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (b4jST)

435 Oz never did give nothin to the Tin Man.

Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (Qf83p)

436 >Dorothy could go home any time she wanted.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

the boat sinks

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (iTXRQ)

437 Rudy, you must not live south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (DY3v8)

438
That pretty much guarantees that his FBI file was in those boxes sent over to the Clinton White House at Cankles' request in 1993.
Posted by: fktheleft at May 26, 2020 12:14 PM (I54dk)

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The worst part with these fuckers (jurists, politicians, etc.) is that their dirt probably wasn't even illegal. Affairs, homosexual encounters, preferential treatment by mortgage lenders, the usual shit. 99% of the time, I bet.

I hope after Trump, more people will just be forward - "Yes, I banged the maid. ALL of my maids. Free mansions for politicos come with bangmaids, for crissakes! Why do you think I got into this business?"

That would obviate a lot of this, and nobody expects better conduct from these scumbags anymore, unless they've been living under a rock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (h6CJG)

439 426 John Ratliffe being sworn in by Ric Grennell at 12:45 PM

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I sure hope he continues where Grenell left off.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (7ZQe3)

440 I wonder if it's possible to buy a small basket of termites....
Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (C+We0)
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FYI, the beef rib bones and crows actually happened to my ex wife and I.

We couldn't figure out why there were no rib bones to pick up, then, one day, spotted crows on the neighbor's house.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (WEBkv)

441 TJM, show her To Catch a Thief. Very minor Hitchcock but absolutely gorgeous to look at.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (E+OcO)

442 Rush's monologue is heartbreaking this morning. I feel like in his own way, he's saying that the end is coming faster than he'd like.
His loss will reverberate for a generation.

Posted by: secret squirrel, author of 3 LTs of Joint Base Lear MacBeth available on Amazon at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (xyImL)

443
434 Perhaps, it was inevitable that the future general of the army was going to come from the west. Away from Lee, away from Washington. Grant was allowed to build confidence. To make mistakes.
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The Anaconda Plan stipulated that the Union had to secure the Mississippi river before slicing into the Atlantic states. It was Winfield Scot that created that plan long before a shot was fired. Scot was from Petersburg, VA, BTW.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (b4jST)

An excellent strategy, IMO.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (bCLt0)

444 There are some great modern Civil War story songs.

Guy Clark
Soldiers Joy, 1864
https://youtu.be/LXurU2jWfTM

And Scott Miller

Dear Sarah
https://youtu.be/67cvHPOhEn4

and the best

The Rain
https://youtu.be/WaZ53Vv8-Jk

(keep your powder dry)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (5p/zy)

445 Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (Dc2NZ)

446 By the way, the Suncay crossword puzzle is much easier now than it was when I started doing them in the 1970s. Anyone else notice that?

Maybe you're getting smarter!

Posted by: cockeyed optimist at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (c39tF)

447 Grant: I think a lot of his style of command was formed during the Mex-American war which he hated. He saw no glory in it. His enemy were a broken, tired, scared people. So no glory, no ego, just a job beat the enemy repeatedly and get your men out when the politicos were happy.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (l6b3d)

448 .Rudy, you must not live south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

uh oh I poked a hornets nest!

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (iTXRQ)

449 Ilsa was a lying skank who seduced and abandoned Rick.

I love Casablanca but it's despite Ilsa, not because of her.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (l4C/z)

Eh, she was a glory hound. My more cynical side says that Bogey knew it would never stay lit long term, and came up with the 'You keep him going!' line even though he knew Laszlo was banging every bit of tail in Casablanca.

Damn, I have turned into a real asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (YaiCw)

450 436 >Dorothy could go home any time she wanted.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

the boat sinks
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (iTXRQ)

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

It's full of stars.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (LvTSG)

451 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
31m
How brilliant are our FARMERS? Thank you @lgutwein99_31, real talent!

Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (j7aNt)

452 I'm not sure if Sherman or Forrest was the best general of the first Civil War, you can make a case for either and folks have.

I think my favorite general was Gen. George Thomas. Stoic, calm competence. The guy did not fuck up the show, ever.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (l4C/z)

453 I love that a thread on the NYT has morphed into another Civil War/War of Northern Aggression skirmish.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (Dc2NZ)

454 I don't know who at this point could come close to replacing Rush. I very much like Mark Levin, but his voice and abrasiveness can be jarring for some listeners. I think he is the only talk show host who has the same sort of show prep and research as Rush.

Posted by: secret squirrel, author of 3 LTs of Joint Base Lear MacBeth available on Amazon at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (xyImL)

455 453 I love that a thread on the NYT has morphed into another Civil War/War of Northern Aggression skirmish.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (Dc2NZ)

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Nah, this is more general worship.

Now, if I were to say that the South got what it deserved...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (LvTSG)

456 Masks don't work:

https://tinyurl.com/yay526au

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (Lqy/e)

457 Custer saved the army at Gettysburg.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (gmo/4)

458 "285 259 Anyone see the first "Grant" episode on History Channel last night"
**********
When I saw that Leonardo DiCaprio was a producer I thought it'd be a butcher job like he did to Hugh Glass, but it seems to be accurate so far, but maybe a little slow.

Posted by: Cosda at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (1f9qh)

459
An excellent strategy, IMO.
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It was the same strategy employed during the French and Indian War via the St. Lawrence river. The goal there was the Inland Empire and control of its water way to Europe. After the British won they exiled all French from the banks of the St. Lawrence to secure it. Most of those French went to Louisiana.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (b4jST)

460 All Hail Eris,

Ponder the Confederacy armed with recon drones. Just to update Turtledove.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (1t3jS)

461 It's full of stars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (LvTSG)

Heston dies at the end.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (YaiCw)

462 I love that a thread on the NYT has morphed into another Civil War/War of Northern Aggression skirmish.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Who do you think is better? Protestants or Catholics?

Posted by: eleven at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (Qf83p)

463 I'm glad I'm tuning in to Rush today...it does sound like a valedictory.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (DY3v8)

464 442 Rush's monologue is heartbreaking this morning. I feel like in his own way, he's saying that the end is coming faster than he'd like.
His loss will reverberate for a generation.

---

I agree. I hate to read between the lines but he sure sounds like he's setting us up for worse news to come.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (7ZQe3)

465 Tokyo police now have an anti-drone squad after someone used a drone to drop off some radioactive material atop the official Prime Minister's residence.

Not sure how their giant nets are working though.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:18 PM (1t3jS)

If you wanted to knock one of those "multi-copter" drones out of the sky, a barrage of chaff made up of 3-foot strands of mylar tape from old audio cassettes would work wonders. You would only have to entangle one or two rotors to render one uncontrollable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (doJlv)

466 >I love that a thread on the NYT has morphed into another Civil War/War of Northern Aggression skirmish.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,

"BAYONETS!"

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (iTXRQ)

467 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (q2fym)

468 449 Ilsa was a lying skank who seduced and abandoned Rick.

I love Casablanca but it's despite Ilsa, not because of her.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (l4C/z)

Eh, she was a glory hound. My more cynical side says that Bogey knew it would never stay lit long term, and came up with the 'You keep him going!' line even though he knew Laszlo was banging every bit of tail in Casablanca.

Damn, I have turned into a real asshole.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:20 PM (YaiCw)

Yeah, I think Rick knew that Ilsa would leave him again. She'd done it once before. She, and he, were better off with her going with Lazlo.

Plus if he was going to join the Free French Army, she really couldn't stay with him. Rick's dislike of the Nazi's was probably a stronger motivator. He knew he couldn't avoid the war anymore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (l4C/z)

469 Rick and Isla could never be together because the fight against fascism was too important! It was more important than their love which endured despite distance and another marriage! It is a beautiful love story! And the start of a beautiful friendship!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (LvTSG)

Dorothy could go home any time she wanted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (YaiCw)

Vader is Luke's father.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (CVs5m)

470 Grant might make the same kind of mistake (Cold Harbor is a good example) but he'd just acknowledge it and not let it derail him.

Hooker (especially), McClellan (who never really would commit to the point of making a mistake- and that in itself was a mistake. Never had any nerve to lose.) Burnside. Etc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (YaiCw)

One of my favorite quotes from that era came from the Battle of Chickamauga, Gen'l Rosecrans in command. Lincoln had sent down a special observer of his own to accompany the General, who's job was just to report personally to Lincoln how things were being conducted. He wound up being an eyewitness to one of the greatest Federal Military Disasters of the war, when a mistake by Rosecrans and his subordinates allowed a gap to open in their line, which Longstreet and the rest of the Confederate army poured through, routing the Federal troops.

As the scope of the disaster became apparent, Rosecrans completely fell apart, and in his notes to Lincoln, the observer said "He wandered about like a Duck that has been hit on the head." He became so useless that his staff just bundled him off, and it was left to General Thomas to reform what was left of the command, and salvage what he could from the situation. (which he did quite masterfully)

Up until that day, Rosecrans had been one of the brightest young "rising stars" on the Federal side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (Kpl3J)

471 452 I'm not sure if Sherman or Forrest was the best general of the first Civil War, you can make a case for either and folks have.

I think my favorite general was Gen. George Thomas. Stoic, calm competence. The guy did not fuck up the show, ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (l4C/z)

Some of my favorites are Thomas, Sheridan, Longstreet, and Jackson. The side they are on is not the point at all in appreciating their genius.

Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (bCLt0)

472 >>Who do you think is better? Protestants or Catholics?

I'm not sure, but apple fritters are the BEST donuts - fight me!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 26, 2020 12:24 PM (bDqIh)

473 Who do you think is better? Protestants or Catholics?
----------------------
Easy answer - look at Pope Francis.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:24 PM (b4jST)

474 Unlikely; He didn't read or speak English.

https://youtu.be/AnoWzFPNtfA?t=27

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 26, 2020 12:24 PM (P4fji)

475 I'm glad I'm tuning in to Rush today...it does sound like a valedictory.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (DY3v

what's going on ??

Posted by: runner at May 26, 2020 12:24 PM (zr5Kq)

476 AoP

Now imaging police cars with these giant shrouded fans mounted on the roof just to fire the Mylar chaff.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:24 PM (1t3jS)

477 Posted by: Moron Robbie - people shouldn't wear face masks according to the CDC, HHS, and the surgeon general at May 26, 2020 12:19 PM (5p/zy)

"Last Letter Home"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWdNmhT-UqE

Posted by: BignJames at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (X/Pw5)

478 Some of my favorites are Thomas, Sheridan, Longstreet, and Jackson. The side they are on is not the point at all in appreciating their genius.
----------------------
Agreed. But Confederates had lots of flare.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (b4jST)

479 Darth Mater in the reboot

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (1t3jS)

480 9 Rick and Isla could never be together because the fight against fascism was too important! It was more important than their love which endured despite distance and another marriage! It is a beautiful love story! And the start of a beautiful friendship!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:15 PM (LvTSG)

Dorothy could go home any time she wanted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 26, 2020 12:17 PM (YaiCw)

Vader is Luke's father.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM

--

Malcolm Crowe is dead.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, back to no one giving a damn. at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (C+We0)

481 Nood

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (1ISKN)

482 When I saw that Leonardo DiCaprio was a producer I thought it'd be a
butcher job like he did to Hugh Glass, but it seems to be accurate so
far, but maybe a little slow.

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Not to spoil, but I was even surprised at how these obviously leftist historians tried to put themselves in a slaveowner's shoes (Grant) which they don't typically do as if modern understanding about something is the same it was in the 1800's.

Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (sX1BW)

483 455 453 I love that a thread on the NYT has morphed into another Civil War/War of Northern Aggression skirmish.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (Dc2NZ)

=======

Nah, this is more general worship.

Now, if I were to say that the South got what it deserved...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting terrorist in Nakatomi Tower at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (LvTSG)

We talk about Generals because it's easier than talking about logistics, motivation, troop strength, training and everything that went into making those armies win or lose.

And, to be honest, the commanding General does indeed still matter in that war. Maybe every war.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (l4C/z)

484 >Heston dies at the end.

Dave flies to Jupiter and becomes a giant space baby

Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (iTXRQ)

485 Whoa!

Big fight in Boise

New mayor wants sanctuary city and FREE ABORTIONS!

Just search on Boise mayor new policy

Posted by: Yo! at May 26, 2020 12:26 PM (q2fym)

486 481 Nood
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 26, 2020 12:25 PM (1ISKN)

God damn it, I was just getting into it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:26 PM (l4C/z)

487 475 I'm glad I'm tuning in to Rush today...it does sound like a valedictory.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (DY3v

what's going on ??
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Rush knows the end is near.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:26 PM (b4jST)

488 Giant space baby?

Michael Moore in orbit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:26 PM (1t3jS)

489 Spartacus looses the war and is crucified.

Posted by: Archer at May 26, 2020 12:26 PM (gmo/4)

490 475- Runner:
Rush talking about his treatment and how its zapping his energy. Said he may have to go to best of shows. Says he realizes that he can't do this forever. Says his wife has been a trooper.
There's more he's said, in his own way, but it's starting to sound like the opening monologue to his swan song.

Posted by: secret squirrel, author of 3 LTs of Joint Base Lear MacBeth available on Amazon at May 26, 2020 12:27 PM (xyImL)

491 I have never seen Casablanca. Any good? Lol.
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Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at May 26, 2020 12:27 PM (kiC/Z)

492
Grant was not fixated on " one decisive battle", it seems. In modern times, I believe there has been a doctrine of destroying the enemies ability to wage war as the path to victory.
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:11 PM (bCLt0)

Indeed. I've often thought that Grant could be considered the first of the modern generals, where the individual battles didn't matter as much as the campaign as a whole. The Overland Campaign is interesting in that Grant lost virtually every battle, and yet the campaign pretty much won the war for the Union.

I hadn't thought about it before, but the mention of Forrest got me thinking that Grant was basically taking Forrest's quip about "keep up the skeer" and applying it on a strategic level rather than Forrest's original focus on the tactical, battlefield level.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 12:27 PM (EGyGV)

493 There could never be another Rush. He built something where there was nothing. Talk radio changed from that so you can't do that again.

If someone were to start their own TV station as a foil to the left that might be a similar accomplishment. FoxNews failed. But maybe the days of TV are even already over. Breitbart could of been that person online but we lost him.

I see no replacement

Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (l6b3d)

494 Posted by: secret squirrel, author of 3 LTs of Joint Base Lear MacBeth available on Amazon at May 26, 2020 12:27 PM (xyImL)

damn

Posted by: runner at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (zr5Kq)

495 487 475 I'm glad I'm tuning in to Rush today...it does sound like a valedictory.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (DY3v

what's going on ??
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Rush knows the end is near.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 26, 2020 12:26 PM (b4jST)

That..... is saddening...

Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (zL/eJ)

496 "McClellan was a pimp. He never could have outfought Lee."
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Both McClellan and Lee were brilliant 19th century soldiers but Grant fought a 20th century war.

Posted by: Cosda at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (1f9qh)

497 After watching the first episode, I'll probably buy Chernow's book on him. I like Chernow's writing, and Grant seems pretty interesting to me. I've never been a big Civil War buff, but in the past few years I've grown more interested in it. Perhaps a sign of the times.
Posted by: SH at May 26, 2020 12:03 PM (sX1BW)

I am rapidly losing interest in reading about history, not because that stuff isn't interesting, or even because it isn't relevant today, it's just that... today we're seeing things happen around us so rapidly, it's more important to me to understand the here and now.

The more I hear people saying "this person did this in..." whatever century that is not this one, it just seems like, we already know all that, what does it have to do with this business we're dealing with now?

That's just where my head is, not saying it's right or wrong, good or bad.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (hku12)

498 Civil War: Something, something, Lee fucked up big at Gettysburg, something, something, end of war.

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (CLteG)

499 Now imaging police cars with these giant shrouded fans mounted on the roof just to fire the Mylar chaff.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:24 PM (1t3jS)

I think you would a need a gas-powered mortar, sort of like a T-shirt cannon, to fire cardboard canisters of the chaff to a point above the drone's path, and then have them burst, so the stuff could drift down. Or, better yet, have a counter-drone rigged to dispense the stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2020 12:30 PM (doJlv)

500 @456

I said that three months ago, this scam is completely devoid of any logic, reason or actual science.

And why did I say that wearing masks was useless?

Well that was the WHO and CDC's position, which was the correct position, but then they figured they could use the wearing of masks as a visceral and visual representation of the "seriousness" of it all and use it as a control mechanism.

As long as people are required to wear masks the op can continue, once we are no longer wearing masks then the op is broken.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 12:30 PM (1vb+E)

501 Ponder the Confederacy armed with recon drones. Just to update Turtledove.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2020 12:22 PM (1t3jS)
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And the Union reverse-engineered alien technology.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2020 12:30 PM (Dc2NZ)

502 There could never be another Rush. He built something where there was nothing. Talk radio changed from that so you can't do that again.

If someone were to start their own TV station as a foil to the left that might be a similar accomplishment. FoxNews failed. But maybe the days of TV are even already over. Breitbart could of been that person online but we lost him.

I see no replacement
Posted by: banana Dream at May 26, 2020 12:28 PM (l6b3d)

Rush failed at teevee, and he's only been marginally successful on the internet. His medium is radio, and frankly, radio is a dying medium. It's entirely possible it will die with him.

His "replacements" are already around, they're just doing their thing on the internet. Whether podcasts are the answer or not, I don't know, but Rush will leave a void in some ways, and in some ways, it's already been filled.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2020 12:31 PM (hku12)

503 I think my favorite general was Gen. George Thomas. Stoic, calm competence. The guy did not fuck up the show, ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (l4C/z)

I agree with you. Thomas' big problem was that he died early (1867, I think) and in the battle of the memoirs, Sherman was able to spend the next 20 years taking credit for everything Thomas had done.

1866 - 1890 or so was a fascinating literary period, as all of the surviving players wrote up their personal accounts in books and journals, with different opinions on who was and wasn't responsible for certain losses and victories. The conflicts were quite bitter, and part of the reason why, 20 years later, Sherman considered men like Longstreet and Joe Johnston (both top CSA generals) close personal friends, while many of the surviving federal generals hated him, and vice versa.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 12:32 PM (Kpl3J)

504 Thank you for at least mentioning the Holodomor. I think you will find very little mention of Holocaust in any contemporary news or historical coverage. That took some time to come out because the death camps were in Soviet territory. So while I appreciate your attempt to skewer the NYT, you picked a terrible example with the Holocaust.

Posted by: mGrant at May 26, 2020 12:33 PM (mMVt4)

505 Rush failed at teevee, and he's only been marginally successful on the internet. His medium is radio, and frankly, radio is a dying medium. It's entirely possible it will die with him."

I agree - without Rush, AM radio would have died 30 years ago.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 12:34 PM (Kpl3J)

506 As long as people are required to wear masks the op can continue, once we are no longer wearing masks then the op is broken.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 26, 2020 12:30 PM (1vb+E)

I don't think masks will ever go away entirely, not anywhere near where we were.

I just laugh when I see "it's ok to go to restaurants, but you have to wear a mask. Oh sure, you can pull it down to shove food in your mouth, but you BETTER put it back on while you're chewing!"

Or whatever. The absurdity is astonishing.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2020 12:34 PM (hku12)

507 Gen Thomas was a Southerner, so he couldn't be the hero.

Posted by: Jean at May 26, 2020 12:34 PM (XNGu7)

508
I'm not sure if Sherman or Forrest was the best general of the first Civil War, you can make a case for either and folks have.

I think my favorite general was Gen. George Thomas. Stoic, calm competence. The guy did not fuck up the show, ever.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Free WA, Buy Ammo at May 26, 2020 12:21 PM (l4C/z)

Some of my favorites are Thomas, Sheridan, Longstreet, and Jackson. The side they are on is not the point at all in appreciating their genius.
Posted by: tubal at May 26, 2020 12:23 PM (bCLt0)

My favorite is still Dan Sickles. Not for his work in uniform, which was uneven. When he was actually in the field, he did pretty well for an amateur, except that he was often back in NY or DC recruiting and politicking. Probably his best battlefield work was wasted at Chancellorsville when he saw what Lee was up to, and tried to get Hooker to listen, but failed. Of course, he singlehandedly almost caused the Union to lose Gettysburg when he moved his Corps into the Peach Orchard and got them slaughtered.

It's all the pre-war stuff when he was a notorious whoremonger, cheerfully corrupt politician, cuckold and unrepentant murderer. One of the greatest scoundrels the nation has ever created.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 26, 2020 12:37 PM (EGyGV)

509 Rush failed at teevee, and he's only been marginally successful on the internet. His medium is radio, and frankly, radio is a dying medium. It's entirely possible it will die with him."
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I agree - without Rush, AM radio would have died 30 years ago.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2020 12:34 PM (Kpl3J)

One of the bigger concerns might be, if you look at the right leaning internet personalities, they tend more toward libertarianism and/or anarchism, rather than Republican Party conservatism.

The ones who are clearly conservatives, they tend to be more polarizing, if not just downright annoying douchebags.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2020 12:42 PM (hku12)

510 Oh, this one is done. For 20 minutes.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 26, 2020 12:42 PM (hku12)

511 The best adjective I can think for the NYT is "tiresome." Every fucking thing from a baseball game to a holiday has to be jammed and spun into some anti-American, "pro diversity" propaganda piece.
It's like reading about New Socialist Broccoli or Racist Weather.
All the fucking time. Every. Fucking. Thing.
Just tiresome.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at May 26, 2020 01:48 PM (lcQJG)

512 Of course one of the first names was incorrect...a murder victim!

When you consider Cuomo's actions re: nursing homes, the terms "Covid victim" and "murder victim" are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Posted by: Lord of the Fleas at May 26, 2020 02:42 PM (NKKu+)

513 One of the saddest facts of my personal quest of knowledge is I had no idea of the thing called the "Holodomor" until about 10 years ago (I'm 35 years past high school). That such a tragedy was hidden and remains largely hidden is the legacy of the Times and the public school "education" system, to which I will include the college system. I graduated with "honors" in HS and obtained an engineering degree and never once heard of Stalin's deliberate starvation of the Ukrainians. We heard and hear endlessly of the 6,000,000 Jews killed in the Holocaust, but between 10 and 20 million were starved to death and not a peep. All because, Stalin was bad (kinda) but his intentions were pure. Or something.

Disgusting.

Posted by: Mookie at May 26, 2020 02:46 PM (3vIkC)

514 Just NOW?

Posted by: featherstone at May 26, 2020 04:38 PM (+/4Mh)

515 Question is, what took you so long to cancel the $2 whore that is the Gray Lady?

Posted by: Fake News Sux at May 26, 2020 06:50 PM (cTuj5)

516 I stopped reading the NY Times in like 1982, when I was still a Democrat.

Can't imagine how you hung on so long.

Posted by: TH at May 26, 2020 07:14 PM (oYrxP)

517 Not 'socialism-lite' so much as 'gentrified socialism' or 'socialism with its little finger extended'.

Posted by: aelfheld at May 27, 2020 01:27 PM (IxDhF)

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