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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

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One of the significant downsides to living in a metropolitan area is the vile smugness and condescension that is displayed on every street corner and at every cocktail party and brunch and casual conversation. The trivial fact that these pompous asses live in Park Slope rather than suburban Kansas City or Montana or Eastern Washington or West Virginia gives them the thoroughly ridiculous impression that they are superior...intellectually; socially, sexually, gastronomically, aesthetically...

It is elitism; pure and simple, and it is misplaced. As a thoroughly unscientific sample, my experience is that if you want to be snubbed and treated rudely and hear all sorts of jingoistic blather about pretty much every topic of import, then spend some time in the blue cities and their suburbs. But if you want to be treated kindly and with compassion and without reference to your skin color or religion or politics, then head to Middle America.

In Praise of Commoners' Sense -- And Against Liberal Elitism

One of the many things the pandemic has taught us is that the phrase “the common sense of the American people,” so beloved by politicians on the stump, needs to be dropped off a bridge. Anyone relying on the common sense of the American people is leaning on air.

This is a serious allegation, as Mr. Wolcott well knows, schooled as he was before classrooms were overrun by Education Professionals. The American experiment in liberty ultimately depends, we were once taught, on the judgment of its citizens. We the people needn’t be Aristotles to elect wise representatives, but our Founders recognized that a nation of fools can only ever be counted on to elect slightly more clever fools.


Clever intellectuals certainly play a valuable role in society. If I want an insightful countercultural observation or a snappy turn of phrase, I’ll happily turn to James Wolcott, whose writing I’ve always enjoyed. But as for how to live a life, I believe I’ll stick to the wisdom of my people out here in the sticks. It’s gotten us this far, and from the looks of things in New York City, I dare say we’re doing all right, despite having not a single Vanity Fair writer in our midst.
Being glib, or, if you prefer, articulate, is not an indicator of intelligence. Direct your attention to any one of 50 TV news pundits for proof. Being critical and dismissive of others is not an indicator of intelligence or sophistication. It is however a powerful indicator of being an asshole.

I have spent most of my life in and around blue cities, and yet the number of impressive interactions with strangers is dwarfed when compared to my time in "flyover country."

And why is that? Because those elites, who are overwhelmingly to the left, have accepted the progressive cant that humanity is fungible, that we have no spark of the divine in us, that we are lumps of protoplasm that can be interchanged with any other. We are not individuals, we are simply the herd, and can be dismissed as such without any thought.

That way lies North Korea and Cuba and Venezuela and the gulags and the concentration camps, so I will happily accept the judgement of America's common sense over the pontifications of the elites.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM




Comments

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1 Hello monkey thread!

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 27, 2020 11:01 AM (0NDZM)

2 Monkeymonkey

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 27, 2020 11:01 AM (w6A0l)

3 First of his name!

Posted by: AlaBAMA d at August 27, 2020 11:01 AM (NJXJJ)

4 not first

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:01 AM (LvTSG)

5 damn top 5 at least

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:01 AM (8D42x)

6 Buttholes

Posted by: AlaBAMA d at August 27, 2020 11:01 AM (NJXJJ)

7 The monkey is so very prompt. I bet he makes a good employee

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 27, 2020 11:02 AM (w6A0l)

8 OH SHIT!

Lin Wood getting defense team ready for Kyle!

*********
Willowed from last thread

Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 27, 2020 11:02 AM (2Oyfh)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)

10 You can't play beer pong with cocktails.


Well... i mean, you *can*... i guess...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:02 AM (/EuRN)

11 Beginning, mf, do you speak it??

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at August 27, 2020 11:03 AM (MjnY3)

12 Not bad, for a dildo.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

13 Monkey ugly

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at August 27, 2020 11:04 AM (sB8AM)

14
9 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:02 AM (Zz0t1


You're getting better at this!!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:04 AM (NJXJJ)

15 I have spent most of my life in and around blue cities, and yet the number of impressive interactions with strangers is dwarfed when compared to my time in "flyover country."

so we have met. huh ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 27, 2020 11:04 AM (O+AcM)

16 You can't play beer pong with cocktails.


Well... i mean, you *can*... i guess...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:02 AM (/EuRN)


Been there, done that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2020 11:04 AM (r3ITp)

17 Has anyone serious weighed in on the legal ramifications for this Rittenhouse guy's parents?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (/EuRN)

18 Good, new thread. I found that painting of the undertaker ice skating disturbing.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (26W4a)

19 yeah, I've seen more smug, assholish city dwellers than idiot country bumpkins.

interestingly enough, that also corresponds a lot to college degrees and age. it's amazing to see how many of the early 20-30 year olds really believe that they are SO much smarter simply because they went to college.

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (8D42x)

20 Yay, Punk Monk!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (2JVJo)

21 Punk Monkey is wise beyond his ears.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (9Fwwf)

22 They destroy public schools, they demonize our values, religion and basic logic, and *then* b#tch about "he common sense of the American people" being subpar?!?

You built that.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (bDqIh)

23
You're getting better at this!!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:04 AM (NJXJJ)


Actually, I'm the poster child for "sun shines on a dogs ass every once in a while."

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

24
*Munkey*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM (EGyGV)

25 Those '50 tv news pundits' aren't glib or articulate...they're scripted.

Posted by: BignJames at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM (X/Pw5)

26 Big OT:

In my local news this AM, I see Exelon has decided to shut down the Byron, IL nuclear generating station next year, for financial reasons I guess. A few decades ago, I had the great good luck to be invited to join the station's SALP 3 inspection tour with the NRC. At that time, reactor 1 was online, and reactor 2 was due to start soon.

I was amazed at the massive equipment and the meticulous documentation of every pipe and valve, and even tiny sealed holes in the walls had long serial numbers on them. I stood on top of the head of reactor 2, an unbelievably large stainless steel machined casting with dozens of huge stainless bolts ringing it. I climbed many many ladders. I visited the control room, with thousands of green lights on the unit 1 side, and thousands of red lights on the not-yet-started unit 2 side. It took a lot of brains and money to build this.

As far as I know, this 2GW station has operated completely safely for these decades, providing carbon-free electricity to the distribution network. The station was expected to run for at least another 20 years. Perhaps I am not informed enough to opine, but I think we need this station to keep running for the clean energy it provides. Of course, another concern will be the loss of many hundreds of jobs, which undoubtedly helped the nice town of Byron to thrive.

Anyway, I pass this info along to The Horde in the expectation that you will find the story interesting. If you live near a plant like this, likely they offer public tours from time to time, and you ought to check it out. You won't see as much as I did on the SALP inspection, but you will be quite impressed by what you do see.

Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM (qpX6U)

27 A conservative uses facts, personal experience and logic to form his opinions.

A liberal forms his opinions, then cherry picks facts to support them, and completely ignores personal experience and logic.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM (E+OcO)

28 will no one think of the bald empty head pedo, heartbroken skateboarded, and one-armed bandit?

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM (J8nVw)

29 Has anyone serious weighed in on the legal ramifications for this Rittenhouse guy's parents?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (/EuRN)


He's 17 and can be tried as an adult. Not sure he was legal in carrying the firearm, but his parents would say "he stole it" if they're attacked.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Anyone relying on the common sense of the American people is leaning on air.

Considering the American people put a Kenyan dog-eating crackhead into the White House for eight years, I'd say that's a pretty good observation in general.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (2JVJo)

31 Being from New Jersey, I can tell you that Noo Yawkahs believe that having a zip code that begins with a 100-- adds 50 points to their IQ by default

Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (qAR6u)

32 oh, and since i had to go back and reread the MR, can we get a cleanup on isle 418? seems someone dropped a turd for no reason other than to do it. hash = (ARNcY)

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (8D42x)

33 Knowledge

Though, the preening class will try to convince you otherwise

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (WEBkv)

34 Has anyone serious weighed in on the legal ramifications for this Rittenhouse guy's parents?


Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM

---

What and speculate on stuff that we have no way of knowing at this point in time?

That's simply not who we are.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:08 AM (JUOKG)

35 I know when a smug city dweller tries to convince me that I'm a rube for not paying four times the rate of my house for a 400 sq ft closet in NY, I'm all ears.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:08 AM (NJXJJ)

36 He's 17 and can be tried as an adult. Not sure he was legal in carrying the firearm

--

Roland THTG made a GREAT point on the last thread.

How do you charge him as an adult for illegally carrying the firearm as a minor?

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:08 AM (0B66G)

37 I think studies have demonstrated deplorables travel more and thus have actually seen more of the world than big city elitists. It's hard to travel a lot when your paycheck goes to paying the rent on your one bedroom basement apartment.
Small town conservatives are also better read than those elitists. They are also more likely to be familiar with liberals and the way they think than the reverse.

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:08 AM (lgiXo)

38 Great poast Mr. Brown.

Top 40.

Posted by: eleven at August 27, 2020 11:08 AM (XTyi0)

39 repost heartwarming video

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/
1298955887323697153

my fave part is when the woman cop yells GTFO and breaks the van window

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (J8nVw)

40 27 A conservative uses facts, personal experience and logic to form his opinions.

A liberal forms his opinions, then cherry picks facts to support them, and completely ignores personal experience and logic.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM (E+OcO)


One is driven by logic. The other by feelings.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (NJXJJ)

41 That way lies North Korea and Cuba and Venezuela and the gulags and the concentration camps,

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Just for the record, in case you are arguing with a leftist, it is a fact that EVERY socialist/communist country does indeed utilize slave labor, including Cuba and Venezuela.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (kA3Cp)

42 "the phrase 'the common sense of the American people,' so beloved by politicians on the stump, needs to be dropped off a bridge."

The shamdemic response has taught me this.

And it is sad.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (FtO5h)

43 Yes.

See you in the Heartland in October, sir.

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (XxJt1)

44 My personal observations of the Elitist Left is that they believe that there is no absolute truth, and that man ( meaning them, and their ilk, actually) is the measure of all things. They believe that if only THEY ran the world, they could create a Utopia. With themselves at the top of the pyramid. Of course. They are all secular materialists, in short, with a nice garnish of narcissism.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (bCLt0)

45 IMO, common sense isn't something you're born with. In my case, I had to see and hear it before I caught on. Then a new world opened up before me and I never looked back.

It seems as though there are many forces arrayed in the world designed to keep us from finding the source of this common sense and navigating through them is a big challenge. But if you find it, that's the reward. It is the Light upon your path that shows you where to step.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (HaL55)

46 It is elitism; pure and simple, and it is misplaced. As a thoroughly unscientific sample, my experience is that if you want to be snubbed and treated rudely and hear all sorts of jingoistic blather about pretty much every topic of import, then spend some time in the blue cities and their suburbs. But if you want to be treated kindly and with compassion and without reference to your skin color or religion or politics, then head to Middle America.
++++++++++
By degrees, yes. But there is also an East/West aspect to it as well. The snobbish elitism in San Francisco or LA, for example, is outrageous but much better hidden in my experience than it is in New York or in Boston. Boston is America's most unfriendly, elitist and arrogant city in my experience. I had the same experience in both New York and Boston, and it taught be that Bostonians are actually the rude ones. New Yorkers are just in a hurry.

I needed to find a subway station. I asked a man on the street in NY and he barked out directions and hurried on. In Boston, though, two separate people took the time to stop, look me in the eye, and tell me to go fuck myself. The third person laced into me for being stupid - but did give me directions.

That level of rudeness doesn't exist out west in my experience. On that coast, they talk bad about you behind your back at their parties.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (hYcqw)

47 Well, left-wing Portland Reddit is all excited at the sportsball leagues closing. After all, it is the first step towards their ultimate goal - A GENERAL STRIKE.

They are already discussing demands to make during THE GENERAL STRIKE.

The NHL has a unique opportunity - they may yet buckle and join the "boycott", but if they don't, and they are the only league still functioning, they are going to get an enormous amount of new fan support from people disgusted with the other leagues.

If the NHL tries to keep playing, I'm sure Antifa will try to shut them down, in the cities where they have power.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (I2/tG)

48 The Wisconsin laws for firearms are:

Illegal possession by a minor is a class A misdemeanor.

The age where a minor can posses a rifle without adult supervision is 13-17.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (NJXJJ)

49 I think studies have demonstrated deplorables travel more and thus have actually seen more of the world than big city elitists.

-

I've long suspected the big city folks take planned trips to see the big stuff, but the deplorables drive across the continent to see everything.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (0B66G)

50 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (arJlL)

51
One dead from Hurricane Laura. Murdered by war criminal Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (mht8P)

52 Oconee Nuclear Power Station has 'The World of Energy' tours.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home. Thanks China &&&& at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (sB8AM)

53 so I will happily accept the judgement of America's common sense over the pontifications of the elites.

Palin tried to talk common sense.
But then she was standing beside McCain.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (rjE57)

54 Illegal possession by a minor is a class A misdemeanor.

-

Ha. So he committed an adult misdemeanor while a child protecting himself from a registered sex offender.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (0B66G)

55 51
One dead from Hurricane Laura. Murdered by war criminal Trump.

Grim milestones await.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (FtO5h)

56 32 It's gone. I was reassigned that number.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (C1Lsn)

57 Yeah - I don't buy into this shit at all.

People Suck at a fixed rate. All you are quibbling about is density.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (1ewJ/)

58 He's 17 and can be tried as an adult. Not sure he was legal in carrying the firearm

--

Roland THTG made a GREAT point on the last thread.

How do you charge him as an adult for illegally carrying the firearm as a minor?
Posted by: Charles Darwin



Oh snap!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (5CJXD)

59 So lovely to see the left now praying and pleading for Laura to destroy and ruin so many lives so it can be Trump's Katrina. So lovely.

One problem with that, Trump isn't Bush, pissfuckers.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being Kristi Noem's Plush Toy of Love at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (+dsLj)

60 nd why is that? Because those elites, who are overwhelmingly to the left, have accepted the progressive cant that humanity is fungible, that we have no spark of the divine in us

Except for MS13 members.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (NWiLs)

61 Does anyone here remember the name Antonio Santiago?

He was the baby in his stroller, shot dead in Brunswick, GA a few years ago by two black teens, who also shot his mother during a botched robbery.

The teens did not get the death penalty, and most likely will be out of prison some day. The MSM quickly forgot the baby's murder, because he was white and didn't fit the narrative. There were no riots and no lootings. Because that's not what we do.


Anyhow, just thought I'd remind everyone.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (ptqGC)

62
I know when a smug city dweller tries to convince me that I'm a rube for not paying four times the rate of my house for a 400 sq ft closet in NY, I'm all ears.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:08 AM (NJXJJ)





But, but MUSEUMS! (that the urbanites never visit)

And THEATER! (that urbanites never attend)

And QUAINTLY QUIRKY LITTLE SHOPS! (that urbanites never enter, because of the bum taking a shit on the sidewalk in front of the door)

And BAGELS! (....okay, ya got me there)

So life in the cities comes down to the availability of boiled bread.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (EGyGV)

63 44 My personal observations of the Elitist Left is that they believe that there is no absolute truth, and that man ( meaning them, and their ilk, actually) is the measure of all things. They believe that if only THEY ran the world, they could create a Utopia. With themselves at the top of the pyramid. Of course. They are all secular materialists, in short, with a nice garnish of narcissism.
Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (bCLt0)

I have this feeling, and I can't exactly explain why, that so many of them, ESPECIALLY the 60s Radicals and those directly influenced by them, like to see themselves as the Last People of History, Humanity Perfected, and cannot stand the idea of civilization being able to function without them once they're dead and gone.

So they insist on destroying it.

Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (vmRc0)

64 my fave part is when the woman cop yells GTFO and breaks the van window

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (J8nVw)
The gal filming doesn't sound too fond of blm at all. Aren't these the scum bringing the rioters meals and who knows what else?

Posted by: clutch cargo at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (8B6Ng)

65 I needed to find a subway station. I asked a man on the street in NY and he barked out directions and hurried on. In Boston, though, two separate people took the time to stop, look me in the eye, and tell me to go fuck myself. The third person laced into me for being stupid - but did give me directions.

-

Come to rural areas in the South asking directions and (non-locust) folks will say "Follow me. I'll point when you need to turn off."

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (0B66G)

66 3AM Thai food!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (r3ITp)

67 Anyway, I pass this info along to The Horde in the
expectation that you will find the story interesting. If you live near a
plant like this, likely they offer public tours from time to time, and
you ought to check it out. You won't see as much as I did on the SALP
inspection, but you will be quite impressed by what you do see.


Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:06 AM

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I worked as an armed guard at a Nuke plant in CT from some time after I retired from the Navy.

Walking around that place I would come up on some piece of equipment or piping/tubing that seemed completely out of place and I often wondered why did they put that piece right there.


My favorite place in the plant was the spent fuel pool especially at night.


I quit because they were scheduling a refueling outage and said we would have to work 20 straight days with no time off and we would have to sleep on cots in the cafeteria.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (JUOKG)

68 I've long suspected the big city folks take planned trips to see the big stuff, but the deplorables drive across the continent to see everything.
Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (0B66G)


There is nothing like a road trip from coast to coast.

The more northern route, and the more southern or central route. So much fun.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (rjE57)

69 will no one think of the bald empty head pedo, heartbroken skateboarded, and one-armed bandit?
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020


*
*

Oh, we're thinking of them, all right. The words "good" and "riddance" pop up frequently.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (Ejm1K)

70 I've long suspected the big city folks take planned trips to see the big stuff, but the deplorables drive across the continent to see everything.
Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (0B66G)
+++++++++++++
I would be more than fine with a high school graduation requirement to take a road trip across this country. You cannot fathom the vastness, variegation and diversity of this country by flying over most of it between destinations. The long-haul road trip is a great way to better understand this place where we live and meet people from all walks. At the highway truck stop or the small interstate hotel, you will meet lots of people with different backgrounds - but they're almost all Americans.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (hYcqw)

71 32 My apologies. You meant the MR, didn't see it. I had 418 on the Art Thread.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (C1Lsn)

72 The Wisconsin laws for firearms are:

Illegal possession by a minor is a class A misdemeanor.

The age where a minor can posses a rifle without adult supervision is 13-17.
Posted by: AlaBAMA


So Kyle was legal.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (5CJXD)

73 I always thought that, in general, the people in my friendly, politically purple-ish small town in the middle of nowhere had a whole lot of common sense.

These masked people walking the streets now aren't people at all. They are just shadows, with what used to be faces.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (FtO5h)

74
I know when a smug city dweller tries to convince me that I'm a rube for not paying four times the rate of my house for a 400 sq ft closet in NY, I'm all ears.
Posted by: AlaBAMA


But can you get the perfect bagel at 3 A.M.?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (aKsyK)

75 That level of rudeness doesn't exist out west in my experience. On that
coast, they talk bad about you behind your back at their parties.


Had a chic try to give me a stern talking to about global warming while waiting at the register during lunch in Oakland, just because she detected my southern accent. I told her to keep the fucking burrito and walked off. Told more than one Seattle native to piss off for similar things.

West Coast dicks are still dicks. They're assholes.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (FZ6yD)

76 First, the good news:

CBSLA -- A judge has denied a fourth attempt by Los Angeles County for a temporary restraining order against a Sun Valley church for holding indoor worship services under the county's coronavirus orders.

Yes!! Now the bad news (this post is 1 year old but interesting):

BOMBSHELL: "Justice Democrats" Founder is THE Organizer of Evangelical Social Justice Movement

In this bombshell report by Pulpit and Pen, we will demonstrate how Democratic financier and organizer Zack Exley is behind the successful attempt to change the political ideology of America's major evangelical institutions, ministries, and seminaries through propagation of what is known as "Social Justice." . . .

https://tinyurl.com/y4trhsb5

Probably why a lot of churches have not been fighting back against the Left -- they've been infiltrated, from the Vatican to Evangelicals?

Aaaand now I see that Pulpit and Pen blog was killed by facebook deplatforming earlier this year. Of course.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (bDqIh)

77 It's also awesome to be able to get a Subway sammich at 3am in a blizzard!

Posted by: Juicy Smollet at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (NJXJJ)

78
Next week, people will have died from WuFlu and Laura. Simultaneously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (mht8P)

79 Knowledge

Though, the preening class will try to convince you otherwise
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (WEBkv)
---------

Crud, this didn't post correctly.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (WEBkv)

80 Well, left-wing Portland Reddit is all excited at the sportsball leagues closing. After all, it is the first step towards their ultimate goal - A GENERAL STRIKE.

*********************

The left doing everything they can however they can to ensure we can never ever go back to normalcy will definitely create a blue wave this election because something something, reasons, something I dunno

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being Kristi Noem's Plush Toy of Love at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (+dsLj)

81 "Roland THTG made a GREAT point on the last thread.
How do you charge him as an adult for illegally carrying the firearm as a minor?"

I thought of this in the shower this morning.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (r4fw8)

82 Rickb223


The fundraiser for Kyle you linked last night is gone. Last I saw it was at 71k. I didn't donate bc they take 20% for other non profit causes.

Not sure why it was removed. Could have been a scam.


Lin Wood and Malkin are involved. A great Harvard trained defense attorney from LA is assembling a team and is ready to fly up and represent Kyle!

I'll be donating.

Posted by: Ha at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (8Ab7S)

83 Most city-dwellers live in squalid conditions.
They pretend that it's worth it coz of access to stuff

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (J8nVw)

84 and once again, defeated.

Story of my life.

Okay, time to go pick up the pooches.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (WEBkv)

85 RACISM = ELITISM. If you practice one, you are the other.

Posted by: El Kabong at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (8Xxh3)

86 If the NHL tries to keep playing, I'm sure Antifa will try to shut them down, in the cities where they have power.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (I2/tG)
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Well funny that - the newest NHL franchise is set to debut next year in...Seattle lol.

Posted by: jhawk90 at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (qpdaD)

87 Oh snap!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:11 AM (5CJXD)


Right here is a bit of that common sense CBD just mentioned, and completely lacking on the left.

It's a shame this poor kid and his family have a storm to weather long after any sort of trial. In the meantime, the 2 dead parasites have had millions raised on gofundme. That site needs to be investigated and shut down.

Posted by: clutch cargo at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (8B6Ng)

88 Keep in mind that those Noo Yawkahs that believe they're geniuses include the guys who call in to WFAN sports radio

"Whaddya think of dis traid? I'll hang up and lissen..."

Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (qAR6u)

89 Had a chic try to give me a stern talking to about global warming while waiting at the register during lunch in Oakland, just because she detected my southern accent. I told her to keep the fucking burrito and walked off. Told more than one Seattle native to piss off for similar things.

West Coast dicks are still dicks. They're assholes.
Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (FZ6yD)
+++++++++++
I am from CO, and as a result have a very thin accent. I know many people, though, who automatically shut down or write off when they hear a southern accent. Those people are morons (not the good kind).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (hYcqw)

90 This is what kills me.

Seattle was always blue. But was blue collar union Boeing blue. Without pretense.

Microsoft and amazon and Starbucks changed all that. Seattle turned snobby pretentious blue somewhere in the 90s. I think the grunge era was our last hope for not becoming snooty blue.

There are a lot of people here who are NOT the uber progressive stuck up assholes. And they are not on board with defunding the police and going full commie. The Republican Party hasn't even bothered to communicate with moderates out here. If they just put up a candidate who was NOT an idiot, we could slowly bring sanity back.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (U2p+3)

91 Packers cancel practice over the criminal earning his reward.

Exactly when and how did the NFL get the idea their product was a necessity and not a luxury?

Posted by: RoyalOil at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (aO8Gd)

92 2 The Wisconsin laws for firearms are:

Illegal possession by a minor is a class A misdemeanor.

The age where a minor can posses a rifle without adult supervision is 13-17.
Posted by: AlaBAMA


So Kyle was legal.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (5CJXD


I think he would need a hunters course cert but the out of state thing confuses it. May not be something they issue to OOS people.

I think the worst the state could charge him with would be the misdemeanor. If he's legal in Illinois and the firearm was legally obtained.

But I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night, so grain of salt.

Posted by: Juicy Smollet at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (NJXJJ)

93 43 Yes.

See you in the Heartland in October, sir.
Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:09 AM (XxJt1)

Hi creeper!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (NWiLs)

94 >>I would be more than fine with a high school graduation requirement to take a road trip across this country. You cannot fathom the vastness, variegation and diversity of this country by flying over most of it between destinations. The long-haul road trip is a great way to better understand this place where we live and meet people from all walks. At the highway truck stop or the small interstate hotel, you will meet lots of people with different backgrounds - but they're almost all Americans.


This

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (bDqIh)

95 The fundraiser for Kyle you linked last night is gone. Last I saw it was at 71k. I didn't donate bc they take 20% for other non profit causes.

Not sure why it was removed. Could have been a scam.


Lin Wood and Malkin are involved. A great Harvard trained defense attorney from LA is assembling a team and is ready to fly up and represent Kyle!

I'll be donating.

Posted by: Ha


I saw that. My apologies. A buddy that linked it thinks it was taken down because the left is trying to make martyrs out of the guys that were shot.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (5CJXD)

96 How do you charge him as an adult for illegally carrying the firearm as a minor?
Posted by: Charles Darwin


I believe that's a misdemeanor so you simply don't file the charge and move forward with murder or other felonies.

Posted by: Ha at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (8Ab7S)

97 Off hoax sock

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (NJXJJ)

98 91 Packers cancel practice over the criminal earning his reward.

Exactly when and how did the NFL get the idea their product was a necessity and not a luxury?
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (aO8Gd)


It's that narcissism thing.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (bCLt0)

99 Come to rural areas in the South asking directions and (non-locust) folks will say "Follow me. I'll point when you need to turn off."
Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (0B66G)
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I haven't experienced that, but I have experienced people being very careful with directions, exceedingly polite, and offering to show me to the junction that's hard to find. This was in rural and semi-rural Tennessee. It's a world of difference. The south is the friendliest place I have ever been. I don't belong (though I may move there anyway), but I am never made to feel like I'm an alien that people don't want to associate with.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (hYcqw)

100 Asking for a friend...How flammable is the Staples Center in LA? If all the NBA arenas were burned down, those white owner/oppressors couldn't force their systemic racism on the NBA players.

Posted by: Downcast at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (DZhwN)

101 If the NHL tries to keep playing, I'm sure Antifa will try to shut them down, in the cities where they have power.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (I2/tG)

I have a feeling if the NHL shuts down, it will be from the inside. They are playing games in only two cities, and they're both in Canada.
At this point I think the commissioner and company are hoping to just get these playoffs done and over with as fast as possible.

Posted by: Vendette at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (SbDwL)

102 I know when a smug city dweller tries to convince me that I'm a rube for not paying four times the rate of my house for a 400 sq ft closet in NY, I'm all ears.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

****************

I have this issue now: Stay where I am and buy a 500K closet so I can have the choice of five different supermarkets locally, or buy a 250K mansion with a choice of only one?

hmmmmm

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being Kristi Noem's Plush Toy of Love at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (+dsLj)

103 80 Well, left-wing Portland Reddit is all excited at the sportsball leagues closing. After all, it is the first step towards their ultimate goal - A GENERAL STRIKE.

*********************

The left doing everything they can however they can to ensure we can never ever go back to normalcy will definitely create a blue wave this election because something something, reasons, something I dunno
Posted by: Two Weeks From Being Kristi Noem's Plush Toy of Love at August 27, 2020 11:14 AM (+dsLj)

========

And Biden is trying to run a "return to normalcy" campaign at the same time.

Weird how this might not be working.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (LvTSG)

104 if you want to donate to Kyle's defense, make sure it's thru something that Lin Wood or Malkin say is legit

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (J8nVw)

105 I know when a smug city dweller tries to convince me that I'm a rube for not paying four times the rate of my house for a 400 sq ft closet in NY, I'm all ears.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

But can you get the perfect bagel at 3 A.M.?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2020


*
*

Sure.

Go to your kitchen, remove from the fridge the bag of bagels you bought yesterday at the store, slice one, pop it into the toaster, wait until it pops up, cover with butter or cream cheese or whatever you like,

Perfect.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (Ejm1K)

106 I think he would need a hunters course cert but the out of state thing confuses it. May not be something they issue to OOS people.

I think the worst the state could charge him with would be the misdemeanor. If he's legal in Illinois and the firearm was legally obtained.

But I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night, so grain of salt.
Posted by: Juicy Smollet



Fucking A!
Wisconsin is passing out Antifa hunting permits??

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (5CJXD)

107 I've been wondering for a long time - this county used to be racist against all sorts of groups. Irish, Japanese, Chinese. Anyone see any Irish or Japanese racism lately? It doesn't exist. What happened?

Those groups got rich and joined the elite.

So racism doesn't cause poor economic performance of a group, poor economic performance of a group causes racism. Because racism = elitism.

Posted by: El Kabong at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (8Xxh3)

108 What irritates me the most are people complaining about him being there. yet they never seem to complain about the rioters being there. This kid would have been at home, minding his own business, if it weren't for the rioters burning stuff down. And they come armed and ready for violence.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (JKNZq)

109 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Piss Wallace at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (CLteG)

110 It strikes me that what Tony Woodlief, the author of that piece, is saying has much in common with what Nick Taleb has been talking about with "The Intellectual yet Idiot."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (Kpl3J)

111 Was out walking the dog during the Krugman discussion on the last thread but there's no evidence that the ambulatory lice colony understands supply and demand curves.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (y7DUB)

112 I read 'The Lawrenceville Stories' by Owen Johnson this year. It's set in pre-WW 1 boy's boarding school. In addition to the fun and humor of the pranks and characters of the stories, it is sort of a struggle with elitism.

The boys of the boarding school are being groomed to BE the elite (especially later, at Yale in 'Stover at Yale' by the same author). Some of them ARE elite, but even then, there's a big problem of those who are not but who are going to be treated as such because of who they are friends with, where they went to school, etc.

Owen Johnson comes down, somewhat reluctantly, on the pro-elite side...but only when the elite truly are smarter, more noble, more honest than the average.

I'm more cynical. I don't believe in empowering people until they prove themselves. I'm for mandatory term limits or even for drafting politicians and beaucrats by random lottery.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (ifmtJ)

113 I think him 'being there' should give us hope.

Young men willing to stand up and confront evil.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (NJXJJ)

114 Come to rural areas in the South asking directions and (non-locust)
folks will say "Follow me. I'll point when you need to turn off."

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater
than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (0B66G)


My old man sent me to show some Georgia fans where they could smoke during a football game several years back. Hell, I was in my thirties - and never thought twice about it. Just did as I was told - like I was still a kid or something. Only in the South.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (FZ6yD)

115
I saw that. My apologies. A buddy that linked it thinks it was taken down because the left is trying to make martyrs out of the guys that were shot.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:16 AM (5CJXD)


Gofuckme is calling them "heroes."

Makes me want to puke. At least they're getting ratio'd on twatter.

https://tinyurl.com/y4jr9p3p

Posted by: clutch cargo at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (8B6Ng)

116 OK, folks, going to take a nap before work.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

God bless President Trump.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (2JVJo)

117 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Piss Wallace at August 27, 2020 11:18 AM (CLteG)


hehe, I just got an earful from my mother because she turned on Fox last night after the RNC.

Wallace, Brazille and Juan.. lol, she can't stand them

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (rjE57)

118 So Kyle was legal.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:13 AM (5CJXD)

You have to be 18 to open carry.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (88+cf)

119 Has anyone serious weighed in on the legal ramifications for this Rittenhouse guy's parents?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:05 AM (/EuRN)

He's 17 and can be tried as an adult. Not sure he was legal in carrying the firearm, but his parents would say "he stole it" if they're attacked.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)


Sometimes the discussions on this here very webzine get bogged down in the weeds of the legal industrial complex. So I invite the folks here, occasionally take a step back, look at what is happening in any one of these particular incidents, and see how little common sense factors into the equation, when it comes to the legal system.

The kid said he was there to defend property, there's video of him walking around the streets, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHO WAS CARRYING A WEAPON, and whatever it was the got him singled out, they came after him like he was a cancer in their midst.

So he shot three people. I don't think there's one ounce of evidence any of the three didn't have it coming.

And yet the state is potentially going to try to lock him up for life.

All because he thought it was a good idea to try to protect property, when the city and state were unwilling to do it themselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (hku12)

120 Shit, everything HAS become political.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (bCLt0)

121 Was out walking the dog during the Krugman discussion on the last thread but there's no evidence that the ambulatory lice colony understands supply and demand curves.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (y7DUB)
++++++++++++
Nah. He suffers from The Fatal Conceit. He just thinks that he (well, government economy czars and their minions) is smart and honest enough to control them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (hYcqw)

122 You have to be 18 to open carry.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (88+cf


But what about a rifle?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (NJXJJ)

123 If you can believe it, a NYT reporter (of all people!) has put together an informative review of the videos of the shooting and the events that preceded it and noticed something I hadn't, and hadn't seen anyone else point out - Kyle Rittenhouse did not fire the first shot. The reason he stopped, turned, and fired on the stumpy child molester is because one of his pursuers fired a shot.

https://tinyurl.com/y3j33ezk

Posted by: radar at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (BySB9)

124 Well, left-wing Portland Reddit is all excited at the sportsball leagues closing.

During this discussion, someone said something so stupid about the NBA players that I instinctively think that it is true.

You see, they are calling their walkout a "boycott", because the players think that is legally very different than walking out and calling it a "strike".

A "strike" would trigger the anti-strike provisions of their contract, you see, and they think that a "boycott" won't. Love to run that by a labor attorney.

The owners may take no action against the players, because of the bad publicity.

OTOH, the professional sports leagues are bleeding money, and the players are a major league team's largest cost. The owners are generally very rich, but one wonders if there might be an owner out there who might see an opportunity to reduce his losses considerably by actually noticing that the players are engaging in a strike.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (I2/tG)

125
In my local news this AM, I see Exelon has decided to shut down the Byron, IL nuclear generating station next year, for financial reasons I guess. A few decades ago, I had the great good luck to be invited to join the station's SALP 3 inspection tour with the NRC. At that time, reactor 1 was online, and reactor 2 was due to start soon.
=====

Infuriating.

Once again, my little city decided to buy energy certificates from 'green' vendors. Of course, they are buying from ComEd and marking up the kwh to us peasants.

I am trying to compose a letter to my local reps without sounding like a lunatic. Of course, I am a lunatic, but the waste and kickbacks are mind-boggling.

Infuriating.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (MIKMs)

126 Unbelievably fair (well for the NYT anyway) report by NYT writer:

@trbrtc

A teenager faces charges in shootings that left 2 people dead in Kenosha, WI. The @nytimes Visual Investigations team reviewed hours of livestreams to track 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse's movements during and leading up to the shootings. [THREAD]

https://tinyurl.com/y3j33ezk

Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (cF8AT)

127 'Mornin', Insom. Are you getting any hurricane effects?

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (XxJt1)

128 we are lumps of protoplasm 

-
Maybe so but some protoplasm lumps are more attractive than others.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:21 AM (+y/Ru)

129 The Dallas Cowboys have not cancelled practice but their coach says things have to change.
I've got some ideas for things to change.
How about black men marrying their women and staying home to raise their children to be responsible adults.
How about not ignoring the black people murdered every day by other black people.
How about not lionizing thugs.

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:21 AM (lgiXo)

130 Flyover people have time to think. Bubble people are merely pin balls in constant reaction mode. Too much stimulus stuns the mind rather than sharpening it.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 27, 2020 11:21 AM (93XwO)

131 I have spent most of my life in and around blue cities, and yet the number of impressive interactions with strangers is dwarfed when compared to my time in flyover country.

That, right there, is why my wife and I left Seattle for Jacksonville. (Well, besides the beach.) We were sick of being surrounded with unhappy, hateful people with 'no hate' signs in their front yard.

JAX may not be fly over country but it has a bit of what they call here Georgia South. People are MUCH happier in almost every case.

Posted by: SaltLifeLurker at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (cgXjL)

132 You have to be 18 to open carry.
Posted by: Roland THTG


From above:

The Wisconsin laws for firearms are:

Illegal possession by a minor is a class A misdemeanor.

The age where a minor can posses a rifle without adult supervision is 13-17.
Posted by: AlaBAMA


Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (5CJXD)

133 I own a house with +/-30 acres. Two story farmhouse, 150yrs old. The house where my father and his father grew up. The land is being farmed and there is a whole bunch of standing timber. I paid $70,000 for this place, less than 20 yrs ago. Show me that same deal in New York. They call me a backwards country hick because I live in rural Indiana, I say they are retarded for paying four times that money for a fraction of the space. Piss on those preening, pretentious, arrogant assholes. Their opinions are of no importance. Their approval is neither required not desired.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (Vxu+H)

134 Nurse,

The guy that originally ran against Inslee was a good candidate. He'd been the state auditor I think. I saw the debates between him and Inslee. Inslee looked like the clueless idiot he is. But they've made cheating legal and I don't see any way around it. The Gregoire election was when that happened.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (JKNZq)

135 John Pierce is the LA attorney assembling a team to defend Kyle.

Fucking awesome.

Posted by: Ha at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (8Ab7S)

136 135 John Pierce is the LA attorney assembling a team to defend Kyle.

Fucking awesome.
Posted by: Ha at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (8Ab7S


That's very cool. Glad to see more and more lawyers stepping up to defend against the rabid Soros DAs

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (NJXJJ)

137 You have to be 18 to open carry.
Posted by: Roland THTG


From above:

The Wisconsin laws for firearms are:

Illegal possession by a minor is a class A misdemeanor.

The age where a minor can posses a rifle without adult supervision is 13-17.
Posted by: AlaBAMA


So yeah. Does the state want to try him on possibly illegally open carrying, while bicep boy is on video and still as being a felon in possession?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (5CJXD)

138 And Biden is trying to run a "return to normalcy" campaign at the same time. Weird how this might not be working.

*******************

The idea that a simple Biden win will placate the mob and return them back to singing Jackie DeShannon songs without masks somehow didn't impress on people as being credible.

Posted by: Two Weeks From Being Kristi Noem's Plush Toy of Love at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (+dsLj)

139 And yet the state is potentially going to try to lock him up for life.

I wonder what the average sentence is for a 17-year-old Milwaukee gangbanger who blows away a couple of people. About a hundred people get killed in Milwaukee every year (I'm sure many more this year), so I'm sure the issue comes up occasionally.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (I2/tG)

140
A liberal forms his opinions, then cherry picks facts to support them, and completely ignores personal experience and logic.

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And ridicules us for not being as smart as he is.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (+y/Ru)

141 @trbrtc

A teenager faces charges in shootings that left 2 people dead in Kenosha, WI. The @nytimes Visual Investigations team reviewed hours of livestreams to track 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse's movements during and leading up to the shootings. [THREAD]

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"But strangely no livestreams exist of the actual moment of confrontation when enormous amounts of shouting and violence were beginning to occur between the bald guy and a man with a weapon."

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (0B66G)

142 Rioters and looters should be treated the same way as pirates. Hostis humani generis.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (NWiLs)

143 Rittenhouse & Sandman.

Both so very young and both so steadfastly patriotic.

I'm glad to see that our country is still producing brave men.

It was bold men like these who gave us this county in the first place.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (8/7u2)

144 138 And Biden is trying to run a "return to normalcy" campaign at the same time. Weird how this might not be working.

*******************

The idea that a simple Biden win will placate the mob and return them back to singing Jackie DeShannon songs without masks somehow didn't impress on people as being credible.
Posted by: Two Weeks From Being Kristi Noem's Plush Toy of Love at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (+dsLj)

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Hiding for all but 20 minutes of his convention seems to have been a bad decision as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (LvTSG)

145 Media words to describe the RNC next week:
Dark, dystopian, white supremacist, entirely white, devoid of POC, instill a sense of despair. In contrast to the message of hope and light of the DNC convention.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (dNzKv)

146 Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (cF8AT)

that NYT guy is SO getting fired LOL

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (J8nVw)

147 I would be more than fine with a high school graduation requirement to
take a road trip across this country. You cannot fathom the vastness,
variegation and diversity of this country by flying over most of it
between destinations. The long-haul road trip is a great way to better
understand this place where we live and meet people from all walks. At
the highway truck stop or the small interstate hotel, you will meet lots
of people with different backgrounds - but they're almost all
Americans.





This


I learned one thing on my first flight from Alabama to Glorious People's Republik of Kalifornia many moons ago whilst looking out the plane's window: the claim of overpopulation was complete and utter bullshit.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (HaL55)

148
The NHL has a unique opportunity - they may yet buckle and join the "boycott", but if they don't, and they are the only league still functioning, they are going to get an enormous amount of new fan support from people disgusted with the other leagues.

If the NHL tries to keep playing, I'm sure Antifa will try to shut them down, in the cities where they have power.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (I2/tG


This will be interesting as I believe the only location the NHL is playing their games is in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

149 Storm effects: It is raining off and on here, heavily for a while, then tapering off. We in Da Swamp are far to the east of the storm, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (Ejm1K)

150 Kristi Noem has Donna MIlls' eyes and it makes the Maddows of the world blind with rage.

Posted by: Josh Brolin's Blistered Taint at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (rxTsN)

151 Communists have been dreaming of a "General Strike" since 1917, it's amazing. What makes it really hilarious is that we got as close to a "General Strike" in April of this year, and everyone hated it. (except for a few real political weirdos)

This kind of thing is so far "out there" that I actually find it amusing. Clever and determined enemies worry me; people who belong in mental institutions don't, not really. Well I suppose I'm wary of them like I'm wary of rabid dogs. I worry about them getting loose, but I don't worry about their plans.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (Kpl3J)

152 I think him 'being there' should give us hope.

Young men willing to stand up and confront evil.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (NJXJJ)


If this was 1861, WHICHEVER side he was on, people would have looked at him with pride, for his willingness to stand and take up arms for his country.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (hku12)

153 rick - you can post the law all you want. It doesn't matter. Some folks here have decided that kid needs to go to jail - so they're gonna' argue that he's gotta' go to jail until Hell freezes over.

We have got to get this through our heads - some folks here simply do not believe in the concept of using lethal force in self defense. In their minds, that is a power limited to the police.

All the video and testimony of that kid defending himself doesn't matter to them. In their minds - he shot somebody and now he has to pay. That's all there is to it.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (FZ6yD)

154 50 people die in Texas from ingesting Clorox. Those are supposedly the smart wingnuts. Bigly Sad.

Posted by: Body at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (FfLYy)

155 127 'Mornin', Insom. Are you getting any hurricane effects?
Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (XxJt1)

Nope. I'm well away from that particular storm.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (NWiLs)

156 >> I own a house with +/-30 acres. Two story farmhouse, 150yrs old. The house where my father and his father grew up. The land is being farmed and there is a whole bunch of standing timber. I paid $70,000 for this place, less than 20 yrs ago. Show me that same deal in New York.


New York City has a dearth of Farms.

head Upstate. You will find thousands of similar deals.

Again, region has nothing to do with any of this. It's population density. Get into a city and your incidence of assholes goes up radically.

There is the same % across the board. Rural or not. The least friendliest places I have ever been are equally split between big cities and small towns.

Most People suck dick. That is the common denominator.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (1ewJ/)

157 145 Media words to describe the RNC next week:
Dark, dystopian, white supremacist, entirely white, devoid of POC, instill a sense of despair. In contrast to the message of hope and light of the DNC convention.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (dNzKv)

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Good thing for them they haven't spent over a decade discrediting themselves to the American public.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (LvTSG)

158 I learned one thing on my first flight from Alabama to Glorious People's Republik of Kalifornia many moons ago whilst looking out the plane's window: the claim of overpopulation was complete and utter bullshit.

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Yeah, it's almost like the people living in cities who believe that silliness haven't really traveled that much.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (0B66G)

159 mustbequantum, that Bryon nuke plant must be close to forty years old now. It has probably exceeded its design life already and had that extended, just like the one in Cordova. Maybe it is time to retire them.

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (XxJt1)

160 133 I own a house with +/-30 acres. Two story farmhouse, 150yrs old. The house where my father and his father grew up. The land is being farmed and there is a whole bunch of standing timber. I paid $70,000 for this place, less than 20 yrs ago. Show me that same deal in New York. They call me a backwards country hick because I live in rural Indiana, I say they are retarded for paying four times that money for a fraction of the space. Piss on those preening, pretentious, arrogant assholes. Their opinions are of no importance. Their approval is neither required not desired.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (Vxu+H)

Fortify now because it is 50/50 odds they will be coming for your sweet set up in the next 10 years.
Also, you go girl

Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (CLteG)

161 But what about a rifle?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (NJXJJ)

If you are hunting..........

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (88+cf)

162 Just for the record, in case you are arguing with a leftist, it is a fact that EVERY socialist/communist country does indeed utilize slave labor, including Cuba and Venezuela.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada

One could add California to that list, per Kamel-toe.

Posted by: Blutarski at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (nnf6G)

163 The age where a minor can posses a rifle without adult supervision is 13-17.
Posted by: AlaBAMA


So yeah. Does the state want to try him on possibly illegally open carrying, while bicep boy is on video and still as being a felon in possession?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020


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If possessing a rifle at age 17 is okay, how can they go after him for illegal open carry? You have to open carry a rifle. You can't slide it under your jacket!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (Ejm1K)

164 >>Rioters and looters should be treated the same way as pirates.


...and Coyotes.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (1ewJ/)

165 JAX may not be fly over country but it has a bit of what they call here Georgia South. People are MUCH happier in almost every case.
Posted by: SaltLifeLurker at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (cgXjL)
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I grew up down there in the 70's, think being a big military town has something to do with it. You got along with different people, period. I heard more racist shit my first year in MN than 10 in Jax/Orange Park.

Posted by: jhawk90 at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (qpdaD)

166 If the NHL tries to keep playing, I'm sure Antifa will try to shut them down, in the cities where they have power.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:10 AM (I2/tG)

I have a feeling if the NHL shuts down, it will be from the inside. They are playing games in only two cities, and they're both in Canada.
At this point I think the commissioner and company are hoping to just get these playoffs done and over with as fast as possible.


Posted by: Vendette at August 27, 2020 11:17 AM (SbDwL)

I believe that Bettman is hated enough to realize that if he shuts the season down, the nhl is dead too. the strike season severely damaged the NHL. they are only just getting out of it, IMO. killing another season, especially for something not overly popular with much of the fan base, would be the death knell for the sport.

and the owners know it too.

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (8D42x)

167 Posted by: 2020 Sucks


Yeah. :-(

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (5CJXD)

168 This will be interesting as I believe the only location the NHL is playing their games is in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)

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Ummmm, Edmonton is in Alberta. They're also playing games in Toronto, I think.

Posted by: radar at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (BySB9)

169 161 But what about a rifle?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (NJXJJ)

If you are hunting..........
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (88+cf)

I'm huntin' wioters! Huh-uh-uh-uh-uh!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (NWiLs)

170 Half the population is below average in intelligence.

Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (lgiXo)

171 80 Well, left-wing Portland Reddit is all excited at the sportsball leagues closing. After all, it is the first step towards their ultimate goal - A GENERAL STRIKE.

Caesar put out his bread and circuses at the coliseum to distract and occupy the masses. The gladiators, stabbing the crowd instead of the other gladiators, are already sowing a harvest that they won't like.

Posted by: Downcast at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (DZhwN)

172 157 145 Media words to describe the RNC next week:
Dark, dystopian, white supremacist, entirely white, devoid of POC, instill a sense of despair. In contrast to the message of hope and light of the DNC convention.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (dNzKv)

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Good thing for them they haven't spent over a decade discrediting themselves to the American public.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:26 AM (LvTSG)


You have to laugh at the thought that the media wrote their response to Trump's yet to happen speech on Monday.

So dark. So divisive. So apocalyptic. So nihilistic.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (NJXJJ)

173 Once again, my little city decided to buy energy certificates from 'green' vendors. Of course, they are buying from ComEd and marking up the kwh to us peasants.

Is there a legal requirement to do so?

In Washington and Oregon, electric utilities are required to buy "recs" from green power sources, unless the utility is very small. The environmentalists keep trying to get rid of the exemption for small utilities, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (I2/tG)

174 129 The Dallas Cowboys have not cancelled practice but their coach says things have to change.
I've got some ideas for things to change.
How about black men marrying their women and staying home to raise their children to be responsible adults.
How about not ignoring the black people murdered every day by other black people.
How about not lionizing thugs.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:21 AM (lgiXo)

But none of that helps the Demoncrat Party consolidate power.

Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (vmRc0)

175 Hiding for all but 20 minutes of his convention seems to have been a bad decision as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (LvTSG)


thank God they are that stupid and evil

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (rjE57)

176 170 Half the population is below average in intelligence.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (lgiXo)

Half the population is below MEDIAN intelligence.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (NWiLs)

177 Following cold logic can make you just as wrong as following hot feelings.

Understand that the interplay between logic and feelings is important. Understand that "logic" is only as valid as your ability to sniff out a con. Things can seem perfectly "logical" that are, in fact, outright lies. Realize that a coherent worldview can often be your insulation against flim-flammery and misleading "Facts And Logic".

Own yourself before you try to "own" anybody else.

And always remember that the outputs of a logical argument can only ever be as valid as its inputs.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (/EuRN)

178 Packers cancel practice over the criminal earning his reward.

Exactly when and how did the NFL get the idea their product was a necessity and not a luxury?
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM


And aaron rodgers was complaining about "antiquated laws". Was he referring to the statutory rape charge?

Posted by: Chuck C at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (d/5jB)

179 And yet the state is potentially going to try to lock him up for life.
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I wonder what the average sentence is for a 17-year-old Milwaukee gangbanger who blows away a couple of people. About a hundred people get killed in Milwaukee every year (I'm sure many more this year), so I'm sure the issue comes up occasionally.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:23 AM (I2/tG)


I suspect people calling for his head weren't listening, but if you watch as he's being chased in the one incident, then after he's shot the two in the second, there's gunfire all around.

The biggest difference between him and all the other people who were carrying guns and firing them is... he hit what he aimed at.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (hku12)

180 141 @trbrtc

A teenager faces charges in shootings that left 2 people dead in Kenosha, WI. The @nytimes Visual Investigations team reviewed hours of livestreams to track 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse's movements during and leading up to the shootings. [THREAD]

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"But strangely no livestreams exist of the actual moment of confrontation when enormous amounts of shouting and violence were beginning to occur between the bald guy and a man with a weapon."
Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (0B66G)

...

Have they apprehended the shooter of the retired police chief shot defending that pawn shop? Has the NY times been on the hunt?

Posted by: TexasDan at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (yL25O)

181
There was a federal execution yesterday & not peep from the usual suspects. There's another one today or tomorrow.

And they arrested that jihadi asshole who murdered his 2 teenage daughters 11 years ago.

Posted by: MHK at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (iQIUe)

182 Welp, having bullied my dentist into allowing me in the office without a mask I guess it would behoove me to keep the appointment. Off to the shower.

Keep yer hand on it, Horde.

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (XxJt1)

183
I saw Bald Empty Head Pedo open for the Grateful Dead at the Flilmore West in '71.


Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (dWwl8)

184 Gun store I go to was crowded yesterday, just sayin'. Had not seen it as busy since the Obama years. The customers were various, and serious.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:30 AM (bCLt0)

185 "Oconee Nuclear Power Station has 'The World of Energy' tours."

For Morons in the Chicago area, here are two MUST-SEE tours:

The Yerkes Observatory is fascinating for many reasons. Not just the telescope, but also the unique architecture and ornamentation, and the oak landscaping by Frederick Law Olmstead. The library was roped off to visitors when I was there, but I would have gladly paid $50 to get in there and browse for a couple of hours. It appears Yerkes is currently CLOSED for tours, but this may be only temporary. This site is on primo land in an affluent town, and I suspect there is considerable commercial pressure to demolish it and redevelop it as pricy homes or whatever. So see it if it reopens, if you get a chance.

Fermilab has a huge outreach to the public, offering many tours and lectures on many subjects. Some of the smartest people in the world work there, and they are more than happy to mingle with visitors and give talks. Needless to say, the technology on display is staggeringly stupendous, from the old stuff (Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier looks like something right out of Forbidden Planet,) to the new stuff. I never in my life saw so much cast copper before. In the gift shop, you can buy atoms and subatomic particles for souvenirs. You must go and see Fermilab.

Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:30 AM (qpX6U)

186 The guy that originally ran against Inslee was a good candidate. He'd been the state auditor I think. I saw the debates between him and Inslee. Inslee looked like the clueless idiot he is. But they've made cheating legal and I don't see any way around it. The Gregoire election was when that happened.
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:22 AM (JKNZq)

This is why I rate the 3 west coast states as Lost Forever. Until those State Governments are overthrown, with a 10 year period of military/territorial occupation where they are allowed no self-government at all, there is no hope for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:30 AM (Kpl3J)

187 Keep yer hand on it, Horde.
Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (XxJt1)

This is the Horde. Our hand is always on it

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (NWiLs)

188 Packers cancel practice over the criminal earning his reward.



Exactly when and how did the NFL get the idea their product was a necessity and not a luxury?

Posted by: RoyalOil at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (aO8Gd)




There are millions of people out of work because of the Flu Manchu lockdowns who don't know if they'll ever get their jobs back. Countless businesses have closed because of it. On top of that countless businesses and have been looted or burned to the ground destroying those jobs and everything those people worked for and some overpaid, mental defectives think that anyone cares if they practice or play a game?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (sECC/)

189 I suspect the NY bagel/water observation is based on the same phenomenon that makes people prefer the BBQ of their hometown or their grandmother's cooking.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (0B66G)

190 Sandman and Rittenhouse in 2040.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (C1Lsn)

191 And they arrested that jihadi asshole who murdered his 2 teenage daughters 11 years ago.

Posted by: MHK at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (iQIUe)



Yes!

How has that sick turd escaped justice for so long.

Welp, good thing that islam means peace. (Hat Tip to "W")

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (dWwl8)

192 FIRST!
Did I beat Sponge?

Posted by: Archer at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (gmo/4)

193 If possessing a rifle at age 17 is okay, how can they go after him for illegal open carry? You have to open carry a rifle. You can't slide it under your jacket!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (Ejm1K


Exactly. The 17 age for rifle is of course predicated on the hunting license and course certification.

If he doesn't have that or couldn't get it at all, then he should fall under the minor class A misdemeanor.

I don't think there is a federal law prohibiting taking legal firearms across state, just the states own laws on possession and CCL.

There's also the difference between handguns and rifles, hunting vs non hunting, CCL vs open carry and the ever present 2nd Amendment.

Glad he's got some lawyers willing to help.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (NJXJJ)

194 I grew up down there in the 70's, think being a big military town has something to do with it. You got along with different people, period. I heard more racist shit my first year in MN than 10 in Jax/Orange Park.

Funny, there is a much higher percentage of minorities here than in Seattle but people dont seem to care anywhere near as much about race as they did in Seattle.

Posted by: SaltLifeLurker at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (cgXjL)

195 head Upstate. You will find thousands of similar deals.


Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (1ewJ/)

Hubbymayhem is from upstate New York. Even he says , NOPE. Not that kind of acreage or for that price. Double the price tag and you might get something similar.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (Vxu+H)

196 186


This is why I rate the 3 west coast states as Lost Forever. Until those State Governments are overthrown, with a 10 year period of military/territorial occupation where they are allowed no self-government at all, there is no hope for them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:30 AM (Kpl3J)


Elections, consequences. Collectively speaking, those slugs voted their oppressors into power. Now the bill is due.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (bCLt0)

197 >> I suspect the NY bagel/water observation is based on the same phenomenon that makes people prefer the BBQ of their hometown or their grandmother's cooking.


I have always believed it was Yeast.

Yeast is regional. When you leave your native region, almost nothing tastes the same.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (FCM9w)

198 I suspect people calling for his head weren't listening, but if you watch as he's being chased in the one incident, then after he's shot the two in the second, there's gunfire all around.

The biggest difference between him and all the other people who were carrying guns and firing them is... he hit what he aimed at.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (hku12)

I noticed that, I have been amazed that no one official has said anything about that. First time I saw that clip, I was thinking "whoah, I just counted a whole lot more shots than he could have fired!" And yet they're all pretending not to notice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (Kpl3J)

199 This will be interesting as I believe the only location the NHL is playing their games is in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)
While yes, they are playing in Edmonton, it is the capital of Alberta. The other city that has games is Toronto.

Posted by: Vendette at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (SbDwL)

200 "But strangely no livestreams exist of the actual moment of confrontation when enormous amounts of shouting and violence were beginning to occur between the bald guy and a man with a weapon."

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:24 AM (0B66G

When the press gladly suits up to be the ultimate "witness for prosecution."

Posted by: Boswell at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (w2LAm)

201 I think he would need a hunters course cert but the out of state thing confuses it. May not be something they issue to OOS people.

I have seen...24-hr rule and all that...that he lives in Wisconsin, not Illinois. Supposedly, his address in Wisconsin was published and, having been disarmed, he chose to not wait there.

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (0NDZM)

202 The biggest difference between him and all the other people who were carrying guns and firing them is... he hit what he aimed at.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (hku12)

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That video alone proves it's self defense simply because he stopped shooting while still surrounded by all the same people and peacefully left the area.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (0B66G)

203 >>Hubbymayhem is from upstate New York. Even he says , NOPE. Not that kind of acreage or for that price. Double the price tag and you might get something similar.


Now check regional incomes and populations and you will see why.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (FCM9w)

204 CNN "analyst" Van Jones said last night that Kyle needs to be "beaten up."

Paging Lin Wood.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (ptqGC)

205 Keep yer hand on it, Horde.
Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (XxJt1)

This is the Horde. Our hand is always on it
Posted by: Insomniac


Wait! That's NOT my hand! Whose hand is this???

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (5CJXD)

206 I have seen...24-hr rule and all that...that he lives in Wisconsin, not Illinois. Supposedly, his address in Wisconsin was published and, having been disarmed, he chose to not wait there.
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (0NDZM


That would certainly help his cause.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (NJXJJ)

207 I've always found farmers and ranchers to be interesting people. They have a lot of time to think about things in general. And they seem to have a more realistic view of the cycle of life.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:34 AM (JKNZq)

208 Whitlock is tooling Lebron so hard it makes sucking ChiCom cock a relief

https://tinyurl.com/y6fo8os7

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:34 AM (y7DUB)

209 204 CNN "analyst" Van Jones said last night that Kyle needs to be "beaten up."

Paging Lin Wood.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (ptqGC)

I'll bet he already has a folder going.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:34 AM (NJXJJ)

210 "Once again, my little city decided to buy energy certificates from 'green' vendors. Of course, they are buying from ComEd and marking up the kwh to us peasants."

Yeah, they say they can lower your bills by inserting a middleman between you and the actual utility; what a scam! I get direct-mail from green companies asking me to switch, and I round-file all of them. Many citizens aren't smart enough to see this for the horseshit that it is.

Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:34 AM (qpX6U)

211 187 Keep yer hand on it, Horde.
Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (XxJt1)

This is the Horde. Our hand is always on it
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (NWiLs)

stop moving it up and down!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (Kpl3J)

212 204 CNN "analyst" Van Jones said last night that Kyle needs to be "beaten up."

Paging Lin Wood.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 27, 2020 11:33 AM (ptqGC)

Van Jones is a Stalinist thug, and people should keep that in mind whenever he opens his mouth.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (bCLt0)

213 28 will no one think of the bald empty head pedo?
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist


he was a gentle midget. turning his life around.

Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (nFwvY)

214 One of my girlfriends is a real estate agent here. She said she can't find enough homes to sell. People fleeing the NE are buying houses sight unseen.

Unreal.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (ptqGC)

215 You know what will be really funny? After all these crybaby professional athletes refuse to play, it will be really funny when the teams inform them that they can't continue to pay them against their contracts.

No revenue coming in from games- no money to pay players who have huge multi-million dollar contract. I will laugh and laugh when I hear about the super mega sports star of the week can't pay for his sports cars or 4 homes after the pro teams cut off the flow of cash. It will be funny to hear them beg their fans for money.

We just need them all to go bankrupt faster so we can either acquire the dead husks of these teams for pennies on the dollar or form new leagues to replace them. Same thing for all the media corporations - I can't wait until they go bankrupt. Of course a 2nd term Trump with both houses of Congress on his side could easily hasten the demise by forcing them all to divest their media properties and go back to the old days when no one company could own multiple media outlets in a market.

Posted by: Justasheep at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (L9Eia)

216
Naturalflake: Article didn't say but he was busted in Texas.

Posted by: MHK at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (iQIUe)

217 You guys are all wrong. Elvis Presley says so.

Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15. He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines.




Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru)

218 211 187 Keep yer hand on it, Horde.
Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (XxJt1)

This is the Horde. Our hand is always on it
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:31 AM (NWiLs)

stop moving it up and down!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (Kpl3J


I would not suggest the Kung Foo Grip

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (NJXJJ)

219 Hubbymayhem is from upstate New York. Even he says , NOPE. Not that kind of acreage or for that price. Double the price tag and you might get something similar.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (Vxu+H)

The property taxes in NY are murderous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (r3ITp)

220 And that doesn't even get into the types of Timber or the production capabilities of your soils.

I grew up in NY. We bought dozens of properties like you describe for extremely good deals.

Were they as cheap as acreage in Kentucky? No.

Were they as expensive as Farms in Ound Ridge, NY? No.

Real Estate pricing is about a lot more than the State it is in.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (FCM9w)

221 204 CNN "analyst" Van Jones said last night that Kyle needs to be "beaten up."



come and take it, Van

Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (nFwvY)

222
Ummmm, Edmonton is in Alberta. They're also playing games in Toronto, I think.
Posted by: radar at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (BySB9)


Well, shit.

I failed Canadian Geography, then.

Blame Canada.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

223 Lucky me.

I took the day off to get my stuff together and to clean and stock my place for my oldest son to cat sit. I got beer and steaks and ribs and cookies. He should be happy.

Leaving for NoVa tomorrow morning!!! Look out!

Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (U2p+3)

224 He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.

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hahaha

She's talking about the white registered sex offender who was calling everyone "n*gger."

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (0B66G)

225 > I suspect the NY bagel/water observation is based on the same phenomenon that makes people prefer the BBQ of their hometown or their grandmother's cooking.


Same with Pizza. I've always heard it was the water. All the Italians from NY/NJ who moved to Florida and opened shops always said it couldn't be replicated.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (7ixfo)

226 >>One of my girlfriends is a real estate agent here. She said she can't find enough homes to sell. People fleeing the NE are buying houses sight unseen.


Yeah, I am sure nobody is fleeing from Atlanta.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (FCM9w)

227 217 You guys are all wrong. Elvis Presley says so.

Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15. He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines.




Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru


Lulz. That's rich.


Earth rushes up to crash a perfectly operating airplane!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (NJXJJ)

228 CNN "analyst" Van Jones said last night that Kyle needs to be "beaten up."



come and take it, Van
Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (nFwvY)


Van Jones is an admitted communist and should have his citizenship revoked.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

229 Yeast is regional. When you leave your native region, almost nothing tastes the same.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (FCM9w)

Yeast is yeast.
Nest is nest.
And never the mane shall tweet.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (88+cf)

230 217 You guys are all wrong. Elvis Presley says so.

Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15. He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines.




Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru)

Fix your damn baldness, Ayanna.

Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (vmRc0)

231 I have this feeling, and I can't exactly explain why, that so many of them, ESPECIALLY the 60s Radicals and those directly influenced by them, like to see themselves as the Last People of History, Humanity Perfected, and cannot stand the idea of civilization being able to function without them once they're dead and gone.

So they insist on destroying it.
Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (vmRc0


This is thought-provoking.

Posted by: Emmie at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (4JM5Y)

232 Same with Pizza. I've always heard it was the water. All the Italians from NY/NJ who moved to Florida and opened shops always said it couldn't be replicated.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (7ixfo)

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Yep. Water tastes different everywhere.

I bet there are tons of locusts who can't figure out why their cakes taste a little off, too.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (0B66G)

233 >>Same with Pizza. I've always heard it was the water. All the Italians from NY/NJ who moved to Florida and opened shops always said it couldn't be replicated.


It isn't. The water in NYC is treated. It's the yeast.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (FCM9w)

234 he was a gentle midget. turning his life around.

The Chicago Sun-Times ran an article on the "victims", focusing on the "gentle skateboarder".

They forgot to mention that the "gentle skateboarder" liked to beat up women, given his criminal history, and was a convicted felon because of it.

They forgot to mention the criminal histories of the other two as well.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (I2/tG)

235 Half the population is below average in intelligence.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (lgiXo)

Half the population is below MEDIAN intelligence.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (NWiLs)

I'm thinking it's more than half...

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (8D42x)

236 I think the West Coast states can be saved. But it will take laws at the Federal level that make things like jungle primaries and ballot harvesting illegal. We need to outlaw motor voter registration and vote by mail too. And we should need picture ID to vote. Also, while we are dreaming, we need to be able to purge the voter registrations without having court battles over it.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (JKNZq)

237 I noticed that, I have been amazed that no one
official has said anything about that. First time I saw that clip, I
was thinking "whoah, I just counted a whole lot more shots than he could
have fired!" And yet they're all pretending not to notice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (Kpl3J)


What people choose to pick sides on, and what people choose to declare as everybody is in the wrong, fascinates and confuses the shit out of me all at the same time.

I see an asshole cop kneeling on the neck of a worthless thug - no good guys that I can spot, and we're probably better off without both of them. Yet everyone around me either sees an angel in blue or a martyred innocent turning his life around. I see a kid that wouldn't have been there if I was his daddy but damn sure did what he had to do to survive - and people are bound and damned determined to muddle it all up into a case of everybody's equally wrong. If I hear "State Lines" one more time, I'm gonna' puke. We're down to just making shit up at this point.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (FZ6yD)

238 Many abandoned farms and properties upstate, though.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (r3ITp)

239 I do like the yeast observation, too.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (0B66G)

240 We know having a certain zip code identifies who you are...Top zip codes are where its at. If you zip is in the hitherlands, forget it, your a nothing. Plus you won't get much interesting mail, and junk mail.

Posted by: Colin at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (S0WFq)

241 I think that people who worked in the assembly lines of the 1960s and 70s were not the dullards magazine writers assumed they were. When we briefly moved from a suburb to a smaller town, I had the experience of attending a school that was very economically desegregated. We all mingled and met each others' parents and families. Plenty of the people I was told were uneducated, because they did not attend college, were just differently educated. No college classes, but plenty of reading and artisan crafting. Just as we here have passions for historical periods, the men and women on the assembly line did too. I recall one guy who read everything he could about the French Revolution v our revolution, and a woman who read more romantic poetry (Shelley, Keats, Byron) than any English major I ever knew. They just didn't have the degree. The lady attended some lectures at UM and was invited to speak to Freshmen (in 1976) about the value of poetry.

I really have no time for the dismissive Vanity Fair writers or for the Hollywood/Broadway idiots who are so crudely dismissive of most of their countrymen.

Posted by: CN at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (ONvIw)

242 Naturalflake: Article didn't say but he was busted in Texas.
Posted by: MHK at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (iQIUe)



Yeah, I saw that on the news last night.

He was living 35 miles from where he murdered his daughters, at a relative's house, I believe.

What a great family!

Just the kind of people we need in America.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (dWwl8)

243 Articulate is well spoken, someone who has the right words and uses them effectively. Being glib is using words to seem clever and trying to impress.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (KZzsI)

244 FWIW, even treated water tastes different everywhere.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (0B66G)

245 You guys are all wrong. Elvis Presley says so.

Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15. He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines.




Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru)

This won't age well

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (7ixfo)

246 He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives

Why do people have to riot and loot and burn buildings in order to affirm the value, dignity and worth of black lives?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (WkPC9)

247 Writers? All I need to do is remember how my parents spoke.

My Father could put a wealth of knowledge and wisdom, into one of his very few sentences.

My Mother can speak for hours, and say nothing important or meaningful.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (NgKpN)

248 Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15. He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines.




Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (+y/Ru)


Someone should ask her to explain how it comes to pass that the child sex predator that attempted to steal Kyle's weapon and was shot for it gets away with calling everyone ni**er and that's ok.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

249 I suspect people calling for his head weren't listening, but if you watch as he's being chased in the one incident, then after he's shot the two in the second, there's gunfire all around.

The biggest difference between him and all the other people who were carrying guns and firing them is... he hit what he aimed at.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:29 AM (hku12)

I noticed that, I have been amazed that no one official has said anything about that. First time I saw that clip, I was thinking "whoah, I just counted a whole lot more shots than he could have fired!" And yet they're all pretending not to notice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (Kpl3J)


Notice how he's calmly walking down the middle of the street, hands up, weapon down, signaling to the cops that he's coming their way peacefully.

Gunfire all around. He's not giving any indication he's afraid of being shot. Not sure if that's brass balls, or adrenaline, or if by that point he just couldn't hear.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (hku12)

250 232 I've heard people claim NOLA food tastes better because of atmospheric pressure and being below sea level.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (C1Lsn)

251 >>Yeast is regional.

Like that growing in my nether region.

Posted by: Bette Midler at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (2M/TV)

252 Hubbymayhem is from upstate New York. Even he says , NOPE. Not that kind of acreage or for that price. Double the price tag and you might get something similar.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

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Even my nee rural corner of SE PA has gone to a purple exburg of NYC. Folks commute to Grand Central Station from there. Well, they used to. I broke up the farm and sold it off piecemeal to locals even though some UWSers showed interest and were willing to write a monster check. The sale values doubled in 10 years.

Good for my checkbook but symptomatic of a bigger issue. I'm fixing to get out even further than I am today.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (Rvt88)

253 Wallace, Brazille and Juan.. lol, she can't stand them
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 27, 2020 11:19 AM (rjE57)

Turned it off when those clowns came on, but I was thinking - why does Juan's face suddenly look like someone set it on fire and put it out with a chain?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (Kpl3J)

254 Yeast is regional. When you leave your native region, almost nothing tastes the same.

Is that why I can't find a decent sourdough bread here??? I thought it was the humidity. Oh well, it makes the no bread diet easier.

Posted by: SaltLifeLurker at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (cgXjL)

255 The property taxes in NY are murderous.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (r3ITp)
+++++++++
I went to college in the Southern Tier (Tompkins County). I was chatting with my landlord once during a dust-up he was having with the city government over sidewalks (it was the first time I got to see Eastern good-old-boy corruption up close).

He told me his property taxes were so huge that he paid them monthly, and that they were about the same size as his mortgage. I boggled. He told me, "if it weren't for the colleges constantly feeding in people who have no choice but to be here, there would be no way I would consider owning property in this place."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (hYcqw)

256 I will laugh and laugh when I hear about the super mega sports star of the week can't pay for his sports cars or 4 homes after the pro teams cut off the flow of cash.

What about us?

Posted by: All The Baby Mommas! at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (I2/tG)

257 And common sense is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the English language.

It does not mean "wisdom which is commonly held" it means "wisdom which does not require great education." Its "common" in the sense of "commoner" rather than "royalty"; regular folks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (KZzsI)

258 Same with Pizza. I've always heard it was the water. All the Italians from NY/NJ who moved to Florida and opened shops always said it couldn't be replicated.


It isn't. The water in NYC is treated. It's the yeast.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:38 AM (FCM9w)

That doesn't mean it still isn't the water.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (7ixfo)

259 223 Lucky me.

I took the day off to get my stuff together and to clean and stock my place for my oldest son to cat sit. I got beer and steaks and ribs and cookies. He should be happy.

Leaving for NoVa tomorrow morning!!! Look out!
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (U2p+3)


I've got everything packed up and ready to go!

Posted by: Ladyl at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (TdMsT)

260 Van Jones is an admitted communist and should have his citizenship revoked.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

We should go after the low hanging fruit like Ilhan Omar first

Posted by: CN at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (ONvIw)

261 He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.



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hahaha



She's talking about the white registered sex offender who was calling everyone "n*gger."


So, according Ayanna, pedophile lives matter. Not sure that's going to go over to well with normies.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com lives again at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (SchxB)

262 I've heard people claim NOLA food tastes better because of atmospheric pressure and being below sea level.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (C1Lsn)

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No, silly, it's because black people cook it.

Every non-racist knows fried chicken and collard greens taste better when a black person cooks it.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (0B66G)

263 A liberal forms his opinions, then cherry picks facts to support them, and completely ignores personal experience and logic.



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And ridicules us for not being as smart as he is.


This is the sadly predictable result of someone who has a gigantic ego in the place where their conscience should be.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (HaL55)

264 Half the population is below MEDIAN intelligence.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (NWiLs)


And depending on who you read...the median is either IQ 100 or IQ 90.

So, yikes! And now you know how the Democrat Party stays in power.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (dWwl8)

265 She's talking about the white registered sex offender who was calling everyone "n*gger."
Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (0B66G)

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Which is a morsel of information that seems to have escaped the notice of all of the journOlists covering the story. Imagine that! Wonder why that is??

Posted by: radar at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (BySB9)

266 >>FWIW, even treated water tastes different everywhere.


Yeah and in the NYC Metro Area, there are so many different treatment plants that it is just plain silly.

Unless you are pullin off a well, you are getting H20 from the Reservoirs.

Nobodies Pizza Joint is pulling off of a well.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (FCM9w)

267 Articulate is well spoken, someone who has the right words and uses them effectively. Being glib is using words to seem clever and trying to impress.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020


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Right. The second carries a negative connotation, the first does not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (Ejm1K)

268 Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

When I first saw pictures of the squad and saw that smirking cunt I thought that's a face that finds a lot of fists.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (y7DUB)

269 232 Same with Pizza. I've always heard it was the water. All the Italians from NY/NJ who moved to Florida and opened shops always said it couldn't be replicated.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (7ixfo)

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Yep. Water tastes different everywhere.

I bet there are tons of locusts who can't figure out why their cakes taste a little off, too.
Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (0B66G)

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And NY water comes from way upstate.

Posted by: TexasDan at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (yL25O)

270 264 Half the population is below MEDIAN intelligence.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (NWiLs)

And depending on who you read...the median is either IQ 100 or IQ 90.

So, yikes! And now you know how the Democrat Party stays in power.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (dWwl


My parents told me when I was learning to drive:

Never forget that the average IQ on the roads is 100.

Posted by: Ladyl at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (TdMsT)

271 Watching James LeBron rant and rave on social media and in the press about police brutality and how he doesn't have fun playing basketball when he thinks about a sex offender, rapist, and violent criminal being shot by police is tedious and obnoxious.

Shut up and play basketball, you idiot. You keep your mouth shut about the evils of China, you can keep your mouth shut about what you think is bad here, too.

Why the other players go along with his speck-brained ideas I have no idea.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (KZzsI)

272 The Russian word for the unwashed masses in flyover country - narod.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (W/1lv)

273 Leaving for NoVa tomorrow morning!!! Look out!
Posted by: Nurse ratched at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (U2p+3)
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Is the MoMe this weekend? We're supposed to get the remnants of Laura Saturday afternoon/night but it doesn't look like it's going to be much of anything.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (dfRN6)

274 Nobodies Pizza Joint is pulling off of a well.

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That would be neat to have a pizza restaurant in Podunk, West Virginia become famous around the world because of some oddity in the water that makes it delicious like no other.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (0B66G)

275 I suspect the NY bagel/water observation is based on the same phenomenon that makes people prefer the BBQ of their hometown or their grandmother's cooking.

Same with Pizza. I've always heard it was the water. All the Italians from NY/NJ who moved to Florida and opened shops always said it couldn't be replicated.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (7ixfo)

well, the east river does have it's own je ne sais quoi...

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (8D42x)

276 Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.

The red clay soil down here doesn't make great veggies.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (NJXJJ)

277 Apparently the MLB canceled a bunch of games too, because somehow that helps black people in some way??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (KZzsI)

278 Daily Mail sez Rittenhouse called himself a vigilante, but provides no actual quote. His other crimes: he attended a Trump rally, and he Backs The Blue. Therefore: white supremacist.

Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (qpX6U)

279 267 Articulate is well spoken, someone who has the right words and uses them effectively. Being glib is using words to seem clever and trying to impress.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020

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Right. The second carries a negative connotation, the first does not.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (Ejm1K)

And then we verge into sophistry, which Leftist academics poison the chilluns minds with, since forever.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (bCLt0)

280 The white supremacist angle seems to be catching on with the left. chris murphy from CT just sent out a tweet calling the shooter in Kenosha a deranged white supremacist Trump supporter.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)

281 I've heard people claim NOLA food tastes better because of atmospheric pressure and being below sea level.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (C1Lsn)


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Nah; it's probably because they stick a LOT of seasoning in everything. I'm surprised they don't sprinkle Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning on ice cream.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (Ejm1K)

282
No, silly, it's because black people cook it.

Every non-racist knows fried chicken and collard greens taste better when a black person cooks it.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [



Ahhh...does this include red beans and rice?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (axyOa)

283 Pelosi moments ago:

"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."

Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (cF8AT)

284 Watching James LeBron rant and rave on social media and in the press about police brutality and how he doesn't have fun playing basketball when he thinks about a sex offender, rapist, and violent criminal being shot by police is tedious and obnoxious.

Shut up and play basketball, you idiot. You keep your mouth shut about the evils of China, you can keep your mouth shut about what you think is bad here, too.

Why the other players go along with his speck-brained ideas I have no idea.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (KZzsI)


I don't want them to shut up and play anymore. They've ruined that for me. I now want them to shut up and die. They don't deserve to breathe the same oxygen as me. They've removed their right to exist in my mind.

They did build that.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (Zz0t1)

285 Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe

A nun in a habit just told the nation that Jesus was crucified for being not politically correct and that Joe Biden (a practicing Catholic) and Kamala Harris are pro-infanticide. #RepublicanNationalConvention

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Not used to being confronted with truth, huh Julie?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (+y/Ru)

286 Apparently the MLB canceled a bunch of games too, because somehow that helps black people in some way??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (KZzsI)

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We aren't going to do our jobs because so many of you racists believe blacks are lazy!

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (0B66G)

287 Even my nee rural corner of SE PA has gone to a purple exburg of NYC. Folks commute to Grand Central Station from there.........


Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2020 11:39 AM (Rvt8

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This is part of what's happening in Virginia. As the DC region gets ever more ludicrously expensive, the lefties who work there keep moving further south. They're starting to move into Hanover County, which is just north of where I live in a Richmond suburb. This state is so screwed.

Posted by: radar at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (BySB9)

288
Yep. Water tastes different everywhere.


I thought we learned this when the Scotch-Irish tried to replicate their beloved "Scotch" in the New World and it came out as something closer to what we know as whiskey or bourbon.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (7ixfo)

289 Who gives a shit if the NBA cancels games? Are people watching?

Posted by: Seems Legit at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (jUVms)

290 Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.



The red clay soil down here doesn't make great veggies.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (NJXJJ)


You are absolutely correct. Our clay, although not red, is EXTREMELY hard. Makes for great dirt track racing. Not so good for golden potatoes.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (FZ6yD)

291 Yeats > yeast. Discuss.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (NWiLs)

292 Every declared Liberal has these traits

Cognitive Dissonance
Inability to make logical comparisons
Narcissistic
Ends Justify the Means
Presentism
Projection
Inability to correctly determine cause and effect
Entitled
Pathological liar

Posted by: Weaning is hard at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (2DOZq)

293 Ahhh...does this include red beans and rice?


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Everything. Soul Food Law.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (0B66G)

294 259 223 Beer, steaks ,ribs and cookies. Happy cat. How about the kid?

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (C1Lsn)

295 I keep talking to people about relocating and they all seem to want you to move into bigger communities with good medical facilities. I want to be in a really rural area. I've lived out there before. I intend to do my damnest to stay out of medical facilities.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (JKNZq)

296 283 Pelosi moments ago:

"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."


If he's not a legitimate, then Biden should have no problem kicking Trump's ass in a debate.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (NJXJJ)

297 290 Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.



The red clay soil down here doesn't make great veggies.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (NJXJJ)

You are absolutely correct. Our clay, although not red, is EXTREMELY hard. Makes for great dirt track racing. Not so good for golden potatoes.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:44 AM (FZ6yD)


Onions are pretty good, though.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (bCLt0)

298 elosi moments ago:

"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."
Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (cF8AT)


How many of us predicted this tact would be used to wave off the debates?

Stand up and take a bow

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (7ixfo)

299 268 Ayanna Pressley@AyannaPressley

When I first saw pictures of the squad and saw that smirking cunt I thought that's a face that finds a lot of fists.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:41 AM (y7DUB)

Wrong body part.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (/EuRN)

300 277 Apparently the MLB canceled a bunch of games too, because somehow that helps black people in some way??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (KZzsI)

None of it is about "helping black people".

It's about Getting Rid of Trump.

Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (vmRc0)

301 >>That would be neat to have a pizza restaurant in Podunk, West Virginia become famous around the world because of some oddity in the water that makes it delicious like no other.


It would. The other big factor is base ingredients.

If you are buying from Sysco, your pizzas are gonna taste like shit.

We bought a very specific flour from only one supplier.

Same with cheeses and tomatoes.

If you are just getting the best deal from the cheapest suppliers, your food is gonna suck.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (p5Ti1)

302 Heh

"I don't think there should be any debates," @SpeakerPelosi advises @JoeBiden in a press conference

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (KZzsI)

303 278 Daily Mail sez Rittenhouse called himself a vigilante, but provides no actual quote. His other crimes: he attended a Trump rally, and he Backs The Blue. Therefore: white supremacist.
Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (qpX6U)

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I've noted that all of the MSM stories make sure to identify Kyle's race while not pointing out that the ex-cons he shot were all white as well. Obviously this is to imply that he's some kind of secret Klansman.

Posted by: radar at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (BySB9)

304 @bennyjohnson

@SpeakerPelosi: "Don't tell anybody I told you this.. Especially don't tell Joe Biden. But I don't think there should be any debates."

Video: https://tinyurl.com/y5cn2fpu

Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (cF8AT)

305 The shooter in Kinshasa was just another snot nose kid! Much like the sniveling kid from Kentucky...CNN

Posted by: Colin at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (S0WFq)

306 Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe

A nun in a habit just told the nation that Jesus was crucified for being not politically correct and that Joe Biden (a practicing Catholic) and Kamala Harris are pro-infanticide. #RepublicanNationalConvention

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Not used to being confronted with truth, huh Julie?


Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler



Army, Doctor, Nun.
Julia, you don't want her reaching for that ruler.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (axyOa)

307 Why the other players go along with his speck-brained ideas I have no idea.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:42 AM (KZzsI)


Nike has at least eight times the net worth of the NBA. Until the sports leagues tell Phil Knight and the cable joints to fuck off the brainlessness will continue unabated.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (y7DUB)

308 Ritterhouse

Ritter haus?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (W/1lv)

309 I keep talking to people about relocating and they all seem to want you to move into bigger communities with good medical facilities. I want to be in a really rural area. I've lived out there before. I intend to do my damnest to stay out of medical facilities.
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (JKNZq)
+++++++++++
Are they old? When my parents were looking for a retirement spot, they wanted something with a decent hospital nearby and better facilities close by enough that they could use them if needed. You can get that in a lot of places (they landed in E. TN), but if you're older than it becomes a real question when deciding where to live.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (hYcqw)

310 Richard Grenell on being called a liar:

@RichardGrenell
You've never had an intel brief.
The closest you've come is reading the press release I edited.


I love this guy's jabs. They're deadly.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (vOGqy)

311 Ahhh...does this include red beans and rice?


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Everything. Soul Food Law.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [



OK.
I'm in.
When's dinner?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (axyOa)

312 Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.


Laugh about the Turnpike and refineries, but they don't call NJ the Garden State for nothing

The soil is perfect

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (7ixfo)

313
CNN "analyst" Van Jones said last night that Kyle needs to be "beaten up."



come and take it, Van
Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:36 AM (nFwvY)






Wake me when Van is actually willing to throw the punch himself. What he means is that someone ELSE needs to incur the felony assault charge. Because Van Jones is a big pussy with a big mouth.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (EGyGV)

314 285 Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe

A nun in a habit just told the nation that Jesus was crucified for being not politically correct and that Joe Biden (a practicing Catholic) and Kamala Harris are pro-infanticide. #RepublicanNationalConvention

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Not used to being confronted with truth, huh Julie?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (+y/Ru)

==========

Well, Biden and Kamala are pretty damn pro-infantacide.

In fact, Biden even justified infantacide as a religious thing in his debate with Paul Ryan in 2012.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (LvTSG)

315 Culturally, 1968-69 was probably the most destructive in our history.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (dNzKv)

316 231 I have this feeling, and I can't exactly explain why, that so many of them, ESPECIALLY the 60s Radicals and those directly influenced by them, like to see themselves as the Last People of History, Humanity Perfected, and cannot stand the idea of civilization being able to function without them once they're dead and gone.

So they insist on destroying it.
Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (vmRc0

This is thought-provoking.
Posted by: Emmie at August 27, 2020 11:37 AM (4JM5Y)

I agree, that's a fascinating thought. It goes along with them hating children so much and wanting to abort all of them.

But Time the Avenger always has the last word.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1VoCirpPw

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (Kpl3J)

317 Army, Doctor, Nun.
Julia, you don't want her reaching for that ruler.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (axyOa)

beware of the tactical rosary

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (J8nVw)

318 I keep talking to people about relocating and they all seem to want you to move into bigger communities with good medical facilities. I want to be in a really rural area. I've lived out there before.
Posted by: notsothoreau

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If you select carefully, you can do both. There are some pretty rural areas that have great medical facilities within 30 minutes or so.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (Rvt88)

319 It's about Getting Rid of Trump.

How does skipping baseball and basketball games accomplish this goal??

I don't care so much about the games, I'm just baffled at their approach.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (KZzsI)

320 285 Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe

A nun in a habit just told the nation that Jesus was crucified for being not politically correct and that Joe Biden (a practicing Catholic) and Kamala Harris are pro-infanticide. #RepublicanNationalConvention

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Not used to being confronted with truth, huh Julie?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (+y/Ru)

If it helps, she could hear it from a rando internet commenter with no pants on.

Just tell me where the webcam is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (/EuRN)

321 The property taxes in NY are murderous.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2020 11:35 AM (r3ITp)

Before I moved here I had to sell my old place. It was the middle of nowhere, 2 acres, fifteen minutes to the people's socialist utopia of Bloomington. One couple who looked at the place was from New Jersey. The house was listed at $80,000. They asked what the property taxes on it and were shocked when told it was less than $500 per year. The house they owned in Jersey, property taxes were almost $10,000 per yr. I was shocked by how much they paid every year. They didn't buy my place because it was on a gravel road. They wanted paved roads.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (Vxu+H)

322 296 283 Pelosi moments ago:

"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."


If he's not a legitimate, then Biden should have no problem kicking Trump's ass in a debate.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (NJXJJ)

=========

If Biden doesn't debate, they're giving up completely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (LvTSG)

323 283
Pelosi moments ago:



"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."

Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (cF8AT)
This is one way they are going to try to weasel out of debates. Trump is illegitimate and not worthy of discussing anything with him.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)

324 No, silly, it's because black people cook it.



Every non-racist knows fried chicken and collard greens taste better when a black person cooks it.


When I lived in Tuscaloosa, I worked for a while at the big hospital there. They had just opened a new cafeteria for the employees and the food was typical hospital fare. Nothing to write home about.


Then I was told about the still-existing older cafeteria and that most of administration ate there. So one day I followed a guy over there to eat. The wonderfully glorious smell of Southern cooking embraced me when I opened the door. The cooks were all little black ladies who were a joy to be around. Needless to say, I ate there afterwards every day.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (HaL55)

325 So Julia thinks she is the Pope and can declare who and who is not a "practicing Catholic"?

A flogging is in order.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (W/1lv)

326 Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.



The red clay soil down here doesn't make great veggies.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (NJXJJ)


They've proven that the area where stuff is grown changes everything.

Shit, they've determined that depending on where the corn was grown, the carcinogens released from burning ethanol change significantly.

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

327 Laugh about the Turnpike and refineries, but they don't call NJ the Garden State for nothing

The soil is perfect
Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (7ixfo)


It's all the garbage from NY

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (NJXJJ)

328 Apparently the MLB canceled a bunch of games too, because somehow that helps black people in some way??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (KZzsI)

None of it is about "helping black people".

It's about Getting Rid of Trump.
Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:46 AM (vmRc0)

And it's lame and it won't work anyway

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (7ixfo)

329 >>Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.

Not Brussels sprouts. Taste like crap everywhere.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (ZLI7S)

330
Every non-racist knows fried chicken and collard greens taste better when a black person cooks it.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:40 AM (0B66G)

yeah, i don't care who cooks it, nothing makes collards taste good.

always looks like what i clean out of my lawnmower. smells like it too...

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (8D42x)

331 319 It's about Getting Rid of Trump.

How does skipping baseball and basketball games accomplish this goal??

I don't care so much about the games, I'm just baffled at their approach.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (KZzsI)

=========

It's about being scared of Twitter and their bosses who are scared of looking bad for the other CEOs.

This can't and won't last too much longer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:49 AM (LvTSG)

332 322 296 283 Pelosi moments ago:
"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."
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Well knock me over with a dildo.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis at August 27, 2020 11:49 AM (sWM8x)

333 I have this feeling, and I can't exactly explain why, that so many of them, ESPECIALLY the 60s Radicals and those directly influenced by them, like to see themselves as the Last People of History, Humanity Perfected, and cannot stand the idea of civilization being able to function without them once they're dead and gone.

So they insist on destroying it.
Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:12 AM (vmRc0)
+++++++++++++
It's necessary to their ideology. Remember, communism would come out of socialism when the last vestiges of the old kind of man were destroyed and the new socialist man arose. That new man would be different - fundamentally different - from the man that preceded him.

Socialism and all of its variants are, essentially and necessarily, millennial cults. It is eschatological at its very core. Man as he exists today must be destroyed so that the new man can emerge.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:49 AM (hYcqw)

334 NPR denounced the claim that credibly accused rapist and white nationalist endorsed Joe Biden supports late term abortion and infanticide by fact checking that he did not EXPLICITLY endorse late term abortion.

Apparently he did endorse infanticide.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:50 AM (dNzKv)

335 Someone should get #chickenshitBiden to trend on Twitter.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:50 AM (NJXJJ)

336 Onions are pretty good, though.
Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (bCLt0)


Tomatoes, man. We grow a fine tomato here. If you're just hobby gardening, especially out of boxes or beds, it's pretty common to mix in some sand to try and break our clay up. I do it in my raised beds with the cheapest mulch I can find - and even then, you've got to work the shit out of it.

Farming here is mostly soy beans and corn. Used to have a lot of tobacco - thanks Clinton, ya' dick. Still have a lot of pork - but the major packers broke the industry about two decades ago with some pretty obvious price fixing. You don't see any new players getting in - just the folks that survived hanging on. Industrial hemp is trying to take off in fits and starts.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:50 AM (FZ6yD)

337 keep talking to people about relocating and they all seem to want you to move into bigger communities with good medical facilities.

My mother is in such a place. She was given 698 pills last month (I get the itemized bills for them).

I can think I can do fine without 'good healthcare'.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 11:50 AM (ELgVT)

338 315 Culturally, 1968-69 was probably the most destructive in our history.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (dNzKv)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

Posted by: Neil Armstrong at August 27, 2020 11:50 AM (Kpl3J)

339 Not Brussels sprouts. Taste like crap everywhere.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (ZLI7S)
++++++++++
Truth.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (hYcqw)

340 Culturally, 1968-69 was probably the most destructive in our history.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (dNzKv)

Maybe.

But I'll take the demographics of 1968 over 2020 any day. We had a "firewall" back then.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (7ixfo)

341 Well all, see you in 3 weeks
I'm off to rehab
Got a Dui and my employer is forcing me there to keep my job
Yes Haw!!

Posted by: Harley at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (2EU+/)

342 Then I was told about the still-existing older cafeteria and that most of administration ate there. So one day I followed a guy over there to eat. The wonderfully glorious smell of Southern cooking embraced me when I opened the door. The cooks were all little black ladies who were a joy to be around. Needless to say, I ate there afterwards every day.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (HaL55)

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City Cafe in Northport?

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (0B66G)

343 I have to say, it's a real pleasure to have escaped from the meanness of lefty NoVA to the kindness and civility of South Carolina. I don't recall having a black man smile and hold the door for me in NoVA. There were a lot of sullen faces, and there are far fewer down here. The door holding is nice, but the smile is much more important.
That doesn't mean that he agrees with my politics, just that he shares my appreciation of kindness and friendliness. And that's why life is so much better down here.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (rCwaK)

344 1968-1969, we had another global flu pandemic.

Still had the Summer of Love and all that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (W/1lv)

345 176 170 Half the population is below average in intelligence.
Posted by: Northernlurker, still lurking after all these years at August 27, 2020 11:27 AM (lgiXo)
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Half the population is below MEDIAN intelligence.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 27, 2020 11:28 AM (NWiLs)
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Not necessarily.
You can , and in fact usually DO, have a glob in the middle, which puts quite a few entries on the bottom half of the list AT the median.

Take this simplistic list of ten beings and their IQs:
Xenu the ET --- 200
human 1 --- 100
human 2 --- 100
human 3 --- 100
human 4 --- 100
human 5 --- 100
human 6 --- 100
human 7 --- 100
human 8 --- 100
rutabaga --- 0

The arithmetical average (mean) is 100.
The median is 100.
The mode (most common number) is 100.

Yet, no matter which type of average you are talking about, half of the people are not below it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (M/9m0)

346 "The fundraiser for Kyle you linked last night is gone. Last I saw it was at 71k. I didn't donate bc they take 20% for other non profit causes.

Not sure why it was removed. Could have been a scam."

I disputed that $35 donation thru my credit card company.

Then I went to Andy Ngo's site and gave the $35 to him. Ngo's site looks kind of legit, but who knows? It's linked from his Twitter, so maybe OK.

Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (qpX6U)

347 Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:20 AM (hku12)


Thinking about the legal consequences >< = thinking the kid was wrong, just dealing with the reality on the ground.

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (D/SYi)

348 Homicides were committed and it's up to the DA with jurisdiction, but yeah, the state can do worse and probably will charge him with manslaughter at the least.

And after massive expenditure of time and money he'll be acquitted for clearly defensive use of his firearm.

But at the end of the day his being there armed, locked and loaded was a mistake he'd probably like to take back.

To quote Massad Ayoob quoting someone else, "When called by a panther, don't anther."

Posted by: CZ = Happiness at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (MkuC5)

349 Well, Biden and Kamala are pretty damn pro-infantacide.

In fact, Biden even justified infantacide as a religious thing in his debate with Paul Ryan in 2012.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (LvTSG)


Pelosi once told Tim Russert that Thomas Aquinas would support abortion. Russert, educated at John Carroll University, really pussied out by not calling that bullshit out.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (y7DUB)

350 I'm here.
Actually been here for awhile but haven't had anything to add to the conversation except I have been thinking about this all morning.
Noem/Grenell 2024.
How could the left counter woman/gay? She is smart, gorgeous and experienced manager having been a governor. He is smart, experienced foreign policy executive and the sexiest gay man I have ever seen.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (sd8p8)

351 Since the left worships state power any jackass in a suit is the equivalent of a nun in a habit.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (lgiXo)

352 285
Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe



A nun in a habit just told the nation that Jesus was crucified for
being not politically correct and that Joe Biden (a practicing Catholic)
and Kamala Harris are pro-infanticide. #RepublicanNationalConvention



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Not used to being confronted with truth, huh Julie?



Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (+y/Ru)

Truth hurts bitch. This is what your side embraces. Own it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (N39Ws)

353 NPR denounced the claim that credibly accused rapist and white nationalist endorsed Joe Biden supports late term abortion and infanticide by fact checking that he did not EXPLICITLY endorse late term abortion.

Because its not infanticide to kill a helpless, innocent baby until its very late term. And he has, he's just also made statements against it. Biden says whatever he figures his audience wants to hear.

Like telling everyone he'll work for those who oppose him... after yelling at a man who opposes him "I don't work for you"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (KZzsI)

354 Lake Charles STILL has not been rebuilt from the hurricane. The only reason is because of the large minority population.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (dNzKv)

355 329 >>Firmly believe there's a big difference between how veggies taste depending on the soil.


how could anyone possibly know that? cows can't talk.

Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (nFwvY)

356 It's about Getting Rid of Trump.

How does skipping baseball and basketball games accomplish this goal??


"Everything sucks because of Trump". When you're dealing with intellectual children, you can get away that.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (9Fwwf)

357 Yet, no matter which type of average you are talking about, half of the people are not below it.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (M/9m0)
++++++++++++++
Ah, except that the range of human intelligence isn't that broad. You cannot have an IQ below about 50 and still breathe on your own, and 200 is virtually impossible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (hYcqw)

358 They may be practicing Catholics....

but they're still not getting any better at it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (/EuRN)

359 323 283
Pelosi moments ago:



"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."

Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (cF8AT)
This is one way they are going to try to weasel out of debates. Trump is illegitimate and not worthy of discussing anything with him.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)

and THIS is why Trump started talking about Amphetamines and Joe Biden yesterday. Like so many of us here, Trump must believe that Biden is going to come up with some stupid way to weasel out of a debate - so Trump is already neutralizing the excuses he is going to give for doing it.

Posted by: Neil Armstrong at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (Kpl3J)

360 Everything sucks because of Trump, especially all these jobs, the ability to buy houses, cars, and furniture, and a 28K+ DJIA!

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (0B66G)

361 Senator Melissa Melendez@senatormelendez

This is what a Biden Presidency will bring to your city. Hats off to CNN for having the stamina to continue to carry water for democrats. "Fiery but mostly peaceful protests"

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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (+y/Ru)

362
358 They may be practicing Catholics....

but they're still not getting any better at it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (/EuRN


Lol

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (NJXJJ)

363 The white supremacist angle seems to be catching on with the left. chris murphy from CT just sent out a tweet calling the shooter in Kenosha a deranged white supremacist Trump supporter.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)


These people work for the government. At some point I think it becomes necessary for an ordinary citizen to challenge their government representatives who are making declarative statements without the benefit of due process.

That, or start talking about treason when politicians are openly calling for citizens to be rounded up, harassed, maimed or killed, without the benefit of the law.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (hku12)

364 @RichardGrenell
You've never had an intel brief.
The closest you've come is reading the press release I edited.

-------

Who called Grenell a liar?

Posted by: Seems Legit at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (jUVms)

365 348 Homicides were committed and it's up to the DA with jurisdiction, but yeah, the state can do worse and probably will charge him with manslaughter at the least.

And after massive expenditure of time and money he'll be acquitted for clearly defensive use of his firearm.

But at the end of the day his being there armed, locked and loaded was a mistake he'd probably like to take back.

To quote Massad Ayoob quoting someone else, "When called by a panther, don't anther."
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (MkuC5)

CZs are awesome.

But the only thing standing between barbarism and innocent home and business owners are armed men like this kid.

We need him. We need to support him. We need more like him. Massad views everything from cop-view. Not denigrating his skill and experience but there is a time for killing and defending.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (ifmtJ)

366 how could anyone possibly know that? cows can't talk.
Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (nFwvY)


Maybe they just don't talk to you ?

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (FZ6yD)

367 The Lake Charles LA hurricane party continues, still awaiting the arrival of Katrina. BYOB.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (C1Lsn)

368 356 It's about Getting Rid of Trump.

How does skipping baseball and basketball games accomplish this goal??

"Everything sucks because of Trump". When you're dealing with intellectual children, you can get away that.
Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (9Fwwf)

The funny part is that it won't do anything to get rid of Trump; but it IS going to to a good job of getting rid of any of the advertisers and merchandisers who are paying the bills.

Posted by: Neil Armstrong at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (Kpl3J)

369 A nun in a habit just told the nation that Jesus was crucified for

being not politically correct and that Joe Biden (a practicing Catholic)

and Kamala Harris are pro-infanticide
***

Remember when the left told us that anyone that disagreed with certified experts was an evil hater which hates?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (qlFIA)

370 325 So Julia thinks she is the Pope and can declare who and who is not a "practicing Catholic"?

A flogging is in order.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (W/1lv)

Julia also tweeted that Christianity makes her uncomfortable, so...

Posted by: Allie at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (vmRc0)

371 RichardGrenell
You've never had an intel brief.
The closest you've come is reading the press release I edited.
-------
Who called Grenell a liar?
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (jUVms)
+++++++++
Grenell is a badass.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (hYcqw)

372 368 356 It's about Getting Rid of Trump.

How does skipping baseball and basketball games accomplish this goal??

"Everything sucks because of Trump". When you're dealing with intellectual children, you can get away that.
Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 11:53 AM (9Fwwf)

The funny part is that it won't do anything to get rid of Trump; but it IS going to to a good job of getting rid of any of the advertisers and merchandisers who are paying the bills.
Posted by: Neil Armstrong at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (Kpl3J)

========

I wonder if advertisers have started negotiating rates for next year yet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (LvTSG)

373 Lin Wood needs to start tweeting that data is being collected on people's comments re: Rittenhouse.

That will shut them up in a hurry.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (NJXJJ)

374 You are absolutely correct. Our clay, although not red, is EXTREMELY
hard. Makes for great dirt track racing. Not so good for golden
potatoes.



Back in the '80's or so, some Japanese carmaker whose name escapes me was doing research on all-ceramic engines and came down south to check out our red clay. Word in the shops was that the ceramic they made from it was so hard, they couldn't finish them with any known machine tool methods, and the project didn't last after that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (HaL55)

375 There are bees buzzing around me with orange stripes. I've never noticed that before.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (lgiXo)

376 Not sure how close we are to CW2 but for the first time I actually feel it.

Posted by: Not Voting Our Way Out Of This at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (8Ab7S)

377 Oh my:


"I don't think that there should be any debates," says
SpeakerPelosi. "I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States."


Posted by: WisRich at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (qKfc+)

378 Pelosi moments ago:



"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."





If he's not a legitimate, then Biden should have no problem kicking Trump's ass in a debate.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:45 AM (NJXJJ)



=========



If Biden doesn't debate, they're giving up completely.


Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM

---

Yep. pelosi is very publicly floating a trial balloon in that speech. They know he is losing. The polls are "firming up" with Trump gaining ground. That didn't happen in 2016 until the middle of October.


Biden can't hide forever and skipping the debates will show the independents that he is literally a coward no matter how they try and frame it.


He will refuse to debate Trump like many of us predicted here months ago.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (JUOKG)

379 >>>chris murphy from CT just sent out a tweet calling the shooter in Kenosha a deranged white supremacist Trump supporter.

lol. he's gonna pay for that.

Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (nFwvY)

380 341 Well all, see you in 3 weeks
I'm off to rehab
Got a Dui and my employer is forcing me there to keep my job
Yes Haw!!
Posted by: Harley at August 27, 2020 11:51 AM (2EU+/)

That's a pretty awesome employer you have there!! I hope you will take this opportunity and be grateful to have someone who cares about giving you another chance.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (sI15f)

381 Everything sucks because of Trump, especially all these jobs, the ability to buy houses, cars, and furniture, and a 28K+ DJIA!

You don't understand; those things are because of Obama.

Posted by: The MFM at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (9Fwwf)

382 There are bees buzzing around me with orange stripes. I've never noticed that before.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

Trump Bees?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (Rvt88)

383 Not Brussels sprouts. Taste like crap everywhere.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (ZLI7S)
++++++++++
Truth.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)



Hold my beer.

Posted by: Okra at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (axyOa)

384 Yeah, if you've ever tried to dig a post hole in Alabama, you know it would take a nuke to get 3 inches into the ground.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (NJXJJ)

385 Really need to get trending #WhereIsBiden?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (W/1lv)

386 378 Yep. pelosi is very publicly floating a trial balloon in that speech. They know he is losing. The polls are "firming up" with Trump gaining ground. That didn't happen in 2016 until the middle of October.


Biden can't hide forever and skipping the debates will show the independents that he is literally a coward no matter how they try and frame it.


He will refuse to debate Trump like many of us predicted here months ago.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (JUOKG)

=========

"Trump is a meany, so I won't even talk to him, but I'm strong enough to stand up to the leftist boogieman Putin for sure."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (LvTSG)

387 363 The white supremacist angle seems to be catching on with the left. chris murphy from CT just sent out a tweet calling the shooter in Kenosha a deranged white supremacist Trump supporter.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)

Once one of the Howling Monkeys starts hooting, the rest of the pack quickly takes up the call.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (Kpl3J)

388 I'm afraid that Biden will outperform in the debate(s), because expectations are so low. I think Trump shares my concern, too.

Posted by: mnw at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (Cssks)

389 I have to say, it's a real pleasure to have escaped from the meanness of lefty NoVA to the kindness and civility of South Carolina. I don't recall having a black man smile and hold the door for me in NoVA. There were a lot of sullen faces, and there are far fewer down here. The door holding is nice, but the smile is much more important.
That doesn't mean that he agrees with my politics, just that he shares my appreciation of kindness and friendliness. And that's why life is so much better down here.

--

We've been in upstate SC for over 20 years now. Previously, I lived for many years in Orlando, and I'm originally from Cincinnati. One of the first things that struck me upon moving to this area were the nice people. There are truly a lot of nice, normal, decent people here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (O+I8R)

390 373 Heaven forbid he does that. Let them run their cocksucks for further evidence.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (C1Lsn)

391 I got Goebel's first line slightly incorrect. "Without me, your show tonight would've been nothing." Which is self-deprecating humor at its finest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHVcgUajtA
Posted by: fly at August 27, 2020


*
*

Fly, I see you were right. I must have missed the first lines of Gobel's exchange, or had simply forgotten it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (Ejm1K)

392 Lin Wood needs to start tweeting that data is being collected on people's comments re: Rittenhouse.



That will shut them up in a hurry.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (NJXJJ)
^^^THIS^^^

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (rCwaK)

393 Hold my beer.
Posted by: Okra at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (axyOa)
++++++++++
Okra, when properly prepared, is acceptable in small doses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (hYcqw)

394 I'm afraid that Biden will outperform in the debate(s), because expectations are so low. I think Trump shares my concern, too.

--

Lucid or no, he has a terrible record to have to defend.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (O+I8R)

395 Pelosi moments ago:

"I don't think there should be any debates.....I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him."

-
It's got nothing to do with Broken Brain Biden's brain being broken.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (+y/Ru)

396 CZs are awesome.

But the only thing standing between barbarism and innocent home and business owners are armed men like this kid.

We need him. We need to support him. We need more like him. Massad views everything from cop-view. Not denigrating his skill and experience but there is a time for killing and defending.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (ifmtJ)

Mark, I am in complete agreement.

My larger point would be we have to move past the point where individual patriots are putting their lives on the line, piecemeal, as this young man did.

We need to get better organized before we are all cut down in singular acts of self-defense.

Posted by: CZ = Happiness at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (MkuC5)

397 I wonder if advertisers have started negotiating rates for next year yet.

You gotta figure they are going to point to how few games ran with their ads, and how many were canceled without advance warning and apparently at random.

"Exactly why should I be paying 18 million dollars a minute for this, again?"
--Advertising rep

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (KZzsI)

398 Yeah, if you've ever tried to dig a post hole in Alabama, you know it would take a nuke to get 3 inches into the ground.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (NJXJJ)


I rate this as true. Between the clay and how shallow your frost line is, I don't know why everybody doesn't just build on a slab.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (FZ6yD)

399 "278 Daily Mail sez Rittenhouse called himself a vigilante, but provides no actual quote. His other crimes: he attended a Trump rally, and he Backs The Blue. Therefore: white supremacist.
Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (qpX6U)

I posted a comment to Daily Mail asking for the direct "vigilante" quote. They either removed the comment or blocked it.

They did the same thing when I commented, on day one of the Smollett horseshit, that Smollett's story was "an obvious hoax." Can't allow that.

Daily Mail does do some very detailed news reporting on US events, but their politics are totalitarian.

Posted by: gp, Hooping Fentanyl Again at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (qpX6U)

400 There are bees buzzing around me with orange stripes. I've never noticed that before.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker

Trump Bees?

Posted by: Tonypete



Sergeant Bees.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (axyOa)

401 Maybe [the cows] just don't talk to you ?

I'm thinking of one of the all-time best Far Side cartoons right now.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (AytXr)

402 You got mud in your wheel.

-Alabama

Posted by: Archer at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (gmo/4)

403 We've been in upstate SC for over 20 years now.
Previously, I lived for many years in Orlando, and I'm originally from
Cincinnati. One of the first things that struck me upon moving to this
area were the nice people. There are truly a lot of nice, normal,
decent people here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (O+I8R)

Amen!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (rCwaK)

404 I'm afraid that Biden will outperform in the debate(s), because expectations are so low. I think Trump shares my concern, too.
Posted by: mnw at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (Cssks)
+++++++++++
Me might, with adequate prep and enough go-juice. But he has a lousy record and Trump can always play a nasty card. All he has to do is drop enough vaguely offensive (not directly, like he usually does) non-sequiturs that demand that Biden change gears, and Biden will pop like a balloon. He'll either fall apart, or get angry and make threats, or ignore it and stick to his talking points. Any of those would be obvious.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (hYcqw)

405 sue the shit out of Chris Murphy. he's worked in government since the day he got out of school, so he must be rich.

Posted by: x at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (nFwvY)

406 Ah, except that the range of human intelligence isn't that broad. You
cannot have an IQ below about 50 and still breathe on your own, and 200
is virtually impossible.


There's an IQ classification below Imbecile that most politicians fall into. It's a highly scientific term called, "We had to show them how to fap."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (HaL55)

407 RichardGrenell
You've never had an intel brief.
The closest you've come is reading the press release I edited.
-------
Who called Grenell a liar?
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (jUVms)
+++++++++
Grenell is a badass.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (hYcqw)


There are lots of good GOP potential successors to DJT on the bench, but none that I'd enthusiastically vote for like Grenell.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (y7DUB)

408 394 I'm afraid that Biden will outperform in the debate(s), because expectations are so low. I think Trump shares my concern, too.

--

Lucid or no, he has a terrible record to have to defend.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (O+I8R


Biden is in bad shape. I don't think he can pull off lucid for a whole hour, especially not having to think on his feet.

I think at best, he goes Rubio and just starts repeating the same thing over and over, regardless of the question.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (NJXJJ)

409 397 I wonder if advertisers have started negotiating rates for next year yet.

You gotta figure they are going to point to how few games ran with their ads, and how many were canceled without advance warning and apparently at random.

"Exactly why should I be paying 18 million dollars a minute for this, again?"
--Advertising rep
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (KZzsI)

==========

"Oh, shit..."
-Team owners

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (LvTSG)

410 Lin Wood needs to start tweeting that data is being collected on people's comments re: Rittenhouse.



That will shut them up in a hurry.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (NJXJJ)
^^^THIS^^^
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (rCwaK)


I say, LET em crash.....

Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

411 >>> 89 I am from CO, and as a result have a very thin accent. I know many people, though, who automatically shut down or write off when they hear a southern accent. Those people are morons (not the good kind).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:15 AM (hYcqw)


I can turn off/on my accent and use it to great affect when I want some types to leave me the f alone. I'm a bit far into the introvert side of the personality range and am usually pleased with the result.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (kl40J)

412 Okra, when properly prepared, is acceptable in small doses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (hYcqw)

It's essential in gumbo, imo.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (xfb67)

413 'm afraid that Biden will outperform in the debate(s), because expectations are so low. I think Trump shares my concern, too.

He might start out that way, but the longer it goes the worse he'd be because he is too tired to stand up that long, and because he gets enraged when confronted or questioned, especially these days.

"good old Joe" America's grandad stops being so kindly seeming when he rips out one of his demented chain of thought rants when confronted on anything.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (KZzsI)

414 Substitute American States for countries in the domino theory of communism.

Domestic tranquillity is obviously under attack. Faction building (the enemy of my enemy is my friend fallacy) has been implemented by “American” communists for decades. Top that all off with incredibly powerful modern propaganda and we are looking at the most serious threat to America since founded.

Mark Twain noted that a lie travels the globe before the truth gets out of bed back when news was in available only in print and via Telegraph. The bullshit hits via Twitter and TikTok within seconds today. People react with violence before considering the veracity of Breaking News whatsoever.

Mark 13:37
What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”

Posted by: Denny Crane! at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (1eJby)

415 Ooof: NWS weather radar at Lake Charles, LA

https://tinyurl.com/y5ww7t6y

Posted by: Bert G at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (OMsf+)

416 That's Gunnery Sargent Bees; maggot!

Posted by: Archer at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (gmo/4)

417 My larger point would be we have to move past the point where individual patriots are putting their lives on the line, piecemeal, as this young man did.

-

I posted it earlier, but law enforcement REALLY needs to start serving and protecting, because otherwise it won't be long before Wisconsin farmboys who are comfortable with distances decide it's time for them to protect businesses from the terrorists.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (0B66G)

418 >>There are bees buzzing around me with orange stripes. I've never noticed that before.


Pollen?

I also think there are some mites (or some shit) that can infect bee hives. We have something similar out here with our Stonefly population. They should be yellow but have an orange hue due to an infection.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (p5Ti1)

419 "I don't think that there should be any debates," says
SpeakerPelosi. "I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States."

Posted by: WisRich at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (qKfc+)

Besides the obvious fear of exposing Biden, note how contemptuous of the American Public Pelosi is? This is the entire Leftist Psyche in a nutshell - you don't DESERVE to see a debate, you have no Right to make a choice, you are either Pure and Moral and On Our Side or you are RAYCISS!! UNCLEAN!!! It's shocking in it's naked disdain for any form of actual participation by the voters.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (Kpl3J)

420 Yep. pelosi is very publicly floating a trial balloon in that speech. They know he is losing. The polls are "firming up" with Trump gaining ground. That didn't happen in 2016 until the middle of October.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (JUOKG)
---------------

It also could mean that they feel that Joe is so comfortably ahead they think the short term PR hit would be less damage then having Joe go toe to toe with Trump.

Of course I don't believe that.

Posted by: WisRich at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (qKfc+)

421 Joe,

I am old. And I had to drive my first husband for an hour and fifteen minutes to take him to the ER. It didn't really matter and I sometimes think it would have been better if he'd just died at home. It's one thing if you have some ongoing issue, like cancer or kidney disease. I don't know about eastern TN but many rural areas can take you in and move you to a larger facility if needed.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (JKNZq)

422 There are bees buzzing around me with orange stripes. I've never noticed that before.

Are they big friggin' things? Someone I know called them "cicada killers". I first saw them this year.

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (AytXr)

423 I wonder if Julia has ever thought about a muslim in a burka as derogatory?

These people are really subpar.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (sI15f)

424 @wojespn 6m

The NBA's players have decided to resume the playoffs, source tells ESPN.

Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (cF8AT)

425 Culturally, 1968-69 was probably the most destructive in our history.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 27, 2020 11:47 AM (dNzKv)


But the cars were awesome.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (88+cf)

426 409 397 I wonder if advertisers have started negotiating rates for next year yet.

You gotta figure they are going to point to how few games ran with their ads, and how many were canceled without advance warning and apparently at random.

"Exactly why should I be paying 18 million dollars a minute for this, again?"
--Advertising rep
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (KZzsI)

==========

"Oh, shit..."
-Team owners
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 12:01 PM (LvTSG)

...

It's amusing that the NBA allows the players to post political statemtents on their individual jerseys, and yet the players feel that rather than play good basketball and attract eyeballs to read those jerseys and perhaps consider their statements, the more powerful option is to pout at home.

Posted by: TexasDan at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (yL25O)

427 I'm afraid that Biden will outperform in the debate(s), because expectations are so low. I think Trump shares my concern, too.
Posted by: mnw at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (Cssks)


Outperforming for Sundance is not picking his nose and eating it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (y7DUB)

428 The white supremacist angle seems to be catching on with the left. chris murphy from CT just sent out a tweet calling the shooter in Kenosha a deranged white supremacist Trump supporter.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)

Jay Pharo was putting it out last night. I'm sure the memo went out to everyone on the left to push this narrative before the truth gets out.

just like every one of these sorts of incidents...

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (8D42x)

429 varroa mites. they infect bee colonies.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (JKNZq)

430 A lot of traditional norms are going to be violated this election:

No debates.

Biden won't concede when he loses.

Senior members of the Democratic Party will openly call for a military coup when Biden loses.

...and so on.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (I2/tG)

431 We need to get better organized before we are all cut down in singular acts of self-defense.
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (MkuC5)


Well said, sir. I am with you 100%. We'll all hang together, or we'll all hang separately.

If anybody finds a legit fund for the defense of that boy, please let me know. My money's on the table, just waiting. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (FZ6yD)

432 424 @wojespn 6m

The NBA's players have decided to resume the playoffs, source tells ESPN.
Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (cF8AT)
=========

Fucking hilarious.

"We demand $x million back for lost advertising."
-Ad execs

"Um...no...?"
-NBA execs

"Meet our lawyers."
-Ad execs

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (LvTSG)

433 "365 348 Homicides were committed and it's up to the DA with jurisdiction, but yeah, the state can do worse and probably will charge him with manslaughter at the least.

And after massive expenditure of time and money he'll be acquitted for clearly defensive use of his firearm.

But at the end of the day his being there armed, locked and loaded was a mistake he'd probably like to take back.

To quote Massad Ayoob quoting someone else, "When called by a panther, don't anther."
Posted by: CZ = Happiness at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (MkuC5)

CZs are awesome.

But the only thing standing between barbarism and innocent home and business owners are armed men like this kid.

We need him. We need to support him. We need more like him. Massad views everything from cop-view. Not denigrating his skill and experience but there is a time for killing and defending.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Never Kneel, Free WA, Buy Ammo at August 27, 2020 11:55 AM (ifmtJ) "



Being there was a bigger mistake for those two domestic terrorists who got shot.

If so-called "law enforcement" is gonna do nothing, citizens have to step up, and good for him to have done so. I have a few bucks for his defense fund if Gofundme allows him to have one.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (vMGcs)

434 Sundance == Sundown; same difference really...

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (y7DUB)

435 Interesting, they know their internal polling is shit for Biden. They are starting the "let's delegitimize Trump now so we can go full throttle after the election."

Posted by: Seems Legit at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (jUVms)

436 >>varroa mites. they infect bee colonies.


There you go.

And you all thought I was making that shit up.

Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (p5Ti1)

437 Yeah, if you've ever tried to dig a post hole in Alabama, you know it would take a nuke to get 3 inches into the ground.

And you can forget about ever having clean white socks again. There's a good reason why it's called red clay and not soil.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (HaL55)

438 Addendum Wisconsin farmboys:

And it would be a LOT easier on everyone involved if the government would simply remember their side of the social contract.

Posted by: Charles Darwin - The median COVID death age is greater than the current male lifespan [ at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (0B66G)

439 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 27, 2020 11:48 AM (N39Ws)

and THIS is why Trump started talking about Amphetamines and Joe Biden yesterday. Like so many of us here, Trump must believe that Biden is going to come up with some stupid way to weasel out of a debate - so Trump is already neutralizing the excuses he is going to give for doing it.
Posted by: Neil Armstrong at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (Kpl3J)


I've heard hints of whispers of accusations that Trump is on speed.

So when he comes out and says Joe needs to be drug tested, he's basically shoving it back in their faces.

They try shit all the time, and he's generally one step ahead of them. Every time.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (hku12)

440 There are truly a lot of nice, normal, decent people here.

That is what finally made the decision for us. We flew over for a vacation and I put up my resume on a website as a lark just before we came. I ended up having 10 interviews in 4 days and no vacation. Even with job offers in hand I STILL might not have pulled the trigger...

and then we flew back in to SEATAC airport. Everyone was so different it was culture shock. Unhappy, unhealthy and most of them had some shade of blue hair. I turned to my wife and said - looks like we're moving to Florida.

Posted by: SaltLifeLurker at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (cgXjL)

441 I am old. And I had to drive my first husband for an hour and fifteen minutes to take him to the ER. It didn't really matter and I sometimes think it would have been better if he'd just died at home. It's one thing if you have some ongoing issue, like cancer or kidney disease. I don't know about eastern TN but many rural areas can take you in and move you to a larger facility if needed.
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 27, 2020 12:02 PM (JKNZq)
+++++++++++
yeah. My dad has some chronic issues (though he, paradoxically, seems to be getting stronger and healthier over the past ten years). And yes, that was the point they were targeting. The local hospital is good enough, and the University hospital is 45 minutes away (far less by helicopter, if needed) if something goes seriously pear-shaped.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (hYcqw)

442 Criminal records of the Kenosha 3:

https://tinyurl.com/yyhuhvfy

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 12:05 PM (5CJXD)

443 There's an IQ classification below Imbecile that most politicians fall into. It's a highly scientific term called, "We had to show them how to fap."

But in Latin: Non erat eis ostendere quomodo masturbari

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:05 PM (KZzsI)

444
I'm pretty sure there'll be a debate.

Biden will wear a mask and just before he goes on stage his handlers will shove a big glob of peanut butter in his mouth.

And all the oral contortions Biden goes through for the next hour or so will look like he's talking behind his mask.

Rich Little or someone similar will do Biden voice and answers offstage.

That's the only way Low Bar Biden could "debate".


Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 27, 2020 12:05 PM (dWwl8)

445 Go back and watch some of Joe's "highlights" from the primary debates. He didn't grow a new brain since then.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)

446 I rate this as true. Between the clay and how
shallow your frost line is, I don't know why everybody doesn't just
build on a slab.




Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (FZ6yD)

When I was in Dallas, everybody was watering their houses because the clay dried up and cracks the foundations.

Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (88+cf)

447 Me might, with adequate prep and enough go-juice. But he has a lousy record and Trump can always play a nasty card. All he has to do is drop enough vaguely offensive (not directly, like he usually does) non-sequiturs that demand that Biden change gears, and Biden will pop like a balloon. He'll either fall apart, or get angry and make threats, or ignore it and stick to his talking points. Any of those would be obvious.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (hYcqw)

Oh yeah, there are so many easy ways to get under Joe's skin. "Hey Joe, congratulations on the new Grandkid! Had him over to the house yet???"

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (Kpl3J)

448 437 Yeah, if you've ever tried to dig a post hole in Alabama, you know it would take a nuke to get 3 inches into the ground.

And you can forget about ever having clean white socks again. There's a good reason why it's called red clay and not soil.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 12:04 PM (HaL55)


There was an enterprising person who started making Alabama t-shirts that are actually dyed white shirts using Alabama clay. Came out a rusty red and looked pretty cool.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (NJXJJ)

449 "I don't think that there should be any debates," says
SpeakerPelosi. "I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States."

--

LOL, yeah, go with that Nanny Botox. I'm sure it will sell. I mean, it's not like it would behoove you and your entire, wretched party to use that time to compare and contrast the two men. Shining Knight Joe with Evil Trump. No, why show that to the American people? Again, go with that...

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (O+I8R)

450 445 Go back and watch some of Joe's "highlights" from the primary debates. He didn't grow a new brain since then.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)
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He wasn't a drooling idiot, though.

He completed sentences and stayed on message. It wasn't spectacular and he didn't really win a single debate, but he survived them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (LvTSG)

451 441: I am seriously pear shaped

Posted by: Jerry Nadless at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (ONvIw)

452
Back in the '80's or so, some Japanese carmaker whose name escapes me was doing research on all-ceramic engines and came down south to check out our red clay. Word in the shops was that the ceramic they made from it was so hard, they couldn't finish them with any known machine tool methods, and the project didn't last after that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 11:56 AM (HaL55)






Then some doofus criminal dropped a bag of money on the workers there and ever since, you can't control the labor force. I mean, they write stupid SONGS about him...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (EGyGV)

453 The NBA's players have decided to resume the playoffs, source tells ESPN.

Heh. Somebody just got the riot act read to them. Queen James just had his pee-pee slapped by the people who actually run the league, sounds like.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (HaL55)

454 Anyone relying on the common sense of the American people is leaning on air.

Truer words...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (EgshT)

455 We've been in upstate SC for over 20 years now. Previously, I lived for many years in Orlando, and I'm originally from Cincinnati. One of the first things that struck me upon moving to this area were the nice people. There are truly a lot of nice, normal, decent people here.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 27, 2020 11:58 AM (O+I8R)
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We're headed to Charleston/HH for 8 days on Saturday, been through SC many times but never stayed. Perfect time to escape MN - hope the place is still here when we get back.

Posted by: jhawk90 at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (qpdaD)

456 Yep. pelosi is very publicly floating a trial balloon in that speech.

They've floated that one so much in the last months it looks like when the Clinton campaign and Hillary freaked out staring up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (KZzsI)

457 varroa mites. they infect bee colonies.


There you go.

And you all thought I was making that shit up.

Posted by: garrett


***

varroa mites...mites not.


I crack myself up!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (axyOa)

458 446 I rate this as true. Between the clay and how
shallow your frost line is, I don't know why everybody doesn't justbuild on a slab.
Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:00 PM (FZ6yD)

When I was in Dallas, everybody was watering their houses because the clay dried up and cracks the foundations.
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (88+cf)

The old pier and beam foundations actually made a whole lot more sense for the area.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (Kpl3J)

459 432 424 @wojespn 6m

The NBA's players have decided to resume the playoffs, source tells ESPN.
Posted by: Tami at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (cF8AT)
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Fucking hilarious.

"We demand $x million back for lost advertising."
-Ad execs

"Um...no...?"
-NBA execs

"Meet our lawyers."
-Ad execs
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (LvTSG)


Hey fellas, have you seen the ratings lately?

You're all going to be out of jobs in 6 months. I sincerely hope the Enn Eff Ell gets what they got coming to them. Empty stadiums, basement level ratings.

Can't wait for sportsball and teevee corps to go to war with each other for the scraps that are left of their dead business model.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (hku12)

460 Wisconsin farmboys?

Cow-tippers, from what I hear.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (DMUuz)

461 357---Ah, except that the range of human intelligence isn't that broad. You cannot have an IQ below about 50 and still breathe on your own, and 200 is virtually impossible.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:54 AM (hYcqw)
-------------------------------
Hence Xenu the alien and the rutabaga!
But you missed my point, which is not about human intelligence, but about elementary statistics and the fallacy that half of the numerical entries must be "below average."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (M/9m0)

462 441: I am seriously pear planet shaped
Posted by: Jerry Nadless at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (ONvIw)
++++++++
FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (hYcqw)

463 Tom Servo at 1202

Mega dittos.

It is infuriating and it is stupefying to see that it works. Some people simply should not vote. If a person does not have the ability to get an ID or travel to a polling place in 2020, what reason is there to respect their input or opinion on anything?

Posted by: Denny Crane! at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (1eJby)

464 Sorting pinto beans and I found a piece of corn in the bag. Not the first time that has happened to me.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (JUOKG)

465 >>> Okra, when properly prepared, is acceptable in small doses. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (hYcqw)


Excuse me, Mr. Produce Merchant Sir, would you happen to have a vegetable that looks like a common ugly weed but will turn into snot when I cook it?

Posted by: banana Dream at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (kl40J)

466 453 The NBA's players have decided to resume the playoffs, source tells ESPN.

Heh. Somebody just got the riot act read to them. Queen James just had his pee-pee slapped by the people who actually run the league, sounds like.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - who still wants a pony at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (HaL55)

Chairman Xi made a phone call.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (Kpl3J)

467 The soft bigotry of Joe expectations.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2020 12:08 PM (jsWA8)

468 Noodus Ace NBA-ismus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (Ejm1K)

469 460 Wisconsin farmboys?

Cow-tippers, from what I hear.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (DMUuz)

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

Yes, they prefer the magnums...

Posted by: CZ = Happiness at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (MkuC5)

470 nood !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (vMGcs)

471 The white supremacist angle seems to be catching on with the left. chris murphy from CT just sent out a tweet calling the shooter in Kenosha a deranged white supremacist Trump supporter.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:43 AM (JUOKG)

Jay Pharo was putting it out last night. I'm sure the memo went out to everyone on the left to push this narrative before the truth gets out.

just like every one of these sorts of incidents...
Posted by: SturmToddler



Hard to claim white supremacist when the three shot were white.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (5CJXD)

472 Go back and watch some of Joe's "highlights" from the primary debates. He didn't grow a new brain since then.

Trump is right, though, he did better against Sanders than he did in previous debates. Up to that point he was only savd from being dead last by how the debate handlers basically shut out candidates they didn't want to be there like Klochubar and Williamson

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (KZzsI)

473 Ace up, sportsball.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (hku12)

474 >>He wasn't a drooling idiot, though.

>>He completed sentences and stayed on message. It wasn't spectacular and he didn't really win a single debate, but he survived them.

In a presidential debate there is only one winner. The other guy is the loser. Place and show don't figure in.

Joe can't stand on a stage and take haymakers from Trump for more than a half hour before he breaks down. I'm happy for that contrast no matter the expectations.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (ZLI7S)

475 >> "I don't think that there should be any debates," says
SpeakerPelosi. "I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States."



LOL, as if Biden is in position to "legitimize" another candidate, no less the sitting president of the United States.

Knowing Trump. he'll do something like show up and debate an empty chair just for fun.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (bDqIh)

476 OT
so ya know there was a storm that damaged a lot of roofs in our neighborhood, so.it's been.a topic
just found out that one of the roofers/contractors gets recommended because he pads the estimate he submits to insurance (like a lot, even double) so he can get more from them. He passes the "savings& on to the homeowners.

It blows my mind that the homeowners are ok with this. I'm pretty sure they'd be on the hook too if the insurance went after the fraud.

Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar nazi and write supremacist at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (J8nVw)

477 I'm gonna be honest with you, I didn't even know it was playoff time for basketball. That's how little I was paying attention and how little anyone was talking about it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (KZzsI)

478 Well said, sir. I am with you 100%. We'll all hang together, or we'll all hang separately.

If anybody finds a legit fund for the defense of that boy, please let me know. My money's on the table, just waiting. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:03 PM (FZ6yD)

#metoo, but still not sending my four sons to the nearest protest metropolis with rifles...Yet...

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (D/SYi)

479 Hard to claim white supremacist when the three shot were white.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (5CJXD)


He turned them a whiter shade of pale.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (FZ6yD)

480 Some people simply should not vote.

Oregon now has prepaid envelopes to mail ballots back because it was too burdensome for some people to put a stamp on the envelope.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (I2/tG)

481 Okra, when properly prepared, is acceptable in small doses.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 27, 2020 11:59 AM (hYcqw)

I eat 17 boiled okra every night.
Well, almost every night.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at August 27, 2020 12:11 PM (rCwaK)

482 474 >>He wasn't a drooling idiot, though.

>>He completed sentences and stayed on message. It wasn't spectacular and he didn't really win a single debate, but he survived them.

In a presidential debate there is only one winner. The other guy is the loser. Place and show don't figure in.

Joe can't stand on a stage and take haymakers from Trump for more than a half hour before he breaks down. I'm happy for that contrast no matter the expectations.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (ZLI7S)

==========

"Biden didn't bleed from the eye. Wins debate."
-The NYT front page

That's the danger. It'll be a narrative that the left will run with and convince too many people of. Far from everyone, but too many.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a madhouse! A Madhouse! at August 27, 2020 12:11 PM (LvTSG)

483 479 Hard to claim white supremacist when the three shot were white.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2020 12:09 PM (5CJXD)

All over social media they are already claiming they were all black.

Posted by: PUE 206 at August 27, 2020 12:12 PM (D/SYi)

484 can someone stuff a bag of dildos down marie harf's throat?

i can't stand that scrunt.. she needs to choke on a bag of dicks. can't even answer a simple question, AND just slandered the rittenhaus on FOX. LIVE.

Posted by: SturmToddler at August 27, 2020 12:13 PM (8D42x)

485
There was an enterprising person who started making Alabama t-shirts that are actually dyed white shirts using Alabama clay. Came out a rusty red and looked pretty cool.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 27, 2020 12:06 PM (NJXJJ)






They do the same in Hawaii. I bought a bunch of them for me and as gifts the last time I was on Kawai.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2020 12:13 PM (EGyGV)

486 451 441: I am seriously pear shaped
Posted by: Jerry Nadless at August 27, 2020 12:07 PM (ONvIw)

You're shaped like control-top pantyhose full of tapioca pudding.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2020 12:13 PM (/EuRN)

487 Pelosi calls nearly half of US voters "enemies of the people" and declares that you cannot even speak to a sitting president lest you legitimize him.

But it is Trump who is "divisive."

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 27, 2020 12:13 PM (M/9m0)

488 it's amazing to see how many of the early 20-30 year olds really believe that they are SO much smarter simply because they went to college.

====
The undischargeable debt they've racked up indicates otherwise.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at August 27, 2020 12:13 PM (d6mdH)

489 #metoo, but still not sending my four sons to the nearest protest metropolis with rifles...Yet...
Posted by: PUE 206 at August 27, 2020 12:10 PM (D/SYi)


We can agree on that. That work is best done by grown men such as ourselves. My boy is sixteen. He'll be left at home.

Posted by: 2020 Sucks at August 27, 2020 12:14 PM (FZ6yD)

490 >>That's the danger. It'll be a narrative that the left will run with and convince too many people of. Far from everyone, but too many.

They would say that if Joe blew off the debate and stayed in his basement. Those that can be convinced by the media already are.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2020 12:14 PM (ZLI7S)

491 350 I'm here.
Actually been here for awhile but haven't had anything to add to the conversation except I have been thinking about this all morning.
Noem/Grenell 2024.
How could the left counter woman/gay? She is smart, gorgeous and experienced manager having been a governor. He is smart, experienced foreign policy executive and the sexiest gay man I have ever seen.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 27, 2020 11:52 AM (sd8p

Ahem.

Posted by: Rock Hudson at August 27, 2020 12:17 PM (6xA3t)

492 There was an enterprising person who started making Alabama t-shirts that are actually dyed white shirts using Alabama clay. Came out a rusty red and looked pretty cool.

I think they were called "Dirt Shirts". It was a nationwide thing and yeah, they all looked pretty good. California's was more of a golden color (because "The Golden State").

Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2020 12:18 PM (1vynn)

493 "the phrase 'the common sense of the American people,' so be eloved by politicians on the stump, needs to be dropped off a bridge

====
Along with the notion of 'intellectuals' honesty.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at August 27, 2020 12:20 PM (d6mdH)

494 If someone sets up a fund for that kid, it should go beyond legal defense, and also fund a large bounty.

I'd like people to know that killing Communists pays handsomely.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 27, 2020 12:22 PM (Zm/Ey)

495 The thing about common sense is that it refers to concrete 'things' which several members of the community communally perceive. We sense things, in common.

It's not a special perception of what this "2" means and that other "2" means or what "plus" and "equals" in this peculiar case and circumstance mean to give an individual and unique value of lived-truth represented as "5". The common core values are 2 and plus and 5 and equals. Commonly represented as the values they've have since "birth". Commonly perceived. Commonly communicated. Commonly appreciated.

Common sense.

Ordinarily when somebody tries to represent 2+2 as 5, he's trying to cheat somebody else.

Posted by: pouncer at August 27, 2020 12:24 PM (Jjybm)

496 He will refuse to debate Trump like many of us predicted here months ago.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2020 11:57 AM (JUOKG)

I always thought so...tw reasons will be given:

1. The "debating this monster racist only legitimizing him" canard floated out there today be Nancy Pants
2. Punchy will give a series of highly edited "interviews" (ie chats) with friendly doofus reporter stumble bums and then declare all his positions are well known now because of these "hard hitting" interviews and a debate is pointless at this point

Neither is going to work, but they've appeared to have given up, so it doesn't matter except as a face-saving exercise for the DNC.

Posted by: Boswell at August 27, 2020 12:29 PM (w2LAm)

497 195 head Upstate. You will find thousands of similar deals.


Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2020 11:25 AM (1ewJ/)

Hubbymayhem is from upstate New York. Even he says , NOPE. Not that kind of acreage or for that price. Double the price tag and you might get something similar.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 27, 2020 11:32 AM (Vxu+H)

There's "upstate", and then there UPSTATE.

Are we talking North Country, Central NY, WNY, Southern Tier.

You might get those prices in the western Southern Tier or the North Country (away from Champlain and the Lake Placid area)

Posted by: browndog at August 27, 2020 12:31 PM (BgMrQ)

498
And Biden is trying to run a "return to normalcy" campaign at the same time. Weird how this might not be working.


You know who else ran on Return to Normalcy?

'S right, Warren G. Harding, another guy with grope issues.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 27, 2020 12:36 PM (pNxlR)

499 "then head to Middle America."

Here I come!!!

Posted by: Ms. Apple at August 27, 2020 12:44 PM (+fjIe)

500 Ha! I was wondering about the plates on that minivan, someone on the twitter feed has ID'd them as Oregon plates. In Kenosha.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2020 01:19 PM (Kpl3J)

501 Said one guy, name not recalled for credit purposes:
"If you're in Lowes and somebody spends ten minutes helping you find something....and he doesn't work there, you're in Texas."

I have a relation who is deeply concerned that some people own pick up trucks who....don't actually need them. He lives in Brooklyn.

Two Americas.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at August 27, 2020 01:24 PM (kvDZa)

502 Your neoliberal babble is very conservative. Just remember, if your fight your enemies you are racist, sexist, homophobe so surrender is the only conservative option. It was good enough Bill Buckley and Ronald Reagan, so it's good enough for you.

Posted by: Concon at August 27, 2020 02:05 PM (wDOYc)

503 On point with the smugness and condescension thing. I grew up in a working class town in NJ, went to college in Iowa, moved to Chicago after and then settled in west 'burbs back in late '90s and have been sick of the I live in the city so I'm superior crap for ever. It's not difficult. Anyone can do it. You find a place, sign a lease, and ta da, you live in the city. You're not special. I get that bs from my city dweller friends to this day. I live in a small city, with good schools, an outstanding downtown, safe and residents that demand it stays that way especially given our property taxes. Ugh.

Posted by: NB at August 27, 2020 03:05 PM (u3ZtM)

504 I'm gonna assume that the idiots who ransacked my father's car last night were mostly unarmed.

And the ones who ransacked his wife's car the night before that were probably mostly unarmed as well.

Their house is on the market, and they are departing the city of Allentown...
Finally.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 27, 2020 03:38 PM (3D/fK)

505 And that is why so many wealthy and famous "elites" off themselves in all their brilliance.

Posted by: Gault with a U at August 27, 2020 03:47 PM (xZjSg)

506 https://tinyurl.com/yaygu76q

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