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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Daniel Ridgway Knight
In Flanders Fields-- Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918 )
In Flanders Fields, the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:30 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 09:30 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 11, 2022 09:30 AM (DhOHl)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 09:31 AM (OLVeZ)
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 09:31 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Dave Ross at November 11, 2022 09:31 AM (uCRv7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ [ at November 11, 2022 09:31 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: mpfs, Twatwaffle Alert. at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (fuCr+)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (atmen)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (VQp/A)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (t0OGg)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: SturmToddler at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (Mkvkw)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (8HfoY)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (VQp/A)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (4I/2K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (vH/6k)
Posted by: Archimedes, who likes 90s idioms at November 11, 2022 09:35 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (VQp/A)
China white?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 09:35 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2022 09:35 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (e+csY)
Posted by: Modigliani at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 09:32 AM (atmen)
(Looks at flowers)
Wrong poppies.
Posted by: Dr. Oz at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
___
Celebrating our eternal veterans is always appropriate.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (8HfoY)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (oINRc)
Posted by: Tuna at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (gLRfa)
Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (VQp/A)
Posted by: Bob from NSA at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (906pl)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (bs+z0)
If you can visit there and truly absorb the meaning of what happened, then it is impossible to support war as a solution to national disagreements afterwards.
Millions of men died over years trying to move a small line in a 40 square mile area. Just an absolute horrid waste of human life for nothing.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
The poem is very moving as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=cKoJvHcMLfc
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 11, 2022 09:33 AM (x0n13)
I read your Morning Report segment about that, and while I agree with it, I am concerned that our political class (elites? Hah!) has lost sight of the fact that wars are not clean and neat. Men die. Sometimes many thousands.
We don't have an endless supply of these brave men, and we need to remind ourselves of that fact and communicate it to our leaders.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (qH6FZ)
would hang
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (geLO8)
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 09:34 AM (VQp/A)
China white?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 09:35 AM (Y5qcH)
Why, nooo. *looks arounds suspiciously*
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 09:38 AM (VQp/A)
As of late, I have to remind myself that evil must be regularly put down and defeated, and so it shall be until the end of this Heaven and this Earth.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 11, 2022 09:38 AM (nRMeC)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (oINRc)
Taliban broads don't show cleavage!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (XIJ/X)
I Googled the artist and there are actually a few original, signed paintings by him for sale (didn't see this one, alas). They'll only set you back 25k to 125k ... which actually sounds like a bargain for a first-rate original oil painting.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (+R5dc)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (XIJ/X)
And she's not wearing a Hefty garbage bag
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (bs+z0)
Posted by: grammie winger at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2022 09:36 AM (oINRc)
Taliban broads don't show cleavage!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (XIJ/X)
The veterans fought for her right to show cleavage!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (eYoxG)
___
A lot of places in this world I'll never visit, Dave. Just the way things are.
But a soldier, who's seen things, and seen just how ugly human beings can get, and how creative we are when it comes to destroying each other...well, can't get much more anti-war than us.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (8HfoY)
We don't have an endless supply of these brave men, and we need to remind ourselves of that fact and communicate it to our leaders.
==
Back in the day, men who sent other men to war, were on the battlefield with them. Sometimes leading the charge. We should return to that.
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Bob from NSA at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (906pl)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (5p7BC)
That won't stop a Hitler, or Stalin, or Mao. Nice sentiment, but you either have to fight evil or surrender to it, because they won't stop until you do one or the other.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 09:41 AM (7bRMQ)
Taliban broads don't show cleavage!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:39 AM (XIJ/X)
This point is valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
Never Again seems to be a sentiment so easily forgotten.
Posted by: red speck at November 11, 2022 09:41 AM (gS3OW)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 09:37 AM (bs+z0)
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I read that as cheesy. Works boths ways ...
;-)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 09:41 AM (K3TEc)
We don't have an endless supply of these brave men, and we need to remind ourselves of that fact and communicate it to our leaders.
==
Back in the day, men who sent other men to war, were on the battlefield with them. Sometimes leading the charge. We should return to that.
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
Yep. Just check the KIA’s of officers in the Civil War. Astounding.
Posted by: kraken at November 11, 2022 09:42 AM (OORiI)
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022
***
That was the "Trees" guy. I thought the "Flanders Fields" poem was by Rupert Brooke . . . but I *think* he was the guy who wrote "some corner of some forgotten field is forever England."
Anyway, OrangeEnt is right, this is no journeyman work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 09:42 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:42 AM (V13WU)
St. Martin of Tours (c. 316-397 A.D.) was born into a pagan family in what is now Hungary. At the age of ten Martin joined the Church as a catechumen soon after Christianity was legalized across the Roman Empire. He joined the Roman cavalry at the age of fifteen. At one point during his time of service he encountered a poor beggar who lacked adequate clothing. St. Martin took his sword and cut his heavy woolen officer cloak in half, and gave the other half to the beggar. Following this act of charity, St. Martin had a vision in which he saw Jesus wearing the portion of his cloak he gave to the beggar. After this vision Martin sought baptism, at the age of eighteen, and proclaimed himself a soldier for Christ. He left the military and adopted the penitential life of a hermit.. St. Martin gained a reputation for holiness and performing miracles. As bishop he continued his austere life, destroyed pagan worship sites, and worked to spread Christianity throughout his diocese. St. Martin of Tours is the patron saint of cavalry, soldiers, horses and riders, and those in need. He feast day is Nov 11th.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 09:43 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: kraken at November 11, 2022 09:42 AM (OORiI)
I am thinking higher up - generals, the king himself ! Or in our case, the President.
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:43 AM (V13WU)
We don't have an endless supply of these brave men, and we need to remind ourselves of that fact and communicate it to our leaders.
==
Back in the day, men who sent other men to war, were on the battlefield with them. Sometimes leading the charge. We should return to that.
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
Make nobility great again!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 09:43 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: kraken
___
Officers are still leading the charge.
The charge against White rage.
The charge against systemic racism.
The charge against transphobia.
etc.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:44 AM (8HfoY)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 09:44 AM (Y5qcH)
Getting so sleepy
Posted by: Skip's phone at November 11, 2022 09:44 AM (VAcNj)
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 09:44 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 09:43 AM (eYoxG)
Well, we still have counties....
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:44 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: runner
Yep. Just check the KIA’s of officers in the Civil War. Astounding.
Posted by: kraken
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis..."
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:44 AM (OvB8Q)
Surreal photorealistic is my 2nd fave.
And bewbs deserve a favorable mention for the most part. Like, say, Vargas.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (JOtiF)
Thee Hills Are Alive, With The Sound of Oh My God What Is THAT!!? - a limerick
Picking poppies on the hills above Zion
Was shocking,(if I'm lyin' I'm dyin')
My day wasn't boring
'Cause the stertorous snoring
Emanated from a Cowardly Lion
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:40 AM (V13WU)
Yep. Just check the KIA’s of officers in the Civil War. Astounding.
It was no different in WWI. The "elites" in the officer class were expected to lead the charge. It was often little different than suicide.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (AmoqO)
Ut pictura poesis?
Posted by: Ziba at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (4h9M3)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 09:41 AM (7bRMQ)
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Indeed. I used to scoff at those "War Is Not The Answer" bumper stickers because it damn sure has to be sometimes, as in those cases you cite.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 09:46 AM (K3TEc)
I really don't see this as a limitation.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 09:46 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:46 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:45 AM (V13WU)
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A bicycle FTW!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 09:47 AM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022 09:47 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 09:47 AM (906pl)
We don't have an endless supply of these brave men, and we need to remind ourselves of that fact and communicate it to our leaders.
Britain found that out in WWI and never recovered.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (OvB8Q)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Piper at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: safristi at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (qktfm)
Posted by: Archimedes
Does this fact have something to do with the boots being mounted backwards in the stirrups of the ceremonial horse leading a funeral cortege?
You know, turning to look back at the men you are leading?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (8HfoY)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (3Lw3j)
And yes, I can still recite it.
Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 09:49 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (V13WU)
It was Barbara Babcock looking pouty. That's about as far as I get.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 11, 2022 09:49 AM (906pl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2022 09:50 AM (u82oZ)
But it's not nation against nation.
Posted by: SMH
interesting - what is it then ? good and evil ? they are always at war, always been. sometimes it takes dramatic scope and looks like WWI or WWII.
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:50 AM (V13WU)
The Wall.
When you go to Washington, no need to say anything else. Technically it is the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and it is unlike any other war memorial I have ever seen in any country. Designed by 21 year old Maya Lin, many were skeptical when it was first unveiled: but it has become hallowed ground, a place in the national consciousness which brings tears to the eyes of visitors, regardless of whether they had any personal involvement with it, or the war to whose fighters it is dedicated.
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=133325
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:51 AM (8HfoY)
You know, turning to look back at the men you are leading?
No idea, but it's a nice thought.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 09:51 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022
***
Yes; very much an anti-war statement of its time, spring 1967. Though the really fierce protests against the U.S. involvement in Vietnam didn't rev up until late that year or the first half of '68. So says my early teen memory.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 09:51 AM (J2vNu)
Daniel Ridgway Knight
More excellence. I love it when they're able to capture lighting like this. It just seems like a supernatural ability.
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 09:51 AM (BOHPk)
Posted by: safristi at November 11, 2022 09:52 AM (qktfm)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 11, 2022 09:52 AM (Wnv9h)
He's a great American.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 09:52 AM (qH6FZ)
The Great War was not about good and evil. The Second War was.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 11, 2022 09:52 AM (e+csY)
>>Could you be more specific please?
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 09:19 AM (OLVeZ)
Each and every one of you.
Posted by: Toyama Koichi at November 11, 2022 09:52 AM (44ww/)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (V13WU)
Thats the one where computers fought wars, estimated casualties, and people reported to a machine to be vaporized?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (44ww/)
Posted by: Piper at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Backatcha !
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Surprise Anal Bush Monster at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (91+c5)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (V13WU)
They didn't listen to me.
Posted by: Gen'l Sherman at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (7bRMQ)
But...I love that poem. I miss the old vets handing out poppies. I still have the last two I received, they're on the rear view mirror of my car. Been there for years. I miss my dad (WWII).
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (Rbu5d)
Certainly nice curves on the young lady, although not very exposed.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (hOOi9)
Posted by: safristi at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (qktfm)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Conditioning for that final act began years earlier when 'leaders' ordered subjects to put on a useless mask.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Jaimo at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (DBrN4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (3Lw3j)
Certainly nice curves on the young lady, although not very exposed.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (hOOi9)
In three...two....one....
Posted by: Otters in the Underbrush at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (906pl)
This is obviously troll season, and will be through the end of the counts and the Georgia run-off election.
But try hard to ignore them. They WANT a response...They NEED a response, so giving them a response is counterproductive.
Worst case? email a coblogger, but only if the problem is awful. The moderators' names are private and will remain so, but they do yoeman's work and take care of a lot of the issues.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (a4EWo)
You know, turning to look back at the men you are leading?
No idea, but it's a nice thought.
Posted by: Archimedes
Per Bing, backwards boots are to symbolize the rider looking back towards the living one last time before riding into the beyond.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (OvB8Q)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (8HfoY)
It is a solid mile of pictures of Marines killed in combat spaced 6 feet apart, with their names, ranks, and ages at the time of their death.
Obviously, it is a very solemn mile, no one says anything in that section.
I passed a runner, she was on her knees in front of one of the signs, sobbing as she tried to take a picture of it.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (OvB8Q)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (8HfoY)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Jaimo at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (DBrN4)
It's not you. The blog is older than dirt, and until Ace insists on an upgrade we are going to have to tolerate that sort of shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (XIJ/X)
I get the same thing. It's very annoying.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (OvB8Q)
++++
Death rituals are almost universally fascinating.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (t0OGg)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 11, 2022 09:52 AM (e+csY)
one can argue that colonialism, absolutism, and Kaiser Wilhelm were the acolytes of evil....
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022
*
Thats the one where computers fought wars, estimated casualties, and people reported to a machine to be vaporized?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022
***
That's it. An early example of Kirk violating the directive against interfering with other planets. And yes, an early appearance by Barbara Babcock, who would later feature in the "Plato's Stepchildren" episode, and would heat up the TV screen as a sensuous MILF in Hill Street Blues in the '80s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (3Lw3j)
Posted by: Paul at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (E2Rzh)
Why is there never a follow-up question to that? Wonder how many of that 80% thinks we're headed in the wrong direction because people are still allowed to drive gas-powered cars and there's no universal basic income for all.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (V13WU)
Melancholy feeling to knowing that they would all be repulsed by our leaders and society today.
But that is the way it is--hold tight to memories of the good times, try not to be discouraged in the bad times, and know this moment too shall pass.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Jaimo at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (DBrN4)
He knows about it, he said just don't sweat it, it will cycle itself out. Happens to me once and a while also, no big deal.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (qH6FZ)
Hub and I are going out this evening after he gets off work.
Gonna be bundled up, since it's cold right now, heh.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (8HfoY)
*******
Still counting. but predicting a winner, assuming 'things' fall out as expected...
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: DB at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (geLO8)
Posted by: JTB at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
And they dried up completely the day after the draft was abolished. Which probably pissed off the Soviets, since they spent so much time and money to build up the antiwar movement only to find that it was really an antidraft movement, which wasn't nearly as useful for their propaganda.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (KYKwc)
@ElectionWiz
Trump goes after Gov. Youngkin, saying his name sounds "Chinese."
From Truth Social-
"Young Kin (now that's an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn't it?) in
Virginia couldn't have won without me. I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump
Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him - or he couldn't have
come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a
hard time with the Dems in Virginia - But he'll get it done!"
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 09:58 AM (V13WU)
2. is a paradox.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 09:55 AM (J2vNu)
They're counting votes!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (VwHCD)
yes !
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (kXYt5)
Maybe just say something snarky about how you guess George Washington should have just staged some protests, or gone on a hunger strike, or called King George III a "big meanie".
What they're saying is pure enemy propaganda. Our enemies sure don't live in that kind of fantasy world.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (hOOi9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022 09:53 AM (VwHCD)
"If people knew that their number would be pulled, they wouldn't be so quick to volunteer." Yeah but it isn't like that, and until it is, I'm going to sign up or not sign up making up my own mind.
Highways kill thousands every year, and I don't consider that to be a luxury I can do without either. I accept the danger and so does everyone else.
A crystal ball that tells you how you will die would be a terrible curse. You look and you see a terrible crash, then you go and sell your motorcycle. Then you look again, and you see a heart attack. Then you swear off fried foods. Then you look again...
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (44ww/)
Posted by: Jaimo at November 11, 2022
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If you mean along the side panels, not blocking the main text or the comments, yes, I see them too in Brave.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (J2vNu)
This is obviously troll season, and will be through the end of the counts and the Georgia run-off election.
But try hard to ignore them. They WANT a response...They NEED a response, so giving them a response is counterproductive.
Worst case? email a coblogger, but only if the problem is awful. The moderators' names are private and will remain so, but they do yoeman's work and take care of a lot of the issues.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Well said and useful on any other website a person visits.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (OvB8Q)
The death blow of western civilization
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 11, 2022 10:01 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (T4tVD)
Ahahahahahahahahahah!
Posted by: Postal Workers Union at November 11, 2022 10:01 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
If you want to have your guts torn out, attend an Old Order Amish burial once. No singing but readings at the gravesite. One last look at the deceased and then, the Bishop nails the lid on the coffin. The blows of the hammer drive home the finality of our death and our fragile life on earth.
It's something else.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 10:01 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:01 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Jaimo
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Those are how Ace keeps the lights on. You can also hit the tip jar. I need to figure out a way since I have killed my Paypal account to do that.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 10:01 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (Y5qcH)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (V13WU)
You know, turning to look back at the men you are leading?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 09:48 AM (LsEU/)
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Interesting caparison
Posted by: 496 at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (gsJYg)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (XIJ/X)
@ElectionWiz
Trump goes after Gov. Youngkin, saying his name sounds "Chinese."
From Truth Social-
"Young Kin (now that's an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn't it?) in
Virginia couldn't have won without me. I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump
Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him - or he couldn't have
come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a
hard time with the Dems in Virginia - But he'll get it done!"
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (NpAcC)
Is it just me or does Trump almost sound like he's trying to piss everyone off so he doesn't have to run again?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (KbCG3)
Armed Forces Day celebrates those who currently wear the uniform
Memorial Day remembers those who died in the uniform
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (1DgE4)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (eYoxG)
++++
Not in the Matrix, where there is no spoon.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (t0OGg)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (Y5qcH)
Get used to disappointment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: ten million ticks at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (ESjRY)
It's something else.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 10:01 AM (LsEU/)
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Sounds like it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (t0OGg)
When you go to Washington, no need to say anything else. Technically it is the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and it is unlike any other war memorial I have ever seen in any country. Designed by 21 year old Maya Lin, many were skeptical when it was first unveiled: but it has become hallowed ground, a place in the national consciousness which brings tears to the eyes of visitors, regardless of whether they had any personal involvement with it, or the war to whose fighters it is dedicated.
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Thank you, SMH. It really is quite moving.
Wifey was a fan of the TV series China Beach, which I'd never seen -- so we watched it a couple years ago. I really liked it, and the series finale "Hello Goodbye" was a beautifully done future reunion that ended at the Vietnam Memorial ... while the great old Eagles song that I hadn't heard in decades -- "Try To Love Again" -- played in the background.
Brought more than a tear to my eye, it did ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (yfW84)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (dO/0d)
I had the same thought, but no, I don't really think so. I think he's off his game, and feels threatened. In the Youngkin case, this might be what set him off.
The post by Trump comes a day after Youngkin’s Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) said that she “couldn’t” support Trump if he made a third bid for the Oval Office in 2024.
“I could not support him. I just couldn’t,” said Sears, adding that voters are saying “enough is enough” in relation to Trump through their midterm votes.
“A true leader understands when they have become a liability,” said the lieutenant governor. “A true leader understands that it’s time to step off the stage, and the voters have given us that very clear message.”
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (eOEVl)
It's something else.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Give me an Irish wake when I go. Death is something we all go through but I think it is far better to celebrate the memories of life rather than emphasize death. Might have something to do with my faith but even so, we live on in memories of our loved ones so try to work on making those pleasant m'kay. Everyday. We are all works in progress.
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Miklos, who was a pretty good kid at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (Kme0F)
++++
/me shudders
Ticks are an example of why man invented civilization.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (t0OGg)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (pmoqr)
Posted by: JT
No. Federal & banking holiday.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 09:57 AM (OvB8Q)
But Wall Street is up and at 'em. Says pretty much all that need be said.
Posted by: CZ=FNG, Free Republic of Florida at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (MkuC5)
"Young Kin (now that's an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn't it?) in
Virginia couldn't have won without me. I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump
Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him - or he couldn't have
come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a
hard time with the Dems in Virginia - But he'll get it done!"
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 09:59 AM (NpAcC)
Is it just me or does Trump almost sound like he's trying to piss everyone off so he doesn't have to run again?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (KbCG3)
It's just politics, with the slightly unusual aspect of Trump acting as an attack dog instead of using surrogates. He (and others) said way worse in the 2016 primaries.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (eYoxG)
A scene that always has stuck in my mind was when she was killed and fell on the floor in such a way that her dress was partially pulled up. Michael Conrad as Sgt. Esterhaus gently pulls her dress back down to preserve her modesty.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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And they dried up completely the day after the draft was abolished. Which probably pissed off the Soviets, since they spent so much time and money to build up the antiwar movement only to find that it was really an antidraft movement, which wasn't nearly as useful for their propaganda.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2022
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The protests screamed on through '68, '69, '70, and '71, I think. The presidential election of '68 was the first I ever paid attention to. Nixon was saying he'd abolish the draft or end the war, or both, while Humphrey was apparently going on with both. And at 15, I didn't want to get drafted a couple of years hence.
The anti-draft movement weakened a bit when Nixon changed the selection method to a birth-date lottery.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:05 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (T4tVD)
Ahahahahahahahahahah!
Posted by: Postal Workers Union
Aw, it wasn't THAT funny !
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 10:05 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (KbCG3)
******
I don't know, but he is making my anxiety go to eleventy.
Trump can be his own worst enemy. He is just going to alienate more people.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (NpAcC)
Is it just me or does Trump almost sound like he's trying to piss everyone off so he doesn't have to run again?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (KbCG3)
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Trump's ego needs to be in limelight, whether it be good or bad.
Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: More MAGA Cope at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (Ua7nF)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (eOEVl)
This starts to sound like the party loyalty oaths only run one way thing. If we can't expect Rs in political office to support Trump if he wins the nom, why should we expect Trump to support them?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (Y5qcH)
Get used to disappointment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:03 AM (XIJ/X)
Weird, that was what what my parents always told me.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (Y5qcH)
The Wall.
When you go to Washington, no need to say anything else. Technically it is the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and it is unlike any other war memorial I have ever seen in any country. Designed by 21 year old Maya Lin, many were skeptical when it was first unveiled: but it has become hallowed ground, a place in the national consciousness which brings tears to the eyes of visitors, regardless of whether they had any personal involvement with it, or the war to whose fighters it is dedicated.
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=133325
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 09:51 AM (8HfoY)
This traditional statue is there as well, designed to satisfy the traditionalists. It's done well.
https://tinyurl.com/44rs6d2k
Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (AmoqO)
Trump can be his own worst enemy. He is just going to alienate more people.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (NpAcC)
He's starting to alienate me
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (bs+z0)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken
********
Geez! Where'd you get this crystal ball? Harbor Freight?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (8HfoY)
People need purpose more than they need safety.
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (44ww/)
"World has nine years to avert catastrophic warming, study shows"
Thank goodness! I thought it was too late already.
Posted by: gp Sets In Motion Various Apparatuses at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (24fqN)
Thats a groaner.
:/
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (1DgE4)
Depends on how hard it was, then it's a grunter.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (7bRMQ)
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A scene that always has stuck in my mind was when she was killed and fell on the floor in such a way that her dress was partially pulled up. Michael Conrad as Sgt. Esterhaus gently pulls her dress back down to preserve her modesty.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022
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I got to see a bunch of the episodes recently, and I don't remember that. She outlived him, as I recall. Was she killed, and then another character pulled her dress down?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (V13WU)
I've been told they are all meth addicts so ace doesn't have to spring for a dental plan for em.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (1DgE4)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:07 AM (44ww/)
“I could not support him. I just couldn’t,” said Sears, adding that voters are saying “enough is enough” in relation to Trump through their midterm votes.
“A true leader understands when they have become a liability,” said the lieutenant governor. “A true leader understands that it’s time to step off the stage, and the voters have given us that very clear message.”
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (eOEVl)
Ah, that's probably it. Shocked she would say that. Would've thought she'd be a staunch Trump supporter. So much disappointment right now.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (KbCG3)
Part of the job was to explain."
Posted by: Miklos, who was a pretty good kid
Does anyone in the U.S. do that anymore, sell and wear poppies today? I remember when I was school it was still a thing, haven't thought about it in years.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (qH6FZ)
Wasn't it 12 years in 2012? So...we get until 2031 now?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (pmoqr)
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 10:04 AM (CXr4y)
I have specific requests for my wake/funeral and yes it includes an open bar.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (53oGX)
Jenness Cortez. She looks like she would be a combo of Julia Child and Bob Ross. Her main subject matter is painting a selected framed masterpiece hanging on a wall with various related items on the mantle or table below it. Amazing work.
Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (Kme0F)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (44ww/)
See Heinlein's Lifelne.
Posted by: Fox2! at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (3d2Rp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Truth be told, after my 29th bd my rememberer has gone to shit. I may be way wrong on that.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 10:09 AM (LsEU/)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022
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They'd probably arrest you as an opioid dealer.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:09 AM (J2vNu)
I was adamantly opposed to it when it was first built, but then I visited it. I'm happy to admit I was completely wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:09 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Miklos von Molnar at November 11, 2022 10:09 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:09 AM (kXYt5)
I mean, not as pretty as Miss Greater Derry, but probably pleasant enough....
https://tinyurl.com/2p87fe98
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (7bRMQ)
Trump is doing all the work for him.
Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (G0vdT)
The poem was written by a Canadian. In Canada, it's Remembrance Day, which is much like the US Memorial Day. WWI was much more important to Canada than it was to the US, hence honoring fallen soldiers occurs on the date that WWI ended. Memorial Day is more tied into the Civil War.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (clHBm)
"In addition to FTX, approximately 130 additional affiliated companies (together, the "FTX Group"), have commenced voluntary proceedings under Chap. Wait, 130? Yup"
Guy was the 2nd largest dem donor this election too.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (Y5qcH)
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What is the sound of Trigglypuff shaking her arms, Alex?
Posted by: Muldoon
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lol
ew
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (8HfoY)
Thanks for all the advanced notice you pos agent!!
Sheese.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (LsEU/)
In Krull the Cyclops have this curse.
One of the protagonist Cyclops sees he'll die if he helps the rest of the group and at first leaves them but then comes back and dies a heroic death.
The take on it is he's willing to die to save everyone else, I guess another take is he saw he'd die from a stroke 10 minutes later anyway.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (ESjRY)
FFS. While actual addictive drugs are being legalized. Maybe we should classify air and water as addictive while we're at it. I love that stuff and can't get enough.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (qH6FZ)
1. Trump loses primary to RDS
2. Trump goes 3rd party
3. Trump gets Perot numbers
4. Pritzker is president , country in tears
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (V13WU)
We knew why.
Part of the job was to explain.
Posted by: Miklos
https://youtu.be/Wy7cmGyKwek
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (sVfvf)
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (53oGX)
Pre paid? How much is that?
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (Y5qcH)
My parents told me to go play in the street?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (dO/0d)
The best thing that DeSantis and Youngkin can do is not respond. The is a war between Trump and the Deep State, don't get involved and let it play out.
Sears should have kept quiet.
I think the smart ones will remember that Cruz national ambitions were destroyed. 16 people ran against Trump, and they are all now off the national stage.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (5p7BC)
It's been a few decades of being lectured about not voting for the correct person in the primaries then having the GOPe tank the race, only to be lectured about needing to back the RINO because we need to...
It continues because the base allows it.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (53oGX)
Wasn't it 12 years in 2012? So...we get until 2031 now?
It has been some version of 9 years since the 80s. You'd think by now they'd be embarrassed to do this again. You'd be wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (pmoqr)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (XIJ/X)
I had enough of that from Obastard. What is wrong with Trump?
Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (cTCuP)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 11, 2022 10:13 AM (EGSGm)
What's the rush? We can't possibly know in nine years.
Posted by: Maricopa County Scientists at November 11, 2022 10:13 AM (yZlY6)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:00 AM (44ww/)
I was told I was to die of dysentery.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:13 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (pmoqr)
That would be a recipe for a democratic walk over
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 10:13 AM (dO/0d)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at November 11, 2022 10:13 AM (I9VC/)
Trump is doing all the work for him.
Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (G0vdT)
On the contrary, that Trump's "lack of decorum" remains unchanged and that his political adversaries are unable to compete similarly, instead resorting to conventional political tactics, means they will most likely meet the same fate as his 2016 primary opponents. Trump seemingly still has a clear lane with the group that swept him to victory then.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:14 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Truth be told, after my 29th bd my rememberer has gone to shit. I may be way wrong on that.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 11, 2022
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I know that when Conrad got sick they had Esterhaus get sick as well, so that when Conrad went they retired the role in the show, with appropriate mourning by the characters. And Barbara's character was one of them. I dunno if *she* was ever killed. Now, Jennifer Tilly played a sexy mobster's girlfriend who gets involved with the lieutenant with the mustache; and she meets a sudden end. Maybe you're thinking of her.
I never watched the show when it was new. But when it ran on H & I in the last couple of years, I looked forward to it and came to enjoy the characters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:14 AM (J2vNu)
One Granddaddy fought in the US Army against the Krauts in 1917-18.
Other grandfather was medical officer in the KuK army
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Molnar at November 11, 2022 10:14 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at November 11, 2022 10:14 AM (I9VC/)
The best thing that DeSantis and Youngkin can do is not respond. The is a war between Trump and the Deep State, don't get involved and let it play out.
Sears should have kept quiet.
I think the smart ones will remember that Cruz national ambitions were destroyed. 16 people ran against Trump, and they are all now off the national stage.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (5p7BC)
Whatever it is, everyone is playing their part to make sure this election is as demoralizing as possible for our side.
And it's working.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (pmoqr)
Sears should have kept quiet.
Agree with point one (Trump seems to be destroying himself, and you know Nappy B's old axiom) if you prefer someone else in '24.
Still thinking about point two.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 11, 2022 10:06 AM (bs+z0)
Yes. And that is a problem.
I want Trump to be the philosophical leader of an energized conservative movement in America.
I don't want him to be a prickly bully who insists upon being the most important person in the room, no matter what!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (XIJ/X)
Fauci in '84: All you straight people are going to die from AIDS
Fauci in '21: All you young healthy people are going to die from COVID
Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (qH6FZ)
I started school at the end of the Summer of Love, I don't remember poppies ever being sold or displayed. It was always a Brit or Canadian thing.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (7bRMQ)
Wasn't it 12 years in 2012? So...we get until 2031 now?
It has been some version of 9 years since the 80s. You'd think by now they'd be embarrassed to do this again. You'd be wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes
We are in our 52nd year of 10 years to save Mama Earf!!! Act Now before it's too late!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (sVfvf)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
The "Trump Quicksand", as he recently truthed (sp? don't know how you write that)
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (BOHPk)
Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (5p7BC)
You're probably right. And ironically, Cruz was supposed to be the smartest of the smart ones. Too bad about Winsome Sears.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022
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Pre paid? How much is that?
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022
***
"HOW much is all this costing my estate? My God, that much? Well, make it $10K and throw me in the river."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (J2vNu)
1) I suppose you could say he always "feels threatened", because he's always actually being threatened, but since he always gets the better of his adversaries it's safe to assume he's really not that worried.
2) If you think he's "off his game", that just means he's several moves ahead of you. You'd think people would figure this out by now.
3) There are likely reasons why Trump is intentionally trying to make it look like he's distancing himself from certain people, when it's really just an act.
Make the mistake of thinking that Trump is doing something out of pettiness or narcissism, or whatever, at your own peril. The guy's a genius and a deal-maker; just watch, use your head, and see if you can maybe learn something.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:17 AM (hOOi9)
Posted by: Lincoln Dildo Society at November 11, 2022 10:17 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Jaimo at November 11, 2022 10:17 AM (DBrN4)
(And, yes, I know what KuK stands for.)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:17 AM (atmen)
Gotta get on thanking the living veterans I know. Gonna take all day with all of them in my family.
Have a great Friday, all!
Posted by: Catherine at November 11, 2022 10:17 AM (8XVdc)
And it's working.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (KbCG3)
On some. Ignore the op. Ignore the fake news, which generally begins "Trump should . . . ."
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:18 AM (yHsuS)
I was adamantly opposed to it when it was first built, but then I visited it. I'm happy to admit I was completely wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes
At first it sounded like a crappy approximation to a memorial to me...
Then, like you, I visited it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 11, 2022 10:18 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:16 AM (J2vNu)
W/my friends an open bar would leave no estate....cash bar.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 10:18 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (pmoqr)
Not a chance.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (XIJ/X)
(And, yes, I know what KuK stands for.)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022
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Do tell. It looks like somebody started to type the full name of the Klan, and got interrupted.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (J2vNu)
Eh, it's from the Daily Mail ... basically the Weekly World News, but with pictures of washed-up celebs in bikinis you MUST BUY NOW.
Posted by: spindrift at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (h5TKJ)
Hungarian.
Trust me.
Typical.
Posted by: Miklos von Molnar at November 11, 2022 10:09 AM (SP4pi)
Like this:
https://tinyurl.com/2h5rwuem
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
If you need to dump a car in da rivah, ummm
Posted by: Miklos may or may not have done that at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (hS8+x)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (qH6FZ)
I remember when my Dad was manager of the American Legion the auxiliary would sell the poppies .
Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 10:19 AM (Kme0F)
"...Sergeant Chapman and the team voluntarily reinserted onto the snow-capped mountain, into the heart of a known enemy stronghold to rescue one of their own. Without regard for his own safety, Sergeant Chapman immediately engaged, moving in the direction of the closest enemy position despite coming under heavy fire from multiple directions. He fearlessly charged an enemy bunker, up a steep incline in thigh-deep snow and into hostile fire, directly engaging the enemy. Upon reaching the bunker, Sergeant Chapman assaulted and cleared the position, killing all enemy occupants. With complete disregard for his own life, Sergeant Chapman deliberately moved from cover only 12 meters from the enemy, and exposed himself once again to attack a second bunker, from which an emplaced machine gun was firing on his team. During this assault from an exposed position directly in the line of intense fire, Sergeant Chapman was struck and injured by enemy fire. Despite severe, mortal wounds, he continued to fight relentlessly, sustaining a violent engagement with multiple enemy personnel before making the ultimate sacrifice. "
Never forgotten.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (eacmp)
The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial was designed to look like an unhealed scar in the earth. The black granite is to mimic tombstones and the funerary black. It is also highly reflective so the viewer can see himself as he focuses on the names on the Wall, so the names take on a ghostly form behind them. The Wall is higher in the middle and tapers to points at the ends. This creates a forced perspective that makes the Wall appear longer than it really was, possible symbolic of how the war went on and on. As you approach the memorial you start at ground level, but as you follow the Wall you descend below the surface, as though you are walking down into a grave. The names begin in the center and go to one end, then pick back up at the opposite end and finish in the center again. The names, therefore, are listed in a circle. A circle has no end, the names seem to go on forever. In my opinion, The Wall is probably one of the greatest war memorials ever designed.
Posted by: Kris at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (VQp/A)
Guy was the 2nd largest dem donor this election too.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:10 AM (Y5qcH)
Now you know where the money went....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (7bRMQ)
What life to lead and where to go
After the War, after the War?
We’d often talked this way before.
But I still see the brazier glow
That April night, still feel the smoke
And stifling pungency of burning coke.
I’d thought: ‘A cottage in the hills,
North Wales, a cottage full of books,
Pictures and brass and cosy nooks
And comfortable broad window-sills,
Flowers in the garden, walls all white.
I’d live there peacefully and dream and write.’
(more)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (bW8dp)
Can anyone prove Biden is actually alive at this point? He pretty much acts like a badly malfunctioning version of remote control Spock from "Spock's Brain".
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (lz5hY)
********
I've known some doctors and nurse practitioners with prognostic track records like that...
...but it's probably not lupus.
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (kXYt5)
But Willie said: ‘No, Home’s no good:
Old England’s quite a hopeless place,
I’ve lost all feeling for my race:
But France has given my heart and blood
Enough to last me all my life,
I’m off to Canada with my wee wife.
‘Come with us, Mac, old thing,’ but Mac
Drawled: ‘No, a Coral Isle for me,
A warm green jewel in the South Sea.
There’s merit in a lumber shack,
And labour is a grand thing…but—
Give me my hot beach and my cocoanut.’
So then we built and stocked for Willie
His log-hut, and for Mac a calm
Rock-a-bye cradle on a palm—
Idyllic dwellings—but this silly
Mad War has now wrecked both, and what
Better hopes has my little cottage got?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (qH6FZ)
The last one I bought was about three years ago...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:18 AM (yHsuS)
It's more than that. Dems have done a great job of trickling out results. Even with reps taking back Congress (a likely scenario), these delays have opened a window that allows for this type of infighting and second guessing.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Biergood at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (FQWHA)
https://tinyurl.com/2h5rwuem
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Totally.Fukins.Busted
Please forgive exotic accentings.
Posted by: Miklos may or may not be that guy at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: BlackOrchidDancingByMyself at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (w0NJk)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (pmoqr)
*****
He can't win that way. Do the math.
He would have zero Allie's in the House or Senate if he did that.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (NpAcC)
Literally no one I know understands its significance (except my husband, the historian).
Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (aW5/6)
Indeed. Remember how he took out Jeb Bush - the presumed nominee - with TWO WORDS? It was unreal.
Yet people STILL question his demeaner, methods, etc. Such arrogance. It's not rocket science why Those Who Would Be Our Masters (GOP establishment, and their puppet masters) dislike him so, and are spreading the complete nonsense about how he is bad for the party. He's bad for THEM.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (hOOi9)
Now you know where the money went....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:20 AM (7bRMQ)
FINALLY!
Posted by: Zombie Robert Palmer at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (906pl)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (qH6FZ)
I know George Floyd was a big fan of poppy products.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (Y5qcH)
This is obviously troll season, and will be through the end of the counts and the Georgia run-off election.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 09:56 AM (XIJ/X)
Are troll feeders above trees stands ok late season? Or no?
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (5p7BC)
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That's what I fear. DeSantis better get the best war consigliere he can get if he decides to run.
Posted by: WisRich at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (NpAcC)
Kingdom in German.Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:08 AM (53oGX)
Pre paid? How much is that?
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (AwYPR)
It is not pre-paid as I'm a youthful 29... but I have substantial life insurance coverage that will certainly cover my requests post passing.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (53oGX)
You did good, CBD. And you've reminded me I need to replant red poppies in my tiny yard and also at the local Veterans post.
Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 10:24 AM (NIYa7)
Evil Shrek almost certainly won via fraud, I'm guessing Shapiro actually won.
So...enjoy funployment Pennsylvanians.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2022 10:24 AM (ESjRY)
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (0fVbu)
Certainly, but use a silenced weapon. You'll harvest more that way.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:24 AM (XIJ/X)
Let us watch Europe freeze tho it winter and see if any governments fall because of forced green policy
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at November 11, 2022 10:24 AM (46gCb)
This kind of overheated rhetoric persuades nobody. Either you're preaching to your own choir, or you just don't care about winning. Politics is persuasion, and you're alienating people, even those already on your side.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:24 AM (eOEVl)
1. Trump loses primary to RDS
2. Trump goes 3rd party
3. Trump gets Perot numbers
4. Pritzker is president , country in tears
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:11 AM (V13WU)
Trump won't do that. That's fantasy.
If he was running 3rd pty he'd have split off already.
Trump loves Trump sure, but he also loves the country.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (53oGX)
I don't want him to be a prickly bully who insists upon being the most important person in the room, no matter what!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (XIJ/X)
Imagine the difference if Trump had come out after DeSantis' win and said something like, "Way to kick their woke asses, Ron. Florida goes full MAGA and Ron stomps Crist, flips four house seats. That's how you do it."
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (KbCG3)
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I'm really struggling with this image in my mind ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (K3TEc)
Everyone who inconveniences the Deep State gets to see their FBI file eventually. Paul Ryan got his after he told Obama to learn math.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (pmoqr)
*****
He can't win that way. Do the math.
He would have zero Allie's in the House or Senate if he did that.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (NpAcC)
The theoretical opportunity would've been just after 2020, to basically build a new party largely on the old one. But he chose not to and that moment has passed.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
*quietly plans to gain the Adriatic coast*
Posted by: Miklos I, Rightful King of all the Albanias at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (kXYt5)
Couldn't help yourself, could you?
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 10:26 AM (AwYPR)
Trump is not destroying himself, Trump hasn't lost his mind. Trump is the same now as he was in 2015. He goes after his opponents, he did it in the 2015-16 primaries, he did it as President and has done it in the last two years.
For some reason everyone loves it when he goes after the Democrats and beltway but now we're back to 2015-2016 when it beyond the pale or something.
He is what he is but quit pretending he's changed, he hasn't.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:26 AM (qH6FZ)
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*finishes 2nd cup of coffee*
"That's an outrage! They should definitely ban these products that cause addiction!"
*pours 3rd cup of coffee*
Posted by: 496 at November 11, 2022 10:26 AM (RTmh4)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (kXYt5)
Ugh, poppy breath
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2022 10:26 AM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:26 AM (Y5qcH)
On the other hand...eating bugs, well, that's just fine!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (KLPy8)
"We owe a debt we can never repay to our nation’s veterans, service members, and their families. To all the veterans at Apple and beyond, thank you for your service and sacrifice."
Google actually has an American Flag, for once.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (KbCG3)
Bingo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (XIJ/X)
What was the selection method before that?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (e+csY)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (KbCG3)
Well, perhaps. Knowing is half the battle, yeah? Don't give in to the divide and conquer strategies. Ignore the trolls. And probably mostly, don't imagine your enemy to be bigger than he is.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (yHsuS)
It would make more sense to say that it's the establishment that he is systematically supplanting that were never Republicans. They work for the same puppet masters as the Dems, in the Uniparty. Has it really been so long that nobody remembers what THOSE guys were like when they were in power?
Trump actually delivered on what those clowns had been promising for decades, but that they were really always against.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (hOOi9)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Homer Simpson, Historian at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (KLPy8)
Yet people STILL question his demeaner, methods, etc. Such arrogance. It's not rocket science why Those Who Would Be Our Masters (GOP establishment, and their puppet masters) dislike him so, and are spreading the complete nonsense about how he is bad for the party. He's bad for THEM.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:22 AM (hOOi9)
Trouble is, Desantis ain't Jeb. Trump has never run against a popular GOPer other than maybe Cruz.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:23 AM (kXYt5)
Ugh, poppy breath
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death
Hardest thing is potty training poppies.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (OvB8Q)
Agreed. Trump is ALWAYS out to win at all costs. Always.
DeSantis is a primary threat, therefore DeSantis must be destroyed.
Totally predictable.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: MAC V SOG at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (P4Pk9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (hOOi9)
What promises?
Posted by: polynikes at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (Kme0F)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (KbCG3)
Bingo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (XIJ/X)
I imagine we'd all feel better if Trump bought us all ponies, too.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (yHsuS)
Liberals like America when they run it. Remember the famous "those are OUR planes now!" at Bill Clinton's inauguration?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (ZGrMX)
He has invaded the Republican party and is taking it over from within. When this is all over, I think they'll have a good name again.
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (CaJIi)
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:21 AM (NpAcC)
lol... Sorry, I know you are right but he didn't have allies anyway.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (53oGX)
The best thing that DeSantis and Youngkin can do is not respond. The is a war between Trump and the Deep State, don't get involved and let it play out.
Sears should have kept quiet.
I think the smart ones will remember that Cruz national ambitions were destroyed. 16 people ran against Trump, and they are all now off the national stage.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:12 AM (5p7BC)
Bingo. The establishment knows that if trump wins its 4 years only. He will be unleashed not having to worry about reelection. He would be a frigging death star. You will never see a dude in the position to do what he could do, because every last M'fer to become president will worry about the NEXT 4 years and meander through the first 4. Trump won't have that issue. 4 years to break other people's shit and not worry. You want to bring hell on earth to the dems? You want revenge? You want justice for the all the people in garland's gulag? You elect trump next time. Period.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (VwHCD)
I don't want him to be a prickly bully who insists upon being the most important person in the room, no matter what!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:15 AM (XIJ/X)
Philosophical leader? That's not really where his value add is, anymore than the kingmaker thing some of y'all were pushing.
He's a good individual politician, he's a good administrator, and we're starting to see signs he understands being a party boss of a political machine (which has been a serious weakpoint for Rs and strongpoint for Ds for decades). But philosophy and articulating a platform aren't where he's best.
The Rs have always suffered from internal discord. If he can set up a national-level party machine and monarchial party boss seat, that goes a long way to getting people pushing in the same direction with more consistency.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (eYoxG)
*Kim from Team America: Inebitable! It is inebitably going to happen! You need to clean out your fucking ears!
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (44ww/)
What was the selection method before that?
Posted by: Bandersnatch
"Hey YOU ! C'mere !"
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:26 AM (qH6FZ)
And he often chose badly. He went after the wrong people, and his real opponents quietly destroyed much of what he wanted to accomplish.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:30 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:30 AM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
Don't piss off the (usually Dem) ward boss.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (yHsuS)
I guess it would be too much to ask that the leader of a movement promote and actively celebrate the accomplishments of said movement.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Miklos I, of Davos, Rightful King of all the Albanias at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (SP4pi)
But, I thought the left was against colonialism.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (UuD2k)
I visited the Wall about 20 years ago, and afterwards was totally wrecked.. I didn't really feel like doing anything else, sightseeing, dining out, etc.
The most moving sight was the notes that Vietnam vets had left their fallen comrades.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:32 AM (dCxaZ)
But, I thought the left was against colonialism.
The left is 100% projection 100% of the time. Anything they denounce, they are absolutely doing.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:32 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 11, 2022 10:32 AM (yQpMk)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Philosophical... the man is not.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:32 AM (OLVeZ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
Dod sez "We need x conscripts." Selective Service sends out x draft notices.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 10:33 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:28 AM (yHsuS)
I guess it would be too much to ask that the leader of a movement promote and actively celebrate the accomplishments of said movement.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (KbCG3)
It is when they're fighting for power with each other. Getting along well only comes after that has been settled.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:33 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (UuD2k)
It's (D)ifferent when they do it.... bigot.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:33 AM (OLVeZ)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022
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Ugh, poppy breath
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death
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Hardest thing is potty training poppies.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022
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They're a challenge to teach to walk
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:34 AM (J2vNu)
WHAT THE HELL IS TRUMP GOING AFTER YOUNGKIN TOO, NOW! Christ Almighty - every good MAGA gov we have seems to be fair game to him. Can he can the ego and desire to stomp his friends and enemies on the way to the top and JUST SHUT UP FOR A WEEK!
I mean, VA is toast now - an ethnic joke against our Gov? Did he not see the Makaka thing that broke the damn party here originally.
Sorry, that is all.
SO STUPID! Such an unforced error - AGAIN!
Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 10:34 AM (exHjb)
Let's face it, the Republican party is shit.
The only reason(s) Trump won in 2016 was that first-time voters and disaffected demonrats came out for him, because they recognized a true patriot and not another bullshitting Uniparty clown.
the other reason is the dems' usual MOF didn't work this time. They miscalculated.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:34 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Miklos who actually had a private Zappa concert in Nawlins at November 11, 2022 10:34 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:32 AM (OLVeZ)
You don't think that MAGA is a political philosophy?
If not then you buy into the cult of personality that Trump has always tried to create.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (46gCb)
I mean, that's why Cao was 5pts from winning...
Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (VwHCD)
EXACTLY!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma Donald J. Trump is our duly elected president at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (l0Cy4)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
*
Dod sez "We need x conscripts." Selective Service sends out x draft notices.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022
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Right. I don't remember when it changed, but when I registered in late '71, I got a high (= safer) number.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (J2vNu)
See my @179. I think this is what set him off.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:36 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 10:36 AM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:36 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2022 10:36 AM (KAi1n)
Weird, I never heard of this problem before. It's as if they tragic death of Beau in Iraq highlighted this and his sacrifice will finally be recognized.
Posted by: Ripley at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:32 AM (OLVeZ)
You don't think that MAGA is a political philosophy?
If not then you buy into the cult of personality that Trump has always tried to create.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (XIJ/X)
It's not a philosophy. The new Trump voters care about one thing, most of the people here think MAGA is rewarmed Conservatism.
Trump the politician simply delivers what his constituents wants. He doesn't backstab them. He's not pushing an ideology he constructed.
That doesn't inherently make the policies he pursues a coherent philosophy representing a unified group of people. He has unified disparate interests by addressing their needs individually. This is how Democrats do politics.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Comrade flounder,
********
Is that on the table? Because I could really go for a pony. And you saiid "ponies". Does that mean we can get more than one?
I had a pony when I was 2 y/o. Well actually it was a neighbor's but my parents took a picture of me sitting on the pony. I seemed happy in that photo...
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:30 AM (XIJ/X)
He's got more flaws than you can shake a stick at. My point is what he's doing right now isn't a mistake in his mind. He's going to go hard after his opponents, he ain't going to reign himself in for anyone, including DeSantis.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022
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Remember Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life, sitting on the local draft board and stamping everybody 1-A (fit for military service)? Like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Skip's phone at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (VAcNj)
the stupid party strikes again
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (dCxaZ)
Certainly nice curves on the young lady, although not very exposed.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 09:54 AM (hOOi9)
In three...two....one....
Posted by: Otters in the Underbrush
Sorry for being so late! Take that poppy!
Posted by: Pointy elbows at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (pI97I)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (KbCG3)
He certainly has. He might have left out your favorite, due to a budding political conflict for the 2024 nomination. I might have missed it, but was DeSantis out celebrating the victories and crediting Trump for the hard work he put in in the midterm season? Or was he too busy collecting money from the guys who put in the the type of RINOs Trump was trying to displace?
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (yHsuS)
I saw few stands with poppies for a small donation this year. It was a huge thing in my area of SE PA before covid with several AMVET and VFW Posts competing for booth or table space outside of markets, etc., especially during warm months.
The Posts memberships are falling quickly, with the very last of the WW2 & Korean War veterans passing as are a great deal of the Vietnam era veterans. The younger veterans haven't gravitated to the Posts. They're not within their comfort level and needs which are sustantially different from their seniors. Supporting Post membership has also falling greatly. (Peaceful protests of 2020 didn't help.)
The poppies are still available on occasion, i.e. Memorial Day, etc. Yes, there are still many people who wear them for special occasions, funerals, etc.
Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (NIYa7)
THE POLITICAL LOADING ZONE IS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ONLY.
Posted by: Miklos who actually had a private Zappa concert in Nawlins at November 11, 2022 10:34 AM (SP4pi)
Mix with water and it makes its own sauce!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (lz5hY)
He's putting power behind many candidates that the establishment would have destroyed already.
He's there to call out impostors.
He has an audience that listens to him and not to McConnel or McCarthy.
He must be pushed aside, and this is the OP to do it.
I agree with some of the other comments that say they don't like Desantis either and are hoping for injuries.
The other end is they want a two/three MAGA candidates in the primary to sneak the establishment person in, unlike 2016 where there was Trump and the other 15.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (XIJ/X)
I haven't been able to watch a President talk since Will Farrell impersonated Bush on SNL. They've all been so fucking cringe to bear. MAGA isn't a philosophy, its common sense. To be fair, given the current situation I guess its a philosophy afterall.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (OLVeZ)
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (RHGPo)
I run the pony rides at our church fair. The parents who bring little kids are just beaming, they love it so.
The kids range from enthusiastic to terrified.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (eOEVl)
Liberals like America when they run it. Remember the famous "those are OUR planes now!" at Bill Clinton's inauguration?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:29 AM (ZGrMX)
Also, they're the More War For Oil, warmongering, Kill all The Things, chickenhawks now. Supporting their new hobby with an image on a web page is right up their alley.
In other words, like anything else with the left, they don't care. It's Go Team!
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (eYoxG)
See my @179. I think this is what set him off.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:36 AM (eOEVl)
I don't care what set him off - SEARS CAN'T RUN FOR PRES! He took an attack from a MAGA LT Gov and turned it against a party not involved...
And did it against the damn growing Asian R voters in NoVa...
Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (exHjb)
Humbug!
The good thing is I can probably get out of here in about 6 hours, with 1 of that being lunch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (atmen)
The Poppy Bush now pushes up daisies.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (7bRMQ)
Lol. Yes, anyone who challenges Trump on substance or anything else is now establishment or a deep stater. 🙄
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (eacmp)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:31 AM (UuD2k)
It's (D)ifferent when they do it.... bigot.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:33 AM (OLVeZ)
It is fine so long as the right people are in charge!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (hOUT3)
You mean, before the birthdate lottery (which is all I'd heard of), local unaccountables decided who got drafted?! That must have been full of shenanigans.
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (Sv58p)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (kXYt5)
Right? Now imagine if you had two?
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (yHsuS)
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Going to be a lot of pissed off land owners.
Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Miklos and evreybody who has actually lived under commie-socialism at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (7bRMQ)
That criticism stopped once a lot of people, especially vets, had the chance to visit it in person.
IMO, it's one of the greats, as far as memorials go.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (bW8dp)
Miss me yet?
Posted by: Phil Hartman as Clinton and Reagan at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (pI97I)
oh wait
fucking math
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:38 AM (53oGX)
I can't wait to see the sad sack, limp dick the GOPe tries to foist on us in 2024 and watch them go down in flames. It will be entertaining.
I'm betting it's Pence because they have no imagination at all.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (UuD2k)
- Ukraine is now in full control of the city of Kherson after Russian troops fled, military intelligence has said
- Troops were given hero's welcome in main square by locals who hugged, kissed, and chanted victory slogans
- Came after Kyiv's men pounded river crossings out of the city overnight with artillery amid rumours that thousands of Russian troops could be trapped - but it quickly became apparently most had already gone
- Fears that Moscow could be laying a trap for Ukraine's men also appeared to be unfounded - perhaps part of a disinformation campaign to slow the advance and allow more time to withdraw
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (RHGPo)
Dems offering a match after dousing the house with gasoline? lol, I mean they just want to help Im sure. Always looking out for the good of Republicans.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (53oGX)
He speaks as if somebody or something could somehow END the Biden administration early.
How can a former POTUS talk like that? Think about it. He'd have to have something rather unusual and unprecedented in mind, to talk like that. Perhaps something that requires publicly distancing himself from his allies?
I dunno what it could be, but unexplainable things keep happening, and he's also said something about us being made "very happy" quite soon. Doesn't quite seem like a 2024 bid fits the bill. He's also said outright "a storm is coming", and that "you'll see" what he means.
Maybe something is afoot. We'll just have to be patient, and enjoy the show.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (hOOi9)
Lol. Yes, anyone who challenges Trump on substance or anything else is now establishment or a deep stater. 🙄
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (eacmp)
You can go hear what the Establishment is saying yourself. It's not secret they're trying to set up DeSantis to make a run at Trump. Whether DeSantis himself wants that is up in the air, but he hasn't exactly rejected it.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (eYoxG)
Liz Cheney is gone in January, how could she be in any role?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (ZGrMX)
Is there anyone here who does not see that the establishment is trying to set up DeSantis to challenge him to the nomination?
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (eYoxG)
Of course it is a philosophy. Robust market-based populism with an America-focused foreign policy. The underlying concept is that there is a national zeitgeist that can be served by politics.
As for "most of the people?" I think you have misread this blog if you believe that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (bW8dp)
The WW2 memorial in DC is very nice, but unfortunately I haven't yet visited.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (dCxaZ)
Hit all-time high of active users today
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (Mzdiz)
Eggheads have done enough damage to the world.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (atmen)
Yep.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (lz5hY)
And did it against the damn growing Asian R voters in NoVa...
Whoa, whoa, whoa...don't shoot the messenger. We're on the same side. It was a very stupid thing to do.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (eOEVl)
it seems the vote changing suffering has been insufficeient in PA
Lay on, bros
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (us2H3)
I'm betting it's Pence because they have no imagination at all.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (UuD2k)
At the end of the day, 2024 will either be Trump, Desantis or stay home (most likely in that order). I can't imagine I'm the only one who will sit it out if the GOPe has their way.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:35 AM (J2vNu)
Got classed 1-H in '72..."Administrative Hold"...last lottery was '71...iirc.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (AwYPR)
What you want from him, he simply can't give. But without him, the philosophy is at best a fringe outlier that is easily quashed by the Establishment.
There is no easy answer, and I'm not giving Trump a pass. But I am also being a realist. Trump isn't going away and he isn't changing.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (UuD2k)
Could be Dewine, I don't see Pence improving on JEB.
Posted by: Inogame, non alius regit at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:25 AM (KbCG3)
Bingo.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:27 AM (XIJ/X)
****
That's exactly what he should have done. Trump is his own worst enemy.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (NpAcC)
Miss me yet?
Posted by: Phil Hartman as Clinton and Reagan at November 11, 2022 10:40 AM (pI97I)
Oh how I pine for the Darrell Hammond Gore days
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (OLVeZ)
Posted by: whig at November 11, 2022 10:01
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You can still hit the Paypal tip jar without having a PP account.
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (ViCCR)
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (Sv58p)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (XIJ/X)
That's a string of buzz-words, not a philosophy. As for Trump as philosopher, what's his manifesto? Best you can point to is Art of the Deal, which is pragmatism, not ideology.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (hOOi9)
Yeah, I've really been enjoying the show.
/sarc
Meanwhile, I hope you're prepping.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:41 AM (eYoxG)
He said in January 2022, IIRC, he has "no plans" to challenge. If he is collecting money from GOPe donors for 2024 primary, he is making plans, and the "no plans" claim is out there as a lie by omission. He could clear this all up nicely.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It is actually pretty authentic.
Posted by: Miklos say hey keeds at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (SP4pi)
Is there anyone here who does not see that the establishment is trying to set up DeSantis to challenge him to the nomination?
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (yHsuS)
Thing is, this may be true. But why Desantis? Because he's incredibly popular with the base. How did he become popular? By governing like a conservative.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (KbCG3)
If he does that, he can kiss SotH goodbye. The base is NOT in a forgiving mood.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 10:45 AM (cTCuP)
The painting portrays all of the young lasses who sorely missed not having a husband, either because they were lost in the war, or their chance of getting a husband were lost at Ypres or the Somme.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:45 AM (5pTK/)
I think the Speaker of the House technically does not have to be an actual member of the House.
Twatter communists are agitating for AOC as Speaker. Talk about being totally clueless about how things work...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:45 AM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (yHsuS)
It's obvious, that's why Trump is already in campaign mode, let's get this battle started and see what happens.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:45 AM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Optimizer "
Yes, trust the plan. Its all in the coded messages from Q
Posted by: Ripley at November 11, 2022 10:45 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (OLVeZ)
Dana Carvey was the best. "Wouldn't be prudent"
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (kXYt5)
He said peonies. You want some flowers? Call me!
Posted by: 1 800 FLOWERS at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (eOEVl)
I've said Trump can't win VA - after this joke, that's a done deal to such a spectacular extent, it's not funny (and if he's on the ticket, we lose that possible Senate pick up and this election's House pick up). So now, he really does need one of the Northern fraud states.
Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (KbCG3)
I'm there with you, unless DeSantis is the GOPe guy.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (yHsuS)
His style may leave a lot to be desired, or not, but he's not going away anytime soon. He wants to run again and swinging his dick around a crowded room is his way of saying he's top dog.
Time will tell if that's true. But I believe he thinks it is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (Q4IgG)
So it's really something to pick up Senate seats at all, in that situation (and I think we WILL pick up one or two). Only one was lost, in a really close election, which can be made up for.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (hOOi9)
Hit all-time high of active users today
A lot more people than I would've expected actually have left Twitter, but they're keeping their account open and having a bot rebroadcast whatever they post on the other services. Which isn't exactly hurting Twitter.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (ZGrMX)
Do they wanna make Wayne Brady shoot a bitch?!?!?!
Posted by: irright at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (SchQD)
Trump the politician simply delivers what his constituents wants. He doesn't backstab them. He's not pushing an ideology he constructed.
That doesn't inherently make the policies he pursues a coherent philosophy representing a unified group of people. He has unified disparate interests by addressing their needs individually. This is how Democrats do politics.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (eYoxG)
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El Rushbo constantly reminded us that Trump was no ideological conservative.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Comrade flounder,
*******
Yeah. I'm not sure what the inflection point is on the Laffer curve for pony ownership happiness. Maybe 3 or 4?
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard
Indeed. I did ok I think...not great, but passable.
Posted by: Dana Carvey as Bush I and Ross Perot at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (pI97I)
this is a big reason there was so much opposition to confronting Hitler in the 1930s. The wounds from WW1 were still raw, parents still mourning their sons and didn't want to send their grandsons to the charnel house.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (dCxaZ)
Hillary Clinton Says She Is Being Urged To Run By Many, Many, Many Voices In Her Head
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (OvB8Q)
A lot of people have thanked me for my service this morning. And I appreciate that. But I want to thank all of you for being the kinds of friends, colleagues, and Americans worth fighting for.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (anj39)
The last 15 or so years, articles have periodically appeared questioning if all eligible voters who vote should be involved 'picking the leaders' of this nation. After all, participation is one thing but, perhaps, the all in voting would be better utilized for local elections. Interesting, I used to think.
Now the local elections are becoming open to all residents in many towns and counties, not just legal citizens. Get a drivers license or similar documentation, register & vote in some local elections around the nation. And, of course, there's also the move to more same day registration and voting and, sooner than later, the progressives will also have voting age pushed lower if needed to maintain their power.
So the point is, you're MAGA - damned if you do, damned if you don't. PREPARE NOW in broad terms for the next presidential election, as the democrats &/or progressives ARE ALREADY DOING, but always within the law.
One more good try, at least for us & ours, in our lifetimes.
2/
Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (NIYa7)
https://tinyurl.com/47jj6zfu
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (UuD2k)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (eOEVl)
I've said Trump can't win VA - after this joke, that's a done deal to such a spectacular extent, it's not funny (and if he's on the ticket, we lose that possible Senate pick up and this election's House pick up). So now, he really does need one of the Northern fraud states.
Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (exHjb)
Nobody in the 2024 election cares about what you're saying is dooming Trump in VA. Completely silly take. Potshots 2 years from a general election have no impact on the general.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (eYoxG)
Buzz words? Bullshit. Market-based populism is pretty fucking clear. Focus the economy on the largest segment of it by population, using free-market concepts.
If you are defining "philosophy" by the presence of a manifesto then you are doing it wrong.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (XIJ/X)
As did Ace in 2016.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (yikp0)
What you want from him, he simply can't give. But without him, the philosophy is at best a fringe outlier that is easily quashed by the Establishment.
There is no easy answer, and I'm not giving Trump a pass. But I am also being a realist. Trump isn't going away and he isn't changing.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (5p7BC)
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He's a "package deal" -- and like with virtually all of us, the traits which make him uniquely successful are both a blessing and a curse.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (K3TEc)
they will probably fail upward
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
Well duh, that was the uniparty agreement.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (0fVbu)
Posted by: KT at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (rrtZS)
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (V13WU)
Humbug!
The good thing is I can probably get out of here in about 6 hours, with 1 of that being lunch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:39 AM (J2vNu)
Wear a neck brace, Wolfus. Wear a neck brace!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (eYoxG)
Tell that to Makaka - VA doesn't forget the racist joke...back then, I never thought that one joke would doom a sitting senator (and break a party later), but it gets legs here.
This one is now here to stay forever...
Posted by: Nova local at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (exHjb)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:42 AM (KbCG3)
I'm there with you, unless DeSantis is the GOPe guy.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:46 AM (yHsuS)
OK, was going to ask you a question but then kind of flummoxed myself. Love Desantis' record. Thinking of a deal breaker that would cause me to stay at home.
Let's say Desantis is endorsed by people like Ryan and the Bushes but doesn't actively campaign with them or talk up their association. Would those endorsements be enough to put you off voting for Desantis if he was the nominee?
My deal breaker is him appearing on stage with a Ryan or a Bush.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (KbCG3)
Irrespective of the "establishment" there is a growing party contingent who sees Trump as a very flawed candidate and feels the party is better served by someone else. Trump is proving that true every day. Materially he did a good job in the past. But He's not exactly showing great leadership. He's showing his ass.
I believe Ace made a pretty good case yesterday that DeSantis isn't exactly the "establishment" and that's a pretty flawed argument. Not that I trust DeSantis or anyone else, and I also think his choice of a guy like Cox is suspect. But his actions are not those of past establishment candidates. Nor do his impulses seem to be. He certainly needs a bit more national scrutiny, and I think the "Walker Maximum" applies here.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (eacmp)
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (dCxaZ)
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I really despised Chamberlain until I started really learning about the horror of WW I. After I started looking into WW I, I realized why Chamberlain acted the way he did.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (ZGrMX)
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Indeed, good point.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (K3TEc)
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It's the radical notion that the purpose of government is to pursue the interests of the people of the nation.
Which is similar to, but a step down from protecting the God-given Rights of the people of the nation, which is the only legitimate reason the USA exists as an organization at all. Which is right there in the Declaration of Independence for anyone who can be bothered to read.
That's where we are.
Posted by: Methos at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (kOpft)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (KbCG3)
And if it was some abortion loving, amnesty pushing gun grabber, GOPe would be using that tool. They'll use any tool they can. That should give you pause as to having them use your guy as that tool. Why aren't they using Romney as the tool. Because he would fail. It's like such a simple and obvious trap.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (K3TEc)
Everyone forgot... Repubs held their nose, center-right wanted "revenge".... whatever the fuck that means. And lets not forget "The Clinton Factor."
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (OLVeZ)
The painting portrays all of the young lasses who sorely missed not having a husband, either because they were lost in the war, or their chance of getting a husband were lost at Ypres or the Somme.
I've mentioned it here before, I think, but my Scottish grandmother, born 1892, hated the Germans with a passion. I'm sure the fact that so many of her potential mates were killed in the war had something to do with it. Anyway, she emigrated to the US and met my GFather, who had a bad eye, so couldn't join the military.
Did I mention that my mother was full blood German? Awkward.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (eOEVl)
Jelly roll, dinner roll, lobster roll - Liz is versatile when it comes to rolls
Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 10:51 AM (FJYfm)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:47 AM (5p7BC)
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Voice translation FTW!
/Unfortunately, the frequent mis-translations and auto-cucumbers often make you look like an illiterate idiot
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:51 AM (K3TEc)
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
that is not all Joe said to Kevin
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:51 AM (us2H3)
what defines an ideological conservative?
I asked morons this a week ago, and the definition fit some of Tulsi Gabbard's policies and pronouncements.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:51 AM (dCxaZ)
The Missouri populist believes the Republican Party offered voters plenty in the way of generalized gripes about Democrats and President Biden – but no actionable alternative. Hawley blames that on what he calls “Washington Republicanism,” specifically Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He also thinks it was a bad idea to talk about making changes to Social Security and Medicare.
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (eYoxG)
Buzz words? Bullshit. Market-based populism is pretty fucking clear. Focus the economy on the largest segment of it by population, using free-market concepts.
If you are defining "philosophy" by the presence of a manifesto then you are doing it wrong.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (XIJ/X)
Market-based populism doesn't mean anything in economics. It's not a set of principles by which to derive policy, nor does it clearly point in a given direction. It can mean subsidies, it can mean no subsidies. Regulation, deregulation? What's the guiding principle? If the guiding principle is "interests of groups I need to win", that's political pragmatism, not an economic philosophy like capitalism, mercantilism, or socialism.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 10:37 AM (kXYt5)
He said peonies
I would buy Muldoon a pony. As would we all/
PONIES 4 MULDOON
Posted by: Miklos has actually owned horsies at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (5pTK/)
I agree. He acted honestly. He was wrong, but as you say, it was understandable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (b4+Jg)
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: banana Dream
The graft will flow, Kevin, but only if you cooperate with us to further the goals of our Precious Democracy!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 11, 2022 10:53 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022
***
I was lucky to have missed that little party in SE Asia. Looking back, I realize now I probably would have gotten myself killed in some stupid fashion, or come home addicted to pot or heroin. Now if I could have been sure I'd get sent to Germany, that wouldn't have been bad at all. (Except for boot camp, which I dreaded)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 11, 2022 10:53 AM (J2vNu)
I have not personally verified this, but some are saying that's the first time that's happened since Reconstruction.
Many of us here are old enough to remember when Florida was the quintessential purple state (remember the drama in the 2000 Presidential election)?
DeSantis is deserving of praise and emulation.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:53 AM (bW8dp)
It would make 2020 look like the cleanest election ever held on earth.
Posted by: I've got bad news for you at November 11, 2022 10:53 AM (QB5c3)
But we do not live in a frictionless world. Inertia is brought to a stop by outside forces. Christianity and Americanism undefended cede ground to Progressivism, one institution at a time, one principle, one virtue at a time.
And, suddenly, one day there isn't a large enough remnant to rise up and lead the people once again to freedom. And the light goes out. And all that remains are small candles burning brightly against the darkness, in defiance of those who would extinguish them. All that remains of hope is a small ember.
But, embers remain. And they can still ignite a fire, if husbanded and rightly used.
Posted by: GWB at November 11, 2022 10:53 AM (7Of/6)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (44ww/)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (vN+oL)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (atmen)
I think America First is a philosophy.
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 10:44 AM (Sv58p)
It is so basic that it is insufficient to constitute an ideology on its own. People in favor of America First can easily hold directly opposite positions on near everything and still believe they're doing what's best for America.
America First is like "Prosperity Good". It doesn't outline what is needed to achieve it.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (5pTK/)
I agree. He acted honestly. He was wrong, but as you say, it was understandable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (XIJ/X)
He wasn't alone either. There was no appetite in any other country to do anything about Germany's rearmament and aggressive posturing.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (UuD2k)
Stop shifting the vernacular. You want philosophy...I gave you philosophy. Now you criticize it because it doesn't adhere to "economics."
The overarching idea is that the American people should be the focus of American government.
There is nothing complicated about that, but it is a philosophy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (5pTK/)
Yes, we like to think of the Korean conflict as the Forgotten War, but really, in consideration of lives disrupted and lost, borders changed, entire populations having to adjust to new leadership overnite, WWI is significant and should not be memory-holed. It set the stage for all of our lives today.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (44ww/)
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PDT also called into Rush's show. First president to do so, I believe.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (44ww/)
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (us2H3)
Spot on.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:55 AM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
Will you do a retrospect podcast?
Pls
Posted by: Miklos has actual Political Science Degree and Inquiring Mind at November 11, 2022 10:55 AM (SP4pi)
Sigh
No need for this
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 10:55 AM (dO/0d)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (atmen)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 11, 2022 10:50 AM (eOEVl)
To the end of his days, my grandfather would curse profusely if he even saw someone driving a Japanese car.
While I wasn't GLAD he was dead, I was a bit relieved that he'd passed on before I had a Japanese girlfriend for a short time.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (bW8dp)
Stop shifting the vernacular. You want philosophy...I gave you philosophy. Now you criticize it because it doesn't adhere to "economics."
The overarching idea is that the American people should be the focus of American government.
There is nothing complicated about that, but it is a philosophy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (XIJ/X)
Economics is a type of philosophy. Market-based populism sounds like it's supposed to be economic philosophy. So now you're saying it's not economics. Ok, so market-based populism isn't the economic philosophy of the ideology, what exactly is it then?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (eYoxG)
PONIES 4 MULDOON
Posted by: Miklos has actually owned horsies
* sings *
"Call 1-877-PONIES-4-MULDOON..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (pNxlR)
Trump is Trump. I cannot spare the man. He fights.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (I9VC/)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (KbCG3)
My deal breaker is DeSantis being the GOPe tool that displaces Trump. That is looking to me to be the case. The only way I back DeSantis in 2024 is if Trump gives him the nomination.
Call it sour grapes, or call it what you will. Trump's power, MAGA power resides in the loyalty of the people who support MAGA and Trump. If he wants to pass the torch, so be it. If he is forced out by GOPe money men and the Mc's tossing the midterms, for the GOPe money men's guy to swoop in and take the reins, it is Tea Party 2.0.
I'm out.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (yHsuS)
Regardless, what I see is a coordinated effort to end Trump's time in politics. And it's coming from all sides.
Which tells me once again Trump was always over the target with his bombs.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (XtkZj)
Posted by: GigantorX at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (vPu9I)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (atmen)
Well than you are a bigger idiot than I even thought
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (dO/0d)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (I9VC/)
That's what I'm getting at when I say MAGA isn't a philosophy. It doesn't have defined principles or ideas at it's core other than the traditionally uniformly held view that a country works in its own interests.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (eYoxG)
What I've seen of Q is generally just leading questions that invite the reader to look into things that deserve to be looked into. It's obviously a PsyOp. Some people attach some rather far-fetched numerology to it. Maybe that's to throw some fun into it.
"The Plan" is just to educate We the People regarding the proper relationship between the citizen and the US government, and to get more involved with it. Fundamentally, the American form of government is about trusting We the People, so I suppose to say "trust the plan" is really to say to trust that the Founding Fathers knew what they were doing, and go and actually implement what they envisioned.
Posted by: Optimizer at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (hOOi9)
please tell me this is a joke - it's not real?
I was forced (husbands!) to watch the fox coverage Tuesday night. the only thing that kept me SANE was when Governor DeSantis and Governor Youngkin spoke. They're very different but they both "work" - and are showing themselves to be excellent executives of their respective states.
I have nothing else to say. We need to stop beating OURSELVES
Posted by: BlackOrchidDancingByMyself at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (w0NJk)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker
Another reason I should have taken over after Art Bell.
Posted by: Miklos has Ideas at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (SP4pi)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) cancel your NY Post at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (yikp0)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (I9VC/)
I'll accept that, however, the Chinese don't make a beer that compares.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (7Q7Ca)
No
Hillary Clinton Says She Is Being Urged To Rum By Many, Many, Many Voices In Her Head
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (OJeFu)
.. in every election, the Democrats blame the Republicans for trying to destroy Social Security and Medicare. So who was the moron who volunteered to actually make the Democrats charges true ?
Posted by: SMOD at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Wally at November 11, 2022 10:58 AM (FJYfm)
Unnamed sources and all that.
But he did fire shots in a speech.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (XtkZj)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (eYoxG)
Ya I wanted to call him out on clipping out some very, very important context out of it, which you accurately re-injected into that convo.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (OLVeZ)
and I see no viable path to 270 for Ron
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 10:52 AM (us2H3)
To be brutally honest, it's a damn near impossible task for DeSantis or Trump. It's going to be a knockdown, drag out between the two, one comes out on top.
Then in the last three months of the general everyone is going to get caught up in the hype of cruising to victory only to be crushed by reality once again.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (qH6FZ)
It is a fascinating war. We spent a year trying to win and then 3 more years doing jack shit while getting Americans killed.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (ESjRY)
Trump isn't a philosopher and I'm fine with that.
He's a businessman who believes in the free market, which means -
he understands what "service" means.
You always have a customer whom you must serve. This is the essence of politics (and public service).
The successful businessman is a successful servant.
People tend to misunderstand this about Trump, by thinking it's nothing but a puffed up ego motivating him.
This Philosophy, if you wish, is the driving philosophy of successful politics. The Democrats understand this. It's why they do every single thing their lunatic voters bring up, regardless of how damaging to the nation.
The GOPe Republicans on the other hand reject the philosophy of service, and instead have bought into the philosophy of Our Betters that we must be controlled and our wishes and wants denied. This is why "we" fail. We're treated exactly as the Saudi Royals treat their population.
Really, folks. Get your heads on straight. Trump may fail in his run, but make sure his successor understands service.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (KLPy8)
Then in the last three months of the general everyone is going to get caught up in the hype of cruising to victory only to be crushed by reality once again.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (qH6FZ)
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The GOPe will be rooting for injuries.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (5pTK/)
It's sure spelled that way, but it's "Jüngling" in the original German.
Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (hPvGe)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at November 11, 2022 10:54 AM (44ww/)
The award has been severely cheapened by the fact that Joe Biden, Tiger Woods and Megan Rapinoe have received it as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (7Q7Ca)
If the Establishment wanted DeSantis, they wouldn't be promoting him, trying to get Trump to take the bait and attack him.
This is just the GOPe trying to get our two big dogs to attack each other.
If you want to know who they WANT for the nomination, then look for names they are NOT talking about.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (5p7BC)
unforced errors!
unforced errors!!
unforced errors!!!
Some things never change. I remember when drumpf would never get 3% of the primary vote.
Ahh, the good old days.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 11, 2022 11:01 AM (1DgE4)
Posted by: Bob from NSA
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Containers Bob. Flower Pots. I thought you guys were supposed to be intelligent.
Posted by: Miracle Gro is prolly something you should become familiar with at November 11, 2022 11:01 AM (dKvN2)
If I remember right, even Tsingtao was started by expat Germans.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 11:01 AM (bW8dp)
That's what I'm getting at when I say MAGA isn't a philosophy. It doesn't have defined principles or ideas at it's core other than the traditionally uniformly held view that a country works in its own interests.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (eYoxG)
To be fair though, maybe simplification/consolidation is whats needed in the first place. But again, I don't think his message won him the Presidency, Madame Presidente' Clinton was just way more horrific proposition.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 11:01 AM (OLVeZ)
The successful businessman is a successful servant.
People tend to misunderstand this about Trump, by thinking it's nothing but a puffed up ego motivating him.
This Philosophy, if you wish, is the driving philosophy of successful politics. The Democrats understand this. It's why they do every single thing their lunatic voters bring up, regardless of how damaging to the nation.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (KLPy
It's political pragmatism. Which isn't something that needs a philosopher to push. It is effective politicking and worth emulating when sensible, but the "make Trump our philosophical representative/leader" thing makes no sense.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (eYoxG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 11, 2022 10:48 AM (XIJ/X)
By definition a philosophy requires defining what it is. That might not mean a "manifesto" in your eyes, but it requires _something_ by which people can set expectations or derive meaningful action.
Populism is a philosophy. One which simply says "what the mass of people want." There; defined it. I find it severely lacking and ultimately rule by mob. In an economic sense it's "Rule by Marketing." And wow, but that seems a really awful way to do things.
Posted by: GWB at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (7Of/6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (7Q7Ca)
Obama didn't award himself one?...surprising.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (AwYPR)
If the Establishment wanted DeSantis, they wouldn't be promoting him, trying to get Trump to take the bait and attack him.
This is just the GOPe trying to get our two big dogs to attack each other.
If you want to know who they WANT for the nomination, then look for names they are NOT talking about.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (5p7BC)
And Trump is biting. We really are the stupid party.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (7Q7Ca)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (XtkZj)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (5p7BC)
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I'm sticking with Eyepatch McCain as the GOPe nominee.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (5pTK/)
Obama didn't award himself one?...surprising.
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (AwYPR)
I fully expect Biden to give him one before his tenure is up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (7Q7Ca)
Then in the last three months of the general everyone is going to get caught up in the hype of cruising to victory only to be crushed by reality once again.
Posted by: lowandslow at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (qH6FZ)
I kinda agree but Trump has a better chance than Ron
and I don't think Ron is gonna run
he doesn't want to take Trump down
he wants something else to do it for him
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (RPaRn)
Posted by: creeper at November 11, 2022 10:45 AM (cTCuP)
Reminds me of when the confetti on the field of the Super Bowl is still to be vacuumed up, people start talking about who their team needs to draft.
I mean, no offense but, don't you have anything else to do in your life?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (NWBBy)
That's what I'm getting at when I say MAGA isn't a philosophy. It doesn't have defined principles or ideas at it's core other than the traditionally uniformly held view that a country works in its own interests.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 10:57 AM (eYoxG)
To be fair though, maybe simplification/consolidation is whats needed in the first place. But again, I don't think his message won him the Presidency, Madame Presidente' Clinton was just way more horrific proposition.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 11, 2022 11:01 AM (OLVeZ)
I think MAGA is a great slogan. It's a relatively uncontroversial statement that people who disagree with each other can support.
Philosophy/ideology is about what we're actually going to do when in power though. Not how we're going to convince people to put us in power.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (eYoxG)
Then in the last three months of the general everyone is going to get caught up in the hype of cruising to victory only to be crushed by reality once again.
==
calm down. Regan v. Bush. Turned into Regan/Bush
Let's see what happens.
Posted by: tell me why you like somebody better, not why you hate somebody at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (cBaCg)
Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2022 11:02 AM (AwYPR)
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Probably because Obama thinks the medal is beneath him.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (5pTK/)
Posted by: REDACTED
********
Don't discount the possibility of a "Ponies For All" campaign. Could swing the Gen Z vote in a lot of blue states.
And what could be more MAGA than ponies? Remember what Yankee Doodle (iconic ssymbol of America) was riding when he 'went to town'...
...A-riding on a you-know-what
Posted by: Muldoon at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (kXYt5)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 11, 2022 10:59 AM (ESjRY)
Not long after we changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defense.
Many believe this was no coincidence. We haven't really decisively won a war since.
Maybe Trump will change it back if he gets a second term.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (bW8dp)
If I remember right, even Tsingtao was started by expat Germans.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 11, 2022 11:01 AM (bW8dp)
Actually not a bad beer, but no Yuengling.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 11, 2022 11:04 AM (7Q7Ca)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
Jeb!
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 11, 2022 11:04 AM (OJeFu)
Posted by: REDACTED at November 11, 2022 11:04 AM (us2H3)
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2022 11:04 AM (0fVbu)
/Unfortunately, the frequent mis-translations and auto-cucumbers often make you look like an illiterate idiot
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 11, 2022 10:51 AM (K3TEc)
Poor Dave, then he'd be forever marked as a troll if he used VT.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 11, 2022 11:05 AM (7bRMQ)
Maybe to clarify: As opposed to Globalism, which is all about casting aside the ideas America was founded on in order to fit in to the progressive world order.
So, for example, we should not be trading with China. We would on balance be better of if the products we get from them were made here, because our fellow Americans would be the ones doing the job, and getting paid for it. Even if the products themselves are more expensive, that situation is cheaper in the long run, because the folks who are working don't have a financial incentive to go to the Democrats' government for handouts (and if we could ever return to real elections, they would have less incentive to support Democrats at all).
Posted by: Methos at November 11, 2022 11:06 AM (kOpft)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at November 11, 2022 11:00 AM (5p7BC)
They put all kinds of money on Jeb!. I don't think that they are as smart as you are crediting them.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 11:06 AM (yHsuS)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:02 AM (KbCG3)
I wouldn't call that "going after" so much as just "riffing on". He's not really saying anything negative about the guy, just making a claim that his influence enabled his election. Trump being Trump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2022 11:06 AM (JrSOi)
I asked morons this a week ago, and the definition fit some of Tulsi Gabbard's policies and pronouncements.
Posted by: kallisto at November 11, 2022 10:51 AM (dCxaZ)
I could fit into Tulsi Gabbard!
Posted by: Various Morons at November 11, 2022 11:06 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 11, 2022 10:56 AM (yHsuS)
I'm curious if you see how very cult of personality that is. And that's one of my primary problems with Trump - it so easily becomes about HIM instead of about the principles required to get us back to a truly free Republic.
(My other is that so many see him as a conservative when he's anything but a Constitutionalist or what so many would define as a conservative. Sorry, but he isn't. He looks similar because of the contrast to the fundamentalist Progressives currently running our country. But that's it.)
Posted by: GWB at November 11, 2022 11:07 AM (7Of/6)
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Eh, now it has become destructive, he is shooting at his own team.
Posted by: runner at November 11, 2022 11:09 AM (V13WU)
Wow! What a lovely mental picture I have of your experience. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Lola at November 11, 2022 11:10 AM (NIYa7)
Posted by: Miklos has actually owned horsies
* sings *
"Call 1-877-PONIES-4-MULDOON..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
Release me.
Posted by: The Meme Kraken at November 11, 2022 11:11 AM (pI97I)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at November 11, 2022 10:49 AM (KbCG3)
How was he on red flag laws?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 11, 2022 11:12 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
Release me.
Posted by: The Meme Kraken
Neigh!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 11, 2022 11:12 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at November 11, 2022 11:03 AM (eYoxG)
This is the real difference between 1968 (or similar date) and now. With an universally recognized existential threat out there, both Democrats and Republicans - whether Progressive or Bircher - could agree that keeping America at the top of its game was paramount, and they would simply argue about *how* to do so.
With that threat gone (supposedly), the Progressives felt they could once again run for the laurels with their goal of a globalist humanist utopia. And they did. And now we find ourselves in a fight for the very existence of our country.
Posted by: GWB at November 11, 2022 11:12 AM (7Of/6)
The finale of the courtroom drama's sixth and final season premiered on Thursday with the episode titled "The End of Everything." In a conference room surrounded by lawyers, Staples claims that he was sexually assaulted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who forced him to have oral sex following a CPAC conference while interning for his office.
Diane immediately dismisses the accusation as politically motivated "bulls---" despite Staples claiming to have DNA proof. The lawyers spend the episode gathering evidence to expose Staples for lying. He eventually confesses to fabricating the allegations to tarnish the Florida governor's reputation, because it will put former President Trump "ahe
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
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Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)